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June 1, 2009
Petraeus: Bush Administration Violated Geneva Conventions
Scott Hor
ton
Harper’s

Goodbye, GM
Michael Moore

How Should Congress Respond to George Tiller's Murder?
Ezra Klein
The Washington Post

O'Reilly's campaign against murdered doctor
Gabriel Winant
Salon

North Korea 'preparing to test most advanced missile'

Justin McCurry
The Guardian

Kristol and Hume Call for Targeted Air Strikes on North Korea
Matthew Yglesias

Cuba Agrees to Resume Immigration Talks With U.S.

Mary Beth Sheridan
The Washington Post

Obama seeks funding cuts for wave, tidal energy research
Les Blumenthal
McClatchy Newspapers

Sotomayor's Defense Of A White Bigot
The Atlantic

Oops. Maybe we'd better rethink universal healthcare
Prairie Weather
 

June 2, 2009
Controversial coal mining method gets Obama's OK
Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten

Tribune Newspapers

Why'd Obama switch on detainee photos? Maliki went ballistic

Nancy A. Youssef
McClatchy Newspapers

Dollar Declines as Nations Mull Reserve Currency Alternatives
Oliver Biggadike and Chris Fournier
Bloomberg

Wall Street Braces for New Cops on the Beat
Pam Martens
CounterPunch

Obama says Iran's energy concerns legitimate
Nancy Zuckerbrod
The Washington Post

GM Said to Have Agreement With Sichuan Tengzhong on Hummer Sale
Katie Merx and Cathy Chan
Bloomberg

Supreme Court to Review 'Business Method' Patents
Michael Orey
Business Week

Countering Anti-Choice Terrorism
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
The Nation

North Korea's Kim seen extending dynasty

Jonathan Thatcher
AlterNet


June 3, 2009
Cheney Led Briefings of Lawmakers To Defend Interrogation Techniques
Paul Kane and Joby Warrick
The Washington
Post

Message on Obama Attributed to Bin Laden

Michael Slackman
The New York Times

U.S. Accidentally Releases List of Nuclear Sites
William J. Broad
The New York Times

Conservative Judges Echo Sotomayor in Gun Ruling
Robert Barnes
The Washington Post

Pigs offer new stem cell source
BBC News

Why low oil prices now may mean higher oil prices later
Kevin G. Hall
McClatchy Newspapers

GM sells Hummer to China - the second mistake by those clueless new owners?
Joseph Romm
Climate Progress

Union Bashing Gone Awry
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

Reagan Didn't Do It
Robert Scheer
The Nation

The Reagan myth topples a King
Will Bunch
Attytood

Christianist Group's Billboard Compares Atheism To Murder
Nicole Belle
Crooks and Liars


June 4, 2009
US Judge Rejects Lawsuits in Wiretapping Cases
Common Dreams

OAS lifts Cuba's long suspension
BBC News

Green energy overtakes fossil fuel investment, says UN

Terry Macalister
The Guardian

In speech to Muslims, Obama rejects Israeli settlements

Margaret Talev and Dion Nissenbaum
McClatchy Newspapers

Bankruptcy filings rise to 6,000 a day as job losses take toll
Christine Dugas
USA Today

Ex-SEC chief reincarnated as Goldman Sachs policy adviser

Matt Taibbi
The Smirking Chimp

North Korea puts two U.S. journalists on trial
Jon Herskovitz
AlterNet

Japan's LDP backs pre-emptive strike capability against North Korea
Channel New Asia

US: Report Ties Dubious Iran Nuclear Docs to Israel
Gareth Porter
IPS

Rush and Newt Are Winning
E.J. Dionne Jr.
The Washington Post

Todd Stern: The U.S. And China Need A ‘Genuine, Collaborative Partnership On Climate Change And Clean Energy’
Think Progress


June 5-7, 2009
How the FBI Could Have Prevented Dr. Tiller's Death
Amy Good
man
AlterNet

New data confirms UK will double Kyoto emission targets
James Murray
BusinessGreen

Obama admits US involvement in Iran coup in 1953
Breitbart

PM told to go as minister quits
BBC News

Joblessness Hits 9.4%, but Slowing Losses Raise Hopes
Peter S. Goodman and Jack Healy
The New York Times

Benefit spending soars to new high
Dennis Cauchon
USA Today

Medical bills underlie 60 percent of U.S. bankruptcies
Reuters
Maggie Fox

GM reaches deal to sell Saturn to Penske
David Bailey
Reuters

Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever?
Robert Parry
Consortium News

