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Thomas Paine

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

Monday, November 29, 2010

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IPS - Inter Press Services

  • MIGRATION: Swiss Vote In an 'Illegal Law'
    Just a year after banning the construction of minarets, Swiss voters have approved a right-wing initiative demanding the automatic expulsion of criminal foreigners. The initiative violates international law.
  • India Bleeding Through Illegal Transfers
    A new report suggesting that illegal transfers of funds into accounts abroad by India's corrupt politicians, officials and businessmen average 19.3 billion dollars a year could turn out to be a "gross underestimate", watchdogs warn.
  • Sharks Make It Through the Net, Bluefish Tuna Don' ...
    Governments have moved to ban the commercial fishing of at least two species of endangered sharks, but the Atlantic bluefin tuna received little protection at the end of a ten-day intergovernmental meeting here.
  • PAKISTAN: Death Sentence Revives Calls to Scrap Bl ...
    What began as altercation among farm workers has become a full-blown nightmare for Pakistani mother Asia Bibi, one that points to her being led to the gallows.
  • CLIMATE CHANGE-INDIA: Scientists Warn, Gov't Must ...
    India's first-ever major scientific assessment of its climate change scenario by the 2030s, released in November, has the report's scientists rooting for the government to take concrete action.

Scoop - NZ

  • Pashtuns Lose Parliamentary Majority
    Most of the results of the disputed parliamentary election in Afghanistan were announced on Wednesday. Altogether 24 candidates were disqualified from parliament because the Independent Electoral Commission found them guilty of fraud. Some 1.3 million of the 5.6 million votes were tossed out as inva ...
  • Cole: Scammed in Afghanistan
    The announcement by the New York Times that one of the supposedly prominent Taliban with whom the Karzai government has been negotiating turns out to be an impostor is only the latest depressing indication that the whole Afghanistan boondoggle is shot through with flimflammery. The US gave a man cla ...
  • BP oil spill victims denied right to sue
    Victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster won't be able to sue BP or any of the other companies involved with the Deepwater Horizon rig if they accept a final payment from BP's $20bn (�£12.6bn) compensation fund. The new rules are in a 12-page document posted on the website for the Gulf Coast Clai ...
  • UK banks hit as Irish rescue falter
    British banks lost billions of pounds in value on Monday after the Irish bail-out was thrown into jeopardy over concerns that the country's government might collapse before a rescue deal can be agreed. The share prices of Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds fell sharply as stock markets took fright a ...
  • Krugman: There Will Be Blood
    Former Senator Alan Simpson is a Very Serious Person. He must be - after all, President Obama appointed him as co-chairman of a special commission on deficit reduction. So here's what the very serious Mr. Simpson said on Friday: "I can't wait for the blood bath in April. ... When debt limit t ...

Independent - London

Rogue Government.com

Innovation Canada

  • When good stress turns bad
    Everyone experiences stress, whether it’s dealing with day-to-day annoyances, such as traffic jams or machines that just won’t work, or with truly life-altering events, such as the death of a loved one, a divorce or the loss of a job. Whatever the trigger, the initial response by the body and the br ...
  • 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 ...

Signs of the times

  • New Zealand Mine Explosion: Pike River Rocked By A ...
    A fourth underground explosion has rocked the Pike River Mine in New Zealand's south island, where 29 miners earlier perished. Police say there were no injuries when the gas explosion occurred just before 2:00pm local time on Sunday. People who were working close to the mine entrance were moved to ...
  • Spanish woman claims ownership of the Sun
    MADRID - After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property. Angeles Duran, 49, told the online edition of daily El Mundo she took the step in September after r ...
  • Swiss vote for deportation of foreigners who commi ...
    Significant victory for the nationalist party that pushed the proposal against the will of the government Swiss voters today approved a plan for automatic deportation of foreigners who commit serious crimes or benefit fraud, in what was a significant victory for the nationalist party that pushed th ...
  • India: Men Caught in 'Women Only' Train Carriage F ...
    A group of male commuters traveling in a women-only carriage on New Delhi's metro system were ordered to do sit-ups on the platform by the furious female passengers. At least one carriage is reserved for women on every metro train in the Indian capital, where female residents and tourists have com ...
  • Massive Blaze Engulfs Istanbul Landmark
    The roof of Haydarpasa train station in Istanbul has been destroyed by fire. Istanbul's historic Haydarpasa train station building was undergoing restoration work when the fire took hold, authorities have said. The fire damaged most of the roof of the early 20th century building and the fourth f ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Patrick Ross and the Cost of Malicious Defamation
    In the wake of what can truly be called a fail worthy of epic as a descriptor, it should be interesting to chart the fallout from the case against Patrick Ross. Having been found to have acted with malice in a protracted campaign of defamation, the ruling orders Ross to remove any and all blog posts ...
  • The march of progress . . .
    Love Dan Piraro.
  • Inferiority complex?
    Thursday will see attention focus on the Canadians and their "inferiority complex" while corruption allegations in Afghanistan will be under the spotlight on Friday. Saturday will cover Yemen while next Sunday will see the focus shift to China. Whatever gave them that idea?
  • American Statecraft
    High level espionage on allies. Lowbrow petty gossip analysis of politicians.� American statecraft is Jersey Shore.
  • Oh my my.
    Nuked by hizzown word and deed. Might I suggest renaming it "Nexus of Libel."

Media Matters for America

  • Fox continues its all-out assault on the Dream Ac ...
    Continuing its assault on the Dream Act, Fox News has repeatedly attacked and pushed falsehoods about the bill, which would provide a path to legal status for certain immigrants who came to the United States as children.Dobbs falsely claims Dream Act "permits those who have avoided their deporta ...
  • Beck tells audience to ruin Thanksgiving dinner w ...
    While advising his Fox News viewers to talk about inflation at their Thanksgiving dinners, Glenn Beck falsely claimed that the government removed food and energy prices from its measure of inflation to hide rising prices, that a survey showed economists are "worried" about inflation, and that S ...
  • "I say nuke 'em": Conservatives bang the drum for ...
    Following a North Korean attack on a South Korean island, conservative voices have appeared on air and online to promote the use of U.S. strikes against North Korea. Right-wing media: Act "like a superpower" and attack North Korea Scheuer implores U.S. to act "like a superpower" and "destroy" Nor ...
  • Predictable: Right-wing media respond to Park51 g ...
    The right-wing media responded to reports that the Park51 project is applying for a federal grant with anti-Islamic smears and baseless accusations.Right-wing resort to Islamophobia in Park51 grant reaction Geller: "Jihadist Developers of Ground Zero Mosque Hit Up 9/11 Fund to Rebuild Lower Ma ...
  • Fox News hosts tell Buffett to "quit lecturing" t ...
    Fox News figures seized on Warren Buffett's comment that "people at the high end -- people like myself -- should be paying a lot more in taxes" to attack him and other millionaires who support ending the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthy. Fox has repeatedly defended the tax cuts for the wealth ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • Beating Up On Brad DeLong
    For a mainstream economist Brad DeLong is about as good as you get. He is widely read in a number of areas including even (heaven forbid) economic history. He also is extraordinarily open-minded, recognizing that neo-classical economics may not hold all truths past, present, and future. This leaves ...
  • Leading Israeli Says Palestinians Should Just Decl ...
    Jeff Halper, the Israeli activist and scholar, thinks the "peace process" is dead in the water. That is hard to argue with. After all, it has come down to America offering Netanyahu a $3.5 billion bribe to freeze some settlements for 90 days. Imagine, a one-time superpower begging our #1 aid re ...
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  • J Street: Time For An American Plan
    TPM readers know of my high regard for J Street. Its leadership has just released a statement that is worth reading with no comment from me, except to say how fervently I agree with it. In the coming days or weeks, the United States may reach agreement with Israel on an extension of the limited m ...
  • Rabin's Son Presents Peace Plan
    This looks promising Yuval Rabin, Yitzhak Rabin's son, a political centrist who seemed to favor Netanyahu in the last election because he believed he could, if he wanted to, deliver peace, is now pushing his own peace plan. Contrary to what Americans might think, the name Rabin is not golden ...

TruthOut

  • E.J. Dionne Jr., Blaming Obama's America First
    Washington - Can we govern ourselves in the next two years? Do Republicans have any interest in accomplishments that might even indirectly benefit President Obama? These questions hang over this week's meeting between the president and congressional leaders, an encounter that could set the tone for ...
  • Nuclear Winter
  • WikiLeaks Releases State Department Cables
    Editor's Note:�The New York Times,The Guardian and Der Spiegel have published stories this afternoon revealing details of the State Department cables.�read more
  • The Naked Truth About Capital Gains
    When it comes to taxes on capital gains, the emperor suddenly has no clothes. He's been stripped bare, in bipartisan fashion, by the co-chairs of President Obama's fiscal commission. The chairs are Republican Alan K. Simpson and Erskine Bowles, a Democrat. Their initial report included a call for e ...
  • Haitian Women and Elections: Presidents, Politics ...
    Reconstructing Haiti is not about buildings, projects or money. It's about power, about who gets to control what the future Haiti looks like. Redistributing power and creating a new society based on different theories and practices of it are perhaps more important in the aftermath of the January 11 ...

Planetsave

  • World Warming Quicker than Previously Thought
    Over the past decade, the world has actually warmed more than previously thought, according to a new report out by the Met Office. And as I hinted in a recent post – Top 10 Climate Science News of 2010 – there are a lot of scientific findings from the past year that show even stronger evidence... R ...
  • Tigers (10 Friday Photos, doubled)
    In honor of the recent, historic tiger summit this month, this week’s 10 Friday Photos post is on tigers. And since the country leaders meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia decided to set the goal of doubling the number of wild tigers by 2022 (the next Year of the Tiger), we are doubling our photos th ...
  • Visualizing Sustainable Water Resource Management
    Water will become the most contentious and increasingly scarce resource. 3D modeling technology can help manage our most vital resource. This past summer the United Nations issued a declaration proclaiming access to clean water and sanitation as a fundamental human right. The declaration further adv ...
  • Leonardo DiCaprio Giving $1 Million to WWF for Tig ...
    A historic tiger summit took place this week in St. Petersburg, Russia, with key countries committing to double the number of wild tigers by 2022, the next “Year of the Tiger” in China. From about 100,000 at the beginning of the 20th century to approximately 3,200 today, tigers have been hunted mer ...
  • Hunt Official Caught on Camera Beating Hound
    There’s basically one way to describe this, disgusting. The League Against Cruel Sports reports: On 18th November, our Operations Team were monitoring a hunt in the north Cotswolds, close to the village of Weston sub Edge. They witnessed a red-coated hunt official relentlessly laying into one of the ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • US states prepare unprecedented cuts to social spe ...
    29 November 2010 Erosion in support for the right-wing policies of the Obama administration and the Democratic Party was starkly illustrated by the loss of control over a host of state legislative chambers and governorships in the recent midterm elections. With the dust settling, both parties hav ...
  • The US Congress and the unemployed - Workers & ...
    29 November 2010 The US Congress resumes its lame-duck session Monday with only one day remaining to take action before unemployment benefits begin expiring for two million jobless workers. It is more and more likely that nothing will be done, while congressmen and senators focus instead on nego ...
  • Haiti’s election written off as ‘massive fraud’ - ...
    Editor's Note: The photograph below depicts what the vast majority of Haitians knew about the fraudulent elections held by the puppet government installed by Washington in Haiti. Haitians want the U.S. and UN troops out of their country and the right to self determination. - LMB ...
  • How 250,000 US embassy cables were leaked - World ...
    From a fake Lady Gaga CD to a thumb drive that is a pocket-sized bombshell – the biggest intelligence leak in history An innocuous-looking memory stick, no longer than a couple of fingernails, came into the hands of a Guardian reporter earlier this year. The device is so small it...
  • Tens of thousands protest EU-IMF bank bailout in I ...
    29 November 2010 Saturday’s demonstration by between 50,000 and 100,000 in Dublin against the bailout of banks was massive by Irish standards and in relation to its workforce of 2 million. It was a powerful expression of the determination of workers, young people and students to resist the savag ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    Irish banks bailed out at the price of destroying the Irish economy. Don't look now, but the peasants are revolting. "European ministers have reached an agreement over a bail-out for the Irish Republic worth about 85bn euros ($113bn; ?72bn). The deal will see 35bn euros go towards propping up the Ir ...
  • "No President Should Fear Public Scrutiny of His P ...
    As we struggle to digest the latest document dump from Wikileaks, Brad Friedman has a great post on the larger issues of government secrecy. As this information becomes public, and as the U.S. Government continues to scramble to mitigate what the White House is calling today a "reckless and dangerou ...
  • Barbarians in the Halls of Power
    Here in the U.S. we're about to find out what happens when violent nihilists bent on destroying the government are given seats in Congress. At the United Nations, they've already turned the place over to the murderers. PZ Myers: So, various factions at the United Nations have been pushing for anti-b ...
  • The corrupt voice of "The Establishment"
    Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly and I are on the same page. A few weeks back, I noticed a post-election exchange in Rolling Stone between Matt Taibbi, Beltway Regular David Gergen and pollster Peter Hart that I have been meaning to mention because it struck a real chord with me. The reason it ...
  • Regarding that phony mullah who was "negotiating p ...
    It's a story as old as history itself...Someone bought a bill of goods sold by an imposter in Afghanistan. When the news of "negotiations with the Taliban" for an end-game there, I mentioned it in the newswrap at the time and offered it with a very large grain of salt. �I made a conscious decision ...

