Dollar Days Done?
I’m going out on a limb here. Monetary policy is certainly not my field. But it seems to me that UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development) has dropped a bombshell. A report released in Geneva...
View ArticleThe Credibility of AP - Shilling Again
I was a bit surprised to see this headline on Yahoo News a few minutes ago:AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bombVIENNA – Experts at the world's top atomic watchdog are in agreement that...
View ArticleFreedom of Expression :: Give It Up?!
There is a story brewing which has received surprisingly little attention in the blogosphere; quite surprising considering the outspokenness of many of its denizens. The UN Human Rights Council is...
View ArticleNot a Day Too Soon
This isn't much of a diary entry, but in case you've missed it - there has not been much attention in the MSM - charger madness is coming to an end.Cross-posted from Booman TribuneFollow below:::
View ArticleDeclaring a Palestinian State?
The Palestinians have showed incredible patience. Negotiations have been going on (and off) for 18 years. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has indicated that his patience is over and that he will...
View ArticleA Rebuttal to the Climate Skeptics
The recent hacking of an e-mail server at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia resulted in much glee from a variety of climate skeptics. They saw in the released e-mails purported...
View ArticleBlair Lied and Bullied Cabinet to Invade Iraq::Updated
The British are "already" conducting an extensive Inquiry into the Iraq war and the process that led up to the invasion.The Iraq InquiryThe Iraq Inquiry, also referred to as the Chilcot Inquiry, was...
View ArticleClimate Denial - A Criminal Enterprise?
The media has been abuzz the last week after the hacking of the e-mail server at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. The e-mails were released on the web and climate deniers...
View ArticleGreen City Ranking + Copenhagen Disarray
The Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen started yesterday and will go on until 18 December. Siemens AG has sponsored a study to rank the sustainability of 30 European cities developed by the...
View ArticleThe War on Afghanistan's Children
The failed attempt to down an airliner on Christmas Day and the intelligence failures leading up to it continue to dominate every day's news cycle. Meanwhile, there has been scarcely a word in the...
View ArticleStay on Top of Haiti News
This is not much of a diary entry, but I thought it would be useful for the community to have knowledge of Relief WebIn my view the best source of updates on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in...
View ArticleCNN Reported Hospital Closed by the UN
The hazards of false reporting. The blogosphere was all atwitter yesterday with reports that the UN had ordered the closing of a field hospital in Haiti. The uproar was caused by a segment on CNN on...
View ArticleGlobal Tax on Banks Coming?
It wouldn't be a day too soon. And it now seems that major economies are coming around to support the old Tobin Tax.A Tobin tax, suggested by Nobel Laureate economist James Tobin, is a concept...
View ArticleBP – At the Bottom of the Barrel – and Still Sinking
How low can the crooked management of British Petroleum go? New lows are reached every day and there appears to be no end in sight. It is stunning to see the tone deafness being demonstrated by the...
View ArticleBDS Israel II - Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions
I first wrote about BDS 18 months ago, towards the end of Operation Cast Lead. Time for Action - BDS IsraelMany may be wondering whether actions of this kind have any effect. Well, look at South...
View ArticleIsrael - Its Own Worst Enemy
So - I was reading the news this morning and came across the story of Eden Abergil. A former reserve officer in the IDF who left service a little over a year ago. She will now and forever be famous for...
View ArticleGender Equality - US Moves Up To 19th
The World Economic Forum has issued its fifth Global Gender Gap Report. The annual report was first compiled in 2006. There has been an encouraging trend since the start of these studies; a majority of...
View ArticleHow Democratic? EIU's Annual Index
It is year end, and The Economist Intelligence Unit has just released its bi-annual report on the state of democracy around the world. The results, unfortunately, are not uplifting. According to the...
View ArticleNYC in Solidarity with Wisconsin
Jet lag caused an early awakening this morning. I had come in from Geneva Wednesday pm. Online by 4.30 am which was good, since I found among my e-mails an announcement for a protest on 6th Avenue at 9...
View ArticleUnions = High productivity
It has been wonderful to see the support going out to the public employees' unions in Wisconsin. The Teaparty, Governor Walker and the powers that be have seen fit to attack collective bargaining...
View ArticleGroundbreaking News - HIV Treatment
I'm at work and cannot spend much time on hashing out a diary. But the news is so good that it should be shared widely. I found the following press release in my inbox this morning:Groundbreaking trial...
View ArticleProsecute Bush Over Torture
So says Human Rights Watch in a report released last Tuesday.I had totally missed that bit of news. The theatrics of the debate on the debt limit ceiling and the concurrent implosion of the Murdoch...
View ArticleNorwegian Terrorist Anders Behring Breivik is Insane
A two-person psychiatric panel has found that Behring Breivik was suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and has done so for several years.Wiki - 2011 Norway attacksThe panel handed in its report today...
View ArticlePoem for World AIDS Day
Today is World AIDS Day. The day comes with a mixed message; encouraging reductions in the number of deaths and new infections from the HIV virus, while funding for the efforts are reduced in a...
View ArticleHow Democratic? The Economist Intelligence Unit Annual Index
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has recently released its annual index on the state of democracy around the world. The findings are not uplifting, as the general trend shows declining values in...
View ArticleThe Mistreatment of Bradley Manning
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has recently released an addendum to its 2011-report on the following subject:Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading...
View ArticleToday is IDAHO
And we're not talking about the state.Today is the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2012.If you want to know what is going on around the world to celebrate the occasion, this may be...
View ArticleYou too, can be a member of the 1% - check The GOS Weekly Review
Of course, many of you already are - no offense!Now, if you were expecting to find short-cuts to pecuniary riches, you will be disappointed. Being a political junkie you want to be informed. To stay...
View ArticleAn Unusual Cathedral Service
St. Francis feast day is October 4. Francis of Assisi was the founder of the Franciscan order, and is also known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. Many locations celebrate the...
View ArticleIsrael and Apartheid
Is Israel on the path to becoming an apartheid state, or is it already one?The discussions on this topic have been contentious since President Carter published his book Palestine: Peace not Apartheid...
View ArticleUN Election Observers - NOT!
Regular news media, pundits and blogs are participating in an effort to conflate the UN and OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe). Given the UN's perceived poor standing with US...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren Gets to Work
What a blessing Elizabeth Warren's election to the Senate has been. She is wasting no time.At her first hearing in the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee - which took place on Valentine's...
View ArticleSen. Elizabeth Warren Grills Bernanke
Elizabeth Warren is on fire, make no mistake about it. It is only two weeks since she took the heads of various financial regulatory bodies to the woodshed in a Valentine Day's massacre - Elizabeth...
View ArticleBradley Manning - In His Own Words
The Bradley Manning trial has been cloaked in secrecy. No audio or video recordings allowed; no transcripts permitted.Glenn Greenwald and the group he recently co-founded, the Freedom of the Press...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren::Ten Weeks Out - 300 Weeks to Go
This morning, I'd like to write a brief post to sum up Senator Warren's astonishing record in the Senate to date. It is only a bit over 10 weeks since she was seated, yet she has already made headlines...
View ArticleBill McKibben Awarded the Sophie Prize
Bill McKibben's name should be well known on these pages. He is tagged in well over 400 entries and is, of course, also a regular poster on this site.Today it was announced that he has been awarded the...
View ArticleEast Mississippi Correctional Facility - A Cesspool
What a horrible, ugly case!I have not seen this diaried, so I'll just put out some links and quotes about the East Mississippi Correctional Facility and the class-action lawsuit that the ACLU is...
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Tranquility - A Picture Diary
I have occasionally posted images from the family cabin that I share with my three sisters on Norway's southern coast. Recently, it was suggested to me that I should post a picture diary to share the...
View ArticleTotal Information Awareness - How Quaint
How quaint it seems now!Just over eight years ago, I wrote a diary (on a different site) titled "The legacy of East-Germany".I recall my outrage after reading a brief article on a site called...
View ArticleDid People Die Because of Manning?
There's been a lot of speculation that Manning's release of documents to WikiLeaks and their subsequent publication caused the deaths of US intelligence assets.No need to speculate any longer; the...
View ArticleJohn Miller of CBS to NYPD?
Aren't we in NYC lucky?There are currently two diaries on the rec-list describing Miller's hackery in yesterday's NSA-segment on 60 Minutes.60 Minutes gives a sloppy wet kiss to the NSANow It's...
View ArticleTwo NYPD Officers Dead::Baltimore County Police Sent Fax
This is to me a big WTF-moment.The Baltimore County Police sent a FAX to the NYPD about the threat that Ismaaiyl Brinsley posed. Are you kidding me? They sent a fax.Follow below:
View ArticleUN Accepts Palestine's Accession to the ICC
Excellent news from the UN last night.UN Chief Ban Ki-Moon Says Palestine Will Join International Court on April 1UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said late Tuesday that the state of...
View ArticleYoung Muslims in Solidarity with Norway's Jews
This is how it should be done!I just finished reading an uplifting article in the online edition of Dagbladet - one of the major tabloids published in Norway.This coming Saturday, young Muslims in Oslo...
View ArticleProsperity and Social Democracy
I'm not hashing out a diary. Simply want to provide you with the link to the Legatum Institute's annual Prosperity Index. Lots of interesting graphics in the link.This is what social democratic welfare...
View ArticleThe Guardian is on the Case - Counting Police Killings
I just want to point you to two headlines in the Guardian on New Year’s Eve and hope you find the time on this New Year’s Day to read the articles and review the tables and graphics.Why is there such...
View ArticleBBC:"UN panel 'rules in Julian Assange's favour'"
You need a short break from the primary campaigns!This just in from BBC:A UN panel considering the alleged "unlawful detention" of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has ruled in his favour, the BBC...
View ArticleSo, I Planned and (Almost) Committed a Bank Robbery
As I said.Had it all worked out; all my co-conspirators lined up. The get-away driver, hideouts and alibies.I was in the bank, holding up the teller. Saw, in my mind, all the lovely cash already in my...
View ArticleI Am Mourning for America
I came across this post on Facebook this morning. It struck a nerve and I believe it deserves wider circulation. I contacted the original author, who it turns out is a priest, and have received his...
View ArticleNew Hard Hitting Ad from VoteVets
No holds barred in this new ad from VoteVets. Benedict Donald gets both barrels.xxYouTube VideoIf you want to help these guys make more of this, follow the link.VoteVets
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