Gulf Oil: Proven Solution Restores Environment in Just Six Weeks – So, why are we not using it?
• Farm WarsPlease help spread this video about microbes that eat the oil then die off when the food supply (oil) is gone.
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Goldman Sachs Sold 44% of its BP stock THREE weeks before the Disaster
• godlikeproductions.comGoldman Sachs sold 44% of its BP Stock, Three weeks before the Oil Rig disaster. Want Proof? HERE IT IS... http://moneycentral.msn.com/ownership?Holding=Institutional+Ownership&Symbol=BP This is a list of the institutional owners of BP stock
America's Afghanistan Quagmire: Nobody is Winning
• Steve ClemonsGeneral McChrystal has acknowledged that there is a stalemate in Afghanistan now. This means that after an increase of nearly 16,000 troops of the Obama-pledged 30,000, the U.S. is not seeing a shift in its fortunes.
Memory, Meaning, Moments and Madness: Wanderers in No Man's Land
• chris-floyd.com/As Father and I know, and as we try not to remind them, there is no good reason for our subjects to pay their taxes, row our ships, fight our battles or tip their caps to us other than tradition and the threat of violence (which is implicit...
Detecting a crime before it happens: We Are All Suspects Now
• LAtimes.com"This is like eugenics 100 years ago when scientists said you could tell criminals by the shape of their eyes or the slope of their head," said Lillie Coney, associate director of the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center. "It was bogus...
Bond Deals Disappear: Fear Stalks The Market
• Businessinsider.com/The market for new bond issues is eerily quiet, and dead in the U.S.. Fewer companies are attempting to issue debt perhaps for fear of instigating a visible negative market reaction towards their creditworthiness.
Porn Stars in 3-D Lure Consumers to New Sony, Panasonic TVs
• Bloomberg.comPorn star Mika Kayama is at the frontier of a push to develop videos and content in Japan that Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. need to lure customers for their new 3-D televisions.
World currency unit intended to rival U.S. dollar ...a Stable Reserve Currency to Replace the Dollar
• godlikeproductions.comA new currency is intended to challenge the U.S. dollar as the world's foremost reserve currency. The WOCU, short for world currency unit, was actually launched by London-based WDX Organization in September 2009, but only seems to be gaining recogni
12 Charts That Show The Real State Of Unemployment In America
• Businessinsider.com/The market is expecting 500K jobs created, and an unemployment rate of 9.8%. But while you're waiting for that, here's a quick survey of what the US employment situation really looks like, across various measures and industries.
Obama Must Hate This: Internet Telemedicine Brings the Doctor To You
• LewRockwell.comSpurred by health care trends and technological advances, telemedicine is growing into a mainstream industry. A fifth of Americans live in places where primary care physicians are scarce, according to government statistics. That need is converging...
Subprime Goes to College; Students Buried in Debt; Who is to Blame?
• GlobalEconomicAnalysis.blogspot.comThe student vote turned out overwhelmingly for Obama and his policies are helping make them debt slaves for life.
Jon Stewart Takes On Oil Spill, Slams Obama Over His Lack Of Focus On It
• Businessinsider.com/Here Stewart takes on the spill. About halfway in he slams Obama's lack of focus on the problem.
AIPAC Owns America: Congressmen Cheer Aid Ship Massacre
• AntiWar.comBut the lack of White House comment has opened the door for Congressmen to stake out public positions on the matter and, perhaps predictably, those that have commented have universally praised the killings.
Slick Solution
• arclein"If the oil is in very small droplets, microbial degradation is much quicker," says microbial ecologist Kenneth Lee, director of the Center for Offshore Oil, Gas and Energy Research with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, who has been measuring the oil d
J. Raimondo: The Mediterranean Massacre - Israel as the blond beast
• AntiWar.comWe’ll kill your people, and kidnap them with impunity. We’ll steal your secrets, and the identities of your citizens: we’ll spy on you, and collaborate with your enemies (and ours). Nothing is beneath us. The voice of the Israeli Attila rings loud an
AGW and Ocean Data
• arcleinut another way, all the heat energy contained in the atmosphere is matched by the heat content of only the upper 3.2 metres of the worldwide ocean.
Sun May Soon Plunge Into Hot Cloud of Interstellar Gas
• arcleinA new analysis suggests that in about 100 years the sun could plunge into a hot cloud of interstellar gas. The change should have no impact on our planet, but it could boost the amount of deadly radiation in space, making missions more challenging f
Robots Running and Walking Better
• arcleinPart of the OSU research are studies under way with colleagues in England to examine ostriches, and make direct comparisons to the robot behavior. Animals, including ostriches, have a great ability to respond to unexpected disturbances while runnin
Peruvian child becomes symbol of US undocumented
• New Zealand Herald"My mum says that Barack Obama is taking away everybody that doesn't have papers," Daisy told the US first lady at the New Hampshire Estates Elementary School. "But my mum doesn't have papers," said Daisy, a US citizen by virtue of her birth.
Saudi youths in trouble over MTV reality show
• ReutersSaudi Arabia's religious police are trying to bring to court three Saudi youths for challenging the kingdom's austere lifestyle on an MTV reality show -- a new test of the country's stated commitment to reform.
Google phasing out use of Windows over security concerns
• ReutersWeb search group Google Inc is phasing out internal use of rival Microsoft Corp's Windows operating system because of security concerns following a Chinese hacking incident, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
Glitch shows how much US military relies on GPS
• APA problem that rendered as many as 10,000 U.S. military GPS receivers useless for days is a warning to safeguard a system that enemies would love to disrupt, a defense expert says.
3 Fla. banks, 1 each in Nev., Calif. shut down
• APRegulators on Friday shut down three banks in Florida and one each in Nevada and California, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures this year to 78. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. took over the Florida banks, all owned by holding company B
A worldwide financial crisis couldn't happen again. Could it?
• The ObserverOptimists see economies shaking off recession and corporate results improving. But pessimists see a growing debt crisis and a new slump that the world would be powerless to halt.
Mossad chief: Israel gradually becoming burden on U.S.
• HaaretzMeir Dagan says Israel has turned from an asset to a burden; Senior IDF officer says the IDF didn't sabotage a Gaza aid ship in bid to avoid humanitarian crisis.
Segregated clubs in Kentucky raise issues for private business, civil rights law
• Washington PostAt lunchtime on days when the weather was nice, a black preacher and civil rights activist would put up a folding card table in front of one of the many unofficially restricted clubs; set it with a tablecloth, china and candles; and dine on buns and
Right to Remain Silent? Suspect Better Speak Up
• APSuspects must break their silence and tell police they are going to remain quiet to stop an interrogation, just as they must tell police that they want a lawyer. Police can keep shooting questions at a suspect who refuses to talk as long as they want
Ayaan Hirsi Ali condemns AAP proposal to "nick" Muslim girls
• The Daily BeastAyaan Hirsi Ali argues the American Academy of Pediatrics' proposal to aid in female genital mutilation gives tacit support to a practice which should be condemned outright.
Adam Kokesh's Congressional Dist. 3 Race Results page (updating continuously)
• http://www.krqe.com2010 Primary Election Results
Salt River Project buys smart meters for stimulus project
• Phoenix Business Journal, by Patrick O'GradySalt River Project has begun purchasing more than 500,000 smart meters it plans to install, thanks in part to a $56.9 million stimulus grant from the U.S. Government. Smart meters are designed to give constant information both to utilities and homeo
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