#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty MPs pay activists refuse to take plea http://www.nation.co.ke/News/MPs-pay-activists-refuse-to-take-plea/-/1056/1858064/-/vldyfxz/-/index.html Seventeen protesters arrested during last week’s anti-MPs-pay-increase demo in Nairobi have refused to plead to criminal charges pressed against them. The activists have been slapped with several charges including taking part in an illegal procession and cruelty against animals. The group Monday said the charges “lacked sufficient disclosure” and asked the court to declare the case “unconstitutional”, and set them free. “The Constitution demands that anyone arrested should be informed of the charge, given sufficient details, understand it first before pleading,” Lawyer Harun Ndumbi for the accused said. The accused, he said,…http://www.twitpic.com/cs1dzw
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Michele Bachmann Presidential Campaign Investigation Joined By FBI http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/20/michele-bachmann-fbi_n_3306186.html The FBI has jumped into a multi-pronged investigation of alleged misconduct by the failed presidential campaign of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported on Sunday. While the FBI wouldn't confirm or deny any involvement in the probe, sources with knowledge of the campaign and the investigation told the Star Tribune that the FBI had made inquiries about former Bachmann chief of staff Andy Parrish, as well as other former staffers. News that Bachmann's campaign had drawn an ethics investigation first broke in March, and the extent of alleged violations has only…http://www.twitpic.com/cs1z6m
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Battle for Qusair inflicts heavy losses in Syria http://www.euronews.com/2013/05/20/battle-for-qusair-inflicts-heavy-losses-in-syria/ Fierce fighting for the Syrian rebel stronghold of Qusair has inflicted heavy losses on all parties including Lebanese militants Hezbollah. The battle for strategically important Qusair is a possible turning point in the war – a win for the regime would restore links between Damascus and the Mediterranean coast. While the latest amateur video is said to show rebels fighting street by street, Hezbollah is thought to have lost at least 30 fighters with 70 more wounded as they back the Syrian regime. If confirmed it is the largest toll for the Lebanese militants in a single Syrian operation. The conflict is ra…http://www.twitpic.com/cs241c
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Kinsley loves austerity because it is “spinach” http://www.salon.com/2013/05/17/kinsley_loves_austerity_because_it_is_spinach/ The liberal pundit supports a worthless international initiative So the other day Paul Krugman had a long, very good piece in the New York Review of Books on the arguments and flawed research used to justify austerity measures, and why the notion that it’s necessary for countries to “pay” for booms and expansionary fiscal policy with spending-slashing measures in the midst of recessions has so much appeal to certain elites. And in this month’s New Republic, former editor Michael Kinsley responds to Krugman’s anti-austerity crusade with a very poorly argued piece about how even though austerity has been a disaster basi…http://www.twitpic.com/cs25y3
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty A Black Mound of Canadian Oil Waste Is Rising Over Detroit http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/18/business/energy-environment/mountain-of-petroleum-coke-from-oil-sands-rises-in-detroit.html?pagewanted=all Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they’ve been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering an entire city block on the other side of the Detroit River. Detroit’s ever-growing black mountain is the unloved, unwanted and long overlooked byproduct of Canada’s oil sands boom. And no one knows quite what to do about it, except Koch Carbon, which owns it. The company is controlled by Charles and David Koch, wealthy industrialists who back a number of conservative and libertarian causes including activist…http://www.twitpic.com/cs28rs
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ Despite enormous progress in recent decades, women still have to deal with biases against them in the sciences. In April, National Geographic News published a story about the letter in which scientist Francis Crick described DNA to his 12-year-old son. In 1962, Crick was awarded a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA, along with fellow scientists James Watson and Maurice Wilkins. Several people posted comments about our story that noted one name was missing from the Nobel roster: Rosalind Franklin, a British biophysicist who also studied DNA. Her data were critical to Crick and Watson's work. But it tur…
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty 6 Women Scientists Who Were Snubbed Due to Sexism http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/13/130519-women-scientists-overlooked-dna-history-science/ Despite enormous progress in recent decades, women still have to deal with biases against them in the sciences. In April, National Geographic News published a story about the letter in which scientist Francis Crick described DNA to his 12-year-old son. In 1962, Crick was awarded a Nobel Prize for discovering the structure of DNA, along with fellow scientists James Watson and Maurice Wilkins. Several people posted comments about our story that noted one name was missing from the Nobel roster: Rosalind Franklin, a British biophysicist who also studied DNA. Her data were critical to Crick and Watson's work. But it tur…http://www.twitpic.com/cs2s53