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DECEMBER 2008 AND PRIOR

December 2008 - Financial

A Deeper Recession Ahead:  UN Team Warns About Our Financial Future (Financial Times, 12-1-08)

The U.S. Government Tab Is Up $6.3 Trillion On The Bailout (MSN Money, 12-1-08)

'Congress Should Not Bailout The Big 3 Automakers' Says Michael Moore (Common Dreams, 12-3-08)

The Underemployment Rate Is Worse Than Imagined (Washington Post, 12-6-08)

Bailouts Cost More Than All U.S. Wars and Many Big Programs Combined (Wall Street Journal, 12-8-08)

Fed Refuses to Disclose Recipients of $2 Trillion (Update2) (Bloomberg, 12-12-08)

A Bitter End In A UN Climate Conference Made Rich Nations Under Fire For Refusing Massive Aid Boosts To Protect Poor Countries (DW-World, 12-13-08)

U.S. Financial Crisis:  Corrupted America (New York Times, 12-16-08)

Video - Russia's Financial Crisis Kicks In (CNN, 12-19-08)

The $850 Billion Stimulus Package In Detail And A Look At  The Costs Of Some Of The Top Government Spending Projects (CNN, 12-22-08)

Wall St Journal: An Ethanol Bailout? And we thought we'd seen everything. (Environmental Working Group, 12-24-08)

Due To The Deteriorating Economy, States Cut Deeper in Medicaid (Washington Post, 12-26-08)

The Devastation Of Iceland's Economic Fall And How It Shook The World (Wall Street Journal, 12-27-08)

Hidden From The Public, Accounting Standards Are Mired In Loopholes And Political Pressures (Washington Post, 12-27-08)

A List Of The Most Dumbest Moments In 2008 Business (Yahoo, 12-30-08)

December 2008 - Environmental

Noise Pollution Threatens Lives Of Whales And Dolphins (BBC News, 12-3-08)

EU Climate Package In Detail:  Focusing On Emission Cuts, Renewables And Energy Effeciency (BBC News, 12-5-08)

EPA Failing to Protect Public Health (Scientific American, 12-8-08)

Are Chemists, Engineers on Green Jobs List? (New York times, 12-9-08)

EPA's Latest Chemical Proposals Get It Half Right, Recent EPA Toxics Advisor Says  (Environmental Defense Fund, 12-9-08)

EU Leaders Reach A New Climate Deal To Fight Global Warming (BBC News, 12-12-08)

Undercut By The EPA:  Dead Zones Found In The Chesapeake Are Blamed For The Decline Of Blue Crabs, The Chesapeake Foundation Wants Enforcement To Stabilize Marine Life (Washington Post, 12-30-08)

December 2008 - Miscellaneous

Terrorists Are Easily Getting A Hold Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction And Are More Likely To Attack Major Cities (Washington Post, 12-2-08)

European Commissioner Jacques Barrot Adopts The 'Framework Decision' On Combating Racism And Xenophobia (EJP, 12-5-08)

Op-Ed Columnist - The Brightest Are Not Always the Best - David Halberstam's Book In Detail (New York Times, 12-6-08)

Due To Weak Oversight, Bad Hospitals Stay Open And Patients Suffer (New York Times, 12-7-08)

The Dangers And History Of The Atomic Bomb (New York Times, 12-8-08)

People Who Lost Jobs And Health Insurance Overwhelm Emergency Rooms (New York Times, 12-8-08)

The Recent Siege Of Mumbai And Other Related Attacks (Washington Post. 12-9-08)

Arabs Hail To Muntadhar al-Zeidi, An Iraqi Journalist Who Threw Shoes At George W. Bush (AOL News, 12-15-08)

Israel’s ‘Crime Against Humanity’ (Common Dreams, 12-15-08)

Drunk George Tenet Lashed Out At Bush's Neocons (Information Clearing House, 12-16-08)

Counterterrorists Officials Say 'Torture Just Doesn't Work':  The Tactical Costs Of Prisoner Abuse (Vanity Fair, 12-16-08)

The Truth About Evangelist Rick Warren In Detail (Common Dreams 12-18-08)

George Bush Thanks a Terrorist (The Daily Beast, 12-18-09)

