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Wednesday, November 5, 2008 Coleman vs. Franken: Recount looms
Sen. Norm Coleman has collected more votes than Al Franken, who said this morning he would exercise his right to a recount.
Friday, October 17, 2008 Voters contend they were duped into registering as Republicans - Los Angeles Times
The Times randomly interviewed 46 of the hundreds of voters whose election records show they were recently re-registered as Republicans by YPM, and 37 of them -- more than 80% -- said they were misled into making the change or that it was done without their knowledge.
Friday, October 10, 2008 Berlusconi Says Leaders May Close World's Markets
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said political leaders are discussing the idea of closing the world's financial markets while they "rewrite the rules of international finance."
Thursday, October 9, 2008 U.S. Army at the RNC -- Twin Cities Daily Planet
Army Col. Michael Boatner admitted October 7 that active-duty U.S. military were sent to St. Paul for the Republican National Convention.This discussion follows the publication of an Army Times article last month announcing training of a U.S. Army unit for domestic operations under the control of U.S. Army Northern Command.
Friday, October 3, 2008 House members threatened with 'Marshall Law' if they fail to pass bailout (5 comments)
Rep. Sherman (D-CA)says Congress threatened with Martial Law if bill not passed. "The only way they can pass this bill is by creating and sustaining a panic atmosphere. That atmosphere is not justified. Many of us were told in private conversations that if we voted against this bill on Monday, that the sky would fall...there would be martial law in America if we voted no."
Wednesday, September 24, 2008 Army probing soldier photo alteration
DoD caught manipulating photos of killed soldiers. AP issues "photo elimination" order to subscibers.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008 Oil Prices Explode
A weak dollar and worries about the Wall Street bailout send investors flooding back into the oil market
Monday, September 1, 2008 Dispatches from day one of the RNC
Early in the day protesters were joking with the riot police. The day ended with at least 56 arrests, including Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! who was later released.
Sunday, August 31, 2008 Anti-War groups undeterred by raids, will march Monday
Protest organizers said that the law enforcement raids on homes, confiscation of equipment and detentions that have occurred over the past few days had not dissuaded march organizers or the tens of thousands of people who plan to protest during the Republican National Convention which begins Monday in St. Paul.
Saturday, August 30, 2008 Not Every Woman Supports Women's Rights: N.O.W. Statement on Sarah Palin
Gov. Palin may be the second woman vice-presidential candidate on a major party ticket, but she is not the right woman. Sadly, she is a woman who opposes women's rights, just like John McCain.
Monday, August 25, 2008 Why we love 'America's Outrageous War Economy' - MarketWatch (1 comments)
A most excellent rant from a financial writer. "Tell us: What will it take to wake up America, get citizens, investors, anybody mad at "America's Outrageous War Economy?" Why don't you rebel? Will the outrage come too late ... after this massive war bubble explodes in our faces?"
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 "It's like something out of the Third World"
Thousands of uninsured people lined up at a county fairgrounds in Wise, Virginia, to wait for health care services from volunteer doctors, dentists, nurses, optometrists and medical technicians during a 3-day free health clinic. Numerous citizen groups are crisscrossing the country this summer to demand reform of the U.S. system.
Monday, July 21, 2008 Bush Avoids Calling Obama By His Name
The last prominent reference came during a joke at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner in April, when Bush quipped that "Senator Obama" was unable to attend because he was "at church." It was a reference to the candidate's troubles with his controversial former minister.
Monday, July 21, 2008 Jared Bernstein: The Shampoo Economy
Our system of borrowing, lending, and financing investments by both businesses and households is a national treasure, one which we have squandered in recent years. Excessive deregulation has thwarted the transparency that is integral to creating appropriate price signals. Risk has been consistently underpriced, contributing to bad underwriting, negligent risk management, and deeply damaging bubbles.
Friday, July 18, 2008 Are birds coming home to roost for top torture advocate?
Former legal head of the DoD who pushed the Pentagon's interrogation policies once defended the bombing of rare birds in the Mariana Islands. Today Wayne Hanyes is an executive at Chevron. But his past work will continue to haunt him.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 New Humane Society investigation reveals loophole in ban on downer cattle (1 comments)
On Wednesday, the Humane Society released another investigative report showing sick or severely injured cows being dragged and shocked in order to move them into the auction ring at the Portales Livestock Auction in Portales, New Mexico.
