Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Ember energy analysis firm reports that for the first nine months of 2024, Germany generated more electricity from wind […]
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Furious European Parliament Members Warn US Spying could Derail Free Trade Agreement
European Union officials are furious about revelations that the US is spying on them and on Continental Europeans as vigorously as it spies on China. […]
Dubai’s Underwater Hotel
Construction of the Water Discus underwater hotel of Dubai may be begun soon, and it will be finished in five years, according to Colin Simpson […]
How Obama has made Whistleblowers the Flying Dutchmen of the 21st Century (van Buren)
Peter van Buren writes at Tomdispatch: As a State Department whistleblower, I think a lot about Edward Snowden. I can’t help myself. My friendships with […]
‘The 19th Day of the Egyptian Revolution’: What the Egyptian Press is Saying about Today’s Mass Protest
Via the USG Open Source Center, report on Egypt press for June 30, 2013 (arrangement and headings by JC), regarding the massive demonstrations throughout the […]
GE’s ‘Brilliant’ Wind Turbines offer Cheaper Energy than Coal, Gas, & have Battery Storage
GE’s Brilliant wind turbines generate electricity more cheaply than coal or gas according to Clean Technica , and have battery storage for when the wind […]
US bugged EU offices, Collects 1/2 Billion German Internet & Phone Connections Monthly
Der Spiegel has two explosive stories on NSA spying from Edward Snowden’s leaked documents. The first is that the US has bugged the telephones and […]
Obama at Soweto University: New Generation of Africans taking its Place on World Stage
President Obama’s address at Soweto University, via Channel 4 News:
Duelling Demonstrations Divide Egypt over Morsi and Fundamentalism
Tens of thousands of leftist, liberal and centrist protesters gathered in Tahrir Square on Friday for “The Last Warning” aimed at President Muhammad Morsi of […]
Glenn Greenwald: Good journalism is measured by how angry you make the people you’re covering (Video)
Greenwald’s video appearance at the Socialism conference in Chicago (via We are Many: