- EGYPT: Corruption Ran in the Family
Ousted president Hosni Mubarak ran Egypt as his own private estate, carving up its resources and siphoning off its capital into offshore accounts. But he didn't do it alone: he had help from his family and a few trusted friends.
- Women Struggle to Unite Fractured Bahrain
Women in Bahrain have launched new initiatives to tackle sectarian tensions that emerged as the fallout of widespread unrest sweeping the country since Feb. 14.
- Polio Threatens Burma
A small army of volunteers from local non-governmental organisations has fanned out across Burma to inoculate 3.4 million children from a rare strain of the polio virus that has re-emerged three years after the country was declared polio free.
- Libyan Choice: Starve or Run
Rights groups have condemned the indiscriminate attacks on residential areas in Misrata, that have worsened an already dire situation.
- MEXICO: Some Progress Made in Eliminating Toxi ...
Mexico is carrying out a project to identify, decommission and eliminate polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) waste in order to reduce risks of human exposure and environmental damages.
- How the financial class legally robs American ...
Reports out from the secretive Federal Reserve show for example a $220 million loan to the wives of Wall Street executives merely for speculative purposes. A win-win gift from our central bank as a thank you for leading the nation into this economic ditch. Do you have access to cheap and plent ...
- Public Radio, Conservative Listeners - NYTimes.com
How cutting funds for US public radio could have hurt conservative listeners, too - a salutary story for those who want to make similar cuts to Radio NZ.
- The Real Housewives of Wall Street | Rolling Stone
America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial. The official budget is public record and hotly debated: Money comes in as taxes and ..
- Dr. Michio Kaku: Fukushima a "Ticking Time Bomb"
The Japanese government is trying to calm fears about radiation levels and food safety in the region around the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility, even as it has raised the severity rating of the crisis to the highest possible level. "Radiation is continuing to leak out of ...
- TEPCO confirms damage to No. 4 unit's spent nu ...
The cooling period for 548 of the 1,331 rods was shorter than that for others and the volume of decay heat emitted from the fuel in the No. 4 unit pool is larger compared with pools at other reactor buildings. According to TEPCO, radioactive iodine-131 amounting to 220 becquerels per cubic ce ...
- Cameron rules out Libya occupation role
David Cameron has insisted there is no prospect of British forces becoming part of an "occupying army" in Libya.
- Briton saves Florida hotel plunge toddler
A British holidaymaker saved the life of a one-year-old toddler after catching her as she fell from a hotel balcony, it was reported today.
- US launches first drone attacks to break deadl ...
The US is now using armed Predator drones over Libya to help the rebels in their seemingly deadlocked insurgency against the forces of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
- Asylum-seekers riot at Australian detention centre
Asylum-seekers and other detainees at an Australian immigration centre set fire to several buildings, climbed on to rooftops and hurled tiles at officials trying to bring the chaotic protest to an end. Up to 100 people being held at Sydney's Villawood Detention Centre were involved in the riots, ...
- Baseball: Will the LA Dodgers go down swinging?
It was "half-price food and drink" day at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles yesterday, offering fans attending the side's mid-day game against the Atlanta Braves the prospect of being able to clog their arteries with $3 (£1.80) "Dodger dogs", $5 plastic cups of lukewarm lager and bargain-priced bag ...
- Soros Event Sets in Motion New Attacks on Dollar
It’s been two weeks since George Soros bought himself a major economic conference designed to remake the entire global economy. Just because the event received little major news attention, it still had an impact Americans might be reeling from for years.
- The Audacity Of No Dope
If there was any question on President Obama’s policy towards State medical marijuana (MMJ) laws and patients rights who have signed up in fifteen states to legally obtain the necessary medicine to treat their medical needs from HIV, Cancer to chronic pain; the wait should be over and th ...
- First step towards directly elected EU president
Come its next elections in 2014, the parliament's constitutional affairs committee wants voters across the 27 European Union states to pick 751 constituency MEPs in essentially national contests, but now also 25 super MEPs from an EU-wide list of candidates.
- Panic in Zimbabwe, rumors old money is back a ...
A bank says one of its automated teller machines dished out defunct Zimbabwe dollars when it was being repaired. Technicians tested it with the old currency and left it online in error.
- Oil up above $109 on signs of strong US demand
Oil prices rose above $109 a barrel Wednesday after a report showed U.S. gasoline supplies fell for a second week, suggesting higher fuel costs haven't yet curbed demand.
- Manitoba gets physical
Jonathan McGavock is unequivocal and unapologetic. He’s seriously worried about the next generation of Canadian kids. “Ninety percent are physically inactive, with 25 to 30 percent being overweight or obese,” says the University of Manitoba researcher. “Chronic medical conditions like type 2 dia ...
- Designing consumers
Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart have made millions selling unique artistic T-shirts. The kicker is, they didn’t even design them. The duo owns Threadless, a profitable online community where users post T-shirt designs, vote on their favourites and then buy them. For coordinating the process, Inc. ...
- Sharing culture
- Targeting tumours
Targeting a cancerous tumour with localized, high-concentration chemotherapy drugs can be an effective way of destroying a tumour, but surrounding healthy tissue often gets damaged in the process. Now, thanks to a world-first in remote-controlled delivery of anti-cancer drugs developed at École ...
- Search for the stellar smoking gun
When big stars go boom, they are like really, really big guns — they leave behind a telltale smoke signal and a path of destruction. Understanding the forensic evidence from just a puff of smoke might sound near impossible, but for Samar Safi-Harb, it’s just another day at the office. Originally ...
- SOTT FOCUS: Psychopathology in Canadian Politi ...
It seems irrefutable to me after 20 years of analyzing the career of Stephen Harper that he is incapable of providing democratic governance. Harper arguably shows some traits of what psychologists refer to as malignant narcissism, a dangerously heightened sense of self importance. Otto Kernb ...
- US: Mysterious Military Choppers Over Miami
If you live in downtown Miami, you've probably noticed something unusual in the sky the past few nights. Residents have been posting videos on YouTube of unmarked military helicopters flying through Brickell at late night hours, creating lots of noise and a little concern. The videos, titled " ...
- Mystery Of Bodies Buried In French Garden: Fat ...
French police searching for a missing family have launched a murder probe after five bodies were found buried in the garden of their home. The gruesome discoveries began with a severed leg being dug up at the house in Nantes. Then officers found the corpses, which had bullet wounds. Offici ...
- Beware the Workplace Psychopath
The Victorian government announced plans this week to introduce a jail term of up to 10 years for workplace bullying. But until it becomes law - and probably afterwards, too - terror at the hands of the workplace psychopath will continue for many victims. Apparently, they can't be stopped. ...
- US: Mysterious Disappearance in North Georgia
North Georgia investigators are trying to find a Michigan mother, missing now for 11 days. Amber Gerweck's parents live in Calhoun, Georgia and they spoke with their daughter on April 9th, the day she left Jackson, Michigan. But she never mentioned she was coming south. Her father Dale Seger s ...
- Dear undergrads,
Many of you are or soon will be lining-up outside a office doors and sending emails to your professors and TAs about your grades on various exams, term papers, and assigments. Some of you will rudely or politely demand an improved grade "because I need good grades," or "worked hard so I deserve ...
- Orange Revolution?
Now wouldn't that be something? Via Dawg.
- Quick thoughts on last night's Leader's Debate
I didn't see the whole thing as this is exam and paper grading season in universities,� but from what I did catch, the camera seemed to be directly in front of Harper but generally had inclined views of Ignatieff, Duceppe and Layton. What the hell is up with that (did someone receive a briefcase ...
- I feel dizzy...
Unfuckingbelievable. Auditor General Sheila Fraser has written a scathing letter rebuking the Conservatives for misquoting her in a parliamentary report on the costs of the G8/G20 summits in Toronto last summer, CBC News has learned. The Conservatives' report, presented as a dissenting opinio ...
- Words can change perspective . . .
A WONDERFUL little piece (1:48), "The Power of Words". H/T to Helmut, thank-you, sir.
- Right-Wing Media Return To Fearmongering About ...
Right-wing media have recently revived the falsehood that the Independent Payment Advisory Board created by the health care law will lead to health care rationing. In fact, the law specifically prohibits the Advisory Board from making "any recommendations to ration health care ... or otherwise ...
- Another Day, Another Obama Speech Fox Takes Ou ...
Following President Obama's April 20 Facebook town hall meeting, Fox News jumped on his remarks, accusing Obama of "class warfare" while again deceptively editing portions of Obama's speech to accuse him of calling Republicans "selfish."Obama Cited His Past Personal "Benefit" From Social Progra ...
- Limbaugh Finds New Proof Of "Death Panels," Is ...
Rush Limbaugh claimed that the Obama administration issued a "waiver" to exempt seniors from Medicare cuts enacted by the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), a body created by the Affordable Care Act. He also claimed that the board constitutes "rationing" and "death panels" and will deci ...
- Fox Uses White House Meeting On Immigration Re ...
On April 19, Fox News' supposedly "straight news" programs used a White House meeting on immigration reform to fearmonger about immigration, bash President Obama, and refer to undocumented immigrants as "illegals."Obama Holds White House Meeting On Immigration Reform Obama Holds Meeting With ...
- Fox & Friends Grossly Misrepresen ...
During the April 20 broadcast of Fox & Friends, the co-hosts discussed President Obama's recent town hall speech, falsely accusing the president of blaming a 2007 Minneapolis bridge collapse on "budget holdout" and of linking Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget outline to homelessness, while also ag ...
- Beware the "Middle Ground" of the Great Budget ...
How debates are framed is critical because the "center" or "middle ground" is supposedly halfway between the two extremes. We continue to hear that the Great Budget Debate has two sides: The President and the Democrats want to cut the budget deficit mainly by increasing taxes on the rich and ...
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- Israel-Palestine Plate Heating Up
Helene Cooper of the New York Times has published a great what's up story on the new behind the scenes scramble by the Obama administration, Prime Minister Netanyahu and various Palestinian officials to act as if they have some plan to move the peace process forward -- when in fact, most of it i ...
- How Smartphones are Spying on Our Movements
Evokes Google Controversy in France: While there has been a lot of attention to Google's "Wi-Spy" scandal use of Street View cars for spying on home wi-fi information, when France fined Google last month for privacy violations, the regulatory agency there, CNIL, focused additional attention on G ...
- Book Review: An Urgent Interfaith Call for Justice
Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land by Mark Braverman with Foreword by Walter Brueggemann Synergy Books: Austin, Texas; $16.95, 416 pages www.SynergyBooks.net Fatal Embrace: Christians, Jews, and the Search for Peace in the Holy Land by Mark Braverma ...
- Congress Must Debate the Libya War
The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds that the ...
- News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
- In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
- Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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- Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...
- Big Oil & Gas Not Paying Millions or Even Bill ...
On the anniversary of the BP oil spill, I thought I'd do another piece on some recent oil industry news. While the U.S. is struggling to decrease its debt in the midst of efforts to get the economy rolling string again, it seems there is still millions if not billions of dollars in oil and gas c ...
- More BP Oil Spill Reflections: Could Another S ...
Last week, Joe Romm did a nice little round-up of recent articles about the BP oil spill disaster -- on what we've learned (or not learned) and where things are today. Following up on my post earlier today on that, here are a number of great quotes from around that I'm cribbing from Joe's piece ...
- An Interview with Jonathan T. Scott–Sustainabl ...
Jonathan T. Scott’s latest book, New Standards for Long-Term Business Survival, has just been published. As with his previous two books on sustainability, this book is very easy-to-read and is available as a free, 30-page, PDF document that explains what sustainability is, why it is important, a ...
- “Have a Ball” on Earth Day!
Earth Day is Friday! Have a ball! Share your love for the world with the world! For info on more earth-friendly Poems of Joe M’s check here. And follow Joe on twitter @greencartoons.
- Saharan Dust off Western Europe [Photo of the Day]
The image below was captured by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite on April 8, 2011, and shows the dust which had hovered off the coast of Portugal two days earlier now moving toward the United Kingdom and Ireland.
- Tim Hetherington's WAR DIARY - Video Documentaries
Editor's comment: This video was sent to us by Axis of Logic columnist, Joanne Namerow. Upon sending the video, Joanne wrote: "I forgot to send you this video. It's a video diary from Tim Hetherington, the director of the documentary "Restrepo". He was killed in Libya yesterday. It's a v ...
- Of God Given Rights - ACTION!
The expression “our God given rights” might seem innocuous since it’s used almost as regularly as “God bless you” when somebody sneezes. But in truth it also reflects the current attitude in the Western world, more specifically in the US, towards the rights and freedoms enjoyed by their citizen ...
- Nancy Morejon - First International Festival o ...
Nancy Morejon presents her poetry at the First International Festival of Resistance - first in Spanish, then in English....
- US seeks to exploit anti-Assad movement in Syr ...
21 April 2011 Tens of thousands are protesting in Syria against the regime of Bashar al-Assad. There was further bloody repression by the right-wing dictatorship on Sunday and Tuesday, as police and soldiers opened fire on demonstrators in Homs, a city of 700,000 near the Turkish border. ...
- Doesn't Cost Anything to Pay Attention - World ...
Doesn't Cost Anything to Pay Attention background people mutter endless tv chatter gadget distractions pay attention there's gambling on oil prices they call it "the geo-political risk factor" pay attention ...
- The Nightowl Newswrap
If you think we're being melodramatic when we say that the GOP has declared war on women, you need to pull your head out of your ass. Since January, when republican legistatures took over statehouses all over the country as well as the House of Representatives, they have introduced 916 different ...
- Manning moved to Leavenworth
Just one day after the Pentagon announced that they would move PFC Bradley Manning from the Marine brig at Quantico to the new joint detention facility on Ft. Leavennworth in Kansas, the move was complete. Manning is accused of illegally copying over 250,000 classified documents and diplomatic c ...
- The American Oil Industry_They Care
Well, I didn't send any greeting cards to my favorite oil soaked billionaire parasites as per tonight's Newswrap. �I figured everything that could be said about the tragedy had been said by the time I got out of bed this morning and I knew that all the corporate owned politicians would be making ...
- The Nightowl Newswrap
The world lost two real Journalists on Wednesday when Tim Hetherington, the war correspondent who directed and produced of the documentary Restrepo and Getty photographer Chris Hondros were killed in an attack on the besieged Libyan city of Misurata as they documented the civil war that is ragin ...
- No Alternatives to Water
Well of course the filthy rich parasites think they can escape pollution by buying bottled water, and for a little while that will work. But drinkable water is even more finite than oil, and infinitely more valuable. �You think the oil wars are bad? Wait until we have to attack Canada for its wa ...
- 1 Year Since The BP Oil Spill, And The Family ...
BP, Halliburton and TransOcean, have done as much damage as the "JUST" can stand! Dreams have been dashed. The GULF POISONED. Arrogance rules in the corridors of CRAPorations! Hearts replaced by dollar signs. Gr$$d dictates! Life, has no value!Submitted by Barbara W. to US Politics & Gov't �| ...
- Save the Lives of the Stray Dogs in Romania!
The Romanian parliament postponed the discussion about the law that would allow the mass killing of stray dogs until after Easter. Resistance against this law is growing. Send your protest letter today! Click on "Send protest now!" to take action. Submitted by Marilyn M. to Animals �|� �Note- ...
- Donations by TEPCO Execs Show Close Ties to Li ...
Various officials with Tokyo Electric Power Co.(TEPCO) donated more than 20 million yen to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) over three years since 2007, indicating a close relationship between the utility giant and the former ruling party.Submitted by Naoko I. to Business �|� �Note-it! �|� �A ...
- ACTION ALERT: Save Cambodia's Elephant Corrid ...
The Cardamom Mountains in Cambodia%u2019s Koh Kong province are at risk again. After Wildlife Alliance and petitioners around the world narrowly defeated a planned titanium mine, the region is threatened again by an Australian-funded industrial agricultSubmitted by Simone D. to Environment �|� ...
- Kristen Dunst Gets Cozy With a Lion in Bulgari ...
Kristen Dunst can now add lion tamer to her resume as she gets cozy with the leader of the pack in Bulgari's Mon Jasmin Noir Fragrance commercial. Dressed in a dusty rose strapless dress and pink, and yellow, and green jewels from Bulgari's MediterraneanSubmitted by BarbCat Sunshine Lady to Offb ...
- Like POTUS (& Open Thread)
Spoke Elizabeth WIlliamson, WSJ, re the Facebook opening of a lobbying office in Washington to begin to dig out from the regulation and legislation threats, such as Dick Durbin on social justice media in Cairo and so forth, such as John McCain on privacy, such as the shakedown of start-up billio ...
- Sounds Like Obama Meeting With Big Pharma Was ...
Of the duplicity that is Obamacare. Some time ago, August 12, 2009, to be exact, Obama-phile Greg Palast wrote about Obama meeting with Big Pharma from the get-go. He was not amused that Obama would do this, though others of us are not surprised one bit that Obamacare was a giveaway to Big Pharm ...
- Aaaachooo Open Thread [Update]
The update — which depicts MSNBC giving Donald Trump a shellacking — is at the end. Today I watched Andrew Breitbart go on MSNBC twice — he must be a masochist — and battle it out as the questions were thrown at him like spears. And when did Martin Bashir end up on MSNBC? He [...]
- Anybody But Obama
Spoke Larry Kudlow and John Fund re the clever gambit by Mass. Governor Duval Patrick to praise Mitt Romney for the healthcare plan he passed. Romney has no defense form the Democratic mention of his own tenure as governor; and he has no defense form the Republican doubts about his tenure as gov ...
- Uncle Sugar Bot Rules (& Open Thread)
Bizarre competition emerges in the TEPCO fairy tale of cleaning up and shutting down the six wrecked units at Fukushina Daichi Nuclear, when the bot that is sent in to text radiation level (very high) is revealed to be a US bot. Japanese grumble, since this is the land of the bots. Does it signi ...
- How Much Energy Does it Take to Power the Web' ...
Even if you're careful to set the power settings on your laptop or tablet to be as efficient as possible, your web surfing still contributes to a big carbon footprint. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the ar ...
- 13 Exquisite Orchids
Orchids are the largest and the most diverse plant family on Earth. With more than 25,000 species, orchids come in a variety of forms, fragrances and colors. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
- The Boat Built from 12,000 Bottles that Sailed ...
An incredible adventure starts with an incredible boat, one made of 12,000 bottles – bringing awareness about our environment and the need to recycle. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Mummies' False Toes May Be World's First Prost ...
Egyptian physicians made wearable prostheses as far back as 600 BC, proof that "this branch of medicine should be firmly laid at the feet of the ancient Egyptians." read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the artic ...
- 10 Beautiful Endangered Corals
Ten stunningly beautiful yet sadly endangered corals, and some of the threats they're facing... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
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 will ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...
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 ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
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 t ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
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 p ...
- 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 ...
- Alchemy and Debt Demons - FAIL DOT GOV sHuTdOw ...
FEDERAL SHUTDOWN 2011: The Untold Story - long story short, our narrative ends with The Jesus giving everyone SHROOMS. Alchemy and accountants, the Shutdown revealed mysterious & esoteric truths underlying our post-masonic Nation. [ I had a couple folders sitting around with ...
- LinkDump March 27 2011 - We looked into the fi ...
The Silver Conspiracy xtranormal lolbears are back for Part V! Listening now to Lifeboat Hour with Michael Ruppert presently on ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com. Mostly about Japan so far. Lyric flagged from Ruppert's band New White Trash - "We looked into the fire and the fire looked b ...
- Git & Processing: For new HTML5 Javascript-pow ...
Need to throw a batch of links out there. I had a pretty good idea about how to apply some stuff using this kind of tech. The whole thing has just evolved since last November, from local applications into the web. Processing is a language for a lot of cool things including visualizations, but no ...
- Wisconsin gets the FreedomWorks - Yoshimi beat ...
We drove around Madison listening to the Flaming Lips -- that day, the evil robots won... Working for the city - she knows it's demanding to defeat those evil machines... ~~ Yoshimi was definitely a public employee in that song ~~ it all makes sense now ~~ Sometimes a press release sums up the a ...
