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Thomas Paine

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

Saturday, October 24, 2009

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IPS - Inter Press Services

  • SPAIN: A Princely Prize for Creators of Email, Ce ...
    OVIEDO, Spain, Oct 23 (IPS) - U.S. engineers Martin Cooper and Raymond Tomlinson, considered the fathers of the mobile phone and email, respectively, received Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research from Crown Prince Felipe on Friday.

  • AFRICA: Could Regulation Ease Fears Over Land Gra ...
    STOCKHOLM, Oct 23 (IPS) - The 'land rush' across Africa by international investors should be regulated to protect smallholder farmers from deals that could leave them landless and hungry.

  • UGANDA: Rebuilding Home and Hearth
    PALEMY, Uganda, Oct 23 (IPS) - Dusk gathers in the thickets of Palemy village, in the Gulu district of northern Uganda. Men, women, and children follow foot paths through the dark to the residence of Mzee Otto Yuvani.

  • CENTRAL AMERICA: The World's Most Violent Region
    MANAGUA, Oct 23 (IPS) - Although the UNDP's Report on Human Development in Central America 2009-2010 says the region has the highest rates of non-political crime in the world, there are nevertheless plenty of opportunities to improve public security, analysts and experts say.

  • DEVELOPMENT: Land Grabs for Food Production Under ...
    UNITED NATIONS, Oct 23 (IPS) - A move by governments and rich investors to raise food crops on farmland purchased in some of the world's poorer countries is coming under fire.

Scoop - NZ

  • Agriculture in a time of food crisis
    the challnge and the opportunities that surround us in food production  »  PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

  • Prof. Flynn on housing & economic crisis
    Affordable housing is one of the keys to economic recovery and preventing further economic crises, author, political studies lecturer and Alliance Party finance and tax spokesperson Emeritus Professor Jim Flynn told a public meeting in Dunedin recently.In his talk entitled "Roots of the Current Econ ...

  • Taliban strike near nuclear facility in Punjab
    A Taliban suicide bomber killed seven people near a nuclear weapons complex in Pakistan's Punjab province.The suicide bomber detonated outside of a security checkpoint near the Kamra Air Weapon Complex in the district of Attock, Geo News reported. Three security personnel and four civilians were kil ...

  • The History Of Oil - by Robert Newman
    Robert Newmans one man stand up commedy on his unique view of 100 years of oil and economic reasons for war including the current wars in the middle east.  »  PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

  • Alliance challenges Turia over ACC
    Disability Issues Minister Tariana Turia has been challenged by the Alliance Party to keep her commitment to oppose the changes to the Accident Compensation scheme announced by the National Government last week.In an interview on TVNZ's Q+A yesterday, Turia told the nation that she was opposed to an ...

Independent ( London )

  • Army captures Pakistani Taliban leader's hometown
    The army captured the strategically located hometown of Pakistan's Taliban chief today after fierce fighting, officials said, snagging its first big prize in a major US-backed offensive along the Afghan border.

  • Taliban vow to disrupt Afghan run-off vote
    The Taliban today called on Afghans to boycott next month's presidential election run-off and vowed to disrupt voting in a repeat of their threat to derail the disputed first round.

  • US files Polanski extradition request
    The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

  • Balloon boy mother 'admits hoax'
    The mother of the six-year-old US boy once feared missing inside a runaway helium balloon admitted the whole saga was a hoax, according to court documents.

  • Pakistan army 'punishes civilians'
    Civilians trying to flee the conflict zone in South Waziristan may be suffering collective punishment at the hands of the Pakistan army, and some have been banned from major roads, a human rights group has claimed.

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Iran Proposes Alternative Nuclear Deal
    Summary: Bushehr Nuclear Reactor The existing draft plan would involve Iran shipping much of its low-enriched uranium to Russia, where it would be enriched to a higher level for use in a US-built reactor for creating medical isotopes. source: antiwar.com read more

  • Iran response to nuclear deal coming next week
    Summary: Soltanieh After the US, Russia and France approved an IAEA draft on a third-party enrichment of uranium for a Tehran reactor, Iran says it will respond to the uranium deal next week source: Press TV read more

  • Hour of decision on Iran
    Summary: On Wednesday, an upbeat head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mohamad ElBaradei, reported that after two-and-a-half days of intense negotiations in Vienna covering many technical issues, serious progress had been made on a proposal to provide nuclear assistance for a sm ...

  • Russia pledges to continue arms supplies to Iran
    Summary: MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia on Thursday said it would continue military cooperation with Iran amid widespread unease in the West over Moscow's controversial contract to sell advanced anti-aircraft missiles to Tehran. source: AFP read more

  • Heated Exchange Marks First Iran-Israel Talks in 3 ...
    Summary: Representatives of the Iranian and Israeli governments took part in the first mutual talks between the two sides in 30 years, in an exchange described as brief and heated at a top secret nuclear conference in Cairo, Egypt. source: Anti War.Com read more

The Daily Galaxy

  • The H1N1 Flu Vaccine Debate: Should You, or Shoul ...
    I’ll admit right up front that I have a bone to pick when it comes to flu shots, but not because I’m a hemp-wearing hippy drinking my kombucha in a yurt. It’s because I believe in science, and so far...

  • The Planet's Ultimate VideoCam: Hunting Dark Matte ...
    The world’s largest sky-survey telescope is being created to deliver its 3,200-megapixel images of the universe to the public in near–real time. "LSST is truly an Internet telescope, which will put terabytes of data each night into the hands of...

  • A New Star Wars? Astronomers vs The Spy Satellites
    A satellite-laser battle between scientists and soldiers should be more exciting than this - instead of a final showdown between "we invent stuff" and "we use it", astronomers are instead undermined by idiotic administrative delays while the military make sure...

  • Was the Speed of Light Faster in the Early Univers ...
    A brilliant young physicist João Magueijo asks the heretical question: What if the speed of light—now accepted as one of the unchanging foundations of modern physics—were not constant? Magueijo, a 40-year old native of Portugal, puts forth the heretical idea...

  • Most Distant Galaxies Ever: 10-Billion-Years Old D ...
    "This discovery is exciting because it is like finding a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil that is much older than any other known. One fossil might just fit in with our understanding of dinosaurs, but if you found many more, you would...

Natural News

  • Burger King (Japan) offers Windows 7 Whopper with ...
    (NaturalNews) What do you get when you combine a good operating system with a bad burger? Burger King's news "Windows 7 Whopper," made with 7 beef patties and sold for ¥7.77 (Yen). The seven-decker processed beef burger clocks in at 1,000 calories, reports FoxNews. It's offered only for 7 days as pa ...

  • New York abandons swine flu vaccine mandate for he ...
    (NaturalNews) New York State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines announced today that public health workers will no longer be required to receive swine flu vaccinations. The state had been sued by the Public Employees Federation to stop the vaccine mandate, and a state judge had granted the group ...

  • Research Reveals that Certain Forms of Astragalus ...
    (NaturalNews) The 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology of Medicine was awarded jointly to Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider, and Jack W. Szostak for their discoveries into cell division and into how chromosomes can be copied without degradation. The key was found in maintaining healthy telomeres, t ...

  • A vaccine for anxiety? The real reason why drug co ...
    (NaturalNews) There's a new vaccine for nicotine addiction, and another one for drug addiction. There's an AIDS vaccines (which doesn't work) and a vaccine for cervical cancer that's been approved for use on boys (boys don't have a cervix). Through the pharmaceutical industry, the big push for vacci ...

  • Profit Driven Swine Flu Propaganda - Pump Up the V ...
    (NaturalNews) This article is part three in a six-part series. Be sure to read part two at http://www.naturalnews.com/027301_swine_flu_influenza_pandemic.html Public health officials now say they have quit keeping tabs on swine flu deaths because it is too difficult. A more likely explanation is t ...

    TheGallopingBeaver


  • But seriously, folks . . .
    A CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site. She watched him pray and after about 45 ...

  • Stiff Neck?
    SKEPTIC.COM is a fine source of rational thought. The site has an article on the dangers of chiropractic, by J. D. Haines, MD. Dr Haines has over 20 years experience in family and emergency medicine. He is a Fellow of American College of Sports Medicine, and Clinical Associate Professor of Family Pr ...

  • Obviously, the couple who complained are the real ...
    If you are a clergyman, you can pick and chose the people for whom you are willing to perform wedding ceremonies. If a couple comes to you and you don't think they should get married you are well within your right to refuse to perform the service or give the couple the blessing of your church, templ ...

  • BC Ferries keeps on truckin' those coincidences
    RossK at The Gazetteer may be on to something here : Starting Wednesday (Oct 14th), B.C. Ferries will reduce the Horseshoe Bay/Departure Bay sailings Monday through Thursday evenings. Deborah Marshall with the corporation explains it will include the 7 p.m. sailing exiting Departure Bay, and the cor ...

  • Owelympics : Yea, though I walk through the valley ...
    Church Sign Generator - from the old internets A Global TV news story on the International Olympic Committee's elevation to a special seat at the United Nations carried the headline : Canada declines to sponsor UN resolution on IOC observer status . Now why would Canada decline? 25 other nations s ...

Media Matters for America

  • In latest bigoted smear, Fox leads right-wing m ...
    Advancing the newest ludicrous and bigoted attack in a long series of failed efforts by conservatives to smear Education Department official Kevin Jennings and force his firing, Fox News' Sean Hannity and the Washington Times editorial board have insisted that Jennings' past involvement with t ...

  • Right-wing smear machine falls for fake Obama quo ...
    Right-wing media figures trumpeted a blogger's fake report that in a college thesis -- which the post's author claimed was obtained by Time 's Joe Klein -- President Obama attacked the Founders and the Constitution. Lou Dobbs ran with the claim even after Klein denied the story, Michael L ...

  • Conservative media misrepresent 30K stimulus job ...
    Following the release of preliminary data from Recovery.gov indicating that around 30,000 jobs have been created or saved through federal stimulus contracts thus far, numerous conservative media figures have distorted the report to claim or suggest that the 30,000 figure represents the sum tota ...

  • Perino says it "feels un-American" for White Hous ...
    Former White House press secretary and current Fox News contributor Dana Perino has recently contrasted the Obama administration's criticism of Fox News with the Bush administration's treatment of MSNBC, saying, "I could have taken that tack, but I thought it was not the right thing to do and I ...

  • More Fox fabrication: falsely claims Philly ACORN ...
    Following the release of what Fox News itself called "heavily edited tape" of conservative James O'Keefe's visit to a Philadelphia ACORN office, Fox News ran captions stating, "Exposing ACORN: New Video Shows Unlawful Actions." In fact, in the heavily edited video, there is no evidence of any A ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • Peggy Noonan Says That It's All Obama's Fault Now
    This is worth looking at. It is Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal arguing that supporters of the President can no longer argue that he inherited the mess (the wars, the economic collapse) because he's been President for 9... Sponsored Topics: Peggy Noonan - Wall Street Journal - United St ...

  • Goldberg: The Last Word (At Least From Me)
    A couple of days ago, Jeffrey Goldberg explained why he was disinclined to associate with J Street, in spite of his sympathy for a two-state solution: So I'm comfortable in many ways with J Street's basic worldview. On the other... Sponsored Topics: Israel - Middle East - Zionism - Politics - Na ...

  • Historic Day: Obama Signs Advance VA Funding into ...
    Since 2004, Rey Leal has been fighting. He's fought on the streets of Fallujah, for mental health care in south Texas, and in Washington, for a solution to years of late veterans' health care budgets. Today, Rey, and millions of... Sponsored Topics: Washington - Health care - Fallujah - Congress ...

  • Whining Limbaugh
    Progressives are always asking the question "Is Obama tough enough?" To listen to Rush Limbaugh, you would think that the White House political organization is so tough Limbaugh is in danger of being packed off to a Gulag in Northern... Sponsored Topics: Rush Limbaugh - White House - United Sta ...

  • The $200,000 Insult: Come to Chicago
    Kenneth Feinberg, President Obama's compensation czar for bailed out banks, appears to have taken some genuine steps to rein in excessive executive compensation at the basket case banks that received the most TARP money. He cut cash salaries by 90... Sponsored Topics: Troubled Asset Relief Progr ...

TruthOut

  • Senate Passes Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act
    Obama is expected to sign legislation on hate crimes.     The Senate cleared a historic hate crimes bill Thursday for President Obama's signature, approving new federal penalties for attacks on gay men and lesbians.     The legislation, which was attached to the conference report for the bill out ...

  • Cyber Resistance
    Technology has enabled alternative voices to penitrate the wall of silence around soldiers and war. read more

  • Republicans Oppose Franken on Rape Legislation
        After Minnesota Sen. read more

  • US Strikes at Mexican Cartel's Drug-and-Gun Trade
        Federal agents have launched a massive assault on the US-based distribution network of a major Mexican drug cartel in an effort to disrupt the flow of drugs into the US and the counter-flow of military-grade firearms to Mexico.     The cartel's network was heaviest in California and Tex ...

  • The Rotten Fruits of War
        Five months ago, shortly after the Pakistani government had begun a military offensive against suspected Taliban fighters in the northernmost area of the country, we arrived in Islamabad, the capital, as part of a small delegation organized by Voices for Creative Nonviolence . Our initi ...

Planetsave

  • Neighborly Solar From 1Bog Could Raise Phoenix Pro ...
    This week The Bogman heads to Phoenix to offer 1 Block off the Grid solar discounts for neighbors who go solar together. And what better city to go to! Phoenix was super hard-hit by the housing crisis. It has had 54% drops in property values , some of the worst in the nation. So this may not seem ...

  • Google to Fight Deforestation from Space
    Google Inc. is joining forces with space agencies around the world and the conservation organization Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to monitor deforestation rates using satellite imagery. Among the space agencies working on the program are NASA, the ESA, and the national space agencies of Japan ...

  • Global Warming: Last Month was the Second Hottest ...
    This week The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) revealed that last month was the second hottest land and ocean temperature on record for the month of September. NOAA’s records date back to 1880. In the 100 plus year history, only Septembe ...

  • Union of Concerned Scientists and the Scientific I ...
    Have you seen the comic art for the 2010 Union of Concerned Scientists Scientific Integrity Cartoons? Shown above is a cartoon about science and the Endangered Species Act. The entire calendar shows how “ the absurdity of political interference in science is ripe for lampooning-and serves as a co ...

  • The Missing Link in Climate Change: Product Polic ...
    Although images of giant coal-fired smokestacks and automobile tailpipes characterize greenhouse gas scenarios, a new report from the Product Policy Institute (PPI) proposes a new way of thinking about it – product policy.  Products and packaging contribute 44% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions a ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Austin City Council Coal Action Success
    Many thanks to everyone that made it to the Austin City Council meeting yesterday for an anti-coal demonstration! Twenty five to thirty concerned citizens stood up in City Council chambers, dressed in black to represent the yearly moralities from our Fayette Coal Plant, as Ryan Rittenhouse addresse ...

  • Come out tomorrow (Oct 24th) for the International ...
    Tomorrow – October 24, 2009 – will be the largest day of climate action in the history of the world, and something you don’t want to miss. If you do not yet have anything planned for 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action, please join one of the 4641 events happening around the ...

  • King Williams Parade Pics 048 [Flickr]
    Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:

  • King Williams Parade Pics 042 [Flickr]
    Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:

  • Climate Change: Vets Are “On Board”
    You would think that the Veterans of the United States would be mostly outspoken about traditional war issues, such as pulling the troops out of Iraq or sending more of them to Afghanistan, but a few groups of veterans have decided to take a different route. Operation Free is the name of a veteransâ ...