Rebuilding America And Finding Solutions That Work (New York Times, 12-23-08)

Christian Communities In Iraq Decrease And Face A Grim Future (CNN, 12-24-08)

A Developed Plan That Could Help Barack Obama With Peace In The Middle East (Washington Post, 12-26-08)

VIDEO: The Art and Craft of Lobbying 283053-1 : C-SPAN Video Library  (12-29-08)

Israel Kills More in "All-Out" Gaza War (Islam Online, 12-30-08)

Foolishly Breeding The Next Generation Of Militants And Islamic Radicals, A Grim Future Lies Ahead For The Israelis In Gaza (AlterNet, 12-31-08)


 

November 2008 - Financial

Former Soviet President Gorbachev Gives Opinion On The Global Financial Crisis (Russia, 11-2-08)

Bad News For U.S. Banks;  New Tax Policy And The Billion Dollar Bailout Debate (Common Dreams, 11-10-08)

A Financial Mess:  Bailout Lacks Oversight (Washington Post, 11-13-08)

Naomi Klein: The Borderline Illegal Deals Behind the $700 Billion Bailout (AlterNet, 11-18-08)

A Grim Look At The Financial Crisis Balance Sheet; In The Trillions (CNBC, 11-18-08)

Major Companies Ask For Bailouts While The Tax Payers Suffer  (New York Times, 11-19-08)

Bailout Cost Now Exceeds $7.7 Trillion (Money News, 11-24-08)

U.S. Pledges Top $7.7 Trillion to Ease Frozen Credit (Bloomberg, 11-24-08)

Bailout costs $8.5 trillion - Video (Real News Network, 11-26-08)

Government bailout hits $8.5 trillion (SF Gate, 11-26-08)

Financial Crisis Tab Already In The Trillions and Counting (CNBC, 11-28-08)

Economic rescue could cost $8.5 trillion (Los Angeles Times, 11-30-08)

November 2008 - Environmental

In The West, Bark Beetles Are Killing Millions of Acres Of Trees (NY Times, 11-18-08)

A Three-Year Nationwide Survey Finds That China's Water And Crop Supply Are At Risk Due To Massive Erosion (ENN, 11-21-08)

A New Study Says Increasing Levels Of Carbon Dioxide In The Earth's Atmosphere May Make The Oceans More Acidic Than Previously Thought
(National Geographic News, 11-24-08)

The Economic Slump Limits The Move On Clean Energy Due To Rising Costs Of Coal And Oil (New York Times, 11-24-08)

Oceans Becoming Acidic Ten Times Faster Than Thought (National Geographic, 11-24-08)

Ocean growing more acidic faster than once thought, study shows (University of Chicago, 11-25-08)

November 2008 - Miscellaneous

The Political Rise And Popularity Of Islamist Parties Are Changing Islamist Attitudes Towards Women (Post Global, 11-4-08)

An Address From The President Of Russia To The Federal Assembly Of The Russian Federation (President of Russia, 11-5-08)

A Jewish Iranian Parliamentarian Says 'Iran's Jewish Community Doesn't Face Major Problems Today' (EJP, 11-6-08)

Bloomberg L.P. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Justia News, 11-7-08)

Now With Obama In Office, Germany Will Resist Against Calls For More Troops (DW-World, 11-9-08)

Monks Erupted Into A Brawl Next To The Site Of Jesus' Tomb (AOL News, 11-11-08)

The Iskander And The Deployment Of The U.S. Third Positioning Region Of Its Missile Defense Shield In Eastern Europe (Russia, 11-11-08)

Russia Will Cooperate If The West Takes Things Seriously (Spiegel, 11-14-08)

C-SPAN Video:  After Words with Niall Ferguson (C-SPAN, 11-17-08)

President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia must never be parliamentary republic (RIA, 11-18-08)

Obama's Future Plans With Russia Turns Out To Be A Bad Idea (New York Times, 11-19-08)

Hezbollah's Youth Movement;  The Mahdi Scouts (New York Times, 11-20-08)

National Intelligence Council report: A Scary Look At What Our Future Holds (Times Online, 11-21-08)

Bearing Out The Betrayal:  Israel's Breach Of The Ceasefire In Gaza (Information Clearing House, 11-21-08)

