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Thomas Paine

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

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

27 April - News I Noted

The leader de facto of Libya, Muammar al-Gadda...Image via Wikipedia
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The lowdown on topsoil: It's disappearing
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 12:34 PM
On average, the planet is covered with little more than 3 feet of topsoil The estimate is that we are now losing about 1 percent of our topsoil every year to erosion, most of this caused by agriculture.
Submitted by John Farnham to Environment

Escalation Of A Humanitarian War
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:00 AM
The Western intervention in Libya has morphed from a "no-fly zone" into a continuous bombing campaign--with new threats of the use of ground troops
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Beware: Widespread Mission Creep Underway in Libya

One should be wary about this intervention, whether or not one believes it is justified. 
However one views the morality of the Libyan “intervention,” the murkiness of its objectives and the rapid speed with which the conflict has escalated should offer deep misgivings about the ostensibly humanitarian venture.

Consider the bait-and-switch. The U.S. role in the intervention was sold to the American people as a very limited one: we'd help enforce a no-fly zone. In his speech on Monday, Obama said that "broadening our military mission to include regime change would be a mistake." A day later, Senator Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina – a member of the Senate Armed Forces Committee -- told CNN, "the goal of this country is to replace Gadhafi." That same day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters, "Gadhafi has lost the legitimacy to lead, so we believe he must go. We're working with the international community to try to achieve that outcome.”
( Avoiding the 'mistakes' of Iraq..where nothing was said about 'staying forever' ? )

http://www.alternet.org/world/150458/beware_widespread_mission_creep_underway_in_libya

Why the Government Could Make it Nearly Impossible for You to Get a Passport
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 11:40 AM
From Digby at Hullabaloo  new Biographical Questionnaire for some passport applicants: The proposed new Form DS-5513 asks for all addresses since birth; lifetime employment history including employers’ and supervisors names, addresses, and telephone numbe
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

Politicized 'Science' and BBC 'Climate Truth'   ( Link ? I just posted it ! )
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:59 AM
Moving attention from poisoning the environment with toxins to generation of a gas broken down by plant life and absorbed by the soil : by the weapons makers  who sold yellowcake as an existential threat and subvert NPT proponents Iraq,Iran and N Korea
Submitted by John Farnham to World   |

Firm defending Defense of Marriage Act withdraws from case
Monday, April 25, 2011 9:00 PM
Paul D. Clement, the partner who had been selected as the lead attorney on the case resigned from King and Spalding. He will continue to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act as a partner at another firm
Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture   |

Another Shocking UN cover up about Libya
Monday, April 25, 2011 7:29 PM
The Council was about to vote on a report that affirmed and praised Libya and Colonel Ghaddafi for THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD for the nation's treatment of religious minorities, and the "human rights training" received by security forces.
Submitted by John Farnham to World   |
 The empire and its minions could not get rid of Ghaddafi by staging a revolt under the utterly absurd cloak of "peaceful protests" ("We are losing the information war" - Hillary Clinton. Ms. Clinton lies do not work when people are searching for truth) so they had to resort to bombs, violence, brute force.
The report said that the Ghaddafi government protected "not only political rights, but also economic, educational, social and cultural rights," and praised it for the nation's treatment of religious minorities, and the "human rights training" received by security forces.

It was to be approved at a vote later this month. Did something suddenly happen over night? If you believe it did, I have a bridge to sell you.

No less than 46 delegations to the controversial Human Rights Council made positive comments, with rare criticism from, who else, the United States.

