Undernews: November 14, 2012
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THE PROGRESSIVE REVIEW
NY Times - There are record numbers of student borrowers in financial distress, according to federal data. But millions
of parents who have taken out loans to pay for their children’s college education make up a less visible generation in
debt.
Penn Live - By the end of January the state is hoping to have a contract signed, sealed and delivered that will take
management of the state’s lottery system and place it in private hands. On Friday the Commonwealth announced it had
developed a framework for the agreement…
Sam Smith Watching the new James Bond movie, it dawned on me one reason why life has become so strange. Years ago people
like Walt Disney took reality and turned it into a cartoon fantasy. Now everyone with any influence can take fantasies
and turn them into pseudo-authentic realities...
Kristen Tillotson, Star Tribune, MN - On reality television, the riskiest professions are ironworker, firefighter,
lumberjack and the like. These days, you can add "orchestra musician" to the list. Being a classical player employed
near the pinnacle of your profession used to be a pretty stable…
It's interesting, given the speculation about General Petraeus, to recall that he's not the first high level official
whose top secret status was endangered by extra curricular sex Progressive Review 1999 - Neal Travis of the New York
Post reports that, according to a new book on the Mossad, Israel…
TMZ - Kevin Clash -- the man known as the voice of Elmo -- has taken a leave of absence from Sesame Street in the wake
of allegations he had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old boy, TMZ has learned ... allegations Clash adamantly
denies. We've learned ... Sesame Workshop lawyers recently…
Ben Fox & Danica Coto, Huffington Post - A majority of Puerto Ricans have opted for the first time to become the 51st U.S. state
in what jubilant members of the pro-statehood party call a resounding sign that the island territory is on the road to
losing its second-class status. But Tuesday's…
Sam Smith - Here are how our presidential election projections have worked out over the past 12 years: 2000: 1% error
2004: 3% error 2008: 0.8% error 2012: 1.14% error So far as I have been able to determine, we were the first to use
aggregated moving averages - a trick I picked up from stock analysis...
Since the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign shows signs of having begun, we thought we would offer some facts her
supporters and the media have chosen to ignore: Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy in Focus, 2007: Perhaps the most terrible
legacy of the administration of President George W. Bush has...
Sam Smith - The greatest shift in liberal thinking since the days of the New Deal and Great Society has been a growing
disinterest in the economic issues that could bridge the gap between, say, a Manhattan liberal and an Iowa farmer. As
liberals have become more of a demographic and far less of a...
Huffington Post - California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) said the federal government should respect states' rights to decide
how to regulate marijuana use, in light of votes Tuesday to approve legal use of the drug in Colorado and Washington.
"It's time for the Justice Department to recognize the sovereignty…
Activism Chicago teachers leader revives social movement unionism Occupy to Buy Up and Relieve People's Debt? The Port
Huron Statement Sandy FEMA sending trailers to victims World How America Is Turning into a 3rd World Nation in 4 Easy
Steps Meanwhile, Back in the Middle East…
Furthermore. . . Since Roosevelt, no GOP presidential campaign has won without a Bush or a Nixon on the ticket. And if
Jeb Bush wins next time, it will be our fifth president in a row with ties to the CIA.
Internet sighting in Washington state
Furthermore...
The Brussels Philharmonic has become the world’s first orchestra to abandon paper scores and play from a digital screen. The musicians have all
been issued with a Samsung tablet that can hold up to 1,000 orchestral works.
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