09.02.10

Can You Say, Fascism?

Posted in you've got mail at 11:54 am by nemo

Published on Thursday, September 2, 2010 by Foreign Policy in Focus (FPIF)
Can You Say, Fascism? The Political Consequences of Stagnation
by Walden Bello

My apologies to T. S. Eliot, but September, not April, is the cruelest month. Before 9/11/2001, there was 9/11/1973, when Gen. Pinochet toppled the Allende government in Chile and ushered in a 17-year reign of terror. More recently, on 9/15/2008, Lehman Brothers went bust and torpedoed the global economy, turning what had been a Wall Street crisis into a near-death experience for the global financial system.

Two years later, the global economy remains very fragile. The signs of recovery that desperate policymakers claimed to have detected late in 2009 and early this year have proven to be mirages. In Europe, four million people are unemployed and the austerity programs imposed on highly indebted countries such as Greece, Spain, Italy, and Ireland will add hundreds of thousands more to the dole. Germany is an exception to the dismal rule.

Dementia onset

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While staying mentally active in old age has been linked to a delayed onset of dementia, seniors who engage in such brain “exercise” may actually have a faster rate of decline once Alzheimer’s is diagnosed, researchers reported Wednesday

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100901/hl_nm/us_dementia_progression

Orcas evolving

Posted in you've got mail at 11:44 am by nemo

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Orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are still evolving, and quickly

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8959000/8959574.stm

Collecting dna

Posted in you've got mail at 11:42 am by nemo

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Researchers’ efforts to collect samples at a fair raise ethical questions

http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100901/full/news.2010.445.html

Evolution of placentas

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A skink species lays eggs on the coast but births babies in the mountains, giving a rare glimpse at how placentas evolved, scientists say

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/09/100901-science-animals-evolution-australia-lizard-skink-live-birth-eggs/

Exercise vs obesity genes

Posted in you've got mail at 11:40 am by nemo

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People with a genetic predisposition to obesity can reduce their risk of being overweight by being physically active, researchers conclude

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/31/science/la-sci-exercise-genes-20100901

The Lomborg Deception

Posted in you've got mail at 11:37 am by nemo

Howard Friel: The Lomborg Deception: About Yesterday’s Front-Page Story in the Guardian

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2134?akid=156.96588.UC5zpg&t=36

Weaning the World Off Oil

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John Sauven: Weaning the World Off Oil

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2127?akid=156.96588.UC5zpg&t=22

“Iraq Is a Shattered Country”

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“Iraq Is a Shattered Country”–Nir Rosen on Obama Declaring an End to US Combat Mission in Iraq

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2125?akid=156.96588.UC5zpg&t=18

Farewell to Iraq…

Posted in you've got mail at 11:34 am by nemo

Farewell to Iraq, but No Talk of Mission Accomplished

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2123?akid=156.96588.UC5zpg&t=14

Depleted Uranium Risk

Posted in you've got mail at 11:33 am by nemo

Army Downplays Depleted Uranium Risk on Hawaiian Island

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2119?akid=156.96588.UC5zpg&t=6

Afghan War Unwinnable

Posted in you've got mail at 11:33 am by nemo

Afghan War Unwinnable Quagmire, Ex-CIA Man Says

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2118?akid=156.96588.UC5zpg&t=4

Overworked and Underpaid?

Posted in you've got mail at 11:32 am by nemo

Overworked and Underpaid? Productivity Increases, But Wage Growth Declines

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2117?akid=156.96588.UC5zpg&t=2

Government illegalities

Posted in you've got mail at 11:27 am by nemo

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The Government uses the Law to Harm People and Shield the Establishment
by Professor John Kozy
Global Research (June 04 2010)
Most Americans know that politicians make promises they never fulfill;
few know that politicians make promises they lack the means to fulfill,
as President Obama’s political posturing on the Deepwater Horizon
disaster in the Gulf of Mexico makes perfectly clear.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=19536

09.01.10

Krugman on deficits

Posted in you've got mail at 12:20 pm by nemo

After Saddam, America’s Next Fake Enemy: Deficits
Tuesday 31 August 2010

http://www.truth-out.org/after-saddam-americas-next-fake-enemy-deficits62818

by: Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co.

The Great Stimulus Debate

Posted in Critique of Evolutionary Economy, you've got mail at 12:18 pm by nemo

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Death By Globalism: Economists haven’t a Clue
by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts
Have economists made themselves irrelevant? If you have any doubts, have a look at the current issue of the magazine, International Economy,
a slick endorsed by former Federal Reserve chairmen Paul Volcker and
Alan Greenspan, by Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European
Central Bank, by former Secretary of State George Shultz, and by the New
York Times and Washington Post, both of which declare the magazine to
be “ahead of the curve.”
The main feature of the current issue is “The Great Stimulus Debate.” Is
the Obama fiscal stimulus helping the economy or hindering it?

http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20854

Spirituality, Economics and Nature

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John Buell: Spirituality, Economics and Nature

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2110?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=32

The August Day Plutocracy Would Love Us to Forget

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Chuck Collins and Sam Pizzigati: The August Day Plutocracy Would Love Us to Forget

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2109?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=30

A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe

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Simon Jenkins: A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe. Yes, Iraq Was a Headline War

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2106?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=24

Deficit commission and Social Security

Posted in you've got mail at 11:48 am by nemo

Ezra Klein: Deficit Commission ‘Narrowing Its Gaze on Social Security’

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2104?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=20

Summit failure: catastrophe looms

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Why Failure of Climate Summit Would Herald Global Catastrophe: 3.5°

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2102?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=16

Secret ‘Kill Lists’

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Secret ‘Kill Lists’ Fly in the Face of US and Int’l Law

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2099?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=10

Arctic rig shut down

Posted in you've got mail at 11:34 am by nemo

Greenpeace ‘Shuts Down’ Arctic Oil Rig

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2096?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=4

USA-Made Mess in Iraq

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USA-Made Mess in Iraq: Sanctions, Invasion, Occupation

http://act.commondreams.org/go/2095?akid=154.96588.5-0UgC&t=2

08.31.10

A critique of “inclusive fitness” theories

Posted in you've got mail at 11:29 am by nemo

A critique of “inclusive fitness” theories, which claim that altruism
is based on a calculation of whether more of your genes would be
passed along by helping your own offspring or those of a relative:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/31/science/31social.html?ref=science

My inclination is to side with this new critique, being dubious of
“selfish gene” theories (and those who’ve read Dawkins thoroughly –
I’ve only skimmed him, and rely mostly on Eldredge’s criticisms of him
– should weigh in).
In any case, we can look forward to more rounded, multifactorial
theories to replace those based solely or primarily on genetic
determinants of social behavior. From the end of the article:
“Dr. Hunt hopes to move the debate toward a resolution with a meeting
he is to run in October at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center
in Durham, N.C. He will be bringing together scientists who build
models of all the potential factors that drive the evolution of
societies, from their kinship to their ecology. Ultimately, the
scientists hope to build a model that can take into account all of
these factors at once.”

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