Aug 06 2010
Implications of the Lebanon-Israel Skirmish
A clash on the Israel-Lebanon border left at least two Lebanese soldiers, an Israeli soldier and a Lebanese reporter dead on Tuesday, August 3rd. The clash started when Lebanese troops fired at an Israeli army unit that was cutting down trees that could serve as cover to fighters near the UN-administered border between Lebanon and Israel. The border, referred to …
A clash on the Israel-Lebanon border left at least two Lebanese soldiers, an Israeli soldier and a Lebanese reporter dead on Tuesday, August 3rd. The clash started when Lebanese troops fired at an Israeli army unit that was cutting down trees that could serve as cover to fighters near the UN-administered border between Lebanon and Israel. The border, referred to …
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Sixty-five years ago today the U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, in Japan. A hundred and forty thousand people, mostly civilians, were killed instantly. A second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later, instantly killing 70,000 people. At least 130,000 more Japanese died of radiation poisoning within 5 years. Before his death …
A former Cambodian prison head under the Khmer Rouge regime was sentenced to 19 years in prison last week on July 26th. The sentence was the first ever given out by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, or ECCC, a hybrid UN-Cambodian government tribunal created five years ago to try senior leaders of the Khmer …
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A federal judge yesterday struck down the same-sex marriage ban that was narrowly passed by California voters nearly two years ago. Judge Vaughn Walker, a Republican appointee, issued a 138 page ruling against Proposition 8 explaining that “marriage in the United States has always been a civil matter,” and that no one’s faith should be affected by the …
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The California Board of Education unanimously voted to adopt the Common Core State Standards education curriculum on Monday. The Common Core Standards, which are voluntarily adopted by states, unifies national education policy, and is preferred by the Obama administration. California is one of 19 states competing for hundreds of millions of dollars in Federal Grant money under President Obama’s …
While pundits and economists worry about Wall Street’s well-being, Americans worry about losing their jobs, paying their bills and the health of the planet. The capitalist marketplace promotes the exploitation of people and natural resources as cheap fixes. But you don’t have to abandon your values to save a buck. Welcome to the People’s Marketplace. 
Speaking to NBC on Sunday, Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said about possible war with Iran over its nuclear capabilities, “Military actions have been on the table and remain on the table.” When asked point blank if the military has a plan in place to attack Iran, Mullen replied “we do.” Tensions with Iran are once more high in …
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