(CNN) – Embattled New York Gov. David Paterson is expected to announce later Friday that he won’t seek a full term in office, but will remain as governor for the rest of the year, a Democratic Party source tells CNN. Paterson is expected to go before cameras later Friday in New York City. Full story [...]
Archive For February, 2010
NATIONAL CALL-CONGRESS DAY: NO MORE LOANS FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 TELL CONGRESS: NO MORE LOANS FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS Dear Friends: A quick reminder that tomorrow, Thursday, February 25, is the National Call-Congress Day to stop the Obama Administration’s proposed $54 Billion loan program for new nuclear reactor construction–otherwise known as a giant taxpayer giveaway to wealthy nuclear corporations. You can reach every [...]
Troops to leave Afghanistan in August: Dutch PM
[From CTV News] Netherlands’ Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende talks to the media to announce that the second largest party in his three-party alliance is quitting, in The Hague, Netherlands, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010. (AP / Evert-Jan Daniels) The 1,600 Dutch troops in Afghanistan will begin leaving the war-torn country in August, Prime Minister Jan [...]
Action Alert: Network Nukes Boosters
[From FAIR] Reports on New Nuclear Plant Leave Key Questions Unasked On February 16, ABC World News and NBC Nightly News aired incomplete and unbalanced reports following Barack Obama’s announcement of $8 billion in new loan guarantees for a nuclear power plant in Georgia. ABC reporter Jake Tapper announced that “for years leading Democrats and [...]
Bill Gates and the ‘nuclear Renaissance’
Bill Gates has decided what he wants is more nukes. An “energy miracle” he calls it. A miracle (event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws) is right. See what others have to say, (from CNN). Pie-in-the-sky Others scoff at the idea. Gates is looking for a “silver bullet” technology to fix the [...]
Five Reasons NOT to Invest in Nuclear Power
[From Huffington Post] By Robert Alvarez Yesterday, President Obama announced that the Energy department will provide an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to the Southern Co. for its proposed nuclear power plant near Augusta, GA. “The loan guarantee program for new nuclear power plants not only will further the nation’s commitment to clean energy, Obama said, [...]
Recoverable Proxy, a step towards true democracy
[From Aardvark I idea for reform of the political system in New Zeland, but applical most anywhere. An interesting idea. -RS] What is Recoverable Proxy? By Bruce Simpson The recent arrival of ubiquitous technologies based on widespread communications networks have now made it possible for us to at last provide the citizens of the country [...]
Obama nukes update, NIRS Info
February 4, 2010 Dear Friends, First of all: Congratulations! Just since last Thursday, you have bombarded President Obama and Energy Secretary Chu with well over 4,000 letters opposing a tripling of the loan guarantee program for new reactor construction, which would put $54 Billion of your dollars at risk from large, greedy nuclear corporations. And [...]
Vermont Legislature says No to Nuclear!
From Kibbles & Bytes from Small Dogs Electronics By Don Mayer You all probably know that I am not a fan of nuclear energy as a path for energy independence, but even if I was put in charge of Vermont’s only nuclear plant, I could not have done a better job of undermining their chances [...]