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The 2003 Fairy Congress in Twisp, WA
source: Mary Getten
The Fairy Congress is only three weeks away. June 27-29, at the Skalitude Retreat Center in Carlton, WA, just south of Twisp in the beautiful Methow Valley. The Congress's mission is to increase communication and love between humans, fairies and nature spirits. More than 20 workshops included in admission. For information see http://fairycongress.com or call Michael at 509-997-9200.Bill Moyers' "presidential" address
source: by John Nichols / The Nation / commondreams.org
Democratic presidential candidates were handed a dream audience of 1,000 "ready-for-action" labor, civil rights, peace and economic justice campaigners at the Take Back America conference organized in Washington last week by the Campaign for America's Future. And the 2004 contenders grabbed for it, delivering some of the better speeches of a campaign that remains rhetorically -- and directionally -- challenged. But it was a non-candidate who won the hearts and minds of the crowd with a "Cross of Gold" speech for the 21st century...Scientists find new mini galaxies
source: Discovery News / AFP
A team of international scientists on Thursday revealed that they had discovered the tiniest galaxies in the universe, so small they were previously mistaken for stars. University of Queensland astrophysicist Michael Drinkwater led a team of eight researchers from Australia, Britain, the United States and Germany who discovered the celestial bodies, dubbed ultra-compact dwarfs or UCDs. "We discovered a brand new type of...Your rights: use 'em or lose 'em
source: By Rachel Neumann / AlterNet
When I was growing up, there was a popular bumper sticker, seen mostly on the back of old VW vans that said: "What if there was a war and nobody came?" I am reminded of that bumper sticker now, in light of this administration's unprecedented attack on civil liberties. What if our basic rights were taken away and no one noticed? What if our system of checks and balances was destroyed and everyone remained convinced it was happening to someone else? Under current legislation, if you are "suspected" of terrorist activity, you can be picked up...House plants remove pollutants
source: Deborah L. Brown / UMN Extension Horticulturist
Plant physiologists already knew that plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen as part of the photosynthetic process. Now researchers have found many common houseplants absorb benzene, formaldehyde and trichloroethylene, as well. The NASA studies generated the recommendation that you use 15 to 18 good-sized houseplants in 6 to 8-inch diameter containers to improve air quality in an average 1,800 square foot house. The more vigorously they grow, the better job they'll do for you. The best include: English ivy, spider plant, peace lily, Chinese evergreen, bamboo or reed palm...Moment of truth for medical marijuana
source: By Robert Kampia / AlterNet
On May 22, the state-federal conflict over medical marijuana heated up, as Maryland Gov. Robert Ehrlich defied White House pressure and became the first Republican governor to sign a medical marijuana bill. Meanwhile, on June 4, a federal court in California is scheduled to sentence Ed Rosenthal to at least five years in federal prison for the crime of providing medical marijuana to seriously ill people. Rosenthal was convicted on January 31 of growing marijuana, but he was convicted by a jury that heard only half the story. When the jurors discovered...'Master gene' in stem cells discovered
source: The Washington Post
Scientists said yesterday they had discovered a long-sought "master gene" in embryonic stem cells that's largely responsible for giving those cells their unique regenerative and therapeutic potential. The discovery brings scientists closer to a Holy Grail of biology: the ability to turn ordinary cells into those that possess all the biomedical potency of human embryonic stem cells, eliminating the need to destroy embryos to get them...Deep in a black hole of red ink
source: by Bill Moyers / Common Dreams
You no doubt saw this - Mr. Bush signing his tax cut. A big day for the President. But in fact, it's the richest Americans - the top one percent - who get the lion's share of the tax cuts - people like Secretary of the Treasury John Snow, Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of Commerce Don Evans, multimillionaires all. Mr. Cheney actually cast the deciding tie-breaker vote in favor of the tax cut in the Senate...as this headline in the Wall Street Journal says...War and peace - Which one will prove more costly for the U.S. in Iraq?
source: Molly Ivans / Working For Change
Much as I hate to interrupt what is apparently a deeply felt triumphalism on the American right, now that it's over, does anyone see any reason for our having invaded Iraq? I realize that's what we all kept trying to figure out before the invasion, but don't you think it should at least be visible in hindsight? Good thing we won the war, because the peace sure looks like a quagmire. These are early days, certainly, to attempt a full historical evaluation. Could be...Rachel Corrie nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - letter of nomination
source: FPP.CO.UK
To: The Norwegian Nobel Committee. Dear Committee Members, As a member of the House of Commons of Canada, and as the International Human Rights advocate for the New Democratic Party of Canada, it is my pleasure to nominate the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) for the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize. The contribution of the ISM to advancing the cause of peace in the Middle East, to defending human rights, and to upholding international law...The Matrix's Neo is the hero of my generation
source: By Samuel Rodriguez, Pacific News Service
Who would have thought that the biggest hero of my generation would be a pale, ex-techie insomniac? He is Neo, from "The Matrix," and everyone I know is going to see him in the movie's sequel, "The Matrix Reloaded." When I was younger we had heroes like He-Man, Robocop and, who can forget, Superman. The ideal character destroyed bad guys...Rachel Corrie nominated for Nobel Peace Prize - letter of nomination
source: FPP.CO.UK
To: The Norwegian Nobel Committee, Drammensveien 19, 0255 Oslo Norway
Dear Committee Members, AS a member of the House of Commons of Canada, and as the International Human Rights advocate for the New Democratic Party of Canada, it is my pleasure to nominate the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) for the 2004 Nobel...Brain scans show that Buddhists Rreally are happy
source: Rense.com / Reuters
(Reuters) - Buddhists really are happy, calm and serene people -- at least according to their brain scans. Using latest scanning techniques, neuroscientists have discovered that certain areas of the brain light up constantly in Buddhists, and not just when they are meditating, which indicates positive emotions and good mood. "We can now hypothesise with some...Acts of hope
source: By Rebecca Solnit, OrionOnline.org
On January 18, 1915, eighteen months into the first World War, the first terrible war in the modern sense slaughter by the hundreds of thousands, poison gas, men living and dying in the open graves of trench warfare, tanks, barbed wire, machine guns, airplanes Virginia Woolf wrote in her journal, "The future is dark, which is on the whole, the best thing the future...Killer Dem's attack! Texas to Oklahoma, now back to Texas
source: Molly Ivins / Creators Syndicate / Workingforchange.com
When last we left the saga of Texas' few living elected Democrats, they had fled the state pursued by minions of the law - legislators on the lam. These courageous citizens, fleeing vile Republican oppression in their state capital, took refuge at the Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Reporters embedded with the law-breaker law-makers in Ardmore say...Lieberman offers "Declaration of Energy Independence"
source: joe2004.com
In the first of a series of major policy initiatives, Joe Lieberman today unveiled a "Declaration of Energy Independence" that would reduce our dependence on foreign oil by nearly two-thirds within 10 years and help America kick its foreign oil habit completely within 20 years. Lieberman's plan would make America energy independent by tapping new technologies...Calif. town rebels against Patriot Act
source: By Michelle Locke / Associated Press Writer
More than 100 cities and one state have passed resolutions condemning the USA Patriot Act, saying it gives the federal government too much snooping power. But in this liberal fold of Northern California's Redwood Curtain, a simple denouncement just doesn't go far enough.
