Archives for General News
August 2015
Monday, August 31:
State Dept. releases 7,000 pages of emails, 150 censored
US national security advisor warns Pakistan on recent militant attacks
New Orleans Recovery School District Not Quite as Recovered as Advertised (1 comments)
Sunday, August 30:
Los Angeles: Teachers Will Fight Eli Broad's Plan to Privatize Schools; by Diane Ravitch (1 comments)
In Japan, Tens of Thousands Anti-War Protesters Reject Return to Militarism
Clinton 'Can Be Beaten' as Sanders Shows New Surge in Iowa (1 comments)
Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages (1 comments)
Al Jazeera staff sentenced to jail in Egypt
West Point professor calls on US military to target legal critics of war on terror
Latest Quinnipiac Poll Has Bernie Narrowing Hillary's Lead
Saturday, August 29:
Jeb Bush 2016: Top fundraisers leave campaign amid troubling signs (1 comments)
Dick Cheney: Iran Deal Will Lead To First Use Of Nuclear Weapon Since Hiroshima And Nagasaki (4 comments)
Donald Trump Says He'll Decide on Possibility of Third Party Run "Soon" (1 comments)
Barack Obama Reaches Out to Jewish "Family" on Iran and Israel
Iowa poll: Sanders surges to within 7 points of Clinton
Report: Pakistan's nuclear arsenal could become the world's third-biggest
Friday, August 28:
FBI demanded Scandinavian countries arrest Edward Snowden should he visit
St. Paul's Student Not Guilty of Main Rape Charge (1 comments)
Sweden and Ecuador to begin Julian Assange talks next week (2 comments)
Homeland Security's Peculiar Prosecution of Rentboy
US secret police posing as members of the press
Sanders calls for War Tax! (27 comments)
Natylie Baldwin: Russian Government Announces Sweeping Policy Commemorating Stalin's Victims (3 comments)
Scientists warn leaders of dangers of thawing permafrost -- ScienceDaily
Brazil's national oral health policy: An example for other nations
Mental illness not guns caused the media murders says Scott Walker (3 comments)
Minnesota Ojibwe Challenge Treaty Rights: What Would Chief Hole in the Day Do? (3 comments)
Thursday, August 27:
Migrants crisis: Austria and Balkans call for EU answer (1 comments)
WikiLeaks Attorneys Oppose Diplomatic Retaliation (3 comments)
MSNBC's Liberal Purge Grows -- Al Sharpton Gets Banished To Sunday Mornings (8 comments)
'Blind Spot': Progressives Demand Stronger Sanders' Stance on Endless War, Pentagon Largesse (11 comments)
"Casino Capitalism": Economist Michael Hudson on What's Behind the Stock Market's Rollercoaster Ride (3 comments)
Natylie Baldwin: Texas Woman Who's Lived in Russia for 25 Years Speaks Out (4 comments)
Reversal after Ferguson shooting. What next? (1 comments)
Wednesday, August 26:
US to Deploy F-22s to Europe against Russia (2 comments)
We're eating WHAT? Turkey Bacon Products Recall Puts Focus on Meat Adulteration (3 comments)
About Russia's So Called Military Threats
History's Lesson for Climate Action: No Other Choice 'But Mass Mobilization'
Tuesday, August 25:
Whistleblower Reveals AT&T/NSA Menace to Public: Part 1 (4 comments)
Retired Army General Says He's "Ashamed To Be An American" After Brutal Arrest (4 comments)
Market Turmoil: Dow Dives as Analysts Warn More Chaos Ahead
Donald Trump's new Twitter tirade against Megyn Kelly
Tensions ease as Koreas reach deal
Tomgram: Laura Gottesdiener, The King Is Dead!
