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Post by MacBeth on Feb 3, 2009 6:43:54 GMT -5
Secret report urges new Afganistan planBy: David S. Cloud The Pentagon's top military officers are recommending to Obama that he shift U.S. strategy in Afghanistan. more: www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18337.html-------------------------------------------------------
Daschle pushed Hindery for Obama jobBy: Ben Smith and Eamon Javers Leo Hindery had been mentioned as a possible Secretary of Commerce or U.S. Trade Representative. more: www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18336.html
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Obama picks Gregg for CommerceBy: David Rogers Sen. Judd Gregg will be nominated as the new Commerce secretary Tuesday morning. more: www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18325.html
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White House still seeking GOP votesBy: David Rogers Looking for GOP votes, the White House is showing a greater affection for infrastructure spending. more: www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18331.html -------------------------------------------------------
Gingrich sees 'more pain' in our futureBy: Roger Simon Gingrich's forecast for America is periods of gloom interrupted by moments of sheer disaster. more: www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/18320.html
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Post by MacBeth on Feb 3, 2009 12:18:32 GMT -5
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Post by MacBeth on Feb 3, 2009 12:19:13 GMT -5
Obama Picks Sen. Judd Gregg for Commerce Secretary
New Hampshire Republican accepts Cabinet position on the condition that Democratic governor John Lynch names a Republican to his seat.
For more information, visit washingtonpost.com
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Post by MacBeth on Feb 3, 2009 14:04:26 GMT -5
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Post by MacBeth on Feb 3, 2009 14:42:06 GMT -5
Dahr Jamail | Security in Iraq: Relatively Speakingwww.truthout.org/020309ADahr Jamail, Truthout: "I myself was lulled into a false sense of security upon my arrival a week ago. Indeed, security is 'better,' compared to my last trip here, when the number of attacks per month against the occupation forces and Iraqi collaborators used to be around 6,000. Today, we barely have one American soldier being killed every other day and only a score injured weekly. Casualties among Iraqi security forces are just ten times that number. But yes, one could say security is better if one is clear that it is better in comparison not to downtown Houston but to Fallujah 2004." Sri Lanka Needs Truce to Save Civilians, Caritas Sayswww.truthout.org/020309BPaul Tighe, Bloomberg: "Sri Lanka's army and Tamil Tiger rebels must declare a cease-fire to allow aid agencies to help more than 250,000 civilians trapped by fighting in the north, the aid group Caritas Australia said. 'Unless we can get access soon, this could quickly become a massive humanitarian catastrophe,' Jack de Groot, the group's chief executive officer, said in an e-mailed statement today. 'Civilians are living in fear.'" Despite Federal Aid, Many Banks Fail to Revive Lendingwww.truthout.org/020309CBinyamin Appelbaum, The Washington Post: "The federal government has invested almost $200 billion in U.S. banks over the last three months to spark new lending to consumers and businesses. So far, it hasn't worked. Lending has declined, and banks that got government money on average have reduced lending more sharply than banks that didn't."
Water - Another Global "Crisis"?www.truthout.org/020309DRichard Black, BBC News: "If you look at the numbers, it is hard to see how many East African communities made it through the long drought of 2005 and 2006. Among people who study human development, it is a widely-held view that each person needs about 20 litres of water each day for the basics - to drink, cook and wash sufficiently to avoid disease transmission. Yet at the height of the East African drought, people were getting by on less than five litres a day - in some cases, less than one litre a day, enough for just three glasses of drinking water and nothing left over." Gerard Courtois | You Said Civilization?www.truthout.org/020309EGerard Courtois, Le Monde: "It was December 31, 2007. Nicolas Sarkozy was presenting his seasonal greetings to the French: 'For too long, politics has reduced itself to management, remaining cut off from the real causes of our evils, which are frequently deeper than that. I'm convinced that at the present time, we need a policy of civilization.'"
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Post by MacBeth on Feb 3, 2009 18:15:24 GMT -5
Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com:
Obama to Announce Exec Compensation Limits for Banks Receiving TARP Funds [6:02 p.m. ET]
For more, go to abcnews.go.com?CMP=EMC-1396
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Post by MacBeth on Feb 3, 2009 18:31:55 GMT -5
Norman Solomon | Why Are We Still at War?www.truthout.org/020309RNorman Solomon, Truthout: "The United States began its war in Afghanistan 88 months ago. 'The war on terror' has no sunset clause. As a perpetual emotion machine, it offers to avenge what can never heal and to fix grief that is irreparable." Daschle Withdraws Obama Nominationwww.truthout.org/020309SNBC, MSNBC and News Services: "Former Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle on Tuesday withdrew his nomination to oversee the Health and Human Services Department, citing controversies over his taxes and his ties to the health care industry - and telling NBC News that a New York Times editorial also played a role." Gerald Epstein | Bad Bank: Bad Ideawww.truthout.org/020309TGerald Epstein, Truthout: "The irresponsible, and even fraudulent, behavior of bankers and the financial regulators we trusted to monitor them have left the rest of us in deep trouble with no good financial options. Major banks, including Citibank, Bank of America and others, are on the verge of bankruptcy, if not already insolvent, despite the commitment already made on behalf of US taxpayers to spend or guarantee billions of dollars to rescue them. Meanwhile, the economic vortex is dragging the rest of us down." Homeowners Laud, Lenders Decry Proposed Legislationwww.truthout.org/020309UJanet Morrissey, Investment News: "A battle is heating up over proposed federal legislation that, if passed, would give bankruptcy judges unfettered power to modify mortgage loans in an effort to stop the surge in foreclosures sweeping the nation." Scientists Warn Biofuels More Harmful to Humans Than Gasoline and Dieselwww.truthout.org/020309EAAlok Jha, The Guardian UK: "Corn-based bioethanol has higher burden on environment and human health, says US study." California: Furlough of State Workers Must Start Now, Court Sayswww.truthout.org/020309LAPatrick McGreevy and Evan Halper, The Los Angeles Times: "A Sacramento judge orders officials to implement Schwarzenegger's plan to force 238,000 state employees to take two days off without pay each month." Iceland Names World's First Openly Lesbian Head of Statewww.truthout.org/020309WAVanessa Buschschluter, BBC News: "Johanna Sigurdardottir, named as Iceland's prime minister on Sunday, is the first openly lesbian head of government in Europe, if not the world - at least in modern times." Studies Find Mercury in Much US Corn Syrupwww.truthout.org/020309HAReuters UK: "Many common foods made using commercial high fructose corn syrup contain mercury as well, researchers reported on Tuesday, while another study suggested the corn syrup itself is contaminated." Blinding Them With Sciencewww.truthout.org/020309EDADavid Moltz, Inside Higher Ed: "American college freshmen know fewer facts about science than do their Chinese counterparts, according to a new study, but both groups have a comparably poor ability to reason scientifically." Chris Kromm | Eyes on the Prize? Business Groups Borrow Voting Rights Imagery in Fighting Labor Billwww.truthout.org/020309VAChris Kromm, Facing South: "As the battle grows over the Employee Free Choice Act - one of the biggest pieces of labor legislation in decades - corporate lobbyists are taking a new tack, saying their campaign against the bill is really a stand for voting rights."
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