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Find out more at http://newstrust.net/ Some businesses waste more than £1m a year on excess energy, carbon trading trial finds Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450429 http://newstrust.net/stories/450429 <span>yorkshirepost.co.uk - By Tom Palmer - Nov. 24 (Special Report) - A PIONEERING carbon trading programme in Yorkshire has revealed some businesses are wasting more than a £1m a year on excess energy and would face six figure fines under future legislation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450429">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450429">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450429">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Energy Pollution Climate Change Yes, Sarah, There is a Media Conspiracy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448485 http://newstrust.net/stories/448485 <span><a href="/sources/true_slant">True/Slant</a> - By Matt Taibbi - Nov. 23 (Opinion) - Is the media out to get Sarah Palin? It seems like most of the letters I get are insisting that I admit it. “Surely you can’t deny,” writes one woman from Florida, “that no political figure in American history has had to put up with what Sarah Palin has had to put up with from the mainstream media.” Now, this is the part of this red-blue schtick where I’m supposed to strike back without thinking and re-hash the history of, say, the Monica Lewinsky scandal in rebuttal and then, as the argument progresses, do the whole “I know you are but what am I?” thing until the end of time. I’ve decided from now on that I’m just not going to go there with any of this culture-war bullshit. It’s exhausting. I mean, hell, if you want to argue over who’s more justified in wallowing in media victimhood, that’s not a fight I mind losing. Mazel tov!</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448485">3.9 average</a> - <a href="/stories/448485">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448485">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Media and Politics Sarah Palin Culture Wars Naomi Klein on Climate Debt: Why Rich Countries Should Pay Reparations To Poor Countries For The Climate Crisis Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/450156 http://newstrust.net/stories/450156 <span><a href="/sources/democracy_now">Democracy Now</a> - By Naomi Klein, Amy Goodman - Nov. 23 (Interview) - With the Copenhagen climate summit two weeks away, best-selling journalist Naomi Klein examines the grass-roots movement behind the climate debate proposal that argues all the costs associated with adapting to a more hostile ecology—everything from building stronger sea walls to switching to cleaner, more expensive technologies—are the responsibility of the countries that created the crisis. Klein also discusses the 10th anniversary of the Seattle WTO protests and the 10th anniversary of her first book, “No Logo.”</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/450156">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/450156">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/450156">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Environment Money Leaked documents reveal No 10 cover-up over Iraq invasion Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/444466 http://newstrust.net/stories/444466 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Richard Norton-Taylor - Nov. 23 - • Inquiry to hear how Blair hid true intentions for war • Military ?ill-prepared? for aftermath of invasion Military commanders are expected to tell the inquiry into the Iraq war, which opens on Tuesday, that the invasion was ill-conceived and that preparations were sabotaged by Tony Blair?s government?s attempts to mislead the public. They were so shocked by the lack of preparation for the aftermath of the invasion that they believe members of the British and US governments at the time could be prosecuted for war crimes by breaching the duty outlined in the Geneva convention to safeguard civilians in a conflict, the Guardian has been told. The lengths the Blair government took to conceal the invasion plan and the extent of military commanders? anger at what they call the government?s "appalling" failures emerged as Sir John Chilcot, the inquiry?s chairman, promised to produce a "full and insightful" account of how Britain was drawn into the conflict. Fresh evidence has emerged ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/444466">4.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/444466">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/444466">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Iraq The Cost of Dying Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 http://newstrust.net/stories/449709 <span><a href="/sources/cbs_news">CBS News</a> - By Steve Kroft - Nov. 23 (Special Report) - Every medical study ever conducted has concluded that 100 percent of all Americans will eventually die. This comes as no great surprise, but the amount of money being spent at the very end of people's lives probably will. Last year, Medicare paid $50 billion just for doctor and hospital bills during the last two months of patients' lives - that's more than the budget of the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Education. And it has been estimated that 20 to 30 percent of these medical expenditures may have had no meaningful impact. Most of the bills are paid for by the federal government with few or no questions asked. You might think this would be an obvious thing for Congress and the president to address as they try to reform health care. But what used to be a bipartisan issue has become a politically explosive one - a perfect example of the costs that threaten to bankrupt the country and how hard it's going to be to rein them in</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/449709">4.1 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/449709">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/449709">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Economy Medicare Rising sea levels threaten Caribbean region - Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446416 http://newstrust.net/stories/446416 <span><a href="/sources/los_angeles_times">Los Angeles Times</a> - By Chris Kraul - Nov. 23 (News) - The effect of climate change is anything but hypothetical to retired Colombian naval officer German Alfonso. Just ask him about the time his neighborhood in this historic coastal city became an island.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446416">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446416">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446416">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Dems 'In Deep Trouble' On Health Care, The Only Options Are A Bad Bill Or 2010 Losses Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448700 http://newstrust.net/stories/448700 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By Sam Stein - Nov. 23 (Interview) - One of the leading progressive champions of health care reform is pessimistic about the state of the debate in the Senate, saying he sees virtually no path to passing strong legislation and predicting potential congressional losses for Democrats as a consequence.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448700">3.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448700">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448700">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Democratic Party Single Payer Activists to Congress: Defeat Democratic Health Bill Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/448186 http://newstrust.net/stories/448186 <span><a href="/sources/common_dreams">Common Dreams</a> - By Russell Mokhiber - Nov. 23 (News Report) - The Democratic health care bill is a massive bailout of the private health insurance industry. It is convoluted and complicated. And it should be defeated.That's the take of a number of leading single payer activists.They will hold a press conference the day before Thanksgiving. And call on Congress to defeat the more than 2,000 page bill. Start from scratch. And pass single payer, Medicare for all, national health insurance.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/448186">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/448186">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/448186">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care Should We Laugh? Cry? Both? Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 http://newstrust.net/stories/445949 <span><a href="/sources/new_republic">New Republic</a> - By Jonathan Cohn - Nov. 23 (News Analysis) - The ritual is becoming familiar. Health care reform passes a major political hurdle. And progressives don?t know whether to laugh or cry. Last time, the occasion was a vote in the House of Representatives. Health care reform passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats had extracted a major concession on abortion rights. This time, it was a vote in the Senate--not on whether to pass a bill, but whether to begin debating one. This measure, too, passed by the slimmest of margins, but not before conservative Democrats and one notorious independent made clear they were prepared to shut things down later if legislation includes a public insurance option. It?s no fun to watch this unfold. And yet this is the exactly the sort of drama you should expect for the next few weeks, as the Senate deliberations play out. The bill Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced last week is not everything it could be--not by a long shot. And progressives will try their ...</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445949">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445949">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445949">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Health Care U.S. Congress Democratic Party Republican Party Sarah Palin's Going Rogue going great guns at the tills Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446988 http://newstrust.net/stories/446988 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By Alison Flood - Nov. 23 (Other) - Former vice-presidential candidate?s memoir racks up 300,000 sales on its first day in shops Sarah Palin's memoir, Going Rogue, has become one of the bestselling non-fiction books in history after it sold 300,000 copies in its first day on sale. Palin's publisher HarperCollins told American press that Going Rogue has proved so popular it has been forced to print an extra 300,000 books after an initial print run of 1.5m, with about 300,000 sold on 17 November – its day of publication – alone. Going Rogue is currently sitting at the top of Amazon.com?s bestseller list, ahead of Stephenie Meyer, Dan Brown and Stephen King. Palin's first-day sales are behind Bill Clinton?s, whose 2004 memoir My Life sold 400,000 in its first 24 hours, but ahead of Hillary Clinton's, whose autobiography Living History broke records when it was published in 2003, selling 200,000 copies on publication day. The figures are nonetheless a long way behind fiction sales</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446988">2.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446988">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446988">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Sarah Palin Books Rep. David Obey Warns President Obama of Afghanistan War Surtax Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447276 http://newstrust.net/stories/447276 <span><a href="/sources/abc_news">ABC News</a> - By Jonathan Karl - Nov. 23 (Interview) - The powerful chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has a stark message for President Obama about Afghanistan -- sending more troops would be a mistake that could "wipe out every initiative we have to rebuild the economy."