Day April 18, 2007

Protest Bush in New London CT, May 23

From The ANSWER Coalition A Proposal for Nation-Wide Protests “Turn Up the Heat in 2007” Here’s the first (of many to come) Bush will be speaking at the graduation ceremony of the Coast Guard Academy on Wed. May 23rd. Join…

Iraq casualties

Yesterday, the Bad Craziness post here on the Virginia Tech slaughter mentioned that 33 dead happens every day in Iraq. This sparked comments and calculations about the Iraq homicide rate, and how stratospheric it is. Turns out, it’s much higher…

Global warming to impact US hard

Increasing droughts, floods, heat waves, infectious diseases, storm surges on coastlines, and water shortages are predicted for the US and Canada as a result of global warming. The most threatened areas in the US are the Southwest, California, Alaska, the…

California foreclosure rate rises

Nearly 900 Californians a week are losing their homes because they can’t afford to pay the mortgage â┚¬â€ up from about 100 a week a year ago â┚¬â€ providing fresh evidence that the housing market’s troubles are nowhere near over.…