Social & Policy Innovation in the Obama Admin 2o2 (Photo credit: dpict.info)
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Street scene from the centre of Burgas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The central street of Burgas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Mining for coal via mountaintop removal at Kayford Mountain, WV. The mine operator is Massey Energy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Valley fill - Mountaintop removal coal mining in Martin County, Kentucky (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A picture of a mountaintop removal siteWork copyright released by owner (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
iraq (Photo credit: The U.S. Army)
SANGIN, Afghanistan - American and British soldiers take a tactical pause during a combat patrol in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province April 10 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
U.S. soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division search for Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Iraq Defense Minister Abdul Qadir presents a gift to U.S. Army General David Petraeus during a farewell ceremony in Baghdad on September 15, 2008. Petraeus turned over command of Multi-National Forces - Iraq to Army General Raymond Odierno on September 16. Petraeus has served in three command positions in Iraq since 2003. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: General David H Petraeus: This photograph is available for public release. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Which 'terror plots' are relevant to Burgas ?
While the Obama administration and the Israeli government have pointed to murky allegations in Cyprus and Bangkok as relevant to Burgas, it has exhibited no apparent interest in the historical record of
actual suicide bombings against Israeli tourists.
The reason, apparently, is that all of the terrorist attacks that fit that description have been claimed by
Al Qaeda or an affiliate.
Even if the U.S. national security state does not wish to acknowledge that the Burgas bombing fits the profile of an Al Qaeda terrorist operation rather than one by Hezbollah, there is no excuse for the U.S. news media failure to report that inconvenient truth.
*A version of this article appeared on www.antiwar.com
America's terrorist roots
"Throughout the world, on any given day, a man, woman, or child is likely to be displaced, tortured, killed, or 'disappeared', at the hands of governments or armed political groups. More often than not, the United States shares the blame." -- Amnesty International, 1996
Greatly expanded U.S. military Special Ops teams, U.S. drone strikes and private espionage networks run by former CIA assassins create a threat to our security.
While
CENTCOM Commander from October 2008 until July 2010,
General Petraeus received secret and unprecedented permission to unilaterally engage in
operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Iran, former Russian Republics, Yemen, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, the
Horn of Africa, and wherever else he deems necessary.
Never before has a nation unleashed so many assassins in so many foreign nations around the world (
9,000 Special Operations soldiers are based in Iraq and Afghanistan alone) as well as implemented a policy that can be best described as unprecedented, remote-control, large-scale "mechanized assassination." As the
N.Y. Times noted in December 2009: "For the first time in history, a civilian intelligence agency is using robots to carry out a military mission, selecting people for killing in a country where the United States is not officially at war."
This combination of human and technological murder amounts to a worldwide “Assassination Inc.” that is unique in human affairs.
The United States is the only country in the first world that imposes life sentences to teenagers for small-time, non-violent drug offenses
In a shocking blow to besieged Appalachian coalfield residents today, U.S. District Judge
Reggie B. Walton ruled in favor of a coal industry law suit, striking down the EPA's
modest guidance rules on mountaintop removal mining.
Despite the mounting evidence of devastating human and
health impacts linked to the extreme form of strip mining and documented contamination of waterways from mining fallout, which provides less than five percent of national coal production, the judge ruled that the EPA had overstepped its Clean Water Act mandates.
The government and mainstream media like to push studies touting the purported dangers of marijuana, while ignoring scientific evidence that demonstrates the opposite.
What was once radical and taboo have arrived as fixtures in American society.
American foreign policy is weakened in dozens of different ways until it is made very clear that America has repudiated what was done.
May 10, 2009 |
I'm sure everyone has herd of the two American journalists who were arrested and have been held by the North Koreans the last couple of months. They are going to be put on trial for "hostile acts" which have been unspecified. Most experts believe they will be traded for something of value eventually.
Reader AZ sent me
this, which distills exactly why the Obama administration has to deal with torture and Guantanamo resolutely and transparently:
"The rumor was that they are being housed at one of the guest villas," said Han S. Park, a University of Georgia expert who was visiting North Korea as part of a private U.S. delegation after the women were captured. Park told CNN International that the North Koreans scoffed at any suggestion that the Americans were receiving harsh treatment.
