Climate Chaos Predicted by CO2 Study

Published on Thursday, April 30, 2009 by The Independent/UK Climate Chaos Predicted by CO2 Study World will have exceeded 2050 safe carbon emissions limit by 2020, scientists say by Steve Connor The world will overshoot its long-term target on greenhouse gas emissions within two decades. A study has found that the average global temperature will [...]

Culture of Unpunished Sexual Assault in Military

Published on Thursday, April 30, 2009 by Inter Press Service Culture of Unpunished Sexual Assault in Military by Dahr Jamail MARFA, Texas – Sexual assault of women serving in the U.S. military, while brought to light in recent reports, has a long tradition in that institution. Women in America were first allowed into the military [...]

SF Thread/ Proud Italian Priest Wears Swastika Armband…

I found this thread on SF and since I want to comment on it as a Catholic I am posting it here. http://austriantimes.at/index.php?id=12871 BoyHowdy vbmenu_register(“postmenu_6807324″, true); “Friend of Stormfront”Sustaining Member     Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA Posts: 6,348 Blog Entries: 1 Proud Italian Priest Wears Swastika Armband… Swastika priestA priest has shocked parishioners [...]

Urge President Obama to Stand Up for Wolves

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/372661650?z00m=19758487 Urge President Obama to Stand Up for Wolves Target: President Barack Obama Sponsored by: Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund In March, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar approved the Bush Administration’s discredited plan to eliminate Endangered Species Act protections for wolves in Idaho and Montana – a decision that could lead to the deaths of [...]

A Brave Women who has the Courage to live by her Faith

From my Prayer Group: The Bravery of Glendon While some leading Catholic universities in America are so anxious to curry favor with the secular culture that they are willing to compromise their very identity, one woman stands unafraid…. By Andrew Rabel MONDAY, APRIL 26,2009 —Dear friends I am here late in the evening in the [...]

The Progressive Caucus and Obama

Published on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by The Nation The Progressive Caucus and Obama by Katrina vanden Heuvel The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) met with President Obama for one hour in the East Room of the White House yesterday. CPC Co-Chair, Congressman Raúl Grijalva, said that 50 of the 77 Caucus members attended, and they [...]

Spanish Judge Opens Probe into Guantanamo Torture

Published on Wednesday, April 29, 2009 by Agence France Presse Spanish Judge Opens Probe into Guantanamo Torture MADRID – A Spanish judge on Wednesday opened an investigation into an alleged “systematic programme” of torture at the US Guantanamo Bay detention camp, following accusations by four former prisoners. Judge Baltasar Garzon will probe the “perpetrators, the [...]

US Seeks to End Bush Mountaintop Coal Mining

Published on Monday, April 27, 2009 by Reuters US Seeks to End Bush Mountaintop Coal Mining Rule by Ayesha Rascoe WASHINGTON – The U.S. Interior Department said on Monday it will try to overturn a Bush administration rule that made it easier for coal mining companies to dump mountaintop debris into valley streams.   Secretary [...]

Poaching, Human Encroachment Force Elephants to Abandon Troubled Zimbabwe

Published on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 by The Telegraph/UK Poaching, Human Encroachment Force Elephants to Abandon Troubled Zimbabwe Growing pressure from poaching and human encroachment in Zimbabwe has driven hundreds of elephants to migrate from the country, conservationists have said. As many as 400 elephants have crossed the Zambezi River, which separates Zambia from northern [...]

Climate Change Hitting Entire Arctic Ecosystem, Says

Published on Tuesday, April 28, 2009 by The Guardian/UK Climate Change Hitting Entire Arctic Ecosystem, Says Report Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme study tells of profound changes to sea ice and permafrost, among others by John Vidal Extensive climate change is now affecting every form of life in the Arctic, according to a major new [...]