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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com Sorry, John McCain, But Anti-Choicers Are Judged on Actions, Not Words Posted by andrea on 26 November, 2012 Amanda Marcotte This video of John McCain on Fox News Sunday morning is getting a lot of traction, because it seems like he’s telling Republicans to back off their opposition to abortion rights. read more Private, Public, Union, or Management: Who Takes All the Money? Posted by Craig Brown on 26 November, 2012 Paul Buchheit It's not public workers.. Start with local government, whose 14 million employees make up almost two-thirds of the public payroll, according to Census Department data. They make up 11% of the total U.S. workforce but receive only 10% of the total compensation. Their average salary is $43,000. State government employees make up 3.6% of the U.S. workforce and receive 3.9% of the total compensation. read more Same Day Voter Registration a "Problem" Scott Walker Intends to Fix Posted by andrea on 26 November, 2012 Brendan Fischer As the final votes are tallied, it is becoming clear that Barack Obama won reelection November 6, 2012 with a higher popular vote than Ronald Reagan enjoyed in 1980, thanks in part to near-record turnout from young people and people of color. High voter turnout is celebrated in some quarters as a sign of a vibrant democracy, but among Wisconsin's GOP leadership, the state's consistently high voter participation rate is apparently viewed as a "problem" that needs fixing. read more Using War as Cover to Target Journalists Posted by lauren on 26 November, 2012 David Carr The setting at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel on Tuesday represented the height of refinement, but Alan Rusbridger, editor in chief of The Guardian, reminded the black-tie crowd at the annual dinner for the Committee to Protect Journalists of something it knew all too well: in many parts of the globe, its profession is under murderous assault. read more What’s at Stake for Agriculture in COP 18? Posted by andrea on 26 November, 2012 Shefali Sharma The biggest threat for agriculture at the 18th Conference of Parties (COP) of the UNFCCC is the certain likelihood (oxymoron intended) of “non-decisions” for setting ambitious emissions reduction targets for the post-2012 period, when the Kyoto Protocol’s first commitment period expires. read more To Change Our Direction, It’s Time to Follow Nature’s Lead Posted by andrea on 26 November, 2012 Sarah van Gelder Photo by Vladimir Konovalov I live among Chief Seattle’s people, and one of the things I’ve learned from this experience is humility. read more Time Is Running Out: The Doha Climate Talks Must Put an End to Excuses Posted by andrea on 26 November, 2012 John Vidal photo: Arend Kuester via flickr read more Stand Still For the Apocalypse Posted by andrea on 26 November, 2012 Chris Hedges Humans must immediately implement a series of radical measures to halt carbon emissions or prepare for the collapse of entire ecosystems and the displacement, suffering and death of hundreds of millions of the globe’s inhabitants, according to a report commissioned by the World Bank. The continued failure to respond aggressively to climate change, the report warns, will mean that the planet will inevitably warm by at least 4 degrees Celsius (7.2 degrees Fahrenheit) by the end of the century, ushering in an apocalypse. read more “It’s Mostly Punishment…” Posted by andrea on 26 November, 2012 Oded Na'aman “There is no country on Earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside its borders,” President Barack Obama said at a press conference last week. He drew on this general observation in order to justify Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel’s most recent military campaign in the Gaza Strip. In describing the situation this way, he assumes, like many others, that Gaza is a political entity external and independent of Israel. This is not so. read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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