Archives for General News
March 2015
Tuesday, March 31:
Secret, unlimited donations could boost a Jeb Bush run (1 comments)
Arkansas lawmakers approve religious liberty bill despite firestorm over Indiana law
Iran talks to continue into Wednesday, say US officials
Pence says state will "fix" religious bill to say it will not allow discrimination
Barney Frank drops a bombshell: How a shocking anecdote explains the financial crisis - Salon.com (2 comments)
Good luck and the Chinese reverse global forest loss
Mumia Jamal Hospitalized without Explanation (9 comments)
Dilip Hiro: (1 comments)
Monday, March 30:
Schumer grabs new power (1 comments)
Tammy Duckworth launches Illinois Senate bid (1 comments)
Carly Fiorina: "Higher Than 90 Percent" Chance I'll Run for President
Eduardo Galeano: Sacrilegious Women
Sunday, March 29:
Iran Backs Away From Key Detail in Nuclear Deal (1 comments)
Boehner slams Obama for treatment of Netanyahu (1 comments)
As World Powers Intensify Iran Nuclear Talks, Israel Hopes for Failure (1 comments)
Special forces set to swarm Southwest and operate undetected among civilians in massive military exercise (2 comments)
Do Wisconsin Republicans Really Want to 'Repeal the Weekend'?
Swedish MPs meet Snowden, talk mass surveillance (2 comments)
Saturday, March 28:
Willie Nelson is getting his own weed brand
Maryland Senate race: Israel divides liberal Van Hollen and Edwards (1 comments)
Republican lawmaker says Clinton wiped clean email server (2 comments)
Nuclear Threat Escalating Beyond Political Rhetoric
9 Important Concerned Factors About Solar Inverters (2 comments)
Friday, March 27:
Three Critical Inflection Points of American Racial History (1 comments)
Italian Court Overturns Amanda Knox's Murder Conviction (1 comments)
Upset by Warren, U.S. banks debate halting some campaign donations (3 comments)
Indiana now a 'right to discriminate' state--and what that means
Russia warns NATO drills a "problem" as US attack planes buzz Poland
Yemen in Crisis: Saudi Bombing Seen as Effort to Thwart Iran (1 comments)
How the American War Machine Is Sucking Up Vast Amounts of Cash to Screw Up the World
A mile deep, ocean fish facing health impacts from human pollution (1 comments)
Harry Reid endorses Chuck Schumer to succeed him as Senate Minority Leader (4 comments)
Harry Reid will not run for reelection in 2016
Senate Passes GOP Budget After Late-Night Debate
There Are Nearly 200 Americans Already Running for President. We Talked to a Few of Them. (1 comments)
Thursday, March 26:
Jeb Bush: Closing Guantanamo Bay Is "Not The Right Thing To Do" (4 comments)
"Exceptional chance for Iran nuclear case" (1 comments)
US sees "path" to long-elusive Iran deal
East Village Explosion: Injuries, Building Collapse Reported On 2nd Avenue In Manhattan
More big storms increase tropical rainfall totals
Guglielmo Tell: teleSUR Launches 24-Hour News Broadcast in US (2 comments)
Ambassador Tries to Bridge Gap With U.S., but on Israel's Terms
BREAKING: WikiLeaks Leaks TPP Draft!!! (16 comments)
William Hartung: Your Money at War Everywhere
Wednesday, March 25:
Bank of Canada, Finance Minister, and Others Face Lawsuit for Alleged IMF Conspiracy (8 comments)
Germanwings crash report: Pilot locked out of cockpit
Saudi officials say they have launched a military operation in Yemen
How crashing drones are exposing secrets about U.S. war operations
U.S. Begins Airstrikes on ISIS in Tikrit for First Time
