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FCC wants to relax media ownership constraintsby Jackson 4 Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 at 7:23 PMFCC wants to relax media ownership constraints Indymedia: silencing new people daily
*HOW MANY GM EXECUTIVES DOES it TAKE to TURN ON AN ELECTRIC CAR?* ********CLIMATE CHANGE******** Bangkok sinking under rising seas: http://tinyurl.com/2jktcv --or-- http://news.aol.com/story/_a/bangkok-sinking-under-rising-seas/20071020153809990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001 At the poles, melting occurring at alarming rate: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/21/AR2007102100761.html Atlanta's faucets may run dry: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071019/D8SCHTI00.html The American West is drying up: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/21/magazine/21water-t.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin Fading foliage in Connecticut: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9803E3D6143FF935A25753C1A9639C8B63 US cites 'rapid change' in Arctic: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21347288/ Our drinkable water supply is vanishing: http://www.alternet.org/story/64948/ Ice caps melting fast: Say goodbye to the Big Apple? http://www.alternet.org/environment/64735 Earth getting wetter and stickier: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071011/india_nm/india299467 Global greenhouse gas emissions already beyond "worst case" scenario: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/09/asia/AS-GEN-Australia-Climate-Change.php Most of US warmer than normal this winter: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071009/us_nm/usa_weather_winter_dc (October 9th and so far i haven't worn any of my fall sweaters. Today will be in the 90s!) Asian storms force evacuation of millions of Taiwanese: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C%2C2185766%2C00.html Several people collapse in Chicago marathon: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071008/ap_on_sp_ot/run_chicago_marathon;_ylt=Aj0Yj3dM1voBOOZOsiRza7sLMxIF Amazon jungle could be lost in 40 years: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/oct/02/conservation Antarctic: the bugs that came in from the cold: http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2999306.ece Arctic sea ice reaches record minimum http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/sep2007/ice-s26.shtml Record ice melt in Arctic: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article2507843.ece Rising seas to flood US cities: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070922/ap_on_sc/rising_seas Scientists report severe retreat of Arctic ice: http://tinyurl.com/3ax7fr --or-- http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/science/21arctic.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1190380244-xm/qfxSIhr/XwJlqzUBMSg Polar ice levels lowest on record: http://www.nunatsiaq.com/index.html Arctic ice continues record melting: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2007/09/22/eaice122.xml http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology/GlobalWarming/story?id=3582433 "An area of Arctic sea ice the size of Florida has melted away in just the last six days as melting at the top of the planet continues at a record rate..." 2008 predicted to be the warmest year in a century: http://tinyurl.com/2yfb6r --or-- http://www.boston.com/news/weather/articles/2007/09/11/old_farmers_almanac_2008_will_be_the_warmest_year_in_a_century/ Greenland icebergs raise sea levels: http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3579084 Ice fjords, lifeblood for polar species, at risk in melting Arctic: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hZXHBB6dyuV52jVF3ZfxV5p0ZjLg
********NEXT WORLD WAR/ESCALATION******** (meanwhile, about 95% of Americans want an end to the Iraq/Afghan wars. also, don't forget that future generations bear the cost.) *IRAN/WORLD WAR* UK SAS raiders enter Iran to kill people: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article2691726.ece Caspian sea leaders sign declaration: http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=155078 We can attack Iran, says US commander: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/20/wiran120.xml NATO says shipment of roadside bombs was "from Iran": http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1668152007 Putin in Tehran: US-Russia rift widens http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/iran-o18.shtml Russia steps up bomber exercises near Alaska and Canada: http://tinyurl.com/2vp8t2 --or-- http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/10/01/america/NA-GEN-US-Russian-Bombers-Alaska.php *TURKEY* Turkey votes to open new front in illegal Iraq war (and permanent occupation): http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article3070606.ece *SYRIA* US must commit war crimes in Syria, says former White House senior advisor: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/05/wiran105.xml *IRAN & ISRAEL: DOUBLE STANDARDS* Iraqi electricity deals with Iran, China "irk" Bush Dictatorship: http://tinyurl.com/3drt54 --or-- http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/iraqi-electricity-deals-with-iran-china-irk-us/2007/10/18/1192300951760.html Dictator Bush, invader/occupier of Afghanistan and Iraq, warns of nuclear holocaust if Iran develops nuclear weapons: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/washington/17cnd-prexy.html?