Lefty Blogs
williampfaff ++ ++
Russian News ++
seaton-newslinks. USA expat in Europe ++
bilegrip Asu spleen ++
us-rockstroh a rant, not a blog ++
aboutmyplanet eco ++
sfgate ++
crookedtimber ++
onthecommons ++
sjlendman ++
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abutamam freeiraq ++
airamericaradio +
amygdalagf +
angryarab ++
annezook +
antiwar ++
norwegianity
terrorism-news
blogspot
ourtomorrow
politickybitch
welcome-to-pottersville
aviraqi
billmon ++ whiskeyB
consortiumnews ++
dahrjamailiraq
dailywarnews ++
drforbush +
english +
fallujahinpictures
freespeechradio
halcyondays ++
healingiraq
hereticalideas ++
icasualties
maru
om
boxspinning boxes

jamaicaobserver newspaper
jameswolcott +
lefarkins +
liberalgirlnextdoor ++
lonehighlander Libya, not lefty
mahablog +++ solid
maruthecrankpot +
indymedia melbourne
messopotamian +7Apr06
monkey ++
motherjones ++
fisk
nocapital +
norightturn +NZ
peakoil ++
pilger +
politicalhumor +
raedinthemiddle
rafahtoday Feb05?
rense w= wacko conspiracies
rigorousintuition x
hegemon ++
ruckus ++
rudepundit ++
satiricalpolitical +
scaramoucheblog ++
secretsinbaghdad ++15Ap06
Energring
aliveinbaghdad ++
riverbendblog ++
sideshow +++
signs-of-the-times +++
slashdot ++techy
talkleft ++
thinkprogress ++
thismodernworld +++
uncapitalist ++
velorution ++ bicycles
org ++Brazil peasants
warandpiece +
warfare.ru +russia military
greenpeace
allhatnocattle
alternet ++
americanpolitics
antiwar
gbruno ++YT
axisoflogic ++
blackcommentator
bobharris +
bradblog +
buckfush +funnies
buggery +
buzzflash ++
changeforamerica
countercurrents
counterpunch +++
crisispapers
crooksandliars ++?
csmonitor
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davidcorn
democracynow
democracyuprising
dissidentvoice
earthfirstjournal
earthstation5
empirenotes
foodfirst
fpif
fromthewilderness
geocities
granta
grist ??
gristmagazine
guerrillanews
gulf
hizbollah
huffingtonpost ++
informationclearinghouse
infoshop +
inthesetimes x
iranmania x
ivaw
jihadunspun
juancole ++
kuro5hin ++ notlefty
kurtnimmo ++
lrb ++ Iraqi?
mahablog
lewrockwell ++
marklynas climate change
mnftiu get your war on comics
motherjones
nilemedia
nybooks
occupationwatch
oriononline
palestine
prisonplanet
rall ++ Ted Rall cartonist
ratical
redpepper
rense
robert
rollingstone
scoop
selvesandothers ++
smirkingchimp
snappingturtle
socialistworker
spiked
tblog
theiraqiroulette
theleftcoaster +
thepoorman +
tnr ++ magazine
tompaine ++ mag
traprockpeace ++
truthout +
boondocks ++
crowning3
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rain radar
Weather
worldtribunal +
worldwatch ++ $ required
zaman + Turkish news
youcantmakeitup + ?
youngfox ????????????
bareknucklepolitics videos?
popdrain videos??
discovery videos??
cs videos??
aegisIraq video??
mariyaguchi video??
iwilltryit video..
baghdadtreasure
ahram cairo newspaper
felbers
thepartyline
jfaughnan 28/04/2006 10:25AM
shrillblog +
thinkprogress +
marchforjustice + pictures
messopotamian + Iraqi not so radical, but scared (also see IraqTheModel which was a USA front, but is now also scared)
scaramoucheblog +
counterpunch
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malakandsky ++ stolid?
republicoft + black gay parent??
dailykos ++
rawstory ++
democraticunderground ++
atrios ++
workingforchange +
leftinthewest +
dembloggers +
talkingpointsmemo +
firedoglake ++
vastleft ++
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americablog +
washingtonmonthly ++
mydd +
politics1 +
bartcop ++
politicalwire +
sisterstalk black lesbian?
culturekitchen ++
alternet
wonkette +++
billstclair +
freefreedomtoldhere ++ pipe bomb

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almuajaha defunct
whynot defunct
winstonsmith defunct
samadams dormant
mquinn02 defunct
iraqblogcount ++14Apr06 suspended
iraqicomments most recent: jan2005
iraqidoctor most recent: Aug2005
georgemustgo + moved?
vialls ++Dormant (joe is dead)
warblogging Defunct
hammeroftruth quiescant?
mediastorm quiescant? +
bushwhackedusa defunct
hamasonline defunct
4Jul06

20 April 2006

Marvin Bush, North West Shelf sell out, Japanese giant hornets

World Trade Center Security...
..Marvin [shit-bag] Bush, Bush's brother, was overseeing security for the towers and 9/11 was the day his contract ended. The Towers had the electricity and security cameras shut off for 36 hours in sections of the building for the first time in its history, the weekend preceding the attacks. smirkingchimp

China gets Aus gas dirt cheap, J Howard signed it away...
rigzone
A landmark gas contract with China stands to cost Australia's biggest natural resources project up to A$20 billion (US$14.3 billion) in lost sales due to contractual terms that fail to account for the increase in oil prices to record levels, the Australian Financial Review reported Friday.
The 25-year gas contract between China National Offshore Oil Co. and the North West Shelf Venture was struck at prices that are half those enjoyed by project operator Woodside Petroleum on other major contracts, the paper said.

