Sharp Tongued Hyperbole

Iran's Web Spying Aided By Western Technology

Seeded on Wed Jun 24, 2009 4:26 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

European Gear Used in Vast Effort to Monitor Communications

technology, privacy, freedom-of-speech, electronic-surveillance, political-speech, internet-privacy

Police M16s N the hood- Paramilitarized Boston Police

Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 5:35 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

Under the pretext that municipal police are tasked with fighting terrorism, we now see an official rationale for the increasing the military capabilities of the police state.

police-state, u-s, olice, constitution, boston, police, militarized-police-force

Teach for (Some of) America

Seeded on Sun Apr 26, 2009 7:30 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

This is a tragic lost opportunity. Teach for America picks up the $20,000 tab for the recruitment and training of each teacher, which saves public money. More important, the program feeds high-energy, high-IQ talent into a teaching profession that desperately needs it.

education, teach-for-america, urban-education, public-schools, innovative-school-districts

Teacher Who Let Autistic Student Be Voted Out Of Class Loses Appeal

Seeded on Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:05 PM EDT (wpbf.com)

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- A Port St. Lucie school teacher who was suspended without pay after she allowed her kindergarten students to vote on whether a 5-year-old autistic child could remain in class has lost her appeal.

health, teacher, port-st-lucie-fl, autism, public-schools, ada, discrimination, special-needs

Mich. teen dies after police Taser him

Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:16 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)

Another example of increasing militarization of police forces, and use of ever-more lethal force on citizens.

us-news, police, taser, death, teen, michigan, police-brutality, militarization-of-law-enforcement

Greener and Cheaper

Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:45 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

For years, it was the conventional wisdom: If you improved quality, costs would also rise. But then companies discovered the opposite was true.

business, environment, green-business, efficiency, autos, business-process-improvement, cost-savings, waste-reduction, energy-efficiency

Such a pretty girl - Marketing high-end cosmetics to US women

Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 6:21 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

This WSJ article describes the marketing plans of a Euro-based seller of high-end skin care products. Clarins is the #1 seller of luxury skin care in Europe, and is pushing into US markets with plans to offer free facial treatments at stores such as Bloomingdale's.

fashion, cosmetics, marketing, us-women, european-women, latino-women, clarins, consumer-analysis

Texas School Board Set to Vote on Challenge to Evolution - WSJ.com

Seeded on Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:29 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

The proposed curriculum change would prompt teachers to raise doubts that all life on Earth is descended from common ancestry. Texas is such a huge textbook market that many publishers write to the state's standards, then market those books nationwide.

education, evolution, church, state, constitution, separation

Protesters mark Iraq war anniversary

Seeded on Sun Mar 22, 2009 11:15 PM EDT (Times of the Internet)

Six years into the invasion and occupation of Iraq, protests marked the day across the nation, including this one in DC. YouTube should have coverage, including the one in LA by now.

politics, iraq-war, sixth-anniversary, protests, anti-war-march

Sociopathy unleashed: Godlman Sachs states 'no guilt' over 12.9 billion from AIG

Seeded on Sat Mar 21, 2009 3:47 PM EDT (CNN)

It's true. Sociopathy and guilt are mutually exclusive. Goldman answered reporters' questions on a conference call seeking to clear up what it called "misperceptions" about its trading relationship with AIG.

politics, aig, goldman-sachs, tarp, bailout, credit-default-swaps

Dubai gets a bail-out! - UAE to Help Dubai Ease Debt Load

Seeded on Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:36 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

DUBAI -- This city-state said the federal government of the United Arab Emirates would provide $10 billion in funding, allowing Dubai to service its heavy debt load as it copes with a tanking real-estate market and tepid appetite among international lenders to extend further cre …

world-news, economy, world-economy, dubai, bail-out, debt, uae, abu-dhabi

Police in Massachusetts report increased Taser use

Seeded on Sun Feb 22, 2009 3:46 AM EST (The Boston Globe)

The increasingly militarized police state continues to ratchet up its brutality against citizens.

us-news, police-state, militarization, tasers, massachusetts

Will This Crisis Produce a 'Gatsby'?