To cooperate with the act, the City Council says, is criminal. Starting this month...House Democrats: revolt won't hurt bids
source: By Angela K. Brown / Associated Press Writer
Texas House Democrats, even those in swing districts, say last week's revolt to Oklahoma over a congressional redistricting bill probably won't hurt their chances for re-election.
While holed up at the Holiday Inn in Ardmore, Okla., the 51 Democrats received balloons, flowers and hundreds of e-mails from supporters applauding the group's drastic measures...UN sustainable development work programme agreed
source: Croner / Environment Center
The 11th meeting of the United Nations Commission for Sustainable Development was recently held in New York, where more than 50 countries agreed the key themes for the next stages of United Nations work on sustainable development. The UK's Environment Secretary, Ms. Beckett, who made the first national statement at the event, welcomed the agreement...Matrix Reloaded smashes records
source: BBC
The Matrix Reloaded, the eagerly awaited sequel to the 1999 sci-fi hit starring Keanu Reeves, has taken a record-breaking $42.5m in its first day at the US box office. The film is the second part in brothers Andy and Larry Wachowski's Matrix trilogy, the tale of a group of freedom fighters who travel into a digital world to battle machines that have enslaved the Earth...Verizon launches Wi-Fi hot spots
source: Reuters
Verizon Communications, the largest U.S. local phone company, on Tuesday launched a service that will provide customers with wireless Internet access on high-speed networks throughout New York City. Verizon, based in New York, said it activated 150 Wi-Fi access points, or hot spots, at pay phones in the city and plans to activate 850 more by the end of the year. It said its deployment would mark the largest such initiative by an Internet service...Diabetes tech is good biz cents
source: By Katie Dean
Diabetics endure painful and frequent finger pricking to stay healthy, but such practices may be a thing of the past if a new, award-winning technology comes to market. A team of students, called SmartCells, won the $30,000 grand prize earlier this week in the annual MIT $50K Entrepreneurship Competition for its work on a new monitoring device...Strange weather lately
source: by Kurt Vonnegut
First things first: I want it clearly understood that this mustache I'm wearing is my father's mustache. I should have brought his photograph. My big brother Bernie, now dead, a physical chemist who discovered that silver iodide can sometimes make it snow or rain, he wore it, too. Speaking of weather: Mark Twain said some readers complained that there wasn't enough weather in his stories. So he wrote some weather, which they could insert wherever...Support the freedom to read!
source: ACLU
With the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act, the FBI gained the power to search your library and book-buying records without probable cause of any crime or intent to commit a crime. Furthermore, librarians and others who are required to turn over records are not allowed to say that the search has occurred or that records were given to the government. This means that average Americans could have their privacy violated wholesale without justification or proper judicial oversight. In response to these un-American and dangerous powers, Rep. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) has proposed the "Freedom to Read Protection Act" (HR. 1157). This act would restrict the key provision of the USA PATRIOT Act -- by exempting libraries and bookstores from the laws that allow the FBI to conduct these searches of personal records.A more constructive internationalism
source: by George McGovern / the Washington Post
In his May 1 op-ed piece, Will Marshall praised presidential candidates Dick Gephardt, Joe Lieberman, John Kerry and John Edwards as "Blair Democrats" -- internationalists who are willing "to use force in the national interest." He rejoiced that the Democratic Party "is moving away from McGovernism and back to its international roots." One wonders why Marshall...Rolling Dog Ranch - a place for special animals
source: By Michelle Troxel / Evening Magazine / King 5 News
In Western Montana, there's something very special happening down on the ranch. Nestled in the scenic Blackfoot Valley, many lives are being spared by a couple from Seattle. Just outside Ovando, Montana, there's a very special ranch. It's a home to lots of special animals and two special people...Asteroid retriever spacecraft blasts off
source: by Will Knight / New Scientist.com
A Japanese space probe has blasted off on a pioneering mission to bring the first asteroid samples back to Earth. Muses-C, built by the Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), lifted off from the Kagoshima Space Center on the Japanese island of Kyushu aboard an M-5 rocket on Friday...Canada: hemp industry-in-progress
source: By Arthur Hanks, The Hemp Report
After several years of field research and lobbying, Canada developed regulations for the cultivation and processing of industrial hemp in 1998. The government's move to join the world hemp community was prompted by lobbying on the part of the agricultural and business community, pressure from within caucus and a wave of hemp populism from across...Canada's oil reserves 2nd only to Saudi Arabia
source: By Campion Walsh / Dow Jones Newswires / Petroleumworld.com
The U.S. government said Thursday Canada holds the world's second-largest oil reserves, taking into account Alberta oil sands previously considered too expensive to develop. The Energy Information Administration, the statistical wing of the U.S. Department of Energy, has included recent private sector estimates that an additional 175 billion barrels of oil...Setting of ancient Gilgamesh legend found?
source: By Rossella Lorenzi / Discovery News
The setting of the world's first great work of literature lies buried beneath the Iraqi desert, according to German archaeologists. The ancient city of Uruk, commemorated in the epic poem of Gilgamesh, has come to light thanks to digital mapping technology, Jörg Fassbinder, of the Bavarian department of Historical Monuments in Munich, announced...Man strips to shorts to rescue dog
source: By Associated Press
This time, a man was a dog's best friend. On Saturday morning a dog swam about 300 yards out into the chilly waters of Lake Harriet. Apparently, it got confused and didn't know where to turn and appeared to be in serious trouble. About a dozen folks standing on shore were talking to the dog's owner, asking whether it was time to get help. Just then a man walked up, saw the dog, stripped to his shorts and swam into the 52-degree water. He reached the dog and swam back to shore, talking to the dog the whole way...Pocahontas' father's village may be found
source: By Sonja Barisic / Associated Press Writer
When Lynn Ripley walks around her farm overlooking the York River, she ignores the lush scenery and keeps her eyes to the ground. Her passion for spotting and collecting pottery shards, arrowheads and other artifacts has led scientists to identify what they believe...Mother's Day: a call for women to demand peace - "In the name of humanity..."
