Hmmm ... 94% to 6% in favour of Colvin's testimony on an unfreepable one-vote-per-IP poll. Ok, just checking. I was wondering how that parade of generals appearing before the Afghan parliamentary commit...
Amy Goodman of Democracy Now was stopped at the Canada-US border on Wednesday and questioned for 90 minutes by Canadian Border Services Agency. She was on her way to the Vancouver Public Library to launch...
posted by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 19 hours ago
*Dancing is the expression of the soul*, particularly the tango. I would I could dance it the way *Carlos Barrionuevo* and *Mayte Valdés* (link) demonstrate it. But I would have to take classes, possibly ...
Democracy Now! Special: An Hour of Music and Conversation with Legendary Native American Singer-Songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/26/democracy_now_special_an_hour_of
Iran rebuked over nuclear 'cover-up' by UN watchdog
The UN nuclear watchdog's governing body has passed a resolution condemning Iran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret.
But Iran's Foreign Ministry dismissed the resolution, calling its passage theatrical and useless.
Iran says its nuclear programme is for peaceful energy purposes, but the US says it is seeking nuclear weapons.
( And so it goes : obstructing Iran's development with speculation...violating internationally agreed terms of 'supervision' and 'cooperation' under the Third Pillar of the NPT
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Countries that have signed the treaty as Non-Nuclear Weapons States and maintained that status have an unbroken record of not building nuclear weapons. In some regions, the fact that all neighbors are verifiably free of nuclear weapons reduces any pressure individual states might feel to build those weapons themselves, even if neighbors are known to have peaceful nuclear energy programs that might otherwise be suspicious. In this, the treaty works as designed.
Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear regulatory body, has said that if they wanted to, forty countries could develop nuclear bombs.
The UN can agree to harass over a fake threat - but there's no stopping open international assault and mass murder in the third world
"Iran: facts against Western propaganda" )
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- Tell Us Your Afghanistan Agenda
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- Action Alert: Stop CF-18 warplanes from being deployed to Afghanistan
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- Canada Needs a Progressive Coalition Government
http://www.ceasefire.ca
UK Recession 'worse than estimated'
Lawyers target thousands of 'illegal' file-sharers
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8381097.stm
ACS:Law plans to send notes to the accused in the new year offering a chance to settle out of court for "several hundreds of pounds".
A lawyer who has defended people who have received similar letters described it as a "scattergun approach" that would catch "innocent people".
But consumer group Which? said that it had heard from around 150 consumers who had been "wrongly accused" in similar cases.
"A lot are accused of downloading pornography," Jaclyn Clarabut of Which? told BBC News. "People find it distressing or embarrassing and pay up."
Others, she said, "don't want the threat of court action" hanging over them or cannot afford to pay for a lawyer and settle the claim for the lower figure.
( A 'Protection Racket' for the New Millenium illustrating speculation which would load up the court system if allowed. )
Social media 'could transform public services'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8382252.stm
Social media could transform the NHS and other public services in the same way that file-sharing changed the music industry, a conference has heard.
Past climate anomalies explained
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8381317.stm
Unusually warm and cold periods in Earth's pre-industrial climate history are linked to how the oceans responded to temperature changes.
( And we are poisoning and polluting them )
Vladimir Putin announces Lada rescue deal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8383206.stm
Saudi troops 'captured' by Houthi rebels in Yemen
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8382484.stm
The Yemeni government accuses the Houthis of wanting to re-establish Zaydi clerical rule, which ended in 1962, and of receiving support from Iran.
The rebels had long held that Saudi Arabia allowed Yemeni armed forces to launch attacks from its territory.
The Zaydi community are a minority in Yemen, but make up the majority in the north of the country.
The government launched a fresh offensive in August 2009, which has precipitated a new wave of intense fighting.
Aid agencies say tens of thousands of people have been displaced.
Jerusalem's Palestinians Allege Expulsion Campaign
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120872878&ft=1&f=2&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NprProgramsATC+%28NPR+Programs%3A+All+Things+Considered%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Iraq war legitimacy 'questionable' says ex-diplomat
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8382194.stm
Sir Jeremy Greenstock, the UK's ambassador to the UN in 2003, said the invasion did not have the backing of most UN members or even the UK public.
But he said he believed the US and UK had "established" its legality in that it had never been challenged in court.
France's Barnier gets plum EU Commission post
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8382404.stm
France will take charge of the key internal market post in the new 27-strong European Commission, whose composition has just been announced.
CDC: Rise in Life-Threatening Bacterial Infections Linked to H1N1 Swine Flu
http://www.webmd.com/cold-and-flu/news/20091125/worrisome-spike-in-bacterial-infections-with-h1n1-flu?src=RSS_PUBLIC
the CDC is also seeing a number of staph infections -- including difficult to treat MRSA infections -- complicating flu cases.
Alberta health officials warn of H1N1 third wave
http://www.calgaryherald.com/health/Alberta+health+officials+warn+H1N1+third+wave/2272893/story.html
The second wave of the H1N1 flu pandemic has peaked, but transmission of the virus continues and a third wave could hit before Christmas.Close to 850,000 Albertans have received the H1N1 vaccine since mass immunization began almost four weeks ago, said Dr. Gerry Predy, the senior medical officer of health for Alberta Health Services.
Predy said about 50,000 people a day have been receiving shots since the clinics were reopened to the general public Monday.
Already, the province has seen isolated cases in which patients infected with the virus have not responded to treatment with anti-virals.
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