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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com Idle No More: Hints of a Global Super-Movement Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Jacob Devaney What started as a murmur in early October from First Nations People in Canada in response to Bill C45 has become a movement that echoes the sentiments of people all over the world, a battle cry of love for the planet, "Idle No More." At first glance it might appear that this movement is isolated and doesn't effect you if you are not native or if you don't live in Canada, yet it does. read more Natural Gas Fables and Energy Independence Myths Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Gwynne Dyer Which of the following statements is true? The United States now has a 100-year supply of natural gas, thanks to the miracle of shale gas. By 2017 it will once again be the world’s biggest oil producer. By 2035 it will be entirely “energy-independent”, and free in particular from its reliance on Middle Eastern oil.(Image: Driving Ethanol.) read more In 2013, Our Fight Against GMO Food Continues Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Ronnie Cummins On November 6, in the wake of one of the most expensive and scurrilous smear campaigns in history, six million voters scared the hell out of Monsanto and Big Food Inc. by coming within a razor’s edge of passing the first statewide mandatory labeling law for genetically modified organisms (GMOs). read more 'Shared Sacrifice' Is for Suckers: 7 Common Sense Thoughts on Washington's Budget Bedlam Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Robert Borosage Washington is careening off the fiscal cliff smack into the debt ceiling.  These mind-numbing mixed metaphors are not the currency of a well-governed nation. read more 2013 and Beyond: Fracking, Drone Wars, and an Apocalypse Foretold Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Tom Engelhardt Think of it as a simple formula: if you’ve been hired (and paid handsomely) to protect what is, you’re going to be congenitally ill-equipped to imagine what might be.  And yet the urge not just to know the contours of the future, but to plant the Stars and Stripes in that future has had the U.S. read more I Do Not Support the Troops Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Michael Moore I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you. I am tired of the ruse we are playing on these brave citizens in our armed forces. And guess what -- a lot of these soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines see right through the bull**** of those words, "I support the troops!," spoken by Americans with such false sincerity -- false because our actions don't match our words. read more Israeli Soldiers' Suicides: The Untold Story Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 César Chelala Statistics released by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) show that in the last 10 years, 237 soldiers killed themselves. That number represents an average of 24 soldiers taking their own lives every year. read more It’s Time to Stop Spinning Our Wheels on Climate Change Posted by lauren on 3 January, 2013 David Suzuki (Photo: Kenny Teo / zoompict via Flickr)In 1988, hundreds of scientists and policy-makers met in Toronto for a major international conference on climate change. read more Django Unchained: Tarantino Tells the South to Go Fuck Itself Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Thom Hartmann I knew there was more to it than just being a movie when, for several days between Christmas and New Years, I watched Drudge implicitly trashing “Django Unchained” on his hard-right website. read more 9 Stories That Will Change Your World in 2013 Posted by jon on 3 January, 2013 Sarah van Gelder (Photo courtesy of Crawford Orthodontics)While the Earth didn’t end on December 21, 2012, the year’s end was marked by a new awareness of the urgency of the climate crisis. Americans are becoming increasingly aware of the preciousness and fragility of life on Earth. That and other cultural shifts are setting the stage for significant change in the year ahead. Nine key trends tell the story: read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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