Monday, September 17, 2012

Breaking News Mon. Sept. 17, 2012

Short and sweet today,  interwebs are wonky as hell and I'm just going ot post what I got and call it a day!
See you again tomorrow!

Much thanks to RJ at the Global Glass Onion and the Ozarker at Conflicted Doomer , and Doug at 3Es News and David at ETF Daily.
Be sure to stop by their sites and support their hard work!


Peak Oil and Energy News
Guardian: Shell postpones plans to start Arctic drilling until next year - Environmental protesters blast firm after it abandoned efforts to start drilling before winter when test of protection systems failed to meet standard to gain permit


Global Conflict
NYT: Video Shows Libyans Retrieving Envoy's Body

Guardian: US withdraws diplomats from Tunisia and Sudan - US state department orders departure of non-essential staff from embassies amid concerns over rising anti-American violence

TulsaWorld: Egypt president urges Muslims to protect embassies 
SeattlePI: Suicide bomber kills at least 8 in Baghdad
Telegraph: Iran plans military exercises in preparation for Israeli strike on nuclear facilities
Iran will stage massive manoeuvres next month in a muscle-flexing show of preparedness to combat a US or Israeli aerial bombardment on its nuclear installations.
WSJ: Chinese Protests Over Disputed Islands Intensify
Businessweek: US Consulate Attack Turning Point for Libya, Magariaf Says
NPR: Israeli PM Makes Takes Case On Iran To US Voters

WSJ: Israeli Leader Takes Iran Case to US TV Viewers  
WashingtonPost: Israeli PM makes appeal to US voters: Elect president willing to draw 'red line' with Iran

Reuters: Iran on brink of nuclear bomb in 6-7 months: Netanyahu
Haaretz: Iran to outline refusal to stop uranium enrichment at IAEA meet 

NYT: Audacious Raid on NATO Base Shows Taliban's Reach 
Reuters: Merkel: Still hope for political solution to Iran nuclear row

WSJ: Chinese Protests Over Disputed Islands Intensify
CNN: 4 NATO troops killed in 'insider' attack in Afghanistan 

Reuters: Japan brandname firms shut China plants after protest violence
CNN: Marine foresaw insider attack, dad says 


OWS/Protests
Boston.com: 1 year on, Occupy is in disarray; spirit lives on
CSMonitor: Libya attack: US doubts that Al Qaeda planned ahead
NYT: Rallies Planned Today for Occupy Wall St. Anniversary

Reuters: Chicago teachers extend strike, mayor seeks injunction  
MarketWatch: Occupy Wall Street returns to NYC, arrests follow
CNN: Zunes: Occupy fizzled, but made 99% a force

Hacker News/Wikileaks
TruthOut: Pressure Put on Manning to Implicate Assange 


Domestic Financial News
LAT: Obama to tell WTO that China illegally subsidizes auto exports
BusinessInsider: The Fed Is Committed To Making Food And Gas Even More Expensive 

Reason: How Quantitative Easing Helps the Rich and Soaks the Rest of Us
WonkBlog: How much did the financial crisis cost us? $12.8 trillion, one group says


Global Financial News
NYT: No Easy Answers on How to Fix the Banks in Europe
Telegraph: Spain shuns further cuts as unrest grows  - Spain is digging in its heels against further austerity as protests sweep the country and mounting tensions with Catalan nationalists threaten to split the country.

Telegraph: The End of China's Easy Growth
NYT: O.E.C.D. Finds New Signs of Weakness in World Economy


Environmental
USGS
M 3.1, 76km NNW of San Antonio, Puerto Rico
M 3.2, 260km SSE of Amukta Island, Alaska
Telegraph: Just 100 cod left in North Sea - Overfishing has left fewer than 100 adult cod in the North Sea, it was reported. (way to go, dumb asses!)


CNN: Powerful typhoon rumbles over Japanese island of Okinawa
TheState: A cub is born to giant panda at National Zoo


America in Decline

CNN: Smartphones let work win out




Food and Water
Vitals: Pet jerky treat death toll: 360 dogs, 1 cat, FDA says



Science and Technology

CNN: Bad weather delays Endeavour's last trip

GadgetBox: Consumer warning: HDTV sellers inflate advertised screen sizes
MSNBC: US-Russian space crew lands safely in Kazakhstan
IndependentUK: Airport to ditch 'naked' scanners


Medical and Health
TheChart: Too much salt spells health trouble for kids too
HealthToday: The crazy reason your brain is shrinking

 
Politics
LAT: Poll: Americans largely in favor of campaign spending limitations
CNN: Pelosi says Ryan pick makes it easier for Dems to take House
FirstRead: Santorum says Obama shares blame for anti-US violence

 
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