As Minimum Wages Rise, Restaurants Say No to Tips, Yes to Higher Prices
Monday, August 24:
Justice Dept hits back at Senator Menendez in court filings
State of Emergency Declared as Wildfires Create 'Unprecedented Cataclysm' in Washington
Cutting Tropical Deforestation is Key to Curbing Climate Change, And It's Cheap (2 comments)
Stocks attempt comeback: Dow cuts losses after falling 1,089
Tomgram: David Bromwich, The Neoconservative Empire Returns
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Weighs in on Key Congressional Races: A Bias Towards Republicans? (3 comments)
Sunday, August 23:
No Happy Sales for Happy Pills--Antidepressant Use Has Peaked (2 comments)
Netanyahu planned Israeli attacks on Iran, former prime minister says (1 comments)
Explosions Reported at US Military Base in Japan
Remains of Texas woman stolen hours after her funeral service
Climate Change: Don't read this if you don't want to know how bad it is (38 comments)
Hard Ball Game: Pak cancels NSA level talks with India
Saturday, August 22:
Natylie Baldwin: The US and Russia: Two Approaches to the Resolution of the Syria Conflict
Israel blames Iran for rockets from Syria, protests nuclear pact anew
North and South Korean officials meet in bid to ease growing tensions
Obama Administration Supports Privacy-Invasive "Cybersecurity" Bill
Americans Foil Gunman on Train, French Officials Say (3 comments)
Friday, August 21:
Kim Jong Un Orders Troops To Prepare For Battle
"Project Omega" Reveals Secrets Of Dark Pools Stock Trading (2 comments)
A World on Fire? July Was Hottest Month Ever Recorded
Thomas Farrell: *Ta-Nehisi Coates' BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME (Review Essay) (2 comments)
Franklin P. Lamb: Two more 'EverySyrian' heroes murdered while protecting our shared cultural heritage (1 comments)
Farmed Tallowfuel as a Realistic Alternative to Coal (2 comments)
2015 Made in the USA Hall of Fame Awards Announced
Thursday, August 20:
A Book of Answers about American pre-history (48 comments)
Vast areas of California are sinking as groundwater is pumped in drought (1 comments)
Gov. John Kasich: Ban Teachers Lounges So They Stop Whining (2 comments)
Greek PM to resign, seek snap election in September
Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Rogue States and Nuclear Dangers
Who remembers this Stand-Your-Ground Case Months After Trayvon Martin? (4 comments)
Wednesday, August 19:
"Deflategate" judge says Brady suspension in jeopardy
Wife Dumps Subway's Jared Fogle as Prison Looms on Sex Charges
14 San Francisco cops gang up on homeless man "armed" with crutches (VIDEO) (3 comments)
Fear of Toxic Air and Distrust of Government Follow Tianjin Blasts
Tuesday, August 18:
In Havana, Cuba .. a building is crumbling and the tenants fear for their lives. (25 comments)
Is Chris Matthews Losing It? (2 comments)
Republican National Committee Endorses Anti-Gay Discrimination (1 comments)
Anti-Suicide Front Groups On Campus Use Spin To Sell Drugs (6 comments)
Mitch McConnell Admits Iran Deal Will Likely Pass
Tomgram: William Astore, Time to Hold Military Boots to the Fire (1 comments)
Several USA Politicians' Racist Remarks Don't Make Headlines (1 comments)
Islamic Declaration Blasts Short-Sighted Capitalism, Demands Action on Climate
America's Political 2016 Landscape: How One Person CAN still Really Make a Difference!!! (1 comments)
Monday, August 17:
White House Launches Plan to Counter Explosion in Heroin Use (2 comments)
Tomgram: William deBuys, Entering the Mega-Drought Era in America (1 comments)
Natylie Baldwin: A Tale of Two Political Systems (2 comments)
Sunday, August 16:
Obama Could Act On Iran Deal Without Congressional Approval
Donald Trump: It Would Be a "Miracle" if Hillary Continues Run
Huckabee Backs Denying Abortion To 10-Year-Old Raped (1 comments)
U.S. military cancels hearing for September 11 suspects
Julian Bond, Former N.A.A.C.P. Chairman and Civil Rights Leader, Dies at 75
Saturday, August 15:
Milley becomes Army's top officer as Odierno retires
