Archive for October, 2012

Extrajudicial Assassinations are “Legal”: American Democracy and the “Disposition Matrix”

The media and political establishment have responded with near total silence to the Washington Post’s revelation last week that the Obama administration has transformed extra-judicial assassination into a permanent practice of the US government. What should be immediate grounds for the impeachment of the president has been met with indifference, most notably from liberal and […]

Hurricane Sandy leaves 8 million without power in US

Hurricane Sandy came ashore in New Jersey Monday evening and steamed inland on Tuesday, delivering punishing winds, rain and snow. The US death toll rose to 40, with many of the victims killed by falling trees. More than 8 million people were left without power. Before making its way up the Eastern Seaboard, Sandy killed […]

Destroying Iran’s Economy. Fighting dollarization

The West’s attempts to destroy the Iranian economy through heightened sanctions—including most imports, oil exports and use of banks for trade operations—is having its affect. According to Johns Hopkins University Professor Steve Hanke, Iran is facing hyperinflation, with a monthly inflation rate of nearly 70% per month and its national currency, the rial, plummeting in […]

Assange went a bit too far – Richard Branson to RT

The whistleblower Julian Assange could have made “a thousand better stories” if he had edited his sources and declined to include the personal lives of people around the world, Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson told RT. Branson believes journalism and the modern blogosphere, is a significant force which can change the world […]

Crisis cash in: Hungary offers citizenship for investment

Hungary may offer wealthy foreigners the chance to purchase citizenship – if they agree to invest at least €250,000 in the indebted country’s economy. The potential investors – and future “citizens” – will have to buy special government bonds, leading to preferential immigration treatment for them. Once acquiring the Hungarian passport, the […]

Waves of anger: Japan tsunami victim aid spent on whalers, officials and fighter pilots

A quarter of Japan’s tsunami relief fund has been spent on unrelated projects, including renovating a government office and subsiding whaling. The revelations have ignited outcry as more than 320,000 tsunami victims remain displaced. The expenditure was identified after the publication of an independent government-backed audit into the allocation of the $150 […]

1000s stage anti-austerity demo in Portugal

Thousands of people hold a demonstration outside the Portuguese parliament in the capital Lisbon on October 31, 2012. Thousands of people have gathered outside the Portuguese parliament in Lisbon to protest against the assembly’s approval of the government’s 2013 draft austerity budget. The demonstration was staged on Wednesday after the parliament approved the draft bill, […]

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein arrested in Texas

“Jill Stein has been released from jail,” says Tar Sands Blockade say in their Twitter Jill Stein, a presidential candidate from the Green Party, has been arrested in Texas while attempting to resupply protesters camping out in trees to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, according to anti-pipeline activists. The Tar Sands Blockade activists said she […]

US presses Algeria to lend support to military intervention in Mali

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (R) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton brief the press following a meeting at the Mouradia Palace, Algiers, October 29, 2012. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has met with Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to pressure his country to lend support to a potential military intervention in northern Mali. […]

How Many People Have Ever Been Born?

How many people have ever been born? You’ve wondered this. You may have heard it said that there are more people alive today than have died in all of human history, but this is not true. According to calculations by demographer Carl Haub, about 107 billion people have been born up until now, and 100 […]

"I Apologize." Will We Hear These Words From Politicians and the Polluting Class?

The National Guard/CC BY 2.0 I apologize. Those are the words that kept leaping to mind on the morning of October 30th as I stepped outside by apartment in Lower Manhattan, its basement flooded, to survey the Hurricane Sandy damage, wandering up Avenue C to try to see the state of the affairs at the […]

"I Apologize." Will We Hear These Words From Politicians and the Polluting Class?

The National Guard/CC BY 2.0 I apologize. Those are the words that kept leaping to mind on the morning of October 30th as I stepped outside by apartment in Lower Manhattan, its basement flooded, to survey the Hurricane Sandy damage, wandering up Avenue C to try to see the state of the affairs at the […]

Are Ethanol Stoves Safe or Green?

© Nu-Flame Our friends at Earth Techling.com posted recently about a Nu-Flame BioFireplace Provides Cozy Alternative To Wood And Gas. They write: The flame is powered by clean-burning liquid bio-ethanol fuel which the company sells separately. According to Nu-Flame, their denatured bio-ethanol is a safe fuel made from 100 percent organic waste material right here […]

Are Ethanol Stoves Safe or Green?

