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SpaceShipTwo: How Virgin Galactic Could Rule the Galaxy
• Space.comThere's far more to Sir Richard Branson's new rocket-plane than a few thrill rides for wealthy adventurers. Burt Rutan's team may have just designed a new flight path for the entire aerospace industry. 1st Passenger ship "Enterprise"
Informed Citizen News report, Dec. 6, 2009
• Informed Citizen News2009 Continental Congress/ Major European investment firm tells clients how to prepare for potential 'global collapse'/ Government takes aim at taxing yard sales, lemonade stands/ ClimateGate/ China's one-child policy for population control
Payoff! U.N. climate chief cashes in on carbon scheme
• WorldNetDailyNEW YORK – A story emerging out of Britain suggests "follow the money" may explain the enthusiasm of the United Nations to pursue caps on carbon emissions, despite doubts surfacing in the scientific community about the validity of the underlying glob
J Storr Hall on Medieval Warming
• arcleinFor climate science it means that the Hockey Team climatologists’ insistence that human-emitted CO2 is the only thing that could account for the recent warming trend is probably poppycock.
Copenhagen Editorial
• arcleinAt the deal's heart must be a settlement between the rich world and the developing world covering how the burden of fighting climate change will be divided — and how we will share a newly precious resource: the trillion or so tonnes of carbon that w
Going Cheney of Climate Change with Thomas Friedman
• arcleinhere we find another writer choking on the contents of the infamous emails. i do not think many have yet grasped that co2 regulation is not an engine able to change climate.
Foreclosure relief program is stuck in first
• Washington PostThe government's foreclosure relief program is sputtering, according to government data released Thursday showing that the pace of help being offered to struggling homeowners slowed last month and many borrowers are at risk of losing the aid they hav
Another Drone Attack, Another Great CIA Victory Over al-Qaida
• NBC NewsA high-ranking al-Qaida figure was killed Thursday in an attack by a drone aircraft in northwest Pakistan, U.S. officials told NBC News. The officials did not identify who was killed, except to say that it was not al-Qaida’s supreme leader, Osama
House eases restrictions on derivatives trades
• APA bipartisan coalition in the House voted late Thursday to make it easier for corporations to engage in complex derivatives trades without government restrictions, eroding the reach of proposed regulations to govern Wall Street.
Who's arresting whom?
• East Valley TribuneA day after County Attorney Thomas filed criminal charges against Judge Donahoe of Maricopa Co. Superior Court, alleging Donahoe committed bribery while hindering the prosecution of Supervisor Don Stapley and covering up an investigation into funding
5 U.S. Men Arrested in Pakistan Said to Plan Jihad
• NY TimesFive young Muslim American men arrested here on Wednesday were on their way to the heart of the Taliban sanctuary in Pakistan’s tribal areas with the intention of training to fight American troops in Afghanistan, Pakistani police authorities said Thu
Defense Dept. faulted for not taping detainee
• Washington PostA federal judge ruled Thursday that the Defense Department was in contempt of court for failing to videotape the testimony of a Guantanamo Bay detainee who is challenging his detention in court. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler had ordered the g
Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A.
• NY TimesPrivate security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of det
Justice Dept. won't support Jack Johnson pardon
• APThe Justice Department is refusing to back a posthumous pardon for Jack Johnson, the black heavyweight boxing champion who was imprisoned nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman.
New York Times raises eyebrows with gift guide for people 'of color'
• Yahoo! NewsA new addition to the New York Times annual Holiday Gift Guide has sparked a minor uproar after a blog devoted to critiquing the paper termed it "racist." Included in this year's guide, which was published in November, is a page titled "Of Color/Styl
Joblessness plan revamps rules on bank bailouts
• Washington PostThe Obama administration plans to channel money from the government's massive financial bailout program to small businesses as part of an effort to limit the political and economic damage of high unemployment. One plan under consideration involves
House approves $447 billion omnibus spending measure
• Washington PostThe House voted Thursday to approve half a dozen spending bills contained in one large package, as the chamber races to complete its work before adjourning for the year.
Search Warrants Served at Chicanos Por La Causa Headquarters
• AzFamily.com via Yahoo! NewsThe warrants are in reference to the grand jury indictment earlier this week of County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox.
Seventy-Five-Yr-Old Salsa Dancing British Grandmother Wins Spanish TV’s “Got Talent” Show
• GinnThe expressions on the judges' faces while the 75-year-old grannie is dancing is priceless.
Iranian nuclear scientist goes missing in Saudi Arabia
• McClatchy NewsAn award-winning Iranian nuclear scientist traveled to Saudi Arabia earlier this year to perform a religious pilgrimage. He never returned. Shahram Amiri's mysterious disappearance is turning into a Middle Eastern whodunit involving nuclear secret
SAfrica officials suspended in citizenship scam
• APSouth Africa on Thursday suspended dozens of officials being investigated for giving citizenship to mainly Pakistani foreigners, nearly a year after Britain warned that corrupt officials were handing out false South African passports.
Gov. Sanford scandal ends with whimper: No impeachment
• McClatchy NewsA South Carolina House panel voted Wednesday not to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford for abandoning his duties and abuse of power, all but closing the door on lawmakers removing Sanford from office. The seven-member panel, instead, voted unanimously to c
Venezuelan police killings come under scrutiny
• Miami HeraldThe gunshots woke them at 2 in the morning, but no one dared venture out until dawn. "My kids saw them first, on the way to school,'' said Pérez, whose one-story house is 150 yards from the gruesome discovery. "Their hands were tied.''
11,000 shot dead by police in Brazil since 2003
• Miami HeraldPolice in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo shot to death more than 11,000 suspects since 2003, and "frequently'' carry out extrajudicial executions that only add to Brazil's spiral of violence, Human Rights Watch reported. "Each year, the police in Rio a
Tax sugary drinks to fight the flab, says expert
• ReutersA nutrition expert who has advised the U.S. government and health policy makers around the world, says the epidemic of obesity and weight gain sweeping the globe could be slowed dramatically if people include "you are what you drink."
Editor and Publisher Shutting Down
• Mondo FrazierAfter 108 years in business, the magazine, Editor & Publisher, is shutting down. Is it a sign of the times--or the Times, as in NY Times?
The 7 foods experts won't eat
• Liz VaccarielloHow healthy (or not) certain foods are—for us, for the environment—is a hotly debated topic among experts and consumers alike, and there are no easy answers. But when Prevention talked to the people at the forefront of food safety and asked them one
Berkeley City Council: Coat Hangers to Dems Who Voted Against Federal Funded Abortions
• GinnThe Berkeley city council sent out coat hangers to 20 Democrat senators who voted against abortion provisions in the health care bill now being debated. Maybe the message sent will not be the message received, though.
Homeland Security Embarks on Big Brother Programs to Read Our Minds and Emotions
• News LinkHalf-baked Homeland Security is spending millions to develop sensors capable of detecting a person's level of 'malintent' as a counterterrorism tool. This past February, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) awarded a one-year, $2.6 million gr
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