"They laughed. 'We are not Guantanamo.' That's what they said,"
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I bet you don't think about the minimum wage very much, unless you're one of the folks trying to live on it. There's a move afoot to raise the minimum wage, and you should support it. It's in everyone's be...
Dees Illustration Peter A. Kirby, *Contributor* *Activist Post* Facts lead me to speculate that the chemtrails so often seen in our skies are sprayed for financial gain. Chemtrails are admittedly sprayed ...
In an interview with CBC News Network's*Power & Politics*, Tom Flanagan, a professor at the University of Calgary and former adviser to Harper said Kenney's office "made a mistake" by filing a formal com...
Given last week's review of Redshirts, I thought I would provide this Comic-con video (shaky, NSFW graphic in the background) that helps to illustrate the humor behind Scalzi's book. It is a skit written...
'Palestinian Media Watch has found that the PA teaches an ideology of virulent hatred of Jews and Israel that mandates the killing of Jews solely because they are Jews. The murder of Jews is presented no...
Taipei Times editorializes on the Strawberry Generation: For those who have long complained about the seemingly apathetic Taiwanese youth on matters of politics, the past two weeks must have had elements o...
*When 17-year-old John Clark jumped into the Pacific Ocean to save a drowning boy from certain death, he wasn't thinking about himself, or the hospital bill that would follow the daring rescue.* The Wash...
The Washington Post hosts an article this week detailing Pentagon planning to fight China. It's a glimpse of the war planning process and from that perspective is informative. However, despite its veneer o...
*Two men and an 82-year-old nun allegedly broke into the U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium, government officials said Thursday. * The Oak Ridge, Te...
*They were 99.999 per cent sure they had found the "the God particle" last month. Now they are even more certain. * New results coming from the Large Hadron Collider suggest that the hunt for the Higgs Bo...
*George Osborne will still be Chancellor at the next election due in 2015, David Cameron has told Sky News.* The Prime Minister, in an interview with Kay Burley, gave strong backing to Mr Osborne who has...
*FUZHOU, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- Gales and rainstorms lashed coastal regions in east China when two typhoons made landfall in less than 10 hours from Thursday to Friday morning, forcing over 300,000 people to e...
*With his plan to end the blood-letting in shreds, Kofi Annan yesterday quit as peace envoy for Syria, describing his task as impossible and leaving further diplomatic efforts rudderless.* The UN-Arab Le...
The economic Shock from the Eurozone crisis has not yet hit said the IMF, as it called for a "policy game changer"
*Britain's GDP will shrink by 0.5% in 2012, a leading think tank has forecast.* The prediction by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) was down sharply from its zero growth fore...
*Police investigating the disappearance of Carole Waugh have found a body in a lock-up garage in London, Scotland Yard says. * Detectives said a woman's body was found in a garage in Lime Court, New Malde...
If killed by Israel imagine the BBC coverage and the protests outside Israeli embassy. However as it's Syria, just pass on by. The faux peace protesters and liberal media's hatred of Israel & by extensio...
*A college student from Texas believes he is lucky to be alive after a terrible crash. He was texting and driving when his truck flew off of a cliff.* Chance Bothe's truck plunged off of a bridge and int...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the ROSS SEA at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:06:09 UTC Friday 3rd August 2012 The epicenter was 180 km (111 miles) NNW of McMurdo Station, Antarct...
*Soala-filled waterways* Formosan Association for Public Affairs 552 7th Street. SE. Washington, DC 20003, USA Support Democracy, Support Taiwan For Immediate Release Washington D C - August 2nd 2012 Conta...
In July 2012, the UAH global temperature anomaly was 0.09 °C cooler than in June 2012, at 0.28 °C. The June 2012 anomaly was, much like the July 2011 anomaly one year earlier, at 0.37 °C. This month-on-mo...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the FIJI REGION at a depth of 34.4 km (21.4 miles), the quake hit at 05:08:38 UTC Friday 3rd August 2012 The epicenter was 326 km (202 miles) SSE of Sigave, Wallis and...
