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Walkerville Tent City Up And Running
Walkerville tent city up and running Crooks and Liars By scarce June 06, 2011 05:13 AM MADISON (WKOW) — The makeshift community of protesters against Governor Scott Walker’s biennium budget is up and running. The two-week long “Walkerville” tent city began Saturday with a kickoff event at 7 pm. “This is all part of the anger and frustration at politicians that aren’t listening to working class
China Hacks White House Gmail, Looking For Obama’s Weiner Pix
China Hacks White House Gmail, Looking For Obama’s Weiner Pix WONKETTE by Wonkette Jr. 5:05 pm June 3, 2011 Not to be outdone by the mysterious Weiner Twitter hacker, China went ahead and hacked the personal gmail accounts of White House officials, to show everyone how it’s done. Did they get pictures of Barry’s weiner? We hope so. What does Obama talk about all day, on the Gchat? “Can you believ
Electromagnetic effects on Honeybees confirmed in scientific studies
Mobile phone-induced honeybee worker piping Daniel FAVRE Scientific collaborator in the Laboratory of Cellular Biotechnology (LBTC), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology(EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Abstract – The worldwide maintenance of the honeybee has major ecological, economic, and political implications. In the present study, electromagnetic waves originating from mobile phones were teste
Offshoring has Destroyed the US Economy
Nobel Economist Michael Spence Says Globalism Is Costly For Americans Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | Global Research | May 31, 2011 These are discouraging times, but once in a blue moon a bit of hope appears. I am pleased to report on the bit of hope delivered in March of 2011 by Michael Spence, a Nobel prize-winning economist, assisted by Sandile Hlatshwayo, a researcher at New York University. The tw
Green & White ★ 9
P@SHA with help of Google launched 20 Million Rupees Social Innovation Fund
P@SHA with help of Google Pakistan has launched 20 Million Rupees Social Innovation Fund. The fund will be used to to fund innovative and unique ideas which have social impact. Details on P@SHA Blog post The Pakistan Software Houses Association for IT & ITES (P@SHA) announced today that it is launching a Rs. 20,000,000 fund to drive Social Innovation in the country. ….. The idea is not to fund
PSEB Wins 400k Grant to establish a Mobile App development lab in Pakistan
Mobile application development is some thing which has grown exponentially in last few years. We have a mobile development firm at every corner now, however the major contention these firms have has always been lack of trained resources, and high amount of time it takes for a graduate to come in and become productive in this domain. PSEB feeling this need has been active in this domain (Launching
Two individuals one conclusion : Do what you love
Over last two weeks I interacted with two individuals, one who had questions seeking guidance, second who has learned his lesson adapted and by luck or by decision avoided disaster. First encounter was a rather simpler one, a student just finishing his studies has contacted for advice on career choices, he was a good student, I had helped him secure an internship and he did well. He said he had tw
djuice Apportunity – Chance to create apps and win
Telenor – djuice has launched a local mobile application development challenge. Its named Apportunity prized include iPads and Smartphones, challenge is open for any platform (Symbian, Android, iOS even Bada), Submission deadline is 1st August 2011. So start producing on your ideas. For all of those who keep lamenting that local Telecoms are not promoting local application developers I guess telen
Signs of a growing market? Blend.pk a job search engine
The job portal market has been growing rapidly for last few years, we have rozee.pk, mutakbil and brightspyre to name a few. Blend.pk goes a step ahead and instead of creating another job board, they create an aggregator for existing job sites. A very neat Idea, for some one looking for jobs it does not really matter which job portal and site he has membership of. Also it eliminates the need to cr
CEO Talks : It’s not about low costs any more.
Image linked from http://www.computerworlduk.com/ I had an interesting discussion with a CEO of a software development firm on running costs. Will try to encapsulate the conversation and shed some light on it. Few years back, starting a Software Business was easy, gather a few clients (or find references through your teachers and seniors), setup an office space (preferably a residential house at l
(title unknown) ★ 8
Kola Boof: “Cultural Blackness without Physical Blackness is a Fraud”
I read a lot of commentators and there are currently 3 people I would love to meet. These are people I respect for their opinions, not that I agree with all that they believe, but I applaud them for not being slaves to the groupthink of their respective communities. I would considerate it a privilege to be able to sit with them and exchange ideas about a variety of topics. These 3 are David Brooks
Byts and Bytes
Truthdig: 1. The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic 2. Why Liberal Sellout Attack Prophets Like Cornel West AfroDaddy: 1. The Plight of Blue People 2. The Plight of Blue People – Part II The Great Blue Uprising 3. The Plight of Blue People – Part III The Finale The Daily Voice: Kola Boof, former mistress of Osama Bin Laden, on his death A “hat tip” to The Field
No Welcome Home for Canadian Jamaicans
Image via Wikipedia Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer Jamaican Gleaner WESTERN BUREAU: As children born in Jamaica, they played dandy shandy, bat and ball, hopscotch and jacks. As adults, they have invested in real estate and played a pivotal role in sustaining remittances to the country. However, once they land at the Norman Manley or Sangster International airports here, the words on the
I guess this is what they really mean by “Black Irish”
First Obama had to release his birth certificate to prove that he is an American. Now he has released his ancestoral tree to prove that he is actually Irish: The President and the First Lady are on a visit today to his Irish ancestoral home of Moneygall. This will of-course greatly improve his re-election bid back home. First time around he bamboozled the African-American community to vote for hi
“Better or Bitter Life for all?” by Nkwazi Mhango
When I deeply muse on how an arrogant and brutal cabal of hoity toity (Coverted Con Men (CCM)) is tirelessly hoodwinking and dividing the hoi polloi of ill-fated Africa, like a bomb, I feel like exploding. I’m not a medical doctor. But thanks to my knowledge in psychology, education, journalism, law and conflict resolution studies, I can easily predict the gloomy future of Africa shall things rema
Afro-Netizen ★ 1
Want an Equitable Economy? Start Building One Based on Abundance
By Chris Rabb Guest Contributor Colorlines.com Something’s gone horribly wrong economically in this country, so highly regarded across the globe for its spirit of enterprise and golden opportunity. And while it’s true that from the greatest challenges arise the greatest opportunities, it is also true that things are getting objectively worse for already struggling communities, who for generat
bastard.logic ★ 1
Amygdala ★ 1
You Have The Right To Freeze And Be Utterly Silent
YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO FREEZE AND BE UTTERLY SILENTThe Fourth Amendment continues to be onion-peeled into nothingness. KENTUCKY v. KING puts another nail in the coffin as police gain the right to kick in your door simply because they hear movement within your dwelling.Obviously that's probable cause, because noise indicates a crime. Does that make sense to you? It does to 8 out of 9 members
Obsolete ★ 23
Radicalisation and the ideologues.
It's Tuesday, which means it must be time for another government review to publish its findings. Having yesterday demonstrated muddled thinking and a complete unwillingness to confront the real fundamental problem when it comes to the supposed commercialisation and sexualisation of children, so today we have a report on the Prevent strategy of countering radicalisation which demonstrates muddled
Everyone else's problem.
If you thought New Labour were bad when it came to the seemingly endless policy reviews they ordered, many of them helmed by people of the moment, almost all briefly made by famous by lifestyle television programmes, then the coalition has gone one better. Previous reviews on the state of childhood by Dr Tanya Byron and Dr Linda Papadopoulos have now given way to the Big One. For such an importa
So that explains it...
A similar gag has been doing the rounds, but you can trust Viz to make it official:Also in the latest issue:
Decriminalisation has to begin somewhere.
Those dreaded words: "celebrities urge". It's an open invitation for mockery, the seeking out of alleged hypocrisy (something this blog would certainly never sink to) and the age-old accusation of the esteemed elite deciding that's what good for them is good for everyone. If those words are enough on their own for the spluttering to begin, then add drugs into the equation and the phlegm* dislodg
The continuing sorry saga in Libya.
Doesn't time fly when you're bombing other people's countries? It was only a couple of weeks ago that the very last British troops left Iraq, ending our involvement there some 8 years after we first joined in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, although we probably should properly date it back to 1991, considering we were involved in policing the no fly zone right up until March 2003. Come October it'
ArmsControlWonk ★ 22
The Franck Report
A group of distinguished Manhattan Project scientists based at the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory were among the first to consider whether or how to use atomic bombs in World War II. The Met Lab’s primary challenge was to establish proof of concept for a nuclear chain reaction and plutonium production. Then the action moved elsewhere. Met Lab scientists had more time and distan
Full Text of GOV/2011/40
As you probably know, the IAEA Board of Governors is meeting June 6-10 in Vienna, with a major fight looming over Syria. The US and 12 other countries will table a resolution at the BOG to find Syria in breach of its safeguards obligations and to report Syria to the United Nations Security Council. Arms Control Wonk has obtained the full-text of a draft of the IAEA Board of Governors resolution o
More Saudi/Storm Shadow/MTCR
We have a pretty impressive discussion thread going on the issue of the UK sale of the Storm Shadow LACM to Saudi Arabia. If you read the original post, you should also take a look at the comments. We’ve got some real talent kicking this thing around. After the jump, some of the stuff I found most interesting. - We have been discussing the range of Storm Shadow/SCALP EG, as well as the Black Sh
Who Will Host the Fuel Bank?
video The IAEA has begun circulating a document soliciting a host for the IAEA Fuel Bank. Arms Control Wonk.com has the full text of GOV/INF/2011/7 Assurance of Supply: IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank, Solicitation for Host State. Kazakhstan is the only state that, as far as I know, has expressed an interest in hosting the fuel bank. Still, there are policies and procedures to be followed. This document
Seven Days in May
Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb gets all the attention, but there are other great cinematic period pieces about the Bomb. My suggestion for wonkish Netflix lists is Seven Days in May (1964). Frederic March plays a wise and tired President – think of Ike, but without military service – up against a politically ambitious, spell-binding Burt Lanc
Storm Shadow, Saudi & the MTCR
When France sold the Storm Shadow/SCALP cruise missile to the UAE (under the name Black Shaheen) in the 1990s, the United States strongly objected that the sale violated the voluntary guidelines under the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). France sold the missile anyway, but the US successfully pushed to tighten up MTCR guidelines in 2002 to prevent further transfers like this. So, when n
Texas Liberal ★ 45
Sanctuary City Legislation On The Way From Rick Perry—Police State Powers To Go With The Forced Sonograms
Texas Governor Rick Perry will be adding so-called sanctuary city legislation to the ongoing special session of the Texas legislature. From the Houston Chronicle— “Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday added a ban on “sanctuary cities” to the agenda of the special session..despite opposition from outnumbered Democrats concerned about issues including racial profiling. As approved in the recently ended regul
Flag Day Facts
June 14 is Flag Day in the United States. The U.S. Flag is a symbol for all Americans. I’m old enough to recall when Republican George H.W. Bush claimed that his opponent in the 1988 presidential race, Mike Dukakis, did not want to pledge allegiance to the flag. The suggestion that the flag was more the symbol of one specific political party or political viewpoint was repulsive. (Above–Betsy Ross
Learn About Paul Revere And His Ride For Yourself—You Are Crazy To Let Others Define Your Past
Due to recent comments by Sarah Palin, Paul Revere’s Ride is in the news. When important events in American history find their way back into the news, that is a good time to take your own initiative to learn the real facts. Above is John Singleton Copley’s 1768 painting of Paul Revere. Here is how this painting is described by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Revere, a silversmith, is seen here as
Empty Lot Primary Posting Pictures Of Political Signs In Vacant Lots In Houston
The Empty Lot Primary is a new blog that offers up pictures of political signs found posted on vacant lots and like-places in Houston. Anybody can submit a picture to this blog. Empty Lot Primary was started by Houston blogger Greg Wythe of Greg’s Opinion. The picture above is one that I contributed to Empty Lot Primary. The Eric Dick for Houston City Council campaign has many signs all over our
The Burning Of British Ship Gaspee in 1772 Was A Good Thing—You Might See It A Different Way
June 9 will mark the 239th anniversary of the 1772 burning of the Gaspee in Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island. (Above–An 1883 engraving depicting the burning of the Gaspee.) The Gaspee was a British revenue schooner that helped make sure Rhode Islanders paid colonial taxes. From the Rhode Island Historical Society-– “The first open act of aggression toward Great Britain leading up to
Drastic Texas Public Education Cuts On The Way—Texas Progressive Alliance Round-Up
At the end of this post is weekly Texas Progressive Alliance Round-up. The TPA is a confederation of the best political bloggers in Texas. TPA members are citizen-bloggers who are working hard for a better Texas. With the round-up this week is a reminder that former Republican Texas Governor Bill Clements, who died last week, signed a $5.8 billion tax bill in his second term as Governor to fund pu
American Leftist ★ 16
Portland BDS Flash Mob at the Zionist Food Coop of Portland
video Will this sort of protest at the Concordia New Seasons soon take place at the Sacramento Natural Foods Coop? Well, something close to it already did. On Sunday, Sacramento Coop Owners for Free Speech and Democracy sang for the benefit of the patrons entering the store:For more background about this protest in Sacramento, go here and here. For more information about the BDS movement in Portland,
Another Coup in Greece?
Just over a week ago, German and Turkish media reported the following: The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency warned in a report that the tough austerity measures and the dire situation could escalate and even lead to a military coup, according to a report by Germany’s popular daily Bild.According to the CIA report, ongoing street protests in crisis-hit Greece could turn into escalated violence and
Zionist Food Coop of Sacramento
Faced with the competitive peril of the direct delivery of organic produce by local farmers, it is hard to imagine how the embrace of Zionism by the Sacramento Natural Foods Coop is going to help.
The Counterrevolution
Day by day, the US/Israeli/Saudi directed counterrevolution intensifies the violence in North Africa and the Middle East. In Libya, NATO military operations obstensibly launched to prevent a mass slaughter of civilians is now being conducted for the express purpose overthrowing the Gaddafi regime. Predictably, an intervention originally described as one of limited duration has become open-ended,
A Memorial Day Reflection
A voice from the past: Wartime brings the ideal of the State out into very clear relief, and reveals attitudes and tendencies that were hidden..In times of peace the sense of the State flags in a republic that is not militarized.. For war is essentially the health of the State. The ideal of the State is that within its territory its power and influence should be universal. As the Church is the med
Weekend Reading
Sometimes, I read As'ad Abukhalil's blog, and wonder, what's the point of this one? Here are a couple of examples of important articles linked there over the weekend. First, this one by Christine Ahn and Kavita Ramdas: The IMF has earned its villainous reputation in the Global South because in exchange for loans, governments must accept a range of austerity measures known as structural adjustmen
Phronesisaical ★ 34
Bits and Pieces - Smoke Edition
First the political kind:Wall Street is trying to see through the Republicans' smoke about national debt default.Only brown people commit terrorism. H/T to emptywheel.And now the literal kind, the kind that is obscuring the mountains and stinking the place up. Last night, all of a sudden as I was contemplating opening the doors and windows to cool off the house, it settled in so thick I could hard
Increased Cancer Risks From Radiation for Workers and Children in Japan
I’ve finally gotten to where I’ve wanted to be in working through BEIR VII: capable of evaluating radiation doses at Fukushima in terms of health risk. I would have liked to have been able to evaluate the radiation readings at various places around Japan in terms of health risk, but that is a few steps further still. I have a busy summer coming up, and I may not be able to get to that.It’s too bad
Is Weiner Cooked?
What did he wish? What did he think he really wanted to be? Was he thinking, "everyone will be in love with me"?Although Breitbart apparently had a tight grip on this from the outset, now we're all supposed to grapple with the Weiner Problem?If somehow - somehow! - we could harness the energy generated by the swiftness of this issue's navigation of the most sublime depths and multiple dimensions o
Palinstan
Kristoff (via):With Tea Party conservatives and many Republicans balking at raising the debt ceiling, let me offer them an example of a nation that lives up to their ideals.It has among the lowest tax burdens of any major country: fewer than 2 percent of the people pay any taxes. Government is limited, so that burdensome regulations never kill jobs.This society embraces traditional religious value
A Dying River Runs Through It
See this sobering article on the coming craziness concerning China's water problems. It only scratches the surface of what China faces as a whole - decreasing water volume and increasing water pollution. Although the precise melting rate lacks scientific consensus, glacial melting in the Tibetan Plateau threatens China’s principal source of freshwater (and that of South/Southeast Asia in general)
Craig Murray ★ 26
Attempted Terrorism Attack at the British Library
Unlike journalists of the mainstream media, I am going to read through the government’s new paper on the Prevent Strategy before I comment on it. From first glance I am not impressed, but I will read it properly and write it up tomorrow morning. Meantime I can break the news that a major terrorsit attack was foiled today at the British Library. I went to use the reading room of the British Libra
Free Discount Code Doune The Rabbit Hole 2011
Readers of this blog can get a £10 discount off weekend camping tickets for this year’s Doune the Rabbit Hole Festival using this discount code: elated. It is the first and probably last time this blog has ever given anything but thoughts. I shall myself be giving a talk at the festival, and it really is a great time, as much about thinking and a way of living as the music – of which there is an
Miriam Karlin
I mark with great sorrow the death of my friend Miriam Karlin. Even I am too young to remember when she was at her most famous, one of the biggest stars of British television in the early 1960′s. A RADA and RSC actress of great distinction, she maintained that the same discipline of performance needs to be applied to sitcom work, and that is why sitcoms seldom do work nowadays. Of course I knew
Trouble Abroad for Clegg
The IoS did a splendid job of presenting my article. But the original, before editing for space, was rather more stylish, i feel. You might also note that the passage on Libya was an addition at the resquest of the IoS. I suggest I think my headlune was rather better: Trouble Abroad for Clegg I recently received a circular email from a friend, a Liberal Democrat activist, a well known and respe
Illiberal Foreign Policy
In today’s Independent on Sunday I attack coalition foreign policy and the lack of any liberal element in it. Given continuing technical problems with comments here, I shall respond on the IoS site to any comments there requiring a response.
English FA Faces Carpet Bombing
Some news just wants to make you dig a hole and gibber quietly at the bottom of it. Henry Kissinger is being brought in by Sepp Blatter to advise on cleaning up corruption in FIFA! I expect Lord Triesman and Chuck Blazer to be disappeared by death squads, and carpet bombing in the Lancaster Gate area. Comments: ————————————— mary 2011/06/02 at 1:00 pm Putting the fox in charge of the chicken run
Hatewatch | Southern Poverty Law Center ★ 39
Washington Post Says DHS Backed Off Domestic Terrorism Analysis
The Washington Post today reported that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “has stepped back for the past two years from conducting its own intelligence and analysis of home-grown extremism” despite what experts describe as a rising threat from domestic extremists. The Post story was sparked by an explosive interview by the Southern Poverty Law [...]
