March 2011
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ASSOCIATED PRESS: Shocking as it may seem, U.S.... →
February 2011
“All my people love me. They would die to protect me.”
– Gaddhafi in his interview with Christiane Amanpour (via thepoliticalnotebook)
www.humansofnewyork.com →
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First, Big Coal broke the union. Then, it broke... →
motherjones:
Thanks to Massey Energy and disorganized labor, the town of Twilight, West Virginia, gets wiped off the map.
Treasury Says Libyan Sanctions Blocked $30 Billion... →
The U.S. Treasury Department has located and frozen at least $30 billion in Libyan assets since Friday as it seeks to deprive embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi of access to government and personal accounts, a department official said.
“This is the largest blocking under any sanctions program ever,” said David Cohen, acting undersecretary of Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence,...
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U.S., U.N., U.K., E.U. Freeze Gadhafi’s Assets -... →
What you might have missed this weekend.
The assets of Col. Moammar Gadhafi and his entourage were frozen over the weekend by the U.S., the United Nations and the U.K. as the international community isolates the Libyan regime for its violent crackdown on protesters. On Monday morning, the European Union also announced sanctions.
Along with the asset freeze, the sanctions on Libya include an...
“Sunday’s game was also the first that featured four of that season’s All-Star...”
– Awesome.
Billups Lifts Knicks Over Heat, 91-86 - NYTimes.com
Concern for Underclass as the City Progresses on... →
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New. York. Knicks.
evangotlib:
Are back.
WIN. BEST GAME OF THE SEASON.
ARE YOU WATCHING THIS KNICKS GAME?!?!
BECAUSE YOU’D BETTER BE.
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Arab World Embraces Israeli's YouTube Spoof of... →
As one surfer wrote in an Arabic talkback early Sunday, “What’s the problem if he’s an Israeli? The video is still funny.” He signed off with the international cyber-laugh, “Hahaha.”
Yemen: Security Forces, Gangs Attack Reporters: At... →
“Iraqi security forces detained about 300 people, including prominent...”
– After Iraq’s Day of Rage, a Crackdown on Intellectuals
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Exclusive: Amanpour Interviews Gadhafi's Son; Saif...
abcworldnews:
In an exclusive interview with “This Week” host Christiane Amanpour, Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi and one of his chief advisers, insisted Libya was calm, the military has not attacked any civilians and reports of Libyan diplomats abandoning their posts were simply a ‘miscommunication.’
There was a “big, big gap between reality and the...
Locked out workers at Montreal newspaper accept... →
globeandmail:
About two-thirds of the employees who voted endorsed the offer
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Watchmsnbc:
NBC’s Richard Engel: For a while, Gadhafi was banning the use of foreign words. You couldn’t say taxi, for example. In any country around the world, a taxi is just a taxi, but here, you had to use the Arabic clunky phrase which means “rented vehicle.”
BREAKING: Wisconsin Police Have Joined Protest... →
kateoplis:
From inside the Wisconsin State Capitol, RAN ally Ryan Harvey:
“Hundreds of cops have just marched into the Wisconsin state capitol building to protest the anti-Union bill, to massive applause. They now join up to 600 people who are inside.”
From his Facebook page earlier today:
“Police have just announced to the crowds inside the occupied State Capitol of Wisconsin: ‘We have...
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Breaking: Obama calls for Gadhafi's removal
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 26, 2011
Readout of President Obama’s Call with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany
The President spoke today...
Key Tribal Chief Wants Yemen President to Quit -... →
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At long last, a reporter gets an unfiltered look... →
For the past five years, I’ve had a standing visa application with the Libyan government of Moammar Gadhafi.
Unlike other dictatorships, where the rejection of journalists is immediate and nonnegotiable, my Libya application simply languished until the message was clear: Don’t even bother working official channels to gain entrance to a nation that’s been shut off to most...
Breaking: UN Security Council Draft on Libya... →
thepoliticalnotebook:
Includes list of names of sanctioned Libyans:
ABDULHAFIZ, Colonel Mas’ud: Armed Forces Commander
ABDUSSALAM, Abdussalam Mohammed: Head Counter-Terrorism, External Security Organisation
ABU SHAARIYA: Deputy Head, External Security Organisation
ASHKAL, Al-Barrani: Deputy Director, Military Intelligence
ASHKAL, Omar: Head, Revolutionary Committees Movement
AL-BAGHDADI/...
Gadhafi's Nurse Says She's Going Home →
notabang:
I’ll just let you all imagine the implications of that decision.
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“Gasland,” a low-budget documentary about alleged perils of natural-gas...”
– Oscar’s Attention Irks Gas Industry - WSJ.com
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New day
New thumbnail photo (it’s my WSJ hedcut) and changed my age in the info bar on the left pane of my page.
Folks across the country protesting along with...
shortformblog:
50 states having pro-union protests in solidarity with Wisconsin source
» But will Obama join them? Probably not, despite, you know, this speech he made all the way back in 2007. Where are your comfortable shoes now, Barack?
US scientists examine possible link between... →
“The current environment of heightened regulatory scrutiny has the potential to...”
– A statement from Bank of America • Noting in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company could be subject to huge penalties over their abusive mortgage practices. They’re not alone: Wells Fargo and Citigroup are in the same boat, and it’s all thanks to the shady way that...
Mets borrowed $25 million from MLB in November -... →