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Friday, November 19, 2010

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IPS - Inter Press Services

  • New York Terror Verdict Hailed as Vindicating Civi ...
    The conviction of the first Guantanamo Bay detainee brought to New York for trial is triggering a wide range of reactions from politicians and legal experts.
  • PERU: Human Rights Body Protects Chinese Citizen a ...
    A prosecutor in Peru clarified that Wong Ho Wing, a Chinese businessman in prison in this country since 2008 on charges of customs tax fraud, will not be released despite an Inter-American Commission on Human Rights decision to accept his case, which was filed to prevent his extradition to China, ...
  • U.S.: START Supporters Play Iran Card in Lame-Duck ...
    Of all the arguments the Barack Obama administration is marshalling in support of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia, the one that may have the greatest resonance with Republicans is over Iran.
  • EL SALVADOR: Political Tug-of-War Over Medicines
    Two initiatives of the administration of President Mauricio Funes in El Salvador, aimed at increasing competition in the pharmaceutical industry in order to bring down the cost of medicines, are being fought by the opposition in Congress.
  • World's Poorest Nations See a Glimmer of Hope
    When the U.N. General Assembly recognised a special category of member states ranked as Least Developed Countries (LDCs) back in 1971, there were only 25 which qualified for the dubious distinction of being the "poorest of the world's poor".

Scoop - NZ

  • AEP: The truth dawns on Europe's leaders
    The entire European Project is now at risk of disintegration, with strategic and economic consequences that are very hard to predict. In a speech this morning, EU President Herman Van Rompuy (poet, and writer of Japanese and Latin verse) warned that if Europe's leaders mishandle the current crisis a ...
  • India: enter a great power
    President Obama's recent visit to India represented another considerable and defining step on India's journey to great power status. Although not reaching the heights of George W Bush's 2008 visit and the resultant civil nuclear cooperation deal, this visit signifies a more fundamental coming togeth ...
  • Ireland's young flee abroad as economic meltdown l ...
    Student Niamh Buffini works hard and plays hard. As Ireland's No 1 taekwondo martial arts practitioner - she is rated 12th in the world - her ambitions include winning Olympic gold for Ireland. But by the end of this month her future will have been decided by forces not just beyond her control but ...
  • 2014: New Afghan Exit Target
    The Obama administration is increasingly emphasizing the idea that the United States will have forces in Afghanistan until at least the end of 2014, a change in tone aimed at persuading the Afghans and the Taliban that there will be no significant American troop withdrawals next summer. In a move ...
  • Taibbi: US Courts Helping Banks Do Over Homeowners
    The foreclosure lawyers down in Jacksonville had warned me, but I was skeptical. They told me the state of Florida had created a special super-high-speed housing court with a specific mandate to rubber-stamp the legally dicey foreclosures by corporate mortgage pushers like Deutsche Bank and JP Morga ...

Independent - London

Rogue Government.com

  • Release of the ‘Dancing Israelis’, Coincidence or ...
    By now, after nine years, anyone who has seriously looked into the circumstances surrounding 9/11 has read about the so-called “five dancing Israelis“, who, according to reports, had set up across the Hudson River “to document the event” (in their own words) in Manhattan, even before the crash of ...
  • TSA Abuse Opens the Door to Resistance
    The TSA's "enhanced patdowns", which have entailed putting hands down passengers pants, have caused wide-spread outrage. Airports are recognizing the extent of the discontent, as Florida's Sanford airport is opting out of TSA screening, choosing instead to use a private security firm.
  • Video: Why You Should Never Fly
  • Viewers Pull Plug on U.S. Cable Television
    The number of people subscribing to US cable television services has suffered its biggest decline in 30 years as younger, tech-savvy viewers lead an exodus to web-based operations, such as Hulu and Netflix.
  • The Washington Post Runs An Article Entitled “Five ...
    There have been so many attacks on the Federal Reserve recently that the mainstream media now feels almost forced to try to defend their actions.

Innovation Canada

  • Blowin’ in the wind
  • Studying sturgeon
    It can live 150 years, can grow up to six metres long and has not changed in more than 100 million years. The white sturgeon, North America’s largest freshwater fish, is also in such critical decline from overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction that many remaining populations have been declar ...
  • Talking Fish
    When the Atlantic cod fishery was closed in 1992, politicians and fishermen assumed the stock would recover and the bounty of fish would return to Newfoundland within a decade. But almost 20 years later, cod stocks remain low, and scientists are still trying to determine exactly why.The cod saga is ...
  • Bridge Building
    You’ve seen them, driven over them, walked through them, but you’ve probably never given them a second thought. Yet culverts — those corrugated steel arches buried under roads that allow rivers and streams, vehicles, people and animals to pass through — are a critical piece of infrastructure that we ...
  • Better infrastructure, better results
    In 2001, when the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) opened on the campus of the University of New Brunswick (UNB), CRI researchers knew where many of its students would have to go to conduct experiments and analyze their findings — elsewhere.While the CRI was theoretically a 21st-century effort to mea ...

Signs of the times

  • 3 Lies Big Food Wants You to Believe
    Lie #1: Industrial Food is Cheap The retail prices may be low, but they fail to include impacts on human health, the environment, and other shared public assets. You will ultimately foot a much bigger bill, paying your part of hundreds of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, medical expenses ...
  • The Things He Carried: Why Airport Screening Does ...
    Airport security in America is a sham - "security theater" designed to make travelers feel better and catch stupid terrorists. Smart ones can get through security with fake boarding passes and all manner of prohibited items - as our correspondent did with ease. If I were a terrorist, and I'm not, b ...
  • British Beekeepers' Association to Stop Endorsing ...
    Beekepers' group ends commercial relationship with pesticide manufacturer whose product killed bees The British Beekeepers' Association has today announced plans to end its controversial practice of endorsing pesticides in return for cash from leading chemical manufacturers. The endorsement of fou ...
  • Donald Trump eyes 2012 presidential run
    Developer tycoon Donald Trump has his eyes on the United States' ultimate real estate: the White House. Trump, the brash billionaire star of his own reality show, The Apprentice, told ABC news he is seriously considering a run as a Republican in 2012 and could "easily" spend more than 200 million ...
  • Professor who downplayed oil spill has federal gov ...
    Investigation also finds BP telling university what to research Quoted in scores of news outlets, appearing on dozens of network news programs and even landing a guest spot on The Late Show with David Letterman, oil spill expert Ed Overton has been a ubiquitous presence in the media throughout th ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Dr. Andrew Weaver believes in both science and dem ...
    That make him a bad fit for anything Harper. Jack Knox spells it out.
  • Keep your eye on the pea...
    Says the grifter. I have an idea. Let's charge the hilarious Mr. Baird with treason. He seems to believe, along with his hillbilly superior, that the only way for anything is the American way and our parliamentary democracy is a mere trifle to be gamed. That's an affront to Canadian sovereignty an ...
  • Down the memory hole
    I had kind of an odd experience today at work and I'm not exactly sure how I feel �about it. I work for a newspaper (it's not a very big one and unless you live in my area you've probably never heard of it and at any rate, its name and location are irrelevant). To a certain extent, we are the media ...
  • If the Washington Post ever wanted to be known as ...
    It should have permanently silenced its presses after Nixon resigned. No. I'm not joking.
  • Nasties . . .
    INTERPOL. Interesting site. Worth the visit.

Media Matters for America

  • REPORT: Fox donates at least $40 million in airtim ...
    Between January 1 and October 31 of this year, five potential Republican presidential candidates -- Newt Gingrich, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, John Bolton, and Rick Santorum -- who also serve as Fox News contributors or hosts have appeared on the network for a combined total of nearly 66 hours. Med ...
  • Fox hosts misinformation marathon to attack trial ...
    Fox & Friends declared the trial of terror suspect Ahmed Ghailani to be a "civilian trial failure," dubiously asserting that a military commission would have convicted Ghailani on all charges because a "key witness's" testimony would have been admissible, a claim disputed by legal experts. Fox ...
  • Fox's "Nazi" rhetoric also comes straight from the ...
    In a recent interview, Fox News chairman Roger Ailes referred to National Public Radio�executives as "Nazis" with a "Nazi attitude," and claimed "[t]hey are the left wing of Nazism." Ailes' employees at Fox News, particularly Glenn Beck, have also used Nazi and Holocaust imagery to smear Presi ...
  • Quick Fact: Washington Times falsely cla ...
    A November 17 Washington Times editorial falsely claimed that a "critical flaw in the new START is that it could significantly restrict U.S. missile-defense programs." In fact, the head of the Missile Defense Agency testified that "the new START treaty actually reduces constraints on the develo ...
  • Beck tells viewers health care reform regulates eB ...
    Glenn Beck falsely claimed that the health care law requires anyone who sells anything worth more than $600 online to file a 1099 form. In fact, the provision to which Beck was apparently referring relates to purchases made by businesses and requires nothing of the sort.Beck falsely claimed you ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • More Calls for Pentagon Cuts
    The new report from the Bipartisan Policy Center's Domenici-Rivlin commission adds another voice to the growing chorus of calls for cuts in Pentagon spending as part of any deficit reduction plan. Among the most important elements of the report with respect to defense are its call for a rethinking o ...
  • Hedging Democracy
    Like my friend Larry Lessig, I admit to mixed feelings about the Tea Party Movement. On the one hand I can admire the passionate reform spirit that forces old bulls like Mitch McConnell to give up their beloved earmarks. As anyone studying the Jack Abramoff scandal knows, earmarks were the coin of t ...
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  • READ the 20th Amendment: New Republican Senators ...
    A handful of newly elected Republican US Senators have written to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid trying to undo the Constitutional authority of other elected incumbent US Senators. That's right. Even the so-called strict constitutionalist Rand Paul is engaged in lobbying that would impose ill ...
  • Lugar to Kyl: Time to "Get Real"
    Strong words today from ranking Repblican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Dick Lugar, insisting that ratification of the New START treaty should be voted on during the lame-duck session, despite Sen. John Kyl's announcement yesterday of his opposition to a vote (not to the treaty). His ex ...

TruthOut

  • News in Brief: International Study Shows US Health ...
    International Study Shows US Health Care Is Lacking read more
  • Michael Winship | Don't Ask, Don't Care
    Although I grew up in a small town, I live in the West Village of Manhattan, New York City, just three blocks from Christopher Street and the Stonewall Inn, where in 1969 a police raid led to angry demonstrations that marked the start of the gay rights movement. Yet, in most ways, my neighborhood is ...
  • BP's Probation Officer Petitions Federal Judge to ...
    Days before BP Exploration Alaska's (BPXA) probation was due to end, a federal probation officer petitioned a US District Court judge to revoke the company's probation over a 46,000 gallon oil spill that occurred in November 2009.read more
  • Schakowsky Proposes Alternate Budget Plan: Save So ...
    After the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform released a polarizing deficit reduction proposal on November 10, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) did not hesitate in expressing her disapproval. "This is not a package I could support," she said at the time. On Monday, Schakowsky, w ...
  • Exclusive Report: Evidence of Iran Nuclear Weapons ...
    Since 2007, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - with the support of the United States, Israel and European allies UK, France and Germany - has been demanding that Iran explain a set of purported internal documents portraying a covert Iranian military program of research and development o ...

Planetsave

  • PacMan vs. Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, ...
    The Brave New Films team has been coping with the 2010 election results (aka, an “electoral hangover”) by playing Brave New PacMan (or Progressive Against Conservatives Man). Quite the idea. Renew your PacMan skills and have a little fun by playing a little Brave New PacMan yourself. Connect with me ...
  • Protect Our Families from Coal Ash
    Here’s a special call to action from 1Sky Campaign Director Liz Butler (pictures added). Coal power plants are by far the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in this country. Their pollution is making our planet a more dangerous place to live. But these coal plants also create a by-product w ...
  • Are Polar Bears “Threatened” or “Endangered”? U.S. ...
    It is widely known that polar bears are in a very bad position due to global weirding. But rather than designate them as “endangered” and increase the U.S. government’s ability to fight climate change, the Bush administration just designated them as “threatened” back in 2008. In October, however, a ...
  • Philippe Cousteau Improving Youth Citizen Journali ...
    EarthEcho International, a leading environmental education nonprofit, recently announced the launching of its first STREAM (STudents Reporting Environmental Action through Media) youth citizen journalist bureau, which will be located in the Gulf region.  STREAM will kick-off with a training workshop ...
  • Rising Arctic Temperatures Result in More Tundra F ...
    On July 16 of 2010 a lightning strike caused the Anaktuvuk River Fire which ended up burning more than a thousand square kilometres of tundra on Alaska’s North Slope, and burning through to the end of September by which time nearby lakes had already frozen over. After hearing about the Anaktuvuk Riv ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • The People Rise Up in Haiti. Indict the U.N. and G ...
    Editor's Note: Haiti Truth published the following 3 news bulletins this evening regarding the massive uprising in Haiti against the MINUSTAH (U.N.) for the central role their occupying troops have played in bringing cholera into the island nation and continue to play spreading the disease to tens o ...
  • Genocide in Haiti - Haiti
    Dollars for Every Haitian with Cholera.  The UN and 42 NGOs are asking to be paid $607 dollars for every Haitian to be contaminated with cholera.  That’s right.  The exact numbers are 164 million dollars for 270,000 Haitians to be contaminated.  Do the math. There is money in cholera. The...
  • Equality slipping away - Wealth sharing needs new ...
    Nobody ever accused Barack Obama of having too stiff a spine. Even so, there is something crushingly disappointing about reports last week that the US president is likely to retreat from his promise to cancel George W Bush's tax cuts for the rich. Such a capitulation to the Republicans would.. ...
  • Export-driven economic growth dogma creates a worl ...
    G-20 in Seoul made shaky ground of global corporate trade deals shakier. These are interesting times in terms of trade, and they became more interesting with last week's G20 summit in Seoul. A trade-driven world economy has been built, notably since World War II under American hegemony: export ...
  • Republicans dictate agenda in lame duck Congress - ...
    18 November 2010 In a series of actions that display the arrogance of a party that is confident of its support in the ruling class, the Republican congressional leadership is seeking to call the tune in the “lame duck” session of Congress. The Democrats retain their large majorities in the... ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • How to tell that Democrats are meeting nearby
    A bumper sticker in the parking lot. A campaign button expressing an actual opinion that wasn't first spoon fed to the wearer by the Faux News Channel. And real activists don't give up. Ever.
  • The Afghanistan Clusterfuck is Destroying the U.S.
    On Saturday and Sunday, eight soldiers from the 101st Airborne - the Screaming Eagles - of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, died in two attacks in Afghanistan. They were casualty numbers 81 through 88 from Fort Campbell just since March. This. Is. Bullshit. This is a suicide mission. This is about David Pe ...
  • It's called "talking trash from the bleachers"
    Remember the campaign? Remember all those republican candidates shrieking about "out of control spending" and "exploding deficits" and "making tough choices" about "cutting spending" and a dozen other Frank Luntz focus-group tested talking points? Of course you do...You couldn't tune them out no mat ...
  • This is what the next two years are going to look ...
    If you want to know just how much obstruction we're going to be getting from the GOP in the Senate, you could look into a crystal ball if it suits your fancy. OR you could just take a look at the recently filibustered Paycheck Fairness Act, an act which, unsurprisingly, exactly zero Republican's vot ...
  • Separation, not spending, is Tea Party's real aim
    I'm not surprised in the least that the very first fumble by the in-coming Republican Tea Party majority was an intramural scrum over government spending that produced a brittle consensus on that old Congressional prerogative: Earmarking. It may be true, as others have said, that earmarking is a fa ...

Care 2

  • Restore the Gulf - Listen to the People ! PLEASE T ...
    The oil is still impacting the Gulf, and the mission is not even close to accomplished. Congress needs to act now in the "Lame Duck" session on the unfinished business of making the Gulf region whole by ensuring that the Gulf has the resources needed toSubmitted by Cher C. to Environment �|� �Note- ...
  • Can a Thousand Breeding Females Stave Off Tiger Ex ...
    With only 3,500 tigers hanging on in isolated patches of wilderness scattered across 13 Asian countries, the prospects for the survival of the species outside zoos is grim. Submitted by Cher C. to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • From the 'X Files' Dept: Nazi Spaceship Film Reign ...
    The film revolves around the real-life SS officer Hans Kammler who was said to have made a significant breakthrough in antigravity experiments towards the end of WW2.Submitted by Hans Mueller to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Reply to Quantitative Easing Explained
    In FY2010, 46% of federal income tax receipts went to pay the interest ($414B) on the federal debt. In our unconstitutional privatized monetary and banking system, private banks create money in exchange for debt, and then charge interest.Submitted by Hans Mueller to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it ...
  • TAKE ACTION! Please Sign the pledge to end hunge ...
    Ending hunger is not a question of resources, but of political will. And in order to build the political will, we need to grow a strong movement of compassionate advocates � like you � to speak out on behalf of hungry and poor people everywhere. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Society & Cultur ...

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Bad Luck Cadet – I Think I’m Crazy and a Liar
    Jumping Hurdles is the third in a series of posts on my misadventures in becoming a police officer. The first in this series is Accidents Happen. I became a police officer while suffering a midlife crisis in my forties. I became a detective a few years later. Crime in my small town skyrocketed when ...
  • New Jersey And Others Push Back At TSA
    Amazing. Almost shocking to see true representative government in action. In a news conference yesterday, New Jersey State Senators Michael J. Doherty (R-Hunterdon, Warren) and James Beach (D-Camden) announced they will present resolutions to the New Jersey Senate and Assembly that calls on the U.S. ...
  • Humpty Dumpty Open Thread
    At long last, incumbent GOP candidate Lisa MurkuskieMurkowski has been confirmed as the winner of the Alaska Senate job … Roger Aisles “slams” the White House and Obama … GET A LOAD OF THIS: George Soros warns liberals that Barack Obama may not be their best investment! . . . . . . . . [...]
  • On Behalf of Women In Politics
    Bitch. Whore. Stupid. Hot. Disabled. Shrill. Mean Girl. Hag. Diva. Ice Queen. Slut. The midterm elections of 2010 brought back a familiar rage and sick, queasy feeling as I watched women on both sides of the aisle being devalued with sexist diatribes. The hateful rhetoric that defined much of the 20 ...
  • “Teachable Moment” Or Infringement Of Rights?
    An old friend of mine sent me an article recently from NPR, “Teacher Suspended After Stopping Anti-Gay Talk.” My friend was a high school teacher for many years (and now teaches on the community college level), so naturally, this would pique her interest. Mine, too. But the headline is a bit mislead ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • Goats: A Green Alternative to Pesticides
    Goats are an excellent alternative to pesticides. They have an uncommon, unique approach to eradicating weeds and brush from returning. They are also sociable. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • Virgin Birth Possible: Self-Cloning Lizard Discove ...
    Recently, scientists discovered an all-female species,‘Leiolepis ngovantrii’ a smallish agamid lizard, that reproduces by self-cloning. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Greatest Cities on Earth Shining into Space
    Here is a series of jaw dropping images of our cities at night, twinkling like stars - and shot from beyond the Earth's atmosphere... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Mandalas: Stunningly Colored Religious Images Made ...
    Glorious works of art created only to be destroyed again in the name of religious belief are the astonishingly beautiful, truly transient sand mandalas. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Incredible Honeycomb Clouds Seen from Above
    Researchers have found honeycomb-like clouds to be particularly intriguing because they are a self-organizing system. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Waterfall New World Order Resistance of Minneapoli ...
    What can I say? I like street art – when it breaks up the unspeakable horror of the modernist nightmare, the endless, colorless flat planes composing our concrete public existence. So it was a surprise to go looking and find these big New World Order stencils around the Hennepin Avenue bridge ...
  • Storm the Boards! Applications Nearly Due for Comp ...
    I spent quite a while writing up all the open boards and appointments in Minnesota. The official post is here - http://tc.indymedia.org/2010/nov/storm-boards-applications-nearly-due-compensated-citizen-slots-panels-and-agencies Just for fun I'll crosspost the whole thing below. Worth yr effort ...
  • Metals To Nibiru! Gold & silver $1400 / $29 parabo ...
    Linkdump O Quick Hitz! Way too many links going on-have fun! Sorry for lack of pics, you gotta clix em to see :-|   "Where is My Mind" came on TheCurrent as I posted this, really appropriate for the ZeroHedge Durden posts. Total Waveform Synchronicity and it ain't even 11/11 yet.... Onwards. ...
  • 1972 CIA memo declares Nixonian resistance to decl ...
    This is it, the droids you're looking for. This memo was published by Wayne Madsen and includes a reference to Alfred McCoy, whose book "The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia" was the first serious work to break loose the geopolitical underpinnings of state-sanctioned narcotics trafficking. [Full ...
  • British Lord James of Blackheath sez "Foundation X ...
    For the past 20 weeks I have been engaged in a very strange dialogue with the two noble Lords, in the course of which I have been trying to bring to their attention the willing availability of a strange organisation which wishes to make a great deal of money available to assist the recovery of the ...

Daily Censored

  • CENSORED IN 1977: SALT: THE END OF ARMS CONTROL
    CENSORED IN 1977: SALT: THE END OF ARMS CONTROL The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) began by raising hopes for legitimate and intelligent arms reduction. But SALT, far from limiting strategic nuclear weapons has actually spurred the arms trade to dangerous proportions. It now appears that the ...
  • An Open Letter To Mr Kristoff
    Mr Kristoff apologized to Latin America for his comparison of the United States to Banana Republics.  He was right to do so.  While we resemble the Banana Republics of yesterday, they have, indeed, turned their fates around.  We, on the other hand are much worse off than they ever were.  While Argen ...
  • The Magic of Words
    Yesterday, NPR’s “Morning Edition” magically transported me back to 1974, to when I first watched the Mel Brook’s classic, “Blazing Saddles.”  I was reminded of the scene where the town discovered the Cleavon Little, the man they had hired to be the new sheriff, was black.  Cleavon, upon seeing that ...
  • The Teaching Profession as a Service Industry
    Walt Gardner, writing in his EdWeek blog, concluded recently: “The latest reminder that freedom of speech for teachers in K-12 is an illusion came from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati on Oct. 21. In Evans-Marshall v. Board of Education of the Tipp City Exempted Village Sc ...
  • Obama to Switch Party
    Michael Collins (Satire) (Washington) President Barack Obama has confided his plans to become a registered Republican some time before the end of the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress. Speaking to his inner circle, he lamented failing to bring the two major parties together. One of his confida ...

AlterNet's Breaking News

Institute for Policy Studies

  • Protest to Power in the Philippines
    Walden Bello's journey from activist to lawmaker hasn't changed his style.
  • Glenn Beck Attacks IPS
    Fox commentator Glenn Beck cites the IPS "Inside-Outside" strategy for social change we describe in our annual report as sinister, bizarrely reminiscent of 1940s Czechoslovakia.
  • A 'Letter' From Rice Farmers
    In preparation for the National Rice Summit, Philippine farmers speak up about what they need from the government to support organic and self-sufficient farming.
  • Bribing Israel: Enhancing the Swag
    What's supposed to be the main point of it all -- new negotiations leading to something remotely resembling a just, lasting and comprehensive peace -- is simply not on the agenda of either Israel or the U.S.
  • OMG! Glenn Beck is onto Something!
    Beck can scapegoat us all he wants, but IPS and other independent organizations will continue to fight the good fight.

Equality Trust

  • Why we need a Fairness Test of the cuts
    A group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. Full details...
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  • VAT rise would hit the poorest
    Bill Wilson's VAT motion to the Scottish Parliament reads as follows: That the Parliament notes the warning issued by Save the Children in Scotland that raising VAT to 20% could mean a £31 a week bill for the poorest families in Scotland and that the poorest 10% of the population currently spend ...
  • Excessive pay and bonuses in public sector under s ...
    Daily Telegraph reports on bold moves in the public sector. But what about the private sector which originated the "crazy" bonus system and still leads the way on excessive top pay...?

PDA AMERICA

  • War Is A Lie
    Donate $75 or more and receive War Is A Lie Enter War Is A Lie in the “special fund” box I am about to publish a new book called War Is A Lie that takes on ...
  • The Agitator: Voices of PDA Episode 12: An Interv ...
    Now that the dust has settled following Election Day, PDA presents a two-part election analysis podast. In this episode, PDA National Director Tim Carpenter interviews author and journalist John Nichols and PDA field coordinator Conor ...
  • IOT: End the War and Occupations November Call
    On This Call… David Swanson: 1. Don’t use the term “Defense” spending when referring to military spending. 2. No one lost any of their elections because they failed to support the wars. 3. Warned about the ...
  • Changing Gears
    Get the Jump on holiday shopping and support PDA! It’s appropriate to thank you again for your recent electoral activities. Thanks to you, progressives did a lot better than the rest of the Democrats. After that ...
  • Million Letter March on Congress
    Join the Million Letter March Stamp Out Climate Change! We’ve got our work cut out for us! With most Republican newcomers to Congress opposed to virtually any climate legislation and the deluge of money from Dirty Energy, how ...

Marler Blog

  • A Day at Marler Clark Inservice Trainings - This W ...
    We are doing a series of inservice trainings for the younger lawyers and staff so they have a better understanding of how various parts of Government work on Food Safety.� We have already finished a former CDC/PulseNet person (Dr. Bala Swaminathan) and we still have more to do.� Today we had the hon ...
  • Hepatitis A Outbreak leads to $25,000 Illinois Foo ...
    Hepatitis outbreak leads to new R.I. scholarship By Nicole Lauer The law firm that assisted Rock Island and Milan residents in the 2009 outbreak of the Hepatitis A virus traced to a Milan McDonald's has donated $25,000 to the Rock Island-Milan Education Foundation. Food safety law firm Marler Cla ...
  • Tester Amendment to Allow FDA Oversight on Farm Sa ...
    Progress on fixing the Tester Amendment is making slow progress.  Here is where it is at as a few moments ago.  I am pleased to see that FDA will have oversight over sales between Farmers and Wholesalers.  This is a good thing. Summary of Tester Amendment Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) has sponsored an ...
  • Senator Reid Steps up on Food Safety - Pass the Li ...
    Nevada Senator Harry Reid made the following remarks on the Senate floor this morning to urge swift passage of food safety legislation. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery: “No one in America should have to worry if their salad or sandwich is going to kill them. No one in the Senate sh ...
  • More Cheese Recalled - this time Queso Fresco with ...
    All 1- or 3-pound packages of Queso Fresco Fresh Cheese, Queso Panela Fresh Cheese, Requeson Mexican Style Ricotta Cheese and Queso Enchilado Dry Cheese distributed by Del Bueno of Grandview, Wash., because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The organism can cau ...

AutoblogGreen

  • 2011 Chevy Volt wins Green Car of the Year title i ...
    Filed under: LA Auto Show, Hybrid, Sedan, Chevrolet, GM, Electric Joel Ewanick, VP, U.S. Marketing for General Motors, and the Chevy Volt with the Green Car of the Year Award The Chevrolet Volt drove off with the 2011 Green Car of the Year Award at the LA Auto Show this morning, beating out tough ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.18.10
    Chevy Volts ready to ship Just waiting on the EPA's MPG stickers. Indian minister calls use of "gas guzzling" SUVs "criminal" German automakers object. ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.17.10
    Report: Coda delays deliveries of all-electric sedan to late 2011 The bad news continues. Think City will cost $34,000 before incentives Targeted customers include, well, city folk. ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.16.10
    Fisker says "Karma is the first and only true electric vehicle with extended range" Oh, snap. Revenge of the Electric Car trailer will be released today Or maybe not. ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.15.10
    Report: Leaf dealer demos pushed back to April Capacity is limited. At Witz' End: The more I drive it, the more the Nissan Leaf is (and isn't) like an EV1 Take it from someone who knows. ...

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 fre ...
  • 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, w ...

Democracy Now!

  • MSNBC's Keith Olbermann Interviews Whistleblower W ...
    Following our interview with Wendell Potter, the former chief spokesman for CIGNA, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann invited Potter on his show to discuss the health insurance industry’s attack on Michael Moore and his film SiCKO . Watch here.
  • A Cry From Argentina: ‘Close Guantanamo’
    “Gitmo is going to remain open for the foreseeable future,” said an unnamed White House official to The Washington Post this week. For guidance on the notorious U.S. Navy base in Cuba, President Barack Obama should look to an old naval facility in Buenos Aires, Argentina. When Ana Maria Careaga wa ...
  • "Push Michael Moore Off A Cliff:" Health Insurance ...
    When Academy Award-winning film director Michael Moore announced he would be making a documentary about the American healthcare system in 2004, it put the health insurance industry on high alert. One person who immediately went on the offensive was Wendell Potter, who at the time was the chief spok ...
  • 88.7 "La Tribu" - Buenos Aires, Argentina
    More than 200 stations in Latin America air Democracy Now! headlines in Spanish. We recently received a wonderful video from 88.7 Radio La Tribu in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Check it out.
  • Economist Ha-Joon Chang on the G20 Summit, Currenc ...
    President Obama arrives in Japan today on the last stop of his ten-day Asia tour. Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit amidst a dispute with the Japanese government over relocating the U.S. military base in Okinawa. Obama comes to Japan after South Korea, where he failed t ...

Farming Pathogens

  • Virus Dumping
    Man came to shake my hand / and rob me of my farm –Ryan Bingham Dumping grain on another country is a classic maneuver in economic warfare. When a country’s borders are opened by force or by choice, by structural adjustment or by neoliberal trade agreement, when tariffs and other forms of protection ...
  • We Can Think Ourselves into a Plague
    The power of the mind is a New Age staple. But, really, can I concentrate enough to levitate myself (much less get my laundry done today)? The materialist answers, funny you mention it, but, yeah, you can. A few minds thought through the ideas that produced the airplane and perhaps soon enough the p ...
  • How Mayor Bloomberg Causes Obesity
    Yeah the doctors don’t know, but New York was killing me / Bunch of doctors coming round, they don’t know / That New York is killing me / Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee -Gil Scott-Heron On October 6 Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the United States Department of [...]
  • Follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter
    You can now follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter here. Includes the latest in media reports and journal articles on agriculture, disease, evolution, dialectical biology, the practice of science, as well as any appearances or new work by FP contributors. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Farming Pa ...
  • The Axis of Viral
    The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We might accept that viruses and bacteria at best instantiate the coincidental nature of such an alliance. The success of one bug might pave the way for another. But we’d be hard pressed to imagine that theyâd whittle the syllogism to a sharper point and actively ...

Suzie-Q

  • When Your ‘Junk’ Is Touched at the Air ...
    Cable news reached an all new level of self-satire and hackery this week as various daytime “serious” anchors mindlessly repeated the phrase “touch my junk” over and over. Years of journalism training, internships and advanced education and they’re repeating “touch my junk” in the context of a video ...
  • 9/11 Families Ask: What Happened to the Third Buil ...
    9/11 Families Ask: What Happened to the Third Building That Collapsed in the WTC Attacks? A new ad campaign featuring the family members of 9/11 victims, which does not focus on conspiracy theories, is getting serious treatment in the mainstream media. Raw Story / By Stephen C. Webster Via:  AlterN ...
  • Bush’s Waterboarding Admission Prompts Calls ...
    Bush’s Waterboarding Admission Prompts Calls For Criminal Probe Huff Post- Dan Froomkin-  First Posted: 11-11-10 03:49 PM   |   Updated: 11-11-10 04:01 PM WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on Thursday joined a growing chorus in the human rights community calling for a special pr ...
  • What Role Did Comcast Play In Keith Olbermann&#821 ...
    What Role Did Comcast Play in Keith Olbermann’s Suspension?–UPDATED Crooks and Liars- By karoli November 05, 2010 12:14 PM There is a double standard at work with regard to Keith Olbermann’s suspension, not only between other personalities appearing on MSNBC as commentators, but also at the very top ...
  • Angry Voters Choose Government Gridlock, Investiga ...
    There are a variety of explanations for the frustratingly backwards outcome of yesterday’s election. Clearly Americans were dissatisfied with the objective reality that the Obama administration and the congressional Democrats actually made things better by cutting the deficit by an historic $122 bil ...

Solari

  • Money & Markets Charts ~ 11.18.10
    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, November 18, 2010. Click here to view all charts as a pdf file. See previous Money & Markets Charts blog posts here. Currency ...
  • 3 Strange Things About The GM IPO
    By Adam Davidson GM has no confidence in its own financial reports. The company says that “our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting are currently not effective.” In other words, GM isn’t confident in its ability to understand its own financial conditi ...
  • Will A Lame-duck Congress Pass Internet Censorship ...
    By Daniel Tencer A bill giving the government the power to shut down Web sites that host materials that infringe copyright is making its way quietly through the lame-duck session of Congress, raising the ire of free-speech groups and prompting a group of academics to lobby against the effort. The C ...
  • 6 Million Benefit-Paying Jobs Vanish
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  • 1,000 Years of European History — An Animate ...
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Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job. [. ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more��
  • 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 AfghanistanSri Lanka Gu ...
  • 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��

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become obsol ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Two regions diverging, tearing the world apart. B ...
    Summary:  The emerging  nations are overheating, many of them suffering from a too-loose monetary policy transmitted from the US by their currency pegs to the US dollar.  Many of the developed nations are in the grips of deflationary forces.  This gap between the two worlds results from the now dysf ...
  • The sure route to reforming America
    Summary:  It becomes increasingly apparent that America needs serious reforms, stat.  This post gives a brief description of the problem, but no solution.  However the necessary characteristics of a solution are described, aiding the search. Our political system has since 1976 run increasingly frant ...
  • More about rising food prices (perhaps one of the ...
    Summary:   Readers of the FM website respond to its contents with a flood of comments (emailed or using the comment form).  Mostly critical, appropriate to it content — speculation about the topics on the edge of the known.  Some brilliant.  Some illustrate why America might have a very diffic ...
  • About the coming large rise in food prices
    Summary:  Rising food prices might be one of the most important geopolitical trends of the decade.  This is another post in a series, describing the causes and effects; links to other chapters appear at the end. What result do you expect from this combination of factors? Rising demand for the produc ...
  • Why China will again rise to the top. Their most i ...
    Summary:  There is a simple difference between West and East today, the opposite of that seen during the past few centuries.  Good leadership.  They have it; we do not.  This explains much of what we see in the news. ââ… moral power is to physical as 3 parts of 4.ââ — Attributed to Napoleon in ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • New French defence minister says Afghanistan a tra ...
    Reuters – The war in Afghanistan is a trap for all parties involved and France will discuss how to draw down its troop presence at a NATO summit this week, the newly-appointed defence minister said on Wednesday. “Afghanistan is, I would say, a trap for all the parties involved there,” said Alain Jup ...
  • US: Four in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete
    AP — Is marriage becoming obsolete? As families gather for Thanksgiving this year, nearly one in three American children is living with a parent who is divorced, separated or never-married. More people are accepting the view that wedding bells aren’t needed to have a family. A study by the Pew Resea ...
  • Internet Censorship – Metropolitan Police closes d ...
    The Guardian – Scotland Yard has forced the closure of an anti-police blog which was being used to disseminate advice to protesters pictured at the student fees demonstration. The website Fitwatch was suspended after the its hosting company received contact from C011, the Metropolitan’s public order ...
  • Unstoppable Stuxnet worm not the work of lone hack ...
    USA Today – Stuxnet, the seemingly unstoppable Windows operating system worm, slithered into the spotlight on Capit0l Hill. Testifying at a hearing held this morning by the Senate Committee on Homeland and Security Affairs, Dean Turner, director of Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network for Symantec ...
  • ‘France bribed Pakistan for arms deals’
    Press TV – Former French defense minister has confirmed bribes on arms deals with Pakistan, the cancellation of which prompted the deadly Karachi bombing in 2002. Charles Millon, on Wednesday, told a hearing tasked with probing into the killing of French engineers that he was sure there were kickbac ...

Monkey Smashes Heaven

  • MSH is moving********
    Monkey Smashes Heaven is moving to here: http://llco.org/monkey-smashes-heaven So far, we have the English section up and running. For now, we will continue to post articles in other languages to the English section. In the future, we will set up full operational Leading Light pages is many other la ...
  • Ashamed to be an Amerikkkan?
  • MSH moving
    MSH moving (Leading Light Communist Organization llco.org) Over the next month, MSH will be moving over to the website of the Leading Light Communist Organization (llco.org), which is currently under construction. Eventually, this blog will be shut down. Thank you, MSH Editors
  • Trzy twierdze
    Trzy twierdze -Michał Rakulski (trzeciswiat.wordpress.com) „W przeszłości przejęliśmy władzę polityczną i zmieniliśmy strukturę środków produkcji. To są dwa wielkie zwycięstwa. Jednakże jeśli ograniczymy się do tych dwóch zwycięstw, a nie dokonamy rewolucji w ideologii oraz nie doprowadzimy rewolucj ...
  • Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści – jesteście nacjona ...
    Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści – jesteście nacjonalistami (Leading Light Communist Organization llco.org) “Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści, Wasza pozycja jest bardzo interesująca. Wasz blog jest nacjonalistyczny, co ukrywacie pod socjalistyczną retoryką. Linia mas nie jest substytutem rewolucyjnego p ...

PakAlert

  • VIDEO: THE TOTAL COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    There's good news and bad news... Good news is thanks to the massive wealth of information the internet provides, we can now have a glimpse into the near future, so those of us with perception, can adequately prepare for the bad news and the bad news is...there is absolutely no avoiding this unprece ...
  • Video: Obama Will Attack Iran In 2012 – Ehud Barak
    Airing Date Nov.06, 2010 in Halifax Canada, Ehud Barak: "iran is a major, major threat to any conceivable world order" Ehud Barak Reacts to Lindsey Graham Comment Of Obama Having To Attack Iran By 2012
  • Video: Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura – Wall ...
    Jesse Ventura goes inside the secret billionaire's boy's club to find out what caused the financial meltdown and how the group allegedly continues to manipulate and control the stock market and oil, gold and silver prices. From Wall Street to Washington, the governor barges in on the rich and powerf ...
  • Alert: Indian Army Ready For War Against China And ...
    India is preparing for a possible `two-front war’ with China and Pakistan, Indian newspaper saying Wednesday. The newspaper said the Indian Army is now revising its five-year-old doctrine to effectively meet the challenges of war with China and Pakistan, deal with asymmetric and fourth-generation wa ...
  • Killing India’s Hidden Cold Start Strategy
    India knows that it can never win a conventional warfare with Pakistan because of the Nuclear Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD). However it still harbors notions of winning a sort of a mini war. India may think it has a Cold Start Strategy, but it may end as a hot nuclear war. Indian Defense planne ...

Andy Worthington

  • Amnesty Students Say “Bring Shaker Aamer Hom ...
    On Saturday, I was privileged to be a speaker at the Amnesty International Student Conference 2010, at the Human Rights Action Centre in London, where I spoke about Guantánamo — and, specifically, about the plight of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison, who is still held, despite ...
  • Who Are the Remaining Prisoners in Guantánamo? Par ...
    Delayed by a month due to other demands (primarily, a visit to the US and the trial by Military Commission of Omar Khadr), this is the eighth part of a nine-part series telling the stories of all the prisoners currently held in Guantánamo (174 at the time of writing). See the introduction here, and ...
  • On Guantánamo, Obama Hits Rock Bottom
    On national security issues, there are now two Americas. In the first, which existed from January to May 2009, the rule of law flickered briefly back to life after eight years of the Bush administration. In this first America, President Obama swept into office issuing executive orders promising to c ...
  • As the UK Government Announces Compensation for Ex ...
    Today, the British government will announce that it will pay millions of pounds in compensation to a number of former Guantánamo prisoners, including Moazzam Begg, Omar Deghayes, Binyam Mohamed, Bisher al-Rawi, Jamil El-Banna, Richard Belmar and Martin Mubanga, who, since last year, have been involv ...
  • On Housing Benefit Cuts, British Public Reveals Sh ...
    Such is the hostility in this country towards the poor and the unemployed — a sure sign of the distressing decline of empathy and compassion in the last 30 years — that a poll conducted by Channel 4 News this week found that 58 percent of people thought that the govermment’s proposed welfare cuts sh ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a Mom ...
    The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan on t ...
  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why I l ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So far, ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. You d ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is – Sq ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked up se ...

SPL Center

  • 9.12 Project Paranoia: Obama Wants to See You… Nak ...
    Unsurprisingly, Glenn Beckâs 9.12 Project has absorbed much of its founderâs famous paranoia. Based on Beckâs fevered lectures and paid endorsements, legions of 9.12âers have eagerly bought up overpriced gold coins, non-hybrid seeds, and lots of ammo for use in 9.12 Project practice shoots. But not ...
  • David Duke, Huffing About Sexual Mores, Calls the ...
    Now that he’s gaining in years, former Klan boss and longtime white supremacy advocate David Duke, who in his youth gained a notorious reputation as a womanizing playboy, is apparently now shifting to a more traditional role of moralizing geezer. Witness his most recent video “lecture,” wherein he p ...
  • Lie about ‘Illegal Alien Voters’ Goes Viral on the ...
    Nativists were primed to believe something dastardly was afoot with the approaching 2010 elections. ALIPACâs William Gheen warned that undocumented immigrants were planning to commit massive voter fraud with the help of the Democratic Party machine. An Arizona group called Ban Amnesty Now put out an ...
  • Jack Kershaw, Stalwart of White Nationalism, Dies
    Jack Kershaw, one of the most iconic American white segregationists of the 20th century and the lawyer who represented James Earl Ray following his conviction for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., has died in Nashville at the age of 96. He died on Sept. 7, but his death was not made p ...
  • Extremist ‘Patriot’ Pastor Videotapes ...
    Radical conservative Pastor Stephen Andersonâs personal antigovernment reality-TV show has unveiled a new episode. Reprising a âroleâ he created and played last year, the firebrand leader of Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe, Ariz., once again had a video camera rolling during a routine police t ...

change: org.

  • The Great American Smokeout: Helping Pets Kick the ...
    The Thursday before Thanksgiving is the day when the American Cancer Society challenges smokers to quit, just in time for the holidays. At least pets don't have to worry about the dangers of lighting up, right? Not so fast: if you're puffing away, so are they. The evils of secondhand smoke aren't ex ...
  • Is a Toxic Waste Dump Causing Birth Defects in Ket ...
    Anyone who's driven the long stretch of Interstate 5 between San Francisco and Los Angeles knows Kettleman City, if only in name. The tiny farmworker town is barely a blip on the radar, a place to stop for an In-and-Out burger and a fill-up. Given the surrounding environs -- large cattle feedlots, m ...
  • American Chemistry Council Lobbies to Keep BPA in ...
    Obesity? No biggie. Cancers? No sweat. Heart disease and reproductive problems? Eh, don't worry about it. Those must be the sentiments of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), which successfully nixed the proposed bisphenol-A (BPA) ban from the pending FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510). BPA, ...
  • Private Mississippi Prison Faces Lawsuit Over Trea ...
    The ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a class action lawsuit in federal court this week alleging that GEO Group, the nation's second-largest private prison operator, was subjecting young prisoners to "barbaric, unconstitutional conditions" at a Mississippi facility. The lawsuit presents a l ...
  • John McCain, One Million Gay Soldiers Fought In WW ...
    Senator McCain, you have flip-flopped on your positions against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal time and time again. In fact, you have, on record, eleven different positions on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." It's clear that your words are meaningless. But here's something for you to ponder. Many, many gay ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Rush to Approve Frankenfish May Prove Risky
    WASHINGTON - With the US government close to approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption, a study out Thursday warned that key risks to society could be missed in the rush to the market.If approved by the Food and Drug Administration, the quick-growing salmon would be the first so-ca ...
  • Rocky Road Ahead for DREAM Act
    by Marcus Stern, ProPublicaAfter failing to win comprehensive immigration reform during a period when Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress, immigration proponents are now hoping to use the lame-duck session to snag an 11th-hour consolation prize: the DREAM Act. read more
  • In First Interview Since Critical Injury at West B ...
    The U.S. peace activist Tristan Anderson has given his first interview since being critically injured when Israeli soldiers fired a high-velocity tear gas canister directly at his head in 2009. Anderson was taking part in a weekly nonviolent protest against Israel’s separation wall in the West Bank. ...
  • Angry Left to Obama: Stop Caving on Agenda
    by Sam YoungmanLiberals furious with a White House they view as constantly telegraphing compromise with Republicans are pressuring President Obama to get tougher, arguing that is the only way he will win both progressives and independents in 2012.Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Camp ...
  • Land of the Food Insecure: Record Rates of Hunger ...
    Almost 15% of US households experienced a food shortage at some point in 2009, a government report has found.US authorities say that figure is the highest they have seen since they began collecting data in the 1990s, and a slight increase over 2008 levels.Single mothers are among the hardest hit: Ab ...

Lifehacker

  • SimpleTask Manages and Syncs Your Tasks Between Yo ...
    Mac OS X/iOS: If you're looking for a speedy and polished to-do list manager, SimpleTask offers a streamlined interface, easy editing, and Mac to iOS syncing. More��
  • Store Product Model Numbers in Your Smartphone for ...
    Expendables like batteries and printer ink can be a pain to manage when you have to remember a long list of model numbers. Keep that list in your phone so you're prepared next time you're stocking up on supplies. More�� ...
  • Disable Auto-Hinting to Fix Windows Fonts in Linux ...
    If you've installed some of your favorite Windows fonts in Linux, you may notice they don't show up quite the same. If your custom-installed fonts are looking too bold in Linux, you can fix them by tweaking your font config file. More�� ...
  • Shortcut Manager Is a Powerful Custom Shortcut Bui ...
    Chrome: If you've ever been annoyed you couldn't find an extension that had the perfect shortcut for the task you wanted, Shortcut Manager is the tool for you; build custom shortcuts that access browser functions and even call JavaScript. M ...
  • You Park Like an Asshole Helps You Share Your Feel ...
    It's almost daily routine that you run into someone parking in two spots, way too far over the line, or in a spot designed for a car half the size. You Park Like an Asshole helps you fight back. More��

Water Privatization

  • Who’s afraid of SC? Not Angat winner…
    Korea Water Resources Development Corp. (K-Water), winning bidder for the privatization of the Angat hydroelectric plant, is not walking away from the deal because of a Supreme Court-issued temporary restraining order.
  • Korean state water firm still keen on Angat‏ plant
    MANILA, Nov 1 (PNA) -- Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. has reported that Korea Water Resources Corp. (K-Water), Korea's state water utility firm remains interested in acquiring the 218-megawatt (MW) Angat-hydroelectric power plant despite the pending case at the Supreme Court.
  • Sparkling or flat? Sustainability book club says, ...
    Two weeks ago, the Macalester College Sustainability Book Club met over sandwiches and tap water to discuss Elizabeth Royte's latest book, "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It." In "Bottlemania," Royte -- a veteran environmental writer who previously authored "Garbage Land" and ...
  • Dowd legislation to nix water subsidy receives mix ...
    Pittsburgh City Councilman Patrick Dowd's proposal to curtail water subsidies for southern and western neighborhoods received a mixed reaction from colleagues Tuesday, with one suggesting that Pennsylvania American Water Co. be nudged out of the city.
  • Proposal seeks to end water bill subsidy in Pittsb ...
    Several City Council members said Tuesday this might not be the time for a proposal to end decades of subsidizing the water bills of Pennsylvania American Water Co. customers in Pittsburgh's western and southern neighborhoods.

Guardian

  • Bailout talks face Irish resistance on corporate t ...
    Dublin tells EU and IMF that lowest rate in any major European economy is 'non-neogotiable'A defiant Ireland tonight insisted its corporate tax regime was an "absolute red line" as it took a hard-line stance in the opening skirmishes with Europe and Washington over a possible bailout.On the day a do ...
  • Testify over arms saga, Sarkozy urged
    L'affaire Karachi, scandal involving alleged bribes and bombing in 2002, began in 1994 when president was budget ministerNicolas Sarkozy was today urged to break his silence over the most potentially damaging corruption scandal of his career: an inquiry into whether he authorised illegal kickbacks f ...
  • Nuclear row ahead of Nato summit
    Merkel and Sarkozy set to meet on fringes of Lisbon meeting to try to hammer out deal and rescue summit from failureGermany and France are at odds over how strongly Nato should push nuclear disarmament, casting a cloud over an alliance summit tomorrow in Lisbon being billed as the most important sin ...
  • Pressure on Obama over 9/11 trials
    Republicans push to scrap 9/11 terror trials in civilian courts after Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani is cleared of all but one charge concerning east African embassy bombings in 1998Leading Republicans have demanded that Barack Obama scrap plans to try the organisers of the 9/11 attacks in civilian courts a ...
  • NHS 'is best free healthcare provider'
    Britain is the only country in the industrialised world where wealth does not determine access to healthcare, study findsThe NHS is the only health system in the industrialised world where wealth does not determine access to care � providing the most widely accessible treatments at low cost among ri ...

McClatchey

  • Debt-cutting plans share this: Taxes will go up fo ...
    WASHINGTON — Just in time to dash holiday cheer, a set of recently unveiled debt-reduction plans underscore how huge are the fiscal challenges facing the U.S. They also make clear how tough the tradeoffs must be to tame federal budget deficits and the national debt.
  • Who's arming Mexican cartels? Maybe your neighbor
    MEXICO CITY — When a former Oklahoma Narcotics Bureau agent, Frank Reyes, pleaded guilty not long ago to running guns, it opened a window on the way Mexican drug cartels fill their arsenals.
  • Mexican cartels amass better arsenals, mostly boug ...
    MEXICO CITY — As recently as a year or two ago, commandos fighting for the Mexican drug cartels often would rather flee than confront security forces.
  • House ethics committee recommends censure for Rang ...
    WASHINGTON — The House ethics committee recommended Thursday that 20-term Rep. Charles Rangel be censured by the House of Representatives for 11 counts of financial and fundraising misconduct, a punishment milder than expulsion from Congress but harsher than the reprimand many thought he'd receive.
  • Herrera back in U.S. Capitol, but this time as con ...
    WASHINGTON — Rep.-elect Jaime Herrera is no stranger to Capitol Hill, having spent three years as a senior legislative aide to another congresswoman.

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

  • All eyes on France, as tuna wars loom
    Paris and Brussels are presently seeing skirmishes over the fate of what's become the oceans' most iconic creature - the Atlantic bluefin tuna. � This week and next, the French capital hosts the annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat) - the org ...
  • Copenhagen or Babel? A climate conundrum
    It's the time of year when an environment correspondent's thoughts turn inevitably to the UN climate summit. A little less than a year after filing into the frozen wasteland of Copenhagen's Bella Center, we're looking this year to the sunnier climes of Cancun in Mexico. Already the wordplay is being ...
  • Nature protection - the new road starts here
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya: Was it an end, or a beginning? As delegates streamed away from the convention centre here in Nagoya - and stream they did, many of them having delayed flights to make sure no stone they could turn was left unturned - the talk was of a ...
  • Banking on innovation for green shoots
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya, Japan: � Maybe you thought it was all about the science of losing species and ecosystems, and the ethics of doing something about it. But as the final phase of this meeting is making clear, it's largely about money. Everyone here ag ...
  • Raiders of the lost bark
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya: The second Tuesday of this meeting was the day glamour came to town - in good and ugly guises. On the good side, I had the chance to sit down with Harrison Ford - an actor whose oeuvre looms large for anyone of my generation, from Wit ...

The Wonk Room

  • Unemployment Benefits Keeping Millions Out Of Pove ...
    Today, the House of Representatives failed to pass a extension of unemployment benefits. The bill was brought up under suspension of the House rules, which meant it needed a 2/3rds majority to pass. 11 Democrats and 143 Republicans voted against the extension. Even if the House had passed the extens ...
  • The Incoherence Of Orrin Hatch And Senate Republic ...
    Republicans are stalling on START, but in justifying their posture they are having a very hard time providing any real rationale. Part of the problem for the GOP is that the vast majority of Republican Senators don’t actually oppose the treaty. They are just trying to stall and as a result they allu ...
  • Rep.-elect Mike Kelly Accepts Crowley’s Chal ...
    Yesterday, responding to Rep.-elect Andy Harris’ (R-MD) hypocritical demand for government-sponsored benefits, Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) began circulating a letter among his Democratic colleagues calling on Harris and other members of Congress who want to repeal the new health care law to forego their ...
  • Sen. Lisa Murkowski Tells Local TV She Will Vote F ...
    Last night during an appearance on MSNBC, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) refused to say if she would vote for a National Defense Authorization Act that included a repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, but this afternoon, during an interview with KTV’s Matt Felling in Alaska, Murkowski said that she would “no ...
  • Sen. Landrieu Refuses To Budge On Frivolous Budget ...
    Our Guest Blogger is John Griffith, Research Associate with the Center For American Progress’ Doing What Works Project Sen. Mary Landrieuâs (D-LA) decision to maintain her hold on Jack Lew, President Obamaâs nominee for budget director, threatens the administrationâs ability to address the countryâs ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Short n' Sweet
    From Straight Goods dot CA: We can't all export our way to prosperity.
  • Canada's Downward Moral Trajectory
    This is going to be something of a rambling post. (What else is new, 'eh?) I've just got a lot of stuff on my mind. First of all, I'm reading Rick Hillier's biography A Soldier First. I'm only about one-third of the way through it and he's just been promoted to brigadier-general to take command of ...
  • This Week's "Economist" Cover
    The weekly news journal, Britain's Economist generally has tons of factual detail and excellent, quality writing. Oftentimes they provide information and analysis on current events that is essential for understanding the world around us. BUT, their overall world view is nonsense. They subscribe to ...
  • What Ignatieff and the Liberals are Waiting For
    Quite simply, as Alison and Dawg have been pointing out, there's a Librocon Party of Canada with a red and a blue wing. Just like there's an Oligarch's Party in the USA with a Democrat and a Repugnican wing. In the USA, the role of the Democratic Party is to make all sorts of nice noises for the vo ...
  • Three More Years! Three More Years!
    So, after over 10 years, the Afghan government still can't fight its own battles against its own people? This is an insurgency with limited support from Pakistan and (MAYBE) Iran, versus a government with billions of dollars and the backing of NATO. One wonders how the Taliban was able to stabilize ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • Wham-O takes on patent whistleblowers
    The Wham-O company, maker of the Frisbee, is arguing to a federal appeals court that a qui tam provision in patent law is unconstitutional.� Wham-O's lawyer, Andrew Dhuey, told Law.com that the patent law, 35 U.S.C. � 292, violates the Constitution's "take care" clause which says that the President ...
  • Metro employees' union reports on NTSSA protection ...
    Local 689 of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) represents employees of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA or Metro). Last month, Lindsey Williams (Advocacy Director of the National Whistleblowers Center) and I spoke to Local 689's Executive Board.� You can follow this link ...
  • Supreme Court hears argument on employer liability ...
    Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Staub v. Proctor Hospital.� I don't know why I could not find an article about it in this morning's newspaper. U.S. Army Reserve First Sergeant Vincent Staub worked as an angiography technician for the Proctor Hospital in Peoria, Illinois, fo ...
  • NWC Opposes Corporate Lobby Attempt to Weaken Whis ...
    Yesterday, the National Whistleblowers Center issued a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing recommendations by the “Corporate Lobby,” which threaten the integrity of the whistleblower provisions found in the Dodd-Frank Act. The proposals by the Corporate Lobby are not "use ...
  • NWC comments to OSHA on regs for NTSSA, FRSA, STAA ...
    Yesterday, the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) submitted comments to the Department of Labor (DOL) on three sets of regulations for whistleblower cases. DOL had issued the interim regulations on August 31, 2010. One set of regulations, 29 CFR Part 1982, covers whistleblower cases from both the ...

Science Express

  • Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
    If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant radio ...
  • Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratospheric ...
    The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the glo ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes spend ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20th c ...
  • New approach precisely tracks evolution's footprin ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for example. T ...

TechDirt

  • MPAA Boss Defends Censorships With Blatantly False ...
    A bunch of folks sent over MPAA interim CEO Bob Pisano's incredibly misleading defense of the COICA censorship bill written recently for TheHill.com. It's amazing how many misleading or outright false statements Pisano was able to fit into a single piece but it's a testament to the level to which t ...
  • Transportation Secretary Expects To Use Technology ...
    We've noted in the past that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has long been an advocate of wider bans on various technologies in cars. Just last month he said he hoped to have a complete ban on talking to any kind of device in your car, including mobile phones, telematics systems like OnStar, an ...
  • The 19 Senators Who Voted To Censor The Internet
    This is hardly a surprise but, this morning (as previously announced), the lame duck Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously voted to move forward with censoring the internet via the COICA bill -- despite a bunch of law professors explaining to them how this law is a clear violation of the First Amen ...
  • Yellow Pages Sues Seattle For New Law Letting Peop ...
    A few weeks ago, I walked out my front door to see a phone book dropped on the front step. I honestly couldn't remember the last time I'd seen one. But I picked it up and walked it straight over to the paper recycling bin, where I deposited it. That's what an awful lot of people do these days. A ...
  • Reddit's Altruism Compared To 4chan's Trollism
    There's a wonderful saying that I keep seeing get passed around lately, that: Reddit makes me like people I've never met, while Facebook makes me hate people I know in real life. While I believe the quote actually started with Twitter in place of Reddit, there's certainly an element of truth t ...

VacTruth

  • GlaxoSmithKline Influences Experts To Boost HPV Va ...
    By financing cancer research experts and support groups they can manipulate the market to benefit themselves. GSK is financially influencing experts in attempts to change current medical practices and diagnostics in the early detection of cervical cancer.
  • Colorado State University Plans to Mass Vaccinate ...
    Colorado State University is holding a vaccine clinic with the intent of vaccinating a student body, possibly over 10,000 students due to another death from meningococcal septicaemia. The irony is the student was a recipient of the vaccine and was supposed to be protected.
  • Glaxo Smith Kline Brainwashed Doctors About HPV Va ...
    In June 2008 a promotional DVD was sent to every General Practitioner (G.P.) in the UK just hours before the launch of the Cervarix vaccine in the UK. The DVD was posted with the G.P. magazine and was a clever marketing strategy aimed at busy G.P.'s to 'brainwash' them into believing that the Cervar ...
  • Letter Alerts Obama to Dangers of HPV Vaccines
    In an extraordinary move to prevent further HPV vaccine casualties, Marian Greene the Chairwomen and Co-Founder of the campaign and action group Truth about Gardasil (http://truthaboutgardasil.org/), has written an open letter to President Obama. Her letter urges the President to take time to resea ...
  • Multiple Deaths Linked to Childhood Vaccines
    New evidence suggesting that forty children have died over the past seven years following a routine childhood vaccination. A Freedom of Information (FOI) data request to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA). The FOI data revealed that childhood vaccinations are suspected ...

BroadSnark

  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Apologies for missing my Thursday post.  I’ll make it up to you. You may have heard that there was a protest in Haiti.  UN peacekeepers are being blamed for the Cholera outbreak that has killed more than 900 people.  What a clusterfuck.  And the media reporting has been hideous. Also a clusterfu ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Ansel has a report up on the aftermath of the hurricane in Haiti. I absolutely love the way these people looked at harm caused by substance abuse.  My very non-scientific personal experience backs up 100% that alcohol is the worst regarding harm to others.  Guess I need to start drinking less and do ...
  • The Power of Principle
    So I got into a little twitter spat a few weeks ago.  One of the people I follow made the following statement: Some bloggers feel it’s better to be principled than in power. Naturally, I objected. The conversation turned into one of those us v. them tropes.  Us, in the case of this twitterer, bein ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Another busy weekend.  Saw Budrus on Friday.  It was excellent.  It’s playing in theaters all over the place.  You should see it, not just if you are interested in Israel/Palestine.  It has some interesting things to ponder for anyone who wants to use direct action for radical change. Went to t ...
  • Food, Water, Air and Care
    Remember Maslow’s hiearchy of needs?  Sure you do. It is usually presented something like this. You start at the bottom with the most basic needs.  As basic needs are met, you go up the pyramid.  I’ve seen a few of these pyramids.  They usually list the same stuff for basic needs – air, water, ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

Armies of Liberation

  • The blockade of South Yemen follows tactics of Saa ...
    As Yemen’s blockade on southern Yemen enters its third week, stocks of food, medicine and oil have dwindled to dangerous levels. Prices have skyrocketed and already malnourished children bear the brunt of the military action. The blockade began 17 days ago when the Western Armored Division establish ...
  • بقلم الكاتبة الامريكية جين نوفاك : ثلاثة أسابيع من ...
    مع دخول الحصار اليمني على اليمن الجنوبي أسبوعه الثالث ، إنخفضت المخزونات من المواد الغذائية والدواء و المشتقات النفطية الى مستويات تنذر بالخطر. و ارتفعت الأسعار و أصبح الأطفال يعانون بالفعل من سوء التغذية تحت وطأة العمليات العسكرية. وبدأ الحصار قبل 17 يوما عندما قامت وحدات المنطقة الغربية المدرعة بإ ...
  • السلام مع الكرامة في اليمن: هل يمكن ايقاف دوامه ال ...
    اÙسÙام مع اÙÙرامة Ù٠اÙÙÙ…Ù: ÙÙ ÙÙ…Ù٠اÙÙا٠دÙام٠اÙØ­Ø±Ø¨Ø Ùتبت: جÙÙ ÙÙÙاÙ*- ÙصحÙÙØ© “إجسامÙÙر” ترجمة/ عبداÙÙ٠عبداÙÙÙاب ÙاجÙ- ترجمة خاصة بÙ: اÙمستشار Ùت Ù٠حرب م٠حرÙب صعدة اÙستة Ù٠اÙÙÙ…Ù ÙÙ Ùسخة Ù…Ùررة م٠ا ...
  • Peace with Dignity in Yemen, Can the Cycle of Endl ...
    Each of the six Sa’ada wars in Yemen was a photo copy of the one before, except the bombs got bigger, the children more frail and the jails more crowded. The Yemeni government systematically denied food, medicine and international aid to civilians in the northern Sa’ada province as a tactic of war s ...
  • Would Yemeni law find Anwar Awlaki guilty?
    Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abu Baker al Qirby urged Anwar Awlaki to turn himself to be tried under Yemeni law, vowing that no Yemeni citizen would be extradited to the US or any other country. The US announced last week that it had authorized Awlaki’s kill or capture, having determined he is an active ...

Dark Politricks

  • Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To Push ...
  • Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming Ala ...
    Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace follow ...
  • Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Openin ...
    Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircraft p ...
  • NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have cau ...
    John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve seen ...
  • Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal government is ...
    Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll found ...

food and water watch

  • By: Ecocentric’s Best of the Ecoblogosphere ...
    [...] Food and Water Watch: The latest info about food and agriculture policy from our favorite beltway insiders. [...]
  • By: FutureEmergency.com
    [...] elected officials across the region. He’ll be blogging from the road every day of the trip, so check back in with us to find out what’s he’s up to each [...]
  • By: Gina
    It would be encouraging to see options on what actions we can take to be of support. Would it help to have a petition list, even via email, that can be submitted to various government departments? I think most of us feel helpless to do anything against the blind power of government and big busin ...
  • By: Elissa
    I am finding it very difficult to grasp how few(no) people are on here discussing this with great concern and passion for changing it. This entire subject has taken me by storm.
  • By: Nestlé and the other reasons I support the boy ...
    [...] those jobs typically going to people from outside the community, [...]

treehugger

  • GOP Congressman Calls for Climate Action (Video)
    We've entered a political era in the United States that's distinctly hostile to climate science -- a pretty stunning number of the new Congressmen coming to the Hill next year claim that climate change isn't real, or that it isn't caused by man. Meanwhile, the scien...Read the full story on Tree ...
  • An Inside Look at LA's Community of Visionary Acti ...
    Photo credit: Astig!!/Creative Commons It's interesting to me that many people judge Los Angeles without really knowing her. She really is the City of Angels. I've lived in Los Angeles for going on a dozen years now, and at long last I can affirmatively state that I have found "my tribe." I'm r ...
  • Maine Residents Wary of Smart Meters, GE Pours $55 ...
    Photo via mpeterke There's quite a bit of news in the smart grid scene, and we've rounded up the most interesting stories. Check out the what's what, from smart appliances taking over the industry to how much money the DOE is sending to new smart grid companies. ...Read the full story on TreeHu ...
  • Oxford Atlas of the World, 17th Edition (Book Revi ...
    Photo taken by Michael Graham Richard, used with permission of Oxford University Press What a Fascinating Planet! Maybe it's my geeky side, but I've always liked encyclopedias and atlases. When I was younger, I spent hours looking for one thing but reading about 15 others things on the way the ...
  • Today on Planet 100: A New Way to See the World (V ...

Biosingularity

  • Wandering Mind May Lead to Unhappiness
    People are happiest when having sex, exercising, or talking to others — in large part because such activities require enough concentration to keep their minds from wandering, new research indicates. In general, people spend almost half their waking hours thinking about something other than what they ...
  • A new target for cancer drugs
    Suppressing cancer cells’ ability to cope with damage to their DNA could enhance dramatically the effectiveness of chemotherapy drugs such as cisplatin, according to a new pair of papers from MIT biologists. In studies of mice, the researchers found that slowing down a specific system for tolerating ...
  • Decloaking perforin, the protein assassin
    When the immune system identifies a cell that needs to be eliminated, such as a virus-infected cell or cancer cell, natural killer cells descend and puncture the offending cell, injecting toxic enzymes to spell its doom. At the centre of this immune response is a crucial protein called perforin, whi ...
  • Healthy Lifestyle May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk
    Following a healthy lifestyle, which means exercising, eating healthfully, keeping the waistline trim, limiting alcohol intake, and avoiding smoking, could reduce the risk of colorectal cancer by 23%, according to a study from Denmark. via Healthy Lifestyle May Cut Colorectal Cancer Risk.
  • First Human Liver Grown in Lab
    For the first time, human cells have been used to create a lab-grown liver. It’s a milestone on the way to creating a new source of livers for transplant, Wake Forest University (WFU) researchers say. Last June, a different research team reported growing a liver from animal cells. But if the goal is ...

CFACT

  • Big Green Bus has flat tires
    If the Big Green Bus hasn̢۪t actually stalled, it̢۪s at least got a couple of newly-flattened tires. And the suddenly-Republican U.S. Congress̢۪s opposition to energy taxes is only part of it.
  • Greenwashing America
    Every time you see some product being sold as “Green,â€Â allegedly safer or more beneficial for the environment, you can be sure that it is more expensive than a comparable product that does the same thing without making this claim.
  • Why are Republicans climate skeptics?
    Maybe because the Republicans mostly come from more rural states that haven̢۪t had any warming -- man-made or otherwise.
  • The slow death of the environmental movement
    The death of environmentalism began with the issue of global warming. It, along with its proposed solutions, have been widely rejected by the public.
  • City farming - pigs in the sky?
    Sky farming is a novel idea that won't work. Construction, lighting, and heating costs make it outrageously expensive. Traditional farming, on the other hand, has made technological advances that make it ever more competitive and efficient.

Ria Novosti Online News

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

Pruning Shears

  • Tracking the new financial WMDs
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Blogger George Washington (emph. in orig.): Remember, credit default swaps didn’t bring down the economy because they are toxic while all other financial vehicles are pure as the driven snow. CDS brought down the economy because they ...
  • This Week In Tyranny
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Second verse, same as the first:Militants armed with guns and a truck bomb demolished a police department used to detain terror suspects in Pak ...
  • A terrible precedent
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post In 2002 CIA agents - Americans - tortured prisoners and were videotaped doing so. In 2005 those videotapes were destroyed, and on Tuesday the five year statute of limitations for filing criminal charges in the matter expired. For a ...
  • This Week In Tyranny
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postAbbreviated “blogger fail” edition. For some reason the scratch file I use for accumulating links throughout the week got blanked out late Thursday. Here’s what I was able to recover from memory.Our image in the Muslim world would pr ...
  • The Lilies - Cry when you sleep (the Shoes remix)
    Last year Tahiti Boy And The Palmtree Family topped my music of the year list, so obviously I’m a big fan. Amazingly enough, they teamed up with another artist from that list, Os Mutantes, to form The Lilies. “We Are The Lilies” is available on iTunes in France; not sure if it can be bought outsid ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Update on Controversial Senate Food Safety Bill
    Lyndsey Layton reported in today's Washington Post that, "The Senate moved forward Wednesday on long-awaited legislation that would overhaul the nation's food safety system, grant new powers to the Food and Drug Administration and make farmers and processors responsible for preventing food-borne ill ...
  • A Stunning Year in Climate Science Reveals that Hu ...
    This week marks the one-year anniversary of what the anti-science crowd successfully labeled 'Climategate'. The media will be doing countless retrospectives, most of which will be wasted ink, like the Guardian's piece - focusing on climate scientists at the expense of climate science, which is prec ...
  • Wealthy Ag Lobbies Cry Poor
    Over the weekend (Nov. 7), the Des Moines Register reported that retail giant Walmart is looking to increase the sustainability of its grocery items by providing its customers with more local and organic foods. Paula Crossfield at Civil Eats has been keeping close tabs on Walmart's efforts (Oct. 22) ...
  • Airport Security: The Invisible Hand Cops A Feel
    "If you touch my junk, I'm going to have you arrested." John Tyner's line lacks the elegance of "Give me liberty, or give me death" - but it doesn't lack the weight. We've got to pick it up and run with it, now, while the momentum is ours.Click here to read this article
  • Landmark Agreement to Extend Fair Food Principles ...
    Immokalee, FL - The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) and the Florida Tomato Growers Exchange (FTGE) have reached an agreement that will extend the CIW's Fair Food principles - including a strict code of conduct, a cooperative complaint resolution system, a participatory health and safety program ...

fotoFrontera

  • Colección de imágenes HDR I (High Dinamic Range)
    He visto que con suma frecuencia, los visitantes del Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas buscan imágenes con efecto HDR o High Dinamic Range. Sin esperar tanto, he decidido lanzar nuestra serie especial para todos aquellos que como yo, amamos esta calidad de fotografías digitales.Nota: Haz click aquí o sobr ...
  • Playas paradisiacas parte XII (10 escenarios del m ...
    Si usted lo desea, puede escoger un número para ver nuestras entregas anteriores sobre la serie 'Playas Paradisiacas'. ¡Cada día, tenemos más! [II][III][IV][V][VI][VII][VIII][IX][X][XI][XII]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen s ...
  • Del crepúsculo al amanecer II (10 puestas de sol)
    Si lo desea, puede revisar nuestro archivo. [1][2] Si lo prefiere, vea fotos de: México, Estados Unidos, Canadá.Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS OPCIONES PARA USTED, (elija por fav ...
  • Paisajes naturales II (Más allá de los verdes prad ...
    Si lo desea, revise nuestro archivo. [1][2][3][4][5][6]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS OPCIONES PARA USTED, (elija por favor) 1.- Conozca el origen de estas imágenes y vea más fot ...
  • Iglesias, templos, palacios y edificios VI (11 imá ...
    Si lo desea, puede revisar nuestro archivo. [1][2][3][4][5][6]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS OPCIONES PARA USTED, (elija por favor) 1.- Conozca el origen de estas imágenes y vea ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • Too Much or Too Little: The Hazards of Mixing Anti ...
    How food animals are given medication can be very different from how you take medication.  While humans are prescribed antibiotics at specific dosages in pills or injections, food animals are often given antibiotics mixed in their feed and freely choose how much to consume.  These free-choice medica ...
  • Childhood obesity may have leveled off, but dispar ...
    A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health, looked at obesity rates in adolescents comparing income groups and gender in the years, 2001-2007. What they found was potentially alarming. This study reveals that when comparing adolescents under the poverty line (<100% of poverty) ...
  • What We’re Reading–Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook
    Author Kim O’Donnel recently released The Meat Lover’s Meatless Cookbook: Vegetarian Recipes Carnivores Will Devour, for people that love to eat meat but might also want to eat less of it. In the book’s foreword the Center’s director, Dr. Robert Lawrence, reintroduces the idea to readers that people ...
  • Meatless Monday Launches at Johns Hopkins Universi ...
    Today marked the launch of Meatless Monday on Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus.  Elaborate banners of cartoon cows, chickens and pigs that read, “Monday is my day off!” greeted students as they entered JHU Dining Service’s three main dining areas: Levering Food Court, Fresh Food Court and ...
  • No title
    On Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) released a draft report that, given their usual alignment with agricultural interests, is surprisingly straightforward in its assessment of the inadequacy of conservation practices in place on farms in t ...

Norwegianity

  • Scraped in Uptown
    Errands took me to Uptown this morning where I misjudged the width of my car by about an inch and seriously scraped the passenger side on an ice boulder that had fallen off the parking onto the street. No, I was not in a good mood after that but my ‘tude lifted considerably as I [...]
  • Linksgiving
    Some stuff that’s been piling up. employment/unemployment related: $100k income from content farms? (very atypical â my math says she’s writing 20 articles a day with maybe one day off a week which is doable, but not sustainable) viral video of disgruntled racist jerk going off on a postal carrier [ ...
  • Less as more
    I did dishes last night. Not because I wanted to, but because I really needed to free up some space on my counters and butcher block table. I’d put it off as long as I was able, but the time had come when I simply had to recycle my dishes. I know, I know. If [...]
  • What I’m not linking to, + links
    I almost posted a link to Frank Rich this morning, then I thought, geez, show a little faith. These people can find Frank Rich without your help. Just like you found Paul Krugman’s Friday column without assistance from me, right? Truth is I’m finding the newspapers to be a very boring way to start m ...
  • Snowku
    Gas in the Buick Groceries all put away another cup of tea? � � slip sliding sideways TC streets are full of them assholes in their cars � And for my restaurant client: � Four reservations made for tonight long ago will they show up?

Public News Service

  • Reports Look at Mom-and-Pop Shops in Rural AZ...an ...
    Reports Look at Mom-and-Pop Shops in Rural AZ...and Their Disappearance Phoenix, AZ – The number of small town grocery stores is declining in Arizona, as they compete with superstores in the state's larger cities and shopper attitudes change. But it's a change in the landscape that isn't healthy for ...
  • CDC’s ‘Get Smart Week’ Aims to O ...
    CDC’s ‘Get Smart Week’ Aims to Outsmart Bacteria Phoenix, AZ – Arizona has recently joined the list of states that are home to a type of antibiotic-resistant pneumonia (Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase), only existent in one state in 2001. That fact is part of this week’s “Get Smart About Antibio ...
  • AZ Gets Ready for the Great American Smokeout
    AZ Gets Ready for the Great American Smokeout Phoenix, AZ – The American Cancer Society’s 35th annual Great American Smokeout is this Thursday, November 18. There are compelling health reasons to quit smoking, and there’s plenty of help available. More than 36 million Americans still smoke daily, an ...
  • Smart Meters - They’re Smart, But Are They S ...
    Smart Meters - They’re Smart, But Are They Safe? Phoenix, AZ - The number of metro Phoenix homes equipped with Smart Meters will rise to at least two million over the next two years. But in other states, notably California, some consumers are saying that the wireless electric meters are making them ...
  • AZ Cooks Turn to Natural Turkey for Thanksgiving
    AZ Cooks Turn to Natural Turkey for Thanksgiving Phoenix, AZ - Concern over the use of antibiotics in meat has some Arizonans looking for organically grown turkeys for their Thanksgiving meal. The demand is providing a new source of "bread and butter" for the state's organic farmers. Robert Martin, ...

Center for Food Safety

  • Coalition Reveals Immense Opposition To Transgenic ...
    As Comment Period on Approval and Labeling Winds Down More than 360,000 Send Comments to FDA Demanding Action on GE Fish A coalition of consumer, environmental and animal welfare groups, along with commercial and recreational fisheries associations and food retailers, grocers and chefs held a joint ...
  • Help CFS Fight GE Salmon
    Check out our new video on GE salmon and support our work! Filed under: GE Animals, GE Food, Take Action
  • Newly Disclosed Government Documents Conclude GE S ...
    EXPERT FISHERIES AGENCIES PROHIBIT GROWING ENGINEERED SALMON IN OPEN-WATER NET PENS UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FDA Declined to Disclose Evidence During September Hearings on Aquabounty Salmon Adding a new twist to the controversy over genetically engineered (GE) salmon, the Center for Food Saf ...
  • Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Ban On rBGH-Free L ...
    Relying on evidence of compositional differences between milk from cows treated with rbST/rbGH and milk from untreated cows, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down an Ohio state ban on labels pertaining to the use of artificial hormones in dairy products (IDFA et al v. Boggs, U.S. Cour ...
  • Center for Food Safety Testifies at Congressional ...
    Congress Sharply Critical of USDA’s Biotech Crop Oversight Failures, Calls for New Regulations  Live webcast: “Are ‘Superweeds’ an Outgrowth of USDA Biotech Policy? (Part II),” at: http://domesticpolicy.oversight.house.gov, 2pm EDT. Today the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Oversight and G ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • Land of the Food Insecure: Record Rates of Hunger ...
    Published on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by BBC News Republished by Common Dreams on November 18, 2010 Almost 15% of US households experienced a food shortage at some point in 2009, a government report has found. Drew Everhart, a homeless man, sits at the Urban Ministry soup kitchen in Charlot ...
  • On a mission to expose abuses in West Papua
    On a mission to expose abuses in West Papua  [freemalaysiatoday.com] By Teoh El Sen FMT INTERVIEW PETALING JAYA: Hunted by the military, human rights activist and documentary filmmaker Wensi Fatubun left his home in West Papua, Indonesia, and continued his fight abroad. "I received an SMS threate ...
  • Resisting Gender Violence and the Prison Industria ...
    Resisting Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex --An interview with Vikki Law : Indybay By Angola 3 News Victoria Law is a longtime prison activist and the author of the 2009 book, Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women (PM Press). Law’s essay “Sick of the Abuse: Fe ...
  • UK Police not wearing ID so they can abuse the law ...
    YouTube - UK Police not wearing ID so they can abuse the law and not be identified: Police in uniform by law have to have an ID number and the public have the right to be able to identify any uniformed police officer and so badges should be worn at all times. Two female protesters who challenged po ...
  • Does TSA Think Tampons Are A Security Risk? - Femi ...
    Does TSA Think Tampons Are A Security Risk? - Feminist Peace Network: "It never ceases to amaze me exactly what it takes to make the American people rise up. Turns out that after all of these years of hyper airport security mania not phasing us, it’s the thought of having to choose between being se ...

Pensieve

  • Freedom
    Photo by Glen’s Pics These are lyrics that came to me this morning as I was struggling through the paradox of being a “slave to righteousness” versus a slave to sin. Being “slaves” of God is not true slavery, because when we submit to him, he sets us free to do much more than we [...] Related post ...
  • Ortega and Ham Endangering Central America
    Photo by brian.ch The actions of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, and Honduran minister of Agriculture César Ham are endangering the stability of the region. One is creating a war out of thin air to hide his blatant power grab. The other is taking advantage of Honduran President Lobo’s trip to Ta ...
  • Forbid Campaign Contributions!
    Photo by wstera2 I read an article by Noam Chomsky this morning, in which he reflects on the aftermath of the US election. In it are several interesting points, well though out and illuminating; others were less so. Firstly he apparently sees himself as an anti-capitalist, not a Democrat. I suspect ...
  • Flying Dancers of Papantla
    This week, Monterrey is celebrating Mexico’s 200 years of independence from Spain, and 100 years since the Mexican revolution. The city’s largest park, built in the grounds of the steel factory that was once her strongest company, is hosting a fair. I shot this video while I was there last Sunday. A ...
  • Terror Averted Before Key Election…Coincidence?
    Photo by Gord McKenna Since Obama’s inauguration, left-leaning intellectuals have been frustrated in his reluctance or inability to implement the more radical elements of their agenda. At fist they saw him as a savior to the left. Now they are mourning the “Death of the Liberal Class”, as they stand ...

Green Times

  • Environmental News 19/11/2010
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Environmental News 18/11/2010
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Share a Van
    Are you planning a road trip? Share a car (glossary/categories/lifestyle/car-sharing.html) or a van! That will help the environment and it will for sure create amazing memories! If you use a car to go to work, try carpooling. It can reduce the costs of fuel, tolls and car rental. Photo by: Ilse S ...
  • Environmental News 17/11/2010
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Eco Accomodation in the Rainforest
    Eco tourism, also known as ecological (glossary/categories/lifestyle/eco-tourism.html)tourism (glossary/categories/lifestyle/eco-tourism.html), is becomig more popular as more people understand the need to look after the environment (climate-change/environmental-preservation.html). Stay in an eco ...

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • US-led soldier killed in northern Afghanistan
    ShareThisUS-led soldier killed in northern Afghanistan 18 Nov 2010 A US-led soldier has been shot dead while on patrol in northern Afghanistan, according to the British Ministry of Defense. The British soldier from 1st Battalion Irish Guards died after being ambushed in the Nahr-e Saraj area in Afgh ...
  • Blast kills one in N Afghanistan
    ShareThisBlast kills one in N Afghanistan 18 Nov 2010 A bomb blast has killed one person and injured another one in Afghanistan's northern province of Kunduz, an official says. The blast occurred in a market place on Wednesday, Xinhua quoted provincial deputy police chief, Abdul Rahman Haqtash, as s ...
  • US drone crashes in southern Afghanistan
    ShareThisUS drone crashes in southern Afghanistan�[What a shame!] 18 Nov 2010 An unmanned aerial vehicles operated by the US-led NATO forces has crashed in volatile southern Afghanistan without causing any casualties. The aircraft went down late on Wednesday in the Kharwar district of Logar Province ...
  • TSA to investigate body scan resister
    ShareThisTSA to investigate body scan resister 15 Nov 2010 The Transportation Security Administration has opened an investigation targeting John Tyner, the Oceanside man who left Lindbergh Field under duress on Saturday morning after refusing to undertake a full body scan. Tyner recorded the half-ho ...
  • Israel demands written US guarantees before freeze
    ShareThisIsrael demands written US guarantees before freeze --Official says Netanyahu will not present Cabinet with�US proposal for renewal of settlement construction moratorium until he receives written security guarantees. 16 Nov 2010 Israel has demanded the United States provide written security ...

Daily Loaf

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • What “looks and acts like a banana republic? ...
    By Rela Mazali Two recently published items present what I see as telling, if limited and even evasive, probes into the extent and depth of Israel’s militarization, each revealing a different manifestation of it. The first (truncated in the English version which omitted the passages of personal test ...
  • Another Settler Arson of Salem’s Olive Trees
    Uri Pinkerfeld, Villages Group coordinator for Salem and Deir El Hattab, reports: On Sunday November 14 2010, around 12 noon, smoke was seen rising from the olive orchards on the slopes of Jabal Kabeer above Salem. Several farmers went to locate the fire’s location, north of the settler bypass road, ...
  • Welcome to the Zoo
    By Audrey Farber, crossposted at Mondoweiss.net My neighborhood doesn’t have street signs. And when it does, they don’t refer to names of streets anyone is familiar with. House numbers, too, are scarce. I didn’t know my own street address until yesterday â four and a half months after my arrival. My ...
  • What Is, and Isn’t the Boycott, Divestment, ...
    By Emily Schaeffer The call for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) against Israel is gaining momentum. At the same time, it is widely misinterpreted, unfortunately by skeptics, opponents and proponents alike. The basic premise behind BDS movements, wherever they have taken place, is that they a ...
  • Meir Kahane (of unblessed memory) Comic Strip Hero
    By Jesse Bacon Ma’an News reported last week on a comic book honoring Meir Kahane, the slain Jewish fascist leader whose politics were even too much for the Israeli Supreme Court. His party remains banned. Reading the comic strip, a few things become clear. First of all, the artistic quality is incr ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Clinton advisers declare war on Obama
    James Carville was beyond blunt today, saying “If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, heâd have two.” James Carville and Stan Greenberg on the failed Obama economic message. “During the campaign… their message of ‘what we are doing is working,’ people would get mad, okay,” said Ca ...
  • Ron Paul introduces anti-TSA bill
    Ron Paul has introduced a bill saying the government can not do to use what would be illegal for us to do. In the speech, he says Americans have been submissive to the government for too long, the members of Congress should undergo the same screenings, and that we need to stand up and fight [...]
  • The ‘limping left’ may need a sip of tea
    Lawrence Lessig, founder of Change Congress and activist for clean government says the anti-corruption goals of the Tea Party are admirable and that the left should work towards the same goals. Traditional liberals will no doubt be driven batty by a prominent progressive activist like Lessig saying ...
  • Solar power from asphalt
    photo © 2010 Peter Hellberg | more info (via: Wylio) Asphalt retains heat well. Researchers want to harness the energy. Here’s how they plan to do it. Embed photovoltaic cells in the pavement and use it to power street lights. Put water-filled pipes in the asphalt, which would be warmed by the sun, ...
  • Low cost algae biofuel in 18 months, hopes Sapphir ...
    Rather than growing algae in expensive, enclosed reactors, they plan to test growing algae outdoors in ponds. Algae, in theory, has the potential of producing 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of fuel per acre, higher than most other forms of biomass by a wide margin. Algae can also grow in brackish water on ...

Coteret

  • Danny Ayalon to Norway: Why can’t you keep your ar ...
    The Israeli government reaction to the homegrown cultural boycott of the West Bank settlement of Ariel was forceful and blunt: Threaten funding, establish a “Zionist Art Prize” and de-legitimize whoever takes part as fifth-columnists. This should not have been a surprise, coming from a government th ...
  • Lieberman says Israel’s borders “imperialist” and ...
    “Anti-Zionism” can be found in surprising places. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was up in the Golan Heights on Thursday. The settlement of Katzrin awarded him “honorary citizenship of the city.” The Israeli media provided superficial reporting of Lieberman’s acceptance speech, with only gene ...
  • Maariv: Geert Wilders to express support for &#822 ...
    There’s more to this. Israeli adulation for the Dutch ultra-nationalist is not limited to the National Union: Manfred Gerstenfeld, Chairman of the Board of Fellows at Dore Gold’s neoconservative power-house — The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs — has been a leading cheerleader. Dutch reinforceme ...
  • Yediot: NIS 9 million for settlement “touris ...
    The fact that these grants will fund highly politicized and inflammatory projects is best exemplified by the NIS 2 million slated for the “City of David” project in Silwan. This East Jerusalem settlement in the guise of an “archeological park” is at the cutting edge of efforts to insert Israelis i ...
  • Yediot: Despite Berlusconi’s promises, Italy ...
    Paper sanctions Menahem Ganz, Yediot, September 14 2010 [page 19, Hebrew original here and at bottom of post] Rome — Half a year after returning from a visit to Israel, in the course of which Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to act to reduce the volume of trade between Italy and Ira ...

Deadline Live

  • China may seek to ‘control the internet&#821 ...
    A state-run telecoms firm is accused of diverting traffic including data from US military and government websites, and some in Britain, via Chinese servers. Experts fear that the authorities could have carried out “severe malicious activities” as a result of the 18-minute operation, even harvesting ...
  • Bernanke Takes Stimulus Defense Abroad, Turns Tabl ...
    Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke took his defense of the U.S. central bank’s monetary stimulus abroad, saying it will aid the world economy, and implicitly criticized China for keeping its currency weak. The best way to underpin the dollar and support the global recovery “is through policies ...
  • Ron Paul “Dept Of Homeland Security Is Out O ...
  • Deadline Live – November 18 2010
    News and commentary on this 18th day of November 2010 from ‘Our Narrator and Radio Gun’, Jack Blood. Welcoming back to Deadline we have Popeye from Federal Jack.
  • Drug Cartels to South Texas Police Officers: Stay ...
    valleycentral.com Rio Grande Valley law enforcement officials told Action 4 News that they have received threats from drug cartels saying, ‘They will be sorry.’ Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzalez said his office received that very threat. He said, despite the call, his department will continu ...

The Air Vent

  • Climategate, a year of comedy.
    It has been almost a year now since the UEA emails known as climategate were revealed.  What has followed has been a year of hilarity as one scandal after another followed.  Just think about how funny it was when Pachuri (head of the IPCC) published his sex book, Mann publishing one self exonerating ...
  • Blackboard on Eq 34
    The M10 hurricane paper discussion is continuing now at the blackboard.  I haven’t mentioned it much but I do consider it one of the best examples of blog based science on the internet.  As usual, I’m way way too busy to have fun, but the discussion has lapsed into the derrivation of eq 34 which [ ...
  • Hide the Incline!
    A missile was launched off our coast today, in case you are new here, I’m an aeronautical engineer.  I’ve watched rockets and planes my whole life.  Today a mysterious missile was launched off the California coast which was very disconcerting.    The pentagon is calling it everything except wha ...
  • Rain on the blackboard
    Lucia has an interesting post on condensation at the blackboard.  Now that I’m understanding Anastassia’s claims better, I’m not sure this relates at all to her work but that doesn’t stop it from being interesting. Link here if you’re interested.
  • He’s a Denier
    Coming up on a year since Climategate and Minnesotans for Global Warming has a new song commemorating the event. The denier mantra doesn’t bother me as much as some, it doesn’t describe skeptics anyway. H/T Brian H.

Focal Point

  • TSA: Pose Nude, or We'll Touch Your Junk
    As you've probably heard, the TSA introduced a new extra-invasive body search protocol on Oct. 29, just in time for the rollout of whole body scanners at 65 airports. The old school pat-down was nothing if not thorough. Why is the TSA suddenly getting even more invasive? My theory is that the ...R ...
  • Health Care Reform: The War of Attrition Begins
    Tomorrow is Remembrance Day, a occasion originally conceived for somber reflection on bitter and pointless trench warfare. It is fitting that the Republicans chose this week to announce their plans to harry health care reform to death. The GOP campaigned on grandiose promises of repealing the ...R ...
  • Uncle Sam Wants YOU to Eat More Cheese
    Guess what? Eating cheese isn't just a mindblowing sensual pleasure, it's also a patriotic duty. God bless America! The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending millions of tax dollars to help companies like Domino's Pizza infuse their products with ever-increasing amounts of cheese, according to ...
  • Chris Hayes Will Not Sub for Keith Olbermann After ...
    Nation editor Chris Hayes was will not be subbing for Keith Olbermann after all. I posted earlier that he was disinvited but, that was incorrect. Hayes tweeted: "OK: I'm not filling in on Countdown tonight because I didn't feel comfortable doing it given the circumstances."� MSNBC announced that Ha ...
  • Keith Olbermann Suspended for Political Contributi ...
    MSNBC host Keith Olbermann has been suspended indefinitely without pay after Politico reported that he made campaign contributions to progressive Democrats: Olbermann made campaign contributions to two Arizona members of Congress and failed Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway ahead of Tuesday ...

Inside Facebook

  • MySpace’s “Mashup with Facebook” Ports Likes to Po ...
    Today, Myspace announced ”Mashup with Facebook” allowing users to port their Facebook Likes to Myspace to âcreate a personalized stream of entertainment content.” By offering new users signing up through Facebook Connect a way to populate their stream, users are more likely to stay engaged until th ...
  • Facebook Credits Gift Cards Now Sold in UK Tesco a ...
    Facebook Credits gift cards are now on sale at grocery store chain Tesco and videogame retailer Game in the UK. The cards can be purchased with any payment option the physical stores accept, making them accessible to teens without credit cards. The cards can be redeemed by scratching off the back an ...
  • Facebook Tests “Pay Later” Option For Buying Virtu ...
    Facebook is testing a “Pay Later” option for purchasing goods within social games. Users who have never purchased Credits before can spend Credits they haven’t paid for and repay the balance later. Users can only repay a balance with a credit card or PayPal, not offers, gift cards, or mobile payment ...
  • Facebook’s Efforts in Japan, South Korea and Russi ...
    For most of its history, Facebook has tried to build a single product that works for everyone in the world. The only localization it offered was the text on the site, and even that was a one-size-fits-all product — its Translation tool allowed it to quickly launch in new languages using feedback fro ...
  • More Speakers Set for Inside Social Apps InFocus 2 ...
    January 25th | San Francisco As we announced recently, Inside Social Apps InFocus 2011, our second conference on the future of monetization on social platforms, is happening January 25th in San Francisco. We’re excited to see all of the developers and entrepreneurs that are planning to attend! Today ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Exposed: 200 Israeli army offices suspected of war ...
    Redress Information & Analysis publishes the names, photographs and other details of 200 Israeli military commanders of various ranks suspected of war crimes during Operation Cast Lead against the people of Gaza, which resulted in the murder of more than 1,400 people, primarily civilians, including ...
  • UK Nick Clegg’s initiation as Israeli stooge
    Stuart Littlewood charts the slide of British Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democratic Party leader Nick Clegg from champion of justice to shameless stooge of a foreign power, the apartheid state of Israel.
  • Obama's bribe: Palestinians will be the losers – a ...
    Jonathan Cook argues that the most likely outcome of Barack Obama’s reckless bribe of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is a re-run of the Camp David “peace talks” in 2000, when Israeli intransigence stalled the negotiations, but the Palestinians were blamed by the US and Israel for their co ...
  • Sheriff Obama strikes a one-sided deal with gang l ...
    Neve Gordon views US President Barack Obama’s reckless offer to arms Israel to the teeth, protect it from pressure at the United Nations and fend off attempts to expose its nuclear weapons programme in return for a temporary freeze on construction on stolen Palestinian land.
  • Ehud Barak's criminal legacy regarding Israeli att ...
    Uri Avnery views the criminal legacy of Israeli Defence Minister and war crimes suspect Ehud Barak in hardening Israeli opinion against peace with the Palestinian people.

Amazon Rainforest

  • Second rancher sentenced for contract kill of Doro ...
    A second rancher has been sentenced for his role in the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun who was gunned down in 2005 for her efforts on behalf of poor farmers in the Amazon Rainforest. Regivaldo Galvao was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a jury in the city of Pará. Last month [...]
  • Yasuni National Park- SAVED!
    President Raphael Correa now has approved an agreement to leave Ecuador’s largest oil reserves, amounting to some 900 million barrels, underground in Yasuni National Park in exchange for more than $3 billion. Under the unprecedented agreement, known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, the government of Ec ...
  • Amazon watchgroups SILENT over new Chevron oil spi ...
    In the space of a week, a Chevron technical team has discovered two fresh oil spills in Ecuador’s oil-producing Amazon region. One covers three hectares (7.4 acres) near state-owned oil company Petroecuador’s Guanta production station in the heart of Cofan indigenous country. The other impacts half ...
  • Amazon River dolphin new stunning photos!
    The Amazon River dolphin (Bufeo, Bufeo Colorado, Boto, Boto Cor de Rosa, Boutu, Nay, Tonina) or Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), is a freshwater River dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. These we ...
  • Belo Monte dam auction proceeds despite protests!
    Bidding for electricity generated by Brazil’s planned Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon rainforest has been marked by protests and legal confusion. A court injunction issued late Monday suspended the dam auction overnight, throwing the bidding process into a state of chaos. Just moments before the aucti ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Our National Symptoms-Chasing Yoyo Syndrome
    …And Corrupt System of No-Checks & Many-Imbalances I go on line and check out the major newspaper headlines, and to my delight there is a TSA related headline or two in every one. In the last few days two in every three e-mails I’ve received (and I receive hundreds a day) carry TSA related heads up ...
  • Boiling Frogs Beltway Buzz: Obama’s New Healthcare ...
    Taking Medical Tourism One Step Further The Obama administration is getting ready to unveil a new innovative healthcare initiative geared to bridge TSA, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Tourism Industry to provide airline travelers with several major physical examinations at No C ...
  • Little Steps Towards the Big Leap?
    Time To Test our Might & Will The movement against TSA’s systematic degradation of our nation seems to be gaining a bit of momentum; long overdue. A few lawmakers are making some noise. Let’s hope it is not for show only. Pilots and related organizations have been making a little headway. And we ha ...
  • Jamiol Presents
  • The Not So Gradual Degradation Of A Nation
    Paying To Be Raped Every single day millions of us are being subjected to the shameful processes of being searched, screened and viewed naked, patted, groped, fondled, poked and stroked by badge-wearing strangers- police under a different name. Every single day. Millions of us, Americans. Being viol ...

Afro Spear

  • “Kanye West Apologizes for Calling Bush a Ra ...
    Op-ed submission by Project 21  It may be too little and too late, but Kanye West is finally apologizing for calling George W. Bush a racist. Nonetheless, his realization could be a lesson for us all. After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, celebrities offered their support to the affect ...
  • “Kanye should never have apologized to Bush& ...
    Article in Race-Talk by Dr. Boyce Watkins  One of the proudest moments in my life as a political observer was when Kanye West did something that almost no other artist or entertainer would be astute or courageous enough to do. In 2005, as people were dying in the streets of New Orleans, West used th ...
  • Black Women in Europe™: Power List 2010 – Ca ...
    Inspired by Forbes’ Most Powerful Women 2010 List on which Michelle Obama is named the most powerful woman, I decided to compile the Black Women in Europeâ¢: Power List 2010. The Black Women in Europe⢠Social Network members have submitted nominees and I invite you to do the same. You can suggest a ...
  • Sonnet For A Writer
    Far rather would I search my chaff for grain And cease at last with hunger in my soul, Than suck the polished wheat another brain Refurbished till it shone, by art’s control. To stray across my own mind’s half-hewn stone And chisel in the dark, in hopes to cast A fragment of our common self, [...]
  • Walking in the Spirit of Richard Wright in Paris
    Let’s Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Richard Wrightâs Death. November 28, 2010 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Richard Wright. It would be wonderful if all of us could gather around his gravesite in Paris but that may be impossible for most of us. Letâs each of us mark this occasio ...

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a nation ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep his po ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative candidat ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop denying ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterdayâs Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that âLiberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.â The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parentsâ finances as well. Griffi ...

Sen4Earth

  • No to Monsanto and GMO: Action Central
    "SEN is greatly concerned that Monsanto and GMO give rise to a threat that if unchecked could eventually prove as catastrophic to mankind and the sustainability of all life on earth as global warming. We must scream bloody murder, and do so with facts." -- Gregory Hilbert, Co-Founder Sustainability ...
  • Bill Gates On Climate Change & Energy: We Must and ...
    Whether you know a little or a lot about Climate Change (aka Global Warming), SEN urges you to watch this one-hour video, because you will learn a great deal either way. Gates lays out a sweeping set of ideas for reducing CO2 emmissions to zero. Gates is no fool when it comes to matters of [...]
  • Week 2 – Worldwide Campaign to Save the Gran ...
    The Grand Canyon is one of the world's most pristine and majestic treasures. Mother Nature needs our help to save it. We all need to act to protect the Grand Canyon. Pledge to do your part. Help us by adding your signature to the petitions and ask everyone you know and who cares for earth to do the ...
  • Seize BP Demonstrations Nationwide
    SEN believes these demonstrations will help awaken politicians to outrage over inadequate regulation and control of international corporations, even if they do not succeed in gaining temporary seizure of BP on the basis of national emergency and evidence of criminal neglect and fraud by BP.
  • Petition for Global Warming Facts on Fox
    SEN's Co-Founder Gregory Hilbert told Huffington bloggers Mary Ellen Harte PhD and John Harte PhD of cooltheearth, "The Discovery Palin Alaska petition-condemnation-boycott campaigns by Defenders of Wildlife, Credo, Change.org, Center for Biodiversity, Care2 Petitioners, Facebook groups and SEN have ...

If Americans Knew

  • As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed at ...
    Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage at h ...
  • An Open Letter to the Southern Poverty Law Clinic: ...
    I am disturbed by an article that the Center published in the fall 2007 issue of "Intelligence Report"--the Center's magazine. The item "Navy Extremist Disciplined--But Not for Extremism" is on page 11. The article focuses on Navy officer John Sharpe Jr.
  • NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again on Ga ...
    NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner whic ...
  • The invisible government: Propaganda Disguised as ...
    John Pilger: In a speech in Chicago, John Pilger describes how propaganda has become such a potent force in our lives and, in the words of one of its founders, represents 'an invisible government'.
  • A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and love ...
    We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope, a cry full of prayer and faith in a God ever vigilant, in God's divine providence ...

David J. Gregory

  • Conservative Conundrum
    Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because s ...
  • HURRAY FOR SHORT MEMORIES!
  • Never Forget: Bad Wars Aren’t Possible Unles ...
    This is a very good article from Michael Moore, what he delineates are the reasons we are still in such a mess as a Nation and a people. These reasons are blatant and should never be allowed to happen again. Even though Obama seems to be tied to the Bush Doctrine of appeasing the military-industrial ...
  • Truth for Tea Baggers!
    War Machine, all the money for killing, nothing for helping to save lives, war is much more profitable, especially when you supply both sides! Sheeple time to wake up….
  • Rand Paul the road to disaster
    Do you remember Rand Paul? He’s the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky that went on Rachel Maddow to oppose provisions in the Civil Rights Actafter his surprise victory in the primary. He’s taken max-out checks from Citizens United – the group whose lawsuit led to the new avalanche of corpo ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • Operation Christmas Child: Christian Fundamentalis ...
    Somewhere in the minds of millions of children there exists a place where Christmas is every day, and gifts appear beneath the eternal tree and at the foot of the magical fireplace whenever their back is turned. In the hearts of millions of children the joy of giving is equally precious as the joy o ...
  • McDonald’s and PepsiCo to Help Write UK Heal ...
    This article from The Guardian will come as no surprise to anyone who watches how much food companies and supermarkets are allowed to influence public education in the UK. What might come as a surprise is how blatant the level of influence is – in the words of the UK government: “A âResponsibility D ...
  • BT Adastral Plan Wipes Out “Green” Pro ...
    Adastral Park is part of BT’s (formerly British Telecom) Martlesham Heath technology complex, a combination of defence research laboratory and industrial park, situated close to the busy Suffolk town of Ipswich, and adjacent to a large area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. You can find Adastral Park b ...
  • Monthly Undermining Task, November 2010: The Onlin ...
    Where do you go for information? I guess, because you are reading this as a web page, then your primary resource for information that you need in a hurry (and aren’t we all in a hurry nowadays?) is the Internet. As far as corporations go, online presence has now eclipsed printed and television media ...
  • George Monbiot on the Fake Biodiversity Agreement
    There is something stirring, and I don’t think it’s just in the air – I think George Monbiot is turning his back on industrial civilization, and about time too. We could do with someone like him in the ranks of the “heretic unbelievers”. Here is his take on the Agreement That Never Was: Everyone agr ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-Baiter
    Early this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…”  Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the constructi ...
  • Wealthy Far More Likely To Default On Mortgages
    crossposted at Political Correction For much of the past two years, Congressional Republicans have wasted few opportunities to blame poor and working class Americans for the financial meltdown and the subsequent recession. They’ve argued that through well-intentioned government initiatives, includ ...
  • GOP House Candidate: Mosque Near Ground Zero Is A ...
    Conservative activists and the Muslim-baiters among them are furious about a proposed Islamic community center to be built near Ground Zero.  The debate has become entirely unhinged and some of the more hateful folks are using the controversy as a rallying cry to oppose the construction of all futur ...
  • Ex-Muslim Ergun Caner Is A Fraud
    Ergun Caner is one of the most prominent figures in the evangelical movement. He is also one of the most deceptive. A self-professed Muslim convert to Christianity, Caner plays an important, and arguably dangerous, role in the community. After the 9/11 attacks, when many Americans were searching for ...
  • Aliou Kumbaya
    My brother Aliou Niasse has saved the day.  He was the first to spot smoke coming out of the Nissan Pathfinder that Faisal Shahzad intended to detonate in crowded Times Square. Thankfully, the incompetence of Shahzab and the alertness of Niasse and two other gentlemen, both of whom are Vietnam War v ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Building a successful technology venture for the b ...
    This is a long overdue update from our end! We were awarded a grant in the 2008 News Challenge for developing low-cost technologies for community radio stations in India. We have come a long way since then. Our systems are now in use in 9 stations in India, and growing steadily. But we have also rea ...
  • Remix Radio Re-Imagines Public Radio as Interactiv ...
    While we continue to delve into code-level collaboration with Spot.Us to get our Story Exchange crowdfunding project launched later this year, I'll take the opportunity in my next couple posts to give updates on other emerging PRX services that are helping reshape public radio, and that ultimately w ...
  • Overcoming the Challenges of Using Ushahidi in Low ...
    With the increased adoption of Ushahidi around the world, we are finding that one problem (which we anticipated in the very beginning of the initiative) is that of low bandwidth regions. In the early days of testing the platform in Kenya, we found that the map would take ages to load, and so the dev ...
  • A Six-Step Process for Managing Web Projects
    After years of intensive work in the IT industry, I've put together a practical guide to project development that my company uses for 99 percent of our projects. So far we've done amazingly well with this approach. Once you know it, it feels so simple and natural that you don't even know you know it ...
  • A Six-Step Process for Managing and Developing Web ...
    After years of intensive work in the IT industry, I've put together a practical guide to project development that my company uses for 99 percent of our projects. So far we've done amazingly well with this approach. Once you know it, it feels so simple and natural that you don't even know you know it ...

Cutting Edge News

  • ADL Denounces Torching of Coptic Christian Homes i ...
    The torching of at least 10 houses belonging to Coptic Christians in southern Egypt, following rumors that a Christian resident had an affair with a Muslim girl, is outrageous and shocking.�We have called on the Egyptian government to vigorously prosecute the perpetrators. These arsons are only the ...
  • Farhud Book Episode is Shattering
    I am not sure if I should be thankful or sorry that you published the excerpt from Edwin Black�s new book, The Farhud (see When Arabs Massacred Jews Because they Sat While Praying, November 15, 2010, Page One).�Suffice it to say, I found that episode of about the 1929 massacre at Hebron, and the his ...
  • Santis Hit the Nail on the Head in Defending Acade ...
    Mr. Santis hit the nail on the head with his article about suppressing religious freedom in the name of boycotting Israel (see Foreign Entities Endanger Academic Freedom in the US, Slices November 15, 2010). I am sure there is always an excuse for suppressing the freedom of women, another religious ...
  • Santis Shows Civilized World is Threatened by Boyc ...
    The recent comment by Yitzhak Santis (see Foreign Entities Endanger Academic Freedom in the US, Slices November 15, 2010) about academic freedom, the boycott movement against Israel and the false appeal by the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) should be a reminder of how th ...
  • The Metal’s Edge - The Rare Earth Dilemma: China’s ...
    Last week, the Cutting Edge News published the first article of a three-part series about rare earth elements, which focused on their role in energy security. This is the second of three articles, focusing on some of the environmental implications of rare earth elements.The topic of rare earth eleme ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Straight Talk With James Howard Kunstler: The Wor ...
    By Chris Martenson I take issue with the Tom Friedman notion that the world has become permanently flat. The world is going to get rounder and bigger again. Ahead now, I think youll see the big nations shrink back into their own corners of the world. Im not saying well see no international trade, b ...
  • Fidel Castros Message To The Students
    By Fidel Castro Its only fair to struggle for that and that is why we must use all our energy, all our effort and all our time to be able to say with the voice of millions, or hundreds of thousands of millions of people: It is worthwhile to have been born! It is worthwhile to have lived!
  • Enough Is Enough
    By CASSE Enough is Enough is the single most complete collection of policy initiatives, tools, and reforms for an economy that makes enough its goal instead of more. The report is generated from the inspirational ideas of the Steady State Economy Conference
  • TSA Promises $10,000 Fine For Refusing Sexual Assa ...
    By Rady AnandaAt the San Diego International Airport on Saturday, about one-fifth of the travelers were selected for sexual assault by transportation security agents. Though TSAs website did not list SAN as one of the airports employing the carcinogenic naked scan or a full body rub down, one man ...
  • TSA Targets Woman For Naked Scan; Fondles Childre ...
    By Rady AnandaAre these transportation security authorities looking for terrorists or a hard on? Why would 19 agents and police officers need to handle -- and watch -- a 20-something woman who happens to be smoking hot get her breasts squeezed and twisted ? Children are fondled, too. Three-year-ol ...

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Dangerous Activity Thwarted in Afghanistan!
  • Tenth Year of War, March to Stop Deployment of Tra ...
    Thursday marked the beginning of the 10th year of war in Afghanistan. There is much to protest about U.S. action there–some performed a die-in to highlight the use of drones (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/200657/us-drone-kills-7-militants-in-nw-pakistan)–and a group of veterans of The Global ...
  • WAR IS OVER… If You Claim It?
    In the midst of pleasant nods about “the end of the Iraq War,” Mr. Stephen Colbert celebrates in style… (Click The Word-What if they threw a peace and nobody came) The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – What If You Threw a Peace and Nobody Came? www.colbertnation.com Colbert Repo ...
  • Vigiling in Afghanistan
    More amazing work from Our Journey to Smile
  • 92219 Pieces of my Broken Afghan Heart
    The following letter was sent to me from the young people in Afghanistan who tried to come to the U.S. this summer for our speaking tour. The U.S. embassy flatly denied them, but their voices continue to cry out. The official narrative of the Afghan War is that it has greatly served the people of A ...

Yid With Lid

  • Is Soros About to Throw Obama Under The Bus?
    There is no loyalty in George Soros, to the progressive puppet-master political donations are just one more investment toward his ultimate goal of one worldwide progressive government.� Even though Barack Obama has accelerated this country toward Soros' progressive objective faster than any Presiden ...
  • Iran's Regime Is Officially Running a Pro-Nazi Sit ...
    By Barry Rubin Is Iran�s government sponsoring an Internet site that extols the German Nazis, their history and achievements, including the antisemitism that the current Iranian regime also supports? The facts seems to show this to be true though the possibility of a hoax does exist. ...
  • These Are The Reasons Why Israel's Airline Securit ...
    Fighting against terrorism, an evil which rejects all the basic moral and legal norms of civilized society, is inherently difficult for liberal democracies such as the United States. It forces the democracy to find the right balance between the protection of civil liberties on one hand with the ...
  • Members Of Congress Personal Income WAY UP-Rest of ...
    One of the great things about America is people are free to make as much money as they can, as long as its made honestly.� Sometimes though, there is a trend in income growth that makes one wonder if there is anything funky going on. The US is still in the midst of a two-year long economic down ...
  • US to Palestinian Authority "Thank You For Taking ...
    By Barry Rubin The U.S. government is rushing an additional $150 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) so that it can have a balanced budget. Funny, the United States doesn't have a balanced budget and the same government doesn't think that's a problem. Moreover, the PA doesn't really ...

The Real Agenda

  • El Estado es la Más Grande Amenaza
    En las últimas décadas, ha sido muy confuso para muchos cuales son los asuntos en los cuales el gobierno de tener injerencia y cuales no; así como cuales son las libertades que tenemos como individuos. Esta confusión entre los ciudadanos ha desencadenado la más grande toma de poder, quizás de la his ...
  • Chertoff Made a Kill, people left with the Bill
    Airport Body Scanners is another way of ending freedom and getting taxpayers stuck with the cost. Congressman John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-Tenn.) blasted the Transportation Security Administration Wednesday during a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives for invasive “pat-downs” of U.S. citiz ...
  • Airport Scanners: It’s all about submitting
    It’s about giving away liberty for false security.  “Americans have yet to make any really major sacrifices for their security,” says professor. AP An airport traveler who famously resisted a full-body scan and groin check with the words “If you touch my junk, I’ll have you arrested” has become an ...
  • U.S. Nazi Past goes Main Stream
    NYT reports about Project Paperclip, CIA-Nazi link Deborah Dupré The Justice Department report, describing what it calls “the government’s collaboration with persecutors,” says that O.S.I investigators learned that some of the Nazis “were indeed knowingly granted entry” to the United States, even th ...
  • In the U.S. Senate Bill will criminalize Food Prod ...
    "S.510" U.S. Senate bill that could criminalize saving seeds and outlaw backyard garden food production. It is being called "the most dangerous bill in the history of the United States of America.

Wind Watch

  • Ecogen group unwilling to find middle ground
    Prattsburgh, NY � Wind developer Ecogen apparently sees no compromise in its ongoing lawsuit with the town of Prattsburgh. In a written response to state Supreme Court Justice John J. Ark, Ecogen�s attorney Robert W. Burgdorf said the town�s offer of remote location for the turbines would �effective ...
  • Foes buffet wind-power plan; Political changes emb ...
    LINCOLN — The gravel roads are in, climbing Rollins Mountain and the adjacent ridgelines that rise along the surrounding towns here in northeastern Penobscot County. They lead to concrete pads, crowned with beefy bolts anchored to bedrock. If the weather cooperates and work stays on schedule, a gian ...
  • Brewster wind turbine plan gets stormy reception
    BREWSTER � A proposal to lease town land for two, 410-foot wind turbines in the industrial park off Freeman�s Way has suddenly run into a hurricane of opposition. Prior hearings and meetings elicited slight concern from local residents and town meetings have passed several articles setting up the le ...
  • Birds of prey cause a storm at €50m windfarm proje ...
    A rare bird of prey has put paid to Bord Gais’s â¬50m windfarm development plan in Co Galway. Planning permission was refused on appeal last Thursday because “the proposed development may adversely affect the Hen Harrier, as specified in Article 4 of the Birds Directive,” An Bord Pleanala’s inspecto ...
  • Gagged property owners urged to give evidence
    Property owners gagged by wind turbine companies will be able to give evidence to a Federal Senate inquiry. Family First Senator Steve Fielding was in Glenbrae yesterday to encourage locals to make submissions to the inquiry into the social and economic impact of wind farms in rural areas. Standing ...

Not My Tribe

  • Ghailani innocence proves Guantanamo can’t t ...
    Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani was acquitted of all significant terrorism charges. The victory/defeat is being hailed as a setback to efforts to close the illegal US detention facility. Come again? Apparently President Obama can end torture renditions to Guantanamo if he can be assured t ...
  • Mass-murderer Massey Energy declares crime scene t ...
    Massey Energy is in “a standoff” with federal investigators trying to determine responsibility for the deaths of 29 Massey miners earlier this year. The mining company won’t comply with inspections of equipment defects which may have doomed the miners, and doesn’t the showdown highlight the corporat ...
  • Incumbent pig Lysa Merkoskee will not be dislodged ...
    As oil industry crony Lisa Murkowski retains her Alaska senate seat, did she “make history” by being the first official in 50 years to succeed as a write-in candidate, or did she make history by demonstrating that incumbents can beat the most determined efforts to throw them out? The otherwise incor ...
  • No new propaganda under the sun
    Did you think Operation Iraqi Freedom photographers invented the warplanes at sunrise theme? Here’s a propaganda shot circa WWI, where the crack of dawn obviously had to be hand tinted on the original monochrome. It’s no more a manipulation than what our embeds contrive today. The caption under this ...
  • Right Wing running with scissors on the Accidental ...
    Aren't they forgetting a few tiny details in their Racist Dumbass propaganda there?

Debunking the Debunkers

  • TIME Magazine Fail
    I Know the Truth, So Don't Bother Me With Facts "Global warming is a hoax! Climate change, like autism, is actually caused by vaccines, typically administered by Apollo astronauts who didn't really land on the moon. Oh, and President Obama was born in Kenya. These, at least, are some of the core be ...
  • The official 9/11 lie used by TSA as a reason to a ...
    THIS is what the official 9/11 governmental conspiracy lie as wrought. TSA officer pulls a childs underpants down in public and gropes her while child is screaming don't touch me in her Mothers arms. an elderly gentleman in a wheel chair is detained because of a replaced knee and sits in his underwa ...
  • Muddled Questions about 911 Truth Evidence: A Resp ...
    Understandably many people who question the veracity of the evidence revealing 911 was an inside job tend to come at the issues from a very uninformed perspective. This is understandable given the fact most of us live in a world polluted by the misleading and often simplistic official (read corporat ...
  • EU President Herman Van Rompuy is Master Yoda!
    (Image by Brocke). Nation states are dead: EU chief says the belief that countries can stand alone is a 'lie and an illusion' Mr Van Rompuy’s speech in the German capital told his audience that ‘the time of the homogenous nation state is over’. He added that the ‘danger’ of Euroscepticism was spr ...
  • Aussie Trades Unionist Exposes 9/11 Cover-up
    alawson911 YouTube.com October 27, 2010 Listen to an overbearing gatekeeper, Jon Faine, attempt to rubbish the genuine concerns of an Australian trades unionist, Kevin Bracken, in an attempt to stifle any debate about the many anomalies in the official 9/11 story. Seldom have I heard anyone, who o ...

Fooducate

  • Only 8% of Americans Eat Enough Fruits (Veggies – ...
    Yesterday we participated in a conference call hosted by Produce for Better Health Foundation, discussing how America has progressed in produce consumption over the past decade. A distinguished panel presented quite a grim picture: America’s  fruit and vegetable consumption remains far below reco ...
  • Four Food Tips for Grandparents
    This is a guest blog post by Chris Rosenbloom, PhD, RD, CSSD. We live in age where many children not only know their grandparents but their great grandparents, too. Today we are not a sandwich generation but a club sandwich generation where 4 or 5 generations can interact with each other. One compl ...
  • Hold the Cheese
    Have you seen the latest commercials for Domino’s Pizza , Legends / Wisconsin edition, with all the added cheese? Turns out the USDA has been helping the dairy industry unload gazillions of pounds of dairy products over the years, including cheese. Read this great piece by Michael Moss of the NY Ti ...
  • Pomi – BPA Free Crushed Tomatoes [Product Test]
    Following up on the yesterday’s blog post, we recently took a look at POMI canned tomatoes, that come in a BPA-free package. Penny, a fooducate product tester got a a test pack sent to her home and had only good things to say: I personally liked them a lot. They make three different products: marin ...
  • The Never-Ending BPA Controversy
    Last month, Canada banned Bisphenol-A from all food products. But the World Health Organization (WHO) said last week that this move may have been premature: “Circulating levels of BPA in the human body were found to be very low, indicating that BPA is not accumulated in the body and is [...]

Traffikd

  • Blogging Event Ideas to Spice Up Your Blog
    If you've ever gone to an industry conference, film festival, grand opening, or author signing, then you can appreciate the energy such events can create. Industry conferences gather together the best and brightest minds in order to share ideas and plan for the future. Film festivals celebrate great ...
  • Increasing Your Blog’s Interactivity: 10 Tips for ...
    Guest post by Alexis Bonari Success in attracting and retaining readers is often influenced by a blog’s level of interactivity. Many readers are more active than passive and want to feel like they have a role in affecting a blog’s content, design, structure, and overall ongoing conversation. Posts ...
  • 5 Facebook Apps That Really Make Money
    Guest post by Alexis Bonari If you aren't on Facebook by now, you are probably the only one who isn't. My grandmother has a Facebook page and anyone who can type, is able to start their own page with no problem. Most everyone uses Facebook as a social meeting place, but did you know that you coul ...
  • Online Profits Re-Opens (and now it’s free)!
    Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips started a membership site, Online Profits, last year to help people learn about making money online. Daniel has just re-launched and re-vamped Online Profits, and this time there is no charge to get all of the valuable content. The only requirement is that you open a ...
  • 3 Ways to Ensure Internet Marketing Continues to W ...
    This is a guest post by Susan White Gone are the days when Internet marketing was perceived as the bold, new and innovative way to market and publicize your products and services. Today, email marketing and other forms of pushing your products on the web are passé. The Internet is growing faster th ...

Survival International

  • Canada endorses UN Declaration on indigenous peopl ...
    Innu children © Serge Jauvin/Survival Canada has endorsed the UN Declaration on indigenous peoples three years after the declaration was approved by the General Assembly. In a statement released last Friday, Canadaâs Indian and Northern Affairs department said, âThe Government of Canada wou ...
  • International NGOs unite against oil giants
    Uncontacted Indians' territory in Peru is being invaded by oil companies. © Anon Survival has sent a letter signed by more than fifty leading NGOs to oil companies Perenco, Repsol-YPF and ConocoPhillips to demand their immediate withdrawal from an area inhabited by uncontacted tribes in Peru. ...
  • Survival wins Hollywood award for tribal rights fi ...
    'Mine' has been viewed by over 650,000 people worldwide. © Survival Survival International’s film ‘Mine: Story of a Sacred Mountain’ has won the award for ‘Best Short’ in the category of International Human Rights at the Artivist Film Festival to be held in Hollywood. ‘Mine’, narrated by Briti ...
  • Botswana government renews insults to Bushmen
    Government minister says Bushmen are 'living in the dark ages'. © Survival Botswanaâs minister of environment, wildlife and tourism is the most recent government official to make disparaging remarks about the Kalahari Bushmen. In an interview with the BBC, Kitso Mokaila said, âI don’t believ ...
  • Survival protestors target World Travel Market
    Survival's petition has so far gathered more than 15,000 signatures. © Survival Visitors to the World Travel Market will today be greeted by protestors from Survival, calling for a boycott of Botswana tourism. Survival launched its boycott in September over the Botswana government’s continued ...

Greg Palast

  • The Family JewelsA Veteran’s Story
    by Greg Palast In 1930, when my father was an 8-year-old kid in Chicago, he asked his older brother why people were outside in the cold snow in a long line. His brother Harold said, "It's a bread line. They don't have anything to eat. They're hoping for bread." My father ran to his mother's bedro ...
  • Rove's Vote Trickster: Caging Explained
    On Tuesday, Tim Griffin, former chief of research of the Republican National Committee, is on the ballot for Congress to represent Little Rock, Arkansas. He's favored to win. But Griffin is just as happy to win by stealing votes. Here's a clip from the Elections Files, the Palast team's investiga ...
  • The Petroleum Broadcast SystemOwes Us an Apology
    by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash Tonight, my dog Pluto and I watched the PBS 'Frontline' investigation of BP, "The Spill." PBS has uncovered a real shocker:  BP neglected safety! Well, no shit, Sherlock! Pluto rolled over on the rug and looked at me as if to say, Don't we already know t ...
  • Was Tim Griffin merely a "Rove-bot"?Did Karl Rove ...
    Special to the Arkansas Times by Greg Palast (New York, London) Illustration from Steal Back Your Vote Comic book voterguide.To learn more click on the image. Greg Palast, the journalist who blew the whistle on Republican vote suppression activities in Florida ("caging"), has communicated with ...
  • SarahPAC Candidate "Should Be in Jail"NBC TV airs ...
    by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash "What he [Griffin] did was absolutely illegal and he should be in jail." Illustration from Steal Back Your Vote comic That's hardly the kind of endorsement a candidate for Congress expects. But that is the conclusion of voting rights attorney Robert F. Kennedy ...

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • Men with guns and no options
    Mexican paramilitary groups that are targeting the current cartels are a likely cartel successor group as the experience of Columbia's embrace of right-wing paramilitaries against FARC soon led the paramilitaries to turn into major cocaine smugglers and protectors of the cartels. Furthermore, th ...
  • Wiping out property law and destroying counties to ...
    Bmaz: There are rapidly emerging signs the Obama Administration and Congress may be actively, quickly and covertly working furiously on a plan to retroactively legitimize and ratify the shoddy, fraudulent and non-conforming conduct by MERS on literally millions of mortgages. From CNBC: When Congress ...
  • Hope!
    No,  I’m not being sarcastic.  I still have little hope for the US, but I am very heartened by what is happening in Europe.  The French actions and now the British students rioting.  It is, ironically, even more hopeful that the British government wants to try a student for attempted murder for ...
  • Bush would have endorsed Obama if asked
    From the FT: “The venue was the Oval Office. A group of British dignitaries, including Gordon Brown, were paying a visit. It was at the height of the 2008 presidential election campaign, not long after Bush publicly endorsed John McCain as his successor… Trying to be even-handed and polite, the Brit ...
  • In Flanders Field
    by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Love ...

Age of Autism

  • Is Paul Offit's Wife Internet Troll/Autism Father ...
    Is Dr. Bonnie Offit masquerading on the web as an autism parent and prolific blogger named “Sullivan”? By J.B. Handley Bonnie Offit, a pediatrician, tours the autism Web sites late at night after her husband goes to sleep. "He's not...
  • Share Your National Autism Association Conference ...
    If you attended the NAA conference we'd love to hear your thoughts. What did you learn? What was the most important part of the event for you? Will you return next year for even more knowledge on hope and healing?...
  • SafeMinds Pass The Popcorn Hold The Mercury Flu Sh ...
    Thank you so much! We asked and you showed up to help us spread the message! $10,000 was raised to show the SafeMinds 30-second PSA in theaters across the country the week beginning the Friday after Thanksgiving, which is the...
  • Why is Paul Offit's "Autism" Org Teaching VACCINE ...
    Managing Editor's Note: Why doesn't the Autism Science Foundation take autism out of their name once and for all? They are the Vaccine Schedule Protection Foundation. They exist to protect the vaccine schedule and the autism community has raised the...
  • Cedillo Hearing: How Reliable were Eric Fombonne a ...
    How reliable were Eric Fombonne and Stephen Bustin? Ed Yazbak reviews the evidence in the Cedillo hearing. By John Stone Eric Fombonne and Stephen Bustin were the star witnesses for the defence in the Michelle Cedillo case, the first case...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

  • GMOs Creep Across Eastern Oregon
    Transgenic bentgrass is spreading across Eastern Oregon years after fields of the GMOs were plowed under.
  • In the wake of S.510 Fake food safety….it won’t be ...
    Live Link:  The PPJ Gazette Marti Oakley (c)copyright 2010 All Rights Reserved _______________________________________________  Why is “free trade at any expense” reserved only for multi-national corporations?  Why is every other sector of the economy supposed to be allowed to engage in a free-for-a ...
  • Truth Squad Radio Show – What’s not in S.510 and w ...
    This week we will talk with Nicole Johnson about what is not included in the supposed "food safety" bill S.510 and why!
  • Burning Goodwill: A reply to a consumer organizati ...
    Live Link:  The PPJ Gazette Copyright ©2010 by W. R. McAfee, Sr. ___________________________________________ A reply to a consumer organization’s email soliciting ‘friends’ to contact their representatives in Washington and ask them to support  S. 510, the Food “Safety” bill ________________________ ...
  • Stop S.510, the fake food safety bill, at your sta ...
    S.510 can be stopped right at your state governor’s door. Unless our governors give permission and designate one or more agencies inside your state to contract with USDA/FDA, they cannot implement, enforce or otherwise criminalize agriculture in your state.

Open Your Eyes News

  • New French defence minister says Afghanistan a tra ...
    Reuters – The war in Afghanistan is a trap for all parties involved and France will discuss how to draw down its troop presence at a NATO summit this week, the newly-appointed defence minister said on Wednesday. “Afghanistan is, I would say, a trap for all the parties involved there,” said Alain Jup ...
  • US: Four in 10 say marriage is becoming obsolete
    AP — Is marriage becoming obsolete? As families gather for Thanksgiving this year, nearly one in three American children is living with a parent who is divorced, separated or never-married. More people are accepting the view that wedding bells aren’t needed to have a family. A study by the Pew Resea ...
  • Internet Censorship – Metropolitan Police cl ...
    The Guardian – Scotland Yard has forced the closure of an anti-police blog which was being used to disseminate advice to protesters pictured at the student fees demonstration. The website Fitwatch was suspended after the its hosting company received contact from C011, the Metropolitan’s public order ...
  • Unstoppable Stuxnet worm not the work of lone hack ...
    USA Today – Stuxnet, the seemingly unstoppable Windows operating system worm, slithered into the spotlight on Capit0l Hill. Testifying at a hearing held this morning by the Senate Committee on Homeland and Security Affairs, Dean Turner, director of Symantec’s Global Intelligence Network for Symantec ...
  • ‘France bribed Pakistan for arms deals&#8217 ...
    Press TV – Former French defense minister has confirmed bribes on arms deals with Pakistan, the cancellation of which prompted the deadly Karachi bombing in 2002. Charles Millon, on Wednesday, told a hearing tasked with probing into the killing of French engineers that he was sure there were kickbac ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Conservation easements purchased for massive Tejon ...
    The state on Thursday approved the purchase of conservation easements on 62,000 acres in Tejon Ranch, the first step in implementing an agreement that would protect up to 240,000 acres of wildlands in one of the largest pieces of private...
  • Prop. 26 confusion: What's a tax?
    When should a "fee" be called a "tax"? Is it a tax or a fee when the government slaps a 20-cent-per-pack levy on cigarettes to help clean up litter -- as San Francisco has? Is it a fee or a...
  • Pacific Crest Trail Gets Upgrades
    More than 200 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail have been repaired as part of a projected two-year rehab project funded by the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The much-loved trail, which extends 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada,...
  • Feinstein pushes BPA restrictions in food safety b ...
    Deliberations on the food safety bill the Senate is expected to take up Wednesday may include a vote on an amendment by Sen. Dianne Feinstein that would limit the use of bisphenol A, or BPA, the widely used but controversial...
  • Arnold's climate summit: a final hot-air fest?
    It was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's third and final "Climate Summit," but the annual gabfest went out with more of a whimper than a bang. For three years, the governor has used his star power to attract other "sub-national" leaders of...

water.org

  • Patrick Alubbe on E. Africa water management (BaoB ...
    Inadequacy of resources impedes agricultural water management in East Africa – Interview of Patrick Alubbe (Baobab – Issue 59 – 2010) – Mr. Patrick Alubbe, the Regional Director of Water.org, an organisation which provides grants and credit for community-based water management initiatives in Kenya, ...
  • Water.org partners with CamelBak this holiday (BW)
    Water.org Partners With CamelBak This Holiday Season ( BusinessWire) – KANSAS CITY, Mo. – There are a lot of ways to do good but this one’s really easy AND really powerful – help bring clean water to a person in need by purchasing a limited-edition Water.org reusable BPA-free water bottle. These cus ...
  • Water.org: Bringing clean water to the world (GMTV ...
    Water.org: Bringing Clean Water To the World (Green Marketing TV) – Water.org is a non-profit organization that uses innovative solutions inspired by for-profit social enterprises to provide sustainable sources of clean drinking water to poor families and communities in the developing world. Water.o ...
  • Matt Damon gets $1 Million for clean water (Ecoraz ...
    Matt Damon Gets $1 Million For Clean Water (Ecorazzi) – It was just announced that the Hult International Business School is going to donate $1 million to Water.org as part of an an MBA case competition. An organization co-founded by superstar Matt Damon, Water.org aims to provide safe drinking wate ...
  • Matt Damon’s water bottle for charity (BSCKi ...
    Matt Damon Designs Limited Edition Water Bottle For Charity (BSCKids) – Matt Damon is known for his action packed films, but he is also a big giver to charities. He recently co-founded Water.org to bring awareness about developing nations and their lack of safe water. In fact, Haiti is a big contend ...

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley break ...

Margaret's News

  • CHP denies Amber Alert request : Record Searchligh ...
    Although his deputies and detectives have requested an Amber Alert four times since a Redding girl went missing Wednesday, the California Highway Patrol denied the requests, said Shasta County Sheriff Tom Bosenko.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Israel arrests 13 activists attempting to help Pal ...
    The military claims that the land is "state land," indicating their unequivocal intention to annex it to the Bat Ayn settlement. All of the farmers have documents proving their ownership of the land.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Matt Taibbi: Courts Helping Banks Screw Over Homeo ...
    This "rocket docket," as it is called in town, is presided over by retired judges who seem to have no clue about the insanely complex financial instruments they are ruling on � securitized mortgages and laby­rinthine derivative deals of a type that--->Submitted by Kit B. to Business �|� �Note-it! � ...
  • 16 of the Dumbest Things Americans Believe -- And ...
    When one side breaks the social contract, and the other side makes a virtue of never calling them out on it, the liar always wins. When it becomes "uncivil" to call out liars, lying becomes free.� Even worse, once lies begin to spread, they become more-->Submitted by Kit B. to Society & Culture �|� ...
  • Watch: The Epic Rachel Maddow Interview of Jon Ste ...
    Watch the full 50 minute interview. Or a short clip of Maddow and Stewart discussing the differences in their jobs.Submitted by Kit B. to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Historical Notes

libcom

  • Wall Street Already Finding Loopholes in Financial ...
    recession.jpg Continuing in the tradition of watered down, pro-corporate legislation that the Obama administration is becoming infamous for, new reports are surfacing that banks and financial institution ...
  • Police force shut down of Fitwatch
    The metropolitan police forced the closure of anti-police blog fitwatch.org.uk after it published advice for protesters involved in last weeks' student protests. The order to shut down the site was sent by Detective Inspector Will Hodgso ...
  • Sussex University occupation issues statement
    Occupiers of the Fulton building at Sussex University today issued a statement from the occupation explaining their reasons and putting forward demands. Statement from the occupation: November 15, 2010 This afternoon, over 170 students ...
  • University occupations following London student pr ...
    goldsmiths.jpg Students at Manchester and Sussex universities have staged occupations following the NUS/UCU march against tuition fees and cuts last week. Over 200 students began a ...
  • "Hardcore troublemaker" anarchist group laughs off ...
    millbank.jpg Solidarity Federation, which helped organise the Radical Workers' and Students Bloc at the NUS/UCU education march derides "absurd and patronising" attempts to blame it for damage at Tory HQ ...

Free Range International

  • Healing Ulcer
    After only 90 days of fighting to root the Taliban out of a place they have owned for over a decade  Gen McChrystal called Marjah a bleeding ulcer. That was an unbelievably stupid assessment given the nature of the enemy, the rules of engagement placed on the Marines by the General, and the paltry a ...
  • Afghanistan Summary
    This summary comes from Sami the Finn a.k.a Sami Kovanen, the Senior Information Analyst at Indicium Consulting. Sami has been in Afghanistan for over six years now and is one of the best informed analyst working outside of the ISAF security bubble.  He was kind enough to let me post this update and ...
  • On The Border
    The military campaign in Afghanistan is going well apparently.  I read that last Monday here in the Washington Post so it must be true.  But two days ago it took a turn for the worst.  I know that to be a fact too because I read it here in the Washington Post.  The truth is [...]
  • Inchon
    Inchon is the call sign for the 1st Marine Regiment which is currently deployed in southern Helmand Province.  They are  operating out of a large FOB in the middle of nowhere, about 50 kilometers from the Provincial capitol of Lashka Gah, named Camp Dwyer.  Unlike other FOB’s I have visited this ...
  • The Going Is Getting Tough
    The ongoing saga about banning security contractors continues with the need for them is so obvious even CNN has gotten a clue.  Many of the reconstruction projects in the country are grinding to a halt and let me tell you something – the local people are sick and tired of this.  We have been at [. ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • COLD FUSION IS HERE!!!
    Understanding Lightning âNeltronsâ is Key to Cold Fusion One manâs study of lightning and itâs effects led to his discovery of the Neltron – tiny negative particles of matter smaller than electrons. The Van Allen Magnetic belts discharges tiny negative particles into the part of the air where helium ...
  • INSIDERS REPORT: OBAMA SUFFERING FROM SEVERE DEPR ...
    So you state that President Obama is depressed?  How did you come by this information?  From a direct source still working within the White House on a daily basis.  As I had stated previously, tensions at the White House have reached a critical stage.  The infighting among staff is off the charts.  ...
  • Obama Begins Cashing in On Carbon Credits in KENYA
    The new world currency apparently will be tied to “carbon credits” as the standard of value.   Never mind that global warming (aka CLIMATE-GATE) is a massive hoax and fraud.  Rather than issue worthless fiat paper money, why not issue ‘carbon credits’ on a global scale.  Keep in mind that any an ...
  • America’s Entitlement Elitists
    America is Great —– Because America is Good!! By  A. True Ott, PhD, June 1, 2010 The famous French statesman and historian Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) traveled widely through America in the year 1832.  Following his tour of America, he wrote extensively about what he saw and experienced here. ...
  • SENATORS TO BE ADDED TO UNEMPLOYMENT ROLLS
    ALL the senators on this list need to be OUT OF OFFICE by November 15. It will soon be payback time for these senators – forward this list to everyone you know.  Don’t forget.  November 2nd  is “Take out the trash day” !!!!!! The following senators voted against making English the official langua ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

  • Downsizing – downscaling? See these tiny hou ...
    Here’s a great company doing inspiring work www.tumbleweedhouses.com The company creator, Jay Shafer started off making a super small mobile home for himself measuring  just 89 square feet! Their video is a testament to less being more – they’re now selling ready made mobile cabins and the plans fo ...
  • Air powered environmentally friendly car being pro ...
    Sounds a little strange right – an air powered car – why isn’t this big news I wonder… There’s a great company in France operated by a former Formula 1 engineer now producing cars running on compressed air. They’re not great to look at, super fast, or I’m guessing really comfortable, but they’re in ...
  • Deforestation – environmental & human effect ...
    There are many types of forest in the world from Temperate Forest to Tropical forest. The one thing all forests have in common is that the trees in them act as the lungs to our planet converting CO2 to Oxygen.  In addition, forests provide a canopy or shading of the earth which helps maintain temper ...
  • Could cancer be Fungus? If so, maybe here’s ...
    Recently I visited a dear friend who has been dealing with breast cancer for over ten years. After a long attempt to avoid surgery and medication, she was forced to have a double mastectomy. She has chosen to avoid the chemo treatments. This takes a lot of courage given that the standard thing to do ...
  • Doctors Warn about GM Food Risks
    It’s barely been a week since I wrote about the dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods and now the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has released a strongly-worded warning about the health dangers associated with Frankenfoods. Calling for a moratorium on GM foods, the AAEM says t ...

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

  • Mark B. Salter, Aviation security expert (Nov 13, ...
    The shoe bomber, the underwear bomber, the ink cartridge bomber: those incidents have changed the way we fly. But have the precautions actually worked or are they simply too much? Today we find out with aviation security expert Mark Salter.
  • Tim Cook, War Historian (Nov 6, 2010)
    Another year, another Remembrance Day and another chance to remind ourselves Canada's military past. This week we look back at some of that past that is often forgotten.
  • Malalai Joya, Afghan activist (October 30, 2010)
    She is a hard core activist in Afghanistan and has paid the price for it. Her life constantly threatened, banished from her seat in the Afghan parliament, Malalai Joya never stops. She wants foreign troops, including Canada's, out of her country and warlords out of government. This week she's our ...
  • Naheed Nenshi, Calgary Mayor (October 23, 2010)
    He's made the news in countries around the world - the main reason? He's Canada's first major city Muslim mayor. Does that matter? We'll ask Calgary's new mayor himself.
  • Lyndsay Greene, Author -- encore (Oct 19, 2010)
    Peter talks about planning and preparation for the retirement years with the author of "You Could Live a Long Time: Are You Ready?"

Scotts Contracting

  • This picture changed the world.
    On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:07 PM, Jamie Henn – organizers> wrote: Dear friends, You probably know that we at 350.org are taking the next two weeks to focus on â350 EARTHâ — a global art project visible from … Continue reading →
  • Tell Congress To Prevent Future Oil Spills | Free ...
    On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Take Action! at GreaterGood Network wrote: Content not displaying properly? View this message online: greatergood.com/emails/2010/pet-111810-enviro-w.html Help Prevent Future Offshore Oil Disasters The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling facility ...
  • Joke of the Day- Rep J Shimkus believes god will s ...
    When I read something like this a few things jump out at me and I really wonder what and who my Neighbors to the East voted for? With Leaders such as this Governing our Nation its painfully obvious why we … Continue reading →
  • Green Materials Transform Building Construction
    Five Sustainable Building Materials that could Transform Construction Tags: Alternative EnergyBuilding MaterialsconstructionDesign & ArchitectureGreen BuildingSustainability November 12, 2010 by This Big City As global populations increase, so too will the need for accommodation. However, current ma ...
  • Joke of the Day- Rep J Shimkus believes god will s ...
    On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: When I read something like this a few things jump out at me and I really wonder what and who my Neighbors to the East voted for? With … Continue reading →

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • UN Resolution on Iran’s Human Rights Violations Ap ...
    (18 November 2010) The Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly’s strong approval of a draft resolution, condemning Iran for grave human right violations, is a welcome step in the continuing effort to put a stoplight on the country’s growing human rights crisis, said the International ...
  • اولین طلای بانوان ایران برای خدیجه آزادپور
    زنان > ورزش  - خدیجه آزادپور نخستین مدال طلای بانوان ایران در بازی‌های آسیایی را به دست آورد.read more
  • خشونت مأموران لباس شخصی در مقابل اقامتگاه سفیر فرا ...
    وزارت امور خارجۀ فرانسه، سفیر جمهوری اسلامی ایران در پاریس را احضار کرد و اعتراض خود را نسبت به خشونت های "مأموران لباس شخصی" در مقابل سکونتگاه سفیر فرانسه در تهران به وی ابلاغ نمود.read more
  • کروبی به جنتی: کسانی که درمقابل فرزند تروریست تومق ...
    سحام نیوز: مهدی کروبی در مصاحبه ای به سوال خبرنگار ما در خصوص سخنان روز قبل احمد جنتی در نماز جمعه این هفته تهران پاسخ دادند. به گزارش خبرنگار سحام نیوز آقای کروبی در بخشی از این مصاحبه علما و عقلا را به تذکر و توصیه به آقای جنتی برای پرهیز از اینگونه اظهار نظرات فراخواندند.read more
  • صدا و سیمای ج. اسلامی
    رهبر و دولت می‌خواهند تلویزیون را در چارچوب مشروعیت دادن به حكومت كودتا و جعل و تحریف خبر به آن تحمیل کنند. مردم دربرابر این سیاست تبلیغاتی مقاومت می کنند. پرسنل و کارکنان تلویزیون متاثر از مقاومت مردم و فشار وارد به حکومت حدی از استقلال را می خواهند حفظ کنند.

Most Revolutionary Act

  • The Royal Wedding: Camouflaging Bad News
    Prince William and Kate The British government has become nearly as sophisticated as the US government at releasing some massive fluff piece – such as the engagement of Queen Elizabeth’s grandson William (which happened back in October) – to distract public attention from more serious, potentially ...
  • Kiwi Slang
    One thing I really like about living in New Zealand is that I suddenly have access to a whole new vocabulary to describe everyday experiences. For the most part culture – science, technology, art, law and pseudo-sciences, such psychology, sociology and anthropology – originates with the upper cl ...
  • China, Human Rights, and the FBI
    Interesting all the brouhaha over jailed Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winner Lui Xiabo – and Obama’s “demands” that he be released – or that at minimum his family be allowed to travel to Oslo to collect his prize. Obviously if the President were really concerned about human rights in China, he could al ...
  • What If We Really Wanted to Reform Education?
    New Zealand’s (conservative) National government has spent the last year trying to implement “National Standards” here. Which is New Zealand’s answer to No Child Left Behind. Last week 240 schools released a statement refusing to administer the standardized tests. It has since come out that an unnam ...
  • Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth
    I am a little surprised by all the weeping and gnashing of teeth over the Democrats’ loss of the House on November 2nd. It’s not like everyone didn’t know it was going to happen. Not only has Obama been an abysmal president, but his administration has lost a substantial portion of his support bas ...

Doug's Darkworld

  • It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s ...
    On Monday evening a helicopter near Los Angeles filmed what appeared to be a rocket or missile launch some 35 miles west of Los Angeles. The government immediately denied any knowledge of a missile launch, and after much speculation in the media and on the Internet, a few days later the case was sol ...
  • The Forgotten War, the 1956 Israeli Invasion of Eg ...
    Also known as the Suez Crisis or the Tripartite Aggression. This was a lovely little war, brilliant in its simplicity. Egypt had nationalized the Suez Canal early in 1956, so Britain, France, and Israel came up with a wonderful plan. Israel would invade Egypt, drive the Egyptian army out of the Sina ...
  • Palestinian Dreams
    I’ve been doing some posting in a  discussion group, and like watching the main stream media news, I have been astonished at what I see. For one thing, it really is true, there are people that literally believe that every word uttered on Fox News is the truth. I have a hard time understanding that, ...
  • Gloria Ramirez and the Riverside Miasma, a Medical ...
    At 8:15pm on February 19, 1994, one Gloria Ramirez arrived at the emergency room of Riverside General Hospital suffering from the effects of advanced cervical cancer. She was extremely confused, and suffering from problems with her breathing and heartbeat. All pretty normal ER fare so far. The ER st ...
  • Where are we, and what are we doing in this handba ...
    I’ve lately been tripping on just how much the world has changed in the past ten years, or more specifically, how the USA has changed. The “War on Terror” has been going on for nearly ten years now, and it’s reached new heights of transcendental absurdity. Absurd on many levels. Absurd in that the t ...

FourWinds10

Crisis Maven

  • Economic Musings VI: Modern Economies – Dyin ...
    There is a great debate in the history of economics whether there can be under-consumption in any real historic moment of the state of an economy and if so, whether it has detrimental effects and if so, what is to be done about it. And modern economists seem to have found a magic wand with [...]
  • Blogs and Web Sites you may want to follow
    The following is a list of blogs and websites that CrisisMaven has followed and observed over the last few months and that readers may want to check out from time to time. Note: neither the sequence of how the blogs are listed here nor any comments by CrisisMaven are an endorsement nor criticism of ...
  • Economic Musings VII: Marketing doesn’t adve ...
    Have you ever wondered if marketing and advertising are the same, if not, what’s the difference and which is the more important of the two? And why should you care? The most successful economic model is without doubt the market economy. It is the consequence of the wealth effects of the division of ...
  • CrisisMaven’s Blog News 2010-03-07: Over 25,000 We ...
    Yesterday around 16:37 GMT we passed the 25,000 threshold … - next report will probably be posted when we’re past the 50,000 mark. Thanks to all avid readers: on 2010-03-18 at around 19:25 GMT we went past our first 20,000 views on our blog in about eight weeks since we began publishing! After that, ...
  • Economic Musings VIII: Is there a limit to economi ...
    Something which puzzles many thinkers and frightens many young people concerned about waste or the pillaging of our natural resources is the question: can “an economy” (whatever that is – we’ll come to that in a minute) grow indefinitely? How can there be unlimited economic growth if we’ve never hea ...

Capital Flow Analysis

  • Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further evid ...
    In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted. The following ...
  • Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagflatio ...
    The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest bus ...
  • How long would it take to work off the US trade de ...
    The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
  • Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy porte ...
    In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the current crisis. This articl ...
  • Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
    No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings were ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Inside Shell’s Bintulu GTL Plant
    Robert Rapier writes about his recent tour of Shell's gas-to-liquids plant in Malaysia.
  • Cleantech, Globalization and Energy Independence
    Join the forum discussion on this post The following guest essay is by Kevin P. Kane. Kevin is an Oil & Gas analyst and cleantech business consultant living in South Korea. Kevin previously published two widely circulated essays: American Freedom from Oil: A Bipartisan Pipedream and Energy Security ...
  • The Stroke of a Pen
    Bob Dinneen wants Congress to extend ethanol tax credits with "a stroke of the pen, a little bit of Whiteout, just change the date."
  • The Palm Oil Conundrum
    Join the forum discussion on this post People sometimes ask which biofuels are competitive head to head with crude oil. By competitive, I mean those that can actually compete favorably with oil prices on a level playing field (i.e., they don’t require big subsidies or mandates in order to compete). ...
  • The U.S. Navy and Biofuels – Part III
    Join the forum discussion on this post This is the concluding installment of my recent interview with Tom Hicks, Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Navy (Energy). Part I discussed the overall goals of the Navy’s biofuel efforts, and in Part II we covered why coal-to-liquids (CTL) is presently off-l ...

Discovery Educator Network

  • World Travel Routes
    Comments: Visualise Your Trip WTR's FREE tour generation service let's you build a trip in just a few clicks. Our technicians will then set to work and create a cinematic Google Earth tour of your trip." - Fred DelventhalTags: education, world, travel, routes, googleearth, google, tour, generatorby: ...
  • Flip, Skype and iPad find everyday usage in Lisa B ...
    Tags: skype, ipad, flipby: Tim Childers
  • Official Google Blog: Editing your Google Docs on ...
    Tags: google, googleapps, googleappsedu, mobile, googledocs, education, ipad, iphone, ipod, ipodtouchby: Fred Delventhal
  • InterroBang Demo
    Comments:"info@nuvana.org" - Tim ChildersTags: interrobangby: Tim Childers
  • Bluefire Reader
    Tags: reader, bluefire, library, epub, pdf, ebooks, books, ereader, ipad, phone, ipod, iphod, iear, edappby: Fred Delventhal

Rodale News

  • How to Beat Fast-Food Companies at Their Own Game
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The fast-food industry may pay lip service to the goal of kids eating healthier meals in their restaurants, but it turns out that the sheer volume of marketing for the chains’ least-nutritious options may overshadow any positive efforts. According to a new study, fast-food c ...
  • The Nickel Pincher: Set an Ecofriendly Thanksgivin ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Thanksgiving should be a time to appreciate family and friends and to be thankful that they're in your life. But what if you have more family and friends to be thankful for than plates, silverware, or glasses? Don't give in to the temptation to buy to single-use plastic tabl ...
  • Your Food Allergy May be a False Alarm
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Last weekend at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), a panel of experts previewed new recommendations on food allergies that will be announced in early December by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIA ...
  • FDA Poised to Evade Law and Approve Genetically Al ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—With a new survey showing that the majority of the American public do not want to eat genetically engineered (GE) food, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is poised to potentially approve GE salmon as early as next Tuesday, after an extended public comment period ends. I ...
  • How to Eat Like Fred Flintstone
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Until recently, the diet of our Stone Age ancestors was assumed to have consisted mainly of animal protein and fat, as there was rarely evidence of plant consumption. But in a new report published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers ha ...

big think

  • More Thoughts on Why Climate Change Communication ...
    Over at the NY Times' Dot Earth, Andrew Revkin has a post titled "An Inconvenient Mind" gathering thoughts from social scientists Dan Kahan and Robert Bruille on the UC Berkeley study that I discussed earlier this week.� Here's what Kahan and Bruille had to say, quoted from an email discussion ... ...
  • Kent State Folk Festival's Anti-Social Pro-Social ...
    In the age of social networking and digital communities, there's something to be said for analog art of appreciation – of people, of places, of music, of all the other things we've grown accustomed to commend with the click of a button. In a new campaign for the Kent State Folk Festival, Cleveland . ...
  • Study: More Privilege Means Less Empathy
    If you're a member of America's anxious middle class, you can feel downtrodden one minute and privileged the next, just watching the news. Here's some super-rich guy planning his run for President, way above you on the social ladder. Next, a story about destitute refugees, which reminds you that you ...
  • TSA: Pose Nude, or We'll Touch Your Junk
    As you've probably heard, the TSA introduced a new extra-invasive body search protocol on Oct. 29, just in time for the rollout of whole body scanners at 65 airports. The old school pat-down was nothing if not thorough. Why is the TSA suddenly getting even more invasive? My theory is that the ...R ...
  • If I’m Hot, Then Why Are You Not? (Part II)
    When searching for a mate online, singles are more likely to initiate contact with other online singles who are more attractive than themselves. When the market clears, so to speak, individuals in couples tend to be very similar to each other in terms of attractiveness. While there are a variety of ...

Information Liberation

  • Conan's TSA Pat-Down Demonstration Gets Creepy Fas ...
    The increased amount of controversial full-body scanners at airports across the U.S. is a serious concern to many who will be flying over the holidays. Unfortunately, as we learned on last night*s episode of *Conan* the alternative search method (a m...
  • 4409 -- Porn addict applies at TSA
    Nudie magazine addict applies at TSA and feels comfortable with fondling and the nude scanners as long he is allowed to take the pictures home for "research" purposes. TSA number 1-877-872-7990 Contact Information: Telephone: 1-877-TSA-7990 ...
  • $10 Million Spent in Support of S 510
    30 organizations support this bill and spent $10,279,334 11 organizations oppose this bill and spent $1,974,183 Find out who they are and which senators took the money http://maplight.org/us-congress/bill/111-s-510/360488/total-......
  • Chinese woman sentenced to a year in labour camp o ...
    Amnesty International today urged the Chinese authorities to release a woman sentenced to a year in a labour camp for retweeting a supposedly anti-Japanese message. Chinese online activist Cheng Jianping was sentenced to one year of *Re-education ...
  • Let the Property Stealing Commence!: 'Duluth Schoo ...
    The Duluth School Board voted Tuesday to give the school district the authority to use eminent domain to obtain a property. The measure passed 4-3, with members Art Johnston, Gary Glass and Tom Kasper voting no. The property is owned by Scott K...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Ozboy’s Bar And Grill Is Closed For Repairs
    It’s only temporary. A couple of weeks. But the recent shenanigans round here have forced me to do some thinking about how LibertyGibbert can run better in the future. I’ve spoken to a couple of you about this today, to … Continue reading →
  • The Dragon’s Dissent Part III: Naked Nationa ...
    The emergence of China as the world’s new superpower has raised many questions in the international community and across the blogosphere regarding the longer-range agenda of the Middle Kingdom. In a recent discussion on this forum, the question of Chinese … Continue reading →
  • U.S. Elections: Will Liberty Win?
    Well today’s the day. As just about every other blog in the sphere is covering the elections today, I thought I’d throw the forum open, and we can discuss the results as they come in, in real time. If as … Continue reading →
  • Libertarianism And Drug Liberalization
    G’day everyone, Just arrived back home safe and sound. Sorry there hasn’t been a new post in several days, but just at the moment my family needs me more than the Bar and Grill does. Dr. Dave has graciously stepped … Continue reading →
  • Stealing Democracy?
    G’day everyone, Ozboy here. The United States mid-term elections are just one week away, and the mounting resentment many Americans feel about the way their country is being governed appears certain to be made clear at the polls. One of … Continue reading →

FAS - Secrecy News

  • Do Corporations Have Personal Privacy Rights?
    The Supreme Court will decide next year whether corporations are entitled to “personal privacy” and whether they may prevent the release of records under the Freedom of Information Act on that basis.  FOIA advocates say that assigning personal privacy rights to corporations could deal a crippling b ...
  • Intelligence Issues in Congress
    Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper went a little out of his way to praise the Government Accountability Office at a Senate hearing on security clearance reform on November 16. “I’d be remiss if I didn’t recognize the crucial role that GAO continues to play in keeping the heat on the ...
  • The Sonnenberg Phenomenon
    Investment banker Maurice Sonnenberg was appointed this week to the National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the U.S. Intelligence Community.  The most surprising thing about the appointment was its predictability. If national commissions on intelligence were a ...
  • Books Received
    “Litigation Under the Federal Open Government Laws 2010″ is the latest edition of a classic handbook for Freedom of Information Act litigants.  It provides an updated summary of the relevant case law and a discussion of many of the most commonly encountered issues and obstacles a FOIA litigator may ...
  • Better Oversight Due on Unclassified Control Marki ...
    The use of access control markings such as the Transportation Security Agency’s “Sensitive Security Information” (SSI) to limit disclosure of unclassified records has been criticized from time to time as arbitrary and self-serving.  But now, due to a subtle change in the recent executive order on “ ...

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Science sightings from sciencebase
    My latest science news updates First stem cell trial in stroke patient, how did the media do – In its regular assessment and critique of reporting on medical happenings, NHS Choices looked at the recent early test of stem cell therapy for a stroke victim and reports (amazingly) that "In general, the ...
  • My lucky 13 exam tips for students
    My son and his friends are today heading into their first set of important high school exams, their “mock GCSEs”. They call them mock, but the results they achieve at this stage will determine where they go after they do their GCSEs proper, i.e. their 16+ options. So as a loving dad who has done [.. ...
  • Sizing up the universe
    As a child I devoured books on the stars and planets, on dinosaurs, volcanoes. Was fascinated by the prospect of a space shuttle and lament the fact that I was sent to bed before they landed on the Moon (I was only three at the time, and the Apollo 11 landing happened at 2am UK [...]Sizing up the un ...
  • Latest science snippets
    My latest science news updates New cancer treatment shows promise – An holistic and alternative approach to cancer treatment that isn't "alternative medicine" Pillbox – prototype pill identification system – Pillbox enables rapid identification of unknown solid-dosage medications (tablets/capsules) ...
  • Canned heavy metal and more
    My latest science news updates on SpectroscopyNOW – a sneak preview just for you ahead of their going live on 15th November, covering heavy metals in sardines, enzyme inhibitors for pain relief and sleep problems, the possibility of oral insulin without a Trojan horse carrier, and a spectroscopic te ...

RFF Library

  • Cutting the Cost of Clean Energy 1.0
    Center for American Progress / by Bracken Hendricks, Lisbeth Kaufman, Ken Berlin, Monty Humble, Reed Hundt, Alex Kragie, Gerry Waldron http://tinyurl.com/2e98af3 Members of the incoming 112th Congress will face very different political and economic circumstances when they take their seats in January ...
  • Light-Duty Automotive Technology, Carbon Dioxide E ...
    US EPA http://www.epa.gov/otaq/fetrends.htm#report For the sixth consecutive year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reporting a decrease in average carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and a slight increase in the average fuel efficiency for new cars and light duty trucks, according to EP ...
  • Integrating Renewable Electricity on the Grid
    American Physical Society / APS Panel on Public Affairs http://www.aps.org/policy/reports/popa-reports/upload/integratingelec.pdf [From Press Release] U.S. policymakers must focus more closely on developing new energy storage technologies as they consider a national renewable electricity standard, a ...
  • A Track Record of Success: High-Speed Rail Around ...
    US Public Interest Research Group  / by Tony Dutzik and Jordan Schneider and Phineas Baxandall http://tinyurl.com/2edgknl [Docuticker] Drawing lessons from other countries, a new study from U.S. PIRG shows that high-speed rail can boost our economy, save energy, curb pollution and provide a popular ...
  • Electric Car Calculator: Compare Electric Car to H ...
    befrugal.com http://www.befrugal.com/tools/electric-car-calculator/ [PEN-e posting] Is it worth buying an Electric Car? The answer to this question depends on a number of factors including: your driving habits, gas prices, price of electricity and how you value the environmental impact of your drivi ...

Scientific American - News

  • Extragalactic Expat: Newfound Exoplanet Likely Cam ...
    Nearly everything we can see in the night sky without the aid of a telescope is in Earth's cosmic neighborhood, the Milky Way Galaxy. And the hundreds of planets that have been discovered outside our solar system all orbit stars within the Milky Way; their relative proximity permits the kind of care ...
  • Older but Not Wiser? The Psychology Behind Seniors ...
    The invitations come in the mail, covered in large print: "Investment Workshop--Free Gourmet Lunch!" "Avoid the Biggest Financial Mistakes Seniors Make!" "Protect Your Financial Security!" [More]
  • Buzz Kill: FDA Cracks Down on Caffeinated Alcoholi ...
    Caffeinated alcoholic beverages such as Four Loko and Joose are being removed from store shelves amidst concerns over their powerful stimulant-sedative combination. Now the federal government is weighing in on these party drinks , saying they are unsafe and should not be marketed to young people. T ...
  • Upping the Anti: CERN Physicists Trap Antimatter A ...
    It is the stuff that both science fiction and a good part of author Dan Brown's fortune are made of-- antimatter . [More]
  • Major U.S. Cities Violate New EPA Lead Standards
    Sixteen areas, including Los Angeles, Tampa and Cleveland, have unhealthful amounts of lead in the air that violate national standards, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday.Declared " nonattainment areas ," those regions, located in 11 states , must require smelters and other ...

RAWA News

  • More Americans oppose war in Afghanistan: poll
    AFP: More Americans now oppose the war in Afghanistan than support it, a new poll showed Thursday, the latest sign of waning public backing for the US-led mission. The Quinnipiac University poll also found a large majority of Americans want to see an end to the ban on gays serving openly in the mili ...
  • Bacha Bazi: Afghanistan’s darkest secret
    Indiana Daily Student: It was pushed back by the Taliban, but now, some experts say it’s making a comeback. It’s something so controversial that most Afghans refuse to talk about it or to even acknowledge its existence. It’s 1 a.m. in northern Afghanistan, and a group of armed, powerful older men a ...
  • Chinese Copper Mine In Afghanistan Threatens 2,600 ...
    The Huffington Post: It was another day on the rocky hillside, as archaeologists and laborers dug out statues of Buddha and excavated a sprawling 2,600-year-old Buddhist monastery. A Chinese woman in slacks, carrying an umbrella against the Afghan sun, politely inquired about their progress.
  • Afghan People Suffering Under Powerful Elite Tied ...
    McClatchy Newspapers: The coal dug here fires Afghanistan’s only working cement factory, a strategic industrial asset 150 miles north of Kabul that should be supplying building material for much of the country, generating cash and jobs and improving the lives of some of the world’s poorest people. I ...
  • Afghans See Karzai, Iran Hands in Poll
    The Wall Street Journal: Afghanistan's election authorities are being pressured by President Hamid Karzai and by Iran to alter the preliminary results of September's parliamentary races, adding new controversy to a fraud-marred election, officials and candidates say.

frogblog

  • Time to stop importing pollen
    I want to support Federated Farmers in their raising the possibility that imported pollen may be a vector for the introduction of PSA disease in kiwifruit. This imported pollen is used to artificially pollinate kiwifruit and includes pollen from countries with PSA disease. Beekeeper ...
  • August 13 2011: Nice day for a white wedding
    August 13 is apparently the only day Her Britannic Majesty has free next year. So I suppose that is the date. It’s a pity this will be such a distraction from the real issues half a world away here in Aotearoa / New Zealand, where we desperately need to address climate change, pea ...
  • Suzuki’s keynote speech
    Last week Dr David Suzuki presented the keynote speech at our Sustainable Economics Conference. For those who couldn’t make it, here is Suzuki’s speech. There will also be an MP3 of his speech available here in the near future. Also note that the quality might not be so great on ...
  • How could they ally with the French?
    Amongst all the changes that the new UK govt has brought forth, perhaps the most surprising was the military cooperation agreement with the French. After all, as Sir Humprhey pointed out, Britain has been at war with the French for most of the last 900 years and that’s the real reas ...
  • Red faces at Green Cabs over fire@will
    I’ve been a fan of Green Cabs.  They run fleets of hybrid cabs in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, and plant trees to offset their carbon emissions. This afternoon I was disappointed to learn that Green Cabs had last Friday fired Millie Francis without notice and without warni ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • The Mythical United States of America: Rushing int ...
    The mythical United States of America so highly lauded exists nowhere. It is a Shangri-la. The Preamble of the Constitution makes perfectly clear what kind of nation the United States was meant to be. What exists today fulfills none of those goals. Some have argued that the nation was a fraud fr ...
  • As Western Civilization Lies Dying
    The Western commercial system exists to extract more from consumers than it supplies in products and services. Its goal is profit and has never been the improvement of the human condition but to exploit it. When governments institutionalize this system, they place their nations on suicidal paths, be ...
  • Is Perfect Research Possible
    Some claim that there is no hope of doing perfect research. So, is there hope of doing perfect research? Of course there issometimes! It all depends on the whetherwhether the subject is limited and whether the researcher can write and is intelligent enough to adequately evaluate the evidence. Un ...
  • The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Last Gasp of ...
    No civilization in history that collapsed after a period of greatness has ever regained its dominance. Egypt lasted for three millennia; today it is little more than a field for archeological study. The Persian Empire, which lasted for more than three hundred years, became the largest and most p ...
  • Specie, Script, and War: The Contradictory Practic ...
    Wars are fought for business, but business and the economy are synonymous. Wars will continue to be fought for the economy as long as this economy is not abandoned. War is a logical consequence of it, not a means utilized by it. No attempt to eliminate war and preserve the economy can succeed. A ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • New START and Its Discontents
    Josh Marshall realized today that he didn't really know much about the New START treaty, so he made some phone calls to get up to speed. His report: Have you heard this? Russia still has a massive strategic nuclear arsenal with pretty much the exclusive goal of being able to devastate the United St ...
  • Popping the Corks for GM
    Stephen Spruiell thows a bit of cold water on GM's much ballyhooed IPO: Regarding the triumphalism attending GM’s IPO, let this post serve as a friendly reminder that GM still owes the U.S. government $43 billion; that its financing arm still owes $14.6 billion; and that its sick friend Chrysler st ...
  • Are Dems Growing a Brain?
    Greg Sargent reports: Steny Hoyer, the number two in the House Dem leadership, told Democrats at a caucus meeting this morning that they would get to vote this year on just extending the Bush tax cuts for the middle class, a senior Dem aide tells me, signaling support for a confrontational move tow ...
  • Chart of the Day: Conservative Economists
    I'm not sure what to say about this one. Mike Konczal recently surveyed a random selection of conservative economists who had signed a Cato letter opposing the stimulus bill in early 2009 to find out what they were thinking these days. It was totally unscientific and he ended up getting 29 responses ...
  • NPR's Nazis
    Fox News chief Roger Ailes goes off the reservation about NPR executives: They are, of course, Nazis. They have a kind of Nazi attitude. They are the left wing of Nazism. Come on, Roger. Sure, NPR executives are Nazis. That goes without saying. But the left wing of Nazism? Don't you know that Jona ...

Insanity Report

  • Movie Review: Diary of a Tired Black Man
    Late Monday night I was bored and decided to watch “Diary of a Tired Black Man.”  I did so knowing I was probably going to want to claw my eyes out when I was done.  People always ask “Kriss why do you torture yourself by watching bad movies?”  I’m not really sure.  I get some [...]
  • Mike Vick: When I Do Believe In Second Chances
    Remember when I wrote those articles about Chris Brown and how big of an unrepentant jackass he was?  People would give me shit because they claimed that I was being too hard on him.  I would be asked things like “So are you saying people don’t deserve a second chance?”  Of course I think people [.. ...
  • Movie Review: Skyline
    So you may or may not have heard that we’re looking to launch a new site in 2011 that focuses on Movies, TV Shows and other entertainment like that.  We’ve been doing Movie Trailer Reviews and regular Movie Reviews as well as posts and lists based around the movie industry for a while now and [...] ...
  • IC 209: I Quit
    Topics for the show: We’re back after a short hiatus The Political world is crazy A Maryland County Executive and his wife are arrested…the details are absurd Alvin Greene for President? Dear Kanye….you’re back to emoting…please pick what you want to be Rachel Maddow interviews Jon Stewart Some Libe ...
  • Rachel Maddow’s Interview with Jon Stewart
    I watched the whole edited version last night and I’ll watch this unedited version to see what I missed. It was funny watching some Liberals react to Stewart’s answers though. Because Stewart doesn’t give them the answers they want to hear there was a lot of “I’m DONE with Jon” and “I thought he was ...

Simple Climate

  • When climate becomes a problem too far
    Vivid images are important for understanding global warming, says University of New South Wales psychologist Ben Newell, but go too far and people can react with despair that prevents them doing anything to stop it.
  • Air-stilling temperatures create heat, wind power ...
    Climate change won't cause more hurricanes but will place human bodies under more heat stress, Nat Johnson and Steven Sherwood tell Simple Climate, and will reduce the power generated from wind turbines according to Diandong Ren.
  • Climate change shifts organisms in space and time
    Duke University's Bill Morris finds the hills are alive with moving plants, and warns that climate change impacts could mean species that have worked together in the past will move out of sync.
  • Prehistoric CO2 double-up gives warming data
    Measurements from a global warming episode 40 million years ago show that a doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere increased sea surface temperatures between 2 and 5ºC, Dutch and British scientists find.
  • Extracting urine in the name of climate research
    50,000-year old animal toilets are in fact sensitive measures of prehistoric climate, says Brian Chase, from the Institute of Evolutionary Sciences in Montpellier, France.

e!Science News

  • Planet from another galaxy discovered
    Over the last 15 years, astronomers have detected nearly 500 planets orbiting stars in our cosmic neighbourhood, but none outside our Milky Way has been confirmed [1]. Now, however, a planet with a minimum mass 1.25 times that of Jupiter [2] has been discovered orbiting a star of extragalactic origi ...
  • Spacecraft flew through 'snowstorm' on encounter w ...
    On its recent trip by comet Hartley 2, the Deep Impact spacecraft took the first pictures of, and flew through, a storm of fluffy particles of water ice being spewed out by carbon dioxide jets coming from the rough ends of the comet. The resulting images and data shed new light on the nature and com ...
  • Months of geologic unrest signaled reawakening of ...
    Months of volcanic restlessness preceded the eruptions this spring of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull, providing insight into what roused it from its centuries of slumber. read more
  • Panama Canal, Panama City at risk of large earthqu ...
    Panama Canal, Pan read more
  • UGA researchers identify key enzyme that regulates ...
    New University of Georgia research, published this week in the early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that blocking the action of an enzyme called GnT-V significantly delays the onset and spread of tumors in mice with cancer very similar to man ...

unEarthed

  • EPA Cracks Down On Oil And Gas Greenhouse Emission ...
    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced final rules for the disclosure of greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry, one of the largest sources of methane, a potent global warming pollutant. Accordin ...
  • A Reason To Give Thanks—Environmental Law Survived ...
    Roadless areas of the Tongass N.F. are among Earthjustice's top priorities for protection Although the recent elections signal a return to more inhospitable times for environmental protection in Congress, we are sustained by ...
  • Quiet Plan to Export U.S. Coal from West Coast
    The coal mining industry is developing plans to send massive amounts of U.S. coal to China. The move comes as coal companies see little room for growth domestically as concerns grow over climate impacts and local pollution. The ...
  • Our Mountain Heroes: Are You One of Them?
    Inspiration abounds in America. Despite the problems and troubles of this expansive land, we have heroes, champions and everyday people who, day in and day out, rise above their circumstances to the inspire those around them and ...
  • Coal Ash Continues to Leak Into Groundwater
    Coal ash spill Hurry up! Friday is the deadline for submitting comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on its proposal to regulate coal ash, including one option that would keep things as they are (not good). ...

Brave New Climate

  • Systems modelling for synergistic ecological-clima ...
    For those interested in my current science research directions, I’ve just been funded for another 4 years by the Australian Research Council as a Professorial “Future Fellow“, to continue my work on stochastic systems modelling and scenario optimisation. Here are some details on the project: Title: ...
  • SNE 2060 – assessment of energy demand
    In a previous post on BraveNewClimate – TCASE #The energy demand equation to 2050 — I estimated a mid-century global primary energy demand of ~1000 EJ (see here for definitions). But it may as well have been 2060; the actual date that this global demand will be reached is obviously uncertain, but ...
  • CO2 rising – the science of global warming
    Below are two climate change book reviews by me; I hope you find them as interesting as I did. I’ve provided an Amazon link to one and a Book Depository link to another — because I’m not out to promote any particular online bookstore (although I tend to find the latter cheapest, and as to [...]
  • Electricity costs exhibits
    I note that there has been some interesting discussion here on costs of electricity, especial the comparative value of fossil fuels versus nuclear (and renewables). This is a point I will revisit from a number of perspectives over the next few months, because I agree with commenters like Arthur Dent ...
  • Two nuclear-solar dialogues in Melbourne next week
    Back in September, I visited UNSW in Sydney and debated Mark Diesendorf on nuclear and solar power. It was a useful night, with quite a few Sydney-based BNC readers attending. I was pleased with the outcome — I just hope the audio becomes available at some point. Now this “Brain Food” event comes to ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • Land of the Food Insecure: Record Rates of Hunger ...
    Published on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 by BBC News Republished by Common Dreams on November 18, 2010 Almost 15% of US households experienced a food shortage at some point in 2009, a government report has found. Drew Everhart, a homeless man, sits at the Urban Ministry soup kitchen in Charlot ...
  • On a mission to expose abuses in West Papua
    On a mission to expose abuses in West Papua  [freemalaysiatoday.com] By Teoh El Sen FMT INTERVIEW PETALING JAYA: Hunted by the military, human rights activist and documentary filmmaker Wensi Fatubun left his home in West Papua, Indonesia, and continued his fight abroad. "I received an SMS threate ...
  • Resisting Gender Violence and the Prison Industria ...
    Resisting Gender Violence and the Prison Industrial Complex --An interview with Vikki Law : Indybay By Angola 3 News Victoria Law is a longtime prison activist and the author of the 2009 book, Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles of Incarcerated Women (PM Press). Law’s essay “Sick of the Abuse: Fe ...
  • UK Police not wearing ID so they can abuse the law ...
    YouTube - UK Police not wearing ID so they can abuse the law and not be identified: Police in uniform by law have to have an ID number and the public have the right to be able to identify any uniformed police officer and so badges should be worn at all times. Two female protesters who challenged po ...
  • Does TSA Think Tampons Are A Security Risk? - Femi ...
    Does TSA Think Tampons Are A Security Risk? - Feminist Peace Network: "It never ceases to amaze me exactly what it takes to make the American people rise up. Turns out that after all of these years of hyper airport security mania not phasing us, it’s the thought of having to choose between being se ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Brainwashed Republican Lemmings
    Should we feel sorry for brainwashed Republican lemmings? The fools that think that giving all the breaks to billionaires while they rob the poor and the middle class is “good for” America. That think all taxes are bad, but don’t understand roads, bridges, jails, and stuff like that. The filthy r ...
  • I Hope Everyone Watched Rachel Maddow Tonight
    As it turns out Politico ran a story today about the Republicans not trusting Obama after he spanked them so hard at their retreat last year. They quoted some “staffer” nonsense that couldn’t possibly true, and then Politico had to “revise” their “story” later, since it was so absurd. It seems the f ...
  • Republicans Posturing as Fiscal Conservatives
    How many of our readers think it is funny watching Republicans pretend to be fiscal conservatives? Everyone knows that Republicans only have one objective, and that is to hand our tax dollars off to the folks, and corporations that fund their campaigns. This corporate welfare is what is exploding ou ...
  • Bill Maher on Keith Olbermann
    When talking about the difference between Keith and Glenn Beck, Bill Maher said “You and Glenn Beck are not the same. One of you (you) tries to stick to the facts, the other one is very close to playing with his poop”. I guess saying Glenn Beck is close to playing with his poop is [...]
  • Cut and Run – Mitch McConnell
    As it turns out Senator Mitch McConnell was telling Bush to pull some troops our of Iraq ahead of the 2006 election, because it would be a good political move. At the same time hypocrisy Mitch was claiming publicly the Democrat Party wanted to pull troops out of Iraq and “cut and run”. Can you [...]

Appalachia Rising

  • Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
    Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a found ...
  • Press Conference to be Held on June 15
    Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-2688 o ...
  • Press Inquiries
    All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conference H ...
  • New Flier for Appalachia Rising
  • Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachian ...
    Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind coalfi ...

Amped Status

  • Time to Fight Back: Crash JP Morgan, Buy Silver!
    Are you sick of being screwed over by Wall Street? Now is the perfect time for us to get some revenge! A crack in the foundation has been exposed! If people go out and buy silver in large numbers, JP Morgan will lose $4 BILLION.
  • We Need A Rally To Restore The Rule Of Law And/Or ...
    The Federal Reserve represents global banking interests who have overstepped their legal authority. Their Quantitative Easing program is an explicit violation of the Constitution. By deliberately devaluing the dollar and causing the price of basic necessities to rise, the Federal Reserve is, as a m ...
  • Dear America, Your Taxes Are Going Up 20%, Food an ...
    We are now creating short videos to break issues down in an easily understood manner. The goal is to have a video that family and friends can watch which explains our crisis and hopefully inspires passive people into action. In this first video, David DeGraw discusses the Federal Reserve's latest ...
  • Midterm Election Further Demonstrates Need for Rev ...
    Yes, I sound extreme, but these are extreme times. Most Americans have only a vague understanding of the collapse that we have been set up for. I’m not going to sit quietly as our future is ripped out from under us. I see the path we are on and I intend to change it!
  • ‘Road Through 2012′ Book Release Moved ...
    I've had two very powerful interests threaten to sue me over the release of my new book. To make matters even worse, a third interest is going to lengths to make my life as difficult as possible...

+972

  • Letter to Congregation Beth Avodah
    Your decision to exile J Street’s voice from your community comes as a stinging blow.
  • Is there anyone to whom the J-Street lockout makes ...
    There are a number of things that utterly bewilder me, as an Israeli, about Temple Beith Avoda synagogue’s cancellation of the J-Street president Jeremy Ben Ami talk this evening. I’ll jump to conclusions and assume the people responsible and myself come from different edges of the political spectr ...
  • From the fringes, a new center will emerge (Mati S ...
    The following was translated from the original Hebrew by Dena Shunra. Lisa Goldman response to me in her piece, “Does Israelâs cultural life offer hope for its democracy?â, and raises important points about the discussion of the connection between the cultural and the political. She explains that Te ...
  • Of gentleness in Israeli culture
    It may seem a peculiar time to discuss the gentleness of Israeli culture. Times are brutal. People here are feeling more and more comfortable to express themselves in a vulgar manner. Am I bidding farewell to the kindness in our culture? Peharps. Then again, even before the head Rabbi of Safed began ...
  • Israeli prosecution petitions to extend Bil’in’s A ...
    Abu Rahmah was scheduled to be released tomorrow, after having served a one-year prison term. The military prosecution filed a petition demanding to extend Abu Rahmah’s detention past the time he was sentenced to. If the petition is accepted, Abu Rahmah will be kept in jail past his release date, an ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

Matt Weidner Blog

  • THE TRAGIC END OF FORECLOSURE- MAN COMMITS SUICIDE ...
    When you’re on the front lines of this war, you cannot help but be impacted by the sad and disturbing stories that are impacting our neighbors all across this country.  Every single day we are confronted with these horrors stories and a critical function of the advocacy work myself and others are d ...
  • Faulty Foreclosures Blamed on Fla. Courts
    Latest Housingwatch.com article on Faulty Foreclosures – read below: Housingwatch.com | By Josie Gulliksen “Getting $6 million to clean up faulty foreclosures as quickly as possible is probably the worst thing that could have happened to Florida’s court system. The American Civil Liberties Union ...
  • Investor and Institutional Lawsuits Offer Keys to ...
    We all know that most, if not all, of the subprime lenders that were originating the loans we are now defending for homeowners were engaging in various degrees of widespread fraud and deceit in order to close the loans.  Our borrower clients were not sophisticated enough to catch the fraud or partic ...
  • Robosigning in Florida foreclosure cases leads to ...
    An article published in Wednesday’s St. Petersburg Times, written by Kris Hundley, discusses Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Court Judges’ statements that “… they’ve never seen anything like the letters they’ve been receiving over the past few weeks from the South Florida foreclosure law firm of David J. St ...
  • INVESTIGATION: Questions mount about documents use ...
    By: Alan Cohn “TAMPA – The Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court today ordered judges across the state to stop closing their courtrooms to the public during foreclosure hearings. The move by Chief Justice Charles Canady is in response to a growing chorus of complaints that banks are sometimes t ...

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The Parallel Parliament

  • Paradise Lost
    It was just the kind of move that confirmed for many countries why they couldn’t opt for Canada to claim a seat on the United Nations Security Council. No sooner had the strategic vote been lost than the Harper government began ruminating about the prospect of closing even more embassies on the Afri ...
  • An Apology Would Be Helpful
    Decorum in the House was supposed to be getting better over these last few weeks and there certainly has been the odd better moment. But then yesterday, Conservative Joy Smith rose from her seat and accused Michael Ignatieff of maligning Winnipeg’s Filipino community while he was present in that cit ...
  • The Dragon vs. the Eagle
    Despite the hype, it was never destined to be a breakthrough set of summits. At both the G20 gathering in Seoul and the APEC summit in Japan, participants warily watched the birth pangs of a new world order as China and the United States squared off over the unfolding of the world’s economy. While t ...
  • Street-level Politics
    This past Saturday evening was our Santa Claus Parade – a London tradition that runs through my riding in its entirety. I put it in the Parallel Parliament on this occasion because it reveals, in microcosm, what good politics should be. Have a look at the video. In it you’ll see a compassionate and ...
  • The Four Horsemen
    Harry Stuhldreher, Don Miller, Jim Crowley and Elmer Layden – the backfield of Knute Rockne’s infamous 1924 Notre Dame football team that became the most famous of its day.  The squad lost only two games in two years and became iconic in sports circles. Queried about his good fortune, Rockne could ...

Vaccine Awakening

  • Thousands Of Americans Register for NVIC's New Adv ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Thousands of Americans living in all 50 states took action and registered for the new NVIC Advocacy Portal at www.NVICadvocacy.org during Vaccine Awareness Week (Nov. 1-6, 2010) co-sponsored by the National Vaccine Information C ...
  • Vaccine Science: A Search for Truth
    by Barbara Loe Fisher February 2009 turned out to be a month when vaccine science was put on trial in the U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C., in mainstream media and on the internet, in the British Medical Journal and in vaccine safety research initiatives by the U.S. Department of Health and ...
  • Talking Vaccine Science with Government: Why Do It ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher After the historic election in November that saw Barack Obama elected President, I wondered what he and his Administration would do about addressing the question that is on the minds of many parents: Why are so many vaccinated children today chronically ill, suffering with lea ...
  • Vaccine Bullies & Fighting Back
    By Barbara Loe Fisher During the past decade, families in the United Kingdom, Canada and America have witnessed the demonization of brave doctors and parents of vaccine injured children. It has been both sickening and frightening to watch physicians and some journalists engage in a relentless perse ...
  • Doctor-Heroes Standing For Better Vaccine Science
    by Barbara Loe Fisher The cry that was heard around the world in the early 1980's, when mothers and fathers realized an old, crude pertussis vaccine was killing and damaging the brains of their children, is being echoed today by new generations of parents struggling to raise vaccine injured childre ...

2020 Science

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    Next week I am being “installed” here at the University of Michigan.  Not in the sense of installing a carpet – as one friend suggested – but in the sense of being installed as an endowed professor.  The Charles and Rita Gelman Risk Science Professor to be precise. To mark the occasion, I’m expect ...
  • Basic research and personal responsibility
    Dan Sarewitz has a rather provocative commentary in Nature this morning, where he suggests that proposals to increase basic research may be good politics, but questionable policy. The headline alone is probably enough to get some science-advocates’ blood boiling, whether they go on to read the piece ...
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    Just thought I’d circulate this on the 2020 Science network – please feel free to pass on the information to anyone who might be interested. We have finally started the process of looking for two junior faculty to join the Risk Science Center at the University of Michigan School of Public Health.  ...
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    A weekly reflection on life in academia Note to self: Try not to fall asleep before important interviews with smart journalists. It’s been a tough week.  My gift from last week’s meeting in San Francisco was a lovely ripe cold – something of an occupational hazard these days being cooped up in airp ...
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    Back in the mists of time, I was approached with a crazy proposition – would I help co-edit a book on nanotechnologies regulation!  In a moment of weakness I said yes, and a little more than two and a half years later, the book is finally about to hit the shelves. I actually think the [...] ...

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    The report begins: "Nancy Pelosi will continue leading Democrats in the House of Representatives during the 112th Congress, winning a vote of her caucus, 150-46, on Wednesday." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a veteran's ceremony in Washington, DC, 11/10/10. (photo: Reuters) Sorry, you ...
  • A World Without Birds
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War Resisters League

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    Dear Supporters, My name is Joyce Wagner. I am a Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq in 2004 and 2005, and I am a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. This Labor Day, IVAW women will hold our first ever retreat in support of women veterans. Your donation today will help us make [...]
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Field Notes - Alberta Environment

 

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Eagles expect to fly off grid with renewable power at home stadium
Vancouver Sun
- Nov 19, 2010
- 2 hours ago
The Eagles have contracted with Solar Blue LLC, an Orlando-based renewable energy company, to install 80 20-foot wind turbines on the upper rim of the ...
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Verso Launches Renewable Energy Project at Bucksport Mill
MarketWatch (press release)
- Nov 19, 2010
- 1 hour ago
(NYSE:VRS) announced today the launch of a $40 million Renewable Energy Project at its Bucksport, Maine mill. This project will provide a 43% increase in ...
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Riding the Renewable Rollercoaster
Biomass Power and Thermal
- Nov 19, 2010
- 1 hour ago
That door is in Oregon where Iberdrola Renewables Inc. has started construction of its 26.8-megawatt biomass cogeneration plant. The plant will be located ...
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Bharat Book Bureau: Green Energy in the UK: Renewable sources, drivers ...
Trading Markets (press release)
- Nov 16, 2010
- Nov 16, 2010
Renewable energy generates close to 2% of electricity in UK. In 2008, UK's electricity generation totaled 389650GWh, a decrease of 1.9% over 2007. ...
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Department Of Ecology Approves Des Moines' Updated Shoreline Plan
The Waterland Blog (blog)
- Nov 18, 2010
- 21 hours ago
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) announced Thursday (Nov. 18) that it has approved the City of Des Moines' recently updated Shoreline Master ...
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Assistant Professor in Tropical Ecology
Nature.com
- Nov 19, 2010
- 7 hours ago
The Nicholas School of the Environment (NSOE) at Duke University will make a tenure-track appointment for an Assistant Professor in tropical ecology. ...
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Special section on ecological distribution conflicts in the journal Ecological ...
EurekAlert (press release)
- Nov 19, 2010
- 2 hours ago
... have published a special section in the journal Ecological Economics that analyzes the link between ecological economics and political ecology. ...
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Walk in the park yields biological treasure
EurekAlert (press release)
- Nov 19, 2010
- 3 hours ago
Noah Whiteman, an assistant professor in the UA's department of ecology and evolutionary biology, has found a miniature ecosystem consisting of a plant and ...
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At noon: Dow, TSX tread water
Globe and Mail (blog)
- Nov 19, 2010
- 24 minutes ago
Stocks were relatively unchanged heading into midday action on Friday, following sharp increases during Thursday's broad rally. The Dow Jones industrial ...
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LRCA to sell its 32 water, wastewater systems
Houston Chronicle
- Nov 19, 2010
- 2 hours ago
2010 AP AUSTIN, Texas — The board of the Lower Colorado River Authority has voted to sell all of its 32 water and wastewater systems in Central Texas. ...
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Elton John Naples gig gets organisers into hot water
BBC News
- Nov 19, 2010
- 1 hour ago
Our Europe Correspondent Matthew Price says it is the local Italian officials who decided to use the funding in this way who find themselves in hot water. ...
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Barbara Boyarsky Named Vice President, General Manager of American Water Resources
MarketWatch (press release)
- Nov 19, 2010
- 1 hour ago
American Water Resources is the company's homeowner services business, which provides water line, sewer line and in-home plumbing emergency protection ...
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