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Big Coal and Big Oil Wipe Kiribati off the Face of the Map
The first country to face being wiped off the map by climate change is Kiribati in the South Pacific. Its 100,000 residents live on flat […]
Iran’s Leader Seeks Control of Internet
Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, having strengthened his position in the Iranian parliament, is moving to try to control the internet in Iran. He has appointed […]
Dear Rick Santorum & MSM: We’re just Not that into You
From Current TV, current home of Cenk Uygur and Ketih Olbermann: A twitter feed analysis shows that the US public was not nearly as interested […]
Obama slams GOP for casual war talk re Iran, stresses Costs
President Barack Obama, in his Super Tuesday news conference, explained his thinking on Iran and tensions between it and Israel. The most impressive thing he […]
Tomgram: Eyal Press, Chilling Dissent on Wall Street
What’s worse: to be persecuted and indicted for trying to expose an act of wrongdoing — or to be ignored for doing so?
Omar Khayyam (51)
I was deep asleep when a wise man said to me, ‘The rose of joy never bloomed for anyone from slumber! What are you doing? Life […]
The N. Korea/ Iran Nuclear Connection Fraud
The wingnuts are all in a tizzy about some German news article alleging that North Korea carried out a nuclear test for Iran. As with […]
Darpa Cheetah Robot beats Land Speed Record
“This video shows a demonstration of the “Cheetah” robot galloping at speeds of up to 18 miles per hour (mph), setting a new land speed […]
McCain: Bomb Syria; But Iraq and Russia oppose Intervention
Senator John McCain called on Monday for US air strikes on Syria, but the Obama administration pushed back. McCain said on the Senate floor, “Foreign […]
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