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Holocaust Memorial Day: Calendar: Observance links genocide of European Jews with other genocides

2012-01-27T09:12:00.000-05:00

- - World marks Holocaust Memorial Day Events commemorate victims of genocide as survey shows social media may hold role in speaking out against hatred--------------------------------------------------The Guardian (January27,2k11)article by Maev Kennedy — Reposted here by Owlb, refWrite Frontpage general editorFollow @Owlb !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs

PoliticsCanada: Bureaucratic Boondoggle: Prime Minister Steve Harper pours millions into phantom agency

2012-01-27T07:51:00.001-05:00

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PoliticsUSA: Republican Primaries: Conservatives in slugfest against Gingrich the Gasbag, Drudge informs

2012-01-27T07:34:00.002-05:00

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EconomicsUK&Eurozone: Financial Times: Play the European game, says Barnier; Greek bondholders, Nokia Siemens, China wants Hollywood film companies

2012-01-24T17:22:00.001-05:00

EU's Barnier urges Cameron and City to ‘play the game’ David Cameron and the City of London must learn to “play the European game” and give up seeking UK exemptions that would hurt the economy and endanger open trade, the European Union’s top financial regulator Michel Barnier will warn on Monday http://link.ft.com/r/KC2844/KQBQO8/JKXVG/2OZFLU/ZG4KVT/28/h?a1=2012&a2=1&a3=22 January22,2k12

PoliticsUSA: Healthcare-financed abortions: You will pay for it; Christian hospitals well do it

2012-01-23T13:06:00.006-05:00

- No Change to Contraceptives Mandate / Narrow Exemption The answer, delivered on Friday, was: No change Religious groups of various faiths have been protesting ever since the federal government announced in the summer that all health insurance plans, except for those offered by churches, will have to cover a wide range of birth control measures. The mandatory drugs and procedures

EconomicsAsia: Comparing 11 companies: Lee Kun-hee of Samsung 'most influential' leader

2012-01-21T11:46:00.000-05:00

Lee Kun-hee of Samsung, the most influential business figure Survey by AsiaN and AJA, 50 Asian journalists answeredJournalists of Asia think that Samsung is the most influential company in Asia. The AsiaN in association with the Asia Journalist Association conducted a survey on 20~30 November in celebration of its launch and 50 newspaper, TV, and online journalists of 33 different nationalities

PoliticsUSA: Independents: Shift in poll numbers evidence a threat to Obama campaign

2012-01-20T05:28:00.054-05:00

NYT (January18,2k12) Poll shows Obama’s vulnerability with swing voters by JEFF ZELENY and DALIA SUSSMAN President Obama opens his re-election bid facing significant obstacles among independent voters, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll, with the critical piece of the electorate that cemented his victory four years ago open to denying him a second term. As Mr. Obama moves

PoliticsMyanmar: Political prisoners: Release includes gold list of opposition to régime

2012-01-20T04:36:00.000-05:00

Financial Times (January13,2k11) Myanmar frees dozens of political prisoners Myanmar released dozens of high-profile political prisoners on Friday – including student leaders, monks, journalists and the former head of military intelligence – in the strongest sign yet of the nominally civilian government’s commitment to a programme of democratic reforms. Those set free include key members

EconomicsUSA: Obama vs Free Enterprise: How Obama's stance toward Romney undermines a healthy society

2012-01-14T09:51:00.002-05:00

Criticism of Mitt Romney by Republican rivals over his private-equity record at Bain Capital LLC is fair and will haunt him in November ... “The critique against Romney, really, is the way, under his leadership, Bain Capital operated in the fact that so many companies went bankrupt under his tenure .... They put a lot of people out of work, shipped a lot of jobs overseas." "Romney's rivals for

PoliticsUSA: Republican Party: Iowa, New Hampshire campaigns to become the Party's candidate for USA prez

2012-01-09T22:16:00.052-05:00

At last the Republican Party USA is moving forward in its process of nominating an official candidate to run for it in the November 2012 elections for President of the USA. refWrite turned away from support of the Presidency of Democrat Barack Obama, after the fiasco of the healthcare legislation he signed into law. We had gambled, it turns out, in supporting the basic idea of supplying basic

Juridics: Individual Mandate: Niceties of the interpretation of the Commerce Clause before the Supreme Court

2011-12-29T06:33:00.011-05:00

The American Spectator (December 29, 2k11) - The Bell Tolls for ObamacareBy PETER FERRARA on 11.23.11 @ 6:08AMThe key to the Supreme Court's upcoming ruling will be clear recognition of constitutional alternatives to Obamacare.On November 14, the Supreme Court granted the Writ of Certiorari to hear the appeal of the cases testing the constitutionality of Obamacare. The resulting decision will

PoliticsNorthKorea: 'Great Successor' takes power: Kim Jong-eun

2011-12-21T13:50:00.002-05:00

- - Materials from Financial Times on Kim Jong-eun Reposted from email newsletter by Politicarp ‘Great Successor’ takes power in N Korea - FT.com ‘Great Successor’ takes power in N Korea Financial Times - UK Homepage Kim Jong-il’s youngest son has taken the reins of power in North Korea after the ruthless dictator died from a heart attack over the weekendhttp://link.ft.com/r/4RNQTT

PoliticsKazakhstan: Oppressive new Religion Law: Government touts 'progressiveness'

2011-12-21T13:20:00.000-05:00

- - - 19 December 2011 KAZAKHSTAN: Promoting the "progressiveness" of the harsh new Religion Law By Felix Corley, Forum 18 News Service State Secretary Kanat Saudabaev ordered the devotion of considerable resources to promoting what he claimed to be "the significance and the progressiveness" of Kazakhstan's highly restrictive new Religion Law at a closed meeting of senior state officials

Pisteutics: Christianity/ies: Native American is proclaimed Catholic saint

2011-12-20T12:42:00.000-05:00

- - USA Today (December 20, 2k11) - - The Vatican on Monday announced a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman will be canonized as a Catholic saint, the first Native American from North America so proclaimed.2009 family photoJake Finkbonner receives a Children's Miracle Network Champions award in Florida. Enlarge2009 family photoJake Finkbonner receives a Children's Miracle Network Champions award

PoliticsNorthKorea: Death of His Imperial Majesty: Can NorKor master the transition?

2011-12-19T02:54:00.005-05:00

Hat Tip to Gregory BausTo be great is to be misunderstood. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ9wkXbubWY Kim Jong Il is so lonelywww.youtube.com I'm so lonely, so lonely. So lonely and sadly alone. There's no one, just me only, sitting on my little throne. I work really hard, and make up great plans. ... South Korea Ready to Intervene as Kim’s Death Clouds Outlook - Businessweek Who's next

Media: Statement by publisher of refWrite, Albert Gedraitis 'Here we go ...'

2011-12-19T00:06:00.011-05:00

Here we go: about Albert Gedraitis, refWrite's publisher I'm 71, plagued thru much of my life by a complex of illnesses, problems of both physical and mental health. I'm now at the best period of my existence. Thru the whole implied journey of life with the health issue in the background, I became a student of philosophy, and from reading the philosophical apologetics of Cornelius Van Til

PoliticsFrance: Sarkozy"s Gaullist opponent: Dominique de Villepin known abroad primarily as a dandy, represents withering faction in party

2011-12-18T17:02:00.000-05:00

France’s presidential electionToi aussi, Dominique?How Dominique de Villepin could help to scupper Nicolas SarkozyDec 17th 2011 | PARIS | from the print edition De Villepin grandly steps forwardTHIS week’s conviction of Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy’s predecessor as French president, for diverting public funds and abuse of office as mayor of Paris in the 1990s, was one more shock to France’

PoliicsUSA: Centrism: Stanley Crouch speaks up for Moderates. Together with Harry Kits, Michael Gerson, and Gideon Strauss they form a benign quartet

2011-12-17T09:30:00.001-05:00

Stanley Crouch: "Can We Reclaim The Middle?" The moderate-liberal columnist in New York argues that the Right fringe and Left fringe are driving out moderate voices: "The kinds of ideologues who are buffoonishly trappedin irrational narcissism threaten both the right and the left.It does not matter if one is Donald Trump, a conservativeelephant, or Cornel West, a so-called academic donkeyready

Philippines: Disaster: 180 dead from storm, nearly 400 missing, says Army

2011-12-17T04:25:00.001-05:00

- - Philippines Daily Inquirer (December 17, 2k11) - SENDONG’S TRAIL. An unidentified body lies by the roadside in Barangay (village) Tambo, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City. At least 20 others were recovered by rescuers as of 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 in the village alone. JB R. Deveza/INQUIRER Mindanao CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines—The death toll from tropical storm Sendong (

JuridicsUSA: Knowingly False Statements: 'Thou shalt not bear false witness...'

2011-12-16T21:13:00.003-05:00

Knowingly False Statements, criminalizing or imposing civil liabilities in USA states and federal laws, a review series by Eugene Volokh, conservative purveyor of the blog Volokh Conspiracy. VC is the hub of a vareigated collection of lawyers and especiallly of legal-studies scholars. The review's point of departure is the recent Alvarez Amicus Brief filed by Dr Volokh and colleague Dr James

politicsUSA: Campaign Presidency: Why Obama zigs and zags his attempt for another victory

2011-12-16T01:08:00.002-05:00

- - - Stanley Crouch: "Can We Reclaim The Middle?" The moderate-liberal columnist in New York argues that the Right fringe and Left fringe are driving out moderate voices: "The kinds of ideologues who are buffoonishly trapped in irrational narcissism threaten both the right and the left. It does not matter if one is Donald Trump, a conservative elephant, or Cornel West, a so-called academic

Enviro: USA and Global: Fiscally conservative environmental agenda, by Citizens Climate Lobby USA and Canada

2011-12-15T19:44:00.009-05:00

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JuridicsCanada: News articles URLs: A collection from the email newsletter of Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA)

2011-12-15T11:39:00.004-05:00

- Follow @Owlb - Tweet - Canadian Juridics The following is not a scientific analysis, so its parameters are rather fuzzy. But I think it gives a good impression of what the Canadian press has covered lately in regard to human rights, and it is my collection of items largely found in the email newsletter I've been receiving from Canadian Civil Liberties Association (not particularly my cup of

PoliticsCanada: Swearing Oaths: Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kennedy negates niqabs and burkas at naturalization-citizenship ceremonies

2011-12-15T09:40:00.002-05:00

- Follow @Owlb Tweet - Cardus Blog (December 15, 2k11) - Veiled Interference in Freedom of Religion by Ray Pennings Intro material reposted here by Politicarp For the record, I think Minister Jason Kenney is right in insisting that when taking the oath of citizenship, new Canadians are required to show their faces. He is quoted as saying, “The citizenship oath is a quintessentially public act.

PoliticsEgypt: Parliamentary Vote: Stage 3 of the historic voting will include Egypt's rural areas and some urban centres in the midst of these

2011-12-15T07:23:00.002-05:00

Politics: Religion: Islam wants a special status to protect itself from free speech, critical speech of it as a religion provoking critique

2011-12-14T02:51:00.000-05:00

- - - National Review Online (December 13, 2k11) Reposted here by Owlb D.C. Islamophobia Conference Was a Bad IdeaDecember 13, 2011 11:19 A.M.By Nina Shea Yesterday marked the opening of the international conference announced by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at a high-level meeting on Islamophobia that she co-chaired, held last July in Istanbul and hosted by the Saudi-based Organization

EconomicsCanada/USA: Oilsands Pipeline: Enviro issue used by USA State Dept to permanentize dirty Saudi oil

2011-12-14T02:38:00.000-05:00

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PoliticsEgypt: Cynthia Farahat's testimony: Jihad and the War on Egypt's Coptic Christians

2011-12-12T22:29:00.001-05:00

Enviro: Politics, Juridics, Activism: Top 10 environmental issues this year and ahead

2011-12-12T13:55:00.001-05:00

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EconomicsUK: Euro Crisis: Eurozone will fail, says Stephen King of Financial Times

2011-12-12T13:05:00.000-05:00

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PoliticsUN: Enviro global: World government of finances and collections approved by most countries, Kyoto extended 5 yrs until new regime kicks-in

2011-12-11T07:01:00.005-05:00

- - Follow @Owlb Tweet this blog entry's URL to friends. !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); - Digg (December11,2k11) — Reposted here by Politicarp and Lawt - Climate conference approves landmark

JuridicsUSA: Law Schools: Getting into a graduate law faculty

2011-12-11T02:09:00.003-05:00

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PoliticsUSA: Campaign Presidency: Why Obama zigs and zags his attempt for another victory

2011-12-11T00:16:00.005-05:00

- - - John Harwood, New York Times (December9,2k11) — Reposted here by Politicarp refWrite comment: We've reached the point of tedium this campaign, regarding Republicans and the Democrat alike, info-alerts about flipflops and zigzags. Here in a brilliant news analysis John Howard (NYT) sorts thru instances of President Barack Obama's campaign where his zigzag strategy is in evidence. Harwood

PoliticsUSA: Political Parties: Republican party structures in crisis — why?

2011-12-09T22:56:00.000-05:00

- - - Notes from a Byzantine Rite Calvinist (December 2m 2k11) by Prof. David Koyzis, Political Science, Redeemer University College — Reposted here by Politicarp - US party reform needed David Frum, former speech writer for George W. Bush, wonders aloud: When Did the GOP Lose Touch With Reality? The German weekly Der Spiegel carries this article in its English-language edition: A Club of Liars,

PoliticsEgypt: 2nd place party: Even more Shariah-supremecist than Muslim Brotherhood, the hardline Salafists of the al-Nour Party gain 25% of votes

2011-12-09T06:41:00.000-05:00

- - - Christian Post (December7,2k11) - Salafi party plans to bar Christians from executive posts in EgyptBy Sami K. Martin | Christian Post Contributor The Salafi al-Nour party may have come in second during the recent Egyptian elections, but they feel as though they have already won and are planning big changes for the country. The Muslim Brotherhood actually won this round of elections,

PoliticsUSA: Presidential campaign: Gingrich closes the gap between himself and Obama

2011-12-09T01:54:00.002-05:00

- - - Christian Science Monitor (December9,2k11) — Reposted here by Politicarp refWrite comment: I found this article by Linda Feldman in regard to current polling numbers rather astounding, largely due to the fact that Republican and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Newt Gingrich, hasn't yet won anything — except by very inexact imputations to the effect that he had won such and

PoliticsYemen: Crowds reject new govt: Young rejectionists vs old-time leaders, tribal people vs military

2011-12-09T00:34:00.000-05:00

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EconomicsBrazil: Financial gasbot Jim Rogers: Brazil's presentday major pattern of prosperity and problems (Bloomberg videoP

2011-12-09T00:12:00.001-05:00

- - - Bloomberg TV (December9,2k11) Hat Tip to Lucas Freire — Reposted here by EconoMix -

PoliticsEgypt: Parliamentary Elections: Islamacists-Salafists to dominate new parliament that will write a new constitution

2011-12-02T04:24:00.000-05:00

- - - Financial Times (December2,2k11) - High quality global journalism requires investment. Please share this article with others using the link below, do not cut & paste the article. See our Ts&Cs and Copyright Policy for more detail. Email ftsales.support@ft.com to buy additional rights. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1026a4ae-1c40-11e1-af09-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1fMorWWnw December 1, 2011 9:25

HealthGlobal: AIDS/HIV: Three newsbriefs on church aid to AIDS victims

2011-12-01T22:54:00.001-05:00

- - - Ecumenical News International newsletter (December1,2k11) - Ecumenical News International News Highlights 1 December 2011 Religious leaders encourage deeper engagement on AIDS Toronto (ENInews)--Leaders from five world religions gathered in Toronto just ahead of World AIDS Day on 1 December to encourage their peers to deepen their engagement and action on HIV-AIDS "by addressing the

PoliticsEgypt: Parliamentary Elections: Early results of the vote show Islamicists winning

2011-12-01T00:12:00.001-05:00

- - - NYTimes (November30,2k11) - Early results in Egypt: Mandate for Islamists! "CAIRO — Islamists claimed a decisive victory on Wednesday as early election results put them on track to win a dominant majority in Egypt’s first Parliament since the ouster of Hosni Mubarak, the most significant step yet in the religious movement’s rise since the start of the Arab Spring.", says David D.

Arts: Music: Best pop-music history, told here around the alternative female singer, Patti Smith (1975 album Horses)

2011-11-29T21:58:00.004-05:00

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PoliticsEgypt: Parliamentary Elections: Polls now closed, Christians fear Freedom and Justice party Muslim-Brotherhood-dominated Shariahist5s

2011-11-29T18:35:00.000-05:00

- - - Christian Science Monitor (November29,2k11) —Reposted by Politicarp - Today Egyptians are wrapping up the first of several rounds of voting for the first Egyptian parliament since the ousting of former President Hosni Mubarak. Two-thirds of the parliamentary seats will be chosen via a proportional list system, and the other third will be chosen as individual candidates. Every voter will

PhilippinesTerror: Zamboanga: 'Predominantly Christian trading hub' sees pensioner budget hotel, 3 dead from bomb, 27 wounded

2011-11-29T12:20:00.000-05:00

- - - Huffington Post (November 27,2k11) — Reposted here by Politicarp My comment: The Philippines has been under terror-attack threat and actual attack for many years, mostly from the religio-ethnic Moros in the Southern Philippines, a nation of many islands. The society which the USA claims is its best friend in the Asian Pacific has had lots of trouble with its ruling elite, another former

EconomicsEuroZone: Financial Sector: On verge of collapse?

2011-11-28T03:22:00.000-05:00

- - - Financial Times via iPolitics Canada (November 23, 2k11) - Eurozone really has only days to avoid collapse Posted on Sun, Nov 27, 2011, 9:48 pm by Wolfgang Munchau, The Financial TimesIn virtually all the debates about the eurozone I have been engaged in, someone usually makes the point that it is only when things get bad enough that politicians finally act — eurobonds, debt monetization,

PoliticsEgypt: Parliamentary Elections: Voting begins

2011-11-28T03:03:00.002-05:00

- - - Huffington Post (November 23, 2k11) - Egypt Elections: Voting begins in 1st parliamentary polls since historic revolt CAIRO -- Voting began on Monday in Egypt's first parliamentary elections since longtime authoritarian leader Hosni Mubarak was ousted in a popular uprising nine months ago.The vote is a milestone many Egyptians hope will usher in a democratic age after decades of

JuridicsUSA: Corporate Law: The canonical model is the Delaware legislation, a fading rundown joke — were the matter not so serious

2011-11-24T23:54:00.000-05:00

- - - Business Law Prof Blog (November 21, 2k11) - Lawyers, Ignorance, and the Dominance of Delaware Corporate LawI'm a little late getting to this, but Bill Carney, George Shepherd, and Joanna Shepherd Bailey have posted an interesting draft on SSRN: Lawyers, Ignorance, and the Dominance of Delaware Corporate Law. Here's the abstract:Why does Delaware continue to dominate the market for

PoliticCanada: Opposition: Govt wants to examine books re its expenditures

2011-11-24T21:32:00.000-05:00

- - - iPolitics (November 23,2k11) - - Bill to open First Nation’s books ‘paternalistic,’ say opposition NDP aboriginal affairs Critic Linda Duncan.Posted on Wed, Nov 23, 2011, 7:25 pm by Emily SengerNDP aboriginal affairs Critic Linda Duncan.A bill tabled today that will force First Nations chiefs and councilors to disclose their salaries, expenses and financial statements is already drawing

EconomicsUSA: Federal Reserve Bank: Gives invesstment tips to select investment groups

2011-11-24T21:09:00.001-05:00

- - - Securities Law Prof Blog (November 23, 2k11) - - Should the Fed Be Talking to Investors Behind Closed Doors?There has been much discussion the last few weeks about whether Congress-people and their staff have profited by trading on confidential information acquired through their positions. Today the Wall St. Journal reports on other privileged investors that may have access to

ThanksgivingUSA: Calendar: Celebrate our Civic Religion's most important holy day, and ignore Jim Skillen's sliming

2011-11-24T17:25:00.000-05:00

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PoliticsCameroons: Analysis: No revolution yet but conditions coud lead to Subsaharan Spring

2011-11-23T12:16:00.002-05:00

- - - AfricaFiles (Nov15,2k11) Source: AfricanArguments.org by Ajong Mbapndah - - Cameroon: President must make reforms to avoid ‘Cameroon Spring’ As expected, incumbent President Paul Biya of the ruling Cameroons Peoples Democratic Party (CPDM) was proclaimed winner of the October 2011 Presidential elections. Though he and his ruling party may be basking in euphoria, the elections by and

EconomicsUSA: Real Estate Miami: Braziians, other Latinos, Canadians

2011-11-23T11:20:00.000-05:00

- - - Financial Times (November 22, 2k11) This report spotlights a welcome rise in the housing market, howbeit in the h+end condo niche. In-country and foreigners who make these purchases stand a chance to onload at a profit when the USA internal housing market rises toward health. A welcome sign! — Comment by EconoMix Brazilians lead Florida real estate boomBy Joe Leahy in MiamiCash-rich

PoliticsUSA: Occupy Wall Street: Not at all comparable to Civil Rights Movement, not matter what Jesse Jackson says

2011-11-22T22:33:00.002-05:00

- - - Booker Rising (recent) - Project 21 To Jesse Jackson: "Occupy Wall Street protesters ain't nothing like the Civil Rights Movement"From the black conservative group's news release, which was emailed to Booker Rising: Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are criticizing Jesse Jackson for comparing increasingly violent Occupy Wall Street events to the civil rights movement.