"The abuses of these suffering creatures must be stopped, to protect both animal welfare and food safety," said Humane Society president Pacelle.
Thursday, June 26, 2008 Someone Elses Sacrifice
Why didnt this picture of Sgt. Ryan John Baum lying in his coffin make the front page of the NY Times or the Washington Post instead of the back pages of the Rocky Mountain News?
Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Aetiology: As the waters recede...what now?
Flooding is a potential nightmare when it comes to infectious diseases. The water can bring people returning to their flooded residences into contact with sewage, animal carcasses, and other sources of pathogens--and warm waters in June can mean the rapid replication of these organisms.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 Sweden approves wiretapping law
The former head of the country's intelligence agency, Saepo, said the law failed to safeguard individual rights and should be scrapped.
"I think the law needs to be re-written. It is not enough to create a few checks and balances... It is the law itself, there is something wrong with it," Anders Eriksson told Swedish radio ahead of the vote.
Monday, June 16, 2008 Gore endorses Obama
A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.
Saturday, June 14, 2008 Confessions of a Would-Be Bilderberger
I listened most intently to Kissinger's address (in Montreal)...Kissinger, who is also a member of the Trilateral Commission, also stressed that mass migration, climate change and the current energy and food crises must all be addressed on a global level.
Saturday, June 14, 2008 McClatchy- Maliki raises possibility that Iraq might ask U.S. to leave
BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki raised the possibility that his country won't sign a status of forces agreement with the United States and will ask U.S. troops to go home when their U.N. mandate to be in Iraq expires at the end of the year.
Thursday, June 12, 2008 S. Koreans believe U.S. beef is being shoved down their throats
The USDA and the beef industry are strong-arming South Korea to accept its beef even as U.S. scientists, consumer groups, trade associations, businesses, and members of Congress call for improved testing.
Sunday, June 8, 2008 Bipolar Disorder: Epidemic Without a Disease (7 comments)
A child neurologist says bipolar disorder may be a fictitious disease that bankrolls big pharma, hurts kids.
Thursday, June 5, 2008 Comcast Is Hiring an Internet Snoop for the Feds
Wanna tap e-mail, voice and Web traffic for the government? Well, here's your chance. Comcast, the country's second-largest Internet provider, is looking for an engineer to handle "reconnaissance" and "analysis" of "subscriber intelligence" for the company's "National Security Operations."
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 Sandy Sand: Ladies, never put yourself in an "Age Box." (10 comments)
We're a society that is bombarded with obnoxious health ads and behaves as though it's a commendable achievement to live to be 100, while with its other mouth, treats its people of age and maturity like crap.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008 McCain's "Stop calling me Bush, you bastards" speech last night was an unmitigated disaster (2 comments)
Last night, John McCain gave what I called his "Stop Calling me Bush, you bastards" speech. It was a disaster -- and not just because McCain can't be separated from Bush. Too late for that. But, it's good to know that line of attack gets under McCain's skin.
Monday, June 2, 2008 Children Return to Polygamist Cult- Just in Time for June Wedding Season
Bells are ringing in the Lone Star state on this joyous day. The Texas high court ruled last week that more than 400 children removed from the Yearning for Zion polygamist ranch weeks ago may be returned to their parents- and not a moment too soon since many of them have made arrangements for lavish June weddings.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008 Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions Send Statement to ExxonMobil and Chevron Corporate Shareholders (3 comments)
Antiwar, environmental and other social justice organizations will conduct protests at the Chevron and ExxonMobil annual shareholder meetings on May 28. (Chevron in San Ramon, CA, ExxonMobil in Dallas, Texas.) Activists will read the following statement from the Federation of Oil Unions in Iraq to the corporate shareholders at press conferences to be conducted in conjunction with the protests.
Monday, May 26, 2008 Showdown in Dallas: ExxonMobil faces shareholder revolt
AFP: It is the biggest American company with the fattest profits. But ExxonMobil faces an uprising from shareholders claiming the oil titan is failing to live up to its responsibility as a corporate citizen. (D'oh!)