Black Supremacist Nation of Islam Pushes White-Dominated Scientology
Two of America’s better known UFO-friendly religions, Scientology and the black nationalist Nation of Islam (NOI), now have more in common than unusual theologies involving intergalactic spaceships. For about a year, NOI leader Louis Farrakhan has been telling his followers to embrace Scientology in order to move closer to perfection in preparation for the end [...]
Anti-Gay Group to Sponsor Texas Gov. Perry’s National Prayer Rally
The American Family Association (AFA), a virulent anti-gay hate group based in Tupelo, Miss., has agreed to pay for a national day of prayer being organized later this summer in Houston by Texas Gov. Rick Perry, a longstanding ally to prominent figures in the anti-gay movement. Eric Bearse, a spokesman for the event billed as “The [...]
Conspiracy Conference: ‘Patriots,’ Others Tout Tales of Government Evil
If hundreds of antigovernment conspiracy buffs gathered under one roof, would that be a conspiracy? And even if it weren’t, wouldn’t having them all together make them easy targets for everything they fear, loathe and hate — the mind-control operatives, spying government agents, the Illuminati, man-made earthquakes, maybe a big chemtrail pattern overhead or even UFOs [...]
‘The Sociopath Next Door’: ‘Sovereign’ on a Rampage
Three useful tips for dealing with an antigovernment “sovereign citizen”: 1. Don’t ask him for his driver’s license. 2. Don’t ask him, “Did you file your federal tax return yet?” 3. Don’t run out of crawfish. A man claiming to be a sovereign citizen – that is, someone who, though living in this country, claims to be exempt from [...]
Imprisoned Cult Leader and Child Rapist Faces $66 Million Judgment
An Arkansas jury yesterday awarded $33 million to each of two men who were ordered beaten as teenagers by cult leader Tony Alamo — a man who is now serving a 175-year sentence for sexually assaulting child “brides” as young as 8 years old and who has a long history of ordering brutal assaults on [...]
Centauri Dreams ★ 20
Pickled Politics ★ 30
Even the govt’s allies unsure about counter-terrorism review
The counter-terrorism think tank Quilliam Foundation, who are broadly supportive of the government’s proposals on the matter, sent out this statement today: The new strategy is a step in the right direction. It is good that the government has recognised that extremism lies at the root of terrorism and that extremism must be tackled as a result. It is also right that the government has acknowledged
Reducing demand for abortion
Yesterday, a meeting was held to oppose Nadine Dorries’ agenda, which includes female-only abstinence classes and further restrictions on abortion. Campaigners also wanted to further liberalise abortion services in Britain, particularly in Northern Ireland. A number of interesting points emerged from the debates (I didn’t attend), but what it is notable is that debate on abortion tends to focus al
Tackling “extremism” is never that simple
guest post by Jasmine, who blogs at Liquorice Thoughts Prevention is better than a cure. A proverb that was probably the inspiration for government strategy intended to combat the spread of extremist Islamic views, Prevent. As Theresa May calls for Universities to drop their complacency and be more aware of the ideologies being bred on their campuses, I ask, how do you even prevent terrorism? Cle
Combating and monitoring extremism
Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has criticised universities for not doing enough to tackle extremism on campus. The comments come ahead of the release of the updated Prevent (terrorism) strategy: “I think for too long there’s been complacency around universities,” she said. “I don’t think they have been sufficiently willing to recognise what can be happening on their campuses and the radicalisati
Indian Sikh superstar Jagjit Singh signs joint statement condemning EDL
video There have recently been a series of further Sikh signatories to the joint statement condemning the English Defence League and any Sikhs who join them. Examples of notable individuals who have recently publicly voiced their support are several popular UK-based Sikh musicians along with Sikh councillors such as Hardial Singh Rai (Barking & Dagenham) and Pavitar Kaur Mann (Slough). Jagjit Singh
Cameron admits Hizb ut-Tahrir can’t be banned
Today’s Observer has this nugget: The Conservative manifesto named Hizb ut-Tahrir as a group it wanted to proscribe; in 2009 the then shadow home secretary, Chris Grayling, promised to “immediately ban” the group if the Tories were elected. But they won’t. The new Prevent review – on how the government deals with counter-terrorism – will avoid anything on Hizb ut-Tahrir. Its hardly surprising thou
The Arabist ★ 48
What the XXXX?
