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IPS - Inter Press Services

• EGYPT: A Big Catch Feed Millions
  
  
  
  CAIRO, Nov 1 (IPS) - As the sun rises over the Nile delta, workers at a fish farm in northern Egypt open a sluice gate and sort through the thousands of wriggling tilapia that pour out of a concrete holding tank. The fish are sorted, packed into crates and sent to supermarkets in Cairo and Al ...
  
  
  
  
  
• MIDEAST: Israelis Show the Light to Palestinian H ...
  
  
  
  SUSYA, West Bank, Nov 1 (IPS) - Hundreds of impoverished Palestinian herders and farmers living in caves and tents in a remote area of the Palestinian West Bank have been provided free electricity due to the ingenuity of two Israeli physicists.
  
  
  
  
  
• DEVELOPMENT: Hunger and Conflict Go Hand in Hand
  
  
  
  UNITED NATIONS, Oct 31 (IPS) - Countries emerging from conflict need more international assistance to rebuild their food production, since hunger and scarcity may prompt a return to fighting, United Nations and development officials warned this week.
  
  
  
  
  
• ENVIRONMENT: Rethinking Jobs for a Sustainable Ec ...
  
  
  
  ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct 31 (IPS/IFEJ) - The possibility of environmental catastrophe has led many leaders, scholars and average citizens to reconsider an economy based on constant growth. It is becoming clear that people, especially in the United States, will need to consume less in the way of nat ...
  
  
  
  
  
• POLITICS: U.S. Mission to Burma Heralds Obama&#82 ...
  
  
  
  BANGKOK, Oct 31 (IPS) - An upcoming mission by senior United States government officials to military- ruled Burma points to Washington’s commitment that engaging with oppressive regimes—than spurning them—is the way forward for change.
  
  
  
  
  

Scoop - NZ

• Euro at $1.50 a "disaster" for Europe
  
  
  
  "The euro at $1.50 is a disaster for the European economy and industry," said Henri Guaino, right-hand man of President Nicolas Sarkozy.The currency has risen 15pc in trade-weighted terms since March, equivalent to six quarter of a percentage-point rises in interest rates. It briefly flirted with $1 ...
  
  
  
  
  
• WaMu: Reckless Strategies Doomed
  
  
  
  On Sept. 10, 2007, Washington Mutual CEO Kerry Killinger stood before an audience of analysts and money managers and assured them the Seattle-based thrift would come out of the housing slump stronger than ever.WaMu, Killinger told the Lehman Brothers conference, had tightened its lending standards, ...
  
  
  
  
  
• US commercial RE implosion: 67% fall in multifamil ...
  
  
  
  Driving along the highway at night, it is an eerie sight to look at some of the vacant buildings. The lights are on but the floors are empty awaiting an audience that will never come. Can it be that commercial real estate, with over $3 trillion outstanding be in worse shape than residential housin ...
  
  
  
  
  
• What peaked with oil ? Lots of things.
  
  
  
  We know oil prices peaked in the third quarter of 2008--in fact in July 2008. But what else peaked about the same time? It turns out when you look at the data, lots of things:.. snip ..  »  PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews
  
  
  
  
  
• US home prices ready for a freefall
  
  
  
  While today's Case/Shiller Index numbers (home prices rose slightly from July to August, even as they're still down 11.3% compared to August 2008) are interpreted as positive by the obvious suspects, what I see in it is a fast growing unmitigated disaster for Americans across the board.A 1% increase ...
  
  
  
  
  

Independent ( London )

• Miliband in key visit to Russia
  
  
  
  Foreign Secretary David Miliband is making his first official visit to Russia today.
  
  
  
  
  
• British soldier killed in Helmand blast
  
  
  
  A British soldier was killed in an explosion yesterday near Sangin in central Helmand Province, Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today. Next of kin have been informed.
  
  
  
  
  
• Abdullah withdraws from Afghan elections
  
  
  
  Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah has quit an election run-off today after accusing the government of not meeting his demands for a fair vote, but said he was not calling for a boycott.
  
  
  
  
  
• Is Miliband set to desert sinking ship?
  
  
  
  David Miliband's chances of becoming foreign minister of Europe increased dramatically yesterday after it emerged that the most senior figure in the EU is privately leading a campaign on behalf of the Foreign Secretary.
  
  
  
  
  
• Rival pirate gangs squabble over fate of kidnapped ...
  
  
  
  Somali pirates said yesterday that a captured British couple had been moved from a container vessel to shore and there was now a dispute between different gangs over the captives.
  
  
  
  
  

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• Turkey's PM: First give up nuclear weapons to impo ...
  
  
  
  Summary: Erdogan Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that countries opposed to Iran's atomic programme should give up their own nuclear weapons and described the sanctions imposed on his neighbour as arrogant. source: World bulletin read more
  
  
  
  
  
• Obama Quietly Backing Congressional Moves on Iran ...
  
  
  
  Summary: Though officials in the Obama Administration have been publicly neutral about the new round of sanctions against Iran moving its may through the House and Senate, the administration is quietly supporting the efforts, despite the deleterious affect they may have on negotiations. source ...
  
  
  
  
  
• On the Eve of WWIII?
  
  
  
  Summary: Tehran Reactor Can you believe it? We may be on the eve of World War III because a research reactor near Tehran – that mostly produces radioactive isotopes for use in medicine, and is subject to a Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency – will need refueling ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Pragmatists in Tehran
  
  
  
  Summary: Tehran’s initial oral response to International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Mohamed ElBaradei’s proposal to send most of Iran’s current stockpile of low enriched uranium (LEU) abroad for processing into fuel rods for its reactor in Tehran, indicates three important thing ...
  
  
  
  
  
• US trying to gauge Iran nuclear response: Clinton
  
  
  
  Summary: WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday the United States was still trying to determine the extent of Iran's response to a UN-brokered plan on nuclear cooperation with major powers. source: AFP read more
  
  
  
  
  

The Daily Galaxy

• Russia Proposes Nuclear Spaceship for Manned Mars ...
  
  
  
  Anatoly Perminov, Russia's space chief, in a replay of the early 1960's NASA Orion Project, proposes building a nuclear-powered ship with a megawatt-class nuclear reactor at a government meeting Wednesday but didn't explain its purpose. President Dmitry Medvedev backed the...
  
  
  
  
  
• BioHacking: The Plot for the Next Realife Blockbus ...
  
  
  
  Solitary citizens are toiling over test-tubes, sacrificing their time and money to create brand new lifeforms - but this isn't a science fiction movie, it's a hobby. "DIY Biochemistry" sees private citizens converting their dining rooms into DNA labs. It's...
  
  
  
  
  
• MIT, Volkswagen's In-Car Personal Robot Says "Make ...
  
  
  
  MIT researchers and designers are developing the Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA) - a new in-car personal robot that aims to forever change the way we interact with our car. The project is a collaboration between the Personal Robots Group...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Quasar-Based, Black-Hole-Powered NexGen GPS
  
  
  
  A collection of remote quasars, whose positions in the sky are precisely known, form a map of celestial landmarks in which to orient the Earth. The first such map, called the International Celestial Reference Frame (ICRF), was completed in 1995....
  
  
  
  
  
• Image of the Day: The Ghostly "Skull Nebula"
  
  
  
  The haunting "Skull Nebula", planetary nebula (NGC 246) surrounds a dying star some 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Cetus. Expanding over a period of thousands of years, nebula is the outer atmosphere of a once sun-like star. The expanding...
  
  
  
  
  

Natural News

• Profit Drive Swine Flu Propaganda - Pump Up the Vo ...
  
  
  
  (NaturalNews) This article is part five in a six-part series. Be sure to read part five at http://www.naturalnews.com/027363_autism_vaccines_swine_flu.html Most American are unaware that flu vaccines still contain thimerosal and that to avoid mercury, they have to ask for mercury-free shots. On Nove ...
  
  
  
  
  
• How to get your doctor to sing Happy Birthday whil ...
  
  
  
  (NaturalNews) I recently saw a poster in a medical building that stopped me cold. It was about influenza, and it said the following: To avoid spreading germs, wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing Happy Birthday to yourself. I did a double take. Really? Wash your hands while you sing Happy ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Stop the Phytonutrient Deficiency in America
  
  
  
  (NaturalNews) Most people should be well aware that a diet rich in assorted fruits and vegetables is vital to maintaining health and preventing disease. Available in a rich variety of colors and flavors that benefit health in different but unique ways, fruits and vegetables are vitamin, mineral, and ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Swine flu vaccine shots eliminate wrinkles, bad br ...
  
  
  
  (NaturalNews) The propaganda push for flu vaccines has reached a level of absurdity that's just begging to be made fun of. Today, a flu vaccine story appearing in Reuters claimed that injecting pregnant women with flu shots would increase the birth weight of their babies by half a pound. That same s ...
  
  
  
  
  
• US government report recommends blocking popular w ...
  
  
  
  (NaturalNews) The US government has issued a new report that recommends blocking access to popular websites during a pandemic outbreak in order to preserve internet bandwidth for investors, day traders and securities clearing house operations. The concern is that a pandemic would cause too many peop ...
  

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• Bill C-300 in a minefield of Cons
  
  
  
  You are a Con on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Committee reviewing Bill C-300, An Act respecting Corporate Accountability for the Activities of Mining, Oil or Gas in Developing Countries . You have just heard in committee that women raped by the security guards of a Canadian mining com ...
  
  
  
  
  
• "Hope and Change." Right . . . .
  
  
  
  Stuff like this is really pissing me off. From The Huffington Post yesterday: Leaderless: Senate Pushes For Public Option Without Obama's Support HuffPost | 10-24-09 President Barack Obama is actively discouraging Senate Democrats in their effort to include a public insurance option with a stat ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Banking Bast_rds . . . .
  
  
  
  McClatchy has released the first report on their five-month investigation into Goldman Sachs' activities during the lead up to the financial fiasco. You will be amazed to find out that the politically well-connected investment firm has not been exactly squeaky-clean in their activities. Or ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Cyborg beetles
  
  
  
  PHYSORG.COM has a report that a team of scientists funded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have implanted miniature neural and muscle stimulation systems into beetles to enable their flight to be remotely controlled . Three types of large beetles from Cameroon were used ...
  
  
  
  
  
• At The Going Down of The Sun...
  
  
  
  With condolences and respect to the families and friends of: Lieutenant Justin Boyes, 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, killed due to enemy action 28 October, 2009; and, Sapper Steven Marshall, 1 Combat Engineer Regiment, killed due to enemy action 30 October, 2009. ...
  
  
  
  
  

Media Matters for America

• Conservative media push distorted comments to cla ...
  
  
  
  Numerous conservative media outlets are pushing a distortion of comments made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during a roundtable discussion with business leaders in Pakistan to suggest that she celebrated the notion that "[w]e tax everything that moves and doesn't move," in contrast to l ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Legal experts debunk conservative media's claim t ...
  
  
  
  Conservative media outlets including The Washington Times and Fox News have pushed the claim that health care reform proposals under consideration by Congress are unconstitutional. However, legal scholars -- including one who recently served as a special counsel to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) dur ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Limbaugh falsely claimed House bill "prohibits t ...
  
  
  
  Rush Limbaugh falsely claimed that "page 94" of the recently released House health care bill "prohibits the sale of private individual health insurance policies beginning in 2013." In fact, the provision at issue states that private individual policies can be sold, but only through the Heal ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Rove claimed House health bill results in "torren ...
  
  
  
  Fox News contributor Karl Rove falsely claimed that the House health reform bill "front-loads the revenue" but "back-loads the program costs, which means by the end of the first 10 years, this program is running annual deficits," adding that it will result in "a torrent of red ink in the second ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Wash. Times' bad accounting on House heal ...
  
  
  
  The Washington Times reported that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found the House health care reform bill "will have a gross cost of $1.06 trillion but, with $167 billion in new penalty taxes imposed on businesses and individuals, the net cost is $894 billion." But the Times ' report is misl ...
  
  
  
  
  

Global Research.ca

• Preview of Ramzy Baroud's 'My Father was a Freedom ...
  
  
  
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• The Rotten Fruits of War: U.S. Drone Attacks over ...
  
  
  
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• Ecuador Seeks Russian Aid Against U.S. Military Bu ...
  
  
  
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• Dangerous People Needed
  
  
  
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• Crisis in the Post-industrial Age: Welcome to Role ...
  
  
  
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TPM Cafe

• WP: Democratic House To Pass Resolution Defending ...
  
  
  
  The good news is that J Street is opposed to it. The bad news is that the 800 pound gorilla, AIPAC, and its satellite organizations are pushing it hard. The House resolution which will pass on Tuesday basically endorses everything... Sponsored Topics: J Street - American Israel Public Affairs Co ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Pimping their patients
  
  
  
  California is hardly the only state that has identified sweetened sodas as a major contributing factor to the growing obseity epidemic among children. Now, as the state considers legislation that would tax sweetened sodas, the American Academy of Family... Sponsored Topics: California - Health - ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Here He Goes Again
  
  
  
  Last year here I criticized George Packer, an enlightened denizen of the Chattering Classes Zoo, for trying to rehabilitate David Brooks, an ingratiating neo-con who's as doomed as any other charming, brilliant vampire to suck the blood of the American... Sponsored Topics: Iraq - David Brooks - ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Republicans, Hagel, and Hypocrisy
  
  
  
  This past week the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) issued another one of their typically hysterical press releases. This time they were "aghast" at the fact that former Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) was appointed to serve on the President's National Intelligence... Sponsored Topics: Chuck Hagel - ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Will Nancy Pelosi and George Miller Allow Passage ...
  
  
  
  It is hard to imagine that the United States Congress can outdo its own record of rousing support for any and all Israeli actions and policies. But now, according to a report by Spencer Ackerman in the Washington Independent, it... Sponsored Topics: United States - United States Congress - Nancy ...
  
  
  
  
  

TruthOut

• Cheney Could Not Recall Key Events About His Role ...
  
  
  
  A month before Valerie Plame Wilson's covert status as a CIA operative was revealed, Vice President Dick Cheney told his then-chief of staff, I. read more
  
  
  
  
  
• It's Liberty at Stake in a Warming World
  
  
  
  New York and Berkeley, California — President Barack Obama opened a new chapter in America’s role in solving global problems in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. By calling for the U.S. to re-engage in the global community, he has set us on a new course to preserve American liberty. The p ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Ecuador, Bolivia Show That Even Small Developing C ...
  
  
  
  Among the conventional wisdom that we hear every day in the business press is that developing countries should bend over backwards to create a friendly climate for foreign corporations, follow orthodox (neo-liberal) macro-economic policy advice, strive to achieve an investment-grade sovereign credit ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Pakistanis to Clinton: War on Terror Is Not Our Wa ...
  
  
  
  Islamabad, Pakistan - After three days of encounters with America-bashing Pakistanis -- who rejected her contention that the U.S. and Pakistan face a common enemy -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that "we're not getting through." Prominent women and tribesmen from the North West Fr ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Obama Scores Regional Points with Zelaya's Return
  
  
  
  Washington - Following months of dithering on the part of the U.S., a delegation from the U.S. read more
  
  
  
  
  

Planetsave

• NASA to Irradiate Monkeys. Horrible Animal Experim ...
  
  
  
  When I first read the news that NASA was going to start experimenting on monkeys with radiation to study the effects of deep space travel, my heart sunk. As an anthropologist who has studied non-human primates I have seen up close the emotions, the feelings, and the physical qualities we share wit ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Great Lakes Get $475 Million in New Money, Questio ...
  
  
  
  Pollution from industrial facilities like this one at East Harbor in Indiana up to the 1970s left a legacy of contamination still in need of cleanup from new Great Lakes restoration funding. Giving President Obama a major victory, Congress on Thursday sent him a spending bill containing $475 milli ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Study Suggests Insecticide Causes Lupus and Arthri ...
  
  
  
  New research out of Philadelphia suggests a link between women’s exposure to household insecticides (including roach and mosquito killers) and the autoimmune disorders rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. Previous research has shown a link of agricultural pesticides to higher risk of rheumatoid arthr ...
  
  
  
  
  
• An Ocean of Effort
  
  
  
  Ocean trash is one of the problems photographed by Christopher Swain on his 1,000-mile ocean advocacy and education journey. As the Obama Administration’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force moves into its sixth public meeting on an interim report in Cleveland this week, one determined ocean adv ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Water Quality - WordPress

• Diarrhoea: Why children are still dying and what c ...
  
  
  
  Johansson, E.M. … [et al.] (2009). Diarrhoea : why children are still dying and what can be do
  
  
  
  
  
• Interested in Water Quality?
  
  
  
  If you’re interested in Woodbury’s water quality, you may want to check this out: Notice
  
  
  
  
  
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  Here is a link to the 2008 Bureau of Water annual report. http://www.hbgauthority.com/Monthly%20Repo
  
  
  
  
  
• October results
  
  
  
  Rain, rain, and rain! Although we’re officially still in a drought (the lakes have only receiv
  
  
  
  
  
• Crock of Tea
  
  
  
  Well, I did try it. I needed more IAL tea and I did my regular recipe in my stainless pot. Boiling i
  
  
  
  
  

Public Citizen in Texas

• Sexy Friday: Supermodels (Weather)Strip for Climat ...
  
  
  
  Posted in Global Warming Tagged: climate change, friday, stripping for climate change, super models, video, youtube
  
  
  
  
  
• Spooky Fun Rallies in 5 Texas Cities on Saturday, ...
  
  
  
  Texans Concerned about Clean Air and Building the new Green Jobs Economy ROLL BEYOND COAL across Texas this Halloween — Fun Events on Saturday, October 31 WHO: Public Officials, Businesses, Sierra Club and their Environmental Partners such as Public Citizen, and Bicycling Communities across Tex ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Nuclear cost estimate balloons by $4 Billion, San ...
  
  
  
  With just two days before San Antonio City Council was to vote to approve $400 million in bonds to move forward with the South Texas Nuclear Project two reactor expansion, officials announced yesterday that the cost estimate for the project had ballooned by up to $4 BILLION.  That means that the ne ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up
  
  
  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance is ready for the start of the World Series, and it presents to you its weekly highlight reel as we await the first pitch. quizas of South Texas Chisme wonders about the US detaining a Mexican human rights activist. WWJD on Carter Avenue? TXsharon wants to know if Chesa ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Press TV

• Second autopsy: Hampton's death likely murder
  
  
  
  A doctor who carried out a second post-mortem examination on the body of Timothy Hampton says the nuclear expert's fall from the UN building in Vienna was murder.
  
  
  
  
  
• Iran's first digital channel airs documentaries
  
  
  
  Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has commenced the test broadcast of the over-the-air digital 'Documentary' free channel as the world moves toward switching from analog to digital.
  
  
  
  
  
• Russia nuclear sub test fires ballistic missile
  
  
  
  Russian military has 'successfully' launched an intercontinental ballistic missile from a nuclear submarine in the arctic region.
  
  
  
  
  
• Mortar hits US base in Iraq, causes blasts
  
  
  
  A mortar attack has targeted a US military base in Western Iraq, causing seven consecutive explosions, an Iraqi source has said.
  
  
  
  
  
• Iran exports Samand to Switzerland
  
  
  
  Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) is to export a batch of its Samand cars to Switzerland, an official with the company has said.
  
