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That Joe Biden felt the need to state and re-state that he has always been a supporter of clean coal in last night’s VP debate is almost as disturbing as the fact itself. There is a tremendous opportunity for change with next month’s election, but it won’t come overnight with the election of a president - it will require sustained pressure from our movement for years to come.

SEATTLE - Traffic was piling up going from West Seattle to Interstate 5 — and that meant Rich Feldman had to drive a few feet and stop, over and over, all the way up the access ramp. As they looked out at the line of cars ahead of their plug-in Toyota Prius, Feldman and the business executive sitting beside him, John Clark, couldn’t have been happier.

UPDATE: More detailed notes from Gore’s speech here>> In a fiery speech made today at the Clinton Global Initiative, Al Gore calls again on the youth to engage in civil disobedience to stop coal plants from being built. This is a crisis that is happening NOW.

[IMG Will the current US economic model survive? [GALLO/GETTY]] Will the current US economic model survive? [GALLO/GETTY] Is this the end of US capitalism? The past week has seen the US economy rocked by some of the worst global financial turmoil in decades, with venerable firms collapsing, global

Lone Star’s Saga Back to Square One 1. FSC Chairman Jun Kwang-woo 2. Lone Star Chairman John Graykan 3. Kookmin Bank CEO Kang Chung-won 4. Hana Holdings CEO Kim Seung-yu Wall Street Meltdown Cause for HSBC’s Withdrawal Before Deadline Lone Star’s stalled effort to sell a controlling stake of Korea Exchange Bank (KEB), the fifth largest by assets, has come back to square one.

The US news media has focused on the Hype and Circumstance of political celebrities and weather crisis to the tune of keeping America distracted.  Personality wars mean ratings. Ratings mean advertising.  AND advertising means money … that’s what its all about.  So, American voters are still

Lew Rockwell, a one-time staff member for Ron Paul, stated bluntly, “If the only alternative to the socialism of the Democrats is the fascism of the Republicans then we are in serious trouble”. The condition of the world slips passed without so much as a glance.  Why do we allow ourselves to be so surprised?

The US news media has focused on the Hype and Circumstance of political celebrities and weather crisis to the tune of keeping America distracted.  Personality wars mean ratings. Ratings mean advertising.  AND advertising means money … that’s what its all about.  So, American voters are still

Posted by bosskitty on August 17, 2008 As long ago as November 2000 ICPS discussed: Indo-Russian Relations: Perspectives Q: The US is using terrorism to engulf Russia, India and China. It is not keen on cooperation in this field. Hence it is imperative for these three countries to develop cooperation in this field.

If you haven’t read Alvin Toffler’s book, Powershift, you probably have no idea what has happened to us in the last decade with regards to the information era. In this historic book, Toffler talks about the “Powershift” which is the information era and how knowledge and information will be the most valuable currency in the world.