Germany Backs Out of Nukes

SUBHEAD: If we had the winds of Texas or the sun of California, the task here would be even easier.By Juergen Baetz on 23 March 2011 for MSNBC - (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42239367/ns/business-world_business/#)Image above: A German nuclear power plant. From original article.Germany is determined to show the world how abandoning nuclear energy can be done. The world's fourth-largest

French engage Libyan military

SUBHEAD: Libyan Air Force jet shot down over Benghazi by European coallition. Ground forces attacked from air.By Ryan Lucas and Hadeel-Al-Shalchi on 19 March 2011 for AP -(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/19/warplane-shot-down-libya_n_837911.html)Image above: Libyan jet about to crash in Benghazi after engagement with French air force. From original article.French fighter jets fired the

Endangered monk seals in Turkey

SUBHEAD: With regular feedings of high-quality fish blended into porridge, the baby seals are putting on weight and recovering their health.By Jennifer Hattam on 22 January 2011 for Treehugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/01/endangered-baby-monk-seals-recuperating-turkey.php)Image above: Two seal pups at the Mediterranean Monk Seal Rehabilitation Center in Foça, Turkey. From original

Sovereign debt fear to spread

SUBHEAD:Sovereign debt unsafe. European default concerns will spread to United States and Japan.By Simon Kennedy on 7 January 2011 for Bloomberg News - (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-01-07/sovereign-debt-unsafe-default-concern-spreads-to-u-s-japan-buiter-says.html)Image above: European debt domino effect. From (http://www.sovereignindependent.com/?attachment_id=10267).Fears of a sovereign

GMO's sprout in WikiLeaks

SUBHEAD: Leaked cable references attempt at upward speculation in commodity prices to pressure ultimately unsuccessful GM crop approval in Europe.By Rady Ananda on 15 December 2010 for Activist Post - (http://www.activistpost.com/2010/12/leaked-cable-hike-food-prices-to-boost.html)Image above: GMO Free Europe graphic. From (http://www.gmo-free-regions.org/conference2010/downloads.html).In a

War is the health of the state

SUBHEAD: Cynics think it better to watch the other nations of the world implode under the pressures of austerity than to let it happen here first.By David Weintraub on 9 December 2010 in The Automatic Earth - (http://theautomaticearth.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-9-2010-war-is-health-of-state.html)Image above: Logo for the reality show "Survivor" where anything goes to be the last one standing.

Petition Against GMOs

SUBHEAD: One-million people in the European Union sign a petition to halt the approvals of GMO crops.By Brian Merchant on 9 December 2010 for TreeHugger - (http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/12/1-million-sign-petition-halt-approval-gmos.php)Image above: Image of GMO corn field from the original article.There's a unique initiative built into the new EU constitutional treaty, called the "

James Howard Kunstler profile

SUBHEAD: "We are unable to construct a coherent consensus about what is happening to us and what we ought to do about it." - JHKBy Lindsay Curren on 1 December 2010 in Transition Voice -(http://transitionvoice.com/2010/12/interview-james-howard-kunstler)Image above: "Gas" by Edward Hopper, 1941, Whitney Museum. Click to enlarge. In the peak oil community, converts to the predicament tend to

Inter-Galactic Bailout

SUBHEAD: The Fed extends the hand of debt beyond borders. Alien wealth will be required to bail them out.By Bill Bonner on 2 December 2010 in The Daily Reckoning(http://dailyreckoning.com/inter-galactic-bailout-the-fed-extends-the-hand-of-debt-beyond-borders)Image above: Batman and Robin face intergalactic aliens. From (http://comicsmakenosense.blogspot.com/2010/08/

Everything and Nothing

SUBHEAD: The returns on wasting expensive oil are insufficient to service the loans required to enable the waste!Image above: Painting by Viktor Visnetsov of "The Flying Carpet". A magic carpet or golden goose are examples of something for nothing. They share being unreal. From (http://lukemcreynolds.com/wallpaper/images/viktor_vasnetsov_-_the_flying_carpet).By Steve Ludlum on 24 November 2010 in

NATO Dominated by USA

SOURCE: Fred Dente (koikoi1@hawaii.rr.com)SUBHEAD: NATO'S true role is the US grand strategy of encircling Russia and targeting China.Image above: NATO flag. From (http://www.armnews.com/view/article/15200/Turkey-to-seek-NATO-consensus-on-missile/1).By Diana Johnstone on 18 November 2010 for Global Research - (http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=21999)On November 19 and 20, NATO