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IPS - Inter Press Services

• SPAIN: Debt Write-Off, Development Funds for Boli ...

  MADRID, Sep 15 (IPS) - Bolivian President Evo Morales wound up a three-day official visit to Spain Tuesday with a financial aid commitment from the Spanish government - in the form of a debt-for-development swap - and a reciprocal agreement to allow Bolivians and Spaniards resident in each othe ...

• RIGHTS: Tripped Up by Honduras, UN Council Turns ...

  GENEVA, Sep 15 (IPS) - The United Nations Human Rights Council set a firm precedent in favour of the international isolation of the de facto government that took over in Honduras after a Jun. 28 coup removed President Manuel Zelaya.

• TRADE: "Tyre War" Strains U.S.-China R ...

  WASHINGTON, Sep 15 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama's decision last week to impose tariffs on Chinese tyre imports has sparked a war of words with Beijing, which could lead to retaliatory tariffs and a possible World Trade Organisation (WTO) investigation into U.S. use of emergency tariffs ag ...

• SWAZILAND: Sunshine Brings the Gift of Water

  SITSATSAWENI, Swaziland, Sep 15 (IPS) - It is break time. A handful of pupils of Sitsatsaweni Primary School are crowded around a 25-litre bucket to wash their hands before tucking into a meal of samp and beans.

• US-AFGHANISTAN: Obama Confronts Democratic Scepti ...

  WASHINGTON, Sep 15 (IPS) - Growing scepticism among key Democratic lawmakers about the U.S. commitment to the war in Afghanistan is certain to pose one of the most difficult political challenges faced by President Barack Obama in his first year in office.

The Intelligence Daily

• Obama Administration Moves to Keep Terror Watch-Li ...

• What Obama Actually Said About Health Reform

• Army Officer Who Said Blacks Were Better Off as Sl ...

• US Census Bureau Confirms Rising Poverty, Falling ...

• Army's Shopping Mall Game Center Shut Down By Prot ...

My AntiWar

• France ‘Certain’ Iran Working on Nukes
• Intel Official: US Safer From Al-Qaida
• Ap: White House Postponing Hard Calls on War
• Reports: Medvedev Wants to Meet US ‘Dissiden ...
• Washington Talking About Ban on Nuclear Blasts

  Rogue Government.com

• Treasury: US economy needs indefinite life suppor ...

  The US economy is recovering from the shock of last year’s banking collapse, but could continue to need financial assistance for an indefinite period into the future, the Treasury Department stated in a report released Monday.

• Medvedev Lashes Out At U.S. Hegemony

  Russia's President has slammed America's global dominance saying all nations have the right to remark on the policies of a state whose actions affect the world.

• Derivatives still pose huge risk, says BIS

  The BIS said in its quarterly report that total turnover of derivatives rose 16pc, mostly due to a surge in futures and options contracts on three-month interest rates.

• Human tissue can be taken for human-animal embryo ...

• Four Apparent Suicides/Deaths in 48 Hours - CEOs ...

Innovation Canada

• Little boxes

  With more than half the Canadian population now living in the suburbs, Jill Grant says it’s an obvious time to study this increasingly popular living option, one that remains a bane to urban planners and downtown boosters. Are people drawn to the concept of perfectly matching houses throughout a n ...

• FISHing for answers

  University of Alberta (U of A) researchers have developed a cancer-testing technology with a snappy name but a serious purpose. The “FISH on a chip” is a complex test that detects abnormalities in chromosomes which characterize particular types of cancer. To create it, researchers miniaturize a ...

• i2eye with Palmiro Campagna

  Widely seen as Canada’s crowning technical achievement of the day, the Avro Arrow supersonic interceptor was scrapped after only five test planes were completed. Half a century later, aviation enthusiasts still mourn the loss and the Avro workers who left Canada to help realize NASA’s moon-rocke ...

• Testing ground

  Think of it as a case of lab life trying to imitate real life. From behind a two-way mirror, researchers observe and record medical staff trying to use intravenous drug pumps and other devices while being continuously interrupted by a Code Blue or other emergencies that could cause them to make mist ...

• Ocean view

  The winch at the rear of the ship slowly lowers a 13-tonne steel capsule about the size of three minivans into still water in early July. The shell, painted a garish yellow, is a trawl-resistant frame designed to deflect fishing nets. More important, once settled on the ocean floor, the capsule will ...

Signs of the times

• Afghan Minister: Extracting Uranium by British tro ...

  Afghanistan Minister for Mines and Industries Mohammad Ibrahim Adil has rejected the claims that British forces in southern Helmand province illegally extracting uranium, a local news agency Pajhwok reported Tuesday. Adil made these remarks in response to a parliamentarian Sediquezada Nili in W ...

• Ron Paul: Federal government 'one giant toxic asse ...

  The US economy has not really recovered from last year's financial crisis, and the policies of the Federal Reserve, the US's central bank, are ensuring that the suffering will continue much longer than necessary, US House Rep. Ron Paul told CNN on Monday. "They claim there's a recovery but the reco ...

• Technician in custody in Yale graduate student sla ...

  Police and FBI agents searched the home of a Yale University animal research technician Tuesday night and led him away in handcuffs to the cheers of neighbors in a search for evidence that might tie him to the slaying of a graduate student. No charges were filed against 24-year-old Raymond Clark II ...

• More Arrests at Sacramento's Safe Ground

  For the third time in two weeks, Sacramento police arrested homeless people at a designated "safe ground" camping area for illegal camping. For the third time in two weeks, police confiscated all of their equipment, including sleeping bags, tents, food, and cookware. And for the third time in two ...

• Canada: Musing about a painless death got man a pa ...

  Elderly Torontonian furious over violent arrest by police who thought he was suicidal Weeks before his own bruising brush with absolute power, Bruce McArthur was ruminating to friends about the notorious arrest of the Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. and the burden that is incumbent upon those ...

Threat Level

• Obama Backs Extending Patriot Act Spy Provisions

  The Obama administration has told Congress it supports renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire at year’s end, measures making it easier for the government to spy within the United States. In a letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciar ...

• Once Again, DMCA Protects Online Video Sites

  In dismissing an infringement lawsuit, a Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects California web-video host Veoh. It is the second time that Veoh, a YouTube-style service, has won protection from the courts under the DMCA, which immunizes web hosts from ...

• Senator Asks Justice Department to Investigate Die ...

  Senator Charles Schumer (D - New York) asked the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division on Monday to investigate the recent sale of Diebold voting machines to a competitor, saying the deal raises anti-competitiveness concerns and has “adverse implications on how our country votes.” Ear ...

• Intelligence Analyst Charged With Hacking Top Secr ...

  An analyst at a Defense Department spy satellite agency faces federal hacking charges after allegedly poking around in a top-secret system used in a classified terrorism investigation involving the FBI and the U.S. Army. Brian Keith Montgomery worked on a covert program for the National Geospatial-I ...

• NYT Revamps Online Ad Sales After Malware Scam

  A security breach is forcing The New York Times on Monday to suspend online ads that are automatically inserted onto its web site through third-party sellers. The move comes after an apparent security loophole allowed a seemingly innocuous advertisement to be “switched” to a click-ad hosting mal ...

PERRspectives : Blog

• A Look Back at the Week That Doomed John McCain

  On September 15th, 2008, the Dow Jones plummeted by 504 points as the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers triggered the implosion of Wall Street. And on that day a year ago, Republican presidential candidate John McCain declared the "fundamentals of our...

• Employers to Raise Health Care Costs, Cut Coverage

  Even as the watered down health care reform legislation from the Senate Finance Committee is finally being delivered to growing concerns, a new study is shining a spotlight on questions the Baucus bill fails to address. Following an analysis from...

• 10 Lessons for Tea Baggers

  Back in April, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart offered some sound advice for frothing at the mouth Tea Baggers, "I think you might be confusing tyranny with losing." Now five months after their Tax Day outburst, thousands of vein-popping Obama...

• Health Care Fight: No Echoes of Bush Social Securi ...

  On Monday, the AP portrayed President Obama's struggle to pass health care reform as the second coming of George W. Bush's unpopular and ultimately disastrous attempt to privatize Social Security. But while man each left the bill crafting to Congress...

• Excerpts of President Obama's Speech to America's ...

  In response to the manufactured outrage over President Obama's planned address Tuesday to America's schoolchildren, the White House as promised has released portions of the text of the speech in advance. Here are excerpts from President Obama's prepared remarks: Preliminary...

Blackspot News Feed

• ACORN Attack Video Manipulated?

  An ACORN statement claims the video is not accurate.

• Video: Jimmy Carter on Obama-haters: "Many White P ...

  Former President Jimmy Carter, a lifelong resident of Georgia, discussed the role of racism in the right's antipathy to Barack Obama.

• Ryugyong Hotel - Ziggurat of North Korea

  The Ryugyong Hotel was named after the historic name for Pyongyang, “capital of willows”.. more like a pyramid that would be every skater’s dream, it towers over the city of Sojang-dong; the whole country in fact. Construction of the ambitious project began in 1987.. went on for five years but ...

• Newsflash: Bill Maher Is Sexist and Annoying

  Maher seems to think that physically assaulting women is a super funny joke.

• The South's Dangerous Drinking Water

  Millions of U.S. residents are drinking tap water that contains dangerous levels of toxic chemicals - and many states in the South and elsewhere are doing a poor job of enforcing regulations designed to protect the public from such hazards. That's the finding of the latest installment in the ...

Consortium News

• How the Soviet Menace Was Hyped

  A declassified document reveals how Cold War hardliners exaggerated the Soviet threat in the 1980s, Melvin A. Goodman says. September 15, 2009

• Torture First, Justify Afterwards

  CIA's former inspector general admits that harsh interrogations preceded written legal guidance, Jason Leopold reports. September 15, 2009

• Was the 'Lockerbie Bomber' Framed?

  U.S. outrage over release of a Libyan convicted in the PanAm 103 bombing ignores signs he was railroaded, says Morgan Strong. September 14, 2009

• Ray McGovern Warns of 'Two CIAs'

  Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern says President Obama may have reason to fear from CIA hardliners, writes Brad Friedman. September 13, 2009

• Bush's Interrogators Stressed Nudity

  George W. Bush's interrogators humiliated "war on terror" captives by keeping them nude, reports Robert Parry. September 12, 2009

CounterPunch

• Harvey Wasserman : The Supreme Court and Corporate ...
• Adam Federman : The Plight of the Bumblebee
• Stephen Fleischman : The Federal Twist
• Robert Jensen : Can Journalism Schools be Relevant ...
• Alexander Cockburn : Obama's Big Speech: Math Trum ...

Institute for Middle East Understanding

• Mitchell hopes to wring concessions on Israeli set ...

  Washington's special Middle East envoy launched a last-ditch push today to wring an Israeli promise to curtail settlement construction and persuade the Palestinians to attend a high-profile US meeting meant ...

• A captive Palestinian market (Rachel Shabi, The G ...

  the picture is not so much of resurgence as of an economy that gets thwarted at every turn. That's one reason why many Palestinians aren't buying the fanfare declarations over finances. "You can't separate e ...

• Israel committed war crimes in white phosphorus st ...

  A UN fact-finding mission has accused Israel of committing war crimes by using white phosphorus in built-up areas in the Gaza War, and called for the weapon to be banned in urban warfare. The investigation, ...

• The Elders' next move (Sam Bahour, The Sacramento ...

  One after another, the Elders reiterated that our destiny as Palestinians and Israelis is to live together in mutual respect, as equals. Perhaps the time has come for them to take the next step and endorse a ...

• Israel's blockade causes water crisis in Gaza ()

Planetsave

• 14 Deer Die in One Night at Zoo under Mysterious C ...

  According to reports , 13 cheetal and one swamp deer died Friday evening under “mysterious circumstances” at the Kanpur Zoo. Viscera samples and stomach content have been sent to the Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI). Results are expected sometime within the next two weeks. The ...

• The Greening of Paint

  Oregon this summer became the first state to enact in law a product stewardship law for the collection of leftover consumer paint. The pilot program, which expires in 2014, involves a consumer fee that a nonprofit organization established by paint producers uses to pay for the collection and pro ...

• The Great Lakes: Whose water is it anyway?

  In a century of rising fresh water scarcity, a community of activists in the Great Lakes region is working to prevent private ownership of that water resource, although most mainstream conservation and environmental activists are focused elsewhere. If the activists’ concerns are valid, their bat ...

• Locks of Love: The Evolution of My Hair, and a Sta ...

  Hi, you might recognize that beautiful smiling face before you. That is my face, well it was my face over the last couple of years. I am not here to talk about my face or my smile, which some have called “winning.” I am not even here to talk about myself, although I could do that all day, and ...

• Cure for AIDS? Possible AIDS Vaccine in the Works

  Researchers in California believe they have hit the jackpot in modern medical breakthroughs. The cure for AIDS. The researchers have published a study in the journal Science, demonstrating two powerful new antibodies which could hold the key to achieving a viable AIDS vaccine. It has been well kn ...

Water Quality - WordPress

• Kenya: poor quality drinking water one of biggest ...

  Corruption among politicians and the spread of diseases like Aids are top on the list of the biggest

• No title

  Here is some info from Stargazette.com The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is to vote this week

• Take Action: Say NO to more offshore drilling

  Offshore oil and gas development and oil spills impact coastal communities, soil beaches and destroy

• Going bananas over water quality in Orange County

  This just in. Yesterday I was bemoaning the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board for the

• Blossburg Council Votes to Change Zoning for Water ...

  http://splashdownpa.blogspot.com/2009/09/blossburg-council-votes-to-change.html Check out this artic

Public Citizen in Texas

• King Williams Parade Pics 042 [Flickr]

  Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:

• King Williams Parade Pics 038 [Flickr]

  Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:

• It’s a major award! Honoring Smitty for his advo ...

  Today the Heinz Foundation announced that it has honored Tom “Smitty” Smith, Public Citizen Texas’ Director of 24 years, with the 15th annual Heinz Award.  Smitty was one of ten recipients of this major award, which this year honors individuals that “have helped bring about a cleane ...

