Tuesday, April 13, 2010

4 - 15 June 2008 Opit's LinkFest! on My Opera

4 June Morning Quickpost

Which solar technology will survive ? Video
The problem with Google apps engine
Rescuing Twitter's trainwreck
HP eyes sustainable data centers
Labour MPs debate terror stance
BBC blamed for attacks on Poles
Critical Great Lakes crustacean disappearing ( like krill : base of food chain )
Half of Papua New Guinea forests could vanish
Desktop blogging clients for Linux
Qu'ran-Bible
Michael Ware : "...Senator McCain has been here what, more than half a dozen times. And we've seen him get Iraq assessments terribly wrong. I wouldn't be hanging my hat on the fact your opponent has only been here once."
 

7 June - BlogRoaming

The top 10 things you'd be able to do if you didn't live under a system of health oppression masquerading as modern medicine
Chemical skies : Aerosol pollutants from planes cause disease
Sucrose and fructose found to promote pancreatic cancer
FDA, ADA conspiracy to poison children with toxic mercury fillings exposed in groundbreaking lawsuit
Green tea compounds prevent memory loss from lack of oxygen
Drug promotions work like washing powder ads
Obama's first test : will he confront proposed new powers to spy on Americans ? Len Hart
The Existentialist Cowboy
The brutal 'Iraqi' education that awaits John McCain
'Genocide by design ?' Bush administration plans to 'stay' in Iraq for the oil
Dandelion Salad
INN World Report : Daniel Estulin + the Bilderberg Group : Secret Society
Bill Moyers addresses NMCR 2008 - must see
"With Liberalism like this, no one needs the NeoCons"
Remarks with Turkish foreign minister Ali Barbacan plus U.S.-Turkey treaty for nuclear cooperation
Compressed air cars
Clinton and Obama conciliatory towards AIPAC Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Hat Tip Alternate Brain
It ain't just crying wolf when half the sheep have already been eaten
Israeli threat to attack Iran over nuclear weapons
( Some Israeli bloggers have seemed unreasonably hyped over the Iranian nuclear 'threat' for some time : considering that's another crock it will be hard to disprove, even with the recent NIE. Sounds like propaganda prep conditioning Israelis to accept it is well established. )
Hat Tip The Osterley Times
Mugabe turns the screw on opposition
Johann Hari : If you really want to understand what this race is about, look at the two candidates' fathers ( study in contrast )
How to finish off the GOP machine
The Money Masters - How Bankers gained control of America
The Butt-Stroke Mentality
Situationist
The situation of a manned mission to Mars
The situational demographics of deadly force
On being a mindful voter
The unseen behavioral influence of company logos
Team-interested decision making
Childhood : The new age of anxiety ?
Moral cognitions - abstract
Moral psychology primer
2012 - the year the Internet ends
Antarctic ice shelf 'hangs by a thread' 
 

9 June - RSS Review

New threat to food system : pricey fertilizer
UBC president talks about free speech
Charter schools big experiment
Federal contractors must 'E-verify' employees' eligibility to work ( Big Brother is Watching You )
States take new tack to fight illegal immigration ( Very P.C. in the nation of media-enhanced bigotry : and dysfunctional. )
Gates names non-fighter pilot to head Air Force ( Must have heard "An army travels on its stomach" )
Union of Concerned Scientists
Global Warming : Economists, scientists call for swift action in the Senate
The untold costs of CAFOs
Mercury in CFLs is less of a threat than power plants
Food and Environment Electronic Digest ( e-mails )
A scientist's guide to talking to the media
Green cuisine : Earth-friendly, healthy recipes from top chefs and local farmers
If so many content creators don't understand the law, perhaps it's the law that's the problem ?
Supreme Court says patent holders can't shake down the entire supply chain
Forget climate change, we should spend on nutrition
How drug that blocks chloresterol absorption from diet works
When skin damage causes death
Federal budget spending and the national debt - U.S.
Did CARB kill the electric car ? ( more on Darrell's Page )
The high cost of low batteries
Nissan hedges all-electric bet with range extender option
RAV Long Ranger Hybridizing Trailer
Toyota to start exporting U.S.-built SUVs and minivans
Pre Euro II vehicles will be banned from Moscow's city center
Buell to offer Ulysses police bike
Motorcycles get pole position in Spain
Japan : Oil prices could spur global recession ( Could ? Are ! Equivalent to runaway inflation )
Henry Ford and the source of our fear
Seth Godin
The Clowd
Oil shortage a myth, says industry insider
Acidification from fossil fuels is killing our oceans
Bad Lyme bug is spreading
Pentagon told Guantanamo interrogators to destroy evidence ( There is no evidence of interrogation in any case : just of torture, which produces fiction )
MPs set to recommend RCMP rein in Taser use
UK society is 'demonizing' children
10 wonderful websites with which to waste time at work
MyHeritage Face Recognition
Spyware Killer Confessions
( Firefox and Opera are used regularly here. Internet Explorer 7 is mostly backup for awkward problems when things don't conform to web standards and for Windows/Microsoft Update. I'm blogging this in IE because Opera stalled its controls when I was well into this post ; a rare not not unprecedented event. I also use IE for occasional wireless configuration problems. Firefox has tools galore, but seems to crash a bit : though it remembers settings for restart. FF is addictive. Flock is built on it : finally a worthwhile exercise. )
Overview of Firefox 3
Fugue Good News ( Farce )
Digital forensics : photo tampering throughout history
Storms pound MidWest as record heat scorches East
Blue Girl Red State
He doesn't recall ? ( Abramoff )
Some good news on the anti-terrorism front
Another American city under water ( no help )
Rural regions hit hardest by $4/gal gasoline
( Try trucking freight when fuel goes from 32% [ high] to 44% of gross. Unsustainable. )
There are exploding neocon heads everywhere ( al Maliki : Iran is no threat )
90,000 Spanish truckers strike over soaring fuel prices
Iran tells Iraq : U.S. troops are 'main obstacle on way to progress'
BlueBloggin : Obama pro-Israel speech angers Arabs
( Trying to prove there are bigger fools than McCain ? He's bought. The U.S. 'credit' as an arbiter of MidEast peace is so high in negative numbers as to be virtually infinite. Neocon push on and in Israel since 2006 has resulted in Palestinian devastation as to virtually eliminate them. Check 'Peoples Geography' [ Australian ] or 'The Heathlander' for eye-openers without being laced with richly deserved vilification of the U.S.A. Supplying arms is not nation-building aid. )
Oh, No : You can't use Iraq to attack Iran
( Remember the recent NIE ? No Program of nuclear weapons-applicable research.
Russia and the other neighbours had incentive not to proliferate such potential ; but jointly announced their intention to provide Iran with fuel ! Plus MIRV/ICBM-armed [ thousands known ! ] Russia proclaimed an attack on Iran would be considered the same as an attack on Russia [ shades of China and Vietnam or Korea.
A proposed sale of four reactors to India is much more popular there than a deal for one U.S. reactor tied up with restraints.
What about fuel supply ? The Russians will. The U.S. said it would provide oil to North Korea. Look at how well that was serviced. ]
Halliburton charged with selling nuclear technologies to Iran ( The plot thickens )
Is Obama too tough on Iran ?
Seymour Hersch and Scott Ritter on Iran 1-3
Gas spike troubles Meals on Wheels
Human Rights Watch says Harare pursuing terror campaign
"No doubt about it..."
Debt Stress - a new cause of death
Homes - buy one, get one free in San Diego
Prosecution of George W. Bush for murder
McBush
Bush, Cheney knowingly lied about prewar Iraq intel
( Do you suppose that had anything to do with Cheney deliberately arranging for it ? )
Hair loss - cancer cure ( Generic : too cheap to market )
Fred Hiatt - 'Bush Lied' : If only it were that simple
( That's correct. Everybody and his frickin' dog told Cheney's lies. )
Solar balloons : SunHope Solar Energy
Inhabitat
Rotating wind power tower to begin construction in Dubai
Could we solve global warming by sucking CO2 from the air ? ( Lovely. Lock up all free oxygen in a very stable compound underground while we're at it ? )
Future News
Oil speculation and Israeli sabre rattling ( Futures market manipulation )
Is the U.S. a colony of Israel ?
Clinton gives up race in exchange for Obama's allegiance to Israeli lobby
Chinese authorities fighting losing battle against Parents of Earthquake Victims
 

