- Dumb is In -- Redneck Perry Re-sets Slickness ...
Palin-style dumb is out -- and slicker, smoother more ideological versions of hustling walk the landscape. Reversals makes once slow students into stars, aligning them with common folks. Watch out as Ponzi-schemer Perry redefines slickness, with skills beyond W.
- Libya: Here We Go Again
History is replete with conquering forces being cheered when they arrive, and then rapidly mutating from liberator to despised enemy. And once our seizure of Libyan oil becomes clear it will only ramp up the jihadist hatred for America that has spread like wildfire across the Middle East. We are ...
- Obama Readies Tepid Jobs Plan While The Right ...
What no one is talking about is why the jobs are gone -- and a good part of the reason has to do with the attacks on unions that fought to protect American workers. With Obama is posturing for political reasons, and the Republicans are playing at trench warfare in the interest of big business, w ...
- Labor Day and the Obama Delusion Mantra
This is a sad Labor day. But perhaps, if we face the betrayal of those we thought were on our side we can make some progress. The people still do have the power, if they wake up and choose to use it. There are no political parties out there that unflinchingly support social and ecological j ...
- We Learned Nothing From 9/11
Maybe if it stopped spending so much time and money killing foreigners the American government could protect Americans. A lot changed on 9/11, but not everything. We're still governed by corrupt idiots. And we're still putting up with them. What does that say about us?
- Huge Victory for Sharks: California Legislatur ...
Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco I’m not sure how sharks celebrate, but if these endangered creatures knew that California’s State Senate just voted to pass Assembly Bill 376, no doubt they’d break out a toothy grin or b ...
- If you don't like the facts, make up your own
David Goldstein, Energy Program Co-Director, San Francisco That seems to be the principle that motivates Joseph Bottum’s article, “It’s green and blue, but not bright”, recently published in the
Weekly Standard. Because from beginning to end, Mr. ...
- NRDC in the News 9/6: Ozone standard delay, fr ...
NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide Frances Beinecke’s statement on President Obama’s troubling decision to postpone new federal ozone standards was quoted in The Wall Street Journal… USA Today’s White House Blog, The Oval also picke ...
- Maryland gives smart growth another push
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC I’m of the opinion that the package of (bold, at the time) smart growth policies introduced in Maryland in the 1990s by then-governor Parris Glendening has done a great deal of g ...
- Killing the Ozone Rule: President Obama's Bad ...
Pete Altman, Climate Campaign Director, Washington, D.C. To say that President Obama had a “bad air day” Friday is putting it mildly. In reversing his Administration’s previously strong support for ozone regulations to protect the health of Ameri ...
- What Should Lisa Jackson Do?
I’ve pondered this question ever since Obama decided to not only undercut the EPA’s new smog rules, but to do so in a very public way, clearly intended to make him seem serious on jobs and pro-business. EPA chief Lisa Jackson has not made any public statements since the announcement. Robin Brave ...
- Obama and the 2010 Midterms
Elias Isquith is very agitated about one of the points in this post, which may be due to a lack of clarity on my part. To provide said clarity, I should emphasize that I am not saying that the precise outcome of the 2010 midterms was inevitable. I do think nothing Obama could have done [...]
- Riddle of the Sands
Last week at APSA I chaired a panel on IR Theory and Grand Strategy. Â I discuss one of the papers in this week’s WPR column: In 1903, the novel “Riddle of the Sands” was published to great acclaim in the United Kingdom. Written by Erskine Childers, the novel told the story of a secret German [...]
- Bear patrol
The present version of security theater may soon be losing one of its more distinctive elements: “You don’t take your shoes off anywhere but in the U.S. — not in Israel, in Amsterdam, in London,” said Yossi Sheffi, an Israeli-born expert on risk analysis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ...
- Today’s Purveyor of Market-Distorting Up ...
Mittens.   The fact that he sees putting virtually all of the tax burden on wage earners as a “middle class” tax break tells you all you need to know about contemporary Republican politics.   Not to mention the fact that the tax plan would require the repeal of Medicare.
- ASCENT Connecting women in atmospheric sciences
Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching Networks (ASCENT) is a program focusing on women in atmospheric science/meteorology. It’s designed to initiate positive professional relationships among female faculty of different ranks and postdoctoral researchers.
- DRI and UNR Scientists Help Agencies Preserve ...
DRI and The University of Nevada have highly cooperative, productive and ongoing research programs across a variety of topics in the Lake Tahoe Basin that are doing their best to provide quality science to inform basin managers and policymakers.
- Storm Peak Lab Celebrates the 4th of July and ...
There is nothing like a small-town parade on the 4th of July. The scientists and volunteers at the DRI Storm Peak Lab (SPL) in Steamboat Springs, Colo. participated in this year’s Steamboat Springs Fourth of July Parade. The parade theme was the “Greatest Summer on Earth.”
- In Memoriam: DRI President Dr. James V. Taranik
President of DRI in 1987, Dr. James V. Taranik was internationally known for his research in aerospace remote sensing, and his professional career had already included senior positions with NASA, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Iowa Geological Survey, and the University of Iowa.
- DRI Researcher Earns Grant to Study the Season ...
A DRI researcher will lead a team that is heading to Antarctica to study the molecular biology, and evolution of microscopic organisms.
- Controversial billboard depicting contaminated ...
The Sautners from Dimock put up a billboard that has a picture of their dirty water and the words “FIX IT” on Rt. 29 in the heart of Cabot Oil & Gas territory. As soon as it went up, they held a press conference.  Angry pro-gas neighbors were also there –  and Cabot spokesman George Stark. [...]
- Waterdog Training August 11th
Below is note from Erica about the upcoming Waterdog training at Ives Run. Hello Everyone I just wanted to remind everyone that we are hosting another Advanced Waterdog Training on August 11th at Ives Run from 5-9 pm. Please let me know if you can make it and also please feel free to share it [...]
- PennFuture files federal lawsuit against Marce ...
Harrisburg, PA (July 21, 2011) – Citizens for Pennsylvania‟s Future (PennFuture) filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Ultra Resources, Inc., for air pollution at its Marcellus Shale drilling sites, which violates the federal Cl ...
- Advanced Waterdog Training in August
An advanced Waterdog training will take place on August 11th. Details from the flyer are below. Hello Waterdogs, I wanted to invite all of you to our Advanced Waterdog Training on August 11 from 5:00—9:00. This training will only be for people who have already attended the initial training. We w ...
- A Substitute for Tears…
Two fellows that have had profound effects on the music in my life have each written songs about the gas drilling and want to preserve the beauty and purity of places they have come to know and love in Pennsylvania. Check out Van Wagner’s tune here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trxrh_FmPeI&fea ...
- Scientists Calls for Ban On Industrial Deep-Se ...
A new report by a team of international scientists calls for a ban on industrial deep-sea fishing, saying that decades of overexploitation have depleted fish stocks that take longer to recover than other species. The report, published in the journal Marine Policy, says that depletion of global f ...
- New Global Warming Survey is First to Include ...
A new survey on U.S. views concerning global warming based on political party affiliation finds agreement across party lines for the need to fund renewable energy research, but wide disparity over whether global warming is even happening. The survey by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communi ...
- Debt-Ridden Greece Proposes Huge Solar Power E ...
Greek officials are calling for an ambitious expansion of solar power generation in their sunny country, hoping that large-scale production of renewable energy will generate significant revenues and green jobs for the country’s troubled economy. Greek Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou says ...
- Post-Irene Sediment Clouds Hudson River and Ne ...
This NASA satellite image, taken after Hurricane Irene deluged the New York City area with heavy rains, shows Click to enlarge NASANew York Harbor, post-Irene massive amounts of sediment mixing with the darker waters of New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the pale green, brown, ...
- Process Uses Plastic Bottles to Remove Arsenic ...
U.S. researchers say they have developed a simple, inexpensive process that uses common plastic bottles to remove arsenic from drinking water, a problem facing nearly 100 million people in developing nations. In the process, pieces of plastic soda or water bottles are coated with cysteine — an a ...
- Hurricane Irene aims at New England, but its e ...
The worst-case scenario sounds scary: Hurricane Irene could sweep ashore in New England this weekend, dousing the state with torrential rains, and lashing it with damaging wind gusts, while heavy surf pounds the coasts and water rises in streams. But it’s still “highly uncertain” exactly where a ...
- Earthquake damages Washington monument
The Washington Monument is not tilting. However, a closer look at the world’s tallest obelisk brought National Park Service officials to discover cracks near the top of the 555-foot monument. After taking a closer look at the Washington monument Tuesday, National Park Service officials found som ...
- Biggest Earthquake to hit Virginia in 110 Year ...
The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck in Virginia and was felt in New York and Washington D.C. today was a rare event for the east coast. But the shaking was believed to be so widespread because the tremors of the quake were shallow at between one and four miles deep. It’s the strongest quake ...
- Red Ice TV - Episode 5 - The Secret Space Program
In this episode, we discuss the secret space program, what it is, who is behind it and why? Is there a human civilization living off-world with highly advanced technology and knowledge about the existence of aliens? Why are we being kept in the dark? We feature Peter Levenda, Richard Dolan, Rich ...
- Algorithms Control the World
Kevin Slavin argues that we’re living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are ...
- No evidence to hold Sabar Lal Melma in Guantan ...
Hard to imagine we’d come to look at Guantanamo as a lesser evil. Gitmo held terror suspects without charges, indefinitely, secretly, and tortured them, to death sometimes. At least they and their families back home were safe from the pretext of a drone strike or special ops night raid. The targ ...
- I dunno, maybe that was some kind of sign, you ...
It’s difficult to inject logic into either politics or faith without being the subject of a lynching, but here goes. There was a statue, 62 feet tall, of Jesus on the side of a highway in Ohio. People would actually pull over and pray to it. So last year about this time it was struck [...]
- It Was Always, Always You
My maternal grandparents had a favorite song, Irving Berlin’s suitably sentimental Always. With “always” capping every line and recurring as a chorus echo, the theme quickly packed a saccharine wallop if it wasn’t you celebrating your 50th or 60th anniversary. I’ve wandered into another lyric of ...
- Problems Per Perry’s Precipitation Petit ...
There’s a failsafe in the rainmaker/faith healer scam that lets the thief off the ol’ hook so that either way he gets paid. If the sufferer is healed, even if say, he was “laid hands on” on the 6th day of a 7 day cold and was much better the next day, like that, then [...]
- My Lai every day
From Wikipedia:The My Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tÊ°ÉÌËm ÊÉÌËt mÇË lÉËj]; English pronunciation: /ËmiËËlaɪ/ ( listen), also /ËmiËËleɪ, ËmaɪËlaɪ/,[1] Vietnamese: [mÇËlÉËj]) was the mass murder of 347â504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, conducted by “C ...
- 9/11 10th Anniversary Campaign
Click here to support the 9/11 families and first responders as they call for a new investigation in the largest 9/11 campaign ever! Debunking the Debunkers Regarding Building 7 '9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out' Trailer & Rebuttal to Pat Curley Related Info: Click here for ...
- Maybe with Some Goading Keith Olbermann Will F ...
Send tweets to Keith Olbermann: @KeithOlbermann -- Richard Gage from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth AE911Truth.org : in New York around 9/11. PLEASE interview him!!! Also, Thumbs Up this Current TV request: http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom/topics/please_have_olbermann_intevi ...
- Maybe with a Little Goading Keith Olbermann Wi ...
Send tweets to Keith Olbermann: @KeithOlbermann -- Richard Gage from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth AE911Truth.org : in New York around 9/11. PLEASE interview him!!! Also, Thumbs Up this Current TV request: http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom/topics/please_have_olbermann_intevi ...
- Propaganda Wars, Episode 2: The BBC Strikes Back!
9/11: Conspiracy Road Trip - Sept 8, 2011, 21:00 GMT, BBC3 This September marks the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, one of the biggest terrorist atrocities of the 21st Century. Nineteen hijackers, all members of Al Qaeda, crashed four planes on American soil, leading to the deaths of 2,9 ...
- The Eleventh Fail: The BBC & 9/11 Truth ... Fo ...
Written by Scootle Royale, with help from John-Michael Talboo. Shortly before the BBC Conspiracy Files hitpiece aired on Monday, I published a blog listing my top ten debunker fails. After seeing watching the piece, I think the entire program deserves to be considered the eleventh fail. Th ...
- The Virtues of Hummus [Secret Family Recipe In ...
Who hasn’t heard of hummus? It’s all the rage in nutrition circles, as more consumers are discovering the Mediterranean bean dip and incorporating into their diet. The two leading brands, Tribe and Sabra have seen explosive growth in the last few years and more players are joining along. Hummu ...
- 10 Nutrition Label Improvements the FDA MUST I ...
The FDA is planning a minor facelift to the 20 year old nutrition label. When nutrition labels were introduced into the market, the food industry battled vehemently against them, while the government and health organizations explained that providing detailed information would help consumers make ...
- A Labor of Love – Raising Children with Food S ...
This is a guest blog post by Beth George I am a mother, child advocate lawyer, food activist, and entrepreneur. This is a story of how focusing on diet made a huge difference in my son’s life. I hope our story may help others. As a child advocate attorney, I worked with many children in [...]
- Burritos, Willie Nelson, and Sustainable Agric ...
Chipotle’s motto is “Food with Integrity.” Although the burrito joint is a fast food establishment, it tries to source meat and other ingredients from small farms practicing sustainable agriculture. Animals are treated like … animals, not factory inputs. To emphasize their values, Chipotle recen ...
- Hormel’s 100% Natural Deli Meats and High Pres ...
Fooducate community member Tom emailed us with a question about deli meats: Hi Fooducaters - Wondering if you can turn a critical eye towards Hormel’s Natural Choice line. I have been buying it, but frankly, it does not seem expensive enough to make me believe they are truly producing a heal ...
- Brand You – How to Brand a Blog
Brands bring something recognizable to the table that readers or customers can see and immediately identify with to get a picture of what the brand stands for. If you are making yourself into a personal brand your goal can be to make yourself, your image and your name instantly recognizable as a ...
- Use Social Media For Increased Blog Traffic
Finding ways to increase traffic to your blog can be a challenge for anyone in every niche. If you're releasing good content at a steady rate then check out these tips for using social media outlets to get the traffic you want. Use Social Media Sites to Your Advantage Why should you use social ...
- Four Pre-Writing Exercises for Inspired Bloggers
Rebecca Chelsey's recent post on ways to spark our creativity got me thinking about the next step: how to take that creativity and turn it into meaningful sentences on the page. In other words, what we do with that spark of inspiration will determine the success or setbacks we face when we blog. ...
- 8 Simple Sources of Creative Inspiration
As a creative person, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I've researched and stumbled upon ei ...
- Culture Vulture: Social Strategies for Differe ...
Social media campaigns are becoming more integrated into the overall online marketing mix. And as with anything on the Web, you need to think global to succeed in the long term. To succeed with social media marketing for different cultures, you need to familiarise yourself with what’s happening ...
- Hamptons Hurricane: A Bankers' Katrina
by Greg Palast Don't worry: the bankers are safe. The sub-prime sharks, derivatives divas, media mavens and their hairdressers, their trophy wives and their trophies' personal trainers, the movers and shakers and money-makers, are all out of danger. Despite the warning that in a couple of day ...
- Me and Piers Morgan:Hacked and AttackedHow Mor ...
by Greg Palast exclusive for Truthout.org/Buzzflash I am not surprised that Piers Morgan has been outed for hacking phones (listening, in one case, to personal messages between Heather Mills and Paul McCartney). I learned about the creepy antics of this one-man TV-host crime spree the hard way ...
- Not Another Ransom Notefrom Congressman Boehner
by Greg Palast It was quite upsetting to find our President blindfolded and tied to a chair at the GOP Tea Party headquarters, but I'm sure the $2.2 trillion ransom we paid to the hostage-takers is worth it. Well, now that the Obama presidency is over, we can move on to more serious matters ...
- Who killed "Stieg" Larsson?
I asked my daughter if she would like to add her own recollections about JK Rowling and the "alternative" Harry Potter endings Jo Rowling told us when we were hanging out in the Green Room at BBC Television Centre. (I provide investigative stories for the BBC current affairs program Newsnight.) ...
- It's Not Default of Obama:Jail GOP Deadbeats f ...
by Greg Palast exclusive for Truthout/Buzzflash.com Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist gave debtors' prison a bad rap. Too bad. I'd say that locking away GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a penitentiary for deadbeats seems like a darn good idea. Bush reads from My Pet BudgetLet's talk about how w ...
- How can I reuse or recycle well out-of-date re ...
The other day I was making some tomato & lentil soup for lunch when I found the pack and a half of red lentils in our store cupboard actually went out of (best before) date in January 2008. That’s pushing it even for our very lax attitude toward best before dates – and is especially [...]
- How can I reuse or recycle novelty jester hats?
Karen has emailed about her boyfriend’s hat collection: When cleaning up I came across a lot of jester hats from my boyfriend (about two dozen). He has collected them over the years for free at carnival (we are from Holland). Giving them away hasn’t been succesful, and we don’t have freecycle ne ...
- How can I reuse or upcycle trainer socks/glove ...
About seven or eight years ago now, I had a bit of a thing for trainer socks/glove socks/foot socks — those socks that stop before your ankle so they almost disappear in trainers/sneakers — and bought quite a few pairs to wear for work. Now seven or eight years later, arrgh, I hate them. They [...]
- How can I reuse, recycle or revamp a rucksack/ ...
We’ve kinda covered this already but Janette has such a specific question that I thought it was worth looking at it again: I have a backpack I would like to recycle and reuse. I have the straps and the part that goes against our back but would like to change the rest of it with [...]
- How can I repair/revamp a stained cotton rug?
I haven’t done a “repair this” for a while but this is something I’ve been wondering about for a few weeks now: how can I repair/revamp a stained rug? It’s a circular cotton rug with off-white (even before the stains!) and pale blue strips, and even though it was pretty cheap, I love it. But [...]
- Finn Family Immune Toll: H1N1 Vaccine and Narc ...
By Adriana Gamondes Due to a “pandemic” of two children infected with a new strain of swine flu after exposure to pigs, the CDC is gearing up for the new swine flu, H3N2.. But then, buzz kill, it turns out...
- California Law Would Allow Vaccination of Mino ...
ATTENTION California Parents! Tell Gov. Jerry Brown what you think about a law that will allow someone to give your 12 year old child Gardasil and other vaccines without your knowledge or consent. Read NVIC’s Urgent California Action Alert here....
- Brian Deer Tries to Cover His Tracks
By Jake Crosby In trying to cover up the fact that he altered the original version of an article he authored for The Sunday Times, Brian Deer put the following claim beneath his article about Septrin, “The Pill That Killed,”...
- Get on the (MB12) Stick! revitaPOP is on GROUPON!
Click here to see our friends at revitaPOP with a great deal on Groupon! Recent studies show that using nutritional supplements can maximize workouts, allowing exercisers to run the 40-yard dash in only 20 yards. Garner your fitness efforts with...
- MMR, the Murdochs and British Medical Journal: ...
By John Stone BMJ editor, Fiona Godlee, is scheduled to give a presentation under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health in the Washington DC area on Tuesday renewing her and BMJ’s onslaught on the reputation of gastro-enterologist Andrew...
- Raoul Moat’s brother criticises police s ...
Guardian – Raoul Moat’s elder brother told an inquest he believes police made a mistake in not allowing him to speak to the fugitive gunman during a stand-off in which he died. Within days of Moat’s release from Durham prison in July last year, he shot and injured 22-year-old Samantha Stobbart, ...
- Iran Cracks Down on Dissent
Wall St Journal – Iran has raised pressure on activists and opposition members in the past two months in an apparent move to preempt antigovernment protests, as regional uprisings gained momentum in Syria and Libya, according to activists and human-rights organizations. The scope of the governme ...
- Scuffles as Hosni Mubarak trial resumes in Egypt
BBC – Riot police had to separate anti- and pro-Mubarak crowds outside the police academy courthouse where the trial was taking place. The 83-year-old is accused of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising earlier this year which ended his rule. Read article
- US drone attacks kill 35 in S Somalia
Press TV – US drone attacks have killed dozens of al-Shabab fighters in southern Somalia over the past 24 hours, Press TV reports. The attacks killed 35 al-Shabab fighters and destroyed stockpiles of heavy weapons in the city of Kismayu on Monday, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported ...
- Four police dead after explosions in Chechnya-RIA
Reuters – Four policemen were killed and five people wounded on Tuesday in a suicide attack in Chechnya’s capital Grozny during celebrations of the end of Ramadan, a police source told RIA news agency. RIA quoted an unidentified police official as saying that a man detonated an explosive device ...
- Shark fin soup one step closer to being banned ...
The days of being able to order shark fin soup at California restaurants appear to be numbered. The state Senate on Tuesday voted 25-9 to ban the sale, trade and possession of shark fin, a key ingredient in the traditional...
- Keystone pipeline backers use anti-Saudi messa ...
To the list of all the reasons why backers of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast want it to be built, add now the welfare of Saudi Arabian women. The pipeline, which would bring oil...
- Funds will help protect South Orange County wa ...
Aliso Viejo was awarded more than $93,000 in waterway improvement funding last month from the Orange County Transportation Authority. The program funds projects to protect county waterways and beaches from pollution generated by transportation. Aliso Viejo plans to match the...
- Woman brings some green to her Huntington Beac ...
Shirley Knopf still walks regularly past the school where she taught for 14 years. But this summer, she was starting to have trouble recognizing the front of it. Hawes Elementary School, where Knopf taught computer classes until 1997, had become...
- Helping apartment dwellers recycle
Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield (D-Woodland Hills) has sponsored a bill requiring owners of buildings with five or more units to provide recycling services. He recently joined with representatives of organizations supporting the bill in a news conference at the Bella Vista...
- Twakeover Infographic
From late July through August, Water.org ran a contest offering the winner to "take over" (twakeover) our @water Twitter account for one full week in September. Below is a pretty detailed overview of the campaign, the voting, and our lessons learned.
- Levi’s drive for Water.org via Facebook ...
Leviâs Drive for Water.org via Facebook (New York Times) – Leviâs is adding a hue to its marketing efforts: Facebook blue. The purveyor of all things denim has teamed up with the social media giant on the next phase of its âGo Forthâ campaign. On Tuesday, Leviâs will announce the campaign exclus ...
- The @water Twakeover (Globe and Mail)
New trend on Twitter: handing over your account (Globe and Mail) – This month the latest social media trend seems to be encouraging legitimate takeovers. The Water.org group (@water), which works with communities in developing countries to meet water and sanitation needs, will soon be handing it ...
- Water.org will hand over its Twitter (Mashable)
Water.org Will Hand Over Its Twitter Account to Contest Winner (Mashable) – Water.org is surrendering its Twitter account, @Water, for an entire week to the user who racks up the most votes on its site. To enter, you must be following @Water on Twitter. Then sign up to participate with a shor ...
- Gary White talks water on MSNBC
World faces a water crisis (MSNBC) – Gary White interviewed by Martin Bashir June 30, 2011 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
- 'Price tag' operations continue in WB
Palestinian sources reported Friday evening that Birzeit residents discovered graffiti slogans in Hebrew sprayed over a wall at the local town mosque and on one of the exterior walls in Birzeit University, near Ramallah.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Oprah's Canadian Network Runs Tar Sands Ads
"Ethical Oil," a front group for the oil industry's effort to build the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from Canada, is airing ads exclusively on the Oprah Winfrey Network in Canada. See video. Submitted by Judy C. to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Middle Class Families vs. Big Banks
Sign on now to call on the Republicans on the Senate Banking Committee to protect the interests of middle class families, to confirm a director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and to let the agency do its work. Sign E.Warren's petition.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to US Politics ...
- Palestinians launch UN campaign, Palestine Sta ...
Palestinians this Thursday began a campaign in support of their UN membership bid, as their senior leaders met to fine-tune the plan to become the UN's 194th member state.Submitted by Elias Ayad to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Palestine - The Time is Now!
The Palestinian bid for recognition is down to the wire -- and if we join forces in the next 72 hours we could get the crucial EU leadership --- France, Germany and the UK are still wavering --- needed to push it through. Submitted by Lynn Squance to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Savient Announces the Election of William F. O ...
EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNT) today announced that William F. Owen, Jr., M.D. and David Y. Norton have been elected to the Company's Board of Directors, effective September 1, 2011. "We believe that Bill and David bring...
- Quality of Life, Burnout, Educational Debt, an ...
Context Physician distress is common and has been associated with negative effects on patient care. However, factors associated with resident distress and well-being have not been well described at a national level. Objectives To measure well-being in a national sample of internal medicine res ...
- Tired? Feeling ratty? You could be running low ...
A recent study revealed that you will recover from a cold 40 per cent quicker if you take zinc supplements. So, what other symptoms and ailments indicate a nutritional deficiency?
- Botox fixed my wonky walk: Why doctors are usi ...
These injections don't just make wrinkles vanish, they can weaken overactive muscles and reduce the spasms.
- Vital Signs: Neonatal Deaths Slow, but U.S. St ...
Researchers estimated that 3.3 million children under a month old died worldwide in 2009, down from 4.6 million in 1990. (Source: NYT Health)
- Going Backwards: Tea Party, Fox News Viewers O ...
WASHINGTON - While 10 years after the 9/11 Al- Qaeda attacks, most U.S. citizens say they respect diversity and the freedom of religion, they don't always apply those principles to Islam and immigrants, according to a survey released here Tuesday by two major think tanks. ...
- EU Bans Genetically Modified-Contaminated Hone ...
The European Union's highest court on Tuesday ruled that honey which contains trace amounts of pollen from genetically modified (GM) corn must be labelled as GM produce and undergo full safety authorization before it can be sold as food. In what green groups are calling a "groundbreaking" rulin ...
- Palestinians Deploy Obama Speech in UN Stateho ...
RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Barack Obama is an unlikely participant in a Palestinian campaign to drum up support for a bid to win U.N. recognition of their statehood -- a diplomatic move opposed by both his administration and Israel. But as part of an official media campaign begun this week ...
- Despite Exploding Volcanoes, Iceland World's M ...
REYKJAVIK -- When Johanna Sigurdardottir was sworn in as Iceland's head of government back in February 2009, she was described as the world's first openly gay prime minister. But in a country with progressive political views and liberal social mores, her sexual orientation was never considered a ...
- Obama's Job Speech: Democrats Fear It’s Too Late
President Obama’s new effort to revive the ailing economy may be too little, too late, according to Democrats and liberal policy experts. They contend that Obama missed his chance to turn the economy around by November 2012, but still want him to call on Congress to move an aggressive new jobs p ...
- Ian R. Crane Named Co-Defendant in Lawsuit Aga ...
By Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference Suit Alleges Conspiracy to Commit Character Defamation/Assassination by Libel and Slander Ian R. Crane has recently been named a co-defendant in a $10 million lawsuit being filed by the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference (GOSRC) against Deborah D ...
- How We See Capitalism-Imperialism's Ill Doings ...
By Ziad Shaker elJishi The idea for this article began when a conversation ensued between a homeland security officer by the name of Diaz and a passenger detained at the airport for a two hour interrogation while returning from a 16 hour trip overseas. This situation has become common practice ...
- Whither Qaddafi and Libya?
By Franklin Lamb The Strange Calm Over Tripoli The large gold framed portrait of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi that adorned the wall behind the reception desk of my hotel since it opened many years ago has vanished. Also gone are the 72 green flags that flew on the white poles have also been re ...
- Arab Authoritarian World is Changing But How ...
By Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D Individualistic absolutism is an epidemic across the oil enriched Arab world and has its own flourishing history. Paradoxical as it appears, changing fortunes of time have brought the cruel monsters that have darkened the history of mankind and the victims face to ...
- THE SPARK OF LIFE IS LOVE / NOT THE HIGGS BOSON
By Allen L Roland Large Hadron Collider ( LHC ) proton-proton collision in which two energetic electrons and two energetic muons, elementary particles similar to electrons, are observed—the type of event that the decay of a Higgs boson might produce, although there are other explanations as w ...
- The Voice of Nunavut: Learning from the Easter ...
In 1999, Nunavut was officially celebrated and regarded as a governance gem: a masterfully crafted work of public administration that would serve the Inuit in the best way. However, today, more than 10 years after its creation, although it has a government, policies and legislation in place whic ...
- The impact of rising tuition fees on Ontario f ...
A new CCPA study finds that over the past two decades, Ontario's system of financing higher education has become more regressive, exploiting already over-stretched families who want to help their children pursue their educational aspirations. In 1990, a middle income family in Ontario could ear ...
- Next Up: Calling young leaders in Vancouver, E ...
Next Up taking applications for 2011/12 programs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon Next Up -- A leadership program for young people committed to social and environmental justice Next Up is an amazing, intensive and transformative program for young social change activists between th ...
- CCPA statement at the passing of Jack Layton
We are all heartbroken at the passing of Jack Layton. On behalf of the staff and Board of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, our deepest condolences, love and support to Olivia and family, and to his NDP family. An inspirational leader, he carried the hopes and dreams of all of us in ...
- Inequality Bad for Business
CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan writes how the business establishment is growing concerned about income inequality in Canada in this Canada Business article. Read the article here.
- Are Today’s Children Getting The Nurturi ...
By EARLAND LILLY, WWH – Most of you will remember that I think the worse thing civilizations have done down through the ages is to not just affirm but TO LEAD WITH our Nurturing or ,more Feminine or Gentle Side of our human personality. That I think remains the core of broken marriages, lost chi ...
- And If You Order Right Now…
By Phil Polizatto, WWH – I had a quote thrown at me this week. It hurt. But just for a little while. It was from Karl Marxâs Preface to A Critique of Political Economy: âLife is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life.â What? Say it isnât so, Karl! I like you. You were [...]
- 1.2.3…. Scatter!!!
By Ed Croft, WWH – I have been railing over the past few years about the wars that we have mired ourselves in. I kept asking, âWhere is Country Joe and the Fish?â, âWhere is Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young?â, âWhere were the college protests?â, âWhere was the Weather Underground?â. You get the po ...
- Help US keep up the ‘Howl’ for Pea ...
“MoonBeams in a Jar”  Amulets – exclusively for Worldwide Hippies on the Web. Hand Made – Dichroic glass is beads (in a lab tempered glass Amulet) containing multiple micro-layers of metals or oxides which give the glass dichroic optical properties. The main characteristic of dichroic glass ...
- Boomers go bust over kids
smh.com.au – With Gen Y staying at home well into their 20s, it’s proving expensive for the parents paying the bills. The expression ”you have to be cruel to be kind” could not be more appropriate than for the growing number of ”kids” still living at home with their parents long past their teen ...
- SYNTHETIC SEA -- OCEANS OF PLASTIC
- Military Debris Threaten Oceans
BANGALORE, Apr 14, 2011 (IPS) - Military debris dumped into the world’s oceans are hazardous to coral ecosystems, reefs, fish and marine wildlife, say experts, who also warn - in light of the recent tragedy in Japan - that earthquakes and tsunamis could disturb this debris and even wash it ashor ...
- Ocean Garbage: Floating Landmines
No matter where you travel on the Canada's West Coast, no matter how remote or seemingly untrammelled and pristine the fiord or inlet, a piece of plastic, Styrofoam or other garbage has been there before you. God knows how it got there: Dumped recklessly off a vessel, swept down a river or throu ...
- Fight Against Marine Garbage Runs Into Plastic ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii, U.S., Mar 28, 2011 (IPS) - Every day, billions of plastic bags and bottles are discarded, and every day, millions of these become plastic pollution, fouling the oceans and endangering marine life. No one wants this, but there is wide disagreement about how to stop it. "Every ti ...
- Florida spring breakers find the oil (VIDEO)
- Updated Statistical, Economic and Historical R ...
We have updated our References section and, for the first time, also published our References ordered by Subjects – probably the most comprehensive trove on Statistical, Economic, Monetary and Historical Data etc. … References by Subject References â General and Applied Statistics References â E ...
- Why Our Future Must Be Solar As Our Past Once Was
When you put a pot on the hot plate on your stove and switch on the heat â do you not expect the pot to get hot? When you add energy on the earth’s surface to what the sun and geothermal influences already provide would you not expect the earth respectively the atmosphere to get [...]
- Why Our Future Must Be Solar As Our Past Once Was
When you put a pot on the hot plate on your stove and switch on the heat â do you not expect the pot to get hot? When you add energy on the earth’s surface to what the sun and geothermal influences already provide would you not expect the earth respectively the atmosphere to get [...]
- Update: Greenpeace measures Caesium 40 miles f ...
… and hence in areas not yet evacuated though they should obviously have been. Map of Radiation Measurements by Greenpeace team See also: Call for further evacuation around Fukushima Now, if nothing should happen, those within these areas and of course also further beyond, even in adjacent count ...
- How to protect your garden patch or field agai ...
Do you own a garden, a patch of land, a field where you plant, esp. for human food or animal feed? Then you should prepare against letting the radioactive fall-out from Japan into your soil, where it will remain and contaminate your plants and e.g. livestock for probably decades. Here’s the advi ...
- Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted. The follo ...
- Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
- How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
- Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the current crisis. This ar ...
- Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...
- Reality Settling in at the White House
Join the forum discussion on this post Hug the Green Industry, Kill Big Oil When Barack Obama was campaigning for president, I thought he displayed a “comic book” view of the energy industry: Lots of stereotypes of the good guys and the bad guys. He would support the good guys (those who aspi ...
- Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production S ...
Join the forum discussion on this post I just finished writing the 4th chapter in my book tonight. This chapter was a primer on renewable energy, covering biomass, hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, and ocean energy technologies. Interesting tidbit from this chapter: The world’s largest produ ...
- Book and Travel Update, and Some Interesting S ...
Join the forum discussion on this post Book Update I have mentioned it on here a couple of times, but I am under contract to deliver a book on energy by the end of this year. I initially had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to write, but that has evolved a bit as [...]
- The Battle for Libya’s Post-Gadhaffi Soul (and ...
Join the forum discussion on this post As hostilities in Libya wind down, one thing is clear: A number of nations will jockey for access to Libya’s oil. It happened in Iraq, where ironically the U.S. was shut out as Russia, China, and France won bids to develop Iraq’s fields. The new government ...
- Keeping Michele Bachmann Honest on Gas Prices
Join the forum discussion on this post The Promise: Gas Below $2 a Gallon Like many of you, I am often unhappy with our political leaders. One thing that annoys me the most is that many will say or do just about anything to get elected. By now, you have surely heard the news that Republican ...
- DocsPal - Free online file Converter and Viewer
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- Authors Speaking
Comments:Here is another site for finding authors to visit with your students virtually. - Dean MantzTags: authors, speaking, bookclubs, Skypeby: Dean Mantz
- National Engineers Week Future City Competition™
Comments:Educators are encouraged to use this site allowing for students to take on the role of an engineer and develop their own virtual city. - Dean MantzTags: engineers, competition, futurecity, education, STEMby: Dean Mantz
- iMovies in Education
Comments:Teachers using digital video, in particular iMovie, have provided an abundance of anecdotal evidence for encouraging individual expression, spawning creativity, revitalizing content, promoting collective knowledge construction and individual reflection, and offering students of a varie ...
- Word Dynamo - Free Study Guides, Quizzes, Game ...
Comments:Expand vocabulary at all levels through a series of games and flashcards. No cost. Must create an account to save your work. - Robin TalkowskiTags: flashcards, vocabularyby: Robin Talkowski
- The InGREENspirational 7!
"Meet amazing people. Learn cool stuff. And have lots of fun along the way." read more
- Farmer's Markets Innovations Make Healthy Food ...
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—There's often a throwback feel to farmer's markets, where you can seek out the same heirloom vegetable varieties your great-grandmother adored. Old-school, heritage-breed chicken eggs? Yep, a true farmer's market probably offers them. And while the farmer's market is a p ...
- The Nickel Pincher: DIY Wedding Favor Ideas
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—At the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the guests all left with luxurious wool scarves, sporting the Union Jack in various colorful prints, that cost about $75 each. Chances are, you haven't budgeted that amount of money into your next soiree. And do ...
- Where Dunkin' Donuts Egg Sandwiches Come From
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Dunkin' Donuts may be the king of coffee in America, but the company also sells tons of egg sandwiches to enjoy with its java. read more
- Purple Potatoes: Your New Blood Pressure Medicine
RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Want to lose weight and lower your blood pressure? read more
- Is Fundamental Physics too Theory-led?
What's the Latest Development? To some the Large Hadron Collider is a disproportionate investment of time, money and expertise. But Jon Butterworth�says it is genuinely exploring new territory for whatever might be there. The energy frontier remains a frontier of knowledge.� What's the Big I ...
- Wednesday Whatzits: Katla Update, Cleveland he ...
After a little (ahem) confusion this morning, we're back on track (for now). A few quick hits for a grey Ohio morning: Iceland: The news from Katla hasn't changed much since I updated the post yesterday evening. Seems like the prevailing idea is meltwater from within the caldera percolated int ...
- How to be Smart with Hurricane Preparation
What's the Latest Development? If we can expect that cities like New York will be exposed to more frequent and intense hurricanes in the future, how can they be made more resilient?�What if GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile technology were completely ubiquitous in all parts of the city, including the poor ...
- Move...delayed!
Well, the cat is out of the bag - Eruptions will be moving. However, the move has been delayed for a number of reasons until next week. Sorry about that announcement post (which I forgot was set to automatically post), but Eruptions will be here at Big Think for awhile longer. Look for the real ...
- Risk of Rover Infecting Mars with our Germs
What's the Latest Development? Though the idea of 'infecting' Mars with our germs is nothing new, one microbiologist believes the next Mars rover may have a higher chance of becoming a microbe lifeboat.Andrew C. Schuerger's tests on models of the Mars Science Laboratory's (known as "Curiosity ...
- Belarus Struggles With Meat Shortage as Russia ...
Belarus*s supermarkets are running out of meat as Russians take advantage of a currency crisis that a devaluation and the world*s highest borrowing costs have failed to stem. *All meat has gone to Russia,* Alexander Andreyevich, an 82-year-old fo...
- NJ Bullying Law Gives Students Anonymous Hot L ...
Recently, eighth grader Derek Lopez was executed by a police officer for "scaring" the cop. The cop felt it was his place to stop the boy from bullying a fellow student, the student said the scuffle between the two boys was "nothing," yet the cop in...
- Caught Red Handed: Police Swear Man They Shot ...
This video is unbelievable. Police in unmarked cars surround a man with their vehicles and ram into him, then get out and shoot him in a scene reminiscent of a mafia style hit. The cops in this case lied about everything. They claimed the man ramm...
- Calif. bill entitles babysitters to workers co ...
From The Union: How will parents react when they find out they will be expected to provide workers' compensation benefits, rest and meal breaks and paid vacation time for*babysitters? Dinner and a movie night may soon become much more complicated. ...
- "First they came for the lemonade stands..."
I thought this was quite an apropos comment on the Gibson Guitar raid. First they came for the lemonade stand, and I didn't say anything, because I didn't have a lemonade stand. Then they came for the organic foods and raw milk, and I didn't say an...
- Spending More Than We Earn
I’m sure you’re growing a little weary of the farce that Australian politics has become this last week. I’ll keep the previous thread going, with updates as they occur. If, as I suspect, moves begin in Cabinet against Gillard, I’ll … Continue reading →
- Parliament On A Knife Edge Part III – Ju ...
I said the other day that the Thomson scandal threatened to blow up into Australia’s Watergate. Boy, I wasn’t wrong! The muck is being piled higher and higher. Now it’s reached the person of Julia Gillard herself. OK, first a … Continue reading →
- Parliament On A Knife Edge Part II: End This N ...
Since I posted my previous thread on this subject four weeks ago, things have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. The rather tawdry scandal involving Craig Thomson, Labor MHR for the seat of Dobell in New South Wales, has … Continue reading →
- Playing The Race Card Part II: Anarchy In The UK
What do you make of the riots happening in many British cities? I’ve read with some interest the discussion on GE’s blog, although I personally believe the emphasis on race is misplaced. I’m just returned from a week on the … Continue reading →
- Now Reap The Whirlwind
The Dow Jones Industrial Average today closed down 512 pointsâthe biggest one-day fall since the 2008 financial crisisâin the wake of the stitched-up deal hammered out in the U.S. Congress on raising the debt ceiling. Carnage is expected today on … Continue reading →
- Are herbal remedies medicines?
If herbal medicines are truly physiologically active, regardless of whether multiple ingredients are deemed necessary for efficacy, they should be assessed as medical products. The producers of such products should be able to offer evidence to prove this is the case and to offer safety advice re ...
- Rare diseases and rarer treatments
R&D into new pharmaceuticals has improved quality of life and boosted life expectancy significantly since the very first physician told a patient to take two aspirin. Despite the doom-mongering about antibiotic resistant superbugs and the emergence of new diseases, such swine flu, vaccinations, ...
- Herbal remedy help or hindrance?
Herbal remedy help or hindrance? – The safety issues surrounding so-called herbal remedies have been called into question again and again. However, new regulations aimed at protecting consumers will not encompass all products in the way legislators and scientists might have hoped, as some produc ...
- Not slippery when wet
Not slippery when wet – Can our pruney bath fingers help us make safer tyres? Car tyres have rain treads. Shoes have rain treads. So, why don’t animals have rain treads? Here evolutionary neurobiologist Mark Changizi – and author of the new book having nothing whatever to do with rain treads, Ha ...
- Catching up with The Alchemist
Catching up with The Alchemist – Ancient oxygen levels were higher than The Alchemist thought, but they existed in submarine oxygen oases rather than in the atmosphere. We also learn this week that a sweet solution to modulating pharmaceutical activity is possible, that micro-onions could serve ...
- Regulation, Unemployment, and Cost-Benefit Ana ...
Virginia Law Review via SSRN / by Jonathan S. Masur and Eric A. Posner http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1920441 [Abstract] Regulatory agencies take account of the potential unemployment effects of proposed regulations in an ad hoc, theoretically incorrect way. Current practice ...
- Waste Opportunities — Past and Future Climate ...
European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/big-potential-of-cutting-greenhouse [From Website] Using a life-cycle perspective, this report analyses the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from municipal solid waste management in the EU, plus Norway and Switzerland…Three different ...
- Measuring Regional Environmental Efficiency: A ...
University of Thessally / by George Halkos and Nickolaos Tzeremes http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/32934/ [Abstract] This paper by applying a directional distance function approach measures the UK regions’ municipality waste performance. In addition the paper constructs conditional stochastic ker ...
- The Environmental, Social and Economic Assessm ...
UN Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/PDF/PressReleases/Rhino_Ark_Main_Report.pdf [From Environmental Valuation and Cost Benefit News] [The report] attributes improved forest cover, safer living conditions for local communities and greater security for wildlife to the fence, which was co ...
- Influences on the Low Carbon Car Market from 2 ...
Element Energy for Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (UK) http://bit.ly/mXLdMq [Green Car Congress post]Â An analysis of future vehicle total costs of ownership (TCO) in the UK found that low carbon cars can make substantial progress in bridging the current cost gap by 2030 [but will still require ...
- Commemorative Calculus: How an Algorithm Helpe ...
At first glance--and even after deep scrutiny--the names on a new memorial to those killed on September 11, 2001, seem randomly arrayed. The names are not arranged alphabetically nor, for the most part, are they presented in labeled groups. But the memorial's layout is anything but random. [Mo ...
- Jumpy Stars Slow the Hunt for Other Earths
The Kepler spacecraft has hit an unexpected obstacle as it patiently watches the heavens for exoplanets: too many rowdy young stars. The orbiting probe detects small dips in the brightness of a star that occur when a planet crosses its face. But an analysis of some 2,500 of the tens of thous ...
- NASA Unveils New Detailed Photos of Apollo Moo ...
New photos of several Apollo moon landing sites were released today (Sept. 6), showing extraordinary new details about three areas on the lunar surface that were visited by humans. The images include the sharpest views yet of tracks left by the astronauts and their lunar rovers."The images l ...
- Electrified Bacterial Filaments Remove Uranium ...
From Nature magazine. Hair-like filaments called pili enable some bacteria to remove uranium from contaminated groundwater. The discovery, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , could aid in the development of radioactivity clean-up technologies. [More] ...
- Human Ancestors Interbred with Related Species
From Nature magazine. Our ancestors bred with other species in the Homo genus, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . The authors say that up to 2% of the genomes of some modern African populations may originally came from a closely ...
- The irreducible subjectivity of economic pheno ...
A private, group email correspondence with a number of C4SS colleagues yielding the following pithy comment: > Can catastrophe force behavior that mimics�> a lowering of time preference, resulting in> long-term quantitative reduction of cost or> increase in profit/savings? Not if cost is defi ...
- Saul Newman on Zerzan, Bookchin, and Postmoder ...
From Saul Newman's The Politics of Postanarchism: Yet, these two thinkers have more in common than it may appear: they both hang on to the Enlightenment desire for social fullness. That is, the idea of a rational social harmony and the overcoming of alienation. Bookchin seeks this social fullne ...
- The Cost Principle and the Sovereignty Principle
Benjamin Tucker, from Liberty, Vol. V.�No. 12.:It does not follow, because I have the right, and every other man has the right to the products of his labor and to the liberty of retaining them forever in his own hands, that it is, therefore, either right or best that all men should retain all ...
- "[A]narchism is the usher of science"
From Albert R. Parsons, husband of Lucy Parsons: The philosophy of anarchism is included in the one word "Liberty;" yet it is comprehensive enough to include all things else. No barriers whatever to human progression, to thought, or investigation, are placed by anarchism; nothing is considered s ...
- Carson on NATO
In a private email, Kevin Carson offers an accurate summary of NATO's role within the framework of empire: Just give it a few years -- they'll be readjusting the boundaries of this "mutual defense pact" eastward and southward until they include Japan and Angola. Maybe Venezuela as well. And righ ...
- Justice for Levi Campaign Update
Family seeks justice for a man killed by Ontario Police From September 7-9th, the family and supporters of Levi Schaffer, a man killed by Ontario Provincial Police officers in 2009, will be at the Ontario Court of Appeal in Toronto, fighti ...
- Workers on Labour Day
'Capitalism isn't working for Workers', but workers are rallying for change. The September 5th 2011 Labour Day march, rally and BBQ brought hundreds of people throughout the day to the South Commons in Halifax. �The annual event is organiz ...
- Report Recommends Repression to Reign in Canuc ...
