January 2012
Watchonearth:
climateadaptation:
“Until recently, this area of southern Mongolia was one of the world’s last great wildernesses – a cold desert that is home to gazelle, wild ass and herders living a traditional nomadic existence.
Today, however, it is the centre of the planet’s greatest resource boom. Some are calling it “the last frontier”, others “Minegolia”. Whatever the name, this impoverished...
“There as a study in which it comes out that thirty of the largest companies in...”
– Massachusetts Senate candidate ELIZABETH WARREN, on The Daily Show (via inothernews)
Tax group names 'Dirty Thirty' companies - Dayton... →
socialismartnature:
“Representation without Taxation: Fortune 500 Companies that Spend Big on Lobbying and Avoid Taxes … looks at what it calls the “Dirty Thirty” particularly aggressive tax avoiders that spent more on federal lobbying than income taxes between 2008 and 2010.”
“The ‘Dirty Thirty’ companies all told made $163.7 billion in profits while paying zero dollars in federal income taxes...
WASHINGTON POST: "Google announced Tuesday that it... →
inothernews:
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Whistleblower's Open Letter to Canadians →
As I have detailed in a sworn affidavit, no less than three senior managers with TidesCanada and ForestEthics (a charitable project of Tides Canada), have informed me, as theSenior Communications Manager for ForestEthics, that Tides Canada CEO, Ross McMillan,was informed by the Prime Minister’s Office, that ForestEthics is considered an “Enemy of the Government of Canada,” and an “Enemy of the...
“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put...”
– Neil Gaiman on Copyright, Piracy, and the Commercial Value of the Web (X)
After a date rape (by a "poet") during a trip to... →
motherjones:
“The Way It Was”: Abortion in the US before Roe v. Wade.
Death Sentence Upheld for Iranian Programmer →
The latest Internet-related piece of news to come out of Iran is probably the most disturbing we’ve heard in a while. An Iranian web programmer, Saeed Malekpour, has been sentenced to death on charges of insulting the sanctity of Islam. He was accused of developing porn sites, and according to the Guardian, Malekpour’s accusation is the result of developing software to upload photos, which was...
Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting...
jonathan-cunningham:
eddyizm:
Why Is an Atheist High School Student Getting Vicious Death Threats?
If you take away just two things from the story about atheist high school student Jessica Ahlquist, and the court case she won last week to have a prayer banner taken out of her public school, let it be these:
The ruling in this case was entirely unsurprising. It is 100 percent in line with...
Why The Web Is Sick Of SOPA →
discoverynews:
Every few years, lobbyists seem to push for outrageous legislation aiming to censor the Internet or restrict digital rights.
“I spent many years in countries where the military had the power to arrest and...”
– Chris Hedges (via azspot)
DiManno: Curtain raised on biggest cop corruption... →
tumblngtoronto:
From The Toronto Star:
Eleven years since the investigation into them was launched by former Toronto police chief Julian Fantino. Eight years since they were charged. Four years since the preliminary hearing and five months of pre-trial motions, after which all charges were stayed by Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer because of “glacial delays.” Three years since that...
Teen died quickly in police custody →
From The Toronto Star:
As many as 28 witnesses will testify at the inquest in the upcoming weeks, said Giordano, including the two officers — Const. Michael Adams and Sgt. Stuart Blower — who tried to arrest Manon and chased him a couple of hundred metres before tackling him to the ground.
An SIU investigation completed last January cleared the two officers. According to a news release issued...
omarha-redeye:
Ontario Expected to Slash Physician Funding | Canadian Health Law http://bit.ly/yxmHSo
“U.S. State Department attempted to influence the Pope to accept and promote GMO...”
– Wikileaks, new cables. (via climateadaptation)
Don't Believe the Fantasy Job Claims: Keystone XL... →
onearth:
Nicole Lederer of E2 Environmental Entrepreneurs debunks all those silly Keystone XL jobs lies.
reagan-was-a-horrible-president:
Canadian Gov.’t Dissolves Every Same-Sex Marriage of U.S. Citizens
luckyclive:
stfuconservatives:
Thousands of Americans have gone to Canada over the past few years to get married. As of today, their marriages are nullified, thanks to conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s new policy.
Dan Savage is one of the people whose marriage was unceremoniously...
Remember the scandal over Janet Jackson's boob...
redlightpolitics:
Super Bowl Viewers Will See Graphic Anti-Abortion Ads With Pictures Of Bloody Fetuses
Car explosion 'kills nuclear scientist' in Tehran,... →
mohandasgandhi:
A university lecturer and nuclear scientist has been killed in a car explosion in north Tehran, reports say.
Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, an academic who also worked at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility, and another unidentified person were killed in the attack.
The blast happened after a motorcyclist stuck an apparent bomb to the car.
Several Iranian nuclear scientists have...
Tax returns used as unlikely weapon in fighting... →
From The Globe and Mail:
It wasn’t part of Joyce Lissimore’s original game plan to help solve homelessness through the power of tax returns.
But that was an unintended consequence when the 69-year-old retired teacher decided to start helping people with their taxes three years ago as part of her volunteer work at Trinity United Church in Port Coquitlam.
“A lot of people have been able to...
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WatchTrinity-Spadina councillor Adam Vaughan delivered a spirited defence of Toronto’s public libraries before the city budget committee on Monday. - Toronto Star
The reality in this case is the library is being asked to reduce its service because it’s done what’s been asked of it every single budget year since amalgamation. They have been one the most responsible departments in...
Toronto budget committee votes to chop library,... →
U.S. Becomes First Country to Impose Catch Limits... →
