Too Much Energy

SUBHEAD: It may simply be that evolution didn’t prepare our species for the impact of our brief and self-limiting encounter with the Earth’s carbon reserves.By John Michael Greer on 31 March 2011 for Archdruid Report - (http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2011/03/too-much-energy.html)Image above: Slamm town Emerson NJ Amtrak station is still in operation. From (http://activerain.com/

Chamber of Commerce horrors

SUBHEAD: The gang that couldn't lobby straight or get anything right.By Bill McKibbon on 20 March 2011 for Huffington Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-mckibben/the-gang-that-couldnt-lob_b_839047.html)Image above: Logo of the US Chamber of Commerce with "Wrong Way" sign. By Juan Wilson.What if I told you I'd found a political group that for a 100 years had managed to be absolutely right

Freedom - Libya yes! - Bahrain no!

SUBHEAD: How is it we sit by and watch peaceful Bahrainis seeking democracy murdered in the street by invading Saudis?By Tom Scocca on 17 March 2011 for Slate.com -(http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/scocca/archive/2011/03/17/would-a-no-fly-zone-over-america-save-the-democracy-movement-in-bahrain.aspx)Image above: Saudi forces moving across causeway to Bahrain armed with US supplied weapons and

Bahrain Demolishes Pearl Square

SUBHEAD: After Saudi "support" Bahrain demolishes Pearl Square monument that became symbolic of peaceful Shiite resistance to Sunni monarchy.By Barbara Surk on 18 March 2011 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/18/bahrain-pearl-square-monument_n_837799.html)Image above: Symbolic monument representing a pearl. The rich pearl trade there was the pre-oil occupation of

Is Saudi supression OK with US?

SUBHEAD: Saudis and Fifth Fleet want calm to return to Bahrain and both want to limit Iran's influence in the region.By David Usborne on 18 March 2011 for New Zealand Herald - (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10713281)Image above: US Fifth Fleet conducts maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels in its area of responsibility from Manama, Bahrain

DOD creates cyber sock puppets

SUBHEAD: Be advised. U.S. Military launches spy operation using fake online "sock puppets" users for Facebook and Twitter.By Amy Lee on 17 March 2011 for Huffington Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/online-persona-management_n_837153.html)Image above: Website logo of DOD contractor Ntrepid who is creating internet sock puppets. The U.S. Military has purchased software designed to

Military schmoozes Guam & Hawaii

SOURCE: Kenneth Taylor (taylork021@Hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: Pentagon takes aim at Asia-Pacific, and deploys mercenary social scientists for US military interests.Image above: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates surveys Guam military installations from helicopter. From (http://www.staradvertiser.com/multimedia/photo_galleries/viewer?galID=117918939).By Kyle Kajihiro on 14 March 2011 for DMZ Hawaii -(

Meltdowns Grow More Likely

SUBHEAD: It's time for a serious review of what our nuclear safety authorities consider to be improbable.By Robert Alverez on 13 March 2011 in Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-alvarez/meltdowns-japan-earthquake_b_835121.html)Image above: Cutaway perspective of Fukushima No. 1 Power Plant by General Electric (1971). From (http://www.hiroshimasyndrome.com/

US ramps up Libyan Ops

SUBHEAD: In Libya, fighting continued yesterday between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces, with both sides focusing on vital oil-related facilities.By Mike Headon 8 March 2011 for World Socialist Web Site -(http://www.wsws.org/articles/2011/mar2011/liby-m08.shtml) Image above: Anti-Gadhafi anti-aircraft weapon on pickup truck guards oil refinery. From (http://www.salon.com/wires/techbiz/2011/03/08

I Am Muslim Too rally/NYC

I Am Muslim Too rally/NYC: I spent my Sunday in the pouring rain with my Brothers & Sisters protesting Racism.Here are a few pics.




I AM A MUSLIM TOO! #Mar6
Major Rally Planned For Times Square, NYC On Sunday At 2PM
Equal rights/No more bigotry!




