pgraham's posterous http://pgraham.posterous.com Most recent posts at pgraham's posterous posterous.com Sat, 19 May 2012 14:29:06 -0700 Export-Import Bank: Corporate Welfare http://pgraham.posterous.com/export-import-bank-corporate-welfare http://pgraham.posterous.com/export-import-bank-corporate-welfare

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/05/19/export-import_bank_corporate_welfare_280313.html

Altmire, Jason Andrews, Robert E. Arcuri, Michael A. Austria, Steve Baca, Joe

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Sat, 19 May 2012 09:29:07 -0700 From Rooftops And Abandoned Lots, An Urban Harvest http://pgraham.posterous.com/from-rooftops-and-abandoned-lots-an-urban-har http://pgraham.posterous.com/from-rooftops-and-abandoned-lots-an-urban-har From rooftop apiaries in Paris to a vegetable-and-chicken farm in Philadelphia, agriculture has come to the city. Urban farmer Mary Seton Corboy and food writer Jennifer Cockrall-King talk about the future of food in the city. Plus, Tama Matsuoka Wong gives tasty tips for eating garden weeds.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/18/153015279/from-rooftops-and-abandoned-lots-an-urban-harvest?ft=1&f=1007

Honda, Michael M. Hoyer, Steny H. Hunter, Duncan Inglis, Bob Inslee, Jay

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Sat, 19 May 2012 04:29:08 -0700 Stroke Victims Think, Robotic Arm Acts http://pgraham.posterous.com/stroke-victims-think-robotic-arm-acts http://pgraham.posterous.com/stroke-victims-think-robotic-arm-acts Reporting in Nature, researchers write that two individuals, both paralyzed by stroke, made reach-and-grasp movements using a thought-controlled robotic arm. One participant was even able to a sip a drink by herself. Neuroengineer Dr. Leigh Hochberg discusses the paper and the ongoing trial.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/18/153015273/stroke-victims-think-robotic-arm-acts?ft=1&f=1007

Bartlett, Roscoe G. Barton, Joe Bean, Melissa L. Becerra, Xavier Berkley, Shelley

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Fri, 18 May 2012 23:29:06 -0700 Billionaire Donor Joe Ricketts: From Behind The Scenes To Center Stage http://pgraham.posterous.com/billionaire-donor-joe-ricketts-from-behind-th http://pgraham.posterous.com/billionaire-donor-joe-ricketts-from-behind-th TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts became front-page news Thursday because of a report he was considering a $10 million ad campaign that would attack President Obama over his former pastor. But Ricketts has been quietly funding conservative political causes for the past few years.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/05/17/152918232/billionaire-donor-joe-ricketts-from-behind-the-scenes-to-center-stage?ft=1&f=1014

Connolly, Gerald E. Conyers, John Jr. Cooper, Jim Costa, Jim Costello, Jerry F.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Fri, 18 May 2012 18:29:07 -0700 Missile Defense A Divisive Topic At NATO Summit http://pgraham.posterous.com/missile-defense-a-divisive-topic-at-nato-summ http://pgraham.posterous.com/missile-defense-a-divisive-topic-at-nato-summ Russia and the U.S. are trying hard to bridge their differences over the U.S. plan to build a missile defense system in Europe. Russia holds deep suspicions that the system is actually a plan to counter Russian nuclear missiles, not to protect Europe and the Middle East from Iranian missiles. The issue is an urgent one as NATO gets ready to hold a summit in Chicago and formalize its commitment to missile defense in Europe.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/18/153029924/missile-defense-a-divisive-topic-at-nato-summit?ft=1&f=1003

Cao, Anh \\\\\\\"Joseph\\\\\\\'\\\\\\\' Capito, Shelley Moore Capps, Lois Capuano, Michael E. Cardoza, Dennis A.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Fri, 18 May 2012 13:29:07 -0700 Top Republican woman in Congress becomes a force (reuters) http://pgraham.posterous.com/top-republican-woman-in-congress-becomes-a-fo http://pgraham.posterous.com/top-republican-woman-in-congress-becomes-a-fo
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Alexander, Rodney Altmire, Jason Andrews, Robert E. Arcuri, Michael A. Austria, Steve

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Fri, 18 May 2012 08:29:08 -0700 Morning Links (Theagitator) http://pgraham.posterous.com/morning-links-theagitator http://pgraham.posterous.com/morning-links-theagitator
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Bishop, Rob Bishop, Sanford D. Jr. Bishop, Timothy H. Blackburn, Marsha Blumenauer, Earl