- March 22 mega-link dump: ChernobyLinks & Middl ...
A ton of the latest & greatest links to throw at ya, roughly themed out! First some Lols and things to check out: CIA's 'Facebook' Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs | Onion News Network Bloomberg's Winkler Discusses Fed Bank Loan Data Ruling - Video - Bloomberg Granbury woman run over, kil ...
- What Do You Think?
At sixty-eight, I can only pretty much sit and watch this country come apart. In 1965, I marched on Washington D.C. to end the war in Viet Nam. In 1968 I helped organize busses to go to Wisconsin to stump for McCarthy in the Greater Milwaukee area. Today I can only watch and write about [...]
- Beyond ForeclosureGate – It Gets Uglier
Michael Collins The ForeclosureGate scandal poses a threat to Wall Street, the big banks, and the political establishment. If the public ever gets a complete picture of the personal, financial, and legal assault on citizens at their most vulnerable, the outrage will be endless. (Image) Foreclosu ...
- The Chernobyl Disaster – 25 Years Later
“I feel that at least several hundred scientists trained in the biomedical aspect of atomic energy – myself included – are candidates for Nuremberg-type trials for crimes against humanity for our gross negligence and irresponsibility. Now that we know the hazard of low-dose radiation, the crime ...
- CENSORED IN 1978: SPACE POLLUTION HITS HOME
CENSORED IN 1978: SPACE POLLUTION HITS HOME Although it no longer makes headlines nor the six o’clock news, about twice a month somebody launches something into space. NASA’s current agenda alone calls for domestic communications satellites, weather satellites, new military communications a ...
- El Cortito Haunts California Again
The short-handled hoe is alive and well and living in California’s hotels. The hoe has been reincarnated as flat sheets, instead of fitted, and scrub brushes instead of longer handled scrubbers that permit maids to get up off of their hands and knees. Hotel mattresses, which can weigh up to 150 ...
- Talking The Talk
President Obama seems to be shifting his message but not his actions when it comes to reducing military spending and reigning in the Bush tax cuts.
- Tax Loopholes and the GE Hoax
On tax day, millions of Americans paid their taxes, but GE was not among them. WNYC interview commenting on the US Uncut hoax on General Electric.
- U.K. Sends Troops into Libya as International ...
As NATO continues its campaign against Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s forces and to their attacks on Libyan civilians, Great Britain announced today it will send military officers to advise rebels fighters.
- An Eye-Opening Window into America's Executive ...
A cutting-edge new Web site, from the nation's labor movement, offers working Americans the information we need to understand CEO pay excess - and the tools we need to fight it.
- Worshiping the Sacred Pig
Is Pentagon pork, which has been off the table for decades, finally on the budget-cutting menu?
- Action for Happiness
Action for Happiness is a new movement for positive social change, founded by Richard Layard, Geoff Mulgan and Anthony Seldon. They aim to bring together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone. Their vision of a better future in ...
- Traduction des preuves en Français
Les preuves en Français Preuves à l’appui: une introduction Preuves à l’appui: la santé physique Preuves à l’appui: la santé mentale Preuves à l’appui: la toxicomanie Preuves à l’appui: l’éducation Preuves à l’appui: la population carcérale
- Response to criticism of The Spirit Level
Find our full response to criticism of The Spirit Level here.
- The Wrong Cure - alternatives to the cuts
The False Economy website is an excellent and still-developing resource exploring the alternatives to cuts. False Economy includes: a discussion of why the cuts are not progressive details of campaign actions a comprehensive further reading list ... and this short film [youtube:ynUCYo ...
- Why we need a Fairness Test of the cuts
A group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. Full details...
- Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.â–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
- IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. IntroductionsâDr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer MovementâKatie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchio, Healthcare ...
- PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
- War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Sha ...
- An American Suicide Terrorist
William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
- Dallas County salmonella case, Mary Chiles, ti ...
Dallas County Health and Human Services recently investigated a reported infection of a rare type of salmonella that was linked to three other cases reported to the Texas Department of State Health Services. A 56-year-old Dallas County resident, Mary Chiles, was hospitalized after drinking unpa ...
- The Outbreak that changed my life
I was just reading Jeff Benedict’s blog post - “The Book That Changed My Life” - about the 1992-1993 Jack in the Box E. coli Outbreak. He does an in-depth profile of me in his blog today and in the book - "Poisoned" - that is being released in the next few weeks. Looking at the pictures below, ...
- Perhaps the most disturbing animal cruelty vid ...
Sometimes you think you have seen it all and then you see something like this.� From Tom Philpott at Grist: Right now, in at least three states, meat-industry lobbyists (in league with Monsanto) are pushing legislation that would criminalize the practice of sneaking cameras onto factory farms. ...
- Survey of Seattle Chickens finds Bacterial Con ...
We decided to fund yet another bacterial test on retail meet – this time chicken. All the chicken in the 100 Chicken IEH Labs survey, which included whole fryers and packages of chicken parts, was collected and tested from March 1 to April 4 from Seattle area grocery stores. The chicken was pu ...
- DeFusco's Salmonella Zeppoles now linked to 79 ...
Cases of Illness between March 14 - April 7, 2011 * 79 Cases Total (78 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts) * 30 Hospitalizations (2 Discharged, 1 Current) * 48 Lab-confirmed Salmonella * 2 Salmonella-associated Deaths
- New York 2011: Honda Civic Hybrid scores 44 mp ...
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Sedan, Honda 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery It's not 50 miles per gallon (rest, easy Prius), but the mpg numbers for the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid impress us nonetheless: 44/44/44. That's city/highway/combined, and it's ...
- New York 2011: Mitsubishi sets price of all-el ...
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hatchback, Mitsubishi, Electric Mitsubishi i - Click above for high-res image gallery Some bits of good news come with a head scratcher. At the New York Auto Show today, Mitsubishi announced that the all-electric i will start at just $27,990 in the U.S. Once ...
- New York 2011: Suzuki Kizashi EcoCharge Concep ...
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Suzuki Suzuki Kizashi EcoCharge Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery For a car that doesn't exist - yet - the Suzuki Kizashi hybrid certainly rears its head an awful lot. The rumor had been that Suzuki wanted to release the car in 2011, b ...
- New York 2011: 2012 Nissan Versa offers 33 mpg ...
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Budget, Sedan, Nissan 2012 Nissan Versa - Click above for high-res image gallery Revealed "simultaneously" as the new Tiida in Shanghai, the 2012 Nissan Versa drove onto the stage here at the 2011 New York Auto Show spouting some impressive numbers: 33 miles ...
- Toyota Plug-In Prius reservations start on Ear ...
Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Hatchback, Toyota, Electric Plug-in Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery If the idea of getting around 83 or 87 miles per gallon in a plug-in Toyota Prius suits your fancy, then get ready to give Toyota your pertinent details on Earth Day. That's t ...
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- Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
- The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
- Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
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 rigo ...
- Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
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 ...
- ‘Restrepo’ Director Tim Hetherington and Photo ...
Photojournalist and filmmaker Tim Hetherington, director and producer of the documentary film “Restrepo,” and photojournalist Chris Hondros were killed in the Libyan city of Misurata on Wednesday when a group of four photojournalists were attacked. Photographer, Guy Martin, suffered severe inj ...
- Amy Goodman's New Column: "Renewed Energy For ...
More than 10,000 people converged in Washington, DC, this past week to discuss, organize, mobilize and protest around the issue of climate change. While tax day Tea Party gatherings of a few hundred scattered around the country made the news, this massive gathering, Power Shift 2011, was largel ...
- Standing up to Big Pharma in Bangladesh: Right ...
Democracy Now! talks to Dr. Zafrullah Chowdhury, co-founder of Bangladeshi charity Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK, The People’s Health Center) which provides education, job opportunities and low-cost, locally-produced essential drugs to rural Bangladeshis. GK received the Right Livelihood Award ...
- Environmental Activists Occupy Interior Dept. ...
2:15pm EDT Tim DeChristopher , activist and founder of the environmental group Peaceful Uprising, called Democracy Now! with an update from the U.S. Department of Interior, where 300-400 people are outside protesting and another 50 people are inside and refusing to leave. The march c ...
- Gulf Coast Fisherwoman "Disrupts the Peace" at ...
Security officers at BP’s shareholder meeting today in London blocked the entrance of a delegation of four fishermen and women from the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coast area heavily damaged by last year’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Among them was Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation fisherw ...
- New elastic polymer self-heals in just on ...
A self-healing elastomeric polymer can seal up cuts after about one minute under a UV light. The research brings us significantly closer to getting self-healing polymers to market.
- Humpback whales display amazing navigatio ...
The whales can swim in extraordinarily straight lines, veering off by less than 1 degree over hundreds of miles, but how they do it remains uncertain.
- Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273: APOD April ...
The spiky stars in the foreground of this sharp cosmic portrait are well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. The two eye-catching galaxies lie far beyond the Milky Way, at a distance of over 300 million light-years. Their distorted appearance is due to gravitational tides as the pair engage in ...
- Beautiful Planet - Oh I so want to go to ...
34 out-of-this-world photos of our beautiful planet, taken by astronauts on the International Space Station.
- Your Mom Is Why You're Fat
Obesity is at an epidemic stage in America. It's slowly killing a huge number of people and it's costing tons of money.
- George Carlin – We Like War
- Akira Kurosawa’s “Dreams” & ...
This is too eerie. This film was made 20 years before the Fukushima disaster. Coincidence or agenda? You decide…
- Black 9/11: A Walk on the Dark Side
by Mark H. Gaffney February 11, 2011 In his important 2006 book, Nemesis, the Last Days of the American Republic, the third and concluding part of a trilogy, the late Chalmers Johnson, who was an expert on Japan and US foreign policy, writes that as much as 40% of the Pentagon budget is “black,” ...
- How the GMC framed Doctors Wakefield, Walker-S ...
1. Introduction In 1998 the Lancet published a short case series of 12 autistic children admitted to the Royal Free Hospital (RFH) in London for treatment of bowel symptoms. The paper was one of the first to bring to the medical community’s attention an unexplained association between autism and ...
- No Arabs On The 4 Hijacked 911 Airliners
by horse237 There are two conspiracy theories of what happened on 9-11. The government side has been told by the Bush and Obama administrations and by all five Democrats and all five Republicans on the 911 Commission as well as the corporate news media. Their version is well known. But there is ...
- 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, CAClick 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 ...
- 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 pu ...
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
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-op ...
- 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 fo ...
- Cartoon caption contest
Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
- Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
- Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Ec ...
- Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Governmentâs Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: The USDA cav ...
- BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable). Dea ...
- World’s First Floating Golf Course Set to Brea ...
Read the rest of World’s First Floating Golf Course Set to Break Water in the Maldiveshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable archite ...
- Gorgeous Contemporary Home in South Wales Buil ...
Read the rest of Gorgeous Contemporary Home in South Wales Built From Recycled Materialshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sips", "structura ...
- Self-Sustaining Aquaponic Greenhouse Coming to ...
The Root Center, a pending non-profit, is building a solar-heated aquaponic greenhouse in Vermont Park. Dubbed “Garden of the Future,” the project will house a sustainable fish pond and aquaponic vegetables. The Root Center’s mission is to provide food, water, shelter, energy and community, and ...
- Meridian 105′s Family Circle is a Sustainable ...
The Family Circle is Meridian 105‘s concept for a new sustainable housing model designed with the lifestyle of families in mind. Planned for the urban perimeter of Denver, CO, the project is designed for families who wish to enjoy the benefits of downtown living. This group finds itself without ...
- Sliding Recycled Cardboard Pencil Cases Are To ...
Inspired by the classic solid wood slide top pencil case, designer and craftsman Santiago Morahan re-designed this ‘old school’ classic out of cardboard. Founder of Disenio Cartonero, a brand that makes everything out of the extremely versatile material, Morahan not only makes eco-friendly produ ...
- Video: Robo-Camera Rig Animates the Night Sky
Under cover of night for three weeks in March and April, farmer Randy Halverson trudged out to his South Dakota fields to make this video of the evening sky.
- Best Sun Images From Solar Space Telescope’s F ...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space telescope charged with watching the sun in unprecedented detail, revealed its first look at the sun to the world one year ago today.
- Salt Water Shows Promise as Battery Juice
By John Timmer, Ars Technica When people think of harvesting energy from the oceans, it’s typically in the form of wave or tidal power, in which the motion of the water drives the production of electricity. A paper in Nano Letters suggests an alternate way to turn the ocean into power: usin ...
- Pesticide Use Tied to Lower IQ in Children
Children exposed in the womb to substantial levels of neurotoxic pesticides have somewhat lower IQs by the time they enter school than do kids with virtually no exposure. A trio of studies screened women for compounds in blood or urine that mark exposure to organophosphate pesticides such as ...
- Op-Ed: Psychiatric Disorder Could Complicate J ...
A growing psychiatric phenomenon in Japan known as hikikomori could be especially troublesome in the aftermath of the countryâs massive earthquake and tsunami. From the Fields is a periodic Wired Science op-ed series presenting leading scientists’ reflections on their work, society and culture ...
- Is A False Flag Nuke On the Table?
The “mini-nuke terror threat on America” war drums are pounding louder by the day. Last year it was Obama and other stooge politicians warning us, then Homeland Insecurity, and now it’s threat letters in Chicago. (Remember the false flag anthrax letters?) Obama was particularly clear almost exac ...
- How CIA spies deal death from the skies: Thous ...
It may well be that whoever was piloting the drones thousands of miles away, sitting at a computer screen somewhere in America, did have reliable intelligence that the men in the car were terrorists. It is probable, say Pakistani security sources, that a GPS chip had been secreted inside the veh ...
- Obama’s Mother Worked For CIA
President Obama's step-father, Lolo Soetoro, a reserve Indonesian army officer called back into service in the army in 1965 from his CIA-supplied scholarship at the East-West Center at the University of Hawaii, was a foot soldier in the putschist cabal of General Suharto, the man who the CIA des ...
- Russia Warns China Invasion Of Middle East Nea ...
An apocalyptic report prepared by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov for President and Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Medvedev is warning that the strategic military agreements signed between China and Pakistan signal that the “end game” between the East and West over th ...
- 65 Ways That Everything That You Think That Yo ...
Everything that you own is slowly being taken away from you. It is being done purposely and it is being done by design. Many Americans like to think of themselves as "well off", but as will be demonstrated below, we don't "own" nearly as much as we think that we do. The truth is that most of ...
- Former Guantánamo Prisoner Khaled Ben Mustapha ...
I’m delighted to cross-post below an interview with Khaled Ben Mustapha, one of seven French citizens held at Guantánamo, who was released in March 2005, and who recently spoke to Arnaud Mafille, an intern for Cageprisoners. This is a fascinating interview for a number of reasons; primarily, be ...
- More Judicial Interference on Guantánamo
Last week, in my article, How the Supreme Court Gave Up on Guantánamo, I explained how, given the option of addressing complaints made by prisoners in Guantánamo regarding the basis of their ongoing detention, the Supreme Court chose not to, leaving the final decisions regarding the prisoners no ...
- US Intelligence Veteran Defends Bradley Mannin ...
The story of Pfc Bradley Manning, the young US Army intelligence analyst allegedly responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, continues to act as a magnet for supporters worldwide, who are appalled by the accounts of his solitary confinement, and the humi ...
- Syria: On Independence Day, Calls for Freedom ...
Last month, as brave human rights activists in Damascus held protests calling for the release of political prisoners, picking up on the revolutionary movements sweeping the Middle East, and challenging the iron rule of the Ba’ath party and the emergency laws that have been in place since 1963, I ...
- Voices from Bagram: Prisoners Speak in Their D ...
This is the sixth article in “Bagram Week” here at Andy Worthington (although I freely acknowedge that the original seven-day schedule has slipped), with seven articles in total exploring what is happening at the main US prison in Afghanistan through reports, analyses of review boards, and the v ...
- Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
- Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
- Much like the "conservative" GOP...
The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
- Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
- The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...
- New Evidence Trove Found in MLK Day Bomb Attempt
Federal agents investigating the attempted bomb attack on a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane have found a pile of new evidence abandoned in a remote area near the U.S.-Canadian border. Forensic comparison tests are now being conducted at the FBI lab on 75 items to see if they are tie ...
- Enraged by Florida Pastor, Afghan Crowds Kill ...
Is Terry Jones a mass murderer? Probably not, under American law. But does he bear moral responsibility for the deaths today of at least a dozen people in Afghanistan, after mobs enraged by his March 20 burning of the Koran stormed a United Nations building and killed men and women inside? Thatâ ...
- Wife of ‘Sovereign’ Who Killed Ark ...
Since her husband and son died 11 months ago in a gunfight with police after killing two officers, Donna Lee Wray has issued angry threats, hurled epithets at reporters and accused police of a cover-up. She has even tried to charge Hatewatch millions of dollars for the use of her âcopyrighted na ...
- Arizona Jury Hands Second Nativist Murderer a ...
An Arizona jury has handed down a second death sentence in the murder of a Latino man and his 9-year-old daughter, who were targeted by border vigilantes two years ago as part of a plot to steal money and fund an increasingly militant operation against immigrants along the border. Jason Bush wa ...
- After ‘Liberty Dollars’ Creator Convicted, Fed ...
The U.S. government wants ownership of $7 million worth of coins manufactured and sold by Bernard von NotHaus, a 67-year-old antigovernment icon who became a âhigh priestâ in his own marijuana-smoking church. A federal jury in Statesville, N.C., decided on March 18 that the âLiberty Dollarsâ and ...
- Norwegian Labour Party Votes to Shut Down Fur ...
In a major victory for animal lovers, members of the Norwegian Labour Party voted to�shut down Norway's fur industry. According to Views and News from Norway, Popular Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg "will be under marching orders from his party members to urge fur farmers into other lines of wor ...
- King & Spalding: The Law Firm that Will Defend ...
Imagine if years from now, history books had this to say about your business: when discrimination needed a champion, "x" business was there to make sure anti-gay laws were defended. The law firm of King & Spalding better be careful, or this is what folks will be saying about it a few years down ...
- Progress! California's Ventura County Rescinds ...
California's Ventura County almost let a cancer-causing neurotoxin onto its crop fields — almost. An Oxnard-area farmer recently applied for a permit to use methyl iodide, a fumigant pesticide so poisonous it's been linked to cancers, miscarriages, neurological disorders, and other health issues ...
- Progress! NYC Council Member Agrees to Sponsor ...
New York City's carriage horse industry would have you believe their horses lead the equine equivalent of a pampered Manhattan life, complete with a retirement plan to look forward to. In reality, we don't know what happens to the horses when their carriage-pulling days are over, since dispositi ...
- Change.org Immigration Blogger Placed in Remov ...
Last year during my first round of law school final exams, Congress was getting ready to vote on the federal DREAM Act, which would have given undocumented youth in the United States a pathway to citizenship. This year, during another set of final exams, President Obama has decided to send me a ...
- Obama Fundraiser Interrupted by Protesters See ...
President Obama was interrupted by a group of protesters at a fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday who called on him to release from jail alleged Wikileaks leaker Bradley Manning. Mr. Obama was in the middle of his speech when he was interrupted by a woman in the back o ...
- Nuclear Power: Adequate Insurance Too Expensive
BERLIN — From the U.S. to Japan, it's illegal to drive a car without sufficient insurance, yet governments have chosen to run the world's 443 nuclear power plants with hardly any insurance coverage whatsoever. Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster, which will leave taxpayers there with a ...
- Liberals Pitted Against White House on Trade
The White House’s free trade negotiations with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are about to look like a piece of cake, compared to the work ahead to get House Democrats to agree on the details. Already Republicans are on board, another show of President Barack Obama’s ability to work with the G ...
- Human Trafficking: Workers Brought into US and ...
A US federal agency has filed lawsuits over the unequal treatment of more than 500 migrant workers from India brought into the country to work at shipyards in Mississipi and Texas, and over 200 Thai farm labourers brought in to work in Hawaii and Washington state. The US Equal Employment Opportu ...
