SOMETHING IS EATING AWAY AT THE SEA SHELLS IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN.
British oceanographic report publicizes the fact that Antarctic waters are showing ominous indications that acidification of oceans resulting from CO-2 contamination is destroying the shells which are the basis of the marine and bird food chain.
(Common Dreams)
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FIFTEEN ASIAN NATIONS TO U.S.: PIVOT ON THIS!
President Obama attends a summit of Asian leaders in Phnom-Penh hoping to sell them on his Trans-Pacific Partnership plan to form an economic alliance between the U.S. and these countries that would exclude China: the center piece of a U.S. agenda to “pivot” its international aggressiveness toward containment of China’s growing power. Instead, the summit rejects this plan and puts their international relations into 360-degree pivot by forming their own alliance including China and excluding the United States.
(Asia Times)
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ATLANTA CITIZENS WANT A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT PLAN TO SPEND A BILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE THE FALCONS A NEW STADIUM TO REPLACE THE “ANCIENT” GEORGIA DOME.
Public meetings are held on the two-years-and-counting effort to replace the 20-year old “Dome.” Critics are noting the large contribution to taxpayer money into the project, the wisdom and justice of which is questioned in the time that school budgets are being tightened because of the paucity of public funding.
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)
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“THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THANKSGIVING.”
A Native American writer describes in lyrical terms the crowd reaction to the Oneida Nation of Indians float in the annual Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade. Native pride is abundantly displayed as Indian parents point out to their children how the float demonstrates the increasing acceptance of the key role of aboriginal people in the history of the country.
(Indian County Today)
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WILL` FORMER FLORIDA GOVERNOR JEB BUSH RIDE HIS CYBER-SCHOOLS EDUCATIONAL AGENDA INTO THE WHITE HOUSE?
The “Florida formula” of high stakes testing and parental choice to move their children from “failing” schools is being revised in the current effort by Bush and fellow “educational reformers” to encourage the development of online as an alternative to public schools. Never mind that there is little to no evidence that such education increases childrens’ reading skills; a deep-pocketed group of people connected to the cyber-education industry is beginning to beat the drum for a 2016 run by Jeb Bush.
(Yahoo News)
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Quote of the day…
I don’t blame soldiers for not understanding the real nature of war — because no one ever tells them; and none of them could believe the incredible depth of cynicism of which their own trusted leaders are capable. Soldiers are merely lied to, brainwashed and ordered to obey, to do what they’re told no matter what.
John Andrews, anti-war activist in an essay on soldiers as “fools” (or, more accurately “fooled.”)
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