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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

RSS Snapshot - July 28

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Blacklisted News

  • Carbon Trading Giants and Big Energy Are Both Tryi ...

    If we just let them make out like bandits off of carbon trading , then everything will be fine. Not only is this an awfully convenient for the banksters who conned us into an economic crash, but many environmentalists don't even buy that carbon trading is the best way to reduce carbon emissions.

  • Data Detailing New York Stock Exchange Network Exp ...

    Sensitive information about the technical infrastructure of the New York Stock Exchange’s computer network was left unsecured on a public server for possibly more than a year, Threat Level has learned.

  • Cambodian government accused of creating 'Aids col ...

    Aids campaigners and human rights groups today accused the Cambodian government of herding HIV-affected families into an "Aids colony" outside the capital, Phnom Penh.

  • Commando Subs Sending Drones, Robo-Torpedos Into C ...

    The U.S. Navy’s four Special Forces-optimized submarines are using a wide range of robots in combat in coastal areas, the Navy’s top officer for irregular warfare said in a surprisingly candid interview.

  • Biowarfare Research: Lifting the Lid on America's ...

    The sixth anniversary of the murder of British bioweapons expert Dr. David Kelly on July 17, 2003, lifted the lid on more than government lies that smoothed the way for the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq; it exposed the shadowy world of germ warfare research in Britain and the United States ...

Project Censored

  • WALTER CRONKITE: THE END OF AN ERA – JULY 17, 20 ...

    WALTER CRONKITE: THE END OF AN ERA – JULY 17, 2009 The end of an era is a term too often over-used. But it is a term that is properly used when discussing the passing of Walter Cronkite. It is truly the end of an era in journalism. No other journalist could do what Walter did. He could cal ...

  • You Can Now Find Our Investigative Research at the ...

    You can now find all of the investigative research that we have done over the years at our new and exciting Media Freedom International Website Please check the website often for news and updates.

  • Analysis of Project Censored: Are We a Left-Leanin ...

    By Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” –Frederick Douglass ...

  • Infotainment Society: Junk Food News and New ...

    By Mickey Huff and Frances A. Capell We can do the innuendo We can dance and sing When it’s said and done We haven’t told you a thing We all know that crap is king Give us dirty laundry! Don Henley, Dirty Laundry, 1982 The late New York University media scholar Neil Postma ...

  • A Black President Doesn’t Mean Racism is gone in ...

    By Peter Phillips Racial inequality remains in the US. People of color continue to experience high rates of poverty, significant unemployment, police profiling and repressive incarceration. School segregation is a continuing concern among race scholars as well. According to a new Civil Rights re ...

Scoop - NZ

  • Eyes On America - Fair Trade Free Trade 22-06-09

    Chris McMaster's weekly show "Eyes On America" on "Hamilton Community Radio"This episode looks at Free and Fair Trade. Has the US/Australia free trade agreement benefitted Australia. Listen to find out how our ozzie neighbours are fairing from that agreement. » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

  • Lions led by donkeys

    There has been no proper consideration of how New Zealand could cut its emissions, no strategy developed or even emerging, no integration of ideas. Climate policy is being played as a purely political issue, because there seems to be no real appreciation of the seriousness of the problem. » PLIGG_ ...

  • 2008 A Busy Year for EQC

    Earthquakes generated more damage claims than storms in 2008, but storms cost more. » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

  • 2030: A Postmodern Middle Ages

    In the future, globalization will further weaken the nation-state. A long transition process toward global government will be, like the Middle Ages, a time of great insecurity. But Europe's governance structure will prevail, even in the United States. It will buy its way to peace and its model will ...

  • Brown leads Banks in SuperCity Poll

    Manukau Mayor Len Brown leads Auckland City Mayor John Banks in the race to be the proposed Supercity's first mayor, according to a new poll.The UMR Research head-to-head poll, which surveyed 482 Aucklanders, showed Mr Brown had 35 percent support, slightly ahead of Mr Banks on 34 percent.UMR Resear ...

Independent ( London )

  • Police raid home of Jackson's physician

    Federal agents searched the home of Michael Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray yesterday as focus turned to the role a powerful sedative may have played in the singer's death.

  • Riots in Nigeria leave 103 dead

    Thousands of Nigerians sheltered in barracks in the northern city of Maiduguri yesterday after days of clashes involving Muslim rebels which have killed at least 150 people across four states.

  • Iran releases prisoners after abuse allegations

    Iran has released 140 people detained in the country's post-election turmoil and the Supreme Leader ordered the closure of a prison where human rights groups say protesters were killed, in a nod by authorities to allegations of abuses in the crackdown on protests.

  • Pro-life zealot on trial over US murder of 'hated' ...

    It was at a church in rural Kansas in May that the doctor who had become the ultimate hate figure for the United States's "pro-life" movement was shot dead. Yesterday a court in Wichita began hearing evidence against the man accused of murdering him.

  • Taliban running school for suicide bombers

    Pakistan said yesterday it had rescued 20 young boys who were among hundreds recruited by the Taliban and brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers at a secret indoctrination camp.

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Gates Threatens ‘Tough Sanctions’ Against Iran

    Summary: Gates Following meetings with top Israeli officials, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said the US would seek tough new sanctions against the Iranian government if it rejected the US offer for talks. Gates vowed that such measures would not be incremental. source: Anti War.Com read mo ...

  • Iran insists it has no plans to build nuclear arms

    Summary: TEHRAN — Iran reiterated on Monday it has no plans to build nuclear weapons, after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Tehran that any pursuit of atomic arms was futile. source: AFP read more

  • Iran rejects Clinton's nuclear defense umbrella

    Summary: Dimona nuclear plant Foreign ministry spokesman Hasan Qashqavi told reporters Monday that "there is no need" for a U.S. defensive umbrella, just for Washington to tell Israel to "dismantle its own 200 nuclear warheads." source: AP read more

  • What Hillary Missed at the NAM Summit

    Summary: Non-Aligned Movement While the Presidents and Heads of States of the Non-Aligned Movement – which counts Afghanistan, Burma, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria ...

  • Clinton's 'defense umbrella' has murky history

    Summary: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton set off tremors in the Middle East this week when she said a nuclear Iran could be contained by a U.S. "defense umbrella" — an offhand remark that appears to have emerged from obscure Washington policy debates and her own presidential campaign ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • Life in the Solar System -A Daily Galaxy Poll

    Where in our Solar System do you expect life will be found? Jupiter's Europa, the hidden oceans of Saturn's moons Enceladus or Titan, the subterranean lakes of Mars, the clouds of Venus? What will form will the life mostly be?...

  • Space Odyssey 2009: Hubble Snaps Scary Closeup of ...

    The revamped Hubble telescope captured this image of an impact scar near Jupiter's south pole. The image above is the sharpest yet of the Pacific Ocean–sized impact site, which was first observed by world’s luckiest amateur astronomer since Galileo, Anthony...

  • The Quelccaya Ice Cap -The World's Largest Tropica ...

    The Quelccaya Ice Cap in the heart of the Peruvian Andres, is the largest tropical body of ice in the world. The ice cap is at an average altitude of 5,470 meters (18,600 ft) and spans an area of 44...

  • Director Peter Jackson on "District 9" -The Next ...

    District 9," filmed in a quasi-documentary style, the $30-million special-effects-heavy film from newcomer Neill Blomkamp, produced by genre-master Peter Jackson, follows the social and geo-political repercussions of aliens crash-landing in Johannesburg where they are sequestered in an apartheid-sty ...

  • Image of the Day: ISS and Discovery Transit the Su ...

    A total "WOW" as the International Space Station (ISS) and the Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-114 transit the Sun. Astronomer Anthony Ayiomamitis recorded the spacefaring combination moving quickly in silhouette across the solar disk. He snapped the picture on...

Natural News

  • Ten Things You're Not Supposed to Know about the S ...

    (NaturalNews) She was deathly afraid of the flu. So she asked her doc what she should do. He jabbed her unseen With a swine flu vaccine Blurting, "Darling, I haven't a clue." - by the Health Ranger Let's not beat around the bush on this issue: The swine flu vaccines now being prepared for mass injec ...

  • Breast Cancer Discovery: Vitamin A Derivative Norm ...

    (NaturalNews) What if a substance was found that normalizes out-of-control cell growth? The result could be a way to treat and prevent cancer. And a new study offers hope that discovery may have already been made. Scientists from the University of Chicago have just published groundbreaking research ...

  • Learn How to Relieve Arthritis and Joint Pain with ...

    (NaturalNews) We are a society deeply familiar with joint pain. Nearly 50 million adults in the United States have been diagnosed with arthritis or a similar rheumatic condition, and countless others experience general joint pain on a regular basis. Conventional medicine offers minimal relief for jo ...

  • The Carbohydrate Conundrum

    (NaturalNews) The diet and weight loss industry is booming. Everywhere you turn, there's one gimmick or another guaranteed to melt the pounds away. From billboards and magazines to TV and radio ads, you can't escape the promises of the latest and greatest. Trying to figure out what works and what do ...

  • Feeding Fish Oils to Cows Reduces Greenhouse Gas E ...

    (NaturalNews) Adding fish oil to the diets of cows and other ruminants may significantly reduce the amount of methane that the animals emit via belching or flatulence, according to a study conducted by researchers from University College Dublin and presented at a meeting of the Society for General M ...

Webhosts

TheGallopingBeaver

  • Conservative yapper Bill Kristol gets his pants re ...

    By Jon Stewart . Kristol claims that Stewart trapped him somehow . Somehow?! Stewart did it with maneouvre and exceptional skill. Kristol was, as usual, totally unarmed and unable to defend his ridiculous position. Ridiculous? Yeah. Because if any American believes, based on the ruminations of t ...

  • Kucinich and Cronkite : Department of Peace
  • Thin Man?

    Riding home from work, I was listening to the lawyer of alleged disgraced moneyjuggler Earl Jones, discussing how Jones has been in Canada for 10 days, how he is suicidal, depressed, and afraid of being attacked or killed. What I did not hear was anyone else stating, much less proving, that Jones i ...

  • Kornkob Kory's election prediction.

    Isn't it funny how they always put it on "The Family". If I may project... Little Kory sees an election being triggered this Fall. He's looked at the polling numbers and the "best scenario" stuff. He's been the front-man for a series of attack ads which have put this country into an endless electi ...

  • Sweating one's (fill in appropriate body part) off

    Right now, in British Columbia, it's hotter than the right element of my barbeque. When the temperature difference in Victoria is a mere 2 degrees C lower than a typically hot Kamloops, things are cooking. In fact, inland Vancouver Island is actually hotter at the time of writing than the BC souther ...

Media Matters for America

  • Caught with "pants on fire," McCaughey backtrack ...

    For at least the second time, former Lt. Gov. Betsy McCaughey has been caught making a false claim about pending legislation and then backtracking by claiming that she was describing the effect, if not the literal language of the bill. In February, McCaughey claimed that the economic recovery ...

  • Hannity smeared Gates as anti-white radical by di ...

    On the July 27 edition of his Fox News show, Sean Hannity repeatedly misrepresented Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s 1994 interview on C-SPAN's Booknotes to suggest that Gates had recently said he agreed with Malcolm X that the "white man was the devil" and to smear Gates as "extreme ...

  • Wash. Times' Lambro falsely claimed Oba ...

    In a July 27 column , The Washington Times ' chief political correspondent Donald Lambro falsely claimed that during his July 22 press conference, President Obama said that the "costly equipment and tests" used to "diagnose, treat or otherwise care for" patients "don't make Americans any healt ...

  • Wash. Times' Gaffney falsely claims Sotom ...

    In a July 28 Washington Times column , Frank Gaffney cropped comments Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor made in an April speech to the Puerto Rico chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union to support his false claim that Sotomayor displayed a "lack of candor before the Judiciary Comm ...

  • Echo chamber: Beck brings Drudge's Pelosi, Biden ...

    Linking to an article on discussions about a possible excise tax on cosmetic surgery, the Drudge Report posted photos of Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on July 27 alongside a headline stating, "Don't go there:? Dems Eye 10%?Tax on Botox, Cosmetic Surgery." The ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • New Orleans and the Existential Question

    Cheryl, I enjoyed your book, which manages to be entertaining, poignant and enraging all at the same time. And on another level, it's about the nature of community in America. What happens when nearly everything we expect to have, and... Sponsored Topics: New Orleans - Hurricane Katrina - Weather ...

  • Rebuilding and Guardians of the Culture

    Cheryl Wagner opened this discussion by soliciting comments about rebuilding a culture. Her frame of reference is New Orleans, where physical rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina is evident-but-oh-so-slow. The languid pace is gradually covering up scars caused by the massive... Sponsored Topics: Ne ...

  • Presented By:
  • Demented DeMint

    South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint is a popular man on the right these days, which keeps getting more demented as it retreats into its cozy old cocoon of denouncing impending socialism. At the Heritage Foundation last night DeMint was signing... Sponsored Topics: South Carolina - Jim DeMint - Heri ...

  • The F-22 Vote and the Future of Pentagon Spending

    Last week's decision by the Senate to eliminate $1.75 billion in proposed pork barrel funding for the F-22 is a step in the right direction. It is rare that the military-industrial complex loses one of these battles. But there are... Sponsored Topics: Military-industrial complex - F-22 Raptor - U ...

TruthOut

  • Third World Scene With an American Setting

    A crowd gathers in the early morning at Wise County Fairgrounds in Virginia to receive medical care at a makeshift field hospital providing free care for those in need. (Photo: Becky Lettenberger / NPR) read more

  • Sonia Sotomayor Wins Backing of Senate Committee

    Senate panel vote is nearly party line, with just one Republican approving her nomination. President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, received an important stamp of approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, pushing her one step closer to her expected confirmati ...

  • Enigma of the Uprising; Foucault and Iran

    Issue 29; Fall 2004 Editor's Note: Although published in 2004, Middle East specialist Olivier Roy's analysis of French philosopher Michel Foucault's complex response to the Iranian revolution of 1979 has special piquancy and pertinence today in light of current events in Iran: "A flashback a ...

  • What Enron and WorldCom Can Teach Us About Goldma ...