Peace Be Upon You?
Missy Comley Beattie
CounterPunch


June 8, 2009
North Korea Sentences U.S. Journalists to 12 Years
Nick Gillespie
Reason

Hold Your Applause
Chris Hedges
TruthDig

Europe Lurches Right
Barbie Latza Nadeau
The Daily Beast

Military spending sets new record
Jorn Madslien
BBC News

India to increase troops along China border

Biswajyoti Das
Reuters

Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'
Lara Jakes
AP

Four Right-Wing Supreme Court Justices Argue That Buying Off A Judge Is No Problem
Think Progress

Seas could rise four feet along US east coast, threaten Washington
The Raw Story

Pirate fishing causing eco disaster and killing communities
John Vidal
The Guardian

Could we be the generation that runs out of fish?
Johann Hari
The Independent

Obama's Stimulus Promise: More Than 600,000 Jobs
Brett Blackledge
The Huffington Post

Cuba turns down chance to rejoin OAS
Frances Robles
The Miami Herald

Senate poised to vote on sweeping FDA tobacco rules
David Lightman and Barbara Barrett
McClatchy Newspapers

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Lakers
Dave Zirin
The Nation


June 9, 2009
America a weapons supermarket for terrorists, inquiry finds
Daniel Nasaw

The Guardian

North Korea would use nuclear weapons in a 'merciless offensive'
The Independent

How Much Is a Dead Nigerian Worth to Shell?
Joe McGinniss
The Daily Beast

Supreme Court Delays Chrysler's Swift Sale
Tomoeh Murakami Tse and Robert Barnes
The Washington Post

‘It’s time to enshrine Hank Paulson as national hero’ WTF?

Matt Taibbi
True / Slant

Guantanamo detainee arrives in NY
BBC News

Lieberman, Graham Threaten To Shut Down Senate Over Detainee Photos
Jeff Muskus
The Huffington Post

CIA Stance On Torture Tape Docs Suggests Obama's New Open Government Era Won't Materialize
Zachary Roth
TPM

Key figures in global battle against illegal arms trade lost in Air France crash
Sunday Herald

The Trouble With Obama’s Cairo Speech
Noam Chomsky
In These Times

Pirate Party captures seat
Veronica Ek
Yahoo! News


June 10, 2009
Car bomb in Iraq's south kills some 30 people
Hamid Ahmed
AP


World faces daunting refugee crisis because of climate change
Martin Mittelstaedt
Toronto Globe and Mail

10 Large Banks Allowed to Exit U.S. Aid Program
Eric Dash
The New York Times

Top Chinese banker Guo Shuqing calls for wider use of yuan
Malcolm Moore
Telegraph

Iran's election becomes a referendum on Ahmadinejad
Warren P. Strobel
McClatchy Newspapers

Pacific state Palau to take Uighur detainees
Ray Lilley
The Washington Post

The Great Caperton Caper
Dahlia Lithwick
Slate

Supreme Court allows Chrysler sale to Fiat
James Vicini
Reuters

We Need a Holistic, Cradle-to-the-Grave National Health Care System
Carol Miller
CounterPunch

Another Blow for Angioplasty
John Carey
Business Week

A Republican to Save Us
Robert Scheer
TruthDig

It's time for a second American revolution in the spirit of perestroika
Mikhail Gorbachev
Sydney Morning Herald

Governor Train Wreck
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

 

 

  June 11, 2009
Iran Guard warns reformist groups

Aljazeera

Just imagine
Paul Campos
Lawyers, Guns and Money

Conservative Media Freaked Out Over DHS Warning On Right Wing Extremists
Media Matters
Video Clip of the Day

US resettles four Uighur Guantanamo detainees in Bermuda
AFP

Obama administration refuses to regulate executive pay
Laurie Essig
True / Slant

Russia May Swap Some U.S. Treasuries for IMF Debt
Alex Nicholson and Dakin Campbell
Bloomberg

Public Option First, Attacking Republicans Second

Chris Bowers
Open Left

Doctors’ Group Opposes Public Insurance Plan
Robert Pear
The New York Times

Congress abandoning Obama clean energy goals
H. Josef Hebert
The Boston Globe

Humanity’s Choice: A Series of Exits — Not a Fork in the Road
Chris Clugston
Energy Bulletin

