Published on Saturday, June 12, 2010 by CommonDreams.org The Supreme Court Says NO to the People – Again by Michael Winship At a dinner party, an ever-so-proper aristocrat who had been at the British evacuation of Dunkirk sixty years ago, remained tightlipped despite intense questioning from the other guests about what he had seen there. [...]
Archive for June 2010
The Supreme Court Says NO to the People – Again
June 12, 2010Climate Deal Blueprint Could Curb US Emissions and Poor Nations’ Growth
June 12, 2010Published on Saturday, June 12, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Climate Deal Blueprint Could Curb US Emissions and Poor Nations’ Growth by John Vidal in Bonn A new blueprint for a global climate agreement would force the United States to massively reduce its greenhouse gas emissions but could also limit developing countries’ attempts to grow their [...]
Government Raises Estimate Of Oil Flow To 20,000 To 40,000 Barrels A Day, More Or Less
June 11, 2010Published on Friday, June 11, 2010 by Huffington Post by Dan Froomkin The Obama administration has once again increased its estimate of the flow of oil from BP’s blown-out well. Call for action: Protesters let their feelings be known during a rally against BP. Government estimates of the oil flow from the gushing well have [...]
Racism and Recession in Europe
June 11, 2010Published on Friday, June 11, 2010 by Foreign Policy in Focus Racism and Recession in Europe by Jayati Ghosh Of the many undesirable effects of the ongoing — and increasingly policy-induced — recession in Europe, has received relatively less public attention: the resurgence of racist and xenophobic attitudes. This was already something of a problem, [...]
Remembering Jacques Cousteau: Carrying on the Legacy on His 100th Birthday
June 11, 2010Published on Friday, June 11, 2010 by The Huffington Post Remembering Jacques Cousteau: Carrying on the Legacy on His 100th Birthday by Jean-Michel Cousteau My father, Captain Jacques Cousteau, would have been 100 years old today. He was a man of undeniable charisma, a man who always achieved his objectives, a man of such single-minded [...]
From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence
June 11, 2010Published on Friday, June 11, 2010 by The Huffington Post From the Ground: BP Censoring Media, Destroying Evidence by Riki Ott Orange Beach, Alabama — While President Obama insists that the federal government is firmly in control of the response to BP’s spill in the Gulf, people in coastal communities where I visited last week [...]
Fighting Corporate Campaign Influence
June 11, 2010http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qeq3MtHn5XU Fighting Corporate Campaign Influence Great interview!!!
The Ring II
June 10, 2010I am starting the Ring II for White Nationalists and Progressives can talk about current affairs and other topics of interest. 06-03-2010, 09:42 AM #1 skullarian Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: hi plains Posts: 51 The Coming Resignation of Barack Obama [INDENT]American Spectator: The Coming Resignation of Barack Obama By [...]
Rich Nations Could Increase Emissions Under Pledge Loopholes, UN Data Shows
June 10, 2010Published on Thursday, June 10, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Rich Nations Could Increase Emissions Under Pledge Loopholes, UN Data Shows Analysis seen at Bonn climate talks shows rich nations could use carbon accountancy tricks to increase their emissions by up to 8% by John Vidal in Bonn Developing countries were today shocked by new UN [...]
First, Do No Harm
June 10, 2010Published on Thursday, June 10, 2010 by CommonDreams.org First, Do No Harm by Robert C. Koehler As Planet Earth continues to hemorrhage crude oil from its wound — with a worst-case estimate of as much as 100,000 barrels a day — we grope, beyond our anger and guilt, simply to imagine what damage we have [...]
