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Cheaper, more common materials for flex solar panels
Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:54 AM EDT (Eurasia Review)
Strategic metals are a conflict point as economies compete for scarce/rare materials. A smart way to deal with this is to adopt technology that uses common, or at least less rare materials yet get development to the next level.
Another "contractor" gets out of Pakistan jail - details murky.
Seeded on Wed Mar 9, 2011 2:22 AM EST (Pakistan Obersver)
Another American with that murky job description of "security contractor" gets out of Jail in Peshawar. Diplomat? Saint? Mechanic? - anyway his bail was paid at $20,000+. Not even a squawk or a claim of diplo immunity. Guess mr. x is "short."
U.S. alleges company laundered money for Iran - CNN.com
Seeded on Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:21 PM EST (CNN)
Ha Ha Ha. Oops. Excuse me. Hardball here: cases filed to sieze properties and accounts that are fronts for Iran's Melli Bank, an entity that is illegal have any dealings with.
They CAN'T let Obama succeed!
Tue Sep 8, 2009 12:49 AM EDT
I think a lot of Americans more or less agree with what I am about to say. Some for a real respect for the freedom of speech and others for ideological reasons. Obama cannot be allowed to succeed because he is a @!$%#.
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Cairo Journal - Private Motive for Egypt�s Public Embrace of a Jewish Past - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Mon Sep 7, 2009 2:51 PM EDT (The New York Times)
I find it interesting, and positive, that somehow an Islamic nation is (maybe unconsciously) building for a future PAST the present violent animosity between Jews and Arabs.
Captain jumps overboard, SEALs shoot pirates, official says - CNN.com
Seeded on Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:24 PM EDT (CNN)
Under the Obama Administration, the US has succeeded in rescuing Captain Richard Phillips. Phillips was a hostage of pirates from Somalia, the Horn of Africa area.
Contracting Boom Could Fizzle Out - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 10:56 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
Change is happening - big change. Outsourcing has been a lucrative revenue center for thousands of contractors. Better government requires much of this work be folded into a more capable, professional government and done by government civil servants.
Multinational Monitor
Seeded on Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:24 AM EDT (multinationalmonitor.org)
Wonder how we got to bailouts and financial crash? Here it is in B&W Federal Agencies Reject Regulation
Al Jazeera English - Americas - Obama pick quits over Israel lobby
Seeded on Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:42 AM EDT (AL JAZEERA)
Charles Freeman, nominee for head of the US National Intelligence Council withdrew his name from the running, blaming the embedded influence of "The Israeli Lobby".
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Sea rise 'to exceed projections'
Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:15 PM EDT (BBC News)
While the Global Economy struggles with financial catastrophe, earth moves on, and faster than scientific projections had foreseen, apparently. Polar and glacial melting is accelerating and ocean levels will likely rise by 1 meter (39.4 inches) over the next 92 years.
10 Dirty Tricks Wall Street Con Artists Will Pull to Keep the Rip-offs Going | Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace | AlterNet
Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:11 PM EST (AlterNet.org)
As I watch Obama's speech, I know the Wall Street financiers and mega-wealthy CEOs are keeping their heads down. How will they restart the smoke and mirrors of the lucrative bull markets? Read and be enlightened. Be afraid for our people and our president.
Intrigue lurks below surface of relations among allies
Seeded on Tue Feb 24, 2009 9:27 PM EST (thestar.com.my)
From Kuala Lampur comes this astute abstract of the mess in South Asia. It mentions that geographers think they have located Bin Laden. (I seeded that see below) and that Special Forces are training Pakistani forces.
With Cash to Spend, China Starts Investing Globally - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:03 PM EST (The New York Times)
China is acquiring aluminum and zinc mining and oil supply contracts in an orgy of buying around the globe. Looks like China will have plenty of "pot metal" if we outsource US coin minting to them. Good news in all this is they are paying with their hoard of US dollars.