They have moved to postpone the vote. Anyone wonder why? Let everyone, particularly those in positions of power, take notice. We know why. How embarrassing for the dogs of war that vote would be if it were held honestly, no pressure, no blackmail, no bribes.  How embarrassing...first the best standard of living in Africa and now a commendation for human rights practices.  What a terrible dictator Colonel Ghaddafi is!
 Surprise, Bin Laden spawn sides with coalition
Sarkozy's neocolonial military coup in Ivory Coast

Secret Guantanamo Files, New Insights: Hundreds Held 'Just in Case.'
Monday, April 25, 2011 5:41 PM
Senior US commanders have concluded that in dozens of cases there was “no reason recorded for transfer.”
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |
The documents, which date from 2002 to 2008, also unveil shocking accounts of innocent people, including farmers, chefs and drivers who were sold to US forces.
Their captors detained them because they believed they could yet give up useful information, or because they were simply unable to admit that they should have been released.
The establishment of Guantanamo Bay months after the 9/11,  sparked a controversial debate around techniques used to obtain information* from detainees, including water-boarding, stress positions and sleep deprivation.
The dossiers, prepared under the Bush administration, have remained silent about such tactics, according to the New York Times.


Political Pygmies and Mad Hatters
Saturday, April 23, 2011 7:29 PM
What has been taking place in the American political arena the past six decades is a charade where everyone makes believe we have a legitimate Congress fighting for truth and justice; a 2 party system of Big vs Small government ; a journey of delusion
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |
 Our government is $14.3 trillion in debt. The 2011 budget is approximately $3.8 trillion. The budget deficit is $1.5 trillion. And our solons in Washington are smugly bragging about their "fiercely negotiated cut of $37.8 billion?" Is it hyperbole to say these minds are obsessed with the momentary, the picayune, the superficial, and the irrelevant? Is it unfair to declare them to be pygmies? I think not.

If you read Laurence Kotlikoff it's $200 Trillion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_Kotlikoff

Gulf of Mexico Health Challenges
Friday, April 22, 2011 9:56 PM
I found an astounding article about missing activists and researchers who were interested in the outcomes of the Deepwater Horizon and other Gulf rig leaks.  There are many strange accounts of sickness - which is actually 'normal' up to a point....which w
Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellness   |

I Flipping KNEW It Was Eventually Going To Come To This
Friday, April 22, 2011 9:25 PM
With nearly 14 million unemployed workers in America, many have gotten so desperate that they're willing to work for free. While some businesses are wary of the legal risks and supervision such an arrangement might require, companies that have used free w
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |
There's nothing shameful about being unemployed... especially these days when the goal of fat cats everywhere is to MAKE you that way.  There's no reason to feel guilty about needing the help and support of others during hard times... even hard times that have been deliberately engineered by those that profit from the misery of the rest of us.   

I See You - Avatar
Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:31 AM
can we forgive one another for all our differences and honour the light of the soul? Do we really see one another? I See You... 

Wolves, political stupidity, and fear-mongering: Wolves are a clear and present danger
Thursday, April 21, 2011 1:06 PM
345 people had been killed in Canada and the U.S. between 1989 and 2009 by domestic dogs.  At that point, only one person in the same vast geographic area had been killed by wolves – Kenton Carnegie. Yet Idaho is saying wolves kill people!
Submitted by Maggie S. to Animals   |
(  You notice 'conventional' psych is completely unable to address the question of why this is happening. So what would a 'mad' person - someone who doesn't ascribe to their concepts of reality - think ? It seems the only game in town.
Heads up : the bottom drops out of boring 'reporting' in  On the Brink of Annunaki New World Order.
SLAVES of the MOON MASTERS is no wilder. )

Thinking ‘like an Avon Lady’ to get suburban workers on transit
Thursday, April 21, 2011 3:05 PM
Lisa Margonelli writes about a program at a suburban California office park that has had huge success in encouraging workers to leave the car at home
Submitted by John Farnham to Green Lifestyle   |
she nurtures this cult that gets 10,000 people out of their cars daily 

Mosaic sells solar panels to people who don’t even have roofs
Thursday, April 21, 2011 12:16 PM
Community microfunding energy cooperatives
Submitted by John Farnham to Green Lifestyle   |
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The Military's Secret Shame
Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:06 AM
When men in the military rape other men in the ranks, no one wants to talk about it. Why the sexual assault of males in the service is finally being confronted.


