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Thomas Paine

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  • AFRICA: Raising the Profile of Gender-Based Viole ...

    NAIROBI, Aug 8 (IPS) - Imagine you are a journalist; you get a tip for a story about a sexual assault on a ten-year-old girl, and pitch it to your editor.

  • DEVELOPMENT-AFRICA: Women in Pursuit of Knowledg ...

    DAKAR, Aug 4 (IPS) - While Africa is still far from having adequate capacity for scientific innovation, women are more and more present in the field of research for the continent's sustainable development.

  • ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AMERICA: Mapping the Riches of ...

    CARACAS, Aug 8 (Tierramérica) - The Ecosystems Map of the Northern and Central Andes could serve as a guide for environmental conservation of this South American area covering 1.5 million square kilometres and holding the world's highest concentration of biodiversity.

  • BALKANS: Civil Society Plays Matchmaker

    SABAC, Western Serbia, Aug 8 (IPS) - Ljubov Obradinovic only cried when her neighbours complimented her that she was hardworking. "Vredna", they said. Except that in Ukraininan that word means "wicked".

  • RIGHTS: Disfiguring Disease Linked to Right to Fo ...

    GENEVA, Aug 7 (IPS) - Noma, an ulcerous disease whose name comes from a Greek word that means "to devour" because it literally eats away at malnourished children's faces in just a few months, is found in the developing world, mainly in Africa.

The Intelligence Daily

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Innovation Canada

  • Space reader

    (Article courtesy of the University of Windsor) Bill McConkey probably won’t be around to see the day when humans are finally able to travel tremendous stretches through outer space to distant planets such as Jupiter. When they do make that journey, however, they’ll owe a significant debt of gra ...

  • Filling the glass

    Walkerton, Ont., North Battleford, Sask., and the Kashechewan First Nation Reserve, in Northern Ontario, have all become high-profile — and tragic — examples of what can go wrong when a community’s drinking water becomes contaminated. Surprisingly, they are not alone. At any given time, 1,700 ...

  • i2eye with Bartha Maria Knoppers

    “Don’t plan your career — be curious.” That’s the credo that Bartha Maria Knoppers, the new director of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University and Génome Québec Innovation Centre, espouses — and one she lives by. Knoppers turned her love of books into a master’s in c ...

  • Environmental legacy

    (Article courtesy of University of Regina) University of Regina biologist Chris Somers is fascinated by how humans and wildlife interact and how animals respond to human-modified environments. “My research often combines animal ecology in the field, environmental chemistry and genetics,” explain ...

  • Rebooting the search for dark matter

    “This is just a regular day at the office,” says researcher Chris Jillings as a two-kilometre-long cable lowers an elevator down into a maze of sweltering passageways leading to the “clean rooms” at the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory, or SNOLAB. “But every so often, I realize this is all rea ...

Signs of the times

  • "C Street" and the US Military

    One of the regular features in the monthly newsletter of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF) is a section containing a "Violation on Video," in which we show a video clip of a military regulation being violated by a service member or at a military event, and "Captured on Camera," a phot ...

  • Jesus killed Mohammed: The crusade for a Christian ...

    When Sergeant Jeffery Humphrey and his squad of nine men, part of the 1/26 Infantry of the 1st Infantry Division, were assigned to a Special Forces compound in Samarra, he thought they had drawn a dream duty. "Guarding Special Forces, it was like Christmas," he says. In fact, it was spring, 2004; an ...

  • Hunger hits Detroit's middle class

    On a side street in an old industrial neighborhood, a delivery man stacks a dolly of goods outside a store. Ten feet away stands another man clad in military fatigues, combat boots and what appears to be a flak jacket. He looks straight out of Baghdad. But this isn't Iraq. It's southeast Detroit, an ...

  • US deficit climbs to 1.3 trillion dollars

    The US budget deficit reached 1.3 trillion dollars for the current fiscal year in July, official data showed, news set to fuel opposition to US President Barack Obama's ambitious health care and climate change proposals. The deficit for the first 10 months of fiscal year 2009, which began October 1 ...

  • Ex-employees claim Blackwater provided child prost ...

    Since the revelation earlier this week of allegations by two former employees of security firm Blackwater that its owner was complicit in murder in order to cover up the deliberate killing of Iraqi civilians, explosive charges have continued to emerge. Perhaps the most shocking of those charges - ...

Threat Level

  • Google’s Patry Returns to Blogosphere

    Google’s chief copyright officer, considered one of the nation’s leading authorities on intellectual property, has resumed personal blogging following a year-long hiatus. Patry’s latest copyright blog commenced Thursday and is named after his new book, Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars. He s ...

  • Hacking, Lock-Picking, Booze and Bacon: DefCon 17 ...

    > LAS VEGAS — Braving triple-digit heat, mean hangovers and an incredibly hostile network, roughly 10,000 hackers, security experts, feds, spies and various other “computer enthusiasts” took over the Riviera last weekend for the world’s largest hackin ...

  • Indictment Comes as Feds Consider Legalizing, Taxi ...

    A federal grand jury has indicted a Canadian man accused of assisting overseas online gambling sites process hundreds of millions of dollars in payments, the authorities said Thursday. Although federal law prohibits financial institutions from knowingly assisting in online payouts of chance gaming l ...

  • Lawsuit: Twitter Method Infringes Patents

    Twitter’s microblogging service breaches the patents of a Texas-based technology company, which is demanding unspecified damages and licensing fees, according to a federal lawsuit. TechRadium, of Sugar Land, claims it has patents to what it calls the “mass notification” concept. According to t ...

  • Digitized Stalking is the New World Order

    You’re being followed. Stalkers are everywhere, even in your pocket. That’s the warning Wednesday from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the San Francisco-based civil liberties group. In a “white paper” dubbed On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever, the group warns how e ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Town Halls, Teabaggers, Obama Birthers and Nixonla ...

    Once in a rare while, a book captures the spirit of its age. So it is with Nixonland, Rick Perlstein's stunning chronicle of the rise and fall of Tricky Dick. But his story of the "fracturing of America" isn't simply...

  • Guns and Bitter in Pennsylvania

    During the Democratic primaries last spring, Barack Obama almost derailed his campaign with his unfortunate remark about "bitter" people in small town Pennsylvania who "cling to guns." Now after the second Keystone State shooting rampage in four months, that clumsy...

  • The Unbearable Whiteness of Being...a Birther

    As has been documented in detail, the anti-Obama birther movement is strongest in precisely those states where Republicans poll best and, ironically, health care is worst. But despite experiencing serial embarrassments akin to learning the sun does not rise in...

  • Bush Domestic Spying Ally Cornyn Now Fears Obama D ...

    If nothing else, Republican Senator John Cornyn is an irony producing machine. During the Terri Schiavo affair, the former Texas Supreme Court Justice was at the forefront of the GOP campaign to intimidate and threaten judges. Now after his fierce...

  • The Brooks Brothers Rioters and Their Discontents

    Karl Marx famously said historical events occur twice, first as tragedy and then as farce. And so it is with the Republican "filibuster nation," the manufactured mob displays designed to disrupt, derail and destroy Democratic health care events. As I...

Blackspot News Feed

  • Dennis Kucinich: Health Insurance Companies Have a ...