    America, it seems, can't wait to get back to business - risky business - as usual. No matter how atrocious business has been. Newsweek's latest cover story declares that The Great Recession is over. A Merrill Lynch report concurs, saying, "The recession is over ... read more

  • Iran Frees 140 Political Detainees

    • Releases follow death of regime insider's son. read more

The Heathlander

  • Chomsky on the ‘Responsibility to Protect’

    Earlier this week Noam Chomsky participated, along with Jean Bricmont, Gareth Evans (former Australian FM and long-time President of the International Crisis Group) and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, in a UN panel on the doctrine of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P). You can watch the three hour discussio ...

  • How to lose friends and alienate people

    Hiring paid hasbaratchiks to “spew forth bullshit” online, parading out Ehud Olmert to convince Americans that opposing settlement construction is like opposing rainbows and kittens, launching a smear campaign against Human Rights Watch, one of the most conservative human rights organisations ar ...

  • Breaking the Spin

    The BBC’s report on the ‘Breaking the Silence’ testimonies of IDF soldiers describing the commission of serious war crimes during Operation Cast Lead is pretty representative of its output on the topic: there’s nothing outrageous, but there is nonetheless a systematic bias that underplays or ...

  • Global march on Gaza

    When Gandhi’s doctrine of non-violent resistance (satyagraha) is invoked in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, it is invariably as a propaganda weapon intended to undermine the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance and shift the blame for the continuing occupation on to its principal vic ...

  • Newsnight goes a bit Chomsky

    Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, FAIR, Robert McChesney, Media Lens and… Jeremy Paxman? That’s right, folks: if you’re looking for trenchant critique of media performance, rooting biased and misleading coverage in institutional structure and exploring the media’s broader social function beyond t ...

Water - AlterNet

TruthHugger

  • Republicans Have Government Insurance, Why Can’t ...

    For weeks I have been listening to all the BS Republicans have spewed about health care reform. Republicans shouted it was socialized medicine and when that didn’t work they came up with other untruths. The fact of the matter is all members of Congress use the public option plan. Republicans are w ...

  • Retire Early In Self Defense Could Be A Mistake †...

    /h3> Collect Now, or Later? Timing Your Social Security Benefits With the current state of US and world economy, the alternative to jumping out a window, committing a heinous crime or planting your pup tent under an overpass, is retire early and collect your meager social security check at gene ...

  • Texas Progressive Alliance – July 13, 2009

    It’s Monday and it’s time for another version of the Texas Progressive Alliance weekly highlight reel. Off the Kuff suggests that a pro-science PAC could do a lot of good, nationally and in Texas. WCNews at Eye On Williamson reminds us that despite the brouhaha over transportation during the rec ...

  • Protect Us From Another Celebrity Death and Networ ...

    The world is reeling from political upheaval, economic meltdown and environmental catastrophe. What does the national media focus on for two weeks? The high drama of a controversial musical artist who has the audacity of dying. News that effects each and every person on this planet is buried un ...

  • Texas Progressive Alliance – July 6, 2009

    Now that we’ve celebrated another birthday for America, it’s time for the weekly Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Here are your highlights from the holiday week. The loss of Ron Artest from the Rockets to the Lakers (essentially a trade for Trevor Arista) is a bad deal, writes PDiddie a ...

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Unexplained Mysteries

  • Hunting the Mongolian Death Worm

    Two men from New Zealand are embarking on an expedition next week to seek out the fabled Mongolian death worm, a large red invertebrate said to immobi...

  • Deep secrets of a UFO think tank

    Anthony Bragalia writes about a secret UFO "think tank" contracted by the US government since the 1940's to research technologies and investigate amon...

  • Mystery altar found at Roman fort

    A huge ornately carved stone altar has been unearthed during excavations at a Roman fort in England. The relic weighs in at some 1.5 tons, is four foo...

  • Evolution driving women to be more beautiful

    Scientists have found that evolution is driving women to be more beautiful. The research found that the more attractive a woman the more likely they a...

  • 101 years on Tunguska blast still a mystery

    101 years ago a huge explosion occured over Tunguska, the blast causing devastation over 2,000 square kilometers and destroying 80 million trees with ...

Grassroots

  • Call to Action for the International Community

    Below is a letter received from one of our Honduran colleagues asking for support to end human rights violations in the country. As she describes, the situation is worsening. Please visit our action page now to send a letter to President Obama. Thank you. By Wendy Cruz read more

  • Repression by Honduran Junta continues - Take acti ...

    honduras_police_violence_2.jpg Over the weekend, Rafael Alegría, a prominent leader of the Via Campesina Central America and outspoken critic of the recent military coup in Honduras, was arrested along with several others including colleagues ...

  • Updates from Honduras

    honduras200904-062-1.jpg Via Campesina leader arrested, released The repression against demonstrations to reinstall Honduran President Manuel Zelaya continues. In the border region with Nicaragua, intense conflicts between the Army and protes ...

  • Debt Cancellation a Step Forward in Haiti

    haiti200802-003.jpg read more

  • Grassroots International Among Signers on Honduras ...

    Subheadline: Over 55 Organizations and Scholars Call on Obama Administration to Warn Honduran Regime Against Further Violence Grassroots International joined other organizations and scholars in issuing the statement below. read more

Climate

  • July 28, 2009

    Inside a Coal Confab: Global Warming Just a Scare (Coal Tattoo) The coal industry presentation was billed as a “pursuit to better understand the overwhelmingly complex issue of ‘cap & trade’,” but it came off as a pep talk urging officials to continue denying global warming is real and ...

  • July 27, 2009

    US, China Resume Climate Change Talks in Washington (Los Angeles Times) The United States and China today kick off talks in Washington that are expected to include the need for both sides to reach consensus on tackling climate change. Japan Opposition Party Vows Stronger Emissions Targets (Bloo ...

  • July 25-26, 2009

    EU: Delayed U.S. Climate Action Increases Risks (Reuters) A U.S. proposal to cut global warming emissions slowly at first before making deeper cuts after 2020 will increase the risks of irreversible climate damage, a report by the EU has said. California Kills Offshore Oil Lease Project (Reute ...

  • July 24, 2009

    Energy Companies Opened Wallets Wide to Sway Climate Bill (New York Times) Electric utilities boosted lobbying in the second quarter of 2009, narrowing the gap with oil and gas companies that had dominated spending on persuasion by a wide margin earlier this year. Slow Shift to Renewables Und ...

  • July 23, 2009

    UN: $10B Aid to Developing Nations Good Start for Climate Pact (Reuters) Rich nations providing $10 billion in aid for climate adaptation would be a "good beginning" to launch a U.N. climate treaty, the United Nations' top climate official said today. GOP Questions Locke on China Emissions Stan ...

TomDispatch

  • Tomgram: Juan Cole, Empire's Paranoia About the P ...

    These days, it seems as though the United States is conducting its wars in places remarkably unfamiliar to most Americans. Its CIA-operated drone aircraft, for instance, have been regularly firing missiles into Waziristan , where, in one strike in June, an estimated 80 tribespeople were killed wh ...

  • Tomgram: An American Hell

    Don't Turn the Page on History Facing the American World We Created By Tom Engelhardt We've just passed through the CIA assassination flap, already fading from the news after less than two weeks of media attention. Broken in several major newspapers , here's how the story goes: the Agency, evi ...

