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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Friday, December 30, 2011

30 December - News Notes

Uranium Shortage Expected

This industry is entering a dramatic period of massive change with price signal volatility and headlines.

GOP candidates urged to accept climate change by scientists

It never stops. This is called an appeal to authority. Believe us : we can predict the future ! And the representation that only non-scientists, ignorant fools and industry shills differ presupposes a convenient pretext for ignoring real world pollution problems, water shortage and more because a false choice is offered. Meanwhile, this 'progressive' legislation will tax the poor and cause trade imbalance in a time when the global economy is in poor shape and rob nations of funds to adapt while offering concessions to trading in a figment of imagination.
It is too cautious to represent this an anything but a con.
opitslinkfest.blogspot.com is not just your ordinary weblog : I track posts on topical subjects to get past the tendency of Search Engines to favour current posts which are popularized synthetic consensus.
http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2011/12/19-december-denying-anti-science-agw.html
http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2011/12/22-december-agwnews-and-feedly.html
Not that those are all. There's even an entry in the Topical Index cataloging climate fracas ! http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2010/03/climate.html

US rejects European Court ruling on airline emissions

BBC The tax had been opposed by US, Canadian and Chinese airlines

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The US says EU plans for an emissions tax on airlines must be dealt with by the international aviation body.
It had tried to block European Union plans to levy the emissions tax, saying they were invalid, but the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled on Wednesday that they were legal.
Airlines will be charged on carbon emissions created by flights to and from 27 EU countries from January 1.
The US, Canada and China all object to the plan.
'Paul is being denigrated as a presidential contender even though on the vital issues...he has made the most sense of the Republican candidates. And by what standard of logic is it 'claptrap' for Paul to attempt to hold the Fed accountable for its destructive policies? That's the giveaway reference
FOCUS: Robert Scheer | Marginalizing Ron Paul
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to the raw nerve that his favorable prospects in the Iowa caucuses have exposed. Too much anti-Wall Street populism in the heartland can be a truly scary thing to the intellectual parasites residing in the belly of the beast that controls American capitalism.' Robert Scheer, Truthdig
 
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‎'2011 marked a banner year in the Republican war on woman's health. Close to 1,000 anti-abortion bills sped through state legislatures as the GOP-led House led a 'comprehensive and radical assault' on a federal level.
FOCUS | GOP's Extreme Attacks on a Woman's Right to Choose
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But in surveying their arsenal this year, 10 bills stood out as particularly perturbing and far-reaching efforts to stymie women's access to abortion services, birth control, and vital health services like breast cancer screenings.' Tanya Somanader, ThinkProgress
 
''Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, January 1 - 3, we will chase the candidates and their Wall Street cronies around the state of Iowa, dogging their heels at all their black-tie dinners and staged media events, drowning out their empty rhetoric with the strong, clear message of the 99%:
Scott Galindez | Occupy Brings Life to the Iowa Caucus
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We are taking American democracy back! This election year, while the world's attention centers on Iowa, for once the loudest voice will be our voice, the voice of the People, the voice of the 99%.'' Scott Galindez, Reader Supported News
 
Reader Supported News
‎'The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force has kept files on activists who expose animal welfare abuses on factory farms and recommended prosecuting them as terrorists, according to a new document uncovered through the Freedom of Information Act.
FBI Can Prosecute Animal Welfare Activists as Terrorists
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This new information comes as the Center for Constitutional Rights has filed a lawsuit challenging the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) as unconstitutional because its vague wording has had a chilling effect on political activism.' Will Potter, Green Is the New Red
 
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‎'[America's] new number one killer is drugs - not smack, crystal meth or any other stepped-on menace sold in urban alleyways or trailer parks, but bright, shiny pills prescribed by doctors, approved by the government, manufactured by pharmaceutical companies and sold to the consumer as 'medicine.'
America's #1 Killer: Legal Opiate Overdoses
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‎...the vast majority of lives are claimed by...painkillers, sedatives and stimulants - that all share a common characteristic: they promote abuse, dependence and addiction.' Kevin Gray, The Fix
 
 
 
 
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‎'The largest dam removal project in US history began in September, marking a victory for a campaign that spanned more than two decades.
Hope for Salmon as Dams Come Down
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The Elwha Dam, built in 1914, and the Glines Canyon Dam, built in 1925, stretch across the Elwha River on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. They were constructed without fish ladders, blocking migratory fish from spawning.' Jennifer Kaye, Yes! Magazine
 
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BILLINGS, Mont., Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Crews working for Exxon Mobil finished pulling a broken section of pipeline from the Yellowstone River in Montana six months after a spill, an official said.
Exxon still working on Montana oil spill - UPI.com
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Crews working for Exxon Mobil finished pulling a broken section of pipeline from the Yellowstone River in Montana six months after a spill, an official said.
 
We Are Change
The Case Against The Bank Of Canada

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The Case Against The Bank Of Canada
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For more information on the case against the bank of Canada visit: http://comer.org/ Support alternative independent media by joining Press For Truth TV http...
 
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PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla.—Sports towels and fleece blankets. A poker tournament. A $1 million Christmas display. A prom for senior citizens. BP gas card giveaways. A "most deserving mom" contest. And advertising, lots of advertising. Florida Panhandle officials made the mix of eyebrow-raising purchases with $30 million BP gave them earlier this year to help tourism recover from 2010's disastrous Gulf oil spill.
BP money buys sports towels, Xmas lights, jingles
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Sports towels and fleece blankets. A poker tournament. A $1 million Christmas display. A prom for senior citizens. BP gas card giveaways. A "most deserving mom" contest. And advertising, lots of advertising.
 
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Analyses were performed of the tar log samples. The components of the tar logs consisted of fresh crude oil. The components matched the oil in samples collected on Brenton Island, Louisiana by the Lower Mississippi River Keeper, Paul Orr, in March 2011. The components of the tar logs also matched the oil in samples collected from Horn Island, Mississippi during the summer of 2011.
Tar Logs That Rolled Onto Gulf Islands National Seashore Analyzed | Louisiana Environmental Action.
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On August 13, 2011
Real Coastal Warriors
U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier has granted a hotly contested motion to create a fund that could eventually reimburse plaintiff attorneys for their work in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill litigation over the objections of several parties to the case. Barbier's order does not actually award "common benefit fees," or the amount of money that the committee of plaintiff attorneys pressing the case for the benefit of all claimants would get to compensate them for their time and expenses.
Fund will be created to reimburse plaintiff attorneys working on BP litigation
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Judge's ruling also highlights discord within State of Louisiana
 
Oil is more toxic than previously thought, study finds
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Dean Kuipers The Los Angeles Times Tue, 27 Dec 2011 12:00 CST Bad news for the Gulf of Mexico: a study released this week sheds new light on the toxicity of oil in aquatic environments, an...
 
 
MC252 Movie Trailer Gulf Residents speak out
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AN INVESTIGATION is underway after oil washed up on Ainsdale beach killing two birds and contaminating more than 50 others
Wildlife rescued in Ainsdale beach oil spill - Southport Visiter
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AN INVESTIGATION is underway after oil washed up on Ainsdale beach killing two birds and contaminating more than 50 others.
 
 

Hacked Stratfor security think tank keeps site offline

Train-switching technology 'poses hacking threat'

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