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January 30, 2004
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Common
Dreams, an aggregator of
progressive news and commentary, provides a daily e-mail summary. It's
so good at capturing the news that I care about -- politics, economics,
and the environment -- that I now read it before any other newsfeeds.
In fact, it's so good, if it weren't for my need to check out local
Canadian news, it's almost the only
newsfeed/newspaper I need to read. It reliably picks up the most
important stories and op-ed from the world's best newspapers. Less time
reading
newsfeeds, more time for blogs!
As a sample, here's last night's Common Dreams e-mail.
I'd like to get a script that would show this every day
in my right sidebar, like some people do with BuzzFlash. Anyone know
how to do that?
Today's Headlines
Condoleezza
Rice Leads White House Offensive on Iraqi Weapons
Iraq
Commission Could Pose Serious Threat to Bush
WMD:
Now It is Bush's Turn to Face Uncomfortable Truths
Corporate
Owners of Radio, TV Blasted at Hearing
UK:
Demands Grow for Inquiry into the Case for War as Hutton is Accused of
a 'Whitewash'
Diplomacy,
Not War on Iraq, Forced Libya to Give Up Nuclear Quest: Blix
FDA
Drug Ad Enforcement Declines Again
Rumsfeld
Stuns House Committee by Bumping Up US Forces by 30,000
ExxonMobil:
What Just One Company Can Do To the World
Space
Militarization Looms as Threat of 21st Century: Expert
Brussels
Clears GM Maize 'To Please US'
Arab-American
Political Group Endorses Kucinich
Today's Views
Robert Reich: The Dead Center
Tad Daley: Choosing a Flag to Unite a Planet
David Corn: A Dis-Endorsement of Dean
Arianna Huffington: Judy Dean And The Politics Of
Authenticity
James Goldsborough: Truth on Iraq Begins to Emerge
Ted Rall: Let Their People Go: Why Stop With
Iraq?
Greg Palast: BBC At War: M'Lord Hutton Blesses
Blair's Attack on BBC's Investigation of Iraq War Claims
Haroon Siddiqui: Truth Catching up to Bush
Paul Campos: CBS: The Censor Broadcast System
Jay Bookman: No Mystery to Untangling WMD Puzzler
Sidney Blumenthal: The Remaining Democratic Hopefuls are
all Singing from the Same Hymn Sheet to Defeat the President
Robert
Kuttner: The Privileged
Act Worried
Today's Progressive Newswire
Jewish Human Rights Watch U.S.: Despite
Releases, Children
Still Held at Guantanamo
20/20 Vision
No Weapons in Iraq. Now What?
Natural Resources
Defense Council Split London
Court Decision
Allows Controversial Belize Dam Project to Proceed
Jewish Voice for Peace Jewish Voice
for Peace Calls For
an End To Ongoing Violence Against Civilians
People For the American
Way 11th
Circuit Upholds Anti-Gay
Florida Adoption Law
Miami Activist Defense Judge
Dismisses Charges in First
FTAA-Related Jury Trial
Fairness & Accuracy
In Reporting
NPR Responds to FAIR Activists,
Says Review of Cheney's Statements Would be a "Service to the Listeners"
State PIRGs
New Report Shows College
Textbooks Are "Ripoff 101" - Publishers Increase Prices Through
Gimmicks; Faculty Are Concerned
Drug Policy Alliance "Biggest
Shake-Up of Britain's
Drug Laws in 30 Years" Goes Into Effect Today!!
League of Women Voters
of the United States A Report
Finds Youth Are Ready to
Get Involved
Kucinich.US
More Troops Will Be Blocked From
Leaving or Retiring
Sierra Club
Statement
of Emily Green, Director of Sierra Club's Great Lakes Program, on EPA
Announcement of Funding for Great Lakes Toxic Cleanups
Institute for Public
Accuracy UN
Spy Scandal on Iraq: Prominent
Americans Support British Whistleblower
Women's International
League for Peace and Freedom League
Challenges the President, Candidates to Fulfill
the Values of Peace, Justice, & Human Rights for All
National Urban League African
Americans, College
Graduates Hit Hardest By Recession; New National Urban League Study
Says Jobless Recovery Impossible
The Oil Depletion
Analysis Centre Oil Supply
Shortages Likely After
2007
Democrats Abroad Canada American
Voters in Canada Could
Have an Impact on the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election |
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© Copyright 2004 Dave Pollard.
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