Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Abraham Lincoln Finds in The News and Negative Water News and The Deluge Myth Redux and More for Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Today we have links to several topics, which cause us some questions. Like, if there were no earmarks in the stimulus, would the Republicans have anything to talk about? If there were no global recession, would we not have earmarks, anyway? And would we have had earmarks with a Republican administration? And if not, then why do we have a global recession now - should not the previous administration done something (more?) to stabilize a potentially shaky economy - for example; the housing market collapse started early on in 2008 - perhaps earlier? Do the Republicans appear to be disingenuous on these topics? Are they even aware of the kind of appearance (or facade) they are presenting to the public - their audience? Is that part of the Republican Problem - not being aware of the perception of their audience? Seems like a big problem to us. Oh, and what about the nagging environmental problems like acid seas possibly causing (mass) extinctions and rapidly rising sea levels wiping out the coastlines, islands and other geographic regions of the world? The world is drowning and these fools rage on about earmarks as if they were the end of the world. Without solid land to stand on (literally and figuratively) where will these Republicans expect to find themselves a perch on which to land? As far as these concerns go, we think the Republican party might as well be based on Mars. At least, they might be able to find dry land and fresh water there. After all, ignorance is bliss. And, most of them believe in that covenant with God after The Deluge redux. Unlike Rush Limbaugh, we hope they are right.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7936137.stm

Sea rise 'to exceed projections'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7935159.stm

Rising Sea Levels Set To Have Major Impacts

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310104742.htm

Current Sea Level Rise (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_sea_level_rise

Mountains of ice invade beachfront homes

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/10/gallery.michigan.ice/index.html

Obama agrees to sign $410 billion spending bill

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29632177/

Obama wants new rules for earmarks

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/11/obama.earmarks/index.html

Earmark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earmark_(politics)

Wildfires: Why California Should Consider Australia's 'Prepare, Stay And Defend' Policy

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090226102308.htm

Why Some People Don’t Heed Tornado And Other Severe Weather Warnings

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090310115809.htm

North Korea accuses U.S. of plotting attack

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/seo27318-us-korea-north/

UN debates drug policy's impact

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7936605.stm

Reinventing your career in a tough economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29436658/

Not All Bad: Meet the 'Recession Angels'

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=7042022&page=1

Food caravan stops in hard-hit Ind. county

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29617742/

L.A. Schools To Lay Off Nearly 9,000

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/10/national/main4857792.shtml

Bank to use 'newly created' money

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936319.stm

China's exports in sharp decline

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7936528.stm

China exports slump, IMF warns on toxic banks

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5250li-us-financial/

US-China talks as sea row rumbles

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7936468.stm

USNS Impeccable (T-AGOS-23)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USNS_Impeccable

Britain denies G20 planning rift with United States

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a2vq-us-g20-britain-usa/

Economy even worse than recent figures suggest: parliamentary budget officer

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/03/11/economy-page.html

CNNMoney: Four states have 10% unemployment

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/11/news/economy/state_unemployment/index.htm?postversion=2009031110

Does your career fit your personality?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/11/cb.career.fit.personality/index.html

US Congress eases curbs on Cuba

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7936430.stm

Tariq Aziz guilty of Iraq murders

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7937034.stm

Tariq Aziz

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Aziz

Greenspan says Fed didn't cause the housing bubble

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre52a1kr-us-housingbubble-greenspan/

Alan Greenspan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Greenspan

John Lewis sees profits fall 26%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7936786.stm

John Lewis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lewis_(Department_Store)

Peanut industry: Recall price tag $1 billion

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29634279/

Custom-made meds may pose deadly threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29532018/

Recession may worsen spread of exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29599786/

5 deadly exotic diseases

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29603635/

16 Have Hepatitis In Army Needle Blunder

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/11/health/main4858722.shtml

Bacteria-killing Enzyme Cures Mice With Fatal Pneumonia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090302221316.htm

(Chorismate lyase)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorismate_lyase

Streptococcus pneumoniae

Jon Stewart to CNBC's Cramer: %$#@ you

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2009/03/10/moos.stewart.rips.cnbc.cnn

Jon Stewart (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart

Jim Cramer (Wiki page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Cramer

Ontario lottery corporation apologizes for imported car giveaway

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2009/03/11/olg-car-giveaway.html

Global gambling sector rolls snake eyes in '08

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/03/10/gambling-sector-downturn.html

Quebec man hopes to remember the dead with all-obituary cable channel

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/090310/K03109AU.html

Nebraska dealership execs — and 80 cars — missing

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090311/ap_on_re_us/missing_cars;_ylt=Asa.uGx6Ut2ECG4vUeXhd7ms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlZmM0bjEwBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNuZWJyYXNrYWRlYWw-

Fargo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo_(movie)


Eurovision axes 'anti-Putin' song

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7935865.stm

Eurovision Song Contest
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