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Friday, January 9th, 2009
2:00 pm	Campaign For Special Torture Prosecutor Takes Change.gov Site By Storm http://www.alternet.org/election08/118708/campaign_for_special_torture_prosecutor_takes_change.gov_site_by_storm/ The votes are in, and the top-ranked question -- out of 70,000 submitted to Obama's site -- asks for an investigation of torture and spying. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	10 Absurd Conservative Myths About Obama's Recovery Plan http://www.alternet.org/workplace/118405/10_absurd_conservative_myths_about_obama%27s_recovery_plan/ Instead of taking accountability for this mess, conservatives are firing off the latest B.S. storm. Here's what you need to know to fire back. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	Union Ramps Up Massive Campaign to Keep Obama's Feet to the Fire http://www.alternet.org/workplace/118459/union_ramps_up_massive_campaign_to_keep_obama%27s_feet_to_the_fire/ The SEIU says it's making a big push and committing huge resources to word for the passage of key progressive measures to aid working families. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	Want to End the Violence in Gaza? Boycott Israel. http://www.alternet.org/audits/118332/want_to_end_the_violence_in_gaza_boycott_israel./ To end the bloody occupation, Israel should become the target of the kind of global movement that put an end to South Africa's apartheid. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	What You'd Know About Israel If You Watched Al Jazeera TV http://www.alternet.org/audits/118080/what_you%27d_know_about_israel_if_you_watched_al_jazeera_tv_/ Live coverage of the war hasn't made it into most American living rooms. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	By the People, For the People: AlterNet Readers Send Their Messages to Obama http://www.alternet.org/story/118460/by_the_people%2C_for_the_people%3A_alternet_readers_send_their_messages_to_obama_/ Here are some of the best essays submitted by members of the AlterNet community in our "100 Words for 100 Days" project. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	Defeating the Multinationals Is Just the Start of the Problem for Anti-Globalization Movements http://www.alternet.org/water/117988/defeating_the_multinationals_is_just_the_start_of_the_problem_for_anti-globalization_movements/ Bolivia ignited anti-globalization supporters by ousting the company that controlled its water. But that was just the beginning of its problems. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	Defeating the Multinationals Is Just the Start of the Problem for Anti-Globalization Movements http://www.alternet.org/workplace/117988/defeating_the_multinationals_is_just_the_start_of_the_problem_for_anti-globalization_movements/ Bolivia ignited anti-globalization supporters by ousting the company that controlled its water. But that was just the beginning of its problems. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	10 Absurd Conservative Myths About Obama's Recovery Plan http://www.alternet.org/election08/118405/10_absurd_conservative_myths_about_obama%27s_recovery_plan/ Instead of taking accountability for this mess, conservatives are firing off the latest B.S. storm. Here's what you need to know to fire back. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	How You Can Start a Farm in Heart of the City http://www.alternet.org/environment/118483/how_you_can_start_a_farm_in_heart_of_the_city/ Sick of flavorless, genetically modified, pesticide-drenched frankenvegetables? It's time to start growing food in your back yard. (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
5:00 pm	Obama: "We Will Double the Production of Alternative Energy in the Next Three Years" http://www.alternet.org/environment/118422/obama%3A_%26quot%3Bwe_will_double_the_production_of_alternative_energy_in_the_next_three_years%26quot%3B/ Obama's speech lays out some bold energy plans. Here's the highlights and the speech itself. (Comment on this)
1:00 pm	A Green Agenda for Obama's First 100 Days http://www.alternet.org/environment/117548/a_green_agenda_for_obama%27s_first_100_days/ The world's top environmentalists offer the president-elect their advice on the priorities he should set for his first 100 days. (Comment on this)
8:00 am	A Better Way to End Unauthorized Immigration http://www.alternet.org/workplace/118048/a_better_way_to_end_unauthorized_immigration/ How Europe's trade model could solve America's immigration problem. (Comment on this)
8:00 am	Is the Gaza Catastrophe Really About Natural Resources? http://www.alternet.org/environment/118039/is_the_gaza_catastrophe_really_about_natural_resources_/ Israel’s official war aim is difficult to take seriously. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
12:00 am	Republicans Fight Obama's Stimulus Plan, Fearing Its Success Will Mean Years of Political Oblivion http://www.alternet.org/workplace/117537/republicans_fight_obama%27s_stimulus_plan%2C_fearing_its_success_will_mean_years_of_political_oblivion/ For Republicans, one lesson of the New Deal is that it left the Democrats firmly in power for more than 20 years. (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 8th, 2009
12:00 am	Body Count Nation http://www.alternet.org/audits/118087/body_count_nation/ Judging by our wars, we're not much more advanced than ancient civilizations. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	Nelson Rockefeller's Deepest, Darkest Secret: Not As Rich As People Believe http://www.alternet.org/workplace/117987/nelson_rockefeller%27s_deepest%2C_darkest_secret%3A_not_as_rich_as_people_believe/ In our staggeringly unequal times, the source of Rocky's distress can offer the rest of us some welcome public policy inspiration. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	Sanjay Gupta: What the Next Surgeon General Doesn't Know About Pot http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/118126/sanjay_gupta%3A_what_the_next_surgeon_general_doesn%27t_know_about_pot_/ The next surgeon general needs to stop putting politics before science. Gupta may not be ready for that. (Comment on this)
12:00 am	Monbiot Grills Shell Oil CEO: Is There Any Investment You Would Not Make on Ethical Grounds? http://www.alternet.org/environment/118021/monbiot_grills_shell_oil_ceo%3A_is_there_any_investment_you_would_not_make_on_ethical_grounds/ Shell will pour big money into alternative energy when more lucrative opportunities are blocked. Where is the government brave enough to block them? (Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
12:00 am	Republicans Fight Obama's Stimulus Plans, Fearing Its Success Will Mean Years of Political Oblivion http://www.alternet.org/workplace/117537/republicans_fight_obama%27s_stimulus_plans%2C_fearing_its_success_will_mean_years_of_political_oblivion/ For Republicans, one lesson of the New Deal is that it left the Democrats firmly in power for more than 20 years. (Comment on this)