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Margot’s Top News Picks for the Week of July 10-16, 2010

HOT GLOBAL ISSUES

Oil cap kept shut despite seepage near broken well. The Obama administration’s point man for the spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said early Monday that the company promised to watch closely for signs of new leaks around the mile-deep well.

 

The Source of Our Despair in the Gulf

 

Report: Seep found near BP’s capped oil well

 

BP, government disagree over keeping well capped…

 

Expert suspects BP has ulterior motive behind oil well cap: Cavnar believes that BP's true goal is to make it harder to measure the flow of oil from the damaged well, because under the Clean Water Act, it will be liable for civil penalties of up to $4300 for every barrel spilled.
 

 

 

 

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Women’s groups describe Vatican’s decision on female ordination as ‘appalling’

 

 

Poverty is the backdrop to riots. It's not surprising that violence has erupted in parts of Northern Ireland that are among the poorest areas in the UK

 

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Oliver Stone Tells the Real Story of the Leftist Latin American Leaders Transforming the Continent.

Stone’s new film traces the rise of Chávez, Lula, Evo, and others who see participatory democracy and cooperation between Latin American countries as the future.

 

Venezuela Pays for First ALBA Trade with Ecuador in New Regional Currency

 

Africa

 

Beating the Heat to Reduce Post-Harvest Waste
For a farmer in a hot country like Sudan, a big harvest can end up being just a big waste. A fresh tomato off the vine will only last about 2 days in the stifling heat, while carrots and okra might last only 4 days. Despite being perfectly capable of producing abundant harvests, without any means to store and preserve crops, farmers in Sudan are at risk for hunger and starvation.

Markets/Economics

 

Where Homes Are Affordable

 

The Jobless Effect: Is the Real Unemployment Rate 16.5%, 22%, or. . .?

 

Price Cuts Galore on Mega Mansions

 

Business

Regulators close 8 U.S. banks with $2 billion assets (Reuters) - Regulators closed eight U.S.-insured banks with combined assets of $2 billion on Friday, raising the number of failed banks to 96 this year, said the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

 

SEC: Goldman Sachs to pay record $550 million and reform practices to settle subprime mortgage fraud charges. 

 

Worker Cooperatives--a genuine Third Way

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Science/Environment 

 

 

REVOLUTION: THE WRONG KIND AND THE RIGHT KIND, By Carolyn Baker ~ This revolution has already begun and manifests itself in the mission and work of organizations like Transition, Business Alliance of Local Economies (BALLE), and the permaculture movement. These organizations are about much more than growing organic gardens. One of their principal functions is the revolutionizing of how money works-a revolution without which fundamental change is impossible. They are creating self-sufficiency and resilience in neighborhoods and local communities, both of which may serve as mainstays in the event of infrastructure collapse, food and water shortages, natural disasters, economic devastation, and loss of essential services.

 

 

 

  

 

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Op–Ed

 

It’s the End of the World As We Know It

 

The End of Men

 

Joe Bageant: Our Plunder of Nature Will End Up Killing Capitalism and Our Obscene Lifestyles. To anyone who is paying attention, things look doomed. Fortunately for American capitalism, nobody is paying attention. They never have.

 

How Facts Backfire. Researchers discover a surprising threat to democracy: our brains.

 

Clues Suggest Amiri Defection Was an Iranian Plant.

 

Rockefeller Study Outlines ‘Doom Decade’: Life For All But Super Wealthy Will Be Hell On Earth.

 

Self Defense for Radicals

 

Reposted due to demand:

Rebuttal to ‘Our Greatest Challenge: Remarks to the Commonwealth Club’, by Michael Crichton.

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My rebuttal: Distinguishing Reality From Fantasy, Truth From Propaganda

 

TECH

 

Wikileaks status: Real change begins Monday in the WashPost. By the years end, a reformation. Lights on. Rats out.

 

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