Pacific Views

Thursday Reading

The DNC has set up a new weblog, so everybody give a warm blogistan welcome to Kicking Ass. They've already got good posts up noting Bush's praise for polluters, and that John Ashcroft is peeved with librarians. Tip thanks to Ruminate This.

And speaking of Ruminate This, sho points out that Bush is undercutting his own AIDS program, and also that Jet Blue is spying on passengers.

Calpundit on how most of the red states are on blue state provided welfare, and in case you're one of the two people who hadn't noticed yet, Calpundit interviewed Paul Krugman. Many people have read it and lamented that we're doomed, but I'd rather take some hope from the fact that thoughtful people have realized the possibility and may come up with some way to squeak out.

The Talent Show on the free market smokescreen revealed by developed nations' agricultural subsidies.

Buzzflash gives us the gospel of supply-side Jesus.

Ms. Magazine brings us a World Bank report on the untapped talent of women around the world.

James MacLean brings us Lebanon in parts one, two, and three.

Counterpunch: Prosecutors bummed out by a high court's decision to overturn 127 death sentences. Cockburn brings us the head of a neocon, but maybe not in the way you were just thinking. Also, it turns out that the authors over there don't like Clark.

Liberal Oasis covers the Iraq-Al Qaida backtracking and Clark's entry into the race.

TalkLeft has too much good stuff up today to keep up with, but I'll try anyway: Total Information Awareness has been mortally wounded in subcommittee. There is now an organized opposition to the RAVE act, and about time. Welcome Colorado's new progressive news outlet, and their blog. And we find that the Chicago police have been locking up witnesses.

Tristero has found a bunch of great stuff, start here with a lie from Cheney and scroll down.

Deborama has the sad news that the Abundant Life heritage seed collection was destroyed in a fire. Heritage vegetable stocks are a valuable source of genetic information and are necessary reserves for when monocropped supermarket varieties run into trouble.

Syria rejects US criticism. Some months ago the proferred a draft UN resolution declaring the middle east a WMD free zone, conditional on the signatures of every government in the region, and that resolution was not passed. Additionally, before the war in Iraq, they were key allies in the war on terror. Where am I going with this? As Clinton said the other day, we can't kill or jail all our enemies. It's a teenager's response to pettily antagonize everyone who doesn't absolutely share your goals, especially when there are signs that they could be won over to your side with a little delicacy.

BBC: The Canadian government demonstrates the wrong way to do medical marijuana. Lions near extinction as their numbers shrink ninety percent in two decades. Burma's Aung San Suu Kyi hospitalized for surgery, wish her well. Italy's Berlusconi, key Coalition of the Willing partner, recently alarmed Europeans by saying that Mussolini never killed anyone. He later claimed that the remark was taken out of context.

Guardian: A report card on the news organization's experiment with blogging the WTO talks (How could I have missed that they were doing this? I blame my election mania.) In a guest editorial Joe Conason uses the example of the bullying of the BBC to suggest a liberal media revolt. Karen Armstrong explores the role of western policy in giving rise to terrorist movements.

Posted by natasha at September 18, 2003 01:28 PM