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WFTM: John T. Williams NW Native Artist Shot by Police

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:09:38 -0500

WFTM: John T. Williams NW Native Artist Shot by Police: tsparks: Photo by David Entrikin A well...

tsparks: Anselm Kiefer, Bohemia Lies by the Sea,...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:00:06 -0500

Anselm Kiefer, Bohemia Lies by the Sea, 1997

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

From Museum description:

Oil, emulsion, shellac, charcoal, and powdered paint on burlap

Along the center ridge and on either side of the rutted country road bloom an abundance of pink-orange poppies, a flower associated since antiquity with dreams, sleep, and death. The poppy is also the emblem of military veterans, whose presence is evoked here by occasional drips of paint the color of dried blood.

photo by tsparks

Euro Zone prey to Wolfpack Behavior

Sun, 09 May 2010 16:31:40 -0400

Euro Zone prey to Wolfpack Behavior: “We now see … wolfpack behaviours, and if we will...

The Global Weimar Phase

Sun, 09 May 2010 15:36:09 -0400

The Global Weimar Phase: Stern warnings from English political scientist and activist Nafeez...

the trillion-dollar fraud

Sat, 08 May 2010 14:29:59 -0400

the trillion-dollar fraud: Via: Salon.Com BY JOHN R. TALBOTT SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2010Why is the Fed so...

Were US Special Forces Involved in the Arrest of Faisal Shahzad?

Tue, 04 May 2010 22:49:33 -0400

Were US Special Forces Involved in the Arrest of Faisal Shahzad?: The team that was responsible for...

Read: Times Square, Bombs and Big Crowds

Tue, 04 May 2010 15:58:04 -0400

Read: Times Square, Bombs and Big Crowds: Via: The NY Times Opinion Page Focus on the...

Who Got Our $1,000,000,000,000?

Mon, 03 May 2010 15:54:42 -0400

Who Got Our $1,000,000,000,000?: Asks Congressman Alan Grayson in the Huffington Post. Time to Audit...

"Following Foucault, we can thus trace three stages in the development of bourgeois institutions and..."

Mon, 03 May 2010 13:35:00 -0400

“Following Foucault, we can thus trace three stages in the development of...

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor

Sun, 02 May 2010 14:40:00 -0400

Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor: This story resurfaced in my RSS feeds...

"No leftist polemicist could come up with as damning a description of contemporary capitalism as the..."

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:47:06 -0400

“No leftist polemicist could come up with as damning a description of contemporary capitalism...

Open Source Ecology Building tools for replicable, open source,...

Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:09:49 -0400

Open Source Ecology
Building tools for replicable, open source, post-scarcity resilient communities

Trading Away The Lives of People Living with HIV & AIDS

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:08:42 -0400

doctorswithoutborders: On April 28th, India and the EU will enter closed-door negotiations for a...

Via: Design Under Sky A new post on Yale Environment 360 reports...

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 23:55:13 -0400

Via: Design Under Sky

A new post on Yale Environment 360 reports on the large-scale dying off of the world’s forests at an extraordinary rate. Much of the death has been attributed by entomologists to the mountain pine beetle, which due to warming winters is enabling their lifecycle to decrease from two to one year, able to produce more larvae in pines of the west. Colder temperatures had once kept the beetle out of higher altitudes, but a slight warming is now bringing devastation to mountaintop forests.

Since 2000, a forest area the size of Washington state has been killed and attributed to insects. But scientists see this as a sympton of an even larger problem of a warming climate. North America has not been the only continent affected, as forests in Australia, Russia, China, and France have been lost to drought, high temperatures, or both. Drought and higher temperatures leave forests ecologies weaker and more susceptable to pests and wildfires.

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Corrupt Practices Accelerating the Decline of American Journalism

Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:43:10 -0400

Corrupt Practices Accelerating the Decline of American Journalism: Via: Guernica By David Sirota:We...

"The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economical Rights (JCCER) reported that the Israeli police..."

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 02:48:20 -0400

“The Jerusalem Center for Social and Economical Rights (JCCER) reported that the Israeli...

azspot: Wealth And Inequality In America (via peterwknox)

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:03:45 -0400

azspot:

Wealth And Inequality In America (via peterwknox)

unburyingthelead: Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins are...

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 01:33:53 -0400

unburyingthelead:

Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins are seeking legal action against the Pope for crimes against humanity. Really.

The second stage of the global capitalist crisis

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:17:17 -0400

The second stage of the global capitalist crisis: The second stage of the global capitalist...

"I would give just about anything to sit David Brooks down in front of some single mother somewhere..."

Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:30:58 -0400

“I would give just about anything to sit David Brooks down in front of some single mother...