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Thomas Paine

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

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IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Brazil's Capitalist Invasion Builds Socialism 'à l ...
    Bridges, railroads, petrochemicals, steel mills, electricity, aqueducts, agriculture, meat-processing plants, ship building and even cable cars: Brazil's powerful entrepreneurial arm is reaching towards the Caribbean, via Venezuela, where the Hugo Chávez government is working to build what i ...
  • IRAQ: U.S. Influence on the Decline
    Iraq's much-awaited recent power-sharing deal signifies a shift of influence on Iraqi politics away from the U.S. and its regional allies to domestic Iraqi political actors, most notably the Kurds, and eastward to Iran.
  • US-MEXICO: Award Honours Rights Defenders in "War ...
    Ines Fernandez and Valentina Rosendo, two indigenous Me'phaa women from the Mexican state of Guerrero, were raped and tortured by members of the Mexican Army in 2002. Since then, they have been subject to a constant stream of threats to keep them from speaking about the incidents.
  • U.S.: Will Pentagon Be Exempt from Budget Cuts?
    With pressure to slash the 1.3 trillion-dollar federal deficit rising sharply, the public debate over whether to exempt the Pentagon from such cuts is moving rapidly toward centre-stage.
  • LATIN AMERICA: Community Projects Want to Graduate ...
    "On Dec. 15, we will make the great leap ahead when we present our health programme, our hospital boat, to the country," Caetano Scannavino announced in the name of a community project that has achieved one of its aims: to be included in the Brazilian government's social policies.

Scoop - NZ

  • Kerviel: 'I Was Just a Small Cog in the Machine'
    The fall of Societe Generale trader Jerome Kerviel became symbolic of the entire financial crisis. In October, he was sentenced to five years in jail for losing almost 5 billion euros of his employer's money. In an interview with SPIEGEL, he says his bank knew exactly what he was doing and that his ...
  • Taiwan seeks to save indigenous languages
    aipei secondary school student Lai Wei-li swayed awkwardly while trying to make music with a Saisiyat tribal instrument of dangling bamboo tubes strapped to her back. "It's really cool and interesting. It's harder than it looks. I have to control my footsteps, sway my body back and forth, and ...
  • 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 ...

Independent - London

  • North Korea 'builds new Nuclear facility'
    North Korea has secretly and quickly built a new facility to enrich uranium, according to a US nuclear scientist.
  • Peacekeepers 'brought cholera to Haiti'
    Allegations that UN peacekeepers are the source of Haiti's cholera epidemic are being formally investigated by the organisation.
  • Pope signals historic leap in fight against Aids: ...
    In a groundbreaking move, Pope Benedict XVI said yesterday that the use of condoms can be justified in some cases. He cited as an example male prostitutes seeking to prevent the spread of HIV, although some commentators interpreted his words as applying to all occasions where a condom is used to s ...
  • Alcoholic energy drink faces ban after binge death ...
    There are many nicknames for Four Loko. Fans call it "blackout in a can" but regulators prefer "AED", which might read Anatomical Explosive Device except it actually means Alcoholic Energy Drink. In any event, it's poisonous and popular and because of it, Uncle Sam is taking a trip down Prohibition ...
  • Chinese repression creates the world's first Twitt ...
    China's paranoia about dissent has plumbed new, absurdist depths with the sentencing of a woman to a year in a labour camp for re-posting a Tweet from her fiancé. Cheng Jianping was arrested on what would have been her wedding day, and is believed to be the first person in the world to be jailed fo ...

Rogue Government.com

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

  • Erase yourself: 'Right to be forgotten' proposed b ...
    The European Commission has proposed a legal "right to be forgotten" allowing internet users to ensure that shameful pictures or other embarrassing online content is deleted from Facebook or other social networking websites. EU data protection rules are to be updated to take into account the gro ...
  • 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 ...
  • Hands off, buddy - we're Americans: US passengers ...
    The Thanksgiving holiday could turn fractious in airports all across the United States next week as public mutiny mounts over the recent introduction of new body scanners that leave little to the imagination and more thorough pat-down procedures at already congested check-points. The furore has d ...
  • Thousands of Germans opt out of Google Street View
    Almost 250,000 Germans have told Google to blur pictures of their homes on the Street View service. The German government insisted that people get the chance to make the request as a condition of letting Google operate Street View. It said personal privacy would be violated if people did not hav ...
  • Rape Survivor Devastated by TSA Enhanced Pat Down
    An area Wiccan discovered first hand what most of us are still unaware of - many flyers are now being forced to choose between allowing a TSA agent to see them naked or to have their genitals touched and squeezed as part of what the TSA terms "enhanced pat downs." Celeste, a survivor of rape, d ...

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 ...
  • Nasties . . .
    INTERPOL. Interesting site. Worth the visit.
  • Shooting Judecasts
    Never know what you'll see over my shoulder. The lovely Ms Jude cracking wise with Gordon Pinsent, one of the most charming and delightful characters you'll ever meet.

Media Matters for America

  • Fox's Cavuto so wedded to tax cut mythology th ...
    Fox News host Neil Cavuto forcefully accused his guest, Democratic strategist Chris Hahn, of lying when Hahn said of the Bush tax cuts, "For every dollar you spend in tax cuts, you get back 30 cents to the economy." In fact, the figure Hahn cited is both accurate and well documented. Cavuto sho ...
  • Right-wing media return to demanding "misleading ...
    The conservative media have used the public backlash against airport security screenings as an opportunity to renew their calls for racial profiling. Security experts say that racial profiling is ineffective, and Bush administration Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has called it "mi ...
  • Right-wing media suggest military commission would ...
    Right-wing media have attacked the Obama administration over the civilian court trial of Ahmed Ghailani, suggesting that testimony by a "key witness" excluded by the civilian court would have been admissible in a military commission and resulted in further convictions against Ghailani. But numerous ...
  • Quick Fact: Bolling continues to push debunked cl ...
    During a recent episode of America's Newsroom, Fox Business anchor Eric Bolling falsely claimed that "half of the filers who make over $250,000 will be small businesses" next year. In fact, the overwhelming majority of small businesses would be unaffected by�allowing the Bush tax cuts for the we ...
  • Right-wing media renew assault on unemployment ins ...
    Fox Business' Charles Payne and MSNBC's Pat Buchanan both promoted the myth that extending unemployment insurance disincentivizes unemployed individuals from searching for work. But economists agree that during a period of economic downturn, unemployment insurance does not discourage recipients fro ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • The Kids Are All Right
    If you need to replenish your optimism about America's future, then you need to talk to high school students. I spent last Wednesday with students from across Eastern Pennsylvania and Western Ohio, and it did me a world of good. The occasion was the 40th annual World Affairs Institute of the Pittsbu ...
  • Compromise on Social Security and Medicare? Why My ...
    In recent days several center-left blogger/columnists have suggested that progressives should be happy to cut a deal now on Social Security and other issues related to the budget. The argument is that the cuts being put forward by the commissions are not that onerous, they don't involve privatizatio ...
  • Economic Prison Zones
    When a project mixes the feel-good words of jobs, economic development and Israeli- Palestinian cooperation, how can anyone complain? These things are some of what the international community has been promising to deliver through the construction of industrial free trade zones in the Occupied Palest ...
  • AIPAC Bogged Down By Exploding Scandal
    The latest AIPAC scandal has not found its way into the mainstream media, although the Jewish media has done a great job in highlighting this very explosive story.  (LATE UPDATE: The Washington Post is now reporting on the story). The good news is that it doesn't much matter whether the New ...
  • Rotwang Ruminates, Post 11/10
    Dissociated observations . . . Tickle Me, TSA. I've seen the pictures of people being scanned by the TSA. They look like the ghost of the Michelin Man. I've heard the radiation in question is no worse than what you get in a plane. So I don't get the umbrage. Getting groped is another matter ...

TruthOut

  • Beyond Wyclef: What Haitians Want From Elections
    We asked dozens of Haitians from different social sectors how they felt about the November 28 elections, and what they want or expect from a new government. Here are some of their responses. Louisiane Nazaire defines herself as a peasant. She is a member of a local peasant farmer group in the Grand ...
  • Nine Years Too Long
    In 2002, my client, Kuwaiti citizen Fayiz Al-Kandari, was captured by Pakistani forces and sold to the United States military. Since that time, he has been confined without charge at America's notorious island prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for almost nine years. read more
  • Review of John Atlas, "Seeds of Change: The Story ...
    "Seeds of Change: The Story of ACORN, America's Most Controversial Antipoverty Community Organizing Group" John Atlas (Vanderbilt University Press, 2010) "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crises maintain their neutrality" - Danteread more
  • Pilots To Be Exempt From Airport Scanners, Intrusi ...
    Faced with widespread resistance to what some passengers see as personally intrusive air travel security measures, US officials are looking for ways to ease the demands on those who fly on commercial airliners. That starts with those flying the aircraft. Beginning in 2011, airline pilots will no l ...
  • Sex-Workers Get Second Chance at Life With Microlo ...
    Nairobi, Kenya: With higher levels of economic growth than expected, Kenya’s banks have already begun giving successful loans to a specific and special group of women. Many of these women have struggled through poverty with only one option available to them as they raise their children alone without ...

Planetsave

  • Investors Tell US: Take Action on Climate Change
    In a tremendous show of support for climate action, 259 investors with over $15 trillion in capital called on political leaders headed to Cancun at the end of this month as well as the incoming U.S. Congress that the time to take action on climate change is now. Ceres writes: Citing potential climat ...
  • Comedy Video “Anatomy of a Greenwash” Keeps the Fo ...
    Did Chevron fall off your radar for a moment after the hilarious spoofs of its ridiculous PR campaign last month? Well, if it did, it’s time to put it back on there. Amazon Watch, Rainforest Action Network, and The Yes Men continue to take it to the company with a new FunnyorDie video, “Anatomy of ...
  • Plastic State of Mind
    Awesome video. A must see. From Green Sangha, performed by activists AshEl Eldridge and Jenni Perez.
  • Greenpeace “Shut Down Vermont Yankee” ...
    Greenpeace flew a blimp (or “airship”) over the Vermont Nuclear Reactor “Vermont Yankee” this week,.. as you know since you already read our first story on the activist effort, right? (Hint: read the back story if you haven’t yet.) Greenpeace has now released a video (below) and several pictures of ...
  • Global Warming Could Trigger Global Cooling
    In another example of just how little we have a grasp on the mechanics of our planets climate system, new research out of Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research has predicted colder winters as a result of global warming in the Arctic. According to a study that was recently published in the Jo ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • A Cry From Argentina: ‘Close Guantanamo’ - Civil R ...
    “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.. ...
  • Russia 'frees Israeli mercenary' - World News
    Editor's Note: This story demonstrates conclusively that the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is firmly in the grip of Zionism. If the ECHR had any interest in "human rights", their focus would be on the Colombian peasants, numbering in the thousands, who were tortured and killed by Yair Klein. ...
  • The Murky World of David Headley - Critical Analys ...
    The US DEA agent who ran amuck in the terrorist underworld of Pak-Afghan border region and might have played a role in Mumbai attacks India’s blame game Two years later, the Mumbai terrorist attack continues to cast a shadow on Pakistan-India relations. Indians struggle to fi ...
  • 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...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • The Truth About Turnout
    More liberal facts with which to go on rhetorical offense during Thanksgiving: No, rethuglican victories do not mean that rethuglicans persuaded independents, much less a single Democrat, to vote for them. It means that Democratic voters stayed home. Down with Tyranny has the numbers. In congressio ...
  • I do not want mine if it means you have to give th ...
    Maybe there's a possibility of leaving out the tax cut extension for the top 1%? You know, comforting the comfortable. Maybe, maybe not. House and Senate Democrats plan tax cut votes after Thanksgiving By: CNN's Deirdre Walsh and Dana Bash and Ted Barrett Washington (CNN) - Democratic leaders in th ...
  • Sunday Funny
    Yeah, that Obama sure is a self-serving ass, isn't he?
  • Crank Up the Liberal Noise Machine: Republicans Ar ...
    And I don't mean the liberal vision of America; I mean the physical nation itself: its economy, its national security, its rule of law. It's gotten so bad that even voices of calm, reasoned discourse are using inflamatory language. Steve Benen: NONE DARE CALL IT SABOTAGE.... Consider a thought exper ...
  • Republicans, I'll Stop Demonizing You -- If You'll ...
    I know that much of this comes from misplaced priorities, and from anal-retentive values and attitudes. But Thursday's House vote on the extension of unemployment benefits should indicate clearly where Republicans stand on this issue, and how hatefully they are willing to play politics with the futu ...

Care 2

  • Tell USDA To Say No! Farmers and Consumers Will be ...
    In August, a Federal court ruled that USDA's approval of genetically engineered (GE), "Roundup Ready" sugar beets was unlawful, concluding that USDA had failed to conduct an adequate analysis of the impacts of this crop on farmers and the environment, sucSubmitted by Daf Jind to Health & Wellness � ...
  • Bill to Crack Down on Animal Crush Videos Wins Fin ...
    The Humane Society of the United States commends Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Reps. Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., and Gary Peters, D-Mich., for their leadership in winning final congressional approval for H.R. Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Note-it ...
  • Ask What's "FUNNY" About a Dead Baby Pig? PLEASE T ...
    An online novelty gift store known for its outrageous products may have gone too far with an item they say is a practical joke. The website is selling a piggy bank made from a real piglet Submitted by Cher C. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Ask USDA to Investigate New England Primate Resear ...
    The Southborough facility, owned and operated by Harvard Medical School, controls nearly 2000 primates. While a warning has been issued, the USDA owes it to these innocent prisoners to thoroughly investigate this facility and ensure that humane practicesSubmitted by Cher C. to Animals �|� �Note-it! ...
  • Arizona shelter worker fired after accidentally eu ...
    UPDATED Story about Target, euthanized in error. According to the New York Times, the worker was officially terminated on Friday. Prior to the termination, the worker responsible for Target's death had been on paid administrative leave. Submitted by Diane A. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add ...

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Saturday Night’s Open Thread
    MSNBC’s faux morality storm troopers strike again … Ed Schultz gets exposed as the ridiculous idiot that he is on his MSNBC show (and it is quite hilarious!) … Megyn Kelly really lets her hair down, and other things down (like her dress), for GQ magazine’s issue that features top people of the year ...
  • Bad Luck Cadet – Good News!
    Good News is the fourth 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 I [.. ...
  • Queenly Redeemer
    � Sarah Palin is a movie star, and this video package from TLS is genius. The grizzly bears, the grizzly mom, the cubs, the fishing, the children at play, the setting, all of it is genius and easily overwhelms the Lower 48 narrative of modernism and retreat. The puzzle for the GOP is how much [...]
  • Pan
    � James Carville captures the daily chuckle by identifying the difference between HRC and POTUS Obama. The well-known observation is that POTUS does not have weight or purchase. In sum, no one is afraid of POTUS. More intriguing is what are the Democrats going to do about the fact that they are stuc ...
  • New Jersey And Others Push Back At TSA * Update*
    * Bumped up * In case you haven’t had the “pleasure” of flying lately, here is a little taste of what you might expect at the airport … And as shocking as this video is, the push back is only now starting to build. Fortunately there are still some true government representatives willing to take acti ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • Amazing Single Sheet 3D Paper Sculptures
    This Danish artist can make a single sheet of paper sing, whatever size it is. The astounding products of the most gifted Peter Callesen will just blow you away. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • Incredible Book Carvings by Brian Dettmer
    This American artist gives repurposing books a whole new dimension with his incredible surgically precise scuptural ability, changing them into real works of art. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • Crocodiles Leaping from the Water Caught on Camera
    An amazing gallery of pictures of crocs exploding from the water and lunging for their helpless victims! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Australia'a Spider Man
    Meet ‘Real Life Spider Man’ Nick Le Souef, who has decided to live with up to 1,000 deadly spiders for three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • How Overfishing Hurts the Big Fish and the Small F ...
    Since 1998 the story has been circulating that large ocean fish are in decline and that nearly 90% are gone. However, more recent studies suggest that's not the case. 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

  • A Warning About Climate Change From a Departing Re ...
    An outgoing Republican congressman used a House science and environment subcommittee hearing this week as an opportunity to chide his own party for its growing skepticism over the threat posed by greenhouse gas emissions and to warn of missed economic opportunities in clean energy development if cli ...
  • The Night of the Living Congress People
    A survey by the left-leaning Center for American Progress found that 55 percent of newly elected Republicans are "climate zombies" -- meaning that they question the science of human-caused global climate change.
  • On Our Radar: Landrieu Drops Hold on Budget Nomine ...
    A Louisiana senator stops blocking an appointment after Interior Secretary Ken Salazar pledges to help expedite offshore drillling permits.
  • What if Captured Carbon Makes a Getaway?
    If sequestered carbon dioxide makes its way out into underground aquifers, concentrations of minerals could increase to harmful levels, a study suggests.
  • New Roads = Traffic = Emissions?
    Adding and widening roads to ease traffic congestion can end up exacerbating the problem, not to mention generating heat-trapping smog.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • TC Indymedia Exclusive: Secret 'Trigger' & bluepri ...
    VIDEO! up now! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGMgAFJGxH0 National Level Exercise 2011 docs found on Army Corps fileserver prove upgrade for Secret 'Civil Disturbance Operations CONPLAN 3502' the Master Pentagon Blueprint for RNC/G20 Lockdowns, Policing Disasters & More By Dan Feidt for Twin Cities ...
  • Friday Evening: It's time to expose teh secret ops ...
      Hey everyone, the big story is finally getting released. This should clarify a lot of confusing dimensions to what's really been going on. And a huge relief to deal with - after months of work! It's a messy one - but really important. Tune into RuleOfLawRadio.com tonite, Fri Nov 19th  -- if ...
  • 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. ...

Daily Censored

  • Buffett Thanks “Uncle Sam” for Big Bailout Payday
    Michael Collins “The people’s oligarch just spat on the people and thinks no one will get it.” The peoples’ oligarch Warren Buffett just wrote a thank you letter to “Uncle Sam” published in the New York Times. It is the height of cynicism. (Image) Buffett has a carefully crafted public image as a br ...
  • What Do Mt. Clemens, MI and James Bond Have In Com ...
    What Do Mt. Clemens, MI and James Bond Have In Common? Both are victims of “trickle down”/supply side economics. Both are bankrupt. MGM was sold a couple of times. The hapless buyers thought that surely people would collect DVDs of the classics held in the MGM film library. The NPR reporter said, ye ...
  • The majority’s choice: No One.
    Pundits, professional interpreters of events, have awarded the Republicans with a “legislative landslide” in the House, and declared the Democrats “brutally defeated.” Backed by immense and well-organized corporate staffs and spinners (Karl Rove, the Chamber of Commerce and the billionaire Koch brot ...
  • Scanners II – The Prequel
    Michael Collins “Instead of decisive action on this clearly documented problem, we now have full body scanners proposed by a Bush era security official with a clear conflict of interest.” How did we get to the point of full body scans at airports, the massive personal intrusion that represents, and ...
  • 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 ...

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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

  • The Agitator: Voices of PDA Episode 13: Interview ...
    This podcast is the second part of PDA’s election analysis. John Bonifaz of Freespeechforpeople.org is interviewed by PDA national director Tim Carpenter. In the last segment, PDA co-founder Steve Cobble gives us his take on ...
  • 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 ...

Marler Blog

  • TSA, Thanksgiving and Safe Food - Makes Staying Ho ...
    I travel alot.  However, I will not be traveling this week, and if I was, I would not be carting the following: Baked goodies: Cakes and pies will be allowed through security checkpoints, although they may be swabbed for explosives, said TSA spokesman Jim Fotenos. Just about everything else that go ...
  • Thanks Phil Brasher for explaining the unexplainab ...
    I stole the below from Phil Brasher, as he has given the best explanation of the unexplainable. The Senate has put off finishing work on an overhaul of federal food-safety regulations until after the Thanksgiving holidays. However, Senate Democratic leaders have announced a deal on the amendments t ...
  • Who put the crazy in the Tea Party and Safe Food?
    I know people get worked up over legislation, but the blather coming from the tea baggers (sorry, err, Tea Party) is a bit over the top. Here are my favorite tweets of the week: "You know what's next after food safety? Socialism and shariah law. DEMINT FOR PRESIDENT." "Locals say Food Safety Mode ...
  • Humane Society takes on Egg Producer Cal-Maine
    Consumers were urged to be cautious when eating eggs from caged chickens after The Humane Society of the United States said an undercover investigation exposed deplorable conditions at a Texas egg farm. Cal-Maine issued a written response to the investigation, which reads, in part ...
  • Senator Coburn "... we've got the best legal syste ...
    During yesterday's Senate debate as a reason not to pass S. 510, Senator Coburn said, "We’ve got the safest food in the world because we’ve got the best legal system in the world!" Or, another way to say it, "we don't need no stinkin' food safety bill, we got Bill Marler!"  I nearly fainted. I lo ...

AutoblogGreen

  • AutoblogGreen for 11.19.10
    LA 2010: Chevy Volt wins 2011 Green Car of the Year title Another sign the electric car era is here. LA 2010: Elon Musk says Tesla-powered Toyota RAV4 EV is good for Model S Partnership with ...
  • 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. ...

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

  • Bernanke Calls On Congress To Help The Economy &#8 ...
    Bernanke Calls On Congress To Help The Economy — For At Least The Fourth Time In Five Months Huff Post William Alden & Shahien Nasiripour First Posted: 11-20-10 09:01 AM   |   Updated: 11-20-10 01:55 PM NEW YORK — For at least the fourth time since June, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke p ...
  • The American Ruling Class
     Rolling Stone feature discusses issues explored in The American Ruling Class facebook�July 16, 2009 by Alive Mind The American Ruling Class has never been more relevant to the current news cycle or to the collective consciousness of the American public. Goldman Sachs is announcing record profits a ...
  • 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 ...

Solari

  • NATO Leaders to Avoid Citing Iran as Missile Threa ...
    By David Williams NATO leaders will launch a new Europe-wide ballistic missile shield at a Lisbon summit but will not openly identify Iran as a threat so as to win over Turkey, officials said Thursday. US President Barack Obama and supporters of the shield want to wrap up broad agreement at the Fri ...
  • Raw Foods Raid - The Fight For the Right To Eat Wh ...
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  • 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 ...

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

  • US to spend $85bn on nuclear complex
    Press TV – The US plans to allocate more than $85 billion during the next decade to modernize its nuclear weapons complex, according to the White House. Under the George W. Bush administration, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), tasked with ensuring the safety and reliability of th ...
  • Scientists working to create genetically modified ...
    Daily Record – FORGET penicillin, space travel and the silicon chip. Science is on the verge of its greatest discovery – chocolate that’s good for you. DNA experts are working with sweet giants Mars to create genetically modified chocolate that fights heart disease and diabetes and won’t make you f ...
  • Sarkozy urged to testify to inquiry into Pakistan ...
    The Guardian – Nicolas 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 from arms sales to Pakistan to fund a political campaign. L’affaire Karachi is the most explosive corruptio ...
  • Haitian elections: campaigning in the rubble
    Daily Telegraph – The successive ravages of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and cholera are not stopping Haitians campaigning in next week’s elections, reports Philip Sherwell in Port-au-Prince.For most aspiring heads of state, a career as a cross-dressing singer with a penchant for drinking and cur ...
  • Russia ‘to work with Nato on missile defence shiel ...
    BBC – Russia has agreed to co-operate on Nato’s programme to defend against ballistic missile attacks, Nato’s chief has said. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a Nato summit in Lisbon that the two sides had agreed in writing that they no longer posed a threat to one another. Read Article

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

  • Gay Activism Part of Illuminati Conspiracy
    Homosexuality is strange and repugnant to those who do not experience sexual attraction for their own sex, effectively depriving themselves of progeny. The Why, and How of homosexuality is not our concern here. Our concern is its use by the elites and LGBT people for the establishment of a one-world ...
  • Silver: Still The Investment Of A Lifetime
    Silver is the common man’s currency. It always has been, and it always will be. While gold holds its place in history as the great stabilizer of economies and the shield against hyperinflation, its shine and its safety should not distract us from its brother, silver, whose uses are numerous and whos ...
  • Video: Currency Wars and Trade Wars will lead to W ...
    If people do not continue to stand up it is going to get a lot worse , because they're devaluing the dollar as you know , you can't keep printing digital money out of thin air backed by nothing and worth nothing that's not worth the paper it is not printed on ,...we know that here is a currency war ...
  • How China swallowed US web traffic…
    In a 300+ page report (PDF) today, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission provided the US Congress with a detailed overview of what’s been happening in China—including a curious incident in which 15 percent of the world’s Internet traffic suddenly passed through Chinese servers on the ...
  • Dollar to Become World’s ‘Weakest Currency’ JPMorg ...
    The dollar may fall below 75 yen next year as it becomes the world’s “weakest currency” due to the Federal Reserve’s monetary-easing program, according to JPMorgan & Chase Co.