* * * * Found this article on Facebook (here) Finally Nassim Haramein's ancient star-gate artifacts makes some news! Watch his youtube presentation with Klaus Dona and make your own judgments on t...
are you ready for Ray Caesar's EXTREME WORLD OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION?
19 July 2012 Video Editing: Ine Braat. Filmed by Willemina Drent. Music: Celestial Harmony by Merlin's Magic.(mixed) Poem: Life by Mother Teresa. All beautiful images are filmed by my dear friend Willemi...
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*By a study in fruit flies, Scientists believe they have revealed a clue to why women tend to live longer than men*. Mitochondria are inherited only from mothers, never from fathers, so there is no way t...
The Winds of Change “To-day Man stands at the decisive crossroads of his fate.” Major Wellesley Tudor Pole – 1960. The “Winds of Change” are blowing across this world of ours and it is because of thi...
"Humanity is viewed with both hope, and promise - and some trepidation," Dr Steven Greer (of the Orion Project)is talking about how our planet is viewed FROM SPACE. "Mankind had become a clear and pr...
August 2, 2012 The Women’s Peace Camp: Since 1994EPISODE NINETEEN: “BY CONFRONTING OUR GOVERNMENT” Anne and Helen reveal more about camp life, from living under canvas and the responses they get from t...
This finally provides us with a working road map for understanding generally how our brain may work. In the process a number of empirical observations are clarified. This must also include the ...
Early days of course, but a known drug has proven it can flush out or identify infected cells and plausibly allow them to be destroyed. That has never been possible before. It may still be qu...
This adds an important new factor in our understanding of the dynamics of global climate change. The core factor is simply Continental geometry. I suspect we need to run multiple climate runs ov...
Not bad but 4% compares to 12% and a long promised 20% in established solar cellswell enough to feel some confidence that market can be found. Work has been underway on this concept for a long...
I am going to speculate a little. Before I do, I'll provide a couple examples of past research documenting health effects in animals and people from nuclear fallout. In the two cases presented below, the...
According to the Economist, the currencies which are undervalued against the US dollar and the Euro include those of China, Indonesia, Russia, Canada, South Africa, Mexico and Hungary. Daily chart: Big...
*SURVEY: **Ladies:* Do you like having the option of wearing pants, do you enjoy taking time off after giving birth and do you like that people don't freak out if you have to breast feed in public, is vot...
Village of Carmangay: Sorry, your nursing home will have to close. Below: Former Capital Health CEO Sheila Weatherill, Alberta Health Minister Fred Horne. Let’s cut right to the chase: If Alberta Health Se...
*It could be the most incredible case of real life imitating Hollywood. * A controversial Australian billionaire is believed to be drawing up secret plans for a real life Jurassic Park. Mining magnate Cli...
*The widow of a businessman gunned down outside a suburban preschool in Atlanta, Georgia was charged in the slaying Thursday, accused of conspiring with the gunman who was convicted four months ago.* And...
*A man facing capital murder charges in the death of three family members attacked and repeatedly punched his attorney in the face during a court hearing. * About 15 minutes into a hearing to establish Vi...
*A grand jury has amended the charges against the suspect in a fatal shooting outside a Texas courthouse to make him eligible for the death penalty. * Bartholomew Granger, is accused of the March 14 death...
*Police admitted today that there is something 'just not right' in the disappearance of a Hollywood executive who went missing three months ago.* Gavin Smith, 57, was reported missing on May 2 when he fai...
*Four topless activists from a women's rights group were arrested today after they carried out a protest in central London.* Police were called to City Hall to deal with the protesters, who had accused t...
*The Olympic row between the U.S. and China rolled on today as the personal details of the American swimming coach who questioned the gold-medal success of Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen were shared with 15 mi...
*Facebook's share price today hit an all time low of $19.82 which values the social networking giant at almost half its May initial offering price of $38.* The company’s stock dropped 88 cents on Thursda...
