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• Nieman Watchdog
• Feb 2, 2010 Is basic American telephone service in a death spiral? Bruce Kushnick questions whether AT T and Verizon are trying to kill off the “plain old telephone service” that millions of Americans rely on. In a recent FCC filing cited by Kushnick, AT T stated that landline utilities are from a bygone era, and asked to be relieved of its obligations to...     Nieman Watchdog        more   
• Slate
• Feb 7, 2010 Slate V: Dear Prudence: Managing Multiple Girlfriends A guy who's dating more than one woman at once seeks counsel from Slate's advice columnist, Prudence.     Slate        more   
• TruthOut
• Feb 9, 2010 US Firms Want Part in Haiti Cleanup As Haiti begins digging out from under 60 million cubic meters of earthquake wreckage, U.S. firms have begun jockeying for a bonanza of cleanup work. It's unclear at this point who will be awarding the cleanup contracts, but there is big money to be made in the rubble of some 225,000 collapsed...     TruthOut        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 Alabama Senator Shelby Backs Down From Blocking Obama's Nominees An Alabama Senator with long-standing ties to the US military-industrial complex and an outspoken critic of President Barack Obama is backing down from a direct confrontation with the White House today after taking the unprecedented step of announcing last week that he would filibuster all the...     TruthOut        more   
• RealClearPolitics
• Feb 9, 2010 Will the D.C. Establishment Wake Up? Bill Murchison, Dallas Mng NewsHeavy weekend snowfall closed down the capital of the United States. Not that many outside the Washington Beltway were sorry about it. Possibly -- by their reasoning -- the blizzard was God's gift to decent government, a holiday from the ceaseless commotion,...     RealClearPolitics        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 Where We Are and Where We Were Jared Bernstein, Huffington PostAlong with a massive snowstorm, Friday brought a blizzard of new info on the job market. From the perspective of our work at the White House, two points stand out, one about where we are and the other about where we've been.First, while there are encouraging...     RealClearPolitics        more   
• Common Dreams NewsCenter
• Feb 9, 2010 Palm Oil Deal 'A Threat to the Rainforest' by Martin HickmanHundreds of millions of tonnes of palm oil look set to be pumped into Britain's vehicles despite scientific evidence showing that chopping down rainforests to make way for plantations exacerbates climate change, according to a leaked report. The European Commission is...     Common Dreams NewsCenter        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 Battle Begins Over Who'll Get Lucrative Haiti Cleanup Contracts by Martha Brannigan and Jacqueline Charles As Haiti begins digging out from under 60 million cubic meters of earthquake wreckage, U.S. firms have begun jockeying for a bonanza of cleanup work.It's unclear at this point who will be awarding the cleanup contracts, but there is big money to be made...     Common Dreams NewsCenter        more   
• AllHeadlineNews.com
• Feb 9, 2010 All Headline News - Breaking News The latest top breaking news, U.S., world, business, politics, entertainment, celebrities, sports, technology, and more.     AllHeadlineNews.com        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 (AHN) Israel Running Out of Space for Tourists To Stay The Israeli tourism ministry is pushing to increase tourism but some worry there is a shortage of hotel rooms for visitors Israeli Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov told Israel's yearly tourism fair in Tel Aviv on Tuesday that while tourism figures were rising, Israel hopes to increase the number...     AllHeadlineNews.com        more   
• Consortiumnews.com
• Feb 9, 2010 Palin, Psy-Ops and 'Condescending' Libs The neocon Washington Post slams "condescending" liberals while Sarah Palin mocks them condescendingly, says Robert Parry. February 8, 2010     Consortiumnews.com        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 Shunning Howard Zinn's History The mainstream U.S. media ignores or denigrates progressive viewpoints, like those of Howard Zinn, notes William Blum. February 7, 2010     Consortiumnews.com        more   
• NiemanWatchdog.org
• Feb 2, 2010 Is basic American telephone service in a death spiral? Bruce Kushnick questions whether AT T and Verizon are trying to kill off the “plain old telephone service” that millions of Americans rely on. In a recent FCC filing cited by Kushnick, AT T stated that landline utilities are from a bygone era, and asked to be relieved of its obligations to...     NiemanWatchdog.org        more   
• Feb 1, 2010 Obama gave a pass to out-of-control military spending The GAO showed that contractors' estimates have nothing to do with reality, and economic hard times may eventually force the President and Congress to rein in outrageously costly warships, planes and missile systems that don't work. But that time isn't here yet.     NiemanWatchdog.org        more   
• The American Prospect
• Feb 9, 2010 Where Will We Get the Next Rachel Maddow? The folding of Air America seems a grim omen for progressive media. It's not all dire -- three strategies for keeping progressive media makers flourishing.     The American Prospect        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 The Holy War Pitch We're only doing al-Qaeda recruiters a favor by casting its young men as invincible warriors.     The American Prospect        more   
• Feb 9, 2010 The Problem of Too Little Money in Politics The real concern after Citizens United should be that small donors will stop giving.     The American Prospect        more   
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