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IPS - Inter Press Services

• CENTRAL AMERICA: Entrepreneurs, Not Diplomats, Are ...
  With the exception of Costa Rica, Central America does not have diplomatic relations with China, but business executives are taking the place of ambassadors and promoting closer ties with the Asian giant, hoping to cash in on its rapid economic growth.
• ECUADOR: Farming in the Shadow of the Volcano
  On a clear day, hundreds of families pull over in their cars and snap pictures of the column of smoke spewing out of the Tungurahua volcano in central Ecuador.
• LATIN AMERICA: Quality Jobs Urgently Needed for Ri ...
  Programmes to reduce the unemployment rate among young people in Latin America and the Caribbean should be a priority for countries in the region, said experts, trade unionists and government representatives meeting in the Chilean capital.
• Gains in Kandahar Came with More Brutal U.S. Tacti ...
  The Barack Obama administration's claim of "progress" in its war strategy is based on the military seizure of three rural districts outside Kandahar City in October.
• Dire Development Issues Converge in the Drylands
  Few are aware that close to one billion people in over 100 different countries are suffering from or severely threatened by intense desertification. Yet awareness is crucial, for it is human behaviour that has led to the proliferation of hyper- arid, uncultivable drylands over the past few ...

Scoop - NZ

• Wellington events website not feeling so great
  The Wellington City Council has decided to close one of its websites and to stop publishing one of its monthly publicity booklets. The Feeling Great website, which says it is a Wellington City Council initiative, describes itself as “Wellington’s guide to recreation and events.” But the counci ...
• California establishes Carbon Trading
  California has become the first state in the United States to approve a carbon trading scheme. Regulators passed a "cap-and-trade" framework to let companies buy and sell permits, giving them an incentive to emit fewer gases. The aim is to create the second-largest market in the field, after Eur ...
• New Kids Toys Online Website Launched for NZ
  Following on from the success of Pedal Cars Online, Wiseworths Limited has announced that it has now launched a new website Kids Toys Online specialising in the online sale of high quality ride-on toys and other “once a year” type toy purchases. The website includes the full range of the world famou ...
• My Year in Culture - Hard News - Public Address
  There are many delights to be found at Auckland Museum’s Outrageous Fortune exhibition, but the big thrill for me was right by the entrance. There, under glass, are the writers’ original notes, draft scripts and – thrillingly – the shows that didn’t get made. Yes, the fabled version of the first ...
• No Right Turn: Cablegate: India a torture state
  India is engaged in systematic torture in Kashmir. A cable - 05NEWDELHI2606 - reports on a conversation between a US diplomat and a representative of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC), which monitors prisoners. ... And we're negotiating a free trade deal with them. Clearly, our ...

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• The IoS Christmas Appeal: Solar power frees thousa ...
  Imagine that, instead of turning a tap, you had to walk more than 10 miles every time you wanted water. And that you then had to descend into a crumbling pit dug in a dry riverbed, to scoop out dirty water with your bare hands, knowing that it could make you and your family sick.
• 'Bribed' Golden Globe judges nominate flops after ...
  Wafting over the red carpets this awards season, amid the expensive cologne and forced smiles: a dubious whiff of scandal. The Golden Globes, supposedly Hollywood's second most prestigious awards event after the Oscars, is finding its often-criticised voting process at the centre of unwelcome contr ...
• Rupert Cornwell: After 150 years, the Civil War st ...
  "A joyous night of music, dancing, food and drink" is probably not how most people would choose to mark an event setting the stage for a conflict that lasted four years, cost 620,000 lives, and ended in annihilating defeat.
• Vatican Bank hit by financial scandal... again
  This is no ordinary bank. The ATMs are in Latin, priests use a private entrance, and a life-sized portrait of Pope Benedict XVI hangs on the wall. Nevertheless, l'Istituto per le Opere di Religione (the Institute for Religious Works) is a bank, and it is under harsh new scrutiny, including money-la ...
• Stockholm bomber was indoctrinated, says father-in ...
  The father-in-law of the Stockholm suicide bomber has denounced the 28-year-old as a brainwashed terrorist and publicly disowned him. His comments came as British and European security experts yesterday sought to calm fears that terror plots against Europe have been planned for the Christmas season ...

Rogue Government.com

• N.Korea says war with South would go nuclear
  North Korea warned that another war with South Korea would involve nuclear weapons, as diplomatic efforts continued Friday to ease high tensions over its atomic ambitions and deadly artillery attack.
• CIA Gave Torturers $5 Million Legal Shield
• Bank's secret plans
  Some big banks are cooking up a secret plan to alleviate some of the pain the Federal Reserve inflicted yesterday when it proposed to cut so-called swipe fees by as much as 89 percent, The Post has learned.
• Waiting To Exhale: Climate Criminals Want To Tax E ...
  The rabid religious environmental zealots are wild-eyed and completely mad but many of them are well meaning fools.
• IMF chief worried about Europe domino effect
  The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday he was worried that EU leaders' piecemeal approach to Europe's debt crisis was encouraging markets to pick off weak countries one by one.

Innovation Canada

• Celebrating Arctic research
  When you turn 50, there’s a tendency to sit back and celebrate your accomplishments. But some 50-year-olds prefer to be bold and try new things. Such is the case for the University of Alberta’s Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI). Between building university-degree programs in the North and finding ...
• The bright side of E. coli
  Mention the Escherichia coli bacterium, or E. coli, and many people immediately get anxious. After all, certain strains of E. coli, typically ingested through undercooked ground beef, have been associated with cases of severe diarrhea, kidney failure and even death. But a group of undergraduate stud ...
• Getting to the root of HIV
  Daily, neurologist Chris Power at the University of Alberta in Edmonton boards an elevator in the lobby of the Heritage Medical Research Centre, gets off on the sixth floor and strolls down the corridor to a nondescript, but world-class, level-three-security biosafety laboratory (BSL-3). No one is g ...
• 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

Signs of the times

• Virginia: American Redneck Society Formed to Advoc ...
  You might be a redneck if...you create a dues-paying society and a scholarship fund? And that's what a Virginia man did last week, launching the "American Redneck Society." "I really felt that American Rednecks are an under-served, but large population that could benefit from a formal membership ...
• Mexico Prison Staff Suspected in Mass Escape
  An intensive manhunt along Mexico's northern border has failed to turn up any of the more than 140 prisoners who escaped from a federal prison. The inmates apparently walked out unchallenged Friday through the main gate of the prison in the northeastern city of Nuevo Laredo. Tamaulipas state secur ...
• Canada: Strip-searched Ottawa Woman Sues Police fo ...
  A 27-year-old Ottawa woman shown being kneed and having her top cut off in an Ottawa police cellblock video is suing police. Stacy Bonds names the Ottawa Police Service, Chief Vern White and several officers as defendants in her suit, launched Friday in Toronto. In her statement of claim, Bonds a ...
• 4 in 10 Americans Still Hold Creationist Views
  If you're in a room of 100 people, odds are likely about 40 think God created humans about 10,000 years ago, part of a philosophy called creationism, according to a Gallup poll reported Friday (Dec. 17). That number is slightly lower than in years past and down from a high of 47 percent in both 199 ...
• Jim Corr: Top-down engineered financial crash is d ...
  There are fresh demonstrations in Madrid against severe budget cuts as the country tries to reduce its massive debt. Spain has been tipped as the next Eurozone economy at risk of needing a bailout, but some say it could be too big to save. RT talks to Jim Corr, a political activist and musician from ...

The Galloping Beaver

• At the going down of the sun ...
  With condolences and respect to the family and friends of Corporal Steve Martin, 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment, serving with 1st Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment Battle Group. Killed due to enemy action. Je me souviens
• Democracy in action . . .
  THE GUARDIAN HAS A REPORT, "WikiLeaks backlash: The first global cyber war has begun, claim hackers" that merits your attention. Next week should be of interest as Anonymous' cohort keeps at it. Can they get enough computers together to rattle Amazon, Visa and MasterCard?Anonymous leaders began dist ...
• Slave beatings and lynchings to follow ...
  This is jaw-dropping astounding. Unless you are like me and believe that the Tea Party is nothing more than an extension of this. South Carolina is about to celebrate the fact that that state seceded from union with the United States because it was about to have slavery removed from its very slave ...
• It's official! The US military is entering a new c ...
  Meaning they will have finally caught up to the rest of the modern world. Don't Ask Don't Tell is officially repealed in a Senate vote of 65 - 31 in favour of eliminating the policy. The 65-31 vote came after an earlier procedural vote that brought the milestone in gay rights to the Senate floor. ...
• So, the University of Maryland does a study ...
  Which tells us something we pretty much already knew: Fox News intentionally spews political misinformation at a phenomenal rate. In short, they invent stuff and then peddle it as "fact". The whole entity is a propaganda machine. CNN and MSNBC fared a little better in the study, but the level of mis ...

Media Matters for America

• Fox Guest Baselessly Portrays Net Neutrality As "S ...
  Fox News guest Seton Motley claimed that net neutrality means "discrimination of content" and "socialism for the Internet" that would prohibit Internet service providers (ISPs) from "manag[ing] the network." In fact, net neutrality does not discriminate against lawful content, and the Obama adminis ...
• PolitiFact's "Lie Of The Year" Is One Of Fox's Fa ...
  PolitiFact recently named "a government takeover of health care" as its 2010 "Lie of the Year" -- a lie that Fox News hosts and contributors have repeatedly promoted.PolitiFact: "Government Takeover Of Health Care" Is The "Lie Of The Year" PolitiFact: "Government Takeover Of Health Care" Is T ...
• Right-wing Media Continue To Cheer For Government ...
  Right-wing media figures used bills currently under consideration in Congress to continue to cheer for a government shutdown. Conservative media had previously welcomed the possibility of winning a Republican majority in Congress in order to shut down the government, "just like in '95 and '96."Cons ...
• Baier Claims Dems Circumvented Legislative Process ...
  Fox News anchor Bret Baier disingenuously claimed that Democrats circumvented the legislative process by "dumping" everything into a single spending bill. In fact,�similar omnibus bills are regularly used in the legislative process.Baier Claims Dems Bypassed "Normal Process" To "Dump" Everything In ...
• Déjà Vu: Right-wing Media Up In Arm ...
  For the second year in a row, right-wing media have complained that Time magazine did not choose the Tea Party as Person of the Year, despite the fact that the Tea Party was chosen as one of four "Runners-Up."Conservative Pundits Attack Time For Not Choosing Tea Party As Person Of The Year Bi ...

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• Big-Time College Sports is Big Business
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• Iran’s Foreign Minister Sacked: Did WikiLeaks End ...
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• France: Not Victorious, But Not Defeated
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• THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
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• The WikiLeaks Release: U.S. Complicity and Cover-U ...
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TPM Cafe

• Manchin Chooses Family Party Over the Nation's Bus ...
  I have seen Senator Joe Manchin out on the holiday party circuit in Washington and did have a very full conversation with him about DADT at one particularly high powered evening -- but parties are not the same as voting on nationally significant legislation. This just in from Politico's Ben Smith ...
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• VIDEO: State Department Trembles As Journalist Ask ...
  Watch this whole sequence. If you ever wanted to see, not just read about, how the US is intimidated by Israel and the lobby, just watch this.
• FCC Following Regular Order on Net Neutrality Proc ...
  When Gerry Waldron writes about FCC issues, it's worth paying attention to: FCC's Procedure on Open Internet Rules: Promotes Integrity in Decision-making Process Now that it appears the Federal Communications Commission is nearing the end of a long deliberation on whether to adopt rules ...
• Chatting with Joe Manchin on DADT
  The other evening, I spent some time discussing Don't Ask Don't Tell with Senator Joe Manchin and his wife. Democratic super donor Connie Milstein did the same. While these kinds of conversations are privileged, I will share one comment the Senator, who was extremely open and not defensive at al ...

TruthOut

• Richard Holbrooke: A Statesman's Statesman - if Yo ...
  Now that he’s dead, Richard Holbrooke takes up the halo that is the natural prerogative of deceased American public figures. However, there have been few less qualified than he for canonization. His most memorable achievement, the Dayton Agreement was an unprincipled surrender to confessional aparth ...
• Deadly Chile Prison Fire Puts Heat on Latin Americ ...
  Santiago, Chile; and Mexico City — On the morning of Dec. 8, 81 inmates at the San Miguel prison in Santiago died when rioting prisoners set their overcrowded penitentiary ablaze. Among the victims: one young man serving a 61-day sentence for selling pirated CDs.read more
• Senate Passes "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Repeal, Send ...
  Moments ago, by a 65-31 vote, the Senate acted to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the policy banning gays from openly serving in the military. The same six GOP senators who broke with their party during the cloture vote earlier today also voted for repeal: Sens. Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Scott ...
• Froma Harrop | So You Thought Health Care Was Fixe ...
  So you thought health care was fixed. Well, maybe not "fixed," but you assumed that the new law had put us on the path to solving one of America's most pressing problems -- spiraling health care costs amid surging numbers of uninsured citizens. No, no, no, no. read more
• Senate Paves Way for End of Military's "Don't Ask, ...
  Washington — The military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy toward gays moved a critical step closer to repeal Saturday as the Senate voted 63-33 to cut off debate on the legislation. The House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve ending the 17-year-old ban on gays serving openly in the mil ...

Planetsave

• Stick a Fork in It – The Food Safety Modernization ...
  (From our sister-blog, Red Green & Blue) This time it looks like it’s dead for good. Despite passing both houses by wide margins of bi-partisan support, the controversy-laden Food Safety Modernization Act (S 510) has died, a victim of end-of-session Senate gridlock and a resurgent GOP that is perfec ...
• Copenhagen Mass Arrests During COP15 Ruled Illegal ...
  Tens of thousands protestors braved the bone-chilling cold and took to the streets of Copenhagen last year to protest the intractable stalemate and posturing that characterized the COP15 climate talks. Of those thousands, nearly 2000 were preemptively arrested and detained by Danish police. A Danish ...
• Great White Sharks (10 Friday Photos)
  Photo Credit: protecttheoceans via Flickr For me, sharks, with their beautiful look and power, are one of the most interesting animals. Often, people describe them as a ugly, brutal animals that are dangerous. The other awful case is that some people eat them, which is thousands times more cruel tha ...
• Environmental News: California Chemical Bill, Self ...
  More environmental news from around the internet. Will California Swallow A Poison Pill This Christmas Season? When the author of a landmark piece of green legislation withdraws his support for a program he himself created and demands its withdrawal, it’s a pretty sure sign that industry interests h ...
• Global Warming News: Communicating Climate Science ...
  Global warming news of the week (other than what we reported already). Desertification is Greatest Threat to Planet, Expert Warns Desertification and land degradation is “the greatest environmental challenge of our time” and “a threat to global wellbeing”, according to the UN’s top drylands official ...

Water Quality - WordPress

• Probable carcinogen hexavalent chromium found in d ...
  Probable carcinogen hexavalent chromium found in drinking water of 31 U.S. cities via Probable carci
• Waterdog Training January 10th 2011
  Waterdogs Training Monday, January 10th, 2011 7:00-9:00pm Jersey Shore Middle School Library Registr
• Where does our drinking water come from?
  The City of Mercer Island operates the water distribution system on the island.  But where does the
• Summary Report for Sub-Sea and Sub-Surface Oil and ...
  Operational Science Advisory Team, Unified Area Command; prepared for Paul F. Zukunft, RADM, U. S. C
• Congratulations on the Wetlands Family Day
  Waihola couldn’t have put on better weather for the family  day that the Society held on the 2

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• If Only (Some) Movies Were True by Philip A. Farru ...
  by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 19, 2010 Please remember, this Chris
• Cindy Sheehan: Who amended the Constitution to del ...
  by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbo
• American Hegemony: The Final Outcome By Timothy V. ...
  By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com December 18, 2010 The id
• Central Banking 101: What the Fed Can Do as ‘Lende ...
  by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com December 17, 2010 Image via Wikipedia W
• The New York Times: A Curious Case of Change of He ...
  by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post 17 Decem

Axis of Logic

• BT Brinjal-The new bio-terror in India - Environm ...
  BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS Brinjal, popularly called BT brinjal, is currently in the eye of storm in India. The debate over its safety continues with mixed views from scientists working for the government, bureaucrats, politicians, farmers, and environment activists.   Brinjal has been ...
• Between the Wars - Music and Entertainment
  BETWEEN THE WARS I was a miner I was a docker I was a railway man Between the wars I raised a family In times of austerity With sweat at the foundry Between the wars I paid the union and as times got harder I looked to the government to...
• Seeding Small Business: 5 Ideas from Detroit - Ed ...
  Detroit entrepreneurs are learning to rely on each other, finding the seeds of a new economy in resources discarded by corporate America. A couple of weeks ago I was invited to spend a day in Detroit meeting with local entrepreneurs and sharing ideas for spurring small business development ...
• US drones slaughter 54 in Pakistan - World News
  18 December 2010 A series of CIA drone missile attacks Friday killed at least 54 people in Pakistan’s Khyber tribal region near the Afghanistan border. The attacks came just one day after Washington issued its formal review of US strategy one year after President Barack Obama ordered 30,000 m ...
• Wiki Rebels - Media Critiques
  Swedish Television's Jesper Huor and Bosse Lindquist exclusive rough-cut of first in-depth documentary on WikiLeaks and the people behind it! "From summer 2010 until now, SVT has been following the secretive media organization WikiLeaks and its enigmatic Editor-in-Chief Julian Assange. Reporte ...

They Gave Us a Republic

• The Nightowl Newswrap
  This is usually what happens right before the internal genocide begins. "Incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has demanded that all foreign peacekeepers leave the country immediately, escalating a dispute over last month's presidential election. His spokesperson accused UN and French troop ...
• The real Reason The Right Wants Assange Shut Up?
  I think this kind of thing is what really has corporate panties in a twist and corporate panties in a twist are food and drink for wingers. WikiLeaks Cables: Pfizer Targeted Nigerian Attorney General to Undermine Suit over Fatal Drug Tests Diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks show the pharmaceuti ...
• And then there is the one we lost today
  My children are disappointed today. As happy as they are that Don't Ask, Don't Tell was repealed, they are at least that disappointed that the DREAM Act failed. That is because they are twenty-something. They went to Catholic schools of the more liberal, Jesuit persuasion and they all had two or thr ...
• The Plunge Into Feudalism Has Begun
  One day. �That's how long it took Senate rethuglicans to destroy the few vestiges of economic sanity in the Only Rich People Are Truly Human Tax Cut Bill. Long story short: By reneging on the deal to support the Omnibus Spending Bill that funds the federal government for the next year, Senate rethug ...
• No Surprise, But More Useful Anti-Rethuglican Fact ...
  It won't persuade your Beck/Palin-worshipping relatives, but it might shut them up for a minute or two. From TPM: To perhaps nobody's surprise, a study released this week finds that Fox News viewers are the most misinformed of any news consumers. The University of Maryland study, called "Misinformat ...