"ExxonMobil has long evinced a culture of defiance and indifference to many important concerns of long-term shareholders," said New York City Comptroller William Thompson.
Monday, May 26, 2008 New patient safety tool aimed at reducing harm from warfarin/Coumadin
Heads up. People on warfarin therapy should be closely monitored for changes in health status....Wrong dosages of warfarin sent more elderly people to the ER than any other medication, including insulin.
Friday, May 23, 2008 Mourning China's earthquake victims
This humanitarian disaster has shown the human face of the Chinese people to the world, and the human face of the world to the Chinese people. Their common humanity overrides political and ideological differences.
Wednesday, May 14, 2008 Peak Oil Resolution Passed in Minnesota House
The Minnesota House of Representatives passed a Peak Oil Resolution memorializing the Governor to take action to prepare a plan of response and preparation to meet the challenges of peak oil.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008 Book Review: You Don't Have To Be Famous: How to Write Your Life Story (2 comments)
Writing an autobiography (or an autobiographical essay) can be daunting. But writing your story can lend pattern to the formless chronicle of everyday life, share clinical or personal lessons learned, put painful events into perspective, and even bring back purpose and direction to a life set adrift by illness.
Sunday, May 11, 2008 Failure to report financial interest from tobacco companies taints CT scan-lung cancer studies
Weill Cornell Medical College researchers Claudia Henschke and David Yankelevitz published numerous articles about CT scans and lung cancer in major medical journals without revealing their $3.6 million grant from Vector, the parent company of the Liggett Group, a major cigarette manufacturer.
Thursday, May 8, 2008 Researchers map DNA of platypus
The mapping of the platypus genome has huge implications for researchers in evolution and human disease.
Monday, May 5, 2008 Rich bad-boy countries are the least worried about climate change (1 comments)
From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU):
The wealthier a country is, and the larger its CO2 emissions, the less worried its citizens are about global warming.
Sunday, May 4, 2008 Moving up the food chain: PFCs present in nursing mothers' breast milk
Perfluorinated compounds, or PFCs, the same chemicals used in the manufacture of nonstick cookware and stain-resistant fabrics, are showing up in the breast milk of nursing mothers, according to a new study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst. This study is the first to document the presence of PFCs in human breast milk, according to the researchers.
Friday, May 2, 2008 Rev. Wright's honorary degree canceled by Northwestern
"In light of the controversy around Dr. Wright and to ensure the celebratory character of commencement not be affected, the university has withdrawn its invitation to Dr. Wright,'' said Alan Cubbage, vice president for university relations.
Friday, May 2, 2008 Obamas Race Neutral Strategy Unravels of its Own Contradictions (2 comments)
Wright finally forced Obama to choose sides in the conflict of racial/historical visions, and in doing so, performed a service on behalf of clarity. Rev. Wright exposed the flimsy tissues of so-called "race neutrality" in a nation founded on racial oppression.
Thursday, May 1, 2008 LA Times: Dockworkers take May Day off, idling all West Coast ports - Los Angeles Times
Thousands of dockworkers at 29 West Coast ports, took the day off work today in what their union called a protest of the war in Iraq, effectively shutting down operations at the busy complexes...At the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, as few as 10% of the truckers showed up to haul freight that day. Longshore workers, however, continued loading and unloading ships.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 Port Workers of Iraq to Shut Down 2 Ports in Solidarity w/ILWU (2 comments)
BREAKING NEWS: Members of the Port Workers Union of Iraq plan to shutdown the ports of Umm Qasr and Khor Alzubair for one hour on May Day in solidarity with the shutdown of all West Coast ports by members of ILWU in opposition to the occupation of Iraq. (Watch the USLAW web site for updates.)
Monday, April 28, 2008 Draft Report: Chemicals in plastics may hinder child brain development (1 comments)
The U.S. National Toxicology Program has released a draft report suggesting that an estrogen-like chemical in plastic could be harming the development of children's brains and reproductive organs. The agency invites public comment.
