Good story - Obama - more Ag development - Africa - $15b - at least a start toward reversing the past 20 years ---
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More on Ag in Africa - can we improve production without making small farmers dependent? - we need a mix of low-input/better management with the high input for specific cases - let's just double average yields first - not 6 tons yield - just 1 ton ---
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Indigenous knowledge/wisdom - indigenous ag - Peru - potatoes - my old stomping grounds - resiliency is the key - in genetic diversity - in ecosystem services - in community life ---
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Dignity - have we lost it? - particularly in political life? - David Brooks - I liked this - thanks J... ---
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Bankers have no shame - as only Jim Hightower can ---
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Healthcare - Howard Dean's new book - interview - I think he has it right - I also think it's an open question if he might have done better than John Kerry ---
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Wells Fargo - $25b in stimulus - cut costs? - eliminate healthcare for workers - your tax dollars at work ---
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Honduras - what is the truth? - Amy Goodman interviews ousted Prez Zelaya ---
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Actual costs of Iraq and AfPak - 3 trillion and counting - still no real budgeting for the total direct costs - another take by Stiglitz and Bilmes ---
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China - Latin America - Brazil's largest partner - US??? - another downside to Iraq/AfPak ---
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Was the press fair to Palin? - a fairly exhaustive and harsh critique of the media - also how journalism has changed and lost its mojo ---
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Texas is harboring the torture decider - where was/is Barbara Jordan when we needed/need her? ---
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There is actually one thing worse than evil itself and that is indifference to evil.
--- Joseph Fletcher
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Did the CIA lie to Congress? - yes - they admit it - can we get to the bottom of what they lied about? - no - it's too dangerous - Huh?? ---
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Racism? - black kids have to leave pool - this is incredible - that this can still happen today is beyond belief - but I'm sure it occurs in many other ways also ---
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More on race - racial profiling widespread and pervasive in the US - UN/ACLU ---
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Most Americans don't believe that human activity causes global warming - Huh?? - uninformed? - not interested? - sort of like most Americans believed that Saddam was involved in 9/11 even after the Bush Administration admitted he wasn't ---
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60s/80s - can this last - enjoy the weekend
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