• King Williams Parade Pics 036 [Flickr]

  Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:

• King Williams Parade Pics 058 [Flickr]

  Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:

Press TV

• NATO calls for 'unprecedented talks' with Russia

  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has called for “unprecedented dialogue” with Russia in order to confront common threats.

• Lebanon MPs rename Hariri PM-designate

  Despite the fact that he stepped down from the post of premier last week, a majority of Lebanon's parliamentarians have renamed Saad Hariri as prime minister-designate.

• Venezuela rebuffs Clinton bluster

  Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro has lashed out at US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for accusing Caracas of starting an arms race in South America.

• Cattle raid leaves 29 dead in central Kenya

  At least twenty-nine people have been killed and dozens more injured in central Kenya after unidentified hustlers mounted night raids to steal cattle.

• Flash floods claim 38 lives in Indonesia

  At least 38 people have died and several others are missing after flash floods inundated a far-flung region of Indonesia's North Sumatra Province.

Axis of Logic

• Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

• Pakistanis Want US Declared ‘Hostile State’

• Fill 'er up

• Monsanto – Public Enemy No. 1

• Eight years since 9/11. The pretext for a historic ...

They Gave Us a Republic

• The Nightowl Newswrap

  Pithiest description I have heard yet to describe the financial meltdown: "Growth in American loan balances had been accelerating at a rate five times that of economic growth for most of the decade. When that stopped so abruptly, like a merry-go-round spinning at 80 kph then suddenly stopping, you ...

• Senator Al Franken (D) at the 2009 Harkin Steak Fr ...

  Cross posted from Show Me Progress Minnesota Senator Al Franken (D) was a guest and speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's (D) annual steak fry in Indianola, Iowa on Sunday afternoon. Our previous coverage: Senators Harkin (D) and Franken (D) in Indianola, Iowa - there will be a strong public option T ...

• Stop Respecting The Stupid

  Deliberate ignorance and stupidity is nothing new in American political history. It was already old when it hit a peak of honesty two centuries ago with the Know-Nothing Party. But not even in the run-up to the Civil War has The Stupid been so blatantly and ludicrously glorified as it is today. No ...

• Medieval Health Care Reform

• August is over

  Over the years, I have seen the influence doctors and healthcare professionals have in getting the public to write and call legislators and get something they want codified into law. Why do you think some 20-odd states have enacted tort reform laws? Doctors wanted it, and they told their patients ...

Care 2

• Cesar Millan - Foundation

  Cesar Millan, star of the hit series Dog Whisperer, and his wife Ilusion Millan have established THE CESAR AND ILUSION MILLAN FOUNDATION, a national, non-profit organization designed to aid and support the rescue, rehabilitation, and placement of Submitted by Rafael Apollo Lido to Animals | Note ...

• Support the Signers of The Toronto Declaration

  "Do you know that terrible feeling you get when someone you care about is viciously attacked for something they haven't done? I got that feeling when I heard the outrageous charges against amazing and courageous people like Alice Walker, Noam Chomsky..." Submitted by Just Carole to World | Note- ...

• Make Plans for Fur-Free Friday Now!

  Every year on the Friday after Thanksgiving, Americans flock to their local mall as the frantic holiday shopping season kicks off with sales and crowds galore. And every year on this day, which we know as "Fur-Free Friday," people with compassion in Submitted by Cher C. to Animals | Note-it! | ...

• Your morning adorable: Thirsty sea gull takes a br ...

  Submitter Sarah shares this photo of a thirsty gull she encountered in Malibu. Now, we've certainly known gulls to scavenge -- we've even seen an amazing photo gallery of them stealing ice cream from unsuspecting humans -- but we've never known Submitted by Cher C. to Offbeat | Note-it! | Add ...

• Wrong policy to blame for threat to lions

  The cause of the rapid decline of the country’s lion population is conflict with people. They are a threat to people’s lives and livelihoods, and locals retaliate by killing lions. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment

GreenBiz

• Starbucks Kicks Off Cup-Recycling Pilot Program in ...

  Starbucks launched a pilot program in seven New York stores last week that could help the company move toward its goal of making all of its coffee cups recyclable by 2012.

• CDP 2009 Preview: How to Be Sustainably Profitable ...

  What does it take to transition to -- be sustainably profitable in -- a low-carbon economy? CDP CEO Paul Dickinson offers answers to the question in today's sneak peek of the CDP Global 500 and S&P 500 Reports.

• MillerCoors Dedicates September to Improving Water ...

  During its first annual Water Stewardship Month, the company's breweries and headquarters are engaging in partnerships and volunteer projects to promote responsible water use.

• Asia Pulp & Paper Sets Sustainability as a Require ...

  At a summit of global paper industry leaders, Asia Pulp & Paper announced a commitment to halt expansion of its pulp-processing facilities until it finds a source for sustainably produced materials. At the same time the Forest Disclosure Project has announced the next step in developing its first an ...

• Setting a New Standard for Green Meetings

  The concept of green meetings should be more clearly defined by year's end under proposed Green Meeting and Events Voluntary Standards that are being reviewed by stakeholders from industries ranging from lodging to transportation.

Reuters Global

• In search of Russia

  In search of the real Russia in the ancient city of Yaroslavl

• Less content, more Merkel in campaign posters

  Rather than campaigning on the issues highlighted in their election programmes, the Christian Democrats (CDU) and their Bavarian sister party the Christian Social Union (CSU) are keeping it simple and hoping to capitalise instead on the popularity of their leader, Germany's first female chancellor. ...

• Is Chavez helping Iran build the bomb?

  Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau says Chavez is helping Iran evade sanctions and buy materials for its nuclear program.

• German election TV debate: Live 2

  Merkel and Steinmeier in their TV debate

• German election TV debate: Live

  Chancellor Angela Merkel and Vice Chancellor Frank-Walter Steinmeier square off in TV debate before 20 million German TV viewers on Sunday evening in Berlin.

Ezra Klein

• Tab Dump

  1) Mavericky economist William Buiter is not happy with Obama. 2) Does a more efficient tax system lead to a larger government? 3) Contrary to Tyler Cowen's implication , adding a prescription drug benefit to Medicare was a liberal idea. The question is whether the current program works better to ...

• The Problem With the Ag Committees

  Food policy advocates aren't too pleased about Sen. Blanche Lincoln's ascension to chairwoman of the Senate Agricultural Committee. Lobbyists, however, are. “We couldn’t have handpicked a chairman better than this," said Mary Kay Thatcher, director of public policy for the American Farm Bureau. ...

• Watching Wall Street Watch Obama

  Andrew Ross Sorkin was in the audience for Obama's speech on financial regulation on Monday. But he wasn't watching the speech. He was watching the audience . They didn't like it, or at least they didn't like the important parts. As I sat in Federal Hall in downtown Manhattan this afternoon listeni ...

• A Number Is Worth a Thousand Words

  The Kaiser Family Foundation's latest Employer Benefits Survey is out, and they've got some numbers worth remembering. The average cost of a family health insurance policy in 2009 was $13,375. Over the past ten years, premiums have increased by 131 percent, while wages have grown 38 percent and ...

• The Bush Presidency in One Line

  Former Bush speechwriter Matt Latimer has a searing look at the final days of the Bush White House in this month's GQ. It begins in the moments at the bottom of the financial crisis, when serious people were saying things like "the economy is about to collapse." George W. Bush needs to do somethin ...

Booman Tribune

• Pauperizing Your Base

  When you get a job that offers health benefits it is kind of a no-brainer that you are going to accept those benefits. The only sane reason to turn them down is if your life-partner has a job with better benefits. So, you fill out some forms for your human resources person, you select a primary ca ...

• The Morality of Health Care Reform: Competing Voic ...

  During Take Back America 2008, I spent part of a day running around with a camera and a microphone asking people which issue was most important to them in the upcoming election. Just when I thought I was done, the camera turned to me and I was faced with the same question. My answer came quickly an ...

• Serious Question

  If John McCain and Sarah Palin were running the administration, what do you think we would be debating today?

• Open Thread

  My month has been insane. I've had to deal with some family issues. School has started back up for the kids. I had to take one of our dogs in yesterday for emergency surgery. Today, we loaded up all the doctor's and dentist's appointments into one day. Tonight is back to school night for one of ...

• Baucus as Lucy Van Pelt

  Here is a visual demonstration of the Max Baucus plan to win over Mike Enzi, Chuck Grassley and/or Olympia Snowe as supporters of the president's health care reform plan. Any questions?

European Tribune

• European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 16 ...

  A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1886 – Jean Arp,...

• Tuesday Open Thread

  It's raining in Kabul. What's happening where you are?...

• Rush for Barroso

  Yesterday afternoon at the European Parliament session in Brussels, Dany Cohn-Bendit made a last-ditch attempt...

• European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 15 ...

  A Daily Review Of International Online Media Europeans on this date in history:1254 – Birth of...

• Monday Open Thread

  Say what?...

Futurismic

• Robot hop

  In the latest of your monthly dose of robot drones coming to a theatre of war hopefully-some-distance-from-you we have news that DARPA have developed a remote military robot with the capability to jump over walls: Most of the time, the shoebox-sized robot – which is being developed for the US mili ...

• Robot hop

  In the latest of your monthly dose of robot drones coming to a theatre of war hopefully-some-distance-from-you we have news that DARPA have developed a remote military robot with the capability to jump over walls: Most of the time, the shoebox-sized robot – which is being developed for the US mili ...

• Caster Semenya and the postgendered future

  You’d have had to be living under a metaphorical rock not to have heard about the story of Caster Semenya, the record-breaking athlete whose superior performance caused the regulatory bodies of the athletics world to have her tested thoroughly – not for performance-enhancing drugs, but to determ ...

• Would you accept in-car surveillance for cheaper i ...

  Sometimes it feels like there’s a camera watching us everywhere we go… and maybe the next step will be cameras watching us as we go between places, too. If you thought the idea of allowing the cable companies to watch you watching TV so they can serve you more relevant advertising was a bit weir ...

• Caster Semenya and the postgendered future

  You’d have had to be living under a metaphorical rock not to have heard about the story of Caster Semenya, the record-breaking athlete whose superior performance caused the regulatory bodies of the athletics world to have her tested thoroughly – not for performance-enhancing drugs, but to determ ...

Therapy News

• Text Message Mental Health Services Surge in New Z ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline The use of text messaging to communicate among young people has experienced an incredible growth in recent years, and may have applications that wouldn’t seem immediately apparent. Once such application has been the development of a text-based mental health crisis s ...

• Nagged by Nightmares

  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Nearly everyone can recall an experience –or a handful of them– with nightmares, memories of crawling into their parents’ bed or strolling down the hall for a refreshing glass of water after a particularly harrowing dream being one of the elements that serves ...

• Mental Health Professionals Encourage Kids, Famili ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline While many have fond memories of childhood at school, most people can recall a few experiences that were less than joyous. Sometimes, children may experience difficulties at school that differ greatly than those experienced by their parents, and some may find themselv ...

• Stressed-Out Doctors Not Linked to Medical Mistake ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Working in a particularly stressful environment may be associated with greater risks for error, and some people may be concerned about the impact of stress on medical doctors, particularly in complex surgeries and procedures. A new study based on the work of over four ...

• Advocacy or Apprehension? Donut Shop Raises Concer ...

  A GoodTherapy.org News Summary A donut shop may seem like an unlikely venue for a hot debate about the rights of those with mental health difficulties and related social stigmas. After all, such eateries are usually expected to be a fun and relaxing spot to dig into a deliciously sinful treat. Of co ...

Mountaintop Removal

• Verizon Wireless says rally sponsorship not endors ...

  CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Verizon Wireless says its sponsorship of a Labor Day rally supporting the coal industry was not an endorsement for mountaintop removal mining.

• Verizon Says Sponsorship of Rally Not an Endorseme ...

  Verizon Wireless says its sponsorship of a Labor Day rally supporting the coal industry was not an endorsement for mountaintop removal mining.

• Verizon says coal industry rally sponsorship not e ...

  CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Verizon Wireless says its sponsorship of a Labor Day rally supporting the coal industry was not an endorsement for mountaintop removal mining. Verizon...

• Verizon says rally sponsorship not endorsement (Ch ...

  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Verizon Wireless says its sponsorship of a Labor Day rally supporting the coal industry was not an endorsement for mountaintop removal mining.Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam also says in a letter to the Center for Biological Diversi...

• Verizon says rally sponsorship not endorsement (Th ...

  CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Verizon Wireless says its sponsorship of a Labor Day rally supporting the coal industry was not an endorsement for mountaintop removal mining.Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam also says in a letter to the Center for Biological Diversi...

Memeorandum

• Carter Claims There Is "Racist" Tone Against Obama ...

  RealClearPolitics Video Log : Carter Claims There Is “Racist” Tone Against Obama — In an interview with NBC's Brian Williams, former President Jimmy Carter said he has been extremely bothered by the heightened climate of racial and other hate speech since the election of President Barack ...

• Great moments in gatekeeping (Ed Morrissey/Hot Air ...

  Ed Morrissey / Hot Air : Great moments in gatekeeping — Don Wade and Roma at Chicago's WLS-AM ask outgoing ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson about why most media outlets have failed to cover the ACORN story — and they get a better answer than they must have expected. Instead of a discourse ...

• "THE WHOLE THING IS COMING UNDONE. BRACE YOURSELVE ...

  Andrea Shea King / The Radio Patriot : “THE WHOLE THING IS COMING UNDONE. BRACE YOURSELVES” — Glenn Beck just wrapped up what had to be the most compelling radio I've heard... and lately, most of his shows have been pretty compelling. — Whew, where to start? Well, how about th ...

• ACORN Prostitution Scandal: California Here We Com ...

  James O'Keefe / Big Government : ACORN Prostitution Scandal: California Here We Come! — **This is a Part I of the ACORN San Bernardino exposé. Updates to follow... [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

• Obama Calls Kanye a 'Jackass' - The Audio (TMZ.com ...