There sure are a lot of XXXs in this redacted Wikileaks cable, citing an Egyptian parliamentarian's speculation that Minister of Defense Hussein Tantawi and Director of Intelligence Omar Suleiman might thwart Gamal Mubarak from succeeding his father, back from 2007: --------------------------------------- XXXXXXXXXXXX --------------------------------------- ¶6. (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX noted that his
The plight of Eritreans in Egypt
This post is by occasional contributor Dalia Malek, who works on refugee issues in Egypt and whom we hope will continue to provide insights into refugees and migration as well as Egyptian politics. You should also watch Channel Four's recently aired documentary looking at Eritreans in Sinai who tried to sneak into Israel. Asylum seekers and refugees in Egypt face a threat of deportation to coun
On Saudi spending
From an FP piece by Steffen Hertog, one of the best Saudi-watchers out there: With a total estimated volume of $130 billion, the new spending measures are larger than the total annual government budget was as recently as 2007. They include the creation of 60,000 new jobs in the Ministry of Interior -- an agency that is already said to employ almost as many nationals as the whole Saudi private sec
The pessimists' view on Egypt
My academic friends Josh Stacher and Jason Brownlee, both noted students of contemporary Egypt and its authoritarianism, have a new piece in Comparative Democratization, a journal of the American Political Science Association. It's available as a PDF here. They set out the case that Egypt's prospects for a democratic transition are poor because there has not really been a split in the country&
Arguing with Noe on Syria
Nicholas Noe of Mideastwire has penned a HuffPo piece calling for an alternative to what he calls the "NeoLiberalCon" interventionism he thinks is getting traction in Washington and elsewhere, where the basic idea is to hasten the collapse of the Assad regime. I agree with him that this sounds like a terrible idea. But I'm not sure I like his alternative either: In short, rather than only posing
Ahmed Basiony at the Venice Biennale
Artist Ahmed Basiony, during the Egyptian revolution, a few days before his death. In a review of Arab art at the Venice Biennale, a tribute to Ahmed Basiony - FT: And so to Egypt, where wasted energy was also the inspiration for a performance piece by Basiony. In February 2010, he wired himself inside a transparent sweat suit and ran on spot for a month in a glass vitrine. The film of that happe
IPS Inter Press Service Earth Alert: Confronting Climate Change ★ 27
CLIMATE CHANGE: The Developing South Holds the Key
Developing countries, which have huge potential for growth and are home to the majority of the world's people still living without electricity, will play a fundamental role in combating climate change, according to some experts.
Cities Join Forces to Fight Global Warming
Given that the world's 40 biggest cities account for eight percent of the global population and 12 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, local governments play an increasingly important role in confronting climate change.
Using Forests to Bridge the Carbon Gap
As global greenhouse gas emissions rise instead of decreasing, forests play an even more crucial role in fighting global warming, since experts believe it will be impossible to prevent a disastrous increase in global temperature without drastically curbing deforestation.
Bike vs Car on a Hot Planet
As global carbon emissions hit record-high levels last year, officials from leading Asian nations told the 2011 International Transport Forum in nearby Leipzig that their citizens want more cars.
OP-ED: Climate Talks: Voices of the Vulnerable Must Be Heard
Last week, the world received a warning. A disturbing report from the International Energy Agency, the respected international authority on energy policy, found that CO2 emissions in 2010 were the highest ever recorded.
ENVIRONMENT: Business Lobby Resists Ban on ‘Perverse' Emissions - Part 2
For years, European governments and corporations have made use of a loophole in the Kyoto protocol on climate change to make exorbitant profits. According to some sources, this lucrative scheme has caused more pollution than ever before while lobbyists in Brussels have methodically undermined the European Commission's decision to put a stop to it.
