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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Predator Nation: How Endless Drone War Is Turning the Promise of America into a Promise of Death SHARE
Here's the essence of it: you can trust America's crème de la crème, the most elevated, responsible people, no matter what weapons, what powers, you put in their hands. No need to constantly look over their shoulders. In case you wondered just how we know all this, we have it on the best authority: the people who are doing it -- the only ones, given the obvious need for secrecy, capable of judging just how moral, elevated, and remarkable their own work is. They deserve our congratulations, but if we’re too distracted to give it to them, they are quite capable of high-fiving themselves.
Predator Nation: How Endless Drone War Is Turning the Promise of America into a Promise of Death SHARE
Here's the essence of it: you can trust America's crème de la crème, the most elevated, responsible people, no matter what weapons, what powers, you put in their hands. No need to constantly look over their shoulders. In case you wondered just how we know all this, we have it on the best authority: the people who are doing it -- the only ones, given the obvious need for secrecy, capable of judging just how moral, elevated, and remarkable their own work is. They deserve our congratulations, but if we’re too distracted to give it to them, they are quite capable of high-fiving themselves.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
History: Utoeya island, Scene of Norway's summer camp massacre SHARE
Frode Berge, leader of the Labour Party in the region of Rogaland, Norway, writes about the importance of the party's summer camp held by his party every year on Utoeya island, scene of Anders Behring Breivik's killing spree. Mr Berge, 45, has previously served in several leading positions within the Labour Party and the AUF. {Pictured is last summer's meeting on the island before the massacre, by BBC News Europe.}
History: Utoeya island, Scene of Norway's summer camp massacre SHARE
Frode Berge, leader of the Labour Party in the region of Rogaland, Norway, writes about the importance of the party's summer camp held by his party every year on Utoeya island, scene of Anders Behring Breivik's killing spree. Mr Berge, 45, has previously served in several leading positions within the Labour Party and the AUF. {Pictured is last summer's meeting on the island before the massacre, by BBC News Europe.}
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
A Thrilling Week For Modern Art, by Soueren Melikian at the N.Y.T. SHARE
NEW YORK -- The art market made a quantum leap this week when "The Scream," a pastel drawn by Edvard Munch in 1895, sold for just under $120 million -- $119,922,500 to be precise.
A Thrilling Week For Modern Art, by Soueren Melikian at the N.Y.T. SHARE
NEW YORK -- The art market made a quantum leap this week when "The Scream," a pastel drawn by Edvard Munch in 1895, sold for just under $120 million -- $119,922,500 to be precise.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
New Particle Discovered at CERN SHARE
Science Daily (Apr. 27, 2012) -- Physicists from the University of Zurich have discovered a previously unknown particle composed of three quarks in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator. A new baryon could thus be detected for the first time at the LHC. The baryon known as Xi_b^* confirms fundamental assumptions of physics regarding the binding of quarks.
New Particle Discovered at CERN SHARE
Science Daily (Apr. 27, 2012) -- Physicists from the University of Zurich have discovered a previously unknown particle composed of three quarks in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator. A new baryon could thus be detected for the first time at the LHC. The baryon known as Xi_b^* confirms fundamental assumptions of physics regarding the binding of quarks.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
It's Complicated, by Madeleine Schwartz at Harvard Magazine SHARE
"Women have always been at Harvard"not only as life's mainstay, but as intellectual collaborators," cultural historian Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, professor emerita at Smith College, told a packed auditorium at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on April 23. Horowitz's lecture, part of the University's 375th anniversary celebration, examined how the history of women's education intersected with that of the University as a whole.
It's Complicated, by Madeleine Schwartz at Harvard Magazine SHARE
"Women have always been at Harvard"not only as life's mainstay, but as intellectual collaborators," cultural historian Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, professor emerita at Smith College, told a packed auditorium at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study on April 23. Horowitz's lecture, part of the University's 375th anniversary celebration, examined how the history of women's education intersected with that of the University as a whole.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
AI WEIWEI AT WHITE BOX, by Emily Nathan at Artnet Magazine SHARE
White Box, the New York alternative space launched in 1998 by the festive art daredevil Juan Puntes, has always sought to have an international presence.
