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Nuclear Socialism

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:38:00 +0000

Brad Plumer has an interesting piece about the American right’s strangely passionate love affair with nuclear power and the impact it’s having on the climate debate in congress. What I find especially odd about it is that it’s so at odds with American conservatives’ ...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 32 hours ago on yglesias.thinkprogress.org

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Conservatives Heart Nuke Power

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:44:27 +0000

First Brad Plumer in the New Republic , then Matt Yglesias on his site have marveled at the supposedly strange enthusiasm of conservatives for nuclear power. What's strange about it? It's pure cold economic rationality.

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Yankees Win, Worldwide Wave of Corruption Trials

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:27:00 +0000

Dana Milbank E J Dionne Jr Mehdi Khalaji "Look at the stories we're talking about today and I think it's about a transcendent party." - Michael Steele "Presumably, the chairman meant that his party is ascendant , meaning on the rise, and not transcendent , meaning beyond the limits of ...

guangping posted 2 days ago from notesfromagrumpyoldman.blogspot.com

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Marking the Anniversary of the Embassy Seizure

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:09:55 +0000

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the seizing of the U. S. embassy in Tehran by factions of the revolution that overthrew the shah. President Obama has issued a statement on the occasion which I will reproduce in full here: Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was ...

The Glittering Eye found this 2 days ago on outsidethebeltway.com

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Donald Rumsfeld as Mabus

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 18:38:39 +0000

Donald Rumsfeld Why could Donald Rumsfeld be Mabus? Donald H. Rumsfeld was sworn in as the 21st Secretary of Defense on January 20, 2001. Before assuming his present post, the former Navy pilot had also served as the 13th Secretary of Defense, White House Chief of Staff, U.S. Ambassador to NATO, ...

At-Largely found this 3 days ago on mabus.biz

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Millennium of Geomagnetism

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000

When lava flows out of a volcano and hardens, the result is often a black rock known as basalt. Basalt is slightly magnetic, and as it solidifies and cools, it becomes magnetized in the direction of the prevailing magnetic field. The process is somewhat similar to the capture of the prevailing ...

Gates of Vienna found this 4 days ago on phy6.org

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Auguste Daubree (French geochemist)

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 22:20:00 +0000

born June 25, 1814, Metz, France died May 29, 1896, Paris French geochemist and a pioneer in the application of experimental methods to the study of diverse geologic phenomena. In 1838 Daubr e became regional mining engineer for the d partement of Haut-Rhin, where he worked for eight years on a ...

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Expatica Spain

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:21:00 +0000

A second source echoed that stance, saying "no-one else can get unanimity" following informal discussions between EU heads of government and state at a two-day summit in Brussels last week. Centre-right van Rompuy's spokesman Dirk De Backer issued a straight "no comment" when contacted by AFP on ...

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Clinton: Iran should accept nuclear deal 'as is'

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:14:30 +0000

Asked about Iran's recent request to modify a uranium reprocessing deal, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she urges Iran to accept the deal as is because "we are not altering it." "I want to reiterate that this is a pivotal moment for Iran," Clinton said at a ...

TPMCafe found this 4 days ago on politico.com

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Why Is American Healthcare So Expensive?

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 19:43:09 +0000

Ezra Klein is undoubtedly correct, even tautological, in his assertion about why U. S. healthcare is so expensive in his conversation with Kaiser-Permanente CEO George Halvorson: There is a simple explanation for why American health care costs so much more than health care in any other ...

Outside The Beltway | OTB found this 4 days ago on theglitteringeye.com

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Church of Scientology convicted of fraud in France

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:43:00 +0000

PARIS A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday, but stopped short of banning the group's activities. The group's French branch said it would appeal the verdict. The court convicted the Church of Scientology's French ...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 11 days ago on news.yahoo.com

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Church of Scientology Convicted of Fraud in France

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:28:00 +0000

PARIS (AP) -- A Paris court convicted the Church of Scientology of fraud and fined it more than euro600,000 ($900,000) on Tuesday but stopped short of banning the group as prosecutors had demanded.

Althouse found this 11 days ago on nytimes.com

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US economy is growing once again

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:47:52 +0000

The US, the world's economic powerhouse, joins Japan, Germany and France as the leading economies that have emerged from recession. While economists may be celebrating, it is too soon for the rest of us. The recent weakness of the dollar won't help Americans buy goods from the rest of the world ...

Instapundit found this 9 days ago on news.bbc.co.uk

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Iran proposes big changes to draft atom deal: report

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:02:36 +0000

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran proposed changes to a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal on Thursday, Iranian media said, making demands that appeared to challenge the basis of the agreement with the United States, France and Russia. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which had requested a ...

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In 'The Greatest Trade Ever,' Gregory Zuckerman Details John Paulson's Big Win

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 15:35:25 +0000

[ Trade ] Agence France-Presse /Getty Images John Paulson was among the executives testifying on hedge fund regulation before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee last November. From left, George Soros of Soros Fund Management, James Simons of Renaissance Technologies, Mr. ...

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‘It’s Time for Obama to Decide’ on Afghanistan: Le Figaro, France

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:07:44 +0000

Is it a fact that President Obama is ‘dithering’ – as former VP Cheney has said – over a decision on Iraq? In his editorial for Le Figaro yesterday, influential French columnist Pierre Rousselin seemed to agree, if not in a much more sympathetic fashion than Mr. ...

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Let’s Give Afghans ‘One More Chance’: Liberation, France

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:16:32 +0000

Moving on to another French view of the Afghan conflict, Laurent Joffrin of the newspaper Liberation suggests that however bad the situation may be, the West in the person of President Barack Obama should not pull out of Afghanistan – yet. For Liberation , Laurent Joffrin writes in ...

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Toulouse installs heat sensitive streetlights

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:12:31 +0000

They expect the new lamps to both save money and also to help address the problem of too much night light. There is a movement in many European towns to reduce energy costs by stopping night lights at a certain hour and this would help by turning the lights on briefly for humans, but then ...

Open Left - Front Page found this 11 days ago on americablog.com

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How does France distinguish between "cults" and organized religions?

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:08:04 +0000

A French court fined the Church of Scientology $888,000 on Tuesday after a couple claimed they'd been manipulated into buying between $30,000 and $73,000 worth of church products. The verdict is "a historical turning point for the fight against cult abuses," said the leader of France's ...

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Bloomberg: How To Develop Ur Leadership Pitch

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:38:23 +0000

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