A Monster of Our Own Creation

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 12:04 PM EDT (Truthdig)

Scheer concludes: "The fact that [bin Laden] was in an area amply populated by the very Pakistani military and intelligence forces that we have armed, and that should have been able to easily nab him, gives the lie to the claim that Afghanistan is vital territory to be secured in …

politics

How Osama bin Laden perverted US justice

Seeded on Wed May 4, 2011 10:52 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Greenberg concludes: "Perhaps, in sending bin Laden's body into the waters of the ocean, we should consider sending all that he represented to us to the bottom of the sea as well.

Hightower Lowdown | A battery of elected ideologues opens fire on those who serve the public

Seeded on Tue May 3, 2011 10:42 AM EDT ()

Hightower writes: "Using the GOP and the tea partiers as their political foot soldiers--they intend to dismantle the public sphere, crush all unions, downsize the entire middle class, and banish egalitarianism as an American ideal."

powers-that-be, supreme-courts, koch-brothers

China Rethinks Nuclear Power | The Nation

Seeded on Sun May 1, 2011 10:30 PM EDT (The Nation)

The authors concluce: "Solar and wind energy must become cost-competitive not only with nuclear but with fossil fuels. Given China's size and unique role as world manufacturer and exporter, it is fair to say that it is the best hope for giving solar and wind energy that boost.

technology, global-warming, so-china, fukushima-about, ask-the-chinese

Robert Reich (The Oil Company Gusher)

Seeded on Sat Apr 30, 2011 11:34 AM EDT ()

After explaining clearly the foolishness of some proposals to benefit Big Oil, Reich concludes: "Let's not fool ourselves--or be fooled. There's no reason to continue to give giant oil companies a $4 billion a year tax windfall.

environment, public-policy

Honor Fallen Workers, Fight for Job Safety on Workers Memorial Day | AFL-CIO NOW BLOG

Seeded on Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:51 AM EDT ()

"Attacks on job safety at the federal and state levels are putting workers' lives in jeopardy. House Republican budget-cutters are working to make deep cuts to OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] to help fund tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.

business, health-administration, line-workers-independent-news

Take the Fight to the Streets -- In These Times

Seeded on Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:24 AM EDT (Working In These Times)

Lerner writes, in this informative how-to-do-it article: "The Right has successfully created a narrative in which 'big government, unions and public employees are bankrupting the country and killing jobs.' We need to shift that narrative to 'Wall Street, multinational corporation …

politics

Editorials | Move America toward the exit in Afghanistan | Seattle Times Newspaper

Seeded on Sun Aug 1, 2010 11:35 AM EDT (The Seattle Times)

Thank you, Seattle Times: "Certainly the most repugnant argument to stay in Afghanistan -- or any unpopular conflict -- is that leaving demeans the sacrifice of fallen soldiers. The intention is a vulgar, desperate attempt to intimidate and preclude debate.

world-news, exiting-afghanistan

Garbl's Writing Resources Online

Seeded on Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:46 AM EDT ()

Online since Nov. 1, 1997, Garbl's Writing Resources Online features websites focusing on English grammar, concise writing, word play, the writing process, style and usage, words, plain language, action writing, creativity, and reference sources.

50 Simple Ways to Get Off | Derrick Jensen | Orion Magazine

Seeded on Sun Dec 20, 2009 2:26 PM EST ()

I like the simple, bottom-line encouragement that concludes this article: Do something! The author writes: "The big dividing line is not and has never been between those who advocate more or less militant forms of resistance, or between mainstream and grassroots activists.

environment

Corporate%20election%20spending%20up%20for%20review

Seeded on Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:05 PM EDT (The Seattle Times)

If you think you now have little voice and power in government decision-making, things would get worse if corporations win this Supreme Court decision.

politics

Remembering the Real Deal

Seeded on Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:11 AM EDT (Truthdig)

Scheer: "No one in the history of [the U.S.

Whistleblower tells of America's hidden nightmare for its sick poor

Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 9:17 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

While visiting relatives in Tennessee, insurance company exec realized that health care in America had failed millions of poor, sick people and that he, and the industry he worked for, did not care about the human cost of their relentless search for profits.

health

A force of nature: our influential Anthropocene period

Seeded on Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:30 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

As Lewis concludes: "The future direction of the only place in the universe where we know life exists is in our hands. Suddenly, after almost 500 years, humanity is centre stage again. Let's not blow it."

science

t r u t h o u t | Eager to Tap Iraq's Vast Oil Reserves, Industry Execs Suggested Invasion

Seeded on Fri Jul 3, 2009 11:01 AM EDT (t r u t h o u t)

Bush's first treasury secretary, Paul O'Neill, described a White House interest in invading Iraq and controlling its vast oil reserves, dating back to the first days of the Bush presidency.

history

Consortiumnews.com

Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:09 PM EDT (Consortiumnews.com)

With the continuing pratfalls of their supposedly top-tier candidates, the Republicans have only one genuine hope for the future of their party: President Obama must fail and the Democrats must take the blame.

health

t r u t h o u t | Made of Lies

Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 10:55 PM EDT (t r u t h o u t)

More than 4,320 U.S. soldiers have died in Iraq because of lies told by the Bush/Cheney administration. Tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers have been shredded and maimed because of those lies.

The Truth Alone Will Not Set You Free

Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:07 AM EDT (Truthdig)

The modern world, as Kafka predicted, has become a world where the irrational has become rational, where lies become true.

t r u t h o u t | Kicking the Nuclear Habit

Seeded on Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:57 PM EDT (t r u t h o u t)

The obstacle to nuclear abolition is the long-term habit of threatening to use the most powerful weapons available to resolve conflicts among hostile nations.

science

The Sickening Influence of Campaign Contributions

Seeded on Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:04 AM EDT (Truthdig)

If Congress fails to enact health-care reform, the punishment inflicted by angry voters is likely to be reduced majorities for Democrats in both the Senate and the House of Representatives—or even the restoration of Republican rule on Capitol Hill.

health

Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away

Seeded on Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:58 PM EDT (Truthdig)

The greatest favor we can do for democracy activists in Iran--as well as in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Gulf and the dictatorships that dot North Africa--is withdraw our troops from the region and begin to speak to Iranians and the rest of the Muslim world in the civilized language of …

politics

Firing Back on Right-Wing Domestic Terrorism

Seeded on Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:35 AM EDT (Today's Ideas & Actions | OurFuture.org)

The sooner we shoot down these myths, the sooner we'll be able dispel fear, think clearly, and start having some real, honest conversations about the actual threats we face.

politics

The AMA's Unhealthy Obsession

Seeded on Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:12 PM EDT (Truthdig)

U.S. doctors find themselves at the mercy of corporate insurance bureaucrats. In fact, most doctors no longer belong to the once-venerable organization that purports to speak for them.

health

Report on Warming Offers New Details

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 11:04 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Man-made climate change could bring parching droughts to the Southwest and pounding rainstorms to Washington, put Vermont maple sugar farms out of business and Key West underwater over the next century, according to a federal report released yesterday.

washington-post

'Only Rich Countries' Can End Climate Deadlock | OneWorld.net (U.S.)

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:33 AM EDT ()

To prevent climate disaster by reducing annual global emissions to 1990 levels or below, wealthier nations--responsible for 75 percent of greenhouse gases now in the atmosphere--need to reduce their emissions by at least 40 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020.

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