...an unemployment epidemic, finally bore fruit on Jan. 30 when Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, proposed an ambitious jobs scheme. "We cannot accept that almost a quarter of Europe’s young people are unemployed," ... 22 percent of the youth labour force - roughly five and a half million young people in the region - are without work. .. alarming: youth unemployment stands at 48.7 percent in Spain, 47.2 percent in Greece and 35.6 percent in Slovakia.

Nice to have a little background on Bain and Romney.

A short introduction about the government's inability to protect small bussiness (farmers-cattlemen), due to claut and economics-of-scale.

Senator Lindsay Graham, a supporter of NDAA, explained that it "basically say[s] in law for the first time that the homeland is part of the battlefield" and anyone can be detained, "American citizen or not."

Update Dec 4 '11: But the uneasy peace will not last unless Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who meet on Monday to discuss changes to the EU Treaty, can finalize a fiscal deal that imposes tough budgetary rules on the 17 euro-zone members and then convince all 27 EU leaders on Friday to back the plan. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is flying to Europe next week to press the urgency of the matter, meeting politicians from France, Germany, Spain and Italy, as well as the European Central Bank. His assistant secretary for economic policy, Jan Eberly, said a European recession would blight U.S. recovery and is "absolutely a source of concern."

An argument between those believing that newsprint organizations are evolving, versus those who believe we already live in a new technological singularity that revolutionises the very concepts of news organizations.

A succinct observation; see quote. It is not overvalued asset-backed securities this time, but countries that cannot sustain the cost of living engendred by this banking system.

Tax before cut: Much higher taxes on the highest incomes is a starter. Financial Transaction Tax is a must. Before we cut spending on social neccessaties: tax where the money is going.

The author proposes a probusiness solution (see quote), without realising we need a Flat World system change; One where the patents and royalties become the ownership of The People, instead of the 1% that capitalise on them.

Trying to hairsplit when a law is breached Always leaves forgive-able circustances. Disreputable intentions, after fair warnings if there is doubt, should be ruled in the grey area - law or no law.

Article is too focussed on natural (10^6 yr) potentials. Human meddling produces a lot more tipping points for extinction.

Rather laborious but making a good point: Access to information is at the root of a healthy democracy. Enforced by the older democracies (while paying lip service themselves), the newer are living up to the promise (braving chaotic disruptions).

The high-profile intervention comes after the Church of England became embroiled in an embarrassing row over its attitude to anti-capitalist protests outside St Paul's Cathedral in London. One cleric resigned over plans to evict the protesters forcibly,.. Under the bill, which is facing huge opposition in the Lords, the government plans to limit the amount any household can claim in benefits to £500 a week, to ensure state handouts cannot exceed average weekly wages for working households.

"The U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world, with health status indicators that are, at best, only average in comparison with the less costly health systems of other countries,” said Shortell “Thus the pressure to provide more cost-effective care is particularly intense.”

AGING: by far the leading killer, and shortener of our life-span. Research now underway proposes a POST-MORTEM consideration to society.

While this article iluminates China's experiance, it is a similar story in ghettos and shanty-towns around major cities the world over. This tear-jerking photo spotlights our collective ignorance of governance.

A well written article by sen.Udal, making an emotional appeal to link and sign his petition, to get corporate money out of politics.

Atheists in uniform feel discriminated against in carreer oppertunities. They would like equal representation for their spritual needs .'Lay-leade'r would be a step to chaplaincy - a chaplaincy that adresses spiritual needs that do not fit organised religions (as opposed to a mental health clinic).