December
1, 2009
Obama
'to lay out Afghanistan exit plan'
BBC News
Report
Cites Big Shortfall in Reserves at A.I.G.
Mary William Walsh
The New York Times
Worse
Than Enron?
Nomi Prins
The Daily Beast
Not
Out of Left Field
Steve Benen
The Washington Monthly
Obama’s
reversal on Patriot Act reform ‘a major travesty’
Sahil Kapur
The Raw Story
Why
I believe Blair should stand trial - and even face charges for war crimes
General Sir Michael Rose
Mail
Iran "not
obliged" to tell IAEA of home-made sites
Reuters
Goldman
Sachs Arms Itself
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant
December 2, 2009
Between
the Lines, an Expansion in Pakistan
David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt
The New York Times
How Many Private Contractors Are There In Afghanistan? Military Gives Us A Number
Justin Elliott
TPM
Obama with Blood on
His Hands
Nicolas J S Davies
Consortium News
Copenhagen
climate change talks must fail, says top scientist
Suzanne Goldenberg
The Guardian
US Private Sector
Sheds More Jobs Than Expected: ADP
Common Dreams
Centrist
Group Calls for Laws Curbing Online Tracking
Ryan Singel
Wired
The
Urgent Threat to World Peace is … Canada
George Monbiot
Time
to confront the invisible enemy that threatens us all
Michael McCarthy
The Independent
NIH
authorizes use of first human embryonic stem cells under new policy
Rob Stein
The Washington Post
L.A.
Auto Show: GM's Lutz fills in for ousted Fritz
Los Angeles Times
Google to limit free
news access
BBC News
December 3, 2009
Explosion
at Somali hotel kills as many as 15, including 3 top officials
Lutfi Sheriff Mohammed and Jeffrey Fleishman
Los Angeles Times
Pakistanis
voice concerns about Obama's new Afghanistan plan
Pamela Constable and Joshua Partlow
The Washington Post
Epicenter
of Mendacity: The Illegal War Against Afghanistan
Dave Lindorff
The Public Record
Blackwater founder says he aided secret programs
Joby Warrick
The Washington Post
House
committee OKs key financial rule changes
Jim Puzzanghera
Los Angeles Times
Election
Fray in Honduras
Jeremy Kryt
In These Times
US Company Helps Fuel
Congo War: UN Report
Joe Lauria
TruthOut
Stimulus
is boon for D.C. area contractors
Alec MacGillis
The Washington Post
Sanders’s
hold on Bernanke shows rising public concern about the Fed
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant
Comcast-NBCU
Merger is Bad for Democracy
Marvin Ammori
The Huffington Post
Group promoting climate skepticism has extensive ties to Exxon-Mobil
Sahil Kapur
The Raw Story
Monty Python in Afghanistan
Tom Engelhardt
TomDispatch
Message
to Obama: You Can't Have Muhammad Ali
Dave Zirin
The Huffington Post
Anti-Mexican
Group Attacks Former Mexican-Hating Hero Lou Dobbs For Suddenly Claiming To Not
Hate Mexicans That Much
Wonkette
December 4-7, 2009
Mosque
Serving Pakistani Military Hit by Attackers
The New York Times
Salman Masood and Alan Cowell
U.S.,
Russia Pledge Arms Cooperation as START Expires
Lucian Kim
Bloomberg
Another
100,000 jobs lost, economists predict
Rex Nutting
MarketWatch
Obama
likely to endorse using bailout funds to create jobs, Gibbs says
David Cho and Michael D. Shear
The Washington Post
DOJ to the Rescue… of
John Yoo
Scott Horton
Harper’s
What
Happened In Health Care This Week
Brian Beutler
TPM
Chicago river
poisoned to block feared Asian carp
Reuters
" We
Rescued at the Top and Left the Bottom to Fend for Itself"
Elizabeth Warren
Video Clip of the Day
December 7, 2009
War
pitch belied by Taliban-al-Qaeda strife
Gareth Porter
Asia Times
Is U.S. prepared to
care for more casualties from troop buildup?
David Goldstein
McClatchy Newspapers
Checkmate:
How Joe Lieberman Turned The Public Option Fight On Its Head
Brian Beutler
TPM
Obama
administration will formally declare danger of carbon emissions
Juliet Eilperin
The Washington Post
Venezuela
Takes Greater Control of Banks
Simon Romero
The New York Times
Evo
Morales routs rivals to win second term in Bolivian elections
Rory Carroll
The Guardian
U.S. charges Chicago man in '08 Mumbai attack
Reuters
Liberals
Are Useless
Chris Hedges
TruthDig
'There
hasn't been two seconds of intelligent discussion about living standards in Afghanistan'
John Hanrahan
Nieman Watchdog
Three Deaths at Gitmo
Raise Chilling Questions
Scott Horton
Harper’s
Govt
Official Fired For Writing Critical Op-Eds About Gitmo Military Commissions
The Public Record
Ancient
site reveals signs of mass cannibalism
Victoria Gill
BBC News
December
8, 2009
Student
Protests Erupt in Over a Dozen Iranian Cities
Juan Cole
Informed Comment
Pakistan
Told to Ratchet Up Taliban Fight
David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt
The New York Times
2000-2009
is the hottest decade on record
Climate Progress
Copenhagen
climate summit in disarray after 'Danish text' leak
John Vidal
The Guardian
Sartre Meets Afghanistan: Obama's "No Exit" Strategy
Arianna Huffington
The Huffington Post
Massive
TSA Security Breach As Agency Gives Away Its Secrets
Brian Ross and Matt Hosford
ABC News
Japan
unveils $300b stimulus spend
ABC News
Palin's Pals
Christopher Hitchens
Slate
December
9, 2009
Afghanistan
will need U.S. help for 15 to 20 years, Karzai says
Julian E. Barnes and Tony Perry
Los Angeles Times
Gonzo:
We Should Have Known We'd Get Caught Purging US Attorneys
Justin Elliott
TPM
Senate
Dems Ditch the Public Option
John Nichols
The Nation
Wall Street Snaps Its
Fingers
Andrew Cockburn
CounterPunch
Sarkozy
defends Switzerland minaret ban
Ian Traynor
The Guardian
Dear
Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails
Robert Scheer
TruthDig
Los
Angeles to close hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries
Stephen C. Webster
The Raw Story
December
10, 2009
Pelosi
Backs Off Public Option
Ryan Grim
The Huffington Post
Egypt starts building
steel wall on Gaza Strip border
Christian Fraser
BBC News
Defense contracts
raise eyebrows
Jen Dimascio
Politico
Gossiping
taxi driver source of Iraq 45-minute WMD claim
Michael Evans
Times
U.S.
Frees Guantanamo Detainee Tortured, Wrongfully Held Since 9/11
The Public Record
Giant
iceberg heading for Australia
Bonnie Malkin
The Telegraph
Health
Care For Almost One-Third of Everyone (Who is Left-Handed and Over 50)!
Matt Taibbi
True / Slant
Afghans' Anger
at Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win
Video Clip of the Day
Aljazeera
Our Afghanistan
Clusterfuck Strategy
TPM
Miracle light: Can
lasers solve the energy crisis?
Robert S. Boyd
McClatchy Newspapers
Have
no fear – breakthrough offers hope to phobia sufferers
Steve Connor
The Independent
Who
Will Announce the Death of the Last Newspaper?
Tim Cavanaugh
Reason
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