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- LIBYA-U.S.: Obama Speech Leaves Many Questions ...Widely praised as an effective defence of Washington's 10-day- old military intervention in Libya, President Barack Obama's speech Monday evening appears to have left several key questions about his future intentions unanswered.
- Syria Between Hope and FearPro-democracy 'Day of Dignity' rallies in Syria have led to many casualties in recent days. Before real political reforms are introduced, many lines will be crossed, lives lost, and human rights discarded
- GUATEMALA: Evictions of Native Families Add Fu ..."We have nowhere to plant our corn, we have nothing," Jorge Chocoj told IPS while waiting with his wife and three children for the police to evict them from the land they farmed in northwestern Guatemala.
- AUSTRALIA: Pushing Uranium Exports Despite Jap ...Many countries view nuclear energy as a way to meet growing electricity demands without releasing large amounts of greenhouse gasses. And as a major uranium exporter, Australia is keen to capitalise on future opportunities despite the ongoing nuclear emergency at Japan's Fukushima reacto ...
- Asian Group in Key Role in High-Level U.N. Ele ...The 53-member Asian Group, one of the largest regional groups in the world body, is expected to endorse the final candidates for two key positions in the organisation: the president of the next General Assembly sessions, beginning in September, and the secretary-general of the United N ...
Scoop - NZ
- European Intervention in Lybia - STRATFORThe one thing the Europeans share is a seeming lack of an exit strategy from a struggle originally marketed as a no-fly zone akin to that imposed on Iraq in 1997 to a struggle that is actually being waged as an airstrike campaign along the lines of the 1999 campaign against Serbia, with the goal ...
- Who are the Libyan Rebels and their Patrons?The world is facing a very unpredictable and potentially dangerous situation in North Africa and the Middle East. What began as a memorable, promising, relatively nonviolent achievement of New Politics - the Revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt - has morphed very swiftly into a recrudescence of old ...
- British Intelligence Worked with Al Qaeda to K ...In 1996, British intelligence employed the services of an al Qaeda cell inside Libya, paying them a huge fee, reportedly over $100,000, to assassinate Muammar Qaddafi. A bomb, intended for Qaddafi, was detonated under the wrong car in his hometown, Sirte. Several civilians were killed. Using ...
- Fukushima: Radiation Exposure, Lies, and Cover-upA week-and-a-half into the Fukushima nuclear disaster, this is what is happening: 1. There are 4 reactors in various stages of collapse, releasing untold amount of dangerous radiation. Two more reactors may also be at risk. 2. The public generally has not been told that, in additio ...
- Jitter Ring Pro Slinger Kyle | Jitter Rings NZ ...Home page of Jitter Ring Junior Pro 'Slinger Kyle', foundation member of leading chatter ring exponents Team Jitter Ring NZ. Kyle is 10 years old, and is from Wairoa in Hawkes Bay. Kyle will be displaying his chatter ring skills at the Hawkes Bay Chatter Ring Reunion in Hastings on April 23, 201 ...
Independent - London
- 'Suicide squads' paid huge sums amid fresh fea ...The radioactive core in one reactor at Fukushima's beleaguered nuclear power plant appeared to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel, an expert warned yesterday, sparking fears that workers would not be able to save the reactor and that radioactive gases could soon be releas ...
- China warns UN not to interfere as dissidents ...China told the United Nations to stay out of its affairs yesterday amid criticism of one of the biggest roundups of dissidents for years, prompted by fears that protests sweeping the Arab world could inspire a similar uprising against the authoritarian regime.
- 'Suicide squads' paid huge sums to stabilise n ...Workers at Japan's stricken nuclear plant are reportedly being offered huge sums to brave high radiation and bring its overheated reactors under control, as plant operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, battles to stop a spreading contamination crisis which could see another 130,000 people ...
- Sing us a song and we'll let you off, court te ...A melodious end is in sight in the marijuana case that ensnared the country singer Willie Nelson when a search of his tour bus last November by keen-nosed West Texas troopers turned up a small stash of the prohibited weed: he will be let off on condition he sings for the judge and prosecutor in ...
- Taliban force overwhelms Afghan police in battleAbout 300 Taliban fighters overran the tiny capital of a remote mountainous district in north-east Afghanistan yesterday, forcing police to retreat from their small outpost in the area, an official said.
Rogue Government.com
- Gandhi 'left his wife to live with a male lov ...Mahatma Gandhi was bisexual and left his wife to live with a German-Jewish bodybuilder, a controversial biography has claimed.
- Defense Secretary: Libya Did Not Pose Threat ...Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that Libya did not pose a threat to the United States before the U.S. began its military campaign against the North African country.
- Madonna's African Charity Displaced Villagers ...According to a damning audit, the manager's of the school project, which was abandoned in January, wasted $3.8 million on lavish purchases such as cars, chauffuers, golf course memberships and free housing.
- Syria's Assad deploys army in port to keep order President Bashar al-Assad, facing the gravest crisis in his 11-year rule, deployed the army in Syria's main port of Latakia for the first time after nearly two weeks of protests spread across the country.
- Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters ha ...Mr al-Hasidi insisted his fighters "are patriots and good Muslims, not terrorists," but added that the "members of al-Qaeda are also good Muslims and are fighting against the invader".
Innovation Canada
- Search for the stellar smoking gunWhen big stars go boom, they are like really, really big guns — they leave behind a telltale smoke signal and a path of destruction. Understanding the forensic evidence from just a puff of smoke might sound near impossible, but for Samar Safi-Harb, it’s just another day at the office. Originally ...
- Women and scienceFive Canadian women. Five accomplished scientists. Five perspectives.
- A recipe for failureBy definition, perfectionists set very high standards for themselves. As a result, they are also setting themselves up to fail. And when they do, research is now showing that many perfectionists resort to binge eating to alleviate feelings of loneliness, sadness and inadequacy. “Perfectionists o ...
- The challenging spine, the adventurous mind
- What’s love got to do with it?Toni Tennille promised “Love Will Keep Us Together,” and while it may be true that she and Daryl “the Captain” Dragon have stayed together for 40 years, it’s unlikely love was the only glue. Lasting relationships require commitment, satisfaction and trust, says Lorne Campbell, a social psycholog ...
Signs of the times
- UK: Why did police charge only 11 rioters over ...MPs are demanding to know why the police arrested and charged so many peaceful protesters at Saturday's anti-cuts demonstration, while letting off those who attacked shops and banks and damaged monuments. Demonstrators who took part in the sit-in at luxury grocer Fortnum & Mason, organised by ...
- Saudi Arabia prints 1.5m copies of religious e ...Fatwa calls for united front under leadership following aborted attempt to stage mass demonstration earlier this month Saudi Arabia is printing 1.5m copies of an edict by religious scholars outlawing protests in the conservative kingdom as un-Islamic, the state news agency said. Saudi Arabia ...
- Norway: Northern Lights, UnprovokedSometimes auroras just happen. On March 28th in Norway, a spectacular band of Northern Lights arced across the sky unprovoked by any significant gust of solar wind. Fredrik Broms sends this picture from Kvaløya: "These very beautiful and gentle auroras painted the sky and snowy landscape in g ...
- 'Virus-eater' discovered in Antarctic lakeFirst of the parasitic parasites to be discovered in a natural environment points to hidden diversity. A genomic survey of the microbial life in an Antarctic lake has revealed a new virophage - a virus that attacks viruses. The discovery suggests that these life forms are more common, and h ...
- Whale and Dolphin Death Toll During Deepwater ...The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically. However, a new study published in Conservation Letters reveals that the true impact of the disaster on wildlife may be gravely underestimated. The study argues that fatality figures based on the ...
The Galloping Beaver
- Useless plane, useless partyWell, first there was parliamentary budget officer. It will cost close to $30 billion to buy and maintain 65 F-35 fighter jets according to Parliament's budget watchdog � billions more than estimates given by the Conservative government. Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page said in a report ...
- This week on Virtually SpeakingComing up this week on Virtually Speaking: ⢠Stuart Zechman�|�Jay Ackroyd�on�VS A-Z. Ongoing rants and explorations of� liberalism. This week: the Disinformation Regime|Listen live�here, on Thursday, March 31 @ 8pm edt|5pm pdt | Listen�here�after midnight Friday, April 1.�� Evolutionary Biologi ...
- Inspiration . . .AKA Dinner For One. Ya gotta love black velvet paintings . . .
- Reach out and touch someone . . .THE TELEGRAPH has a book review by Toby Harnden of an account of the British trials in Afghanistan, "Dead Men Risen". This column is about the snipers.Operating from a remote patrol base in Helmand, two British snipers were responsible for killing 75 Taliban fighters in just 40 days. In one rema ...
- The WaitingIt has been, in the sense of the old Chinese curse, an interesting weekend. The earthquake and tsunami that struck north-eastern Japan on Friday and the subsequent nuclear crisis are frightening events that hit very, very close to home for me and mine. As many of you know, I spent many years in ...
Media Matters for America
- Beck's Theory That Israel May Come Under U.S. ...Glenn Beck continues to push the lunatic theory that recent events show that the left and the Obama administration are laying the groundwork for military action against Israel. In fact, Beck's theory rests on utter falsehoods and wild distortions.Beck: Obama Administration "Is Siding With The W ...
- Sea Level Researchers Debunk Wash. Times' ...A Washington Times editorial falsely claims that a recent sea level study "shows oceans are not rising." In fact, the study does not dispute that sea levels are rising, and the study's author calls the Washington Times' claim "a mischaracterization of our work."Wash. Times Falsely Claims Study ...
- More Hypocrisy: Glenn Beck Takes Issue With Ca ...Prompted by Louis Farrakhan's remark that America is a "habitation of devils," Glenn Beck asked, "[W]hat happens when you can convince enough people" that something is "full of demons"? Beck himself has a long history of linking progressives to "the devil" and calling them�"enemies of God."Beck ...
- Special Report's Contrasting Previews ...On the night before Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) was scheduled to hold hearings on the civil rights of Muslims in America, Fox News aired a segment on Special Report that promoted a right-wing group's attacks on Durbin for his appearance in what they described as "a controversial picture... that ...
- Right-Wing Media Falsely Claim Obama "Bashe[d] ...Following President Obama's national address on the crisis in Libya, the right-wing media has complained that he "bashe[d] Bush" by referencing the Iraq war, with Fox & Friends going so far as to suggest that Obama's reference was gratuitous because "nobody" is comparing Libya to Iraq. In fact, ...
Global Research.ca
- Depleted uranium: a strange way to protect Lib ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Reasons and False Pretexts: Why are They Makin ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Truth, Propaganda and Media ManipulationFor more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Stop NATO: Selected News, Analysis and media r ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Obama Lacks Clarity on Afghan WarFor more details, please click on the link to read the article.
TPM Cafe
- Next, Mr. President, A Peace PlanAccording to people who should know, President Obama has been discretely meeting Middle East hands and political consultants over the past couple of months to explore the possibility of presenting a peace plan for Israel and Palestine, much like the one teed-up by the Olmert-Abbas talks. David R ...
- Slamming Samantha Power With Something She Did ...Via Politico's Ben Smith, this just in from the Don't-Let-Facts-Ruin-a-Good-Story Department. So I'm sitting here watching Sean Hannity (slow night, what can I say), and he has a story about White House aide Samantha Power that just doesn't smell right. Actually the problem is that the story sme ...
- Libya Speech -- Echoes of the '90s and '00s, G ...For a sizable segment of the foreign policy community, the genocides and humanitarian crises of the 1990s were a formative experience. In other words, as we debate the response to Libya, many of us can't helping thinking back to the bloodletting in the Balkans and Africa. Here's the main point o ...
- That Social Animal, David Brooks"Aren't you going to say something about David Brooks' new book, The Social Animal?" a reader-friend e-mailed me yesterday. It was the most recent of several such inquiries, but until I heard Brooks on a book-tour talk show this morning, I wasn't inclined to add to what's been said: Thomas Nagel ...
- Last Friday: No Way OutLast Friday, at the initiative of Peace Now, the Israeli left held a unity conference in Tel-Aviv: representatives from various streams, or rivulets, Labor, Meretz, Solidarity, and various civil rights NGOs, came together to hear the usual suspects. How do you make your case to Israeli voters ...
TruthOut
- Renewable Energy's Not-So-Bright SideThe answer is blowin’ in the wind, and shining in the sun, too — or so say two papers cited by Brad Plumer in a recent article for The New Republic. The authors argue that we can have a fully renewable-based, nuclear-free economy by 2050. Pointing to research by Mark Jacobson of Stanford Univer ...
- The New American DreamIf you are wealthy, you are living in the Golden Age of your American Dream, and it's a damned fine time to be alive. The two major political parties are working hammer and tong to bless you and keep you. The laws are being re-written - often by fiat, and in defiance of court orders - to strengt ...
- Japanese Crews Scramble to Contain Radioactive ...Tokyo - Japanese emergency crews are scrambling to contain rising levels of extremely radioactive water that has leaked into tunnels and basement equipment rooms at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, putting up dangerous new obstacles to workers trying to bring the reactors under control ...
- Contrary to the President's Speech, Removal of ...The most important content of presidential speeches is often what they don't say. Here are some things that President Obama didn't say about Libya in his speech last night. The president did not answer his critics who asked why he took America into war without authorization by Congress. This qu ...
- News in Brief: Chamber of Commerce Wants to We ...Chamber of Commerce Wants to Weaken Anti-Corruption Lawread more
Planetsave
- Snow Frosts the Great LakesThe Great Lakes are one of the planet's most beautiful locations, almost moreso when seen from space. This image was taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra on March 28.
- Satellite Image of IcelandIceland is aptly named in this image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Terra satellite on March 9.
- Global Warming Effects; Touching Polar Bear VideosGlobal Warming is a serious issue that many people just don't understand. Here is some very touching videos from the polar bears perspective. The polar bears are some of the first to feel the effects of global warming. As you watch the videos think about what you can do to help fight global war ...
- Tropical Cyclone Carlos From SpaceThis beautiful yet still terrifying image of Tropical Cyclone Carlos, off the western coast of Australia, was taken by the The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite around 2:15 p.m. local time on February 24, 2011.
- Endangered Sea Turtles Swallow a Ton of PlasticBecky Striepe of our sister site Ecoscraps recently shared a pretty amazing photo of the plastic contents of a juvenile green sea turtle's stomach (shown above).
Water Quality - WordPress
- Blue LegacyAlexandra Cousteau has a cool job life. She is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and the Found
- State of the Baltimore HarborI attended the Healthy Harbors State of the Harbor Conference sponsored by the Waterfront Partnershi
- Measuring the pH of a SolutionAnother frequently used measure of water quality along with electrical conductivity and turbidity is
- THE COST OF EXCESS MEAT CONSUMPTIONHEALTH–Most of the expensive pills and procedures are prescribed to treat high blood pressure,
- Citizen Science? Are We Kidding Ourselves?I’ve been reading quite a few articles lately about “citizen science“–basica
Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts
- Shop, Satiate, Salute & Shut Up!! by Phili ...by Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 4, 2011 In George Lucas’s American Graf
- Chris Hedges: America's Corporate Coup D'étatImage by Daveypants via Flickr with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 3, 2011 The M
- Cyprus: U.S. To Dominate All Europe, Mediterra ...by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism M
- Liberation: Beware the Ides of March (Part I) ...by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 3 March, 2011 “To plunder, to slaughter,
- I smell a rat By William Bowles + Liberated Li ...by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info Crossposted on Strategic Cultur
Axis of Logic
- Rolling Stone: The Kill Team in Afghanistan - ...Editor's Note: Warning! The videos and images in this Rolling Stone article are extremely graphic and disturbing. (The article can be read without seeing the images.) Associated Press and the U.S. government used Jeremy Morlock to distinguish members of the U.S. "Kill Team" in their unconsci ...
- The Race for Solar Energy from Space - World NewsThe failure of the General Electric nuclear reactors in Japan to safely shut down after the 9.0 Tahoku earthquake – on the heels of last year’s catastrophic Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the deadly methane gas explosion in Massey’s West Virginia coal mine – un ...
- US orchestrates regime change in Libya, using ...Editor's Note: It's a pity that the music is so loud that it's difficult to understand some parts of what's being said in this video. Nevertheless, it's well worth 6 minutes of time to watch it and the message is clear: There are no "Twitter or Facebook Revolutions" as they...
- Libya : the latest offensive in the West's war ...Events in Libya have confirmed that the West is fated to inflict on humanity the demented moral hypocrisy of its peoples and the malevolent avarice of their ruling élites. North American and European corporate propaganda media have recited a relentless litany of false beliefs that have also been ...
- Tracking Our Downward Spiral: the Ways in Whic ...Americans are number one in quite a few areas—but they’re not all accomplishments to be proud of. From President Obama to Sarah Palin, our politicians are constantly invoking America’s superiority and exceptionalism or exhorting us to be Number 1. Yet from health care to e ...
They Gave Us a Republic
- The Nightowl NewswrapThe right wing really does pay their trolls Another CraigsList job ad -- for writers to post right-wing comments on blogs and social media sites to "balance the left-wing bias of major media outlets" by creating a persona that posts consistent, on-message comments that stick to supplied talking ...
- This One You Have To read For YourselvesIn an Op-ed at Truthout, William Rivers Pitt nails it so accurately and in a manner so eloquently simple, that I'm just gonna post the link and shut up for a change. The New American Dream
- I Flipping KNEW It Was Eventually Going To Com ...Brad Reed @ C&L provides a link to this Forbes article. �He's already done the "let's go serfing now" (nope, it's not a typo) reference so I won't. �Might try to sneak in another Beach Boys reference later, like maybe "Serfing USA" which would actually have been my first choice. My very first po ...
- Quote of the DayThis bit of brilliance is one of the musings of DCMartin at Pass the Doucheys on the Right-Hand Side. In which the Southern "Negress" nails that idiot bitch Palin and all her sycophantic followers to the mutha-fuckin' wall with one spot-fucking-on analogy: Sarah Palin is the chick everyone wants ...
- Where Not Voting Means Voting NoFor years, people fed up with the choices on the ballot have been suggesting a "none of the above" box for each elective offices. If NOTA gets the most votes, then NOTA wins - the office remains vacant until the next or a special election. Now repugs want something even more anti-candidate than ...
Care 2
- Aspirin the best cure for migrainesChoosing aspirin could finish the mistery of migraine for 1000s, reported to research.Submitted by Plexux D. to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Futuristic Concept HotelsIn the fast moving world when the silhouette of life is changing dynamically, only those will thrive who will out-power others. The designers of the hotels of tomorrow, perhaps, have kept this in mind while creating futuristic hotels to lure the global..Submitted by Catya S. to Offbeat �|� �No ...
- Art books dissectedArt has developed enormously over time. Perceptions change and kinds change with the generations. Submitted by Milan N. to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Backpacking from Miami to UshuaiaKitty the Cat, found as a kitten abandoned on a roadside in Louisiana, is having the adventure of her life.Submitted by Draganescu Pavlovich to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Rebels struggle against Gaddafi's firepowerWithout international help, a disorganized and ill-equipped rebellion would have little hope. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
Smirking Chimp
- A gentle reminder: The fundraiser's not over yet!
