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- Today's election thoughtsToday's election thoughts, and a couple of photos. Jon Elmer sent me this amusing Vintage Voter site. Vincent Pang sent me this photo album of protests against Harper's second proroguing back in 2010. read more
- 36% is apparently a majority, but not for a wh ...The daily polling is suspicious. Every day the media publishes what the electoral outcome is going to be. And every day it changes. They keep saying there's going to be a Harper majority. Saying it won't make it so, but it might contribute to it. Earlier today I saw an article on CityTV.ca throu ...
- Canadians are annoyed - deliberation vs. engin ...Pollsters now get people to press buttons about how they are feeling as they watch debates, and have discovered that Canadians are annoyed. This then feeds back to politicians, who try to, presumably, be less annoying, or, perhaps, try to blame other politicians for the annoyance. read more
- I went over my twitter limit...So I'm just going to make a few notes: -Ignatieff was right when he says Harper's offering "fantasy economics". He also answered the financial question directly. And Harper seemed to make eye contact for the first time. And then went back to the camera. Harper: "Every credible economic analyst" ...
- Cancer is sexyI don't have a TV, so I just checked if my livestreaming CBC is working and it seems to be, so I will be able to watch the debate tonight. Two chapters left to go in Lawrence Martin's "Harperland" and I also just picked up Christian Nadeau's "Rogue in Power" yesterday and have read chapter 1. A ...
treehugger
- Share the Road (Cartoon)Click to enlarge "Share the Road" by Option-G This the latest in a series of daily cartoons on TreeHugger, exploring a variety of green themes and ideas through visual art....Read the full story on TreeHugger
- How Throwing Stuff Away Makes You Frugal (and ...Image credit: Joe Shlabotnik, used under Creative Commons license. I've argued before that saving money makes us more mindful of our consumption. I've also made the case that reuse can quickly become hoarding, and that sometimes the best approach is to throw something away—or at least donat ...
- Natural Nitrogen Ice Cream Tastes GoodPhoto: B. Alter Welcome to the chin chin laboratorists, Europe's only nitro ice-cream parlour. On first glance it looks like a mad scientist's lab, with figures in white coats at work and clouds of white gas appearing out of nowhere. They are using liquid nitrogen to make delicious creamy i ...
- Real Birds Tweet on Twitter With a Peckable Ke ...In this era of high-speed internet, smartphones and social-networking, keeping in contact has never been easier -- but in being so plugged-in, we run the risk of losing touch with the beautiful sounds of the world around us. As a sort of tongue-and-cheek response to this and the growing popu ...
- With Gas At 4 Bucks A Gallon, Who'll Un-Pimp ..."big engine, little car!" Image credit:Flicker, Stephen Bowler Five years back I wrote an Earth Day Plea to car makers of the world: "Un-Pimp My Ride", making the point that all we need is smaller engines to make a cost saving, quantum leap in mileage improvement. I was chastised, of cours ...
Democratic Voice of Burma
- Shale gas in Karen State?New gas & oil deals on the cards including the possibility of controversial shale gas or oil in volatile Karen State with two Singaporean companies allegedly looking into involvement in the project near the Thai border
- Plastic bags get the sack in RangoonAuthorities in Burma's main city forbid production and sale of plastic bags in an effort to cut pollution from non-degradable waste
- Thailand begins migrant ‘slave’ probeInvestigation begins into the 60 Burmese migrants freed after spending up to 8 months enslaved in a Bangkok garment factory
- Border force defects, attacks Burma unitFormer DKBA-turned-border force troops attack Burmese army supplies and join sides with the Karen National Liberation Army
- Ex-soldier shines light on Burma’s hidde ..."Burma Soldier"- a documentary on a soldier turned democracy activist is screened in the US State Department, with Kurt Campbell describing it as "one of the most powerful things I have ever seen"
Telegraph - Climate Change
- Lobbyists who cleared 'Climategate' academics ...A shadowy lobby group which pushes the case that global warming is a real threat is being funded by the taxpayer and assisted by the BBC.
- Climate change activists invited to appeal aft ...A group of climate change activists who plotted to shut down Britain's second largest power station have been invited to launch appeals against their convictions.
- Met Office chief receives death threats from c ...Met Office chief says threatening emails were from climate sceptics.
- What happens when the great fantasies, like wi ...There's a pattern in the unravelling of make-believe projects, whether it's wind power or the euro, says Christopher Booker.
- Arctic meltwater could lower temperatures at h ...Average temperatures in Britain could fall by several degrees due to a massive pool of melted ice water heading south from the arctic, scientists have warned.
National Geographic | Environment
- Pictures: "Liquidators" Endured Chernobyl, 25 ...NoneRobots couldn't handle the intense radiation at Chernobyl, so the dangerous nuclear cleanup job fell to the "liquidators" — a corps of soldiers, firefighters, miners, and volunteers.
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- Pictures: Animals Inherit Mixed Legacy at Cher ...NoneA quarter-century after the nuclear explosion at Chernobyl, the surrounding evacuated area has seen a resurgence of wildlife, but some species have weathered the disaster significantly better than others.
