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Corso: ...the Gazans overwhelmingly elected Hamas... The last election was over 20 years ago. The median age in Gaza is…
" then every international war in the history of humanity, defensive or offensive, is definitionally a genocide." You might be…
Daran: What I said: "The nation borne of genocide" What you said: "The State of Israel did not exist at…
Amp: Genocide is committed when one or more of the following five categories of underlying acts are committed with intent…
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Category Archives: Environmental issues
Boom Goes the Dynamite
Humans are everywhere on this planet. We have cities on six continents and outposts on a seventh. We live from the frozen depths of Antarctica and Siberia to the damp, sticky tropics to the middle the desert — and everywhere … Continue reading
Global Warming? Never Heard of It.
So The Blogger Formerly Known as Hindrocket noticed something the other day. Why, it’s a bit of a cool summer here in Minnesota! Which, you know, is sort of true, at least today — it’s a bit chilly for mid-July, … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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America Chooses Tyranny
Of course, by “Tyranny,” I mean we passed a fairly weak cap-and-trade carbon emission bill through the House of Representatives that will, hopefully, mitigate the damage from what could be the worst environmental catastrophe since the last ice age. But … Continue reading
Quote on "Idea Marketplace" by Anarchist Magazine, Fifth Estate
A friend of mine who writes for the anarchist magazine The Fifth Estate recently sent me their headline story for Spring 2009, issue #380. The piece by Henry Reed discusses the exorbitantly long sentences given to “terrorists” who damage property … Continue reading
Do you want me to send you back to where you were? Unemployed? In Greenland‽
Michael Steele appears to be angling to be the Sarah Palin of 2009: We are cooling. We are not warming. The warming you see out there, the supposed warming, and I am using my finger quotation marks here, is part … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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The real difference between Al Gore and George Will
Matt, noting a “both sides suck” article in the Times, writes: Instead, out comes Andrew Revkin with a false equivalence article <a target=”_blank” href=”http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/02/25/revkin-dead-wrong/”>painting Will with the same brush</a> as Al Gore. Will’s sin is to say that the world … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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Regarding John Dingell's Commitment to Consensus, and Working With Republicans
Nolan Finley, in the Detroit News, writes: Growing up in the House, Dingell gained an appreciation for the institution and for its rules and protocols. […] That commitment to consensus cost Dingell his beloved job as Energy and Commerce chair. … Continue reading
Posted in Elections and politics, Environmental issues
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Worst Bush Moments: #13, The Katrina Flyover
Like Iraq, Hurricane Katrina will show up repeatedly on this list. Its first appearance: Bush’s immediate response. Well, not immediate, of course — that involved partying and having birthday cake…but that shows up in the single digits. No, this is … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues
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"Passive Houses" — Heating without furnaces
Hey, what if you could have a house that’s much friendlier to the environment and costs about a tenth as much to heat? Passive houses are here: Even on the coldest nights in central Germany, Mr. Kaufmann’s new “passive house” … Continue reading
Posted in Environmental issues, In the news
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I’m Scottish. I know you've told me this before, but I never remember to read your words with a Scottish…