- Bahrain's Secret Terror: 'Genocide' as Doctors ...
The intimidation and detention of doctors treating dying and injured pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain is revealed today in a series of chilling emails obtained by The Independent. At least 32 doctors, including surgeons, physicians, pediatricians and obstetricians, have been arrested and deta ...
- Treat Bruises and Other Ailments with Mouthwas ...
Mouthwash's antiseptic properties make it a great multipurpose solution for over a dozen household and health and beauty needs, from reducing the appearance of bruises to rescuing plants. More��
- Add "Places" Menu Functionality to U ...
Ubuntu's Unity interface is a sleek, simple, and effective at keeping things uncluttered on your desktop, but some users may not be so keen on having to jump through hoops just to open one of their home folder's subdirectories in a real fi ...
- Grid Size File Manager Shows You What's Taking ...
Android: Grid Size File Manager quickly analyzes your Android device's SD card to show you a visual representation of what's taking up the most space. More��
- Gmail Now Lets You Make Longer Labels (Without ...
Up until today, you could only make new Gmail labels that were 40 characters long—which could sometimes prove difficult. They've now extended that limit to 225 characters, giving you a lot more leeway in how you organize your messages. The ...
- Try Out Grooveshark's Premium Services for Fre ...
Grooveshark is one of our favorite music streaming services, and their premium services are even better, letting you remove ads and listen on your smartphone. Here's how to get in on that action for free. More��
- Water topic of film series Friday at Butte Pub ...
Water is the topic of an Earth Day documentary films event running from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 22, at the Butte Public Library, 226 W. Broadway St.
- Istanbul's ferries survive change, charm anew
With a rush of churning water then a jolt, the Karaoglanoglu ferry docks at Karakoy passenger terminal on Istanbul's European shore and a familiar rite begins.
- Delta Earth Day events focus on water scarcity ...
The country's dependence on foreign oil may be one of the most pressing issues of the day, especially with gas prices rising to nearly $4 a gallon, but what doesn't draw as much political and environmental debate is the growing scarcity of what actually is the world's most precious commodity -- ...
- Chamber against jail tax
Monroe's Chamber of Commerce board opposes the Ouachita Correctional Center tax, saying the Police Jury should examine other options like privatization before asking for a property tax increase.
- Istanbul's ferries survive change, charm anew
With a rush of churning water then a jolt, the Karaoglanoglu ferry docks at Karakoy passenger terminal on Istanbul's European shore and a familiar rite begins.
- Eight police injured in Bristol riot over Tesco
More than 160 police raid squat occupied by opponents of new Tesco Metro in Stokes Croft areaEight police officers have been injured after a riot erupted in Bristol overnight, sparked by a raid on a squat occupied by opponents of a newly opened Tesco Metro store.More than 160 officers in riot ge ...
- Pope's TV show makes history
Good Friday broadcast will make him the first pontiff to take part in a televised question-and-answer sessionThe pope will take a small but significant step into the modern media age this afternoon when he becomes the first pontiff to take part in a televised question-and-answer session.It will ...
- British girls top binge drinking poll
Half of 15-year-old girls have been drunk at least twice, nearly double the average proportion in other developed countriesBritish girls are the biggest teenage binge drinkers in the western world, according to a report.Half of 15-year-olds have been drunk at least twice � almost double the 29% ...
- Bratz gets £53.5m payout from Barbie
Jury found that the Barbie toymaker had stolen trade secrets from a smaller rival, MGA EntertainmentThe Bratz dolls have beaten Barbie in a plastic cat fight of epic proportions. A US jury has found that Barbie toymaker Mattel had stolen trade secrets from a smaller rival, MGA Entertainment, and ...
- Covehithe by China Miéville
A trip to the Suffolk coast takes on a new urgency when Dughan decides the time is right for a night-time adventure in this exclusive story from China MiévilleThere were a few nights in Dunwich, where the owner of the B&B kept telling her guests they were lucky to have found a room. Walking Dunw ...
- Drug gangs muscle into new territory: Central ...
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Even by the brazen standards of cocaine cowboys, what happened a few months ago at an air force base here set new levels for audacity: Drug traffickers snuck onto the heavily guarded base and retrieved a confiscated plane.
- Abandoned cathedral a reminder of Gadhafi's ne ...
BENGHAZI, Libya — Benghazi Cathedral was once the largest cathedral in North Africa. Today, it's the biggest reminder of Benghazi's lost promise, an imposing monument to eastern Libya's neglect under Moammar Gadhafi.
- Nevada's GOP Sen. Ensign, under ethics cloud, ...
Nevada Sen. John Ensign, facing an ethics investigation stemming from an affair with a campaign aide, will resign his seat on Friday, his office announced Thursday afternoon.
- Obama orders probe to find what's driving up g ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama announced Thursday that his administration will investigate to see if fraud or manipulation in oil markets is behind the spike in gasoline prices.
- BP earmarking $1 billion to restore natural re ...
Negotiations between the Natural Resource Trustees and BP has resulted in a $1 billion down payment toward early restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico for damage to natural resources resulting from the BP oil disaster.
- Giant tortoise brings slow salvation
In a week when the introduction of species to islands has been under discussion for other reasons, news comes from Mauritius of a new inhabitant that is restoring a vital piece of long-extinct ecology. And it centres on a tortoise. � Several hundred years ago, settlers wiped out the big wildli ...
- Re-homing nature: A step too far?
Sir Richard Branson's plan to introduce lemurs to islands he owns in the Caribbean, which I reported on Saturday, has thrown into new light a real dilemma facing conservation scientists as they struggle to contain and reverse the loss of species and ecosystems across the world. The red-ruffed l ...
- Exploring the 'oceans crisis'
Just how .......d are the world's oceans? I've put the dots in that sentence so you can insert the word of your choice. According to a high-level seminar of experts in Oxford earlier this week, there's one word starting with the letter S that would fit quite well, a longer option beginning Kn - ...
- Science and politics - a tale of two meetings
More than 8,000km separate Vienna and Bangkok. That's roughly the distance that appeared to be separating the minds of people attending very different meetings that took place in the two capitals last week. In between bites of Sachertorte, scientists unveiled their latest research in many discip ...
- Reflections on a fortnight in Fukushima
Earth Watch posts have been in smaller supply than usual in recent days. For a week, your humble correspondent was virtually living inside the Fukushima nuclear power station, attempting to make sense of what we knew and what we didn't know as the situation unfolded. Now - almost two weeks after ...
- Charlie Sheen
I'm working on a longer post, but if I don't finish it today, this will be my post for the day. It's obviously a symptom of our celebrity-obsessed culture, but what the hell, I want to say it ... I don't find Charlie Sheen to be amusing. The reason for this is because his condition has led him ...
- Constitutional Crises r' Us (plus some separat ...
Curiosity Cat directs our attention to Tom Flanagan's reply to John Duffy, stating that the harpercons seem prepared to drag us into a constitutional crisis by saying he will not recognize the right of the Governor-General to allow the opposition to govern should they vote non-confidence in anot ...
- Another Conservative Minority
I think if the Liberals and the NDP had gotten their act together, there could have been a serious drubbing of the harpercons' fortunes in this election. (I say that with apologies to the Evil Scientist who discounts the impact of vote-splitting.) That ain't going to happen, but at the end of t ...
- Honesty is the Best Policy
I was reading the Saturday Toronto Star this morning and I just had to take a walk away from the kitchen table. Let's see, the cover story has harper braying like a jack-ass about how he'll slash spending and taxes if re-elected. The Star reports that economically illiterate right-wing voters a ...
- Smokestack Lightning
Where has the time gone? Here's my post for the day.
- Canadian Trinity-Spadina debate heats up, crow ...
In a packed auditorium at the Harbourfront Community Centre in Toronto's waterfront, federal candidates debated for a seat representing the riding of Trinity-Spadina. New Democrat Member of Parliament Olivia Chow faced off against three opponents.
- BC: New NDP leader committed to winning over P ...
Adrian Dix, the new BCNDP leader elected last night at Vancouver's Convention Centre has said he will beat current British Columbia Premier Christy Clark "with style" in the next provincial election.
- Andrea Ramolo — Not your Janis Joplin clone
Barrelling along the 401, having blown away Montreal the night before and on the way to do it again in Ottawa, is the perfect way to meet Andrea Ramolo.
- Polls find New Democrats tied for second, deba ...
A number of polls have found that Jack Layton's New Democratic Party has caught up to or surpassed the Liberal Party of Canada for second place. Another poll showed last week's federal leaders' debate annoyed television viewers.
- MMA star Kearn Judd killed in Ontario during b ...
An up and coming mixed martial artist was killed this weekend trying to stop a robbery during a charity poker game at a Brampton restaurant. Kearn Judd is reported to have died a hero after being shot during a struggle with one of the gunmen.
- Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state. What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe a ...
- Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
- Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 10 ...
- LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
- Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...
- F-35 documentary on CPAC
F-35: The Politics of Procurement, a new documentary on the proposed F-35 purchase hosted by Scott Taylor, will air on CPAC on Thursday and Friday (it also aired on Wednesday). Showtimes: Thursday, April 21st at 7 PM ET / 4 PM PT Friday, April 22nd at 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT Information from [...]
- Manson: Stop ranting!!!
Retired General Paul Manson, former Canadian Chief of Defence Staff and (in his stealth mode) former Chairman of Lockheed Martin Canada, has slammed Winslow Wheeler’s critique of the planned purchase of the F-35 as a “low credibility rant” sponsored by the “farleft” Rideau Institute (Paul Manson ...
- More military spending: or deliver aid and fig ...
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- Use Military Spending for Human Needs: Sign th ...
It's time to reduce military spending, and use the public resources to fund human needs.
- New Afghan mission high risk, low chance of su ...
The government’s plan to extend the Canadian Forces mission in Afghanistan deserves a public debate, argues a new report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and the Rideau Institute. “Training Can Be Dangerous: A Realistic Assessment of the Proposed Canadian Mission to Train ...
- The Kevin Trudeau Show: 4-21-11
Today, Kevin gives you more proof that the FTC is monitoring this radio show! Plus, find out how to correct bipolar disorder, depression, and other chemical imbalances without drugs. Self Help: Click Here If You’ve Ever Taken An Antibiotic Get Rid Of Negative Thoughts Don’t Let Fear Control Your ...
- Celebrity Seeking Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
April 21st, 2011 ABC News By: Sheila Marikar For months, Catherine Zeta-Jones played the part of the devoted wife as her husband, actor Michael Douglas, sought treatment for throat cancer. Now, it seems all wasn’t well in her world. Today, Zeta-Jones’ publicist revealed that the actress recently ...
- iPhone Keeps Record Of Everywhere You Go
April 21st, 2011 Guardian.co.uk By: Charles Arthur Security researchers have discovered that Apple’s iPhone keeps track of where you go â and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner’s computer when the two are synchronised. The file contains the ...
- Fake News Sites Link To Acai Berry Diet Scam
April 21st, 2011 The Huffington Post By: Carla K. Johnson Consumers searching for unbiased journalism on the acai berry diet clicked their way into a scam, according to federal regulators who have filed lawsuits in six states in an attempt to shut down the alleged Internet tricksters. The Federa ...
- Wendy’s Natural Cut Fries Aren’t So Natural
April 21st, 2011 OrganicAuthority.com By: Jill Ettinger Last fall, the fast-food chain Wendy’s introduced its Natural Cut Fries With Sea Salt, promoting them with ads pointing to the more natural look (they leave the potato skins on) and the better tasting product. But, as it turns out, the prod ...
- Haiti: Government says Aristide can come home
Haiti's government has said it was ready to issue a new passport to former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide, which would allow him to return after almost seven years in exile in South Africa. 'The government will give assurances that as soon as it re...
- Cuba: Cuban organisation fights for release of ...
Enrique Roman, first vice-president of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP), has underlined that the movement in solidarity with Cuba prioritises in 2011 the struggle for the release of the five Cuban antiterrorist heroes incarc...
- Haiti: Returned ex-dictator Duvalier charged
Haiti on Tuesday briefly detained former dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier, back from exile in France, and charged him with corruption, theft and abuses of power allegedly committed during his 15-year rule. While a noisy crowd of his supporter...
- Break the Silence Congo week
The purpose of the Break the Silence Congo Week is to raise consciousness about the devastating situation in the Congo and mobilize support on behalf of the people of the Congo. Break the Silence Congo Week will take place from Sunday 17 October to S...
- Morocco: Expats returning home in greater numbers
Faced with the woes of the global economic crisis, an increasing number of Moroccan expatriates are coming back home. Meanwhile, the government is intensifying effort to aid the community abroad as well as help them maintain ties with their home coun...
- Israel, extraordinary rendition and the strang ...
Richard Silverstein reports: On a cold Ukrainian winter night in mid-February 2011, a Gaza civil engineer named Dirar Abu Sisi was lying in bed in a railroad sleeper car traveling to Kiev to visit his brother, Yousef, whom he hadn’t seen in 15 years. Abu Sisi had come to Ukraine as a refugee a ...
- Arab Awakening – The fall of Mubarak
- News roundup — April 20
Libyan city of Misurata pleads for NATO ground forces Misurata, the only rebel-held city in western Libya, has asked that NATO troops be sent to fight alongside the rebels holding off Libyan forces, a local government representative said Tuesday. “If they don’t come, we will die,” Nouri Abdul ...
- Bahrain’s secret terror
The Independent reports: The intimidation and detention of doctors treating dying and injured pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain is revealed today in a series of chilling emails obtained by The Independent. At least 32 doctors, including surgeons, physicians, paediatricians and obstetricians, ...
- Gaddafi’s useful idiots: British Civilians for ...
In 2004, Dave Roberts, a little-known British communist running for the equally obscure Socialist Labour Party, stood as a candidate in the Leicester South by-election. He won 263 votes — just 38 more than the Monster Raving Loony Party’s candidate RU Seerious. On March 9 this year, Roberts too ...
- ICCC6 June 30th – July 1st 2011
Register early for the best rate. Yes I will be there, so will Steve McIntyre. Details: The web site is still being worked on, I’d recommend telephone registration for now. CONFERENCE FEES Early (Until 5/27/11) Standard (6/22/11) FULL REGISTRATION $88.00 … Continue reading →
- Mars has dramatic carbon dioxide atmospheric s ...
Of note: “Unlike Earth, which has a thick, moist atmosphere that produces a strong greenhouse effect, Mars’ atmosphere is too thin and dry to produce as strong a greenhouse effect as Earth’s, even when you double its carbon-dioxide content.” NASA … Continue reading →
- RGGI news: DE wants out, PA doesn’t want ...
(Aside to non-USA readers: my apologies for all the two character state abbreviations, especially NH which here does not mean Northern Hemisphere! RGGI is our Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a Cap and Trade program in the northeast USA.) I wasn’t … Continue reading →
- Ozone hole “…caused a great deal o ...
Columbia engineering study links ozone hole to climate change all the way to the equator First time that ozone depletion is shown to impact the entire circulation of the southern hemisphere In a study to be published in the April … Continue reading →
- NASA’s Hansen thinks sea level rise will ...
Dr. James Hansen, NASA scientist, advocate, and protestor with a rap sheet released a new paper (non peer reviewed) on his website recently. A video report follows. The paper is titled: Earth’s Energy Imbalance and Implications (click for PDF) Here’s … Continue reading →
- The Passion of the Christ
Dandelion Salad chandra1971 on Jan 25, 2010 In The Passion: Photography from the Movie “The Passion of the Christ,” Gibson says “This is a movie about love, hope, faith, and forgiveness. Jesus died for all mankind, suffered for all of us. It’s time to get back to that basic message. The world ha ...
- Is the World Too Big to Fail? + The US does no ...
http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By Noam Chomsky www.tomdispatch.com April 21, 2011 The Contours of Global Order The democracy uprising in the Arab world has been a spectacular display of courage, dedication, and commitment by popular forces — coinciding, fortuitously, with a remarkable upri ...
- Detained Bahraini Medics: Brutal Crackdown aga ...
by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 21, 2011 Manama, Bahrain Prestigious college slammed for silence over detained Bahraini medics The families of medics unlawfully detained in Bahrain have accused the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (RCSI) of putting financial investmen ...
- UK Prime Minister: There is no question of an ...
Propaganda Alert compiled by Cem Ertür Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 20 April 2011 1) UK Foreign Minister Hague: Top British army officers in Libya to aid the rebels (19 April 2011) 2) UK Prime Minister Cameron: There is no question of an invasion or occupation of Libya (17 April 2011) 3) Obam ...
- Examining Jesus’ Passion through the Cru ...
by Walter C. Uhler Guest Writer Dandelion Salad www.walter-c-uhler.com April 21, 2011 No writer has had a greater impact on my life than Fyodor Dostoevsky – arguably the greatest of the world’s novelists and one of its most imposing defenders of Christianity. It was Dostoevsky who claimed, in a ...
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Tens Of Millions Of Americans Are Now The Working Poor American families with both working mums & dads, living frugally, with the only American dream left being winning the lottery, are now finding it impossible to make ends meet : ...many of the jobs in retail, hospitality and home health car ...
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Libya = Pentagon Vs China China's interests in Libya, which supplies 3-5% of its oil, also act as a gateway to its tens of billions of dollars worth of investments across Africa in mining, infrastructure development and oil & gas. Asia Time's Pepe Escobar : "The Muslim Brotherhood is a weap ...
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Utter PR Fiction This is the URL for a UK Independent story on how a jelly bean that looked like royal baby maker Kate Middleton sold for more than $800 : http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/utter-PR-fiction-but-people-love-this-shit-so-fuck-it-lets-just-print-it-2269573.html
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Some Saturday poetry : Babelogue by Patti Smith : I haven't fucked much with the past, but I've fucked plenty with the future. Over the skin of silk are scars from the splinters of stations and walls I've caressed. A stage is like each bolt of wood, like a log of Helen, is my pleasure. I ...
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New Zealand director Peter Jackson's 10 minute set visit leading to the 1st day of shooting The Hobbit is more entertaining than most movies released so far this year. All young directors can learn an enormous amount about how to build pre-release interest in their movies from this set visit ...
- Video: Robo-Camera Rig Animates the Night Sky
Under cover of night for three weeks in March and April, farmer Randy Halverson trudged out to his South Dakota fields to make this video of the evening sky.
- Best Sun Images From Solar Space Telescope’s F ...
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, a space telescope charged with watching the sun in unprecedented detail, revealed its first look at the sun to the world one year ago today.
- Salt Water Shows Promise as Battery Juice
By John Timmer, Ars Technica When people think of harvesting energy from the oceans, it’s typically in the form of wave or tidal power, in which the motion of the water drives the production of electricity. A paper in Nano Letters suggests an alternate way to turn the ocean into power: usin ...
- Pesticide Use Tied to Lower IQ in Children
Children exposed in the womb to substantial levels of neurotoxic pesticides have somewhat lower IQs by the time they enter school than do kids with virtually no exposure. A trio of studies screened women for compounds in blood or urine that mark exposure to organophosphate pesticides such as ...
- Op-Ed: Psychiatric Disorder Could Complicate J ...
A growing psychiatric phenomenon in Japan known as hikikomori could be especially troublesome in the aftermath of the countryâs massive earthquake and tsunami. From the Fields is a periodic Wired Science op-ed series presenting leading scientists’ reflections on their work, society and culture ...
- Jonathan Cook: on Nazareth, Israeli citizenshi ...
In this four-part video interview, British journalist Jonathan Cook talks about Nazareth and how it fits in within Israel's ethnocracy; about Israel's separate citizenship laws, one for Jews and one... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
- Israel’s Masada unit attack Palestinian prisoners
Israeli prison authority terrorized Palestinian prisoners in a 'commando' raid at the Ketziot prison which was designed to "boost the morale" of prison guards. One Palestinian prisoner was killed and... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
- Amira Hass: Itamar murders don’t justify strip ...