© Nu-Flame Our friends at Earth Techling.com posted recently about a Nu-Flame BioFireplace Provides Cozy Alternative To Wood And Gas. They write: The flame is powered by clean-burning liquid bio-ethanol fuel which the company sells separately. According to Nu-Flame, their denatured bio-ethanol is a safe fuel made from 100 percent organic waste material right here […]

Botswana Bets on Tourism, Not Hunting – Stops Issuing Permits to Kill Wild Animals

Mazzali /CC BY-ND 2.0 Apparently Botswana has learned to value of keeping wild animals alive. China Daily reports that the nation will stop issuing hunting permits next year, saying that permitted hunting is fueling poaching, with the loss of wildlife hurting its tourism—which accounts for 12% of the nation’s GDP. Announcing the move, President Ian […]

Botswana Bets on Tourism, Not Hunting – Stops Issuing Permits to Kill Wild Animals

Mazzali /CC BY-ND 2.0 Apparently Botswana has learned to value of keeping wild animals alive. China Daily reports that the nation will stop issuing hunting permits next year, saying that permitted hunting is fueling poaching, with the loss of wildlife hurting its tourism—which accounts for 12% of the nation’s GDP. Announcing the move, President Ian […]

Maldives’ Ousted Climate-Activist President to be Tried on Sunday

Former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed is in jail awaiting trial, after being kicked out of office at gunpoint by supporters of the dictator he best in the country’s first democratic elections. From jail Nasheed has written an opinion piece in the Financial Times outlining his situation. The police and military have received large […]

Maldives’ Ousted Climate-Activist President to be Tried on Sunday

Former president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed is in jail awaiting trial, after being kicked out of office at gunpoint by supporters of the dictator he best in the country’s first democratic elections. From jail Nasheed has written an opinion piece in the Financial Times outlining his situation. The police and military have received large […]

New Eggbeater VAWT Design Claims 35% More Power than Competitors

© HarvistorA new iteration of the Darrieus “eggbeater” vertical axis wind turbine is claimed to produce 35% more annual kilowatt hours than any other wind turbine at the same price point and swept area. The new version of the turbine is also said to be able to produce that much more power at a mounting […]

New Eggbeater VAWT Design Claims 35% More Power than Competitors

© HarvistorA new iteration of the Darrieus “eggbeater” vertical axis wind turbine is claimed to produce 35% more annual kilowatt hours than any other wind turbine at the same price point and swept area. The new version of the turbine is also said to be able to produce that much more power at a mounting […]

Young Blood Reverses the Signs of Aging

By Adam Clark Estes | AtlanticWire The world has long been fascinated with the idea that the blood of young people could have rejuvenating qualities, like a glorious fountain of youth, only horrifying. Turns out the world is sort of right. A new study by researchers at Stanford University shows that […]

Young Blood Reverses the Signs of Aging

By Adam Clark Estes | AtlanticWire The world has long been fascinated with the idea that the blood of young people could have rejuvenating qualities, like a glorious fountain of youth, only horrifying. Turns out the world is sort of right. A new study by researchers at Stanford University shows that […]

The Crack Team That Removes & Preserves People’s Brains Just Hours After They Die

By Jeff Wheelwright | DiscoverMagazine.com On average, the residents of Sun City, Arizona, occupy their domiciles for a dozen years. When they departalmost always by dyingthey often leave their brains behind. The stages of physical and mental decline take them from their dream house to a hospital off Del Webb Boulevard, then to […]

The Crack Team That Removes & Preserves People’s Brains Just Hours After They Die

By Jeff Wheelwright | DiscoverMagazine.com On average, the residents of Sun City, Arizona, occupy their domiciles for a dozen years. When they departalmost always by dyingthey often leave their brains behind. The stages of physical and mental decline take them from their dream house to a hospital off Del Webb Boulevard, then to […]

MAAFA 21 | A documentary on eugenics and genocide

From: YouTube.com “Maafa 21 is a documentary on the modern eugenics movement, from its roots in 19th century imperialist Europe and in various post-slavery elitist milieus in America, to the Third Reich and its Final Solution for the “Jewish question” — the film proceeds on to today, where it exposes the incredible proportions […]

MAAFA 21 | A documentary on eugenics and genocide

From: YouTube.com “Maafa 21 is a documentary on the modern eugenics movement, from its roots in 19th century imperialist Europe and in various post-slavery elitist milieus in America, to the Third Reich and its Final Solution for the “Jewish question” — the film proceeds on to today, where it exposes the incredible proportions […]

7.7 Earthquake Hits Where The Geoengineering Experiment Took Place

By Terry Wilson | CanadianAwareness.org A 7.7 Earthquake hit the coast of British Columbia on Saturday night, and there has since been as many as 40 aftershocks today. Including one that measured 6.4 in magnitude. The quake sent many residents on the coast, fleeing for higher ground due to tsunami warnings. That where […]

7.7 Earthquake Hits Where The Geoengineering Experiment Took Place

By Terry Wilson | CanadianAwareness.org A 7.7 Earthquake hit the coast of British Columbia on Saturday night, and there has since been as many as 40 aftershocks today. Including one that measured 6.4 in magnitude. The quake sent many residents on the coast, fleeing for higher ground due to tsunami warnings. That where […]

Serving Science or Monsanto?

   Timing of AAAS statement on GMO labeling is highly suspicious With about a week to go before California voters head to the polls to decide the fate of Proposition 37, which would require GMO foods to be labeled, I expected an already ugly campaign to get even uglier. But the latest gift to the […]

Serving Science or Monsanto?

   Timing of AAAS statement on GMO labeling is highly suspicious With about a week to go before California voters head to the polls to decide the fate of Proposition 37, which would require GMO foods to be labeled, I expected an already ugly campaign to get even uglier. But the latest gift to the […]

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