    PDAMERICAAugust 08, 2009How to helpBecome a part of the growing single payer movementVisit PDA and CNA on the webSupport State Single-Payer initiatives at the national and state.levelTell your congressional representative and Democratic Leaders in Congress to support the Kucinich amendment to HR 320 ...

  • Faulty Forecasting by Ralph Nader

    by Ralph NaderThe Nader PageAugust 7, 2009Companies that specialize in stock market forecasting and tradingsuch as Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chasepay very high salaries to their employee-vendors. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just released data showing that thes ...

  • David Frakt: Military Commissions A Catastrophic F ...

    by Andy WorthingtonFeatured WriterDandelion Saladwww.andyworthington.co.uk8 Aug. 2009A month ago, when the Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony on legal issues regarding military commissions and the trial of detainees for violations of the law of war, and the Constitution, Civil Rights, a ...

  • Obama's $80 Billion Deal with Pharma Is a Very Bad ...

    The White House has cut a deal with Big Pharma that smells like the same old rotten politics that candidate Obama regularly denounced.

  • The Shocking Benefits of Legalizing Pot

    Here are some pluses to legalization that you probably haven't heard about.

Consortium News

  • Olbermann-O'Reilly 'Truce' Frays

    The "truce" between MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and Fox News' Bill O'Reilly unravels after its exposure, writes Robert Parry. August 7, 2009

  • Keeping an Eye Out for Planet Earth

    The Obama administration is freeing up evidence about global warming but political challenges block progress, says Michael Winship. August 7, 2009

  • Ex-CIA Analyst Criticizes State Secrets

    Former CIA analyst Melvin A. Goodman says the "state secret privilege" is mostly used to cover up embarrassments. August 7, 2009

  • Ellsberg's Hiroshima Remembrance

    Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg recalls Hiroshima and his family's ties to the early days of the atomic era. August 6, 2009

  • GE Muzzles Olbermann about Fox

    As Fox News eggs on health-care disruptions, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann respects a GE-brokered truce with Fox, says Robert Parry. August 5, 2009

CounterPunch

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Planetsave

  • Shark Repellent, Saves Sharks!

    We have all been waiting for this day. Finally, shark repellent has arrived to the world… except this shark repellent is not used to save humans from sharks. No this shark repellent was made to save sharks from humans. With good reason, while only about 4 people die of unprovoked shark attacks e ...

  • Green iPhone Apps Reviewed. Part 2: Paid Apps

    If you missed Green iPhone Apps Reviewed Part 1: Free Apps, you can see it here . After my first batch of reviews on the free green iPhone apps, I have gotten some great suggestions on green apps. If you have any you you would like to see reviewed, you can comment here, head over to my website www ...

  • Could Trees Be the New Rubber?

    You’re waiting at a red light, your engine idling lightly. You check the crosswalk signal: 20 seconds, you have some time. You turn your classical music up a notch to the perfect volume and you close your eyes, relaxing on your way home from work. But your moment of relaxation is interrupted by t ...

  • Earth’s Biogeochemical Cycles Slipping Into Disa ...

    The conductor walks on to the stage and mounts the podium with applause from the crowd. Â He bows to the audience, then turns to his orchestra and, with one fluid motion pulls music from the vast expanse of silence. Each musician moves, almost mechanically, in perfect time, in perfect concert. T ...

  • Why Are There Fewer Large Trees in Yosemite?

    We’ve all heard the legend of Johnny Appleseed, the legendary apple tree planter of the United States. He walked across the country with his walking stick, and a bucket of seeds, just walking and planting as he went . Everywhere he went, apple trees sprouted up. And he was a hero. It is such a h ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Public Citizen in Texas

Press TV

Axis of Logic

They Gave Us a Republic

  • The Supreme International Crime: Pre Iraq Invasion ...

    Crossposted from Antemedius Ray McGovern is a retired CIA officer. McGovern was employed under seven US presidents for over 27 years, presenting the morning intelligence briefings at the White House under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush. McGovern was born and raised in the Bronx, gradu ...

  • Don't Ever Change, Coal Lobby

    In a way, it's reassuring to know that the lobbying arm of the coal industry is just as criminal, immoral and soul-less as the industry itself. Zach Roth at TPM Muckraker discovers that the forged letters the coal lobbyists sent to legislators, pretending to be actual human beings, were part of a mu ...

  • Obama's Bid to Bypass Congress on State Secrets

    A recent court filing by the White House caused at least one reporter to remark on its curiously off-topic conclusion. The goal of it may have more to do with pending legislation than the case in question, however. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears . No Associated Press ...

  • The Nightowl Newswrap

    ADL blasts Limbaugh for his 'Hitler' crack That is a development that might make it a bit tougher for the republican leadership - and the main$tream media - to ignore the flaming gasbag. The ADL released the following statement on Friday morning: "Regardless of the political differences and the s ...

  • Where Blue Girl and I debate Tony Messenger via Tw ...

    Cross posted from Show Me Progress Within the flurry of coverage of yesterday's disruption of a health care town hall in the St. Louis area was the news today that Senator Claire McCaskill had to cancel one event scheduled for next week because the people in charge of the location were concerned abo ...

Care 2

  • Pakistan moves to outlaw domestic violence

    Pakistan moved towards outlawing domestic violence when lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that will punish those found guilty of beating women or children with jail terms and fines. The law, passed unanimously, was called a "big day" for Pakistani women. Submitted by Tom M. to World | Note-it! ...

  • Polish couple accused of making dog meat delicacy

    Smalec, or lard, is served with bread as a starter in Polish restaurants. But the man and woman from a village near the town of Czestochowa face animal cruelty charges after police and veterinary inspectors, acting on information from an animal charity, Submitted by Simone D. to Animals | Note-i ...

  • Orangutan ruse misleads predators

    Wild orangutans in Borneo hold leaves to their mouths to make their voices sound deeper than they actually are, a new study shows. Submitted by Cher Is Away No Messages Please to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment

  • U.S. carbon market: many projects, many clouds

    Potential projects in the emerging carbon market are sprouting like wheat after a good rain across the United States in anticipation of "cap and trade" provisions in a climate bill that has narrowly passed the U.S. House of Representatives but could see s Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environment ...

  • Dispute over no-longer-five-legged puppy to go to ...

    Just when we think the story of a once-five-legged puppy named Lilly can't possibly get any stranger, it does. Submitted by Cher Is Away No Messages Please to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment

GreenBiz

  • Bottled Water is Way More Complicated Than I Thoug ...

    It should be easy to phase out bottled water from company headquarters, right? Think again. It can bring up issues with a company's supply chain, cafeteria inventory and vending machines -- and don't forget the new dishwashers or glassware that may need to enter the picture.

  • Green Wineries Embrace Innovation from the Fields ...

    Solar-powered vineyards, biodynamic farming, organically grown grapes and innovative packaging put several California wineries on the leading edge of sustainable wine production. Their remarkable results offer valuable lessons for green leaders in any industry.

  • Coca-Cola Enterprises Emissions Reductions, Recycl ...

    The bottling, marketing and distribution arm of the beverage giant has set a goal to reduce CO2 emissions by 15 percent before 2020, as well as to recover 100 percent of its bottles for recycling.

  • Report Urges Efficiency as a Solution to Californi ...

    A new study by the Pacific Institute shows ways that California farmers can cut their water use by as much as 17 percent without cutting the productivity of the nation's most productive agricultural region.

