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Earthships — One Approach to Sustainable Homes
Earthships 101 part I Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and recycled materials 2. thermal mass construction for temperature stabilization. 3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the Earthship an off-grid home with little to no … Continue reading
Freaky Fish, Part II : No Fangs, But Eerie Thumps
Mating calls of the black drum can carry through sea walls and into homes. Photo by Steven Senne/AP.What’s Making That Awful Racket? Surprisingly, It May Be Fish.By Nonny De La Peña / April 8, 2008 “Eerie Thumps Haunt Some Cape … Continue reading
Surge. Pause. Surge. Pause. (Moan.)
Petraeus’ Call for a Pause is Really Just “Stay the Course 2.0”By Arianna Huffington / April 7, 2008 Have you heard the news? “The Surge” is about to end. The next phase of our 100 Year War is “The Pause.” … Continue reading
Alec Baldwin on Obama, Clinton
Who can beat McCain? By Alec Baldwin / April 6, 2008 Lotta folks on this site (the Huffington Post) hating Hillary because she’s a woman. Lotta folks on this site loving Hillary because she’s a woman. Makes me think that, … Continue reading
"Not You! You!!!"
Tibet and PalestineBy Uri Avnery [Uri Avnery is an Israeli writer and peace activist with Gush Shalom. He is a contributor to CounterPunch’s book The Politics of Anti-Semitism.] “Hey! Take your hands off me! Not you! You!!!”–the voice of a … Continue reading
To Gratify One Man’s Stunted Imagination
CAROLINE ARNOLD: Soldiers in modern wars all die in vainBy Caroline Arnold / April 6, 2008 Benjamin Franklin may or may not have said it, but it’s a suggestive metaphor for a dilemma of democracy, as well as for our … Continue reading
The State May Not Humiliate Anyone
Saving the American Left: The Case for a New Progressive CreedBy Bernard Chazelle / April 7, 2008 The American left is in the throes of an existential crisis. Some say it’s a failure of nerve, others a loss of belief. … Continue reading
Government Too Often Goes for Military Solutions
From the San Antonio Current, with thanks. John Stanford and those calling for an end to the war in Iraq gather from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. every Thursday at the intersection of Commerce and Flores streets in San Antonio. … Continue reading
Government Opposes Habeas Corpus in Case Before Supreme Court
Another Test for Habeas CorpusOne of the dismal hallmarks of the Bush administration’s conduct of the war on terror has been its obsession with avoiding outside scrutiny of its actions, including by the federal courts. In particular, it has attacked … Continue reading
The Killing of Civilians Has to Stop, on Both Sides
Bare survival is now a way of life for Gaza’s children Gaza’s Crushed Childhoodsby Queen Rania Al Abdullah Ayman is a soft-spoken 14-year-old boy in Jabalia City, Gaza. His family is poor, and his parents have already sold almost all … Continue reading
The MSM: Dictating What You’re Allowed to Know
The US Establishment Media in a Nutshellby Glenn Greenwald / April 5, 2008 In the past two weeks, the following events transpired. A Department of Justice memo, authored by John Yoo, was released which authorized torture and presidential lawbreaking. It … Continue reading
