My apologies for not posting on Saturday. Please accept this gift , in lieu of the post that was due. I kind of had a wild Friday night and was not functioning at full cuppa speed, Saturday morning, and I needed all of my energy as I was planning to take SSG Dizzy to the [...]
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I’m at this event with RJ Eskow, DDay and Dante from Calitics, and several real MSM press folks:
Los Angeles, CA – For the first time in history, presidential candidates will take part in a forum focused on the issues of global warming and America’s energy future this Saturday, November 17th at the Wadsworth Theater in [...]
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During a hearing on Climate Change on Tuesday, Senator John Kerry pressed Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs on whether the Bush Administration will mute the urgency communicated by a new IPCC summary report on climate change, scheduled to be released later this week in Valencia, Spain. Dobriansky said that [...]
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The Senate overwhelmingly handed Bush a veto override on Thursday on the $23 billion water projects measure which affect various areas across the country.
The vote was 79 to 14, far more than the two-thirds needed to override the veto that President Bush cast last Friday. Only 12 Republicans voted against the measure, and just two [...]
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Hillary Clinton was pushing her “Go Green” platform on Wednesday in New Hampshire, with TV home improvement guru Bob Villa by her side. Clinton “declared that the nation urgently needs to decrease its energy dependence and create new environmentally friendly sources of energy.”
“We are more dependent on foreign oil today than we were on 9-11,” [...]
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It’s Wednesday and some regular readers of my personal blog know what that means. It’s B#@!h Day. And, I’m feeling like it more than usual, today.
But, before I throw caution and good manners to the wind, I just can’t say “no” to your regular daily installment of my “Ten Post Round-Up”.
From News Hounds:
Pity Party Continues [...]
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The WaPo has a piece today about the ‘08 Democratic candidates and the climate change issue and how it could be a risky issue for the candidates. Among the contentions is that implementing changes could be costly and that could alienate some voters. However, the WaPo notes:
The issue has turned into a Democratic primary litmus [...]
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Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced a measure to establish a federal ban on phthalates in children’s toys on Thursday. The bill is modeled after California’s landmark ban on phthalates.
Phthalates are chemicals that added to common plastic products to make them soft and pliable and they can be found in a variety of children’s toys and childcare products that [...]
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There are a lot of scary things in the world.
There’s the “fun-scary”—kids who dress up as clowns, monsters, or fairy princesses once a year to get a month’s supply of candy, which they’ll finish off by morning.
There’s scary movies, from “Jaws” to “Friday the 13th“ to—well—“Scary Movie.”
The murder mystery genre—in books, TV, and film—can scare [...]
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Senator John Kerry spoke to the Council on Foreign Relations today. His address, “After Kyoto, Eyes on Bali: Global Climate Change and American Leadership,” focused on the security challenge of global climate change and the way forward as the U.S. approaches the next round of global climate change talks in Bali in December. Sen. Kerry and Sen. [...]
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Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, John Kerry received an award this week from Small Business California for his efforts to harness the power of America’s small businesses to protect the environment and help curb climate change.
“I am honored to receive this award from Small Business California. More importantly, I want [...]
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I’ve just posted a more comprehensive, updated, article about this topic, as I did here yesterday, at DailyKos. I hope you visit and support the diary so we can get some visibility.
The update is simply that the Hamilton Trail fire line held yesterday and throughout the night. Unexpected flareups in the fire to the north [...]
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