Revealed: police databank on thousands of protesters

Seeded on Sat Mar 7, 2009 4:34 AM EST (Guardian Unlimited)

Police are targeting thousands of political campaigners in surveillance operations and storing their details on a database for at least seven years, an investigation by the Guardian can reveal.

politics, police, uk, human-rights, liberty, surveillance

'Alien' genes escape into wild corn

Seeded on Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:30 AM EST (newscientist.com)

NOW it's official: genes from genetically modified corn have escaped into wild varieties in rural Mexico. A new study resolves a long-running controversy over the spread of GM genes and suggests that detecting such escapes may be tougher than previously thought.

science, environment, food, gm, greenvine, gmo, eco

Typo In Proposition 8 Defines Marriage As Between 'One Man And One Wolfman'

Seeded on Thu Jan 8, 2009 5:56 AM EST (The Onion)

Activists on both sides of the gay marriage debate were shocked this November, when a typographical error in California's Proposition 8 changed the state constitution to restrict marriage to a union between "one man and one wolfman,"

politics, usa, california, human-rights, satire

"Cure" for AIDS Stumbled Upon?

Seeded on Tue Nov 18, 2008 2:26 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

Doctors in Berlin, Germany, are reporting that a 42-year-old American living in that city may have eliminated the virus from his body after a bone marrow transplant.

science, sex, aids, medicine, hiv, bone-marrow

Campaigner Wins Pesticide Victory

Seeded on Fri Nov 14, 2008 12:24 PM EST (BBC News)

A campaigner has won a legal victory in a long-running battle with the government over the use of pesticides. A High Court judge ruled Georgina Downs, who lives near Chichester, West Sussex, had produced "solid evidence" that residents had suffered harm. Mr Justice Collins said …

science, environment, eu, uk, organic, greenvine, eco, pesticide, defra

Want to Shut Conservatives Out of Power for Good? Implement Universal Health Care

Seeded on Sun Nov 2, 2008 2:36 PM EST (AlterNet.org)

We've worked hard to build a progressive political juggernaut that will, God willing and the creek don't rise, put us in control of both Congress and the Executive Branch starting just a week from now. But it's one thing to get power, and another thing to keep it.

politics, obama, health-care, usa, canada

Nuclear Power "Economics Are Just Not There"

Seeded on Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:44 AM EDT (TreeHugger)

In a press conference call yesterday that's how Lester Brown of the Earth Policy Institute described nuclear power, "the economics are just not there".

science, environment, money, energy, nuclear, economics, power, cost, greenvine, wind

Ecuador 1st Nation in World to Give Nature Rights Via Constitution

Seeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:44 AM EDT (ecoworldly.com)

Exit polls indicate that a majority of Ecuadorians have voted yes to a new constitution. The constitution is the first in the world's history to grant nature legal rights, and also to allow individuals to sue on nature's behalf in courts.

politics, environment, oil, constitution, nature, ecuador, greenvine, chevron, correa

Heart fears over common chemical

Seeded on Tue Sep 16, 2008 1:03 PM EDT (BBC News)

Higher levels of a chemical often found in plastic food and drink packaging are associated with cardiovascular disease and diabetes, a study has suggested. The group with the highest levels of Bisphenol A (BPA) in their urine were found to be more than twice as likely to have di …

health, diabetes, disease, fda, heart, bpa, bisphenol-a

The world's verdict will be harsh if the US rejects the man it yearns for

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 5:03 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

The feeling is familiar. I had it four years ago and four years before that: a sinking feeling in the stomach. It's a kind of physical pessimism which says: "It's happening again. The Democrats are about to lose an election they should win - and it could not matter more."

politics, us, europe, obama, election, mccain, world, america

Meet Chrome, Google's Windows Killer

Seeded on Tue Sep 2, 2008 3:58 AM EDT (TechCrunch)

Make no mistake. The cute comic book and the touchy-feely talk about user experience is little more than a coat of paint on top of a monumental hatred of Microsoft.

technology, google, microsoft, windows, web-2-0, firefox, os

No Joke: Google Introduces Its Own Browser, With A Cartoon

Seeded on Mon Sep 1, 2008 4:52 PM EDT (TechCrunch)

Google Blogoscoped has published a lengthly cartoon sent to them by Google and drawn by Scott McCloud that provides the first public details about Google Chrome, an open source browser based on WebKit and powered by Google Gears that has been rumored but never before confirmed.

technology, google, firefox, browser, internet-explorer

Five Reasons the World Wants Obama

Seeded on Mon Sep 1, 2008 4:02 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

While Americans spend the next three months pondering which candidate is worthy of becoming the next U.S. president, the rest of the world made up its mind a long time ago: they want Barack Obama for president.

politics, obama, election, mccain, president, world, usa

Tiger Woods' Jesus Walk Not a Glitch

Seeded on Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:01 AM EDT (Mashable!)