SyriaPolitics: Condoleeza Rice: Pinpoints the possiblity of a Civil War in Syria

2011-11-22T14:52:00.005-05:00

- - - CNN (November 20,2k11) - - Of course, Dr Rice doesn't mention why now there's the prospect of 'Civil War' — namely, becawz the horrible regime in Damascus that mowed down its peaceful protestors and demonstrators who were trying to win change from the regime's barbarism, by Martin Luther King,Jr-style peaceful direct action. It was not respected and did not prevail. When members of the

EconomicsUK: Top Pay Levels: Executives bonuses will have to be shaved down

2011-11-22T14:36:00.003-05:00

- - - Financial Times (Nov21,2k11) email newsletter - Breaking News Call to end ‘corrosive’ top pay deals Executive pay should be radically simplified to halt spiralling awards that are “corrosive” to the economy and threaten to create the type of inequalities last seen in the Victorian era, the High Pay Commission has said after a year-long inquiry http://link.ft.com/r/BLH300/62K9J0/

PoliticsUSA: Swing states 2012: Hispanics wavering in support for Democrats

2011-11-22T10:03:00.003-05:00

- - - The Hill (November 22, 2k11 Reposted here by Politicarp, with thanks to Mr Lederman Hispanic voters' uncertain allegiance to Dems could swing three states in 2012By Josh Lederman - 11/19/11 02:09 PM ETDemocrats are counting on enthusiastic support from Hispanics to propel them to victory one year from now, even though a lack of progress on immigration reform under President Obama and

JuridicsUSA: Med device executives: On their way to prison — how about execution?

2011-11-21T11:14:00.001-05:00

- - - York [Pennsylvania] Dispatch (Nov21,2k11) Reposted here by Lawt - - Feds seek prison for execs in deadly medical trial By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Writer PHILADELPHIA—Four white-collar defendants hope to avoid prison Monday when they are sentenced for conducting unapproved medical trials that left three patients dead. The former executives of Snythes Inc., a medical-device

Animal: Somali breed: Somali giraffe — mother and 1-day old

2011-11-21T08:35:00.001-05:00

- - - Huffington Post (November 18,2k11) - - Meantime, I found this earlier of a different breed/variety in my Pix files: And then also I found this video of another breed/variety now in the Bronx zoo:

BurmaPolitics: Parliament: Aung San Suu Kyi, Pro-democracy leader will run for Myanmar Parliament

2011-11-21T07:54:00.003-05:00

- - - Huffington Post (November 20,2k11) - - YANGON, Myanmar -- Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi intends to run for parliament in upcoming by-elections, a decision that was expected after her party decided last week to rejoin mainstream politics in long-isolated Myanmar.Nyan Win, the spokesman of Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy, said Monday she has not yet decided which district

EconomicsBrazil: China Construction Bank: Buys up a little bank in Brazil

2011-11-21T07:33:00.002-05:00

- - - Financial Times (November21,2k) - - November 20, 2011 10:03 pmChinese lender aims to secure Brazil footholdBy Joe Leahy in São Paulo China Construction Bank is in talks to buy a bank in Brazil amid plans to open a subsidiary in Latin America’s biggest economy, according to officials and people familiar with the matter.The move comes as the leading Chinese banks are moving into Latin

EconomicsUSA: Federal Budget Cuts: Supercommittee about to fail to fulfill its mandate

2011-11-21T03:12:00.000-05:00

- - - Hopes fade for ‘supercommittee’ dealAgence,France-PresseUS lawmakers seem unlikely to agree on $1,200bn of budget cutsNorquist blamed for supercommittee impasse Policy heavyweights call for California tax cuts Lawrence Summers We have to do better on inequality US ‘supercommittee’ hits tax impasse Video ’Supercommittee’ pushes deal to brink

PoliticsSyria: Revolution: Armed ex-Assad forces plan incursions into Syrian homeland from Turkey

2011-11-19T10:35:00.002-05:00

- - - Change.org is a very leftwing political-activist outfit. Their recent email newsletter made me take notice of a pernicious element of the Syrian govt's deadly hanky-panky. Here is the item: The Syrian government has already killed more than 3,500 people trying to put down pro-democracy protests since March. Now Western tech companies are helping Syria roll out a massive new weapon to

EconomicsUSA: Fed Budget Balance: House of Representatives fails to pass on split-lines vote

2011-11-19T08:53:00.001-05:00

- - - The Hill email newsletter (Nov18,2k11) Reposted here by EconoMix - - Balanced budget amendment fails in House By Pete Kasperowicz The House on Friday afternoon failed to approve a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution. The House voted 261-165 for the amendment — a clear majority, but well short of the 290 votes needed to amend the Constitution. The amendment was supported by

China-USA: Diplomacy: Wen Jiabao and Obama — will they give China total claim on the South China seas?