Toronto man towing solar car in stunt to legalize it
Thursday, April 21, 2011 11:47 AM
Marcelo da Luz has towed his solar car 160 km from Niagara Falls to Toronto, using a harness strapped to his chest, because the Ontario government won't let him drive the solar car legally on Ontario roads.
Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech   |

The carbon tax that ate Australia
Thursday, April 21, 2011 10:03 AM
$599 million will be given to the IPCC under Australia’s combating AGW obligations. This $599 million is on top of the commitment made by Australia at Cancun to give 10% of revenue raised from a carbon tax to the IPCC.
Submitted by John Farnham to World   |

America's Shadowy Base World
Thursday, April 21, 2011 9:22 AM
The signature American way of war in our time is coming into focus. In Iraq the U.S. was going to have to fight rather than settle in and hundreds of micro-bases were added to the mega ones.In Afghanistan base building went into overdrive in 2009.
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |


From Waco to Libya: 18 Years of Humanitarian Mass Murder
Thursday, April 21, 2011 1:34 AM
The Davidian cult in Waco was dealt with by armored vehicles,” remarked Muammar Gaddafi in February, defending his own crackdowns in light of the U.S. government’s.
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

Why is Qatar So Active in Libya?
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 6:16 PM
Real News video : Adam Hanieh: Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council want to control the outcome of the popular Arab uprisings 
Submitted by John Farnham to World   |

Teenage Mutant Theocrats
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 2:07 AM
Institute for Research and Education on Human Rights reports racist "birther" attacks on President Obama, discussions of the conspiracy behind the problem facing America (complete with anti-Semitic illustration), Christian nationalism, anti-environmentali
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

TOP U.S. MIL OFFICER TELEGRAPHED COVERT INTEL LIBYA WAR STRATEGY
Wednesday, April 20, 2011 12:02 AM
A position paper written by Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Admiral Michael Mullen in January 2009  candidly advocates the use of covert U.S. military power as a means to overcome political opposition to what he terms "overt" intervention.
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

World Health Day – Awareness Campaign for Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread
Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:43 AM
The main aim of  World Health Day, this year is "Antimicrobial resistance and its global spread" and focuses on the need for governments and stakeholders to implement the policies,  prevent and counter the emergence of highly resistant microorganisms. 
( Predicted to emerge from corporate farming practices. Aug 13, 2009 )

The Heavy Cost of Nitrogen Pollution
Monday, April 11, 2011 2:05 AM
Nitrogen pollution costs Europe between 70 and 320 billion euros ($100bn-$460bn) per year in its impact on health and the environment, according to a major European study launched in Britain on Monday.

Emails expose BP's attempts to control research into impact of Gulf oil spill
Sunday, April 17, 2011 3:25 PM
BP officials tried to take control of a $500m fund pledged by the oil company for independent research into the consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster
Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech   |

Another Silent Scourge
Sunday, April 17, 2011 9:42 AM
A  new generation of commonly sold rat poisons are making their way up the food chain, creating a massacre that has been ignored by the federal government regulators.
Submitted by John Farnham to Environment   |

Antigravity! Trumps "Dark Energy" for the Accelerated Expansion of the Universe
Friday, April 15, 2011 9:18 AM
An exciting new theory says that antimatter could exist in the voids between galaxy clusters and superclusters and that some kind of repulsive gravity –- antigravity –- is pushing the Universe apart. The new theory is a direct challenge to the accepted


Extracting Uranium from Phosphates
Friday, April 15, 2011 9:55 AM
Tech analysis showing real 'weapons threat' of yellowcake : if or whether used in Syria, Iraq or Iran. The substance lay all over Iraq. 'Purchases' from Nigeria were part of the Iraqi 'WMD Threat' leading the coalition to invade and occupy Iraq
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