AI WEIWEI AT WHITE BOX, by Emily Nathan at Artnet Magazine SHARE
White Box, the New York alternative space launched in 1998 by the festive art daredevil Juan Puntes, has always sought to have an international presence.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The Crisis of Big Science, by Steven Weinberg SHARE
Last year physicists commemorated the centennial of the discovery of the atomic nucleus. In experiments carried out in Ernest Rutherford's laboratory at Manchester in 1911, a beam of electrically charged particles from the radioactive decay of radium was directed at a thin gold foil....This was great science, but not what one would call big science. Rutherford's experimental team consisted of one postdoc and one undergraduate. Their work was supported by a grant of just £70 from the Royal Society of London. The most expensive thing used in the experiment was the sample of radium, but Rutherford did not have to pay for it -- the radium was on loan from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
The Crisis of Big Science, by Steven Weinberg SHARE
Last year physicists commemorated the centennial of the discovery of the atomic nucleus. In experiments carried out in Ernest Rutherford's laboratory at Manchester in 1911, a beam of electrically charged particles from the radioactive decay of radium was directed at a thin gold foil....This was great science, but not what one would call big science. Rutherford's experimental team consisted of one postdoc and one undergraduate. Their work was supported by a grant of just £70 from the Royal Society of London. The most expensive thing used in the experiment was the sample of radium, but Rutherford did not have to pay for it -- the radium was on loan from the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Is Georgia Waiting for Its Jobless to Just Kill Themselves? SHARE
His name is not important; his story is. Let's call him Joe. Life has been bad lately for Joe and others like him. And now, thanks to the heartless actions of the Republican-dominated Georgia General Assembly, things are about to get worse for many more Joes.
Is Georgia Waiting for Its Jobless to Just Kill Themselves? SHARE
His name is not important; his story is. Let's call him Joe. Life has been bad lately for Joe and others like him. And now, thanks to the heartless actions of the Republican-dominated Georgia General Assembly, things are about to get worse for many more Joes.
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
New prostate cancer treatment may reduce side-effects SHARE
A new technique to treat early prostate cancer may have far fewer side-effects than existing therapies, say experts.
A 41-patient study in the journal Lancet Oncology suggests targeted ultrasound treatment could reduce the risk of impotence and incontinence. Researchers say it could transform future treatment if the findings are repeated in larger studies.
New prostate cancer treatment may reduce side-effects SHARE
A new technique to treat early prostate cancer may have far fewer side-effects than existing therapies, say experts.
A 41-patient study in the journal Lancet Oncology suggests targeted ultrasound treatment could reduce the risk of impotence and incontinence. Researchers say it could transform future treatment if the findings are repeated in larger studies.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
The Bull Market - Political Advertising, by McChesney and Nichols SHARE
The United States is in the midst of its quadrennial presidential election, a process that now extends so long as to be all but permanent. The campaign is also drenched in more money given by a small handful of billionaires than has been the case in the past. Since the 1970s the amount spent on political campaigns has increased dramatically in almost every election cycle. It has led to the formation of what we term the "money-and-media election complex," which has a revenue base in the many billions of campaign dollars donated annually, and has effectively become the foundation of electoral politics in the United States. Moreover, the rate of increase in campaign spending from 2008 to 2010, and especially from 2008 to 2012, is now at an all-time high.
The Bull Market - Political Advertising, by McChesney and Nichols SHARE
The United States is in the midst of its quadrennial presidential election, a process that now extends so long as to be all but permanent. The campaign is also drenched in more money given by a small handful of billionaires than has been the case in the past. Since the 1970s the amount spent on political campaigns has increased dramatically in almost every election cycle. It has led to the formation of what we term the "money-and-media election complex," which has a revenue base in the many billions of campaign dollars donated annually, and has effectively become the foundation of electoral politics in the United States. Moreover, the rate of increase in campaign spending from 2008 to 2010, and especially from 2008 to 2012, is now at an all-time high.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Why Not Get the Law and Politics Right in Iran? by Richard Falk of F.P.J. SHARE
In his important article in the New York Times, March 17, 2012, James Risen summarized the consensus of the intelligence community as concluding that Iran abandoned its program to develop nuclear weapons in 2003, and that no persuasive evidence exists that it has departed from this decision. {Pictured is Israel's Dimona Nuclear site.}
Why Not Get the Law and Politics Right in Iran? by Richard Falk of F.P.J. SHARE
In his important article in the New York Times, March 17, 2012, James Risen summarized the consensus of the intelligence community as concluding that Iran abandoned its program to develop nuclear weapons in 2003, and that no persuasive evidence exists that it has departed from this decision. {Pictured is Israel's Dimona Nuclear site.}
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
How Ronald Reagan Broke the Air Traffic Controllers Union--And Why That Fight Still Matters SHARE
The PATCO strike has become the pivotal event in almost everyone's understanding of the massive realignment of class power in the United States in the last few decades.
