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'Green News Report' - October 6, 2011
TWITTER: @GreenNewsReport VIA SMART PHONE: Stitcher Radio! IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Coal is a drag on the economy; Coast Guard said 'NO!', but Arctic drilling a 'GO' anyway; Surprise! Koch Industries lied about profiting from Keystone XL Pipeline; PLUS: Occupy Wall St. protesters rally to save the future with action on clean energy & climate change ... All that and more in today's Green N
Guest Hosting 'Malloy Show' Wednesday!
[Now UPDATED with tonight's audio archives below!] The revolution may not be televised...but it will be radio-active as we #OccupyYOURPublicAirwaves! I'll be guest-hosting the nationally syndicated Mike Malloy Show tonight, tomorrow and Friday as Mike heads to D.C. to emcee the kick off of the October2011.org demonstration and we'll be As ever, we'll be BradCasting LIVE 9pm-Mid ET (6p-9p PT), coa
Minneapolis, St. Paul Police Agree to Pay $100k to Settle Lawsuit After Arrests of Amy Goodman, Producers of Democracy Now! at 2008 RNC
The St. Paul and Minneapolis police departments, along with the U.S. Secret Service, have agreed to pay $100,000 in compensation as part of a settlement in a federal lawsuit filed after the inappropriate arrests and detentions of journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! and two of her producers at the 2008 Republican National Convention. The settlement also includes an agreement that the St. Paul
Maine's Republican Sec. of State Sends Intimidating Letter to Lawfully Registered Suzie-Q ★ 15 
Portland Oregon preparing for Wall Street protests.
OCCUPYPORTLAND.ORG Occupy Portland is a nonviolent movement for accountability in the United States government. At 12PM on October 6th, 2011 we will assemble at Tom McCall Waterfront Park, 1020 Southwest Naito Parkway in Portland, OR. We will gather in solidarity with the ongoing protest in New York City, Occupy Wall Street, and the growing number of cities whose people will no longer sit back
Thom Hartmann’s News Report
And this from…. Senator Bernie Sanders October 1, 2011 Occupy Wall Street “More and more people understand that if we’re going to get out of this recession, if we’re going to create the millions of jobs we desperately need, you have to look at Wall Street. These are the crooks who plunged us into the horrendous economic situation we’re in right now,” Sanders told Dylan Ratigan on MSNBC. In a radi
Worldwide War: 50 Years of the Military Industrial Complex
Worldwide War: 50 Years of the Military Industrial Complex David Swanson | Global Research | Posted on: September 28, 2011 Did you know that redirecting a fraction of our military spending to education, green energy, healthcare, and tax cuts would create a job for every unemployed or underemployed person in the country (including those losing war industry jobs during this conversion)? It’s true.
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Series of events: what next for India and Pakistan?
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is to kick off a series of four events with a speech exploring the complex and intimate relationships between Pakistan, Britain and the Pakistani diaspora in the UK. The four debates will discuss: · Given the historic ties between Britain and Pakistan (with 1.2 Million British citizens having Pakistani heritage and over 10,000 people flying from Manchester Airport to
Speaking at launch of Centre for Identities and Social Justice
This is public interest note… I’ll be speaking at the launch of a new think-tank based at Goldsmiths college called ‘Centre for Identities and Social Justice’. The event will take place on Wednesday, 5th October, 6pm. LG Theatre 1, The New Academic Building TOPIC THE PREVENT AGENDA: What are its unintended and intended consequences? SPEAKERS LORD CARLILE (Liberal Democrat, House of Lords) SUNNY HU
Boycotting The Durga Puja
This is a guest post by Rita Banerji. She blogs here. Calcutta currently is in the midst of the Durga Puja – the 10 day carnival celebrating the goddess Durga. It is the annual climax of Calcutta’s cultural ethos. Not having grown up in Calcutta, I had never actually attended this celebration as a child. So at 30 when I moved to the city, I was fascinated and curious. I photographed the celebr
EDL exposed in damning academic report
As recently highlighted by The Guardian, the ugly reality of the English Defence League has been exposed in a newly-published report by Dr Matthew Feldman and Dr Paul Jackson at Northampton University’s Radicalism and New Media Research Group. The report was formally released during a major international conference recently hosted by the RNM; it is based on extensive independent research and is a
