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Tuesday, December 26, 2006
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Criminal justice reform?
TalkLeft: "America continues to be a prison nation. The drug war doesn't work. Over-incarceration doesn't work. Our elected officials in Congress need to spend time addressing these issues in 2007."
"2008 pres"
6:28:26 PM 
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Climate change
National Science Foundation: "Carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels will produce a 3 percent reduction in the density of Earth's outermost atmosphere by 2017, according to a team of scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Pennsylvania State University (PSU)...
"Lower density inthe thermosphere, which is the highest layer of the atmosphere, would reduce the drag on satellites in low Earth orbit, allowing them to stay airborne longer. Forecasts of upper-level air density could help NASA and other agencies plan the fuel needs and timing of satellite launches more precisely, potentially saving millions of dollars."
Thanks to Science Blog for the link.
"2008 pres"
5:57:04 PM
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Immigration
Colorado Confidential: "The 'real' story about immigration in the Roaring Fork Region between Vail and Aspen will be featured tonight (Tuesday, Dec. 26) on 'Tom Brokaw Reports: In the Shadow of the American Dream' at 7 pm on Denver's KUSA Channel 9.
"After reading a series of immigration stories in the Glenwood Springs newspaper Post Independent, Brokaw's NBC news team spent months researching the effects of immigration on this rural resort region of Colorado."
"2008 pres"
5:46:12 PM
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TPM Cafe: Quickie Guide To Who's Announcing Candidacies And When
TPM Cafe: "What are they going to announce and when are they going to announce it? There are so many potential Presidential candidates out there that it's easy to lose track of who's announcing an official candidacy and when. Here's a quickie rundown on the candidates and their announcement timetables."
"2008 pres"
5:43:59 PM
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Montana to move primary election?
Western Democrat: "According to the Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Utah, Montana is expected to consider moving their primary election from June 3 to February 5 - joining Western states Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah (plus Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Missouri, and North Carolina). Prior to February 5, elections will be held in Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, and South Carolina."
"2008 pres"
5:41:55 PM
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Healthcare
Ezra Klein (via the LA Times): "The American health system, put simply, is a mess. An expensive one. Indeed, in 2002, we spent $5,267 per capita on healthcare - $1,821 more than Switzerland, the nearest runner-up. And yet we had higher infant mortality, lower life expectancy, more price inflation and an actual uninsured population, a phenomenon virtually unknown in the rest of the developed world, where universal healthcare is, well, universal."
Thanks to Andrew Sullivan for the link.
"2008 pres"
5:38:30 PM
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Influence of Muslims on mid-term elections
Political Wire: "'Muslims played a critical role in some key elections this year,' according to the Detroit Free Press. For example, 'Muslim taxi drivers in northern Virginia took the day off to ferry Muslims to the polls' and volunteers 'also made phone calls to Muslims in Virginia to urge them to vote. As a result, Democrat James Webb ousted incumbent Republican George Allen by about 9,000 votes in a race in which 50,000 Muslims went to the polls -- 47,000 of them voting for Webb.'"
"2008 pres"
6:09:11 AM
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