Monday, February 28, 2011
Obama Calls the Republican Healthcare Bluff | Mother Jones
Obama Calls the Republican Healthcare Bluff | Mother Jones
....The legislation would allow states to opt out earlier from various requirements if they could demonstrate that other methods would allow them to cover as many people, with insurance that is as comprehensive and affordable, as provided by the new law....If states can meet those standards, they can ask to circumvent minimum benefit levels, structural requirements for insurance exchanges and the mandates that most individuals obtain coverage and that employers provide it.
U.S. shields foreign mercenaries in Libya to protect Bush officials - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
U.S. shields foreign mercenaries in Libya to protect Bush officials - Glenn Greenwald - Salon.com
Why would a clause be inserted to expressly protect war crimes-committing mercenaries on Gadaffi's payroll from international prosecutions? Because, as The Telegraph's John Swaine reports, the Obama administration insisted on its inclusion -- as an absolutely non-negotiable demand -- due to a fear that its exclusion might render Bush officials (or, ultimately, even Obama officials) subject to war crimes prosecutions at the ICC on the same theory that would be used to hold Libya's mercenaries accountable:
Saturday, February 26, 2011
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Friday, February 18, 2011
How Monsanto And Evangelical Christian Organizations Hijacked The Taxpayer Money Intended For Haiti | Disinformation
How Monsanto And Evangelical Christian Organizations Hijacked The Taxpayer Money Intended For Haiti | Disinformation
So sick of these corporate and creepy religious slug carpetbaggers stealing from the poor.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Daily Kos: GA Legislator Wants to Create The Uterus Police to Investigate Miscarriages
Daily Kos: GA Legislator Wants to Create The Uterus Police to Investigate Miscarriages
As George Carlin once said:
If you're pre-born, you're fine.
If you're pre-school, you're fucked.
If you're pre-school, you're fucked.
WEST BANK: Obama calls Mahmoud Abbas, who calls for urgent leadership meeting | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
WEST BANK: Obama calls Mahmoud Abbas, who calls for urgent leadership meeting | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
"Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad Malki said the U.S. has tried to convince the Palestinians to withdraw their Security Council proposal, but without success. He said the proposed U.S. alternative to the Palestinian resolution would not make them change their minds."
slight paranoia
slight paranoia
Excerpt:
"While tech companies aren't particularly crazy about adding new snooping capabilities into their services, they are even less excited about having to eat the financial cost of developing and deploying those backdoors."
Terrance Berg | Report: Alberta Oil Sands Most Destructive Project on Earth
Terrance Berg | Report: Alberta Oil Sands Most Destructive Project on Earth
Want the facts on the Alberta Oil Sands? Check our Top 10 Facts About the Alberta Oil Sands section.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Daily Kos: Huge Victory for Sea Shepherd- Japan calls halt to Antarctic Whaling!
Daily Kos: Huge Victory for Sea Shepherd- Japan calls halt to Antarctic Whaling!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
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NASA's Stardust-NExT mission took this image of comet Tempel 1 at 8:39 p.m. PST (11:39 p.m. EST) on Feb 14, 2011. The comet was first visited by NASA's Deep Impact mission in 2005.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Nine Pictures Of The Extreme Income/Wealth Gap
Nine Pictures Of The Extreme Income/Wealth Gap
This needs to be shared around like the leaves of autumn!
This needs to be shared around like the leaves of autumn!
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field [Updated]
The Egyptian Revolution: First Impressions from the Field [Updated]
Further, the revolution lacked recognized leadership from beginning to end, a fact that seemed to matter most to observers but not to participants. I saw several debates in which participants strongly resisted being represented by any existing group or leader, just as they resisted demands that they produce “representatives” that someone, such as al-Azhar or the government, could talk to. When the government asked that someone be designated as a spokesperson for this revolt, many participants flippantly designated one of the disappeared, only in the hope that being so designated might hasten his reappearance.
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