source: Geov Parrish / WorkingForChange.com
...After the worldwide staging a few months ago of the ancient Greek anti-war play Lysistrata, which may have helped inspire Howe -- Julia Ward Howe's call for women to not allow their men to constantly play at war is suddenly back in fashion. Around the country, her original Mother's Day Proclamation will be the basis this year for parades, remembrances, and other events that try to reclaim the holiday's original spirit in a year when the United States' (male-dominated) government talks seriously not of avoiding war, but which ones to start next.Dixie Chicks show met with one protester
source: By Associated Press
A lone protester stood outside a sold-out Dixie Chicks concert Saturday night during the band's first appearance in Florida since a member criticized President Bush over the war with Iraq. The show in Orlando was the first time the group had performed in Florida since lead singer Natalie Maines told a London audience on March 10: "Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."...Noam Chomsky's Golden Rule
source: By Eric Bosse, AlterNet
The principle is that if somebody carries out terror against us or against our allies, it's terror, but if we carry out terror or our allies do, maybe much worse terror, against someone else, it's not terror, it's counterterror or it's a just war. Noam Chomsky, "Power and Terror". In his first new book since the controversial bestseller "9/11," Noam Chomsky concentrates his criticism of U.S. policy on a single principle which is easily recognizable as the Golden Rule: that one should apply to oneself the same standards one applies to others.Presidential candidate Kucinich speaks out
source: by Jack Chang / Contra Costa Times (California)
A noontime visit by Dennis Kucinich, U.S. congressman and anti-war presidential candidate, pumped a sympathetic UC Berkeley audience full of hope Tuesday in the midst of what many said were dark and depressing times. Kicking off an afternoon-long "teach-in" about...PBS pays tribute to Rosalind Franklin, the unsung heroine of DNA
source: Frazier Moore / Canadian Press / AP
The 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA's double helix structure is being observed this year. Perhaps heightening the celebration is the fact that James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins, who shared a Nobel Prize for this scientific revolution, are around for the...Congressional approval of Solar Power Bill proves ICC to be ahead of its time
source: By Erin Brown / Hoya Staff Writer
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Oberstar-Norton Solar Energy Amendment to the Energy Policy Act of 2003 by a vote of 247-175, providing funds to develop solar energy sources, not unlike those found on the large slanting surface of ICC. ICC, adorned by more than 3,000 square meters of solar panels, is a model for harnessing solar...White Fire explores women spiritual leaders in America
source: Nancy Beardsley
This is one of the holiest weeks of the year in the United States, with Passover and Easter services taking place across the country. An unprecedented number of those services are being led by women, who've assumed prominent roles in a range of faith groups in recent...A spiritual practice for connecting with the Iraqi people
source: Heart to Heart / PeerSpirit / submitted by Maya Borhani
I call her Besma, though I do not know her real name. This woman and I are living in spiritual tandem through an ancient practice of prayer called kything. Kything is a promise to accompany each other, not physically, but heart to heart. Kything means to show by...California man unveils own spacecraft program
source: By Andrew Bridges / AP Science Writer
Burt Rutan apparently wasn't satisfied with the development of an airplane that made the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in 1986. The famed aircraft designer has now developed a rocket plane he says is capable of carrying three people on a suborbital flight...The World of Buddhism exhibit
source: amnnews.com / Asia Society and Museum
NEW YORK As part of its celebration of Buddhist art and culture this spring, the Asia Society presents The World of Buddhism, an exhibition showcasing masterworks of Buddhist art from its world-renowned permanent collection, The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd...Looters return some pieces to Iraq museum
source: By Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press Writer
Prodded by Muslim clerics and their own guilty consciences, Baghdad residents returned 20 looted pieces Friday from Iraq's ransacked national collection - even as the nation's antiquities chief blamed U.S. forces for allowing the pillaging. "If the American forces had...Passover and Easter: freedom, transcendence, resurrection for today
source: Tikkun Magazine / Submitted by Maya B.
Greetings on this Passover/Easter celebration! Even if you don't personally identify with either of these two traditions, you can probably get behind the central ideas behind these two celebrations. And I'd like to suggest how we could take the wisdom therein and turn it into...Elephants rescue antelopes under cover of darkness
by: ABC Net/au online
The matriarch of a herd of elephants in South Africa has opened a gate with her trunk to free antelopes being held at a camp. Park officials say they were settling in for the night when the herd of 11 elephants approached. The herd's matriarch, named Nana, began tampering with the metal latches holding the gates closed...Peace in our time begins with how we choose to live our lives
source: by Bruce Mulkey / Common Dreams / Asheville Citizen-Times (North Carolina)
How many of y'all have felt angry, sad, depressed, fatigued or hopeless during the past few weeks? Yep, me too. And a lot of other folks I've talked too have been in a similar place. We thought that through our prayers and actions we could stop our nation from embarking on...War crimes case planned against U.S
source: Steven Edwards / National Post
UNITED NATIONS - A coalition of lawyers and human rights groups yesterday unveiled a bid to use the UN's new International Criminal Court as a tool to restrain American military power. In a move Washington said vindicated U.S. claims that the court would be used for political...A celebration of global environmentalism
source: By Matt Wheeland / AlterNet
Monday's Goldman Prize press conference in San Francisco started on a telling note; one of the prize recipients, Maria Elena Foronda Farro of Peru, was denied a travel visa from the U.S. State Department. In her stead, Foronda's father attended and read a prepared statement...House Judiciary Chairman hesitant on Patriot Act II
source: FOX News / AP
The Bush administration's plans to expand a post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism law face resistance from a powerful House Republican who says he's not even sure he wants the government to keep its new powers. James Sensenbrenner of Wisconsin, the House Judiciary Committee chairman, complains that the Justice Department isn't sharing enough information for lawmakers to make a judgment on how well or poorly the USA Patriot Act is working. "I can't answer that because the Justice Department has classified as top-secret most of what it's doing under the Patriot Act," Sensenbrenner said...Some peace activists won't pay federal taxes
source: By KRISTA LARSON / Associated Press Writer
Thousands of Americans chose not to pay their federal income tax this year as a political statement, many because they don't want their money supporting the U.S. military.
It's a form of civil disobediance some peace activists say is especially important this filing...Get out and walk. It's only water
source: By Kristen Philipkoski / WIRED
Time was when walking on water was merely a miracle of biblical proportions. Now it's also a team sport. That was the goal for a group of engineers who managed to remain buoyant as they traversed an Olympic-size pool wearing nonmotorized devices they designed as part of a...Despite fall of Iraq regime, anti-war groups keep on marching
source: by: AFP / via ClariNet
Hundreds of thousands of opponents of the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq held new anti-war protests Saturday across Europe and the Americas, arguing that the regime's collapse was no reason to let up the pressure. At least 10,000 people protested noisily...Landing sites chosen for Mars rovers
source: NewScientist.com news service
The landing sites have been chosen for NASA's two Mars Explorer spacecraft, which are due to touch down on the red planet in 2004. The first will head for the Gusev crater, the site of an ancient lake bed, 15° south of the Martian equator The second will aim for the...The reason why
source: by Gov. George McGovern
Thanks to the most crudely partisan decision in the history of the Supreme Court, the nation has been given a President of painfully limited wisdom and compassion and lacking any sense of the nation's true greatness. Appearing to enjoy his role as Commander in Chief of the armed forces above all other functions of his office, and unchecked by a seemingly timid Congress, a compliant Supreme Court, a largely subservient press and a corrupt corporate plutocracy...America targeted 14,000 sites. So where are the weapons of mass destruction?
source: by Andrew Gumbel - Independent/ULK
They were the reason the United States and Britain were in such a hurry to go to war, the threat the rank-and-file troops feared most. And yet, after three weeks of war, after the capture of Baghdad and the collapse of the Iraqi government, Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass...North Korea willing to talk to 'a sincere US'
source; John Gittings in Shanghai / The Guardian
North Korea has made a significant move towards dialogue with the US after a successful attempt by China to break the deadlock between the U.S. and Pyongyang. The North Korean foreign ministry said at the weekend that it would accept "any form of dialogue"...Seven more U.S. POWS found
source: by: ABC online
Five of the seven rescued POWs were in the same 507th Maintenance Company as Private Lynch, who arrived back in the United States on Sunday. The US soldiers captured by the Iraqis were found by marines on Sunday and taken for medical treatment, with two suffering...The war for the White House is on
source: By Geov Parrish / WorkingForChange.com
While news media are saturated with field reports from Iraq, and Congress wrestles over how much money, exactly, can be shoveled into the pockets of the already obscenely wealthy, and in how many ways, the battle that should concern everyone the most is quietly taking away from the headlines. Welcome to the 2004 presidential race...Is this what we thought we were fighting for?
