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Morning Coffee - 19 November 2009

Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to. We begin with the "Starting Five" items of the day -- ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, UN Dispatch,  19 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  U.S. Senate,  U N Security Council,  John Kerry,  FOX Broadcasting Company

C Street house no longer tax exempt

The IRS finally figured out that the fundamentalist flophouse on C Street owned by the secretive Christian group known as "The Family" is a dorm. Until recently, the C Street home for legislators avoided paying property taxes by claiming to be a church. ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, Majikthise,  18 Nov 2009

Morning Coffee -18 November 2009

Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to. We begin with the "Starting Five" items of the day -- ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, UN Dispatch,  18 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Joe Biden,  Anglo American plc,  Silvio Berlusconi,  World Food Programme

The truth hurts: Newsweek's Palin cover

Newsweek used this photograph of Sarah Palin as this week's cover shot. The headline reads, "How do you solve a problem like Sarah? She's bad news for the GOP and everyone else." It's a damned good question, and I couldn't think of a better image to ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, Obsidian Wings,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Newsweek,  Sarah Palin,  U.S. Republican Party,  Bryan Adams

Morning Coffee - 17 November 2009

Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to. We begin with the "Starting Five" items of the day -- ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, UN Dispatch,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Hu Jintao,  Muammar al-Qaddafi,  Paul Krugman,  John Kerry

Continuing Medical Propaganda Education

WASHINGTON—Health legislation moving through Congress would force drug makers to disclose how much they spend on continuing medical education classes for doctors, sparking some resistance from the industry. For-profit continuing medical education ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, Majikthise,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress

You wouldn't want Reps making up their own remarks, would you?

Ken Silverstein on the widespread phenomenon of lobbyists writing talking points and even whole statements for members of Congress: (A few years ago I found that the lobby firm of Patton Boggs had drafted a statement for Congressman Joe Barton of Texas ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, Majikthise,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Congress,  Joe Barton,  OPEC

Morning Coffee - 16 November 2009

Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to. We begin with the "Starting Five" items of the day -- ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, UN Dispatch,  16 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  White House,  Aung San Suu Kyi,  Robert Gibbs,  Jim Webb

Lawmakers delivered talking points written by drug company lobbyists

Robert Pear of the New York Times exposes an old fashioned bipartisan scandal; Genentech lobbyists wrote talking points for legislators and dozens of legislators used them: WASHINGTON — In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, Majikthise,  15 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Genentech, Inc.,  New York Times Company,  U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Congressional Record

Morning Coffee -13 November 2009

Welcome to Morning Coffee, brought to you by Lindsay Beyerstein with additional links from the UN Dispatch team. Every morning we survey foreign affairs and foreign policy news so you don't have to. We begin with the "Starting Five" items of the day -- ...

From LINDSAY BEYERSTEIN, UN Dispatch,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed,  Central Intelligence Agency,  George W. Bush,  General James L Jones

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