I’m working on a new project
It wouldn’t have escaped your notice that I’ve been blogging a lot less here lately. This isn’t just because running Liberal Conspiracy is a full time job – it is because I’ve been working on another big project. Eons ago, long before I got into blogging, writing or anything to do with the media, I worked at a technology start-up. I joined straight after university and the ‘dotcom boom’ was in ful
Police pays out £20k for wrongful arrest of ‘terrorist’
The Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police has paid £20,000 in compensation to Rizwaan Sabir for his wrongful arrest and seven days’ detention under the Terrorism Act 2000 in May 2008. Mr Sabir – currently a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde researching domestic UK counter-terrorism policy – was arrested after downloading an edited version of the ‘The Al-Qaeda Training Manual’ from
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Update to Job area of Green White
Some of you might remember we launched a startup focused job area few months back. At that time it was just a limited functionality area. How ever people from bayt came forward and offered me to help make it better. And they have been able to setup a job portal for greenwhite users. you can go check it out at http://jobs.greenwhite.org Now you can create your organizations profiles and post jobs,
Reboot – Here I go again
Credits to Jawwad Farid's Book This is more of a personal update not a lot of tech news so you can skip if you want to. The picture you see is of Jawwad Farid’s book reboot I could not find a better picture to depict what I will be doing again. Long time in past I was a happy employee doing my corporate job and happy at my achievements of next rank, next bonus and new 22 inch monitor. My bad l
Ten Pearls wins another Nokia Award
TenPearls has gon ahead to claim another win in the world of Nokia, They have recently won Nokia and AT&T Innovators 2011 Contest for their game Animal 101. Ten Pearl has been doing very well on the Nokia front, last time TenPearls got selected for Nokia Ovi publisher Successes and earlier they Wons NOKIA 1st Prize for Most Innovative Mobile App. Seems the trend goes on and we have one company
About time : Pakistan Government establishes Social Media Cell
Image via Wikipedia So finally our tech aware Government realizes the importance of social media and sets up a Social Media Cell. Our politicians have been slowly understanding the need to stay in touch with people through use of social media with a lot of prominent political leaders already having twitter accounts and facebook pages. However there was little or no effort from our government to
The Angry Black Woman ★ 8
On Being An Actual Nigger Woman
I can remember the very first time someone called me a nigger. I was 12 years old and in the 8th grade. I was walking from the gifted program at Kenwood high school in Chicago back to Kozminski, my grammar school. I wasn’t alone, there were 5 of us that walked that way every day. Two boys and three girls. All kind of nerdy, but with delusions of coolness ahead in high school. And every day these
Life with Racism & Kids
My sons are 12 & 5. They’re black. Male. Adorable. Sweet. Sarcastic. Silly. Oh sure, my oldest is biracial, but he can’t pass for anything but light skinned black male. And he chooses to ID as black. Some of that is probably about his biological father’s abandonment & his subsequent attachment to his black stepfather. He’s a great kid, who loves life, video games, his family, drawing &
RIP Troy Davis Time of death 11:08pm
I have a lot of black men in my life that I love. My husband, my sons, my nephews, my friends…I’m crying right now so this may be scattered. Any of the men I love could be Troy Davis. My husband’s first brush with the law was at 13 when a cop beat him up. Didn’t arrest him. Didn’t even tell him why he hit him. He was playing with friends one minute & being beaten the next. Think about that fo
Foodstamps 101
So I’ve seen more than a few posts lately from people who are in positions where food is scarce and so is money. And I’ve been in more than a few financially insecure situations myself, so I’m going to talk to you about poverty in America & making it work when you’re broke as hell in the United States. First off, apply for food stamps. Yes, even if you don’t have any children. If anyone tells
Check your BC, peeps!
