Global War On Drugs a Failure

One trillion dollars later. Global war on drugs 'a failure' High-level panel declares international anti-drug measures a failure and...

Pravda on NATO-Libya

Don't you just love it when Ivan takes the high moral ground? Well I don't suppose the writer, Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey is all that ...

USA: ''Apart from killing people, we really don't do anything anymore''

The header included, there's not much I could argue with in this Mike Whitney article. One thing that did catch my eye, but which might ...

More TSA Molestation

Although the video is embeddable, I shall just offer a link. Not unusually in cases like this, the comments are just as interesting as the f...

Hoovering

You can find out much more about these fabulous art deco buildings at the inimitable English Buildings blog, but I couldn't resist putti...

Food Reward: a Dominant Factor in Obesity, Part V

Non-industrial diets from a food reward perspective In 21st century affluent nations, we have unprecedented control over what food crosses o...

TIME TO THINK ABOUT COST OF CANCER TREATMENT

Global Warming Our Greatest Threat

It wasn't the cartoon by Tom Tomorrow (below) that inspired this post, it fell into the inbox only today. But for a couple of days I hav...

Germany; All Nuke Plants to Close - Fukushima News

I remind you, the bits I have highlighted are TEPCO's estimates. Germany to Shut Down Nuclear Plants 31 May 2011 by Sarah Turner Germany...