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Imminent Oil Shortages Ahead
Seeded on Thu Jun 3, 2010 8:48 AM EDT (Energy Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha)
United States Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) issued a dramatic warning in its 2010 Joint Operating Environment[1] report about an event that is likely to change the world we live in: By 2012, surplus oil production capacity could entirely disappear, and as early as 2015, the sho …
New Device Reads Minds Pretty Well
Seeded on Tue Feb 10, 2009 9:22 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
New Device Reads Minds.Canadian researchers say they can glean simple preferences from a person's brain by shining near-infrared light into the noggin.
G.M.'s Troubles Stir Question of Bankruptcy vs. a Bailout
Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:41 AM EST (The New York Times)
would G.M. filingChapter 11 be the disaster that many fear? ...bankruptcy would be painful, it may be preferable to a government bailout that may only delay, at considerable cost, the wrenching but necessary steps G.M. needs to take to become a stronger, leaner company.
U.N. Report Sees New Pollution Threat
Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:42 AM EST (The New York Times)
A noxious cocktail of soot, smog and toxic chemicals is blotting out the sun, fouling the lungs of millions of people and altering weather patterns in large parts of Asia, according to a report released Thursday by the United Nations
Why We Need to Limit Executive Compensation
Seeded on Fri Nov 7, 2008 10:04 AM EST (Business Week)
The cancer of excessive CEO pay is at the core of America's economic woes, and it demands government attention
For Obama, No Time for Laurels; Now the Hard Part
Seeded on Wed Nov 5, 2008 8:49 AM EST (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON — No president since before Barack Obama was born has ascended to the Oval Office confronted by the accumulation of seismic challenges awaiting him.
Who's easier on your pocketbook -- McCain or Obama?
Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:48 PM EDT (The Detroit Free Press)
Want to know which canadate will collect more taxes from your wallet? Fill in the form in the link provided by ElectionTaxes.com and find out.
Governor Is Asked To Release E-Mails
Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 10:07 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
Gov. Sarah Palin is being asked by a local Republican activist to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public records request, including 40 that were copied to her husband, Todd.
Bolivia president asks US ambassador to leave
Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:41 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
Bolivia president asks US ambassador to leave for allegedly inciting violent opposition protests
Quiz: What's Your Environmental Footprint
Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 2:43 PM EDT (Live Science)
Follow the link to an interesting and informative quiz to test your Environmental Footprint knowledge!
10 Technologies That Will Transform Your Life
Seeded on Thu Sep 4, 2008 2:09 PM EDT (Live Science)
Live Science gives us thier take on the top 10 technologies that will transform your life.
Massive Arctic ice shelf breaks away
Seeded on Wed Sep 3, 2008 1:24 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)
the Markham Ice Shelf, one of just five remaining ice shelves in the Canadian Arctic, split away from Ellesmere Island in early August. They also said two large chunks totaling 47 square miles had broken off the nearby Serson Ice Shelf, reducing it in size by 60 percent.
What George Orwell Wrote, 70 Years Later to the Day
Seeded on Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:25 PM EDT (The New York Times)
The observations were made by George Orwell, whose copious diaries are now being published every day in blog form, exactly 70 years after they were made.
Orgasms: Walk This Way
Seeded on Thu Aug 7, 2008 6:58 PM EDT (The Frisky)
According to Belgian researchers, how you walk is related to how you orgasm. "Apparently walking is the way you come (sp)"
Fuel Subsidies Overseas Take a Toll on U.S.
Seeded on Mon Jul 28, 2008 12:21 PM EDT (The New York Times)
This article by KEITH BRADSHER gives global market aspects as to why fuel price are increasing in the U.S.
T. Boone Pickens Says Peak Oil Reached, Plans World's Largest Wind Farm
Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:16 PM EDT ()
T. Boone Pickens Says Peak Oil Reached, Plans World's Largest Wind Farm
Gore Urges Change to Dodge an Energy Crisis
Seeded on Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:40 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Former Vice President Al Gore on Thursday urged the United States to wean the nation from its entire electricity grid to carbon-free energy within 10 years, warning that drastic steps were needed to avoid a global economic and ecological cataclysm.
"Orwell 1984" Sweden adopts law allowing official eavesdropping
Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:55 PM EDT (The Washington Times)
Sweden's Parliament narrowly approved a law Wednesday that gives authorities sweeping powers to eavesdrop on all e-mail and telephone traffic that crosses the Nordic nation's borders.
Ripping-off the American Tax Payer: Another Iraq contact gone wild
Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 3:05 PM EDT (The New York Times)
The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American …
Future: Life without Bananas
Seeded on Wed Jun 18, 2008 8:22 AM EDT (The New York Times)
bananas have always been an emblem of a long-distance food chain. Perhaps it's time we recognize bananas for what they are: an exotic fruit that, some day soon, may slip beyond our reach.
Credit Liquidity and H2O Liquidity Are Both Drying Up
Seeded on Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:27 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)
There is some poetic justice in the fact that the world is running out of credit and water at the same time.
Law School To Plan Bush War Crimes Trial
Seeded on Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:10 AM EDT (prorev.com)
A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover.
US Govt. blows $8.2 billion in American taxpayer moneyon what???
Seeded on Fri May 23, 2008 10:59 AM EDT (The New York Times)
US is spending in Iraq is unaccounted for and out of control.
McCain Differs with Bush on Climate Change
Seeded on Tue May 13, 2008 10:19 AM EDT (The New York Times)
McCain's plan addresses one of the major '08 campaign trail issues; climate change - his plan distances him from Bush and in certain terms agrees with Democrats.
Congress Passes Bill to Bar Bias Based on Genes
Seeded on Fri May 2, 2008 4:22 AM EDT (The New York Times)
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act: A bill that would prohibit discrimination by health insurers and employers based on the information that people carry in their genes. Overwhelming approved by Congress.
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