By responding to a Republican rallying cry to "drill, baby, drill," the announcement gives the administration leverage to entice the GOP and moderate Republicans to support a bipartisan proposal being crafted...  (Wall Street Journal)

There have been reports of more than forty people dead after explosions rocked two separate railway stations in Moscow.

 

Sheik Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan Found Five Days after his Glider Crashed into a Lake

Irish Times ~ The Arab rulers denounced Israel’s policy of settling occupied East Jerusalem as a dangerous obstacle to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, …

At the March 18 summit in Atlanta, Carter said the US has "yielded excessively to the circumstances in the Holy Land as Israel has confiscated several lands ...

A lawyer slapped a judge in the court at Faisalabad, a few days ago. This is an ugly incidence that must be condemned. Wise people say every problem has its reason and one must inquire deeply to find out the reason in order to resolve the problem. Normally judges show personal bias and use their...

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The Associated Press — Nearly one out of every two Israelis thinks the country's international standing is poor following Israel's most serious crisis with the United ...

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Coulter expressed her outrage, calling the University of Ottawa a "bush league" institution in an interview for The Washington Times...

Lula plans Iran visit to prevent a repeat of Iraq war:

"It's simply amazing to me, and I still can't believe it," he said, "that from age 14 up into their 60s this many people are dying to be a minimum-wage dog-kennel assistant".

Jerome Starkey recently reported for The Times of London about a night raid on Feb. 12 in which U.S. and Afghan gunmen opened fire on two pregnant women, a teenage girl and two local officials -- an atrocity which NATO’s Afghanistan headquarters then tried to cover up. Now, in a blistering indictment of both NATO and his own profession, Starkey writes for Nieman Watchdog that the international forces led by U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal are rarely called to account because most reporters are too dependent on access, security and the 'embed culture' to venture out and see what's happening for themselves...

WE'VE ALL HEARD OF SLOW FOOD AND SLOW MONEY, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE SLOW MIND? IT MAY NURTURE MORE CREATIVE IDEAS

 

 

As far as the internet or phone networks go, bad connections are bad news. Not so in the brain, where slower connections may make people more creative.

We are entering into the era of the ‘Post-Industrial Revolution’, a ‘class cleansing’ of the western world. The entire socio-political economic landscape is being redrawn and reorganized. The effects will be felt from the wallet to the family unit, itself.

(Thanks Wanda)

The Guardian ~ Luc Majno

 

 

 

 

 

Chip Ward: Tea Party Reviews ~ from TomDisptach

By Greg Palast: Reposted > >

 

The future, with all its difficulties, means that none of us can be certain that we will remain priveleged and comfortable.You can prepare perfectly and still lose your home, you can do everything right and have bad things befall you. There are things we cannot control. So each of us must live in the world as though we will someday be the stranger who turns to another for a hand. And each of us must be willing to offer one, if we expect to receive it.

It is especially fitting that President Clinton's mea culpa comes as the Jewish community worldwide prepares to observe Passover . The story of Passover is a stark reminder that communities cannot rely solely on others to provide for their needs. Until people are empowered to help themselves, in-kind assistance from the outside is useful only in the immediate aftermath of acute emergencies. Long-term needs must be met principally through a community-led approach.

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