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Monday, June 1, 2009

Cadi11ac and Would You Pay $ 50 Million for a Senator? and More for Monday, June 1, 2009

Well, we all lost - big time - today...the GOP and the Democrats have cost us all about $ 50 million for the fight for the senate seat in Minnesota. Well, this is the price of being power mad - isn't it? Why is it so vital that we keep you in office, Mr. Coleman? Its bad enough that your party (yes, the GOP, via the Bush Administration) pumped about $ 80 billion (and more, counting Chrysler) into GM - and then it went Chapter 11...that we have pay $ 50 million to keep you in power. Why is that, Mr. Coleman? When, after the first count, you just brushed off the recount ("A recount is not necessary" we think those were your words...). But now that the tune has changed, you have demonstrated that you - and the rest of your ilk - are just hypocrites. Thank you for giving us a demonstration of what the powerful are truly about - to stay in power. Thank you for helping us see the light.
The rest of us are powerless - its a day-to-day fact of life. Not to mention broke, jobless and suffering. Why should we support your hunger for power at the tune of $ 50 million? We don't see the value to it, truth be told. And we don't see the value of you. You need to be told off and you need to go away. As a matter of fact, why don't you take the rest of the GOP (including Cheney and company) and just go away. Please. We are sick of you. We just stick our fingers in our collective throats whenever we see your image...that and Fox news... You just make us ill.
Memo to Chris Matthews: please take up this case with Mr. Coleman on Hardball. Please show us all that he - and the GOP - need to get off the stage and just go away. Chris - please hear our plea and help make this thing go away and off the air. We're begging you...

GM files for bankruptcy,announces plant closings

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31030038/

Cadi11ac or Cad11ac

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/cadi11ac-or-cad11ac.html

N Korea 'prepares missile launch'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8076451.stm

North Korea may launch long-range missile in weeks: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/seo141656-us-korea-north/

Chrysler's sale to Fiat approved

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8076472.stm


Costs top $50M as Minn. Senate fight goes on

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31028626/

Al Franken

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

Norm Coleman

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

New delay hits human rights suit against Shell

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090601/ts_afp/usjusticenigeriarightscompanyshell;_ylt=AiV_Mnh.kyma7lBO6ZTPDCsPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTM4OG0xZnBrBGFzc2V0A2FmcC8yMDA5MDYwMS91c2p1c3RpY2VuaWdlcmlhcmlnaHRzY29tcGFueXNoZWxsBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbG

Ken Saro-Wiwa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Saro-Wiwa

US abortion doctor is shot dead

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8076253.stm

Suspect captured in killing of Kansas abortion doctor

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54u1jw-us-usa-abortion-shooting/

George Tiller

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

600 eye fungus suits settled by contact maker

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31030388/

Fusarium keratitis

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

Bausch & Lomb Inc.

http://www.bausch.com/

Satellites Observe Amazon Basin Water Storage And Runoff

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090529135720.htm

Amazon Basin

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

World's strongest laser unveiled at California lab

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090531/ap_on_sc/us_super_laser;_ylt=AlFZVPAnGX9L4Ipp49oVuBMPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJmNWNyZmNpBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNTMxL3VzX3N1cGVyX2xhc2VyBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawN3b3JsZHNzdHJvbmc-

Experts warn cell phones face hacking threat

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31043581/

Link-shrinkers in vogue as demand for brevity online rises

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/01/url-shortners-online879.html


Sunday, May 31, 2009

We Applaud Carl Levin, David Shuster and David Corn and More for Sunday, May 31, 2009




http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/twobama.html

* Watch Senator Carl Levin Smack Down Chemissions on MSNBC and David Shuster and David Corn smack down on GOP Mouthpiece (Terry Jeffrey) on Government Torture Memos

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#31005653

Watch Erich Muller (“Mancow”) Defend his Waterboarding “Stunt” (Successfully, we thought…) on Countdown on MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#31007282

Informant's role questioned in U.S. security probes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54u0q1-us-security-newyork-informants/

Council on American Islamic Relations

http://www.cair.com/

Killer beheaded, put on display in Saudi Arabia

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/saudi.arabia.execution/index.html

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org/

Thailand tourist's lung tissue 'gone' after mysterious death

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/thailand.mysterious.deaths/index.html

GM bosses discuss bankruptcy plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8075818.stm

Interactive timeline: GM's road to bankruptcy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30990482


Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54u0ow-us-obama-egypt-speech/

Extra U.S. troops in Afghanistan by mid-July

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54u0lz-us-afghanistan-troops/

US launches cyber security plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8073654.stm

NYT: Vying for plum work — Hacking for U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31017234/

Hacking (computer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(computing)

Geithner seeks changes in China’s policies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31015533/

Merchants brace for drop in business as new border rules go in effect

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/31/border-rules.html


Significant Gas Resource Discovered In U.S. Gulf Of Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090531100819.htm