Care 2

• Landscape Self Portraits
  Would take a lot of patience to do all by yourself and looks uncomfortable, but have to give him props for originality.Submitted by Milos Popovic to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Tell Michael Vick: Please Don't Get a Dog!
  Michael Vick, professional football player and convicted dog fighting ring operator, recently said that he'd like to own a dog again and that this would be another "big step" in his rehabilitation process. Submitted by Phyllis P. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Mummified Forest Found on Treeless Arctic Island
  An ancient mummified forest, complete with well-preserved logs, leaves, and seedpods, has been discovered deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists say.Submitted by Marty Powell to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Reduce Your Waste and Liven Up Your Garden With Ve ...
  Many of us now recycle as we know this is a great way to keep re-usable material out of the waste stream. With a growing concern over the health of the environment, many want to learn what more they can do to reduce their impact further. Submitted by Ezra D. to Green Lifestyle �|� �Note-it! �|� �Ad ...
• Victory! Obama Signs the Animal Crush Prohibition ...
  On December 9, President Barack Obama signed into law The Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010, which criminalizes the creation, sale, and marketing of videos that depict small animals intentionally being tortured and killed in "crush videos." Submitted by alicia graef to Animals �|� �Note-it ...

Smirking Chimp

• Progressives ruin everything again (also, too, the ...
• Are the Unemployed Lazy George Costanzas Looking F ...
• Lost in the White House
• Negotiating Against America: Why Obama Shouldn't L ...
• Corporate America's Plan to Loot Our Pensions Is t ...

Paul Krugman

• Springtime for Hypocrites
  A great week on the insincerity front.
• They Have Made a Desert
  No production, but the currency is stable!
• Chinese Confusions
  No feasible choices are feasible.
• When Will The Fed Tighten?
  Not for a long, long time.
• Fannie Freddie Forked Tongue
  An awesome commissioner catch.

No Quarter

• “No Labels” Open Thread
  Tonight, we report to you that Obama is playing batchelor, hanging out with LeBron James at the D.C. Wizards v. Miami Heat basketball game (got information from a friend whose friend is “connected” by many threads to the power-brokers in D.C.) … WAIT! HANG ON HERE! I’m seeing a press report that Oba ...
• Obama’s MSM-Bestowed Halo Continues To Slip
  Yes, indeedy, as time goes by, the media is starting to shake off its KoolAide induced haze, and are beginning to see that – SURPRISE – Obama is a (Chicago-style) politician!! Wow! Who knew? Ahem. Many of us did, that’s who. Bernie Goldberg discussed Obama’s Fall from the MSM’s “slobbering love affa ...
• Failed Cote D’Ivoire
  � Am following closely the Graham Greene novel script in Abijan, the largest city in Ivory Coast, features two president, the United Nations peacekeepers from Lebanon (a treat) who are deployed on white-painted APCs around the Golf Hotel. Where the EU-blessed winner of the recent election, Alassane� ...
• Time-Sensitive! On DADT – Some Things to Think Abo ...
  Editor’s Note: We posted the Senate’s phone number last night, via VoteVets.org: “CALL YOUR SENATORS AT             (202) 224-3121      RIGHT NOW.” From Steve Clemons of WashingtonNote.com, who has also just posted “Carl Levin’s Floor Statement on DADT (powerful) at his blog: One of those [gay and lesbian men and wo ...
• Michael Moore Banned in Cuba
  Remember Michael Moore’s SICKO? He pushed the propaganda that Cuban Healthcare was wonderful and the U.S. awful. So this is just the kind of movie that Fidel Castro and his boys would want the Cuban people to see. Right? Wrong! Seems that Fidel does not want the Cuban people to see a “reality” that ...

Environmental Graffiti

• How to Choose Wine with a Natural Cork
  Real Cork Inside is a new program that helps consumers choose natural cork in the wine bottles they buy. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• New Lemur Species Discovered in Madagascar
  This October there was a wonderful discovery in Madagascar when a new lemur species was discovered. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• 7 Bizarre Foods that Involve Eating Live Animals
  Humans are well-known for their inhumane eating habits, consuming their food while the animal served is still alive. Read more... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Pandemic of 1917
  It was not long ago that humans experienced the greatest pandemic ever known. Ironically, in spite of more deaths than could be counted, few today know much, if anything read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the art ...
• Python Constricts and Swallows Mouse Whole
  Keeping a steady eye on its victim, the snake slithered quietly closer before, in one swift move, winding itself around the unsuspecting mouse. See the full drama unfold. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the art ...

Foreign Policy in Focus

• Cynical Maneuvering by Democratic Leaders Quashes ...
  Democrats push through yet another anti-Palestinian resolution.
• WikiLeaks XXIII: Torture Cables Undermine India's ...
  India's liberal bona fides aren't as impeccable as India would like the world to believe.
• It's True: Sweden Was Too Good to Be True
  Sweden suffers its first suicide bombing.
• Richard Holbrooke: A Statesman's Statesman -- if Y ...
  When it came to realpolitik, he could make Henry Kissinger look like a liberal.
• WikiLeaks XXII: Once a Beacon of Freedom to Africa ...
  Drug enforcement in Ghana targets only the small dealers.

Global Elite

• Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K Gov ...
  Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will be c ...
• President European Commission Advocated World Gove ...
  Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International Affa ...
• Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current C ...
  Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the d ...
• Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a G ...
  Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare progr ...
• Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
  Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’s p ...

Al Jazeera

• Blizzards disrupt travel in Europe
  Shivering drivers stranded in cars and flights in Britain, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands affected.
• Iran set for fuel hike backlash
  Police guard petrol stations as subsidies are gradually lifted to bring prices up to international levels.
• Venezuela and US in row over envoy
  Chavez warns that rejected US envoy will be detained and deported if he arrives in the South American country.
• China-Pakistan bonds strengthened
  Chinese leader urges international community to recognise Pakistan's contribution in fighting extremism.
• Openly gay US soldiers can fight
  In a landmark victory for gay rights, openly gay soldiers, sailors and airforce men and women can now fight for America.

Green Inc. - NYT

• A Fake vs. a Real Tree
  The freshly cut pine-scent-and-sap variety may be a better environmental choice.
• Tax Cuts for Energy, Too
  The tax package includes an extension for renewable energy grants and a tax credit for ethanol producers.
• A Stealth Camera That Captures Big Cats
  Frustrated with the slowness of conventional hunting cameras, scientists found a benefactor who engineered a solution.
• An Efficient Way to Play Madden Football
  Playing Madden NFL 11, the popular EA Sports video game, consumes roughly six times more electricity on the Sony PlayStation 3 and the Microsoft Xbox 360 than on the Nintendo Wii, according to engineers who carried out a study.
• Climate Questions and Fox News
  The media watchdog Media Matters cites an e-mail from an editor cautioning reporters not to say that the planet has warmed without adding that the relevant data has been called into question.

Dot Earth News

• Pondering a Polar Predator in Retreat
  Facilitating a strategic retreat for an ice-loving bear in a warming world.
• 'Prudent Vigilance' Sought On Synthetic Life
  A presidential commission gives a cautious green light to commercial work programming the genetic code for self-replicating organisms.
• U.S. Energy Choices and Global Climate Plans
  A new forecast of American energy choices reveals opportunities and challenges ahead.
• An Energy Menu That Works for the Long Haul
  What will it take to end America's long bipartisan slumber party on energy innovation?
• Beyond Political Science
  Two views on how to overcome paralyzing political divisions on climate and other issues framed by science.

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• Metrodome collapse new video closeups panels rippi ...
  Is it Metrodome or Metropolis? No one was injured fortunately. New video closeups from the surveillance cameras posted - its a pretty clear sign of collapse eh? Part 1: Part 2 The damage could block DNC 2012, sure to cheer opponents of the convention. In a satirical press release Nature took credi ...
• A New Week of Link Dump: Gnosis Whacks Gawker; Fed ...
  Before Wikileaks there wuz Hyperlinks: Lots of em. Let's lead off with the best thing in America: Prisoners Strike in Georgia - NYTimes.com. GO CHAMPS! Day 3 of Historic Prison Strike in Georgia-Blacked out By Media-Guards committing Violence Anyone can have a Tumbr hit! kim jong-il looking at thing ...
• CIA Aircraft Shell Companies; FAA notices 119,000 ...
  via Evergreen B747 Supertanker�� : The World�s Fastest, Largest Aerial Firefighting And Multi-Use Application Vehicle Going back to 2005:C.I.A. Expanding Terror Battle Under Guise of Charter Flights - New York Times While posing as a private charter outfit - "aircraft rental wi ...
• New Hong Videos! Including Today's Blizzard People ...
  Adventures today in the Minneapolis blizzard including snowshoes! I posted an uncut snippet I shot at the Pittsburgh G20 with some nice interviews as riot police from Palm Beach County mass up for crackdowns, gassing and overall uselessness. Part of this was used in 'Democracy 101'. Just a few ...
• Mort Zuckerman, Charter Member of Generation of Sw ...
  I've noticed that the shadiest old men of the Establishment frequently make political arguments that boil down to 'GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS'. For example, the corrupt paleo-reaganite federal judge in Minnesota who tossed the Shepard Road RNC lawsuit said he didn't care about illegal government ...

Daily Censored

• Truth Telling and the End of Democracy
  by Michael I. Niman, Perhaps the biggest revelation to come out of the Wikileaks story doesn’t emanate from leaked documents themselves but from the Obama administration’s reaction to the leaks—a reaction that bares a disdain for democracy and a free press naked for the world to see. The “leaked cab ...
• The Systematic Propulsion of the Patriotic Agenda ...
  By Shah Baig By the end of World War II, 90% of the casualties of war are unarmed, innocent civilians (Adam Roberts Survival: Global Politics and Strategy, vol. 52, no. 3, June–July 2010, pp. 115–136). This statistic has been  ignored by the media and the government of the United States to support t ...
• Fire Teachers, Reappoint Rhee!: Legend of the Fall ...
  After announcing that U.S. education is a complete failure, unlike the Golden Era of the 1950s, on The Colbert Report , former DC chancellor Michelle Rhee has brought her celebrity crisis tour to CNN where she charged, once again, that public education is a failure based on recent PISA scores, ranke ...
• Mighty Bernie has struck out. We’re on our own
  Michael Collins An effective movement for real change should express the positive values of the vast majority. Of fundamental importance, it requires citizens who trust elected and appointed official only while those officials prove their fidelity to the peoples’ interests and the laws of the land. ...
• Chicago’s Mayor Daley says let pension funds go ba ...
  Speaking on a Global Metro Summit panel at the University of Illinois-Chicago with Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Daley appeared to indicate that allowing the pensions to go bankrupt so they could be reorganized was something he believes could happen. “ ...

AlterNet's Breaking News

• New Mexico governor urges N.Korean 'restraint'
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Institute for Policy Studies

• Recklessness with Nuclear Waste
  Hanford remains one of the most contaminated zones in the western Hemisphere.
• Lighting the Terrorist Fuse
  Is the FBI fighting terrorism or encouraging it?
• The Lineup: Week of December 13-19, 2010
  Anupama Joshi and Robert Gottlieb weigh in on the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act while Donald Kaul offers his take on Obama's controversial deal with the GOP on the Bush tax cuts.
• Toxic CEO Pay Story
  For a new generation of Angelo Mozilo wannabes, the sky is still the limit.
• Cancun, Climate Change, and Congress
  IPS Fellow Daphne Wysham talks climate on The Real News.

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

• ANOTHER VIEW: Where have America’s middle-cl ...
  By Tracy Emblem – For the North County Times American businesses earned profits at an annual rate of $1.659 trillion in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report. These profits are the ...
• PDA Weekly Field Report 11/30/10 – 12/10/10
  Tip: Make sure to let your teams know that they can see what Issue Organizing Team’s they belong to or join new ones by clicking on the “Update your Profile” link at the bottom of ...
• Support PDA with Your Holiday Shopping!
  Support PDA with Your Holiday Shopping! PDA’ers, Do you know that wearing a hat can help you reduce your carbon footprint? People lose heat through the exposed parts of the body, so wearing a soft knit skull-cap ...
• Video: RNN – Will Progressive Democrats in ...
  Donna Smith: Social Security benefits are under attack and concern is whether the “man in the White House” will fight back More at The Real News
• Video: Rep. Jan Schakowsky on the Deficit Commiss ...

Marler Blog

• It has been 14 months since we filed a Petition wi ...
  On the long flight home from D.C., as I was thinking about what appears to be the lost battle over new Food Safety legislation, I was also thinking about what I can do personally to make our food supply safer, and I thought that it has been over a year since we filed the Petition for an Interpretive ...
• With 15 raw milk cheese outbreaks or recalls in 20 ...
  It has been a busy year for outbreaks related to milk or cheese - mostly raw - See, "Outbreaks, illnesses and recalls linked to raw (unpasteurized) and pasteurized dairy products, United States, 2010 (through December 18, 2010)."  The last several raw milk cheese outbreaks (see below), prompted me t ...
• Food Safety Bill Still on Life Support?
  It is Saturday morning and I am watching and listening to the ongoing debate on the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal which seems like it might pass. The “Dream Act” on the other hand seems like it will not overcome a Republican filibuster, and then there is the pesky thing called “START” – Senator Ky ...
• Jimmy Johns and Sprouts - Again - This time Illino ...
  According to Chicago area press, a salmonella outbreak is being investigated after illnesses were reported in Will County and eight other Illinois counties, a state health agency said in a news release Friday.  The Illinois Department of Public Health is investigating the salmonella outbreak. Many p ...
• Sally Jackson Raw Milk Cheese Distribution List fo ...
  Whole Foods, (GTN) (RSQ) (PRN), Great Ciao, Provista Specialty Foods Inc., Ideal Cheese, Aniate Cheese, Cavanioles Gourmet, Marion St. Cheese Market, The Herbfarm, Tomales Bay Foods, Farmstead Inc., Quality Cheese, Rays Boathouse, Savout, Kirkland Met Market, The Cheese Shop, Madison Market, Di Brun ...

AutoblogGreen

• AutoblogGreen for 12.17.10
  A visit to Think City's electric car U.S. production plant in Eklhard, Indiana Who's ready for an EV madeo. in the U.S.? First Nissan Leaf owner sums up his drive time Choice quote: "Yesterd ...
• AutoblogGreen for 12.16.10
  On the irrationality of buying a plug-in vehicle Why buying an EV is ca-razy. Ford's retooled Michigan Assembly ready to build electrics, hybrids and more It's like a Swiss Army plant. ...
• Report: Nissan, Mitsubishi will work together on s ...
  Filed under: Mitsubishi, Nissan, Electric Following reports that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) will open a new, efficient global small car plant in Thailand, rumors that MMC and Nissan are talking about a 50-50 joint company in 2011 are a lot more interesting. Automotive News is reporting t ...
• AutoblogGreen for 12.15.10
  Better Place CEO: "Biggest obstacle to electric cars is auto industry" Technology, schmenology. NASCAR buddies up to ethanol for 2011 season Will the stands smell of corn? ...
• AutoblogGreen for 12.14.10
  GM CEO: Toyota Prius is a "geek-mobile" that "I wouldn't be caught dead in" Jealous much? Note to Akerson: Two milion-plus who have bought a Prius. Just FYI. CR: Toyota Prius a better buy than Chevy Volt, ...

Rafe's Radar

• Cash is dead, says Dwolla
  Can an Iowa-based start-up undercut PayPal--and credit cards--by charging only a 25-cent-per-transaction fee?
• Oodle goes after Craigslist with social classified ...
  The company that runs the Facebook Marketplace is exporting its technology to the open Web.
• Avaak still trying to crack home Webcam market
  New version of ultra-small Internet-connected monitor camera finally gets motion sensor.
• Life in the Chromeosphere
  The hardware isn't ready and the OS is still beta, but Chrome OS notebooks look poised to steal the Netbook market from Microsoft.
• DivX plug-in does Flash video better than Adobe
  Add-on to Adobe's own add-on uses graphic processor and better software to play video with less CPU overhead.

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!

• Meet our 100,000th Facebook Fan: Barunesh Chandra
  Barunesh Chandra says it was through his interest in the Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy that led him to Democracy Now!, after finding the interview Amy Goodman conducted with Roy on the conflict in Kashmir several months ago on the Internet. âI am a big fan of Arundhati ⦠I fi ...
• ‘Assangination’: From Character Assassination to t ...
  Despite being granted bail, WikiLeaks founder and editor Julian Assange remains imprisoned in London, awaiting extradition proceedings to answer a prosecutor’s questions in Sweden. He hasn’t been formally charged with any crime. His lawyers have heard that a grand jury in the United States has been ...
• Video: UN Guards Beat Reuters Photographer At Canc ...
  Democracy Now! videotaped UN security guards Friday beating a Reuters photographer who was arrested while covering a protest at the UN climate conference in Cancun. Guards seized Jorge Silva’s press credentials and then beat him while he was detained on a bus. The incident sparked a pro ...
• Amy Goodman Appears on al-Jazeera English Live fro ...
  As the Global Climate Talks in Mexico enter their final day, Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman is interviewed on al-Jazeera English to give a report on the progress of negotiations.
• Global Children's Campaign to Climate Delegates: S ...
  This years UN climate change conference has attracted many children from around the world. In Cancún, Mexico, Democracy Now! had the chance to speak with two children from the youth-led group Plant-for-the-Planet. "Click Here for Full Cancún Climate Summit Coverage."http://www.democracynow.org/ta ...

Digg Green

• Periodic Table Gets Historic Update
  The new atomic weights of hydrogen, lithium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, silicon, sulfur, chlorine and thallium will more accurately reflect how those elements occur in nature.
• How the Repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Cou ...
  Differences in homosexual brains suggest that gay soldiers might make for a sharper fighting force.
• Researchers Find Oxygen Rose by 18% 550 Milli ...
  Researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered a clue that may help to explain why the earliest evidence of complex multicellular animal life appears around 550 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels on the planet rose sharply from 3% to their modern day level of 21%.
• Did Monster 'Dark Stars' Spawn the Supermassi ...
  Dark matter not only had a role to play in fueling early stars, it may have created "dark stars" so massive that they went on to spawn super massive black holes found at the cores of the one trillion galaxies estimated to populate the universe according to new research headed by Katherine Frees ...
• At 95, inventor of the laser has no plans for ...
  This year marks the 50th birthday of the laser. In 1960, a patent for it was issued to a team headed by Charles Townes, at Bell Labs. This year is also Townes' 95th birthday. Yet the father of this technology still goes to work every day at UC Berkeley to work with lasers.

