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• Alternet
• Jul 18, 2008 Lightning Strikes: Get Used to Catastrophic Wildfires and Worse In California there were 8,000 lightning strikes in one event, and that was months before fire season. There is more of that in store across the West.     Alternet        more   
• Jul 16, 2008 Food: A luxury Item? The average price of food has tripled in the last twelve months. We may soon be buying our groceries from a boutique.     Alternet        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 AlterNet's Weekly Zeitgeist: Phony Drilling, Afghan Escalation, Never-Ending Financial Crisis and Much More From Bush's oil hoax to the New Yorker's sorry attempt at satire, our Zeitgeist list tracks the progressive issues of the week.     Alternet        more   
• TruthOut
• Jul 18, 2008 Mother's Milk of Politics Turns Sour     Once again we're closing the barn door after the horse is out and gone. In Washington, the Federal Reserve has finally acted to stop some of the predatory lending that exploited people's need for money. And like Rip Van Winkle, Congress is finally waking up from a...     TruthOut        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 Maliki Concedes: No US Withdrawal Deadline Editor's Note: For perspective on Nouri al-Maliki's call for a timetable on American troop withdrawal, see the editorial, "Iraq's Falling Fig Leaf," by CIA political military analyst Peter W. Dickson.     Tucson - US President George W. Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister...     TruthOut        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 Al Gore Lays Down Green Challenge to America Transcript of speech and video below.     Former Vice President Al Gore, seeking to shake up an energy debate that is focused mostly on drilling, challenged the United States to shift its entire electricity sector to carbon-free wind, solar and geothermal power within 10...     TruthOut        more   
• The Nation
• Jul 18, 2008 Today in The Nation: Obama and Iraq Electing Barack Obama is essential to ending the war in Iraq. But his exit plan doesn't guarantee the occupation will end on terms that are swift, just and complete.     The Nation        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 Today in The Nation: MoveOn at Ten Christopher Hayes It's given voice to a new silent majority--and made a few enemies. Now what?     The Nation        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 Today in The Nation: Nine Reasons to Prosecute War Crimes Now Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith Here's why we can't let the Bush Administration off the hook.     The Nation        more   
• Washington Post
• Jul 18, 2008 U.S., Iraq Agree to Set Withdrawal Timeframe Announcement marks a dramatic shift for the Bush administration, which had condemned talk of timetables for withdrawal of U.S. troops.     Washington Post        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 Support Up for Gays in Military Washington Post-ABC News Poll | 75 percent of Americans say it is acceptable for homosexuals to serve openly in U.S. armed forces.     Washington Post        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 EPA Cuts Value of a Human Life Agency lowers its estimate of a life's worth to about $7.22M, which may affect pollution policies.     Washington Post        more   
• Democratic National Committee
• Jul 18, 2008 DNC Memo: Week Two of the Relaunch - More McCain Misfires Two weeks into the latest "relaunch" of his campaign and it's more of the same for John McCain: more of the same bad news, bad reviews and campaign chaos. While the elevation of Steve Schmidt was supposed to tighten McCain's message and organization, McCain was under fire from...     Democratic National Committee        more   
• Jul 18, 2008 McCain Watch: The Economy: John McCain is Not What America Signed Up For Last week, John McCain's top economic advisor, Phil Gramm, echoed McCain's comments that America's economic problems were "psychological" by saying Americans are in a "mental recession" and that America had become a "nation of whiners." While McCain...     Democratic National Committee        more   
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