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Today’s Top 10
South Korea is coming to northeast British Columbia. It was reported this week that State-run Korea Gas has signed a deal with Canadian gas major EnCana covering three fields in the province of British Columbia. Korea Gas will take a 50% interest, for a price tag of $1.1 billion.
The militarization of the continent, along with U.S.-Canada integration is taking place in areas of law enforcement, border services and the armed forces. More is being done to better protect the northern border, but somehow government needs to strike a balance between security and the movement of goods and people.
Reports are that the key witness in a grand plan to steal Canada’s water resources suddenly dies of a heart attack. How convenient.
Genocide in the Making in Canada. Who are the real criminals?
Stolen Sisters A Human Rights Response to Discrimination & Violence Against Indigenous Women
March 8, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ Subsidies established during NAFTA negotiations to help small Mexican farmers compete with their neighbors to the north are being doled out to the families of drug traffickers and senior government officials, the Los Angeles Times reports.
This corruption has both driven subsistence farmers out of operation and encouraged the planting of illegal crops.
Of the $1.3 billion in subsidies given to 2.7 million Mexican farmers, as much as 80% of the money went to 20% of the farmers. Most telling may be the fact that Mexico has gone from a country that fed itself to an importer of food.
Read more at Agriculture Industry Today at:
Chilean Earthquake, Strong Central Government Lessens Effects
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Feb. 27 was many times more powerful than the one that struck Haiti two months ago, but Wake Forest University Professor of Political Science Peter Siavelis says Chile has many advantages as it begins its recovery efforts.
Evo Donates 50% of Salary to Haiti and Chile
BOLIVIAN WOMEN RISE UP
by Luc Majno 'Lord' Amherst ~ 'scalping' and its lotteries
Leonard Peltier ~ 1976 ~ by Luc Majno
First Iceland, Then the World
Who cleans up the mess when ignorant, greedy bankers rack up massive debt then go broke? The people of Iceland made a strong statement Saturday. The sins of big bankers and government regulators shouldn't fall on the citizens. By a 93% to 2% margin, they voted down a proposal requiring them to cover bad debt incurred by one of the nation’s oldest and largest banks. Covering the debt would have cost Iceland's 317,000 citizens around $17,000 each. Iceland's national referendum was the first opportunity for the people of any nation to vote directly on who pays when the financial elite fail...
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Class-Action Suits by Owners Claim that Safety Recalls Causing Value of Vehicles to Plummet
Cotton Is the Fabric of Your Lights . . . Your iPod . . . Your MP3 Player . . . Your Cell Phone
The research group of Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of Fiber Science at Cornell University, in collaboration with researchers at Italian universities has developed cotton threads that can conduct electric current like metal wire, yet remain light and comfortable enough to give a whole new meaning to multi-functional garments. This technology works so well that simple knots in this specially treated thread can complete a circuit.
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History . . . shows that the information provided to the Census can be used against you. The most recent examples occurred in 2002 and 2003, when the Census Bureau turned over information it had collected about Arab-Americans to Homeland Security.? Before that, it was put to use in rounding up and interning Japanese, Italian, and German Americans during WWII. The recent collection of GPS data will certainly simplify the process of locating any individual or group that may be identified as a threat to national security? in the future?, says Theroux.
In response to the Christmas day ‘underwear bomber’?, Joe Lieberman and John McCain have introduced a detention policy bill that would allow the U.S. military to detain U.S. citizens without trial indefinitely in the U.S. based on suspected activity?. This is another reminder of why, as horrible as Obama is on practically every issue, his competition was likely no better?. Gregory asks, can we build a bipartisan police state, complete with the destruction of the last vestiges of due process??. Yes we can.?
Suicide Raises Legal Issues in Indian Artifacts Cases
AFRICA
Tear gas fired at Togo protesters
Togo police use tear gas to disperse protesters angry at Saturday’s election victory for President Faure Gnassingbe.
Coming to Israel, Biden flags US support vs Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Obama administration has boosted US defense ties to Israel and will close ranks with its ally against any threat from a ...
Western producers like BP, Exxon Mobil, and Shell are enjoying their best access to Iraq's southern oil fields since 1972, but a weaker government could be on the way.
Geraniums Could Help Control Devastating Japanese Beetle
Geraniums may hold the key to controlling the devastating Japanese beetle, which feeds on nearly 300 plant species and costs the ornamental plant industry $450 million in damage each year
Going Anti-Plastic: One Girl's Journey into Minimizing Her Carbon Footprint
THE REALITIES OF INTERPERSONAL COMBAT I will start this article with a question: What are you doing on a regular basis (i.e. daily) to prepare yourself mentally, physically, emotionally, and most of all, spiritually, to not just survive, but
prevail during a violent encounter?
My comment: I am including this story today because whatever you may
feel about owning firearms, the reality of intensifying collapse is
that people ARE going to become more violent. This article is not
intended to promote the use of firearms but to explore all options
for self–protection. It’s worth the read.
A Possible Early Glimpse of Autism's Impact on Older Siblings
A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children.
Breast cancer patients with early stage disease that has spread to
only one lymph node may not benefit from radiation after mastectomy,
because . . .
Understanding Toyota’s Sudden AccelerationBy Joel S. Hirschhorn
Government works quite well for big corporations, banks, insurance companies, military contractors, lobbyists, and for the rich and powerful. But it does not work for people.
To Hell in a Hand Basket
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