Friday, May 8, 2009

ah, the sun shining week

Crap O Joke


8:00 am - Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk Bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favorite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

Craps from the Crypt, Or Elsewhere...


Philippe Boulet-Gercourt | American Bankers Have Learned Nothing!
Philippe Boulet-Gercourt, Le Nouvel Observateur: "At the first signs of a lull in the crisis, they have but one idea in their heads: get rid of the government's trusteeship as fast as possible so they can pay themselves allowances and bonuses as they did before. The power struggle with the Obama administration has begun."

Les banquiers américains n'ont rien appris !

Obama contre Wall Street


Aux premiers signes d accalmie de la crise, ils n'ont qu'une idée en tête : se débarrasser au plus vite de la tutelle de l'Etat pour se distribuer comme avant primes et bonus. Le bras de fer avec l'administration Obama a commencé



Marine Protection as Empire Expansion
David Vine and Miriam Pemberton | May 6, 2009
Editor: John Feffer

Foreign Policy In Focus
www.fpif.org

At the 100-day mark, the new president has tackled an extraordinarily wide-ranging agenda, but one item will need his attention soon: closing the empire of U.S. bases around the world. One place to start is to reverse the marine protection areas that the last president established in the Pacific.




Obama sticks with Bush-era polar bear rule
Protection was granted, but limits were set on what to do

Washington - The Obama administration will retain a Bush-era rule for polar bears, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Friday, in a move that angered activists who noted the rule limits what can be done to protect the species from global warming.



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