tiistai 6. huhtikuuta 2010

Classified US military video depicting slaying of Iraqis


WikiLeaks has released a classified US military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad -- including two Reuters news staff.

http://collateralmurder.org/


perjantai 2. huhtikuuta 2010

Post-Palin Alaska has largest debt burden in US

When the former vice presidential candidate resigned as governor of Alaska in the summer of 2009, she left the state with a 70 percent debt-to-GDP ratio -- the highest state debt burden in the United States.


http://rawstory.com/rs/2010/0331/postpalin-alaska-largest-debt-burden/

maanantai 29. maaliskuuta 2010

The War On WikiLeaks And Why It Matters

The U.S. government escalates its campaign to harass and destroy a key whistle blowing site.


http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/03/27/wikileaks

maanantai 15. maaliskuuta 2010

Liberalism, atheism, male sexual exclusivity linked to IQ

Participants who said they were atheists had an average IQ of 103 in adolescence, while adults who said they were religious averaged 97, the study found.

The study found that young adults who said they were "very conservative" had an average adolescent IQ of 95, whereas those who said they were "very liberal" averaged 106.

CNN

perjantai 9. lokakuuta 2009

Obama wins 2009 Nobel Peace Prize


US President Barack Obama has been awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
The Nobel committee said they wanted to support Mr Obama's approach.

lauantai 26. syyskuuta 2009

G20 2009: Police Attack Students at University of Pittsburgh

Police used teargas pepper spray, rubber bullets and LRAD 'sonic cannon' against University of Pittsburgh students during the Pittsburgh G20 Summit.


Eye witness account: "I was at the protest on Friday night and it was nothing but peaceful, until hundreds of riot-gear equipped cops started to push everyone around. Tear gassing students, people driving by in cars, shooting rubber bullets (hitting people in the face). Not one violent act was started by the protesters, everyone was literally told to leave for no reason. Then the cops started arresting Pitt students in their DORMS! 40+ people were arrested."


perjantai 4. syyskuuta 2009

Conservative media take a strong stand against ... learning?

If there is anybody out there who still doesn't believe that the conservative media will attack President Obama no matter what he does, consider this: Right-wingers are telling children to skip school as a protest against Obama's encouragement of students to stay in school.

http://mediamatters.org/columns/200909030002

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/03/obama-schoolchildren-spee_n_276544.html

torstai 27. elokuuta 2009

Argentina rules on marijuana use

Argentina's supreme court rules that it is unconstitutional for the government to punish people for the personal use of marijuana.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8221599.stm

torstai 13. elokuuta 2009

Death: Scientists Reveal What It's Like To Die

Most of us have probably wondered what it is like to die - so scientists have tackled the issue head-on and revealed the macabre yet fascinating truth.

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/20080641288310