Care 2

  • TAKE ACTION: AUSTRALIA has no interest in banning ...
    The Australian government is fooling the rest of the world by claiming it has the 'best animal welfare practices' in the WORLD.Submitted by Animalib No Emails Please to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • The Funniest Car Notes
    Did you ever leave a note on a car for a finder binder or bass acwards parking ? Your Chance to Fess Up and Leave Us One of Your Own. Ha If Not, Vote on the One you like BestSubmitted by Trish K. to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • If the $30 Billion We Give Oil Sands Went to Green ...
    With gas prices and consumption predicted to balloon in coming years, what will be the collective cost to the taxpayer in the next decade for turning gas into bitumen? And what else could we do with this money? Submitted by Julie P. to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Russian Scientist Working To Recreate Ice Age Ecos ...
    Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and reindeer are here, and may one day be joined by Canadian bison and deer.Submitted by Kathy B. to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add ...
  • When Crop Mobs Take Over
    Crop Mob Atlanta is a new grassroots organization that�s going a step further than buying and eating local food�they�re actually going to the farms and volunteering on the weekends.Submitted by Julie P. to Green Lifestyle �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Sunday’s Open Thread
    A famed historian attacks present-day Americans’ sloth and ignorance … Check out my startling finds on the fiery opposing opinions regarding the FBI’s arrest of the young Somali terrorist in Portland, Oregon — from Byron York to Glenn Greenwald … Then some IDIOT sets a fire at the mosque where Moham ...
  • Wiki Hysteria
    Oh MY GOD!! Julian Assange has leaked thousands State Department cables and our world is going to end. Jesus SAVE US!! The world might be subjected to an actual moment of candor from a U.S. diplomat serving in Kazakstan. Oh the humanity. If you have been trapped in a Chilean mine or otherwise occupi ...
  • Sweaty Elbow
    Editor’s Note: This is a must-read by John Batchelor, on whose show Larry Johnson tonight will join a lively discussion of these events. (Instructions on how to listen are at the end of this post. Information from Washington that POTUS has twelve stitches from an elbow in a childlike basketball game ...
  • Al Qaeda’s Operation HEMORRHOIDS–A Pain in the Ass ...
    The folks claiming to be part of Al Qaeda who are currently trying to stir things up in Yemen (known in the West as Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula aka AQAP) may not know how to build an effective bomb but they put out a hell of a magazine. Inspire, vol 3, is the [...]
  • Open Thread + My comments don’t show up …
    … and when they do, my comments appear two or three times. If you are experiencing difficulty posting here.. It’s probably in your Cookies. Most people leave their browsers set up with the default settings for their browsers. Some choose to tighten up their privacy settings. If you are experiencing ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • How to Green Up the Key Moments of Your Life
    So many important important stages in life have the possibility of being unforgettable and unique while also being kinder to the environment. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Iconic Images Recreated in Junk
    Environmental art comes in many forms, but one French artist who reproduces old masters using objects discarded as rubbish is a truly incredible talent. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Amazing Fur Graffiti Appears All Over Europe
    A very different kind of graffiti art by Neozoon hopes to stimulate awareness of animals in danger. Environmental art at its very best. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Undertstanding the Power of a Hurricane's 'Hot Tow ...
    New research discovered that the air within and around the eye of a hurricane delivers energy to fuel the storm. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Were the Romans the First Environmentalists?
    Looking to history we can discover another thing that the Romans left us was an understanding of green living! 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 'Crazy Bad' Day in Beijing
    After coal-fired heating kicks in, a tweet from the United States Embassy describes high levels of air pollution.
  • Explaining Norfolk's Creeping Tides
    Both land sinkage and the rising sea levels that scientists link to global warming seem to have played a role in tidal encroachment.
  • Medical Panel Urges a Low-Carbon Diet
    A network of leading medical academies urges nations to adopt policies to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, saying it will pay substantial health dividends, particularly in poorer regions.
  • The Sea Otter's Fate in California
    A legal settlement advances an effort to declare an experiment in limiting the southern sea otter's movements a failure. The goal now is to let the otters decide for themselves where they should live.
  • A Reprieve for Missing 9/11 Plaintiffs
    A federal judge appoints a lawyer to help locate and brief people who may want to opt into a settlement of health claims, even though a deadline has passed.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • New banner image finally - different header layout ...
    Good change, reduces clutter Are those THETANS?! Needs Andrew Jackson vs Banksters! Needs Rocky Taconite American Hero What this place needs is blink tags
  • Statecraft Horrorshow! Wikileaks State Department ...
    Ahk a quick link dump here. Wikileaks is expected to drop the big diplomatic cables starting with Der Spiegel . There's a new Wikileaks blog out there - Assange talked to some Arab reporters over videochat so apparently the fuzz hasn't gotten him yet. 2010-11-28: ARIJ Conference | WL Central . Liveb ...
  • Teacher! Leave those kids alone - Psychiatric coer ...
    The kids ain't all right, with a steady diet of ennui, blinking lights and stimulants, things are looking grim. I bumped into a pile of research about frequently coercive residential education sites for teens and children. It's a troubling area... I feel quite fortunate I never had an upbringing to ...
  • Foreign Policy Wisdom of the Late Great Chalmers J ...
    One of my favorite analyst/writer type people has been Chalmers Johnson. He passed away on Nov 20th. His books Sorrows of Empire and Nemesis were just fantastic, and it's pretty much due to him that the idea of Blowback got out there - the idea that imperial schemes cause messes that come right back ...
  • 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 ...

Daily Censored

  • US lied for war in Iraq, lies for war in Iran, bew ...
    source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com If you don’t know that all “reasons” for war with Iraq were known to be lies as they were told, you’re unaware of the admissions of our own US government agencies.  If you don’t know that all “reasons” for war with Iran are known to be lies as they are being [...]
  • Let’s Bury Hitler
    In 1946, a year after the end of World War II, George Orwell had already buried Hitler, at least linguistically, in his famous essay “Politics and the English Language“: “Fascism has no meaning now except so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable.’” Orwell’s point is not just that the word fa ...
  • Detroit Teachers: DFT sponsored picket of Billiona ...
    Watch TV news coverage of last Monday’s DFT picket against House Bills 6576 – 79, at http://www.youtube.com/dftmembers.  The legislation was introduced November 17 by State Rep Durhal and Robert Bobb. It would eliminate class size caps and seniority, but only in those school districts in a financia ...
  • Our Faith in a “Culture of Poverty” Never Left
    In her “‘Culture of Poverty’ Makes a Comeback” for The New York Times (17 October 2010), Patricia Cohen declared: “Now, after decades of silence, these scholars are speaking openly about you-know-what [the 'culture of poverty'], conceding that culture and persistent poverty are enmeshed.” While Cohe ...
  • Exposing 8th grade US History textbook obvious lie ...
    source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com The following is what I wrote and delivered to meeting participants concerning our school’s 8th grade US History text; a leading national textbook. Surprisingly, the textbook company author in attendance was in agreement (this person co-authored the 7th grade text). ...

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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

  • Message from PDWV: Progressives Must NOT Abandon O ...
    I fear our disappointment with President Obama is taking us into dangerous territory. Our anger could, in the end, bring unintended consequences that we may long regret. We should reassess our goal in light of the political ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 11/12/10 – 11/19/10
    Conference, lobby days and calls Note: Our OneNationPDA.org site is having technical difficulties. Please hit refresh on your browser if you get an “fatal error” message. Conference: PDA is on the ground at the Pricing Carbon Conference at ...
  • November Organizers Call
    56 PDA leaders from arund the country joined us for IOT/AG reports, national news and state reports. It was great call!
  • PDA Board member David Swanson: PNAC calls for the ...
    PDA Board member David Swanson: PNAC calls for the assertion of American military might around the globe
  • 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 ...

Marler Blog

  • This is like Déjà Gouda E. coli again
    "This is like déjà vu all over again" by Yogi Berra is what I was thinking as a read the below article from the REVUE CANADIENNE DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE as I was researching the FDA's "60 day rule." An Outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 Hemorrhagic Colitis Associated with Unpasteurized Gouda Cheese Lance Honis ...
  • Turkey Day Weekend - Filled with Yard Work, Chicke ...
    Boy do I know how to have fun; cleaning up the yard after a wind and snowstorm (that carried sub-freezing temperatures), and doing the bi-weekly chicken house cleaning (sorry, no eggs yet). Between those tasks, I have been reading up on the genesis of the 60-day aging of cheese (21 CFR 133 et seq.) ...
  • Olivia Henderson, Corning, California E. coli vict ...
    According to Derek Demo of KHSL TV 12 in Chico-Redding E. coli O157:H7 victim Olivia Henderson is out of the hospital, but not out of the woods. "It's just hard to put into words. You hear of people having E. coli, but you never think of it actually happening to a member of your family” said Sue He ...
  • The Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network ...
    And, what will the numbers be in 2011 when the CDC releases new estimates of foodborne disease? In 1999 the CDC using FoodNet estimated that foodborne diseases caused approximately 76 million illnesses, 325,000 hospitalizations, and 5,000 deaths in the United States each year. These numbers are ci ...
  • Taking a Whack at Raw Milk - Again
    I must admit that I am a bit perplexed by the proponents of raw milk. On average it seems that they spend a disproportionate amount of time twittering on Twitter and posting angry comments on blogs – mine in particular - about “Food Nazis” – of which I am apparently one, along with a long list of p ...

AutoblogGreen

  • AutoblogGreen for 11.24.10
    LA 2010: more details on the Honda Fit, including that weird extra fob Plus extra info on the tests Honda will do before the car comes out. X-Prize in-fighting goes public as Li-Ion Motors tries to back o ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.23.10
    LA 2010: Coda says all-electric production delay is a good thing for the final product Here's how you spin. Nissan Leaf snags 99 mpg rating on official EPA sticker How's that for best in cla ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 11.22.10
    Motley Fool says consider selling Tesla stock before it's too late But what do they know? GE's electric vehicle order to trigger fleet purchasing trend Tens of thousands of orders will do th ...
  • 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 ...

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!

  • The Health Insurance Industry’s Vendetta Against M ...
    Michael Moore, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, makes great movies but they are not generally considered “cliff-hangers.” All that might change since a whistle-blower on the “Democracy Now!” news hour revealed that health insurance executives thought they may have to implement a plan “to pu ...
  • Amy Goodman Interviewed on National Public Televis ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • WikiLeaks U.S. Embassy Cables: New Documents Relea ...
    WikiLeaks U.S. Embassy Cables: New Documents Released AP/The Huffington Post First Posted: 11-28-10 01:36 PM   |   Updated: 11-28-10 03:19 PM This article is being updated. WASHINGTON — The New York Times and The Guardian have published a selection of the 250,000 classified State Department do ...
  • 5 Ways to Deal With Your Conservative Relatives Th ...
    5 Ways to Deal With Your Conservative Relatives This Thanksgiving How does one deal with the conservatives at the family table while avoiding a massive food fight? Stay calm and relaxed, and follow these simple guidelines. AlterNet / By Sarah Seltzer and Lauren Kelley November 24, 2010 | Maybe your ...
  • Why Do Americans Keep Getting Suckered By Right-Wi ...
    Why Do Americans Keep Getting Suckered By Right-Wing Lies? The Nation / By Danny Goldberg Until progressives change the mind sets of the tens of millions who believe right-wing mythology, elections will be disappointing regardless of who is in the White House. November 21, 2010 | Ideas don’t happen ...
  • 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 ...

Solari

  • Organizing Your Financial and Legal Affairs
    As many of you know, I am in Philadelphia helping a very dear friend transition from her independent living community to an assisted community, with an interim stay in hospital and nursing facility. As a result, the importance of organizing our affairs is very much on my mind. So I am particularly ...
  • Quote du Jour
    Don Juan chuckled and lay down, putting his arms behind his head. “You know exactly what you need”, he said. I told him that sometimes I thought I knew, but that most of the time I had no self-confidence. “I am afraid you are confusing issues, ” he said. “The self confidence of the warrior is not t ...
  • The Solari Report Digest ~ New Podcast Available!
    Solari has produced a new free podcast—The Solari Report Digest #18. Listen to Solari Report Digest #18 The Solari Report Digest is a podcast featuring highlights from the live one-hour Solari Report briefings. In the rapidly changing political and economic landscape the Solari Report Digest pro ...
  • Giving Thanks
    Thanksgiving Day, presently celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. It did not become a federal holiday until 1941. The first Thanksgiving was celebrated to give thanks to God for helping the pilgrims survive the brutal winter. Th ...
  • Living Proof: Vitamin C - Miracle Cure?
    The amazing story of a King Country dairy farmer who caught swine flu and very nearly died. Intensive care specialists were all set to pull him off life support, saying there was no hope. But his family refused to give up. They demanded the doctors try high doses of Vitamin C, a radical treatment w ...

