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HEALTH & SCIENCE
PRESS WATCH - A study has found that taking anti-depressants with
painkillers such as ibuprofen, increases the risk of bleeding from the
stomach. A survey, published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
and led by Yoon Loke, of the University of East Anglia, confirms that
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac double the risk
of bleeding from the stomach, but when they are taken with
anti-inflammatory painkillers the risk is far higher.
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THE MIX
ADVOCATE - Prejudice does not stop when one reaches the golden years,
according to a report in The New York Times. In fact, many aging gays
and lesbians are discovering that assisted-living facilities,
rehabilitation centers, and other senior-living options are potentially
full of prejudice, both from staff and other residents. As a result,
LGBT elderly people face ostracism leading to depression and sometimes
even suicide. . . According to Gary Gates of the Williams Institute at
UCLA, there are an estimated 2.4 million gay, lesbian, or bisexual
Americans over the age of 55.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid49671.asp
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MEDIA
AS LIBERALS and groups like the black journalists' association inveigh
against Don Imus coming back to the airwaves, few of them seemed to have
noticed what replaced him on MSNBC: rightwing ex-Congressman Joe
Scarborough. In place of irascible, sometimes offensive Imus who
regularly crossed political lines, we now have a fully reliable
conservative host who calls those who complain about Blackwater "Iraq
losers." Nice job, folks. . .
WE HAVE NOTED before NPR's obsession with that non-existent concept, the
free market. Dean Baker pursues this theme:
DEAN BAKER, PROSPECT - Is "Free Trade" One Word On NPR? Listeners might
think that it is after listening to a segment that discussed increased
public opposition to trade in the context of the Republican presidential
debate in Detroit. They could have saved air time and increased accuracy
by dropping the word "free." After all recent trade agreements have done
little or nothing to remove barriers to trade in highly paid
professional services, like physicians' and lawyers' services (or
reporters' services), so they are really only about reducing some trade
barriers. The upward redistribution discussed in the segment is not an
accident, it is the expected outcome of such trade deals. These trade
deals have also increased some protectionist barriers, most notably by
applying U.S. style patent and copyright protection in the developing
world. Therefore calling these deals "free trade" is especially
inappropriate. The segment also wrongly asserted that the payroll tax is
flat. This is not true. It is regressive, since the Social Security tax
is capped. It does not apply to wage income above roughly $96,000. It
also does not apply at all to capital income that disproportionately
goes to higher income taxpayers.
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press
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OUTLYING PRECINCTS
ORGANIZERS OF DC DRAFT GORE have will gather the necessary signatures to
place former Vice-President Al Gore on the District's primary ballot
next year. In addition to the 1,000 signatures that must be collected
from registered Democratic Party voters, Al Gore must submit a candidate
affidavit. "We already have many volunteers ready and rearing to go
start the petition process once the proper forms become available on
October 12," said James Skoufis, one of the drive's organizers.
Michigan, California, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Illinois, Washington, among other states already have
petition drives underway. Gore has continually refused to rule out the
possibility of running in 2008 and the group hopes that their efforts
will help make his decision easier.
http://americaforgore.org
POLITICO - Julianna Smoot, national finance director of Barack Obama's
presidential campaign, originally sought the support of Norman Hsu, the
top fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton who is now the subject of a federal
criminal complaint accusing him of wire, mail and election fraud.
Obama's campaign tells Politico that the overture was not serious, but
it could take some of the heat off the Clinton campaign for inadequate
vetting of Hsu, who also supported many leading Democratic senators.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6252.html
HOW THE INTERNET COULD HELP RIG ELECTIONS
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12754-hackers-could-skew-us-elections.html
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FIELD NOTES
DIAPER FREE BABY
"DIAPER FREE BABY is a network of free support groups promoting a
natural approach to responding to babies' elimination needs. This
practice is followed worldwide and is known as elimination
communication, natural infant hygiene, and infant potty training. The
process involves observing one's baby's signs and signals, providing cue
sounds and elimination-place associations, and can be done with or
without any diaper use. . . Traditionally this method was seen and
practiced by the whole community, learned naturally over a lifetime.
This aspect has largely been lost"
http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/
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CLICHE CHALLENGE
We are pleased to report that we have recently only added one new
cliche:
Way forward
And, for the first time, we are especially pleased to announce that the
following are so seldom used that we are listing them as former cliches:
Historic opportunity
Obesity crisis
Change the tone
Butcher of Baghdad
Ownership society
Bowling alone
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FURTHERMORE. . .
GALLERY: CHAPEL MADE OF FOUND OBJECTS & OTHER WONDERS IN RIVERSIDE, CA
http://unusuallife.com/2007/10/04/riverside-california-art-weekend/
T-SHIRT FINDS HOT SPOTS (BUT NOT OPEN NETWORKS)
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/10/05/wifi-detecting-light.html
ABC NEWS -A federal study of "boot camps" and wilderness programs for
troubled children has found evidence of hundreds, if not thousands, of
allegations of death and physical, sexual and emotional abuse
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/
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HEALTH & SCIENCE
PRESS WATCH - A study has found that taking anti-depressants with
painkillers such as ibuprofen, increases the risk of bleeding from the
stomach. A survey, published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics
and led by Yoon Loke, of the University of East Anglia, confirms that
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors such as Prozac double the risk
of bleeding from the stomach, but when they are taken with
anti-inflammatory painkillers the risk is far higher.