Unstated Assumptions Color Arctic Sovereignty Claims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528135248.htm

Arctic sovereignty

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

Sovereignty

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

Arctic

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

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

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

Natural gas in the Arctic is mostly Russian

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_sc/us_sci_arctic_gas;_ylt=ArabgGnx2Mwg8lgo.eM2ZswPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNmNmMjJzBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNTI5L3VzX3NjaV9hcmN0aWNfZ2FzBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmF0dXJhbGdhc2lu

Satellite Used To Unearth Innovation In Crop Forecasting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526171815.htm

AMSR-E satellite

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR/

Carbon capture technology tested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8072583.stm

Carbon capture and storage

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

Meters go the distance: smart meters are an essential part of a low-carbon energy system

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8055344.stm

Smart meter

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

Thursday, May 7, 2009

More on the US Torture Scandal and More for Thursday, May 7, 2009

Troops killed in Pakistan clashes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8037281.stm

Bush attorneys who wrote terror memo face backlash

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/ca_interrogation_memos;_ylt=AjpMvdAaYb5V1gkBg0MAALwDW7oF

John Yoo

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

Jay Bybee

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

U.S. envoy in China seeking North Korea strategy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54625q-us-korea-north/

UN 'stunned' by scale of bail-out

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8036559.stm

In Europe, safety net softens slump

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30363790/

U.S. Air Force eyes way to help space industry

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5455pu-us-airforce-space/

Launch protocols for US missiles found on second-hand computers

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/8036324.stm

Office intruder 'steals' data

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7843206.stm

FBI Agent Reflects On Cybercriminal Role

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/07/tech/cnettechnews/main4998243.shtml

Analysis: An autopsy of liberal Republicans

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/06/liberal.republicans/index.html

WH plans to release flyover report, photo

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/06/air.force.one.flyover/index.html

US banks 'safe from insolvency'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8037258.stm

Sales slump doubles losses at GM

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8038036.stm

GM burns through $10.2B US in 1st quarter

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/05/07/gm-first-quarter.html

CAW, GM told to go back to bargaining table

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/05/07/caw-generalmotors-negotiate.html

Chinese reveal child quake toll

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8037273.stm

Police enter Suu Kyi home; American detained

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/07/myanmar.suukyi/index.html

Aung San Suu Kyi

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

Iran hangs nine convicts in jail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8037864.stm

Aristocrat guilty of Kenya manslaughter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8037430.stm

Thomas P. G. Cholmondeley

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_P._G._Cholmondeley

Man dies in Brooks after Taser hit

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2009/05/07/calgary-brooks-taser-rcmp-police.html

Fuel for deep space exploration running low

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30621668/

Feds to reconsider critical habitat for 2 fish

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090507/ap_on_sc/us_threatened_fish;_ylt=AvVjlH9JFQwnhGv4sD2WeMgPLBIF

Meda fulgida

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

Rhinichthys cobitis

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

Thursday, April 2, 2009

G20 Deal and More Jobless and More for Thursday, April 2, 2009

World leaders forge trillion dollar deal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30004815/

G20 leaders close to global deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7977939.stm

G20 to bulk up IMF in response to crisis

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l1545444-us-g20/

Second day of G20 protests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7978105.stm

G20 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_G-20_London_summit

IMF

http://www.imf.org/

ECB reduces rates to record low

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7978431.stm

European Central Bank

http://www.ecb.eu/

Weekly jobless claims hit 26-year high

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30009200/

Accounting rulemakers to change mark-to-market changes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n02355900-us-marktomarket-fasb/

'Surprise bounce' in house prices

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7977683.stm

More U.S. workers worried about layoffs: survey

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5310r4-us-workplace-confidence/

Food stamp list swells to record 32.2 million

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090402/us_nm/us_hunger_usa;_ylt=AoMftNnzKIK0RXvUH9p3dLoDW7oF

More U.S. consumers falling behind on loans

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30010385/

Former CEO: Govt. Totally Blew AIG Bailout

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Business/story?id=7237477&page=1

Greenberg says AIG problems not his fault

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53111l-us-greenberg-testimony/

Maurice Greenberg

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

A Chilling Glimpse Inside a Madoff Feeder Fund

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=7233345&page=1

GM's new CEO says bankruptcy is 'more probable'

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/gm_henderson;_ylt=Al3GoJYDfn1osKTke3YbECEDW7oF

Frederick Henderson

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

Car stocks advance as recovery hopes swell

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l1176986-us-autos/

China to investigate prison abuse

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7978320.stm

China arrest over tainted blood

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7979251.stm

North Korea starts fuelling rocket, makes new threat

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre530582-us-korea-north/

N Korea warned over rocket launch

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7978397.stm

Recall of high chairs for choking hazard

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30008476/

Evenflo

http://www.evenflo.com/

Police With Higher Multitasking Abilities Less Likely To Shoot Unarmed Persons

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330123223.htm

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Obama Backpedals on Taxes? and The US Plan to Bankrupt GM? and More for Wednesday, April 1, 2009