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

  • The home-grown aspect of the jihadist menace
    Summary:  Much of our home-grown terrorism results from the government’s careful nurturing, clearly seen in the many cases since 9-11.  It’s yielded a full harvest:  a fearful and tame public.  Here are some of these stories. Domestic jihadist terrorists since 9-11 comes in several forms.  Mo ...
  • A look at America’s lost decade
    Summary:  When the new Congress takes their seats in January, the Tea Party-dominated House will have many goals.  Jobs for the unemployed is not among them (they prefer to trust in the Blue Fairy).   The numbers paint a sad story, of little interest to our ruling elites. Let’s look at America’s ...
  • Why the Turkey is not our national bird, and a rem ...
    Summary: For our Constitutional regime to survive the coming troubles we’ll need social cohesion.  That means remembering who we are as a people and nation.  Remembering our shared history.  And most of all, remembering that America belongs to us, its citizens.  No matter how powerful our eli ...
  • A Thanksgiving Day note
    Summary:  Don Vandergriff tells us about a well-deserved Medal of Honor presented to SSG Giunta by President Obama.  As a contrast, Obama awards an undeserved Medal of Freedom to money, in the person of Warren Buffett. For those of us not able to be present when this young NCO received the Medal of ...
  • The Republicans are serious about the budget. The ...
    Summary:  After Obama taught the Democrats not to believe in change, they’re confident that the new Republicans are just as bogus.  The Democrats might be disappointed when the budget debates show us their true values, wisdom, and strength of will.  The results might prove unpleasant for Am ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Iran nuclear scientist ‘killed in bomb attack’
    BBC – An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed and another wounded in two separate but similar attacks, according to Iranian media reports.The scientists were targeted in Tehran by attackers who attached bombs to each of their cars, reports said.Another scientist was killed in a bomb blast at th ...
  • Generic Pharma group spend $373K on lobbying in 3Q
    Business Week – The Generic Pharmaceutical Association spent around $373,000 in the third quarter as it lobbied Congress and many federal agencies on aspects of the health care overhaul law and other issues related to low-cost generic drugs. The industry group, also called GPhA, said its lobbying co ...
  • Drug industry group spent $5.2M on lobbying in 3Q
    Business Week – The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America spent $5.2 million in the third quarter as it lobbied the federal government on a wide variety of issues, including budgeting, health care legislation, and drug importation and marketing, according to a recent filing. The group ...
  • US drone attack kills four in Pakistan
    IANS – At least four suspected militants were killed Sunday in a US drone attack in Pakistan’s North Waziristan tribal region. The attack took place near the Hasankhel area in the Miranshah town.  Read Article
  • WikiLeaks: Julian Assange could face ‘grave conseq ...
    Telegraph – Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been rebuffed by the US government after he sought information “regarding individuals who may be ‘at significant risk of harm’” because of” his release of classified documents. His unusual move to open an 11th-hour dialogue about the document ...

The Progressive Realist

  • What Is Hidden and What Is Revealed
    Something I’ve long heard (privately) from representatives of European governments and the Obama administration and the Israeli government is that (privately) the leaders of the Gulf Arab states are very worried about Iran and would be (privately) pleased by harsh anti-Iranian measures from the int ...
  • Brief Wikileaks Addendum
    I generally agree with Charli that there’s not much to particularly shock about the latest set of revelations (while also acknowledging that I haven’t gone through everything).  I think that this is primarily going to be of interest to diplomatic historians, who normally don’t get this kind of stuf ...
  • The Latest Wikileaks Revelations: “Diplomatic Shoc ...
    Wow. Iran’s neighbors are threatened by its rise! Many governments think Pakistan may not be able to secure its nuclear arsenal! The US attempts to use its leverage with its allies to achieve its political objectives! China has engaged in a cyber-campaign against Google and other American companies! ...
  • France, China, Israel, and Iran
    I thought this WikiLeaked account of a meeting between Assistant Secretary for Europe Philip Gordon and several French officials was kind of fascinating. Here’s a window into what I think is the under-discussed question of the economic consequences of a war with Iran: Levitte said that he informed ...
  • NEWSFLASH: John McCain Says Nothing of Interest on ...
    Politico: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is calling for “regime change” in North Korea – and blames the recent crisis on the failings of Pyongyang’s lone international supporter, China. “It’s time we talked about regime change in North Korea – and I do not mean military action – but I do believe that th ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • More People Switch To Community Banks.
    I'm home for Thanksgiving, which means I'm reading about my Patriots big win yesterday in the Boston Globe. The paper also has coverage of another of my interests: consumer finance. Working off a Zogby survey -- I'm a bit skeptical of online surveys, but there you go -- the paper reports that mor ...
  • The Little Picture: Happy Thanksgiving.
    (Flickr/Guest Family) From all of us here at TAP, Happy Thanksgiving.
  • Ron in Reserve.
    Tim Fernholz explains why the GOP and Ron Paul finally set aside their differences to bash the Federal Reserve. Now, when Congress reorganizes in January, Paul is likely to be placed in charge of the House panel that oversees the Federal Reserve, and his fellow Republicans, led by Rep. Paul Ryan, a ...
  • Republicans to Go After Consumer Protection.
    In an unsurprising move, House Republicans are gearing up to hinder the work of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, established this past summer by the Dodd-Frank financial-reform legislation: While they have little hope of repealing the new consumer agency—which has broad powers to write rul ...
  • Off the Mark.
    Jamelle Bouie says conservatives ranting against earmarks are really promoting big government. But for all of their yelling about small government and a broken political process, conservatives seem to have missed an important point. Despite their modern association with corruption, earmarks are a g ...

Buzzflash

  • Will Brazil Lead the Developing Countries on Clima ...
    NIKOLAS KOZLOFF AND GUY EDWARDS FOR BUZZFLASH As the world awaits the upcoming climate change summit in Mexico, developing countries are wondering who will speak up for them.  With only a token agreement in Copenhagen, the stakes are high for Cancun as nations attempt to make progress on climate fin ...
  • Fiercely Proud to be a Liberal: Thanking JFK
    BUZZFLASH EDITOR'S BLOG FOR TRUTHOUT BY MARK KARLIN In a personal sense, like many Americans, I have much to be thankful for: family and friends who enrich me, a healthy life, and the comforts of food, clothing and shelter. Politically, I am thankful for a September 14, 1960 speech by John F. Ken ...
  • Bush Excessive Tax Cuts for Wealthy Go to Help Cre ...
    EDITOR'S BLOG FOR BUZZFLASH/TRUTHOUT BY MARK KARLIN When the wealthiest Americans use their excessive tax breaks to invest offshore, they do nothing to create jobs for Americans. And that appears to be just what many of them are doing. According to a November 20 article in The New York Times,"Well- ...
  • What Republicans Plan to Do With Their Majority
    Body There’s a persistent clamor in Republican circles that President Obama runs around the world criticizing and apologizing for the United States. That is of course hardly the case but accusing Democrats of being soft on security and turning the country into a socialist enclave is n ...
  • The War in Afghanistan is About Perpetual War, Not ...
    HARVEY WASSERMAN FOR BUZZFLASH The war in Afghanistan is about perpetual war, not Afghanistan.  It's about preventing democracy in the United States, not bringing it to Southwest Asia.  And it is the tombstone of the Obama Presidency.  To justify the fight, they've rounded up the usual suspects: ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Six science books for the holiday season
    Six science books for the holiday season subjects as diverse as molecular biology pioneer Sydney Brenner, the question of antimatter, how scientists can better explain their research to non-scientists, a history of the chemical elements, scientific feuds and how innovators exploit business and techn ...
  • More thoughts on science from sciencebase
    My latest science news updates Low-allergy wine, true blood, boronic butterflies – The Alchemist learns of low-allergy wines could one day be possible thanks to the discovery of glycoproteins in the tipple that seem to trigger the sniffles and headaches in susceptible drinkers. In analytical news tr ...
  • Pharma industry could thrive in open
    The pharmaceutical industry is facing tough times. The patents for many of the billion-dollar blockbuster drugs have expired, generics have taken market share. Health insurance companies and national health services are under increasing pressure to cut costs. Manufacturers and governments in the dev ...
  • More thoughts on science from sciencebase
    My latest science news updates Alternative medicine and the law – The science, history, politics, religion, and culture that mean it is legal to sell quackery in many parts of the world. NHS.uk allowing Google, Facebook, and others to track you – The UK's National Health Service has implemented vari ...
  • 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 ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Equality California Institute Launches Equality Be ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2010EQCAToday Equality California Institute announced the launch of “Equality Beyond Borders: LGBT Inclusive Immigration Reform,” an immigrant rights project aimed at raising awareness and increasing support for the rights of undocumented immigrants within the ...
  • EPA Sued over Its Refusal to Regulate Lead-Based A ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2010PEERConservation and hunting groups today sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate toxic lead that frequently poisons and kills eagles, swans, cranes, loons, endangered California condors and other wildlife throughout the country ...
  • AFSCME Calls on GOP Members of Congress to Reject ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2010AFSCMEToday, the American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) called on Republican Members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives to abstain from enrolling in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Plan (FEHBP).read ...
  • Haiti’s November 28 Elections: Trying to Legitimiz ...
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2010Institute for Justice & Democracy in HaitiThe actions of an illegitimate electoral council supported by international actors have set Haiti on course for undemocratic elections which may lead to widespread social unrest, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in ...
  • DOJ is Roadblock to Open Government
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 23, 2010CREWToday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder expressing concern over the Department of Justice's (DOJ) failure to abide by President Obama's commitment to government transparency and acc ...

Common Dreams-Views

  • Five Reasons to Care about Haiti’s Sham Elections
    by Bill Quigley and Nicole PhillipsHaiti needs legitimate leaders right now. Unfortunately, the elections set for November 28, 2010 are a sham. Here are five reasons why the world community should care.read more
  • 24/7 Consumerism is Killing Us
    by Denise CivilettiCounty Executive Steve Levy wants to force stores to shut down between noon and 5 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day and has proposed a law forcing them to close or face penalties of up to $1,500. (See story.)I think he's right.read more
  • The US of A breaks the Soviet Record
    by Glenn GreenwaldEven for the humble among us who try to avoid jingoistic outbursts, some national achievements are so grand that they merit a moment of pride and celebration: US presence in Afghanistan as long as Soviet slog The Soviet Union couldn't win in Afghanist ...
  • On the Eve of Cancun
    by Vincent Di StefanoEvery sphere of intellectual endeavour calls forth individuals who make it their task to assimilate, interpret and transmit an evolved understanding to those who may share their interests. This happens at many levels. Some may choose to address groups of specialists through ...
  • Rethinking the Global Economy: The Case for Sharin ...
    by Rajesh Makwana and Adam Parsons As the 21st Century unfolds, humanity is faced with a stark reality. Following the world stock market crash in 2008, people everywhere are questioning the unbridled greed, selfishness and competition that has driven the dominant economic model for decades. The old ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

  • Bad Hippies! No December Afghanistan Review For Yo ...
    By Steve Hynd Karl Eikenberry is the latest administration official to tell us that the thorough review of progress that Obama promised the nation a year ago when he ordered the Afghan surge will instead be just a rubberstamp of "staying the course" for another Friedman Unit. I won't prejudge the De ...
  • Subliminal Messaging On Afghanistan
    By Steve Hynd A report last week by veteran Af/Pak analyst Ahmed Rashid, nicely timed for the Lisbon summit at which NATO rolled out its "aspirational" date of 2014 for an Afghan transition, says that Afghan president Hamid Karzai has never been so anti-Western and anti-American in his views. In an ...
  • Taliban Negotiator Was Imposter, Received "A Lot O ...
    By Steve Hynd It sounds like something from The Onion, but it's by Dexter Filkins in the NYT: For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the tab ...
  • In Afghanistan, The Occupation Is The Problem
    By Steve Hynd Your Af/Pak "must-read" for today is by analyst Alex Strick van Linschoten, who lives in Kandahar. In a piece entitled "Five Things David Petraeus Wants You To Believe" he sets out the problems with Petraeus happy-talk about "momentum" in Afghanistan. It's essentially un-excerptable so ...
  • If 2015, Why Not Now?
    By Steve Hynd The editors of the UK's Independent newspaper are making a lot of sense: Nato's new policy of disengagement is neither as clear nor as quick as it should be, but it is a welcome recognition that the end state in Afghanistan is never going to be perfect and that an open-ended commitment ...

Water Wars

  • Water wars for the city
    Stan Miller thinks water rates should be equal. He’s suing because he believes strongly in his position.
  • A climate journey
    As the world prepares for the Cancún summit, John Vidal visits people on the frontline of the battle against global warming.
  • In the thick of it
    Tributes to 'seen-it-all' writer who got behind the story
  • Water wars for the city
    Stan Miller thinks water rates should be equal. He’s suing because he believes strongly in his position.
  • Western states edge ever-closer to water conflicts
    A water war may soon erupt among Western states, and Colorado could end up losing. Demand for water is increasing, supplies are shrinking, and cities including Colorado Springs, Phoenix and Las Vegas are bracing for battle on the political and legal fronts. Seventy percent of Colorado Springs’ drink ...

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

Afghanistan Sun

  • US army's" revolutionary" XM25 rifl ...
    After nine years of war in Afghanistan, the American army in the country have been reportedly provided with the latest game-changing "revolutionary" rifles called the XM25, which have the capacity to figure out an enemy, even when he is hidden behind buildings or other barriers.
  • India kept out of Afghan meet despite Pakistan adm ...
    India was kept out of a meeting held in Turkey on Afghanistan to appease Pakistan, though Islamabad opined that excluding India from such regional structures would be a 'mistake', revealed a WikiLeaks expose of a secret cable from the US embassy in Ankara.
  • Afghanistan tops worldwide asylum seekers list
    Afghanistan has been named as the world's top country for asylum seekers, ahead of Iraq and Somalia, according to statistics compiled by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.ccording to the Washington Post, the number of Afghans seeking political asylum in some other countries has risen dramatica ...
  • '0.1 mn rupees needed to equip one Taliban co ...
    Approximately one lakh rupees is required to equip one militant fighting coalition forces in Afghanistan, a fundraiser working for the Taliban has revealed.
  • Afghan women soccer team challenges Taliban despit ...
    Afghan women seem to have gained in confidence in the absence of the Taliban, especially as far as sports are concerned, as many of them have been spotted playing football despite facing death threats.