Several brands of birth control pills are being recalled because they, uh, don’t work right. The brands included are: Cyclafem 7/7/7 Cyclafem 1/35 Emoquette Gildess FE 1.5/30 Gildess FE 1/20 Orsythia Previfem Tri-Previfem Basically, they’re labelled wrong, so you can still get pregnant even if you are taking them correctly. Jesus. I’m a little WTF over some of the media on this, like: The error
Amused Cynicism ★ 4
Conservative poster
This poster sums up what the Tories stand for: Via Bright Green
German Pirates on 8%
Following their recent victory in Berlin, the German Pirate Party are now polling nationwide at 8%. This is important, as it’s over the 5% hurdle imposed by the German electoral system: so if people continue to support the Pirates at this level, they will definitely get elected to the Bundestag and European Parliament. The next Bundestag election is due in 2013, and if the Pirates do well then, it
Pirate Party UK launches an open policy consultation
Britain’s branch of the worldwide Pirate Party movement, Pirate Party UK, has launched a policy consultation. Unlike other parties who only care what corporations and big donors think, Pirate Party UK cares about what you think. To that end we’ve launched a policy consultation: everyone can propose a policy and debate the policies that’ve been proposed. It’s being hosted on the popular discussion
Town Called Dobson ★ 3
Steve Jobs RIP
I always thought his belief in reincarnation was so infused in his work. Apple is famous for their product cycles and how they will kill something to great nerd rage and grief, only to come out with something new that takes their breath away. Life. Death. Rebirth. He was a complicated man and I will miss him.
Will the GOP come out against math?
The current crop of Republican candidates have come out against basic science recently following the trend of dumbing down America. Breaking it down, they have stated they believe the Earth is only 6000 years old, hence they do not believe in Geology. GOP candidates stated they don’t believe burning fossil fuels leads to climate change, hence they do not believe in Chemistry. GOP candidates have
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Profiling: Security and trust, suspicion and scapegoating
Ever since 9/11, the American Muslim community has been placed under a tremendous amount of scrutiny. Even now, more than ten years after those terrible events, the cloud of suspicion has not lifted over the community. According to a months-long investigation, the Associated Press has published an article claiming that the New York Police Department, with apparent help from the CIA, has engaged in
Response to recession: Less mosques, more charity
It was announced recently that 40,000 Bank of America employees are being laid off. My heart feels broken over the news. It seems like every time there is a chance that we as a country can pull together and work through this, something else knocks us back down a couple of notches. The economic news is compounded by the fact that before these layoffs, 15 percent of our country was already in povert
Social change in Saudi: Using the media to amplify women’s voices
Social media was abuzz with excitement at Saudi King Abdullah’s recent decision to appoint women to the Shura (consultative) Council and to allow them to vote and run in the 2015 municipal elections. The right to vote and hold public office has been at the top of Saudi women’s demands for the past decade and has been widely discussed in social and traditional media. If you enter the world of socia
Perceptions of Muslims: What’s pork got to do with it?
In 2004, I was working in Washington, D.C. with the largest Muslim civil rights organization in America when I received a telephone call from a distressed American Muslim woman. She reported standing outside her home in Maryland when a car filled with teenage boys sped by but not before throwing a ham sandwich at her. She was calling to report this as a bias incident. Like Jews, Muslims are religi
US-Pakistan relations: Tragedy of two countries
An unassuming Iraqi peasant sitting down to a meal, some Afghan shopkeeper pulling down his shutters and some Pakhtun elder leading a jirga are caught in a circle of death along with New York firefighters and Pentagon janitors. On the shores of the United States there has been much commemoration, the date having become an iconised day of mourning to invest meaning in two confusing wars. On Pakista
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“A Painful (Yet Familiar) Ritual” by Michael W. Waters
Excellent article by Michael W. Waters My only son turned five years old last week. He is a handsome, articulate, energetic, intelligent, fun-loving and gentle young man. He is the apple of my eye! There’s only one problem: he is Black. And as his father, I am challenged to do for him what generations of African American fathers have had to do for their sons for far too long in this country; I mu
“Elite Liberal Libelers: The Modern Face of Black-on-Black Crime” By Lisa Fritsch
Op-ed submission by Project 21 Jesse Jackson, Andre Carson, Maxine Waters and Walter Fauntroy are the new face of black-on-black crime. The term “black-on-black crime” was coined in the eighties to publicize shockingly disproportionate amounts of violent crimes perpetrated within the black community. Now, instead of Bloods and Crips, the new gang threatening black neighborhoods can be called the “
“Quantum Beauty” by Lesley Ann Brown
Sister Ana recommended this post from the blog, blackgirls on mars. It’s brilliant and very insightful… the best thing I’ve read in quite a while. Click on image below.
