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The Oil Nonbubble
by Paul Krugman
“The Oil Bubble: Set to Burst?” That was the headline of an October 2004 article in National Review, which argued that oil prices, then $50 a barrel, would soon collapse.Ten months later, oil was selling for $70 a barrel. “It’s a huge bubble,” declared Steve Forbes, the publisher, who warned that the coming crash in oil prices would make the popping of the technology bubble “look like a picnic.” | Lobby this, John Sidney: Another McCain aide out over Myanmar ties
by Robin Elliot
What a maverick that John Sidney McLobbyPants is. Why, he’s so defiant that he surrounds himself with lobbyists, some with ties to Myanmar, no matter what anyone thinks! Now, that’s what I call mavericky! From NBC/NJ’s Carrie Dann NBC NEWS has confirmed that another McCain aide, Doug Davenport, has resigned because of his lobbying ties to the Myanmar government’s military junta. | Potential Democratic VP picks
by Michael Kwiatkowski
Assuming Barack Obama actually gets the nomination (we cannot rule out Clinton somehow nabbing it at the brokered convention), I think there are perhaps three politicians who could possibly add to his ticket going into the general election:John Edwards - His populist talk and devotion to working class issues, combined with his skills as an attorney, make him an ideal vice presidential candidate. He managed to sell himself as one in 2004, and although he didn't get enough footing to remain in contention for the nomination this year he still has a base of supporters who could help bridge the divide between Obama's followers and Clinton's. But this is unlikely, because Edwards is an economic populist, and corporate Democrat Obama blew it big time when he tried to finagle an endorsement only to end up angering Donna Edwards by attacking her husband's health care plan. | Gas prices hit 5th straight record
by CNN
Retail gasoline prices increased for the sixth straight day and hit their fifth consecutive record, auto group AAA's Web site showed Monday.The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline rose to a new all-time high of $3.718, up 1 and one-tenth of a cent from the previous day. | 3 suspended for not standing for Pledge of Allegiance
by Paul Walsh
Three small-town eighth-graders in Minnesota were suspended by their principal for not standing Thursday morning for the Pledge of Allegiance, violating a district policy that the principal now says may soon be reworded to protect free speech rights."My son wasn't being defiant against America," said Kim Dahl, mother of one of the students, Brandt, who attends Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton Junior High School in northwestern Minnesota. | Harper’s Extreme Posture No Way to Support Israel
by Haroon Siddiqui
Stephen Harper equates criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism.“Unfortunately, Israel at 60 remains a country under threat - threatened by those groups and regimes who deny to this day its right to exist,” he told a Toronto celebration marking the anniversary. | Foes of gay marriage ban organize in Fort Lauderdale
by Lisa J. Huriash
Get out. Organize. Care.Strengthened by controversy over a proposition that could glue a gay marriage ban into the Florida constitution, community activists put on a workshop Sunday about the importance of getting involved.The weekend's two-day training session, which attracted dozens of people to the Courtyard by Marriott on Cypress Creek Road, was run by the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization. The program was part of a national event to help encourage volunteers to elect candidates the organization considers to be fair-minded, and defeat discriminatory ballot measures. | My brain hurts!
by Ed Naha
Have you noticed that, as the Bush presiduncey drags ever onward, the feeling that one's brain has totally turned to tapioca is now a 24/7 deal? And with good reason.In the past two weeks, for instance, news stories have been written about a new Disneyland-esque theme park slated for Baghdad, the Pentagon backing a $5 billion swanky "Zone of Influence" in the Green Zone replete with luxury hotels and spas and the fact that all the foul names the U.S. has been lobbing at Islamic radicals are actually the highest compliments one can garner in the Muslim world. | Ecological Seeing: Walking in a Sacred Manner
by Charles Sullivan
Late this morning I heard two northern orioles singing along the edge of the back field where I live. The great-crested flycatcher flits amid the green canopy in search of insects and calls out from an unseen perch many feet above the ground. I did not see the bird but I know its call. The wood thrush and the scarlet tanager are singing in the forest, and the soil is cooled by shade for the first time this year. As a result, shade loving plants are in flower, and a host of associated events are set in motion. And so one season passes into another as the year continually unfurls, like the leaves of a young fern. | Attack Iran? Why Not Just Paint Targets on the Backs of Kids Like Those on PBS's "Carrier"?
by Russ Wellen
After the National Intelligence Estimate last November which reported that Iran had no nuclear program since 2003, many of us breathed a sigh of relief. It was official: When it came to attacking Iran, the administration hadn't a leg to stand on.But, as with Iraq, it was used to that. Once anointed lame duck, it didn't skip a beat and continued to stumble forward. | Blair revealed loss of baby to avert Iraq panic
by Rosalind Ryan
Cherie Blair has revealed that her husband and former prime minister decided to make a public announcement about her miscarriage to avoid public panic over invasion of Iraq.Writing in her autobiography, Speaking For Myself, Blair describes how her husband and his press chief, Alastair Campbell, decided to tell the press that she had lost the baby she was carrying almost immediately. | Obama heading to Michigan and Florida
by Charles Babington
Barack Obama's surging presidential campaign announced Monday that he will visit politically neglected Florida and Michigan, as he focuses on a general election strategy with his primary race winding down.It will be Obama's first time in either state since signing a pledge nine months ago not to campaign in the two states that violated national party rules with early primaries. Obama will have to build relationships in the two critical general election battlegrounds if he wins the Democratic nomination. | Lieberman 'hopes' Iran is aware US airstrikes are 'distinct possibility'
by David Edwards and Muriel Kane
After General David Petraeus testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee in April, conservative pundit Pat Buchanan warned that "the neocons may yet get their war on Iran."Buchanan particularly singled out Petraeus's agreement with Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) when he suggested, "Is it fair to say that the Iranian-backed special groups in Iraq are responsible for the murder of hundreds of American soldiers and thousands of Iraqi soldiers and civilians?" | Taking a Stand Against War
by Scott Ritter
As someone who has been urging focused citizen activism for some time now, I find it heartening that there are those in the United States who put action to words and seek to lead by example. This is the case with Chicago Alderman Joe Moore, who, together with seven of his 49 colleagues (Toni Preckwinkle, Sandi Jackson, Eugene Schulter, Robert Fioretti, Freddrenna Lyle, Ricardo Munoz and Mary Ann Smith), has prepared a resolution for the Chicago City Council opposing war on Iran. By itself, this resolution most probably will not serve to alter the policies currently being pursued by the Bush administration. But when a great American city such as Chicago takes the lead in expressing its rejection of irresponsible national policy, other cities should, and will, take notice. | Blogs mock vintage Bill O'Reilly in f-bomb explosion
by David Edwards and Muriel Kane
A video posted at YouTube this weekend showing a younger Bill O'Reilly with more hair -- and apparently more agita -- was beginning to draw attention at liberal blogs on Monday.The bombastic Fox News host is known for taking the left to task for its bad language. In February, he played a montage of mostly-liberal celebrities cursing on television and complained, "If someone does that on my program? Believe me, they'd get scolded." He added, "They’d never dare do it here. You know why? Because they’d be called on it. And they’d be humiliated in front of millions of people." | Obama takes superdelegate lead on eve of expected loss
by CNN
Sen. Barack Obama took the lead in the race for superdelegates on the eve of a contest that's expected to fall easily into Sen. Hillary Clinton's column. Rep. Tom Allen of Maine, Dolly Strazar of Hawaii, Sen. Daniel Akaka of Hawaii and Keith Roark of Idaho all endorsed Obama Monday, giving him a lead of four superdelegates for the time being. |
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