Futurismic

  • Personal Information: episode 24
    Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
  • Arguments against life extension
    Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil down to personal distate tow ...
  • Daddy, where does innovation come from?
    Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one persistent factor that h ...
  • Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
    Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple of years ...
  • How to be a futurist
    The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’ve never been featured in a [...]Follow F ...

geopolitics | geoeconomics

on Government Oversight

  • Industry's Payments to NIH's Medical Researchers M ...
    To borrow a phrase taken from Dr. Samuel Johnson, privacy may be the last refuge of a scoundrel. Some federally funded medical researchers have managed for years to keep their financial arrangements with drug companies hidden from the public and...
  • Department of Justice Announces Fraud Recovery Num ...
    The Department of Justice just made its annual announcement of fraud recoveries under the False Claims Act for the previous fiscal year. The Department of Justice claims it secured $3 billion in civil settlements and judgments in cases involving fraud...
  • Morning Smoke: "Top Kill" Doomed from Start Due Ba ...
    Spill Fix Doomed to Fail by Siobahn Hughes [The Wall Street Journal] House Dems press Interior to finish probe over fears of second Gulf spill by Darren Goode [The Hill] Hedge Funds Raided in Probe by Susan Pulliam, Michael Rothfeld...
  • Let's Get Small: SBA Puts GTSI Co-Conspirators in ...
    Last week, the Small Business Administration (SBA) suspended EG Solutions and MultimaxArray FirstSource, temporarily barring the two companies from bidding on new federal contracts. The two companies are alleged to have been a part of contracting schemes carried out by...
  • More Secrecy Surrounding TSA Case?
    Recently we wrote an article about how the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) has invoked “sensitive security information” in an effort to seal former Federal Air Marshal Manuel V. Alcaraz’s employment case before the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB). As it...

Digital Journal

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demeaning, ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 su ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of the Do ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high; it ...
  • 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 ...
  • The Human Right to Housing Revisited
    On December 10th, 2008 the D.C. Council declared Washington, D.C. to be the first human rights city in the nation. Sadly, the Council still has not taken any steps beyond that to enforce any human rights, least of all the human right to housing. One of my first posts here was about the human right t ...
  • Texas Town Delays and Weakens Plans for a Homeless ...
    When they say everything is bigger in Texas, you would hope that would also mean a larger sense of compassion. But when it comes to dealing with homelessness, that's not always the case. The City Council of Lubbock, Texas, has once again stalled on proposed plans to establish a homeless committee to ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • Political attacks
    We are under attack from the Harper Conservatives. Please make your contribution now to help us stop Harper’s plans to spend $16 billion on the F-35 stealth fighters.
  • Afghan intervention surpasses Soviet stay
    The duration of the U.S. and allied intervention in Afghanistan now exceeds that of the Soviet intervention of 1979-1989. Sunday, 28 November 2010 marks the 3340th day since U.S. and allied forces entered Afghanistan in order to topple the Taliban government and capture Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Lad ...
  • Is the Defence Department feeling the heat over F- ...
    The Defence Department has commenced a public relations campaign to sell the Canadian public on the Harper government’s decision to buy the F-35 fighter (Steven Chase, “PR blitz aims to sell “skeptical public” on need for F-35 fighter jets“, Globe and Mail, 24 November 2010). Roundtables targeting ...
  • WikiLeaks strikes again
    After WikiLeaks’ controversial release in October of 400,000 Pentagon reports pertaining to the Iraq war, Washington is gearing up to respond to the release of another batch of secret files. Washington is also doing damage control in preparation for the release of internal documents that may conta ...
  • Peace talks with Taliban imposter?
    Reports surfaced this week in the New York Times and Washington Times indicating that one of the high-ranking Taliban officials said to be leading the Taliban side of the informal peace talks with the Afghan government and coalition forces, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, was instead a shopkeeper fr ...

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • My Holiday Travel Tips
    Well, the holiday season is here and you know what that means… travel. If you’re traveling a lot this holiday season to see family, friends or just to relax, you need to take the extra precautions to keep yourself from getting sick. Here are my suggestions to protect yourself before and after your t ...
  • Lead, Cadmium Found in Kids’ Drinking Glasse ...
    November 22nd, 2010 AOL News By: Justin Pritchard Drinking glasses depicting comic book and movie characters such as Superman, Wonder Woman and the Tin Man from “The Wizard of Oz” exceed federal limits for lead in children’s products by up to 1,000 times, according to laboratory testing commissioned ...
  • TSA Pat Down Went Too Far, Agency Chief Says
    November 22nd, 2010 ABC News By: Sharyn Alfonsi and Lee Ferran The beleaguered head of the Transportation Security Administration said today that at least one airport passenger screening went too far when an officer reached inside a traveler’s underwear, and the agency is open to rethinking its curr ...
  • Passenger Chooses Strip-Down Over Pat-Down
    November 22nd, 2010 NBC San Diego By: R. Stickney When a San Diego man opted out of security screening using the Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) at Lindbergh Field Friday, he stripped down to his underwear in an attempt to avoid the pat-down procedures. Samuel Wolanyk took the protest started Nov. ...
  • TSA Pat-Down Leaves Traveler Covered in Urine
    November 22nd, 2010 MSNBC.com By: Harriet Baskas A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. “I was absolutely hum ...

Pambazuka News

  • Ethiopia: Ethiopians to remember martyrs of the 20 ...
    Ethiopians from various cities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia held a conference on Saturday to discuss and coordinate plans for the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Ethiopian election massacre. The participants discussed and updated each othe...
  • March on Washington scheduled for November
    The Black is Back Coalition has announced a march and rally on the White House to take place November 13, 2010 beginning in Washington, DC’s historic Malcolm X Park. This will mark the second year in a row that this black coalition will be protestin...
  • USA: Black community activist faces possible 10 ye ...
    Diop Olugbala (aka Wali Rahman) will be sentenced on Wednesday, 13 October to a possible 10 years in prison for speaking out on behalf of the rights of the black community. A press conference and demonstration will be held prior to Olugbala’s sentenc...
  • Morocco: Expats returning home in greater numbers
    Faced with the woes of the global economic crisis, an increasing number of Moroccan expatriates are coming back home. Meanwhile, the government is intensifying effort to aid the community abroad as well as help them maintain ties with their home coun...
  • Black Congress to convene in D.C. to set black age ...
    As criticisms of President Obama’s war and economic policies mount, the group that first questioned his intentions regarding the concerns of the black community is holding a national Congress to define a black agenda to serve the interests of black p...

War in Context

  • Wikileaks reveal Palestinian Authority’s complicit ...
    “Israel is not the center of international attention,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserted shortly before the Wikileaks released a cache of 250,000 American diplomatic cables. If he was confident that that was the case, why would Bibi draw attention to the fact? Perhaps because he knew that ...
  • Transparency will be the first casualty of the lat ...
    Christopher Dickey writes: The first and most lasting casualty of this massive avalanche of documents classified “confidential,” “secret” and “noforn” (not for foreign governments to see) is going to be precisely the “transparency” that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says he advocates. “Transpare ...
  • US diplomats spied on UN leadership
    The Guardian reports: Washington is running a secret intelligence campaign targeted at the leadership of the United Nations, including the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon and the permanent security council representatives from China, Russia, France and the UK. A classified directive which appears t ...
  • The FBI successfully thwarts its own terrorist plo ...
    Glenn Greenwald writes: The FBI is obviously quite pleased with itself over its arrest of a 19-year-old Somali-American, Mohamed Osman Mohamud, who — with months of encouragement, support and money from the FBI’s own undercover agents — allegedly attempted to detonate a bomb at a crowded Christmas ...
  • Anarchism without anarchism: searching for progres ...
    Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University and now 80, demonstrates it’s never too late in life to start a blog. In his latest post, he says “I wanted to introduce a perspective about progressive politics, and citizen engagement, at a time of fallen hopes.” Recent ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Hypocrisy meter pegged at the New York Times
    The NYT published details in 2005 about US efforts to eavesdrop on Al Qaeda, and is publishing info from the stolen Wikileaks Iraq messages, but they they wouldn’t publish the ClimateGate emails. Mr. Revkin, your selective bias, and the bias … Continue reading →
  • Weekly Climate and Energy News Roundup
    THIS WEEK: By Ken Haapala, Executive Vice President Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP) On Monday, the 16th Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Climate Change Convention will meet in Cancun to produce yet another scheme to replace the … Continue reading →
  • IPCC head Pachauri booted from “Global Think ...
    Though, he still has a chance at being on the Best Smutty Romance Novel Writers of 2010 list. Click for more photos from his book release. Tom Nelson writes: What a difference a year makes: [IPCC head] Pachauri was allegedly … Continue reading →
  • The UK Met Office “Winter Forecast” &# ...
    Have a look at these two juxtaposed news clips from the UK Daily Mail, one from October 28th, 2010, the other from November 28th, 2010. and here’s today’s news: Now have a look at what the Met Office issued on … Continue reading →
  • Freaking out about NYC sea level rise is easy to d ...
    One of the more common visual tactics used by AGW proponents to scare people into thinking that AGW induced sea level rise is a big threat is to show altered photographs and GIS models of a city near the ocean … Continue reading →

Dandelion Salad

  • Hope, Real Hope, Is About Doing Something by Chris ...
    by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig November 29, 2010 On Dec. 16 I will join Daniel Ellsberg, Medea Benjamin, Ray McGovern and several military veteran activists outside the White House to protest the futile and endless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Many of us will, after our ra ...
  • The Latin American Revolution, Part 4: Integration ...
    http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Written by Asad Ismi and produced by Kristin Schwartz http://radio4all.net 2010-07-11 Many Latin American countries are coming together to create a continental community based on socialism and taking care of human needs. The last episode examines this inspiring i ...
  • The Latin American Revolution, Part 3: Cuba, Nicar ...
    http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Written by Asad Ismi and produced by Kristin Schwartz http://radio4all.net 2010-07-11 Cuba has inspired the Latin American Revolution while Nicaragua recently celebrated 30 years of the Sandinista Revolution. In 2009, El Salvador elected the first left-wing gover ...
  • The Latin American Revolution, Part 2: The Indigen ...
    http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Written by Asad Ismi and produced by Kristin Schwartz http://radio4all.net 2010-07-11 Bolivians have elected Latin America’s first indigenous President, Evo Morales who has brought profound social changes to his country. This episode describes the Bolivian Revolu ...
  • The Latin American Revolution, Part 1: Venezuela: ...
    http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Written by Asad Ismi and produced by Kristin Schwartz http://radio4all.net 2010-07-11 Venezuela under President Hugo Chavez has been a leader of the Latin American Revolution. This episode focuses on how the Chavez government has transformed Venezuela through its ...

Your New Reality

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    The 2nd shooter got a real early start in the business. Via Reddit .
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    It's Propaganda, Yes, But Maybe It's From Our Side, To Reassure Us North Korea Can't Defend Itself As war appears to be about to dawn between North & South Korea, if it didn't actually already begin two or three days ago, this very strange indeed video appears on the UK Telegraph site. The Teleg ...
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    I've been trawling through hours and hours of amazing footage shot at early 2003 anti-War On Iraq protests in Sydney. Again and again it smacks me in the face that all of the protesters, including the tens of thousands of Australian school students who marched against the war, knew more about the qu ...
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    Very soon, this could be what you find when you go to your favourite independent news site to load up on truth to help fight the daily barrage of lies. Piracy prosecutions can and will be used to close down news sites. Not CNN or FoxNews of course. I mean the ones that carry actual, real news. ...
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    The "structure" discovered at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy :

Wired - Science

  • How to Make an All-Instant Thanksgiving Dinner
    It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and you forgot to reserve a turkey. Or maybe you are short on time, or just really lazy and don’t want to actually cook the meal. Either way, modern food science has the entire turkey day menu covered: Just add water. We put together an all-instant menu, made up o ...
  • How to Catch Microbes Hitchhiking to Mars
    Microbial stowaways on Mars rovers could raise false alarms for astrobiologists hoping to find evidence of life — or worse, could wipe out native Martians waiting in the soil. A new study suggests that current techniques for cleaning Mars rovers could let some of the hardiest life forms, single-cel ...
  • Aerial Art Sends Climate Message
    See Also: Exclusive Excerpt: Hack the Planet Scientists Still Waiting to Hear From Journalists Covering Copenhagen Yes Men Want Scientists to Get Political Russian Heat, Asian Floods May Be Linked The Psychology of Climate-Change Denial Brandon’s Twitter stream, reportorial outtakes and citizen-fu ...
  • Pulsing Stars Could Fill in for GPS Satellites
    To find your favorite coffee shop in an unknown city, getting directions via satellite works like a charm. But that technology won’t get you from Earth to Jupiter. So theorists have proposed a new type of positioning system based on blinking stars instead of satellites. By receiving radio blips ...
  • Zoom in on Top 8 Ultra-High-Resolution Science Pan ...
    Via: National Geographic See Also: Astronomers Make 5-Gigapixel Image of Milky Way Beautiful 17-Gigapixel, 96.5-Gigabyte Image of Yosemite 570-Megapixel Camera Prepares to Hunt for Dark Energy Earth as Art: Stunning New Images From Space Follow us on Twitter @davemosher and @wiredscience, and on ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • WikiLeaks: US Embassy cables – browse the database ...
    Use The Guardian's interactive guide to discover what has been revealed in the leak of 250,000 US diplomatic cables. Mouse over the map below to find stories and original documents by country,... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, no ...
  • WikiLeaks exposé: Israel tried to coordinate Gaza ...
    In diplomatic cable documenting 2009 meeting, Defense Minister Barak says Egypt, PA refuse to take over Gaza in case of Hamas defeat. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more... ...
  • Gideon Levy: Israel can’t put occupation up for im ...
    Israeli democracy at its best: The entire people will decide on the next peace arrangement, but not on the question of settlements and annexation, and not on the question of wars. Israeli trickery at... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Mustafa Barghouthi: Our Story (video)
    A trailer for Our Story, a 55 minute presentation by Mustafa Barghouthi documenting Palestinian history and the Occupation. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...
  • Jonathan Cook: Publish it Not
    Jonathan Cook, reporting on Israel and the Occupation for over a decade now, provides a comprehensive review of the many ways in which Israel attempts to suppress, control, shape and bias media... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now ...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

