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:: Saturday, October 29, 2005 ::
Alternate energy not in cards at ExxonMobilExxonMobil, which stunned Americans on Thursday by reporting nearly $10 billion in profit for the third quarter, says it has no plans to invest any of those earnings in developing alternative or renewable energy - something other oil companies do.
"We're an oil and gas company. In times past, when we tried to get into other businesses, we didn't do it well. We'd rather re-invest in what we know," says Exxon spokesman Dave Gardner.
:: Jim Nichols 10/29/2005 01:35:00 AM [+] ::
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Alaska High Court Backs Partner BenefitsThe Alaska Supreme Court ruled Friday it is unconstitutional to deny benefits to the same-sex partners of public employees, a victory for gay rights advocates in one of the first states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage.
:: Jim Nichols 10/29/2005 12:56:00 AM [+] ::
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U.N.: at Least 1.7M Zambians Need Food:: Friday, October 28, 2005 ::
:: Jim Nichols 10/29/2005 12:02:00 AM [+] ::
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Saddam accepted UAE exile plan to avert Iraq war-TV
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 11:27:00 PM [+] ::
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Anoint no economic superpower before its time Why the numbers(of college graduates) are no cause for alarm.......
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 09:56:00 PM [+] ::
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Mexicans head north for a better life. Way north.For a small but growing number of Mexicans the promised land of "El Norte" means life above the 49th parallel. And while the US is fortifying its borders and tightening entry requirements, Canada is putting out the welcome mat.
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 09:34:00 PM [+] ::
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Saudi Arabia: 14-Year-Old Boy Faces Execution
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 09:25:00 PM [+] ::
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Is US becoming hostile to science?A bitter debate about how to teach evolution in U.S. high schools is prompting a crisis of confidence among scientists, and some senior academics warn that science itself is under assault.
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 08:54:00 PM [+] ::
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The Fight's Coming. Are Democrats Ready? I don't think so...
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 08:52:00 PM [+] ::
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House panel votes $844 mln cut in food stampsOn a party-line vote, a Republican-run U.S. House of Representatives committee voted to cut food stamps by $844 million on Friday, just hours after a new government report showed more Americans are struggling to put food on the table.
About 300,000 Americans would lose benefits due to tighter eligibility rules for food stamps,
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 08:41:00 PM [+] ::
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what do parents want from their childs school? Is education a positional good?
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 07:59:00 PM [+] ::
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None of gov's measures winning Yea!:: Thursday, October 27, 2005 ::
:: Jim Nichols 10/28/2005 07:51:00 PM [+] ::
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Blogging opens new medium for academicsFaculty blogging, a trend that started gaining momentum about a year ago, has once again become a hot topic for debate. Questions arise as to whether blogs are academic or personal, and if they can play into an academic’s tenure decision.
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 11:44:00 PM [+] ::
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China Luring Foreign Scholars to Make Its Universities GreatChina wants to transform its top universities into the world's best within a decade, and it is spending billions of dollars to woo big-name scholars...
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 11:27:00 PM [+] ::
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The case for gay marriage
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 09:27:00 PM [+] ::
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John Irons notes new student loan cuts
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 09:10:00 PM [+] ::
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Anti Flag releases a new song. Must say its not their best work.
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 09:06:00 PM [+] ::
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Confused about the CIA leak case? Start here.
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 08:54:00 PM [+] ::
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Bush campaign fund-raiser indictedA prominent Republican fund-raiser for
President George W. Bush in Ohio has been charged with illegally funneling money to Bush's re-election campaign, a federal prosecutor said on Thursday.
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 08:52:00 PM [+] ::
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N.J. Students Ordered to Take Down Blogs
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 08:48:00 PM [+] ::
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Miers and African Americans
Black Prof. says this withdrawal could be very bad news for people of color.
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 08:38:00 PM [+] ::
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Five ballot measures in danger of losingWith the Nov. 8 special election less than two weeks away, a new poll released Thursday shows all four of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's initiatives in danger of losing.
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 08:23:00 PM [+] ::
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Secret MoD poll: Iraqis support attacks on British troops:: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 ::
:: Jim Nichols 10/27/2005 07:56:00 PM [+] ::
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Wolfowitz calls for end to farm subsidiesRich countries must abandon farm subsidies and give more market access to poor states if the Doha trade talks are to succeed, the head of the World Bank said today.