Former chief IDF rabbi: "A village like this, like Awarta, from which the murderers of the Fogel family and of the Shebo family emerged, must suffer as a village. A situation must be created whereby... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
- Lia Tarachansky: Chasing Ghosts: Questioning t ...
Vittorio Arrigoni, killed Friday, April 15 is the first international activist killed by Palestinians in the history of the conflict. Mystery surrounding his kidnapping and death leaves... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now ...
- Moshé Machover: Comrade Oded (Odik) Pilavsky
In memoriam: Moshé Machover remembers his close friend, Matzpen co-founder Oded Pilavsky. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the IOA website for much more...
- A. Alfred Taubman Increases His Support for Me ...
A. Alfred Taubman has become U-M's largest individual donor, with total giving of more than $142 million. His latest gift of $56 million to the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute, announced today before the University's Board of Regents, will bring his support of innovative medical sci ...
- RPCI Earns National Distinction for Bone Marro ...
Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has been named a Blue Distinction Center for Transplants -- a national designation awarded to centers that demonstrate high quality of care and patient outcomes for bone marrow/stem cell transplant procedures -- by BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York.
- Economic Security Much Different than 'Poverty ...
A University at Buffalo School of Social Work professor is helping redefine the country's definition of being poor with research that shows the dramatic difference between achieving "basic economic security" and the federal government's "poverty line."
- Solar Car Team Ready to Race at 100th Annivers ...
Team PrISUm, Iowa State's solar car racing team, will be back on track in early May at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This year's Formula Sun Grand Prix is part of the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500.
- New Dean of Research Named at Wake Forest Scho ...
Janice D. Wagner, D.V.M., Ph.D, has been named Vice President/Senior Associate Dean for Research at Wake Forest School of Medicine.
- Self-Sufficient Dog
Here’s a dog who’s learned to play fetch -- with himself!
- Dash Tries to Get his 'Toy'
A ten week old puppy works hard to get what he wants.
- Chronic Disease: Are We Missing Something?
Chronic disease is the single biggest killer in the U.S., and treating chronic disease accounts for 75 percent of the nation's health care spending. But a new study may indicate that the preoccupation of conventional medicine with treating symptoms may have prevented physicians from noting a com ...
- Has Your Meat Been Glued Together? -- Why You ...
Is your meat made of scraps stuck together with “meat glue”? This exposé reveals how you may be being deceived about the meat you buy -- and why the dangerous practice makes food poisoning hundreds of times more likely.
- More Nonsense -- Scientists Now Have Heart Att ...
Scientists claim to have produced an antibody that reduces the scarring produced in the heart and brain following a heart attack by more than 60 percent. This scarring can cause as much as 80 percent of the permanent damage caused by a heart attack or stroke. The research has been tested on anim ...
- U.S. Dept. of the Interior among 2,000 Sodexo ...
The Meatless Monday campaign just gained America’s protector of natural resources and heritage as one of its latest supporters. The U.S. Department of the Interior is one of Sodexo’s more than 2,000 corporate and government clients, which the food service giant encouraged to adopt its Meatless M ...
- Corn Panic
By Dr. Dennis Keeney, Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future The USDA 2011 Prospective Plantings Report was one of the most anticipated planting reports in several years. It came on the heels of a shocking Grain Stocks Report issued last month, which showed that corn stocks ...
- Calling all Farmers: Baltimore Accepting Appl ...
This spring, something new is sprouting up in Baltimore. In the coming months, small-scale farm plots will be allocated to local farmers —an initiative aimed at filling vacant city-owned lots, encouraging community development, improving neighborhoods and increasing access to healthy food. La ...
- Will the U.S. Hog Industry Ever Kick Its Relia ...
The editors of Scientific American recently encouraged U.S. hog farmers to “follow Denmark and stop giving farm animals low-dose antibiotics.” Sixteen years ago, in order to reduce the threat of increased development of antibiotic resistant bacteria in their food system and the environment, Denm ...
- Art, Love and Agriculture: An Interview with F ...
The 2005 documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John chronicles the life of John Peterson, a man who has been described as a “flamboyant, cross-dressing, hippie-loving third-generation farmer [who] saves his farm… by being different.” A vibrant artist and storyteller, John unabashedly documents t ...
- What the clerk barfed up
Very busy day today filled with client projects ranging from a resume to MBA editing for an ESL student with a gluten-free menu to design if time permits, so I’m taking the day off. I grabbed a number of links about this as the story developed, but it appears that Prosser’s won in Wisconsin. The ...
- Kloppenburg trails after ballots found in the ...
Didn’t really want to do a second post but new numbers from Winnebago County have put Prosser on top in Wisconsin. [more] No, they didn’t find any ballots in the trunk of anyone’s car but it’s still super close so a recall will be mandatory. Inevitable is the word I’d pick for the usual whining ...
- Fitzwalkering themselves
JoAnne Kloppenburg has declared victory with a final tally of 740,090 to 739,886. David Dayen says that if this holds up, Prosser will be only the fifth WI Supreme denied re-election in state history (but the second one in three years). Steve Singiser says Walker blames the hippy scum in Madison ...
- Kloppenburg up, recount unavoidable
The trouble with RSS feeds is that they don’t always update as quickly as you’d like. That and I didn’t check out the Great Orange Satan this morning which was a mistake because they’ve got the best Wisconsin election coverage of anyone. Currently David Nir puts Kloppenburg’s lead at 233 with th ...
- Stink linking good
Picking up where the last post left off: Dictator-loving scum Like mother, like daughter Don Blankenship revisited The gods themselves Paul Ryan’s budget: Milbank on the dogmatism, Harold Meyerson on the pain redistribution, and the Plum Line with more links $900 million for road work: Gov. Brid ...
- Bunny Love? "Pet Project" Can Backfire for AZ ...
Bunny Love? "Pet Project" Can Backfire for AZ Families Phoenix, AZ - Arizona parents: Beware of the Easter Bunny. Animal welfare experts are reminding us that live rabbits are not good gifts for Easter. Comments from Adam Goldfarb, director of the Humane Society's Pets at Risk Program; and Bret ...
- Study: Executions Fail to Deliver Closure for ...
Study: Executions Fail to Deliver Closure for Victims' Families Phoenix, AZ – Arizona is one of 34 states with the death penalty on the books. But a new study finds that family members of murder victims are increasingly rejecting capital punishment, as it often doesn’t afford them the peace or ...
- Planned Parenthood: Fight for Women’s He ...
Planned Parenthood: Fight for Women’s Health Funding Far From Over Phoenix, AZ – The newly-enacted compromise federal budget deal retains funding for low-income family planning services, but officials with Planned Parenthood say the fight for women and reproductive health is far from over. Comme ...
- White Mountain Tribe Offers Wilderness Tours
White Mountain Tribe Offers Wilderness Tours Whiteriver, AZ – Arizona’s White Mountain Apache Tribe has begun offering week-long eco-tours, offering opportunities for people to view wildlife while learning about tribal history and culture. The first tours are scheduled for June. Comments from K ...
- Equal Pay Day: AZ Women Play Catch-up
Equal Pay Day: AZ Women Play Catch-up Phoenix, AZ - Today (Tuesday) is Equal Pay Day, the point during a year at which a woman's pay equals a man's income – starting from the previous year. Workers' and women's rights groups commemorate it annually to point out the continuing gender disparities ...
- CFS and Deepak Chopra–Watch Live Today!
Genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa has recently been approved by the USDA, even though significant questions remain concerning its effects on consumers and the environment, and the serious contamination risks it poses to non-GMO and organic farmers and to our food supply. In light of this decis ...
- Join the Rally for the Right to Know! Send you ...
 Join our virtual rally and send your letter to Congress urging mandatory labeling of GE foods TODAY! Saturday, March 26th, from D.C. to Colorado Springs–and more than 20 cities in between–thousands of people will join together for a Rally for the Right to Know, demanding labeling of GMO food ...
- Join the Rally for the Right to Know!
The United States may soon be the only country in the world that does not require labeling of genetically engineered food. In Spring 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that labeling of GE foods would remain voluntary, even though there was no indication that any company would ...
- Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Chall ...
“Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Today, attorneys for the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Depar ...
- Bi-Partisan Legislation Introduced To Ban Dang ...
Sixty-Four Organizations, Fishing Associations and Retailers Endorse Legislation; Lawmakers Cite Serious Economic, Environmental and Human Health Threats The Center for Food Safety along with 63 other groups, businesses and retailers applaud Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Lisa Murkowski (R- ...
- Invasive Notes: An Invasive Response to Mother ...
Invasive Notes: An Invasive Response to Mother Nature’s Melting Pot A purposely emotion-ladened essay 'Mother Nature's Melting Pot' [New York Times April 2011] that purports to connect invasion biology to extreme political agenda was recently published by the New York Times in what must only be ...
- Newark Man Denies Killing Malcolm X - Black Unity
Newark Man Denies Killing Malcolm X - Black Unity Al-Mustafa Shabazz, above in this 2004 file photo, is named as the chief assassin of Malcolm X in the book "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Columbia University professor Manning Marable. A lawyer representing Al-Mustafa Shabazz today disp ...
- Now That Rape Matters in Africa...
Please Note: This editorial was written before Ms. al-Obeidi was released. Raw Replay has a brief story about her First on-camera interview who they describe as a 'Libyan rape victim' without the 'alleged' added as is done with Black African women and others not politically valuable to the inter ...
- ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba
ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba: "A bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) last week which calls on the government to deny funding to any organization, institution or municipality that commemorates the founding of the Israeli state as a day of mourning. The bill h ...
- Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Rad ...
Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Radio News: "“People’s defense” lawyer Leonard Weinglass has died. Born in 1933, he spent decades championing civil rights and representing prominent activists including Mumia Abu Jamal, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda and Daniel Ellsberg.� Weinglass contin ...
- More on Egypt
Reading that now, a few days after the military pressured Mubarak to step down, the Egyptian parliament has been dissolved, and the Constitution invalidated by the Egyptian military. This fills me with fear. The mainstream media are treating these acts as a good thing, and the Egyptians they int ...
- Update: Mubarak Not Stepping Down Tonight
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- US involved in an Egyptian “military coup”?
Photo by adaptorplug A CNN news story says that Hofni Mubarak will likely relinquish power to the Egyptian military tonight. This is what their source, âa senior Egyptian officalâ is quoted by CNN as saying: He said the process — which included dialogue between the government and opposition repr ...
- President Llorens
I’ve reconsidered my position about posting Wikileaks articles. This article not only discusses classified material disclosed by Wikileaks, but actually quotes it. I know some of my readers work for the US government, thus the warning. I am not an enemy of the United States of America. I simply ...
- Magnificent
This movie brought me to tears. It is the story of a man whose lack of limbs from birth relegated him to life as a circus side-show freak. It tells of how he was recognized by the owner of a rival circus as “magnificent”. After overcoming his bitterness, the man transformed from freak to hero. [ ...
- RIP Vittorio, z”l
I was scheduled to be interviewed by Ashley Bates, whose work we have reposted here. Instead she got word of the death of her friend, Italian peace activist Vittorio Arrigoni at the ends of self-proclaimed “Salafists,” an Islamist faction and rival to Hamas. While of course internationals’ death ...
- Interview with BDS leader Omar Barghouti
Democracy Now! shared this interview with a Palestinian leader of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, Omar Barghouti. Jewish Voice for Peace was part of an international campaign to get the U.S. State department to reverse the decision to deny him a visa. Thankfully, the campaign wa ...
- Intolerance–Then and Now
This post is a bit of a departure for the website. Â While our focus is generally on what is happening in Israel and Palestine, we want to also occasionally draw the connections between the political culture here in the U.S. and in Israel and Palestine, and how they influence one another. Yest ...
- Democracy Now! on Julian’s death
Democracy Now? asked us to repost their interview with Nabeel Raee, director of the Acting School at the Jenin Freedom Theatre and Constancia “Dinky” Romilly. She is the founder and president of the board of the New York-based Friends of Jenin Freedom Theatre. They are speaking of the death o ...
- Juliano Mer-Khamis, in his own words
From filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe: Dear friends, Many of you may have already heard about the murder of Juliano Mer-Khamis. The co-founder and director of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp, he was gunned down (five bullets to the head) this afternoon outside the theatre by an unkno ...
- Polizeros podcast. Independent and Third Party ...
Our guest was Damon Eris of Poli-Tea, who shared his extensive knowledge of independent and third party politics. This was a fun, fast-moving, highly informative show with some great conversations. Topics included: The Myth of the Myth of the Independent. They aren’t just closet Democrats or Rep ...
- California has 8 out of 10 cities with highest ...
Well, this is certainly a grim honor and not a top ten list that any metro area would ever want to be on. California leads the nation in unemployment rates, with a startling 8 out of 10 cities with the highest unemployment. 1. El Centro CA, 26.9 2. Yuma AZ, 21.5 3. Merced CA, 21.3 [...]
- Smackdown over beekeeping
Commercial hives vs. top-bar?
- Obama fundraisers to gridlock Los Angeles Westside
It’s inexcusable that traffic on the Westside of Los Angeles will be gridlocked for hours today so the president can attend fundraisers. If it was for official state business, sure, but seriously inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of drivers for several hours during peak rush hours so a polit ...
- Polizeros Radio tonight. Independent and Third ...
Our guest is Damon Eris, who blogs extensively about “Third party and independent opposition to the two-party state,” ballot status issues and related topics at Poli-Tea, CAIVN, and elsewhere. The podcast is hosted on BlogTalkRadio. Call in to listen live at 626-414-3492 tonight at 8:30 PM PT (9 ...
- Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan shared wi ...
- “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here’s the latest example, fro ...
- New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot:  ...
On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. Note that th ...
- Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
- Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers and the ...
- Deadline Live – April 21 2011
- This Day In History – April 22
1864 â The U.S. Congress passes the Coinage Act of 1864 which mandates that the inscription “In God We Trust” be placed on all coins minted as United States currency. 1889 – The Oklahoma Land run begins with an estimated 50,000 people lined up at noon hoping to stake a claim for a homestead ( [...]
- Left VS Right Propagandists Face Off, Right Ow ...
Article here: News Busters Ed Note: the NAACP was founded with efforts by the Rockefeller Foundation
- FBI hunts suspected domestic terrorist after b ...
Suspect being sought… Happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time? Too Bad. MSNBC In grim echo of school shootings, 2 propane tanks and pipe bomb found in Colo. mall LITTLETON, Colo. â The FBI says it has identified a person of interest after a pipe bomb and two propane tanks were found ...
- Charles Manson thinks Barack Obama is ‘a ...
LA Times Blog Billionaire Donald Trump recently proclaimed he is the Democrats’ worst nightmare, but it’s hard to imagining someone more frightening than Charles Manson ending a 20-year silence to call you out. The 76-year-old spoke recently to Spain’s Vanity Fair magazine on the 40th anniversa ...
- Who is the Enemy of Whom
A news article recently caught my attention. U.N. Prepares to Debate Whether ‘Mother Earth’ Deserves Human Rights Status I suppose this is the official step for conversion of the global warming science group to the status of religion. The dangers of this stupidity should be obvious but leave me ...
- Ugh!
I’ve got to let off a little steam.  Currently, in the US, we have a government overspending their income by a gigantic proportion.  Those in charge have no chance of feeling the result of their own policy (while in office) and those who lose office didn’t have the power anyway so — who ca ...
- Officially in Print
Sometimes you never expect it to happen. I’m just glad to have a small part in correcting the record. ——— Dear Dr. O’Donnell, We have completed the editorial process involved with your article, and have included it in the 15 April 2011 issue of Journal of Climate, Vol. 24, No. 8. You may find ...
- the Unseen Load of Government
I’ve been trying to think of how to make this point. The problem seems lost on the government educated of the US and despite starting to write it twice both posts came off as grumpy vents which isn’t what I was hoping. E.M Smith has done a wonderful job explaining economics of the world and [...]
- It’s the magnitude that is hard to ignore
Joe Bastardi on the recent AV post highlighted at WUWT. H/T Reader Keith Grubb
- Fat as Class War in Arizona
Is this some kind of sick April Fools Day spoof? Arizona's Republican governor reportedly has a bold new plan to pit fat Medicaid recipients against kidney-transplant candidates. Jan Brewer is proposing a $50 "fine" for overweight Medicaid patients who fail to slim down on doctors' orders: ...
- Republicans: Putting the "Us" in "Uterus"
Remember, ladies, there is no "I" in "uterus." The Republican speaker in the Florida state house has opened in new front in the GOP's war to control women's bodies. He has banned the mere discussion of generative lady parts on the House floor. A Democratic representative in Florida was rebuk ...
- A Consulting Business in Indonesia...
I heard he has an ex-wife in some place called Mayors Income, Tennessee And he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia But what's he building in there? He has no friends but he gets a lot of mail I bet he spent a little time in jail And what's that tune he's always whistl ...
- Florida Governor Wants to Drug Test All State ...
Florida's Republican governor has a creative way to demoralize and demonize public sector workers: mandatory drug testing for all state employees who answer to the governor and all prospective hires for executive branch agencies. Scott recently transferred a controlling interest in his multi . ...
- Missing Bronx Zoo Cobra Is Tweeting
@BronxZoosCobra has 12,165 twitter followers as of this writing.� We live in the digital age, communicating instantaneously across continents, but we're still just a bunch of primates chattering about where the hell that snake is. Hooray for traditional values! [Photo credit: teachingsagit ...
- Facebook Celebrates the Like Button’s 1st Birt ...
One year ago today at the f8 conference, Facebook released the Like button, its Open Graph social plugin for showing affinity for content on third-party websites. The company has now tells us that the site, and most frequently the Like button, have been added to many of the world’s largest sites ...
- Facebook’s iPhone and Android Apps Let You Fin ...
Facebook for iPhone 3.4.1 released yesterday and Facebook for Android 1.5.3 released Monday both now allows users to “Find Friends” from their device’s contacts list and send them friend requests or invites to the site. This will help Facebook gain more users and create more connections between ...
- Facebook Climbs Toward 700 Million Users World ...
Discrepancies among third party measurement services partially obscure what still looks like a steady growth rate for Facebook in the US and around the world. According to the data we track in our Inside Facebook Gold service, Facebook grew by 21.5 million new users in March to reach 661.5 milli ...
- Facebook Careers Postings: Communications, Dat ...
Facebook added a few job listings for its recruiting team to the Facebook Careers Page this week, as well as a few communications positions and a product manager of messaging job. The Corporate Communications Manager and Pan-Euro Policy Communications Manager job based in London are part of a re ...
- Facebook Hires and Departures: Engineer, Recru ...
Facebook seems as though it filled several recruiting positions this week, as the job listing disappeared from the Facebook Careers Page. A Product Manager of Search position also disappeared, as did a Local, Head of Marketing & Manager, Mobile Analytics job and the Head of Direct Sales Operatio ...
- Middle East peace process: dead as Monty Pytho ...
Stuart Littlewood considers the possible scenarios open to the Palestinians in the coming months in view of the death - some would say the stillbirth - of the "peace process", from UN membership to the collapse of the Palestinian National Authority and "new openings and possibilities, a new logi ...
- BBC governing body hails "pretentious propagan ...
Richard Lightbown is surprised to learn from the BBC Trust - the governing body of Britain's state broadcaster - that it considered Panorama's "Death in the Med" documentary to have "performed a valuable public service".
- Transformed by truth: Richard Forer's journey ...
Paul J. Balles charts the journey of Richard Forer, an American Jew brought up on Israeli propaganda, who had his early beliefs challenged by friends and, consequently, embarked on an honest study of the facts of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. As a result, he underwent a monumental transforma ...
- Lobbies and the corruption of the USA's electe ...
Lawrence Davidson analyses the distorting effect of political lobbies on the USA's elected representatives and, using the example of the Israel lobby, shows how the lobbied politicians end up representing the lobby and not their constituents or the national interest.
- USA - dishonest broker in flawed "peace proces ...
Iranian journalist Kourosh Ziabari interviews American Professor Naseer Aruri on a wide range of issues relating to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, including the flaws of the Oslo accords, the stranglehold of the Zionist lobby over the US political process and the role of the USA as “dishonest ...
- Peru suffers an environmental tragedy!
The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 hectares of virgin and extremely divers ...
- Earth’s Living Treasure- Celebrating Forests f ...
United Nations declared 2o11 as the International Year of Forests (Forests 2o11), and why Forests are the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2o11. In this special year, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are ...
- Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction work ...
The company leading the dam project, Norte Energia, announced that infrastructure work on roads that will provide access to the region started on Monday morning. The £7bn Belo Monte dam on the Amazon’s Xingu river is scheduled to start producing energy on 31 December 2014 and would be the seco ...
- Brazil judge blocks Amazon Belo Monte dam:
Federal Brasilian judge Ronaldo Desterro has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Judge Desterro said environmental requirements to build the Belo Monte dam had not been met. He also barred the national development bank, BND ...
- 1.ooo military forces end illegal gold mining ...
The Peruvian military has cleared-out illegal gold mining along the country’s south-eastern Amazon region in a move aiming to protect the environment. The government sent about 1,000 security forces to the region of Madre de Dios to destroy the illegal operations, the state-funded BBC reported. ...
- On Your Warnings: “One if by Land, Two if by S ...
I’m Every Woman & Here is How To my good friends and supporters who have been warning and preparing me for the ‘siege to come’ after writing my last post on the Israel Lobby: Here I am still standing, stronger than ever, after speaking the ‘unspeakable.’ Granted some of those warnings were anyth ...
- The Court Case Against Generals Behind Turkey’ ...
CIA: The Dark Force Behind the Bloodiest Takeover in Turkish History By ‘The Insider from Turkey’ It took some time, but now it won’t be long anymore before the lawsuit begins against the military junta behind the 12 September coup in 1980, the bloodiest takeover in Turkish history. For many yea ...
- Is Israel the Sole Determinant of US President ...
They Say They Are… Are the elections results of US presidential elections determined by 2% of the population? Can the five million or so Jewish population be counted as the US majority? Does the Israel lobby shape the majority of US voters’ decisions? Is Israel the main determinant of political ...
- Weekly Round Up for Sunday, April17
The Devolution of the People & Government Czars, Halfhearted Congressional Gestures, Obama’s Drone Obsessions, and More! I am going to list a few noteworthy articles and commentaries from this past week, and I am going to make it very brief. I am sure you have heard that before. Okay, it will be ...
- Podcast Show #39
The Boiling Frogs Presents Dr. Tom Woods Tom Woods joins us to discuss his latest article on the Phony Arguments for Presidential War Powers which has triggered intriguing reactions from the media on both sides of the isle. He provides us with historical background and a ‘real’ constitutional ...
- Baldwin’s Prophecy
- Cote d’Ivoire discussed – Africa & ...
Cote d’Ivoire discussed – Africa – Al Jazeera English.
- Sing It!
I need some inspiration, a shot of adrenaline. Ladies and gentleman: Dame Shirley BASSEY!
- “What the World Needs Now…”
I was eleven years old. The riots were still fresh. The “Poor People’s March” had failed to ignite the revolutionary redistribution of wealth. “Soul Brother” graffiti was still plastered on burnt out buildings in DC. The faint smell of tear gas could be conjured by its mere mention. On the radio ...
- Cote D’Ivoire Update: BBC
From the BBC: Ivory Coast: Ouattara wants EU sanctions lifted Ivory Coast’s internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara has urged the EU to lift sanctions, in a bid to restart the ailing economy. Mr Ouattara now controls the main cocoa-exporting port of San Pedro, and wants to restart ...
- Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
- Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
- Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
- Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
- Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
On yesterdayâs Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that âLiberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.â The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parentsâ finances as well. Gr ...
- Ecofeminism: Book by Jytte Nhanenge
Ecofeminism: Towards Integrating the Concerns of Women, Poor People, and Nature into Development Authored by Jytte Nhanenge Sustainability Education Network is doubly honored to announce and review the newly published work of author Jytte Nhanenge, and applauds University Press of America for it ...
- Will the Grand Canyon Survive?
Last week Change.org contacted us about the Worldwide Campaign to Save the Grand Canyon. Working together with environmental editor, Jess Leber, the petition housed on Change.org was updated with the current urgency in the need of signatures to make this campaign a successful one. With Change.or ...
- Turtle Island: Our Earth Mother
Japan in Crisis By Sheryl Goodwin, SEN Contributor and Honorary Advisor Kway. Hello. First off let me state what an Honor it is to be asked by my brother Gregory and sister Suzanne to join the team. What a privilege to be among such fine people listed on the biography page of Sustainability Educ ...
- Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall
Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall “We are sending the power of love, peace and compassion, which can change the world.” â Hugh MacDougall, Australia, SEN Honorary Advisor Hugh was more to Suzanne and I than SEN’s Honorary Spiritual Advisor. He was the beloved friend we called brother, and he w ...
- No to Monsanto and GMO: Action Central
"SEN is greatly concerned that Monsanto and GMO give rise to a threat that if unchecked could eventually prove as catastrophic to mankind and the sustainability of all life on earth as global warming. We must scream bloody murder, and do so with facts." -- Gregory Hilbert, Co-Founder Sustainabil ...
- Denying Nazi-Zionist collusion: The Sacramento ...
In an inversion of journalistic ethics, the Sacramento Bee reported on opposition to an event before and after it took place, but didn't cover the event itself. It featured an entire report on accusations against a flier, but didn't include a response from the flier's authors.
- Media omissions on Itamar: Murdering babies is ...
US media widely and repeatedly reported on the horrific March 11th murder of three small Israeli children and their parents. While no one yet knows who committed this grotesque act, reports presume that the murderers were Palestinian, and for this reason the incident is receiving major attention ...
- Critical Connections: Egypt, the US, and the I ...
Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days [Jan-Feb 2011] are the Israeli connections.
- Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestini ...
Alison Weir, CounterPunch - There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it's the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more nightmarish by the l ...
- As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed ...
Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage ...
- PRIVATIZATION Eisenhower Warned Us About
When President Eisenhower gave his farewell address in 1960 he warned the citizenry and future Presidents about the military-industrial complex and their influence. This group has been controlling everything since the end of his term, he saw and knew what they did, and his warnings were not heed ...
- Dennis Kucinich talks with David Gregory
Dennis was interviewed by David Gregory and again raises the question as to why do we have no money for the people and always plenty to fight wars and kill people?
- Republican Cuts Devastate interests to THE PEOPLE
Congress needs to hear from all of us right away, because the only chance we have to stop this budget is if Senate Democrats stand united against it. And the first vote could come today.1 Can you call Sen. Nelson and tell him to stand strong against Republicans‘ massive, devastating cuts? Senato ...
- Rally to Save the American Dream
In Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under fierce attack. Instead of creating jobs, Republicans are giving tax breaks to corporations and the very rich—and then cutting funding for education, police, emergency response, and vital human services. On Saturday, February 26, a ...
- RICK SCOTT MADE MILLIONS OFF HEALTH NOW CUTS I ...
Whether it's a political stunt or the act of an extremist ideologue, Scott is hurting real Floridians in concrete ways, including millions of people with private health insurance or Medicare benefits. He's taking away a law that ends the worst insurance company abuses and frees families, senior ...
- A Billion Acts of Greenwash
Tomorrow is Earth Day – whoopee doo! It’s that time of year that all the environmental NGOs and countless businesses work towards in order to bring about a sudden upsurge in pointless symbolic actions and purchases of “green” things like (I’ll just have a look in my Deleted Items folder) LED can ...
- Irony Alert! Red Tape Challenge a Breach of Na ...
I’ve just come off the phone after speaking to a nice person at the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. She sounded a little concerned, or maybe that was just bemusement, after I pointed out that the UK Government’s latest brain-busting measure – known, all chummily, as the Red Ta ...
- 350.org on Facebook: Now You See It…Now ...
Naomi Klein decided to join the board of 350.org. They are delighted, as you would be if one of the world’s most influential anti-capitalism writers joined your campaign. Obviously this puts Naomi Klein’s writings in a whole new focus – she’s happy to be part of an organisation that received its ...
- Switch Your Lights ON for Earth Hour!
Once upon a time there was just greenwash: corporations and governments went to great lengths to convince a concerned public that they were doing everything they could to help the natural environment return to its former glory. All the time they were filling their bank accounts and pumping up th ...
- International Atomic Energy Agency Spinning Li ...
In the light of the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsumani, government and internation agencies are working like crazy to ensure no news remains good news regarding the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Yet from the BBC we hear the following: There are now problems at the number three reactor – ...
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-Nil
One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
The Atlanticâs Jeffrey Goldberg â one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq â has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement thatâs taken over the streets of Egypt. âI support democratization, but,â he cautions, âthe democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
- All That Happens In The Middle East Can’ ...
Uncertainly rules the day in Tunisia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the countryâs strong-armed and authoritarian ruler since 1987, is in Saudi Arabia while the interim government struggles to restore some semblance of order. âConfusion, fear and horror in Tunisia as old regime’s militia carries on ...
- Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-Baiter
Early this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…” Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the constr ...
- Why Are Newsrooms Resistant to Creating Newsgames?
This past weekend a group of 25 game developers, academics and journalists gathered at the University of Minnesota’s Journalism Center to examine the state of newsgames. While it can be a slippery term to define, generally speaking newsgames covers a wide range of game-like experiences from puzz ...
- Ushahidi's Online Toolbox Helps People Underst ...
[Post written by Melissa Tully and Jennifer Chan. This post is the third in a series of blog posts documenting a 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation.] We have made great progress on the Ushahidi Kenya e ...
- Freedom Fone Helps with Election Monitoring to ...
The eagerly awaited Freedom Fone Version 2.0 has been released this March 2011. The innovative platform, initiated by The Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe and funded by The Knight News Challenge, was inspired by the desire to reach out to the burgeoning number of ordinary mobile phone users in develop ...
- LocalWiki Codes, Talks, Searches for Pilot Com ...
Here's a summary of what we've been up to for the past month or so at LocalWiki: coding, coding, coding, coding, talking, coding, talking, talking, coding, coding, coding. Occasionally we take breaks for sleep and nutritional intake purposes. Want more detail? Read on! Code, code, code, cod ...
- Map Mashup Shows Broadband Speeds for Schools ...
The Department of Education (DOE) recently launched Maps.ed.gov/Broadband an interactive map that shows schools and their proximity to broadband Internet access speeds across the country. This is an important story for DOE, an agency that has a stated goal that all students and teachers have acc ...
- Pepco Must be Made Responsible for Electricity ...
I am very pleased to report that the Maryland Electricity Service Quality and Reliability Act has passed the General Assembly and is going to Governor O�Malley for his signature. Our goal is to ensure that electric power companies provide their customers with high levels of service quality and r ...
- Inside Washington - A Political Maelstrom Ensu ...
A�blockbuster Politico story on Al-Jazeera claims that the Republican-oriented lobbying firm, Barbour, Griffith & Rogers (BGR), worked on behalf of Qatar, as well as Al-Jazeera. But Loren Monroe, the spokesman for the firm, is denying it, telling Accuracy in Media, �We did not represent Al-Jazee ...
- Race for Solar - Organic Photovoltaics face St ...
Organic photovoltaics won't compete with conventional solar technologies, limiting its market potential due to comparatively poor conversion efficiencies and short lifetimes.OPVs will almost certainly materialize over the next decade, driven by unique form factors and the potential for lower cos ...
- Battle for Libya - Western Coalition Air Opera ...
The West has already started its invasion of Libya and a ground coalition operation would merely be the next step, the Russian media is reporting. Russian experts have come to this conclusion in the wake of the EU’s readiness to send ground troops to Libya to support the UN humanitarian mission ...
- The Race for Batteries - Hidden Magnetic Effec ...
A dramatic and surprising magnetic effect of light discovered by University of Michigan researchers could lead to solar power without traditional semiconductor-based solar cells. The researchers found a way to make an "optical battery," according to Stephen Rand, a professor in the departments o ...
- Counterrevolution 101
By Dave Fryett The wretched of the Earth have seen what is possible. Power has been shown to be powerless in the face of determined mass opposition. And in every corner of our world the immiserated rejoice, because they know the day of liberation draws near
- No One Curious What CIA Is Working On At The ...
By Jay Janson What does the CIA have in store for Egypt? What chores will it assign its agents both American and Egyptian? American socialists and progressives are overly cooperative with mainstream media and Congress in hardly ever asking after our secret CIA shadow government
- Lessons Learned In The Streets Of Cairo
By William A. CookIf the streets of Cairo have taught us anything, they have demonstrated that vigilance against those who would control out of arrogance, oppress with indifference, deceive with impunity, and humiliate without feeling, have abandoned all natural sympathies and become , in fact ...
- What Is True Sustainability?
By Matthew SteinIf we are to develop an effective plan and roadmap for creating a sustainable world, we must first have a clear idea of what it truly means to be sustainable
- Egypts Army Dissolves Parliament
By Al Jazeera Military rulers say they will remain in charge for six months until elections are held as some protesters vow to remain
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Practicing Peace in the New Year
A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young people. ...
- Sharing the writing of another Stieber
My younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. � Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber � Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The main thing o ...
- Article in FOR
The following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out:Â http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement Rhetoric and Re ...
- Slate Interview: My Country Right or Wrong: Co ...
Interview I did with a fascinating writer for SLATE whose special interest is on transformation and how people come to admit they’re wrong: Address to article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/12/16/my-country-right-or-wrong-conscientious-objector-josh-stieber-on-bei ...
- Tomorrow is Earth Day...Where's My Money!!!
I am constantly getting screwed out of money.� According to the Anti-Semites I am being paid by the world-wide Jewish conspiracy who controls the media.� To date, I have not received one penny!� According to the radical progressives the Billionaire Koch Brothers are funding everybody on the righ ...
- A Libyan Mobile Phone Dealer Explains Qadhafi- ...
By Barry Rubin An Australian reporter writes the following from Libya: "Gaddafi's forces have had the upper hand in the desert battle that has raged for more than a month. "Rebels say this is because of black magic. They invoke Satan. `These are magic papers,' said mobile phone d ...
- MSNBC’s Bashir Learns Andrew Breitbart is No M ...
You have to hand it to Andrew Breitbart; he doesn't avoid "enemy" territory. The political activist/web entrepreneur/ showman is on tour hawking his new book, "Righteous Indignation." Yesterday, the book tour took him to Martin Bashir�s program on MSNBC. But instead of having an opportunity to d ...
- Papa John's Pulls Web Ads From Wonkette As Sit ...
In a disgusting display of inhuman heartlessness, this past Monday on Trig Palin's birthday, the political blog Wonkette published a post titled "Greatest Living American: A Children's Treasury of Trig Crap On His Birthday".The post was full of disdain for the Palin Family and their love for the ...
- Obama's Passover Message Misses The Message of ...
By Barry Rubin There's some controversy about President Barack Obama's Passover message. The key passage is this: �The story of Passover��instructs each generation to remember its past, while appreciating the beauty of freedom and the responsibility it entails. This year that ...
- How Humans Manipulate the Planet For The Sake ...
Corporations have been engineering the Earth’s weather with remote-controlled clouds, artificial snow, and trained monkeys — without regards for human health. PopSci April 22, 2011 It only takes one rained-out Little League game to make a sports lover resent Mother Nature. Now some of todayâs sc ...
- Radiation from Japan affects food safety in th ...
By Dr. Robert J. Gilbert Ph.D. April 21, 2011 “Dr. Robert J. Gilbert has a multi-faceted background in both spiritual and scientific studies. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps Instructor in Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Warfare Survival; since leaving the service in 1985 he has conducted independen ...
- El aborto es “mucho más fácil de lo que ...
Adaptación Luis R. Miranda Boston Globe 20 de abril 2011 Un sitio web financiado por el Estado y que promueve la educación sexual dice a los adolescentes que un aborto es “mucho más fácil de lo que parece”. Este mensaje ha generado crÃticas de indignación de grupos pro-vida que dicen que m ...
- Fluorescentes Compactos contienen químicos que ...
Temores se han vuelto a encender por la seguridad de las bombillas de bajo consumo después que un grupo de científicos advirtió que contienen productos químicos que causan cáncer. Adaptación Luis R. Miranda London Telegraph Abril 20, 2011 El informe recomienda que las bombillas no se deben dejar ...
- Iphone Espía y Registra Datos de Localización ...
Iphone registra en tiempo real el paradero de las personas Adaptación Luis R. Miranda The Guardian 20 de abril 2011 Los investigadores de seguridad han descubierto que el iPhone de Apple mantiene un seguimiento de dónde los usuarios van y tiene la capacidad de establecer con alto grado de precis ...
- 200 hear of wind turbines’ noise; Expert ...
RIGA, Mich. — For 200 area residents immersed in southeastern Lenawee County’s contentious battle over wind turbines and their anticipated noise, a dueling lecture in audiology was disguised as a special Riga Township meeting Tuesday night. A-weighted decibels. C-weighted decibels. Infrasound vs ...
- Once-dead bill on eminent domain OK’d by ...
The divisive issue of �eminent domain� stormed back to prominence at the Legislature Tuesday, as the state Senate revived and then endorsed a once-dead bill that gives a Canadian company the power to condemn property along its route for a power line in north-central Montana. After more than two ...
- Legislative push continues for moratorium on w ...
HARTFORD � Movement continues on the legislative front regarding wind turbines. Robin Stein, acting chairman of the Connecticut Siting Council, has had his nomination for council chairman moved before the full State Senate. Mr. Stein, the longtime Land Use Bureau chief in Stamford, was appointed ...
- State marches toward more wind power
More than three years ago, Gov. Deval Patrick set a goal for the state to have 2,000 megawatts of wind energy, enough to power 800,000 homes, by 2020. By the end of this year, there will be enough turbines operating in the state to produce at least 30 megawatts, according to state officials. Wit ...
- Cash won’t blow island’s way
The politics of wind power are taking their toll on Amherst Island. Islanders are deeply divided over the 75-megawatt project proposed for their community and Loyalist Township councillors and staff are feeling powerless in the face of provincial laws and regulations governing the project. Now i ...
- For people who hate opera
The trouble with introductory collections like “Opera for People Who Hate Opera” is of course that it’s still opera. I’m inclined to believe the gateway acquired-taste for American pop music ears is … American Musical Theater! But before I get to the particular show I have in mind THE MOST HAPPY ...
- What percentage of a partially eaten donut wou ...
That the chemical spill which has currently gotten Monument evacuated… is going to be neatly and safely taken care of and that you’re not going to be in any danger from it? Because the Chemical Industry, especially those divisions most closely tied to the Military, are betting a hundred percent ...
- You read banned books, but by whom?
By which I mean: BANNED by whom? Looking online for a definitive listing of most-often banned or censored books yields a panoply of titles not necessarily candidates for the pantheon. At right I’ve stacked the heavyweights most often resisted for being obscene, here a quality strangely inseparab ...
- “rule of law” and “American ...
The extrem(ist)e lack of the first puts any claim of the latter as the very essence of arrogant falsehood. We’re told that America, and ONLY America, actually deserves to run the entire world because we’re better than them. What’s that sound? Damn, I just heard every Right Wing Jingoist my-count ...
- Right Wing lunatic fringe Blogster serr8d show ...
This is the only response, so far, from the so-called “Christian” Fascist Party about my pointing out the utter blasphemy of their Whoreship service for George W Beast the other day… The more than slightly unhinged Nazi “serr8d” starts out with “How the heathen do rage” then offers to sodomize m ...
- Structural Aspects of Building 7’s Collapse: W ...
Submitted by Radical Pragmatist at 911blogger.com. Related Info: The Physics of WTC 7 World Trade Center 7: An Engineered Collapse NIST's Admission of Freefall - Does It Matter? The Ultimate proof NIST is lying about WTC7 Re: NIST Report on WTC7 debunked and exposed! Scientists, Schola ...
- What they've got planned for us next...
