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• BRAZIL: Military Deal with France Strengthens Mu ...

  RIO DE JANEIRO, Sep 8 (IPS) - With the announcement of a multi-billion-dollar military technology-sharing deal with France, Brazil is projecting itself as a future regional military supplier, while sending out a clear signal about the multipolar focus of its foreign policy.

• POLITICS-US: Obama Struggles to Regain Early Mome ...

  WASHINGTON, Sep 8 (IPS) - The United States Congress returns to work Tuesday after a turbulent summer recess that has raised doubts over President Barack Obama's ability to face down domestic opposition from Republicans and enforce party cohesion on issues ranging from healthcare reform to troop ...

• RIGHTS-US: Rendition Victim Still Seeking Justice

  NEW YORK, Sep 8 (IPS) - Thwarted by U.S. courts, a German citizen who claims he was "rendered" by the U.S. and secretly detained and tortured for four months is taking his case to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.

• ST VINCENT: Proposed Constitution Facilitates Dea ...

  KINGSTOWN, Sep 8 (IPS) - For human rights groups like Amnesty International and the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Human Rights Association (SVGHRA), Nov. 25 will be more than just another day in the Caribbean.

• LATIN AMERICA: Women in History - More than Just ...

  CARACAS, Sep 8 (IPS) - Juana Azurduy or Manuela Sáenz, Bartolina Sisa or Gertrudis Bocanegra, Luisa Cáceres or Policarpa Salavarrieta - these heroines attest to the participation of women in the struggle for Latin America’s independence from Spain, a revolutionary movement that began tw ...

The Intelligence Daily

• Capitalizing Security: "Non-Lethal" Weapons and th ...

• Let's talk class warfare shall we?

• Wall Street To Securitize People's Deaths?

• Power, Illusion, and America’s Last Taboo

• When Will Obama See Afghanistan's Daughters as His ...

My AntiWar

• First Openly Gay Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson on ...

  Bishop Gene Robinson is no stranger to controversy. His ordination by the Episcopalian Church in 2003 was greeted with both outrage and celebration in various parts of the worldwide Anglican Communion. Bishop Robinson came out over twenty years ago. In June of last year, he was legally joined to his ...

• NAACP President Ben Jealous on the Group’s 1 ...

  We speak with Ben Jealous, president and CEO of the NAACP about Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent announcement that efforts are being made to reshape the Justice Department?s Civil Rights Division, the case of Georgia death row prisoner Troy Davis, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the ...

• White House Environmental Adviser Van Jones Resign ...

  The Obama administration’s special adviser for environmental jobs, Van Jones, has resigned citing what he described as a “vicious smear campaign” against him. For the past month, Fox News has run a series of reports on Jones’s alleged association with communists and his decision to sign a pe ...

• Headlines for September 8, 2009

  Charity: US Troops Raided Afghan Hospital, Report: US Air Strike Killed 60-70 Afghan Civilians, UN: Evidence of Fraud Mounts in Afghan Election, Obama: ?Time to Act? on Healthcare Reform, Obama to Address Nation’s School Children, Obama’s Green Jobs Czar Van Jones Resigns, Official Unemployment ...

• Dem Leader Wants ‘Successful’ Plan for ...

  Rogue Government.com

• Obama Asks Senate To Increase Debt Ceiling

• China Alarmed By U.S. Money Printing

• UN wants new global currency to replace dollar

  In a radical report, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has said the system of currencies and capital rules which binds the world economy is not working properly, and was largely responsible for the financial and economic crises.

• The War On Drugs Is Immoral Idiocy

  The greatest social menace of the new century is not terrorism but drugs, and it is the poor who will have to lead the revolution.

• Charity: U.S. Troops Stormed Through Afghan Hospi ...

  A Swedish charity accused American troops Monday of storming through a hospital in central Afghanistan, breaking down doors and tying up staff in a search for militants. The U.S. military said it was investigating.

Innovation Canada

• FISHing for answers

  University of Alberta (U of A) researchers have developed a cancer-testing technology with a snappy name but a serious purpose. The “FISH on a chip” is a complex test that detects abnormalities in chromosomes which characterize particular types of cancer. To create it, researchers miniaturize a ...

• i2eye with Palmiro Campagna

  Widely seen as Canada’s crowning technical achievement of the day, the Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor was scrapped after only five test planes were completed. Half a century later, aviation enthusiasts still mourn the loss and the Avro workers who left Canada to help realize NASA’s moon-rocke ...

• Testing ground

  Think of it as a case of lab life trying to imitate real life. From behind a two-way mirror, researchers observe and record medical staff trying to use intravenous drug pumps and other devices while being continuously interrupted by a Code Blue or other emergencies that could cause them to make mist ...

• Ocean view

  The winch at the rear of the ship slowly lowers a 13-tonne steel capsule about the size of three minivans into still water in early July. The shell, painted a garish yellow, is a trawl-resistant frame designed to deflect fishing nets. More important, once settled on the ocean floor, the capsule will ...

• Space reader

  (Article courtesy of the University of Windsor) Bill McConkey probably won’t be around to see the day when humans are finally able to travel tremendous stretches through outer space to distant planets such as Jupiter. When they do make that journey, however, they’ll owe a significant debt of gra ...

Signs of the times

• US: Ohio robbery suspect asked victim for date

  Columbus - Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. Police say 20-year-old Stephfon Bennett of Columbus was among three men who robbed a couple late Sunday. Columbus police Sgt. Sean Laird said the wom ...

• US: Fines proposed for going without health insura ...

  Washington - Americans would be fined up to $3,800 for failing to buy health insurance under a plan that circulated in Congress on Tuesday as divisions among Democrats undercut President Barack Obama's effort to regain traction on his health care overhaul. As Obama talked strategy with Democratic ...

• US Hypocrisy Astonishes the World

  Americans have lost their ability for introspection, thereby revealing their astounding hypocrisy to the world. US War Secretary Robert Gates has condemned the Associated Press and a reporter, Julie Jacobson, embedded with US troops in Afghanistan, for taking and releasing a photo of a US Marine wh ...

• Iran: U.S. forged documents about our nuclear prog ...

  Iran accused the U.S. on Friday of using forged documents and relying on subterfuge to make its case that Tehran is trying to build a nuclear weapon, according to a confidential letter obtained by The Associated Press. The eight-page letter - written by Iran's chief envoy to the UN nuclear agency i ...

• Wall Street Journal continues to defend the US' im ...

  In his column for the Washington Post on Tuesday, the influential conservative George Will provided intellectual fodder for the campaign among some Republicans to hang the Afghanistan war around the Obama administration's neck. Washington, he wrote, should "keep faith" with our fighting men and wom ...

Threat Level

• NSA-Intercepted E-Mails Helped Convict Would-Be Bo ...

  The three men convicted in the United Kingdom on Monday of a plot to bomb several transcontinental flights were prosecuted in part using crucial e-mail correspondences intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency, according to Britain’s Channel 4. The e-mails, several of which have been repri ...

• ‘Google Books’ Plan Hits Privacy Snag

  Opposition to the pending “Google Books” settlement took a turn Tuesday as civil rights groups told a federal court that the pending plan to digitize millions of books threatens readers’ privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Samuelson Law, Tech ...

• Court Allows Woman to Sue Bank for Lax Security Af ...

  An Illinois district court has allowed a couple to sue their bank on the novel grounds that it may have failed to sufficiently secure their account, after an unidentified hacker obtained a $26,500 loan on the account using the customers’ user name and password. As initially reported by legal blogg ...

• Want a Wiretap Warrant? No Problem, Court Says

  Despite refusing to “endorse” the government’s tactics in securing a warrant for a wiretap, a federal appeals court is ruling the authorities could use the fruits of their questionable eavesdropping in prosecuting an alleged drug dealer. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower ...

• Diebold Unloads Beleaguered Voting Machine Divisio ...

  It took about three years but Diebold has finally managed to get out of the election business. The company announced Thursday that Premier Election Solutions, Diebold’s beleaguered voting machine division, has been acquired by Election Systems and Software (ES&S). ES&S purchased the company for a ...

PERRspectives : Blog

• Health Care Fight: No Echoes of Bush Social Securi ...

  On Monday, the AP portrayed President Obama's struggle to pass health care reform as the second coming of George W. Bush's unpopular and ultimately disastrous attempt to privatize Social Security. But while man each left the bill crafting to Congress...

• Excerpts of President Obama's Speech to America's ...

  In response to the manufactured outrage over President Obama's planned address Tuesday to America's schoolchildren, the White House as promised has released portions of the text of the speech in advance. Here are excerpts from President Obama's prepared remarks: Preliminary...

• Why Right-Wing Hissy Fits Work

  On Wednesday, the fact checking web site Politifact deemed a "pants on fire" lie the Republican claim that President Obama planned to indoctrinate America's school children in a broadcast next week. On Friday, press secretary Robert Gibbs rightly noted that...

• GOP: Health Care Needs More Senate Votes Than Soci ...

  Once upon a time - a time before the 2006 midterm elections consigned the GOP to minority status in Congress, a bill generally required 51 votes in the Senate to become law. But not content to rest on their record...

• In New Book, Tom Ridge Decries Politicized Bush Te ...

  "In his new book, former Homeland Security secretary Tom Ridge confirms what most long suspected: the Bush administration manipulated the terror threat level for the President's political advantage. But while his long overdue admission is welcome, his suggestion that he...

Blackspot News Feed

• Spanish judge resumes torture case against six sen ...

  by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk8 Sept. 2009The Spanish newspaper Pblico reported exclusively on Saturday that Judge Baltasar Garzn is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers for implementing torture at Guantnamo.Back in Mar ...

• Jacob Bronowski

  And while we’re on rhetorical television and while I’m watching stuff in the hope my head will clear enough to work…. here’s a clip from the great leviathan of British rhetorical television, Jacob Bronowski’s ASCENT OF MAN. And a great moment from the great teacher, discussing the real wor ...

• James Burke’s CONNECTIONS

  Every time I sneeze I dislodge another internal organ, I swear. Since we’re going "Warren’s televisual life flashes before his eyes," have an episode of one of my favourite tv programmes as a kid. The late-Seventies state-of-the-art from the BBC Features Department, the true home of the epic rhe ...

• QUATERMASS AND THE PIT

  I believe the DVD collecting the six episodes of the original television serial (not the perfectly fine film remake starring Andrew Kier, mind you, but the television original , starring Andre Morell) is currently out of print. Also, I can’t find my own copy of it. Which is pissing me off, as I am ...

• DO ANYTHING: 015

  More fun with the robot head of Jack Kirby : Superman’s head by Robert Crumb: eyes bulging, leering at Jack Kirby spacegirls with their strong thighs. Big Barda from Kirby’s MISTER MIRACLE is Aline Kominsky-Crumb from Mars. Crumb cannot contain himself: he writes in new dialogue over Kirby’s. ...

Consortium News

• Obama Must Respect Afghan Humanity

  President Obama needs new thinking to reverse the poisonous violence of Afghanistan, argues Sherwood Ross. September 7, 2009

• Anti-Hillary Movie Tests Legal Limits

  A movie attacking Hillary Clinton may prompt a Supreme Court standard for corporate money in politics, writes Michael Winship. September 6, 2009

• Colin Powell and Lessons of My Lai

  William Calley voices remorse about the My Lai massacre, but Colin Powell has never been called to account, says Robert Parry. September 4, 2009

• Broder Is Latest Torture Apologist

  David Broder has joined the list of Washington Post columnists finding excuses for torture, writes Melvin A. Goodman. September 4, 2009

• Mercenaries Hide Costs of War

  Washington's use of mercenaries shields the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan from their full political costs, writes Sherwood Ross. September 3, 2009

CounterPunch

• Shamus Cooke : Obama's Empty Labor Day Speech
• Carl Ginsburg : Saving New Orleans' Charity Hospit ...
• Jonathan Cook : The Missing Link in Israeli Organ ...
• George Wuerthner : The Unintended Consequences of ...
• Henry A. Giroux : The Corporate Stranglehold on Ed ...

Institute for Middle East Understanding

• New report highlights educational poverty in East ...

  Palestinian East Jerusalem lacks public educational facilities and many classrooms are cramped, according to a new report by Ir Amim, an NGO working in East Jerusalem, and the Association for Civil Rights in ...

• EU slams Israeli settlement plans as 'obstacle to ...

