Friday

Think Progress » Proposed SOFA Agreement Requires Congressional Approval Because It Contains Treaty Commitment

Think Progress » Proposed SOFA Agreement Requires Congressional Approval Because It Contains Treaty Commitment

Audit Interview: John Ryan : CJR:

Audit Interview: John Ryan : CJR: "The issues related to the unsustainable nature of this housing bubble, the sort of practices that it bred, how the role of Wall Street changed incentives and how the industry itself wasn’t sustainable — these weren’t secrets. ...
"there were significant risks here that were recognized back in the mid 90’s by all sorts of players and debated here in Washington, in terms of the risk of these complex financial instruments and the lack of transparency of the markets in which they were originated and traded."

Popular Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties - NYTimes.com

More evidence that Big Pharma controls access to health information at every level: Sen. Charles "Grassley is systematically asking some of the nation’s leading researchers and doctors to provide their conflict-of-interest disclosures, and Mr. Grassley is comparing those documents with records of actual payments from drug companies. The records often conflict, sometimes starkly."

Thursday

Obama Needs a Protest Movement

Obama Needs a Protest Movement: "The parallels between the election of 2008 and the election of 1932 are often invoked, with good reason. ...FDR became a great president because the mass protests among the unemployed, the aged, farmers and workers forced him to make choices he would otherwise have avoided."

Monday

Don't Believe Spending Cut Rumors - Defense News

Don't Believe Spending Cut Rumors - Defense News: "The informal alliance between the services and conservative think tanks threatens to further politicize the military. The abuse of national security arguments to win political arguments is both morally suspect and threatens the security of the nation by delinking strategic assessment from public policy."

The Bailout Profiteers | Naomi Klein

The Bailout Profiteers | Naomi Klein