- Earth Day Pictures: 20 Stunning Shots of Earth ...NoneAuroras, glaciers, and gullies feature among the most stunning pictures of Earth from space, chosen by National Geographic photo editors for Earth Day 2011.
- Pictures: Building the Perfect Solar CarNoneOn their journey to designing a prize-winning solar car in a high-efficiency vehicle race, a team of Drexel University students explored the practical side of engineering, and also had fun.
Jurist - Legal Research
- Supreme Court hears arguments on corporate fre ...[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF; merit briefs] Tuesday in Sorrell v. IMS Health [oral argument transcript, PDF; JURIST report] to determine whether a state law prohibiting prescription drug manufacturers from using data co ...
- Federal appeals court grants new sentencing fo ...[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit [official website] on Tuesday ordered [opinion, PDF] a new sentencing hearing for Mumia Abu-Jamal [Philadelphia Inquirer backgrounder], a former member of the Black Panthers who was convicted and sentenced to death for killing a police offic ...
- Supreme court rules tribe cannot bring same su ...[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday ruled [opinion, PDF] 7-1 in United States v. Tohono O'odham Indian Nation [Cornell LII backgrounder; JURIST report] that the tribe cannot bring a suit based on the same facts in both federal district court and the C ...
- UN report accuses Sri Lanka government of war ...[JURIST] A UN panel of experts said in a report released Monday that the Sri Lankan government and rebel forces may have committed war crimes [report, PDF] during the final stages of the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news archive]. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- ...
- Proposition 8 sponsors move to vacate district ...[JURIST] Sponsors of Proposition 8 [text; JURIST news archive], California's same-sex marriage ban, on Monday filed a motion to vacate in US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [official website], arguing that the judge who struck down the marriage ban should have recused himself from the cas ...
Atlantic | Mark Ambinder
- Confused and Clueless IndependentsMichael Kazin wonders if independent voters are "really just a confused and clueless horde". That is certainly the impression one gets from dipping into the finer details of a mid-April survey of 1,000 likely, registered voters conducted by Democracy Corps, the outfit run by Stan Greenberg ...
- What Ron Paul Accomplished in 2008Ron Paul didn't win the presidency in 2008. He didn't even win the Republican nomination. In the key primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida, Paul placed 5th in every one, but with a diminishing percentage share of the vote. By traditional standards, his White House ...
- Poll: Only 43 Percent Say Trump Was 'Definitel ...Just 43 percent of poll respondents say Donald Trump was definitely born in the U.S., according to a USA Today poll: For what it's worth, not everyone is convinced Trump was born in the USA either: 43% say he definitely was born here, and 20% say he probably was; 7% say he definitely or p ...
- Statehouse Republicans Promote the Cowboy CodeCowboy poets have been savaged in the media lately, as conservatives found it convenient, and hilarious, to attack federal funding for an annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering held in Nevada and defended on the Senate floor by Majority Leader Harry Reid. But as this has been going on, anoth ...
- Ron Paul 2008 Debate HighlightsRep. Ron Paul is exploring another bid for president, and that means we could be treated to another insurgent campaign that doesn't look anything like those run by GOP frontrunners. The most exciting part of Paul's 2008 campaign was probably his debate appearances. Paul was the only Republica ...
COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade
- [COAT] ***SPAM*** Libya's Qaddafi stars in U.S ...
- [COAT] Watch my antiWAR music video (Dylan/See ...
- [COAT] Peace Surge NOW! Save Ottawa Ban on War ...
- [COAT] Afghan MP tells Ottawa to Stop Arms Sho ...
- [COAT] Ottawa's Mayor & War Bazaars! Democracy ...
Bulletin of American Scientists - News
- US and Vietnam sign nuclear energy agreement | ...
- SKorea on alert after ship hit by mysterious b ...
- Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms ...
- Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the nation's en ...
- More tritium found at Vt. Yankee, NRC plans cl ...
Tikun Olam
- Israeli Bloggers Linking to Tikun Olam Threate ...There’s been a bunch of nonsense published lately in Israeli media and blogs about the Yoav Even case and my breaking of the gag. Â But an article that just came out in The Marker, Haaretz’s business publication, really takes the cake. Â The reporters are shocked, I say shocked that when you ins ...
- Israeli Rabbis Favor Right of Return…to Saudi ...Israel’s far-right nationalist rabbis have made a major political breakthrough in coming to recognize a Palestinian right of return. Â The only problem…where they want them to return to: Saudi Arabia. Â Rabbi Dov Lior, chief rabbi of the most extreme of the extremist settlers in Hebron, has come ...
- Links for 2010-03-30 [Digg]Overseas Media Begins Reporting Kam Case An Israeli journalist disappears into the maw of the intelligence services. A gag order prevents newspapers reporting the story. Only overseas media can do so, but they hesitate since so little is known. That's why blogs exist and that's the role t ...
- Levels of Sexual Violence in IsraelA number of Israeli male commenters have objected to my characterization of the high level of sexual violence against women in Israel. Â I promised I would provide some sources and statistics to support my claims. Â The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel presents findings for 2007 whic ...
