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Stefan Karlsson's blog: are zero sum games, this means that there has to be a total $20 billion weakening of trade balances elsewhere. While not all of this is likely to be in the U.S., certainly a significant portion of it will come from there. (via Cosmos)

[Farmpolicy.com] FarmPolicy.com: As part of the farm-bill debate this year, the administration is seeking greater investments in renewable fuel, but farm-state lawmakers complain that the budget doesn’t provide adequate resources. Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) said yesterday that while the administration’s farm plan has ”˜solid suggestions,’ the budget figures ”˜would deny the necessary funding to reach critical objectives in energy, conservation and rural-economic-development initiatives.’ The proposed budget also cuts $360 million in 2008 from two conservation programs that have been a priority for the chairman.”

[Davidakin.blogware.com] David Akin's On the Hill :: Main Page: by DavidAkin on Wed 24 Jan 2007 03:37 PM EST. Peter Harder, the deputy minister at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, has resigned, .

[Iaocblog.com] iaocblog :: Main Page: Furthering our discussion of how Information Technology (IT) departments sometimes frustrate efforts at speedy, efficient messaging by marketing communications professionals -- a discussion launched by Dee Rambeau here and embraced by David Johnson on his blog -- and taken up by Neville Hobson on his blog and germane to this week's discussion on Knowledge Management tools, I would like to weigh in with a quote from today's Wall Street Journal. The article is entitled, "Offices Co-Opt Consumer Web Tools Like 'Wikis' and Social Networking," by Vaughini Vara.

[Civicus.civiblog.org] CIVICUS :: Main Page: By Clare Doube, CIVICUS Civil Society Watch Programme Manager Human rights are the framework in which we live and thrive, the check on power being wielded irresponsibly and with immunity, and the assurance of equality and justice for all. Or in theory at least”¦ One only need to quickly glance around the globe, however, at the coup unfolding in Fiji, recent detention of activists in Ecuador, Cuba and Congo, the extensive attacks on civilians in Darfur, and the widespread practices of censoring or intimidating free expression of the media in Turkmenistan, Benin, Vietnam and beyond to know that more action is required - and required now.

[Bloggingstocks.com] Blogging Stocks: There's no denying the facts --GM, for all its (former) glory, sells more vehicles that are classified as gas guzzlers than any automobile manufacturer on the face of the planet. Yet, as BusinessWeek's Blogspotting notes,  the company chooses to recite such insidious spin like this -- it has grouped the Hummer in a group chosen for "outstanding fuel economy and great consumer appeal." Excuse me?

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