Showing posts with label arctic. Show all posts
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Sunday, May 31, 2009

We Applaud Carl Levin, David Shuster and David Corn and More for Sunday, May 31, 2009




http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/twobama.html

* Watch Senator Carl Levin Smack Down Chemissions on MSNBC and David Shuster and David Corn smack down on GOP Mouthpiece (Terry Jeffrey) on Government Torture Memos

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/#31005653

Watch Erich Muller (“Mancow”) Defend his Waterboarding “Stunt” (Successfully, we thought…) on Countdown on MSNBC

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#31007282

Informant's role questioned in U.S. security probes

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54u0q1-us-security-newyork-informants/

Council on American Islamic Relations

http://www.cair.com/

Killer beheaded, put on display in Saudi Arabia

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/05/30/saudi.arabia.execution/index.html

Amnesty International

http://www.amnesty.org/

Thailand tourist's lung tissue 'gone' after mysterious death

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/29/thailand.mysterious.deaths/index.html

GM bosses discuss bankruptcy plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8075818.stm

Interactive timeline: GM's road to bankruptcy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30990482


Obama speech to Muslims key to new U.S. strategy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54u0ow-us-obama-egypt-speech/

Extra U.S. troops in Afghanistan by mid-July

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54u0lz-us-afghanistan-troops/

US launches cyber security plan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8073654.stm

NYT: Vying for plum work — Hacking for U.S.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31017234/

Hacking (computer)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(computing)

Geithner seeks changes in China’s policies

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31015533/

Merchants brace for drop in business as new border rules go in effect

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2009/05/31/border-rules.html


Significant Gas Resource Discovered In U.S. Gulf Of Mexico

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090531100819.htm

Unstated Assumptions Color Arctic Sovereignty Claims

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090528135248.htm

Arctic sovereignty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_sovereignty

Sovereignty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovereignty

Arctic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea

Natural gas in the Arctic is mostly Russian

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_sc/us_sci_arctic_gas;_ylt=ArabgGnx2Mwg8lgo.eM2ZswPLBIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtNmNmMjJzBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwNTI5L3VzX3NjaV9hcmN0aWNfZ2FzBHBvcwMxBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDbmF0dXJhbGdhc2lu

Satellite Used To Unearth Innovation In Crop Forecasting

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090526171815.htm

AMSR-E satellite

http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR/

Carbon capture technology tested

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8072583.stm

Carbon capture and storage

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_capture

Meters go the distance: smart meters are an essential part of a low-carbon energy system

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8055344.stm

Smart meter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_meter

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Friday, February 6, 2009

The End of Nations? and More For Friday, February 6, 2009


Our senior editor has come to the sad realization that he may not be around much longer. He has been unemployed for several months, is lacking unemployment insurance and has just run out of his own funds. He has been seeking employment all this time, but nothing. All this, and he has lost his appetite, too. He can barely put food into his own mouth, much less choke it down.

And of course, in our current economic mess, he wonders how many other folks are now facing starvation? Of course, he's thinking of those who were recently making as much as $ 80K - $ 100 K per year and are now facing eviction. Witness some of the i-Reports that appeared on CNN.com this week and the past. What a horrorshow. We're not talking about those nations in the Third World and/orlike Zimbabwe. We're referring to the new regime of poverty forming throughout the world. Look at the crises in the USA, Europe and China, to name just a few.

Originally, the image of Procyon lotor was loaded on this page in association with a seemingly "cute" story about some raccoons sneaking on the White House grounds. (Remember: they are prime vectors for Rabies and can be extremely dangerous in that regard). They are also well known for their comical antics of scrounging through trash cans and similar images.

Our senior editor wonders, hasn't he been reduced to the level of the Procyon lotor, isn't he about to start scrounging through trash cans and waste? No, he isn't, because he's lost his appetite, if you recall. He is not eating - or forcing himself to eat. He only shows a will to live in running this blog for as long as he can. But, we digress. Isn't the Procyon lotor becoming an emerging symbol for the state that the rest of humanity is entering? After the coming economic catastrophe, will or won't humanity be reduced to scrounging through trash cans and the "corpse of the old world" somewhat like in Beyond Thunderdome and the other Mad Max films? Is this the End of Nations?