_r=1&oref=slogin ********BLEAK ECONOMICS******** *ECONOMIC GROWTH* G7 meetings highlight deepening problems for US and world economy http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/g7-o23.shtml Chinese growth to overtake US next year: http://tinyurl.com/29f2lx --or-- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/10/18/cnchina118.xml (that was fast. thanks, Matrix members.) *BANKS* It's time for the banks to face the Hangman: http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/10/its-time-for-the-banks-to-face-the-hangman/ "...The banks are in trouble. Big trouble..." *US WORKERS* UAW deal opens door for Chrysler carve-up http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/chry-o18.shtml General Motors tells Wall Street: UAW deal will save billions http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/gmua-o16.shtml How the falling dollar affects Americans: http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2007/09/how-falling-dollar-affects-americans.html *...LATEST BAILOUTS...* US government brokers scheme to bail out Wall Street banks http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/bank-o18.shtml Banks may pool billions to avert securities sell-off: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/14/business/14bank.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Banks and US treasury discussing 0 billion support fund: http://tinyurl.com/3dg4ve --or-- http://www.forbes.com/business/2007/10/13/banks-siv-treasury-biz-wallst-cx_pm_1013citicorp.html *ECONOMIC INEQUALITY* Social Security rising a paltry 2.3 percent, well below the inflation rate: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iRj0kJdCxx7gYtp4vZJCebi4AthwD8SB5N5O0 The new billionaire criminal class: http://www.counterpunch.org/mokhiber10172007.html Social inequality in US hits new record http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/usa-o16.shtml *US DOLLAR* UK supermarkets raise food bill by £750 a year: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/10/23/nshop123.xml US Dollar hits another record low versus the Euro: http://tinyurl.com/23rdco --or-- http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071022/bs_afp/forexeurope%3B_ylt%3DAtSNB7aQ_Ae8lS_Zj2I1sN0T5LIF America vetoes G7's dollar alert: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/10/21/cng7121.xml Gold nears 28-year-high as dollar drops to record low against euro: http://tinyurl.com/2sr3z3 --or-- http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?StoryId=0d2bd7b3-9c5c-485a-8630-067b2fd54104 Hyperinflation will blow the economic doors off: http://www.kitco.com/ind/Wiegand/oct112007.html *REAL ESTATE MARKET* More than a million UK homeowners paying their mortgages with credit cards: http://tinyurl.com/29eoxx --or-- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=488032&in_page_id=1770 Housing starts skid, inflation flares: http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN1141029220071017 US foreclosure filings nearly double since a year ago: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071011/foreclosure_rates.html?.v=3 ********GENERAL NEWS******** *INSECTS* Giant snails overrun Brazil: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/10/071019-brazilian-snails.html Following Honeybee disappearance, bumblebees begin vanishing act: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C299982%2C00.html *NAVY SONAR* California sues Navy over unecessary use of sonar: http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/03/23/26/ *ANIMALS* Gopher tortoises being buried alive in Florida: http://tinyurl.com/yuqkco --or-- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/13/AR2007101301181.html Fish get insomnia, too: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071016/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_science_fish Why are huge numbers of camels dying in Africa and Saudi Arabia? http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009083359.htm Factory animal farming produce meat through routine torture and environmental destruction: http://www.newstarget.com/022101.html Polar bear endangered status "likely": http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSL0314002820071003 Receding ice displaces Alaska walrus: http://tinyurl.com/36snv6 --or-- http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i86-YHtGnJd2ZLbjp6bfON7YdCsQD8S41K003 Stark warning of extinction list: Life on Earth is disappearing: http://environment.independent.co.uk/wildlife/article2956437.ece Gorillas now 'critically endangered': http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070912/ap_on_re_eu/endangered_gorillas Threatened species list shows escalating 'global extinction crisis': http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/12/internationalnews.greenpolitics One in four mammals under threat: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/sep/09/conservation World's birds on death row/ race against time to save 190 species from extinction: http://environment.independent.co.uk/wildlife/article2856857.ece *ENVIRONMENT* California