AT&T Helped N.S.A. Spy on an Array of Internet Traffic
No Apologies: Meet the Guy Who Got Bernie Sanders' Interrupters on the Stage (2 comments)
San Diego's Facial Recognition Program Shows Why We Need Records on Police Use of Mobile Biometric Technology (1 comments)
Pets Weigh in on Animas River Spill and the Price of Eggs (3 comments)
The Truth About US in Syria (2 comments)
Friday, August 14:
"Off the Table": Kerry Rules Out US Return of Guantanamo Bay to Cuba
It is not about the election anymore: News media will not cover revolution. (1 comments)
As of Today, Humanity Has Exhausted its 2015 Supply of Natural Resources (2 comments)
Carter: Zero Chance for Two-state Solution
Thursday, August 13:
Bernie Sanders Calls for Election Day to Be a Federal Holiday
USA/Cuba Relations Beget Social Intercourse -- and Cars (8 comments)
Thomas Farrell: *A Dialogue with Pope Francis' Eco-Encyclical (REVIEW ESSAY)
Chelsea Manning Faces Solitary Confinement Under New Charges, Lawyer Says
Ann Coulter Is Not a Fat Pig--Donald Trump (9 comments)
Boyle: New Pentagon War Manual Reduces Us To "Level of Nazis" (2 comments)
Bibi's Blues: Arrest Netanyahu Petition Goes Viral In The UK
Tomgram: Michael Klare, Big Oil in Retreat
Enbridge Wins Round One in Lawsuit Against James Botsford (2 comments)
Meet Bernie Sanders' Top Celebrity Backers
Wednesday, August 12:
On Fire with Sanders: FeelTheBern.org Launches (7 comments)
Megyn Kelly did tell one huge, deliberate lie during the last Republican debate
Jimmy Carter Reveals That He Has Cancer (1 comments)
US Army Copter Crash-Lands on Ship off Japan Island; 7 Hurt
Jesse Ventura: Do you think Trump would consider me for VP?
With Wind Prices at a Record Low, Is the Clean Energy Revolution Upon Us?
Bernie Sanders Skyrockets Past Hillary Clinton In New Hampshire To Lead 44%-37%
Are We Eating As If There Is No Tomorrow? (3 comments)
A Jewish Journalist's Exclusive Look Inside Iran
How the Midwest's Corn Farms Are Cooking the Planet
Tuesday, August 11:
Poll: Bernie Sanders surges ahead of Hillary Clinton in N.H. (39 comments)
Clinton's attorney hands over private e-mail server, thumb drive to FBI (2 comments)
Arlington Police Officer Who Killed Christian Taylor Is Fired
Dozens of retired generals, admirals back Iran deal (1 comments)
Huckabee: Crush Abortion With Military (1 comments)
After 2 Killers Fled, New York Prisoners Say, Beatings Were Next
Greece, lenders clinch bailout deal after marathon talks
Tomgram: Engelhardt, What It Means When You Kill People On the Other Side of the Planet and No One Notices (2 comments)
Monday, August 10:
Ferguson One Year Anniversary: Arrests, Pepper Spray, Militarized Police-- reports from Twitter (5 comments)
'Little House' star Gilbert to run for U.S. Congress in Michigan (2 comments)
Google Announces "Alphabet," Its New Parent Company
Climate Chaos: Over Population or Over-consumption? (9 comments)
BLM Activist Who Shut Down Sanders is Radical Christian, Sarah Palin Supporter (1 comments)
Natylie Baldwin: America's Dark History of Supporting Ukrainian Fascists and War Criminals (2 comments)
Ferguson Demonstrations: Authorities Declare State of Emergency in St. Louis County
What Black Lives Matter Stands to Gain from the Bernie Sanders Campaign - Shadowproof (29 comments)
Police Have Killed at Least 1,083 Americans Since Michael Brown's Death (2 comments)
Sunday, August 9:
Franklin P. Lamb: The Bravenhearts of Wadi Al Nasera, Syria (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Taps African-American Organizer As Campaign Press Secretary
Netanyahu's Interference in Iran Deal Debate Is Unprecedented, Obama Says (1 comments)
Frank Gifford Dead: "Monday Night Football" Sportscaster Was 84
Thousands Attend Funeral Of Sa'ad Dawabsha
Bayou Corne Sinkhole Still Swallowing Louisiana 3 Years Later (8 comments)
Toxic plume from Colorado mine spill reaches New Mexico
Saturday, August 8:
American Indian Activist Winona LaDuke Hospitalized After Falling From Horse
29 U.S. Scientists Praise Iran Nuclear Deal in Letter to Obama
