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2010-07-31: Headlines

GoDanRiver.com: Pittsylvania County solider injured in Afghanistan 2010-07-31
A press conference was held in front of Binghamton's City Hall discussing the removal of the Cost of War sign. (CASEY STAFF / Staff Photo)
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Edmonton Journal: Environment focus for visiting Buddhist 2010-07-31
Division of Canwest Publishing Inc. | Edmonton air quality expected poor for long weekend... | Alberta Health Services is warning the public about possible poor air quality in the Edmonton area over the long weekend. | Scott McKeen: Economics fuel pilot's desire to close City Centre... | Chris LaBossiere's story goes beyond that of man bites dog.
Press Sun-Bulletin: Cost of war sign comes down from Binghamton City Hall 2010-07-31
A press conference was held in front of Binghamton's City Hall discussing the removal of the Cost of War sign. (CASEY STAFF / Staff Photo)
OpEdNews: The Seductions Of Clicking: How The Internet Can Make It Harder To Act 2010-07-31
Without online technologies, Barack Obama would never have gotten past the primaries. Yet now progressive hopes are faltering, not only because of Obama's compromises and mistakes and Republican intransigence, but also because far too many of his supporters have come to believe they can act exclusively through these online technologies, to the exclusion of face-to-face politics.
Deseret News: Racism, bigotry of every stripe still exist 2010-07-31
Jesse Jackson says Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert's umbrage at the departure of star forward LeBron James reflects a slave-master mentality. | Rush Limbaugh says the Justice Department's decision to drop a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party is evidence that President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder are protecting extremists who advocate killing white babies.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune: Its Politics: Rep. Chu one of most beautiful people 2010-07-31
Questions and answers on Tribune stories from readers like you. | Editor's note: It's Politics reports Saturdays on the ins and outs of national, state and local politics. | Though Washington, D.C., is sometimes called "L.A. for ugly people" (they are both single-industry towns filled with ambition)
RocNow: Gregory Kane: No reason to keep playing slavery card 2010-07-31
As a black American who's descended from many blacks – and at least one white woman – who were slaves, I'm compelled to ask other blacks to stop playing the slavery card. | The latest to whip out the card is Shirley Sherrod, the ousted U.S. Department of Agriculture official from Georgia. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack fired Sherrod after a video of her speaking at a March NAACP fundraising dinner surfaced.
Lancaster Newspapers: Arthur Gish, county native, global activist dies 2010-07-31
Arthur G. Gish, who left his family's Lancaster County farm as a teenager to spend 50 years as a peace activist, died Wednesday in a tractor accident on his organic farm near Athens, Ohio.

2010-07-30: Headlines

NPR: FBI Releases Radical Historian Howard Zinns File, Which It Opened In 1949 2010-07-30
The FBI released a 423-page file on Howard Zinn, author of 'A People's History of the United States,' who died earlier this year. | Earlier today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a 423-page file on Howard Zinn, "radical historian, teacher, playwright, and political activist."
MiamiHerald.com: The Castros blink 2010-07-30
Keywords: if (loc.match('/reg-bin/') ) | layout="button_count" | Finally, someone in Cuba went eyeball to eyeball with the Castro brothers, and they blinked. | On July 7, Guillermo Fariñas, a dissident on a hunger strike for more than four months, achieved what no one has done before. Through a combination of careful confrontation, personal fortitude and international support, Fariñas forced Raú
DigitalJournal.com: Dennis Kucinich says there are 92000 reasons to end the wars 2010-07-30
High-level government officials met Thursday to discuss the new consumer protection agency established by the financial overhaul law, and employees at seven federal agencies are being told they may be transferred to work at it. | Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with heads of agencies including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke; Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.;
Chicago Tribune: Kurtis, Jacobson offer a bridge to WBBM-Ch. 2s past and future 2010-07-30
WBBM-Ch. 2's 6 p.m. anchor team of Steve Baskerville (from left), Bill Kurtis, Walter Jacobson and Ryan Baker. | new Effect.AppearItems(obj, { sync: true, from: 0, to: 1}) | new Effect.FadeItems(obj, { sync: true, from: 1, to: 0 }) | if (effect.options.to!=0) return; | The newest thing in Chicago TV news is also the oldest. | It's not pretty, but it's surreal.