Rising Costs Of Private Medicare Plans With No Evidence Of Improving Care (New York Times, 11-23-08)

Digital Music VS. CD's:  Atlantic Record's Success In Digital Sales (New York Times, 11-25-08)

The Power Of The Internet:  Activists Take The 'Revolution' Online (CNN, 11-27-08)

The Health-Care System In The U.S. Is A Waste (Washington Post, 11-30-08)

Bioterrorism Is Among Us:  World's Most Dangerous Pathogens Is Under Loose Regulation (Washington Post. 11-30-08)

HIV Industry Is Out Of Control And Eating Up Funds For Expense On Health Needs (AOL News, 11-30-08)


 

October 2008 - Financial

Learning How Much Of An Impact The Global Financial Crisis Could Take On The American Economy (Financial Times, 10-12-08)

The Truth About The Unemployed And How It Hurts Our Economy (Slate, 10-22-08)

The $810 Billion Bailout Bill:  A Complete Disaster (Blogging Stocks, 10-27-08)

A Devastating Look At The '£1.8 trillion' World Credit Loss (BBC News, 10-28-08)

Greenspan Slept as Off-Books Debt Escaped Scrutiny (Update1) (Bloomberg, 10-30-08)

October 2008 - Environmental

A Graph That Shows The State Of The Planet (BBC News, 10-25-08)

A Disturbing Article About A Serious Threat On Greenhouse Gases That Worries Scientists (AOL News, 10-28-08)

A Satellite Data Revealed About One-Fifth Of The Arctic's Sea Ice "Plummeted" Last Winter (BBC News, 10-28-08)

A Devasting Global Eco 'crunch' Is On The Way (BBC News, 10-29-08)

October 2008 - Miscellaneous

The Russian Sukhoi Su-30 Fighter Jet vs. U.S. Fith-Generation Warplane:  The Russian Warplane Scores A Decisive Victory (Russia, 10-6-08)

Unstable Unexploded Bombs Still Lie In Germany After World War II (Spiegel, 10-14-08)

Berlin, Germany Grows Cold Against America (Reuters, 10-30-08)


 

September 2008 - Miscellaneous

About Bisphenol-A (Safer States, 9-17-08)


 

June 2008 - Environmental

Forest Disappearing in Papua New Guinea (New York Times, 6-3-08)

Who got us in this energy mess? Start with Ronald Reagan (Climate Progress, 6-8-08)

FDL Book Salon Welcomes David Michaels: Doubt Is Their Product (Firedoglake, 6-21-10)


May 2008 - Environmental

Carbon Fees:  Open Letter to Congress (Carbon Fees, 5-4-08)

 

July 2007 - Miscellaneous

Media Falsely Labels O’Hanlon And Pollack ‘Vocal Critics’ Of Bush Administration (Think Progress, 7-3-09)


 

May 2007 - Financial

Taxpayers on the hook for $59 trillion (USA Today, 5-29-07)


 

July 2006 - Environmental

Methane bubbling from Siberian thaw lakes as a positive feedback to climate warming (Nature, 7-3-06)


 

June 2006 - Miscellaneous

Report reveals global slum crisis (BBC News, 6-16-06)


 

April 2006 - Miscellaneous

Review of Witch-Child, A BBC2 Investigation Into How Young Children are Being Abused and Tortured in Christian Exorcism Ceremonies (SAFF, 4-4-06)


 

February 2006 - Miscellaneous

Torment of Africa's 'child witches' (Times Online, 2-5-06)


 

January 2006 - Environmental

The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years (The Independent, 1-16-06)


 

July 2005 - Environmental

Methane's Impacts on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates (NASA, 7-18-05)


 

May 2005 - Financial

Louis Proyect: Jared Diamond, Greenwasher (Counterpunch, 5-9-05)


February 2004 - Miscellaneous

The Real Churchill (Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2-27-04)


 

November 2003 - Miscellaneous

Why I Hate Thanksgiving (Counter Punch, 11-27-03)


 

November 2001 - Miscellaneous

The Fourth World War (In Motion Magazine, 11-5-01)


 

June 2001 - Environmental

The Sixth Extinction (Action Bioscience, June, 2001)