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Tag: Planet Watch

Planet Watch

Armed Luddite resistance to Internet foreseen

Yeah, but they’ll probably have their own website. From BBC, Sept. 24, emphasis added: Internet’s future in 2020 debated The internet will be a thriving, low-cost network of billions of devices by 2020, says a major survey of leading technology… Read moreArmed Luddite resistance to Internet foreseen

Planet Watch

Euro-imperialist aggression against the Moon

Under the happy headline “Space Probe Slams Into Moon,” the shameless techno-boosters at Space.com note Sept. 4: A European lunar orbiter was purposely slammed into the Moon today. The high-tech spacecraft—Small Missions for Advanced Research and Technology—belongs to the European… Read moreEuro-imperialist aggression against the Moon

Planet Watch

Satellite data: Greenland ice cap melting fast

From Scripps Howard, Aug. 12: The vast ice cap that covers Greenland nearly three miles thick is melting faster than ever before on record, and the pace is speeding year by year, according to global climate watchers gathering data from… Read moreSatellite data: Greenland ice cap melting fast

Planet Watch

Utilities fund global warming skeptics

More insidious lies from the liberal media. We all know that global warming is just a myth. So what if people make money by stating this truth? Why does the liberal media hate capitalism?* From ABC News, July 27: Making… Read moreUtilities fund global warming skeptics

Planet Watch

Prudhoe Bay closure jacks up oil prices

Talk about your great moments in bad timing. Will we hit the much-feared $100 per barrel before the year is out? From Bloomberg, Aug. 8 (links and emphasis added): Oil traded near a three-week high in New York on concern… Read morePrudhoe Bay closure jacks up oil prices

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Murray Bookchin, visionary social theorist, dies at 85

Brian Tokar of Vermont’s Institute for Social Ecology writes: Murray Bookchin, the visionary social theorist and activist, died during the early morning of Sunday, July 30 in his home in Burlington, Vermont. During a prolific career of writing, teaching and… Read moreMurray Bookchin, visionary social theorist, dies at 85

Planet Watch

July 4th fireworks threaten life on Earth

North Korea notoriously test-fired at least seven missiles July 4—although the intercontinental Taepodong-2, which we were told could reach parts of the Western US, failed less than a minute after launch, falling into the Sea of Japan, along with the… Read moreJuly 4th fireworks threaten life on Earth

Planet Watch

Malaysia’s Mahathir: “World War 4” looms

From AFP, June 7 via Spacewar: A new world war involving nuclear weapons may have already begun, Malaysia’s former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said Wednesday, warning that an attack on Iran would be disastrous. Mahathir said that bloodshed in Iraq… Read moreMalaysia’s Mahathir: “World War 4” looms

Planet Watch

Bush seeks privatization of national forests

The Bush administration has just upped the ante on turning federally-administrated public lands over to corporate interests. Previously, they had just pushed to expand timber, oil and mineral lease rights, citing the energy crunch and need for “energy independence” due… Read moreBush seeks privatization of national forests

Planet Watch

Tibet: glaciers melting fast

A good thing we all know global warming is only a myth. From MSNBC, May 2: BEIJING — Glaciers covering China’s Qinghai-Tibet plateau are shrinking by 7 percent a year due to global warming and the environmental consequences may be… Read moreTibet: glaciers melting fast

Planet Watch

Meanwhile, the dolphins are dying…

From AP, May 3: Sonar tied to deaths of 400 dolphins? Zanzibar scientists look for clues; U.S. Navy task force in area ZANZIBAR – Scientists are studying the remains of some of the 400 dolphins that washed up dead on… Read moreMeanwhile, the dolphins are dying…

Planet Watch

Bush plans bombardment of Moon

This is just about the most insidious thing the Bush boys are doing—because while plans to bomb Iran at least spark headlines and outrage, plans to bomb the Moon languish in the back pages of the newspapers, and even many… Read moreBush plans bombardment of Moon

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