  The EU expressed concern Tuesday about Israel's decision to allow hundreds of new homes to be built in settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying the move is an obstacle to peace. "The European Union expr ...

• Israel's war on Gaza killed 252 children, report c ...

  The Israeli official figures seriously underestimated the civilian Palestinian death toll exacted during its onslaught in Gaza early this year. The first detailed casualty figures from an Israeli human right ...

• UN report: Israeli war cost Gaza 4 billion USD (M ...

  A UN report published on Tuesday said that poverty in the Gaza Strip has deteriorated to levels unseen since Israel occupied the territory in 1967. According to the website of the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, ...

• Israel's laws of persecution (Nimer Sultany, The ...

  Two cases brought before Israeli courts last week revealed the attitude of the establishment towards Palestinian Arab citizens of the state. One shows how Palestinian citizens are treated as victims of polic ...

Planetsave

• The Greening of Paint

  Oregon this summer became the first state to enact in law a product stewardship law for the collection of leftover consumer paint. The pilot program, which expires in 2014, involves a consumer fee that a nonprofit organization established by paint producers uses to pay for the collection and pro ...

• The Great Lakes: Whose water is it anyway?

  In a century of rising fresh water scarcity, a community of activists in the Great Lakes region is working to prevent private ownership of that water resource, although most mainstream conservation and environmental activists are focused elsewhere. If the activists’ concerns are valid, their bat ...

• Locks of Love: The Evolution of My Hair, and a Sta ...

  Hi, you might recognize that beautiful smiling face before you. That is my face, well it was my face over the last couple of years. I am not here to talk about my face or my smile, which some have called “winning.” I am not even here to talk about myself, although I could do that all day, and ...

• Cure for AIDS? Possible AIDS Vaccine in the Works

  Researchers in California believe they have hit the jackpot in modern medical breakthroughs. The cure for AIDS. The researchers have published a study in the journal Science, demonstrating two powerful new antibodies which could hold the key to achieving a viable AIDS vaccine. It has been well kn ...

• California Fires Not the Only Thing Hurting Commun ...

  Communities of all sorts are being disturbed by the fires in California. As another result of climate change, bird communities are expected to see some big changes in other ways, according to a new report released on September 1. Read more of this story »

Water Quality - WordPress

• Going bananas over water quality in Orange County

  This just in. Yesterday I was bemoaning the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board for the

• Info portal of satellite images including archived ...

  Free Landsat Scenes Go Public by the Million Released: 8/20/2009 3:26:01 PM Contact Information:

• Tioga County Meeting

  Hi folks, I am going to set up a meeting about the oil and gas drilling. Most likely the meeting pla

• Unhappy Labor Day

  Jones: who had his back? High unemployment, the state budget mess and a shrunken stock market had a

• Panton McLeod Is Clear Winner In Frankley Project

  Water quality engineer Panton McLeod Proud staff at a leading water quality engineering firm have he

Public Citizen in Texas

• EPA Calls for Proper Enforcement of Clean Air Act ...

  Environmental Groups welcome EPA’s proposed rejection of key elements of TCEQ’s air permitting plan and call for proper enforcement of Clean Air Act protections in Texas (Austin) — Sierra Club, Public Citizen, and the Galveston/Houston Association for Smog Prevent (GHASP) welcomed th ...

• Austin Rally Against Corporate Influence in Politi ...

  Austin Rally to Protest the Possibility that the U.S. Supreme Court Will Allow Corporations to Unleash Flood of Money Into Elections Court Is Considering Sweeping Away a Century’s Worth of Campaign Finance Principles WHAT: Rally to raise awareness about the U.S. Supreme Court re-hearing Wednesday ...

• 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 ...

• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up

  The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone has a Happy Labor Day, and notes that it won’t be any work at all to read this week’s roundup of blog highlights. ExxonMobil! Free Mrs. Burns! Like TXsharon, Elizabeth Burns is a reluctant activist forced into action by the horrendous environmental ...

• Public citizen’s New President Weissman: Help us ...

  We are pleased to announce that Public Citizen has a new President, so we cross-posted this from our mama blog, CitizenVox so y’all could get to know him, too. Please to enjoy! My name is Robert Weissman, and I am very excited to join Public Citizen as its new president. For nearly 40 yea ...

Press TV

• Cilic sends Murray packing at US Open

  Second seed Andy Murray of Britain has made a shocking fourth-round exit from the US Open after he was defeated by Croatian 16th seed Marin Cilic.

• Jordan PM to visit Syria next week

  Officials from Jordan and Syria are to meet in Damascus next week to discuss signing 13 cooperation agreements in various fields, a report says.

• Thousands of Afghan 'fake votes' annulled

  Afghan electoral officials have discarded about 200,000 ballots out of the votes cast in the country's presidential election amid widespread allegations of fraud that threaten the legitimacy of the August vote.

• Norwegian pair get death sentences in Congo

  A court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced two Norwegian citizens to death for espionage as well as murder and ordered Oslo to pay $60 million in damages.

• 'Enemy resorting to soft war against Iran'

  The commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Navy says Iran's enemies have shifted to a strategy of waging “soft war” against the country.

Axis of Logic

• Venezuela: Growing desperation in the ranks of the ...

• Israel Schemes in Kurdistan

• Back to Voodoo Economics and the "Green Shoots Rec ...

• The U.S. Invades and Occupies Pakistan

• Capitalist Attacks on Tradition and Culture.

They Gave Us a Republic

• The Nightowl Newswrap

  Happy Anniversary Rachael Maddow! The best news and politics show out there took the political world by storm one year ago today. Here's to Rachael, the best in the business! May this first year just be the prelude to decades of excellence in journalism. A purge - never a good sign. "Government ...

• The Case for the Public Option, in 2-1/2 Minutes

  If we don't get a strong public option in the health care reform bill, it won't be because Robert Reich spent the summer playing pat-a-cake with the Blue Dogs.

• If The New Republic is optimistic, should we all d ...

  I'm not a fan of the Blue Dog apologists masquerading as liberals at not-even-remotely-close-to-liberal The New Republic, but both Josh Marshall and Kevin Drum agree that Jon Cohn's piece in TNR provides the factual backup for the general gut feeling they have that health care is more, not less, lik ...

• You're getting sleepy ... very sleepy ....

  Apparently the Florida GOP chair who started the hysteria over this Ward Cleaver-esque snorefest is now claiming that his objections forced the White House to change the script. Actually, he's right. But they only changed the visible script. The real script, the one that hypnotized children into re ...

• Why aren't the real "death panels" getting the sam ...

  The real death panels are run by insurance companies , and they cut patients off when they get sick and need to file claims for life-saving treatments through a process known as rescission. Rescission -- the technical term for canceling coverage on grounds that the company was misled -- is often c ...

Care 2

• Award-Winning French Chef Denounces Foie Gras

  Not too long ago, Trish Deseine was pushing for people to embrace the taste of foie gras served with dried fruit. (Did anyone else just throw up a little?) But after taking the time to visit a foie gras farm, this chef changed her tune. Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat | Note-it! | Add a Comme ...

• China will back bid for 2018 Winter Games: ministe ...

  By Liu Zhen and Nick Mulvenney BEIJING (Reuters) - China's sports ministry will back a bid from any enthusiastic city to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, sports minister Liu Peng said on Monday. The northern city of Harbin Continues> Submitted by Rosemary R. to World | Note-it! | Add a ...

• Legislators' Solitaire Playing Causes A National S ...

  Two Democratic legislators were playing solitaire on their state-issued computers Monday night during a late-night debate on the state budget, and an Associated Press photo that showed the solitaire games soon whipped around the nation on the Internet. Submitted by Tom M. to Offbeat | Note-it! ...

• China, green? In the case of solar water heating, ...

  In the global race to develop green technology and stem climate change, China is now a leading producer of solar panels and wind turbines. It also dominates the lesser-known technology of solar water heaters, installed in over 30 million Chinese homes. Submitted by Tom M. to Green Lifestyle | No ...

• In Taming Dogs, Humans May Have Sought a Meal

  Wolves may have domesticated themselves in China when they began scavenging around the garbage dumps at the first human settlements. As they became tamer, they were captured and bred. Given local traditions, the wolves would have been bred to be eaten. Submitted by Tom M. to Science & Tech | Not ...

GreenBiz

• The Market LEEDer

  In the wake of an article on how SOME LEED-certified projects are not performing well, the Blogosphere and Twittersphere are alive with the sounds of dull, repetitive droning from the anti-LEED crowd.

• Scotland Generates £1 Billion in Food Waste Every ...

  Scottish households are needlessly chucking away £1 billion (US$1.6 billion) of food each year, according to new research from the nonprofit WRAP Scotland.

• GreenBiz Weekly Roundup: Verizon Wireless Awash in ...

  Verizon Wireless takes heat for its sponsorship of a rally backed by coal interests. This item, news of Japan's $21B project for a giant solar-power generator in space and more are featured in this week's roundup.

• The Food We Waste in Scotland

  This report from Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) Scotland finds that the country disposes of £1 billion (US$1.6 billion) in food every year, much of which could be avoided with better planning or storage.

• The Green Connection Between Singapore and the O.C ...

  In this excerpt from a longer podcast interview with the CEO of Siemens Water Technologies, Chuck Gordon explains how wastewater recycling and reuse are the bridge between the West Coast and Southeast Asia.

Reuters Global

• Is swine flu an investment opportunity?

  How do you make money off swine flu?

• Are seniors shafting younger German voters?

  Chancellor Angela Merkel greets senior citizens in Goerlitz, a haven for retirees in eastern Germany. Merkel is hoping for strong support from voters 60 years old and up -- they make up one-third of the electorate and have a high 85-percent voter turnout.

• What the election campaign says about Germans

  German politicians seek direct contact with voters by holding speeches in town squares and, especially in the southern state of Bavaria, beer tents. They are not interested in playing to the media as UK politicians because the election does not dominate the German headlines as much as it does in Bri ...

• Pusan International Film Festival unveils line up

  A handout picture of "The Message", the closing movie of the October 8-16 Pusan International Film Festival

• Swine flu update

  Flu spreading as schools open

Ezra Klein

• Tab Dump

  • Will the deficit Bush helped create consume the tax cuts Bush managed to pass? • CBPP takes aim at the worst aspect of the Baucus proposal. • Paul Krugman argues in favor of the public plan. • A look at Japan's health-care system. • The excellent Bruce Bartlett joins the also-excelle ...

• Making Savings Count

  The problem of affordability is, put simply, a problem of money. The more dollars that health-care reform either generates or saves, the more money that can easily be funneled towards affordability. The problem is that a lot of the best sources of revenue have been taken off the table and a lot of t ...

• Love Capitalism? Regulate It.

  Richard Berner of Morgan Stanley is marking the one-year anniversary of Lehman's collapse by listing the lessons he learned from the crisis. A strong and well-regulated financial system should be the first line of defense against financial shocks …. [T]he more free-market oriented we want our eco ...

• Max Baucus's Not-That-Bad Health-Care Bill, and Hi ...

  How you'll judge Max Baucus's framework depends on how you understand the goal of health-care reform. Insofar as the effort is aimed at filling in the cracks of the current system — making it more affordable, more transparent and less cruel — it's not a bad bill. The legislation really would p ...

• Areas of Dispute

  Max Baucus's framework includes this opening disclaimer: "This is not a final product, should not be construed as a Chairman’s Mark and does not include everything that might be in a Mark. Members may suggest individual modifications or offer whole or partial counters to specific provisions. As d ...

Booman Tribune

• The Lay of the Land

  Obama is going to give his health care speech tomorrow and a lot of focus is going to be on whether or not the speech changes any of the basic dynamics of the health care debate. My guess is that Obama could give the best speech in the history of Western Civilization and it wouldn't mean a thing. ...

• How To Think

  One of the teachers who influenced me the most was Mr. Harrison, my high school English teacher. He taught me that the purpose of education was not to teach me what to think, but how to think -- how to examine and question what I was told; to not merely "know" what I thought, but to understand why I ...

• Open Thread

  All I want sports-wise is to see a Yanks-Phils World Series and the Giants in the Super Bowl. Can I have that please? What's on your wish list?

• Cornyn Doing Well at NRSC

  One thing that is helping NRSC Chairman John Cornyn outperform his predecessors Liddy Dole and John Ensign is the fact that he doesn't have to defend any dead-duck incumbents. Dole had to deal with mortally crippled incumbents like Rick Santorum, Conrad Burns, and George Allen. Ensign had to deal ...

• Learning from 1995

  August has a tendency to cause problems for whatever party happens to control Congress. You might not remember the summer of 1995. The freshman class of the Gingrich Revolution was busy stripping funding out of the federal budget with a meat cleaver. They had eliminated funding for the National E ...

European Tribune

• European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 9 ...

  A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1959 – Birth of...

• Tuesday Open Thread

  It's Tuesday!...

• Retail hardest hit in recession

  From a TUC press release: Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) Claims by Occupation finds that between July...

• Barroso out, Fillon in?

  Le Monde has a story this morning about François Fillon, the French prime minister, "making...

• European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 8 ...

  A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1474 – Birth of...

Futurismic

• The jewellery is not the territory

  As the 3D-printing business strives to make itself stand out as a unique and exciting manufacturing method, some pretty weird and wonderful ideas are coming down the pipe. Via Fabbaloo we discover an outfit called Fluid Forms who offer you the opportunity to buy your own “Earth Brooch” – a 3c ...

• Owning eyeballs – Jan Chipchase on augmented ...

  I linked to Jan Chipchase in passing when we were talking about in-game advertising the other day, but since then he’s posted more detailed thoughts on the corporate future of contextual advertising and augmented reality. If you don’t believe that the colonisation of augmented reality spaces by ...

• The jewellery is not the territory

  As the 3D-printing business strives to make itself stand out as a unique and exciting manufacturing method, some pretty weird and wonderful ideas are coming down the pipe. Via Fabbaloo we discover an outfit called Fluid Forms who offer you the opportunity to buy your own “Earth Brooch” – a 3c ...

• Owning eyeballs – Jan Chipchase on augmented rea ...

  I linked to Jan Chipchase in passing when we were talking about in-game advertising the other day, but since then he’s posted more detailed thoughts on the corporate future of contextual advertising and augmented reality. If you don’t believe that the colonisation of augmented reality spaces by ...

• Search is the drug

  Do you find yourself compulsively searching for things on the internet even when you don’t really need to know them? Do you get caught in the infamous Wikipedia rabbithole, popping over there to look up a musician’s name only to find yourself two hours later scrolling through a lengthy treatise ...

Yahoo! Canada News

• YahooCanadaNews: Couples on cloud nine with 99 cen ...

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• YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. Lawyers s ...

  YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. Lawyers square off over whether Harper's 2008 election call was illegal. http://bit.ly/Xfd02

• YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. Harper mu ...

  YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. Harper must 'reach out' to opposition if he wants to avoid a fall election. http://bit.ly/v4cQQ

• YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. 'We can d ...

  YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. 'We can do better.' Ignatieff promises to clean up Tories' deficit without raising taxes. http://bit.ly/SysVQ

• YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. Ex-Ont. A ...

  YahooCanadaNews: MK here for Y! CA News. Ex-Ont. Attorney General Bryant questioned in connection with deadly crash involving cyclist. http://bit.ly/3FSLwz

Global Elite

• Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K Gov ...

  Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there wil ...

• President European Commission Advocated World Gove ...

  Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International Affa ...

• Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current C ...

  Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the d ...

• Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a G ...

  Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare progr ...

• Today we’re all prisoners in the USA

  Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’s ...

Al Jazeera

• Fraud claims mar Karzai poll 'win'

  Afghan president passes key 50 per cent mark but watchdog orders partial recount.

• Aquino eyes Philippine presidency

  Son of late former president Corazon Aquino to run in next year's election.

• Karzai 'wins Afghan poll majority'

  Incumbent president wins enough votes to avoid run-off poll, partial results show.

• Deaths in Kabul airport blast

  Three people killed following suicide attack on major military base in the capital.

• DR Congo: Norwegian pair face death

  Two men to be executed after being convicted of murder and espionage by military court.

Green Inc. - NYT

• Bechtel to Build Solar Energy Plant in California

  In a deal with a start-up, the giant company's participation should ease financing for the nation's first large-scale plant in 20 years intended to tap the sun's power.

• Currently on Our Radar...

  The reverberations of Van Jones, climate change in France, television shopping and more in our survey of news from around the Web.

• China Signs Deal With First Solar

  Chinese government officials signed an agreement on Tuesday with First Solar, an American solar developer based in Tempe, Ariz., for a 2,000-megawatt photovoltaic farm to be built in the Mongolian desert.

• A Snag in Sudan's Oil Revenue-Sharing Plan?

  A British advocacy group issued a report Monday suggesting that Sudan's central government may be withholding oil revenues it had agreed to share with the semi-autonomous south as part of a deal to end a bitter civil war.

• Maldives Plans Climate Tax for Tourists

  President Nasheed proposes a daily levy on holiday makers of $3 that could be used to help fund clean energy projects.

Dot Earth News

• Iceland Defends Its Hunt of 94 Fin Whales

  Iceland defends its 2009 harvest of 94 fin whales.

• Oil Fields and Arctic Ecology

  The spread of oil pipelines and wells across Alaska's arctic coastal plain has made life easier for some predators.

• Progress and Who Wears the Pants

  The punishment of a pants-wearing woman and the path to progress.

• White Sharks Cause Stir on Cape Cod

  First photos of one of two great white sharks tagged off Cape Cod.

• On Work, Wealth and Well-Being

  An exploration of the difference between wealth and well-being.

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• Believe it or not, the flu will always be with us

  I am sort of amazed by the establishment view that's crystallized around this. Everyone is supposed to cut corners to whip out various runs of vaccines. It's amazing how quickly people forget that influenza has always been with us - a more holistic view is that it basically co-evolves with humans i ...

• Video with Peter Schiff: A black hole called Feder ...

  I got a kick out of this video and the funny animations. It's all about the mysterious black hole called the Federal Reserve System. Gotta love it! Just posted yesterday: Additionally, the landscape of ruined houses in the first couple shots caught my notice. I'll explain why later... read more »

• Carbon Market+Sun=FAIL? Sunspot Maunder Minimum vs ...

  Another Little Ice Age? Solar activity and climate change - Ars Technica : Some scientists are suggesting that the slow return to a more active phase of the solar cycle may portend a general decline in solar activity. If sunspots shut down, does that mean that we could stop worrying about climate ...

• NZ Cellphone racket! LOL This article officially c ...

  In a stunning surprise, apparently the New Zealand mobile phone system is a complete racket, wherein grumpy ministers set the pay rate and thereby influence the balance of corporate power. Or something. In any case, New Zealand's version of the Man officially censored this article about the stupid h ...

• A.R.M. ft Brother Ali - Heaven Only Knows

  Sweet video out from M.anifest & crew featuring Brother Ali, pondering life, the universe and everything over a game of chess by the big dandelion-type fountain in Loring Park. Nicely done! (h.t to the Schnedly New Jersey Division of Urban Planning). See Arm4Arm.com for more infos.

Daily Censored

• Israel’s 455 new settler homes appease Netanyahu ...

  Read the full story at Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories Though the approval of new building in West Bank settlements angered many, it appears to have preserved the prime minister’s coalition. …

• Supreme Court: campaign finance overhaul in ‘Hil ...

  Read the full story at Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories At stake in a case it will re-hear Wednesday is whether corporations and unions should enjoy the same rights to political speech as individuals. …

• Film Review: Crude

  Read the full story at MoJo Articles In this fascinating follow-up to his 2004 rockumentary, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, director Joe Berlinger captures a dramatic legal showdown in the Amazon rainforest. Berlinger spent three years following a marathon multibillion-dollar class-action lawsuit ...

• Special interests receive a copy of Baucus plan be ...

  Read the full story at Think Progress In today’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs admitted that the Obama administration has not yet seen a copy of Sen. Max Baucus’ (D-MT) newest draft of health care legislation. “[W]e’ve seen what we’ve read in the paper, but I do ...

• Smithsonian exhibit features outdated global cooli ...

  Read the full story at Think Progress In 2007, Matt Yglesias went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History and found an “outdated panel pushing concern about global cooling based on some highly speculative 1970s-era science”: He went again to the museum this weekend and noticed that despite ...

AlterNet's Breaking News

• Obama's authority on line in Congress speech

• Ibanez, Utley help Phillies hit homer milestone

• Investors make offer for Chicago Sun-Times

• California challenges release of 46,000 prisoners

• From space and beyond, Buzz Lightyear heads home

Institute for Policy Studies

• The CEO Pay Debate: Why Reform is Going Nowhere

  Would you let shareholders regulate their CEOs' reckless behavior?

• Can Europe Pop the U.S. CEO Pay Bubble?

  New corporate regulation across the Atlantic may help deflate bloated executive compensation.

• There's a Bubble That Still Threatens the Entire A ...

  Outrageously large rewards for executives give executives an incentive to behave outrageously -- and engage in behaviors that put the rest of us at risk.

• America’s Bailout Barons

  The 16th annual Institute for Policy Studies "Executive Excess" report exposes this year's windfalls for top financial bailout recipients.

• Revolution in Japan

  Japan is on the verge of a political revolution, and the ripples might transform Asia as well.

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

• Fred becomes a hurricane in eastern Atlantic

  MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Fred strengthened into a hurricane over the eastern Atlantic on Tuesday but was forecast to steer clear of any land, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

• First Solar to build huge Chinese solar plant

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - First Solar Inc said on Tuesday it plans to build the world's largest solar plant in China in the first major foray by a U.S. company into the Asian nation's fast growing alternative energy sector.

• Congress seeks healthcare deal before Obama speech

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators made a last stab at a bipartisan healthcare compromise as the U.S. Congress returned to work Tuesday, with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling a government-run insurance option "essential" to the bill.

• UPDATE 1-AMD's shares leap 15 percent after Charte ...

  * Analysts cite ATIC bid for Chartered, Barclays upgrade (Adds analyst comments, updates shares)

• Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fat sucked out of chunky thighs or flabby bellies might provide an easy source of stem cells made using new and promising technology, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.

Pine River World News

• Unease over oil revenues in Sudan could spark war

  IntelTrends - The following article is from The East African Standard, Nairobi. Unease over oil revenues in Sudan could spark war © The Standard By Macharia Kamau September 8, 2009 Mistrust over the sharing of oil revenues in Sudan could spark another round of armed conflict in Africa's largest ...

• Paul Craig Roberts: U.S. Hypocrisy Astonishes the ...

  The following column is reprinted with permission from Paul Craig Roberts. U.S. Hypocrisy Astonishes the World © Paul Craig Roberts September 7, 2009 Americans have lost their ability for introspection, thereby revealing their astounding hypocrisy to the world. U.S. War Secretary Robert Gates ha ...

• Discontent in Yemen: Central Plateau Movement to b ...

  IntelTrends - The following article is reprinted with permission from Yemen Times, Sana'a. Popular movement demands rights for central Yemen © Yemen Times By Nadia Al-Sakkaf September 6, 2009 TAIZ - There are four rebellious popular movements in Yemen, named for their locations: the Southern Mo ...

• The U.S. Health Care System - Values and Prioritie ...

  [ Blogmaster note : It has been my position that those opposed to universal healthcare already have medical insurance. They also have little concern for the needs of those who lack coverage. My wife's family, for example, are among the 47-million Americans without health insurance, and, while I am ...

• Iraqis: Al-Sadr movement receives and trains al-Ho ...

  IntelTrends - The following article is from al-Sahwa, Yemen. Iraqis: Al-Sadr movement receives and trains al-Houthi rebels © al-Sahwa September 5, 2009 (Sahwa Net) - Iraqi parliamentarians have accused Shiite movements of pushing Iraq into political disputes with the Arab states, indicating ...

  Res'Eau-WaterNet

• Knowledge Transfer Workshop: Preliminary program p ...

  Join us for our inaugural two-day network event as we gather Canadian experts to discuss the scientific and technological challenges of delivering safe drinking water in small, rural and First Nations communities.

• Too Many Canadians Without Safe Water: $5.2M to He ...

  For six million Canadians, quenching their thirst isn’t a matter of simply turning on the kitchen faucet.

• Dr. David Wilkinson appointed Director of the Clea ...

  RES'EAU-WaterNET researcher Dr. David Wilkinson was recently appointed Director of the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC), beginning July 1, 2009.

• Walkerton Clean Water Centre Receives Ontario Mini ...

  The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) – a RES’EAU-WaterNET partner – received the 2008 Emerald Award for innovation from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment at an awards ceremony held on March 3, 2009.

• Filling the glass

  Innovation Canada : Showcasing Research Excellence in Canada

PDA AMERICA

• Subsidies for Wal-Mart, but Not for Working Moms

  By Jayne Lyn Stahl Thank goodness America wasn’t in recovery from eight years of a Republican contract on America back when another president, Lyndon B. Johnson, signed Medicare into law back in 1965, a program that ...

• Thom Hartmann in support of Bill McKibben’s ...

  Video from our friend and PDA Advisor, Thom Hartmann. Bill McKibben, author, environmentalist, activist is asking the PDA community to join him on October 24th, 2009 in a global day of Action. On Saturday, Oct. 24th wherever ...

• Video: Can’t Go Home

  What do you think of when you imagine an American living in exile, unable to return home? This is a profile of a couple living in Canada who can’t return to the US because ...

• Lt. Governor Barbara Lawton and Rep. Gwen Moore sp ...

  Rep. Gwen Moore and Lt Gov. Barbara Lawton (running now for Gov.) spoke eloquently on the need for healthcare reform in Milwaukee WI.

• Plumbers & Fitters Local Phone Banks for HR 676

  Plumbers & Fitters Local Phone Banks for HR 676 San Jose, California. The news item below was sent to us by Fred Hirsch, Executive Board member and former Vice President of Local 393, Plumbers, Steamfitters ...

Marler Blog

• Glass Microbiology - E. coli - Deadly in a Beautif ...

  Someone emailed me this link to some very interesting glass art by Luke Jerram. I guess I know what I will be asking Santa for:

• A less dire view from CDC on non-O157:H7 shiga tox ...

  Here is another perspective on non-O157:H7 that seems to indicate that they cause illness, but less severe illness that E. coli O157:H7. That being said, it is also quite likely that the severe illnesses related to non-O157:H7 are under counted due to a lack of surveillance. This presentation also ...

• Non-O157 Shiga toxin producing E. coli - A CDC per ...

  Here is a CDC PowerPoint that walks through the "Isolation and detection challenges" of Non E. coli O157:H7. Clearly, the CDC sees the fact that Non-O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing E. coli causes human illness, but that our ability to detect it using current lab techniques and resources makes the sco ...

• Non-E. coli O157:H7 shiga toxin producing E. coli ...

  Non-O157 shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) are the causative agents of zoonotic emerging infectious diseases, often of bovine origin. Below is a general review of non-O157 STEC prevalence studies in humans, cattle, and beef products. Humans Non-O157 STEC infections are under-recognized ...

• Washington DC is the place to be for Food and Publ ...

  I have a bit too much to do this week on the legal front to get to the "other Washington," but we have the DC Bureau of Food Safety News covering both conferences. So, hopefully if the internet gods play nice, you should be able to read it at www.foodsafetynews.com soon. United Fresh Produce Associ ...

AutoblogGreen

• EMC Flash truck unveiled: 40 miles of electric pow ...

  Filed under: Truck , Alternative Fuel Electric Motors Corporation has been working on upgrading Ford F-150 trucks with more advanced powertrains for a while now. The company's drives incorporate PML-Hi-Pa electric motor technology and were in the F-150 that was at SEMA last year (see more here ). ...

• Fisker announces fuel economy estimate for Karma - ...

  Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Fisker , Luxury Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery The miles per gallon rating of a vehicle that can get energy from an electrical outlet is a difficult thing to accurately calculate and get the public to accept. Just ask AFS Trinity, with their "1 ...

• AutoblogGreen for 09.08.09

  Frankfurt Preview: Reva to show next-gen EVs, remote wireless charging? Texting the company for an "instant remote recharge." WTF? REPORT: Opel Ampera pricing hint suggests Chevy Volt might cost $35,000 ...

• Dow Jones names BMW the greenest automaker ...

  Filed under: Performance , Technology , BMW , Alternative Fuel , Diesel , Luxury BMW Vision Efficient Dynamics Concept - click above for high-res image gallery There's a lot of competition to be seen as the world's greenest automaker - just look at the branding efforts surrounding the Toyota Pri ...

• Frankfurt Preview: Hyundai goes Blue (Drive) with ...

  Filed under: Frankfurt Motor Show , Hyundai , Alternative Fuel Hyundai ix Metro - Click above for high-res image gallery We've already seen a mini-preview of the Hyundai ix35 that will be on display at the Frankfurt Motor Show in a few weeks, but we're arguably even more interested in the concept ...

Rafe's Radar

• Does your reality need augmenting? Try these apps

  A contact lens with metal circuit elements has been tested in rabbits. (Credit: University of Washington) Reading the news about a University of Washington professor's experimental electronic contact lens , I wondered if my dream of the ultimate personal technology has finally moved from over the ...

• The Real Deal 177: Home security cameras

  Rafe Needleman and Brian Cooley (a.k.a. the Cat Master) discuss the best hardware and software for monitoring your home when you're not there. Plus, your questions answered! Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe now: iTunes (audio) | iTunes (video) | RSS (audio) | RSS (video) ...

• No money? No problem! Affordit can get you a PlayS ...

  Want a PlayStation but don't have the cash for it, nor a credit card to charge it on? You can get the device delivered to you nonetheless at the low, low price of just $120 down plus $13 a week for 24 weeks, from a new business called Affordit . ...

• The Facebook app is dead, long live Facebook apps

  I'm at the Facebook Fund Demo Day event in Palo Alto, listening to COO Cheryl Sandberg blithely dismiss the entire Facebook Platform that the company launched in 2007 . Since 2008 the big thing has been Facebook Connect, the utility that allows developers to build sites that can be logged ...

• Regretful upgrade: Snow Leopard incompatibilities

  (Credit: Apple) Apple's $29 operating-system upgrade, Snow Leopard , is for most users a straightforward and worthwhile upgrade. But some are regretting their haste in upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6. Little incompatibilities with existing apps are causing headaches and slowing down work flow. It's no ...

Camera Obscura

• Written on the screen: mediation and immersion in ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigorous ...

• Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmine's ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of pro ...

• Dangerous spaces: Safe.

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935029/dangerous-spaces-safe.html September 1, 2004... For me, the problem is always in content; we want to define the perspective of a film solely through its content, and not through its form. --Todd Haynes No matter how much we desire, wit ...

• Of housewives and saints: abjection, transgression ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935028/housewives-and-saints-abjection.html September 1, 2004... In the opening sequence of Velvet Goldmine (dir. Todd Haynes, UK/US, 1998), future glam-rock trendsetter Jack Fairy stands in front of a mirror and, having been brutalized earlier by a ...

• Grainy days and Mondays: Superstar and bootleg aes ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935027/grainy-days-and-mondays.html September 1, 2004... The year is 1970, and suddenly the nation finds itself asking the question, "What if, instead of the riots and assassinations, the protests and the drugs, instead of the angry words and hard-ro ...

Democracy Now!

• New Light on Copenhagen Climate Talks

  On Sept. 1, the European Union stopped manufacturing and importing incandescent light bulbs. Europeans will now turn to the much more efficient compact fluorescent, halogen and LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs. Incandescents, critics argue, waste up to 95 percent of energy as heat, using only 5 per ...

• Part II: Tim Robbins on Activism in Hollywood from ...

  Tim Robbins is the artistic director of the Actor’s Gang and an Academy-award winning actor, director, producer, and writer. He won an Oscar for his role in “Mystic River” and is well-known for his roles in numerous films over the past two decades including “The Shawshank Redemption”, †...

• Who is Obama Playing Ball With?

  It looked like it was business as usual for President Barack Obama on the first day of his Martha’s Vineyard vacation, as he spent five hours golfing with Robert Wolf, president of UBS Investment Bank and chairman and CEO of UBS Group Americas. Wolf, an early financial backer of Obama’s preside ...

• Youssef Megahed Released as Government Loses Depor ...

  A Florida immigration judge has dismissed the deportation case against Youssef Megahed. The The 23 year old Florida Student was arrested by federal immigration agents in April just three days after a jury acquitted him on federal explosives charges. After hearing a week of evidence put forward by ...

• Troy Davis and the Meaning of 'Actual Innocence'

  Sitting on death row in Georgia, Troy Davis has won a key victory against his own execution. On Aug. 17, the U.S. Supreme Court instructed a federal court in Georgia to consider, for the first time in a formal court proceeding, significant evidence of Davis’ innocence that surfaced after his conv ...

Farming Pathogens

• Bird Flu’s Industrial Revolution

  Public talks can be private affairs. In sharing our work we bare the triumphs and limits of a thinking born in long hours alone or with a few fellow conspirators sworn to secrecy. But in breaking our oaths we are able to take the next step. In talking bird flu twice this past month I learned [... ...

• The Agro-Industrial Roots of Swine Flu H1N1

  Mexico appears ground zero for an outbreak of deadly human-specific H1N1. Of the over 1400 people that have been reportedly infected there so far, 86 have died. Short chains of transmission of the virus have also been reported in California, Texas, Kansas, Ohio, New York City, Canada and New Zeal ...

• The NAFTA Flu

  Cases of swine flu H1N1 are now reported in Honduras, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Austria, Thailand, Israel, etc. Can’t keep up at this point. H1N1 is making its way across the world by hierarchical diffusion. By the world’s transportation network it is bouncing down a hierarchy of citi ...

• ‘Farming Human Pathogens’ Now Availabl ...

  ‘Farming Human Pathogens’Â is now available for purchase. The book introduces a cutting-edge formalism based on the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory to describe how punctuated shifts in mesoscale ecosystems imposed by human intervention can entrain patterns of gene expressio ...

• The Hog Industry Strikes Back

  Swine flu H1N1 appears at one and the same time moving full-boar and on its cloven heels. The World Health Organization reports 15,510 official cases in 53 countries, with new countries regularly reporting in. An order or two more cases are likely unreported and together represent an atypical sprin ...

Digg Green

• 135mph Racing Car Built from Recyclables, Fuled by ...

  Built from recycled cars, plastic bottles and off-cuts from aeroplanes, the Formula 3 vehicle has a steering wheel made from carrot fibre and can run on biodiesel made from waste chocolate and stale wine.

• The Wilderness Act: A 'Down Payment on Forever'

  Every once in awhile, Congress outdoes itself and gets something really right. One of those somethings is the Wilderness Act of 1964, whose 45th anniversary was celebrated September 3. The Wilderness Act included 54 initial wilderness areas covering 9.1 million acres. 45 yrs later, there are 756 wi ...

• Amazon Deforestation Drops 46% In One Year

  2008-2009 was a better year for the rainforests, with logging rates dropping 46%. The lowest it's been since these groups started monitoring in 2004.

• India Continues to Argue Against Emission Cuts

  The Indian government recently predicted a fourfold increase in CO2 emissions output in the next two decades. But India maintains that its per capita emissions are way below those of the developed countries and thus it would be unfair to ask it to set mandatory emission reduction targets.

• Consequences as Himalayan Glaciers Melt [Video]

  Climate change is melting the glaciers of the world's highest mountains, affecting millions downstream

Suzie-Q

• President Obama’s School Speech (VIDEO)

  Obama School Speech: Every Student Has Something To Offer Huffington Post- First Posted: 09- 8-09 10:48 AM   |   Updated: 09- 8-09 01:08 PM (AP) ARLINGTON, Va. — In a pep talk that kept clear of politics, President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged the nation’s students ...

• 10 of the Most Obscenely Stupid Right-Wing Attacks ...

  10 of the Most Obscenely Stupid Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories and Attacks Against the President By Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. Posted September 8, 2009. Obama’s nefarious plan for the nation’s genitals? His evil designs on your children? Here are the most absurd right-wing assaults on the presid ...

• Pilger: Megrahi was framed

  John Pilger, New Statesman, Sep 3, 2009 The trial of the “Lockerbie bomber” was worse than a travesty of justice. Evidence that never came to court proves his innocence The hysteria over the release of the so-called Lockerbie bomber reveals much about the political and media class on both sides ...

• Photo of Dying Marine Draws Fire from Pentagon

  By Matthew Shaer | Information Clearing House Scroll to base of page to view photographs September 05, 2009 “CSM” Defense Secretary Robert Gates has condemned the Associated Press decision to release a photograph of a US Marine wounded during a battle in the Helmand province of southern ...

• Glenn Beck Needs To Get A Clue From Van And Resign ...

  Podesta: ‘Van Has Set A Standard That Beck Would Never Impose Upon Himself’ By Think Progress at 8:28 pm [9/6/09] John Podesta, the President and CEO of Center for American Progress Action Fund, released this statement following the resignation of Van Jones: Van Jones is an exceptional and ins ...

Solari

• The Amazing US Manufacturing Worker

  View Larger Chart Continue reading The Amazing US Manufacturing Worker

• UN Calls for New Global Currency

  By Jonathan Tirone The dollar’s role in international trade should be reduced by establishing a new currency to protect emerging markets from the “confidence game” of financial speculation, the United Nations said. UN countries should agree on the creation of a global reserve bank to issue th ...

• Game Over: Barrick Dilutes by $3 Billion to Buy Ba ...

  By Cameron French Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) will issue $3 billion in stock to eliminate all of its fixed-price gold hedges and a portion of its floating hedges, taking a $5.6 billion hit to third-quarter earnings, the world’s top gold miner said on Tuesday. For Barrick, which expects gold prices to k ...

• China to Issue Renminbi Bonds to Offshore Investor ...

  By Robert Cookson in Hong Kong China will issue sovereign bonds denominated in its own currency to offshore investors for the first time this month – a crucial step towards making the renminbi a global currency. The country’s finance ministry said it would issue Rmb6bn ($879m) of bonds in Hong ...

• Swiss Topple U.S. as Most Competitive Economy

  By Sven Egenter Switzerland knocked the United States off the position as the world’s most competitive economy as the crash of the U.S. banking system left it more exposed to some long-standing weaknesses, a report said on Tuesday. The World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness report 2009/2 ...

Globa Insights

• The Georgia Guidestones

  On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the Ame ...

• The Creation

  THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to put an ...

• The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catas ...

  In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-openin ...

• About George Green

  Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to focus ...

• Building A Post-Chaos Community

  When building a survival community it is necessary to not only think of how to survive the chaos of the next few years but how to build in order to be prepared to survive the long term future. Surviving the five to ten years of war, famine, disease, geologic change and general population destructi ...

Insurgency Watch - Posts

• Help With Feeds, Facebook, etc.?

  Greetings all. This post is for the hive mind and social media experts. As you may know, I’ve been having much trouble with FeedBurner and other social networking sites in my attempts at republishing. Whenever I try to burn the feed, FeedBurner says the feed times out. However, it checks out OK wi ...

• Pakistan: Show us the money!

  This is a non-starter for D.C., I reckon: Shaukat Tarin, Pakistan’s finance minister, has urged the US to channel its assistance through Pakistani agencies instead to save on high intermediation costs incurred by US counterparts. … “Whatever aid [the US is] giving must have full impact on the ...

• Swat Girls Get a Haven in Islamabad

  Embedded video from CNN Video My friend Shiza Shahid has spent this summer working on a retreat for schoolgirls of the Swat Valley after the Taliban prevented them from attending school. CNN has the report on it. School-age girls are among the victims in the fierce fighting between government soldi ...

• UN voices concern on lack of health f... - Pakista ...

  UN voices concern on lack of health facilities Pakistan Observer United Nations—With many health centres in north-western Pakistan having been destroyed or looted during recent anti- Taliban operations, the UN health ... and more »

• Hakimullah Mehsud also dead?

  Now this is just weird. A Pakistan News is reporting that newly named leader of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is also dead, and that an interview given to BBC earlier was actually his brother. The report goes on to suggest that Hakimullah was killed in in the infighting after the death of Ba ...

  Blacklisted News

• Proposed CO2 Budget For Every Person On Earth

  In a SPIEGEL ONLINE interview, Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, the German government's climate protection adviser, argues that drastic measures must be taken in order to prevent a catastrophe. He is proposing the creation of a CO2 budget for every person on the planet, regardless whether they live in Ber ...

• Check Out Lee Rogers Live Free Or Die Radio Live R ...
• Premature baby 'left to die' by doctors after moth ...
• United Nations conference calls for new global cur ...

  The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development said in a report published Monday that the U.S. dollar should be replaced as the world’s standard reserve currency, giving rise to a new global currency managed by an as-yet undetermined financial regulatory organization.

• Sarkozy Considers Punitive Carbon Tax On French Pe ...

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

• Pat Dodson: Indigenous Policy & the Green Economy.

  Last month I camped on the banks of the Mary River in Western Arnhem Land with 100 other Aboriginal and Islander peoples who had met to discuss issues related to the use and management of the water resources across northern Australia. The Mary River, as it is known to non-indigenous Australians, is ...

• Dolphin Documentary halts the annual dolphin hunt

  the power of film to make good things happen . "The Cove" works its magic » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

• AEP: China alarmed by US money printing

  Cheng Siwei, former vice-chairman of the Standing Committee and now head of China's green energy drive, said Beijing was dismayed by the Fed's recourse to "credit easing"."We hope there will be a change in monetary policy as soon as they have positive growth again," he said at the Ambrosetti Worksho ...

• US job creation -35% yoy; Consumer spend -33%.

  Gallup Daily economic data aggregated on a monthly basis show that job creation in August is just not taking place in the U.S. economy. While Gallup data for the month also show a slight moderation in job loss, this is not sufficient to take up the slack for a 35% decline in the rate of job creation ...

• Music-Brazil: A School Without Teachers

  The participation of renowned professional musicians as instructors and special guests at workshops, instead of academic professors, is what sets Brazil's Bituca University of Popular Music apart, and is earning it a reputation as a model of experimentation and excellence in music education."Just li ...

Independent ( London )

• Woman jailed over clothing is freed

  A Sudanese woman jailed for wearing trousers deemed indecent was freed yesterday after the country's journalists' union said it had paid a $200 (£120) fine on her behalf.

• Elitist and exclusive? Well it is the Harvard rang ...

  Students returning to the hallowed hallways and gossipy corridors of Harvard University this week will surely be drawn into the pressing debate of the day. Is it appropriate that an Ivy League institution that has been striving for years to shed its elitist image should be lending its name to a fas ...

• Cambodian genocide trial clash

  A prosecutor at the genocide tribunal in Cambodia has formally recommended that a further five suspects be investigated for crimes against humanity – setting the UN-backed trial on a collision course with the country's Prime Minister.

• Israel's war on Gaza killed 252 children, report c ...

  The Israeli official figures seriously underestimated the civilian Palestinian death toll exacted during its onslaught in Gaza early this year, according to painstaking research to be published today.

• Karzai 'victory' provokes fresh crisis between Kab ...

  Afghanistan was plunged into crisis over its disputed elections yesterday, with Hamid Karzai passing the 50 per cent threshold to make him outright winner but locked in an escalating confrontation with the West over allegations of massive fraud.

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• Russia opposes sanctions against Iran

  Summary: MOSCOW, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- Russia opposes sanction against Iran, said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov here at a news conference Tuesday. source: China View read more

• Chavez ready to export gasoline to Iran

  Summary: TEHRAN, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that his country is ready to provide Iran with gasoline, the local satellite Press TV reported on Monday. source: China View read more

• Iran rules out talks on its nuclear "rights"

  Summary: TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will continue its disputed nuclear work and will never negotiate on its "obvious" rights, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday, in comments that are likely to disappoint Western powers. source: Reuters read more

• Chavez backs Iran nuclear strategy

  Summary: Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, has given his backing to Iran's nuclear programme, which world powers suspect of having non-peaceful aims. source: AlJazeera read more

• Brazil: Don't back Iran against the wall

  Summary: Lula Before using sanctions, we should exhaust all the limits of diplomacy," AFP quoted Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as saying on Wednesday. "I believe we should convince them (the Iranians) politically. What we can't do is back them against the wall," Lula added. source: Haber27 read mo ...

The Daily Galaxy

• Global Economic Growth from Outer Space: Night-tim ...

  What would be tell-tale beacons for ET visitors, three Brown University economists suggest could be a revolutionary new a way to improve GDP estimates by using images of nighttime lights as seen from outer space as a measure of economic...

• Strange Star Racing Through Milky Way at 3 Million ...

  One of the the fastest-moving stars ever discovered in the Milky Way has challenged theories about why it's moving so fast. The object is a piece of the Puppis A supernova remnant created when a massive star ended its life...

• The NEO Code -What Global Hotspots are Most at Ris ...

  “The threat of the Earth being hit by an asteroid is increasingly being accepted as the single greatest natural disaster hazard faced by humanity,” according to Nick Bailey of the University of Southampton's School of Engineering Sciences team, who developed...

• Google Maps' Giant Monopoly Game Begins Today

  Well, at least we know how we'll be spending the rainy days on our next vacation. Google and Hasbro are launching a worldwide game of Monopoly using Google Maps as the board -called Monopoly City Streets. Watch out Donald Trump!...

• Top "Daily Galaxy" on Social Media: Twitter, Faceb ...

  Giant Galaxy Surrounding the Most Distant Black Hole Ever Discovered at Edge of the Observable Universe Google's UFO Logo: A Prediction or Celebration of Voyager 1 Anniversary? Stephen Hawking: Manned Space Missions Key to Future Evolution: Has Human Culture Replaced...

Natural News

• Interview with Ed Begley, Jr., start of "Living wi ...

  (NaturalNews) Mike Adams interviews Ed Begley, Jr., the start of the hit TV series Living with Ed (http://www.livingwithed.net). Mike: We're here with Ed Begley, Jr. What's on your mind these days Ed? Living with Ed Ed: Mike, I've been enjoying this show that I have been doing with my wife called Li ...

• Greatest Health Risk Isn�t Cancer or Heart Disea ...

  (NaturalNews) We are constantly bombarded with gloom and doom news stories warning us that heart disease is America's number one killer, followed closely by cancer. What's more, there's a worldwide epidemic of diabetes and fear mongers are also warning that swine flu, H1N1, is lurking around every c ...

• Brains are Shrinking in the Overweight: A Look at ...

  (NaturalNews) A new study found that obese people have 8 percent less brain tissue than normal weight individuals, and those who are classified as overweight have 4 percent less brain tissue. Researchers called this "severe brain degeneration" and they found these brains were not only smaller, but t ...

• Insect repellent DEET is toxic to brain cells

  (NaturalNews) If you insist on using chemical laden insect repellents containing DEET, you may be getting more than you bargained for -- including damage to your central nervous system. In fact, scientists writing in the open access journal BMC Biology don't just say that more studies should be done ...

• Total Carbon Released Into Atmosphere Exceeds Half ...

  (NaturalNews) More than half a trillion tons of carbon have been emitted into the atmosphere due to human activities since the Industrial Revolution, placing the planet more than halfway to the threshold signifying catastrophic warming. In an analysis published in the journal Nature , climate scient ...

  TheGallopingBeaver

• The Choice - Not That Tough . . . .

  Now let's see how he does . . . . H/T BTO (Cross-osted from Moved to Vancouver )

• Mappa Wingnuti

  Something is going very wrong in the heads of a substantial number of Americans. - Paul Krugman No offence Paul, but to this observer, the craziness has been there for years, perhaps only in various stages of remission. Take the McCarthy era, at least then the crazy was somewhat understandable. The ...

• Great! Cheaper Bullets ! ! ! !

  More great news from south of the 49th! Who knew you could actually save $$$ on guns and ammo just 'cuz it's a holiday weekend? From the Miami Herald , but thank goodness, this is not about Florida for a change: Louisiana debuts tax-free shopping for guns, ammo, more By DOUG SIMPSON - Associate ...

• Harpocrisy : Lying in state

  After years of listening to Harper and NaPo denounce the Libs for stacking the Senate with their cronies, NaPo's rousing defence of Harper stacking the Senate with his cronies is pretty amusing : National Post editorial board: In defence of Stephen Harper's senators "The alternative was for Mr. Har ...

• Do you own a cell phone?

  Tony Clement and the corporatocracy he represents are so happy for themselves. Not you, you dumb sonfabitch! You're the one paying the bill. You will now read Michael Geist and Jeff . And next time, you will vote , because the reason the big telcom companies are getting away with this is because ...

Media Matters for America

• Bill O'Reilly called for more "czars" during Bush ...

  Fox News personalities, including O'Reilly Factor guest-host Laura Ingraham, have attacked President Obama for appointing "czars" -- a term the channel uses to refer to any White House official tasked to advise the president on a specific issue, regardless of whether the position is subject to S ...

• CNN's John King ignored progressive experts' crit ...

  CNN correspondent John King reported on CNN Newsroom that health insurance "co-op fans say their way makes more sense than a new government-run health insurance option" but ignored the progressive position that co-ops are an insufficient replacement for the public option. Media Matters for Am ...

• Rev. Wright redux: Media use Jones controversy to ...

  Conservative media figures have used the controversy over former White House adviser Van Jones' past statements as an excuse to again link President Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright, a favorite bogeyman of the conservative media during and after the 2008 presidential campaign. On Fox News, Glenn B ...

• Politico suggests conflict between publi ...

  A September 8 Politico article described opponents of a public health insurance option as "cost-conscious" in false contrast to "liberals who demand a public option." In fact, both the House and Senate health care reform bills require the public plan to be self-sustaining, and the Congressional ...

• NY Times truncates Obama speech to forwa ...

  The New York Times cropped a quote from President Obama's Labor Day speech to suggest that Obama responded to health care reform critics who "say we're going to pull the plug on Grandma" by conceding that policies he supports would allow for such actions to occur. In fact, in his Labor Day spe ...

Global Research.ca

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• Swine Flu Vaccine Linked to Paralysis

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• America's Treacherous New Disease: Unemployment t ...

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• Award Winning Movie: "SUPERPOWER":

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TPM Cafe

• The Snowe Job, and Why a "Trigger" for a Public Op ...

  I was just on the phone talking with a reporter for a national media outlet who referred to Senator Olympia Snowe's idea for a public option "trigger" as the "centrist position." Whoa. When the mainstream media start naming something as... Sponsored Topics: Olympia Snowe - White House - United S ...

• Do We Care About The Questions?

  "Don't be afraid to ask questions." That's what the President of the United States told the schoolchildren of America. Sounds good. But is our public school system one in which students are encouraged to ask questions? In such an... Sponsored Topics: United States - Public school - Education - E ...

• The Death Of Why?

  Hope you all enjoyed the holiday - we're ready to get back to business! This week at Cafe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger joins us for a discussion of her book The Death Of Why? The Decline Of Questioning And The Future... Sponsored Topics: Andrea Batista Schlesinger - United States - Michael ...

• The Lessons from History on Health Care Reform

  With Congress returning from recess to consider health care legislation and the President set to deliver a major address on the subject to both houses of Congress tomorrow, a bit of history may be in order. An excellent starting place... Sponsored Topics: Bill Clinton - George W. Bush - United S ...

• Make Health, Not War

  Afghanistan needs more sociologists, not more troops. Sociologists would point out that Americans tend to see this country as one nation, with a central government and national security forces. But it actually is a collection of tribes--(including Tajik, Uzbek and... Sponsored Topics: Afghanista ...

TruthOut

• Is the CIA's Excessive Secrecy Near an End?

  On May 28, President Obama mandated a 90-day review of classification policy, with the goal of creating an "unprecedented level of openness" in government. He'll soon let us know how many fewer government secrets we'll have. He has a lot to do. Attorney General Eric Holder has just appointed ...

• America Needs Obama the "Community Activist"

  President Barack Obama as a child, being held by his mother who died of cancer. His mother's insurance company refused to pay her medical bills, claiming she had a pre-existing condition. (Photo: Barack Obama / Dreams From My Father) read more

• Amid Noisy Health Care Debate, Free Clinics Strugg ...

  Frederick, Maryland - One recent Monday, the line in the Church of the Brethren parking lot began to form at around 2:30 a.m. when a husband and wife arrived. They came almost 8 hours early in the hope of seeing a dentist - for free. They soon watched the headlights of other cars as they pul ...

• The Strike Undone

  Fall 2004 Editor's Note: Noëlle Burg's 2004 article in Vacarme marking the twenty-year anniversary of the great British miners' strike remains wholly relevant today, twenty-five years after the event that, she argues, marked the state's abandonment of its functions as arbiter and guarantor ...

• Afghanistan by the Numbers: Measuring a War Gone t ...

  Here may be the single strangest fact of our American world: that at least three administrations - Ronald Reagan's, George W. Bush's, and now Barack Obama's - drew the U.S. "defense" perimeter at the Hindu Kush ; that is, in the rugged, mountainous lands of Afghanistan. Put another way, while Am ...

The Heathlander

• The “British method”

  Following a political campaign by the BNP, a Muslim man was abducted from his home in Essex and threatened at knifepoint to stop organising weekly prayer sessions at the community centre. Asked to response, local BNP councillor Pat Richardson denied the BNP was behind the attack, explaining: “Fire ...

• ‘Israel’s Terror Inside’

  Latest mini-doc from Max Blumenthal, via lenin: As Noam Chomsky has observed, and as this video makes clear, ‘those who call themselves “supporters of Israel” are in reality supporters of its moral degeneration and probable ultimate destruction’. Posted in Israeli / Palestinian, Videos ...

• A culture of fear

  Pankaj Mishra dissects the ‘culture of fear’ being manufactured by a recent spate of books and articles warning of an impending ‘Eurabia’: ‘Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking ...

• Fighting the fash

  Anti-fascist activists successfully confronted the BNP’s ‘Red, White and Blue’ hatefest [.pdf] (see also this Channel 4 report) in Codnor yesterday: One of the favourite chants of the day was reportedly: “We are black, white, Asian and we’re Jew / And they’re many, many more of us than ...

• Silencing civil society

  Former Israeli military commander Efran Efrati recently testified to the BBC that Palestinian children are ‘routinely ill-treated’ by Israeli soldiers: “You take the kid, you blindfold him, you handcuff him, he’s really shaking… Sometimes you cuff his legs too. Sometimes it cuts off the ci ...

Water - AlterNet

• Mining's Destructive Legacy on Waterways

  Scientists are now beginning to see that mining's most lasting damage may be the massive amounts of debris dumped into valley streams.

• The CA Legislature Unveiled 5 New Water Bills -- A ...

  I would urge that California's water warriors hold their opinions until they actually read and digest these bills.

• Vitaminwater's Empty Calories Are at the Heart of ...

  Vitaminwater tells its customers to "hydrate responsibly." That means not drinking 125-calorie sugar rushes like ... Vitaminwater.

• Why Corporations, Emerging Powers and Petro-States ...

  In the past six months, big players in the global economy have grabbed 50 million acres of arable land, from Africa to Southeast Asia.

• Goodbye Pools, Lawns and a Whole Lot More: Why Lif ...

  Water in the very near future will be neither cheap nor plentiful, and much of the Southwest is destined for real trouble.

TruthHugger

• Texas Progressive Alliance August 31, 2009

  It’s the week before Labor Day, and the Texas Progressive Alliance is hard at work bringing you the best of the Texas blogosphere. Here are this week’s highlights. The Texas Cloverleaf wonders why only one person showed up to a budget meeting where taxes are being increased in Denton County. No ...

• Who Will Carry The Kennedy Torch? Op Ed

  The passing of Ted Kennedy may have dealt a blow to progressive humanitarian warriors. The Senate is missing the most effective voice for the disenfranchised. From his perch atop the mountain of comfort built by his family, Ted Kennedy used his position to battle legislative discrepancies that ...

• Texas Progressive Alliance – August 24, 2009

  School is starting, and the Texas Progressive Alliance is prepared as always to ace the test. Here is this week’s roundup of blog highlights. From TXsharon: Woo Hoo! EPA testing has now confirmed wells are contaminated “with various substances connected with gas drillingâ€�–proof that h ...

• Bi-Polar America – Who is Worthy of a Healthy Li ...

  The rationing of health care is already a fact of life. The new reform will remove some of that rationing and make health care a right instead of a privilege. Bi-Polar America - I am worthy, You are not. Jesus was a socialist.

• Texas Progressive Alliance – August 17, 2009

  It’s time for preseason football games, but the Texas Progressive Alliance is always in midseason form. Here are this week’s blog highlights. CouldBeTrue of South Texas Chisme wonders why we put up with temper tantrums and intimidation from the far right? Everyone should have their say in our d ...

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• Taking Down a Nation: Money, Murder and National S ...

  By Nikki Alexander Featured Writer Dandelion Salad September 4, 2009 If you wanted to destroy the

• Spanish judge resumes torture case against six sen ...

  by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 8 Sept. 2009 The Spa

• Where is the Truth? By Timothy V. Gatto

  By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com September 3, 2009 I wa

• U.S. Marines In The Caucasus As West Widens Afghan ...

  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato/me

• Broader Strategy: West's Afghan War Targets Russia ...

  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stopnato/me

Unexplained Mysteries

• UFO 'filmed for 40 minutes' in China

  China's Purple Mountain Observatory has revealed 40 minutes of footage showing a mysterious object in the sky taken during the solar eclipse earli...

• Lost world found in Papua New Guinea

  A team of scientists has discovered over 40 unidentified species in a lost world contained inside a kilometre deep crater in Papua New Guinea incl...

• Man survives plunge off 200ft cliff

  In a miraculous escape this week a man survived driving his car off a 200ft high cliff in North Devon, when rescuers arrived he was both alive and...

• Do you believe in angels ?

  Angels remain a popular belief among both children and adults, the idea of a "guardian angel" watching over us is a comfort and source of strength...

• Father shares home with 4,600 scorpions

  A man in Thailand has adapted his home with tree branches and stones and shares it with not only his family but also 4,600 scorpions that he breed...

Grassroots

• Building a Movement, Haitian Style

  pigs.jpg I spent the better part of last week crisscrossing Haiti’s arid Northwest with Grassroots International’s partner the National Congress of the Peasant’s Movement of Papay (MPNKP). MPNKP is best known to our allies and friends fo ...

• Resilient Hondurans Lead The Way To Protect Democr ...

  IMG00292.jpg Today, thousands of people will fill the streets of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. They are students, housekeepers, children and farmers from different parts of country—many of whom walked 10-12 miles a day to get to the ...

• Yes, We Can - But Will We Join Our Neighbors to Re ...

  More than a month after the military coup in the Central American country of Honduras (for which the term “banana republic” was originally coined due to the overwhelming influence of U.S. fruit corporations in that country), the junta is still in power and shows little real sign of budging. re ...

• They Are Afraid of Us, Because We are Not Afraid o ...

  Tom Loudon from our ally the Alliance for Responsible Trade, which is a member of the Hemispheric Social Alliance (a Grassroots International grantee) is currently in Honduras as part of an international human rights monitoring delegation. Today, August 11th, the Global Day of Action for Honduras, h ...

• On the Global Day of Action for Honduras, Donate y ...

  Want to do something simple to help support Honduran democracy and keep the crisis in the public eye? Donate your status! It’s free, easy, and can make a huge impact. Right now, the corporate news media is mostly silent about what’s happening on the ground in Honduras and the role of US polic ...

Climate

• September 8, 2009

  EU Ready to Shoulder 30% of Global Climate Funding (EurActiv) The EU is prepared to put up to 30% of the money required to finance an ambitious post-Kyoto climate treaty and overcome the current standoff in the negotiations, a draft European Commission document laying out “fair shares” of t ...

• September 7, 2009

  Irish Commission Recommends Carbon Tax on Gas (Irish Times) Ireland’s Commission on Taxation is recommending a carbon tax of about 8 cents per liter on gas and diesel starting in the government's December budget. Trade War Looms in Solar Space (Reuters) China and the West, long at odds ...

• September 5-6, 2009

  Van Jones Resigns (AP) Pres. Obama's environmental adviser Van Jones, who became embroiled in a controversy over past statements, has resigned his White House job after what he calls a "vicious smear campaign against me.'' Climate Change Funding Talks Stall at G20 (Reuters) Differences betw ...

• September 8, 2009

  EU Ready to Shoulder 30% of Global Climate Funding (EurActiv) The EU is prepared to put up to 30% of the money required to finance an ambitious post-Kyoto climate treaty and overcome the current standoff in the negotiations, a draft European Commission document laying out “fair shares” of t ...

• September 7, 2009

  Irish Commission Recommends Carbon Tax on Gas (Irish Times) Ireland’s Commission on Taxation is recommending a carbon tax of about 8 cents per liter on gas and diesel starting in the government's December budget. Trade War Looms in Solar Space (Reuters) China and the West, long at odds ...

TomDispatch

• Tomgram: Measuring Success in Afghanistan

  [ Note for TomDispatch Readers: Let me express my awe. The Tuesday before Labor Day weekend, I posted a striking piece by organizer and activist David Swanson, "Bush's Third Term, You're Living It." It was the day his new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perf ...

• Tomgram: William Astore, American Militarism on S ...

  Here's what Cheryl Bartholomew, described as an "Omaha Early Childhood Parenting Examiner," wrote recently about an event happening at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, for the local affiliate of the national web portal Examiner.com: "The Offutt Air Show, Defenders of Freedom '09 loo ...

• Tomgram: David Swanson, The More Things Change

  A presidential candidate opposed to the Iraq War is elected and enters the Oval Office. Yet six months later, there are still essentially the same number of troops in Iraq as were there when his predecessor left, the same number, in fact, used in the original invasion of Iraq in March 2003. More ...

• Tomgram: Nick Turse, From My Lai to Lockerbie

  On this one-way planet of ours, it's hard sometimes to imagine things any other way, but for a moment let's try. Imagine, for instance, that in recent years the director of Iranian intelligence oversaw a program of "extraordinary rendition" aimed at those who were believed to be prepared to commi ...

• Tomgram: The Next War, On-Screen and Off

  [ Note for TomDispatch readers: We're back! Refreshed and ready for action, but still on a somewhat relaxed schedule until after Labor Day. The next piece will be posted Sunday night. Tom ] G.I. Joe, Post-American Hero The Long, Slow Death of American Triumphalism By Tom Engelhardt The Pre ...

Smirking Chimp

• Mr. President, We Need a Fighter to Take on the De ...

  The editors of The Economist magazine say America's health care debate has become a touch delirious, with people accusing each other of being evil-mongers, dealers in death, and un-American. Well, that's charitable. I would say it's more deranged than delirious, and definitely not un-American. Those ...

• With Friends Like These

  "But you know, regime change didn't just arise as a subject recently. We did it in Grenada, Panama, Serbia. Would the world be better off if Milosevic were back in Serbia? Noriega in Panama? I don't think so." -- George Will, 08 October 2002 People like George Will make this world a very weird plac ...

• CNN Debate on Van Jones: Obama Sells Us Out to Pol ...

  Per my post and announcement last night, here's the clip of my CNN debate with David Frum about the Van Jones affair this morning . Notice that Frum has no answer for the obvious double standards. Somehow, nobody gets fired for lying us into Iraq, Tim Geithner keeps his job after tax evasion and gi ...

• I'm Finally Getting Hopeful

  I'm a progressive and you're a progressive, but I'm starting to find reason to hope as you're coming off a giant sugar high and plunging into the deep despair of one betrayed and scorned. What gives? 1. I don't expect much of elections, whereas you imagine each time, contrary to all preceding eviden ...

• Men with Guns, in Kabul and Washington

  For those who believe in making war, Kabul is a notable work product. After 30 years, the results are in: a devastated city. A stale witticism calls Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai "the mayor of Kabul." Now, not even. On block after block in the Afghan capital, AK-47s are conspicuous in the han ...

Ten Percent

• Lost Compass

  No sense of direction… Labour is in serious danger of drifting into opposition, influential backbench MP Jon Cruddas has warned the party. He was joined on the platform by the former work and pensions secretary, James Purnell, While talk of the pair forming a “dream ticket” in any future Labou ...

• Tribalism & Fear Mongering In The Media Part. 194

  And deference to official sources of course. Notice a Neo Nazi is not said to be part of a global movement that lurks everywhere (although they do mention his admiration of other right wing terrorists but it is as an individual, as a fan) Islamic fundamentalists always have their wider ambitions emp ...

• Crisis is Over!

  Because the rich got our money and they are now driving down labour costs, subsidised by government, ie. your money again. Oh it’s almost funny. Mission Accomplished The number of working Americans turning to free government food stamps has surged as their hours and wages erode, in a stark sign th ...

• American Remake

  More troops deployed now than the Soviets ever had- Compare the propaganda.

• Friday! Voice Of The Beehive- I Say Nothing

  As Ash would say ‘Groovy’

Paul Krugman

• Why the public option matters

  What is one to make of the practical, political argument that any public plan actually included in legislation probably wouldn't make that much difference, and that reform is worth having even without such a plan?

• Hoping for audacity

  President Obama will give his big health-care speech tomorrow. Let's hope he does it right.

• A few notes on my magazine article

  A few notes on my big state-of-economics piece.

• The purpose of stimulus

  The purpose of stimulus is, first and foremost, to mitigate unemployment.

• A strange madness

  Let me weigh in a bit on the craziness sweeping America.

No Quarter

• Lessons Not Learned

  It’s not just Republicans who are upset about Charlie Rangel’s rampant hypocrisy, as I reported recently (”Oh, Charlie“), but any American who works hard, pays his/her taxes, and follows the rules. Oh, and obeys the tax laws even though they haven’t WRITTEN any of them. Rangel cannot say ...

• Czars, Czars Everywhere, not a Czar to Vet

  Van Jones did not fill out the Questionnaire. Major Garrett (see video below) offers either Van Jones was not high ranking enough to fill out the questionnaire or that the vetting process broke down. Why are we, the tax payers paying these Czars if they are not high ranking and don’t have Obama’ ...

• education faces the death panel, why wouldn’t he ...

  All this talk about Obama speaking to the *shoochildren* got me thinking about the school system. Can’t one look at the education system when pondering what a government run health care program would look like? Like health care, the US spends more than any other country on education (except Switze ...

• It Ain’t About Black, It’s the Stupid.

  Van Jones and his brain dead defenders are insisting that Mr. Jones was attacked because he was black. Horseshit!! Will someone in the media ask just one basic question of Van Jones: When did you renounce communism and the teachings of Lenin and Mao Tse Tung? Let’s get to the heart of the matter. ...

• NoQuarter Radio’s Sins of Omission with Paulie A ...

  (Due to a bit of holiday confusion this posting is late, the show has concluded, but you can still listen to the archived show here.) Join Sins of Omission Monday, September 7th at 9pm (ET) as host Paulie Abeles talks to Josh Stearns of Free Press, a non-partisan media watchdog, about how the publi ...

Environmental Graffiti

• The Most Fearless Animal On Earth
• Flying Fish
• Cappadocia As Seen From Above
• Taming the Sun
• A Day in the Life of a Polar Bear Family

Foreign Policy in Focus

• Europe 3.0

  FPIF's weekly update.

• Postcard From...Dublin

  The Irish peace movement says no to the Lisbon Treaty on European integration

• Response to Chomsky II

  Serbia, not NATO, was responsible for the human rights violations in Kosovo.

• Japan's Election and Anti-Nuclear Momentum

  The victory of Japan's opposition party is good news for the anti-nuclear movement.

• The Virtues of Deglobalization

  Has the time finally come to reverse and end globalization?

Therapy News

• Austin’s Homeless Receive Care, Discuss Future M ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The healthcare issues in the United States have grown especially heated in recent months as the administration works towards introducing new policies that may bring about significant changes in the way the country’s citizens receive both physical and mental care. Whi ...

• Greater Understanding Needed for Sensitive Claims ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline For victims of traumatic events such as rape, discussing memories, thoughts, and feelings with a mental health professional can be extraordinarily difficult, and may require that a great deal of trust be build and maintained in order to create the right atmosphere for ...

• Study Suggests Men Experience Earlier Onset of OCD

  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Obsessive-compulsive disorder is a mental health concern that can create havoc in the lives of those who experience its symptoms, and the individual manifestations of the issue may vary greatly from one person to the next. The consequences tend to be similar, however; ...

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effective Online in P ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The many benefits of cognitive behavioral therapy are widely lauded among both mental health professionals and the clients who have benefited from its introduction into their lives. In particular, those experiencing symptoms of depression are likely to gain a great dea ...

• Binge Drinking in Adults More Prevalent than Thoug ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The associations between young people and binge drinking or the excessive and frequent intake of alcohol are strong and seemingly omnipresent. Through the efforts of marketing officials at major alcoholic beverage companies, youths are often targeted as the ideal custo ...

Mountaintop Removal

• EPA Reconsiders Arch Coal Permit for Mountaintop M ...

  By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering a permit issued in 2007 letting Arch Coal Inc . fill valleys and streams with debris from a mountaintop-removal coal mine in West Virginia.

• EPA Seeks Changes to 2007 Arch Coal Mountaintop Mi ...

  By Jim Efstathiou Jr. Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering a permit issued in 2007 letting Arch Coal Inc ., fill valleys and streams with debris from a mountaintop-removal coal mine in West Virginia.

• EPA moves to block W.Va.s largest mining permit (T ...

  Read more in Coal Tattoo CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Citing "clear evidence" of likely environmental damage, the Obama administration has moved toward revoking the largest mountai...

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  Patrick Courrielche / Big Hollywood : WHO SET UP GOVERNMENT ‘PROPAGANDA’ CONFERENCE CALL? Newly Revealed White House, NEA Audio Contradict — Another conference call has materialized, revealing a concerted effort by government to use the arts to address political issues. — Lee Ro ...

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• Unmentionable: Best-Selling Conservative Books and ...

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• Obama and the Bureaucratization of Health Care (Sa ...

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• Russia Ramps Up Oil Exports as OPEC Cuts Back

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• Japan’s Next Premier Vows to Cut Emissions ...

  Japan’s prime minister-elect re-affirmed a campaign pledge to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent in the next 10 years from 1990 levels.

• Chevron Offers Evidence in Ecuador Bribery Case

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• Business Briefing | Company News: BP Conducts Seis ...

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5+ quakes - 7 days

• M 5.0, southern Sumatra, Indonesia

  Wednesday, September 9, 2009 04:02:14 UTC Wednesday, September 9, 2009 11:02:14 AM at epicenter Depth : 77.90 km (48.40 mi)

• M 5.4, Banda Sea

  Friday, September 4, 2009 07:07:30 UTC Friday, September 4, 2009 04:07:30 PM at epicenter Depth : 106.40 km (66.11 mi)

• M 5.1, Potosi, Bolivia

  Tuesday, September 8, 2009 22:22:20 UTC Tuesday, September 8, 2009 06:22:20 PM at epicenter Depth : 29.50 km (18.33 mi)

• M 5.4, Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia

  Tuesday, September 8, 2009 18:51:24 UTC Wednesday, September 9, 2009 02:51:24 AM at epicenter Depth : 36.30 km (22.56 mi)

• M 5.4, Sunda Strait, Indonesia

  Friday, September 4, 2009 00:52:07 UTC Friday, September 4, 2009 07:52:07 AM at epicenter Depth : 38.30 km (23.80 mi)

China Dialogue

• A national team for the climate

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• Staying afloat

  Can the global shipping industry increase its efficiency and reduce its contribution to global warming? Arthur Bowring explores the issues. International shipping is the servant of international trade; ships carry an estimated 90% of world trade. Admiral EE Mitropoulos, secretary-general of the Inte ...

• Taking the toad’s-eye view

  Dipak Gyawali, former water minister of Nepal, explains how to approach Himalayan climate-change science from the grass-roots level. Interview by Isabel Hilton. Dipak Gyawali is a former minister of water resources in Nepal and research director of the Nepal Water Conservation Foundation. Here he te ...

• Geoengineering: do we intervene?

  A major study published today in the United Kingdom asks what role proposed geoengineering technologies could play in regulating the climate. Tan Copsey spoke to one of its contributors, Ken Caldeira. As part of a series for chinadialogue that examines the environmental and political arguments aroun ...

• Rethinking Sino-US relations

  Many Chinese commentators worry about the risks of the United States introducing carbon tariffs. Chu Zhaogen urges them to take a long-term view. United States energy secretary Steven Chu and commerce secretary Gary Locke visited China last month to explore where there might be mutually beneficial U ...

AlterNet Top Stories

• How Mike Huckabee's Evangelical Creds Helped Him A ...

  In an excerpt from his new book, 'Republican Gomorrah,' Blumenthal explains the former Arkansas governor's surprising ascent to the top of the GOP ranks.

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  Obama's nefarious plan for the nation's genitals? His evil designs on your children? Here are the most absurd right-wing assaults on the president -- and logic and reason.

• Big Business's Hidden Hand in the Smear Job on Van ...

  How Americans for Prosperity, the astroturf group that organized town-hall thuggery, teamed up with Fox News to force out Van Jones.

• Is Child Kidnapper Philip Garrido More Evil Than J ...

  Not satisfied with calling heinous acts just "evil," author Michael Stone ranks "justifiable homicide" as a mild category 1 and "sexually perverse serial killers" at No. 17.

• How the World's Biggest Corporations, From Starbuc ...

  Hoping to capitalize on growing public enthusiasm for all things local, some of the world's biggest corporations are brashly laying claim to the word "local."

Threat Level

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  The three men convicted in the United Kingdom on Monday of a plot to bomb several transcontinental flights were prosecuted in part using crucial e-mail correspondences intercepted by the U.S. National Security Agency, according to Britain’s Channel 4. The e-mails, several of which have been repri ...

• ‘Google Books’ Plan Hits Privacy Snag

  Opposition to the pending “Google Books” settlement took a turn Tuesday as civil rights groups told a federal court that the pending plan to digitize millions of books threatens readers’ privacy. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Samuelson Law, Tech ...

• Court Allows Woman to Sue Bank for Lax Security Af ...

  An Illinois district court has allowed a couple to sue their bank on the novel grounds that it may have failed to sufficiently secure their account, after an unidentified hacker obtained a $26,500 loan on the account using the customers’ user name and password. As initially reported by legal blogg ...

• Want a Wiretap Warrant? No Problem, Court Says

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• Diebold Unloads Beleaguered Voting Machine Divisio ...

  It took about three years but Diebold has finally managed to get out of the election business. The company announced Thursday that Premier Election Solutions, Diebold’s beleaguered voting machine division, has been acquired by Election Systems and Software (ES&S). ES&S purchased the company for a ...

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• Fred becomes a hurricane in eastern Atlantic

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• First Solar to build huge Chinese solar plant

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - First Solar Inc said on Tuesday it plans to build the world's largest solar plant in China in the first major foray by a U.S. company into the Asian nation's fast growing alternative energy sector.

• Congress seeks healthcare deal before Obama speech

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate negotiators made a last stab at a bipartisan healthcare compromise as the U.S. Congress returned to work Tuesday, with House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi calling a government-run insurance option "essential" to the bill.

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• Liposuction leftovers make easy stem cells: study

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Godspace

• The Spiritual Practice of Lament

  The post below was sent to me by Tracy Byrd Dickerson who describes herself as a lover of Jesus, wife of a fabulous husband, mother to two great guys, hospice nurse, seminarian, celebrant of life abundant. She blogs at Nacreous Kingdom In studying the Psalms for a seminary class, I was once again ...

• The Causes of Our Times

  I am getting ready to speak at the West Coast Healthcare Missions Conference this next week and have been updating some of my statistics and presentations. As usual this kind of preparation challenges me again to look at the needs of our world and to grapple with how my life can make a difference ...

• Spiritual Practices For Sitting in Front of the Sc ...

  At the end of last week I said that I was adding what would probably be the last post in the What is a Spiritual Practice series. Â However I continue to receive posts and will continue to add new ones that I receive. Today’s post cones from Lynne Baab. Â Lynne has written several books on spi ...

• What Are the Top Christian Blogs?

  I just discovered that I am listed amongst the Top 100 Christian blogs according to Kent Shaffer at Church Relevance. Just snuck in at 87th. It is an interesting list which you might like to check out and I appreciate the incredible amount of work that Kent has done to put this together. I hav ...

• Thirsting for Coffee With God- A Very Spiritual Pr ...

  This will probably be the last post in the What is a Spiritual Practice series and it seems appropriate that because I live in Seattle the last post is about drinking coffee. Today’s post comes from Richard Dahlstrom senior pastor at Bethany Community Church in Seattle. Â Richard blogs at Pastor ...

Equality Trust

• Goodbye social democracy, hello economic democracy

  Bill Kerry writes for Labour List about the limits of social democracy and the need for economic democracy.

• Shattering the myth of equality

  An article by Boris Frankel in Melbourne's newspaper 'The Age'.

• Polly Toynbee: This bold equality push is just wha ...

  Polly Toynbee writing about the new Equality Bill today's Guardian. "Harriet Harman's bill is a frank recognition of the role of class in Britain. A decade earlier, it might have had a real impact..."

• Seumas Milne: This naked display of class egotism ...

  "It's more than a week since Alistair Darling's budget, but the howls of protest haven't stopped for a day ever since. That's not been the public sector employees facing a harsh squeeze on jobs and pay who've been squealing, or the million workers expected to join the dole queues in the next year, ...

• Bob Holman on social breakdown

  Bob Holman writes in the Glasgow Herald about the evidence in The Spirit Level.

IntelNews

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  Iran says US is forging nuclear intelligence. Pakistanis call for intelligence dialogue with India. US official was investigated for espionage.

• CIA furious over UK-Libyan bomber release deal

  The CIA has threatened to stop sharing intelligence with UK spy services in protest over the recent release from a Scottish prison of a Libyan intelligence agent convicted for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103, according to a British newspaper.

• Colombian ex-spy details coup plot against Venezue ...

  The former director of information technology at Colombia’s Administrative Department of Security (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad, or DAS) has revealed details of what he claims was a Colombian-assisted coup against the Venezuelan government.

• News you may have missed #0099

  Who killed London Times reported David Holden, in 1977, and what was the involvement of American, British and Egyptian intelligence services in the mysterious case? Iran denies bodyguard's arrest on spying charges. Profile of South Africa's next spy chief.

• Australians investigate Chinese telecom over suspe ...

  The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), has admitted it is investigating an Australian-based subsidiary of a Chinese telecommunications firm because of its rumored links to China’s intelligence community.

PsyBlog

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  · Discover the essentials of group psychology. When we're in a group other people have an incredibly powerful effect on us. Groups can kill our creativity, inspire us to work harder, allow us to slack off, skew our decision-making and make us clam up. The keys to understanding human behaviour—ou ...

• Group Polarization: The Trend to Extreme Decisions

  Say you put 10 people in a room and asked them to design a car. Would they design something average or something wacky? Would they be more likely to come up with the Ford Focus or 'The Homer', designed by Homer Simpson in this classic episode of The Simpsons? To help you decide, it's [...] » Try ...

• The Acceptance Prophesy: How You Control Who Likes ...

  · Is interpersonal attraction a self-fulfilling prophesy? The mystical-sounding 'acceptance prophesy' is simply this: when we think other people are going to like us, we behave more warmly towards them and consequently they like us more. When we think other people aren't going to like us, we beha ...

• Brainstorming Reloaded

  · Why brainstorming is ineffective and how to fix it. Brainstorming was once thought a fantastic way for groups to generate new ideas. Although not as fashionable as it once was, brainstorming is still frequently used in business and, often inadvertently, for all sorts of personal decisions; peop ...

• Consumer Psychology

  · How and why we consume and how our beliefs, ideas and senses influence consumption. Peter Drucker, the management consultant, famously argued that about 80% of all products and services fail or fall well short of targets within six months of launching. Clearly markets have little understanding ...

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• NYrs! Phillies! Iraqi Labor Tour Schedule Released ...

  Learn how Iraqi labor unions are trying to re-build Iraq Remember this past Spring, when IVAW members Aaron Hughes and T.J. Buonomo went to Iraq for the First International Iraq Labor Conference? There they met with union leaders representing all sectors of the economy from across Iraq. Well, this ...

• Who Has the Power of War?

  Who Has the Power of War? By David Swanson, Voters for Peace David Swanson is the author of the new book "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" by Seven Stories Press, an immediate bestseller at Amazon.com . This article is adapted from "Daybreak." Since 1973 p ...

• Broader Strategy: West's Afghan War Targets Russia ...

  Broader Strategy: West's Afghan War Targets Russia, China, Iran Rick Rozoff | Stop NATO The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are expanding their nearly eight-year war in Afghanistan both in scope, with deadly drone missile attacks inside Pakistan, and in intensity, with dail ...

• US Iraq Casualties Rise to 74,029

  US Iraq Casualties Rise to 74,029 Compiled by Michael Munk | www.MichaelMunk.com US military occupation forces in Iraq under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered at least six combat casualties between September 2 and Sept 8, 2009, as the official total since the 2003 invasion soared to at least 74,029 ...

• DC'rs: Should Terrorists be Prosecuted by Military ...

  Should Terrorists be Prosecuted by Military Commissions? ~A Panel Discussion with ~ Matt Olsen, Executive Director of the Guantanamo Review Detainee Taskforce Major Jon Scott Jackson, Defense Counsel, Office of Military Commissions Richard E.N. Federico, Lieutenant Commander, JAG Corps, U.S. Navy D ...

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  Kurt Michael Friese cooks in Iowa, the state that produces more eggs than any other in the nation. So believe him when he says to avoid flavorless, ecologically troubling industrially produced eggs—and listen to his ideas for cooking with pastured eggs from small farmers.

• Say no to industrial eggs—and yes to delicio ...

  Kurt Michael Friese cooks in Iowa, the state that produces more eggs tan any other in the nation. So believe him when he says to avoid flavorless, ecologically troubling industrially produced eggs—and listen to his ideas for cooking with pastured eggs from small farmers.

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• Birthday cannon

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• I-Swarm, real micro-sized robots!

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• What the Public Option Actually Does

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• Enviros Ponder Implications of Jones Ouster

  Progressive and environmental groups were caught off-guard by the Van Jones affair, noting now that they underestimated the lengths to which the right wing would go to vilify a relatively minor administration official. While some are hoping that positive lessons will result from the ouster of their ...

• Report: Preliminary Finance Bill Hurts Low-Income ...

  As leaders of the Senate Finance Committee continue to haggle in search of a bipartisan health reform compromise, liberals are quickly taking issue with a preliminary proposal being floated this week — and not just over the absence of a public option. One provision, for example, would require empl ...

• ACLU Responds to Mandatory E-Verify

  The announcement that all government contractors starting today must use the controversial E-Verify system to check employee work eligibility is, not surprisingly, disappointing critics who’ve pointed out that the system is not reliable. Here’s what Chris Calabrese, American Civil Liberties Unio ...

• The Waiting Room

  Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news. Congress came back to Washington today after a month-long break, and it seems like just about everyone has something to say about health care reform. Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, released an 18-page draf ...

• All Hands in the Corporate Cookie Jar

  Brenda Wright, Director of Democracy Program at Demos, has posted some insights at the American Constitution Society’s blog on the big campaign finance case, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission, to be argued before the Supreme Court tomorrow. Here’s her take: Overruling those cases w ...

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• Making Moo-ney: Investors Milk The Cash Cow

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• Where vegetarian cuisine is making history

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• How Cities Mimic Life: Megacities Breathe, Consume ...

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• 18-year kidnapping 'heart-warming': suspect

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• THE HPV VACCINE and our daughters….

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• BIG MEDIA RULINGS

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Invisible Opportunity

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• Missing Algerian Children Had Their Organs Removed

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• Mass Mind Control is Upon Us – It’s Ti ...

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• Pfizer pleads guilty to felony crime in fraudulent ...

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• Warning: Swine Flu Shot Linked to Killer Nerve Dis ...

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But, organizers of an annual ecology camp have found that the kids who attend their day-long event go home with a better understanding of their world. ...

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Gov. Gregoire, Ecology announce federal stimulus money to help ...

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- Sep 08, 2009

- 6 hours ago

Chris Gregoire and Department of Ecology Director Jay Manning announced today that Washington will receive $3.4 million in federal stimulus money to address ...

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Lawmaker wants less greenhouse gas from fuels

Chicago Tribune

- Sep 08, 2009

- 9 hours ago

Gonzales announced his legislation during a phone conference with representatives of The Ecology Center and Environment Michigan. ...

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Second ruptured water line in San Fernando Valley raises concerns

Los Angeles Times

- Sep 08, 2009

- 24 minutes ago

Some criticize the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which says the city is making great progress on a $4-billion program to upgrade its ...

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Officials can't say when Coldwater Canyon Avenue will reopen after ...

Los Angeles Times

- Sep 08, 2009

- 7 hours ago

Officials said today that they have made significant progress in fixing a water line that burst over the weekend but said "it is not possible to estimate" ...

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Democratic lawmakers push California water plan

San Jose Mercury News

- Sep 08, 2009

- 8 hours ago

California's legislative leaders missed a self-imposed deadline Tuesday to craft a wide-ranging solution to the state's water problems, remaining at odds ...

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South Korea demands apology from North for river surge

Washington Post

- Sep 08, 2009

- 21 hours ago

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea demanded an apology from North Korea on Tuesday for its sudden release of water into a river flowing across their border that ...

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