  • Tomgram: David Bromwich, America's Serial Warrior ...

    Here's part of the way that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates recently defended his decision to stop production of the F-22 Raptor, the U.S. Air Force's giant boondoggle of a fighter jet. "Consider," the secretary of defense said, "that by 2020, the United States is projected to have nearly 2, ...

  • Tomgram: The Face in the Mirror

    b[ Note for TomDispatch readers: Last year, at my birthday, I wrote "When I'm 64...," a post about war and (lack of) peace in my time. Another year has rolled around, as it tends to do, so think of what follows as further scribbled notes, stuffed in an e-bottle, and set afloat, all part of a fut ...

  • Tomgram: Ann Jones, Creating Hescostan in Kabul

    Writing on the phenomenon of escalation, journalist Norman Solomon begins a recent piece this way: "The president has set a limit on the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan. For now. That's how escalation works. Ceilings become floors. Gradually." Then he adds: "[N]o amount of spin can chang ...

Smirking Chimp

  • The Risks of a Partial Prosecution

    If Attorney General Eric Holder creates a special prosecutor for torture but forbids him or her to prosecute the lawyers who facilitated torture or the top officials who ordered it, proposing to go after only torturers who exceeded the limitations outlined in the lawyers' memos, what are the risks? ...

  • Cops Gone Wild

    Cambridge Police Sgt. James Crowley has gone whining to his professional organization, the Cambridge Police Superior Officers Assn., asking for support in calling for President Obama to apologize for saying he acted "stupidly" in arresting Harvard Prof. Henry Gates after first suspecting the promine ...

  • Yes, Say the Word

    Single Payer -- National Health Insurance. Horrors! We can't have that! That's Socialism! Yes, say the word -Socialism! We can say it and we can have it--at least a little bit of it; even in a capitalist country. A little government for the people--not the corporations--might be a good thing. Insur ...

  • Attack of the One-Percenters: Land Rover Liberals, ...

    The health care debate has reminded us that there really are three separate but coordinated armies that defend the status quo in Washington -- and will defend that status quo, whether on health care or any other economic issue. In my newspaper column today, I look at who these factions are, and what ...

  • Is Jon Stewart Funny in France?

    — from the Philadelphia Weekly On most weeknights, I travel to Paris in my mind, joining my daughter, Sionann, who lives there, nine hours ahead of me in time, a continent and an ocean away in space. I stare blankly at the pages of a book, or wool-gather in front of the TV while my mind lopes over ...

Ten Percent

  • Some Released

    Iranian authorities have released 140 people detained during a crackdown on protesters following last month’s disputed presidential election. The detainees were freed on Tuesday during a visit to the Evin prison in the capital, Tehran, by a parliamentary committee investigating prisoners’ condit ...

  • Class War With Your Rations Sir?

    Eleven workers taking part in a sit-in protest over job cuts at a wind turbine blade factory on the Isle of Wight have been dismissed. Vestas Windsystems said it had sacked 11 employees who it had identified as being inside the office. Mike, one of the workers, told the BBC that dismissal letters ...

  • Prisoners Being Moved To Revolutionary Guard’s O ...

    From Naj, help Saeed Hajjarian-

  • Americans Arrested for Plotting Violence Abroad

    Federal agents arrested seven men in North Carolina on Monday and charged them with plotting to wage “violent jihad” outside the United States, according to an indictment unsealed in federal court in Raleigh, N.C. …The government charged Daniel Boyd, a 39-year-old American who traveled t ...

  • So They’re Admitting We’re Under Occupation?

    Independent Northern Ireland-style go-betweens could ease tensions between police and protesters, say MPs. The Joint Committee on Human Rights said poor communications lay at the heart of problems at the G20 protests on 1 April. And furthermore is it admitting the police do not work for us but for ...

Paul Krugman

  • Speechless

    Bill O'Reilly explaining that of course America has lower life expectancy than Canada - we have 10 times as many people, so we have 10 times as many deaths. I need a drink.

  • Irresponsible punditry

    Pundits don't have to be right about everything - in fact, if you write a newspaper column and you never make a prediction that turns out wrong, you're not taking enough risks. They do, however, owe it to the public to make enough effort to get basic facts right. (Note to readers: having a different ...

  • Hey, we can do this

    Yglesias points out that the Gang of Six negotiating the Senate Finance version of health reform all represent very small states - in fact, the combined population of their states is less than that of New Jersey. So hey, why not let New Jersey do this instead? We can get a committee of, say, three c ...

  • 676

    Some readers ask why I don't talk about HR 676, which would establish a single-payer system for health care - similar to Medicare, the single-payer system older Americans already have and love, although they don't think it's a government program. So let me make three points. 1. If I could start from ...

  • Why Americans hate single-payer insurance

    Because they don't know they have it. A commenter points me to this: At a recent town-hall meeting in suburban Simpsonville, a man stood up and told Rep. Robert Inglis (R-S.C.) to "keep your government hands off my Medicare." "I had to politely explain that, 'Actually, sir, your health care is bein ...

No Quarter

  • In 15 Minutes, Catch Nocturnal Warrior’s Radio S ...

    At the top of the hour, be sure to tune into the one and only Nocturnal Warrior on No Quarter Radio. from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET. Join the live chat and call in to the show via (347) 677-0792. Here are the plans: The Nocturnal Warrior figures that the best way to get people to [...]

  • obama rejects rushing through legislation - people ...

    Obama speaks out against rushing things through Congress - complains that “nobody has any idea what’s in them and nobody has read them.” BARACK OBAMA: …When you rush these budgets that are a foot high and nobody has any idea what’s in them and nobody has read them. RANDI RHODES: 14 pounds ...

  • A Harbinger Of Things To Come?

    (bumped up from Monday afternoon) One can only hope. Oh, hahaha - “hope” - yes, it is a part of this story. “Hope and Change” - sound familiar? It should, not just for Barack Obama, but for his buddy for whom this strategy was tested: Deval Patrick. Oh yes, in case you [...]

  • forever in mom jeans, babe ~open thread

    h/t HotAir Some people didn’t know what Mom’s Jeans are: Or on youtube here.

  • The One and Only Nocturnal Warrior on No Quarter R ...

    Tonight, join the one and only Nocturnal Warrior on No Quarter Radio. from 9:00 to 10:00 p.m. ET. Join the live chat and call in to the show via (347) 677-0792. Here are the plans for tonight: The Nocturnal Warrior figures that the best way to get people to stop focusing on your ridiculous health ca ...

Environmental Graffiti

Foreign Policy in Focus

Therapy News

  • Relationships and Trust

    Click here to contact Anne and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Trust is essential for a good enough relationship. It is possible to be naïve and trust someone too much while at the other end of the continuum is not being able to trust someone. Building trust in a relationship with a partner is a ...

  • Concern Rises over Abuse of PTSD Claims

    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary While the majority of people who report symptoms associated with post traumatic stress disorder confront challenging and sometimes life-threatening difficulties requiring extensive therapy and other treatments, there is a growing concern over the ability of others to c ...

  • Child Abuse Programs in UK Get a Bad Rap

    A GoodTherapy.org News Update Though an increasing number of people are approaching psychotherapy as an enlightening way to learn more about themselves and their environment, others work with therapy for specific concerns or events, and in the case of children and teens, this later situation is ofte ...

