Saturday
Bush plan for Iraq would be a first - The Boston Globe
Bush plan for Iraq would be a first - The Boston Globe: "Bush does not intend to submit the deal to Congress"
Why Bush Wants to Legalize the Nuke Trade with Turkey - by Joshua Frank
Why Bush Wants to Legalize the Nuke Trade with Turkey - by Joshua Frank: "As with most stories of this magnitude, the U.S. media has put on blindersAs with most stories of this magnitude, the U.S. media has put on blinders"
Friday
Wolfowitz appointed chairman of arms-control advisory panel - The Boston Globe
Wolfowitz appointed chairman of arms-control advisory panel - The Boston Globe: "The advice given by Paul Wolfowitz over the past six years ranks among the worst provided by any defense official in history"
DefenseNews.com - CBO Report: U.S. War Costs Up in Iraq - 01/23/08 08:48: "Congress has written checks for $691 billion to pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and related activities...
All of the Iraq and Afghanistan war money — about $11 billion a month - ...gets added to the U.S. debt. The CBO estimated that just the interest payments on the debt would total $234 billion this year, more than the likely $250 billion budget deficit for the year."
All of the Iraq and Afghanistan war money — about $11 billion a month - ...gets added to the U.S. debt. The CBO estimated that just the interest payments on the debt would total $234 billion this year, more than the likely $250 billion budget deficit for the year."
Thursday
The Complex Crux Of Wireless Warfare: "The Defense Science Board, an advisory body to the secretary of defense,...said...that it 'lacks confidence in current tools for detecting malicious code.'"
U.S. in role of wounded giant at Davos - International Herald Tribune
U.S. in role of wounded giant at Davos - International Herald Tribune: "Several economists said the Federal Reserve seemed to have lost control of events since the subprime crisis erupted last summer. Some criticized its steep cut in interest rates Tuesday as a knee-jerk reaction to calm the markets rather than a sound response to a deteriorating situation."
The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard Got 20 minutes to connect with stuff you already knew intellectually?
Daily Kos: State of the Nation
Daily Kos: State of the Nation: "It's really stretching the imagination try to understand how a new doctrine of pre-emptive nuclear strikes can possibly be part of the War on Terror™. The concept of nuclear deterrence can't apply if your perceived enemy doesn't have nuclear weapons. 'We think they might be making them,' is not the same as a nation having them, and being overtly hostile toward another nation"
Monday
Greenhouse gases at new peak in sign of Asia growth - Yahoo! News UK
Greenhouse gases at new peak in sign of Asia growth - Yahoo! News UK: "The affluent world wants to buy cheap stuff and we buy it...from the inefficient old-fashioned technology that we have got rid of"
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