The 2002 liquefied natural gas contract doesn't contain clauses allowing the six North West Shelf partners to alter prices in line with changes in the oil price, potentially costing A$3.5 billion (US$2.5 billion) in lost revenue over the next six years alone, it adds.
strategis.ic.gc.ca

crooksandliars
Yesterday, Condi Rice stood next to Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo -- a man who has made Parade’s “Annual List of the World’s 10 Worst Dictators” four years running -- and called him “a good friend.”..

Video of radiation cloud over Iran,Afghan,Paki,India...
millions dead,
ucsusa union of concerned scientists


mapu mapu head
flyspecs fly specs
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nationalgeographic
video of Japanese giant hornets, my least favourite living thing.

kayak
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huffingtonpost always good
magnet fridge magnet
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boreal
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ps I note that Technorati says there are no tags for Basij
so my ping to them is being ignored|censored...
must find another site to tag-hunt...


19 April 2006

Basij, Ballard bus, Puguang gas, Tor, omega-3, Hatshepsut

"Everyone is Switched on Here"
basij
basij
aaa
basij
basij
tnr
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nirs ..calculations by the Öko-Institute, 34 grams of CO2 are emitted per generated kWh in Germany ..other..studies show much higher figures - up to 60 g CO2 per kWh. a nuclear power station of standard size (1,250MW operating at 6,500 hours/annum) indirectly emits between 376,000 million tonnes (Germany) and 1,300,000 mt (other countries) of CO2 per year...

November launch of Ballard fuel cell-powered buses sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Science & Technology...
... when it comes to renewables, the U.S. may risk falling behind in areas beyond automobiles. London-based JPMorgan analyst Andreas Willi believes that despite the U.S. having some of the most advanced wind power technology, an unfavorable political environment has discouraged business.

napavalleyregister
, China .. 30 million solar [hot water] households 60% of the world capacity ..
In Ganyao, a village in eastern Zhejiang Province, bathing used to mean a dip in the local creek or a trip to a communal bathhouse, says 55-year-old Hu Xingying. But for $145 three years ago, Ms. Hu bolted a sleek contraption of glass tubes linked to a green water tank onto the tiled roof of her farmhouse and now enjoys hot showers inside..napavalleyregisternapavalleyregister
worldwatch
April 3 that it has discovered China's largest "marine facies" gas field in western Sichuan ..
..Puguang Gas Field has a proven gas reserve of 251.1 billion cubic meters (bcm) with 188.3 bcm recoverable Chinese gas fields with reserves over 200 bcm = 5
annual output of the new field 4 bcm 2008, and 8 bcm 2010.
worldwatch

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8634
2005 was the warmest year on record, the start of 2006 has brought extreme cold temperatures to parts of Europe and Asia. Russia, Ukraine and Poland have blamed scores of deaths on the freezing weather.
In Moscow, Russia, temperatures below -30°C are the lowest in decades and a similar chill is holding the Baltic countries in its grip.
A cold snap earlier in January brought some of the heaviest snowfall on record to Japan

Brent North Sea crude closed at $71.46 a barrel on Monday. That was up 89 cents from Thursday's closing level in London, and just off a new high reached earlier on Monday of $71.62.

nytimes
if pro-government activists in Venezuela engage in any more ''thuggish'' activities against U.S. Ambassador William Brownfield..
..last Friday when his convoy was pelted with eggs, tomatoes and other food. The convoy was also pummeled by motorcyclists during a miles-long chase through Caracas.
''If we see an incident like this again, I think that there are going to be serious diplomatic consequences .. " Sean McCormack

prisonplanet main suspect

satiricalpolitical shiites demand bush’s resignation: claim he’s controlled by religious fanatics By Don Davis
In a dramatic turn of events, the warring Shiite factions in Iraq have temporarily “buried the hatchet,” and banded together to demand that George W. Bush immediately resign as President of the United States.

tor.eff Tor is a network of virtual tunnels ..improve their privacy and security on the Internet. It also enables software developers to create new communication tools with built-in privacy features...
Individuals use Tor to keep websites from tracking them .., or to connect to news sites, instant messaging services, or the like when these are blocked by their local Internet providers. Tor's hidden services let users publish web sites and other services without needing to reveal the location of the site...
Journalists use Tor to communicate more safely with whistleblowers and dissidents. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) use Tor to allow their workers to connect to their home website while they're in a foreign country, without notifying everybody nearby that they're working with that organization.
Groups such as Indymedia recommend Tor for safeguarding their members' online privacy and security. Activist groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are supporting Tor's development as a mechanism for maintaining civil liberties online. Corporations use Tor as a safe way to conduct competitive analysis, and to protect sensitive procurement patterns from eavesdroppers. They also use it to replace traditional VPNs, which reveal the exact amount and timing of communication

Mapu1
Mapu2 Mapusaurus roseae, biggest carnivore 11 metres..
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sciencedirect
The study compared adult and old rats, and the latter were fed a standard diet or a diet supplemented for 12 weeks with omega-3 PUFA at 270 mg/kg/day (ratio EPA to DHA 1.5:1). Ageing was associated with decreases in the GluR2 and NR2B subunits in all structures. These decreases were fully reversed by omega-3 PUFA supplementation.


nature chem blog npr npr anger
human-nature stuff

Hatshepsut
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