  • Study Shows Not All Stress is Bad

    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary There are many industries devoted to helping people reduce stress surrounding certain events and in the course of day to day life, and with good reason; too much stress can have significantly adverse effects on mental and physical health. But a new study performed at t ...

  • Shock in Spain: Nearly a Quarter of Women Take Ant ...

    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The rates of anti-depression and related pharmaceuticals is on the rise, as psychotherapists strive to reach clients with deep and meaningful change many, especially those in the medical establishment, choose to treat issues solely with medications. Recently, a researc ...

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  • LET IT DIE? - In light of reports that Senate Dems ...

    Scott Lemieux / American Prospect : LET IT DIE? — In light of reports that Senate Dems may strip the public option and the employer mandate from the health-care bill, Steve M. asks a good question: “Is this even worth it? Is it even worth fighting to pass a compromised, inadequate bill?â ...

  • Andrew Sullivan is Right (Mary Katharine Ham/Weekl ...

    Mary Katharine Ham / Weekly Standard : Andrew Sullivan is Right — It doesn't happen terribly often, but I'm with Andrew Sullivan on the need to lay Obama birther-ism to rest— a subject on which he's been blogging with some energy over the last day. — Indeed, it's almost as if birther ...

  • Keyes and Birthers, Buckley and Birchers (Bill Pas ...

    Bill Pascoe / In the Right : Keyes and Birthers, Buckley and Birchers … I've held fire for the last several months as I've watched the so-called “Birther” movement gain steam. — At first it was amusing, like playing a drinking game — you know, like taking a shot every time Chris Matth ...

  • Palin tests radio waters. (Inside Radio)

    Inside Radio : Palin tests radio waters. — Alaska's now former Governor is coy about her future political plans, but radio is at least one option she's leaving on the table. While not exactly shopping the GOP's 2008 vice presidential candidate, sources say Palin representatives have been q ...

  • The Health Care Bill Dies? (Matt Taibbi/Taibblog)

    Matt Taibbi / Taibblog : The Health Care Bill Dies? … Well, as the French would say... Quelle surprise! — It's funny, earlier this summer I was watching the Federer-Roddick Wimbledon Final. Great match in a way, final set was 30 games long, one of the all-time epic battles. And yet, as ...

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China Dialogue

  • Rumble in the jungle

    Could uncontacted Amazonian tribes in Peru be wiped out by oil giants? Not if they don’t exist. If they do, they could impede the country’s quest for a windfall. Rory Carroll reports. Stand on the muddy riverbank at Copal Urco just before dawn and it is easy to see why the Amazon breeds legends. ...

  • Designing a greener China

    Hu Jie is the landscape architect of the 680-hectare Olympic Forest Park in Beijing. In an interview with Jared Green, Hu explains the philosophy behind its design and discusses the importance of ecological ideas and Chinese tradition. [This interview was first published by the American Society of L ...

  • The human tsunami (2)

    What to do about environmental migration, and climate change as a whole, is entirely bound up in the overall challenge of development, writes Sam Knight, concluding his report from Ghana. Quite how many people are going to leave the savannahs of northern Ghana has the attention of policymakers in Ac ...

  • The human tsunami (1)

    By 2050, climate change could force hundreds of millions of people from their lands. Sam Knight traveled to Ghana to see one region from which potential environmental refugees might come. The heart of Nandom is a fork in the road. It is here, in one of the northernmost towns in Ghana , that the buse ...

  • Geoengineering: a sea change

    Could dumping iron in the ocean help to address the climate-change crisis? Or would it make a bad situation worse? What’s the big idea? Fertilising parts of the ocean with large quantities of iron would produce huge blooms of plankton that eat carbon dioxide, thus reducing the greenhouse effec ...

Daily Censored

  • Fox Reaction To Gates Controversy Suggests They&#8 ...

    Read the full story at News Hounds Judging from the way Fox News personnel have leapt at the Gates controversy as a chance to paint Barack Obama as a black racist, and considering their previous frothing at the mouth over Rev. Jeremiah Wright and ACORN - and let’s not forget their ...

  • EXCLUSIVE: Infamous Astroturf Lobbying Firm Behind ...

    Read the full story at Think Progress The new anti-health reform front group known as the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights, is being managed by the lobbying firm known as the DCI Group. After being contacted by ThinkProgress this afternoon about its sponsorship of CPPR’s press conference la ...

  • Giuliani Falsely Claims Obama Rejected ‘Bipartis ...

    Read the full story at Think Progress On CNBC today, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed that President Obama made health care reform “an entirely political program” when he “took tort reform off the table.” “How can you ask Republicans to be part of a bipartisan group” with ...

  • Human Activity Is Driving Earth’s ‘Six ...

    Read the full story at CommonDreams.org Headlines by Ian SampleEarth is experiencing its "sixth great extinction event" with disease and human activity taking a devastating toll on vulnerable species, according to a major review by conservationists.Much of the southern hemisphere is suffering partic ...

  • North Vancouver Considers Plan for Farms on Boulev ...

    Read the full story at CommonDreams.org Headlines by Kim DavisFrom the Victory gardens of the last century's two world wars to the community-garden movement started in the 1970s, urban agriculture has played an important role in the security of the food supply.Metro Vancouver is no stranger to the u ...

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Reuters - Most Popular Articles

  • U.S. states to get "significant" obesity money

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government plans to increase funding to battle obesity and views healthcare reform as an opportunity to encourage better eating habits, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Tuesday.

  • Police search Las Vegas home of Jackson's doctor

    By Alex Dobuzinskis LOS ANGELES, July 28 (Reuters) - Las Vegas police searched the home of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal doctor, on Tuesday as the probe into the star's sudden death increasingly appeared to focus on whether the physician gave him drugs before he died. A spokesman for ...

  • U.S., China talk money, climate; no breakthroughs

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China broached two touchy topics -- currencies and climate change -- in talks on Tuesday that appeared to be more about establishing positions than hammering out firm commitments.

  • IBM to buy analytics company for $1.2 billion

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM plans to buy business analytics company SPSS Inc for $1.2 billion in cash to better compete with Oracle Corp and SAP AG in the growing field of business intelligence.

  • Police search Las Vegas home of Michael Jackson's ...

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Las Vegas police searched the home of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal doctor, on Tuesday as the probe into the star's sudden death increasingly appeared to focus on whether the physician gave him drugs before he died.

IPS - Inter Press Services

  • HONDURAS: U.S. Tightens Screws

    WASHINGTON, Jul 28 (IPS) - The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama has revoked the visas of four senior officials of the de facto government in Honduras, the State Department announced here Tuesday, in what was seen as the first of a series of new steps Washington is considering to for ...

  • KYRGYZSTAN: Election Falls Short for Intl Observe ...

    WASHINGTON, Jul 28 (IPS) - Several days after what many have called an unfair election in the Kyrgyz Republic, the U.S. has shown its own reluctant agreement.

  • SOUTH AFRICA: Rights to the River

    CAPE TOWN, Jul 28 (IPS) - Millions of litres of water are being unlawfully diverted into dams set up by South Africa's major industries, big mining companies and commercial farmers - with potentially devastating consequences for management of the resource.

