Archive for July, 2007

Top Picks ~ Week of July 30, 2007

California 2007 Drought Photos

US Housing is Among ‘Biggest Bubbles,’ Rogers Says
By Chen Shiyin & Pimm Fox - Bloomberg.com (3 Aug 2007)

New York Green Fest 2007
Activists Share Sustainability Skills - August 10-12, 2007

Restaurants May Lift Prices as Costs Rise
Dow Jones Newswire (1 Aug 2007)

Follow the Money
National Institute on Money in State Politics

Too Big to Fail: Germany Rescues Subprime Lender
By Tim Bartz, et al - Financial Times, London (1 Aug 2007)

US Automakers Lose Majority of Domestic Market
By Tom Krisher - AP via Yahoo News (1 Aug 2007)

Bear Sued / AIG Losses
Reuters Business Briefs (2 Aug 2007)

Democrats Pass Hike in Child Health Plan
By Julie Hirschfeld David - Forbes.com (1 Aug 2007)

US Must Pay $101.7 Million to Men Framed by FBI
CNN.com/US (Jul 2007)

Going Blind Justice
The Smoking Gun (Jul 25, 2007)

Most Vote Machines Lose Test to Hackers
By John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle (Jul 28, 2007)

New Evidence Clearly Indicates Pat Tillman Was Executed
By Paul Joseph Watson - Prison Planet (Jul 27, 2007)

Water Tables Falling and Rivers Running Dry
By Lester R. Brown - Earth-Policy.org (Jul 24, 2007)

A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat
By David M. Dosa - New England Journal of Medicine (Jul 26, 2007)

Britain’s Got Talent - Connie
YouTube (Jun 11, 2007)

Speaker Pelosi’s Farm Subsidy Llimit ‘Reforms’ Grant Loophole for Sales of Water Rights in California and Elsewhere
By Ken Cook - Mulch (Jul 25, 2007)

Top Picks ~ Week of July 23, 2007

Organic Industry Structure - A Chart
By Phil Howard - Michigan State University (Jul 2007)

New Zealanders Decry Ban on Political Satire
AngusReid Global Monitor (Jul 19, 2007)

Crunch Time: Market Anxiety
By Liz Moyer - Forbes.com (Jul 26, 2007)

And the Winner Is: The Scientific Integrity Editorial Cartoon Contest
Jesse Springer of Eugene, Oregon - The Union of Concerned Scientists

Independent America
A new DVD - Documentary of a Trip Across America

Gibson’s Paradox and Rising Rates
At Goldensextant.com (Jul 20, 2007)

Sludge Report #178: Let teh Squealing Begin
By C.D. Sludge - Scoop Independent News (Jul 26, 2007)

Dollar Tumbles as Huge Credit Crunch Looms
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The London Telegraph (Jul 26, 2007)

Wish my FOIA Request a Happy Birthday
By John Crudele - New York Post (Jul 26, 2007)

A Very, Very Small Opportunity
By David Rejeski - Orion Magazine (Jul/Aug 2007)

IRS Loses Challenge to Prove Tax Liability
By Bob Unruh - WorldNetDaily (Jul 26, 2007)

Letter from Rwanda
By Paul Rusesabagina (Jul 23, 2007)

Monsanto Patents Asserted Against American Farmers Rejected by Patent Office
Monsanto Anti-Farmers Patents
Public Patent Foundation (Jul 24, 2007)

Movie Creator Charged
By Jake Palmateer - The Daily Star (New York) (Jul 25, 2007) and
Neo-Cons Cheer Arrest of Korey Rowe
By Paul Joseph Watson - Prison Planet (Jul 25, 2007)

Interview - George Carlo: Nuking the Birds & the Bees
Acres USA (July Issue)

Dollar to Collapse?
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The Telegraph, London (Jul 12, 2007)

Testing Reveals Drugs’ Residue
By Michael Jamison - The Missoulian (Jul 25, 2007)

China Hikes Interest Rates for Third Time
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The Telegraph, London (Jul 20, 2007)

Italy to Rescue Bank from Derivatives Blowup
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The Telegraph, London (Jul 25, 2007)

Markets Hold Breath for Fear of Crunch
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The Telegraph, London (Jul 24, 207)

When WIll Gold Go Ballistic?
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The Telegraph, London (Jul 23, 2007)

There’s No Inflation, Just a Lot More Theft
By Raquel Maria Dillon - AP via Yahoo (Jul 22, 2007)

Financial Watchdog Says US at Risk from Non-ally Bondholders
By Suzy Jagger & Gary Duncan - The Times, London (Jul 23, 2007)

Chinese Government Falls - JP Morgan Wins Approval to Incorporate China
From Reuters (Jul 23, 2007)

Bush Executive Order Targets Domestic Assets
At Scoop Independent News - From truthout.org

Waning Influence: Secretary of State Rice Finds Her Star is Fading
By Joel Brinkley - San Francisco Chronicle (Jul 22, 2007)

Top Picks ~ Week of July 16, 2007

Organics for Everyone
By Anna Cynar - Utne.com (Jul 19, 2007)

New Road to Serfdom
By Michael Hudson - On iTulip (Jun 2006)

Ron Paul Owns the Whiplash Point on the Political Spectrum
By Michael J. Mishak - Las Vegas Sun (Jul 15, 2007)

US Renting Pak Army at $100m
The Times of India (Jul 14, 2007)

Banks Eyeing Hedge Funds Under Scanner
The Economic Times (Jul 13, 2007)

Banks Seen Losing Up to $52 Billion on Subprime Mortgages
From Reuters (Jul 9, 2007)

Resurrected M3 May Warn of Inflationary Blowoff in US
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The Telegraph, London (Jul 16, 2007)

Grassroots in Memphis - Ron Paul
disinter (Jul 11, 2007)

How Farm Policy Affects Us All
By Tom Philpott - Grist Magazine (Jun/Jul Issue #222)

Woman Content Living in 84sq.ft Dream Home
By John Sharify - Katu.com (Jul 14, 2007)

GATA Will Demand Truth About US Gold Reserves
By Chris Powell - GATA (Jun 14, 2007)

Engineers and Architects Question the 9/11 Commission Report - J. Marx Ayres
At patriotsquestion911.com

Running the Numbers - An American Self-Portrait
The art of Chris Jordan (2007)

Dollar to Collapse?
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Votes for Slow Burn - telegraph.co.uk (Jul 12, 2007)

Crop Circle at West Kennett Long Barrow
cropcircleconnector.com - (Reported Jun 28 2007)

Historic Bolivian Silver Mine At Risk of Collapse
By Monica Machicao - Reuters (Jul 12, 2007)

Top Picks ~ Week of July 9, 2007

BIS Warns of Great Depression Dangers From Credit Spree
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Telegraph.co.uk (Jun 25, 2007)

Libby a Long-Time Mossad Agent
By Wayne Madsen - OpEdNews.com (Jul 5, 2007)

Gore Vidal Sounds Off on Solar Power Caper
An Interview - truthdig.com (Jul 6, 2007)

Much of US Favors Bush Impeachment: Poll
Breitbart.com (Jul 6, 2007)

Europe Set to Lift Ban on GM Crops
From TimesOnline (Jul 1, 2007)

Mazur: Deeper Into The Clintons’ CIA Drug Nexus
By Suzan Mazur - Scoop Independent News (Jul 8, 2007)

Open Letter to Purdue President France Cordova
911Truth.org (Jul 6, 2007)

Germany Strives to Fend Off Flood of Hungry Dollar
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - The Telegraph, London (Jul 6, 2007)

Bank of Canada Study Proposed Eliminating Penny
By Tara Perkins - Glove & Mail, Toronto (Jul 3, 2007)

Johnson-Castro: Inside the Checkpoints
By Jay Johnson-Castro - RioGrande Guardian (Jul 7, 2007)
Villa Del Rio Bed & Breakfast Jay’s B&B in Del Rio, Texas

Where are the Shareholders’ Mansions?
By Crocker Liu & David Yermack (Mar 2007)

Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal
By Joel Salatin - Acres USA (Sep 1, 2003)

Daring Rescue of Whale Off Farallones
By Peter Fimrite - SFGate.com (Dec 14, 2005)

DePaul and the Vatican’s Long Leash - Norman Finkelstein and the Catholic Church
By Linda Brayer - counterpunch (Jul 3, 2007)

Pennsylvania Governor Orders Partial State Shutdown
By Marc Levy & Mark Scolforo - Breitbard.com (Jul 8, 2007)

Bush Justice is a National Disgrace
By John S. Koppel - denverpost.com (Jul 5, 2007)

Lazard to Buy Middle Market M&A Adviser
By Joseph A. Giannone - Reuters.uk (Jul 10, 2007)

Why Ogg Theora Matters for Internet TV
maketelevision Blog
Video announcements about Ogg Theora
Highest Quality (103mb) / BitTorrent
Medium Quality (53mb) / BitTorrent
Low Quality (8mb) / BitTorrent

Sarkozy’s Blitz Puts Paid to Pact on Policy
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Telegraph.co.uk (Jul 10, 2007)

The End of Cheap Food
By Gwynne Dyer - Trinidad & Tobago Express (Jul 9, 2007)

Dollar Hits Euro Low as Credit Fears Widen
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - Telegraph.co.uk (Jul 12, 2007)

Time For The Truth About The Liberty
By Ward Boston, Jr. - SanDiego.com (Jun 8, 2007)

Two Billion Mice Iinvade China Province
Bangkokpost.com (Jul 2007)

Global Gold 3
By Adam Hamilton - 321gold.com (Jul 9, 2007)

Penn. Gov. Orders Partial State Shutdown
By Marc Levy and Mark Scoloforo - AP / breitbart.com (Jul 8, 2007)

Gore Vidal Sounds Off on Solar Power Caper
Truthdig.com (Jul 6, 2007)

Europe Set to Lift Ban on GM Crops
Times Online (Jul 1, 2007)

Here’s Another Place Where They’ve Stopped Reporting the Money Supply:
Zimbabwe: Local Dollar An Endangered Species as Currency Crashes
From UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Jun 25, 2007)

Japan Adapts to Tuna Shortage: Waiter, There’s Deer in My Sushi
By Martin Fackler - New York Times (Jun 24, 2007)

The Bush Push to Militarize America
By Jerome Corsi - WorldNetDaily (Jun 5, 2007)

Daring Rescue of Whale Off Farallones
By Peter Fimrite - SFGate.com (Dec 14, 2005)

Gethuman 500 Database
Telephone Directory for Getting a Real Person on the Phone

Top Picks ~ Week of July 2, 2007

Credit Crunch Will Shred Investment Portfolios to Ribbons
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard - GATA / telegraph.co.uk (Jul 4, 2007)

New Drug Deletes Bad Memories
Bill Christensen - Technovelgy.com (Jul 2, 2007)

Move Away from US Dollar Reserves Still All Talk
By Steven C. Johnson - Reuters (Jun 30, 2007)

Mining-state Senators Want Cap Gains Tax Cut for Metals
US Senate Press Release - (Jun 5, 2007)

The Case of the Disappearing Honeybees
By Laura Weldon - Grit (Jun 12, 2007)

Happy Independence Day; You Have No Government
By Carolyn Baker - carolynbaker.org (Jul 2, 2007)

Red State Welfare
By Timothy Egan - New York Times

Roswell Theory Revived by Deathbed Confession
Correspondents in Washington - news.com.au (Jul 1, 2007)

The Souring of the Middle Class
By Minette Marrin - timesonline (Jul 1, 2007)

Report: China Raises Minimum Wages
YahooNews (Jun 29, 2007)

SiCKO - Flint Couple Says Moore Saved Home
YouTube.com (Jun 22, 2007)