14 June - Reading the News

How speculators are causing the cost of living to skyrocket DIGG ( Add DIGG to iGoogle )
G-8 says Commodity Prices replace Credit Squeeze as major risk
U.S. broadband : desperate ideas of an industry that resists change
UN says Myanmar farmers need fuel for planting
The rise of Indian wind power
Drought doubles numbers of Ethiopians needing aid
How Iran has Bush over a barrell
( Funny. Did you ever read Aesop's Fables or the Tales of B'rer Rabbit ? I'm thinking of Tar Baby, where he pleads not to be thrown into the brier patch. As if Texas oilmen mad for power and wrecking the world economy - graft artists without peer - would mind an increase in the value of their inventories ! )
Oil slips to $135 after OPEC questions high price
Genepax - Japanese invent car that runs on water
( These stories are all over the place ! Try opit's bookmarks tag for alternative energy )
On-demand HUGE hydrogen production
Impeachment Failed
The Supreme Court's Guantanamo ruling : what does it mean ?
John McCain legal historian ( That's John McPuppet, a.k.a. McBush )
Saying OK - reluctantly - to the Geneva Conventions
( So this 'victory' is not unprecedented. Also note 'interrogation' is not achieved by torture. Instead you get false 'confessions' of anything and everything. That's one primary reason why such fiction is not accepted as evidence ; so that probable lies are not used as testimony. So we have a fine conundrum : all are entitled to a fair trial - though the Executive has deliberately made such impossible. )
Supreme Arrogance Hat Tip DIGG
( Does everyone find this identified as a classic example of what is wrong with today's 'media'; a blatantly obvious trope of bias and disrespect for law ? )
Huckabee joining Fox News as a political commentator
Obama says he would cut taxes for the middle class
EU may ram through Lisbon treaty despite Irish rejection
Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai arrested for fifth time
How does the news shape the world we see ?
Raging river forces 24,000 from homes
Drinking water shortage
Water Pressure
Asthma and allergy rates 50% higher near roads
Child well-being worsens in U.S.
Who's watching out for toxic safety ?
( The most underreported story of critical significance. )
The Existentialist Cowboy
The Blood on Bush's Hands
Del.ico.us bookmarks for Firefox 3 delivered ( Works with Firefox 2 also )
Build your own Internet Archive with Iterasai
How to translate PDF and Word documents with Google Translation
Wilkins Ice Shelf continues break-up, even during winter
Anti-swimmer system bad news for frogmen
Walking a little can go a long way
  

15 June - Afternoon News Collection

Chemical law has global impact
Japan allows military use of space
( I had been quipping with those who wanted to research feasibility of a system of space solar energy collectors beaming energy to Earth as an anti-pollution measure ; pointing out possible 'abuse'. Ever sizzle ants with a mirror when you were young ? )
Public Choice
"...politicians will - to advance their own careers - subject thousands of citizens to abuse, torture, starvation, confinemwnt, and yes, death."
The Enemy Within
Morally Bankrupt
Universal Health Care Info
Commons committee wraps up secret Afghan visit
Iran nuclear deadlock hard to break up
Bush "I'm disappointed that the leaders rejected this generous offer out of hand."
( Russia sold the reactor within international accords. Iran exceeded minimum standards of care. The tech is not suitable for nuclear proliferation. Iran desperately needs power generation. The U.S. has kept replacement oilfield equipment from them, exacerbating the situation. Even access to Iranian banking deposits have been interfered with.
Russia and the neighbours stand with Iranian access to fuel ; Russia even warning against attack and offering to provide the fuel already enriched.
Conceding everything including that which is unacceptable because of circumstances [ which the U.S. caused ] as an a priori condition of discussions is George's idea of a 'generous offer'. Then again, I do think he has his personal standards of 'humor' to keep. That must be why the recent NIE debunking Iranian nuclear weapons activities generates so much ongoing consideration.
Oh. Right. This is Media Operation "Yellowcake II" )
'Brain Sparks' account for smarter species
Like bats, people 'hear' silent objects
'Special Weapons' have a fallout on babies
Israeli woman's return to Gaza
Hamas admits to blast ; truce still on Hat Tip - Blue Girl Red State
Blackballed
( Weren't we just inundated with information about plastic releasing harmful compounds into drinking water ? WTF What is the bromide being released from ? )
Chemical law has global impact
( Looks like the Chinese aren't the only ones remiss in due care and attention. Where are the lawyers ? This has class action written all over it.
I'll answer my own question. Legal harassment to prevent same going forward is standard.
Did you note the kicker ? Teflon is carcinogenic! Want a new frypan cheap ?
Cheer up : glassware and porcelain aren't necessarily safe either, nor gasoline additives you breathe in from smog. Remember the asthma stats for kids living next to roadways ?
Have you ever used an air purifier ? Indoor air polution is worse than that outside. The difference in cleaned air is easy to detect after a good night's sleep ; though even foam bedtop cushions and pillows can outgas. )
Is your bug spray toxic ? Do natural alternatives work ?
Water, water everywhere
Cedar Rapids Flood 2008 Hat Tip Blue Girl Red State
Algae bloom in Chinese lakes causes panic buying of bottled water
11 Must See Pictures
Ultraviolet gives view inside real 'death star'
Yahoo! Japan and Sharp prove the marriage of TV and the Internet can be beautiful
Little PC gets the big stuff wrong
Exxon to exit U.S. retail gas business ( Hmm. Think there's a connection with the water car story ? Or with an expected cratering of U.S. market ? )
Quebec companies charged with fixing gas prices
Toyota develops new fuel cell hybrid
Music Rules : Top 45 websites for free music
How to hide and show initial content, depending on whether Javascript support is available
Opera 9.5 still in the browser race
What Paris Hilton does not know about Opera
Off By One Browser
( Guess I'm trying to kill my machine. IE 7, Opera 9.27 and Firefox 2 are all open while I'm making this post. Sometimes I'll add Flock !
Pageflakes, Bloglines, Netvibes, iGoogle, Google Reader [ on the desktop ] may all be on the go.
Yep. I have to watch how many tabs I try to open at one time, or freeze a tab that won't load. Firefox is usually the first to croak - though Flock and Opera have crashed too. Here's an odd one. Sometimes I can't post in Opera - even if I've been doing so - and have to use a different browser.
Usual worst problem ? Everything slows to a crawl or dies.[ Or I'll get mixed up on closing utilities and close off my post and lose it ! ] Still - I only have 768MB RAM and a 128MB Video Card. Problems on my wireless service are a greater usual difficulty ; stuff like scrambled mac addresses from viruses or people who try to get service from their own router. )
"Canadian DCMA" brings "balanced" copyright to Canada ( All us serfs are being shown our place. )
Environmental defense articles on WaPo
Canadian government apologizes for abuse of indigenous people
( I thought the contrast ironic. Not that Indians are likely to profit from this government : simply because shysters won't profit from them. )
Some young religious voters steering away from ani-gay measures "Linking to social justice"...shades of the 60's
Evangelicals say faith is now too political
Conservative law group encourages pastors to break IRS ban on partisan politics
( Ho Chi Minh talked about spying priests : has separation of Church and State been honoured more in the breach than the observance ?
Read up on JARS and Wycliff Bible Translators. The CIA has been known to 'appeal to their patriotism'.)
Cuban government moves to end homophobia
( Cuban respect for civil rights doesn't end at medicare ? )
France to push UN for decriminalization of homosexuality ( Does the state have any business legislating about adult sex ? )
No doubt about it
Google, Yahoo strike ad deal
Timothy John Russert, Jr.
Mining Bling
Just how stupid are we ? Facing the truth about the American voter
Net Neutrality ***
Artists : skills transfer
Impeach ! Kucinich's document
 