2011-11-19T08:11:00.001-05:00

- - - BBC News (Nov19,2k11) BBC materials reposted here by Politicarp - China 'constructive' on South China Sea rows, says US US officials have praised China's attitude on South China Sea territorial disputes after talks between Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao and President Barack Obama. Continue reading the main story Related StoriesObama stirs up China's sea of troubles

EgyptElections: Campaign: Military govt tries to steer revolutionaries to self-defeat

2011-11-19T06:14:00.006-05:00

- - - URLs for various press reports follow, which I had commented on adequately, but which text has somehow gone missing. Try clicking up these reports for yourself, if you're interested. The date of the election is November 30, 2k11! A last minute message from We are all Khaled Said page on Facebook: After a long struggle Egyptians abroad have won their right to vote but until this moment,

EconomicsUSA: Small Businesses: Do small businesses really lead in job growth?

2011-11-16T05:06:00.002-05:00

- - - Open Forum, Powering small business success (Nov9,2k11) — Reposted here by EconoMix - - Are Small Businesses Really Saving Our Economy?Katie Morell Contributor, OPEN Forum Editors Recent Posts The media loves small businesses. Pundits sound off daily on the benefits of keeping corner stores in operation, politicians exhibit empathy for small business owners in speeches, heck—even I’ve

EconomicsEuroZone: Banks: Too big to fail, or too big to save?

2011-11-14T15:14:00.000-05:00

- - - Financial Times (UK) email newsletter FT Exclusive Comment (Nov14,2k11) - Posted here by EconoMix - Sever the death spiral link of banks and governments The financial fate of Europe’s banks and its governments are inextricably linked: because the banks are the primary source of funding for government deficits, government debt represents a large proportion of the asset base of most

PoliticsUSA: Occupy & We're the 99%: Beginning of the end for protests:

2011-11-14T02:37:00.000-05:00

- - - ABC News (Nov 13,2k11) — Reposted here by Politicarp Occupy Crackdown: Beginning of the End for Protests?

EconomicsNigeria: OilPollution: Amnesty tracks and acts against Shell Oil Company

2011-11-13T20:19:00.002-05:00

- - Amnesty's Social Media Action Centre (Nov13,2k11) — Reposted here by EconoMix - - IT’S TIME FOR SHELL TO OWN UP, PAY UP & CLEAN UP THE NIGER DELTA! EVENT RELEASES : NOV–16–2011215592209020390014404051841On November 10, 1995, Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others were executed for their non-violent campaign against the environmental and human rights abuses taking place in Ogoniland, in the Niger

Morals, Mores, and Manners: Penn State University: ThinkChristian blog meditates on sexual abuse epidemic at football-crazed university

2011-11-13T16:41:00.005-05:00

- - - Think Christian (Nov10,2k11), text by Jeff Munroe — Reposted and retitled here by Lawt More sources on this story: Men behind most child abuse fractures Jerry Sandusky given $500,000 from youth charity during time of child rape allegations Did culture of college football enable the Penn State scandal? Why Penn State sex-probeis overdue Posted November 10th, 2011 @ 10:54 pm by Jeff Munroe“

Remembrance Day: Calendar:Canada & USA (Veterans Day)

2011-11-11T11:55:00.001-05:00

Remembrance Day Canada Veterans Day USA lest we forget

Media: Censorship: Anti-Religious Censorship by New Media Companies

2011-11-09T00:12:00.000-05:00

e-News for Faith-Based Organizations (Nov2,2k11) A report by Stanley Carlson-Thies appears in the IRFA newsletter for Nov2,2k11 — items reposted here by Lawt, juridics columnist for refWrite frontpage. The third of five briefings for Capitol Hill staff on institutional religious freedom issues was hosted by IRFA and the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty on October 19. The title: "

PoliticsUSA: Occupy & We're the 99%:

2011-11-06T23:50:00.001-05:00

Christian Science Monitor newsletter (Oct27,2k11) CSM materials reposted here by Owlb

Politics: Economics: Death in the Occupy camp, Vancouver with rW backgrounder

2011-11-06T13:59:00.003-05:00

CBC News via Sun News — refWrite editorial forematter and CBC textual patter posted by EconoMix Occupy Vancouver death dooms protest camp Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada — The Occupation rampant in the USA and Canada, and around the world, scored its first death, apparently by an overdose heroin injection, apparently by suicide (but I woudn't rule out homicide). The Occupation Movement

PoliticsTunisia: Islamist Party is clear victor in Tunisia's historical postrevolutionary first national election

2011-10-28T04:35:00.005-04:00

The Telegraph (London UK) Oct28,2k11 Friday 28 October 2011Log in | Register | Subscribe Telegraph.co.uk HOME NEWS SPORT FINANCE COMMENT BLOGS CULTURE TRAVEL LIFESTYLE FASHION TECH Dating Offers Jobs UK World Politics Obituaries Education Earth Science Defence Health News Royal Family Celebrities Weird News USA US Politics Asia China Central Asia Europe Australasia Middle East Africa South

EconomicsUSA: Dr James Verbrugge: Finance professor

2011-10-02T20:07:00.001-04:00

Dordt College via yUT2ube "Dr. James Verbrugge received his A.A. Degree from DordtCollege in 1960 when it was a two-year college. He is emeritus professor of finance at Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, serving as professor of finance from 1978 to 2002 and chairman of the Department of Banking and Finance at Terry College from 1977 to 2001. He also held the Georgia Bankers