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447276">3.9 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/447276">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447276">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. House of Representatives Afghanistan Taxes Weighing Jobs and Deficit Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/445531 http://newstrust.net/stories/445531 <span><a href="/sources/wall_street_journal">Wall Street Journal</a> - By Elizabeth Williamson - Nov. 23 (News Report) - The White House is lukewarm about proposals by congressional Democrats to introduce broad legislation to create jobs, instead favoring targeted measures that would be less likely to inflate the deficit, administration officials said. There is as yet no agreement within the White House or in Congress on how to try to curb the U.S. jobless rate. But the differences in opinion suggest that rifts could emerge among Democrats as they wrestle with how to beat back the highest unemployment rate in a generation.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/445531">3.0 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/445531">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/445531">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Jobs U.S. White House Obey wants 'war surtax' to fund Afghan effort - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/447801 http://newstrust.net/stories/447801 <span><a href="/sources/the_hill">The Hill</a> - By Michael O'Brien - Nov. 23 (News Report) - Any troop increase for Afghanistan should come with a "war surtax" on high income Americans, a top House chairman said Monday. Rep. David Obey (D-Wisc.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, warned that if President Barack Obama decides to send additional troops to Afghanistan, it should be funded with the new tax."If we have to pay for the healthcare bill, we should pay for the war as well," Obey told ABC News in an interview.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/447801">3.5 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/447801">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/447801">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Money and Politics Taxes War Extremes back climate experts' warnings Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446402 http://newstrust.net/stories/446402 <span>theaustralian.com.au - By Jared Owens, Lanai Vasek - Nov. 23 (News) - IT was a weekend of extremes. Melbourne copped a month's worth of rain in just 17 hours, NSW grappled with "catastrophic" bushfire conditions and record November temperatures -- and Climate Change Minister Penny Wong linked the unpredictable weather patterns to the effects of global warming.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446402">2.8 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/446402">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446402">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Advocacy Groups May Reshape Message During Holidays Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/443059 http://newstrust.net/stories/443059 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Katharine Q. Seeleye - Nov. 22 (News Analysis) - The Senate debate on health care, set to begin the week after Thanksgiving, is now on course to collide with the holiday season. One question for advocacy groups on all sides will be whether to keep up their barrage of pointed commercials, even as chestnuts roast and stockings are hung.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/443059">3.3 average</a> - <a href="/stories/443059">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/443059">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Advertising Lobbying Health Care Climate change sceptics and lobbyists put world at risk, says top adviser Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/443711 http://newstrust.net/stories/443711 <span><a href="/sources/the_guardian">The Guardian</a> - By David Adam - Nov. 22 (News Report) - Climate change sceptics and fossil fuel companies that have lobbied against action on greenhouse gas emissions have squandered the world's chance to avoid dangerous global warming, a key adviser to the government has said.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/443711">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/443711">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/443711">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change United Nations Global Warming Environment POLITICO 44: GOP sens. write Napolitano Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/446112 http://newstrust.net/stories/446112 <span><a href="/sources/politico">The Politico</a> - By Kendra Marr - Nov. 22 (News Report) - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and 11 of his Senate colleagues blasted Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday for supporting the legalization of undocumented immigrants.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/446112">Not rated yet</a> - <a href="/stories/446112">See Info »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/446112">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Immigration U.S. Senate Obama Administration Republican Party Road to Copenhagen Part: US Climate Legislation & Lobbyists Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/442814 http://newstrust.net/stories/442814 <span>Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy - By Jeff Smith - Nov. 22 (News Analysis) - Called the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, the Waxman-Markey bill was fought hard by the energy industry. According to a report by the Center for Public Integrity, “More than 460 new businesses and interest groups jumped into lobbying Congress on global warming in the weeks before the House neared its historic vote on climate change legislation.” You can see from the chart above that there was a spike in the amount of lobbying just prior to the bill’s passing.