  • Q&A: Agriculture Can Lead Poverty Reduction

    ROME, Jul 28 (IPS) - Agriculture is vital to the economies of West and Central African countries, but poverty remains a reality in the region's rural areas.

  • ZIMBABWE: New Constitution: Civil Society &#3 ...

    HARARE, Jul 28 (IPS) - Barely two weeks after the start of an official process to draw up a new constitution for Zimbabwe was delayed by supporters of Robert Mugabe, it faces another challenge: civil society organisation have launched a parallel constitutional project, saying the unity governmen ...

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Rogue Government.com

  • What renegade MI5 officer David Shayler did next. ...

    The renegade MI5 officer who blew the whistle on his former colleagues is now living in a squat, dressing as a woman, and railing against the 'Zionist empire'.

  • Subway's Spy Cameras To See All

    In a groundbreaking security initiative, MTA will begin running one subway train with security cameras in every one of its cars by the end of the year, officials said yesterday. Every corner of every car will be in the cameras' view.

  • Hal Turner Admits He Was An FBI Informant

    An Internet radio host pleaded not guilty today to threatening to kill three federal appellate judges in Chicago and then sought his release from custody, saying he has been an informant for the FBI.

  • Dollar Falls to 2009 Low as Economic View Reduces ...

    The dollar fell to the lowest level this year against the currencies of six major U.S. trading partners as speculation the global economy is emerging from the recession reduced demand for a refuge.

  • Hawaii: Obama Birth Certificate Is Real

    In an attempt to quash persistent rumors that President Obama was not born in Honolulu on Aug. 4, 1961, Hawaii's health director reiterated this afternoon that she has personally seen Obama's birth certificate in the Health Department's archives.

Innovation Canada

  • i2eye with Bartha Maria Knoppers

    “Don’t plan your career — be curious.” That’s the credo that Bartha Maria Knoppers, the new director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, espouses — and one she lives by. Knoppers turned her love of books into a master’s in c ...

  • Environmental legacy

    (Article courtesy of University of Regina) University of Regina biologist Chris Somers is fascinated by how humans and wildlife interact and how animals respond to human-modified environments. “My research often combines animal ecology in the field, environmental chemistry and genetics,” explain ...

  • Rebooting the search for dark matter

    “This is just a regular day at the office,” says researcher Chris Jillings as a two-kilometre-long cable lowers an elevator down into a maze of sweltering passageways leading to the “clean rooms” at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, or SNOLAB. “But every so often, I realize this is all rea ...

  • Seeking the perfect storm

    Mother Nature always has the upper hand — and sometimes the last laugh. John Hanesiak knows this well. When asked about the most memorable weather he’s tracked, the University of Manitoba atmospheric scientist and storm chaser points out that he’s witnessed several tornadoes, but the event t ...

  • Science savvy

    What do you call a circular piece of DNA? What are the four forces that affect fermions? Name the large muscle that pushes on the lungs of a turtle. And what the heck are fermions anyway? These are but a few of the questions that faced a throng of sixth and eighth graders at the All Science Challeng ...

Signs of the times

  • Medvedev slams Russia's lax driving culture

    Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev has lashed out at the country's careless driving culture, after 11 people were killed in a three-car crash. The crash happened on a highway in Dagestan late at night and is the latest in a series of deadly accidents on Russia's roads.

  • The Military Spies on Anarchists in Olympia

    Amy Goodman on Democracy Now just broke a story that is a piece of a larger puzzle: and that puzzle is the spying on dissidents right here in the United States. This time it was done by someone working for the U.S. military, which may be illegal. It happened out in Olympia, Washington, where a guy ...

  • US: Recession Likely to Leave Kids Worse Off

    Even before the recession, the health and well-being of a significant number of American children were growing worse, according to an authoritative report issued Tuesday. The Kids Count assessment by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, an advocacy group that funds programs designed to help disadvantaged ...

  • Venezuela, Russia Sign Energy, Military Agreements

    Venezuelan and Russian officials signed accords covering energy, military and agricultural cooperation in Caracas, the capital of the South American oil-exporting nation. The governments late yesterday agreed to form a venture between PDVSA-Servicios, the state oil company's oilfield services subsi ...

  • Study: Tanning beds as deadly as arsenic

    International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as "probable carcinogens." A new analysis ...

Threat Level

  • Obama Stimulus Buys $8M in Airport Spy Cameras

    Five domestic airports will share nearly $8 million worth of new surveillance cameras, thanks to the Obama administration’s stimulus package, the Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International, Ronald Reagan Washington National, Spokane International, ...

  • iPhone Jailbreaking Could Crash Cellphone Towers, ...

    The nation’s cellphone networks could suffer “potentially catastrophic” cyberattacks by iPhone-wielding hackers at home and abroad if iPhone owners are permitted to legally jailbreak their shiny wireless devices — that’s what Apple claims. The Copyright Office is considering a request by t ...

  • Data Detailing NYSE Network Exposed on Unsecured S ...

    Sensitive information about the technical infrastructure of the New York Stock Exchange computer network was left unsecured on a public server for possibly more than a year, Wired.com has learned. The data was removed after Wired.com disclosed the situation to the NYSE. It included several director ...

  • Data Detailing New York Stock Exchange Network Exp ...

    Sensitive information about the technical infrastructure of the New York Stock Exchange’s computer network was left unsecured on a public server for possibly more than a year, Threat Level has learned. The data, which was removed after Threat Level disclosed the situation to the NYSE, included se ...

  • Studios Demand Court Shutter Pirate Bay

    Hollywood is urging a Swedish court to shutter The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious BitTorrent tracker. The site’s four co-founders were convicted of facilitating copyright infringement. “They’ve been sentenced to prison for criminal activities but haven’t stopped carrying out those ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • CBO Slams GOP Claim on Public Option and Employer ...

    To be sure, the preliminary analyses from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have not always bolstered the Obama administration's case for health care reform. But on one vital issue - the impact of the so-called "public option" on employer-provided health care...

  • In Parting, Palin Decries Federal Largesse She Acc ...

    In her fiery parting shot in Fairbanks Sunday, now-ex Governor Sarah Palin resorted to all of her now trademark rhetorical tactics. Bashing the media while using the U.S. military as human shields, she told the television cameras, "How about, in...

  • A Look Back at the Sarah Palin Hall of Shame

    As she prepared for her final day in the Alaska governor's office Sunday, Sarah Palin's last week on the job produced more of the same head-scratching that has defined her 10 months on the national stage. Despite her demonstrated ignorance...

  • Family Health Insurance Premiums to Reach $22,000 ...

    Whatever you think of the merits of President Obama's claim that the current American health care system is "unsustainable," the assertion is indisputable when it comes to the trajectory of insurance premiums. In a new analysis, the Center for American...

  • The Republican 10 Point Plan for Health Care

    After Rep. Roy Blunt, leader of the supposed House GOP Health Care Solutions Group, suggested Thursday that Republicans won't offer a health care plan of their own, Minority Leader John Boehner insisted one was still in the works. Of course,...

