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Thomas Paine

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

Thursday, December 3, 2009

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IPS - Inter Press Services

  • CLIMATE CHANGE-US: Citizens Back Action, Despite ...
    WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (IPS) - As both Washington and the international community come gradually closer to taking substantive action on climate change at a high-level conference in Copenhagen, a side effect of this progress has been a parallel increase in the intensity of campaigns opposing such acti ...
  • HONDURAS: What Now?
    TEGUCIGALPA, Dec 3 (IPS) - "Mr. Zelaya is history," said Honduras' de facto President Roberto Micheletti after Congress voted not to allow the president ousted in the Jun. 28 coup to serve out the last few weeks of his term.
  • U.S.: Public Most Unilateralist in 40 Years, Pol ...
    WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (IPS) - Despite President Barack Obama's emphasis on diplomatic engagement, the U.S. public has become more inward-looking and unilateralist than at any time since the early stages of the Vietnam War, according to the latest in a series of quadrennial surveys on foreign policy ...
  • HEALTH: Raising the Recommended CD4 Count for ART
    PRETORIA, Dec 3 (IPS) - Newborn babies in South Africa will now be treated for HIV, regardless of their CD4 count. President Jacob Zuma announced several new measures which focus on expanding the country’s anti-retroviral (ARV) programme, especially in terms of mother-to-child-transmission, a ...
  • CULTURE-IBEROAMERICA: Women MisPrized
    MEXICO CITY, Dec 3 (IPS) - "The judges are usually men, and they tend to prefer men's writing," Mexican journalist and novelist Elena Poniatowska, a perennial candidate for the Miguel de Cervantes Prize, said with a note of resignation in her voice.

Scoop - NZ

  • Wellington Builder going to France
    Wellington builder Adrian has fought off stiff competition from tradesmen from all over New Zealand to be selected to restore a french villa. The job, posted on Builderscrack.co.nz by expat kiwi Pauline who lives in France generated huge interest, with over 100 applications in several days. Pauline ...
  • Dubai's financial crisis: Q&A
    Q. Where did Dubai go wrong? I thought it was in the "oil-rich Gulf"?A. Dubai is part of the United Arab Emirates, seven city-states which have separate ruling families, separate budgets, but security, immigration and foreign policies in common. Abu Dhabi has nearly all the UAE's oil. To keep up, Du ...
  • Bailed-Out AIG Forcing Poor to Choose Between Runn ...
    What are we getting in return for the bailout? So far, predatory credit card rates, exorbitant bank fees and obscene Wall Street bonuses. But we're being robbed in other, sneakier ways, too. It seems that taxpayers in the poorest, most vulnerable parts of the county are getting plundered by the same ...
  • A bit of inspiration as we head into Copenhagen
    We are the last generation that has a chance to make a difference on climate change and the task can seem daunting. But, as one of the original Greenpeace activists Bob Hunter once said,Big change looks impossible when you start and inevitable when you finish.50 years ago this week, the world agreed ...
  • A note to self from the year 2020
    Today almost 100,000 people around New Zealand received an email from a future self in 2020 ...  »  PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

Independent ( London )

  • Guinea's junta leader injured in shooting by rebel ...
    The west-african state of Guinea was thrown into turmoil last night after the country's military leader was shot and wounded by a rebel leader of the presidential guard. Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who took power in a bloodless coup last year, was at a military camp in the capital Conakry when the ...
  • Italy to provide 1,000 troops for Obama's surge in ...
    Italy will send around 1,000 additional soldiers to Afghanistan as part of US President Barack Obama's planned troop increase, the Italian Defence Minister, Ignazio La Russa, said in an interview published yesterday.
  • Somalian ministers killed in hotel bomb attack
    A suicide bomber disguised as a veiled woman blew himself up in the middle of a crowded hotel in Mogadishu yesterday, killing at least 19 people including three government ministers.
  • Going home: orphans of the gorilla massacre that s ...
    Moving home is often stressful and sometimes positively traumatic. The last time Ndeze and Ndakasi moved it was horrifying. The two mountain gorilla babies had just been orphaned, their parents murdered in a dispute that led to the sacking of the director of Virunga National Park in eastern Congo. ...
  • Jewish West Bank settlers vow to defy Netanyahu's ...
    Defiant West Bank settler leaders rejected a personal plea from the Prime Minister yesterday to respect a government-ordered residential construction freeze, vowing to keep confronting security forces sent to enforce the edict.

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Soltanieh: Resolution jeopardizing IAEA spirit
    Summary: Since last year developing countries have augmented the pressure and they have mobilized their means to resist such a situation and not to let a few countries to change the agency from its statuary, promotional activities which is main reason the agency exists. source: Press TV read m ...
  • Iran frees five detained British sailors
    Summary: TEHRAN — Five British yachtsmen detained in the Gulf last week by Revolutionary Guards were freed Wednesday after it was determined they had inadvertently strayed into Iran's territorial waters, Iranian media said. source: AFP read more
  • Iran Should Stop Talking About Leaving the NPT
    Summary: It does not bode well for either Iran's nuclear rights or national interests to be toying with the idea of leaving the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and its implementation arm, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). No matter what the just complaints of Iran regarding the unfa ...
  • Iran says to protest over IAEA nuclear resolution
    Summary: Mehmanparast TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday it intended to take unspecified legal action over an IAEA rebuke of its nuclear activities and would provide Iranians with enough gasoline in order to trump any further U.N. sanctions. source: Reuters read more
  • ElBaradei's last hurrah on Iran
    Summary: On Monday, Dr Mohamed ElBaradei stepped down after 12 years as director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), passing the torch at the United Nations' nuclear watchdog to his Japanese successor, Yukiya Amano. The sixty-seven-year-old Egyptian leaves behind a rich leg ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • The Daily Flash -Eco, Space, Tech (12/01)
    Climate Change Is Inevitable — It’s Time to Adapt In the waning weeks of 2009, planeloads of scientists, politicians, and assorted climate wonks from 192 countries will blow through a few million tons of CO2 to jet to Copenhagen, one...
  • The Billion-Year Technology Gap: Could One Exist? ...
    Are we the lone sentient life in the universe? So far, we have no evidence to the contrary, and yet the odds that not one single other planet has evolved intelligent life would appear, from a statistical standpoint, to be...
  • MIT Team Asks: Is Increase in Greenhouse Gas Part ...
    A team of MIT scientists recorded a nearly simultaneous world-wide increase in methane levels -the first increase in ten years. What baffles the team is that this data contradicts theories stating humans are the primary source of increase in greenhouse...
  • Giant 13-Billion-Year-Old Galaxy Found at Very Edg ...
    Scientists have located a giant 13-billion year old galaxy at the edge of the observable universe. Detecting this huge galaxy was a challenge because of the massive quantities of light coming from the black hole, and if you think you...
  • Planetary Recycling: Critical to Life on Earth & B ...
    If Earth had been slightly smaller and less massive, it would not have plate tectonics - the forces that move continents and build mountains. And without plate tectonics, complex life might never have had the climate stability needed gained a...

Natural News

  • Excess imaging tests expose patients to dangerous ...
    (NaturalNews) A University of Wisconsin (UW) study has found that patients who receive computed tomography (CT) scans for various abdominal and pelvic conditions often receive a slew of additional scans that are unnecessary and that expose them to excess radiation. The findings were presented at the ...
  • RealAge scheme exposed by NY Times
    (NaturalNews) A popular online age quiz, RealAge, has gained notoriety among many Americans for its claims to pinpoint a person's true biological age and make corresponding recommendations for staying healthy and young. Research into the company reveals, however, that while the site itself promotes ...
  • Meditation slashes risk of heart attack, stroke an ...
    (NaturalNews) Transcendental Meditation (TM) first became well-known in the U.S. during the 1960s when the Beatles showed interest in studying the stress-reducing technique. But meditation hasn't gone the way of love beads and flower power since then. In fact, various techniques, including TM, have ...
  • Mammograms cause breast cancer, groundbreaking new ...
    (NaturalNews) Ever since the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force took a look, finally, at the scientific evidence and announced new recommendations earlier this month for routine mammograms -- specifically that women under 50 should avoid them and women over 50 should only get them every other year ...
  • Growing obesity epidemic will double diabetes popu ...
    (NaturalNews) According to a study published in the December issue of Diabetes Care , the number of Americans with diabetes will double from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Consequently, the costs associated with treatment and care for diabetics will triple from $45 billion this year t ...

    TheGallopingBeaver

  • Nova Scotia Jurisprudence
    ACCORDING TO THR, Esq. , which proclaims itself to be a blog which focuses on how the entertainment and media industries are impacted and influenced by the law, in Nova Scotia, you can't play like Adam Sandler .  Apparently, the Honourable Justice Arthur J. LeBlanc of the Supreme Court of Nova Sco ...
  • Who's the armchair quarterback, Chuckie?
    One might also ask of loudmouth and Fox News Sean Hannity stand-in, Charles Adler , who he's calling an "armchair quarterback" when referring to Canadian military service. (Emphasis mine) I talked to Jimmy's mother this week. James Hayward Arnal loved this country more than any of you quiche-eating, ...
  • Ineedadinnerjacket strikes again
    THE LA TIMES HAS A DISTURBING REPORT: According to Alexandra Sandels in Beirut,  less than a year after authorities stormed the offices of Iranian human-rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi , taking sensitive documents and her computer, unidentified authorities have now allegedly taken the Nobel Peace Prize ...
  • A beautiful survivor
    MY FRIEND LESLEY lives just up the street from Honest Ed's, and thus is in the heart of urban Toronto. She is an observant person, and quick with a camera, to catch this female Peregrine that took five in her back yard on Tuesday. Appears to be missing a leg and a toe. An indomitable survivor, about ...
  • Shiny object!
    CBC: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend the Copenhagen climate change meeting next month after all, his office said Thursday — a day after saying he would not go. Harper decided Thursday to attend the meeting to work on a new climate change agreement after the U.S. president and Chinese pr ...

Media Matters for America

  • Fox ignores evidence supporting Obama's claim tha ...
    A FoxNews.com article headlined, "Rumsfeld cries foul on Obama claim troop requests for Afghanistan were denied," uncritically reported that former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld "said in his statement the White House should make public any such requests if they exist to back up the allegat ...
  • Fox & Friends coverage of CRU email ...
    Fox & Friends hosts Brian Kilmeade, Steve Doocy, and Gretchen Carlson have repeatedly advanced the right wing's distortion of emails reportedly stolen from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia (CRU) by hyping a litany of falsehoods that climate skeptics have propagated abo ...
  • Kilmeade, Wash. Times make false claims ...
    On Fox & Friends , co-host Brian Kilmeade falsely claimed that the White House did not invite "corporate executives" to its December 3 Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth; in fact, numerous corporate executives are reportedly scheduled to attend the summit. Moreover, The Washington Times falsely c ...
  • Hemmer falsely claims CRU emails show scientists ...
    During the December 3 edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom , Bill Hemmer falsely claimed that "recently leaked emails reveal that scientists use, quote, 'tricks' to hide evidence of a decline in global temperatures over the past, say, few decades." In fact, the email in question discussin ...
  • Fox & Friends crops Jon Stewart quot ...
    While discussing the purported "Climategate" emails stolen from the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia, Steve Doocy claimed that Jon Stewart "really took a shot at Al Gore," then aired a clip of Stewart stating, "Poor Al Gore. Global warming completely debunked via th ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • What Is Non-Authoritarianism, Anyway? And Why Doe ...
    One of the most important things that Marc and Jonathan do in Authoritarianism and Polarization in American Politics is increase the focus of attention on the opposite of authoritarianism, a focus that has previously been so lacking that they... Barack Obama - Politics of the United States - U ...
  • 'A Republic, If You Can Keep It'
    Barack Obama is the wisest American president of my lifetime, which began during Harry Truman's presidency and includes John F. Kennedy, who might have outdone Obama had he lived, and Bill Clinton, who as president was terrifically clever but not... Barack Obama - United States - West Point - J ...
  • Things Fall Apart
    Barack Obama is losing friends. Gary Wills' post at the New York Review blog might as well stand in for the others (though its patronizing tone--"I was deeply invested in the success of our first African-American president"--is Wills' own). Obama,... United States - New York Times - Barack Obam ...
  • Netanyahu Meets With Settlers And Tells Them Freez ...
    I love this Netanyahu statement published on the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs website. It is six paragraphs long and fewer than 20 words are underscored. Those underlined words refer to Netanyahu's nominal, perfunctory and utterly unserious commitment to a... Foreign Affairs Minister of ...
  • The Congressional Black Corrupticus Strikes Again
    "One of most intriguing mysteries here in recent weeks is why members of the Congressional Black Caucus have chosen to buck their party and president in trying to stall financial regulation reform," writes the New York Times' Eric Lipton. "The... Congressional Black Caucus - New York - United S ...

TruthOut

  • US Company Helps Fuel Congo War: UN Report
    Both sides of Congo war get funds from sale of minerals used in mobile phones. A Nevada-based company’s purchase of minerals looted from eastern Congo is helping to finance a decade-long war that has claimed the lives of millions of civilians, an unpublished United Nations report claims. read more
  • Bipartisan Group of Legislators Opposes Increasing ...
    A bipartisan group of legislators wrote a letter to President Barack Obama to oppose his call to increase the number of US troops in Afghanistan. The group consists of Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.). read more
  • Arundhati Roy, the Conscience of Indian Democracy
    People in France are undoubtedly discussing Albert Camus' Pantheonization in order to celebrate a character that has disappeared from this country: that of the writer-activist. A thousand leagues from here, in New Delhi, Arundhati Roy doesn't even ask: the author of the global best-seller, "The God ...
  • Scandal: Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy
    January 2010 read more
  • Isaiah J. Poole | Bernanke: 'The Definition Of Mor ...
    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke employed his characteristic smoothness and conciliatory nature as he navigated the questioning at today's confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, helped by the largely gentle questioning by Democrats on the committee. Ironically, the most point ...

Planetsave

  • Big Fish in the Great Lakes
    The ancient lake sturgeon, a threatened species, is making a modest comeback in the Great Lakes after more than a century of overharvest and habitat destruction. Even as news spreads of the possible imminent invasion of giant Asian carp in the Great Lakes, there’s also good news — the mammoth ...
  • Reducing Greenhouse Pollutants will Save Millions ...
    New research out of the UK shows definitively that reducing greenhouse gases can save millions of lives around the world. The research makes use of case studies to demonstrate the co-benefits of tackling climate change in four sectors: electricity generation, household energy use, transportation, ...
  • 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 ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Public Citizen in Texas

  • West Texans Question How Proposed Tenaska Coal Pla ...
    Citizens aware of extreme drought conditions point to potential serious conflict over water if coal plant were built (Abilene) – The Multi-County Coalition, Sierra Club, Public Citizen, and individuals from the West Texas areas of Sweetwater and Abilene raised questions about how a proposed Tenask ...
  • Austin Community College: A Leader in Sustainabili ...
    As a student at Austin Community College, I have witnessed the school adopt many environmental programs and truly set a great example to its student as to how be good stewards of our environment. The college has been recently featured in the Times magazine to recognize its new Renewable Energy Progr ...
  • Power to the People: The Fair Elections Now Act
    As early as the time of Socrates, people have identified money as a corruptive influence in politics, specifically in democracies.  Elections now cost double and triple what they used to, which means more and more of our Senators’ and Representatives’ time is spent dialing for dollars.  Th ...
  • Texas Railroad Commission Trying to Block Renewabl ...
    Statement of David Power, Deputy Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Seemingly out of concern that competitive renewable energy will damage Big Oil’s bottom line, the Texas Railroad Commission wants to block renewable energy transmission lines that would put affordable energy from west Texas ...
  • Join Public Citizen at the Second Annual Austin Gr ...
    Join Public Citizen Texas December 15th at Barr Mansion (we just can’t get enough) for the Second Annual Austin Green Holiday Social! This event will be co-hosted by seven of Austin’s best and brightest green groups. Join us again at the beautiful Barr Mansion, the first certified organic events ...

Press TV

Axis of Logic

They Gave Us a Republic

  • "Unemployment is a bigger deal than Afghanistan"
    With one huge difference:  There are known, proven, ready-to-go solutions to unemployment ready to hand, if only President Obama and Congressional Democrats will pick them up. John Nichols in The Nation: But if unemployment keeps rising -- if it gets to 12-, 13-, 14-percent officially, and over 20 p ...
  • Pay to Delay
    Those who oppose reforming our healthcare system frequently extol the virtues of the free market as the real path to comprehensive healthcare reform. Anything else, they insist, is 'socialism' and an affront to 'liberty' and 'freedom' - or something. I have to wonder, though, if these free lovers of ...
  • "A Gentleman's Agreement"?: Oh, my!
    This is the thirty-fourth post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Links to previous coverage are below the fold. BG and MB Whoever it was who said iron ...
  • Suicide bomber attacks graduation ceremony in Moga ...
    A suicide bomber who disguised himself as a veiled woman attacked a college graduation ceremony in a part of Mogadishu that had previously been thought of as relatively safe and quiet. The attack added to fears that the security forces have been infiltrated by hard-line insurgents. According to wit ...
  • Stupak Lives! Help Us Kill It Dead
    Remember how Congressional Democrats assured us that the horrific Stupak amendment would not survive in the final health care reform bill? Eh, not so much. But Firedoglake is on it, and already has a plan of action: Ever since Stupak hijacked the health care bill, we've been watching.  So far, nothi ...

Care 2

  • Your morning adorable: Baby beaver enjoys a neck s ...
    We can't say we'd ever thought of beavers as being particularly cuddly before seeing YouTube user misstdawg's video, which stars two juvenile beavers misstdawg cared for as a wildlife rehabilitator Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • A happy christmas in store for seals
    Four seal pups have been named after shops and the centre is appealing to local shops and businesses for a minimum donation of £10 in return for the opportunity to sponsor a seal and give it a name. Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • The little orphan seal pup swept in by the storm
    Her mournful eyes could melt the stoniest of hearts. And her expression reflects a life that has been storm-tossed and sorrowful Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Invest wisely. End poverty. | microfinance at Micr ...
    Purchase a gift certificate for any cause on our site and send it to someone on your shopping list. Any cause you choose will help the working poor break the cycle of poverty. Free $20 Gift! Give now and you'll get a free $20 gift certificate to give Submitted by Kelli Stowe to Offbeat  |   Note-it ...
  • Polar bear advocates lose fight in court against g ...
    Environmentalists have lost another fight against big oil, but say they still have their eye on the Arctic. A federal appeals court made a final decision Wednesday on whether Fish and Wildlife could allow oil companies to interfere with polar bears. Submitted by Simone D. to Animals  |   Note-i ...

GreenBiz

  • A Dozen Tips for the Total Greening of Your Busine ...
    During the past several years, the word "green" has taken on new meaning and usage as it has quickly entered the business vernacular in its many forms. What does it mean to select, design and operate a business in the era of green?
  • ICLEI USA Unveils Comprehensive Toolkit for Greeni ...
    ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability USA launches a comprehensive resource today to guide cities and countries, step by step, through the process of greening their communities.
  • The Value of Building Commissioning
    Much of the attention in the green building world is focused on the most flashy techniques or the latest technology, but there's an old-fashioned yet very green building technique that's starting to recapture interest: Building commissioning.
  • Kohl's Aims for Carbon Neutrality by Close of 2010
    Kohl's Department Stores has set it sights for its U.S. stores, distribution centers and corporate offices to operate with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by the close of 2010.
  • How Local Ingenuity Can Model Success for Sustaina ...
    With world leaders poised to begin climate talks, it's time to apply lessons learned locally to the global playing field. We need critical thinking and action by leaders who are willing to apply those local solutions to drive change at a global scale.

Reuters Global

  • Other rumbles in the Iran nuclear storm
    In the sound and fury following the U.N. nuclear governors' censure of Iran last week for its cover-up of a second uranium enrichment site, and Tehran's rejection of a nuclear cooperation deal with world powers, a broader, festering issue was obscured.
  • History comes alive at Demjanjuk trial
    Entering the Munich court this week to cover the trial of John Demjanjuk, 89, accused of helping to force 27,900 Jews into gas chambers at an extermination camp in 1943, was like stepping into a history book.
  • Stimulus package does provide some jobs
    "I can point to people and say 'Thank God for Obama"
  • Afghanistan: sending the young to war
    America is sending its youth to fight the war in Afghanistan, some as young as 17, stoking concern at home.
  • A historic trip to Antarctica revisited
    Reuters correspondent Pauline Askin is sailing in early December to the Antarctic for a six-week expedition on the ice continent where she will help restore Sir Douglas Mawson's huts on Commonwealth Bay.

Ezra Klein

  • Tab dump
    1) Karen Tumulty gives the play-by-play on how the Medicare Commission got watered down . 2) The Office is the most depressing show on television. 3) How Washington Mutual failed. 4) Eric Cantor thinks Ronald Reagan was a squish. Recipe of the day : Making risotto with pasta .
  • Why health-care reform can't control costs
    A reader asks: I heard (somewhere on NPR I think ... maybe This American Life) an argument that in many regions the public option and generally more competition among health insurers would actually drive premiums up. In these regions, the problem is that providers are too strong and insurers don ...
  • Clinton: How better weapons could bring about peac ...
    Speaking of Bill Clinton, here he is with a novel argument on the prospects for peace in the Middle East: I still think there is some chance the Israelis and the Hamas government and the Palestinian government could make a deal. Because I think that the long-term trend lines are bad for both side ...
  • The talents of Thomas Friedman
    "Tom Friedman is our most gifted journalist at actually looking at what is happening in the world and figuring out its relevance to tomorrow and figuring out a clever way to say it that sticks in your mind," says Bill Clinton. The example he gives? "Real men raise the gas tax.” Matt Yglesias sc ...
  • The best public option discussion you'll read toda ...
    We recognize that taking a strong public option off the table may be necessary to enact reform legislation. But this will mean, at a minimum, higher government subsidy costs by not permitting a payer with substantial market power to bring cost containment pressure on the system. The outcome is likel ...

Booman Tribune

  • Serious Questions
    Forget the hosts. Are there any guests on cable news or Sunday morning shows you actually like and respect? If you were a host, who would you invite on your show (besides Lieberman and McCain, of course)?
  • Amusing GOP Dishonesty in Senate Health Care Debat ...
    Watching the health care debate on the Senate floor it is amusing to see the Republicans continue to argue that the Democrats' bill will slash Medicare funding and see the Democrats respond by hold up letters from every reputable seniors' lobbying group saying that the bill will strengthen Medicare. ...
  • A Troubling Lay of the Land
    A house divided against itself cannot stand, especially in the face of a unified enemy. The narrative unfolding in Washington, which is backed by some statistics, is that the Democratic coalition is coming apart and suffering from demoralization. Here's a sample of headlines from today's newspaper ...
  • Good News, Bad News
    Good News: Warmest temperatures in a decade in the northeast mean that millions of people will pay less for heating their homes. NEW YORK (Reuters) - This is turning out to be the warmest day in parts of the U.S. Northeast in more than a decade, according to weather forecasters. The Northeast ...
  • Clean Break?
    I get emails. Martin -- Last night, President Obama laid out his plan to defend our national interest by refocusing our efforts on three clear goals: defeating al Qaeda, stabilizing Pakistan, and breaking the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan. To achieve these goals, the President has auth ...

European Tribune

Futurismic

  • Bionic limb pr0n
    If you’re fascinated by bionic limbs and other prosthetic technologies, you’ll want to be checking out Wired’s gallery of photos showcasing the current state of the art – we’re still a good distance from the uncanny valley in this field, but the actual utility and ergonomics of the designs ...
  • Somalian pirate ’stock exchange’
    The Somalian tanker pirates are back in the news – apparently they’ve set up a sort of ’stock exchange’ to handle the influx of business and investment opportunities and feed their ransom money back into the local area [via BoingBoing; image by bazylek100] The gangs have made tens of million ...
  • Bookstore futures from Shirkey and Doctorow
    Continuing the increasingly ubiquitous discussion of the future of bookstores (in the wake of Borders in the UK going into receivership), two heavyweight thinkers have thrown their opinions out into the ring in the last few days. First of all, Clay Shirkey, who notes that there are three basic group ...
  • The scent of dead stardom – Eau de Jacko
    Ah, December – time to crank out the ’silly season’ media stories to fill the gaps in between the “best of the decade” posts. So here’s a way-out weird  news article for you: an LA-based company called My DNA Fragrance (there’s a clue in the name) has joined forces with a collector ...
  • Futurismic Fiction Hiatus
    You’ll notice there’s no new short story for the month of December here at Futurismic.  The reason is quite simple:  time has outraced our inventory.  We just haven’t been able to find appropriate, high-quality stories faster than we’ve been publishing them. This is not for lack of ...

Therapy News

  • Talking About Sex can Lead to Real Changes
    By Jill Denton, LMFT, CSAT, CSE, CCS, Sexuality / Sex Therapy Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Jill and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Talking about sex is never easy. And helping people understand how sex therapy works is even harder! In the early 1990’s I began training with ...
  • Dual Brain Psychology: Making Up Our Minds
    By Lu Moss Nelson, Ph.D., LMFT Click here to contact Lu and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Ever feel like you just can’t make up your mind? Or that you just can’t figure out what to do or say or think or feel? Just as soon as you decide something and put one internal debate to rest, another ...
  • Fiji Releases Video to Help Youth Overcome Mental ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline There are many ways that individuals and organizations can attempt to replace social stigmas and prejudice with accurate data and deep understanding. From talking with others in community outreach programs to creating meaningful literature on the subject, efforts to o ...
  • Do You Prefer Chronic Fatigue Over Dealing With Pa ...
    By Jeanette Raymond, Ph.D., Body-Mind Psychotherapy Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Jeanette and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Eileen swallows her feelings and gets tired out. Eileen spent her forty-fifth birthday with her elderly mother who complained about the food being cold a ...
  • Patterns of Attachment in Adults
    By Arthur Becker-Weidman, Ph.D., Attachment Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Arthur and/or see his GoodTherapy.org Profile In a previous article I described what attachment is and how it develops. The attachment system is a proximity seeking system that evolved to ensure the survival o ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • Byrd calls tactics of 'fear mongering' coal indust ...
    WBOY-TV Byrd calls tactics of 'fear mongering' coal industry 'morally indefensible' Grist Magazine On Mountaintop Removal And Coal Mobs: “Most members of Congress, like most Americans, oppose the practice, and we may not yet fully understand the effects ... Byrd: Coal Industry Must Engage in Moun ...
  • Byrd: Coal Industry Must Engage in Mountaintop Rem ...
    WBOY-TV Byrd: Coal Industry Must Engage in Mountaintop Removal Mining Debate WTRF West Virginia's senior senator said the industry must take part in the debate about mountaintop removal mining. West Virginia's coal industry risks ... 'Coal Must Embrace The Future' West Virginia MetroNews Sen. Byrd' ...
  • Youth Climate Movement Grows Up… In a Good Way - ...
    Youth Climate Movement Grows Up… In a Good Way It's Getting Hot In Here (blog) Rio, a mountaintop removal activist from North Carolina asked when we can expect a fair, ambitious and binding climate treaty. A student identifying as a ... and more »
  • The White House Convenes Young Green Leaders - New ...
    The White House Convenes Young Green Leaders New York Times ... from the impact of hydroelectric dams on American Indian populations to the EPA's review of mountaintop removal coal mining permits to the longevity of ...
  • Will Natural Gas Replace Coal? - Investorplace.com
    Will Natural Gas Replace Coal? Investorplace.com The environmental havoc caused by mountaintop removal mining may also make it more costly to mine coal if the practice is substantially altered or ... and more »

Memeorandum

  • Americans Skeptical of Science Behind Global Warmi ...
    Rasmussen Reports : Americans Skeptical of Science Behind Global Warming   —  Most Americans (52%) believe that there continues to be significant disagreement within the scientific community over global warming.  —  While many advocates of aggressive policy responses to global warming say a ...
  • House votes to make current estate tax permanent ( ...
    Ben Pershing / Capitol Briefing : House votes to make current estate tax permanent   —  The House approved Thursday a measure making the current estate tax rate permanent, overcoming the objections of an unusual coalition of liberal and conservative critics.  —  The bill passed, 225 to 200, ...
  • Liberals warn Obama that base may skip midterm ele ...
    Alexander Bolton / The Hill : Liberals warn Obama that base may skip midterm elections   —  Prominent liberal activists are warning Democratic leaders that they face a problem with the party's base heading into an election year.  —  The latest issue to roil relations between President Barac ...
  • Gore cancels personal appearance in Copenhagen (Je ...
    Jennifer Harper / Washington Times : Gore cancels personal appearance in Copenhagen   —  Former Vice President Al Gore on Thursday abruptly canceled a Dec. 16 personal appearance that was to be staged during the United Nation's Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, which begins next week.  ...
  • New W.H. pool rotation sparks debate (Michael Cald ...
    Michael Calderone / Michael Calderone's Blog : New W.H. pool rotation sparks debate   —  The media industry, as we all know, is changing.  —  And in this transition, there will inevitably be some friction as online news organizations, which may or may not be bound by the same professed stan ...

