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http://www.un.org Women from all over Côte d'Ivoire gather to celebrate International Women's Day. Women have proven to be a powerful force in the fight against global hunger and poverty, especially in agriculture.
Africa: International Women's Day - Celebrating the Power of Women to Nourish the Planet
Interior caught in the act? (OneNewsNow.com)
Interior caught in the act? Chris Woodward - OneNewsNow - 2/14/2012 3:40:00 AM The Institute for Energy Research (IER) wrote a letter [PDF] last week to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, calling on the federal agency to revamp its data publication practices and publish "accurate, complete, and useful" data for the American people. IER director of communications Benjamin Cole explains. "Every year, the Energy Information Administration releases what's called the 'Annual Energy Review,'" he explains.BOOM. There's Your American Construction Recovery
From Caterpillar's quarterly earnings report , a mini-bombshell for the U.S. economy. We expect total U.S. construction spending, which, net of inflation, has declined since 2004, to finally begin to recover in 2012. We project a 1.5-percent increase in infrastructure-related construction and a 5-percent increase in nonresidential building construction. We are expecting housing starts of at least 700 thousand units in 2012, up from 607 thousand units in 2011.
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I-40 in Arkansas Being Used as Military Staging Point for Future Event? | Plamero.com
The Intel Hub has received multiple tips that indicate that Interstate 40 in Arkansas may be being used as a loading point for some sort of military operation that has been going on for a better part of a year. Eyewitness report: Not a trucker but regularly on the transportation hub of I-40 in Arkansas. I’ve been watching truck after truck loaded with military equipment on this stretch for the better part of a year. It’s mostly humvees with gun turrets and what appears to be urban assault vehicles and troop transports.
Constitutional attorney: Guantanamo ‘nearly impossible to close’ thanks to NDAA | The Raw Story
The U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will not be closing any time soon thanks to President Barack Obama’s approval of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a constitutional attorney who’s represented terrorism suspects told Raw Story this week in an exclusive interview. Even though President Barack Obama made closing Guantanamo one of his core campaign promises in the lead-up to the presidential election in 2008, that promise now appears to be “nearly impossible” to fulfill thanks to provisions in the new laws, Baher Azmy , legal director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, explained. As an attorney, Azmy represented Murat Kurnaz, a German who was detained by Pakistani authorities and sold to the U.S. for a bounty.Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court decision in a case called Citizens United vs. FEC. See what states and towns across the country are doing to overturn the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision.
Petition - A Petition to Support the Saving American Democracy Amendment : Bernie Sanders - U.S. Senator for Vermont
Vermont’s Sanders to appear on Colbert Report | vt.Buzz
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is scheduled to appear on the Colbert Report on Tuesday night. Host Stephen Colbert is expected to discuss Sanders’ proposed constitutional amendment seeking to clarify that corporations are not the same as people when it comes to campaign contributions and that government has the right to limit campaign contributions and spending. Terri Hallenbeck covers the Legislature, state government and politics for the Free Press.
Carl Levin looks like a homeless man sometimes, but he took on Enron. Also, he voted against sending troops to Iraq and repeatedly called on the Bush administration to provide a timetable for the withdrawal of troops. During the long years of the Iraq War, Levin argued strongly that the war in Iraq was a diversion from the War on Terror., which it was. He's also an advocate for stem cell research. A yes for Bernie Sanders, too, for several reasons but he gave an outstanding floor speech criticizing the partisan nature of the Bush administration's actions in the Iraq War.
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By Anthony Gregory / HuffPost / Dec 15, 2011 Today is Bill of Rights Day, the 220-year anniversary of this revered document’s addition to the U.S. Constitution in 1791. The Anti-Federalists had demanded a Bill of Rights to ensure that the federal government created in 1789 would not morph into the type of tyranny that the American colonists had resisted in the Revolution. It might seem like a difficult day to celebrate, however, as we consider the current state of liberties in our nation. With the militarization of police, the erosion of requirements for search and seizure, the presidential powers used as a blanket for deplorable detention policies, the raging war on drugs, invasive TSA “security” procedures and so much else, today’s governing principles at times seem to reflect the authorship of George Orwell more than that of James Madison.
Happy “Bill of Rights Day” – Celebrate them before they’re gone … and you’d better be quick about it.
A new look at U.S. Census data painted a stark picture of poverty. It showed nearly one in two Americans are now in poverty, or classified as low-income. Also, the war in Iraq officially ended after nearly nine years. Video And Transcript Below:
Nearly Half of Americans in Poverty or Low-Income, Census Says | ValueWalk.com
50 Economic Numbers About The US That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe | ValueWalk.com
The Economic Collapse Blog does a terrific job of periodically putting together a compilation of the scariest data points about the US economy. Today is one such day, and the list of 50 economic numbers presented is indeed, as the author puts it, “ almost too crazy to believe “… Almost. As noted: “At this time of the year, a lot of families get together, and in most homes the conversation usually gets around to politics at some point. Hopefully many of you will use the list below as a tool to help you share the reality of the U.S. economic crisis with your family and friends.Horry County leaders work to save 2012 Blue Crab Festival | SCNOW
MYRTLE BEACH, SC - Last month, organizers decided to cancel next year's Little River Blue Crab Festival. However, some argue the festival does not belong to the organizers, it belongs to the people ofOn Thursday, December 8th, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a constitutional amendment to drive big money out of politics for good. He was not alone. Senator Mark Begich of Alaska joined him. Sanders’ amendment is called “Saving American Democracy” http://sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=d4a61731-be04-4b9a-95b9-7fdb... but the language is identical to the “OCCUPIED” amendment offered in the House by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL), inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement and beginning to attract co-sponsors.
Bernie Sanders Introduces Powerful Constitutional Amendment in Senate to Undo Citizens United and Buckley | OurFuture.org
CT News Junkie | Blumenthal Gets Ready For Heating Assistance Fight
When he gets back to Washington D.C. Monday U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he’s ready for a fight.Video: Preserving World Heritage Sites through 3D Laser Scanning | ArchDaily
Ben Kacyra , co-founder and CEO of Cyra Technologies and managing director of CyArk , discusses digital preservation of the World’s Heritage Sites through 3D laser scanning. The non-profit organization uses quick and precise 3D scanning systems to create high-resolution, digital models of historic sites through the creation of point clouds. These systems have the capability of gathering nearly 10,000 points per second, compared to a surveyor gathering only 500 points a day.NAZI GOVERNMENT