Blackspot News Feed

  • REMAKE/REMODEL: Gorilla With A Human Brain

    Every week, I dig out an ancient character for the arty types at my message board to fuck around with. This week, I gave them a classic from 1941: Jack Castle was both a drunk and assistant to a mad scientist. He is knocked unconscious by the mad doctor, so Castle would not reveal the nature of the ...

  • ANGEL OF DEATH On DVD

    As written by the excellent Ed Brubaker. As you can see. Because these people do the right thing, obviously. It’s out today on DVD in the US , and in Canada , but not yet in the UK. Bastards.

  • Third World Scene With an American Setting

    A crowd gathers in the early morning at Wise County Fairgrounds in Virginia to receive medical care at a makeshift field hospital providing free care for those in need. (Photo: Becky Lettenberger / NPR) read more

  • Sonia Sotomayor Wins Backing of Senate Committee

    Senate panel vote is nearly party line, with just one Republican approving her nomination. President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor, received an important stamp of approval from the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, pushing her one step closer to her expected confirmati ...

  • Iran Frees 140 Political Detainees

    • Releases follow death of regime insider's son. read more

Consortium News

  • Obama Faces Carter/Clinton Parallels

    After six months in office, Barack Obama confronts dangers that damaged two previous Democratic presidents, writes Robert Parry. July 29, 2009

  • The Left's Media Miscalculation

    From the Archive: A lookback at that how the American Left squandered its media advantage and aided the Right's ascendancy. By Robert Parry

  • Wall St. Rally Masks Deeper Problems

    Stocks are up, but so too are pressures on workers in higher-wage countries, reports TheRealNews. July 28, 2009

  • Sudan's Lesson for Iraq, Mideast

    Outside mediators helped warring factions in Sudan settle a land dispute in a possible model for other conflicts, writes Ivan Eland. July 28, 2009

  • Obama, the Great Wealth Creator?

    With stocks down in March, Barack Obama was a "great wealth destroyer," so what now with stocks rising, asks Robert Parry. July 27, 2009

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Planetsave

  • Do Hot Dogs Cause Cancer? Jersey Residents Demand ...

    This post contains additional media. Click here to view the full post . Hot dogs are gross; there’s just no getting around it. They are made from left over parts and full of nitrates . Unfortunately, they are part of American food culture, what little there is, and a summer time mainstay f ...

  • Ocean Conservancy and Reef Relief say Parrotfish N ...

    Â The beautiful parrotfish (family Scaridae) performs many roles in coral reef ecosystems. With their large teeth they munch algae off the coral so that it stays healthy and alive. Parrotfish are constantly eating and digesting bits of coral whole, and excreting sand that helps create beaches.ÂÂ ...

  • Minnesota’s New Conservation Tax Beginning to Pa ...

    Restoration of shallow lake habitat in southern and western Minnesota is one of the habitat programs funded by a new 25-year conservation tax in the state. Photo courtesy of Ducks Unlimited. A new three-eighths cent Minnesota sales tax that took effect July 1 is beginning to result in conservation ...

  • Win 1 Year of Free Transportation!

    The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) is hosting a “Dump the Pump” video contest. The winner will get one free year on public transportation! Currently, only two videos are on the site. Save some serious money on transportation — approximately 30%, the largest percentage, of ...

  • London Grassroots Activists Getting Attention

    A new organization, starting off in South London, but open to working in other areas as well, is making links in the green world on the grassroots level and is getting some serious attention. Read more of this story »

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Public Citizen in Texas

  • Good Day, (for Texas) Sunshine [Flickr]

    Public Citizen Texas posted a photo: This morning marks a good day for Texas sunshine! Public Citizen Texas gives you the early morning scoop -- late last night the Texas Senate passed through HB 1423, a net metering bill to provide owners of solar installations with fair buy-back rates for the ex ...

  • Jon Stewart gets ACES Right!

    If you missed Tuesday night’s episode of The Daily Show, you did not get to see John Stewart and guest Steven Chu (Obama’s Nobel Prize winning Secretary of Energy) discuss the Waxman-Markey climate bill and America’s energy future. For those who missed it here are some highlights: Jon S ...

  • Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Roundup

    Time again for the Texas Progressive Alliance weekly blog roundup. Off the Kuff takes closer look at that story about Texas turnout in last year’s election. WCNews at Eye On Williamson adds some context to what’s being said in Texas about Unemployment insurance, the stimulus, and Gov. Perry. Th ...

  • Energia Mia: San Antonio coalition tries to stop ...

    Don’t Nuke The Alamo! As we all know, San Antonio’s CPS energy is on the verge of investing in a third and fourth reactor for the South Texas Nuclear project in Bay City. In addition to the environmental and social concerns we have about nuclear power at Public Citizen, we also want to m ...

  • Dispelling Green Choice Myths

    Since the Austin American Statesman published a couple of articles on the less-than-stellar sales of Austin Energy’s Green Choice program, many media outlets have picked up the story and the takeaway message is something like “liberal Austin finds out the hard way that renewable energy is too ex ...

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They Gave Us a Republic

  • What Health Care Reform Will Accomplish in Your Di ...

    Henry Waxman's diligent staffers have been hard at it, churning out facts and figures on the impact the House's Affordable Health Choice Act - the good one, with a strong public option and other money-saving measures - will have on each and every individual congressional district in the country - al ...

  • Maddeningly Simple, But Apparently Impossible

  • Sotomayor nomination approved by Senate Judiciary ...

    The Senate Judiciary Committee voted this morning to send her nomination to the full senate for a confirmation vote after a 13-6 vote that, with the exception of Lindsey Graham, fell along party lines. The vote from the Judiciary Committee sets up a contentious future on the committee which has ye ...

  • Gates visiting Iraq

    Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is in Iraq on his first visit to the country this year. While there he will meet with Prime Minister Nouri Kemal al-Maliki and General Ray Odierno, as well as other American commanders, in advance of a major drawdown of American forces scheduled to get underway ea ...

  • The Nightowl Newswrap

    Shall we call it the "Potomac Awakening"? Democrats in D.C. are slowly starting to realize that Democrats just might have to do healthcare with no republican votes, and may have to pull the plug on negotiations if the republicans remain intractable and obstructionist. Chris Van Hollen of Michigan, ...

Care 2

  • How to save a bird of prey

    No matter what experts may tell you saving a bird of prey will to a large extent depend on the “morale” of the bird at the time that you try to save it plus it`s overall physical condition is also important. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment

  • what can we learn from our pets?

    Civilizations throughout the ages have acknowledged – in some form or another – the wisdom that animals can give us. From Egyptian hieroglyphics to arctic totem poles, we see animals represented as symbols of greater meaning than just fur and feathers. Submitted by Simone D. to Animals | Note ...

  • WWII Vet Doggedly Works to Get Canine Service Dogs ...

    No one knows first hand the horrors of war more than World War II hero Irwin Stovroff. That's why when Stovroff — who was held for one year in a Nazi POW camp before being freed by allied forces — learned that the U.S. government didn't supply service Submitted by Simone D. to Animals | Not ...

  • Pictured: The PC and the dog he is accused of kill ...

    Smiling proudly with his arm around his beloved dog Jet, this is PC Mark Johnson, the officer accused of killing two police dogs by leaving them in his car on a blazing day. PC Johnson is alleged to have killed Jet, who was ten, and 18-month-old Jay- Submitted by Simone D. to Animals | Note- ...

