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Orangutans
2007-11-21 20:54:00 [From: BBC NEWS] Negara holds her first baby, Nyaru, in Perth, Australia. Perth Zoo runs a special breeding programme for orangutans - one of the world’s most endangered animals. Share This More About: News
Runggye Adak Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison
2007-11-20 19:39:00 From: Students for a Free Tibet We’ve just learned that Chinese authorities in Eastern Tibet have sentenced Runggye Adak to eight years in prison for “inciting to split the country” and causing “severe public disorder”. His cousin Adak Lupoe and two other Tibetans have also be sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to ten years. ... More About: News , Commentary , Prison , Years , Sentenced
Edwards is having fun with Plantgate too
2007-11-19 21:12:00 The plantsforhillary.com/ site set up by the Edwards campaign is down, but you can see the cached page. Share This More About: Commentary
The ad that Hillary, Rudy, or Mike Bloomberg won?t make
2007-11-19 19:45:00 [From: Inside Long Island Politics - Spin Cycle] Once in a while New York’s political players can use a reminder that the rest of the country marches to, well, a different rythm. Here is a hilarious ad in that mold, featuring Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee with action-film star Chuck Norris, — reminiscent of something we ... More About: Bloomberg , Mike Bloomberg , Make , Rudy
Bush Homeland Security Adviser Resigns
2007-11-19 18:04:00 [From Newsvine] Mon Nov 19, 2007 8:21 AM EST Associated Press WASHINGTON — Fran Townsend, the leading White House-based terrorism adviser who gave public updates on the extent of the threat to U.S. security, is stepping down after 4 1/2 years. President Bush said in a statement Monday morning that Townsend, 45, “has ably guided the Homeland Security Council. ... More About: Homeland Security
Giuliani and Fox
2007-11-17 04:05:00 [From: Salon News ] Rudy Giuliani ’s ties to Fox News Judith Regan’s lawsuit against News Corp. alleges that Rupert Murdoch’s firm, which owns Fox News, wants Giuliani to be president. A look at links between the candidate and the company. By Alex Koppelman and Erin Renzas Salon photo composite Judith Regan and Rudy Giuliani (AP and Reuters images) Nov. 15, 2007 | ...
Surveillance Campaign - Pizza
2007-11-16 17:42:00 ACLU Share This More About: Surveillance , Pizza , Campaign
Pee-powered battery unveiled
Pee-powered battery unveiled | Reg Hardware
2007-11-16 17:10:00 [From: Register Hardwar e ] By James Sherwood The trouble with batteries is that there never seems to be a power socket in sight when you want to charge them up. Thankfully, one manufacturer has developed a battery that should be slightly easier to recharge, thanks to its ability to run off a variety of liquids, including water and ... More About: News , Battery
Anti-War Voters Lash Out at Democrats They Helped Put in Office
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2007-11-14 20:09:00 [From Bloomberg] By Nicholas Johnston Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) — When the Democratic Party called up recently to ask Myrna Burgess for a campaign contribution, she answered with an emphatic “no.” “Nothing has been done as far as the war is concerned,” said Burgess, 72, an Amtrak worker from Levittown, Pennsylvania. More than a year after anti-war voters like Burgess ... More About: News , Office , Democrats , Anti-War , Voters
And the New Potential Cancer Causing Agent Is??? Nanotechnology!
2007-11-14 19:26:00 [From environmentalgraffiti.com] Nanotechnology , the science of working with or creating materials 1 nanometer(a billionth of a meter) large, holds amazing promise for the future, but some studies are suggesting some of these tiny particles can be added to the long list of items that cause cancer. Continue reading And the New Potential Cancer Causing Agent Is……… Nanotechnology! ... More About: News , Commentary
The Real Toy Story
2007-11-14 10:58:00 [From: MICHAEL WOLF] “The Real Toy Story ” “The Real Toy Story ”, an installation by Michael Wolf, shown at the John Batten Gallery, Hongkong from November 2-27, 2004. Some background information about the installation: China produces 75% of the world?s toys The project was conceived in the spring of 2003 during a visit to the United States. As a surprise for ... More About: News , Commentary
Addiction is ?leprosy of our times?
2007-11-13 15:28:00 [From: Derry Today] By Staff reporter A local addiction counsellor has described alcoholism as the ‘leprosy of our times’ adding that there was a ‘huge denial’ in the area about the links between substance abuse and the soaring numbers of suicides. Father James Sweeney, of the White Oaks Rehabilatation Centre said: ?When post-mortems or autopsies are carried out, ... More About: News , Addiction , Times , Leprosy , Addict
Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds
2007-11-13 15:20:00 [From: Wired.com] By Ryan Singel Hushmail, a longtime provider of encrypted web-based email, markets itself by saying that “not even a Hushmail employee with access to our servers can read your encrypted e-mail, since each message is uniquely encoded before it leaves your computer.” But it turns out that statement seems not to apply to individuals targeted ... More About: News , Mail , Company , E-Mail , Crypt
Pentagon Forecast: Cloudy, 80% Chance of Riots
2007-11-13 14:02:00 [From: Wired.com] By Noah Shachtman The Pentagon is paying Lockheed Martin to try to predict insurgencies and civil unrest like the weather. It’s part of a larger military effort to blend forecasting software with social science that has some counterinsurgency experts cringing. Lockheed recently won a $1.3 million, 15-month contract from the Defense Department to help develop the ... More About: News , Chance , Cloudy , Riots
Bill Greider On the Taboo Of Big Money, Trade & House Democrats
2007-11-10 16:19:00 [From Campaign for America’s Future] Submitted by David Sirota Bill Greider’s post-mortem of the House vote today on expanding the NAFTA trade model into Peru is a must-read. He excerpts a snippet from the New York Times story that is surprisingly accurate from a newspaper that has made an ... More About: Commentary , Democrats , Money , Trade
Governors Join with Computing Giants to Spread Green Computing
2007-11-08 21:07:00 [From Green Biz News ] Governors Join with Computing Giants to Spread Green Computing Source: GreenerComputing.com WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 8, 2007 — The National Governors Association announced ...
Gay Muslims Find Freedom, of a Sort, in the U.S.
2007-11-08 17:15:00 [From New York Times] By NEIL MACFARQUHAR SAN FRANCISCO — About 15 people marched alongside the Muslim float in this city’s notoriously fleshy Gay Pride Parade earlier this year, with various men carrying the flags of Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine and Turkey and even Iran’s old imperial banner. While other floats featured men dancing in leather Speedos or ... More About: News , Freedom , Muslims , Find , Sort
In 2004, Chuck Schumer Supported the Right of Bush to Use Torture at His Di
2007-11-05 05:18:00 [From: BuzzFlash] Submitted by mark karlin A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS Even though Mukasey is best buddies with Rudy Giuliani (which tells you a lot already), Chuck Schumer championed him for the AG spot with such zeal you would have thought Chuck was mainlining speed. But after Mukasey refused to declare waterboarding and other torture as illegal, many thought Schumer, ... More About: News , Bush , Commentary , Torture
Animator vs. Animation
2007-11-05 04:43:00 [From: deviant ART] click Animator vs. Animation by *alanbecker on deviantART Share This More About: Imation
Eco-games for the holiday season
2007-11-02 19:19:00 [From: ViroPOP] Last year, I wrote a post on AutoblogGreen about board and card games that put the environment into play. With the holiday season creeping up on us again, I thought I’d, ahem, recycle (and renew) that post for ViroPop, shifting the focus somewhat to the broader environment instead of car-themed games. The post last ... More About: Holiday , Games , Season , The Holiday
Parents Circle - Families Forum
2007-11-02 19:08:00 Parents Circle - Families Forum (PCFF) is a grassroots organization of bereaved Palestinians and Israelis. The PCFF promotes reconciliation as an alternative to hatred and revenge. Goto: Parents Circle - Families Forum Share This More About: Parents
Bloggers and Civil Libertarians Petition Congress
2007-11-01 20:35:00 [From: EFF: Deep Links] When it comes to putting the pressure on the Senate to stand against retroactive immunity for telecom lawbreakers, bloggers have taken a vital lead. They helped inspire Chris Dodd to pledge a hold on any Senate bill that contains an amnesty, and prompted Barack Obama's recent unequivocal opposition to immunity. These key bloggers ... More About: News , Congress , Bloggers , Petition , Libertarians
TheMiddleClass.org: Your Toolkit for Holding Congress Accountable
2007-11-01 20:18:00 [From: DMI Blog] Dream with me for a minute. Imagine that we-the-people could easily find out how our members of Congress voted on the bills that are most important to us. Imagine that there was a place that explained clearly and simply how those votes really impact America’s current and aspiring middle class. And, while we?re ... More About: News , Commentary , Holding , Toolkit
Naomi Campbell?s Turtle Attack
2007-10-25 17:55:00 [From: Environmental Graffiti] Ecology ? Robert Naomi Campbell is no stranger to controversy. The supermodel is perhaps best known recently for legal issues including a number of assaults on her employees. But her most recent controversy involves not her temper, but a turtle. Campbell and her boyfriend, Renault F1 team head Flavio Briatore, have submitted a proposal to ... More About: News , Commentary , Turtle
Larry Craig scandal should cue gay rights debate ? Newsday.com
2007-10-23 15:15:00 [From: Newsday.com] BY BRETT KRUTZSCH Brett Krutzsch is an administrator at New York University and a freelance writer. His essays about gay life have appeared in The Advocate, New York Press and The New York Blade. October 23, 2007 Larry Craig’s much-anticipated interview with Matt Lauer last week brought the country’s attention back to the senator’s airport bathroom scandal, ... More About: Commentary , Rights , Scandal , Debate
Instructable: Confuse and Parody Your Enemies
2007-10-19 21:47:00 [From: MAKE: Blog] Steve Lambert posted a great Instructable on creating signs to parody and confuse “enemies” (aka corporations and governments). Steve is my upstairs neighbor so I will have to be on sign lookout from now on. Link. [Read this article] [Comment on this article] Share This More About: Parody , Enemies
Windbelt, Cheap Generator Alternative, Set to Power Third World
2007-10-17 18:04:00 [From: Popular Mechanics] (Click photo for video) By Logan Ward Video by Virtual Beauty Video Produced by Allyson Torrisi Diagram by Dogo Published in the November 2007 issue. Working in Haiti, Shawn Frayne, a 28-year-old inventor based in Mountain View, Calif., saw the need for small-scale wind power to juice LED lamps and radios in the homes of the poor. Conventional ... More About: Commentary , Power , World , Alternative , Generator
Kevin Kelly ? Cool Tools
2007-10-16 23:00:00 [From: Kevin Kell y — Cool Tools ] Be(a)ware of how your belongings could track you This book will make you look at every store-bought item you own or debate owning with a curious skepticism that — after reading the book — won’t seem too unwarranted. It was published two years ago (a cheap paperback came out in the ...
Atheists on the rise
More articles from this author:2007-10-12 16:52:00 [From www.kansascity.com] Those who don’t believe in God are finding strength in numbers in public and political arenas By JACQUELINE L. SALMON and MARY JORDAN The Washington Post In England and its offspring, the United States, a legion of the godless is rising up against the forces of religiosity. “People who were ashamed to say there is no God now ... More About: News , Rise , Atheists , Theist 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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