Paul Wolfowitz made his appeal amid fears that the World Trade Organisation (WTO) meeting of ministers in Hong Kong was in jeopardy because of the absence of progress on farm subsidies.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 11:25:00 PM [+] ::
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Educated Workers Leaving Poor Nations, Survey FindsPoor countries across Africa, Central America and the Caribbean are losing sometimes staggering numbers of their college-educated workers to wealthy, industrialized democracies, according to a World Bank study made public today.The brain drain is probably the biggest problem that occurs in poor countries.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 10:59:00 PM [+] ::
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Danforth Criticizes Christian Sway in GOPFormer Sen. John Danforth said Wednesday that the political influence of evangelical Christians is hurting the Republican Party and dividing the country.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 10:39:00 PM [+] ::
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Vermont Lt. Gov. Dubie Drops Senate BidLt. Gov. Brian Dubie announced Wednesday he will seek re-election, forgoing a GOP bid for an open U.S. Senate seat that he had been considering seeking.Bernie Sanders is going to win this senate seat
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 09:35:00 PM [+] ::
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Can Saddam Get a Fair Trial?In the absence of a more stable Iraq, it might make more sense to try Saddam in an international court outside of Iraq
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 06:41:00 PM [+] ::
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Gang tattoos hinder job prospects?First lady Laura Bush said on Tuesday that young people are more likely to get jobs if they avoid tattoos, as well as drugs and alcohol.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 06:35:00 PM [+] ::
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Pot not a major cancer risk: reportAlthough both marijuana and tobacco smoke are packed with cancer-causing chemicals, other qualities of marijuana seem to keep it from promoting lung cancer, according to a new report
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 06:33:00 PM [+] ::
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Panel Approves $10B Cut in Health CareA Republican-led effort to slow spending on health care programs for the poor, elderly and disabled survived a stern test in the Senate Tuesday.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 06:28:00 PM [+] ::
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Sheehan: Oppose Clinton if She Backs WarCindy Sheehan, who became the face of anti-war sentiment after her son died in Iraq, urged foes of the war to thwart Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's political aspirations unless the New York Democrat opposes the conflict.This is only a glimmer of the problems Clinton is going to have getting the nomination.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 06:24:00 PM [+] ::
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White House seeks CIA exemption on detaineesA White House bid to exempt the CIA from legislation in Congress that would formally ban degrading and inhumane treatment of detainees in U.S. custody ran into a forceful rejection on Tuesday from the bill's main sponsor, Sen. John McCain.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 06:03:00 PM [+] ::
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Governor Schwarzenegger Ducks Property Tax Question,Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's refusal to directly answer a question about the tax burden of working people - to the benefit of corporations - at Monday's "performance" before a live Bay Area and television audience shows he's not a true "reformer," said the Green Party of California Tuesday.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 05:56:00 PM [+] ::
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Talk Left on Bush in 1999: Lies Are Impeachable
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 05:47:00 PM [+] ::
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Wal-Mart memo proposes cost cuts: reportAn internal memo sent to the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. board proposes numerous ways to hold down health care and benefits costs with less harm to the retailer's reputation, including hiring more part-time workers and discouraging unhealthy people from seeking jobs, the New York Times said on Wednesday.
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 05:00:00 PM [+] ::
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Megaforce and Al Jourgensen launch 13th Planet; releases from Revolting Cocks, Ministry to follow
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 04:55:00 PM [+] ::
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Leiter on Rosa Parks and the right:: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 ::
:: Jim Nichols 10/26/2005 04:45:00 PM [+] ::
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Cheney Seeks to Exempt CIA from Amendment Relating to Treatment of Detainees
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 10:16:00 PM [+] ::
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The secret history of the minimum wage. Was it to put women out of work?
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 10:02:00 PM [+] ::
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Church-state divide becomes French campaign issueThe separation of church and state is shaping up as an early hot-button issue for France's next presidential election as rival politicians begin jockeying for votes among the large Muslim minority.
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 09:44:00 PM [+] ::
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All Together Now on the Dems likelyhood of taking the house and/or senateThe GOP still holds a solid 29-seat majority in the House and a six-seat advantage in the Senate. But just lately -- after the Hurricane Katrina mess and Tom DeLay’s indictment -- Democrats have begun to think they have the political winds at their backs
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 09:29:00 PM [+] ::
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Most Americans lack confidence in leaders - pollSeventy-three percent of Americans lack confidence in their leaders and a majority believe the country would be better off with more women in power, a survey showed on Tuesday.
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 09:12:00 PM [+] ::
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'Superman' Hospitalized After Leap
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 09:04:00 PM [+] ::
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Where were they when we went to war?Most Americans Think Iraq War Was MistakeWhy do I have no sympathy for those who have all of a sudden changed their mind about the war?
"For the first time, a majority of Americans (53%) feels that military action in Iraq was the wrong thing to do... compared with 34% who feel it was right."