{Pictured is President Ronald Reagan.}
How Ronald Reagan Broke the Air Traffic Controllers Union--And Why That Fight Still Matters SHARE
The PATCO strike has become the pivotal event in almost everyone's understanding of the massive realignment of class power in the United States in the last few decades.
{Pictured is President Ronald Reagan.}
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Barack Obama, Democratic Expectations and the Magic Wand SHARE
What are the people who tell us President Obama hasn't got a "magic wand" really saying? That we have no right to expect a president to use the power of his office to address mass incarceration, the housing, foreclosure, student and consumer debt crises, or end our murderous colonial wars around the world? That we're immature and unsophisticated to demand or expect much of anything more than his pretty black face in that big white house?
Barack Obama, Democratic Expectations and the Magic Wand SHARE
What are the people who tell us President Obama hasn't got a "magic wand" really saying? That we have no right to expect a president to use the power of his office to address mass incarceration, the housing, foreclosure, student and consumer debt crises, or end our murderous colonial wars around the world? That we're immature and unsophisticated to demand or expect much of anything more than his pretty black face in that big white house?
Monday, March 19, 2012
DON'T IRAQ IRAN, by coleen rowley at War Is A Crime Dot Org SHARE
Better this injunction was aimed at Israel, but there the protesters would be summarily jailed and their film destroyed, never to see the light of day. In fact I'm not sure where the protest occurred, but the picture and the video say it with a personal touch, even more effectively in my opinion than the gasoline pump picture with the "Q" in IRAQ rolling over into an "N".
DON'T IRAQ IRAN, by coleen rowley at War Is A Crime Dot Org SHARE
Better this injunction was aimed at Israel, but there the protesters would be summarily jailed and their film destroyed, never to see the light of day. In fact I'm not sure where the protest occurred, but the picture and the video say it with a personal touch, even more effectively in my opinion than the gasoline pump picture with the "Q" in IRAQ rolling over into an "N".
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Farewell Congressman Kucinich, by Margaret Kimberley of B.A.R. SHARE
With the gerrymandered defeat of Dennis Kucinich, the Congress has lost its last, best progressive. Called crazy or wacky, Kucinich...(has always been)...what other Democrats ought to be. Kucinich stood firm, when all in the Progressive and Black Caucuses folded. If there is no room for one, not even one true Democrat, then there should no longer be any allegiance to that party.
Farewell Congressman Kucinich, by Margaret Kimberley of B.A.R. SHARE
With the gerrymandered defeat of Dennis Kucinich, the Congress has lost its last, best progressive. Called crazy or wacky, Kucinich...(has always been)...what other Democrats ought to be. Kucinich stood firm, when all in the Progressive and Black Caucuses folded. If there is no room for one, not even one true Democrat, then there should no longer be any allegiance to that party.