Elizabeth Kolbert: "Humans Will Eventually Become Extinct"
Ted Cruz: "Global Warming Alarmists Are The Equivalent Of The Flat-Earthers" (1 comments)
Bowe Bergdahl, once missing U.S. soldier, charged with desertion (1 comments)
Carbon crash, solar dawn: Deutsche Bank on why solar has already won: pv-magazine
California Water Wars: Another Form of Asset Stripping? (24 comments)
Republican States Are More Dependent On Government
Bone Drug--Another Wonder Drug That Wasn't (1 comments)
Tuesday, March 24:
Obama agrees to slow U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
Israeli Officials Deny Report That Israel Spied on U.S.-Iran Talks
Absolutely Terrifying: 'There Are Really Only Two Big Patches of Intact Forest Left on Earth'
Germanwings Plane Crashes In South France, 150 Feared Dead (1 comments)
FEMA to States: No Climate Planning, No Money (1 comments)
US accuses Israel of spying on nuclear talks with Iran (2 comments)
Leaked Snowden Docs Show Canada's 'False Flag' Operations (1 comments)
Howard Zinn and Paula Giddings: "I Plead Guilty" (to Insubordination)
Monday, March 23:
Report: Israeli control over water a continuing threat to Palestinians
Iran nuclear talks: Kerry says "substantial progress" made towards deal, but gaps remain
In Clinton Emails on Benghazi, a Rare Glimpse at Her Concerns (3 comments)
Feds Fail to Address the Epidemic of Police Violence (5 comments)
Rebecca Gordon: It Didn't Work in Afghanistan, So Let's Do It In Mexico
Roundup weedkiller 'probably' causes cancer, says WHO study (8 comments)
Ted Cruz Announces He's Running For President In 2016 (5 comments)
Sunday, March 22:
CIA chief: Iran would build nuclear weapons at "own peril" (1 comments)
Helicopter crashes into Orlando home, killing one person
Climate-sceptic US senator given funds (2 comments)
Boston Globe Urges Elizabeth Warren To Run For President
Jeb Bush's Team Plots Vast Effort to Win Florida
Boston Globe Calls For Elizabeth Warren to Run For President (7 comments)
Governor Scott Walker vs. Unions (1 comments)
Ukraine oligarchs 'top cash contributors' to Clinton Foundation prior to Kiev crisis (1 comments)
McCain to Obama: get over your temper tantrum
Sen. Ted Cruz will announce White House bid at Liberty University
Thanks to Climate Change, Arctic Sea Ice at Lowest Levels Ever Recorded
Bernie Sanders: Sanders to Senate: If We Don't Overturn Citizens United, Congress Will Become Paid Employees of the Billionaire Class (2 comments)
Debt-damned economics: either learn monetary reform, or kiss your assets goodbye
Saturday, March 21:
The Coming Color Revolution Chaos in Kyrgyzstan (2 comments)
Holyland II: Where are Judge Rosen's Verdict and Sentence records of former PM Olmert corruption?
France: New Roofs Must Be Covered In Plants Or Solar Panels
Israel's Nazi History (5 comments)
Democrats' Support is Softening for Hillary Clinton (2 comments)
Wild Bee Decline A Sign of Europe's 'Ecological Disaster': Study (5 comments)
Judge Orders US Government to Stop Suppressing Evidence of Torture and Abuse (2 comments)
There's something really dirty going on in Canada that these celebrities want you to know about.
State Bills Would Limit Access to Officer Body Camera Videos (4 comments)
Jerusalem at Boiling Point (1 comments)
Friday, March 20:
In Its Five Years, The Affordable Care Act Has Transformed Health Care (3 comments)
John Boehner will visit Israel following Netanyahu win
Who discovered America (for Europe and the Catholic Church)?
