Thursday, June 24, 2010

Items of Interest, 24 June 2010

Daniel Larison, McChrystal and Afghanistan
Sean Scallon, Doesn’t BP have enough corporate spokespersons?
John Willson, Why I am a Conservative

Zenit:
Church in Japan Notes Falling Numbers
What to Do About Pornography (Part 1)
Saintly Founder Lived Charity to the Extreme
Papal Homily During Visit to Dominican Cloister

Energy Bulletin:
Eat less meat, eat better meat (original)
Ralph Loglisci, Civil Eats

The list of Meatless Monday supporters continues to grow across the globe, and surprisingly to some, many of the latest enthusiasts make their living either cooking meat, such as chef Mario Batali or producing it, like rancher Nicolette Hahn Niman. What makes Meatless Monday so successful is its simple and inclusive message which promotes moderation with the goal of improving public health and the health of the planet.

Peak oil — a crisis postponed (original)
Dave Cohen, Decline of the Empire

As the global economy goes, so goes oil demand. If the outlook for the global economy is not so good, oil consumption will stagnate or increase very slowly. If oil demand grows slowly or not at all, consumption will remain below the world's productive capacity, as measured in millions of barrels-per-day. If oil demand remains below the available supply, there will be no oil price shock.

Counterpunch:
Gareth Porter, Why McChrystal Did Obama a Big Favor
Paul Craig Roberts, Is Petraeus McChrystal's Replacement or Obama's?
Alan Farago, The Forty Year War on the Environment

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