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Top Bilderberger: Eurozone Collapse Threatens Global Currency Agenda
Top Bilderberger: Eurozone Collapse Threatens Global Currency Agenda Harvard Professor reveals globalists are panic-stricken about Greece debt default threat
The Elite's Plan For Global Extermination
The Elite's Plan For Global Extermination Webster Tarpley conducts the most detailed study to date of John P. Holdren's Ecoscience in a bombshell new video
Prominent Swiss Politician Calls For Arrest of Kissinger at Bilderbe
Prominent Swiss Politician Calls For Arrest of Kissinger at Bilderberg Dominique Baettig calls on federal authorities to apprehend former US Secretary of State
No "Conspiracy Theory": Wikileaks Cable Confirms North American Unio
No "Conspiracy Theory": Wikileaks Cable Confirms North American Union Agenda Mission to merge United States, Canada and Mexico into monetary and political
Drudge Drives TSA Controversy To Viral Status
Drudge Drives TSA Controversy To Viral Status Much to the chagrin of the establishment media, Matt Drudge is still the King of Internet news Paul Joseph Watson
TSA On The Ropes; Budget Slashed, Texas Grope Ban Returns
TSA On The Ropes; Budget Slashed, Texas Grope Ban Returns Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has "change of heart," sends HB 1937 to Rick Perry Paul Joseph Watson Prison
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ALL THINGS PAKISTAN ★ 25
Chaukundi Tombs
Owais Mughal This post is about the historic Chaukundi tombs located just outside Karachi. Before writing further I must admit that the last time I personally visited Chaukundi was in 1985 but I still vividly remember being fascinated by the stone carvings on these tombs. Following information comes from the tourist books and the Internet search. I’ve tried to include only the information which I
Pakistan’s Population Bomb
Faris Islam Amongst the tide of dismal economic data released ahead of the budget presentation are building the currents of the next crisis that could inundate Pakistan. While media attention remains fixated – rightly so – on shorter-term problems such as the ever-growing threat of militancy, the cresting polarization of society, a recurring power crisis and an inflation rate that only seems to r
Afridi ke Nakhray: Let Afridi be Afridi
Tamashbeen Shahid Afridi is being Shahid Afridi again. And I say he has every right to be Shahid Afridi. A star this big deserves a few tantrums. And his performance to glory ratio is still a great average. Nor is the “other side” in this case – the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) – a great horde of angels. So, I say, Let Shahid Afridi be Shahid Afridi. Let the man have his tantrum! As far as I am co
Budgetary Performance: Finance Minister v. Parliamentary Opposition
Tamashbeen There were two performances in the Pakistan parliament today. The presentation of the 2011-2012 budget by Finance Minister Hafeez Sheikh and the protest tamasha by the parliamentary opposition. Personally, I was disappointed in both performances. But much more in the later than the first. But maybe I am being a ‘harsh grader.’ So I do want to find out how our readers feel, so here is an
Death of a Journalist. Warning to a Nation.
Adil Najam Pakistanis have gotten used to feeling unsafe and afraid. Today they are feeling even more unsafe and afraid. And that is no accident. Afraid and unsafe is exactly how the butchers who tortured and then murdered Syed Saleem Shahzad want us to feel. Those who brutally murdered journalist, and author of the recent book Inside Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, Syed Saleem Shahzad clearly wanted t
Grading Our Leaders: Analyzing Our Polls
Adil Najam Over the last two years we have asked ATP readers to grade and rate Pakistan’s power centers – the President, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice, the Chief of Army Staff, the Leader of the Opposition, and the Media – on five occasions: first in June 2009 (~800+ respondents) and September 2009 for the Media (~760 respondents), then in April 2010 (~875 respondents), October 2010 (~100
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