On Monday I put up a post 'Report from the New World'. It now has an update linking to the very letter that don Cortes wrote to Emperor Charles V in translation and the ambassador gave a synopsis that Sanudo recopied...
in wake of Hurricane Sandy, marketplace provides a series of pieces on recovery of Joplin, MO
Alistair Cooke has a couple remembrances of Americans, courtesy of the BBC and here is the archive currently available
New treason law in Russia puts handcuffs on much we call freedom here, from Al Jazeera
New leader in China Xi Jinping for the next decade is all over the bbc overnight. Lots of people talking about this.
BP has pled guilty and will pay the largest fine ever in response to the BP gulf spill of 2010, over $3 billion
On Friday, it seems official that Europe has slipped into it's second dip on this recession. In Washington all talk is on avoiding the fiscal slope. After years of saying they will get rid of Obama and THEN deal with the messes they've made, Republican partisans remain in denial about their role and what to do now. The Pres and Congress say we need to do some things but not what to do. So R leadership whine about Benghazi and fight amongst themselves and yell at the pres and start over the same the next day.
The whole front page of firedoglake has updated clear analysis on much of that.
Syria takes second seat to Israel and Palestinian trading rocket fire. Eighteen Palestinians killed, IDF announces attacks by twitter.
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