Invisible Opportunity

• A Transmission from the Invisible Planes
  If your idea of loving someone is to give them things in place of the love, you’re going to have a front row seat through the years to what that policy accomplishes. In the age of black materialism you’re going to find all kinds of people who insist that you should give them things, because [...]
• Global Warming Causes Kidney Stones
  You really couldn’t make this stuff up! Kidney stones are one of the most painful urological disorders. They’re also one of the most common. One in 10 people will experience the pain of passing a kidney stone at some point in their lives. New research says where you live may put you at higher risk [ ...
• Is Your Doctor Being Paid and Manipulated by the D ...
  By Dr. Mercola Many people are still completely unaware of the many ways in which they are being manipulated into taking dangerous and unnecessary drugs. There’s the $5 billion direct-to-consumer marketing, of course, which is rather obvious. But physicians also play a major role, and the manipulati ...
• ‘Israel involved in Kosovo organ trade&#8217 ...
  Jonathan Ratel, who serves in Kosovo as part of the EU’s rule of law mission, has announced that the seven suspected Kosovons working as physicians for a clinic called Medicus in the capital, Pristina, belong to an international network that trades in the organs of people suffering from extreme pove ...
• US lies about Flight 253 “crotch bomber&#822 ...
  The US government who lied for wars in other resource-rich countries are lying about what happened on Delta Flight 253 with an alleged underwear/crotch bomber. Below is a summary of facts reported at this time… Before the flight to the US: * Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab traveled to Yemen to meet with â ...

Global Insights

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

AlterNet - DrugReporter

• President Obama More Tightfisted With Clemencies T ...
  It would be a travesty for President Obama to lag behind President Bush when it comes to helping reunite families in time for the holidays.
• The War on Drugs Is a War on Poor People
  America doesn't have a drug problem. It has a poverty problem. Policy reform -- as salutary as it often is, and like the drug war before it -- risks mistaking symptom for cause.
• Marijuana Has Rocked the West Coast, And Now New E ...
  The political landscape for pot in the Northeast is changing dramatically, with bright prospects in many states.
• U.S. Drug Czar Learns Wrong Lesson From Teen Drug ...
  Study makes it clear that clear that education and regulatory restrictions are more effective than prohibition and criminalization, but the drug czar draws the wrong conclusions.
• Nice People Use Drugs
  New campaign pushes for an honest discussion of and approach to drug use in our society.

Twilight Earth

• WTF?! EPA Says RIP to Bee’s.
  EPA knowingly OK’s Bayer’s bee-killing pesticide. Related Links: The full Grist article whose text is in the cartoon. Wik-Bee Leaks: EPA Document Shows It Knowingly Allowed Pesticide That Kills Honey Bees The Bayer Kills Bees! website. (They also kill democracy!) Yep, that’s Bee from the environment ...
• Bears Protest to Save Nude Supermodels
  EARTH has PETA’s back. Keeley Hazell: Donât Wear Fur (PETA, NSFW) Naked protest against fur coats in Barcelona PETA Celebrates National Topless Day …Speaking of nudity, my last nude (sasquatch) cartoon Visit the rest of Joe’s environmental cartoons on JoeMohrToons.com. And follow him on Twitte ...
• Climate Change Conference, Cancun Style! (cartoon)
  Will Cancun be more productive than Copenhagen? The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change takes place in Cancun until December, 10. I imagine a lot of productive days discussing much needed change… Not! (I am bringing back “Not!”–who’s with me?!) More on the UNFCCC Cancún Climat ...
• Canned Spinach Killing Popeye! (cartoon)
  More on BPA… BPA Ban Blocked from Food Safety Bill Bisphenol A linked to diabetes, heart disease in humans BPA wikipedia site …and E. coli Long-Term Effects of E-Coli Food Poisoning Ground Beef: The Cartoon View all of Joeâs political/environmental cartoonery at JoeMohrToons.com Updates on T ...
• Frankenfish Worried About the Future of GMOceans ( ...
  Take action to keep GE salmon (”Frankenfish”) off your plate, because as Food and Water Watch state: Genetically engineered salmon are on a fast track to being the first GE Animal approved for human consumption. The FDA is trying to approve GE salmon as a new animal drug, but the truth is U.S. Food ...

Inhabitat

• 6 Ways to Measure Your Audience Using Analytics To ...
  Anyone will tell you that one of the keys to running a successful business is creating a website that can effectively market your product or service. But have you ever considered the importance of website analytics? Online analytics are essential tools when it comes to understanding your customer ba ...
• HOW TO: Green Your Christmas Tree
  Christmas trees are one of the most enjoyable traditions of the holiday season, and there are lots of easy ways to go green with your Christmas tree: from using living potted Christmas trees, to recycled cardboard trees, to buying LED Xmas lights. After weighing the choices every December for years, ...
• Towering Holiday Tree Made of 86 Shopping Carts
  Read the rest of Towering Holiday Tree Made of 86 Shopping Cartshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Anthony Schmitt, eco christmas tree, eco-art, ...
• Inhabitat’s 2010 Green Holiday Gift Guide
  Last chance to get your online shopping done – we can help! Still searching for the perfect green gifts for the loved ones on your list? If you’re shopping online, this is your last weekend to get your orders in in time for the holidays. Luckily for you, our entire editorial team scoured the interwe ...
• 5 Creative Apps for Kids on the Go
  Providing your children with the right tools to develop their creativity from the offset is a gesture that has the potential to transform their future. But if you’re a parent who struggles with pulling their kid away from all of today’s electronic stimuli – more likely to hinder than father inspirat ...

Pogue's Posts

• Phone Service Out? Call Customer Service, Of Cours ...
  A reader shares an exchange she had with Qwest customer service.
• Amazon Provides a Dose of Humor
  Some of the best laughs on the Internet come from Amazon reader reviews.
• Here's a Thought: Rollover Megabytes
  A Twitter follower comes up with a good idea: rollover megabytes for data on cellphones, like rollover minutes.
• Gorilla Glass, the Smartphone's Unsung Hero
  People carry their phones around in pockets with keys and change. People drop these things, toss them, scrape them. Why on earth don't they get totally scratched up?
• A Happy Holidays Songfest
  An update of David Pogue's holiday song parodies.

WIRED Magazine | Science

• Video: New X-ray Camera Sees Through Melting Metal
  runMobileCompatibilityScript('myExperience714586424001', 'anId');brightcove.createExperiences(); A new high-speed X-ray video camera, now the fastest in the world, can see through molten metal and watch weld-weakening flaws form in real-time. The $670 ...
• Missing Black Holes Cause Trouble for String Theor ...
  By John Timmer, Ars Technica The results continue to pour out of the LHC’s first production run. This week, the folks behind the CMS detector have announced the submission of a paper to Physics Letters that describes a test of some forms of string theory. If this form of the theory were [...]
• Opportunity Rover Finds Fresh Crater on Mars
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Mars rover Opportunity has just rolled up to a fresh new crater that could hold clues to when and why Mars dried up. This image was downloaded from Opportunity at 10 am Pacific time on Dec. 15 and presented in a press conference at the American Geophysical Union meeting Dec. 16. ...
• DIY Biotech Hacker Space Opens in NYC
  A cadre of science entrepreneurs recently opened Genspace, the world's first government-compliant community biotech laboratory. The bedroom-sized facility was two years in the making and, for a $100-per-month membership, anyone can use the space for whatever experiments they dream up.
• Cultural Evolution Could Be Studied in Google Book ...
  Google’s massive trove of scanned books could be useful for researchers studying the evolution of culture. In a paper published Dec. 16 in Science, researchers turned part of that vast textual corpus into a 500-billion-word database in which the frequency of words can be measured over time and spac ...

PakAlert

• Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura: 9/11 Pentago ...
  TV host, Jesse Ventura, former Navy Seal, former Governor of Minnesota, on a one hour documentary on prime-time American television, makes an open and shut criminal case tying Cheney, Rumsfeld and officials throughout the US government with complicity in the planning, execution and subsequent cover- ...
• Western Forces buildup for Korean Attack
  Four Multi-role Frigates and two air defense destroyers from Canada will meet up with an undisclosed contingent of Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy vessels for what is assumed to be preparations for action on the Korean Peninsula. The UK, Canada and Australia have some 90 Fast-Attack aircraft th ...
• Globalists Can Win Cyber War, But Not Information ...
  The establishment has been desperately trying to implement legal control over the Internet. They're attacking freedom of speech and the open Internet from all angles; through government tools, corporate methods, and even the courts. All three of these methods are converging in the WikiLeaks case, bu ...
• Is AIPAC a Hex on America?
  I hope that's some food for thought. One can't help but correlate AIPAC's logo with their intrusive, entangling mission which they have very effectively foisted on the American people. Don't be fooled by the onslaught of propaganda designed to divert your attention from obvious facts. The other dime ...
• How the Animated Series G.I. Joe Predicted Today’s ...
  G.I. Joe is an iconic cartoon TV show that marked an entire generation of young boys during the 80s. Most fans still recall the main characters and the epic gun fights. But what about the storyline? A look at the TV series in today’s context is quite a strange experience: Many of Cobra’s “far-out” p ...

Andy Worthington

• Tell the UK and US Governments We Need A Deadline ...
  From the Save Shaker Aamer Campaign, based in the home borough of Shaker Aamer, the last British resident in Guantánamo Bay, comes news of the latest information regarding Shaker’s return from Guantánamo, via an exchange in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Anas Sarwar, the Labour MP for Glasgow Ce ...
• Summoning Up the Spirit of Ronnie Lane: The Triump ...
  Those of you who know me as the world’s most incessant commentator on Guantánamo and related issues in the “War on Terror” — or, of late, as a fierce opponent of the coalition government’s plans to butcher the British state — may be surprised to find me writing a music review, but back in 2005, [.. ...
• Video: 15-Year Old Tells UK Government Why It Has ...
  As the last legislative hurdle to the government’s savage cuts to university funding fell in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening, the determination of Britain’s young people to resist the plans to raise tuition fees from £3,290 a year to £9,000 a year, and to cut 100 percent of the funding to ar ...
• Ten Thoughts About Julian Assange and WikiLeaks
  1. Since its founding in December 2006, WikiLeaks, which was established as, essentially, a secure information clearing house for whistleblowers around the world to provide sensitive information, some of which would then be released to the public, and which was reportedly set up by “Chinese disside ...
• Guantánamo: A Dismal Week for America
  Just when it seemed that President Obama’s paralysis regarding Guantánamo couldn’t get any worse — with any further trials or prisoner releases apparently on permanent hold because any other course of action would be politically inconvenient — the House of Representatives and the Director of Nation ...

Environment _ National Geographic

• Mummified Forest Found on Treeless Arctic Island
  "Surreal" remnants of a prehistoric forest have been discovered on a now treeless island in the Canadian Arctic.
• Best Pictures: Nat Geo Photo Contest Winners, 2010
  NoneFrom a charging buffalo to an erupting volcano—see the winning pictures of the 2010 National Geographic Photo Contest.
• New Oil—and a Huge Challenge—for Ghana
  The massive Jubilee field begins producing oil this week, but with revenue from the site come concerns about the risk of corruption and environmental compromise.
• Presented By:
• Pictures: Seven Supergreen U.S. Government Buildin ...
  NoneA subterranean labyrinth in the Rockies, breathing curtain walls by San Francisco Bay, and a Manhattan sky park highlight the U.S. government's drive to cut down its prodigious use of energy.

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

• Party like it's Orwell's 1984
  This summer, I read George Orwell’s paranoid dystopia novel, 1984. I have no idea how I managed to graduate from high school, let along college, without reading it, but, there you go. (And, all literary genius aside, I’m so glad I wasn’t friends with Orwell. Somehow I doubt he was ever the life o ...
• Landmark Ruling Last Week that YOU may not have he ...
  Zach Carter takes note of recent ruling in a case that shows pretty clearly how the banks, not just Wells Fargo BUT all banks, purposely rigged their overdraft system against you: Wells Fargo Overdraft Scam Makes Elizabeth Warren More Important Than EverA landmark court ruling on Wells Fargo's out ...
• Throwing a Real Tea Party
  Funny or Die pretty much sums up what we are dealing with when we talk about the Tea Party: A slightly misogynist message (Probably a bit NSFW, too) to another aspect of the Tea Party that we have to deal with below... Passed around on Facebook... Composer By:Ben Schmit
• Tales From The Crypt - Tax Cuts and Bond Markets E ...
  Markets screeched in horror at the mere mention of conservative ideas like tax cuts, a GOP "free market" and glibertarian favorite stump speech talking point that should be laid to rest permanently: For the past several months, we've been told by various Serious People that European governments wer ...
• Reaganing - Even Liberals will Drink to This!
  For a little levity during this political season, watch the 30 Rock episode titled "Reaganing." If you don't have access via on-demand, check it out: http://www.nbc.com/30-rock/video/reaganing/1255493\ There are tons of laughs, but the jelly bean bit will make any politico crack up! Enjoy...

SPL Center

• A Poll of Their Own: Family Research Council Takes ...
  Tony Perkins, president of the anti-gay Family Research Council (FRC), was on the attack again today. In a live event broadcast from the FRC political arm’s website, Perkins announced that a new FRC poll had found that almost 63% of “active duty and retired military families oppose overturning the p ...
• AFA’s Fischer Recycles Lies in Support of Anti-Gay ...
  For those who perpetrate lies about gays and lesbians, old habits are apparently hard to break. Bryan Fischer, the American Family Association’s loquacious director of issue analysis for government and public policy, responded on Nov. 26 to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s publication a few days ea ...
• Arkansas House Speaker Salutes Failed Racist Candi ...
  Outspoken white racist Billy Roper, the neo-Nazi founder of White Revolution and former deputy outreach coordinator at the now-defunct National Alliance (NA), failed miserably Nov. 2 as a write-in candidate for governor of Arkansas. But he did get a nice consolation prize: a letter from the speaker ...
• White Revolution Chief Seeks Kinder, Gentler Ode t ...
  In the ranks of white supremacists, Dec. 8 is a day of celebration. But being who they are, racist skinheads and other neo-Nazis generally treat what they call Martyr’s Day — an event meant to honor those who have died for the cause of white nationalism — as just another excuse for a beer-swilling, ...
• Founding Fathers on Facebook Hijacked by the Radic ...
  The Founding Fathers as white racist poster boys? Do a Facebook page search of the name Thomas Jefferson, and the very first listing that will appear is Thomas Jefferson â American. You can click to join 11,753 people who âlikeâ the page. Well, congratulations. You just signed onto fan pages sponsor ...

change: org.

• Admiral Mike Mullen: We Will Be a Better Military ...
  What a historic day for gay rights. Mark it down: December 18, 2010: the day "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" started to take its last breaths. This afternoon, a bipartisan majority in the U.S. Senate voted for legislation that would give the President and Pentagon the power to repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, ...
• Community Voices Opposition to Colton Police Dept. ...
  Fifty-five miles east of Los Angeles, sits Colton, CA, a city with a Hispanic population of nearly 70%. But just because this city of 50,000 is heavily Latino doesn’t mean that it’s a place where Latino immigrants feel welcome. In fact, they accuse the police there of racially profiling, harassing, ...
• U.S. Senate Advances Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't T ...
  For the past 17 years, the United States has kicked out nearly 14,000 soldiers from the U.S. military because of a policy known as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” Under that policy, soldiers who were gay, bisexual or lesbian were discharged from the military, and tens of thousands of gay recruits have been ...
• Nicole Richie's Wedding is No Place for an Elephan ...
  Gossip web sites have been abuzz this week over the fact that Nicole Richie, who married Joel Madden last weekend, failed to include her once-BFF Paris Hilton on the guest list. But that’s not the particular elephant in the room that concerned PETA and animal welfare advocates. They didn’t understan ...
• Sisters in Islam Campaign to End Child Marriage
  Did you know that in Malaysia over 16,ooo children are married before they turn 15? Activist group Sisters in Islam did, and they want to put a stop to it. As Amanda Kloer over at the Human Trafficking section of Change.org reports, the group is working hard to have the legal marriage age there rais ...

Common Dreams -News

• Senate Votes 63-33 to Advance Repeal of "Don't Ask ...
  by Jane HamsherUPDATE: Senate Votes 63-33 to Advance Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"UPDATE: A procedural vote in the Senate for the DREAM Act has failed. 55 Senators voted for the measure, with 41 voting against, falling short of the necessary votes to overcome a filibuster.�read more
• Bank of America Cuts Off WikiLeaks Payments
  by Rick RothackerBank of America Corp. Friday evening said it was joining other financial institutions in declining to process payments intended for WikiLeaks.WikiLeaks has gained attention in recent months for revealing Pentagon and State Department secrets. Founder Julian Assange has also said he ...
• WikiLeaks Cables Detail Fidel Castro's Doomed Love ...
  by Rory CarrollBarack and Fidel: like so many great love affairs it was doomed. But memory of the passion, or at least infatuation, lingers.Having seen off 10 US presidents - all committed to his assassination, overthrow or isolation - Fidel Castro had more reason than most to beware the occupant of ...
• Journalists at Pentagon Daily Barred from WikiLeak ...
  The Pentagon has banned journalists with the popular defense daily Stars and Stripes from consulting leaked diplomatic cables published by WikiLeaks, prompting charges of censorship."The editorial independence of Stars and Stripes and its readers' right to news free of censorship are being threatene ...
• Italian Court Ups Sentences for 23 CIA Agents
  ROME - An Italian court on Wednesday upped the sentences for 23 CIA agents convicted in absentia of abducting an Egyptian imam in one of the biggest cases against the US "extraordinary rendition" program.The 23 CIA agents, originally sentenced in November 2009 to five to eight years in prison, had t ...

