September 30, 2007 No Talking Heads

Guests will be TJ Johnson and Geov Parrish

From Geov:
* Waxman: State Department blocking congressional probe, McClatchy
- State Dept (Rice) blocking probes into Iraqi corruption, Blackwater

From TJ:
* Say farewell to this home for history at St. Helens, Olympian

Local

* 40-Day Vigil Begins by Pro-Life Organizations Targetting Planned Parenthood
- clinic defense discussions occurring on Olyblog here and here.
* Lakefair offers plans to save itself - to ask nuclear-powered subs to visit Olympia, again, Olyblog.net
- "USS Olympia proposed to boost Lakefair '08", Olympian
* New jail moves closer to reality; deadline passes for filing environmental challenges against ARC, Olympian

National

* Calls for student editor to resign after 'F**k Bush' column, CNN website
- here's the online version of the editorial from Rocky Mountain Collegian website.
* Nuclear power surge coming; in the next 15 months, US regulators expect applications for up to 28 new plants, CS Monitor
* Where's My Free Wi-Fi? Why municipal wireless networks have been such a flop, Slate
- conclusion points to private firms failing to come through on projects, such as Earthlink.
* U.S. accused of failing ill 1991 Gulf War veterans, Reuters
- 16 years after the war, 175,000 U.S. veterans -- one in four of those who served -- remain seriously ill, with the sickest among them developing neurodegenerative diseases and brain cancer.
* How radio's new ratings system works, Seattle PI