*A teenage mother has been found guilty of breaking nine of her son’s bones over a span of six months.* Kiara Mayne Estright, 19, has been convicted of aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a ch...
*The suicide of a young woman three years ago was to be re-examined by a cold case team after her mother refused to accept her daughter had taken her own life and relentlessly pursued the belief that some...
*(CNN) -- The area of the United States in extreme or exceptional drought grew by an area roughly the size of Alabama over the past week, according to new figures out Thursday. * Nearly half of the contine...
*(CNN) -- Heavy rains from the outer bands of Typhoon Saola, which hovered near the Philippines beginning last week, have left 23 people dead and another five injured, an official with the National Disast...
*Kagadi, Uganda (CNN) -- The hospital at the center of an Ebola outbreak in Uganda is now dealing with 30 suspected cases, including five from Kibaale prison, Dr. Dan Kyamanywa said Thursday. * Three patie...
* Deh'Subz, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Terrorists will stop at nothing to keep Afghan girls from receiving an education.* "People are crazy," said Razia Jan, founder of a girls' school outside Kabul. "The day ...
* (CNN) -- Officials believe the "main battle" is about to begin in the Syrian city of Aleppo, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday.* "The focus is now on Aleppo, where there has been a considerable ...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the SOLOMON ISLANDS at a depth of 42.3 km (26.3 miles), the quake hit at 04:08:58 UTC Friday 3rd August 2012 The epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) South from Arawa, Bouga...
Wired Maintenance techs perform inspections on a Global Hawk Block 30 surveillance drone. The Air Force wants to stop buying it; a key Senate panel wants to keep the cash flowing. Photo: U.S. Air Force ...
Uncensored English journalist and filmmaker Lizzie Phelan addresses the web of lies and bullshit regarding Syria spun by the mainstream media in the west as well as by a number of Arab broadcasters, includ...
*BEIJING — China expressed regret Friday over former UN chief Kofi Annan's resignation as international envoy for Syria and said it would continue to "work for a political resolution" to the conflict.* B...
*BENGHAZI, LIBYA (Reuters) – Seven Iranian relief workers may be freed later on Friday by an armed group that took them hostage on Tuesday in the heart of the Libyan city Benghazi, a Libyan Red Crescent A...
*Exclusive: Maj.-Gen. (res.) Aharon Ze’evi Farkash fears an attack on Iran’s nuclear weapons program may be imminent but would be premature and lack the necessary international legitimacy.* So worried th...
*An Australian daily newspaper has rebranded North and South Korea as "Naughty Korea" and "Nice Korea" in their standing medal count, drawing split social media responses with some on Twitter lauding the ...
*Ice loss from Greenland's vast sheet may happen mainly in short bursts, research by Danish scientists suggests. * They used aerial photos dating back to the 1980s to plot shrinking of glaciers around the...
Welcome to the first Friday of the month and another fabulous recipe! What's a recipe doing on an Eco-blog, you might ask? Well, the foods which we consume actually contribute to our environmental footprin...
Earlier today we were talking about the bad Democrats who consistently vote against progressive ideas and progressive solutions and join the GOP to support the one percent against the rest of us. There ar...
BEIJING, Aug. 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Typhoon Damrey has reached East China’s Jiangsu province, forcing more than fifty thousand people to evacuate. Meanwhile, Typhoon Saola is also expected to plague coastal are...
Flooding has caused severe damage to homes, public buildings and farms, affecting maize, soybean and rice fields, says report North Korea needs immediate food assistance after heavy rains killed scores of...
*(Reuters) - Apple Inc asked a U.S. judge on Thursday to punish Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for a Samsung attorney's conduct by ordering that the South Korean company has infringed Apple's phone design pat...
*(Reuters) - Asian shares and the euro fell on Friday as investors shunned risk after the European Central Bank took no immediate action and only hinted at future steps to tackle the euro zone's fiscal wo...
“Have you ever seen the Pleiades star cluster? Perhaps the most famous star cluster on the sky, the Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a light-polluted city. Also known as the...