  TMZ.com : Obama Calls Kanye a ‘Jackass’ — The Audio — TMZ has obtained the audiotape of President Barack Obama calling Kanye West a “jackass” for hijacking Taylor Swift's acceptance speech during the VMAs. — The audio was recorded just before Obama went on camera to do an int ...

Energy & Environment News

• New Standard Links Auto Mileage and Gas Emissions

  The new rules would require the auto industry’s fleet of new vehicles to average 35.5 miles a gallon by 2016.

• Hawaii Tries Green Tools in Remaking Power Grids

  Hawaii is experimenting with renewable forms of energy that will allow the state to lessen its dependence on imported oil.

• Pursuing a Battery So Electric Vehicles Can Go the ...

  I.B.M. executives said the company had begun an effort to improve battery storage, and a future generation lithium-air battery might be the answer.

• T.V.A. to Pay $43 Million on Projects in Spill Are ...

  A huge coal ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority power plant last year devastated property values and tourism.

• Toxic Waters: Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a ...

  In the past five years, companies and workplaces have violated pollution laws more than 500,000 times. But most polluters have escaped punishment.

5+ quakes - 7 days

• M 6.3, offshore Carabobo, Venezuela

  Saturday, September 12, 2009 20:06:24 UTC Saturday, September 12, 2009 08:06:24 PM at epicenter Depth : 10.00 km (6.21 mi)

• M 5.2, south of the Kermadec Islands

  Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:33:04 UTC Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:33:04 PM at epicenter Depth : 326.00 km (202.57 mi)

• M 5.7, Molucca Sea

  Wednesday, September 9, 2009 08:06:32 UTC Wednesday, September 9, 2009 04:06:32 PM at epicenter Depth : 111.40 km (69.22 mi)

• M 5.3, south of the Fiji Islands

  Sunday, September 13, 2009 21:43:00 UTC Monday, September 14, 2009 09:43:00 AM at epicenter Depth : 541.00 km (336.16 mi)

• M 5.0, southern Sumatra, Indonesia

  Wednesday, September 9, 2009 04:02:14 UTC Wednesday, September 9, 2009 11:02:14 AM at epicenter Depth : 77.90 km (48.40 mi)

China Dialogue

• Death of the Nile (1)

  The ancient river delta is under threat from rising sea levels resulting from climate change. Without the food the fertile region produces, Egypt faces catastrophe, Jack Shenker reports. Maged Shamdy’s ancestors arrived on the shores of Lake Burullus in the mid-19th century. In the dusty heat of C ...

• A bold plan for India

  India could cut its carbon output in half, says a new study, dramatically improving the country’s energy security and its people’s quality of life. But it will cost, writes Anna da Costa. Growth in India's carbon emissions could be nearly halved by the year 2030 through the use of known practice ...

• Sorting the rubbish in Beijing

  在中国首都北京，市民和专家正在审议商讨各种垃圾处理的方式。霍伟亚就讨论中的方案进行了调查。 After the 2008 Olympic Games, ...

• Understanding the energy challenge

  China needs low-carbon development to ensure its energy security. In this effort, writes Lin Boqiang, the country could become a model for other developing nations. [Produced in association with Rutgers Climate and Social Policy Initiative ] China needs a low-carbon economy not only to meet the ...

• The season of dread returns

  Decades of deforestation left Haiti defenceless against last year’s catastrophic hurricanes. But the Caribbean island hopes attempts to save it from the storms will save lives this year, Suzanne Goldenberg reports. The flood waters were washing cows out to sea and spitting up boulders as if they w ...

AlterNet Top Stories

• ACORN Attack Video Manipulated?

  An ACORN statement claims the video is not accurate.

• Video: Jimmy Carter on Obama-haters: "Many Wh ...

  Former President Jimmy Carter, a lifelong resident of Georgia, discussed the role of racism in the right's antipathy to Barack Obama.

• Newsflash: Bill Maher Is Sexist and Annoying

  Maher seems to think that physically assaulting women is a super funny joke.

• Obama's Selective Historical Memory

  What do the president's most recent remarks on Afghanistan say about his willingness to heed history's lessons?

• Right-Wing Blogger Hijacks Patrick Swayze's Death

  If you're not reading conservative blogs, you're missing out on all kinds of fascinating insights you probably won't find anywhere else.

Threat Level

• Obama Backs Extending Patriot Act Spy Provisions

  The Obama administration has told Congress it supports renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire at year’s end, measures making it easier for the government to spy within the United States. In a letter to Sen. Patrick Leahy, the Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Senate Judiciar ...

• Once Again, DMCA Protects Online Video Sites

  In dismissing an infringement lawsuit, a Los Angeles federal judge has ruled that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act protects California web-video host Veoh. It is the second time that Veoh, a YouTube-style service, has won protection from the courts under the DMCA, which immunizes web hosts from ...

• Senator Asks Justice Department to Investigate Die ...

  Senator Charles Schumer (D - New York) asked the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division on Monday to investigate the recent sale of Diebold voting machines to a competitor, saying the deal raises anti-competitiveness concerns and has “adverse implications on how our country votes.” Ear ...

• Intelligence Analyst Charged With Hacking Top Secr ...

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• NYT Revamps Online Ad Sales After Malware Scam

  A security breach is forcing The New York Times on Monday to suspend online ads that are automatically inserted onto its web site through third-party sellers. The move comes after an apparent security loophole allowed a seemingly innocuous advertisement to be “switched” to a click-ad hosting mal ...

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

• West apologizes to Swift, Obama weighs in on furor

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rap star Kanye West personally apologized on Tuesday to country teen star Taylor Swift after a two-day furor over his hijacking of an awards speech that even drew an off-the-cuff comment from President Barack Obama.

• Clinton: U.S. worried by Venezuelan arms purchases

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern on Tuesday about what she said was the growing number of arms purchases by Venezuela and the potential for an arms race in the region.

• Rockefeller & Co CEO dies in apparent suicide

  BOSTON (Reuters) - James McDonald, a prominent adviser to wealthy families as chief executive of investment management group Rockefeller & Co, died in an apparent suicide,

• Swine flu deaths show this flu is different: exper ...

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Autopsies on people who have died from the new pandemic H1N1 flu show this virus is different from seasonal influenza, even if it has not yet caused more deaths, experts told a meeting on Tuesday.

• New Leno show draws big audiences, lukewarm review ...

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jay Leno's new prime-time experiment on the struggling NBC network pulled in big audiences, according to early ratings figures on Tuesday, but mostly underwhelmed TV critics.

Godspace

• Frio Suite by Phil Keaggy and Jeff Johnson

  My friend Jeff Johnson has just put together this promo for an upcoming CD he and Rhil Keaggy have produced. Â It Features photographs and images by artist, Kathy Hastings which inspired the instrumental collaboration between guitarist, Phil Keaggy and keyboardist, Jeff Johnson. Â As you know I ...

• What Will The Future Hold?

  Summer is drawing to a close, and it seems to me that the end of the year is moving towards us at a very rapid clip. The MSA team has begun a series of discernment sessions to try and shape at least some of what we focus on over the next couple of years. As [...]

• Resources from Online Schools

  Many of you are just starting back to school so I thought that you might be interested in this site which I just became aware of because they listed my blog amongst their 100 Best Blogs For Real World Advice and Education As the site says: College comes with a hefty pricetag. And why would it not? [ ...

• Reinventing the Wheel

  Well I am drawing the What is a Spiritual Practice series to a close at least for this year, with this one final post. I am delighted at the many responses I have received about articles and the ways that this series has encouraged many of you to rethink what a spiritual practice is. I [...]

• First Apple Cake for the Season

  I just made my first apple cake for the season for our MSA Board meeting tomorrow. It is a great way for me to relax once I have all my materials ready for the Board members. Our apple crop is not as big as usual but there are still plenty to enjoy. This recipe was given [...]

Equality Trust

• Goodbye social democracy, hello economic democracy

  Bill Kerry writes for Labour List about the limits of social democracy and the need for economic democracy.

• Shattering the myth of equality

  An article by Boris Frankel in Melbourne's newspaper 'The Age'.

• Polly Toynbee: This bold equality push is just wha ...

  Polly Toynbee writing about the new Equality Bill today's Guardian. "Harriet Harman's bill is a frank recognition of the role of class in Britain. A decade earlier, it might have had a real impact..."

• Seumas Milne: This naked display of class egotism ...

  "It's more than a week since Alistair Darling's budget, but the howls of protest haven't stopped for a day ever since. That's not been the public sector employees facing a harsh squeeze on jobs and pay who've been squealing, or the million workers expected to join the dole queues in the next year, ...

• Bob Holman on social breakdown

  Bob Holman writes in the Glasgow Herald about the evidence in The Spirit Level.

IntelNews

• News you may have missed #0107

  CIA invests with low-power Wi-Fi company. Indian spies released from Pakistani prison seek compensation.

• Lawsuit halted in 15-year-old CIA wiretap case

  A lawsuit against an alleged illegal wiretap operation by the CIA, which was initially filed 15 years ago, was put on hold late last week by a US federal appeals court. The court imposed the temporary hold in an apparent disagreement with US District Judge Royce Lamberth, who last July said CIA atto ...

• British police investigating secret services in to ...

  Britain’s attorney general has asked London’s Metropolitan police to investigate the role of the country’s external intelligence agency in the torture of a foreign detainee. The MI6 investigation marks the first time in British history that the two main arms of the country’s intelligence est ...

• News you may have missed #0106

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• Analysis: CIA “cronyism, favoritism” prompts r ...

  Rumors emerged last week that the leading candidate to head the CIA’s station in Kabul, Afghanistan, has no experience in the Middle East or south Asia, and speaks no local languages. This is despite a bitter bureaucratic turf battle between the CIA leadership and the office the Director of Nation ...

PsyBlog

• Sit Up Straight! Be Confident!

  · New study finds slouchers make less confident self-evaluations. At school all the cool kids were slouchers. No one wanted to be seen sitting up straight, paying attention or, heaven forbid making an effort to learn. It was only the geeks in the front row, hoovering up all that useless knowledg ...

• How Groups Form, Conform, Then Warp Our Decision-M ...

  · Discover the essentials of group psychology. When we're in a group other people have an incredibly powerful effect on us. Groups can kill our creativity, inspire us to work harder, allow us to slack off, skew our decision-making and make us clam up. The keys to understanding human behaviour—ou ...

• Group Polarization: The Trend to Extreme Decisions

  Say you put 10 people in a room and asked them to design a car. Would they design something average or something wacky? Would they be more likely to come up with the Ford Focus or 'The Homer', designed by Homer Simpson in this classic episode of The Simpsons? To help you decide, it's [...] » Try ...

• The Acceptance Prophesy: How You Control Who Likes ...

  · Is interpersonal attraction a self-fulfilling prophesy? The mystical-sounding 'acceptance prophesy' is simply this: when we think other people are going to like us, we behave more warmly towards them and consequently they like us more. When we think other people aren't going to like us, we beha ...

• Brainstorming Reloaded

  · Why brainstorming is ineffective and how to fix it. Brainstorming was once thought a fantastic way for groups to generate new ideas. Although not as fashionable as it once was, brainstorming is still frequently used in business and, often inadvertently, for all sorts of personal decisions; peop ...

After Downing Street.org

• Patriot Act Provisions Get Obama Support

  Patriot Act Provisions Get Obama Support Administration Wants Some Controversial Policies Renewed By Jason Ryan | ABC News The Justice Department has indicated that the Obama administration is in support of renewing a pair of controversial sections of the USA Patriot Act that expire later this yea ...

• Keith Olbermann: Racism At The Root

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• Hey St. Paul! Madison! You're Next! The Mad As He ...

  September 16th When: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, 3:00 PM Where: Capitol Rotunda, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155 When: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2009, 7:00 PM Where: St. Catherine University, 2004 Randolph Ave. St., St. Paul, MN 55105 September 17 Mad as Hell in Madison! F ...

• Apothecary Now

  The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c Apothecary Now www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Healthcare Protests read more

• US Iraq Casualties Rise to 74,040

  US Iraq Casualties Rise to 74,040 Compiled by Michael Munk | www.MichaelMunk.com US military occupation forces in Iraq under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered at least 11 combat casualties in the week ending September 15 as the official total since the 2003 invasion soared to at least 74,040. The ...

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• Nationwide “eat-ins” show way to a rev ...

  Across the nation on Labor Day, more than 20,000 people turned up at picnics to rally support for healthy school lunches.

• UPDATED: The cruelty of industrial egg-riculture&# ...

  Kurt Michael Friese cooks in Iowa, the state that produces more eggs than any other in the nation. So believe him when he says to avoid flavorless, ecologically troubling industrially produced eggs—and listen to his ideas for cooking with pastured eggs from small farmers.

• The Cruelty of Industrial Egg-riculture - plus a t ...

  Kurt Michael Friese cooks in Iowa, the state that produces more eggs than any other in the nation. So believe him when he says to avoid flavorless, ecologically troubling industrially produced eggs—and listen to his ideas for cooking with pastured eggs from small farmers.

• Say no to industrial eggs—and yes to delicio ...

  Kurt Michael Friese cooks in Iowa, the state that produces more eggs tan any other in the nation. So believe him when he says to avoid flavorless, ecologically troubling industrially produced eggs—and listen to his ideas for cooking with pastured eggs from small farmers.

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• Resolution criticizing Wilson passes, on mostly pa ...

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday formally admonished Republican Rep. Joe Wilson for shouting "you lie" during President Barack Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress last week. The House passed a resolution of disapproval on a 240-179 vote that was mostly along ...

• Barack Obama on Kanye Jackass Comment: Cut the Pre ...

  It was pretty much accepted as fact that President Barack Obama said Kanye West is a jackass for his infamous VMA stunt, but there's audio confirming it now. Obama's comments are even funnier than you think, too. The Kanye remark was recorded just before Obama went on camera to conduct an inte ...

• Kim Kardashian Kritiques Kourtney Kardashian: She' ...

  According to Kim Kardashian , her sister is "huge" in two ways: As a woman that's approximately six months pregnant; As a bitch. First, more obvious and less insulting things first. Kim told E! News that Kourtney Kardashian - who is pregnant, in case you haven't heard - has a belly that ...