The Projected Al Qaeda Use of Body Cavity Suicide Bombs Against High Value Targets http://www.groupintel.com/2011/04/11/the-projected-al-qaeda-use-of-body-cavity-suicide-bombs-against-high-value-targets/ Page 33: Ultimately, however, it is going to require some sort of reliable and medically sa ...
- Foreknowledge of Building 7's Collapse : Dr. G ...
Submitted by Radical Pragmatist at 911blogger.com. Related Info: Oh, How Typical ! Arch Debunker Pat Curley Grossly Misrepresents Firefighter Testimony and then Wrongly Accuses 911 Truthers of the Same Thing
- Clinton told it like it is...
I want to say to the Taoiseach how very grateful I am for his leadership and friendship. But I must say that I was somewhat ambivalent when we were up here giving our virtual signatures. Do you have any idea how much time I spend every day signing my name? I'm going to feel utterly useless if ...
- Tom Sullivan - Explosives Loader
ae911truth YouTube.com Mar 19, 2011 AE911Truth's EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! Tom Sullivan - Former Explosives Loader for Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) This interview is some raw footage of one of the world class experts appearing in Architects and Engineer's upcoming hard hitting documentary "9 ...
- Campbell’s Soup Has a Math Problem
Here’s an interesting read from the Consumerist Blog. Several moms from New Jersey are suing Campbell’s for misleading labeling. You’d think that the soup on the right has 25% less sodium than the one on the left, but in fact, they both have 480mg. So why the big bold statement? If you read the ...
- 10 Things to Know About Horseradish [Like how ...
1. Horseradish is the ugly brother of the crowd favorite condiment triumvirate (ketchup, mustard, and mayo). It has been around for thousands of years. 2. Horseradish is the root of the Armoracia rusticana plant. Its cousins are wasabi, mustard, broccoli and cabbage. 3. When the root is peeled a ...
- A Million Scans, Apple Love, Prizes and More [ ...
One Million Scans! The million mark is an exciting milestone in a company’s life. Last week, one of you used the Fooducate app to scan the one millionth product. Curious to know what it was? Cheddar cheese from Sargento, pictured above. Prizes and Giveaways If you’re using the Fooducate app, you ...
- Those %@#! Comfort Food Commercials
This is a guest post by pediatrician, author, and childhood obesity specialist, Dr. Robert A. Pretlow. I was fixing dinner the other night with the TV going in the background. I vaguely caught the end of a commercial. Did I hear what I thought I heard? “What comfort tastes like?” What the heck? ...
- Matzah, the World’s First Ever Fast Food
This evening marks the beginning of the 8 day Jewish holiday known as Passover. As with any holiday, there are specific foods associated with Passover. One of them is Matzah, a flatbread made with only 2 ingredients – water and flour. Matzah is the first ever fast food in history, at least accor ...
- Four Pre-Writing Exercises for Inspired Bloggers
Rebecca Chelsey's recent post on ways to spark our creativity got me thinking about the next step: how to take that creativity and turn it into meaningful sentences on the page. In other words, what we do with that spark of inspiration will determine the success or setbacks we face when we blog. ...
- 8 Simple Sources of Creative Inspiration
As a creative person, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I've researched and stumbled upon ei ...
- Culture Vulture: Social Strategies for Differe ...
Social media campaigns are becoming more integrated into the overall online marketing mix. And as with anything on the Web, you need to think global to succeed in the long term. To succeed with social media marketing for different cultures, you need to familiarise yourself with what’s happening ...
- Internet Marketing and Social Media Degree Pro ...
Guest post by Brian Jenkins Over a billion and a half people use the Internet, and this has created a plethora of opportunities for talented Internet marketers. Specialized knowledge in Internet marketing and social media is vital for many businesses. Yes, there are successful, self-taught Inte ...
- How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blo ...
To market your company effectively, you need to find out where your target audience is. In this post I’ll show you how you can do this. I like using examples, so in this case, I’ll assume you sell Star Wars merchandise.
- Wave of child deaths strikes indigenous commun ...
Warao child and baby, Amacuro delta, Venezuela. © Fiona Watson/Survival Six children in one Warao indigenous community in Venezuela have reportedly died within the space of ten days in April, as a result of malnutrition, disease, and poor health care. Vomiting, diarrhea, fever, respiratory ...
- Jumma villages burned to ashes
Jummas, Bangladesh © Mark McEvoy/Survival Six indigenous Jumma villages have reportedly been burned to ashes and many Jumma people attacked by Bengali settlers in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh. Violence erupted when Jumma landowners discovered settlers clearing their land and bu ...
- Ross Thomas models for Survival
Ross Thomas modeling Survival's T-Shirt by Richard Long. © Survival Hollywood actor Ross Thomas, whose new movie ‘Soul Surfer’ has just opened, models two new T-shirts for human rights organization Survival International. The two T-shirts are available from Survival’s online store. Richa ...
- US human rights report shines spotlight on Pen ...
Under Chief Minister Taib, the Penan's forests have been ravaged for 30 years. © Survival International A new US government human rights report has highlighted the Penan tribe’s battle to protect their rainforests in Sarawak, in Malaysian Borneo, from logging. The US State Department docum ...
- Endangered uncontacted tribe to feature on Dis ...
The photos reveal a thriving, healthy community with baskets full of manioc and papaya fresh from their gardens. © Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival The Discovery Channel will show unique footage of an uncontacted tribe on Sunday, April 17 (9pm, ET and PT) in the Grasslands and Jungles episode ...
- BP's Secret Deepwater Blowout
by Greg Palast exclusive for Truthout/Buzzflash Greg Palast investigating BP's blowout in the Caspian, Baku, Azerbaijan 2010. Only 17 months before BP's Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP deepwater oil platform also blew out. You've heard and se ...
- BP In Deep Water: The Making Of the Channel 4 ...
FEATURES For two decades, investigator Greg Palast has been on BP's trail. In BP: In Deep Water, Palast takes Dispatches viewers along on his world-wide investigation of the oil giant. (Broadcast tonight, 8pm. UK only.) One year after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig blew apart and spewed 170 ...
- Dispatches UK TVGreg Palast Drills Deep into BP
One year after the Deepwater Horizon, Palast travels from the Gulf Coast to the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea to drill deep into the heart of BP. Filth, polar bears and oil-crat police states. Catch it Monday night at 8pm GMT on Channel 4's DISPATCHES. Sorry: Only in Britain. Greg Palast ...
- No BS Info on Japan NuclearObama invites Tokyo ...
for Truthout/Buzzflash by Greg Palast What South Texas project could look like.(Image by NINA - Nuclear Innovation North America) I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigatio ...
- Chevron Runs from Judgmentin Ecuador
by Greg Palast Chevron petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by its Texaco unit. I've been there, in Ecuador. I met the victims. They didn't lose their sh ...
- How can I reuse or recycle baby sleeper suits/ ...
We’ve already talked about baby clothes in general but CD, who writes the Canadian Doomer blog, has sent over such an excellent reuse idea for worn out baby sleepers/romper suits that I thought it was worth featuring these in particular: I just posted this on my blog, and one of my readers thoug ...
- Upcycling clothing: how can I reuse or recycle ...
Continuing on our impromptu upcycling clothing week here at Recycle This, I was wondering what could be done with long-sleeved/dress shirts — we’ve already talked about recycling or reusing the ties, so why not the shirt as well? The fabric is usually lighter than for t-shirts and the like, so t ...
- How can I reduce my use of single serving milk ...
We’ve had an email from Leann: I have to travel a lot to work and in a day can easily get through a dozen single serving milk pots – on the train, at meetings, at hotels etc. I’m not interested in recycling them, I want to stop needing to use them! Any ideas? Good question [...]
- Upcycling clothing: what can I reuse, recycle ...
After yesterday’s post about reusing or recycling old leather coats or jackets, I’ve realised there are a few other clothing related things I’d like to ask about so…. impromptu upcycling clothing week! ;) I’ve got some pretty printed slightly-stretchy cotton vest tops that have either lost their ...
- How can I reuse or recycle waterproof clothing?
The wonderful Alice in Blogland sent me an email last week: Thought of another recycle that I could use some help with! I’ve taken some waterproof trousers, jackets and cycling gear from someone who didn’t want to just dump them in landfill. I thought there would be loads of things I could make ...
- Why Age of Autism Left British Medical Journal ...
By John Stone “The case we presented against Andrew Wakefield that the 1998 Lancet paper was intended to mislead is not critically reliant on GP records.” So wrote Fiona Godlee (Editor-in-Chief, BMJ) in February, in effect conceding that Brian Deer’s...
- Three Blind Mice - Bad Week for Offit, Mnookin ...
By Dan Olmsted Isn't it nice to see the hammer of real journalism come down on the fringe lunatic crank ravings of the Three Blind Mice of Autism Epidemic Enablers -- profiteering vaccine-damage denier Paul Offit, cruel and credulous junk...
- Best of AofA: Preventing Autism An Emerging Hy ...
Here's a "best of" post for Autism ACTION month. Prevention, don't leave the delivery room without it! By J.B. Handley My second child’s autism diagnosis put the plans my wife and I had for at least three kids on potentially...
- Time To Revisit Deer's Claims That Wakefield F ...
Three months after Brian Deer's first BMJ article (HERE) claiming Dr Andrew Wakefield fabricated the findings of the Lancet paper ('Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia', Lancet, 1998; p.351), it is now time to revisit the claims and test them against the record, in...
- NIMH Webcast 4/21 Advances in Autism Treatment ...
From our sponsor SafeMinds: NIMH Autism Webcast Thursday - "Advances in Treatment Research" This one-hour webcast on Thursday, April 21st from 10:30-11:30 am EDT will be of interest to many of you. Both Dr. Swedo and Dr. Landa are active...
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- BDS campaigners force Ahava shop to move
The central London flagship store of Ahava, an Israeli cosmetics company whose products come from stolen Palestinian natural resources in the occupied West Bank, and are produced in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, has been forced to move … Continue reading →
- Rawabi remains settler-colonial sub-contractor
Uri Davis writes on the ongoing links between the Rawabi project and the Jewish National Fund.
- Stop the Wall release new report on Brazil’s m ...
Notwithstanding its recent recognition of the Palestinian State and its long tradition of supporting Palestinian rights and upholding international law, the Brazilian government has signed contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Israel’s arms industry.
- Trade Unions
The global trade union movement has consistently demonstrated its courage and commitment to human rights by adopting concrete, ground-breaking labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes in a show of effective solidarity with oppressed peoples around the world. Adopting BDS measures has … Co ...
- Afghan bank to be split in bid to protect economy
Boston Globe – In an attempt to protect Afghanistanâs precarious financial system, the countryâs central bank said yesterday that it will break Kabul Bank into two parts to isolate hundreds of millions of dollars in bad loans and create a new bank that guarantees customersâ deposits. The Afghan ...
- Pakistan court frees five alleged attackers in ...
Guardian – Human rights groups have expressed outrage after most of those accused of the gang rape of Mukhtaran Mai, who was assaulted on the orders of a village council, were freed by Pakistan’s supreme court. Nine years after the gang rape, Mai’s struggle for justice ended with the court order ...
- Mystery illnesses plague Louisiana oil spill crews
AFP — Jamie Simon worked on a barge in the oily waters for six months following the BP spill last year, cooking for the cleanup workers, washing their clothes and tidying up after them. One year later, the 32-year-old said she still suffers from a range of debilitating health problems, including ...
- Canada: C.B.council to debate water fluoridation
Chronicle-Herald — The debate over water fluoridation in Cape Breton is about to continue at regional municipal council. Several health professionals and scientists will make presentations Tuesday on both sides of the controversial issue. Community activist Marlene Kane has pushed for an end to ...
- Europe raps Bahrain over torture-killing
PressTV – The European Parliament has for the first time condemned Manama for the torture-killing of Bahraini activists since the violent clampdown on peaceful protests began in the country about two months ago. Read article
- Biodegradable plastics: Plant symbol chosen as ...
The bioplastics industry may have a new symbol to slap on its products and packaging – an abstract plant to denote plastics made without petroleum. More than 1,500 designers submitted entries into a contest seeking an icon to represent plastics...
- Are Americans recycling more electronic waste ...
Each year, Americans throw out 400 million units of high-tech trash – and they’re on track to toss another 50 billion over the next decade, according to a study released just before Earth Day. Constant upgrades caused by improving technology...
- Confess your eco-sins on Earth Day!
Admit it: You buy your lunch in foam takeout containers. A lot. You drive an 8-cylinder truck. Alone. You don't print on both sides of your copy paper. You left the computer on all night. You can't stand those compact...
- Wasteful packaging: do consumers care?
The number of consumers who think they should be responsible for recycling has declined, according to a study released Wednesday. In 2010, 38% of Americans said consumers should take responsibility for recycling product packaging, down from 42% in 2009. Consumers...
- Gulf oil spill redux: nine books on the BP dis ...
A year after millions of barrels of oil were spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from BP's Macondo well, much ink has been spilled on the "second draft" of history. None of the nine books (and counting) published thus far...
- Swanson speaks water at Indiana University (IDS)
Water crisis affects millions (Indiana Daily Student) – Water.org member Erin Swanson spoke Wednesday in Chemistry 122 on the global problem of water and water sanitation. The event was presented by the University Coalition for Global health. Swanson discussed the issues of water sanitation and ...
- Water.org’s local partnerships for solut ...
Water.orgâs Local Partnerships for Long-Term Solutions (MasterCard Foundation) – This week was World Water Week. Organizations and people around the world rallied to raise awareness around access to safe water and sanitation. One of our partners, Water.org, is tackling this issue head on. Their ...
- Facebook campaign: Levi’s® and Water.org ...
Featured Facebook Campaigns: Leviâs and Water.org, Sprite and Discover Ireland (Inside Facebook) – Among notable campaigns on Facebook in the past week, a Leviâs and Water.org partnership offered a branded app that taught users about saving water. By playing the Leviâs WaterTank game, users can ...
- Levi’s®, Water.org stage water march (De ...
Levi’s and Water.org Stage ‘Water March’ in New York City for World Water Day (Denim Hunt) – Levi’s, who recently launched the Levi’s Water
- Microloans potential to bring water to million ...
Just Add Water: Simplicity of Microloans Has the Potential to Bring Clean Water to Millions in Need (Women Deliver) – During this World Water Day, I would like to celebrate the innovative and integrated approach that Water.org is using to expand access to safe drinking water, basic sanitation, a ...
- The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...
- Stand Against Child Marriage - TAKE ACTION TOD ...
25,000 girls as young as 8 years old will become child brides today. Take a stand now and show the world that each and every one of these girls deserves the right to her childhood. Please sige the petition !!Submitted by Naoko I. to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- "A Beautiful Soul, a Big Heart": Italian Peace ...
36-yr-old Italian Vittorio Arrigoni found dead after captors posted video of bloodied peace activist. Had vowed to kill him unless Hamas govt freed their leader. Member of InternationalSolidarityMovement, Palestinian-led NGO opposing Israeli occupation,..Submitted by PeasantDiva WorldMinga to Wo ...
- Tea Party Jesus: Koch's Americans For Prosperi ...
Please read and share!Submitted by Laura H. to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Reform synagogue desecration hardly a surprise
So much for a safe haven. We came from the lands of Kristallnacht to create a Jewish homeland, and look what happens: Haaretz reports tonight that the reform synagogue in Ra�anana, an upper middle-class northern suburb of Tel-Aviv, has been desecrated...Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� ...
- A Palestinian State by September? The Impact f ...
Recognition of a new Palestinian state would alter the dynamic between Israel, Palestine and the international community Talks between Israel and the Palestinians would take place on a state-to-state basis for the first time.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- E•BOOM CAPITAL: SDG&E Signs 156 MW Wind Power ...
San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) said Tuesday it has signed a 20-year contract for up to 156 megawatts (MW) from the first phase of Sempra Generation’s Energía Sierra Juárez wind project in Baja California, Mexico. Both SDG& ...
- Boeing Plant Going Solar
Aviation giant Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) was recently awarded an US$89 million contract with the United States Defense Advance read more
- DOE Backs Another California Solar Project Wit ...
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded its second loan guarantee to a California solar project in just five days. read more
- Solar Power Without Solar Cells
Solar power station graphic courtesy Scientific American As most people know, electromagnetism manifests as both electric fields and magnetic fields. read more
- E•BOOM CAPITAL: SunEdison Meets Ontario FIT Do ...
SunEdisonâs 9.1 MW First Light 1 was the first utility-scale photovoltaic facility in Canada when it began transmitting power to Ontario Hydro September 30, 2009. It is located in Stone Mill ...
- New START Treaty Sets Stage for Further Limit ...
At the United States Naval Academy, Ms. Rose Gottemoeller stated that two years ago in Prague, President Obama spoke about his vision of a world without nuclear weapons, and recognized the need to create the conditions to bring about such a world.
- UN Calls for Intensified Efforts to Conquer Ma ...
'First, scaling up the life-saving and cost-effective interventions that have already produced such dramatic results,' he said in a message marking the Day. 'We need to ensure universal coverage for all people at risk.
- Cedric Kushner Recovering From Spinal Surgery
Veteran boxing promoter Cedric Kushner, President of New York City-based Gotham Boxing, is recovering from spinal surgery yesterday that took nearly seven hours.
- Secretary Hillary Clinton Participates in 'Con ...
The two secretaries talked about today's issues, the philosophical framework for decision-making, the changing world and new realities.
- Measles Cases Surge Across Europe
At least 6,500 cases have been reported already, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported yesterday, with significant outbreaks observed in 30 countries, including Belgium, France, Serbia, Turkey, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Sp
- Japan to build 100,000 homes for tsunami ...
TOKYO - Japan's prime minister says the country plans to build as many as 100,000 temporary homes to house the...
- China conducts DNA tests on Siberian tige ...
2011-04-22 16:27:42.0China�conducts DNA tests on�Siberian tigerSiberian,tigers,DNA1158963Society2@webnews/enpproperty--> HARBIN - Siberian tigers in a Northeast China breeding center will soon obtain special "ID...
- Real Madrid's Sami Khedira doubtful for C ...
The Germany international has picked up a muscular injury in the Copa del Rey final and consequently faces a brief spell on the sidelines By Stefan Coerts Share Share Find the best odds and bet on La Liga. Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho will probably have to make do without the services of ...
- POSCO Q1 profit misses forecast as raw ma ...
SEOUL: POSCO, the world's No. 3 steelmaker, reported a 36 percent fall in quarterly operating profit, missing forecasts, hit by high raw materials costs and low demand. The...
- Samsung sues Apple back claiming patent i ...
Samsung Electronics Co. said it sued Apple Inc. (AAPL) claiming patent infringement, a week after the iPhone maker filed a complaint in U.S. federal court alleging the South...
- Obama Fundraiser Interrupted by Protesters See ...
President Obama was interrupted by a group of protesters at a fundraiser at the St. Regis Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday who called on him to release from jail alleged Wikileaks leaker Bradley Manning. Mr. Obama was in the middle of his speech when he was interrupted by a woman in the back o ...
- Nuclear Power: Adequate Insurance Too Expensive
BERLIN — From the U.S. to Japan, it's illegal to drive a car without sufficient insurance, yet governments have chosen to run the world's 443 nuclear power plants with hardly any insurance coverage whatsoever. Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster, which will leave taxpayers there with a ...
- Liberals Pitted Against White House on Trade
The White House’s free trade negotiations with South Korea, Colombia and Panama are about to look like a piece of cake, compared to the work ahead to get House Democrats to agree on the details. Already Republicans are on board, another show of President Barack Obama’s ability to work with the G ...
- Human Trafficking: Workers Brought into US and ...
A US federal agency has filed lawsuits over the unequal treatment of more than 500 migrant workers from India brought into the country to work at shipyards in Mississipi and Texas, and over 200 Thai farm labourers brought in to work in Hawaii and Washington state. The US Equal Employment Opportu ...
- Bahrain's Secret Terror: 'Genocide' as Doctors ...