Lifehacker

• This Week's Top Downloads [Download Roundup]
  Microsoft Security Essentials 2 Released, Still the Best Darn Antivirus Around (Windows) We've learned to stop worrying about antivirus software since Microsoft released their great Microsoft Security Essentials suite, but today it gets even better, improving Windows Firewall integr ...
• XBMC Updates to 10.0 Dharma, Rocks Awesome Add-on ...
  Windows/Mac/Linux: XBMC, the awesome open-source and highly-customizable media center, updates to XBMC 10.0 Dharma today with some serious changes under the hood—including an absolutely awesome upgrade to the add-on framework. More » ...
• DIY Washing Detergent Saves You Cash Redux
  If you saw the DIY laundry soap recipe we shared and were dubious if it was worth the effort to save a few bucks, this video shows you all the steps so you can decide for yourself if it's worthwhile. More��
• Hack LED Christmas Lights to Serve as IM Indicator ...
  Modern LED Christmas lights have gotten downright advanced compared to their analog and incandescent forefathers. If you were intrigued by our last Christmas light hack but were holding out for more functionality, this lights-as-IM-status-indi ...
• Lenshero Catalogs Camera Lenses for Easy Compariso ...
  Lenses, even those of the budget variety, aren't cheap. Lenshero catalogs lens of all shapes and sizes, along with reviews and ratings, to help you find the best lens for your needs and your budget. More��

Water Privatization

• P.E.I. needs to protect its public water: report
  The Council of Canadians is calling on the P.E.I. government to take a stand to protect the Island's public water and sanitation services.
• Canada-EU Trade Talks Put Canada's Water Up for Sa ...
  OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 16, 2010) - Canada's already challenged public water systems are under threat from a broad free trade agreement being negotiated by Canada and the European Union (EU). A new report released today, Public Water for Sale: How Canada will privatize our public water s ...
• Research and Markets: GCC Power & Water Desalinati ...
  Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "GCC Power & Water Desalination Industry Overview 2010" report to their offering.
• Sparkling or flat? Sustainability book club says, ...
  Two weeks ago, the Macalester College Sustainability Book Club met over sandwiches and tap water to discuss Elizabeth Royte's latest book, "Bottlemania: How Water Went on Sale and Why We Bought It." In "Bottlemania," Royte -- a veteran environmental writer who previously authored "Garbage Land" and ...
• Gov’t to rehab Agus-Pulangi at a cost of P3 billio ...
  The government plans to rehabilitate the Agus-Pulangi hydropower projects in Mindanao instead of pushing for its privatization

Guardian

• I let my kids go on reality TV ... why?
  Alice Douglas's children have spent much of the year competing in high-profile television talent shows. They say they have benefited from the experience but, she asks, was she right to expose them to the glare of celebrity at such a young age?One day in May this year, Hero, my 11-year-old daughter � ...
• 'It's genius, evil genius'
  Bill Bailey has been described as the world's seventh greatest comedian. But he's a lot better than that. Who else could make inverse femtobarns (look it up) funny?Oh dear, I seem to have pulled off Bill Bailey's knob. "You've been in the gym too much," says a man working outside the comedian's prod ...
• Senate votes to allow openly gay soldiers in US mi ...
  'Don't ask, don't tell' overturned by 65-31 majority in Senate, paving way for Obama to sign a law ending the policy this weekThe US Senate voted yesterday to repeal the ban on gay people serving openly in the military, paving the way for President Obama to sign a law ending the policy this week.How ...
• Julian Assange furore deepens
  Bitter divisions open up between supporters and critics of WikiLeaks leader in wake of fresh claims by Swedish womenAs fresh snow erases the traces of Friday's scrum of camera crews from the elegant lawns of a Georgian mansion in East Anglia, inside Ellingham Hall Julian Assange is considering his n ...
• PM ally: we want to unleash 'chaos'
  Key ally of David Cameron embarrasses coalition with statement that central planning of services is ineffective Watch the full video of the debate hereA key member of David Cameron's inner circle was at the centre of controversy tonight after he was filmed stating that the prime minister and his de ...

McClatchey

• Washington state to get another seat in House - ma ...
  WASHINGTON — Washington state is expected to pick up an additional congressional seat when the Census Bureau announces the latest population figures Tuesday, adding to its clout in the nation's capital.
• S.C.'s likely new congressional seat mixed blessin ...
  WASHINGTON — Rep.-elect Tim Scott hasn't even taken office, yet the North Charleston Republican knows that he's already a marked man.
• Gates statement hailing 'don't ask, don't tell' re ...
  The Department of Defense issued the following statement Saturday after the Senate voted to overturn the long ban on gays serving openly in the U.S. military.
• DREAM Act comes to an end in Senate
  WASHINGTON — The Senate killed a bill Saturday that would've provided a conditional path to citizenship for the children of illegal immigrants in a vote that highlighted the dim prospects of getting a comprehensive overhaul of the nation's immigration laws through Congress over the next two years.
• Ex-Argentine police officer accused of torture get ...
  MIAMI -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have deported Juan Miguel M�ndez to Argentina, where he was wanted for alleged involvement in the torture and killing of dissidents in at least two clandestine detention centers during the 1973-1983 "dirty war," according to an ICE statement.

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

• Cancun: The chihuahua that roared
  �From the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico: If Copenhagen was the Great Dane that whimpered, Cancun has been the chihuahua that roared. And what a surprise it was. Before the summit, expectations were so low that simply keeping the UN show on the road was all many observers (and some players) ...
• The chihuahua that roared
  From the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico: If Copenhagen was the Great Dane that whimpered, Cancun has been the chihuahua that roared. And what a surprise it was. Before the summit, expectations were so low that simply keeping the UN show on the road was all many observers (and some players) ...
• Time to get down to [business] at Cancun
  From the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico: I've been rifling through the main documents that delegations are discussing here, with a view to finding out how far they have to travel if they're to leave here clutching a piece of paper more meaningful than a plane ticket. There are two key document ...
• Unlikely marriage powers ahead
  From the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico: No-one here really wants to be doom-laden about it, but it's a reality that more and more are having to face: the UN climate process could be grinding to a halt. Researchers from Scotland will look at the potential of marine energy in the Maldives If t ...
• 'Terrific ten' given days to save the world
  From the UN climate summit in Cancun, Mexico. Enid Blyton had five (and then seven) - Ocean had 11 (and then 12). Mexican Foreign Minister Patricia Espinosa, president of the UN climate summit here, has gone for 10 - 10 people who have just three days to save the planet. The UK's Chris Huhne sa ...

The Wonk Room

• Senate Passes DADT Repeal, Sending Bill To Obama F ...
  Moments ago, by a 65-31 vote, the Senate acted to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the policy banning gays from openly serving in the military. The same six GOP senators who broke with their party during the cloture vote earlier today also voted for repeal: Sens. Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, Scott Brow ...
• Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Passes Se ...
  Moments ago, in a vote of 63-33 the Senate invoked cloture on a bill to repeal the 17-year-old Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy, paving the way for final passage in the coming days. The House passed the measure on Wednesday. Democrats delivered eloquent speeches in support of open service. Senate Armed ...
• As DREAM Act Fails, Graham Tells Undocumented Yout ...
  Today, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act. Fourty-one mostly Republican senators voted against a bill which would have provided young undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. by their parents a path to legalization by ...
• Insurers Seek To Use Benefit Designs To Cherry Pic ...
  The Affordable Care Act prevents health insurers from cherry picking only the youngest and healthiest applicants by requiring insurers to accept anyone who applies without regard for prior conditions and charge applicants a modified community rate. But the industry is now trying to work its way arou ...
• Why The Individual Mandate Is Not Like Forcing Eve ...
  It’s expected that Judge Roger Vinson of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida will rule in favor of the plaintiffs in the multi-state lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, marking a second win for repeal advocates. During yesterday’s hearing, V ...

thwap's schoolyard

• Creating Fear, Cynicism, Bigotry, in order to rule
  Nobody does it like right-wingers and few do it with as much fervid desperation as the harpercons. This isn't an original observation, I know, but for a few days I've been reflecting on the harpercons' cynical attempts to manufacture anxiety about the crime rate by making people think it's soaring w ...
• Isn't It Ironic?
  Of course I have to comment on the news that Patrick "Asshole" Ross has joined Ezra Levant among the ranks of the Shit-Heads With Big Mouths That Get Them Successfully Sued. I notice that I'm on a list at "Asshole's" stupid blog of bloggers who ban people who disagree with them. Typical lying from R ...
• Weisbrot: Wikileaks and Haiti
  A good read. People who do not understand US foreign policy think that control over Haiti does not matter to Washington, because it is so poor and has no strategic minerals or resources. But that is not how Washington operates, as the WikiLeaks cables repeatedly illustrate. For the state departm ...
• Yawn! Peter Mansbridge asks "Afghanistan: Was it w ...
  A tired, lame-ass, deluded conversation ensues. (With apologies to Steven Staples of ceasefire.ca who tried to tone-down the rah-rah nonsense.)
• A Belated Appreciation For a Jim Coyle Editorial
  I was working on a lot of stuff when this came out: "Political contempt paves way for public disgust" ... Give it a read. Coyle details some of the worst examples of contempt for democracy, thuggery, and boorishness, exhibited at the federal, provincial, and local levels, and hopes that at least a ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

• Bunny Greenhouse urges correction of S. 372
  When the Iraq was was about to begin, Bunny Greenhouse alone challenged the legality of awarding no-bid, no-compete, cost plus contract to Haliburton. The Army swiftly retaliated and she lost her career and position as the Army Corps of Engineers top procurement executive. Today Bunny spoke out ...
• Dr. David Lewis says "Fix S. 372"
  My client, Dr. David L. Lewis, is issuing an open letter today urging the House of Representatives to correct the "the grievous and manifold shortcomings in S. 372 before voting on it." He also urges his fellow citizens to join him in taking action to share his concerns with their representatives. ...
• Kohn recalls "sad day" under Espionage Act
  Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, wrote a history lesson published today by England's Guardian. Responding to recent calls to prosecute WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning under the 1917 Espionage Act, Kohn recounts how the Espionage Act was actually used. "The l ...
• Julia Davis says "NO" to S. 372 flaws
  Julia Davis is an award winning screenwriter and published photographer. She is Vice President of Fleur De Lis Film Studios, and the LA Homeland Security Examiner for Examiner.com. In her column today, she decries the flaws in S. 372, the Senate's version of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement ...
• DC Circuit finds federal employees have more prote ...
  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a decision on Friday that offers federal employees more protection from discrimination than employees in the private sector currently enjoy. The decision is Ford v. Mabus, No. 09-5041 (DC Cir. 12-10-2010). Richard Ford worked for ...

Science Express

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

TechDirt

• Rose M. Welch's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Wee ...
  Last week, we kicked off a new experiment with one of our community members highlight their favorite posts of the week, having Dark Helmet compile the inaugural list. The feature was quite well received, so we're going to keep it going. This week, we've asked prolific commenter Rose M. Welch for h ...
• WordPress Accused Of Copyright Infringement For It ...
  If you've ever installed or used the ultra-popular blogging platform software WordPress, you're quite familiar with the Hello Dolly plugin that is part of the default install. If it's enabled, then you get a short lyric from the song in the corner of the admin-only dashboard. It was basically just ...
• New TSA Report: Every Test Gun, Bomb Part Or Knife ...
  While the TSA is still fighting as hard as possible to be able to either see you naked or touch your private parts, apparently it hasn't spent that much time actually figuring out how to look for people carrying weapons onto planes. A few folks have sent in this ABC story about a man who boarded a ...
• Judge's Ruling Says: Go Check Out The YouTube Vide ...
  I don't always agree with Judge Alex Kozinski, though I'm quite frequently entertained by him (and, on balance, I probably do agree with him pretty often). Eric Goldman points us to a recent concurring opinion (pdf) by Judge Kozinski in a case involving a guy who was kicked out of a city council me ...
• DailyDirt: Attack Of The Bioengineered Organisms A ...
  We're getting closer and closer to creating designer life forms. People can almost build a single-celled organism from scratch, so we're not too far away (in terms of logical steps, not time) from intelligently designing our own little creatures someday. Instead of a "grey goo" nightmare, maybe we ...

VacTruth

• Take Off the Billion-Dollar Blindfold
  Would you buy an unlabeled bottle of vitamins from a health food store? Would you give those vitamins to your child? Would you trust a stylist who didn’t ask about your own wishes for your appearance? Would you have confidence in a salesperson’s ability to give you sound advice about [...]
• A Judge Sees Through The Emperor’s New Cloth ...
  Child welfare services had applied for a ruling to have four siblings immunized, despite their parents’ decision not to allow the treatment. Have we finally found a judge brave enough to rule with a conscience?
• Christmas Time 2010
  A message from Vactruth.com to keep on “keeping on” in order to bring to light the ‘pseudo science’ that surrounds vaccines, vaccinations, and loss of sovereignty and self-determination in the care of our health, bodies, and children.
• Police Arrested Twelve Year Old Boy for Refusing V ...
  A twelve year old boy was arrested by police after refusing to be vaccinated at school. Since when have schools become doctors?
• Possible 400 Dead as UK Government Betrays Parents ...
  Toddlers are to be inoculated against six diseases at once in a bid to boost vaccination rates. Recently uncovered evidence suggests as many as 400 children have died from a vaccine and 21,000 experienced an adverse reaction in the UK alone.

BroadSnark

• Beliefs as Barrier
  I understand and respect the choices that many people within the anarchist community make.  I love the self expression and weirdness that is embraced in how people dress or act.  I completely respect the decision to be a vegan, to avoid chain stores, to criticize suburban homogeneity…. But there is ...
• Things You Might Have Missed
  Still recovering from a weekend of Santarchy madness.  Also, I just got back from the Really Free Market here in DC, which went off amazingly well considering the absurdly cold weather. Between all the activities and the pesky day job I probably still owe people some responses.  I’m working on it. ...
• Fighting Words
  If I say blue, are you confused?  But I might be thinking cobalt while you are thinking cornflower. Maybe the person next to you is colorblind and can’t tell blue from green. Maybe the person next to them is completely blind and can’t understand color.  Maybe we weren’t talking about color at all. ...
• Things You Might Have Missed
  Before I start my links, let me just apologize that I have not been able to keep up with all the comments on my last post (not to mention the comments elsewhere on the internets).  I try to respond to everyone, but I’m a bit overwhelmed this week.  It is especially hard since many of [...]
• Feminism or the Highway?
  Is feminism the only banner under which people can fight patriarchy, or better yet, kyriarchy? Is any act performed with the goal of ending gender oppression automatically feminist? Even if the people doing it don’t identify with feminism?  Even if feminism has consistently slapped them in the face ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

• The LaRouche Show, December 18, 2010
  Sudan Is a Nation, Not a British Zoo! Waging War for National Sovereignty—Strategic Updates, Reports from Africa
• The LaRouche Show, December 11, 2010
  Exciting Perspective from the Pacific, on Defeating the British Imperial System
• The LaRouche Show, December 4, 2010
  Glass-Steagall or Die! The Principle of Production, e.g. Agriculture
• The LaRouche Show, November 27, 2010
  Sovereignty and the NAWAPA Approach
• The LaRouche Show, November 20, 2010
  The Dope on Dope, Inc.: Defeating the Inter-Alpha War Against the World

Armies of Liberation

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

Dark Politricks

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

food and water watch

• By: Online Degree 30 Best Water Conservation Blogs
  [...] Food & Water Watch: The Food & Water Watch site advocates strong conservation measures, promoting policies that'll result in quality drinking water for everyone. [...]
• By: Food and Water | Roland's Ramblings
  [...] would also like to suggest you go over to read the blog of Food & Water Watch. You should find that to be very [...]
• By: Ecocentric’s Best of the Ecoblogosphere ...
  [...] Food and Water Watch: The latest info about food and agriculture policy from our favorite beltway insiders. [...]
• By: FutureEmergency.com
  [...] elected officials across the region. He’ll be blogging from the road every day of the trip, so check back in with us to find out what’s he’s up to each [...]
• By: Gina
  It would be encouraging to see options on what actions we can take to be of support. Would it help to have a petition list, even via email, that can be submitted to various government departments? I think most of us feel helpless to do anything against the blind power of government and big busin ...

treehugger

• Religious Group Puts Out 12 DVD Series on Environm ...
  The Family Research Council's Tony Perkins, via the Advocate There's only seven days until Christmas and no doubt many out there are looking for a last minute stocking stuffer for your little one. Here's an idea for you. How about "Resisting The Green Dragon," described by its producers as an " ...
• The Raw Story: Is Raw Milk a Superfood?
  photo via ecoliblog Let's just say I've been curious for a while. Every week I walk by the raw milk booth at my local farmers' market, casting an interested but furtive look at both what's on offer and the sort of people that are in line to make a purchase. Today I finally took the plunge and w ...
• Green Gift Guide: The Fashion Buff (Slideshow)
  Photo: TreeHugger From shimmering one-of-a-kind bangles of welded architectural scraps to lush cardigans made of vintage cashmere, fashion is full of small luxuries that can make something as routine as getting dressed the best part of your day. This holiday season, treat your favorite fashi ...
• Wikileaks: Dalai Lama Says Tibet's Environmental P ...
  photo: Helene/Creative Commons In the latest environmentally-themed release from Wikileaks, published by The Guardian but not yet on the Wikileaks Cable Viewer at the time of this writing, it's been revealed that the Dalai Lama told the US ambassador to India that the focus of the international ...
• Planet 100 Presents: Examining Environmental Toxin ...

Biosingularity

• Wandering Tumor Cells Predict Poor Outcome
  Women with metastatic breast cancer who have no tumor cells circulating in their blood after the first round of treatment live longer than those who do, French researchers report.Circulating tumor cells, or CTCs, are cells that break off from a tumor and escape into the bloodstream. These cells can ...
• More Fruit and Veggies Now, Better Arteries Later
  Just in time for the holidays, here’s a new reason to get children to eat their veggies. Children who eat a lot of fruit and vegetables have healthier, less stiff arteries as young adults compared to children who don’t load up on fruit and veggies, according to a new study. Researchers say arterial ...
• Cancer Drug Zeroes In on a Genetic Mistake
  At some point in Karen Pihl’s life, one of her lung cells made a potentially fatal misstep. As the cell duplicated its DNA in preparation to divide, part of the gene for one protein became erroneously attached to part of the gene for another. The genetic malfunction bestowed the cell with the abilit ...
• Cancer’s hiding spots revealed
  After receiving chemotherapy, many cancer patients go into a remission that can last months or years. But in some of those cases, tumors eventually grow back, and when they do, they are frequently resistant to the drugs that initially worked. Now, in a study of mice with lymphoma, MIT biologists hav ...
• Consuming polyunsaturated fatty acids may lower th ...
  Periodontitis, a common inflammatory disease in which gum tissue separates from teeth, leads to accumulation of bacteria and potential bone and tooth loss. Although traditional treatments concentrate on the bacterial infection, more recent strategies target the inflammatory response. In an article i ...

CFACT

• Seeing the face of energy poverty, up-close, in Ca ...
  On one side of this tropical strip, UN delegates, media, and observers shuttle between luxurious hotels, posh restaurants, a white sandy beach with turquoise water, and a modern convention center where they spend their time bemoaning man-made climate change
• A Cancun Christmas Carol
  Kyoto was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of its burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Japan announced it. Old Kyoto was dead as Jacob Marley, which is to say, as dead as a door-nail.
• From Cancun: Leadership is the courage to say no
  With any luck COP 16 will be the last UN sponsored climate conference, and we can all just go home, and focus on what really matters - working towards a better future for all of us - including the future of the least fortunate among us.
• Morano on Fox about wealth redistribution by clima ...
  CFACT's Marc Morano appeared on Fox News' "Your World with Neil Cavuto" to discuss the recent admission by a UN official that the goal of a climate treaty is to "redistribute the world's wealth by climate policy."
• When sheep didn't have wool
  Today, farmers are accused of “tampering with Nature.â€Â But farmers have been doing such tampering for thousands of years. We had to, for survival. As one dramatic example, wild sheep didn’t have wool.

Ria Novosti Online News

• LUKASHENKO GAINS 72.03% OF VOTES, HIS CLOSEST RIVA ...
• Russian aviation watchdog says no injuries in Yama ...
  The Russian aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said on Sunday that the helicopter crash on the Russian Arctic island of Yamal killed the crew commander while there were no injuries among the other crewmembers or the passengers.
• Mi-8 helicopter crash in Russian Arctic
• Lukashenko votes, sure of victory
  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he is “absolutely confident” of claiming a fourth term after casting his vote on Sunday in elections almost certain to hand him a landslide victory while the opposition are gearing up to protest in Minsk’s snowy squares in ten-below temperatures.
• Ukraine opposition leader Tymoshenko summoned to p ...
  Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office has again summoned Yulia Tymoshenko, the former Ukrainian prime minister and current opposition leader, for interrogation, the Tymoshenko Bloc-Batkivshchyna alliance said on Sunday.

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

• Russian Soyuz craft docks with international space ...
  The Soyuz TMA-20 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev, European Space Agency astronaut Paolo Nespoli and NASA astronaut Catherine Coleman has successfully docked with the International Space Station.
• Russian Mission Control loses, regains communicati ...
  Russia's Mission Control Center lost contact with the International Space Station for about three hours on Thursday before resolving the problem.
• Civilian nuclear deal enables U.S., Russia to 'dev ...
  One practical application of a new civilian nuclear accord between Russia and the United States could be the joint development of nuclear reactors, a senior Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday.
• Russia to launch new global navigation satellite i ...
  A new-generation Russian Glonass-K satellite was delivered on Tuesday to the Plesetsk Space Center, where it will be launched later this month.
• Vatican says use of solar energy effective in Holy ...
  The Vatican has said its two-year experiment of using solar panels on the roof of the Pope Paul VI Hall was effective, the Vatican's radio announced on Friday.

Pruning Shears

• Building the shadow Internet
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post The rise of Internet-enabled mobile devices has had some interesting consequences. On the face of it, smart phones and tablets are a boon. They allow people to access email and web sites anywhere, not just when tethered to a deskto ...
• This Week in Tyranny
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Another week dominated by WikiLeaks. Interesting times, no? Raw Story has been all over it; here are some of their links and headlines:Conser ...
• Spain as 51st state
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post The WikiLeaks release of some (not all!) of the diplomatic cables in its possession has generated an unprecedented response. Glenn Greenwald did an excellent roundup of the different ways both public and private entities are putting ...
• This Week In Tyranny
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.The Wikileaks document dump was really tough to keep up with. Lots and lots of stories:We’re bombing Yemen, and Yemen’s government is covering ...
• xo for the holidays volume III
  For the third year in a row, xo publicity is offering a free compilation of holiday music.  It can be had here, and since I really enjoyed the first two I’m passing this along as well.  No consideration was provided for this, unless you’re going to be a stickler and count the hookers and coke. UPDAT ...

Organic Consumers.org

• USDA Announces Options For Approving GE Alfalfa
  USDA today announced their preferred options for approving GE Alfalfa in the release of the court-ordered Environmental Impact Statement. USDA rejected from further consideration an option for the complete ban of GE Alfalfa. This decision puts organic integrity at risk.Click here to read this artic ...
• Everything Is Negotiable, Except with Nature
  The UN's big climate conference ended Saturday in Cancún, with claims of modest victory. "The UN climate talks are off the life-support machine," said Tim Gore of Oxfam. "Not as rancorous as last year's train wreck in Copenhagen," wrote the Guardian. Patricia Espinosa, the Mexican foreign minister w ...
• Homemade Prosperity: How to Get Out of the Consume ...
  It should have been a high point in my life. I had just successfully defended my dissertation and had three potential job opportunities. But I found myself pacing around our cabin or walking the hills of my family's farm, alternately weeping and hurling invectives into the country air. Bob and I wer ...
• Obama's War: Failure, Not Progress, in Afghanistan
  The White House is using its December review to try to spin the disastrous Afghanistan War plan by citing "progress" in the military campaign, but the available facts paint a picture of a war that's not making us safer and that's not worth the cost.Click here to read this article
• Mythbusting: Cheap Food Does Not Equal Higher Qual ...
  For decades, the federal government has watched idly while a few gigantic companies grabbed ever-greater control of the food industry. As big players gobble smaller ones, they concentrate power at the top of the food chain -- and apply relentless pressure to cut costs, giving rise to many of the thi ...

fotoFrontera

• Imágenes navideñas animadas con movimiento .gif (I ...
  Continuando con nuestras tradiciones de Navidad y Fin de Año 2010, les traemos la segunda parte de nuestra serie sobre 'Imágenes navideñas animadas con movimiento .gif para tu blog o para Facebook'. En esta ocasión, tenemos para todos ustedes más de 30 imágenes padrísimas que usted puede compartir c ...
• Volcanes, montañas y nevados IV (9 imágenes panorá ...
  Para ver más fotos de esta serie, escoja un número. [1][2][3][4]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guar ...
• Animales increíbles II (Fotomanipulaciones en Phot ...
  Para ver más foto manipulaciones, escoja un número [1][2][más]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías.ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarl ...
• Las flores de mi jardín IV (10 imágenes de uso lib ...
  Para ver más fotos de flores, escoja un número a continuación. [1][2][3][4]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su ta ...
• Imágenes navideñas animadas con movimiento .gif
  Como regalo especial para todos ustedes, les tenemos antes que nadie una bellísima colección con más de 40 imágenes animadas con movimiento para Navidad. Son archivos .gif que usted podrá usar en sus blogs, páginas y sitios web. No olvide también compartirlas con sus amigos en sus redes sociales com ...

Center for a Livable Future

• Looking at Food System Issues through a ‘Food Just ...
  I first came upon the term “food justice” from an organization in Oakland called People’s Grocery led by Brahm Ahmadi and others who were fighting against an unjust food system in the “food desert” of West Oakland. At the time, it was an area that left residents with liquor stores and [...]
• Fair Food in Our 21st Century Economy
  Last Wednesday, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) held the last of a series of joint workshops on “Agriculture and Antitrust Enforcement Issues in Our 21st Century Economy.” This particular workshop was held at the USDA in Washington D.C. and focu ...
• Drug amounts for food animals now reported by FDA: ...
  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a report last Thursday (Dec 9, 2010) that 13.1 million kilograms of antimicrobial drugs were sold or distributed for use in food-producing animals in 2009 in the United States (pdf). Why is this important? It represents the first time the FDA has repo ...
• Can Organic Farming Feed the World?
  Charles Benbrook, PhD, visiting CLF’s offices earlier this week, sat down with CLF staff to discuss a wide variety of topics, including the future promise of organic farming. Following his keynote lecture at the Polly Walker Ecology Fund, the Livablefutureblog asked the Organic Center’s Chief Scient ...
• Is There a CAFO in Your Neighborhood?
  National consumer advocacy organization Food & Water Watch (FWW) just released the latest version of its Factory Farm Map, which charts the concentration of factory-farmed animals across the country and their subsequent affect on human health, communities and the environment. As most factory farmer ...

Norwegianity

• High dudgeons
  Sorry about the lack of posting but I’ve been too livid about the Assange rape allegation fatwa on Michael Moore to post anything these last 24 hours. Yes, this is about politics and that’s why I didn’t post about it, but no, that doesn’t mean I have much patience with so-called progs who strut arou ...
• $, but no ¢
  From reader Jeff an interesting video on the history of wealth: Other than Hans Rosling sounding disturbingly like Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, it’s a fascinating video that unfortunately concludes with a pie in the sky scenario for the future that would be true if only the rich were not busy build ...
• Jesus ants come to the Walker
  The Washington Post mourns Holbrooke’s passing. I can think of no indictment more damning. - They just put out a stamp honoring Ronald Reagan. I’ll have to buy and use some just so I can take my mail to the window to watch them hand cancel the most clueless president of the modern era. - [...]
• Things fall apart, cont.
  -8°. The little icy stars on the windows were my first clue. Glad I finally got around to shutting the bedroom window before going to bed last night. The Metrodome still looks like a pie crust this morning which is why the Vikings will be playing the Giants in Detroit tonight. No clue why the [...]
• Metrodome roof collapses
  Links for the snowbound: Video of the Metrodome roof collapsing under the weight of accumulated snow $1.7 trillion in lost home equity in this most perfect of all perfect banana republics Phelpsians show up for Elizabeth Edwards’ funeral Nixon on drunken Irish, crazy Italians, obnoxious Jews, and in ...

Public News Service

• Beware Grinches After Your Charity Donations
  Beware Grinches After Your Charity Donations Phoenix, AZ — Tis' the season for charitable giving and legal experts say that means there are also scammers out there, so they advise taking a moment to check out any charity before you donate. Comments from attorney Beverly Salhanick (Sal-HAN-ick).
• Report: BLM on Track to Feed Energy Needs from AZ ...
  Report: BLM on Track to Feed Energy Needs from AZ Sun Phoenix, AZ – The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is getting kudos for its work on designating Solar Energy Zones (SEZs) on public lands in a new report from The Wilderness Society. Specifically, the Brenda area in western Arizona is profiled as a ...
• Flagstaff Council Votes to Support Uranium Mining ...
  Flagstaff Council Votes to Support Uranium Mining Ban Flagstaff, AZ – A ban on uranium mining near the Grand Canyon has the support of the Flagstaff City Council. Members voted 6-to-1 this week to support a federal proposal to withdraw a million acres around the national park from mining for the nex ...
• Smart Meters - They’re Smart, But Are They S ...
  Smart Meters - They’re Smart, But Are They Safe? Phoenix, AZ - The number of metro Phoenix homes equipped with Smart Meters will rise to at least two million over the next two years. But in other states, notably California, some consumers are saying that the wireless electric meters are making them ...
• AZ Cooks Turn to Natural Turkey for Thanksgiving
  AZ Cooks Turn to Natural Turkey for Thanksgiving Phoenix, AZ - Concern over the use of antibiotics in meat has some Arizonans looking for organically grown turkeys for their Thanksgiving meal. The demand is providing a new source of "bread and butter" for the state's organic farmers. Robert Martin, ...

Center for Food Safety

• USDA Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement ...
  AGENCY MAKES NO DECISION ON APPROVAL OF THE ROUNDUP READY CROP CITING HARM TO ORGANIC INDUSTRY AND PROLIFERATION OF SUPERWEEDS CFS URGES AGENCY TO CONTINUE BAN ON POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CROP The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Sta ...
• Help Us Fight Monsanto and Protect Our Food and Fa ...
  This has been an incredible year for the Center for Food Safety, and our work protecting our farms, our food, and our environment from the potential hazards of genetically engineered (GMO) crops.  As you know, in April we battled Monsanto in the U.S. Supreme Court – and were victorious in maintainin ...
• USDA Aims to Commercialize Genetically Engineered ...
  This week, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) led a coalition of farmers, activists, and consumers in a public comment campaign addressing USDA’s latest plan to commercialize illegal GE Roundup Ready Sugar Beets (RRSB).  Last month, USDA released a proposal aimed at commercializing RRSB in spite of in ...
• Federal Court Orders First-Ever Destruction of a G ...
  Finds Government and Monsanto rushed to illegally plant herbicide resistant crop Today federal district judge Jeffrey S. White issued a preliminary injunction ordering the immediate destruction of hundreds of acres of genetically engineered (GE) sugar beet seedlings planted in September after findin ...
• Senate Passes Landmark Food Safety Legislation
  Center for Food Safety Applauds New Power for the FDA. Tester-Hagan Amendment Seen as a Win for Small, Local Food Producers and Processors, Consumers The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the passing of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) in the U.S. Senate.  The bill which passed the Sen ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• White supremacists urge Thor boycott over casting ...
  White supremacists urge Thor boycott over casting of black actor as Norse god | Film | guardian.co.uk: "'It [is] well known that Marvel is a company that advocates for leftwing ideologies and causes,' the site reads. 'Marvel frontman Stan 'Lee' Lieber boasts of being a major financier of leftwing ...
• Stating the Obvious: WikiLeaks Indicts and Vindica ...
  Stating the Obvious: WikiLeaks Indicts and Vindicates U.S. Diplomats | FPJ: "The WikiLeaks vs. the US government saga started in July, when 77,000 secret US documents directly relating to Afghanistan were made available to major media organizations. Many of us shook our heads with a mixture of disgu ...
• Misión Milagro: una operación de ojos a cambio de ...
  Misi�n Milagro: una operaci�n de ojos a cambio de adoctrinamiento � ELPA�S.com: El Gobierno de Venezuela, con la ayuda de médicos cubanos, puso en marcha a finales de 2005 un proyecto llamado Misión Milagro. Su objetivo consistía en recoger por toda América Latina a personas de bajos recursos con pr ...
• Bryce Edwards : Foreign meddling laid bare - Natio ...
  Bryce Edwards : Foreign meddling laid bare - National - NZ Herald News: "The Wikileaks US Embassy cables given to the Herald on Sunday provide a fantastic insight into the governance of New Zealand and the role of foreign diplomats here. Political scientists and historians will pore over these cabl ...
• Who is worthy of ‘self determination’ in Iraq :: w ...
  Who is worthy of ‘self determination’ in Iraq :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]: "Suddenly, the term 'self-determination’ surfaces in the Iraqi political scene. Personally, I am very much impressed by the term in a country in the midst of ...

Pensieve

• Colón Protesters Voluntarily Disperse
  Minutes before being forcibly removed by a large group of Honduran police and military, the protesters that had laid siege to the city of Trujillo for 11 days voluntarily dispersed. Had they not, at the very least, there would have been violence. Iâm glad to have been wrong in overestimating the zea ...
• Trujillo in Siege, Violence Imminent
  Photo by samiq Armed “peasants”, alleged narcos, pro-Zelaya activists and assorted foreign troublemakers have laid siege to the city of Trujillo, Colon, for 11 days. The people of Trujillo are desperate as the only road to the city is blocked by protesters. Armored vehicles with cash for banks, truc ...
• Don’t Read This If You Work for the US Govt.
  This article does not contain quotes from any secret US government documents, but does discuss and link to reproductions of them, in the press, and in the Google cache. I have been hesitant to publish any information related to Wikileaks in my blog, being sadly aware of the lengths to which the US p ...
• President Lobo vs. Free Speech
  President Lobo is threatening to deny naturalized Hondurans their citizenship if they oppose him. He is twisting the Honduran constitution to do this. This is the article he is citing, which on the surface looks reasonable: âARTICLE 32: Foreigners cannot perform in the country international or nat ...
• Zainab Salbi: Women, wartime and the dream of Peac ...
  Too often we are desensitized to the brutality of war. We are tempted to think that we couldn’t function if we let the pain of the world into our lives. But we shouldn’t forget that in the midst of the worst pain, there can be hope. This message by a survivor of war in Iraq [...] Related posts:Whe ...

Green Times

• Bunch of organic carrots
  Organic (glossary/food-drink/organic-food.html) Carrots do not just taste great! They are rich in vitamins, which help to strengthen your eyes, skin and defense systems. Did you know that your body gets the most out of those veggies among the presence of lipids (fat)? So how about a nice Carrot ...
• Crashing waves on the coastline
    The beauty of the ocean is undeniable. Did you know that there was already life in the sea 3 billion years before the first species conquered the land?! It is the habitat (glossary/wildlife/habitat.html) with the largest biodiversity (glosarry/categories/wildlife/biodiversity.html) on earth and ...
• Street light saving power
    Plugging out all street lights is no solution to save power at night! The municipal association of Victoria has a proposal on how to retheduce  waste of energy from Australian streets. Check out this video (videos/give-your-street-the-green-light.html) to find out more about the real impact o ...
• Clean your house the eco-friendly way
    eco products (glossary/categories/lifestyle/eco-products.html) or brands. Finds businesses that can help you with your eco cleaning products in the Cleaning Products and Services Section (directory/categories/Home%20 %20Garden/Home/Cleaning%20Products%20and%20Services) in the Green T ...
• Make it a Green Christmas Dinner this year
  Around Christmas friends and family come together to celebrate, so end this year in an eco-friendly way by preparing – and eating – a green Christmas dinner!

Citizens for Legitimate Government

• Regulators close banks in Ga., Fla., Ark., Minn.
  ShareThisRegulators close banks in Ga., Fla., Ark., Minn. --157 banks closed in 2010 17 Dec 2010 Regulators on Friday shuttered three small banks in Georgia and one each in Florida, Arkansas and Minnesota, raising to 157 the number of U.S. banks brought down this year by the struggling economy and s ...
• Russia 'seriously concerned' over Korea tensions
  ShareThisRussia 'seriously concerned' over Korea tensions 18 Dec 2010 Russia says it is seriously concerned that tensions between North and South Korea will escalate further. Pyongyang is threatening to retaliate if the South goes ahead with planned military exercises on an island near the two count ...
• Judges reject appeal of Canada's Anti-Terrorism Ac ...
  ShareThisJudges reject appeal of Canada's Anti-Terrorism Act 17 Dec 2010 Ontario's top court upheld the constitutionality of Canada's terrorism laws Friday and increased Momin Khawaja's sentence from 10 1/2 years to the maximum, concluding the original sentence was "manifestly unfit" for a terrorist ...
• Admiral: U.S. 'very ready' to counter Iran
  ShareThisAdmiral: U.S. 'very ready' to counter Iran 19 Dec 2010 Iran is trying to build a nuclear bomb, posing a threat to its neighbors, and the United States is "very ready" to counter Iran should it make a move, the top U.S. military officer said Saturday. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint ...
• Israel can't defeat Hezbollah - Israeli expert
  ShareThisIsrael can't defeat Hezbollah - Israeli expert 16 Dec 2010 Israel cannot defeat Hezbollah in a direct engagement and the Lebanese guerrilla group would inflict heavy damage on the Israeli home front if war broke out, a former Israeli national security adviser said Thursday. Though outnumber ...

Daily Loaf

• Senate repeals Don’t Ask/Don’t Tell; all that’s le ...
  Saturday was an historic day: The U.S. Senate voted to repeal the military's Don't Ask/Don't Tell policy 65-31.
• Letter from a gay soldier: A powerful testament to ...
  HuffPo ran one of the most powerful testaments to the insanity of DADT that I have ever read — made more powerful by the measured anger of the writer, a gay soldier about to ship off to Afghanistan.
• Cynical and Southern: Number of sexual partners — ...
  I have always lived by a policy of cold hard truth. As long as my boyfriend is healthy and clean, I am uninterested in his past. I hope he allows me the same luxury.
• Foodie shopping Guide: Gourmet and international m ...
  A guide to gourmet and international markets where you can find tasty items for your personal enjoyment and holiday entertaining needs, as well as unique gifts for foodie friends.
• Book Review: What the World Will Look Like When Al ...
  This is a beautiful book. You should read it. I won’t say that it will change your life, but I will say that you will probably reread a story over and over again in one sitting and then sit there, thinking and feeling about it, way past your bedtime.

