Monday, June 16, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Institute for Critical Animal Studies Be sure and check out the on-line Journal for elegant essays like this one: Prairie Wolf
The Atlantic: Is Google making us Stupid?
Mark Lynas writes for the Guardian: Climate Chaos is Inevitable: We can only avert Oblivion. Mark Lynas wrote "6 Degrees Warmer" which was made into a compelling National Geographic documentary. Mark blogs here.
Tom Paine's Corner: Evolve or Die: Can we shed our Moral Primitivism before it's too late?
The Big Picture (on Capital Markets and market meltdowns)
The Atlantic: Is Google making us Stupid?
Mark Lynas writes for the Guardian: Climate Chaos is Inevitable: We can only avert Oblivion. Mark Lynas wrote "6 Degrees Warmer" which was made into a compelling National Geographic documentary. Mark blogs here.
Tom Paine's Corner: Evolve or Die: Can we shed our Moral Primitivism before it's too late?
The Big Picture (on Capital Markets and market meltdowns)
The Independent: Nature Laid Waste: The Destruction of Africa The massive scale of environmental devastation across the continent has been fully revealed for the first time in an atlas compiled by UN geographers.
EXPLOSIVE: CIA Insider: CIA Blackmailed Officials So "Bush Family" Could Profit From War
EXPLOSIVE: CIA Insider: CIA Blackmailed Officials So "Bush Family" Could Profit From War
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Orion Mag: From the Faraway Nearby: Revolutions per Minute: Radical transformation is all around us
by Rebecca Solnit
Youtube: Mark Molero interviews Byron Hurt on his film, "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes"
Very refreshing interview of a complex film maker by the always sensitive Mark Molero
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom
Larisa Alexandrovna on HuffPo speaks out on the 35 articles of Impeachment read last night on the House floor by one of the only patriots left standing in this sorry excuse for a nation: The Truth Gagged and Hidden
by Rebecca Solnit
Youtube: Mark Molero interviews Byron Hurt on his film, "Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes"
Very refreshing interview of a complex film maker by the always sensitive Mark Molero
Nassim Nicholas Taleb: the prophet of boom and doom
Larisa Alexandrovna on HuffPo speaks out on the 35 articles of Impeachment read last night on the House floor by one of the only patriots left standing in this sorry excuse for a nation: The Truth Gagged and Hidden
Monday, June 09, 2008
Very important book is available as a free PDF document:
Plan B Version 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown
I bought a copy of the paperback and also put it on my Kindle where I'm currently reading it. Lots of facts I was not aware of. Highly recommended. Knowledge is power.
Plan B Version 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown
I bought a copy of the paperback and also put it on my Kindle where I'm currently reading it. Lots of facts I was not aware of. Highly recommended. Knowledge is power.
Dennis Kucinich is reading 35 articles of Impeachment of George W. Bush live on C-Span into the Congressional Record. It is very edifying. This is living history. Go Dennis!
James Howard Kunstler interviewed on his new book, "A World Made by Hand", about a post-peak oil world.
Looks like a good web site to keep checking back on: Political Attack Truth-O-Meter
James Howard Kunstler interviewed on his new book, "A World Made by Hand", about a post-peak oil world.
Looks like a good web site to keep checking back on: Political Attack Truth-O-Meter
The Dog that Didn't Bark
Despite every Western media outlet which has mentioned PM Nour al-Maliki's two day trip to Tehran including a claim that he would confront Iran over alleged meddling in Iraq, public statements from Maliki's office at the close of the visit are utterly devoid of any mention of the issue. Instead, Maliki has gone out of his way to assure the Iranians that his country won't be used for an attack on theirs and the Iranians for their part have said that they consider a peaceful Iraq to be essential to their own security.
That's really not all that surprising, although you wouldn't think so from reading Bush administration pronouncements or mainstream media stenographic repetition of the administration's talking points. When push comes to shove, the real story is that the Iraqi faction most backed by Iran is the Iraqi government - and that Sadr is a looser cannon who is far less under Iran's control.
And despite the US "suspecting" that every captured Shiite arms dealer or insurgent is part of those "Iranian-backed special groups", often purely on the circular argument that they're Shiite, there's evidence to suggest that a more of the weaponry washing around Iraq was "mislaid" from US-provided stockpiles than came from Iran. In neither case. of course, does the presence of black market entrepreneurs selling that country's weaponry to insurgents prove that the country's government is deliberately arming insurgents.
