"The response by a critical mass of Sri Lanka’s artist community to the protests by South Indian artistes to the fighting in the North of Sri Lanka will be noted down as a shameful moment by future generations of creative Sri Lankans. While war lobbies have often recruited...
created by Sanjanah | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 145 views | 2 recommendations | 0 comments
The Reverend Meeks, a powerful Illinois state senator, has called off the Chicago public schools boycott after being heavily criticized by politicians and the media."A controversial, four-day Chicago Public Schools boycott ended on Day Two -- after Gov. Blagojevich said any...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 216 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
All Canadians should be worried about this."Following pressure from the U.S. government and entertainment lobbies, the Canadian government announced sweeping changes to Canadian copyright law. The changes mirror...
created by mtippett | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 263 views | 9 recommendations | 3 comments
BLDG BLOG reports that the stadium being built for the London Olympics may be disassembled and relocated to Chicago once the games are over. I like the idea of "plug and play" architecture -- where buildings might be reused rather than simply being destroyed - but then I...
created by kate | 1 year ago 1517 views | 0 recommendations | 3 comments
Very unnerving, particularly the fact that it's also in NYC"s drinking water."
Trace amounts of pharmaceutical drugs are lurking in Louisville's drinking water, including one used to treat people with bipolar disorder and alcohol withdrawal, and another prescribed to...
Hugo Chavez is busy buying support in Latin America. How much influence will his petro revenue secure? Apparently lots."BUENOS AIRES --
Associated Press
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez sought to expand his...
created by gmony714 | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 471 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"Chavez met with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner after signaling Venezuela plans to acquire up to $1 billion in Argentine bonds in installments - the latest in a series of deals cementing ties between the allies.
"This is an important deal, highly important for our...
created by urbano411 | 2 years ago 260 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
The Deming (NM) Headlight reports that a small group of local and nearby police officials recently phone-conferenced with Vice President Amy Dawson of a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called "Fight Crime; Invest in Kids." A Headlight reprter was also present.
The...
created by Jiner | 2 years ago 294 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
Sources:
Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005
Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story”
Author: Elliot D....
created by happytribe | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 4766 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
This story is exactly the "gold" that I'm telling news diggers and readers is out there, and needs to be dug up. Here we have a giant pharmaceutical company, Merck, lobbying our government to pass a law or laws to...
created by DIG THE HEAVY | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago 487 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Illegal immigrants have turned around the lives of many Americans, altering our communities for the worse, wasting our tax dollars and transforming our public schools. It's time to turn out of office those politicians who refuse to deport illegal immigrants.
created by Haecus | 3 years ago 2446 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
I believe there is some truth, to some of the charges, of high-tech vote-fixing. As for the corporate media -- Stop saying "glitch" when you mean "crooked election".
created by Haecus | 3 years ago 2080 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments