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

* Senator Carl Levin image licensed under Creative Commons by Center for American Progress

Government won’t release wiretap documents

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31020088/

Gov't Refuses To Release Wiretap Document

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/05/30/national/main5050785.shtml

Twobama

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

Cadi11ac or Cad11ac

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

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

Canada's swine flu case count rising

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/30/swine-flu-canada.html

Newsweek: Why 'Oprah' advice could make you sick

http://www.newsweek.com/id/200025

Noprah

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

More on The Piracy Problem

French warship captures pirates

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8000447.stm

French navy seizes 11 suspected pirates

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/15/pirates.captured/index.html

Pirates attack second US vessel

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7999350.stm

Pirates attack U.S.-flagged ship but fail to board

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre53e2e1-us-somalia-piracy-attack/

Another U.S. ship escapes pirate attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30204891/

U.S. ship hit by pirates’ grenade attack

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30204891/

Somali pirates vow to hunt down, kill Americans

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_re_af/piracy;_ylt=Ag6IEIjhnfej9KAte8ZFxL.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTI3bG5ibWYyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNDE1L3BpcmFjeQRjcG9zAzIEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yeQRzbGsDc29tYWxpcGlyYXRl

Rep. Payne Escapes Mortar Attack in Somalia – MSNBC.

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Ron Paul's plan to fend off pirates

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090415/pl_politico/21245;_ylt=AtQvWfWCSq.c5Or1MlWi6jqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFpdWR2bGFnBHBvcwMyNgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX21vc3RfcG9wdWxhcgRzbGsDcm9ucGF1bDM5c3Bs

Ron Paul

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

Letter of marque

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

Colombian captures most-wanted drug lord

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090415/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_colombia_drug_lord;_ylt=An4SOqpvt9jRNzxauNQ8Rtys0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTJudmJmbXBoBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNDE1L2x0X2NvbG9tYmlhX2RydWdfbG9yZARjcG9zAzYEcG9zAzE0BHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA2NvbG9tYmlhbmNhcA--

Hackers grab more than 285M records in 2008

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30226226/

Google Earth Image licensed under Creative Commons on Flickr by Yuxuan.fishy.Wang

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_as/china_earthquake

Toll from China quake estimated at 3,000 to 5,000 - Yahoo! News

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/china.quake/index.html

China: Quake death toll jumps past 7,600 - CNN.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24573168/

China says massive quake has killed thousands - China- msnbc.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7396400.stm

BBC NEWS Asia-Pacific 'Thousands dead' in Chinese quake


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/poland_sendler_dc;_ylt=Audgry2ZLjQcn60twbMlyZsDW7oF

Sendler, savior of Warsaw Ghetto children, dies - Yahoo! News

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

Irena Sendler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/skorea_bird_flu;_ylt=AjwJ8eo0Dnj0lkRToZdTKmoDW7oF

All poultry in Seoul killed after bird flu outbreak - Yahoo! News


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7385906.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Amazon's future in delicate balance



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7395295.stm

BBC NEWS Americas Hacker leaks 6m Chileans' records

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080511205328.htm

Human Aging Gene Found In Flies


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080508164412.htm

Method For Integrating Nanowire Devices Directly Onto Silicon Developed