August 6: Join #OccupyNukes National Day of Action Against U.S. Nuclear Weapons Arsenal! | Occupy New Mexico
On the anniversary of the police shooting that sparked the disorder, a survey says job fears keep the threat of violence alive. Many young people believe there could be a repeat of last summer's rioting a...
This is one of my favorite Zevon songs. It's appropriate due to the London Olympics, and also because this recent NPR story (which received plenty of letters). Here's a live version.
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck TONGA at a depth of 113.5 km (70.5 miles), the quake hit at 02:52:19 UTC Friday 3rd August 2012 The epicenter was 94 km (58 miles) SSW of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami Warn...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the NEW IRELAND REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA at a depth of 62.4 km (38.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:36:41 UTC Friday 3rd August 2012 The epicenter was 12 km (7.4 miles) ...
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A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck JUJUY, ARGENTINA at a depth of 222.9 km (138.5 miles), the quake hit at 01:06:01 UTC Friday 3rd August 2012 The epicenter was 54 km (33 miles) WSW of Abra Pampa, Argen...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck TAJIKISTAN at a depth of 172 km (106.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:02:31 UTC Friday 3rd August 2012 The epicenter was 56 km (34 miles) Northeast of Roshtqal'a, Tajikis...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the FIJI REGION at a depth of 400 km (248.6 miles), the quake hit at 23:34:35 UTC Thursday 2nd August 2012 The epicenter was 183km (113 miles) SSE of Sigave, Wallis an...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the GULF OF CALIFORNIA at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 22:13:18 UTC Thursday 2nd August 2012 The epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) SSW of Topolobampo, ...
"House passes compromise three-strikes bill" by Wesley Lowery | Globe Correspondent, July 19, 2012 The Massachusetts House overwhelmingly voted in favor of a compromise version of the *tough-on-crime “t...
*“Fruit And Flowers, Bread And Meat”* by Chet Raymo "In the days when I used to entertain students in the college observatory, the Orion Nebula was one of the showpieces. On a clear, dark night one can ...
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* "The Startling Accuracy of Referring * *to Politicians as 'Psychopaths'"* by The Atlantic “In this presidential election season where, as usual, the fur is flying and name-calling is in full swing, ...
Gaye Levy, *Contributor* *Activist Post* According to an Army field manual “In these modern times, demonstrations, civil unrest, public disorder, and riots happen for a number of reasons. Some of these...
*No excuse for this!* "Updated bottle law pushed as way to cut litter; Adding water to redeemable list would cut litter, advocates say" by David Abel | Globe Staff, July 25, 2012 It’s an *ironic routin...
Could Prince Bandar's latest vanishing act be his last? "Many people around the world are wondering where is Prince Bandar, supposedly the current head of Saudi intelligence. His headquarters was attack...
* "Are You Chronically Dehydrated?" * by Isaac Eliaz, MD "Believe it or not, the simple answer to that question is probably yes. In fact, most of us function in a chronic state of dehydration. Whether...
"Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is ext...
*Just leaves me feeling blue. * "State Auditor Suzanne Bump grants raises of up to 16 percent to staff" by Michael Levenson | Globe Staff, June 29, 2012 While many workers in the public and private sect...
Street scene from the centre of Burgas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: The central street of Burgas. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Mining for coal via mountaintop removal at Kayford Mountain, WV. The mine operator is Massey Energy. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Valley fill - Mountaintop removal coal mining in Martin County, Kentucky (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
A picture of a mountaintop removal siteWork copyright released by owner (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
SANGIN, Afghanistan - American and British soldiers take a tactical pause during a combat patrol in the Sangin District area of Helmand Province April 10 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
U.S. soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division search for Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: Iraq Defense Minister Abdul Qadir presents a gift to U.S. Army General David Petraeus during a farewell ceremony in Baghdad on September 15, 2008. Petraeus turned over command of Multi-National Forces - Iraq to Army General Raymond Odierno on September 16. Petraeus has served in three command positions in Iraq since 2003. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: General David H Petraeus: This photograph is available for public release. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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