- Take the Quiz: Qaddafi and GE's CEO Immelt: Go ...
- Radioactive Right Spews Fallout With No Fix in ...
- The Deficit Hawks Target Nurses and Firefighters
- The Department of Justice: Indicting Immigrant ...
Paul Krugman
- Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainBayonets!
- Friedrich Hayek, ZombieUndead ideas from dead economists.
- Two-faced SwedenSpendthrift exemplars of austerity, ja?
- Contraction is ContractionaryThe evaporating case for expansionary austerity.
- Road to Appomattox BloggingSheridan, Grant, and me.
No Quarter
- Late Tuesday Open ThreadSign Amy Siskind’s petition to HBO, demanding the network fire Bill Maher for his “recent foray into sexism â employing the terms dumb twat, bimbos, and cunt in describing Rep Michele Bachmann and Gov Sarah Palin.” Posts Amy (at The Daily Caller as well as at The New Agenda’s site): Please sign ...
- Ammar Abdulhamid Emerges as Face of the Syrian ...The son of Syria’s greatest actress, Mona Wassif, he is secular, liberal, handsome. … He was appointed a visiting fellow at the Saban Center of the Brookings Institute … He is the author of Menstruation: A Novel, that depicts how the culture of Islam in Syria is sexually and morally repressive. ...
- The Al Qaeda Myth in LibyaWe are back in Alice in Wonderland. Muamar Qaddafi was insisting several weeks ago that he was besieged by Al Qaeda. So today? The airways, especially Fox, are spinning the same nonsense–the rebels are Al Qaeda in democrats clothing. I suppose the folks pushing this idiotic line are counting on ...
- Clinton Calls Bashar al-Assad a “Reformer” – S ...Bronwyn’s Note: We are pleased to introduce Dr. Joshua Landis to NoQuarterUSA readers. Dr. Landis, a widely-known expert on Syria and the Middle East, is a frequent guest on NPR, PBS (Newshour), and CNN, and contributor to numerous news articles. Director for the Center for Middle East Studies a ...
- Supporting rolePOTUS speaks of the Libya operation as an accomplishment. POTUS speaks of the US position as in a “transition” — “so that the risk and cost of this operation — to our military, and to the American taxpayers — will be reduced significantly.” The Obama administration appeals to the American people ...
Environmental Graffiti
- Why Do We Dream?Dream: A stage of sleep when our heart rate speeds up and our subconscious is speaking with us. But why do we dream, and who dreams the most? read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- When Naked Human Bodies Become Flowers and But ...Amazing images of the flowers and butterflies made from nude images of the human body. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 525 Million-Year-Old Fossil Discovered in ChinaA 525 million-year-old fossil with all its soft tissue has been discovered near Yunan in China. Find out more about this tentacled find. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Lights Out for WWF’s Earth HourOn Saturday 26 March 2011 the global skyline will be plunged into darkness for the world’s biggest call for action on the threats facing our planet. From London to Syd read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of ...
- The Vegetarian Saber-Toothed Dinosaur!An amazing new dinosaur discovery in Brazil has found the fossil of a prehistoric creature with saber-toothed teeth! And it was a vegetarian, too! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
Foreign Policy in Focus
- US Handing Off Libya From Ourselves to -- Ours ..."In essence, the U.S. runs the show that is taking over running the show." -- AP
- Juan Cole Challenges the Left "to Chew Gum and ...Should progressives drop their reflexive opposition to use of force overseas that's not in the service of national defense?
- Gambling in JapanIn nuclear energy, as in economics and security issues, Japan has engaged in some seriously risky business.
- Little Silver Riding HoodsDuring this ongoing nuclear disaster, Japanese leaders should do a great deal more to safeguard the children of the country.
- International Women's Month Panel: Darfur Wome ...You're cordially invited to a dialogue about the silent plight and vulnerability of women in Darfur and what policy makers can do.
Global Elite
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...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 ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...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 ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...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 t ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...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 p ...
- 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 ...
Al Jazeera
- Assad blames 'conspirators' for Syria unrestSyrian president delivers first public speech since security forces curbed anti-government protests across the country.
- Syria Live Blog - March 30As the situation in Syria escalates, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe.
- Gaddafi's stand risks stalemate in the eastWithout coalition air strikes, outgunned rebels fall back through Ras Lanuf and complain about lack of support.
- Radiation levels soar in Japan sea waterSearch for quake and tsunami survivors goes on, as readings show radioactive iodine levels hit 3,355 times legal limit.
- Leaders talk as cricketers clash in MohaliIndian and Pakistani prime ministers watch as their teams meet in eagerly anticipated Cricket World Cup semi-final.
Green Inc. - NYT
- You Saw the Movie; Now Here's the BookA new book reconstructs the 2010 gulf oil spill, from the blowout itself to the fitful efforts to stop the gusher to the multiple investigations.
- Bills, Baby, BillsRepublicans introduce bills to speed the granting of offshore drilling permits and undercut or reverse the administration's energy and environmental policies.
- On Our Radar: Brazil May Import Ethanol From U.S.Brazil moves to control spiking ethanol prices.
- Live-Blogging a Senate Briefing on Nuclear SafetyAs anxiety grows over Japan's troubled effort to stem the release of radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, the Senate hears from experts on the situation and on steps to improve safety at nuclear plants in the United States.
- Clean Energy Investment Is Up, but U.S. LagsA new report from the Pew Environment Group on clean energy investment among the world's leading economies finds that the United States has slipped to third place, behind China and Germany.
Dot Earth News
- The Varied Costs of Catastrophecatastrophes tallied in lost lives or wealth, depending the longitude and latitude.
- Radioactive Headlines"Toxic pools of plutonium" is a phrase guaranteed to engender dread, not comprehension.
- Culture, Risk and the AtomExplorations of ways that corporate and Japanese culture may have shaped the ongoing nuclear emergency.
- India's Tiger Count Rises Even as Human Number ...India's count of tigers rises a bit, even as its human population continues its surge.
- Defining a 'Refuge' as Resource Thirsts RisePondering the future of America's national wildlife refuges as resource thirsts grow.
Doug Feith : Hong Pong
- LinkDump March 27 2011 - We looked into the fi ...The Silver Conspiracy xtranormal lolbears are back for Part V! Listening now to Lifeboat Hour with Michael Ruppert presently on ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com. Mostly about Japan so far. Lyric flagged from Ruppert's band New White Trash - "We looked into the fire and the fire looked b ...
- Git & Processing: For new HTML5 Javascript-pow ...Need to throw a batch of links out there. I had a pretty good idea about how to apply some stuff using this kind of tech. The whole thing has just evolved since last November, from local applications into the web. Processing is a language for a lot of cool things including visualizations, but no ...
- Wisconsin gets the FreedomWorks - Yoshimi beat ...We drove around Madison listening to the Flaming Lips -- that day, the evil robots won... Working for the city - she knows it's demanding to defeat those evil machines... ~~ Yoshimi was definitely a public employee in that song ~~ it all makes sense now ~~ Sometimes a press release sums up the a ...
- March 22 mega-link dump: ChernobyLinks & Middl ...A ton of the latest & greatest links to throw at ya, roughly themed out! First some Lols and things to check out: CIA's 'Facebook' Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs | Onion News Network Bloomberg's Winkler Discusses Fed Bank Loan Data Ruling - Video - Bloomberg Granbury woman run over, kil ...
- Feds take down Liberty Dollar with Extreme Pre ...[photo source] Mother Jones reports von NotHaus has founded the Free Marijuana Church of Honolulu – eat that, coppers! Full trial Blog @ LibertyDollarTrial. Ron Paul Coin Minter, Pot Priest, Faces 15 Years in Prison | Mother Jones A few crib notes on the late great Liberty Dollar, which worked ...
Daily Censored
- What About The Civil War In This CountryIt is time to call spades spades. Libya is and was fighting a civil war. The administration claims that we are there for a humanitarian reason. Horsesh&t. We are there because Libya has OIL. We are there because NATO asked us to be there. Who is NATO if it isn’t us? France and Great Brit ...
- The Hidden Truth About the Future of Nuclear PowerMichael Collins A poster at The Agonist, Joaquin, published an elegant and important analysis this weekend. His tightly packed, brief post made three key points. We’re headed for an ugly future with nuclear power based on shortages and future fuel cycles more volatile than those imploding and ex ...
- Radiation Dectection DeceptionThis week, Project Censored was alerted, by a long time supporter, that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) radiation watch site was down. On Wednesday, Dr. Peter Phillips of Project Censored contacted the EPA, inquiring about the large number of downed radiation monitoring sites, know ...
- Libyan Blood Oil:An Illegal War of Hypocrisy a ...Libyan Blood Oil:An Illegal War of Hypocrisy and Self Interest By: Solomon Comissiong On March 20th 2011 the US and NATO forces began an aggressive aerial assault on the North African nation of Libya under the disingenuous pretext that it was a humanitarian mission to save civilians from being k ...
- Michigan: The Shock Doctrine Michigan Schools facing bankruptcy: The Shock Doctrine at play More than 150 school districts and charter schools in Michigan are teetering on the edge of going broke, a situation that is likely to get worse under Governor Rick Snyder’s proposed budget cuts of $470 per pupil. These are the di ...
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Institute for Policy Studies
- Obama's Speech on Libya: Leaving Too Many Ques ...The attention to military engagement in Libya drowns out the call for negotiations, for accountability, and even for a ceasefire.
- Gambling in JapanIn nuclear energy, as in economics and security issues, Japan has engaged in some seriously risky business.
- The Lineup: Week of March 28-April 3, 2011Phyllis Bennis underscores the risks posed by the U.S.-led military intervention in Libya.
- US Spent Nuclear Fuel Largest Concentration Of ...In this interview by Daphne Wysham on the Real News Network, Bob Alvarez talks about the 71,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel that are not properly protected in the U.S.
- Conversations with Great Minds and the Weekly ...In The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, the host discusses the latest developments at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant with Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies.
Equality Trust
- Traduction des preuves en FrançaisLes preuves en Français Preuves à l’appui: une introduction Preuves à l’appui: la santé physique Preuves à l’appui: la santé mentale Preuves à l’appui: la toxicomanie Preuves à l’appui: l’éducation Preuves à l’appui: la population carcérale
- Response to criticism of The Spirit LevelFind our full response to criticism of The Spirit Level here.
- The Wrong Cure - alternatives to the cuts The False Economy website is an excellent and still-developing resource exploring the alternatives to cuts. False Economy includes: a discussion of why the cuts are not progressive details of campaign actions a comprehensive further reading list ... and this short film [youtube:ynUCYo ...
- Why we need a Fairness Test of the cutsA 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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PDA AMERICA
- Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.â–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
- IOT: Healthcare for All Jan CallCall – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. IntroductionsâDr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer MovementâKatie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchio, Healthcare ...
- PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
- War is a Crime: Join In For JusticeWarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Sha ...
- An American Suicide TerroristWilliam John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
Marler Blog
- Video - E. coli Lawyer Bill Marler Explains Bo ...Palmyra Bologna Company, of Palmyra, PA, is recalling approximately 23,000 pounds of Lebanon bologna products that may be contaminated with E. coli 0157:H7.� 14 persons infected with the outbreak strain of E. coli serotype O157:H7 have been reported from Maryland (3 cases), New Jersey (2 cases), ...
- DeFusco's Salmonella Zeppoles now linked to 39 ...The Rhode Island Health Department has confirmed that a person who has been hospitalized with salmonella died earlier this month. Zeppoles made at DeFusco's bakery in Johnston around St. Joseph's Day are the cause of a Salmonella outbreak that has sickened 38 people in Rhode Island and 1 in Mas ...
- Del Monte Cantaloupe Linked to Salmonella Case ...CDC Reports that 13 persons infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Panama have been reported from Oregon (5 cases), Washington (4 cases), California (2 cases), Colorado (1 case) and Maryland (1 case). Reported dates of illness onset range from February 5, 2011 to March 4, 2011. Ill pers ...
- Spinach, Cantaloupe, Peanut and Bakery Salmone ...The DeFusco’s Zeppoles Salmonella Outbreak in Rhode Island has now hit at least 33 people - with 17 hospitalized - with many of the victims being the elderly served at West Warwick Manor Senior Center, St John and Paul Church in Coventry, Sparrow Point (senior facility) in West Warwick, and Cres ...
- Rhode Island DeFusco's Bakery Salmonella Outbr ...The Health Department has increased the Salmonella case numbers from 25 to 33. Of those 17 people were sick enough to require hospitalization. According to he Health Department, the unusually high rate of hospitalization results from the fact that many people who ate the pastries were elderly ...
AutoblogGreen
- Spy Shots: All-wheel-drive Mini Cooper hybrid ...Filed under: Spy Photos, Hybrid, Mini AWD Mini Cooper Hybrid Spy Shots - Click above for high-res image gallery Once you've put an all-electric drivetrain into a Mini Cooper, is it that hard to hybridize one? Well, yes, especially since BMW's limited testing program was intended to give the ...
- Volvo considering insanely high $2,100/month l ...Filed under: Car Buying, Hatchback, Volvo, Electric Volvo C30 Electric - Click above for high-res image gallery A trial fleet of around 400 Volvo C30 Electrics is coming, and anyone who wants one had better have an awful big piggy bank. Speaking at a media launch near Indianapolis, IN today ...
- Smart ForSpeed concept revealed before Geneva ...Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Geneva Motor Show, Smart, Electric Smart Forspeed - Click above for high-res image gallery Not every future Smart model is in trouble of vanishing - some will never see the light of production. To wit, Daimler's minicar maker is bringing an all-electr ...
- Report: Some dealers price gouging Chevy Volt ...Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Sedan, Chevrolet, GM, Electric 2011 Chevrolet Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery Even though some Chevrolet dealers were warned not to sell the Volt above the MSRP, there is a distinct trend around the country where some dealers are trying to make ...
- Audi, Voith enter new carbon fiber partnershipFiled under: Technology, Audi Audi Aluminum A5 Coupe Prototype - Click above for high-res image Audi has put carbon fiber to good use in concept vehicles like the e-tron show cars and a special lightweight A5, which has a carbon fiber hood and rear deck, and in some parts of the R8 and RS 3. ...
Rafe's Radar
- Evernote gets a real Web appThe Web version of this useful note-taking app is losing its glitz but gaining more utility.
- Zapoint constructs resumes from social networksWant to just settle into a nice, anonymous job behind a desk somewhere? Too bad. Companies like Zapoint will tell the world what you do, for whom, and how you compare. ...
- Convofy brings Facebook-like features to businessSocial networking in business can work, as this new Air app shows. It brings real-time messaging to workgroups in a fresh way.
- Gadget review aggregator Retrevo opens own storeRetrevo's main function, to date, has been to provide tech buying advice to consumers. Its new service climbs over the ethical wall separating content from commerce. ...
- Crazy Zediva streams movies only out on DVDNew service exploits copyright loophole by playing DVDs on its own DVD players, and streaming you the output. Think of it as a wall of Slingboxes, available for rent. ...
Camera Obscura
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- 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 ...
- The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...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 ...
- Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...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 rigo ...
- Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...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 ...
Democracy Now!
- Aristide’s Return to Haiti: A Long Night ...Late at night on March 17, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide boarded a small plane with his family in Johannesburg. The following morning, he arrived in Haiti. It was just over seven years after he was kidnapped from his home in a U.S.-backed coup d’etat. Haiti has been ravaged by ...
- Uncut Interview with Former Haitian President ...Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family were flown on March 18, 2011 by the South African government back to their home in Haiti after seven years in exile in South Africa. Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman was the only reporter to join them on the journey. Here is the compl ...
- 21-Year-Old Libyan American Medical Student Mu ...Muhannad Bensadik was a 21-year-old Libyan American medical student in Benghazi who was born in North Carolina and whose family lives in Virginia. He participated in the Libyan uprising last month and then decided to join the armed struggle against Col. Muammar Gaddafi’s forces. Muhannad ...
- Libyan Citizen Journalist Mohammed Nabbous Kil ...Democracy Now! regrets to report that Mohammed Nabbous, a Libyan citizen journalist in Benghazi who founded Libya AlHurra TV to broadcast live online on Gaddafi violence, was shot and killed Saturday morning. Click to hear Democracy Now! correspondent Anjali Kamat’s Feb. 26 interview ...
- Aristide's First Day Back in Haiti After 7 Yea ...After a long day of traveling, Amy Goodman reports on the historic return of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to Haiti. Click here to listen to this report. “I am Amy Goodman in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. What a remarkable day and a remarkable journey this has been. The Aristides have ...
Digg Green
- Explained: How to measure radioactivity A guide to terminology about radiation exposure
- Custom Fabricated Creepy Robotic Eye (VID ...This is a custom fabricated animatronic eye mechanism designed for a standard 1.125" human size eyeball. Built by: Dan Thomson www.visionaryeffects.com
- Dust storms test the limits of scientific ...By taking into account the spatial relationships between data points, it's possible to design a computational architecture that performs better. Does that mean we need to develop spatial computing?
- Martian Space Suits Get a Test Run in Ant ...NASA researchers travel to the bottom of the Earth to test new space suits they hope will one day be used on Mars. The space agency continues to prepare for Mars despite having no firm time table for a manned mission. So, exactly how far are we from another "small step for man."
- Elektra One Electric Plane's First Flight ...The Elektra One plane by PC-Aero is competing to win NASA's CAFE Green Flight Challenge (there's a 1.6 million dollar prize). The goal is to create an aircraft that can "fly 200 miles in less than two hours using the energy equivalent of less than 1 gallon of gasoline per occupant." The Ele ...
Invisible Opportunity
- Monsanto, by any other Name, would be Murder M ...By Les Visible There are few entities more richly deserving of a placement in Profiles of Evil than Monsanto; The Rothschilds, the pharmaceutical industry, the international arms industry, Goldman Sachs, Monsanto is right up there with them. It should come as no surprise that Mon-Santo- My Satan ...
- The Legacy of Agent OrangeYou ask what we were doing over there all those years: what it was all about? I’ll tell you pure and simple: it was a noble cause. — Ronald Reagan Occasionally I saw these [genetically deformed] children in contaminated villages in the Mekong Delta; and whenever I asked about them, people pointe ...
- Exposing MonsantoBy justmytruth None of this is new information. It has been posted in numerous places on the web. However, since I report on abuses in Government, this piece fit in well. From Organic Consumers Association, we have this news. Monsanto is a company of questionable methodology and faulty science. ...
- Sixth study in recent months links mercury in ...By Ethan Huff The toxic effects of the mercury, also known in vaccines as Thimerosal, have once again been confirmed, this time by researchers from the University of Brazil. Marking the sixth major study in recent months to condemn the use of mercury in medicine, the new study reveals that mercu ...