- Itamar Murder Suspect’s Facebook Page, Rotter’ ...In this day and age it seems like every teenager has their own Facebook page. Â It appears suspected murderers too are members of the club. Â One of the two suspects in the murder of the Fogel family, Amjad Awad, has his own Facebook page. Â There may not be that much that is odd or unusual [... ...
Ode Magazine
- Sending love and hugs to Tōhoku JapanBy: onetruespirit I live in Tokyo, and I made a video about my mission to collect hugs and take them to the people who were affected by the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The people have lost so much. I don't want them to lose hope, too. I pla ...
- From dirt to shirtWhen he answers his phone, Eric Henry, president and co-owner of TS Designs in Burlington, North Carolina, is outside fretting about grasshoppers chomping their way through the employee vegetable garden. “We’ve tried screen mesh and now we’re thinking of getting guineas b ...
- Signs of loveBy: EmilyAviles Shannon Weber is a woman on a mission to bring love to the streets of San Francisco, and beyond. She's spreading the love with help from her blog and many, many, signs. What is “I love you, too?” “I love you, too" is an opportunity ...
- The tango according to Pippi LongstockingWhile members of Gotan Project, the prime movers of contemporary tango innovation, are resorting to slogans like “Tango 3.0” to extol the virtues of their recorded output, a modest yet far more playful revolution is taking place in Finland, second home to the tango for ma ...
- “The washing machine has changed society more ...Ha-Joon Chang, a Cambridge economist, turns conventional wisdom about the free market on its head in his new book, 23 Things They Donât Tell You About Capitalism. In it, he argues that the washing machine was more revolutionary than the Internet. Wait a minute. Has the In ...
OpEd News
- The Guantanamo Children: These Aren't What You ...Article 1 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child defines a child as "every human being below the age of eighteen years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier." However, the US and the Pentagon does not care about child rights. Fourteen or forty years ...
- Land as a Distinctive Factor of ProductionThe classical economists treated land as distinct from capital: "land, labor and capital" were the three basic "factors of production". They were mutually exclusive. They were comprehensive, including all economic agents. Each was also "limitational," meaning at least some of each was needed for ...
- Israel's Lawless Arrest of Ahmad QatamishAnother political prisoner
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Misreporting about Gitmo ...Media lies about Gitmo detainees
- Normalizing Evil: The NY Times' Curious Take o ...There is no room for the notion that it is a monstrous evil to kidnap people, buy them from bounty hunters, round them up in city streets all over the world, and dump them in a concentration camp where they can be tortured, abused, driven mad and abandoned without any legal recourse for years on ...
Switchboard
- Homage: Remembering ChernobylHenry Henderson, Director, Midwest Program NRDC, Chicago, Illinois Today is the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. To commemorate the disaster, and draw attention to the fact that the disaster continues to unfold for those living ...
- Exxon Solves Their Megaload Problem - By Cutti ...Bobby McEnaney, Land Policy Analyst, DC Be wary when Exxon claims they are going to “investigate” a problem… Over the weekend, Exxon literally took an axe to the trees lining the US Highway-12 Wild and Scenic River corridor in order to faci ...
- India Climate Change and Energy News - April 1 ...Anubhav Gupta, Program Assistant, Water, San Francisco Climate Change India to Map Its Coastal Hazard Line with SDAP “Indian Environment and Forests ministry has signed an agreement with The Survey of India to map, delineate and demarcate the h ...
- More Than a Year Later, Gulf Dolphins and Turt ...Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC The anniversary of the country’s worst oil disaster came and went last week. There was a brief frenzy of media attention, a litany of speeches and promises by politicians, and emotional memor ...
- Auto Execs Debunk Own Lobbyists' Myth about St ...Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco Nobody likes to witness a family argument—much less get pulled into it. But the schism between auto industry lobbyists and auto company executives is hard to ignore, and the consequence ...
Lawyers,Guns,& Money
- The Week Too Much Music DiedR.I.P.: Gerard Smith. Phoebe Snow. Poly Styrene. …more from Roy, who like a commenter reminds me that I forgot to mention Hazel Dickens. Harlan County, USA is available on Netflix streaming…
- White House releases photo of birth certificateThis is interesting. Apparently Obama is holding a PC later this morning to address the “issue.” My off the cuff reaction is that this is a mistake. From a political standpoint I think it’s great that Donald Trump is out there saying crazy stuff on Anderson Cooper about how the real birth certif ...
- Nails/McCourt!Between his gross misogyny and rampant financial fraud, the only remaining question is whether Dykstra gears up for a 2016 run at the GOP nomination or waits until 2020.
- The Right TalkThe point that Chait makes here about how a lot of the nonsense about how tax cuts invariably lead to pony and unicorn explosions is borne out of the necessity of finding a politically palatable way of defending the principle that extremely wealthy people should have their taxes kept low is born ...
- The Tyranny of the President Choosing His Own ...It indeed doesn’t get much more grimly hilarious than Dick Cheney’s lawyer pretending to be aghast at the “kingly power” what would result from the president being able to appoint the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services without congressional collaboration. Matt is als ...
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