Sunday, April 27, 2008 Scotland: Tayside and Central Oil refinery strikers hold rally
Production has ceased at the plant, Scotland's only oil refinery, and BP has shut its key Forties oil pipeline. The Scottish and UK Governments insist there is enough fuel to go round, but extra supplies are being shipped in from Europe.
Sunday, April 27, 2008 Independent Leading article: The price of our oil dependency
Industrial action appears to be back in vogue. Members of the National Union of Teachers marched through London and other cities last week in the first education strike in 20 years. And yesterday 1,200 staff from the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland began a two-day walkout. The NUT strike inconvenienced many parents. But the action of Scottish oil workers threatens much wider disruption.
Saturday, April 26, 2008 Sharpton vows to 'close this city' after officer acquittals
Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to "close this city down" to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.
Friday, April 25, 2008 Amnesty International Obtains Secret Video Showing Horror of Beheading in Saudi Arabia (1 comments)
Amnesty International has received secretly filmed grisly footage of a man being beheaded in Saudi Arabia. The organization strongly condemns the execution and calls for the Saudi Arabian government to adhere to the U.N. moratorium on executions around the world.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 To Hillary Clinton Supporters: Your Candidate Just Said She's Prepared to Murder Millions of Innocent People
(Note: Be warned that the rude pundit does not censor his words.) "She is willing to make the United States a target for nuclear retaliation and massive terrorist acts should Israel be attacked. Now that's a (bleep'in) way to tell people to take their hope and shove it up their (bleeps).
Happy (bleep'n) Earth Day."
Monday, April 21, 2008 Clinton on Iran Attack: 'Obliterate Them' (2 comments)
Good Morning America: "I want the Iranians to know that if I'm the president, we will attack Iran," Clinton said. "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
Sunday, April 20, 2008 BlackCommentator: Sen. Hillary Clinton Must Explain the Praising of a Group of KKK Supporters (1 comments)
Senator Clinton, self-righteous in her attacks on Senator Obama concerning his associates, should explain why Bill Clinton, while president, repeatedly praised the United Daughters of the Confederacy. This is an organization that many, including some whites and a former U.S. senator from Illinois, have called racist.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008 ei: Carter's visit with Hamas' Meshal (2 comments)
"Carter seems more comfortable with terrorists than with friends like Israel." So said a newsflash on the Israeli daily Haaretz's website last Sunday...in an interview with Haaretz, he (Carter) stressed that to make peace you have to talk to everyone.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 Hissing Cockroach not a good pet for allery sufferers (3 comments)
Handling the insects can also cause infections if the mold (found in the feces and expoliated shell) enters an open wound or is inhaled into the lungs.
Thursday, April 10, 2008 Healthcare, poverty and race
Decades of studies documenting health care disparities have failed to result in policy changes.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 US left-wing bloggers to visit Sderot (2 comments)
The "Left-Wingers" arriving Thursday include Daily Kos editor David Waldman and former Moveon.org lobbyist Tom Matzzie, who currently heads the anti-war 'Campaign to Defend America.' The trip is sponsored by the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC).
Sunday, April 6, 2008 Proposed European Missile Shield's Politics Overshadows Feasibility (1 comments)
Today, AP reports that "US, Russia Disagree on Missile Defense." Missing from the dialogue is that experts from the American Physics Society and the Arms Control Association believe that the untested missle defense system lacks feasibility.
Thursday, March 20, 2008 MN Gov proposes tax increase on low income people
In his proposed budget, Governor Pawlenty (who is a top seed for McCain's VP slot) cuts the renters' property tax refund by $34 million. The result, a $34 million tax increase on the Minnesotans who can least afford it.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Dozens of anti-war protestors arrested outside IRS this a.m.
WASHINGTON - At least 33 people have been arrested in anti-war protests in D.C. Wednesday. The protests mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.
Police made the arrests at the Internal Revenue Service as demonstrators crossed barricades and blocked the front and side entrances to the building.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 United States censors Guantanamo prisoner's sketch of force-feeding (1 comments)
The United States has censored a gruesome drawing by a Guantanamo Bay detainee depicting him as a skeleton being force-fed at the military prison, the man's lawyers said Monday as they released a recreation of the sketch.
