Drone aircraft are being stationed to patrol the US borders with Mexico and Canada. (Photo: Tom Tschida | wikimedia.com)
If war becomes unreal to the citizens of modern democracies, will they care enough to restrain and control the violence exercised in their name? Will they do so, if they and their sons and daughters are spared the hazards of combat?
- Michael Ignatieff, Virtual War (2000)
On the unwillingness — and failure — of the media to report basic truths
Focusing on the incident—the man on wire or the lone gunman killing a child—the mass media ignores a system of corporate peonage which imprisons and executes a million childhoods. The barker on the boulevard of ordinary life is shouting out, “Extra! Extra!”—pointing to the Extra!ordinary and ignoring the ordinary. The media gives a false proximity to the incidental, but a false distance to systemic wrongs. Dangerously, it implies that the system needs little remark: witness the lethal length of time it took for the issue of climate change to finally make it big in the press.
The Sound of One Trickster Clapping | Jay Griffiths | Orion Magazine
…that I should pimp this blog for more hits. Doesn’t interest me. You’ll have to get your hand jobs someplace else.
New Generation Energy Offers Micro-Loans For Energy Projects
NYC green building program launches
Frogs Becoming Homogenous as Species Disappear
Google Earth Application Maps Carbon’s Course
U.S. May Remove Humpbacks From List of Endangered Species
Why Stop at Converting Hybrid Vehicles?
“Land grabs” for rice production due to supply threats
Fanged frog, 162 other new species found in Mekong
More Corporations Are “Greening” Supply Chains
What Makes Europe Greener than the U.S.?
Leading Dem Plans To Blow Up Deal With Big Pharma
“If health care reform is done in a smart way, importation loses its political relevance because any potential benefits are far outweighed by known safety risks,” Johnson said. “CBO has compared importation to parallel trade in Europe, where pharmaceuticals meant for marketing in one country are repackaged for another country. The European experience clearly demonstrates that this practice benefits middlemen, not consumers. So why take the chance? Why play Russian roulette with the safety of patients?”
Hey! Everyone knows you can’t trust those Canadians.
Or is it the Big Pharma shills we can’t trust? Which makes more sense to you? See how smoothly he slid from one unsubstantiated “fact” right to the “safety of patients”, and ignored the $50 billion altogether, talking about “political relevance” instead? These guys are good. You have to listen with your brain and common sense, and not believe everything your Masters tell you. Arf! Arf! Pack animals.
Bills could transform U.S./Cuba business – Americas – MiamiHerald.com
Here are some of the proposals made during the current congressional session that could change the way business is done between the U.S. and Cuba:
Mr. Safire, who for many years wrote the “On Language” column for The New York Times, died on Sunday, 09/27/09. I learned a lot from reading his work over the years. These 18 rules may be his greatest legacy. Along with Strunk and White, they comprise most of the rules needed by a careful writer.
From How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammar, Safire, William, 2005.
Centurion Hostile Environments and Emergency First Aid Training (HEFAT®)
Organisations operating in volatile areas have become increasingly aware of their legal liabilities and responsibilities for duty of care of those working for them either as employees or volunteers. They recognise that hostile environments training is an obligation, not an option….
The arrival of fall means different things to different people. For some, the beautiful autumn colors make it a favorite season, while for others it’s the mild temperatures, the World Series, or heading back to school. But for birders and their friends who like to watch butterflies, dragonflies, and other animals, the arrival of fall means only one thing: migrations.