“Making the Case For Digital Activism” by Jessica Ann Mitchell
Post submission by Jessica Ann Mitchell The recent Troy Davis case sparked a firestorm of digital outcries. Online protests were launched along with online petitions. Amnesty International collected over 630,000 signatures in support of Davis. Twitter and Facebook were both taken over by hashtags and updates. Millions of people were discussing the case and educating others about it. The Davis case
Amygdala ★ 6
Off With Their Heads!
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!I say we just kill all accused murderers from now on.Think of the money saved, the deficit, and, of course, the children.Now that we've established that the courts and Constitution don't matter, let's just jail all the accused criminals, too. Why lose sleep? They're murderers and criminals!The state says so.All Presidents need the power to assassinate people simply because the
Said The Red Queen
SAID THE RED QUEEN.First, we don't kill all the lawyers. Let's continue the examination of the lawfulness of the killings of American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan I began in my post, Off With Their Heads! (Many comments there; Amygdala version here.(That various other non-citizens, including Muhammad Salme al-Naaj and Abdul-Rahman bin Arfaj, and another several Yemenis, were killed
Papers, Please
PAPERS, PLEASEChildren.Who we hates, we do, because their parents are illegal immigrants.And in Alabama, this is now happening: FOLEY, Alabama -- Many of the 223 Hispanic students at Foley Elementary came to school Thursday crying and afraid, said Principal Bill Lawrence. Nineteen of them withdrew, and another 39 were absent, Lawrence said, the day after a federal judge upheld much of Alabama’s s
You'Re Only As Small As Your Dreams
YOU'RE ONLY AS SMALL AS YOUR DREAMS. Dream large. Read more posts at Amygdala!
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Johann Hari Vs. Johann Hari On The Ethics Of Making Sh!t Up
by matttbastard Johann Hari, September 2011: “If I had asked the many experienced colleagues I have here at The Independent… they would have explained just how wrong I was. It was arrogant and stupid of me not to ask.” Indeed it was — or was it…? Johann Hari, June 2011: “I called round…other interviewers for British newspapers and they said what I did was normal practice and they had done it t
Looking Backward in the Year 2011
by matttbastard Der Spiegel runs down W’s “tragic legacy” in the long, long, looooong decade of U.S. decline that followed 9/11: America was trapped in Iraq for years, where a victory was a long time coming and was never a real one. It is currently trapped in Afghanistan, where victory no longer even seems possible. And it is trapped in an embrace with his its ally Pakistan, which it does not tru
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American Leftist ★ 15
We've Been Occupied by Wall Street for Years
@OccupyTheHood, Occupy Wall Street from adele pham on Vimeo.Please consider watching this video in its entirety. It is a powerful, first hand account of what motivates people to participate in Occupy Wall Street and how they have emotionally bonded with those they have encountered. It also provides a good opportunity to address an important issue in relation to this movement. One can readily fi
#OccupyWallStreet
UPDATE 2: UPDATE 1: A compelling story of insisting upon inclusion within OWS: On Thursday night I showed up at Occupy Wall Street with a bunch of other South Asians coming from a South Asians for Justice meeting. Sonny joked that he should have brought his dhol so we could enter like it was a baarat. When we got there they were passing around and reading a sheet of paper that had the Declaration
JPMorgan Chase Loves the NYPD
New York City Police Foundation — New YorkJPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD'
The Assassination of Anwar al-Awlaki
UPDATE: Was there a deal that enabled Saleh to return to Yemen in return for assistance in killing al-Awlaki? Here was some of the reaction in Yemen: Fayza Sulieman, a protest leader, said: We always question the timing of these announcements from our government, Saleh is on the backfoot and on the verge of stepping down and suddenly Anwar Awlaki is killed. We all know that Saleh's fight against
A Sunday Afternoon at the Library
A couple of weekends ago, I took my young son to an event at the downtown library here in Sacramento. It was an event for children with activities, music and a little drama to celebrate Mark Twain, who, because of his brief time in the Central Valley during the Gold Rush, has been adopted as the city's honorary intellectual and author. Certainly, you could do a lot worse, even if the emphasis is
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Republicans don't support all the troops
by Brian Irving: Gay soldier booed and commander-in-chief aspirants remain silent
My Faith
by KLH: I am writing about how being open to a diversity of faiths instead of bashing them has made my faith stronger.
Occupy Wall Street: Protestors move the ash heap of history to Zuccotti Park
by B. S. Kalafut: From ex post facto laws to price controls, a critical look at some of the ideas current among the Occupy Wall Street set.
Debit Card Fees
by Jonathan Cymberknopf: Banking Fees are being fiercely hiked across the nation. Debit Card fees have now been imposed by most banks such as Wells Fargo, Regions, Suntrust & Bank of America further squeezing the consumer thanks again to more government intrusion.
The Ignorant American Label
by Alinka Rutkowska: The ignorant Americans have been ridiculed for years for their geographic illiteracy. But there is a way to ignite childrens interest in the world and raise open-minded, well-read, well-educated citizens.
Nolan Chart - Get Off Your Butts!
by Bill Gee: The "Occupy" movement is growing like a tsunami in cities across the nation. Where are YOU?
WWF - Latest News ★ 17
Coral Triangle businesses partner for conservation breakthroughs
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Hundreds of business, government and civil society leaders will come together for the Coral Triangle Initiative Regional Business Forum next week and take serious steps towards protecting the world’s most diverse marine environment. Held from October 10 – 11 in Kuala Lumpur, the forum will broadly address Innovative Solutions Today for Sustainable Resources Tomorrow in t
One year after the red mud disaster: WWF warns of more "ticking time bombs"
Wien/Budapest: A year after the red mud disaster in Hungary, WWF warns that little has been done to prevent further such catastrophes from occurring. “Hungary has let its presidency of the European Union pass without taking any action to defuse further ticking time bombs in Central and Eastern Europe”, said Gabory Figeczky, CEO of WWF Hungary. WWF called on the European Commission to draw up an
Leading Singaporean supermarket chain says “no” to shark fin
Singapore – Prominent Singapore-based supermarket chain Cold Storage has joined the WWF Singapore Sustainable Seafood Group and marked its commitment with an announcement that it will stop selling all shark fin and shark products in its 42 outlets across the country. WWF Singapore Sustainable Seafood Group was launched in April this year and provides businesses with the guidance they need to sou
US and Indonesia announce $28.5 million debt swap to protect Borneo’s tropical forests
Jakarta, Indonesia - The Nature Conservancy and WWF are joining with the Indonesian and US Governments today to sign a debt-for-nature swap agreement that will result in a new US$28.5 million investment to help protect tropical forests in three districts of Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. The deal will create models for forest conservation and sustainable economic development in Borneo, the third
Bioenergy’s potential risks as grave as potential benefits are good
Strong social and environmental safeguards are needed to protect people and the planet from unsustainable bioenergy expansion, says conservation organization WWF. Bioenergy is any energy made from materials such as wood, sugarcane, corn and algae. It is often touted as an environmentally friendly alternative to fossil fuels, and governments that have made ambitious commitments to cut greenhouse g
Climate-proofing tomorrow’s cities, today
On a hellish September week two years ago, millions of Filipinos were literally up to their necks in misery. Typhoon Ondoy, labelled by Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) spokesman Nathaniel Cruz as a 'possible manifestation of climate change', brought Metro Manila its highest amount of rainfall in the past 42 years. It took the lives o
Texas Liberal ★ 43
Red, White, And Blue In Bristol, Rhode Island—Add On Pitch For Occupy Wall Street
Many of the streets in Bristol, Rhode Island have red, white, and blue dividing lines. And many of the houses have American flags. The home in the picture above was just a normal residential house. The picture above was taken a month after the Fourth of July. Those flags and the bunting on that house were not just up for the Fourth. In Rhode Island two months ago I noticed a large number of homes
Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth Is Dead—Major Figure Of The Civil Rights Movement
Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth of Birmingham, Alabama and Cincinnati, Ohio died on October 5, 2011 at age 89. (Above–Rev. Shuttlesworth.) Rev. Shuttlesworth was one of the most significant figures of the Civil Rights movement. Rev. Shuttlesworth called Martin Luther King to Birmingham and was beaten severely fighting for the cause of equal rights for all Americans. Rev. Shuttlesworth’s death was ove
Pictures From The First Day Of Occupy Houston—Learn About The Occupy Effort On Your Own And Determine What You Think