United unrest to release global energy revolution
Thursday, April 14, 2011 6:04 AM
The societal problems we face today are global in scope, and in their essence, have a distinct possibility of derailing humanity from the tracks heretofore labeled as progress. We are on a path toward our own destruction.
Submitted by John Farnham to World   |
Climate Laws Gain Currency in 16 Major World Economies
http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2011/04/27/climate-laws-gain-currency-16-major-economies
A new study released by GLOBE international -- a coalition of legislators from around the world -- found that "climate change is featuring prominently on the legislative agenda across the 16 major economies."
( Yep. Blair and the boys are busy. )

Urgent Action Alert: The Leahy Bill is BACK!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 5:10 PM
Last year’s bill to increase criminal penalties for “misbranding” or “adulterating” foods from a maximum of one year in jail to a maximum of ten has been reintroduced. The problem lies in how these terms are defined. And the bill’s on a fast track.


Eliminating Weapons of Terror from U.S. Foreign Policy
Tuesday, April 12, 2011 8:43 AM
Antiwar activism starts with the elimination of nuclear weapons
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

Let Me Bomb You in Peace
Monday, April 11, 2011 4:50 PM
As far as United States quagmires go, Libya is bigger than Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan combined. But any possible “targets” concentrate in a few cities along the Mediterranean coast.
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

Vegan Food Event Is Shut Down At Brock University
Monday, April 11, 2011 12:50 PM
“Where are the hand washing stations?This is the reality that the Brock Animal Rights Club (BARC) was faced with during their annual Vegan Taco Day. BARC’s annual vegan taco day has been a huge success for the past five years, bringing line-ups of people
Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Wellness   |

How to protect yourself from radiation poisoning
Monday, April 11, 2011 12:42 AM
In the wake of the Japanese nuclear disaster, radiation has contaminated the food and water supply and the ocean in Japan. Radioactive particles have been carried to distant lands, though no dangerous levels have been detected in other countries.

Breaking news: FDA conducts armed raid on Oregon nutritional company; steals computers, products and office supplies. Their crime? Posting customer testimonials! Click here to read story...


A Goose And A Deer Might Teach We Humans Something About Getting Along Together
Monday, April 11, 2011 1:49 AM
Every time I’ve written a column that speaks to being kind to animals, I’ve always been able to count on at least a few of you saying; ‘What are you getting so soppy about? They are only animals.”
Submitted by John Farnham to Animals   |

In China, the true cost of Britain's clean, green wind power experiment: Pollution on a disastrous scale
Sunday, April 10, 2011 3:34 PM
This toxic lake poisons Chinese farmers, their children and their land. It is what's left behind after making the magnets for Britain's latest wind turbines-one of a multitude of environmental sins committed in the name of our new green Jerusalem
Submitted by John Farnham to Environment   |

Dead, missing and jailed BP whistle-blowers -- astonishing
Sunday, April 10, 2011 8:52 AM
From Real Coastal Warriors on Facebook More posted Apr 3 - see main feed
Submitted by John Farnham to Offbeat   |

Salman Khan talk at TED 2011 (from ted.com)
Saturday, April 09, 2011 9:18 AM
Khan describes how remote tutoring his relatives on Youtube exploded into a utility pioneering change in the classroom right in the current school system, teachers using it to pioneer a completely different use of their time as education coordinators
Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech   |

