Based on the new findings, Rep. Jason Lorber (D-Burlington) today announced plans to introduce a bill that would decriminalize the possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.
Thursday, December 9, 2010
WikiLeaks Cables: Shell's Grip on Nigerian State Revealed
US embassy cables reveal top executive's claims that company 'knows everything' about key decisions in government ministries
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-cables-shell-nigeria-spying
Man posts "No Negros Allowed" sign on future business
Mark Prior posted his 'No Negros Allowed' sign after he says he had some problems with black people in the past and needed to make a policy against them.
http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/Man_posts_No_Negros_Allowed_sign.html
http://www.weau.com/news/headlines/Man_posts_No_Negros_Allowed_sign.html
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tomorrow is International Anti-Corruption Day . What kind of gift do we buy for that?
In a press release today, Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed the commitment of the US to fighting corruption:
The United States has made unprecedented strides over the past year to enforce our anticorruption laws and ensure our companies do not practice bribery or unfair practices in countries where they operate. This year, the States Parties of the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) also launched a process to review implementation of the treaty. The United States is proud to be among the first nations to undergo a peer review, and we look forward to working with our partners in the UNCAC process to translate this global commitment to root out corruption from promise to practice.
Operation Payback cripples MasterCard site in revenge for WikiLeaks ban
Hackers attack MasterCard in defense of Wikileaks.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/08/operation-payback-mastercard-website-wikileaks
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/08/operation-payback-mastercard-website-wikileaks
Former VP Dick Cheney faces charges associated with bribery in Nigeria.
Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] filed charges against former Vice President of the United States, Richard "Dick" Cheney, and eight others, for complicity in the 'bribe for contract' arrangement in connection with the country's Bonny Liquefied Natural Gas Project.
http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_ExUS_VP_others_charged/list_messages/36496
http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_ExUS_VP_others_charged/list_messages/36496
What the Internet Killed
It’s hard to imagine life without some of the technological innovations of the last decade. But in a world where connectivity is everywhere, there are some traditions, values, and just plain ways of life that we no longer adhere to. Here’s a sampling of casualties due to our constant mobile and Internet connections.
http://www.newsweek.com/photo/2010/12/08/things-that-killed-the-internet.html
White House takes Twitter question from ghost of fictional character
The character was played by John Spencer from September 1999 to December 2005, when Spencer — who won an Emmy for the role in 2002 — died suddenly of a heart attack.
http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/132417-white-house-takes-twitter-question-from-ghost-of-fictional-character
http://thehill.com/blogs/twitter-room/other-news/132417-white-house-takes-twitter-question-from-ghost-of-fictional-character
President Obama defies liberals, defends tax-cut compromise and lashes out at left
President Obama blasted his own party for choosing ideological purity over results Tuesday as he sought to defend the tax-cut deal he negotiated with Republicans.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/132453-obama-defends-tax-cut-compromise-while-lashing-out-at-left
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/132453-obama-defends-tax-cut-compromise-while-lashing-out-at-left
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
How funny is this? - U.S. to Host World Press Freedom Day in 2011
The United States is pleased to announce that it will host UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event in 2011, from May 1 - May 3 in Washington, D.C. UNESCO is the only UN agency with the mandate to promote freedom of expression and its corollary, freedom of the press.
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/12/152465.htm
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2010/12/152465.htm
Elizabeth Edwards Dies
Elizabeth Edwards succumbs to cancer, former Presidential candidate, John Edwards, at her side.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/elizabeth-edwards-dies-aged-61
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/07/elizabeth-edwards-dies-aged-61
Julian Assange: Don't Shoot Messenger for Revealing Uncomfortable Truths
Democratic societies need a strong media and WikiLeaks is part of that media. The media helps keep government honest. WikiLeaks has revealed some hard truths about the Iraq and Afghan wars, and broken stories about corporate corruption.
Euro Collapse 'Possible' Amid Deepening Divisions Over Bail-Out
It is feasible that the euro will not survive the current sovereign debt crisis sweeping Europe, one of the Treasury's leading independent forecasters has said.
Obama Makes Deal with Republicans: Will dems follow?
Post mid-term Obama, in a Clintonesque gesture of compromise, sets the tone for the second half. At least the halftime show was Wikileaks.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/132309-obama-gop-strike-deal-on-taxes-unemployment
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/132309-obama-gop-strike-deal-on-taxes-unemployment
Monday, December 6, 2010
Cosmology: Going Round in Circles
What happened before the beginning of time is—by definition, it might be thought—metaphysics. At least one physicist, though, thinks there is nothing meta about the question at all. Roger Penrose, of Oxford University, believes that the Big Bang in which the visible universe began was not actually the beginning of everything. It was merely the latest example of a series of such bangs that renew reality when it is getting tired out. More importantly, he thinks that the pre-Big Bang past has left an imprint on the present that can be detected and analysed, and that he and a colleague in Armenia have found it.
7 Famous Albino Animals
Albino animals face almost insurmountable odds when they're born in the wild. Baby albinos are seen as an oddity within their own species and are more visible to predators. These animals may also be cursed with imperfect vision or other health problems.
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/pets-animals/photos/7-famous-albino-animals/not-like-the-others
Pssst. I heard there were WMD's in Sweden...just in case we need an excuse.
Do governments own the Internet now? Governments across the globe hound Assange for wikileaks. Assange turns to Swiss. The president of the Swiss Pirate Party, which controls the wikileaks.ch Web address, said he was in the process of pointing that domain name to a different server, apparently based in Sweden. The site also was still reachable through the numerical address of its Swedish server.nge.
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/05-3
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/12/05-3
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