source: Molly Ivins / Creators Syndicate
Oh good. It looks as though we're going to have as big a fight over postwar plans for Iraq as we did over the war itself. Just what we need, more of everybody being at everybody else's throat. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, who seems prepared to run the world, favors one Ahmed Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress, an exile-emigre group, as postwar leader...War tax resistance made simple
source: By Matt Wheeland / AlterNet
According to the government's Unified Budget for 2003, a measly 17 percent of the federal budget is earmarked for the military, while over three times as much is spent on Social Security and Medicare. What a great government, right? When you look at the actual budget, however (that which comes from taxes, minus Social Security funds), we're spending nearly half of our budget, about $775 billion, on past and present military expenses. ...Save the Children enters Southern Iraq to assess humanitarian needs
source: Dana Freeman / SavetheChildren.org
In a major step toward bringing food, water and other emergency supplies and services to anguished Iraqi children and their families, a Save the Children security and relief team crossed the Iraqi border for the first time, April 5th, entering the Persian Gulf seaport...From America, with love: Care packages of underwear, chili and Bibles bound for the troops
source: By James Hannah / Associated Press
While Chris Bush watches news reports about U.S. soldiers in Iraq, her hands are busy knitting colorful, coaster-sized prayer squares she hopes will eventually join them. She's one of 18 church volunteers who have made and shipped hundreds of the squares to Iraq. The hope...Fighting mainstream media madness
source: essay by Lightman
We are living in a time when perception means everything, when those who control global print, radio and television networks dictate a synthetic version of reality to the masses. By coordinating today's multimedia, this relatively small number of men effectively manipulate how we think and feel and act. We must use every tool at our disposal to...Time is now to fight for future of TV
source: By Jeffrey Chester, AlterNet
The rising tide of protest against U.S. media coverage of the war should also signal the need for a new progressive strategy about the future of the media system. Recent marches across the country protesting the networks, and a new focus by Moveon.org on media issues are...Media Giants - Who owns what?
source: PBS.com
The past decade's wave of media mergers has produced a complex web of business relationships that now defines America's media and popular culture. These relationships offer a massive opportunity for cross promotion and selling of talent and products among different...Rare colossal squid found in Antarctica
source: By Lori Cuthbert, Discovery News
An extremely rare, dangerous squid with swiveling hooks on its tentacles for snagging prey has been captured in the Ross Sea in Antarctica, say scientists in New Zealand. Like the more familiar giant squid (Architeuthis dux), the so-called colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis...Bulletproof Monk - Buddhist wisdom for the comic book generation
source: Rizal Solomon / eMedia
The upcoming movie based on the comic has the potential to be this year's sleeper hit. Bulletproof Monk the movie and the comic is a story that has a mythical hero who can battle invading armies and take down cruel dictators, and it will have special resonance this year. It is a fable about how the little people, the ones who get caught the cross-fires of war...Van Gogh's 150th birthday marked
source: BBC
Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum marked the 150th anniversary of Vincent Van Gogh's birth on Sunday by launching a year of special events and exhibitions. The museum - home to the biggest collection of Van Gogh's masterpieces - opened, free of charge, all day on Sunday...Support the warrior not the war give them their benefits!
source: By Ashley L Decker / CommonDreams.org
We can support our troops, without supporting the war, by rectifying some of the following conditions. The House of Representatives have recently voted on the 2004 budget which will cut funding for veteran's health care and benefit programs by nearly $25 billion over the...Demonstrations around the world Saturday related to the war in Iraq
source: The Associated Press
More than 100,000 people protested in cities across Germany, including 30,000 people who held hands in a 31-mile chain between two northwestern cities. Hundreds of women covered in black robes protested in San'a, Yemen. Some carried placards declaring "the United States and Britain are the axis of evil."Kucinich is first candidate to call for end To war
source: commondreams.org
At a press conference Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) became the first Presidential candidate to call for an end to the Iraq War. "This Administration has never made its case for war against Iraq. It is an unjustified war, which the Administration continues to misrepresent and...Michael Moore teams with Mel Gibson for next documentary on 9-11
source: By Michael Fleming / Variety
Michael Moore, who didn't endear himself to the Oscar audience last Sunday, will doubtless arouse further ire with his next documentary. The project will depict the allegedly murky relationship between President Bush's father and the family of Osama bin Laden. And it...Starting a Ruckus was the right thing to do
source: By Michael Moore, MichaelMoore.com
A word of advice to future Oscar winners: Don't begin Oscar day by going to church.
That is where I found myself this past Sunday morning, at the Church of the Good Shepherd on Santa Monica Boulevard, at Mass with my sister and my dad. My problem with the Catholic...Bizarre - 'time-traveler' busted for insider trading
source: By Chad Kultgen / The Weekly World News
Federal investigators have arrested an enigmatic Wall Street wiz on insider-trading charges -- and incredibly, he claims to be a time-traveler from the year 2256! "But the fact is, with an initial investment of only $800, in two weeks' time he had a portfolio valued at over $350 million. Every trade he made capitalized on unexpected business developments, which...How anti-war protest movements have made the U.S. stronger.
source: By David Greenberg
Since the bombs began falling last week, critics of the invasion, from Sen. Tom Daschle to Michael Moore, have drawn brickbats for not stifling their sentiments. War has begun, it was said, so dissent must end. It's not simply hawks who are telling war opponents to shut up...Freed by China, Tibetan nun lands in U.S.
source: By Joe McDonald / Associated Press Writer
A Tibetan nun who was China's longest-serving female political prisoner traveled to the United States Friday, a U.S.-based activist said. Ngawang Sangdrol flew to the United States accompanied by a U.S. diplomat, said John Kamm, president of the Dui Hua Foundation...Pope backs anti-war protests - Demonstrations show much of humanity rejects war
source: By John Norton / Catholic News Service
Pope John Paul said the worldwide peace protests against the Iraqi war showed that a large part of humanity rejects war as a means to resolve conflicts between countries. In a March 25 message to military chaplains attending a Vatican-sponsored course, he said the world was...Michael Moore winner of best documentary speaks out
source: abc local / KABC Los Angeles
Best documentary winner Michael Moore warned that if he won the Oscar tonight he'd take the opportunity to address a worldwide TV audience on the subject of the Iraq war. The rotund, 48-year-old Flint, Mich., native did win for his anti-gun opus "Bowling for Columbine." And...Dreaming a new America: peaceful regime change in 2004
source: By Farai Chideya, AlterNet
Our dreams are the North Star by which we navigate. In hard times, they should get bigger rather than smaller. I think of the first enslaved Africans in America, standing on auction blocks, someone's dirty thumb checking their teeth as if they were horses. They dreamed...Statement of Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich
source: H. Con. Res. 95 "The Support The Troops" Resolution
This evening, Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), who leads opposition in the House to the war in Iraq, issued the following statement: "I support the brave young men and women who are following orders that have placed them in harm's way. I hope and pray for their safe...Pope says war threatens fate of humanity
source: ACBC News / The Associated Press
"When war, as in these days in Iraq, threatens the fate of humanity, it is ever more urgent to proclaim, with a strong and decisive voice, that only peace is the road to follow to construct a more just and united society," John Paul said. "Violence and arms can never resolve the...What is to be done now ? - An open letter from Working Assets
source: Michael Kieschnick / President workingforchange.com
I write on Wednesday March 19 with early word that a ground invasion has begun and with the expectation that several thousand cruise missiles and other explosives will rain down on Iraq within hours. The United States has come to this point despite unprecedented domestic...Only You
source: By Hsing Lee / Rense.com
Only you can change the world today.