The official report on the June 15 Canuck's Riot was released on Sept. 1, with the odd title “The Night the City Became a Stadium.” Costing more than $313,000, the report was co-written by Douglas Keefe, a former deputy minister in Nova Scotia, and John Furlong, former head of the Vancouver Orga ...
- No One Arrested at Keystone XL Protest in Halifax.
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - On Friday, September 2nd, approximately 20 protestors showed up in front of the US consulate's office, located in Purdy's Wharf, Tower II. The protestors were there to show solidarity with their American counterpart ...
- Top Picks at the Vancouver Latin American Film ...
There's still another week left in the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.� Yesterday, I ended up watching the Venezuelan film�Hermano, and it might just be the best dramatic feature I've seen this year. If you have the chance, check ...
- Will this all end with a bang or a whimper?
David Seaton's News Links� U.S. corporate profits and efficiency are getting absurd. On Friday we saw record quarterly profits of $1,450 billion, making up a record share of GDP at 10.1%. We're also at record corporate efficiency of $15,278.72 -- up 22.3% from last year (...). That last one says ...
- From Utoya Island to Capitol Hill
David Seaton's News LinksDefinition of DECLASSTransitive verb: to remove from a class; especially to assign to a lower social status It is ridiculed by poets and libertines; idolized by moralists; the target of speeches by politicians, popes and all others who climb into the pulpit to recruit vo ...
- Norway: a taste of the magma
David Seaton's News LinksMagma (from Greek μάγμα "paste") is a mixture of molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and may also exist on other terrestrial planets. Wikipedia The Norwegian right wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed at least 7 ...
- A tribute to Amy Winehouse
This is a reprint of something I wrote in July of 2008: I admit that I had thought that Amy Winehouse was just another one of the media grotesques, a sort of Paris Hilton with a beat. I thought that her big hit "Rehab" was a catchy update of the Stax/Atlantic sound, sung in blackface. I sa ...
- Somalia Famine
David Seaton's News Links According to the UN, more than six out of every 10,000 people are dying of hunger every day in some parts of the Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions of Somalia, with more than half the children there suffering from acute malnutrition. This is far above the normal fami ...
- Republicans are Lunatics and Nobody Cares, Par ...
Jared Bernstein notes that if he's elected president, Mitt Romney has promised to "immediately move to cut spending and cap it at 20 percent of GDP." That's crazy with the economy so sluggish, but in fact, it's even crazier than that. Here are budget projections for 2013 from the OMB: Med ...
- The Upside of Being a Lunatic
Sen. Richard Shelby (R–Fuhgeddaboutit) says he's mighty impressed by Richard Cordray, President Obama's pick to head up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Jon Cohn explains what this means in real life: So is Cordray on track for confirmation? Of course not. As Shelby made crys ...
- Quote of the Century: Mitt Romney on the Middl ...
From Mitt Romney, explaining step 3 of his 59-step plan to get to get America back to work: You know, of course, Greta, who has been most hurt by the Obama economy. And it's people in middle incomes. And so what I want to do is lower taxes for middle-income Americans. And so I will rem ...
- Obama to Maliki: Put Up or Shut Up
The New York Times has apparently confirmed a Fox News report that President Obama plans to withdraw almost completely from Iraq at year's end: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is supporting a plan that would keep 3,000 to 4,000 American troops in Iraq after a deadline for their withdraw ...
- A Job is a Job is a Job
Last week I defended Republican governors from charges of hypocrisy for accepting federal funding even though they may have opposed the law that enabled the funding in the first place. Whether you oppose a program or not, once it's passed into law and your state's taxpayers are helping pay f ...
- Tension simmers over climate link to plant growth
Two separate groups have criticised how Maosheng Zhao and Steven Running from the University of Montana, Missoula worked out that plants are growing more slowly due to large-scale droughts from satellite data – but Zhao and Running say these do not impact the overall conclusions.
- Climate cycles drive civil wars
Countries affected by El Niño are twice as likely to have internal conflict during the warmer part of the cycle than the cold, say Mark Cane and colleagues at Columbia University.
- Climate change gets nature moving
Our warming planet is driving species away from the Equator towards cooler climes at the poles at 17.6 kilometres per decade, find Chris Thomas from the University of York, UK, and his colleagues, up to three times as fast as previously thought.
- More turtles could become fish supper with warming
By collecting baby green turtles and clothing them in “swimming vests”, University of Queensland's David Booth and Andrew Evans have showed that higher temperatures reduce their swimming ability, making it more likely they'll be eaten as they enter the sea.
- Climate controls must cover gases other than CO2
Combining controls on emissions of less well-known greenhouse gases with CO2 limits would slow warming more rapidly, say Jim Butler of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and colleagues.
- Pain relief can now be based on solid evidence
A Cochrane Review of data relating to about 45,000 patients involved in approximately 350 individual studies has provided an evaluation of the effect you can expect to get if you take commonly used painkillers at specific doses. The review also identifies pain killers for which there is only poo ...
- Micronutrient powders reduce anemia and iron d ...
Adding a powder that contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, zinc and vitamin A, to the semi-solid foods taken by infants and children between six months and two years of age, can reduce their risk of anemia and iron deficiency. This is the conclusion of a new Cochrane Systematic ...
- Virtual reality may help adults recover from s ...
Early results suggest that using virtual reality (VR) human-computer interfaces might help adult stroke patients regain arm function and improve their ability to perform standard tasks, when compared to patients who don't use VR. The findings are reported in a new review published in The Cochran ...
- Proceed with caution when setting up financial ...
There is growing use of financial incentives in many countries to reward primary care practitioners who improve the quality of their services. After reviewing all available data in a Cochrane Systematic Review, a team of researchers found insufficient evidence to either support or refute the pra ...
- Many adverse drug reactions among hospital and ...
Many cases of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) seen in hospital and emergency care could be prevented, says a new study presented at the annual conference of the International Pharmaceutical federation (FIP) on September 8 . The researchers who carried out the study say that the finding that preven ...
- Civil disorder and nuclear power
Nuclear fission, like any other energy source, carries benefits and risks. In discussion on future deployment of different sustainable energy sources, the commentary in this blog has placed a lot of emphasis on the rational weighting of factors such as: (i) lives lost per unit of energy delivere ...
- What is your energy philosophy?
People seem to like to infer motives. (Perhaps it’s an inherent evolutionary trait, allowing anticipation of your prey’s or predator’s next move?) I find that a lot of people get me wrong about my position on energy and sustainability — often deliberately so, I suspect. So here’s a post to clari ...
- Open Thread 18
The previous Open Thread has gone past 550 comments, so it’s time for a fresh palette. The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like â there is nothing âoff topicâ here â within reason. So get up on your soap box! The standard commenting rules of ...
- Risk perception – of fans and fission re ...
Guest Post by Craig Schumacher. Craig has been commenting on nuclear power themed websites for about five years and has published his own blog, Channelling the Strong Force, since 2008. He formed the nuclear power advocacy organisation, Nucleus 92 Inc., in 2009. He is a regular commenter on this ...
- Nuclear risk insurance
Guest Post by Luke Weston. Luke is a Melbourne-based physicist and occasional freelance electronic engineer, with a strong interest in educating the community about nuclear energy and related issues. It is often said by the anti-nuclearists that the commercial nuclear energy industry “can’t get ...
- Horace Campbell: Magnus Malan and Crimes Again ...
Horace Campbell: Magnus Malan and Crimes Against Humanity in Africa: General Magnus Malan, the chief architect of the total onslaught of the apartheid military, passed away on 18 July 2011. This total onslaught strategy was the idea that South Africa was threatened by a communist conspiracy and ...
- Andrea Smith: Conquest - Sexual Violence and A ...
Andrea Smith: Conquest - Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide: Native American scholar/activist Andrea Smith spoke on the topic of her new book, "Conquest:Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide." Smith was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and is a member of INCITE! Women ...
- The Library Channel Presents Gerald Taiaiake A ...
The Library Channel Presents Gerald Taiaiake Alfred: Resurgence of Traditional Ways of Being : ASU Libraries: , Recorded March 23, 2009 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, University of Victoria Professor of Indigenous Governance Gerald Taiaiake Alfred talks about the "Resurgence of Tradition ...
- Leaked cable: Sen. McCain promised to help Gad ...
Leaked cable: Sen. McCain promised to help Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware : Deadline Live With Jack Blood: By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 — 12:27 pm Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) promised to help former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware as ...
- The Lockerbie Case: Lockerbie: Romney, the Mon ...
The Lockerbie Case: Lockerbie: Romney, the Monroe Doctrine and justice denied?: A hundred years ago [RB: actually eighty] a legal case in Scotland swept across the world establishing her legal system in the front row of jurisprudence in the world. [Donoghue v Stevenson] Scots Law was all grown u ...
- Dear Senator Rubio – Go Fuck Yourself
We no longer need to wonder what Republicans dream of at night. It seems their only goal in life is to make sure seniors live out their golden years scared to death. Scared, no knowing how their medications will be paid for, or how they will eat, or heat their homes. Pulling their “safety nets” ...
- GOP Sabotage Anyone?
So what are the Republicans planning to make sure President Obama isn’t able to create ANY jobs? One has to wonder.
- Class War Update The Rich Killed 50,000 Americ ...
Over 50,000 Americans died last year because they couldn’t afford a doctor, or medications. They are the victims of the class war. You know, the class war where the rich are killing us for “corporate profits” or worse. I guess turning a profit on your portfolio is far more important than taking ...
- Dick Cheney On Tour!
Prepare yourselves folks. Dick Cheney is attempting to stimulate sales of his “book” by going on a tour. What shall we call it? How about the “I lied about WMD’s and tortured people” book tour. Coming to an alternate universe embracing media pundit near you. Why is this war criminal not behind b ...
- Say it Joe. Republicans are Terrorists
Unfortunately I have way too much credit card debt, and some credit lines too. I was terrorized by the fact that if the tea party traitors were able to force us to default on our debt, my interest rates, and payments would be going up. This could wipe me out. Yes Joe, they were terrorizing [...]
- Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
- Press Conference to be Held on June 15
Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-26 ...
- Press Inquiries
All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
- New Flier for Appalachia Rising
- Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...
- The Richest 0.1% Have Launched A War On Us  ...
We have endured financial oppression for long enough. In a time of national crisis and shared sacrifice, the richest one-tenth of one percent of the population cannot continue on their merry way, living in obscene wealth and detached from reality, while the majority of the population desperately ...
- Full-Blown Civil War Erupts On Wall Street: As ...
Finally, after trillions in fraudulent activity, trillions in bailouts, trillions in printed money, billions in political bribing and billions in bonuses, the criminal cartel members on Wall Street are beginning to get what they deserve. As the financial elite start turning on each other, the la ...
- Extreme Weather Roundup: Severe Flooding To Hi ...
Tropical storm Lee threatens severe flooding in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi | Vermonters shocked by Irene’s destruction | 80% of Texas in "exceptional" drought | Vast ice island set to break off Greenland glacier | New leak near Deepwater Horizon site quickly becoming a massive oil slick ...
- Federal Reserve Policy + Extreme Weather = Rev ...
By David DeGraw Federal Reserve policy mixed with extreme weather has put the world on a fast track to revolution and war. Here's why the Fed cannot get away with another round of Quantitative Easing. [Read More]
- Open Letter to Warren Buffett: Put Your Money ...
By David DeGraw If you are truly sick and tried of the "mega-rich" being "coddled" by a "billionaire-friendly Congress," as you said in your recent NY Times editorial, why don't you back up your words with some real action and put your money where your mouth is? [Read More]
- A few remarks on the Palmer report
Why does Israel still refuse to show us the full footage from the Mavi Marmara? Perhaps because it knows what we’ll see Last weekend saw the release of the Palmer Report (which can be read here – a PDF file) dealing the Flotilla incident and the assault on the Mavi Marmara last year. To make a [...]
