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Yearly Archives: 2008
Hawaii : Revolutionary New Electric Car System Proposed
The entrepreneur Shai Agassi, right, met with Anders Eldrup, center, a Danish energy executive, in Copenhagen last March. Photo by Jonas Pryner Andersen / Polfoto / AP.‘By using existing electric car technologies, coupled with an Internet-connected web of tens of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Energy, Automobiles, Electric Cars, Hawaii, Transportation
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Austin : The Radical Humanism of Abe Osheroff
Abe Osheroff in October 1998 at the University of Washington. Photo by Larry Davis / NYT.‘Abe Osheroff: One Foot in the Grave, the other Still Dancing.’ By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / December 3, 2008 In 2000 and … Continue reading
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Tagged Austin, Documentary, Film, Political Activists, Progressives, UT-Austin
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Odetta : Bid Farewell to Another Legend
Odetta at Radio City Music Hall in New York for a “Salute to the Blues” Benefit concert in 2003Odetta, Voice of Civil Rights Era, Dies at 77. Photo by Nancy Siesel / NYT.‘Her voice plunged deep and soared high, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American History, Civil Rights Movement, Deaths, Folk Music, Musicians, Peace Movement, People, Political Activists, Sixties
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Mumbai LeT Terrorists May Have Trained in Iraq
I want to explain my headline. It is now known that the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are responsible for the Mumbai attacks. It is also know that the LeT have been active in the insurgency in Iraq since 2004. Although specific training … Continue reading
Beyond the Bailout State : Empire of Depression
‘What kind of new administration could actually get beyond Roosevelt’s era as well as our own staggering disaster, leaving “the bailout state” behind us?’By Tom Engelhardt / December 1, 2008 See ‘Roosevelt’s Brain Trust vs Obama’s Brainiacs’ by Steve Fraser, … Continue reading
Michael Moore : Saving the Big 3 for You and Me
‘Congress must save the industrial infrastructure that these companies control and the jobs they create. And it must save the world from the internal combustion engine.’By Michael Moore / December 3, 2008 I drive an American car. It’s a Chrysler. … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Detroit, Economic Crisis, Economic Recovery, Michael Moore, Transportation
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Spain an Accessory to CIA Rendition Flights
Afghan detainees are walked to a Chinook helicopter for transport bySpecial Operation Forces. Photo: Darren McCollester/Getty. “However, if, for unseen reasons, an emergency landing were necessary, the U.S. government would like the Spanish government’s authorization to use one of our … Continue reading
Iraq : KBR Subsidiary Confines Asian Workers in Warehouse
About a thousand men living in warehouses near the Baghdad airport marched out of their compound today to protest what they call broken promises from Najlaa, a Kuwaiti catering company that had offered them jobs in Iraq. Instead, Najlaa’s contracts … Continue reading
Cosmic Smiley Face : Hey, What’s so Funny?
A rare positioning of planets Venus (top left) and Jupiter (top right) and the crescent moon of the Earth provides a “smiley” effect that captivated Asia Monday night Dec. 2, 2008. Photo by AP. The next time the moon, Jupiter … Continue reading
White House : Artist’s ‘Impeach Bush’ Ornament Nixed for Xmas Tree
Deborah Lawrence and her “Impeach Bush” ornament. Photo courtesy of Deborah Lawrence / Washington Post.Sally McDonough, a spokeswoman for first lady Laura Bush: ‘It’s inappropriate and it’s not being hung.’By Roxanne Roberts and Amy Argetsinger / December 2, 2008 That … Continue reading
Honour Killings in Basra, Iraq Are on the Rise
May 2007 demonstration against honor killing, Kurdistan, Iraq. Photo: Source – Women’s News Network.Hitmen charge $100 a victim as Basra honour killings riseBy Afif Sarhan / November 30, 2008 Fathers and husbands who openly hire assassins on the streets of … Continue reading