Andy Worthington

  • Send a Letter to Your MP Demanding the Release fro ...
    Since the announcement last week that the British government has reached a financial settlement with 15 former Guantánamo prisoners — and with Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in the prison — it has been blindingly obvious that reaching a settlement with a man who is still imprisoned for no ...
  • Moazzam Begg Explains How Ex-Guantánamo Prisoners ...
    In the Wandsworth Guardian, tenacious reporter Paul Cahalan has, for many years, covered the story of the former Battersea resident Shaker Aamer, who is still held in Guantánamo, despite being cleared for release by a military review board under the Bush administration in 2007. As has been revealed ...
  • Morris Davis, Former Guantánamo Chief Prosecutor, ...
    On Monday, I’ll be publishing my own detailed response to the outcome in the federal court trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, and the Republican hysteria that has arisen because the jury dismissed 284 charges against him — relating to his alleged participation in the US embassy bombings in Africa in A ...
  • The UK Government’s Guantánamo Guilt, and th ...
    The official announcement on Tuesday in the House of Commons, by Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, that the govermment has reached a financial settlement with a number of former Guantánamo prisoners brings to an end a court case that promised to be long, expensive and full of disturbing revelations ...
  • 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 ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Thanks, Aunt Myrtle. Now, put the gun down.
    As fun as it would be to keep talking about national politics, it’s probably time to return my gimlet eyes to local politics. (Wait! one last sip: How awesome are Republicans? They may be drunk with victory, but boy, are they mean drunks! http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/11/gops-top-tax-guy ...
  • Even Republicans Love The Pork
    Just a quick picture, from a Pew Research poll conducted from July 29 to August 1, of where the Republican party, the Tea Party and Sarah Palin have failed even more than Barack Obama in their messaging: Americans love pork. Even the GOP voters. The sound you just heard in the back of your mind ...
  • 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, ...

SPL Center

  • Plea Closes 1965 Case of Slain Civil Rights Worker
    With Monday’s guilty plea of former Alabama state trooper James Bonard Fowler in the 1965 slaying of civil rights worker Jimmy Lee Jackson, another of the infamous cold cases that have languished unresolved since the turbulent peak of the civil rights movement was closed. Fowler, 77, will spend six ...
  • 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 ...

change: org.

  • One Lucky Elephant and Oprah
    The film, One Lucky Elephant, is not your run-of-the-mill Disney animal movie, but get out the kleenex anyway. I watched the documentary at the St. Louis International Film Festival. It chronicles a nine-year hejira with Flora the elephant, and her caregiver David Balding, searching for sanctuary. D ...
  • In Sickness and In Health: Equal Benefits for Ohio ...
    As the nation at large navigates the issue of how to honor the rights of homosexual couples (and, indeed, what exactly those rights are), Columbus, Ohio has been a pioneer in extending liberties to domestic partnership. Or at least, it has tried to be. In 1998, the Columbus City Council attempted to ...
  • Australian Asylum-Seekers Held in Detention Sew Up ...
    Australia has one of the most controversial immigration policies around: mandatory detention for everyone who enters without a visa. This means that if you seek asylum in the country, you’ll be automatically routed to a prison-like detention center for as long as it takes to process your claim (whet ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unpunis ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a school ...
  • Majority of Voters Want Expiring Unemployment Bene ...
    The triumphant Republican leadership views the election results as a mandate to slash federal spending. But a substantial majority of voters don't want Congress to end funding for the expiring federal unemployment benefits programs. The American people, says soon-to-be House Majority Leader John Boe ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Call for Bank Protest Sparks Online Campaign
    by Kim WillsherAs students and public sector workers across Europe prepare for a winter of protests, they have been offered advice from the archetypal football rebel Eric Cantona.read more
  • Not Everyone Agrees Deficit Is Major Problem
    by Zachary RothIf we can all agree on one thing, it's that the federal budget deficit is a big problem, right?read more
  • US Jury Hands Down Ghailani Verdict
    The first former Guantanamo detainee to be tried in a civilian court has been found not guilty on all but one of the 286 charges in the 1998 bombings of two US embassies in Africa. A federal jury handed down the verdict on Wednesday to Ahmed Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who had been accused of co ...
  • Haitians Barricading Streets With Coffins as Prote ...
    Protests are continuing in Haiti over the cholera outbreak that has now killed more than 1,100 people and infected some 17,000. On Wednesday, residents in the city of Cap-Haitien clashed with U.N. troops for the third consecutive day. Crowds have taken to the streets expressing anger at the Haitian ...
  • Climate Change and Disease Will Spark New Food Cri ...
    by Sean O'Grady, Economics Editor A food crisis could overtake the world in 2011, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, an agency of the United Nations. Climate change, speculation, competing uses such as biofuels and soaring demand from emerging markets in East Asia are the factor ...

Lifehacker

Water Privatization

  • Union, peasant leaders gunned down; bishops condem ...
    With the toll from extrajudicial killings (EJKs) reaching 22 under President Aquino's term by the count of local human rights group Karapatan, Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano filed two resolutions urging the House of Representatives to probe the cases of the two latest victims.
  • 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.

Guardian

  • Labour 'was wrong' on terror detention
    Shadow home secretary Ed Balls says Labour could support cutting length of time suspects can be held without chargeA major policy shift on the length of time terror suspects can be held without charge was signalled by Labour today, after the shadow home secretary said he could support cutting the li ...
  • Uganda salt miners wait for change
    Millions of workers in dangerous industries worldwide are hoping UN talks this month will raise $100bn in vital fundingDidas Yuryahewa, bent double and waist-deep in water, holds his breath as he struggles to gouge out another shovel of stinking black mud. The air is thick with the bad-egg stench of ...
  • Pope signals shift in condoms policy
    Comments in interview signal break with Vatican's blanket ban on the use of contraceptivesIn a break with his traditional teaching, Pope Benedict XVI has said the use of condoms is acceptable "in certain cases", in an extended interview to be published this week.After holding firm during his papacy ...
  • Bid to identify 700 unknown bodies
    Each month the police log an average of 10 unidentified bodies. But a new review is beginning to put a name to the facesThey are the unknown and unmourned. Nearly 700 people whose identities have never come to light are recorded in police files as dead or missing and the list grows by an average of ...
  • Ireland fears unrest over bank crisis
    Trade union leader warns of riots if government imposes further 'draconian' cuts to public sectorOne of Ireland's biggest trade unions warned today that the nation was on the brink of civil unrest as government officials negotiated a multibillion euro bailout for the country's ailing banks.The Techn ...

McClatchey

  • Commentary: So you're mad about California's tuiti ...
    I'm an illegal immigrant with a brain and dream who is headed to your state university system at the same discounted rate as a California-born kid.
  • Washington state's Cantwell not looking ahead to 2 ...
    WASHINGTON — Just when you thought you'd seen the last of the ceaseless television attack ads, and the campaign signs were finally coming down, there are faint stirrings about the 2012 Washington state Senate race and whether Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell, with only $312,000 in the bank, is vulnera ...
  • Commentary: Not all madrassas teach hate
    When I first entered the large Kuddamuddin Madrassa in Lahore some years ago, it seemed to be full of light-hearted boys kicking around soccer balls or hanging out in clusters between classes. The four story brick and stucco building in the old city, with its ornate window frames and doors, could ha ...
  • Florida health officials brace for more cholera fr ...
    MIAMI — A woman who returned to Florida's west coast from visiting family in Haiti's disease-stricken Artibonite Valley has become the state's first case of cholera transmitted from the beleaguered country, where the disease has killed more than 1,000 and hospitalized more than 9,000.
  • Commentary: Confronting the black social gap
    The black out-of-wedlock birthrate has reached 72 percent, according to the most recent data.

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

  • Mullen Warns Inaction On Don’t Ask, Don&#821 ...
    Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen reiterated his “concern” over Marine Commandant Gen. James Amosâ widely publicized comments about the potential “risk” of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, telling ABC’s This Week that “what concerned me about his most recent comments, it came at a t ...
  • Mullen ‘Confident’ That DADT-Supportin ...
    This morning, during an appearance on CNN’s State of the Union, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen responded to Marine Commandant Gen. James Amos’ concerns about repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, saying he was confident Amos would be able to effectively implement repeal once Congress ...
  • GOP Judges Write Senators Asking Them To Stop Obst ...
    Earlier this week, seven Republican-appointed federal judges co-signed a letter warning of the consequences of the GOP’s systematic obstruction of President Obama’s judges. The letter from the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit, which includes Republican appointees Alex Kozinski, Ralph Beistline, ...
  • LGBT Group That Received Assurances Ensign Would S ...
    Last night, the Washington Blade’s Chris Johnson reported that Sen. John Ensign’s (R-NV) regional representative “on military issues” told the Stonewall Democratic Club of Nevada that the Senator intended “to vote for the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill, which contains repeal language.” ...
  • New Exchange Guidance Says States Can’t Acce ...
    Washington and Lee law professor Timothy Jost adds one more important point to the federal governments’ initial guidance on how states can establish exchanges under the Affordable Care Act. It expands on this notion that so-called “red” states and “blue” states will likely adopt very different kinds ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Tax Corporations, Tax Wealth, Tax the Highest Inco ...
    Here's something your beleaguered working-class blue n' white collar stiffs who voted for Rob Ford might understand. Some people have been making out like bandits for the past couple of decades, and they haven't exactly been doing anything productive for society to earn their keep. Stephen Gordon, ...
  • US Election Reflection
    I'm typing about the recent mid-term USA elections because I think that what happened there is relevant for what's happening to leftists everywhere, including here in Toronto where right-wing populist Rob Ford defeated cynical liberal opportunist George Smitherman. Here's Cathie From Canada before ...
  • I was at the Amnesty International Film Festival t ...
    I saw: "Speaking of Baghdad" "Ghosts" and "The Devil Operation"
  • That Lion is Crazy
    I've actually got a big post to respond to the important reality of the bankruptcy of corporate liberalism and how we have to work hard to ensure that right-wing populism isn't going to always be the default option, ... but all of real life's obligations get in the way. So, here's a post to prove t ...
  • Yves Engler on Canada's UN Humiliation
    Yves Engler is one of the most principled and courageous activists against Canada's detestable, corporate-directed foreign policy today. Therefore, even while other things have pushed it off the news cycle, I thought it a good idea to present his comprehensive take on harper's failures and the way t ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • My letter to Scientific American on PAWA
    The December 2010 issue of Scientific American, page 12,� features my letter to them about the Protecting America's Workers Act (PAWA), HR 2067 and S 1580.� I appreciate the way that the editors enlarged this quote on their letters page:� "When whistleblowers speak truth to power, they could finally ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Jay-Z Explains He Is 'Honored' To Have His Work Re ...
    A Dan points us to a fascinating interview with Jay-Z on Fresh Air that's worth listening to in its entirety. However, there are a few quotes concerning copyright and sampling that are most interesting. For example, there's a discussion about the infamous Grey Album -- a mashup by DJ Dange ...
  • Copyright Expansion Through Misinformation Has Gon ...
    Nearly three years ago, we mentioned a dissertation by Eric Anderson, called "Pimps and Ferrets: Copyright and Culture in the United States," which looked at copyright in the US from 1831 to 1891 -- a little-studied period of time when it comes to copyright issues. There's plenty of coverage of eve ...
  • Why Congress Isn't So Concerned With TSA Nude Scan ...
    Earlier this week, in holding a hearing with the head of the TSA, our congressional representatives didn't seem too concerned about the public complaints about TSA security procedures: the naked scans and the gropings. Want to know why? Perhaps it's because, on the rare occasions that they fly com ...
  • Judge Restricts Access To Details Of Mass Lawsuit ...
    In the last few months, there have been tons upon tons of stories of porn film makers following the tried and shamed method of legal extortion known as sending out mass automated threat letters, warning people that they'll be sued for downloading porn if they don't pay up. Barely a week goes by whe ...
  • Sharron Angle Settles With Righthaven
    visual77 points to the news that Sharron Angle has settled with Righthaven. This is hardly news. Now that Angle lost her campaign for the US Senate, there was little reason to keep up the fight. I'm sure Righthaven, since it's really an arm of Stephens Media and the Las Vegas Review-Journal -- wh ...

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

  • Are all Johns (and Janes) the Same?
    Last Tuesday I linked to an article that really bugged me, but I hadnât quite put my finger on all the reasons why.  It was about a brothel for women that is opening in New Zealand.  The author of the article was predicting that the brothel would be a failure because women “have to be [...]
  • 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 ...

