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IPS - Inter Press Services

• ASIA: Artists Join Forces to Make a Difference i ...
  
  
  PHNOM PENH, Nov 29 (IPS) - Nouv Srey Leab, 24, could not quite contain her excitement about the chance to participate in the just concluded regional arts and media festival held in this capital, believing it was one welcome occasion meet fellow artists from other countries in the Mekong sub-r ...
  
  
  
  
• BURMA: Junta under Scrutiny for Concrete Pre-elec ...
  
  
  BANGKOK, Nov 29 (IPS) - In the wake of a meeting attended by the all-powerful military elite, Burma’s military regime is due to come under close scrutiny for concrete signs of change leading up to a promised general elections in 2010.
  
  
  
  
• POLITICS-US: High Court to Hear Patriot Act Chall ...
  
  
  NEW YORK, Nov 28 (IPS) - The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case challenging a law that critics say treats human rights advocates as criminal terrorists, and threatens them with 15 years in prison for advocating nonviolent means to resolve disputes.
  
  
  
  
• POLITICS: Tajik Grip on Afghan Army Signals New E ...
  
  
  WASHINGTON, Nov 28 (IPS) - Contrary to the official portrayal of the Afghan National Army (ANA) as ethnically balanced, the latest data from U.S. sources reveal that the Tajik minority now accounts for far more of its troops than the Pashtuns, the country's largest ethnic group.
  
  
  
  
• /UPDATE*/Namibia: Waiting at the Polls
  
  
  WINDHOEK, Nov 28 (IPS) - The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) has again suspended the observer status of a human rights watchdog it accuses of lying about mistakes on the voter’s roll.
  
  
  
  

Scoop - NZ

• The trouble with apocalypse
  
  
  The trouble with apocalypse is that most people have already seen it at the movie theater, watched it on television, read it in a book, or heard all about it from the pulpit. So inundated with the language of crisis are we that we have become immune to it. From the perspective of the historian our a ...
  
  
  
  
• German banks face a4‚¬90bn fresh losses
  
  
  The Bundesbank has told German banks to take advantage of renewed confidence while they can to prepare for likely losses of a4‚¬90bn (£81bn) over the next year, warning that the delayed shock waves of the economic crisis still pose a major threat to global recovery and bank finance. The venerab ...
  
  
  
  
• US headache over Afghan deserters
  
  
  One in every four combat soldiers quit the Afghan National Army (ANA) during the year ending in September, published data by the US Defense Department and the Inspector General for Reconstruction in Afghanistan reveals.That high rate of turnover in the ANA, driven by extremely high rates of desertio ...
  
  
  
  
• Aust. Foreign Minister Can't Handle The Truth
  
  
  The Goldstone report tells some uncomfortable truths about the way the Gaza conflict got started. But they are truths Stephen Smith would rather not hear, writes Jake LynchRecently a piece in the Fairfax media told of the "huge shock" the Israeli Government establishment is feeling as a result of th ...
  
  
  
  
• News's Bing move ending search neutrality?
  
  
  Even observers with only the most modest passing interest in the media business would have noticed that the past decade has been harsh on media moguls. The established media has found competing in an environment where ''free'' is the most common price point pretty frustrating.This frustration has cl ...
  
  
  
  

Independent ( London )

• Gatecrashers: Gift of the blag
  
  
  To those of us of an anti-social nature, the main problem with parties and receptions is not how to get into them, but out of them – either in advance, with the death, yet again, of Aunt Edith; or once there, as we gaze longingly at the exit and wonder if anyone will notice if we slip away. And t ...
  
  
  
  
• Leave Churchill out of Scientology, says family
  
  
  Fight them on the beaches if you will. But the descendants of Sir Winston Churchill have decided that a more effective way to prevent the Church of Scientology from hijacking the memory of Britain's wartime leader involves stern cease-and-desist letters and the threat of a costly PR battle.
  
  
  
  
• Afghanistan: The hokey-cokey strategy
  
  
  British troops will begin handing over control of Helmand province to Afghan forces by the end of next year, Gordon Brown claimed yesterday as he set out plans for a withdrawal from Afghanistan after years of bloody fighting and the deaths of 235 British soldiers.
  
  
  
  
• Hi, I'm Michaele. I'm your security headache tonig ...
  
  
  He's supposed to be the most protected man on the planet, living in a building described by one of his predecessors as "the world's finest prison." Now a red-faced and furious US Secret Service is trying to explain how a pair of on-the-make Virginia socialites managed to gatecrash a White House stat ...
  
  
  
  
• Dubai Babylon: The glitz, the glamour – and now ...
  
  
  Dubai, the Arabian city state that tried to turn itself into Manhattan-on-the-Gulf inside a decade, looks this weekend as if it may end up more like an expensive imitation of Sodom and Gomorrah. No brimstone, no vengeful God, but still an awful lot of wreckage after an orgy of hedonistic excess.
  
  
  
  

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• Iran Speaker Warns West on Nuclear Cooperation
  
  
  Summary: Ali Larijani TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's parliament could move to reduce Tehran's cooperation level with the U.N. nuclear agency watchdog if the West continues to pressure the Islamic state over its nuclear program, speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday. source: Reuters read more
  
  
  
  
• New Iran sanctions would be pointless: Brazil
  
  
  Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil, which abstained from voting for an IAEA resolution censuring Iran’s nuclear drive, said Saturday that fresh UN sanctions against Tehran would be pointless. source: AFP read more
  
  
  
  
• IAEA Condemnation of Iran: An Omen of New Sanction ...
  
  
  Summary: Juan Cole Although some observers are wondering if Friday's vote is a prelude to stricter UN Security Council sanctions on Iran, Howard LeFrachi at CSM rightly points out that China does not want more sanctions. China was essentially blackmailed into voting for Friday's resolution, acco ...
  
  
  
  
• IAEA resolution puts cooperation in jeopardy
  
  
  Summary: Iran's envoy to the UN nuclear watchdog has warned that an IAEA resolution passed against the country's nuclear work will only introduce tension to the "spirit of cooperation." source: Press TV read more
  
  
  
  
• Iran nuclear crisis: are new sanctions on the way?
  
  
  Summary: Some Iranian leaders see a trick in this, a way for the West to get hold of its uranium, then keep it. However the head of the IAEA, Mohamed ElBaradei has said that Iran does have a proposal of its own. He said this week: "My understanding of Iran's position so far is that it is ready t ...
  
  
  
  

The Daily Galaxy

• Mystery of "X" at the Center of Spiral Galaxies
  
  
  Astronomy can be the most awesome and annoying thing in the world. The universe is stuffed with stunningly interesting events in every direction, but we're at the mercy of whether we're actually able to see them - we can't exactly...
  
  
  
  
• Gigantic Black Holes Hidden Near the Edges of the ...
  
  
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, slated for launch in 2013, will help scientists to look back in time and hunt for the cocoon-like supermassive stars near the edges of the early universe, which would shine brightly in the near infrared...
  
  
  
  
• "IRIS" - Web's Most Awesome Acronym (Internet Rout ...
  
  
  The IRIS project satisfies all conditions required of an awesome acronym: a) It's a real word b) They didn't have to torture a thesaurus to make the words fit c) It stands for something really cool The US Department of...
  
  
  
  
• Gamma Ray Bursts (from Earth!)
  
  
  Scientists have discovered bursts of Gamma rays which occur about 3 million times per day (or about 35 times a second). Scientists detected long-lasting (about 1 minute) bursts of Gamma rays produced by electrons moving near the speed of light...
  
  
  
  
• Image of the Day: The Festive Beauty of Molecular- ...
  
  
  The X-ray image of the young molecular cloud complex obtained by the Chandra X-ray observatory shows the new star formation of W3 in the Perseus arm arm of the Milky Way -arms of spiral galaxies are places full of gas...
  
  
  
  

Natural News

• Woman's leg amputated by mistake following false c ...
  
  
  (NaturalNews) Word to the wise: Be careful of what doctors tell you to cut off following a cancer diagnosis. Submitting to cancer surgery can cost you an arm... or a leg. Increasingly, cancer surgeons are recommending that woman have their healthy breasts surgically removed as a way to prevent cance ...
  
  
  
  
• A cup of Brazilian mint tea relieves pain as well ...
  
  
  (NaturalNews) Researchers from Newcastle University have scientifically proven that Hyptis crenata , also known as Brazilian mint, is a powerful pain reliever that works just as well as Indometacin, a synthetic drug similar to aspirin. A traditional remedy for treating the flu, stomach problems, hig ...
  
  
  
  
• Detox Your Liver with These Natural Herbs
  
  
  (NaturalNews) Maybe you have a childhood memory of forgetting to clean your fish tank's filter. After all, it's easy to forget a fish tank even has a filter until it's so clogged up it starts to malfunction. Eventually, the tank is covered in slime and the health of your fish begins to fail. This sc ...
  
  
  
  
• Chemotherapy for testicular cancer causes long-ter ...
  
  
  (NaturalNews) The November 25 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute contains a report about the long-term side effects experienced by men who received cisplatin-based chemotherapy for testicular cancer. Severe neurological side effects, discoloration of the hands and feet when expose ...
  
  
  
  
• FDA Warns on Overdose Risk for Darvon and Darvocet ...
  
  
  (NaturalNews) The FDA has issued a warning about the high overdose risk from the opiate painkillers Darvon and Darvocet, but has stopped short of banning the drugs as the United Kingdom has done. Darvon and Darvocet contain a mix of an over-the-counter painkiller (either aspirin or acetaminophen) an ...
  
  
  

  TheGallopingBeaver

  
  
  
• Don't let the jargon get in the way . . .
  
  
  MANY YEARS AGO , back in the late 60's, there was a tired store front on the south side of College St., just east of Spadina. It was the office of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) . A dreary, worn, gray edifice, with a tired display of irrelevance in the window. Walking by, I not ...
  
  
  
  
• Skullduggery abounds
  
  
  THE NEW YORK TIMES has a report about what has been called a "computer hack" into the University of East Anglia’s Hadley Climatic Research Centre. Why should you care? Well, according to the Times, the revelations: are causing a stir among global warming skeptics, who say they show that climate sc ...
  
  
  
  
• Shoes dropping
  
  
  Colvin's testimony was alarming and the Conservative Party response, true to form, abysmal and disgusting. But there are shoes yet to drop regarding Afghan prisoners. So far the discussion seems to be around what happens to prisoners after Canada hands them to the ANP or ANA. The next shoe to drop w ...
  
  
  
  
• GOP goes nuts over ACORN
  
  
  TPM HAS A REAL THIGH-SLAPPER — Poll: Majority Of Republicans Think Obama Didn't Actually Win 2008 Election -- ACORN Stole It! According to Eric Kleefeld, The new national poll from Public Policy Polling (D) has an astonishing number about paranoia among the GOP base: Republicans do not think Presi ...
  
  
  
  
• Agora Agony
  
  
  Last Rites: Even with God's help, this shopping center in Pahrump, Nevada, probably cannot be revived. THE DESIGN OBSERVER is one of the more thoughtful web sites dedicated to the appreciation of design of all kinds. Mark Dery has an article, titled " Dawn of the Dead Mall ", where he proclaims " T ...
  
  
  
  

Media Matters for America

• Witch hunt: Right wing now falsely claiming Hannah ...
  
  
  In the latest smear in the right-wing media's witch hunt against Obama administration "czars," WorldNetDaily falsely claimed that State Department anti-Semitism envoy Hannah Rosenthal -- who has a long history of pro-Israel advocacy -- is an "anti-Israel lobbyist," apparently because of her affilia ...
  
  
  
  
• Quick Fact: Fox News' Scott claims hacked emails ...
  
  
  On Fox News' Happening Now , co-host Jon Scott stated that climate scientists' emails that were apparently stolen by hackers from the UK's Climate Research Unit (CRU) suggest that "some scientists manipulate data on global warming." Scott then quoted an email sent by Phil Jones, head of the Cl ...
  
  
  
  
• Quick Fact: Reviving "born alive" falsehood, Beck ...
  
  
  Glenn Beck falsely claimed that President Obama "suggested that [it] was OK" to "go into those pregnant women and pull the babies out of them and put a spike in the baby's head," echoing the oft-repeated right-wing falsehood that Obama did not support protecting babies who survived botched abortion ...
  
  
  
  
• Hannity's not even close on 2009 temperatures
  
  
  In three separate instances over two weeks, Sean Hannity has baselessly asserted that "this is one of the coldest years on record" to claim that climate change is a "hoax" or not "real." In fact, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA's Goddard Institute for Space St ...
  
  
  
  
• FoxNews.com misleads on FY09 spending to attack O ...
  
  
  A graphic posted on FoxNews.com suggested that President Obama is responsible for all of the $3.5 trillion in federal outlays for Fiscal Year 2009. In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has stated that "much" of the 2009 increase in spending "results from legislation enacted in calen ...
  
  
  
  

Global Research.ca

• Investors Buy Gold...
  
  
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• Award Winning Movie: "SUPERPOWER":
  
  
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• Honduras, Colombia, Cuba: the United States are St ...
  
  
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• Zelaya slams US over supporting coup regime
  
  
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• Medicare in Crisis: The Devastating Impacts of a C ...
  
  
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TPM Cafe

• Israelis Fear Obama. That's The Point.
  
  
  Barack Obama can do virtually nothing to halt the mounting fear among Israelis that he is hostile to them: no visits, no speeches, no jets. If you need proof, and don't know Hebrew, just look at the body language of... Barack Obama - United States - Washington - Obama administration - Israelis
  
  
  
  
• Holiday Gift: Lin-Manuel Miranda Raps About Alexan ...
  
  
  Right after Thanksgiving dinner, my son, Nick, asked if I had seen Lin-Manuel Miranda (the Latino creator, writer, and star of "In The Heights") perform his rap about Alexander Hamilton at the White House in front of the first family.... White House - Lin-Manuel Miranda - Thanksgiving - Latino ...
  
  
  
  
• Settlement Freeze Scam: Hillary Thinks, "Fool Me ...
  
  
  Prime Minister Netanyahu today announced a partial 10-month settlement freeze. And, understanding that Netanyahu's freeze is meaningless, the far right is backing him 100%. According to the New York Times, "A statement from Mr. Netanyahu's office said the moratorium would... Israel - West Bank ...
  
  
  
  
• Gratitude, Again
  
  
  Jim Carroll's column (or poem, or blessing) for Thanksgiving. It is too lovely to link to. Here are his words in full: THANKSGIVING IS THE preferred American holiday not just because it is free of commercial pressures, denominational exclusiveness, and... Thanksgiving - United States - Holiday ...
  
  
  
  
• The Shalit Case: One Israeli Prisoner Vs. 10,000 P ...
  
  
  It is horrific to contemplate what Gilad Shalit and his family have been subjected to for over three years. Not only has he been imprisoned but the ups and downs of the prisoner exchange negotiations must be torture for his... Gilad Shalit - Hamas - Israel - Middle East - Warfare and Conflict
  
  
  
  

TruthOut

• US Still Running Secret Prison in Afghanistan
  
  
  Kabul, Afghanistan - An American military detention camp in Afghanistan is still holding inmates for sometimes weeks at a time and without access to the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to human rights researchers and former detainees held at the site on the Bagram Air Base. The s ...
  
  
  
  
• Robert Scheer | Still Doing God's Work on Wall Str ...
  
  
  Jail, anyone? Perhaps that's too harsh, and at any rate premature, but is anyone ever going to be held accountable for the behind-the-scenes sweetheart deals that passed tens of billions of taxpayer dollars through the AIG shell game to the very banks that caused the financial meltdown? Or for the m ...
  
  
  
  
• Sudan: Peace Agreement Proving Less Than Comprehen ...
  
  
  Pretoria - The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) ended one of Africa's longest and complex civil wars, with nominal agreement reached on security, wealth sharing, and governance issues. But there are renewed fears that conflict could erupt again in the country as divisions between the north a ...
  
  
  
  
• White House Says World Moving Toward New Iran Sanc ...
  
  
  Washington - The United Nations nuclear agency blasted Iran in a resolution Friday for obstructing investigations into its suspected nuclear-weapons program and demanded that the Islamic Republic stop enriching uranium at a once-secret facility. read more
  
  
  
  
• A Backlash of Mistrust
  
  
  Boston - Is there such a thing as communications malpractice? If so, we might consider the case of Women v. the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. read more
  
  
  
  

Planetsave

• Rare Butterfly Rediscovered in Maine
  
  
  The Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly species was identified in September by Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Department biologists. 1934 was the last Maine sighting of the butterfly.  The recent finding was in the hardwood swamps of Berwick and Wells. Read more of this story »
  
  
  
  
• Caveman Thanksgiving: Prehistoric Man Roasted Bird ...
  
  
  New findings, published in the October issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science, indicate early Europeans enjoyed a much broader diet than first suspected. We have known for a long while that early man hunted big game such as mastodons, now prehistoric bone findings show that early man also ...
  
  
  
  
• Some Restaurant Sushi Contains Endangered Species
  
  
  A recent study has produced some astonishing and disturbing results. Tuna was ordered from 31 sushi restaurants. Genetic tests were then used to identify the species of fish ordered. Nineteen of the restaurants surveyed incorrectly described or could could not indicate which species of fish they ...
  
  
  
  
• Happy Thanksgiving: Turkey Facts as a Tribute to T ...
  
  
  Whether you are eating turkey or tofurkey this Thanksgiving, you cannot deny the great sacrifice that turkeys are making to fill dinner plates across the nation. I figured I would honor their sacrifice here on the eve of thanksgiving, with some fun turkey facts. More than 45 million turkeys ar ...
  
  
  
  
• Invasion of the Fish Snatchers?
  
  
  Bighead carp are one of two non-native species of Asian carp causing widespread concern among Great Lakes advocates. The other is silver carp. Great Lakes advocates are calling it a “ conservation emergency ” now that non-native Asian carp have been detected within seven miles of Lake Michigan ...
  
  
  
  

Water Quality - WordPress

• TRCA Scientific Findings on Water Quality and Expa ...
  
  
  Water Quality tends to Decline as the Urban Envelope Expands: “meeting water quality targets will be
  
  
  
  
• Water Quality and Flooding
  
  
  Innovative environmental solutions IBM centre of excellence in water management Water Quality &
  
  
  
  
• it’s a bit like busses…
  
  
  Opportunities I mean – you wait forever for the one you want and then 2 come along at the same time…
  
  
  
  
• Green Lawns
  
  
  Recently I was charged with researching whether towns could regulate the use of fertilizer on lawns.
  
  
  
  
• Events in Ballona-land
  
  
  Tree planters, grab your shovels and head out to Ballona Creek and Cochran Avenue tomorrow morning
  
  
  
  

Public Citizen in Texas

• Green-up Your Life- Black Friday Edition! Reduce, ...
  
  
  By Kirsten Bokenkamp The chance that Congress will pass a US climate change bill before the global summit in Copenhagen is looking increasingly slim, but that does not stop us from individually minimizing our own impact on the earth. Green-up Your Life! is all about reminding us that as individuals ...
  
  
  
  
• Your Representatives Spending Taxpayer Money Trave ...
  
  
  Texas Representatives, Senators, and other statewide elected officials, both locally and nationally, receive reimbursements for their on-the-job travels. They travel quite frequently to conduct business that benefits their constituents. Or at least that is what we hope they do. Some representatives ...
  
  
  
  
• Send Citizen Sarah to Copenhagen
  
  
  If you haven’t heard, Huffingtonpost.com has a contest to send a citizen journalist to Copenhagen called the “Hopenhagen Ambassador Contest”. HuffPost in conjunction with Hopenhagen.org is sending one person to Copenhagen for the UN Climate Change Conference to both represent concerns of peopl ...
  
  
  
  
• You CAN teach an old dog new tricks . . .
  
  
  Las Brisas Energy Center, a proposed pet coke power plant, is still in the midst of a protracted permitting process which most recently has taken the form of a state hearing. Opponents have claimed that projected pollution from the proposed plant has been under-estimated by engineers. Testimony ...
  
  
  
  
• EPA Should Use Clean Air Act to Address Climate Ch ...
  
  
  Statement of Tyson Slocum, Director, Public Citizen’s Energy Program *Note: Tyson Slocum is delivered this statement today at a public hearing held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on regulating greenhouse gas emissions from new and existing industrial facilities under the Clean Air Act ...
  
  
  
  

Press TV

• Afghan border police kill 27 militants
  
  
  Afghan police backed by NATO air support has killed at least 27 Taliban-linked militants in clashes near the border with Pakistan.
  
  
  
  
• Bangladesh ferry incident takes 51 lives
  
  
  Bangladeshi rescue workers have righted a capsized ferry making it easier to find scores believed trapped inside as the death toll of the incident rises to 51.
  
  
  
  
• Iran asks UNESCO to help over dispute with Egypt
  
  
  Iran has asked the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to protect the remains of a vanished Persian army of the Achaemenid empire in Egypt.
  
  
  
  
• Majlis passes budget to fight US, UK HR abuse
  
  
  Iranian Parliamentarians earmark millions of dollars to confront what they call "gross violations of human rights" by Britain and the US.
  
  
  
  
• Iran sees no reason for OPEC output change
  
  
  Iran's representative to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) says there is no valid justification for the group to change its oil production targets.
  
  
  
  

Axis of Logic

• Honduras! Demand No U.S. Recognition of Fraudulent ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• The Class War Over Health Care in the U.S.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Eid, ODSG, Walls & Water and The One State Solutio ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on C.I.A. P ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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They Gave Us a Republic

• The Nightowl Newswrap
  
  
  We always let our agent run interference when the cops are after us, too. "Tiger Woods will not speak to police about his car crash outside his home until Sunday, his agent has told the Florida Highway Patrol. The golfer was found semi-conscious with facial injuries after his car reportedly hit a fi ...
  
  
  
  
• Death Penalty for Seizures
  
  
  In keeping with my "I am a Liberal and I Vote" theme: :I am a Liberal and I support thorough training for law enforcement in ways to deal non-violently with disturbed but unarmed citizens. Digby says Don't Have A Seizure In Public ... unless you expect to get tasered: A Washington man lost conscious ...
  
  
  
  
• I'm a Liberal and I Vote
  
  
  The latest Democrats Are Doomed poll is out, and it's a doozy. Josh Marshall: They asked voters, basically, how are sure are you you're going to vote next year. The first number is certain or likely to vote; the second is unlikely or certain not to vote. Republican Voters: 81/14 Independent Voters: ...
  
  
  
  
• Pondering Afghanistan. Realistically.
  
  
  I am the one in these parts that can't quite commit whole-heartedly to abandoning Afghanistan and pulling out entirely. There are things to do to reduce the violence and improve conditions for the people there, especially the women, and there are good arguments for staying there. I realize this. I s ...
  
  
  
  
• Baby Jeebus Loses the Majority
  
  
  Yep, real xians are down to a bare 25 percent of the population.  I would have put it at 40, 45 percent, but I don't have actual, official, evangelical statistics. According to a Kentucky Baptist Convention official, 2,587,995 Kentuckians "are lost without Christ." Ross Bauscher, Evangelism Growth T ...
  
  
  
  

Care 2

• Hopi hotel to showcase tribe's culture
  
  
  MOENKOPI, Ariz. — Tourists traveling the vast expanse of tribal lands in Northern Arizona soon will have a venue to learn about the culture of one of the oldest indigenous tribes in America. A $13 million hotel and conference center billed as the ... Submitted by Kat Y. to Society & Culture  |  ...
  
  
  
  
• Biological Basis of 'Bacterial Immune System' Disc ...
  
  
  Nov. 28, 2009- Bacteria don't have easy lives. In addition to mammalian immune systems that besiege the bugs, they have natural enemies called bacteriophages, viruses that kill half the bacteria on Earth every two days. Submitted by Dee C. to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
• Neglected puppy has eye removed
  
  
  A 12-week-old neglected puppy is doing well after having to have one eye removed Wednesday, likely due to a serious puncture wound. Casey - a female German shepherd/terrier mix - was found in the Mount Pearl area and taken to Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
• Wide Heads Give Hammerhead Sharks Exceptional Ster ...
  
  
  Hammerhead sharks are some of the Ocean's most distinctive residents. "Everyone wants to understand why they have this strange head shape," says Michelle McComb from Florida Atlantic University. One possible reason is the shark's vision. Submitted by Dee C. to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add ...
  
  
  
  
• Cody the Canine: Loyal, Reliable, Adorable Gas Sta ...
  
  
  We already know that dogs are man's (and woman's) best friends, but it turns out they can be pretty amazing employees, too. Take Cody, a lovable chocolate lab, who has earned our vote for employee of the year at the BP gas station/convenience Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals  |   Note-it!  |    ...
  
  
  
  

GreenBiz

• The World's Looming 'Water Gap'
  
  
  In the face of even more widespread water shortages and scarcity that already affect more than a billion people worldwide, there is some good news in the form of cost-effective, sustainable solutions to address water needs for everyone.
  
  
  
  
• Sears, Kmart Among Latest Companies Swearing Off ' ...
  
  
  The addition of three new retailers last week brought the total of signatories aiming to reducing mining's environmental and social impact to 60, with more than $1.3 billion in U.S. jewelry sales represented by companies involved.
  
  
  
  
• Mobile Communications Industry Sets Energy, Emissi ...
  
  
  The mobile communications industry has released its Green Manifesto, setting out industry-wide goals for reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions while proposing policy recommendations for the upcoming U.S. conference in Copenhagen.
  
  
  
  
• The Case for Water Disclosure
  
  
  This report details the rationale for the Carbon Disclosure Project's new program, the CDP Water Disclosure, an initiative aimed at helping institutional investors better understand the business risks and opportunities associated with water scarcity.
  
  
  
  
• Carbon Disclosure Project Launches CDP Water Discl ...
  
  
  Seeking to replicate its success in increasing voluntary reporting by companies on carbon emissions, the CDP develops a mechanism for corporate reporting on water use.
  
  
  
  

Reuters Global

• India and Pakistan: the missing piece in the Afgha ...
  
  
  Last year's Mumbai attacks torpedoed hopes of a peace deal between India and Pakistan that might underpin a regional settlement for Afghanistan. Has President Barack Obama picked up the pieces? And if not, what is his back-up plan?
  
  
  
  
• Opposition needs a wizard in Oz
  
  
  On the surface, Australia's opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull won the endorsement of his party when he put his job on the line over his bipartisan support for the PM's carbon trade plan. But dig deeper and the picture looks much bleaker.
  
  
  
  
• Germany: a tale of two foreign ministers
  
  
  German media have become gripped by a popularity contest between new foreign minister Guido Westerwelle, and conservative defence minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, whose globe-trotting has earned him the nickname "the other foreign minister".
  
  
  
  
• For Rudd, now it’s personal
  
  
  Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may be a shoo-in to return to office late next year, but this week his reputation as a transformative leader will be on the line
  
  
  
  
• Haider’s heirs disown troubled Hypo bank
  
  
  The Austrian province that enjoyed a big payout from the part sale of Hypo Group Alpe Aldria during the reign of hard-right leader Joerg Haider now refuses to put more cash into the ailing bank.
  
  
  
  

Ezra Klein

• Happy Thanksgiving
  
  
  No tab dump today. It's Thanksgiving! Barring any unforeseen news breaks, this blog will return Monday. In the meantime, I'm thankful for all of you, my long-suffering, much-appreciated readers.
  
  
  
  
• Making turkey the star
  
  
  I'm a well-known turkey skeptic, but this reader's Thanksgiving menu is enough to convert me: For the last three years, turkey has gone from the least interesting part of our meal to the star. We get a heritage bird from a local farm – red bourbon, I think. About 10 pounds. We use a Weber Grill ...
  
  
  
  
• The filibuster has gone from affecting 8 percent o ...
  
  
  Over at U.S. News and World Report, Robert Schlesinger attaches some more numbers to the rise of the filibuster: The fact of the matter is that the frequency of filibusters has increased by a factor of 50 since the days of (then-Democrat) Strom Thurmond jaw-jacking for 24 hours to stop a civil righ ...
  
  
  
  
• Thanksgiving menu
  
  
  In the comments beneath my column applying behavioral economics to Thanksgiving, a couple of folks accuse me of trying to pretty much ban eating during the holiday, which is pretty obviously not the point of the column. In any case, it's a good excuse to post my Thanksgiving menu, and invite you all ...
  
  
  
  
• The possibility of deficit reduction
  
  
  It didn't fit in the last post, but I also wanted to quote this bit from David Leonhardt's column : Complaining that Congress and the White House aren’t doing enough to reduce the deficit is always a popular pundit game. So it’s no surprise that the last few weeks have been filled with knowin ...
  
  
  
  

Booman Tribune

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• Casual Observation
  
  
  As I've already said, the decision on Afghanistan is going to do serious damage to Democratic morale, so things are going to be far worse than this. Contra Steve, I think panic is fully justified.
  
  
  
  
• Afghan Policy is Political Dynamite
  
  
  When making decisions about war and peace, the commander-in-chief needs to take politics into consideration. But the political question when opting for war is whether the American people will support the effort over time. It isn't a partisan political consideration, but a sober assessment of how t ...
  
  
  
  
• Stink from Afghanistan
  
  
  I'm not saying that setting up an elaborate system of tribal graft isn't the best available way to tamp down the civil war in Afghanistan, but I wonder if this is something that can really stand the light of day in this country. It may well be a long overdue concession to the realities of life in A ...
  
  
  
  

European Tribune

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   A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1879 – Birth of...
  
  
  
  
• Saturday Open Thread
  
  
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   A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1907 – Alberto Moravia,...
  
  
  
  
• Friday Open Thread
  
  
  It's Friday. We muddled through another week....
  
  
  
  
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   A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1885 – Liviu Rebreanu,...
  
  
  
  

Futurismic

• Excavating Worlds
  
  
  Can you keep a secret? Despite being a total nerd, I somehow managed to grow up without playing a single full D&D adventure. It wasn’t because I was too cool for it or anything, I just didn’t have the right friends. But I wanted to, let me tell you. Desperately. So I bought sourcebooks. In case ...
  
  
  
  
• Fresh blood at Futurismic: Tim Maly, Excavating Wo ...
  
  
  For various reasons, I’m too short of time to do any blogging today, but I have a new voice to introduce to the Futurismic choir instead. You may have noticed me linking to and mentioning one Tim Maly quite a few times in the last few months, most recently for his post on the demise [...] Project ...
  
  
  
  
• Battered avatars – feminist statement or misogyn ...
  
  
  With its ability to allow us to take on new forms, appearances and identities, the metaverse is opening up as a whole new arena for discussions about cultural perceptions. Here’s a fresh example: a Second Life avatar skin designer released a collection of skins named “Battle Royale” on to the ...
  
  
  
  
• Can fictional characters be libelous?
  
  
  Hey, writers – ever based a character on a friend, no matter how loosely? Well, you’d best be careful to stay friends with them if you get published, because there’s now a legal precedent for a character in a novel being considered as libel: A Georgia jury has ruled that Haywood Smith, author ...
  
  
  
  
• The retail show-down: will online trump big-box?
  
  
  Economic slump + increasing ubiquity of internet = ruthless tit-for-tat price war between Amazon and Wal-Mart: The tussle began last month as a relatively trivial but highly public back-and-forth over which company had the lowest prices on the most anticipated new books and DVDs this fall. By last w ...
  
  
  
  

Therapy News

• Survey of Surgeons Shows Mental Health Issues, Bur ...
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Surgeons are typically charged with some of the most exacting demands in modern medicine and health technology, and often participate in complex and lengthy procedures that require a considerable level of concentration and focus. The trust that surgical clients place i ...
  
  
  
  
• Study Shows Perceptions of Racial Discrimination H ...
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Feeling as though one has been given a different or inadequate set of opportunities, or different treatment, due to racial background or appearance can have a negative effect on one’s general outlook and happiness, though many who face such difficulties are sometime ...
  
  
  
  
• Internal Family Systems and Multicultural Couple R ...
  
  
  By Mona Barbera, Ph.D., Internal Family Systems Therapy Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Mona and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile If you are in a multicultural marriage, you know how hard communication can be. Whether it’s about: • in-laws – how much influence and invol ...
  
  
  
  
• A Quick Guide to Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior ...
  
  
  By Sharon Fischer, LCSW Click here to contact Sharon and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or TF-CBT is a short-term evidence-based practice that is highly effective for children and adolescent survivors of trauma. Trauma is defined as sexual abuse, phys ...
  
  
  
  
• Study Makes Strong Financial Case for Psychotherap ...
  
  
  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Numerous studies have been conducted in the past which provide evidence for the efficacy of psychotherapy in improving clients’ quality of life, but many prospective clients and critics may cite the long-term costs of psychotherapy as reason to turn to other methods ...
  
  
  
  

Mountaintop Removal

• Al Cross | Mountain removal an issue in Senate rac ...
  
  
  Al Cross | Mountain removal an issue in Senate race Louisville Courier-Journal “ Mountaintop removal ” has become the generic if often inaccurate name for most surface mining in Central Appalachia, and it has become a catchphrase and ...
  
  
  
  
• Mountain mine jobs questioned - Charleston Gazette
  
  
  Mountain mine jobs questioned Charleston Gazette He wrote a book about that protest period, with an eye on current protest demonstrations against mountaintop-removal mining and the question of the number ...
  
  
  
  
• Jeff Biggers: Climate Hope: Inspiring 2009 Books f ...
  
  
  Jeff Biggers: Climate Hope: Inspiring 2009 Books for a Clean Energy Future AlterNet ... dirty energy policies, bogus Big Coal campaigns and a vibrant anti-coal movement, a growing coalfield resistance and the tragedy of mountaintop removal , ...
  
  
  
  
• Appalachian Voices makes technological strides - A ...
  
  
  Appalachian Voices makes technological strides ASU The Appalachian Online Google Earth produced a behind-the-scenes video about the campaign to end mountaintop removal in late October, giving special recognition ... Final Green Screen movie tonight at The Showroom Spartanburg Herald Journal Appalac ...
  
  
  
  
• Friends carry environmental message to Tennessee c ...
  
  
  Friends carry environmental message to Tennessee congregations Knoxville News Sentinel This 2005 file photo of National Coal Mine 7 at Campbell County's Zeb Mountain shows the destruction caused by mountaintop removal . ... and more »
  
  
  
  

Memeorandum

• Climate change data dumped (Jonathan Leake/Times o ...
  
  
  Jonathan Leake / Times of London : Climate change data dumped   —  SCIENTISTS at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have admitted throwing away much of the raw temperature data on which their predictions of global warming are based.  —  It means that other academics are not able to check b ...
  
  
  
  
• Climategate: University of East Anglia U-turn in c ...
  
  
  Robert Mendick / Telegraph : Climategate: University of East Anglia U-turn in climate change row   —  Leading British scientists at the University of East Anglia, who were accused of manipulating climate change data - dubbed Climategate - have agreed to publish their figures in full.  —  T ...
  
  
  
  
• Veteran Times sportswriter Mike Penner dead (Shelb ...
  
  
  Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW : Veteran Times sportswriter Mike Penner dead   —  Mike Penner, the veteran Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made international headlines in 2007 when he announced he was transsexual and began working under the byline “Christine Daniels,” has died.  —  Colleague ...
  
  
  
  
• U.S. Will Push Mortgage Firms to Reduce More Loan ...
  
  
  Peter S. Goodman / New York Times : U.S. Will Push Mortgage Firms to Reduce More Loan Payments   —  The Obama administration on Monday plans to announce a campaign to pressure mortgage companies to reduce payments for many more troubled homeowners, as evidence mounts that a $75 billion taxpaye ...
  
  
  
  
• Mann to be investigated by Penn State University r ...
  
  
  Watts Up With That? : Mann to be investigated by Penn State University review   —  This statement was released by Penn State here.  Oddly, while mentioning the NAS report, there is no mention of the Congressional commissioned Wegman report, which you can see here full report (PDF).  Or for a ...
  
  
  
  

Energy & Environment News

• At Odds Over Land, Money and Gas
  
  
  In upstate New York, landowners’ conflict over whether to allow drilling for natural gas has set neighbor against neighbor, even spouse against spouse.
  
  
  
  
• China Joins U.S. in Pledge of Hard Targets on Emis ...
  
  
  President Obama and Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will attend the Copenhagen climate talks and have pledged new greenhouse gas emission targets.
  
  
  
  
• U.S. Is Unlikely to Use All the Ethanol Congress O ...
  
  
  When Congress mandated in 2007 that refiners blend a rising volume of ethanol into gasoline, fuel consumption had been growing for years. Then came the recession.
  
  
  
  
• Obama to Go to Copenhagen With Pledge of Emissions ...
  
  
  President Obama will offer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions “in the range of” 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, White House officials said.
  
  
  
  
• California Takes Step to Limit Emissions
  
  
  With proposals to reduce emissions tied to climate change stalled in Congress, a state works on its own cap-and-trade plan.
  
  
  
  

5+ quakes - 7 days

• M 5.2, south of Sumbawa, Indonesia
  
  
  Saturday, November 28, 2009 00:04:36 UTC Saturday, November 28, 2009 08:04:36 AM at epicenter Depth : 37.00 km (22.99 mi)
  
  
  
  
• M 5.0, south of Sumbawa, Indonesia
  
  
  Friday, November 27, 2009 23:36:10 UTC Saturday, November 28, 2009 07:36:10 AM at epicenter Depth : 47.60 km (29.58 mi)
  
  
  
  
• M 5.0, Papua, Indonesia
  
  
  Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:33:04 UTC Thursday, November 26, 2009 08:33:04 PM at epicenter Depth : 35.00 km (21.75 mi)
  
  
  
  
• M 5.1, Andaman Islands, India region
  
  
  Thursday, November 26, 2009 06:13:02 UTC Thursday, November 26, 2009 11:43:02 AM at epicenter Depth : 35.00 km (21.75 mi)
  
  
  
  
• M 5.0, Samoa Islands region
  
  
  Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:05:52 UTC Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:05:52 PM at epicenter Depth : 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
  
  
  
  

China Dialogue

• Storming the clouds
  
  
  Chinese scientists claim to be able to control the weather. But is geoengineering more than wishful thinking? And, if so, should we be worried? David Adams reports. The unseasonal snow that fell on Beijing for 11 hours on November 1 was the earliest and heaviest there has been for years. It was also ...
  
  
  
  
• The iceman of Ladakh
  
  
  Chewang Norphel has pioneered a simple method of creating artificial “glaciers” to irrigate farmland in high-altitude deserts. Athar Parvaiz reports from northwest India. In December 1997, when world leaders assembled in Kyoto to put in place the first treaty to address climate change, Chewang N ...
  
  
  
  
• Our disappearing world
  
  
  As new plant and animal species are discovered, others are vanishing. Many are threatened by climate climate, while others fall at the hand of man. Maryann Bird asks what future generations won’t ever see. Some extraordinary finds have been made recently in the natural world. Among them: a remarka ...
  
  
  
  
• Commitments and compromises
  
  
  As crucial climate talks at Copenhagen approach, a growing gap has emerged between rich and poor nations. Tan Copsey spoke to Lumumba Stanislaus-Kaw Di-Aping, chair of the G77 group of developing countries. As the world approaches December’s crucial global climate-change summit in Copenhagen, the ...
  
  
  
  
• An optimist on Copenhagen
  
  
  From failed US presidential candidate to planetary crusader, Al Gore is a rock star of the climate debate. He talks to Oliver Burkeman about optimism, civil disobedience and Obama’s next move. Perhaps the best way to understand the extraordinary transformation of Al Gore is to study the changing r ...
  
  
  
  

AlterNet Top Stories

• Copenhagen: Getting Past the Urgency Trap
  
  
  Copenhagen is the next step forward, and we’ll accept it with greater equanimity if we understand that conventional thinkers have to work their toward deeper transformation
  
  
  
  
• Hey Gov. Kaine, Restore Voting Rights for Felons
  
  
  This is pretty basic, folks.
  
  
  
  
• Revealed: Astroturf Groups Planning Massive Califo ...
  
  
  Their ultimate goals are to increase water exports from the imperiled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to corporate agribusiness and southern California.
  
  
  
  
• Selling Out Democracy in Honduras: The U.S. and th ...
  
  
  Honduras' November 29 election has been rightfully scorned as a sham by political leaders across the hemisphere. With the exception, that is, of President Obama.
  
  
  
  
• Wingnuts: Insane Effort to Draft Cheney for 2012 R ...
  
  
  Oh, no, don't throw us in that br'er patch!
  
  
  
  

Threat Level

• Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned
  
  
  The Obama administration is seeking to reverse a federal appeals court decision that dramatically narrowed the government’s search-and-seizure powers in the digital age. Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Justice Department officials are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider it ...
  
  
  
  
• Wikileaks Says It Has Half-a-Million 9/11 Pager Me ...
  
  
  The document-leaking site Wikileaks says it’s preparing to release 500,000 intercepted wireless pager messages from a 24-hour period encompassing the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Site operators say they plan to start rolling out the texts beginning at 3:00 a.m. New York time, paced to  ...
  
  
  
  
• Court Kills ‘Round-The-Clock’ Surveillance Cas ...
  
  
  Welcome to the tinfoil hat club. That’s what a federal appeals court is telling Scott Tooley of Kentucky in dismissing his civil rights lawsuit. Tooley believes the government put him under blanket surveillance after he said the word “bomb” to an airline agent. Tooley sued the government on ...
  
  
  
  
• Prosecutors Drop Plans to Appeal Lori Drew Case
  
  
  Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed a notice that they do not intend to pursue an appeal in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, thus ending the controversial and lengthy case. “We have a notice with the 9th Circuit that we are withdrawing our notice of appeal in the case,” a spokesman f ...
  
  
  
  
• MPAA Says Copyright-Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood
  
  
  If you don’t back a copyright treaty being negotiated in secret, you must want to destroy Hollywood, its blockbuster movies and all the jobs they create. At least that’s the message from the Motion Picture Association of America. It’s spelled out in a Thursday memo to the Senate Judiciary Com ...
  
  
  
  

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

• Transsexual L.A. Times sportswriter found dead
  
  
  LOS ANGELES, Nov 28 (Reuters) - A Los Angeles Times sportswriter who made headlines by announcing he was becoming a woman, then returned to work as a man, has been found dead in a suspected suicide, the paper reported on Saturday.
  
  
  
  
• Black Friday sales barely up, online surges
  
  
  CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a worrisome sign for retailers, data released on Saturday showed that sales rose a scant 0.5 percent on the traditional kickoff to the holiday shopping season despite early signs of a strong showing.
  
  
  
  
• Cuba conducts war games with U.S. invasion in mind
  
  
  HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba began its biggest military maneuvers in five years on Thursday, saying they were needed to prepare for a possible invasion by the United States.
  
  
  
  
• Abu Dhabi to aid Dubai on "case by case" basis
  
  
  ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi, wealthy capital of the United Arab Emirates, will "pick and choose" how to assist debt-laden neighbor Dubai, a senior official said on Saturday, after fears of a Dubai default sent global markets reeling.
  
  
  
  
• Police to talk to Tiger Woods about crash: report
  
  
  MIAMI (Reuters) - Police in Florida plan to question Tiger Woods on Saturday about the events surrounding a car accident outside the golf champion's house, CNN reported.
  
  
  
  

Pine River World News

• Facebook users increasingly targeted in cyber crim ...
  
  
  The following article is from The New Zealand Herald. Facebook users beware ©   The New Zealand Herald By Alice Neville November 29, 2009 Facebook users have been warned they will be among targets of a huge increase in cyber crime next year. Internet scammers are increasingly hacking into persona ...
  
  
  
  
• Medicare in Crisis: The Devastating Impacts of a C ...
  
  
  The following commentary is reprinted with permission from Global Research. Medicare in Crisis:  The Devastating Impacts of a Corporate Health Care Bill ©   Global Research By Shamus Cooke November 27, 2009 Wading through the endless debate over health care has exhausted the patience of most Amer ...
  
  
  
  
• Europe Needs to Cast USA Aside Before It Is Too La ...
  
  
  The following commentary is from Pravda , citing Utro.ru as the source. Europe Needs to Cast USA Aside Before It Is Too Late ©  Utro By Natalia Serova November 27, 2009 The European Union needs the joint all-European army. The subject surfaced in the beginning of the 1990s, when European countries ...
  
  
  
  
• Is Headley an American agent who turned rogue?
  
  
  The following article is from The Times of India. Is Headley an American agent who turned rogue? ©   The Times of India November 27, 2009 NEW DELHI - It's a plot that could be straight out of the bluff-and-double-bluff worlds created by John le Carre and Frederick Forsyth. Only, it seems to have p ...
  
  
  
  
• F. William Engdahl: Are Ukraine Black Death Cases ...
  
  
  The following commentary is reprinted with permission from Global Research. Are Ukraine Black Death Cases the result of IMF Loans? ©   Global Research By F. William Engdahl November 26, 2009 The Ukraine Government has declared a state of emergency and medical examiners describe results of autopsie ...
  

  PDA AMERICA

  
  
  
• Finishing the Job at Home
  
  
  How About a War on Poverty Instead? By JAYNE LYN STAHL | From CounterPunch.org The local news was replete with images of First Lady Michelle Obama in the elegant, strapless designer gown she wore for this White ...
  
  
  
  
• Before You Carve that Turkey: All In for Bernie Sa ...
  
  
  by Donna Smith | PDA Co-Chair, Healthcare NOT Warfare Campaign Those millions of us who support a Medicare for All, single-payer, reform for the healthcare crisis in this nation have some work to do over the ...
  
  
  
  
• Put Marcy’s Ad on Olbermann & Maddow – ...
  
  
  Now that a filibuster in the Senate is no longer an issue, some kind of health care bill is likely to pass and be signed into law. The fight to protect the right ...
  
  
  
  
• Pennsylvania and Illinois Faculty Unions Endorse H ...
  
  
  Pennsylvania and Illinois Faculty Unions Endorse HR 676 Two faculty unions affiliated with the National Education Association (NEA) have endorsed HR 676, single payer healthcare legislation introduced by Congressman John Conyers (D-MI). In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, the Legislative Assembly ...
  
  
  
  
• Tim Carpenter on the Nick and Paul Show
  
  
  Tim Carpenter, PDA National Director appeared on the Nick and Paul show out of Santa Barbara CA. Hear Tim discuss his recent trip to DC and the on-going organizing by PDA members for Healthcare ...
  
  
  
  

Marler Blog

• Civil Lawsuit in Melamine Milk Scandal Sees the In ...
  
  
  The New York Times reporter, Edward Wong, reported a few hours ago that a hearing began Friday (our Thursday) in the first civil suit to be heard in a Chinese court involving parents suing a dairy company and a supermarket over selling tainted milk. In 2008 at least six children died and 300,000 we ...
  
  
  
  
• Larry King and E. coli O157:H7 Deaths
  
  
  A friend sent me the below Youtube videos of Larry King's visit with me and the mothers, and one grandmother, of children killed from eating E. coli O157:H7-tainted hamburger that ran last month.  This first video - the first ten minutes of the show - it then got a bit off-track as the hour went alo ...
  
  
  
  
• Secrecy in Food Poisoning Settlements - Is it Time ...
  
  
  I took the time today to read the Seattle Times article by Maureen O’Hagan, “Seattle lawyer turns into healthy food crusader,” and I was struck by a discussion I had with the reporter: Marler, … says he and his firm, Marler Clark, have pried $500 million in settlements out of companies that ...
  
  
  
  
• Coming to an Iphone near you - Food Safety News
• CDC Reports on California, Connecticut, Massachuse ...
  
  
  State health departments, CDC, and the United States Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) are investigating a multi-state outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections. On October 31, 2009, FSIS issued a notice about a recall of approximately 545,699 pounds of ...
  
  
  
  

AutoblogGreen

• AutoblogGreen for 11.27.09
  
  
  VIDEO: Chevrolet Volt tests driver controlled audio warning system with the blind Beep! Electric Smart Fortwo gets shot in Berlin Just off the production line, the Smart Ed is already a star. ...
  
  
  
  
• AutoblogGreen for 11.25.09
  
  
  Quick Spin: Nissan Leaf the tip of mass market EV spear Ghosn's plan of attack makes sense, especially when the first shot is this silver (blue) bullet. Volt battery life affected by hot weather, but 10 y ...
  
  
  
  
• Quick Spin: Nissan Leaf the tip of mass market EV ...
  
  
  Filed under: Hatchback , Nissan , Electric , Quick Spin Nissan Leaf - Click above for high-res image gallery Nissan has gone into a back room, pulled out its Ouija board and decided that the time is right to make a huge bet. The Japanese automaker, along with its partner Renault, wants to be the w ...
  
  
  
  
• AutoblogGreen for 11.24.09
  
  
  Prediction: In 2015, fuel cell vehicles "will be cheaper than a Rolls-Royce" Not for everyone, then? Chevy Volt to address America's school children in nationwide show-and-tell H ...
  
  
  
  
• AutoblogGreen for 11.23.09
  
  
  Aptera Update: Backstory uglier than we knew? Unanswered questions run deep, by the looks of it. POLL: Is the Tesla IPO for you? Money maker or bad idea? ...
  
  
  
  

Rafe's Radar

• Asana promises workplace nirvana
  
  
  Heavy on vision but light on the details, new workplace apps company emerges from Facebook tech talents. Originally posted at Webware
  
  
  
  
• Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: Tech biz turkeys
  
  
  Why is it that as Thanksgiving approaches, when we should be focusing on the good things in our lives, journalists take the opportunity to talk about what's bad? I don't know, but I do know that I'm not immune to the trend. This week on the Reporters' Roundtable: tech business turkeys! Unlike t ...
  
  
  
  
• Liveblog today: Google Chrome OS press conference
  
  
  Starting at 10 a.m. PST, Google plans to reveal technical details and launch plans for its upcoming operating system. CNET's Rafe Needleman will have a running commentary. Originally posted at Webware
  
  
  
  
• Going rate for acquisitions at Intuit: $170 millio ...
  
  
  When selling a company, it helps to know the buyer's sweet spot. We know Intuit's.
  
  
  
  
• Six Apart releases tiny blog tool, TypePad Micro
  
  
  New Chroma theme, designed for short posts, available for free under the new TypePad Micro brand. Originally posted at Webware
  
  
  
  

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!

• Books, Not Bombs
  
  
  California campuses have been rocked by protests this past week, provoked by massive student fee increases voted on by the University of California Board of Regents. After a year of sequential budget cuts, faculty and staff dismissals and furloughs, and the elimination of entire academic department ...
  
  
  
  
• Mail Tribune of Southern Oregon news story on Amy ...
  
  
  The Mail Tribune newspaper of Southern Oregon published a story on Amy Goodman’s tour stop in Ashland, Oregon. Reporter Paris Achen wrote, "Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now! , told a crowd of about 300 people at Ashland’s Southern Oregon University Sunday night that print and TV media h ...
  
  
  
  
• Hungering for a True Thanksgiving
  
  
  “In the next 60 seconds, 10 children will die of hunger,” says a United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) online video. It continues, “For the first time in humanity, over 1 billion people are chronically hungry.” The WFP launched the Billion for a Billion campaign this week, urging the 1 ...
  
  
  
  
• Lou Dobbs Resigns From CNN
  
  
  The controversial TV anchor has resigned from CNN amid a campaign to force him off the air due to his reporting on Latinos and immigrants. Past Democracy Now! Coverage of Lou Dobbs: Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez’s 2007 interview with Lou Dobbs Amy Goodman’s column ‘The Dubious Mr. ...
  
  
  
  
• The Man Who Put the Rainbow in 'The Wizard of Oz'
  
  
  Thanksgiving is around the corner, and families will be gathering to share a meal and, perhaps, enjoy another annual telecast of “The Wizard of Oz.” The 70-year-old film classic bears close watching this year, perhaps more than in any other, for the message woven into the lyrics, written during ...
  
  
  
  

Farming Pathogens

• Breeding Influenza: The Political Virology of Offs ...
  
  
  What better way to medicate against a holiday’s genocidal origins and the hunger now swelling worldwide in the wake of a related banker-brought recession than with a bellyful of turkey, stuffing, yams, and pumpkin pie? Despite its rotten ambiguities Thanksgiving remains my favorite American holida ...
  
  
  
  
• 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 [... ...
  
  
  
  

Digg Green

• Early Snowball Earth may have melted to a mudball
  
  
  THE idea that Earth was entirely frozen over about 700 million years ago - the so-called Snowball Earth hypothesis - poses one small problem: how did our planet thaw out? The conundrum could be explained if the Earth was more mudball than snowball.
  
  
  
  
• The Paint-Less Coca-Cola Would Save Earth One Can ...
  
  
  It doesn't only look beautiful, and it would make Jon Ive and Steve Jobs wet, but this naked Coca-Cola can would help save energy while reducing air and water pollution. Would it really make a difference? Let's do some math:
  
  
  
  
• Where Green Technology Clashes with Culture
  
  
  In Yemen, traditions and chaotic governance block efforts to build a sustainable water supply. Experts say that within 15 years, Sanaa could be the first capital city in the world to run out of groundwater. The rest of the country will not be far behind.
  
  
  
  
• The hormones, my friends, are blowing in the wind
  
  
  On any given day, some 750K U.S feedlots are beefing up between 11 million and 14 million head of cattle. The vast majority of these animals will receive muscle-building steroids, hormones they will eventually excrete into the environment. But traditional notions about where those biologically activ ...
  
  
  
  
• How Do Toxic Chemicals Move Around the Planet?
  
  
  Toxic chemicals created by human activity reach unusual concentrations in the Arctic, among other places.
  
  
  
  

Invisible Opportunity

• I’m going to Copenhagen but I can’t ta ...
  
  
  By Les Visible   The Manchurian President, Barak Obama (rhymes with Osama) is going to Copenhagen because Lord Rothschild and his vampire and werewolf brotherhood needs financing for the government, which they intend to utilize to enslave the human race. They don’t actually need the money because ...
  
  
  
  
• Climategate: this is our Berlin Wall moment!
  
  
  By James Delingpole I’ve just had a great, very sympathetic interview about Climategate on LBC radio (London’s main commercial news and talk station) with Petrie Hosken. She told me she has been simply inundated with callers, all of them utterly unconvinced that human influence has made any sign ...
  
  
  
  
• Canada: The Killer H1N1 Vaccine
  
  
  By Michel Chossudovsky “It is a serious thing [vaccine] that has the potential to kill” according to Dr. Neil Rau, an infectious disease expert, in a CTV interview, but do not worry: “leading experts insist, the benefits of the H1N1 vaccine vastly outweigh the risks” (Swine Flu Support Cent ...
  
  
  
  
• Video – World Trade Center Attack
  
  
  This is the second talk by Joe, the Webmaster,in a three-part series regarding the lies and deceptions of the 9/11 Commission. This talk is about the controlled demolitions of the World Trade Center towers and World Trade Center 7.
  
  
  
  
• Video – Pentagon Attack
  
  
  This is the third talk by Joe, the Webmaster,in a three-part series regarding the lies and deceptions of the 9/11 Commission. This talk is about the attack on the Pentagon.
  

  Care2 Picks

  
  
  
• Blackwater’s Secret War in Pakistan
  
  
  Jeremy Scahill Reveals Private Military Firm Operating in Pakistan Under Covert Assassination and Kidnapping Program Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
• Enlightenment - The Experience Festival
  
  
  The Global Oneness Commitment is an eight-year project with the goal of uniting people around the globe to mutual actions in order to transform the planet thru an increase in spiritual awareness synchronised with the twin Venus Transits 2004 and 2012 Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture ...
  
  
  
  
• Monsanto, Dole to collaborate on veggies
  
  
  Monsanto Co and Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc are formalizing a partnership to breed vegetables that are more attractive to consumers. The five-year collaboration will focus on creating variations of broccoli, cauliflower, lettuce and spinach,.... Submitted by Michelle M. to Health & Wellness  |   Not ...
  
  
  
  
• New Study Reveals Major Health Problems Linked to ...
  
  
  An alarming study published in the Journal of Biological Science this week points toward serious health hazards from genetically engineered foods and pesticides. Submitted by Krystina Bair to Health & Wellness  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
• Monsanto's Pesticide Kills Human Cells - Debate In ...
  
  
  Used in yards, farms and parks throughout the world, Roundup has long been a top-selling weed killer. But now researchers have found that one of Roundup's inert ingredients can kill human cells, particularly embryonic, placental and umbilical cord cells. Submitted by Sharla Stone to Health & Wellnes ...
  
  
  
  

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

• How One Journalist Learned About Modern Union-Bust ...
  
  
  Sara Steffens thought that labor negotiations were civilized affairs ... until her newsroom became a battlefield.
  
  
  
  
• Republican Playbook on Immigration Debate Long on ...
  
  
  Senate Republicans have “thoughtfully’ provided immigration advocates with their strategy for opposing immigration reform in 2010.
  
  
  
  
• Whatever Happened to the CIA Black Sites?
  
  
  The CIA ordered its secret prisons closed, but lawyers for terrorism suspects want them preserved as possible evidence -- and the CIA won't say what's going on.
  
  
  
  
• Sex, Beer, Heroin and Cocaine: How Prosecutors Pay ...
  
  
  All too often, prosecutors aid and abet the crimes of their informants. And that's just one disheartening outcome of American law enforcement's bungled dealings with snitches.
  
  
  
  
• Citing "National Defense Needs," Obama A ...
  
  
  Stephen Goose, director of Human Rights Watch's arms division, called the decision to keep the Bush-era policy "an appalling decision."
  
  
  
  

Sideways News

• Can Christmas trees be eco-friendly?
  
  
  It's that time of year again - time for family, friends and excess. And for traditionalists, it wouldn't be Christmas without a tree twinkling away. However, with five million coniferous trees sold over festive period, how can we be ecologically-aware while we celebrate?
  
  
  
  
• Make Christmas fair
  
  
  It’s more than 15 years since the first Fairtrade labelled products appeared on UK shelves. Back then, a fair trade Christmas would have proved challenging – unless everyone on your gift list happened to want a nice box of tea. Today, with more than 4,500 products available, everything from your ...
  
  
  
  
• The future of business meetings?
  
  
  A holographic conferencing system that wouldn’t seem out of place on classic TV show Tomorrow’s World is nearing the market. The system provides a life-sized 3D image of a person into the meeting room, using biaxal orientation – a method that uses reflective sheets of polyester, stretched pe ...
  
  
  
  
• Participate by not participating: Buy Nothing Day
  
  
  Do I really need this? Probably not. Could I borrow it instead? Probably. Have I got one (or five) already? What or who is behind what I buy, and what effect is it having? These are the questions we should be asking more often than we do. Buy Nothing Day on Saturday 28th November is a good place to ...
  
  
  
  
• Call for moves to save British pubs
  
  
  A plan of action has been launched in a bid to save Britain's pubs. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) and the Society of Independent Brewers (Siba) called on drinkers, publicans and politicians to do more to keep pubs open in light of a host of closures.
  
  
  
  

Fabius Maximus

• We are withdrawing from Afghanistan (eventually, b ...
  
  
  A blast from the past for your weekend reading, a reminder from the FM archives (21 April 2008) of how the military dangles future toop withdrawals before us — like a peasant does before a mule.  Keep this in mind when listening to Obama’s specious promises this week.  A few more troops, t ...
  
  
  
  
• The Trinity of modern war at work in Afghanistan ( ...
  
  
  Surprise!  We’re recruiting milita to help in Afghanistan.  It’s a new tactic, just as it was in Iraq and Vietnam.  It’s a direct violation of the COIN manual (FM 3-24), with its tiresome emphasis on building the legitimacy of the local puppet government.  But then that was just ...
  
  
  
  
• FM newswire for 28 November, hot articles for your ...
  
  
  Today’s broadsheet from the FM website pressroom with three sections of hot news. Links to interesting news and analysis Quote of the day: Louis Napoleon is an example for us Feature article:  “Circular reasoning Afghanistan” by Yglesias Plus, an Afterword Also — you can now su ...
  
  
  
  
• How long will all American Presidents be War Presi ...
  
  
  Summary:  President Obama has decided to expand the Af-Pak War and accept the Nobel Peace Prize, certifying himself to future generations as hypocritical scum, we must remember that he promised exactly this outcome.  And we elected him, so the responsibility is ours.  Like so many things, this w ...
  
  
  
  
• FM newswire for 27 November, hot articles for your ...
  
  
  Today’s broadsheet from the FM website pressroom.  There are 3 sections, all with hot news.  Also — you can now subscribe, receiving posts by email — see the box on the upper right. Links to interesting news and analysis Doomster nonsense of the day: China May Demand Physical Gold Feature ...
  
  
  
  

sibeledmonds - tweets

• sibeledmonds: Diverting our attention from the ass ...
  
  
  sibeledmonds: Diverting our attention from the assault on our civil liberties via renewing and extending the PATRIOT Act?? http://boilingfrogspost.com
  
  
  
  
• sibeledmonds: Boiling Frogs Updates: Exclusive Ser ...
  
  
  sibeledmonds: Boiling Frogs Updates: Exclusive Series by Peter Lance, Dr Nafeez Ahmed Joins Us, Good Ole Foreign Lobby & Obama…http://boilingfrogspost.com
  
  
  
  
• sibeledmonds: Interview with Author & Journalist K ...
  
  
  sibeledmonds: Interview with Author & Journalist Kristina Borjesson:Drastic Decline in True Investigative Journalism;how & why http://boilingfrogspost.com
  
  
  
  
• sibeledmonds: Boiling Frogs Show Presents Author & ...
  
  
  sibeledmonds: Boiling Frogs Show Presents Author & Journalist Kristina Borjesson: The Media Today http://boilingfrogspost.com
  
  
  
  
• sibeledmonds: Boiling Frogs: “Mr.President, ...
  
  
  sibeledmonds: Boiling Frogs: “Mr.President, please give these human beings half as much value as you give to your Turkey(s).” http://boilingfrogspost.com
  
  
  
  

WIRED Magazine | Science

• Video: The Chemistry of Thanksgiving
  
  
  If you want to arm yourself with some nice science trivia for tonight’s dinner conversation, check out this lecture by Diane Bunce, a professor of chemistry at The Catholic University in Washington, DC. She gets off to a slow start, so you may want to skip the first two minutes. See Also: Top 10 ...
  
  
  
  
• Industrial Thanksgiving: Science Takes Mom’s Rec ...
  
  
  Thanksgiving is about eating, and though local, organic food might be what the cool kids are eating, most people are still eating products of the industrial food system. Whether you’re talking turkey, cranberries or potatoes, industrial-scale processes have been developed to drive down food costs ...
  
  
  
  
• DIY Botox Seller Busted by Texas Attorney General
  
  
  The Texas attorney general filed charges Monday against Laurie D’Alleva for allegedly selling prescription drugs like Botox from websites she owned, including discountmedspa.com. Agents descended on her Mansfield, Texas home and carried out boxes, computers, and other possible evidence for the ca ...
  
  
  
  
• Pacific Northwest Earthquakes Could Strike Closer ...
  
  
  Major earthquakes occurring along the Cascadia subduction zone off the coast of Washington state could strike closer to the state’s urban areas than some models have suggested, a new study notes. GPS data gathered at dozens of sites throughout western Washington hint that slippage along the inter ...
  
  
  
  
• The Gruesome Power of Raptor Talons
  
  
  The most thorough study to date of raptor talons reveals their feet to be extraordinarily specialized hunting tools, perfectly suited to their gruesomely amazing killing strategies. “Despite the ubiquity of raptors in terrestrial ecosystems, many aspects of their predatory behavior remain poorly ...
  
  
  
  

The Progressive Realist

• Sovereign Debt: The Next Financial Contagion?
  
  
  This week, the government of Dubai decided to delay payment on the tens of billions of dollars that it's Dubai World holding owes to various creditors ( UBS speculates as much as $80B ). Dubai World is the vehicle through which the state has invested heavily in various real estate projects around t ...
  
  
  
  
• The Humiliating Obama-in-Asia Failures Mount Up
  
  
  NYT today : From the story: "WASHINGTON -- The United Nations nuclear watchdog demanded Friday that Iran immediately freeze operations at a once secret uranium enrichment plant,  a sharp rebuke that bore added weight because it was endorsed by Russia and China... "Administration officials held up ...
  
  
  
  
• Strategic Readjustment and India
  
  
  The United States, during the Bush administration, started a very serious change of course in its strategic relationship with India -- a huge democratic nation that has been at best ambivalent about relations with the United States for decades. Barack Obama's decision to throw his first State Dinne ...
  
  
  
  
• Total Eclipse Of The Sun Hits Dubai World
  
  
  Back in the heady days of 2006 some 30,000 cranes, roughly a quarter of total global capacity, were busy whirring away in Dubai. Today most of these devices have either left to find service in other parts of the globe, or lie silent, unused and unloved. In what is only the latest sign of the ongoin ...
  
  
  
  
• Circular Reasoning in Afghanistan
  
  
  Yesterday’s New York Times glossed one reason why some U.S. officials think we need to stay in Afghanistan in force: But for years, throughout the Bush administration and into the Obama administration, American officials have been making trips to Pakistan to reassure its government that the United ...
  
  
  
  

TAPPED - The American Prospect

• Lightning Round: The Limits of Presidential Prerog ...
  
  
  President Obama has pledged to committing the U.S. to reducing carbon emissions to 17 percent below 2005 levels in advance of traveling to Copenhagen Dec. 7 for the international climate conference, but between the parochial interests of individual senators and the energy industries they represent, ...
  
  
  
  
• Lessons from Argentina.
  
  
  In the wake of the highest unemployment rate in 25 years, The Roosevelt Institute asked historians, economists and other public thinkers to reflect on the lessons of the New Deal and explore new, big ideas for how to get America back to work. TAPPED will be cross-posting the 10-part series with the ...
  
  
  
  
• What Color Was That Again?
  
  
  Can you spot the glaring problem in this AP story about last night's state dinner? First lady Michelle Obama chose to wear a gleaming silver-sequined, flesh-colored gown Tuesday night to the first state dinner held by her husband's administration. She was tending to her hostess duties in a strap ...
  
  
  
  
• Keeping Score.
  
  
  Dana Perino has some thoughts on terrorism, in particular the Ft. Hood shootings: PERINO: And we had a terrorist attack on our country. And we should call it what it is. Because we need to face up to it so that we can prevent it from happening again. HANNITY: I agree with you. And why wonâ ...
  
  
  
  
• Trying to Kill Social Security.
  
  
  Atrios has the correct response to Kevin Drum 's rather odd claim that Social Security could somehow be "taken off the table" by instituting some benefit cuts and tax hikes: thinking that Social Security could ever be "reformed" to Fred Hiatt 's long-term satisfaction will work out about as well as ...
  
  
  
  

Andy Worthington

• Andy Worthington Discusses “Outside the Law: Sto ...
  
  
  Last week I was delighted to talk to Linda Olson-Osterlund on KBOO FM in Portland, Oregon, for her show, “A Deeper Look,” which was broadcast on Wednesday. The show is available online here, and Linda and I discussed the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (dire ...
  
  
  
  
• Andy Worthington Discusses “Outside the Law: Sto ...
  
  
  Last week I was delighted to talk to Linda Olson-Osterlund for KBOO FM in Portland, Oregon, for her show, “A Deeper Look,” which was broadcast on Wednesday. The show is available online here, and Linda and I discussed the new documentary film, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo” (dir ...
  
  
  
  
• UK Judges Compare Binyam Mohamed’s Torture To Th ...
  
  
  Binyam Mohamed is a British resident, seized in Pakistan in April 2002, who was held in Pakistani custody, supervised by US agents, until July 2002, when he was sent by the CIA to be tortured for 18 months in Morocco, and was tied in with a “dirty bomb plot” that never even existed. After his [. ...
  
  
  
  
• Iraq Inquiry: Sir Christopher Meyer Confirms That ...
  
  
  No matter how it ends up being spun, Sir Christopher Meyer’s testimony to the Chilcot Inquiry today demonstrated, without a shadow of a doubt, how “regime change” in Iraq was agreed between George W. Bush and Tony Blair in April 2002, and how the rush to war by the US meant that furious attemp ...
  
  
  
  
• Andy Worthington Discusses Obama’s Failure To Cl ...
  
  
  Following up on my US tour promoting the new documentary, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamoâ€� (directed by Polly Nash and myself) and my appearance on ABC News, plus the slew of developments in recent weeks regarding Guantánamo — federal court trials for Khalid Sheikh Mohamm ...
  
  
  
  

Buzzflash

• Free the Children Works to Bring Education Around ...
  
  
  WINGS OF JUSTICE Free the Children   The Colbert Report Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Kid Gloves - Marc Kielburger www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating "Won't somebody please think of the children?" is a running gag on "The Simpsons," a popular phrase ...
  
  
  
  
• Michael Winship: A Jane Goodall Thanksgiving
  
  
  BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY by Michael Winship Give thanks. Because this isn't one of those Thanksgiving lists of things for which we should be grateful -- although health, family, friends, laughter, etc., would certainly all be on mine. And Jane Goodall. Yes, that Jane Goodall, the woman we all grew ...
  
  
  
  
• The Distressing State of Our National Discourse
  
  
  Body Is it possible we have reached the zenith of dumbing down or has our quirkiness just become more overt as devotees of hate radio and TV parrot what they hear and non-facts become an acceptable basis for debate? It sometimes seems that the most sought-after attribute among Republican ...
  
  
  
  
• Nikolas Kozloff: Hugo Chávez, Idi Amin, and Moral ...
  
  
  BUZZFLASH GUEST COMMENTARY by Nikolas Kozloff Having survived a U.S.-supported coup d'état in 2002 that briefly removed him from power, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has sought to encourage solidarity amongst impoverished nations in an effort to counter Washington's hegemonic and imperial desig ...
  
  
  
  
• BuzzFlash Mailbag for November 24, 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: harry reid Hi, Buzz!! Is i ...
  
  
  
  

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

• Is Obama's civil liberties record understandable?
  
  
  Earlier this week, Kevin Drum said that "nine times out of ten" Obama's policies are "pretty much what [he] expected" but that "the biggest one-time-out-of-ten where he's not doing what [he] expected is in the area of detainee and civil liberties issues."  Similarly, Andrew Sullivan cited  "acc ...
  
  
  
  
• A key British official reminds us of the forgotten ...
  
  
  Britain is currently engulfed by a probing, controversial investigation into how their Government came to support the invasion of Iraq, replete with evidence that much of what was said at the time by both British and American officials was knowingly false, particularly regarding the unequivocal in ...
  
  
  
  
• Tough-guy John Bolton, hiding under his bed
  
  
  (updated below) John Bolton is the prototypical right-wing pseudo-tough-guy:  cheering on every war he can find without ever getting near any of them.  And as usual for this strain of play-acting, chest-beating warrior, all of the belligerence and craving of vicarious power masks a deep and p ...
  
  
  
  
• Phil Carter's resignation from key detainee policy ...
  
  
  Phillip Carter is a lawyer, a former Army Captain, a veteran of the Iraq War and a very harsh critic of the Bush administration's detention and interrogation policies.  He was a vigorous supporter of Barack Obama's campaign, and in 2008, became the Obama campaign's National Veterans Director.  In A ...
  
  
  
  
• Greg Craig and Obama's worsening civil liberties r ...
  
  
  (updated below) Over at Daily Kos , Barbara Morrill complains that The Washington Post 's Richard Cohen "is Karl Rove dressed up in pseudo-sadness" because -- according to her -- Cohen today "whines that the Attorney General announced that the United States follows the rule of law" by giving ...
  
  
  
  

The BiPartisan Report

• Pesky facts spoil GOP’s mammogram arguments
• Those holier than thou Conservatives
• Dennis Kucinich: Enemy of the good, pursuer of the ...
• Betsy’s Bullshit, Round 2
• The difference between politics and governing

Sciencebase

• Absolute chemical headlines
  
  
  A wide range of stories again in this week’s Alchemist column on ChemWeb.com Absolute configurations reveal themselves through NMR spectroscopy using residual dipolar couplings in small molecules, according to an international team who have put it to work on an anticancer compound. Discussed also ...
  
  
  
  
• Recognisable scientists versus artists
  
  
  According to the promoters of a new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London aimed at UK Scientific Heritage: “Scientists are no longer unrecognisable boffins” thanks to the Science in Focus exhibition, which runs until 17 January 2010. Well…I take issue with that remark! Which o ...
  
  
  
  
• Homeopathy really doesn’t work
  
  
  A couple of years ago, I re-posted an old article of mine about homeopathy discussing its ludicrous claims, its feeble attempts to provide a scientific explanation for those claims, and basically pointing out that no solid evidence has ever been found that infinitely diluted solutions of spurious in ...
  
  
  
  
• Latest science headlines
  
  
  Time to bring you up to date on the latest science headlines I’ve put together for other sites this last couple of weeks, so here’s a quick round-up: On the SpectroscopyNOW site, this issue, I covered natural chemicals that can help sunflowers soak up toxic cadmium from the soil (another example ...
  
  
  
  
• Genetically engineered heavy metal fans
  
  
  The wastewater released from industry often contains high levels of toxic heavy metals, which can kill organisms, damage ecosystems, and accumulate in the foodchain. Electroplating, lead smelting, mining, and countless other processes produce enormous volumes of such wastewater. In a perfect world, ...
  
  
  
  

change: org.

• One of a Kind (and Let's Keep it That Way): Pet Cl ...
  
  
  This fall, BioArts, the company claiming to hold the only worldwide rights to clone dogs, cats, and endangered species, announced plans to discontinue its “Best Friends Again” commercial dog cloning service. The animal welfare community has protested pet cloning as irresponsible and inhumane si ...
  
  
  
  
• The Global Domestic Violence Epidemic
  
  
  Since we're in the middle of the 16 Days Campaign Against Gender Violence , I thought today I'd take a look at domestic violence. It's certainly not something to be proud of that a quarter of American women are victims of domestic abuse, or that only half of such incidents get reported to the police ...
  
  
  
  
• White House statement on Copenhagen mum on aid to ...
  
  
  The White House put out an official statement on the Copenhagen climate talks , in which they confirm that President Obama will be traveling to the talks on Dec. 9th — a week too early — and officially state the tragically weak emissions targets the Obama Administration is bringing to the table. ...
  
  
  
  
• Dogs on Diets: Combating an Animal Obesity Epidemi ...
  
  
  There’s a saying that goes “If your dog is fat, you’re not getting enough exercise.” That may be true, but unless your dog has her own credit card and the pizza guy on speed dial, there are usually other factors involved. As the resident human, I’m the one who buys the pet food in the hou ...
  
  
  
  
• Trespassing Hunters Kill People, Violate Rights, a ...
  
  
  Well, isn't this just lovely. Men out looking for bears to kill in northern Pennsylvania trespassed on another gun owner's land on Tuesday, and sometime after the latter man confronted the hunters, there was a shoot-out. The 63-year-old landowner (for the record, I hate this word and concept, but th ...
  
  
  
  

Common Dreams -News

• Iraq Inquiry: Deal Might have been ‘Signed in Bl ...
  
  
  by Gordon Rayner Sir Christopher Meyer told the Iraq Inquiry that the two men spent an afternoon meeting in private at the former president's ranch in Crawford, Texas, in April 2002, which appeared to lead to a shift in the then Prime Minister's stance on Iraq. Sir Christopher said: "I took no part ...
  
  
  
  
• Ex-UK envoy: US Focused on Iraq Hours after 9/11
  
  
  by David Stringer Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the issue of Iraq with the U.K. hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, Britain's former ambassador told an inquiry into the Iraq war Thursday. Christopher Meyer, who served as then-Prime Minister Tony Blair's envoy to Washington bet ...
  
  
  
  
• Iraq: The Inquiry Cover-Up That Will Keep Us in th ...
  
  
  by Andrew Grice Gordon Brown was accused of strangling the inquiry into the Iraq war at birth yesterday by refusing to let it make public sensitive documents that shed light on the conflict. read more
  
  
  
  
• Designs for New UK Nuclear Reactors are Unsafe, Cl ...
  
  
  by Terry Macalister Britain's main safety regulator threw the government's energy plans into chaos tonight by damning the nuclear industry's leading designs for new plants. The Health and Safety Executive said it could not recommend plans for new reactors because of wide-ranging concerns about their ...
  
  
  
  
• Australian Camel Cull Plan Angers Animal Welfare G ...
  
  
  by Adam Gabbatt Animal welfare groups have accused the Australian government of being "trigger happy" over plans to shoot 6,000 camels that invaded an outback town in search of water. read more
  
  
  
  

Lifehacker

• How to Fix Your Relatives' Terrible Computer [Tec ...
  
  
  Drop your bags, grab a drink, and grab the XP CD—it's time for the holiday ritual of fixing up your relatives' computer. Here are some tips and downloads to keep handy while you're cursing all the auto-starting crapware. Photo by Justin Marty . For this guide, we're going to do a bit of assuming. ...
  
  
  
  
• Firefox 3.6 Beta 4 Available with Many Fixes [Dow ...
  
  
  Windows/Mac/Linux: Nobody told Mozilla's developers it's a day off. They've just pushed out a fourth beta of Firefox 3.6, with more than 100 fixes from the last beta and more add-on security and compatibility. There's no reason not to grab this beta if you're a bleeding-edge Firefox fan, as it doesn ...
  
  
  
  
• Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day: Black Friday Ed ...
  
  
  What's the most dealtastic day of the whole year? Black Friday, of course. Come on in for some deep-dish regular deals and some fantastic Black Friday Deals. Twice a week we round up the best deals we can find to share with you. This Thursday is the eve of Black Friday—one of the biggest shopping ...
  
  
  
  
• MouseExtender Launches Programs With Two Clicks [ ...
  
  
  Windows only: The Windows 7 taskbar is pretty convenient, but if you are running an older version of Windows (or are just looking for a cool mouse-based launcher), MouseExtender is a sleek program that launches with one click of the mouse. By default, MouseExtender is triggered by clicking the middl ...
  
  
  
  
• Google Adds Improved Movie Listings, Trailers for ...
  
  
  When you're traveling around your own town or a distant city, Google's mobile search now offers you way more movie listing information and mobile-formatted trailers . Just search "movies" from your phone to check out Google's fuller, better movie results, complete with trailers, nearby theaters wh ...
  
  
  
  

Newshoggers - AfPak

• Lack of Change = Lack of Enthusiasm
  
  
  Commentary By Ron Beasley As Dave noted the other day Self-preservation is not a Democratic instinct. In the comments section of that post I wrote the following: People voted for the Democrats and Obama for change and they have gotten damn little of it. The danger in 2010 is that millions will simpl ...
  
  
  
  
• Getting Up To Date On: Pakistan
  
  
  By Steve Hynd We've already covered some of the news on Afghanistan readers might have missed over Thanksgiving. Now, what about its neighbour Pakistan? Well, the big pre-Turkey story was Jeremy Scahill's expose of the involvement of a Blackwater subsiduary in gathering intelligence, drone operation ...
  
  
  
  
• Getting Up To Date On: Afghanistan
  
  
  By Steve Hynd We hope all our American readers had a good Thanksgiving. But the news keeps rolling on despite holidays, so it's time to play catch-up with foreign policy and affairs. Let's start with Afghanistan and the ongoing U.S.-led occupation there. With Obama's speech on his new Afghanistan st ...
  
  
  
  
• The Anti-torture canaries are dying
  
  
  By Dave Anderson: The Obama Administration pinched several excellent bloggers for mid-level staff positions earlier this year. I approved of those decisions as I had read Phil Carter and the Balkinization crew for years and I trusted both their judgment and their integrity, especially on the matter ...
  
  
  
  
• Blackwater in Pakistan: But What Did The I.S.I. Kn ...
  
  
  By Steve Hynd Our good friend Jeremy Scahill broke a truly massive story yesterday at The Nation. At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret p ...
  
  
  
  

Water Wars

• Water wars: Costly Lake Lanier options may pressur ...
  
  
  The task force created by Gov. Sonny Perdue found that it would take at least eight years and hundreds of millions of dollars to bring new reservoirs online. And aggressive new conservation measures would not alone make up for the 280 million gallons a day the Atlanta area would lose if its supply f ...
  
  
  
  
• Tiger Bay Club debates oil drilling - The Observer ...
  
  
  The Sarasota Tiger Bay Club’s monthly meeting Nov. 19, which centered on the topic “Drilling for Oil,” fostered a heated debate among oil-drilling supporters and opponents — essentially economy versus the environment.
  
  
  
  
• Georgia businesses could lose $26 billion annually ...
  
  
  Metro Atlanta would be hardest hit by water losses
  
  
  
  
• GA task force: Water Wars defeat means $26(B) loss ...
  
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s water task force has learned that losing Lake Lanier as source for drinking water could mean an annual loss of more than $26 billion for businesses.
  
  
  
  
• Water Wars Defeat Could Mean $26B Loss (WXIA-TV At ...
  
  
  Georgia's water task force has learned that losing Lake Lanier as source for drinking water could mean an annual loss of more than $26 billion for businesses.
  
  
  
  

WordPress | Economics

• Will South Korea eventually have a higher GDP per ...
  
  
  Will South Korea eventually have a higher GDP per capita than Japan? Most people reading this questi
  
  
  
  
• Laffer og Voodoo
  
  
  Høyre argumenterte valgkampen med at lavere skatter fører til høyere skatteinntekter. Ved dynamiske
  
  
  
  
• Does the Welfare State Make Older Workers Unemploy ...
  
  
  Gilles Saint-Paul has a new working paper that looks into if the welfare state makes older workers u
  
  
  
  
• Kazakh Bank Lost Billions in Western Investments
  
  
  LONDON — In the last few years, big banks have found many surprising ways to lose billions of
  
  
  
  
• Sending you over to Sipsey Street
  
  
  For an absolutely superb post re: Hellcare. And the Law of Unintended Consequences derived from the
  
  
  
  

McClatchey

• Wind turbines beginning to energize Alaska
  
  
  PALMER, Alaska -- Two spinning turbines dot the sky above Palmer, putting the quaint colony-era town on the forefront of a grass-roots make-your-own energy movement sweeping Alaska.
  
  
  
  
• Commentary: U.S., Pakistan must fight militants to ...
  
  
  PESHAWAR, Pakistan — While Americans are focused on the U.S. fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan, an equally critical battle is being waged by the Pakistani army against Taliban groups next door.
  
  
  
  
• Commentary: Sanford's ethics case has many unanswe ...
  
  
  The 37 ethics charges against Gov. Mark Sanford are not equal. Even within each of the three categories of alleged violations — flying business class instead of coach on state business, using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses and using the state plane for personal and political trips — ...
  
  
  
  
• Obama: A good communicator, but not yet a great on ...
  
  
  WASHINGTON — He's soared to great heights, moving people with words that put him in a rarified league with such great communicators as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
  
  
  
  
• Obama: A good communicator, but not yet a great on ...
  
  
  WASHINGTON — He's soared to great heights, moving people with words that put him in a rarified league with such great communicators as Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
  
  
  
  

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

• Copenhagen Countdown: 10 days
  
  
  This was the week that saw the heavyweights come to town. The EU had said it, UN climate convention chief Yvo de Boer had said it: without something firm on the table from China and US, together responsible for about 40% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, it would be very difficult to reach a ...
  
  
  
  
• China completes the climate circle
  
  
  A fair bit of the doubt and confusion surrounding next month's UN climate summit has suddenly cleared, with the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters - the US and China - announcing pledges on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. As is set out in the Bali Action Plan - the agreement made at the ...
  
  
  
  
• China completes the climate circle
  
  
  A fair bit of the doubt and confusion surrounding next month's UN climate summit has suddenly cleared, with the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters - the US and China - announcing pledges on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. As is set out in the Bali Action Plan - the agreement made at the ...
  
  
  
  
• Copenhagen Countdown: 17 days
  
  
  If you've spent the week following every change of direction in the political winds about the likely outcome of the forthcoming UN climate summit, you'll have seen more twisting than the average Chubby Checker song. Extending borrowing from the arts and entertainment world: "To bind or not to bind" ...
  
  
  
  
• Climate: A defining issue
  
  
  A couple of weeks ago, the cat came well and truly out of the bag: there would not be a legally binding treaty at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen next month. Or will there? During his meeting on Tuesday with China's President Hu Jintao, President Obama appeared to indicate that some sort of co ...
  
  
  
  

Afghanistan Sun

• Report says Bin Laden could have been captured
  
  
  A US Senate report has revealed that US forces could have captured Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan in late 2001.
  
  
  
  
• Britain to host conference on Afghanistan in Janua ...
  
  
  London, Nov 29 (IANS) Britain would host a conference on Afghanistan Jan 28 next year, where members of the international coalition will discuss plans for handing control of the country back to local authorities, the prime minister's office announced Saturday.
  
  
  
  
• Obama 'realism' faces Afghan test
  
  
  make the case for sending more troops to Afghanistan, some allies are urging him to return to a line of argument little heard since the Bush years: that the United States has a moral obligation to pro...
  
  
  
  
• Karzai under pressure to draw up troop exit plan
  
  
  British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has upped the pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai insisting he draw up in the next two months an action plan to enable foreign forces to start withdrawing. Ka...
  
  
  
  
• Pakistan president claims success against Taliban
  
  
  Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari has claimed "considerable success" in a military offensive against Taliban fighters in the remote tribal northwest, his office said Sunday. Zardari made the remar...
  
  
  
  

Futurismic

• Excavating Worlds
  
  
  Can you keep a secret? Despite being a total nerd, I somehow managed to grow up without playing a single full D&D adventure. It wasn’t because I was too cool for it or anything, I just didn’t have the right friends. But I wanted to, let me tell you. Desperately. So I bought sourcebooks. In case ...
  
  
  
  
• Fresh blood at Futurismic: Tim Maly, Excavating Wo ...
  
  
  For various reasons, I’m too short of time to do any blogging today, but I have a new voice to introduce to the Futurismic choir instead. You may have noticed me linking to and mentioning one Tim Maly quite a few times in the last few months, most recently for his post on the demise [...] Project ...
  
  
  
  
• Battered avatars – feminist statement or misogyn ...
  
  
  With its ability to allow us to take on new forms, appearances and identities, the metaverse is opening up as a whole new arena for discussions about cultural perceptions. Here’s a fresh example: a Second Life avatar skin designer released a collection of skins named “Battle Royale” on to the ...
  
  
  
  
• Can fictional characters be libelous?
  
  
  Hey, writers – ever based a character on a friend, no matter how loosely? Well, you’d best be careful to stay friends with them if you get published, because there’s now a legal precedent for a character in a novel being considered as libel: A Georgia jury has ruled that Haywood Smith, author ...
  
  
  
  
• The retail show-down: will online trump big-box?
  
  
  Economic slump + increasing ubiquity of internet = ruthless tit-for-tat price war between Amazon and Wal-Mart: The tussle began last month as a relatively trivial but highly public back-and-forth over which company had the lowest prices on the most anticipated new books and DVDs this fall. By last w ...
  
  
  
  

geopolitics | geoeconomics

• Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War: Or ...
• The Fake Oil Crisis of 1973
• Fossiles Erdöl
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Confessions of an “ex” Peak Oil Believer
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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Whistleblowers Protection Blog

• Indonesian activists suffer police investigation
  
  
  My counterpart in Indonesia, Emerson Yuntho, has been swept up in a flurry of police activity associated with the Third Conference of State Parties (CoSP) of the United Nation Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).  I just met Emerson last month when he visited our offices at the National Whistlebl ...
  
  
  
  
• International Whistleblower News (November 23, 200 ...
  
  
  [Canada] MacCharles, Tonda, Richard Colvin: Portrait of a whistleblower, theStar.com , November 21, 2009. Talk to people who know Richard Colvin and a few key traits emerge. Driven, committed to Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Knows his stuff. Takes copious notes. Sociable, yet discreet. Above all, ...
  
  
  
  
• International Whistleblower News (November 16, 200 ...
  
  
  [UK] Develin, Kate, “NHS whistleblower ‘sacked for revealing dumped x-ray scans’,” Telegraph.co.uk, November 14, 2009. Dr Otto Chan, a consultant radiologist, believes that he was labelled a troublemaker after the revelations about the Royal London. He claims that hospital bosses decided to ...
  
  
  
  
• CIA to pay $3 million so Horn will not oppose vaca ...
  
  
  The CIA has decided to pay Richard Horn $3 million for a unique settlement of a fifteen (15) year-old spying case. The government not only wants Horn to dismiss the case and release the CIA and State Department officials who spied on him, but the government also wants Horn to promise that he will no ...
  
  
  
  
• Bad Apples in a Rotten Barrel
  
  
    In the United Kingdom, a former investigator of the Royal Military Police (RMP), speaking anonymously, alleges that Senior British army commanders in Iraq refused to investigate Iraqi civilian abuse claims. According to BBC News on October 11 th , the whistleblower claims that while he has seen d ...
  
  
  
  

Defense and the National Interest

• On War #323: Milestone
  
  
  William S. Lind 23 November 2009 One of the ongoing themes of this column has been gangs and the role they play in a Fourth Generation world. Here in the United States they already serve as an alternative primary loyalty (alternative to the state) for many urban young men. Gangs will likely be a m ...
  
  
  
  
• DNI to close — update
  
  
  23 November 2009 Many thanks to everyone who wrote in.  My wife and I are deeply touched. We’ll try to find someone to at least take over the site as it is and keep the links intact.  Several people have contacted me with ideas.  In the meantime, I’ll leave everything up unless we start ...
  
  
  
  
• DNI to close
  
  
  Probably on Monday, November 23, depending on how my travels work out. Please go ahead and download any thing you’d like to keep — I’d particularly recommend Boyd’s briefings and the 4GW manuals. I have great faith in the growing number of bloggers and commentators who cover many of the s ...
  
  
  
  
• On War #322: What Is “Political Correctness?”
  
  
  William S. Lind 18 November 2009 In response to the killing of 13 American soldiers at Ft. Hood by an Islamic U. S. Army major, a number of senior officials have expressed their fear, not of Islam, but of a possible threat to “diversity.” “Diversity” is one of the many false gods of “Poli ...
  
  
  
  
• What should we do with terrorists?
  
  
  Security guru Bruce Schneier has the right idea: We should treat terrorists like common criminals and give them all the benefits of true and open justice — not merely because it demonstrates our indomitability, but because it makes us all safer. Once a society starts circumventing its own laws, th ...
  
  
  
  

Science Express

• Heart of a galaxy emits gamma rays
  
  
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Quite a few distant galaxies turn out to be cosmic delivery rooms. Large numbers of massive stars are born in the hearts of these starburst galaxies, and later explode as supernovae. In the remnants they leave behind, particles are accelerated to very high energies. Astrophysicists ...
  
  
  
  
• Physicists Demonstrate Three-Color Entanglement
  
  
  (PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, physicists have demonstrated the quantum entanglement of three light beams, all of different wavelengths. Entanglement of two light beams of different wavelengths has already been demonstrated, but the researchers explain that going beyond two beams is important ...
  
  
  
  
• Cassini Data Help Redraw Shape of Solar System (w/ ...
  
  
  (PhysOrg.com) -- Images from the Ion and Neutral Camera on NASA's Cassini spacecraft suggest that the heliosphere, the region of the sun's influence, may not have the comet-like shape predicted by existing models. In a paper published Oct. 15 in Science Express, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Ap ...
  
  
  
  
• New study predicts future consequences of a global ...
  
  
  A report examining the impact of a global biofuels program on greenhouse gas emissions during the 21st century has found that carbon loss stemming from the displacement of food crops and pastures for biofuels crops may be twice as much as the CO2 emissions from land dedicated to biofuels production. ...
  
  
  
  
• A solution to Darwin's 'mystery of the mysteries' ...
  
  
  Biological species are often defined on the basis of reproductive isolation. Ever since Darwin pointed out his difficulty in explaining why crosses between two species often yield sterile or inviable progeny (for instance, mules emerging from a cross between a horse and a donkey), biologists have st ...
  
  
  
  

TechDirt

• Stop Wallowing And Start Doing Cool Stuff With Bus ...
  
  
  We gently knocked Wil Wheaton recently for saying some things that we thought were a bit wrongheaded in terms of dealing with people copying his work -- while noting that for the most part he absolutely seemed to "get" where things were heading and had a long history of embracing that. Whatever you ...
  
  
  
  
• Researchers: Copying And Imitation Is Good For Soc ...
  
  
  When we talk about intellectual property issues, many maximalists on both the copyright and patent side of things have this inherent sense that "copying" is "bad." Not just "bad," it's downright immoral. You hear words like "freeloading," "parasites," "pirates," "thieves," "copycats," etc. Yet, t ...
  
  
  
  
• Steve Jobs Tells Startup Startup To Change Names, ...
  
  
  Reader mick alerts us to the story of a small eight-person startup that makes a popular app for backing up your iPod music, which had been called "iPodRip" until Steve Jobs and Apple's lawyers got involved , demanding the company cease using the name and hand over its domain. It's even told the guy ...
  
  
  
  
• Profitable 'Pay Us Or We'll Sue You For File Shari ...
  
  
  Remember ACS:Law? The shakedown organization that appears to have taken over where Davenport Lyons left off (including using some of the identical documents), and who has "partnered" with DigiProtect, the company that gleefully admits that it purposely puts files on file sharing networks just to co ...
  
  
  
  
• UK Police Arresting People Just To Add To DNA Data ...
  
  
  We were just talking about how pretty much any government database will get abused by government employees eventually. But it's not just on the accessing or revealing of data that this can happen. How about the collection of data as well? Jabberwocky alerts us to the news that police in the UK ha ...
  
  
  
  

VacTruth

• Flashback: NIAID Launches 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vacc ...
  
  
  Up to 120 women 18 to 39 years of age who are in their second or third trimester (14 to 34 weeks) of pregnancy will be enrolled into this initial trial.
  
  
  
  
• Shocking H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine Miscarriage Storie ...
  
  
  The package inserts for the swine flu vaccines actually say that the safety of these vaccines for pregnant women has not been established.
  
  
  
  
• China expert warns of pandemic flu mutation
  
  
  "This is something we need to monitor, the change, the mutation of the virus. This is why reporting of the death rate must be really transparent."
  
  
  
  
• Two-Month-Old Babies Now Being Used as Guinea Pigs ...
  
  
  It is also planned that 14 other bergen babies will be part of the experiment.
  
  
  
  
• Teen Has H1N1 Vaccine Reaction, Diagnosed with Gui ...
  
  
  H1N1 Flu shot cripples teenager.
  
  
  
  

BroadSnark

• Ignoring Elites is so Elitist
  
  
  Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen at Politico wrote a story about how Obama’s White House is “working systematically to marginalize the most powerful forces behind the Republican Party.” The Heritage Foundation quoted that story and then did a fascinating little maneuver where they tried to turn “ ...
  
  
  
  
• Rewriting the Drug War News
  
  
  Ever read a news story and want to bang your head on the wall because of all the underlying assumptions written into it?  Me too. Stop the Drug War has a new project called the Drug Policy News Writing Demonstration Project. The Drug Policy News Demonstration Project seeks to raise awareness of the ...
  
  
  
  
• The Danger of Good vs. Evil
  
  
  The Heritage Foundation put out a morning bell yesterday.  The gist of the message is that Obama slighted Reagan by not showing up for the Berlin wall ceremonies and for not mentioning Reagan in his speech.  Reagan is, of course, the savior who freed the world from the communists. My personal favo ...
  
  
  
  
• Some Stuff You Might Have Missed
  
  
  I really liked this post over at Reconcile.  It’s time we start talking about higher education.  We shouldn’t just accept “get an education” as an answer to all our social ills. And speaking of school, sometimes (just for a moment) I forget the horror that it was to be a teenager.  ...
  
  
  
  
• The Problem with Economics
  
  
  I came across a study this week that reminded me why I focused on history and not economics. Carl-Johan Daigaard and Ola Olsson, economists at the University of Copenhagen, published results of a study called Why are Rich Countries More Politically Cohesive?.  They conclude that there is a correlat...
  

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• Germany: Prosecutor to Homeschoolers: No Compromis ...
  
  
  Juergen and Rosemary Dudek of Archfeldt, Germany, were sentenced to 90 days in prison in July 2008 because they homeschool their children.
  
  
  
  
• FDIC reports biggest drop for business loans on re ...
  
  
  U.S. banks are earning money again, but they're writing fewer business loans, threatening a fragile economic recovery.
  
  
  
  
• The Fed Doesn't Want Banks to Increase Lending
  
  
  As has already been widely noted, the minutes of the most recent FOMC meeting reiterated the Fed’s eagerness to reverse, not extend, policy
  
  
  
  
• LOL: The aliens demand Earthlings sign Copenhagen ...
  
  
  Alien spies live among us’ says Bulgarian gov space boffin Say we must stop global warming
  
  
  
  
• China admits it runs illegal black jails to tortur ...
  
  
  A magazine run by the Chinese government has revealed the existence of a network of secret detention centres or "black jails" in Beijing where inmates are often beaten or tortured.
  
  
  
  

The Intelligence Daily

• School of the Americas protest highlights Honduras ...
  
  
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• Hunger on the rise globally and at home; Rome food ...
  
  
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• ZDNET: Peak oil panic? Dubai or not Dubai?
  
  
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My AntiWar

• Iran Speaker Warns West on Nuclear Cooperation
  
  
  Summary: Ali LarijaniTEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran’s parliament could move to reduce Tehran’s cooperation level with the U.N. nuclear agency watchdog if the West continues to pressure the Islamic state over its nuclear program, speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday. source: Reutersread more
  
  
  
  
• New Iran sanctions would be pointless: Brazil
  
  
  Summary: RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil, which abstained from voting for an IAEA resolution censuring Iran?s nuclear drive, said Saturday that fresh UN sanctions against Tehran would be pointless. source: AFPread more
  
  
  
  
• IAEA Condemnation of Iran: An Omen of New Sanction ...
  
  
  Summary: Juan ColeAlthough some observers are wondering if Friday’s vote is a prelude to stricter UN Security Council sanctions on Iran, Howard LeFrachi at CSM rightly points out that China does not want more sanctions. China was essentially blackmailed into voting for Friday’s resolution, acco ...
  
  
  
  
• Why Turkey Was the Iraq War’s Real Winner
• Guantnamo Bay: Depressed US Towns Battle to House ...
  
  

  Rogue Government.com

  
  
  
• Rush Limbaugh Calls For Military Coup
  
  
  When does a political joke become sedition? Rush Limbaugh is calling for a military coup, and the joke, if it is a joke, is not funny. Rush, speaking about President Obama's upcoming speech at West Point, expressed hope that military officials at the Academy would "detain" President Obama.
  
  
  
  
• Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned
  
  
  The Obama administration is seeking to reverse a federal appeals court decision that dramatically narrows the government’s search-and-seizure powers in the digital age.
  
  
  
  
• Captains of industry write EU's script
  
  
  The real power in Europe isn't wielded by MEPs or by unelected officials, but by male-dominated corporations
  
  
  
  
• Obama Jokes About Terminator-Style War With Robot ...
  
  
  Mr Obama’s joke came during a talk in Washington about science and maths education. It was attended by the first American woman in space, Sally Ride, as well as the team from the Mythbusters programme on the Discovery Channel.
  
  
  
  
• Fossilised Remains Of Martian Bugs Found In Meteo ...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

Innovation Canada

• Green Growers
  
  
  Deborah Henderson likes to think about the Cuban capital of Havana when she goes in to work. Not the music or the beaches, per se, but the vegetables and the gardens. “Over 75 percent or more of the vegetables consumed in Havana are produced within the city,” claims Henderson. As the director of ...
  
  
  
  
• Building better bridges
  
  
  (Reprinted with permission from ResearchLife, Summer 2009 issue, University of Manitoba, umanitoba.ca/research) It was 1952 when Aftab Mufti, a 12-year-old boy living in Karachi, Pakistan, began building bridges. His mother planted a vegetable garden that summer and to help her water it Aftab and hi ...
  
  
  
  
• Viral control
  
  
  Depending on whom you ask, the H1N1 flu virus that is making its way around the globe could be anything from a particularly virulent form of influenza to the next worldwide pandemic. As virologists scramble to understand the virus and develop vaccines against it, a Halifax facility is already on the ...
  
  
  
  
• 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 ...
  
  
  
  

Signs of the times

• Michigan, U.S.: Police Seek Bald Man Who Swiped Fa ...
  
  
  Jackson police are working to crack a case of fowl play. They're searching for a man who broke into an apartment about 11 p.m. Tuesday and stole a family's holiday turkey. Police Lt. Christopher Simpson told the Jackson Citizen Patriot the suspect ran into the kitchen and stole the turkey out of ...
  
  
  
  
• Uncertain Peril: A Compelling Look at Genetically ...
  
  
  One thing we know for sure is that we just don't know enough about genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and biotechnology to know that in planting their seeds, we aren't affecting future generations' ability to feed themselves. For many people, the fact that they're corporately controlled and thus ...
  
  
  
  
• A Night Unto The Nations
  
  
  In his latest Haarertz commentary, the Israeli political analyst Yoel Marcus wonders "How Israel became a night unto the nations?" Marcus is obviously nostalgic about the days where the great powers "were not only sympathetic to Israel's establishment, but admired its valor in repulsing the Arab sta ...
  
  
  
  
• Colorado, U.S.: Man Apparently Tried to Haul Away ...
  
  
  Authorities say a man in Colorado apparently tried to steal an ATM by hauling it away with a truck. The plan didn't work. The alleged attempted theft of the free-standing, outdoor ATM in Boulder set off an alarm early Wednesday morning. When police arrived they found the ATM on its side about 15 ...
  
  
  
  
• Bishops Threaten Spanish Politicians with Excommun ...
  
  
  The Catholic Church has announced it will excommunicate any members of the Spanish parliament who have voted in favour of a bill that will make abortion more readily available. "This is a warning to Catholics, that they can't vote in favor of this and that they won't be able to receive communion ...
  
  
  
  

Threat Level

• Obama Wants Computer Privacy Ruling Overturned
  
  
  The Obama administration is seeking to reverse a federal appeals court decision that dramatically narrowed the government’s search-and-seizure powers in the digital age. Solicitor General Elena Kagan and Justice Department officials are asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider it ...
  
  
  
  
• Wikileaks Says It Has Half-a-Million 9/11 Pager Me ...
  
  
  The document-leaking site Wikileaks says it’s preparing to release 500,000 intercepted wireless pager messages from a 24-hour period encompassing the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Site operators say they plan to start rolling out the texts beginning at 3:00 a.m. New York time, paced to  ...
  
  
  
  
• Court Kills ‘Round-The-Clock’ Surveillance Cas ...
  
  
  Welcome to the tinfoil hat club. That’s what a federal appeals court is telling Scott Tooley of Kentucky in dismissing his civil rights lawsuit. Tooley believes the government put him under blanket surveillance after he said the word “bomb” to an airline agent. Tooley sued the government on ...
  
  
  
  
• Prosecutors Drop Plans to Appeal Lori Drew Case
  
  
  Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles have filed a notice that they do not intend to pursue an appeal in the Lori Drew cyberbullying case, thus ending the controversial and lengthy case. “We have a notice with the 9th Circuit that we are withdrawing our notice of appeal in the case,” a spokesman f ...
  
  
  
  
• MPAA Says Copyright-Treaty Critics Hate Hollywood
  
  
  If you don’t back a copyright treaty being negotiated in secret, you must want to destroy Hollywood, its blockbuster movies and all the jobs they create. At least that’s the message from the Motion Picture Association of America. It’s spelled out in a Thursday memo to the Senate Judiciary Com ...
  
  
  
  

PERRspectives : Blog

• When George Met Jack at the White House
  
  
  When it comes to social events at the White House, the only thing worse for a President than self-serving gate crashers is when the miscreant has an invitation. And so while conservatives gloat over the Secret Service failure that allowed...
  
  
  
  
• Republicans Give Thanks for Short Memories
  
  
  Former Bush press secretary Dana Perino's jaw-dropping statement Wednesday that "we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term" didn't merely serve to confirm President Obama's terrible judgment in appointing her to the Broadcasting Board...
  
  
  
  
• Sarah Palin's Willing Objectifiers
  
  
  As Sarah Palin travels the country filling her coffers, the debate rages as to whether the former Alaska Governor is a victim or beneficiary of sexism (or possibly even both). But while her allies and Palin herself have left little...
  
  
  
  
• Sarah Palin's Willing Objectifiers
  
  
  As Sarah Palin travels the country filling her coffers, the debate rages as to whether the former Alaska Governor is a victim or beneficiary of sexism (or possibly even both). But while her allies and Palin herself have left little...
  
  
  
  
• 2009 Democratic Deficit Cutters vs. 2003 GOP Budge ...
  
  
  A funny thing has happened on America's way to health care reform. As Republicans promise a "holy war" to block supposed "government-run" health care that would "break the bank", Democrats in the House and the Senate offered reform plans that...
  
  
  
  

Blackspot News Feed

• To Buy Templesmith’s New Comic CHOKER
  
  
  Print, fill out and deliver to your local comics shop:
  
  
  
  
• Washington alters US Air Force document to hide in ...
  
  
  Dandelion Saladby Eva GolingerPostcards from the Revolution27 November 2009In an explicit attempt to hide Washingtons military objetives in South America, a US Air Force document submitted to Congress in May 2009 that provoked deep concerns in the region has been modified and re-published on Novembe ...
  
  
  
  
• Troop deployment to begin shortly after Obamas war ...
  
  
  Dandelion SaladBy Greg JaffeWashington Post Foreign ServiceSaturday, November 28, 2009; 3:56 PMKABULDays after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin deploying to southern Afghanistan to renew an assault on a Taliban stronghold that sta ...
  
  
  
  
• Copenhagen: Getting Past the Urgency Trap
  
  
  Copenhagen is the next step forward, and we’ll accept it with greater equanimity if we understand that conventional thinkers have to work their toward deeper transformation
  
  
  
  
• Soaring Unemployment and Double-dip Recession? Bla ...
  
  
  Dandelion SaladBy Mike WhitneyNovember 26, 2009 “Information Clearing House“Barack Obama’s chief economic advisor, Lawrence Summers, is determined to sabotage a second round of stimulus. And, he’s getting plenty of help, too. Congressional Democrats are dragging their feet because they’re ...
  
  
  
  

Consortium News

• How Bugliosi Met the Bush Censors
  
  
  Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi was shocked that his book about prosecuting George W. Bush was ignored, says David Swanson. November 25, 2009
  
  
  
  
• A Jane Goodall Thanksgiving
  
  
  Michael Winship gives thanks for anthropologist Jane Goodall and her groundbreaking studies of chimpanzees. November 25, 2009
  
  
  
  
• KSM Trial Helps Restore US Principles
  
  
  Putting confessed 9/11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed on trial is a step toward restoring the Constitution, says Ivan Eland. November 24, 2009
  
  
  
  
• Obama's Profile in Courage Moment
  
  
  Like JFK in 1963, President Obama is at a crossroads on a foreign war. Does he have the courage? asks Ray McGovern. November 24, 2009
  
  
  
  
• Why Afghans Dig Empire Graveyards
  
  
  There's a long dark history of what Afghans do to foreign armies that overstay their welcome, recalls Nicolas J S Davies. November 23, 2009
  
  
  
  

CounterPunch

• Alexander Cockburn : The Auld Triangle Goes Jingle ...
• Franklin Lamb : Lebanon: 52 Words That Shook Washi ...
• David Ker Thomson : The Transformers
• Martha Rosenberg : Cash for Cheesedogs? The Recess ...
• Ron Ridenour : Post-War Internment Hell for Tamils

Institute for Middle East Understanding

• The Jerusalem Syndrome (Gideon Levy, Haaretz)
  
  
  Those types have always been seen on big-city streets, talking to themselves, asking and answering, shouting, speaking in a low voice, deliberating and pontificating. That's exactly what Israeli public disco ...
  
  
  
  
• Anything Good and Bright: The American Internation ...
• Settlers label Obama 'enemy of the Jews' (Ma'an N ...
  
  
  "The Obama administration is an enemy of the Jews and the worst regime there ever was for the State of Israel," declared Yossi Naim, Beit Aryeh regional council, a quasi-governmental organization run by sett ...
  
  
  
  
• Tourism Min. pledges to keep developing West Bank ...
  
  
  Tourism Minister Stas Misezhnikov (Yisrael Beitenu) said Saturday that despite the cabinet's decision to temporarily freeze settlement construction, his ministry would continue to develop tourist sites in th ...
  
  
  
  
• Palestine calls for release of intifada leader in ...
  
  
  In the past week there has been an apparent burst of progress in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas, over a vast prisoner swap. Under the developing deal, mediated by German intelligence officers, Ham ...
  
  
  
  

Water - AlterNet

• Revealed: Astroturf Groups Planning Massive Califo ...
  
  
  Their ultimate goals are to increase water exports from the imperiled Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to corporate agribusiness and southern California.
  
  
  
  
• Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Runn ...
  
  
  Thanks to AIG, some of the poorest residents of rural Kentucky learned you can always be made poorer by corporate villains.
  
  
  
  
• The War on Soy: Why the 'Miracle Food' May Be a He ...
  
  
  Vegetarians aren't the only ones who should be concerned; there's soy in just about everything you eat these days -- including hamburgers, mac 'n cheese and salad dressing.
  
  
  
  
• Poseidon's Financial Shell Game: Why Is a Private ...
  
  
  After years of claiming that they needed no public support to build this plant, this claim has finally been proven false.
  
  
  
  
• How Limousine Liberals, Water Oligarchs and Even S ...
  
  
  A group of water oligarchs engineered a disastrous privatization scheme to make a fortune out of California's most precious natural resource.
  
  
  
  

TruthHugger

• How Serious is Road Rage Anyway?
  
  
  The psychological meltdown in America is becoming epidemic. Man Gets 120 Days for Shooting Cyclist in the Head   related articles: 6 Ways to Reduce Your Chances of Getting Doored CORONA, Calif.—Police say road rage may have led to a fatal shooting near a freeway in Corona.
  
  
  
  
• Nobel Peace Prize Confiscated
  
  
  Iranian leaders are so insecure that the peace efforts of one of its own are a threat to their masculinity.  Robbing Shirin Ebadi of her internationally recognized Nobel Peace Prize, is really tacky.  This is not the first time Amadinejad, and the counsel that controls him, have acted out like the ...
  
  
  
  
• Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Nov 23, ...
  
  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance as Thanksgiving week begins brings you this week’s highlights from the blogs. The Texas Cloverleaf clues you in on why you can’t breathe in Denton County– gas drillers! WCNews at Eye On Williamson has some Thoughts on Straus’ Interim Charges – including topic ...
  
  
  
  
• Barbara Ann Radnofsky Announcment Tour
  
  
  It is certain that Barbara Ann Radnofsky will be on the ballot for the Democrats in 2010; we don’t know who will be on the ballot for the Republicans. Radnofsky will formally announce her candidacy for Texas Attorney General and her December 3 filling for the primary election in a five-city tour. ...
  
  
  
  
• Texas Progressive Alliance Round Up Nov 16, 2009
  
  
  The Texas Progressive Alliance is starting to feel an odd craving for can-shaped servings of cranberry sauce as it brings you this week’s highlights from the blogs. TXsharon continues to follow the abuses of Aruba Petroleum in a Barnett Shale backyard and Wednesday the Wise County Messenger picked ...
  
  
  
  

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• Uniformed old man shoves Cindy Sheehan at Antiwar ...
  
  
  Note: when Cindy posts the videos that her group took, I’ll post them here or on another post.
  
  
  
  
• Geopolitical Crossroads: Pentagon, NATO Complete C ...
  
  
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO http://rickrozoff.wordpress.com 28 November
  
  
  
  
• Kristina Borjesson on the state of investigative r ...
  
  
  with Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boil
  
  
  
  
• On the Supposed "Silence" of the Anti-war Movement ...
  
  
  by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer November 27, 2009 photo by Dandelion Salad We are not
  
  
  
  
• Andy Worthington on Antiwar Radio and ABC: Gitmo, ...
  
  
  Scott Horton Antiwar Radio with Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington
  
  
  
  

Unexplained Mysteries

• Video scenes pulled from people's thoughts
  
  
  In a peculiar new experiment Doctor Jack Gallant of the UCB psychology department has succeeded in reproducing on a screen videos being watched by...
  
  
  
  
• Calf mutilations baffle officials
  
  
  A string of peculiar calf mutilations in southern Colorado has officials baffled. In recent weeks four calves have been found dead with their skin...
  
  
  
  
• New reactor uses sunlight to make fuel
  
  
  Scientists at Sandia National Labs have come up with a new reactor that sets of a thermo-chemical reaction in order to convert or "reverse-combust...
  
  
  
  
• Future spaceships powered by black holes ?
  
  
  The future of space exploration could be powered by black holes or dark matter based on new proposals by physicists, current spacecraft propulsion...
  
  
  
  
• Jesus 'may have visited England'
  
  
  A Scottish academic as part of a new film entitled "And Did Those Feet" has suggested that Jesus may have come to the Britain to further his educt...
  
  
  
  

Grassroots

• Insights - Fall 2009
  
  
  Cooling the Earth with Food Sovereignty Agriculture ... will likely be a pivotal issue when the world’s leaders meet in Copenhagen this December to finish negotiating a global climate treaty. Grassroots International and our partners and allies are working hard to show that sustainable agriculture ...
  
  
  
  
• Cooling the Earth with Food Sovereignty
  
  
  Agriculture ... will likely be a pivotal issue when the world’s leaders meet in Copenhagen this December to finish negotiating a global climate treaty. Grassroots International and our partners and allies are working hard to show that sustainable agriculture can play a big role in stopping climate ...
  
  
  
  
• Why Food Sovereignty Is the New Food Security
  
  
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• Resource Rights and the Right to Food at the World ...
  
  
  wfs-pic09.jpg In 1996 the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) organized the first World Food Summit in Rome to, in their own words, “renew global commitment to the fight against hunger. The FAO called the Summit in respons ...
  
  
  
  
• Grassroots Signs Call for U.S. Leadership at the W ...
  
  
  unitedstates200604-015.jpg As a founding member and part of the ad hoc steering committee, Grassroots International proudly announces the following Call from the US Working Group on the Food Crisis. The statement coincides with the World Food ...
  
  
  
  

Climate

• November 28-29, 2009
  
  
  Commonwealth Builds Momentum for Climate Deal (Reuters) Commonwealth nations representing one-third of the world's population threw their weight behind an "operationally binding" UN climate deal in Copenhagen next month, leaders said on Saturday. US and China to Reduce Emissions, But Not Enoug ...
  
  
  
  
• November 27, 2009
  
  
  Pachauri: Hacked Emails Don’t Tarnish Climate Science (Reuters) The head of the UN's panel of climate experts rejected accusations of bias in IPCC final reports, citing the scientific process of peer review and saying the hacked emails and documents in no way undermined evidence of humans’ ro ...
  
  
  
  
• November 26, 2009
  
  
  China Announces CO2 Targets Based on GDP (Guardian) China announced plans today to reduce the world’s biggest carbon footprint per unit of gross domestic product 40-45% from 2005 levels by 2020. Because of its economic growth rate, China's emissions will continue to rise rapidly, but the targ ...
  
  
  
  
• November 25, 2009
  
  
  California Unveils Draft Cap-and-Trade Rules (Reuters) California on Tuesday released draft rules for its cap-and-trade plan that will be the most ambitious U.S. effort to use the market to address global warming. US and India Pledge Common Action on Climate Change (Guardian) America and In ...
  
  
  
  
• November 24, 2009
  
  
  U.S. to Present Emissions Target Before Copenhagen (New York Times) The U.S. will propose a mid-term target for reducing CO2 emissions before Copenhagen next month, an administration official has said. Pres. Obama will announce the target "in coming days." EU: Climate Deal Hinges On US, China ...
  
  
  
  

TomDispatch

• Tomgram: 'This Administration Ended, Rather Than ...
  
  
  [ Note for TomDispatch Readers: On Friday evening, TomDispatch will be switching to an updated version of this site. It's possible that you might not be able to reach TD for some hours. If so, we expect to be back up on Saturday morning. Tom ] The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give (But Won't) ...
  
  
  
  
• Tomgram: Pratap Chatterjee, Afghanistan as a Patr ...
  
  
  It's now a commonplace of the Afghan War. Western leaders in London , Berlin, Amsterdam , and Washington , as well as on flying visits to Kabul or even Kandahar , excoriate Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the "corruption" of his government. In return for their ongoing support, they repeatedly ...
  
  
  
  
• Tomgram: Max Blumenthal, How Palin Became a Rogue
  
  
  It can't get better than this, can it? A first printing of 1.5 million copies sent out into an otherwise dead book market. Possibly as much as $7 million dollars going to the author, who already has interviews lined up with Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters. A bus tour of the "real America" tha ...
  
  
  
  
• Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Surveillance State, U.S.A.
  
  
  Wars come home in strange, unnerving ways -- as Americans have just discovered at Fort Hood. Even before Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on his killing spree, that base, a major military embarkation point for our war zones, was already experiencing the after-effects of eight years of war and repeate ...
  
  
  
  
• Tomgram: Droning On
  
  
  [ Note for TomDispatch Readers : A number of you have recently written in for clarification on contributing to this site through your purchases at Amazon.com. Here's my best shot at a useful explanation: If you click on any book image at this site -- like the book-cover image of The End of Vict ...
  
  
  
  

Smirking Chimp

• How Dare You Clean Up Our Mess?
  
  
  One of the few things that irritates me more than Barack Obama is Barack Obama's critics. Or, at least, some of them. I'm one of his biggest un-fans, and in that sense I join legions of progressives heartsick in watching this right-wing president either doing nothing at all, or doing nothing at all ...
  
  
  
  
• Why Can't Democrats Get a Backbone?
  
  
  Healthcare reform was one of the major issues discussed during the 2008 Democratic primaries and the presidential contest. In February, President Obama appeared before Congress and provided his outline for reform. Nonetheless progress has been painfully slow; the House just passed a bill and the S ...
  
  
  
  
• Amy Goodman And Canada's Olympic Paranoia
  
  
  When it comes to independent, agitational journalism, the standard is Amy Goodman and her radio/television institution, Democracy Now! Goodman and her staff often find themselves accosted by officials, foreign and domestic. This happened again on Thursday. But it didn't happen in East Timor or Burma ...
  
  
  
  
• A Letter to the Oligarchs
  
  
  You have won! The vacillation of the Congress on the health care bill is a triumph of corporate lobbying over the health needs of the American people. I am confident that the weak, insurance- and pharma-serving bill that finally emerges from the Congress will fully justify the millions you have spen ...
  
  
  
  
• Jail Is For Good Samaritans, Party Crashers, And P ...
  
  
  People on my TV won't shut up about these two idiot party crashers . I know most of you have been trapped in the same room as your families for Thanksgiving, and probably have been forced to watch 24-hour news stations in lieu of interacting with distant cousins, so by now you probably know more det ...
  
  
  
  

Ten Percent

• Honduras ‘Election’
  
  
  A cool, sunny calm day, so internets work! Just in time to direct you to this primer (via Otto) on the sham about to be staged in Honduras, worth reading it all, the lowdown- Conclusion: This is the legacy of Sunday’s electoral exercise: We are left trying to figure out how low participation has t ...
  
  
  
  
• Friday! Front Line Assembly- Digital Tension Demen ...
  
  
  Hey what’s it like in the 21st century with your internet and all? Posted from the past with a tin can and a piece of fucking string.
  
  
  
  
• Glurble
  
  
  In a new wrinkle instead of breaking, this time the storms just bring my connection speed down to dialup like levels (and intermittent flicking off and on at that). So talk amongst yourselves, as far as today is concerned I give up.
  
  
  
  
• Socialist Party of Wales Report on EDL’s Wrexham ...
  
  
  The people of Wrexham were already hostile to the EDL, but tensions increased after the racist demonstrators unfurled a large English flag, sang God Save The Queen, and chanted racist slogans such as “kill the Muslims”. One woman, laden with shopping bags, summed up the feelings of the whole tow ...
  
  
  
  
• Cruel Britannia
  
  
  Human Rights Watch- British Complicity in the Torture and Ill-treatment of Terror Suspects in Pakistan Guardian on it (ht2 D-Notice) • It is inconceivable that the UK government was unaware of the systematic use of torture in Pakistan. • UK officials engaged in acts that virtually required they ...
  
  
  
  

Paul Krugman

• Damaged by my 60s childhood
  
  
  It's not about the aquatic Lassie?
  
  
  
  
• Deficits: the causes matter
  
  
  The source of the current deficit matters when you try to figure out what kind of problem we have.
  
  
  
  
• Rashomon in the desert
  
  
  Dubai or not Dubai -- that is the question.
  
  
  
  
• Rashomon in the desert
  
  
  Dubai or not Dubai -- that is the question.
  
  
  
  
• The meaning of Thanksgiving
  
  
  Wednesday Addams explains it all.
  
  
  
  

No Quarter

• No Quarter Radio’s Sense on Cents with Larry Do ...
  
  
  How are some people able to see the forest for the trees? Why do certain individuals look left when everybody else is going right? What drives people to embrace risk? We can learn so much from studying the career paths, thoughts, and views of those who have achieved remarkable accomplishments. That ...
  
  
  
  
• DOJ Gives ACORN An Early Holiday Present
  
  
  * bumped up because the Reverend is our in-house expert who tracks the ACORN story like few others * And circumvents the Congress, even the President, in the process. Yes, it turns out that, according to DOJ lawyer, David Barron, it is A-Okay for ACORN to receive funds from American taxpayers, acco ...
  
  
  
  
• The Vapidity of Barack, The Cipher
  
  
  Have you noticed this too? That, all of a sudden, wherever you turn, there’s yet another former Obamabot aka Obama groupie lamenting what their (vision of) Obama has become as president. Those Obamabots fell for the speeches, which of course were written mostly by others, and for what they saw a ...
  
  
  
  
• Not the Joads at the White House
  
  
    The Swollen Swells.      It is the cranky Puritan in me, the Calvinist thought-scourge, my vain John Adams over-bookishness and practiced cynicism, yet there it is, and my first, second and third opine of the gate-crashing of the trite Virginia duo, [...]
  
  
  
  
• “Hope Is Fading Fast”
  
  
  Editor: Bumped up because this t-shirt says it all — well, almost all — because Reverend Amy’s accompanying commentary is a must-read. Stay tuned for more to come on how rapidly Obama’s supporters are turning on him. If only they’d listened to us … I’ll say. And what a fantastic d ...
  
  
  
  

Environmental Graffiti

• The 1979 Iranian Revolution in Pictures
• Plastic Toys Reformed Into Grotesque Art
• Hedgehog + Bumble Bee (- Scrotum) = Lowland Streak ...
• 5 Most Colossal Nuclear Explosions Ever Captured O ...
• The Most Terrifying Effect of Global Warming in Pi ...

Foreign Policy in Focus

• Bush-Style Military Spending Not Over Yet
  
  
  Obama's plans for change in defense spending are still mostly unrealized.
  
  
  
  
• Postcard From...Tawang
  
  
  The two emerging economic giants India and China still have some unfinished border business.
  
  
  
  
• Hitting the Brakes on Afghanistan
  
  
  FPIF's weekly update.
  
  
  
  
• Obama Takes a Bow?
  
  
  Critics lambasted Obama's deferential style. They missed the real story of the president's Asia trip.
  
  
  
  
• Fort Hood: The War at Home
  
  
  The tragic effects of the policies that motivate those abroad to attack U.S. soldiers have finally hit home in a direct and devastating way.
  
  
  
  

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

• Saudi flood victim toll increases
  
  
  Torrential rain around Saudi port city of Jeddah claims over one hundred lives.
  
  
  
  
• Polls close in Swiss minaret vote
  
  
  Opinion polls indicate measure to ban construction on Swiss mosques would fail.
  
  
  
  
• Iran warns of less IAEA cooperation
  
  
  UN demand Tehran stop work on second nuclear plant elicits strong response.
  
  
  
  
• Quake victims struggle to rebuild
  
  
  Indonesians in Sumatra angered by "government failure" to rebuild and create jobs.
  
  
  
  
• Swiss vote on minaret ban
  
  
  Critics say the proposal is fuelling anti-Islamic feeling in Switzerland.
  
  
  
  

Green Inc. - NYT

• Report Outlines Best Practices for Connecting Rene ...
  
  
  A new report on state renewable energy regulations gives California, Colorado, New Jersey and Oregon top marks and failing grades for Georgia, Idaho and Texas.
  
  
  
  
• Would G.M.O. Apples by Another Name Taste Sweeter?
  
  
  Consumers might be more willing to bite into genetically modified apples if they were labeled differently, according to research published this month in the Journal of Food Distribution Research.
  
  
  
  
• Assessing Algal Blooms' Economic Impact
  
  
  A new study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Washington assesses the potential economic losses from shutting down Washington State's razor clam season in response to a harmful algal bloom.
  
  
  
  
• Water Funds Proliferate in Latin America
  
  
  From Colombia to Brazil, new funds are combining private contributions and state money to help protect the watersheds around cities.
  
  
  
  
• Heinz Tallies Cuts in Emissions
  
  
  With innovations such as burning leftover potato peels for natural gas and switching to alternative fuels, the food giant says it has made substantial cuts in emissions and waste, as well as energy and water use.
  
  
  
  

Dot Earth News

• Six Degrees of Climate Separation
  
  
  Graphics wizards map all of the e-mail connections disclosed in the hacked climate files.
  
  
  
  
• A Climate Scientist Who Engages Skeptics
  
  
  A climate scientist offers advice on how to assess and engage climate skeptics.
  
  
  
  
• Contestants in the 'Climate Slamdown'
  
  
  A cartoonist's vision of the teams vying for victory in Copenhagen climate talks.
  
  
  
  
• Head of Climate Panel Discusses Climate Files
  
  
  The head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says hacked emails don't undercut the panel's conclusions on a human-warmed world.
  
  
  
  
• Obama Confirms Copenhagen Stop
  
  
  Obama confirms his plan to visit the Copenhagen talks on a new climate treaty and offer a near-term target for United States emissions.
  
  
  
  

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• New for HongPong.com: Drupal 6 a win?
  
  
  It's been a long time in coming, but now we've got Drupal 6 running on hongpong.com . The database patching and everything else went perfectly. I've installed the 'Fusion' theme and have just started tweaking it up (please be patient for more tweaks... ) I whipped up a silly new banner featuring And ...
  
  
  
  
• Drupal 6 a win?
  
  
  Andrew Jackson vs teh octopus is ok Still a mess At least it's not Wordpress Still Confusing :-P FTW!! Voting is implied consent - boo
  
  
  
  
• PETA sucks, but Lady Gaga and Rihanna are pawns fo ...
  
  
  PETA is a deeply bad organization which attempts to vanguard around some edgy cultural iconography and save some animals, which all basically translates to trashy soft-core porn style imagery. Because what we all need is a certain "Girls Gone Wild" edge to social progress. This is a very good analys ...
  
  
  
  
• Linktastic: more climate change email lolz, even F ...
  
  
  In this season of thanks, we can always give thanks for leaks and lols. I really hate Secret Treaties . Secret Treaties Suck!!! The FDIC Is Broke - The Market Ticker . Oh noes! A coverup is needed immediately says Mishkin ! A hell of a story: Noted FBI provocateur Brandon Darby and a bullshit Grand ...
  
  
  
  
• Parallax View of the EU, G20 & climate change: The ...
  
  
  Creepy and unelected new EU President Von Rompuy talks about the delightful new role of the EU, the G20, climate control and Global Governance (or 'global management'). I definitely heard the sound of global governance over the LRAD at the G20, that's for sure! Some weirdo other stuff ...
  
  
  
  

Daily Censored

• National Default – Are we the next Dubai!
  
  
  Michael Collins Dubai was to be the next Switzerland, an enclave for anonymous banking, a play ground for the super rich, and the ultimate gated community for those with so much wealth, they felt an overriding need for protection. Well, that’s all over now.  Dubai declared a debt moratorium un ...
  
  
  
  
• New pre-emptive arrest powers in Denmark in time f ...
  
  
  The Danish parliament has passed a new law that goes into effect on 7 December that gives police the power to pre-emptively arrest people for acts of civil disobedience.  It also allows for extended custodial sentences upon arrest. Under the new powers, Danish police will be able to detain people f ...
  
  
  
  
• CENSORED IN 1992: WORLD’S LEADING MERCHANT OF DE ...
  
  
  CENSORED IN 1992: THE WORLD’S LEADING MERCHANT OF DEATH In the 1980’s, global arms spending rocketed to nearly $1 trillion annually — or, about $2 million a minute. The two leading arms merchants were the United States and the former Soviet Union. Now the Soviet Union is gone, but its p ...
  
  
  
  
• The Thickening Sickening: charter schools as paras ...
  
  
  Charter school proponents and defenders like to argue that any charter schools on the ‘fraud and abuse’ chopping block, are just ‘bad apples’ in an otherwise fully transparent, innovative charter system; however the evidence wholly disagrees, pointing to mounting evidence of widespread ...
  
  
  
  
• The Thickening Sickening: charter schools as paras ...
  
  
  Charter school proponents and defenders like to argue that any charter schools on the ‘fraud and abuse’ chopping block, are just ‘bad apples’ in an otherwise fully transparent, innovative charter system; however the evidence wholly disagrees, pointing to mounting evidence of widespread ...
  
  
  
  

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Institute for Policy Studies

• Bush-Style Military Spending Not Over Yet
  
  
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• Human Rights Abuses: Taking on Chevron
  
  
  A new powerful international campaign on Chevron presents an exciting new organizing model for corporate campaigners and human rights activists everywhere.
  
  
  
  
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Godspace

• The First Sunday of Advent
  
  
  Today is the first Sunday of Advent, the first day of the liturgical year when we begin that wonderful journey towards the celebration of the birth of Christ and that hoped for future world in which all of God’s creation will be reconciled, renew and made whole. Tomorrow I will begin sharing the p ...
  
  
  
  
• Celebrating Advent with Kids
  
  
  The first Sunday of Advent is almost here.  Some of us have dusted off our Advent wreaths, bought new candles and prepared to begin the celebration.  Many of us however are new to this celebration and arn’t sure what to do.  Especially if you are celebrating with children you may be a li ...
  
  
  
  
• Daily Bible Readings For Advent
  
  
  The beginning of Advent is only a few days away and I thought that it was a good time to post links to various forms of lectionary readings that you might like to read throughout Advent and Christmas.  The readings vary depending on our tradition but all of them are intended to prepare us for [... ...
  
  
  
  
• Thanksgiving – Coming Home to the Banquet Fe ...
  
  
  Today is one of the busiest travel days of the year here in the U.S. as families move across the country and sometimes even around the world to be together for Thanksgiving.  Tom & I are heading up to Camano Island this afternoon and will be giving ourselves an extra hour for the trip because [... ...
  
  
  
  
• Giving Thanks When We Are Struggling
  
  
  American Thanksgiving Day is on Thursday and many of my friends are preparing to get together with friends and family to celebrate and give thanks.  Some are struggling because they feel they have  very little to give thanks for this year – they have lost jobs and homes or loved ones.  Ma ...
  
  
  
  

Equality Trust

• Plans to force banks to reveal millionaire staff
  
  
  Banks will be forced to reveal how many of their staff earn more than one million pounds a year, under recommended reforms of the financial sector to be released today. Read more
  
  
  
  
• To tackle child poverty we must also address inequ ...
  
  
  Kate Green, Chief Executive of Child Poverty Action Group , writes for the TUC's Touchstone blog that "if we are to take seriously the issues of child poverty and child wellbeing then we need to tackle the high levels of inequality in this country." Read the rest of Kate's article
  
  
  
  
• We need tax reform, not tax and spend
  
  
  Over the last year we have watched as a bank-induced credit crunch morphed into debate on public services cuts. While the public have bailed out the bankers, whose flawed system led us into this mess, it is those least able to afford it who are facing the reality of having their pay and benefits fro ...
  
  
  
  
• Public sector incomes: what we pay them
  
  
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• Discussion on the Today programme of a fairer syst ...
  
  
  The main party leaders have been setting out their visions of how to restore growth to the economy after the recession. A report by the left leaning pressure group Compass, criticises the policy of cutting public spending to curtail the recession. The group says gaps in public finances should instea ...
  
  
  
  

IntelNews

• Analysis: Interim report on Obama’s intellig ...
  
  
  It has been nearly a year since US President Barack Obama initiated his plan to reform the CIA and its tattered relations with the rest of the US intelligence community. How is he doing so far?
  
  
  
  
• News you may have missed #0197
  
  
  Pakistani spy agencies looking into oil, gas deals. Intelligence Community plans workforce of the future. Update on French ex-spy v. Dubai World Corp. legal saga.
  
  
  
  
• Blackwater aids US covert assassination, kidnappin ...
  
  
  Private mercenary firm Blackwater (recently renamed Xe) is part of a covert US program in Pakistan that includes planned assassinations and kidnappings of Taliban and al-Qaeda suspects. In fact, its role in the program is so secretive and compartmentalized that “senior figures within the Obama adm ...
  
  
  
  
• NSA bugging more widespread than thought, says ex- ...
  
  
  A former NSA analyst and US Navy intelligence officer has alleged that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) domestic spying program was more widespread than originally thought, and that it was authorized by the Bush Administration prior to 9/11.
  
  
  
  
• News you may have missed #0196
  
  
  Legal problems facing CIA are no laughing matter. Aussie computer networks "most certainly" spied on. US still considering extraditing Philippine spy.
  
  
  
  

After Downing Street.org

• SC WWII Vet's Battle Ends In Gunshot At VA Clinic
  
  
  SC WWII vet's battle ends in gunshot at VA clinic By JEFFREY COLLINS, Associated Press Writer | Yahoo! News Chapman loaded all six bullets in the chamber, sat down, put the gun to the right side of his head and pulled the trigger. Doctors and nurses, some who took care of Chapman for years, heard ...
  
  
  
  
• Senate Report: Bin Laden Was 'Within Our Grasp'
  
  
  Senate report: Bin Laden was 'within our grasp' By Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Writer | Yahoo! News Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist lead ...
  
  
  
  
• Heroin Addicts Pressure President To Stay Course I ...
  
  
  Heroin Addicts Pressure President To Stay Course In Afghanistan | The Onion As the White House considers sweeping strategic shifts in the war in Afghanistan, heroin addicts across the nation called on President Obama Monday to stick with the current U.S. policy, which has flooded the world market w ...
  
  
  
  
• Author David Swanson Stops At Yoo's
  
  
  Author David Swanson Stops At Yoo's | Indy Bay John Yoo's house was one of the stops in David Swanson's book-tour. The author of "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" stopped outside the home of the author of torture memos. Cynthia Papermaster of Code Pink, as ...
  
  
  
  
• Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim Denied Parole
  
  
  Political Prisoner Jalil Muntaqim Denied Parole By Stephen Lendman On November 18, Jalil Muntaqim (formerly Anthony Bottom) was refused parole a day after his November 17 hearing. The board called his record exemplary, but still denied him. Muntaqim thanked everyone who wrote letters of support and ...
  
  
  
  

Grist - News

• Europe places outcome of Copenhagen squarely on Ob ...
  
  
  by Brendan DeMelle The chief negotiator for the European Commission announced this afternoon in Barcelona that the failure of the U.S. Congress to pass legislation before December has doomed the chances for success in Copenhagen . A climate protest at the Barcelona talks: World leaders with \'big ...
  
  
  
  
• Cash for Clunkers brought us ... more clunkers!
  
  
  by Jonathan Hiskes So how did Cash for Clunkers work out from an environmental standpoint? You don’t want to know. The $3 billion federal program was kinda sorta supposed to send inefficient, high-polluting, belchy vehicles to an early grave. Instead it put a lot of new large, inefficient vehicle ...
  
  
  
  
• Senate Democrats push climate bill through committ ...
  
  
  by Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats on Thursday pushed through a sweeping climate change bill, maneuvering an end-run around opposition Republicans who continued their boycott of deliberations. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the Kerry-Boxer bill by a v ...
  
  
  
  
• Why developing countries cannot afford failure in ...
  
  
  by Brendan DeMelle The African delegation insisted today in Barcelona that its decision to walk out on negotiations Tuesday was necessary in order to jolt the intransigent European Union and other developed nations to move forward with serious discussions, rather than obstruct progress by bringing ...
  
  
  
  
• U.S. puts onus on China for climate deal
  
  
  by Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON - The United States will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse-gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves, U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern warned Wednesday. "No country holds the fate of the Earth in its hands more than China ...
  
  
  
  

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Technorati - What's Hot in Blogs

• Black Friday Success Not Measured by Traffic
  
  
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• Who Needs The Berlin Popkomm?
  
  
  The Music Week Berlin will incorporate Gorny's heavily supported Popkomm.
  
  
  
  
• Google Puts Movie Search Service On Mobile Devices
  
  
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• Tiger Woods Hurt In Car Accident
  
  
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  Shaqille O'Neal impacted by tragic murder of five-year-old Shaniya Davis.
  
  
  
  

Time - Top Stories

• Workers of the World vs. China Inc.
  
  
  The spreading reach of Chinese companies in poor nations is sparking a backlash against the way they do business
  
  
  
  
• Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests
  
  
  Young men are turning away from the priesthood in one of Europe'straditional Catholic strongholds. Some dioceses could soon be withoutpriests if new recruits aren't found -- quickly
  
  
  
  
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  If you're like most computer users, your PC or Mac is loaded with a gazillion family photos and other prized documents
  
  
  
  
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  One of the world's most reclusive countries -- gas- and oil-richTurkmenistan -- is selling off its resources to the highest bidders. Butit would rather deal with China and the Middle East than the West
  
  
  
  
• Sex, Television and Berlusconi's Path to Power
  
  
  How the Italian Prime Minister and media mogul has used beautiful women on TV to create the very culture that now sustains him
  
  
  
  

Washington Independent

• Randall Terry Capitalizes on Tea Party Movement
  
  
  "We're going to re-define the pro-life debate in the 2010 election," said Terry.
  
  
  
  
• Randall Terry Capitalizes on Tea Party Movement
  
  
  "We're going to re-define the pro-life debate in the 2010 election," said Terry.
  
  
  
  
• Leaders Give Thanks for Obama’s Copenhagen D ...
  
  
  The White House sent out a press release last night cataloging statements of praise by leaders in various fields for President Obama’s decision, announced yesterday, to go to Copenhagen for the international climate talks next month. These leaders include politicians — Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) ...
  
  
  
  
• Muslim Soldiers See ‘Teachable Moment’ ...
  
  
  "The backlash towards our community is nowhere even close," Jamal Baadani said. "I attribute that to the intellect and the resiliency of the American people. And that's why I'm proud to be an American."
  
  
  
  
• Tea Party: The Rap
  
  
  It’s one of the year’s slower news days, a perfect time for this rap from Hi Caliber. The best line, in my opinion: The population of the march was over a million and I have a new hero, his name is Joe Wilson. Video after the jump.
  
  
  
  

CowBoss' Brain Food

• Snail pie is tastier, more nutritious than beef
  
  
  Malnutrition and iron deficiency among schoolchildren in developing countries could be reduced by serving up generous portions of delicious, bargain-priced snail pie and other handy beef alternatives. Submitted by cowboss Left CareII to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
• CO2, Methane Ousted as Worst Global Climate Change ...
  
  
  Move over CO2—you’ve been ousted, along with methane, as the biggest offenders of global climate change. The majority of “greenhouse gases” are created by humans. Submitted by cowboss Left CareII to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  
• Skeptics claim global warming is fake after top sc ...
  
  
  Hackers recently broke into thousands of emails and internal documents from a leading climate research center and dumped them onto an anonymous Russian server. The hacked emails (160 MB worth, unzipped) came from the University of East Anglia’s Climatic R Submitted by cowboss Left CareII to Environ ...
  
  
  
  
• Will Whole Foods’ new mobile slaughterhouses sque ...
  
  
  Massachusetts poultry farmer Jennifer Hashley has a problem. From the moment she started raising pastured chickens outside Concord, Mass. in 2002, there was, as she put it “nowhere to go to get them processed.” While she had the option of slaughtering her Submitted by cowboss Left CareII to Societ ...
  
  
  
  
• Cow beaten to death with plank
  
  
  A farmer has condemned an attack in which a cow died after being repeatedly beaten around the head with a 4ft plank of wood. Submitted by cowboss Left CareII to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  
  
  
  

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• White House Party Crashers May Face Criminal Charg ...
  
  
  White House Party Crashers Met President, May Face Criminal Charges (PHOTOS) Huffington Post |  Alex Leo & Alexander Belenky First Posted: 11-27-09 11:51 AM   |   Updated: 11-28-09 11:15 AM The White House released a picture today of Michaele Salahi shaking hands with the president despite ...
  
  
  
  
• Afternoon Jukebox- All I Want For Christmas Is You
  
  
  LeAnn Rimes- All I Want For Christmas Is You
  
  
  
  
• The Iraq War ‘Inquiry’: ‘Revelations’? Wha ...
  
  
  by William Bowles Global Research, November 27, 2009 “We spent a long time at dinner on IRAQ. It is clear that Bush is grateful for your support and has registered that you are getting flak. I said that you would not budge in your support for regime change but you had to manage a press, a Parliame ...
  
  
  
  
• Chilcot’s Iraq war inquiry off to promising ...
  
  
  By Peter Biles BBC world affairs correspondent The sceptics might say the Iraq inquiry, chaired by Sir John Chilcot, is another pointless investigation, a colossal waste of time, and likely to be a whitewash. But in the first week, some fascinating evidence has already emerged from these public hear ...
  
  
  
  
• JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Ma ...
  
  
  Review of James Douglass’ Book by Edward Curtin Global Research, November 25, 2009 Despite a treasure-trove of new information having emerged over the last forty-six years, there are many people who still think who killed President John Fitzgerald Kennedy and why are unanswerable questions. There ...
  
  
  
  

Solari

• Dubai Financial Crisis
  
  
  Nov. 27 (Bloomberg)—Dubai’s debt woes may worsen to become a “major sovereign default” that roils developing nations and cuts off capital flows to emerging markets, Bank of America Corp. said. “One cannot rule out—as a tail risk—a case where this would escalate into a major sovereign ...
  
  
  
  
• Dark Side of the Internet
  
  
  Nov. 26 (Guardian-UK) Fourteen years ago, a pasty Irish teenager with a flair for inventions arrived at Edinburgh University to study artificial intelligence and computer science. For his thesis project, Ian Clarke created “a Distributed, Decentralised Information Storage and Retrieval System”, ...
  
  
  
  
• The Value of Leadership
  
  
  One of the many blessings of living in Hickory Valley, Tennessee is that I know, respect and like my Mayor and the members of my Town Council. The Council meets monthly and reviews and pay the bills as we have no staff other than our part-time Sheriff. Our fire department is all-volunteer and quite ...
  
  
  
  
• Giving Thanks
  
  
  Thanksgiving Day, presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. It did not become a federal holiday until 1941. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the pilgrims survive the brutal winter. Th ...
  
  
  
  
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Global Insights

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  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

• The War on Weed: Marijuana Is Basically Harmless - ...
  
  
  The war on marijuana is insane; our officials keep sacrificing tax dollars, lives, civil liberties, and their own credibility in this misguided and losing effort.
  
  
  
  
• When It’s Crunch Time at Colleg ...
  
  
  Can ADHD stimulants like Adderall be the answer for college students looking to increase academic performance? They think so.
  
  
  
  
• Did LSD Make a Baseball Pitcher's No-Hitter Possib ...
  
  
  Perhaps the greatest athletic achievement while on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis' legendary LSD no-hitter.
  
  
  
  
• In Historic Shift, the American Medical Associatio ...
  
  
  The country's largest physician group, the AMA, has reversed its long-held position that marijuana has no medical worth.
  
  
  
  
• The Relentless War on Drug Users Is Escalating Vio ...
  
  
  Hundreds gather in Albuquerque to celebrate a new dawn of wider acceptance of drug reform, while still feeling a little nervous about the path ahead.
  
  
  
  

Twilight Earth

• Photo Sunday – Mt. Kilimanjaro
  
  
  Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest peak in Africa, is an inactive volcano in north-eastern Tanzania. Related posts: Kilimanjaros Snows Melting at Accelerated Pace Photo Sunday – When its Raining on Sunday Morning Photo Sunday – The Truth of Clarity as Darkness Falls
  
  
  
  
• Cell Phone v’s Brain Cell: who’s the loser?
  
  
  There has been a tremendous increase in the use of cell phones in the past decade.  By the end of 2008, worldwide use of mobile phones had increased to about 4.1 billion. (1) In Africa alone, mobile phone sales have grown by 550 percent in five years, according to The United Nations Conference on ...
  
  
  
  
• Please! Not Another Green Thanksgiving Article!
  
  
  thanksgiving, green, videos, charlie brown, adam sandler, addams family, johnny cash Related posts: Green Wont Be The Norm, Until We Stop Calling Things Green EPA Helps God go Green with an Energy Star Label What’s Greener than Green? Brown.
  
  
  
  
• Meet Peat. Third Largest Producer of Greenhouse Ga ...
  
  
  Peat Moss. It's drying out in Indonesia, making that country the third largest producer of Greenhouse Gasses behind the U.S. and China. Related posts: EPA Welcomes Public Comments – Do Greenhouse Gases Contribute to Air Pollution? Landmark Statement, EPA Finds Greenhouse Gases Pose Threat to Pu ...
  
  
  
  
• Boycott Black Friday and Celebrate Buy Nothing Day ...
  
  
  Twilight Earth is calling for a boycott of Black Friday on Nov. 27th, 2009. Black Friday is the largest shopping day of the year. Related posts: Boycott Black Friday and Celebrate Buy Nothing Day Nov 28th, 2008 Arbor Day – 2009, What Is It and Why Should We Celebrate it? Call For Entries: Wend M ...
  
  
  
  

Inhabitat

• ANNOUNCING THE 2009 INHABITAT GREEN HOLIDAY GIFT G ...
  
  
  THE INHABITAT GREEN HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE IS HERE! Who doesn’t love the holiday season? The trimmed trees, the colorful lights, that first sip of hot apple cider… But wait, you can’t forget the crowded parking lots, the long lines, the screaming babies and the unflinching parents violently fighti ...
  
  
  
  
• Online Sunsets: A Virtual Dusk and Dawn for the In ...
  
  
  In this modern age of light pollution, cities that never sleep, 24 hour streaming TV and addictive RSS feeds, regulating one’s own circadian rhythms can be, well…difficult. And for those of us who have a computer strapped to our torsos at all times, watching a sunrise or sunset (somewhere other ...
  
  
  
  
• Obama Going To Copenhagen Next Month!
  
  
  In case you missed the big news in the wake of your Thanksgiving celebration, President Obama is, in fact, planning to travel to Copenhagen next month to deliver a speech and participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference! Armed with a tentative plan and an emissions reduction target fo ...
  
  
  
  
• ANNOUNCING THE 2009 INHABITAT GREEN GIFT GUIDE!
  
  
  THE INHABITAT GREEN GIFT GUIDE IS HERE! It’s that time of year again! Today is Black Friday, the most infamous shopping day of the year, and the official kickoff to the holiday shopping season. This year, instead of dragging your tryptophan-infused body up at the crack of dawn, blearily driving yo ...
  
  
  
  
• Happy Thanksgiving From Inhabitat!
  
  
  Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! We can’t be believe that Thanksgiving has already come round again, and as we savor the holiday with friends and family we’d like to take a moment to pause and give thanks for all of the great things that the past year has brought! It’s been an incredible year for ...
  
  
  
  

Pogue's Posts

• A $25 Cellphone? That's Crazy Talk.
  
  
  This week, Palm released a follow up to the Pre, a cheaper, thinner, lesser phone called the Pixi. The official price is $100 with a two-year Sprint contract, but Amazon is selling the thing for - are you sitting down? - $25.
  
  
  
  
• Crowdsourcing Comedy on Amazon Reviews
  
  
  Some unexpected humor can be found in the reviews of the world's largest online retailer.
  
  
  
  
• It's Q&A with DP!
  
  
  Why I use URL shorteners-even when not on Twitter.
  
  
  
  
• Verizon: How Much Do You Charge Now?
  
  
  Verizon's cellphones are designed in such a way that you can almost never avoid getting $1.99 charge on the bill for its mobile Web services, even if you immediately cancel the action.
  
  
  
  
• Fun With Google's Auto-Suggestion Feature
  
  
  Start a phrase in a Google and who knows how the search engine will complete it?
  
  
  
  

Open Your Eyes News

• UK Parliamentary Briefing Note from November 10th ...
  
  
  House of Commons Library – ‘A UK Parliamentary briefing note published on 10th November 2009 maintains that the government has the power to impose compulsory swine flu vaccinations under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004. Dr Gavin Colthart authored the “information is provided to Members of ...
  
  
  
  
• Police Spying On Protesters Stirs Outrage in Brita ...
  
  
  Politics Daily – Britain has long been famous for its surveillance state. There are security cameras everywhere you go. The country has the largest DNA database in the world. And a national identity card program is well underway. But new revelations that British police have been spying on domestic ...
  
  
  
  
• Military Divorces Increasing from War Stress
  
  
  AP — The divorce rate in the armed forces continues to edge higher, despite efforts by the military to help struggling couples. There were an estimated 27,312 divorces among roughly 765,000 married members of the active-duty Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps in the 12 months that ended Sept. ...
  
  
  
  
• Wal-Mart Standards Fail in China, Worker Rights Ab ...
  
  
  PRNewswire – Workers making shoes, Christmas lights, tools, curtains and paper boxes sold at Wal-Mart stores labor in illegal and degrading conditions. China Labor Watch’s latest investigation of five Wal-Mart supplier factories reveals that not a single factory has implemented Wal-Mart’s basi ...
  
  
  
  
• Guantanamo Bay: depressed US towns battle to house ...
  
  
  Daily Telegraph – Several blighted US towns are battling for the right to host Guantanamo Bay terror detainees in their own backyards in an unusual case of reverse “nimbyism”. Read Article
  
  
  
  

Monkey Smashes Heaven

• No thankkks… thankstaking
  
  
  Posted in ..Monkey and the Troublemakers, ..Shubel Morgan, Amerikkka, Communism, First Nations, Maoism, Maoism Third Worldism, Maoisme, Maoismo, North America
  
  
  
  
• British mining company on trial for torture of Per ...
  
  
  British mining company on trial for torture of Peruvians (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) A British mining company, Monterrico Metals, is on trial in London, UK for torture of Peruvians that happened at the Rio Blanco mine in 2005. Protesters were detained and tortured at the outcast copper site ...
  
  
  
  
• New poll: Capitalism not too hot
  
  
  New poll: Capitalism not too hot (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) A recent poll has people talking. The results of the poll are a sharp contrast to the free-market triumphalism of the 1990s. Intellectuals were declaring the victory of capitalism. In the 1989 book, the End of History and the Last ...
  
  
  
  
• Cuba, ALBA Nations Condone Sri Lanka, Revisionism ...
  
  
  Cuba, ALBA Nations Condone Sri Lanka, Revisionism Further Exposed (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Revisionism was on display in recent events. Recently Cuba gave an official statement reassuring its international relations with Sri Lanka. Both countries claim to be socialist in some sense. Depu ...
  
  
  
  
• Smash the old world!
  
  
  Smash the Amerikkkan Dream and all First Worldist lies! From Politics Are Over Posted in ..Politics Are Over, Communism, Maoism, Maoism Third Worldism, Maoisme, Maoismo
  
  
  
  

PakAlert

• The Recipe for Disaster
  
  
  Unemployment in the United States is now officially at 10.2%. Add in those individuals that no longer receive unemployment benefits, are no longer looking for a job, or for some other reason are not included in the above number and you are at 20% unemployment. Not a pretty figure. Historically 25-30 ...
  
  
  
  
• Dubai Debt Sends Panic: A Dangerous New Phase In T ...
  
  
  Fears of a dangerous new phase in the economic crisis swept around the globe yesterday as traders responded to the shock announcement that a debt-laden Dubai state corporation was unable to meet its interest bill. Reported by Patrick Hosking and David Robertson Work has been halted on th ...
  
  
  
  
• Zionist war on Islam is also a war on America
  
  
  From Asia Times: “The other regional players [read China] are busily setting the stage for exploitation of Afghanistan’s natural resources, while the US remains bogged down with the war. This should change,” (former CIA Pakistan Station Chief Milton) Bearden said (to the U.S. Senate Foreign Re ...
  
  
  
  
• Review of financial markets: Investors Buy Gold…
  
  
  by Bob Chapman Investors buy gold when there is inflation and when there is a flight to quality. They buy gold when they no longer trust currencies, due to government or central bank profligacy. Due to those and other reasons gold has broken out to new highs. It could well be that gold may [... ...
  
  
  
  
• In His Gloomiest Prediction Yet, Marc Faber Sees B ...
  
  
  Business Intelligence -Middle East Marc Faber, the Swiss fund manager and Gloom Boom & Doom editor, said eventually there will be a big bust and then the whole credit expansion will come to an end. Before that happens, governments will continue printing money which in time will lead to a very hig ...
  
  
  
  

ecogeek

• Waste Heat Could Power Computers, Cell Phones
  
  
  Close to 60 percent of the energy produced by burning fuels or generated by power plants is lost as excess heat.  Computers, cars and cell phones all have to get rid of excess heat to run properly, creating a significant energy waste.  Researchers at MIT believe they've developed a way to reclaim ...
  
  
  
  
• Radar Absorbing Turbines Prevent Aircraft Confusio ...
  
  
  The U.S. Military has recently expressed concern about Maryland offshore wind projects because radar could identify spinning turbine blades as low-flying aircraft, potentially disrupting its training missions in the area.  Turns out the UK Military is blocking wind projects for similar reasons.  ...
  
  
  
  
• Compressed Air Cars Less Efficient Than Electric C ...
  
  
  It has been assumed that compressed air cars are cleaner than battery electric cars,  but the reality is they are quite inefficient.  A new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that while in theory compressed air cars seem like a potential competitor to EVs, when ...
  
  
  
  
• Wind Power Could be Stored as Ice
  
  
  A perfect way of storing electricity generated by wind turbines has been elusive so far.  Ideas like super-sized batteries , compressed air and hydroelectric storage have all been floated.  One company though thinks the answer could be as simple as making ice. Calmac has come up with a storage sy ...
  
  
  
  
• Fastest Computer in the World Focused on Climate C ...
  
  
  The Jaguar XT5 computer, housed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Knoxville, Tenn. and owned by the Department of Energy was just named the fastest computer in the world by the TOP500 list .  It has a performance speed of 1.759 petaflops or quadrillions of calculations per second and that po ...
  
  
  
  

Times Online - Science

• Locked-in syndrome: Unlocking the cruellest prison
  
  
  The man who was a ghost for seven years is legendary at the Royal Hospital for Neurodisability in Putney, south London. Though the man — let’s call him John — could see, hear and think, nobody knew he was there.
  
  
  
  
• The great climate change science scandal
  
  
  The storm began with just four cryptic words. “A miracle has happened,” announced a contributor to Climate Audit, a website devoted to criticising the science of climate change.
  
  
  
  
• Cultured meat created in laboratory
  
  
  SCIENTISTS have grown meat in the laboratory for the first time. Experts in Holland used cells from a live pig to replicate growth in a petri dish.
  
  
  
  
• Memorable passwords
  
  
  This column required three passwords. One to activate my computer, another to access my work e-mails and yet one more to get into my personal e-mails (because you have to get the important stuff out of the way before starting work). It’s no big deal, because I am — sshhh — a password reneg ...
  
  
  
  
• SeaOrbiter: it’s sailing, Jim, but not as we ...
  
  
  Cross a seahorse with the starship Enterprise and you get the SeaOrbiter — the world’s first vertical ship, which drifts through the sea allowing Man a closer view of the ocean.
  
  
  
  

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 )

• Valuable Lesson From Sarah Palin's Book
  
  
  TRex has extracted and documented the bulk of the knowledge that can be had from Sarah Palin's new book, Going Rogue. Trust me on this, there is a valuable lesson to be had from her book that every Blogger, journalist and pundit should be sharing with anyone that is truly interested in the politic ...
  
  
  
  
• Valuable Lesson From Sarah Palin's Book
  
  
  TRex has extracted and documented the bulk of the knowledge that can be had from Sarah Palin's new book, Going Rogue. Trust me on this, there is a valuable lesson to be had from her book that every Blogger, journalist and pundit should be sharing with anyone that is truly interested in the politic ...
  
  
  
  
• T-9 and Holding:
  
  
  About 8 minutes before the shuttle blasts off : At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis and crew are nearing liftoff at Launch Pad 39A, prepared to begin the STS-129 cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station. The countdown clock is holding at T-9 minutes. ...
  
  
  
  
• The more things change, the more they stay the sam ...
  
  
  I woke up today to the news that it has been a whole year that gay and lesbian couples have been allowed to share the same rights as everyone else in our State. The right to settle down, get married and live as a family has changed a lot of people's lives in Connecticut . I did a quick inventory o ...
  
  
  
  
• Windsock Joe
  
  
  We really want to know which way the wind blows, Joe? The other day you were dead set against the Public Option, much to the chagrin of Connecticut voters. And now? Sen. Joe Lieberman has reached a private understanding with Majority Leader Harry Reid that he will not block a final vote on healthca ...
  
  
  
  

SPL Center

• Neo-Nazi Turner Sprung From Jail, But Muzzled
  
  
  Neo-Nazi talk show host Hal Turner, arrested four months ago on charges of threatening to assault and murder three federal judges, was released on bail today in Newark, N.J. Turner’s attorney, Michael A. Orozco, told the Hudson Reporter that his client will be under house arrest at his home in No ...
  
  
  
  
• Dangerous Liaisons: Congressmen to Join Nativist H ...
  
  
  At noon today, five members of the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a press conference at the House Triangle with Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR). FAIR has been listed as an anti-immigrant hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center since 2007. ...
  
  
  
  
• In Christian vs. Atheist Documentary, a Bizarre Ad ...
  
  
  In a new documentary pitting atheism against faith, contrarian critic Christopher Hitchens debates evangelical pastor Douglas Wilson on the merits of Christianity. “Collision,” released today, has already generated buzz: Hitchens and Wilson have appeared on National Public Radio’s “All Th ...
  
  
  
  
• Man Killed in FBI Shootout Said to Lead Terror Cel ...
  
  
  A Detroit man fatally shot last week by FBI agents was a high-ranking leader of a nationwide separatist group that advocated violence and denigrated Christians, Jews and other non-Muslims, according to an FBI complaint. Luqman Ameen Abdullah (also known as Christopher Thomas), 53, was killed during ...
  
  
  
  
• A Peek Behind the Curtain: Views of a Racist Filmm ...
  
  
  As we reported yesterday, white supremacists are enamored of first-time filmmaker Craig Bodeker’s A Conversation about Race, presumably because the polished documentary lends a veneer of respectability to their racist beliefs. Bodeker, who narrates the film, comes across as an affable guy intent o ...
  
  
  
  

Rio Times

• Thanksgiving in Rio
  
  
  By Felicity Clarke, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Carnival stands as Brazil’s great national holiday, but for all the music, dancing and dazzling spectacle it does fall short on one important holiday criteria: there’s no focus on food. In contrast, Thanksgiving, the major US national ho ...
  
  
  
  
• De Menezes Family Compensation
  
  
  By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The family of Jean Charles de Menezes, the Brazilian national shot dead by London police in 2005, has settled ongoing litigation and been awarded damages, the sum of which is officially not being disclosed; some sources however are claiming the payme ...
  
  
  
  
• Partnerships at +Unidos Workshop
  
  
  By Bruno De Nicola, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - On November 17th, USAID and +UNIDOS (Mais Unidos) held a Workshop on Social Responsibility Partnerships with more than 30 U.S. companies presenting over 50 of their social projects. The event was held at the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) i ...
  
  
  
  
• Expat Entrepreneur’s Fitness Business
  
  
  By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – It is an oft-discussed subject amongst the international community of Rio - how to make money in a city not known for its ease of business practice or its ready acceptance of overseas workers. In a country understandably protective of its workforce a ...
  
  
  
  
• Smoke-Free Law Takes Effect
  
  
  By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio’s anti-smoking state law 5.517/09, which took effect on the 17th of this month, has survived an eleventh hour challenge from a syndicate of bars and hotels, and appears to have met with overall compliance, with one exception reported. The law, ...
  
  
  
  

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

• President Obama to Attend International Climate Su ...
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2009 Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) The White House announced today that President Obama will travel to Copenhagen on December  9 to participate in the United Nations climate change summit. His presence will help the international community as it works t ...
  
  
  
  
• Interior to HQ Employees: Let Them Breathe Fumes
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 24, 2009 PEER  People working inside the Interior Department Headquarters have been subjected to years of construction fumes, smoke and soot from a multi-year modernization of the massive building while it remains occupied.  Despite hundreds of health complaints, age ...
  
  
  
  
• Response to News Obama Will Go to Copenhagen
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2009 Friends of The Earth Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following response to news that U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen in December to participate in international climate negotiations: read more
  
  
  
  
• World AIDS Day: Punitive Laws Threaten HIV Progres ...
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2009 Human Rights Watch (HRW) HIV prevention efforts - and the promise of antiretroviral therapy as prevention - are being undermined by punitive laws targeting those infected with and at risk of HIV, Human Rights Watch said today on the eve of World AIDS Day. This ...
  
  
  
  
• Women Nobel Peace Laureates & Women’s Rights Lea ...
  
  
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 25, 2009 Women Nobel Peace Laureates & Women’s Rights Leaders More than 175 human rights and feminist leaders--including three Nobel Peace Prize winners and leaders of national and international women’s organizations—today sent an Open Letter to Secretary of Stat ...
  
  
  
  

Common Dreams-Views

• Kaptur Takes on Foreclosures
  
  
  by Greg Kaufmann Before President Bush left office, Representative Marcy Kaptur visited then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr. and presented him with a list of all of the people in her district whose properties had been foreclosed. Although each page included four columns of names, the full list ...
  
  
  
  
• A Jane Goodall Thanksgiving
  
  
  by Michael Winship Give thanks. Because this isn't one of those Thanksgiving lists of things for which we should be grateful -- although health, family, friends, laughter, etc., would certainly all be on mine. And Jane Goodall. Yes, that Jane Goodall, the woman we all grew up with watching those Nat ...
  
  
  
  
• Power v. Force
  
  
  by Robert Barkley, Jr. The tension between power and force is great and often misunderstood. Much of the problem here is the western world's-or at least its current leader's-understanding of the differences between power and force . And when it comes to which of these two dynamics will win in th ...
  
  
  
  
• We’ll Win this Time. If Only ( . . . )
  
  
  by Jerry Lembcke Myths about the home-front betrayal of troops fighting abroad die a hard death. The cover story of Newsweek magazine's November 16 edition divined the American experience in Vietnam for lessons applicable to the present conflict in Afghanistan. Under the headline "How we (could ...
  
  
  
  
• Stand with the Women of Honduras
  
  
  by Jody Williams and Lisa VeneKlasen As U.S. policy makers equivocate about resolving the crisis of democracy in Honduras, a major issue is being ignored-the widespread abuses of human rights in the aftermath of the Honduran coup. The brunt of these abuses has been borne by the women of Honduras. S ...
  
  
  
  

Karl Burkart

• What's up with Copenhagen, Obama?
  
  
  Obama administration makes a big announcement about Copenhagen.
  
  
  
  
• What's up with Copenhagen, Annex II?
  
  
  What the richest (Annex II) nations need to do to avoid another Africa walkout in Copenhagen.
  
  
  
  
• What's up with Copenhagen, Annex 1?
  
  
  World Resources Institute releases report on Annex 1 (developed) countries Copenhagen pledges.
  
  
  
  
• What's up with Copenhagen?
  
  
  This is the first in a series that examines both the promise and the pitfalls of the upcoming climate talks in Copenhagen.
  
  
  
  
• Carbon-sucking nanotubes
  
  
  Porifera may be the first to take new a nanotechnology to market, offering a viable solution for sequestering carbon.
  
  
  
  

Water Privatization

• Lean times pressure Indiana's lawmakers (Evansvill ...
  
  
  INDIANAPOLIS — As the 2010 session of the Indiana General Assembly approaches, state lawmakers are feeling pressure to practice a brand of politics that respects the country's economic woes. Feeling the weight of the economic downturn, Hoosiers have grown more frugal. It's why Indiana's sales tax ...
  
  
  
  
• Catch proposal poses perils (The Myrtle Beach Sun ...
  
  
  Re Matt Ruby and Phil Conklin letter, "Fishing industry imperiled," Nov. 16:
  
  
  
  
• Eco-friendly area resident heads to Alaska (Jonesb ...
  
  
  JONESBORO — A Jonesboro businessman with a penchant for science, adventure and saving the planet is picking up and moving to Alaska, where his new job description should satisfy all three of those interests — and many more.
  
  
  
  
• Update-National Water Summit in Ottawa to Focus on ...
  
  
  OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 26, 2009) - Just one week before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, a water conference taking place in Ottawa will highlight the need for better policies to protect water in Canada and around the world. Hundreds of participants from across Canada and allies ...
  
  
  
  
• VeoLIa goes to vote (Novato Advance)
  
  
  At its meeting Monday night, the Novato Sanitary District decided 5-to-0 to ask voters whether Veolia Water should operate the district’s new sewage-treatment plant.
  
  
  
  

Guardian

• US 'missed chance to get Bin Laden'
  
  
  Report says the failure to attack Bin Laden when he was holed up in Tora Bora in late 2001 has had far-reaching consequences Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of US troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when military leaders made the costly decision not to pursue him with massive force, ...
  
  
  
  
• Streets ahead
  
  
  Original Pirate Material gave British rap an authentic new voice and provided the link between the Kinks and Dizzee Rascal Who else made our albums of the decade list? "Ooh, the pizza's here ... will someone let him in please? We didn't order chicken ... Not a problem, we'll pick it out." At first ...
  
  
  
  
• Paul Morley's Showing Off ... the noughties
  
  
  Observer Music Monthly's Paul Morley takes an alternative view of the noughties Paul Morley Chris Fenn
  
  
  
  
• A decade of music in pictures
  
  
  Revisit some of the most stunning images of the decade with the best of OMM's photography, from Noel Gallagher to Tinariwen, Dizzee Rascal to Girls Aloud
  
  
  
  
• Rooney sets Pompey further adrift
  
  
  Strangely appropriate, really, that the first meeting between Avram Grant and Sir Alex Ferguson since Moscow 2008 should be dominated by penalties. There were three here (and could have been more) and Manchester United had the better of the team in blue. Not that this one was ever close. The chasm b ...
  
  
  
  

Diigo | Green Community

• Free classified Ads - beatyourprice.com
  
  
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• Green Finance for Eco-Friendly Products and Servic ...
  
  
  Green Finance for Eco-Friendly Products and Services, YatBo Newark Classifieds - Local classifieds for Newark - New Jersey, Posting a Classified Ad is FREE! - you can find almost everything on Yatbo.com Comments: Green Finance for Eco-Friendly Products and Services, YatBo Newark Classifieds - Local ...
  
  
  
  
• Green Investments to Promote Sustainability - Fina ...
  
  
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• Free classified Ads - beatyourprice.com
  
  
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• 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 ...
  
  
  
  

Electronic Intifada

• Interview: Bilin activist continues to struggle de ...
  
  
  Earlier this year, Khamis Fathi Abu Rahmah, 27, was shot in the head with a high-velocity tear gas canister while participating in a nonviolent demonstration against Israel's wall in the occupied West ...
  
  
  
  
• Interview with PA dissident: "I cannot just stay s ...
  
  
  Abdel Sattar Qassem, a professor and author of numerous publications on Palestinian history and Islamic thought, is well-known for his pungent critiques of Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). A ...
  
  
  
  
• Book review: Post-September 11 "Homeland Insecurit ...
  
  
  After the 11 September 2001 attacks there have been many books and articles regarding the misuse of justice and harsh treatment of Arab Americans and Muslims in the United States. Louise Cainka ...
  
  
  
  
• Refugees remain skeptical of Nahr al-Bared reconst ...
  
  
  NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon (IPS) - More than two years after their refugee camp was destroyed in a war between the Lebanese army and the Islamist militant group Fatah al-Islam, Nahr al-Bared refugees Wedn ...
  
  
  
  
• Palestinian trade unions unanimously support boyco ...
  
  
  In reaction to reports alleging that a Palestinian trade union official has stated his reservations about the Palestinian civil society campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS), the ...
  
  
  
  

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

• New Report: Existing Public Option Provisions Woul ...
  
  
  A new report from the Urban Institute argues that a “strong” public option triggered in the event that overall growth in national health spending exceeds a pre-determined target, may do more to control health care spending than the public option proposals offered in existing legislation: In the ...
  
  
  
  
• Perino: Politicize National Security? Never! What?
  
  
  Former-Bush-spokesperson/forever-Bush-flack Dana Perino made a pretty startling claim last night on Hannity in the course of questioning the Obama administration’s avoidance of the term “terrorism” in reference to the Fort Hood murders: PERINO: There is one thing that I would say about Fort H ...
  
  
  
  
• Obama Bringing Hope To Copenhagen, But Whither Hil ...
  
  
  The White House has announced that President Barack Obama will participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 15) in Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday, December 9th, before accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Sweden. He will commit the United States to achieving greenhouse gas ...
  
  
  
  
• Bloomberg: Evaluating Teachers Without Student Dat ...
  
  
  An important facet of the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program (in which states compete for $4 billion in funding for innovative education reform efforts) is that, in order to qualify, states must remove their prohibitions on using student achievement data to evaluate teachers. Many stat ...
  
  
  
  
• Palin Suggests Canada Should ‘Reform’ ...
  
  
  Canadian comedian Mary Walsh (playing the character of Marg Delahunty) attended a Sarah Palin book signing in the Midwest and asked the “thriller from Wasilla, the Alaskan Aphrodite” if she had “any words of encouragement for the Canadian conservatives who have worked so hard to try to diminis ...
  
  
  
  

thwap's schoolyard

• Conservatives are Scum: Part 7,049
  
  
  Richard Colvin finally got to speak . The Constipated Party of Canada is going with: "If you didn't actually see it, then nothing happened, and you're making shit up because, well, we don't know." The malingering crowd of "conservative" internet activists are out in force trying to down-play war c ...
  
  
  
  
• I'm Not Even Sure if This is a Good Version
  
  
  I'm just posting something for the sake of posting something ...
  
  
  
  
• Online Petition For Public Inquiry Into Torture
  
  
  Pursuant to the goal of bringing accountability and the rule of law to Canada, and starting the process of getting the harpercons into the prison cells they're inevitably going to be thrown into, Alison at Creekside has a link to an online petition for a public inquiry into torture . Please sign it ...
  
  
  
  
• Removed "Canada-Afghanistan Blog" from blog-roll.
  
  
  I should have listend to myself . I'm glad I didn't waste my time reading right-wing blogs, or Canadian government websites , touting all the fantastic accomplishments we've made in Afghanistan.I'm busy enough as it is, so I tend to focus on the people who've almost always been right (and when wrong ...
  
  
  
  
• thwap is inspired ...
  
  
  stone d and dru-u-u-unk is more like it. anyway, he doesn't want to trash the rotten socialism that has made capitalism look bad (same way Stalinism made capitalism look good!) any more than he has to, but the reaction to this video: to whit: I used to listen to this band via short-receiver rad ...
  
  
  
  

Financial Sense Editorials

• Market Observation: How and Why China Will Flood t ...
  
  
  by Chris Puplava. "Since the start of the decade gold has been in a strong secular bull market in which it has had only one negative year (2001) while the S&P 500 has had four. Gold’s strong performance has produced a cumulative return of 311.54% for an annualized return of 15.18% per annum this d ...
  
  
  
  
• How and Why China Will Flood the Gold Market
  
  
  by Jeff Clark. "The Chinese government is telling people gold and silver are good investments that will safeguard their wealth. After last year's meltdown in the stock market, people believe it. After all, Chinese citizens don't receive government retirement money... "
  
  
  
  
• Crunch Time for the Cartel
  
  
  by Deepcaster. "Its financial system had been revealed as insolvent under the weight of huge liabilities and worthless assets. The government refused to allow all the bankrupt institutions to fail, and thus permit the market to do its job of purging the rot from the system."
  
  
  
  
• Gold will Reach Mind-boggling Levels – for Good ...
  
  
  by Arnold Bock. "We are staring at a nascent but potentially and probably startling increase in the price of gold and precious metals mining stocks and warrants. Gold will reach mind- boggling levels because the actions of our political leaders and their academic and credentialed enablers are virtua ...
  
  
  
  
• The Next Crisis: Spiraling Inflation - Part 2
  
  
  by Nick Barisheff. "The investment world is a risky and confusing place right now. Part 1 of this article (The Next Crisis: Spiralling Inflation) detailed the reasons why the next stage in the financial crisis will almost certainly be spiralling inflation."
  
  
  
  

on Government Oversight

• Agencies Withhold Information from the GAO
  
  
  Last week, The Hill reported that federal agencies have not been completely forthcoming with information requested by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) as part of the congressional auditing group's investigations. In a letter to Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), acting GAO...
  
  
  
  
• And This Year's Qui Tammy Award Goes To...
  
  
  Popular music has the Grammys, pro wrestling has the Slammies, and Bay Area Music magazine used to honor the California music scene with the Bammies. So when the Department of Justice makes its annual announcement of how much money the...
  
  
  
  
• Morning Smoke: Do Wall Street Reformers Have the U ...
  
  
  Could Wall Street Actually Lose in Congress? [The Stash] Fed Said to Ask Banks to Submit Plans to Repay TARP [Bloomberg] AIG's Rescue Bedevils U.S. [The Wall Street Journal] Comeback for White House choppers? [Politico] Blackwater's Secret War in Pakistan...
  
  
  
  
• Morning Smoke: Stock Ownership in Congress Draws S ...
  
  
  Policy, portfolios and the investor lawmaker [The Washington Post] Republicans criticize dismissal of AmeriCorps watchdog [The Los Angeles Times] Lockheed Martin F-35 Fighter May Need More Money, Analyst Says [Bloomberg] Inquiries look into use of retired generals as advisers [Federal...
  
  
  
  
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  Super middle weight IBF champion Lucian Bute knocks out Librado Andrade in the 4th round of their rematch in his hometown of Montreal. On the under card Ali Funeka draws with Joan Guzman in a one sided dominant performance that many felt Ali won.
  
  
  
  
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  If you put all of Ohio's homeless people in one place, it would be the seventh largest city in Ohio. That caught your attention, eh? Same thing happened to me earlier this week when I read a similar headline . That's a lot of people, I thought to myself. See - I was familiar with Ohio's homeless cou ...
  
  
  
  
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  Twenty-four turkeys, 100 pounds of sweet potatoes, 50 pounds of collard greens and all the fixings. This is the feast being prepared in Brooklyn for over 400 homeless men in Brooklyn. But this meal isn't being fixed by just anybody. It is being cooked by 12 men who used to stand in the soup kitchen ...
  
  
  
  

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  On November 5, 2009 the United Nations pulled half of the staff it had in Afghanistan out of the country. A total of 600 of the 1,100 foreign UN workers currently in Afghanistan will now temporarily depart until the situation gets better. The UN also threatened to permanently remove all staff if th ...
  
  
  
  
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  Baghdad’s north is increasingly divided between Arabs and Kurds and, according to Human Rights Watch, is highly detrimental to the other minority populations living in Iraq. In a recent publication On Vulnerable Ground  the group explains that minorities remain vulnerable to attacks by Sunni ...
  
  
  
  
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  In the wake of the killing of five UK soldiers by an Afghan police trainee, PM Gordon Brown has called on Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai to step up efforts to tackle rampant corruption in the Afghan government. Though he emphasized the point that Britain’s commitment to Afghanistan remained fi ...
  
  
  
  
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     The highly-controversial election in Afghanistan has added to concerns that the international mission in that country is doomed to failure. It is indicative of the fact that, despite the perceived power of the United States, it has been unable to ensure that Afghanistan’s reconstru ...
  
  
  
  
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    With the end date of 2011, Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk has ordered the beginning of the planning phase of Canada’s military pull out of Afghanistan. The move comes in light of the Harper government’s intent to stick to its end date on Canada’s military ...
  
  
  
  

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  November 25, 2009 Bloomberg By Simeon Bennett Adrian Gibbs, the virologist who said in May that swine flu may have escaped from a laboratory, published his findings today, renewing discussion about the origins of the pandemic virus. The new H1N1 strain, which was discovered in Mexico and the U.S. in ...
  
  
  
  
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    November 25, 2009 Reuters A Philadelphia jury on Monday ordered Pfizer Inc (PFE.N) to pay $28 million in punitive damages to a breast cancer survivor who had used the company’s hormone replacement drugs for 11 years. That followed a $6.3 million award the jury ordered Pfizer to pay in compens ...
  
  
  
  
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  November 25, 2009 Caymanmama Health officials regularly monitor vaccines for any signs of potential problems, including the occasional allergic reactions that do rarely occur each year. GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman Gwenan White said that the pharmaceuticals company advised Canadian medical personnel ...
  
  
  
  
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  Novemver 25, 2009 Atlanta Weight Loss Examiner By Dave Chism The Food and Drug Administration is investigating the possibility that the weight loss drug, Meridia, may increase the risks of cardiovascular events. The cardiovascular events include heart attack and stroke. The official name of the stud ...
  
  
  
  
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  November 25, 2009 BBC News Although already tested as part of the licensing process, the new study will focus on any effects not picked up by routine clinical trials of the vaccine. The study will also include people who have declined to be vaccinated. The swine flu treatment has already been offere ...
  
  
  
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