Big Water's Big Lie Unravels
Dan Bacher
CounterPunch

Swine flu 'pandemic' declared
Matt Dickinson
The Independent

June 12-14, 2009
Ahmadinejad faces defeat if election not rigged
Ian Black
The Guardian

UN toughens North Korea sanctions
BBC

House gives final congressional approval to FDA regulation of tobacco

Barbara Barrett
McClatchy Newspapers

Secrecy on Drone Attacks Data Hides Abuses
Gareth Porter
IPS

DOJ Abortion Violence Suits Cratered Under Bush
Daphne Eviatar
The Washington Independent

As Wind Power Grows, a Push to Tear Down Dams
Kate Galbraith
The New York Times

Sizewell nuclear disaster averted by dirty laundry, says official report
Mark Gould
The Guardian

Who Is Winning the Arctic Game of Monopoly?
Christoph Seidler
Spiegel

Elmer Fudd Nation
Mark Ames
CounterPunch

Pastor Drake Prays For Obama's Death.
John Amato
Crooks and Liars

Kucinich Grills Ken Lewis on Fed Emails
Video Clip of the Day
ANP

The Power of Genetics!
Matt Taibbi
The Smirking Chimp


June 4, 2009
Iran: There Will Be Blood
Steve Clemons
The Washington Note

Sure They Stole It...Up Front and Honestly

Reza Fiyouzat
CounterPunch

Struggle Within Iranian Elite
Real News Network
Video Clip of the Day

The American Empire Is Bankrupt
Chris Hedges
TruthDig

CIA chief believes Cheney almost wants US attacked
Reuters

Gordon Brown announces Iraq war inquiry
Telegraph

Court Allows Former Enemy Combatant to Sue John Yoo
Daphne Eviatar
The Washington Independent

Pelosi Pushes Democrats To Vote For War Money
Adam Graham-Silverman
CQ

Oysters in deep trouble
Craig Welch
The Seattle Times

Too Stupid To Survive
James Howard Kunstler
Clusterfuck Nation

New York to cull 2,000 Canada geese
David B. Caruso
AP

Bitterness: The Next Mental Disorder?
Christopher Lane
Psychology Today


June 16, 2009
Iran to ho
ld election recount in wake of protests
David Blair
Telegraph

Talking to Ahmadinejad
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation

The Revolution Will Be Tweeted
Austin Heap
New America Media

US drone attacks cloaked in secrecy
Gareth Porter
Asia Times

Detainee says he lied to CIA in harsh interrogations
Julian E. Barnes and Greg Miller
Los Angeles Times

White House underscores climate impact
Douglas Fischer
The Daily Climate

Roubini sees weeds amid green shoots
Pedro da Costa and Ros Krasny
Reuters

Calif. Aid Request Spurned By U.S.
David Cho, Brady Dennis and Karl Vick
The Washington Post

A Perscription for a Manufactured Controversy
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

Obama Blocks Visitor List Access, Echoing Bush
The Huffington Post

Moving Towards Tobacco Prohibition

Ron Paul


June 17, 2009
Congress Approves $106 Bln for War, Swine Flu
Common Dre
ams

Shame: The 'Anti-War' Democrats Who Sold Out
Jeremy Scahill
AlterNet

Iran: Another Day of Rallies Planned;
Press, Internet Crackdowns Announced

Juan Cole
Informed Comment

US unveils banking reform plans
BBC News

In huge change, Obama'd strip Fed of credit card oversight

Kevin G. Hall and Tony Pugh
McClatchy Newspapers

Obama's Money Men Finally Get It
Robert Scheer
The Nation

Gonzales's Advice to Bush on How to Avoid War Crimes
Jason Leopold
TruthOut

German blue chip firms throw weight behind north African solar project
Kate Connolly I
The Independent

The Bloody Truth Behind Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric
The Daily Kos

Recession boosts global human trafficking
Elise Labott
CNN

Benefits for govt workers' gay partners
Philip Elliott
TPM

Cash to Trade Clunkers for Clunkers?
Mike Lillis
The Washington Independent

Is Corporate Tax Reform Already Dead?
Matt Taibbi
The Smirking Chimp

People Trust Overtly Evil, Profiteering Money Corporations To Reform Health Care More Than They Do Republicans
Wonkette

Mexico cocaine 'hidden in sharks'
BBC News


June 18, 2009
Iran investigates 646 poll complaints

BBC News


Secret letter 'proves Mousavi won poll

Robert Fisk
The Independent

Iran on the brink?
Mark LeVine
Aljazeera

Russia, China to Promote Ruble, Yuan Use in Trade
Lyubov Pronina and Alex Nicholson
Bloomberg