• 6 Tips for Customizing Your Small Business Blog

  This post originally appeared on the American Express OPEN Forum , where Mashable regularly contributes articles about leveraging social media and technology in small business. If you’re like most socially-savvy companies, your business probably has a blog. It’s a great way to connect with ...

• New Federal Plan for Fish-Dam Harmony

  The Associated PressHow can salmon and hydroelectric dams coexist on the Columbia and Snake Rivers?The Obama administration went back to court in Portland, Ore., on Tuesday in an attempt to convince a judge that eight hydroelectric plants currently producing power on the Columbia and Snake Rivers ca ...

Time - Top Stories

• Congressional Democrats Consider Parting With Obam ...

  If the clarity of Obama's rhetoric on Afghanistan strikes you as familiarly Bushian, it's possible you're a congressional Democrat

• Blacks in Mexico: A Forgotten Minority

  Ignored by the census and by history, descendants of African slaves are lobbying for recognition and assistance from the government

• Do Early-Release Programs Raise the Crime Rate?

  Under the strain of budget cuts, many U.S. states are releasing prisoners early, saving millions of dollars. But what does that mean for the safety of communities?

• How Much Would the Baucus Bill Cost?

  Senator Kent Conrad today made an unusual request of the Congressional Budget Office: a 20-year cost estimate on the latest draft of Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus' bill reforming the nation's health care system

• Universal Releases Details of Harry Potter-Land

  It's not really called that. It's called "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter." I don't know how to feel about it

Washington Independent

• The Federation for American Immimgration Reform

  I spent a good deal of time today at the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” drive, an annual event where immigration restriction activists come to D.C. and lobby on the Hill. This, sadly, was how FAIR promoted itself on every banner in the Phoenix Park H ...

• Crucial Senate Hearing on Afghanistan Scheduled fo ...

  As I reported today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ thoughts on the proper U.S. force posture in Afghanistan “is a work in progress,” according to Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell. If there’s a Senate hearing that stands a chance of tipping the undecided — or even changing minds — ...

• Bingaman Looks to Influence Cap-and-Trade Debate

  Senate Energy and Natural Resources Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) on Tuesday staked out a role for himself in cap-and-trade policy, hosting a hearing on how to prevent price volatility in a cap-and-trade system. It was the first of two hearings Bingaman scheduled this week. A second, on Thursday, ...

• Afghan Election Goes Into Partial Recount Phase

  I’m still trying to figure out just what happened with Peter Galbraith, the possibly-former top American on the United Nations’ Afghanistan team who reportedly broke with the United Nations over its relatively soft line on election fraud. But until then: the U.N.-backed Afghan elections commissi ...

• Ron Paul’s ‘Moneybomb’ Guru Work ...

  Chris Simcox, the co-founder of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, is in D.C. this week — he marched in the “taxpayer march” on 9/12, and he was working radio row at the Federation for American Immigration Reform’s “Hold Their Feet to the Fire” lobbying event. And Simcox, who’s running ...

CowBoss' Brain Food

• The American way of eating has become the elephant ...

  “To listen to President Obama’s speech on Wednesday night, or to just about anyone else in the health care debate, you would think that the biggest problem with health care in America is the system itself — perverse incentives, inefficiencies, unnecessary Submitted by cowboss for the Cows to US P ...

• Milk May Endanger Your Health, and the Dairy Indus ...

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• Death on the wing

  DURING the Middle Ages, flea-infested rats spread bubonic plague across Europe. Seven centuries later, it's fruit bats that are being blamed for a 21st-century scourge. Queensland opposition health spokesman Mark McArdle reckons they are "flying petrie Submitted by cowboss for the Cows to Health & ...

• Vultures are making a comeback Spain finds out th ...

  PAMPLONA, Spain — Vultures circling overhead have traditionally been a harbinger of death. But in Spain, their renewed presence after a long lull is being regarded by many as a good omen — the sign of a healthy eco-system. "They're essential," said Lui Submitted by cowboss for the Cows to Offbeat ...

• Milk Drinking Started Around 7,500 Years Ago In Ce ...

  The ability to digest the milk sugar lactose first evolved in dairy farming communities in central Europe, not in more northern groups as was previously thought, finds a new study led by UCL (University College London) scientists published in the journal Submitted by cowboss for the Cows to Offbeat ...

Why Organic

• The POPE, Prime Minister and WTF is going on here& ...

  Something is up. Way up. What are all these fine peeps doing here, only a few months before Bush leaves office? Why not wait for the new President to take office? Why NOW? Additionally, what took the Vatican sooooo long to fess up with some responsibility for what has taken place under their soiled ...

• Your vote is a covenant and you don’t REALLY ...

  Flag wavers may sit this one out. Your vote is a covenant that keeps you locked into this 3D movie. You and I have no idea who these people are. You have been brainwashed to believe a bunch of hogwash. There is a much larger reason they want you to vote, than you have been [...]

• See for yourself: Which number represents Jesus Ch ...

  “THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM” = 666 — “WHICH NUMBER REPRESENTS JESUS CHRIST” = 666 —” THE ARYAN BROTHERHOOD” = 666. _______________ Using the english alphabet A = 1  B= 2   etc. Write out the phrase and assign the numbers under them. Now, add it vertically as you no ...

• THE HPV VACCINE and our daughters….

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• BIG MEDIA RULINGS

   Senate Committee Votes to Throw Out FCC RulesThe Senate Commerce Committee passed a “resolution of disapproval” that would veto the FCC’s latest attempt to dismantle longstanding media ownership limits. Free Press  Senate Panel Rejects New Media Ownership Rule A Senate committee vo ...

Invisible Opportunity

• Video – Project Camelot interviews Jane Burg ...

  David and Goliath might be an appropriate title for this video. Because Jane Bürgermeister, as a committed Christian, possesses an almost unreasonable amount of courage in her single-handed stand – against what many perceive as being a giant that few people are equipped to fight. Jane is a youn ...

• Study Reveals Serious HPV Vaccine Problems: Fainti ...

  By S. L. Baker At first glance, a study just published in the August 19th edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) is yet another whitewash job about the safety of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus recombinant vaccine –better known as Gardasil, the genital human papill ...

• The contents of the H1N1 Vaccine…. are you ready ...

  It is in your own best interest to ask simple questions about the contents to whoever is asking you to line up for this toxic fluid that would be injected into your bloodstream. Better yet, ask the vaccine provider to sign a liability form attesting to their full knowledge of the safety and effica ...

• Has Osama Bin Laden been dead for seven years &#82 ...

  By Sue Reid September 12, 2009 The last time we heard a squeak from him was on June 3 this year. The world’s most notorious terrorist outsmarted America by releasing a menacing message as Air Force One touched down on Saudi Arabian soil at the start of Barack Obama’s first and much vaunte ...

• No Gardasil vaccine? No citizenship, says U.S.

  The controversial medication Gardasil created and marketed by Merck & Co. to battle a sexually transmitted disease is causing problems for a Florida teenager: It could cost her U.S. citizenship. Simone Davis, born in 1992 in Britain, was abandoned by her parents and adopted at age 3 by Jean Davis, h ...

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• Melting Ice Forces Walruses to Alaska Shore

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• Oil threat to Australia wildlife

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• South Florida water managers raise questions about ...

  Environmental concerns are growing for plans to expand rock mining in an agricultural area targeted for Everglades restoration. Star Ranch, mined by Ron Bergeron's excavation operation, would expand its digging to almost 600 additional acres west of Submitted by Rafael Apollo Lido to Environment ...

• Milk May Endanger Your Health, and the Dairy Indus ...

  A mutant protein linked to major diseases has invaded the world’s dairy supply, including, most likely, the jug of milk in your fridge. The protein, called A1 beta-casein, is well known in the scientific community. While most dairy companies, trade Submitted by cowboss for the Cows to Health & Wel ...

• 15 Really Cool Facts About Water (That You Probabl ...

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Insurgency Watch - Newswire

• US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 756 - ...

  US Military Deaths in Afghanistan Region at 756New York Times15, 2009, at least 756 members of the US military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late ...US military deaths in Afghanistan r...

• Rebel Attack On Karachi Oil Facility Foiled - OilV ...

  Rebel Attack On Karachi Oil Facility Foiled OilVoice (press release) Pakistan says the Taliban is in disarray after large numbers of militants were driven from the northwestern Swat Valley, in a 10-week task force operation ... and more »

• No Right to Force Our Values - Canada.com

  No Right to Force Our Values Canada.com Despite some 130000 foreign troops on Afghan soil, the Taliban now maintains a permanent presence in over 80% of the country and attacks are being mounted ... and more »

• America's defeat to destabilise Pakistan: US senat ...

  DAWN.com America's defeat to destabilise Pakistan : US senators DAWN.com We remain at war because a resurgent Taliban , still allied with Al Qaeda, is trying to restore its brutal regime and re-establish that country as a ... and more »

• Increase/Replenish the Supply or Resist the Lies - ...

  Increase/Replenish the Supply or Resist the Lies OpEdNews 14, 2009, at least 752 members of the US military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the US invasion of Afghanistan in late ... and more »

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

• Why Are Cops Tasering Grandmothers, Pregnant Women ...

  Police officers are brutalizing innocent civilians with accelerating lunacy. How did this happen? How can we make it stop?

• Let The Sun Shine In: Marriage Equality Comes to B ...

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  Why Speaker Pelosi's "drowning out opposing views is un-American" remark is steeped in irony.

• Right-Wing Militias Haven't Always Been Racist -- ...

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• In Illinois, Another Workers' Rebellion Flares Up ...

  In Illinois, a dozen union members blocked a road outside Wells Fargo’s local headquarters -- the latest in a wave of direct actions by workers.

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• Landmark ruling on holiday sick leave

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• From zero to footwear-flinging hero

  The Iraqi journalist, Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who hurled a shoe at George Bush during a press conference in Baghdad last December, is to be released today after nine months in prison. Writing immediately after the original incident, Reuters special correspondent Alistair Lyon, recognised the act as sym ...

• No US release for Charles Darwin film

  A new film exploring the work of the father of evolution Charles Darwin has failed to secure a distributor in the US as the subject matter has been branded too controversial for religious audiences.

• New service replaces SOS with SMS

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• Treasury: US economy needs indefinite life support

  The US economy is recovering from the shock of last year’s banking collapse, but could continue to need financial assistance for an indefinite period into the future, the Treasury Department stated in a report released Monday.

• Four Apparent Suicides/Deaths in 48 Hours – CEO- ...

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• KBR Australian unit wins $2.3 billion contract fro ...

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• City council delays giving police new powers for G ...

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Project Censored

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  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 ...

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  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 ...

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• 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 ...

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Scoop - NZ

• Charles Darwin film 'too controversial for USA'

  Creation, starring Paul Bettany, details Darwin's "struggle between faith and reason" as he wrote On The Origin of Species. It depicts him as a man who loses faith in God following the death of his beloved 10-year-old daughter, Annie. The film was chosen to open the Toronto Film Festival and has its ...

• The Uselessness Of Economic Forecasters

  My impression has long been that macroeconomic forecasts are nearly useless. As a check, I pulled a decade's economic forecasts from the White House's Council of Economic Advisers.The Council is staffed by top-flight - often Nobel-quality - economists, and while their forecasts can have a political ...

• A Generation Lost To War

  Darra Adam Khel, just south of Peshawar in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan, has always been a dangerous transit zone between Afghanistan, Peshawar, and the southern most regions of Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Until recently it was also part of the Taliban heartland.T ...

• Berlin's Afghan Withdrawal Plan

  Germany's foreign minister has drawn up a 10-step plan for getting German soldiers out of Afghanistan. But the document doesn't stipulate a deadline and only says that the basis for a withdrawal should be created by 2013. German commentators approve of the program's goals, but not its timing or poss ...

• National Snubs Labour , buys Maori Support for wat ...

  Can this scheme get any more watered down ? Heres what the scheme involves now . » PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews

Independent ( London )

• Ohio executioners fail to find vein

  A death row prisoner was driven to trying to insert lethal injection needles into his own arms after executioners spent more than two hours failing to find suitable veins.

• Berlusconi's control over TV denounced

  Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's control of Italian television came under fresh scrutiny yesterday after the prime-time line-up of both state and private networks was changed to give him the spotlight.

• 'I was tortured' claims Iraqi who threw his shoes ...

  The Iraqi journalist who hurled a shoe at George Bush during the former president's final visit to Baghdad last December emerged from prison yesterday still voicing his fury at the US but also excoriating his own people by claiming he had been tortured, beaten and subjected to electric shocks while ...

• Danes pull 'offensive' tourism ad

  Denmark's tourism agency has removed one of its advertisements from YouTube after complaints that it promoted promiscuity in the liberal Scandinavian country.

• No escape in New York for under-fire smokers

  Nothing seems too draconian when it comes to discouraging the populace from puffing on tobacco. Seven years after New York instituted its ban on smoking inside clubs, bars and restaurants – wildly controversial at the time – the folks in charge are now plotting to extinguish every smoker's plea ...

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• IAEA Conceals Evidence Iran Documents Were Forged

  Summary: The International Atomic Energy Agency says its present objective regarding Iran is to try to determine whether the intelligence documents purportedly showing a covert Iranian nuclear weapons program from 2001 to 2003 are authentic or not. The problem, according to its reports, is that ...

• Facing Demands and Conditions, Will US-Iran Talks ...

  Summary: Following an unenthusiastic acceptance of Iran’s offer of ‘all-encompassing’ six-party talks by the United States, demands from the US regarding what the talks must include and comments from Iranian officials about what the talks can’t include are leaving open the issue of wheth ...

• They're baaaaack....

  Summary: When I started blogging back in January, one of my early posts questioned the belief that Obama's election had ended talk of military action against Iran. I thought this view was "almost certainly premature," because I didn't think a rapid diplomatic breakthrough was likely and I knew t ...

• Iran has no plan to make nuclear weapons: Defense ...