Today I attended the Occupy Houston event in Downtown Houston. (Update 10/7/11–Here is an update on day two of Occupy from the Houston Chronicle.) Here is why I got involved in this effort. Though Houston police estimated the crowd to have been about 200, I think the crowd was larger than that. It may have been closer to 500 at the beginning. In any case, the event had some energy and it felt lik
Occupy Houston March To Start On Thursday, October 6 At 8:30 AM—Why I Will Be There
(Update– 10/06/11–Here is my post on the event today.) (Blogger’s Note— I’m going to say just I what I said yesterday in this space with one new link at the bottom and a new poster for the event below the links. I’ve been heartened by the amount of blog traffic my posts on the Occupy movement and Occupy Houston have been receiving. Let’s be hopeful and see where all this leads.) I’ve worked e
Why I’m Attending The Occupy Houston Protest On Thursday, October 6 At 8:30 AM At Market Square Park
(Update– 10/06/11–Here is my post on the event today.) I’ve worked ever since I graduated college. I willingly pay all my taxes. I vote in every election. I write a political blog so I can be part of our democracy. I spend much of my free time reading and following baseball. Maybe I’m the conservative. Maybe my friends are the conservatives. Maybe the Occupy Wall Street folks are the conservative
Occupy Houston Event To Be Held On October 6—It Starts At Market Square Park At 8:30 AM
(Update– 10/06/11–Here is my post on the event today.) Below are details about the Occupy Houston protest to be held later this week. Here is the Occupy Houston website. Here is why I will be taking part in this event. I will be at this event. I hope you will attend as well. The details as written by Occupy Houston— IT’S TIME TO STAND UP. Join @OccupyHouston and the rest of the 99% On October 6,
Syria Comment ★ 15
The Issue Of Foreign Intervention – US Calls on Assad to “Step Down Now”. Robert Ford, making a difference
As Syria approaches the seven month anniversary of its conflict, the following is becoming clear: 1- The Syrian military and internal security apparatus is a cohesive group that seems unlikely to disintegrate anytime soon. There is no doubt that some desertions have taken place. But these have been too sporadic to make a noticeable rupture in the army’s control over the Syrian territory. 2-
Reactions to the U.N Vote And Is the E.U. About to Sanction Syria’s Central Bank?
The U.S. and the E.U. are still smarting from last night’s veto decision at the U.N. The British Foreign Secretary had this to say at his party’s conference today: “The decision of Russia and China to veto this resolution, and to side with a brutal regime rather than with the people of Syria, is deeply mistaken and regrettable. We will redouble our efforts to work with other nations to increase th
The First Legally Binding Decision Against Syria Fails At the U.N.
After nearly three months of negotiations and concessions, the U.S. and its European allies were dealt a blow at the UNSC. Even after they agreed to a steady watering down of the language in the final text, both Russia and China still vetoed the UN resolution on Syria. This was a repeat of the same double veto by Russia and China back in 2008 against Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe. This would have bee
The Import Suspension Decision Was Indeed “Temporary” –
The decision to suspend imports for goods that have over 5% custom duties was supposed to be “temporary” when it was announced on September 22. The temporary nature of the decision was evident this morning when the decision was cancelled merely 12 days after it was adopted. SANA made the news official after the weekly Tuesday ministerial meeting which produced the announcement that the Syrian gove
The Formation of the Syrian National Council – Please note Corrections and Apology
Syria experienced three noteworthy events over the past few days. First, the government has by all accounts taken full control of the restive area of Rastan. Second, the son of the country’s Mufti was shot dead together with a university Professor. Third, the opposition launched a joint National Council. Personal Apology: As many readers are already aware, an earlier version of this note relied on
Syria Faces A New Economic Reality – By Ehsani
Syria Faces A New Economic Reality By Ehsani for Syria Comment Sept 26, 2011 The recently announced import suspension prohibits the import of all products that have a customs duty of over 5 percent. This notice also covers countries that Syria signed a free trade agreement with (Turkey, Ukraine and the Arab countries for example). The original signed free trade agreements will no longer be fully
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Maryland County Commission Hires Extremist Blogger
So what do you do when you’ve successfully saved the planet from efforts to save the planet? If you’re ultra-conservative blogger James Simpson, the answer is: Get paid. And by government no less. Simpson, who has written numerous articles for conservative websites including American Thinker, has railed against what he and other right-wing conspiracy buffs claim [...]