Assange likely to remain in embassy pending U.S. Wikileaks probe (1 comments)
Netanyahu Backs Away From Rejection Of Palestinian State; White House Unmoved (3 comments)
Progressive Community Celebrates Life, Work of Danny Schechter (1942-2015)
Obama Administration Unveils Federal Fracking Regulations
Who Are New Drugs Tested On? Sometimes You Don't Want to Know. (4 comments)
Obama Signals To Netanyahu That It Is Payback Time For Bibi's Speech To Congress (1 comments)
The People's Budget: Progressive Proposal Aims to Un-Rig Failed Economic System
"A Lot of Us are Disappointed and Angry"
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Following the money (1 comments)
Thursday, March 19:
U.S. says to impose more sanctions if no Iran nuclear deal
Dick Cheney's Playboy interview: 5 things to know (5 comments)
Billionaires dropping bombs (2 comments)
Email "Scandal" Falls Flat, As Hillary Still Holds Double Digit Lead Over Every Republican
Uber Cars Now Outnumber Yellow Cabs in New York City
Is This a Blip or a Tip in Humanity's Onslaught on the Climate? (1 comments)
People are so mad about the ECB's new headquarters they're burning cars in Germany
Wednesday, March 18:
White House Scolds Bibi for Dumping 2-State Solution and Anti-Arab Rhetoric (1 comments)
Watch: Dallas Police Kill a Mental Patient Holding a Screwdriver
Countering GOP Obstruction Obama Initiative Creates 500,000 High-Paying Jobs
Tuesday, March 17:
Putin accuses US over Ukraine coup (3 comments)
Pentagon loses track of $500 million in weapons, equipment given to Yemen
CIA Funds Al Qaeda, says NYTimes
House Republican Budget Whacks Food Stamps And Medicaid
Evo Morales: Latin American Stands United against US Aggression (3 comments)
Rep. Aaron Schock announces resignation in wake of spending probe
Tairod Nathan Webster Pugh, U.S. Air Force Veteran, Charged With Trying to Join ISIS
How Bad Journalism Is Driving the Collapse of Our Once-Great Public Education System
China orders Dalai Lama to reincarnate after death
Nan Levinson: America's New Military Mystique
San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland retires over head injury concerns - ESPN
Oregon is first state to adopt automatic voter registration
Guglielmo Tell: Extremists Demand Military Coup in Brazil, as Right Wing March (2 comments)
Monday, March 16:
How Many Black Lives Matter Protests Have the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force Helped Police Track?
World Leaders Condemn Acts by "47 Traitors", Petition Soars (8 comments)
16 Million Fewer Uninsured Thanks To Obamacare (3 comments)
Report: Boehner to Launch Investigation into Clinton Emails (1 comments)
Jon Voight: Obama "Does Not Love Israel"
William deBuys: A Global War on Nature (2 comments)
Shot and Killed at the Beauty Parlor? It Happened to these Women. (3 comments)
Is It Time for the Jews to Leave Europe? (7 comments)
Commerze Bank Agrees to Pay $1.5 Billion to Settle Huge Accounting Scheme
"A Lot of Us are Disappointed and Angry" (2 comments)
Colin Powell's Suggested Response to Voter ID Laws: Register, Vote & Defeat Voter ID Supporters (2 comments)
Sunday, March 15:
Prevent "left-wing" government, Netanyahu tells campaign rally
Koch Industries refuses to comply with US senators' climate investigation (2 comments)
Arrest Made In Connection To Ferguson Police Shooting
Netanyahu Offers Finance Ministry to Rival Days Before Election
WWF - How many species are we losing?
Political Turmoil in Bangladesh
Saturday, March 14:
As governor, Jeb Bush used e-mail to discuss security, troop deployments (1 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: The Hague Rules against Chevron in Ecuador Case (1 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: Sweden Offers to Question Assange in London (2 comments)
C.I.A. Funds Found Their Way Into Qaeda Coffers (1 comments)
Diagnosisgate: Major Mental Health System Expose (1 comments)
Catching up with George Miller - Anger in Arizona over higher ed funding; by CAITLIN EMMA - POLITICO (1 comments)
Members of Congress push back on Medicare Advantage cuts
Friday, March 13:
Romney warns President Obama over Iran nuclear deal
Major Nations Hold Talks On Ending U.N. Sanctions On Iran: Officials
Ukraine Peace Threatens US Security? (3 comments)
Thursday, March 12:
Jon Stewart Tears into Hillary's Email "Convenience" Excuse
Republican-Led States Balance Budgets With Cuts To Public Higher Education
Netzfrauen: "She's alive." Extraordinary video about Earth, highly recommended
Iran's Top Leader: GOP Letter Points to US "Disintegration"
Michael Klare: Is Big Oil Finally Entering a Climate Change World?
China's Sky City developer Zhang Yue erects world's tallest prefab tower in 19 days
Saudi Arabia rejects rights criticism after flogging of blogger
Wednesday, March 11:
Ferguson police chief resigns after scathing Justice Dept. report
Secret Service agents investigated after car hits White House barricade
ISIL is not Muslim, says senior State Department official (2 comments)
GM's Stock Buyback Is Bad for America and the Company
Have You Fallen for These Big Pharma Tricks? (6 comments)
John Kerry Hammers GOP Senators' "Irresponsible" Letter To Iran
With Plan to Walk Across DMZ, Women Aim for Peace in Korea
Republicans And Iran Deal Opponents Are Funded By The Same Mega-Donors
John Kerry in "utter disbelief" over GOP letter to Iran
Guglielmo Tell: US Preparing for Military Aggression on Venezuela (19 comments)
Fukushima Daiichi 4th Anniversary update and overview (2 comments)
Tuesday, March 10:
G.O.P. Senators' Letter to Iran About Nuclear Deal Angers White House
GOP letter to Iran is 'dangerous,' says Biden, other Dems - NY Daily News
Iran Calls GOP Letter 'Propaganda Ploy,' Offers To 'Enlighten' Authors (3 comments)
International Peacemakers Announce Women's Walk for Peace and Reunification of Korea
Clinton Tries to Quell Email Controversy (5 comments)
American Spring in Chicago? (2 comments)
Utah toddler's health better after surviving river car crash
Frida Berrigan: Witness to War, American-Style
U.S. declares Venezuela a national security threat, sanctions top officials (2 comments)
Take Hillary Out of the Mix, and the Democratic Nominee is" (9 comments)
China's wind farms now produce more energy than all of America's nuclear reactors (1 comments)
Amy Fried, Ph.D.: Senators Will Introduce a Federal Medical Marijuana Bill (6 comments)
New York Just Showed Every Other State How to Do Solar Right
Groupon Co-founder, Pritzker and Hedge Fund Billionaires Give Rahm over $1.2 Million for Primary (2 comments)
Tulsa community turns out in support of Israel at "Night to Honor Israel"
Monday, March 9:
Two charged with Nemtsov killing include former Chechen policeman
34 Arrested while Protesting Drone Killing at Creech AFB (2 comments)
SAE Proudly Touts Association To The Confederacy On Its Website
Coca-Cola Forced To Shut Bottling Plant in India
Obama declares Venezuela a threat to US national security (6 comments)
Massive Anti-Netanyahu Rally Draws Over 50,000 in Israel as Elections Loom
German Intel: Breedlove is Bonkers! - Ron Paul Institute (5 comments)
*U.S. Banks Bankrolling Nuclear Arms (1 comments)
Florida State Workers Banned From Using Term 'Climate Change'
Estimated 50,000 Rally Against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv
Andrew Bacevich: How to Create a National Insecurity State
Combined Arctic ice observations show decades of loss
Sunday, March 8:
Florida banned state workers from using term "climate change" (2 comments)
The White House Has Gone Full Doublespeak on Fast Track and the TPP
Nuclear Chief: Difficult Path Ahead of Iran, World Powers
Tens of thousands in Tel Aviv demand Netanyahu's ouster
Can the Left and Right Unite to End Corporate Rule? An Interview with Ralph Nader and Daniel McCarthy (18 comments)
Saturday, March 7:
White House lockdown triggered by burning truck cleared
Boko Haram Pledges Allegiance To ISIS In Audio Message
Greenland passes tipping points, positive feedback accelerates. Humans headed for egress... (2 comments)
Jeb Bush: Replace "Monstrosity" Of Obamacare (2 comments)
Dana Siegelman hopes to get word with President Obama about her father
Ex-Mossad chief says PM misled Congress on Iran breakout time
Alaska GOP Rep Don Young Wisecracks That Wolves Can Solve Homeless Problem
Only 35 Percent Of Americans Still Think Bill O'Reilly Is Trustworthy (1 comments)
Friday, March 6:
Glimmer of Hope After Arson Fires Destroy 35K Acres at Gallmann Africa Conservancy (1 comments)