The Sheaf: Biggest leak in US military history 2010-07-30
In conjunction with The New York Times, The Guardian, and German weekly magazine Der Spiegel, the online organization Wikileaks has released over 91,000 classified American military incident reports from the war in Afghanistan, in what has been billed as the largest and most significant hemorrhaging of state intelligence since the release of the Pentagon Papers in 1971, which revealed the grisly and dubious reality of the Vietnam War.
Bloomberg: Dodd Urges White House to Nominate FDICs Bair as Head of Consumer Bureau 2010-07-30
Keywords: confirmed by the Senate, the people said. | also supports Bair for the consumer post, the people said. | FDIC chairman expires in June 2011. | police banks for mortgage and credit-card lending abuses. | of the subprime market. | the financial system in 2008. | return a request for comment. | avekshin@bloomberg.net. | Unless indicated otherwise, intraday market data is at least 15 minutes delayed. | qacct:"p-9d29qNLnLq5GQ"
MLive.com: Walling third Flint Mayor since 2002 to face recall 2010-07-30
FLINT, Michigan — Another mayor, another recall attempt. Organizers on Thursday turned in 14,341 signatures — well above the 8,004 needed — in an attempt to oust Mayor Dayne Walling from office.
AdAge.com: Katie Kuehner-Hebert: Financial Firms Could See More Ad Curbs 2010-07-30
Financial marketers, brace yourselves: Your advertising leeway may soon be further curtailed, thanks to the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
Huffington Post: Eliot Nelson: HUFFPOST HILL 2010-07-30
Even with the House frantically debating a series of last-minute, pre-recess bills, pols still delivered all the ridiculous stories we've come to expect on Fridays. Ronald Regan's son is cashing in on his family's name and combating Godless liberals all at once.
Auburn Journal: Traitor 2010-07-30
US Government investigators report they have found concrete evidence on computers used by Pfc. Bradley Manning that link him with the leak of classified Afghanistan war reports posted on the WikiLeaks website. | It appears that Mr. Manning joined the military after growing up in Oklahoma and feeling a sense of rejection and animosity to his neighbors and schoolmates because they did not embrace is liberal political philosophy.
Times Herald-Record: Stage Screen calendar: July 30-Aug. 5 2010-07-30
Westchester Broadway Theatre — "Triple X Rated Adult Comedy" with Vic Bitetto, Steve Marshall, Joe Moffa, Angel Salizar, Craig Carmine, Marla Schultz, 1 Broadway Plaza, Elmsford, 6:30 p.m. July 31, $75 plus tax for dinner and show. Call 914-592-2222. | "Kameradschaft" — Bard SummerScape presentation of a 1931 G.W. Pabst film about German miners called in over the border to help trapped French miners.
Lexington Herald Leader: How to avoid propaganda in search of truth 2010-07-30
Doesn't it bother you sometimes that people you disagree with politically listen to that awful propaganda put out by their side? So how can those people, and you and those who agree with you, avoid being propagandized? | Seek the truth; be well-informed, not misled. To be well-informed, we need access to information that is accurate (factual), fair (unbiased) and balanced (presents all views supported by the evidence).
MiamiHerald.com: Wiki rules the debate 2010-07-30
Keywords: if (loc.match('/reg-bin/') ) | layout="button_count" | What occurred on the floor of the People's House on Tuesday afternoon was, quite possibly, the first ever congressional wikidebate.
The Nation.: DAYBOOK for Friday: Krugman on Obama 'Ignoring' Left, Steve Carell, Joni Mitchell, More | The Nation 2010-07-30
WELCOME TO DAYBOOK, our daily collection of media and politics hits/misses from a wide variety of sources plus fun videos and (and at the bottom) musical picks. Return for updates all day. Keep up with fresh items via @gregmitch at Twitter. E-mail me at: epic1934@aol.com. To increase type size hit the middle "A" above right. | Greg Mitchell is the former editor of Editor & Publisher and author of nine books, including
The Durango Herald: Kinsey fights odds for Senate 2010-07-30
Bob Kinsey representing the Green Party. | Green Party candidate Bob Kinsey stands in front of his car, which runs on recycled vegetable oil, Sunday on Main Avenue in Durango. | A veteran, an ordained minister, a peace activist and a retired school teacher, Denver resident Bob Kinsey isn't a typical politician. | He's never been elected to office, but that didn't stop him from making a third-party bid for the U.S.
firedoglake.com: 'North of the Border' 2010-07-30
"North of the Border" | "North of the Border" is at once an engaging, provocative, revealing and amusing documentary and a searing indictment of North American anti-war and social justice activists, journalists and film-makers for their failure to break with President Obama. | Written and directed by the first-time documentary film-maker Gilbert Hurricane, the film uses Oliver Stone's recent documentary "South of the Border"
Taiwan Today: A call for increased consumer protection 2010-07-30
The Great Recession, which originated from Wall Street, has now resulted in the greatest reform to the U.S. financial system since 1929. On July 21, U.S. President Barack Obama signed into law the financial reform act.