Geographers Find Bin Laden � Theoretically - TierneyLab Blog - NYTimes.com
Seeded on Wed Feb 18, 2009 9:43 PM EST (The New York Times)
I was about to select "Travel" instead of "World News" - after all Bin Laden COULD be pumping gas in Fresno. I'm going to Google Earth and find the compounds in that town. NSA, since you are "listening", check it out. This technique is interesting.
Predator drones flown from base in Pakistan, U.S. lawmaker says -- chicagotribune.com
Seeded on Fri Feb 13, 2009 11:42 AM EST (Chicago Tribune)
Senator Feinstein did not disclose her [informed] view on this for no reason. What does this "signal"? I think that there is a new leader in town and he knows how to get down.
BBC NEWS | Europe | Prominent Russian lawyer killed
Seeded on Mon Jan 19, 2009 7:47 PM EST (BBC News)
i think Putin's Russia is 'way over the top in [maybe?] supporting this s**t - or are they wimpy and helpless?
Lake County News | California - Robinson Rancheria council begins disenrollment of dozens of tribal members
Seeded on Sat Dec 13, 2008 2:06 PM EST (lakeconews.com)
California Indian Tribes are reeling under the effects of greed and the opacity of dealings inside the shrouds of sovereignty. Clear Lake's Pomo Robinson Rancheria is exiling Pomo people who have questioned the integrity of controversial leader Tracey Avilia.
What Rumsfeld Got Right - The Atlantic
Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 11:11 PM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
Rumsfeld is a s**t. Ok. The military of the US is a huge, expensive, cumbersome machine. Whether or not it is a necessary evil, it EXISTS. Rumsfeld did a lot of stuff to try and conform it to a newer.
"Be Nice to the Countries That Lend You Money" - The Atlantic
Seeded on Thu Dec 11, 2008 3:56 PM EST (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
Gao Xiqing, president of the China Investment Corporation, which manages "only" about $200billion of the country's foreign assets but makes most of the high-visibility investments, like buying stakes in Blackstone and Morgan Stanley, as opposed to just holding Treasury note …
Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
Seeded on Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:00 PM EST (The Alex Jones Show - Infowars.com)
ll states define themselves by claiming and using the eminent right to impose violence in pursuit of state aims - from England using privateers to break Spain's strangle hold on the treasures of the New World to the French using (Catholic) Iroquois against Protestant English Co …
BBC NEWS | Business | Miner Rio Tinto cuts 14,000 jobs
Seeded on Wed Dec 10, 2008 11:38 AM EST (BBC News)
At the root, we consumers in the Western world draw on the basic resources - water, wood, oil, and metals - to fabricate both our stuff and to prop up mythologies. Rio Tinto is laying off 14,000 miners.
Ideological Warfare Rages on Federal Appeals Courts Dominated by Republican Appointees - washingtonpost.com
Seeded on Tue Dec 9, 2008 12:21 AM EST (The Washington Post)
More Bush Effluent - Activist appointees twisting judicial moderation in the appeals courts - even Republican appointed judges (of long standing) note that upstart review panels use loopholes and low-brow tactics to punitively inflict harsh sentences, even when law-enforcement mi …
Bush Administration Effluent Clogs Klamath River
Sun Dec 7, 2008 7:14 PM EST
This is from a Northern California Indian newsgroup - with urgent info on the abuse of the Klamath River - one of the greatest Salmon streams in the west, and its destruction beginning with Dep't of Interior Secretary Gail Norton's (major Bush Flunkie) evasions of science, ethics …
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Newsvine - Bush Administration Effluent Clogs Klamath River
Seeded on Sun Dec 7, 2008 7:13 PM EST (Newsvine)
The Klamath River, one of the west's major Salmon streams is the life blood of both Indian Tribes and hard-working fisherman. Under the Bush administration, it has been battered and its salmon census has crashed.
Tiny, wired town is an English-teaching hub
Seeded on Mon Nov 24, 2008 11:31 PM EST (msnbc.com)
The nearest Wal-Mart is two hours away, and only foul weather, a deer in the road or a Washakie County sheriff's deputy would slow down anyone with a mind to drive there faster.
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