only some of the news that may be fit to print -- as long as BP doesn't object

Right now, I do not think we need much more than the major headlines to cause us to go back to bed and pull the covers over our heads.

Perhaps that's why I've been watching more baseball than usual.

I vote, I sign petitions, I even protest. as things stand, beyond that -- oh yeah, I also write letters, original letters to my Senators and Representative, since they are all VERY Republican all I get back are those stupid form letters -- there is little more I can LAWFULLY do.

I'm an old lady and violence is not in my future, or my game.

In any case, here are some of the headlines I've been writing about:


Oil arrives on La. shore, edges into key current

Jobless claims rise by largest amount in 3 months

NKorea warns of war if punished for ship sinking

Stocks tumble as euro drops, jobless claims rise

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Environmental Protection Agency has directed oil giant BP to use a less toxic form of chemical dispersants to break up the oil...

20,000 people in Greek protest march to parliament

CDC: 1 in 8 swimming pools closed, many too dirty
ATLANTA (AP) - Health officials say many public swimming pools aren't as clean as they should be. According to a new report, one in eight public...

Dramatic surge seen in kids hospitalized with MRSA

Thailand mops up after violent clashes
The government declares it is back in control, but fears grow that the tentative quiet restored to Thailand's capital after a bloody crackdown on...

Russian official: Iran's reactor ready by August

It's alive! Artificial DNA controls life
It may not quite be "Frankenstein," but for the first time scientists have created an organism controlled by completely human-made DNA.

Sweeping Wall Street reform bill advances
Senate Democrats nabbed the 60 votes needed on Thursday to advance the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s, paving the way for a...

Now, here is just a taste of the severe weather headlines -- of course, climate change is a "hoax", or so say many -- until their house is blown, washed, away in a flood, tornado, extreme "straight kine winds, lightening, etc.


# Several tornadoes reported across Oklahoma (AP) "- 16 hours ago"AP - Authorities in Oklahoma say several homes and businesses have been damaged by tornadoes.
# Forecasters: 2-3 hurricanes in Central Pacific (AP) "- 20 hours ago"AP - Weather forecasters said Wednesday that a below-average total of two to three hurricanes are likely to pass through Central Pacific waters this year as ocean surface temperatures cool.
# Penn urges help for hospitals in post-quake Haiti (AP) "- 21 hours ago"AP - Actor Sean Penn said Wednesday the biggest challenge facing post-quake Haiti is getting hospitals staffed and supplied during its current rainy season and ahead of the upcoming hurricane season.
# Polish floods threaten to damage Auschwitz site (Reuters) "- 1 day ago"Reuters - The former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz, with its museum exhibits, was in danger of flooding Wednesday following days of heavy rain that have brought devastation to southern Poland.
# Cyclone bears down on India's southeast coast (AFP) "- 1 day ago"AFP - A "severe" cyclone packing winds of up to 125 kilometres an hour closed in on India's southeast coast Wednesday as thousands of residents evacuated their homes fearing major storm damage.
# Floods foil Sri Lankan celebrations (AFP) "- 1 day ago"AFP - Heavy rain that scuttled celebrations planned Thursday marking the end of Sri Lanka's civil war were a divine message that the general who secured victory was denied the credit he deserves, his ...
# Indonesia hit by 6.0 magnitude earthquake (AFP) "- 2 days ago"AFP - A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Java island on Tuesday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
# Heavy rains cause some Midwestern rivers to rise (AP) "-"