China Massacre and Pluit or Ploot and More for Monday, July 6, 2009

Scores killed in China protests

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8135203.stm

China state media: 140 killed in riots in west

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31753771/ns/world_news-asiapacific/

At Least 140 Dead in China Street Riots

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/06/world/main5135605.shtml

Chinese Muslim protests spread to 2nd city

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/07/06/china-protests.html

Ürümqi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Cr%C3%BCmqi

$1B needed to fight swine flu: UN

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/06/swine-flu-un.html

Climate change may spur chronic hunger, Oxfam says

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/07/06/oxfam-g8-hunger265.html

Oxfam

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

Obama, Medvedev OK path to arms deal

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31757474/ns/world_news-europe/

Obama in Moscow for nuclear talks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8135394.stm

G8 leaders to set emissions goals

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8135261.stm

Alaskans: Palin had gone fishing on job

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31756939/ns/politics-more_politics/

Palin Attorney Threatens Lawsuits

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/04/politics/main5133592.shtml

Pluit or Ploot

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/pluit-or-ploot.html

Bluit or Bloot

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/07/bluit-or-bloot.html

Iran’s Supreme Leader Warns West Against Alleged Meddling

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election;_ylt=Ao98N4giUzEIba7gFR5MPwoDW7oF

Iran frees UK embassy worker, leaving 1 jailed

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/06/iran.embassy.workers/index.html

Gunfire at airport as troops bar president

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8135453.stm

UK concedes new Basra death probe

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8135931.stm

Answer Desk: Calif. starts printing funny money

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31713450/ns/business-personal_finance/

Two energy drink brands recalled for tampering

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31760925/ns/health-food_safety/

Hardcore Energize Bullet drink

http://www.isatoritech.com/product1.aspx?SID=8&Product_ID=107

Prescription drug abuse ravages state's youth

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31707246/ns/health-addictions/

Vitamin D Deficiency Is Widespread And On The Increase

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090630143523.htm

Vitamin D

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

Hypovitaminosis D

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


Former US defence secretary dies

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8136595.stm

Robert McNamara

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

Takeo Doi, scholar on Japanese psyche, dies

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_as/as_obit_doi;_ylt=AiCQZ90Cbw1lw_eyRasQLVgPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJjYWt0ZjEyBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA2L2FzX29iaXRfZG9pBGNwb3MDMQRwb3MDMgRzZWMDeW5fdG9wX3N0b3J5BHNsawN0YWtlb2RvaXNjaG8-

Takeo Doi

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

N.Y. congressman blasts Jackson as ‘pervert’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31760415/ns/entertainment-music/

Peter King

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_T._King

Jackson’s luxe lifestyle aided by Wall Street

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31762310/ns/business-media_biz/

Uncle Sam to pond scum: I want you!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31750260/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/

Algae

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

Namibian seal hunt to go on, 90,000 to be clubbed

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090706/ap_on_re_af/af_namibia_seal_hunt;_ylt=ApMTbdYgvD.FMM3R8WooJ5YPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJwbm5vazZwBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNzA2L2FmX25hbWliaWFfc2VhbF9odW50BHBvcwM5BHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmFtaWJpYW5zZWFs

Namibia

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



People Sometimes Seek The Truth, But Most Prefer Like-minded Views

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090701082720.htm

Vatican Radio starts carrying ads

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8135753.stm

Vatican Radio

http://www.radiovaticana.org/inglese/enindex.html

Oil Price Culprit Found & Iran's Legal Threat to Journalism & More for Friday, July 3, 2009

"That which is done out of love, is beyond good & evil". Which is probably one of our favorite aphorisms, penned by Nietzsche. We thought of this when hearing some of the recorded interviews given by Mark Sanford. Based on those conversations, we tend to believe the man was truly, deeply in love with his Argentine mistress. Normally, we would link to a Wiki page of the woman in question, but the Wikipedia appears to have deleted the page link - something that they had openly discussed previously. We don't know if it is possible to fall into the trap of love with such a thunderous thud as did the governor. Love has been unknown to us and our staff for a long time. Our senior editor was in love - once - many years ago. But since Suzie (there's that name again) passed, we haven't felt anything like love for a long, long time. So it is hard for us to imagine what heights (or depths) drove this governor. We can only try to feel for him. But, if he is guilty of love, it should be no crime. Consider the aphorism noted above. Please do understand, we do feel (pity?) for the jilted wife of the governor. Whose pain and hurt cannot be measured by us. Men and women, we think, can and do fall in and out of love. Perhaps this will be the case between the governor and his wife. Or his mistress... At any rate, the police seem to be clearing him of other wrongdoing. Why did we even broach this subject? Perhaps because we were struck by the philosopher's aphorism written so long ago, when we heard the governor give his homilies. And, hence, ours - though we heard no sermon. The only sermon we can relate to is our own passion and the world's passion for lovers' caught in a forbidden embrace.