  • Nepal’s Chitwan NP Reports Increase in Tiger Popu ...

    Finally, a bit of good news about wild tigers. It said that there were a total of 121 adult tigers spread over the four protected areas, with the highest number in the Chitwan National Park with 91 tigers. Bardiya National Park, Shuklaphanta Wildlife Submitted by Simone D. to Environment | Note- ...

GreenBiz

  • Green Wineries Embrace Innovation from the Fields ...

    Solar-powered vineyards, biodynamic farming, organically grown grapes and innovative packaging put several California wineries on the leading edge of sustainable wine production. Their remarkable results offer valuable lessons for green leaders in any industry.

  • Coca-Cola Enterprises Emissions Reductions, Recycl ...

    The bottling, marketing and distribution arm of the beverage giant has set a goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 15 percent before 2020, as well as to recover 100 percent of its bottles for recycling.

  • Report Urges Efficiency as a Solution to Californi ...

    A new study by the Pacific Institute shows ways that California farmers can cut their water use by as much as 17 percent without cutting the productivity of the nation's most productive agricultural region.

  • Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain ...

    This report from the Pacific Institute details the ways that California farmers can implement water efficiency practices to reduce water use by 17 percent while maintaining current levels of productivity.

  • Cash for Killing Your Lawn: Cities Get Creative on ...

    In Las Vegas, the biggest desert city in the U.S., and still one of the fastest-growing regions in the nation, the local water utility is offering cash incentives to replace water-sucking lawns with drought-resistant landscapes.

Reuters Global

  • How do you solve a political crisis? Hondurans try ...

    TEGUCIGALPA - A month after a coup that has plunged Honduras into its worst political crisis in decades, the country's de facto rulers declared Tuesday an official Day of Prayer for peace.

  • U.S. border agents under fire as Mexican smugglers ...

    U.S. Border Patrol agent Robert Rosas was killed by Mexican smugglers in California on July 23. As efforts to disarm Mexican gangs struggle, attacks on U.S. border agents are rising.

  • Northern Nigeria erupts again

    So far the exact toll from the latest bout of religious rioting in northern Nigeria is not clear. At least 150 have died and the toll may well go higher. The killings are bad enough, but the north has experienced much worse within living memory. One of the bloodiest outbreaks of religious rioting o ...

  • Stolen limo a nightmare for Merkel challenger Stei ...

    Having your car stolen is bad enough. But if you are a German government minister whose party is facing an uphill battle before a federal election and the public finds out you have been using the car on holiday, it is even worse.

  • Austrian subprime woes turn into political hot pot ...

    The Austrian government debt agency’s two-year old foray into subprime investments has turned into a political hot potato and sparked an increasingly heated debate between the Social Democrats and conservatives, caught in an uneasy but coalition government without viable alternative.

Ezra Klein

  • Tab Dump

    • A trip inside Richard Cohen's head. • " Instead of treating CBO estimates like the Ten Commandments, we should treat them like the informed wild guesses they actually are. " • Basic facts: They're important. • Speaking of basic facts, I'd like to see Martin Feldstein's response to this ...

  • The 19.5 Years Test

    "[E]ven if getting any bill called 'health care reform' passed would be good short-term politics," writes political scientist Scott Lemieux, "it's worth further emphasizing that signing a bill without (at a minimum) a public option would be a substantive disaster." Elsewhere, he says, "the public op ...

  • PBSing

    I'll be on the Newshour tonight, towards the beginning of the show. It's 6 p.m. my time, but I'm not sure when it plays in the rest of the country.

  • A Litmus Test for Government

    Matt Taibbi on health-care reform: It won’t get done, because that’s not the way our government works. Our government doesn’t exist to protect voters from interests, it exists to protect interests from voters. The situation we have here is an angry and desperate population that at long last h ...

  • The Four-Day Workplace Week

    As Brad Plumer says , normalizing a four-day workweek, at least for particular jobs, makes a certain amount of some sense. It's cheaper for some employers. It uses less resources. Workers like it. But the big argument, in this time of energy concerns, is that "some 106 million Americans drive to wor ...

Booman Tribune

  • Serious Question

    What do we get for being Americans that you wouldn't trade with Canadians to get what they get for being Canadians? I'm thinking we have a more diverse geography, better national parks, nicer beaches, warm as well as cold climates... After that, I got nothing.

  • Iran's Hardliners Retreat

    Iran's regime is backtracking slightly on its repression of the protests that have sprung up since President Ahmadinejad won a staggeringly large (and unexpected and not believed ) victory by nearly two thirds of the votes cast at the polls. Well, maybe not backtracking, but one can certainly call ...

  • Open Thread

    Howard Dean will be hosting Countdown with Keith Olbermann tonight. For an extra treat, one of his guests will be my brother, Phillip. I assume they will be talking about health care. Unfortunately, here on Ocracoke, I only get CNBC, CNN, and FOX, but not MSNBC. So, watch it for me and give my b ...

  • Ho Hum, Just Another Taser Tale

    This one comes from Mobile Alabama, where police used both a taser and pepper spray to deal with a deaf and mentally disabled man who couldn't understand what they wanted him to do. Officers who used pepper spray and a Taser to remove a man from a store bathroom found out only later he was deaf a ...

  • Global Warmng To Get Worse?

    A new study predicts that global warming will increase far faster over the next five years than previous predictions due to increased solar activity and the El Nino southern hemisphere oscillation cycle: The world faces record-breaking temperatures as the sun's activity increases, leading the p ...

European Tribune

Futurismic

  • Psychohistory in the real world

    Researchers at Indiana University believe that it may be possible to create a real-life version of Isaac Asimov’s concept of psychohistory: Much as meteorologists predict the path and intensity of hurricanes, Indiana University’s Alessandro Vespignani believes we will one day predict with unprec ...

  • Karl Schroeder is one smart guy

    Karl Schroeder, despite being a fairly recent discovery, is one of my favourite science fiction writers. This brief fifteen minute talk he gave to the O’Reilly Open Source Conference should do a pretty good job of explaining why. See what I mean? Smart guy. Project Wonderful - Your ad here, righ ...

  • Karl Schroeder is one smart guy

    Karl Schroeder, despite being a fairly recent discovery, is one of my favourite science fiction writers. This brief fifteen minute talk he gave to the O’Reilly Open Source Conference should do a pretty good job of explaining why. See what I mean? Smart guy. Project Wonderful - Your ad here, righ ...

  • Science and drugs and rock’n'roll: can we ma ...

    Much like science fiction, science isn’t considered to be cool (unless you’re a geek like us, of course). So what can be done about science’s image problem? Over here in the UK, a chap called Richard Bowdler is trying to open the eyes of ordinary people to the cooler sides of science by doing ...

  • Pluto has a posse

    If you’re among the body of people who decried the demotion of poor little Pluto, take heart – it (he?) may end up reinstated some time soon: If Pluto is reinstated, it will probably be thanks to discovery rather than debate. Mark Sykes of the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, Arizona, beli ...

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Global Elite

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Green Inc. - NYT

  • China, United States Pledge Climate Teamwork

    China and the United States close in on climate cooperation.

  • Oregon Eases Ethanol Requirements

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