  
  
  
  

Axis of Logic

• Why Is South Asia So Tense? India Must Rethink Its ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Fox News: O'Reilly Agrees With Obama?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Humiliation of Nick Griffin
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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They Gave Us a Republic

• The Nightowl Newswrap
  
  
  
  Cue the reich-wingers to start bitching about handouts in 3...2...1 The Obama's opened up the White House to over 2000 trick-or-treaters tonight. And can we just say...Michelle makes a damned fine feline! Bison return to the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve On Friday the Nature Conservancy and th ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Happy Halloween from Zoe
  
  
  
  If this is properly enjoyed, you have to dance frenetically and fall on the floor in fits of giggles about halfway through, and I know this is true because I learned it from my resident five year old. People in turtle costumes should take great care not to end up on their backs if there is no one to ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Happy Halloween
  
  
  
  Have a little Screamin' Jay Hawkins to get you in the spirit for the night - And remember - the candy is cursed this year, and Witches did it. You've been warned. When you binge on the stuff and then your clothes get all tight and binding, don't come whining to us. Pat Robertson sounded the alarm an ...
  
  
  
  
  
• "A Gentleman's Agreement"?: where everybody knows ...
  
  
  
  Cross posted from Show Me Progress This is the fifteenth post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and ...
  
  
  
  
  
• "The Tax Breaks That Ate America"
  
  
  
  Michael Lind had a great piece in Salon this week proving "The greatest threat to the U.S. economy is not creeping socialism. It's creeping subsidism." Here's the latest bold new idea for reconciling the costs of national defense with the need to avoid adding to federal deficits or raising taxes. A ...
  
  
  
  
  

Care 2

• Take Action- Step Up on Climate, Obama!
  
  
  
  The U.N. Climate Change Conference is only five weeks away, and no one knows for sure if world leaders will agree on a climate treaty. What we do know is that strong U.S. climate policy and bold leadership by President Obama will vastly improve our chanc Submitted by Daphna Yanez to Environment  |  ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Bulls Torn to Pieces in Barbaric Annual Ritual ! T ...
  
  
  
  A bull is scheduled to be tortured to death this year during an annual ritual held in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The First Fruits Festival, which occurs annually on the first Saturday in December, is a Zulu cultural event intended to celebrate the Submitted by Cher C. to Animals  |   Note-it!  |  ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Haryana : Fast growing state of India - Naresh Kad ...
  
  
  
  Haryana emerged as a separate State in the federal galaxy of the Indian Republic on November 1,1966. With just 1.37% of the total geographical area and less than 2% of India’s population. You are welcome to visit and invest in developing state, Cheers!!!! Submitted by Kadyan Naresh to Business  |  ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Please Join Ch. Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Chief Minis ...
  
  
  
  This is not a official group of Ch. Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Face book, again he has proved his majority of the floor of the house : Congratulations. You all are invited to visit, invest in Haryana : A very safe state and be a part of over all development Submitted by Kadyan Naresh to Offbeat  |    ...
  
  
  
  
  
• ACT NOW - Petition; Support the Goldstone Report - ...
  
  
  
  The UN Goldstone report is a well-researched, fair-minded report. Israel and Hamas must conduct credible, independent investigations on war crimes and possible crimes against humanity or face the International Criminal Court. We demand accountability! Submitted by David Buchan to World  |   Note-it ...
  
  
  
  
  

GreenBiz

• Winners Named in California Competition of Cleante ...
  
  
  
  A firm that converts raw sewage into biodegradable plastic and another that turns recycled PET plastic into roof tiles are among the six early stage startups that have won the California competition of the Cleantech Open.
  
  
  
  
  
• University of California Boosts Green Building and ...
  
  
  
  The University of California has stepped up its sustainability systemwide by setting higher green standards for food service operations and building throughout its 10 campuses, five medical centers and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
  
  
  
  
  
• Sodexo Partners with Net Impact to Launch Sustaina ...
  
  
  
  Sodexo Inc. is partnering with the nonprofit Net Impact in establishing a new sustainability fellowship program for the integrated food and facilities management services company.
  
  
  
  
  
• Kraft to Increase Purchases of Rainforest Alliance ...
  
  
  
  Kraft Foods vowed to increase the amount of Rainforest Alliance Certified cocoa beans ten-fold to 30,000 tons by late 2012, to be used in two premium chocolate brands sold in the European and North American markets.
  
  
  
  
  
• Bayer, Costco Awarded for Recycling, Waste Reducti ...
  
  
  
  StopWaste.org has awarded 12 Alameda County, Calif., businesses for their achievements in recycling, making less waste and operational efficiency. Among the companies awarded are Costco, Bayer HealthCare, Boston Scientific, Lucky Supermarkets and the U.S. Postal Service.
  
  
  
  
  

Reuters Global

• A glimmer of hope in Afghanistan
  
  
  
  An Asia Society survey of the Afghan people finds that a slightly higher number of people believe the country to be heading in the right direction than the previous year.
  
  
  
  
  
• Bombs and tipping points: Pakistan and Northern Ir ...
  
  
  
  Will the indiscrimate killing of civilians eventually destroy support for Pakistani Taliban.
  
  
  
  
  
• Pakistan’s slow path to salvation in Waziris ...
  
  
  
  Pakistan's military offensive in South Waziristan is maming slow and deliberate progress, despite the militants launching a wave of attacks in towns across the clountry.
  
  
  
  
  
• A day with a hyperactive leftist leader, Bolivia&# ...
  
  
  
  Spending a whole day with Bolivian leftist president Evo Morales requires a great deal of stamina. Morales, an Aymara Indian who has introduced a battery of controversial reforms to give Bolivian Indians more power and has put the state in the driving seat of the economy, is hyperactive, to ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Choppers, the Achilles heel in the Afghan war
  
  
  
  Two helicopter crashes in Afghanistan in which 14 Americans were killed highlight the risks facing U.S. military as it relies on air power to supply troops.
  
  
  
  
  

Ezra Klein

• Tab dump
  
  
  
  1) The New Republic and guilt by association. 2) Marty Peretz apologizes to Matt Yglesias. 3) " Great beer and great wine are on the same team. " 4) " We find no clear relation between income inequality and class-based voting. " Recipe of the day : The best way to do toasted pumpkin seeds. I ju ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Scoring Wyden's modified 'Free Choice' amendments
  
  
  
  Jon Cohn reports that Ron Wyden has gotten a CBO score (pdf) for a heavily modified -- and compromised -- version of his Free Choice Act. The amendment would no longer open the exchanges to everyone. Now, it would simply open them to people whose employer-based coverage would cost 8 to 10 percent of ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Why America 'cares' less about cost control than o ...
  
  
  
  Tyler Cowen wonders why other countries care more about cost control in health care. The answer, in part, is that health care is on the budget in other countries, while that's not nearly as true here. That, arguably, leaves you in the same place: If Americans cared as much about cost control, they w ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Joe Lieberman in 1994: 'The abuse of the filibuste ...
  
  
  
  This is a helluva catch by Sam Stein: "[People] are fed up -- frustrated and fed up and angry about the way in which our government does not work, about the way in which we come down here and get into a lot of political games and seem to -- partisan tugs of war and forget why we're here, which is ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Californiafication of America
  
  
  
  Rich Yeselson is annoyed by Bill Galston's contention that Barack Obama should listen to the concerns of the electorate and begin rapidly slicing the deficit down. Count me with Yeselson on this one: Pollsters generally believe that deficit anxiety is an expression of economic anxiety. People become ...
  
  
  
  
  

Booman Tribune

• World Series Thread
  
  
  
  Andy Pettitte has pitched some stinkers in the playoffs, but he's generally at his best when the games are big. He has great concentration, which is probably his best asset. But he also never panics. No one is more unflappable with speedy runners on the bases. I always feel confident when Andy t ...
  
  
  
  
  
• So Futile
  
  
  
  Have you ever watched a dog chasing a car and wondered what they would do with it if they ever caught it? That's the problem for conservatives who actually believe in small government. Once they get in power, they realize that lawmakers are elected to do something about the nation's problems. Fed ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Happy Halloween
  
  
  
  It's warm, foggy, and damp in Philly. A perfect night for baseball. Boo!!
  
  
  
  
  
• On Afghanistan
  
  
  
  Abdullah Abdullah is dropping out of the second run of the Afghan elections, essentially because he has no faith that the count will be accurate. This means that Hamid Karzai will be elected to another five-year term, but it also means that any chance that Karzai's victory would be seen as legitima ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Casual Observation
  
  
  
  Since global warming denier Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma is the Ranking Member of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee, it doesn't surprise me that Chairman Boxer is getting no Republican support for her Cap & Trade bill. But boycotting the markup? That's extreme.
  
  
  
  
  

European Tribune

• Bridge Blogging
  
  
  
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• European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 1 ...
  
  
  
   A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1878 – Birth of...
  
  
  
  
  
• Saturday Afternoon Tittle Tattle Thread
  
  
  
  Go ahead and tittle-tattle...
  
  
  
  
  
• European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 31 ...
  
  
  
   A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1920 – Dick Francis,...
  
  
  
  
  
• Friday Open Thread
  
  
  
  It's Friday....? Isn't it?...
  
  
  
  
  

Futurismic

• What are you thinking about?
  
  
  
  It’s a simple question, and one we ask each other all the time… but it comes with a whole lot of psychological baggage, not least that of the barrier between the thoughts you choose to communicate and those you choose to keep confined to your own cerebrum. So here’s the trigger for your next P ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Blurbflies – airborne insectoid advertising
  
  
  
  OK, so the blurbflies from Jeff Noon’s novel Nymphomation were little flying critters that sang or chanted their advertising copy at you, but this is the first time I’ve seen anything along the lines of using actual insects as an advertising medium, even if via the surreal yet lo-fidelity market ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Uncanny Valley kicks you in the ass: freaky-we ...
  
  
  
  A brief scan of the intertubes shows that I’m pretty much the last person to see this, but just in case you haven’t seen it either here’s footage of Petman, a walking robot prototype from Boston Dynamics [via grinding.be, and loads of other places]: That’s just… hell, I don’t know what ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Machine-making machines making more machine-making ...
  
  
  
  Via Michael Anissimov we hear that the second generation of the RepRap self-replication machine, codenamed “Mendel”, is nearly ready for public release. Meaning that you could buy one (if you found someone who’d sell you one), but you could also build your own from the free open-source plans f ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Private security forces on the rise in Detroit
  
  
  
  Detroit is arguably the reluctant poster-child for the bleeding edge of economic decline in the US, and as such it’s the place to watch to see how things might begin developing elsewhere. Which means that as the police – stretched by underfunding and escalating workload – concentrate their att ...
  
  
  
  
  

Therapy News

• Major Chinese Survey Links Suicidal Thoughts to Pe ...
  
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary There are scores of reasons why a given individual might think about or consider suicide, and many of them are deeply personal. But sometimes, the cause of such thoughts and overwhelming feelings may have a lot to do with the local environment, an issue which mental he ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Collaborative Care Program for Elderly Cancer Clie ...
  
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary As might be imagined, a number of elderly people who struggle with various forms of cancer also experience thoughts and feelings of depression, an issue which has prompted those in several disciplines of medicine to seek new ways to help improve the quality of life of ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Two Studies Investigate Ties Between High Stress, ...
  
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Though the emergency of mental health difficulties can be greatly challenging in its own right, such an emergence is often accompanied by a range of issues that may create debilitating situations for some mental health clients. Among these issues, high incidences of s ...
  
  
  
  
  
• NAMI Wants Greater Funding for NIH Studies
  
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline The National Alliance on Mental Illness has provided support and advocacy for scores of efforts in the prevention and treatment of mental health concerns, and its counsel is highly respected among many in the mental health professions as well as lawmakers and other of ...
  
  
  
  
  
• New Research Suggests Anti-Depressant Meds Treat W ...
  
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline The use of anti-depressant medications is steeply on the rise, with many mental health professionals concerned about the frequency with which people experiencing mental health difficulties rely entirely on pharmaceuticals to relieve symptoms. Part of this concern stem ...
  
  
  
  
  

Mountaintop Removal

• Mountaintop Removal Mining Protests Going National ...
  
  
  
  by Vicki Smith MORGANTOWN, W.Va . - Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. An online map showed more than ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Mountaintop removal mining protests going national ...
  
  
  
  Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia.
  
  
  
  
  
• Mountaintop Removal Mining Protests Going National ...
  
  
  
  Environmentalists staging nationwide protests in battle to end mountaintop removal mining
  
  
  
  
  
• Mountaintop removal mining protests going national ...
  
  
  
  Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in...
  
  
  
  
  
• Mountaintop removal mining protests going national ...
  
  
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appala...
  
  
  
  
  

Memeorandum

• A Message from Dede - Dear Friends and Supporters: ...
  
  
  
  Dede for Congress : A Message from Dede   —  Dear Friends and Supporters:  —  Throughout the course of my campaign for Congress, I have made the people of the 23rd District and the issues that affect them the focal point of my campaign.  As a life long resident of this District, I care dee ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Base sends GOP warning shot in NY-23 (The Politico ...
  
  
  
  The Politico : Base sends GOP warning shot in NY-23   —  Republican Dede Scozzafava's decision Saturday to drop out of the New York special congressional election gave conservatives a big win, but may present a challenge for Republicans heading into next year's mid-term elections.
  
  
  
  
  
• The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York (Fra ...
  
  
  
  Frank Rich / New York Times : The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York   —  BARACK OBAMA'S most devilish political move since the 2008 campaign was to appoint a Republican congressman from upstate New York as secretary of the Army.  This week's election to fill that vacant seat has set of ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Democrats Push for Plan to Cut Deficit (New York T ...
  
  
  
  New York Times : Democrats Push for Plan to Cut Deficit   —  WASHINGTON — Faced with anxiety in financial markets about the huge federal deficit and the potential for it to become an electoral liability for Democrats, the White House and Congressional leaders are weighing options for narrowin ...
  
  
  
  
  
• NY-23 Polling Odyssey (Tom Jensen/Public Policy Po ...
  
  
  
  Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling : NY-23 Polling Odyssey   —  So this morning around 10 AM I started up our NY-23 poll and after a few hundred interviews it appeared that Doug Hoffman was now running away with it-unweighted numbers showed him at 45% to 26% for Bill Owens and 17% for Dede Scoz ...
  
  
  
  
  

Energy & Environment News

• Despite Switch, Mexico City’s Lights Flicke ...
  
  
  
  President Felipe Calderón had Mexico City’s money-losing electric company dissolved and promised good service. But service has been out at times for millions.
  
  
  
  
  
• E.P.A. Agrees to Deadline in ’11 for Settin ...
  
  
  
  The Environmental Protection Agency resolved a lawsuit aimed at cutting the flow of mercury and other toxic substances from coal- or oil-burning power plants.
  
  
  
  
  
• California and Texas: Renewable Energy’s Od ...
  
  
  
  For California, solar power and efficiency are the keys. In Texas, less regulation has allowed wind power to take hold.
  
  
  
  
  
• Green Life
  
  
  
  A New York family tries to reduce its carbon footprint.
  
  
  
  
  
• Special Report: The Business of Blue: China&#x2019 ...
  
  
  
  Canadian companies are responding to China’s call for advanced water treatment and recycling technology.
  
  
  
  
  

5+ quakes - 7 days

• M 5.0, Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia
  
  
  
  Saturday, October 31, 2009 00:14:05 UTC Saturday, October 31, 2009 08:14:05 AM at epicenter Depth : 19.70 km (12.24 mi)
  
  
  
  
  
• M 5.0, Luzon, Philippines
  
  
  
  Saturday, October 31, 2009 00:07:40 UTC Saturday, October 31, 2009 08:07:40 AM at epicenter Depth : 58.70 km (36.47 mi)
  
  
  
  
  
• M 5.0, Nicobar Islands, India region
  
  
  
  Thursday, October 29, 2009 21:05:20 UTC Friday, October 30, 2009 03:05:20 AM at epicenter Depth : 29.60 km (18.39 mi)
  
  
  
  
  
• M 5.7, Tonga
  
  
  
  Wednesday, October 28, 2009 23:56:40 UTC Thursday, October 29, 2009 12:56:40 PM at epicenter Depth : 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
  
  
  
  
  
• M 5.0, Tonga
  
  
  
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China Dialogue

• Trafigura's lesson for China
  
  
  
  Chinese leaders will meet with African heads of state next month to discuss trade and investment. The recent conduct of Swiss-based commodity traders Trafigura, writes Salil Tripathi, presents a stern warning about due diligence. In 2005, traders at a Swiss-based multinational commodity trading comp ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Cutting the costs of clean energy
  
  
  
  Addressing energy scarcity and climate change means adopting new energy sources. This poses different challenges for rich than for poor nations, writes Lin Boqiang. Developing nations are crucial to cutting carbon dioxide emissions. For this reason, their mode of growth and energy structure must mov ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Packaging: no gift to the earth
  
  
  
  Traditional festivals have lost their cultural significance and become excuses for giving presents that come with too much wrapping, writes Huo Weiya. Such excess is not good for the environment. Early this year, I attended a China-Europe civil society conference. Before the meeting ended, the Europ ...
  
  
  
  
  
• New order from ashes of crisis
  
  
  
  China, India and other developing countries will benefit from the economic turmoil at the expense of the US – and the World Bank is optimistic, writes Larry Elliott. The wrenching financial crisis of the past two years will provide the catalyst for a profound change in the global economy – which ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Outlook and obstacles for CCS (2)
  
  
  
  In the final segment of his two-part report, He Gang sets out his technical and policy recommendations for China's adoption of an important technology. Considering China’s circumstances and strategic requirements on the energy front, discussed in the previous section of this article , there are th ...
  
  
  
  
  

AlterNet Top Stories

• Putting Farm Animal Protection on the Map, One Ste ...
  
  
  
  Within this decade, we've gone from 0 to 7 states having anti-cruelty laws for animals in agribusiness laws.
  
  
  
  
  
• This Someone-Shot-at-Me Nonsense Is the Last Straw ...
  
  
  
  By allowing Dobbs to use the incident to level spurious attacks at his critics, CNN is is seriously undermining its claim to be "the most trusted name in news."
  
  
  
  
  
• Right Wing Falsely Asserts Right Wing Boogeymen Bi ...
  
  
  
  For the conservatives at The Weekly Standard, the story was simply too good to be fact-checked.
  
  
  
  
  
• Oscar-Winning Hollywood Big Shot: Why I'm Leaving ...
  
  
  
  Paul Haggis, who wrote hits like Crash and Million Dollar Baby, fires parting shot at "hate-filled and bigoted" church.
  
  
  
  
  
• Glenn Beck Peddles Populism for Rich Guys
  
  
  
  The Fox News shock jock weaves a tale of wealthy elites who are victims of tyrannical government hell-bent on taking their hard-earned money.
  
  
  
  
  

Threat Level

• Woman Loses Job Due to Error in FBI Criminal Datab ...
  
  
  
  A Maryland woman lost her accounting job after a background check performed through the FBI’s criminal database indicated, erroneously, that she was unsuitable for the job, according to the Baltimore Sun. Eschol Amelia “Amy” Studnitz had been working for Corporate Mailing Services since Augu ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Metadata in State Documents Is Public Record, Cour ...
  
  
  
  Arizona’s Supreme Court, in a surprising but welcome ruling, has declared that electronic metadata is part of the public record under state law, in a case involving an Arizona police officer who suspects his superiors of backdating a document related to his work performance. Phoenix, Arizona, poli ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Trick or Tweet? Malware Abundant in Twitter URLs
  
  
  
  As many as one in every 500 web addresses posted on Twitter lead to sites hosting malware, according to researchers at Kaspersky Labs who have deployed a tool that examines URLs circulating in tweets. The spread of malware is aided by the popular use of shortened URLs on Twitter, which generally hi ...
  
  
  
  
  
• FDIC to Banks: Watch for ‘Money Mules’ Duped b ...
  
  
  
  Bank customers are increasingly being duped into acting as “money mules” for hackers, unwittingly laundering cash stolen from business bank accounts, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation warned the nation’s financial institutions on Thursday. Using specialized Trojan horse malware, cyber ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Appeals Court Says Swearing In Text Messages Isn†...
  
  
  
  A 16-year-old California boy dumped by his high school girlfriend didn’t violate a state obscenity law by using four-letter words in anguished text messages to his ex, an appellate court ruled this week. The boy, identified by his initials in the ruling, was convicted by a juvenile court judge i ...
  
  
  
  
  

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

• China survey suggests sustained industrial expansi ...
  
  
  
  BEIJING (Reuters) - China's vast manufacturing sector expanded in October at the fastest rate in 18 months, a survey showed on Sunday, and economists said they expected the momentum to be sustained in the coming months.
  
  
  
  
  
• Karzai rival Abdullah quits Afghan run-off
  
  
  
  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah quit an election run-off on Sunday after accusing the government of not meeting his demands for a fair vote, but said he was not calling for a boycott.
  
  
  
  
  
• Madoff documents reveal incredulous, unfocused SEC
  
  
  
  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. securities investigators raised repeated concern over how Bernard Madoff could be running an honest business, but never followed through on the many red flags they uncovered.
  
  
  
  
  
• Delaware beats Switzerland as most secretive finan ...
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Move over Switzerland. The tiny state of Delaware beats the Alpine country in a contest for the most secretive financial jurisdiction, a tax justice rights group said on Saturday.
  
  
  
  
  
• Obama says new data shows U.S. economy recovering
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Saturday this week's positive job and economic growth figures proved that his big spending efforts to stimulate the economy were working.
  
  
  
  
  

Pine River World News

• SPECIAL REPORT: The role of jihadi media, its natu ...
  
  
  
  Pine River World News / IntelTrends November 1, 2009 This Special Report was prompted by an opinion by Anab Mohamed, published two days ago on the bi-lingual English-Somali news site Mareeg.com, titled: Is it normal, tolerable, or reasonable for Al-Qa'idah to be able to act with complete impunity v ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Eva Golinger: Don't Believe The Hype About The "Hi ...
  
  
  
  [The following article is reprinted with permission from Eva Golinger. She is the author of "The Chávez Code: Cracking U.S. Intervention in Venezuela" (2006 Olive Branch Press) and "Bush vs. Chávez: Washington's War on Venezuela" (2007, Monthly Review Press).] Don't Believe The Hype About The "Hist ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Statement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: R ...
  
  
  
  [ Pine River World News 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. Remarks of Esteemed Mullah Brader Akhund Made to ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Russian Army in North Caucasus will quadruple in s ...
  
  
  
  IntelTrends - The following article is from The Messenger, Tbilisi, Georgia. Russian Army in North Caucasus will quadruple in size ©   The Messenger By Temuri Kiguradze October 30, 2009 Russia will increase its military presence in the North Caucasus in 400% by 2010, the Russia media stated on O ...
  
  
  
  
  
• SPECIAL REPORT: Taliban deny role in Peshawar bomb ...
  
  
  
  Pine River World News / IntelTrends October 30, 2009 One of the fastest ways for an insurgency to lose public support is to target the civilian population - this is because they depend upon civilian goodwill to provide information, to "turn a blind eye" to their operatives' comings and goings, to l ...
  

  PDA AMERICA

  
  
  
  
• Winograd and PDA Santa Monica Chapter Go 350
  
  
  
  By Candidate Marcy Winograd Participating in 350 Day, October 24, 2009, members of Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles spelled out 3-5-0 with their bicycles before riding from Santa Monica to ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Crunch Time and a Grassroots View of the ‘Robust ...
  
  
  
  Crunch Time and a Grassroots View of the ‘Robust’ Public Option By PDA-Chicago Steering Committee: Bill Bianchi, Lorin Klugman, Arlene Gloria Hirsch, Allan Nowakowski, and Jim Rhodes The PDA-Chicago steering Committee wants to weigh in on ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Marler Blog

• New Hampshire Illnesses and Death Linked to E. col ...
  
  
  
  New Hampshire health officials are advising residents to take part in a beef recall after one person has died and two others became ill after eating contaminated ground beef. "E. coli is a bacteria that produces a toxin that is potentially deadly to people," said Dr. Jose Montero, Director of Public ...
  
  
  
  
  
• First Lawsuit to be filed in Northeast E. coli O15 ...
  
  
  
  NY Firm Recalls 546,000 pounds tied to E. coli Illnesses - 45,000,000 pounds recalled in last two years. The first lawsuit stemming from the E. coli outbreak in Massachusetts and likely Rhode Island will be filed Monday in the Trial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Superior Court, against ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Fairbank Farms Recalls Fresh Ground Beef Products ...
  
  
  
  Recall Release CLASS I RECALL FSIS-RC-059-2009 HEALTH RISK: HIGH Fairbank Farms, an Ashville, NY, establishment, is recalling approximately 545,699 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Ser ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Vermont Veal Slaughter Plant Shut after USDA Views ...
  
  
  
  The Beef Industry and the USDA really need to get their shit together.  This it truly stupid.  It is beyond words. According to a recent press release: “The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Vermont Agency of Agriculture today suspended their respective licenses and thereby ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Mr. Peanut Goes to China - Deadly Nuts/Deadly Crim ...
  
  
  
  On January 29, 2009, the Untied States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) implicated Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) of Blakely Georgia as the source of a massive Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak that sickened at least 700 sent about a dozen to early graves. Investigation into the outbreak revea ...
  
  
  
  
  

AutoblogGreen

• Vroom for Everyone: Local Motors unveiling crowdso ...
  
  
  
  Filed under: SEMA Show , Coupe , Off-Road Local Motors Rally Fighter - Click above for high-res image gallery The wild things have left the movie theaters and are headed toward Las Vegas. Destination? SEMA . Case in point, the Rally Fighter . Local Motors, the company that plans to build the offro ...
  
  
  
  
  
• AutoblogGreen for 10.30.09
  
  
  
  Greenlings: How does weight affect a vehicle's efficiency? How much is that junk in your trunk costing you? Vroom for everyone: Local Motors unveiling crowdsourced Rally Fighter at SEMA The ...
  
  
  
  
  
• AutoblogGreen for 10.29.09
  
  
  
  Joe Biden reveals Fisker's future plans: sedan, coupe and crossover in the works Project Nina just got a lot more interesting. GM-Volt founder stranded, learns why EVs take so long to bring to market ...
  
  
  
  
  
• AutoblogGreen for 10.28.09
  
  
  
  Production Aptera 2e leaked again on forum Still immediately recognizable, but more refined now. Tesla Roadster runs 313 miles on a charge in Global Green Challenge It wasnt' fast, but it was ...
  
  
  
  
  
• AutoblogGreen for 10.27.09
  
  
  
  REPORT: Detroit ignored voices who called for fuel efficient vehicles, says GM insider Thanks a lot, Detroit. Is Chrysler's ENVI electric vehicle program dead or just working quietly? ...
  
  
  
  
  

Rafe's Radar

• Reporters' Roundtable: Future of the book
  
  
  
  This week: Books, future of . With the success of the Kindle and its store, and the announced upcoming release of the Barnes & Noble Nook, there are very interesting question for consumers and publishers: What is the future of the book? To discuss this on the Roundtable I have two experts on dig ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Let's kill the OS upgrade disc
  
  
  
  I love upgrades. But I hate upgrade discs and upgrade pricing. Let's find a way to do away with both, or at least make the upgrade transaction a bit cleaner. Operating system upgrades The reason I'm writing this column won't be a surprise to anyone one who ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Stalqer mobile social app finds friends in new way ...
  
  
  
  Stalqer locates even friends who don't use the service. (Credit: Stalqer) The developers of the iPhone app GasBag, which helps iPhone users find the cheapest gas for their cars, are working on a new mobile friend locator service, Stalqer . This clever and aptly named service has two technologies ...
  
  
  
  
  
• AARP aims to increase ranks through software
  
  
  
  The American Association of Retired Persons , or AARP, an organization with the stated mission of helping "people 50 and over improve the quality of their lives as they age," has launched a Web site for whippersnappers, people not old enough to be members, called LifeTuner . The consumer pitc ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

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!

• The Late Clarence Kailin in his Own Words: "We've ...
  
  
  
  Clarence Kailin was one of the last survivors of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, a group of American volunteers who fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s. Kailin fought in defense of Spain’s democratically elected government against a military coup led by Gen. Francisco F ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 Listen to this Column
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

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

• Zinc-Air Battery Could Hold 300% More Power Than L ...
  
  
  
  ReVolt Technology, a company based in Staefa, Switzerland, claims that its Zinc-air battery can "store three times the energy of lithium ion batteries, by volume, while costing only half as much," and unlike other existing air batteries, this one would be rechargeable.
  
  
  
  
  
• Toxic Waste Shipwreck in Madagascar Kills Whales
  
  
  
  A ship carrying toxic waste sunk off the coast of Madagascar, & thousands of tons of refuse were emptied into the rich marine ecosystem. The wreck has had devastating effects on sea life and the health of people who live inland - causing whales to mysteriously beach in greater numbers, and afflictin ...
  
  
  
  
  
• National Geographic 2009 International Photo Conte ...
  
  
  
  A stunning collection of some of the best entries so far in the National Geographic 2009 international photo competition.
  
  
  
  
  
• Retired Indian Engineer Builds Glaciers To slow gl ...
  
  
  
  Chewang Norphel, 76, has already proved his technology by building 12 new glaciers and is trying to build five more before he dies. Chewang is also training new people to continue his work and save the world’s glaciers from being transformed into rivers. The engineer, popularly known as the “Ice ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Concerned about your carbon footprint, think birth ...
  
  
  
  Environmentalists tend to avoid the topic of population control. Too touchy. But the politically incorrect issue is becoming unavoidable as the global population lurches toward a predicted 9 billion people by mid-century.
  
  
  
  
  

Invisible Opportunity

• The raid that rocked the Met: Why gun and drugs op ...
  
  
  
  Think your valuables are secure in a safe deposit box?  Think again… More than 500 officers smashed their way into thousands of safety-deposit boxes to retrieve guns, drugs and millions of pounds of criminal assets. At least, that’s what was supposed to happen. Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Cla ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Swine flu peaks out before vaccines even make it i ...
  
  
  
  By Mike Adams Swine flu infections have peaked out in the USA, even before drug companies could get their vaccines injected into everyone. According to CDC findings announced recently in Atlanta, one in five U.S. children have already experienced the flu this month, and most of those were likely H1N ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Brother of Afghan Leader Said to Be Paid by C.I.A.
  
  
  
  By DEXTER FILKINS, MARK MAZZETTI and JAMES RISEN Published: October 27, 2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president and a suspected player in the country’s booming illegal opium trade, gets regular payments from the Central Intelligence Agency, and has for mu ...
  
  
  
  
  
• CIA Admits It Trained Oswald in 1957!!
  
  
  
  THE INFOWARRIOR with Jason Bermas
  
  
  
  
  
• What Is Money? Part 10: When Money Dies
  
  
  
  By Gary North Bottom line: “When money dies, so do people.” Hyperinflation in a modern urban nation would kill people. I think it would kill a [...]
  

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• Green Energy Act could create $4.5 billion in valu ...
  
  
  
  A detailed analysis of the business case for power generators, transmitters and local distribution companies following the introduction and enactment of Ontario's Green Energy Act, finds the act has the potential to create significant value. Submitted by David Meiser to Green Lifestyle  |   Note-it ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Battle at Coal River Mountain Explodes
  
  
  
  Start of the destruction of the range slated for wind project, blasting and forest clearing reported : mining involves hazard of release of reservoirs of toxic ash deposits threatening flood of death and groundwater poisoninghttp://opitslinkfest.blogspot. Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  | ...
  
  
  
  
  
• THE TRUTH | Gather
  
  
  
  This gentleman is amazing, and I would highly recommend that you not only read this particular post by him but, also, further explore his portfolio to read other ones of his writings. Submitted by Ainsley Jo Phillips to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
  
• Israel in Canada: Promised Lands
  
  
  
  On the occasion of filmmakers withdrawing last month from the Toronto Film Festival in protest of Israeli involvement in the event, Eric Walberg takes a radical look at Israel's cultural and political connections in Canada Submitted by Eric W. to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
  
• War is peace, ignorance is strength
  
  
  
  Barack Obama, winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, is planning another war to add to his impressive record. In Afghanistan, his agents routinely extinguish wedding parties.... Submitted by Eleanor B. to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
  

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

• Boss Tells Latino Workers to Ditch Spanish Names - ...
  
  
  
  According to Larry Whitman, employees who work in reception or answer phones should have names that people generally can understand or can pronounce.
  
  
  
  
  
• 16-Year Old Got Life Without Parole for Killing He ...
  
  
  
  Two cases in the Supreme Court could alter the fates of over 2,500 people serving life without parole for crimes they committed as teenagers.
  
  
  
  
  
• How Our Broken Immigration System Hurts Both Immig ...
  
  
  
  The real answer to “enforcement†at the worksite is making sure all workers can exercise their labor rights and upholding our employment laws
  
  
  
  
  
• How a Racist Judge Inadvertently Made the Case for ...
  
  
  
  A bigoted justice of the peace in the backwoods of Louisiana accidentally got to the heart of the issue around a key argument in California's gay marriage debate.
  
  
  
  
  
• How Could It Be Against the Law to Spread Public I ...
  
  
  
  An activist shared on Twitter what he heard on his police scanner, and now faces serious federal investigation.
  
  
  
  
  

Sideways News

• Bling Your Bra
  
  
  
  Whilst you can show your support for National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by donning a pink ribbon, taking part in a charity raffle or pounding the pavements for the cause, a group of Internet sellers have come up with a different way to raise money; they've been selling blinging bras.
  
  
  
  
  
• CSV helps Brits to Make a Difference
  
  
  
  Tens of thousands of people across the UK are creating a "wave of kindness" today (31st October) as part of CSV 's Make a Difference Day . The campaign, aimed at highlighting the importance of helping others, has encouraged people of all ages to try their hand at volunteering.
  
  
  
  
  
• Google launches PowerMeter in the UK
  
  
  
  Homeowners will now be able to check how much electricity they are using every hour thanks to a new free online Google tool.
  
  
  
  
  
• Simple changes 'can cut global warming'
  
  
  
  We can all help in the fight against global warming by making simple changes to our lifestyles, according to new research.
  
  
  
  
  
• Global event encourages thrifty habits
  
  
  
  Everybody would like to bolster their savings a bit and there is no better time to do so than on World Thrift Day which is currently taking place across the globe. First held in 1924 in Milan following the inaugural International Thrift Congress, World Thrift Day is held on 30 October each year and ...
  
  
  
  
  

Fabius Maximus

• What should a student learn from college? Why go ...
  
  
  
  In the comments to yesterday’s post a discussion arose about the purpose of a college education, sparked by â€�JOURNAL: I’m Young and Need Advice“ by John Robb, posted at his website Global Guerrillas, 26 October 2009.   Robb replies to an important question often asked by ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Best economic analysis of the month
  
  
  
  It’s Alive, It’s ALIVE, It’s ALLLIIIIVVVE! By Paul Kedrosky, postd at Infectious Greed, 29 October 2009: Turns out coursing a few gigavolts of financial stimulus current through even an economy the size of the U.S. will still get Frankenstein off the slab, however briefly. For more inform ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Some interesting and valuable articles to read
  
  
  
  Today’s recommendations for your reading pleasure and enlightenment. “Nobody Expects the British Inquisition“, Mark Steyn, National Review Online, 26 October 2009 — The British police act as the paramilitary wing of The Guardian. “Rescuing the University“, Robert Weissberg, Min ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Study proves that American workers are foolish, bu ...
  
  
  
  Today’s revelations of the blindingly obvious: Poorer workers are more likely to cash out 401ks when losing their jobs than are executives and professionals.  Yet both groups eat, live in shelters, and so forth! The research:  “Nearly Half of U.S. Employees Cash Out Their 401(k) Acco ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Update to posts past on the FM website
  
  
  
  Here are articles about subects discussed in past posts on the FM website. (A)  About The Fate of Israel, 28 July 2007 “The Changing Face of Israel“, Richard Cincotta and Eric Kaufmann, Foreign Policy, June 2009 — “As minority groups swell in numbers, the country’s political m ...
  
  
  
  
  

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  sibeledmonds: Boiling Frogs Show presents Fmr. CIA Analyst Melvin Goodman on CIA-Torture- Secret Assassination-MSM Bias & More http://boilingfrogspost.com
  
  
  
  
  
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WIRED Magazine | Science

• Ecosmackdown: Pets Versus Solar Panels
  
  
  
  It takes 17 times more land to feed American pets than would  be required by solar farms producing enough electricity to meet all the demand in the United States. Why do we know this? A new book by Robert and Brenda Vale, two architects at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, looked i ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Scent of Fear Keeps Male Bed Bugs From Mating With ...
  
  
  
  Male bed bugs get confused in bed. Now a scientist has found a bug chemical signal that translates, “Whoa, buddy. I’m a guy too.” Male bed bugs grasp and try to mate with any other member of their Cimex lectularius species that has had a full meal of blood recently, says chemical ecologist Ca ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Short Heels and Long Toes: A Surprising Recipe for ...
  
  
  
  Track coaches have long claimed that the best sprinters are born, not made. Now, new research on the biomechanics of sprinting suggests that at least part of elite athletes’ impressive speed comes from the natural shape of their foot and ankle bones. Using ultrasound imaging, researchers compared ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Scientifically Haunted House Suggests You’re a S ...
  
  
  
  Fake blood, canned screams and plastic skeletons are fun, but if you want a real haunted house, turn to scientists. To test whether it’s possible to artificially induce paranormal experiences — or, from a different perspective, to technologically summon a spirit — researchers at Londonâ ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Don’t Tell Geico: You May Be a Natural Born Bad ...
  
  
  
  Next time you get cut off by a another driver, consider giving the offender a break: One-third of Americans might be genetically predisposed to crappy driving. No, really, it’s not just your imagination. In a new study of college undergraduates, those with a common genetic variation scored 20 per ...
  
  
  
  
  

The Progressive Realist

• Diplomacy is the Only Option with Iran
  
  
  
  Amidst the debate in Washington surrounding the P5+1 negotiations with Iran over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program, the conventional wisdom is that "engagement" with Iran cannot go on forever. If the Obama administration's talks with Iran don't bear fruit soon, we must "try something else." Bu ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Confronting the Climate Financial Crisis
  
  
  
  There's another financial crisis on the horizon -- the climate financial crisis. Working towards the global meeting in Copenhagen this December, the UN's climate negotiations are teetering on the brink of failure. The elephant in the room of these negotiations is how to pay for a global agreement -- ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Why Did We Hold Al-Marri Without Trial?
  
  
  
  The Bush administration held Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri without charges for eight years, five of those in a military brig in South Carolina. Shortly after the Obama administration took office -- and over the protestations of those who insisted the criminal justice system could not be trusted to handl ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Afghanistan: Cutting Our Losses
  
  
  
  Not one of the 42 nations involved on the ground in Afghanistan wants to stay the course until the birth of a new nation, cleansed of Taliban insurgents, and a reasonable facsimile of democratic rule. To begin with, no one believes this would be possible short of another 10-year commitment. And unt ...
  
  
  
  
  
• More Thoughts on Afghanistan
  
  
  
  A couple of days ago, the Times reported that the Obama Administration seems to be settling on an approach in Afghanistan that falls somewhere in between the "Biden" strategy of scaled-down troop commitments and anti-al-Qaeda operations and the "McChrystal" strategy of scaled-up troop commitments an ...
  
  
  
  
  

TAPPED - The American Prospect

• Lightning Round: In Obama's America, We Throw the ...
  
  
  
  Do centrist/moderate/conservative Democrats worry that blocking the public option in health-care reform could cost them re-election next year? Blanche Lincoln 's constituents, for example, are in favor of the public option, and seem willing to punish her for voting against it. Moreover, the notion ...
  
  
  
  
  
• When Sharing Goes Wrong.
  
  
  
  The upshot of the Washington Post 's revelation that a copy of the House's ethics committee's weekly status report was found floating around on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network is that (a) we suddenly know the names of a few more members of Congress on whom Zoe Lofgren's committee has its sights ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Term-Paper Trail
  
  
  
  The Parody, from our November issue :"Every level of government should statutorily and procedurally prefer married couples over cohabitators, homosexuals, or fornicators." 
 -- A highlight from the 1989 graduate thesis of Virginia gubernatorial candidate Robert F. McDonnell

 Other highl ...
  
  
  
  
  
• High-Stakes Health Reform.
  
  
  
  Terence Samuel on the fight for the public option: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid grew up 50 miles outside the gaming capital of the world and sparred as an amateur boxer during his teen years. Perhaps this upbringing explains the Nevada politician's urge to take up the risky fight for a public ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Hatch and DeMint: Gatekeepers, Not Government.
  
  
  
  Today's op-ed from Sens. Orrin Hatch and Jim DeMint against net neutrality is strange all the way through, but one part in particular jumps out: If there is a perfect encapsulation of the success of Washington's current hands-off approach to the Internet, it's the popular "There's an ...
  
  
  
  
  

Andy Worthington

• Six Uighurs Go To Palau; Seven Remain In Guantána ...
  
  
  
  As first reported by the Associated Press, six of the remaining 13 Uighurs in Guantánamo have just arrived on the Pacific island of Palau, where they have been given new homes. The AP’s source said that, overnight, police were guarding the house where the men will live, in the heart of the capita ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Will Guantánamo Prisoners Be Released In Georgia?
  
  
  
  Last week, Molly Corso, a freelance journalist based in Tbilisi, Georgia, got in touch with me regarding rumors that the Georgian government was considering accepting a number of cleared prisoners from Guantánamo, in connection with an article that was published this week. In September, in an inter ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 83 Human Rights Groups Tell Congress, “Take Acti ...
  
  
  
  Today, 83 human rights groups and leaders sent the following petition to Congress calling for specific actions to end torture: A Call for US Congress to Take Action on Torture Whereas over seven years have passed since President George W. Bush fraudulently induced the US Congress, the American peopl ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Guantánamo Files: Andy Worthington’s radio ...
  
  
  
  Last week I recorded an hour-long interview with France Kassing, the producer and host of the public affairs show “It’s about You!â€� on KDVS in UC Davis, California. The show was broadcast on Monday October 26, and is available here as an MP3. France was a great host, asking me to guide l ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Senate Finally Allows Guantánamo Trials In US, Bu ...
  
  
  
  After railing against Senators and Representatives for their cowardly, uninformed and unacceptable attempts to prevent President Obama from bringing any Guantánamo prisoner to the US mainland for any reason — even for trials — which I wrote about most recently in an article entitled, “On ...
  
  
  
  
  

Buzzflash

• CNN Fails a Second Time to Disclose Alex Castellan ...
  
  
  
  BUZZFLASH MEDIA PUTZ OF THE WEEK CNN For reporting that is an embarrassment to the profession of journalism, and for being beholden to corporate paymasters rather than the citizens of America. Not to kick a cable news channel when it's down, but the news this week that CNN is running fourth in key ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Senate Committee Hears Agreement on Climate Change ...
  
  
  
  GREEN IS GOOD by Margaret Smith Hearings began yesterday on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733) in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works. As the second day got under way, witnesses put their best foot forward and passionately spoke on job creation, national security ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Modern America, in a polarized funk
  
  
  
  Body According to at least two recent polls, the American public is in a funk -- or perhaps I should say, is still in a funk, or is back in a funk, or worse, is maybe showing signs of fixed and permanent funkdom. Although, says USA Today/Gallup , 6 in 10 Americans assume "the country wil ...
  
  
  
  
  
• BuzzFlash Mailbag for October 28, 2009
  
  
  
  BUZZFLASH MAILBAG Want to join the conversation? Share your thoughts with other Mailbag readers by clicking here . You also may comment below; post articles yourself at BuzzFlash.net ; or send urls for BuzzFlash to post to: www.buzzflash.com/contact/newstip.html . Subject: Blue dogs and Lieberman I ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Dave Lindorff: America's Drug Crisis, Brought to Y ...
  
  
  
  Next time you see a junkie sprawled at the curb in the downtown of your nearest city, or read about someone who died of a heroin overdose, just imagine a big yellow sign posted next to him or her saying: "Your Federal Tax Dollars at Work." Kudos to The New York Times and to reporters Dexter Filkins, ...
  
  
  
  
  

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

• "What journalists are supposed to do"
  
  
  
  (updated below) David Brooks today says he wanted to write a column about Obama's pending decision over Afghanistan, and in order to write this column, this is what he tells us he did:  "For the past few days I have tried to do what journalists are supposed to do ."  Sounds intrepid.  What, e ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Joe Lieberman, Evan Bayh and Afghanistan
  
  
  
  Ongoing travel will make writing difficult today, so I'll post several television segments I did this morning and last night.  First is a debate over Afghanistan and U.S. foreign policy with former Bush official and standard neocon Dan Senor, on Dylan Ratigan's MSNBC program from this morning: ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The unversality of war propaganda
  
  
  
  I'm traveling still today, but I wanted to note an amazing Op-Ed that was referenced in a book I'm reading:  the Op-Ed is by Nikolai Lanine, published in The Toronto Globe and Mail in November, 2006.  Lanine was drafted into the Russian Army at the age of 18 and spent several years as part ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Former Marine Captain resigns in protest of Afghan ...
  
  
  
  (updated below) Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain with combat experience in Iraq, resigned last month from his position with the Foreign Service, where he was the the senior U.S. civilian in the Taliban-dominated Southern Afghanistan province of Zabul, because he became convinced that our ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Calling for greater religious strife with Islam
  
  
  
  (updated below - Update II) The New York Times today, in the form of Ross Douthat's column , has published what could fairly be described as a call for a Christian religious war -- certainly metaphorical and perhaps literal -- against Islam.  Douthat praises recent efforts by Pope Benedic ...
  
  
  
  
  

The BiPartisan Report

• How the future of the GOP is being decided in New ...
  
  
  
  It’s kinda odd when you think about it. The future of the Republican Party is being played out in two places that look very different at first glance: liberal New York and conservative... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  
  
  
  
  
• 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! ]]
  
  
  
  
  

Sciencebase

• Food Chemistry News
  
  
  
  On the menu today, why red wine is a no-no when it comes to fishy cuisine, how chemists can help you improve your gravy, and a whole platter of food chemistry to tempt your taste buds: “Red wine with red meat, white wine with fish.” But, have you ever wondered why? Japanese chemists have discove ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Don’t be such a scientist!
  
  
  
  Don’t be such a scientist! It’s the kind of thing I’d expect my sister to say to my face if I’ve gone off on one of my lecture mode conversations about some great discovery, or something some of my artier friends might whisper about me behind my back. Sometimes it’s a personal wish…but t ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

change: org.

• Understand Healthcare Reform in 2 Easy Steps
  
  
  
  If you’re tired of ignorant political sound bites in the healthcare debate, I have the cure. Better yet, it’s virtually free of public and private insurance discussions, with their associated pointed fingers. The film Money-Driven Medicine explores the reasons why the US spends more than twice ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 9500 Liberty: 9-11 Not the Same as 7-11
  
  
  
  9500 Liberty , a documentary film by Annabel Park and Eric Byler, premiered in San Francisco this past Thursday. Hosted by Citizen Hope , NDN and Netroots Nation , and attended by several city officials, it promised to pack a punch. After a three hour grueling commute with detours in the Bay Area, ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 6 Treats in the New House Health Care Bill
  
  
  
  For a bill introduced during Halloween week, there was very little to shock and alarm us in the new combined House health care bill, HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act . As much as progressive reform advocates rejoiced, there was a touch of anticlimax in the mainstream reporting. ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Silicon Valley, Boston, and the Importance of Soci ...
  
  
  
  Despite the power of the internet to accelerate communication and connect people across greater distances than ever before, social density - the depth and diversity of connections in a geographically concentrated area - still has incredible power to determine business innovation and success. Yesterd ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Friday Femme Fatale: Gore Vidal, Gen Y Women & Tra ...
  
  
  
  Ok, so this is more like a Saturday Femme Fatale - but I didn't want to let anyone down who is looking for the most interesting links in the feminist sphere from the past week. Without further delay, here's this week's list: Oldies do it too: Why shouldn't the over-50s have love lives - and talk ab ...
  
  
  
  
  

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

• Land Speculator Michael Winer Wins 2009 Rubber Dod ...
  
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2009 Center for Biological Diversity The Center for Biological Diversity announced today that the winner of its third annual Rubber Dodo Award is Michael Winer, portfolio manager for the giant real-estate investment firm Third ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Amnesty International Challenges Ayatollah Ali Kha ...
  
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2009 Amnesty International - USA Amnesty International calls on Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to immediately retract a statement he made on Wednesday calling it a crime to criticize the outcome of June's presidential election. Khamenei's statement was broadcast on state te ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Pat Robertson’s Christian Broadcasting Network W ...
  
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2009 Americans United for Separation of Church and State Put aside your fears of swine flu. TV preacher Pat Robertson's Web site has just issued a bulletin warning Americans of the real threat we face this season: Demons may be lurking in our Halloween candy. In a c ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Corporate Democracy: Likely Fallout From Supreme C ...
  
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2009 Common Cause The impending Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission , which could be announced as early as Tuesday, is expected to significantly expand the role of the most powerful special interests in financing American electio ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Article of Faith: Faith Leaders Support Marriage E ...
  
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 29, 2009 National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Faith leaders of the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, convened by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, are issuing a strong and unified call of support for the freedom to marry in Maine. Roundtable members joined ...
  
  
  
  
  

Common Dreams-Views

• Honduras: Solution or Stall?
  
  
  
  by Greg Grandin The Honduran crisis may soon be over. Maybe. The leader of the coup government, Roberto Micheletti, agreed to a nine-point plan to end the country's political impasse , brokered by Thomas Shannon, the former US Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs and Barack O ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Pope and the Anglicans
  
  
  
  by Christopher Brauchli God is decreeing to begin some new and great period in His Church, even to the reforming of Reformation itself. . . . --John Milton, Aereopagitica If it had happened a few centuries ago it would have been part of the Counter-Reformation. Occurring now, it was still pretty si ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Big Bad Government Is Coming to Get You
  
  
  
  by David Michael Green Liars, delusional, petrified, hypocritical, idiotic. I often can't decide which of these most accurately describes regressives when I'm listening to their insane rants. Maybe it's all of the above, in some combination or another. The right in America loves its canned tropes, ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Kipling Haunts Obama's Afghan War
  
  
  
  by Ray McGovern The White Man’s Burden, a phrase immortalized by English poet Rudyard Kipling as an excuse for European-American imperialism, was front and center Thursday morning at a RAND-sponsored discussion of Afghanistan in the Russell Senate Office Building. The agenda was top-heavy with ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Why Is the USDA Continuing Loans for New Factory F ...
  
  
  
  by Lenny Russo I am a card carrying member of the Land Stewardship Project. For those of you who are unfamiliar with LSP, it is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1982 whose stated purpose is to promote sustainable agriculture, develop sustainable communities and foster an ethic of farmla ...
  
  
  
  
  

Karl Burkart

• DIY virtual reality goggles
  
  
  
  Now you can travel to Paris with zero carbon emissions by "mashing" yourself up with Google Maps (iPhone and duct tape is required).
  
  
  
  
  
• A beautiful lie
  
  
  
  30 Seconds to Mars rocks out Greenland with breathtaking footage of melting glaciers (and a pretty cool song) for NRDC.
  
  
  
  
  
• Refuse -- the new 'R'
  
  
  
  The '3 R's' are great but sorely lacking a fourth -- 'Refuse.' Plastic Pollution Coalition's launch event featured a S.U.P.E.R Hero pledge to 'just say no' to single use plastic.
  
  
  
  
  
• Plastics are forever
  
  
  
  Shocking images from a recent expedition to Midway Island, a time capsule of the history of plastic.
  
  
  
  
  
• Charlize Theron's steamy woman-on-woman kiss for A ...
  
  
  
  Charlize's $140,000 kiss will benefit children in drought-stricken regions of Africa. Watch the kiss...
  
  
  
  
  

Water Privatization

• Editorial: Time for City Council to mind the store ...
  
  
  
  Citizens of Sacramento, your City Hall is in disarray.
  
  
  
  
  
• 'Tragedy of commons' not an inevitability (Athens ...
  
  
  
  Much of what government does is based on the premise that people can't do things for themselves. So government must do it for them. More often than not, the result is a ham-handed, bumbling, one-size-fits-all approach that leaves the intended beneficiaries worse off. Of course, this resulting failur ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Study: TVA reservation should host skilled jobs (T ...
  
  
  
  By Trevor Stokes, Staff Writer The TVA Muscle Shoals Reservation should be redeveloped as "a research and development employment campus that can accommodate a significant level of highly skilled employment," according to a months-long study released this week.
  
  
  
  
  
• French water giant spends $25,000 to back Novato S ...
  
  
  
  Veolia Water, a French company selected to operate the Novato Sanitary District's new $90 million wastewater treatment plant, is spending $25,000 to back board incumbents being challenged by critics of the privatization deal.
  
  
  
  
  
• Sanitary District race draws outside funds (Novato ...
  
  
  
  A bitter battle for control of the Novato Sanitary District has attracted outside funding.
  
  
  
  
  

Guardian

• Afghan election challenger Abdullah quits runoff
  
  
  
  President Karzai's main poll rival withdraws from second vote, citing concerns over electoral fraud Abdullah Abdullah announced today that he would not participate in Afghanistan's runoff election next week, claiming it would result in widespread fraud. To cheers from thousands of supporters in Kabu ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Released Guantánamo Uighurs land in Palau
  
  
  
  Six Chinese Muslims arrive in tiny Pacific nation that agreed to US resettlement request Six Chinese Muslims newly released from Guantánamo Bay have arrived in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which agreed to a US request to resettle them. The Uighurs, in US custody since 2001, were met at the air ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 24 hours in pictures
  
  
  
  A selection of the best images from around the world
  
  
  
  
  
• Quiz: week in review
  
  
  
  Test your knowledge of some of the quirkier stories popping up in the news around the world Haroon Siddique
  
  
  
  
  
• Cameron has only himself to blame
  
  
  
  A shabby deal with the Sun and internal wrangling over the Lisbon treaty mean that the Tories still have one big Euro-headache When Poland signed the Lisbon treaty on 10 October, the Tory party at once acquired a new hero. This was an unpropitious figure, not a personage who had hitherto loomed larg ...
  
  
  
  
  

Diigo | Green Community

• U.N. Talks in Spain Seek to Salvage Climate Deal
  
  
  
  Climate negotiators from 175 nations meet in Spain next week for a final session to try to break deadlock between rich and poor and salvage a U.N. deal due in Copenhagen in December. Comments: Climate negotiators from 175 nations meet in Spain next week for a final session to try to break deadlock b ...
  
  
  
  
  
• EU Agrees Final Stance For Copenhagen Climate Talk ...
  
  
  
  European Union leaders agreed an offer Friday to put on the table at global climate talks in Copenhagen in December after healing a rift over how to split the bill. Comments: European Union leaders agreed an offer Friday to put on the table at global climate talks in Copenhagen in December after hea ...
  
  
  
  
  
• French Firm Pushes Carbon Capture Solution at us C ...
  
  
  
  Eyeing lucrative markets in China, India and beyond, French firm Alstom on Friday unveiled the world's largest carbon capture facility at a coal plant -- a technology backers hope will fuel a new multi-billion dollar industry and keep the coal industry alive. Comments: Eyeing lucrative markets in Ch ...
  
  
  
  
  
• S.Africa's Tutu criticizes world leaders on climat ...
  
  
  
  Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu criticized European Union leaders on Friday for standing in the way of a global deal to combat climate change. Comments: Nobel peace laureate Desmond Tutu criticized European Union leaders on Friday for standing in the way of a global deal to combat climate change. ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Will U.S. go empty-handed to world climate talks?
  
  
  
  Without a new law requiring cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. could end up going empty-handed to the international climate talks in December. Comments: Without a new law requiring cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, the U.S. could end up going empty-handed to the international climate talks i ...
  
  
  
  
  

Electronic Intifada

• Homeless by Israeli policy
  
  
  
  SUR BAHER, occupied East Jerusalem (IPS) - The latest round brings the number of East Jerusalem Palestinians displaced since the beginning of the year by forced evictions or house demolitions to over ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Another breach in Israel's wall of impunity
  
  
  
  It may be too early to hope that the Goldstone report will result directly in Israeli leaders facing trial in international courts; there are still too many opportunities for Israel and its backers to ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Human rights defender's detention without charge e ...
  
  
  
  On Monday 19 October 2009, a court hearing at Salem military court, in the northern West Bank, extended Mohammad Othman's detention period for another 11 days. It has been 29 days now since hum ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Don't conflate liberalism with leftism
  
  
  
  I felt the need to point out a rather significant confusion of terms to be found in Joseph Shahadi's review of Steven Salaita's The Uncultured Wars: Arabs, Muslims and the Poverty of Liberal Th ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Israeli blockade strangling Gaza agriculture
  
  
  
  Recently, Israel announced that it would import palm fronds from the Gaza Strip for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Initially, the decision to allow Gaza to export palm fronds seemed like an easing, how ...
  
  
  
  
  

CS Monitor - News

• October 16, 2009
  
  
  
  The UN Human Rights Council votes to adopt the Goldstone Report on Israel's military incursion into Gaza.
  
  
  
  
  
• October 19, 2009
  
  
  
  Saudi Arabia is wary of terrorists, especially from neighboring states.
  
  
  
  
  
• October 20, 2009
  
  
  
  How some TV insiders view parents and children on reality television.
  
  
  
  
  
• October 21, 2009
  
  
  
  How African Anglicans might respond to the Vatican's offer.
  
  
  
  
  
• October 23, 2009
  
  
  
  US-China economic relations, Microsoft and Wall Street, and September home sales.
  
  
  
  
  

The Wonk Room

• Analysis Refutes ‘Anti-Israel’ Charge ...
  
  
  
  In response to the ongoing propaganda war against human rights NGOs by the Netanyahu government and its outriders here in the U.S. — especially the recent criticism of Human Rights Watch from HRW founder Robert Bernstein — a couple of Canadian social scientists did a statistical analysis of both ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Is Ronald Reagan Responsible For 1,990 Page Health ...
  
  
  
  Republicans responded to the release of the House health bill by criticizing the sheer size of the legislation. House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) began the Republican press conference by carrying out the 1,990 page bill and positioning the stack between the two microphones on the podium, in ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Chance Of Schwarzenegger’s ‘F*ck Y ...
  
  
  
  The likelihood that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s (R-CA) recent vulgar hidden message was inadvertent is about one in a trillion, according to a Wonk Room analysis. In a recent message announcing a veto of a bill sponsored by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano — who had earlier told the governor to “ki ...
  
  
  
  
  
• ANALYSIS: House Bill More Affordable Than Senate L ...
  
  
  
  A rough analysis of the affordability measures in the House and Senate conducted by Sonia Sekhar at the Center for American Progress Action Fund demonstrates that the House health bill provides more affordable coverage than the latest available version of the Senate legislation. While the chart belo ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Bank Lobbyists: Overdraft Fees Are ‘A Courte ...
  
  
  
  Today, the House Financial Services Committee held a hearing to examine Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s (D-NY) Overdraft Protection Act of 2009, which would amend the Truth in Lending Act to address a spate of problems with overdraft protection programs. Overdraft fees — which are incurred when a consume ...
  

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• Junk food is almost as addictive as heroin, scient ...
  
  
  
  A diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme your brain into craving even more foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat, according to new research.
  
  
  
  
  
• EU "Furious' At Cameron Bid To Dump Lisbon Treaty
  
  
  
  David Cameron has been privately criticised by top European leaders for trying to sabotage the Lisbon Treaty, it emerged today.
  
  
  
  
  
• The Kim Jong-il that Clinton met was a fake, says ...
  
  
  
  Japanese professor claims communist dictator has been replaced after dying in 2003
  
  
  
  
  
• New Russian Robot Can Replace Soldiers
• Steven M. Gillon: A New Wrinkle in the JFK Assassi ...
  
  
  
  What McHugh claimed to have witnessed next was shocking. "I walked in the toilet, in the powder room, and there he was hiding, with the curtain closed," McHugh recalled. He claimed that LBJ was crying, "They're going to get us all. It's a plot. It's a plot. It's going to get us all
  
  
  
  
  

The Intelligence Daily

• Russia Now: The financial crisis has had a profoun ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• 5,000 jobs to go at Shell as profits plunge 73 per ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• U.S. Home Vacancies Rise to 18.8 Million on Defaul ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Switzerland set to declare war on 'suicide tourism ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Sanity: Venezuela bans toy guns, violent video gam ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

My AntiWar

• Turkey’s PM: First give up nuclear weapons t ...
  
  
  
  Summary: ErdoganTurkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that countries opposed to Iran’s atomic programme should give up their own nuclear weapons and described the sanctions imposed on his neighbour as arrogant. source: World bulletinread more
  
  
  
  
  
• Iraqis Blame Prime Minister Maliki for Baghdad Bom ...
• Saturday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 28 Wounded
• Clinton: ‘Withdrawal Won’t Affect Afgh ...
• Judge’s Aide, Guards in Guatemala Cases Kill ...
  
  
  

  Rogue Government.com

  
  
  
  
• Nine More Bank Failures
  
  
  
  Nine more U.S. banks, all owned by the same Illinois holding company, were closed Friday by regulators, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said U.S. Bank of Minneapolis would assume their deposits.
  
  
  
  
  
• Israel, US hold largest ever war games
  
  
  
  Israel and the United States have launched a three-week joint air defense exercise, code-named Juniper Cobra 10, in the port city of Haifa.
  
  
  
  
  
• Junk food is almost as addictive as heroin, scien ...
  
  
  
  A diet of burgers, chips, sausages and cake will programme your brain into craving even more foods that are high in sugar, salt and fat, according to new research.
  
  
  
  
  
• VeriChip markets RFID Microchip implants to ID WO ...
  
  
  
  VeriChip recently announced that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Scott R. Silverman, will present at the ID World International Congress in Milan, Italy, which runs from November 3-5, 2009, and is the world’s leading symposium on the future directions of identification technology.
  
  
  
  
  
• Vatican Condemns Dangerous Halloween
  
  
  
  THE Vatican yesterday slammed tonight’s Halloween celebrations as “anti-Christian” and “dangerous” because of its links to the occult.
  
  
  
  
  

Innovation Canada

• Fear factor
  
  
  
  Let’s say you’re wandering through a deserted alley late one foggy October night. You turn a corner, and lo and behold, you’re surrounded by a crowd of brain-thirsty zombies. Your pulse quickens, your amygdala fires, your respiration is off the charts. You try to run, but you trip and fall. As ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Signs of the times

• 9yr-old boy tortured, says former Guantanamo abduc ...
  
  
  
  A British Muslim detained for three years at the controversial Guantanamo Bay prison manned by the United States, revealed that the youngest detainee he knew of was a nine-year-old boy who was also tortured like the rest. Ruhal Ahmed's story was among more accounts of atrocities committed against t ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Lower Profiles Look and Work Better
  
  
  
  In the fog of war, chance or willful misperceptions often happen for ideological or partisan reasons. By late 2005, the "al-Qaeda in Iraq" group was getting out of hand and on some Sunni tribal militias' nerves. There was also inter-group rivalry in the smuggling trade, with one tribe allied with a ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Beware: Genetically Modified Omega 3 Oils to Appea ...
  
  
  
  Monsanto, the company which spent an astounding eight million dollars last year on lobbying, is planning to flood the food market with poor quality omega 3 oils from its genetically modified (GM) soy beans. Monsanto, which is trying to control the world's farming market and infect nature with its g ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Chemical alert as six passengers faint on transatl ...
  
  
  
  More than 200 passengers were at the centre of an fumes alert at London's Heathrow airport after at least six "fainted" during a transatlantic British Airways flight. The Boeing 777 was ordered to a remote part of the airfield after landing early this morning, where it was met by 11 fire appliances ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Timeline: The secret history of swine flu
  
  
  
  Six months ago, swine flu emerged as a massive threat to global health. It seemed to come out of nowhere, but our timeline explains how the origins of the H1N1 pandemic go back more than a century 1889 Prior to 1889, the main flu virus circulating in humans has been from the H1 family. But this ye ...
  
  
  
  
  

Threat Level

• Woman Loses Job Due to Error in FBI Criminal Datab ...
  
  
  
  A Maryland woman lost her accounting job after a background check performed through the FBI’s criminal database indicated, erroneously, that she was unsuitable for the job, according to the Baltimore Sun. Eschol Amelia “Amy” Studnitz had been working for Corporate Mailing Services since Augu ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Metadata in State Documents Is Public Record, Cour ...
  
  
  
  Arizona’s Supreme Court, in a surprising but welcome ruling, has declared that electronic metadata is part of the public record under state law, in a case involving an Arizona police officer who suspects his superiors of backdating a document related to his work performance. Phoenix, Arizona, poli ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Trick or Tweet? Malware Abundant in Twitter URLs
  
  
  
  As many as one in every 500 web addresses posted on Twitter lead to sites hosting malware, according to researchers at Kaspersky Labs who have deployed a tool that examines URLs circulating in tweets. The spread of malware is aided by the popular use of shortened URLs on Twitter, which generally hi ...
  
  
  
  
  
• FDIC to Banks: Watch for ‘Money Mules’ Duped b ...
  
  
  
  Bank customers are increasingly being duped into acting as “money mules” for hackers, unwittingly laundering cash stolen from business bank accounts, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation warned the nation’s financial institutions on Thursday. Using specialized Trojan horse malware, cyber ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Appeals Court Says Swearing In Text Messages Isn†...
  
  
  
  A 16-year-old California boy dumped by his high school girlfriend didn’t violate a state obscenity law by using four-letter words in anguished text messages to his ex, an appellate court ruled this week. The boy, identified by his initials in the ruling, was convicted by a juvenile court judge i ...
  
  
  
  
  

PERRspectives : Blog

• "Emergency Room" McConnell Claims Public Option Ma ...
  
  
  
  Back in September, a study by Harvard Medical School found that over 44,000 Americans die each year due to lack of health insurance. Now, in a complete reversal of both logic and the truth, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)...
  
  
  
  
  
• Media Lament Recession's Impact on the Tragically ...
  
  
  
  One week after its devastating documentary ("The Warning") on federal regulator Brooksley Born's unheeded warning in the 1990's about the potential disaster in the offing for the U.S. financial system, on Tuesday the PBS program Frontline aired an episode which...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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...
  
  
  
  
  
• Strong GDP Growth Doesn't Calm Stimulus Fight
  
  
  
  On Thursday, the Commerce Department announced that the U.S. economy expanded at a surprisingly strong 3.5% rate. But despite Q3 GDP growth which exceeded consensus estimates, the outsized impact of one-time programs including the Cash for Clunkers incentives and the...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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...
  
  
  
  
  

Blackspot News Feed

• House to Vote on Resolution to Reject Goldstone Re ...
  
  
  
  Submitted on Buzzflashby Jeremy R. HammondFeatured WriterDandelion SaladForeign Policy Journal1 November 2009The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday on a resolution calling on President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to oppose unequivocally any endorsement or furt ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Annual Flu Deaths: The Real Number
  
  
  
  Dandelion SaladjperryamOctober 31, 2009Thirty-six thousand dead every year from the flu? Twenty thousand? Fifteen thousand? No, no, and no. Not even close.HOMEWORK:National Vital Statistics Reports / CDC – Deaths: Final Data for 2006http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvs…(influenza/pneumonia deat ...
  
  
  
  
  
• How Goldman secretly bet on the U.S. housing crash
  
  
  
  Dandelion SaladBy Greg GordonMcClatchy NewspapersNovember 1, 2009WASHINGTON In 2006 and 2007, Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices wo ...
  
  
  
  
  
• US Ambassador Karl Eikenberrys visit to the Afghan ...
  
  
  
  13 year old Abdulai will keep theAfghan peace vigil from 22/10/2009Dandelion SaladSome lonely thoughts from our peace vigil groupWhy did we feel lonely while we quietly raised our voice of peace?Peace is lonely.We tasted this loneliness as a shared human experience; everyone has tasted this Space, a ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Cheney Could Not Recall Key Events About His Role ...
  
  
  
  A month before Valerie Plame Wilson's covert status as a CIA operative was revealed, Vice President Dick Cheney told his then-chief of staff, I. read more
  
  
  
  
  

Consortium News

• Al-Qaeda Outwitted Bush, Neocons
  
  
  
  Al-Qaeda got the better of George W. Bush and the neocons by bogging the U.S. down in Iraq, writes Robert Parry. October 29, 2009
  
  
  
  
  
• Letting States Opt-in for Single-Payer
  
  
  
  Beyond the public option fight, Congress may scuttle a plan to let states opt for a single-payer system, says David Swanson. October 28, 2009
  
  
  
  
  
• Inside Bush's Motivational Speech
  
  
  
  When George W. Bush debuted as a motivational speaker, his presidential abuses were not forgotten, writes Leslie Harris. October 28, 2009
  
  
  
  
  
• WPost Misleads on Afghan History
  
  
  
  The Washington Post's neocon editorial page misrepresents key facts about Afghan history, writes Melvin A. Goodman. October 28, 2009
  
  
  
  
  
• Afghanistan Tests Obama's 'Patriotism'
  
  
  
  If President Obama balks at escalating in Afghanistan, his "patriotism" will surely be questioned, says Ivan Eland. October 27, 2009
  
  
  
  
  

CounterPunch

• Alexander Cockburn : The Long Gaze of the State
• Martha Rosenberg : Marketing Drugs to Psychoneurot ...
• Charles R. Larson : Roth's "The Humbling:" Nothing ...
• Lorenzo Wolff : The Vulnerability of Lauryn Hill
• Kim Nicolini : "Big Fan:" Football, Class and Sexu ...

Institute for Middle East Understanding

• Harvesting in death zone, with a song (Eva Bartle ...
  
  
  
  On a quiet October morning, Fida Zaneen, 19, sings a traditional love song as she pulls olives from trees in Beit Hanoun's border region during the annual olive harvest. "My grandmother taught me the folk so ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Obama yet to deliver on Middle East (BBC)
  
  
  
  When he travelled to Cairo at the beginning of June this year being president must have seemed much easier than it does now. He gave a speech there, in a grand lecture theatre at the university, that was int ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Plan B for Abbas - Palestinian unity or bust (Moh ...
  
  
  
  President Mahmoud Abbas has no intention of going down in history as the man who legitimised the permanent and possibly fatal division of the Palestinian independence movement. But he has called an election ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Law becomes racism with double standards (Rami G. ...
  
  
  
  A series of recent reports and statements critical of Israel by respected individuals and institutions reminds us of a vital challenge to coherent national development and safeguarding the rule of law in the ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Playing with fire: UN turns Gaza shelling into the ...
  
  
  
  There is nothing ordinary about this advocacy campaign for a large UN institution. The lights dim before a packed audience and a slideshow begins: images of Gaza in conflict, people fleeing their homes, buil ...
  
  
  
  
  

Water - AlterNet

• The Man Who Has Been Giving a Boost to the Greywat ...
  
  
  
  As Californians start looking seriously at using greywater for home irrigation, all roads -- or pipes -- lead to Art Ludwig.
  
  
  
  
  
• Environmental Groups Across California Oppose Legi ...
  
  
  
  Today environmental groups from around California weighed in with their opposition to the dangerous proposed water legislation.
  
  
  
  
  
• Reducing Mercury Emissions From Coal-Fired Power P ...
  
  
  
  There are three recent developments in the saga of efforts to regulate mercury emissions from coal-fired utilities that are significant.
  
  
  
  
  
• Company Says NYC Watershed More Important Than Pro ...
  
  
  
  The company's announcement takes many of NYC's concerns off the table, but others, including what will happen with the wastewater from drilling across the state, remain.
  
  
  
  
  
• 'Savior Bud' Sucks Moisture From Trees for Drinkin ...
  
  
  
  This concept design, modestly called the Savior Bud, is one idea to help gather up moisture from a tree's respiratory process and create drinking water.
  
  
  
  
  

TruthHugger

• Barbara Ann Radnofsky Launches New Campaign Websit ...
  
  
  
  For Immediate Release [...]
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• House to Vote on Resolution to Reject Goldstone Re ...
  
  
  
  Submitted on Buzzflash by Jeremy R. Hammond Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Foreign Policy Journal 1
  
  
  
  
  
• Six Uighurs Go To Palau; Seven Remain In Guantána ...
  
  
  
  by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 31October 2009 As firs
  
  
  
  
  
• Kosovo: Marking Ten Years Of Worldwide Wars by Ric ...
  
  
  
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com/ October 30
  
  
  
  
  
• Will Guantánamo Prisoners Be Released In Georgia? ...
  
  
  
  by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 30 October 2009 Last w
  
  
  
  
  
• War Is a Hate Crime by Chris Hedges
  
  
  
  Submitted on Buzzflash by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig Oct. 26, 2009 Violen
  
  
  
  
  

Unexplained Mysteries

• How do you perceive Halloween ?
  
  
  
  For many Halloween is a time for fun and dressing up, but for others it has a greater significance - some believe it to be a time for tradition an...
  
  
  
  
  
• How Halloween splits the faithful
  
  
  
  For many Halloween is a time for fun and dressing up, but for others it has a greater significance - some believe it to be a time for tradition an...
  
  
  
  
  
• "Impossible" device could propel flying cars
  
  
  
  Considered by many to be an impossibility, the Emdrive is a device that if real could propel everything from spaceships to flying cars. But how li...
  
  
  
  
  
• Father of China's space program dies at 98
  
  
  
  Qian Xuesen who is widely known as the father of China's space program has died aged 98. He set up China's first rocket and missile research insti...
  
  
  
  
  
• Has the original Labyrinth been found ?
  
  
  
  An elaborate network of underground tunnels found in a disused quarry on the Greek island of Crete is now thought to be the site of the original m...
  
  
  
  
  

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 30, 2009
  
  
  
  Sen. Boxer Aims to Pass Climate Bill as Early as Next Week (Reuters) The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will advance climate-change legislation quickly, aiming to pass a bill as early as next week, despite threats of a boycott by GOP members. Britain Declares Breakthrough in EU ...
  
  
  
  
  
• October 29, 2009
  
  
  
  Sen. Graham Working on Compromise Bill with More Drilling (The Hill) Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he is working on a compromise that would allow for new regulations on carbon-based pollutants in exchange for new permission to explore for oil and gas offshore as well as build new nuclear po ...
  
  
  
  
  
• October 28, 2009
  
  
  
  No Climate Deal Expected During Obama’s China Visit (Reuters) The United States does not expect to reach an agreement on climate change with China during President Obama's visit to Beijing next month, a senior envoy said. US Seeks More Clean Energy Market Access in China (Reuters) Comme ...
  
  
  
  
  
• October 27, 2009
  
  
  
  UN Lowers Expectations for Copenhagen Climate Deal (Reuters) UN climate adviser Janos Pasztor made clear that the secretary-general is planning for "post-Copenhagen" talks. Officials and diplomats say privately that a binding deal is unlikely and they most that could be expected was a nonbindin ...
  
  
  
  
  
• October 26, 2009
  
  
  
  Senate's Climate Bill a Bit More Ambitious (Washington Post) Climate legislation took a small step forward as Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer released a version that includes big benefits for farmers, provisions for deficit reduction and a ceiling on carbon ...
  
  
  
  
  

TomDispatch

• Tomgram: Dilip Hiro, Is Obama's Iran Policy Doome ...
  
  
  
  [ Note to TomDispatch Readers: Recently, I launched one of this website's little campaigns to get more subscribers. Thanks to so many of you who, in response to my pleas, urged others to sign up for the email notice that goes out every time TD posts a piece, we got hundreds of new subscribers. O ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Tomgram: Michael Klare, The Great Superpower Melt ...
  
  
  
  Think of us as just having passed through the failed era of "must" in Washington. For almost eight years, George W. Bush made speeches and appearances in which he hectored this or that country, or enemy, or people about what they "must" do. Never, I suspect, has an American president lectured mo ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Smirking Chimp

• The Under-The-Radar Assault By The Agricultural In ...
  
  
  
  On November 3rd, there will be a Constitutional Amendment on the ballot in Ohio. This is no ordinary ballot initiative. Its very existence and marketing has been bought and paid for--to the tune of millions of dollars-- by national and international agri-business corporations and their front groups, ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Hell hath no fury like a beefcake scorned
  
  
  
  First of all, Levi Johnston is like the proverbial gift from god; fun to look at, morally flexible and thankfully blunt. I don't think he's lying when he says Mrs. Palin refers to her revered tot afflicted with Down's syndrome as 'retarded'. We all know Palin is harboring some deep, dark evil in tha ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Al-Qaeda Outwitted Bush and the Neocons
  
  
  
  As security worsens in Afghanistan and Pakistan, it is clear that al-Qaeda and its Taliban allies outwitted President George W. Bush and his neoconservative advisers by tying down U.S. forces in Iraq for five years while the Islamic militants rebuilt their forces for the war on their “central f ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Three Reasons You May Be Uneasy With Health Reform
  
  
  
  I'm hearing a lot of ambiguity about health reform today from people who support its objectives unequivocally. Providing coverage for those who can't afford it, allowing portability of insurance, ensuring that nobody can be denied coverage for preexisting conditions -- these are inspiring goals. ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Reform We Can Believe In
  
  
  
  Prudent homeowners recovering from pest or water damage remove all compromised material before they rebuild. Similarly, surgeons prepare wounds for sutures by excising diseased tissues and sterilizing the damaged area. Nonetheless, as the US struggles to restart its economy, we're not identifying ...
  
  
  
  
  

Ten Percent

• Carnival of Socialism- Halloween Special!
  
  
  
  Soil yourself in abject terror! For while the Godly forces of good, common sense neoliberalism feed public wealth into the hands of kindly capitalists to keep their financial houses going EVIL lefties gather and plot such horrors as -Healthcare, Welfare, Social Justice, Peace and Human Rights. Come ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Bigger Picture
  
  
  
  While some US liberals are rejoicing at the findings of this Pew poll that Fox news is seen as the most ideological network, A larger point may be being missed, therefore I have helpfully added a corrective- Forest, trees, you get the picture. Gotta love the ‘Neither’ answers.
  
  
  
  
  
• Friday! Efterklang- Mirador
  
  
  
  Currently touring the UK, this video is by Hvass & Hannibal who have done all the band’s recent artwork.
  
  
  
  
  
• Science Defeated By Drug War Hysteria
  
  
  
  The UK’s chief drugs adviser has been sacked by Home Secretary Alan Johnson, after criticising government policies. Professor David Nutt, head of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, criticised the decision to reclassify cannabis to Class B from C. He accused ministers of devaluing and dis ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Malalai Joya on Democracy Now
  
  
  
  Read/watch/hear.
  
  
  
  
  

Paul Krugman

• If a deficit falls in the forest ...
  
  
  
  If I were a politician, I'd focus on providing real improvements in peoples' lives, rather than seeking deficit reductions the public won't even hear about.
  
  
  
  
  
• Modern bravery
  
  
  
  Courage, neocon style.
  
  
  
  
  
• What recovery should look like
  
  
  
  Yes, 3.5 is a lot better than zero. But what we need is a string of numbers about twice that high.
  
  
  
  
  
• Stimulating thoughts, 3rd quarter edition
  
  
  
  The good news from the new GDP report is that the fiscal stimulus seems to be working just about the way a sensible Keynesian approach says it should. That's also the bad news. f
  
  
  
  
  
• Growth and jobs
  
  
  
  At this rate, we wouldn't reach anything that feels like full employment until well into the second Palin administration.
  
  
  
  
  

No Quarter

• No Quarter Radio’s Sense on Cents with Larry Do ...
  
  
  
  Who truly protects the average American investor? Our financial regulators are licking their wounds and playing catch up from seemingly 20-plus years of being asleep at the wheel. Banks and brokers are fighting tooth and nail against instituting a fiduciary code of conduct. Why do more and more inve ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Afghanistan is Not Pashto for Vietnam
  
  
  
  Although I compared Obama’s treatment of Afghanistan’s President Karzai today with that meted out to Vietnam’s Diem back in the early sixties, I do not mean to suggest that Afghanistan is just another misadventure like Vietnam. That is utter nonsense. Here is Theodore Sorenson’s misreading ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Happy Halloween! **Open Thread**
  
  
  
  Well, it being Halloween and everything, I thought about doing some snarky kind of post about politicians who are particularly scary, like Nancy Pelosi, or Barney Frank. But then I thought, “Why ruin a perfectly nice holiday?” Ahem. So - for your enjoyment, I have the following photographs, se ...
  
  
  
  
  
• October 31, 2009 Market Review: Cinderella’s Bal ...
  
  
  
  HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Is the clock getting ready to strike twelve? Is it time to get home? Is the magical ball that has enchanted many market participants about to end? How so? As quantitative easing programs around the world end and global governments start to increase interest rates, will we experienc ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Fall Classic - Game 3 - Yankees At Phillies
  
  
  
  Yankees pitcher AJ Burnett pitched the game of his life Thursday night, giving up only one run (which could just as easily been an unearned run, but who knows the ways of Official Scorers?). The final score of the second game was 3 -1 Yankees. Tex (Mark Texiera) tied up the score with [...]
  
  
  
  
  

Environmental Graffiti

• The Lady Bug Gymnastics
• Bizarre Bubbles Invade the Ocean Floor
• Manhattan of the Desert: Yemen’s Ancient Mud Sky ...
• The Rise and Fall of Christianity’s Warrior Monk ...
• Welcome to Deception Island

Foreign Policy in Focus

• From Geneva with Love: Breakthrough in U.S.-Irania ...
  
  
  
  Engaging Iran provides an American blessing upon the shattered hopes of millions of Iranians.
  
  
  
  
  
• Rethinking Iran
  
  
  
  Despite the belligerent talk from Western media, Iran is responding to internal and external pressure more than you think.
  
  
  
  
  
• More Than Backpedaling on NAFTA
  
  
  
  Despite promising to renegotiate the trade pact during his presidential bid, Obama is continuing Bush's efforts to boost corporate integration.
  
  
  
  
  
• Activist Listeners
  
  
  
  The Raqs Media Collective is revolutionizing the art of communication in Delhi and beyond.
  
  
  
  
  
• Obama and State Secrets
  
  
  
  The Obama administration has taken a few steps toward reining in executive power.
  
  
  
  
  

Global Elite

• Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K Gov ...
  
  
  
  Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there wil ...
  
  
  
  
  
• President European Commission Advocated World Gove ...
  
  
  
  Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International Affa ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current C ...
  
  
  
  Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the d ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a G ...
  
  
  
  Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare progr ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
  
  
  
  Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’s ...
  
  
  
  
  

Al Jazeera

• Karzai rival pulls out of runoff
  
  
  
  Abdullah Abdullah says decision follows Afghan government refusal to reform electoral body.
  
  
  
  
  
• US backs Israel on 'preconditions'
  
  
  
  Hillary Clinton says settlement issue should be considered as part of peace negotiations.
  
  
  
  
  
• Philippines begins typhoon clean-up
  
  
  
  People returning to their homes as Mirinae, which caused 14 deaths, weakens into storm.
  
  
  
  
  
• Zelaya upbeat on Honduras deal
  
  
  
  Ousted president calls on congress to "reverse coup" that forced him from office.
  
  
  
  
  
• Mubarak backs 'young leadership'
  
  
  
  Egyptian president evades succession issue in speech to ruling party's convention.
  
  
  
  
  

Green Inc. - NYT

• On Our Radar...
  
  
  
  The Chamber of Commerce chief battles Obama and other energy and environment news from around the Web.
  
  
  
  
  
• Limiting Growth in Two Provinces Is the Key to Can ...
  
  
  
  A report by two environmental groups and funded by Toronto-Dominion Bank finds that Canada can only meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets by limiting growth in Alberta and Saskatchewan.
  
  
  
  
  
• Report Argues for a Decentralized System of Renewa ...
  
  
  
  Most states could meet their demand for electricity with renewable energy sources inside their own borders, according to a new report.
  
  
  
  
  
• With 'Low-Power Happy Hour' and a Worm Bin, an Ida ...
  
  
  
  The Bittercreek Alehouse in Boise, Idaho, is pioneering inexpensive ways to cut down on waste and electricity use.
  
  
  
  
  
• F.T.C. Proposes New Light Bulb Label
  
  
  
  The Federal Trade Commission introduced a proposed new consumer label for light bulbs -- a product category that is generating a lot of confusion.
  
  
  
  
  

Dot Earth News

• Fresh Warnings on Climate Overstatement
  
  
  
  Scientists point to the risks of glossing over climate complexity in warnings on warming.
  
  
  
  
  
• Some Tough Thoughts on Climate Policy
  
  
  
  Readers share discouragement over the Obama administration's approach to energy and climate.
  
  
  
  
  
• Tracking the White House Energy Forum
  
  
  
  Tracking a live forum on prospects for a clean-energy economy held by President Obama's climate and energy team.
  
  
  
  
  
• Going Beyond Finding Your Home on Google Earth
  
  
  
  Can Google Earth move beyond "There's my house" to improving the planet?
  
  
  
  
  
• How U.S. Households Could Cut Emissions of Greenh ...
  
  
  
  A new study says the United States could reduce its greenhouse emissions by nearly 8 percent in the next decade if Americans undertook a short list of behavioral changes.
  
  
  
  
  

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• Collapse, conspiracy, concern trolling, commidifie ...
  
  
  
  "I have heard much of the nefarious, and dangerous plan, and doctrines of the Illuminati, but never saw the Book until you were pleased to send it to me." "It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On t ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The new Boiling Frogs Post/Sibel Edmonds site; Joh ...
  
  
  
  Sibel Edmonds & co have set up a new website called Boiling Frogs Post and they're going to be looking at a lot of shady stuff. The podcasts that have been going for a while have been really good & detailed material from whistleblowers and journalists about what's going on. [BTW here is a good recen ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Ooky spooky Soviet bioscience: 1940 Soviet Zombie ...
  
  
  
  In all likelihood this Soviet propaganda video is fake, but it has a Zombie Dog head. I gotta say they should have had a better angle at the dog head, but it does kinda look real. Via this list of 25 scariest scientific experiments on io9.com. Tuskegee, Mengele and Unit 731 are all noted in the rund ...
  
  
  
  
  
• A time for truth: New York Times reports Brother K ...
  
  
  
  I was a bit surprised to see the New York Times report this evening that embattled Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brother has been taking mad CIA cash for some time. [Or rather, the three journalists who did the story are oddly emphasized, 'compartmentalized' on this risky exposure.] Earlier Willia ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Daily Censored

• I’ve got nothing to hide, so why should I wo ...
  
  
  
  You've heard this statement many times over the past few years.  As surveillance, tracking, and CCTV use has become almost ubiquitous in several places in the world, many people hold to the belief that they truly do not have anything to hide, so they don't object to more and more ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Origins of the “Global Warming” Scare
  
  
  
  When it comes to corporate media, environmentalists and dissidents are quick to look for hidden agendas, which is valuable for posing critical questions and avoiding lockstep acceptance of establishment memes. However when it comes to media and movements that present themselves as "green" or "progre ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Watch Out for the Falling Coconuts
  
  
  
  Good or bad, we have lost Halloween. Yes, we’re still buying candy by the bushels, but from what I hear most people are hoping that few kids will show up at their doors so that they can have the treats to themselves. I used to do the same thing – ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Medical Insurance Fat Cats Working to Fleece Regul ...
  
  
  
  Glenn Ford of the “Black Agenda Report” says that President Obama is waging a phony fight for public relations purposes in the media verse the insurance agencies. Ford says it’s really a sham battle and the issue has in actuality already been decided. The insurance companies gained the biggest ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Church and State
  
  
  
  Yesterday I discussed briefly the concept of “the Separation of Church and State.”  It was over a situation that arose in Fort Oglethorpe, GA, a town about one hundred miles from Atlanta and less than 10 miles from Chattanooga, TN.  The people in Fort Oglethorpe are bringing signs and b ...
  
  
  
  
  

AlterNet's Breaking News

• Obama praised on economy, but unemployment remains
• Parker, Ginobili and NBA Spurs bat Kings aside
• Yankees pound Phillies to grab Series lead
• Sick Elton John postpones US gigs with Joel
• Bomb kills seven in Pakistan after Clinton warning

Institute for Policy Studies

• Nation's 'Pay Czar' Largely Impotent
  
  
  
  Is the administration really curbing bloated CEO pay?
  
  
  
  
  
• UN Body Backs War Crimes Charges on Israel Hamas
  
  
  
  US threw a protective arm around Israel, but failed to stop the UN Human Rights Council from endorsing accountability efforts.
  
  
  
  
  
• Cuban Embargo: Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
  
  
  
  Will Obama follow precedent when it comes to Cuba?
  
  
  
  
  
• The Struggle Against Free Trade Continues
  
  
  
  As the international community's attention is fixed on the coup and crisis in Honduras, another Central American country fights the constraints and inequalities caused by flawed Free Trade Agreements between the United States and the hemisphere.
  
  
  
  
  
• Our Choice: Control Carbon or Be Cooked
  
  
  
  Our leaders are willing to control our fossil fuel economy but not to embark on a serious program to disarm it.
  
  
  
  
  

Godspace

• A Prayer for the Earth from Brian McLaren
  
  
  
  I have not had much to say about the Climate Change meeting in Copenhagen while I was travelling but this does not mean that the upcoming meeting has not been in my thoughts and prayers.  I think that this is probably the most important meeting on climate change that there has ever been and I [...]
  
  
  
  
  
• A Prayer for All Saints Eve
  
  
  
  We are back in Seattle our heads still whirring with the disorienting experience of starting the day with a beautiful spring morning and ending with blustery autumn weather.  I am also adjusting slowly to the images of pumpkins on doorsteps and scary halloween decorations all over the place – n ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Last Day in Australia – My Concerns About Ho ...
  
  
  
  Tom & I are in the midst of our last day in Sydney.  Tonight we will have dinner with Matt Stone and some of his cronies.  Then tomorrow last trip up to the local shops for a cappuccino or mocha with Mum – hate to admit it but cappuccinos here are much better than in [...]
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 [...]
  
  
  
  
  

Equality Trust

• Warren Buffett on Bonuses and Equality
  
  
  
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• Diversity and equality are not the same thing
  
  
  
  "Racism, homophobia and sexism are on the wane, but Britain is more unequal than ever" writes Deborah Orr
  
  
  
  
  
• Co-operative Economists Win Nobel Prize
  
  
  
  Here's a major coup for new co-operative economic thinking over old competitive economics - you can read more here...
  
  
  
  
  
• Inequality is the source of our schools gap
  
  
  
  Read the Observer's Editorial
  
  
  
  
  
• Inequality caused the 'broken society'
  
  
  
  Read a report from the Guardian's Anne Perkins about our fringe event at the Conservative Party Conference yesterday.
  
  
  
  
  

IntelNews

• News you may have missed #0160
  
  
  
  US spy budget up $2 billion since 2008. Analysis: The CIA's Afghan payroll. South Korean college teacher charged with spying for North.
  
  
  
  
  
• Documents allegedly describe joint US-Colombian sp ...
  
  
  
  A day after announcing the arrest of a number of Colombian intelligence agents on Venezuelan soil, Venezuelan officials presented what they described as “irrefutable evidence” of joint US-Colombian spy operations.
  
  
  
  
  
• New research reveals extent of East German spying ...
  
  
  
  Previously unknown aspects of East German intelligence-gathering operations in Canada will be presented this coming Saturday at the annual conference of the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies in Ottawa.
  
  
  
  
  
• News you may have missed #0159
  
  
  
  US Congress wants to change locks in document safes. A US spy in wartime Ireland.
  
  
  
  
  
• FBI still lacks translators, eight years after 9/1 ...
  
  
  
  An internal audit by the US Justice Department’s inspector general has found that the FBI faces a critical shortage of foreign-language specialists, eight years after 9/11.
  
  
  
  
  

After Downing Street.org

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• UK activists seek arrest of Israeli officers
  
  
  
  By GREGORY KATZ, The Associated Press LONDON -- British lawyers looking for ways to hold Israel accountable for its deadly advance into Gaza last year have expanded their legal campaign by seeking the arrest of Israeli military officers entering Britain. The attorneys plan to go to British courts to ...
  
  
  
  
  
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  By MARILYN H. KARFELD, Cleveland Jewish News Nine soldiers from the Ohio Army National Guard have joined 1,000 U.S. troops and the Israeli Defense Forces in joint military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea that include preparation for an Iranian missile attack on Israel. The major air defense drill ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Goldstone: Dear Congress, About All Those Lies Re ...
  
  
  
  The Honorable Howard Berman Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs The Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs October 29, 2009 Dear Chairman Berman and Ranking Member Ros-Lehtinen, It has come to my attention that a resolution has been introduced in ...
  
  
  
  
  
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Grist - News

• E.U. agrees on helping poor nations fight climate ...
  
  
  
  by Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS -- E.U. leaders on Friday reached a compromise deal on how to help developing nations tackle climate change, but without putting a figure to Europe's contribution, officials said. "We have an agreement," said Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, at the end of a ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Grass people invade Congress as Senate hearings wr ...
  
  
  
  by Jonathan Hiskes The third and final day of the hearings on the Kerry-Boxer climate bill wrapped up in the Senate Environment and Public Works committee today. We’ve been collecting the best reactions and analysis on our aggregation page . Here’s a quick rundown of where things stand. The wra ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Sen. Kerry to youth on climate bill: We’re g ...
  
  
  
  by Ashley Braun When John Kerry speaks, the kids listen up.Photo: Cliff1066 via Flickr Creative CommonsOn a conference call Tuesday night with young climate activists, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) served up several newsy tidbits, starting with his hint that sort-of climate news will come out of Presid ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Who’s who on the EPW: Senate committee begin ...
  
  
  
  by Brad Johnson Cross-posted from the Wonk Room . John Kerry testifying.This week, hearings begin in the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S. 1733). This comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation ,co-sponsored by Sens. John Ke ...
  
  
  
  
  
• UN chief will pressure senators on climate bill
  
  
  
  by Jonathan Hiskes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a press conference in Seattle (Oct. 26, 2009).Jon Hiskes / GristAs the U.S. Senate begins work on a climate and energy bill this week, senators shouldn't be surprised if they get a phone call from the guy who counts every person on Earth as a m ...
  
  
  
  
  

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• Windows Mobile doesn’t want your silly apps
  
  
  
  Section: Communications , Cellphones , Email / IM , Smartphones , Mobile We at Gadgetell talk a lot about third party applications for mobile phone operating systems and how they might make or break a platform.  The news comes today that Microsoft Product Manager for France let slip tha ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Saving for College
  
  
  
  Our little girl is already 6 weeks old and before you know it I will probably be talking about her heading to college. Time is flying and I feel like now is the best time to get the game plan ready for college savings since I have time on my side. I would have loved to be able to set aside $5,00 ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Yanks Fans Never Give Up! Right Mayor? Mayor?
  
  
  
  Mayor Michael Bloomberg last night at Yankees-Phillies: ( Source ) They could’ve just given the tickets to Gov. Patterson if he was going to do that. Share This
  
  
  
  
  
• Asus rumored to sell cheaper ultra-thin laptop nex ...
  
  
  
  Apple’s MacBook Air will soon be challenged on its super-slimness, by Windows-powered computers from Asus, Acer and MSI that may lack Apple’s aluminum-cased pizazz, but will cost a lot less. Digitimes reports that Asus, maker of the low-cost Eee PC netbook, will begin selling two ultra-slim n ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Birthday cannon
  
  
  
  Happy birthday, here's your cannon ... @ Dailymail Mike Daugherty asked his 11-year-old son Logan what he wanted for his birthday. The boy said, "I want a cannon." Dad didn't scoff at Logan's request by saying, "How about a hippopotamus instead," as a Christmas song from another era lamented. No ...
  
  
  
  
  

Time - Top Stories

• Jesuit Message Drives Detroit's Last Catholic Scho ...
  
  
  
  Detroit's only Catholic college-prep school is on a mission--to educate young men and save the city
  
  
  
  
  
• Swine Flu's Unsportsmanlike Conduct
  
  
  
  Athletes are trying to avoid H1N1. But must friendly gestures lose out?
  
  
  
  
  
• Pakistan's Other Problem Area: Baluchistan
  
  
  
  Though the massive desert province of Baluchistan is home to less than 5% of Pakistan's people, it could prove to be the next hot spot in Pakistan's fight to control militancy in its borders
  
  
  
  
  
• Pakistan Doubles Down Against the Taliban
  
  
  
  It used to be obsessed only with India. But the army and public opinion have now turned against the enemy within
  
  
  
  
  
• The Case for Modesty, in an Age of Arrogance
  
  
  
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Washington Independent

• NY-23: Republicans for Hoffman
  
  
  
  In case there was any doubt that national Republicans would put a horrible two-week brawl behind them and back Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman in NY-23, that’s being put to rest. From RNC Chairman Michael Steele: Effective immediately, the RNC will endorse and support the conservative ca ...
  
  
  
  
  
• NY-23: What Happens, Who Wins, Who Loses?
  
  
  
  So now that Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman is the de facto Republican candidate in NY-23, what happens? Local Republican parties in the district, some of them led by people who were never happy with former GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, will endorse Hoffman. National Republicans, includin ...
  
  
  
  
  
• NY-23: Independence Party Chairman Endorses Bill O ...
  
  
  
  I just got off the phone with Frank MacKay, state chairman of the New York Independence Party, a powerful third party which had endorsed Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava in the NY-23 special election. While Scozzafava has suspended her campaign, she will remain on the ballot as the candidate of ...
  
  
  
  
  
• NY-23: Hoffman Responds to Scozzafava Quitting the ...
  
  
  
  Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate in the NY-23 special election, puts out a flag-waving statement on the GOP candidate’s surprising, 11th-hour surrender. Hoffman defines the race, as conservatives have defined it for weeks, as between his Mr. Smith persona and the forces of ACORN, Nan ...
  
  
  
  
  
• NY-23: GOP Candidate Drops Out
  
  
  
  Dede Scozzafava, the Republican candidate in the NY-23 special election, has suspended her campaign with a tearful, regretful statement delivered at her headquarters in Watertown, N.Y. Scozzafava’s move clears a path for unlikely Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman to beat Democratic candida ...
  
  
  
  
  

CowBoss' Brain Food

• On Farmers, Activists and Scary Food Issues
  
  
  
  I must confess that before I traveled to Iowa earlier this month, I had rubbed elbows with quite a few farmers, but by and large, they were not typical. Many of them were organic producers. Many were young. Probably a statistically disproportionate number Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Business  | ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Carnivore’s Dilemma
  
  
  
  IS eating a hamburger the global warming equivalent of driving a Hummer? This week an article in The Times of London carried a headline that blared: “Give Up Meat to Save the Planet.” Former Vice President Al Gore, who has made climate change his signatur Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Society & ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Veal, cast in a kinder light
  
  
  
  Eating veal -- or not eating it, to be more accurate -- is one thing many carnivores and vegetarians can agree on. For most, the methods used to produce tender, milky-colored meat aren't a worthwhile trade-off. But what if eating veal were no less ethical Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Society & Cu ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Hens 'more eco-friendly' than pet dogs
  
  
  
  Want to do your bit for the environment? Then swap your German shepherd for an edible pet. Two Kiwi professors have delivered the glum news that the eco-pawprint of a pet dog is twice that of a 4.6-litre Land Cruiser driven 10,000 kilometres a year. Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Society & Cultur ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Mapping climate impacts
  
  
  
  A new map illustrating the global consequences of failing to keep temperature change to under 2 °C was launched today by the UK Government, in partnership with the Met Office. Submitted by cowboss at wscc to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
  

Suzie-Q

• Who speaks for Islam?
  
  
  
  Everyone, it seems, has a party line about who the good Muslims and bad Muslims are. Sadly, many of the dichotomies distort as much as they reveal, and use simple labels based on superficial preconceptions and over-simplifications, says Meena Sharify-Funk. Middle East Online, Oct 30, 2009 Waterloo, ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Beck Predicts Palin Is Positioning Herself For Thi ...
  
  
  
  Beck’s prediction: Sarah Palin positioning herself for third-party run — and a third party will win in 2012 Crooks & Liars- By David Neiwert Saturday Oct 31, 2009 8:00am Bill O’Reilly is “fascinated” with Sarah Palin, and has been featuring segments on her a lot of late. He had Glenn B ...
  
  
  
  
  
• In The Know: Are Politicians Failing Our Lobbyists ...
  
  
  
  Video compliments of The Onion The Best Entourage $263.4 Million of Lobbying Money Can Buy Change.org by Tim Foley Published August 14, 2009 @ 11:01PM PT An optimist sees the glass as half-full. A pessimist sees the glass, sees the water, and begins to wonder how it got there, who paid for the ser ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Is Lieberman Afraid To Debate Maddow On Health Car ...
  
  
  
  Joe Lieberman is afraid to debate Rachel Maddow on health reform. Think Progress- By Faiz Shakir at 10:40 am For the past couple of nights on her MSNBC show, Rachel Maddow has skewered Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) for his stated willingness to filibuster health reform. Decrying his “demonstrably and ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Matthew Hoh: A Great American Patriot
  
  
  
  Malou Innocent, cato-at-liberty.com, Oct 28, 2009 Former Marine captain Matthew Hoh became the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war. His letter of resignation echoes some arguments I have made earlier this year, namely, that what we are witnessing is a local and regio ...
  
  
  
  
  

Solari

• Trick or Treat!
  
  
  
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• Dangerous Side Effects of Ultra-Easy Money
  
  
  
  By Gary Dorsch Operating under the elixir of ultra-low interest rates, and flush with trillions of fiat currency at their disposal, courtesy of the world’s top-20 central banks, hedge funds and banking Oligarchs are once again making risky and daring bets in commodities, emerging markets, junk bo ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Living Matrix
  
  
  
  The Living Matrix – The Science of Healing uncovers new ideas about the intricate web of factors that determine our health. You will meet a group of dedicated scientists, psychologists, bioenergetic researchers and holistic practitioners who are finding healing potential in new places. Continue r ...
  
  
  
  
  
• We’re Governed by Callous Children
  
  
  
  By Peggy Noonan The new economic statistics put growth at a healthy 3.5% for the third quarter. We should be dancing in the streets. No one is, because no one has any faith in these numbers. Waves of money are sloshing through the system, creating a false rising tide that lifts all boats for the mo ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Trick or Treat!
  
  
  
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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...
  
  
  
  
  

AlterNet - DrugReporter

• Pot Is More Mainstream Than Ever, So Why Is Legali ...
  
  
  
  Obama's drug czar has said "legalization" isn't in his vocabulary. Here's why it should be.
  
  
  
  
  
• The Case for Marijuana Legalization and Regulation
  
  
  
  An exclusive look at the historic testimony prepared for a special hearing on legalizing marijuana to the California Assembly.
  
  
  
  
  
• Busted for Handing Out Clean Needles? Courageous A ...
  
  
  
  Two passionate drug reformers are looking at serious jail time for trying to save lives.
  
  
  
  
  
• President Obama And Gov. Paterson Get Love For Rec ...
  
  
  
  We are obviously a long way from elected officials being honest and principled when it comes to dismantling the disastrous drug war. But the tides seem to be turning.
  
  
  
  
  
• What Two Super-Jocks Can Tell Us About the Disastr ...
  
  
  
  We have a double standard -- promoting the recreational use of alcohol and banning the similar use of marijuana.
  
  
  
  
  

Twilight Earth

• West Virginians Come to DC to Protest Mountaintop ...
  
  
  
  I had the distinct honor of meeting and speaking with Bo Webb, Mountain Top Removal Protester and Activist, outside the EPA offices in Washington DC today. Related posts: Senior Citizens March 25 Miles Against Mountaintop Removal Ending Streamlined Mountaintop Coal Removal Permits Is Not Enough ...
  
  
  
  
  
• NASA Arctic Satellite About to Die? Here Comes Ope ...
  
  
  
  NASA, and the world, have a problem. It’s ICESAT-I (Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite) which provides critical data on rapidly changing ice volume and thickness, is going to go offline this year. The launch of its replacement, the ICESat-II, isnt schedualed until 2014-15. This creates a lar ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Planet Green Announces New Green Materials Guide
  
  
  
  Planet Green, those eco-people who bring us Planet Green TV and Treehugger.com among other eco-wonderful sites, has done it again. This time they’re making our building and renovating choices easier. Related posts: Goodbye Green Trend – Hello Sustainable Common Sense What’s Greener than G ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Twilight Earth Joins the MWW Pulse Panel
  
  
  
  Twilight Earth is proud to be on the panel of Public Relations giant MWW's new Pulse panel. Related posts: Twilight Earth at SXSW? Help Vote us Onto a Conference Panel! Twilight Earth News Twilight Earth Celebrates its 1 Year Anniversary
  
  
  
  
  
• Top 10 Climate Change Commercials (Videos)
  
  
  
  Twilight Earth brings you our list of the Top 10 Climate Change Commercials. We chose these based on their ability to make us think. Related posts: White House Follow-up on Global Climate Change Impacts 2009 Global Climate Change Impact Report Released The Proof versus Belief Conundrum in Referenc ...
  
  
  
  
  

Inhabitat

• ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO ENTER OUR HALLOWEEN COSTUME C ...
  
  
  
  THERE’S ONLY 1 MORE DAY TO ENTER OUR HALLOWEEN CONTEST! Happy Hallowgreen everyone – there are only a few more hours left before you get dressed up in your most frightening finery, and we want you to share your pics with us in our fabulous Green Halloween Costume Photo Contest. We’re challengi ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Zombie Chair Ressurected By Hongtao Zhou
  
  
  
  Zombie chair! Out for your wood scraps! Oozing sawdust and pure carnage! Designer Hongtao Zhou, who we found  playing with ice, decided to get Holiday on a broken, abandoned chair he found on the streets in Madison, Wisconsin. The result: chair of the undead, risen from the swamp and demanding the ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Links Roundup of the Week: Almost Halloween!
  
  
  
  As the trees begin to lose their leaves, once full and leafy branches grow increasingly bare to create suddenly spooky shadows in our windows — just in time for Halloween. Halloween is tomorrow and we’ve been admiring the green and ghoulish as well as just the plain weird. Take a look below for ...
  
  
  
  
  
• REMINDER: Don’t Forget to Enter Our Green Hallow ...
  
  
  
  CALLING ALL HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN COSTUME CRAFTERS! The deadline for our annual Green Halloween Costume Photo Contest is approaching so fast that it’s scary! We’ve gotten some awesome submissions so far, but we still want see yours so get your pics in NOW for a chance to win some sweet prizes like ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Incredible LEGO Kitchen Renovation
  
  
  
  A lot of us can recall spending hours upon hours of stacking colorful Legos into shapes and sizes that tickled our imagination as children. While some of us outgrew that phase, thankfully some of us didn’t forget the charm of the little Lego man’s smile or the amazingness contained within every ...
  
  
  
  
  

Pogue's Posts

• Return to Sender
  
  
  
  Have an amazing idea? Here's why Steve Jobs, Steve Ballmer and Sergey Brin don't want to hear about it.
  
  
  
  
  
• Are You Nice or Am I Famous?
  
  
  
  Do columnists or other prominent people get special white-glove treatment from customer-service reps? Hard to say, but anecdotally, the evidence is thin.
  
  
  
  
  
• Pogue Answers Reader Questions on Windows 7
  
  
  
  Whenever I review something that affects so many people, I can count on getting a lot of feedback - and I did, even though the review appeared only last night. Here's a sampling, with my responses.
  
  
  
  
  
• Computerized Health Records
  
  
  
  An interview with Dr. David Blumenthal, the President's medical-records czar.
  
  
  
  
  
• AT&T Does the Right Thing
  
  
  
  You'll soon be able to make unlimited phone calls on your iPhone - without using up any of your monthly airtime minutes.
  
  
  
  
  

Open Your Eyes News

• Ultrasecret NSA Has Conspicuous Role in New Federa ...
  
  
  
  Newsweek – Congress and civil libertarians have always been twitchy about involving the ultrasecretive National Security Agency—masters of electronic spying—more deeply in domestic security matters. Revelations that George W. Bush authorized the NSA (Motto: Never Say Anything) in the wak ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Lebanon warns UN: Israel planning to attack us
  
  
  
  Haaretz – Lebanon’s ambassador to the United Nations has warned that Israel is exhibiting signs of an imminent attack on his country, the Lebanese newspaper Al-Hayyatreported on Friday.Read Article
  
  
  
  
  
• Roubini: Global Markets Could Soon Crash
  
  
  
  MoneyMax – The global markets are at risk of crashing when the dollar rebounds, says economist Nouriel Roubini. Roubini, a professor at NYU, is credited with long predicting the financial collapse of 2007 and 2008. “In the short run what’s happening is there’s a wall of liquidity, n ...
  
  
  
  
  
• China taps huge copper reserves in Afghanistan
  
  
  
  AP — At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3 billion mine project to tap one of the world’s largest unexploited copper reserves, a potential financial boon for an impoverished country mired in war. Read Article The Histori ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Monster Timor Sea oil slick continues to grow – ...
  
  
  
  Perth Now – A GRAPHIC image showing the enormity of the Timor Sea oil spill has been released as pressure continued on Australia and the company involved. The Australian Conservation Foundation map reveals just how monstrous the slick would look if it was off the coast near Perth. Read Article
  
  
  
  
  

Monkey Smashes Heaven

• Revisionists in China and Amerikkkans want stronge ...
  
  
  
  Revisionists in China and Amerikkkans want stronger military ties (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Both the US and Chinese long for closer military ties. This feeling was expressed at a recent meeting attended by high ranking administration and military personnel from both countries. Both US Sec ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Czy socjalizm polepszy życie ludzi w Pierwszym Ś ...
  
  
  
  Czy socjalizm polepszy życie ludzi w Pierwszym Świecie? (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com, Will First Worlders benefit from socialism? translated into Polish by the NKP(M)) Socjalizm doprowadzi do pogorszenia się standardu materialnego mieszkańców Pierwszego Świata. Pierwszoświatowcy zarabi ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Palestinians should have nukes says Gaddafi
  
  
  
  Palestinians should have nukes says Gaddafi (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Gaddafi has recently said that Palestinians and others in the Arab world should be armed with nuclear weapons. “If the Israelis have the nuclear weapons and the nuclear capabilities, then it is the right of the Egypt ...
  
  
  
  
  
• A Speech by a RAIM Comrade on the 8th Anniversary ...
  
  
  
  A Speech by a RAIM Comrade on the 8th Anniversary of the Invasion of Afghanistan (raimd.wordpress.com) The following was delivered by a RAIM comrade on October 7th, 2009, the 8th anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan. In the speech, the RAIM comrade tells the audience of anti-war and police br ...
  
  
  
  
  

PakAlert

• US Rich-Poor Income Gap World’s Most Extreme
  
  
  
  Dullophob.com 10-29-9 Income inequality in the US is now the most extreme of all countries. The 2008 OECD report ‘Income Distribution and Poverty in OECD Countries’ concludes that the US is the country with the highest inequality and poverty rate across the OECD and that since 2000 nowhere has ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Michael Moore’s Action Plan: 15 Things Every Ame ...
  
  
  
  You’ve Seen the Movie — Now It’s Time to ACT! by Michael Moore Friends, It’s the #1 question I’m constantly asked after people see my movie: “OK — so NOW what can I DO?!” You want something to do? Well, you’ve come to the right place! ‘Cause I got 15 things you and I can do r ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Can Mrs. Clinton Control CIA In Afghanistan?
  
  
  
  There is a reason why her first visit to Pakistan turned into a big firefighting mission.  In less than two years, even Pakistan’s elite turned suspicious of US intentions.  Forget Hillary’s empty accusations that Pakistan is protecting al-Qaeda, the truth is that Washington has played a d ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Military Escalation: Obama okays $130 b for Afghan ...
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama Wednesday signed the fiscal 2010 National Defence Authorization Act during a ceremony at the White House. Obama hailed the act, which contains $680.2 billion in military budget authority, as transformational legislation that targets wasteful defence spending. The a ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Recovery? More Than 100 Bank Failures in 2009, Job ...
  
  
  
  New York – Two more banks were taken over late Friday by US regulators, bring to 101 the number of bank failures so far this year. The latest financial institutions to fall amid the longest recession since the 1930s were regional banks in Florida and Georgia. After the highly publicized failure of ...
  
  
  
  
  

ecogeek

• Solar Projects Battling for Water
  
  
  
  Construction of renewable energy projects has revealed some serious environmental issues that will have to be dealt with as we speed toward a clean energy future.  We recently wrote about the conflict between land conservation efforts and renewable energy projects in deserts out west.  Land that ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Bright Doling Out Advice to Army, Automakers
  
  
  
  Bright Automotive, best known for its 100-mpg IDEA plug-in utility van, announced a new $1.4 million contract with the U.S. Army to build a plug-in hybrid for non-combat use.  The PHEV will be designed to cut Army fuel consumption as well as to demonstrate how an EV could potentially feed power ba ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Dell Plants Solar Trees in the Parking Lot
  
  
  
  Dell is doing it again, this time on-site, with a series of solar trees that will not only help power it's headquarters in Round Rock, Texas, but also serve to charge electric vehicles parked there. Of course, there aren't currently any electric vehicles parking in the Dell lot, but hopefully that w ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Let's Make This Clear: Vertical Farms Don't Make S ...
  
  
  
  The inside of a skyscraper is, literally, the most expensive "land" in the world. So it probably isn't the best place to grow our food. The idea of vertical farming (growing food in high-rise buildings in the middle of cities instead of out on farms) has been gaining a lot of interest lately. Mos ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Times Online - Science

• My week: Kevan Sheehen
  
  
  
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• Staff maim lab mice with ballpoints
  
  
  
  Thousands of animals being used to test a wrinkle-erasing rival to Botox are facing cruel and agonising experiments at a Home Office-approved laboratory, an undercover investigation has found.
  
  
  
  
  
• Plastic nerves may give new limbs feelings
  
  
  
  Scientists have developed artificial nerves that could one day enable amputees to feel heat, cold and touch with their prosthetic limbs.
  
  
  
  
  
• Psychic computer shows your thoughts on screen
  
  
  
  Scientists have discovered how to “read” minds by scanning brain activity and reproducing images of what people are seeing — or even remembering.
  
  
  
  
  
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  A spider’s web encased in a piece of amber found by two brothers on an East Sussex beach has been confirmed as the oldest known to science.
  
  
  
  
  

Environment _ National Geographic

• Crime-Fighting Leech Fingers Perp
  
  
  
  Police in Australia say a blood-engorged leech, through DNA testing, led them to a man responsible for the robbery eight years ago of a 71-year-old woman. Video
  
  
  
  
  
• Alligators Sing to Set Up Singles Clubs? (With Vid ...
  
  
  
  Only an alligator could truly understand the allure of this thunderous "chorus." But a new study says the song may be an invitation to reptilian romantic networking.
  
  
  
  
  
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• Leaves "Magnetized" by Air Pollution, Study Finds
  
  
  
  Although they wouldn't be physically attracted to a magnet, "magnetic" tree leaves along heavy traffic routes may offer a quick, cheap way to test for air pollution, a new study says.
  
  
  
  
  
• PICTURES: Best Mountain Photos of 2009 Announced
  
  
  
  A steam-shrouded bison, a bikini-clad diver, a seven-year-old shepherd, and other wild wonders stalk our selection of winning pictures from the latest Banff Mountain Photography Competition.
  
  
  
  
  

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

• Who needs sleep?
  
  
  
  Those who know me well know that I am a part-time insomniac. At times I can go days without sleeping before I finally burn and crash . Many of the posts I have written were done in the middle of the night and saved to post later. Don't ask me which ones' because I probably won't remember. Now I may ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Score One For The Working Families Party in NYC
  
  
  
  Score two, actually... Via The Gotham Gazette, The Working Families Party , a political party that has made significant contributions to Connecticut's political landscape, has taken over New York city : Both Liu and de Blasio had the endorsement of the Working Families Party , yesterday and in th ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Jon Stewart on Healthcare
  
  
  
  The Daily Show's Jon Stewart takes a look at the healthcare successes of the Democrats: The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Democratic Super Majority www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Ron Paul Interview (h/t GottaLaff :)
  
  
  
  
  
• Goin' Down The Memory Hole
  
  
  
  It's Tengrain Presents... So you know you should get over there and read it all!
  
  
  
  
  
• A Politician That Might Just Do What He Promises?
  
  
  
  A Middletown Township, Pennsylvania, politician telling you he has done nothing for the last 6 years: "Nobody does nothing better than Steve Young" H/T the Smirking Chimp and I have to wonder if this is even real? [update] Holy crap! It might just be for real and he is a Democratic candidate, a ...
  
  
  
  
  

SPL Center

• What’s on the Menu at Georgia Eatery? A Raci ...
  
  
  
  We can’t vouch for the cuisine at the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, Georgia, but owner Patrick Lanzo serves a heaping plate full of racist rhetoric. His most recent offering: “Obamas plan for healthcare: Nigger rig it.” Lanzo told an Atlanta TV reporter recently the sign was a c ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Von Brunn Moved to Prison in North Carolina for Co ...
  
  
  
  James von Brunn, the elderly white supremacist charged with killing a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in June, has been transferred to a federal prison in North Carolina for an evaluation to determine whether he is competent to stand trial. He arrived at the Butner Federal Medic ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Tancredo Ventures Further Out on the Fringe
  
  
  
  Colorado Republican Tom Tancredo was the face of the anti-immigration movement in Congress for 10 years. While he was there, he could serve up his deport-’em-all rhetoric from the House floor. And as an early contender for the 2008 GOP presidential nomination, he drew supportive crowds and mainstr ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Gringo Times - Rio

• Gringo, What’s in a Word?
  
  
  
  By Juliana Tafur, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - “A-tok-a” is the term used to refer to foreigner in Taiwanese. Curiously, the word’s approximate translation is “big nose”. In Haitian Creole, “blan” is synonymous for white person, derived from the french word “blanc”. Ask a ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Outrage Over Afroreggae Evandro João da Silva’s ...
  
  
  
  By Lindsay Spratt, Sub Editor RIO DE JANEIRO - Evandro João da Silva, coordinator of Afroreggae, one of Rio de Janeiro’s largest non-profit organizations, was shot to death after being mugged on Sunday morning, October 18.  Evandro was on his way to the nightclub Dito e Feito in Rio ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Lula’s PMDB Party Backs Dilma
  
  
  
  By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - President Lula’s chosen successor Dilma Rousseff has received a significant boost to her campaign to succeed the enormously popular Luis Inácio Lula da Silva. Rousseff officially gained the support of the nation’s largest political ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Brazilian Drivers Reject Biofuel
  
  
  
  By Bruno De Nicola, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The price of biofuel has risen by more than twelve percent over the past two months. A liter of alcohol, that had an average cost for fuelers of R$1.55 (US$ 0.80), now stands at around R$1.75. The strong rise is forcing drivers to ditch biof ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Record Production for Petrobras
  
  
  
  By Jaylan Boyle, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian government-managed oil giant Petrobras reported in a recent press release record production levels for the month of September. Domestic output increased by 1.2 percent in August. The record figures translate to two million barrels pe ...
  
  
  
  
  

change: org.

• Understand Healthcare Reform in 2 Easy Steps
  
  
  
  If you’re tired of ignorant political sound bites in the healthcare debate, I have the cure. Better yet, it’s virtually free of public and private insurance discussions, with their associated pointed fingers. The film Money-Driven Medicine explores the reasons why the US spends more than twice ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 9500 Liberty: 9-11 Not the Same as 7-11
  
  
  
  9500 Liberty , a documentary film by Annabel Park and Eric Byler, premiered in San Francisco this past Thursday. Hosted by Citizen Hope , NDN and Netroots Nation , and attended by several city officials, it promised to pack a punch. After a three hour grueling commute with detours in the Bay Area, ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 6 Treats in the New House Health Care Bill
  
  
  
  For a bill introduced during Halloween week, there was very little to shock and alarm us in the new combined House health care bill, HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act . As much as progressive reform advocates rejoiced, there was a touch of anticlimax in the mainstream reporting. ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Silicon Valley, Boston, and the Importance of Soci ...
  
  
  
  Despite the power of the internet to accelerate communication and connect people across greater distances than ever before, social density - the depth and diversity of connections in a geographically concentrated area - still has incredible power to determine business innovation and success. Yesterd ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Friday Femme Fatale: Gore Vidal, Gen Y Women & Tra ...
  
  
  
  Ok, so this is more like a Saturday Femme Fatale - but I didn't want to let anyone down who is looking for the most interesting links in the feminist sphere from the past week. Without further delay, here's this week's list: Oldies do it too: Why shouldn't the over-50s have love lives - and talk ab ...
  
  
  
  
  

Common Dreams -News

• Mountaintop Removal Mining Protests Going National
  
  
  
  by Vicki Smith MORGANTOWN, W.Va . - Activists with Mountain Justice, Rainforest Action Network and other groups planned protests at Environmental Protection Agency headquarters and across the country Friday to demand the end of mountaintop removal mining in Appalachia. An online map showed more than ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Arnold, Milton, and the California Nightmare
  
  
  
  by Rebecca Bowe Speaking at the University of California at Berkeley yesterday evening, award-winning journalist and author Naomi Klein lamented the sweeping budgetary cuts to education, women's shelters, and a host of critical social services that have rocked California in recent months. “When t ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Student Expelled to Gaza Strip by Force
  
  
  
  by Ben Lynfield in Jerusalem A Palestinian student has been handcuffed, blindfolded and forcibly expelled to the Gaza Strip by Israeli troops just two months before she was due to graduate from university. read more
  
  
  
  
  
• Clinton Faces Pakistani Anger At Predator Drone At ...
  
  
  
  by Robert Burns ISLAMABAD - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face-to-face Friday with Pakistani anger over U.S. aerial drone attacks in tribal areas along the Afghan border, a strategy that U.S. officials say has succeeded in killing key terrorist leaders. read more
  
  
  
  
  
• Pentagon Officials Won’t Confirm Bush Propaganda ...
  
  
  
  by Brad Jacobson The covert Bush administration program that used retired military analysts to generate favorable wartime news coverage may not have been terminated, Raw Story has found. In interviews, Pentagon officials in charge of the press and community relations offices - which worked in partne ...
  
  
  
  
  

Lifehacker

• Use Ubiquitous Capture to Save Money [Saving Mone ...
  
  
  
  We're huge fans of ubiquitous capture—recording everything that comes to mind when it comes to mind—as a method of getting organized and keeping things from slipping through the cracks. Turns out it's also great for saving money. Photo by koalazymonkey . At The Simple Dollar finance blog, a read ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Get Spray Paint Off Your Car [Automobiles]
  
  
  
  Let's hope you never have to get spray paint off your car, but on the off chance that you do—perhaps after somebody had a little too much fun on Devil's Night—this guide will help. Photo by Rick . If you find your car covered in spray paint, it's not a particularly envious position to be in. If ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 12 Spooktacular DIY Projects For Crazy Halloween ...
  
  
  
  Vampire lollipops? Arcing electricity? Animatronic ghouls? We've got that and more in today's roundup of Halloween DIY projects. Come for the pumpkin with laser-beam eyes and stick around for the melon brains. If you're feeling extremely industrious, you might crank out a few of these props and good ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 Officially Available for Downl ...
  
  
  
  Windows/Mac/Linux: Mozilla just released the first official beta of Firefox 3.6, featuring built-in support for themes (Personas), improved performance, and more. Early adopters, your download is ready. Last week we saw a test build of this release, but if you were waiting for the slight upgrade in ...
  
  
  
  
  
• From the Tips Box: Google Calendar Backup, Safely ...
  
  
  
  Readers offer their best tips for backing up Google Calendar in two clicks, easily ejecting removable media in Windows 7, and staying warm without overpaying for heating. Don't like the gallery layout? Click here to view everything on one page. About the Tips Box: Every day we receive boatloads of g ...
  
  
  
  
  

Newshoggers - AfPak

• Interchangeable Quagmires
  
  
  
  By Steve Hynd Let's try a little experiment. Who do you think wrote this? The current strategy is exactly what Al Qaeda wants—the United States distracted and pinned down by internal conflicts and trapped in a quagmire that has become the perfect rallying cry and recruitment tool for Al Qaeda. The ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Clinton Tries To Spin Afghan Runoff Fiasco
  
  
  
  By Steve Hynd Alternative post title: Spin, Spin As Fast As You Can... Yesterday, the BBC spoke to opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah's senior adviser Ahmed Wali Massoud about the Afghan election run-off. He confirmed other reports by not-too-anonymous Western diplomats that Abdullah was thinkin ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Yankee Go Home
  
  
  
  Commentary By Ron Beasley Hillary Clinton's trip to Pakistan didn't make any friends but it did point out one thing - we don't belong in the middle east. The Pakistanis told the Secretary of State that the Western War On Terror is not their war.After three days of encounters with America-bashing Pak ...
  
  
  
  
  
• There's many a slip between cup and lip
  
  
  
  By Steve Hynd Or between paper and reality. HuffPo's interview with NBC broadcaster Brian Williams in Kabul illustrates how the "force protection" paradigm wins out over well-meaning manuals and papers about "population-centric" COIN better than I ever could. HP: There's all this talk of making the ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Afghan Heroin Kills More Than The War
  
  
  
  By Steve Hynd The $65 billion annual trade in Afghan opium and heroin kills up to 100,000 people every year - dwarfing U.S. troop casualties and outdoing even Afghan civilan deaths from the war there - according to a new report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). According to ...
  
  
  
  
  

Water Wars

• Lake full, people optimistic around Lanier (Atlant ...
  
  
  
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• Plan re-emerges to shift water resources across Fl ...
  
  
  
  Six years ago, Florida's business leaders came up with a plan to create a state water commission that could route water from sleepy North Florida to supply the booming development in South Florida. But their plan proved so controversial that Gov. Jeb Bush scuttled it.Now it's back.
  
  
  
  
  
• Letters to the Editor, Oct. 21, 2009 (Anacortes Am ...
  
  
  
  We should be proud of Navy pilots overhead I read with dislike the recent letter in the Skagit Valley Herald from J. Robert Henderson of Guemes Island with his senseless and thoughtless…
  
  
  
  
  
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WordPress | Economics

• Bangladesh to produce Pajero jeep.
  
  
  
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    Business Innovation Center (BIC) showcases Indonesia’s Top 100 Innovations Innovation –
  
  
  
  
  
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  I have decided to reveal my intellectual preferences by doing a countdown of my 10 favorite thinkers
  
  
  
  
  
• In Defense of Brain Drain
  
  
  
  Michael Clemens and David McKenzie argue that the “movement of skilled workers from poor count
  
  
  
  
  
• The Changing Selectivity of American Colleges
  
  
  
  Caroline M. Hoxby (Stanford University) has a new paper on the changing selectivity of American coll
  
  
  
  
  

McClatchey

• Northrop charges that tanker bidding skewed toward ...
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON -- A European aerospace company and its American partner charge that the Air Force is stacking the odds against them and favoring the Boeing Co. as it prepares to seek bids on a $35 billion contract to start replacing the nation's fleet of aging aerial refueling tankers.
  
  
  
  
  
• His tiny agency has big role in energy debate
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON -- As energy increasingly dominates the economy, a quiet little agency in Washington holds the responsibility for tracking the particles that conduct, fuse, blow, heat, combust and convert the earth, wind and water into the energy that makes our society run.
  
  
  
  
  
• Commentary: Health bill won't insure us from mount ...
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's top economic adviser said Monday that health care reform is essential to gaining control of the nation's deficit. But Christina Romer was only able to applaud congressional attempts to keep from adding still more to the nation's overspending.
  
  
  
  
  
• Commentary: The EPA wants to put a time bomb in Am ...
  
  
  
  CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The federal Environmental Protection Agency is considering requiring use of a blend of ethanol and gasoline known as "E15." This is a risky measure that threatens to damage our car engines and saddle car companies with soaring warranty costs.
  
  
  
  
  
• Commentary: Texas would benefit in health care ove ...
  
  
  
  It's obvious why Texas would benefit from health care reform: 1 in 4 residents is uninsured, a higher share than any state, and changes made in Washington will extend coverage to millions here.
  
  
  
  
  

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

• Copenhagen countdown: 38 days
  
  
  
  This post - my second weekly round-up of political moves as we approach December's UN climate summit - is a little delayed, partly because the week's most important event took place on Thursday and Friday. "File on final whistle," as editors say to football correspondents - most of whom are much be ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Magnetic attraction of climate 'scepticism'
  
  
  
  There's been interest on this blog and elsewhere about a meeting organised on Wednesday by Piers Corbyn , the independent UK weather forecaster who argues that the sources of modern-day climate change lie in magnetic interactions around the Earth rather than greenhouse gas emissions on it. So - a g ...
  
  
  
  
  
• A forest of issues
  
  
  
  An innovative proposal recently emerged from the foliage that aims to keep fossil fuels in the ground while preserving some of South America's most startling biodiversity and securing the traditional territories of indigenous peoples. About one-third of the Ecuadorian government's income now derive ...
  
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  
  

Afghanistan Sun

• Arrests made in Afghan guesthouse attack
  
  
  
  Six people believed to have been involved in Wednesday's deadly attack on a United Nations guesthouse in Kabul have been arrested.
  
  
  
  
  
• Abdullah boycotts Afghan presidential runoff elect ...
  
  
  
  Kabul, Nov 1 (DPA) Afghan presidential challenger Abdullah Abdullah Sunday announced he would boycott a planned runoff election, saying that political conditions could not guarantee a fair process.
  
  
  
  
  
• Turkey takes over NATO command in Afghanistan
  
  
  
  Turkey on Saturday took over command of NATO troops stationed in Kabul. Turkey recently more than doubled its quota from 900 to 1,700 troops in preparation for its command in Kabul, which is to last o...
  
  
  
  
  
• As U.S. looks for exit in Afghanistan, China digs ...
  
  
  
  WASHINGTON - At a former al-Qaida stronghold southeast of the Afghan capital, a state-owned Chinese company is at work on a $3-billion mine project to tap one of the world's largest unexploited copper...
  
  
  
  
  
• Soldier Dies After Afghanistan Blast
  
  
  
  The Ministry of Defence announced the news in a statement released to the media. "It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of a soldier from the Royal Logistic Cor...
  
  
  
  
  

Futurismic

• What are you thinking about?
  
  
  
  It’s a simple question, and one we ask each other all the time… but it comes with a whole lot of psychological baggage, not least that of the barrier between the thoughts you choose to communicate and those you choose to keep confined to your own cerebrum. So here’s the trigger for your next P ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Blurbflies – airborne insectoid advertising
  
  
  
  OK, so the blurbflies from Jeff Noon’s novel Nymphomation were little flying critters that sang or chanted their advertising copy at you, but this is the first time I’ve seen anything along the lines of using actual insects as an advertising medium, even if via the surreal yet lo-fidelity market ...
  
  
  
  
  
• The Uncanny Valley kicks you in the ass: freaky-we ...
  
  
  
  A brief scan of the intertubes shows that I’m pretty much the last person to see this, but just in case you haven’t seen it either here’s footage of Petman, a walking robot prototype from Boston Dynamics [via grinding.be, and loads of other places]: That’s just… hell, I don’t know what ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Machine-making machines making more machine-making ...
  
  
  
  Via Michael Anissimov we hear that the second generation of the RepRap self-replication machine, codenamed “Mendel”, is nearly ready for public release. Meaning that you could buy one (if you found someone who’d sell you one), but you could also build your own from the free open-source plans f ...
  
  
  
  
  
• Private security forces on the rise in Detroit
  
  
  
  Detroit is arguably the reluctant poster-child for the bleeding edge of economic decline in the US, and as such it’s the place to watch to see how things might begin developing elsewhere. Which means that as the police – stretched by underfunding and escalating workload – concentrate their att ...
  
  
  
  
  
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  Experts: Wind plays key role in reducing carbon footprint

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  The family of a woman from California who died in 2007 after taking part in a water drinking contest organized by her local radio station has been awarded ...

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  Internal Affairs: Water board sails ahead with controversial project

  San Jose Mercury News

  - Nov 01, 2009

  - 2 hours ago

  By the Mercury News The board of the Santa Clara Valley Water District — otherwise known as the Golden Spigot — finally got down to brass tacks last week. ...

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  Cold Water Classic: Ones to Watch

  Santa Cruz Sentinel

  - Nov 01, 2009

  - 4 hours ago

  Nat Young: This 18-year-old Santa Cruz prodigy is back for another O'Neill Cold Water Classic after winning the event last year. Young claimed the 2008 NSSA ...

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  New name approved for greater Puget Sound body of water: Salish Sea
  Baltimore Sun
  - Oct 31, 2009
  - 10 hours ago
  The Washington State Board on Geographic Names Friday voted 5-1 in favor of adding Salish Sea as an approved name for the body of water encompassing Puget ...
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