Threat Assessment: December 27th-January 3rd
AGAINST US
WOMEN'S WORK DOESN'T TRANSLATE TO WEALTH
Women represent 40 percent of the world’s labor force but hold just 1 percent of the world’s wealth, according to a new report from the World Bank. [WSJ]
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WITH US
EGYPT HALTS 'VIRGINITY TESTS'
An Egyptian court ordered an end to the tests in army prisons, after several women were subjected to the practice when they were detained during a March protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square. [Yahoo News]
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AGAINST US
HUGO CHAVEZ HINTS US BEHIND CANCER TREND
"Would it be so strange that they've invented the technology to spread cancer and we won't know about it for 50 years?" the recently cancer-stricken Venezuelan president wondered aloud, a day after Argentina's president said she'd been diagnosed with thyroid cancer. Other leftwing Latin America leaders diagnosed with the disease in recent years include Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Paraguay's Fernando Lugo, and the former Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. [Guardian]
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PALIN SLIPS IN 'MOST ADMIRED' POLL
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton top the annual survey; Sarah Palin fell to fourth place among women, from second in each of the last three years. [USA Today]
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AGAINST US
HALF OF COMBAT VETS SUFFER EMOTIONAL TRAUMA
Large numbers of post-9/11 veterans report flashbacks or nightmares related to traumatic battlefield experiences. [Pew Research]
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WITH US
CRIMINAL CHARGES POSSIBLE IN BP SPILL
U.S. prosecutors are preparing a case that some BP engineers and supervisors may have misled regulators about drilling risks. [NPR]
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AGAINST US
WEALTH GAP BETWEEN LAWMAKERS AND VOTERS GROWING
Nearly half of all members of Congress are now millionaires. [NY Times]
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CA JUDGE SAYS DEATH PENALTY 'NOT EFFECTIVE'
"I don’t think it is working," said GOP-appointed California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye recently said, calling for "a merit-based discussion on its effectiveness and costs." [ThinkProgress]
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AGAINST US
BILLIONS OF GIFT-CARD DOLLARS GO UNSPENT
The amoung of money on gift cards that's gone unclaimed since 2005, according to a new report? $41 billion. [NPR]
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WITH US
ECONOMISTS SEE U.S. RECOVERY IN 2012
They expect the economy to grow 2.4 percent next year, faster than in 2011, barring an economic meltdown in Europe or elsewhere. [AP]
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AGAINST US
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND FLUNKS
A National Journal survey found found "no net positive effect" from the 10-year-old education reform law. [National Journal]
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WITH US
GINGRICH WAS FOR ROMNEY'S HEALTH-CARE LAW …
… before he was against it. Like every other contender for the GOP nomination, the former Speaker has had a fine old time beating up on Romney over the universal health-care measure the latter pushed through as governor of Massachusetts. But in a 2006 memo discovered by the Wall Street Journal he was all praise. "Agree Entirely With Gov. Romney" on health care, Gingrich wrote. [WSJ, ABC]