to sue Bush dictatorship over law to limit emissions: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/10/20/MNU2ST4SS.DTL Interior official backs Western drilling http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071005/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/west_oil_drilling EPA OKs 1-year use of pesticide despite scientists' concerns: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pesticide6oct06,1,7371216.story?ctrack=1&cset=true http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071006/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/farm_pesticide_3 *MEDIA CONSOLIDATION* US: Bush administration fast-tracks relaxation of media ownership constraints http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/medi-o23.shtml *CALIFORNIA FIRES* Massive evacuations ordered as onslaught of fires spreads: http://tinyurl.com/ynu4ad --or-- http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-fire23oct23,1,4111438.story?coll=la-headlines-california&ctrack=3&cset=true 250,000 urged to flee in California as fires spread: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/us/23cnd-calif.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Raging California fires burn scores of homes: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071023/D8SEKBL00.html (were these fires the work of arson by the Bush dictatorship?) *WAR AGAINST POOR* Government money short to help poor pay heating bills: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/pl_nm/poor_usa_winter_dc *AGRICULTURE* 'Biotech bugs' could stop spread of diseases, scientists say: http://usinfo.state.gov/ei/Archive/2004/Sep/22-233392.html New study shows that GM corn could pollute aquatic ecosystems: http://www.enn.com/agriculture/article/23718 At stake: safe steak: http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/10/01/at_stake_safe_steak.php "...this farm bill provision will effectively end the federal meat and poultry inspection system..." *DEPOPULATION/BIOWARFARE* US labs manufacturing, mishandling deadly germs: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071002/ap_on_he_me/mishandling_germs_3 "...'The risk that a killer agent could be set loose in the general population is real'..." *PRIVATIZATION/GAS LOBBY* Pennsylvania turnpike to be privatized, turned into toll road: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07285/824867-147.stm (what a boondoggle. first the government builds an environmentally devasting highway that imprisons the general population. Years later, profits from tolls go to private interests.) *DECRIMINALIZING DRUGS* San Francisco considers “shooting gallery” for drug addicts: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21367579/wid/11915773?gt1=10514 UK addicts given free drugs as reward for staying clean: http://tinyurl.com/3xjytt --or-- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=488248&in_page_id=1770 *FOR-PROFIT HEALTH CARE* Health care for US kids falls short: http://tinyurl.com/2g7day --or-- http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/oct2007/tc20071010_242000.htm?chan=search 89.6 million lacked health insurance: http://tinyurl.com/29cxkj --or-- http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-na-uninsured21sep21,1,1380065.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=1&cset=true One-third of US lacked health insurance: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070920/hl_nm/insurance_usa_dc_2;_ylt=Aku1G3BHQoORcP70OAPGSy8E1vAI (Question: What's more barbaric than for-profit health care? Answer: Nothing.) *MANDATORY BIO-CHIPPING* Microchip implants cause malignant tumors in lab animals: http://www.citizensadvocate.net/newsletters/albrechtVeriChipAP.html *ILLEGAL WAR/PERMANENT OCCUPATION BUDGETS* Dictator Bush's request for illegal wars increases to 6 billion: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/23/washington/23prexy.html Three weeks of illegal warfare or one year of health coverage for kids: http://blog.thehill.com/2007/10/15/three-weeks-of-war-or-one-year-of-health-coverage-for-kids-rep-xavier-becerra/ Senate Democrats approve half a trillion dollars for Pentagon, US spy agencies http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/oct2007/pent-o5.shtml Visualizing billion more for illegal wars: http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/ Senate approves 0 billion (to be paid by future generations) in more illegal-war and permanent occupation funding: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071001/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq "...authorizing another 0 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan..."
******HEALTH, SCIENCE and LIVING****** *CASSINI HOAX* "Saturn's Hyperion: a moon with odd craters": http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070128.html (APOD's illustration at the link above is so utterly ludicrous it makes me cry with laughter. doesn't NASA have any quality control regading the fake images it produces of the "Cassini probe of Saturn"?) *LUNAR LANDINGS HOAX* (many 500,000 mile roundtrips with the computing power of a calculator? Since then human race gone 200 miles in space? Explorations survived Van Allen radiation belts? Footprints in the Mars phot
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