  • Sustaining California Agriculture in an Uncertain ...

    This report from the Pacific Institute details the ways that California farmers can implement water efficiency practices to reduce water use by 17 percent while maintaining current levels of productivity.

Reuters Global

Ezra Klein

  • Is There a Deal to be Made on Health Care? An Inte ...

    Earlier this week, Sen. Lindsey Graham was the sole Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote in favor of Sonia Sotomayor. A few days later, he co-signed an op-ed in The Washington Post with seven Senate Democrats and four other Senate Republicans that began, "We refuse to let partisans ...

  • Tab Dump

    • What not to do with Bill Bratton. • What to do with Bill Bratton. • John Hughes was really an incredibly decent guy. • Bill Maher argues that Americans are very, very stupid. • Are cows worse than cars? • This man is an incredible water slider. See more funny videos and TBT V ...

  • The Fear of Change

    I'm not sure how right Paul Krugman is about this . But I think the answer is at least fairly right: There was a telling incident at a town hall held by Representative Gene Green, D-Tex. An activist turned to his fellow attendees and asked if they “oppose any form of socialized or government-ru ...

  • Was There Ever a Deal Between the White House and ...

    The White House now appears to be telling Congress that there was no deal to protect the pharmaceutical industry from further cuts. Max Baucus is now saying there was no deal to protect the pharmaceutical industry from further cuts. That could be because they're breaking the deal or it could be beca ...

  • Is This Health-Care Reform's Worst Idea Yet?

    The Senate Finance Committee does not want to propose an employer mandate to promote health-care coverage. But it doesn't want to let employers entirely off the hook, either. So it has come up with one of the worst ideas in recent memory: A so-called "free rider" tax. Under the proposal, employers w ...

Booman Tribune

  • Casual Observation

    I don't know if there is anything that Steve and Cokie Roberts have ever said or written that I would use as political advice. And, even though I kind of agree with them about Ben Nelson, I think their overall analysis is flawed. It doesn't matter how people self-identify (liberal, moderate, conse ...

  • The Crazy Continues

    Another Birther congressman: ...Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.) questioned the authenticity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate and referred to a White House "enemies list" at a meeting in Tulsa. "This is a scary time in Washington," he said. "It's a very frightening time. I see Barack ...

  • Rahm's Bullying

    Apparently, Rahm Emanuel reamed out a few progressives, telling them their organization's advertisements targeting 'centrist' Democrats like Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska were 'fucking stupid.' I suppose that's one opinion, but it depends on whether or not the ads make those politicians more or less ...

  • Situational Ethics

    Thinking about South Carolina's governor Mark Sanford got me thinking about Chapter 19 of the Gospel According to Matthew. With the news that Jenny Sanford is effectively separating from her husband, I note that Jesus never contemplated that she might have the right to divorce him. Some came to ...

  • Palin Lies

    Not an original title, is it? Yet that is what the journalists and newspapers who report on her should be doing if they are going to publish every stupid, deceitful thing she says, like this: Palin accuses Obama of pushing Medicare 'death panel' Gov. Palin blasted Democratic-led health care r ...

European Tribune

Futurismic

  • Busted: guerrilla stem-cell crackdown?

    Via the girls and boys of grinding.be comes a report that police have raided and closed down an underground Budapest clinic offering unspecified stem cell therapies of a dubious nature. Legitimate stem-cell researchers are speaking out in response, calling for proper controls but trying to de-emphas ...

  • Busted: guerrilla stem-cell crackdown?

    Via the girls and boys of grinding.be comes a report that police have raided and closed down an underground Budapest clinic offering unspecified stem cell therapies of a dubious nature. Legitimate stem-cell researchers are speaking out in response, calling for proper controls but trying to de-emphas ...

  • Consuming the future

    Via New Scientist, scientists at the Ecological Society of America confirm my Agent Smithesque suspicions on the cause of our ongoing environmental crisis: More specifically, all we’re doing is what all other creatures have ever done to survive, expanding into whatever territory is available and u ...

  • Consuming the future

    Via New Scientist, scientists at the Ecological Society of America confirm my Agent Smithesque suspicions on the cause of our ongoing environmental crisis: More specifically, all we’re doing is what all other creatures have ever done to survive, expanding into whatever territory is available and u ...

  • Go green: stop breeding

    COSMOS Magazine reports that the world’s wealthiest nations are experiencing something of a baby boom, standing in stark contrast to the general decline of birthrate in recent decades. In many respects this can be seen as a good thing, at least from an economic perspective; the “greying” of th ...

Yahoo! Canada News

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • North Carolina Moves to Limit Wind Projects

    In what may be the strongest stand against wind turbines by state lawmakers anywhere, the North Carolina Senate has voted overwhelmingly to ban large wind turbines from the state's scenic western ridgelines.

  • Italian Vintner Aims for Carbon Neutrality

    Using a variety of tactics, an Italian vintner and olive oil maker aims to become carbon neutral by the end of the year.

  • Having Children Brings High Carbon Impact

    The impact of having a child on a woman's carbon footprint vastly outweighs other energy-saving behaviors, a new study suggests.

  • Turkish Dam Loses European Creditors

    In July, German, Swiss and Austrian creditors backed out of Turkey's $1.7 billion Ilisu dam project amid a flurry of protests over the protection of archaeological sites and the relocation of 11,000 Kurdish villagers.

  • In Quest for Efficiency and Conservation, NASA Tur ...

    NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory has sent spacecraft to the farthest reaches of the solar system, but its latest mission is a bit closer to home: helping Los Angeles save water and energy.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Thanks to Rose for finding my phone! Plus: I'm sta ...

    I nearly had a horrible day today, leaving my trusty old Helio phone on a bench at the University of Minnesota mall. A good samaritan named Rose picked it up and called the Boiler Room coffee shop back after I tried the phone. I got it back! Thanks a ton, Rose, you saved yet another messy situation ...

  • Hat tip for Joaquin Phoenix conspiracy

    Not a bad idea! Which makes this potentially one of the greatest performances any modern actor has ever given -- or at least one of the most baldly courageous. The closest comparison would have to be Andy Kaufman's utter commitment to his obnoxious Tony Clifton persona, but Phoenix is going Kaufman ...

  • Tough times south of the border

    Duly noted: Mexican TV reporter ducking stray bullets: Hat tip to the thoughtful Texas farmer Don , who knows what you ought to know about the War On Drugs. This video was recently the #1 most discussed from Mexico on YooToob... Plus, don't miss the five stages of complete social collapse! http://c ...

  • Pirate Bay Trial and Kopimi: The Kopimi Manifesto

    I can't say I get it. But I like it. In these apocalyptic and bitchy times, it is high time to get some sarcastic Swedish hacker philsophy out there. Now is the time. The spectrial is apparently the place. How could we forget the Pirate Bay Spectrial?! They released a Pirate Bay Manifesto - POwr, Br ...

  • Some notes from the Abyss; Fusion Centers going to ...

    We're on the brink of disaster | Salon! As people lose confidence in the ability of markets and governments to solve the global crisis, they are likely to erupt into violent protests or to assault others they deem responsible for their plight, including government officials, plant managers, landl ...

  • AlterNet Top Stories

  • Is the U.S. on the Brink of Fascism?

    There are dangerous currents running through America's politics and the way we confront them is crucial.

  • Eating Less May Extend Your Lifespan -- But Is it ...

    Recent studies indicate cutting your diet by 30 percent of what you're supposed to eat can extend your life, but living longer isn't everything.

  • How Outlet Malls Have Convinced Shoppers into Thin ...

    Are America's 55 million outlet shoppers scoring great deals on expensive brandname products, or getting less than they're bargaining for?

  • The Shocking Benefits of Legalizing Pot

    Here are some pluses to legalization that you probably haven't heard about.

  • Obama's $80 Billion Deal with Pharma Is a Very Bad ...

    The White House has cut a deal with Big Pharma that smells like the same old rotten politics that candidate Obama regularly denounced.

Threat Level

  • Google’s Patry Returns to Blogosphere

    Google’s chief copyright officer, considered one of the nation’s leading authorities on intellectual property, has resumed personal blogging following a year-long hiatus. Patry’s latest copyright blog commenced Thursday and is named after his new book, Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars. He s ...

  • Hacking, Lock-Picking, Booze and Bacon: DefCon 17 ...

    > LAS VEGAS — Braving triple-digit heat, mean hangovers and an incredibly hostile network, roughly 10,000 hackers, security experts, feds, spies and various other “computer enthusiasts” took over the Riviera last weekend for the world’s largest hackin ...

  • Indictment Comes as Feds Consider Legalizing, Taxi ...

    A federal grand jury has indicted a Canadian man accused of assisting overseas online gambling sites process hundreds of millions of dollars in payments, the authorities said Thursday. Although federal law prohibits financial institutions from knowingly assisting in online payouts of chance gaming l ...

  • Lawsuit: Twitter Method Infringes Patents

    Twitter’s microblogging service breaches the patents of a Texas-based technology company, which is demanding unspecified damages and licensing fees, according to a federal lawsuit. TechRadium, of Sugar Land, claims it has patents to what it calls the “mass notification” concept. According to t ...

  • Digitized Stalking is the New World Order

    You’re being followed. Stalkers are everywhere, even in your pocket. That’s the warning Wednesday from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the San Francisco-based civil liberties group. In a “white paper” dubbed On Locational Privacy, and How to Avoid Losing it Forever, the group warns how e ...

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

  • UPDATE 1-Obama:Healthcare critics make outlandish ...

    * Says some critics exploit differences for political gain (Updates with Republican comment in paragraphs 7-9)

  • Nine killed in helicopter, plane collision over NY

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nine people, including five Italian tourists, were killed on Saturday when a small plane hit a helicopter over New York and crashed into the Hudson River, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

  • Iran charges dozens with helping Western plot

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian court on Saturday charged a French woman, two Iranians working for the British and French embassies in Tehran and dozens of others with spying and aiding a Western plot to overthrow the system of clerical rule.

  • Healthcare critics make outlandish claims, Obama s ...

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama accused his critics on Saturday of resorting to "outlandish rumors" and "misleading information" aimed at derailing his efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion U.S. healthcare system.

  • Pakistani Taliban sows doubt over leader's death

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A fellow commander in the Pakistani Taliban insisted that Baitullah Mehsud, the movement's leader, was alive, the BBC reported on Saturday, rejecting government claims he had been eliminated in a U.S. drone strike.

Godspace

  • Living in Transition as Spiritual Practice

    I am now in Sydney Australia after what has been one of the easiest long international trips I have made for a long time. Â I even slept for several hours on the flight which makes me very aware of the fact that people have been praying for me. Today’s article comes from Guy Chmieleski who is [. ...

  • Recent Additions to the Spiritual Practices series

    Here’s the round-up of the most recent Spiritual Practices posts: The Spiritual Practice of Apologizing by T Freeman Love-making as a Spiritual Practice by Mark Scandrette Smoking the Glory of God by Jason Clark The Spiritual Practice of Getting Honest With Myself by Jonathan Brink Spiritual Disci ...

  • Between the Sheets: Sleeping as A Spiritual Practi ...

    I will be heading out to Australia this afternoon but am hoping to continue posting while I travel. Â The submissions continue to arrive which is wonderful and I am enjoying reading them before I post them. This morning’s post is from Teri Peterson a presbyterian pastor who loves her new bed (wh ...

  • Driving as Spiritual Practice

    The weather has cooled down considerably here in Seattle and everyone feels that things are back to normal. Â A little rain would be appreciated – yes we do have days and in this case months without rain in the Pacific NW. Â The garden is flourishing but definitely crying out for a good soakin ...

  • Yoga & Jesus: This is a spiritual practice

    I continue to be challenged and stretched by the ways that people connect to God and to Jesus Christ. The posts below are by Christina Whitehouse-Sugg. I found them particularly intriguing because of my growing interest in Christian meditation and as you know I am also passionate about Henri Nou ...

Pine River World News

  • James G. Abourezk: If You Find Yourself in a Hole, ...

    The following commentary is reprinted with permission from Washington Report on Middle East Affairs. If You Find Yourself in a Hole, Stop Digging © WRMEA By James G. Abourezk August 2009 Wherever I heard that hackneyed phrase, "If you find yourself in a hole, stop digging," it applies more toda ...

  • Fidel Castro: Seven Daggers At The Heart Of The Am ...

    This English translation of Fidel Castro's latest article is courtesy of Prensa Latina news agency, Havana, citing Cubadebate as the source. Reflections by Comrade Fidel: Seven Daggers At The Heart Of The Americas © Fidel Castro Ruz Post date: August 6, 2009 I read and reread data and articles w ...

  • NATO's eastern expansion has stopped short - Russi ...

    The following article is from RIA Novosti, Moscow. NATO's eastern expansion has stopped short - Russian envoy © RIA Novosti August 6, 2009 Moscow. - NATO is unlikely to continue its eastern expansion into former Soviet territory, Russia's envoy to the alliance said on Thursday. Russia has repea ...

  • Eritrea: Bogus 'Shebab' in Australia

    The following statement is issued from the Eritrea Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bogus 'Shebab' in Australia State of Eritrea Ministry of Foreign Affairs August 5, 2009 08:12 In their dramatic presentations yesterday, 4 August 2009, various media outlets alleged that "terrorists said to have conn ...

  • North Korea media releases detailed account of Bil ...

    North Korea's official media (KCNA) released an account of former president Bill Clinton's recent visit wherein a pardon was granted to two American journalists imprisoned for trespassing and "hostile acts", Chinese-American Laura Ling, 32, and south Korean-American Seung-Un Lee, 36. Pine River Wor ...

  • Blacklisted News

  • 'World Community Grid': IBM sees big opportunity i ...

    Related: IBM Introduces 'World Community Grid' Big Green Innovations, a play on IBM's nickname Big Blue, is part of IBM's so-called 'smarter planet' initiative that aims to apply information technology to efficiently manage electrical grids, transportation systems and other infrastructure.

  • The changing face of hunger; Hunger hits Detroit's ...

    Food has long been an issue in this city without a major supermarket. Now demand for assistance is rising, affecting a whole new set of people.

  • Cross purposes: Who are the Rosicrucians?

    The world is a better place, it seems, if viewed through a pair of Rosicrucian-tinted spectacles. You may have seen their ad – on a poster or in newspaper at home or abroad – promising to improve your memory, develop your will-power, overcome bad habits and enrich your spirit by unlocking the se ...

