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| Bill Nye The Science Guy: Those Believing Snow Disproves Climate Change Are Almost Unpatriotic | |
| Bill Nye \\\\ | |
| Date: 12 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 794 - Votes: 8 - Rating: 4.38 | |
| Is Goldman Sachs responsible for Greek crisis? | |
| Goldman Sachs tricky derivatives trades may have masked the Greek debt just long enough to hurt all of us again. Goldman Sachs made up an exchange rate that allowed the Greeks to look as though they were only engaging in a currency swap when, in effect, they were getting more than a billion more than they should have from the trades in credit. Its likely that Goldman made a killing on the commissions for the swaps, and then sold the swaps to a Greek bank for even higher profits. | |
| Date: 11 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 774 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 4.67 | |
| 8 Reasons to Oppose the 2010 Winter Olympics | |
| Powerful film focusing on the negative impacts of the 2010 Games in Vancouver, Canada, and the ongoing resistance by Indigenous & other social movements. Produced by Burning Fist Media with http://no2010.com For more Olympics films go to http://visionon.tv/olympics | |
| Date: 11 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 768 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |
| Opposition on Iran's anniversary | |
| The anniversary of Iran\\\'s Islamic revolution has traditionally been an time for the country\\\'s leaders and populace to showcase support for the government. 31 years ago - communist, nationalist and Islamic parties united to oust the Shah - a ruler they criticsed for being pro-Western and despotic. After he was sent into exile, the Islamic republic was formed and a new government was brought in under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Last year\\\'s disputed presidential election, however, has highlighted significant political divisions in the country and sparked widespread opposition protests. In the past eight months - Iran has seen some of the most violent clashes between the people and the government since the 1979 revolution. What was supposed to be a time of festivities for Iran - has been overshadowed by rising tensions - as opposition groups have threatened to use the anniversary for anti-government demonstrations. Al Jazeera\\\'s Nazanin Sadri reports. [February 11, 2010] | |
| Date: 11 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 753 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Flushing Blackwater: Iraq expels 'Xe' private contractors | |
| Iraqi officials have ordered 250 Blackwater security guards to leave the country within a week. The Interior Ministry says both current and former employees of the firm, were told of their expulsion a few days ago. It comes after a U.S. judge dismissed the manslaughter charges against 5 members of the company, in connection with the killing of 17 Iraqi civilians in 2007. Blackwater, which is now called \\\'Xe Services\\\', was one of three private U.S. security contractors hired to protect diplomats in Iraq. | |
| Date: 11 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 759 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Elizabeth Warren Says Commercial Real Estate Loans Pose Danger | |
| Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Elizabeth Warren, chairwoman of the Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, TARP, talks with Bloomberg\\\'s Betty Liu about the outlook for community banks that have exposure to commercial real estate loans. Warren, speaking from Newton, Massachusetts, also discusses the need for so-called stress tests on community banks. Commercial real estate loans have potential to go sour and wreck the U.S. economy unless regulators prepare now, according to a report from the watchdog for the federal financial rescue program. copyright bloomberg 2010 | |
| Date: 11 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 762 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Blackwater / Xe May Get $1 Billion Afghanistan Training Contract Despite Failure with Border Police | |
| Xe Services, the mercenary company formerly known as Blackwater, is in the running for a $1 billion contract to train the Afghan National Police, despite the fact that theyve trained the notoriously corrupt and incompetent Afghan Border Police. Recently, two Blackwater / Xe trainers were indicted for murdering Afghan civilians, and the company has a history of hiring people with a criminal record. Xe Services / Blackwater is a liability to the American cause around the world and doesnt deserve another dime of taxpayer money. | |
| Date: 11 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 762 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| David Swanson: Free corporate media doesn't mean freedom of press | |
| What it would have cost us to publicly fund independent media that would have prevented the invasion of Iraq wouldn\\\'t amount, in a year, to what we spend on a month of occupying that country. David Swanson says journalists from government funded media are better off. He also says that instead of bank bailouts the government should be funding journalism in schools | |
| Date: 10 February 2010 - Added by: Guest | |
| Views: 791 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Firedoglake's Jane Hamsher Discusses Health Care Reform, Bipartisan and Big Pharma | |
| Firedoglake.com\\\\\\\'s Jane Hamsher Discusses Health Care Reform | |
| Date: 09 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 747 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Olbermann Names Igloo Building Inhofe Family Worst Person In the World | |
| Olbermann Names Inhofe Family Worst Person In the World | |
| Date: 09 February 2010 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 756 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |