Holy Sh*t Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global Newsletter III - April 3, 2010
March 16, 2010: Holy Sh*t http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-16-2010/holy-sh-t
“The abuse cases of two priests in Arizona have cast further doubt on the Catholic church's insistence that Pope Benedict XVI played no role in shielding pedophiles before he became pope.” MATT SEDENSKY
Ratzinger intervened in Arizona priest's abuse case, then waited for years to defrock him. By MATT SEDENSKY. Copyright 2010 Associated Press. 9:22 a.m. CDT, April 3, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-us-church-abuse-arizona,0,1195072,full.story
“The response of the Roman Catholic Church to the wave of shameful child abuse revelations engulfing it across Europe and the US is “hopelessly inadequate”. That is the view of Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, who has worked courageously to bring the history of abuse in the Irish Church into the open. It is also the view of the Financial Times. Serious sexual crimes against defenceless children by priests entrusted with their care are an outrageous crime. The betrayal is deepened by a pattern of covering up for these child molesters, who were in some instances left free to keep preying on their charges. The responsibility for this goes to the top: not only of local hierarchies but to the Vatican itself.” Financial Times Editorial
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Vatican’s evasions on child abuse. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: April 2 2010 19:29. Last updated: April 2 2010 19:29. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/financial-times-editorial-comment.html
With Scrutiny, Vatican Faces Test of ‘Moral Credibility’ By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 27, 2010. As Pope Benedict XVI faces growing pressure to address his role in the handling of sexual abuse cases over the years, the Vatican acknowledged on Saturday that its ability to handle the crisis was a crucial test of its “moral credibility.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/world/europe/28vatican.html?hpw
A Nope for Pope By MAUREEN DOWD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 27, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/opinion/28dowd.html?th&emc=th
Should There Be an Inquisition for the Pope? By MAUREEN DOWD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010... The church gave up its credibility for Lent. Holy Thursday and Good Friday are now becoming Cover-Up Thursday and Blame-Others Friday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/opinion/31dowd.html?th&emc=th
How a Molesting Case Emerged Decades Later By NICHOLAS KULISH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 1, 2010. The case that has raised questions about the future pope’s handling of a pedophile priest in Germany came to light three decades after it occurred, and then almost by chance. It happened when Wilfried Fesselmann, an early victim, said he stumbled on Internet photographs of the priest who sexually abused him, still working with children. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/europe/02church.html?th&emc=th
Vatican Priest Likens Criticism Over Abuse to Anti-Semitism By DANIEL J. WAKIN and RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010... Another American victims’ advocate rejected the Vatican’s statement distancing itself from the remarks. “Father Cantalamessa chose to equate calumny against the Jewish people as the same as criticism of Pope Benedict,” said Kristine Ward, a spokeswoman for the National Survivor Advocates Coalition. “It is incomprehensible that Father Cantalamessa did this and that Pope Benedict, the ultimate authority in this church who presided at the service, did not stand during the service to disavow this connection to anti-Semitism.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/world/europe/03church.html?th&emc=th
At the Vatican, Up Against the World By FRANK BRUNI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/weekinreview/28bruni.html?hpw
Anglican Says Irish Church Has Lost Credibility. Copyright By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. Published: April 3, 2010. The Roman Catholic church in Ireland has lost its credibility because of its mishandling of abuse by priests, the leader of the Anglican church said in remarks released Saturday. A leading Catholic archbishop said he was ''stunned'' by the comments. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/04/03/world/AP-EU-Church-Abuse.html?_r=1&hp
International
Russia Mourns Attack Victims and Considers Its Response By CLIFFORD J. LEVY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010. Russians held impromptu memorial services on Tuesday at two subway stations in Moscow where suicide bombers conducted brazen attacks a day earlier that killed 39 people and stirred fears of a revival of terrorism here. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/world/europe/31moscow.html?ref=global-home
Bomb Attacks in Southern Russia Aim at Police - The site of two explosions in the southern Russian town of Kizlyar on Wednesday. By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ. Copyright by Reuters. Published: March 31, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/europe/01dagestan.html?hp
What Makes Chechen Women So Dangerous? By ROBERT A. PAPE, LINDSEY O'ROURKE and JENNA McDERMIT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/opinion/31pape.html
Chechen Rebel Says He Planned Attacks By ELLEN BARRY. Copyright by Associated Press. March 31, 2010. A former Chechen separatist who reinvented himself as a proponent of global jihad stepped out of the shadows on Wednesday to take responsibility for two suicide bombings on Moscow’s subway, and to offer himself as the face of an increasingly lethal pan-Caucasus insurgency. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/europe/01dagestan.html?th&emc=th
Russia Says Suicide Bomber Was Militant’s Widow By CLIFFORD J. LEVY and ELLEN BARRY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/world/europe/03moscow.html?hpw
The euro’s big fat failed wedding By Gideon Rachman. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 29 2010 19:28 | Last updated: March 29 2010 19:28. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/euros-big-fat-failed-wedding.html
Unemployment and Inflation Inch Up in Europe By MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/global/01euecon.html?hpw
Bank of Ireland unveils €1.8bn shortfall. By John Murray Brown. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 31 2010 10:15 | Last updated: March 31 2010 10:15. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/bank-of-ireland-unveils-18bn-shortfall.html
Fall in German jobless points to recovery. By Quentin Peel in Berlin and Stanley Pignal in Brussels. Published: March 31 2010 12:12 | Last updated: March 31 2010 17:26. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/fall-in-german-jobless-points-to.html
An unconventional cure for Mexico’s drug violence - Legalization of marijuana is the cartels’ worst nightmare By Steve Chapman. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 28, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/ct-oped-0328-chapman-md-20100328,0,6346676,full.column
China
Despite Strains, China Leader to Attend Nuclear Meeting in U.S. By ANDREW JACOBS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 1, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/asia/02china.html?hp
Chinese official hints at currency accord By Jamil Anderlini in Beijing and Alan Beattie in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: April 2 2010 22:06. Beijing may adjust its policy of pegging its currency to the dollar provided a visit this month by Chinese President Hu Jintao to Washington goes smoothly, according to a top adviser to China’s central bank. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/chinese-official-hints-at-currency.html
China Agrees to Consider Steps on Iran By NEIL MacFARQUHAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010. After months of resisting the idea of new Security Council sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, the Chinese government appears to have taken a step closer to supporting them, agreeing to enter negotiations over the language of a new resolution to intensify international pressure on Iran. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/world/middleeast/01iran.html?hpw
Mess-o-potamia
“The rambling speech of President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan on Thursday was alarming. His delusional criticism of the United Nations and governments whose troops are risking their lives by fighting the Taliban complicates the difficult effort to stabilize Afghanistan. And it undermines the fragile public support for President Obama’s strategy, which focuses on protecting and improving the lives of Afghan civilians as well as on defeating the Taliban.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: President Karzai Lashes Out. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/opinion/03sat1.html?ref=opinion
Obama meets with Karzai in surprise Afghanistan visit By Joshua Partlow and Anne E. Kornblut. Copyright by The Washington Post . Sunday, March 28, 2010; 3:07 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/28/AR2010032801184.html
Karzai attempts to repair relations with US By Matthew Green in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: April 2 2010 19:12 | Last updated: April 3 2010 00:30. Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s president, called Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, on Friday to try to repair his relationship with Washington after delivering a speech harshly critical of the west. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/karzai-attempts-to-repair-relations.html
Iran Plays Host to Delegations After Iraq Elections By ROD NORDLAND. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 1, 2010. Iran may seem an unlikely place to turn for guidance when it comes to putting together a democratic government, but that is exactly what most of Iraq’s political class did immediately after last month’s parliamentary elections. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/world/middleeast/02iraq.html?hp
25 Family Members Are Killed in a Sectarian Ambush Near Baghdad By MUHAMMED AL-OBAIDI and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 3, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/world/middleeast/04iraq.html?hp
Israel Mounts Air Attacks in Gaza. By ETHAN BRONNER and FARES AKRAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/world/middleeast/03gaza.html?hp
National
Obama Bypasses Senate Process, Filling 15 Posts. By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 27, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/us/politics/28recess.html?th&emc=th
Asked to Declare His Race, Obama Checks ‘Black’ By SAM ROBERTS and PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010. It is official: Barack Obama is the nation’s first black president. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/us/politics/03census.html?hpw
Northeast Storm Sets Records, Stops Traffic and Makes Life Miserable By JAMES BARRON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/nyregion/31rain.html?th&emc=th
9 Teenagers Are Charged After Classmate’s Suicide. By ERIK ECKHOLM and KATIE ZEZIMA. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30bully.html?hpw
Marine’s Dad Ordered To Pay Phelps’ Court Fees - Man Already Struggling To Come Up With Filing Fees In Case. Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. 3:03 pm CDT March 29,2010 http://www.kctv5.com/news/22990924/detail.html
30-plus governors told to quit in letters from Guardians of the Free Republics By Anita Kumar. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, April 3, 2010. More than 30 governors, including Robert F. McDonnell (R) of Virginia, received letters from an anti-government group this week demanding that they resign within three days or face removal from office. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204404.html?hpid=topnews
California ire over Borat bonds By Spencer Jakab. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: April 2 2010 13:35. Last updated: April 2 2010 13:35. Maybe Bill Lockyer not make benefit glorious state California? Taking a page out of Greece’s playbook, the peeved treasurer of America’s largest state fired off letters this week to the chiefs of Goldman Sachs and other banks questioning their marketing of credit default swaps on California’s debt. The instruments, he complained, “wrongly brand our bonds as a greater risk than those issued by such nations as Kazakhstan.” http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/california-ire-over-borat-bonds.html
Chicagoland
“High costs at McCormick Place are driving conventions and trade shows out of Chicago. We can fix that, or we can watch the jobs and dollars keep marching to other cities. The people who run the shows and attend the shows love this city. They love the convention facilities. But the onerous costs and other hassles — starting and ending with McCormick Place work rules — are chasing them away. Goodbye, Chicago. We'll send a postcard from Orlando.” Chicago Tribune Editorial
Chicago Tribune Editorial: A Chicago job crisis Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 6:19 p.m. CDT, April 1, 2010. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-mcpier-20100401,0,2204185.story
Director out at Howard Brown. Copyright by The Windy City Times. From a News Release, March 30, 2010. Howard Brown Health Center announced that Paul Fairchild will serve as its interim Chief Operating Officer. Howard Brown also announced that the organization's Chief Financial Officer, Mark Joslyn, and Chief Executive Officer, Michael Cook have been placed on paid administrative leave based on an internal decision made by the organization's Executive Board of Directors. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25997
Health Care
Advance directives for end-of-life care result in preferred treatment - In almost every case, the patients' orders were followed, a study finds. And more Americans are making use of tools such as living wills and durable powers of attorney. By Shari Roan. Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times. 8:13 p.m. CDT, March 31, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-sci-end-of-life1-2010apr01,0,1763817.story
Risks Seen in Cholesterol Drug Use in Healthy People By DUFF WILSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/business/31statins.html?th&emc=th
New worries about H1N1 influenza - Continuing activity in the Southeast raises fears of a third wave of swine flu cases. By Thomas H. Maugh II. Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times. March 30, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/la-sci-swine-flu30-2010mar30,0,2593789.story
Health System Bears Cost of Implants With No Warranties By BARRY MEIER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010. In January, William R. Morris’s artificial hip, just three years old, was failing so badly that it had to be replaced during an extensive procedure that cost about $50,000. The maker of the failed hip has since sent letters to Mr. Morris’s doctor, but none offering to cover replacement expenses for the device, which typically is expected to last 15 years. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03ortho.html?hp
Are You Buying Illegal Drugs? By KATHERINE EBAN and J. AARON GRAHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010... If the drugs are real, why should we care? Because pharmaceuticals need to be stored properly — generally in dry air at a steady temperature. Thieves — and the secondary wholesalers who buy from them — don’t mind keeping their products in hot, humid conditions, which can degrade medicines or even alter their chemical composition. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/opinion/01eban.html?ref=opinion
Health Care Reform
“No sooner had President Obama signed comprehensive health care reform than the attorneys general of 14 states scurried to the federal courts to challenge the law. Their claims range from far-fetched to arguable and look mostly like political posturing for the fall elections or a “Hail Mary” pass by disgruntled conservatives who cannot accept what Congress and the president have done. They seem unlikely to succeed because the law was carefully drafted to withstand just this kind of challenge.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: The Legal Assault on Health Reforms. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/opinion/29mon1.html?th&emc=th
Obama signs law finalizing health care, loan redo By PHILIP ELLIOTT. Copyright by The Associated Press. Tuesday, March 30, 2010; 11:42 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033000110.html?hpid=topnews
Insurance Pool to Offer Reduced-Rate Coverage. By ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010. In one of its first steps to carry out the new health care law, the Obama administration announced Friday that it was establishing a temporary insurance pool where uninsured people with medical problems could buy coverage at reduced rates. Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, said the program would “help provide affordable insurance for Americans who have been locked out of the insurance market.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/health/policy/03health.html?hpw
Coverage Now for Sick Children? Check Fine Print By ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 28, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/29/health/policy/29health.html?hpw
Insurers to Comply With Rules on Children By ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010. Under pressure from the White House, health insurance companies said Tuesday that they would comply with rules to be issued soon by the Obama administration requiring them to cover children with pre-existing medical problems. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/health/policy/31health.html?th&emc=th
Urologist Posts His Politics on His Florida Office Door By DAMIEN CAVE. Published: April 2, 2010. Doctors take the Hippocratic oath promising to do no harm, but once that requirement is fulfilled, do they have a right to choose patients based on politics? One Republican urologist outside Orlando has stirred up a tempest by suggesting that they do. A sign hanging this week in the office of Dr. Jack Cassell clearly states a preference for patients who agree with his opposition to the president, and to the recently passed health care overhaul. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/us/03doctor.html?th&emc=th
Pfizer Gives Details on Payments to Doctors By DUFF WILSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010. Pfizer, the world’s largest drug maker, said Wednesday that it paid about $20 million to 4,500 doctors and other medical professionals for consulting and speaking on its behalf in the last six months of 2009, its first public accounting of payments to the people who decide which drugs to recommend. Pfizer also paid $15.3 million to 250 academic medical centers and other research groups for clinical trials in the same period. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/01payments.html?hpw
GOP Bashing
March 30, 2010: 2 Girls 1 GOP http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-30-2010/2-girls-1-gop
G.O.P. Opens Inquiry on Club Expenditure By JEFF ZELENY and BERNIE BECKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 29, 2010. The Republican National Committee on Monday opened an investigation into why party money, which donors contributed to help win seats in the midterm elections, was used to pay a $2,000 tab at a risqué Hollywood club in late January. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30gop.html?th&emc=th
Republicans Spent Money At Racy Nightclub. Copyright © 2010, Tribune Interactive. 7:00 p.m. CDT, March 29, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sc-dc-rnc-club-20100329,0,2498459.story
The party's over for RNC head Michael Steele By Kathleen Parker. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. What a difference $2,000 in a lesbian bondage strip club makes. Then again, the latest Republican National Committee scandalita (Press three for Spanglish: "Small scandal") is, alas, just that -- the latest in a string of problems plaguing the RNC when it should be stocking champagne for November. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033002772.html
Conservative leader tells donors to stop giving to RNC By Mark Preston. Copyright by CNN news. April 1, 2010. The head of an influential social conservative organization urged supporters Wednesday to stop donating to the Republican National Committee and instead contribute to its own coffers or to candidates with like-minded goals. Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, made the plea in his "Washington Update" column posted on the organization's Web site following the revelation that the RNC paid for a night out at a risqué Hollywood nightclub. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/01/conservative-leader-tells-donors-to-stop-giving-to-rnc-2/?fbid=0pTUhm8cc-B#more-97796
Palin tells RNC to remove her name from fundraising invite By Peter Hamby. Copyright by CNN News. April 1, 2010 http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/04/01/palin-tells-rnc-to-remove-her-name-from-fundraising-invite/?fbid=0pTUhm8cc-B#more-97812
March 30, 2010: Lady and the Gramps http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-30-2010/lady-and-the-gramps
Palin, Fox News, LL Cool J tangle over phantom interview By Brett Michael Dykes. Copyright by Yahoo! News. March 31, 2010... Popular conservative blogger Allahpundit tweaked liberals who accuse Tea Party supporters of racist sympathies, saying they'll be "shocked to find the alleged Grand Dragon of the tea-party movement making chitchat with a hip-hop legend." The problem is that no such chitchat was produced for the Palin show. LL Cool J, star of "NCIS: Los Angeles," tweeted Tuesday night: "Fox lifted an old interview I gave in 2008 to someone else & are misrepresenting to the public in order to promote Sarah Palins Show. WOW." http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/20100331/ts_ynews/ynews_ts1387
This, from the man who defeated Cynthia McKinney …http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNZczIgVXjg&feature=player_embedded
Federal Judge Finds N.S.A. Wiretaps Were Illegal By CHARLIE SAVAGE and JAMES RISEN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010. A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the National Security Agency’s program of surveillance without warrants was illegal, rejecting the Obama administration’s effort to keep shrouded in secrecy one of the most disputed counterterrorism policies of former President George W. Bush. In a 45-page opinion, Judge Vaughn R. Walker ruled that the government had violated a 1978 federal statute requiring court approval for domestic surveillance when it intercepted phone calls of Al Haramain, a now-defunct Islamic charity in Oregon, and of two lawyers representing it in 2004. Declaring that the plaintiffs had been “subjected to unlawful surveillance,” the judge said the government was liable to pay them damages. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01nsa.html?th&emc=th
The Republican crackup By Matt Miller. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, March 31, 2020. Has anyone else noticed that seemingly well-adjusted Republicans have been driven insane by the passage of Obamacare? You can catch them muttering under their breath, whimpering on editorial pages and howling to the moon that this Democratic victory is the death knell for much that we cherish in American life. When I first saw a Republican friend jump out the window in this fashion, I assumed it was an isolated incident, or even politically motivated play-acting. Now that I've seen countless others follow suit, however, it's a phenomenon that merits deeper psychological inquiry. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033101663.html
Preexisting condition vexes Mitt Romney By JONATHAN MARTIN & BEN SMITH. Copyright by Politico.com. 3/29/10 5:10 AM EDT. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's signature achievement from his Beacon Hill tenure has become something he’s now defending rather than touting. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0310/35129.html
An open letter to conservatives By Russell King. Copyright by Filtered News. March 22, 2010... Your party — the GOP — and the conservative end of the American political spectrum has become irresponsible and irrational. Worse, it’s tolerating, promoting and celebrating prejudice and hatred. Let me provide some examples – by no means an exhaustive list — of where the Right as gotten itself stuck in a swamp of hypocrisy, hyperbole, historical inaccuracy and hatred. http://filterednews.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/an-open-letter-to-conservatives/#com-head
Right’s anger could backfire - Violence make give moderate swing voters pause By Clarence Page. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 28, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-100328-clarence-page-column,0,1726114.column
The Economy
“Yet today it is clear that TARP not only has been successful but, in a real sense, also a great deal for taxpayers. The latest indication is news that the Treasury Department plans to sell its 27 percent stake in Citigroup by the end of the year, at a likely profit of $8 billion. To be sure, these estimates are subject to the volatility of the stock market; by announcing that it wants to exit Citi in the short run, the Treasury risks getting clipped by an unexpected price drop before its self-imposed target date. Still, the sell-off would wean the troubled financial giant off most public support much earlier and at a much lower cost to taxpayers than was once expected. Once the sale is complete, the government will have recouped about three-quarters of the $245 billion worth of capital it pumped into financial institutions.” Washington Post Editorial
Washington Post Editorial: No one likes TARP, but it's working. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, April 1, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033103710.html
US Treasury to sell its 27% stake in Citi this year By Alan Rappeport in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 29 2010 14:41. Last updated: March 29 2010 14:41. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-treasury-to-sell-its-27-stake-in.html
Global manufacturing fuels recovery By Alan Rappeport in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: April 1 2010 15:54. Last updated: April 1 2010 15:54. The world’s factories are fuelling the global economic recovery, with new figures showing that manufacturing output in the US, China and Europe is growing at a record rate. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/global-manufacturing-fuels-recovery.html
Signaling Jobs Recovery, Payrolls Surged in March By CATHERINE RAMPELL and JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010. After losing eight million jobs since the recession began in December 2007, payrolls finally surged in March, the Labor Department reported on Friday. Employers added 162,000 nonfarm jobs last month. Nationwide, the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent. “We are beginning to turn the corner,” said President Obama, speaking in Charlotte, N.C., calling it “the best news we’ve seen on the job front in more than two years.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/economy/03jobs.html?th&emc=th
G.M. Sales Rose 21% in March, Helped by Incentives By NICK BUNKLEY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 1, 2010...Several analysts projected that total sales for the industry surged at least 30 percent from March 2009. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/business/02auto.html?hp
Ford sells Volvo to China's Geely auto group for $1.8 billion. Geely gains a foothold in Europe with its purchase of the Swedish car brand. Ford bought Volvo in 1999 for $6.45 billion, then struggled to make the brand profitable as the U.S. auto industry slumped. By David Pierson. Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times. March 29, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/automotive/la-fi-ford-volvo29-2010mar29,0,1859327.story
SEC launches ‘Repo 105’ probe By James Politi in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 30 2010 00:12 | Last updated: March 30 2010 00:12. US regulators on Monday asked more than 20 financial groups whether they engaged in transactions along the lines of “Repo 105” – an accounting device that helped Lehman Brothers conceal its high leverage ratio during the financial crisis. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/sec-launches-repo-105-probe.html
Financial Reform 101 By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 1, 2010. Let’s face it: Financial reform is a hard issue to follow. It’s not like health reform, which was fairly straightforward once you cut through the nonsense. Reasonable people can and do disagree about exactly what we should do to avert another banking crisis. So here’s a brief guide to the debate — and an explanation of my own position. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/opinion/02krugman.html?th&emc=th
Your Money
US consumer spending continues to rise By Alan Rappeport in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 29 2010 14:11 | Last updated: March 29 2010 15:32. US consumer spending picked up for the fifth month running in February, lifting hopes that consumers could add momentum to the economic recovery. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-consumer-spending-continues-to-rise.html
Pay of Hedge Fund Managers Roared Back Last Year By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and LOUISE STORY. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010. The Lazarus-like recovery of the nation’s big banks did not benefit just the bankers — it also created huge paydays for hedge fund managers, including a record $4 billion gain in 2009 for one bold investor who bet big on the financial sector. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/01hedge.html?hp
Housing
Housing crisis drives families into overcrowded living conditions - Longstanding problem in Chicago exacerbated by foreclosures, posing safety and other concerns By Antonio Olivo. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 28, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-met-overcrowded-housing-0328-20100327,0,5362202,full.story
Commodities
Fed Ends Its Purchasing of Mortgage Securities By SEWELL CHAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010. The Federal Reserve’s single largest intervention to prop up the American economy, its $1.25 trillion program to buy mortgage-backed securities, came to a long-anticipated end on Wednesday. The program has been credited with holding mortgage interest rates at near-record lows and slowing the nationwide decline in home prices that threatened to send the economy into an extended slump. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/business/01fed.html?th&emc=th
Steelmakers agree new iron ore contracts By Peter Smith in Sydney and Javier Blas in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 30 2010 05:57 | Last updated: March 30 2010 11:15. Global miners and key Asian steelmakers have agreed to a record increase in iron ore prices after they signed deals to replace the 40-year-old pricing system based on annual contracts with new short-term deals linked to the spot market. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/steelmakers-agree-new-iron-ore.html
Gains for US steel after ore price rise By Telis Demos in New York and Jonathan Soble in Tokyo. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: April 2 2010 19:27 | Last updated: April 2 2010 19:27. US steel products are poised to become more attractive on the global market in the wake of the sharp rise in traded iron ore – a development that has enraged makers of the metal elsewhere in the world, analysts say. Steel inputs in the US are in large part isolated from the global market because the US is the only steel-producing country that is a net exporter of the chief ingredients of steel, iron ore, coking coal and scrap. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/gains-for-us-steel-after-ore-price-rise.html
Carmakers urge EU action on iron ore By John Reed, Motor Industry Correspondent. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 31 2010 15:48 | Last updated: March 31 2010 15:48. European carmakers urged the European Union to act after iron ore producers took steps to raise their prices by more than 80 per cent, saying they were “very concerned” by the move. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/carmakers-urge-eu-action-on-iron-ore.html
Immigration
Washington Post Editorial: Should minor drug offenses lead to deportation? Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. JOSE ANGEL Carachuri-Rosendo was deported because of one tablet of Xanax. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033002999.html
New York Times Editorial: Wishing Doesn’t Make It Law. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010. When noncitizens are convicted of aggravated felonies, federal law makes it relatively easy to remove them from the country — and it should. But the law is not a weapon for overzealous immigration officials who want to deny immigrants fair deportation hearings. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/opinion/31wed3.html?th&emc=th
Travel
Security Checks on Flights to U.S. To Be Revamped By JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 1, 2010. President Obama has signed off on new security protocols for people flying to the United States, establishing a system that uses intelligence information and assessment of threats to identify passengers who could have links to terrorism, a senior administration official said Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/us/02terror.html?h
Energy
“The new automobile fuel economy standards formally adopted by the Obama administration on Thursday will yield a trifecta of benefits: reduced dependence on foreign oil, fewer greenhouse gas emissions, and consumer savings at the pump. This was truly a moment to celebrate. But it was tempered by the fact that some in Congress are trying to undo the laws that made the new standards possible.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: Everybody Wins. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 1, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/02/opinion/02fri2.html?th&emc=th
White House mandates new fuel efficiency standards By Juliet Eilperin. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, April 1, 2010; 11:55 AM. The Obama administration finalized the first national rules curbing greenhouse gas emissions Thursday, mandating that the U.S. car and light-truck fleet reach an average fuel efficiency of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040101412.html?hpid=topnews
Nissan prices its first electric car at roughly $25K By Peter Whoriskey. Copyright by The Washington Post . Tuesday, March 30, 2010; 11:02 AM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/30/AR2010033001693.html?hpid=topnews
New York Times Editorial: Drill, but Not Everywhere. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/opinion/01thu1.html?th&emc=th
Obama to Open Offshore Areas to Oil Drilling for First Time By JOHN M. BRODER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 30, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/31/science/earth/31energy.html?th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: An offshore necessity. Copyright by the Washington Post. Thursday, April 1, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/31/AR2010033103708.html
A Race to Reap Energy From the Ocean Breezes By SINDYA N. BHANOO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: April 2, 2010. As New Englanders await a decision in Massachusetts on a bitterly contested proposal to build the nation’s first offshore wind farm, the State of Rhode Island is forging ahead with its own project in the hope of outpacing — and upstaging — its neighbor. Crucial to its strategy is dispelling worries that economics will trump the environment, or the broader public good. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/science/earth/03wind.html?hpw
Religion
Militia Charged With Plotting to Murder Officers By NICK BUNKLEY and CHARLIE SAVAGE. Copyright by The Associated Press...In an indictment against the nine unsealed on Monday, the Justice Department said they were part of a group of apocalyptic Christian militants who were plotting to kill law enforcement officers in hopes of inciting an antigovernment uprising, the latest in a recent surge in right-wing militia activity. Published: March 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/us/30militia.html?th&emc=th
Only Christians need apply - Refugee resettlement group’s religious requirement stirs charges of discrimination By Manya A. Brachear. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 29, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/jobs/ct-met-world-relief-20100531,0,5402848,full.story
GLBT
“A Mississippi school board was grossly discriminatory and mean-spirited when it told Constance McMillen that she could not attend her high school prom with her girlfriend. A ruling by a federal judge that Ms. McMillen’s constitutional rights had been violated is a welcome sign that gay people are continuing to make progress toward equality. It should also be a warning to school districts nationwide about the cost of discrimination.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: Right of Passage. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 29, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/opinion/30tue2.html?th&emc=th
Mississippi A.C.L.U. Rejects $20,000 for Alternate Prom By STEPHANIE STROM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 31, 2010. To avoid further controversy, the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi has rejected a $20,000 gift intended to underwrite an alternate prom replacing one canceled by a local school district after a lesbian student demanded that she be allowed to attend with her girlfriend. The gift, to sponsor one of several privately sponsored alternate events, came from the American Humanist Association, an advocacy group whose mission is to promote “good without God.” http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/us/01prom.html?hpw
Latin singer Ricky Martin says he is gay. Copyright by Reuters. Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:13pm EDT. Latin pop star Ricky Martin on Monday announced he was gay in a blog posting, ending years of speculation. "I am proud to say that I am a fortunate homosexual man," Martin wrote in a blog posting at www.rickymartinmusic.com. http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62S5IR20100329
Technology
Investors await iPad’s cliffhanger launch By Joseph Menn in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: April 2 2010 19:10 | Last updated: April 2 2010 19:10. At least 200,000 US residents will get their hands on Apple’s new iPad on Saturday, convinced that, without ever having held one, the mouseless computer is right for them. Meanwhile, a much bigger group, made up of Apple’s investors, is already sure it will like the new device even more. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/investors-await-ipads-cliffhanger.html
Apple expands its touchy-feely vision. By Richard Waters. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 31 2010 20:52 | Last updated: March 31 2010 20:52. This weekend’s launch of Apple’s iPad in the US – with an international debut expected later in the month – will be a polarising moment. The television news will linger on the queues outside Apple stores, and fans will be seen drooling over these latest shiny objects of techno-lust. Doubters, meanwhile, will point out that general purpose tablet-style computers such as this have always bombed before – and if the touch-screen interface is so revolutionary, why is Apple going to sell an old-fashioned keyboard to plug into it? http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/04/apple-expands-its-touchy-feely-vision.html
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Glenn Beck and Jim Wallis Discuss Social Justice (April Fools!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy8v1Q1VWuI
April 1, 2010: CNN Hires Erick Erickson http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-1-2010/cnn-hires-erick-erickson
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Holy Sh*t Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global Newsletter II - March 27, 2010
Holy Sh*t Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global Newsletter II - March 27, 2010
March 16, 2010: Holy Sh*t http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-16-2010/holy-sh-t
“The future Pope Benedict XVI was kept more closely apprised of a sexual abuse case in Germany than previous church statements have suggested, raising fresh questions about his handling of a scandal unfolding under his direct supervision before he rose to the top of the church’s hierarchy. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future pope and archbishop in Munich at the time, was copied on a memo that informed him that a priest, whom he had approved sending to therapy in 1980 to overcome pedophilia, would be returned to pastoral work within days of beginning psychiatric treatment. The priest was later convicted of molesting boys in another parish.” NICHOLAS KULISH and KATRIN BENNHOLD
Pope Was Told Pedophile Priest Would Get Transfer - Documents suggest that Pope Benedict, shown in St. Peter's Square on Thursday, was kept informed of a pedophile priest's case. By NICHOLAS KULISH and KATRIN BENNHOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/world/europe/26church.html?th&emc=th
“Pope Benedict XVI’s latest apology for the emerging global scandal of child abuse by predatory priests — an issue that the Roman Catholic Church should have engaged years ago — is strong on forgiveness but far short of the full accountability that Catholics need for repairing their damaged church. With the scandal spreading across Europe, Benedict apologized to Irish Catholics last week for the “sinful and criminal” sexual abuse of thousands of children across decades. But he made no mention of the need to discipline diocesan leaders most responsible for shielding hundreds of priests from criminal penalties by moving them from parish to parish to continue their crimes.’ New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: The Pope and the Pedophilia Scandal. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/opinion/25thur1.html?th&emc=th
Vatican axed trial for priest accused by deaf boys By NICOLE WINFIELD. Copyright by The Associated Press. Thursday, March 25, 2010; 12:50 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032500477.html?hpid=topnews
Benedict’s Fragile Church By PETER SCHNEIDER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/opinion/23Schneider.html?th&emc=th
Pope May Be at Crossroads on Abuse, Forced to Reconcile Policy and Words By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/world/europe/26vatican.html?th&emc=th
Pope Accepts Irish Bishop’s Resignation in Abuse Scandal By RACHEL DONADIO and EAMON QUINN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/world/europe/25ireland.html?hp
For Years, Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest’s Abuse By LAURIE GOODSTEIN and DAVID CALLENDER. Copyright by The The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. They were deaf, but they were not silent. For decades, a group of men who were sexually abused as children by the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin reported to every type of official they could think of that he was a danger, according to the victims and church documents. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/us/27wisconsin.html?th&emc=th
Doctrine Preoccupied Benedict as Archbishop By KATRIN BENNHOLD and NICHOLAS KULISH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 27, 2010. When Pope Benedict XVI was archbishop of Munich and Freising, he was broadly described as a theologian more concerned with doctrinal debates than personnel matters. That, say his defenders, helps explain why he did not keep close tabs on a pedophile priest sent to his archdiocese in 1980 and allowed to work in a parish. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/world/europe/28church.html?hp
To Sinead O'Connor, Pope Benedict's apology for church sex abuse rings hollow By Sinead O'Connor. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 28, 2010. When I was a child, Ireland was a Catholic theocracy. If a bishop came walking down the street, people would move to make a path for him. If a bishop attended a national sporting event, the team would kneel to kiss his ring. If someone made a mistake, instead of saying, "Nobody's perfect," we said, "Ah sure, it could happen to a bishop." The expression was more accurate than we knew. This month, Pope Benedict XVI wrote a pastoral letter of apology -- of sorts -- to Ireland to atone for decades of sexual abuse of minors by priests whom those children were supposed to trust. To many people in my homeland, the pope's letter is an insult not only to our intelligence, but to our faith and to our country. To understand why, one must realize that we Irish endured a brutal brand of Catholicism that revolved around the humiliation of children. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032502363.html?hpid=artslot
International
“A few weeks ago, a solution to Greece’s debt problems seemed close. The Greeks did their part by adopting a tough new austerity program earlier this month. But Europe has not followed through with the needed guarantee that the money Greece must borrow to pay its bills will be safe from default.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: European Disunion. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/opinion/23tue2.html?th&emc=th
Europeans Reach Deal on Rescue Plan for Greece By STEPHEN CASTLE and MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/business/global/26drachma.html?hpw
Euro plunges on doubts over Greece aid By Jamie Chisholm, Global Markets Commentator. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 24 2010 08:42 | Last updated: March 24 2010 15:19 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d228a2c2-371e-11df-b542-00144feabdc0.html
UK hedge funds gain from bets on sterling By Sam Jones, Hedge Fund Correspondent. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 26 2010 23:00 | Last updated: March 26 2010 23:00 http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/uk-hedge-funds-gain-from-bets-on.html
Obama Finalizes Arms Control Deal With Russia By PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. President Obama finalized a new arms control treaty with Russia on Friday that will pare back the still-formidable cold war nuclear arsenals of each country. The agreement brings to fruition one of the president’s signature foreign policy objectives, just days after he signed into law the most expansive domestic program in decades. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/world/europe/27start.html?hp
Dubai unveils debt restructuring By Simeon Kerr in Dubai and Robin Wigglesworth and Andrew England in Abu Dhabi. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 08:26 | Last updated: March 25 2010 11:16. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/dubai-unveils-debt-restructuring.html
China
“IT'S NOT often that a major multinational corporation sacrifices profits and the possibility of substantial growth for a human rights principle. So Google deserves praise for its groundbreaking decision to move its China-based search engine from the mainland to Hong Kong and end its censorship of searches. The shift does not mean that Chinese will be able to learn about Tiananmen or Tibet through Google searches; Beijing's firewall has already begun screening such content from Google.cn. But the company itself will no longer be engaged in suppressing Internet freedom on behalf of an authoritarian government. In drawing that line, Google sets an example that other U.S. firms should follow -- and that the Obama administration should defend.” Washington Post Editorial
Washington Post Editorial: Google's good deed in China. Copyright by the Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402925.html
New York Times Editorial: Google and China. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. Google’s decision to stop censoring its search service in China on Monday was a principled and brave move, a belated acknowledgment that Internet companies cannot enable a government’s censorship without becoming a de facto accomplice to repression. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/opinion/24wed2.html?th&emc=th
Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship By MIGUEL HELFT and DAVID BARBOZA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/technology/23google.html?emc=na
China Unicom ditches Google on mobiles By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Justine Lau in Hong Kong. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 24 2010 18:52 | Last updated: March 24 2010 18:52 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e30c04c2-3772-11df-9176-00144feabdc0.html
China's instructions on reporting on Google. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402511.html
China Officials Wrestle Publicly Over Currency By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 25, 2010. Chinese leaders are engaged in a bitter and unusually public struggle over whether to allow the renminbi to rise against the dollar or to escalate further a war of words with the United States over currency values. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/business/global/26yuan.html?ref=global-home
Mess-o-potamia
China and Russia Pressed Iran to Accept U.N. Deal By ELLEN BARRY and ANDREW KRAMER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/world/middleeast/25iran.html?ref=global-home
Insurgent Faction Presents Afghan Peace Plan By CARLOTTA GALL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. Representatives of a major insurgent faction have presented a formal 15-point peace plan to the Afghan government, the first concrete proposal to end hostilities since President Hamid Karzai said he would make reconciliation a priority after his re-election last year. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/world/asia/24afghan.html?th&emc=th
Bin Laden issues threat over 9/11 execution By Andrew England in Abu Dhabi. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 15:06 | Last updated: March 25 2010 15:06. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/bin-laden-issues-threat-over-911.html
Israel Absorbs Twin Rebukes From Top Allies By HELENE COOPER and JOHN F. BURNS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. Israel found itself at odds with its two most stalwart allies on Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu culminated a tense visit to Washington with a face-to-face session with President Obama that apparently failed to resolve the impasse between the two over a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/world/middleeast/24diplo.html?th&emc=th
National
GOP's Gregg, Corker predict financial regulation bill will pass in 2010 By Brady Dennis. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 24, 2010; 12:25 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032401456.html?hpid=topnews
Student Loan Overhaul Approved by Congress By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and TAMAR LEWIN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/us/politics/26loans.html?hpw
Chicagoland
Democrats pick Simon as Quinn's running mate by Rick Pearson. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 27, 2010. State Democratic Party leaders today selected Sheila Simon, the daughter of the late Sen. Paul Simon, to be Gov. Pat Quinn's running mate in the general election. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/03/democrats-pick-quinn-running-mate-simon-and-turner-are-finalists.html
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Pension cuts a giant first step. Keep going. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 25, 2010. Sweeping, radical change to the state's pension systems finally came to Illinois on Wednesday, an important first step toward pulling the state back from the brink of bankruptcy. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2121918,CST-EDT-edit25a.article
Health care reform in Illinois: what to expect - State Insurance Director Michael McRaith discusses the impact of health care reform on Illinois By Judith Graham. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 5:42 p.m. CDT, March 23, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-health-reform-illinois-20100323,0,4596796.story
Health Care
“Providing free or discounted medical care to low-income uninsured people is supposed to be the reason nonprofit hospitals get generous tax breaks, while for-profit hospitals don't. Some Chicago area hospitals, though, are not doing nearly enough to justify their tax-exempt status. In 2008, according to state records, more than a dozen non-profit hospitals here spent less than 1 percent of their total revenue on charity care for the poor.” Chicago Sun-Times Editorial
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Nonprofit hospitals skimping on charity. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 22, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2115068,CST-EDT-edit22a.article
Caesarean Births Are at an All Time High in U.S. By DENISE GRADY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. The Caesarean section rate in the United States reached 32 percent in 2007, the country’s highest rate ever, health officials are reporting. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/24birth.html?hpw
F.D.A. Says Millions Got Unapproved Heart Pills By NATASHA SINGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/business/27nitro.html?th&emc=th
More Doctors Giving Up Private Practices By GARDINER HARRIS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/health/policy/26docs.html?hp
Doctor Visits Lead to Legal Help With Everyday Problems By ERIK ECKHOLM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/us/24legal.html?hp
Doctors Offer Thoughts on Cutting Health Care Costs By LESLEY ALDERMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 20, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/health/27patient.html?hpw
ACNE DRUG PREVENTS HIV BREAKOUT. Copyright by johns Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2010/03_18a_10.html
Health Care Reform
“We are in this together. That's the spirit that moved President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and every Democrat who voted "yes" in the House Sunday for the historic bill that will soon make health care affordable for almost every American. We know that sounds insufferably schmaltzy to many, with its echoes of soft-headed dreamers singing "Kumbaya." But that has always been the matter at the heart of this centurylong national debate over health care: how much do we give a damn about each other.” Chicago Sun-Times Editorial
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Health care is now an American right. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 23, 2010. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2116898,CST-EDT-edit23.article
Senate passes corrected reconciliation bill, sends it back to the House By Lori Montgomery, Shailagh Murray and William Branigin. Copyright by The Washington Post
Thursday, March 25, 2010; 3:25 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032500006.html?hpid=topnews
Final Votes in Congress Cap Battle on Health Bill By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. Congress on Thursday gave final approval to a package of changes to the Democrats’ sweeping health care overhaul, capping a bitter partisan battle over the most far-reaching social legislation in nearly half a century. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/health/policy/26health.html?hpw
Washington Post Editorial: States argue the feds can't force purchase of health insurance. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402927.html
The Color of Money: 4 scenarios in the new health-care law By Michelle Singletary. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 28, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032605598.html?hpid=topnews
Randy Neugebauer says he called out 'baby-killer' as Stupak spoke on House floor By Paul Kane. Updated 2:03 p.m. 3/22/10. Copyright by The Washington Post http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/stupak-called-baby-killer-on-h.html?hpid=topnews
Why I wrote the 'Stupak amendment' and voted for health-care reform By Bart Stupak. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, March 27, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032602921.html
GOP Bashing
WE DISAGREE with the charge made by Rep. Cantor today that Democrats are using acts of violence for political gain," Brad Woodhouse, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said Thursday. He was referring to Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), a Republican leader in the House, who said that Democratic leaders are taking political advantage of reports of vandalism and death threats against Democrats who voted for the health-reform bill. Democrats who blame the rhetoric of GOP leaders for such acts, Mr. Cantor said, are "dangerously fanning the flames." Washington Post Editorial
Washington Post Editorial: Putting out the flames. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 26, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032503093.html
After Health Vote, Threats on Democrats By CARL HULSE. Copyright by the Associated Press. Published: March 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/health/policy/25health.html?th&emc=th
An open letter to conservatives By Russell King. Copyright bhy Filtered News. March 22, 2010. The years have not been kind to you. I grew up in a profoundly Republican home so I can remember when you wore a very different face than the one we see now. You’ve lost me and you’ve lost most of America. Because I believe having responsible choices is important to democracy, I’d like to give you some advice and an invitation. http://filterednews.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/an-open-letter-to-conservatives/#com-head
An Absence of Class By BOB HERBERT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010. Some of the images from the run-up to Sunday’s landmark health care vote in the House of Representatives should be seared into the nation’s consciousness. We are so far, in so many ways, from being a class act. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/opinion/23herbert.html?th&emc=th
A Tea Party Without Nuts By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/opinion/24friedman.html?th&emc=th
Going to Extreme By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers go wild as health reform finally became law. But a few days later, it doesn’t seem quite as entertaining — and not just because of the wave of vandalism and threats aimed at Democratic lawmakers. For if you care about America’s future, you can’t be happy as extremists take full control of one of our two great political parties. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/opinion/26krugman.html?ref=opinion
Racism simmers below surface on health care - It's no surprise that only black lawmakers were spit at BY MARY MITCHELL. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 23, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/2117338,CST-NWS-mitch23.article
Stopping the health-care madness By Eugene Robinson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 26, 2010. Let's not pretend anymore that the tea party movement is harmless. The right to protest is one of our cherished American freedoms. But there is no right to vandalism, no right to threaten our elected officials' lives. Someone is going to get hurt unless those who lead the movement -- and those who exploit it -- start acting like responsible adults. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032502413.html
Washington Post Editorial: After health reform, is anyone willing to compromise? Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 24, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032303425.html
Can ‘No’ Revive the Republicans? By TOBIN HARSHAW. Copyright by The New York Times. March 26, 2010, 6:46 PM http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/can-no-revive-the-republicans/?scp=1&sq=Can%20‘No’%20Revive%20the%20Republicans?%20&st=cse
Whose Country Is It? By CHARLES M. BLOW. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. The far-right extremists have gone into conniptions. The bullying, threats, and acts of violence following the passage of health care reform have been shocking, but they’re only the most recent manifestations of an increasing sense of desperation. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/opinion/27blow.html?th&emc=th
Political Tide Could Wash Away Utah Senator By JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. Senator Robert F. Bennett parked his white Acura, walked through the doors of Bryant Middle School and stood alone as he began the obstacle course that will determine his political fate. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/us/politics/26bennett.html?hp
The Economy
U.S. Growth in 4th Quarter Revised Slightly Lower By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/business/economy/27econ.html?hpw
Bernanke says low rates still necessary By James Politi in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 15:44 | Last updated: March 25 2010 15:44. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/bernanke-says-low-rates-still-necessary.html
US jobless claims fall to 15-month low By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 13:30 | Last updated: March 25 2010 13:30 http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-jobless-claims-fall-to-15-month-low.html
Best Buy reports strong fourth-quarter sales By Jonathan Birchall in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 14:01 | Last updated: March 25 2010 14:01. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/best-buy-reports-strong-fourth-quarter.html
Your Money
Social Security to See Payout Exceed Pay-In This Year By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. The bursting of the real estate bubble and the ensuing recession have hurt jobs, home prices and now Social Security. This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/economy/25social.html?th&emc=th
Housing
Households Facing Foreclosure Rose in 4th Quarter By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/business/economy/26mortgages.html?hpw
Existing home sales fall for third straight month By Renae Merle. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, March 23, 2010; 12:59 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032301226.html?hpid=topnews
Housing crisis drives families into overcrowded living conditions - Longstanding problem in Chicago exacerbated by foreclosures, posing safety and other concerns By Antonio Olivo. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 28, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-met-overcrowded-housing-0328-20100327,0,5362202,full.story
Bank of America to Reduce Mortgage Balances By DAVID STREITFELD and LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. Bank of America said on Wednesday that it would begin forgiving some mortgage debt in an effort to keep distressed borrowers from losing their homes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/25housing.html?th&emc=th
A Bold U.S. Plan to Help Struggling Homeowners. By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. Will it work this time? Once again, the federal government is adding to its arsenal of programs for troubled homeowners, seeking to help those who urgently need it while neither angering nor creating perverse incentives for those who do not. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/business/27modify.html?th&emc=th
Commodities
Supply fears start to hit Treasuries By Michael Mackenzie in New York and David Oakley in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 26 2010 19:18 | Last updated: March 26 2010 19:18. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/supply-fears-start-to-hit-treasuries.html
Travel
U.S. Set to Expand Role in Protecting Air Travelers By SUSAN STELLIN. Copyright by Bloomberg News. Published: March 22, 2010. The federal government is about to take a larger role in protecting airline passengers, starting with a new rule allowing travelers to get off a plane stuck on the tarmac for more than three hours. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/business/23delays.html?hpw
2nd Strike Begins at British Airways By NICOLA CLARK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 27, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/business/global/28air.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1269709998-eDFVXLgFJI9JhuZrWuipJg
Airlines in Europe Face Wave of Strikes By DAVID JOLLY. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 22, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/business/global/23air.html?hp
Religion
Christian Science Church Seeks Truce on Medicine By PAUL VITELLO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/nyregion/24heal.html?hp
GLBT
The Pentagon is taking a major step to ease the discriminatory burdens on gay and lesbian service members by ending the pernicious use of anonymous tips and biased hearsay to drum them from the military. With the backing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laid down enlightened enforcement changes to provide “a greater measure of common sense and common decency” to a military burdened by the onerous and damaging “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: Loosening the ‘Don’t Ask’ Shackles. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/opinion/26fri2.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1269619325-isZBrxEWZiFFo2y2XLvbKQ
Pentagon relaxes 'don't ask, don't tell' By Craig Whitlock. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010; 12:40 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032500818.html?hpid=topnews
Cuccinelli: Gay acts are a 'detriment' to society and sodomy is still illegal in Virginia. Filed by: Michael Hamar. Copyright by Bilerico. March 21, 2010 4:00 PM http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/cuccinelli_gay_acts_are_a_detriment_to_society_end.php
Get Equal: Major New LGBT Civil Rights Organization Formed. Copyright by David Mixner. Mar 17, 2010. http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/03/get-equal-major-new-lgbt-civil-rights-organization-formed.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
Gays arrested at White House, Pelosi's offices by Rex Wockner. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-03-24. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25933
Is This The Birth Of A Civil Rights Movement....? Copyright by David Mixner. Mar 19, 2010. http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/03/is-this-the-birth-of-a-civil-rights-movement.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
A whirlwind of activity in D.C. by Chuck Colbert. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-03-24. Spring fever or March madness—take your pick. Whatever the explanation, gay-rights activists, gay veterans and a retired Marine Corps general grabbed headlines last week both on Capitol Hill and outside the White House. And it all happened the same day, Thursday, March 18, as members of Congress began reviewing a report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimating the costs of healthcare reform. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25934
Daley names LGBT advisory chair. Copyright by The Windy City Times. Thursday, March 18, 2010 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25910
Technology
“The Federal Communications Commission’s broadband strategy comes not a moment too soon. High-speed Internet is on its way to replacing the telephone as the nation’s primary means of communication.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: A Plan for Broadband. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 20, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21sun1.html?th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: The FCC's visible hand. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 21, 2010. BY THE Federal Communications Commission's own account, broadband use in the United States has exploded over the past decade: "Fueled primarily by private sector investment and innovation, the American broadband ecosystem has evolved rapidly. The number of Americans who have broadband at home has grown from eight million in 2000 to nearly 200 million last year." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/20/AR2010032002711.html
Rush Is On to Be First in iPad Apps By BRAD STONE and JENNA WORTHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 21, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/technology/22apps.html?hpw
Advertisers Show Interest in iPad By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. Advertisers initially approached new media as if they were going duck hunting, tiptoeing cautiously into the waters of mobile phones and the Internet. With the iPad, it’s big-game season. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/media/25ipad.html?th&emc=th
Nintendo to Make 3D Version of Its DS Handheld Game By HIROKO TABUCHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/technology/24nintendo.html?th&emc=th
Facebook privacy policy shift fires critics By David Gelles in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 26 2010 23:17 | Last updated: March 26 2010 23:17. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/facebook-privacy-policy-shift-fires.html
Other
A Liberal Dose of Humor: Gene Weingarten can make fun of Democrats AND Republicans By Gene Weingarten. Copyright by the Washington Post. Sunday, March 28, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031902643.html?hpid=topnews
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March 16, 2010: Holy Sh*t http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-16-2010/holy-sh-t
“The future Pope Benedict XVI was kept more closely apprised of a sexual abuse case in Germany than previous church statements have suggested, raising fresh questions about his handling of a scandal unfolding under his direct supervision before he rose to the top of the church’s hierarchy. Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future pope and archbishop in Munich at the time, was copied on a memo that informed him that a priest, whom he had approved sending to therapy in 1980 to overcome pedophilia, would be returned to pastoral work within days of beginning psychiatric treatment. The priest was later convicted of molesting boys in another parish.” NICHOLAS KULISH and KATRIN BENNHOLD
Pope Was Told Pedophile Priest Would Get Transfer - Documents suggest that Pope Benedict, shown in St. Peter's Square on Thursday, was kept informed of a pedophile priest's case. By NICHOLAS KULISH and KATRIN BENNHOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/world/europe/26church.html?th&emc=th
“Pope Benedict XVI’s latest apology for the emerging global scandal of child abuse by predatory priests — an issue that the Roman Catholic Church should have engaged years ago — is strong on forgiveness but far short of the full accountability that Catholics need for repairing their damaged church. With the scandal spreading across Europe, Benedict apologized to Irish Catholics last week for the “sinful and criminal” sexual abuse of thousands of children across decades. But he made no mention of the need to discipline diocesan leaders most responsible for shielding hundreds of priests from criminal penalties by moving them from parish to parish to continue their crimes.’ New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: The Pope and the Pedophilia Scandal. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/opinion/25thur1.html?th&emc=th
Vatican axed trial for priest accused by deaf boys By NICOLE WINFIELD. Copyright by The Associated Press. Thursday, March 25, 2010; 12:50 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032500477.html?hpid=topnews
Benedict’s Fragile Church By PETER SCHNEIDER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/opinion/23Schneider.html?th&emc=th
Pope May Be at Crossroads on Abuse, Forced to Reconcile Policy and Words By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/world/europe/26vatican.html?th&emc=th
Pope Accepts Irish Bishop’s Resignation in Abuse Scandal By RACHEL DONADIO and EAMON QUINN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/world/europe/25ireland.html?hp
For Years, Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest’s Abuse By LAURIE GOODSTEIN and DAVID CALLENDER. Copyright by The The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. They were deaf, but they were not silent. For decades, a group of men who were sexually abused as children by the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy at a school for the deaf in Wisconsin reported to every type of official they could think of that he was a danger, according to the victims and church documents. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/us/27wisconsin.html?th&emc=th
Doctrine Preoccupied Benedict as Archbishop By KATRIN BENNHOLD and NICHOLAS KULISH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 27, 2010. When Pope Benedict XVI was archbishop of Munich and Freising, he was broadly described as a theologian more concerned with doctrinal debates than personnel matters. That, say his defenders, helps explain why he did not keep close tabs on a pedophile priest sent to his archdiocese in 1980 and allowed to work in a parish. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/world/europe/28church.html?hp
To Sinead O'Connor, Pope Benedict's apology for church sex abuse rings hollow By Sinead O'Connor. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 28, 2010. When I was a child, Ireland was a Catholic theocracy. If a bishop came walking down the street, people would move to make a path for him. If a bishop attended a national sporting event, the team would kneel to kiss his ring. If someone made a mistake, instead of saying, "Nobody's perfect," we said, "Ah sure, it could happen to a bishop." The expression was more accurate than we knew. This month, Pope Benedict XVI wrote a pastoral letter of apology -- of sorts -- to Ireland to atone for decades of sexual abuse of minors by priests whom those children were supposed to trust. To many people in my homeland, the pope's letter is an insult not only to our intelligence, but to our faith and to our country. To understand why, one must realize that we Irish endured a brutal brand of Catholicism that revolved around the humiliation of children. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032502363.html?hpid=artslot
International
“A few weeks ago, a solution to Greece’s debt problems seemed close. The Greeks did their part by adopting a tough new austerity program earlier this month. But Europe has not followed through with the needed guarantee that the money Greece must borrow to pay its bills will be safe from default.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: European Disunion. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/opinion/23tue2.html?th&emc=th