  • Salk Institute Elects Leaders in Medicine and Corp ...
    The Board of Trustees of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies unanimously voted to elect Dr. Benjamin H. Lewis and Ms. Faye H. Russell as new members during its November 19 meeting in La Jolla.
  • Salk Institute Announces $6 Million Gift from Irwi ...
    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies today announced the establishment of the Renato Dulbecco Chair in Genomics and the Roger Guillemin Chair in Neuroscience based on an endowment of $6 million from Irwin Jacobs, chairman of the Salk's Board of Trustees, and his wife Joan Klein Jacobs.
  • Researchers Study New Test to Prevent Overuse of A ...
    A more rapid laboratory test for pregnant women to detect Group B strep (GBS), the most common cause of life-threatening infections in newborns, is being studied by researchers at UTHealth.
  • As Nov. 28 Election Approaches, Egyptian Oppositio ...
    In run-up to Egyptian elections Nov. 28, opposition parties build larger presence online than that of Mubarak government.
  • Jefferson Offers Adult Kidney Transplant Patients ...
    A recent listing* of Philadelphia adult kidney transplant programs by The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) has listed the transplant program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital as having the shortest wait times for patients seeking a transplant among programs that have a three ...

Natural Health News

  • Antioxidants Reduce the Inflammatory Effects of Al ...
    An antioxidant-rich diet could reduce levels of the amino acid homocysteine and counter the detrimental inflammatory effects associated with Alzheimer�s disease. �A new study found that daily consumption of an antioxidant-rich drink for eight months was associated with a smaller increase in homocyst ...
  • To Reduce Pain and Alter Your Brain, Try Meditatio ...
    Meditation is a known painkiller, and a new study has revealed why -- meditation changes the way your brain processes pain signals. Researchers report that practicing mindfulness meditation for just four days affects pain responses in your brain. Brain activity decreases in areas devoted to monitor ...
  • Diabesity and the Rising Obesity Epidemic
    Obesity and diabetes are both continuing to rise at an alarming rate. �Given the relationship between the two problems, researchers have coined a new word � diabesity, or diabetes occurring in the context of obesity. � It is also commonly referred to as obesity-dependent diabetes. Concern is mounti ...
  • Soft Drinks are not a Solution for Malnutrition
    A bizarre article in the journal Pediatrics, entitled �Malnutrition and the role of the soft drink industry in improving child health in sub-Saharan Africa,� advocates for fortifying soft drinks with vitamins and minerals to stave off malnutrition.� It makes this proposal even after explaining how c ...
  • When Unhealthy Foods are Advertised in a Healthy C ...
    A new study examining the wider context in which foods are advertised on television.� It found that the �incidental� foods shown in the background are usually significantly healthier than the primary foods being advertised. About two-thirds of food advertisements do not contain any incidental food ...

Antemedius

  • Secrecy And Democracy, The Hard Balancing Act
    The Wikileaks story is going to be the big news for a while, but I thought I’d talk about the need for balance in terms of secrecy. The release of the hundreds of thousands of diplomatic communications is going to be more than a little embarrassing. How could it not be? These are internal communicat ...
  • Tomgram: Nick Turse, Off-Base America
    Originally published at TomDispatch.com Last year, it was Kuwait, Qatar, and Iraq.� This year, it�s Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.� Next year, it could easily be Afghanistan, Pakistan, Diego Garcia, Bahrain, and Turkey.� Or of course they could choose to play in Jap ...
  • Sen. Kyl Plays Politics With Nuclear Safety, And W ...
    What do you do when you get everything you ask for in a negotiation? Do you take the deal or do you continue to push and delay? Well if you are a Republican in the Senate it is obviously the latter. It does not matter if the issue is, oh, say the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. You know it is n ...
  • The Last Refuge of Failed Economic Empires and Ban ...
    Laura Flanders of GRITtv.org talks with economist & Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington Dean Baker about the Obama Administration deficit commission's recommendations for massive cuts across the budget, most significantly to Social Security and health care progra ...
  • WaPo's Gerson Hacks Up Another Fur Ball Into Natio ...
    Michael Gearson of the Washington Post Editorial page really phones one in today. I know it is the day after Thanksgiving and there is a tendency to just rehash old arguments in an effort to get a column or blog post out, but really this is beautiful example of false equivalency and intellectual laz ...

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks more tr ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “smoking g ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Report ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of global wa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • Lieber Society Military Prize
    by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson If you are a member of a nation’s regular or reserve armed forces (not just the US military), think about submitting a paper to the American Society of International Law’s annual Lieber Society Military Prize paper competition.  The submission for the 2011 ...
  • The End of Treaties?
    by Duncan Hollis So thinks James P. Rubin in an Op-Ed in today's NY Times.  His argument comes in two parts.  First, a minority of the Senate plays an obstructionist role, which means that the United States simply doesn't join important treaties:  For much of the world, treaty ratification is a si ...
  • Latest Wikileaks Dump: Swan Song for the Diplomati ...
    by Peter Spiro by Peter Spiro I suspect this will be a much bigger story than the previous Iraq and Afghanistan disclosures, mostly because there will be something here for everyone.  I’m not sure that the State Department looks particularly bad, as Timothy Garten Ash explains.  It shouldn’t be ...
  • Latest Wikileaks Dump: Swan Song for the Diplomati ...
    by Peter Spiro by Peter Spiro I suspect this will be a much bigger story than the previous Iraq and Afghanistan disclosures, mostly because there will be something here for everyone.  I’m not sure that it makes the State Department look particularly bad, as Timothy Garten Ash explains explains. ...
  • A Response to Beth Van Schaack by Douglas Guilfoyl ...
    by MJIL by MJIL I am grateful to Professor Van Schaack for her thoughtful and considered response. It strikes me as an entirely fair criticism that – albeit in a short commentary focusing on the standards governing the use of force by governments – I neglected to explore fully issues of combatant ...

Investigate - Breaking News

  • RIP, men
    Our sympathies and prayers are with those left behind in the mine, and their families. Could NZ have done it better? Only an inquiry will tell us now. One thing I want to make clear, however. Much as I might...
  • Methane didn't seem to scare US rescuers as much
    Armchair OSH apologists in the media and in Sci-blogs have been trying to justify the lack of a rescue in Greymouth because of the dangers from gases. I'm no mining engineer, so I stand to be corrected, but like many...
  • Mine Blast: Cowardice in NZ Police
    I am staggered that police have so far failed to enter the mine because of poisonous gas. One man with breathing gear could sort this out. Hopeless.
  • MINE BLAST: Australians and Brits among missing
    THe news conference on the NZ coal mine explosion has been told a number of foreigners, including Australians and British nationals, are among the missing.
  • BREAKING: At least 29 missing
    Initial reports that up to five people survived yesterday's Pike River coalmine blast were wrong. The mine's CEO has just told a news conference only two people have surfaced, and three men who were expected to come out never did....

My Care2 Picks

  • 1984 by George Orwell â Film Movie
    George Orwell was a visionary. This film is old but never more timely. Grab some popcorn and sit down with the family and watch this insightful movie.Submitted by Joseph M. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Surviving in Haiti
    The capacity of humanity to survive, sustain culture and create joy - no matter the external circumstances - is without limit. The suffering of the people is as unimaginable as is the poor planning or sheer neglect ( + foreign sabotage )Submitted by John Farnham to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Co ...
  • The Iraq Refugee Crisis: Part II
    I expended a few billion pixels between 2006 and 2008, covering and writing about the societal costs of the war in Iraq specifically the refugee crisis and the "brain drain" and the destabilizing effect in the entire regionSubmitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Co ...
  • Chalmers Johnson Podcast on his book on Empire
    2003 ? interview on militarization of the world and proliferation of secret U.S. bases - institution of the military-industrial complex repeatedly warned about back to MadisonSubmitted by John Farnham to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Journalists arrested at U.S. 'School of the Americ ...
    -Two journalists from the Moscow-based broadcast outlet Russia Today were arrested on November 20 while covering a protest against the U.S. military training center formerly known as the "School of the Americas" at Fort Benning, GeorgiaSubmitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! ...

Angry Indian News

  • Maan News Agency: US fumes over WikiLeaks release
    Maan News Agency: US fumes over WikiLeaks release: "WASHINGTON (AFP) - The WikiLeaks release of more than 250,000 diplomatic cables on Sunday has infuriated Washington, where officials said it could... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Maan News Agency: Leaked cable: Israel asked PA to ...
    Maan News Agency: Leaked cable: Israel asked PA to retake Gaza after war: "GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israel approached the PA and Egypt about potentially assuming control of the Gaza Strip following a... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Jury selection set to begin Monday in Graham trial
    Jury selection set to begin Monday in Graham trial [rapidcityjournal.com]Jury selection begins Monday in the murder trial of John Graham, who is charged with the 1975 death of fellow American Indian... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • GOP Rep. asks Clinton to declare WikiLeaks a ‘fore ...
    GOP Rep. asks Clinton to declare WikiLeaks a ‘foreign terrorist organization’ :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]A Republican Congressman... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Analysis: Wikileaks - Not damaging, vindicating
    Analysis: Wikileaks - Not damaging, vindicating: [jpost.com] "“If only we could say publicly what we hear behind closed doors,” Israeli officials would comment following off-record talks they held... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • WikiLeaks: Saudi King: Use Force to Surgically Imp ...
    ShareThis'Horses don't have good lawyers.' WikiLeaks: Saudi King: Use Force to Surgically Implant Microchips in Guantanamo Detainees 28 Nov 2010 King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia told a senior White House official to consider surgically implanting homing devices under Guantanamo Bay detainees’ skin. Tha ...
  • Graham says he has the votes to keep KSM terror tr ...
    ShareThisGraham says he has the votes to keep KSM terror trial at Guantanamo Bay 28 Nov 2010 Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that he believes he has the votes to keep professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed from being tried in a U.S. civilian court. The senator said on "Fox News Su ...
  • Blast 'kills top Iran nuclear scientist,' Israel b ...
    ShareThisBlast 'kills top Iran nuclear scientist,' Israel blamed 29 Nov 2010 Twin blasts in Iran's capital killed a prominent nuclear scientist and wounded another on Monday, said state media reports that promptly accused Israeli agents on motorbikes of attaching the bombs to their cars. "In a crimi ...
  • Parishes get BP money for tourism, seafood
    ShareThisParishes get BP money for tourism, seafood 26 Nov 2010 State officials have finalized a plan with BP to distribute $78 million to pay for seafood testing, tourism and seafood marketing after the Gulf oil spill. The parish governments of Terrebonne and Lafourche will receive $10 million each ...
  • Over 100,000 police searches in UK lead to zero te ...
    ShareThisOver 100,000 police searches in UK lead to zero terror arrests 26 Nov 2010 More than 100,000 people were stopped and searched by British police under counter-terrorism powers last year but none were arrested for terrorism-related offences, according to the latest Home Office figures. The st ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

  • RIP, men
    Our sympathies and prayers are with those left behind in the mine, and their families. Could NZ have done it better? Only an inquiry will tell us now. One thing I want to make clear, however. Much as I might...
  • Methane didn't seem to scare US rescuers as much
    Armchair OSH apologists in the media and in Sci-blogs have been trying to justify the lack of a rescue in Greymouth because of the dangers from gases. I'm no mining engineer, so I stand to be corrected, but like many...
  • Mine Blast: Cowardice in NZ Police
    I am staggered that police have so far failed to enter the mine because of poisonous gas. One man with breathing gear could sort this out. Hopeless.
  • MINE BLAST: Australians and Brits among missing
    THe news conference on the NZ coal mine explosion has been told a number of foreigners, including Australians and British nationals, are among the missing.
  • BREAKING: At least 29 missing
    Initial reports that up to five people survived yesterday's Pike River coalmine blast were wrong. The mine's CEO has just told a news conference only two people have surfaced, and three men who were expected to come out never did....

Mondoweiss

  • French firm Veolia reported to drop out of E. Jeru ...
    and other news from Today in Palestine for Sunday:Settlers / Land, property & resource theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansingIsrael bulldozes PA-backed projects NABLUS -- Israeli forces demolished two agricultural projects south of Salfit in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officia ...
  • Wait, why is a Republican in Treasury making a pol ...
    My chief response to the Wikileaks dox is surprise at the transparency of the Israel lobby in action. The most shocking revelation here is that 11 days after the election in 2008, Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levey rushed over to Israel to make promises to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that ...
  • Yehoshua: ‘I as a man of the left would supp ...
    Yesterday I did a piece that expressed some surprise at Israeli novelist AB Yehoshua's sanitized view of the expulsion of Palestinians during the Nakba.Well a friend passed along this shocker written by David Bloom in 2002. Bloom picked up on an Amira Hass piece in Ha'aretz challenging bigtime write ...
  • A Chanukah prayer for Palestinian justice and dign ...
    More and more American Jews are dissenting when it comes to Israel support, and some are getting excommunicated for doing so (and one even lost an eye for it, without any support from her government). And an important group in that slender constellation of dissent, Jews Say No, is circulating a pray ...
  • Wexler told Israelis, American people will support ...
    From the Wikileaks US Embassy cables. Robert Wexler is the former Florida congressman who has gone on to head a Jewish organization, and who people are always hinting is about to join the Obama administration as a Middle East envoy. How does he operate? Here are notes of a high-level meeting in Isra ...

