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...Obama should take bin Laden's threat seriously; prudence dictates no less ... But we must also strike at the narrative that al-Qaeda sells to wage its war. We can separate al-Qaeda from the vast majority of Muslims by advancing a just and lasting peace that Palestinians accept ... We do this not to appease al-Qaeda, but because it is in our national security interest to end this conflict that breeds so much hate for our country...
Easton makes a fair, unbiased and thoughtful case for not extending jobless benefits ad infinitum. Unfortunately, stopping those benefits would have catastrophic results. It would cause millions of new foreclosures, leave millions of people unable to afford medication and create a vast new army of homeless Americans. Perhaps extending benefits is not ideal, but it certainly is the lesser of two evils...
...shiitake, reishi and pom-pom, to name a few. But Philip Ross, an artist, an inventor and a seriously obsessed amateur mycologist, isn't interested in the fancy caps we like to eat. What he's after are the fungi's thin, white rootlike fibers. Underground, they form a vast network called a mycelium. Far West Fungi's dirt-free hothouses pack in each mycelium so densely that it forms a mass of bright white spongy matter...
...stop buying more. What's more, even a hobbled America is the world's largest economy and the most significant market for Chinese goods. In 2009, a supposedly bad year, Chinese exports to the U.S. were approximately $300 billion, about the same as in 2007. That is a vast source of income for China - and one that no other part of the world can provide...
...analysts believe some 15 to 30 Westerners have been abducted by AQIM in North Africa in the last three years. While the group has unleashed many of its most violent terrorist acts (bombings and shootings) in cities like Algiers, its kidnappings have all taken place in the vast Sahel region stretching across Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia. According to experts, the number of insurgents roaming the desert area in four-wheel vehicles has increased from a few score to perhaps 200 in the past two years, including both hard-core members and supporters who periodically participate...