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Fri, 18 May 2012 03:29:07 -0700 NASA, SpaceX Aim To Launch Private Era In Orbit http://pgraham.posterous.com/nasa-spacex-aim-to-launch-private-era-in-orbi http://pgraham.posterous.com/nasa-spacex-aim-to-launch-private-era-in-orbi If all goes well, an unmanned capsule will become the first commercial spacecraft to visit the International Space Station. SpaceX and NASA have been working together to make this launch happen, navigating cultural differences between the young start-up and the veteran agency.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/18/152953776/nasa-spacex-aim-to-launch-private-era-in-orbit?ft=1&f=1007

Bachus, Spencer Baird, Brian Baldwin, Tammy Barrett, J. Gresham Barrow, John

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Thu, 17 May 2012 22:29:08 -0700 Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Fracking 'Gag Rule' http://pgraham.posterous.com/pennsylvania-doctors-worry-over-fracking-gag http://pgraham.posterous.com/pennsylvania-doctors-worry-over-fracking-gag A new law grants doctors access to information about trade-secret chemicals used in natural gas drilling. Doctors say they need the information to treat patients who may have been exposed to chemicals. But the law also says doctors can't tell anyone else — not even other doctors — about what's in the formulas.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/17/152268501/pennsylvania-doctors-worry-over-fracking-gag-rule?ft=1&f=1003

Berry, Marion Biggert, Judy Bilbray, Brian P. Bilirakis, Gus M. Bishop, Rob

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Thu, 17 May 2012 17:29:06 -0700 All Eyes On Same-Sex Wedding Of Mayoral Hopeful http://pgraham.posterous.com/all-eyes-on-same-sex-wedding-of-mayoral-hopef http://pgraham.posterous.com/all-eyes-on-same-sex-wedding-of-mayoral-hopef Christine Quinn is the early favorite in the New York City mayoral contest for next year, assuming current Mayor Michael Bloomberg finally steps down after three terms. Quinn is also the first openly gay woman to be speaker of the city council. So everything about her wedding to longtime partner Kim Catullo on Saturday has been surrounded by politics.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/17/152944890/all-eyes-on-same-sex-wedding-of-mayoral-hopeful?ft=1&f=1003

Farr, Sam Fattah, Chaka Filner, Bob Flake, Jeff Fleming, John

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Thu, 17 May 2012 12:29:07 -0700 'The Chemistry Of Tears' And The Art Of Healing http://pgraham.posterous.com/the-chemistry-of-tears-and-the-art-of-healing http://pgraham.posterous.com/the-chemistry-of-tears-and-the-art-of-healing After a museum conservator's lover dies, she becomes consumed with reanimating a 19th-century silver swan automaton. Critic Heller McAlpin says that Peter Carey's new novel is part historical, part fanciful and completely wonderful.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/16/152279010/the-chemistry-of-tears-and-the-art-of-healing?ft=1&f=1057

Castor, Kathy Chaffetz, Jason Chandler, Ben Childers, Travis W. Christensen, Donna M.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Thu, 17 May 2012 07:29:19 -0700 Foreign Policy: Germany, It's Time For You To Go http://pgraham.posterous.com/foreign-policy-germany-its-time-for-you-to-go http://pgraham.posterous.com/foreign-policy-germany-its-time-for-you-to-go As the financial situation in Europe gets worse, some experts have begun discussing the possibility of a Greek exit from the Euro. There's even a word for it — "Grexit." But Clyde Prestowitz of Foreign Policy argues that it's Germany, not Greece, who should consider making an exit.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/05/17/152902624/foreign-policy-germany-its-time-for-you-to-go?ft=1&f=1057

Grijalva, Raúl M. Guthrie, Brett Gutierrez, Luis V. Hall, John J. Hall, Ralph M.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Thu, 17 May 2012 02:29:08 -0700 Too Many Cooks, Not Enough Fish. What's The Solution? http://pgraham.posterous.com/too-many-cooks-not-enough-fish-whats-the-solu http://pgraham.posterous.com/too-many-cooks-not-enough-fish-whats-the-solu If we don't notice that animals are in deep decline, do we keep eating and eating until what is disappearing is gone permanently? Or do we unconsciously adjust?

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/05/15/152752465/too-many-cooks-not-enough-fish-whats-the-solution?ft=1&f=1057

Bartlett, Roscoe G. Barton, Joe Bean, Melissa L. Becerra, Xavier Berkley, Shelley

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Wed, 16 May 2012 21:29:08 -0700 Minority Rules: Who Gets To Claim Status As A Person Of Color? http://pgraham.posterous.com/minority-rules-who-gets-to-claim-status-as-a http://pgraham.posterous.com/minority-rules-who-gets-to-claim-status-as-a U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren's claims of Native American heritage seem uneasy to swallow. But why? What does it take to be considered an ethnic minority, and what does the controversy say about the way we judge ethnic backgrounds?