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE MIX
ADVOCATE - Prejudice does not stop when one reaches the golden years,
according to a report in The New York Times. In fact, many aging gays
and lesbians are discovering that assisted-living facilities,
rehabilitation centers, and other senior-living options are potentially
full of prejudice, both from staff and other residents. As a result,
LGBT elderly people face ostracism leading to depression and sometimes
even suicide. . . According to Gary Gates of the Williams Institute at
UCLA, there are an estimated 2.4 million gay, lesbian, or bisexual
Americans over the age of 55.
http://www.advocate.com/news_detail_ektid49671.asp
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MEDIA
AS LIBERALS and groups like the black journalists' association inveigh
against Don Imus coming back to the airwaves, few of them seemed to have
noticed what replaced him on MSNBC: rightwing ex-Congressman Joe
Scarborough. In place of irascible, sometimes offensive Imus who
regularly crossed political lines, we now have a fully reliable
conservative host who calls those who complain about Blackwater "Iraq
losers." Nice job, folks. . .
WE HAVE NOTED before NPR's obsession with that non-existent concept, the
free market. Dean Baker pursues this theme:
DEAN BAKER, PROSPECT - Is "Free Trade" One Word On NPR? Listeners might
think that it is after listening to a segment that discussed increased
public opposition to trade in the context of the Republican presidential
debate in Detroit. They could have saved air time and increased accuracy
by dropping the word "free." After all recent trade agreements have done
little or nothing to remove barriers to trade in highly paid
professional services, like physicians' and lawyers' services (or
reporters' services), so they are really only about reducing some trade
barriers. The upward redistribution discussed in the segment is not an
accident, it is the expected outcome of such trade deals. These trade
deals have also increased some protectionist barriers, most notably by
applying U.S. style patent and copyright protection in the developing
world. Therefore calling these deals "free trade" is especially
inappropriate. The segment also wrongly asserted that the payroll tax is
flat. This is not true. It is regressive, since the Social Security tax
is capped. It does not apply to wage income above roughly $96,000. It
also does not apply at all to capital income that disproportionately
goes to higher income taxpayers.
http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/beat_the_press
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OUTLYING PRECINCTS
ORGANIZERS OF DC DRAFT GORE have will gather the necessary signatures to
place former Vice-President Al Gore on the District's primary ballot
next year. In addition to the 1,000 signatures that must be collected
from registered Democratic Party voters, Al Gore must submit a candidate
affidavit. "We already have many volunteers ready and rearing to go
start the petition process once the proper forms become available on
October 12," said James Skoufis, one of the drive's organizers.
Michigan, California, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Illinois, Washington, among other states already have
petition drives underway. Gore has continually refused to rule out the
possibility of running in 2008 and the group hopes that their efforts
will help make his decision easier.
http://americaforgore.org
POLITICO - Julianna Smoot, national finance director of Barack Obama's
presidential campaign, originally sought the support of Norman Hsu, the
top fund-raiser for Hillary Clinton who is now the subject of a federal
criminal complaint accusing him of wire, mail and election fraud.
Obama's campaign tells Politico that the overture was not serious, but
it could take some of the heat off the Clinton campaign for inadequate
vetting of Hsu, who also supported many leading Democratic senators.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1007/6252.html
HOW THE INTERNET COULD HELP RIG ELECTIONS
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn12754-hackers-could-skew-us-elections.html
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FIELD NOTES
DIAPER FREE BABY
"DIAPER FREE BABY is a network of free support groups promoting a
natural approach to responding to babies' elimination needs. This
practice is followed worldwide and is known as elimination
communication, natural infant hygiene, and infant potty training. The
process involves observing one's baby's signs and signals, providing cue
sounds and elimination-place associations, and can be done with or
without any diaper use. . . Traditionally this method was seen and
practiced by the whole community, learned naturally over a lifetime.
This aspect has largely been lost"
http://www.diaperfreebaby.org/
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CLICHE CHALLENGE
We are pleased to report that we have recently only added one new
cliche:
Way forward
And, for the first time, we are especially pleased to announce that the
following are so seldom used that we are listing them as former cliches:
Historic opportunity
Obesity crisis
Change the tone
Butcher of Baghdad
Ownership society
Bowling alone
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FURTHERMORE. . .
GALLERY: CHAPEL MADE OF FOUND OBJECTS & OTHER WONDERS IN RIVERSIDE, CA
http://unusuallife.com/2007/10/04/riverside-california-art-weekend/
T-SHIRT FINDS HOT SPOTS (BUT NOT OPEN NETWORKS)
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2007/10/05/wifi-detecting-light.html
ABC NEWS -A federal study of "boot camps" and wilderness programs for
troubled children has found evidence of hundreds, if not thousands, of
allegations of death and physical, sexual and emotional abuse
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW
Washington's Most Unofficial Source
1312 18th St NW (5th Floor)
Washington DC 20036 202-835-0770
Editor: Sam Smith
REVIEW E-MAIL: mailto:news@prorev.com
REVIEW INDEX: http://prorev.com/
LATEST HEADLINES: http://prorev.com
NEWS BY TOPIC: http://prorev.com/heads.htm
UNDERNEWS: http://prorev.com/indexa.htm
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