For those who love The Office, enjoy the timeless wisdom of Dwight Shrute. News The President will address the UN General Assembly for the first time. Among the issues he’ll be addressing, nuclear non-proliferation. A shoot-out at the US-Mexican border between US agents and suspected human traffickers shuts down the crossing. More fires in California. …
Remembering 2001 (image from HuffPost): News Grim news on poverty in the United States. Some good news on child mortality rates. Obama will address finance reform on Monday. Human trafficking A U.N. report says that human trafficking is likely to rise in the wake of the economic decline. Green The New York Senate approves a …
Senator Al Franken draws a map of the US from memory: News Laura Bush approves of Obama’s remarks to school children on the importance of working hard, staying in school, etc. Human trafficking Combating child sex trafficking in the District. Miscellaneous Arianna Huffington sees the silver lining in Van Jones’s resignation.
News Courtesy of Obama Foodorama: Van Jones’s resignation is a “major win for hate, racism, fear mongering, and the further unraveling of civil discourse in the larger culture.” Here’s a couple other perspectives: David Sirota and Jane Hamsher. Update on the Station Fire, courtesy of Ann Erdman, Pasadena’s Public Information Officer (PIO). Iran announces a …
News An earthquake hits off the coast of Indonesia, killing at least 35 people. The California Station Fire may have been human-caused. Human trafficking The California State Assembly passes a human trafficking bill. Green The Great Barrier Reef is under threat. Miscellaneous Van Jones uses "a**holes" as a technical, political kind of term. I love …