Energy & Environment News

5+ quakes - 7 days

  • M 5.1, Mid-Indian Ridge
    Friday, December 4, 2009 00:41:51 UTC Friday, December 4, 2009 05:41:51 AM at epicenter Depth : 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
  • M 5.4, Carlsberg Ridge
    Thursday, December 3, 2009 23:06:48 UTC Friday, December 4, 2009 04:06:48 AM at epicenter Depth : 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
  • M 5.0, Fiji region
    Wednesday, December 2, 2009 21:01:42 UTC Thursday, December 3, 2009 09:01:42 AM at epicenter Depth : 553.30 km (343.80 mi)
  • M 5.4, Samar, Philippines
    Wednesday, December 2, 2009 20:27:15 UTC Thursday, December 3, 2009 04:27:15 AM at epicenter Depth : 39.20 km (24.36 mi)
  • M 5.2, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea
    Tuesday, December 1, 2009 05:11:21 UTC Tuesday, December 1, 2009 03:11:21 PM at epicenter Depth : 73.50 km (45.67 mi)

China Dialogue

  • A warming debate in India
    There is little consensus on climate policy in India, where growth-first advocates battle it out with global-warming cynics and beleaguered progressives. Navroz K Dubash reports. US climate politics loom large on the global stage. The twists and turns of senate deliberations are a favoured topic amo ...
  • Two faces of China's coal industry
    A project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, could eventually clean up the planet's fastest growing source of greenhouse gases. Jonathan Watts reports. The world's newest carbon citadel rises up between the blasted deserts of Inner Mongolia and the coal-black lands of Shaanxi province . Ordos is a city t ...
  • When the ice melts (2)
    Greenlanders have been master survivors and have little to fear from global warming, writes Fiona Harvey. The real disruptions will be felt in sub-Saharan Africa, south-east Asia and southern Europe. Denmark has a special interest in climate change, in part because of its sense of responsibility – ...
  • When the ice melts (1)
    Greenland is warming up. Its glaciers are moving faster and its ice sheet is disappearing. And, reports Fiona Harvey, it is all happening worryingly faster than science predicted. Disko Bay lay glinting with ice on the bright afternoon we sailed in. Icebergs as big as buses floated among others the ...
  • 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 ...

AlterNet Top Stories

Threat Level

  • Geez, Google Wants to Take Over DNS, Too
    Google now wants to be your browser’s phone book, launching a DNS service Thursday in hopes that users will let the ad and search giant take over yet another part of their net experience. Browsers ask Domain Name Service servers (DNS) to translate urls like http://wired.com into the web addresses ...
  • Feds Prosecuting More Counterfeiters, IP Pirates
    Federal prosecutions of criminal counterfeiting and copyright infringement cases have jumped over the past five years, as have IP-related prison terms, according to a Justice Department report. The congressionally required report reviewed dozens of cases involving counterfeited pharmaceutical drugs, ...
  • MPAA Teaches How to Detect and Report Bogus DVDs
    The movie studios and the police want your help in combating DVD piracy in the Los Angeles Fashion District, where the authorities say disc-ripping and disc-pushing gangs are flourishing at Hollywood’s and the public’s expense. Rewards of $1,000 are awaiting successful tipsters who fink on these ...
  • Survey: One Third of Youths Have Engaged in Sextin ...
    If you think the sexting phenomenon is growing, you’re not imagining it. According to a new survey, almost one-third of youths admit they’ve engaged in sexting-related activities that involved either e-mailing a photo or video of themselves in the nude or being the recipient of such images. Of t ...
  • Court Refuses to Shutter Tracker Linked to Pirate ...
    A Stockholm court is refusing to order a Swedish internet provider to cut off a site the studios claim is The Pirate Bay’s new torrent tracker. The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious filesharing website, announced two weeks ago it was abandoning its tracker, which had been the world’s larg ...

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

Pine River World News

  • Saudi editorial: Afghan surge
    The following editorial is from Arab News, Jeddah. Editorial:  Afghan surge ©   Arab News December 3, 2009 After three long months of careful consultation with military and foreign policy advisers, it must be hoped that there is actually more to President Barack Obama's plan for U.S. operations in ...
  • Lessons from the Dubai Crisis
    The following editorial is reprinted with permission from The African Executive, Nairobi, Kenya. Lessons from the Dubai Crisis ©   The African Executive December 2, 2009 As in the case of the ocean liner SS Titanic, warnings that the global financial meltdown was catching up with Dubai were dismis ...
  • Statement of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan Re ...
    [ Pine River World News republishes selected resistance statements so that readers can access different perspectives on current affairs, political and military issues.] The following statement is reprinted with permission. Parentheses appear in original press release. Statement of the Islamic Emir ...
  • Statement by the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emir ...
    IntelTrends - The following article is reprinted with permission from Kavkaz Center, Caucasus mujahideen media. Caucasian Mujahideen reported successful sabotage operation against the 'Nevsky Express' Source:   Kavkaz Center December 2, 2009 Publication time: Today at 07:52 Djokhar time Kavkaz ...
  • Iraqi shoe-thrower gets shoe thrown at him
    The following article is from Al Arabiya / Agence France-Presse. Iraqi shoe-thrower gets shoe thrown at him ©   Al Arabiya , AFP December 1, 2009 PARIS - An Arabic-speaking man on Tuesday hurled a shoe at the Iraqi journalist who one year earlier had thrown shoes at former U.S. president George W. ...

    PDA AMERICA

  • Healthcare Not Warfare Field Call Dec
    On this call we had the Co-Chair of our Healthcare NOT Warfare campaign, Donna Smith, update us on the fast breaking news that the Sanders Amendment has been intouduced on the floor of the Senate. ...
  • Tim Carpenter Interview with Richard Hill WPKN
    Host Richard Hill talks with Tim Carpenter, national director of Progressive Democrats of America, about strategies for promoting a progressive agenda in the light of recent political developments.
  • Afghanistan: the Roach Motel of Empires
    By Dr. Zoltan Grossman | AfterDowningStreet.org In just a few months, Afghanistan will surpass Vietnam as the longest single war fought by the United States in its history. In his West Point speech on November 30, ...
  • Afghanistan: Our 177th Colony
    By David Swanson During a televised football game on Sunday, an announcer welcomed the members of the U.S. military viewing the game in 177 nations around the world. When the news came on, the topic ...
  • Teflon Dick: How Cheney Uses Media For Protection
    By Linda Milazzo | PDA Blog Contributor On January 29, 2001, just nine days after taking office, Dick Cheney created The National Energy Policy Development Group, commonly known as the Cheney Energy Task Force. The task ...

Marler Blog

  • A Dancer's Fight with E. coli O157:H7
    We are filing suit on behalf of Stephanie Smith, the young dancer profiled in the New York Times , against food giant Cargill in Federal Court.  Here is a video of her story:
  • Illinois Health Department Report on McDonald's He ...
  • E. coli Lawsuit to be filed against food giant Car ...
    In early October the New York Times profiled Stephanie Smith, the 22-year-old former dance who ate a hamburger in 2007, suffered severe Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome and subsequent brain and kidney damage. She was hospitalized for nine months. She is in ongoing rehabilitation. She now is wheelchair b ...
  • Illinois Department of Health Links Hepatitis A Ou ...
    The Illinois Health Department has released its investigation into this summer's hepatitis A outbreak. It concluded the source of most of cases was food eaten at the Milan McDonald's.  A state investigation has concluded most of the cases originated at the Milan McDonald's and most of the cases *wou ...
  • Dungeness Valley Creamery and Whole Foods linked t ...
    Washington State Department of Agriculture News Release: Dec. 2, 2009 Three recent E. coli infections in Washington have been linked to drinking raw, unpasteurized milk. As a result, the Washington state departments of Health and Agriculture are reminding consumers of the potential health hazards of ...

AutoblogGreen

  • LA 2009: Audi A3 TDI named 2010 Green Car of the Y ...
    Filed under: LA Auto Show , Hatchback , Audi , Diesel Audi A3 TDI - Click above for high-res image gallery At the LA Auto Show this morning, the Audi A3 TDI was crowned the 2010 Green Car of the Year, wresting the title away from last year's winner, the Volkswagen Jetta TDI . Even though thre ...
  • Best Buy Geek Squads to start testing Mitsubishi i ...
    Filed under: LA Auto Show , Hatchback , Mitsubishi , Specialty , Electric Mitsubishi Geek Squad i-MiEV - Click above for high-res image gallery While Mitsubishi didn't unveil any new vehicles at the LA Auto Show today, company president Osamu Masuko did announce the latest step in his company's ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 12.03.09
    LA 2009: Officially, Official: Golden state to get first dibbs on the Chevy Volt A bit of a reward for relentlessly pushing for plug-in vehicles. LA 2009: Mitsubishi unveils Geek Squad i-MiEV, brings PX-M ...
  • LA 2009: Honda P-NUT concept gets cracked open
    Filed under: Concept Cars , LA Auto Show , Hybrid , Honda , Electric Honda P-NUT - Click above for high res-image gallery Turns out that the Honda P-NUT is not some sort of twist on the UX-3 unicycle thing we saw in Tokyo recently. Instead, the concept vehicle is a three-seat thing enclosed in lot ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 12.02.09
    LA Preview: HH2 will be back to tout onboard hydrogen generation. Can you believe it? Some things never change. Viridian Joule picked as winner of Chevy Volt Paint Color Contest Millions of A ...

Rafe's Radar

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!

  • Vancouver Observer: Amy Goodman Gets Brilliant Sto ...
    Read the Vancouver Observer article about Amy Goodman’s detention at the Canadian border: “Well, it’s official. Suspicion of criticizing the 2010 Olympics gets you on a watch list at the Canadian border. Want to come to Canada and discuss the environmental shame that is the tar sands? Go ah ...
  • Tavis Smiley interviews Amy Goodman
    Check out Tavis Smiley’s interview with Amy Goodman Watch / Listen / Read transcript
  • Canada’s Olympic Crackdown
    Going to Canada? You may be detained at the border and interrogated. I was, last week. I was heading from Seattle to give a talk at the Vancouver Public Library. My detention provoked outrage across Canada, making national news. It has serious implications for the freedom of the press in North Amer ...
  • Keith Olbermann reports on Amy Goodman's Canadian ...
    Video from the Mon., Nov 30, 2009 episode of Keith Olbermann on MSNBC’s Countdown, where he reports on Amy Goodman’s Canadian border detention, in his program’s “Best Persons” segment–where he berates the Canadian authorities. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News , World News , and ...
  • Amy Goodman Detained at the Canadian Border, quest ...
    While traveling to Vancouver, BC, Canada on Weds., Nov. 25th, to speak at the Vancouver Public Library at a benefit for community radio stations, Amy Goodman and her two colleagues were detained by Canadian authorities. Amy was questioned extensively about the speech she intended to give; their ca ...

Farming Pathogens

  • Pigs Do Fly! Implications for Influenza
    The influenza genome is segmented. Eight pieces of single-stranded RNA encode for 11 proteins: PB2, PB1, PB1-F2, PA, HA, NP, NA, M1, M2, NS1, and NS2. The segmentation allows influenza of different subtypes infecting the same host to trade segments like card players on a Friday night. Most of the re ...
  • 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 ...

Digg Green

  • 2010 Toys Less Toxic, But "Green Baby" T-Shirt Pac ...
    While the latest toy tests for HealthyStuff.org show some kid's products contain high levels of lead and other toxins, they also show the number of toxic toys being discovered has steadily declined over the years. Notable exceptions include "Green Baby" infant shirt, containing elevated levels of ...
  • Nature Tourism Doesn't Always Help
    Ecotourists who want to help boost the environment with their travel dollars may be best off backpacking..
  • Kites are in, Turbines Out: Power the Future with ...
    The total energy contained in wind is 100 times the amount needed by everyone on the planet and when wind turbines can't cut it, kites can fly high. Could kites be the perfect tool for capturing the wind's energy and use it to power our homes or to run our cars...
  • Homeowners have to fight HOAs to install solar pan ...
    Battles between homeowners groups and property owners are cropping up across CA as installation of solar systems becomes more affordable and utility costs rise. Homeowners boards insist they are protecting property values, but residents say their right to invest in alternative energy trumps sensibil ...
  • Catching rays + cutting emissions
    The phrase “catching a few rays” might conjure up images of lying on a sunny beach.But Germany’s Renewable Energy Act has given that phrase a whole new meaning..

Invisible Opportunity

  • Jon Stewart Talks Climategate

  • She’s so Heavy, She’s your Mother
    By Les Visible I don’t know how important these bloodlines and societies are to me. I tend to believe that the dark cabals are set off against orders of light and that everything that takes place here is the result of magical wars. I don’t get the feeling that the dark side has any power over [. ...
  • CLIMATE CHANGE ‘FRAUD’
    By John Ingham THE scientific consensus that mankind has caused climate change was rocked yesterday as a leading academic called it a “load of hot air underpinned by fraud”. Professor Ian Plimer condemned the climate change lobby as “climate comrades” keeping the “gravy train” going. I ...
  • NASA Climategate Cover Up
    Posted by reasonmclucus The recent release of the Climategate papers from the Climate Research Unit isn’t the first time those pushing to global warming scam have been caught suppressing information. Miklós Zágoni was Hungary’s most outspoken supporter of the Kyoto Protocols until he came acro ...
  • Global Warming on Mars, Pluto, Triton and Jupiter
    From National Geographic: “Habibullo Abdussamatov, head of the St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Astronomical Observatory in Russia, says the Mars data is evidence that the current global warming on Earth is being caused by changes in the sun.“ From MIT on Pluto “the average surface temperature of th ...

    are2 Picks

  • HR 2749 : Seizure of the US food Supply and Produc ...
    Aug 1 : exclusion for farms? Gone! bill was completely wiped and replaced with an amendment far more lethal :seizes control of food production ,hands it over to big agri-corporations, expanding the FDA Submitted by John Farnham to Business  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • The CIA & Drugs
    Secret 1981 agreement between the Dept. of Justice and the CIA specifically released the CIA from the requirement that the Agency report any drug-related activities by its agents and operatives to DOJ. Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • The Change.org Pack is Growing
    It’s an interesting time to be a dog. Or any animal, for that matter. Nearly two-thirds of American homes have pets and, for many of us, our animals are part of the family. Together, it’s estimated that we’ll spend over $45 billion on our pets next Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat  |   Note-it ...
  • Cooking the History Books: The Thanksgiving Massac ...
    Thanksgiving is a holiday where families gather to share stories, football games are watched on television and a big feast is served. It is also the time of the month when people talk about Native Americans. But does one ever wonder why we celebrate ... Submitted by Kat Y. to Society & Culture  |  ...
  • 3 Levels of CERN Time Anomalies
    Here is a chance to discover the three known and speculated levels of time-distortion (dilation) anomalies, and will soon be occuring at CERN LHC in one form or another. Submitted by SirRobert THE FIFTH KNIGHT to Science & Tech  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afg ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency ? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in Afghanistan Sri Lanka ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United Press ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA new ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »
  • An Evolving Afghan Policy - American Chronicle
    An Evolving Afghan Policy American Chronicle ... triumph for the forces of Islamic extremism, al-Qaeda would once again gain a foothold, and the return of the Taliban would likely destabilize Pakistan . ...
  • Schools close in Pakistan following university bom ...
    Schools close in Pakistan following university bombings Emirates Business 24/7 ... in Pakistan after suspected militants bombed a university close to the capital, sowing fear across the country as the army presses a major anti- Taliban ... and more »

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Will you join The Wave?
    With the Copenhagen conference just days away, people the world over are tying their shoelaces and limbering up for the fight of their lives: to stop climate change .
  • France considers gender equality plan
    Women will have to make up 50% of leading French company boards, under a new proposal put forward by Nicolas Sarkozy's Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) party. The centre-right party wants all companies listed on the Paris stock exchange, the CACA 40, to ensure that at least half of their boar ...
  • United Nations role for Stevie Wonder
    Soul legend Stevie Wonder has been chosen as the United Nations latest Messenger of Peace. Wonder joins a long list of prominent figures who have assumed the role, including Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, actor Michael Douglas and primate expert Jane Goodall.
  • Copenhagen must fail, says James Hansen
    It would be better for the planet if the climate change talks taking place in Copenhagen next week fail, according to James Hansen , head of the Nasa Goddard Institute for Space S
  • The seasonal store cupboard
    ADVERTISING PROMOTION There are few occasions which benefit from good planning as much as Christmas. Although the cry “too soon!” upon sight of mince pie displays in September has become a common lament, now is the time to stock up the larder with non-perishable items that we get through by the ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Media madness #2 – their lies and ignorance ...
    An ongoing series at the FM website describes how we’re ignorant because we read the newspapers.  Today’s example comes from USA Today:   ”Americans’ tax burden is lightest in developed world“, 25 November 2009 — Excerpt: You’d never know it from all the cable news chatt ...
  • FM newswire for 3 December, hot articles for your ...
    Today’s broadsheet from the FM website pressroom, with 7 sections of hot news.  Lot’s happening in the world today, mostly either overlooked or misinterpreted by the mainstream media. Links to interesting news and analysis Ignore the b.s. commentary; here’s all you need to know ab ...
  • Explaining the government’s response to the ...
    Much of the commentary about the financial crisis in the general media is little more than superstition – recommendations like the 14th century efforts to control the Plague by killing dogs (which, of course, made it worse).  Here are two excerpts from the professional economics litera ...
  • FM newswire for 2 December, hot articles for your ...
    Today’s broadsheet from the FM website pressroom, with 5 sections of hot news. Links to interesting news and analysis Important Warnings Quote of the Day – best summary so far of the “climategate” scandal Feature article:  Good news!  More doomster tales disproven Update:  we ...
  • Update on the “mancession”
    Today we have another post about that topsy-turvy aspect of 21st century America:  women on top of men.   Hat tip on these articles to the Instapundit. Also — you can now subscribe, receiving posts by email — see the box on the upper right. Contents The current situation Government policy pl ...

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WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Dams Could Alter Local Weather, Cause More Rain
    As if America’s aging dams were not in enough trouble already, new research suggests that their reservoirs could be increasing the intensity of extreme rainstorms in their immediate vicinities. That’s a problem because the dams were designed for the climate that existed in the area before they ...
  • Feeding Birds Could Create New Species
    Something as simple as feeding birds can change their biological fate, and even seed the formation of a new species. Central European blackcap warblers that spend the winter in the birdfeeder-rich United Kingdom are on a different evolutionary trajectory than those that migrate to Spain. The popula ...
  • Download Your Own Robot Scientist
    Ever wanted to have a robot to do your research for you? If you are a scientist, you have almost certainly had this dream. Now it’s a real option: Eureqa, a program that distills scientific laws from raw data, is freely available to researchers. The program was unveiled in April, when it used rea ...
  • Bees Release Deadly Odor That Shortens Sibling Lif ...
    Here’s one way to get back at your sibling: rRlease a deadly odor. Honeybee researchers have discovered the first example of a pheromone that shortens the lifespan of other family members — in this case, older sisters. “Just one little sniff can change your life,” said biologist Gro Amda ...
  • Blue Whale Song Mystery Baffles Scientists
    All around the world, blue whales aren’t singing like they used to, and scientists have no idea why. The largest animals on Earth are singing in ever-deeper voices every year. Among the suggested explanations are ocean noise pollution, changing population dynamics and new mating strategies. But n ...

The Progressive Realist

  • Looking on the Bright Side of Obama's Speech
    In the aftermath of Obama’s big speech on Afghanistan, Judah Grunstein observed that the prospective plan as enunciated had something for everyone – as well as the potential to disappoint all listeners.  That was my immediate take as well – not that it was a unique or particularly insightful ...
  • The Think Tank Arm of the Military-Industrial Comp ...
    An interesting article from Nathan Hodge starts with the observation that many of the think tank experts brought on to television or op-ed pages to opine about the merits of an Afghan surge were in fact part of the team that designed the surge . He moves on, however, to the more interesting point t ...
  • Cyprus Remains Biggest Hurdle For Turkey's EU Acce ...
    Amidst the analysis of Turkey's "eastern turn" and the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) alleged ambivalence toward Europe, the ongoing political conflict among Turkey, Greece, Turkish Cypriots, Greek Cypriots, and the European Union over Cyprus remains the largest obstacle to Turkey' ...
  • The Next Big Human Security Campaign?
    Blogging will be light over the next few days as I'm traveling to conduct focus groups with global civil servants drawn from the network of organizations working broadly in the area of human security , to figure out why some issues resonate and others fall through the cracks in these networks. Befor ...
  • Liberal Hawks' Muddled Sense of Morality
    While Peter Beinart 's foreign policy has improved markedly since he was equating progressives with Truman -era fellow travelers, his conception of what "morality" means in foreign policy still seems to have precious little to do with actual consequences. Here he is attacking the Obama administrati ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Lightning Round: Less Summits, More Bold Action, P ...
    It's unsurprising that Americans are becoming increasingly more isolationist in their views, given that they're now starting to see the cost of our imperial ways. And of course, this would have happened sooner, if there was any call for shared sacrifice . Atrios is of course right that unemployment ...
  • Quote Of The Day.
    Radley Balko : Here’s a question for the politicians who support Obama ’s plan, as well as those to the right of him who think it isn’t warmongery enough: What exactly does “victory” in Afghanistan look like? Certainly no one in his right mind thinks the country is going to look like, say ...
  • He's a What? He's a What? He's a Newspaper Man.
    Peter Baker , the White House correspondent for the New York Times , is very worried about the Huffington Post and Talking Points Memo 's membership in the White House press pool: “This is really troubling,” said New York Times reporter Peter Baker in an email to POLITICO. “We’re blurring th ...
  • The Little Picture: Bhopal.
    On Dec. 3, 1984, a chemical leak at the Union-Carbine plant in Bhopal killed 15,000 people. Twenty-five years later, the site remains contaminated, and, according to Amnesty International, more than 100,000 people continue to suffer from health problems. Listen to an NPR report from 2004. Flickr ...
  • This is the Sound of Settling.
    The reaction to my last post was a lot stronger than I expected, and as such, I think it's worth clarifying my thoughts a bit. Contra a few of the commenters, I am not asking progressives to uncritically accept whatever decision President Obama makes. But I am asking progressives to look at Obama' ...

Andy Worthington

  • Andy Worthington Discusses Guantánamo, Torture an ...
    On Tuesday, I was delighted to have the opportunity to talk for an hour to Kevin Barrett, “9/11 truth advocate” and the author of Questioning the War on Terror, on his show, “Fair and Balanced,” on No Lies Radio. The show is available here (you may have to switch off the live feed on the [.. ...
  • In the Guardian: The end of secret evidence?
    For the Guardian’s Comment is free, “The end of secret evidence?” is an article I wrote celebrating what appears to be the demise of the British government’s eight-year policy of imprisoning terror suspects — both foreign and British nationals — without charge or trial, or ot ...
  • Guantánamo: Idealists Leave Obama’s Sinking Shi ...
    Last week, lawyer, ex-Army Captain and Iraq veteran Phillip Carter, described by Glenn Greenwald as “a very harsh critic of the Bush administration’s detention and interrogation policies,” suddenly resigned his post as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Policy, which h ...
  • 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 ...

Buzzflash

  • Senate Hopeful Rob "Teabagger" Simmons is Hypocrit ...
    Rob Simmons Former Connecticut Congressman Rob Simmons is doing all he can to try and stand out from the crowded field of candidates vying for the Republican endorsement to run against Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) next year. It's clear Simmons is taking this very seriously; he even teabagged the Constitut ...
  • Alleged Killer of 4 WA Policemen Was Once Pardoned ...
    This connection is jaw-dropping And prompted me to go all out And say not even Chuck Norris Can save Mike from this fallout .VERSE CASE SCENARIO Tony Peyser provides daily poems and weekly cartoons for BuzzFlash and also writes the BuzzFlash column, " Blue State Jukebox ." He was a daily cartoonist ...
  • Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) on the Announced Troop S ...
    BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT The following is a statement from Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) on the Announced Troop Surge in Afghanistan. In 2001, I voted to authorize the use of force to bring to justice those responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. I believe our current actions in Afghanistan and ...
  • In Afghanistan we've lost, so prepare for victory
    Body A military escalation in Afghanistan was one campaign promise I fervently hoped the president would break. I appreciated the politics of it when Barack Obama was on the trail, seeking what has amounted to a thankless job, especially since Americans, by and large, believed then that ...
  • Turn Off FOX Campaign Supporters Share Tips on Out ...
    BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT by Jeffrey Joseph Since we are fortunate enough to have a very intelligent and driven set of readers here at BuzzFlash, we've received some tips and success stories worth relating in the national drive to Turn Off Fox. Reader Melissa Bishop of Vero Beach, FL, has brought back a ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

  • America's regression
    Ronald Reagan, May 20, 1988, transmitting the Convention Against Torture to the Senate for ratification : The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of the Convention. . . . Ratification of the Convention by the United States will clearly express United States opp ...
  • The commendably missing element from Obama's speec ...
    (updated below) Comparing video clips of George Bush's 2002 West Point speech on Afghanistan with the one Barack Obama delivered last night, Rachel Maddow argues that Obama has now embraced the fundamentals of the dreaded "Bush Doctrine":  namely, we will fight wars even in countries that are ...
  • Obama's exceedingly familiar justifications for es ...
    (updated below) In order to prepare Americans for Obama's Afghanistan escalation speech tonight at West Point (at least he's not wearing a fighter pilot costume), White House officials have been dispatched to speak to the media (anonymously, of course) to preview all of the new and exciting a ...
  • The face of rotted Washington
    Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh -- who was one of the most vocal cheerleaders for the invasion of Iraq, talks excitedly about punishing , and even bombing , Iran, and is now demanding full-scale escalation in Afghanistan -- was on Fox News yesterday and highlighted what a fraud most so-called "fiscal conser ...
  • The crazy, irrational beliefs of Muslims
    (updated below) Tom Friedman, The New York Times , today : Major Hasan may have been mentally unbalanced -- I assume anyone who shoots up innocent people is. Tom Friedman, The Charlie Rose Show , May 30, 2003 :  ROSE: Now that the war is over, and there's some difficulty with the pea ...

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Twitter, Facebook and Sciencebase
    Regular readers will hopefully have spotted I’ve cleaned up the site a little recently and added a couple of new widgets to the Sciencebase sidebar menu just below the About section link to my Research Blogging posts. The first widget heralds the relaunch of the sciencebase.com Facebook fan page ...
  • 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 ...

change: org.

  • Gration on the Hill: Willful Ignorance on Sudan's ...
    Today, "schadenfreude" was watching Scott Gration squirm under intense attack by Senator Sam Brownback. Among a variety of highlights (and lowlights ) from the Special Envoy to Sudan's testimony to the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health today, one thing struck me as particularly troublin ...
  • Economic Insecurity No Excuse for Bigotry
    As you may have heard, the New York Senate voted against same-sex marriage yesterday . Some anti-equality Senators then threw their struggling constituents under the bus, blaming economic hardship for their nay votes: ...Senator Tom Libous, the deputy Republican leader [said], “I just don’t thin ...
  • Vegansaurus and Vegan Wintry Comforts, for Your Bo ...
    So. It's winter. Or at least it's quickly starting to feel like winter in St. Louis. And this means many things, including warmer clothes and more use of the oven. Vegansaurus has these things on the brain too and is featured heavily in this post because she's been cracking me up today while providi ...
  • Republicans Whine: Al, You Gotta Tell Them We're N ...
    Politico has an article today about continued Republican whining that Senator Al Franken (D-MN) deviously sponsored a measure to protect sexual assault victims in order to make his opponents appear pro-rape. According to Franken, the amendment in question was motivated by the disturbing 2007 revelat ...
  • The Clemmons Case and the Blame Game
    The tragic shooting of four police officers in Washington this week has brought a Willie Horton firestorm down on Mike Huckabee and has once again set back progress nationwide toward smart sentencing and early release. Maurice Clemmons (right) caused this mess, of course. In an unfathomable act of v ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Jane Hamsher Leads Left Away from White House
    by Ben Smith While President Barack Obama has struggled to keep the center together, he's had one unquestioned political success: Keeping the left at bay. A battle-tested Democratic infrastructure fell into line behind the White House, with regular meetings and conference calls to coordinate str ...
  • US Liberals Express Anger over Obama's Decision to ...
    by Ewen MacAskill in Washington Barack Obama 's escalation of the Afghanistan war brought a vehement reaction today from Americans who only a year ago had been among his most ardent supporters and are now disillusioned. read more
  • New York Senate Defeats Gay Marriage Bill
    by Rachel Slajda The New York State Senate has defeated a bill to legalize gay marriage, voting 38 to 24. The Senate shot down the bill after two and a half hours of debate this afternoon, during which no Republicans spoke. New York's other legislative body, the state assembly, had approved the ...
  • Another Afghanistan Conflict for General McCaffrey ...
    by Matt Gertz Yesterday, Media Matters pointed out that MSNBC has repeatedly hosted NBC News military analyst and retired Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey in recent days. McCaffrey has used his appearances to criticize possible "deadlines" to the U.S. troop presence in Afghanistan and highlight the importanc ...
  • Climate Change Denial is the New Article of Faith ...
    by Bob Ward It is now 12 days since the hacked emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia first appeared online, and the propaganda machine for the climate change denial lobby is in overdrive. read more

Lifehacker

  • Best Outlining Tool? [Hive Five Call For Contende ...
    Right up there in the echelons of organization and information management with the venerated list is the outline. This week we want to hear about your favorite tool for creating and maintaining outlines of your work, notes, and other information. Whether you use your favorite outliner for mapping ou ...
  • Remains of the Day: The BBC Turns to BitTorrent E ...
    BBC looks for help from BitTorrent to stream HD video, Google and Yahoo team up with Twitter and Facebook to let you login all over the place using different popular webapp logins, and Chrome for Beta looks to drop very, very soon. BBC Trials BitTorrent Powered HD Video Streaming And here you though ...
  • Rescue Carpet from a Permanent Stain with Shaving ...
    Few things are as unnerving as a big stain on your pristine carpeting. If someone accidentally drops a meatball on your carpet at your next holiday party, don't panic. Grab a can of shaving cream and clean up the mess. Photo by williac . Lifestyle web site Thrifty Fun says one of the best ways to ge ...
  • Reclaim Memory with Google Chrome's New Purge Mem ...
    Chrome is a speedy little browser, but that speed comes with a tradeoff: It also eats tons of memory . If you've got plenty of RAM , that may not be an issue; if not, you can reclaim that memory with a simple click. As Lee Mathews over at Download Squad discovered, the most recent Chrome dev builds ...
  • Make a "Phone-O-Scope" SLR Lens for Your Mobile P ...
    Mobile cameraphones are really handy to have, but extra functions like zoom and focus are typically lacking. Engineer Bhautik Joshi decided to attach an SLR lens to his smartphone, and the results are actually pretty slick. Joshi used an iPhone for his DIY project, but the idea should work just abou ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

  • McChrystal Tells Afghans No Early US Exit
    By Steve Hynd General Stan McChrystal is signalling to the Afghan leadership that Obama's 2011 "beginning of the end" is just a number they shouldn't take seriously. The top US military commander in Afghanistan has met senior politicians there as part of a charm offensive to sell Barack Obama’s ne ...
  • Another 3,000 on top of 30,000 surge?
    By Steve Hynd Let the incremetal escalation continue! Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he asked the president for flexibility on the number in case military commanders in the field request additional medics or troops trained to detect improvised explosive devices. Gates told a Senate committee Th ...
  • Guest Post - Mosharraf Zaidi: Obama’s Afghanista ...
    We're very honored indeed to bring you a guest post by Mosharraf Zaidi, op-ed columnist and blogger. A version of this article appeared in The News in Pakistan, on Thursday, December 03, 2009. Regards, Steve. When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pulled the Al-Qaeda card on Pakistanis during her v ...
  • Winning!
    Commentary By Ron Beasley Fred Kaplan correctly states Obama's War begins. He then correctly asks the question but where does it end? We have asked what does winning look like? The reality is war is profitable and it's a mistake to look for a win in the valleys and mountains of Afghanistan. Victory ...
  • The private contractor escalation in Afghanistan o ...
    By Steve Hynd Justin Elliot at TPM has done sterling work getting some figures out of the DoD on the number of private security contractors in Afghanistan. The latest figure on DOD contractors in the country is a whopping 104,100, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command tells TPM. That number, which is ...

Water Wars

WordPress | Economics

McClatchey

  • Tuesday was Afghanistan. Now, what do we do about ...
    WASHINGTON — With the jobless rate rising and his approval ratings sinking, President Barack Obama hosted academics and leaders of business and labor at a White House jobs summit Thursday, seeking advice on how to boost employment.
  • What does Obama's Afghan timeline mean? Depends wh ...
    WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is giving different explanations of its July 2011 deadline for the start of an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, assuring foreign officials that it applies only to the 30,000 to 35,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama is sending next year, ...
  • Senate approves plan to help women get medical scr ...
    WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 61-39 on Thursday to approve a plan that would make it easier for women to get medical screenings aimed at detecting a variety of diseases, such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes.
  • Fed chairman fends off critics in bid for 2nd term
    WASHINGTON — Making a case for his confirmation to a second term as the chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke on Thursday defended unpopular actions he's taken that helped stem a spreading global financial crisis, and he offered a mea culpa for the Fed's failure to see the storm comi ...
  • Kentucky's Bunning blocks reappointment of Bernank ...
    WASHINGTON — Jim Bunning, the conservative junior Kentucky senator who will retire next year, landed a parting punch Thursday against Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

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

  • Obama Afghan plan worries Pak
    Islamabad, Dec. 3: President Obama’s new strategy for combating Islamist insurgents in Afghanistan fell on sceptical ears yesterday in next-door Pakistan, a much larger, nuclear-armed state that ...
  • Afghan Official Says Taliban Gets Support From Ins ...
    Asadullah Haqdost, the provincial administrator in the Delaram district, told Radio Free Afghanistan that security officials have gathered "reliable" evidence showing that support from insid...
  • A Team Of Rivals
    President Obama holds a meeting on Afghanistan in the Situation Room of the White House on Nov. 23 — one of 10 war council sessions with senior advisers as he contemplated a strategy shift in th...
  • Excerpts of interview with Afghan President Karzai
    Excerpts of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's interview with The Associated Press on Thursday at the presidential palace in Kabul:---U.S. TROOP WITHDRAWAL: "For Afghans, it's good that we are facing a d...
  • Q&A of AP interview with Hamid Karzai
    Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday about the newly announced U.S. war plan and other issues. Here are some questions and answers from the interview:Q: Can you work...

Futurismic

  • Bionic limb pr0n
    If you’re fascinated by bionic limbs and other prosthetic technologies, you’ll want to be checking out Wired’s gallery of photos showcasing the current state of the art – we’re still a good distance from the uncanny valley in this field, but the actual utility and ergonomics of the designs ...
  • Somalian pirate ’stock exchange’
    The Somalian tanker pirates are back in the news – apparently they’ve set up a sort of ’stock exchange’ to handle the influx of business and investment opportunities and feed their ransom money back into the local area [via BoingBoing; image by bazylek100] The gangs have made tens of million ...
  • Bookstore futures from Shirkey and Doctorow
    Continuing the increasingly ubiquitous discussion of the future of bookstores (in the wake of Borders in the UK going into receivership), two heavyweight thinkers have thrown their opinions out into the ring in the last few days. First of all, Clay Shirkey, who notes that there are three basic group ...
  • The scent of dead stardom – Eau de Jacko
    Ah, December – time to crank out the ’silly season’ media stories to fill the gaps in between the “best of the decade” posts. So here’s a way-out weird  news article for you: an LA-based company called My DNA Fragrance (there’s a clue in the name) has joined forces with a collector ...
  • Futurismic Fiction Hiatus
    You’ll notice there’s no new short story for the month of December here at Futurismic.  The reason is quite simple:  time has outraced our inventory.  We just haven’t been able to find appropriate, high-quality stories faster than we’ve been publishing them. This is not for lack of ...

geopolitics | geoeconomics

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

  • Geneticists publish largest-ever study on African ...
    African, American, and European researchers working in collaboration over a 10-year period have released the largest-ever study of African genetic data--more than four million genotypes--providing a library of new information on the continent which is thought to be the source of the oldest settleme ...
  • Chronic infection now clearly tied to immune-syste ...
    A new study finds the cross-talk between 'killer T-cells' and 'helper T-cells' can only happen in the presence of interleukin-21, a powerful immune-system protein. UAB researchers say if interleukin-21 is missing, the immune system's anti-viral efforts fail. The study mice were treated for lymphocyt ...
  • German 'science train': next stop Shanghai 2010?
    How will we feed nine billion people in the future? Can we ever have a disease-free world? Can robots play football?
  • New mechanisms of action found for drugs used to t ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- In the course of his or her life, every seventh German will develop an anxiety disorder that will require treatment. Standard anti-anxiety medications (anxiolytics) are based on the benzodiazepine class of drugs. These calm the patient and quickly diminish feelings of anxiety.
  • Milky Way's super-efficient particle accelerators ...
    Thanks to a unique "ballistic study" that combines data from ESO's Very Large Telescope and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have now solved a long-standing mystery of the Milky Way's particle accelerators. They show in a paper published today on Science Express that cosmic rays from ou ...

TechDirt

  • Danish Anti-Piracy Group Tells DVD Ripper Who Turn ...
    A bunch of folks have submitted the story of Henrik Anderson, a Danish man who ripped a bunch of DVDs for personal storage, and then turned himself in , noting that even though Danish law says it's okay to make a backup copy of content for private purposes, it also forbids circumvention of DRM, such ...
  • Dallas News Decides That Journalists Should Report ...
    John Obeidin points us to the news that The Dallas News has basically wiped away the standard "church" and "state" separation of journalists and ad sales and has reorganized such that editorial and journalism positions now report to ad sales managers (nicely renamed "general managers"). Of course, ...
  • Piracy Harming African Culture... Because Some Pro ...
    Shocklee points us to an odd, totally unsubstantiated article by a University of Southern Illinois professor insisting that "piracy" is creating tremendous harm to West African content industries . This goes against numerous studies, including those by the WTO on how developing nations often should ...
  • Time For Musicians To Take Charge: Stop Waiting Fo ...
    Dave Allen, who is both a successful musician (founding member of Gang of Four ) and a successful digital marketer and strategist for music business models , is preparing for next week's SFMusicTech event (reminder: Techdirt readers can get a discount ) with a brilliant new manifesto of sorts, point ...
  • Yes, We Can Write Our Opinions Without Contacting ...
    This happens all too frequently. I recently wrote a short post about something that was apparently happening with YouTube and soon after received an angry email from a PR person at the company first scolding me for not contacting Google PR first and then demanding that I insert some PR babble parag ...

VacTruth

BroadSnark

  • Some Things You Might Have Missed
    Db0 has a new post up on how he ended up calling himself an Anarchist.  He’s also started a meme.  I’m really looking forward to reading other stories.  Noor posted a link to her story in the comments.  You should definitely read them both. Thanks to @solidadrocks for tweeting this a ...
  • 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.  ...

Executive Intelligence Review

The Intelligence Daily

My AntiWar

Innovation Canada

  • Extreme exposure
    It’s about 5°C in the chamber, and Geoff Hartley, wearing a burlap tunic and sandals, is trying with numb fingers to put small pegs in small holes. It’s just another day of chillin’ out at the Brock University lab of Stephen Cheung, a world-renowned scientist who studies the impacts of extrem ...
  • 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 ...

Signs of the times

  • Nine killed in Iraq bombing attack
    At least nine people have lost their lives and ten others sustained injuries in a bomb explosion that ripped through a popular market in Tikrit, located in Iraq's northern Salahuddin province. The terrorist attack on a crowded street targeted Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Subhi al-Fahal, who was conduct ...
  • Big explosion reveals most massive star known
    All supernova explosions are violent affairs, but this one takes the cake. Astronomers have spotted a new type of extremely bright cosmic explosion they think originates from an exceptionally massive star. This breed of explosion has been long predicted, but never before seen. Like all supernovas, ...
  • Panel Criticizes Military's Use of Embedded Anthro ...
    A two-year-old Pentagon program that assigns social scientists to work with military units in Iraq and Afghanistan has come under sharp criticism from a panel of anthropologists who argue that the undertaking is dangerous, unethical and unscholarly. The committee, which released the report on Thur ...
  • EU: Israel illegally annexing Jerusalem ‎
    The European Union accuses Israel of actively pursuing the annexation of East Jerusalem Al-Quds, undermining hopes for peace with Palestinians. Diplomats in Brussels say an EU meeting on Monday is to likely discuss the stalled Middle East peace process, which is continuously being obstructed by Isr ...
  • Huh? Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, sa ...
    Exclusive: World's leading climate change expert says summit talks so flawed that deal would be a disaster The scientist who convinced the world to take notice of the looming danger of global warming says it would be better for the planet and for future generations if next week's Copenhagen climate ...

Threat Level

  • Geez, Google Wants to Take Over DNS, Too
    Google now wants to be your browser’s phone book, launching a DNS service Thursday in hopes that users will let the ad and search giant take over yet another part of their net experience. Browsers ask Domain Name Service servers (DNS) to translate urls like http://wired.com into the web addresses ...
  • Feds Prosecuting More Counterfeiters, IP Pirates
    Federal prosecutions of criminal counterfeiting and copyright infringement cases have jumped over the past five years, as have IP-related prison terms, according to a Justice Department report. The congressionally required report reviewed dozens of cases involving counterfeited pharmaceutical drugs, ...
  • MPAA Teaches How to Detect and Report Bogus DVDs
    The movie studios and the police want your help in combating DVD piracy in the Los Angeles Fashion District, where the authorities say disc-ripping and disc-pushing gangs are flourishing at Hollywood’s and the public’s expense. Rewards of $1,000 are awaiting successful tipsters who fink on these ...
  • Survey: One Third of Youths Have Engaged in Sextin ...
    If you think the sexting phenomenon is growing, you’re not imagining it. According to a new survey, almost one-third of youths admit they’ve engaged in sexting-related activities that involved either e-mailing a photo or video of themselves in the nude or being the recipient of such images. Of t ...
  • Court Refuses to Shutter Tracker Linked to Pirate ...
    A Stockholm court is refusing to order a Swedish internet provider to cut off a site the studios claim is The Pirate Bay’s new torrent tracker. The Pirate Bay, the world’s most notorious filesharing website, announced two weeks ago it was abandoning its tracker, which had been the world’s larg ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • McCain's Wartime Reign of Error
    When it comes to matters of war and peace, over the past decade no American political figure outside of Dick Cheney has been as egregiously and frequently wrong as John McCain. Yet despite his almost uninterrupted record of error on...
  • 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...
  • 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

  • Gerald Celente: Bernanke is destroying the US econ ...
    Dandelion SaladGeraldCelenteChannelDecember 03, 2009More Gerald Celente interviews at :http://geraldcelente.tk more about “Gerald Celente: Bernanke is destroyin…“, posted with vodpodseeBernie Sanders Bernanke Hold, FloorSpeech Bernie Sanders Puts Hold onBernanke! The Economy Sucks and or Colla ...
  • The Afghan Quagmire by Ralph Nader
    Dandelion Saladby Ralph NaderThe Nader PageDec. 3, 2009Misusing professional cadets at West Point as a political prop, President Barack Obama delivered his speech on the Afghanistan war forcefully but with fearful undertones. He chose to escalate this undeclared war with at least 30,000 more soldier ...
  • Bernie Sanders Bernanke Hold, Floor Speech
    Dandelion SaladSenatorSandersDecember 03, 2009Sen. Sanders went to the floor of the U.S. Senate to discuss why he had put a hold on the nomination of Ben Bernanke for a second term as Fed chairman. more about “Bernanke Hold, Floor Speech“, posted with vodpod***Tell Bernie thanks:BREAKING NEWS: S ...
  • Say NO to Comcast/NBC Merger (Action Alert)
    Dandelion SaladvideofreepressDecember 03, 2009Comcast, the nations largest cable company, announced a deal to buy NBC-Universal, one of the worlds biggest producers of TV shows and motion pictures. For consumers, it means higher prices, fewer choices and less innovation. We need to stop this merger! ...
  • Sweden Cutting Aid to Uganda Over 'Appalling' Anti ...
    Although the U.S. has not yet taken an official position on the bill, other countries are speaking out.

Consortium News

  • Obama with Blood on His Hands
    President Obama's Afghan War decision guarantees more civilian deaths and more war violations, says Nicolas J S Davies. December 2, 2009
  • Colin Powell's My Lai Connection
    From the Archive: The Afghan War escalation recalls Colin Powell's tie to an earlier war and its war crimes. By Robert Parry and Norman Solomon.
  • Larry McGovern on Obama's Escalation
    Larry McGovern -- Ray's brother -- tells a West Point vigil that President Obama is no Martin Luther King. December 1, 2009
  • Explaining the Drop in Iraqi War Dead
    As President Obama escalates the Afghan War, a drop in Iraqi War deaths suggests an opposite strategy, says Robert Parry. December 1, 2009
  • The President Acting as a Caesar
    By dispatching some 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, President Obama is acting like his predecessor, writes David Swanson. December 1, 2009

CounterPunch

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TruthHugger

  • furlough programs, commutations and pardons BACKLA ...
    Maurice Clemmons was a mentally unstable felon. Where was his follow up? Where was his parole officer? Where was the mental health infrastructure that could have defused this violent explosion?
  • Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Nov 30, ...
    The Texas Progressive Alliance welcomes everyone back from the Thanksgiving Holiday with these highlights from the blogs. TXsharon has arranged by area 60 TCEQ fugitive emission videos obtained via the Texas Public Information Act. The videos were taken throughout the Barnett Shale area using a GasF ...
  • 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 ...

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Unexplained Mysteries

  • Virgin Galactic prepare for test flights
    Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic are preparing their sub-orbital space plane SpaceShipTwo for test flights in the hope that the company will be t...
  • "Last Supper" gets digital makeover
    Researchers have created a digital reconstruction of Leonardo Da Vinci's "Last Supper" through a pain-staking process using hundreds of high-defin...
  • Man loses job over search for aliens
    A school district employee in Arizona lost his job after he accumulated a $1 million bill using the computers to run the SETI(at)home project soft...
  • Don't die here: it's illegal
    It sounds ridiculous but there are still places in the world in which it is illegal to die. While in the past such laws were maintained on religio...
  • Rainbow trapped for the first time
    For the first time a rainbow of light has been trapped using a lens and a plate of glass using a technique that could open the doors to a whole ne...

Grassroots

  • A militarized regime in Honduras continues, Via Ca ...
    amp-soldados-hondurenos-atacan-manifestacion-2009-06-28-13976.jpg Paraphrasing Lisa Sullivan, School of the Americas Watch Latin America coordinator, the Honduran election last Sunday is another case of political ‘whitewash’ in the America ...
  • 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 ...

Climate

  • December 3, 2009
    Saudi Arabia: Hacked E-Mails Will Have ‘Huge Impact' on Copenhagen (BBC) Saudi Arabia’s lead negotiator says the hacked e-mails and resulting controversy stirred by skeptics and conspiracy theorists will have “a huge impact" on next week's UN climate summit. That's a boon for the world's le ...
  • December 2, 2009
    British Scientist Steps Down During Probe of Hacked E-Mails (Washington Post) Phil Jones, a central figures in the uproar over hacked e-mails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, announced he is stepping down as the unit's director while the university investigates. Aus ...
  • December 1, 2009
    India Rejects Danish Climate Draft (AFP) India today rejected a Danish draft proposal on climate change which seeks to cap emissions, widening the gulf between rich and poor nations ahead of next week's Copenhagen talks. 'Mad Monk' Australia Opposition Head to Fight CO2 Laws (Reuters) Aus ...
  • November 30, 2009
    Copenhagen Draft Urges Emissions Peak by 2020 (Reuters) A Danish draft that could form the basis of a political climate deal suggests global emissions peak by 2020, and it calls for a global cut in greenhouse gas emissions of 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2050, with rich countries responsible ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Victory at Last! Monty Python in Afghanistan
    — from TomDispatch Let others deal with the details of President Obama’s Afghan speech, with the on-ramps and off-ramps, those 30,000 U.S. troops going in and just where they will be deployed, the benchmarks for what’s called “good governance” in Afghanistan, the corruption of the Karzai re ...
  • Barack Obama has stepped into Lyndon Johnson's sho ...
    Afghanistan has never been lastingly subjugated by foreign invaders. Alexander the Great couldn't do it, and neither could the British Empire. Same goes for the Soviet Union's mighty Red Army, which whipped Hitler's legions at Stalingrad, thereby sealing fascism's fate. Nevertheless, the Afghans br ...
  • Will O'Reilly Blame Washington Times Fall On Its R ...
    (Full disclosure: I have been published in The Washington Times, New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times) In April of this year, Bill O'Reilly wrote that "The New York Times is most definitely a committed left-wing concern that is openly contemptuous of the conservative, trad ...
  • Epicenter of Mendacity: Obama's Illegal War Agains ...
    Nobody in the corporate media mentions it, but the war in Afghanistan which President Barack Obama just ramped up by 50% this year, with the dispatch, first of 17,000 troops last spring and now with another 30,000 troops, to begin deployment on Christmas, is being fought on the shaky legal basis of ...
  • Envisioning an Exit Strategy
    In President Obama's speech, Tuesday night, he envisioned an exit strategy from Afghanistan while announcing that he's sending 30 thousand more troops to General McChrystal's command in that country. Is envisioning an exit strategy anything like fighting a virtual war? In Google's free dictionary "e ...

Ten Percent

  • Bhopal
    BHOPAL, India (AFP) – Survivors of the Bhopal gas leak in India on Thursday marked 25 years since the world’s worst industrial accident with rallies demanding those to blame for thousands of deaths finally face justice. Residents and activists capped a week of commemorations with a march to t ...
  • The Fight Against The New Indentured Servitude Beg ...
    Via Earwicga, The Socialist Way- Plotting and scheming for Welfare not Workfare On 12 November, it became legal to force unemployed people to work for their benefits – to do 40-hour-weeks for under a third of the minimum wage. The Government’s Welfare Reform Act introduced ‘Work for your ...
  • I Don’t See The Downside
    RBS directors: Pay bonus or we quit No bonuses and the chumps are out, or are we meant to think they are talented & irreplaceable or some such fairytale? Clue 1- We will own 84% of RBS because they were so bad at running a bank it would have collapsed. Clue 2- RBS  ‘the sole aim of the [...]
  • Patrick Stewart On Domestic Violence
    (ht2 Earwicga & Feministing) Amnesty International Stop Violence Against Women Many of the same points are reiterated in the Guardian article by Stewart (see below) but the video is worth it for the humanity it communicates. The video is also interesting in what it reveals of class and the milit ...
  • Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • New York Says No, New Jersey Says Probably Not, an ...
    One more state has joined the growing list of states that will not permit same sex marriage: New York. Yes, New York which has the largest population of LGB people in the country in NY City. This headline says it all: New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill. I admit, this one [...]
  • Barack Obama, Economic Moron
    Leave to Obama and his team of Keystone Kopps to prove my point that his ignorance of economics is putting this nation at risk. It is not just Obama, but it is his entire team of so-called economic advisors. Here is how we know Barack is an idiot–HE HOLDS A “JOBS SUMMIT” AND [...]
  • Obama Finally Did the Right Thing
    I intended to comment sooner on Barack Obama’s decision to send more troops to Afghanistan but the travel back to the United States kept me busy. Here’s the bottom line–this is one decision that will fall in Obama’s favor with the passage of time. I am not surprised by the angst of so [... ...
  • “You’re Going To Die Sooner”
    Now, let me tell you this: Senator Tom Coburn, historically, has not been one of my favored senators, and that he became so friendly with erstwhile Senator Barack Obama, who treated the Senate like a one-night stopover enroute to the White House, did not endear him further to me. But Senator Coburn ...
  • Intellect
    Afghanistan the Argument. Victor Davis Hanson told me Tuesday (December 1st) that POTUS remarks about his Afghanistan decision lacked heart, that he spoke from the intellect, that his speech was less than effective.  ”Underwhelmed” is the word that VDH used.  Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of ...

Environmental Graffiti

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • Solar Plant in Space Gets Go-Ahead
    The nation's first space-based solar power plant, approved on Thursday by California regulators, is supposed to be turned on in 2016.
  • On Our Radar...
    India plans to cut carbon intensity, and other energy and environment news from around the Web.
  • In Letter to Obama, Senators State Conditions for ...
    A group of Senate Democrats who are considered swing votes on pending climate change and energy legislation sent a letter to President Obama on Thursday morning detailing their conditions for backing any domestic bill or international treaty to address global warming.
  • Harvesting Electricity That Would Otherwise Go to ...
    Researchers at the City College of New York are working on a tiny device to produce electricity, which could have applications for electric cars.
  • Oil Sands Clean-up Efforts Criticized
    A new report shows seven of Alberta's nine oil sands projects will fail to meet new clean-up rules for vast tailing ponds located near bitumen refineries.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Titanium nanoparticle pollution cancer link; Morge ...
    It was just another day in Switzerland during Late Capitalism. The beloved World Trade Organization, having already helped bring about a huge collapse in global trade, decided they should have a meeting somewhere widely thought of as really rich and white. It's been ten years since wily bad kids an ...
  • 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 ...

Daily Censored

  • Obamastan – The Speech
    Michael Collins Tuesday night, President Obama took the road most traveled for presidents of the United States over the past six decades.   He expanded an occupation that began as a military action to catch bin Laden and the rest of those tagged with planning the 9/11 attack.  They needed to be ...
  • Obama’s surge
    Obama’s surge, will it work?  What a stupid question.  First of all, Bush’s surge didn’t work.  Everyone said it did because he sent over all those troops and the fighting stopped.  Never mind that the Sunnis and Shiites were already driven out of or killed in each of the other’s communi ...
  • To Protect and To Unnerve: Portland Police Provoke ...
    It appears that "Going Rogue" is all the rage these days, and the police officers of Portland, Oregon, seem determined to get in on the fad. A burgeoning public relations fiasco in the City of Roses revolves around one particular officer. Earlier this month, Portland Police Officer Chris Humphreys ...
  • Cuban Five Birdman of Victorville
    We are posting this human interest story to alert readers about the continuing plight of the Cuban Five freedom fighters locked away in US Federal Prisons for conducting anti-terrorism actions to protect their homeland. On December 8, two of the Cuban five will be resentened in Miami Federal Court T ...
  • Obama’s Firing of Watchdog a Lesson for Canadian ...
    By Guest Blogger George Thompson It seems absurdly naïve to think that what is happening everywhere else in the world and especially in America is not going to affect the Canadian education system. For example Canadian provincial governments have imported high stakes testing, test-score and demogra ...

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Godspace

  • Shifting Your Wait: An Advent Reflection by Jason ...
    The submissions for What Are We Waiting For This Advent Seasons are coming in fast so I plan to post two each day over the next week or so.  Also a reminder that you can find links to daily scripture readings here The second reflection for this first Thursday of Advent comes from Jason Fowler.  Ja ...
  • First Thursday of Advent – Actively Waiting ...
    Today’s post comes from David Bayne who serves among abandoned and vulnerable children and youth in Buenos Aires, Argentina with Word Made Flesh. This Advent and Christmas season will be my first in the Southern Hemisphere. Since moving to Buenos Aires, Argentina, I have often grumbled about ho ...
  • Waiting for the Advent of light
    This morning Tom and I drove down to Portland from Seattle leaving town just as the sun was rising on a beautiful clear crisp winter’s day.  As we drove down the freeway through Seattle towards Mt Rainier I was overawed by the beauty of this 15,000 snow covered mountain with the pink blush of ...
  • First Wednesday of Advent – Waiting: A Refle ...
    Today’s post for the series What Are We Waiting for This Advent Season? comes from Julie Clawson who describes herself as a mommy, writer and dreamer.  Her most recent book is Everyday Justice: The Global Impact of Our Daily Choices. Julie is also involved in the Emerging Women and Emerging Par ...
  • World AIDS Day – What Are We Waiting For?
    Today is World AIDS Day and people around the world are participating in events that both help raise awareness and help alleviate the suffering of those with HIV/AIDS.  World AIDS Day always falls on December 1st at the beginning of Advent.   This juxtaposition seems very appropriate to me. As I ...

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
    Six million people work for the state in Britain, in hundreds of professions. Find out how their incomes compare, from the top to the bottom. From the Guardian, Tuesday 17 November
  • 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 ...

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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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Washington Independent

  • Mammography as Politics
    They came from Colorado and Arizona, the two leaders of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, summoned to Washington Wednesday to explain the panel’s contentious new recommendations on breast cancer screenings. But Chairman Ned Calonge and Vice Chair Diana Petitti might have been surprised to d ...
  • McCain: AARP ‘Betrayed’ Members by Sup ...
    Democrats have been cheering the recent AARP endorsement of health reform legislation, with good reason. The group represents roughly 40 million Americans, granting it plenty of lobbying clout and power around election time. But Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) isn’t impressed. Branding AARP as “that ...
  • Webb, Ben Nelson Vote for McCain Health Amendment
    The Senate this afternoon killed a proposal, sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), to return the Democrats’ health reform bill to the Finance Committee in order to restore more than $400 billion in projected Medicare expenses over the next decade. Because Democrats are relying on that money to ...
  • Has Byrd Shifted Positions on Mountaintop Coal Min ...
    Aaron just hit this from the angle of climate change. I found Sen. Robert Byrd’s (D-W.Va.) op-ed interesting because, as recently as March, he was attacking the administration’s moves to rein in mountaintop mining as a threat to jobs in West Virginia, where the coal industry is an economic jugge ...
  • Reid Announces Classified Afghanistan Briefing
    Word from my ever-alert colleague Mike Lillis: Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) just announced a classified briefing on Afghanistan to be held in the Capitol Visitors’ Center at 4:30. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton indicated this morning in testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee th ...

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

Suzie-Q

  • West Point Cadet: Chris Matthews We Are Not The En ...
    West Point Cadet To Chris Matthews: We Are Not The Enemy First Posted: 12- 3-09 01:48 PM   |   Updated: 12- 3-09 02:47 PM A West Point cadet has responded to MSNBC host Chris Matthews’s description of the military academy as “enemy camp” for President Obama. “I watched the ...
  • Afternoon Jukebox- All I Want For Christmas Is You
    Mariah Carey- All I Want For Christmas Is You
  • Erik Prince Quitting Blackwater To Teach High Scho ...
    Erik Prince quitting Blackwater to teach high school history and economics. Think Progress- By Alex Seitz-Wald at 5:05 pm Xe (formerly Blackwater) founder and CEO Erik Prince is cutting ties with the company. A spokeswoman for the company said today that Prince will relinquish involvement in its d ...
  • Pastor J. Grant Swank: Palin’s God Can Kick ...
    Wingnuttery deluxe: Palin’s God Can Kick Obama’s God’s Ass Crooks and Liars- By David Neiwert Wednesday Dec 02, 2009 3:00pm Over in the Alan Keyes quadrant of Planet Wingnuttia, Pastor J. Grant Swank foresees the forces of the apocalypse, good and evil, lining up respectively behind Sarah Pal ...
  • Evening Jukebox- Baby It’s Cold Outside
    Jessica Simpson & Nick Lachey- Baby It’s Cold Outside

Solari

  • Money & Markets ~ Charts 12.03.09
    View this week’s chart comparisons of gold against fiat currencies, oil and the Dow. Stay tuned for our next Money & Markets segment of The Solari Report tonight, Thursday, December 3, 2009. Click here to view all charts as a pdf file. Previous Money & Markets Charts blog posts: Nov 2009 (1) (2) ...
  • Health Care: Of Lives And Principle
    By Sam Smith The pending health care legislation is as corrupt, cynical and contemptuous of simple decency as any bill I’ve seen in over a half century of covering national politics. Which still leaves the question of what to do about it. After all, living in the Mafia neighborhood that contempor ...
  • Competitive Devaluations Threaten a Trade War
    By Michael Pettis Vietnam’s decision to devalue its currency by 5 per cent last week to protect itself from undervaluation of the Chinese renminbi, and the worried response from Thailand and other Asian countries, suggests the move towards global trade conflict may already be unstoppable. As one ...
  • Preparing for the Worst
    The levels of government debt have reached the point where even mainstream banks are encouraging investors to consider the “collapse scenario” in their strategies. View full document . . .
  • Questions about Larry Summers & Harvard Endowment
    Derivatives have many purposes. One is to quietly launder the profits out of one place into another without the niceties of legal authorizations and documents. Everything is hidden behind the pricing of powerfully complex and obscure arrangements. Vanity Fair’s latest piece on Larry Summers,” En ...

Global Insights

  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware. George Green will be a featured speaker. September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CA Click here for Tickets & Reservations  
  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the Ame ...
  • The Creation
    THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to put an ...
  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catas ...
    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-openin ...
  • About George Green
    Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to focus ...

Insurgency Watch - Posts

  • InsurgencyWatch moving to True/Slant
    In the coming days, InsurgencyWatch will be moving to True/Slant, “an original content news network tailored to both the ‘Entrepreneurial Journalist’ and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences.” (That’s what the official about page says.) It’s not a deci ...
  • Kerry-Lugar’s First Victim
    If true, this is total bullshit: After strong criticism on the Kerry-Lugar bill in Pakistan, the government has decided to replace Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani and the announcement in this respect is expected within the next two days. There’s nothing in the bill reasonable Pa ...
  • Pakistan’s Civil War Heating Up
    In the aftermath of this weekend’s assault on the Pakistani General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Taliban hit again in Alpuri, in the Shangla district east of Mingora in Swat. According to military sources who asked to remain anonymous because they weren’t authorized to talk to the press, a 1 ...
  • At Home with a Swat Lashkar
    I just finished up a few days in Swat and while I’m working on a story about it, I thought you might like to see a few pictures I took while there. Enjoy. Share/Save
  • FACTBOX: Uzbek militant leader killed in Pakistan ...
    Washington PostFACTBOX: Uzbek militant leader killed in PakistanReutersBy this time he is thought to have fled the region for the safe haven of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. * Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader ...Pakistan to Target Taliba...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

Twilight Earth

  • Dont Stop the Drilling to Save the Polar Bears
    Oil and Natural Gas drilling operations are endangering wildlife. Should we stop drilling to save Caribou and Polar Bear? No. Related posts: Out of Work Polar Bears in Washington D.C. Palin: Feds are Wrong, Beluga Whales and Polar Bears Need No Protection Eco Activist Buys Drilling Rights for 22, ...
  • The Story of Cap and Trade – From the Makers of ...
    The Story of Cap & Trade is a fast-paced, fact-filled look at the leading climate solution being discussed at Copenhagen and on Capitol Hill. Related posts: Downstream, the Modern Day David and Goliath Story of Big Oil in Canada Technology Transfer and Climate Change (Video) White House Farmers M ...
  • Uncontacted Tribe Lands Bulldozed by Brazilian Ran ...
    A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in Paraguay, inhabited by an uncontacted tribe is being bulldozed by Brazilian cattle ranchers. Related posts: Brazilian Cattle Ranchers to Destroy Tribe’s Forest Lands Uncontacted Brazilian Awa Tribe Members Flee Loggers Bulldozers Colombian Oil Company to Drill on ...
  • 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 ...

Inhabitat

  • Inhabitat’s Green Guide to COP15
    COP15 KICKS OFF NEXT WEEK! Next week marks a crucial moment in history as the United Nations COP15 Climate Change Conference kicks off in Copenhagen! This monumental event will convene 20,000 official delegates from 192 countries who are banding together to acknowledge and solve the earth-threatenin ...
  • Honda Unveils Ultracompact P-NUT Car
    The folks over at Honda just unveiled their highly controversial new ultracompact car, the P-Nut (Personal-Neo Urban Transport), at the LA Car Show, and it really redefines what it means for a vehicle to have a small “footprint.” The new tinier form of transportation has a unique, McLaren-like ...
  • GREEN GIFT GUIDE: 15 Eco Gifts for Her
    Have you been scouring the Earth for the perfect green gift to put a smile on your girlfriend, mom, daughter, aunt, granny or best friend’s face this holiday season? If so, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve got a fab line-up of eco gift ideas she’ll adore. From knit gifts to keep her coz ...
  • Path to COP15 Will Be Lit by Solar-Powered 3XN Got ...
    The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) begins in just a few days! As the conference is crucial for countries to reach an agreement about how to mitigate climate change in the years to come, it is no surprise that cultural programs and changes in the landscape of the city of Copenhagen ...
  • Self-Heating Radiator Roads Save Cars From Icy Con ...
    It’s about that time of the year when roads start freezing over and cars slip-slide into accidents. Fortunately for drivers, Researchers at the University of Houston, Texas want to make these ice-related mishaps a thing of the past with self-heating roads that can keep ice from forming.The so-call ...

Pogue's Posts

Open Your Eyes News

  • Toxic chemicals found in a third of children’s t ...
    PhysOrg – A third of the most popular children’s toys in the United States this year contain harmful chemicals including lead, cadmium, arsenic and mercury, a US consumer group said Wednesday. Read Article
  • Bernanke, seeking second term, to defend Fed role
    Reuters – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday will push back at efforts to curb the Fed’s power as he goes before lawmakers considering his nomination to a second term at the central bank’s helm. President Barack Obama nominated the former Princeton University economics professor ...
  • Fluoride plant construction begins
    The Border Watch – Construction work on Mount Gambier’s fluoridation plant at the Blue Lake pumping station began on Monday. The soil is currently being excavated in preparation for the construction of a 60 square metre stone building above the pumping station which will house the plant. Maj ...
  • Copenhagen Summit PR Build Up – Climate Change S ...
    News.Com.Au – CLIMATE change will empty the pockets of Melbourne’s most vulnerable residents as rising temperatures and sea levels drive up the cost of living, a new report said. As the Federal Government continued weeks of debate on the validity of an emissions trading scheme, the report conclu ...
  • Revealed: how big oil companies hike petrol prices
    ABC – The Federal Government has asked the competition watchdog to take another look at whether anti-competitive behaviour is pushing up petrol prices. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) pointed to the possibility yesterday when it rejected the proposed merger between Caltex ...

Monkey Smashes Heaven

  • 25th Anniversary of Union Carbide murders in Bhopa ...
    25th Anniversary of Union Carbide murders in Bhopal,India (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Hundreds marched through the city of Bhopal, India to mark the 25th anniversary of the worst industrial accident on record. The marchers demand clean-up of their poisoned environment. In the face of the pu ...
  • Gringos should pay their eco-debt
    Gringos should pay their eco-debt (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Recently, Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva or “Lula” commented on the First World and the current environmental crisis. Lula said that “gringos” should pay Amazonian countries to prevent defor ...
  • Polish reactionaries attack communist symbols
    Polish reactionaries attack communist symbols (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Legislation to imprison and fine those who possess or buy communist symbols has been approved by Poland’s reactionary president Lech Kaczynski. Those who posses, purchase, or spread items or recordings containing co ...
  • Polish reactionaries attack communist symbols
    Polish reactionaries attack communist symbols (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Legislation to imprison and fine those who possess or buy communist symbols has been approved by Poland’s reactionary president Lech Kaczynski. Those who posses, purchase, or spread items or recordings containing co ...
  • No thankkks… thankstaking
    Posted in ..Monkey and the Troublemakers, ..Shubel Morgan, Amerikkka, Communism, First Nations, Maoism, Maoism Third Worldism, Maoisme, Maoismo, North America

PakAlert

  • Operation Enduring Turmoil
    Pakistan has been labeled the most dangerous country in the world, (a safe haven for terrorists). The leaders of our country are eager to invade and the mainstream media is working tirelessly to create the fear that will allow them do so. The fact that only six corporations dominate our major media ...
  • Israel did 9/11, ALL THE PROOF IN THE WORLD!!
    This article was written and prepared by ZCF (zioncrimefactory); MonkeySeeMonkeyDo For the full report visit this website today! Make sure to check out this article entitled “A Tribute To Those Who Spoke Out” commemorating all of those honest, honorable and courageous Jews who had the heart and ...
  • Half Of US Debt Is Owed Zionist Fed
    by Henry Makow Ph.D. Chelsea Clinton’s engagement today to Jewish banker  Marc Mezvinsky, who works for Goldman Sachs, is another reminder that America is ruled by the Illuminati clan, joined by marriage, money and love of Lucifer. The source of their power is the Fed which has pilfered the ...
  • In Pictures: Hundreds of Americans protest Obama â ...
    Hundreds of people turned out Wednesday night to rally and march against Obama’s ’surge’ in Afghanistan. Billions more for war, misery and death abroad, billions less for human needs at home. The US and NATO sinking in Afghanistan by Saybhan Samat It is now very clear that the US and NAT ...
  • Jesus was NOT a Jew — Benjamin Freedman
    Excerpts from a long letter from Benjamin Freedman (left) to David Goldstein, LL.D. dated October 10, 1954. Freedman (1890-1984) had been part of the American Zionist inner circle but, like Goldstein, converted to Christianity. The complete letter appeared in a pamphlet entitled “Facts are Facts.â ...

ecogeek

  • IBM and Syracuse Complete Green Data Center
    IBM and Syracuse have completed construction of the Green Data Center on the university's campus.  The data center will demonstrate new technologies and ways of gaining efficiency for other companies and nations looking to build better data centers. The project, first announced back in May , will ...
  • On-Site WInd Power Provides 100% of Power to Data ...
    We've heard of data centers that are running on green power, though these are often mostly done through buying energy credits for distant generating facilities. But Woodstock, IL-based Other World Computing is the first to have 100% on-site wind power to run its operations. The 39 meter (128 f ...
  • Volt Launch Will Begin in California
    Since last May , rumors have circulated that the Chevy Volt will start rolling out in California before other locations and that rumor was just made official at the LA Auto Show.  The Volt will become available to Californians late next year. The launch project will act as a demonstration of marke ...
  • Green License Plates in Ontario Come with Priviled ...
    Canada's province of Ontario has a plan that, by 2020, 1 of every 20 cars on the road should be an electric vehicle. To encourage drives to adopt hybrids and electric vehicles, a new license plate is being offered for green vehicles. Vehicles bearing the new plates will be eligible for a number ...
  • Nissan Doubling Battery Capacity by 2015
    Nissan has announced that Nissan and Renault electric cars will have double today's battery capacity by 2015.  That means that the  range for cars like the Leaf should double by that time as well. The big change that will bring about this leap in battery capacity is a transition to an NMC (lithiu ...

Times Online - Science

  • Footballers and film stars caught out as Dubai cra ...
    David Beckham and Brad Pitt are believed to be among the celebrities and sportsmen who bought villas in Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, a luxury development that juts out into the Gulf. But when the property bubble burst this year, residents saw the value of their investments collapse. Yesterday their ...
  • Dubai World gambles on £5bn Las Vegas resort wher ...
    For Dubai World, it is a multibillion-pound gamble that could be its last chance to avoid one of the biggest debt defaults in financial history.
  • A Christmas shop worth a Channel hop
    For inspirational ideas and plenty of fun, a shopping trip across the Channel this month is a perfect way of tackling the pre-Christmas tasks. Take the car and you can load up with delicious cheeses and confectionery, beer and wine taxed at a far lower rate than in Britain and original gifts for ...
  • Late deals: December 2
    British Isles
  • The top 10 wacky festive events
    The festive season doesn’t always have to involve watching endless television repeats and braving the Boxing Day sales. Why not spice up your Christmas this year and instead head to one of many wacky events taking place.

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Do the Math
    Susie Madrak at C&L suggests you do the math, and I do not think you'll like it: The bill provides financial assistance on a sliding scale. Premiums range from 1.5 percent of income to 12% for those at 400% of the Federal Poverty Level. The plan provides additional assistance for households up to 40 ...
  • Gov. Rell: "The Computer Ate My Homework!"
    When you read stuff like this you really don't have to wonder if Dautrich focus group tested this message before she sent it out: A review of documents provided by the university to The Day also shows that the governor's office did not fully comply with previous requests for public records, leaving ...
  • If you are like most Single Payer supporters...
    I think you'll find the following links are the bomb! Weiner Amendment || Kucinich Amendment || Public Option || Healthcare Reform || Republican Healthcare Plan || Democratic Healthcare Plan || Doctors on Healthcare Reform || Nurses on Healthcare Reform Don't be shy to click on them and feel free ...
  • Flushing Out the Ongoing Bank Fraud and Financial ...
    The number of foreclosure filings hit a record high in the 3rd quarter: "Despite signs of broader economic recovery, number of foreclosure filings hit a record high in the third quarter - a sign the plague is still spreading." And banks are keeping losses off the books as they ignore the people t ...
  • People Need To See Doctors Now
    We can sit here and discuss healthcare reform as we wait for reform, but there are so many reasons why so many people need access to Doctors and hospitals to kick in NOW. From Mobilization For Healthcare For All , here is one of those reasons: While heath care reform dominates the national debate, ...

SPL Center

  • A Confident Defense Rests Unexpectedly in Turner T ...
    BROOKLYN, N.Y. — In a surprise move, both the defense and prosecution rested their cases early this afternoon at the trial of white supremacist Hal Turner, clearing the way for the case to go to a jury tomorrow. After presenting evidence for less than a day and a half, the prosecution announced sh ...
  • Violate the Constitution? Christian Right Group Sa ...
    The American Family Association (AFA) usually frets about homosexuals and pornography, but in the aftermath of the shootings at Fort Hood last week, the ultraconservative religious right group has a new concern: Muslims in the U.S. military. Ban them, urges Bryan Fischer, AFA director of issues anal ...
  • Rise Up and Fight the Swine Flu Conspiracy, Says & ...
    Of all the fantastic musings and mutterings about the H1N1 flu and vaccine, few are more outrageous than the pronouncements of retired Army Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine III and his psychiatrist wife, Rima Laibow. They run a nonprofit organization called Natural Solutions Foundation, which warns of t ...
  • Lies, Betrayals and Self-Promotions: The Shawna Fo ...
    Shawna Forde, the anti-immigration crusader who has been accused of murder in the home-invasion killings of an Arizona man and his 9-year-old daughter, got the full treatment on Sunday from her hometown paper. The full treatment — more than 5,000 words of it by reporter Scott North in The Herald o ...
  • Neo-Nazi Leader White Likely to Remain Jailed Unti ...
    An appeals court today overturned the decision of a federal judge who had released neo-Nazi leader Bill White on bond after setting several conditions. In making its decision, the three-member panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals characterized White as “a highly intelligent person appare ...

Rio Times

  • Lula Biopic: Tears and Controversy
    By Jaylan Boyle, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - A film charting the rise of ‘the most popular politician on earth’ (according to Barack Obama), Brazilian president Luis Inacio ‘Lula’ da Silva, has been screened at a private gathering attended by many political luminaries, the President and ...
  • Flamengo in First
    By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO – They may have left it late, but their timing could not be better. Whilst first Palmeiras and now Sao Paulo appear to have faltered at the crucial minute, Flamengo finally seized the moment this weekend and surged to the top of the league with just one ...
  • Rap Pioneer Fab 5 Freddy in Rio
    By Doug Gray, Senior Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - A genuine legend of hip hop arrived in Rio last week for the tenth and final Hutuz Rap Festival. Since the late 1990s Hutuz has recognized and rewarded the biggest names in Brazilian rap, graffiti and break dancing but finally bows out this year, though ...
  • Christmas in Gramado
    By Davi Baldussi, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil is perhaps best known for it’s natural beauties, Rio, futbol (soccer), Carnival and a few more long said qualities. But there is a small city located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (Big River of the South) named Gramado (Grass Plot ...
  • Getting Mortgages in Brazil
    By Carlos Graffigna, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - The Brazilian banking system is not world-renowned for it’s transparent efficiency, and when a foreigner is looking to get a mortgage here, the process can be daunting. The first question that is usually considered for a mortgage in Braz ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Roundtables Held Across Country to Discuss Economy ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2009 AFL-CIO As economic leaders gather in Washington for the White House Jobs Summit, working people will come together in Ohio, Minnesota, New Mexico, and California to talk about their experience in communities hard hit by the economic crisis. Members of Working ...
  • New York Senate Rejects Marriage Bill for Same-Sex ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2009 Human Rights Campaign The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today expressed disappointment that the New York State Senate failed to pass legislation recognizing marriage equality ...
  • Prominent Climate Scientist Joins Colleagues in As ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 2, 2009 Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) James McCarthy, a former Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change lead author, sent a letter (pdf) to Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) today stressing that e-mails stolen from climate scientists have no bearing on our overall u ...
  • Hundreds of NYC Students 'Die' on 25th Anniversary ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3, 2009 The International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal and The Yes Men Today hundreds of students in NYC joined protests around the world demanding accountability from Dow Chemical Company and the Indian government. Several hundred students from Parsons the New Schoo ...
  • Are Obama and Clinton Being Honest About How Afgha ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 3, 2009 Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA) "Only after the Taliban refused to turn over Osama bin Laden [did we send] our troops into Afghanistan." -- Barack Obama at West Point, Dec. 1 "[The Taliban] were given a chance to turn over al Qaeda and bin Laden before ...

Common Dreams-Views

  • Time to Audit the Fed
    by Zach Carter Two key lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee, Reps. Alan Grayson (D-FL) and Ron Paul (R-TX), are pushing to authorize a full, comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve. The plan has sparked fury from both the Fed and the corporate banking industry, but the proposal is ...
  • Obama’s Afghan 'Strategy' – Another American T ...
    by Joseph Gerson Shortly after President Obama’s Afghanistan War escalation speech, I was contacted by the Voice of America’s Russian Language Service. They wanted to interview me. These are the questions they asked: What do you think about Obama's new strategy for Afghanistan? Were you surprise ...
  • Health Care Should Be Driven by Mission, Not Money
    by Philip Caper As health care reform legislation enters a critical phase in Congress, it's important to keep our eye on the ball -- elements essential to the success of any reform effort. In order to define those elements, we must have a clear understanding of the nature of the pathology in our dy ...
  • Freedom’s Martyr
    by David S. Reynolds It's important for Americans to recognize our national heroes, even those who have been despised by history. Take John Brown. read more
  • A Tale of Two Human Rights Awardees
    by Stephen Zunes The annual Robert F. Kennedy Award ceremony took place at the White House this year for the first time in its 28-year history. Also for the first time, the president of the United States was there to honor the awardees. read more

Karl Burkart

Water Privatization

Guardian

  • PM 324th in public sector pay league
    Bankers taken under state wing in credit crunch take 22 places in top 50, according to tax cut lobby Gordon Brown is the 324th highest paid person in Britain's public sector, according to figures showing that record levels of pay were awarded during the recession. Public sector pay is "completely di ...
  • Guinea president survives shooting
    • Head of presidential guard fires at Moussa Dadis Camara • President 'doing well' and situation 'under control' The president of Guinea has survived an assassination attempt by his military aide, who is head of the presidential guard, amid rumours of deep divisions in the African country's arme ...
  • Pakistan rejects Bin Laden demand
    Yousuf Raza Gilani denies al-Qaida leader is in his country and calls on western security to produce 'credible' intelligence Pakistan's prime minister today publicly rebutted Gordon Brown's demand that he "take out" Osama bin Laden, stating categorically that the al-Qaida leader was not in his count ...
  • The countdown begins!
    For $200,000, you too could soon be blasting out of the Earth's atmosphere thanks to Richard Branson. But is this really a revolution in space travel? By Bobbie Johnson The Mojave desert, 160km north of Los Angeles, is best known for its unforgiving weather and ancient, almost alien, landscape. On ...
  • Afghan army has a mountain to climb
    The west's withdrawal from Afghanistan rests on an ambitious plan to hand over security to local forces. But with untrained recruits, high desertion rates and unclear aims, can the Afghan army step up in time? Lying flat on the cold, hard gravel, Nourikhtab's face is a picture of grim concentration ...

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Electronic Intifada

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

  • The Republican Definition Of ‘Fascism’ ...
    The right-wing swiftboating campaign against climate scientists dubbed “Climategate” by its perpetrators is becoming frighteningly unhinged, accusing climate researchers of Hitlerian fascism for fighting against corruption of science by oil-funded ideologues. Yesterday, Rep. James Sensenbrenner ...
  • Carper Explains ‘Plan B’ On Public Opt ...
    This afternoon, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) appeared on Fox News to discuss a proposal to replace the opt-out public option in the Senate health care bill with a ‘Plan B‘ — a self-sustaining entity established with public dollars in states where private plans don’t offer affordable coverage. Carp ...
  • Bernanke Calls Unemployment Our ‘Most Diffic ...
    Today, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke went to Capitol Hill to face a confirmation hearing before the Senate Banking committee. Bernanke has been getting knocked around in the last few days, and while a bare majority of the committee seems to support his confirmation, he was still amply critic ...
  • Rep. Berman: ‘I Intend To Pass The Iran Sanc ...
    Politico reports that House Democratic leaders are planning to move forward with new sanctions legislation that “seeks to cut supplies of refined petroleum products, especially gasoline, into Iran as a means of convincing that regime to end its nuclear weapons programs”: “I intend to pass t ...
  • Byrd Calls Tactics Of ‘Fear Mongering’ ...
    The West Virginia coal industry has become a virulent opponent of President Barack Obama’s reform agenda, while the state’s political leaders cheered. In June, West Virginia declared coal the state rock. In September, the coal industry sponsored a rock concert and rally to demonize “environmen ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Eric Margolis on Afghanistan's Torturers
    Eric Margolis isn't my cup of tea. There's a reason why he's carried by fecal-brained Toronto Sun. He was a strident anti-communist and was quick to condemn the Soviet Union or People's Republic of China for their violations of human rights, but also seemed to give the United States the benefit of t ...
  • Cheryl Gallant: A Profile in Wingnuttery
    Check out this bit of crunchy badnesss: That smiling Stepford Wife is Cheryl Gallant of the "Convicted of Complicity in Torture and Going to Prison Party of Canada." Ms. Gallant is obviously trying to be Canada's version of the USA's own female wingnut member of a dying "conservative" movement (t ...
  • Seeing Malalai Joya
    I went into Toronto a few nights ago for Malalai Joya's stop on her book tour for A Woman Among the Warlords . Because of the crowd I had to sit in the upper-level of the beautiful Trinity-St. Paul's Anglican Church. Unfortunately, the acoustics upstairs aren't as good as they are downstairs appar ...
  • The harpercon Response to the Torture Scandal Thus ...
    harpercon Government: "There's nothing in Richard Colvin's memos that indicates anything wrong. The fact that Colvin says otherwise shows he doesn't remember what he, himself wrote." Committee on Afghanistan: "Can we see the memos?" harpercon Government: "No." Three generals, including the imbe ...
  • Hypocrisy and a Link
    First, harpercon house leader, Jay Hill : Hon. Jay Hill (Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, CPC): Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a question of privilege in regards to the disturbance in the public gallery yesterday during question period and charge the member for Toronto—Danforth with ...

Financial Sense Editorials

  • Market Observation: Less Than Surprising
    by Michael Panzner. "According to the Institute for Supply Management, economic activity in the non-manufacturing (i.e., services) sector shrank in November. While the news unsettled economists and Wall Street strategists, who’ve been focusing on ivory tower theories and the spin coming out of Was ...
  • Surviving The Cure For Asset Deflation
    by Dan Amerman. "The US and other governments around the world have a major problem: powerful asset deflation has taken hold, and governments lack the power to directly cure asset deflation. However, when it comes to symbolic or fiat currencies, governments do have full power to stop monetary or pri ...
  • Market Observation: Honey, I Shrunk the Gold
    by Rob Kirby. "Interestingly, initial reports indicated that discrepancies involved silver and other precious metals. Those references have now been dropped"
  • If Stocks Tank, Shouldn't Gold Soar?
    by Elliott Wave. "Large banks and more recently pension funds have suddenly become infatuated with gold. They chant the mantras that gold bugs have known for years: gold is a store of value; owning gold is financial insurance"
  • Madmen, Gamblers, Alcoholics, the US Dollar and Go ...
    by Ron Hera. "If a lawless gang of madmen, gamblers and alcoholics seized control of a large company, how would you expect the business to perform? How would you expect the story to end?"

on Government Oversight

  • Loophole in Derivatives Overhaul Legislation Under ...
    POGO just sent a letter to the House Agriculture Committee raising our concerns about an amendment offered by Chairman Collin Peterson (D-MN) that could potentially create a major loophole in the Committee’s bill to strengthen the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC)...
  • Government Turns to Contractor for Support in Acqu ...
    This week, General Dynamics (GD) announced that it received a $15.6 million five-year contract to support the Department of Defense’s Defense Acquisition University’s (DAU) learning asset program. GD is also providing support for the Army’s combat training program. In response...
  • ACORN's Hellish Year Ends With a Glimmer of Hope f ...
    If Time magazine calls the ‘00s the “Decade From Hell”, the community advocacy organization ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) probably considers 2009 to be the Year From Hell. Over the last year, animosity towards ACORN has intensified....
  • Morning Smoke: Senator Seeks to Block Bernanke Re- ...
    Bernie Sanders's block ups stakes for Fed [Politico] Will Australian JSF Buy Avoid Delays? [AVIATION WEEK] U.S. to Evaluate Tanker Replacement Without Northrop [Bloomberg] Mistakes in Stimulus Report Under Review [The Wall Street Journal] Move to Repay Aid Helps Bank...
  • House Passes Key Legislation to Improve Bailout Tr ...
    A vitally important bailout oversight bill introduced by Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) just passed the House with a vote of 421-0. The TARP Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2009 (H.R. 1242) would add a much-needed dose of transparency to the...

    Digital Journal

  • NFL Comes To Canada
    The New York Jets and Buffalo Bills will be playing their Thursday night game tonight in Toronto Canada as the NFL looks to expand north of the border.
  • Coronation Street's Blanche Hunt dies
    Maggie Jones, the actress who played the role of Blanche Hunt, the spunky matriarch of Coronation Street's Hunt clan, has died at age 75.
  • Two investigations into human trafficking in Calga ...
    Two separate police investigations have culminated in the arrests of at least two people in what police are saying are unrelated cases of human trafficking.
  • Uncle of four-year-old boy killed by illegal dog i ...
    The uncle of four-year-old John Paul Massey, who was mauled to death by a dog on Monday night, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. The dog was found to be an illegal breed.
  • High Tech tool helps police ID stolen cars
    The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) will now have a tool in the fight against grand theft auto. A camera mounted on some OPP cruisers automatically scans license plates. If a tag comes up from a stolen vehicle police know it quickly.

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Homeless in Pennsylvania
    The first time I saw Carol, I almost didn't talk to her. I assumed she was a volunteer helping the homeless in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Turns out, she was homeless. Carol says she is homeless because of the economy. She had a stable job in a restaurant, but when the economy went sour, her hours beca ...
  • As St. Petersburg Bowl Approaches, City Tells Home ...
    The sports world is abuzz with speculation about what college football teams will play in the approximately gazillion bowls games the NCAA offers up in lieu of a logical playoff format. If that made no sense to you, don't worry- you're still reading the End Homelessness blog. No need to care abo ...
  • Beverly Hills Gives Homeless a Break... But There' ...
    People on the brink of homelessness in Beverly Hills are getting a break. The City Council voted this week to create a "forgiveness program" for unpaid parking tickets, likely to be the first program of its kind in LA County. But there's a catch - to get the deal, individuals must commit to completi ...
  • Nurturing Healthy Relationships in a Hectic Shelte ...
    The experience of living in a homeless shelter can be devastating for parents and children alike. Often, living quarters are cramped, there is little privacy, and hardly any room for kids to play. Stress levels are high and tempers flare almost daily. Raising children is tough enough. But raising ch ...
  • A Trend to "Watch": Using Video to Advocate for th ...
    It's always fascinating to see what kind of innovations the bright minds working for the homeless will come up with next. There was the street card , the local homelessness wiki , and the myth-busting online quiz . Now, homeless service providers and advocates are using the power of video to raise a ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • Roll up the Taliban to win?
    Canada’s area of military responsibility in Afghanistan is being reduced to maintaining a security perimeter—described by one Canadian soldier as a “doughnut of stability”—around Kandahar City and conducting anti-Taliban operations in Arghandab district just to the northwest of the c ...
  • Obama escalates Afghan war, promises a way out
    U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Tuesday night that he is increasing the U.S. contingent in Afghanistan by 30,000 troops and asking NATO to increase its own troop presence by 5,000 to 10,000. He also stated that the U.S. would seek to speed up the transfer of responsibility for Afghan securi ...
  • UN pulls half its staff out of Afghanistan
    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 ...
  • Ethnic divisions in northern Iraq: bad news for mi ...
    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 ...
  • Brown chides Karzai as questions rise about the fu ...
    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 ...

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Everything You Need to Know About ClimateGate
    December 2, 2009 Herald Sun by Andrew Bolt Christopher Monckton writes the first book(let) on Climategate, the greatest scientific scandal in our lifetime. The summary: The whistleblower’s data file revealed, for the first time, the innermost workings of the tiny international clique of climate sc ...
  • I can’t remember the last time I felt so goo ...
    Hi Kevin, I just wanted to write to you to express my gratitude for all of the wonderful information that you are working so hard to share with the public. I recently picked up a copy of your Natural Cures book and after implementing just a few of your suggestions for the past few months, I [...]
  • Hats off to you…
    Hi Kevin,   Love your show! I can’t believe some of the things you get away with saying! Somehow you manage to be informative AND funny.  Hats off to you!! All the best, Lori Sullivan New York
  • ClimateGate Exposes Huge Climate Fear Industry
    December 2, 2009 InfoWars by Steve Watson The leaking of thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit has shined a light on an industry of climate change alarmism, highlighting the hypocritical claims of corporate cronyism on behalf of proponents of the anthropolo ...
  • I feel happier, I feel better and AM better…
    For several months I had gone without my period. I contacted my doctor and she told me she would give me a prescription. Just then I visited my father and he gave me your Natural Cures book to read and educated myself. To make a long story short, my periods have returned. I feel happier. [...]

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