We wish we were joking. From Canada’s The Tyee, Nov. 21: Earth’s Eighth Continent It swirls. It grows. It’s a massive, floating “garbage patch.” Located in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii and measuring in at roughly twice the… Read moreContinent of garbage grows in North Pacific
From Newsday, Nov. 29: Truck spills 3,000 gallons of diesel in Queens A tanker-truck cartwheeled Thursday afternoon in Queens just after exiting the Whitestone Expressway, injuring the driver and sending at least 3,000 gallons of diesel fuel streaming across the… Read moreWHY WE FIGHT
Continuing to demonstrate hyper-priapism, oil inches unsteadily but seemingly inexorably towards the symbolic watershed of $100 per barrel despite high output. Prices briefly rose to over $95 a barrel before dropping back to just over $92 Nov. 29 as an… Read moreHyper-priapic OPEC still can’t get it down
With all eyes on the Israeli-Palestinian “breakthrough” at the Annapolis talks, the West Bank is under siege—this time by Palestinian security forces. Hisham Baradi, 36, an anti-Annapolis protester with the Hizb al-Tahrir (Party of Liberation), was killed when Palestinian Authority… Read moreMilitant Jews, Palestinians united —against Annapolis
Pervez Musharraf, who resigned Nov. 28 as Pakistan’s army chief, will be sworn in today as civilian president, resisting calls from opposition leaders to step down as head of state. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, former ISI chief, now takes over as… Read moreMusharraf becomes civil president; Taliban insurgency spreads
Masked gunmen reportedly stormed the family home of a journalist associated with Saddam Hussein’s party and critical of the Iraqi government, killing 11 relatives as they ate breakfast in a Baghdad neighborhood known as a Shi’ite militia stronghold Nov. 26…. Read moreIraq: journalist’s family reported slain
Both Sunni and Shi’ite opposition groups are criticizing the “declaration of principles” on long-term ties signed by US and Iraqi leaders Nov. 26, charging it would lead to “US interference for years to come.” The Iraqi parliament will have to… Read moreIraq: opposition assails pact with US
Police in Diyarbakir, Turkey, used water cannons, tear gas and batons against Kurdish protesters Nov. 25. The protesters hurled stones and burned tires after being blocked from marching through the city’s center. Protesters chanted slogans in support of the Democratic… Read moreKurds clash with police in Diyarbakir
Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, former US commander in Iraq, gave the Democratic Party’s weekly Saturday radio address Nov. 24, calling Bush’s Iraq adventure a failure—while emphasizing he was not representing the party. Said Sanchez: “That failure continues today…. Read moreDems close ranks with war criminal Sanchez
US Rear Admiral Gregory Smith accused Iran-backed “special groups” of being behind the bombing of a Baghdad pet market, which left 15 dead and 55 wounded Nov. 22. Two bombs hidden in a cardboard bird box exploded simultaneously at al-Ghazl… Read moreIran-backed “special groups” behind new Baghdad market blast?
Indian army troops are patrolling the streets of Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, following a wave of arson and violence this week. Protesters repeatedly clashed with police, and torched several vehicles and the local offices of the state’s ruling Communist Party… Read moreIndian army patrols Calcutta after violent protests
Boy, does this ever speak to WW4 Report‘s existential dilemma! Your struggling writer recently griped: “The dumbing-down and contraction of print media generally has dried up much of the freelance market and forced me into self-publishing on the Net. The… Read moreNYT op-ed: Pay Internet writers!