DigitalJournal.com: Dennis Kucinich says there are 92000 reasons to end the wars 2010-07-30
Former Presidential candidate and Democratic Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich says there are 92,000 reasons to end the wars and urged the House of Representatives to pick at least one of them.
The Hill: Mike Lillis: On Medicares birthday, a call to make it universal 2010-07-30
As Medicare supporters are celebrating the program's 45th birthday Friday, several Capitol Hill liberals are wondering: Why not expand it to everyone? Reps.
Motley Fool: Alyce Lomax: New Sin Stocks to Avoid 2010-07-30
Keywords: title: "New Sin Stocks to Avoid" | ,summary: "Are these stocks more immoral than guns and liquor?" | David Gardner called Netflix in 2004 at $15.42. He's up 546% as of April 23rd. See what David's recommending that you buy NEXT. | "Value investing" or "growth investing" are easy to define. But socially responsible investing, which shuns sinful stocks, can be a more slippery concept. After all, what you call a
Eat. Drink. Better.: Published on July 30th, 2010 2010-07-30
The Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act is moving through the House at a snail's pace.
Entertainment and Showbiz!: Sandra, Jennifer, Madonna, Charlize: Lions of Hollywood 2010-07-30
Currently, the month of Leos is on and if you have your birthday falling between 23rd July-22nd August, you got to be the wilful and gritty Leo on the Zodia...
Marketplace: American Public Media: The Army Experience Center: Mission accomplished? 2010-07-30
The Army Experience Center in a mall in Philadelphia is a teched-out wonderland with a Black Hawk simulator and military video games galore. But the Center is closing its doors after two years, even though the Army says its stint at the mall...
The Nation.: On the Anniversary of Medicare Comes a Renewed Call for 'Medicare for All' 2010-07-30
On the Anniversary of Medicare Comes a Renewed Call for "Medicare for All" | Forty-five years ago today, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson flew to Independence, Missouri, to mark a milestone in the long struggle to establish health care as a right, not a privilege, for all Americans. | John Nichols, a pioneering political blogger, has written the Beat since 1999. His posts have been circulated...
Minnesota Public Radio: Brandt Williams: Mpls. looks to Chicago model to stem gun violence 2010-07-30
Minneapolis city officials met Thursday with members of a Chicago-based organization called CeaseFire. They want to know if the CeaseFire model, which some say has helped reduce gun violence in Chicago, can work in Minneapolis.
Todays Zaman: Feza Gazetecilik A.S. Bilgi Teknolojileri: Irish activist converts to Islam on memorial visit to Kayseri 2010-07-30
Irish peace activist Caoimhe Butterly converted to Islam during a trip to Kayseri to visit the family of Furkan Doƒüan, a 19-year-old Turkish-American peace activist slain during an Israeli commando raid on a flotilla of ships bearing humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip in May.
Herald.ie: Disqualification leaves Rock livid 2010-07-30
England's Robert Rock, the player who lost a play-off to local amateur Shane Lowry last year, opened the Irish Open with a six-under-par 65 at Killarney -- and then was disqualified for signing for a wrong score.
Charleston Post Courier: Deserved Disclose defeat 2010-07-30
The so-called Disclose Act would have imposed complex, burdensome and inappropriate new campaign-finance regulations as cumbersome as its official name: Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections. The bill has been wisely scuttled in the Senate -- for now.
firedoglake.com: “North of the Border” 2010-07-30
"North of the Border" | €œNorth of the Border€ is at once an engaging, provocative, revealing and amusing documentary and a searing indictment of North American anti-war and social justice activists, journalists and film-makers for their failure to break with President Obama.
Detroit Free Press: Countdown to Zero 2010-07-30
Keywords: window.yahooBuzzBadgeType= 'text'; | Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union, is interviewed in "Countdown to Zero." (Magnolia Pictures)
Equitymaster.com: New direct tax code fails to connect the infrastructure dots 2010-07-30
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www.globalresearch.ca: Atmospheric Geoengineering: Weather Manipulation, Contrails and Chemtrails 2010-07-30
9/ 11 & 'War on Terrorism' | reddit_url='http:/ / www.globalresearch.ca/ index.php?context=va &aid=20369' | reddit_title='Atmospheric Geoengineering: Weather Manipulation, Contrails and Chemtrails' | At an international symposium held in Ghent, Belgium May 28-30, 2010, scientists asserted that ìmanipulation of climate through modification of Cirrus clouds is neither a hoax nor a conspiracy theory.

2010-07-29: Headlines

TIME: House Ethics Subcommittee Unveils 13 Charges Against Rangel 2010-07-29
At a somber hearing of the House ethics committee — held in a larger room in the Congressional Visitors Center to accommodate the throng of press — the subcommittee in charge of investigating Charlie Rangel for the last 21 months referred 13 alleged violations of House rules against the former Ways & Means chairman to the full committee.
Bangkok Post: Post Publishing PCL.: US officials to press China on Iran sanctions 2010-07-29
Top US officials announced Thursday they were heading to China in late August to press Beijing to "step up" and fully implement sanctions against Iran over its suspect nuclear program. | A handout picture released by the official website of Iran's presidency office in 2008 shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visiting the Natanz uranium enrichment facilities.
The Ledger: New Black Panther Party 2010-07-29
Condoleezza Rice Aretha Franklin Performance Video-An event that was held at Philadelphia€™s Mann Music Center Tuesday night was headlined by the queen of sou...
NorthJersey.com: Father makes pilgrimage to Iraq in wake of sons death 2010-07-29
Somewhere in the city of Ramadi, scene of some of the worst fighting in Iraq, a quarter sits on a windowsill beside a stone from John Wroblewski's front yard.
Reuters: Regulators to meet over new consumer bureau 2010-07-29
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will convene a meeting Thursday with the top financial regulators to begin launching the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
allvoices: 59 billion more for wars as Obama continues Bush third term. 2010-07-29
59 billion more for wars as Obama continues Bush third term. | Talk about bipartisanship. Both parties believe that when it comes to deficit spending money for wars does not count. Ordinarily Republicans would be asking where the money would come from for funding these wars. Not so at least with few exceptions. This might as well have been a Republican bill. Republicans voted for it by 160 to 12.
National Mortgage Professional Magazine: Warren seen gaining key consumer protection post 2010-07-29
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will convene a meeting Thursday with the top financial regulators to begin launching the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
The Hill: Ian Swanson: Rangel says ethics panel violated his Constitutional rights 2010-07-29
Keywords: €œFor forty years, Congressman Rangel has faithfully served the people of New York€™s Fifteenth District,€ Rangel said in the statement. €œHe has at all times acted in his constituents€™ best interests and has brought them economic and educational opportunities, as exemplified by his tireless support for the City College of New York (CCNY).""
RnB Music Blog: Condoleezza Rice Aretha Franklin Performance Video 2010-07-29
Condoleezza Rice Aretha Franklin Performance Video-An event that was held at Philadelphia€™s Mann Music Center Tuesday night was headlined by the queen of sou...
Democracy Now: Peace Activist Art Gish, 70, Dies 2010-07-29
And the longtime peace activist Art Gish has died at the age of seventy after a tractor accident on his farm in Ohio. He had been a longtime member of the Christian Peacemaker Team and made yearly visits to Hebron in the occupied West Bank to monitor settler violence and Israeli home demolitions. I interviewed Art Gish, along with his wife Peggy, last year.
KABC: Sam Has Gone All Wiki 2010-07-29
ABC’s Senior News Correspondent Sam Donaldson Hopes To Read all 91,000 Pages Of The Afghan Wikileak Report Before He Discusses It With Peter Next Week. Tilden and Donaldson Also Talk about President Obama’s Appearance On “The View” And Why the Obama Administration Isn’t Discussing Having Peter’s Favorite Guest, Elizabeth Warren, Head the New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. | "WIKI-LEAKS CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE AFGHAN THEATRE"
Washington Post: Free with RSVP 2010-07-29
Keywords: details - subnav - museums" | Daily Deal (powered by LivingSocial) | MAX_CHARACTER_LENGTH["go_out_list_name"]=100; | MAX_CHARACTER_LENGTH["email_personal_msg"]=150; | Comedian Kevin Hart and DJ Biz Markie host a free open-bar party celebrating the National Urban League's 100th anniversary. | Please note:You must be signed in to write a comment. | Thank you for submitting a review. Please check back soon."
MyWayBusiness.com: Mortgage Modification Program Falls Short 2010-07-29
The goals that were set by the Obama Administration to help homeowners use mortgage modification to avoid foreclosure have not been met.
NorthJersey.com: Grieving dad: Iraq war is right thing 2010-07-29
John W. Wroblewski is still trying to get to Iraq, to see where his son died more than two years ago.
Prison Planet.com: Google and CIA Fund Political Precrime Technology 2010-07-29
More evidence has emerged revealing Google€™s spook connections. Noah Shachtman, writing for Wired, details how the CIA€™s technology investment operation, In-Q-Tel, and Google are supporting a company that monitors the web in real time. The company, Recorded Future, scans tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find imputed relationships between people, organizations, actions and incidents.
The Associated Press: US officials discuss new consumer agency 2010-07-29
High-level government officials met Thursday to discuss the new consumer protection agency established by the financial overhaul law, and employees at seven federal agencies are being told they may be transferred to work at it. | Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with heads of agencies including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke; Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.;
Washington Post: Geithner may borrow from financial agencies to staff new consumer bureau 2010-07-29
Employees at seven federal agencies will soon receive notice that they could have a new employer this time next year: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
AlterNet.org: Beltway liberalism in 24 words 2010-07-29
"North of the Border" | €œNorth of the Border€ is at once an engaging, provocative, revealing and amusing documentary and a searing indictment of North American anti-war and social justice activists, journalists and film-makers for their failure to break with President Obama.
San Jose Mercury News: Anna Eshoo, one of Capitol Hills 50 Most Beautiful 2010-07-29
Keywords: details - subnav - museums" | Daily Deal (powered by LivingSocial) | MAX_CHARACTER_LENGTH["go_out_list_name"]=100; | MAX_CHARACTER_LENGTH["email_personal_msg"]=150; | Comedian Kevin Hart and DJ Biz Markie host a free open-bar party celebrating the National Urban League's 100th anniversary. | Please note:You must be signed in to write a comment. | Thank you for submitting a review. Please check back soon."
Toronto Sun: Canadian track short on star power 2010-07-29
Keywords: details - subnav - museums" | Daily Deal (powered by LivingSocial) | MAX_CHARACTER_LENGTH["go_out_list_name"]=100; | MAX_CHARACTER_LENGTH["email_personal_msg"]=150; | Comedian Kevin Hart and DJ Biz Markie host a free open-bar party celebrating the National Urban League's 100th anniversary. | Please note:You must be signed in to write a comment. | Thank you for submitting a review. Please check back soon."
FinalCall.com News: The Shirley Sherrod debacle brings America face-to-face with race and denial—again 2010-07-29
What's your opinion on this article? | WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - It may be the most shameful incident in the modern history of the NAACP, and yet another failure on the part of President Barack Obama and his administration to understand the depths of racism in this country, and to lead the country to correctly deal with it.
Investing Contrarian: Ian Swanson: Alfred Gingold: CHASE HOME FINANCE: RABID WEASEL 2010-07-29
Keywords: €œFor forty years, Congressman Rangel has faithfully served the people of New York€™s Fifteenth District,€ Rangel said in the statement. €œHe has at all times acted in his constituents€™ best interests and has brought them economic and educational opportunities, as exemplified by his tireless support for the City College of New York (CCNY).""
Salon: What Newts really running for 2010-07-29
What Newt's really running for (Hint: It's not president) | The Los Angeles Times recently marked the 50th anniversary of the 1960 Democratic National Convention by posting a few rare photos from its archive. In one, a group of young intellectuals prop up signs for the last-minute effort to draft two-time nominee Adlai Stevenson. What slogan do you pick for a candidate who has just been rejected in consecutive landslides?
Prison Planet.com: Google and CIA Fund Political Precrime Technology 2010-07-29
More evidence has emerged revealing Google's spook connections. Noah Shachtman, writing for Wired, details how the CIA's technology investment operation, In-Q-Tel, and Google are supporting a company that monitors the web in real time. The company, Recorded Future, scans tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find imputed relationships between people, organizations, actions and incidents.
