Our true enemies are but ourselves

No Time for Poetry

Seeded on Sun Jan 25, 2009 1:52 PM EST (The New York Times)

PRESIDENT Obama did not offer his patented poetry in his Inaugural Address. He did not add to his cache of quotations in Bartlett's. He did not recreate J.F.K.'s inaugural, or Lincoln's second, or F.D.R.'s first.

economy, politics, finance, responsibility, inaugural-speech, bail-out, president-obama

Bush Administration Altered Appalachian Landscape

Seeded on Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:50 PM EST (npr.org)

There might not be a better place to contemplate the impact of President Bush's environmental legacy than Larry Gibson's mountain in southern West Virginia.

bush, politics, coal, environment, mining, clean, sustainable-energy, appalachia, mountain-top

Ways you can relax in an instant

Seeded on Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:05 PM EST (CNN)

You don't have to check into a spa to unwind. Weave these six mini-breaks into your day for stress relief.

health, body, stress, mind, stress-relief, mind-body, relaxation

The Dominion of the Dead

Seeded on Thu Jan 8, 2009 2:13 PM EST (The New York Times)

I had a dream: Israeli Arab students, enraged by the war in Gaza, were protesting at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. A counterdemonstration by Jewish students erupted.

israel, palestinians, hamas, politics, gaza-strip

Hundreds of Coal Ash Dumps Lack Significant Regulation

Seeded on Wed Jan 7, 2009 12:58 PM EST (The New York Times)

The coal ash pond that ruptured and sent a billion gallons of toxic sludge across 300 acres of East Tennessee last month was only one of more than 1,300 similar dumps across the United States — most of them unregulated and unmonitored — that contain billions more gallons of f …

politics, coal, coal-ash, coal-ash-spill, coal-ash-dumps, coal-ash-dump-regulation

Reflections from Blood Drenched Grains of Sand (How Gaza Strips Away our Humanity)

Tue Jan 6, 2009 4:51 PM EST

By Andromeda-510639 (Clipped by sedna)

This conflict is insanity nourished by blind hatred, fed by an obsession with retribution and culled from a barren landscape of vengeance. "Unbearable" indeed, yet the rhetoric persist, the battles carry on and the missiles continue to rain down upon the innocent.

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peace, victims, gaza, world-news, civilians, opinion

Time to Reboot America

Seeded on Wed Dec 24, 2008 10:22 AM EST (The New York Times)

I had a bad day last Friday, but it was an all-too-typical day for America.

technology, gm, obama, bailout, infrastructure, barack, united-states-economy, subprime-mortgage-crisis, economic-stimulus-act

When toys were magical without being pricey

Seeded on Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:47 PM EST (CNN)

Thirty-four years have passed, but I remember planning my future in the driveway of my childhood home. That unforgettable memory came from a rope that my mother might have paid $2 for at the corner T.G.&Y. More likely, it was a construction castoff from my grandpa the carpenter.

home, children, family, holiday, gift, christmas, us-news, gifts, kwanzaa, solstice

Hope Amid the Gloom

Seeded on Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:12 AM EST (The New York Times)

Is the end of the war in sight? I don't mean Iraq. I'm talking about the war against working people in the U.S. that has taken such a vicious economic toll over the past three decades.

bush, economy, politics, workers, employment, auto-industry, solis, bail-out

Radical Theology: What does the "death of God" mean?

Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:03 PM EST

By Conrad from San Antonio (Clipped by sedna)

A 1966 book, Radical Theology and The Death of God by Thomas JJ Altizer & William Hamilton caught the attention of mid-to-late twentieth-century Christian thelogians and reinvigorated the debate on the meaning of God.

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hamilton, religion, christian, atheism, death-of-god, altizer, radicat-theology

The Top Dozen Insights of Conservatives, 2008

Seeded on Fri Dec 19, 2008 12:00 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)

t was a brutal year for the conservative movement, which at long last came crashing down after dominating American politics for nearly 30 years.

bush, cheney, economy, conservatives, politics, conservatism, palin

US man uses pizza in self-defence

Seeded on Sat Dec 13, 2008 11:33 PM EST (BBC News)

A Florida pizza delivery man who was challenged by armed robbers in the city of Miramar got in first with his own weapon - a large pepperoni pizza. Eric Lopez Devictoria, 40, flung the piping hot pizza at the gunman, then turned on his heels and ran.

attack, florida, robbery, pizza, us-news, robbers

A Command of the Law - (Give Thanks)