Extremists of Many Stripes Gather at Values Voter Summit 2011
The anti-gay hate group Family Research Council (FRC) brought quite a collection of extremists to Washington, D.C., for its Values Voter Summit 2011 (VVS). According to the FRC, the event, which is being held today and tomorrow at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, has an attendance of some 3,000. It’s co-sponsored by organizations, like the American [...]
Values Voter Summit – or Anti-LGBT Hate Fest?
Starting today, a number of prominent public figures will be attending and speaking at the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of socially conservative activists in Washington. But just what kind of values are they promoting? The summit is hosted by the Family Research Council (FRC) and co-hosted by the American Family Association (AFA) –groups that [...]
It’s the Liberals, Stupid
Whether unmasking crypto-Muslim conspiracies, revealing the secret source of Hitler’s power, or scrutinizing the president’s past for signs of fraud, the tireless fantasists at Joseph Farah’s far-right WorldNetDaily always have the news behind the news. So what’s the latest? This: Because white people are not having enough babies, America is in for 20 years of economic stagnation. [...]
White Supremacist Ex-Con Arrested in Double Murder
A 31-year-old white supremacist once associated with a neo-Nazi gang known as the “Aryan Death Squad” and his female companion are in custody in northern California as suspects in two murders and the disappearance of a disabled veteran. David Joseph Pedersen, convicted of threatening to murder federal Judge Edward Lodge of Idaho in 2001, was arrested [...]
Neo-Confederates Offer Creative Take on ‘War Between the States’
In February 1961, more than 50,000 people – including three state governors – showed up in Montgomery, Ala., to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Jefferson Davis’ inauguration as the first (and only) president of the Confederate States of America. It was one of many massive events that would mark the controversial, racially charged centennial of [...]
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Doctors' Rx: No more brain toxins
Health professionals are adding their voices to the demand that EPA protect children from the brain toxin chlorpyrifos. Citing a growing body of scientific evidence linking exposure to this widely used pesticide with harms to children's health, more than two dozen health care professionals from across the country submitted a letter to EPA yesterday, calling on the agency to follow their p
Just label it!
A staggering majority of Americans, 93% in fact, want to know when we're eating genetically engineered food. With up to 80% of the non-organic products on our shelves containing GE ingredients, and little-to-no long-term studies on their effects, we are concerned. Meanwhile much of the rest of the world — including Japan, Australia, the European Union and China — already requires genetica
Heinz Awards honor humor, poetry & science
From edgy films about sustainable food to intimately personal stories about the dangers of chemicals in the womb, this year’s Heinz Award winners bring a powerful blend of poetry, science and humor to their work. Since 1994, this award has honored people doing extraordinary things in an area important to the late Senator John Heinz. This year’s winners are working to protect our environment,
Policies fail again as pesticides kill children in Peru
Last week in Peru 90 people were poisoned and at least three children died from donated food contaminated with pesticides. A horrifying example of the on-the-ground consequences of broken policy. If only this were an isolated incident. But the reality is, tragedies like this happen because the rules on pesticides just don't work. Not in the U.S., and not in many countries around the world.
