February 2010
“Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our...”
– Howard Zinn (via fuckyeahradicalquotes) (via lovearth)
“One 8-year-old girl was crying, and saying, ‘I am not an orphan. I still have my...”
– Baptists say they were trying to do good in Haiti - Yahoo! News (h/t @ilauredhel) (via abbyjean)
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Archer Episode 4: FREE DOWNLOAD →
EP 1.4 Killing Utne Malory hosts a dinner party in an effort to get a new weapons contract for ISIS; a group of rival assassins targets Mr. Utne.
Mougly, what did you ingest?
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“The largest lie is that everything the United States does is to be pardoned...”
– Howard Zinn (via azspot)
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Thais Say North Korea Arms Were Iran-Bound →
BANGKOK — A large shipment of North Korean weapons seized here in December was bound for an airport in Iran, according to a Thai government report submitted to the United Nations and leaked to news agencies.
But a Thai government spokesman in Bangkok said the report, which was prepared by the Thai Foreign Ministry, was not conclusive because investigations were continuing.
Since a Russian-made...
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Russian Police Ransack Environmentalists' Office →
Being an environmental activist is serious business. And even more so in Russia right now. Ten days ago TreeHugger wrote about the paper mill in Lake Baikal in Siberia that had been re-opened on Prime Minister Putin’s orders. The privately-owned mill had been closed down in 2006 because it was pumping toxic waste into the lake. But alas, in Putin’s Russia, when an oligarch wants...
Governments' Renew Pledge to Reduce Greenhouse Gas... →
Governments around the world have reaffirmed their plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in support of last month’s Copenhagen climate summit.
Nations signing up to the summit accord were urged to outline pledges by Sunday. States producing at least two-thirds of emissions have done so.
Correspondents say the accord is widely seen as a disappointment.
However, the level of support for it...
Airlift Plans Put On Hold As Florida's Health Care... →
The White House said Sunday it was working on a plan to resume a U.S. military airlift of Haitians seriously injured in the earthquake — some with devastating burns, head and spinal chord trauma, amputations and other wounds — to American hospitals. The humanitarian effort was suspended five days ago following complaints from the state of Florida that its hospitals were overwhelmed.
Thomas F....
I will never understand the appeal of Lady Gaga.
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Never.
Ever.
January 2010
Gunmen Attack, Leave 13 Dead in Ciudad Juarez,... →
Gunmen have killed 13 people at a high school student party in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez.
Two adults and 11 teenagers died, while about two dozen others were injured, as the attackers fired indiscriminately on partygoers, according to reports.
It was not immediately clear if anyone at the party was linked to the drug gangs that have made Ciudad Juarez one of the world’s most...
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, 9/11 Mastermind, 'Likely'... →
Robert Gibbs, the White House spokesman, has said the man accused of masterminding the September 11 attacks on the United States is likely to be executed following his trial.
“Khalid Sheikh Mohammed … will be brought to justice and he’s likely to be executed for the heinous crimes he committed,” Gibbs said in an interview with the CNN news network on Sunday.
John Terrett,...
Pentagon plan on 'don't ask, don't tell' ready for... →
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In the US, a member of the military may be dismissed for being openly gay or lesbian. The 1993 “don’t ask, don’t tell” law prohibits gay men and women in the military from revealing their sexual orientation, and prevents the military from asking about it. Since 1994 over 12,000 have been kicked out of the military for making their homosexuality apparent. The official reason for ban...
Obama To Privatize Space Travel →
Details of a new vision for America’s space programme are expected on Monday.
It is widely thought the new approach will see the commercial sector being given the task of launching astronauts.
In doing so, President Obama will scrap the rockets currently being developed by the US space agency to replace the shuttle and go back to the Moon.
It is anticipated Nasa chief Charlie Bolden will...
Karzai to Taliban: Let's Be Serious →
Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, has said Taliban fighters should drop their demand that US and Nato forces must leave Afghanistan before reconciliation talks can be held. Karzai said on Sunday that talks would make it easier for troops to leave, adding that he was hoping to launch a peace initiative this year.
At a conference on Afghanistan in London last week, Karzai called on tribal and...
Hakimullah Mehsud, Pakistani Taliban Leader,... →
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani government was investigating reports Sunday that Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died from injuries sustained in a U.S. drone missile strike launched in mid-January after he helped orchestrate a deadly bombing against the CIA in Afghanistan.
Mehsud’s predecessor was killed in a missile strike less than six months ago, and inflicting another blow to the...
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Solitude - Ambient Dubstep Vol 4
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Tracklist 1. Phaeleh - If 2. Synkro - Lost For Words 3. Kryptic Minds - Distant Dawn 4. Elemental - Blob - Vocal 5. Faib - Broken Mirror 6. Hektagon - Running Through - Elemental Remix 7. DFRNT - Headspace - Scuba Remix 8. Phaeleh Feat Anneka - Awakening 9. Forensix - Solace 10. Distance -...
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U.S. military teams, intelligence deeply involved... →
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U.S. military teams and intelligence agencies are deeply involved in secret joint operations with Yemeni troops who in the past six weeks have killed scores of people, among them six of 15 top leaders of a regional al-Qaeda affiliate, according to senior administration officials.
The operations, approved by President Obama and begun six weeks ago, involve several dozen...