It's fun when you see major companies really begin to understand the nature and cultural ins ands outs of your particular subculture.

entertainment, golf, games, tech, sport, tiger-woods, gamevine, ea

Revealed: the massive scale of UK's water consumption

Seeded on Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:19 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

* Environment * Water Revealed: the massive scale of UK's water consumption Each Briton uses 4,645 litres a day when hidden factors are included * Felicity Lawrence * The Guardian, * Wednesday August 20 2008 Weir Wood reservoir in East Sussex

science, environment, uk, water, eco, h2o

Ros Coward: Royal rebel, Prince Charles

Seeded on Sat Aug 16, 2008 3:56 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

For environmental campaigners who are also republicans, the Prince of Wales is a bit of a thorn in the flesh. He's involved in just about all the principal issues - championing organic agriculture, supporting local produce, rainforest campaigning, and sounding off about GM foods.

politics, environment, green, gm, greenvine, eco, prince-charles, pow, monarchy, prince-of-wales

Protest over Use of the Word 'Retard' in Stiller's 'Tropic Thunder' Misses the Target

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 4:36 PM EDT (AlterNet.org)

On Tuesday night I attended the premiere of Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder. Strolling in past the protesters, (groups representing individuals with developmental disabilities), was a little troubling, as I have rarely passed a picket line that I wasn't tempted to join.

politics, movies, film, human-rights, protest, pc, comedy, retard

Dissent Is Essential to Democracy

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 8:40 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

The bulwark against tyranny is dissent. Open opposition, the right to challenge those in power, is a mainstay of any healthy democracy. The Democratic and Republican conventions will test the commitment of the two dominant U.S.

politics, usa, democracy, free-speech, dissent, opposition

'Beer goggles' are real - it's official

Seeded on Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:54 AM EDT (newscientist.com)

THE next time you hear someone blaming "beer goggles" for their behaviour, you may have to believe them. People really do appear more attractive when our perceptions are changed by drinking alcohol.

science, sex, alcohol, beer, beer-goggles, attractivness

Screensaver Reveals New Test for Synaesthesia

Seeded on Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:32 PM EDT (newscientist.com)

Do you hear the dots moving when you watch the video? Then let us know in the comments below.

science, sound, sight, senses, synaesthesia

Coal isn't the climate enemy. It's the solution

Seeded on Fri Aug 8, 2008 2:23 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)

Has George Monbiot sold out on his environmental credentials or is he suffering from amnesia? In his article on these pages last Tuesday he states that he has now reached the point where he no longer cares whether or not the answer to climate change is nuclear - let it happen, he …

politics, environment, climate-change, energy, uk, nuclear, greenvine, coal

Woman pushed onto railway tracks

Seeded on Wed Aug 6, 2008 10:45 AM EDT (BBC News)

Two men pushed a woman onto railway tracks after she told them to stop smoking, police have said. The woman, 58, suffered a broken wrist and bruises to her legs at Farningham Road station in Kent but officers said she was lucky to be alive.

politics, uk, uk-news, culture, safety, criminal, smoking

Nasa's lander samples Mars water

Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 5:59 PM EDT (BBC News)

Nasa's Phoenix lander spacecraft has for the first time identified water in a sample of soil collected from the planet's surface. Scientists will now be able to begin studying the sample to see whether the planet was ever, or is, habitable.

life, science, water, mars, et, extraterrestrial, h2o

Green is the New Black, But Fashions Change

Seeded on Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:09 PM EDT (Independent.co.uk)

At the risk of having one's recycling box tampered with by baying hemp wearers, how many of us secretly think that much of this green malarkey is a pile of organic horse@!$%#?

politics, environment, green, organic, greenvine, carbon, co2, recycling, plastic-bags

Video of Cop Assaulting Cyclist at Critical Mass Ride

Seeded on Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:24 AM EDT (gothamist.com)

Another Critical Mass ride, another stunning display of police brutality. Watch as one of New York's finest violently shoves a cyclist off his bicycle, launching him through the air to the curb at 46th street and Seventh Avenue during Friday night's monthly Critical Mass ride.

politics, police, human-rights, cycling, police-brutality, cop, assult

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