Seeded on Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:14 AM EST (Wall Street Journal)

Here's some hope for the arts geeks! Will the great American novel make a roaring comeback? Can literature come back from post-deconstructionism? In a typical WSJ fashion, the writer confuses social mobility with economic mobility.

arts, literature, american-literature, art, economics, social-class, america, economic-class

Protests Stop New York Mayor Bloomberg's Speech - WSJ.com

Seeded on Tue Feb 3, 2009 9:59 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

Shouting "This is what democracy looks like!" about 100 protesters stormed a hotel ballroom Tuesday where Mayor Michael Bloomberg was addressing an economic forum and accused him of ignoring the concerns of working-class New Yorkers.

us-news, protests, civil-unrest, demonstrators, demonstration, economic-unrest

Small Banks Move Into Mortgages as JPMorgan Retreats (Update1)

Seeded on Sat Jan 24, 2009 10:47 PM EST (Bloomberg.com)

Hey look! There are banks out there that have MONEY and want to lend it...These are the banks who didn't make loser bets on Wall Street for a decade and then go begging for welfare, even as they do multi-million dollar office redecoration projects.

business, bailout, stimulus, economy, banks

Treasury Allowed IndyMac to Cook Books, Commit Fraud - BlackListed News

Seeded on Sun Jan 18, 2009 10:38 PM EST (blacklistednews.com)

Is Treasury under Hanky Panky Paulson's watch enabling failing banks to keep two sets of records detailing their deposits?

politics, treasury, fraud, bank-scandals, financial-meltdown, indymac, savings-and-loan-failure

Dude, where's my country?

Seeded on Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:28 PM EST (Wall Street Journal)

From the WSJ, a prediction of U.S. disintegration in 2020, by Russian academic Igor Panarin. Mr. Panarin is dean of the Russian Foreign Ministry's academy for future diplomats, and a former KGB analyst.

opinion, russia, u-s, american-disintegration, chaos, civil-war

Age of Bloomberg

Seeded on Sun Dec 21, 2008 12:03 AM EST (Newsweek)

It's a time to figure out what works, not what ideological mantras to keep repeating. Fareed Zakaria who I rarely read, published this opinion piece, which only mentions Bloomberg in passing. The piece points out the urgent US need to regain credibility, both internally and ext …

politics, mike-bloomberg, policy, post-partisan-politics, leadership, effectivenes

What about austerity? - The Boston Globe

Seeded on Wed Oct 1, 2008 6:36 AM EDT (The Boston Globe)

There are five basic drivers of these crises, all based on excess: high income concentration, too much debt, too much reliance on foreign money, not enough tax revenue, and reckless government spending. Time after time governments believe they are different.

politics, economy, bailout, spending, credit-crisis, wall-street, policy, debt

Will McCain Waste Palin?

Seeded on Thu Sep 18, 2008 5:46 AM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

From WSJ Daniel Henninger, this opinion piece focuses on McCain', and Henninger's recommendations for a more substantial focus on issues by McCain's campaign. My main problems with the article s that it doesn't so much as mention the never-ending war in Iraq.

politics, elections-2008, presidential-campaigns, mccain, obama, palin, biden, gop, democrats, wsj

Palin and feminism 3.0

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 11:54 PM EDT (Salon.com)

Conservative though she may be, I felt that Palin represented an explosion of a brand new style of muscular American feminism.

politics, palin, mccain, obama, paglia, feminism, conservatism, liberalism

The Autism Vote - ProChoice on Vaccination?

Seeded on Mon Sep 8, 2008 5:29 PM EDT (AgeofAutism.com)

Senator Obama, if you think the photos of the old Polio wards are frightening, take a day off and go visit a classroom for children on the severe end of the autism spectrum. You'll see children who are ambulatory and yet cannot care for their most basic needs.

politics, vaccination, autism, voters, voting, obama, mccain

Autism Interagency proceedings - behind closed doors?

Seeded on Tue Aug 26, 2008 12:19 PM EDT (AgeofAutism.com)

Once again Dan Olmstead, Kim Stagliano, and the Age of Autism are the the source of revelation as to the covert operations between US agaencies on Autism discussions, including the funding of research agendas for years to come.

politics, autism, secret-meetings, transparency, public-proceedings, nih, nimh, hhs, medicaid, medicare

CNN use footage of ruins in S. Ossetia to cover report of Gori bombing

Seeded on Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:25 AM EDT (YouTube)

This video posted to Youtube claims that CNN used footage from S. Ossetia in a report on Russian tanks rolling into Gori, the Georgian city that is close to Tblisi.

world-news, cnn, misrepresentation, russia, georgia, s-ossetia, gori, tblisi, lies, film-footage

The last straw? Top GOP moderate endorses Obama

Seeded on Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:43 PM EDT (The Boston Globe)

From AP; copied from Boston.com Former US representative Jim Leach of Iowa was among a group of Republicans, including former senator Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, who said they were crossing party lines to support Obama

politics, obama, mccain, gop, democrats, endorsements, cross-party-endoresement

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