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March 4th, 2009
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NYTimes: Geography of a recession -- a map of how bad it is and where.
Also NYTimes: Bush Administration terrorism memos, all 160 pages of them. Facsimile.
The AFL-CIO supports nationalizing the banks.
Obama wants changes in how government contracts are awarded\ -- about time! And the Pentagon may get a new director of independent cost assessments, who could pull the plug on projects that run over budget for no good reason.
The International Criminal Court orders the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir for genocide and war crimes. It's the first time any sitting government leader has been ordered arrested.
In California, considering legalizing pot as a cash crop, licensed, to bail the state out financially. And Attorney General Eric Holder says no more raids on medical marijuana users.
In Sacramento, CA, criminalizing removing anything from a waste or recycling bin, thus criminalizing homeless people getting returnable bottles to sell for food money.
In Vancouver, yarn graffiti.
In Hungary, preparing to take one or two former Gitmo prisoners.
Bank of America curtails lending to coal companies that remove the tops of mountains.
When an Amazon supplier drops the lease on a warehouse, it's free books for anyone who wants them.
Ladies, have that glass of wine or two.
Without the makeup, behind the scenes: Kate Winslet, Robert Downey Jr, Kat Dennings, Penelope Cruz, Frank Langella, Sean Penn, Mickey Rourke, Brad Pitt. Multimedia.
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