[From Critical Montages] Despite Dick Cheney’s insistence that the insurgency in Iraq is in its “last throes,” American casualties are at their all-time high: Last month there were about 700 attacks against American forces using so-called improvised explosive devices, or I.E.D.’s, the highest number since the invasion of Iraq in 2003, according to the American [...]
Archive For June, 2005
Climate Change website
[From Dufferin Caledon Greens] A Green Party member yesterday posted an excellent site on one of our mail lists. The site is http://www.realclimate.org/. He describes it as: For anyone interested in the science behind global warming this is a must read site. It is written by climate scientists for non-scientists. It does an outstanding job [...]
Halliburton Iraq deals described as contract abuse – Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. Army procurement official said on Monday Halliburton’s deals in Iraq were the worst example of contract abuse she had seen as Pentagon auditors flagged over $1 billion of potential overcharges by the Texas-based firm. Bunny Greenhouse, the Army Corps of Engineers’ top contracting [...]
First Amendment gains support as fears ease
[From USA Today] By Mark Memmott Shocked by the 9/11 attacks, many Americans worried afterward that the nation was too free to be safe from terrorists. Those fears are easing, poll results due to be released today indicate. They show renewed support for the First Amendment of the Constitution and the protections it gives to [...]
Bush Approval Rating By State
[From Taegan Goddard's Political Wire] SurveyUSA released approval ratings for President Bush in all 50 states, ranging from a high of 63% in Utah to a low of 32% in Vermont. Summary results: Bush has a positive rating in 17 states. Bush has a negative rating in 30 states. Bush has a neutral rating in [...]
Are Americans Politically Ignorant, Apathetic, or Both?
[From How to Save the World.] I had the opportunity Friday evening to listen to Robert Kennedy Jr. of NRDC speak. He was in Toronto to support Lake Ontario Waterkeepers, a division of the international Waterkeeper Alliance. It was a stock speech — nothing substantial added to the angry litany of Bush’s regulatory rollbacks, non-enforcements, [...]
Gilbert, Sullivan, and ID Cards
[From EFF: Mini Links] A fine musical “tribute” to the plans to introduce ID cards in the UK (Flash). Continue reading Gilbert, Sullivan, and ID Cards at EFF: Mini Links
“Guantanamo: The New-World Icon” by Mike Whitney
[From Dissident Voice] Guantanamo/Torture/Bush Administration Torture of Truth Continue reading “Guantanamo: The New-World Icon” by Mike Whitney at Dissident Voice
Photographers becoming security concerns
[From MAKE: Blog] NPR’s Morning Edition has an interesting show about Photographers Becoming Security Concerns. Photographers across the country have complained of getting harassed by law enforcement officials citing security concerns since the September 11 terrorist attacks. Here’s the flyer mentioned in the broadcast. Link. Listen to Photographers becoming security concerns at NPR
Is your blog 100% Green
[From WorldisGreen.com] A very interesting article on Wired on “Green Data Centers”. Apart from being energy efficient in terms of price they are also good for the environment. Over the past several years, these boutique firms have carved out a “green” niche in the crowded web-hosting market by running data centers powered entirely by solar [...]