Palestine Note: let me join those who refuse 2010-07-29
In this Reuters report, environmentalists are saying the Jordan River is no longer safe for pilgrims to visit. Thousands of religious tourists come very... | srael sent more than 1,000 riot police to guard bulldozers razing an entire Bedouin village in the Negev desert on Tuesday. Some 300 people are now homeless...
Ventura County Reporter: Zaid set the record straight 2010-07-29
I wanted to let you know that I appreciated the article written by Lisa Zaid on the IHH-sponsored effort to run the Isr aeli blockade to Gaza. This is simply a terrorist front organization, and it is time that people realize what is going on. | She did a good job of setting the record straight, and I thank you for publishing it. | Whose homeland is it?Ms.
The Riverdale Press: Sat., August 14 2010-07-29
July 29, 2010: Sat., August 14, from our On the Calendar section.
American Songwriter: Home On The Range: An Interview With Cowboy Junkies 2010-07-29
Cowboy Junkies have been making great music since 1985; and they're about to make a whole lot more. Their latest album, Renmin Park, finds them exploring new sounds and locales; it's a concept album, inspired by band member Michael Timmins' trip to China with his wife and adopted daughters. That's record one in The Nomad Series;
Telegraph.co.uk: Telegraph staff and agencies : Irish Open 2010: Hard-working David Howell back in the spotlight 2010-07-29
Keywords: track finally started to pay dividends in Killarney on Thursday. | on playing as I did last year I wouldn't have a career to be worried about," | said the 35 year-old. | last couple of years." | then disqualified for a scorecard mix-up. | can only harm his Ryder Cup hopes. | the ball a lot better the last two or three." | with my then girlfriend [she is now his wife] and I wasn't a happy person. | happy point in my life."
AZ Central.com: The day after SB 1070 ruling: What to expect 2010-07-29
Keywords: , A federal judge halted major parts of Arizona's immigration law, but Thursday, the day the entire law was to go into effect, may still bring civil disobedience and other drama.
Marketplace: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 2010-07-29
High-level government officials met Thursday to discuss the new consumer protection agency established by the financial overhaul law, and employees at seven federal agencies are being told they may be transferred to work at it. | Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner met with heads of agencies including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke; Sheila Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.;
TheDay.com: GREEN CANDIDATE CRITICIZES COURTNEY ON WAR VOTE 2010-07-29
Scott Deshefy, the Green Party candidate running for Congress in the 2nd District, issued a statement on Wednesday criticizing the district's representative, Democrat Joe Courtney, for voting against a resolution to pull American troops out of Pakistan. | The Green Party had urged Congress to pass House Resolution 301, introduced by Reps.
Irish Times: McGrane one off Irish Open lead 2010-07-29
Irish Open:Predictions of low scoring and a prominent Irish presence at the business end of the leaderboard proved accurate on the opening day of the 3 Irish Open at Killarney where Damien McGrane moved to within one shot of the overnight lead held by England's David Howell.
FinalCall.com News: The Shirley Sherrod debacle brings America face-to-face with race and denial—again 2010-07-29
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - It may be the most shameful incident in the modern history of the NAACP, and yet another failure on the part of President Barack Obama and his administration to understand the depths of racism in this country, and to lead the country to correctly deal with it.
Korea Times: Obama loses backing in Afghan war 2010-07-29
Keywords: www.koreatimes.co.kr delivers the latest information on all events and stories taking place in Korea.
Investing Contrarian: Divisions Emerge Among Republicans Over Elizabeth Warren 2010-07-29
Has anyone seen any analysis on who these 100 Dems are? It would be interesting to put their districts on a map, perhaps along with some info about the district. | "Dems who favor continuing the war need to resist the temptation to read from Rove's script at all costs." | "I think that what we have in place right now is a strategy that says Gen. [David] Petraeus [the top military commander in Afghanistan]"
firedoglake.com: Lady Gaga: Pop Star for the End of America 2010-07-29
Not only are every one of her growing legion of pubescent twitter and facebook little monsters taking to typepad and blogspot to deconstruct her latest video, but a growing legion of pundits, pop critics and philosophers are laboring to see both the forest and the trees and connect Gaga to this historical moment.

2010-07-28: Headlines

Haaretz: News in Brief 2010-07-28
The Buchenwald concentration camp memorial center's web site was attacked and partially disabled by neo-Nazi hackers on Wednesday.
