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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Monday, July 11, 2011

11 July - News Notes

Blog of Rights : Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union
This Week in Civil Liberties
Protecting All of Alabama
Breaking the Addiction to Incarceration: Weekly Highlights


Circle of Blue Water News
American Arsenic: After a Decade, Small Communities Still Struggle to Meet Federal Drinking Water Standards
The Stream, July 11: Desperate Hunger Looms in the Horn of Africa
Federal Water Tap, July 11: Funding and Management Proposals


Common Dreams
Let Them Eat Cuts in Vital Social Services
The 'Don't Steal From Medicare For Socialized Medicine' Phenomenon
Visa Blocks Wikileaks Again


Daily Bell
EU Shadow Play: Crisis Seeks Global Solution
Prosecute Fraud to Right the System
Live and Let Live: Not in Silverado

Democracy Now!
As Debt Talks Threaten Medicare, Social Security, Study Finds U.S. Spending $4 Trillion on War
Egyptians Fill Tahrir Square For Largest Protest Since Fall of President Mubarak
Victory for Media Diversity: Court Strikes Down FCC’s Attempt to Relax Media Ownership Rules

Guardian UK
Australia unveils radical carbon tax plan
Australia's PM Julia Gillard faces tough fight to convince public before parliamentary voteAustralia has unveiled its most sweeping economic reform...


Mother Jones
What's Happening With the Debt Ceiling Explained
Report: Bachmann Clinic Performs Ex-Gay Therapy
In Defense of Michele Bachmann

New Scientist
Australia puts a price on carbon
Australia is first nation to put a price on carbon
Psychologist: Why we screw up when the heat is on

Obama Conspiracy Theories
The Doc got layers
The “other” Obama conspiracy theories
They’re all conspiracy theorists

Open Secrets Blog
OpenSecrets.org Mailbag: Joint Political Contributions, Stephen Colbert's Super PAC and More
Koch Industries Solicited by Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee for Campaign Cash
Defense Dollars to Democrats, the Odd Couple: McCotter and Unions and More in Capital Eye Opener: July 8

PECAN Group
40 Facts That Prove The Working Class Is Being Systematically Wiped Out
Will Sheila’s on the frontline lead Australian soldiers to mate? Errr…..mate.
Journey into the CIA’s heart of darkness: Ex-agent reveals ‘torture’ of terror suspect in secret prison dubbed ‘Hotel California’

Pesticide Action Network


Reuters
Taxes still a stumbling block in debt talks
Pawlenty raps rival Bachmann
China raps U.S. over military drills in disputed seas
Taxes still a stumbling block in debt talks
Murdoch under pressure to reconsider British bid
Eurozone mulls Greek options, fears spread to Italy


Science Daily
Scientists discover first gonorrhea strain resistant to all available antibiotics
Obese patients less likely to develop and die from respiratory distress syndromes after surgery, study finds
Vitamin D insufficiency prevalent among psoriatic arthritis suffers

Scientific American
The Healing Power of Touch: Tickling Reduces Stroke-Induced Brain Damage in Rats
New ATM Designed For Semi-Literate and Illiterate Populations
What's Going On with Those Scandinavian Sperm?

Ten Percent
Friday! The Psychedelic Furs- Highwire Days
Torture Won
The Equality Trust Research Digest #2: Trends and Measures

This Week in Science
Operating at the Limits
Volatile Moon Rocks
Turbulent Times

USA Today
Distracted-driving programs show success
Obama, leaders take last stab at $4 trillion deal
Coalition sees highway as key to Afghan strategy
( Sidebar : Construction of Priority Afghan Highway Sees More Corruption Than Progress as US Taxpayers Pony Up Millions   I think we know this tune from Iraqi 'reconstruction' )

War Room
The truth about the deficit and Social Security
Actually, it has almost nothing to with our soaring national debt. So why is there talk of cutting it?

JUBA — South Sudan will launch its new currency next Monday, just over a week after splitting from the north to become the world?s newest nation, the country?s finance minister said on Monday. "From the 18th onward, depending on the distribution ...

Pakistan is eager to play down the recent American decision to cut a third of its annual military aid budget, as the BBC's M Ilyas Khan reports from Islamabad. A conference of the army's top brass said last month that it had in any case received far ...

At least 46 dead, dozens missing after ship sinks in Russia
At least 46 people are now known to have died when a ship sank with about 200 people aboard on Russia's Volga River, regional authorities told CNN...



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