Daily Briefing - 11/17/06

Progress is made in Nairobi with the 180 countries actually coming to sort of an agreement on reviewing Kyoto! Maybe they were all brainwashed... at least that's what everyone's favorite Senator from Oklahoma thinks. New advances in green technology, including but not limited to fuel and automobiles look promising, while killer robot insects do not. The Republicans put the finishing touches on their new leadership and studies show that drinking red wine keeps you young and healthy, so grab a glass and enjoy the briefing!

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Daily Briefing – 11/17/06
717 days until the NEXT election… and global warming is an integral part of our nation’s agenda!

Key Issues in the News
Global Warming
- Green turns to gold
- Bush administration rejects calls from Senators to cap greenhouse gas emissions
- Progress made in Nairobi
o Also from Washington Post
- The invented debate
- A “brainwashing” session. Why Senator, that implies that you have a certain necessary part to be washed
o Oh and we shouldn’t worry about global warming because “God is still up there”
- Sun Microsystems going green… also called “green tech”
- Grist: What’s the real cost of climate change?
o Going out on a ledge
- Berry grower hit by global warming
Washington/Legislation/Politics/People/etc.
- Trauner decides against recount, Cubin wins officially
- John Boehner is the Minority Leader, and Roy Blunt is the Minority Whip
- Democrats want to make baseline for wages $7.25
- Glenn Beck to Congressman-elect (and Muslim) Keith Ellison: “[W] hat I feel like saying is, "Sir, prove to me that you are not working with our enemies."
Other News from the Media
- Cellulosic Fuel on the cusp of commercialization, but hurdles remain (sub. req’d)
- Pentagon guidelines that classified homosexuality as a mental disorder now put it among a list of conditions or "circumstances" that range from bed-wetting to fear of flying.
- BLM has cleared the way for oil shale projects
- Red wine keeps you young
- Holy cow, a bionic hornet?!
…and the Blogosphere
- The Fix looks at Senate races in ‘08
- Calling for electronic campaign finance reports for Senators on DailyKos
- From Grist:
o Peak oil
o Ride that bike!
o Transforming the automobile
Miscellaneous… or just plain weird
- Borat sued… again
- People going nuts over the PS3
- Too gay for Nashville?
- People in Illinois believe in the sanctity of Penguin relationships
- The coolest guy in the world
Quotes O' the Day
“White rednecks” who “didn’t show up to vote for us” - Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) giving one of the reasons why the GOP lost their majority