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Blogs of the Right:
Blogs of the Middle & More
July 06, 2009
July 6, 2009On Tuesday, July 7th, the California State Assembly Committee on Business and Professions will have the power to protect babies from dangerous toxic chemicals found in their cribs, strollers, breast-feeding pillows and other products for children. The Juvenile Products Manufacturing Association is even supporting SB 772, a bill that would stop a de facto mandate (TB 117), supported by the brominated chemical industry, for toxic flame retardant chemicals to be mixed in with baby products sold in California. Full release.
Chairman Paul E. Kanjorski (D-PA) and Ranking Member Scott Garrett (R-NJ) of the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, announced today that they will host an educational roundtable on Tuesday, July 7, 2009 with guest speaker, Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner. This is the fifth roundtable presented by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) intended as an interactive, bipartisan forum for members of the Subcommittee to examine causes of the current U.S. financial crisis and discuss possible reforms. Full release.
Accuracy in Media editor Cliff Kincaid today published some of the messages he has received from Hondurans upset at the international media's pro-Zelaya news coverage. He called for thorough, balanced reporting of events in Honduras, rather than acceptance of the ousted leader's explanation that he was deposed in a "military coup." Full release.
Leading members of the Honduran National Congress and private sector and former members of the Honduran Judiciary will hold a press conference in Washington, D.C., to speak on recent events in Honduras. The press conference will be held Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. in the Murrow Room of the National Press Club (529 14th Street, NW). Full release.
Amnesty International today called on the authorities in Urumqi to immediately launch an independent and impartial investigation into reports that 140 people were killed when a protest turned violent late on Sunday. Full release.
For the first time, families of murder victims have joined with families of persons with mental illness who have been executed to speak out against the death penalty. Full release.
The following survey results were released today by the Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) at the University of Maryland. Full release.