http://www.agoravox.com/ en http://www.agoravox.com/IMG/2006/logo-agoravox.jpg http://www.agoravox.com/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/I-_hstjp4OI/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:17:44 +0200 They did not come any more humble than Lou Gehrig. The "Iron Horse" played for the New York Yankees in the 1920s and 30s and is best remembered not for his prowess as a hitter or the longevity of his dope-free consecutive-games-played record, but his brief but tearful farewell speech 70 years (...) Shaun Mullen http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10277 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/Xd8pu7t2WG0/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:17:22 +0200 In his speech at Bar Ilan University on June 14, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed a new Israeli “peace plan,” with preconditions that a Palestinian negotiator must first meet before he would “promptly” engage in “unconditional” bilateral (...) nicola http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10275 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/948tdL69A9s/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:16:53 +0200 This evening I MC'd what I consider to be the largest protest event the state of North Dakota has ever seen. On the capitol mall in Bismarck we had easily over 1,000 people gathered, signs in hand, to protest big, intrusive government. There will be more pictures coming out shortly, but (...) Rob Port http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10279 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/mj9Zpniovrg/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:16:08 +0200 The first cases of swine flu were diagnosed in the US in San Diego in mid-April. The discovery was serendipitous, the result of out-of-season US-Mexican border surveillance and use of a new diagnostic test at the Naval Health Research Center. When the new test protocol showed infection with (...) Effect Measure http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10284 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/16FaXqFphuE/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:15:15 +0200 The eliminations of jobs increased far more than expected in the United States. 467,000 jobs have been destroyed in June. The unemployment rate is now 9.5%. Analysts expected from 300,000 to 365,000 elimitations. However, the new statistics for April and May show that 8,000 less jobs were (...) NYFP http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10276 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/9O63G0DBlQM/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:14:35 +0200 President Obama isn't really asking for much. Really it's quite simple: both sides of the issue, conservatives and liberals, must give up a little bit to reach a "common ground" on a perennial issue to lay this "culture war" on abortion aside. Then both sides will have achieved a (...) Bioethics.net http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10283 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/3Rki3Vtull0/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:14:01 +0200 Much as I would love to focus solely on these gorgeous summer days and forget all the dreariness that weighs upon this nation like a thick blanket of tar, no self-respecting chronicler of the meltdown can avoid mentioning the latest corruption scandal at old Kaupthing bank. We already know that (...) Alda Sigmundsdóttir http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10281 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/KI5cuRqkg_4/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:13:25 +0200 The Middle East oil/gas producer countries- GCC, Iraq and Iran - are among the big C02 emitters on the planet. Jointly they are responsible for more than four percent of global emissions - more than India - due to the nature of their industries, their high living standards, low energy prices (...) Blogactiv Team http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10280 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/M1b5mYgf1gg/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:12:39 +0200 The old eurosceptic Independence/Democracy group in the European Parliament was kept more or less respectable largely thanks to the influence of its former joint leader Jens-Peter Bonde, who stemmed from the relatively moderate lefty side of euroscepticism. Now, however, Bonde has retired and (...) Nosemonkey http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10278 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/QJe_6GlketE/article.php3 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:11:30 +0200 Bernie Madoff' Ponzi scheme has left many of our charities, philanthropies, and NGO's in pieces. At a time when we could least afford it. Not having any advice to give, I decided to go for a laugh. So did I get a chuckle out of (...) Yaakov Kirschen http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10282 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/AFFLF7_y0-k/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:56:30 +0200 I see more and more as our leaving the cities got closer what I saw as a fact the day the idiot ignored all good advice against attacking Iraq and that is an all out war Sunni against Shiite and don't forget the Kurd's and other sects then spreading throughout the middle east. Iraq (...) James Joiner http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10269 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/JLc1pxdgY18/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:55:58 +0200 This letter represents our sentiments in wishing to express our gratitude for your and Ms. Pelosi's efforts on our behalf. We thank you, our shareholders thank you, and certainly all of us look forward to contributing to your Presidential Library, once you leave office, if we did not (...) PacificGatePost http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10265 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/pSNhUIGW3kg/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:53:10 +0200 God Bless Karl Malden who came from humble beginnings in Gary, Indiana and demonstrated what hard work could accomplish. He was a member of my church and I remember him when I was a child during Holiday services when he would stand in the balcony with everyone else, no special seating, no (...) Liberally Conservative http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10274 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/3JCLQ5L4cfI/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:10:09 +0200 If you thought that America's foreign policy outlook would improve with the election of Barack Obama, you thought wrong. Part of the problem, being residual blowback from previous American sins, is, admittedly, not Obama's fault. But a great deal of it is. When Establishment (...) Frank Staheli http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10273 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/vDFRgvf2kqs/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:09:47 +0200 The maker of automotive seats and interior electronics Lear announced today that it would file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection shortly. The group and its lenders found an agreement on this solution. Lear is the biggest collateral victim of the global decrease of car sales. The group had (...) NYFP http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10266 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/v-LS__CycDo/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:09:07 +0200 I do not know why each time the figure of Muammar Gaddafi comes into my mind, I remember Haile Selassie, the former and final Emperor of Ethiopia. I, strongly, believe that the two men share a lot of things in common. On the one hand, Jah Haile Selassie is considered by Rastas (his followers) (...) Morocco Times http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10267 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/tk3KyWn8q8I/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:08:29 +0200 When we contemplate the word freedom, it is usually in the context of political freedom. World history is latent with examples of people rebelling against Royalty, Governments and even Religions to gain their Freedom. Wild animals have been known to die in captivity when deprived of their (...) Pete Latona http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10264 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/ZvyR-XSsmN8/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:06:28 +0200 There were a few messages on Twitter and a lengthy post from ResEuropa about the prospect of Baroness Shriti Vadera being appointed as the British member of the European Commission this autumn. The story stems from this article in The Times. Firstly, let me set the record straight from the (...) Jon Worth http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10268 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/5vj-ONRY5qQ/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:05:51 +0200 Diana Ross has been named as a possible guardian for Michael Jackson's three children. “The late King of Pop's will, dated July 7, 2002, says Ross should take custody of his children if his mother is unable to,” says Sky News, going on: “Katherine Jackson, 79, is (...) Jon Newton http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10270 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Agoravox-TheCitizenMedia/~3/Neb2bD99Ggc/article.php3 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:05:16 +0200 Dick Cheney reacted to the cessation of unilateral US patrols of major cities in Iraq, saying that he had concerns that the "insurgents" might launch more attacks and that “I would not want to see the U.S. waste all the tremendous sacrifice that has gotten us to this point." First of all, (...) Juan Cole http://www.agoravox.com/article.php3?id_article=10271