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

  • Newly Freed from Height Limits, Paris Skyline Read ...
    Photo: CFuga under a Creative Commons license. One of the striking things about Paris is that, for a major city whose metropolitan area includes nearly 12 million people, there are very few buildings more than five or six stories tall. Since 1977, soon after the construction of the 689 foot tal ...
  • Parsons Explores Wearable Tech, Opens Fashionable ...
    Citizen Sensor info graphic designed by Joseph Saavedra. Photo: The New School An exciting facet of green fashion is when textiles and technology come together in the form of wearable tech. Parsons The New School for Design is exploring this frontier with their Fashionable Technology Lab which ...
  • Explore the World Through the Eyes of Discovery
    Photo credit: [Satbir]/Creative Commons Travel, when done responsibly and with purpose, provides an unparalleled opportunity for learning and discovery. Student travelers have the opportunity to become explorers, scientists, and adventurers. But, for most, setting off on such an endeavor is ...
  • Asian Nations Aim to Double Tiger Population by 20 ...
    Photo: Babirusa, Wikimedia, CC It's rare that an entire international summit is put together for the sake of a single species -- but that's what's taking place this weekend, when representatives from 13 Asian nations will head to St. Petersburg to try to map out the future of the tiger. The eve ...
  • Emma Watson's Next Green Fashion Line, and More Ce ...
    Photo: WireImage/Getty With the second-to-last installment of the "Harry Potter" film series premiering in theaters this weekend, actress Emma Watson announced plans for her next project: Another fashion collaboration. This one, which follows her well-received line for People Tree, will have th ...

Biosingularity

  • Surgery Dramatically Lowers Blood Pressure
    A California company has shown how to dramatically lower blood pressure in hard-to-treat patients by destroying tiny nerves in the kidney. The nerves are located inside the main arteries leading to the kidney. They affect blood pressure by controlling the release of sodium and an enzyme called renin ...
  • Scientists ferret out a key pathway for aging
    For decades, scientists have been searching for the fundamental biological secrets of how eating less extends lifespan. It has been well documented in species ranging from spiders to monkeys that a diet with consistently fewer calories can dramatically slow the process of aging and improve health in ...
  • New study into bladder regeneration heralds organ ...
    Researchers in the United States have developed a medical model for regenerating bladders using stem cells harvested from a patient’s own bone marrow. The research, published in STEM CELLS, is especially relevant for paediatric patients suffering from abnormally developed bladders, but also represen ...
  • Low Carb Diet Rich in Animal Fat and Protein Incre ...
    Those who adhered to a diet low in carbohydrates but rich in animal-based fats and proteins increased their risk of death – especially by cancer, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, led by Simmons College nutrition professor Teresa Fung, Sc. D. This study is the first ...
  • Novel sensing mechanism discovered in dendritic ce ...
    Dendritic cells are the grand sentinels of the immune system, standing guard 24/7 to detect foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, and bring news of the invasion to other immune cells to marshal an attack. These sentinels, however, nearly always fail to respond adequately to HIV, the virus c ...

CFACT

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Pruning Shears

  • 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.The drone attacks may not even be legal. If they are not, they may be war crimes. With all due respect to Jon Stewart, the alternative to cal ...
  • 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 ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • With Naturally Occuring Standards for Vitamins Les ...
    Naturally Occurring Standards (NOS) for food supplements means we should not use any synthetics sources of nutrient values such as synthetic vitamin potencies or the synthetic potencies of herbal actives.Click here to read this article
  • 15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Thro ...
    In the pharmaceutical industry's rush to get drugs to market, safety usually comes last. Long studies to truly assess a drug's risks just delay profits after all -- and if problems do emerge after medication hits the market, settlements are usually less than profits. Remember, Vioxx still made money ...
  • Michael Pollan on the Food Safety Bill
    The Senate might get to the Food Safety Modernization Act as soon as tonight. Though I'm interested in the subject, I haven't been able to spend much time looking into the bill. But Michael Pollan, author of the Omnivore's Dilemma, has. His summary judgment? It would be "a tragedy" if it didn't pass ...
  • Food-Based Vitamin B12 Helps Ward Off Alzheimers
    You may not realize it but we are clearly in the middle of an Alzheimer's epidemic. According to the Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures report for 2009, 5.3 million people in the U. S. have the disease, and it has become the sixth leading cause of death in this countryClick here to read this arti ...
  • Beware False Label Claims of "Local" Foods: Farmer ...
    The largest operator of Southern California farmers markets has protected a vendor who buys produce wholesale and misrepresents it as his own, alleged one of the company's managers, who made the claim at a listening session held by the California Department of Food and Agriculture last week in Santa ...

fotoFrontera

  • Colección de imágenes fantásticas I (10 postales i ...
    Si usted lo prefiere, también podría revisar nuestra colección con 60 imágenes fantásticas con movimiento. O qué tal nuestra serie de imágenes de pegasos. ¿Le parece poco? Vea 23 imágenes de ángelesNota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada ...
  • Selecciones especiales del Banco de Imágenes XXVI
    Si lo desea, escoja un número para revisar nuestro archivo de fotos sobre esta serie titulada 'Selecciones especiales del Banco de Imágenes'. [1]-[2]-[3]-[4]-[5]-[6]-[7]-[8]-[9]-[10]-[11]-[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] [21][22][23][24][25][26]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar ...
  • Los insectos de mi jardín V (10 imágenes gratis)
    Revise nuestras fotos anteriores de esta serie. [1][2][3][4][5]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 ...
  • Backgrounds, fondos y wallpapers abstractos I
    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 fotografías 2.- Conozca nuestro fotoblog oficial (www.1m4g ...
  • Fotoreportajes especiales: Coatepec, Veracruz.
    Continuando con nuestra serie de foto reportajes especiales, el día de hoy deseo invitarlos a conocer un bellísimo pueblito llamado Coatepec ubicado en el, Estado de Veracruz, México. A través de 38 fotos gratis, sea testigo de un lugar digno de ser tomado en cuanta para sus próximas vacaciones.Nota ...

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

  • The Zeeboid process
    The Zeeboid Affair: Gawker outed as chumps [more] Strib’s nicer take I was a troll and voted for her to get an abortion, if only because we don’t need to torture any more children by letting them be raised by politicized assholes like the Arnolds. And isn’t it typical that it’s the husband (aka Zeeb ...
  • Cheating, cont.
    Given all the cheating stories, it’s somewhat ironic that after doing that last post I turned right around and edited a short college paper for an ESL client. I give old clients the cheap rate of $45 an hour, which probably isn’t enough considering that I heavily edited a three-page paper in just th ...
  • Your Friday full body news scan
    “A shrinking Roman Catholic Church is no reason to consider a more liberal stance.” I hope local Archbishop John Nienstedt and his peers hold to that line. Seeing the Catholic church in America die in my lifetime would be like heaven on earth. Sadly, the MN lege is stepping up to make sure everyone ...
  • 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 [ ...

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

  • USDA Proposing Interim Planting of Illegal, Geneti ...
    In August, a Federal court ruled that USDA’s approval of genetically engineered (GE), “Roundup Ready” sugar beets was unlawful, concluding that USDA had failed to conduct an adequate analysis of the impacts of this crop on farmers and the environment, such as the biological contamination of non-GE c ...
  • 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 ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • Deaf Native American Man killed by cops!
    Deaf Native American Man killed by cops! SIGN THE PETITION! http://www.gopetition.com/petition/38... **CAPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE!!** FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER FOR UPDATES!! @JihadPunk77 (the Deaf woman in the video is none other than MYSELF and my name is Sabina England. Stop asking me who "the deaf ch ...
  • Robert Fisk: An American Bribe That Stinks of Appe ...
    The Independent November 20, 2010 In any other country, the current American bribe to Israel, and the latter's reluctance to accept it, in return for even a temporary end to the theft of somebody else's property would be regarded as preposterous. Three billion dollars' worth of fighter bombers i ...
  • 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 ...

Pensieve

  • TSA Patdowns, Animated in Taiwan
    In their now traditional irreverent style, animators in Taiwan’s Next Media Animation explain the completely insane new travel laws. I’m glad that when I go to the US these days, either I drive, or I ride a bus. Related posts:They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha, Ha! Immigration Only a Dream Schadenfr ...
  • 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 ...

Green Times

  • Green Christmas Cards
    Christmas is just around the corner – time to think about the Christmas cards you want to send! Go for an eco-friendly holiday this year and choose green Christmas cards, like the ones from Earth Greetings (directory/company/earth%20greetings.php). Get inspired by the green messages the winners of ...
  • Potatoe's Many Uses
    Besides eating them, you can also use potatoes for other things. One of the most surprising is as batteries! Read Green Times’ article Potato Power- the green alternative to disposable batteries (energy/potato-power-the-green-alternative-to-disposable-batteries.html) to see how that works.   ...
  • [One per cent] of the story
    Like-minded businesses wanting to take better care of the planet are banding together to make change happen! Itâs inspiring – help spread the word!
  • Organic Juice and Smoothies
    Like juices and smoothies? Go for the organic ones! They are healthier and better for the environment too. Want to know why organic juice and smoothies are better? Read our article ‘Why organic juice is good for you (food-drink/why-organic-juice-is-good-for-you.html)’!   Photo by: Manja Loum ...
  • The Story of Electronics
    Thinking of what fabulous little electronic gadgets to get for your loved ones this Christmas? Make sure you see this first!

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • AP: Raising retirement age hurts poor
    ShareThisAP: Raising retirement age hurts poor 18 Nov 2010 Government auditors say raising the retirement age for Social Security would hurt low-income workers and minorities, and mean more disability claims by older people who are unable to work. The projected spike in disability claims could end u ...
  • Unauthorized US attack kills 3 Pakistanis
    ShareThisUnauthorized US attack kills 3 Pakistanis --The unauthorized aerial attacks, initiated by former US president [sic] George W. Bush, have escalated under President Barack Obama. 19 Nov 2010 A non-UN-sanctioned US drone attack has killed at least three people in the troubled northwestern Paki ...
  • Ground Zero workers exposed to toxic dust take pay ...
    ShareThisGround Zero workers exposed to toxic dust take pay deal --520 opted to reject deal 19 Nov 2010 Thousands of workers exposed to toxic dust after the 2001 terror attacks in New York have accepted a legal settlement and ceased litigation. More than 10,000 firefighters, labourers and police who ...
  • Obama: Missile defence shield for all Nato members
    ShareThisObama: Missile defence shield for all Nato members 19 Nov 2010 A missile defence system covering all Nato countries has been agreed at the alliance's summit in Lisbon, US President Barack Obama has said. The shield would cover all Nato members in Europe and North America. Nato will ask Russ ...
  • Fake bomb made in the US caused Germany terror ale ...
    ShareThisWell, knock me over with a feather! Fake bomb made in the US caused Germany terror alert 19 Nov 2010 When a suspicious package was identified at Windhoek airport in Namibia on Thursday, the flight was halted, the Munich-bound passengers delayed and news sped round the world that an x-ray sc ...

Daily Loaf

  • Saying she can’t leave the non-profit group she ru ...
    Interestingly, the news came to the fore less than a week after Curtis Stokes announced that he would run for office in District One, challenging Romeo, and not in District 3, the seat he is current residing in as an interim member of the council.
  • Vagina Dialogues: A Q & A with Lissa Rankin, the C ...
    Lissa Rankin, M.D. and I are sitting in a tea shop talking about vaginas. Of course, with all the eavesdroppers, she uses a more tactful term, like coochie. While I’ve often debated the mysteries of the female body with friends and pornstars, Rankin is by far the most educated person I’ve ever  di ...
  • Trouble Brewing: The move to close Cigar City’s Ta ...
    “The neighborhood don’t want you there," Councilwoman Gwen Miller said to Redner. "And I agree with the neighborhood. I always agree with the neighborhood.”
  • Apples to Applejack: Libations that pair nicely wi ...
    Applejack is a very versatile cocktail ingredient. It swaps out easily with most any drinks calling for bourbon or rye, and it plays nice with other spirits, juices and spices – especially maple syrup, cinnamon and the tangy pomegranate taste of grenadine.
  • Clean Energy Victory Bonds: Can WWII tactics reall ...
    Modeled after the successful World War II Victory Bonds, Clean Energy Victory Bonds (CEVB) are an opportunity for the American population to lend their help in the green energy effort.

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

  • TSA agents call new rules “disgusting”, “morale-br ...
    Some of it appears to be the verbal abuse they’re getting from travelers, but some of it is just the fact that they have to keep touching people they’d rather not touch in that way. TSA pat-down leaves bladder cancer survivor covered in urine TSA forces cancer survivor to show prosthetic breast Obam ...
  • Genetically modified microbes can repair concrete ...
    The genetically modified microbe has been programmed to swim down fine cracks in concrete and once at the bottom it produces a mixture of calcium carbonate and a bacterial glue. This glue combines with the filamentous bacterial cells, ultimately hardening to the same strength as the surrounding conc ...
  • Water treatment plant produces own energy from was ...
    The San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant currently creates two-thirds of its energy from methane from digesters and landfills. They just signed an agreement with FuelCell Energy for a 1.4 MW fuel cell system powered by biogas from their own treatment process. Fuel cells operate 24/7 wi ...
  • Feds to file charges in huge insider trading inves ...
    WSJ Federal authorities, capping a three-year investigation, are preparing insider-trading charges that could ensnare consultants, investment bankers, hedge-fund and mutual-fund traders and analysts across the nation, according to people familiar with the matter. The criminal and civil probes, which ...
  • How liberalism self-destructed
    NewGeography delivers a devastating and quite accurate critique against modern-day liberalism, detailing how it has lost its way, is out of touch with much of the country, and worst of all, has no real message. Liberalism once embraced the mission of fostering upward mobility and a stronger economy. ...