  • EU Hands Over Water to Corporations

    GDF Suez unit gets EU approval to take water firms

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Project Censored

  • WALTER CRONKITE: THE END OF AN ERA – JULY 17, 20 ...

    WALTER CRONKITE: THE END OF AN ERA – JULY 17, 2009 The end of an era is a term too often over-used. But it is a term that is properly used when discussing the passing of Walter Cronkite. It is truly the end of an era in journalism. No other journalist could do what Walter did. He could cal ...

  • You Can Now Find Our Investigative Research at the ...

    You can now find all of the investigative research that we have done over the years at our new and exciting Media Freedom International Website Please check the website often for news and updates.

  • Analysis of Project Censored: Are We a Left-Leanin ...

    By Peter Phillips and Mickey Huff “Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” –Frederick Douglass ...

  • Infotainment Society: Junk Food News and New ...

    By Mickey Huff and Frances A. Capell We can do the innuendo We can dance and sing When it’s said and done We haven’t told you a thing We all know that crap is king Give us dirty laundry! Don Henley, Dirty Laundry, 1982 The late New York University media scholar Neil Postma ...

  • A Black President Doesn’t Mean Racism is gone in ...

    By Peter Phillips Racial inequality remains in the US. People of color continue to experience high rates of poverty, significant unemployment, police profiling and repressive incarceration. School segregation is a continuing concern among race scholars as well. According to a new Civil Rights re ...

Scoop - NZ

  • Florida economy hit by housing collapse

    For years, the Southern state of Florida grew at a breakneck pace by attracting retirees and others from the Northeast and Midwest to become the fourth largest state in the Union behind California, Texas and New York. Now hard hit by the effects of the economic crisis, a veritable social catastrophe ...

  • Reich: Highways, Astroturf, Republicans, USA

    On our drive across America, my son and I have spotted spiffy white vans emblazoned with phrases like "ObamaCare will raise your taxes" and "ObamaCare will put bureaucrats in charge of your health." Just outside Omaha we drove close enough to take a peek at the driver, who looked as dutifully profes ...

  • Anti-Semitism In Action: UK Lowers Terror Threat L ...

    Is anti-Semitism on the rise? You bet it is, and for good reason. It's well-funded. » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

  • New Zealand Swine Flu Vaccine Supplier To Be Baxte ...

    Although there have been only 14 deaths reported in association with the "swine flu" virus in this country and the cases of infection appear to be in decline, [1], Radio New Zealand today advised that Baxter International Inc. will be supplying swine flu vaccines to New Zealand called Celvapan, [2]. ...

  • Why Geithner Should Get Angry

    The recession began in the housing markets and it will have to end there. Many Americans who took out sub-prime mortgages during the boom years are facing foreclosure, which hurts both the social fabric of neighborhoods and overall home values. Wall Street is still stuffed with toxic assets based on ...

Independent ( London )

  • Nine die as plane and helicopter collide over New ...

    Nine people died when a sightseeing helicopter and a small aeroplane collided over New York's Hudson River yesterday, killing all on board.

  • Taliban chief is still alive, claims aide

    The man suspected of masterminding the murder of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto may still be alive, despite claims he had been killed in a US missile attack last week.

  • Norway cleans up after oil spill

    An oil tanker sits in a slick of 200 tons of diesel, 100 miles south of Norway's capital city, Oslo. Pictures, taken in the aftermath of the spill from the vessel, demonstrate the scale of the catastrophe: the usually picturesque beaches of Sastein and Langesund, site of wildlife sanctuaries and to ...

  • Man behind Bali bombing dies in police shoot-out

    Noordin Mohammad Top, south-east Asia's most wanted terror suspect, who is believed to be behind the Bali nightclub bombing, is reported to have been killed during a 16-hour siege on a suspected militant hide-out that ended yesterday when police stormed the house.

  • Helmand farmers to be offered millions to stop gro ...

    Millions of pounds are to be spent by the British and American governments in another attempt to get Afghan farmers to switch from producing opium to other crops.

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Iranians selectively barred from Swedish universit ...

    Summary: Chalmers University Sweden’s national security service, Sapo, has issued a warning that Iranian citizens studying at Swedish universities could have ties to their nation’s nuclear and military establishments. Therefore, the government agency has advised Swedish universities to ban a ...

  • IRAN: Nuclear Capability After 2013, Says U.S. In ...

    Summary: WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (IPS) - Iran is unlikely to be able to produce enough highly enriched uranium (HEU) for a nuclear weapon until at least 2013, according to a U.S. government intelligence estimate made public Thursday. source: IPS read more

  • Retired US General: Attacking Iran a ‘Credible O ...

    Summary: Despite the paucity of evidence supporting the allegations on which the case for war rest, retired Air Force General Charles Wald insists that attacking Iran is “a technically feasible and credible option.” source: Anti War.Com read more

  • John Bolton: US Should Assist Israel if it Attacks ...

    Summary: Bolton The former United States Ambassador to the United Nations sat down with Russia Today this week to discuss the possibility of Israel attacking Iran by the end of the year. source: China Daily read more

  • Mr. Mousavi's Gas Embargo on Iran?

    Summary: In serious contention for Dumbest Washington Consensus for September is the idea of cutting off Iran's gas imports to pressure Iran to stop enriching uranium. A majority of Representatives and Senators have signed on to legislation that seeks to block Iran's gas imports, a top legislati ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • StumbleUpon Users -Unleash the Power!

    Hey, we know you Stumblers never sleep, so if you have a free moment we would greatly appreciate your reviews of Daily Galaxy posts on science, space, technology and the environment. Our daily Most Popular Posts is a great source...

  • Antimatter: "Angel or Demon"?

    Antimatter destroys any matter that it touches in a pyrotechnic flash, an explosion that releases all the energy that had been locked inside for billions of years. Antimatter thus could become a wonderful source of power, the technology of the...

  • Mega-Mars Discovery: The "Block Island" Meterorite

    In further proof that NASA are cooler than most people manage without liquid hydrogen, they've started analyzing a meteorite - on Mars. This scores them a double "Space Stuff" bonus, and proves that no matter how incredible things get, the...

  • Can New DNA Fragments Solve the 3-Billion Piece Pu ...

    Recent research has identified some important new fragments of DNA, though the method might sound more like market research than medical genetics: they looked at DNA across different species and asked "Okay, raise your hand/flipper/paw if this bit is important"....

  • Ultimate Green Power! Will Bacteria Batteries Revo ...

    Scientists are working on the greenest power yet, building bacteria for fuel cells which will work on waste, mud, and any other trash you happen to want free electricity out of. We believe there's a market for that sort of...

Natural News

  • NaturalNews Calls for Boycott on Kindle, iPhone an ...

    (NaturalNews) Two weeks ago when Amazon.com remotely deleted copies of books that customers had purchased for their Kindle devices, it was a wake-up call for many consumer. "Huh? They can delete stuff I already bought?" Welcome to the world of DRM technology. DRM is a "Big Brother" technology that a ...

  • Workplace Email Intervention Program Helps People ...

    (NaturalNews) A simple intervention program featuring regular email reminders appears successful in producing healthier diet and exercise habits, according to a study conducted by health insurance firm Kaiser Permanente and funded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "The takeaway ...

