Potpourri

• Judson Phillips (Tea Party) says Charlie Sheen makes more sense than John Boehner -- trouble brewing?
• Never Been Better - Corporate Profits Hit All-Time High As Unemployment Crisis Rolls On - U.S. corporate profits hit an all-time high at the end of 2010, with financial firms showing some of the biggest gains, data from the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis show. Corporations reported an annualized $1.68 trillion in profit in the fourth quarter.
• Will The Supreme Court Prevent Citizens United From Being Fixed? - An Arizona case is being heard on the constitutionality of public campaign financing at the state level; three states already have such laws; can p.c. financing spread at the state level, and if so, can it go national?
• Opposition Topples Canadian Government - No doubt there are better (Canadian) sources of info, but this gives a pretty good general description
• Marking the 100th Anniversary of The Triangle Fire - 14 cents an hour, locked inside on the 8th, 9th, and 10th floors, striking for a 52-hour work week
• Jobless Aid Advocates Fear Michigan Will Become the Next Wisconsin - State unemployment insurance cut from 26 weeks to 20; other Republican states considering similar measures
• PLUS
• Michigan Drastically Cutting Unemployment Insurance And Fox's Stuart Varney Is Simply Giddy Over "Real Austerity"
• Van Jones:  The Right's Tribute - In support of Van Jones.  Who ever heard of him until Beck and the right started attacking him?  A summary of his achievements and a defence against his attackers
• Oil Industry Voices Its Side in "Houston, We Have A Problem" - The oil dilemma is not black-and-white, good-versus-evil.  Documentary considers the problem from both sides. "An educational, upbeat examination into the history and future of oil,"
• Dylan Ratigan Interviews Stephen Lerner (SEIU, attacked by Beck as promoting economic terrorism) - Lerner defends himself, promotes "union of mortgage holders"
• Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former Egyptian foreign minister and Secretary-General of the UN, on the situation in Egypt and the likely outcome [highly recommended]
• Move To Detroit Quickly While There's Still Time - Detroit is America's most blessed city for water resources, on the Detroit River and between Lake Michigan and Lake Erie - when Phoenix, Las Vegas and Los Angeles go dry, come to Detroit
• Four Republican lawmakers who advocated a no-fly zone over Libya have changed their minds now that Obama's done it
• Pawlenty backtracks from a decision he made as governor that opponents say is pro-Muslim - U.S. should not be governed by religious law unless it's Christianity