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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

22 August - News Notes

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Courses will provide advanced education and CEC's or CEU's, for personal trainers, group fitness instructors, physical therapists, registered dietitians, athletic trainers, nurses, and chiropractors seeking recertification or career advancement. 

 

The Peculiar Stability of Instability

...impressive racism of the piece....the continuity of concerns. Arab/Israeli conflict? Check! Rising China causing problems with U.S. allies? Check! Worries about European burden sharing (and their worrying about U.S. policy)? Double check! Other governments using U.S. policies to justify their own actions (anti-terrorism now, anti-Communism then)? Triple check! And, behind it all, the idea of the United States as a shriveled, retreating power--an idea that definitely has currency today

Robert Lieber's new book about declinism is useful for its able recapping of previous generations' declinism debates even if you're skeptical about the book's central hypothesis 

Although the Cold War is almost uncritically presented in most intro IR courses as a period of bipolarity, the similarity of today's declinism debates (during a period usually described as unipolar) to those that took place more than forty years ago should raise questions about whether we've misclassified one, or both, of those periods. 

 

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The Rape of Society
Society & Culture  (tags: Abuse, activism, Rape, violence against women, women's rights, worldwide hippies, WWH )
Joseph - 9 hours ago - worldwidehippies.com
I had just been told that my daughter was raped. I glance toward the door. I feel drunk, as if my legs can't hold my weight. I grasp the window sill and push my forehead against the window. I need air. I gasp, choking on the silent scream that sticks
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The Peculiar Stability of Instability
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: propaganda, usa, war, prejudice, labeling, Narrative )
John - 7 hours ago - duckofminerva.blogspot.ca
We actually deal with the Mideast, Latin America, the Atlantic Region, Eastern Europe, NE Asia, and SE Asia as if we were still living in the WW-II era : we deal with the Mideast, Latin America, the Atlantic Region, Eastern Europe, NE Asia, separately
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Intermission (And Why Bill McKibben Is An Utter Fool)
Green Lifestyle  (tags: sustainable, technology, energy, conservation, globalwarming )
John - 3 days ago - nofrakkingconsensus.com
In a recent interview prominent green activist Bill McKibben declared that "fossil fuel barons" are "taking away the future" and must therefore be stopped Those of us who regard affordable energy as a golden ticket out of drudgery marvel
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Bill Maher: Voter ID Yet Another 'Tricky, Racist Law' (VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: Bill Maher, Video, Bill Maher Voter ID, Election 2012, Hbo, Pennsylvania, Real Time With Bill Maher, Voting Rights, Voter-Id-Pennsylvania, Comedy Newshumor, off-beat, culture, ethics, society )
J.L. - 3 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
"More people got into the voting booth and get hit by lightening while being attacked by sharks than commit this crime."
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A 12 Step Program to Stopping Drought and Desertification
Green Lifestyle  (tags: environment, conservation, eco-friendly, Sustainabililty, water )
John - 3 days ago - greenprophet.com
US Drought Monitor reports that 88 percent of this year's corn crop and 77 percent of the soybean crop are now affected by the most severe drought since 1988.Tips can be used by policy makers around the world
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Dirt, the Incredible Ecosystem Benaeth Our Feet
Environment  (tags: nature, Sustainabililty, world, ecosystems )
John - 3 days ago - environmentalgraffiti.com
Everything worthless is 'dirty'. Soil is miraculous. It is where the dead are brought back to life.
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Are 'Waterworlds' Planets in Transition?
Science & Tech  (tags: astronomy, climate, discovery, environment, research, space, habitat, energy )
John - 3 days ago - centauri-dreams.org
the amount of water delivered to a potentially habitable planet depends, in this scenario, on the presence of giant planets and their orbits. ( the heat moderating effect of water leads to http://clivebest.com/blog/?p=3659 negative feedback to warming
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Assange 'Arrest Threat' Ahead Of Asylum
World  (tags: politics, ethics, freedoms, corruption, UK, whistleblowers )
John - 6 days ago - news.sky.com
Ecuador accuses Britain of threatening to arrest the Wikileaks founder in its embassy ahead of a decision on his asylum request.....took refuge in the embassy two months ago to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning for alleged sexual mis
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'No Safe Passage Out Of UK For Assange'

Britain says it is determined to extradite the WikiLeaks founder to Sweden despite Ecuador granting him asylum amid protests.

The Foreign Secretary told a news conference: "We will not allow Mr Assange safe passage out of the UK, nor is there any legal basis for us to do so.
"The UK does not accept the principle of diplomatic asylum."

( Pretty heavy for an extraordinary request involving international relations between four nations and the inviolability of embassies - no formal charges having been laid . Sounds like a precedent recommending the withdrawing of embassies from the UK en mass - property rights regarding security having been withdrawn wholesale. )

 
Widespread Antibacterial Agent Triclosan Shown to Hinder Muscle Movement in Mice, Fish
Environment  (tags: environment, EPA, health, humans, news, pollution, research, science, triclosan, world )
Dan - 7 days ago - cbsnews.com
Triclosan -- found in most antibacterial soaps, deodorants and mouthwashes -- restricts muscle contractions in mice and fish, leading researchers to investigate what the dangers are for humans. Logged by Sunstroke author David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.
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Money Corrupts Politics Even More Than You Thought
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: corruption, elections, government, politics, propaganda )
John - 7 days ago - washingtonmonthly.com
In the current presidential election fewer than 200 of the country's residents -- have contributed 80 percent of all super-PAC donations.

 

Haiti, Nigeria, and 144 Other Countries Guarantee Paid Sick Leave — But The U.S. Doesn’t

What Can Change When We Learn to See Each Other 

( An exercise in discarding labeling, racism, pre-judging - which also feeds into issues and the Denier meme. A fresh look seeing essentials and realizing limits of perception.  )

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