No king or leader will.
Liars, thieves, and vandals all,
Year on year, and still... (continued)U.S. adventurer sets sail in reed boat
source: By EVA VERGARA / Associated Press Writer
VINA DEL MAR, Chile -- An American adventurer set sail Monday in an attempt to cross the Pacific Ocean on a boat made of reeds. Peter Buck, a 39-year-old biologist from Rowe, Mass., said he expects to complete the 11,000 mile journey to Sydney, Australia, in six months...Bush Administration to propose system for monitoring internet
source: By John Markoff and John Schwartz
The Bush administration is planning to propose requiring Internet service providers to help build a centralized system to enable broad monitoring of the Internet and, potentially, surveillance of its users. The proposal is part of a final version of a report, "The National...Senate rejects drilling in Alaska refuge
source: Guardian.uk / AP
The Senate narrowly rejected oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge as eight Republicans defied party leaders and the White House on an issue at the core of President Bush's energy agenda.
Drilling advocates said Wednesday the plan was probably dead for this Congress. Despite...Starlight express - building an elevator to the stars
source: By Kevin Kelleher
Nanotech's promise is out of this world. Just ask Brad Edwards, who's planning to build a carbon-nanotube elevator that goes 62,000 miles straight up. Of all the revolutionary technologies just ahead, nanotechnology seems the most outlandish. Machines the size...Ancient Hebrew manuscripts found in Spain
source: By Ciaran Giles / Associated Press Writer
Spain - Spanish archivists say they have discovered a treasure trove of Hebrew manuscript fragments hidden for centuries inside medieval book covers. "It's too early to say just yet as we're not sure how many there are, but it could be the most important in Europe," Josep...Bush Sr. warning over unilateral action
source: From Roland Watson / TimesOnline.u
The elder President Bush has told his son that hopes of peace in the Middle East would be ruined if a war with Iraq were not backed by international unity. Drawing on his own experiences before and after the 1991 Gulf War, Mr Bush Sr said that the brief flowering of hope for...Missing teen Elizabeth Smart returns home
source: By Patty Henetz / Associated Press Writer
Elizabeth Smart wore braids and a big smile in her incredible return home, nine months after she was taken in the middle of the night from the bedroom where she was sleeping next to her younger sister. Months of prayers were answered Wednesday when sharp-eyed residents...Politicians honored with Kennedy Award
source: By Theo Emery / Associated Press Writer
Two Southern governors voted out of office after defying constituents over the Confederate flag were among three politicians named Wednesday to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award. The annual award, given to officials who defend sometimes-unpopular...Whose thought is it anyway?
source: by Dr. Darryl Pokea / Lightwatcher.com
Psychologists have estimated that, on average, we have as many as 60,000 thoughts per day. Our minds are certainly busy and often chatter constantly. Each of those thoughts, at the physical brain level, are releasing a shower of chemicals. These chemicals, in turn transfer...Deeper digging for scarce water? Experts raise possibility of 'fossil' sources
source: By Rick Weiss / THE WASHINGTON POST
With Earth's inventory of clean, fresh water dwindling fast, scientists who once looked to the clouds are increasingly looking downward for new sources of the life-giving resource. What's tempting them is a mysterious world of deep underground aquifers - huge rivers and lakes...Man to ride lawn mower across nation for 2nd time
source: By Associated Press
One cross-country trip on a lawn mower apparently wasn't enough for Brad Hauter.
The soccer coach from Terre Haute's Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology plans to start a second trip next week in San Francisco as a fund-raiser for Keep America Beautiful Inc...New poll shows Bush would lose to Democrat in election
source: by Reuters
President Bush would lose narrowly to a Democratic Party candidate if the U.S. presidential election were held now because of concerns about possible war and the economy, according to an poll published on Thursday. The Feb. 26-March 3 nationwide survey of U.S. voters...Grassroots globalization gets real
source: By Kevin Danaher and Jason Mark / AlterNet
The huge worldwide peace marches in mid-February were of historic importance. For years progressive activists have trumpeted the promise of "grassroots globalization" an alternative to the current corporate-led globalization. The planetary peace rallies showed...Blix hopes it's not too late to avoid war
source: By Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press Writer
UNITED NATIONS -- The chief U.N. weapons inspector said Wednesday that Iraq was providing "a great deal more of cooperation now" with inspectors under threat of U.S. military action and he hoped it was not too late to avoid war. "If war breaks out, of course, I think...CODE PINK - Womens Pre-emptive strike for peace
source: codepink4peace.org
We call on women around the world to rise up and oppose the war in Iraq. We call on mothers, grandmothers, sisters and daughters, on workers, students, teachers, healers, artists, writers, singers, poets, and every ordinary outraged woman willing to be outrageous for...The Declaration of Humanity
source: Message from James Twyman
On March 3, 2003, James Twyman, Neale Donald Walsch and others will join Dr. Ilchi Lee, the creator of Dahn Hak, to dedicate the University for Peace in Seoul, South Korea. (The University of Peace is an affiliate of the U.N.) On that same day, at exactly 3:33...Bad economy helps reduce greenhouse gases
source: Guardian.uk - AP
A poor economy and high electricity costs in the West have produced an unusual environmental bonus, the government says: In 2001, emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases declined for the first time in a decade. Still, the trend of annual increases in such...The 'new' economy?
source: By D.A. Barber, Tucson Weekly
As the economy tanks and unemployment jumps to 6 percent nationwide the highest since July 1994, the "underground economy" option is looking pretty good to many Americans. Forget the get-rich-quick "Work at Home" ads promising "$300-$1,000 per week. There...Calif. presents energy manipulation papers
source: By Mark Sherman / Associated Press Writer
California gave federal energy regulators more than 3,000 pages of confidential documents Monday that Gov. Gray Davis said prove energy companies manipulated the state's power market to drive electricity prices to record highs. A public summary of the documents file...Energy monopolies attack solar power
source: By Peter Asmus / Faultline Magazine
One of the few success stories to emerge from California's ill-fated experiment with restructuring its power market is solar power. Over the last two years, installations of this clean non-polluting energy source have increased by 1,000 percent. In poll after poll...Beijing in talks on Dalai Lama's return - He may return!
source: Luke Harding in New Delhi and Bharati Puri / The Guardian
Secret negotiations between China and the Dalai Lama will resume next month, amid growing signs that Tibet's spiritual leader is preparing to cut a historic deal allowing him to return to Tibet after almost half a century in exile. Several of his senior envoys will travel to Beijing...Please bomb Seattle - An open letter to President Bush from a Seattle resident
source: Geov Parrish / workingforchange.com
Dear President Bush, I write as a proud American and a resident of one of its many great cities: Seattle. You've probably heard of us; Space Needle, mountains, trees, salmon. Microsoft. When you owned the Texas Rangers baseball club, your team was in the same...The right way
source: By Michael Walzer / The New York Review of Books
There are two ways of opposing a war with Iraq. The first way is simple and wrong; the second way is right but difficult. The first way is to deny that the Iraqi regime is particularly ugly, that it lies somewhere outside the range of ordinary states, or to argue that, however ugly it is...Poll: more people want U.N. war approval
source: By The Associated Press
Nearly two-thirds in a new poll, 64 percent, say they want the U.S. to wait for U.N. approval before launching a military strike against Iraq. Three in 10, 31 percent, said they thought this country should act now against Iraq, according to the CBS News poll released...Decoding the "language" of elephants
source: D. L. Parsell for National Geographic News
It's a safari postcard moment: A family of elephants rush together, rumbling, trumpeting, and screaming, their chorused voices deafening in the wilderness. To casual observers, the sight is pure animal theatrics, and thrilling testimony to the magnificence of Africa's wildlife...Virtual war protest jams congressional phones
Source: by Alan Elsner National Correspondent / Reuters
Hundreds of thousands of opponents of a U.S. war against Iraq called and faxed their senators and the White House on Wednesday in a "virtual march on Washington," jamming many congressional telephone lines for several hours. Coordinated by the Win Without...Recyclers pledge to cut e-waste
source: By Katie Dean / WIRED News
Consumers wondering about the most environmentally conscious way to get rid of those old computers gathering dust in the basement now have a short list of recycling companies to turn to. On Tuesday, 16 electronics recycling firms announced that they have signed...Make love, not war - or else
source: By Tai Moses, AlterNet
Try this fantasy on for size: Laura Bush comes to her senses, realizes that war is hell and refuses to sleep with her husband until he gives up his warmongering ways. His libido running rampant (yuck bear with me), Bush agrees to make peace with Iraq and the wheels of...Nation has cause for moral reflection
source: by Anthony B. Robinson / Seattle Post-Intelligencer / commondreams.org
Whatever else may be said about the national debate over war with Iraq, it may be provoking a new level of moral reflection. We appear to be asking, "What are our guiding moral values?" Different people would suggest different values. My list is not intended to be exhaustive...Our last, best hope
source: By Lee Robinson Published / Sierra Time
There can be little doubt, given the events of the last few years, that voting will not change anything in America. Some folks believe that the political machine running the country will only provide candidates that serve its interests, regardless of which 'party' they claim to...Settle down and listen up for a quick primer on French history. This means you, George
source: Molly Ivins / Creators Syndicate
As our coaches used to say, "OK, people, settle down and listen up." We have been enjoying a lovely little spate of French-bashing here lately. Jonah Goldberg of The National Review, who admits that French-bashing is "shtick" - as it is to many American comedians...Great Experiment III stunning new results
source: James Twyman
Beloved Friends, If we ever needed proof that our efforts for creating peace through focused prayer is having a profound effect, here it is. The statistics from the Great Experiment III are bginning to come in now, and I have some preliminary results. We will have exact numbers...Results from Great Experiment III
source: Letter from James Twyman in Israel
Beloved Friends, We are sending Light to you from the City of Peace, Jerusalem. I wanted to take time to share our experience here in Israel, and to offer some preliminary results from the scientific testing gathered during the Great Experiment III. As you know, we have hired several statisticians to gather qualitative information to help us prove the power and...The Great Experiment III - Pray for World Peace with the Indigo Children in Jerusalem:
On Sunday, February 9th, 9:00 a.m. PST, countless peacemakers will join James Twyman and the Indigo children in Jeruselem for The Great Experiment III. For background lettersDiscernment in Choosing Your Healer
source: by Dr. Darryl Pokea / Lightwatcher.com / 2003--all rights reserved
Several years ago, I was drilling a hole through a wood beam in my house. The powerful drill motor I was using, caught on some metal imbedded in the beam, stopped, and twisted suddenly in my hands. I immediately let go, but felt the pain of what I thought was...Indigo children will attend conference in Hawaii - And the children will lead us
source: James Tyman
Plans for the March conference in Hawaii entitled "The Psychic Children Speak to the World" are underway, and we will soon be ready to take registrations. Many of the children that have been corresponding with us have agreed to...Britain acknowledges anti-war sentiment
source: By MICHAEL McDONOUGH Associated Press Writer
War against Iraq would be "very difficult" with much of the public opposed to military action, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday after enormous, weekend anti-war demonstrations. Tony Blair strongly supports the United States' tough stance on Saddam...Brits move to dump Blair
source: By Mark Burdman / Executive Intelligence Review
Feb. 15, which saw the largest political demonstration ever in London, with two million marchers protesting plans for a war in Iraq, and with tens of thousands marching in Glasgow and Belfast, moves gathered pace, among leading circles in the ruling Labour Party ...Calif. peace rally draws over 100,000
source: By Angela Watercutter / Associated Press Writer
A day after millions of people around the world took to the streets to protest a possible U.S. war with Iraq, San Francisco provided an encore demonstration when some 150,000 people crowded the downtown to demand peace. "Finally it seems there is a worldwide movement...Calls for peace echo on streets of the world
source: By Seattle Times news services
Confronting the countdown to war, millions of chanting, placard-waving demonstrators massed in more than 350 cities across the United States, Europe and Asia yesterday in largely peaceful protests against the threatened U.S. invasion of Iraq. In New York, at least 100,000 people - organizers said 400,000 or more - rallied within sight of the U.N...War: the most horrible human experience
source: By Senator Robert Byrd, AlterNet
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) made the following statement on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2003: "To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human experiences. On this February day, as this nation stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be contemplating the horrors of war..."An American appeal to the UN Security Council
source: by Diane Harvey - American Citizen
To the Members of the UN Security Council: According to the Charter of the United Nations, it is you alone who are primarily entrusted with the maintenance of international peace and security. Therefore at this time it is your profound responsibility to set aside all other...Britain acknowledges anti-war sentiment
source: By Michael McDonough / Associated Press Writer
War against Iraq would be "very difficult" with much of the public opposed to military action, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said Monday after enormous, weekend anti-war demonstrations. Prime Minister Tony Blair strongly supports the United States' tough...Great Experiment - stunning new results
source: James Twyman
Beloved Friends, If we ever needed proof that our efforts for creating peace through focused prayer is having a profound effect, here it is. The statistics from the Great Experiment III are bginning to come in now, and I have some preliminary results. We will have exact numbers...Group moves to Impeach Bush, Cheney, Rumsfield and Ashcroft
source: CNS Newscast
Ramsey Clark, former Atorney General of the U.S., has drawn up articles of impeachment against Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Ashcroft. There is a petition being organized and these will be hand delivered to the Democratic leaders and the judiciary committee.