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:21 AM EST (The New York Times)

It's Thanksgiving. I'm thankful for many things right now, despite the stock market, and first among them is the fact that the next U.S. commander in chief is a constitutional law expert and former law professor.

bush, cheney, constitution, politics, president, law, obama, thanksgiving, thanks

Bush's Last Days: The Lamest Duck

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 11:40 AM EST (TIME)

We have "only one President at a time," Barack Obama said in his debut press conference as President-elect. Normally, that would be a safe assumption — but we're learning not to assume anything as the charcoal-dreary economic winter approaches.

bush, iraq, economy, politics, president-bush, obama, lame-duck

How Obama is Already Taking Charge

Seeded on Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:54 PM EST (Talking Points Memo)

Obama's immediate challenge is to fill the leadership vacuum created by a lame-duck president with historically-low approval ratings who seems to have lost interest in his job (at this writing, he's out of the country) and who's disappeared from the media, and a Treasury chief wh …

bush, treasury, economy, politics, finance, obama, lame-duck

GM opens its first factory in Russia

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:33 AM EST (USA Today)

General Motors (GM) has opened its first Russian assembly plant. The $300 million, 70,000-car-a-year factory dedicated Friday just outside St. Petersburg is a bright spot for the staggering automotive giant.

business, russia, gm, toyota, general-motors, auto-industry, bail-out-ford

Beggars Banquet

Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 10:30 AM EST (The New York Times)

This city is broke. Bankrupt. A ward of the courts. The police have pared their ranks, and every day two fire stations temporarily close, a rolling blackout of basic services. Do we bailout Vallejo?

bush, economy, crisis, politics, finance, obama, bankrupt, paulson, bail-out

Panel finds widespread Gulf War illness

Seeded on Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:19 PM EST (news.mywebpal.com)

At least one in four U.S. veterans of the 1991 Gulf War suffers from a multi-symptom illness caused by exposure to toxic chemicals during the conflict, a congressionally mandated report being released Monday found.

illness, health, veterans, gulf-war, pesticides, chemical-warfare, toxic-exposure

Environmentalists Slam Bush's Departing Proposal As "Fire Sale"

Seeded on Sun Nov 16, 2008 7:14 PM EST (The Huffington Post)

The view of Delicate Arch natural bridge — an unspoiled landmark so iconic it's on Utah's license plates — could one day include a drilling platform under a proposal that environmentalists call a Bush administration "fire sale" for the oil and gas industry.

bush, oil, politics, environment, national-parks, environmentalists

Same sex marriage supporters rally in Boise

Seeded on Sun Nov 16, 2008 6:24 PM EST (KTVB.com)

It's a move that's triggered heated protests across the country. On Election Day, California voters approved a constitutional ban on same sex marriage. Same sex marriage supporters planned simultaneous rallies in all 50 states today, including Idaho.

gay-marriage, politics, protest, ban, boise, prop-8

G20 Summit shows times have changed

Seeded on Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:11 PM EST (BBC News)

The G20 summit in Washington was a striking event first of all for who was there. Global economic meetings used to mean the G7 and then the G8.

business, economy, banks, finance, economic, nations, world-politics, g20

Iraqi Cabinet Approves Security Pact With U.S.

Seeded on Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:13 PM EST (The New York Times)

The Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly Sunday to approve the security agreement that sets the conditions for the Americans' continued presence in Iraq from Jan. 1 until the end of 2011.

iraq, politics, war, agreement, timeline, us-military, iraqi-cabinet

10 Cars That Sank Detroit

Seeded on Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:46 PM EST (US News & World Report)

The global financial crisis is suffocating the Detroit automakers, but the problems at General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler have been festering for years—even when the mighty "Big Three" were earning billions.

business, ford, economy, gm, chrysler, detroit, dodge, jeep, hummer, auto-makers

New Blackwater Iraq Scandal: Guns, Silencers and Dog Food

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:09 PM EST (ABC News)

A federal grand jury in North Carolina is investigating allegations the controversial private security firm Blackwater illegally shipped assault weapons and silencers to Iraq, hidden in large sacks of dog food, ABCNews.com has learned.

politics, state-department, fine, blackwater, illegal-arms-shipment

Blackwater likely to be fined millions in Iraq weapons case

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 4:03 PM EST (McClatchy)

— The State Department is preparing to slap a multi-million dollar fine on private military contractor Blackwater USA for shipping hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq without the necessary permits.

politics, state-department, fine, blackwater, illegal-arms-shipment

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