- Amidst Growing World Doubts About 9/11A December 2010 poll conducted by the prestigious Emnid Institute, and reported in the German magazine “Welt der Wunder,” revealed that 89.5% of German respondents do not believe the official story of 9/11. The issue is heating up in America as well, and will soon be heard in court. Top Secret M ...
Global Insights
- Less Than a Week AwayWe 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 GuidestonesOn 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 ...
- The CreationTHE 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 pu ...
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...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-op ...
- About George GreenDear 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 fo ...
AlterNet - DrugReporter
- Barry Bonds' Prosecutors: This Is Your Testicl ...Barry Bonds' trial took another twist when the prosecution said they would make the size of his testicles the crux of their case to prove that Bonds lied to a grand jury.
- In Drug Courts, Judges Practice Their Own Vers ...Drug courts must be standardized, they must be held accountable and they must not be our primary policy approach to drug use and addiction.
- Barry Bonds’ Prosecutors: T ...Barry Bonds' trial took another twist when the prosecution said they would make the size of his testicles the crux of their case to prove that Bonds lied to a grand jury.
- Children, Budgets Suffer from Drug Testing the ...Legislation is pending in over a dozen state legislatures and the U.S. Congress that would deny help with food and housing or unemployment to recipients who fail a drug test.
- Busted for Growing Pot to Ease Suffering from ...A radical mastectomy, complications from chemotherapy, hemophilia and back syndrome amount to motives for this "crime," carried out by a harmless middle-aged couple.
Twilight Earth
- Cartoon caption contestTake a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
- Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
- Apples may lose trees [cartoon]The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Ec ...
- Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Governmentâs Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: The USDA cav ...
- BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable). Dea ...
Inhabitat
- Seoul’s New Solar-Powered GT Tower Boasts a Mi ...Read the rest of Seoul’s New Solar-Powered GT Tower Boasts a Mind-Bending Wavy Facadehttp://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: adaptive floor plate, ...
- Metropol Parasol: The World’s Largest Wooden S ...Read the rest of Metropol Parasol: The World’s Largest Wooden Structure Opens in Sevillehttp://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: cultural center, J ...
- Announcing The Stop the Paper Towels Competiti ...THE FINALISTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN – NOW IT’S UP TO YOU TO DECIDE WHO WINS! They came, they saw, they designed… Over 300 of you tried your hand in our Stop the Paper Towels graphic design competition to find the most enticing and inspiring graphics to print on reusable PeopleTowels to persuade consu ...
- 1,000 Pound “Fantastical” Floral Art Creation ...Natasha Lisitsa and her team at Waterlily Pond Floral and Event Design Studio recently unveiled Fantastical — a 1,000-pound floral creation that was suspended from a 35-foot ceiling at the architecturally renowned de Young Museum in San Francisco. The organic forms were built from 2,500 feet of ...
- Oar Inspired Paddle Lamp Offers a Boatload of ...Scoop up some energy efficient light with Benjamin Hubert’s Paddle task light. Inspired by a canoe oar the Paddle is part of a collection of adjustable and dimmable LED task lights designed for Italian lighting manufacturer Fabian. The lamp will make its official debut at the Milan Furniture fai ...
Pogue's Posts
- More on Over Exposing PhotosMore thoughts from a professional photographer on over exposure and details in photos.
- How to Circumvent DVD Region CodesA reader suggests a work-around for the DVD region codes that prevent a disc intended for a foreign market to work in a machine built for American discs.
- 'Chimping' and Other Photo-Taking TipsTips from a professional photographer.
- Verizon Clarifies iPad Activation FesVerizon confirms there is NO re-activation charge for the month-to-month iPad 2 cell service. There is an activation charge for those with Verizon's MiFi.
- 3 Software Programs That Add to the iPad 2's A ...In the end, software is why we buy hardware, and there are a few iPad programs worth mentioning.
WIRED Magazine | Science
- First Image of Mercury From OrbitEarly Tuesday morning, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft sent home the first image of Mercury ever taken from orbit around the planet. The picture, taken at 5:20 a.m. EDT on March 29, shows a wide swath of Mercury’s southern hemisphere. The bright crater at the top of the image is called Debussy, and ...
- Poisonous Lifestyle Makes Frogs More FitAfter testing hundreds of frogs representing dozens of species on an amphibian version of a treadmill, researchers have determined that colorful, highly poisonous frogs have the greatest aerobic capacities. Earlier studies had suggested a link between poison and metabolism in frogs, but involve ...
- Baby Bald Eagles Will Hatch on Live WebcamLive Broadcast by Ustream.TV Three bald eagles are expected to hatch in Decorah, Iowa, between March 30 and April 1 — and you can watch it happen. Two new cameras positioned above the eagles’ nest provide an unprecedentedly clear window into eagle domestic life. The expectant parents built their ...
- Big Earthquakes Are Not LinkedBig earthquakes like the Sendai quake that devastated Japan in March don’t cause similar disasters on the other side of the globe, a new study suggests. Like ranks of falling dominoes, tremors on the scale of the Sendai quake can trigger other earthquakes, say geophysicists at the U.S. Geologic ...
- Persecution Complex Is the Defining Modern Psy ...Over the course of the 20th century, fantasies of persecution became the defining modern delusion, suggest a pair of studies on long-term trends in psychosis. The first, published Mar. 18 in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, was based on 102 patient records from a psychiatric hosp ...
PakAlert
- HOW WILL ISRAEL RESPOND TO POPULAR ARAB UPRISINGS?The reality is that dramatic political change now sweeping the Arab world would eventually facilitate the execution of Israel’s war agenda against the Arabs, as well as against Pakistan and Iran.
- Video: New, Stunning Japan Tsunami FootageNew, Stunning Japan Tsunami Footage Video
- Video: Joe Biden believes President Obama shou ...In this interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Joe Biden clearly states his position that a President should be impeached for launching an attack on a nation that hasn’t attacked the United States. Of course, the tough-talking Biden was only a Senator when this interview took place and he was ...
- Scientist: Japan nuke “accidents” are tectonic ...Independent scientist Leuren Moret, whose 2004 landmark article in the Japan Times unmasked lies and distortions by government and company officials that led to the construction of nuclear power plants in seismically dangerous areas, has declared in an exclusive 65-minute video interview with Al ...
- The Surprising PNAC Connection to LibyaLooks like the PNAC, or Project for A New American Century, agenda of 1997 is rolling along as planned. Just as has been outlined by other think tanks, Illuminati writers and social programmers But a blind world reels on the defensive when they could have known what was coming all along. Not ...
Andy Worthington
- “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánam ...“‘Outside the Law’ is a powerful film that has helped ensure that Guantánamo and the men unlawfully held there have not been forgotten.” Kate Allen, Director, Amnesty International UK “[T]his is a strong movie examining the imprisonment and subsequent torture of those falsely accused of anti-Ame ...
- The Dark Desires of Bruce Jessen, the Architec ...In another exclusive report for Truthout, my friends and colleagues Jason Leopold and Jeff Kaye continue to shine an unerring light on the Bush administration’s torture program (see previous examples here and here), this time focusing on the role played by Bruce Jessen, the Air Force psychologis ...
- “A Story About Lost and Broken Things ...Every now and then, someone in the mainstream media cuts through the general — and shameful — indifference about Guantánamo, publishing a powerful story that should change hearts and minds. This is the case with a feature in the latest issue of GQ by Michael Paterniti about one of the more noto ...
- On the Anti-Cuts Protest in London, 500,000 Sa ...Today was the long awaited TUC-led “March for the Alternative” in London, calling for jobs, growth and justice, in the face of the savage programme of public sector cuts imposed by the Tory-led coalition government, which I have been covering since October in a series of hard-hitting articles un ...
- Political Prisoners in Syria: An Urgent Crisis ...On March 16, around 50 demonstrators — including human rights activists, former political prisoners and the families of curent political prisoners — were arrested in Damascus after a non-violent demonstration in which, as part of a group of about 150 protestors in total (a significant gathering ...
Environment _ National Geographic
- Earth Getting Mysteriously WindierThe world has gotten stormier over the past two decades—and the reason is a mystery, a new study says.
- Earth Hour Pictures: Before and After, Around ...NoneSee what it looked like Saturday night when hundreds of landmarks went dark—and cities went darkish—in the name of energy conservation.
- Earth Hour Tonight: What Time? What's the Point?Tonight, energy-conscious millions will turn out the lights for Earth Hour, but critics say it's not such a bright idea.
- Earth Hour 2011: When Is It? What's the Point?Saturday night millions will turn out the lights for Earth Hour, but critics say it's not such a bright idea.
- Pictures: Rare Penguins Blackened by Remote Oi ...NoneA cargo ship crash has oiled hundreds of rare penguins on a remote Atlantic island—a ''grave environmental disaster,'' experts say.
drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )
- Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
- Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
- Much like the "conservative" GOP...The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
- Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb DumbsSober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
- The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...
SPL Center
- Gingrich Said to Funnel $125K Via Hate Group t ...A nonprofit group led by former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich channeled $125,000 through a hard-line anti-gay organization to support a 2010 campaign to oust three Iowa Supreme Court justices who voted to legalize same-sex marriage in that state, The Associated Press (AP) reported Tuesd ...
- ‘Attorney for the Damned’ Murder Trial Opens TodayCOEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The attorney who unsuccessfully defended Richard Butler — a civil case that led to the bankruptcy of the Aryan Nations more than a decade ago — goes on trial today in a murder-for-hire plot involving a pipe bomb apparently aimed at the lawyer’s wife. Edgar Steele (left) an ...
- Student Group at Harvard Sponsors Anti-Gay Rel ...On April 1-2, an event called âThe Social Transformation Conference: Social Transformation by the Power of Godâ is scheduled to take place at Harvard University, and it’s raising a few red â or perhaps crimson â flags. Sponsored by a student group, the Harvard Extension Service & Leadership Soc ...
- SPLC Testifies About Rising Anti-Muslim SentimentAnti-Muslim bigotry is once again on the march, thanks in large part to hate groups like Stop Islamization of America, which helped gin up nationwide hysteria last year over a planned Islamic cultural center near the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in Manhattan. Since the controversy over the ...
- Anti-Immigrant Oklahoma State Rep Accused of T ...Oklahoma State Rep. Randy Terrill is in the press again, this time for reportedly cursing and threatening Oklahoma House Speaker Kris Steele, a fellow Republican. Terrill, who is rabidly anti-immigrant and a prominent member of State Legislators for Legal Immigration (SLLI), the main organizatio ...
change: org.
- Alabama House Passes Apology for Recy Taylor's ...A huge milestone in the campaign for justice for Recy Taylor today: the Alabama State House passed an apology for authorities' mishandling of the African-American woman's 1944 gang-rape. This comes after over 16,000 Change.org members signed a petition run by Taylor's brother, Robert Corbitt, as ...
- How an American Preschooler Ended Up a Deporte ...When Emily Ruiz and her grandfather stepped off a plane near the nation’s capital on March 11, the plan was for the duo to be reunited with family members after months away in Guatemala. Instead, Emily and her grandfather stepped into an immigration nightmare. Although Emily is a U.S. citizen, h ...
- The Fair Trade Easter Egg HuntMany chocolate lovers eagerly look forward to enjoying Cadbury Easter Eggs every Spring. With Cadbury making major commitments to source Fair Trade Certified cocoa for much of its products and its work to partner with cocoa farmers to help them improve their communities, Easter eggs are a little ...
- Yoga Master Iyengar Asks Designer Donna Karan ...In 2004, Donna Karan told New York Magazine: "We are all one. I’m a traveler. I’m an explorer. I live nowhere. I live on my [yoga] mat.” In the same article, Karan said she "can see why people become vegans," and condemned those who use alligator skin to make handbags. Given these past statement ...
- Progress! Walmart Updates its Sustainable Seaf ...Big Box stores like Walmart are one of many Goliaths in our industrialized food system. Luckily, a critical mass of Davids (and Johns and Katies and countless other consumers) can push those stores into greener initiatives. As Change.org recently reported, Walmart seemed to have stalled on its s ...
Common Dreams -News
- Ohio House Panel OKs Public Worker Union BillCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- A legislative committee in Ohio approved a measure Tuesday that would limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers and delivering a blow to unions in how they collect certain fees. The Republican-controlled House Commerce and Labor Committee voted 9-6 along par ...
- Japan May Have Lost Race to Save Nuclear ReactorThe radioactive core in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor, experts say, raising fears of a major release of radiation at the site. The warning follows an analysis by a leading US ...
- GE 'Zero' US Tax Furor Reignites Calls for Reform Revelations that General Electric paid no US taxes last year, despite bagging a $14 billion profit, have reignited debate in Washington about tightening up corporate levies. No one, it seems, is very fond of the US corporate tax system. Businesses bemoan the 35 percent minimum rate that is among ...
- UN: Gbagbo Forces Behind Abidjan 'Atrocity' The UN peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has released a statement saying forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, the country's incumbent leader, opened fire on civilians in Abidjan on Monday, killing about a dozen people. The organisation said that in another incident, a group of pro-Gbagbo ...
- Pentagon: Cost of Libya Mission at $550 MillionThe Pentagon says it has spent $550 million on U.S. military operations in Libya since efforts to protect civilians from Muammar Qadhafi’s regime began 10 days ago. read more
Lifehacker
- Cloud Storage Faceoff: Windows Live SkyDrive v ...With Amazon's recent entry into consumer cloud storage, we've got quite a few competitors offering great and varying options—but which one is the best? Here's a look at Windows Live SkyDrive, Dropbox, and Amazon Cloud Drive, and our top p ...
- TRIM Enabler Increases Solid State Drive Perfo ...TRIM is a command that lets you take advantage of your solid state drive (SSD), it isn't available in OS X by default. TRIM Enabler patches Snow Leopard systems to take advantage of it and get better performance out of their SSDs. More� ...
- Comfort Food May be Good for Mental Health, De ...Comfort food may make your pants fit a little tighter, but a recent study suggests its effect on your mental health could be worth it. More��
- Desktoday Automatically Organizes Your Mac's D ...Mac OS X: Desktoday is a handy utility that organizes your desktop for you when you get lazy. Whenever you leave a bunch of crap on your desktop, Desktoday can easily move it into a folder with today's date so you're not overwhelmed by to ...
- Focus on How a Bad Habit Affects You Right Now ...With all the Lifetime specials and reality shows we're exposed to, it's easy to think that beating a bad habit requires the help of a team. You may find more success simply by focusing on the disadvantages that habit affords you right now ...
Water Privatization
- SWANA Response To NSWMA Privatization ReleaseNo one is surprised when, in tough economic times, a trade organization takes the lead in promoting the financial interests of its members
- More prison privatization in Fla. Senate budgetState prisons in an 18-county area of South Florida would be turned over to private companies, under the state Senate's proposed budget bill -- if the companies want them.
- Lodi agrees to look into privatizing new water ...LODI - Privatization of Lodi's future water treatment facility will be researched and considered before the plant is opened in 2012, although that scenario appears to be unlikely.
- Mair speaks on water, democracyRafe Mair speaks to about 80 people at the Williams Lake Secondary School commons area Friday night about democracy and the threat of water privatization.
- Senate budget give wins to private prison vend ...TALLAHASSEE – The early winners in the Florida Senate’s $69.8 billion budget include private prison vendors, property owners miffed with water-management districts, and Gov. Rick Scott. The Senate’s spending proposal includes several ideas pitched by the new governor, although they may not be fu ...
Guardian
- US and UK may arm rebels if Gaddafi clings to ...Hillary Clinton and William Hague claim arming rebel groups may be legal under the recent UN resolutionThe US and Britain have raised the prospect of arming Libya's rebels if air strikes fail to force Muammar Gaddafi from power.At the end of a conference on Libya in London, Hillary Clinton, the ...
- Syrian president sacks cabinetBashar al-Assad is expected to lift emergency laws and announce a crackdown on corruption in a speechSyrian president Bashar al-Assad has sacked his cabinet and suggested significant reforms in his first public intervention in a 10-day-old nationwide uprising.The authoritarian leader, whose sile ...
- Superinjunction bans naming 'Mr Z'Latest attempt by UK courts to censor internet material has led to claims free speech is being further erodedA wealthy financier involved in a family dispute has made British legal history by winning anonymity in a libel case. This latest court attempt to censor internet material has led to cla ...
- Fake bomb found on cargo planeMan arrested in London as investigation is launched into hoax device placed on UPS flight to IstanbulAn investigation has been launched into how a fake bomb was transported on a cargo plane from the UK, just five months after the discovery of cargo-hold bombs was supposed to have boosted securit ...
- Tomlinson inquest sees new footageJury sees images of the newspaper seller lying on the ground after being struck by a police officer at the G20 protestsDisturbing new footage that shows Ian Tomlinson lying motionless on the ground shortly after being struck by a policeman at the G20 protests was shown to a jury during the openi ...
McClatchey
- Commentary: Does duty call in Libya?On Independence Day in 1821, then-Secretary of State John Quincy Adams delivered an address on foreign policy to Congress. The question that preoccupied them all at that moment was how to respond to the wave of revolutionary independence movements sweeping Spain's vast colonial empire in the Wes ...
- Texas bill seeks moratorium on executionsAUSTIN — Clarence Brandley spent 10 years on Death Row for the slaying of a 16-year-old girl, a crime he didn't commit. Now, more than two decades after being cleared, the former custodian hopes to convince Texas lawmakers that it's time to abolish the death penalty in Texas — or least impose a ...
- S.C. bill would further loosen gun lawsLegislation weaving its way through the House of Representatives would increase the number of places that legal gun owners can carry their guns to include restaurants, day-care centers and churches.
- Federal immigration crackdown may cost Califor ...The Department of Homeland Security — stepping up its enforcement against employers who hire undocumented workers — may cost 71 Sacramento, Calif., nursery workers their jobs.
- Kansas 'fetal pain' abortion bill goes to Gov. ...A bill to strictly limit abortions after 22 weeks based on disputed research that fetuses can feel pain is on its way to Gov. Sam Brownback, who has indicated he will sign it into law.
BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch
- Reflections on a fortnight in FukushimaEarth Watch posts have been in smaller supply than usual in recent days. For a week, your humble correspondent was virtually living inside the Fukushima nuclear power station, attempting to make sense of what we knew and what we didn't know as the situation unfolded. Now - almost two weeks after ...
- Bees: a sting in the tale� The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) buzzes into the ongoing discussion of bee decline this week, with a report examining the global nature of the issue and some of the reasons behind it. Their top-line conclusions are that it's becoming a widespread, if not quite global, phenomen ...
- Green tuna goes FAD-freeEnvironmental group Greenpeace is claiming something of a victory with the news that the UK's biggest supplier of canned tuna, Princes, is going to source its fish from more sustainable supplies than previously. Greenpeace has been spearheading a campaign to get companies to adopt sustainable t ...
- China and EU share climate visionChina and the European Union are setting out plans for changing energy use and curbing carbon emissions within a space of a few days. As one of them is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases while the other would be third in the global list if its emissions were tallied as a single enti ...