To sign the petition go to: http://www.VoteToImpeach.orgSuit against Bush's war powers - Only Congress can declare war
source: By David D. Haskell / UPI National Desk
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston Thursday seeks to prevent President Bush from going to war against Iraq without congressional approval. A coalition including six House members, several U.S. soldiers and parents of servicemen claims only Congress has...Protests around the World - Feb 15 Mobilization - The Largest in world history
source: United for Peace.org
Anti-war protests are already being organized on every continent for Feb. 15, and the list of host cities is growing rapidly. Globally, February 15 will likely be the single largest day of protest in world history. Trying to find a Feb. 15 event near you? Search our calendar:A breath of hope
source: By Charles Sheehan-Miles / AlterNet
A few days ago, someone asked me if I thought war with Iraq had become inevitable. My response, at the time, was yes. The Bush administration had reached the point of no return and was going to war, regardless of what the rest of the country, or the rest of the world...B.C.'s Government Apologizes to Indians - (Could this happen in the U.S.A.?)
source: By Associated Press
British Columbia's government apologized for the past treatment of the Canadian province's Indians, saying its institutions have failed to make up for past discrimination. "Your government deeply regrets the mistakes that were made by governments of every political...The infant universe, in detail - NASA probe captures clearest pictures yet
source: Scientific American.com
New data from a NASA probe located a million miles from Earth has provided scientists with the information necessary to paint the most precise picture yet of the early universe. The long-awaited images, unveiled yesterday, support theories that posit that the universe...Iraq grants visas to `Human Shields'
source: By Associated Press
Iraq granted visas to some 65 "human shields" traveling to the country to protest a possible U.S.-led war, a group member said Tuesday. The group, traveling from London to Baghdad in a convoy led by two double-decker buses with "Not in our name" written across the front...Fooled on the Hill - Deceitful State of the Union might even have convinced Bush himself
source: Molly Ivins Creators Syndicate
"We will not pass along our problems to other Congresses, to other presidents, and other generations." George W. Bush, State of the Union address, Jan. 28, 2003. "Even though hundreds of other government programs would be squeezed, the president projects the...Howard Zinn and the Art of War
source: By Andrew Sigler / Omaha Weekly Reader
The winners write history. The losers call Howard Zinn. If the name doesn't sound familiar, remember the words of Matt Damon's title character in "Good Will Hunting": "Have you ever read Howard Zinn's 'People's History of the United States'? That book will knock you on...France said to favor peacekeepers in Iraq
source: By Tony Czuckza / Associated Press Writer
Germany and France are working on a broad disarmament plan for Iraq designed to avoid war, including the deployment of U.N. soldiers throughout the country, reconnaissance flights and a tripling of the number of weapons inspectors, a magazine reported Saturday...Memo to the President - from Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
source: By Ray McGovern / AlterNet
In this position paper, an organization of veteran intelligence professionals calls into question Secretary Powell's presentation to the United Nations and the rationale for war. "Mr. President: Secretary Powell's presentation at the UN requires context. We give him an A...Nobel winners attack Bush economics
source: by BBC
Ten Nobel prize winning economists have attacked President George W Bush's tax cutting policies. On Monday, Mr. Bush sent his budget - designed to help revive the US economy and boost military spending - to Congress...Peace Gardens - Homeland security by sewing the seeds of peace
source: by Lightman
One of the most successful civilian programs in WWI and WWII was the widespread creation of victory gardens. The Federal Government did not support this program at first, due to the belief that it would be a poor allocation of...A Gaia Experience
by Dr. Darryl Pokea
I went outdoors worried about accomplishing many tasks. I often like to think about my talks while working outside. This particular day, the mental preparation for the talks and the physical chores were all overwhelming. I thought, "I've got to get from here to there and...Astronaut's daughter consoles children
source: By Bill Poovey / Associated Press Writer
Kathie Scobee Fulgham knows well what the children of the Columbia astronauts are going through. She, too, struggled with the scary, unanswered questions and the horrifying images again and again when her father died on the space...Students will carry on as shuttle tribute
source: By William Kates / Associated Press Writer
Four high school students plan to finish their ants-in-space experiment started aboard Columbia, seeking to honor the shuttle's astronauts. "Just because the mission fails doesn't mean your dreams have to fail," Rachel Poppe, one of...Vatican weighs in on new age movement
source: By Nicole Winfield / Associated Press Writer
The Vatican weighed in Monday on feng shui, crystals and the dawning of the Age of Aquarius in a new document designed to address whether you can still be a good Christian while taking yoga class. "A Christian Reflection on the 'New Age,'...A hundred prophets
source: By Hsing Lee
Wisdom comes in many ways, Each time a different face.
A different voice, a different skin, Religion, realm, and race.
Each time we turn away and hide, Or ridicule the sage, ...Anti-radiation drug in prussian blue
source: By Kristen Philipkoski / WIRED News
The Food and Drug Administration is soliciting new drug applications for a medicinal version of a blue dye that has been found to protect people against radiation exposure following the detonation of a dirty bomb. The dye, known as Prussian blue, provides protection against...Screwy news
source: By Jim Hightower / AlterNet
Right-wing groups like to bloviate about how the media are a bastion of liberal bias, if not an outright front for the International Communist Conspiracy (don't bother trying to explain to them that the commie "conspiracy" is deader than disco music). "Liberal Media" my butt!...Meditation: Going beyond ego barriers.
source: Dr. Darryl Pokea, 2003
This author views meditation and relaxation as essential to healthy survival in our painfully chaotic, often insane world. The events of 911 and continuous re-generated fear of further terrorist attacks and multi-country world conflicts can be overwhelming for even the...Media monopoly - U.S. falls to 17th on worldwide index of press freedom
source: Molly Ivins / Creators Syndicate / WorkingForChange.com
Now here's a dandy example of the kind of thing that never makes it to the front page or the top of the news broadcast, but that affects absolutely everyone. The Federal Communications Commission, led by Michael ("my religion is the market") Powell, is fixing to remove the...Few Clues in web worm whodunit
source: Associated Press / WIRED News
Leading experts on Internet security are skeptical that the FBI and other investigators will be able to track down whoever was responsible for last weekend's attack on the Internet. These experts, including many who provide technical advice to the FBI and other U.S...Greenpeace activists block military port in Iraq protest
source: by femail.co.uk
International pressure group Greenpeace today stepped up its campaign against war with Iraq by blocking a major UK military port, according to the charity. Greenpeace's flagship Rainbow Warrior dropped anchor at Marchwood, Southampton, blocking...Protein 'makes cancer cells self-destruct'
source: BBC News
The protein can kill cancer cells A protein has been discovered which causes cancer cells to self-destruct. US researchers have discovered it destroys up to 70% of cancer cells.