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 08:28:00 PM [+] ::
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Is it true? "people are turning on each other" at the White House
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 07:55:00 PM [+] ::
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I don't know... would there?
Daniel Weintraub on the PC police
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 07:42:00 PM [+] ::
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I find it boring and trivial to get stuck talking about it but....The White House cabal
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 12:38:00 AM [+] ::
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Bushies feeling the boss' wrathFacing the darkest days of his presidency, President Bush is frustrated, sometimes angry and even bitter, his associates say.
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 12:18:00 AM [+] ::
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Rape victim: 'Morning after' pill denied
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 12:15:00 AM [+] ::
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ACLU Reports 21 Homicides in U.S. Custody:: Monday, October 24, 2005 ::At least 21 detainees who died while being held in U.S. custody in Iraq and Afghanistan were killed, many during or after interrogations, according to an analysis of Defense Department data by the American Civil Liberties Union
:: Jim Nichols 10/25/2005 12:09:00 AM [+] ::
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:: Jim Nichols 10/24/2005 07:05:00 PM [+] ::
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Machines are catching up to human intelligence
:: Jim Nichols 10/24/2005 07:03:00 PM [+] ::
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Psyches of Iraq's Children Caught in the Cross-Fire"Children are not living their childhood," said Suat Mohammed, a psychology professor.
"Children are growing afraid to interact with other children. They are afraid of relationships," Mohammed said. "This generation, when it grows up, will create an unstable, weak society….[They] will curse us for what we have wrought in Iraq."
:: Jim Nichols 10/24/2005 02:43:00 AM [+] ::
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Interview with Howard Zinn
:: Jim Nichols 10/24/2005 02:13:00 AM [+] ::
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Are judges political? You betcha:: Sunday, October 23, 2005 ::
:: Jim Nichols 10/24/2005 01:49:00 AM [+] ::
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Is globalization destroying consumer market?The United States remains the only major industrial country in the world without national health insurance, putting an unreasonable burden on firms and workers.
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 10:49:00 PM [+] ::
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Chomsky on adherence to market principles
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 10:41:00 PM [+] ::
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Black Prof with What's in a Mugshot
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 09:08:00 PM [+] ::
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Must say I agree with Matthew Yglesias on this one:I'll certainly read the article on Brent Scowcroft when it comes out, but I feel compelled to at least semi-dissent from the heaping of praise upon the likes of Scowcroft, Larry Wilkerson, Richard Haas, and other Republicans who've started speaking out against the Bush administration lately. Everything they say could have been said 12-18 months ago when it would have made a difference for the future of the country. But that would have meant taking fire from the then-intact conservative attack machine, and gotten them labeled as bad party men. Instead of speaking out when Bush was strong and trying to weaken him, they've waited until Bush is weak and decided to pile-on in an effort to save their own reputations.
Better late than never is a true enough adage, I suppose, but it's actually pretty shabby behavior. It also tells you a lot about the way Washington operates and the sort of dysfunctional culture that deserves a lot of blame for the unfortunate circumstances in which the country now finds itself.
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 08:58:00 PM [+] ::
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Frist: Stock Probe Will Affect 2008 PlansSenate Majority Leader Bill Frist says a federal investigation into his sale of stock in a family-owned hospital chain will affect his decision on whether he will seek the presidency in 2008.
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 08:17:00 PM [+] ::
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Republicans Test Strategy to Blunt Indictments
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 08:07:00 PM [+] ::
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U.S. prison population continued to grow in 2004The U.S. prison population, already the largest in the world, grew by 1.9 percent in 2004, leaving federal jails at 40 percent over capacity, according to Justice Department figures released on Sunday.
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 07:48:00 PM [+] ::
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Poll: Americans more acceptingAmericans are overwhelmingly people of faith, and a new survey shows they are holding onto a traditional ideal of marriage and family. Yet as fewer families meet that ideal, they are becoming more accepting of divorce, cohabitation, and nontraditional family situations - across religious groupings.
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 07:40:00 PM [+] ::
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37 million live below the poverty line
Katrina casts light on the other poor
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 07:04:00 PM [+] ::
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Few CIA charges expected in prisoner deathsCIA employees or its contract workers appear likely to escape criminal charges in all but one of the deaths of four prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 02:31:00 AM [+] ::
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Interview with Glen of Propagandhi. I have to say I love the new album
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 02:11:00 AM [+] ::
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So much for being a Liberal newspaper!
Times Endorses Bloomberg for Re-ElectionThe New York Times enthusiastically endorsed Mayor Michael Bloomberg for re-election, saying he was on course to be one of the best mayors the city has ever had.
:: Jim Nichols 10/23/2005 12:54:00 AM [+] ::
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