Sunday, March 16, 2008 Iraq War 5th year: Twin Cities Protest
Event summary and gorgeous crowd shots by renowned photographer Kayakbiker at Silenced Majority.
Sunday, March 2, 2008 Man admits striking woman on the way to anger management class (2 comments)
This guy also qualifies for the Darwin Awards. He was tracked down using the contents of his folder for anger class which he used to strike yet another person.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Guantanamo Bay Biomedical Research Facility? (2 comments)
Tropical disease expert and journal editor suggests a new purpose for the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Sunday, February 3, 2008 BREAKING: Grateful Dead to Reunite for Obama Feb. 3
The lineup: Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir will be joined by Jackie Greene, John Molo and Steve Molitz.
This will mark the first time that the members of the legendary band have performed together since 2004. They have agreed to reunite for this one-time-only event in order to lend support to Senator Obama leading into the crucial "Super-Tuesday" series of primaries held on Tuesday, February 5th.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008 Protesters Arrested at Huckabee Office
The protest was part of a campaign called Seasons of Discontent: A Presidential Occupation Project, which goes by the acronym SODaPOP. According to its Web site, the project was organized by the Illinois-based activist group Voices for Creative Nonviolence.
Shaw said the project had sent presidential candidates letters seeking commitments for an immediate end to the war in Iraq.
Saturday, December 29, 2007 Dissident Voice : Socialism Is the Only Way (Malcolm Martin) (22 comments)
In the near term, capitalism will take increasing advantage of war, disaster, disease, terror, and slavery to feed itself. Wholesale destruction and regime change will be visited on the oil producing states like Iraq, Iran and Venezuela and other resource-rich areas. Left unchecked, eventually the United States, China, India and the European Union will fight wars for control of world markets and access to resources.
Thursday, December 27, 2007 IRAQ: Saddam Provided More Food Than the U.S. (1 comments)
The Iraqi government announced that monthly food rations will be cut by half. The government also wants to reduce the number of people depending on the rationing system by five million by June 2008. Iraq's food rations system was introduced by the Saddam Hussein government in 1991 in response to the UN economic sanctions which killed half a million Iraqi children, and as many adults, according to the UN.
Thursday, December 13, 2007 Wexler urges hearings on Cheney trial
"The way we pass stem-cell research, the way we get implemented a children's health care plan, the way we get higher fuel economy standards...is to have impeachment hearings," Wexler said. "Because that'll get the president's eye. That'll get the vice president's eye." (And I hope their ears.)
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 Oliver Stone considering biopic of Ahmadinejad
TEHRAN -- Oscar-winner U.S. director Oliver Stone will likely travel to Tehran to hold discussions with Iranian officials on his proposal to make a biopic about President Mahmud Ahmadinejad.
Thursday, November 1, 2007 Radio host rallies blacks for Friday boycott
Radio host and organizer Warren Ballentine hopes a "national blackout" of businesses will send Washington a message that blacks are fed up with racism and injustice, and he rejects criticism that his campaign is un-American....By some estimates, the U.S. economy could lose millions of dollars if the more than 40 million African-Americans keep their wallets in their purses and pockets Friday.
Tuesday, October 30, 2007 War protests: Why no coverage? (3 comments)
"...it seems remarkable to me that in some of the 11 cities in which protests were held Boston and New York, for example major news outlets treated this "National Day of Action" as though it did not exist." - Jerry Lanson is a professor of journalism at Emerson College in Boston
Friday, October 26, 2007 Mindfulness, Blended Orgasms and the News
Former NYT reporter Doug McGill is an enlightened journalist! "...if the mass media -- and journalism as the conscience of the mass media -- is going to contribute to world peace, it will have to help develop calm states of mind among its consumers worldwide." (Read more of Doug's reflections on "The Journalist and the Buddha: Applying Buddhist Ethics to the News")
Sunday, October 14, 2007 The Good Germans Among Us (1 comments)
Our humanity has been compromised by those who use Gestapo tactics in our war. The longer we stand idly by while they do so, the more we resemble those good Germans who professed ignorance of their own Gestapo. Its up to us to wake up our somnambulant Congress...There is nothing left to lose except whatever remains of our country's good name.