- Suspected settler attack on IDF base
Haaretz is reporting that ‘unknown assailants’ infiltrated an Israeli military base near Binyamin in the occupied West Bank. The assailants then snuck into the mechanics area of the base and slashed the tires and cut cables of 12 military jeeps. The assailants spray painted the words “price tag” ...
- Joint Palestinian-Israeli statement supporting ...
By Haggai Matar A large group of left-wing Palestinian and Israeli parties, unions and civil society groups has issued an unprecedented joint statement in support of the Israeli struggle for social justice. The group demands unity in the struggle against occupation and racism. For the first time ...
- September journey interlude: A serious obstacle
Staying on the road in Israel and the Palestinian territories during a month of trial, and today: political developments being the journey to a screeching halt. A week into September, the journey faces a peril. My idea was to describe the developments of a potentially dramatic month by way of t ...
- New book explores Israel’s military cour ...
The Israeli military legal system is one of the most under reported yet crucial components of Israel’s system of control over Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Since 1967, Israel has controlled the entire area of the West Bank using two forms of legal enforcement based on two different le ...
- Robo Signing And Desecration of Our Courts- Th ...
You would have thought the banksters would have gotten the message…they were after all given a total pass. Not even a slap on the wrist, it was just a collective dodge….they were permitted to moonwalk away from the crime scenes. Did they learn any lesson? You bet, the lesson is we can just k ...
- Fraudclosure in Florida, A Survey and The Cris ...
Florida was well into the acute phase of the foreclosure crisis during the dark days of fall 2008 when Bush and Paulson wrote the blank checks that bailed out the banks, Wall Street institutions and the criminals that brought our country to the brink of economic Armageddon. Bush wrote the check ...
- BOMBSHELL- Listen to This Rally on The Steps o ...
The First Annual Rally in Tally! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
- LYTTLE v. BANKUNITED- Another Headscratcher of ...
Here goes another spellbinding appeal written by that masterful author George Gingo. You really must sit down and study the attached appellate brief which reads more like a nail biting crime novel than some dry academic appeal. I mean, seriously. Put yourself in the moment, picture the courtroom ...
- Brand New, Hot Off The Presses MERS Policy Bul ...
After years of claiming that assignments don’t matter and the date of assignment certainly doesn’t matter, the MERS Monster has finally changed its tune, effective July 21, 2011: The Certifying Officer must execute the assignment of the Security Instrument from MERS before initiating foreclosure ...
- Citizenship – “41,654 to 10″
That great rebel for liberty, Thomas Paine, wrote of his take on the society of his day: “Society is composed of distinct, unconnected individuals who are continually meeting, crossing, uniting, opposing and separating from each other as accident, interest and circumstances shall direct.” That w ...
- Citizenship – “Paying it Forward&# ...
One of the most fundamental traits of good citizens is that they know they are building on foundations established at great cost by others who preceded them. They have a heritage to protect and not just a future to build. Much of that framework was built by hard work, innovation, investments, so ...
- Citizenship – “Blessed Are The Lea ...
Jodi and Shawn are on something of a journey. Young professionals, they have been community leaders in their own right for the last number of years, but as part of the group of 10 that met a couple of weeks ago, I’ve watched them become more animated in their desire to make citizenship meaningfu ...
- Citizenship – “Not Leaders, But Le ...
People are programmed to avoid painful decisions, and these days it appears as though many politicians are as well, for obvious reasons. Basic choices force people to analyze their deepest motives. As long as politics is around, and political representatives say that are willing to make those ch ...
- Citizenship – “For the Believers&# ...
So we commence the last week of posts, recognizing that the task before Canadians today is a formidable one. Citizenship as a useful political concept is in danger of being torn into many parts. By a bitter twist of historical fate, the concept which evolved to provide a sense of identity and c ...
- Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...
- The Health Liberty Revolution & Forced Vaccination
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Loe Fisher In America today, there is an unprecedented assault on the human right to exercise informed consent to medical risk-taki ...
- What You Should Know About Meningococcal Disea ...
by Barbara Loe Fisher Today, pediatricians give American babies as many as 33 doses of 13 different vaccines by 12 months of age.1, 2 Now, federal public health officials are considering recommending that doctors give four more doses of a new vaccine – meningococcal vaccine – to babies between ...
- Vaccines & Liberty: Let Freedom Ring
by Barbara Loe Fisher My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.[1] What is liberty? Webster’s Dictionary defines Liberty as “the quality or state of being free,” ...
- In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state ma ...
- Lost in the Maize
This week my life has been dominated by writing a new review of nanotoxicology. Not that the world needs another review – far from it, as there are a number of excellent ones out there (I’ve even contributed to some). But in a moment of abject weakness, I agreed to help a good colleague out ...
- Realizing dreams of carbon nanotubes
A guest blog by John Dorr, Vice President of Business Development Nanocomp Technologies Inc. Despite all the fuss over nanotechnology, it’s surprisingly difficult to get a clear sense of how the technology is contributing to new products. So when the company Nanocomp Technologies Inc. approache ...
- Lost in the Maize
One thing they don’t warn you about going into academia is the business of making sense of your paycheck. When I started working for the US government in 2000, I was bowled over by the bureaucracy. Compared to the lean, mean government of a UK emerging from the Thatcher years, it was like going ...
- Risk Science – A personal perspective
As Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, it’s probably not surprising that I’m constantly being asked “what on earth is risk science?” What is surprising is how hard it is to come up with a clear and concise answer. Which is why I decided to spend a good portion of my “ ...
- Emerging technologies at the World Economic Fo ...
In an interconnected world, global issues demand integrative solutions. It’s a statement that many people would agree with – in systems where associations between cause and effect are complex, you ignore synergistic inter-relationships between factors at your peril. But when it comes to techno ...
- Meet the Money Behind Rick Perry
Benjy Sarlin reports: "Texans don't like the government interfering with their business, especially campaign donations, where state laws allow contributors to fork over unlimited cash. No one has benefited more from this arrangement than Rick Perry, who has raised $100 million over the last deca ...
- Koch Brothers Million-Dollar Club Revealed
Mackenzie Weinger reports: "The billionaire Koch brothers can count dozens of corporate executives and philanthropists among their million-dollar donor club, according to a new report that revealed the big givers. Charles and David Koch hold retreats twice per year to court donations for their c ...
- Fox Doctors Hoffa Speech to Fabricate Call for ...
Matt Gertz reports: "Right-wing bloggers misled by dishonest Fox News video editing are attacking Teamsters President James Hoffa, Jr. for supposedly urging violence against Tea Party activists during a Labor Day speech. Conservatives are also attacking President Obama, who appeared at the event ...
- Murdoch/Cheney Backed Fracking Company Endange ...
Excerpt: "Briana Mordick, an Oil & Gas Science Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council told Media Matters that the poor cementing 'could cause water contamination' and said that 'remedial cementing can and should be performed': 'This is only a small-scale demonstration project but they'r ...
- Murdoch/Cheney Backed Fracking Company Endange ...
Excerpt: "Briana Mordick, an Oil & Gas Science Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council told Media Matters that the poor cementing 'could cause water contamination' and said that 'remedial cementing can and should be performed': 'This is only a small-scale demonstration project but they'r ...
- Portand: Veteran Organizing and Economic Justice
This past week, WRL organizers Kimber Heinz and Ali Issa attended the Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace 2011 conventions. In addition to attending workshops on the GI resistance movement now, as well as building relationships with … Continue reading →
- Digging into the Operation Recovery Campaign
Check out this post from Operation Recovery organizers who have been working hard down at Ft. Hood in Texas. To get plugged in to working with the current GI Coffeehouses, including Under the Hood Cafe near Ft. Hood, contact WRL Organizing Coordinator, Kimber Heinz at kimber@warresisters.org. By ...
- “The Flavor of Freedom” . . . and ...
[The WRL blog is excited to feature a book review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. in Manhattan.] Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War by Annia Cieza ...
- Wisconsin Updates!
Since Joy First’s article on the occupation of the Wisconsin capitol in the spring issue of WIN magazine, organizers have continued to coordinate actions and protests, keeping the public focused on this issue. Here are some updates: Around the grounds of the capitol on June 4, protesters set up ...
- Know Before You Go, ‘Cause There’s ...
At the National Network Opposed to the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) gathering in 2009, youth staffers of the Ya-Ya (Youth Activists-Youth Allies) Network, a youth-led organization based in NYC that focuses on counter-recruitment and other kinds of social justice work, met with reps from WRL N ...
- You’ve Got Mail: Antibiotic Resistance, Animal ...
Given their close contact with animals and animal waste in the workplace, employees of IFAP facilities are the ones at greatest risk for becoming infected with drug-resistant pathogens. Also, IFAP sites degrade the communities in which they’re sited by contaminating air, water and soils with an ...
- Peak Oil, Food Systems, Irene, Debt and Deadlines
What if we could force peak oil into the spotlight with our own grand deadline and list of actions?
- The Genesis of Corn-Fed Cars
This friction between the auto industry and the corn lobby will be one of the many fascinating developments to watch as corn ethanol continues to find its footing in our economy.
- Do Genetically Engineered Foods Really Need to ...
Nina Federoff, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and professor at Penn State University penned an opinion piece in the New York Times recently, asking for less regulation of genetically engineered (GE) crops. Professor Federoff would like to see more gra ...
- Sweating the small stuff: engineered nano-mate ...
Many public health hazards are too small to see. This is especially true of engineered nano-materials, or ENMs. As their name implies, these materials are small—no more than a few hundred nanometers in diameter. (For perspective, one nanometer is one billionth of a meter, or one human hair sp ...
- Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
==== NATO Air War In Seventh Month: 21,780 Sorties, 8,180 Strike Sorties Indian Link To NATO ABM System Targets China, Pakistan, Iran, Russia Afghanistan: 1,645 Dead, 13,609 Wounded In America’s Longest War Afghan War: Czech Defense Minister Inspects New Special Forces Base Dutch Defense Ministe ...
- Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
==== NATO Chief: 172-Day Libyan War Impossible Without U.S. Capabilities Time To Disband NATO: A Rogue Alliance Grim Celebration By NATO Powers: Libyan Intervention Evokes Collective Memory Of Colonial Era Africa: Final Conquest For Pentagon’s Global Military Sphere Of Influence New Berlin Confe ...
- Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
==== Libya: NATO Air Combat Missions Exceed 8,000 For First Time In Its History, NATO War Led By European Powers BRICS Nations Fear West Plans Libya-Type Scenario In Syria Gaddafi’s Libya As Demon United Nations Hijacked On Libya Pakistani Minister: NATO Behind Attack That Killed 36 Soldiers === ...
- Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
==== NATO’s Air War Against Libya: 21,322 Sorties, 7,998 Strike Sorties Azerbaijan To Join NATO As U.S. Targets Iran, Russia NATO’s Strategic Concept: U.S. Interceptor Missile Radar In Turkey U.S. Unwilling To Compromise On Missile Shield: Russian Foreign Minister NATO To Build Joint Interceptor ...
- Rasul Gamzatov: For women war is never over
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Rasul Gamzatov From Octaves Translated by Peter Tempest So many men were torn away From us in war’s dread sweep… Remembrance of it to this day Makes wives and mothers weep. New grass has grown, and grown are now The sons of those who di ...
- 10 Facts That Prove Big Sis Is Wrong, Drudge I ...
Homeland Security has been caught lying again and again about airport security in a bid to undermine genuine privacy concerns Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Janet Napolitano’s contention that Matt Drudge is “just wrong” about privacy worries surrounding airport screen ...
- Texas Wildfires and Smoke Alarms
The Berkey Guy September 6, 2011 The media coverage of the wildfires raging through Texas cannot emphasize enough the importance of being prepared for housefires and blazes. I spoke with a customer on Saturday who called about his proximity to the fires in Texas and the lack of water as a resour ...