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • VRM: Vaccine Clinic – A Concise Compendium To The ...
    PRIMARY FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF VACCINE RELATED NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE: 1. POINT OF ENTRY Vaccines are injected into deep muscle tissue, a route which literally bypasses one’s natural defences altogether. Thus the body is left vulnerable to live viruses, heavy metals, antibiotics, deterge ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 2 – Syne ...
    Toxicity is defined in the Medical lexicon as “a condition that results from exposure to a toxin or to toxic amounts of a substance that does not cause adverse effects in smaller amounts.” Vaccine-induced toxicity, while similar in some respects to this model, requires a deeper understanding in term ...
  • VRM: The Awakening Has Begun
    On the heals of Ukraine’s 2009 Black Lung Infection, a mysterious variation of flu which bypassed trachea, targeting the lungs directly, a “bilateral pneumonia, the result of viral distress syndrome, i.e the total destruction of the lungs.” (1.3 million infected, over 75,000 hospitalized), eye witn ...
  • VRM: GlaxosmitheKline Herpes Vaccine Fails Safety ...
    GlaxoSmythKline recently conducted safety trial studies on their new experimental Genital Herpes vaccine ‘Simplirix’. 8,323 women aged 18-30 years participated in the trial at 50 sites in the US & Canada. Based on the results the product has failed miserably. The question is why were these women inf ...
  • VRM: Closed Door CDC Meeting Reveals Industry Cove ...
    VACCINE INDUSTRY COVER-UP EXPOSED – Selected vaccine authorities from CDC, FDA, and manufacturers discussed, in a closed meeting, the possibility of neurodevelopment disorders resulting from vaccine components. Documents released through the Freedom of Information Act detail the transcript of a meet ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.� A cute little luxury featur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for.�If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditioner for ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new low- ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller. T ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal for o ...

Michael Yon

  • Perspectives on Afghanistan
    Published: 24 November 2010 Please click here to view the entire Article.   {loadposition user8}
  • A Moment of Peace
    23 November 2010One evening last year in Laos, I saw this monk reading in a window.� With the holiday season upon us, I remembered this moment of peace and thought you might like to share it.Please click to download a free Moment of Peace. {loadposition user8}
  • Moonshine on Ama Dablam
    22 November 2010 Recently, I published an image that became popular.� While perusing the photos from that night in the Himalaya in Nepal, a similar but better image popped up.� The moon shining off the mountain grabbed and held my eye, and I thought some people might like to share this moment. �Moo ...
  • Michael Yon invited by Brits and US to embed again
    Published in The US Report at theusreport.com Published on June 24, 2010 by Kay B. Day Michael Yon has been invited to embed again by both Great Britain and the US.Michael Yon isn’t a correspondent who sparks a neutral reaction in the reader. You either love him or you don’t. There’s not much of an ...
  • Heavenly Shower
    Published: 16 November 2010 The Himalaya near Mount Everest are ruthless and serene, while the stars tracing above are without love or grudge.� Seasonal tides of fair and foul weather wash in thousands of trekkers, and more ambitious climbers who kletter by night and day.� Many reach their aspiratio ...

The Killing Train

  • Wikileaks Cablegate! Panamanians hope for a succes ...
    I was just peeking around Wikileaks's Cablegate (cablegate.wikileaks.org). This looks like the real thing folks! Take a look at this 1989 cable on Panama for example: http://cablegate.wikileaks.org/cable/1989/12/89PANAMA8545.html SUBJECT: PANAMANIANS HOPE FOR A SUCCESSFUL COUP More analysis to foll ...
  • Political theory interlude
    Manuel suggested I read Norberto Bobbio, an Italian socialist writer on democracy. So I picked up his "Which Socialism?" In it, Bobbio argues that there's no necessary connection between democracy and socialism. Contrary to what socialists would like to believe, democracy doesn't automatically happe ...
  • Canadian democracy - procedural tricks to kill the ...
    Canada's weak climate change bill was killed by the Senate today (see the star article for example). The Harper people's vision for the country isn't compatible with trying to stop climate change. This is known, and unsurprising. What is interesting to me is the procedural trick used to make this c ...
  • The Haditha Massacre in the Iraq War Diary
    I did a query of the Iraq War Diary for all entries on November 19, 2005 (there were 179). Among them was this entry on the Haditha massacre. It has been seriously redacted, possibly more than other entries, as it appears quite incomplete, with no explanation of how the casualties came about: Report ...
  • The First Battle of Fallujah 2004 in the Iraq War ...
    Below I look at incidents in April 2004, during “The First Battle of Fallujah”. In some ways the account of the battle in the war logs confirms what was reported, but some of the details (such as when ceasefires were announced) are different. The war logs probably understate civilian deaths. They do ...

treehugger

  • Iceland on My Cake, Please
    Photo: Megan Herbert You could make your regular morning cappucino (skimmed milk, please) like you always do. Or you could get a little espresso powder, shake it over a Megan Herbert stencil and sip your foam through a woodland scene. Or sift some chocolate through one the stencils onto a c ...
  • Will California Rush to Mine Gold Again?
    photo: goldrushfieldtrips.com California has a history rich in gold, but despite sky high prices, the gold mining industry doesn't seem positioned for a revival in the state. The price of gold is more than $1363 an ounce, causing some folks in areas near historic lodes to clamor for a renewed m ...
  • The Sun Rises on a Solar-Powered Mosque in Turkey
    The village mosque in Büyükeceli is now powered by solar panels. Photo: Alper Tunga Çatal for Greenpeace. When residents of the Turkish village of Büyükeceli decided to install a set of solar panels to demonstrate how renewable energy could be a viable alternative to the proposed nuclear power ...
  • EU Bans BPA in Baby Bottles
    Image: Abigail Batchelder via flickr Barely a week after the U.S. Senate failed, because of industry influence, to ban BPA in baby bottles and limit its use in other children's products, the EU passed a very similar ban that will go into effect next year....Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
  • London's Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Plan Takes ...
    Image credit: Source London From city-wide charging at Sainsbury's supermarkets to individual borough councils opening electric vehicle charging stations at an impressive rate, London has already seen its fair share of pro-electric car initiatives. But when Mayor Boris Johnson announced that ev ...

Democratic Voice of Burma

Telegraph - Climate Change

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • Egypt parliamentary elections experience accusatio ...
    [JURIST] Controversy surrounded the Egyptian parliamentary elections on Sunday as violence accompanied accusations of corruption, fraud and silencing the opposition. Reports have surfaced [AP report] of vote buying and the ejection of independent vote monitors from polling locations. The ruling Nati ...
  • Canada Supreme Court rules monitoring utility data ...
    [JURIST] The Supreme Court of Canada [official website] on Wednesday ruled [opinion, text] that the police did not violate constitutional protections by accessing a citizen’s electricity usage during an investigation. The Court reversed the decision of the appellate court by finding that during thei ...
  • Ontario court sentences 'Toronto 18' member to 10 ...
    [JURIST] A judge of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice [official website] Friday sentenced [press release] Steven Vikash Chand, a man previously convicted [JURIST report] in connection with the failed Toronto 18 [CBC timeline; JURIST news archive] terrorist plot, to 10 years in prison. Justice Fl ...
  • Council of Europe passes resolutions aimed at judi ...
    [JURIST] The Council of Europe (COE) [official website] 30th Conference of Ministers of Justice [official website] passed three resolutions [official report, PDF] on Friday at the close of the three-day meeting in Istanbul. The resolutions, "data protection and privacy in the third millennium," "pri ...
  • Egypt court sentences 11 for religious election ca ...
    [JURIST] An Egyptian court on Friday sentenced 11 members of an opposition party to two years in prison for campaigning on behalf of the banned Muslim Brotherhood [official website; JURIST news archive]. The eleven were found guilty of taking part in election demonstrations [AFP report] and campaign ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

  • After North Korean Attack, Obama Waits for Beijing
    In the wake of North Korea's artillery fusillade, President Obama's foreign-policy team is looking to see whether China, which has the most leverage with the isolated regime, responds in a way that the administration considers productive. MORE FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL: Ostrich Oversight? ...
  • I Am a Blogger No Longer
    This is my final blog post for The Atlantic. Five years ago, as a way to boost the competitive metabolism of The Hotline, Chuck Todd hired me away from ABC News to create "Hotline On Call."  I was to be the first political reporter working for a mainstream news organization whose output would be exc ...
  • Billy Joel Explains the Election
    What explains the partial collapse of the Democratic Party in the industrial Midwest? Billy Joel, in Allentown, caught the moment decades before it happened...the last time the economy in Pennsylvania transitioned away from coal and steel.  Educated, hard-working people. The generational tension. Th ...
  • Obama Considers Staff Changes, Ever So Carefully
    Despite urgent pleas from Democrats that he shake up his White House staff, President Obama will proceed with a plan he put in place before the election, one that calls for a careful review the structure of his office before making changes.  Chief of Staff Peter Rouse is leading the review, and Obam ...
  • 2012! It's Never Too Early for Mitt-Chif
    Item: Someone has set up this website: http://mittromneyflipflops.com/ Item: An advertisement for displaying Romney's congratulations to Michigan's governor elect, Rick Synder, shows up on people's Facebook page.  This is odd because Romney never endorsed Snyder; he endorsed Rep. Pete Hoekstra in th ...

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

Tikun Olam

  • Wikileaks Reveals Possible U.S. Espionage and Coun ...
    A friend just pointed out to me something that sits in one of the U.S. diplomatic cables clear as day and which I missed entirely.  There is an inordinate interest placed on Israel’s telecommunications systems by U.S. diplomats.  They are called upon to report back to Foggy Bottom about anything t ...
  • Embarrassing Wikileaks Revelations Concerning U.S. ...
    When the U.S. government began serially apologizing to various nations around the world, including Israel, about what was to come from the Wikileaks dump, I knew something juicy was in the offing.  And the materials don’t disappoint.  I’d say though, rather than providing lightning flash revelatio ...
  • U.S. Defense Secretary Admits U.S. Cannot Prevent ...
    Much of great interest in the Wikileaks documents dump as recounted by the N.Y. Times.  One especially interesting tidbit concerns a lunch meeting between the French defense minister and Robert Gates, U.S. defense secretary.  When the Frenchman asks if Israel could attack Iran without U.S. approva ...
  • Cast Lead Veterans Receive Hate Mail
    The recent internet publication of a list of the names, photos, ID numbers, and addresses of 200 IDF veterans of Operation Cast Lead enabled activists, apparently from Spain, to send what Yediot Achronot calls “hate mail” to the homes of a score or more of the officers.  Apparently, one of the reas ...
  • Mossad Chief Candidate Identified
    Israel places a gag on reporting the names of any members of its intelligence services except the chiefs.  Even former officers are proscribed from exposure.  In the coming days, Bibi Netanyahu has promised to name the new Mossad chief who will assume the reins from Meir Dagan, who is retiring aft ...

Ode Magazine

  • A planet is a terrible thing to waste
    Why caring about the ecosystem means caring for the ecosystem. A recent conversation with a friend got me thinking. This friend had just returned from a conference on species survival and habitat preservation. While there, he learned, to his great surprise, that among a small subset of s ...
  • Cosmic salad
    Bring the abundance of nature to your plate. Photo: Pieter de Swart The science of economics revolves around the concept of scarcity. How do you handle something you have too little of, like money? How do you distribute something that isn’t plentiful enough, like food? And how ...
  • Fixing the free market
    How co-opsâbusinesses in which the employees are also the owners of the companyâmerge economic growth with social goals. By pooling the production of fair trade farmers such as this cocoa farmer in Peru, Equal Exchange negotiates higher prices for its members.Photo: Equal Exchange ...
  • The garment industry unchained
    A winning T-shirt design for No Chains, a new line of sweatshop-free clothing.Illustration: Muhammad Yusuf To Argentinian elementary school teacher and workers’ rights activist Gustavo Vera, the clothes on your back are worth fighting for. He’s been doing just that for nine y ...
  • Keeping carpets clean
    Child labor is common in rug factories in Nepal; GoodWeave wants to end that. Photo: Romano - www.romanophotography.com By the time Kusum, from Nepal, was eight, her mother had died from the physical abuse of her alcoholic father, her two sisters had been sold into forced lab ...

