Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Iraq Attacks Kill 13
While violence has dropped overall across the country, the attacks underline the continued threat to government employees and members of the security forces, who are often targeted by insurgents trying to destabilize the country.
The four policemen were killed when an explosives-laden car detonated next to a police patrol in the town of Beiji, 155 miles (250 kilometers) north of Baghdad, said Iraqi police officials. A civilian in a nearby vehicle was also killed and at least seven civilians were wounded in that attack.
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Bravo comment: Take a second to think about the literally tens of thousands of Iraqis who have died since we started this war. Now remember that this war was started on false pretenses (lies). Now realize that it has not made you safer. Now ask yourself what the world might be like if we had never allowed this bullshit war to begin with. Thousands of Iraqi children would get to grow up. Thousands of American soldiers, still alive. Trillions of dollars, still in America and out of the hands of war profiteers.
I think we just struck the true motive for all this killing and misery.
U.S. Quietly Building Armada Near Iran
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U.S. Quietly Building Armada Near Iran
Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: News Media at War
If there were really any serious problems with the official 9-11 explanation, many Americans reason, this information wouldn't go unreported for long in our media-saturated society. Major news organizations such as CNN, Time, and the New York Times would most certainly investigate and report any serious problems almost immediately. Nearly all major American news organizations have embraced the government's version of events with few questions asked. Consequently, many Americans naturally conclude that it's safe to accept the official story at face value.
There is a very serious flaw in this line of reasoning, however: The United States is at war and, for nearly a hundred years, the U.S. government, major media companies and leading journalists have joined forces with the military during wars and other national emergencies to shape public opinion by carefully controlling what Americans are told about world events.
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Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: News Media at War
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Pacific Garbage Patch Plastic Recycled As Vacuum Cleaners
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Bravo Comment: If you ask me, this is a much better way to reduce damage from the Pacific Garbage Patch than turning it into a floating island (see below).
Pacific Garbage Patch Plastic Recycled As Vacuum Cleaners
Iceland's gay prime minister weds partner
Sigurdardottir, 67, married writer Jonina Leosdottir on Sunday, the day a new law took effect defining marriage as a union between two consenting adults regardless of sex.
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Iceland's gay prime minister weds partner
Architecture Firm Wants to Make Ocean Pollution Into Floating Plastic Island
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Bravo comment: Since the danger of plastic leaching and settling on the ocean floor wouldn't be eliminated, does this really do what we want?
Architecture Firm Wants to Make Ocean Pollution Into Floating Plastic Island
Study Finds Body's Potential Universal Flu Defence
Bravo Comment: In a world where the WHO is connected to and corrupted by pharmaceutical companies who are interested in scaring people into buying their vaccines, shouldn't you want to educate yourself about alternatives?
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Study Finds Body's Potential Universal Flu Defence
EWG's Cancer Prevention Tips
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EWG's Cancer Prevention Tips
Monday, June 28, 2010
Radio Station Empowers Palestinian Women
Giving women hope for the future is one of the goals of the station, Nisaa FM, which started broadcasting this month from the West Bank town of Ramallah.
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Radio Station Empowers Palestinian Women
U.S. Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Now at 53 for June
June has been one of the deadliest months for U.S. forces in Afghanistan, with 53 Americans killed including the latest death. That's approaching the toll of 59 dead in October 2009 - the deadliest month of the nine-year war for U.S. forces.
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U.S. Troop Deaths in Afghanistan Now at 53 for June
Israel Revoking Residency for Palestinian Jerusalemites Who Work or Study Abroad
Bravo Comment: Can you say "ethnic cleansing"?
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Israel Revoking Residency for Palestinian Jerusalemites Who Work or Study Abroad
Friday, June 18, 2010
SC Dems Keep Alvin Greene in Play
The executive board of the South Carolina Democratic Party voted Thursday night not to overturn the results of the June 8 primary that saw Alvin Greene, a political unknown, defeat the establishment-backed candidate, Jim Rawl, with 59 percent of the vote.
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SC Dems Keep Alvin Greene in Play
Utah Deathrow Prisoner Clenched Fist After Firing Squad Execution
Shackled to a chair and with a black hood covering his head, Gardner, 49, was put to death just after midnight in a brightly lit execution chamber at Utah State Prison.
Salt Lake Tribune reporter Nate Carlisle, one of nine journalists who witnessed the execution, "focused on [Gardner's] fist."
At the bottom of his restraint, I focused on his fist. Gardner died much the way he lived -- with a clenched fist.
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Utah Deathrow Prisoner Clenched Fist After Firing Squad Execution
Israeli Jews Protest School Integration With...Other Israeli Jews!
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Israeli Jews Protest School Integration With...Other Israeli Jews!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
International Criminal Court Makes Waging War a Crime
The conference in Kampala concluded with the adoption of a resolution that at last defined the crime of aggression listed in Article 5 of the Rome Statute - the Court's founding treaty - using the UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX) as a guide.
The resolution, in effect, criminalises the use of force (for example: blockades, invasions, bombardments) against another country in violation of the Charter of the United Nations; giving the Court the power to try future political and military leaders who plan, prepare, initiate or execute illegal wars, and to hold them (individually) criminally responsible for the commission of this new, and long-overdue, international crime.
Equally importantly, the Kampala resolution settled the conditions under which the ICC could exercise jurisdiction over the crime.
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International Criminal Court Makes Waging War a Crime
War in Afghanistan Claims 3 More American Lives
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War in Afghanistan Claims 3 More American Lives
Israel Bans Pro-Peace Journalist From Jerusalem
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Israel Bans Pro-Peace Journalist From Jerusalem
Cheerios: Not As Healthy As They Say
Cheerios: Not As Healthy As They Say
BP Spill May Be Unstoppable
To those of us outside the real inside loop, yet still fairly knowledgeable, [the failure of Top Kill] was a major confirmation of what many feared. That the system below the sea floor has serious failures of varying magnitude in the complicated chain, and it is breaking down and it will continue to.
What does this mean?
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BP Spill May Be Unstoppable
8 House members investigated over fundraisers held near financial reform vote
The probe is focused on whether the timing of accepting the campaign checks created an unacceptable appearance of a conflict, according to sources familiar with the investigation and letters sent by the OCE to lobbyists requesting information.
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8 House members investigated over fundraisers held near financial reform vote
Lieberman Wants To Give President Internet 'Kill Switch'
The legislation says that companies such as broadband providers, search engines or software firms that the US Government selects "shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed" by the Department of Homeland Security. Anyone failing to comply would be fined.
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Lieberman Wants To Give President Internet 'Kill Switch'
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Death by BP: It's Not Just For Americans Anymore
The man, who was working for an external contractor, was hit after a piece of the wall fell from a crane.
The BP spokesman said the accident did not affect the running of the refinery, which is the second largest in Europe and processes around 386,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil. (Reporting by Harro ten Wolde)
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Death by BP: It's Not Just For Americans Anymore
SC Vote Machines Have "Systemic" Failure
"My understanding is they're machines that have been -- there have been serious problems with them in Arkansas and Florida and Louisiana and other places. They have a history. The biggest problem, of course, they didn't have a paper trail whatsoever," Rawl continued.
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SC Vote Machines Have "Systemic" Failure
Green Peace Wet Dream: Whale Poo Fights Climate Change
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Green Peace Wet Dream: Whale Poo Fights Climate Change
Scientists: BP Leak Might Equal Exxon Valdez Every 4 Days
"That is roughly 2.5 million gallons of oil a day, and it means an amount equal to the Exxon Valdez spill could be gushing from the well about every four days," the New York Times notes.
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Scientists: BP Leak Might Equal Exxon Valdez Every 4 Days
Wikileaks Says It Has Video of U.S. Massacre in Afghanistan
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Wikileaks Says It Has Video of U.S. Massacre in Afghanistan
Sasquatch Encounter in North Carolina
“Instead of them, there was him,“ he bellowed. “The thing was 10 feet tall with beautiful hair, yellowish hair and a yellow beard,“ said Peeler.
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Sasquatch Encounter in North Carolina
Loose Ends: Proof of 9/11 Put Options Destroyed
Said the SEC to the FOIA request for the put option documents and investigation:
This letter is in response to your request seeking access to and copies of the documentary evidence referred to in footnote 130 of Chapter 5 of the September 11 (9/11) Commission Report...We have been advised that the potentially responsive records have been destroyed.Read the full article
Loose Ends: Proof of 9/11 Put Options Destroyed
Mapping the Best Spots for Solar Energy Collection
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Mapping the Best Spots for Solar Energy Collection
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Republican Suggests Landmines on Border
Bravo comment: Just another example of "compassionate conservatism"!
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Republican Suggests Landmines on Border
Expert Suggests BP Hiding Carcasses
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Expert Suggests BP Hiding Carcasses
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