Earthbeat Radio of the Institute for Policy Studies interviews Dr. James Hansen, a NASA scientist, who, in his off-time, participated in the September 27 Appalachia Rising demonstration in Washington together with about 2,000 protesters including residents, retired coal miners and Native Americans. There were 118 arrests in all. Participating in the interview as well is [...]

Well, this makes it definitive! Who could possibly doubt the sagacity and the track record of these guys! The UN is bound to follow their suggestion. –The Editors Kazakhstan calls for global currency By Stan Rogers For CentralAsiaOnline.com 2010-09-27 NEW YORK – A global currency under UN control would reduce the probability of another financial [...]

If you have not followed Delingpole’s coverage of the Anthropogenic Global Warming, you may not recognize the name. But if you check out the number of comments on this three day old Telegraph Online article, you’ll note he has a very large following since he helped to break the emailgate scandal by our culture’s best [...]

In a stunning reversal of decades of pithy and often trenchant economic commentary, The Daily Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard has reversed his key position in support of central bank management of Amero-British economy. Not only has he reversed his views, he has apologized abjectly for his errors. When was the last time we heard a major [...]

Organic Valley Milk is one of the most visible organic milk products on the market today. The cooperative itself goes back to 1988 when a group of farmers in beautiful Southwestern Wisconsin began to work collectively. Today, many families belong to the cooperative. Recently, however, the CROPP cooperative, producer of dairy products among other foodstuffs, [...]

MONDAY, September 27, 2010, a traveling exhibit opens at the Alabama School of Fine Arts: Transitive Geographies: Contemporary Visions of an Evolving South. The exhibit is curated by Shannon Morris of the Georgia College & State University Museum and will be in town until November 19. Call Cumbee Tyndal at (205) 252-9241 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (205) 252-9241      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              (205) [...]

Read Karyn Zweifel’s take on Jane Martin’s “Talking With…” No one seems to know Jane Martin, although “her” plays have had two decades of success. A Hartnell College Western Stage press release provides more details. The play first premiered in Louisville in 1981. – RJ A series of monologues from a wide sampling of women [...]

Sharing is the answer, according to a book called What’s Mine is Yours: The Rise of Collaborative Consumption written by two entrepreneurs, Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers. E-bay and Craigslist and Freecycle only represent the beginning of the trend towards collaborative consumption, which includes car sharing, organized and sometimes high-tech bike sharing, swapping books, movies [...]

This photo comes from a 1917 National Geographic with the following caption: “To be \”well versed in the arts of pies, custards, and tarts\” is an accomplishment no less vital to the success of a navy than gunnery or signaling. Each must do his bit on a warship, and one of the most important of [...]

Fall has arrived! NASA Science News has the following report on tonight’s Harvest Moon: Watch out for the Super Harvest Moon – by Dr. Tony Phillips – Sept. 22, 2010: For the first time in almost 20 years, northern autumn is beginning on the night of a full Moon. The coincidence sets the stage for [...]

The Cahaba River Society has a new and exciting event scheduled for September 25 in Trussville Springs. Read on for more information… Announcing the Cahaba River Fry-Down – A New Riverside Event August 17, 2010 BIRMINGHAM, AL — Today, the Cahaba River Society announced its largest fundraiser of the year, the Cahaba River Fry-Down. This [...]

Georgia’s HOPE scholarship program, established in 1993 and funded by the state lottery, is said to be going broke, according to Jack Stripling of Inside HigherEd in his September 21, 2101 article – Losing HOPE. State officials are faced with the problem of cutting participation, either by introducing academic guidelines (such as using SAT scores [...]