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The Point of No Return : Melting permafrost poses major threat to climate change
Desert Dust alters ecology of Colorado alpine meadows
Africa calls for sustainable Green Revolution
We are headed towards a breakdown in our food system
Toxic Chemicals Release Report shows Mercury, PCB pollution rise dramaticallyBorder Agents to dump Agent Orange-like chemical to kill all plant life along U.S.-Mexico border
( Which neatly targets an ecological preserve and an international waterway )India joins Russia, China in questioning U.S. Dollar dominance
('Unwind trade imbalances' : The question is begged : where are the dollars to be offloaded TO ? And if that means repatriation...what a reversal of flow. )
U.S. states brace for shutdowns
( The 'offshoring' of manufacturing and consequent transfer of wealth away from consumers to factories reaches the end of the elastic tether of debt : interesting that the tension was increased at that strategic time to transfer 'ownership' of the fiasco to the banking community via 'bailouts' and multiply putative indebtedness simultaneously...prior to any monetary revaluation. Deregulation allowed fraudulent { and illusory ? } 'wealth transfer' on an almost inconceivable scale. )
Whose country is it anyway? A political-economic oligarchy has taken over the United States of America
The military invades U.S. schools: How Military Academies are being used to destroy Public Education
I quit the Evangelical Movement in disgust : Former Evangelist fears Right-Wing lunacy will lead to more Murder
How racism worksThis July 4th, Rebel and Agitate for Change
A Secret History of Dissent in the All-Volunteer Army
Silencing the Dead
A Plan to End the WarsHonor our Hemp-Raising Patriot HeroesQuestioning the ethical legitimacy of drone attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan
( There's an interesting apology for deliberate murder which fails to even meet the 'means test' of reliably identifying the parties declared to be the 'enemy' : despite the paucity of proof of even that allegation, which was presumptuous and prejudicial from the get-go. You have to love those 'defensive' land wars in Asia to credit this manufactured concern. )
Obama has no legal authority to escalate Afghan war and is creating 'humanitarian catastrophe' in Pakistan
South Asia's failing states
All of India's neighbours except Bhutan figure in the Top 25
U.S. uses false Taliban aid charge to pressure Iran
'NATO officials began a serious dialog with Iran last March which focused on the possibility of moving supplies for NATO troops to Afghanistan using Iranian ports.'
( In which the wisdom of constant false vilification of people whose cooperation would be invaluable becomes more than merely academic concern. )
Ahmadinejad challenges Obama to live debate
( When I finally watched the 'Holocaust' interview on YouTube, I realized how good Ahmadinejad is at presenting his case. )
barack obama is a big fat liar x 2Newsnight goes a bit Chomsky
Marine finds unlikely Reinforcements online : Nerds
Bush-Cheney linked to CIA leak case
FBI ignored Bush-Hussein ties
Senate Bill will fine those refusing health coverage
Berlusconi's gift to the mafia
Access scandal echoes beyond the Washington Post
'salon' for lobbyists to meet newsmakers
UngratefulSarah Palin resigns
At Wichita's Water Wall, frolicking without a Net
Blogospheric navel-gazing
( This is rather 'where I came in' at Pandagon years ago : not being familiar with the term but using it in context with Ezra's gang of commenters...and causing some hilarity by using a name similar to a certain cartoon Penguin...who was at the time busy checking out his male 'equipment' in a sight gag. )
Stephen Hawking on Transhumanism
Amy Philo interview exposes devastating effects of Psychiatric Drugs on new momsWidely used anticancer drug causes potentially deadly holes in GI tract