![Matthew Adams](http://rabble.ca/sites/rabble/files/imagecache/thumbnail/category_pictures/Photo 6_0.jpg "Matt moved to Toronto from the U.S just in time for Mike Harris to take power in Ontario and has been stunned ever since. Matthew Adams is a co-founder of the Catalyst Centre (a social justice popular education worker co-op), www.catalystcentre.ca, and works with a number of organizations including the Fourth Pig Worker Co-op, the publicist for the Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts in Toronto (where he is a proud member of CUPE local 1281) and rabble.ca where he is the Special Projects Coordinator. You can hear Matt rant about politics on the podcast "I read the news today (oh boy)" on the rabble podcast network and read him on the blog of the same name at rabble.ca.")
Sure no one expected some new progressive presidency, but how do we think Obama has performed so far despite our reduced expectations? Stephen is more of the "watch the zen master" and "better than McCain/Palin" but Matt is surprised by some of Obama's moves and weaknesses. Somewhere in there though, Matt does give Obama one good grade. Of course we have news you might have missed with new species cropping up, domestic terrorism and more.
Source links for Below The Fold: News You Might Have Missed:
New bird species evolvotion witnessed [7]
Domestic terrorists from the U.S. [8]
Poverty report shows great vulnerability [9]
False advertings and abortion services [10]
Ponies proteted in Saskatchewan [11]
EU President - boring but effective? [12]
Our theme song, "carrot juice is murder" is used by permission of the arrogant worms [13]
Links:
[1] http://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/i-read-news-today-oh-boy
[2] http://rabble.ca/taxonomy/term/2705
[3] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/artist/matt_adams_stephen_benedetti
[4] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/title/boy-2009-11-30
[5] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/album/irtn
[6] http://rabble.ca/audio/by/year/2009
[7] http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/11/speciation-in-action/
[8] http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/11/18/the_terrorists_among_us
[9] http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/bu-fi1111609.php
[10] http://www.slate.com/id/2236707/
[11] http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2009/11/26/sk-pony-protection-law-passed.html?ref=rss
[12] http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,662732,00.html
[13] http://www.arrogantworms.com/
[14] http://rabble.ca/user
[15] http://rabble.ca/user/register