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Passive Solar: Living Without Furnaces in the Cold
This is the kind of innovation that will be required around the world in short order. We love reading our Friends at Earth Family Alpha: they always have a positive outlook and make incredibly imaginative suggestions about how we can … Continue reading
Gaza : The Pictures Tell the Story
An explosion from an Israeli missile strike in the northern Gaza Strip. A Palestinian man cries over the body of his son following an Israeli air strike in Gaza December 27, 2008.In pictures: Massacre in GazaDecember 27, 2008 After announcements … Continue reading
Leaving Las Vegas : Can We Say Goodbye to Catalysmic Consumption and Hedonism?
Lake Mead: Beautiful but shrinking. Photo by Ron Niebrugge / Niebrugge Images.‘Will we finally accept the public policy and lifestyle changes that the real world now requires? Or will “Viva Las Vegas” always be America’s motto?’By David Sirota / December … Continue reading
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Afghanistan Warlords, the CIA and the Little Blue Pill
Illustration by Matt Weems / Afghanistan Watch.‘The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban movements and supply routes — followed by a request for more pills.’ By Joby Warrick / December 26, 2008 The Afghan chieftain looked … Continue reading
Granny D : Fear is a Humbug
‘This society has run its course. We the people have long been ready for fresh growth, greener growth, scaled more to the needs of human beings and their communities.’By Doris “Granny D” Haddock [These remarks are excerpted from a speech … Continue reading
A Practical Guide to Stopping the BushCo Oil and Gas Public Lands Selloff
A view of Dinosaur National Monument. Photo source.‘Direct action gets the goods’By Amy Goodman / December 24, 2008 Tim DeChristopher is an economics student at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He had just finished his last final … Continue reading
We Are Citizens of Earth, Not Just Consumers: Fixing the Broken Economy Means Changing It
Although this article explicitly addresses the Canadian economy, the points these authors make apply everywhere. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog Paul Lachine/NewsArtDon’t fix the economy – change itBy Peter G. Brown and Geoffrey Garver / December 26, 2008 Sticking … Continue reading
Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt : Artists and Rebels
Both lived long, productive, exciting lives and went out celebrated by their peers and countless fans; none of us could reasonably ask for more than they wrung out of life. By Chris Thompson / December 26, 2008 See ‘Remembering Nobel … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Deaths, Iraq War, People, Playwrights, Theater, Vietnam, Writers
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Poor Junior: The Free Markets Say Shoe-Throwing Is the Next Olympic Sport
The shoe maker said the black polyurethane-soled shoes have been renamed Bush Shoes.Maker of Bush-attack shoes swamped by ordersDecember 22, 2008 Received orders for 370,000 pairs ISTANBUL – The alleged maker of the shoes that an Iraqi journalist hurled at … Continue reading
Brooksley Born Could Have Saved Us From This Financial Catastrophe
Brooksley Born. Photo source.The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers SilencedBy Katrina vanden Heuvel “Break the Glass” was the code-name high-level Treasury Department figures gave the $700 billion bailout; it was to be used only as a last- resort measure. Now … Continue reading