Mexican maize ready for climate change
“Sin MaÃz, No Hay PaÃs!” The chant is ringing out this morning across the fields, villages and towns of Mexico, in recognition of Mexico’s National Day of Corn, September 29. “Without corn, there is no country!” is the literal translation of this ongoing national campaign to celebrate and protect the cultural heritage and significance of corn to the Mexican people. With the campaign entering i
Guest blog: Young farmworkers are "Overworked & Under Spray"
Last week Toxic Free North Carolina released our latest Farm Worker Documentary Project film, Overworked & Under Spray. It’s a short piece featuring six high school-aged farmworkers’ stories about being sprayed with agricultural pesticides while tending crops in fields across the state. For two months this summer, I crisscrossed the eastern side of North Carolina with our Student Action wi
IPS Inter Press Service Earth Alert: Confronting Climate Change ★ 34
MEXICO: Efficient Transport Needed for a Cleaner Environment
Policies for higher fuel efficiency in vehicles could contribute to reducing the carbon footprint of transportation, which is responsible for 23 percent of the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, according to experts at a meeting in the Mexican capital.
World Will Pay Dear If It Fails to Combat Land Degradation
Land degradation threatens populations and their livelihoods, driving food insecurity and decreasing productivity. Yet no comprehensive action has been taken to address this issue, and if none is taken now, degradation and all of its serious implications for the future will skyrocket, says a new study.
Q&A: "The Future of Brazil is the Natural Knowledge Economy"
Brazil could play a leading role in a new global agenda for sustainable development and become an "environmental power", says Carlos Nobre, one of the world's foremost climate change experts.
U.S.: Solar Homes Offer New Hope for Renewable Energy
As a light drizzle fell Saturday, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu pointed to solar houses constructed by students on the National Mall park in Washington as evidence that the U.S can compete internationally in the renewable energy market to create jobs and win "the war against climate change".
Q&A: Environmental Awareness Through Imagery
Through photo and film, French photojournalist Yann Arthus-Bertrand aims to demonstrate the environmental impacts of human activity and to raise public awareness about environmental issues.
MEXICO: Women Left Out of U.N. Forest Plan
Despite the growing participation of women in forestry projects in Mexico, the national strategy for the United Nations-led REDD+ forest plan in this country lacks a gender focus.
WORLD TRUTH TODAY ★ 19
Nazi Expert: ‘I Have Proof Hitler Died In 1960s’
Painting depicting an aged Adolf Hitler in his 70s “The biggest revelation is an authenticated secret German document which lists Hitler as one of the passengers evacuated by plane from Austria to Barcelona on April 26, 1945.” Although official history contends Hitler committed suicide with his newlywed wife, Eva Braun, on April, 30 1945 and their corpses were burned by others in the Be
Total Collapse – The Build up to World War III
So far in my videos discussing the economic collapse of the U.S. I have left out one important element: World War Three. WWIII is not going to be an accident. It will not be caused by an unfortunate chain events that the U.S. struggles to avoid. It is a goal, a specific objective that must be reached in order to force a cultural shift that the population would otherwise never accept. It is only f
If You Do Not Learn Real History…
FROM BLOG: http://vidrebel.wordpress.com Edith Cavell was a British nurse in World War I who wrote in the April 15th issue of the Nursing Mirror of her plan to bring the Great War to a speedy conclusion. She was executed under orders from William Wiseman the head of MI6 for North America. She had discovered that the British relief program to feed the Belgian widows and orphans was a fraud used by
The Fall Of America: Judgement? Engineered? Or Both
by Zen Gardner There you have it in a nutshell. Why would anyone want to leave? “It’s such a lovely place” as the Eagles sing in “Hotel California”. Unfortunately but very deliberately, this new model you see above is rapidly metastasizing around the world. Ironically the “advanced” or “developed” countries are the most thoroughly diseased with this paranoid, surveillance state condition.
BBC Speechless As Trader Tells Truth
In a BBC interview aired last week, Wall Street trader Alessio Rastani stunned the world by actually telling the truth. Notice that he hasn’t been asked back for any interviews? Watch the full interview on NaturalNews.TV: http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=5EB5A… Here’s the complete transcript: Alessio Rastani:: …it’s gonna crash and it’s gonna fall pretty hard. Because markets are ruled right now by f
Lessons Not Learned: More Than 60% of Americans Still Plan On Getting Flu finance
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