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• Israeli government thanks Palestinians for help wi ...
  By Jesse Bacon ..By not recognizing their names and refusing them entry for award ceremony in their honor. . This should remind us just how arbitrary the whole edifice of permits and checkpoints is that it can keep out people who helped contain the horrible fires and prevent worse disaster. I am als ...
• On Adeeb Abu Rahmah’s release
  By Rebecca Vilkomerson Video of Adeeb Abu Rahmah being released On a personal note, I remember very clearly the weekend that Adeeb was arrested. I was still living in Israel, and a friend from Anarchists Against the Wall was arrested with him.  This friend was detained for over 24 hours, blindfold ...
• Letter from an Israeli military prison
  from Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Ed’s Note: As I participated in the December 10th TIAA-CREF Day of Action on Human Rights Day, I felt I had gained a new holiday to my calendar. At the end of the day, as I was unwinding, I received this letter from imprisoned leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah over email, and saw ...
• Please Help the Enrichment Learning Program at the ...
  Dear Friends, We are appealing to you to ask your assistance in operating a learning enrichment program for the children of the cave-dwellers’ community of Umm-Fakra. For the last two years we have assisted in conducting an enrichment programs for children in the Bedouin communities of Umm El-Kheir, ...
• CWP Report: “All out War: Israel against dem ...
  by the Coalition of Women for Peace Comprehensive Report on Intensifying Political Persecution in Israel CWP published a new report today, titled “All-Out War: Israel Against Democracy.” This comprehensive report documents the increasing political persecution of peace and human rights organization ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Carter Tutti. Live in Berlin ’08
  Chris Carter and Cosey Fani Tutti. In a previous incarnation they were Chris and Cosey and before that were in Throbbing Gristle.
• Destroying villages to save them in Afghanistan
  It didn’t work in Vietnam and it’s not working in Afghanistan either. What are they thinking? Destroying villages and killing non-combatants will just make the locals want to join an insurgency – or expose the CIA station head.
• New yeast makes seaweed viable as biofuel
  New strains of yeast developed by University of Illinois break down sugars in red seaweed much more efficiently, making it cost-effective. Marine biomass produces much more per unit area than land biomass too.
• DADT clears Senate hurdle
  DADT is expected to pass on Sunday. Wa-hoo!
• DREAM Act dead
  Until the Democrats are willing to go to the mattresses and fight as hard as Republicans, things like this will continue to happen. Let’s hope DADT passes, that would be a big deal indeed.

Coteret

• Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders spons ...
  This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers and then di ...
• Maariv: How to build another nuclear reactor witho ...
  Like most of the world, Israel is facing a major energy crisis. Our population is growing and per-capita energy consumption is on the rise. Nuclear energy is emerging as the solution favored by the government, as reported in a December 8 2010 Maariv feature [full translation at the bottom of this po ...
• Yediot’s legal editor cites Nuremberg Laws, ...
  Rabbis’ disgrace Analysis, Boaz Okon, Yediot, December 8 2010 [front-page; Hebrew original here and at the bottom of this post] In 1834, a clothes salesman in London refused to sell an article of clothing to a customer.  The refusal stemmed from the fact that the buyer was “just a Jew.”The Jewish bu ...
• Yediot: “Security establishment” warns ...
  This appears to be a General Security Service (GSS) leak: The scenario that the security establishment is preparing for is threatening. The scenario envisions the security prisoners launching a hunger strike, setting fire to their cells, trying attack the guards, severing all contact with the prison ...
• Maariv “exclusive”: Israel and Brazil sign major s ...
  This appears to be a major agreement: Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Chief of Security in the Defense Ministry Amir Kain signed the historic agreement for security cooperation between the two countries a few days ago.  Brazil’s intelligence affairs minister signed the agreement on the Brazilian sid ...

Deadline Live

• Joe Lieberman: WTC 7 Collapse Did Not Occur, Will ...
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8vJcFiTdEU
• Lee Harvey Oswald coffin sold
  The first coffin of the man who shot U.S. president John F. Kennedy has sold at auction for $87,468 US. Information on the website for Nate D. Sanders Auctions said the pine coffin held the body of Lee Harvey Oswald from Nov. 25, 1963, until he was exhumed Oct. 4, 1981. He was exhumed because [...]
• Gaping Holes in Airline Security: Loaded Gun Slips ...
  Secret Tests At LAX, O’Hare, Newark Show TSA Screeners Missed Guns, Bombs ABC News (video) Last fall, as he had done hundreds of times, Iranian-American businessman Farid Seif passed through security at a Houston airport and boarded an international flight. He didn’t realize he had forgotten to remo ...
• Warning Global systemic crisis – First quarter 201 ...
  GEAB N°49 is available! Warning Global systemic crisis – First quarter 2011: Breach of the critical threshold of global geopolitical dislocation - Public announcement GEAB N°49 (November 16, 2010) - http://www.leap2020.eu/geab-n-49-is-available-warning-global-systemic-crisis-first-quarter-2011-breac ...
• Sacred Knowledge? Ancient Egyptian Math Identical ...
  In 2008 mathematician and author Michael S. Schneider put together a video explaining how mathematics used by Ancient Egyptians is identical to the math used in computers today. The Ancient Egyptians figured out how to do multiplication without memorizing times tables, and how to do long division wi ...

The Air Vent

• Lazy Redux – part Deux!!
  So in my last lazy post I asked, What is the amount of warming you expect for the next 100 years?  Thirty five comments before morning.. LOL, There were so many opinions, many with statistically significant trends.  I wonder how it is that someone like me who reads endless papers blog’s and opinio ...
• On line
  Our article on Antarctic temperatures has finally made it on line: Some results and ALL of the code is archived here: http://www.climateaudit.info/data/odonnell/,  the SI can be down loaded from that link. A detailed analysis is presented of a recently published Antarctic temperature reconstruction ...
• Question
  I wonder what readers really think.  What is the amount of warming you expect for the next 100 years? Do you have any opinions on this?
• Judith Curry on CO2
  Judith has yet another nice post on CO2 sensitivity.  Her blog has quickly gained celebrity status although I’ve heard complaint that too may ‘skeptics’ are visiting. I’m not sure why a questioner is a bad thing. My guess is that several here could add to the conversation.  It will be interesting ...
• Cancrap
  Ya can’t stop stupid. Global accord on climate change hailed as breakthrough Some bullet points on the Cancun agreement: - Following the lead of the United States, Canada has pledged to reduce its emissions by 17 per cent from 2005 levels by 2020. Short of massive economic collapse or starting wide ...

Focal Point

• Help Rick Smith Help The Homeless and Hungry this ...
  My friends at the Rick Smith Show ("Where Working People Come to Talk") are camping out in a supermarket parking lot in sub-zero temperatures to collect food and donations for needy people in their community. Please help them out: Homelessness and poverty continues to plague the region. That' ...
• CA Judge OK's Festivus as Legit Religion
  A California judge signed off on Festivus as a legit religion: Locked up in a California jail, Malcolm Alarmo King wanted healthier meals. In an argument apparently made to a friendly court, he won a ruling from Superior Court Judge Derek Johnson that he should be fed double-portion kosher . ...
• Julian Assange: "Krill to the Baleen of the Femini ...
  Who won the Bad Sex in Fiction Award in 2006? Whoever it was, it should have been Julian Assange for this self-description: Thu 29 Jun 2006 : Krill to the baleen of the feminine Krill: small, crunchy, easily sucked in... [Photo credit: Hanjeanwat, Creative Commons.]Read More
• Did Assange's Accusers Want STD Testing?
  Some of Julian Assange's defenders* are citing this special report by Mark Hosenball as proof that the rape allegations against the wikileaks figurehead are unfounded. WASHINGTON (Reuters) The two Swedish women who accuse WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sexual misconduct were at first not ...
• Weekly Pulse: DADT, Vampire Bees, and Other Health ...
  The latest edition of the Media Consortium's Weekly Pulse features: -An op/ed by doctor who specializes in treating STIs in a military town. Some of Dr. Kenneth Katz's military patients say they won't follow up when they ship overseas bcause they're afraid their personal medical information will b ...

Inside Facebook

• Platforms, Privacy and Pandora’s Box
  The Wall Street Journal just ran another piece in its series covering online privacy issues, this time focusing on how mobile apps on the Apple and Android platforms may share unique device ID numbers without consent. If matched against real names, UDIDs pose a bigger privacy risk than cookies on we ...
• Highlights This Week from the Inside Network Job B ...
  The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities in the Facebook Platform and social gaming ecosystem. Here are this weekâs highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at NaturalMotion, Villain, Pileated Pictures, and Ubisoft. De ...
• Facebook Roundup: Acquisitions, Rutherford, Zucker ...
  Facebook Plans 15 Acquisitions in 2011 – Company corporate development manager Michael Brown said it was looking at 15 acquisitions in 2011, according to peHUB. These would be similar others this year, like the Hot Potato and drop.io acquisitions in that they would be a mix of talent and product ac ...
• Platform Update: Change Log, Third-Party Unique ID ...
  Facebook’s weekly Developers Blog Platform Update includes information about a new Platform change log, implementation of the third-party ID mechanism, and deprecations of some APIs and FBML tags at the end of the year. Platform Change Log Since Facebook pushes new code every Tuesday night, it can b ...
• 2010: The Year Facebook Passed $1 Billion, and May ...
  For years, the conventional wisdom in Silicon Valley was that social networks were expensive to run, and didn’t make much money. So as Facebook grew by hundreds of millions of users over the past few years, many people wondered if it was in financial trouble. Revenue, however, appears to have double ...

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ReDress News

• Who is the real Barack Obama?
  Lawrence Davidson argues that Barack Obama's transformation from a progressive before becoming president to an anti-progressive president is probably due to his having no firm principles in the first place, a matter that has led him to internalize the Washington political culture where expediency an ...
• What US House Resolution 1765 tells us about the p ...
  Sama Adnan argues that efforts to educate the US public about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the need for a just solution to this conflict will remain incomplete and essentially toothless without pro-peace political actions committees that raise funds for congressional candidates who push for ...
• Zionist lobby's new orders for Obama
  Alan Hart argues that new instructions issued to President Obama by Israel through its stooges in Congress, in the form of House Resolution 1734, might be a sign of panic that the White House is about to end its veto of UN Security Council resolutions which are critical of Israel and/or call for the ...
• Apartheid Israel-style: law to keep Jews and Arabs ...
  Jonathan Cook reports on a draft apartheid law, currently going through the Israeli parliament, which would enshrine in law the right of Jewish community associations to accept only Jews, making it impossible for Israel's Arab citizens take up residence in Jewish neighbourhoods.
• Jews, Judaism and Jewishness
  Gilad Atzmon explains why it is essential for the pro-Palestinian movement "freely to explore the true nature of the ideology that drives the Jewish state and Jewish politics", and to acknowledge that the Jewish ideological, political and cultural discourse is "foreign to universalism and to the ide ...

Amazon Rainforest

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

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Jamiol Presents
• The New York Times: A Curious Case of Change of He ...
  Seeing the Light, Sanctioned Illusionary Game, or … I am going to stay true to my pledged position on Wikileaks related topics, and stick with questions rather than hasty analyses and interpretations. I’ve been highly puzzled by the recent position of and statements by the New York Times on Wikileak ...
• On Wikileaks Strategy: Too Many Hors D’oeuvr ...
  Decreased Appetite & Increased Termination Risk before the Main Course As I have said before I am not ready to analyze or talk about Wikileaks’ recent exposé. It’s still too early, and so far too little with too insignificant implications has been released. I am still waiting for the highly revealin ...
• A Parody for You: ‘Grandma Got Molested at the Air ...
  By Donny Aldridge- Singer, Songwriter & Political Satirist A friend sent me the following music clip; too real yet too funny. Enjoy it, let it be another reminder of how low we’ve stooped as a society, and keep up the spirit of resistance.   This site depends exclusively on readers’ support. Pleas ...
• SOS in a Bottle: Raising the Political Asylum Quot ...
  An Appeal to the International Community In this urgent message delivered by ultra snail method of delivery due to restrictions placed upon our communication means (warrantless mass surveillance by our government targeting our telephone, text messages, e-mail, fax, and internet accessibility) we, A ...

Afro Spear

• On The (NEW) Direction of the AfroSpear….
  Thank you to ALL of you who have responded to the post concerning changes here; those of you who asked how you can help and those of you who sent along good wishes. We need them. We need an active “group” of monitors, posters, people who are committed to tracking comments that we receive and [...]
• sat’day riddymz
    Dedicated to the “First Lady of Soul” – Ms. Aretha FRANKLIN!
• BAR: Who Is the FBI Really Trying to Entrap?
  A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The FBI’s war of entrapment amounts to a huge extortion scheme targeting the American people. The object is to terrify the public into surrendering their civil liberties in a twilight struggle with a mostly nonexistent domestic enemy. “These are high crim ...
• Who Shall Leadeth The AfroSpear?!
  I just finished watching a documentary on Wikileaks & Julian Assange.  At the (premature) end of the doc, one of Assange’s collaborator’s bemoaned the fact that the collective had broken down over an individual’s insistence on releasing the more dramatic info, too quickly, as opposed to a more meas ...
• From Stanley Crouch to Che Guevara: Taking AfroSpe ...
  Freeslave, After reflecting on our recent discussion, I have decided it’s time for me to take a back seat and give you the responsibility of administering the blog. Although 6 of us started it, the reality is that there has to be someone to oversee it. Over the years by default and by choice, I [... ...

Expose the BNP

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

Sen4Earth

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

If Americans Knew

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

David J. Gregory

• JFKto911.info
  Join our community page by CLICKING HERE, a social networking page of like minded individuals! Our page is intended to bring people together in an environment of less advertisement with a hope of sorting through propaganda in life and discovering the truth.
• JFK deathbed confession | Big news Repost from Bor ...
  Truth is stranger than fiction, the best screenwriters that ever lived would never be able to come up with the truth of John F. Kennedy's assassination or that of 911.
• Conservative Conundrum
  Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because s ...
• HURRAY FOR SHORT MEMORIES!
• Never Forget: Bad Wars Aren’t Possible Unles ...
  This is a very good article from Michael Moore, what he delineates are the reasons we are still in such a mess as a Nation and a people. These reasons are blatant and should never be allowed to happen again. Even though Obama seems to be tied to the Bush Doctrine of appeasing the military-industrial ...

Unsuitable Blog

• EnviroLeaks : Now Live
  EnviroLeaks is a repository of leaked information that fills the gap between what the mainstream media allow us to know about the environmentally destructive behaviour of the industrial system, and the often highly classified and largely political information from groups such as WikiLeaks. EnviroLea ...
• EnviroLeaks – Coming Soon…
  Watch this space for more information. Secure email in advance to farnish [at] hushmail [dot] com Nothing is as it seems…
• How to Remove Conduit Engine Search from Firefox 3 ...
  I know this isn’t a tecchie blog, but sometimes I come across a problem to which there isn’t a solution listed and have to work it out for myself. In this case I (ill-advisedly as it turned out) upgraded BitTorrent to version 7 (7.1 and 7.2 at present). This is sort of pertinent to The [...]
• WIKILEAKS MIRROR SITES – IMPORTANT
  The Wikileaks servers are under constant pressure and attack: both the sheer weight of traffic and the efforts of various government agencies to bring the servers down, or damage the DNS records, are conspiring to make the main wikileaks.org site unavailable. But this is not really a problem for two ...
• Wikileaks: Governments Apologising In Advance For ...
  Well, it seems that a few politicians have been saying rude things about each other, and now they are really desperate to cover it all up. I don’t know; we expect “our” representatives to be paragons of virtue and then damn Wikileaks spills the beans. Bad Wikileaks! On the other hand, given the shit ...

Subalternate Reality

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

Idea Lab | Technology

• Introducing Sourcerer: A Context Management System
  If you want to follow the news, the web has a lot to offer: a wide variety of information sources, powerful search tools, and no shortage of sites where people can voice their opinions. At the same time, though, the web can be overwhelming. Hundreds of links turn up in a Google search. Relevant inf ...
• How OpenStreetMap Helps to Curb Haiti's Cholera Ep ...
  In order to respond to the current cholera epidemic in Haiti, it's essential that citizens, aid groups and others are aware of the locations of functioning health and sanitation facilities. The challenge is that maps showing this information don't currently exist -- at least not in a comprehensive a ...
• Altering Docs? Now There's a Tool for That in Docu ...
  When we embarked on the DocumnetCloud project, tools for altering documents were the furthest thing from our minds. After all, a responsible journalist doesn't tweak source documents! But one of the first papers to embed material using DocumentCloud needed to do just that. The Chicago Tribune acc ...
• CNN Fails to Correct Mistaken Identity for New Zea ...
  CNN's broadcasts are of packed with cheerleading for the network's viewer participation opportunities. You're encouraged to "share your story" at CNN iReport or "join a live chat" at Anderson Cooper's blog or check out CNN Heroes on Facebook or follow one of the network's nearly three dozen Twitter ...
• Medill Students: Audience Research Should Drive Hy ...
  At the Block By Block "community news summit" in September, operators of locally focused websites came together to share what they knew and learn from their peers. Almost all of them were looking for advice on how to support their sites financially. Here's a start: "Sustaining Hyperlocal News: An A ...

Cutting Edge News

• Edge on Law - Parents of US Citizen Demanding Comp ...
  Lewin & Lewin, LLP—a Washington D.C.-based law firm—has filed a request with the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of the parents of an American-citizen child born in Israel to review a decision by the Department of State to refuse compliance with a law passed by Congress. The law in question directed th ...
• Edge on Environment - Pennsylvania's Iron-Smelting ...
  Iron furnaces that once dotted central Pennsylvania may have left a legacy of manganese enriched soils, according to Penn State geoscientists. This manganese can be toxic to trees, especially sugar maples, and other vegetation. The research, which quantified the amounts of manganese in soil core sam ...
• Edge of Climate Change - Fire in Israel a Symptom ...
  The fire disaster in the Carmel Mountains near Haifa is a typical example of climate change effect and a taste of the future, says Dr. Guy Pe’er, one of the authors of Israel’s first report to the UN on climate change. Ten years ago, Dr. Pe’er and other Israeli scientists collated knowledge about th ...
• Religious Freedom - Rabbi Sues for Equal Treatment ...
  An Orthodox rabbi who was excluded from service as a Jewish chaplain in the United States Army because he wears a beard brought a federal-court lawsuit on December 8 in the District of Columbia federal court to declare the �no-beard� restriction illegal under the U.S. Constitution and federal law.�T ...
• Looting the Seas - Diving into the Tuna Ranching I ...
  In the final days of 1996, the air was cold and seas rough around the southern Spanish port of Cartagena. A boat belonging to the Tuna Graso sea “ranch”—a joint venture between Japan’s Mitsui & Co. and Spain’s Ricardo Fuentes & Sons—had just pulled aboard a huge 300-kilo bluefin tuna from one of its ...