The intimidation and detention of doctors treating dying and injured pro-democracy protesters in Bahrain is revealed today in a series of chilling emails obtained by The Independent. At least 32 doctors, including surgeons, physicians, pediatricians and obstetricians, have been arrested and deta ...
- May 2: Register For Smart Grid Demand Response ...
Most traditional systems for distributing electricity are severely limited by a mismatch between available power and fluctuating consumer demand for power. Often, this results in wasted energy during light load times, and insufficient power during peak times—in the worst cases, leading to browno ...
- Carving Renewables’ Role in the Smart Grid
The pressure on utilities to derive a greater percentage of their power from renewable sources is increasing globally, with dozens of countries having rolled out targets that encourage various clean-energy initiatives. The European Union�s �20/20/20� plan, for example, calls for a 20-percent red ...
- IEA Report: Biofuels Can Provide Up To 27% Of ...
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) says that the widespread deployment of biofuels can play an important role in reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector and enhancing energy security, when produced sustainably.
- NRG Calls It Quits for South Texas Project
Key financing from Japan unlikely due to Fukushima crisis
- Supreme Court Case on Carbon Emissions: Pollut ...
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City Tuesday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut. In the case, six states and several other plaintiffs claimed that the nation’s five largest greenhouse gas polluters were contributing to a nuisance and th ...
- Home energy upgrades get U.S.-backed loans
Many U.S. homeowners are now eligible for up to $25,000 in federally-insured loans to make energy-efficient upgrades such as adding insulation, sealing ducts or replacing windows, the Obama adminitration announced Thursday.
- Gallup: Fewer Americans see climate change as ...
Fewer Americans and Europeans view climate change as a threat than did a few years ago, but more Latin Americans and sub-Saharan Africans see themselves at risk, according to Gallup surveys in 111 countries.
- EBay pays for broken iPads, iPhones, iPods
In celebration of Earth Month, online auctioneer eBay will pay consumers for small broken Apple electronics (up to $150 for iPads, $100 for iPhones, and $50 for iPods) until April 30.
- Asian 'unicorn' gets nature reserve in Vietnam
"The loveliest of all" animals, the late Shel Silverstein once wrote in a popular children's song, is the unicorn. He would probably have been pleased that a nature reserve has been set aside in central Vietnam for the critically endangered saola, also known as the Asian "unicorn."
- 10 best green buildings? Architects pick 2011 ...
Buildings that use little water and energy and mostly recycled, non-toxic materials don't have to look like boring boxes. To see jaw-dropping possibilities, check out the American Institute of Architects 2011 winners for sustainable architecture.
- Federal Circuit Hears Arguments in Myriad Case
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- Cloudy Copyright Forecast for New Amazon Music ...
By Andrew Goldberg Amazon's push to beat Google and Apple to the punch in unveiling its new "music locker" service this week could cause the company to face a combination of new copyright challenges. The e-commerce giant's new cloud-based music...
- Recent Patent Litigation Weekly Columns
Much of the patent news that was published on this blog has been moved to the IP Insider section of the Corporate Counsel website. Here's a list of the last several Patent Litigation Weekly columns— Oct. 25, 2010: Big Patent-Licensing...
- Paul Allen v. The Internet
Former Microsoft executive and billionaire Paul Allen sued several major Internet companies and three large retailers for patent infringement today, asserting that four patents originating at Interval Research, Allen's dot-com era think tank, cover basic web browsing and e-commerce technologies....
- Citing Possible Bias, ACLU Asks Rader to Recus ...
With the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit set to consider a landmark case over the validity of human gene patents, attorneys for the plaintiffs in the suit are asking the court's chief judge to recuse himself from the matter—before the panel that will hear it has even been s ...
- The Arab uprising is a rebellion against Washi ...
Interview by Kourosh Ziabari William Norman Grigg is an author and journalist of Mexican and Irish descent. He was born on February 4, 1963 in Idaho. He was a senior editor of "The New American" magazine and has authored several books from a Constitutionalist perspective. Grigg graduated from U ...
- Mimesis and the State of US Democracy
GAITHER STEWART, The Greanville Post And thusly we end up with pseudo leaders for a pseudo democracy, albeit one rammed down the throat of nations around the world with the benedictions of tens of millions of well-meaning but thoroughly brainwashed Americans. (ROME) Standard dictionary definit ...
- How naturopaths can survive states criminalizi ...
By Rady Ananda An amendment to North Carolina’s Unauthorized Practice of Medicine Act would have changed the original bill (SB 31) from making alternative medicine a felony to a Class 1 Misdemeanor. Violators would face jail time after a first conviction. However, on April 14, the amendment fa ...
- Beyond ForeclosureGate - It Gets Uglier
Michael Collins The ForeclosureGate scandal poses a threat to Wall Street, the big banks, and the political establishment. If the public ever gets a complete picture of the personal, financial, and legal assault on citizens at their most vulnerable, the outrage will be endless. (Image) For ...
- Welcome to the Masque of the Red Death?
by Jan Lundberg We are in the presence of death when we see so many signs that our species' modern behavior is shockingly deficient in living up to our responsibility to protect life. The ongoing Fukushima disaster, visiting upon us all, is the supreme example, on top of deforestation and fo ...
- Making It Count: CCPA's federal election blog
The CCPA has launched a federal election blog to bring you expert analysis on the issues that will—or should—define the election. Making It Count features timely commentary from CCPA staff and research associates, who will be weighing in everything from the economy and federal finances to the ...
- CCPA-MB participates in the Red Tent Day of Ac ...
On April 19, 2011, Winnipeg's Right to Housing coalition held a March for Housing to coincide with the Red Tent Day of Action across Canada. The march drew attention to the urgent need for affordable housing in Winnipeg and across the country, and raised questions about the silence around housin ...
- Are the federal parties putting their money wh ...
On the CCPA federal election blog, research associate David MacDonald takes a look at what the four major national federal parties are saying in their platforms vs. what they actually want to spend money on. For each party he's created two wordles or word charts, to illustrate.� Click here f ...
- The truth about Canada's Afghan training mission
Canada's Afghan training mission has a high risk of casualties and a low chance of success, says new report published by the CCPA and the Rideau Institute. Analysts Michael Byers and Stuart Webb determine that the new training mission, first proposed by the Liberals then adopted by the Conserv ...
- Will the middle class have to learn to do with ...
That's the question journalist and author Linda McQuaig addresses in her column about greed, the assault on middle class dreams, and the "looming conflict" between Canada's elite and the "aspirations of millions of Canadians". Read the column here.
- Happy Earth/Good Friday!
Earth Day: A Billion Acts of Green® | Earthday.org This year, Earth Day’s theme is A Billion Acts of Green: our people-powered campaign to generate a billion acts of environmental service and advocacy before Rio +20. More… Good Friday | Wikipedia Good Friday (from the senses pious, holy of the ...
- Wake ‘N’ Bake 101: Snacks
WWH – I believe this is a uniquely Santa Fe culinary invention: the Frito Pie. Most “old” Santa Feans believe it was invented at the Woolworths’ lunch-counter, on the south side of the Plaza, by a noon-time fry-cook named Betty, sometime in the late 50s. In the day of the 15-cent burger, they so ...
- Noam Chomsky, Who Owns the World?
Noam Chomsky | tomdispatch – Military bases R U.S. Or so it seems. After the invasion of 2003, the Pentagon promptly started constructing a series of monster bases in occupied Iraq, the size of small American towns and with most of the amenities of home. These were for a projected garrison of 30 ...
- Top Ten Reasons Jewish Mothers are like Stoners
The Stoned Family Robinson | Heeb Magazine To celebrate the release of her book, The Stoned Family Robinson, writer Joselin Linder took some time between bong-rips, book signings, and the requisite Passover family visits to ponder exactly how your average yiddishe mama is not that far removed fr ...
- Pittsburgh in the 60′s: Plans and scheme ...
I’ve been trying to settle on one topic for this week but everything seems to be interconnected in some fashion. It’s like a big old knitted sweater that’s itchy and smells of something faintly nasty but you aren’t sure exactly what the smell is. Things are going bad all over. There are plans af ...
- Rep. James Clyburn, Third-Ranking Democrat in ...
From the Dylan Ratigan Show, Friday, April 8th: RATIGAN: What we haven’t received is any articulation as to where the actual cuts in the billions are. So people say, you give me a little information there in the categories, but no one seems to want to tell any of us what exact ...
- The Cost of One F-15E Lost in Libya Is 563 Wis ...
According to the New York Times, the U.S. fighter jet that just crashed in Libya was an F-15E Strike Eagle. The Air Force says each F-15E cost $31.1 million in 1998 dollars (not including fuel, pilot training or anything else). Adjusted for inflation, that's $42.23 million today. Wisconsin tea ...
- Rick Snyder's "Shared Sacrifice": Michigan's W ...
Michigan's tax system is already regressive -- meaning that poorer people pay a higher tax rate than the wealthy. But Governor Rick Snyder has decided that it's just not regressive enough. So in the name of "shared sacrifice," he wants to hike the tax rate on poor and working Michiganders, while ...
- VIDEO: Bus leaves Kalamazoo to protest Gov. Sn ...
People talk about why they are going to Lansing to take part in protests against Gov. Rick Snyder's proposals, including bills that would give emergency financial managers the power to terminate labor contracts, proposed cuts to education funding and tax policy changes.
- The Forbes 400 vs. Everybody Else
According to the most recent information, the Forbes 400 now have a greater net worth than the bottom 50% of U.S. households combined. In 2009, the total net worth of the Forbes 400 was $1.27 trillion. The best information now available shows that in 2009 the bottom 60% (yes, now it's 60%, n ...
- "Trig birtherism" and McCain's choice of Palin
Like most media outlets, we've resisted engaging with "Trig birtherism" -- the notion that Sarah Palin may have somehow faked her pregnancy in 2008 -- for all sorts of reasons, not the least of which is that there's really no cause to suspect any kind of coverup in the first place.
- Apple's secret location tracker: An "ominous d ...
Today in concerning: the news that certain Apple devices track and store the locations of their owners.
- Time puts Michelle Rhee on a list, ignores her ...
The ongoing uncritical liberal establishment's deification of former Washington DC schools chancellor Michelle Rhee has finally, belatedly met some pushback -- notably from Diane Ravitch -- but there is no hint of that in the piece commemorating her entry into the 2011 Time 100, one of their ...
- How Donald Trump's ego killed a pro sports league
No major sport has a longer off-season than professional football. From the end of the Super Bowl in early February until the next kickoff in early September, NFL fans are left to endure seven months of pigskin Siberia every year. (And this year, thanks to the league's labor problems, the wai ...
- Is the world too big to fail?
This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,914-metr ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera
\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
- May 2: Register For Smart Grid Demand Response ...
Most traditional systems for distributing electricity are severely limited by a mismatch between available power and fluctuating consumer demand for power. Often, this results in wasted energy during light load times, and insufficient power during peak times—in the worst cases, leading to browno ...
- Carving Renewables’ Role in the Smart Grid
The pressure on utilities to derive a greater percentage of their power from renewable sources is increasing globally, with dozens of countries having rolled out targets that encourage various clean-energy initiatives. The European Union�s �20/20/20� plan, for example, calls for a 20-percent red ...
- IEA Report: Biofuels Can Provide Up To 27% Of ...
A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) says that the widespread deployment of biofuels can play an important role in reducing CO2 emissions in the transport sector and enhancing energy security, when produced sustainably.
- NRG Calls It Quits for South Texas Project
Key financing from Japan unlikely due to Fukushima crisis
- Supreme Court Case on Carbon Emissions: Pollut ...
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City Tuesday the Supreme Court heard oral argument in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut. In the case, six states and several other plaintiffs claimed that the nation’s five largest greenhouse gas polluters were contributing to a nuisance and th ...
- The iPhone, recording your movements wherever ...
It’s not just the iPhone 4 that records your movements, but all iPhones updated to iOS 4+. Two security researchers in the UK have uncovered a disturbing truth. It appears iPhone 4′s everywhere have been tracking their users movements with startling accuracy (unbeknownst to the users) and what i ...
- Why The US Is Totally Finished
Capitalism Fixes Problems & Preserves Democracy: Capitalism is what we should be relying on to fix our problems. Capitalism has it’s own ecosystem, just like biology’s ecosystem. An economic ecosystem that weeds out the weak, has parasites that eat the failures and new bacteria that evolves and ...
- Yellowstone Supervolcano Bigger Than Thought
The gigantic underground plume of partly molten rock that feeds the Yellowstone supervolcano might be bigger than previously thought, a new image suggests. The study says nothing about the chances of a cataclysmic eruption at Yellowstone, but it provides scientists with a valuable new perspectiv ...
- Boy Demanded Sex from School Secretary to Keep ...
The 14-year-old pupil who outed a school secretary for leading a secret double-life as a porn star demanded sex from the woman to keep quiet, her legal team has claimed. The Canadian boy was suspended from school in March for creating a fake Facebook page in her name with a racy profile picture ...
- ‘More will die’: Mexico drug wars claim U.S. lives
The Mexican drug cartel issue is not a marginalized thing in the US, most drugs in the US come from South American drug cartels and now it’s not only the drug issue but crimes as well. More and more Americans are getting in the middle of gang conflicts, David Hartley’s case is only one example [...]
- Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...
Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
- Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
- Reasons to Donate Blood
Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...
- Special Education High School Transition Services
From my Factoidz page: 1414(d) and in Findings about “effective transition services to promote successful post-Students typically start transition services at the age 14 if educational services are still required as determined by the school district and the IEP team. However, Washington State’s ...
- Don't Quit Your Day Job
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ashworth College. All opinions are 100% mine. With approximately 4,000,000 students today, more than 20 percent of all students enrolled in higher education are taking at least one course online. Self paced online courses ...
- Free Libyan fighters exult in small Victories, ...
In the west on the Tunisian border, Berber rebel troops have taken a checkpoint and chased away 200 Qaddafi loyalists, who took refuge in Tunisia. The checkpoint is on a road that can be used to supply the Western Mountain Region of Berber towns who are in revolt against Qaddafi and who are und ...
- Earth Day Awareness With Today’s Google Doodle
Google Doodles are a great way to learn about international events, famous inventions , important dates and what not. Over the years, Google doodles have always added a fun element to search and today’s Google doodle is no exception. Inspired from the Earth day 2011 , today’s Google doodle is ...
- Contrasting Progress on Democracy in Tunisia a ...
What are the chances of successful democratic transitions in Tunisia and Egypt? I have just returned from both countries where many democratic activists shared notes with me about their situation, comparing it with the more than twenty successful and failed democratic transition attempts that ...
- A Year After Start of BP Deepwater Horizon Dis ...
It has now been, as noted at FDLNews by David Dayen , one year from the date the British Petroleum wellhead at Macondo blew out, thus killing 11 workers on the TransOcean platform known as “Deepwater Horizonâ in the Gulf of Mexico. Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curti ...
- Boston Globe : Syria deploying security forces ...
Boston Globe : Syria deploying security forces ahead of protests Gatherings to be a test of reaction to Assad reforms By Anthony Shadid BEIRUT â Syria deployed police officers, soldiers, and military vehicles yesterday in two of the countryâs three largest cities in advance of nationwide protes ...
- Geek of the Week: Yaw Anokwa: UW Ph.D. student ...
One of the goals of GeekWire's "Geek of the Week" feature is to shine a light on extraordinary people in the Pacific Northwest technology community. Yaw Anokwa, a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at the University of Washington, certainly fits that profile - from his Open Data Kit research pr ...
- Yahoo! jacks data retention from 90 days to 18 ...
The veteran dot com said the switcheroo was "to meet the needs of our consumers for personalization and relevance, while living up to their expectations of trust." It went on: "Over the last three years, the way we and other companies offer services online and the way consumers experience the I ...
- Oracle versus Google patent trial likely by No ...
In a San Francisco federal courtroom on Wednesday, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said he has limited resources and only one law clerk assigned to the highly technical case. That clerk is leaving in November, and Alsup said he does not want a new one to have to learn the matter. "Some jury ...
- FSFE responds to EC consultation on procurement
In its response to the Commission's consultation, FSFE emphasises the following points: - When a public body contracts out software development, it should have the right to use, study, share and improve the resulting software. This is best achieved through a Free Software license. - Pub ...
- Whos Suing Who? A Cheat Sheet to the Mobile P ...
I had trouble remembering the precise details of the umpteen cases that have made headlines-as well as some related relationships, such as Microsoft's licensing agreements with Amazon and HTC-so I decided to document them with a handy-dandy infographic, as much for my own edification as anyone e ...
- Polizeros podcast. Independent and Third Party ...
Our guest was Damon Eris of Poli-Tea, who shared his extensive knowledge of independent and third party politics. This was a fun, fast-moving, highly informative show with some great conversations. Topics included: The Myth of the Myth of the Independent. They aren’t just closet Democrats or Rep ...
- California has 8 out of 10 cities with highest ...
Well, this is certainly a grim honor and not a top ten list that any metro area would ever want to be on. California leads the nation in unemployment rates, with a startling 8 out of 10 cities with the highest unemployment. 1. El Centro CA, 26.9 2. Yuma AZ, 21.5 3. Merced CA, 21.3 [...]
- Smackdown over beekeeping
Commercial hives vs. top-bar?
- Obama fundraisers to gridlock Los Angeles Westside
It’s inexcusable that traffic on the Westside of Los Angeles will be gridlocked for hours today so the president can attend fundraisers. If it was for official state business, sure, but seriously inconveniencing hundreds of thousands of drivers for several hours during peak rush hours so a polit ...
- Polizeros Radio tonight. Independent and Third ...
Our guest is Damon Eris, who blogs extensively about “Third party and independent opposition to the two-party state,” ballot status issues and related topics at Poli-Tea, CAIVN, and elsewhere. The podcast is hosted on BlogTalkRadio. Call in to listen live at 626-414-3492 tonight at 8:30 PM PT (9 ...
- Cordesman on the slippery slope of warmaking
I generally have broad respect for the military assessments made by Anthony Cordesman, and his latest assessment of the situation in Samantha's War in Libya contains much excellent analysis. Including this opening paragraph: At some point in time, it will be critical to examine the historical ...
- C.J. Chivers on Libyan rebels' violations of l ...
Last week, the NYT's military-affairs writer C.J. Chivers was one of the first to do detailed reporting of the use by Libyan government forces of cluster bombs in the heavily populated port city of Misrata. Today, the NYT carries another piece of well researched reporting by him-- this time on ...
- Applebaum warns Libyan war may weaken NATO
Anne Applebaum, who is both a columnist for the WaPo and the spouse of the Foreign Minister f NATO member Poland, writes today that when Western leaders talk about the Libyan campaign as a “NATO operation” they are, at the very least, being economical with the truth. She notes that many NATO m ...
- U.K. government forced to open end-of-empire files
Great news from London, that a landmark court case by elderly Kenyan freedom fighters has now forced the Foreign Office to confess that they have suddenly "found" what are described as "around 8,800 files relating to 37 former British administrations — including those in Palestine, Cyprus, Malay ...
- Obama's (and Sarkozy's) nonexistent 'casus bel ...
Hat-tip to Harvard's Steve Walt for this fine article, in which he identified and linked to two fine articles that took apart the 'rationale' adduced by Presidents Sarkozy and Obama for their decision to undertake acts of war against Libya on March 19. In this one, the Chicago Tribune's Steve C ...
- Dunedin bus services: the community needs to b ...
Like most Dunedin residents I too am shocked to see that the DCC is in the final stages of selling Citibus. Is it really that urgent that we the ratepayers of Dunedin find out on Thursday that a sale is mooted, and are informed now that there is a conditional deal? That the council is [...]
- $36 million more in “essential” Go ...
Times are tough. We all have to tighten our belts. So says Bill English. So let’s give $36 million to a yacht race: Team New Zealand will get $36 million from the Government to contest the 2013 America’s Cup, the Government has confirmed. Acting Economic Development Minister David Carter sai ...