Rogue broker blamed for oil price spike

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31720243/ns/business-oil_and_energy/

PVM Oil Associates

http://www.pvmoil.co.uk/

British embassy staff in Iran 'face trial'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8132397.stm

Iran cleric: U.K. Embassy staff to be tried

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31722550/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

North Korea may fire more missiles: report

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5612oe-us-korea-north/

UN chief calls for Burma releases

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8131869.stm

Tamiflu-resistant strain of swine flu found in Hong Kong

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2009/07/03/hk-swine.html

President's Choice beef recall updated

http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2009/07/03/presidents-choice-beef-recall-steak-roast.html

Swift & Company (…President’s Choice contains E. Coli…what, is he insane?...or is this a case of false advertising?...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_%26_Company


Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52

http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/02/news/companies/bank_failure/index.htm?cnn=yes

Police: S.C. Gov. Sanford Didn't Break Law

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/02/politics/main5130258.shtml

Mark Sanford

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

Drug raids reveal 'sobering' mass of arms

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31722097/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/

Air France crash mystery deepens

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/07/03/air.france.analysis.daly/index.html

Flight 447

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_447

Scrub tech may have exposed thousands to hepatitis

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_he_me/us_surgery_tech_hepatitis;_ylt=AjEmH9Rikf4XT2PWam.DvcSs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFkNmwyNGYyBHBvcwMxNTQEc2VjA2FjY29yZGlvbl9oZWFsdGgEc2xrA3NjcnVidGVjaG1heQ--

Hepatitis C

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


Billions stolen in online 'robbery'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8132547.stm

Eve Online

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

Traffic rockets to Twitter site

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology/newsid_8129000/8129340.stm

Hitwise

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

Jackson service set for Tuesday

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8131722.stm

The Smoking Vial? Diprivan Found in Jackson's Home

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MichaelJackson/story?id=7994823&page=1

Propofol

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


From Yesterday, Thursday, July 2, 2009:

US job losses worse than expected

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8130703.stm

North Korea 'test fires missiles'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8130205.stm

Court decriminalises gay sex in India

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8129836.stm

China babies 'sold for adoption'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8130900.stm

Swine flu 'cannot be contained'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8130097.stm

California in 'fiscal emergency'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8129840.stm

Jackson 'hurt' over drug reports

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8130948.stm

Cyber Threat and More for Wednesday, July 1, 2009

US 'concerned' over cyber threat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8126668.stm

Griditration / Gridthreat

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/04/griditration-or-gridthreat.html

HK march calls for more democracy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8127829.stm

Hong Kong

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

Jackson body 'going to Neverland'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8128022.stm

Neverland Ranch

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

Money laundering risk to football

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/8127790.stm

Money Laundering

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

UN begins Bhutto killing inquiry

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8127833.stm

Benazir Bhutto

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

Swine flu emergency in Argentina

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8128167.stm

North Korean ship 'turned around'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8127814.stm

North Korea 'enriching uranium'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8125964.stm

Enriched uranium

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

North Korean food need 'critical'


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8128528.stm

China cracks down on virtual cash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8126386.stm

China delays internet filter plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8126832.stm

ID scheme is an 'embarrassment'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8128082.stm

US judge overturns Stanford bail

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8127711.stm

R. Allen Stanford

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Allen_Stanford

Audit fails to find missing gold

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8126671.stm

Madoff Sentence and More for Monday, June 29, 2009

Madoff jailed for 150 years (…so much for mercy…)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31604191/ns/business-us_business/

Bernard Madoff (…and the Wiki Article appears to be up to date with the breaking news as of 11:45 AM, ET...wow…)

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

Ahmadinejad: Neda's death is 'suspicious'

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/29/iran.neda.ahmadinejad/index.html

North Korea criticizes U.S. missile system on Hawaii (...ahhh, North Korea, one of our favorite and enduring topics...should the USA carpet bomb NK until it is completely flattened?....No, no, of course not...)

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/06/29/korea-photo-kimjongil029.html

Firefighters win reverse discrimination suit

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/29/supreme.court.discrimination/index.html

Sonia Sotomayor (…so, she is the real deal…)

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

Cleared by a jury, man still labeled a terrorist

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/29/florida.terror.redo/index.html

Secret police wiretaps fly under the radar

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/06/26/police-emergency-wiretaps.html

Crisis talks follow coup in Honduras

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31604879/ns/world_news-americas/

Manuel Zelaya

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

Doctor 'did not inject' Jackson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8124170.stm

Nigerian militants say attack Shell despite amnesty (...should Nigeria bomb Shell until it is flattened?...No, no, of course not...)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090629/wl_nm/us_nigeria_delta;_ylt=Aha5fBDgNFaZrreEX6giPDcPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNjFoMmlwBGFzc2V0A25tLzIwMDkwNjI5L3VzX25pZ2VyaWFfZGVsdGEEcG9zAzExBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmlnZXJpYW5taWxp

Girl, nine, dies from swine flu

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_midlands/8124781.stm

Mexico vows to keep looking for 'lost' island

http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/24/lt-mexico-lost-island-062409/?world/mexico&zIndex=122013

Isla Bermeja

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

Alcohol link to one in 25 deaths

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8118475.stm

Pope says tests support saga of St. Paul’s bones (…mystical, mythical fragments…)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31599704/ns/technology_and_science-science/

Paul of Tarsus

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

Apple yanks 1st porn app from iTunes

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/06/29/tech-hottest-girls-apple-itunes-porn-app.html