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Today’s Top 10
I was at my friend’s place tonight and the police dropped by
South Korea is coming to northeast British Columbia. It was reported this week that State-run Korea Gas has signed a deal with Canadian gas major EnCana covering three fields in the province of British Columbia. Korea Gas will take a 50% interest, for a price tag of $1.1 billion.
The militarization of the continent, along with U.S.-Canada integration is taking place in areas of law enforcement, border services and the armed forces. More is being done to better protect the northern border, but somehow government needs to strike a balance between security and the movement of goods and people.
Reports are that the key witness in a grand plan to steal Canada’s water resources suddenly dies of a heart attack. How convenient.
Genocide in the Making in Canada. Who are the real criminals?
Stolen Sisters A Human Rights Response to Discrimination & Violence Against Indigenous Women
March 8, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ Subsidies established during NAFTA negotiations to help small Mexican farmers compete with their neighbors to the north are being doled out to the families of drug traffickers and senior government officials, the Los Angeles Times reports.
This corruption has both driven subsistence farmers out of operation and encouraged the planting of illegal crops.
Of the $1.3 billion in subsidies given to 2.7 million Mexican farmers, as much as 80% of the money went to 20% of the farmers. Most telling may be the fact that Mexico has gone from a country that fed itself to an importer of food.
Read more at Agriculture Industry Today at:
Chilean Earthquake, Strong Central Government Lessens Effects
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Chile on Feb. 27 was many times more powerful than the one that struck Haiti two months ago, but Wake Forest University Professor of Political Science Peter Siavelis says Chile has many advantages as it begins its recovery efforts.
Evo Donates 50% of Salary to Haiti and Chile
BOLIVIAN WOMEN RISE UP
by Luc Majno 'Lord' Amherst ~ 'scalping' and its lotteries
Leonard Peltier ~ 1976 ~ by Luc Majno
Class-Action Suits by Owners Claim that Safety Recalls Causing Value of Vehicles to Plummet
Cotton Is the Fabric of Your Lights . . . Your iPod . . . Your MP3 Player . . . Your Cell Phone
The research group of Juan Hinestroza, assistant professor of Fiber Science at Cornell University, in collaboration with researchers at Italian universities has developed cotton threads that can conduct electric current like metal wire, yet remain light and comfortable enough to give a whole new meaning to multi-functional garments. This technology works so well that simple knots in this specially treated thread can complete a circuit.
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History . . . shows that the information provided to the Census can be used against you. The most recent examples occurred in 2002 and 2003, when the Census Bureau turned over information it had collected about Arab-Americans to Homeland Security.? Before that, it was put to use in rounding up and interning Japanese, Italian, and German Americans during WWII. The recent collection of GPS data will certainly simplify the process of locating any individual or group that may be identified as a threat to national security? in the future?, says Theroux.
A Possible Early Glimpse of Autism's Impact on Older Siblings
A new study suggests a trend toward developing hyperactivity among typically developing elementary-school-aged siblings of autistic preschoolers and supports the notion that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing children.
Breast cancer patients with early stage disease that has spread to
only one lymph node may not benefit from radiation after mastectomy,
because . . .
Understanding Toyota’s Sudden AccelerationBy Joel S. Hirschhorn
To Hell in a Hand Basket
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