  Summary: Vahidi ·Iranian defense minister said on Saturday that Iran has no plan to develop nuclear weapons. ·"Manufacturing nuclear weapon is not and has never been on our agenda," Vahidi said. ·"Since the beginning of the Iranian nuclear case, Washington has misjudged the situation," Vah ...

• US: Six Powers Agree to Iran’s Offer of Talks

  Summary: Despite publicly rejecting Iran’s diplomatic overtures as “not really responsive” just one day prior, the US State Department now says that the six parties (the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany) have agreed to Iran’s offer for “comprehensive, all-encompassing and ...

The Daily Galaxy

• Image of the Day: The Starburst Galaxy

  M82 (also known as NGC 3034 or the Cigar Galaxy) is a nearby starburst galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major, five times as bright as the whole Milky Way and one hundred times as bright as our galaxy's center. In...

• Top "Daily Galaxy" on Social Media: Twitter, Faceb ...

  Richard Dawkins & Carl Sagan: "Will the Universe Be the New Religion?" China's UFO Insanity The NEO Code -What Global Hotspots are Most at Risk Of Getting Hit by an Asteroid? Giant Galaxy Surrounding the Most Distant Black Hole Ever...

• Ultra Microbacteria Discovered: A Preview of Life ...

  A team of scientists have revived a bacteria after a hundred thousand years under three kilometers of glacier. The microorganism is one of a new type only recently revealed to science, is small enough to pass through standard sterile filters,...

• Is Life Hardwired Into the Universe? Some Experts ...

  One of the great unsolved mysteries of science is the origin of life. How did it happen? Through most of the 20th century, scientists thought that life began with a stupendous chemical fluke, unique in the observable universe. Today, as...

• Can Microbes Survive a Million-Year Space Journey? ...

  In a unique experiment on a galactic scale, millions of bacterial spores have been purposely exposed to space, to see how solar radiation affects them and the results supported the idea that not only could life have arrived on Earth...

Natural News

• Pesticide Exposure Boosts Parkinson's Risk by 60 P ...

  (NaturalNews) A new study has provided one of the strongest links yet between pesticide use and Parkinson's disease. A team of researchers from Duke University, Miami University and the Udall Parkinson's Disease Research Center of Excellence has found that people who were exposed to pesticides were ...

• "World Wide Web Health Awards" Exposed as Having T ...

  (NaturalNews) According to an article posted on the Consumer Reports WebWatch site, the "World Wide Web Health Awards" are administered by a company with major financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. "These days, a number of health sites display logos from the World Wide Web Health Awards as ...

• Role of Hypnosis in Surgical Recovery for Patients ...

  (NewsTarget) Surgery is a very common occurrence in the United States. Surgeries are performed to diagnose and/or treat a condition. The three major concerns with any type of surgery are pain, bleeding, and infection. Taking small steps such as mandating hypnotherapy sessions for patients going thro ...

• Routine Consumption of Aspirin to Prevent Heart At ...

  (NaturalNews) Taking an aspirin a day appears to increase a person's risk of dangerous gastric bleeding as much as it decreases their risk of heart attack or stroke, researchers have found. "We don't have good evidence that, for healthy people, the benefits of long-term aspirin exceed the risks by a ...

• Interview with Paul Mamakos from Everything Raw

  (NaturalNews) Here's an interview with Paul Mamakos, founder of Everything Raw (www.everythingraw.com). This is the company that makes what I consider to be the very best testing raw food bar on the market today: the Yoga Bar . In this interview, I talk to Paul about his first product, his "Raw Deca ...

TheGallopingBeaver

• Just in case you forgot...
• Matt Strikes Again . . . .

  My apologies for missing the release of this a couple of days ago, but "better late than never," right? Matt Taibbi's "Sick and Wrong" Rolling Stone article is finally available online. Check it out for his take on the USofexpensivehealthcare's fiasco in the attempt to "reform" the health care sy ...

• Finally . . . .

  Finally, some good news out of Iraq, by way of McClatchy : Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush released to hero's welcome Hannah Allam | McClatchy Newspapers | September 15, 2009 BAGHDAD, Iraq — The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at then-President George W. Bush last year was freed from priso ...

• well played, douche bag, well played

  You have to hand it to the Republicans, they know how to play the press and work the rubes. Obama gives a major speech to Congress in which he lays out what he want to see in a health care bill and how important it is that U.S. fix its health care system right now - important stuff, no doubt about i ...

• Cue the screeching brakes

  So, I'm doing my usual morning news surf finding the usual stuff - war, famine, disease and politics and I notice this story about a memorial for Walter Cronkite at the Lincoln Center: Obama spoke and called for journalists to do a better job. Bill Clinton talked about Walter offering to take him sa ...

Media Matters for America

• At "hate group" event, Dobbs embraces discredited ...

  On his radio show -- broadcast from the anti-immigration organization Federation for American Immigration Reform's "Hold Their Feet to the Fire" legislative advocacy event -- Lou Dobbs interviewed WorldNetDaily staff reporter Jerome Corsi, who Dobbs described as "a pretty good guy to talk to" a ...

• For major papers, 9-12 march -- but not Iraq war ...

  In their September 13 editions, several major newspapers gave coverage of a September 12 "March on Washington" by conservative activists more prominent placement than they had an October 26, 2002, protest in Washington, D.C., against the Iraq war -- which reportedly featured a similar or greate ...

• Kurtz only CNN figure to note role Beck, Fox play ...

  While much of CNN's coverage of the September 12 protest in Washington has made clear that the event included accusations of Nazism and communism, unsavory references to Sen. Edward Kennedy's death, and what Campbell Brown described as "really ugly, vicious, racist imagery," CNN has largely ign ...

• Beck relies heavily on Drudge protég&eacute ...

  In recent weeks, Fox News' Glenn Beck has been credited with precipitating the resignation of White House "green jobs" adviser Van Jones, the reassignment of National Endowment for the Arts communications director Yosi Sergant, and the amplification of an anti-ACORN video produced by a conservative ...

• ABC's Sawyer whitewashes 9-12 protesters' extremi ...

  During an interview with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer whitewashed the extremism on display during the 9-12 protests by asserting that people at the protests were "saying things like, look at the reality. We're facing a $1.6 trillion deficit. If you' ...

Global Research.ca

• Join the Appeal for Truth about 9/11

  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

• Doug Dowd, Angana Chatterji, Mickey Huff, Richard ...

  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

• 2 GOP-Appointed Judges Shame America

  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

• Russian envoy cautions US on Afghan troops surge

  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

• Poverty and Destitution in India: Farmers sell wiv ...

  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

TPM Cafe

• What is Obama's real plan for Afghanistan?

  What is Obama's real plan for Afghanistan? Surely he sees all the signs of quagmire that we do. So why is this happening? The key to Obama is that he often assumbles what he considers "best practices" into new packages... Sponsored Topics: Barack Obama - Warfare and Conflict - Iraq - Afgha ...

• The Continuing Disaster of Wall Street, One Year L ...

  As he attempted to do with health care reform last week, the President is trying to breathe new life into financial reform. He's using the anniversary of the death of Lehman Brothers and the near-death experience of the rest of... Sponsored Topics: Wall Street - Lehman Brothers - Business - One ...

• Has the Times Book Review Come To Its Senses?

  Last week the New York Times Review front-paged TPM contributor Robert Reich's clarion call for universal health care in a magisterial review on the subject. And this week the Review showcases New Republic literary editor Leon Wieseltier's equally magisterial --... Sponsored Topics: Time - ...

• Vested self interest and the future of Fannie Mae ...

  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac take credit risk and interest rate risk. They take credit risk primarily by guaranteeing mortgages. They take interest rate risk primarily by owning mortgages and financing them on their own balance sheet. They also trade... Sponsored Topics: FannieMae - FreddieMac - ...

• What Movement?

  Glenn Beck and all his wingnut media cronies have spent two months promoting today's March on Washington on both radio and Television. The Politico, financed by Reagan/Bush/Pinochet crony, Joe Allbritton, breathlessly asks the question, "is this a movement?" Borrowing... Sponsored Topics: Glenn ...

TruthOut

• Ku Klux Klowns

  An anti-Obama protest in Washington, DC was held on September 12, 2009. (Photo: marisseaY / Flickr )read more

• Cheney and Rumsfeld's "Close Friend" Throws Out Su ...

  Should Judge Laurence Silberman have recused himself from a case involving alleged torture for which his buddies were ultimately responsible? On September 11, the US appeals court for the District of Columbia announced in a 2-1 decision that it was throwing out a lawsuit against CACI Intern ...

• The Mugging of the Common Good

  Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, ....The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. Surely some revelation is at hand - William Butler Yeats President Obama traveled to Wall Street on the anniversary of the collaps ...

• US Peace Activists Call for Near-Term Withdrawal o ...

  The coming weeks hold critical significance for the US occupation of Afghanistan. The Senate is expected to vote on the Obama administration's $128 billion request to fund war operations in Afghanistan and Iraq for the coming fiscal year. Next week, the Obama administration will unveil a report ...

• Cut Loose: State and Local Layoffs of Public Emplo ...

  In the current recession, millions of Americans have lost their jobs. Unemployment has increased nationwide to levels not witnessed since the 1980s. Much of the job loss has occurred in private industries, but the public sector has also felt the sting of layoffs. Decreasing tax revenues and expa ...

The Heathlander

• The “British method”

  Following a political campaign by the BNP, a Muslim man was abducted from his home in Essex and threatened at knifepoint to stop organising weekly prayer sessions at the community centre. Asked to response, local BNP councillor Pat Richardson denied the BNP was behind the attack, explaining: “Fire ...

• ‘Israel’s Terror Inside’

  Latest mini-doc from Max Blumenthal, via lenin: As Noam Chomsky has observed, and as this video makes clear, ‘those who call themselves “supporters of Israel” are in reality supporters of its moral degeneration and probable ultimate destruction’. Posted in Israeli / Palestinian, Videos ...

• A culture of fear

  Pankaj Mishra dissects the ‘culture of fear’ being manufactured by a recent spate of books and articles warning of an impending ‘Eurabia’: ‘Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking ...

• Fighting the fash

  Anti-fascist activists successfully confronted the BNP’s ‘Red, White and Blue’ hatefest [.pdf] (see also this Channel 4 report) in Codnor yesterday: One of the favourite chants of the day was reportedly: “We are black, white, Asian and we’re Jew / And they’re many, many more of us than ...

• Silencing civil society

  Former Israeli military commander Efran Efrati recently testified to the BBC that Palestinian children are ‘routinely ill-treated’ by Israeli soldiers: “You take the kid, you blindfold him, you handcuff him, he’s really shaking… Sometimes you cuff his legs too. Sometimes it cuts off the ci ...

Water - AlterNet

• Mining's Destructive Legacy on Waterways

  Scientists are now beginning to see that mining's most lasting damage may be the massive amounts of debris dumped into valley streams.

• The CA Legislature Unveiled 5 New Water Bills -- A ...

  I would urge that California's water warriors hold their opinions until they actually read and digest these bills.

• Vitaminwater's Empty Calories Are at the Heart of ...

  Vitaminwater tells its customers to "hydrate responsibly." That means not drinking 125-calorie sugar rushes like ... Vitaminwater.

• Why Corporations, Emerging Powers and Petro-States ...

  In the past six months, big players in the global economy have grabbed 50 million acres of arable land, from Africa to Southeast Asia.

• Goodbye Pools, Lawns and a Whole Lot More: Why Lif ...

  Water in the very near future will be neither cheap nor plentiful, and much of the Southwest is destined for real trouble.

TruthHugger

• Sabotage Experts: US Coast Guard Exercise on 9/11, ...

  Coast Guard to review exercise after Potomac security scare Security incident on Potomac River prompted by “training exercise,” two police sources say Coast Guard told them. With the nation already on edge and somewhat paranoid on September 11 each year, what is the LAST thing you want to do? ...

• Texas Progressive Alliance August 31, 2009

  It’s the week before Labor Day, and the Texas Progressive Alliance is hard at work bringing you the best of the Texas blogosphere. Here are this week’s highlights. The Texas Cloverleaf wonders why only one person showed up to a budget meeting where taxes are being increased in Denton County. No ...

• Who Will Carry The Kennedy Torch? Op Ed

  The passing of Ted Kennedy may have dealt a blow to progressive humanitarian warriors. The Senate is missing the most effective voice for the disenfranchised. From his perch atop the mountain of comfort built by his family, Ted Kennedy used his position to battle legislative discrepancies that ...

• Texas Progressive Alliance – August 24, 2009

  School is starting, and the Texas Progressive Alliance is prepared as always to ace the test. Here is this week’s roundup of blog highlights. From TXsharon: Woo Hoo! EPA testing has now confirmed wells are contaminated “with various substances connected with gas drilling”–proof that h ...

• Bi-Polar America – Who is Worthy of a Healthy Li ...

  The rationing of health care is already a fact of life. The new reform will remove some of that rationing and make health care a right instead of a privilege. Bi-Polar America - I am worthy, You are not. Jesus was a socialist.

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• Is Bagram Obama’s New Secret Prison? by Andy Wor ...

  by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 15 Sept. 2009 On Mo

• "You Have to Learn Lessons from History" by Cindy ...

  by Cindy Sheehan Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Cindy Sheehan’s Soapbox Blog Cindy Sheehan’s Soa

• Terrorizing the Terrified: Right-Wing Rogues by Ro ...

  By Robert S. Becker Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.beyondchron.org rbecker@cal.net Sept. 9, 2

• An Interview With Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (Part Tw ...

  by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 9 Sept. 2009 Col. L

• Obama Brings Guantánamo And Rendition To Bagram ( ...

  by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 15 Sept. 2009 Follo

Unexplained Mysteries

• Google crop circle logo mystery

  Less than two weeks after its previous paranormal themed doodle, Google is once again baffling web users with a new doodle showing a UFO hovering ...

• What is the Starchild Skull ?

  A mysterious skull known as the "Starchild Skull" has been the subject of speculation and intrigue for decades, is this the result of a child whos...