Europeans Reach Deal on Rescue Plan for Greece By STEPHEN CASTLE and MATTHEW SALTMARSH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/business/global/26drachma.html?hpw
Euro plunges on doubts over Greece aid By Jamie Chisholm, Global Markets Commentator. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 24 2010 08:42 | Last updated: March 24 2010 15:19 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d228a2c2-371e-11df-b542-00144feabdc0.html
UK hedge funds gain from bets on sterling By Sam Jones, Hedge Fund Correspondent. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 26 2010 23:00 | Last updated: March 26 2010 23:00 http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/uk-hedge-funds-gain-from-bets-on.html
Obama Finalizes Arms Control Deal With Russia By PETER BAKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. President Obama finalized a new arms control treaty with Russia on Friday that will pare back the still-formidable cold war nuclear arsenals of each country. The agreement brings to fruition one of the president’s signature foreign policy objectives, just days after he signed into law the most expansive domestic program in decades. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/world/europe/27start.html?hp
Dubai unveils debt restructuring By Simeon Kerr in Dubai and Robin Wigglesworth and Andrew England in Abu Dhabi. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 08:26 | Last updated: March 25 2010 11:16. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/dubai-unveils-debt-restructuring.html
China
“IT'S NOT often that a major multinational corporation sacrifices profits and the possibility of substantial growth for a human rights principle. So Google deserves praise for its groundbreaking decision to move its China-based search engine from the mainland to Hong Kong and end its censorship of searches. The shift does not mean that Chinese will be able to learn about Tiananmen or Tibet through Google searches; Beijing's firewall has already begun screening such content from Google.cn. But the company itself will no longer be engaged in suppressing Internet freedom on behalf of an authoritarian government. In drawing that line, Google sets an example that other U.S. firms should follow -- and that the Obama administration should defend.” Washington Post Editorial
Washington Post Editorial: Google's good deed in China. Copyright by the Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402925.html
New York Times Editorial: Google and China. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. Google’s decision to stop censoring its search service in China on Monday was a principled and brave move, a belated acknowledgment that Internet companies cannot enable a government’s censorship without becoming a de facto accomplice to repression. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/opinion/24wed2.html?th&emc=th
Google Shuts China Site in Dispute Over Censorship By MIGUEL HELFT and DAVID BARBOZA. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/technology/23google.html?emc=na
China Unicom ditches Google on mobiles By Kathrin Hille in Beijing and Justine Lau in Hong Kong. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 24 2010 18:52 | Last updated: March 24 2010 18:52 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e30c04c2-3772-11df-9176-00144feabdc0.html
China's instructions on reporting on Google. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402511.html
China Officials Wrestle Publicly Over Currency By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 25, 2010. Chinese leaders are engaged in a bitter and unusually public struggle over whether to allow the renminbi to rise against the dollar or to escalate further a war of words with the United States over currency values. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/business/global/26yuan.html?ref=global-home
Mess-o-potamia
China and Russia Pressed Iran to Accept U.N. Deal By ELLEN BARRY and ANDREW KRAMER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/world/middleeast/25iran.html?ref=global-home
Insurgent Faction Presents Afghan Peace Plan By CARLOTTA GALL. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. Representatives of a major insurgent faction have presented a formal 15-point peace plan to the Afghan government, the first concrete proposal to end hostilities since President Hamid Karzai said he would make reconciliation a priority after his re-election last year. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/world/asia/24afghan.html?th&emc=th
Bin Laden issues threat over 9/11 execution By Andrew England in Abu Dhabi. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 15:06 | Last updated: March 25 2010 15:06. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/bin-laden-issues-threat-over-911.html
Israel Absorbs Twin Rebukes From Top Allies By HELENE COOPER and JOHN F. BURNS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. Israel found itself at odds with its two most stalwart allies on Tuesday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu culminated a tense visit to Washington with a face-to-face session with President Obama that apparently failed to resolve the impasse between the two over a comprehensive Middle East peace plan. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/world/middleeast/24diplo.html?th&emc=th
National
GOP's Gregg, Corker predict financial regulation bill will pass in 2010 By Brady Dennis. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 24, 2010; 12:25 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032401456.html?hpid=topnews
Student Loan Overhaul Approved by Congress By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and TAMAR LEWIN. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/us/politics/26loans.html?hpw
Chicagoland
Democrats pick Simon as Quinn's running mate by Rick Pearson. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 27, 2010. State Democratic Party leaders today selected Sheila Simon, the daughter of the late Sen. Paul Simon, to be Gov. Pat Quinn's running mate in the general election. http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2010/03/democrats-pick-quinn-running-mate-simon-and-turner-are-finalists.html
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Pension cuts a giant first step. Keep going. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 25, 2010. Sweeping, radical change to the state's pension systems finally came to Illinois on Wednesday, an important first step toward pulling the state back from the brink of bankruptcy. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2121918,CST-EDT-edit25a.article
Health care reform in Illinois: what to expect - State Insurance Director Michael McRaith discusses the impact of health care reform on Illinois By Judith Graham. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 5:42 p.m. CDT, March 23, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/ct-met-health-reform-illinois-20100323,0,4596796.story
Health Care
“Providing free or discounted medical care to low-income uninsured people is supposed to be the reason nonprofit hospitals get generous tax breaks, while for-profit hospitals don't. Some Chicago area hospitals, though, are not doing nearly enough to justify their tax-exempt status. In 2008, according to state records, more than a dozen non-profit hospitals here spent less than 1 percent of their total revenue on charity care for the poor.” Chicago Sun-Times Editorial
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Nonprofit hospitals skimping on charity. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 22, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2115068,CST-EDT-edit22a.article
Caesarean Births Are at an All Time High in U.S. By DENISE GRADY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. The Caesarean section rate in the United States reached 32 percent in 2007, the country’s highest rate ever, health officials are reporting. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/health/24birth.html?hpw
F.D.A. Says Millions Got Unapproved Heart Pills By NATASHA SINGER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/business/27nitro.html?th&emc=th
More Doctors Giving Up Private Practices By GARDINER HARRIS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/health/policy/26docs.html?hp
Doctor Visits Lead to Legal Help With Everyday Problems By ERIK ECKHOLM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/us/24legal.html?hp
Doctors Offer Thoughts on Cutting Health Care Costs By LESLEY ALDERMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 20, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/health/27patient.html?hpw
ACNE DRUG PREVENTS HIV BREAKOUT. Copyright by johns Hopkins Medicine http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2010/03_18a_10.html
Health Care Reform
“We are in this together. That's the spirit that moved President Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and every Democrat who voted "yes" in the House Sunday for the historic bill that will soon make health care affordable for almost every American. We know that sounds insufferably schmaltzy to many, with its echoes of soft-headed dreamers singing "Kumbaya." But that has always been the matter at the heart of this centurylong national debate over health care: how much do we give a damn about each other.” Chicago Sun-Times Editorial
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: Health care is now an American right. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 23, 2010. http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2116898,CST-EDT-edit23.article
Senate passes corrected reconciliation bill, sends it back to the House By Lori Montgomery, Shailagh Murray and William Branigin. Copyright by The Washington Post
Thursday, March 25, 2010; 3:25 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032500006.html?hpid=topnews
Final Votes in Congress Cap Battle on Health Bill By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. Congress on Thursday gave final approval to a package of changes to the Democrats’ sweeping health care overhaul, capping a bitter partisan battle over the most far-reaching social legislation in nearly half a century. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/health/policy/26health.html?hpw
Washington Post Editorial: States argue the feds can't force purchase of health insurance. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/24/AR2010032402927.html
The Color of Money: 4 scenarios in the new health-care law By Michelle Singletary. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 28, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032605598.html?hpid=topnews
Randy Neugebauer says he called out 'baby-killer' as Stupak spoke on House floor By Paul Kane. Updated 2:03 p.m. 3/22/10. Copyright by The Washington Post http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/stupak-called-baby-killer-on-h.html?hpid=topnews
Why I wrote the 'Stupak amendment' and voted for health-care reform By Bart Stupak. Copyright by The Washington Post. Saturday, March 27, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/26/AR2010032602921.html
GOP Bashing
WE DISAGREE with the charge made by Rep. Cantor today that Democrats are using acts of violence for political gain," Brad Woodhouse, spokesman for the Democratic National Committee, said Thursday. He was referring to Rep. Eric Cantor (Va.), a Republican leader in the House, who said that Democratic leaders are taking political advantage of reports of vandalism and death threats against Democrats who voted for the health-reform bill. Democrats who blame the rhetoric of GOP leaders for such acts, Mr. Cantor said, are "dangerously fanning the flames." Washington Post Editorial
Washington Post Editorial: Putting out the flames. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 26, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032503093.html
After Health Vote, Threats on Democrats By CARL HULSE. Copyright by the Associated Press. Published: March 24, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/health/policy/25health.html?th&emc=th
An open letter to conservatives By Russell King. Copyright bhy Filtered News. March 22, 2010. The years have not been kind to you. I grew up in a profoundly Republican home so I can remember when you wore a very different face than the one we see now. You’ve lost me and you’ve lost most of America. Because I believe having responsible choices is important to democracy, I’d like to give you some advice and an invitation. http://filterednews.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/an-open-letter-to-conservatives/#com-head
An Absence of Class By BOB HERBERT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 22, 2010. Some of the images from the run-up to Sunday’s landmark health care vote in the House of Representatives should be seared into the nation’s consciousness. We are so far, in so many ways, from being a class act. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/opinion/23herbert.html?th&emc=th
A Tea Party Without Nuts By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/opinion/24friedman.html?th&emc=th
Going to Extreme By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. I admit it: I had fun watching right-wingers go wild as health reform finally became law. But a few days later, it doesn’t seem quite as entertaining — and not just because of the wave of vandalism and threats aimed at Democratic lawmakers. For if you care about America’s future, you can’t be happy as extremists take full control of one of our two great political parties. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/opinion/26krugman.html?ref=opinion
Racism simmers below surface on health care - It's no surprise that only black lawmakers were spit at BY MARY MITCHELL. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 23, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/mitchell/2117338,CST-NWS-mitch23.article
Stopping the health-care madness By Eugene Robinson. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 26, 2010. Let's not pretend anymore that the tea party movement is harmless. The right to protest is one of our cherished American freedoms. But there is no right to vandalism, no right to threaten our elected officials' lives. Someone is going to get hurt unless those who lead the movement -- and those who exploit it -- start acting like responsible adults. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032502413.html
Washington Post Editorial: After health reform, is anyone willing to compromise? Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 24, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032303425.html
Can ‘No’ Revive the Republicans? By TOBIN HARSHAW. Copyright by The New York Times. March 26, 2010, 6:46 PM http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/can-no-revive-the-republicans/?scp=1&sq=Can%20‘No’%20Revive%20the%20Republicans?%20&st=cse
Whose Country Is It? By CHARLES M. BLOW. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. The far-right extremists have gone into conniptions. The bullying, threats, and acts of violence following the passage of health care reform have been shocking, but they’re only the most recent manifestations of an increasing sense of desperation. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/opinion/27blow.html?th&emc=th
Political Tide Could Wash Away Utah Senator By JEFF ZELENY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010. Senator Robert F. Bennett parked his white Acura, walked through the doors of Bryant Middle School and stood alone as he began the obstacle course that will determine his political fate. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/us/politics/26bennett.html?hp
The Economy
U.S. Growth in 4th Quarter Revised Slightly Lower By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/business/economy/27econ.html?hpw
Bernanke says low rates still necessary By James Politi in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 15:44 | Last updated: March 25 2010 15:44. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/bernanke-says-low-rates-still-necessary.html
US jobless claims fall to 15-month low By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 13:30 | Last updated: March 25 2010 13:30 http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-jobless-claims-fall-to-15-month-low.html
Best Buy reports strong fourth-quarter sales By Jonathan Birchall in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 25 2010 14:01 | Last updated: March 25 2010 14:01. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/best-buy-reports-strong-fourth-quarter.html
Your Money
Social Security to See Payout Exceed Pay-In This Year By MARY WILLIAMS WALSH. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. The bursting of the real estate bubble and the ensuing recession have hurt jobs, home prices and now Social Security. This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/economy/25social.html?th&emc=th
Housing
Households Facing Foreclosure Rose in 4th Quarter By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/business/economy/26mortgages.html?hpw
Existing home sales fall for third straight month By Renae Merle. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, March 23, 2010; 12:59 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032301226.html?hpid=topnews
Housing crisis drives families into overcrowded living conditions - Longstanding problem in Chicago exacerbated by foreclosures, posing safety and other concerns By Antonio Olivo. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 28, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/ct-met-overcrowded-housing-0328-20100327,0,5362202,full.story
Bank of America to Reduce Mortgage Balances By DAVID STREITFELD and LOUISE STORY. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. Bank of America said on Wednesday that it would begin forgiving some mortgage debt in an effort to keep distressed borrowers from losing their homes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/25housing.html?th&emc=th
A Bold U.S. Plan to Help Struggling Homeowners. By DAVID STREITFELD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 26, 2010. Will it work this time? Once again, the federal government is adding to its arsenal of programs for troubled homeowners, seeking to help those who urgently need it while neither angering nor creating perverse incentives for those who do not. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/27/business/27modify.html?th&emc=th
Commodities
Supply fears start to hit Treasuries By Michael Mackenzie in New York and David Oakley in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 26 2010 19:18 | Last updated: March 26 2010 19:18. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/supply-fears-start-to-hit-treasuries.html
Travel
U.S. Set to Expand Role in Protecting Air Travelers By SUSAN STELLIN. Copyright by Bloomberg News. Published: March 22, 2010. The federal government is about to take a larger role in protecting airline passengers, starting with a new rule allowing travelers to get off a plane stuck on the tarmac for more than three hours. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/business/23delays.html?hpw
2nd Strike Begins at British Airways By NICOLA CLARK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 27, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/business/global/28air.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1269709998-eDFVXLgFJI9JhuZrWuipJg
Airlines in Europe Face Wave of Strikes By DAVID JOLLY. Copyright by The Associated Press. Published: March 22, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/23/business/global/23air.html?hp
Religion
Christian Science Church Seeks Truce on Medicine By PAUL VITELLO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/nyregion/24heal.html?hp
GLBT
The Pentagon is taking a major step to ease the discriminatory burdens on gay and lesbian service members by ending the pernicious use of anonymous tips and biased hearsay to drum them from the military. With the backing of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laid down enlightened enforcement changes to provide “a greater measure of common sense and common decency” to a military burdened by the onerous and damaging “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: Loosening the ‘Don’t Ask’ Shackles. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 25, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/26/opinion/26fri2.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1269619325-isZBrxEWZiFFo2y2XLvbKQ
Pentagon relaxes 'don't ask, don't tell' By Craig Whitlock. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 25, 2010; 12:40 PM http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/25/AR2010032500818.html?hpid=topnews
Cuccinelli: Gay acts are a 'detriment' to society and sodomy is still illegal in Virginia. Filed by: Michael Hamar. Copyright by Bilerico. March 21, 2010 4:00 PM http://www.bilerico.com/2010/03/cuccinelli_gay_acts_are_a_detriment_to_society_end.php
Get Equal: Major New LGBT Civil Rights Organization Formed. Copyright by David Mixner. Mar 17, 2010. http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/03/get-equal-major-new-lgbt-civil-rights-organization-formed.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
Gays arrested at White House, Pelosi's offices by Rex Wockner. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-03-24. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25933
Is This The Birth Of A Civil Rights Movement....? Copyright by David Mixner. Mar 19, 2010. http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/03/is-this-the-birth-of-a-civil-rights-movement.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DavidMixnerCom+%28DavidMixner.com%29
A whirlwind of activity in D.C. by Chuck Colbert. Copyright by The Windy City Times. 2010-03-24. Spring fever or March madness—take your pick. Whatever the explanation, gay-rights activists, gay veterans and a retired Marine Corps general grabbed headlines last week both on Capitol Hill and outside the White House. And it all happened the same day, Thursday, March 18, as members of Congress began reviewing a report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office estimating the costs of healthcare reform. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25934
Daley names LGBT advisory chair. Copyright by The Windy City Times. Thursday, March 18, 2010 http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25910
Technology
“The Federal Communications Commission’s broadband strategy comes not a moment too soon. High-speed Internet is on its way to replacing the telephone as the nation’s primary means of communication.” New York Times Editorial
New York Times Editorial: A Plan for Broadband. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 20, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/opinion/21sun1.html?th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: The FCC's visible hand. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 21, 2010. BY THE Federal Communications Commission's own account, broadband use in the United States has exploded over the past decade: "Fueled primarily by private sector investment and innovation, the American broadband ecosystem has evolved rapidly. The number of Americans who have broadband at home has grown from eight million in 2000 to nearly 200 million last year." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/20/AR2010032002711.html
Rush Is On to Be First in iPad Apps By BRAD STONE and JENNA WORTHAM. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 21, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/technology/22apps.html?hpw
Advertisers Show Interest in iPad By STEPHANIE CLIFFORD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 24, 2010. Advertisers initially approached new media as if they were going duck hunting, tiptoeing cautiously into the waters of mobile phones and the Internet. With the iPad, it’s big-game season. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/25/business/media/25ipad.html?th&emc=th
Nintendo to Make 3D Version of Its DS Handheld Game By HIROKO TABUCHI. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 23, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/technology/24nintendo.html?th&emc=th
Facebook privacy policy shift fires critics By David Gelles in San Francisco. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 26 2010 23:17 | Last updated: March 26 2010 23:17. http://newsletter91507.blogspot.com/2010/03/facebook-privacy-policy-shift-fires.html
Other
A Liberal Dose of Humor: Gene Weingarten can make fun of Democrats AND Republicans By Gene Weingarten. Copyright by the Washington Post. Sunday, March 28, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031902643.html?hpid=topnews
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Holy Sh*t Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global Newsletter - March 120 2010
Holy Sh*t Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global Newsletter - March 120 2010
March 16, 2010: Holy Sh*t http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-16-2010/holy-sh-t
“In recent weeks, that scandal has been blown wide open again. This time, the Roman Catholic Church's crisis over sex abuse charges has gone global, with allegations spreading through half a dozen countries on two continents -- even as many U.S. Catholic dioceses continue to face litigation over alleged sexual abuse by priests.” Dan Gilgoff
Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global. - Pope Benedict XVI is now dealing with allegations of sexual abuse by priests on two continents. By Dan Gilgoff. Copyright by CNN News. March 19, 2010 12:38 p.m. EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/19/catholic.church.abuse/index.html?hpt=C1
Church sex abuse scandal scars Europe BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 17, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/2106513,CST-EDT-Carol17.article
Church Abuse Scandal in Germany Edges Closer to Pope By NICHOLAS KULISH and RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by Reuters. Published: March 12, 2010. BERLIN — A widening child sexual abuse inquiry in Europe has landed at the doorstep of Pope Benedict XVI, as a senior church official acknowledged Friday that a German archdiocese made “serious mistakes” in handling an abuse case while the pope served as its archbishop. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/europe/13pope.html?ref=global-home
German Priest in Church Abuse Case Is Suspended By NICHOLAS KULISH. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: March 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/world/europe/16church.html?th&emc=th
Doctor Asserts Church Ignored Abuse Warnings By NICHOLAS KULISH and KATRIN BENNHOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 18, 2010. ESSEN, Germany — The German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored repeated warnings in the early 1980s by a psychiatrist treating a priest accused of sexually abusing boys that he should not be allowed to work with children, the psychiatrist said Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/world/europe/19church.html?th&emc=th
Vatican completes probe of Legionaries scandal By NICOLE WINFIELD. Copyright by The Associated Press. Tue Mar 16, 12:07 pm ET. ATICAN CITY – Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order that was once hailed by Rome but fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered a child and had molested seminarians. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100316/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_legionaries_scandal
Cardinal apologizes for child abuse 'failures' Copyright by CNN News. March 17, 2010 11:20 a.m. EDT. (CNN) -- The head of the Irish Catholic Church, Cardinal Sean Brady, admitted Wednesday that the church's response to abuse had been "hopelessly inadequate." http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/17/catholic.ireland.abuse/index.html?hpt=T1
Pope Offers Apology, Not Penalty, for Sex Abuse Scandal By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 20, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/world/europe/21pope.html?emc=na
International
Germany backs IMF bail-out for Greece By Quentin Peel in Berlin and Nikki Tait in Brussels. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 18 2010 11:42 | Last updated: March 18 2010 12:17/ Greek worries return to unsettle investors By Jamie Chisholm, Global Markets Commentator. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 18 2010 08:20 | Last updated: March 18 2010 13:01. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/germany-backs-imf-bail-out-for-greece.html
Ailing Euro Seen as a Signal of Deeper Woes on Continent By JACK EWING. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/ailing-euro-seen-as-signal-of-deeper.html
Four banks face trial over derivatives deals By Vincent Boland in Milan. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 17 2010 13:22 | Last updated: March 17 2010 14:13. Four banks were charged with fraud on Wednesday for their roles in a €1.7bn ($2.3bn) financing package for the Italian city of Milan in a case that will fuel the global debate about the use of complex derivatives. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/four-banks-face-trial-over-derivatives.html
Washington Post Editorial: Is the U.S. doing enough to help dying Juarez? Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 18, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703538.html
China
New York Times Editorial: Will China Listen? Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010. The drumbeat of complaints in Washington about China’s manipulation of its currency — and the deafening silence pretty much everywhere else — might lead one to think that this is just an American problem. It isn’t. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/opinion/17wed1.html?th&emc=th
Chinese Leader Firmly Defends Currency and Trade Policies By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/world/asia/15china.html?ref=global-home
Chinese tightening fears weigh on stocks By Robert Budden. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 15 2010 10:54 | Last updated: March 15 2010 14:14. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/chinese-tightening-fears-weigh-on.html
China Issues Warning to Major Partners of Google By SHARON LaFRANIERE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/world/asia/15google.html?th&emc=th
China Drawing High-Tech Research From U.S. By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/business/global/18research.html?hp
Mess-o-potamia
Washington Post Editorial: The U.S. quarrel with Israel. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031502667.html
Opportunity in a Fight With Israel By MARK LANDLER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/world/middleeast/17diplo.html?th&emc=th
Israel Feeling Rising Anger From the U.S. By MARK LANDLER and ETHAN BRONNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/world/middleeast/16mideast.html?th&emc=th
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Obama must be robust with Israel. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 16 2010 22:00 | Last updated: March 16 2010 22:00. Israeli politicians have a tendency to take the support of the US for granted. Sometimes, it shows. Last week, the rightwing nationalist government of Benjamin Netanyahu gave the go-ahead to 1,600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem. It did so while Joe Biden, the US vice-president, was visiting the country, despite the US administration’s opposition to new building. This insult comes at a time when US military strategists are already questioning Israel’s value as an ally. The White House must harden its line on peace. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/financial-times-editorial-comment-obama.html
US believes top al-Qaeda planner killed © Reuters Limited. March 18, 2010 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ed2f496-3227-11df-b4e2-00144feabdc0.html
Followers of Sadr Emerge Stronger After Iraq Elections By ANTHONY SHADID. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/world/middleeast/17sadr.html?th&emc=th
National
Jobs Bill Passes in Senate With 11 Votes From Republicans By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/us/politics/18cong.html?hpw
New York Times Editorial: National School Standards, at Last. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 13, 2010. The countries that have left the United States behind in math and science education have one thing in common: They offer the same high education standards — often the same curriculum — from one end of the nation to the other. The United States relies on a generally mediocre patchwork of standards that vary, not just from state to state, but often from district to district. A child’s education depends primarily on ZIP code. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14sun1.html?th&emc=th
March 17, 2010: Don't Mess With Textbooks http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-17-2010/don-t-mess-with-textbooks
New York Times Editorial: Mr. Obama and No Child Left Behind. Copyright by New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010. President Obama’s blueprint for reworking the No Child Left Behind Education Act of 2002 has good ideas, but it doesn’t have anything close to the rigor that the word “blueprint” would suggest. Whether the president’s plan will strengthen or weaken the program will depend on how the administration fleshes out the missing details — and how Congress rewrites the law. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/opinion/18thu1.html?ref=opinion
Obama Restores Former Pentagon Line of Succession - Should Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates die unexpectedly, new succession rules are in force. By THOM SHANKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/17pentagon.html?th&emc=th
States’ Rights Is Rallying Cry for Lawmakers By KIRK JOHNSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/17states.html?th&emc=th
Democrat Enters N.Y. Governor Race as Republican - Steve Levy, a longtime Democrat, in Manhattan on Friday after announcing his candidacy for governor as a Republican. By JEREMY W. PETERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 19, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/nyregion/20levy.html?th&emc=th
Boy Scouts accused of sex abuse cover-up - ‘Perversion files’ kept secret by Scouts due to ‘confidential information’. Copyright by The Associated Press. 4:12 a.m. ET, Fri., March. 19, 2010 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35944804/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Chicagoland
Running for Obama’s Old Seat, and Set on Derailing His Plans By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010. Representative Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who is hoping to win Barack Obama’s former seat in the United States Senate, has told supporters he intends to “lead the effort” to repeal President Obama’s health care legislation if it passes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/us/politics/18illinois.html?hpw
GOP lt. gov pick's family cashed in with lease to party - But state Republican boss backs Plummer, says deal for Downstate headquarters was no secret BY KARA SPAK. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. February 14, 2010. The head of the Illinois Republican Party said he is standing behind the party's young lieutenant governor candidate in the wake of revelations that the candidate's family benefitted financially from a lease at a Downstate party headquarters. Jason Plummer, 27, who won the GOP lieutenant governor nomination earlier this month, said the process by which the Madison County Republican Party leased space in a strip mall owned by a family business while he was the county party chairman was transparent. http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2047492,CST-NWS-ltgov14s1.article
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: A first step in cutting pensions. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 18, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2109150,CST-EDT-edit18b.article
Illinois unemployment soars to 12.2% in January. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. Published on March 16, 2010 1:22 PM http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/illinois-unemployment-hits-122-in-january.html
Chicago retail sales have biggest drop since '85. Published on March 19, 2010 5:54 AM. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/chicago-retail-sales-have-biggest-drop-since-85.html
Health Care
Zocor side effects http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/fda-warns-of-greater-muscle-risk-from-zocor.html
With Medicaid Cuts, Doctors and Patients Drop Out By KEVIN SACK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/health/policy/16medicaid.html?th&emc=th
Doctors use stem cells to rebuild boy’s windpipe By Clive Cookson, Science Editor. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 19 2010 15:42 | Last updated: March 19 2010 15:42 http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/doctors-use-stem-cells-to-rebuild-boys.html
Are neti pots on the nose? - The sinus-clearing devices may just do the trick. By Chris Woolston. Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times. March 15, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-skeptic-20100315,0,5348641.story
Health Care Reform
Tea Partiers Mock And Scorn Apparent Parkinson's Victim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ik4f1dRbP8
Targeted by the Tea Party: Parkinson's Hero Speaks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfvnNzgQy7Q&feature=channel
Health-Con1 - The Mediscarening http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/health-con1---the-mediscarening
Washington Post Editorial: Health reform is a risk worth taking. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 19, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031803639.html