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

  • Los Angeles Times Editorial Staff, Shut Up, Stay H ...
    This is a response to an editorial published in the Los Angeles Times on November 17th, 2010 entitled “Shut up and be scanned.” Normally, I’m not going to be quite that rude, but the Los Angeles Times editorial staff seem to think it’s okay to be that rude to any of its readers who believe [...]
  • The Underwear Interviewer
    After being refused entry to the Janet Napolitano speaking event, WACC takes to the street and takes it off to awaken people to the dangers of Body Scanners.
  • NORTHCOM: Historic military partnership with Mexic ...
    By MARY BETH SHERIDAN Washington Post The U.S. military has begun to work closely with Mexico’s armed forces, sharing information and training soldiers in an expanding effort to help that country battle its violent drug cartels, according to U.S. and Mexican officials. U.S. military officials have b ...
  • Cousin Obama to award Cousin George H.W. Bush the ...
    War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. -1984 By Kenneth R. Bazinet White House Correspondent NY daily News President Obama dropped a bipartisan bombshell today, announcing he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom next year to ex-President George H.W. Bush. The magnanimous ge ...
  • Busted! – Suspicious Bag in Germany Flight W ...
    The Germans point the finger at a U.S. Airport Security Company… Chertoff, was that you again? Was it an ink toner cartridge with wires by chance? - cnn.com (CNN) — A suspicious piece of luggage that was about to be loaded onto a flight in Namibia was a “test device” from a U.S. company that [...]

The Air Vent

  • Climategate Anniversary
    By John Pittman On 11/28/2009, JeffID graciously posted an article of mine http://noconsensus.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/context-2/#more-6449 . Now that the anniversary is approaching, I wanted to go back and look at some items of interest including a couple of predictions I made. I started the articl ...
  • 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.

Focal Point

  • Cheating Still Cheating; Bastards Still Bastards
    Do today's college students define cheating differently? That's the thesis of this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, entitled "Cheating and the Generational Divide." The author claims that a recent scandal at the University of Central Florida exposes a "widening chasm in what different ...
  • Non Sequitur: Privatize TSA Screeners for Invasive ...
    Republicans are exploiting public outrage over whole body scanners and new invasive pat-downs to justify privatizing TSA screeners: As criticism grows of the government's new full-body imaging scanners and the alternative "enhanced" pat-downs, some airports are considering ditching TSA agents ...
  • 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 ...

Inside Facebook

  • This Week’s Headlines on Inside Social Games
    Check out the top headlines and insights this week from Inside Social Games â tracking all the latest developments at the intersection of games and social platforms. Monday, November 15th, 2010 CrowdStar Puts Its Social Games on Microsoft’s Bing Digital Chocolate’s Latest Facebook Game, Epic Fighter ...
  • Highlights This Week from the Inside Network Job B ...
    We recently launched the Inside Network Job Board â dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities in the Facebook Platform and social gaming ecosystem. Here are this weekâs highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at Playdom, Meteor Games, Arkadium, Perfec ...
  • Facebook Roundup: Debt Collectors, Bugs, Free Spee ...
    Lawsuit: Facebook for Debt Collection – A woman in Florida is suing after a debt collector used Facebook to try to collect. This could be a significant case because, currently, Facebook as a debt collecting method is a gray area of the law. Facebook doesnât like this type of activity and said it app ...
  • Facebook Reintroduces App Requests in Left Sidebar ...
    Facebook has reintroduced app requests to the requests module in the home page’s right sidebar, the company announced today in its latest weekly developer blog update. By displaying counters for requests in the left sidebar, and text alerts in the right, users are more likely to respond to requests ...
  • Pursuit Creates a Social Chain Between Job Applica ...
    Recruiting great job candidates is a costly yet crucial endeavor for companies of all sizes. Often times these candidates are already socially connected to current employees who don’t always pass along job opportunities despite referral bonuses. Meanwhile, posting on traditional job boards can lead ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • No, Mr Netanyahu, you and yours are responsible fo ...
    Alan Hart dismisses Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's propaganda that anti-Semitism in increasing. He argues that it is not anti-Semitism but anti-Israelism that is gathering pace and that Israel has only its arrogance, racism and criminal behaviour to blame.
  • Israeli fascism, the joker Shlomo Avineri and the ...
    Uri Avnery cautions against those in Israel such as Shlomo Avineri who dismiss the increasingly potent fascism tendencies in the country and warns against appeasing racists and fascists, in the way that Peace Now is currently doing.
  • Scribd.com yields to Israeli pressure over war cri ...
    The document hosting and embedding website Scribd.com has yielded to pressure from the Israeli army's press unit and deleted the Scribd account of Redress Information & Analysis, following our posting of a list of Israeli military personnel suspected of war crimes in Gaza during Operation Cast L ...
  • 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.

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

  • Blows Against the Empire, the Criminalization of D ...
    By way of preface, let me give you a little of my background. I was born a prototypical Southern California working-class surfer boy. As a poor, white kid, I was educated by the California Public School system of the 1960’s and was, therefore, both the avatar of the Liberal Contract of Egalitarianis ...
  • Ron Paul Introduces the American Travel Dignity Ac ...
    ‘We Americans Should Never Give Up Our Rights in Order to Travel’  Mr. Speaker, today I introduce legislation to protect Americans from physical and emotional abuse by federal Transportation Security Administration employees conducting screenings at the nation’s airports. We have seen the videos of ...
  • 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 ...

Afro Spear

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  • Interview With Aristide
    Aristide Speaks from South Africa.   “…The picture is that in Haiti, we have the same people who organized the invasion of 2004 after kidnapping me to put me in Africa. They are still there. That means there is a kind of neo-colonial occupation of 8,900 UN soldiers with 4,400 policemen spending, mor ...
  • “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 ...

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

  • JFK deathbed confession | Big news Repost from Bor ...
    Truth is stranger than fiction, the best screenwriters that ever lived would never be able to come up with the truth of John F. Kennedy's assassination or that of 911.
  • 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….

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

  • Confronting the Farhud - When Arabs Massacred Jews ...
    Edwin Black is the author of IBM and the Holocaust. This article is drawn from his just released book, The Farhud, Roots of the Arab-Nazi Alliance During the Holocaust (Dialog 2010). Buy it hereAs Israelis and Palestinians struggle with a twenty-first century peace process, the world must face the f ...
  • The Transportation Edge - Economics and Safety Col ...
    In 1991, a mechanic at a Turkish repair shop overhauled an engine on a U.S. passenger jet and missed a crack in the engine.Four years later, on the evening of June 8, 1995, 57 passengers on ValuJet Flight 597 heard a loud bang as the plane sped down a runway in Atlanta. Shrapnel from the damaged eng ...
  • Destination Edge - Berlin--After the Wall
    Just twenty years after The Wall came down, Berlin, more than any other world capital, is a city of the twenty-first century. And yet, like Janus of Roman mythology, it simultaneously looks both into the future and into the past.The dismantling of The Wall resulted in an enormous building boom in Be ...
  • The Political Edge - The GOP Must Govern
    Now that the Republicans have taken back the House, their most difficult hurdle is ahead. President Obama has made it clear that he will not tack to the center a la Bill Clinton following 1994’s bloodbath, so we can expect a lot of gridlock—the Republicans will not bring the administration’s policie ...
  • The Obama Edge - The Future of Democrats Rises and ...
    Whether Democrats retake the House majority in 2012 will depend in no small part on the popularity of President Obama. Republicans won control of at least 60 seats on Election Day but more than half of those are in districts the president carried in 2008. The performance of a party�s presidential ca ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • The Burden Of Knowing
    By Charles Hugh SmithThe knowledge that the present is unsustainable is, for many of us, a great emotional burden. It troubles our sleep, our minds, and our basic emotional well-being. Knowledge, like memory, cannot be erased at will, and thus it runs in the background of our lives, unseen by othe ...
  • The Delusional People Who Want To Frack This Count ...
    By James Howard KunstlerThere are large deposits of methane gas locked into shale deposits roughly following the Appalachian mountain chain from New York State through Pennsylvania, West Virginia, into Ohio, but also hot spots out west. Its hard to get at. You have to basically blow up the shale r ...
  • Oil Shock Warning To Government From UK Business
    By BBCAn industry taskforce has called on the government to act to protect the UK economy against a new threat of rising oil prices. A consortium of British business, including retailers Kingfisher and transport group, Stagecoach, say the UK must prepare for the next oil shock
  • Peak Oil: Why The Pentagon Is Pessimistic
    By Matthieu Auzanneau Two biannual reports, having appeared in 2008 and in 2010, describe the environment of the American Joint Chiefs of Staff. They occupy an important place, in this reporters opinion, among the recent analyses recognizing the eventuality (or stating the threat) of a fall in the ...
  • Climate Change And Disease Will Spark New Food Cri ...
    By Sean OGradyA food crisis could overtake the world in 2011, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, an agency of the United Nations. Climate change, speculation, competing uses such as biofuels and soaring demand from emerging markets in East Asia are the factors that will push globa ...

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

  • Obama Policies Force Another 700,000 Seniors to Sw ...
    Last year we heard it over and over, I'm talking of course about President Obama's promise that if you like your plan you can keep it. Well forget it. Today it was discovered that another 700,000 Seniors will have to change plans, because health insurers are shutting down certain types of plans bec ...
  • Megyn Kelly in GQ HOT, HOT, HOT!!!!
    Dang, I don't know If I will ever be able to watch Megyn Kelly the same way. The Fox News Anchor was interviewed by GQ for its men of the year issue.� The interview is pretty standard but the picture, lets just say its HOT!� This is how the magazine describes her �Abhorred by the left, adored by t ...
  • The 25 Best Ann Coulter Quotes About Liberals
    John Hawkins has done it again. He always finds a way to come up with a list that you wouldn't have thought of yourself, but as soon as he sends you the title you say, "Damn that's interesting, why didn't I think of that?" His latest is called "The 25 Best Ann Coulter Quotes About Liberals" and as u ...
  • Global Warming Moonbats On Suicide Watch? ANTARCT ...
    Its time to put the Global Warming Moonbats on a suicide watch.� The elaborate hoax they are perpetuating on the world for the express purpose of worldwide redistribution crumbles just a little more every day. The latest news comes from the National Snow and Ice Center (appropriately located in Colo ...
  • British Commanding General Isn’t Urging Surrender ...
    By Barry Rubin General Sir David Richards, commander of the British military and former NATO commander in Afghanistan, gave an interview to the Sunday Telegraph that is extremely important and easily misunderstand. The headline statement has been Richards� remark that a military victory agai ...

The Real Agenda

  • Testing waters for False-flag Terror Attack?
    German security agency had planted the case as part of a drill, and an angry Namibian official said no one from Namibia, Germany or the United States had been involved in conducting an authorized test.
  • Use Cellphones to force Vaccinations
    Bill Gates says cellphones are useful to control births and assure the system that everyone will be vaccinated. Prevent Disease On the tails of a recent TED conference where Bill Gates stated that vaccines need to be used to reduce world population figures, he added more to this insanity last week w ...
  • 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 ...

Wind Watch

  • Permitting concerns swirl
    �The suggested changes would be to trash it, and start all over,� rancher Heidi Cross said regarding the proposed Converse County wind farm permitting guidelines. �You drive up to Casper and . . . just look at it. It is miserable, it�s disgusting, it�s dirty,� Cross said. Her comments were similar t ...
  • Hundreds attend meeting as opposition to windfarm ...
    �The more you look at this, the more questions there are and until they are answered you have to say stall the digger,� were the words of Fearghal McHugh, Chairperson of the newly formed Wind Turbine Action Group South Roscommon as he urged local people to support their opposition of plans for the � ...
  • Council to stop windfarms being built near homes
    A council is planning to bring in ground-breaking policy to stop windfarms being built too close to homes. The move comes after a planning inspector over-ruled a decision by Cherwell District Council to refuse permission for a £10m windfarm between Fritwell and Fewcott, near Bicester, where the near ...
  • Wind turbine noise: noise complaints predictable
    Applicants and regulators should have foreseen the negative noise response from neighbors living near wind turbine sites. By their not adequately understanding the sound character generated by wind turbines, appropriate corrections to prevent annoyance were not included in the noise predictions. Win ...
  • Consultant’s work in Litchfield raises questions a ...
    LITCHFIELD � In June, the Litchfield Town Board paid a Barrett Paving Materials geologist $500 to come to a meeting where he suggested the town make changes to a law that would govern wind farm development. The geologist, Brian Milliman, spoke as a private consultant about noise limits for wind turb ...