15 June - Ecology Edition

Saudi Arabia to increase production to cut prices
Ethanol output faces sharp cuts
GRIST
Sunday Linkfest
Our ruined harvest
Hitting the squids chemical 'additives'
The price isn't right Nuke power is expensive
What risks are posed by nuclear waste ?
Reasonable Doubt
EPA opens chemical risk assessment to corporate lobbying
Wal-Mart truck fleet on track to meet fuel efficiency goals
What we learned from the stymied Climate Security Act
GRISTMILL
Drill on the Hill - ANWR
The goal of climate policy is not high GHG prices
The Clorox Co. leverages sustainability for growth
Council on Foreign Relations releases new report on climate change and U.S. policy
Minimizing meat
Boucher and Upton introduce bipartisan legislation to invest in carbon sequestration technology
( Electric Power Research Institute
Brooklyn's hopeful gardeners
environment360New publication from Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Monsanto : still reading blogs
Stand with Chinese environmentalists
Our brittle infrastructure : our nonresilient economy Quite the 'Report Card'
Raw sewage, takings, and you
The wheat from the chaff
Protecting the Homeland
RFK Jr. nails it
Galapagos Report : an introduction to water woes
Pesticides affect trout's sense of smell
Industrial milk, New Mexico style
Cow feed misdeeds
Where's tomorrows water ?
Free e-book on biofuels and water
Bush vs. rural America
Invention to make water recycling faster, cheaper
Water shortages in India and the world
Why societies collapse : Jared Diamond at Princeton University
650 million years in 94 minutes
On battling ( plastic ) bottled-up rageFact Sheet - PDF
Mending ozone hole may worsen climate change
EcoLEDs launches energy efficient replacement ( 5W ) for 40W bulb, lasts 50,000 hours
The Green Guy
Could microgeneration be as powerful as nuclear energy ?
Geothermal energy research expanded as NZ drought continues
First cellulosic biorefinery in U.S. opens
Scientists develop air 'scrubber' capable of capturing one Ton of CO2 a day
Brother introduces first island-wide recycling campaign in conjunction with World Environment Day
Green Media Outreach : an analysis
Norwegian wind power could become Europe's battery
New solar cell rivals silicone-based ones
UN conference fails life on Earth
The Voice of Reason 
 

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