OpEd News

Switchboard

  • Newsweek misses the memo: you can’t discover ...
    I was flipping though a copy of Newsweek today and stumbled upon this story by Michael Behar on the search for new drugs derived from marine life.  What’s in the story itself is interesting enough.  Many of the drugs we rely on come from nature.  As the Newsweek article notes, “about ...
  • India Climate Change and Energy News - Week of Nov ...
    Climate Change India can Lead the Way in Green Energy, Says Al Gore “Pitching for greater eco-friendly initiatives, the former United States Vice-President, Al Gore, on Saturday said India can lead the way in adopting energy-efficient solutions for everyday needs and accelerate a shi ...
  • China stands firm on unconditional climate fundi ...
    NRDC has been working in China for fifteen years on such issues as climate, energy efficiency, green buildings, clean energy, governance and law, health, and green supply chain issues. This China Environmental News Alert is a weekly compilation of news from around the world on China an ...
  • Being thankful for polar bears
    Today brought some much needed good news for Alaska’s polar bears.  In response to a lawsuit brought by NRDC, the Center for Biological Diversity, and Greenpeace, the Obama Administration finalized the designation of 187,000 square miles of “critical habitat” for the polar bear. As ...
  • Yellowstone grizzlies: don't shoot the messenger
      Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, a self-proclaimed Bible-based advocacy organization, has a solution to this year’s unusual fatal grizzly bear attacks season:  “shoot these man-eaters on sight.”  This mass slaughter of bears, according to Mr. Fisher, is directly san ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • Obvious Answers to Obvious Questions
    Spencer: State Department representatives didn’t immediately respond to questions about why diplomats need to acquire DNA and other biometric data on foreigners. Clearly, to clone foreign leaders and grow more tolerable replacements. Which, we can all agree, is exactly the kind of diplomatic projec ...
  • Did You Know That Charli Was An Uncritical Defende ...
    I admit that your skepticism about this thesis would be undermined by reading what she’s written, but the Donalde has a novel interpretation. Related posts:Don’t Trust Uncritical Stenographers Well, Uncritical Iraq War Supporters Certainly Have Sat On Many Metaphorical Bayonets WikiLeaks and th ...
  • Stop Calling Me Shirley
    RIP Leslie Nielsen. And in the outstanding Forbidden Planet: Related posts:If you stop calling them corrupt, I’ll stop saying they aren’t "To start with, he needs to more frequently acknowledge that what he’s calling for is not new and not just his idea." Next up from Paul Shirley: Why did Polis ...
  • Brief Wikileaks Addendum
    I generally agree with Charli that there’s not much to particularly shock about the latest set of revelations (while also acknowledging that I haven’t gone through everything).  I think that this is primarily going to be of interest to diplomatic historians, who normally don’t get this kind of stuf ...
  • “Diplomatic Shockers.”
    Wow. Iran’s neighbors are threatened by its rise! Many governments think Pakistan may not be able to secure its nuclear arsenal! The US attempts to use its leverage with its allies to achieve its political objectives! China has engaged in a cyber-campaign against Google and other American companies! ...

Desert Research Institute

  • Taking Your Home’s Energy Temperature
    An article authored by DRI Associate Research Professor Emeritus Charles “Fred “Rogers, Ph.D., outlines the best practices for homeowners who are looking to save money on their home heating and cooling bills.
  • DRI Researcher Earns National Science Foundation M ...
    DRI Research Professor Hans Moosmüller, Ph.D. and colleagues received $649,801 from the National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program to develop a Photo-Acoustic Light Absorption and Albedo Spectrometer (PALAAS) for the characterization of aerosol radiative forcing in the ...
  • DRI Researcher Develops Bioengineering Company
    DRI’s Joseph J. Grzymski, Ph.D. partnered with Adam G. Marsh, Ph.D. from the University of Delaware to develop Evozym Biologics, a company created to bridge the gap between research and innovation and commercial value.
  • DRI Researcher Authors New Book
    William Albright, Ph.D., DRI research hydrogeologist, is lead author of Water Balance Covers for Waste Containment Principles and Practice about selection and design of an innovative new method for final closure of solid waste landfills. The new cover designs offer reduced cost, excellent environmen ...
  • The American Indian Science and Engineering Societ ...
    The Most Promising Engineer/Scientist Award will be presented to Dr. Karletta Chief at the 32nd American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) Annual National Conference.

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • ADR: What providers can do to promote efficiency
    Topping the list is adopting rules limiting arbitration time, extensive discovery and motion practice.
  • On Borrowed Time
    EEOC members are unconfirmed, but agenda is still ambitious.
  • Globalization: Law schools get serious
    Nearly 130 of the 200 American Bar Association-approved law schools offer ABA-sanctioned programs in foreign countries during breaks in the regular school year, and now the organization is weighing whether to offer accreditation to overseas law schools.
  • Legal Times 150
    With the recent passage of financial and health care reform, Washington may look like the land of legal opportunity. But even in D.C., firms have shed lawyers at a nearly unprecedented clip. Our annual ranking of the largest law offices in the nation's capital reports a 4.5% reduction in headcount f ...
  • CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING & BANKRUPTCY: A SPECIAL RE ...
    No magic bullet, but case law may show a way to get around protections for public pensions.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

  • Under the Influence of Fracking?
    In addition to the environmental and health threats posed by gas drilling, driving on PA roadways is also becoming more dangerous.  The Pennsylvania State Police and the Department of Environmental Protection announced that during an October three-day joint safety enforcement operation, three out of ...
  • Speaking Out on Water Issues
    Tiadaghton Audubon Society is pleased and privileged to have Sean Saville, National Field Director of the National Audubon Society speak on the Gulf Oil Spill at our annual meeting on Wednesday November 17 at 7:30PM in Mansfield Pa at the Holy Child Church, 242 South Main St. He has extensive and in ...
  • DEP Makes Oil and Gas Operations More Transparent
    COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA Dept. of Environmental Protection Commonwealth News Bureau Room 308, Main Capitol Building Harrisburg PA., 17120 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 11/1/2010 CONTACT: Jamie Legenos, Department of Environmental Protection 717-787-1323   DEP Makes Oil and Gas Operations More Transpare ...
  • Failing to Pass a Severance Tax…
    Below some comments from the press and PennFuture about the state of the State’s budget sans a tax on drilling. Inaction on drill tax has a bad odor to it Sunday, October 24, 2010 By Brian O’Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette …. Its [PA's Legislature] latest gaffe is passing on collecting tens of milli ...
  • Stephanie Hallowich in National Geographic
    Stephanie Hallowich has had one of the worst experiences with natural gas drilling in PA and she has also been one of the loudest voices, speaking out for her family and others in the same situations. Her story was picked up by National Geographic and can be found at the below link. She had this [.. ...

News Blaze

environment 360

  • Earth as Art: Satellite Portraits from Space
    In this collection of satellite photographs, the U.S. Geological Survey has assembled a colorful and striking portrait of the Earth’s land and sea surfaces as seen from space. These Landsat images, compiled in the Photo gallery USGS/NASAEarth as Art: Antarctica’s Byrd Glacier “Earth as Art 3” coll ...
  • The Warming of Antarctica: A Citadel of Ice Begins ...
    The fringes of the coldest continent are starting to feel the heat, with the northern Antarctic Peninsula warming faster than virtually any place on Earth. These rapidly rising temperatures represent the first breach in the enormous frozen dome that holds 90 percent of the world’s ice. BY FEN MONT ...
  • Green Tech Sector Advances Despite Failure of Clim ...
    While the collapse of climate legislation in Congress was a setback for some green businesses, many others are moving ahead with projects to develop renewable energy. One major reason: The clean-tech sector is rapidly growing worldwide, and U.S. companies don’t want to be left behind. BY JOHN CARE ...
  • Indian Temperatures Could Rise Significantly by 20 ...
    A new report forecasts that average temperatures in India could climb 2 degrees C (3.6 F) within two decades, with even higher temperatures projected for some coastal regions. According to the Indian In India, a Clear Victor on The
Climate Action FrontIn the struggle over the nation’s climate polic ...
  • Interview: A Shark Conservationist On Targeting th ...
    As Asian economies have boomed in the last two decades, demand for sharks fins — a prized delicacy — has soared, leading to severe overfishing of many shark species. As many as 70 million sharks are killed Sonja Fordham annually, a toll that is driving an estimated one-third of the world’s 1,044 ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Simple technique to support theory that universe i ...
    Researchers have developed a simple technique that adds evidence to the theory that the Universe is flat. Moreover, the method - developed by revisiting a 30-year-old idea - confirms that "dark energy" makes up nearly three-quarters of the Universe. Dark energy is believed to pervade the essence of ...
  • The Dorothy Kilgallen Death Conspiracy
    The night before she died, she called (attorney) and told him she had "busted" the JFK assassination. She was going to New Orleans in the morning to confirm a couple of things, but she felt it was going to be the biggest story in American history. That night, without further explanation, she died of ...
  • Expression-mimicking robot hangs out in hospitals ...
    As if being laid up in the hospital wasn’t traumatic enough already, imagine having a humanoid robot coming to visit you and eerily mimicking your facial expressions - its pink-sleeved arms resting primly in its lap, its hair pinned back with a bobby pin (as if having hair in its face would bother i ...
  • U.S. warns that Wikileaks release will cause diplo ...
    The U.S. government has warned that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage American relations with allies around the world. U.S. officials say the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and frien ...
  • National Opt Out Day (November 24)
    On Nov. 24 say "I opt out" when told to go through the bodying imaging machines and submit to a pat down. Also, be sure to have your pat down by TSA in full public - do not go to the back room when asked. Every citizen must see for themselves how the TSA treats law-abiding citizens.

Russia Today

Dad2059′s Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica

  • Texas is UFO Hot-Spot
    A lot of States in the US can probably claim the mantle of most UFO sightings; New York, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida come to mind immediately. But the one state that holds the title lately is one you wouldn’t think of; Texas. A Texas witness reports a slow moving disc-shaped object wi ...
  • Taking week off
    Due to the holiday this week, ol’ Dad is taking the week off for the family and catch up on some schoolwork. I can now say this with some confidence in that visitors can take advantage of my now extensive archive of interesting articles and posts. Enjoy the holidays and don’t be afraid to leave [... ...
  • Rebuttal: What did NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Tele ...
    On November 15th 2010 this past Monday, NASA released a finding that the Chandra X-Ray Telescope discovered an infant black hole in our “nearby” galactic neighborhood (50 million light-years). Black holes are the theoretical “singularity” in which when a super-massive star explodes (goes nova) the r ...
  • Secret Map of Britain
    I don’t usually use the Above Top Secret site as a reference, but this came through The Debris Field and a site named ‘what’s all this, then?’ and it piqued my curiosity. The title of the article is “The Secret Map of Britain” and it’s not entirely what you think it is: A recent thread [...]
  • Inexplicata: Uncanny Mexican UFOs
    UFOs are a tradition in Mexico and Latin America at large as this uncanny video show. Notice how the UFO splits apart into two “stages”, perhaps indicating the nuts and bolts theory of UFOs. However in a witness interview the person indicates the UFO came down and “healed” him, which appeals to the ...

Tippers News

  • Why Did Aggie Boys Buy Sex at the Chicken Ranch?
    The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the Texas A&M football team celebrates a win with a visit to their local brothel, the Chicken Ranch. The Aggie Boys are fSubmitted by Rose Earth to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Two survivors of human trafficking share their sto ...
    She fiddles with her cell phone. In mid conversation, she holds it out, showing off who�s on the screen. Submitted by Rose Earth to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Trip to India inspires Everson woman to help victi ...
    EVERSON - Touched by her own memories of being adopted as an orphan, Sue Ann Heutink took her first overseas venture to help victims of human trafficking. Submitted by Rose Earth to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Free Human Trafficking Victim Sara Kruzan From Lif ...
    Sixteen-year-old human trafficking victim Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without parole when, in a desperate act to escape captivity, she shot her pimp. Submitted by Rose Earth to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Evidence Refutes Bp's and Fed's Deception
    In August, Truthout conducted soil and water sampling in Pass Christian Harbor, Mississippi; on Grand Isle, Louisiana; and around barrier islands off the coast of Louisiana, in order to test for the presence of oil from BP's Macondo Well. [extremely high]Submitted by Ellyn S. to Environment �|� �No ...

The Freeman

  • Plenty to Be Thankful For
    Despite all of that gloom and doom, there’s still lots of good news to be found.
  • Does Saving Reduce GDP?
    Warren C. Gibson’s article, “GDP: Who Needs It?” in the May 2010 edition of the Freeman, asserts an inconsistency. He correctly denigrates the Keynesian notion of promoting consumption spending as a means of promoting GDP growth: “The predominance of consumption seems to have spawned the bizarre not ...
  • Rules, Regulation, and Mixed Martial Arts
    The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) illustrates well the benefits of limiting rules and regulations, and provides an example of immense success despite—rather than because of—government intervention. The UFC, which hosts mixed martial arts (MMA) events, has grown immensely popular in recent yea ...
  • Rare Earth Elements: Stockpile or Markets?
    Quick, what do you know about lanthanum, praseodymium, neodymium, or dysprosium? If you said they are chemical elements, you are right: numbers 57, 59, 60, and 66, to be exact. They and their neighbors on the periodic table, collectively “rare earths,” were once mere curiosities tucked in between ba ...
  • This Is Your Country On Drugs: The Secret History ...
    Americans really like to get high, and they’ll go out of their way to do so even when the government threatens to punish them. That’s the theme that comes through strongest in Ryan Grim’s This Is Your Country On Drugs, a look at the relationship among Americans, the drugs they use, and their governm ...

