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What the U.S. Elite Really Thinks About Israel
Sabbah —
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Surprising Results of CFR Survey By Jeffrey Blankfort* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The Council on Foreign Relations is always near the top of the Lefts list of bogeymen that stand accused of pulling the strings of US foreign policy. It is right up there with the Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral ...11 hours ago -
Youth get in bed together on Lennon anniversary
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
It was 29 years ago today that a lone gunman assassinated John Lennon and the anniversary was the spur behind a youth "bed in" at the COP15 conference center. Socres of young folks from around the world used the day to remember Lennons famous bed-in protest of the Vietnam War and to put their own spin on it. They ...16 hours ago -
Thank you, EPA: U.S. solar companies
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
Many businesses chafed on Monday at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s declaration that greenhouse gas emissions endanger human health. But executives at the two largest U.S. solar power companies took a shine to the statement, which clears the way for federal regulation and came as a global climate ...1 day ago -
Fossil of the Day Award: And the winner is…
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
The UN Conference on Climate Change is a weighty gathering of serious folks looking for a way to cut carbon emissions. Its also a great place to bring some much-needed humor and along the way hammer a few perceived laggers in the fight against global warming. Enter the Fossil of the Day Awards, a tongue-in-cheek ...1 day ago -
New Poll Finds Americans Favor U.S. Isolationism, Acting Alone
War On You: Breaking Alternative News —
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New Poll Finds Americans Favor U.S. Isolationism, Acting Alone by Heather Maher RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty – 2009-12-04 A new poll shows that a growing number of Americans feel that the United States should “mind its own business internationally” when it comes to foreign affairs. The title of the Pew ...1 day ago -
Icebergs, Copenhagen hot topics in Southern Ocean
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
The Southern Ocean is toying with us, like some killer whale tossing its prey before devouring it. The small French research ship l’Astrolabe is being battered by 55 kmh (35 mph) winds and tossed like a cork in icy, three metre (9 feet) waves. Many onboard have retreated to the safety of their bunks where, ...1 day ago -
Taking the Tesla for a spin
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
We took a short spin in a Tesla to see what an all-electric sports car was like. The Roadster Sport wasn’t totally silent, but it wasn’t loud — and it was fast (zero to 60 miles per hour in under 4 seconds). We got lots of looks, too. Tesla calls it “performance with a clean conscience” but building the ...4 days ago -
U.S. says no to Arctic fishing
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
(Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Alaska) There is currently no commercial fishing conducted in U.S. Arctic waters, and now there won’t be: a formal ban on commercial seafood harvests in U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait went into effect on Thursday. Environmentalists and fishery managers applauded the move as a ...4 days ago -
Forest carbon schemes – new hope for the Amazon?
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
By Stuart Grudgings In the tiny settlement of Boa Frente on the banks of a tributary to the Amazon river, bright blue butterflies flitting through trees and the constant squawks of parrots add to the feeling of a paradise on earth. The poverty endured by most of its residents quickly shatters that illusion, but ...4 days ago -
What to do while the world burns
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
A firefighter puts out a fire at a village near Bangkok March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang This opinion piece by Mort Rosenblum originally appeared in GlobalPost . The views expressed are his own. For the full article, click here . PARIS, France — Back when primal-scream therapy was the rage in ...4 days ago -
Sailing into an icy cauldron
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
Reuters employee Pauline Askin has sailed for the Antarctic for a six -week expedition on the icy continent where she will help restore Mawson’s huts named after Australia’s most celebrated Antarctic explorer on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth. During the expedition, Pauline will report on ...5 days ago -
Indians more worried than Chinese, Americans on climate change
Thaindian News —
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Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Just before world leaders assemble in Copenhagen to discuss climate change, a new global survey shows sharp differences among people in different countries about global warming.Throwing up an interesting contrast in the world’s two fastest growing nations, China and India, the Global ...6 days ago -
After 25 years impact of Bhopal leak lingers
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
Controversy still surrounds one of the worlds worst industrial accidents 25 years after an estimated 8,000 people died in the immediate aftermath of a toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India. At around midnight on December 3, 1984, a leak at a Union Carbide plant of methyl isocyanate gas -- a chemical compound used ...6 days ago -
Tired of the Climate Apocalypse: is the climate gig over?
Trends Updates —
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Public concern over climate change is on the wane, especially in the United States. ‘The Pew Research Center released its latest poll of public attitudes on global warming. On its face, the news was not good: Belief that global warming is occurring had declined from 71 percent in April of 2008 to 56 percent in ...1 week ago -
Test your news IQ
Reformed Chicks Blabbing —
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With the Pew Research Center Interactive quiz , I had an almost perfect score, though I thought the test was pretty easy. Embarrassed to admit that I missed the Afghan troop level question. Read this post »1 week ago -
Young Adults Moving In With Parents, Roommates
Stupidica —
Authority: 177
Yesterday, the Pew Research Center released a really interesting study which found that young adults in the U.S. are responding to the recession by moving in with their parents or other roommates. This might be a predictable behavior, but its always useful to see actual data support theory. And the findings are pretty ...1 week ago -
Comfortable conservation and global warming
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
-- John Kemp is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own -- Energy efficiency will have to make the single most-important contribution if policymakers are serious about limiting greenhouse gas emissions and dampening growing demand for fossil fuels. Energy efficiency will not remove the need to invest ...1 week ago -
‘Political porn’: Too-sexy Sarah and Michelle as a monkey
James McPherson's Media & Politics Blog —
Authority: 109
In what one critic calls “ political pornography ,” Newsweek has managed to again aid Sarah Palin’s ongoing campaign for … well, who knows what? The GOP candidate for the Mrs. America Pageant, perhaps? (After all, she’s not likely to face competition from fellow pageant princess Carrie ...1 week ago -
Home for the holidays…and beyond
Parents Talk Back —
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Parents of grown children enjoying the quiet of your empty nest, take note. Before you open the door to your home too wide this holiday season, the Pew Research Center presents this cautionary survey. More and more adult children are returning…1 week ago -
Economy Is Forcing Young Adults Back Home in Big Numbers, Survey Finds
NYT > Theater —
Authority: 900
The numbers also show that, blaming the economy, young adults are postponing decisions like getting married and having babies.2 weeks ago