Appeals Court Backs Prison for E-Mail Obscenity

David Kravets
Wired

Sudan's 'Coordinated' Genocide in Darfur Is Over, U.S. Envoy Says
Colum Lynch
The Washington Post

Gun flow south is a crisis for two nations
Josh Meyer
Los Angeles Times

University of Colorado team finds definitive evidence for ancient lake on Mars
Gaetano Di Achille
EurekAlert

Obama and The Gays: A Non-Love Story Getting Less Lovely By The Minute
Nick Gillespie
Reason

Only a Hint of Roosevelt in Financial Overhaul
Joe Nocera
The New York Times

Help Save the Earth, Time to Subsitute Hemp for Oil

Dara Colwell
AlterNet

Adding Some Spice to the Vanilla
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly


June 19-21, 2009
The Ayatollah Throws Down the Gauntlet
Robert Dreyfuss
The Nation

Judge to revie
w Cheney interview in CIA leak case
Nedra Pikcler
Sentinel and Enterprise

U.S. drones attack region where Pakistan seeks allies

Saeed Shah
McClatchy Newspapers

US prepares for Nokor missile launch on Hawaii
Manilla Bulletin

Supreme Court rules DNA tests for prisoners not a constitutional right
David G. Savage
Los Angeles Times

Stanford indicted in massive U.S. fraud case
Tabassum Zakaria
Reuters

Senate's Health-Care Draft Calls for Most to Buy Insurance, Nixes Obama's 'Public Option'
Lori Montgomery and Shailagh Murray
The Washington Post

Supreme Court makes age-bias suits harder to win
David G. Savage
Los Angeles Times

Dams near China's Yellow River fragile
Reuters

Who Will Control Iraq's Oil?
Patrick Cockburn
CounterPunch

Good Day For Bad Guys: Court Says 'Pirate' Jammie Thomas-Rasset Must Pay RIAA $1.92 Mill
Phil Villarreal
The Consumerist

'Gangsta gene' identified in US teens

New Scientist
Ewen Callaway

 

 

 

June 22, 2009
Iran admits 50 cities had more votes than vo
ters
Martin Fletcher
Times

What Actually Happened in the Iranian Presidential Election?

Esam al-Amin
CounterPunch

Goldman to make record bonus payout
Phillip Inman
The Guardian


North Korea threatens to harm US if attacked
The Independent

Supreme Court avoids major voting rights ruling
Jim Vicini
Reuters

Supreme Court ends Plame case against Cheney, Libby
The Raw Story

Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq
Jamie Doward, Gaby Hinsliff and Mark Townsend
The Guardian

California May Forfeit Stimulus Funds

Aaron Glantz
New America Media

A Snake Eating Its Own Tail
James Howard Kunstler
Clusterfuck Nation

Public Favors Obama's Health-Care Plan
John Hendren
ABC News

The Greatest Non-Apology of All Time
Matt Taibbi
The Smirking Chimp


June 23, 2009
Iranian au
thorities scramble to negate Neda Soltan 'martyrdom'
Jenny Booth
Times

Bullet Fee
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

Obama's Testy Press Conference
TOM
Video Clip of the Day

The Most Important Election This Summer Will Not Take Place in Iran
P.J. Tobia
True / Slant

Bennett: U.S. needs 100 more nuclear power plants
Thomas Burr
The Salt Lake Tribune

Feds Lend Tesla $465 Milllion to Build Model S
Chuck Squatriglia
Wired

Banks Not Fans of Consumer Agency
Anna Palmer
Roll Call

Homeland Security said to kill spy satellite plan
Josh Meyer
Los Angeles Times

Serving the Medical-Industrial Complex
Robert Parry
Consortium News

Climate burden of refrigerants rockets
Jeff Tollefson
Nature News

Tapes Reveal Nixon’s View of Abortion
Charlie Savage
The New York Times

Barney Frank Files Bill To Decriminalize Pot
WBZ


June 24, 2009
N. Korea thre
atens US; world anticipates missile
Hyung-Jin Kim
Yahoo! News

How the U.S. Has Secretly Backed Pakistan's Nuclear Program From Day One
Andrew Cockburn
CounterPunch

Operation Enduring Folly: US Kills 60 More in Pakistan Air Strike
Pierre Tristam
Common Dreams