• The Florida muck monster

  A mysterious ripple in the waters near West Palm Beach has created quite a stir under the name of the 'Muck Monster', however to date aside from t...

• Museum secures Loch Ness Monster rights

  London's Natural History Museum has secured the rights to display the remains of the Loch Ness Monster should it ever be captured in exchange for ...

• Cave dig unearths important finds

  A cave in Devon has offered archaeologists a treasure trove of ice age animal remains including hyenas, deer and woolly rhinos. The dig was origin...

Grassroots

• Guatemala is Hungry for Justice

  guatemala200810-060.jpg Earlier this week, the BBC produced a shocking article: “ Eyewitness: Guatemala food crisis .” The piece exposes the sad reality that haunts families throughout the country, particularly those in indigenous and pea ...

• Fasting for Honduras

  The military coup in Honduras is in its 80th day, and the Honduran people continue their peaceful resistance. In contrast, the police are cracking down on protesters. Public officials not aligned with the coup government are being persecuted. The government repression has led to several casualties, ...

• Growing hope and fighting hunger on the Gaza Strip

  Subheadline: Urban gardening as survival mechanism Previous publication: Grist Outside Link: Growing hope and fighting hunger ...

• Building a Movement, Haitian Style

  pigs.jpg I spent the better part of last week crisscrossing Haiti’s arid Northwest with Grassroots International’s partner the National Congress of the Peasant’s Movement of Papay (MPNKP). MPNKP is best known to our allies and friends fo ...

• Resilient Hondurans Lead The Way To Protect Democr ...

  IMG00292.jpg Today, thousands of people will fill the streets of Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras. They are students, housekeepers, children and farmers from different parts of country—many of whom walked 10-12 miles a day to get to the ...

Climate

• September 15, 2009

  Schwarzenegger to Implement His Own California Energy Plan (Reuters) Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will veto the renewable energy standard passed by the Legislature and launch his own plan by executive order today with a similar goal but different rules, possibly counting nuclear and hydropower as ...

• September 14, 2009

  Study: Warming Could Cut Some Countries’ GDP by a Fifth (Reuters) Climate change could cut gross domestic product in countries at a high risk from weather catastrophes by as much as a fifth by 2030 unless urgent steps are taken, according to the UN-backed Economics of Climate Adaptation Worki ...

• September 12-13, 2009

  Schwarzenegger to Veto Renewable Energy Bills (AP) Gov. Schwarzenegger's office said Saturday that he would veto legislation requiring a third of California's energy to come from renewable sources by 2020, choosing instead to mandate the change through an executive order. Minnesota Utility Pul ...

• September 11, 2009

  US Climate Negotiator: Timing Running Out (New York Times) U.S. climate negotiator Todd Stern warned a Congressional panel that developed and developing nations remain deeply divided on plans for reducing greenhouse gases and time is running out. Australians Overtake Americans in Per Capita C ...

• September 10, 2009

  Boxer: Climate Bill Will Include Nuclear (Wall Street Journal) Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, who will be writing key parts of the climate bill, says “there will be a nuclear title in the bill.” EU Lowers Planned Climate Funding for Poor Nations (E ...

TomDispatch

• Tomgram: Andy Kroll, The Washington Influence Mac ...

  Congressman Joe ("You lie!") Wilson is undoubtedly not completely ignorant about how our health care system actually works. After all, in the course of his career, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, he's received $244,196 in contributions from the health-care profession -- and that ...

• Tomgram: Chip Ward, The Ruins in Our Future

  All of us have been watching drought in action this summer. When it hits the TV news, though, it usually goes by the moniker of "fire." As we've seen, California, in the third year of a major drought, has been experiencing "a seemingly endless fire that has burned more than 250 square miles of L ...

• Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, 9/11's Living Monuments

  On September 11, 2001, a fellow New Yorker and friend of mine , a public health historian who knew instantly what the dangers were, bicycled directly into the smoke, ash, and chemicals that hung over lower Manhattan searching for his daughter whose school was only blocks away from the collapsed bu ...

• Tomgram: Measuring Success in Afghanistan

  [ Note for TomDispatch Readers: Let me express my awe. The Tuesday before Labor Day weekend, I posted a striking piece by organizer and activist David Swanson, "Bush's Third Term, You're Living It." It was the day his new book, Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perf ...

• Tomgram: William Astore, American Militarism on S ...

  Here's what Cheryl Bartholomew, described as an "Omaha Early Childhood Parenting Examiner," wrote recently about an event happening at Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha, Nebraska, for the local affiliate of the national web portal Examiner.com: "The Offutt Air Show, Defenders of Freedom '09 loo ...

Smirking Chimp

• "Get the Government Out of My Social Security!" - ...

  While Fox News cameras covering the so-called 9.12 Project on the National Mall lurched away from signs morphing President Barack Obama's face into Adolph Hitler's, I zoomed in. Histrionics and manufactured paranoia were hard to avoid at the massive September 12 anti-Obama rally orchestrated by Fox ...

• Michelle Malkin and the anatomy of the '2 million ...

  Blame it on a tweet. It turns out that's what kicked off the right-wing blogosphere's comically inept misinformation campaign last weekend to try to swell the size of Saturday's anti-Obama protest in the nation's capital, to jack the crowd size up to the wildly inflated -- and erroneous -- number of ...

• Can No-Drama Obama Stare Down A Confederacy of Dun ...

  Moderate voters are baffled, liberals are protesting, and progressives are despairing, "Obama's a puny reform-change agent, hardly a good liberal, and no antidote to enduring Bush-Cheney crimes. The raving right can't stand him, the activist left is up in arms, and the mushy center isn't holding." ...

• Where's Our City and State Government?

  The city of Denver and the state of Colorado are facing massive budget shortfalls -- the former's problems are so bad that Mayor John Hickenlooper is threatening to lay off police , and the latter's challenges are so steep that Gov. Bill Ritter is furloughing state workers . And so it's fair to ask ...

• Monsanto - Public Enemy No. 1

  — from Axis of Logic The War of the Empire has many faces The 'war on terror' has become nameless since our administration changed. But it is the same war, it has the same goals and it is as unwinnable as it always was. But certainly there are other ways of conquering the planet, says Washington. An ...

Ten Percent

• One Way Obama is Different to Bush

  He has gone longer than Bush without a major terrorist attack ‘on his watch’. (ht2 David Feldman) Although he does oversee a fair few on other people.

• He Was Tortured, He Is In Fear Of His Life From Oc ...

  Viva Muntadar al-Zaidi! The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President George W Bush says he was tortured by senior government officials while in jail. Shortly after his release from nine months in a Baghdad prison, Muntadar al-Zaidi demanded an apology – and said he would nam ...

• And For Those Who Get Skittish At The Mention of C ...

  Executives at Britain’s top companies saw their basic salaries leap 10% last year, despite the onset of the worst global recession in decades, in which their companies lost almost a third of their value amid a record decline in the FTSE. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to admit for the first time t ...

• To Those Who Resist The Idea of a Ruling Class

  This is how it works.

• When The Master Controls The Tardis- Part Privatis ...

  Under threat of fines and a criminal record British people, if they wish to use a television, have to pay the TV licence, that is not ideal (nor is the licensing now being run as a sales operation). The license fee is also unrelated to ability to pay, a billionaire pays the same as someone subsisti ...

Paul Krugman

• Macro situation notes

  A couple of pictures to illustrate just how big the difference is between the technical end of the recession, which has probably happened, and anything resembling a satisfactory performance.

• Freshwater rage

  I've missed out on much of the outpouring of rage over my magazine article. I gather, though, that the usual suspects are utterly outraged.

• Mathematics and economics

  By all means let's have math in economics -- but as our servant, not our master.

• Fetishizing free trade

  Carbon tariffs don't contradict the principle underlying free trade.

• The speech

  Maybe this is all it takes to turn the tide.

No Quarter

• When is Slavery No Longer a Crime, a Sin and a Mor ...

  When it is invisible. The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865 and it declares that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States.” We claim we abolished slavery in th ...

• What in The Hell Is Going On Here?

  I just talked to Bronwyn on the phone. She’s a female, by the way, and she’s 75% Welsh, hence the name. But right now she is PISSED OFF. She can’t believe that all of you No Quarter readers aren’t screaming from the rooftops about the 35% surtax that will surely DOOM every [...]

• Finally! The Skinny on Financing ObamaCare:

  Here’s How: OBAMA IS GOING TO SQUEEZE EVERY ONE, RICH AND POOR, FOR NEW “FEES” (a.k.a. TAXES) or PENALTIES. Who Will Collect Those “Fees”? GUIDO THE LOAN SHARK? NOPE, THE I.R.S. Do You Believe Obama’s Promise That You Can Keep Your Current Plan? IF YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA AND THE EASTER ...

• Obama Steady on Combatting Terrorism

  President Obama put to bed once and for all the Dick Cheney delusion that Obama is a terrorist sympathizer bent on surrendering America to muslim hordes. As loyal NoQuarter readers know I am no fan of Obama. I think he is too inexperienced and too ill-informed to manage the Federal Government. He ...

• NQ First Responders: Ghosts Ships; White Men Can†...

  1) Think the financial crisis is slowly abating and things will be back to normal soon? The Daily Mail (UK) has a few pics for you. A “ghost armada” haunts the waters off Singapore. Nearly 500 ships sit high in the water with no crew, no cargo and no where to [...]

Environmental Graffiti

• Skiing off Cliffs with Nothing but a Parachute
• 20 Stunning Images of Wind Park Sunsets
• Rocket Trails at Twilight Illuminate the Sky
• The Bridge of Mostar: The Jewel that Divides Two C ...
• Animals Blowing Bubbles Underwater

Foreign Policy in Focus

• Lies and Misdemeanors

  FPIF's weekly update.

• Afghanistan and the Greens

  Interview with Winfried Nachtwei, German Green MP and foreign and security policy expert.

• Beyond Muscle: Using Financial Leverage for Middle ...

  To promote the conditions for peace in the Middle East, the U.S. should tie security assistance to Israeli settlement policy.

• 60-Second Expert: The Iran Opposition's Second Lif ...

  Protests continue in a virtual world where security police and censors are unable to tread.

• Afghanistan: What Are These People Thinking?

  The Obama administration is consistently failing to learn the lessons of Vietnam, argues Conn Hallinan.

Global Elite

• Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K Gov ...

  Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there wil ...

• President European Commission Advocated World Gove ...

  Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International Affa ...

• Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current C ...

  Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the d ...

• Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a G ...

  Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare progr ...

• Today we’re all prisoners in the USA

  Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’s ...

Al Jazeera

• Israel rejects Gaza war allegations

  Hamas says world should act on UN report and launch criminal proceedings against Israel.

• Shoe-thrower flown out of Iraq

  Journalist jailed for insulting Bush flown abroad for medical treatment after release.

• US 'needs larger Afghanistan force'

  Senior military officer says more troops probably needed in fight against Taliban.

• Bernanke: US recession likely over

  Fed chief says economy improving as retail sales surge but warns no full recovery yet.

• Baghdad attack amid Biden visit

  Mortar kills civilians in the Green Zone as US vice-president visits the Iraqi capital.

Green Inc. - NYT

• Schwarzenegger Orders Renewables Goal

  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order today requiring that the state get 33 percent of its electricity from renewable sources like solar and wind power by 2020.

• New Federal Plan for Fish-Dam Harmony

  The Obama administration presented a new plan for protecting fish while procuring hydroelectric power from two rivers in the Pacific Northwest.

• Currently on Our Radar ...

  Greenland wants more CO2 and is beer the latest victim of global warming? A collection of energy and environment news from around the Web.

• A Mad Dash for Smart Grid Cash

  By the time the late August application deadline had expired, a federal program to fund projects demonstrating smart grid technology had attracted 140 proposals requesting a total of $2.3 billion.

• Better Place Unveils Electric Car Software

  At the Frankfurt Motor Show on Tuesday, Better Place, which builds electric vehicle charging networks, is expected to take the wraps off a software platform that tells drivers when and where to charge their batteries.

Dot Earth News

• Are Condoms the Ultimate Green Technology?

  Are condoms and other forms of family planning the cheapest green technology?

• A Nobelist Joins Those Pursuing Well-Being Over Gr ...

  France takes economists' advice to measure well-being, not simply growth. Could the United States follow?

• Climate as Art: What's Your Review?

  Artists try to outdo a graphic used by climate scientists to convey risk.

• Welcome to Earth's 'New' Ocean: the Arctic

  Two ships are poised to complete the first Arctic voyage taking goods from Asia to Europe.

• The (Not So) Hidden Costs of Crude

  A spreading oil stain taints tropical waters, but far from oil's consumers.

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• Supercoca Boliviana Negra cocaine win: Glyphosate/ ...

  Boliviana negra - Wikipedia, Also known as supercoca or la millionaria , Boliviana Negra is a relatively new form of coca that is resistant to herbicide Roundup , or the isopropylamine salt of glyphosate . The coca plant is the precursor to the addictive stimulant cocaine , one of the most widely c ...

• Believe it or not, the flu will always be with us

  I am sort of amazed by the establishment view that's crystallized around this. Everyone is supposed to cut corners to whip out various runs of vaccines. It's amazing how quickly people forget that influenza has always been with us - a more holistic view is that it basically co-evolves with humans i ...

• Video with Peter Schiff: A black hole called Feder ...

  I got a kick out of this video and the funny animations. It's all about the mysterious black hole called the Federal Reserve System. Gotta love it! Just posted yesterday: Additionally, the landscape of ruined houses in the first couple shots caught my notice. I'll explain why later... read more »

• Carbon Market+Sun=FAIL? Sunspot Maunder Minimum vs ...

  Another Little Ice Age? Solar activity and climate change - Ars Technica : Some scientists are suggesting that the slow return to a more active phase of the solar cycle may portend a general decline in solar activity. If sunspots shut down, does that mean that we could stop worrying about climate ...

• NZ Cellphone racket! LOL This article officially c ...

  In a stunning surprise, apparently the New Zealand mobile phone system is a complete racket, wherein grumpy ministers set the pay rate and thereby influence the balance of corporate power. Or something. In any case, New Zealand's version of the Man officially censored this article about the stupid h ...

