www.nytimes.com
Even as the economy limps along, more of the nation’s wealthier families are cutting out the car ride and chartering planes to fly to summer camps.
7.25.2011
Doctors' protest leader announces indefinite hunger strike www.haaretz.com
www.haaretz.com
Dr. Leonid Eidelman implores Netanyahu to take steps to end 16-week doctors strike; protesters to march to PM Office in Jerusalem to hand over petition in support of doctors' struggle.
7.24.2011
DRILL BABY DRILL. AFP: Bono, K'naan talk 'monstrous' famine with US Somalis www.google.com
www.google.com
WASHINGTON — Musicians Bono and Somali-born K'naan met with members of Minneapolis' Somali community over the weekend "to sound the alarm bell," over the growing famine in the Horn of Africa that, according to the UN, threatens 11.6 million people.
GOD DAMN FUNDAMENTALISM: Norway massacre suspect aired anti-Muslim, pro-Israel views www.jpost.com
www.jpost.com
1,500 page manifesto credited to Anders Behring Breivik, accused of killing spree, lays out worldview including extreme and rambling screed of Islamophobia, far-right Zionism, and venomous attacks on Marxism and multiculturalism.
Scientists See Hints of 'God' Particle - The Daily Beast www.thedailybeast.com
www.thedailybeast.com
At U.S. lab after similar reports from Europe.
AFP: Has warming put 'Dirty Dozen' pollutants back in the saddle? www.google.com
www.google.com
PARIS — "Dirty Dozen" chemicals, including the notoriously toxic DDT, are being freed from Arctic sea ice and snow through global warming, a study published on Sunday suggested.
Norway rescuer had to make life or death choices www.msnbc.msn.com
www.msnbc.msn.com
Otto Loevik had to decide who to pick up on his boat and who to leave behind as he came under fire trying to rescue teenagers fleeing a massacre in which 86 were killed by a far-right Norwegian gunman.
Gerald Ensley: Attacks on Obama go beyond politics www.tallahassee.com
www.tallahassee.com
One of the best lines was on 'Saturday Night Live.' Seth Meyers delivered it as anchor of the 'Weekend Update' news show:
Norway suspect sought 'Christian war' against Islam content.usatoday.com
content.usatoday.com
Faith & Reason: A conversation about religion, spirituality & ethics
Arlen Specter: "Leader of Congress'Cowardice is GOP Senator Mitch McConnell" www.baltimoresun.com
www.baltimoresun.com
Washington traditionally boasts about its' profiles in courage. Today, facing arguably the greatest potential financial crisis in American history, politics trumps economics as officials focus on the next election instead of the public interest.
Vince Cable attacks 'rightwing nutters' over US debt ceiling talks www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
Business secretary says those trying to derail efforts to raise ceiling are bigger threat to world economy than eurozone crisis
Right dominates debt ceiling ad war - Kenneth P. Vogel www.politico.com
www.politico.com
They're trying to frame the issue through a sharply-edged media campaign.
7.23.2011
"[Norway Killer] held strong cHRISTIAN beliefs:" motives of a mass murderer www.guardian.co.uk
www.guardian.co.uk
Killer is not ashamed of his terrorist act of massacring Norwegians and bombing government offices in Oslo
WOW. WOW. Norway, Islam and the threat of the West english.aljazeera.net
english.aljazeera.net
Dismissing this murderous act as the work of "a lone madman" ignores a more detailed study of the killer's motivation.
'Paranoid Israel sees Gaza flotilla as another attack' www.youtube.com
www.youtube.com
Israel's military have taken control of the last ship from Freedom Flotilla 2 and are convoying it to Israel. Activist Itamar Shapiro, who took part in the l...
'Paranoid Israel sees Gaza flotilla as another attack' www.youtube.com
www.youtube.com
Israel's military have taken control of the last ship from Freedom Flotilla 2 and are convoying it to Israel. Activist Itamar Shapiro, who took part in the l...
HUGE HUGE HUGE AFP:Erdogan accused Israel of perpetrating a "barbaric massacre" and "shooting in the www.google.com
HUGE HUGE HUGE AFP:Erdogan accused Israel of perpetrating a "barbaric massacre" and "shooting in the
www.google.comISTANBUL — Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday it was "unthinkable" for Ankara to normalise relations with Israel until it apologised over its bloody raid on a Turkish ship heading for Gaza.
The Associated Press: Egyptian military head praises activist youth www.google.com
www.google.com
CAIRO (AP) — The head of Egypt's ruling military council on Saturday praised the youth who led the uprising that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in an apparent effort to diffuse tension between activists and the army.
URGENT What are YOU going to do? WAGING ALL-OUT UNVIOLENT WAR - THE DEFINITIVE PLAYLIST
URGENT What are YOU going to do?
WAGING ALL-OUT UNVIOLENT WAR - THE DEFINITIVE PLAYLIST
WAGING ALL-OUT UNVIOLENT WAR - THE DEFINITIVE PLAYLIST
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB539F17E459802AC
UNVIOLENT WAR WAGED LOOKS LIKE THIS PLAYLIST (aka Nonviolence)
UNVIOLENT WAR WAGED LOOKS LIKE THIS PLAYLIST (aka Nonviolence)
7.22.2011
Intra-GOP wars block path to debt ceiling accord www.sfgate.com
www.sfgate.com
(07-22) 14:25 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- What if they yield, even a little? Call it GOP Primary Fear. A major hurdle to breaking the federal debt-ceiling impasse is the worry by House Republicans that they will invite...
BURN CARBON BABY, BURN! Extreme heat settles over portions of East Coast www.cnn.com
www.cnn.com
A heat wave blamed for as many as two dozen deaths settled over portions of the East Coast as the National Weather Service issued an extreme heat warning for much of the Mid-Atlantic, saying Friday would be the hottest day in the region.
Manfred Max-Neef - From knowledge to understanding 1/2 www.youtube.com
www.youtube.com
From knowledge to understanding Manfred Max-Neef IIASA Conference 2007.
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