Subject: Libyan Endgame | Can Infants Be Overweight?
From: "The Faster Times" <info@thefastertimes.com>
Date: 2/23/11, 13:15
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Welcome to The Faster Times update. In today's edition, we bring you Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, fat babies, why the Pence Amendment sucks, UFC on Facebook, and a post-affluent America. Enjoy!

NEWS

Libyan Endgame: Gaddafi Resorts to Rhetoric of Death

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi has defiantly pledged to wage civil war in the country he has ruled absolutely for the last four decades, encouraging his supporters to take to the streets and warning opponents that they face summary execution.





PEDIATRICS

Fat Baby Fat: Can Infants Be Overweight?

Baby fat is cute, right? Those little rolls of chub on teeny thighs, an extra chin or three frames a cherubic face just so. And, in many families, a ‘thriving plump infant’ is both a source of pride and sense of what makes a baby healthy. Well, maybe not actually.





WOMEN AND MEDIA

Defunding Planned Parenthood Means More Clap and Shotgun Weddings: Why The Pence Amendment Sucks

Unless you live in Iran, China, or a state of affairs in which a bad breakup has forced you to deprive yourself of Facebook access, you’ve heard by now of the Pence Amendment, a Republican-sponsored bill that aims to strip federal funding from any organization that offers abortions, including Planned Parenthood. If you’re going to stop reading here, I’ll bottom-line it for you: it sucks.





MMA

UFC 127; Facebook Accepts Dana White’s Friend Request

The Prelims to UFC 127 will stream live on face book this Saturday night. Who needs air time these days ? Tie Quan Zhang and his fellow undercard fighters will be getting bandwidth.

And, yes, I know it will also be aired on television. But TV is very, very early 80′s.





FOREIGN POLICY

Egypt and Post Affluent America

It is only a few days after the resignation of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and demonstrations have already spread to much of the Middle East with several governments including those in Libya and Bahrain appearing to be on the verge of collapsing. It is possible that the regimes in Libya and Bahrain will right themselves and find a way to stay in power, but it seems more likely that at least one of these countries, and perhaps others in the region, will, like Egypt and Tunisia, see a resignation or abdication soon.





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