- Refining the sixth great extinctionAre we living through the sixth mass extinction of life in Earth history? That we are is something you'll often hear asserted in conservation circles - and you'll easily find dozens of news articles taking the notion at face value. It's even acquired a posh name - the Holocene extinction. In ...
The Wonk Room
- Grand Oil Party: Doc Hastings Announces Fire S ...
- House GOP: We Have To Cut Foreclosure Preventi ...
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thwap's schoolyard
- HAH! Read the Pathetic harpercons Weeping and ...With a hat-tip to "Mr. Sinister," I give you this Chronicle-Herald editorial - "Stop Harper-ventilating": We’re talking about the "reckless, unprincipled coalition" that Mr. Harper has invented as his political opponent and chief whipping boy in the 2011 campaign and the underlying attitude th ...
- On the Firing of P. J. CrowleyAs most of you know, Barack Obama has fired State Department spokesperson P. J. Crowley for his statements on the torture of Bradley Manning. Calling Manning's torture ""ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid," raised the ire of the detestable public relations creature that is Barack Obama. L ...
- "The Economy" is Another harper WeaknessHere's a depressing story: Canadian voters rank the economy as the top issue in this election campaign, far outpacing the question of ethics and accountability which helped bring down the Harper government Friday, according to a detailed poll conducted for the Toronto Star and La Presse. C ...
- "B-b-but THE LIBRULLSS!!!!"Here's how pathetic the harpercons' arguments are: While this was admittedly in response to a Liberal blogger's claim that no Liberal has even been suspected of being in contempt of Parliament, "Anonymous" spoke up. In 2002 the Speaker suggested that the issue of whether Lib Defence Minister Ar ...
- There's No Reward For Hard Work In CanadaCrushing levels of taxation leave us with almost nothing left over ... Bone-headed politicians seemed determined to punish success ... Overly generous welfare systems allow others to live comfortably while refusing to work ... Remember, we're all in this together ... In all honesty, I h ...
on Government Oversight
- What's Bothering Stan Soloway Now?By Neil Gordon According to Stan Soloway, president and CEO of contractor trade association the Professional Services Council, due process and fairness are becoming “increasingly quaint notions” for federal contractors. Soloway’s commentary in this week’s Washington Technology is full of...
- Bloomberg: "Cost Overruns Plague One-Third Of ...By Nick Schwellenbach Indefatigable Pentagon correspondent Tony Capaccio scored a good story today for Bloomberg Government. Entitled "Cost Overruns Plague One-Third Of Pentagon's Biggest Programs," his story is based on leaked Government Accountability Office (GAO) testimony for a hearing before...
- Can We Trust Our Doctors' Ties to Industry?By Paul Thacker The stories about doctors on the take from industry never end. Multiple outlets today reported on a study which found that 56 percent of the physicians who wrote clinical guidelines for cardiology had a conflict of interest...
- Open Government Advocates Meet with POTUS: A F ...By Danielle Brian Yesterday afternoon, POGO Executive Director Danielle Brian—along with OMB Watch Executive Director Gary Bass, OpenTheGovernment.org Director Patrice McDermott, National Security Archive Executive Director Tom Blanton, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press Executive ...
- Morning Smoke: Court Rules Against Watchdog Cl ...Where there's smoke, there's fire. POGO's Morning Smoke is a collection of the previous day's investigations, scoops, and opinions related to the world of government oversight. Have a story you'd like to see included? Contact POGO's blog editor. Divided Appeals...
Digital Journal
- Canadian party leaders put forward campaign pl ...The party leaders are starting to put forth their platforms. New Democrat Jack Layton will cap credit card rates. Prime Minister Stephen Harper wants a tax break for families. Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff is proposing a $1 billion education plan.
- How does nuclear radiation affect animals?Many of us are animal lovers, and we have heard very little about the affects of the nuclear radiation on the animal kingdom in Japan and near the Fukusima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The focus is centred on the residents, but what about the animals?
- Obama defends Libyan action while cost of oper ...President Obama used a televised address to the American public on Monday to explain and defend US military actions in Libya just hours after the Pentagon released the costs of the operation to date.
- Toronto Police looking for man abducted in bro ...On Sunday afternoon, Toronto Police were alerted about unknown trouble in the Jane St. and Woolner Ave. area. Responding officers found a victim's clothing but the victim had vanished.
- Part of Toronto's Yonge subway line shutdown f ...Tens of thousands of Toronto transit riders will have to take a Yonge Street shuttle bus if they want to get anywhere south of Bloor Street. A part of the Toronto Transit Commission’s Yonge subway line will be shut down for the weekend.
End Homelessness | Change.org
- Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state. What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe a ...
- Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
- Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 10 ...
- LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
- Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...
Ceasefire.ca
- Let’s Make the Stealth Fighters an Election IssueYes, I can donate $25 to stop the stealth fighters Dear peace supporter, It’s been a pitched media battle with Harper’s Conservatives and his corporate defence lobby since I last wrote you. And as you will read below, it’s about billions of dollars in military sales, deceit, corporate and govern ...
- Canadian general to lead Libya missionCanadian Lieutenant-General Charles Bouchard has been tapped to lead the no-fly and arms-embargo elements of the Libya intervention now that NATO has agreed to run those operations (Daniel Leblanc, “Canadian general to take command of NATO mission in Libya,” Globe and Mail, 25 March 2011). Howev ...
- Now not a good time to purchase F-35s: pollAccording to the latest CTV/Globe/Nanos Poll, when asked about the Harper government’s plan to purchase F-35 jet fighters, 68% of Canadians believe that now is not the right time to purchase the aircraft. Canadians identified healthcare as their number one unprompted issue of concern. 29% of r ...
- Military budget growth set to continueThe new federal budget, presented on Tuesday by Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, confirms last year’s pledge of somewhat delayed, but continued, growth in Canada’s military spending. The chart above, drawn from last year’s budget documents, depicts the continued upward path of Canadian military sp ...
- Stop arms shipments to Saudi Arabia: Rideau In ...The Rideau Institute is calling on the Canadian government to prevent further shipments to Saudi Arabia of military vehicles made in Canada, and to institute an embargo on the export of all military goods to the region during the current political turmoil. On March 14, troops from Saudi Arabia a ...
Kevin Trudeau Show
- One of My All Time Favorite Anti-Aging ProductsI have probably gotten more emails and letters from people who have tried Royal Velvet than any other product I’ve ever endorsed. I actually have a bottle of Royal Velvet sitting right next to me. Why do I have a bottle right next to me? Because I travel with the bottle, I have a bottle [...]
- My Travel CompanionHave you ever heard of Trace Minerals? It comes in a little bottle. This stuff is unlike anything you can get anywhere. It comes from this 500 million year old ancient sediment bedrock plant. It’s the most bizarre thing in the world! It’s like compressed plants from the purest time in earth’s hi ...
- The Kevin Trudeau Show: 3-21-11Today, Kevin contemplates the idea of running for office. What do you think? Help Kevin make the decision that could change America! Self Help: Where’s Your Vote? Boost Your Immune System Cleanses & Detoxes: Mineral Detox One Minute Cure Protocol Miracle Mineral Solution BePure Cleanse Candida ...
- Diagnosing Rheumatoid ArthritisMarch 21st, 2011 AOL Health By: Health.com Rheumatoid arthritis is a serious autoimmune disease that attacks the joints and other body parts. But RA can be tough to diagnose. Symptoms can mimic other illnesses, or they may flare, then fade, only to flare again somewhere else. Lab tests aren’t pe ...
- 11 Outrageous TaxesMarch 21st, 2011 WalletPop.com By: Ken and Daria Dolan If you needed any more proof that our state, local and federal budget spending is out of control, here it is. In an effort to get out from under record deficits and support their spending habits, politicians from Seattle to New York and ever ...
Pambazuka News
- Africa: Angola hosts 3rd African meeting on Cu ...The third African meeting on Solidarity with Cuba was held in Luanda, Angola, 11-12 September, to consolidate the friendship between the African and Cuban people and contribute to strengthening African solidarity towards the Caribbean island nation. ...
- Global: Afro-Colombian women fight prejudice b ...On an improvised stage “Bombón de chocolate” (Chocolate Candy) is being performed. The play, which narrates the story of an African-Colombian girl who feels rejected because of the colour of her skin, is one of the events at a special day on drug add...
- Global: May for the Cuban 5The month of May started with a great number of activities in support of the Cuban 5. On May 1st hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched on International Workers Day in Havana and other cities. They were joined by hundreds of internationalists in de...
- Haiti: Women demand role in reconstructionWomen's civil society groups were noticeable by their absence from the landmark Haiti donor conference on 31 March, which secured pledges of US$5.3 billion over the next two years to support the country’s post-quake recovery. Their lack of a presenc...
- African diplomats reject anti-Cuba resolution ...The ambassador of the Republic of Congo to Cuba, Pascal Onguemby, rejected the lies included in an anti-Cuba resolution recently approved by the European Parliament. Addressing participants in the inauguration of the Eleventh International Conference...
War in Context
- Does the US have a strategic interest in the s ...One of the most pernicious effects of the Bush era was that the neocons succeeded in turning so many progressives into realists. Before Bush, “the national interest” was correctly viewed as the abiding concern of insular conservatives. It meant that Americans should be concerned with the rest o ...
- The fight for LibyaAl Jazeera reports: World powers meeting in London have agreed to set up a contact group to lead international efforts to map out Libya’s future, with the first meeting to take place in Qatar, Britain has said. “Participants of the conference agreed to establish the Libya Contact Group,” said ...
- Syrian revolutionThe New York Times reports: President Bashar al-Assad accepted the resignation of his cabinet on Tuesday as thousands of government supporters took to the streets of the capital in an effort to counter a rising tide of pro-democracy protests in several cities, news agencies reported. The cabin ...
- Cornel West and the fight against injustice
- Rebecca Solnit: the earthquake kitReprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Somewhere, someone should write about the official euphemisms that accompany disasters. The roiling set of problems at the Fukushima nuclear complex seems only to grow as one unprecedented situation after another arises, including a possible mass ...
Watts Up With That?
- Anti-Nuclear Power Hysteria and its Significan ...Guest post by Michael Dickey (cross posted from his website matus1976.com) The decline of nuclear power has had a significant effect on global carbon emissions and subsequently any anthropogenic global warming effect. To see the extent of this influence, let … Continue reading →
- California governor to declare end to droughtTable from Department of Water Resources (DWR) here Governor to Declare End of Drought By Nicole Garcia KMPH TV, Fresno. Fresno -Â Thanks to our wetter than normal winter, Governor Jerry Brown is set to declare an end to California’s … Continue reading →
- The greens worst nightmare: A CO2 to Oil processFrom the University of Minnesota: U of M researchers close in on technology for making renewable “petroleum” using bacteria, sunlight and carbon dioxide MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (03/23/2011) âUniversity of Minnesota researchers are a key step closer to making renewable … Continue reading →
- MESSENGER Sends Back First Image of Mercury fr ...And it looks a lot like our moon…below is an artists rendition, and below the “Continue reading…” line is the actual image. From the MESSENGER website: Early this morning, at 5:20 am EDT, MESSENGER captured this historic image of Mercury. … Continue reading →
- Communicating uncertain climate risksNote to NSF: It isn’t the method of communication, it’s the message itself. See the latest Gallup Poll to see how global warming aka climate change has come in dead last for environmental concerns. From the National Science Foundation In … Continue reading →
Dandelion Salad
- Global Tamil Forum meets with U.S. Assistant S ...by Suren Surendiran Featured Writer Dandelion Salad http://www.tamilsforum.com 29 March, 2011 Global Tamil Forum met with US Assistant Secretary Blake as it continues to engage the Global community to bring focus to the resolution of the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka. The GTF delegation lead by i ...
- Kucinich: President Had Time to Consult with I ...Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington, Mar 29, 2011 Coincidental Timing of French, British War Games Points to Critical Lack of Information Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today sent a letter to Members of Congress in support of his amendment to the next funding measure ...
- John Perry: Obama’s Sickening Hypocrisyhttp://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ jperryam on Mar 29, 2011 Pardon me, Mr. President, but is it not a betrayal of who we’re supposed to be when there is such a deafening silence in Washington regarding the well over one million innocent fellow human beings, in Iraq alone, who now lay dead as ...
- Immoralities of Empire by Philip A. Farruggioby Philip A. Farruggio Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 29, 2011 All empires, historically, were and are ravenous. They have to be, if part of being an empire is to advance beyond one’s borders and claim another’s land and resources as your own. So much is written of the Roman Empire, too m ...
- Small Talk (in memoriam, for Joe Bageant, 1946 ...By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 29, 2011 (for J.B.) This one—tack-witted, sharp of tongue— thinks he’ll die soon, and so, smokes on (although he loves his wife). He has made peace at 62 (my age) with demons, destiny, and even the C.O.P.D. that will kick him in. We ramble on ...
Your New Reality
- No titlePolice Agent Provocateur Busted On Camera During UKUnCut Protests On March 26, more than 500,000 people peacefully marched through the streets of London against the mega-rich who avoid paying their fair share of tax, and whose tax avoidance is now leading to the closure of hundreds of libraries ...
- No titlePlay Nice Little Human, Play Nice IBM has plans to create a line of children's toys that will teach them how to get on better with other children, and, presumably, how to be nice to robots, too : “…to help a child who plays rough with other children the interaction data can include multiple in ...
- No titleDo I Go To Work Today? Or Do I Send In My Robot Clone? They're called Geminoids, which means 'robot twins'. You basically robot clone yourself, and your physical avatar will repeat your facial & body gestures and movements, even when you and your 'clone' are in different locations : CNET : G ...
- No titleIn The 1960s, If You Said By The Year 2000 People Would Be Reading News & Buying Goods Online You Were Of The Lunatic Fringe A true pioneer of the internet, Paul Baran, has died at 86. This story provides a quick summary of his life and some interesting details about the early days of what we ...
- No titleA majestic, beautiful glimpse of a future IMAX movie of a journey to Saturn, animated entirely from photographs taken by the Cassini spacecraft. 5.6k Saturn Cassini Photographic Animation from stephen v2 on Vimeo.As io9 reminds us, "the entire thing was shot on location by a satellite zooming a ...
Wired - Science
- First Image of Mercury From OrbitEarly Tuesday morning, NASA’s Messenger spacecraft sent home the first image of Mercury ever taken from orbit around the planet. The picture, taken at 5:20 a.m. EDT on March 29, shows a wide swath of Mercury’s southern hemisphere. The bright crater at the top of the image is called Debussy, and ...
- Poisonous Lifestyle Makes Frogs More FitAfter testing hundreds of frogs representing dozens of species on an amphibian version of a treadmill, researchers have determined that colorful, highly poisonous frogs have the greatest aerobic capacities. Earlier studies had suggested a link between poison and metabolism in frogs, but involve ...
- Baby Bald Eagles Will Hatch on Live WebcamLive Broadcast by Ustream.TV Three bald eagles are expected to hatch in Decorah, Iowa, between March 30 and April 1 — and you can watch it happen. Two new cameras positioned above the eagles’ nest provide an unprecedentedly clear window into eagle domestic life. The expectant parents built their ...
- Big Earthquakes Are Not LinkedBig earthquakes like the Sendai quake that devastated Japan in March don’t cause similar disasters on the other side of the globe, a new study suggests. Like ranks of falling dominoes, tremors on the scale of the Sendai quake can trigger other earthquakes, say geophysicists at the U.S. Geologic ...
- Persecution Complex Is the Defining Modern Psy ...Over the course of the 20th century, fantasies of persecution became the defining modern delusion, suggest a pair of studies on long-term trends in psychosis. The first, published Mar. 18 in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry, was based on 102 patient records from a psychiatric hosp ...
Israeli Occupation Archive
- Israeli Defense Ministry ordered to release in ...The ministry has been ordered to release information regarding the minimum nutritional requirements needed to sustain Gaza residents, names of officials responsible for policy of limiting the entry... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
- Workers’ strikes and protests in Israel (video)While the Middle East is undergoing massive national changes, Israel received little attention in global media until last week's bombing in Jerusalem. But Israel has seen its own share of national... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
- Workers’ strikes and protests in Israel (video)While the Middle East is undergoing massive national changes, Israel received little attention in global media until last week's bombing in Jerusalem. But Israel has seen its own share of national... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
- 1500 in Land Day protest in LodSome 1,500 Israeli Arabs protested in Lod (Lydda) on Tuesday against government policies which affect Israel's Arab sector, launching the events of Land Day, to be marked on Wednesday. The... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now ...
- Israel passes law nixing citizenship for treasonACRI spokeswoman Ronit Sela: "MKs have made it clear that even though the wording of the bill is broad, it is very clearly aimed at Israel's Arab citizens, and sends them a message that their... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
Ria Novosti - Military
- Russia to move Navy HQ to St. Petersburg by 2012The transfer of Russia's Navy Main Headquarters from Moscow to St. Petersburg will be completed in early 2012, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
- No plans for 'NATO ground presence' in LibyaNo foreign troops will be deployed and there will be no NATO presence on the ground in Libya, NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu said Monday.
- Russian Army to get new multiple rocket launchersRussia's Ground Forces will start taking delivery of new Tornado-G multiple rocket launching systems (MRLS), replacing the current Grad systems, Army spokesman Lt. Col. Sergei Vlasov said on Monday.
- Missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov may reinforce ...The Russian missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov may reinforce Russia's Pacific Fleet in 2013 after repairs, a high-placed official of the Russian Navy said on Sunday.
- Ground operation in Libya could start in April ...The international coalition force is planning a ground operation in Libya that could start in late April, a high-ranking Russian intelligence service source said on Friday.
NewsWise
- Safer, More Effective Skin-Whitening Creams fr ...Scientists have identified ingredients in an herb used in traditional Chinese medicine that show promise as a safer, more effective alternative to current skin-whitening cosmetics, which can cause problems ranging from allergic reactions to skin cancer. The finding could be a boon to women in As ...
- Mothers Abused During Childhood at Risk for Ha ...Mothers who were maltreated as children have increased risk for giving birth to low birth weight babies. The findings, by researchers at the University of Washington, are the first to show that maternal maltreatment can affect the health of offspring.
- Research Targets Way to Stop Brain Tumor Cell ...UAB researchers have found the mechanism used by malignant glioma cells to travel and spread through the brain, and may have come upon a method to interfere with that spread.
- Household Bleach Can Decontaminate Food Prep S ...In the event of a much-feared bioterror attack involving ricin, food manufacturers may want to reach for the laundry cabinet. That's because household bleach appears to be an effective, low-cost way to decontaminate the toxin on metal food preparation surfaces, scientists are reporting. They wil ...
- America's Most Distressed Areas, Including the ...Neglected infections of poverty are the latest threat plaguing the poorest people living in the Gulf Coast states and in Washington, D.C., according to Dr. Peter Hotez, Distinguished Research Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine at The George W ...
