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Morning headlines brought to you by Carolyn Kay MakeThemAccountable.com Top Story‘Everybody May Not Make It Out’
(Dr. Anna) Pou tells NEWSWEEK’s Julie Scelfo that she did indeed administer morphine and a sedative to the nine patients (she was accused of murdering following Katrina) and she knew that these medication might hasten their deaths. But, she says, killing them was not her intention. In the desperate calculation Pou and other medical professionals were forced to make in the chaos and madness that engulfed the hospital, she says some patients could be saved and others were almost certain to die. It was their suffering Pou says she sought to alleviate.
This is one of the most heart wrenching interviews I have EVER read. Please take some time over the next few days to read it. It’s important to remember how much needless suffering went on while our so-called president enjoyed his birthday cake and pretended to play the guitar. (Thanks to Suburban Guerilla, via Digby)—Caro Vote Republican—or DROWN!
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The WorldCautious optimism after Iraqi political deal
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A new political accord between Iraq's main Sunni Arab, Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders will not be enough to lure boycotting Sunni Arabs back into the government, a spokesman for the biggest Sunni Arab bloc said on Monday.
Shiite gunmen clash in Karbala
BAGHDAD - Sporadic gunfire echoed through the center of Karbala early Wednesday after daylong clashes between rival Shiite militias claimed up to 51 lives and forced officials to abort a Shiite religious festival that had drawn up to 1 million pilgrims from around the world.
Iran ready to fill any vacuum in Iraq
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad boldly declared Tuesday that U.S. political influence in Iraq is "collapsing rapidly" and said his government is ready to help fill any power vacuum
Iraqi insurgents taking cut of U.S. rebuilding money
BAGHDAD — Iraq's deadly insurgent groups have financed their war against U.S. troops in part with hundreds of thousands of dollars in U.S. rebuilding funds that they've extorted from Iraqi contractors in Anbar province. The payments, in return for the insurgents' allowing supplies to move and construction work to begin, have taken place since the earliest projects in 2003, Iraqi contractors, politicians and interpreters involved with reconstruction efforts said.
More Iraqis flee as figure tops four million: UNHCR
More than four million Iraqis have fled their homes because of sectarian violence, the largest population movement in the Middle East since Palestinians left the new state of Israel, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday.
Israel moves troops from Syria border
JERUSALEM - The Israeli army has decided that war with Syria is unlikely and is rotating forces out of the contested Golan Heights after months of cross-border tension, security officials say.
Taliban free 3 South Korean hostages
QALA-E-QAZI, Afghanistan - Taliban militants released three South Korean hostages on Wednesday, the first of 19 captives scheduled to be freed under a deal struck between the insurgents and the South Korean government.
Japan may develop fighters after U.S. rebuff: report
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Defence Ministry is seeking a budget to develop its own fighter jets, a report said on Wednesday, after the U.S. blocked foreign sales of Washington's most advanced stealth fighter for security reasons.
Noriega ordered to face charges in France
A U.S. magistrate judge issued a court order Tuesday to extradite former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to France instead of Panama. France sought Noriega on money-laundering charges related to his drug-racketeering conviction in Miami. Noreiga is due to be released next month from federal prison in Miami.
Sarkozy calls for troop exit from Iraq
PARIS (AFP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy on Monday said Iraq's road to recovery begins with a clear timetable for the pullout of foreign troops as he outlined an assertive role for France in world hotspots.
U.N. conflict prevention efforts faulted
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations spent $18 billion on peacekeeping missions around the globe in the past five years — mainly in Africa — but not enough on preventing conflicts from erupting in the first place.
8-nation poll says limit troops abroad
WASHINGTON - People in the U.S., Britain and six other countries showed little taste for stepping up the role their nations' troops play in overseas crises, but seemed more open to other types of involvement abroad, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll. The NationAnger, sadness mark Katrina anniversary
NEW ORLEANS - On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, anger over the stalled rebuilding was palpable throughout a city where the mourning for the dead and feeling of loss for flooded homes, schools, snowball stands, old-time hairstylists and hardware stores doesn't seem to subside.