Washington Post: Dear Dems: Stop reading from Roves playbook on Afghanistan 2010-07-28
Has anyone seen any analysis on who these 100 Dems are? It would be interesting to put their districts on a map, perhaps along with some info about the district. | "Dems who favor continuing the war need to resist the temptation to read from Rove's script at all costs." | "I think that what we have in place right now is a strategy that says Gen. [David] Petraeus [the top military commander in Afghanistan]"
Rochester City Newspaper: House approves war funding; Slaughter, Maffei vote against 2010-07-28
House approves war funding; Slaughter, Maffei vote against, It does no good to complain, but still... attention must be paid when we take yet another step forward in this misguided war.Yesterday the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved spending another $58.8 billion on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, much of it for Afghanistan.The vote was 308 in favor, 114 opposed; 10 representatives didn'
Green Party Watch: Cynthia McKinney: Bike4Peace update, Malik Rahim needs hosts 2010-07-28
A federal judge today slapped down key elements of a controversial anti-immigration law in Arizona, handing a temporary victory to the Obama administration against a rising tide of anti-immigration feeling in the US.
Huffington Post: Sohrab Ahmari: The Meanings of Kosovo 2010-07-28
To fair-minded Muslims willing to question the hate preachers and conspiracists in their communities, there is no better proof of America's decency than American leadership during the Kosovo crisis.
DAWN.com: US Congress rejects pullout of troops from Pakistan 2010-07-28
59 billion more for wars as Obama continues Bush third term. | Talk about bipartisanship. Both parties believe that when it comes to deficit spending money for wars does not count. Ordinarily Republicans would be asking where the money would come from for funding these wars. Not so at least with few exceptions. This might as well have been a Republican bill. Republicans voted for it by 160 to 12.
DesMoinesRegister.com: Superweed problem yields call for new tax, rules 2010-07-28
Critics of agricultural biotechnology used the increasing problem with herbicide-resistant weeds to call for tighter regulation of biotech crops. Rep.
allafrica.com: Africa: Rwandan Peace Activist Sees Education As Key to Brighter Future 2010-07-28
Ariane Inkesha has a vision that 50 years from now Africa will have been transformed by education. | "Education that will give value to every type of work and push people to create jobs through entrepreneurship. Education that will give people confidence in their judgment and the will to choose what is good from them without succumbing to manipulation."
Real Bollywood: Jane Fonda To Relive Her Protester Days In New Film As Hippie Granny 2010-07-28
July 28, 2010: Veteran American actress Jane Fonda is going to play the role of a hippie grandmother in her ...
MyFox Los Angeles: Fonda Adds to Anti-War Resume 2010-07-28
Shooting of the multigenerational indie film, €œPeace, Love, Misunderstanding,€ began this month in New York's Hudson River Valley, with an eye toward a 2011 opening. | According to The Hollywood Reporter , the film centers on a conservative, neurotic New York City lawyer who, after her husband leaves her, takes her son and daughter to the Woodstock house of their estranged, hippie grandmother, Fonda.
Global Times: US House OKs surge plan for Afghan war 2010-07-28
US lawmakers easily approved urgent funding Tuesday for President Barack Obama's military escalation in Afghanistan, despite a huge leak of secret military files that stoked anger at the unpopular war. | The 308-114 vote in the House of Representatives set the stage for Obama to sign the legislation, which provides some $37 billion to fund the conflict in Iraq and pay for his "surge" of 33,000 more troops to Afghanistan.
U.TV: Arizona immigration law blocked by judge in temporary victory for Obama 2010-07-28
A federal judge today slapped down key elements of a controversial anti-immigration law in Arizona, handing a temporary victory to the Obama administration against a rising tide of anti-immigration feeling in the US.
OpEdNews: Making the central grid smarter is not the answer 2010-07-28
Practically, it is hard to imagine a technology that wastes 2.2 kilowatt-hours for every single kilowatt-hour produced is surviving into the 22nd century. Let's hope it doesn't; it simply isn't sustainable. We should be imagining that next century now -- one without a crisscross labyrinth of ugly transmission lines, one with thousands of independently functioning renewable energy microgrids.
Huffington Post: Breakthrough With Tony Robbins Premiers On NBC (VIDEO) 2010-07-28
"Breakthrough" with Tony Robbins premiered on NBC yesterday, the first of six primetime specials. In this episode, Tony follows Frank and Kristen Alioto, a couple whose wedding night turned tragic after Frank suffered a swimming pool accident that rendered him a paraplegic.