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Iridescent, Feathered Dinosaur Offers Fresh Evidence That Feathers Evolved to Attract Mates SHARE
A team of American and Chinese researchers has revealed the detailed feather pattern and color of Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago....Since it was discovered as the first four-winged dinosaur in 2003, Microraptor has been at the center of questions about the evolution of feathers and flight....Based on the new data..., a complex color repertoire that includes iridescence is probably ancestral to a group of dinosaurs called Paraves that originated at least 140 million years ago and includes dinosaurs such as Velociraptor as well as Archaeopteryx, Anchiornis and living birds. {Pictured is a Microraptor fossil.}
Iridescent, Feathered Dinosaur Offers Fresh Evidence That Feathers Evolved to Attract Mates SHARE
A team of American and Chinese researchers has revealed the detailed feather pattern and color of Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago....Since it was discovered as the first four-winged dinosaur in 2003, Microraptor has been at the center of questions about the evolution of feathers and flight....Based on the new data..., a complex color repertoire that includes iridescence is probably ancestral to a group of dinosaurs called Paraves that originated at least 140 million years ago and includes dinosaurs such as Velociraptor as well as Archaeopteryx, Anchiornis and living birds. {Pictured is a Microraptor fossil.}
Monday, March 5, 2012
Commemorating Palestinian Land Day: Join the BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March 2012 ! SHARE
First launched at the World Social Forum in 2009, the BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March coincides with Palestinian Land Day, initiated in 1976, when Israeli security forces shot and killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel and injured many in an attempt to crush popular protest against ongoing theft of Palestinian-owned land. Thirty-six years on, Israel continues to entrench its regime of occupation, colonization and apartheid and intensify its grave violations of the basic rights of Palestinians everywhere, whether those living under occupation, citizens of Israel, or the majority of the Palestinians, the refugees.
Commemorating Palestinian Land Day: Join the BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March 2012 ! SHARE
First launched at the World Social Forum in 2009, the BDS Global Day of Action on 30 March coincides with Palestinian Land Day, initiated in 1976, when Israeli security forces shot and killed six Palestinian citizens of Israel and injured many in an attempt to crush popular protest against ongoing theft of Palestinian-owned land. Thirty-six years on, Israel continues to entrench its regime of occupation, colonization and apartheid and intensify its grave violations of the basic rights of Palestinians everywhere, whether those living under occupation, citizens of Israel, or the majority of the Palestinians, the refugees.
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Saturday, February 18, 2012
Dateline Feb 17: Veterans For Peace Elects First Female President SHARE
Veterans For Peace, a non-profit educational organization, has elected Leah Bolger, a retired U.S. Navy commander to serve as its first female president in its 26-year history....According to Bolger, "After more than ten years of illegal and immoral wars with Afghanistan and Iraq, and with the drumbeat for war on Iran growing louder by the day, there has never been a more important time for veterans to stand up and speak out about the truth of war and to oppose it in every way we can."
Dateline Feb 17: Veterans For Peace Elects First Female President SHARE
Veterans For Peace, a non-profit educational organization, has elected Leah Bolger, a retired U.S. Navy commander to serve as its first female president in its 26-year history....According to Bolger, "After more than ten years of illegal and immoral wars with Afghanistan and Iraq, and with the drumbeat for war on Iran growing louder by the day, there has never been a more important time for veterans to stand up and speak out about the truth of war and to oppose it in every way we can."
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Thursday, February 16, 2012
Giving Away the Store: The Black Political Class as Bystanders and Looters, by Bruce A. Dixon SHARE
Dr. King once expressed the belief that we might be "integrating into a burning house." Even that might not be so bad, one supposes, if we were actually fighting the fire. But is America's black political class even committed to fighting the fire at all, to alleviating poverty, to standing up for peace and justice? Are they only about prolonging their perks and careers? Are they firefighters? Or looters?
Giving Away the Store: The Black Political Class as Bystanders and Looters, by Bruce A. Dixon SHARE
Dr. King once expressed the belief that we might be "integrating into a burning house." Even that might not be so bad, one supposes, if we were actually fighting the fire. But is America's black political class even committed to fighting the fire at all, to alleviating poverty, to standing up for peace and justice? Are they only about prolonging their perks and careers? Are they firefighters? Or looters?
Friday, February 10, 2012
Appeals court rejects California's Proposition 8, by the CNN Wire Staff SHARE
A federal appeals court ruled against California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, arguing the ban unconstitutionally singles out gays and lesbians for discrimination. {Pictured is a demonstrator outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco.}
Appeals court rejects California's Proposition 8, by the CNN Wire Staff SHARE
A federal appeals court ruled against California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage Tuesday, arguing the ban unconstitutionally singles out gays and lesbians for discrimination. {Pictured is a demonstrator outside the federal courthouse in San Francisco.}
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