Study: Withdrawal possible over a year
WASHINGTON - Most U.S. troops can be withdrawn safely from Iraq in roughly one year and the Bush administration should begin planning the pullout immediately, according to a study released Wednesday.
Bush to request $50 billion more for Iraq war: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush is preparing to ask Congress for as much as $50 billion in additional funding for the war in Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing a White House official.
Baird ‘verbally flogged’ over pro-escalation stance.
For three hours during a townhall meeting last night, Rep. Brian Baird (D-WA) “was verbally flogged by hundreds of his constituents for no longer supporting the quick withdrawal of troops from Iraq.” “There is only one way to end an illegal and immoral war, and that’s to end it,” said Zamme Joi. “You have screwed up, my friend. You have screwed up and you have to change course,” another constituent said. “We don’t care what your convictions are,” said Jan Lustig of Vancouver, “you are here to represent us.”
This is one of the ways we can make a difference, friends. Click through to watch the video.—Caro
Petraeus ‘Softened’ Intelligence Community’s Judgments About State Of Iraq Violence
The Washington Post reports that Gen. David Petraeus, after reviewing an early draft of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, succeeded in altering the document’s judgments about the violence in Iraq: “… Presented with a draft of the conclusions, Petraeus succeeded in having the security judgments softened to reflect improvements in recent months, the official said.”
Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations
BAGHDAD, Aug. 27 — Several federal agencies are investigating a widening network of criminal cases involving the purchase and delivery of billions of dollars of weapons, supplies and other matériel to Iraqi and American forces, according to American officials… One of the investigations involves a senior American officer who worked closely with Gen. David H. Petraeus in setting up the logistics operation to supply the Iraqi forces when General Petraeus was in charge of training and equipping those forces in 2004 and 2005, American officials said Monday. (Emphasis added.)
Craig and GOP await voters' judgment
BOISE, Idaho - Sen. Larry Craig has apologized to Idaho and now waits — along with officials of both political parties — to see if voters are in any mood to forgive and forget the scandal tied to his arrest in a men's bathroom.
Pentagon official is under investigation
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul A. Brinkley, who heads an economic task force in Baghdad, is accused of mismanaging government money and engaging in public drunkenness and sexual harassment, a Defense Department spokesman said last week. MediaPermanent link to MTA daily media news
How Did News Outlets Miss Senator's Arrest for Nearly Three Months?
Even Roll Call reporter John McArdle, who broke the story late Monday, admits he only received word of the arrest and subsequent guilty plea via a tip last week. "You would think in the 24-hour news cycle, something like this would slip through," said McArdle, a four-year veteran of the Capitol Hill daily.
NY Times, networks ignored Sen. Craig's record on gay and lesbian issues
In reporting on Sen. Larry Craig's guilty plea on disorderly conduct charges, the nightly network news broadcasts and The New York Times all ignored his positions on legislation concerning gay and lesbian rights.
Hannity Ignores Stories On Gonzales’ Resignation, Sen. Craig’s Arrest
The resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the arrest of Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) dominated yesterday’s news cycle. All three network evening news shows — ABC, CBS, and NBC — covered the stories. Both The New York Times and Washington Post put the Gonzales resignation on the front page, and covered the Craig story. Yet both reports were largely ignored yesterday by Sean Hannity.
Beck: ‘Nobody cares’ about Gonzales resignation.
Yesterday on his CNN Headline News show, Glenn Beck mentioned the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, stating that he was “surprised” the “media jumped all over this story”.
Click through to watch the video.—Caro
Climate Change: Get Over Objectivity, Newspapers
The industry still has a lot of power to influence people. How about if newspapers abandon their old way of doing things when it comes to the issue of global warming, and turn their influence to good?
"Mother Jones right now is as good as I've ever seen it"
Jon Carroll didn't think Mother Jones could be an effective magazine with two editors. "Oh boy, was I wrong," he writes. "I'm not sure what they're doing right, but they should keep at it." In the past, too many issues of the magazine bathed in High Seriousness, while "the current version of Mother Jones is almost rollicking."