Not My Tribe

  • Pope: Some condom use (may be) acceptable.
    Apparently he figured out that spreading fatal infectious agents like HIV might perhaps maybe be slightly less moral than preventing a billion more babies to be thrown into a hungry, violent world in the next decade. Or something like that. See, every now and then something is done right.
  • Pullout from Afghanistan? not for another 3 years. ...
    BBC had a story “An hour away from Kabul, despair grows as NATO discusses exit…” Meaning, the BBC is required to report that the war is a positive thing for Afghan people so they focus on government officials who got their jobs handed to them by the American and British Conquerors and Occupiers errr ...
  • More about the BlackOps Video Porn Game
    This is a slight mod of their game package picture. The Cellar-Dwellers living in their Moms Basements probably wouldn’t notice any of the problems with the picture. First, the person, whose face is blanked out (Babykillers typically don’t want people recognizing them) is holding two pistols, Colt M ...
  • Mene, mene, tekel u-know-the-rest
    The Bushwhacker and two of his accomplices broke ground on the Southern Methodist University campus in University Park, Texas on Tuesday. Had the Dallas County Sheriffs department SWAT team making sure all protesters, including many members (unlike Bush) of the United Methodist Church who (unlike Bu ...
  • Safest possible coal mine, in New Zealand…ex ...
    Not hyperbole. 27 miners are still unaccounted.

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Why focusing on WTC7 is not a waste of time...
    Now that FOX news appears to be tiptoeing onto the 9/11 truth train, some people in the truth movement are understandably suspicious. I've been reading the comments over at 9/11 blogger. Some commenters are suggesting this may be a ploy to make it seem like WTC7 is the final mystery, and then debu ...
  • A Response from Ryan Owens
    Sorry I've been away for a while everyone. My computer's been broken for about three weeks. But it's fixed now and I'm back to doing what I do best: Debunk the debunkers. A few months back I sent my open letter to debunker Ryan Owens. Within a few weeks he responded back. Here's his full response w ...
  • 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 ...

Fooducate

  • Hint Flavored Water – A Bridge from Pop to Tap?
    If you can avoid buying drinks at the supermarket - good for you. Tap water is safe, free, and abundant. For those who still need some flavor, you can easily add a wedge of lemon or some mint leaves to your water pitcher. But, if you want the convenience of a prepared drink, Hint may work out well f ...
  • How Many Calories in Your Thanksgiving Meal?
    With Thanksgiving just days away, a little reminder that our holidays are a great opportunity to gain weight if we’re not careful. Courtesy of Smoothfitness. Click on the picture to zoom in. The sad part – this does not include any beverage. Even if you stick to plain old tap water, you’ll probably ...
  • FDA Bans Killer Caffeine Cocktails
    The only thing worse than a bunch of drunk college kids is a bunch of dead college kids who overdosed on alcohol. That’s why the FDA finally moved this week to ban alcoholic beverages enhanced with Caffeine and other stimulants. One of the drinks is Four Loko: … a concoction of four main ingredient ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Kalahari Bushman appeals to African Commission
    Moeti's grandmother Xoroxloo died of thirst © Survival A Bushman from a settlement deep in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve has travelled to the Gambia to ask the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights for help. 

Speaking at the African Commission’s international conference e ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • The cost of being cheap
    Over at Barry Ritholz’s there’s a discussion of the cost of a business being cheap.  Barry recounts how he used to work for a cheap employer and as a result he sent possible employees who could have earned his employer millions to other companies.  He then asks if others are vindictive bastards li ...
  • Wow, A Sherrif Who Does His Goddamn Job Even Again ...
    I’m flabbergasted.  How they hell did this man slip through the system? Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart said he is only ordering evictions to resume because county prosecutors told him that he was legally bound to carry out foreclosure eviction orders signed by a judge. “For the people who have been i ...
  • Labor accepting permanent defeat?
    This is exactly what you MUST never do as a union: Even at manufacturing companies that are profitable, union workers are reluctantly agreeing to tiered contracts that create two levels of pay. In years past, two-tiered systems were used to drive down costs in hard times, but mainly at companies alr ...
  • 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 ...

Age of Autism

  • Ginger Taylor: Why Conservatives Don't Get Autism
    Managing Editor's Note: Our good friend Ginger Taylor wrote this post at Adventures in Autism.com as a counterpart to Dan's post last week. We look forward to lively debate. A few days ago, Dan Olmsted at Age of Autism wrote...
  • Winner: Signed Copy The Age of Autism Mercury Medi ...
    Congrats to Susan in TX who has won a signed copy of Mark Blaxill and Dan Olmsted's The Age of Autism Mercury Medicine and a Manmade Epidemic. Also, Google Books has posted the Foreward, Introduction and part of Chapter One...
  • Kudos to The Daily Kos for Progressive Response to ...
    By Dan Olmsted The Daily Kos, probably the foremost progressive political blog in the nation, just wrote about my recent article "Why Progressives Don't Get Autism" -- and did a fair-minded and self-reflective job of it. That's probably why so...
  • SaneVax Reports on Another Gardasil Injury: 13 Yea ...
    "Today, Zeda still breathes through her trach and eats with a tube. She lives her life in a hospital bed in our living room, mostly non-responsive, with round the clock care and daily nursing visits." (PR LOG) Nov 16, 2010...
  • Study Linking Mercury with Alzheimers Coming Out
    Remember, that there is mercury in the flu vaccine that is promoted as if PT Barnum himself made a nickel on every shot. Stay tuned.

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

Open Your Eyes News

  • Haitian elections: campaigning in the rubble
    Daily Telegraph – The successive ravages of hurricanes, earthquakes, floods and cholera are not stopping Haitians campaigning in next week’s elections, reports Philip Sherwell in Port-au-Prince.For most aspiring heads of state, a career as a cross-dressing singer with a penchant for drinking and cur ...
  • Russia ‘to work with Nato on missile defence ...
    BBC – Russia has agreed to co-operate on Nato’s programme to defend against ballistic missile attacks, Nato’s chief has said. Anders Fogh Rasmussen said at a Nato summit in Lisbon that the two sides had agreed in writing that they no longer posed a threat to one another. Read Article
  • China Raises Bank Reserve Ratios to Limit Price Ri ...
    Bloomberg – China ordered banks to set aside larger reserves for the second time in two weeks, draining cash from the financial system to limit inflation and asset-bubble risks in the worldâs fastest-growing major economy. The requirement will increase 50 basis points starting Nov. 29, the central ...
  • NATO aims to end combat mission in Afghanistan by ...
    Reuters – NATO agreed on Saturday to hand control of security in Afghanistan to Afghan forces by the end of 2014 and said the NATO-led force could halt combat operations by the same date if security conditions were good enough. Some NATO officials fear a rise in violence could make it hard to meet t ...
  • North Koreans Unveil Vast New Plant for Nuclear Us ...
    New York Times – North Korea showed a visiting American nuclear scientist last week a vast new facility it secretly and rapidly built to enrich uranium, confronting the Obama administration with the prospect that the country is preparing to expand its nuclear arsenal or build a far more powerful typ ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • National monument status urged for Arctic National ...
    Forget healthcare reform, cap and trade, deficit reduction. For congressional stalemates, there's no more evergreen a fight than whether to drill for oil in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Don't expect it to get resolved next year. With the Republicans...
  • California air board curbs household cleaning poll ...
    The California Air Resources Board voted Thursday to reduce the use of volatile organic compounds in 11 different types of household products. The new regulation is designed to reduce the amount of smog-forming emissions generated from the use of floor...
  • 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,...

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

  • DePaul University suspends sales of Sabra hummus; ...
    Today marks another win for the global boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) movement against corporations that profit from severe human rights violations. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • The Israeli military left it to settlers to monito ...
    As further proof, it should be noted that while the area was off limits to us as closed military zone, the settlers, with machine guns slung over their shoulders, circulated freely. In fact, these same settlers followed the soldiers who went along to moniSubmitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �No ...
  • 15 Dangerous Drugs Big Pharma Shoves Down Our Thro ...
    In the pharmaceutical industry�s rush to get drugs to market, safety usually comes last. And the public suffers. Submitted by Linda R. to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • The Tea Parties: Deluded and Propelled by Billiona ...
    The Tea Party movement is remarkable in two respects. It's one of the biggest exercises in false consciousness the world has seen and the biggest Astroturf operation in history. Submitted by Linda R. to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • MoveOn Member Shoved, Stomped On Outside Rand Paul ...
    A female member of MoveOn who was protesting outside a Rand Paul/Jack Conway debate in Lexington Kentucky last night was attacked by a group of her opponents. The entire altercation got caught on video: she was surrounded and shoved by a group of burly meSubmitted by Linda R. to US Politics & Gov't ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Historical Notes

libcom

  • Pike River Mine explosion: fate of 29 workers stil ...
    NZmine_290319f.jpg Pike River Mine on the West Coast of New Zealand is said to be one of the most advanced mines in the country, yet workers still bear the brunt of the drive for profit. On Friday 19th N ...
  • Seattle Solidarity Network Wins Again
    hrgaction-small.jpg Direct action settles the bill at King Way Apts http://www.seattlesolidarity.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=65 For three years, Gladys lived wit ...
  • Nine workers arrested in beating death of manager
    STORY HIGHLIGHTS Nine workers arrested in beating death of manager By Harmeet Shah Singh, CNN November 15, 2010 -- Updated 1015 GMT (1815 HKT) * Manager worked at component firm Allied Nippon in Ghaziabad district * Happened as 400 workers held a p ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • ‘Sustainability’ can mean profits
    Nov 18, 2010 New York Times NATHANIAL GRONEWOLD of Greenwire NEW YORK — The recession taught many companies that "sustainability" can mean profits. Slashing energy use and streamlining production in hard times, businesses learned that being green made a positive … Continue reading →
  • Democrats Cling to Possibility of smaller Renewabl ...
    On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:25 AM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: Democrats Cling to Possibility of RES Bill This Session, Prepare for Next Year Nov 18, 2010 New York Times KATHERINE LING of Greenwire Key Senate Democrats continue to … Continue reading →
  • Clean Up the American Economy and Create Jobs
    On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 7:39 AM, Samer, Care2 Action Alerts wrote: Care2 subscriber since Aug 29, 2010 Tell Your Friends | Take Action you have 53 butterfly credits Hi Scotts Contracting, If this country is going to … Continue reading →
  • Missouri Energy Efficiency Home Statistics
    If you are considering building a ‘New Energy Efficient Home’ in Missouri I have some statistics-cost saving analysis that I guarantee will please your Bank Account. A New Home Built using the International Energy Conservation Code- IECC. provides a cost … Continue reading →
  • 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 →

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

Iranian.com

Most Revolutionary Act

  • Selling Our GM Stock
    Taxpayers sold one third of their holdings in General Motors on November 18th, when GM became a publicly traded company (on Wall Street) again. I’m sorry to report that we lost money on the deal. We only got $33 a share on our stock, and to break even we would have needed to make $44 a share. There’ ...
  • 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 ...

Doug's Darkworld

  • Through Thick and Thin
    It’s been a rough week, what can I say. First, the Veterans Day hangover. Being a veteran myself, I am appalled about how what should be a day of somber reflection about the horrors of war has turned into a celebration of permanent war.  And I am so sick of hearing people say and write [...]
  • 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 ...

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

  • Grand Challenges for Engineering
    Comments:"The National Academy of Engineering (NAE), at the request of the National Science Foundation, convened a committee of leading technical thinkers to create a list of the grand challenges and opportunities for engineering facing those born at the dawn of this new century." - Clif MimsTags: S ...
  • Power Proofreading
    Tags: proofreading, writing, grammar, LanguageArts, elementary, Literacyby: Fred Delventhal
  • Wikiversity
    Tags: wiki, education, elearning, wikiversity, learning, wikipedia, teaching, referenceby: Dean Mantz
  • Wikispecies, free species directory
    Tags: wiki, science, biology, species, nature, wikispecies, research, referenceby: Dean Mantz
  • Wikiquote
    Tags: wiki, quotes, quotations, reference, writing, wikis, wikipediaby: Dean Mantz

Rodale News

  • 5 Low-Salt Versions of Family Dinner Favorites
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The American Heart Association (AHA) recommends limiting daily sodium intake to 1,500 milligrams (mg), and you and other adults in your family may be already watching your salt consumption. But this recommendation affects the youngsters in your home, too: Teenagers ingest mo ...
  • How to Keep Questionable Chemicals Out of Your Hol ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—There's no holiday that focuses more on food than Thanksgiving. While most of the attention goes to turkeys and the eternal cranberry sauce debate, you might want to take stock of what you're cooking in. "People are out there making all this great-tasting food, but they're c ...
  • 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 ...

big think

  • The Pleasure and Danger of Augmented Reality
    Smart phones. One can’t imagine life without them.  Ah, the endless convenience: looking up a restaurant on yelp, finding out a movie’s rating on rotten tomatoes, seeing that cute guy’s profile on Facebook. But to be honest, they’re not really that convenient.  Every time you need information, you . ...
  • How to Get Around Lobbying Rules
    What do you call it when corporations get together with politicians to work out the details of legislation? Normally, of course, it’s called “lobbying” and is subject to federal regulations requiring corporations to disclose how much they’re spending and what policies they’re advocating. But if you ...
  • Cheating Still Cheating; Bastards Still Bastards
    Do today's college students define cheating differently? That's the thesis of this article from the Chronicle of Higher Education, entitled "Cheating and the Generational Divide." The author claims that a recent scandal at the University of Central Florida exposes a "widening chasm in what different ...
  • Breakthrough: Antimatter Trapped for the First Tim ...
    Scientists at CERN laboratory in Switzerland scored a major breakthough recently when they trapped atoms of anti-matter for the first time in history. Fans of Star Trek know the potential implications of this achievement, since the Starship Enterprise uses matter/anti-matter annihilation to drive .. ...
  • Non Sequitur: Privatize TSA Screeners for Invasive ...
    Republicans are exploiting public outrage over whole body scanners and new invasive pat-downs to justify privatizing TSA screeners: As criticism grows of the government's new full-body imaging scanners and the alternative "enhanced" pat-downs, some airports are considering ditching TSA agents ...

Information Liberation

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

  • US-Saudi Arms Deal Defended by Gates, Clinton
    A $60 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia — the largest in U.S. history — is poised to proceed despite questions raised by some members of Congress. In a November 16 letter to Congress (pdf), Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton defended the deal: “This proposed sal ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • For Whom the Nobel Tolls: An Evening Out with Jame ...
    NEW YORK--Never open a reporter's notebook inside The River Club. "People don't do work here. It's just not done," admonishes James Watson , the Nobel laureate, who is seated on a leather banquette overlooking Manhattan's East River. Our dinner companions grow jittery, an awkward silence falls, and ...
  • Household Cleaners to be Reformulated to Clean Up ...
    About 2,000 household cleaning products will be reformulated to reduce smog-forming compounds under a new regulation adopted Thursday in California.The rule will trigger a new, mandatatory wave of “green” products, including window cleaners, general purpose cleaning sprays, degreasers, oven cleaners ...
  • Rooting Out CO2: Scientists Isolate a Gene That Bo ...
    Changes to a single gene in a model organism in plant biology, Arabidopsis thaliana , have been found to promote faster-growing and larger root systems--an application that could help researchers engineer bigger, better crops capable of sequestering more atmospheric carbon. The gene and its operati ...
  • 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]

RAWA News

  • Afghanistan Among 23 Least Developed Countries
    IRIN: Afghanistan has climbed over a dozen places up the annual UN Development Programme's (UNDP) Human Development Index (HDI) - from 181 out of 182 countries in 2009, to 155 out of 169 this year. Described as a human development indicator, the HDI "measures the average achievements in a country in ...
  • Violence takes a turn to the north
    IWPR: Until recently, bus driver Ustad Toryalai said that there were plenty of passengers looking to travel between Kabul and Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. But over the last six months, Toryalai said, traffic has declined dramatically, with passengers refusing to travel at night and even h ...
  • Afghanistan No.1 victim of international terrorism ...
    Xinhua: Afghanistan remains the country most affected by international terrorism, a UN official said here on Monday. Despite progress on the political, social and economic fronts, the terrorist activities of the Taliban, Al-Qaida and other extremist groups continue to be the main challenge to Afghan ...
  • 229 Afghan civilians killed in October: official
    Xinhua: Conflicts and militancy had claimed the lives of 229 civilians in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan in October, spokesman for Interior Ministry Zamari Bashari said on Thursday. “Two hundred twenty nine civilians had been killed in different security incidents with majority of them in Improvi ...
  • 119.4 Billion USD Investment in the Afghan War Thi ...
    The Register Guard: The panel’s co-chairmen, Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson, identify $100 billion in defense cuts that could be made in 2015. That would be too little and too late, but what’s almost revolutionary is the notion that if we’re ever to get this nation back on sound economic footing, w ...

frogblog

  • General debate, November 21, 2010
  • Fears for Pike River miners and contractors
    As many of you know, I live close to Greymouth and to the nearby Pike River coal mine. At the time of writing I am anxiously awaiting further news of the mine workers and contractors who are still underground following an explosion in the mine this afternoon. Mining disasters cast a ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Seething Over the Economy
    Dean Baker writes today about "several center-left blogger/columnists" — that's me! — who have suggested that "progressives should be happy to cut a deal now on Social Security and other issues related to the budget." But he says that's wrong. The real problem is that we need to rescue the economy t ...
  • The Liberal Noise Machine
    Back in August, Stan Collender said that for cynical electoral reasons Republicans were likely to oppose any action to improve the economy: It’s not at all clear [] whether Bernanke realizes that the same political pressure that has brought fiscal policy to a standstill in Washington is very like ...
  • Friday Cat Blogging - 19 November 2010
    On the left, Domino peers suspiciously at the camera while enjoying a warm day under a beautiful azure sky. On the right, Inkblot plays games with the camera while skulking around in the garden. Currently, he's doing his skulking a couple of houses away, safely distant from all the carpet installati ...
  • Ireland and the Eurozone
    Mohamed El-Erian says that instead of being bailed out, Ireland should defaults on its debts and devalue its currency: In a wider policy debate, debt restructuring would be considered as a possible pre-emptive option rather than a disorderly inevitability; thought would be given to the possibilit ...
  • COICA To You Too
    Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the Combating Online Infringements and Counterfeits Act, which allows the Attorney General to summarily blacklist internet domain names that are "dedicated to infringing activities." Meaning, of course, copyright infringement. Tim Lee is ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 210: For Underage Drinkers Who Considered Four ...
    Topics for the show: Ghostface tells the most gay and disturbing story about ODB EVER Kriss explains his rules for orgies i.e. the 20 feet between unobstructed penis rule. No heterosexual man gets turned off because his girl has unmatching bras and panties on… Eva Longoria does it right Four Loko ge ...
  • 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 ...

Simple Climate

  • Extra satellite records settle tropospheric warmin ...
    Additional sets of data have been vital in correcting the initial measurements of the layer of the atmosphere closest to the Earth, which showed no warming trend, to match other records demonstrating climate change. That's according to a review of 40 years of tropospheric temperature research by a t ...
  • 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.

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 ...
  • How mom's health may increase risk of kidney disea ...
    Children with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) are more likely to have mothers who were obese or had diabetes during pregnancy, according to a study presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 43rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition, by Christine W. Hsu, MD (University of Washington, Seattle ...
  • 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 ...
  • Gene linked to worsening kidney disease in African ...
    In African Americans with kidney disease related to hypertension (high blood pressure), a common gene variant is associated with a sharply increased risk of progressive kidney disease, according to a study presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 43rd Annual Meeting and Scientific Expositio ...
  • Paw prints and feces offer new hope for saving tig ...
    As experts gather in St Petersburg, Russia for next week's Tiger Summit, fewer than 3,200 tigers survive in the wild worldwide. More than half live in India, where they are spread over a vast area (100,000 sq km) of forest. read more

unEarthed

  • Friday Finds: California Says No To The Brazilian
    California recently adopted a law that requires cleaning companies to reduce their smoggy ingredients. Plastic looks not so fantastic in parody rap video On the heels of LA's new law banning single-use plastic bags, spirit ...
  • A Reason To Give Thanks—Environmental Laws Survive ...
    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 ...
  • 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 ...

Brave New Climate

  • SNE 2060 – a multi-source energy supply scenario
    In this post, I develop a hypothetical multi-energy-supply scenario for global low-emissions electricity in ~2060. The assumed energy mix is 75 % nuclear fission and 25 % non-nuclear sources, with fossil fuel use virtually eliminated except where it is used with carbon capture and storage. The % ann ...
  • 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 ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • Deaf Native American Man killed by cops!
    Deaf Native American Man killed by cops! SIGN THE PETITION! http://www.gopetition.com/petition/38... **CAPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE!!** FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER FOR UPDATES!! @JihadPunk77 (the Deaf woman in the video is none other than MYSELF and my name is Sabina England. Stop asking me who "the deaf ch ...
  • Robert Fisk: An American Bribe That Stinks of Appe ...
    The Independent November 20, 2010 In any other country, the current American bribe to Israel, and the latter's reluctance to accept it, in return for even a temporary end to the theft of somebody else's property would be regarded as preposterous. Three billion dollars' worth of fighter bombers i ...
  • 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 ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Remembering Medicare Part D
    The absolute worst piece of legislation ever written. The bill, Tom DeLay “hammered” through where seniors get drugs, and the tax payer gets the bill. Of course the tax payer funded drugs cost up to five times as much as the same drugs cost other countries health care systems. Isn’t it good to know ...
  • 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 [...]

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

  • WTF! Are Progressives Seriously Defending the Fede ...
    Watching Progressives defend the Federal Reserve is one of the most horrifying developments I have seen, and we all know how horrifying things currently are. Just because some Republicans have come out against the Fed's QE2 policy, doesn't mean that you should think the policy is a good thing.
  • 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!

+972

  • A new use for “tail wags dog”
    On the front page of this morning’s Maariv, senior columnist Ben Caspit reports [full translation at the bottom of the post; Hebrew original here]: At least three top Likud figures who were briefed recently by officials very close to Netanyahu on the talks with the Americans, on the letter that ha ...
  • No war, but a war song leads the Israeli charts
    A few hours after I read Yuval Ben-Ami’s wonderful post on the long lost gentleness in Israeli culture, I got another reminder of how right he was as I drove my car down to pick up the girls from day care. I was listening to the weekly hit parade on Army Radio, Galgalatz, and it [...]
  • Palestinian youth to undergo an operation after be ...
    The army laid siege on the village and resumed using High Velocity Tear-Gas projectiles against demonstrators in Nabi Saleh, causing serious injury. The projectiles have already critically injured American demonstrator Tristan Anderson in Ni’ilin (March 2009) and the death of Bassem Abu Rahmah in Bi ...
  • Settlers accused activists of arson, but video sho ...
    One week after Ynet reported settlers’ claims that “anarchists” and Palestinians were filmed committing arson in a field in the West Bank, Maan News published a video clip and report supplied by people who participated in the incident. The video obtained by Maan shows that the settlers were – well, ...
  • Are we allowed to say Lieberman is a Soviet emigre ...
    Stating the obvious is not racism Shmuel Sermontea-Gertel has basically accused me of being a racist, after referring to Avigdor Lieberman as a Homo Sovieticus. I contest that claim. The term “Homo Sovieticus” has a very distinct meaning. It refers to someone who accepted basic Soviet thinking, incl ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

Matt Weidner Blog

  • The United States Constitution Has Been Suspended ...
    When the founding forefathers drafted the Constitution, they did not contemplate or take into consideration the complex issues presented by the foreclosure wars or the securitization of American property. The forefathers did not contemplate that websites like this would exist and that citizen activi ...
  • Sheriff Who Refused to Carry Out Foreclosure Evict ...
    But that’s just one part of the story…. Thomas J. “Tom” Dart is the current Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois. His department is the second largest in the United States after the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “For the people who have been involved with this and think now that because the ( ...
  • Whose At Fault For Foreclosure Delays? The Service ...
    A long, long time ago the general public perceived only one real class of wrongdoers in the foreclosure wars—the defaulted borrower.  That was last month. Due to the antiseptic properties of reporting and the attention the foreclosure wars have now received by our press, the general public and poli ...
  • Jim Kowalski Discusses The Rocket Docket on The Dy ...
    Jim Kowalski has been battling foreclosure abuses in Florida longer than just about anyone with the exception perhaps of April Charney. Listen to this interview of Kowalski on Ratigan and please share the link with everyone you know. The only reason we’re having any impact in this battle is that bec ...
  • THEY ARE ON THE ATTACK AND THEY’RE COMING TO ...
    It’s not just those of you who are battling on the right side of this foreclosure war that are reading this blog.  The banks, the foreclosure mills and the wrong doers who are helping to wreck this entire nation’s economy are also avid readers of this blog. No surprise that they do not like one [.. ...

abelard - news

The Parallel Parliament

  • The Swing Is Gone
    I arrived back in London a few hours ago – midnight to be exact – after travelling from Ottawa through Toronto. With the Foreign Affairs Committee schedule being moved back for the foreseeable future, this journey home will be repeated far too often. My wife Jane had phoned to say the kids wanted to ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Nanotechnology, climate and energy: over-heated pr ...
    Friends of the Earth have just released a new report challenging claims that nanotechnology will lead to greener, more energy-efficient technologies, lower-impact technologies. I’ve only had the chance to skim through the report so far, and so don’t have detailed comments on it.  But on my initial ...
  • Value-added nanotechnology
    The more the debate over what precisely nanotechnology is goes on, the more inclined I am to think that it’s something of an illusion.  Sure, nanoscale science is real.  And there are clearly technologies that exploit this.  But are they nanotechnologies, or are they simply clever uses of science ...
  • Nano-sunscreens leave their mark
    Most manufacturers of nanomaterial-based sunscreens try to make sure that the material they use doesn’t generate harmful chemicals in the presence of sunlight.  But the paper this piece was based on suggested that some photoactive materials might be slipping through the net. Originally posted June ...
  • Synthetic biology, ethics and the hacker culture
    While the DIY Biotechnology community has grown considerably since this post, the piece still captures something of what is still a young movement, and one that challenges assumptions about top-down technology innovation. Originally posted June 13 2008 Read Thomas L. Friedman’s “The World is Flat” o ...
  • Decoupling “nanotechnology”
    Even though it was written a couple of years ago, this post remains very relevant as people continue to make sense of nanotechnology.  Maybe it’s time to revisit yellow-technology! Originally posted May 17 2008. Nanotechnology as an overarching concept is great for sweeping statements and sound bit ...

Reader Supported News

  • Liberals Worry, Will Obama Cave?
    "Impatient and worried about their futures as their power wanes, the liberals who dominate Democratic congressional caucuses want to see President Barack Obama fight harder for their causes." File photo, Michael Moore flanked by Reps. Barbara Lee and John Conyers. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty I ...
  • Man Makes Ridiculously Complicated Chart to Find O ...
    Intro: "We all know the mortgage securitization process is complicated. But just how complicated? The chart below from Zero Hedge shows the convoluted journey a mortgage takes as it morphs into a security." A graphic by Dan Edstrom of DTC Systems illustrating the enormously complex web of transac ...
  • Liberals Worry, Will Obama Cave?
    "Impatient and worried about their futures as their power wanes, the liberals who dominate Democratic congressional caucuses want to see President Barack Obama fight harder for their causes." File photo, Michael Moore flanked by Reps. Barbara Lee and John Conyers. (photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty I ...
  • Man Makes Ridiculously Complicated Chart to Find O ...
    Intro: "We all know the mortgage securitization process is complicated. But just how complicated? The chart below from Zero Hedge shows the convoluted journey a mortgage takes as it morphs into a security." A graphic by Dan Edstrom of DTC Systems illustrating the enormously complex web of transac ...
  • Cost and Goals at Center of Arms Treaty Debate
    The article begins: "The standoff this week over ratification of a new arms control treaty centers on a simple phrase: nuclear modernization. Those two words conceal a little known, enormously ambitious plan to do nothing less than rebuild the nation's atomic complex for the 21st century." Presid ...

War Resisters League

  • IVAW Women’s Retreat this weekend!
    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 [...]
  • Protest nuclear warhead test launch tomorrow!
    Protest September 14, 11:55 pm (midnight) missile launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base: NOTE 09/14/10: THIS LAUNCH AND PROTEST HAVE BEEN CANCELED– More info to come! Join the protest of the test launch of a Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) thermo-nuclear warhead delivery system ...
  • International Days of Action in Solidarity with Br ...
    Support Bradley Manning! Oakland, California, USA Thursday, September 16th, 7-9pm Humanist Hall, 390 27th Street, Oakland CA (Between Telegraph and Broadway) Speakers: DANIEL ELLSBERG, Pentagon Papers whistle-blower COL. ANN WRIGHT (ret.), former US diplomat RAY MCGOVERN, former CIA analyst AIMEE AL ...
  • March for Justice on October 2!
    What: One Nation Working Together Who: A broad-based national coalition of labor, racial and economic justice groups, community organizations, and antiwar organizations. Where: Washington D.C. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial When: Saturday, October 2 Dear fellow War Resisters, As the U.S. expen ...
  • Latino Youth Defines DREAM Act as a DeFacto Milita ...
    By VAMOS Unidos Youth We write this statement to raise our voices as Latino youth working and living in the Bronx, New York in opposition to the DREAM ACT as it stands. We demand that we return to our original DREAM ACT that had a community service option instead of a military one. The military [... ...

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 ...
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    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 ...

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  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.
  • How to Whip the Afghan Army Into Shape
    Much of President Barack Obama's strategy rests on the creation of a new, more competent Afghan military. Here's what he'll need to know to get the job done.
  • Obama's Indecent Interval
    Despite the U.S. president's pleas to the contrary, the war in Afghanistan looks more like Vietnam than ever.
  • Divide and Conquer
    At an upcoming conference in London, the Afghan government will unveil its plan to bring the Taliban rank and file back into the political fold -- and plead for international assistance for its new initiative. 

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • NATO: Afghan War Model For Future 21st Century Ope ...
    Stop NATO November 19, 2010 NATO: Afghan War Model For Future 21st Century Operations Rick Rozoff As the North Atlantic Treaty Organization unveils its first 21st century strategic doctrine in Lisbon this week, its first ground war and war outside Europe is in its tenth year with no end in sight. Th ...
  • World’s Sole Military Superpower Extends Its ...
    Stop NATO November 9, 2010 World’s Sole Military Superpower Extends Its Reach: Radio interview with Rick Rozoff on the In Context show. http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/46842 Click arrow on lower right hand of page. Click to enlarge: U.S. Unified Combatant Commands: Northern Command, South ...
  • Das Pentagon baut in Osteuropa neue NATO-Hilfsarme ...
    Stop NATO 10. November 2010 Das Pentagon baut in Osteuropa neue NATO-Hilfsarmeen auf Rick Rozoff Übersetzt von Luftpost Am 19. und 20. November werden sich die Chefs von 28 nordamerikanischen und europäischen Staaten – also die Regierungschefs aller führenden Militärmächte des Westens und ihrer Vasa ...
  • La mer d’Oman au centre de la guerre de l&#8 ...
    Stop NATO 10 novembre 2010 La mer d’Oman au centre de la guerre de l’Occident au 21e siècle Rick Rozoff Traduit par Julie Lévesque pour Mondialisation.ca. Bientôt, un quart des porte-avions nucléaires du monde seront dans la mer d’Oman. Le super porte-avions à propulsion nucléaire de classe Ni ...
  • Lisbon Summit: NATO To Retain Nuclear Arms, Build ...
    Stop NATO November 10, 2010 Lisbon Summit: NATO To Retain Nuclear Arms, Build Missile Shield In Europe Rick Rozoff In little more than a week the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will convene a two-day summit in Lisbon, Portugal with the heads of state and government (presidents and prime minister ...

Consumerist

  • Top Posts Of The Week And Open Thread
    Enraged Passengers Refuse To Leave Plane Man Lets House Go Into Foreclosure Over $25 Fee Magazine That Stole Writer's Story Likely Shutting Down; Blames Writer Debt Collectors Exploit Facebook To Embarrass You To Friends And Family Test If Your ISP Is Shaping Your Download Speed
  • Wells Fargo Has A Dispute Representative Named "Di ...
    It seems Wells Fargo has an employee whose actual name is "Dispute Representative." Or at least so it would appear by the letter he received in his response to his request to have an erroneous item removed from his credit report. Guess the guy found his perfect job.
  • Starbucks To Grow Its Own Coffee Beans In China
    In March 2011, Starbucks will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its first store. And while the company has since grown into the beverage behemoth we all know today, it has never attempted to actually grow its own coffee beans. That's all about to change as the Starbucks CEO announced yesterday that ...
  • No More Darvon Or Darvocet For You
    Two of the more commonly used painkillers in the U.S. have been pulled from the market by their manufacturer after a new study linked the drugs to potentially fatal heart rhythms. The decision by Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals to pull the two drugs comes more than a year after regulators in the UK and t ...
  • Don't Use A Debt Settlement Agency
    Steer clear of debt settlement agencies. A good deal charge unnecessary fees and there's really nothing they can do legally that you can't do on your own. Some of them are even outright fraudsters. Reviewing the records of one debt settlement agency that was forced to close down for falsely claim ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Whistleblower News Roundup 11.15.10
    Knoxville News Sentinel: Anderson 'Whistleblower' Appeal Fails A Tennessee Court of Appeals panel has upheld a judge’s decision to throw out a whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former Tennessee County employee. The judge ruled that there was not enough evidence to demonstrate that the employe ...
  • Roundtable Discussion: The Problems with Whole Bod ...
    There’s a viral video spreading about a San Diego man’s experience at the airport when he decided to opt-out of the TSA’s “new and improved” security process. When John Tyner was picked to be taken out of the regular, metal-detection security line, he was given the choice to either be subjecte ...
  • Daily Whistleblower News: Debate Intensifies Over ...
    Photo by flickr user Silas216 Los Angeles Times: Man Shuns Body Scan, Prompting Flap With TSA and Celebrity Status on Web One man’s standoff with TSA security -- over his refusal to submit to a full-body scan or the alternative, invasive “pat-down” -- has intensified the debate over whethe ...
  • Take 30 Seconds to Demand Federal Whistleblower Ri ...
    Dear GAP Supporters: This is it. Congressional leaders have a chance to finally pass the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (S. 372, H.R. 1507) during this final session of Congress. If they don’t, GAP and our partners will have to start from scratch next year with the new Congress. ...
  • Daily Whistleblower News: Whistleblower Sues NYC T ...
    By flickr user Magama.Krakow New York Daily News: Whistleblower on Safety, Security Hazards Sues Transit Authority Brass A Transit Authority superintendent has filed a lawsuit against NYC Transit officials, claiming that he was retaliated against for reporting several unlocked security gat ...

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Use of solar power may rise in coming decades: Expert
Hindustan Times
- Nov 21, 2010
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PTI With the Government of India emphasising on green energy, the use of solar power and other renewable energy sources is likely to increase in the coming ...
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Israel signs landmark renewable energy agreement
Jerusalem Post
- Nov 21, 2010
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National Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau (Israel Beiteinu) signed the first power purchase agreement (PPA) for renewable energy in Israeli history on ...
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Eagles expect to fly off grid with renewable power at home stadium
Vancouver Sun
- Nov 19, 2010
- Nov 19, 2010
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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Southern California Edison Signs 21 Contracts Totaling More Than 250 Megawatts ...
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- Nov 19, 2010
- Nov 19, 2010
The contracts are a result of SCE's 2010 Renewables Standard Contracts Request for Offers, a voluntary renewable procurement program for small projects that ...
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Editorial: Florida's ecology policy
Naples Daily News
- Nov 20, 2010
- 18 hours ago
Our politicians and other government leaders tend to say one thing and then do another when it comes to the natural settings that attracted us here in the ...
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Ecology v economy as fishermen fight coral conservation
Herald Scotland
- Nov 20, 2010
- 11 hours ago
East Mingulayis the only location in UK waters to feature the reef-building cold-water coral, Lophelia Pertusa. Fishermen in the Western Isles have accused ...
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• GPI launching waste-to-fuel plant manufacturing
Pure Energy Systems News
- Nov 20, 2010
- 13 hours ago
In August of 2009, GPI was shut down by Washington state's Ecology Department who said GPI had "not provided adequate compliance with the environmental air ...
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Bluefin tuna showdown pits economy vs. ecology
AFP
- Nov 16, 2010
- Nov 16, 2010
PARIS — Dozens of nations gathered in Paris to decide catch quotas for Atlantic bluefin tuna, a highly-prized luxury food consumed raw in Japan as sashimi ...
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Governor declares emergency over Barstow water
San Jose Mercury News
- Nov 21, 2010
- 9 hours ago
Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency Saturday in Barstow, where excessive levels of a chemical found in rocket fuel has left the water ...
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Ad over city's water quality sparks S. Ind. spat
Chicago Tribune
- Nov 21, 2010
- 2 hours ago
AP An advocacy group's ad that criticized the quality of water in a southern Indiana community has sparked a battle over First Amendment rights, ...
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Sipping Iceberg Water Is 'Like Drinking Air'
Gawker
- Nov 21, 2010
- 1 hour ago
Soon you'll be able to pay $10 (or more) for a bottle of Glace Rare Iceberg Water taken straight from an iceberg in Greenland. What a deal! ...
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New Orleans Advisory: To Boil Water Until Sunday
NPR
- Nov 20, 2010
- 20 hours ago
by AP Mayor Mitch Landrieu says New Orleans' most widespread boil-water advisory since Hurricane Katrina will continue at least until 3 pm Sunday, ...
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