- Increasing Threats to Our Nuclear Power Stations
The Intel Hub By Dr. Mark Sircus – Contributing Writer September 6, 2011 Japan marks 600th eruption of the Sakurajima volcano this year I find myself faced, today, with the incredibly unpleasant task of delivering some rather frightening news. Perhaps we can forgive humanityâs nuclear planners b ...
- National Call-In Day to Help Save Your Supplements
Wellness Resources Byron J. Richards, CCN September 6, 2011 Thursday, September 8, 2011, is the national call in day to members of Congress to protest the draconian FDA NDI regulations for dietary supplements, regulations that will retroactively remove many dietary supplement ingredients from th ...
- FREE 9/11 Truth Conference In Portland Present ...
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- Philippines: Press reports and Wikileaks cast ...
NDF negotiators meet Norwegian envoy in bid to break impasse 05-Sep-11, 2011 | Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines – Communist rebel negotiators met a special Norwegian envoy on Monday in a fresh bid to reopen stalled peace talks to end a four-decade war with the government, aides said. The ...
- CIA, MI6 under scrutiny after secret files rev ...
The CIA struck rendition deals with Libya as early as 2002 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15365413,00.html � With the Gadhafi regime in tatters and the Libyan leader on the run, secret files in Tripoli have come to light which detail the depth of cooperation between the US and UK with Liby ...
- Videotaping Philadelphia Police–legal ri ...
Even a top cop concedes a right to video arrests – but the street tells a different story September 03, 2011| BY JAN RANSOM, ransomj@phillynews.com TAMERA MEDLEY begged the police officer to stop slamming her head – over and over – into the hood of a police cruiser. Thinking they were helping, p ...
- Reuters reports September 3rd peaceful protest ...
Greek TV, however, showed the police violence against the demonstration ——————————————- Reuters: Greek PM rules out snap polls, protesters are back By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS | Sat Sep 3, 2011 9:31pm BST (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Saturday ruled out snap elections an ...
- Interview: Arundhati Roy
By Dinyar Godrej, New Internationalist, Issue 445 Arundhati Roy is probably the most `do something’ public intellectual of our time. In her interview with New Internationalist she offers her take on market-friendly democracy, people power and the wealth that is fed by people’s lives. Your writin ...
- Demand for Return of Trade Not Aid Property
Let is be known that the pictured 18-ton truck has been fraudulently registered in the name of Catherine Sarah Myles and taken to a destination unknown and against my expressed will. The registration of the vehicle in Catherine Myles name has been verified by the Metropolitan and Swansea Police ...
- Announcing the Gaza to Ireland Youth Exchange
am beyond excited to announce that we are formalising a partnership that will ensure one of my fondest goals shall be achieved, that of a youth exchange between the children of Gaza and those of Europe. I am even more excited because we are focusing on the youth of Gaza as well as Belfast and F ...
- One for the Women
It is said that behind every great man you will find a great woman. I do not look at myself as a great man per se, but I do see the greatness of the women in my life, and if I do indeed succeed in my ultimate goals, you can thank these women every bit as much as me. They have played the essent ...
- Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine, Trade Not Aid
Our Mission Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine (SIP) is a social enterprise international trade mission. We endeavour to catalyse the end of Gaza’s charitable dependency through import and export trade. We do not seek simply to alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza. Our ultimate objective i ...
- Slander vs. Sanity
Lesson number one, the actual agents who direct slander campaigns, those working for MI6, CIA, Mossad and other so-called “intelligence” agencies, they and their tactics are rendered useless without the presence of the most important element for successful subversion, and that would be… the idio ...
- Despite Poll Numbers, Bachmann Says She Can Wi ...
The Tea Party Caucus leader has slid to third and fourth places in various polls. But she believes she has the endurance capability to go the distance -- and win.Contributor: Saul Relative Published: Sep 04, 2011
- WikiLeaks' Carelessness Puts Operatives at Risk
Julian Assange’s careless handling of sensitive classified material has put the lives of governments operatives, hu ...
- Why Palin Will Not 'Run, Sarah, Run'
Despite her appearanes on the campaign trail, Sarah Palin is not likey to run for president in 2012.Contributor: Christine Zibas Published: Sep 04, 2011
- Sarah Palin Triangulates in Iowa
In her speech at the tea party rally in Indianola, Iowa, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maybe or maybe not candidate for president of the United States, performed an act of triangulation that must have taken even Bill Clinton's breath awayContributor: Mark Whittington Published: Sep 03, 2011
- Oklahoma Hints at Leaving Big 12 Conference
Oklahoma University may be the latest school to leave the Big-12 Conference.Contributor: Ryan Christopher DeVault Published: Sep 03, 2011
- Fermilab Sets End-of-Moth Deadline to Establis ...
Fermilab’s Tevatron collider runs out of money and time at the end of this month, but physicists there say that they are on track to establish whether the Higgs can exist within the most likely predicted mass range before their September 30 deadline. That’s not the same as actually finding the ...
- DNA Analysis Catches Carcinogens in a Simple S ...
Researchers presenting at the 242nd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society this week in Denver have demonstrated a new DNA test that can measure the amount of potential carcinogens clinging to a person’s DNA. But unlike previous tests that required white blood cell or ...
- Antibiotics May Be Permanently Altering the Gu ...
If you’re one of those people worried that the over-prescription of antibiotics is leading us toward biological calamity, you’re not going to like this. Writing in the journal Nature this week, Martin Blaser of NYU’s Langone Medical Center makes the case that antibiotics aren’t just leading to ...
- Christchurch is Thinking of Replacing Its Eart ...
The Bible has at least a little to say about how to construct a building, but mostly in Proverbs and mostly not having anything to do actually building a structure (metaphor!). So without rock solid instructions, officials overseeing the Christchurch Cathedral--the one in Christchurch, New Zeal ...
- High School Inventors 2011
Ten students who are improving MRIs, cancer treatments and human-robot interaction--between classes, of course In between pep rallies and history tests, these 10 brainy students are refining cancer treatments, cleaning up car exhaust systems, and improving communication between humans and robot ...
- When the Baathists Read their History
To prepare for the new Syria, people have been digging up their not too distant past, well into the pre-Ba’ath era – not to copy it, but to learn from it.
- SEPTEMBER 11- Exploitation
With the 10th Anniversary of September 11th fast approaching. I, for one, am getting tired of (or is it immune to) how every politician regardless of ideology, most every lame stream media outlet, and especially the Pentagon has exploited 9/11 for political, ideological, psychological, and propa ...
- 9/11: Watch, Explain, I Can’t Even Begi ...
The scientists had described it, but I could never really believe it possible. I am flabbergasted.
- Israel Wages Lawfare Against Gaza Flotilla
Lawfare is bloodless warfare. � by Philip Giraldi � I have already reported how �lawfare,� which was defined by Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap following 9/11, is becoming the new hot button for defenders of Washington�s and Tel Aviv�s foreign policies. Using th ...
- Let’s Talk “Turkey,”
Everything else reported in the US about Turkey is false, dangerously false. The worst lies are the reports that Turkey's democratic government, freely elected, is "Islamist" and "extremist."
- August global temperature update
The latest global temperature anomaly for August has been released and according to the UAH measure is +0.325C above the running 30 year mean, similar to July's anomaly, shown on the graph below. Adjusted to the more standard time period, the anomaly is approximately +0.578C above the 1961- ...
- A poor August ends another disappointing summer
August has once more turned out to be a disappointing month. Overall, the UK has received 126% of the normal August rainfall, and it's been much duller than normal with only 76% of average sunshine. Averaged across the UK maximum temperatures were 0.8C below normal. Provisional figures also s ...
- July global temperatures show further rise
The latest global temperature for July, according to the UAH satellite measure, has shown a further rise from June, and now stands at 0.372C above the running 30 year mean. Adjusted to the more standard time period used by the Met Office and the WMO, the anomaly is now approximately +0.625C ...
- August warmth to be short lived
The warm air that has greeted the start of August looks set to a blip in what is certain to be described come September as yet another disappointing, unsettled summer. Highest temperatures will be in the Southeast of the UK, where 30C (86F) is likely in the next 24 hours, but the warmth will be ...
- Arctic Ice extent heads for satellite record low
Exceptionally warm weather across the North Pole during the first half of July, with temperatures up to 8C above normal, could lead to record low ice extent this year according to experts, based on data collected by satellites which started in 1979. Arctic sea ice is already lower than at the ...
- Malaysia, Where Iranians Seek Respite from Iran
There's an interesting article from TIME about how those seeking a respite from "the pananoid style in Iranian politics" are heading for Malaysia. To be sure, Malaysia is not exactly an exemplar of freedom from political suppression--witness the continued persecution of Anwar Ibrahim by the ruli ...
- Big Pharma v India: The Glivec Case Revisited
Ooh, this makes me angry. Very early four years ago, I posted about Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis going up against Indian firms manufacturing generic versions of the leukaemia drug Glivec (Gleevec in the US). Perhaps presciently, I parenthetically added "to be continued." Well, it's about ...
- Arsene Wenger, the 'Warren Buffett of Football'?
A few years ago, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane penned the bestseller Moneyball discussing the use of advanced statistics to better assess the performance and hence value of various players. As salaries of baseball players have increased, picking winners--especially affordable ones over ...
- Luxury, or Where Moammar Meets Smith and Marx
Blogging is often inspired by odd things. This post, for instance, came to me while reading about how Moammar Gathafi (it is spelled thusly on his passport) was a big fan of the FT's How To Spend It feature. In our interlinked world economy, how can the existence of such a vainglorious character ...
- A New Merger Gimmick: 'We'll Onshore Jobs'
Coming from the the world's call centre capital, I found this news interesting since it may mean T-Mobile call centre jobs in the Philippines being repatriated to the US. A few months ago, I wrote about how Kraft vowed--and then reneged--on keeping British jobs when it took over chocolate giant ...
- 20 Quotes From European Leaders That Prove Tha ...
The financial crisis in Europe has become so severe that it has put the future of the euro, and indeed the future of the EU itself, in doubt. If the financial system in Europe collapses, it is going to plunge the entire globe into chaos. The EU has a larger economy and a large ...
- Is The End Of The Euro In Sight?
The future of the euro is hanging by a thread at the moment. The massive debt problems of nations such as Greece, Italy and Portugal are dragging down the rest of the Europe, and the political will in northern Europe to continue to bail out these debt-ridden countries is rapidl ...
- 25 Signs That The Financial World Is About To ...
Most of the worst financial panics in history have happened in the fall. Just recall what happened in 1929, 1987 and 2008. Well, September 2011 is about to begin and there are all kinds of signs that the financial world is about to hit the big red panic button. Wave after wav ...
- 12 Things That We Can Learn From Hurricane Ire ...
Whenever a major disaster or emergency strikes, millions of lives can be turned upside down in an instant. Fortunately Hurricane Irene was not as catastrophic as originally projected, but millions of people did lose power and at least 35 people lost their lives. Large numbers ...
- 34 Pieces Of Evidence That Prove That The Midd ...
Do you ever get the feeling that the middle class in America is shrinking? Well, you are not imagining things. A confluence of very troubling long-term economic trends has created an environment in which the middle class in America is being absolutely shredded. Today, most Am ...
- Australian school curriculum to force acceptan ...
School students are being targeted in a major new push to force acceptance of multiculturalism by “embedding” it in the national curriculum. Young Australians will be trained in “cultural competency” during classes as part of the Gillard Government’s plan to boost support for multiculturalism an ...
- Italians fired up at tax hike up
Tens of thousands of people are stranded. Factories are closed, airports and train stations deserted. An entire nation comes to a standstill as Italy’s largest trade union, the CGIL, calls on its 6 million members to strike. The nationwide transport strike was called in protest at Prime Minister ...
