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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.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

7 June -Morning News Picks

May 9th, The Fly, New OrleansImage by Gulf Restoration Network via Flickr

 

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My name is Baley Martinez. I am from the community of Grand Caillou, in Dulac, Louisiana (south of Houma). I am a part of the 17,000 member tribe United Houma Nation. I was born and raised in this community and I am currently 18 yrs old. Already in my lifetime, I have seen the drastic changes in th
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from Gulf Restoration Network: United for a healthy Gulf of Mexico

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By Michelle Erenberg, Gulf Restoration Network. May 23-24, thirteen Gulf residents descended upon Washington, DC to press national lawmakers to help restore and protect the Gulf of Mexico region in the aftermath of the BP oil drilling disaster. It has been over a year since BP's disaster began an
"We are trying to figure out why nothing has been done," said Patrick Miller a concerned resident.
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When BP's oil wrecked his fishing season, commercial bait fisherman Joey Yerkes salvaged his summer by cleaning up the disaster. Now he says he says he never would have taken the job, knowing what he does.
In lab research on conch, shrimp and oysters, the combination of crude and Corexit - the toxic chemical BP used to dissolve the oil - is more toxic than oil alone.

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A mixture of oil and dead organic particles may still be falling to the deep bottom of the northern Gulf of Mexico, potentially harming the base of a food web that supports all kinds of sea life, from giant whales and blue-fin tuna to grouper and snapper.

 

Skytruth reported that photographer J. Henry Fair flew over the location and found the Ocean Saratoga, a semisubmersible drill rig, at the location working to plug the leak. But the rig soon disappeared -- only to be spotted back at the site again late last year by photographer Gerry Ellis during a flyover with SouthWings. But as recent satellite imagery shows, the leak still has not been successfully plugged.

Fastest Way to Get BP Claim Money 

 

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When the BP oil disaster began, writer, activist, and oil industry expert Antonia Juhasz traveled to the Gulf Coast, where she followed the response efforts and interviewed dozens of government officials, community leaders, fishermen, scientists, and coastal residents. A year later, Juhasz published

 

Port Arthur's Hilton Kelley details the mission to hold accountable oil producers whose methods stain land and poison the air around fence-line communities.

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EJ advocate Hilton Kelley delivered a message of urban renewal at Telluride Mountain Film
Residents worried that, rather than easing the ecological impact, the chemicals would in fact make the disaster worse by spreading the oil throughout the water column. They were also concerned about the toxicity of the dispersants, which are themselves petroleum-based.

As it turns out, science is justifying their fears.

Acute and long-term health effects of exposure to crude petroleum hydrocarbons and has been compiled from peer-reviewed, scientific epidemiological studies - and since this stuff is so harmful to humans, could THAT be what's killing the turtles? And the dolphins? And the stingrays? And the fish?

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As we all know, people along the Gulf Coast are still suffering effects from the events of the oil spill of 2010. For over a year now, LEAN, along wit...

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By Kiley Kroh, crossposted from ThinkProgress Green. In yet another alarming glimpse at the long-term effects of the BP disaster, the preliminary findings of two new studies show that the nearly two million gallons of toxic dispersants applied to the more than 200 million gallons of oil that gu
We found an increase in PAH concentrations from our fall 2010 sampling event to our spring 2011 sampling event inside Perdido, Pensacola and Destin passes. We found no dispersant compounds during the fall; however, we found 1 compound of the dispersant used in all samples during the spring sampling event.

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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Through funding from Gulf Coast Fund and our members, Emerald Coastkeeper has initiated a long-term oyster sampling project. Every six months we are collecting oysters inland of Perdido, Pensacola and Destin Passes in order to

 

TEDS (Turtle Exclusion Devises) are used by shrimpers to make sure turtles don't get caught in the nets and die. NOAA data shows that since 2003, when TEDS were mandated for trawl boats, compliance rates rose to as high as 97% - so why are they blaming shrimpers for the recent spike in turtle deaths?

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CHAUVIN — A consortium of environmental groups wants officials in Louisiana and other Gulf states to shut down their shrimp seasons until more information is available about spikes in the deaths of sea turtles, which they attribute to shrimp trawls.
We urgently need physicians who are able to diagnose and treat these illnesses that are affecting so many up and down the Gulf Coast.

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There are two distinct parts of the Gulf Coast health crisis, one compounding the other. The first part is obvious: People are getting sick – and their ranks

Untold Thousands of Dead Worms Plague Ohio

Living in a Tiny Home – With No Mortgage

Here is an interesting video about a family that downsized in a major way.  This is not from a “prep” perspective, but it could be.  This idea could be used for a disaster retreat.  It could also help people to get ready for the coming economic collapse. Two years ago, Debra and her family lived [...]

The Modern Day Survivalist

Being a ‘survivalist’ these days, does not necessarily or automatically conjure up visions of Rambo trekking through the wilderness with shoulders slung with automatic weapons and belts laden with bullets all the while surviving by eating bugs and edible wild plants… Instead, there has been a noticeable movement of ordinary folks whose eyes have opened [...]

Something Strange With Volcano Eruption in Chile

What appears to be an enormous ash cloud rising from the eruption of a long dormant volcano named Puyehuein southern Chile on June 4, 2011, isn’t quite matching up with the location of the recorded earthquakes today in the immediate area. “The Cordon Caulle (volcanic range) has entered an eruptive process, with an explosion resulting [...]


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Israel's Ofer brothers face a backlash at home and abroad over their business dealings Ofer Brothers Group, one of Israel's most powerful corporations, is no stranger to scandal, but until now has largely emerged unscathed. But since allegations emerg...

Canada’s Israel Lobby

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If the opposition protest movement can get Hadi on board, and set up a transitional government, then there is a chance that they can neutralise any counter-revolutionary forces, especially the remaining Saleh family members.