Daily Censored

• Europe’s $57 billion plan to put windmills in th ...

  Read the full story at Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories Though questions remain about how to bring electricity to shore, Europe sees offshore wind power as a crucial component in its effort to reduce carbon emissions. …

• Obama’s first Somalia strike hits Al Qaeda suspe ...

  Read the full story at Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories US commandos killed Kenyan national Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan in a helicopter raid against Mr. Nabhan’s convoy, as it traveled through the Barawe district in southern Somalia. …

• Fox Nation’s Death Threat To Obama Reported To S ...

  Read the full story at News Hounds Reader Philip G. just forwarded to us a screen grab from a Fox Nation thread that was an unmistakeable death threat to President Obama. We have reported it to the Secret Service. We have also advised them that we frequently find hostile, threatening comments about ...

• Andrew Breitbart Whines To Hannity About “Impugn ...

  Read the full story at News Hounds The recent ACORN “sting” videos (done in 2005?) have catapulted the “stingers,” young Christian crusading, prostitute/pimp playing Hannah Giles and James O’Keefe, into rightwing stardom. Not surprisingly Sean Hannity is all a gush over their work ...

• Obama vs. the Lobbyists

  Read the full story at MoJo Articles This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. At the end of this summer of discontent, of death panels and unplugging poor Grandma, of birthers and astroturfers and rifle-toting picketers, the halcyon early days of the Obama administration feel increasin ...

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• Pentagon Study Proposes Overhaul of Defense Base A ...

• New York considers calls for smoking ban in parks, ...

• ABC sorry it tweeted Obama's 'jackass' comment

• Wall Street Journal to charge for mobile access: M ...

• The Secret Test That Ensures Lenders Win on Loan M ...

Institute for Policy Studies

• Billionaires Thank Tea-Baggers at Glenn Beck's Mar ...

  The Billionaires motto is: "If we’re not broke, don't fix it."

• The Recession's Racial Divide

  African Americans are taking on the brunt of the recession with disproportionately high rates of unemployment and foreclosure.

• CEO Pay Still Outrageous

  Public funds support many bailed-out companies. So why are we still paying CEOs outrageous salaries?

• Remember the Real Villain--Wall Street

  We're pointing fingers at President Obama — when those responsible for the economic crisis escape blame.

• The CEO Pay Debate: Why Reform is Going Nowhere

  Would you let shareholders regulate their CEOs' reckless behavior?

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

• West apologizes to Swift, Obama weighs in on furor

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rap star Kanye West personally apologized on Tuesday to country teen star Taylor Swift after a two-day furor over his hijacking of an awards speech that even drew an off-the-cuff comment from President Barack Obama.

• Clinton: U.S. worried by Venezuelan arms purchases

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern on Tuesday about what she said was the growing number of arms purchases by Venezuela and the potential for an arms race in the region.

• Rockefeller & Co CEO dies in apparent suicide

  BOSTON (Reuters) - James McDonald, a prominent adviser to wealthy families as chief executive of investment management group Rockefeller & Co, died in an apparent suicide,

• Swine flu deaths show this flu is different: exper ...

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Autopsies on people who have died from the new pandemic H1N1 flu show this virus is different from seasonal influenza, even if it has not yet caused more deaths, experts told a meeting on Tuesday.

• New Leno show draws big audiences, lukewarm review ...

  LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jay Leno's new prime-time experiment on the struggling NBC network pulled in big audiences, according to early ratings figures on Tuesday, but mostly underwhelmed TV critics.

Pine River World News

• Machine rebellion begins: Killer robot destroyed b ...

  The following article is from The Register, U.K. Machine rebellion begins: Killer robot destroyed by U.S. jet / Rogue droid 'was attempting to cross border' © The Register By Lewis Page September 15, 2009 An American "Reaper" flying hunter-killer robot assassin rebelled against its human contro ...

• Paul Craig Roberts: Health Care Deceit

  The following column is reprinted with permission from Paul Craig Roberts. Health Care Deceit © Paul Craig Roberts September 14, 2009 The current health care "debate" shows how far gone representative government is in the United States. Members of Congress represent the powerful interest groups t ...

• Blackwater involved in Bhutto and Hariri hits: ex- ...

  IntelTrends - The following article is from Mehr News Agency (MNA), Tehran. Blackwater involved in Bhutto and Hariri hits: ex-Pakistani army chief © Mehr News Agency September 14, 2009 TEHRAN, Sept. 14 (MNA) -- Pakistan's former chief of army staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg (ret.), has said the ...

• America's New Left

  The following commentary is reprinted with permission from Pravda. America's New Left © Pravda By Dominick L. Auci, Ph.D. September 12, 2009 Escondido, California On September 9, President Obama addressed a rare, joint session of Congress. His topic was health care reform. Universal health care ...

• Israel digging tunnel near Al-Aqsa Mosque

  The following article is from Arab News, Jeddah. Israel digging tunnel near Al-Aqsa Mosque © Arab News By Mohammed Mar'i September 12, 2009 RAMALLAH: The Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage said on Friday that Israeli authorities had begun excavation to build a tunnel near Al-Aqsa Mosq ...

  Res'Eau-WaterNet

• Knowledge Transfer Workshop: Preliminary program p ...

  Join us for our inaugural two-day network event as we gather Canadian experts to discuss the scientific and technological challenges of delivering safe drinking water in small, rural and First Nations communities.

• Too Many Canadians Without Safe Water: $5.2M to He ...

  For six million Canadians, quenching their thirst isn’t a matter of simply turning on the kitchen faucet.

• Dr. David Wilkinson appointed Director of the Clea ...

  RES'EAU-WaterNET researcher Dr. David Wilkinson was recently appointed Director of the Clean Energy Research Centre (CERC), beginning July 1, 2009.

• Walkerton Clean Water Centre Receives Ontario Mini ...

  The Walkerton Clean Water Centre (WCWC) – a RES’EAU-WaterNET partner – received the 2008 Emerald Award for innovation from the Ontario Ministry of the Environment at an awards ceremony held on March 3, 2009.

• Filling the glass

  Innovation Canada : Showcasing Research Excellence in Canada

PDA AMERICA

• A Letter to our President on Afghanistan

  Cross-posted from | http://www.iraqpledge.org/ Dear President Obama: We are writing on behalf of the National Campaign for Nonviolent Resistance to seek a meeting to discuss the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan. We are greatly ...

• IOT: End the Occupation, Redirect Funding Call Se ...

  Tom Hayden joined us on the call to update us on Afghanistan, he also talked about his petition and did a Q&A session.

• OpedNews Journalist and Six Protesters Charged Wit ...

  By Linda Milazzo | PDA Blog Contributor Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2009: Six members of various anti-war groups, including World Can’t Wait and Military Families Speak Out, and an OpedNews journalist, were arrested yesterday at ...

• Bloomers and Birthers

  By Jayne Lyn Stahl When I was maybe five or six, I had a dear friend named Theresa whose parents were from Italy. We hung out for most of the third, and much of the fourth ...

• PDA at Fighting Bob Fest VIII

  Fighting Bob Fest is an annual Chautauqua featuring progressive speakers, networking opportunities, and entertainment. Fighting Bob Fest carries on the tradition of Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette by providing a forum for progressive ideas on ...

Marler Blog

• Thirteen People Sickened with E. coli at the Pacif ...

  According to press reports, eleven children and two adults came down with E. coli days after visiting the petting zoo at the Pacific National Exhibition this summer. A spokesman for B.C. Children's Hospital in Vancouver confirmed Tuesday three of the 13 cases were serious enough to warrant hospita ...

• Donna M. Byrne, a.k.a. Food Law Professor, notices ...

  Professor Donna M. Byrne of William Mitchell College of Law gave us a “shout out” about Food Safety News today: Kudos to Marler Clark for launching a promising and informative new website. Food Safety News is a news site rather than a blog (Bill Marler's MarlerBlog is still going strong too). ...

• The American Agricultural Law Association has anno ...

  Richard L. Cupp, Jr.'s article, Moving Beyond Animal Rights: A Legal/Contractualist Critique 46 San Diego Law Review 27 (2009), was chosen for the award. Cupp's article critiques the analogy made by some animal rights theorists between granting rights to animals and granting rights to corporations ...

• Dan Mitchell of Slate's "Daily Bread" notices Food ...

  Dan Mitchell of Slate’s “Daily Bread” wrote this morning "Lawyers Launch Food Safety News Site:" Marler Clark, perhaps the best-known law firm involved in food-safety litigation, has launched a news site that the firm describes as "a daily Web-based newspaper dedicated to reporting on issues ...

• Strict Product Liability - Question of the Night?

  Which multi-billion dollar company raised this defense in response to a recent lawsuit where the consumer ate its product? Under what circumstances should a consumer be held responsible when the purchased food product contains a bacteria or virus? Should the parent? Should the child?

AutoblogGreen

• Drew Barrymore first to race Ford Focus EV on Leno ...

  Filed under: Sedan , Ford , Celebrities , Alternative Fuel Apparently, electric cars are for girls . For his new prime-time TV show, Jay Leno is going to pit celebrities against one another in his new Green Car Challenge segment and the first one in the driver's seat will be Drew Barrymore. Barry ...

• EPA and DOT announce new fuel economy, greenhouse ...

  Filed under: Government/Legal Back in May, the Obama Administration raised the national CAFE standard to 35.5 mpg (for cars and trucks) by 2016. The higher standard would build from the 27.3 mpg 2011 standard and go up five percent each year until 2016. Today, the Environmental Protection Agenc ...

• AutoblogGreen for 09.15.09

  Washington debates if the Aptera 2e should be considered a car How would you define a car? At Witz' End - Best of the Rest from the Center for Automotive Research automotive future forum Goin ...

• Frankfurt Preview: Renault shows off Fluence Zero ...

  Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show , Sedan , Renault , Alternative Fuel Renault Fluence Zero Emissions Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery The Renault Fluence is the model that is replacing the Megane sedan this year. The Megane, of course, is the vehicle that the Renau ...

• Frankfurt 2009: Volkswagen L1 Concept, the "most f ...

  Filed under: Concept Cars , Frankfurt Motor Show , Volkswagen , Alternative Fuel , Diesel Volkswagen L1 Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery There is no way that Volkswagen can prove their claim that the new 1-liter concept vehicle , the L1, is truly "the most fuel-efficient automobil ...

Rafe's Radar

• What's best for business microblogs: Hosted servic ...

  I recently talked to execs from two companies that do exactly the same thing but in completely different ways. In this corner, Yammer , the 2008 TechCrunch50 darling . It's a Twitter-for-the-enterprise service that's hosted by Yammer. Any company can get its employees on to the service, but all the ...

• AOL embraces Twitter, Facebook with AIM Lifestream

  AOL's instant messenger, AIM , becomes on Tuesday the AIM Lifestream and gets support for modern social services Twitter , Facebook , Digg , Flickr , and Delicious . A multiple-platform suite of products being announced at the TechCrunch50 event will support the service. In addition to ins ...

• Google Fast Flip: The platypus of news readers

  Google on Monday released an experimental new content browser called Fast Flip that makes it possible to see a curated set of content sites using a physical "turn the pages" metaphor. Fast Flip pages are cached by Google and load very quickly, which is cool. And if your brain is ...

• Microsoft launches Bing 'Visual Search'

  You see that headline? "Visual Search" is in quotation marks because Monday's announcement at the TechCrunch 50 conference about Bing's new search feature is a bit of a canard. What Microsoft is launching is very cool, mind you. It's just not, strictly speaking, a search feature. At ...

• Apple's next big thing is Steve Jobs

  On September 9, Steve Jobs returned to the public eye in his first major launch announcement since his medical leave and subsequent liver transplant surgery. At the event, he announced a new line of iPods, new digital formats for music and videos, and, sadly, nothing from the Beatles. Rafe Needle ...

Camera Obscura

• Written on the screen: mediation and immersion in ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigorous ...

• Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmine's ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of pro ...

• Dangerous spaces: Safe.

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935029/dangerous-spaces-safe.html September 1, 2004... For me, the problem is always in content; we want to define the perspective of a film solely through its content, and not through its form. --Todd Haynes No matter how much we desire, wit ...

• Of housewives and saints: abjection, transgression ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935028/housewives-and-saints-abjection.html September 1, 2004... In the opening sequence of Velvet Goldmine (dir. Todd Haynes, UK/US, 1998), future glam-rock trendsetter Jack Fairy stands in front of a mirror and, having been brutalized earlier by a ...

• Grainy days and Mondays: Superstar and bootleg aes ...

  http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935027/grainy-days-and-mondays.html September 1, 2004... The year is 1970, and suddenly the nation finds itself asking the question, "What if, instead of the riots and assassinations, the protests and the drugs, instead of the angry words and hard-ro ...

Democracy Now!

• Christian Parenti responds to Kevin Bales

  Democracy Now! recently interviewed Kevin Bales, founder of Free the Slaves. Journalist Christian Parenti wrote a response to that interview which we have posted below. Parenti is an investigative journalist who has covered issues of child labor in the chocolate industry in Côte d’Ivoir ...

• Sandra Maria Esteves Performs "Aguacero" at the Yo ...

  This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the founding of the revolutionary community organizing group the Young Lords. The group called for self-determination for all Puerto Ricans, community control of institutions and land, freedom for all political prisoners and the withdrawal of US troops fr ...

• Van Jones and the Boycott of Glenn Beck

  Glenn Beck was mad. He’s the right-wing talk radio host who has a television program on the Fox News Channel. Advertisers were fleeing his Fox program en masse after the civil rights group Color of Change mounted a campaign urging advertisers to boycott Beck, who labeled President Barack Obama a ...

• New Light on Copenhagen Climate Talks

  On Sept. 1, the European Union stopped manufacturing and importing incandescent light bulbs. Europeans will now turn to the much more efficient compact fluorescent, halogen and LED (light-emitting diode) bulbs. Incandescents, critics argue, waste up to 95 percent of energy as heat, using only 5 per ...