Teaching Online Journalism

  • Online video, audiences, sharing: Putting it all t ...
    I thought about titling this post “Another stupid way news sites waste time and effort by failing to understand the Web and how people use it,” but I thought maybe that was far too broad, since it covers so many things. This post is really about how journalism organizations could use video intellig ...
  • Online video, links, and people: Putting it all to ...
    I spend a lot of time speaking (and thinking) about online video — both journalism video and the broader YouTube varieties. When we think about how people use online video — and by “people” I mean mostly North Americans in the college and university student age group — we have to consider sharing. ...
  • Advice for journalism educators in Africa
    While I was attending the annual Online News Association conference a week ago, one of several great panels I sat in on was titled “From Earthquakes to Coups: Tools for Crisis Reporting.” I’ve been interested in crisis mapping and other crowdsourced efforts during disasters ever since I learned how ...
  • Best advice for Soundslides
    I was asking around recently, among my friends at other j-schools who teach photojournalism. Yes, they are still teaching Soundslides. The No. 1 reason is almost unanimous: It’s a great transition from making stills to making video. I think it also helps — a lot — with teaching storytelling. Right ...
  • Storytelling 101 with ‘The Annoying Orange’
    Let’s look at storytelling again. I always use this diagram to show students how to structure a very short video story or audio slideshow (120 seconds): Recently a student showed me this video, and I noticed that at about 1 min. 30 sec., it illustrates the story arc perfectly! ...

Facing South

  • One thing we're thankful for
    Thanksgiving is here, Facing South readers -- time to start your ovens, pick your football games and bone up on your Thanksgiving knowledge. It's also, of course, time to reflect on the people and things for which you're grateful. For us at Facing South, that's an easy one: We're thankful ...
  • 5 top Election Watch 2010 stories at Facing South
    Thanks to our generous supporters (you can still donate today!), Facing South's Election Watch 2010 was a huge success. In case you missed them, here were some of the big stories we covered and broke about the changing Southern political landscape in 2010: 1 - HOW TO BUY A STATE LEGISLATURE ...
  • After a long fight, the Senate funds justice for b ...
    Two years after Congress promised to help late petitioners in a federal discrimination lawsuit brought by black farmers, the Senate has finally approved the money. On Friday evening, the Senate allocated $1.15 billion to settle charges that the U.S. Department of Agriculture discriminated ...
  • Hurricane recovery loans go to Baton Rouge refiner ...
    By Ariella Cohen, The Lens The Louisiana Bond Commission voted last week to issue ExxonMobil Corporation $12 million more in tax-free, low-interest bonds to finance an upgrade of the petro giant's Baton Rouge facility. The $12 million approved Thursday comes on top of $300 million in Gulf Oppo ...
  • A huge win for clean energy in Kentucky
    Clean energy activists are elated over a big victory in the heart of coal country, where a Kentucky power cooperative has agreed to cancel plans to build a new coal-fired power plant. The East Kentucky Power Cooperative struck a deal with an alliance of grassroots activists and others to ...

Worldpress - Africa

  • U.S. Dual-Track Policy in Somalia
    In a country with layers of complexity, clan warfare and a broken state, the Obama administration is taking an appropriately complex approach to stabilizing Somalia, one that may or may not bear fruit.
  • Preventing Maternal Deaths in West Africa
    Dr. Fredanna M'Cormack and her Bele Uman Project are working in Sierra Leone to save the lives of pregnant mothers and their babies.
  • Interview with Kumi Naidoo
    The Greenpeace executive director talks about connections between the environment, poverty, peace, and how the interconnectedness of these issues can drive civil society.
  • Zimbabweans Still Suffering
    On a daily basis, the people of Zimbabwe face starvation, poverty, corruption and oppression, and their government is highly unlikely to bail them out anytime soon.
  • Re: Blood Diamonds: Still Bloody
    We are seeing a steadily growing tide of discontent with the Kimberley Process.

Canadian Encyclopedia

  • Trudeau, Pierre Elliott
    Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at Montr�al 18 Oct 1919; d at Montr�al 28 Sept 2000). Trudeau was born into a wealthy family, the
  • World War II
    Memories of WWI - the tragic loss of life, the heavy burden of debt and the strain on the country's unity imposed by CONSCRIPTION- made Canadians, including politicians of all parties, loath to contemplate another such
  • Group of Seven
    The Group of Seven was founded in 1920 as an organization of self-proclaimed modern artists. The original members - Franklin CARMICHAEL , Lawren HARRIS , A.Y. JACKSON , Franz JOHNSTON , Arthur LISMER , J.E.H.
  • Winnipeg General Strike
    The Winnipeg General Strike, 15 May-25 June 1919, was Canada's best-known general strike. Massive unemployment and inflation, the success of the Russian Revolution (1917), a wave of strikes across Canada and rising
  • War of 1812
    The war of 1812 was a military conflict between the United States and Great Britain. As a colony of Great Britain, Canada was swept up in the War of 1812 and was invaded a number of times by the Americans. The process of calling

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle acorns?
    It’s possibly getting a bit late in the year for this one but I kept forgetting to post it earlier in the autumn ;) Our house backs onto woodland that includes a lot of oak trees. There are millions of acorns out there. Whenever we’re out on dog walks, we hear and see them them [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle chocolate/sweet tins?
    After seeing Judith Williamson’s wonderful jewellery made from old sweet tins the other week, I’ve been thinking about what else could be done with them. T’is approaching the season for big tins of chocolates and biscuits after all. Since they’re well sealing metal tins, they’re great for using for ...
  • Great reusing and recycling ideas from October
    We’ve had some great comments on Recycle This over the last month. Here are some of my favourites: I’ve seen this idea in a couple of places recently but Paul in Austin, TX was the one to mention it here – use the necks and lids from plastic bottles to make random plastic bags air [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle an electric kettle?
    We’ve had an email from Simon: We’ve got two old electric kettles in our garage, one works but is very grimy, the other doesn’t work, not sure why. Can we do anything with them? Electric kettles are covered under the WEEE Directive so in theory, you should be able to send them back to their [...]
  • Perk up your garden with ash from Bonfire Night fi ...
    Tonight is Guy Fawkes Night in the UK – also known as Bonfire Night. Up and down the country, people will be setting fire to stacks of wood and sending millions of £££s up in smoke in firework form, just getting a short “ooh” and “aah” (and occasionally “arrgh!!”) in return. It’s not all waste-wa ...

Mondoweiss

  • French firm Veolia reported to drop out of E. Jeru ...
    and other news from Today in Palestine for Sunday:Settlers / Land, property & resource theft and destruction / Ethnic cleansingIsrael bulldozes PA-backed projects NABLUS -- Israeli forces demolished two agricultural projects south of Salfit in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, Palestinian officia ...
  • Wait, why is a Republican in Treasury making a pol ...
    My chief response to the Wikileaks dox is surprise at the transparency of the Israel lobby in action. The most shocking revelation here is that 11 days after the election in 2008, Under Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Levey rushed over to Israel to make promises to Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that ...
  • Yehoshua: ‘I as a man of the left would supp ...
    Yesterday I did a piece that expressed some surprise at Israeli novelist AB Yehoshua's sanitized view of the expulsion of Palestinians during the Nakba.Well a friend passed along this shocker written by David Bloom in 2002. Bloom picked up on an Amira Hass piece in Ha'aretz challenging bigtime write ...
  • A Chanukah prayer for Palestinian justice and dign ...
    More and more American Jews are dissenting when it comes to Israel support, and some are getting excommunicated for doing so (and one even lost an eye for it, without any support from her government). And an important group in that slender constellation of dissent, Jews Say No, is circulating a pray ...
  • Wexler told Israelis, American people will support ...
    From the Wikileaks US Embassy cables. Robert Wexler is the former Florida congressman who has gone on to head a Jewish organization, and who people are always hinting is about to join the Obama administration as a Middle East envoy. How does he operate? Here are notes of a high-level meeting in Isra ...

Media Consortium

  • ProPublica Takes Press+ Out For A Spin | paidConte ...
    ProPublica is going public today as the latest customer of Press+, the payment platform from Journalism Online.The investigative nonprofit is the most high-profile addition so far from a recent grant by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation designed to encourage its grantees to try new methods ...
  • Jim VandeHei Talks Politico Pro : CJR
    An interview w/Jim VandenHei about Politico Pro, which will provide 'high-impact, high-velocity reporting on the politics of energy, technology and health care reform' for political and policy professionals. At what price? $2,495 for the first subscriber to a single vertical such as energy; and afte ...
  • Discounted memberships: A short term gain with lon ...
  • The Newsonomics of membership " Nieman Journalism ...
    New journalism is hungry for new business models. Beyond millions in foundation start-up support, what will sustain these enterprises? One answer: membership. The notion is borrowed from NPR (née National Public Radio), which we must remind ourselves is no “experiment.” While the daily press is te ...
  • Chart: How Newspaper E-Editions Are Faring | paidC ...
    One circulation metric that wasn’t down year-over-year for U.S. newspapers during the first half of 2010: the total number of subscribers to their e-editions, a broad category that includes digital replicas, online-only subscriptions, Kindle subscriptions, and products like Times Reader. Leading th ...

Reality Asserts Itself

  • Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
    My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terroriz ...
  • PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NOT TH ...
    A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli children w ...
  • FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END FEAR ...
    I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become such a phenomena ( ...
  • PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. Gen ...
    Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will claim many, many more l ...
  • China and the end of the end of history
    Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and world politi ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

  • Dopamine-sensing duo offers new target for depress ...
    A new twist on depression therapy could involve breaking up a pair of brain receptors for dopamine, a neurotransmitter implicated in the debilitating condition. Brain cells sense dopamine via 5 different molecular receptors, D1-D5, and different receptors can cause distinct molecular changes i ...
  • US polar bears mark their territory
    Posted on behalf of Hannah Hoag More than two years after Alaskan polar bears were given a protection status of “threatened species” by the US Endangered Species Act, the Obama administration set aside on Wednesday 24 November 484,330 sq kilometres — twice the size of the UK — in Alaska as “criti ...
  • Europe bans bisphenol-A from baby bottles
    The European Commission on Thursday agreed to ban the common chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) from baby bottles across the European Union (EU) by mid-2011. The decision follows a ‘better safe than sorry’ approach taken by many countries, manufacturers and consumers in the past few years, as a steady st ...
  • Research trip to the Antarctic: Boarding ship
    Science journalist Jane Qiu is travelling to the Palmer ecological research station on the Antarctic Peninsula, joining researchers investigating how climate change has affected the region in recent decades. Please check back for her dispatches from the bottom of the world. Welcome to Punta Arena ...
  • Obama orders review of Guatemala syphilis experime ...
    President Barack Obama today asked his bioethics commission to dig into the recent discovery that US government-funded scientists intentionally infected subjects with syphilis in a study in Guatemala in the 1940s. "The research was clearly unethical," Obama wrote in a memorandum to Amy Gutmann ...

To Do

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Huaneng Renewables to Seek as Much as $1.3 Billion in Hong Kong Share Sale
Bloomberg
- Nov 28, 2010
- 12 hours ago
Huaneng Renewables Corp. is offering 2.5 billion shares for HK$2.98 to HK$3.98 apiece, according to terms sent to investors. The stock is due to go on sale ...
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Solar Park Initiatives, Inc. Signs Joint Venture With Canadian Renewable ...
MarketWatch (press release)
- Nov 29, 2010
- 2 hours ago
The partner company is involved in a plethora of renewable energy technologies to produce clean energy including solar power, wind power, hydro energy ...
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Lufthansa to begin flights in the spring powered by renewable fuel from Neste Oil
MarketWatch
- Nov 29, 2010
- 1 hour ago
Neste Oil and Lufthansa have signed a cooperative arrangement that will see Lufthansa begin commercial flights using Neste Oil's NExBTL renewable jet fuel ...
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Ind. lags other states in renewable energy rules
Chicago Tribune
- Nov 28, 2010
- 23 hours ago
AP Indiana is trailing neighboring states in developing renewable energy standards, leaving the state at a disadvantage for new investment, ...
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Human Habitat

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Yellowjacket invasion in Hawaii is wrecking havoc with ecology
Daily Democrat
- Nov 28, 2010
- Nov 28, 2010
Wilson, the lead author of Hawaii-based research published in the current edition of the journal Ecology, will speak on "Yellowjacket Life History Shifts ...
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Website initiative ropes in students, scientists to gather ecology data
Times of India
- Nov 28, 2010
- 16 hours ago
Observations collected through this network will contribute to an understanding of the effects of climate change on plant ecology, say researchers. ...
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Ecology Action Centre: Canada needs to do more to save sharks
TheChronicleHerald.ca
- Nov 29, 2010
- 4 hours ago
The Ecology Action Centre, which claims to be the first Canadian conservation organization to attend the International Commission for the Conservation of ...
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Woman is UI's first Marshall scholar since 2007
Chicago Tribune
- Nov 26, 2010
- Nov 26, 2010
AP An Urbana woman whose wide-ranging interests include ecology, chemistry and music, and who is also a top runner, is the first University of Illinois ...
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Fiji Water Pulls Out of Fiji
Wall Street Journal
- Nov 29, 2010
- 6 hours ago
AP SUVA, Fiji—Fiji Water on Monday closed its operations in the South Pacific country that gives the brand its name and its product, saying it was being ...
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Earmarks helped Arizona claim Colorado River water
89.3 KPCC
- Nov 29, 2010
- 1 hour ago
Ritchie says Hayden was powerful enough to make sure that when they divvied up Colorado River water, bone-dry Arizona got a good drenching. ...
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The water dance
PhysOrg.com
- Nov 29, 2010
- 1 hour ago
Sulfur dioxide molecules in the atmosphere form a weak bond with water molecules. Credit: Nicolle Rager-Fuller Water (H 2 O) is a unique molecule that holds ...
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Westlands Water District pulls out of delta planning
Modesto Bee
- Nov 29, 2010
- 57 minutes ago
By Mark Grossi - mgrossi@fresnobee.com FRESNO — After investing millions of dollars, Westlands Water District is pulling out of an extensive planning ...
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