PoliticsUSA: Tea Party debate: Michelle Malkin reports on the Republican Prez candidates debate in Tampa

2011-09-13T07:57:00.003-04:00

Michelle Malkin (Sep13,2k11) Notes on the CNN/Tea Party Express GOP debate: Night of the Texas two-step-stumbleMichelle Malkin (Michelle Malkin)12 Sep 2011 22:52If you subscribe to my Twitter feed, you’ve already seen all my fast and furious live-tweeting of tonight’s GOP debate in Tampa. Go here and scroll down for the whole tweet-fest. Speaking of Fast and Furious, it was once again skipped

Journaletics: Ignorance of religion/s: Dominates news reporting professions

2011-09-13T07:08:00.000-04:00

Blind Spot, new book on journalism profession and the ignorant reporting of religion in new stories is presented in a Vimeo video by Dr. Paul Marshall, see our special page attached to rW2. — Owlb, general editor

EconomicsUSA: Labor Day: 10 Great Things Courtesy of Labor Unions

2011-09-12T22:47:00.001-04:00

Good online magazine (Sep5,2k11) article by Nona Willis Aronowitz picture by Northland Photo Collective Just in time for Labor Day, Gallup released a poll revealing that just 52 percent of Americans approve of labor unions, a percentage that's nearly the lowest since Gallup started polling in 1936. Predictably, the gap widens once you look at political affiliation, with 78 percent of Democrats

PoliticsLibya: Civil War: Decisive tilt to rebels and its National Transitional Council

2011-09-12T20:57:00.003-04:00

Christian Science Monitor (Sep10.2l11) article by Scott Peterson, video by BBC (Sep11,2k11) Tripoli, Libya Vengeful graffiti aimed at former Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi and his lieutenants can be found around this city, which is emerging from decades of his brutal reign. But calls for revenge in revolutionary Libya are turning out to be rare sentiments.Skip to next paragraph In

PoliticsDRC: Congo devastated: 'conflict-minerals' finance terrorists

2011-09-05T05:19:00.001-04:00

Business & Human Rights (Aug31,2k11) How Congress Devastated Congo David Aronson in New York Times 07 Aug 2011 The...Dodd-Frank [Law]...includes an obscure provision that requires public companies to indicate what measures they are taking to ensure that minerals in their supply chain don’t benefit warlords in conflict-ravaged Congo...Unfortunately, the...law has had unintended and devastating

EuropeEconomics: Recession? : No recession as financial institutions stand firm

2011-09-05T04:32:00.000-04:00

BBC News (Sep6,2k11) Jose Manuel Barroso said authorities were doing all they could to tackle the eurozone's debt problems Barroso says Europe will avoid return to recession Continue reading the main storyGlobal EconomyEnd of the world as we know it? Europe's Wile E Coyote moment? Charting Europe's economic woes What turmoil means for you Europe will not slide back into recession

PoliticsCanada: New Democratic Party: Split regarding unions role in party

2011-09-05T02:49:00.003-04:00

Globe and Mail, Toronto (Sept4,2k11) NDP solidarity cracks over role of unions in picking leader The first clean split among federal New Democrats since Jack Layton passed away last month rests on an issue that strikes at the historical heart of the party: the role of union members in choosing the next leader.The matter is the first in what promises to be a number of sharp policy debates among

TurkeyPolitics: Religion: Muslim Party heads secular state, Muslim liberalism

2011-09-03T22:33:00.000-04:00

Source with link (date) This startled me: HOMEPAGE FEATUREMaking the Case for Muslim LibertyBY THE WORLD ⋅ AUGUST 29, 2011 ⋅ POST A COMMENT Mustafa Akyol (Courtesy of thewhitepath.com)Audio: Play | DownloadMeeting Mustafa Akyol on a Friday night during Ramadan in the Asmalimescit quarter of Istanbul, you probably couldnt tell it was the holy month for Muslims worldwide.In fact it is a lot

PoliticsUSA: Debt Ceiling Legislation: The impasse according to Charles Krauthammer

2011-07-30T17:24:00.001-04:00

Washington Post (July30,1940) Krauthammer: "Obama faces two massive problems — jobs and debt. They’re both the result of his spectacularly failed Keynesian gamble: massive spending that left us a stagnant economy with high and chronic unemployment — and a staggering debt burden. Obama is desperate to share ownership of this failure. Economic dislocation from a debt-ceiling crisis nicely serves

Juridics: Criminal Justice: San-Hyun Song, Prez, International Criminal Court makes statement July 17

2011-07-27T16:52:00.001-04:00

Christian Post, Singapore Edition (July15,2k11) Material posted here by Lawt International Criminal Justice DayFriday, Jul. 15, 2011 Posted: 7:32:39PM HKT On 17 July the world celebrates International Criminal Justice Day. This commemorates the adoption on 17 July 1998 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC for short). States and civil society from all continents

EconomicsUSA: Unemployment: 4.4 million Americans — no jobs for a year

2011-07-26T22:36:00.001-04:00

Wall Street Journal video (July 22,2k11) Job Search stretches past a year for Millions, by Sara Murray and Phil Izzo

PoliticsCanada: Church Leader: Canada has distinctive mode of relating faith and politics, says EFC's Clemenger