American Women—The weakest link in American Health care—and the most compelling reason for health care reform. By Carlos T Mock, MD, F. A. C. O. G. March 18, 2010. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/american-womenthe-weakest-link-in.html
Why We Reform By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 18, 2010. One way or another, the fate of health care reform is going to be decided in the next few days. If House Democratic leaders find 216 votes, reform will almost immediately become the law of the land. If they don’t, reform may well be put off for many years — possibly a decade or more. So this seems like a good time to revisit the reasons we need this reform, imperfect as it is. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/opinion/19krugman.html?th&emc=th
Kucinich Switches Vote on Health Care By JEFF ZELENY AND ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. March 17, 2010, 10:20 AM http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/kucinich-switches-vote-on-health-care/?scp=3&sq=Kucinich%20backs%20health%20bill&st=cse
Nuns Back Bill Amid Broad Rift Over Whether It Limits Abortion Enough By HELENE COOPER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 19, 2010. WASHINGTON — In breaking publicly with Roman Catholic bishops over the health care bill, a group of nuns has once again exposed the long-running rift between liberal and conservative theology in the Catholic Church. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/health/policy/20abortion.html?th&emc=th
Health reform and the specter of Alf Landon By Dana Milbank. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 21, 2010. "This is the largest tax bill in history," the Republican leader fumed. The reform "is unjust, unworkable, stupidly drafted and wastefully financed." That was Republican presidential nominee Alf Landon in a September 1936 campaign speech. He based his bid for the White House on repealing Social Security. Bad call, Alf. Republicans lost that presidential election in a landslide. By the time they finally regained the White House -- 16 years later -- their nominee, Dwight Eisenhower, had abandoned the party's repeal platform. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031902636.html
GOP Bashing
Thanks to Liz Cheney's 'al-Qaeda Seven' ad, Dick Cheney may finally go away By David Cole. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 14, 2010. Liz Cheney is getting a bad rap. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031102522.html
Have you no shame, Ms. Cheney? By Harry H. Schneider Jr. and Thomas P. Sullivan. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 17, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0317-lawyers-20100317,0,6883554.story
The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality By FRANK RICH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 13, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14rich.html?th&emc=th
March 9, 2010: The Hurt Docket http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-9-2010/the-hurt-docket
The Economy
Fed to Keep Rates Low for ‘Extended Period’ By SEWELL CHAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/business/17fed.html?hp
US producer prices slide in February By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 17 2010 13:25 | Last updated: March 17 2010 13:25. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-producer-prices-slide-in-february.html
Fed chief defends role as watchdog By Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 17 2010 15:20 | Last updated: March 18 2010 00:03. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, appealed to Congress to preserve the central bank’s supervision of the financial system as lawmakers consider removing some of the Fed’s powers. The Fed would lose oversight of banks with less than $50bn in assets in a bill by Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee, which was introduced this week and will go to a mark-up next week. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/fed-chief-defends-role-as-watchdog.html
Honda to recall 410K vehicles for brake problem. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. Published on March 16, 2010 7:18 PM http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/honda-to-recall-410k-vehicles-for-brake-problem.html
Your Money
New York Times Editorial: Learning From Lehman. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 13, 2010. On top of everything Lehman Brothers did before it collapsed in 2008, nearly toppling the financial system, it now seems that it was aggressively massaging its books. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14sun3.html?th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: Sen. Dodd's regulatory rewrite. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 18, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703542.html
March 17, 2010: In Dodd We Trust http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-17-2010/in-dodd-we-trust
Housing
US housing starts dip in February By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 16 2010 14:08 | Last updated: March 16 2010 14:08 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b8e7ed8-30fe-11df-b057-00144feabdc0.html
Commodities
Prices at the pump: Pain in the gas comes early this year By Robert Channick. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 8:21 p.m. CDT, March 19, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0320-gas-prices-story--20100319,0,5545199.story
Emerging market bond sales hit record high By David Oakley in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 15 2010 19:21 | Last updated: March 15 2010 19:21. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/emerging-market-bond-sales-hit-record.html
Travel
British Airways Strike Begins, Threatening a Weak Economy - The weekend strike is expected to cause major disruptions to flights but British Airways said earlier that contingency plans would allow 65 percent of its customers to fly. By JULIA WERDIGIER. Copyright by Bloomberg News. Published: March 19, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/business/20air.html?scp=1&sq=british%20airways%20strike&st=cse
Immigration
Washington Post Editorial: Targeting illegal immigrants, Arizona goes too far. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. IN ARIZONA, where the official malice directed at immigrants who came to the United States illegally is unsurpassed, Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill that would criminalize every such immigrant just for being in the state. It's the latest attempt to harass, intimidate and hound the state's several hundred thousand undocumented residents. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR2010031604217.html
2 Senators Offer Immigration Overhaul By JULIA PRESTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 18, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/us/politics/19immig.html?th&emc=th
The right way to mend immigration By Charles E. Schumer and Lindsey O. Graham. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 19, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703115.html
GLBT
In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. Published: March 16, 2010 http://dev.chicagofreepress.com/2010/03/16/in-mexico-gay-couples-celebrate-historic-weddings/
Gay (non-) giving By Paul Varnell. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. Published: March 16, 2010. Just a couple of weeks ago, Chicago Free Press published a valuable article about the funding problems of gay institutions and organizations. It was titled “Weathering the Storm,” although since it focused on the decline in donations from various sources, it might have been more accurately titled “Surviving the drought.” Many younger gays think of the gay community as a place to have fun. And, to be sure, the primary recreational spaces—bars and bathhouses—are self-supporting. But the youngest and newly out gays seem to have little sense that we are a community that needs our ongoing care and support. There are numerous institutions—social service and gay advocacy groups among them—that are far from self-supporting and depend on us gay adults for their survival. http://dev.chicagofreepress.com/2010/03/16/gay-non-giving/
Lesbian prom update: ACLU pushes for fast decision. Copyright by the Windy City times. March 16, 2010. ABERDEEN, MS — The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to act quickly in its lawsuit against a Mississippi High School that says it will cancel the prom rather than let a lesbian high school student attend with her girlfriend. In legal papers filed today, the ACLU asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to issue a preliminary injunction stopping the Itawamba County School District from canceling the prom and from prohibiting Constance McMillen from bringing her girlfriend as a date and wearing a tuxedo to the event. A hearing on the motion has been set for 10 A.M. Monday, March 22 at theFederal District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in Aberdeen. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25837
Talk show host DeGeneres presents $30K scholarship to lesbian student in Miss. prom flap. Copyright By The Associated Press. 2:03 p.m. CDT, March 19, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-us-lesbian-prom-date,0,5874302.story
Technology
Google and Partners Seek TV Foothold By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010. Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html?hpw
A Rift at Amazon on E-Book Prices By MOTOKO RICH and BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/internet/18amazon.html?th&emc=th
Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal By BRAD STONE and MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/technology/14brawl.html?th&emc=th
A Peek at an Interactive Magazine for the Apple iPad By NICK BILTON. Copyright by the New YORK TIMES. March 18, 2010, 6:40 PM http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/a-peek-at-an-interactive-magazine-for-the-apple-ipad/?hpw
Entertainment
The show will go on - Despite upcoming move, Vickers owners committed to keeping theater open By JEREMY D. BONFIGLIO. Copyright by The Herald Palladium. Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:09 PM EST http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/03/11/features/1255259.txt
The lady and the reaper [La dama y la muerte] Short film Animated nominated for Oscar 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ773rykrNM
The Academy Award Movie Trailer Of All ... Everything http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0&feature=fvw
NSFW: Incredible Animated French Condom Ad http://dyst.slatev.com/blog/nsfw-incredible-animated-french-condom-ad/
Other - Glen Beck
Evangelical leader takes on Beck for assailing social justice churches By John Blake, CNN. Copyright by CNN News. March 12, 2010 5:27 p.m. EST http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/12/beck.boycott/index.html?hpt=C1
Glenn Beck vs. 'social justice' By Clarence Page. March 11, 2010. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/pagespage/2010/03/glenn-beck-vs-social-justice.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pagespage+%28Page%27s+Page%29
March 18, 2010: Intro - Progressivism Is Cancer http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/intro---progressivism-is-cancer
March 18, 2010: Conservative Libertarian http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian?xrs=eml_tds
Colbert Report - Glenn Beck Attacks Social Justice - James Martin http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/267673/march-18-2010/glenn-beck-attacks-social-justice---james-martin
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March 16, 2010: Holy Sh*t http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-16-2010/holy-sh-t
“In recent weeks, that scandal has been blown wide open again. This time, the Roman Catholic Church's crisis over sex abuse charges has gone global, with allegations spreading through half a dozen countries on two continents -- even as many U.S. Catholic dioceses continue to face litigation over alleged sexual abuse by priests.” Dan Gilgoff
Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal goes global. - Pope Benedict XVI is now dealing with allegations of sexual abuse by priests on two continents. By Dan Gilgoff. Copyright by CNN News. March 19, 2010 12:38 p.m. EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/19/catholic.church.abuse/index.html?hpt=C1
Church sex abuse scandal scars Europe BY CAROL MARIN. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 17, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/marin/2106513,CST-EDT-Carol17.article
Church Abuse Scandal in Germany Edges Closer to Pope By NICHOLAS KULISH and RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by Reuters. Published: March 12, 2010. BERLIN — A widening child sexual abuse inquiry in Europe has landed at the doorstep of Pope Benedict XVI, as a senior church official acknowledged Friday that a German archdiocese made “serious mistakes” in handling an abuse case while the pope served as its archbishop. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/world/europe/13pope.html?ref=global-home
German Priest in Church Abuse Case Is Suspended By NICHOLAS KULISH. Copyright by the New York Times. Published: March 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/world/europe/16church.html?th&emc=th
Doctor Asserts Church Ignored Abuse Warnings By NICHOLAS KULISH and KATRIN BENNHOLD. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 18, 2010. ESSEN, Germany — The German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored repeated warnings in the early 1980s by a psychiatrist treating a priest accused of sexually abusing boys that he should not be allowed to work with children, the psychiatrist said Thursday. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/world/europe/19church.html?th&emc=th
Vatican completes probe of Legionaries scandal By NICOLE WINFIELD. Copyright by The Associated Press. Tue Mar 16, 12:07 pm ET. ATICAN CITY – Vatican investigators have completed their probe into the Legionaries of Christ, the conservative order that was once hailed by Rome but fell into scandal after it revealed that its founder had fathered a child and had molested seminarians. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100316/ap_on_re_eu/eu_vatican_legionaries_scandal
Cardinal apologizes for child abuse 'failures' Copyright by CNN News. March 17, 2010 11:20 a.m. EDT. (CNN) -- The head of the Irish Catholic Church, Cardinal Sean Brady, admitted Wednesday that the church's response to abuse had been "hopelessly inadequate." http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/03/17/catholic.ireland.abuse/index.html?hpt=T1
Pope Offers Apology, Not Penalty, for Sex Abuse Scandal By RACHEL DONADIO. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 20, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/21/world/europe/21pope.html?emc=na
International
Germany backs IMF bail-out for Greece By Quentin Peel in Berlin and Nikki Tait in Brussels. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 18 2010 11:42 | Last updated: March 18 2010 12:17/ Greek worries return to unsettle investors By Jamie Chisholm, Global Markets Commentator. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 18 2010 08:20 | Last updated: March 18 2010 13:01. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/germany-backs-imf-bail-out-for-greece.html
Ailing Euro Seen as a Signal of Deeper Woes on Continent By JACK EWING. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/ailing-euro-seen-as-signal-of-deeper.html
Four banks face trial over derivatives deals By Vincent Boland in Milan. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 17 2010 13:22 | Last updated: March 17 2010 14:13. Four banks were charged with fraud on Wednesday for their roles in a €1.7bn ($2.3bn) financing package for the Italian city of Milan in a case that will fuel the global debate about the use of complex derivatives. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/four-banks-face-trial-over-derivatives.html
Washington Post Editorial: Is the U.S. doing enough to help dying Juarez? Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 18, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703538.html
China
New York Times Editorial: Will China Listen? Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010. The drumbeat of complaints in Washington about China’s manipulation of its currency — and the deafening silence pretty much everywhere else — might lead one to think that this is just an American problem. It isn’t. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/opinion/17wed1.html?th&emc=th
Chinese Leader Firmly Defends Currency and Trade Policies By MICHAEL WINES. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/world/asia/15china.html?ref=global-home
Chinese tightening fears weigh on stocks By Robert Budden. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 15 2010 10:54 | Last updated: March 15 2010 14:14. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/chinese-tightening-fears-weigh-on.html
China Issues Warning to Major Partners of Google By SHARON LaFRANIERE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 14, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/world/asia/15google.html?th&emc=th
China Drawing High-Tech Research From U.S. By KEITH BRADSHER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/business/global/18research.html?hp
Mess-o-potamia
Washington Post Editorial: The U.S. quarrel with Israel. Copyright by The Washington Post. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/15/AR2010031502667.html
Opportunity in a Fight With Israel By MARK LANDLER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/world/middleeast/17diplo.html?th&emc=th
Israel Feeling Rising Anger From the U.S. By MARK LANDLER and ETHAN BRONNER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/world/middleeast/16mideast.html?th&emc=th
Financial Times Editorial Comment: Obama must be robust with Israel. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 16 2010 22:00 | Last updated: March 16 2010 22:00. Israeli politicians have a tendency to take the support of the US for granted. Sometimes, it shows. Last week, the rightwing nationalist government of Benjamin Netanyahu gave the go-ahead to 1,600 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem. It did so while Joe Biden, the US vice-president, was visiting the country, despite the US administration’s opposition to new building. This insult comes at a time when US military strategists are already questioning Israel’s value as an ally. The White House must harden its line on peace. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/financial-times-editorial-comment-obama.html
US believes top al-Qaeda planner killed © Reuters Limited. March 18, 2010 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ed2f496-3227-11df-b4e2-00144feabdc0.html
Followers of Sadr Emerge Stronger After Iraq Elections By ANTHONY SHADID. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/world/middleeast/17sadr.html?th&emc=th
