"The response by a critical mass of Sri Lanka’s artist community to the protests by South Indian artistes to the fighting in the North of Sri Lanka will be noted down as a shameful moment by future generations of creative Sri Lankans. While war lobbies have often recruited...
highlighted by Sanjanah | 1 wk ago | updated 1 wk ago 24 views | 0 comments | 2 recommendations
The Reverend Meeks, a powerful Illinois state senator, has called off the Chicago public schools boycott after being heavily criticized by politicians and the media."A controversial, four-day Chicago Public Schools boycott ended on Day Two -- after Gov. Blagojevich said any...
highlighted by Dave Keating | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago 155 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
All Canadians should be worried about this."Following pressure from the U.S. government and entertainment lobbies, the Canadian government announced sweeping changes to Canadian copyright law. The changes mirror...
highlighted by mtippett | 21 wks ago | updated 21 wks ago 247 views | 3 comments | 9 recommendations
BLDG BLOG reports that the stadium being built for the London Olympics may be disassembled and relocated to Chicago once the games are over. I like the idea of "plug and play" architecture -- where buildings might be reused rather than simply being destroyed - but then I...
highlighted by kate | 25 wks ago 1493 views | 3 comments | 0 recommendations
Very unnerving, particularly the fact that it's also in NYC"s drinking water."
Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville's drinking water, including one used to treat people with bipolar disorder and alcohol withdrawal, and another prescribed to...
Hugo Chavez is busy buying support in Latin America. How much influence will his petro revenue secure? Apparently lots."BUENOS AIRES --
Associated Press
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to expand his...
highlighted by gmony714 | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 452 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
"Chavez met with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner after signaling Venezuela plans to acquire up to $1 billion in Argentine bonds in installments - the latest in a series of deals cementing ties between the allies.
"This is an important deal, highly important for our...
highlighted by urbano411 | 1 year ago 251 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
The Deming (NM) Headlight reports that a small group of local and nearby police officials recently phone-conferenced with Vice President Amy Dawson of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called "Fight Crime; Invest in Kids." A Headlight reprter was also present.
The...
created by Jiner | 1 year ago 284 views | 1 comment | 0 recommendations
"It has happened again, and in the open. The American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC) which heads a network of pro-Israeli lobbies, persuaded Congress to drop a provision which would have required President Bush to ask for Congressional approval prior to attacking...
highlighted by KEARNEY | 1 year ago 423 views | 1 comment | 2 recommendations
As legal challenge to the April elections heats up, America has reached
out to several presidential candidates to withdraw their court cases
and begin a national reconciliation.Investigations showed that
one of the candidates White House and State Department officials...
highlighted by Obi-Akpere | 1 year ago 267 views | 1 comment | 10 recommendations
"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
Sources:
Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005
Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story”
Author: Elliot D....
highlighted by happytribe | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 4616 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations
This story is exactly the "gold" that I'm telling news diggers and readers is out there, and needs to be dug up. Here we have a giant pharmaceutical company, Merck, lobbying our government to pass a law or laws to...
highlighted by DIG THE HEAVY | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 466 views | 2 comments | 0 recommendations
Illegal immigrants have turned around the lives of many Americans, altering our communities for the worse, wasting our tax dollars and transforming our public schools. It's time to turn out of office those politicians who refuse to deport illegal immigrants.
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I believe there is some truth, to some of the charges, of high-tech vote-fixing. As for the corporate media -- Stop saying "glitch" when you mean "crooked election".
highlighted by Haecus | 2 years ago 2058 views | 0 comments | 0 recommendations