Press TV

Axis of Logic

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Be Subversive: Get Your DFH On
    Via Crooks and Liars, a list from Michael Moore of 15 things to do to Fight, Survive, and Force Change: You want something to do? Well, you've come to the right place! 'Cause I got 15 things you and I can do right now to fight back and try to fix this very broken system. Here they are: FIVE THINGS W ...

  • Rich Germans Demand Higher Taxes
    Just a quick take on one of the articles in the newswrap tonight: I can't even imagine ANY group of rich Americans doing something like this.  Well, maybe one but I'm not going to name him now. Rich Germans demand higher taxes A group of rich Germans has launched a petition calling for the governmen ...

  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    Passive-aggressive jerks.  "Iran will respond to a proposed deal on its controversial nuclear programme by the middle of next week, it has told the UN's atomic energy agency. Agency chief Mohammed ElBaradei said he hoped the answer would be "positive". The UN watchdog had suggested exporting most of ...

  • "A Gentleman's Agreement?": They're not playing ha ...
    Cross posted from Show Me Progress The stakes are just as high. Our adventure in trying to get answers continues. Our previous coverage: Three steps behind, and to the right (January 25, 2008) Three steps behind, and to the right, part 2 - a microcosm of our universe (September 21, 2009) "A Gentlema ...

  • Alan Grayson, Light and Dark
    Just when Alan Grayson's delighted takedowns of vicious repugs approach self-parody, he reminds us that he remains laser-focused on the business of restoring the nation to democracy. First, the light: During an appearance yesterday on Hardball, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) jokingly suggested that former ...

Care 2

  • Largest solar panel plant in US rises in Fla.
    Greg Bove steps into his pickup truck and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of open land filled with solar panels that will soon power thousands of homes and business. Submitted by Katie Miller to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

  • URGENT: Ask GNC to Stop Using Cruel Glue Traps ! T ...
    Compassionate employees of GNC (a vitamin supply company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) recently reported to PETA that GNC stores nationwide are using glue traps to kill mice. We immediately contacted corporate officials, alerting them to the extreme Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it ...

  • Detained Nigerian girl found trying to strangle he ...
    A 10-year-old Nigerian girl placed in immigration detention for a second time – despite warnings from experts that she might try to kill herself if she was incarcerated again – has been found trying to strangle herself. Submitted by Kelli Stowe to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

  • Ask Obama Administration to Support 350 PPM Goal ! ...
    Tell the Obama Administration to show bold leadership in protecting all of our futures and ensure that 350 ppm is part of the climate legislation and agreements. Studies have concluded that 35 percent of species could be committed to extinction by 2050 Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...

  • Idaho Man Who Killed Wolf Pup Faces Teeny Fine, Ti ...
    The Idaho man who shot and killed a female wolf pup while standing behind his pickup truck on a public road has been officially charged - and faces only nominal punishment. Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

GreenBiz

  • GE, Cleantech and Your Tax Dollars
    Let me state my bias upfront: I'm am admirer of GE. But I can't help but be struck by the extent to which the firm's clean energy businesses depend on federal and state tax and regulatory policy, along with grants and loans from the government.

  • Incremental Cost, Measurable Savings
    This report highlights the incremental cost of building to meet Enterprise Green Communities Criteria and outlines the long-term benefits of green building methods. Bottom line: Estimated lifetime savings from green and affordable housing exceed the initial investment necessary to create it, the stu ...

  • Green Cities California Unveils Best Practices Web ...
    Green Cities California, the collaborative of 10 cities and counties acknowledged as sustainability leaders, launches a website today that's to serve as a resource for other communities striving to go green.

  • IBM Extends Green IT Offerings to Supply Chain Man ...
    IBM drew upon its IT expertise and work with its own massive supplier network to create a new consulting service aimed at helping companies improve the efficiency and environmental impacts of their supply chains.

  • Eco-Patents Commons Hits Milestone with Addition o ...
    The project to release environmentally friendly technologies into the public domain has now reached 100 patents in less than two years' time, with the addition today of four patents from Dow and Fuji Xerox, as well as an additional patent released by Xerox.

Reuters Global

  • Vatican synod urges corrupt African leaders to qui ...
    Roman Catholic bishops have called on corrupt Catholic leaders in Africa to repent or resign for giving the continent and the Church a bad name.

  • Afghanistan, Pakistan and … all the other co ...
    Afghan President Hamid Karzai has agreed to a second-round run-off in Afghanistan's elections. But how significant is this in the overall context of a region where instability seems to be growing by the day?

  • Pomegranates, dust, rose gardens and war
    Our new blog on Afghanistan launches with this post by visiting Reuters political editor Sean Maguire (pictured on Kabul's Swimming Pool hill). It's a taster of the blog's mix of insight, colour, analysis and personal observation from the many Reuters journalists working the Afghan story.

  • Attack in Iran: What are the links to Pakistan?
    One week after an assault on the Pakistan Army headquarters by suspected Sunni Islamist insurgents, a suicide bomber attacks Iran's most powerful military institution, the Revolutionary Guards. Are there links?

  • A Big Mona with fries?
    Escoffier, Brillat-Savarin and, yes, Julia Child would turn over in their graves at the state of French food, writes Mort Rosenblum in GlobalPost.

Ezra Klein

  • Tab dump
    1) " We often hear about people who are unlucky in love, but what of those who are unlucky in the business cycle? " 2) Jacob Hacker makes the case against the trigger. 3) American spends a staggering amount of money on "defense." 4) "China’s bad behavior is posing a growing threat to the rest o ...

  • Why hasn't Olympia Snowe pulled the trigger?
    “Historically, ‘trigger’ mechanisms have not been successful, and they are not a substitute for a strong public health insurance option,” said Senator Jay Rockefeller in a statement released today. “A ‘trigger’ simply delays price competition, which in turn will delay affordability f ...

  • Styles of expertise
    Tyler Cowen offers some "sentences to ponder":: Experts are more persuasive when they seem tentative about their conclusions, a study soon to be published in the Journal of Consumer Research suggests. But the opposite is true of novices, who grow more persuasive with increasing certainty. In one e ...

  • The nightmare scenario on the public option
    Imagine Reid puts Schumer's pulibc option proposal -- the national plan that states can opt-out of -- into the bill. The bill comes to the floor, and it loses Snowe and one or two centrist moderates. Byrd is sick and unable to vote. The sticking point is the Schumer plan, so it needs to come out of ...

  • White House to Reid: We hope you know what you're ...
    Things have gotten real complicated, real quick, on the public option. This roundup of contrasting quotes and statements, for instance, has a Keystone Kops quality to it. I've spent a fair bit of the day trying to figure out what went on in Thursday's endless series of meetings, and the best you ...

Booman Tribune

  • Reading the Tea Leaves
    On July 20th, I was on a conference call with the president that I described here. Fortunately, Ezra Klein produced a transcript so that you don't have to take my word for what the president said. The House bills and the Senate bills will not be identical. We know this. The politics are differen ...

  • Singing for Health Care Reform
    (Full disclosure: The group that organized the protest is one I work with on my job.) This is something I wish I'd been a part of, and I hope they call me if they need an extra baritone next time. (It's rare that my vocal training and my politics intersect.) Plus, the guy who got "punk'd" was none ...

  • Frivolous Friday Open Thread
    Bush regrets standing in front of Mission Impossible banner. Now, there's a Freudian slip!!

  • White House Finally Pushes Chips In
    If you've been patiently waiting for the president to show his hand and start openly pushing for the public option, your moment has come: As questions swirl about the number of votes in the House for several versions of the public option, varying in strength, Deputy White House Secretary Bill Bur ...

  • Women Hate the GOP
    In his ongoing battle to prove himself more popular than cervical cancer in the hearts of women, House Minority Leader John Boehner had a major win this week, moving up a point to eight percent approval (tying him with Mitch McConnell). However, Independents give him a mere five percent rating. So ...

European Tribune

Futurismic

  • Old dogs and new tricks: web use good for the elde ...
    Younger readers (or those with spousal units prone to nagging about excessive time spent in front of a computer) may wish to arm themselves with the news that internet use appears to restore and strengthen brain function, particularly in the elderly. In other words, surfing the web is keeping your b ...

  • Optogenetics: the key to our cyborg future?
    There’s a lengthy but interesting piece up over at Wired about the relatively young discipline of optogenetics – the science of isolating and communicating with specific types of neuron using light. The discovery of the process is an interesting story in its own right, but the really futurismic ...

  • Mac Tonnies, Rest In Peace
    It falls to me to pass on some very sad and unexpected news. Mac Tonnies, a long-term web-friend of mine and former columnist on the paranormal here at Futurismic, was found dead (apparently of natural causes) in his apartment yesterday. [image borrowed from UFOMystic] I’m at a bit of a loss to kn ...

  • Secure your privacy: tell everyone everything
    What if the best way to protect against identity theft was not to hide the fingerprints of your digital daily life, but to expose them to public scrutiny? It sounds like an Orwellian contradiction, but Alex Pentland of MIT’s Human Dynamics Lab believes that allowing limited access to logs of our e ...

  • New sf mag on the block: Lightspeed to launch in 2 ...
    Via BigDumbObject, some excellent news in the short fiction publishing sphere: Prime Books are launching a new science fiction magazine called Lightspeed in the summer of next year. Fiction editing duties will be handled by John Joseph Adams, who will leave his current assistant editor post at F&SF ...

Therapy News

  • What Light at Night May Do to Mental Health
    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary In metropolitan as well as more rural environments, it can be difficult to experience a night of pure darkness. Light pouring in from street lamps, issuing forth from appliances and television screens, or accumulating from the advertisements and lit windows of building ...

  • Chronic Rhinosinusitis Linked to Depression
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Many different physical health issues are associated with depression, and one of the newest to be added to the list is rhinosinusitis, a condition affecting the head and throat. Interestingly, a study examining the connection between these issues found just over nine ...

  • Study Links Working Post-Retirement is Linked to M ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Most people who retain steady careers throughout their lives spend a fair amount of time thinking about, and planing for, their eventual retirement. Hailed as a momentous and positive occasion, retirement is often considered in terms of its potential to allow for some ...

  • Poor Expectations Among Parents May Encourage Adol ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline There are numerous stereotypes associated with teenagers. The idea that all or most teenagers engage in forbidden or risky behavior, including underage drinking and smoking, is prevalent throughout society, but this very prevalence may be adding to occurrences of ment ...

  • The Gift of Anger
    By Anne Ream, ATR-BC, LPC Click here to contact Anne and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Like all emotions, anger comes and goes according to whatever is going on within and around us. When we pay attention to our anger and can use it well, it can be a gift that motivates us to do what we [...]

Mountaintop Removal

Memeorandum

  • Prognosis improves for public insurance (Washingto ...
    Washington Post : Prognosis improves for public insurance   —  MOMENTUM SHIFT IS DRAMATIC Top Democrats push option in health-care legislation  —  Democratic leaders in the Senate and House have concluded that a government-run insurance plan is the cheapest way to expand health coverage … ...

  • White House Denies Report That It Wants To Weaken ...
    Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Politics Channel : White House Denies Report That It Wants To Weaken Public Plan   —  The White House is denying reports that officials are pressuring Sen. Harry Reid to scale back the scope of the “public option” that'll be attached to the Senate health insuran ...

  • White House to Reid: We hope you know what you're ...
    Ezra Klein : White House to Reid: We hope you know what you're doing   —  Things have gotten real complicated, real quick, on the public option.  This roundup of contrasting quotes and statements, for instance, has a Keystone Kops quality to it.  —  I've spent a fair bit of the day trying ...

  • Administration Loses Bid to Exclude Fox News From ...
    Fox News : Administration Loses Bid to Exclude Fox News From Pay Czar Interview   —  The Obama administration on Thursday tried to make “pay czar” Kenneth Feinberg available for interviews to every member of the White House pool except Fox News.  But the Washington bureau chiefs of the fiv ...

  • OutFoxed? - Let me be precise here: Fox News peddl ...
    Joe Klein / Swampland : OutFoxed?   —  Let me be precise here: Fox News peddles a fair amount of hateful crap.  Some of it borders on sedition.  Much of it is flat out untrue.  —  But I don't understand why the White House would give such poisonous helium balloons as Glenn Beck and Sean H ...

Energy & Environment News

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China Dialogue

  • Outlook and obstacles for CCS (1)
    China needs carbon capture and storage technology to decrease its emissions from coal power, but the transition will be costly and difficult. In the first section of a two-part report, He Gang surveys an energy dilemma. Carbon capture and storage (CCS), a technology that stops carbon dioxide produce ...

  • Rhinos in peril
    Trade in horn to Asia has grown in demand and sophistication, creating a surge in poaching in South Africa, reports David Smith. And, writes Jonathan Watts, dealers are hoarding horn like gold. South Africa is witnessing a massive surge in rhino poaching, an activity blamed on criminal syndicates st ...

  • Against tiger farming
    Ancient Chinese tradition and modern scientific thinking both respect the tiger’s role in protecting wild nature. Farming the big cat, writes poet Ruth Padel, ruins China's reputation abroad. One of China’s oldest traditions is its respect for wild nature. Love for nature shines from the early C ...

  • Herding big cats
    Tiger farming advocates say that legally selling body parts of the big cat could thwart the poachers. But a new report puts these claims to the test – and finds dangerous flaws in the economic arguments. Jan McGirk reports. Farming tigers in order to save them may turn out to be the equivalent of ...

  • Forests at the frontline
    Nepal supports a global agreement to help protect the climate by leaving the country’s forests intact. Bhimsen Thapaliya investigates the politics of such a deal. Nepal has lobbied in favour of a global pact that will convert its community-managed forests into cash, without cutting down a single t ...

AlterNet Top Stories

Threat Level

  • Scan of Internet Uncovers Thousands of Vulnerable ...
    Researchers scanning the internet for vulnerable embedded devices have found nearly 21,000 routers, webcams and VoIP products open to remote attack, due to the fact that their administrative interfaces are publicly viewable from anywhere on the internet and their owners have failed to change the ma ...

  • U.S. Chamber Wants Fake Press Release Removed From ...
    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is demanding an internet provider take down a spoofed press release set up by the culture jamming collective the Yes Men, which falsely announced the Chamber now supports legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On Monday, a wide variety of mainstream news outlet ...

  • Open Source Voting System Code Ready for Public Re ...
    LOS ANGELES — A group working to produce an open and transparent voting system to replace current proprietary systems has published its first batches of code for public review. The Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (OSDV) announced the availability of source code for its prototype election sy ...

  • Ruling Expected on Twittering Anarchist Raided Und ...
    An anarchist social worker raided by the feds wants his computers, manuscripts and pick axes back. He argues that authorities violated the U.S. Constitution and the rights of his mentally ill clients while searching for evidence that he broke an anti-rioting law on Twitter. In a guns-drawn raid on ...

  • Cell-Tracking Bills Require Info Dump for Missing ...
    Mobile phone companies would have to immediately turn over location data to emergency responders to help them quickly track missing persons, if any one of the four bills floating in the House get traction. The law already allows, but does not automatically require, phone companies to turn over ping ...

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

  • Surprise: McCain Biggest Beneficiary of Telco/ISP ...
    Senator John McCain (R-AZ) is the top recipient of campaign contributions from large Internet service providers like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast over the past two years, according to a new report from the Sunlight Foundation and the Center for Responsive Politics. McCain has taken in a total of $894,3 ...

  • Pakistani troops retake Taliban stronghold
    DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani forces backed by helicopter gunships and artillery recaptured a strategic town from Taliban militants after fierce fighting, officials said on Saturday.

  • Soros says taxpayers right to resent bank bonuses
    LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor George Soros said U.S. taxpayers were entitled to resent bankers' bonuses because their profits were funded by government bailouts, according to an interview published in the Financial Times.

  • More evacuations as Puerto Rico oil blaze burns on
    SAN JUAN (Reuters) - Authorities in Puerto Rico on Friday ordered the evacuation of hundreds more residents from homes around a huge fire at an oil depot which spewed a column of toxic black smoke into the sky near the capital San Juan.

  • UPDATE 1-Canadian health officials discount vaccin ...
    * Poll indicates public worried (Updates with poll, paragraph 13)

Pine River World News

  • Ex-CIA agent confirms U.S. ties with Jundullah
    The following article is from Press Tv, Tehran. Ex-CIA agent confirms U.S. ties with Jundullah ©   Press TV October 24, 2009 A former Central Intelligence Agency officer has confirmed U.S. relations with terrorist group Jundullah, despite the CIA knowing that the group has close links with al-Qaed ...

  • S. African alleges El Al a Mossad front
    The following article is from The Jerusalem Post. S. African alleges El Al a Mossad front ©   The Jerusalem Post By Lionel Slier, Johannesburg October 22, 2009 An internal South African labor dispute has mushroomed into allegations that El Al Israel Airlines is employing undercover Mossad agents i ...

  • Statement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: W ...
    [ Pine River World News occasionally republishes selected mujahideen statements so that readers can access different perspectives on current affairs, political and military issues.] The following statement is reprinted with permission from the Afghan mujahideen. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: ...

  • AFGHANISTAN: British army alleged to be using Chin ...
    IntelTrends - The following article appeared in The Frontier Post, Peshawar, Pakistan, citing news agency NNI as the publisher. UK army 'providing' Taliban with air transport ©  NNI News Agency Source:   The Frontier Post October 21, 2009 LONDON (NNI):  The British army has been relocating Taliba ...

  • Watchdog Group Fears Global Oil Crisis
    The following article is reprinted with permission from Voice of America. Watchdog Group Fears Global Oil Crisis ©   Voice of America By Selah Hennessy October 20, 2009 LONDON - A global watchdog group says world oil supplies are running low and that may lead to food shortages and spiraling armed ...

    PsyBlog


  • How Rewards Can Backfire and Reduce Motivation
    Surely one of the best ways to generate motivation in ourselves and others is by dangling rewards? Yet psychologists have long known that rewards are overrated. The carrot, of carrot-and-stick fame, is not as effective as we've been led to believe. Rewards work under some circumstances but sometime ...

  • How to Make People Believe in Telepathy
    Have you ever been thinking about someone and then moments later they've called you? Is that random coincidence or something more? People love to believe in supernatural powers like telepathy. At least one-third of Americans report a belief in extra-sensory perception (ESP), with a further 40% refu ...

  • Are You a Liar?
    Do people really lie 3 times within 10 minutes of meeting someone new? It's a statistic often quoted to show how callous and heartless people are. It's the kind of number the misanthrope TV doc Gregory House (played by Brit Hugh Laurie) should have tattooed across his forehead. But what kinds of li ...

  • PsyBlog Now on Twitter
    PsyBlog is now on Twitter, right here. So many people have kindly been sharing articles from PsyBlog with others on Twitter that the tweet count for recent articles is now fairly hefty. Thanks very much to all the Twitterers who've been spreading the word! PsyBlog's Twitter feed is another way to ...

  • How Long to Form a Habit?
    Research reveals a curved relationship between practice and automaticity. Say you want to create a new habit, whether it's taking more exercise, eating more healthily or writing a blog post every day, how often does it need to be performed before it no longer requires Herculean self-control? Clear ...

After Downing Street.org

  • Join the Donor Strike for a Robust Public Option
    Democrats.com, the Aggressive Progressives - 600,000 strong and growing! After months of debate, an overwhelming majority of Americans support a "robust public option" similar to Medicare. And thanks to the heroic efforts of progressive activists, we have almost enough votes in the Senate and House ...

  • Leon Panetta Questioned on Drone Use, Calls Secret ...
    By David Swanson Here are excerpts of a report from Susan Harman late Friday night: Leon Panetta spoke today at the Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, in the very fancy Mark Hopkins Hotel, on the top of Nob Hill. La di da. John got us 2nd row seats. John wore a pink shirt and I wore my CodePink ...

  • Audio: Charlottesville-Right Now: David Swanson
    David Swanson’s new book is Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency . He is an activist, author and speaker. He joins Coy to discuss the Obama administration, health care, and issues of war and peace. Listen to Podcast here .

  • Public Option Annie


  • We're All Balloon Boys Now
    We're All Balloon Boys Now By Daniel Henninger | WSJ The current president seems taken aback that so many could doubt his good intentions. But politicians trying to sell big things, whether ObamaCare or privatized Social Security or even wars, need to get better at what they do. We are all balloon ...

Grist - News

  • Oil spill a ‘massive’ risk to Australi ...
    by Agence France-Presse SYDNEY -- A massive oil and gas leak off Australia's northwest coast was killing seabirds and threatening thousands of marine animals, conservationists warned Friday. Oil company PTTEP Australasia is preparing to make a fourth attempt at plugging the leaking Montara wellhead ...

  • African leaders adopt landmark refugee convention
    by Agence France-Presse KAMPALA -- African leaders on Friday adopted a convention -- billed as the first of its kind worldwide -- on the protection of the 17 million people on the continent who have fled their homes. The convention, which is legally binding, requires member states to provide specia ...

  • Obama energy speech contains few policy specifics, ...
    by David Roberts Courtesy CNN.com Obama delivered a speech on energy at MIT today, marking the kick-off for what is likely to be a protracted effort by the administration and Democrats in the Senate to pass the Kerry-Boxer clean energy bill. Those hoping for policy substance or firm commitments we ...

  • Poll finds sharp rise in global warming skepticism
    by Jonathan Hiskes There are good reasons not to get too worked up about public-opinion polling on issues like climate change and energy. Polls confirm, over and over, that the public opinion is malleable—so much rides on the wording of questions. And most people don’t analyze policy in their s ...

  • Indian Prime Minister says green technology should ...
    by Agence France-Presse NEW DELHI -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh argued Thursday that innovations in "green" technology should be shared with developing countries in much the same fashion as HIV/AIDS drugs. Labeling new, clean-energy discoveries "global public goods," Singh said the attach ...

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Technorati - What's Hot in Blogs

  • EUR/USD weekly pattern
    Simultaneous Release at www.thegeekknows.com Follow me on twitter Hello, this is a surprise attack by the geek! Did i catch you at your BBQ? :p I was doing my weekend overtime research on the EUR/USD and i noticed something peculiar. So much so that i would like to take this opportu ...

  • Film: Love Ka Tadka
    Starring: Sameer Dattani, Nauheed Cyrusi and Satish Kaushik. Directed by: Rajan Waghdhare Rating: 1/5 A baseless film with no storyline is what Love Ka Tadka is. What else do you expect from a film that revolves around vegetarian and non-vegetarian food habits? So, it’s definitely not recommended ...

  • Reset Wordpress Admin User Password from phpMyAdmi ...
    Gosh, after being away for a month, I forgot to update one of my client’s website that is running Wordpress to the latest version. The site was running Wordpress 2.8.3 and is vulnerable to the admin reset exploit. Any one can reset the administrator password by typing a special URL (http://www.dom ...

  • Another Great New Trailer for The Men Who Stare at ...
    Overture Films has debuted a second new trailer today (on YouTube ) for The Men Who Stare at Goats starring George Clooney and Ewan McGregor. Although I didn't like this movie at all (I saw it back at the Toronto Film Festival), I will continue to support it. Overture knows how to cut one hell ...

  • Failure is not an option: the official NASA iPhone ...
    Filed under: iPhone , iPod touch , App Review There are a lot of space geeks out there. You know the type; they wake up in the early hours of the morning to watch launch coverage or live feeds from the International Space Station, they follow NASA astronauts on Twitter , and they're married ...

Time - Top Stories

Washington Independent

  • Republicans Threaten to Boycott Climate Bill Marku ...
    Finding leverage when you’re in the minority always requires some creativity, but Republicans might have trouble convincing people they’re acting in good faith with this latest effort. The Washington Post reports on a strategy being promoted by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking Republican ...

  • The Bill for GOP.com: $1.4 Million
    Luke Rosiak has the scoop, reporting that the site cost five times more than the Democratic National Committee’s Website. In the months prior to the October 13 launch of GOP.com, the committee paid $328,000 to 11 firms for Web development. (The Democrats, which did not completely overhaul their si ...

  • Rockefeller vs. Trigger
    Not the horse. Here’s the statement from Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee’s health subpanel, reacting to reports that the White House is leaning toward a trigger in lieu of a strong public option in the Democrats’ health reform legislation: Historically, ...

  • Iran: We’ll Tell You Next Week If We’r ...
    The Associated Press: A top Iranian official said his country would respond next week to a United Nations-drafted plan to ship much of its uranium to Russia for further enrichment. The official, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s permanent envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency, told Iran’s s ...

  • The Obama ‘Thesis’ Hoax
    If you didn’t listen to Rush Limbaugh’s radio show today, you missed the news that an obscure blogger had gotten his hands on ten pages of Barack Obama’s college thesis, thanks to Joe Klein of Time magazine. Michael Ledeen had jumped on the news, publishing an excerpt that revealed how the pre ...

CowBoss' Brain Food

  • Dogs 'as bad for global warming as an SUV'
    PETA aren't going to like the title of a new book on sustainable living. According to Time to Eat the Dog: The Real Guide to Sustainable Living keeping a medium-sized dog has the same impact in the environment as driving a 4.6l Land Cruiser. Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Green Lifestyle  |   No ...

  • Only Five Years Left to Avoid Climate Catastrophe
    The world has just five years to initiate a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable. But the good news is that it can be done and that the long term benefits will be immense, according to new analysis from Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Environment ...

  • Ban On Arsenicals Is Common Sense
    Today’s announcement by U.S. Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) introducing legislation to ban the use of the arsenical compound roxarsone once again shines the spotlight on the all-too common practice of the unnecessary use of antimicrobial drugs in industrial ani Submitted by cowboss at wscc to US Politics ...

  • How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect
    In addition to assorted bad breaks and pleasant surprises, opportunities and insults, life serves up the occasional pink unicorn. The three-dollar bill; the nun with a beard; the sentence, to borrow from the Lewis Carroll poem, that gyres and gimbles in t Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Society & Cu ...

  • Mercury danger in dolphin meat
    SAPPORO — The annual dolphin hunt in Taiji, Wakayama Prefecture, as documented in the film "The Cove" has sparked an emotional international debate, with animal rights activists decrying the capture and slaughter as unnecessary and cruel, and those in Jap Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Health & We ...

Suzie-Q

  • Cheney A Vampire??
    Congressman says Cheney has ‘blood that drips from his teeth’ By Raw Story Friday, October 23rd, 2009 — 1:50 pm The Democrats’ newest quote machine was in fine form Thursday, suggesting that former Vice President Dick Cheney is a vampire. Speaking on Hardball, Rep. Alan Grayson (D-F ...

  • Evening Jukebox- November Rain
    Guns N’ Roses- November Rain

  • ~Message from the Dark Side~
    If there was ever any doubt about who was running things during the George Duhbya Bu$h administration, Chainey re-assures us once more, as the voice from the shadows speaks with authority about Neoconservative power and world domination…G:

  • Those Cartoonish Republicans
    I have an important message for Michele Bachmann, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the most visible Republicans on the national stage: Keep going! You’re doing great! If this was video, you would see me standing an applauding. Maybe holding up a lighter for an encore. The Republican Party ...

  • US Vows to Stand By Israel Over Gaza War Crimes
    Peres Condemns UN for ‘Spreading Lies’ by Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com, October 21, 2009 In a meeting today with America’s Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, Israeli President Shimon Peres condemned the UN for “spreading lies” in allowing the Goldstone Report’s consideration. R ...

Solari

  • FDA Letter to Dr. Andrew Weil re: Supplements for ...
    This is to advise you that the United States Food and Drug Administration (”FDA”) and the United States Federal Trade Commission (”FTC”) reviewed your website at the Internet address www.drweil.com on October 13, 2009. The FDA has determined that your website offers a product for sale that ...

  • Hyperinflation Watch
    View Larger Chart By James Turk Evidence continues to emerge that the US dollar is headed for hyperinflation. For example, consider why US stock markets are rising. The Dow Jones Industrials, S&P 500 and other indices are not rising because the economy has started growing. That won’t happen unt ...

  • The New Roth Rollover Rules Explained
    By Kimberly Lankford I’ve been getting a ton of questions from readers about the new Roth IRA rollover rules that take effect in 2010, when anyone will be able to convert their traditional IRA to a Roth regardless of their income. (You can make the switch now only if your adjusted gross income is ...

  • Money & Markets ~ Charts 10.22.09
    View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The Solari Report tonight, Thursday, October 22, 2009. Click here to view all charts as a pdf file. Previous Money & Markets Charts blog posts: Oct 2009 (1) (2) ...

  • News From The Get Mint Trading Company
    The farm may be deserted for now, but the Get Mint Trading Company is up and running! Linette and Peppermint Jim Crosby together with the entire GMTC crew are working hard to increase the customers base and spread the word on mint! You can help by forwarding this newsletter to all your contacts, pr ...

    Global Insights


  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware. George Green will be a featured speaker. September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CA Click here for Tickets & Reservations  

  • 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 ...

Insurgency Watch - Posts

  • InsurgencyWatch moving to True/Slant
    In the coming days, InsurgencyWatch will be moving to True/Slant, “an original content news network tailored to both the ‘Entrepreneurial Journalist’ and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences.” (That’s what the official about page says.) It’s not a deci ...

  • Kerry-Lugar’s First Victim
    If true, this is total bullshit: After strong criticism on the Kerry-Lugar bill in Pakistan, the government has decided to replace Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani and the announcement in this respect is expected within the next two days. There’s nothing in the bill reasonable Pa ...

  • Pakistan’s Civil War Heating Up
    In the aftermath of this weekend’s assault on the Pakistani General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Taliban hit again in Alpuri, in the Shangla district east of Mingora in Swat. According to military sources who asked to remain anonymous because they weren’t authorized to talk to the press, a 1 ...

  • At Home with a Swat Lashkar
    I just finished up a few days in Swat and while I’m working on a story about it, I thought you might like to see a few pictures I took while there. Enjoy. Share/Save

  • FACTBOX: Uzbek militant leader killed in Pakistan ...
    Washington PostFACTBOX: Uzbek militant leader killed in PakistanReutersBy this time he is thought to have fled the region for the safe haven of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. * Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader ...Pakistan to Target Taliba...

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Twilight Earth

  • International Day of Climate Action – October 24 ...
    Creative climate activist coalition 350.org has issued an invitation to everyone in the world for October 24th, "The International Day of Climate Action". Related posts: Show Your Support for Decisive Action on Climate Change: Earth Hour 2009 Action Day Saturday-Secretary of State for Climate Chan ...

  • 23 Million Starve in Kenya as Deforestation Leads ...
    Deforestation of the Mau Forest and its resulting Climate Change leads to drought as 23 million Kenyans to go hungry. Related posts: Strategic Threat to the Earths Water System – Deforestation Oil Executive Epiphany Leads to $125 Billion Climate Change Funding Human Rights Violated by Climate Ch ...

  • Middlebury College to Burn Willow for Biomass Heat
    Middlebury College to us quick growing Willow shrub as a fossil fuel alternative to heat. Related posts: UK Grocery Chain to Divert 92,000 Pounds of Waste per Week for Biomass Power UFOs, Heat from Dead Bodies, Veggies on Drugs, and Bush’s Trail of Devastation College Students and Ethnic Minori ...

  • Giveaway: A Global Warning? History Channel DVD
    We’ve got a copy of the History Channel’s A Global Warning? DVD to giveaway for one lucky reader, courtesy of Attention USA. Details on how to enter are at the end of the post. Is it hot in here? Understand the most pressing global issue of our age with this definitive two-hour The History Chann ...

  • Technology Transfer and Climate Change (Video)
    “”Tech Transfer” is a phrase everyone who’s serious about climate change should have at the top of their “to advocate for” list. What KINDS of technologies to develop is one conversation to have. Another one is whether or not to share them with developing countries who would otherwise bu ...

Inhabitat

  • Crazy LED Eyelashes Put Beauty (or Fear) in the Ey ...
    Pretty? Or pretty scary? These insane looking LED lashes by Soomi Park are definitely not for those who consider argyle socks to be a “risky” accessory. If you do get pulled over for by the fashion police for having the gall to rock these, freak them out even more by demonstrating the inclinatio ...

  • Links Roundup of the Week: A Green Halloween
    Halloween is almost upon us — and we hope that your’s will be as ghoulishy green as it is delightful. Not sure how? Well then, check out some of the best in green goodies for this Halloween featured on Inhabitots. First, the costumes: Oeuf’s bat hat is an eco-friendly costume piece that will l ...

  • Join our Webcast With Mayor Gavin Newsom Next Wedn ...
    CALLING ALL SAN FRANCISCANS & those of you who want to green your cities! We’re interviewing San Francisco mayor GAVIN NEWSOM next Wednesday the 28th at 12pm PST, and we’re inviting YOU to join us next for this live webcast conversation with the country’s greenest mayor! Join us to find out m ...

  • Sun Powered LUMENHAUS has a Shifting Solar Facade
    The 2009 Solar Decathlon may have come to a close, but we wanted to shine a little more light on one of our favorite projects, Virginia Tech’s LUMENHAUS. Ranked 4th in this year’s Architecture category, the LUMENHAUS is named for its “power of lightâ€� attributes and architectural ref ...

  • LED-Equipped Solar Timbuk2 Bag Creates a FLAP at P ...
    Canvas swag bags are par for the course these days, but PopTech upped the ante yesterday by giving conference attendees the Swag Bag to End All Swag Bags: a Timbuk2 messenger bag that’s really a portable, solar-powered lantern in disguise. Built in collaboration with the Portable Light Project, th ...

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Open Your Eyes News

  • New Food Labels List Carbon Emissions
    New York Times – Shopping for oatmeal, Helena Bergstrom, 37, admitted that she was flummoxed by the label on the blue box reading, “Climate declared: .87 kg CO2 per kg of product.â€� But if a new experiment here succeeds, she and millions of other Swedes will soon find out. New labels list ...

  • The Fed’s Latest, Greatest Round of Asset Inflat ...
    Money & Markets - There goes oil, surging past $80-a-barrel. That’s up 150 percent from the December low, in case you’re keeping score. Gasoline? Wholesale prices are up more than 40 cents a gallon in just under a month … Heating oil? Grab an extra blanket! It just jumped to the highest pri ...

  • US swine flu deaths surpass 1,000
    Physorg.com (AP) — Federal health officials say swine flu is more widespread now than it’s ever been. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says there as much illness now as the winter peak of regular flu seasons. CDC officials said Friday that swine flu has resulted in more than 1,000 ...

  • Australian Senator – U.S. In Similar Economic Po ...
    The Age - THE Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce is openly canvassing an economic upheaval that would dwarf the current global financial crisis, triggered by the US defaulting on its sovereign debt within the next few years. In unusually pessimistic comments for a senior political figure, Senat ...

  • Iran ignores U.N. nuclear deadline
    Reuters – Iran ignored a U.N. deadline on Friday to respond to an international draft deal for it to cut an atomic stockpile the West fears could be used for weapons, and challenged the basis of the pact. Iranian officials said they would give an answer only next week to the U.N.-drafted deal, whi ...

Monkey Smashes Heaven

  • Ethiopians face starvation, First Worlders waste f ...
    Ethiopians face starvation, First Worlders waste food (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Ethiopia is on the verge of a crisis. 6.2 million Ethiopians face starvation unless something is done. Already 80,000 children under 5 years of age are suffering from acute malnutrition, according to reports. ...

  • Comprador Indian State Gears Up for Massive War on ...
    Comprador Indian State Gears Up for Massive War on its Own People (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) For some months now the comprador Indian state, already up to its neck in extreme and bloody paramilitary and pig repression – police as well as government-backed Salwa Judum death squads have be ...

  • De zon stijgt op in het Oosten en gaat onder in he ...
    De zon stijgt op in het Oosten en gaat onder in het Westen. (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com, Sunrise statement in Dutch) Gelukkig nieuwjaar,‭ ‬2008‭! Wij hebben de afgelopen maand December vele kameraden geëerd.‭ ‬Er is geen betere manier om hen te eren dan om de revolutionaire zaak ...

  • Przeciętny Joe Amerykanin
    PrzeciÄ™tny Joe Amerykanin (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com, The Average Joe Amerikkkan translated to the Polish by the KPN(M)) “PrzeciÄ™tny Joe” ma specjalne miejsce w Å›wiadomoÅ›ci Amerykanów. Popularny charakter, “bohater klasy robotniczej” pojawia siÄ™ w filmach, w telewi ...

  • De zon stijgt op in het Oosten en gaat onder in he ...
    De zon stijgt op in het Oosten en gaat onder in het Westen. (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com, Sunrise statement in Dutch) Gelukkig nieuwjaar,‭ ‬2008‭! Wij hebben de afgelopen maand December vele kameraden geëerd.‭ ‬Er is geen betere manier om hen te eren dan om de revolutionaire zaak ...

PakAlert

  • US-Israel war games start as deadline for Iran dra ...
    The US and Israel launched a major joint military exercise yesterday as a deadline neared for Iran to approve a deal to delay its development of nuclear weapons and prevent Israel from attacking its nuclear facilities. An Israeli submarine and a US warship were part of the air defence drill Mo ...

  • How Did America Fall So Fast?
    Washington’s Blog In 2000, America was described as the sole remaining superpower – or even the world’s “hyperpower”. Now we’re in real trouble (at the very least, you have to admit that we’re losing power and wealth in comparison with China). How did it happen so fast? As everyone kn ...

  • Peanut Butter & Jelly ‘Death’ Sandwich
    By Alan Graham With Alfred Lehmberg AlienView.net 10-22-9 You hear all the time from dieticians how a peanut butter & jelly sandwich on whole wheat is a healthful -high protein- lunch for your kids. Yeah… well… I think that is complete crap. In fact, I think a PB & J sandwich -even with wh ...

  • The Occult Roots of The Wizard of Oz
    By Vigilant With its memorable story and its cast of colorful characters, the Wizard of Oz became quickly an American classic. More than a hundred years after the release of this book, kids everywhere are still enchanted by Oz’s world of wonder. Very however recognize that, under its deceptive sim ...

  • No Recovery. It’s a Cover up! Recession To Worse ...
    Gerald Celente Trends Research Institute 10-20-9 KINGSTON, NY ­ 20 October 2009 – What 80 percent of economists call “Recovery” is a “Cover up”. Trillions in losses papered over with trillions of phantom dollars printed out of thin air and backed by nothing produce nothing except the m ...

ecogeek

  • Need to Measure Wind Speed? There's an App for Th ...
    The potential of small-scale wind power is starting to be discussed more.  Soon, like small-scale solar installations, wind turbines will be springing up in backyards and on rooftops.  If you're thinking that you'd like to be one of the people with a turbine out back , you'll need to assess the w ...

  • A Bladeless Fan?
    The Dyson Air Multiplier fan is the latest invention to come from Sir James Dyson, father of the Dyson vacuum cleaner series and the Dyson Airblade hand dryer. Air Multiplier is a 'bladeless' fan that provides a smooth airflow and that induces air circulation in the surrounding air, getting a great ...

  • California Crowned Most Energy Efficient by ACEEE
    The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released their third annual state energy efficiency scorecard yesterday and the most energy efficient state was, no surprise, California, while Wyoming was ranked dead last. The organization judged all 50 states plus D.C. on six criteria ...

  • Microsoft Hohm Gets First Utility Partner
    Microsoft announced on its blog recently that Seattle City Light will be the first utility to offer customers the ability to monitor their energy consumption with the Hohm application .  Customers who sign up for the service will receive automatic data feeds on their energy use through the online ...

  • Toyota Joins SmartGridCity Project
    Toyota announced yesterday that it will be contributing ten plug-in Priuses to the SmartGridCity project, the world's first comprehensive smart grid demonstration. The project is being coordinated by Xcel Energy and the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute (RASEI) at the University of Colorad ...

Times Online - Science

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Gov. Rell: "The Computer Ate My Homework!"
    When you read stuff like this you really don't have to wonder if Dautrich focus group tested this message before she sent it out: A review of documents provided by the university to The Day also shows that the governor's office did not fully comply with previous requests for public records, leaving ...

  • If you are like most Single Payer supporters...
    I think you'll find the following links are the bomb! Weiner Amendment || Kucinich Amendment || Public Option || Healthcare Reform || Republican Healthcare Plan || Democratic Healthcare Plan || Doctors on Healthcare Reform || Nurses on Healthcare Reform Don't be shy to click on them and feel free ...

  • Flushing Out the Ongoing Bank Fraud and Financial ...
    The number of foreclosure filings hit a record high in the 3rd quarter: "Despite signs of broader economic recovery, number of foreclosure filings hit a record high in the third quarter - a sign the plague is still spreading." And banks are keeping losses off the books as they ignore the people t ...

  • Shorter Erick Erickson: "It's because he's black!"
    And he is Jimmy Carter too! "I did not realize the Nobel Peace Prize had an affirmative action quota for it, but that is the only thing I can think of for this news. There is no way Barack Obama earned it in the nominations period." Per usual, Red State's Trike Force always keepin' it classy ... A ...

  • The only thing between us and the terrorists?
    Is the neoconservative echo-chamber between Joe Lieberman's ears : "I don't think anybody who has any fairness or is in their right mind would think the president or the secretary of homeland security would raise an alert level and scare people for political reasons... That's outrageous." - Joe Lieb ...

SPL Center

  • Yankee Secessionist Back in Cahoots with Neo-Confe ...
    Last year, the Southern Poverty Law Center exposed an unsavory collaboration between the Second Vermont Republic (SVR), a quirky left-leaning band of New England secessionists, and the white supremacist League of the South, long categorized by the SPLC as a hate group. Their shared goal was to build ...

  • A Slick DVD Defends Racism
    A new DVD is a hit among white supremacists looking for a smart-sounding defense of their beliefs. Contrary to its title, A Conversation about Race isn’t really a conversation about race at all, but a slick 58-minute documentary devoted to proving the thesis that racism is a bogus concept invented ...

  • ‘Leave Or Else,’ YouTube Video Warns O ...
    EDITOR’S NOTE: Sometime Wednesday night, the video was removed from YouTube. No word on who’s responsible for putting it there in the first place, or taking it down. Here’s an ominous posting on YouTube from the “Patriotâ€� crowd. It advises President Obama and other prominent peopl ...

  • Dutch Lawmaker Brings His Anti-Muslim Spiel to U.S ...
    A Dutch lawmaker notorious for his Muslim-bashing is scheduled to speak tonight at Temple University in Philadelphia. Geert Wilders, who has repeatedly compared the Koran to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, was for months banned from Britain because of concerns that his anti-Islamic views would trigger violen ...

  • Westboro Baptist Attacks ‘Filthy Jews’ in New ...
    Fred Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) has ratcheted up its recent campaign against Jews with the release of virulently anti-Semitic music videos. This latest gimmick is somewhat of a departure for the rabidly anti-gay group from Topeka, Kan. For years, Westboro has been notorious for disrupti ...

Gringo Times - Rio

  • Houses for Sale in Zona Sul
    By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – As with any big city, apartments are the bulk of the real estate market. However scarce, houses are also available for sale in Rio. Usually further from main public transportation, in some areas, the noiseless tree-lined cobblestone s ...

  • Interview with Rio Tourism Police Chief
    By Karen Shishiptorova, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Many Gringos coming to Rio understand the Marvelous City has its share of crime, and are careful to avoid pickpocketing and dangerous places. What many don’t know is that underneath the tourist veneer of postcard-perfect views of moun ...

  • Brazilian Nuclear Ambitions?
    By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Incendiary remarks from Brazilian Vice President Josá Alencar last month regarding the country’s nuclear ambitions have provoked speculation that Latin America may soon cease to be the world’s largest nuclear-free region. Although confir ...

  • Leblon Reacts to School Proposal
    By Sarah Coursey, Editor RIO DE JANEIRO - When a mansion in Alto Leblon on the street Rua Timóteo da Costa was approved as the future site of a new school, residents decided to take action. A prominent neighborhood group has taken up a petition, claiming that the school will increase traffic in the ...

  • Beaches Out West
    By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor RIO DE JANEIRO - Although the beaches of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon are a must on any Gringo’s list, in the summer months they can get so full that the ’sea’ is one of tanned bodies rather than the Atlantic Ocean.  Offering respite from the sun worshiping c ...

change: org.

  • Why Would Scholastic Book Fairs Ban Books With Sam ...
    You have to wonder why an organization dedicated to getting students to read would decide to make censorship such an important part of their work. You also have to wonder why one of the leading organizations dedicated to helping students learn would decide to wallop a giant blow of discrimination t ...

  • Healthcare Debate Focuses On Global Health Ranking ...
    Healthcare debate constantly refers to the U.S's lowly ranking in global health — it comes in at 37th in the international table. The rankings refer to a World Health Organization study done at the start of the decade and the WSJ thinks it unfairly represents the strengths of the US healthcare sy ...

  • Web Scams and Vengeance
    A Nigerian official visiting the U.S. this week announced that the country is actually starting to fight online scam artists . This effort is good news for everyone with an email account, and it's especially good for the thousands of people who somehow fall for these scams every year. You've surely ...

  • Ex-Cop Who Replaced Arne Duncan Turning Around Chi ...
    The man who has replaced Arne Duncan running Chicago's City School is Ron Huberman, a gay, Israeli born, ex-police officer who was plucked out of middle-management obscurity by Mayor Daley. Now, he's controlling Chicago's public school system's $5 Billion dollars, and looking after the interests of ...

  • Real Stories: Meet Yubel
    I met Yubal in New York City. He is originally from Mexico and traveling up to Canada to try and find his way out of homelessness. Yubal from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo .

Common Dreams -News

  • International Day of Demonstrations on Climate Cha ...
    LONDON, England - From seabeds to mountaintops, people around the world were staging a day of demonstrations Saturday to call for urgent action on climate change. The events were being coordinated by a group called 350.org, whose name refers to the parts per million of carbon dioxide it considers th ...

  • Artists to Use Public Money to Fund Copenhagan Sum ...
    by Steven Morris Artists and activists have been given public money that could be used to take part in civil disobedience at the Copenhagen climate change conference. They are working together at the Arnolfini art gallery in Bristol before the Cop15 conference, which is expected to attract thousands ...

  • Climate Change: Global Issue Spurs Global Protest
    by Marlowe Hood PARIS - Could climate change spark the first worldwide grassroots movement? Even as politicians dial down expectations for the December 7-18 UN climate talks in Copenhagen, analysts and activists detect a groundswell of anger, channelled through the Internet and voiced especially by ...

  • Taser Advice: Don't Aim at Target's Chest
    by Robert Anglen The maker of Taser stun guns is advising police officers to avoid shooting suspects in the chest with the 50,000-volt weapon, saying that it could pose an extremely low risk of an "adverse cardiac event." The advisory, issued in an Oct. 12 training bulletin, is the first time that T ...

  • Welcoming for a War Criminal in Canada
    EDMONTON - While former U.S. president George W. Bush talked about democracy inside a downtown Edmonton conference centre on Tuesday, hundreds of protesters were outside exercising their right to free speech with signs, songs and screams. "Stop the killing, stop the war," the protesters chanted to t ...

Lifehacker

  • Hulu Officially Charging for Content in 2010 [Tel ...
    Bad news if you like free stuff: In 2010, the popular ad-supported streaming video site Hulu will officially begin charging for content. We've heard rumors about this before, and while about 17% of you said you'd consider paying for Hulu if it was reasonable, the vast majority were completely agains ...

  • Fingernail Polish Keeps Your Keys Easily Identifi ...
    It seems the older we get, the more keys our life seems to require. If your key ring is starting to resemble that of a janitor, try this quick tip to keep them organized and easy to find with fingernail polish. Professional organizer Beth Zeigler is always looking to find simple ways to trim down t ...

  • Google Calendar Adds Calendar Hiding, Snooze Butt ...
    Google Calendar fans, take heart—you no longer have to see less-than-useful calendars in your sidebar list if you don't want to, and web notifications of upcoming events can be snoozed for 5 minutes at a time. They're minor additions to Google Calendar's functionality, but majorly relieving to tho ...

  • Make an Installation DVD from Windows 7 Student U ...
    If you grabbed a Windows 7 upgrade for $30 with a college email address , you might have discovered a file download instead of a DVD. The Download Squad blog details the transformation of that download into a bootable upgrade disc. Not that your upgrade files wouldn't work , per se, but making an up ...

  • Gridvista Makes Organizing Screen Real Estate Sim ...
    Windows: If you've looked at screen-organizing tools before but felt overwhelmed by bells and whistles you'd never use, you'll want to check out the simple but effective layouts and features in Gridvista. Gridvista has five potential configurations available ranging from the entire screen as a singl ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

  • 84 Percent of Britons Believe Afghan War "Failing"
    By Steve Hynd A Channel Four poll released today has some bad news for the ruling Labour Party and its Conservative opposition as both consider their policy platforms for a general election. Just 6 per cent of those taking part in today's poll said that British troops were winning the war, compared ...

  • Afghan policy "a script totally detached from real ...
    By Steve Hynd Veteran Afghanistan journalists Elizabeth Gould and Paul Fitzgerald, authors of "Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story", spoke in Washington D.C. today about the current situation there. The Institute for Public Accuracy published its notes from their talk:They said today: "Opi ...

  • Did The Fat Lady Just Sing In Afghanistan?
    By Steve Hynd Remember that General McChrystal's entire plan for those extra troops is to hold the line until the Afghan security forces can stand up, so that we can stand down. There's a problem with that; the Afghan police haven't recruited anyone new for a month and a half. American efforts to ex ...

  • Best Case Scenario: Five More Years Of Fighting In ...
    By Steve Hynd Five more years of fighting. That's the best case scenario in Afghanistan according to Sir David Richards, head of the British Army, in a BBC interview reported via the Daily Telegraph: “I’d say we have got five years of declining violence … and then we’ll go into a supporting ...

  • In Pakistan, Fear Becomes Hate of "The Other"
    By Steve Hynd In the midst of a military assault on the South Waziristan territory of the TTP-aligned Mehsud clan and a series of panic-inducing terrorist attacks across the country, Pakistan appears to be reaching for that old standard response to fear - hate of "the other". I've already written ab ...

Water Wars

  • Officials want to slow flow of Glenn County water ...
    Plans to update and develop a water policy for Glenn County received community support Tuesday — at least from people who assisted in creating a water protection document in the past. Water wars could still occur in the future, but several county...

  • Basin Group To Take On Water Wars (CBS 46 News Atl ...
    After nearly 20 years of litigation and no resolution concerning the allocation of water shared by Georgia, Alabama and Florida, a group involving parties with vested interests in those states plans to assert its voice.

  • Basin group to take on water wars (WFXL Southwest ...
    After nearly 20 years of litigation and no resolution concerning the allocation of water shared by Georgia, Alabama and Florida, a group involving parties plans to assert its voice.

  • Basin Group to Take on Water Wars (FOX 5 Atlanta)
    After nearly 20 years of litigation and no resolution concerning the allocation of water shared by Georgia, Alabama and Florida, a group involving parties with vested interests in those states plans to assert its voice.

  • Basin group to take on water wars (NBC 2 Fort Myer ...
    Associated Press - October 23, 2009 12:44 PM ET GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) - After nearly 20 years of litigation and no resolution concerning the allocation of water shared by Georgia, Alabama and...

WordPress | Economics

McClatchey

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

  • Copenhagen countdown - 45 days
    I don't think it's just my imagination; diplomatic moves and announcements and challenges on climate change really are coming thicker and faster now than at any time since it first became an issue of political note 20 years ago. And no wonder, with the start of the UN climate summit just 45 days aw ...

  • Hopping mad about money
    For some things, half a billion dollars might be a hefty sum to pay. But for the survival of the world's threatened amphibian species? Cheap at the price, you might think; but almost no-one, as yet, is paying. It was almost exactly four years ago that the Amphibian Conservation Summit , held in a ...

  • Africa re(de)fines the climate dialogue
    The African Union's 10-country meeting attempting to establish a united front on climate change marks a potentially intriguing step along what has become a forgotten avenue of the UN climate process. It's a circuitous route; but hop on board, and I'll tell you why. Back in 1992, at the Rio de Jane ...

  • Plan B for Planet Earth
    "Geo-engineering is not an alternative to emissions reduction." So not Plan A, then. "Do we need it? Maybe." So perhaps not Plan B either. The words are John Shepherd's, spoken at the launch of the Royal Society's report into whether technical fixes such as painting roofs white, putting giant pa ...

  • Can Japan change the climate?
    Word is creeping out along various streets that Japan's new Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will announce a significant change of climate policy when he travels to New York later this month. The just-out-of-office Taro Aso government pledged to cut the country's emissions by about 8% from 1990 levels ...

    Blacklisted News


  • Bank failures hit 106 for year; many more are weak
    It's a big number that only tells part of the story. The number of banks that have failed so far this year topped 100 on Friday — hitting 106 by the end of the day — the most in nearly two decades. But the trouble in the banking system from bad loans and the recession goes even deeper.

  • Asian Leaders Eye EU-Style Bloc
    Asian leaders meeting in Thailand are discussing plans to "lead the world" by forming an EU-style community by 2015.

  • What Really Prompted Iran to Build the Qom Enrichm ...
  • Ex-CIA agent confirms US ties with Jundullah
    A former Central Intelligence Agency officer has confirmed US’ relations with the terrorist group Jundullah, despite the CIA knowing that the group has close links with the al-Qaeda.

  • Foreign Cops Take Part in “Domestic Terrorism” ...

The Intelligence Daily

My AntiWar

Innovation Canada

  • Fuels of the future?
    A recession-related dip in flight demand might actually be considered a green blessing. Just a small one, mind you. The David Suzuki Foundation estimates that aviation is responsible for up to nine percent of the total global climate-change  impact of human activity, so it would take a huge drop to ...

  • i2eye with Bif Naked
    The last few years have been a roller-coaster ride for Bif Naked. After two years of touring, TV work and datelessness following her 2005 album Superbeautifulmonster, the Vancouver-based alt-rock singer-songwriter — whose real name is Beth Walker — met and married her husband, sportswriter Ian W ...

  • Cultural evolution
    When Jane Goodall reported her observations of tools use by chimps to famed anthropologist Louis Leakey, he responded by saying, “Now we must redefine tool, redefine man or accept chimpanzees as humans.” Leakey would have likely had a similar reaction to the current work of University of Calgary ...

  • Faces of aggression
    Even if you can’t distinguish NHL enforcers Todd Bertuzzi and Chris Neil from a referee, you’d probably know at first sight not to mess with them. And not just because of their physical size. The men employed to intimidate the opposition tend to have wide faces, and that, Brock University’s Ch ...

  • i2eye with Bruce McNaughton
    One of the world’s foremost neuroscientists, Bruce McNaughton is renowned for his groundbreaking research into how the human brain stores, processes and transmits information. One year ago, the Ottawa-born McNaughton was lured back to Canada after spending more than a quarter century in the United ...

Signs of the times

  • Shoes fly as Bush tells audience, 'I did not sell ...
    A day after an effigy of the Grim Reaper stalked his speech in Edmonton, Canada, former President George W. Bush was on the defensive over his personal salvation. Speaking to a $400-a-seat crowd in Montreal, Bush told the roughly 1,000 attendees that his presidential decision making was principled ...

  • A Long Night Falls Over Saturn's Rings
    As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from 6 to 14 hours. However, once approximately every 15 years, night falls over the entire visible ring system for about four days. This happens during Saturn's equinox, when the s ...

  • What you didn't know about the war: Video
  • Music Stars Demand Records On Bush Administration' ...
    A group of prominent musicians are joining a campaign to close Guantanamo Bay and demanding the release of records about what music was used during the potential torture of detainees there and at other facilities. Some of the more famous names in the music industry are formally lending their presti ...

  • Does Military Service Turn Young Men into Sexual P ...
    "Everyone has the potential to be a sex offender. It depends on how they have been conditioned." Every day, for four years as a West Point cadet, Tara Krause lived and worked alongside the men who had gang-raped her. Still, she managed to graduate in 1982. She served as a field artillery officer d ...

Threat Level

  • Scan of Internet Uncovers Thousands of Vulnerable ...
    Researchers scanning the internet for vulnerable embedded devices have found nearly 21,000 routers, webcams and VoIP products open to remote attack, due to the fact that their administrative interfaces are publicly viewable from anywhere on the internet and their owners have failed to change the ma ...

  • U.S. Chamber Wants Fake Press Release Removed From ...
    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is demanding an internet provider take down a spoofed press release set up by the culture jamming collective the Yes Men, which falsely announced the Chamber now supports legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. On Monday, a wide variety of mainstream news outlet ...

  • Open Source Voting System Code Ready for Public Re ...
    LOS ANGELES — A group working to produce an open and transparent voting system to replace current proprietary systems has published its first batches of code for public review. The Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (OSDV) announced the availability of source code for its prototype election sy ...

  • Ruling Expected on Twittering Anarchist Raided Und ...
    An anarchist social worker raided by the feds wants his computers, manuscripts and pick axes back. He argues that authorities violated the U.S. Constitution and the rights of his mentally ill clients while searching for evidence that he broke an anti-rioting law on Twitter. In a guns-drawn raid on ...

  • Cell-Tracking Bills Require Info Dump for Missing ...
    Mobile phone companies would have to immediately turn over location data to emergency responders to help them quickly track missing persons, if any one of the four bills floating in the House get traction. The law already allows, but does not automatically require, phone companies to turn over ping ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Republican Malpractice Myths
    In recent days, Republican leaders have scored a series of political victories in their eternal quest for tort reform. Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) told Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) that an onerous package of malpractice curbs he championed...

  • Bush to "Replenish the Ol' Coffers" as Motivationa ...
    Back in September 2007, George W. Bush revealed his plans for life after the White House. First, Mr. Bush said, "I'll give some speeches, just to replenish the ol' coffers." The following July, Kathryn Jean Lopez, one of his bath...

  • South Carolina Edges Oklahoma to Top BCS Standings
    In a surprise to many, South Carolina narrowly topped Oklahoma in the first BCS standings released this week. Not, that is, in college football's Bowl Championship Series, but in the Battle of Crazy States. Oklahoma dropped to the #2 spot...

  • McChrystal's Intel Leak Doubtless Warms GOP Hearts
    Seemingly with each passing day, General Stanley McChrystal grows in the esteem of President Obama's conservative foes. After having savaged General Eric Shinseki for his pre-Iraq war testimony that the occupation would require "several hundreds of thousands" of American troops,...

  • Senate GOP: Delay, Define and Derail Health Care R ...
    For months, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has led the Republican campaign of fear-mongering "reform that that denies, delays, or rations health care." Now unable to filibuster Democratic legislation on their own, Roll Call reports that McConnell's minions are unveiling...

Blackspot News Feed

Consortium News

  • The High Price of Abu Ghraib Truth
    Army Sgt. Sam Provance testified about higher-ups implicated in the Abu Ghraib torture scandal and is paying a high price. October 23, 2009

  • Obama v. Military-Industrial Complex
    President Obama has taken a few tentative steps toward downplaying war and elevating diplomacy, notes Melvin A. Goodman. October 23, 2009

  • US Health Insurers Up the Ante
    America's private health insurers have won concession after concession in the health-reform battle, writes Robert Parry. October 21, 2009

  • Sorting Out the Facts of Afghanistan
    As Washington elites press President Obama to escalate in Afghanistan, Ivan Eland suggests a review of five key facts. October 20, 2009

  • Wilkerson Gets Intel Integrity Award
    Ex-State Department chief of staff Larry Wilkerson is praised for truth-telling about Iraq War deception, writes Coleen Rowley. October 19, 2009

CounterPunch

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Water - AlterNet

TruthHugger

  • Arrogant Health Care Insurers make Public Option n ...
    Uninsured human beings are the greatest threat to Public Health. Healthy conservatives just don't get it.

  • Sabotage Experts: US Coast Guard Exercise on 9/11, ...
    Coast Guard to review exercise after Potomac security scare Security incident on Potomac River prompted by “training exercise,” two police sources say Coast Guard told them. With the nation already on edge and somewhat paranoid on September 11 each year, what is the LAST thing you want to do? ...

  • 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 ...

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Unexplained Mysteries

  • Volunteers wanted for 520-day Mars trip sim
    The European Space Agency is looking for volunteers to take part in a 520-day simulated round-trip to Mars, starting in 2010 the crew will have to...

  • Real-life Harry Potter laments name
    A 20-year-old Briton who shares the name of the fictional boy wizard Harry Potter and who even has a scar on his forehead after running in to a la...

  • Alexander the Great not first at Alexandria
    Microscopic bits of pollen and charcoal have cast doubt on the notion that Alexander the Great was the first to settle the area in Egypt that woul...

  • Nasa debunks 2012 doomsday
    A leading Nasa scientist has stated that fears surrounding the concept that the world will end in 2012 are little more than a myth fuelled by inte...

  • Hole found on the moon
    A hole found on the moon is thought to potentially lead down to a vast underground tunnel system. Carved by lava, tunnels such as this could one d...

Grassroots

  • 350 or Toast! "There is no Planet B"
    And, the answer is... 350 . That is 350 parts per million of Carbon Dioxide in our atmosphere, the upper limit for sustainability of life, human life anyway. The question is why are more -- not less -- Americans not convinced about the dangers of global warming and climate change in 2009 than in 200 ...

  • Grassroots International Partner receives prize
    Via-prize-small.jpg At a gathering of food and trade activists from arounnd the world, Grassroots International's partner, the Via Campesina, receieved the 2009 Food Sovereignty Prize for its relentless struggle for people of the world and aga ...

  • Towards Food Sovereignty: Reclaiming Autonomous Fo ...
    TowardsFoodSovereignty-smallcover.jpg The International Institute for Environment and Development ( IIED ), an independent international research and development organization, recently published a book that should be of interest to Grassroots ...

  • Land + Water + Food = Resource Rights = Human Righ ...
    October 17th is marked as by the United Nations as the  International Day for the Eradication of Poverty . At Grassroots International, we have been working with our partners for over 25 years towards achieving that goal. Clearly, a lot needs to be done to get us there. read more

  • Family farmers feed Brazil
    brazil200907-078.jpg The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) recently published a report on the country’s agricultural sector. The last report had been published in 1996. The new document supports several points raised by ...

Climate

  • October 23, 2009
    Notes to Obama: Time to Take Political Risks on Climate (Boston Globe) President Obama speaks at MIT this morning, and chances are he’ll use the same tactic he has used in the health care debate, working with Congress to pass something modest. In this case, good politics may be bad science, w ...

  • October 22, 2009
    EU Offers 95% Cut by 2050 If Deal Sealed at Copenhagen (Guardian) Europe attempted to reassert its international leadership in the fight against global warming, offering to slash its greenhouse gas emissions 95% by 2050 and 30% by 2020 if a climate pact is sealed at Copenhagen. China, US Lead ...

  • October 21, 2009
    Obama to Give Climate Bill a Boost with MIT Speech (ClimateWire) President Obama will try to push the Senate climate bill forward Friday with an energy-themed speech at MIT, just days before the start of a marathon of hearings. India, China Sign 5-Year Pact on Climate Change (Dow Jones) India ...

  • October 20, 2009
    Nations Leave 91% of Green Stimulus Funds Unspent (Bloomberg) The United States, China and other major economies have yet to spend 91% of the $177 billion in stimulus money promised for clean-energy development because projects haven’t been evaluated, a report shows. Concession Raises Hopes ...

  • October 19, 2009
    India Environment Minister Suggests Major Shift on Climate (Times of India) India’s environment minister, in a letter to the prime minister, suggested that India junk the Kyoto Protocol, delink itself from G77 and take on greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments under a new deal without a ...

TomDispatch

  • Tomgram: Nick Turse, What the U.S. Military Can't ...
    [ Note to Tomdispatch Readers: The other day, I appealed to you to consider writing your friends, neighbors, colleagues, and workmates to suggest that they go to the "sign up" window at the upper right of the Tomdispatch main screen, put in their email addresses, and sign on for an notification wh ...

  • Tomgram: Jo Comerford, Three Cheers for the War D ...
    [ Note to TomDispatch Readers: I'll be on the road for the next week with limited email access. I may not be answering letters and requests. Be patient. For those of you living in the Santa Fe, New Mexico area, this Wednesday night (October 21st) at 7 pm at the Lensic Performing Arts Center I' ...

  • Tomgram: Will Today's U.S.-Armed Ally Be Tomorrow ...
    [ Note for TomDispatch Readers: In the past weeks, you could catch original pieces by Barbara Ehrenreich , Arundhati Roy , Pepe Escobar , Michael Klare , Ann Jones , and Rebecca Solnit , among others, at this website. It's the sort of line-up you might otherwise find at a top-notch magazine. Every ...

  • Tomgram: David Swanson, The Imperial Presidency 2 ...
    October 7th marked the eighth anniversary of the Bush administration's invasion of Afghanistan and so of the... well, can we really call it a war?... that won't end, that American commanders there now predict could last for another decade or more. And yet, here's the weird thing: because Congress ...

  • Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich, Do Women Have the Bl ...
    Hardly less startling than finding herself with breast cancer was Barbara Ehrenreich's discovery of the "pink ribbon culture," of, that is, the enforced cheerfulness and positive thinking that accompanied it (and the teddy bears and "cornucopia of pink-ribbon-themed breast cancer products" which w ...

Smirking Chimp

  • Reagan's Lesson: "Patience" in a President's First ...
    When the New York Times ' John Harwood reported that a top Obama adviser told him that progressives "need to take off the pajamas, get dressed and realize that governing a closely divided country is complicated and difficult," it was a rejoinder that expressed far more than Village disdain for grass ...

  • LeBron James: The Man Who Would Dunk on Dubya
    [Note: please post suggestions of who LeBron James of who he should dunk on next] It's rare when athletes respond to a dreary, clichéd question with a stimulating answer. Thank you LeBron James. Maxim Magazine wanted to know who basketball's king would most like to dunk on. The reigning NBA MVP did ...

  • Democrats Should Stay Off Fox Until Fox Confesses
    Is there really any doubt in anyone's mind that Fox has been attacking Obama from day one? Can anyone really be that misinformed or disingenous? Well, if you are, this video from Media Matters will disabuse you of that notion: read more

  • Not Dead Yet
    "I don't want to go on the cart!" - "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" For the last several weeks, politicians, political action groups and pundits have been declaring the "Public Option" portion of President Obama's health care reform push all but dead. Republicans, with typical shoulder-to-shoulde ...

  • Bricks in the Chamber Pot of Commerce
    The US Chamber of Commerce blew a mere $39 million on lobbying in Washington in the past three months. Lobbying for the promotion of global warming, the denial of healthcare, the further deregulation (if possible) of the financial "industry", blockage of the right to unionize, the lowering and elim ...

Ten Percent

  • My Offer To Naiara Amselem, Lewis W. Amselem’s D ...
    On Friday evening I got three comments on this post about Lewis Amselem purporting to be from one Naiara Amselem, Lewis W. Amselem’s daughter. They were silly and insulting and not a little entertaining, perhaps alcohol or other drugs were involved, just a little drunk trolling. However, given ind ...

  • Friday! Jon Brion & Deanna Storey- Little Person
    I’m pretty ambivalent about Synecdoche, New York (as with all of Kaufman’s work) but this song is super lovely, enjoy.

  • Demonstrate 24 October: Bring the troops home from ...
    Assemble 12 noon Hyde Park: March to Trafalgar Square Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND and BMI The march will be lead by anti-war military families & soldiers Speakers include: Tariq Ali, Peter Brierley, who recently refused to shake Tony Blair’s hand because it had his son blood on it; Lance ...

  • Meanwhile, Posties
    A second front has been opened in the increasingly bitter industrial dispute between unions and Royal Mail that threatens to bring more chaos for millions of households and businesses. Leaders of the Unite union, representing Royal Mail’s 12,000 managers, urged them not to cover for postal work ...

  • For Nick Griffin


Paul Krugman

  • How the other 75 percent lives
    The idea that the typical American's retirement basically depends on the stock market is utterly wrong; that's only true for a small elite.

  • Contrarianism without consequences
    The refusal of the Superfreakonomists to take responsibility for their failed attempt to be cleverly contrarian on climate change is a sad spectacle to watch.

  • Everything is illuminated
    An emphatic no comment.

  • What's in a name?
    I sometimes think that the whole renminbi/yuan issue is a sinister plot by the Chinese designed specifically to deter people from discussing Chinese currency policy.

  • Hip, hip, no way
    Who pays for hip replacements in America? Medicare.

No Quarter

  • Understanding the Banality of the Taliban
    The New York Times is pilloried frequently as a tool or cheerleader for the Obama administration. Some of the criticism is richly deserved. But if you want a glint of what the NY Times used to be you should sit down and read David Rhodes account of his captivity in Afghanistan. Rhodes [...]

  • President Obama Is Insulting Americans Again
    MSNBC carried a blip of President Obama speaking in New York at a fundraiser. Sadly, the President is up to his old tricks. Remember when he was at a hoity-toity fundraiser in San Francisco and complained of Pennsylvania voters “clinging to God and guns”? That didn’t go over so well. Rememb ...

  • “The Chicago Way”
    Is now the American Way, apparently. Note this from Kimberley Strassel’s column, “The Chicago Way,” in today’s Wall Street Journal: They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue. That’s the Chicago way. – Jim Malone, The ...

  • Jake Tapper, And The Press Pool, Stand Together
    With Fox News against the White House attempt to censor the cable network. Check that, to shut DOWN the network. I am assuming that, by now, you have heard of the concentrated attacks on the Fox News Network by Administration officials, and the president himself. Larry Johnson had a great piece o ...

  • obama and the old boy’s network
    Obama invited a bunch of men to the White House for some hoops. No women were invited, and the men were members of the House. Some women are upset, calling this typical of the old boy’s network. Obama thinks the whole issue is “bunk”. Really? What does he think the old boy’s network is ...

Environmental Graffiti

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • On Our Radar...
    The threat of climate change litigation, financing efficiency and other energy and environment news from around the Web.

  • Test Driving the Electric Ford Focus
    The Focus will hit the market in 2011, followed the next year by a plug-in electric Escape S.U.V., which Ford also showed off in San Francisco.

  • Europe Is Divided Over Climate Payments
    The European Commission has suggested that E.U. member nations should pay between $3 billion to $22 billion annually from their national budgets by 2020 to help the developing world respond to climate change. European governments, however, are badly split over the issue.

  • Angling for Europe's 'Green Capital' Award
    The European Commission on Friday began soliciting applications for its 2012 and 2013 European Green Capital Award, aimed at honoring the environmental efforts of cities.

  • Study Sees Solar Costs Declining
    The cost of going solar fell last year, resuming a decade-long decline after several years of relatively flat prices, a new study finds.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • A quick hit from the G20: Democracy 101 by Indymed ...
    I was proud to help contribute some footage to this video - soon enough there will be more video out from what happened at the G20. For now please just check this out. It's certainly a "rough cut" and needs some help in the narrative & so forth, but it's a great intro to the widespread police abuse ...

  • Afghanistan UN elections approval unit breaks up u ...
    Gold busted up and out of the old confines as good ol' snarly British antiwar journalist Robert Fisk broke the big news: the Petrodollar cycling system is finally going off the rails as the world's central bankers start digging for a new solution. [This Petrodollar system was the big achievement of ...

  • Sibel Edmonds case: spelled out with the names & d ...
    For those of you just tuning in... Sibel Edmonds worked at the FBI after 9/11, bumped into a big criminal conspiracy, tried to blow the whistle in 2002, got the "States Secret Privilege" gag, which she defied a couple months ago for a deposition in an Ohio case. In a new interview with Phil Giraldi, ...

  • Yr humble correspondent reports back on G20 with A ...
    Alright so I've been out in Pittsburgh helping cover the G20 conference -- things got pretty hairy out here. We've hunkered down at the Pittsburgh Indymedia Center ( http://indypgh.org ) and the crew has turned out a ton of videos of police brutality that have gone viral over Internets! I just did a ...

  • Supercoca Boliviana Negra cocaine win: Glyphosate/ ...
    Boliviana negra - Wikipedia, Also known as supercoca or la millionaria , Boliviana Negra is a relatively new form of coca that is resistant to herbicide Roundup , or the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate . The coca plant is the precursor to the addictive stimulant cocaine , one of the most widely c ...

Daily Censored

  • JBS Swift Threat to Free Agriculture in US
    JBS Swift is the largest beef packing company in the world and has grown at an alarming rate, buying out its competitors and taking advantage of the strong Brazilian currency and weak dollar. Although this story is almost a year old it has flown under the radar due to corporate media ownership.  ...

  • Poor Fathers Go Directly to Jail
    Curiously, poor fathers are being thrown in jail in Lee County, Florida without any request being made to hold them in contempt by anyone with the right to do so and also without the notice required for a contempt hearing. For those of you with a little legal knowledge, such action ...

  • Poor Fathers Go Directly to Jail
    Judges in Lee County, Florida are throwing poor fathers in jail for failure to pay child support, even ones who are unemployed and suffering from disabilities.

  • Change you can believe in
    Back in 1993 I received a wonderful gift, Earthsearch, A Kid’s Geography Museum in a Book.  Klutz press, Palo Alto, CA, 1993.  In that book are many activities and not so delightful stories.  One of my favorites involves a quiz about bunnies, but it doesn’t start there.  It begins with brick ...

  • Central Asian Gas Now Flowing Directly to China
    The once proposed TAPI pipeline of decades past which is widely cited in the alternative media as a rationale for ongoing occupation of Afghanistan has been superseded and made redundant by more recent developments. PetroChina’s First West-to-East Pipeline Supplies 60 BCM Proposed West – to – ...

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Institute for Policy Studies

Godspace

  • How Rich Are You
    Here is another great resource that I learned about here in Adelaide.  So often we feel that we do not have enough financial resources for all that we need.  Here is a great site that helps put our incomes into perspective with the rest of the world. Global Rich List [...]

  • Reflections from the Week
    Those of you who have been following my posts this week know that there has been quite a bit of diversity – some reflections on our time here at Tabor, some looking forward to the end of the month and our celebration of All Saints and Halloween, some sharing the resources that I have come [...]

  • Getting Ready For Halloween
    One of the things that really surprised and horrified me when I first came to the US was the huge emphasis on Halloween.  Even churches organized Halloween celebrations with kids dressed as witches and no one thought twice about feeding the monsters that came to their doors trick or treating. Today ...

  • Do You Believe in the Corporation?
    This morning we have been talking about the challenges of the global economy and how it seduces us into its values.  We also talked about how easily we buy into the values of our secular culture – its work rhythms, its suburban lifestyles, its consumer patterns – and then living our Christian ...

  • A Manifesto for Slow Communication
    This morning at our Tabor College class here in Adelaide we are talking about the pressures that distract our lives.  I began with a devotional juxtaposing the version of Psalm 23 (antithesis) which I know I have quoted before and the real Psalm 23.  We are more and more concerned about how the in ...

Equality Trust

IntelNews

PDA AMERICA

  • IOT: Healthcare for All October Call
    PDA’s monthly Healthcare for All Issue Organizing Team (IOT) conference call had four guests who have pivotal roles in the single-payer movement. Donna Smith updated the group about progress in the House and Senate; ...

  • Ted Turner Would Fire Lou Dobbs
    By Linda Milazzo | PDA Blog Contributor Ted Turner would fire Lou Dobbs. How do I know? Because Ted Turner said so: This excerpt from Ted Turner’s April 1, 2008 interview on PBS, in which ...

  • Fight the Freeze. Save Social Security!
    By Marcy Winograd | PDA Blog Contributor Fight the Freeze - No Diet COLA for Seniors! Let’s thank Congressman Anthony Weiner, our single payer champ, for taking to the streets of New York again, this time to ...

  • Clearing up some misconceptions
    By Laura Bonham, PDA Deputy Director and Communications Director As the frenzied healthcare debate inches forward under a cloud of misinformation, we want to reiterate that PDA is firmly committed to Medicare for All, single-payer healthcare. Our ...

  • No Surprises: Baucus-Braly-Blue Cross Bailout Adva ...
    Whew. Saddle up, America. And say it three times, really fast: Baucus-Braly-Blue Cross Bailout, Baucus-Braly-Blue Cross Bailout, Baucus-Braly-Blue Cross Bailout. Get ready for the next act in the intricate drama that has been unfolding under the ...

Marler Blog

  • Meatpoulty.com - Secretary for food safety vacancy ...
    Steve Bjerklie MeatPoultry.com WASHINGTON — The real consequence of the continuing vacancy in the Undersecretary for Food Safety’s post at USDA is that there is no one "with the gravitas of a Senate appointment" to unite the industry, consumer organizations and regulatory agencies into an effort ...

  • What do "Balloon Boy's" Dad and Stewart Parnell ha ...
    Not much really. Last word from US Attorney's Office on the Peanut Corporation of America Investigation: For Immediate Release February 9, 2009 FBI Atlanta Contact: Special Agent Stephen Emmett (404) 679-6451 FBI To Assist FDA in Ongoing Investigation of the Peanut Corporation of America A ...

  • FDA Chief Testifies that Peanut Corporation of Ame ...
    I have been watching the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions food safety hearing this morning by live video . Watching and listening to the Senators' opening comments gave me hope that S 510 may well pass - and before the end of the year. It would be great to see both the Hou ...

  • Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Michael B. Enzi, ...
    “Keeping America’s Families Safe: Reforming the Food Safety System” Good morning. Food safety is not a partisan issue – we all want the safest food supply possible. The United States has one of the best food safety systems in the world. But even in the best of systems, there is always ...

  • Keeping America's Families Safe: Reforming the Foo ...
    Committee: Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Title: Keeping America’s Families Safe: Reforming the Food Safety System Date: Thursday, October 22, 10:00 a.m. Place: SD-430 - Click on picture below to watch live:

AutoblogGreen

  • AutoblogGreen for 10.23.09
    World's Largest Rebate? Save $42,000 on Tesla Roadster in Colorado Now that's a discount. VIDEO: Mythbusters test golf ball-like dimpling effect on fuel economy (*Spoiler Alert!*) Fore! ...

  • AutoblogGreen for 10.22.09
    Tokyo 2009: hybrid-only, Japan-only Toyota Sai unveiled The Prius' bigger brother has arrived. Quick Spin: newly upgraded Bright IDEA delivers It's better in person than in pictures, that's ...

  • AutoblogGreen for 10.21.09
    Tokyo 2009: Nissan confirms three EVs for production, including Infiniti The EV onslaught continues in Japan. GM's OnStar EV Lab opens its doors, loves the Chevy Volt All those y ...

  • AutoblogGreen for 10.20.09
    REPORT: Nissan Land Glider could come to the States as an Infiniti Didn't see this one coming. eBay Find of the day: battery powered Porsche 356 Speedster replica Wonderful choice for a conve ...

  • AutoblogGreen for 10.19.09
    Is this the World's Most Miserly VW Bus? Might be the cutest, too. Reader spots Chevy Volt prototype parked in a driveway Parked by a Dodge minivan, no less. ...

Rafe's Radar

  • Reporters' Roundtable: The Dangers of cloud comput ...
    This week we are covering the dangers of cloud computing. Get it? With the major loss of consumer data for the Sidekick smartphone users -- the Sidekick is made by Danger, a Microsoft company -- the whole idea of "cloud" safety was brought front and center for consumers. Businesses, likewise, are ...

  • Tech advice from Tim Berners-Lee
    Tim Berners-Lee at the Web 2.0 Summit. (Credit: Rafe Needleman/CNET) SAN FRANCISCO--When Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, entered the room for the final interview at the Web 2.0 Summit, the audience stood up for him. Appropriately so, since most of those present here Thursday ...

  • iCurrent: A news aggregator that works
    There have been dozens, maybe hundreds, of companies that have tried to create useful Web browser start pages and content aggregation sites. Popular themes include RSS readers, widget collection pages, and user-filtered news hubs. I've seen and tried a lot of them but rarely use them after ...

  • Hands-on with Twitterized Bing
    Bing's Twitter search starts with a zeitgeist view. (Credit: Screenshot by Rafe Needleman/CNET) Microsoft is getting into the real-time search business, as we reported earlier Wednesday from the Web 2.0 Summit. It's good to see a mainstream product dive into this stream, as one of ...

  • HP can't save print. But big props for trying
    Hewlett-Packard is announcing two projects at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Wednesday it hopes will give new life to print--books and magazines in particular. Additions to two projects, BookPrep and MagCloud, let content that's been too expensive or difficult to print get out to reade ...

Camera Obscura

  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so frequ ...

  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and the ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces of ...

  • 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 ...

Democracy Now!

  • Trick or Treat for Climate Change
    Halloween is around the corner, and children will soon be dressing up and chanting “trick or treat,” their demand for candy backed up by the threat of a prank. Climate-change activists, from pranksters to presidents, are doing the same. Read More

  • Lt. Choi Won’t Lie for His Country
    Lt. Dan Choi doesn’t want to lie. Choi, an Iraq war veteran and a graduate of West Point, declared last March 19 on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” “I am gay.” Under the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” regulations, those three words are enough to get Choi kicked out of the military ...

  • Watch What You Tweet
    A social worker from New York City was arrested last week while in Pittsburgh for the G-20 protests, then subjected to an FBI raid this week at home—all for using Twitter. Elliot Madison faces charges of hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal use of a communication facility and possessio ...

  • Nomi Prins on "It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bail ...
    Nomi Prins is a former investment banker turned journalist. She worked at Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns. She is the author of several books; her latest, just out, is called It Takes a Pillage: Behind the Bonuses, Bailouts, and Backroom Deals from Washington to Wall Street . She spoke on the them ...

  • Scanning the Horizon of Books and Libraries
    A battle is raging over the future of books in the digital age and the role that libraries will play. One case now before a U.S. federal court may, some say, grant a practical monopoly on recorded human knowledge to global Internet search giant Google. The complex case has attracted opposition from ...

Farming Pathogens

  • A Visitation of the Influenza
    In seeping through the world’s every nook and cranny, pandemics have a way of forcing themselves into our lives as a lurking presence. Even the most insular of functionaries, who typically makes his living solving problems by ignoring them, straightens up and takes notice.    As an epidemic ...

  • I Do Like Green Eggs and Ham
    Much of what we’ve addressed on this blog has focused on the epidemiological failures of industrial farming. But what of the alternatives? Can we farm in another way? Is another world possible?    It’s only since I’ve moved to the Midwest that I’ve learned that not only is that world p ...

  • Heart of Modeling
    Greed is often mistaken for humanity’s heart of darkness. Look instead to the rationalization that transforms the most rapacious pillaging into an act of benevolence. A one-ton bomb dropped on a peasant wedding party is dissembled into regret without responsibility or, baser yet, a tough love offe ...

  • 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 ...

Digg Green

  • Thousands Protest Global Warming [PIC]
    ...

  • No Sh!t - EPA Releases New Urinal Standards
    The Environmental Protection Agency has set its first WaterSense specification for a commercial building product -- a water-efficient urinal that's to use only half as much H2O as a standard fixture.

  • Four Most Important Environment Stories You've Nev ...
    Every year, Project Censored compiles the 25 most important but under-reported stories of the year. This year, some urgent environmental issues are included. From fast-tracking oil development in the Amazon to privatizing water around the world, these stories have been either overlooked or ignored i ...

  • Hoax of the day: U.S. Chamber backs "strong" clima ...
    Can't pin this one on balloon boy's flighty parents or even an Internet wildfire. Nope, Reuters pretty much owns this whopper after falling for a fake press release that claimed the U.S. Chamber of Commerce had seen the light on climate change legislation.

  • An Ocean of Plastic...in Birds' Guts (Shocking Pic ...
    Chris Jordan 's work attempts to place the impact of consumerism in perspective. For his latest project he traveled to the Midway Islands, near the heart of the Pacific Trash Gyre , to photograph the decomposed bodies of chicks that have been fed plastic litter by confused parents.

Invisible Opportunity

  • “ALERT: Special Swine Flu Update”
    By Dr. Joseph Mercola There are far too many points of criticism to respond to them all, but let’s review one point that has come up — a point that is commonly heralded by mandatory vaccination advocates. Many of them take serious issue with my claiming that the swine flu vaccine is not deadl ...

  • German Chancellor, Ministers Get Special Vaccine W ...
    Kurt Nimmo Infowars October 18, 2009 Spiegel Online is reporting that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and government ministers will receive a special, additive-free H1N1 vaccine. “The Vakzin [vaccine] does not contain disputed additives — contrary to the vaccine for the remainder of the populati ...

  • How to be a swine flu vaccine zealot (satire)
    By Mike Adams Swine flu vaccine zealots are like zombies… they just keep coming at you, mindless… heartless… empty-headed and a tad funky on the smell, too. But I’ve noticed from observing the behavior of a few such zealots that not all of them fully comprehend precisely how to act like a ...

  • Informing ALL Global Officials of the Inherent Dan ...
    From The Shot Heard Around the World THIS LETTER IS FOR ALL of you on this PUBLIC OFFICIALS GUEST LIST who have received certified letters and faxes. The Jig Is Up! You know the information is reaching a critical mass when people start writing rap songs and artistic essays about it! We’re start ...

  • High-Fructose Corn Syrup Produces Toxic Chemical & ...
    By Mike Adams If you know anything about the food supply, you know that honey bees are a crucial part of the food production chain. In the United States, they pollinate roughly one-third of all the crops we eat, and without them, we’d be facing a disastrous collapse in viable food production. That ...

    Care2 Picks


  • The ABCs (and Ks) of Vitamin Deficiency
    In the sixth grade, we spent a large portion of health class talking about nutrition. We learned about the food pyramid, cholesterol, and the mechanics of the digestive system. We also spent an inordinate amount of time discussing nutrition-related diseas Submitted by Daphna Yanez to Health & Wellne ...

  • 16 Oct -News & Atricles
    Many current articles focus on Afghanistan - where peace lovers need to understand what lies beneath the stories pushed onto people about the causes and progress of mass murder. Thanks to Brigitte T. for 'The Wrong House' Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Com ...

  • "Civil" Nuclear Agreements - India goes Nuclear Sh ...
    When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Delhi in July this year, India said thank you for lifting sanctions by assuring usa a deal to set up two nuclear power plants... India wants to expand its nuclear power by 15 times... Submitted by Tinkie K. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment ...

  • Vaccination Justification Is Collapsing
    A study reported in the British Medical Journal reports that simple and low cost measures are highly effective for preventing the spread of viruses. And antivirals are best only for those least in need of them, healthy adults. Submitted by Judy Cross to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a C ...

  • Factsheet on 1970s Coming 'Ice Age' Claims
    'Fears of a coming ice age, showed up in peer-reviewed literature, at scientific conferences, by prominent scientists and throughout the media' Newsweek Magazine even used the climate “tipping point” argument in 1975.The media have warned about impending Submitted by Judy Cross to Environment  |  ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afg ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency ? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in Afghanistan Sri Lanka ...

  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United Press ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »

  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA new ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »

  • An Evolving Afghan Policy - American Chronicle
    An Evolving Afghan Policy American Chronicle ... triumph for the forces of Islamic extremism, al-Qaeda would once again gain a foothold, and the return of the Taliban would likely destabilize Pakistan . ...

  • Schools close in Pakistan following university bom ...
    Schools close in Pakistan following university bombings Emirates Business 24/7 ... in Pakistan after suspected militants bombed a university close to the capital, sowing fear across the country as the army presses a major anti- Taliban ... and more »

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Glove love: uniting lonely gloves
    Glove Love is a new initiative from Do The Green Thing , seeking to take single gloves and put them together with other single gloves to make pairs.

  • 350 challenge to promote climate action
    People around the world will be taking positive action against climate change today to mark the International Day of Climate Action .

  • Week in Pictures: 19th October
    A picture for every day, taking a snapshot view of what is happening in the world around us. Come and browse through our gallery of this week's most inspiring images.

  • The great Christmas card swindle
    Research from consumer magazine  Which?  has revealed the most, and least, generous Christmas card charity retailers on the high street. The survey exposed retail giants Next and House of Fraser as Scrooges, contributing as little as 6% of the cost of a set of Christmas cards to good causes. The cha ...

  • David Goodfellow's Kindness Offensive
    When was the last time a stranger did something kind for you, such as giving up their much-coveted train seat? Modern life can feel like survival of the rudest. Do nice guys always finish last? The aptly-named David Goodfellow set out to give grumpy Londoners a proverbial facelift, purely out of the ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Foolish but dangerous attempts to manage the media ...
     Each President for several generations whittles away our freedoms.  Each party has their preferences in freedoms to erode; neither displays much interest in expanding our political and economic interests — although all display generosity in trivial matters, and make token efforts on some ...

  • Jo Comerford explains the Joys of Perpetual War
    Introduction by Tom Engelhardt If you want a picture of how Washington deals with American war-making today, check out a moment from NBC’s October 11th “Meet the Press.” David Gregory, the show’s moderator, is conducting a round-table discussion with former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of St ...

  • Lewis Lapham holds a mirror so that American can s ...
    Here are few of the many insights given in Lights, Camera, Democracy!  by Lewis Lapham (2001), a book I strongly recommend ever America read.  He paints portraits of us, and they’re seldom pretty.   I hope they’ll help shock us back to consciousness. Observations in the preface ...

  • An important letter sent to the President about th ...
    An important conference was held in January at Brown University:  “The Present Interglacial, How and When Will it End?â€�   (The October issue of Science had a summary of the it)  As a result, the following letter was sent to the President.  The media has not reported this, bu ...

  • Stratfor: The U.S. Challenge in Afghanistan
    This is a superlative job of myth-making.  Not just fictionalizing the past (the staple work of US geopol experts), but proactively creating a myth to explain future actions.  Nobody does this better than George Friedman. For those oddities in the audience who dislike pleasing myths (the images on ...

sibeledmonds - tweets

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • DIY Laser Market Exploding, Cosmetic Surgeons Not ...
    Want to get rid of some unsightly hair, but don’t want to spend the big bucks for electrolysis or a laser clinic? Now, you can buy your own laser and do it yourself. And people are. The growth of the at-home cosmetic-device market, which includes personal lasers, has some professionals buzzing. A ...

  • Make Like a Leaf: Next-Gen Paint Could Strike Lotu ...
    Lotus leaves stay dry by using the natural vibrations of their environments to shake off water, and manmade materials should be able to mimic the water-repelling technique. New research published today in Physics Review Letters by Duke materials scientist Chuan-Hua Chen has solved a long-standing p ...

  • Slick NASA iPhone App Puts Space in Your Pocket
    Can there ever be too many space photos? Here at Wired Science, we believe the answer is no, there can never be too many, or even enough, space photos. And now NASA is aiding our addiction by putting its huge collection of mind-blowing space photos in our pockets. The new NASA iPhone app means that ...

  • Male Humpback Whales Sing Duets
    QUEBEC CITY, Canada — Like a songbird calling another out, one male humpback whale may make another change his tune. Studying humpbacks with methods adapted from bird research has uncovered the first known instances of what look like whales responding musically to each other’s songs, says Danie ...

  • Puppets Teach Lab Safety in Music Video
    After years of suffering through dull lab safety videos, a group of Berkeley students have made a film that could spare a younger generation from watching humorless people with 80’s hair explain the dangers of wearing open-toed shoes while working with chemicals. Their music video evokes the Mup ...

The Progressive Realist

  • Drone Wars Kill on Average 33% Civilians
    Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann published an analysis at the New America Foundation a couple of days ago on civilian deaths from drone strikes in Pakistan . Key points from the callout on the site: "The Obama administration has dramatically ratcheted up the American drone program in Pakistan. ...

  • America Spends a Lot on Defense
    Yesterday, congress appropriated a $680 billion for the Department of Defense in FY 2010 . Chris Preble observes that, shockingly enough , this $680 billion isn’t even the whole bill: The defense bill represents only part of our military spending. The appropriations bill moving through Congress go ...

  • Does Rasmussen's Speech Reveal New NATO Priorities ...
    In his first speech as Secretary General (August 3) Anders Fogh Rasmussen identified Afghanistan and relations with Russia as the top two priorities for NATO. Unfortunately, that speech ignored the security concerns of the Central European members of NATO and contributed to the perception that rapp ...

  • Quick Hit on Afghanistan: Graveyard of Analogies
    Ahmed Rashid, who has been covering Afghanistan since the Soviets literally rolled in to Kabul, argues in an excellent article for The National that the US is not the Soviet Union and that we still have a chance to succeed in Afghanistan : ...to compare the American and Soviet invasions is misguid ...

  • Iraq’s Budget Problems Will Continue Into Next Y ...
    Iraq’s cabinet has passed a new preliminary 2010 budget . It stands at $67.29 billion , an $8.4 billion increase from 2009. Like previous budgets, the overwhelming majority of the spending will go towards operational costs. Of the $67 billion, 73%, $49.17 billion will be for salaries, pensions, et ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Lightning Round: Public Option Limbo.
    Perhaps the highs and lows of international diplomacy just aren't interesting enough for segments of the press, which is why the "where is Richard Holbrooke ?" question gained some currency after Sen. John Kerry 's breakthrough earlier this week. But sometimes there just isn't any real palace intri ...

  • So Long.
    It seems my week here at TAPPED has come to an end far too quickly. Thanks again to the Prospect for having me, to Alexandra and Phoebe for their ever-helpful edits, and to you all for reading. TAP has some great guest bloggers lined up for the next month, so be sure to stick around. -- Dylan Matth ...

  • What's the Impact of the Matthew Shepard Act?
    Today, the Senate joined the House in passing the Matthew Shepard Act, which provides for stricter sentences if a crime appears to be motivated by anti-gay bias. It's near certain that Obama will sign it, giving the Human Rights Campaign a public relations boost and likely a fundraising bump. But in ...

  • A Worthwhile Swedish Initiative.
    While Maine is set to vote on whether to preserve marriage equality a week from Tuesday, new strides are being made on the other side of the Atlantic: The Lutheran Church of Sweden - the country's largest - is to conduct same-sex marriages from next month. … Sweden's government introduced a ne ...

  • Obama's Foxhole.
    Terence Samuel on the war between Fox News and the White House: In normal times, it would make no sense for the White House to engage Fox News Channel in battle. That tactical decision would make as much sense as a dog chasing a crocodile into a swamp -- the White House is on Fox's turf, and the ca ...

Andy Worthington

  • Nick Griffin on Question Time: Did the fascist loo ...
    So did he look foolish, or did he get an easy ride? I think he often looked and sounded like an idiotic contrarian, which he obviously is, as anything resembling logic eludes the BNP consistently, and, despite being extraordinarily evasive, valid points were made — either in his own words, or t ...

  • Musicians (Finally) Say No To Music Torture
    Well, that took a while. Nearly a year after George W. Bush’s Republican party was voted out of office, and at least five years after reports first surfaced that music was being used in “War on Terror� facilities in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo as part of a package of “enh ...

  • Photos from the launch of “Outside the Law: Stor ...
    Yesterday’s launch of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” at the Cochrane Theatre in London was a great success. The documentary was extremely well received, with numerous members of the audience explaining afterwards that it spelled out “man’s inhumanity to man” in the context o ...

  • FILM LAUNCH TONIGHT: Outside the Law: Stories from ...
    So the time has finally arrived when the project that filmmaker Polly Nash and I began two years ago has its first public screening. “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” has its UK premiere this evening at the Cochrane Theatre, in London’s West End. I hope to see some of you there, and ...

  • Justice At Last? Guantánamo Uighurs Ask Supreme C ...
    One year and two weeks ago, District Court Judge Ricardo Urbina ordered that 17 Uighur prisoners at Guantánamo be released into the United States. Muslims from China’s Xinjiang province, the Uighurs were seized and sold to US forces by Pakistani villagers in December 2001, after they had fled a s ...

Buzzflash

  • Those dithering Republicans
    Body I was going to write this morning about the latest events in our epic Beltway saga of health-care reform, but, at the rate events are moving, it seems that every columnist's column on the issue is hopelessly outdated by the time he finishes it. No one has yet determined if Harry Rei ...

  • Ruth Marcus Blindly Defends Fox 'News' to Earn Buz ...
    BUZZFLASH MEDIA PUTZ OF THE WEEK Ruth Marcus For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America. "For entertainment purposes only" is the warning you get when you watch TV ads for psychics. This ...

  • What Will You Do for Climate Change? 350.org and t ...
    GREEN IS GOOD by Margaret Smith Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun!   Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun! Wednesday morning, eight o'clock am. My alarm rings. After staying up and doing homework until about 2 am, getting myself out of bed was hard. I have to be at BuzzFlash headquarters by ...

  • Gov. Rick Perry is BuzzFlash's GOP Hypocrite of th ...
    Rick Perry Each GOP hypocrite seems to have his or her own particular set of weakness, be they related to family values, sex, taxes, religion, military service, sex... You name it, there's a hypocrite for that ! And for secessionist Texas Gov. Rick Perry , it's all about the Benjamins. When Perry re ...

  • Is Our Healthcare System Too Broken to Fix? Resear ...
    BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White Sometimes all it takes is a few minutes with a researcher to find out that you're spending too much time watching congressional testimony. While politicians strive to make this healthcare reform debate about the always sympathetic middle class, as well as about w ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

  • "America's Priorities," by the Beltway elite
    (updated below) Something very unusual happened on The Washington Post Editorial Page today :  they deigned to address a response from one of their readers, who "challenged [them] to explain what he sees as a contradiction in [their] editorial positions":  namely, the Post demands that Ob ...

  • The Washington Post's 2002 "reporting" on Iran
    Anyone who believes the establishment media in the U.S. learned even a single lesson from what happened with Iraq should immediately read this featured Washington Post article by Joby Warrick, which gravely and frighteningly warns that Iran's Qom nuclear facility "was intended explicitly for making ...

  • Benjamin Netanyahu's definition of "war crimes"
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded yesterday to the U.N. Report finding Israel guilty of war crimes and possibly crimes against humanity by pointing out that Hamas committed war crimes -- a fact nobody disputes but which doesn't exonerate Israel in any way.  Netanyahu argued, accur ...

  • Tucker Carlson and the Right's perpetual self-vict ...
    The number one rule of American politics:  the greatest, most insatiable need of the standard conservative is to turn themselves into oppressed little victims.  In the Daily Beast today , Tucker Carlson devotes his entire column to complaining that Obama is "bullying" Fox News, absurdly claiming th ...

  • The unconstitutionality of the Congressional GOP's ...
    Yesterday, GOP Rep. Paul Broun  had a five-minute dialogue with Rep. Alan Grayson about the unconstitutionality of the Congressional GOP's numerous amendments directed exclusively at ACORN, all of which bar ACORN from receiving any government contracts due to alleged wrongdoing (not adjudicated by ...

The BiPartisan Report

  • Time to boycott Rush Limbaugh sponsors
    The boycott of Glenn Beck’s sponsors seems to be effective. Last I heard the man was running out of advertising options. CNN, after getting rid of Beck, is now looking to dump Lou Dobbs for... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Bipartisanship: The Eulogy
    A pretty ironic title for a post on a site called Bipartisan Report, isn’t it? Back in January I joined this site with a strong belief that it is possible to have a conversation around issues... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • #WeLovetheNHS
    The astroturf organization, Conservatives for Patients' Rights (CPR), started a backlash across the Pond yesterday. As reported by the Daily Times the Brits didn't take too kindly to have their... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Conservatives and “The Big Lie”
    It was GOP Sen. Saxby Chambliss who pushed me over the edge. Not that I should be surprised that Chambliss would make up a lie out of whole cloth about health care. The only way that he got elected... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Why the GOP can’t afford to have Obama succeed o ...
    I’m no big fan of Newt Gingrich, but I also know that he has a lot of political smarts (not that he always uses them appropriately). In the early part of the year, he made a very interesting... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Sciencebase

  • A month with an electricity monitor
    Right, the kettle is on for a morning brew and apparently our household is using 3.07 kilowatts. That will include the chest freezer in the garage, the refrigerator in the kitchen, the electric kettle, my laptop and wireless network, oh and a little device sitting on my desk right now that’s monit ...

  • Breast Cancer, Plankton, Tellurides
    My latest contributions to SpectroscopyNOW.com and my current Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com are now live: Sweetening breast cancer risk – Experimental and epidemiological evidence previously suggested that circulating glucose and insulin may play a role in the emergence of breast cancer. Now a s ...

  • Climate Change Action
    It’s Blog Action Day 2009 and the subject this year is Climate Change. So, here are a few resources for readers seeking out climate information: IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change – The IPCC assesses the scientific, technical and socio-economic information relevant for the unders ...

  • Metal Bottle Tops and Landfill Mining
    Reduce, re-use, and recycle. Just one of the countless mantras of the twenty-first century that we are told will save the planet. Of course, my grandmother used to put it far more succinctly and in a much more accessible form: waste not, want not. Now, we have carbon footprints, emissions targe ...

  • Moon, Earthquakes, Chemical Weapons
    The media was today almost drenched with the idea that water and other wonders would be been found on the Moon, but unfortunately LXPRESS was the least moist of damp squibs ever and no 50 km plume was seen, not even a little splash. NASA scientists are trying to figure out why. Meanwhile, in th ...

change: org.

  • Why Would Scholastic Book Fairs Ban Books With Sam ...
    You have to wonder why an organization dedicated to getting students to read would decide to make censorship such an important part of their work. You also have to wonder why one of the leading organizations dedicated to helping students learn would decide to wallop a giant blow of discrimination t ...

  • Healthcare Debate Focuses On Global Health Ranking ...
    Healthcare debate constantly refers to the U.S's lowly ranking in global health — it comes in at 37th in the international table. The rankings refer to a World Health Organization study done at the start of the decade and the WSJ thinks it unfairly represents the strengths of the US healthcare sy ...

  • Web Scams and Vengeance
    A Nigerian official visiting the U.S. this week announced that the country is actually starting to fight online scam artists . This effort is good news for everyone with an email account, and it's especially good for the thousands of people who somehow fall for these scams every year. You've surely ...

  • Ex-Cop Who Replaced Arne Duncan Turning Around Chi ...
    The man who has replaced Arne Duncan running Chicago's City School is Ron Huberman, a gay, Israeli born, ex-police officer who was plucked out of middle-management obscurity by Mayor Daley. Now, he's controlling Chicago's public school system's $5 Billion dollars, and looking after the interests of ...

  • Real Stories: Meet Yubel
    I met Yubal in New York City. He is originally from Mexico and traveling up to Canada to try and find his way out of homelessness. Yubal from InvisiblePeople.tv on Vimeo .

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • In Approving New Agency, Lawmakers Take Significan ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2009 Public Citizen Note: Today, the House Financial Services Committee approved H.R. 3126, the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) Act, sponsored by Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.), by a vote of 39-29. read more

  • Free Press Welcomes Progress on Net Neutrality
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2009 Free Press The Federal Communications Commission today approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Network Neutrality policies that would preserve the open Internet on all wired and wireless networks. FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski and Commissioners Michael Co ...

  • Polar Bears to Benefit From Proposal to Safeguard ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2009 Defenders of Wildlife Summary: • The Interior Department today announced its proposal to designate more than 200,000 square miles of critical habitat to protect struggling polar bears in the Arctic. • The critical habitat proposal includes both Arctic sea ...

  • US State Department Gets It Wrong on Chevron’s O ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2009 Filipino/American Coalition for Environmental Solidarity (FACES) Chevron Corporation's recent nomination to the State Department's annual Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) for its Philippine-based operations was met with opposition from US and Philippine env ...

  • US Rep. Stupak Reverses Course on Giving Federal C ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 22, 2009 The Michigan Messenger U.S. Rep. Bart Stupak (D.-Mich.) has changed his proposed legislation that would have given several acres of Coast Guard property in Cheboygan, Mich. read more

Common Dreams-Views

  • And All We Get Is the White House Garden?
    by Alexis Baden-Mayer I'll admit it. I'm an unabashed fan of the First Lady. I read every article about the White House organic garden and I go to Michele's farmers' market every Thursday. I'm a fan and I'm a little jealous, too. She's managed to educate DC school children and provide farm fresh foo ...

  • The Prolonging of Palin
    by Christopher Brauchli Books, like men their authors, have no more than one way of coming into the world, but there are ten thousand to go out of it, and return no more.                                     Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub, dedication read more

  • Why the Polls on Climate Change Are Wrong
    by Richard Sclove This Saturday, October 24, is  350.org's  International Day of Climate Action. Citizens all over the world will participate in rallies and creative actions to let governments and delegates to the Copenhagen climate change conference know they want real solutions on climate change ...

  • Texas, the Eyes of Justice Are Upon You
    by Bill Moyers and Michael Winship On October 13, we lost a resolute champion of the law, a man who left his impact on the lives of untold numbers of Americans. read more

  • Paranoia for Breakfast
    by David Michael Green A few years ago I fell in with this circle of people – a high proportion of which are certifiably insane – who correspond by email with each other over politics.  I would call it a seriously mixed blessing, except that I’d never go far enough as to use the ‘b’ w ...

Karl Burkart

Water Privatization

Guardian

  • MPs warn of poll boost for BNP after Question Time
    • Party claims biggest ever recruitment night • BBC feared far-right victory in high court • Griffin attacks capital as 'no longer British' • Blog: BNP poll boost simply reflects British contempt for mainstream politics The British National party will receive a pre-general election boost ...

  • Postal workers begin to clear backlog
    • At least 30m letters and parcels not delivered • Union repeats call for unconditional Acas talks • Three days of strike planned for next week Postal workers today began trying to clear a huge backlog of mail after the first two days of national strikes. Royal Mail has estimated that the stri ...

  • Wolves v Aston Villa
    Hit refresh or set the page to auto-update using the button below for the latest action. Email any questions, thoughts or observations to paolo.bandini@guardian.co.uk and click here for the latest scores around Europe. 47 mins Ah, well that's what John Carew is up to. The striker picks the ball up i ...

  • Pakistani troops take key Taliban town of Kotkai
    Government forces have captured Kotkai, home to Pakistan's Taliban chief, after fierce fighting The Pakistan army has captured the hometown of the country's Taliban chief after fierce fighting, military officials said today. Government troops entered Kotkai town, in the Taliban and al-Qaida strongho ...

  • Giles Deacon's fashion photo diary
    Take a peak inside the mind of a top designer as he prepares for fashion week, and listen in as he tells Jo Jones about his collection

Diigo | Green Community

  • All About Ashtrays
    trash can, trash, recycling, waste, cleaning, environment, green, society Highlights and Sticky Notes: Far fewer people smoke now than did thirty years ago, but that's not to say it's completely left in the past. Tags: trash , can , recycling , waste , cleaning , environment , green , society by: al ...

  • Climate talks may go to last minute
    The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for a global deal to channel business dollars into low-carbon energy, industry and analysts said on Wednesday. Comments: The world may have to wait until the dying seconds of a U.N. climate summit in December for ...

  • Water Filtration Systems: What You Can Do To Stay ...
    Clear and chemical-free water is a primary way to achieve health and wellness. Thanks to the fact that these days there is a better understanding of the relationship between drinking water and health Comments: Clear and chemical-free water is a primary way to achieve health and wellness. Thanks to t ...

  • World leaders must intervene in climate deal - Bri ...
    British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged world leaders to intervene personally to break deadlocked talks to agree a global climate change deal in December. Comments: British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday urged world leaders to intervene personally to break deadlocked talks to agre ...

  • Global Warming May Spur Increased Growth In Pacifi ...
    Global warming in the next century could cause a significant increase in the productivity of high-elevation forests of the Pacific Northwest, a new study suggests. However, forests at lower elevations – which in recent years have accounted for more than 80 percent of the region’s timber harvest ...

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