all the good stuff I came across today
December 12, 2008 - Friday
Biggest
Full Moon of the Year - Dec. 12th Tonight
Mexico
- Mystery Pyramid Built by Newfound Ancient Culture? 
several stone artifacts found near the site suggest a previously unknown culture
Philippines
- Manila reports Ebola virus in pigs 
Amish gene 'limits heart
disease' 
Scientists
find : Dark chocolate can help you lose weight 
The Toxic Origins of Autism - Top PHD talks
about some of the toxic causes that can lead to autism
NH.
- Mount Washington - 122 MPH Wind Gust and Record Breaking Cold at 25.2 degrees
below Zero! 
California -
Tsunami Warning Signs Pop Up Along Coast 
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Torture
Report Points the Finger right at Bush and Rumsfeld 
Poll Shows
Obama Gains Support - 73% approvel rating 
MSNBC rejects GOP strategist's efforts to characterize Obama and Blagojevich
as good friends 
Barack Obama Answers Questions About
Association With Gov. Blagojevich
All
50 Dem Senators Call On Blagojevich To Step Down 
Feds:
Blago Extorted Hospital Honcho - $50,000 sought from hospital chief
JESSE JACKSON JR.- Candidate Number FIVE to Replace Obama
Joe
the Plumber is now trash-talking McCain - Campaigning Made Him "Feel Dirty"
Obama
picks savvy Daschle to spearhead healthcare 
Obama will use middle name "Hussein" at swearing
in
Southern (R) Senators have financed billions in help for
FOREIGN CARMAKERS;
TENN
- Chattanooga: VW incentives largest in state 
ALABAMA
AND SOUTH CAROLINA - Case Study of Auto Assembly Plants 
"....By the late 1990s there were signs that the big giveaway to BMW by South Carolina was exacerbating a fiscal crisis in the state. While the carmaker and other companies were enjoying minimal levels of corporate taxation, the state's schools were falling into greater disrepair and educational achievement was worsening. Funds for other government services such as highway maintenance and public safety were also in short supply, leading to tax increases for families. "The foreign companies that come in here don't care that the schools are terrible," one philanthropist told a reporter. "They just want the cheap labor. And the incentives are so extraordinary."
Air Force
Preps Gadget-Zapping Microwave Missiles 
The Iraqi view of the surge -
The surge is not well understood in the US
US Contractors Charged
- Mandatory 30-year prison terms for Blackwater Guards 
Gates: More
brigades to Afghanistan by summer 
Weakest
Year in Three Decades - Freight Haulers Slam on the Brakes
Government
Regulation makes Credit card firms use more fair terms 
Toronto Stood Up to
Bottled Water Industry 
Taxpayer
Cash in Hand, Citigroup Keeps Lobbying 
Victor
Harville
Stephens Media Group Dec 11, 2008 |
US
Carmakers Loan Talks Collapse - Republican Demands More Swift Wage Cuts
Oil
deepens losses after U.S. autos bailout stalls 
White
House May Just Lend Auto Companies the Money Through TARP 
Senator DeMint Thinks There Will Be Riots IF Auto Bridge Loans Pass
Weekly
jobless claims jump to 26-year high
35,000
jobs cut at Bank of America ahead of Merrill tie-up
US
immigration chief unknowingly 'hired' illegal workers 
Lawyers
found Guilty of Making Millions from Sick Miners
Greek
protests spread with arrests across Europe
Nationwide
strike brings Greece to a standstill. Citizens demand "change."
Pakistan
tolerating Islamic terrorist groups training in Pakistan - Civil War Or Nuclear
War? 
India
seeks ban on Jamat-ud-Dawa; Pakistan talks of war 
Food
Shortages link Hunter Gathers to deadly viruses' spread from animals to humans
India -
Armed forces are put on war alert 
Central
American Nations Agree on New Currency 
Iran debates negotiations - Does Iran Even Want to Have
Talks with the US ?
How
the World Bank helped push developing countries into the Global Food Crisis
U.N.
chief tells world: we need a Green New Deal
Obama’s
Environmental Team Takes Shape
Steven Chu, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency is in line for energy secretary.
Carol M. Browner, ex-E.P.A. chief, is favored for a climate post.
Lisa P. Jackson, a New Jersey official, is to head the E.P.A.
Aspen
trees in the Rockies are fading and it’s not just seasonal color. It’s
death 
Gender-Bending
Chemicals are Turning Men and Animals Feminine 
EU carbon
trading system brings windfalls for some, with little benefit to climate
US
and Japan lead global cut in oil consumption
White
House backs down on easing air-pollution rules 
Surface-Level
Ozone Pollution Set To Reduce Tree Growth 10% By 2100 
There is No Such Thing As Clean Coal
Ron Paul “How Much is This
Really Costing!”
Capitalist
Fools - identifying five key mistakes that brought US here
400,000
Documents Show ‘It Is A Myth’ That Fannie And Freddie Caused The
Housing Crisis 
Fear
triggers gold shortage, drives US treasury yields below zero
Treasury
Bills Trade at Negative Rates as Haven Demand Surges
Foreclosure
Storm Will Hit U.S. in ‘09 Amid Job Loss
Asian
trade in 'free fall' as exports to West dry up
Bank
of Russia has no reserves to defend ruble for another year 
Panel
Overseeing Bailout Criticizes Treasury Department for misleading Congress
Australian
ISPs Resist Government Filtering Scheme 
Dreams may no longer be
secret with Japan computer screen 
LOVE
MACHINE: Inventor builds female robot... She-3PO
Wii
and Nintendo DS Set Historic New U.S. Sales Records 
Turning air into water? This
Gadget does just that 
The
Right to Die: Terminally ill man's suicide shown on TV in Britain
"Medusa"
Worms Found in Mud Volcano
Company launches
New line of pre-chewed pencils 
Eye Spy:
Filmmaker Plans to Install Camera in His Eye Socket
Ghana's 'miracle': Logging
underwater forests for exotic timber
Mormon friend Pat Boone thinks civil rights advocates are terrorists
December 10, 1948 - Eleanor Roosevelt addresses the United Nations on the ratification
of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - 60 years ago
Talking Heads - Naieve Groove - This Must be The Place !
yeah yeah...
Petition to Obama for MEANINGFUL GMO labeling
Please sign the petition demanding comprehensive and meaningful GMO labeling