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/442814">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/442814">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/442814">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Climate Change Lobbying Nidal Hasan Emails Could Indicate Fort Hood Shooting Was A Terrorist Plot Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437215 http://newstrust.net/stories/437215 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Pamela Hess, Anne Gearan - Nov. 21 (Breaking News) - WASHINGTON – The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437215">3.2 average</a> - <a href="/stories/437215">4 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437215">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Terrorism Department of Defense U.S. Senate Obama Aims to Allay Auto Lobby Concern on Korea Trade Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437216 http://newstrust.net/stories/437216 <span><a href="/sources/bloomberg">Bloomberg</a> - By Edwin Chen, Julianna Goldman - Nov. 21 (News Report) - President Barack Obama said he is committed to pushing through a free trade agreement with South Korea that has been stalled by the U.S. auto lobby and unions, who argue it doesn’t do enough to open up Korean markets. Obama’s joint press conference in Seoul today with South Korean counterpart Lee Myung Bak was a last chance on his four- nation Asia trip to show he opposes protectionism. The accord has been held up in Congress, where lawmakers are demanding wider access for Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. Lee said today he is willing to reopen talks on the auto industry.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437216">3.1 average</a> - <a href="/stories/437216">3 Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437216">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Cars North Korea Transportation Lobbying Obama Administration Depleted Uranium and the Medical Mismanagement of Gulf War Veterans Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/440419 http://newstrust.net/stories/440419 <span><a href="/sources/truthout">TruthOut</a> - By Paul Zimmerman - Nov. 21 (Opinion) - The United States insists that weapons containing depleted uranium (DU) pose no health hazards to exposed populations. This charade persists because an artful propaganda matrix has infiltrated and corrupted certain aspects of the radiation and biological sciences.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/440419">4.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/440419">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/440419">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> War Health Care On the Hill: Legislative Pileup Looms in the Senate Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/439391 http://newstrust.net/stories/439391 <span><a href="/sources/new_york_times">New York Times</a> - By Carl Hulse - Nov. 21 (News Analysis) - While Republicans dispute that they are pure obstructionists, there is evidence to suggest that they are using their procedural power to slow even legislation and nominations that they know they have no chance of blocking. And in some cases, many Republicans do not truly expect to prevail.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/439391">3.7 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/439391">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/439391">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Senate Democratic Party Republican Party U.S. Congress How Stimulating Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/437284 http://newstrust.net/stories/437284 <span><a href="/sources/washington_monthly">Washington Monthly</a> - By Steve Benen - Nov. 21 (Comment) - Republican critics of the economic recovery efforts, when they're not taking credit for the money that's benefiting their state/district, take it as a given that the stimulus "failed." For the right, it's a foregone conclusion, hardly worth discussing anymore. The New York Times reminds us today that "dispassionate analysts" agree that a fair look at the stimulus package shows that it may be "messy" but it's also "working."</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/437284">4.3 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/437284">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/437284">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> U.S. Economy Money U.S. Budget Jobs U.S. Congress If It Were Me, I'd Be Embarrassed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/440015 http://newstrust.net/stories/440015 <span><a href="/sources/huffington_post">Huffington Post</a> - By David Vines - Nov. 21 (Opinion) - Last Wednesday, a media firestorm erupted after a seventeen-year-old girl named Jackie was interviewed by MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell while standing in line during Sarah Palin's Michigan book signing.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/440015">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/440015">See Reviews »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/440015">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Media and Politics Journalism Colo. to review taxpayer-paid lobbyists practice Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800 http://newstrust.net/stories/434080 http://newstrust.net/stories/434080 <span><a href="/sources/associated_press">Associated Press</a> - By Steven K. Paulson - Nov. 21 (News Report) - At a time of budget cuts, Democratic Gov. Bill Ritter's administration last year paid employees and outside contractors $1.1 million to lobby Colorado lawmakers on legislation ranging from renewable energy tax credits to increasing motor vehicle license fees. The administration and legislators are reviewing the long-standing practice of one branch of government lobbying another — one that predates the Ritter administration — as Colorado tries to close a $1 billion budget gap.</span><p><b>NewsTrust Rating: </b><a href="/stories/434080">3.4 average</a> (not enough reviews) - <a href="/stories/434080">See Review »</a> - <a href="http://newstrust.net/stories/434080">Review It</a>        <a href="http://newstrust.net/">Visit NewsTrust</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about">About</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/partners/feeds/rss">Sign Up</a> | <a href="http://newstrust.net/about/disclaimer">Disclaimer</a></p> Lobbying Democratic Party Money and Politics