Dennis Kucinich - Maverick U.S. Congressman From Ohio Offers Common Sense Solution to Bailout Crisis

Wed Oct 1, 2008 2:41 AM EDT

By Robert Blevins - AB of Seattle (Clipped by veganima)

One of the biggest problems Americans are having with the massive bailout proposed by Congress is just trying to understand it. The average citizen can't figure it out, and neither can many of our legislators.

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economy, wall-street, us-news, bailout, recession, dennis-kucinich, kucinich

Dems onside with Bush on Georgia

Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:00 PM EDT (The Real News)

Eric Margolis: Is Obama afraid of getting on the wrong side of the 'patriotic issue'?

russia, usa, politics, obama

Record $482 Billion '09 Deficit Forecast

Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:59 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

"The federal budget deficit will grow to a record $482 billion in the fiscal year that begins in October, the White House said yesterday, driven by war costs, tax rebates, and a slowing economy that will leave the next president little room to fulfill costly campaign promises."

economy, politics, corruption, deficit

Is the Government Tracking Us Through Our Cellphones? Lawsuit Seeks Answers.

Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:17 AM EDT (The New York Times)

ACLU is really concern about the US Government use of cell phones users' tracking data.

privacy, politics, civil-liberties, abuse-of-power, big-brother, surrveillance-society

Sexual harassment okay as it ensures humans breed, Russian judge rules

Seeded on Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:29 AM EDT (Telegraph)

"A Russian advertising executive who sued her boss for sexual harassment lost her case after a judge ruled that employers were obliged to make passes at female staff to ensure the survival of the human race.

human-rights, russia, world-news, sexual-harassment, feminism

French High Court: Salafism "Not Compatible" With French Values

Seeded on Mon Jul 14, 2008 12:51 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

Seeded by spiffie (Clipped by veganima)

France's highest court denied citizenship to Faiza Mabchour, a Moroccan woman, on the grounds that she practices a form of Islam called Salafism, which requires a rigorous interpretation of the Quran.

france, islam, world-news, salafism, conseil-d-etat, faiza-mabchour

When Human Rights Extend to Nonhumans

Seeded on Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:46 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Seeded by ShaunV (Clipped by veganima)

Does Khalid Shaikh Mohammed — the Guantánamo detainee who claims he personally beheaded the reporter Daniel Pearl — deserve the rights he denied Mr. Pearl? Which ones? A painless execution? Exemption from capital punishment? Decent prison conditions? Habeas corpus?

human-rights, world-news, bonobos, environment-committee, great-ape-project, extend-to-non-huan, s-gorillas, spanish-parliament

Scandal of Justice Continues: New Extension of Remand in Custody for Animal Protectionists

Seeded on Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:38 PM EDT (VGT)

"The District Court of Wiener Neustadt extended the remand in custody of the ten animal protectionists for a further two months today.

politics, justice, animal-rights, fascism

The Superstitious Right Fights Good Science on Global Warming

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 6:17 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

"In a society devoted like no other to the politics of fear, we have somehow managed to forget the one thing we should probably fear most." By David Michael Green, AlterNet.

global-warming, world-news, sustainability

Portugal and Renault/Nissan set electric cars pact

Seeded on Wed Jul 9, 2008 5:36 PM EDT (Reuters)

LISBON, July 9 (Reuters) - Portugal signed a deal on Wednesday with French carmaker Renault (RENA.PA: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and its Japanese partner Nissan (7201.T: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to boost the use of...

reuters, global-warming, world-news, sustainability, electric-cars

Secret report: biofuels caused food crisis

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:33 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Seeded by analog ninja (Clipped by veganima)

From the article, "Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% - far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian.

economics, world-bank, world-news, world-economy, bio-fuels, free-markets, food-crisis, global-food-crisis, embarrassng-to-bush-administration

Groundbreaking Lawsuit Accuses Big Oil of Conspiracy to Deceive Public About Climate Change

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 7:53 PM EDT (Democracy Now!)

"The suit accuses twenty oil, gas and electric companies, including ExxonMobil, Chevron, BP, ConocoPhillips and Peabody, of being responsible for emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gases causing the Arctic ice to melt" Democracy Now!

business, oil, environment, sustainability

Festival of Blood in Coria (Spain)

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 6:29 PM EDT (Peta Europe blog)

Even last year more than 60.000 signatures were collected in a petition to abolish the holiday, the local Government from Coria defend the "tradition" because it is an "old tradition of great touristic and cultural interest".

entertainment, spain, animals, culture, cruelty, tradition, animal-rights, bullfighting

North America's First Waste Gasification Plant

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 5:57 PM EDT (TreeHugger)

Seeded by nearing (Clipped by veganima)

The idea behind waste gasification is an attractive one: Take trash and subject it to extreme heat under anoxic conditions to produce syngas, a blend of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, which can be used as a fuel source.

waste, us-news, gasification

Homeless people die after bird flu vaccine trial in Poland

Seeded on Thu Jul 3, 2008 3:34 PM EDT (Telegraph)

Seeded by atonhunter (Clipped by veganima)

The pharmaceuticals have found new guinea pigs. Homeless people.

health, bird-flu, homeless, vaccines, h5n1, eugenics, vaccination, clinical-trials, guinea-pigs

Earth's Cries Recorded in Space

Seeded on Tue Jul 1, 2008 7:59 PM EDT (space.com)

Seeded by Marilyn L (Clipped by veganima)

Earth emits an ear-piercing series of chirps and whistles that could be heard by any aliens who might be listening, astronomers have discovered. The sound is awful, a new recording from space reveals.

science, astronomy, solar-wind, aurora-borealis, earths-magnetic-field, radio-wave-bursts, auroral-kilometric-radiation

Sweden and the Borders of the Surveillance State

Seeded on Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:24 AM EDT (Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF))

The new law will permit to conduct a huge mass data-mining project, processing and analyzing the telephony, emails, and web traffic of millions of innocent individuals.

politics, big-brother

The Fight to End Aging Gains Legitimacy, Funding

Seeded on Fri Jun 27, 2008 2:30 AM EDT (Wired News)

Seeded by Marilyn L (Clipped by veganima)

Gandhi once said, describing his critics, "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." After declaring, essentially out of nowhere, that he had a program to end the disease of aging, renegade biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey knows how the fi …

aging, science, methuselah-foundation, geroscience, aging-as-disease