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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:15:29 -0800

Video explaining what is the Human Development Index. Are you curious about where your country rates ? Are you a "conservative" and convinced that the USA rank number 1 ? You couldn't be more wrong, in fact you are twelve places wrong.

Study Says New Economic Indicators Are Needed - NYTimes.com

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:00:26 -0800

From the page: "According to the report, much of the world has long been ruled by an unhealthy fixation on swelling the gross domestic product, or the quantity of goods and services the economy produces. With a singular obsession on making G.D.P. bigger, many societies �" not least, the United States �" failed to factor in the social costs of joblessness and the public health impacts of environmental degradation. They allowed banks to borrow and bet unfathomable amounts of money, juicing the present by mortgaging the future, thus laying the ground for the worst financial crisis since the 1930s."

Craig Murray - Another Old Etonian Wanker Calls Me a Liar

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:03:39 -0800

From the page: "Rory Stewart is getting the hang of being a Conservative politician; he has plainly learned that the first requirement is to lie through your teeth. Form today's Independent on Sunday:

Once tutor to Princes William and Harry, Rory Stewart, in his latest incarnation as Conservative prospective candidate for Penrith, has found himself the unlikely subject of intrigue. Craig Murray, renegade former ambassador to Uzbekistan, claims in his blog that Stewart worked as an MI6 officer in Afghanistan. While it's true Stewart was educated at Eton, received training from the British armed forces, and has yet to marry, the comparisons with James Bond appear to end there. "I've never met Craig Murray and I have no idea why he is saying this," he tells me when I call, "It's not just false but extremely dangerous. I've been doing charity work in countries where people are already at risk and his claims will only endanger them further." Stewart's father is even more succinct: "It's bollocks.""

Bollocks indeed!
That final paragraph about "doing charity work in countries" is so much of a give away. The guy refutes being a MI6 spy, but tells you to shut up anyway due to the possible endangerment of some vague recipients of charity in a foreigner land. Oh and his dad reckons its bollocks too. As if a spy tells his dad what he's up too.

Community Planning for Peak Oil: This Doesnt Look So Dark (video) : TreeHugger

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:23:10 -0800

From the page: "The Transition Whidbey Initiative is clearly promoting a broad and far reaching set of solutions to peak oil�"from community mapping of local food initiatives to reskilling initiatives to local currency to promoting renewable energy. When these folks talk about being "inspired by peak oil", I don't see the "casual eagerness for the death of others" that Steffen referenced, but rather a recognition that life is going to change anyway, so we had better plan how we want that change to happen. And crucially, the group is interacting with the political systems it inhabits�"which is a vital part of moving beyond personal action to real cultural change."

Why does US need military bases around the world?

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:21:01 -0800

Set of three videos with news analyst Aijaz Ahmad.

Pessoa Revisitado

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:06:07 -0800

Tenho amor a isto, talvez porque n�o tenha mais nada que amar - ou talvez, tamb�m, porque nada valha o amor de uma alma, e, se temos por sentimento que o dar, tanto vale d�-lo ao pequeno aspecto do meu tinteiro como � grande indiferen�a das estrelas.

Bernarndo Soares / Fernando Pessoa

Are nuclear weapons safe in Pakistan? : The New Yorker

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 02:53:59 -0800

The terrorists had been dressed in Army uniforms. There were also attacks on police installations in Peshawar and Lahore, and, once the offensive began, an Army general was shot dead by gunmen on motorcycles on the streets of Islamabad, the capital. The assassins clearly had advance knowledge of the general�s route, indicating that they had contacts and allies inside the security forces.

Pakistan has been a nuclear power for two decades, and has an estimated eighty to a hundred warheads, scattered in facilities around the country. The success of the latest attacks raised an obvious question: Are the bombs safe?

Video: Schieffer Series: A Discussion of U.S. Policy in Afghanistan | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:56:28 -0800

Another lost war ?

Chris Hedges Interview Pt. 1/3 @ BreakRoomLive.com

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:11:23 -0800

Chris Hedges, the wise ginger bread man

bok püsürük

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:58:43 -0800

Manicure set made in China for all torture purposes, lawful and unlawful but fully authorized by all front line American agencies. Also complies with rules for future engagement with normal population helping our secret or otherwise agents to be ready for wineboarding or any other social compromises they faced when deployed in a war zone or at home.