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Wednesday, July 18. 2007

Weds. Morning Links

The press has this guy's phone number. When they want a "staunch Republican who plans to vote Dem this time," they call him. Every year.

Biofuels are messing up EU agriculture too. EU Referendum. It would seem rather elementary to me that one does not use food for fuel.

We all live in a yellow submarine. Want one of your own? Theo

Photo proof of GI torture of Iraqi children. Slower Pace

Drugs and alcohol in the workplace. There's plenty of it, but who's surprised? It's been going on forever, and I guess it's just part of life.

The Dem Iraq offensive: All Dems ordered by leadership to trash Bush and Iraq war.

Yet another campus rape story that won't get big press. Ace. Does the press make the racist "low expectations" assumption here, that black campus rape is dog bites man, but white campus rape is man bites dog?

Al Quaida leaders lurking in Iran. Big surprise there. h/t, Jules

Nuclear fearmongering. Blue Crab. At Maggie's Farm, we love nuke power. It's as close to a free lunch as we will ever have.

If you missed it, scroll down and read The Barrister's Railroad piece about retirement. Quite interesting, with Dr. Bliss' comments.

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 06:44 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Loved those pictures of the GIs.
#1 retriever (Link) on 2007-07-18 06:57 (Reply)
As for the biofuels story, this is where your problem is:

This will have to come from existing arable land used for food production, as the EU's Single Farm payments rules do not allow new land to be brought into production.
#2 Rufus on 2007-07-18 14:55 (Reply)
And here:

Nor does it note that the EU is poised to run contradictory policies, one promoting food production, one "conservation" and the other energy. But that is what we have come to – different parts of the system working against each other.


This is all nonsense. There's about 3 cents worth of corn in your 14 oz box of corn flakes - the one you pay three or four dollars for at the store. It was about two point two cents, and it got as high as four.four cents. The main cost of food is transportation, and oil is heading for EIGHTY DOLLARS/BARREL. Nuff said?
#3 Rufus on 2007-07-18 14:59 (Reply)

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