Oct
11
2009
Dysfunctional States & Companies
- In a rare public rebuke of state government and policies delivered by a sitting judge, the chief justice of the California Supreme Court scathingly criticized the state’s reliance on the referendum process, arguing that it has “rendered our state government dysfunctional.”
- During the UN’s recent greenhouse gas talks in Bangkok, Saudi Arabia campaigned quietly for financial compensation should a climate deal substantially reduce the world’s use of fossil fuels.
- Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said it was absurd to give a peace award to a man who had sent 21,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to escalate a war.
- France Telecom employees are killing themselves because of the work climate.
- Some credit card companies rush to act before new consumer protection law.
- A dark anniversary - taking stock of the eight years since the US invaded Afghanistan: the Taliban is back, America is bogged down and Afghans are tired of it all.
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