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Oceans Turning Acid with CO2 at Rate Unseen in 250 million Years, Threatening Further Warming (Queally)
Jon Queally writes at Commondreams.org In both a new study published Monday and in a newspaper interview over the weekend, German marine biologist Hans Poertner […]
Kerry signals US Intervention in Syria, but to What End?
Secretary of State John Kerry strongly suggested in remarks on Monday that President Obama has concluded that the ruling Baath regime in Syria was responsible […]
Gulf Arab Press Condemns Alleged ‘Bloody’ Chemical Weapons attack in Syria (OSC)
The USG Open Source Center translates or paraphrases comment in the Gulf Arab press on the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Baathist […]
Not Markets but the People are making the Green Energy Revolution
The propaganda against the green energy revolution contains all the same predictable elements as the propaganda against anti-slavery movements or later against anti-tobacco findings. We […]
Top 13 Surveillance Secrets the Gov’t Doesn’t want You to Know About (Quigley)
Bill Quigley writes at Commondreams.org “We believe most Americans would be stunned to learn the details of how these secret court opinions have interpreted…the Patriot […]
Obama’s Limited Options: Bombing Syria unlikely to be Effective
As pressure on President Obama to bomb Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons ramps up, it is worth revisiting parts of a post […]
Does the World Care? 1 Mn Syrian Children Refugees & Aid Money Running Out
The Syrian conflict has produced a massive refugee problem, and it reached a new level of horror this week with news that the UN High […]
NSA abuses include Stalking ex-Girlfriends
We have HUMINT, or human intelligence gathered from agents. We have SIGINT or signals intelligence. And now we have LOVEINT or NSA analysts occasionally reading […]
Obama wants all the info in your Smart Phone without a Warrant (Lazare)
Sarah Lazare writes at Commondreams.org Amid ongoing controversy over NSA warrantless spying programs, another legal battle exposes the Obama administration’s willingness to steamroll civil liberties […]
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