AS THE ARCTIC MELTS: WORRIED ABOUT RISING SEA LEVELS? BETTER WORRY TOO ABOUT RAPID ACIDIFICATION OF ARCTIC WATERS. New scientific report, reviewed by BBC, documents the rise in pH levels in Arctic region as CO-2 emissions are absorbed in the cold waters of a polar meltdown. The degree of the environmental threat from this [...]
THE WAY OF THE KNIFE: THE C.I.A., A SECRET ARMY, AND A WAR AT THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. A new book of this title by Mark Mazzetti is about to be released and is excerpted in the New York Times. It describes the “secret deal” in 2004 between the C.I.A. and the Pakistani state [...]
IF INTRA-UTERINE DEVICES AND HORMONE IMPLANTS ARE HIGHLY EFFECTIVE WAYS OF PREVENTING PREGNANCY, WHY DO ONLY 8.5% OF WOMEN USE THEM? IT’S THE COST, STUPID! An experimental program in St. Louis dispensing free contraceptives demonstrates the validity of this answer. When given the choice of contraceptives without regard to cost, 75% of women chose [...]
“FOOLISHLY ALIGNING TURKEY FOR DISASTER.” This is the description by sociologist and journalist Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya of the actions of Turkey’s government in supporting the rebel actions in bordering Syria. In doing the work and bidding of U.S. CIA and Israeli Mossad agencies in providing bases for rebel operations, Turkey is alienating its [...]
“WE HAVE SPENT OUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE ADAPTING: WE’LL ADAPT. IT’S AN ENGINEERING PROBLEM AND THERE WILL BE AN ENGINEERING SOLUTION.” (The Guardian) ` A favorite accusation routinely leveled at the business community and companies around the world is “greenwashing,” where politically correct language and pleasant sounding platitudes on their “eco-friendly” initiatives are utilized by corporations [...]
SPANISH BAILOUT HAS COUNTRY PREPARED FOR “THUMBSCREW OF AUSTERITY” (World Socialist) A few observers declared that the European fiscal crisis took a sizable step towards a positive resolution with the announcement this week that banks and officials with the European Union and International Monetary Fund would bail out Spain with a 100 billion euro loan [...]
WHAT’S THAT IN THE SKY? A BIRD? A PLANE? “NOPE, JUST OUR LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT’S 25-POUND DRONE…” (Business Week) Unprecedented police control of the nation’s skies appears imminent after the Federal Aviation Administration and the Obama administration gave hearty approval to the request of undetermined “public safety agencies” to place unmanned drones weighing up [...]
Birth control as a hot button issue does not appear top be fading from the forefront of national debate in the near future, stoked by presidential politics and lawmakers eager to make their name in the defense of what some call “religous freedom,” and others deride as unconstitutional overreach. The so-called “culture wars” are storming back to [...]
IF SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA IS GOING TO PROVIDE ALL THE PUBLIC SERVICES, WHY DOES THE CITY OF SARASOTA EVEN NEED TO EXIST? (Sarasota Herald-Tribune) This is the “existential” question which some city officials in Sarasota are driven to ask. It comes as the city, with recession-driven deficits like never before, is considering budget-cutting measures like consolidating city and [...]
Lawmakers in Virginia have backed off two highly controversial bills that would have been an unprecedented duel assault on the rights and privacy of women in the commonwealth. The rapid disintegration of support for the measures could the clearest evidence yet that a sustainable backlash is developing in what can only be described as a nationwide war [...]
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