More than 1 Million South Africa State Workers Strike

Garfield, are you being effected by this strike? Published on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by Reuters More than 1 Million South Africa State Workers Strike by Jon Herskovitz JOHANNESBURG – More than one million South African state workers went on strike for more pay on Wednesday, threatening a prolonged action they say will bring the [...]

To Address Climate Change: ‘We Need a Movement’

Published on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 by The Nation To Address Climate Change: ‘We Need a Movement’ by John Nichols SYDNEY, Australia — Australia will hold national elections this week and there is no question that climate change is a front-and-center issue. I’ve appeared on a number of panels to discuss the election, and the [...]

Pakistan Floods: 3.5 Million Children at Risk from Deadly Diseases, says UN

Published on Tuesday, August 17, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Pakistan Floods: 3.5 Million Children at Risk from Deadly Diseases, says UN Shortage of clean water raises health fears as fresh protests erupt over slow delivery of aid by Sam Jones and Agencies The UN said Monday that 3.5 million children in Pakistan are at risk [...]

Special-Interest Spending Surges in State Supreme Court Campaigns

Published on Monday, August 16, 2010 by The Washington Post Special-Interest Spending Surges in State Supreme Court Campaigns by Dan Eggen While Washington politicians argue over the role of money in federal elections, a growing number of states are starting to grapple with their own challenge: a tide of special-interest money flowing into local judicial [...]

Mankind Is Using Up Global Resources Faster Than Ever

Published on Monday, August 16, 2010 by the Telegraph/UK Mankind Is Using Up Global Resources Faster Than Ever The growing world population and increasing consumption has pushed the world into ‘eco-debt’ a month earlier this year, according to the latest statistics on global resources. by Louise Gray Think tank the New Economics Foundation (NEF) look [...]

Scotland Here I come

http://guide.visitscotland.com/vs/guide/5,en,SCH1/objectId,ACC68395Svs,curr,GBP,season,at1,selectedEntry,home/home.html http://www.ord-house-skye.co.uk/ am going through a list of B&B’s on Skye where my family comes from.  This is a place I would like to go as I am from the McDonald clan. Ord House, thought to have been built by Charles MacDonald of the Clan MacDonald, dates back to 1740 and is situated on the [...]

10 Common Sense Principles for a New Economy

Published on Sunday, August 15, 2010 by YES! Magazine 10 Common Sense Principles for a New Economy It’s time we the people declare our independence from the money-favoring Wall Street economy. by David Korten I find hope in the fact that millions of people the world over are seeing through the moral and practical fallacies [...]

Climate Scientists in Race to Predict Where Natural Disaster Will Strike Next

Published on Sunday, August 15, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Climate Scientists in Race to Predict Where Natural Disaster Will Strike Next Conference in Boulder will step up world’s efforts to establish an early warning system for extreme weather events by Robin McKie The world’s leading climate scientists will gather this week in the United States [...]

Thoughts for Sunday

Thoughts for Sunday   Yesterday August 14 was the feast day of Saint Maximilian Kolbe who was a brave man who died in Auschwitz because he offered his life in exchange for the life of an innocent man.  He said these words which really made me feel that God wants me to continue to fight [...]

Thoughts For Saturday

My Thoughts for Saturday   I took a political quiz this morning to see if I am Conservative, Liberal etc.  The result was I am a moderate Liberal/Progressive.  They had President Kennedy’s picture so it shouldn’t surprise me as he was my hero since I was five years old.   Politics in America has changed [...]