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Inside Story - Diabetes on the rise |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 27 Jun 2011 New study reveals diabetes as a disease that is far more widespread then initially thought. |
| Date: 2011-06-28 05:07:05 - Added by: KMC |
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Greece seeks bailout as 48-hour strike begins: Thousands gather in protest |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 27 Jun 2011 The Greek finance minister says he wants to finish negotiations about a second bailout by the end of the northern summer. From Athens, Mike Hanna reports. |
| Date: 2011-06-28 05:01:52 - Added by: KMC |
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Disturbing Report Exposes Private Prison Lobby |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on 24 Jun 2011 MSNBC host Cenk Uygur on a report from the Justice Policy Institute regarding the disturbing lobbying efforts by the private prison industry. The Largest Online News Show in the World. |
| Date: 2011-06-28 04:57:57 - Added by: KMC |
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Newt Gingrich Protecting Sanctity of Marriage? |
| Uploaded by TheYoungTurks on 28 Jun 2011 Cenk Uygur discusses Newt Gingrich's recent quotes on the sanctity of marriage. Cenk breaks down Newt's history |
| Date: 2011-06-28 04:51:36 - Added by: KMC |
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Whose Marriage Is It? |
| Uploaded by markfiore on 21 Jan 2010 http://www.MarkFiore.com See the latest in marriage and court battles! Play the marriage game show and guess what is "gay" and what is "straight." Prizes, thrills and chills! A Mark Fiore political animation. |
| Date: 2011-06-28 04:39:14 - Added by: KMC |
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The Most Incredible Video of the Libyan Revolution |
| From Daily Kos: If a picture speaks a thousand words, then this video about the early days of the Libyan Revolution speaks millions. Not only does it clearly show that the Revolution was initially peaceful, but also that it was an uprising that took place in basically every major town and city in Libya. I've been watching videos from the Tunisian, Egyptian, Libyan, and Syrian Revolutions since the beginning of this year. I've seen terrible things, beautiful things, inspiring things, horrifying things. Throughout it all, my respect for the peoples of the Arab Spring, my admiration of their bravery and courage in the face of the severest repression, has gone through the roof. While the Tunisians and Egyptians achieved their goals of getting rid of their Western-backed dictators quite fast and with relative ease, the Libyans and Syrians had their initially peaceful revolutions changed into deadly events because the regimes there are not as susceptible to international pressure and are thus able to brutally crack down on their own people. Libya has, as we all know, now become a full-blown international affair, with the U.N., NATO, the Arab League, and the U.S. coming down in support of the Libyan people and their struggle to be free of an incredibly repressive regime. So the Libyan Revolution grinds on, with the Libyan people paying a high price as they slowly, yet surely, push the Gaddafi Regime from power. The tragedy in all of this is that things did not have to be this way. Gaddafi could have given up, like Ben-Ali and Mubarak did, yet he chose the path of attempting to squash the revolution by slaughtering his own people. Those who are against intervention on behalf of the Libyan people often argue that "it's a tribal split in the country", that "the revolutionaries are not representative of Libya", that "they are islamic extremists from Eastern Libya", that "it's all about oil, banks", that "the Libyan Revolution was not peaceful", etc. They often also compare Libya to Iraq and Afghanistan, completely ignoring the fact that Afghanistan and Iraq aren't even on the same continent as Libya and that Libya does not have the ethnic and religious divides that are present in Afghanistan and Iraq. Anti-interventionists also frequently ignore that the Libyan Revolution is firmly embedded within the people's movements of the Arab Spring, in which huge majorities of the population are chasing out their dictatorial dinosaurs. What bothers me the most is that some Democrats and progressives who are against the U.N. - backed intervention resort to conspiracy theory and distorting facts about Libya, thus also degrading the incredible bravery of the Libyan people. We liberals are supposed to be about people power, about compassion with our fellow human beings, about democratic and equal rights, and about progress. I urge those who question why military intervention in Libya was necessary and who may have missed the peaceful, country-wide nature of the Libyan Revolution to watch the incredible video that I posted above, to witness the joy of the Libyan people at finally being able to express themselves. This is, without question, a people's revolution, and the Libyan people clearly deserve our full support in achieving their freedom. (http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/28/989405/-The-Most-Incredible-Video-of-the-Libyan-Revolution?via=siderecent) |
| Date: 2011-06-28 01:49:54 - Added by: KMC |
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Thousands of Protesters Rally Against French Nuclear Plant |
| Protestors rally against French nuclear plant Thousands of mainly German and Swiss protestors rallied at a French nuclear power plant, calling for its immediate closure. On Sunday, about 7,000 people formed a human chain around the nuclear power plant at Fessenheim, in Alsace, in eastern France, near the border with Germany and Switzerland. They shouted out for the immediate closure of the nuclear power plant in French, German, and even Japanese. Afterwards at the meeting, an activist criticized the French government for not abolishing nuclear power plants, saying a nuclear accident in France would damage neighboring countries. France has 58 nuclear reactors and remains a supporter of nuclear power generation even after the disaster at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, Japan. About 80 percent of its electricity is generated from nuclear reactors. The governments of Germany and Switzerland have decided to phase out nuclear power. Monday, June 27, 2011 07:53 +0900 (JST) |
| Date: 2011-06-27 10:23:27 - Added by: KMC |
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North Dakota Floods: Souris River crests at historic high, thousands evacuated |
| Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish on 26 Jun 2011 Thousands of people have been evacuated from the flooded US state of North Dakota, but officials say there is some good news. The Souris River is set to peak in the next several hours, which means the worst of the flooding is over. But with heavy rain overnight, it looks like the water will stay for some time. Al Jazeera's Cath Turner reports from Minot, North Dakota. |
| Date: 2011-06-27 10:06:55 - Added by: KMC |
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Cheap pesticide, costly harvest: Kids genetically poisoned in India |
| Uploaded by RussiaToday on 26 Jun 2011 Cheap, effective and highly toxic Endosulfan pesticide is banned in most countries, but still widely embraced by farmers in India. While the government claims there is no affordable alternative to the chemical, families are paying a high price. Until recently, India was one of the few countries in the world that allowed the use of Endosulfan. The agriculture ministry says there is no other cheap alternative to the powerful pesticide. But finally, after mounting pressure at home and abroad, the Supreme Court voted on an eight-week ban on the pesticide which is set to expire in mid-July. The use of the pesticide has resulted in serious consequences, with a whole generation of children suffering devastating health problems. |
| Date: 2011-06-27 09:21:46 - Added by: KMC |
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The Bachmann Joke Republicans Don't Want You to Hear |
| From The Atlantic: As discussed in this space last week, Reggie Brown, the Obama impersonator, was cut off in mid-performance--mid-Michele Bachmann joke, in fact--at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans last weekend. You can read my interview with him here. Good guy. Guess I wasn't the only one curious about his act--specifically, that part of it he didn't get to deliver. Brown made a surprise appearance on "Real Time with Bill Maher" on Friday night, and delivered (with an assist from the show's writing staff, I suspect) the rest of his act. |
| Date: 2011-06-27 08:40:54 - Added by: KMC |
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