Despite every Western media outlet which has mentioned PM Nour al-Maliki's two day trip to Tehran including a claim that he would confront Iran over alleged meddling in Iraq, public statements from Maliki's office at the close of the visit are utterly devoid of any mention of the issue. Instead, Maliki has gone out of his way to assure the Iranians that his country won't be used for an attack on theirs and the Iranians for their part have said that they consider a peaceful Iraq to be essential to their own security.
That's really not all that surprising, although you wouldn't think so from reading Bush administration pronouncements or mainstream media stenographic repetition of the administration's talking points. When push comes to shove, the real story is that the Iraqi faction most backed by Iran is the Iraqi government - and that Sadr is a looser cannon who is far less under Iran's control.
And despite the US "suspecting" that every captured Shiite arms dealer or insurgent is part of those "Iranian-backed special groups", often purely on the circular argument that they're Shiite, there's evidence to suggest that a more of the weaponry washing around Iraq was "mislaid" from US-provided stockpiles than came from Iran. In neither case. of course, does the presence of black market entrepreneurs selling that country's weaponry to insurgents prove that the country's government is deliberately arming insurgents.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Robert Silverberg: Reflections: The Death of Gallanium (We are running out of more than oil)
DailyKos: Global Warming 101: A Short Reading list (This will give you a good grounding in facts for all the global deniers in your life)
DailyKos: Global Warming 101: A Short Reading list (This will give you a good grounding in facts for all the global deniers in your life)
Friday, June 06, 2008
You really need to read this piece from the London Review of Books concerning the state of affairs in the Gaza Strip.
It's Solar Power's time to shine
John McCain (aka McSame) is the Lime Green Monster
It's Solar Power's time to shine
John McCain (aka McSame) is the Lime Green Monster
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
NPR: Paul Polak, founder of International Development Enterprises, a non-profit organization that aids poor communities in the developing world is Fighting Poverty in his own way
Larisa Alexandrovna in a Buzzflash interview on Siegelman, Minor, Diaz... READ IT. It is a Attorneygate in a nutshell. If you haven't understood the Don Siegelman witch hunt this is your opportunity to get the skinny.
At-Largely reports on Blackwater's purchase of a fighter-bomber from Brazil, that will set them up with a no-bid contract to train Iraqis who are being herded into purchasing eight of them.
At-Largely reports on Blackwater's purchase of a fighter-bomber from Brazil, that will set them up with a no-bid contract to train Iraqis who are being herded into purchasing eight of them.
Monday, June 02, 2008
retired Lt Gen William Odom, passionate and eloquent critic of Bushevism, is dead. Here is a testimony on his legacy from NPR.
Winter Soldiers on the Hill
Veterans of the Iraq War have finally testified before Congress about the violence against civilians, torture, and lax rules of engagement. But their larger campaign -- convincing other soldiers to oppose this war -- is ongoing.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable ... a book I just finished listening to on audio CD, in a wide-ranging interview has a harsh assessment of Bankers, Economists, and the Fed.
Kevin Phillips, author of American Theocracy and now Bad Money (a book I am currently reading) lays into the Fed with this HuffPo piece: Bernanke Panky
The Oil Drum has a review of Dmitry Orlov's Book--Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects. This review is the one that convinced me to go ahead and buy a copy though.
Frontline documentary, Sick Around the World goes a long way to exposing the shortcomings of the U.S. healthcare system. (You can watch it on line)
Dr. Housing Bubble: How I learned to love SoCal and forget the Housing Bubble
New sacreligious Manga out of Japan: Let's Bible!
Veterans of the Iraq War have finally testified before Congress about the violence against civilians, torture, and lax rules of engagement. But their larger campaign -- convincing other soldiers to oppose this war -- is ongoing.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of the Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable ... a book I just finished listening to on audio CD, in a wide-ranging interview has a harsh assessment of Bankers, Economists, and the Fed.
Kevin Phillips, author of American Theocracy and now Bad Money (a book I am currently reading) lays into the Fed with this HuffPo piece: Bernanke Panky
The Oil Drum has a review of Dmitry Orlov's Book--Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Example and American Prospects. This review is the one that convinced me to go ahead and buy a copy though.
Frontline documentary, Sick Around the World goes a long way to exposing the shortcomings of the U.S. healthcare system. (You can watch it on line)
Dr. Housing Bubble: How I learned to love SoCal and forget the Housing Bubble
New sacreligious Manga out of Japan: Let's Bible!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Barr Trail in Winter Part II
The second part of my "documentary" on running the Barr Trail in winter. This one takes us from no-name creek to Barr Camp at 10,200' elevation.
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