  • Probiotics are Essential in Preventing Disease and ...

    (NaturalNews) The August, 2009 issue of the journal Pediatrics contains a study analyzing and confirming the positive effects of probiotics in maintaining immunity and preventing disease, particularly in children who experienced a significant decrease in cold and influenza incidences following susta ...

  • Secrets to Fast Healing

    (NaturalNews) Sam Baker, three-time All-American at USC and first-round 2008 NFL draft pick, came to the Whitaker Wellness Institute before he reported to the Atlanta Falcons training camp last year. "My trainer recommended that I receive treatment at the clinic to help me build muscle and gain stre ...

  • Discover the Benefits of Organic Sulfur (Opinion)

    (NaturalNews) The chemical name for Organic Sulfur Crystals is methylsulfonylmethane. It is affectionately and lucratively referred to in the supplement industry as MSM. The problem is that once the crystals are powdered the benefits therein are greatly diminished. In addition, if the crystals are n ...

  • TheGallopingBeaver

  • Stimulating the Funnybone . . .

    Apparently the Canadian Medical Association has weighed in on the new economic stimulus package.... The Allergists voted to scratch it, but the Dermatologists advised not to make any rash moves. The Gastroenterologists had sort of a gut feeling about it, but the Neurologists thought the gove ...

  • Maher Rules . . . .

    (Playing off Edstock's post below:) Bill Maher has a New Rule posted at The Huffington Post today . Go . Read . Chuckle. Snicker. Guffaw. Shake your head in astonishment. A sampling: A few weeks ago I was asked by Wolf Blitzer if I thought Sarah Palin could get elected president, and I ...

  • Money, Military and Madness . . . .

    Currently I'm reading and just about to finish The Sorrows of EMPIRE – Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic by Chalmers Johnson. It's a great book with a look at US militarism and global monetary manipulation and their repercussions both at home and abroad. The author's explanat ...

  • How Is America Going To End?

    SLATE HAS A MULTI-SECTION FEATURE, " How Is America Going To End? ". It's worth the read, especially given the increasing divide between the red minds and the blue minds, and the win-at-any-price mentality of the conservative fundamentalists. There's even a " Choose Your Own Apocalypse " section, fo ...

  • Oy Vey . . . .

    A trip south of the 49th to the United States of Expensive Health Care was required due to some still-retained properties in Florida. While here, between accomplishing some outside chores in the 90+F (32+C) heat and matching humidity, I dash in to the air-conditioned comfort of the house for a brea ...

Media Matters for America

  • Ignoring reality, Fox & Friends cont ...

    Once again, Fox & Friends advanced the falsehood that health care reform would create a system of rationing care, with Fox News contributor Dr. Marc Siegel predicting that President Obama's proposals would result in the disappearance of medical procedures like dialysis for the elderly. But de ...

  • Dobbs pushes debunked Cars.gov claim to accuse ad ...

    Claiming that the Obama administration is an "authoritarian regime in waiting," Lou Dobbs advanced the debunked claim that the computers of "consumers" who went to Cars.gov would have been taken over by the government and claimed that government statements to the contrary were false. In fact ...

  • Three days after warning against violence, Beck t ...

    Just three days after imploring his viewers to refrain from "violence," warning them that "just one lunatic, like Timothy McVeigh, could ruin everything," and saying that "it is your patriotic duty to stop" someone who is thinking or talking about turning violent, Glenn Beck staged a scene in w ...

  • Goldberg, Coulter latest to compare Dems to birth ...

    Following Chris Matthews' misrepresentation of a flawed Rasmussen poll to claim that most Democrats believed that President Bush had or might have "gotten the inside word" that the 9-11 terrorist attacks were about to happen and that therefore "both parties" are equally at fault for promoting c ...

  • Lou Dobbs' right-wing war on health care reform

    Lou Dobbs has advanced discredited right-wing smears about health care reform efforts, including the notions that end-of-life counseling could lead to "euthanasia" and that President Obama said he "doesn't even know what's in" the House health care bill. Dobbs has also touted GOP Sen. John Bar ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • The Better Good News Indicator - Aggregate Hours W ...

    Forget the unemployment numbers-- as lots of commentators note (including Robert Reich), it's hard to take seriously a number that drops because people give up looking for work. And employment numbers don't usually reflect well whether people are working full-time... Sponsored Topics: Unemploymen ...

  • Hunch

    I have the feeling that the town hall rowdies are boomeranging. It's dandy if Limbaugh, Beck, Hannity, & Co. are the visible faces of the Just-Say-No squads. If health care reform advocates play their cards right, the shout-down squads barking... Sponsored Topics: Healthcare reform - Health ...

  • Do Any Of You Remember Molly Goldberg?

    I just saw a wonderful documentary by film maker Aviva Kempner. Her previous work was the "Life and Times of Hank Greenberg," which was also terrific. This film "Yoo Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg" is the story of Gertrude Berg who created... Sponsored Topics: Gertrude Berg - Aviva Kempner - Goldbergs - Hank ...

  • The Ones That Got Away

    We all had a good laugh at lawyer/realtor/dentist/beauty school dropout Orly Taitz this week, but less innocuous crazies -- those disgruntled (and disguised) town hall protesters -- also made their presence known. TPM readers, as is their wont, weighed in.... Sponsored Topics: City and town halls ...

  • Promises to the Drug Industry: Like Renegotiating ...

    Apparently the Obama administration made a commitment to the drug companies that it would block efforts to reduce drug costs in the Medicare prescription drug program. This was apparently in exchange for a promise by Pharma to cut their prices... Sponsored Topics: Medicare - Prescription dr ...

TruthOut

  • Sotomayor Takes Oath as Supreme Court Justice

    Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. (Photo: Getty Images) read more

  • Five US Troops Killed as Afghan Violence Swells

    26 Afghans, most of them members of a wedding party, are reported killed in roadside bombings. The Americans died in two separate incidents. Kabul, Afghanistan - The pace of American combat deaths in Afghanistan has quickened anew as roadside bombs killed five U.S. troops in 24 hours in th ...

  • US Still Paying Blackwater Millions

    Just days before two former Blackwater employees alleged in sworn statements filed in federal court that the company's owner, Erik Prince, "views himself as a Christian crusader tasked with eliminating Muslims and the Islamic faith from the globe," the Obama administration extended a contract wi ...

  • The Me-First, Forget-Everyone-Else Crowd

    I know I should be mortified by the lobbyist-organized mobs of angry Brooks Brothers mannequins who are now making headlines by shutting down congressional town hall meetings. I know I should be despondent during this, the Khaki Pants Offensive in the Great American Health Care and Tax War. And ...

  • You're Wrong, Eric Cantor: The Stimulus Is Working

    It's surprising that it took a full 69 minutes from the moment the Bureau of Labor Statistics July jobs report was released for the condemnatory news release from House Republican Whip Eric Cantor to reach my inbox. No doubt it was written hours of even days before, the message being so predicta ...

The Heathlander

  • The latest anti-Hamas meme: “child brides”

    Last week, Hamas sponsored a mass wedding celebration in Gaza, perhaps in an attempt to reverse its flagging poll ratings: ‘Nearly a thousand Palestinians celebrated marriage on Thursday night in a ceremony organised by Hamas in the north of the Gaza Strip. Hamas dignitaries including Mahmud Zahar ...

