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| The worse humanitarian crisis ever?: UN High Commissioner for Refugees speaks about Somalia drought | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 10 Jul 2011 Antonio Guterres | |
| Date: 2011-07-11 08:32:53 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 772 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| As Exxon Crude Oil Spills Into Yellowstone River, Obama Mulls New Pipeline Across U.S. | |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 7 Jul 2011 DemocracyNow.org - Oil giant ExxonMobil faces mounting criticism of its cleanup efforts after one of its oil pipelines ruptured on Friday and leaked 42,000 gallons of crude oil into Montana's Yellowstone River. The company initially downplayed the incident by saying it would only affect 10 miles of the river, but state officials say the oil has already stretched over 240 miles to near the North Dakota border. The spill comes as the Obama administration considers a massive new oil pipeline called the Keystone XL that would carry corrosive tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada, to the Gulf of Mexico. The pipeline would cross the Yellowstone River as well as the Ogallala Aquifer -- the largest freshwater aquifer in the U.S. Democracy Now! speaks with Alexis Bonogofsky, a family farmer who lives along the Yellowstone River and was briefly hospitalized after suffering from what doctors diagnosed as acute hydrocarbon exposure. We're also joined by Anthony Swift of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Watch Part 2 of 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIgUSAJGnD4 | |
| Date: 2011-07-11 08:12:31 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 879 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |
| David House on WikiLeaks Grand Jury and US Surveillance of Bradley Manning Supporters | |
| Uploaded by democracynow on 11 Jul 2011 DemocracyNow.org - On the eve of the extradition hearing for WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange in London, we spend an exclusive hour with David House, who co-founded the Bradley Manning Support Network after U.S. Army Private Manning was arrested for allegedly releasing classified U.S. military documents to WikiLeaks. House refused to testify last month in Alexandria, Virginia, before a grand jury hearing on WikiLeaks and the disclosure of thousands of classified U.S. diplomatic cables. Democracy Now! spoke to House at the Frontline Club in London about the significance of WikiLeaks, how he helped found the Bradley Manning Support Network, his visits with Manning at the Quantico Marine base in Virginia, the federal surveillance he and his associates have come under, and his experience before the grand jury. Watch Part 2 of 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VPLaKtpwVI "In my mind, this reeks of the Pentagon Papers investigation," says House. "Richard Nixon's [Department of Justice] 40 years ago attempted to curtail the freedoms of the press and politically regulate the press through the use of policy created around the espionage investigation of The New York Times. I feel that the WikiLeaks case we have going on now provides Obama's DOJ ample opportunity to continue this attempt to politically regulate the U.S. media." | |
| Date: 2011-07-11 08:08:50 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 848 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Obama On 76% Americans Not Wanting Debt Limit Raised: Public Is Not Paying Close Attention | |
| 11 Jul 2011 | |
| Date: 2011-07-11 08:01:33 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 771 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Minnesota Budget Crisis Mirrors Washington's | |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 10 Jul 2011 In the US state of Minnesota, the governor is a Democrat, the legislature is controlled by Republicans and a budget crisis has led to a partial government shutdown. The governor wants higher taxes on upper income people to cover the state's projected $5 bn deficit. But Republicans insist on spending cuts only. Meanwhile, some 23,000 workers - many of them state employees - are out of work and without a pay check as the crisis is in its second week. Al Jazeera's Tom Ackerman reports. | |
| Date: 2011-07-11 06:18:07 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 806 - Votes: 0 - Rating: 0 | |
| Poor People Don't Pay Enough Taxes - Senator Hatch | |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on 7 Jul 2011 Republican Senator Orrin Hatch argued that top income earners pay too much in taxes while the bottom 51% of Americans don't pay enough. Michael Shure explains. | |
| Date: 2011-07-09 14:15:37 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 872 - Votes: 4 - Rating: 5 | |
| Provocative Stand-up Comedian Lee Camp live at The Comic Strip (NYC) | |
| Uploaded by leecamp on 7 Jun 2011 Lee Camp live at The Comic Strip (NYC) | |
| Date: 2011-07-09 14:05:03 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 830 - Votes: 8 - Rating: 5 | |
| Poisoned Recovery: Kids radiation positive in Fukushima zone | |
| Uploaded by RussiaToday on 6 Jul 2011 Some 45 per cent of 1,080 children under 15 from the Japanese Fukushima Prefecture have tested positive for thyroid exposure to radiation, a nuclear watchdog report says. The screening was performed by Japan's Nuclear Safety Commission between March 26 and March 30 in the wake of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the independent body said on Tuesday. Among those who tested positive, the degree of exposure was measured at 0.04 microsieverts per hour or less in the majority of cases. The maximum measured was 0.1 microsieverts per hour in a one-year-old. The government-established threshold for further investigation is 0.2 microsieverts per hour, so no emergency probe will be undertaken, officials said. | |
| Date: 2011-07-09 07:15:53 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 843 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Tax Breaks for Billionaires & Oil Company Subsidies Vs Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security Cuts: Rep Raul Grijalva Discusses Progressives' Opposition | |
| Grijalva appears on this MSNBC news hour to discuss the Obama administration's trial-balloon that puts Medicare and Social Security on the table in budget negotiations with the GOP. | |
| Date: 2011-07-09 06:42:41 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 835 - Votes: 11 - Rating: 5 | |
| SuperNews!: The Immigration Debate & the Pilgrims | |
| The immigration debate blows up when the Pilgrims protest limitations to their rights in America... | |
| Date: 2011-07-09 06:30:45 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 813 - Votes: 8 - Rating: 4 | |