Natural Health News
- Just a Couple of Dogs at a Diner ...They’re simply enjoying a nice meal.
- How to Avoid Getting Ripped Off on Printer Ink ...Printer ink is ridiculously expensive. But Yahoo Finance has found you a few ways you can save: Do it Yourself: Refill your own printer cartridge -- it brings the cost of ink down to about 2 cents a page. Be warned that this can be messy; you have to use a syringe to extract ink from bottles pu ...
- Dennis Quaid Calls for an End to Medical Error ...Dennis Quaid's newborn twins were almost killed by a medical error at a hospital. Quaid is trying to keep the same thing from happening to anyone else. His children, Thomas and Zoe were accidentally given an overdose of the blood thinner heparin.� Medical mistakes of this kind are actually a wi ...
- The Criminal Tale of MonsantoMarie-Monique Robin, author of The World According To Monsanto, says that for all Monsanto's talk about the ecological and humanitarian benefits of its chemicals and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), the solutions have never been delivered. According to Robin’s extensive documentation, thi ...
- Missed Sleep Jolts Your Mood, Impairs Decision ...Not getting enough sleep can result in short-term euphoria, but that’s not a benefit -- it can result in poor decision making and risky behavior. A study showed that the pleasure centers in the brains of volunteers got a jump-start after a missed night’s sleep. However, the same neural pathway ...
fotoFrontera
- Imágenes de Amor y Corazones con movimiento I ...Colección que incluye 20 imágenes de amor y corazones con movimientos. Son hermosos gifs animados para Facebook o para el correo electrónico. ATENCIÓN: No olvide usted hacer clic derecho sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para guardarlas en su computadora, laptop, netbook o ...
- Viaje al fondo del mar I (peces, corales y arr ...Le recuerdo que usted puede ayudarnos a promover este proyecto difundiendo la dirección de nuestra página a través de sus contactos en Internet por cualquier vía incluyendo Redes Sociales, Messenger, Foros, Blogs y Correo Electrónico. (www.JoseLuisAvilaHerrera.BLOGSPOT.com) Muchas gra ...
- Nuestros paisajes naturales I (12 fotos)ATENCIÓN: No olvide usted hacer clic sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarlas en su computadora, laptop, netbook o iPad si así lo desea.
- Las olas del mar I (20 fotografías muy frescas)Estimados suscriptores, miembros en Facebook, Twitter, Picotea, Google Buzz, FriendFeed y visitantes en general, les recuerdo que todas nuestras imágenes son de alta resolución. Usted deberá hacer clic sobre las que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y descargarlas a su ordenador, netbook, ...
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Center for a Livable Future
- Art, Love and Agriculture: An Interview with F ...The 2005 documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John chronicles the life of John Peterson, a man who has been described as a “flamboyant, cross-dressing, hippie-loving third-generation farmer [who] saves his farm… by being different.” A vibrant artist and storyteller, John unabashedly documents t ...
- Making Health the DefaultA recent article featured in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation News Digest on Childhood Obesity highlights a simple strategy that can be implemented in restaurants and other venues to improve the food environment. The innovative new strategy is to change the offerings on children’s menus to hi ...
- How much meat do we eat, anyway?Reading the new federal dietary guidelines made me want to look into this question. The guidelines, just released, say that Americans presently eat an average of 3.7 ounces daily of meat and poultry. But, the figures I typically see are double that, or more. So, why, in the brand-new guidelin ...
- What’s Cookin’ in Your Soil Kitchen?What’s Cooking in your ‘Soil Kitchen’? There is probably lots cooking but you might not like all that’s on the menu. So if you are an urban agriculturalist in the mid-Atlantic (NYC-Philadelphia-Baltimore-DC) area scratching your head about all this talk of soil contamination, grab a soil sample ...
- The Locavore debate, revisitedHow can local food systems support a resilient and sustainable future food economy in the United States? That was the question of the day at a recent conference entitled, “Reviving the American Economy-One Heirloom Tomato at a Time.” But for some, the question isn’t so much how, but even can ...
Norwegianity
- RightNews: $100 million a day to interdict Ghaddafi’s cosmetics shipments (no links to Obama’s speech as I really don’t give a shit: three wars and you’re out!) [Peter King no doubt approves] [how the Republicans have flip-flopped and back again on Ghaddfi] [more] [guns v butter] Pictures of how the ...
- Insanely good news videoThis was so good I stole it from WINston (click for an update on Gov. Walker) (more on the recall): A remarkably rewarding and gratifyingly upbeat yet cynical look at the news, and it came at the perfect time for me because I just got done watching Inside Job and was feeling even more disillusio ...
- Und vhat vas your mutter’s religion?Gary Fine, the Strib’s resident Arabist, takes it upon himself to define who is and who isn’t Palestinian. An interesting subject, one that leads me to wonder how many Strib employees are Jewish? Which sounds like a rude question, at least until you read Colin Covert’s review of Miral in which y ...
- Revising my commentsSo I spent part of yesterday being an asshole and questioning the story of Iman al-Obaidi, mostly because I found it incredible that even gang rapists would literally shit on one of their victims. Even among rapists that’s the kind of behavior that wins you funny looks. Then again no one makes y ...
- The boss of US- More madness, and I’m not talking college basketball. Gov. Walker and the Fitzgeralds have resorted to extraordinary measures to implement their union crushing bill. Yes, it’s complicated, but end-arounds restraining orders usually are. From the petty to the perverse, when Republicans are in c ...
Public News Service
- Court Considers Class Action Suit Against AZ's ...Court Considers Class Action Suit Against AZ's Biggest Employer Phoenix, AZ - The U-S Supreme Court is considering a massive class action lawsuit against Arizona's largest employer, Walmart. Plaintiffs in the suit claim gender discrimination in the workplace. Oral arguments were heard yesterday ...
- AZ Report Lists “Near Misses” at U ...AZ Report Lists “Near Misses” at U.S. Nuke Plants Phoenix, AZ - A new report from Arizona PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) paints nuclear power plants as inherently dangerous, and documents several “close calls” which dramatically increased the risk of a serious accident. The report says th ...
- Research: Medical Bills Leading Cause of Bankr ...Research: Medical Bills Leading Cause of Bankruptcy Phoenix, AZ – As lawmakers in Arizona and other states grapple with state budget deficits, one public health and medical researcher cautions against cuts to medical coverage as a budget-balancing tool. Comments from David Himmelstein (HIM-ul-s ...
- AZ Kids and Toddlers Keep "Backseat View" AZ Kids and Toddlers Keep "Backseat View" Phoenix, AZ – New guidelines will change the way Arizona children ride in a car. The American Academy of Pediatrics is suggesting toddlers stay in rear-facing car seats until at least the age of two and all children remain in the backseat until age 13. ...
- Brazilian Blowout Safety Is Again QuestionedBrazilian Blowout Safety Is Again Questioned Phoenix, AZ – The cosmetics industry’s safety review board has just concluded that cosmetic products containing formaldehyde should not exceed 0.2% because of health and safety reasons. Some hair-straightening products known as the Brazilian Blowout c ...
Center for Food Safety
- Join the Rally for the Right to Know! Send you ... Join our virtual rally and send your letter to Congress urging mandatory labeling of GE foods TODAY! Saturday, March 26th, from D.C. to Colorado Springs–and more than 20 cities in between–thousands of people will join together for a Rally for the Right to Know, demanding labeling of GMO food ...
- Join the Rally for the Right to Know!The United States may soon be the only country in the world that does not require labeling of genetically engineered food. In Spring 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that labeling of GE foods would remain voluntary, even though there was no indication that any company would ...
- Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Chall ...“Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Today, attorneys for the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Depar ...
- Bi-Partisan Legislation Introduced To Ban Dang ...Sixty-Four Organizations, Fishing Associations and Retailers Endorse Legislation; Lawmakers Cite Serious Economic, Environmental and Human Health Threats The Center for Food Safety along with 63 other groups, businesses and retailers applaud Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Lisa Murkowski (R- ...
- Nature Happens – Humans Can’t Cont ...By Lisa J. Bunin, Liana Hoodes, Michael Sligh Last week, USDA announced its decision to allow the planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready (RR) GM alfalfa without any ongoing monitoring or regulation whatsoever. Despite widespread consumer, farmer, and food industry opposition and contrary scientif ...
Angry Indian Op-Eds
- ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakbaei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba: "A bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) last week which calls on the government to deny funding to any organization, institution or municipality that commemorates the founding of the Israeli state as a day of mourning. The bill h ...
- Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Rad ...Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Radio News: "“People’s defense” lawyer Leonard Weinglass has died. Born in 1933, he spent decades championing civil rights and representing prominent activists including Mumia Abu Jamal, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda and Daniel Ellsberg.� Weinglass contin ...
- The Right to ForgetAhmed Timol died when my mother was still young. She knew him- they all did, she said- he had gotten himself involved in politics and things had changed for him. 'But weren't you horrified? Didn't it scare you? Weren't you sad?' I was in school, and I had just read the article of him ...
- Ghaddafi a hero for African rights and liberat ...Ghaddafi a hero for African rights and liberation - English pravda.ru: "In 2005 in the basement of the United States Capitol at a meeting convened by Congressman John Conyers on the subject of the 'Downing Street Memo,' Ray McGovern uttered the following truth: he testified that 'the United Stat ...
- TheAngryindian Interviews: Pascal UccelliEditor's Note: While there is a lot to be desired in terms of mainstream social media, there are gems to be found for those interested in social justice and human rights. One such activist is France's Pascal Uccelli, artist and editor of the l'ecriture sans calmants blog. I asked him a few que ...
Pensieve
- More on EgyptReading that now, a few days after the military pressured Mubarak to step down, the Egyptian parliament has been dissolved, and the Constitution invalidated by the Egyptian military. This fills me with fear. The mainstream media are treating these acts as a good thing, and the Egyptians they int ...
- Update: Mubarak Not Stepping Down TonightRelated posts:Celestial Show Tonight Update on March Update, Perverse Justice
- US involved in an Egyptian “military coup”?Photo by adaptorplug A CNN news story says that Hofni Mubarak will likely relinquish power to the Egyptian military tonight. This is what their source, âa senior Egyptian officalâ is quoted by CNN as saying: He said the process — which included dialogue between the government and opposition repr ...
- President LlorensI’ve reconsidered my position about posting Wikileaks articles. This article not only discusses classified material disclosed by Wikileaks, but actually quotes it. I know some of my readers work for the US government, thus the warning. I am not an enemy of the United States of America. I simply ...
- MagnificentThis movie brought me to tears. It is the story of a man whose lack of limbs from birth relegated him to life as a circus side-show freak. It tells of how he was recognized by the owner of a rival circus as “magnificent”. After overcoming his bitterness, the man transformed from freak to hero. [ ...
Green Times
- What's On 28 March 2011There is a lot of argy-bargy at the moment over Julia Gillard's announcement about the impending implementation of a Carbon Tax. Two weeks ago saw over 8,000 people hit the streets of Melbourne, last week there were ugly scenes in Canberra and now it's Sydney's turn: It starts on the morning of ...
- Environmental News 28/03/2011Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
- What's on 21 March 2011This week is dominated by two quite large and wide-ranging events: Earth Hour and NSW State Election. But let's not forget the other events on this week, like Wind Energy - A climate for change; State of Siege movie screening; Sustainable Home Seminars; Cooking Camp for Kids; World Water Day and ...
- Environmental News 21/03/2011Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
- Sustainable Seafood DaySustainable Seafood Day! Sustainable Seafood Day, held on March 18, is your chance to celebrate fisheries that are fishing sustainably, and to play your part in transforming the seafood market, one meal at a time. Now into its fifth year, Sustainable Seafood Day invites cafes, restaurants ...
The Briefing Room | Investigate
- You know you live in Christchurch when...You know you live in Christchurch when.... · Geonet / ChristchurchQuakeMap is your homepage · The rest of the country offers you a place to stay · “Munted” and “buggered” are official technical terms · You go 'pfffff' when Wellington...
- Just a hint of what the next Investigate HIS/H ...On sale nationwide on Monday, or subscribe here
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- Free Movie tickets: CONVICTIONThe kind folk at 20th Century Fox have made available some double passes for our TBR, Twitter and Facebook readers to see the new movie CONVICTION, based on the true story of Betty Ann Waters who studied to become a...
- New-look Investigate magazine HIS and HERS goe ...As of Sunday...with more exclusive revelations about the Pike River disaster and police bungles in the rescue operation...and HERS features new poll results showing support for National is wide but shallow, and that a large number of voters want Winston...
Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?
- Salem’s Music Center Team Visits Tel Aviv And ...Dear Friends, The last months saw the development of connections between the Music Center that opened about a year ago in the village of Salem, near Nablus, and several people from the well-stablished Alef High-School of Arts in Tel Aviv. Ram and Rutie, who are leading this initiative from th ...
- How to lift the closure of Gaza in three easy ...From Gisha’s Gaza Gateway, what it would actually take to end just the closure of Gaza, although not the entire Occupation. Israelâs Deputy Foreign Minister said last week that the continued smuggling of weapons into the Gaza Strip threatens further implementation of the âeasingâ of the closur ...
- Abdallah Abu Rahmah is free, may all Palestini ...Great news on the heels of the horrible killings in Itamar settlement and Netanyahu’s exploitation of them. It’s good to have a hopeful example even if its freedom for a man who should have never been imprisoned. Indeed, the protests Abdallah Abu Rahmah helped organize are still going on after h ...
- Please report any unattended human rightsI read Neve Gordon’s piece a few months back about human rights websites being banned at Ben Gurion airport, and thought what a perfect microcosm of the front Israel is trying to put up to the world. While they wouldn’t think of banning such websites to their own population, I hope, internation ...
- Israeli solidarity activist interrogated by po ...Sara Benninga, whose speech I reposted here on the blog, was interrogated by the police after speaking at the JStreet conference I attended. She provided one of the voices for a new direction for Jewish and Israeli activists working alongside Palestinians for justice. For this she rewarded with ...
Politics in the Zeros
- Turning meat and bone meal into plasticA new process could turn the 9 billion pounds of cattle processing leftovers into plastic, thus saving having to landfill it. Plus, it does it without using fossil fuels.
- Floating solar powerLSA In Action from Sticky Advertising on Vimeo. Floating the solar arrays saves money because no costly foundations are needed plus the water cools the arrays, increasing efficiency. The arrays track the sun and submerge in bad weather. A pilot plant will be installed in India soon.
- Bought and Paid For. Obama and Wall StreetWith liberals currently foaming at the mouth about the Koch brothers, Bought and Paid For; The Unholy Alliance between Obama and Wall Street, by Charles Gasparino becomes even more significant. The book details how Obama was backed by Wall Street very early in the 2008 election and with much mor ...
- I was going to write something like this as satireBut the EPA beat me to it. Unfortunately, their version isn’t satire. Government responds to nuclear accident by trying to raise acceptable radiation levels and pretending that radiation is good for us
- How to reform CalPERSThe recent report on CalPERS was scathing in its detailing of alleged corruption, kickbacks and bribes at the highest level. Former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro and board member Alfred Villalobos have already been sued by California, and the attorney in charge of the report says he expects that c ...
Coteret
- Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan shared wi ...
- “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here’s the latest example, fro ...
- New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot:  ...On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. Note that th ...
- Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
- Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...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 the ...
Deadline Live
- Wisconsin GOP senator boasts: We have broken t ...Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald bragged that Republicans had busted government employee unions “once and for all” in a fundraising letter sent to his supporters. In contrast to his earlier rhetoric, which focused on the need to curb public employees union rights to balance the ...
- Judge approves $250,000 settlement for Bush in ...A group of about 70 protesters who were arrested after the 2005 inauguration of President George W. Bush will receive at least $2,000 each, according to a settlement approved in a Washington federal court. Police had arrested the demonstrators, claiming the group was vandalizing a Washington D.C ...
- We’re Printing Or Borrowing Over 5 Billi ...
- This Day In History – March 301282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. 1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States. 1842 – Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long. 1867 – Alaska is purchased from R ...
- Deadline Live – March 29 2011
The Air Vent
- Climate Blogger Censored by New York TimesI’ve been thrown out of better.  It seems that my commentary was unwelcome at the New York Times.  Last night – at around 3 am – I left a comment in reply to Paul Krugman’s post on the bad people wanting to prosecute scientists.  Ironically, the post was centered on an issue of disclosu ...
- PeanutsRecently there have been some posts on the internet which have had my attention. First, is a series of posts by Steve McIntyre at Climate Audit that have led to another vastly expanded version of hide the decline.  It turns out that Briffa’s data wasn’t only truncated in recent years but al ...
- WTFDo you realize that America just bombed a country by authority of the president, killing people without a single US address as to the reason, intent, or expected involvement from the president? Sure there was a UN resolution – minimally discussed, but why are America and UK throwing billions ...
- In Case You Missed ItStatpad – Roman M Two and a half PC’s.
- Update on Winds paperCopied from comments on the other thread Anastassia Makarieva Some of the readers may still be interested the fate of our draft paper “Where do winds come from?” and our condensation theory as originally highlighted on The Air Vent here. A second referee was appointed –- many thanks to all of th ...
Focal Point
- Missing Bronx Zoo Cobra Is Tweeting@BronxZoosCobra has 12,165 twitter followers as of this writing.� We live in the digital age, communicating instantaneously across continents, but we're still just a bunch of primates chattering about where the hell that snake is. Hooray for traditional values! [Photo credit: teachingsagit ...
- Yes, Prof. Cronon, Let's Talk About ALEC Getting over half a million hits on your very first post is every blogger's dream. That's what happened to Prof. William Cronon, a distinguished professor of American history at the University of Wisconsin, but his unexpected success as a blogger turned his life upside down. Cronon made a spla ...
- Buddy, Can You Spare a Mongoose?A deadly Egyptian cobra is AWOL from the Bronx Zoo. Anybody got a spare mongoose? [Photo credit: Pandiyan, Creative Commons.]Read More
- All My American Prospect Links in One PlaceMany thanks to the American Prospect for giving me the opportunity to guest blog at TAPPED last week. Thanks also to my friends, family, colleagues, and loyal readers who helped make this a big success by linking, tweeting, commenting, and generally promoting this content to the hilt. I am in ...
- Humanist Vegan Screed is TripeJason Torpy argues in the American Humanist Association e-zine that "vegan priorities are humanist priorities." His argument is a bait-and-switch--he sets you up for brie and leaves you with textured wheat gluten. Torpy argues that humanists should be concerned about animal welfare and ...Read ...
Inside Facebook
- How to Choose Open Graph Tags That Maximize th ...The following is an excerpt from the Facebook Marketing Bible, the comprehensive guide to marketing your company, app, brand, or website using Facebook. The full version of this article, available through a Facebook Marketing Bible subscription, includes a breakdown of the significance of every ...
- Inside Virtual Goods: Profiling the Social Gam ...Games on social networks became a billion dollar business in 2010, enabling the market’s big developers to secure significant investments and pursue sizable exits. Now that Zynga has clearly established itself as the 800 pound gorilla, EA/Playfish are bringing more IP to market, and Playdom is b ...