  • Chomsky on the ‘Responsibility to Protect’

    Earlier this week Noam Chomsky participated, along with Jean Bricmont, Gareth Evans (former Australian FM and long-time President of the International Crisis Group) and Ngugi wa Thiong’o, in a UN panel on the doctrine of ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P). You can watch the three hour discussio ...

  • How to lose friends and alienate people

    Hiring paid hasbaratchiks to “spew forth bullshit” online, parading out Ehud Olmert to convince Americans that opposing settlement construction is like opposing rainbows and kittens, launching a smear campaign against Human Rights Watch, one of the most conservative human rights organisations ar ...

  • Breaking the Spin

    The BBC’s report on the ‘Breaking the Silence’ testimonies of IDF soldiers describing the commission of serious war crimes during Operation Cast Lead is pretty representative of its output on the topic: there’s nothing outrageous, but there is nonetheless a systematic bias that underplays or ...

  • Global march on Gaza

    When Gandhi’s doctrine of non-violent resistance (satyagraha) is invoked in the context of the Israel-Palestine conflict, it is invariably as a propaganda weapon intended to undermine the legitimacy of Palestinian resistance and shift the blame for the continuing occupation on to its principal vic ...

Water - AlterNet

TruthHugger

  • Republicans Have Government Insurance, Why Can’t ...

    For weeks I have been listening to all the BS Republicans have spewed about health care reform. Republicans shouted it was socialized medicine and when that didn’t work they came up with other untruths. The fact of the matter is all members of Congress use the public option plan. Republicans are w ...

  • Retire Early In Self Defense Could Be A Mistake †...

    /h3> Collect Now, or Later? Timing Your Social Security Benefits With the current state of US and world economy, the alternative to jumping out a window, committing a heinous crime or planting your pup tent under an overpass, is retire early and collect your meager social security check at gene ...

  • Texas Progressive Alliance – July 13, 2009

    It’s Monday and it’s time for another version of the Texas Progressive Alliance weekly highlight reel. Off the Kuff suggests that a pro-science PAC could do a lot of good, nationally and in Texas. WCNews at Eye On Williamson reminds us that despite the brouhaha over transportation during the rec ...

  • Protect Us From Another Celebrity Death and Networ ...

    The world is reeling from political upheaval, economic meltdown and environmental catastrophe. What does the national media focus on for two weeks? The high drama of a controversial musical artist who has the audacity of dying. News that effects each and every person on this planet is buried un ...

  • Texas Progressive Alliance – July 6, 2009

    Now that we’ve celebrated another birthday for America, it’s time for the weekly Texas Progressive Alliance blog roundup. Here are your highlights from the holiday week. The loss of Ron Artest from the Rockets to the Lakers (essentially a trade for Trevor Arista) is a bad deal, writes PDiddie a ...

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Unexplained Mysteries

  • 'UFO' sighted on BBC webcam

    The BBC are at the center of a UFO mystery this week after a strange object was sighted streaking past on a webcam during the channel's Look North mor...

  • Touchable holograms become reality

    Researchers at the University of Tokyo have succeeded in creating not only a working three dimensional hologram projector but also a system using ultr...

  • The universe's furthest object ever

    Astronomers from around the world have collaborated to observe the furthest object ever seen in the universe. The object is so far away from us that r...

  • Martian methane mystery deepens

    The mystery surrounding the discovery of methane on Mars has deepened as new data has revealed that the gas is being produced far quicker on Mars than...

  • Hunting for David and Goliath

    Archaeologists are investigating the alleged site at which the 3000-year-old bible story depicts David slaying Goliath with a stone from his sling, bu...

Grassroots

  • Rethinking Aid: Hurricane Relief Rooted in Sustai ...

    haiti-fruit_nursery.JPG I stopped in Gonaives to follow up with last year’s hurricane victims while traveling with Grassroots International’s partner the Peasant’s Movement of Papay (MPP) from Port-au-Prince to Haiti’s Northwest last w ...

  • Myths and Facts about the Coup in Honduras

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  • Global Day of Action for Honduras: Would You Be Si ...

    Honduras_march.jpg In solidarity with our partner, the Via Campesina, Grassroots International joins the Global Day of Action for Honduras , August 11, 2009. The Via Campesina issued a call to stand in solidarity with the people of Honduras: ...

  • Just Released—Food Rebellions! Crisis and the H ...

    Cover_Mock-up_rev_13_Feb_09.jpg We’re pleased to announce the release of Food Rebellion s! , co-published by Grassroots International and our ally Food First/Institute for Food and Development Policy. Food Rebellions! Crisis and the Hunger f ...

  • Honduras Crisis Exposes the Weakness of US Democra ...

    While Honduras is on the brink of a civil war, politics-as-usual in Washington, D.C. threaten, quite literally, to block US support for democracy in that country. It also threatens to squelch democracy here as well. On Thursday, the office of Sen. Richard Lugar sent a letter to Secretary of State ...

Climate

  • August 7, 2009

    NY Governor Signs Order Setting Emissions Goal (Albany Times Union) New York Gov. David Paterson has signed an executive order that sets a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all statewide sources by 80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050. $2-Billion Infusion Coming to Cash for Clunkers ...

  • August 6, 2009

    China Negotiator Optimistic on Climate Treaty (AP) China's top climate envoy said he is optimistic that upcoming negotiations will produce a new global warming treaty, but admitted developed countries have slowed the process by not setting CO2 reduction targets. $1.36 Billion to Create Technol ...

  • August 5, 2009

    Study: US Consumers Spared Big Costs in Climate Bill (Reuters) A new U.S. government study adds to a growing list of experts concluding that climate legislation moving through Congress would have only a modest impact on consumers, adding a bit more than $100 to household costs in 2020. Pacific Isla ...

  • August 4, 2009

    Scandal Surrounding Fake Climate Bill Letters Mushrooms (Politico) The coal front group ACCCE, caught up in a fraudulent grassroots lobbying scandal, tried to contain the damage only to see it mushroom, dragging in two more lawmakers and prompting a congressman to call for an official investigati ...

  • August 6, 2009

    China Negotiator Optimistic on Climate Treaty (AP) China's top climate envoy said he is optimistic that upcoming negotiations will produce a new global warming treaty, but admitted developed countries have slowed the process by not setting CO2 reduction targets. $1.36 Billion to Create Technol ...

TomDispatch

  • Tomgram: John Feffer, Their Martyrs and Our Heroe ...

    The way you imagine someone engaged in a suicide attack depends, not surprisingly, on which end of the attack you happen to be on -- in cultural, if not literal terms. In American films and pop culture, there were few acts more inexplicable or malevolent in the years of my childhood than those of ...

  • Tomgram: Frida Berrigan, 64 Years Too Late and No ...

    As another August 6th approaches, let me tell you a little story about Hiroshima and me: As a young man, I was probably not completely atypical in having the Bomb (the 1950s was a great time for capitalizing what was important) on my brain, and not just while I was ducking under my school desk ...

  • Tomgram: Chalmers Johnson, Dismantling the Empire

    The Obama administration's plan to end production of the F-22 Raptor has received plenty of press coverage , but the Pentagon budget itself, even though it's again on the rise, hardly rates a bit of notice. In fact, amid the plethora of issues large and small -- from health care reform to Gates-g ...