High Country News

• Ocelots in Arizona?
  The first confirmed ocelot sighting in Arizona in 50 years spurs an update of a federal recovery plan.
• The lessons of Butte, Montana
  During the labor struggles of the early 20th century, rough-and-tumble Butte, Mont., survived as a community because of -- rather than despite -- its ethnic diversity.
• It was written on the wind
  Remembering the untimely death of a "downwinder" brother from New Mexico.
• High Country Views: Anticline deer decline
  Emilene Ostlind talks with former federal biologist Rollin Sparrowe about energy development on the Pinedale Anticline and its impact on wildlife.
• Tips for tapping into your wild marketer
  Tongue-in-cheek suggestions inspire the Western would-be entrepreneur.

CounterCurrents

• Happy As A Hangman
  By Chris HedgesThose who do not carry out acts of rebellion, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant, are guilty of solidifying and perpetuating these crimes. Those who do not act delude themselves into believing they are innocent. They are not
• WikiLeaks: What, Really, Is The Problem?
  By Alan HartAlan Harts vote of confidence for WikiLeaks and Julian Assange and an indictment on the mainstream media for the way it reported the leaks
• Assange Rape Accuser Linked To Notorious CIA Opera ...
  By David EdwardsOne of the women that is accusing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sex crimes appears to have worked with a group that has connections to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
• The Truth Will Always Win
  By Julian Assange In its landmark ruling in the Pentagon Papers case, the US Supreme Court said only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. The swirling storm around WikiLeaks today reinforces the need to defend the right of all media to reveal the truth
• The Arrest Of Julian Assange: Truth In Chains
  By Chris FloydWell, they got him at last. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, the target of several of the worlds most powerful governments, turned himself into British authorities today and is now at the mercy of state authorities who have already shown their wolfish and lawless desire to destro ...

Contagious Love Experiment

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

Yid With Lid

• TSA Misses Loaded Gun In Empty Computer Bag-It Hap ...
  Maybe if the TSA spent less time looking at or touching people's junk they would notice the loaded weapons being accidentally smuggled aboard airplanes. During last year's holiday travel season Iranian-American Farid Seif was screened by the TSA officials at Houston airport. His hand luggage, an emp ...
• Why Does Obama Think It's So Urgent to Try (and fa ...
  By Barry Rubin After meeting U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East George Mitchell,�EU Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton (whose last great idea was Western unilateral disarmament during the Cold War) said: "We believe that urgent progress is needed towards a two-state solution... that end ...
• POOR BABY! - WikiLeaks "Leaker" Bradley Manning is ...
  According press reports, Bradley Manning the� former US intelligence analyst who is believed to have supplied the confidential data Wikileaks may be loosing his cognitive abilities in prison. Manning, was arrested seven months ago and is being held at a military base in Virginia. He faces a court m ...
• You Won't Believe What They Claim Global Warming C ...
  When last we left the official crazy list of things Moonbats say global warming causes it contained� Incredible shrinking sheep, Invasion of jellyfish in the Mediterranean, Surge in fatal shark attack, Boy Scout tornado deaths, Severe acne, Global conflict,� Beer tasting different, Suicide of farmer ...
• Newsbusted: The Truth Behind NASA's Search For Ali ...
  Its Friday, that means it's time for� Newsbusted from Newsbusters.org,. the very special Christmas/ New Years edition. In this week's episode you will learn of non-lesbians Oprah Winfrey and Gail Kings new Christmas product, how Bernie Sanders motivated Star Wars creator� George Lucas to refin ...

The Real Agenda

• UN mulls internet regulation options
  WikiLeaks sparks push for tighter controls.  Brazil supports internet takeover. ITNEWS The United Nations is considering whether to set up an inter-governmental working group to harmonise global efforts by policy makers to regulate the internet. Establishment of such a group has the backing of sever ...
• Let the Unemployed Starve and the Ill Perish
  when someone is accused of having done something wrong, the reply offered usually is something like, "What was done complied with all legal requirements." But "right" has never been defined as "conforms to law," because thoughtful people have long noticed that the law itself can be a great crime, an ...
• Obama: Not Passing Tax Deal could end Presidency
  The Hill In urging lawmakers to vote for his tax deal, President Obama is using one of his go-to lines from the healthcare debate, according to a Democratic lawmaker. Obama is telling members of Congress that failure to pass the tax-cut legislation could result in the end of his presidency, Rep. Pet ...
• El Derrame de Petróleo de BP: La Conspiración que ...
  Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda Las grandes corporaciones son responsables de la destrucción del medio ambiente, eso es simplemente un hecho. Si no lo creen y no creen en teorías de la conspiración, sujetense los pantalones y el sombrero, porque este artículo se los va a volar lejos, muy lejos. ...
• The BP Oil Spill Conspiracy You Didn’t Hear ...
  Big corporations are responsible for the destruction of the environment, that is just a fact. If you don't believe it and don't believe in conspiracy theories, hold on to your pants and hat because this article is going to blow them far, far away. Everyone still remembers the British Petroleum (BP) ...

Wind Watch

• DEP: Vinalhaven turbines too loud
  The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has found that three wind turbines on Vinalhaven have exceeded nighttime noise limits and has asked Fox Islands Wind LLC to modify its operations. The small island wind farm has proven controversial since it began operating a year ago, with some neigh ...
• Waubra wind farm buys more properties
  Waubra wind farm operator Acciona has confirmed it has now bought out seven property owners. Director of generation Brett Wickham said yesterday two more properties had been recently purchased by the company. Mr Wickham said post-construction noise monitoring was completed in September. This monitor ...
• Wind resistance: Plans for turbines generate quest ...
  In a time of rising fuel costs, they stand in open fields with blades turning to harvest the wind and turn it into power. But as wind turbines are built, and proposed, in Central Massachusetts, there is growing opposition from some residents who question their value, and worry about possible ill eff ...
• Deaths of rare eagles rises
  The number of eagles killed by turbine blades at one of Australia’s largest wind farms is climbing, with a rare juvenile wedge-tailed eagle the 22nd to die at Woolnorth in Tasmania’s north-west. The farm is killing two protected species at the rate of about 3.2 eagles a year, according to a count by ...
• Wind project divides Bourne residents
  BOURNE â With two public meetings under their belts, the backers of the New Generation Wind project spent Monday night’s Cape Cod Commission subcommittee hearing addressing concerns including health issues and the financial impacts of their seven proposed turbines. A mix of supporters â wearing the ...

Not My Tribe

• Revisiting the Weather Underground’s 1970 pa ...
  Former Weatherman Bill Ayers, now a respected professor of education, was recently nominated for emeritus status but ran into trouble when a right wing blogger complained that a 1970 underground publication coauthored by Ayers, Prairie Fire, had been dedicated to Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Rober ...
• John Pilger – The War You Don’t See
  We call it the Iraq War, as we did the Vietnam War, but America’s wars aren’t so-named in the host countries. It’s the Iraq Invasion, not War, and Afghanistan Invasion really, now Occupation, Decimation and Holocaust. Journalist filmmaker John Pilger subscribes to the theory that if a public is let ...
• It’s Obama’s tax cut for the rich
  It seems just an election ago that Candidate Obama objected to the Bush Tax Cuts which launched a new gilded age. Now that those grievously unfair giveaways are up for extension, President Obama is not just a cheerleader, he’s the pitcher, with relief pitcher Clinton in the final inning. Obama pushe ...
• Compared to George W. Bush, Obama demonstrates W d ...
  Can you hear it? Media voices this morning are giddy with Obama’s extension of tax cuts for the rich. Or is it the Christmas season? Today I suppose would be the time to apologize to those you vilified in ’08 for cautioning that Barack Obama was not the change you wanted to believe in. I [...]
• Tis the season for conspicuous consumption.
  First, connoisseurs of the history of Jesus would know that He was born in a barn. Nothing about flying reindeer, dancing snowmen, or a huge elf. Or trees. There was a little bit of Grinchiness this year on the part of the U.S. Forest service, because of the global warming, the massive swarm of pine ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• A Critical Review of the "9/11 Mysteries Viewer's ...
  We've all seen the film 9/11 Mysteries Part 1: Demolitions. Likewise, I'm sure we have also all seen the 9/11 Mysteries Viewer's Guide, which claims to refute the entire film. Many have obviously read this Guide and believed it to debunk the entire film. Well, I've read the Guide also, and I wasn't ...
• Knee Deep in Crap
  Thanks for walking us through that Conspiracies R Not Us. I just had a look at their reply to Scootle's reply yesterday and here is mine, and I'm not "in a fuss" I assure everyone. "Neighborhood Rationalist" states that Scootle's "speculative characterization of the plane’s maneuvers was pathetic. ...
• Holocaust Denial [Updated]
  Un-TruTV: Fear vs. Fact on Ventura’s ‘Conspiracy Theory’ http://www.splcenter.org/blog/2010/11/22/un-trutv-fear-vs-fact-on-venturas-conspiracy-theory/ Funny how the Anti-Defamation League and the SPLC love to associate anything anti-establishment with holocaust denial, yet when you expose future ho ...
• Anonymous really are frickin' stupid!
  I've never cared much for 4chan. The place is so full of hate and immaturity it puts JREF to shame. It's like some pathetic cult of sick, perverted, shallow, dehumanized geeks. The first time I visited the site I stumbled upon a disgusting, graphic photo of some old man having sex with a dead body ...
• Action Alert: Send This Letter to Any Architects a ...
  As AE911Truth has stated before, "Its easy! Just look them up in the phone book or on the Internet and send them an email (like the one below)." 1,388 architectural and engineering professionals calling for a new 9/11 investigation Hello, Here is the website of Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Tru ...

Fooducate

• FiberOne Yoplait – Zero Guilt? Not So Sure…
  Fiber is an important nutrient. Good sources of fiber are fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. We need 25 grams a day, but most of us fall short on this number because we don’t eat enough of the above. That’s why many food companies today push fiber into their processed products. Yogurt is a healt ...
• Visualizing Portion Sizes
  This is a guest blog post by Larry Istrail Estimating portion sizes is arguably the most important, yet difficult aspect of approximating your daily caloric intake. Simply stated, the inability to assess serving sizes yields inaccurate caloric estimations and potentially less weight loss, or more we ...
• FTC to Dannon: Cut the BS Health Claims
  Our second yogurt post this week, with good news for consumers. Dannon, which has been aggressively marketing its Activia line of yogurts, will stop making unsubstantiated health claims effective immediately. This, according to a $21M settlement with the FTC: The Dannon Company, Inc. has agreed to ...
• Are You Buying Old Food at the Grocery Store?
  This is a guest blog post by Eric Burkett. It originally appeared on Delish.com Care for a glass of year-old orange juice? How about some pre-washed, bagged spinach picked almost two weeks ago? A five-month-old apple? Month-old meat? If, like most folks, you buy your produce and food at grocery ...
• Yoplait Reformulates. Giving Away 1 Million Cups
  Big marketing move for General Mill’s Yoplait brand this week. The yogurt giant has reformulated its “Original” line of products by fortifying them with calcium and vitamin D. Calcium has moved up from 20% of the daily value to 50%, as has vitamin D. Yoplait is also giving away 1 million cups of yo ...

Traffikd

• How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blogs i ...
  To market your company effectively, you need to find out where your target audience is. In this post I’ll show you how you can do this. I like using examples, so in this case, I’ll assume you sell Star Wars merchandise.
• Blogging Event Ideas to Spice Up Your Blog
  If you've ever gone to an industry conference, film festival, grand opening, or author signing, then you can appreciate the energy such events can create. Industry conferences gather together the best and brightest minds in order to share ideas and plan for the future. Film festivals celebrate great ...
• Increasing Your Blog’s Interactivity: 10 Tips for ...
  Guest post by Alexis Bonari Success in attracting and retaining readers is often influenced by a blog’s level of interactivity. Many readers are more active than passive and want to feel like they have a role in affecting a blog’s content, design, structure, and overall ongoing conversation. Posts ...
• 5 Facebook Apps That Really Make Money
  Guest post by Alexis Bonari If you aren't on Facebook by now, you are probably the only one who isn't. My grandmother has a Facebook page and anyone who can type, is able to start their own page with no problem. Most everyone uses Facebook as a social meeting place, but did you know that you coul ...
• Online Profits Re-Opens (and now it’s free)!
  Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips started a membership site, Online Profits, last year to help people learn about making money online. Daniel has just re-launched and re-vamped Online Profits, and this time there is no charge to get all of the valuable content. The only requirement is that you open a ...

Survival International

• Tribe reveals new evidence of uncontacted Indians ...
  Kayapó Indians dance at a protest against the Belo Monte dam © T Turner A tribe in the Brazilian Amazon has revealed new evidence showing that there are uncontacted Indians living in the area of the planned Belo Monte mega-dam, and has warned that these Indians are seriously threatened by the p ...
• Success! USA is final country to support tribal ri ...
  All countries that opposed the Declaration, including Australia, now support it. It is a small step in creating real change for tribal people like this Aboriginal boy. © John Miles/Survival The United States has formally endorsed the UN Declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples, meaning t ...
• Survival calls on Obama to support the UN Declarat ...
  The UN Declaration sets standards by which governments' treatment of indigenous people can be judged. © 1996 Fiona Watson/Survival To mark tomorrow’s opening of the White House Tribal Nations Conference, Survival has called on President Obama to support the UN Declaration on the rights of indi ...
• Borneo tribesman arrested in palm oil conflict
  Oil palms planted on recently-deforested land, Sarawak © M Ross/ Survival An Iban tribesman in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, has been arrested and charged with attempted murder following an argument with workers from a palm oil company. Tribesman Liam Rengga denies the charges, and ...
• Botswana government rejects high-profile court rul ...
  Four years later, the Botswana government continues to reject the High Court ruling. © Survival Four years on from a court victory which saw the Kalahari Bushmen win the right to live on their ancestral lands, the Botswana government has issued a statement flouting the ruling. In 2002, the Bo ...

Greg Palast

• The Real Wiki Hero
  by Marta Steele from OpEdNews with a Surprise P.S. from Greg Palast Is it not ironic that the same country that contributed Rupert Murdoch to the world has more recently donated Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks since 2007, when it was founded to "report on and publish important informat ...
• WIKI-CREEP ASSANGE, THE SCAMPPvt. Bradley, the Cha ...
  by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash I'm a "hero" and it makes me want to puke.  This week I was voted a "Hero of the Media" in one of those fairly harmless polls that are little more than thermometers of face time on the idiot box. But this Nation Magazine gong is shared with Julian Assange, imp ...
• Put a Little Palast in Your Stocking
  from Greg Palast For Chanukah, Christmas, Hajj 2010, Kwanzaa or whatever lights your candle, why not give the (tax deductible) gift of Truth? My latest disguise - fooled you? This year we have a few suggestions for Holiday gift-giving from the Palast Investigative Fund store: A Palast Gift Ca ...
• Debt Vultures Shot for ChanukahLiberia is saved bu ...
  by Greg Palast for In These Times We got’m. I can hardly believe it. Yesterday, the financial vultures, the carcass-chewers who were preying on the dirt-poor African nation of Liberia, gave up. Two shadowy vulture funds, which had won a $43 million court judgment against Liberia, agreed to accept ...
• The Family JewelsA Veteran’s Story
  by Greg Palast In 1930, when my father was an 8-year-old kid in Chicago, he asked his older brother why people were outside in the cold snow in a long line. His brother Harold said, "It's a bread line. They don't have anything to eat. They're hoping for bread." My father ran to his mother's bedro ...

Telegraph UK - oil

• US government announces extension to gulf drilling ...
  The Obama administration will maintain a long-standing oil drilling ban in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida after considering loosening it before the BP spill, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.
• A fatal, familiar chain reaction
  The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster were both caused by a string of human errors, says Geoffrey Lean.
• We can't avoid another Deepwater disaster
  In the desperate hunt for oil, danger and human error make a deadly cocktail, writes Geoffrey Lean.
• Brazil's Libra oil field may be biggest in America ...
  The Libra oil field in Brazil may be the biggest discovered in the Americas for more than 30 years, according to the country's industry regulator.
• Vladimir Putin calls for calm in battle for Arctic ...
  Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, called for calm in the battle for the Arctic's vast untapped energy resources, accusing unnamed forces of trying to stir up trouble.

Ian Welsh

• Why DADT Repeal Will Pass and Dream Won’t
  Gays dropped their votes to Dems significantly from 2008 levels.  Hispanics voted for Democrats at about 2008 levels despite horrible policies against them.  You only have leverage if you are willing to defect in a high profile fashion.
• Afghanistan’s 22% GDP Security Services
  If any nation that the US did not like and was not propping up spent 22% of its GDP on defense and projects to continue to spend at that level for most of a decade when its only enemy is an internal light infantry insurgency, the American foreign policy establishment would be very quick to [...]
• The Torture Culture
  Ok, here’s the deal.  Torture does not work to get information.  Period.  You do not torture people to get information, you torture people to send information, or rather, to send a message. What is that message? We Torture People That’s all the message is. America is a torture culture.  The majo ...
• The Torture Culture
  Ok, here’s the deal.  Torture does not work to get information.  Period.  You do not torture people to get information, you torture people to send information, or rather, to send a message. What is that message? We Torture People That’s all the message is. America is a torture culture.  The majo ...
• The Kabuki Congress and Presidency
  Ok, another edition of pointing out the painfully obvious. Most votes in Congress are Kabuki.  There was never any chance that Bush tax cuts weren’t going to be extended, and this was obvious far before the election, for example.  Unions were never going to get the Employee Free Choice Act. Also, ...

Age of Autism

• Solitude
  By Cathy Jameson In cleaning out my desk one day I uncovered a pile of computer discs. Some were those freebie ones you get in a fast food restaurant kids’ meal. Other ones stored digital family photo albums I have...
• Age of Autism Comment of The Week
  Comment of the Week from Dan Burns' post "When the School Bus Stops Coming.": Having worked for 8 years directly supporting people with Severe Autism, I have seen firsthand how adults languish on thin ice when not given the amount...
• My Son The Model
  By Deb Mylander (Photo by Fritz Liedtke at www.fritzphoto.com) "You know, he is handsome enough to be a model," the Target clerk said to me in the same tone of voice she would have used if she had been telling...
• AofA Contest! Treating Autism UK Calendars
  Treating Autism AofA Contest! Leave a comment to enter. This contest is open to readers across the globe (waving at our friends in Israel and Malaysia!) Six prizes of one Treating Autism 2011 Calendar and one pack of thank you...
• Canadian Judge Rules Vaccinations Not Essential in ...
  You can comment at the Calgary Sun HERE. Vaccinations aren’t “essential” medical treatments, a family court judge has ruled in refusing a Child Welfare request to order inoculations for four kids. Judge Stephen Lipton, in a written decision released Thursday,...