And, our lead-link (see below) points to an End of Nations through a watery demise due largely to global warming (much like in Waterworld). It seems like the combined impacts of the economic collapse and the global warming-induced flooding of the earth would seem to presage the End of Nations? Should you be concerned? We think you should. If it does happen, and it seems likely, the racoon, the semi-accidental symbol of this posting, will be washing its waste in the newly formed Lake Washington D. C.

Collapse Of Antarctic Ice Sheet Would Likely Put Washington, D.C. Largely Underwater

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205142132.htm

More Extreme Weather In The Arctic Regions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090205083526.htm

Global Warming

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming

China suffering worst drought in 50 years

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/02/06/china.drought.half.century/index.html

La Nina seen gradually weakening in 2009: NOAA

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5144bq-us-weather-lanina/

El NiƱo-Southern Oscillation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Nina


US unemployment rate reaches 7.6%

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7874955.stm

Unemployment Nation: 598,000 Jobs Lost in January

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6815373&page=1

Canada lost 129,000 jobs in January: StatsCan

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2009/02/06/januaryjobs.html

Abitibi paper production to halt by Feb. 15

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2009/02/06/abitibi-closing.html

AbitibiBowater

http://www.abitibibowater.com/

Video: Experts crunch jobs numbers

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Firms that never had layoffs

http://www.yahoo.com/s/1026581

Job market could be bleak for years

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29037931/

Panel: Bailout Overpaid $78B For Stocks

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/06/politics/main4779473.shtml

Obama taps range of experts for advice on economy

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5152l7-us-obama-economy/

Obama Adopts Campaign-Like Rhetoric to Push Stimulus

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/with-campaign-l.html

Obama's Approval Rating: 62 Percent

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/link/blog/main4778776.shtml

Stimulus compromise gets one more chance

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/06/stimulus/index.html

German industrial output plunges

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7874565.stm

China's official data mask severity of slump

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_economy;_ylt=An59fbGEpJRIOzx1FX9EEURvaA8F

Toyota triples year loss forecast

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7873731.stm

Furlough Fridays begin for Calif. state workers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_bi_ge/california_budget;_ylt=AqotBuWGHMXjIHa7kxaDSUms0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFodmM5czZtBHBvcwMxNgRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNmdXJsb3VnaGZyaWQ-

CEOs, Bankers Used Corporate Cards for Sex, Says NY Madam

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=6813806&page=1

Kmart recalls baked goods linked to outbreak

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29052218/

Suspect peanuts sent to schools for lunches

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29046457/

Bad food makers unstoppable, expert says

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/05/peanut.recall/index.html

Video: 'I'd like to see some people go to jail'

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Scarred Ga. sugar blast victims hope for new rules

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090206/ap_on_bi_ge/refinery_blast_year_later;_ylt=ArgopZIWQq.eVF.e8UfNSeus0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTFlN3MwaWlxBHBvcwM1NwRzZWMDYWNjb3JkaW9uX3Vfc19uZXdzBHNsawNzY2FycmVkZ2FzdWc-

Israel expels Gaza aid ship team

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7874020.stm

2 rockets fired from Gaza, Israeli military says

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/06/israel-rockets.html

U.S. image picks up, China and Russia worsen: poll

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre5153ir-us-poll-image/

Canadian soldiers to target Afghan drug trade linked to Taliban

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/02/06/druglords-afghan.html

Md. Professor Accused In Genocide Arrested

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/06/national/main4779560.shtml



Malaysian MP removed from office

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7874068.stm

Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizar_Jamaluddin

Pakistan nuclear scientist 'free'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7873962.stm

Abdul Qadeer Khan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Qadeer_Khan

Official: Pakistan kills 52 militants

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29051757/

Treasure: Somali Pirates Snag $3.2M Ransom

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/02/05/world/main4778385.shtml

Afghans Face Death For Quran Translation

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=6817669

Kyrgyz closure of US base 'final'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7873866.stm

Russia steps in amid Kyrgyz base flap

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29032319/

Manas Air Base

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manas_Air_Base

Charges dropped in USS Cole bombing case

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29042139/

USS Cole Bombing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing

Obama to meet with 9/11, Cole victims' families

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29051428/

Nigeria baby poison deaths rise






























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