Thursday, January 24, 2013

Military Contracting: Our New Era of Corporate Mercenaries

Military Contracting: Our New Era of Corporate Mercenaries | Common Dreams

Takeaways from the filibuster fight

Daily Kos: Takeaways from the filibuster fight

Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science

Exclusive: Billionaires secretly fund attacks on climate science - Climate Change - Environment - The Independent

Harry's Not-So-Big Deal

Harry's Not-So-Big Deal - Esquire

Fake Protesters Offered $20 To Stand At Anti-Wind Energy Rally

Astroturf Gone Wrong: Fake Protesters Offered $20 To Stand At Anti-Wind Energy Rally | ThinkProgress

City Officials Push Pension Funds to Divest From Gun Makers

City Officials Push Pension Funds to Divest From Gun Makers - NYTimes.com

Rand Paul's Oafish Performance At Benghazi Hearings

Senator Rand Paul's Performance At Benghazi Hearings Reveals A Perverse Grasp Of American Tragedy - Forbes

Greenland’s melting could be the biggest climate disaster of all |

Why Greenland’s melting could be the biggest climate disaster of all | Grist

Obama names ex-federal prosecutor White as new SEC chief

Obama names ex-federal prosecutor White as new SEC chief - Business on NBCNews.com

Catholic hospital chain beats malpractice suit by saying fetuses aren’t people

Catholic hospital chain beats malpractice suit by saying fetuses aren’t people | The Raw Story

Filibuster Reformers Slam Final Reid-McConnell Deal

Filibuster Reformers Slam Final Reid-McConnell Deal | TPMDC

Tax Analysts Blog -- Missing Half the Cash

taxanalysts.com: Tax Analysts Blog -- Blog Post: Missing Half the Cash

Kerry Calls Out Sen Ron Johnson Out For Missing Benghazi Briefing

Kerry Calls Out GOP Senator Out For Missing Benghazi Briefing (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWire

Global Warming Is a Domestic Crisis

Juan Cole: Global Warming Is a Domestic Crisis - Juan Cole's Columns - Truthdig

Dumb America

Dumb America by Garry Wills | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books

Redevelopment of former Reizenstein School begins in Shadyside/Larimer - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Redevelopment of former Reizenstein School begins in Shadyside/Larimer - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

The GOP's Electoral College Plan

The GOP's Electoral College Plan - West Wing Reports

A Fed Voice, Asking to Cut Megabanks Down to Size

A Fed Voice, Asking to Cut Megabanks Down to Size - NYTimes.com