Progressive Review

• On the other hand. . .
  Quotes I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to "order" […]
• China running out of water
  Financial Times - In the face of China's rapid economic expansion and growing presence on the global stage, it is often forgotten that the country is running out of water. In per capita terms, China's water resources are just a quarter of the world average. Eight of China's 28 provinces are as parched as countries in the Middle East such as Jo […]
• Angus King challenges Obama's endless war
  Truth Dig - Pentagon officials said during a Senate hearing on Authorization for the Use of Military Force, enacted by Congress in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, that the global war on terror could last up to 20 more years, and that its legal mandate gives the president the power to wage war anywhere on the globe for as long as he deems necessary.Sen. Angus Ki […]
• A journalism professor explains why a shield law is dangerous
  Christopher B. Daley - A shield law for reporters? Thanks, but no thanks!First, the Obama administration antagonized the news media by seizing the phone records of The Associated Press. Now, in an effort to make up, the president has thrown his support behind a Senate bill that would create a federal “shield law” that would allow journalists to legally prote […]
• Texas joins four other states in suing BP, Hallburton over oil spill
  Al Jazeera -  Texas has joined the crowd of Gulf of Mexico states to file suit against BP Plc, Halliburton Co and others for their role in one of the worst oil spills in US history.The complaint, filed on Friday in US District Court in Beaumont, Texas, alleges that the companies and others "engaged in wilful and wanton misconduct" for their role in […]
• Obama regime considers war on terror endless
  Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, UK - That the Obama administration is now repeatedly declaring that the "war on terror" will last at least another decade (or two) is vastly more significant than all three of this week's big media controversies (Benghazi, IRS, and AP/DOJ) combined. The military historian Andrew Bacevich has spent years warning that […]
• Update on the Supreme Court assault on individual rights you may have forgotten about
  Hit & Run  - In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed New London officials to seize an entire neighborhood via eminent domain on the basis that the city had a "carefully considered" plan to boost economic development.After the initial plan—a corporate campus with hotels, condos, and office space—fell apart, officials selected a new developer to […]
• Military claims power to police streets without local or state approval
  Alternet - For the past 30 years, police departments throughout the United States have benefited from the government’s largesse in the form of military weaponry and training, incentives offered in the ongoing “war on drugs.” For the average citizen watching events such as the intense pursuit of the Tsarnaev brothers on television, it would be difficult to di […]
• Flotsam & Jetsam: In the beginning Monsanto patented the earth
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• Friends of Hillary Clinton
  CNN, MARCH 1998 - Democratic fund-raiser Johnny Chung has agreed to plead guilty to election law violations and cooperate in the ongoing Justice Department investigation into illegal campaign fund-raising in the 1996 elections. . . Chung became a major figure in the Democratic fund-raising scandal when it was learned he made almost 50 visits to the White Hou […]
• Obama wants to privatize New Deal hallmark, the TVA
  Bloomberg - President Barack Obama’s announcement in his budget that he wants to explore the sale of the Tennessee Valley Authority (3015A) is attracting skepticism from lawmakers of both parties -- especially those who represent areas served by the utility, created by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 to electrify the rural Southeast. ___________________ […]
• Budget office cuts deficit projection
  Congressional Budget Office - If the current laws that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to $642 billion, the Congressional Budget Office estimates, the smallest shortfall since 2008. Relative to the size of the economy, the deficit this year--at 4.0 percent of gross domestic product--will be less than […]
• Pope attacks "dictatorship of the economy"
  Times of Malta - Pope Francis issued a strong call for world financial reform on Thursday, condemning a heartless "dictatorship of the economy" and saying the economic crisis had made life worse for millions in rich and poor countries. "Money has to serve, not to rule," he told ambassadors in the first major speech about finance since his […]
• Monsanto trying to stop states from requiring labelling
  Alternet - Reliable sources in Washington have informed the Organic Consumers Association that Monsanto has begun secretly lobbying its Congressional allies to attach one or more “Monsanto Riders” or amendments to the 2013 farm bill that would preempt or prohibit states from requiring labels on genetically engineered foods.  In response to this blatant viola […]
• On the olther hand
  Michael Jackson accused of child sex abuse Normal kid behavior being treated as a crime or a psychiatric problem Kai, the Internet's Hero Hitchhiker, Now Wanted for Murder RIP: The Office   The end of one of TV's best shows Quotes Circus dogs jump when the trainer cracks his whip, but the really well-trained dog is the one that turns his somersault […]