Global BDS Movement

• Derail Israel's Unlawful A1 Train Project– End Int ...
  Occupied Palestinian Territory, 16 December 2010 - Israel’s A1 high-speed train project designed to connect Jerusalem and Tel Aviv violates international humanitarian law and human rights law. The A1 rail project forms a component of Israel’s ongoing plans to cement its regime of occupation, colonia ...
• Australian BDS Movement Begins to Emerge
  By Phil Monsour read more
• Palestinian refugees and Israel's A1 rail project ...
  The A1 rail project constitutes yet another step in the i read more
• BNC endorses findings of London session of Russell ...
  Occupied Palestine, 30 November 2010 - "May this tribunal prevent the crime of silence‟, pleaded intellectual Bertrand Russell at the first meeting of the citizens' War Crimes Tribunal that investigated US war crimes during its war on Vietnam.1 At a time when little was known in the wider public abo ...
• Veolia and Alstom feel the heat – BNC calls for in ...
  Occupied Palestine, November 2010 - Veolia and Alstom, the two French companies involved in the construction and management of a tramway linking west Jerusalem with illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territory, described by the UN Human Rights Council as a “clear violation ...

Farm Wars

• Conservation Easements (CEs)*:Read the fine print ...
  A basic Constitutional tenet of private property ownership in America is the landowner’s right to determine the use and disposition of his or her land. This ownership gives the property owner the right to occupy, use, lease, sell, develop, and deny public access to his or her land. Today, lando ...
• Truth Squad Radio – Guardian Abuse!
  The legal abuse and exploitation of Gary Harvey: What happens when the state steps in and takes custody and control of an adult? Does the family have any rights?
• Grandma Got Molested At The Airport – Funny Video
  TSA strikes again!
• Toxic Gulf Seafood: Looks good to me, Vern!
  If you can't see, smell, or taste it, and if it looks good, then it must be okay to eat. Or at least will fool the public long enough to rake in profits until the consumer base is sufficiently reduced through disease leading to early death so that the genocidal oligarchs leading us off the cliff can ...
• Chinese government money is buying one of U.S.A.’s ...
  It seems like there’s not much hope for Mt. Hope in Nevada. A brave group of American farmers and ranchers (and so far, Eureka County, NV) are all that is standing between our valuable American resources and water rights, and a Chinese company that has taken a $745 million loan from a bank fully ow ...

Open Your Eyes News

• Taliban attack leaves NATO soldier dead in E. Afgh ...
  Xinhua — Taliban-linked activities claimed the life of another NATO soldier in Afghanistan on Saturday, brining the alliance’s casualties to four over the past two days, a press release of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. Read Article
• Sidestepping the U.S. Dollar, a Russian Exchange W ...
  NY Times – Russia and China are poised to take a small but symbolic step in their expanding economic relationship, a move that in the long term could make the dollar less relevant to business between the two nations. On Wednesday, a Moscow securities exchange is scheduled to open direct trading betw ...
• Large Vitamin D Doses May Not Reduce Frailty Risk ...
  Live Science – Taking large doses of vitamin D supplements may not reduce women’s risk of frailty later in life, according to a new study. In fact, the study found that both low and high levels of vitamin D in the blood were associated with an increased likelihood of frailty among older women. The r ...
• Low Vitamin D Levels Common in Breast Cancer
  Web MD — More than half of women with breast cancer have low vitamin D levels, British researchers report. “Women with breast cancer should be tested for vitamin D levels and offered supplements, if necessary,” says researcher Sonia Li, MD, of the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Middlesex, England. Th ...
• Death toll rises in US drone strikes in Pakistan
  CNN — The death toll in Friday’s three drone strikes in Pakistan’s tribal region has gone up to 57, intelligence officials in Pakistan told CNN on Saturday. Two intelligence officials say 15 suspected militants were killed in the first drone strike, which targeted a militant hideout. The second dron ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• Treasury grant program for renewable energy projec ...
  The 1603 Treasury grant program -– a popular government incentive for renewable energy projects -– was extended Thursday night as Congress passed a major tax cut deal. The measure, which covers up to 30% of the cost of solar, wind...
• San Gabriel Dam opened for tests
  San Gabriel Dam operator Herbert Romero led 16 engineers clad in hard hats and yellow vests down a long flight of metal stairs on Wednesday to a cast-iron wheel on a ledge overlooking a streambed a few miles above Azusa....
• Columbia River coal export facility challenged on ...
  Plans to open the first major coal export facility on the West Coast are likely to be delayed until next year because of an appeal filed by a coalition of environmental groups, which say shipping coal to Asia throws a...
• Global warming protesters ramp up with climate tal ...
  The failure of global climate negotiations to slow greenhouse gas emissions is fueling protest movements in the U.S. and other countries, as the effects of sea level rise, longer droughts and stronger storms begin to take a toll. More than...
• Day Without a Bag targets holiday shoppers
  'Tis the season to go shopping -- and to collect dozens of single-use plastic bags in the process. Now in its fourth year, Day Without a Bag seeks to replace those single-use bags with reusables that can be put to...

water.org

• Water.org creating lasting change in Kenya (NGONew ...
  Kenya: Curbing Water Crisis (NGO News Africa) Kenya – Fortunately, there are a number of organizations that are picking up the challenge, providing water solutions. Water.org is working in the urban city of Kisumu and rural Eastern Province, offering both grant and WaterCredit programs. More than 60 ...
• David Letterman “Water.org, now that’s ...
  Letterman Looking at Bottle: “Water.org, now that’s simple” (The Frager Factor) – Water.org co-founder and actor Matt Damon appeared on David Letterman’s show tonight to promote his new film True Grit, and his passion, Water.org, whose goal is to deliver fresh, clean drinking water around the world ...
• YouTube stars will host telethon for charity (Mash ...
  YouTube Stars Will Host Live Stream Telethon For Charity (Mashable) – The three-hour program is part of âProject for Awesome,â an annual event the vlogbrothers (Hank and John Green) started three years ago to raise awareness for important causes. In past years, the brothers have asked viewers to upl ...
• Colbert tells Damon and Water.org to go to… ...
  Stephen Colbert Tells Matt Damon And Water.org To âGo To Hellâ (Ecorazzi) – The comedian sat at his desk and checked emails, saying, âI received an actual email from Matt Damon⦠letâs see what he says here.â He then read the email, ââHi Stephen, Iâm writing to ask you for your voice to help water.o ...
• MBA students invited to Hult Global Case Challenge ...
  Hult Global Case Challenge Launches With Water.org (Triple Pundit) – Are you a current MBA student? Our friends at Hult International Business school are excited to invite you to participate in the 2nd annual Hult Global Case Challenge on March 5, 2011. This yearâs event will tackle another global s ...

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Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

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

Margaret's News

• Say it ain't so: Zakaria, Huffington and Tom Fried ...
  "It is a matter of grave concern that Israeli authorities are continuing to treat the Islamic religious sites and cultural heritage in the Holy City of Jerusalem in a manner that amounts to further desecration." Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• S. African politicians 'beaten up by IDF'
  South African parliament members, who visited the West Bank city of Ramallah last week, say they were attacked by Israeli security forces during a protest in a Palestinian village near Bethlehem. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Jeffrey Goldberg likens BDS movement to Nazi Germa ...
  If you can�t beat �em, smear �em. And throw in the word Nazi for good measure. The BDS movement is not an economic boycott directed against Jews; it is a boycott movement directed against the State of Israel.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Mr President, Why is it beneath the United States ...
  Awake America. Matthew Lee of the Associated Press stands up for days on end for imprisoned Palestinian civil disobedience leader Abdallah Abu Rahmah, at the State Department. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• A long Palestinian struggle has ended Partition, m ...
  The Palestinians did not want Zionism, immigration, a Jewish state, the armistice line, and have been resisting these facts forever, etc. People in the west call this attitude rejectionist, but really would we have done any differently? Would anyone?Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-i ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• Vanguard Energy Surges In 2010
  As 2010 comes to a close, solar company Vanguard Energy Partners is celebrating a record year of growth. Headquartered in Branchburg, New Jersey Vanguard designs and integrates large-scale solar electric systems providing turn-key so ...
• Solarstrom AG Signs 220 MW Purchase Agreement
  European solar power developer and investor Solarstrom AG ("S.A.G.") has signed a long term purchase agreement with Chinese based Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: read more
• E•BOOM CAPITAL: First Solar Expects Big 2011, DoE ...
  First Solar manufacturing facility in Frankfurt, Germany The elephant in the solar power industry, First Solar, Inc. (NASDAQ: FSLR), announced yesterday it was anticipatin ...
• Canadian Solar Powerhouses Team Up On Two New Sola ...
  Two of Canada's biggest solar energy companies have signed an agreement that will bring 18.5 MW of solar energy generation to Ontario, Canada. read more
• The World's Largest Single Building Solar Generato ...
  Hangzhou, China will soon host the world's largest single-building photovoltaic (PV) solar system. read more

News Blaze

• Ban Demands Outgoing Ivorian President to Step D ...
  Mr. Ban warned against any moves against the Golf hotel in Abidjan, the commercial capital of the world's largest cocoa producer, where Mr. Ouattara has taken up residence in the face of Mr. Gbagbo's refusal to leave the presidential palace and UN
• UN Urges Sudan to Release 11 Detained Human Rights ...
  The 11 people were arrested by Sudan's National Security Service between 30 October and 3 November this year and have reportedly been held incommunicado since then.
• Haiti Needs More Funds to Fight Cholera Outbreak
  At the same time, he announced the creation of an independent scientific panel to investigate the source of the outbreak amid widespread media reports that Nepalese peacekeepers from the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) are t
• Joe Sestak Makes Philadelphia Stops on Statewide T ...
  Thank you stops have been set up in West, South, North and Northeast Philadelphia, as well as in Center City, beginning at 5:15 at Jehovah Jireh Baptist Church at 48th and Haverford Avenue.
• Liberia to Take Action to Freeze Warlord's Assets ...
  At the same time, it welcomed the Government's leadership at regional and international levels in the Kimberley Process that seeks to ban so-called 'blood diamonds' - gems illegally mined or traded to finance conflicts, a major factor in unrest i

Historical Notes

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libcom

• Cloth dyed in blood
  Bangladesh_min-wage_protest-12-Dec-2010-Chittagong.jpg Recent worker deaths in the Bangladeshi garment industry from police repression and from a factory fire. After lengthy negotia ...
• WE’VE GOT THE RAGE! Nationwide report from the Gen ...
  15-peaceful_1786024i1.jpg No doubt remains, not even for the most naive, that the State – in close cooperation with all its supporters and mechanisms – has decided to wage a full-scale war against societ ...
• The Tea Party: How the right is using them, and wh ...
  3966997161_eb5f4903e4.jpg For the full, original article, feel free to visit the Trial by Fire. The American conservative movement known as the Tea Party has caused quite a stir since its first protests ...
• The day after…update on student protests
  0101214104038916_20101214.jpg The Senate has confirmed today – The Gelmini reform will be discussed next Monday 20th December, the final vote will be on the Wednesday. Today there have been more protests ...
• Hope Against Hope: A necessary betrayal
  millbank.jpg Comments on some of the contradictions within the 2010 UK student movement and its claims for a 'right to education'. What has been taken from them to make them so angr ...

Free Range International

• Afghanistan’s Forgotten Province
  There are a couple of recent articles in the flood of coverage about Afghanistan which caught my eye last week.  The first is factually wrong but I understand what the author was saying and he is, in a sense correct.  The second is factually correct, I understand what that reporter was saying too an ...
• Rules of Engagement
  I have written in the past about night raids and aggressive ISAF convoy tactics causing unnecessary civilian casualties.  I have also written on the importance of not allowing enemy fighters who attack ISAF units to live and fight another day.  Counterinsurgency requires adaptation and my annoyance ...
• Healing Ulcer
  After only 90 days of fighting to root the Taliban out of a place they have owned for over a decade  Gen McChrystal called Marjah a bleeding ulcer. That was an unbelievably stupid assessment given the nature of the enemy, the rules of engagement placed on the Marines by the General, and the paltry a ...
• Afghanistan Summary
  This summary comes from Sami the Finn a.k.a Sami Kovanen, the Senior Information Analyst at Indicium Consulting. Sami has been in Afghanistan for over six years now and is one of the best informed analyst working outside of the ISAF security bubble.  He was kind enough to let me post this update and ...
• On The Border
  The military campaign in Afghanistan is going well apparently.  I read that last Monday here in the Washington Post so it must be true.  But two days ago it took a turn for the worst.  I know that to be a fact too because I read it here in the Washington Post.  The truth is [...]

The Story Behind the Story

• UTAH SOUND MONEY ACT (Brilliant!!!)
  Today I was introduced to Mr. Larry Hilton, JD, MBA – the author of a brilliant piece of much needed legislation that hopefully will pass the Utah legislature, and then each and every other state in this union. Here is his introduction to me for the “Utah Sound Money Act” —- Click here:  Sound Mone ...
• Long Live King and Queen Obama!!!!
  Barack Obama enjoys living like a king, so why shouldn’t Michelle Obama live like a queen? The First Lady was photographed last night in Hawaii wearing $635 per pair designer shoes by Maison Martin Margiela. A woman lucky enough to have a job in this economy and working for the federal minimum wage ...
• Remember November 22, 1963 – The Assassinati ...
  To honor the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, I think it important to post the following correspondence with independent researcher and film-maker John Hankey. This written dialog was first posted on Rense.com by Mr. Hankey back in 2007. A. True Ott, PhD The Reason JFK Jr Was Murdered From John Ha ...
• COLD FUSION IS HERE!!!
  Understanding Lightning âNeltronsâ is Key to Cold Fusion One manâs study of lightning and itâs effects led to his discovery of the Neltron – tiny negative particles of matter smaller than electrons. The Van Allen Magnetic belts discharges tiny negative particles into the part of the air where helium ...
• INSIDERS REPORT: OBAMA SUFFERING FROM SEVERE DEPR ...
  So you state that President Obama is depressed?  How did you come by this information?  From a direct source still working within the White House on a daily basis.  As I had stated previously, tensions at the White House have reached a critical stage.  The infighting among staff is off the charts.  ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

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

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

• James Cameron, Director and Activist (Oct 2, 2010)
  He's one of Hollywood's most powerful figures, and, he's been one of the oil sands most vocal critics. That combination had the oil industry on edge when Avatar director, Canadian James Cameron visited Alberta.
• Tony Blair, former British PM (Sept 11, 2010)
  He was British prime minister for a decade of change and controversy. This week, as his book "A Journey" hits shelves around the world, Tony Blair is our guest.
• Steve Nash, Two-time NBA MVP (Sept 19, 2009)
  He's one of the best basketball players on the planet, and he's made millions at it. But there's more to this week's guest than just the game. A lot more. This Canadian now makes his name on the courts, in the movies, and doing some pretty good things around the world. This week, he's our guest.
• Robert Fowler, Held Hostage by al Qaeda in Africa ...
  Kidnapped by al Qaeda. The very thought causes shudders. But it happened to this week's guest: one of Canada's former senior diplomats in Africa on a special mission for the United Nations. The challenge: solving a dispute between the government of Niger and the rebel movement MNJ. This week, the Un ...
• Dr. Shana Kelley, University of Toronto (October 3 ...
  Research labs around the world are on the constant hunt for new ways of fighting one of the world's great killers - cancer. In one lab in Toronto, exciting promise on a new technique for early detection. The possibilities are endless: for fighting cancer, and other diseases, both here in our world, ...

Scotts Contracting

• Oil News:No New Drilling in East Coast Waters 7 Yr ...
  On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: The Obama administration announced Wednesday that it would not propose any new oil drilling in waters off the East Coast of the United States for at least the … Continue reading →
• Solar= Hot Spot for U.S. Exports- Creates JOBS
  On Sat, Dec 18, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: Another study released this week shows that solar jobs in the U.S. are responsible for some very positive export news. The report, U.S. Solar Energy Trade Assessment 2010, … Continue reading →
• What the 112th Political Leaders Bring?
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The View From Abroad

• Logic, Not Emotions, Should Rule the Day
  Unemployment benefits meant to help the unemployed actually do more harm than good.
• Logic Not Emotions Should Rule the Day
  Unemployment benefits meant to help the unemployed actually do more harm than good.
• Your Vote Didn’t Count Last Tuesday
  Fed policy decision cancels out the voice of voters.
• Grand Rapids Woman Harassed by Fair Housing Do-Goo ...
  if America is so free why can't you advertise for a "Christian" roommate?
• Statist Policies Cause More Harm Than Good
  A sure fire way to make a situation worse is to involve the government.
  
  

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US renewable energy tax grants extended for 1 yr

Reuters

17 (Reuters) - The renewable energy industry cheered the passage of the US tax bill, which included a provision to extend a generous grant program for ...

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Joint venture lights up local renewableenergy industry

Prescott Daily Courier

By Jason Soifer Two new joint projects between SunEdison and Arizona Public Service (APS) are turning the tri-city area into a hotspot for renewable energy. ...

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ICC approves 3 renewable energy contract proposals

Bloomberg

By AP CHICAGO (AP) — Invenergy LLC, a Chicago-based renewable energy firm, says the Illinois Commerce Commission has approved its plans for three long-term ...

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REG Starts Pumping Biodiesel at Chicago Terminal

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Biodiesel from Iowa-based RenewableEnergy Group is now flowing at a major Chicago area fuel terminal. This new terminal location combines the quality of ...

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HUMAN HABITAT

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'Eco U' grad stresses entrepreneurship,ecology

UWGB (blog)

Graduating from college during a major economic downturn? Have a passion for something, and a great idea, too? Start your own business! ...

Eelgrass a boon to the ecology, a bane to boaters

Los Angeles Times

... swimmers and boaters it's a messy, gunk-filled weed, but to the federal government, this ribbon-like plant is crucial to the ecologyof coastal bays. ...

Ecology group pushes for safer toys this Xmas

GMANews.TV

With just days to go before Christmas, an ecological group asked the government to take steps to ensure only safe toys are sold in bargain centers and ...

Water Matters - Human population, ecologyand the looming crisis

allvoices

(Managing the Global Water System, Joseph Alcamo, The Princeton Guide to Ecology.) “Why, in so many places on this planet, are rivers drying up, ...

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Group finds 'Erin Brockovich' chemical in DC, Bethesda water

Washington Post

By Lyndsey Layton An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States, including Bethesda and Washington, ...

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McClintock Votes Against Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water

Auburn Journal

Thirty one Republicans joined in with the Democrats in voting for better drinking waterstandards, which are put at risk because of aging plumbing. ...

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Menasha explores way to prevent watercontamination

Appleton Post Crescent

The state Department of Natural Resources first suggested a raw water intake into the lake in 1987 to match the intakes found at municipal water plants in ...

Dangers of Ice Revisited After Water Rescue Search

93.1 WIBC Indianapolis

No victims were located in the water but not before IFD firefighters, IMPD officers and the Department of Natural Resources instituted a full scale search ...

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