This could be our last posting – or one of our last postings. No, this is not an April Fool’s posting. Most all of the links posted below are believed to be on the up-and-up.
Earth population 'exceeds limits'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7974995.stm

Nina Fedoroff

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

N. Korea Vows To Shoot Down Spy Planes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/world/main4909234.shtml

North Korea launch will violate U.N. resolutions: officials

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090401/wl_nm/us_korea_north;_ylt=AgqJZARhGpVCrCv0nYI2U_IPLBIF

New RFID Technology Tracks And Monitors Nuclear Materials

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324151951.htm

U.S. plans to ease GM into bankruptcy: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre530107-us-autos-report-sb/

U.S. plans key role in naming GM board

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29986112/

Airline grounds 60 jets for safety inspections

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/01/jets.grounded/index.html

CRJ200 planes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_CRJ200

Investors seek ouster of AIG compensation chief

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53016o-us-aig-compensation/

Police close off London financial district amid massive G20 protest

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/01/g20-protests-london034.html

'Death to Capitalism!' Frustration, Violence Boil Over at G-20 (…not an April Fool’s joke…)

http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=7226322&page=1

G20 call for action amid protests (…cries of “Abolish Money!” heard…a cry to anarchy?...)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7975851.stm

Obama downplays G20 split on eve of summit

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/l1932997-us-g20-obama/

Protesters attack London bank

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29987885/

Once-booming U.K. loses its swagger

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29960322/

Russia and US renew nuclear talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7976875.stm

Obama seeks common fix to global problems

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29985932/

Obama nominee admits tax errors

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7976299.stm

Kathleen Sebelius

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

PROMISES, PROMISES: Obama tax pledge up in smoke

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090401/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_tax_promise;_ylt=AjiPZsv2hSbv7BKwqzpl4Pis0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlOWZnYzRtBHBvcwM3NARzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3BvbGl0aWNzBHNsawNwcm9taXNlc3Byb20-

Penn Jillette: Obama skidding or crashing?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/01/jillette.skid/index.html

GAO: Geithner Wrong, Only $32.6B in TARP

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/04/gao-says-geithn.html

Construction spending falls for 5th month

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29991120/

U.S. manufacturing activity shrank in March

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990970/

Honda Canada March sales slide 23%

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/04/01/auto-sales-march.html

Govt. Offers URL to Those Down and Out

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=7222898&page=1

A Guide to Getting Through Tough Economic Times

http://www.samhsa.gov/economy/

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

Sleep Problems May Have Suicide Link

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/wireStory?id=7223665


Israel FM rejects Palestinian deal

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7977002.stm

Avigdor Lieberman

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

Bomb blows hole in Lenin statue (…was this an April Fools joke?...note the position of the er, ummm, ahhh, “exit wound”…)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7976883.stm

Lenin

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

Deadly 'US drone strike' in Pakistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7975871.stm

Rio de Janeiro Plans to Wall in Slums

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=7222727

Rio de Janeiro

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

Mass. charges Madoff ‘feeder fund’ with fraud

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29992021/

Madoff's Yacht Seized In Florida

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/cbsnews_investigates/main4910316.shtml

Stanford denies wrongdoing

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29989167/

Justice Department seeks to drop Stevens case
Stem Cell Breakthrough: 'Switch' Created That Turns Stem Cells Into Muscle

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330154806.htm

Amniotic Fluid May Provide New Source Of Stem Cells For Future Therapies

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090331112645.htm

Mechanism That Regulates Movement Of Blood-forming Stem Cells In The Body Revealed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090325142509.htm

Stem cell

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

Amniotic fluid

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

Drug-resistant TB is a ‘time bomb,’ WHO says

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990199/

Bill Gates, China Join Forces Against TB

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909669.shtml

Discovery Of Tuberculosis Bacterium Enzyme Paves Way For New TB Drugs

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090327152401.htm

Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Salmonella Fear Prompts Mayonnaise Recall

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/04/01/health/main4909585.shtml

Raw pistachios may be the source of salmonella

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29978103/

Pistachio warning could signal food safety shift

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29990231/

Ecologists Question Effects Of Climate Change On Infectious Diseases

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401112448.htm

Climate change 'fans Nepal fires'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7968745.stm

Nitrate Stimulates Greenhouse Gas Production In Small Streams

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090330111259.htm

Can 'biochar' save the planet?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/30/biochar.warming.energy/index.html

Biochar

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

Predicting Mosquito Outbreaks For Disease Control

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090324101757.htm

Anopheles

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



Satellite Snow Maps Help Reindeer Herders Adapt To A Changing Arctic

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090401102938.htm

Arctic

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

Rangifer tarandus

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