Saturday, October 11, 2014

Getting to Mars will ensure the survival of our species, says Nasa chief - and he claims humanity needs to ‘get a grip’ when it comes to climate change

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Click here to access article by Jonathan O'Callaghan from MailOnline. The author reports on a recent speech by visiting NASA Administ...

TTIP: covert attacks on democracy and regulation

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Click here to access article from the Corporate Europe Observatory. This is an introduction to a beginners guide to the kind of  "re...

Israel and the G-Word

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Click here to access article by Jonathan Cook from CounterPunch. Those guarding the critical lexicon strip us of a terminology to convey ...

The Koch Brothers Performed By The Motch Brothers

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Thanks to Lisa and her website "All Hat No Cattle" for bringing my attention to this satirical video. 
Friday, October 10, 2014

Think Tank Memories

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Click here to access the transcript and 37:35m audio recording of an Australian podcast featuring an interview with economist Michael Hudso...

James Hansen: 'I Thought There Would Be a Rational Response'

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Click here to access article by Brendan Montague from Desmog UK . Montague uses extensive quotes from Hansen to explain why he was surpri...

Court Spotlights the FBI’s Super-Secret National Security Letters

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Click here to access article by Cora Currier from The Intercept. Can the government make demands for data entirely in secret? That was th...

What’s Wrong With The Trans Atlantic Trade And Investment Partnership?

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Click here to access article and 4:08m video posted by Don Quijones of Raging Bull-Shit. Most Europeans and Americans are still blissfull...

ISIS, Turkey, and the Propaganda of Intervention

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Click here to access article by Eric Draitser from New Eastern Outlook. Today’s headlines are filled with reports of the imminent fall of...
Thursday, October 9, 2014

A bigger pie doesn’t mean you are getting a slice

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Click here to access article by Pete Dolack from Systemic Disorder.  Dolack once again aids working people in understanding how the capit...

The future will not be impressed

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Two videos featuring important commentaries about activism by Mickey Z. posted on World News Trust.  

The Neoconservative Hit List: Iraq, Libya and now Syria? A Plan for Global US Military Supremacy

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Click here to access article by Steven MacMillan from New Eastern Outlook. The author notices a consistent pattern in pursuit of wars in ...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014

The Problem Is Capitalism

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Click here to access article by Fred Magdoff from MRZine. Magdoff's adaptation of this famous cartoon. In this essay Magdoff f...

Shut Up, Conspiracy Theorist!!!

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Click here if you wish to access the source posting of this video from The Corbett Report . This five minute video is loaded with satire ...

Encroaching Tides

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Click here to access article from Union of Concerned Scientists. Tidal flooding, driven by sea level rise, will dramatically increase in ...

Oceans Getting Hotter Than Anybody Realized

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Click here to access article by John Upton from Climate Central. Ocean warming is exacerbating flooding caused by the melting of glaciers...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

The Syrian opposition: who's doing the talking?

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Click here to access article by Charlie Skelton from The Guardian. (I was reminded of this 2012 article by its recent posting on The Analy...

CIA document details cover-up of drug trafficking by Contras

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Click here to access article by Thomas Gaist from World Socialist Web Site. Finally we get a correct interpretation of the recently relea...

Awareness = Overrated

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Click here to access article by Mickey Z. from World News Trust. In defense of the recent People’s [sic] Climate March, I’ve often been t...

Seizing Silwan: Come Steal More Parts of Palestine For $136 A Day! (But Keep Guns Loaded)

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Click here to access article by Abby Zimet from Common Dreams. She writes about the latest " facts on the ground " in Palestine...