- Rfave Gives Local Recommendations Based on Str ...Rfave is a Facebook Connect-integrated website that aims to use your Facebook profile to match you with potential restaurants, dentists, mechanics and other services in your local area. Unlike Yelp, which shows people what is generally popular, or what their friends prefer, RFave’s creators Erin ...
- 15 More Ad Providers Sign on to Facebook Terms ...For the past month, Facebook has been enforcing its rule that developers only use advertising services provided by those companies that have agreed to abide by its ad provider terms. Meanwhile, more ad companies have been signing on to the terms — 15 of them since the beginning of March, by our ...
- Appatyze Launches Facebook App Display Ad NetworkToday, UK-based Appatyze launched the private beta of a display ad network specifically for Facebook app developers and advertisers. Appatyze focuses on making it easy for developers to install its ad bar and choose between competing advertisers. Though there is plenty of competition in the spac ...
Truthout - Tweets
- truthout: Contrary to the President's Speech, ...truthout: Contrary to the President's Speech, Removal of Qaddafi Is the Military Objective http://bit.ly/i5KKsn #p2 #p2b
- truthout: Renewable Energy's Not-So-Bright Sid ...truthout: Renewable Energy's Not-So-Bright Side http://bit.ly/ghyJMI #p2 #p2b
- truthout: The New American Dream http://bit.ly ...truthout: The New American Dream http://bit.ly/eUDjKU #p2 #p2b
- truthout: Japanese Crews Scramble to Contain R ...truthout: Japanese Crews Scramble to Contain Radioactive Water at Nuclear Plant http://bit.ly/gq2F1k #p2 #p2b
- truthout: News in Brief: Chamber of Commerce W ...truthout: News in Brief: Chamber of Commerce Wants to Weaken Anti-Corruption Law, and More ... http://bit.ly/dZ3O45 #p2 #p2b
ReDress News
- Will NATO protect unarmed humanitarian activis ...Stuart Littlewood asks whether Britain and its NATO allies will live by the principles they have applied to the Gaddafi regime in Libya and deploy warships to protect the flotilla scheduled to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza in the face of Israeli threats to use snipers and attack dogs against ...
- Uncomfortable truths in Palestine: indictment ...In the first of a four-part series entitled "Palestine and the United States: A Battle Lost, A War to Win", Alan Sabrosky views the edifice of Zionist influence and control in the US, as a precursor to defining the parameters of a strategy focusing on cracking this edifice and thereby saving bot ...
- The left's double standards on LibyaJeffrey Blankfort highlights the hypocrisy of some leftists in Europe and the USA who, in the struggles they wage from their armchairs or behind their computers against the bogeyman of US imperialism, are happy to treat Libyan civilians as expendables and to support murderous Libyan dictator Mua ...
- Israel adopts laws targeting Arab citizens and ...Uri Avnery views three laws recently adopted by the Israeli parliament: "two obnoxious racist laws... clearly directed against Israel’s Arab citizens", and a third law that will punish "any person or association publicly calling for a boycott of Israel" or the illegal Jewish settlements.
- Israel, right or wrongPaul J. Balles explains why Zionist scaremongering and distorting of history, as manifested in the writing of Israel apologists such as the Washington Post's Richard Cohen, only increases fear by Jews and disdain by others.
Amazon Rainforest
- Earth’s Living Treasure- Celebrating Forests f ...United Nations declared 2o11 as the International Year of Forests (Forests 2o11), and why Forests are the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2o11. In this special year, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are ...
- Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction work ...The company leading the dam project, Norte Energia, announced that infrastructure work on roads that will provide access to the region started on Monday morning. The £7bn Belo Monte dam on the Amazon’s Xingu river is scheduled to start producing energy on 31 December 2014 and would be the seco ...
- Brazil judge blocks Amazon Belo Monte dam:Federal Brasilian judge Ronaldo Desterro has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Judge Desterro said environmental requirements to build the Belo Monte dam had not been met. He also barred the national development bank, BND ...
- 1.ooo military forces end illegal gold mining ...The Peruvian military has cleared-out illegal gold mining along the country’s south-eastern Amazon region in a move aiming to protect the environment. The government sent about 1,000 security forces to the region of Madre de Dios to destroy the illegal operations, the state-funded BBC reported. ...
- BREAKING: Chevron Guilty of Amazon Rainforest ...Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action Network just announced a major victory for the Amazon rainforest. An Ecuadorean judge today found Chevron guilty of one of the largest environmental crimes in history and ordered the company to pay a whopping $8 billion to clean up its damage in the Amazon. Che ...
Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs
- Boiling Frogs Post Countdown-Week 4 & Still Co ...Updates On Our Annual Fundraising & A Few Notes on my relocation Journey Let me start with a big personal âthank youâ to all of you who have generously donated to keep this site alive – before my other brief updates, and before I run out of my pre-purchased internet minutes. As you know I [...]
- Jamiol Presents
- Boiling Frogs Post Countdown-Week 2We Need Your Support to ‘Help Wake up the American public before the water gets too hot to climb out of the pot’ I want to thank those of you who have contributed to Boiling Frogs Post during our first week campaign. Thank You! Next, I want to briefly respond to a common inquiry I’ve received fr ...
- Sibel Edmonds’ Boiling Frogs Post: Year TwoWe Need Your Support to Continue & Expand: Countdown Week 1 In October 2009 I launched Boiling Frogs Post with one purpose in mind: To establish a venue for investigative articles, editorials, analyses, discussions, and interviews on issues largely censored by the media. We are entering our sec ...
- Boiling Frogs Post Status & UpdateBoiling Frogs Year Two-A Personal Note Next week I’ll be leaving for a business related trip, followed by relocation related travel where I’ll be checking housing, schooling for my daughter, work, among tons of other ‘life related’ details in a new hometown, and finalized by a short but straigh ...
Afro Spear
- Quote(s) of the Dayvia Lonnie Plaxico: John Henrik Clarke “Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that… they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.” Krishnamurti/Freedom from the Known, p.11: DISORDER :”The primary cause of disorder in ourselves i ...
- Blackout of humanitarian crisis in Cote d̵ ...In the wake of the enormous media coverage of the uprisings and so-defined “revolutions” in North Africa and the Middle East, I am hard pressed to find any media coverage of the escalating atrocities and impending civil war in Cote d’Ivoire. The “blackout” of this media coverage I am referring t ...
- “What Can the Tea Party Do to Attract Mi ...Op-ed submission by Project 21 As a tea party organizer and black man, I am often asked how a movement with the critical mission of saving and restoring our republic can attract minorities currently weak in numbers in tea party ranks. The mainstream media and civil rights lobbyists have perpetua ...
- “How Much Do We Need Greenhouse Gas Regu ...Article submission from Nicholas Scott, a health, safety, and political advocate with a passion for environmental responsibility. He believes there should be a greater focus on the present risks of environmental toxins to urban communities with close proximity to dense areas of industry. With th ...
- West overzealous on Libya – Al JazeeraWest overzealous on Libya – Opinion – Al Jazeera English. Now that the United Nations Security Council resolution for a no-fly zone has been passed, how will it be implemented?The UNSC Resolution 1973 has made it legal for the international community to protect the Libyan people from Muammar Gad ...
Expose the BNP
- Expose the BNP: activists’ meetingOver 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 na ...
- Rotherham fascist leads secret double lifeA 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 hi ...
- Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeatThe 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 cand ...
- Ten questions that expose Nick GriffinOn 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 den ...
- Workshy Griffin left his parents pennilessOn 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. Gr ...
Sen4Earth
- Turtle Island: Our Earth MotherJapan in Crisis By Sheryl Goodwin, SEN Contributor and Honorary Advisor Kway. Hello. First off let me state what an Honor it is to be asked by my brother Gregory and sister Suzanne to join the team. What a privilege to be among such fine people listed on the biography page of Sustainability Educ ...
- Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougallMemorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall “We are sending the power of love, peace and compassion, which can change the world.” â Hugh MacDougall, Australia, SEN Honorary Advisor Hugh was more to Suzanne and I than SEN’s Honorary Spiritual Advisor. He was the beloved friend we called brother, and he w ...
- 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 Sustainabil ...
- Bill Gates On Climate Change & Energy: We Must ...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 ...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 ...
If Americans Knew
- Denying Nazi-Zionist collusion: The Sacramento ...In an inversion of journalistic ethics, the Sacramento Bee reported on opposition to an event before and after it took place, but didn't cover the event itself. It featured an entire report on accusations against a flier, but didn't include a response from the flier's authors.
- Media omissions on Itamar: Murdering babies is ...US media widely and repeatedly reported on the horrific March 11th murder of three small Israeli children and their parents. While no one yet knows who committed this grotesque act, reports presume that the murderers were Palestinian, and for this reason the incident is receiving major attention ...
- Critical Connections: Egypt, the US, and the I ...Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days [Jan-Feb 2011] are the Israeli connections.
- Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestini ...Alison Weir, CounterPunch - There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it's the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more nightmarish by the l ...
- As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed ...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 ...
David J. Gregory
- PRIVATIZATION Eisenhower Warned Us AboutWhen President Eisenhower gave his farewell address in 1960 he warned the citizenry and future Presidents about the military-industrial complex and their influence. This group has been controlling everything since the end of his term, he saw and knew what they did, and his warnings were not heed ...
- Dennis Kucinich talks with David GregoryDennis was interviewed by David Gregory and again raises the question as to why do we have no money for the people and always plenty to fight wars and kill people?
- Republican Cuts Devastate interests to THE PEOPLECongress needs to hear from all of us right away, because the only chance we have to stop this budget is if Senate Democrats stand united against it. And the first vote could come today.1 Can you call Sen. Nelson and tell him to stand strong against Republicans‘ massive, devastating cuts? Senato ...
- Rally to Save the American DreamIn Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under fierce attack. Instead of creating jobs, Republicans are giving tax breaks to corporations and the very rich—and then cutting funding for education, police, emergency response, and vital human services. On Saturday, February 26, a ...
- RICK SCOTT MADE MILLIONS OFF HEALTH NOW CUTS I ...Whether it's a political stunt or the act of an extremist ideologue, Scott is hurting real Floridians in concrete ways, including millions of people with private health insurance or Medicare benefits. He's taking away a law that ends the worst insurance company abuses and frees families, senior ...
Unsuitable Blog
- Switch Your Lights ON for Earth Hour!Once upon a time there was just greenwash: corporations and governments went to great lengths to convince a concerned public that they were doing everything they could to help the natural environment return to its former glory. All the time they were filling their bank accounts and pumping up th ...
- International Atomic Energy Agency Spinning Li ...In the light of the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsumani, government and internation agencies are working like crazy to ensure no news remains good news regarding the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Yet from the BBC we hear the following: There are now problems at the number three reactor – ...
- ExxonMobil Biofuel Advert Officially Pronounce ...ASA Adjudication on ExxonMobil UK Ltd ExxonMobil UK Ltd ExxonMobil House Ermyn Way Leatherhead Surrey KT22 8UX Date: 9 March 2011 Media: Television Sector: Utilities Number of complaints: 1 Agency: Euro RSCG London Ltd Complaint Ref: 141542 Ad A TV ad for ExxonMobil UK Ltd (ExxonMobil) featured ...
- UK Census 2011: Why I Will Be Breaking The Law ...On Sunday March 27, 2011 I will be breaking the law. If you live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland then I would also like you to break the law. We can do it together, and I know for a fact that an awful lot of people will be doing the same. The UK [...]
- Interview With Bill McKibben, Winner of Puffin ...Climate reality writer and activist Gregory Vickrey. (L) ( Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Founder of 350.org, writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben. (R) (Photo: Nancie Battaglia / 350.org) Bill McKibben, Schumann distinguished scholar at Middlebury College, is the author of a dozen boo ...
Subalternate Reality
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic ClosureRep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-NilOne of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...The Atlanticâs Jeffrey Goldberg â one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq â has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement thatâs taken over the streets of Egypt. âI support democratization, but,â he cautions, âthe democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
- All That Happens In The Middle East Can’ ...Uncertainly rules the day in Tunisia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the countryâs strong-armed and authoritarian ruler since 1987, is in Saudi Arabia while the interim government struggles to restore some semblance of order. âConfusion, fear and horror in Tunisia as old regime’s militia carries on ...
- Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-BaiterEarly 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 constr ...
Idea Lab | Technology
- How Project Argo Members Communicate Across Ti ...Project Argo is an ambitious undertaking. It involves networking NPR with 12 member stations spanning three time zones with a different mix of bloggers and editors at each station. The stations cover a variety of regionally focused, nationally resonant topics that range from climate change to lo ...
- Lessons From Phase 1 of the Ushahidi Evaluatio ...This post was written by Melissa Tuly and Jennifer Chan. This is the second in a series of blog posts documenting a 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation. The Ushahidi-Kenya evaluation is off to a strong ...
- Using Technology to Aid Disaster Relief for Ja ...The March 11 earthquake in Japan triggered a flurry of concern in the Media Lab community at MIT. The natural desire to help was amplified by the fact that the disaster had hit many of our friends close to home in a very literal sense. Most messages suggested donations to support relief organiza ...
- How Grahamstown Now Combines Mobile Content, D ...Giving African newsrooms, particularly community media and non-profit organizations, the ability to leapfrog into the mobile era is at the core project of Iindaba Ziyafika's work in South Africa. As Anne-Ryan Heatwole reported last year on this site, our Knight-funded NIKA Content Management Sys ...
- Inside Shelbyville Multimedia's Ambitious Immi ...Shelbyville project kicks off with a series of "Welcoming" videos Chances are you haven't yet heard of Shelbyville, a small rural community in Tennessee. If not, then you're probably also unaware of the upcoming "Welcome to Shelbyville" documentary or the online project that is forging a ...
Cutting Edge News
- Babanis Kurdish Restaurant
- Crave
- The Battle for Libya - Libya's Dubious Distinc ...Libya now holds an unfortunate record. It is the country which has the longest experience of aerial bombardment. Libya was first bombed in 1911, by Italy; now, in 2011, it is being bombed by its own air force. That makes it just under a century from the first bomb to the latest.It helps that Lib ...
- Iran on Edge - Iranian Video Says Mahdi is 'Near' New evidence has emerged that the Iranian government sees the current unrest in the Middle East as a signal that the Mahdi--or Islamic messiah--is about to appear. This reporter has obtained a never-before-seen video produced by the Iranian regime that says all the signs are moving into place -- ...
- Islam's War with Christians - Thousands of Chr ...Thousands of Christians have been forced to flee their homes in Western Ethiopia after Muslim extremists set alight approximately 50 churches and dozens of Christian homes. Reportedly, one Christian has been killed and many more have been injured. Some 3,000 to 10,000 refugees have fled, followi ...
High Country News
- Of fat cats and tall treesThe Bohemian Club -- a Northern California retreat for the rich and powerful -- meets a legal roadblock that stops it from quietly logging old-growth redwoods.
- Some hook and bullet magazines hit the markA review looks at what's good and bad about the top five American hook-and-bullet magazines.
- Walking the dog in a changed communityAn unpleasant encounter with a fellow dog owner leads a writer to change her dog-walking habits.
- Botanical barbarians are waging the real “war ...The West may have lost the war against invasive weeds, but it’s not too late to strive for containment.
- Why bother cooking what nature failed to finish?A tar sands development proposed for Utah is insane on every level: economically, environmentally and just practically.
CounterCurrents
- Counterrevolution 101By Dave Fryett The wretched of the Earth have seen what is possible. Power has been shown to be powerless in the face of determined mass opposition. And in every corner of our world the immiserated rejoice, because they know the day of liberation draws near
- No One Curious What CIA Is Working On At The ...By Jay Janson What does the CIA have in store for Egypt? What chores will it assign its agents both American and Egyptian? American socialists and progressives are overly cooperative with mainstream media and Congress in hardly ever asking after our secret CIA shadow government
- Lessons Learned In The Streets Of CairoBy William A. CookIf the streets of Cairo have taught us anything, they have demonstrated that vigilance against those who would control out of arrogance, oppress with indifference, deceive with impunity, and humiliate without feeling, have abandoned all natural sympathies and become , in fact ...
- What Is True Sustainability?By Matthew SteinIf we are to develop an effective plan and roadmap for creating a sustainable world, we must first have a clear idea of what it truly means to be sustainable
- Egypts Army Dissolves ParliamentBy Al Jazeera Military rulers say they will remain in charge for six months until elections are held as some protesters vow to remain
Contagious Love Experiment
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the AntichristDear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Practicing Peace in the New YearA friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young people. ...
- Sharing the writing of another StieberMy younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. � Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber � Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The main thing o ...
- Article in FORThe following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out:Â http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement Rhetoric and Re ...
- Slate Interview: My Country Right or Wrong: Co ...Interview I did with a fascinating writer for SLATE whose special interest is on transformation and how people come to admit they’re wrong: Address to article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/12/16/my-country-right-or-wrong-conscientious-objector-josh-stieber-on-bei ...
Yid With Lid
- Sen Schumer Forgets to Check For Reporters on ...Today Schumer got caught creating a "BS story" for America.� Unaware that reporters were already listening in, Schumer put his foot in his mouth instructing other Democratic senators to call Republicans "extreme" when it comes to proposing budget cuts. Schumer was on a conference c ...
- Obama's Failure to Verbally Support Iranian a ...By Barry Rubin At the moment in history when people are not just rebelling in the Middle East but when the opposition movements in Iran and Syria are at a high point, the fact that the U.S. government is standing by and not only doing nothing but virtually saying nothing. No, ...
- Newsbusted: Obama To Face Primary ChallengeBreaking "News!!!" Jodi Miller of Newsbusted has dug up a big story.� President Obama will not have an unobstructed run for the Democratic Party nomination in 2012.� A formidable candidate, an ex-Senator who has run for the Oval Office before, is about to announce a new run.� Along with that sto ...
- Where Does Glenn Beck Go for Information About ...Watch the video below... (If you can't see video below click here) OK this may have been the only time he did (and I blew it). But it's still Cool. The article he was looking for is herePlease email me at yidwithlid@aol.com to be put onto my mailing list. Feel free to reproduce an ...
- Facebook and Its Support of The Third Palestin ...There is an attack against Israeli Jews happening on Facebook but the social media site refuses to shut the incitement down. Its called the Third Palestinian Intifada, and the site is almost totally in Arabic. The 'Third Palestinian Intifada', urges its readers to copy the link, place it in t ...
The Real Agenda
- Significant Filament Eruption & Coronal Mass E ...Solar Watch A magnetic filament on the sun’s northern Hemisphere erupted on March 29th, hurling part of itself into space. The major portion of debris is expected to miss Earth, however some Auroral effects could be seen in 2-3 days as the spread of the Coronal mass ejection was 180 degrees. Fil ...
- Financial Martial LawBy Frank Whalen American Free Press In mid-March, Michigan lawmakers passed legislation that has been called “financial martial law.” Contained within it are the methods and authority to remove elected officials and replace them with appointed “emergency financial managers” who, according to CBS ...