It regulates the production of a key enzyme involved in the generation of blood vessels...Utne Reader Book Club 2003 - A Year's Worth of Great Reads to Discuss with Us
source: the Editors, Utne magazine Arts / Extra Special Issue
Utne is picking up where Oprah left off and inaugurating a book club--online. Starting in January, our online community, Café Utne, will host monthly discussions of rich, compelling works that might not make it to the bestseller lists. Each discussion features someone...George W. Bush, one-term president
source: By Farai Chideya, Pop and Politics
GWB is going down. History books will mark both Bush presidencies as one-term tenures marked by war in the Middle East and crushing financial instability. There's the hard evidence: His poll numbers have been sinking (just like employment figures) and corner...The 'New' Economy? Joining the growing underground
source: By D.A. Barber, Tucson Weekly
As the economy tanks and unemployment jumps to 6 percent nationwide the highest since July 1994, the "underground economy" option is looking pretty good to many Americans. There is an entire realm of underground economy activities alive and well, keeping many...Judge rules against Homeland Security Office in privacy suit
source: By Leslie Miller Associated Press Writer
The Office of Homeland Security lost the first round in a legal fight to keep its activities secret as a federal judge ruled it will have to answer questions about its power over other federal agencies. U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly...United for Peace call for emergency "day after" anti-war actions
source: by United for Peace
United for Peace, a national campaign involving over 120 different organizations, is opposed to a U.S. led pre-emptive attack on Iraq. Such a war undoubtedly threatens to unleash an escalating and uncontrollable cycle of violence, death and destruction. The recent...Living economies for a living planet : awakening consciousness & the human possible
source: By David C Korten
The economic transformation from suicide economy to living economy will involve changes as sweeping and profound as those experienced by a forest ecosystem as it moves from colonization to maturity. The imperatives of our situation dictate, however, that this...MoveOn - democracy in action
source: MoveOn.prg
MoveOn is working to bring ordinary people back into politics. With a system that today revolves around big money and big media, most citizens are left out. When it becomes clear that our "representatives" don't represent the public, the foundations of democracy are...Smallpox vaccine gets tiny Conn. turnout
source: By Noreen Gillespie / Associated Press Writer
Just four doctors rolled up their sleeves for smallpox shots Friday in a feeble start for the U.S. government's plan to vaccinate a half-million front-line health care workers across the nation in case of a bioterrorist attack. Connecticut became the first state to take part in...US churches are preparing for divil disobedience against war
source: by Giles Fraser / CommonDreams.com / Guardian UK
Designated a place of prayer "for national purposes", Washington National Cathedral is as close as church and state get in the US. It was here, three days after 9/11, that an emotional president rose into the pulpit and declared war. As the Battle Hymn of the Republic rang...Hail To The Thief: Commemorating Inaugural Theft
source: by Hallie@womanhattan /Buzzflash
GATHERING STORM CLOUDS - January 20, 2003, marked the second anniversary of the ascent to the office of President by a man who was chosen on a 5-4 vote after losing by more than 540,000 votes. On the day of his inauguration, there were massive protests in...Both parties wary of data mining on U.S. citizens
source: By Ryan Singel / WIRED
Late Thursday, the Senate passed a $390 billion spending bill that included a bipartisan amendment requiring the Pentagon, the Justice Department and the CIA to make a full report on the program to Congress within 60 days -- or have its funding cut off. Congress wants...Researchers translate DNA code into music
source: CNN.com
Imagine the human genome as music. Unravel DNA's double helix, picture its components lined up like piano keys and assign a note to each. Run your finger along the keys.
Spanish scientists did that just for fun and recorded what they call an audio version of the...The truth about Florida
source: By Danny Schechter / AlterNet October
In a typical understatement, The New York Times called the 2000 presidential vote in Florida the most "flawed and fouled up election in American history." Everyone knows who won, but few realize that a whopping 175,000 ballots went uncounted in an election...Jobs shows off new Apple products
source: By Joanna Glasner / WIRED
Macworld 2003 got off to a kinetic start Tuesday as Apple CEO Steve Jobs talked up a host of new products from notebooks to digital video applications before a cheering audience in San Francisco. In a morning keynote address, Apple's top pitchman held court for more...Covering the anti-war
source: By Danny Schechter / MediaChannel.org
While more than 100,000 soldiers in the Gulf are poised to march off to war, over 10 times that number seemed to be marching against it as protests erupted in more than 37 cities worldwide last weekend. A global anti-war movement is growing but the coverage of it in...Hart considers new run for president
source: By Mike Glover / Associated Press Writer
Gary Hart said Wednesday that the sex scandal that forced him out of the 1988 Democratic presidential race has faded enough to free him to consider another run in 2004. "The world has changed, issues are different today," the former Colorado senator said in an....Global protest delivers a resounding no!
source: by Jo Dillon, James Morrison and Andrew Buncombe / U.K. Independent
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world stage mass demonstrations against conflict with Iraq. They united in protest. A builder in Bradford, a Glasgow nurse, a London office worker and his opposite number in Tokyo, a Vietnam veteran in Washington DC and...World Peace Event - February 9, 2003
source: James Twyman / Emissary of Light.com
At noon New York time 2/9/03 (9 AM Pacific, 5 PM London), millions of people around the world will focus their prayers of peace, sending a wave of healing energy to the governments of both the US and Iraq. Join James Twyman, Doreen Virtue and Gregg Braden in manifesting a peaceful conclusion to this...Marches can change American politics
source: By Lucy G. Barber / AlterNet
A hundred years ago, when the first group of Americans organized a march on Washington, D.C., many politicians and opinion makers feared that this action would forever change the nation. And they weren't happy about the prospect. One newspaper called the 1894...The spiritual politics of Martin Luther King
source: By Marty Jezer / AlterNet
With Martin Luther King's birthday holiday coming up I've been thinking of the connection of religion with politics and the contradictions that so often result. Martin Luther King was a Baptist minister. The organization that he helped to start and lead was the Southern...The king has no clothes - but Ssaying so might land you in prison
source: By Paul Joseph Watson / Etherzone.com
The hallmark of an effective dictatorship, whether that be Stalinist Russia or Hitler's Germany, is the wholesale silencing of the opposing voice. Criticism of the government must be eliminated because the foundation of despots crumbles when their authority is questionedsDalai Lama opens festival
source: News.com.au correpsondents in Bodhgaya, India
Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama Sunday opened a highly secure, 10-day Buddhist ceremony attended by 200,000 people. Security forces sealed off Bodhgaya - a normally quiet town in eastern India where the Buddha attained enlightenment two and...Excerpts from Eckhart Tolle's NYT's bestseller - The Power of Now
source: Namaste Publishing
Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this, it seems to have remained a secret. It is certainly not taught in churches and temples. If you go to a church, you may hear readings from the...OPEC to open taps to curb oil price spike
source: By Richard Mably and Andrew Mitchell
VIENNA (Reuters) - OPEC producers prepared on Saturday for emergency talks that will decide how far to open the oil taps to prevent a price shock as war looms in Iraq. Cartel ministers, meeting at 6:30 a.m. EST on Sunday, must also plug a gap in supplies from...Kurt Vonnegut at 80
source: By David Hoppe, NUVO
Asked how he's doing, Kurt Vonnegut says, "I'm mad about being old and I'm mad about being American. Apart from that, OK." Vonnegut has just turned 80. Although he claims he's retired from writing, he has just finished an introduction for a book of anti-war posters by...The Soul of a Nation
source: by Larry Robinson / CommonDreams.org
Moral character is determined, not so much from the values we espouse, as from the choices we make, particularly those choices we make when our values and our self-interests conflict. Most of us consider ourselves moral people; most of us think of ourselves as honest. Yet...Don't get mad, get going
source: By Gabriel Ash / YellowTimes.org Columnist
Will there be war in Iraq? Wrong question. There has been war against the people of Iraq since 1991. This war never stopped; it is a war fought by the "civilized" world with gentle, civilized weapons such as malnutrition, water contamination, prevention of medical...Hunting on the wane in America
source: By Patrik Jonsson / The Christian Science Monitor
Steve Johnston Jr. doesn't even notice the freezing rain heaving across Little Lick Creek as he scans the brushy bank from his camouflaged boat. After an hour of spotting only a perturbed heron with his binoculars, he suddenly blurts out "duck!" Three ringnecks dart by...Canadian judge upends marijuana program
source: By Associated Press
A judge ruled Thursday that Canada's medical marijuana pr