Google Could be Sued for Anti-Semitic Clips on YouTube
YouTube is facing some pretty upset people in Germany for racist clips found on the site, promoting anti-Semitic behavior. With clips showing a 1940 anti-Semitic propaganda film “Jud Suess” and a couple of music videos showing WWII Nazi military operations from far-right rock band Landser (which has been outlawed in Germany), activists and individuals are soliciting Google to have the clips removed.
Amazon Sued by Humane Society for Cockfighting Magazines
Amazon is being sued by the Humane Society, which has filed a civil lawsuit in Washington D.C., stating that the online store has violated animal cruelty laws… While cockfighting itself is illegal, the sale of these items and other paraphernalia has not been made illegal across the nation. The point of debate remains whether or not Amazon should be found responsible for advertisers’ content in these particular magazines. Technology & ScienceChicago scraps plans for Wi-Fi network
CHICAGO - An ambitious plan to blanket the city with wireless broadband Internet will be shelved because it is too costly and too few residents would use it, Chicago officials said Tuesday.
China sending virtual police on cyber-patrols
BEIJING (AFP) - Virtual police officers will soon begin visible patrols on Chinese Internet sites to warn surfers they are being monitored, Beijing authorities said in comments published Wednesday.
Hypnosis Eases Pain of Breast Cancer Surgery
Other benefits: Less anesthesia, faster recovery, less cost, study finds.
Treating Diabetes During Pregnancy Could Lead to Thinner Kids
Increased chances of being overweight, obese by age 7 were virtually erased, study finds
Intriguing Science Behind the 'Fat Virus'
Scientists have known for years that certain viruses can make lab animals fat. As with hormonal changes that can lead to weight gain, these viruses change the way the body processes food. Could it be that at least a small percentage of overweight people who eat reasonable diets are infected with some metabolism-changing virus?
Fire With Fire: Virus Could Combat Deadly Human Bacteria
Viruses that are harmless to humans could help kill fatal drug-resistant bacteria lurking in hospitals, research now reveals.
Gay Civil Unions Sanctioned in Medieval Europe
Civil unions between male couples existed around 600 years ago in medieval Europe, a historian now says… If accurate, the results indicate socially sanctioned same-sex unions are nothing new, nor were they taboo in the past.
Oldest Living Thing Found in Ice
The oldest living thing has been discovered in the form of 600,000-year-old bacteria extracted from ice cores, scientists claim. The finding gives hope that if Mars or other frigid worlds ever supported life similar to these ancient bacteria, they might be alive still. EnvironmentU.S. study blames hot 2006 on humans
Warming caused by human activity was the biggest factor in the high temperatures recorded in 2006, according to a report by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Houston group, Sierra Club plan presidential forum
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Houston's oil-based business community has teamed up with the oldest environmental organization to produce a November forum for leading presidential candidates to discuss U.S. energy policy.
Trying to Connect the Dinner Plate to Climate Change
Big animal rights groups do not share the same mission, but they have coalesced around a message that eating meat is worse for the environment than driving.
New roof technology could save you money
From an energy efficiency perspective, roof technology has not progressed substantially in hundreds of years, but that is changing with the use of active thermal mass components, reflective pigments and coatings, subventing, radiant barriers and other novel techniques being tested by a team led by Bill Miller and Jan Kosny of ORNL’s Building Envelopes group.
Hot and cold from underground
Aug. 28 - Holland is a world leader in using underground water sources to heat and cool buildings, drastically cutting energy bills.
A Better, Cheaper Way To Make Biofuels: Algae
GILBERT, Ariz. - An Arizona company says they've developed a better, cheaper way to make biofuels, and more of it, from algae. Diversified Energy Corporation has developed a "breakthrough algae production system". The system is called "Simgae", for 'simple algae'. It utilizes common agriculture and irrigation components to produce algae at a fraction of the cost of competing systems. For more headlines, visit MakeThemAccountable.com. |
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