- India says Monsanto covertly, illegally conduc ...NaturalNews.com March 29, 2011 Recent reports out of India say that multinational biotechnology giant Monsanto has once against skirted the law by clandestinely planting its genetically-modified (GM) corn without receiving approval to do so. Nitish Kumar, chief minister of the Indian state of Bi ...
- EU to ban cars from cities by 2050Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU master plan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years. Telegraph March 28, 2011 The European Commission on Monday unveiled a “single European transport area” aimed at enforcing “a profound sh ...
- No UN mandate was approved to attack LibyaReuters March 28, 2011 Russia said on Monday attacks on forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi amounted to intervention in a civil war and were not backed by the U.N. resolution authorising no-fly zones. In the latest Russian criticism of military action by the Western-led coalition, Fore ...
Wind Watch
- Woodstock wind project opponents appeal to Sup ...Opponents of the Spruce Mountain wind project in Woodstock last week filed an appeal with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, leaving an offer from the developer to donate money to the town’s elementary school in limbo. Attorney Rufus Brown, representing Friends of Spruce Mountain and other aggrie ...
- Huge eastern Oregon wind farm raises big quest ...The gravel haulers start rolling down Oregon 74 before dawn, their air brakes bellowing under the heavy loads they ferry into the neighboring hills. Just over the rimrock of Willow Creek Valley, hard-hatted contractors scramble to pour the base pads and lay electrical cable for 338 wind turbines ...
- Lawmakers renew push to speed turbine constructionBOSTON � Gov. Deval Patrick and allied lawmakers are renewing a push to reduce the legal hurdles that have stalled some wind-power projects in Massachusetts. Their efforts were thwarted last session by lawmakers from wind-rich areas in the Western part of the state, who say the bill would erode ...
- Commonwealth Court upholds revocation of Butle ...Butler Township had the right to revoke a zoning permit issued to the developer of a wind turbine project along Ashland Mountain, a three-judge Commonwealth Court panel has ruled. In an 18-page opinion and order filed Tuesday in Pottsville, the panel upheld county Judge Charles M. Miller’s rulin ...
- Hancock County towns grapple with wind turbine ...PENOBSCOT, Maine � While plans for a major wind farm project in northern Hancock County work their way through the review and permitting process, towns in the western part of the county are developing ordinances that would locally regulate the construction of both wind turbines and communication ...
Not My Tribe
- Buddy Gilmore, Babykilling Warmonger for Mayor?The Cowardly Babykilling Puke is running on the strength of being a War Profiteer, at one stroke being part of cause of the economic Meltdown of America, crippling our economy for generations to come, and soiling his hands and America’s with the blood of Human Beings in the For Profit Wars Of Co ...
- 1/2 million in London in Pre-wedding dramaDemonstrating against cuts which force austerity on the poorest… but not on the richest. They’ve already (the protesters) once gotten their hands on Charles’ car with him and lovely bride Camel-face errr his lovely camel Camilla, errr never mind over cutting education. Sound familiar? What that ...
- Scott Walker, Koch-Licker Supreme, strikes againIn a measure not just skirting state constitution, but directly contravening it, the Anti-Workers Rights law was published Friday. Not even bothering anymore to hide their vicious agenda to deprive workers of freedom. The only “right” workers will have is to work. At whatever wage the Big Pig Pa ...
- So Apparently Mrs Palin really isn’t a h ...Meaning that she LIED about being Momma Grizzly as easily as she lied about being a “fiscal conservative”. The root word in “conservative” is “conserve” and the reason her being a liar is so relevant is that she’ll be HERE next month promoting other lying-ass Republican “conservatives” who conse ...
- Fox puts $ where mouth is, admits phone whore ...In one of their many late night commercials which seem to have a lot to do with sex products. It’s a recruiting ad for women to do “phone valet” work in the “telecommunications industry”. Other ads, not as spicy, but just as hideously depressing “Yo Name TOBY, boy!” that show your destination to ...
Debunking the Debunkers
- History repeats right down to the day..."American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger." ~ George W. Bush, March 19, 2003 http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9098447 "Today we are part of a broad coalition. We are an ...
- Obama on America Iran1:28 - "For two years there has been a campaign of intimidation and abuse..." 1:50 - "The world has watched these unjust actions with alarm ..." 2:17 - "These choices do not demonstrate strength, they show fear. For it's telling when a government is so afraid of its own citizens that it won' ...
- Debunking the DebunkersPermanent Top Post--Scroll Down for Newer Posts Comments are only open to blog contributors, but feel free to contact us here if you have a point of contention or some kind words you would like to share. Ad hominems will be ignored, but well-formed rebuttals may be addressed (and that is a sub ...
- Obama prosecutes his future self ..."The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation." ~ Senator Barack H. Obama, December 20, 2007 [Source] More: Clinton told it like it is...
- Firehouse 911 – The 9/11 video by Firefighter ...http://911tv.org exclusive! Your $20 donation gets you a copy and ensures 10 American Firehouses will also receive a copy! Our goal is to send this DVD to every Firehouse in America! International orders encouraged! Shipping always FREE! Go to http://911tv.org. Donate for as many copies as you ...
Fooducate
- Check Out Abe’s Market – Online Specialty Food ...If you’re a foodie, you probably procure at least some of your groceries from non-supermarket sources. Whether the farmers market, a local deli, or even an artisan neighbor, you discover that food lovingly made by the person you are paying is not just delicious, it has a story. That’s the idea b ...
- FDA to Re-examine Risks of Artificial Food DyesThe FDA is convening an advisory panel later this week for a two day “colorthon” to discuss mounting evidence that artificial food dyes are causing hyperactivity in kids. This is huge folks. What you need to know: The FDA long ago granted GRAS (generally regarded as safe) status to several artif ...
- Pitettes – Lil’ Pitas with ZERO Sodium [inside ...Fooducate community member Amorette sent us this glowing review of a pita bread she recently discovered. I’m an avid reader of your blog and greatly enjoy the product reviews of new items. I came across this item that I greatly enjoy and seems nutritionally sound. It’s called Pitettes pita bread ...
- 4 Year Old’s Teeth Ravaged By Juice and Soda [ ...We received this picture in an email from Veronika, a pediatric dentist from the SF Bay Area, after she read our post on the soft drink calorie commercial. Here is the accompanying text: Hi Fooducate, Attached is a picture of the mouth of a 4 year old kid !!!!!!! He used to “love” sodas and [...]
- When Will the Fooducate App be Available Outsi ...Since launching the Fooducate iPhone App, we’ve been inundated with requests to make the app available worldwide. Our neighbors to the north in Canada are especially anxious to start using it. But right now, you can only download the app from the US iTunes Store. The reason is quite simple – we ...
Traffikd
- Four Pre-Writing Exercises for Inspired BloggersRebecca Chelsey's recent post on ways to spark our creativity got me thinking about the next step: how to take that creativity and turn it into meaningful sentences on the page. In other words, what we do with that spark of inspiration will determine the success or setbacks we face when we blog. ...
- 8 Simple Sources of Creative InspirationAs a creative person, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I've researched and stumbled upon ei ...
- Culture Vulture: Social Strategies for Differe ...Social media campaigns are becoming more integrated into the overall online marketing mix. And as with anything on the Web, you need to think global to succeed in the long term. To succeed with social media marketing for different cultures, you need to familiarise yourself with what’s happening ...
- Internet Marketing and Social Media Degree Pro ...Guest post by Brian Jenkins Over a billion and a half people use the Internet, and this has created a plethora of opportunities for talented Internet marketers. Specialized knowledge in Internet marketing and social media is vital for many businesses. Yes, there are successful, self-taught Inte ...
- How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blo ...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.
Survival International
- British parliamentarians discuss CKGR issueXoroxloo Duxee died of dehydration after the Bushmen's water borehole was disabled. © Survival The future of the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve has been raised in the British House of Lords this month. Longstanding supporters of the Bushmen, Lord Avebury and Lord Pearson of Ra ...
- Indians take on Amazon loggersCeramic pots found in the Isconahua reserve are evidence of the presence of these isolated Indians. © Pepe Villacorta / ProNaturaleza Peruvian Indians have been forced to set up a guard post to protect an uncontacted Indians’ reserve, after the authorities ignored their repeated pleas for ...
- Amazon tribe’s unique fishing ritual could be ...An intricate wooden dam is at the heart of the Enawene Nawe's Yãkwa ritual. © Fiona Watson/Survival The Enawene Nawe tribe of Brazil have begun their unique annual fishing ritual, amid fears that the 80 dams planned for the Juruena river basin are destroying their fish. The tribeâs extra ...
- Panama latest to sign up to tribal peoples' lawThe more countries that ratify ILO 169, the more protection it offers for tribal peoples everywhere, including this Bushman woman in Botswana. © Katherine B. Topolniski/kbt photography Panama has pledged to ratify the international law for tribal peoples, ILO Convention 169, becoming the la ...
- Guerrillas kill Colombian Indian boy, 16An Awá woman at a vigil for the twelve Awá massacred on 26 August 2009. © ONIC A sixteen-year-old Awá boy has been killed by left-wing guerrillas in the south-west Colombian town of Barbacoas. The death of Humberto Pai Taicus is the latest in a long line of attacks against the indigenous A ...
Greg Palast
- BP In Deep Water: The Making Of the Channel 4 ...FEATURES For two decades, investigator Greg Palast has been on BP's trail. In BP: In Deep Water, Palast takes Dispatches viewers along on his world-wide investigation of the oil giant. (Broadcast tonight, 8pm. UK only.) One year after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig blew apart and spewed 170 ...
- Dispatches UK TVGreg Palast Drills Deep into BPOne year after the Deepwater Horizon, Palast travels from the Gulf Coast to the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea to drill deep into the heart of BP. Filth, polar bears and oil-crat police states. Catch it Monday night at 8pm GMT on Channel 4's DISPATCHES. Sorry: Only in Britain. Greg Palast ...
- No BS Info on Japan NuclearObama invites Tokyo ...for Truthout/Buzzflash by Greg Palast What South Texas project could look like.(Image by NINA - Nuclear Innovation North America) I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigatio ...
- Chevron Runs from Judgmentin Ecuadorby Greg Palast Chevron petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by its Texaco unit. I've been there, in Ecuador. I met the victims. They didn't lose their sh ...
- Reagan: Killer, Coward, Con-manThe Observer London by Greg Palast You're not going to like this. You shouldn't speak ill of the dead. But in this case, someone's got to. On the 100th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth, as we suffer a week of Reagan-kitcheria and pukey peons, let us remember: Reagan was a con-man. Rea ...
How Can I Recycle This ?
- How can I reuse or recycle bath cubes/bombs?We’ve had an email from Maggie: I found a box of lavender bath cubes while cleaning out my mum’s bathroom cupboard at the weekend. Mum says she doesn’t like them and I can’t use them because of my sensitive skin. Is there anything I can do with them or should I throw them in the [...]
- How can I reuse or recycle a lot of white yarn?We’ve had another email from friend of Recycle This Petra: From my sister in law I inherited a lot of yarn, mostly small balls of the same. I know you covered the item about the short ends of yarn and what to do with it. My question is a bit related. A lot of the [...]
- How can I reuse or recycle (quilts and) pillows?We’ve already covered old duvets before really but we’ve had an email from Gill: I have 6-8 used but still serviceable quilts and pillows and no-one seems to want them. The local homeless shelter says they donât take donations and Iâve contacted several charities who I thought might use them (ra ...
- How can I reuse or recycle the metal frame fro ...Over on the “suggest an item” page, the bookstorebabe said: Broken umbrellas were done a few years back, but most of the suggestions were reuses for the umbrella fabric. How about specifically the metal frame, as is or taken apart? Any clever ideas, anyone? Over on the old umbrella page, Pamela ...
- How can I reuse or recycle a futon?We’ve had an email from Nicki: How can I recycle a futon? I think I’ve got a friend who will take the frame but she doesn’t want the mattress. What can I do with that? I suspect, like all mattresses, they won’t be too not too popular secondhand as they’re hard to clean, especially if [...]
Age of Autism
- Autism and Glutamate Dysfunction - Avoid The C ...By Teresa Conrick Having a child with autism changes your life forever. Mine changed sixteen years ago as I saw my daughter regress and begin to have medical issues that went unanswered and tragically, it is happening more frequently to...
- Autism, Anger and an Ah Ha MomentBy Donna Laken I've been angry about autism for a very long time now. I know it's not healthy, and I have several large stacks of books and CDs on forgiveness which I've accumulated over the years in an effort...
- Farce at British Medical Journal as Double Sta ...By John Stone Nearly three weeks after BMJ editor-in-chief Fiona Godlee’s flimsy “it didn’t occur to us” apology for failing to disclose links with Merck and GSK in regard to its publication of Brian Deer’s allegations against Andrew Wakefield (HERE)...
- Noon Today! Autism One Conversation of Hope: C ...Noon Eastern today! Click HERE to listen live. Brought to you by Skyhorse Publishing and available in time for Autism Awareness Month, Ken Siri and Tony Lyons have created an updated edition: Cutting-Edge Therapies for Autism 2011-2012. This excellent compilation...
- Detroit Mom In Police Standoff Over Daughter's ...(Managing Editor's Note: I changed the headline until we clarify. Regardless of diagnosis, Risperdal is a "go to drug" for many with autism and the story resonates within our community. Thanks. KS) From The Detroit News: http://detnews.com/article/20110328/METRO01/103280326/Detroit-mother-jailed ...
Global BDS Movement
- Trade UnionsThe global trade union movement has consistently demonstrated its courage and commitment to human rights by adopting concrete, ground-breaking labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes in a show of effective solidarity with oppressed peoples around the world. Adopting BDS measures has … Co ...
- Welcome to the new BDSmovement.netWelcome to the new BDSmovement.net
- BDS Global Day of Action – March 30 2011Campaigners for Palestinian rights from all over the world are today taking action against Israeli Aparthied
- Welcome to the new BDSmovement.netWelcome to the new BDSmovement.net
- 3rd BDS Global Day of Action – March 30 2011Campaigners for Palestinian rights from all over the world are today taking action against Israeli Aparthied
Farm Wars
- The BioPirates of Science: Genetic Engineering ...Only in America can a beleaguered company with a checker past such as Monsanto's, which includes a nasty little habit of poisoning entire towns with toxic waste, battle it's way to the top of the dung heap to deliver a fatal blow to the people and planet with a deadly and insidious type of chemi ...
- EPA to Help Mainstream Media Obscure The Truth ...As Americans focus on March Madness and Dancing With the Stars instead of the radioactive plume spreading all across the country, the US EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is attempting to make the mainstream media cover up of the Fukushima cloud a bit easier.
- The Codex Alimentarius Irradiated Food Cover-upThis proposal is merely another cover mechanism for the pretense of protecting the consumer with strong regulation, while allowing industry to do just what it wants, i.e. produce high levels of irradiated food to cover up unsanitary manufacturing practices.
- Codex Alimentarius and Food Irradiation in the ...Essentially, the food becomes mutated by this exposure, a condition which does not occur in nature, and is the cause for many forms of cancer and genetic modification. Yet, Codex pushes irradiation as if it were a great tool of disinfection with no adverse side effects at all.
- Homegrown terrorism: the threat of Homeland Se ...Any agency who is unlawfully and actively spying on, data mining, intimidating or violating your Constitutional rights should be considered a radical extremist group and domestic terrorists.
Open Your Eyes News
- UK: Fears of crackdown on right to protest in ...Independant – Ministers and police provoked anger and dismay as they signalled tough new security measures aimed at public rallies after the violence that marred the TUC anti-cuts demonstrations. Read article
- Pakistan soldiers killed by friendly fireReuters – Pakistan holds a funeral for 13 soldiers killed in a friendly fire incident during an anti-militant operation in the Khyber tribal region. Travis Brecher reports.
- Factory Explosion Follows Yemeni Forces’ PulloutNY Times - Yemen’s political crisis deepened Monday when an explosion tore through a crowd of looters at an abandoned government weapons factory in the south, killing at least 110 people and underscoring an ominous collapse of authority after six weeks of rising protests. The remains of victims ...
- Dark Side of Spring? Pollution in Our Melting SnowScience Daily – With birds chirping and temperatures warming , spring is finally in the air. But for University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) environmental chemist Torsten Meyer, springtime has a dark side. “During the winter months, contaminants accumulate in the snow,” says Meyer, an expert on ...
- Climate Fact Of The Day – Climate Sensit ...Science 28 March 2003: Vol. 299 no. 5615 pp. 2052-2054 Ken Caldeira1,*, Atul K. Jain2 and Martin I. Hoffert3 + Author Affiliations 1 Energy and Environment Directorate, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, L-103, Livermore, CA 2 Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University ...
L.A. Times - Greenspace
- Want to reduce BPA exposure? Cut canned foods ...Exposure to the chemical Bisphenol A, or BPA, through canned foods and other food packaging can be significantly reduced with simple dietary changes, according to a report released Wednesday by the nonprofit Breast Cancer Fund and the Silent Spring Institute,...
- Gas prices spur move to open offshore drilling ...With high gas prices once again becoming a high-octane political issue, House Republicans on Tuesday launched a drive to open up more coastal areas to oil drilling, including a stretch off Southern California. The pro-production legislation comes a day before...
- California clean energy: "No on 23" is backFormer Secretary of State George Shultz and San Francisco hedge fund manager Thomas Steyer are resurrecting the successful alliance between clean-tech businesses and environmental groups that defeated Proposition 23 last November. The new non-partisan group, calling itself “Californians for Clean...
- Appeals Court upholds delta smelt protections A federal appeals court has upheld the constitutionality of Endangered Species Act protections for the Delta smelt, rejecting claims by a conservative legal organization. In an opinion released Friday, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling...
- Ethanol will power NASCAR races in Fontana thi ...But when the green flag drops at the sport's premier Sprint Cup Series at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana this weekend, it will be emblazoned with a logo that says, "American ethanol" -- and every race car and truck will be fueled by a 15% ethanol blend known as Sunoco Green E-15.
water.org
- Facebook campaign: Levi’s® and Water.org ...Featured Facebook Campaigns: Leviâs and Water.org, Sprite and Discover Ireland (Inside Facebook) – Among notable campaigns on Facebook in the past week, a Leviâs and Water.org partnership offered a branded app that taught users about saving water. By playing the Leviâs WaterTank game, users can ...
- Levi’s®, Water.org stage water march (De ...Levi’s and Water.org Stage ‘Water March’ in New York City for World Water Day (Denim Hunt) – Levi’s, who recently launched the Levi’s Water
- Microloans potential to bring water to million ...Just Add Water: Simplicity of Microloans Has the Potential to Bring Clean Water to Millions in Need (Women Deliver) – During this World Water Day, I would like to celebrate the innovative and integrated approach that Water.org is using to expand access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation, a ...