'Why Is It So Hard To See Black And Blue?': Powerful Domestic Violence Campaign Features #TheDress (1 comments)
Philly Green Party Elects New Leadership
Jeb Bush to Visit an Iowa Where Fatigue With His Family Has Set In
Guglielmo Tell: The United Nations and Libya: Again (3 comments)
Menendez expected to face criminal corruption charges (1 comments)
Senator Who Cited Snowball In Climate Change Debate Cites Scripture To Back Himself Up (37 comments)
Another Moment Of Truth For Obamacare -- And For The Supreme Court
Papa John's To Pay $2 Million After Short-Changing New York Delivery Workers
GOP leaders to skip Selma event
3 U.S. Nuclear War Labs Should Be Shut (1 comments)
Public Health Officials Know: Recently Vaccinated Individuals Spread Disease (5 comments)
Thursday, March 5:
Freight train carrying oil crashes, ignites in Illinois
Harrison Ford Taken To Hospital After Plane Crash
Bernie Sanders Is Tired Of Hearing About Hillary Clinton (2 comments)
Hundreds of Activists Converge on Creech Air Force Base in Nevada
Curbs on Surveillance State Urged (1 comments)
U.S. Strategy in Iraq Increasingly Relies on Iran
McConnell Urges States to Defy U.S. Plan to Cut Greenhouse Gas
Pratap Chatterjee: Is Drone Warfare Fraying at the Edges?
De Blasio to Close NYC Public Schools on Two Muslim Holidays (67 comments)
New Audio, Video Cast Doubt On Bill O'Reilly's Reporting Claims
Wednesday, March 4:
Arson Destroys 35K Acres of Biodiversity at the Gallmann Africa Conservancy in N. Kenya (3 comments)
Lawyer In California Proposes Killing Gays With "Bullets to the Head or by Any Other Convenient Method" (3 comments)
New Study Shows California Droughts Driven
Putin Calls Murder of Boris Nemtsov "Political"
Supreme Court Obamacare Arguments Offer Small Hints Of Outcome
Darren Wilson Is Cleared of Rights Violations in Ferguson Shooting (3 comments)
Supreme Court Appears Sharply Split in Case on Health Law (1 comments)
Google to Steer Us Toward "Truth" (1 comments)
Tuesday, March 3:
Millions View Video Showing Police Murder of Homeless Man in Los Angeles
Report of Shots Fired Near NSA Headquarters, Building Damaged
DEA warns stoned rabbits in Utah!!!
David Petraeus Gets Hand-Slap for Leaking, Two Point Enhancement for Obstruction of Justice (6 comments)
House passes bill to fully fund Homeland Security
Senator Sanders Statement on Prime Minister Netanyahu's Speech to Congress
Justice Department Finds Pattern of Police Bias and Excessive Force in Ferguson
Nancy Pelosi: "I Was Near Tears" During Netanyahu's Speech To Congress (1 comments)
How Hillary Clinton used her personal email (4 comments)
Petraeus reaches deal to plead guilty to misdemeanor; likely won't face prison
Why you should STOP calling it the Middle East. (3 comments)
Fox News Forced to Backtrack Again Over Bill O'Reilly's Reporting Claims
Subhankar Banerjee: Arctic Nightmares
Monday, March 2:
Ukraine Secret Service Suspect in Nemtsov Murder (2 comments)
Hillary Clinton Used Personal Email at State Dept., Possibly Breaking Rules
Israel Bypasses White House, Asks Congress for $300mn for Missile Defense (1 comments)
Mikulski, a role model for generations of women in politics, to retire in 2016
Bipartisan Group of Senators Launches Whistleblower Protection Caucus
8 reasons why we'll miss Jose Mujica, Uruguay's maverick president (1 comments)
Fracking Victim Sued for Defamation After Proving Drinking Water Flammable (1 comments)
Sunday, March 1:
Afghan Policewomen Struggle Against Culture
Will the US take Cuba Off the State Sponsored Terrorism List in 2015?
Indoctrination of the Muslim Mind (17 comments)
The Self-Enrichment of the Elites: Economic Hegemony and the Federal Reserve
Kill the Messenger -- My Review (1 comments)
Apple Agrees To Chinese Government Security Audits, Worrying Activists