Archive For April, 2006

Veg My Ride

[From VEGMYRIDE.TV] Veg My Ride – DVD Description: Veg-oil conversions allow your diesel vehicle to run directly on recycled cooking oils! No need for expensive biodiesel, fill up at most any restaurant for about .15/gallon! Waste fryer oils, collected from your local restaurant are the least expensive alternative fuel solution, and by far the most [...]

Neil Young Releases Living With War Online

Neil Young Releases Living With War Online

New York Times Neil recorded an anti-war album in three days, and now he’s streaming it free online. CDs in stores next week. Read Story Enlarge This Image The home page of www.neilyoung.com, where his new album, "Living With War," can be heard free. Tags: war <BR/>

Limbaugh arrested on prescription drug charges

Limbaugh arrested on prescription drug charges

[From CNN] Rush Limbaugh will have the charge against him dismissed if he continues drug addiction treatment. WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Rush Limbaugh reached a settlement with prosecutors Friday in a fraud case involving prescription painkillers, though the conservative radio commentator maintains his innocence. Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities about 4 p.m. [...]

Poll Result: Majority Want Third Major Party

[From Ballot Access News] On April 25, a nationwide poll by Princeton Survey/Pew Research Center was released. The question was, “Some people say we should have a third major political party. Do you agree or disagree?”. 53% said “yes”. Support Ballot Access News

SOMETHING ELSE IS OPENING UP IN ALBANY BESIDE TULIPS LOBBYISTS WALLETS

[From New York Public Interest Research Group] NYPIRG has put out another edition of its “Albany Money Machine Fundraisers” list. Continue reading SOMETHING ELSE IS OPENING UP IN ALBANY BESIDE TULIPS at ALBANY MONEY MACHINE

Vatican ‘may relax condom rules’

Vatican ‘may relax condom rules’

The Vatican is preparing to publish a statement on the use of condoms by people who have Aids, a senior Roman Catholic official has said. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan told La Repubblica newspaper that Pope Benedict XVI asked the Vatican’s council for health care to study the issue. The Vatican says abstinence is the best [...]

It’s Earth Day — so don’t just toss your old computer!

It’s Earth Day — so don’t just toss your old computer!

[From Engadget] It’s Earth Day today, and the consumer electronics industry isn’t above a little shameless self-promotion to show off their green cred. And, we have to admit, recycling your old gear is a lot better than just tossing it into the basement — or worse, a landfill. So follow the examples of these companies, [...]

I’M THE DECIDER

I’M THE DECIDER

(Koo-Koo-Ka-Choo) Listen I am me and Rummy’s he, Iraq is free and we are all together See the world run when Dick shoots his gun, see how I lie I’m Lying… Sitting on my own brain, waiting for the end of days Corporation profits, Bloody oil money I’m above the law and I’ll decide what’s [...]

Chernobyl hero remembers the men who saved Europe

Chernobyl hero remembers the men who saved Europe

[From Times Online] Chernobyl hero remembers the men who saved Europe By Jeremy Page in Moscow 20 years on, the first firefighter at the scene says the human cost is being whitewashed Viktor Birkun says of his old colleagues: ‘If they hadn’t done what they did, the fire would have spread to Reactors 1, 2 [...]

Bush Admin. Appoints Civil-Liberties Officer

New U.S. Post Aims to Guard Public’s Privacy By ANNE MARIE SQUEO As the son of a U.S. aid worker stationed in Guatemala during the 1970s civil war, Alex Joel recalls being unable to tell the good guys from the bad as both armed soldiers and civilians alike would order his family out of their [...]