- Council rail-roaded into supporting roads
I attended the extraordinary Wellington City Council meeting that voted last night to support the Government’s $2.4 billion roading plans. Essentially the Council has written a blank cheque to the NZTA. It is preposterous that the Council could vote on a project when no one, not even the council ...
- General debate, April 21, 2011
- All about National’s infatuation with he ...
First we had the Tolleychopper. Yep, that’s right! Education Minister Anne Tolley’s idea of getting a “helicopter view” of tertiary education providers in Auckland (before she was relieved by PM John Key of her Tertiary Education portfolio) was to go up in a chopper and have a look from th ...
- The Supreme Court, the Constitution and the Fi ...
The Supreme Court's First Amendment opinions result not from interpreting the First Amendment but from deliberately and insidiously changing its diction in ways that make the Amendment unrecognizable. The Court's arguments in these opinions are pure cant and do nothing but turn the Justice ...
- Liberty's Easy Slide into Tyranny
Huge conspiracies aren't what destroys people's freedom, the accumulation of errors, failed policies, and little and big unfairnesses do. It happens because The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft agley,/ An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain. The FED, CIA, Executive Privilege, The ...
- What should be done with illegal immigrants?
That this question is even being asked reveals something about ourselves. How would you answer it if you were an illegal immigrant? Perhaps you've never heard of the Golden Rule. The rule may not be the best guide to moral behavior but asking yourself how you'd answer the question if you wer ...
- A Revolting World
Many in many lands are demonstrating against their governments. Some claim that people everywhere are revolting and that a worldwide revolution is imminent. Even both the orthodox and heterodox presses are all atwitter. But it is far easier to bring about a successful revolution than it is t ...
- Demented Democracy
An addiction to opinion, each person being entitled to his own, and the unwarranted notion that those who fight for their beliefs are "principled" is the reason that democracies teeter between antagonistic belief systems and are unable to resolve any social problems. Each party strives to re ...
- Multitasking vs. Task Switching
Isn't multitasking a great subject? It must be since I keep coming back to it. Today, Matt Yglesias, who is still (barely) a twenty-something, says that he's long since figured out that true multitasking is impossible (i.e., literally paying attention to multiple things at once), but: I’m nev ...
- Yet More Boring Tax Blather
I'm forced to defend my honor again on taxes. But I want to make this fairly brief. I don't have a staff to run the numbers and I don't have access to the details it would take to do a tax exercise with precision. But that probably doesn't matter too much. Basically, I just want to put togethe ...
- Mission Continues to Creep in Libya
It's been a busy week in Libya news. First Britain announced that it was sending in some advisors. Then France began pushing for a 1000-person "humanitarian" force to be shipped in to protect aid shipments. A day later France and Italy both joined the advisor brigade. Simultaneously the United ...
- The Hagiography of Paul Ryan
Matt Miller has gotten a lot of kudos this morning for his column pointing out that "The House Republican budget adds $6 trillion to the debt in the next decade yet the GOP is balking at raising the debt limit." I don't really read Miller much or know anything about him, but I gather that th ...
- Skin in the Game
Paul Krugman points out that healthcare "consumers" aren't really consumers at all in the traditional sense of the word: Medical care is an area in which crucial decisions — life and death decisions — must be made; yet making those decisions intelligently requires a vast amount of special ...
- IC 243: Fucking Ninjas
Topics: Kriss goes into a rant about maiming people Asians know how to fly The woman with the most cosmetic procedures Tyler Perry vs Spike Lee……again Steve Harvey has $10,000 stolen from him Share with your friends:
- FacePalm of the Week: Let Steve Harvey ‘Locat ...
So apparently Steve Harvey now has a dating website “Locate Your Love.” I’m not sure if he owns it but I do know he supports and promotes it. On Wednesdays he even ties it into his radio show where he tries to set people up on dates. No. Just stop it. There’s a section on [...]
- Activist “Denounce” Obama’s Environmental Inaction
WASHINGTON — Thousands of young activists gathered at a rally in front of the White House on Monday to demand that the president protect the Clean Air Act, stop taking money from corporate polluters, and invest in a clean energy economy. The rally was the culmination of a three-day climate summi ...
- IC 242: Fuck Freedom
Topics: Rod from the ‘Black Guy Who Tips’ has a rough day People are so sensitive these days California GOP lady sends an email with a picture of the President as a monkey…but she’s not racist Successful men don’t like nor want successful women Steve Harvey’s book to be made into a movie Tyler P ...
- IC 241: We Respect Females
Topics: You shouldn’t have to announce that you respect “females” Steve Harvey and more dumbass advice for women Maybe he’s (she’s) just not that in to you Cops claim drunk woman consented to sex Cops pepper spray an 8 year old The deal to keep the government from shutting down Government is dys ...
- Climate forces penguin populations into a dive
“Ice-avoiding” chinstrap penguins previously thought to be likely winners in comparison to “ice-loving” Adélie penguins as climate changes are actually set to be worse affected by declining food supply, George Watters, director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Antarctic E ...
- Patagonian survey reveals tenfold glacier melt ...
By reconstructing historical ice coverage in South America Neil Glasser from the University of Aberystwyth, UK, and colleagues discover current melt rates are ten times faster than the average since they reached their most recent maximum extent. Repeating the process in the Himalayas could help ...
- Aeroplanes write their strongest climate impac ...
Icy “contrails” produced by aircraft that become cirrus clouds heat the planet more than CO2 in their exhaust gases in the short term, find Ulrike Burkhardt and Bernd Kärcher from the German Aerospace Centre.
- Pinning detailed climate impacts on people cou ...
Trying to establish a water-tight case proving human-caused effects on plants and animals distracts from preserving biodiversity, say Camille Parmesan and Mike Singer from University of Texas, Austin, and colleagues.
- 2010′s European heatwave unmatched in ce ...
Scorcher unlikely to be repeated for decades even as heatwave probability rises 5-10 times, Erich Fischer from ETH Zurich and colleagues find in a study set to help prepare for future climate change.
- Signaling pathway reveals mechanism for B cell ...
An article in Science Signaling by researchers at the RIKEN Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI) has clarified for the first time the mechanism governing differentiation of B cells into antibody-producing plasma cells. The finding establishes a role for the extracellular signal-regu ...
- Scotland's first marine reserve already produc ...
Scotland's first fully protected marine reserve, and only the second in the UK, is already providing commercial and conservation benefits, according to new research. read more
- Optical microscope without lenses produces hig ...
UCLA researchers have redefined the concept of a microscope by removing the lens to create a system that is small enough to fit in the palm of a hand but powerful enough to create three-dimensional tomographic images of miniscule samples. read more
- Researchers construct RNA nanoparticles to saf ...
Nanotechnology researchers have known for years that RNA, the cousin of DNA, is a promising tool for nanotherapy, in which therapeutic agents can be delivered inside the body via nanoparticles. But the difficulties of producing long-lasting, therapeutic RNA that remains stable and non-toxic whil ...
- Kidney disease coupled with heart disease comm ...
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is common and linked with heart disease in the very elderly, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). read more
- Energy debates in Wonderland
My position on wind energy is quite ambivalent. I really do want it (and solar) to play an effective role in displacing fossil fuels, because to do this, we need every tool at our disposal (witness the Open Science project I kick started in 2009 [and found funding for], in order to investigate t ...
- Helicopters, tall stories and fantasy journali ...
Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. His previous post on BNC was: Chernobyl and Fukushima – measuring our monsters in the midday sun. The biggest problem for people wh ...
- Open Thread 15
The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like — there is nothing ‘off topic’ here — within reason (see Note below). So get up on your soap box! The standard commenting rules of courtesy apply, and at the very least your chat should relate to the genera ...
- Anti- to Pro-Nuclear, Pro- to Anti-, who’ ...
Today I was speaking to a colleague about Fukushima and its implications on public attitudes to nuclear as a way to mitigate climate change. After I mentioned George Monbiot’s recent investigative journalism on anti-nuclear claims, he responded by asking: Okay, sure, that’s one person, but conv ...
- Fukushima rated at INES Level 7 – what d ...
Hot in the news is that the Fukushima Nuclear crisis has been upgraded from INES 5 to INES 7. Note that this is not due to some sudden escalation of events today (aftershocks etc.), but rather it is based on an assessment of the cumulative magnitude of the events that have occurred at the site o ...
- Invasive Notes: An Invasive Response to Mother ...
Invasive Notes: An Invasive Response to Mother Nature’s Melting Pot A purposely emotion-ladened essay 'Mother Nature's Melting Pot' [New York Times April 2011] that purports to connect invasion biology to extreme political agenda was recently published by the New York Times in what must only be ...
- Newark Man Denies Killing Malcolm X - Black Unity
Newark Man Denies Killing Malcolm X - Black Unity Al-Mustafa Shabazz, above in this 2004 file photo, is named as the chief assassin of Malcolm X in the book "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Columbia University professor Manning Marable. A lawyer representing Al-Mustafa Shabazz today disp ...
- Now That Rape Matters in Africa...
Please Note: This editorial was written before Ms. al-Obeidi was released. Raw Replay has a brief story about her First on-camera interview who they describe as a 'Libyan rape victim' without the 'alleged' added as is done with Black African women and others not politically valuable to the inter ...
- ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba
ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba: "A bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) last week which calls on the government to deny funding to any organization, institution or municipality that commemorates the founding of the Israeli state as a day of mourning. The bill h ...
- Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Rad ...
Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Radio News: "“People’s defense” lawyer Leonard Weinglass has died. Born in 1933, he spent decades championing civil rights and representing prominent activists including Mumia Abu Jamal, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda and Daniel Ellsberg.� Weinglass contin ...
- What Happens When Politifact Can’t Get I ...
Ending Medicare has been a Republican dream for decades Politicrack. Voucherizing single payer is ending it you pro-death panel fake fact checker. I mean come on Politicrack. What could make Republicans more happy than knowing senior citizens are spending their golden years worrying about how th ...
- 80% of Americans Want the Safety Net Left Alon ...
Numbers don’t lie. Even the treasonous teabaggers don’t want their social security and medicare voucherized….
- Republicans Plan to Kill Grandma
Once grandma runs out of money the “new” medicare voucher system will not cover her treatment. Grandmother will die. Republicans plan on handing more $$ to the wealthy by killing grandma when she gets sick.
- Dear Eric Cantor You Piece of Shit
Dear Eric, Social Security, and Medicare will be there when I retire. What won’t be there will be today’s sick evil Republican Party of lying bastards. Once America finally figures out the only objective of your corporate controlled party is to help the rich and powerful steal everything the poo ...
- The Tea Party Traitors
Isn’t it obvious that the tea baggers are working to destroy our nation? I mean obvious to people that aren’t mentally retarded of course….
- Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
- Press Conference to be Held on June 15
Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-26 ...
- Press Inquiries
All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
- New Flier for Appalachia Rising
- Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...
- Should we support Palestinian independence, or ...
My esteemed +972 colleague Roi Maor recently posted an article that, if I may say bluntly, took out a lot of the hot air I’ve been blowing over the past few months into the Palestinian UDI (unilateral declaration of independence). Maor claims that UDI will not be as much of a game changer that I ...
- TEDx Ramallah reminds the world of creation un ...
Walking into the sleek Bethlehem convention centre last Saturday morning to a crowd full of young people on smartphones and MacBook computers, for a moment I forgot that I was in Palestine. But it only lasted for a second before my eye caught a glimpse of a massive Israeli settlement perched qui ...
- Removing the Mubarak name from public places
Egypt is gradually entering the post-Mubarak era. Yesterday I photographed this route map on a Cairo subway: the name of Mubarak Station had been scratched out, and someone had scrawled over it the word “martyrs” in green ink. Since the January 25 revolution, this type of defacement has been a c ...
- Chief Rabbi confuses Monty Python with history
Yona Metzger shows, once more, how ignorant are Israeli Orthodox rabbis As the ultra-Orthodox keep trying to elicit more money from the government, one claim they make is that rabbinical studies should be a recognized form of higher education, equivalent to a BA. As if one needed an example of h ...
- Hundreds at 6th Bil’in conference celebr ...
Dozens of European diplomats and senior figures from across the Palestinian political spectrum joined hundreds of activists in the opening of the 6th International Bil’in Conference on Popular Resistance. Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, called for the international community to promote ...
- Celebrating 100 years of Australian Antarctic ...
Heritage Minister Tony Burke today announced plans to celebrate a significant milestone in the nation's Antarctic history - the centenary of the first Australian-led Antarctic Expedition.
- Statement from Environment Minister on Tasman ...
The Gillard Government has today received an interim report from Mr Bill Kelty who is facilitating progress on the Statement of Principles agreed between conservation groups, the CFMEU and the timber industry in Tasmania.
- Get involved in Clean Up Australia Day
Federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, today encouraged Australians across the country to join in the 21st annual Clean Up Australia Day.
- Statement on Tasmanian pulp mill
On 5 January, 2009 the then Minister for the Environment Peter Garrett set March 3, 2011 as the final date for a decision on the three remaining modules of the environmental impact management plan submitted by Gunns for the proposed pulp mill at Bell Bay, Tasmania. Today I am extending that dea ...
- Orange City Pipeline project gets go-ahead
The Australian Government and NSW Government today signed off on a plan to deliver the Orange Pipeline project connecting the Macquarie River to Orange.
- A Gut Wrenching Appellate Loss- Please Share Y ...
This blog has been a great forum to discuss the occasional triumphs of justice and the victory of the rule of law over the fraud, the deceit and the abject criminality of the banks and their law firms. It has also been an open forum for me to discuss the frustrations over a legal system [...]
- THE ULTIMATE SELL OUT- THE BANKS AVOID ALL LIA ...
We have become a disgusting, lawless and overtly corrupt nation where no rules or laws apply to the banks and institutions. Dispense with all your naive notions of justice, fairness and law, because in this new era these concepts do not apply if your crimes and conspiracies are big enough. WASH ...
- The Banks Can’t Count…
Every single day we receive more and more evidence of the banks and their wrongdoing. I long ago gave up on any government official to do anything about it and I never had any faith that any of the banks or the industry could self police I had faith that our courts would do something, [...]
- The LPS Sanctions Decision- Bankruptcy Court S ...
The Federal judges are really stepping in and calling all this mess what it really is… Read the In Re Wilson, Order HERE Tweet this! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
- Two Days/Two Summary Judgement Vacated/Two Sal ...
It’s only Tuesday, but it has been a very good week already…I got two Summary Judgments vacated and two sales canceled! Now mind you, there was no way these two judgments should have been entered in first place, but that’s a whole other story. The bottom line is we worked very hard, briefed th ...
- My Day
For the first time since I was elected four years ago I will finally be home for the birthday of my twin daughters, Abuk and Achan. Both were products of slavery in Sudan and their African mother was killed in a raid when they were four months old. She was holding Abuk in her arms [...]
- Campaign Insider – “Defining Human ...
Another installment by Romeo Dallaire, this time on comparing the Rwandan tragedy as compared to the West’s response to the former Yugoslavia. “A human is a human,” he states, reminding us that we got to stop constructing a world in which some humans are more important than others. Some might wo ...
- A Government Fearful Of Its Young
I don’t know how else to say it other than that all the candidates participating in the debate at a local high school yesterday felt some kind of line had been crossed. So did the students. As with other debates in the riding, the Conservative candidate didn’t show up. First she was a no-show at ...
- Campaign Insider – “Loss Of the Se ...
Romeo Dallaire spoke for almost 90 minutes in London the other night. I recorded the entire speech in hopes of posting some snippets on the blog. On this one he talks about not only why we lost the seat on the United Nations Security Council but also what the effects of that has been. As he [...]
- Lost
Not every all-candidates debate is the same, but last night’s was somewhat typical in that a good representation of keen observers gathered to press all of the aspiring MPs on policy issues. Held in a local library and hosted by the group Our Votes Count, the questions were indeed varied – every ...
- No Pharma Liability? No Vaccine Mandates.
by Barbara Loe Fisher On February 22, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court shielded drug companies from all liability for harm caused by vaccines mandated by government when companies could have made a safer vaccine. 1 From now on, drug companies selling vaccines in America will not be held accounta ...
- WA State Vaccine Law Threatens Exemptions & Vi ...
by Barbara Loe Fisher If you are a resident of Washington state, you should know that there is a bill quietly sailing through your state legislature that violates your privacy and threatens your right to make informed, voluntary decisions about vaccination. House Bill 1015 1 and Senate Bill ...
- New Vaccine Science Can Help Bridge the Divide
by Barbara Loe Fisher Fear of the unknown is what terrifies us the most, fear of being unable to have control over what the future holds. At the root of that fear is knowing that the choices we make today could have a profound impact on what happens tomorrow. 1 Fear is a strong emotion ...
- Counting Blessings, Remembering the Children
by Barbara Loe Fisher Every Christmas and New Year, when I give thanks for the people who have blessed my life, I remember the mothers and fathers of severely vaccine injured children, who have taught me the most about love and courage. I know that my son, Chris, who developed brain inflamma ...
- Thousands Of Americans Register for NVIC's New ...
by Barbara Loe Fisher Thousands of Americans living in all 50 states took action and registered for the new NVIC Advocacy Portal at www.NVICadvocacy.org during Vaccine Awareness Week (Nov. 1-6, 2010) co-sponsored by the National Vaccine Informati ...
- Regulating emerging technologies – Science & P ...
Cross-posted from The Risk Science Blog: Back in 2007 the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) issued a set of “Principles for Nanotechnology Environmental, Health and Safety Oversight” (no longer available on the OSTP website it seems, but you can read them in this Nanower ...
- A plug for Risk Science Unplugged. Next up – ...
OK so this is a shameless plug for the University of Michigan Risk Science Center Unplugged series of discussions (if you’ll forgive the pun) – and specifically the live/webcast event we’re having on the health impacts of the Gulf Oil Spill on April 14. But I actually think the series is good en ...
- Tracking information on radiation health risks ...
This past few days I’ve been up to my eyeballs in tracking and responding to the developing crisis in Japan, and have not had much time to think about emerging technologies or this blog. Much of my time has been spent on brushing up on my health physics (from 25 years ago!), and providing info ...
- Nanotechnology safety – a new video blog from ...
Back in December 2009, I rode the Acela Express up to New York from Washington DC for the day to record one of a series of nanotechnology podcasts for the ASME – the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The podcast was to be part of a new educational outreach initiative on all aspects of na ...
- The Seven Deadly Sins of Techno-Complacency – ...
I don’t believe it – once again I’ve let myself be talked into doing an event in Second Life. But this time it’s even worse – I’ll be hosting a combined second life and real-life event, and in effect acting as the medium between physical and virtual realities. The only compensation is that the ...
- Koch Brothers Caught Telling 50,000 Employees ...
Intro: "Koch Industries sent a letter to most of its 50,000 employees on the eve of the November elections, advising them on whom to vote for and warning them of the dire consequences should they choose to vote otherwise. As a result of the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling l ...
- iPhone Keeps Record of Everywhere You Go
Charles Arthur reports: "Security researchers have discovered that Apple's iPhone keeps track of where you go – and saves every detail of it to a secret file on the device which is then copied to the owner's computer when the two are synchronised." Apple's iPhone saves every detail of your mo ...
- Memos Expose Link Between Oil Companies and Ir ...
Paul Bignell reports: "Plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves were discussed by government ministers and the world's largest oil companies the year before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, government documents show." An engineer walks the Barjisiya oilfield in Zubair One, southwest ...
- Boehner Wants Justice Department to Fund Fight ...
Josh Gerstein reports: "House Speaker John Boehner wants the Justice Department to pick up the tab for defending the Defense of Marriage Act in the wake of President Barack Obama's decision that the executive branch will no longer defend a portion of the 1996 law banning federal recognition of s ...
- Taxes and the Rich: How Much Do They Pay Now?
Intro: "As Republicans square off with the Obama administration on how much to tax the wealthiest Americans, a new report suggests the overall tax burden does not vary much by income level." A participant at the Tea Party's third annual Tax Day rally on Boston Common in Boston, 04/18/11. (pho ...
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