Posted in 2012, Michelle Bachmann, tagged Drilling In Everglades, Michele Bachmann on August 31, 2011| Leave a Comment »
GOP presidential front runner Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (MN) new notion to drill for oil in the Florida Everglades is compelling the public, scientists, and even a few in her own party to raise their eyebrows at her “incredible faux pas.” Ever resilient against the onslaught of facts, Bachmann doubled down on her call to drill […]/p
via Bachmann Doubles Down On Drilling In Everglades, Says Only ‘Radical Environmentalists’ Would Oppose.
Posted in Murdoch, tagged Murdoch Media Empire, News Corp, rupert murdoch, Sydney and Melbourne, The Australian on August 31, 2011| 1 Comment »
The Australian is the country’s biggest-selling national newspaper. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which “also owns the sole dailies in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin and the most popular metropolitan dailies in Sydney and Melbourne.” Michael Ashley investigates the national paper’s “seriously warped” op-ed policy in this extended excerpt. [R]eality becomes so […]/p
Posted in Environment, tagged Dr. James Hansen, Earth Insitute, environment news, Keystone xl tar sands, Obama, Ogalala aquafer, Oil, TransCanada, White House on August 30, 2011| Leave a Comment »
WASHINGTON, DC, August 29, 2011 (ENS) – NASA climatologist Dr. James Hansen was arrested today in front of the White House where he was demonstrating in opposition to the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that would bring thick crude oil from Alberta to refineries in Oklahoma and Texas. Dr. Hansen heads the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City and is a climate research scientist at the Earth Institute, Columbia University.
Arrests are continuing at the White House, where about 140 people gathered on the sidewalk as part of a two-week long sit-in to protest TransCanada’s proposed 1,700 mile pipeline.
Dr. James Hansen is arrested protesting the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline in front of the White House, August 29, 2011 (Photo by Ben Powless)
The protest has led to the arrest of 521 people since August 20, when protestors began the Tar Sands Action sit-in at the White House. The protest will continue until September 3.
Because the proposed pipeline would cross the United States-Canada border, a Presidential Permit issued by the U.S. State Department is required for the project to proceed. The protestors are demanding that President Barack Obama decline to issue a permit for the pipeline because of the environmental damage it would cause.
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Posted in Corporate Crime Wave, tagged Challenging Authority, corporate welfare. Kieth Olbermann, energy, financial, Food, get up, Harriet Tubman, independent media, Industrial War Complex, military, moving upward, pharmaceutical, Pragmatic Tactics, prison, Social Security, stand up, Wall Street bailouts on August 27, 2011| 3 Comments »
Three Things That Must Happen for Us to Rise Up and Defeat the Corporatocracy
Truthout Friday 26 August 2011
by: Bruce E. Levine, Alternet | Op-Ed
Most Americans oppose rule by the corporatocracy but don’t have the tools to fight back. Here are three things we need to create a real people’s movement.
Transforming the United States into something closer to a democracy requires: 1) knowledge of how we are getting screwed; 2) pragmatic tactics, strategies, and solutions; and 3) the “energy to do battle.”
The majority of Americans oppose the corporatocracy (rule by giant corporations, the extremely wealthy elite,
and corporate-collaborator government officials); however, many of us have given up hope that this tyranny can be defeated. Among those of us who continue to be politically engaged, many focus on only one of the requirements—knowledge of how we are getting screwed. And this singular focus can result in helplessness. It is the two other requirements that can empower, energize, and activate Team Democracy— a team that is currently at the bottom of the standings in the American Political League.
Read article at Truthout Friday 26 August 2011
Posted in Libya, tagged Dennis Kucinich, electromagnetic warfare, Gadhafi, International Criminal Court, Israel, Lasers, NATO, No-Fly Zone, Obama, thermobaric weapons, us on August 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, has been an outspoken critic of U.S. military action in Libya since it began six months ago, even saying President Barack Obama’s policy amounted to “an impeachable offense.”
Now, as Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s regime appears to be toppling, Kucinich is ramping up his criticism with the contention that NATO commanders in Libya should be tried in court for killing civilians, Politico reports.
“NATO’s top commanders may have acted under color of international law, but they are not exempt from international law,” Kucinich said in a statement issued today.
“If members of the Gadhafi regime are to be held accountable, NATO’s top commanders must also be held accountable through the International Criminal Court for all civilian deaths resulting from bombing,” Kucinich said. “Otherwise, we will have witnessed the triumph of a new international gangsterism.”
Posted in Libya, tagged CNN, ECC International, Industrial War Complex, Libya, munitions response, Rear Admiral Charles R. Kubic, Wag the dog. Quatar on August 24, 2011| 3 Comments »
NATO allow weapons to Rebels OPENLY
Telegraph August 12th, 2011
By kingsley
Arms controls continue to be flouted in the context of the Libyan armed conflict. Both France and Qatar have openly admitted to supplying arms to the rebels as a complementary strategy to the NATO-led air strikes. Such actions not only undermine the United Nations arms embargo regime, but may also violate contractual obligations between arms-exporting and arms-importing states.
When arms are officially exported from one government to another, the recipient government is usually required to endorse an end-user certificate. This is a written commitment from the arms-purchasing government that it will not transfer the arms to other parties, especially if such a transfer is in violation of a UN arms embargo. However, there is no international end-user monitoring and enforcement process in place. Monitoring is the sole preserve of the exporting state, but such monitoring is typically under-developed, with the US ‘Blue Lantern’ programme being the most advanced.
Qatar’s arming of the Libyan rebels is particularly problematic as Qatar imports the vast majority of its arms, and hence would have been required to endorse end-user certificates. Over the past five years Qatar’s main arms supplier has been the United States (in monetary terms), but it has also imported arms from many other states, such as France, the United Kingdom, Russia, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands and South Africa. The key question to be asked is, to what extent has Qatar reneged on end-user agreements?
Posted in 2012, Economic Crisis, tagged Boehner, Glenn Beck, GOP presidential candidates’, Obama, Randy Hultgren, Republican Party, rick perry on August 19, 2011| 1 Comment »
During a townhall meeting earlier this week, constituents in Rep. Randy Hultgren’s (R-IL) congressional district hectored him about raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations. The Washington Post reports, “It is a scene that has been repeated at town hall meetings across the country this August as Democrats make a concerted effort to use this […]/p
Posted in Mitt Romney, Tea Party, tagged Iowans, Mitt Romney, Tea Party on August 11, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Earlier today, former Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) faced angry questions from Iowans over his proposed cuts to entitlement programs. In an attempt to dismiss the legitimate concerns of the questioners, Fox News declared them to be liberal plants. During the segment, the conservative news outlet displayed a chyron on-screen that read, “Liberal Activists Ambush Mitt […]/p
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US checks S&P’s adding after downgrade
Posted in Commentary, tagged ABC, SEC, Standard and Poor, US Securities and Exchange Commission on August 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
BigPond News Sunday, August 14, 2011 » 01:29pm
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has launched a probe into the process by which Standard Poor’s downgraded the US credit rating, the Wall Street Journal reported.
US officials lashed out at SP after it docked the country’s credit rating from AAA to AA+, accusing the agency of committing a $US2 trillion ($A1.93 trillion) maths error and of using a faulty baseline. SP has stood by its analysis.
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, said the SEC would investigate the mathematical model used by the agency and look into which SP employees knew of the decision to downgrade before it was announced.
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