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No onto the serious stuff, the headlines that caught our attention and are up for discussion on the program tonight:
Europe Pledges $3 Billion for Climate Aid for Poor Countries
Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy: banks should pay for climate change
Activists mock security checks during EU summit
Our president: Accolades abroad, tone deaf at home
US media positive on Obama’s Oslo speech
Waffle Wildly, and Carry A Big Speech: Obama’s Meandering Nobel Road Trip
Obama: You can’t just be ‘nice to everyone’
Top UN official in Afghanistan wants to leave
No good options for the president in Afghanistan
Obama and the ghosts of wars past
Gates Predicts Stronger Sanctions on Iran, Unless Nuclear Policy Changes
Blackwater joined CIA raids in Iraq and Afghanistan, sources say
Mullen: Afghanistan debate is over, it’s time to move out
40 detained at climate protests in Copenhagen
Max Baucus gave girlfriend $14K raise
Senate health debate hits snag over imported drugs
Politics Today: Senate Health Plan Meets New Resistance
Health care loophole would allow coverage limits
Senate Deal Lets Health Insurers Rob the Public Purse
Pelosi backs Medicare buy-in plan in Senate health-care deal
Americans thought ‘jihad must be waged,’ Pakistani report says
re 12/11 show the link above on Blackwater. The LA Times article linked has a footer to the story regarding the cancellation of “A” contract with Blackwater (for drone missile operation) by Leon Panetta, current head of the CIA.
Big deal. In military contracting, EVERY SINGLE CONTRACT IS FOR A PIECE OF THE PROGRAM. Blackwater (aka Xe) can have 65 other contracts and this is just one tiny one cancelled. As long as the company remains in business and the leadership of this company remains free to walk among us, there is still one law for the peon citizens, and another for the warriors of the corporations. Zeig Heil.