● EDWARDS ENDORSES OBAMA
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Gary Hart
Historians of early 21st century American politics will remark the degree to which radical forces, usually called neoconservatives, perverted language as recommended by the National Socialist Party in 1930s Germany. Continue to demonize liberals, blame them for all social and economic problems, and soon enough no one will be willing to admit to being a liberal. Claim that liberals and Democrats are too soft to combat terrorists and soon enough a majority, even in the oldest democracy on earth, will believe it. Open up entire electronic networks, such as Fox, and chains of radio stations, such as Clear Channel, and buy enough newspaper chains, and make all these media available to pre-programmed neoconservative ditto heads, and sure enough a subculture will emerge which distrusts its own government and believes that an entire political party is not to be trusted.
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● A new US government report reveals that nearly 2,500 children, being held in military custody in Iraq and Afghanistan by the United States, are not uniformly protected as mandated by United Nations protocol. Neither, contends the American Civil Liberties Union, are those the government seeks as new recruits here at home.
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● Current levels of the greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere are higher now than at any time in the past 650,000 years.
● Ice cores from Antarctica show both the lowest atmospheric content of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and fast changes in the content of CH4 (methane) measured over the past 800,000 years. Knowledge about the relationship between greenhouse gases and the temperature in the Earth’s climate history will help scientists develop models of future climate changes.
● A wide-scale study published Wednesday has strengthened warnings, spelt out last year by UN scientists, that climate change is already on the march. The paper, published in Nature, goes beyond the scope taken by a landmark report issued by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in February 2007. In that document, the IPCC said man-made global warming was "likely" -- within a probability of 66-90 percent -- to have had a "discernible" effect on many physical and biological systems.
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Republicans:
● Cindy McCain, wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, on Wednesday divested herself of $2 million in mutual funds that invested in Sudan after inquiries from a news organization.
● US Congress investigates Republican role in phone jamming during 2002 New Hampshire election
● 'Psyops on Steroids' update: White House denied knowledge of military analyst program
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● The New Daily NEPA/AAA DAILY GAS RECORD:
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton Regular Mid Premium Diesel
Current $3.756 $3.959 $4.134 $4.634
Yesterday $3.746 $3.949 $4.123 $4.597
Month Ago $3.362 $3.545 $3.701 $4.337
Year Ago $2.966 $3.127 $3.265 $2.920
Highest Recorded Price:
Regular Unl. $3.756 5/15/2008
Dsl. $4.634 5/15/2008