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Reality Option Nation

SUBHEAD: A drag race with Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and Sen. Jim DeMint to see who can get America to drive over a cliff fastest.By James Kunstler on 7 March 2011 for Kunstler.com - (http://kunstler.com/blog/2011/03/reality-optional-living.html)Image above: Still from "Rebel Without a Cause", 1955. Natalie Wood wishing luck to James Dean a moment before the "chucken race" to cliff over the sea

Environmentalist going to prison

SUBHEAD: Climate activist Tim DeChristopher convicted on two felony counts for disrupting a Bush rigged federal land auction.By Brian Merchant on 3 March 2011 for Treehugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/03/climate-activist-tim-dechristopher-convicted-felonies.php)Image above: Photo of Tim DeChristopher. From (http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuer/news/news.newsmain/article/184/0/

Dr Strangelove & Global Warming

SUBHEAD: NASA research question - Could A Small Nuclear War Reverse Global Warming? WTF![Editor's note: The depths of depravity and self delusion are plumbed in any suggestion that the cure for climate change rests in the detonation of a 100 or so Hiroshima size nuclear devices. For the greatest effectiveness the location for these explosions should be the top 100 greenhouse gas producing

Class War in Wisconsin

SUBHEAD: The elites see the power and money of public-employee unions was the reason they don't control most state governments.By the Editorial Staff on 24 February 2011 for Esquire -(http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/wisconsin-protests-5288376)Image above: protesters camping out in Wisconsin's State House. From original article.Usually, unless you happen to be one of the fifty-odd people

Wisconsin's Tunisia Moment

SUBHEAD: At long last, resentment against the economic crisis is beginning to find its natural home, the financial elites and their Republican allies.By Robert Kuttner on 20 February 2011 for Huffington Post -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/wisconsins-tunisia-moment_b_825738.html)Image above: Wisconsin protests continue. Many scheduled for tomorrow. From (http://

Democrats flee Wisconsin Governor

SUBHEAD:Troopers were sent to find the fleeing lawmakers and Gov. Walker hinted that the National Guard would fill in for missing union workers.By Lila Shapiro on 17 February 2011 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/17/wisconsin-protests-scott-walker-police_n_824697.html)Image above: Union members and their supporters gather at the Wisonsin State House. From (http://

Uh Oh! Is Egyptian Flu Catching?

SOURCE: Elaine Dunbar (inunyabus@gmail.com)SUBHEAD: All US Ambassadors recalled back to Washington for an unprecedented event - a "QDDR".Compiled from circulated email 10 February 2011 - Image above: U.S. Ambassadors to European countries gathered in Brussels in 2010. From (http://thehague.usembassy.gov/news/events/events-2010/october-1---ambassador-hartog-levin-in-brussels.html).We received the

The Great Global Debt Prison

SUBHEAD: The banking elites haven’t just erected a prison, they’ve tossed us in Alcatraz!By Giordano Bruno on 4 February 2011 in Neithercorp Press - (http://neithercorp.us/npress/2011/02/the-great-global-debt-prison/)Image above: Sign at historic debtors prison in Accomack County, Virginia. From (http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2010/06/amnesty-for-banksters-debtors-prison.html).Tense and

You Must Watch the Empire Bowl

SUBHEAD: Our last super thing is the bread and circuses of this dying empire. Hail Superbowl XLV!By Robert Lipsyte on 30 January 2011 in TomDispatch -(http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175348/tomgram%3A_robert_lipsyte%2C_the_empire_bowl_is_super%21/#more)Image above: Frame from TV animation of Superbowm XLV logo. From (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/02/nfl-offset-15000-

WikiLeaks & Manning - Not Connected!

SUBHEAD: Julian Assange has held he had no contact with Bradley Manning prior to reading his name in a magazine.By staff on 24 January 2011 for Huffington Post - (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/24/bradley-manning-wikileaks-_n_813445.html)Image above: Demonstration supporting Bradley Manning and accusing military of mistreating him. From (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/