Soda loses its fizz - The BANNING of Soda in Boston:  The Boston Globe
Saturday, April 09, 2011 7:43 AM
The banning of soda in parts of Boston,MA...this will reverse obesity?..I think not
Submitted by  . to US Politics & Gov't   |
Comment
It is known that the takeover of supplying the soda market by special interests promoting the use of corn based products as sweeteners has had effects which are negative on health and a risk for causing obesity. When marketing came along with artificial sweeteners, thing got worse, not better. And when Aspertame was 'outed' as having serious negative effects - literally being compared to pharmaceutical warfare on the mind - it was 'replaced' by a cousin with even worse effects.
Even when you unload Search on the topic the results avoid highlighting these facts ! You have to knowingly investigate the claims of people like Dr. Mercola and Mike Adams the 'health ranger' at Natural News - who has appeared in collaboration with Alex Jones on his show re: the nuclear meltdowns in Japan among many many other topics - that you start to appreciate the total inadequacy of conventional 'news' to keep one abreast of world events.
Repeatedly I try to encourage people to capitalize on the information at Care 2 on its headlined storyboards by excellent writers and of the information available in forums.
And I haven't had much success promoting my own Search files because - well, to be blunt, they must be inconvenient and were never intended as more than illustrations on how to build news gathering facilities for alternative news - of which there are a bunch of utilities like Netvibes and iGoogle and Google Reader to use.
The tools are out there. Even a change to a different Search engine like Info.com can make a difference, though I find utilities based around Diigo social bookmarking , Facebook,Yoono, Friendfeed and Feedly give me more information than is convenient to process in the aggregate when combined with My Opera and the Dashboard at Blogger..
I'm at opitslinkfest.blogspot.com The Topical Index highlights introductory files and Opit Online shows some of what I've tried. I still make startling discoveries years after finding Third World Traveler and Consortium News and a whole mess of news at various places whose feeds I sometimes can't highlight the way I'd wish simply because they produce too much data.
Besides : if you have a connection that will keep up, Youtube is unbeatable.


GORDON DUFF: The Tea Party And America’s Return To The “Good Ole Days”
Saturday, April 09, 2011 3:47 AM
Gord is a month late on posting. Looking at this article I thought it clearer now than then just how right he has been about repression in America.
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

Gawker and Your Password
Thursday, April 07, 2011 9:52 PM
I  had a Gawker password used elsewhere. Lucky I had changed it and mostly use unique passwords via LasPass. Here's a reminder and illustration of what one man does.
Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech   |

GOOD NEWS!  Along Scar from Iron Curtain, A Green Belt Rises in Germany
Thursday, April 07, 2011 7:43 PM
A forbidding, 870-mile network of fences and guard towers once ran the length of Germany, separating East and West. Now, one of the world’s most unique nature reserves is being created along the old “Death Strip,” turning a monument to repression into a s


The War That's Not a War
Thursday, April 07, 2011 9:31 PM
After Iraq’s successful invasion of Kuwait we reacted with gusto and have been militarily involved in the entire region  ever since. This has included Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia.We are at war  against a tactic called terrorism.R Paul
Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't   |

Homeland Stupidity
Thursday, April 07, 2011 9:13 PM
News collection indexed by topic and date :  Economy,Environment, Health Care, Homeland Security,Humor,Immigration,Internet,Intelligence,Military, Law Enforcement,Linux,Open Source,Politics,Privacy,Telecommunications,Terrorism
Submitted by John Farnham to Offbeat   |

Two Asteroids Passed Close to Earth Wednesday
Thursday, April 07, 2011 4:02 AM
Earth got a double dose of close asteroid flybys on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Two newly discovered small asteroids both passed within the distance of the Moon. 2011 GW9 (10 meters wide) came within half the distance to the Moon,


Weapons of Mass Construction: How Redditors Impact the World with Moneybombs
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 1:58 PM
Reddit users aren’t just known for being witty; they’re also known for putting together some amazing fundraisers from time to time. See how their hard work has changed many people's lives.


The Japanese Economy Is In Much Bigger Trouble Than Most People Think
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 2:47 PM
Thousands of square miles have been more completely destroyed than if they had been bombed.It will  take many years to rebuild the roads, bridges, rail systems, ports, power lines and water systems that were lost. 
Submitted by John Farnham to World   |


HAARP-EISCAT and Earth(quakes) in but 15 seconds...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 2:27 PM
Words like Haarp, Eiscat, SuperDarn, ionospheric heating, ELF, chorus, earthquakes, wave structure of matter, resonance and ground penetration are parts of this story. Sounds weird? Well, it is.
Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech   |

US lawmakers tell Obama, dump Pakistan and go with India
Wednesday, April 06, 2011 12:05 PM
Some analysts have suggested India should take steps to reassure Pakistan about its security, but the broad reading in Washington is that nothing can placate a security establishment that uses a trumped-up  Indian threat to extend its strangle hold.
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