13 doctors say WMD mole did not commit suicide
rawstory.com — A group of doctors in the UK are mounting a legal and political campaign to overturn the suicide verdict in the death of a British doctor who was found dead shortly after exposing falsehoods about the justification for the Iraq war. More…
Economy could be in the crapper until 2020
dailyfinance.com — Investors whose retirement nest eggs have taken a beating during the last two recessions shouldn't count on the markets bouncing back any time soon. As several experts have noted, there is mounting evidence that equity markets will be trending downward for a long time. More…
Ex-CIA agent: Suspect waterboarded before DoJ memos approved
rawstory.com — A former U.S. intelligence agent said in a report published Monday that terror suspect Abu Zubaydah was subjected to simulated drowning months before the Bush administration’s Department of Justice had written memos approving the use of waterboarding. The claim deals a major blow to the Bush administration's defenses of torture More…
While Sanford 'hiked,' right-wing press kissed staff's ass
tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo… — A South Carolina paper has used a public records request to obtain emails sent to and from Gov. Mark Sanford's office during the hectic few days last month when he had gone missing. They show, among other things, an effort by the right-wing media to curry favor with Sanford's office by dismissing the story as nothing but liberal media hype. More…
Obama Nominates Alabama Physician for Surgeon General
google.com — Dr. Regina Benjamin is known along Alabama's impoverished Gulf Coast as a country doctor who makes house calls and doesn't turn away patients who can't pay — even as she's had to find the money to rebuild a clinic repeatedly destroyed by hurricanes and once even fire. More…
Why creating jobs is so hard - MSN Money
articles.moneycentral.msn.com — The reason we have such a problem creating jobs is because we spent 10-12 years engulfed in financial bubbles. They created a vast misallocation of capital and gave the economy the appearance of health. All we were doing was creating more risk. Slowly but surely, more folks will start to grasp that we have an enormous hole to dig ourselves out of More…
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