Dean Baker looks at John McCain's need to defend Bush's record; wholesale
inflation breaking quarter-century high; Obama pledges to deploy troops
from
Iraq; Dilip Hiro looks at gasoline prices; Ontario pledges to preserve
****tion
of boreal forest and share resource revenues with indigenous communities;
white-collar engineers to face job cuts at GM due to halt on SUV
production;
Dan K. Thomasson discusses pharmacists who refuse to honor prescribed
contraceptives; tanning may be to blame for 50 percent increase in skin
cancer
among women; New York state finds problems with new Sequoia voting
machines
slated for use in presidential election; and more ... Browse our
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Dean Baker | Drilling Without Oil, Tax Cuts Without Growth
http://www.truthout.org/article/drilling-without-oil-tax-cuts-without-growth
Dean Baker, writing for Truthout, says: "Senator McCain is in the
unenviable
position of running on the track record of a president with the worst
economic
performance since Herbert Hoover. He has adopted the strategy of ignoring
the
record while embracing his predecessor's policies. McCain is betting the
media
will be so incompetent that they will not notice. He might be right."
Obama Says US Strategy in Iraq Is Unsound
http://www.truthout.org/article/obama-says-us-strategy-iraq-is-unsound
Glenn Johnson, re****ting for The Associated Press, writes: "Contending
that
the US is not pursuing a sound strategy for keeping Americans safe,
Democratic
presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out goals Tuesday that he argued
would deal with the nation's most pressing threats."
Wholesale Inflation Worst in 27 Years
http://www.truthout.org/article/wholesale-inflation-worst-27-years
Martin Crutsinger, re****ting for The Associated Press, writes: "Soaring
costs
for gasoline and food pushed inflation at the wholesale level up by a
larger-than-expected amount in June, leaving inflation rising over the
past
year at the fastest pace in more than a quarter-century."
Dilip Hiro | The Current Oil Shock: No Relief in Sight
http://www.truthout.org/article/the-current-oil-shock-no-relief-sight
Dilip Hiro, writing for TomDispatch.com, says: "When will it end, this
cru****ng rise in the price of gasoline, now averaging $4.10 a gallon at
the
pump? The question is uppermost in the minds of American motorists as they
plan vacations or simply review their daily journeys. The short answer is
simple as well: 'Not soon.'"
Ontario Premier Pledges to Preserve ****tion of Northern Boreal Forest
http://www.truthout.org/article/ontario-premier-pledges-preserve-****tion-northern-boreal-forest
The Canadian Press re****ts: "A massive swath of northern Ontario boreal
forest, considered the world's largest carbon storehouse, will be
off-limits
to forestry and mining activities under a plan that will also guarantee
First
Nations a share of resource revenues, Premier Dalton McGuinty said
Monday."
GM Readies for New Round of Job Cuts
http://www.truthout.org/article/gm-readies-new-round-job-cuts
Kevin Krolicki and David Bailey write for Reuters, "General Motors
Cor****ation
Chief Executive Rick Wagoner is slated to announce the automaker's second
major restructuring package in six weeks on Tuesday as the company looks
to
cut costs and win back investor confidence in the face of slumping sales.
The
cost-cutting will include widespread job cuts for white-collar workers,
including engineers assigned to now-frozen efforts to develop GM's next
generation of full-size SUVs and pickup trucks, people familiar with the
plans
said."
Dan K. Thomasson | Birth-Control Denial the Height of Arrogance
http://www.truthout.org/article/birth-control-denial-height-arrogance
Dan K. Thomasson, for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, says: "So when is a
pharmacy not a pharmacy? Better yet, when can a licensed pharmacist not
fill a
legitimate prescription because of political or religious reasons? Should
a
state licensing authority permit the dispensing of male-enhancement drugs
but
not those that permit a female to guard her own health? Those are health,
ethical and legal questions that most state authorities now find
themselves
facing with a growing number of pharmacists who refuse to honor prescribed
contraceptives or sell those available over the counter on grounds it
violates
their consciences."
Melanoma Surges Among Women; Tanning May Be to Blame
http://www.truthout.org/article/melanoma-surges-among-women-tanning-may-be-blame
Wendy Hansen, for The Los Angeles Times, re****ts, "Melanoma rates have
risen
50 percent among young women in the US since 1980, a trend that may be
related
to an increase in the use of tanning salons and exposure to the sun's
damaging
rays, according to a re****t released Thursday."
New York: 50 Percent of Sequoia Voting Machines Flawed
http://www.truthout.org/article/new-york-50-percent-sequoia-voting-machines-flawed
Kim Zetter writes for Wired: "New York state is in the process of
replacing
its lever voting machines with new voting equipment, but the state
revealed
recently that it has found problems with 50 percent of the roughly 1,500
ImageCast optical-scan machines that Sequoia Voting Systems has delivered
to
the state so far - machines that are slated to be used by dozens of
counties
in the state's September 9 primary and November 4 presidential election."
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