• Part II: Tim Robbins on Activism in Hollywood from ...

  Tim Robbins is the artistic director of the Actor’s Gang and an Academy-award winning actor, director, producer, and writer. He won an Oscar for his role in “Mystic River” and is well-known for his roles in numerous films over the past two decades including “The Shawshank Redemption”, †...

Farming Pathogens

• Heart of Modeling

  Greed is often mistaken for humanity’s heart of darkness. Look instead to the rationalization that transforms the most rapacious pillaging into an act of benevolence. A one-ton bomb dropped on a peasant wedding party is dissembled into regret without responsibility or, baser yet, a tough love offe ...

• Bird Flu’s Industrial Revolution

  Public talks can be private affairs. In sharing our work we bare the triumphs and limits of a thinking born in long hours alone or with a few fellow conspirators sworn to secrecy. But in breaking our oaths we are able to take the next step. In talking bird flu twice this past month I learned [... ...

• The Agro-Industrial Roots of Swine Flu H1N1

  Mexico appears ground zero for an outbreak of deadly human-specific H1N1. Of the over 1400 people that have been reportedly infected there so far, 86 have died. Short chains of transmission of the virus have also been reported in California, Texas, Kansas, Ohio, New York City, Canada and New Zeal ...

• The NAFTA Flu

  Cases of swine flu H1N1 are now reported in Honduras, Costa Rica, Brazil, Argentina, Austria, Thailand, Israel, etc. Can’t keep up at this point. H1N1 is making its way across the world by hierarchical diffusion. By the world’s transportation network it is bouncing down a hierarchy of citi ...

• ‘Farming Human Pathogens’ Now Availabl ...

  ‘Farming Human Pathogens’Â is now available for purchase. The book introduces a cutting-edge formalism based on the asymptotic limit theorems of information theory to describe how punctuated shifts in mesoscale ecosystems imposed by human intervention can entrain patterns of gene expressio ...

Digg Green

• Study Confirms Link Between CO2 & Antarctic Ice Sh ...

  A team of scientists from Cardiff, Bristol and Texas A&M universities braved the lions and hyenas of a small East African village to extract microfossils in samples of rocks which show the level of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere at the time of the formation of the ice-cap.

• Europe Moves Closer to Banning Bluefin Tuna Trade

  With Bluefin tuna stocks plummeting, the European Commission agrees to a move that is likely to list the fish as endangered. Environmentalists applaud, but fishermen are unhappy

• Who's Killing the Electric Plane

  U.S. Aviation designers are hampered by federal rules restricting the use of battery-powered aircraft. Here is a look at a few electric planes that, under current FAA rules, are unavailable to sport pilots.

• Manure, HD TVs Among Greenhouse Gas Sources to Wat ...

  Carbon dioxide isn't the only global warming villain: Animal waste and consumer electronics production are releasing other potent heat-trapping gases. "It is happening more rapidly than [it was] projected to happen," said Jay Gulledge, a senior scientist at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change in ...

• Ocean Commotion: Why Coral Reefs are Dying (& How ...

  Undersea coral gardens are in danger of extinction. What scientists are doing--and how you can help.

Suzie-Q

• “American Police Force” to manage Hard ...

  AP ENTERPRISE: Montana jail deal raises questions The Associated Press Matthew Brown – ‎Sep 12, 2009‎ BILLINGS, Mont. — The Two Rivers Detention Center was promoted as the largest economic development project in decades in the small town of Hardin when the jail was built two years ...

• Who Is Behind The Right-Wing Activists??

  Right Wingers Marching in DC Is Big News — But the Same Old Faces Are Pulling the Strings By Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. Posted September 14, 2009. The men behind the religious right make a comeback with the Tea Party movement. Glenn Beck will tell you that this weekend’s march of right-wing ac ...

• General McChrystal: No Sign of al-Qaeda Presence i ...

  Also Guesses Ongoing War Might’ve Prevented Terror Attacks by Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com, September 11, 2009 Speaking on the eight-year anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attack, top US commander in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal says that he sees no indication of any large ...

• Bill Maher Challenges Obama- 9/11/09 (Video)

  Bill Maher Challenges Obama: “Stand Up For The 70 Percent Of Americans Who Aren’t Crazy” (VIDEO) Huffington Post First Posted: 09-12-09 12:59 AMÂ Â Â |Â Â Â Updated: 09-12-09 01:13 AM On “Real Time” Friday night, host Bill Maher closed his show with some sharp words for the ...

• Steve Nunn: Former GOP Kentucky Lawmaker Arrested; ...

  Kentucky GOP Pol Found With Slit Wrists After Shooting Death Of Ex-Fiancée TPM Muckraker Zachary Roth | September 11, 2009, 3:54PM For the last few days, we’ve all been transfixed by the tawdry spectacle out of California, in which a married Republican family values crusader has gotten his co ...

Solari

• Financier Finn Casperson Dead in “Apparent&# ...

  By Kim LaCapria Ex-CEO of Beneficial Corp. Finn H.W. Casperson was found dead in an apparent suicide behind an office building in Westerly, Rhode Island. Casperson, 67, was discovered dead of what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound on September 7th, after police were asked to “check on ...

• Blagojevich Fundraiser Found Dead

  By Jesse Solomon and Justin Lear Police are investigating the death of the former chief fundraiser for ex-Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as a “death-suicide,” an Illinois mayor said Sunday. Financier Christopher Kelly told police shortly before he died Saturday that he took an “overdose of dru ...

• Newport Beach Financier Danny Pang Dies at 42

  By Ruben Vives and Louis Sahagun Newport Beach financier Danny Pang died early Saturday at a local hospital, according to the Orange County coroner’s office. The cause of death has not been determined and an autopsy is planned for Sunday, said Larry Esslinger, supervising deputy coroner. Police o ...

• Rockefeller & Co. CEO Dies From Gunshot Wound

  By Charles Stein James McDonald, chief executive officer of New York investment firm Rockefeller & Co., died Sunday, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Bristol County district attorney’s office in New Bedford, Massachusetts. McDonald was found in a car behind an auto ...

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• Less Than a Week Away

  We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware. George Green will be a featured speaker. September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CA Click here for Tickets & Reservations

• The Georgia Guidestones

  On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the Ame ...

• The Creation

  THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to put an ...

• The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catas ...

  In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-openin ...

• About George Green

  Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to focus ...

Insurgency Watch - Posts

• Mingora Shrugs Over Rumors of Fazlullah Capture

  MINGORA, Pakistan – The Swat Valley’s beleaguered capital was taking a wait-and-see attitude to the rumors that Maulana Fazlullah, head of the Swat Taliban which had terrorized the picturesque valley for five years, had been captured or killed by security forces this weekend. The rumors first be ...

• Fazlullah may be captured

  MINGORA, Swat — I’m filing this from my iPhone, as Internet is spotty up here, but reports are tricking out that Maulana Fazlullah, leader of the Swat Taliban and a close ally of the TTP, has been either captured or has surrendered near Gulibagh. This is as yet unconfirmed, however. I will post ...

• Fazlullah may be captured

  MINGORA, Swat — I’m filing this from my iPhone, as Internet is spotty up here, but reports are tricking out that Maulana Fazlullah, leader of the Swat Taliban and a close ally of the TTP, has been either captured or has surrendered near Gulibagh. This is as yet unconfirmed, however. I will post ...

• Fazlullah may be captured

  MINGORA, Swat — I’m filing this from my iPhone, as Internet is spotty up here, but reports are tricking out that Maulana Fazlullah, leader of the Swat Taliban and a close ally of the TTP, has been either captured or has surrendered near Gulibagh. This is as yet unconfirmed, however. I will post ...

• A Pakistani Awakening?

  Some interesting news out of the Swat Valley yesterday: TOTANA BANDAI: When a posse of Taliban fighters entered a mosque in this village during evening prayers last week to demand the allegiance of the congregation, long-suffering locals decided they had enough. The villagers, of whom a majority ha ...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

• Burning Questions for the Authors of 'Marijuana Is ...

  The authors of a new book on misconceptions about marijuana respond to the torrent of comments on an excerpt published on AlterNet.

• The Epidemic of Pot Arrests in New York City

  Marijuana possession is legally decriminalized in NY State. Nonetheless, NY City makes more pot arrests than any city in the world. How do they do it?

• The Shocking Benefits of Legalizing Pot

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

• Does the Marijuana Pill Work?

  The government says a pill called Marinol offers the same benefits as medical marijuana. Is it true?

• Marijuana Is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People t ...

  A new book explains how we're steering people away from cannabis and toward the use of a very harmful and deadly substance: alcohol.

Twilight Earth

• Breaking: Activists Unfurl Banner over Niagara Fal ...

  Canadian Tar Sands Oil Undermines North America’s Clean Energy Future That’s the gist of a 70′ banner hung over Niagara Falls this morning by activists from the Rainforest Action Network, sending a message to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper as he heads to the White House to lock in s ...

• Tea Party Protest Video and Interviews- Teabaggers ...

  We don't need to say a word. These Conservative Freedom Fighters do a very good job of digging their own holes. Related posts: The Cove – Dolphin Slaughter in Japan (Video Trailers with Interviews) Daryl Hannah and James Hansen Arrested in WV Coal Mining Protest Al Gore’s Latest Video – Al ...

• Cirque du Soleil Founder’s Space Mission for Wat ...

  In October, Guy Laliberté, the founder of Cirque du Soleil (and billionaire), will become Canada’s first private explorer in space and the first to present what he’s calling a “Poetic Social Mission in Space”. A two hour “artistic happening” will be launched live from the Internati ...

• Hungry Hippo Kills and Eats Poacher

  A hippopotamus killed a member of Democratic Republic of Congo government forces at Virunga National Park. Related posts: Pollution Kills 40 Percent of Us – Contaminated Surface Water Pollution Kills 40 Percent of Us – Artisanal Gold Mining Share Our Strength: Operation No Kid Hungry

• Photo Sunday – Mt. Rainier National Park and Cli ...

  Mount Rainier National Park is one of the most beautiful, yet least visited National Parks in the United States.Enjoy the photos and climbing video. Related posts: Photo Sunday – Great Falls National Park Photo Sunday – Brandywine Falls – Cuyahoga Valley National Park Shenandoah National P ...

Inhabitat

• PARK(ing) Day 2009 is This Friday!

  This Friday impromptu public parks will be springing up around the world for PARK(ing) Day 2009! Created by San Francisco art collective REBAR, this one-day celebration of public space encourages people in cities around the globe to transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks. From p ...

• Warehouse Renovation Showcases Sustainable Materia ...

  When Atlanta based ad agency The Jones Group decided it was time to revamp their image and headquarters, they turned to designer Caryn Grossman of CG Creative Interiors to complete the task. With two early 1900’s warehouses now in her hands and limitless possibilities, the crafty designer decided ...

• 150mph Electric Motorcycle Smashes World Speed Rec ...

  Mission Motors‘ emission-free superbike recently shattered the world land speed record for electric motorcycles as it clocked in a series of scorching 150mph runs at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. Designed in collaboration with Fuse Project, we knew that the superbike had great things in store wh ...

• The White House Takes Aim at LEED Certification

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Schwarzenegger Orders Increase in Renewable Energy Use

New York Times

- Sep 15, 2009

- 4 hours ago

Arnold Schwarzenegger signed an executive order Tuesday requiring that California draw 33 percent of its electricity from renewable sources like solar and ...

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Renewables winning the energy race

guardian.co.uk

- Sep 15, 2009

- 6 hours ago

If I am travelling down an "irrational" road to renewables, as Richard Phillips implies (Letters, 11 September), then I am not alone. ...

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amerenue Pure Power(TM) Program Named 'Best Marketing Campaign by ...

Reuters

- Sep 15, 2009

- 9 hours ago

"The campaign personalizes and localizes what it means to support renewable energy in a state where most people have never even seen a wind farm," says ...

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New England Governors Present United Regional Visions on Renewable ...

Reuters

- Sep 15, 2009

- 11 hours ago

The NEGC adopted the New EnglandGovernors' Renewable Energy Blueprint, which addresses mechanisms to help advance the development of New England's vast ...

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OMG's Business Ecology Initiative (BEI) Reaches 250 Member Mark

Reuters

- Sep 14, 2009

- Sep 14, 2009

Together these companies will advance the concepts, techniques and benefits of Business Ecology. The BEI is also announcing the formation of its first ...

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Gut ecology in transplant patients

R & D Magazine

- Sep 15, 2009

- 9 hours ago

By EurekAlert Small-bowel transplant patients with an ileostomy -- an opening into their small bowel -- have a very different population of bacteria living ...

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It's the Ecology, Stupid! — a global green cinema event

Green Right Now

- Sep 15, 2009

- 8 hours ago

By Shermakaye Bass It's the ecology… That might've been the mantra of the early 1990's (instead of “It's the economy, stupid!”) if more American public ...

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Ecology center to make calendar

Bloomington Pantagraph

- Sep 15, 2009

- 3 hours ago

NORMAL - mclean County students in grades 6-8 are invited to submit artwork for the 2010 calendar produced by the Ecology Action Center. ...

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The Quality of Water in America

New York Times

- Sep 14, 2009

- Sep 14, 2009

You should be applauded for your searing investigative reporting on lax enforcement of the 37-year-old Clean Water Act. People protesting about government ...

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L.A. engineers are puzzled by uptick in water pipe failures

Los Angeles Times

- Sep 15, 2009

- 2 hours ago

By Jessica Garrison Underground water pipes in Los Angeles have suffered significantly more "major blowouts" in the last three months, officials confirmed ...

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Utilities Face Stiffer Wastewater Rules

Wall Street Journal

- Sep 15, 2009

- 14 hours ago

They say the agency's failure to limit the spread of toxins into rivers, streams and swamps could endanger drinking-water supplies and wildlife. ...

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Most Wis. public drinking water meets standards

Chicago Tribune

- Sep 15, 2009

- 5 hours ago

A report on the state's drinking water shows that 96 percent of Wisconsin's public water systems met all health standards last year. ...

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