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/05/16/152822762/minority-rules-who-gets-to-claim-status-as-a-person-of-color?ft=1&f=1014

Butterfield, G. K. Buyer, Steve Calvert, Ken Camp, Dave Campbell, John

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Wed, 16 May 2012 16:29:07 -0700 Mr. Boehner and the Debt http://pgraham.posterous.com/mr-boehner-and-the-debt http://pgraham.posterous.com/mr-boehner-and-the-debt

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/05/16/mr_boehner_and_the_debt_279998.html

Costa, Jim Costello, Jerry F. Courtney, Joe Crenshaw, Ander Critz, Mark S.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Wed, 16 May 2012 11:29:09 -0700 Coming To A Political Campaign Near You: Outside Money, And Lots Of It http://pgraham.posterous.com/coming-to-a-political-campaign-near-you-outsi http://pgraham.posterous.com/coming-to-a-political-campaign-near-you-outsi Congressional candidates are increasingly raising money from supporters and groups who are ideological and outside their district — leaving some to say local voters and local issues are playing second fiddle to these donors' ideologies.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/05/16/152772207/coming-to-a-political-campaign-near-you-outside-money-and-lots-of-it?ft=1&f=1014

Eshoo, Anna G. Etheridge, Bob Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. Fallin, Mary Farr, Sam

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Wed, 16 May 2012 06:29:07 -0700 The Big Danger With Big Banks http://pgraham.posterous.com/the-big-danger-with-big-banks http://pgraham.posterous.com/the-big-danger-with-big-banks Tom Frost, Wall Street Journal
In the early 1950s, when I was a young college graduate and a new employee of the Frost Bank, my great-Uncle Joe Frost, then CEO, told me that the very first goal we had was to return the deposits we received from customers. Our obligation was to take care of the community's liquid assets and manage them safely so others could use them (via loans) to grow.Frost Bank was not big enough to be saved by the government, Uncle Joe told me at the time, so we would always need to maintain strong liquidity, safe assets and adequate capital. I was impressed that making money was not high on his...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/05/15/the_big_danger_with_big_banks_279989.html

Castle, Michael N. Castor, Kathy Chaffetz, Jason Chandler, Ben Childers, Travis W.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Wed, 16 May 2012 01:29:07 -0700 Bigger & Bigger Banks Threaten Financial System http://pgraham.posterous.com/bigger-bigger-banks-threaten-financial-system http://pgraham.posterous.com/bigger-bigger-banks-threaten-financial-system David Rohde, Atlantic
The reports are startlingly familiar. Late Thursday, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon announced a surprise $2 billion trading loss and stocks swooned. Dimon insisted, though, that there was no need for a Volcker Rule that would ban big banks from risky trading.Last week, a Reuters investigation revealed that HSBC, the world's fifth-largest bank, failed to review thousands of internal anti-money-laundering alerts. The bank did not file legally required "suspicious activity reports" to U.S. law enforcement officials. It hired "gullible, poorly trained, and otherwise incompetent...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2012/05/15/bigger_amp_bigger_banks_threaten_financial_system_279890.html

Davis, Danny K. Davis, Geoff Davis, Lincoln Davis, Susan A. DeFazio, Peter A.

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Tue, 15 May 2012 20:29:06 -0700 Science And The Fracking Boom: Missing Answers http://pgraham.posterous.com/science-and-the-fracking-boom-missing-answers http://pgraham.posterous.com/science-and-the-fracking-boom-missing-answers People living on the front step of the natural gas boom have the same questions: What kinds of pollutants are entering our water and air, and are those pollutants making us sick? Explore key components of the natural gas production process — and the questions scientists are asking.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2012/04/05/150055142/science-and-the-fracking-boom-missing-answers?ft=1&f=1007

Boswell, Leonard L. Boucher, Rick Boustany, Charles W. Jr. Boyd, Allen Brady, Kevin

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]]> http://posterous.com/images/profile/missing-user-75.png http://posterous.com/users/5ebHr9VLScJH Peter Graham pgraham Peter Graham Tue, 15 May 2012 15:29:08 -0700 The Liberating Embrace Of Uncertainty http://pgraham.posterous.com/the-liberating-embrace-of-uncertainty http://pgraham.posterous.com/the-liberating-embrace-of-uncertainty In spite of all evidence to the contrary, we exhaust ourselves in an endless search for solidity and certainty. Commentator Adam Frank says, however, that release and happiness are the reward for people who accept the uncertain, ever-changing nature of the universe.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2012/05/15/152745489/the-liberating-embrace-of-uncertainty?ft=1&f=1057

Dingell, John D. Djou, Charles K. Doggett, Lloyd Donnelly, Joe Doyle, Michael F.

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