2011-07-12T06:01:00.000-04:00

Faith Today (July/August, 2k11) Faith Today is the official monthly publication of the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada; the author is a doctoral graduate of the Institute for Christian Studies. Dr Clemenger wrote his doctoral dissertation for ICS on the philosophy of Friedrich von Hayek, a political thinker regarded as a founder or precursor of contemporary libertarianism. — Politicarp The

PoliticsEgypt: Medicine: Muslim Brotherhood wins voters thru its clinics

2011-07-11T20:48:00.000-04:00

BBC (July11,2k11) 11 July 2011 Last updated at 18:19 ETHelpElections have yet to be held in Egypt since the revolution that saw —President Mubarak deposed, leaving ordinary Egyptians in the dark about their future.All eyes are now on the elections scheduled for September. Dozens of parties have been formed, including one linked to the Muslim Brotherhood.Banned under President Mubarak, its

EconomicsPakistan: Labor: Incipient Christian labor movement

2011-07-10T04:46:00.002-04:00

Compass Direct via Christian Post (July9,2k11) Pakistan's Christian Sanitation Workers swept into societal gutter'Sweeper' leader faces suspension, criminal charges; for others, disease, death – and murder. LAHORE, Pakistan The often unseen or unrecognized abuses suffered by Christians at Pakistan’s lowest level of society – street sweepers – have come into sharp focus this

PoliticsLibya: Libyan rebels: Advances — are we at the tilt point? and more ...

2011-06-27T19:10:00.002-04:00

VOA News.com (June27,2k11) Voice Of America is a USA govt-established broadcasting (radio mostly) agency for news and interpretation in as positive a way as possible toward our nation and its government. If it's propaganda, it's certainly American propaganda -- to counter the falsehoods circulated in certain quarters of the listening and webwiewing publics who heavily rely worldwide on the VOA

PoliticsGlobal: UN Human Rights Council: Ratifies the 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' framework for 'Business and Human Rights'

2011-06-20T14:39:00.000-04:00

Today the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the "Guiding Principles for the Implementation of the UN Protect, Respect and Remedy Framework", drafted by UN Special Representative on business & human rights John Ruggie. The press release regarding the action by the Council is available here: http://www.business-humanrights.org/Links/Repository/1006797 The text of the Principles is

PoliticsGlobal: UN Human Rights Council: Ratifies the 'Protect, Respect and Remedy' framework for 'Business and Human Rights'

2011-06-20T14:34:00.000-04:00

China: Cyber Attacks: USA 'grills' re a 'hacked political site' published by Change.com

2011-06-18T14:17:00.003-04:00

--------------------------------- InfoWeek (June15,2k11) -------------------------------- -- InfoWeek materials re-posted here by Owlb U.S. Grills China about Cyber Attacks Chinese IP addresses have been implicated in numerous, recent distributed denial of service attacks, which top State Department officials see as a human rights issue. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek June 15,

EconomicsEurope: EuroZone: Will the Zone and Currency collapse of its own weit?

2011-06-18T13:58:00.001-04:00

Financial Times email newsletter (June13,2k11) -- FT material posted here by EconoMix. Breaking News The eurozone heads for break up The muddle-through approach to the eurozone crisis has failed to resolve the fundamental problems of economic and competitiveness divergence within the union. If this continues the euro will move towards disorderly debt workouts, and eventually a

2011-06-18T00:38:00.000-04:00

AP via Washington Post (June15,2k11) Wis. state workers to begin paying more for benefits in Aug., new lawsuit filed over union law Text Size Print E-mail Reprints By Associated Press, Published: June 15MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin state employees will start paying more for their health care and pension benefits in late August, state officials said Wednesday as a coalition of unions filed a new

PoliticsOntario: State-supported Catholic and Secularist Schools: McQuinty's Folly

2011-06-17T02:34:00.002-04:00

Family Coalition Party's Impact PDF(June16,2k11) "Is the large (600,000 students; over 40,000 teachers), fully state subsidized, Catholic school system in Ontario, Canada, coming to an end?" Family Coalition Party text excerpt from CatholicInsight.com: I don't agree with all the positions of analysis and political stance touched upon in this lengthy piece (only excerpted

EconomicsGreece: EU: 'Financial Times' says "prepare for worst"

2011-06-17T01:28:00.001-04:00

Financial Times Exclusive Comment email newsletter (June16,2k11) Breaking News -- FT materials posted by EconoMix Greece and Europe must prepare for the worst Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou is out of ammunition. The embattled leader has been gradually losing control of his socialist party for some time, but the trend has sharply accelerated this week, as larger and angrier

LaborGlobal: Union organizing: 90 murders of union activists in 2010 alone

2011-06-15T14:33:00.001-04:00

---------------------------------------- Business and Human R+ts (June15,2k11) 'Repression of union r+ts and economic freedoms across the globe' The International Trade Union Confederation's report for the year 2010 has just been released, informing us today of the deaths of 90 activists seeking to establish organizations for workers' representation, also 70 recorded death threats, at least

TortureBrazil: World Council of Churches: records of 2 decades of brutal torture and represssion, returned to Brazil

2011-06-14T20:14:00.002-04:00

-------------------------------- ENI news (June14,2k11) World Council of Churches will return torture documents to Brazil Geneva (ENInews)--On 14 June, three boxes containing records of brutal torture and repression suffered under two decades of Brazilian military rule will be returned to the South American country from peaceful Switzerland, where the material has resided at the World