  • Tomgram: Juan Cole, Empire's Paranoia About the P ...

    These days, it seems as though the United States is conducting its wars in places remarkably unfamiliar to most Americans. Its CIA-operated drone aircraft, for instance, have been regularly firing missiles into Waziristan , where, in one strike in June, an estimated 80 tribespeople were killed wh ...

  • Tomgram: An American Hell

    Don't Turn the Page on History Facing the American World We Created By Tom Engelhardt We've just passed through the CIA assassination flap, already fading from the news after less than two weeks of media attention. Broken in several major newspapers , here's how the story goes: the Agency, evi ...

Smirking Chimp

  • Republican Mob Rule: I Was There at the Birth

    I was there when it began, the ugliness, the ever-so thinly-veiled racism, the attacks on the press. It was August, 1992. The place, the Houston Astrodome. The occasion, the Republican nominating convention. First some spacial data; the press gallery inside the enormous dome was to the right of the ...

  • Ten Telltale Signs of Republican Disease

    A recent Daily Kos poll indicated 58 percent of Republicans either believe President Obama isn't a US citizen or aren't sure. Out here on the left coast, we don't know many Republicans, so it's hard for us to understand how they can be that stupid. There may be a medical explanation. Perhaps the ...

  • The Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd

    If the hate mai l I receive means anything, the anti-health care and anti-tax war that the teabaggers are waging at congressional town hall meetings is bringing out the worst and ugliest impulses among the Me-First, Screw-Everyone-Else Crowd. And as my new newspaper column this week shows , the furo ...

  • Lay Off Layoffs: "At Will" Employment Laws Unprodu ...

    NEW YORK--You've seen how TV covers the immediate aftermath of a disaster. A tornado or earthquake or whatever has just ripped through a community. Rubble and bodies lie scattered. Asked to comment, stunned survivors weep and confirm the obvious--they've lost everything. Then the reporter's wrap-up: ...

  • Suicide Squad

    It's out in the open now. They can't work us over anymore. We know who they are. Our own oligarchy is out to get us. Global capitalism, feeling the pulse of socialism, is fighting to make the world safe for corporate hegemony--and corporate America is leading the pack. It began with the destruction ...

Ten Percent

  • When All You’ve Got Is A Hammer

    Every problem looks like a nail- A police decision to use a Taser gun on an 89-year-old man who was threatening to cut his own throat has been upheld by a watchdog. The Independent Police Complaints Commission(IPCC) said North Wales Police officers were protecting the public and the man’s life. Th ...

  • 40 Years

    The UK’s commitment to Afghanistan could last for up to 40 years, the incoming head of the Army has said. Gen Sir David Richards, who takes over on 28 August, told the Times the Army’s role would evolve, but the process of “nation-building” would last decades. The BBC story represents a b ...

  • Friday! The Beat- Tears of a Clown

    Entertainment note- Island dwellers! Catch the John Lawson Circus as they tour Anglesey, however luxurious your home cinema may be it cannot be as entertaining and slightly surreal as an evening in the Big Top with actual people balancing on wires and twirling around above you. If we don’t s ...

  • Vestas Repossessed By Bailiffs

    Workers who staged a sit-in protest at a wind turbine blade factory on the Isle of Wight have left the building. Bailiffs entered the offices of Vestas in Newport at 1200 BST after the firm was granted a possession order. One man jumped from a balcony and was taken to hospital as a precaution and [. ...

  • Known Criminal Grooming Children

    Many people are discomfited by the thought of Tony Blair’s Faith Foundation working in schools. It smacks of religious propaganda, and is tied to the name of a prime minister remembered for leading the country into a bloody and controversial war. Even some of those in the Foundation’s unlabelle ...

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Nancy Pelosi Needs To Apologize

    (bumped up from Thursday morning) Yesterday I was appalled to watch the Speaker of the House comment on Press Secretary Robert Gibbs’ assertion that the anger at these town halls over health care reform is “manufactured”. The reporter asked, “Do you think there is legitimate grassroots oppo ...

  • Don’t Fight the Fed

    “Cover all your Treasury shorts!!” I will never forget that mandate put forth by Tom Kirch, then head of Fixed Income at First Boston, as the stock market was crashing in October 1987. As a young trader, moments like that are not soon forgotten. Why? Mr. Kirch through dint of experience knew tha ...

  • Milbank And Cillizza Video Series Canned

    Recently I had the following video in my post, “Hatred Rears Its Ugly Head.” It is the not-at-all-funny video of Chris Cilliza and Dana Milbank making a blatantly sexist statement, among other not-funny “entertainment”: And I wrote this: I said all along that Obama, the DNC, and the MSM de ...

  • Some Cranky Ass, Bible Toting, Gun Clutching Ameri ...

    (bumped up from August 4th at 12:01 a.m.) If these videos are representative of the buzzsaw members of Congress are running into back home then we know for a fact the Obama honeymoon is over. It is one thing to find pissed off Americans in Texas. But what about Pennsylvania and New York. Any doub ...

  • Love this guy! (& open thread)

    There was a hero’s welcome for Bill Clinton in New York after he saved two damsels in distress. Consider this an open thread.

Environmental Graffiti

Foreign Policy in Focus

Therapy News

  • Feedback in Marriage Counseling Reduces Divorce Ra ...

    A GoodTherapy.org News Update Incorporating feedback, or responses from therapy clients, into psychotherapy sessions, has been shown to have a dramatically positive effect on the success of recovery and healing. But such studies have not included instances of marriage counseling, providing the inspi ...

  • The Impact of Worry on Hair Loss

    A GoodTherapy.org News Update The Detroit Free Press recently published an article reporting that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was experiencing significant hair loss as a result of the extreme stress she has endured over the past several months. Rallying interest in the issue, the article seek ...

  • Reversing Eating Disorder Relapse

    By Joanna Poppink, LMFT Click here to contact Joanna and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile I’m in the middle of attending a great conference at UCLA this week end. It’s “Adult Attachment in Clinical Context: Applications of the Adult Attachment Interview.” Superb and gifted researchers and ...

  • Ho Do You Really Feel?

    A GoodTherapy.org News Update The question of “How are you feeling today?” is one asked by professionals of a wide variety of fields, not just those in the mental health professions. Regardless of who is asking the question, it seems, people tend to answer with some degree of dishonesty, whether ...

  • When Love Stops Working – Getting It Going Again

    By Jennifer Lehr, MA, MFT Click here to contact Jennifer and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Almost everyone wants love in his or her life. It is a vital ingredient of our humanness. We are born through the bodies of our mothers, most likely have nursed on her breasts, were held, touched and att ...

Mountaintop Removal

Memeorandum

  • Fatah: We'll sacrifice victims until Jerusalem is ...

    Haaretz : Fatah: We'll sacrifice victims until Jerusalem is ours — The status of Jerusalem as the future capital of a Palestinian state is a red line that no Palestinian leader is permitted to cross, President Mahmoud Abbas' ruling Fatah faction declared in the West Bank on Saturday.

  • Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security (Jo ...

    John M. Broder / New York Times : Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security — WASHINGTON — The changing global climate will pose profound strategic challenges to the United States in coming decades, raising the prospect of military intervention to deal with the effects of violent sto ...

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