December 2010
45 posts
Brain thickness determines political leaning:... →
Neuroscientists are examining whether political allegiances are hard-wired into people after finding evidence that the brains of conservatives are a different shape to those of left-wingers. Scans of 90 students’ brains at University College London (UCL) uncovered a “strong correlation” between the thickness of two particular areas of grey matter and an individual’s views....
WikiLeaks: US Ambassador Planned "Retaliation"... →
by: Mike Ludwig, t r u t h o u t | Report
Craig Stapleton, former US ambassador to France at a Memorial Day service in Fere-en-Tardenois, France. Stapleton was concerned that a French decision to suspend cultivation of Monsanto’s MON-810 corn could spread anti-biotech policy across the EU. (Photo: LeAnne MacAllister, 5th Signal Command)
The former United States ambassador to France...
Franken: Under FCC’s ‘neutrality’ rules, ‘the... →
Al Franken: The Most Important Free Speech Issue... →
Tea Party Nation Founder: Let's Get Rid Of The... →
Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips has a dream: “No more Methodist Church.” A blog post on his Tea Party Nation page says that on Friday he walked by the United Methodist Building in Washington D.C., which had a sign that said, “Pass the DREAM Act.” Phillips wrote: ” I have a DREAM. That is, no more United Methodist Church.” Phillips explains that he was...
kung fu grippe: Antelope Valley High School, 1958. →
merlin:
Lancaster, California’s “Home of the Lopes.” Wow. “Early life and musical influences, 1941-1962”: While attending Antelope Valley High School in Lancaster, Van Vliet became close friends with fellow teenager Frank Zappa, the pair bonding through their interest…
Do Progressives Hate Rich People? | Firedoglake →
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange |... →
Yesterday, in the Westminster Magistrates Court in London, the lawyers for WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange presented to the judge a document from me stating that I have put up $20,000 of my own money to help bail Mr. Assange out of jail.
Furthermore, I am publicly offering the assistance of my website, my servers, my domain names and anything else I can do to keep WikiLeaks alive and...
A "Public Option" Would Not Be Overthrown in the...
Public services provided to the People are paid for through the tax system. A Public Option or Single Payer Health-care would have fit into the long established and legal precedent of government provision through taxation just like public schools, Social Security, Medicare, police and fire and more. Either a public option or single payer healthcare would have not have been and could not have been...
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The Wall Street Pentagon Papers: Biggest Scam In... →
The Wall Street Pentagon Papers: Biggest Scam In World History Exposed - Are The Federal Reserve’s Crimes Too Big To Comprehend? By David DeGraw, AmpedStatus What if the greatest scam ever perpetrated was blatantly exposed, and the US media didn’t cover it? Does that mean the scam could keep going? That’s what we are about to find out. I understand the importance of the new WikiLeaks documents....
Monsanto Sugar Beet Battle May Lead to Sugar... →
Food giant Monsanto is so large that it can disrupt an entire food supply chain—the sweetest one there is. A court battle over genetically modified Monsanto sugar beets (detailed here) may lead to a drop in U.S. sugar production over the next two years, driving up prices for shoppers and food processors alike.
How can a single company shake up sugar production like that? In a nutshell:...
London tuition fee protest - The Big Picture -... →
There is SOMETHING major going on
Not only in DC, but there is a change a coming.
In case you have not heard, Prince Charles was attacked by angry students (and three Ministers have resigned over the whole student fee row)
Here we have a revolt in Congress… (Time for the rest of us to get off our behinds)
The Anonymous attacks.
Demonstrations and stikes all over Europe…
This is starting to have a feeling that...
Paul Krugman: ".... voters are starting to write... →
Right now, the Republicans see themselves as successful blackmailers, holding a clear upper hand. President Obama, they believe, wouldn’t dare preside over a broad tax increase while the economy is depressed. And they therefore believe that he will give in to their demands. But while raising taxes when unemployment is high is a bad thing, there are worse things. And a cold, hard look at the...
Evading a shutdown, WikiLeaks mobilizes Twitter... →
In a bid to stay one step ahead of the governments, companies, freelance hackers trying to shut down its operations, WikiLeaks mobilized its vast base of online support Saturday by asking its Twitter followers to create copies of its growing archive of hundreds of classified State Department cables.
By late afternoon Eastern time, more than 200 had answered the call, setting up...
Cubs Legend Ron Santo Dies At 70 - Bleed Cubbie... →
More photos »Anonymous - AP
In this July 12, 2966, file photo, Roberto Clemente (21) and other members of the winning National League All-Star baseball team congratulate Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers after his tenth inning single drove in the winning run in St. Louis. Joining the group are All-Star coach Harry Walker (3), Willie McCovey (44), Felipe Alou, upper left, Ron Santo,...
Obama and GOPers Worked Together to Kill Bush... →
A WikiLeaks cable shows that when Spain considered a criminal case against ex-Bush officials, the Obama White House and Republicans got really bipartisan. ” In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies the that governed interrogations of detained...
