Top Stories from AlterNet for February 4, 2005

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Global Warming? Feh! And Why Is 2018 So Special?

Fri, 04 Feb 2005 03:00:00 -0800

 

Top Stories from AlterNet for February 4, 2005

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GREETINGS FROM THE NEW FLAT EARTH

Matt Wheeland, AlterNet

Global warming deniers beware, or you may end up the

recipient of a new award given to those who belittle the

very real threat of global warming.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21164/

 

2018: THE MAGIC NUMBER

Mark Weisbrot, AlterNet

Bush is using fuzzy math to claim that in 13 years Social

Security will be paying out more than it takes in.

http://www.alternet.org/story/21174/

 

SINKING IN DEEPER

Robert Parry, Consortium News

Rather than pointing toward an exit for the United States,

the Iraq election may just lead U.S. troops deeper into

Iraq's long and bloody history of sectarian violence

between Sunnis and Shiites.

http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/21176/

 

TOO MUCH STENOGRAPHY, NOT ENOUGH CURIOSITY

Norman Solomon, AlterNet

The media is telling us what the president wants us to hear --

and ignoring historic echoes and basic contradictions.

http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/21172/

 

DELIVERY UNDER DURESS

Joanne Omang, PlanetWire.org

More than 150,000 women were pregnant in the 12 countries

ravaged by the tsunami, and their needs are only now

beginning to be understood.

http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/21175/

 

RESPECTING THE SPIRIT AND LETTER OF THE LAW

Senator Robert Byrd, AlterNet

Senator Byrd speaks on the nomination of Alberto Gonzales to

be attorney general of the United States.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/21170/

 

STRAIGHT TO THE TOP

Kari Lydersen, The NewStandard

Despite a poor civil liberties record, Michael Chertoff is,

so far, getting a free pass to becoming our new Homeland

Security chief.

http://www.alternet.org/rights/21168/

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