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Government drug adviser David Nutt sacked | Politics | guardian.co.uk
Professor David Nutt asked to resign after his claims that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol
Garside added: “I’m shocked and dismayed that the home secretary appears to believe that political calculation trumps honest and informed scientific opinion. The message is that when it comes to the Home Office’s relationship with the research community [...]
What should government do? A Jindal meditation — Paul Krugman Blog — NYTimes.com
So what did Bobby Jindal choose to ridicule in this response to Obama last night? Volcano monitoring, of course.
via What should government do? A Jindal meditation — Paul Krugman Blog — NYTimes.com.
The New Deal and right-wing revisionism — The Boston Globe
Presto: You’ve got yourself a paint-by-numbers conservative polemic.
via The New Deal and right-wing revisionism — The Boston Globe.
Israel using Holocaust guilt to continue Gaza op, says British Jewish MP — Haaretz — Israel News
“My grandmother was ill in bed when the Nazis came to her home town.… A German soldier shot her dead in her bed, he said. My grandmother did not die to provide cover for Israeli soldiers murdering Palestinian grandmothers in Gaza,” the MP said.
via Israel using Holocaust guilt to continue Gaza op, says British Jewish MP — Haaretz — Israel News.
Palin Interview Skillz
Tina Fey’s parody of the Palin-Couric interview on SNL this week.
Confidence and Ignorance
What is so unnerving about the candidacy of Sarah Palin is the degree to which she represents — and her supporters celebrate — the joyful marriage of confidence and ignorance
Sam Harris on Sarah Palin and Elitism | Newsweek Politics: Campaign 2008 | Newsweek.com
Gorbachev on the Russian Conflict
Tskhinvali was in smoking ruins and thousands of people were fleeing — before any Russian troops arrived
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV — Russia Never Wanted a War — Op-Ed — NYTimes.com
Fisa
Olbermann Special Comment: Obama’s Second Chance On FISA — Media on The Huffington Post
Cuban Sanctions
The European Union agreed on Thursday to revoke its sanctions against Cuba
Granma Internacional
Internet access is ‘a fundamental right’