"We Are Enbridge and We Don't Go Around Anything" (3 comments)
Anti-War Donors Pledge To Withhold $8.3 Million In Potential Donations From Schumer, Iran Deal Opponents (3 comments)
Donald Trump, Beyond the Play by Play (2 comments)
The US picked the wrong ally in the fight against islamic state
Donald Trump axed from event over Megyn Kelly blood comment
Friday, August 7:
Natylie Baldwin: How the Kremlin Reassessed its Military Approaches After Ukraine (1 comments)
White House Shrugs Off Schumer's Decision To Oppose Iran Deal
And the Winner of the Fox News GOP Presidential Debate?... Bernie Sanders (2 comments)
Guglielmo Tell: Ex-Argentine President's Trial Begins for Bombing Cover-Up (3 comments)
Thursday, August 6:
Schumer Says He Will Oppose Iran Nuclear Deal (2 comments)
Russian hackers knocked Pentagon networks offline and stole a bunch of information (4 comments)
Get Ready for 6 Democratic Presidential Debates (1 comments)
Obama's choice on Iran deal "absurd": Senate leader McConnell
Tomgram: Susan Southard, Under the Mushroom Cloud -- Nagasaki after Nuclear War
CIA Executive Director: CIA Committed Torture Washington's Blog (7 comments)
Wednesday, August 5:
Optimistic Article: There will be historians! (1 comments)
Wing part washed up on beach is from missing MH-370, Malaysia confirms (4 comments)
Rand Paul super PAC head indicted over alleged 2012 campaign finance violations
Monsanto sued over PCB contamination of Spokane River in Washington state (3 comments)
Is the Intelligence Community Inspector General Trying to Give Contractors Whistleblower Protections? (1 comments)
Tuesday, August 4:
Over 60 Top Ex-Security Officials Urge Netanyahu to Accept Iran Deal
You Don't Have To Go To Africa to Kill African Animals (9 comments)
Trans-Pacific Partnership Delegates Fail to Reach Final Deal (1 comments)
Pacific Trade Officials Fail to Agree on Final TPP Deal
China Seeks Businessman Said to Have Fled to U.S., Further Straining Ties
Bernie Sanders Vows To Put An End To The Koch Brothers "Legalized Bribery" With New Bill (1 comments)
Battle For Final Spot In GOP Debate: Chris Christie Vs. Rick Perry (1 comments)
Bombshell Study Reveals Methane Emissions Hugely Underestimated (1 comments)
Canadian Oil Company Trashes Indian Land and Faces Spiritual War (5 comments)
Prof. Dr. Guy R. McPherson: Abrupt climate change is under way. (1 comments)
500 Kilometers On 1 Litre: Brazilian Man Shows Us Why We Don't Need Gas Stations (6 comments)
Poll: Hillary's Favorability Numbers Drop Sharply to Lowest Levels Since 2008 (3 comments)
Monday, August 3:
Senate Vote Fails to Defund Planned Parenthood
AIPAC taking all but 3 freshmen Congresspeople to Israel in effort to sabotage Iran deal (1 comments)
The Sixth Circuit Upholds Journalist's Right to Invoke the Fifth Amendment
Glaciers melting faster than ever (3 comments)
Anti-Public School Evangelicals Now Control Alabama and Texas Education Boards (2 comments)
Sanders Makes History With 2016 Cycle's Biggest Campaign Event Yet
Karen J. Greenberg, The Mass Killer and the National Security State
Saved... for now: Cecil the lion's cubs are being protected by his BROTHER
Sunday, August 2:
Mexico's GMO Corn Ban and Glyphosate Cancer Findings (1 comments)
Bernie Sanders Responds to Possible Joe Biden Run
Marco Rubio Slams Obama's New Carbon Rules
*The Water Crisis is Here (5 comments)
Donald Trump's companies have sought visas to import at least 1,100 workers (1 comments)
Oligarchy Of Super PAC Megadonors Have Conquered American Politics
Saturday, August 1:
Natylie Baldwin: Tsipras Defends Varoufakis Preparation for Grexit
Natylie Baldwin: Varoufakis Sued for Alleged Treason While Syriza's Left Platform Is Accused of Conspiracy
$1000 a Pill? Yes Says Big Pharma. (3 comments)
Which Republicans make the first debate?
New US Sanctions: "This is Deliberate Provocation Against Putin"
Ann Coulter Wants to Be Trump's Homeland Security Secretary (10 comments)
Democrats Take Advantage Of The GOP's Epic Month Of Dysfunction
Jeb Bush receives financiing from Iranian and Cuban immigrants