- Spaniards Protest Austerity Measures
Thousands of Spaniards have launched rallies in the Spanish capital Madrid against their government’s austerity measures, Press TV reported. The three-day protest starting on Tuesday was initiated by Spain’s two largest trade unions, the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) as well as the Unio’n General de ...
- Swedish police: Islamic terrorism is key threat
Islamic terrorism remains the greatest threat to Sweden, according to Anders Danielsson, head of Sweden’s Security Service (Säpo). Speaking at a seminar on Monday on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks on the US on September 11th 2001, Danielsson said that the strength o ...
- Wikileaks: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has Cancer
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer which has spread to other organs, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. The cable, published by whistle-blower site Wikileaks, cites central bank governor Gideon Gono as saying Mr Mugabe’s doctors had urged him to quit. The cable, writt ...
- Australian Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Deserve Ju ...
The Catholic Church does not commit sex crimes against children and the vulnerable. It does, however, ensure that known child sex predators are protected by their status as representatives of the Catholic Church, facilitated to continue offending, and facilitated in privileged and unquestioned a ...
- Protect the sanctity of the confessional to co ...
Responses to the Cloyne report have included calls to break that ultimate coverup con trick “the sanctity of the confessional”. That really got the paedophile protectors squealing in horror. Imagine not getting special treatment and not being allowed to commit whatever crimes they like without c ...
- Imagine How It Feels
How many people talk about the issue of Catholic Church enabled child sexual abuse without a thought for how it feels to be the victim of such abuse? This issue is, after all, about children. Yesterday’s children whose lives were irreparably damaged by their abuse and who are still being re-abus ...
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Catholic Church Funded St ...
I used to think the John Jay College of Criminal Justice was a well meaning independent organisation exploited by the Catholic Church into giving credence to Catholic lies, distractions and excuses on the issue of endemic child rape within its ranks. But with the release of the latest dangerous ...
- Vatican Guidelines Just Another PR Stunt
This weeks’ latest Vatican guidelines on child sexual abuse continue efforts over recent years to appear as if things have changed, while actually doing everything possible to avoid being forced to take effective action. The Vatican love to pretend they are doing the right thing in dealing wi ...
- 2011-09-06 Caracas Cables Pt II: Drug Traffick ...
TweetAuthored by Nikolas Kozloff For the past year or so, I’ve been writing steadily about WikiLeaks and U.S. diplomatic correspondence between various American embassies in Latin America and the State Department in Washington, D.C. For a full inventory of these pieces, you may head to my web s ...
- 2011-09-06 Iran threatened Poland with CIA pri ...
TweetIn early 2006, Polish government officials visited Iran, and subsequently related their impression to US diplomatic staff. A detailed report can be found in the diplomatic cable 06WARSAW203. MFA Director for Security Policy Robert Kupiecki provided the most in depth account: he describes h ...
- 2011-09-06 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News on #Ca ...
Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a daily news update of stories that are obviously related to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. All the times are GMT. >> Updates on WikiLeaks news from #wlfind twitter hashtag (as curated by ...
- US Day of Rage | NYC & Nat Occupation Plan for ...
TweetThe First Amendment prohibits Congress from making any law "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." A redress is a means to set right, to remedy or rectify; or a satisfac ...
- 2011-09-05 Caracas Cables Pt I: Hugo’s Former ...
TweetAuthored by Nikolas Kozloff For the past year or so, I’ve been writing steadily about WikiLeaks and U.S. diplomatic correspondence between various American embassies in Latin America and the State Department in Washington, D.C. For a full inventory of these pieces, you may head to my web ...
- Haiti: UN expert welcomes declarations on rule ...
The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Haiti, Michel Forst, today welcomed declarations by the new Haitian authorities of measures in the field of the rule of law, adding that he hoped that the declarations will soon be implemented and followed by positive impacts.
- UN human rights chief lauds conviction of high ...
The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the decision by Bolivia's top court to convict several high-level officials for their part in the deaths of over 60 people during anti-government protests in 2003, calling it an important step in the fight against impunity.
- UN chief condemns deadly arson attack in Mexico
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today deplored the arson attack that left 53 people dead in Monterrey, Mexico, yesterday and voiced solidarity with the country's people, the families of the victims and the country's Government.
- Peru: UN human rights expert commends new indi ...
Peru has taken "an important step forward" by approving a law compelling private companies to consult indigenous communities before going ahead with major projects such as mines, a United Nations human rights expert said today.
- Hurricane Irene killed two in Haiti and floode ...
Hurricane Irene killed two people in Haiti, flooded houses, cut roads, unleashed landslides and devastated farm fields during its passage off the coast of the Caribbean country earlier this week, the United Nations reported today.
- The Magic Weed
Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
- Blood Coltan
Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
- CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
- Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
- HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...
- Review of Man Swarm and the Killing of Wildlife
Guest blog by Leon Kolankiewicz, wildlife biologist and environmental planner. This book review was originally posted August 9, 2011 on NumbersUSA âHow far conservationists and environmentalists have fallen from what now seem to me to be the Golden Years of the 1960s and 1970s. No wonder Iâm s ...
- Around the Campfire With Uncle Dave – The Popu ...
Adapted from Man Swarm by Dave Foreman Forty years and three billion Men ago, conservationists and most everyone else understood that we were in the middle of a population explosion. Today, it seems that many conservationists and most other folks don’t give it much thought. If we ask “Why?” mu ...
- The Keystone XL Pipeline: buried by bad decisions
Today’s guest post is from Brian L. Horejsi, one of Canada’s toughest conservationists. As early as fall 2011 President Obama and administration insiders will approve the construction of the massive Keystone XL pipeline. With the stroke of that pen the gates will open to the daily flow of about ...
- Congratulations to The Center for Biological D ...
What terrific news from our friends at the Center! We appreciate their efforts and hope you do, too. Please show them your support with your thanks and a donation. Check out the Center’s Historic Victory website for more on this breaking agreement. I’ve been waiting years to write these w ...
- Trekking for Rewilding – Exploring Strands of ...
Text and photos by John Davis Wildlands Network/TrekEast Dave Foreman summarized brilliantly in his latest Around the Campfire why we need an Eastern Wildway and what basic steps need to be taken to achieve it. As a Rewilding Fellow, and co-founder of the Wildlands Project with Dave and other s ...
- False Flag Events
Guest post: By ‘Be informed’ What is a false flag event? False flag events are anything that has been made to look like something that it really isn’t. “Your” government can create chaos to create diversions away from what it is “really” doing. This deceit has many other purposes such as excuses ...
- ‘How-To’ Canning Guides for Garden ...
It’s garden harvest season, and what to do with all of that bounty? You can only eat so much of it while it’s still fresh, you may give some of it away, but don’t forget about the best of all – preserve it for later! I came across some resources which may help you with [...]
- How To Escape From A Sinking Car
Hopefully you will never have to actually escape from a sinking car, but, if you are ever in that unfortunate situation, this is how you do it… Although it may go against your reflex, immediately open your window as soon as you can, after you hit the water. Your best chance to get out of [...]
- Flood? Flooding, the Most Likely Natural Disaster
Flash Flooding is a natural disaster that is not limited by geography. Flooding will strike in deserts, rain forests, it hits populated areas, it hits out in the sticks, the mountains, and the valleys. A particular danger of Flash floods is that they can develop very rapidly, often in just a few ...
- Prepping For Economic Collapse
So, your main concern and reason for prepping and preparing to ‘make it’ when times get tough, is because of the threatening economic situation (house of cards) in Europe and the United States. From the standpoint of survival preparedness for economic survival, what are the specifics that may be ...
- Kiva City: Using Microloans To Revitalize Smal ...
Building off its incredibly success funding entrepreneurs in the developing world, the microloan company has turned its eye toward America, where it's giving loans in cities like New Orleans and Detroit. Microfinance platform Kiva has proven many times over that people are willing to give $25 ...
- Groupon IPO Delay, Facebook Boosts iPhone App, ...
This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.Gogo Goes Local. Delta Airlines is fitting out its CRJ700 regional jet with Gogo's Wi-Fi service. The aircrafts are in operation already, and when their wifi service is activated, they will be the first regional fl ...
- Management Maxims From Kim Kardashian, Communi ...
Kim Kardashian knows how to stay on message, to amplify that message through partners, and to make everything look beautiful. Here are 10 lessons from her communications juggernaut that managers should adopt to make their initiatives succeed.As I was watching snippets of the Kim Kardashian weddi ...
- The Gates Foundation Uses Genetic Modification ...
The Gates Foundation is bringing stronger, hardier versions of staple crops to the developing world. Do the good motives outweigh the issues with GM food? It's easy to demonize genetically modified crops. After all, we don't exactly know what their long-term health effects are, and they have th ...
- 4 Details Amazon Must Nail With New Kindle Tab ...
The Kindle tablet is coming. (You may have heard a little about this.) Amazon's just redesigned its main website with changes that make it more tablet-friendly, and one writer is even claiming to have used the device. It's believed to cost "hundreds" less than the iPad does, and this alone has e ...
- The UN Palmer Inquiry and Israel’s Attack on t ...
The UN released its report, �Secretary-General�s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident� on Friday, 2 September 2011. The Report addressed issues relating to Israel�s attack on the Mavi Marmara � which left 9 Turkish civilians dead, and some 55 others wounded � and conclud ...
- Kamal Salibi (1929-2011)
Scholars of Lebanon collectively grieved at the news of the passing of Kamal Salibi, eminent historian, professor, and prolific author, on Thursday, 1 September. Salibi spent most of his academic career as a faculty member of the Department of History and Archeology at the American Unive ...
- Cannes ya ma Cannes Ramallah [Gone to Palestin ...
We�d been invited to the Franco-German cultural center to see a film by a leftist Israeli filmmaker. The advance notice had said that �this was perhaps the most important film on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ever made.� It was endorsed by a couple well-known intellectuals from abroad ...
- العلماء والسلطة: سوريا نموذجاً
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- Escaping Mumana'a and the US-Saudi Counter-Rev ...
Ahmad Shokr and Anjali Kamat (AS&AK): The Syrian people have been resisting for months now and keep coming out on the streets despite escalating repression. How would you characterize the uprising in Syria and where do you think it is heading? Fawwaz Trabulsi (FT):�People I�ve talked to ...
- Adobe Digital Publishing Suite To Support iOS ...
Adobe: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite To Support iOS 5 Newsstand — For immediate release — Publishers To Create Newsstand-enabled Applications with Full Support for Subscriptions — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that publishers will be able to use Adobe® Digital …
- A wave of consolidation? Some context on Media ...
Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab: A wave of consolidation? Some context on MediaNews, Journal Register, and Alden Global Capital — The big newspaper news this morning is that two of the nation's largest remaining chains, Journal Register Co. and MediaNews Group, are executing something ...
- Wall Street Journal Page One Editor Alix Freed ...
Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer: Wall Street Journal Page One Editor Alix Freedman Named Reuters Ethics Editor — Ms. Freedman is a decorated journalist. (via Zimbio) — Alix M. Freedman has been named Global Editor for Ethics and Standards at Reuters. She comes from the Wall Street Jo ...
- Digital First: The Next Step (Jxpaton/Digital ...
Jxpaton / Digital First: Digital First: The Next Step — Today marks another important step for Digital First. — As announced earlier this morning, we have formed a new company - Digital First Media Inc. It will manage both the Journal Register Company and Media News Group and its mission wi ...
- MediaNews and Journal Register Co. brought und ...
Steve Myers / Poynter: MediaNews and Journal Register Co. brought under one roof with John Paton at helm — Journal Register Co. announced Wednesday that it is creating a company called Digital First Media Inc. to manage it and MediaNewsGroup. John Paton will be CEO of Digital First and will ...
Cover of The Riddle of the Sands
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