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TOP STORIESIran Council Certifies Ahmadinejad VictoryThe unexpectedly rapid decision by the Guardian Council set off angry screaming in Tehran.  Gov. Bob Riley via Flickr
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley (left) and Sen. Richard Shelby in June on a river cruise in Paris, where U.S. politicians met with defense-industry executives. Spending on Taxpayer–Funded Trips Rises Tenfold…
Each year, the White House is required to report to Congress the names, titles & salaries of White House staff. Below is a list of those making over $100,000.
WORLD NEWSMy comment: This story is being relinked because in my opinion, it is crucial to understand how and why a country surrounded by global
depression is thriving. Norway has significant quantities of offshore
oil, some of which it is exporting, then using that money to put into
the pension funds of its citizens to make them thrive– –and they are
thriving. They are aware of Peak Oil and consciously preparing for
it. Last night I watched a BBC story on Norway which interviewed a
number of its citizens, all of whom emphasized that it is their duty
and responsibility to provide for subsequent generations by assuring
prosperity for them. What a different world it would be if even a few
countries followed Norway’s example!
U.S. NEWSIn a letter from the Michigan governor to the California governor,
she stated: ‘It would allow California to address some of its
immediate needs for additional prison beds and prisoner preparation
for release and would permit some of Michigan’s very talented
correctional and program staff to continue working as they face the
likelihood of layoff’, she added. CANADA
There is a political alternative usually being kept off the table
when the future of mankind is being discussed. It’s called
Primitivism,
and is about seeking our lost or rather displaced past,
our long neglected contact with nature, with the very life we have
denied during the prolonged disaster called civilization.
OP EDSubmitted by Luc Majno
HEALTH
New research suggests that casino workers face a higher risk of heart
disease and lung cancer because they work in buildings filled with tobacco
smoke.
TECHBUSINESS
I oppose H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of
2009, Kucinich stated in a press release.
The reason is simple. It won’t address the problem. In fact, it might make the problem worse.
It sets targets that are too weak, especially in the short term, and
sets about meeting those targets through Enron–style accounting
methods, he continued. It gives new life to one of the primary
sources of the problem that should be on its way out – coal – by
giving it record subsidies.
FEATURESMichael Jackson – The icon of the last decades, his tremendous cultural impact ~ co–authored by Renate & Christoph Gabriel Gottel Link repaired: Illegitimate get a place in Burke’s revolution: Bible of the blue–blooded takes a step into the 21st century.
| NEW HONDURAS LEADERS DEFY OBAMA PRESSURE TO RESTORE ZELAYA... Michael Jackson memorial to be held Staples Center on Tuesday...
AMERICASMIDDLE EAST/ASIAMy comment: This is how badly Wall St. needs to prop up the markets
with drug money and ward off a total market meltdown.
AFRICAMARKETS
I’ve lost count of how many times Barack Obama has claimed he was
going to change the way Washington does business, how he was going to
cut off the role of the big corporate lobbyists, stop government use
of secrecy to cover for illegal actions, make government more
accountable and transparent, stop corruption, and end cronyism. The
record indicates that all these are part of the Big Lie--a concerted
effort to deceive his own followers and the nation. Only the
establishment media is silent about this growing dichotomy. None of
the White House press corps dares question him in public about his
backtracking. The Republican opposition (who backed these same evil
practices when they were in power) has taken notice, but not as much
as principled liberals who feel betrayed by his promises of change. This is the real context: a growing army of millions of unemployed, declining housing values and equity, a banking sector bloated with foreclosed/distressed houses which cannot be sold en masse and a
Ministry of Propaganda in full–court press on reality.
SC/ENVIRONMENTTRANSITION INITIATIVE: CHANGING THE SCALE OF CHANGE
Part of the genius of the movement rests in its acute and kind
psychology. It acknowledges the emotional effect of these issues,
from that thirteen–year–old’s sense of fear and despair, to common
feelings of anger, impotence, and denial, and it uses insights from
the psychology of addiction to address some reasons why it is hard
for people to detoxify themselves from an addiction to (or dependence
on) oil. It acknowledges that healthy psychological functioning
depends on a belief that one’s needs will be met in the future; for
an entire generation, that belief is now corroded by anxiety over
climate change.
How can those of us working to manage the transition to a post–carbon
world prevent disaster capitalism and flip it on its head? Call it
Disaster Transitionism, if you will.
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