A group of young Arab students in Montreal are working on an international development conference for this upcoming fall. While they work away, check out this pretty damn cool teaser. You can get updates from them on Twitter @ADInitiative.
Boycott Aladdin Ep.2: in Disneyland
This follow-up to “Aladdin Comes to Orange County” shows Tea Party Orange County activists continuing their campaign against Disney’s re-release of ‘Aladdin,’ that piece of pro-Islam propaganda.

An American proposition offers a major role in peace talks to Turkey in exchange for Turkish government to prevent the second flotilla and restore the strained ties between Turkey and Israel. Will Turkey take it?

An allegory, dedicated to al-Assad’s regime apologists to show them their true selves يمكن تتوضح الصورة

A lesson in ethics and patriotism for Nasrallah and co-apologists for al-Assad’s regime

Reviewing the most popular five posts published this month in terms of web visits…
Gene Simmons, Blathering Zionut
Gene Simmons = Right-wing Zionism + Years of drug abuse + Scant historical knowledge + The uniquely undeserved podium provided by former celebrity status + Excessive cussing

Taking cue from the Arab Spring, Kashmir has erupted into protests as well, led by new blood tired of beating the same drum as the previous generation’s, asking for a change, a visible substantial change.
Sexy Redhead Leads Yemeni Opposition
Abdul Rahman Bafadil, a Yemeni opposition leader, sexy redhead and member of the country’s parliament, spoke to Al Jazeera about the ongoing political situation in Yemen.

The Two Peoples One Future campaign demands an end to US military aid to Israel.

Not even the most cunning Zionist plan could have come up with a way to discredit Nasrallah the way he did to himself!

A regime only falls when they no longer control the capital city

On the stage, speakers discussed Palestine and Iraq. And then suddenly, in the middle of a touching speech, a strong voice, in Arabic, shouted: “Enough already! Where is the belly dancer?”

In response to the injustice Palestinians face, a group of international musicians are releasing the song Freedom for Palestine by OneWorld.

Iran Nuclear Scare Timeline

 Over the past five months, I have been adding updates to my article, "The Phantom Menace: Fantasies, Falsehoods, and Fear-Mongering about Iran's Nuclear Program," whenever new predictions and allegations about Iran's nuclear program are released.

To read them all, click here.

Here's the latest:


May 24, 2011 - The past few days have seen a flurry of furious fear-mongering and lies about Iran - none of them new, all of them ridiculous.

 

I think we should pay close attention to what Walter Benjamin tried to tell readers in 1933 - and really take in what Professors Morton and Boehmer are alerting us to today: 'states of emergency' have a long historical record of being manipulated by elites, for repressive purposes

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that have nothing to do with the always 'dramatic' rationales that are used to justify them; and British colonial rule was a laboratory of the very tactics and the same soundbites that we are seeing at home now in the United States. The past is prologue.' Naomi Wolf, Reader Supported News
Beware the fundies!

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‎[This article originally appeared in Issue 13 of The Dot Connector Magazine] As a species, you'd think we'd be able to tell the difference by now between image and reality. And yet, with all our acquired scientific knowledge, the gist of which is duti...
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Discovered by David Martines 2011. This could be the most important discovery on Mars yet! This structure is 700' x 150', and is colored white with blue and ...
Ryan X connects some cosmic dots with happenings closer to home. Well worth the read!

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As I sit here now, I'm looking at this Ephemeris software showing the orbital positions of the planets. This has actually been a daily activity for me over the past several weeks, kind of like checking the weather in the morning. I can see that Jupi...
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NASA and Infrared UFO Footage. "Somewhere in the back of your mind you've always known it was true."

Old video but i think the BEST ufo footage ever recorded

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The Best Ever Evidence of UFO. This footage on Turkey was analyzed by Dr Roger Leir. The video clearly shows aliens on a spaceship.

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Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested. Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV. It...


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Turkish people are no strangers to internet censorship, but recent filters have led to collective action.

Offshoring has Destroyed the US Economy

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Michael Quinn, a respected business man of 25 years who in 2001 single handed fought off a band of ram raiders, has been fighting off raiders of a different sort, the economic terrorist from the twice PUBLIC bailed out Allied Irish Bank (AIB).

 

This letter is dated 1997- smoking kills and tobacco companies in Carolina Kill and so do people involved with the tobacco companies. Evidence of American Genocide in the USA- the war in the middle east is a cover up of this- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000371299469#!/photo.php?fbid=168178263204549&set=a.101415416547501.3004.100000371299469&type=1&true

Something we don't hear too often... uhm, EVER!

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Truth was an early victim in the battle against tobacco. The big lie, repeated ad nauseam in anti-tobacco circles, is that smoking causes more than 400,000 premature deaths each year in the United States. That mantra is the principal justification for...

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All give her headaches and nausea.
"Today, many experts agree that refined carbs pose a much greater danger of heart disease than fat"

So, I guess they've been lying to us for about 30 years then.

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New research has weakened the perceived link between saturated fat and heart disease. Today, many experts agree that refined carbs pose a much greater danger. Is it possible - even imaginable - that nearly everyone has been wrong about saturated f...
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On the fateful evening of December 15th, 1967, the Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia...

7 Services That Apple Just Challenged or Changed


In California, Spending On Prisoners Far Outweighs Spending on Students

Hey, Media

Evil Bastard of the Day: Jeff Sessions 

 In Haiti, America Isn't Helping

 

Nakba Day 2011 - Arab Spring reaches Palestine

Most people are aware that, throughout history, in order to further their imperialistic goals, great powers have sought to portray entire populations as little more than animals. You're living in 'history' now. Will you believe the propaganda this time?
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