Khamenei vows no retreat on Iran election result
Zahra Hosseinian and Hossein Jaseb
Reuters

Foreclosure Fiasco
Robert Scheer
TruthDig

If GM had followed its own research it would likely not be in Chapter 11 today
Climate Progress
Joseph Romm

Bankrupt GM Begins Slashing Jobs
SNP
Video Clip of the Day

Is Obama Protecting the Saudis?
Gerald Posner
The Daily Beast

Sanford Speaks
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings

Fred von Lohmann
Electronic Frontier Foundation

ACLU Challenges Defense Department Personnel Policy To Regard Lawful Protests As “Low-Level Terrorism”
ACLU

NKorea's heir apparent takes over secret police
Channel News Asia

OAP gang 'tortured financial adviser'
The Independent


June 25, 2009
North Korea threatens nuclear 'fire shower' if attacked
Justin McCur
ry
The Guardian

Ahmadinejad Slams Obama;
70 Professors Arrested

Juan Cole
Informed Comment

Detainees Were Also Murdered at Bagram in Afghanistan
Jason Leopold
TruthOut

Friends of the Earth Goes it Alone: Urges 'No' on Climate Bill
Stacy Morford
Solve Climate

Health Industry Lobbying Tops $1.4 Million Daily

Eliza Krigman
National Journal

Clarence Thomas does it again; casts lone vote for 'illegal' strip searches
The Daily Voice

Fareed Zakaria's Manifesto: Capitalism Doesn't Rip Off People, People Rip Off People!
Matt Taibbi
The Smirking Chimp

Venezuela, US move to restore expelled ambassadors
Ian James
AP

What if the President Smoked Pot?
Derek Thompson
The Atlantic


June 26, 2009
Peterson-Waxman deal clears way for climate change bill
The Packer

China Reiterates Call for New World Reserv
e Currency
Bloomberg

Gazprom seals $2.5bn Nigeria deal

BBC News

Iranian cleric says "rioters" should be executed

Parisa Hafezi
Reuters

Meet the Retreads
Jeffrey St. Clair
CounterPunch

Brazil's Lula signs Amazon bill
Tim Hirsch
BBC News

Hummer acquistion blocked by Chinese authorities
Domain B

The Ladder
Nicole Allan and Emily Bazelon
Slate

Schwarzenegger, GOP reject stopgap for California budget
Steve Wiegand, Kevin Yamamura and Jim Sanders
The Sacramento Bee

More Drugs, Please
Terry J. Allen
In These Times

DC Metro Crash Exposes Funding Strikeout
Dave Zirin
The Nation

Don’t Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Domenico Montanaro, and Ali Weinberg
MSNBC

Indian forces to use chilli grenades
M&C


June 29, 2009
In a military coup, Honduras' president is deposed
Sara Miller Llana

Christian Science Monitor

Key leaders of Honduras military coup trained in U.S.

Facing South

Fraudster Madoff jailed for 150 years
The Independent

High court backs firefighters in reverse discrimination suit
CNN

U.S. reverses Afghan drug policy
Phil Stewart and Daniel Flynn
Reuters

Iran warned by EU after British embassy workers arrested
Ian Black
The Guardian

Betraying the Planet
Paul Krugman
The New York Times

The Holes in Obama's Financial Regulation Plan
Ralph Nader
CounterPunch

Saudi royal denounces his brother
Magdi Abdelhadi
BBC

The Man in the Mirror
James Howard Kunstler
Clusterfuck Nation

More than 200 people show up for bring-your-gun-to-church day

Think Progress


June 30, 2009
The scramble for Iraq's 'sweet oil'
Nicole Johnston

Al Jazeera

With a Whimper, not a Bang

Juan Cole
Informed Comment

Senator Al: State Supreme Court rules Franken won Senate race

Paul Demko
The Minnesota Independent

Russia stokes tensions with Georgia as troops gather near border
Tony Halpin
Times

Scalia breaks ranks, slams Bush officials on bank regulation
Kevin G. Hall
McClatchy Newspapers

Siegelman alleges witness, jury tampering, asks for new trial

Daniel Tencer
The Raw Story

Obama Touts New Light Bulb Standards
Stephanie Condon
CBS News

It Came from Wasilla

Todd S. Purdum
Vanity Fair

Redguilding Bridges
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly

Botox Parties, Michael Jackson, and the Disillusioned Transhumanist
Christopher Dewdney
H+

 

 
 
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