- Gramalaya’s World Water Day gift (The Hindu)Gramalaya’s World Water Day gift: technology park (The Hindu) TIRUCHI, India – A water technology park, established by Gramalaya, a voluntary organisation at its Institute of Water and Sanitation at Kolakudipatti near here, was declared open on Tuesday on the occasion of World Water Day. [Gramal ...
- 7 ways to celebrate World Water Day online (Ma ...7 Ways To Celebrate #WorldWaterDay 2011 Online (Mashable) – World Water Day hopes to raise awareness, as well as raise some funds for issues ranging from clean drinking water, to digging new wells, to basic sanitation and hygiene. If youâre looking to get involved and show your support for water ...
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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 b ...
Margaret's News
- On Gaza and Jerusalem: The End of an Unsustain ...President Obama is the one person who can turn this situation around. History will not forgive him if, in the name of political expediency, he looks away.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Court orders Jerusalem family to share home wi ...In Ras al-Amoud, an Israeli court recently ruled that a Palestinian family will have to move out of one room in their home as Israeli settlers and an armed Israeli guard could move in in a matter of weeks.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Mighty Israel and its quest to quash Palestini ...Some 13 percent of Nabi Saleh's residents - 63 people - have been arrested and jailed since the end of 2009. All but three were tried for participating in demonstrations against the army. Bassem Tamimi is number 64.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- At last 121 dead in Yeman blast | News Just NowAt last 121 dead ammunition factory blast in south Yemen on Monday.90 injured and some children killed in an explosion.Two days ago AL Qaeda river plunder grenades and machine gunsSubmitted by Past Member to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Israel threatens to take action if UN recogniz ...Another diplomat, from a European country, said in light of the current deadlock in negotiations, international recognition of Palestinian statehood appeared unavoidable in September.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
Solar Energy / Energy Boom
- Video: Todd Woody Speaks on Solar Energy and C ...California utilities may soon have to get one-third of their electricity from renewable energy by 2020, but they just missed a more modest goal of generating 20 percent of their power from renewables by last year. In this int ...
- E•BOOM CAPITAL: Investors Rush to Vanadium Exp ...Mineralization at the surface at Apella Resourcesâ Lac Dore vanadium property in northern Quebec, Canada. Earlier this month, a court battle over mining claims on the property was resolved ...
- E•BOOM CAPITAL: No Utility-Scale Vanadium Redo ...Cellstrom GmbH, based in Vienna, Austria, says this electric vehicle recharging station installed at Perugia, Italy, consists of a solar photovoltaic power generator and a 10 KW DRFB. ...
- Spire Agrees to Construct 20 MW Solar Module P ...Spire Corporation (Nasdaq: SPIR) will be sending a 20-megawatt solar photovoltaic module production line to Tecnometal Equipamentos of San Paulo, Brazil. read more
- E•BOOM CAPITAL: Is Vanadium ‘the Next Big Thin ...This artist�s rendering of an upgraded vanadium redox battery shows how using both hydrochloric and sulfuric acids in the electrolyte significantly improves the battery�s performance. ...
News Blaze
- Director and News Editor Arrested for Negative ...Abdimalik Yusuf, chairman of Shabelle Media, told CPJ the Interior Ministry ordered the media house today to publicly apologize for the report and to sign a letter stating that they would refrain from negative reporting about the government.
- Hidden Tax Breaks Local Families Don't Know AboutUncle Sam gives you a gift if you're caring for an elderly loved one - a tax break many local families don't even know about.
- Women Continue to Play Critical Role in Dramat ...Ms. Clinton agreed that women must be included in every aspect of political and institutional reform, because we know that no government can succeed if half its population is excluded from the process.
- Voting for Original Songs to Awaken Next Shutt ...Voting runs today, March 29 through launch day, which currently is targeted for April 19.
- Bangladesh Empowers Communities to Take Part i ...In order to make full use of existing facilities and bring the private sector into the national programme, the Bangladesh government entered into a partnership with a network of 21 community-based organisations, headed by BRAC, with the overall coor
Worldnews
- More great garden books Are you looking for an outstanding garden book, one that's a keeper and you refer to over and over? Enlarge Recent posts 03.30.11 More great garden books 03.29.11 Great garden books, part 1 03.28.11 The first native woodland plants of spring 03.27.11 Would thick-skinned tomatoes deter stink ...
- Worst of Japan nuke accident over for PH, ...MANILA, Philippines(UPDATE) As far as the Japan nuclear power crisis is concerned, the worst is over for the Philippines, an official of the Philippine Nuclear Research Institute said Wednesday. Even the country's seas are free of any harmful level of radioactivity, which is why there is no ...
- NATO admits killing four Afghan civilians ...Kabul - A NATO airstrike killed four Afghan civilians in an operation last week in southern province of Helmand, the military alliance said Wednesday. The operation was targeting a known Taliban commander and associates who were believed, based on video surveillance, to be traveling in two ...
- Beat the heat this summer by changing you ...THE TREES shed their leaves, people feel sleepy in the afternoon and appetite decreases - sure signs that the summer season has begun. The season of live and happening evenings has arrived but as other seasons have their own limitations, the summer too has some dos and don’ts. In the Indian ...
- Beyoncé drops father as manager R&B singer ends long-term management arrangement with father Mathew Knowles Independent woman ... Beyoncé breaks with her manager, father Mathew Knowles. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP...
Alex in Wonderland
- Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
- Daily Briefing—15th-16th Sept 2010News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
- Report: U.S. Troops ‘Still Killing Civilians’ ...A U.S.-Iraqi night raid results in the deaths of eight civilians weeks after U.S. combat operations were announced as over.
- Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
- Because the System’s Not Rigged Enough for Cop ...Kevin Carson on the criminal injustice system 'shrills' pushing the narrative that the letter of the law aides criminals against so-called 'crime fighters'.
MY Daily Apple
- Bariatric Surgery Can Significantly Improve Mi ...Severely obese individuals who suffered from debilitating migraines before undergoing bariatric surgery reported considerable improvements in symptoms severity, frequency of migraine attacks, and less disability during the six-month follow-up after their operation, researchers from The Miriam Ho ...
- EXTRA STRENGTH MEDICATED BODY (Dimethicone) Lo ...Updated Date: Mar 29, 2011 EST
- ROXICODONE (Oxycodone Hydrochloride) Tablet [X ...Updated Date: Mar 29, 2011 EST
- Weight loss: Sleep, relaxation, diet, exerciseWeight loss is typically accomplished through changes in diet and exercise. But a new study sheds light on some other factors that can help an individual achieve success. Getting a healthy amount of sleep, avoiding stress and complying with specific elements of a weight-loss plan (such as keepin ...
- Social Media Has Benefits And Risks For KidsWhile social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube bring benefits to children and teenagers, such as helping them develop communication and technical skills, they can also expose them to danger and risk, such as cyberbullying and depression, according to a new report written by Americ ...
Common Dreams
- Ohio House Panel OKs Public Worker Union BillCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- A legislative committee in Ohio approved a measure Tuesday that would limit collective bargaining rights for 350,000 public workers and delivering a blow to unions in how they collect certain fees. The Republican-controlled House Commerce and Labor Committee voted 9-6 along par ...
- Japan May Have Lost Race to Save Nuclear ReactorThe radioactive core in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor, experts say, raising fears of a major release of radiation at the site. The warning follows an analysis by a leading US ...
- GE 'Zero' US Tax Furor Reignites Calls for Reform Revelations that General Electric paid no US taxes last year, despite bagging a $14 billion profit, have reignited debate in Washington about tightening up corporate levies. No one, it seems, is very fond of the US corporate tax system. Businesses bemoan the 35 percent minimum rate that is among ...
- UN: Gbagbo Forces Behind Abidjan 'Atrocity' The UN peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has released a statement saying forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, the country's incumbent leader, opened fire on civilians in Abidjan on Monday, killing about a dozen people. The organisation said that in another incident, a group of pro-Gbagbo ...
- Pentagon: Cost of Libya Mission at $550 MillionThe Pentagon says it has spent $550 million on U.S. military operations in Libya since efforts to protect civilians from Muammar Qadhafi’s regime began 10 days ago. read more
The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos
Examine Religion - Tweets
- ExamineReligion: Hot Coffee - A Devotion http: ...ExamineReligion: Hot Coffee - A Devotion http://exm.nr/edpNKP
- ExamineReligion: Biblical literalism is headed ...ExamineReligion: Biblical literalism is headed for a showdown which it will lose http://exm.nr/dL1MSp
- ExamineReligion: 'The Mountain Thief' featured ...ExamineReligion: 'The Mountain Thief' featured at Cinematheque http://exm.nr/gRpIB6
- ExamineReligion: April 2011 General Conference ...ExamineReligion: April 2011 General Conference http://exm.nr/gCW76c
- ExamineReligion: Event: Abrahamic Faiths and t ...ExamineReligion: Event: Abrahamic Faiths and the Environment http://exm.nr/fTuTAA
Energy Collective
- Commercial Compressed-Air Energy Storage Plant ...Wind power RFP processes* are common enough these days, typically driven by renewable energy mandates placed on utilities. A recent wind power RFP announcement out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is different.
- Global Clean Energy Investment $243 billion; U ...
- Wall Street Journal's Baloney on EPA and CarbonThey say passing legislation is like making sausage.� Well, at the Wall Street Journal, writing editorials is like making baloney.�
- Induced Innovation and Carbon Pricing��
- Energetics Cliff Notes - Tuesday EditionAmid a still-ongoing nuclear accident and buoyant oil prices, The Hill reports that President Obama will "outline a plan for America's energy future" tomorrow (Wednesday). The focus is expected to be on transportation and clean vehicles. Gov.
Green House - USA Today
- Study: Fresh food diet cuts exposure to chemic ...Adults and children can reduce their exposure to hormone-disrupting chemicals, including bisphenol-A (BPA), by eating more fruits and vegetables and less food from plastic containers and metal cans, a new study out today says.
- Public support for nuclear power falls amid Ja ...As Japan wrestles with its nuclear crisis, the U.S. nuclear industry is seeing a partial meltdown in public support as Americans wonder whether such tragedy could strike here.
- Report: U.S. falls behind China, Germany in cl ...The United States slipped one spot to third place in clean-energy investment last year when it failed to pass comprehensive energy and climate legsilation, says a report Tuesday.
- Report identifies 42 disease clusters in 13 U. ...At least 42 disease clusters have occurred in 13 U.S. states since 1976, according to a report Monday by environmentalists calling for further study of the cause of these health problems.
- Radiation in Boston rain linked to Japan nucle ...A sample of rainwater in Boston showed very low concentrations of radiation, most likely from the damaged Japanese nuclear power power, according to health officials who say the amount does not pose a safety risk.
Prior Art
- Recent Patent Litigation Weekly ColumnsMuch of the patent news that was published on this blog has been moved to the IP Insider section of the Corporate Counsel website. Here's a list of the last several Patent Litigation Weekly columns— Oct. 25, 2010: Big Patent-Licensing...
- Paul Allen v. The InternetFormer Microsoft executive and billionaire Paul Allen sued several major Internet companies and three large retailers for patent infringement today, asserting that four patents originating at Interval Research, Allen's dot-com era think tank, cover basic web browsing and e-commerce technologies....
- Citing Possible Bias, ACLU Asks Rader to Recus ...With the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit set to consider a landmark case over the validity of human gene patents, attorneys for the plaintiffs in the suit are asking the court's chief judge to recuse himself from the matter—before the panel that will hear it has even been s ...
- Law360 Calls Lawyer-Owned Shell Company a "Pub ...seems to have a pretty flexible definition of that term. Last month, it included . Who is so concerned about such fairness? That would be , the Texas law firm that owns Americans for Fair Patent Use, which is a limited liability company set up to prosecute a false marking lawsuit filed ...
- Eben Moglen on Bilski, software patents, and b ...Moglen's position on the subject of software patents—that they should be banned—is, to say the least, outside the mainstream in legal circles. It has, however, garnered support among software developers and other techies, especially those who work in the world of open-source and free s ...
Peoples Voice
- Pakistan Day- Strange Celebration March 23Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D. Pakistani rulers are devoid of political imagination and have no sense of the present or the future. The fatal deficiency in their mind, soul and character reflects insensitivity, indifference and literal mindedness to the interests of the people. The corrupt politicia ...
- Silver, But No Silver LiningThe Silver Bullet and the Silver Shield is an informed opinion article weighing in at 11,429 words, 1127 lines and a mind boggling 23 pages. According to the author his “monster” has started to cause some waves out there. Silver Shield's massive article covers all of the reasons why you should ...
- "Toxic Waste Bubble Gum" recalled for lead con ...By Rady Ananda Believe it or not, there is actually a product on the market called "Toxic Waste Short Circuits Bubble Gum." How's that for subliminally mind-warping your children into thinking toxic waste is fun and tastes good, too! Ironically, the Pakistani product has been recalled for "ele ...
- LIBYA'S BLOOD FOR OIL: THE VAMPIRE WARBy Susan Lindauer, former U.S. Asset who covered Libya at the United Nations from 1995 to 2003 Who are we kidding? The United States, Britain and NATO don't care about bombing civilians to contain rebellion. Their militaries bomb civilians every day without mercy. They have destroyed most of th ...
- Hidden Truths About Nuclear PowerBy Joaquin The truth is, there is a big fat lie that the nuclear power industry and the media are foisting on the public and that has not changed. But first let's take a look at some other lies. For example, here is a picture of an exploding reactor building #3 at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nucle ...
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Making It Count: CCPA's federal election blogThe CCPA has launched a federal election blog to bring you expert analysis on the issues that will—or should—define the election. Making It Count features timely commentary from CCPA staff and research associates, who will be weighing in everything from the economy and federal finances to the ...
- Will the middle class have to learn to do with ...That's the question journalist and author Linda McQuaig addresses in her column about greed, the assault on middle class dreams, and the "looming conflict" between Canada's elite and the "aspirations of millions of Canadians". Read the column here.
- Living Wage 2011: how much does a family need ...CCPA-BC has just published Working for a Living Wage 2011, which shows that the living wage for Vancouver in 2011 is $18.81 an hour, up from $18.17 last year, and far higher than the $10.25 minimum wage planned for next year. A living wage enables families to pay for necessities, support the h ...
- So you think you can budgetFrom corporate tax cuts to seniors benefits, everyone on Parliament Hill seems to think they know what should be in the budget. But can you do better? What if you were finance minister for a day, what would be in your budget? We've developed an interactive budget tool based on our Alternative F ...
- Canada's military spending higher now than any ...A new CCPA study finds Canadian military spending is higher now than at any time since the end of the Second World War, thanks to twelve years of budget increases. Canada is the 13th largest military spender in the world and the 6th largest within the 26-member NATO alliance. The study points o ...
World Wide Hippies
- No Worries, Just A Tiny Handful of Safety Viol ...Records Show 56 Safety Violations at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants in Past 4 Years | ABC Among the litany of violations at U.S. nuclear power plants are missing or mishandled nuclear material, inadequate emergency plans, faulty backup power generators, corroded cooling pipes and even marijuana use i ...
- Judge Tells Walker Administration: “Oh N ...Judge again blocks Wisconsin’s anti-union law | Reuters A Wisconsin judge issued a revised order on Tuesday blocking implementation of a controversial state law curbing collective bargaining by public unions while she hears a legal challenge to the proposed law. Dane County Circuit Court Judge M ...
- Phil Lesh and Bob Weir take things even Furthu ...by Stratton Lawrence | charlestoncitypaper. – ohn Kadlecik was the quintessential Deadhead. In fact, shortly after a friend turned him on to the Grateful Dead, he fell in love with the band and dropped out of college. Years later, Kadlecik became a member of the Dark Star Orchestra. He got to be ...
- Dolphin Die-off Cover UpObama administration restricts findings on Gulf’s dead dolphins | Digital Journal The Obama administration has issued a gag order on data over the recent spike of dead dolphins, including many stillborn infants, washing up on Mississippi and Alabama shorelines, and scientists say the restriction ...
- CIA Profiling Delves Into The Minds of DictatorsTeasing Out Policy Insight From a Character Profile | New York Times He is a delusional narcissist who will fight until his last breath. Or an impulsive showman who will hop the next flight out of town when cornered. Or maybe he’s a psychopath, a coldly calculating strategist — crazy, like a des ...
Michael Moore - Must Read
- The Cost of One F-15E Lost in Libya Is 563 Wis ...According to the New York Times, the U.S. fighter jet that just crashed in Libya was an F-15E Strike Eagle. The Air Force says each F-15E cost $31.1 million in 1998 dollars (not including fuel, pilot training or anything else). Adjusted for inflation, that's $42.23 million today. Wisconsin tea ...
- Rick Snyder's "Shared Sacrifice": Michigan's W ...Michigan's tax system is already regressive -- meaning that poorer people pay a higher tax rate than the wealthy. But Governor Rick Snyder has decided that it's just not regressive enough. So in the name of "shared sacrifice," he wants to hike the tax rate on poor and working Michiganders, while ...
- VIDEO: Bus leaves Kalamazoo to protest Gov. Sn ...People talk about why they are going to Lansing to take part in protests against Gov. Rick Snyder's proposals, including bills that would give emergency financial managers the power to terminate labor contracts, proposed cuts to education funding and tax policy changes.
- The Forbes 400 vs. Everybody ElseAccording to the most recent information, the Forbes 400 now have a greater net worth than the bottom 50% of U.S. households combined. In 2009, the total net worth of the Forbes 400 was $1.27 trillion. The best information now available shows that in 2009 the bottom 60% (yes, now it's 60%, n ...
- Cairo in Wisconsin The call reportedly arrived from Cairo. Pizza for the protesters, the voice said. It was Saturday, February 20th, and by then Ian's Pizza on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, was overwhelmed. One employee had been assigned the sole task of answering the phone and taking down orders. An ...
Salon
- The 5 best and worst states to be unemployed inWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's state isn't the only one with labor pains. Michigan, for example, faces the longest ongoing stretch of double-digit unemployment in America. And the state's governor, Rick Snyde, has just signed a bill into law that slashes the total number of weeks the jobless c ...
- Important Sarah Palin update: Is Libya campaig ...The people have a right to know: Are we are war? Or is this an intervention? Or... a "squirmish"?
- Paranoid Michelle Rhee blames her "enemies" fo ...Former Washington, D.C., schools chancellor Michelle Rhee, champion of "education reform," is a right-wing folk hero because while working for the public she combined corporatist policy with open contempt for the public. An ostensible Democrat, she now advises Republican governors on how best ...
- Is the men's rights movement growing?Cartoonist Scott Adams ran into some hot water recently for a blog post he penned that nominally took aim at something calling the "men's rights movement" -- but also denigrated women, comparing them to children and handicapped persons. The episode led to a whole series of responses (includin ...
- Santorum blames abortion for Social Security woesAmanda Marcotte wrote over the weekend about a new wave anti-choice legislation in the states and at the federal level.
SMB News
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,914-metr ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAsFor SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakeFor SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
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