National
Jobs Bill Passes in Senate With 11 Votes From Republicans By CARL HULSE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/us/politics/18cong.html?hpw
New York Times Editorial: National School Standards, at Last. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 13, 2010. The countries that have left the United States behind in math and science education have one thing in common: They offer the same high education standards — often the same curriculum — from one end of the nation to the other. The United States relies on a generally mediocre patchwork of standards that vary, not just from state to state, but often from district to district. A child’s education depends primarily on ZIP code. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14sun1.html?th&emc=th
March 17, 2010: Don't Mess With Textbooks http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-17-2010/don-t-mess-with-textbooks
New York Times Editorial: Mr. Obama and No Child Left Behind. Copyright by New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010. President Obama’s blueprint for reworking the No Child Left Behind Education Act of 2002 has good ideas, but it doesn’t have anything close to the rigor that the word “blueprint” would suggest. Whether the president’s plan will strengthen or weaken the program will depend on how the administration fleshes out the missing details — and how Congress rewrites the law. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/opinion/18thu1.html?ref=opinion
Obama Restores Former Pentagon Line of Succession - Should Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates die unexpectedly, new succession rules are in force. By THOM SHANKER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/17pentagon.html?th&emc=th
States’ Rights Is Rallying Cry for Lawmakers By KIRK JOHNSON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/17states.html?th&emc=th
Democrat Enters N.Y. Governor Race as Republican - Steve Levy, a longtime Democrat, in Manhattan on Friday after announcing his candidacy for governor as a Republican. By JEREMY W. PETERS. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 19, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/nyregion/20levy.html?th&emc=th
Boy Scouts accused of sex abuse cover-up - ‘Perversion files’ kept secret by Scouts due to ‘confidential information’. Copyright by The Associated Press. 4:12 a.m. ET, Fri., March. 19, 2010 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35944804/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
Chicagoland
Running for Obama’s Old Seat, and Set on Derailing His Plans By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010. Representative Mark Steven Kirk, the Illinois Republican who is hoping to win Barack Obama’s former seat in the United States Senate, has told supporters he intends to “lead the effort” to repeal President Obama’s health care legislation if it passes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/us/politics/18illinois.html?hpw
GOP lt. gov pick's family cashed in with lease to party - But state Republican boss backs Plummer, says deal for Downstate headquarters was no secret BY KARA SPAK. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. February 14, 2010. The head of the Illinois Republican Party said he is standing behind the party's young lieutenant governor candidate in the wake of revelations that the candidate's family benefitted financially from a lease at a Downstate party headquarters. Jason Plummer, 27, who won the GOP lieutenant governor nomination earlier this month, said the process by which the Madison County Republican Party leased space in a strip mall owned by a family business while he was the county party chairman was transparent. http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/2047492,CST-NWS-ltgov14s1.article
Chicago Sun-Times Editorial: A first step in cutting pensions. Copyright by The Chicago Sun-Times. March 18, 2010 http://www.suntimes.com/news/commentary/2109150,CST-EDT-edit18b.article
Illinois unemployment soars to 12.2% in January. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. Published on March 16, 2010 1:22 PM http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/illinois-unemployment-hits-122-in-january.html
Chicago retail sales have biggest drop since '85. Published on March 19, 2010 5:54 AM. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/chicago-retail-sales-have-biggest-drop-since-85.html
Health Care
Zocor side effects http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/fda-warns-of-greater-muscle-risk-from-zocor.html
With Medicaid Cuts, Doctors and Patients Drop Out By KEVIN SACK. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 15, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/16/health/policy/16medicaid.html?th&emc=th
Doctors use stem cells to rebuild boy’s windpipe By Clive Cookson, Science Editor. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 19 2010 15:42 | Last updated: March 19 2010 15:42 http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/doctors-use-stem-cells-to-rebuild-boys.html
Are neti pots on the nose? - The sinus-clearing devices may just do the trick. By Chris Woolston. Copyright © 2010, The Los Angeles Times. March 15, 2010 http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-skeptic-20100315,0,5348641.story
Health Care Reform
Tea Partiers Mock And Scorn Apparent Parkinson's Victim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ik4f1dRbP8
Targeted by the Tea Party: Parkinson's Hero Speaks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfvnNzgQy7Q&feature=channel
Health-Con1 - The Mediscarening http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/health-con1---the-mediscarening
Washington Post Editorial: Health reform is a risk worth taking. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 19, 2010. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/18/AR2010031803639.html
American Women—The weakest link in American Health care—and the most compelling reason for health care reform. By Carlos T Mock, MD, F. A. C. O. G. March 18, 2010. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/american-womenthe-weakest-link-in.html
Why We Reform By PAUL KRUGMAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 18, 2010. One way or another, the fate of health care reform is going to be decided in the next few days. If House Democratic leaders find 216 votes, reform will almost immediately become the law of the land. If they don’t, reform may well be put off for many years — possibly a decade or more. So this seems like a good time to revisit the reasons we need this reform, imperfect as it is. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/opinion/19krugman.html?th&emc=th
Kucinich Switches Vote on Health Care By JEFF ZELENY AND ROBERT PEAR. Copyright by The New York Times. March 17, 2010, 10:20 AM http://prescriptions.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/kucinich-switches-vote-on-health-care/?scp=3&sq=Kucinich%20backs%20health%20bill&st=cse
Nuns Back Bill Amid Broad Rift Over Whether It Limits Abortion Enough By HELENE COOPER. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 19, 2010. WASHINGTON — In breaking publicly with Roman Catholic bishops over the health care bill, a group of nuns has once again exposed the long-running rift between liberal and conservative theology in the Catholic Church. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/health/policy/20abortion.html?th&emc=th
Health reform and the specter of Alf Landon By Dana Milbank. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 21, 2010. "This is the largest tax bill in history," the Republican leader fumed. The reform "is unjust, unworkable, stupidly drafted and wastefully financed." That was Republican presidential nominee Alf Landon in a September 1936 campaign speech. He based his bid for the White House on repealing Social Security. Bad call, Alf. Republicans lost that presidential election in a landslide. By the time they finally regained the White House -- 16 years later -- their nominee, Dwight Eisenhower, had abandoned the party's repeal platform. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/19/AR2010031902636.html
GOP Bashing
Thanks to Liz Cheney's 'al-Qaeda Seven' ad, Dick Cheney may finally go away By David Cole. Copyright by The Washington Post. Sunday, March 14, 2010. Liz Cheney is getting a bad rap. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/11/AR2010031102522.html
Have you no shame, Ms. Cheney? By Harry H. Schneider Jr. and Thomas P. Sullivan. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. March 17, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0317-lawyers-20100317,0,6883554.story
The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality By FRANK RICH. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 13, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14rich.html?th&emc=th
March 9, 2010: The Hurt Docket http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-march-9-2010/the-hurt-docket
The Economy
Fed to Keep Rates Low for ‘Extended Period’ By SEWELL CHAN. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 16, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/business/17fed.html?hp
US producer prices slide in February By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 17 2010 13:25 | Last updated: March 17 2010 13:25. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-producer-prices-slide-in-february.html
Fed chief defends role as watchdog By Tom Braithwaite in Washington. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 17 2010 15:20 | Last updated: March 18 2010 00:03. Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, appealed to Congress to preserve the central bank’s supervision of the financial system as lawmakers consider removing some of the Fed’s powers. The Fed would lose oversight of banks with less than $50bn in assets in a bill by Chris Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee, which was introduced this week and will go to a mark-up next week. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/fed-chief-defends-role-as-watchdog.html
Honda to recall 410K vehicles for brake problem. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. Published on March 16, 2010 7:18 PM http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/honda-to-recall-410k-vehicles-for-brake-problem.html
Your Money
New York Times Editorial: Learning From Lehman. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 13, 2010. On top of everything Lehman Brothers did before it collapsed in 2008, nearly toppling the financial system, it now seems that it was aggressively massaging its books. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14sun3.html?th&emc=th
Washington Post Editorial: Sen. Dodd's regulatory rewrite. Copyright by The Washington Post. Thursday, March 18, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703542.html
March 17, 2010: In Dodd We Trust http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-march-17-2010/in-dodd-we-trust
Housing
US housing starts dip in February By Alan Rappeport in New York. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 16 2010 14:08 | Last updated: March 16 2010 14:08 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9b8e7ed8-30fe-11df-b057-00144feabdc0.html
Commodities
Prices at the pump: Pain in the gas comes early this year By Robert Channick. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune. 8:21 p.m. CDT, March 19, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0320-gas-prices-story--20100319,0,5545199.story
Emerging market bond sales hit record high By David Oakley in London. Copyright The Financial Times Limited 2010. Published: March 15 2010 19:21 | Last updated: March 15 2010 19:21. http://iretiredfromnewsletters.blogspot.com/2010/03/emerging-market-bond-sales-hit-record.html
Travel
British Airways Strike Begins, Threatening a Weak Economy - The weekend strike is expected to cause major disruptions to flights but British Airways said earlier that contingency plans would allow 65 percent of its customers to fly. By JULIA WERDIGIER. Copyright by Bloomberg News. Published: March 19, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/20/business/20air.html?scp=1&sq=british%20airways%20strike&st=cse
Immigration
Washington Post Editorial: Targeting illegal immigrants, Arizona goes too far. Copyright by The Washington Post. Wednesday, March 17, 2010. IN ARIZONA, where the official malice directed at immigrants who came to the United States illegally is unsurpassed, Republican lawmakers are pushing a bill that would criminalize every such immigrant just for being in the state. It's the latest attempt to harass, intimidate and hound the state's several hundred thousand undocumented residents. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/16/AR2010031604217.html
2 Senators Offer Immigration Overhaul By JULIA PRESTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 18, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/us/politics/19immig.html?th&emc=th
The right way to mend immigration By Charles E. Schumer and Lindsey O. Graham. Copyright by The Washington Post. Friday, March 19, 2010 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/17/AR2010031703115.html
GLBT
In Mexico, gay couples celebrate historic weddings. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. Published: March 16, 2010 http://dev.chicagofreepress.com/2010/03/16/in-mexico-gay-couples-celebrate-historic-weddings/
Gay (non-) giving By Paul Varnell. Copyright by The Chicago Free Press. Published: March 16, 2010. Just a couple of weeks ago, Chicago Free Press published a valuable article about the funding problems of gay institutions and organizations. It was titled “Weathering the Storm,” although since it focused on the decline in donations from various sources, it might have been more accurately titled “Surviving the drought.” Many younger gays think of the gay community as a place to have fun. And, to be sure, the primary recreational spaces—bars and bathhouses—are self-supporting. But the youngest and newly out gays seem to have little sense that we are a community that needs our ongoing care and support. There are numerous institutions—social service and gay advocacy groups among them—that are far from self-supporting and depend on us gay adults for their survival. http://dev.chicagofreepress.com/2010/03/16/gay-non-giving/
Lesbian prom update: ACLU pushes for fast decision. Copyright by the Windy City times. March 16, 2010. ABERDEEN, MS — The American Civil Liberties Union today asked a federal court to act quickly in its lawsuit against a Mississippi High School that says it will cancel the prom rather than let a lesbian high school student attend with her girlfriend. In legal papers filed today, the ACLU asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi to issue a preliminary injunction stopping the Itawamba County School District from canceling the prom and from prohibiting Constance McMillen from bringing her girlfriend as a date and wearing a tuxedo to the event. A hearing on the motion has been set for 10 A.M. Monday, March 22 at theFederal District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi in Aberdeen. http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/gay/lesbian/news/ARTICLE.php?AID=25837
Talk show host DeGeneres presents $30K scholarship to lesbian student in Miss. prom flap. Copyright By The Associated Press. 2:03 p.m. CDT, March 19, 2010 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-us-lesbian-prom-date,0,5874302.story
Technology
Google and Partners Seek TV Foothold By NICK BILTON. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010. Google and Intel have teamed with Sony to develop a platform called Google TV to bring the Web into the living room through a new generation of televisions and set-top boxes. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/18webtv.html?hpw
A Rift at Amazon on E-Book Prices By MOTOKO RICH and BRAD STONE. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 17, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/technology/internet/18amazon.html?th&emc=th
Apple’s Spat With Google Is Getting Personal By BRAD STONE and MIGUEL HELFT. Copyright by The New York Times. Published: March 12, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/technology/14brawl.html?th&emc=th
A Peek at an Interactive Magazine for the Apple iPad By NICK BILTON. Copyright by the New YORK TIMES. March 18, 2010, 6:40 PM http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/a-peek-at-an-interactive-magazine-for-the-apple-ipad/?hpw
Entertainment
The show will go on - Despite upcoming move, Vickers owners committed to keeping theater open By JEREMY D. BONFIGLIO. Copyright by The Herald Palladium. Thursday, March 11, 2010 1:09 PM EST http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/03/11/features/1255259.txt
The lady and the reaper [La dama y la muerte] Short film Animated nominated for Oscar 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ773rykrNM
The Academy Award Movie Trailer Of All ... Everything http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicqklGuB0&feature=fvw
NSFW: Incredible Animated French Condom Ad http://dyst.slatev.com/blog/nsfw-incredible-animated-french-condom-ad/
Other - Glen Beck
Evangelical leader takes on Beck for assailing social justice churches By John Blake, CNN. Copyright by CNN News. March 12, 2010 5:27 p.m. EST http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/03/12/beck.boycott/index.html?hpt=C1
Glenn Beck vs. 'social justice' By Clarence Page. March 11, 2010. Copyright © 2010, Chicago Tribune http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/pagespage/2010/03/glenn-beck-vs-social-justice.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+pagespage+%28Page%27s+Page%29
March 18, 2010: Intro - Progressivism Is Cancer http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/intro---progressivism-is-cancer
March 18, 2010: Conservative Libertarian http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-march-18-2010/conservative-libertarian?xrs=eml_tds
Colbert Report - Glenn Beck Attacks Social Justice - James Martin http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/267673/march-18-2010/glenn-beck-attacks-social-justice---james-martin
My cast is off. I’m wearing a bracer and continue with ultrasonic stimulation for bone regeneration and physical therapy. Feeling much better, although only have about 30^ of my left hand use. getting better every day. Thanks to all who prayed and helped take care of me.
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Author: Borrowing Time: A Latino Sexual Odyssey - Floricanto Press 2003.
Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT
Round Table.
Author: The Mosaic Virus – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
Author: Author: Papi Chulo – Floricanto Press 2007. Nominated for a Stonewall Award by the American Library Association GLBT Round Table, and a Lammie from The Lambda Literary Foundation
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