ECM WORLD WATCH: GLOBAL AND NATIONAL NEWS

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November 11, 2011 (San Diego's East County)--ECM World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflecting all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  

Top world and U.S. headlines include:

  
 
 U.S.
  • Immigration bill splits House GOP (The Hill)
  • 40 House Republicans sign letter saying they’re open to tax increases (Truthout)
  • Mississippi to decide if fertilized egg is a human being (Reuters)
  • Survey finds anti-Semitic attitudes rising in America (Fox)
  • Restaurant grease as good as gold to biofuels thieves (NPR)
  • Study proves many U.S. corporations paid zero taxes (Raw Story)
  • House panel votes to subpoena White House for Solyndra records (Fox)
  • Obama rips House “In God We Trust” vote (CBS)
  • Filner urges Obama to back off medical marijuana (San Diego Union-Tribune)
WORLD
  • Greek PM on brink; world tells Europe to fix crisis (Reuters)
  • IMF chief warns of a “lost decade” for global economy (BBC)
  • “Monster” greenhouse gas levels seen (CBS)
  • French, Germans explore idea of core Euro zone (Reuters)
  • What’s the matter with Italy? (BBC)
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U.S.

 
Immigration bill splits House GOP (The Hill)
November 3, 2011 -- House Republicans are split over an immigration bill that is backed by presidential candidate Mitt Romney as the measure is attracting escalating criticism from industry groups and rank-and-file members.
The rift over House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith’s (R-Texas) E-Verify bill is jeopardizing its chances of passing the Republican-controlled House.
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/191529-e-verify-bill-splits-house-gop

40 House Republicans sign letter saying they’re open to tax increases (Truthout)
November 3, 2011 -- Forty House Republicans joined 60 Democrats today in a letter calling on the congressional super committee to consider “all options” in crafting a deficit reduction package, including increasing revenues. As the AP notes, the “letter puts about one-sixth of House GOP lawmakers on record as saying the supercommittee should consider collecting more taxes.”
http://www.truth-out.org/forty-house-republicans-sign-letter-saying-theyre-open-tax-increases/1320329944

Mississippi to decide if fertilized egg is a human being (Reuters)
November 5, 2011 -- Mississippi on Tuesday could be the first state in the nation to define a fertilized egg as a person, a controversial concept aimed at outlawing abortion, some types of birth control and infertility methods that result in the loss of embryos.

The so-called "personhood amendment" to the state constitution represents a twist in strategy for anti-abortion efforts, which have notched great success across the country this year with dozens of new restrictions put into law.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/05/us-election-abortion-mississippi-idUSTRE7A41GU20111105?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews

Survey finds anti-Semitic attitudes rising in America (Fox)
November 4, 2011 -- Swastikas were found painted on the facades of the Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst branches of the Queens Library and on the door of Congregation Tifereth Israel on Thursday.
The Anti-Defamation League today condemned the anti-Semitic graffiti.  The ADL says there were 133 anti-Jewish incidents reported across New York City in 2010.
http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hate-crimes-at-queens-libraries-and-jewish-temple-20111104-lgf

Restaurant grease as good as gold to biofuels thieves (NPR)
 
November 7, 2011 -- Used restaurant grease has become a hot item for thieves, who siphon it from barrels behind restaurants to sell on the booming biofuels market.

Late last month, the California Department of Food and Agriculture said it would pay local police target the alleys and parking lots where restaurants typically park their barrels of used grease.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/11/03/141986455/restaurant-grease-as-good-as-gold-to-biofuel-thieves?ft=1&f=1007


Study proves many U.S. corporations paid zero taxes (Raw Story)
November 3, 2011 -- Dozens of US corporations paid no federal taxes in recent years, and many received government subsidies despite earning healthy profits, a new study showed Thursday.
The report by Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, which examined 280 US firms, found 78 of them paid no federal income tax in at least one of the last three years.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/11/03/corporations-pay-zero-taxes/

House panel votes to subpoena White House for Solyndra records (Fox)
November 3, 2011 -- A Republican-led House panel voted Thursday to subpoena the White House for records related to Solyndra, the solar company that collapsed after receiving a $528 million loan. 
The House Energy and Commerce Committee approved the resolution 14-9 after Democrats tried to delay the vote during a contentious debate. 
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/11/02/obama-administration-considered-bailout-for-solyndra-before-bankruptcy/

Obama rips House “In God We Trust” vote (CBS)
 
November 2, 2011 -- President Obama on Wednesday mocked a vote Tuesday evening in the House of Representatives to reaffirm "In God We Trust" as the nation's motto.
In a waterfront speech in Washington calling on Congress to pass legislation to repair the nation's crumbling infrastructure, the president said Congress should be able to get to the legislation, noting members have "been debating a commemorative coin for baseball" and reaffirming the "In God We Trust" motto.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20129102-503544/obama-rips-house-in-god-we-trust-vote/?tag=stack

Filner urges Obama to back off medical marijuana (San Diego Union-Tribune)
November 2, 2011 -- Rep. Bob Filner and several congressional colleagues are urging President Barack Obama to reclassify marijuana as a legitimate controlled substance for medicinal purposes under federal law.
In a letter dated Oct. 28, the lawmakers expressed concerns with the Justice Department’s recent crackdown against California medical marijuana dispensaries that are operating legally under state law. State and local governments must be allowed to develop and enforce their own public health laws with regard to medical cannabis, they wrote.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/nov/02/filner-urges-obama-back-medical-marijuana/

WORLD
 
Greek PM on brink; world tells Europe to fix crisis (Reuters)
 
November 3, 2011 -- Intense European pressure forced debt-stricken Greece to seek political consensus on a new bailout plan instead of holding a referendum after EU leaders raised the prospect of a Greek exit from the euro to preserve the single currency.

Fast-moving events in Athens overshadowed the first day of a summit of the Group of 20 major economies on the French Riviera on Thursday, with anxious world leaders urging Europe to act to stop contagion from its sovereign debt crisis.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/us-g-idUSTRE7A20E920111103

IMF chief warns of a “lost decade” for global economy (BBC)
November 9, 2011 -- The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has warned that the global economy is at risk of being plunged into a "lost decade".
Ms Lagarde said the ongoing debt crisis in Europe has resulted in an uncertain outlook for the global economy.
The IMF chief added that whilst efforts to solve the crisis were heading in the right direction, more needed to be done to restore confidence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15649985

“Monster” greenhouse gas levels seen (CBS)
November 3, 2011 -- The global output of heat-trapping carbon dioxide jumped by the biggest amount on record, the U.S. Department of Energy calculated, a sign of how feeble the world's efforts are at slowing man-made global warming.
The new figures for 2010 mean that levels of greenhouse gases are higher than the worst case scenario outlined by climate experts just four years ago.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57317968/monster-greenhouse-gas-levels-seen

French, Germans explore idea of core Euro zone (Reuters)
November 9, 2011 -- German and French officials have discussed plans for a radical overhaul of the European Union that would involve setting up a more integrated and potentially smaller euro zone, EU sources say.

"France and Germany have had intense consultations on this issue over the last months, at all levels," a senior EU official in Brussels told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the discussions.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/09/us-eurozone-future-sarkozy-idUSTRE7A85VV20111109
 
What’s the matter with Italy? (BBC)
November 7, 2011 -- Italy is moving to centre stage in the eurozone debt crisis.
While Greece has generated a lot of noise, it is increasingly seen as a sideshow.
Greece's debt problems are already widely known and the immediate consequences of a Greek default largely anticipated.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15429057
 
 

 

 

 

 


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