Environmental activists and ordinary citizens joined in what was heralded as the largest rally against climate change in American history on Sunday, marching past the White House to send an unmistakable message to President Obama against construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Stakes are high in the fight to kill the proposed Keystone pipeline that [...]
”UNLESS YOU CAN AFFORD TO PARTAKE IN OUR CUSTOMS AND CONVENTIONS, YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE.“ Damien Shannon describes this as the operative “policy” of Oxford University in England. He was rejected for admission because he could not raise 12,000 pounds a year in personal income available to support the “customs and conventions” which [...]
` STATE OF FLORIDA CLOSES TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL IN MIDST OF “WORST OUTBREAK IN 20 YEARS”; OUTRAGE ENSUES… (Palm Beach Post) ` In what may be the most bizarre yet potentially deadly political controversies seen in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott and some state lawmakers are facing questions from health officials and public wrath for their decisions [...]
HO HUM IN RIO: ANOTHER FAILED WORLD SUMMIT ON “SUSTAINABLE PRINCIPLES.” (Counterpunch) This is Alexander Cockburn’s assessment of the just-completed conference in Rio de Janiero. Like over-hypped conferences before it, this one degenerated into the most toothless resolutions of “resolve” of the conferees to work toward that goal, without any actual agreements to work in [...]
` THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN ENERGY IS NOT A PRETTY SIGHT. (Business Insider) ` With projects like the infamous Keystone XL pipeline from Canada through the heartland of America inexorably marching towards approval, the next chapter of America’s addiction to fossil fuels appears to be Canadian oil sands. The massive tar sands deposits in Alberta is home to perhaps [...]
STUDENTS IN QUEBEC AGREE TO BE SCREWED BY THE GOVERNMENT. (World Socialist) Once again labor unions in the province betray the interest of the people whose union they supposedly represent. The government undertakes “austerity” measures to place the burden of deficit reductions on the backs of students through drastic tuition hikes. Violent student protest is finally muted [...]
OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE: AMERICA IS NOT ALL THAT “EXCEPTIONAL” AS COMPARED TO CHINA. (Global Research) Craig Paul Roberts reviews the work of Ron Unz, publisher of The American Conservative, who deconstructs the myth of American superiority to China both in economic development and the degree of freedom enjoyed by the [...]
THE OFT-TOLD LIE: CANADIAN TAR SANDS OIL, PIPED TO TEXAS REFINERIES, WILL REDUCE U.S. DEPENDENCE ON “FOREIGN” OIL. (Alternet) Jim Hightower points out that the “oil independence” justification of the Keystone XL pipeline belies the fact that the great cross-U.S. line, besides disrupting humans and eco-systems along its route, will have no effect on supplies [...]
WOULD YOU RATHER—SLASH PUBLIC SPENDING OR RAISE TAXES? (Another World is Possible) As the Canadian government imposes severe new austerity measures to cut social services, Canadians are questioned by local newspaper whether they would prefer to balance the budget by raising taxes. Writer Ellen Brown rejects this formula, saying there is a “third way” seldom [...]
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT: DOES ANYTHING MORE NEED TO BE SAID ABOUT THE MUTUAL HOSTILITY OF AMERICANS AND AFGHANS IN AFGHANISTAN? (Dissident Voice) In a season of near-daily assaults of Afghans on Americans or Americans on Afghans, Gary Leupp surveys some history and notes that this tends ever to be the case in “Empires” when domination [...]
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