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Hospitals are being bombed, civilians are trapped between hostile forces. Yes, the end is near for the Tamil Tigers but since a Tiger out of uniform is indistinguishable from a civilian, the government will probably just kill anything that moves. I’m not sure how it could be worse. A reliable source on the ground in Sri Lanka indicates that Vellupillai Prabhakaran, leader of the LTTE, is confirmed dead as the military continues its assault in northern Sri Lanka.. The source indicates that the remaining LTTE leadership has expressed willingness to surrender. This development has not yet been made public by the Sri Lanka [...] (AP photo via CBC news: Doctors treat a wounded civilian.) “”I am proud to announce… that my government, with the total commitment of our armed forces, has in an unprecedented humanitarian operation, finally defeated the LTTE militarily.” So said Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse today, speaking in Jordan. There are just a few problems [...] Prosecutors want to bar Tim DeChristopher from arguing in his upcoming criminal trial that he placed bogus bids on oil and gas leases to combat the climate crisis. The reason, legal experts say, is the fear the some jurors may buy his argument. DeChristopher deliberately placed false bids so as to disrupt the leasing by [...] OxFam International has released a major study confirming that glacial shrinkage is deepening water conflicts in the Andes. Many of the conflicts are violent too. Climate change influences politics as growing populations compete for shrinking amounts of water. As an example, Bolivia’s Chacaltaya Glacier, once home to the world’s highest ski area, now no [...] Mark Cuban For the 1st time ever, more people are finding my blog from Twitter and Facebook referrals than via Google. The total number of people coming to my blog is increasing. The percentage of people who find it via Google is declining. Significantly. This trend will only continue and is probably not reversible. I [...] Photo credit Ifremer/Olivier Dugorna This new design from TidalStream for tidal power turbines claims to output up to 10MW per 6 turbine platform, substantially more than other designs. Plus, such power is generated completely silently and is not visible from the shore, which should keep NIMBYs happy. Let’s hope it can scale to commercial [...] BofA told to replace board with people who actually know about banking Currently it goes 50 miles on a charge with a top speed of 90mph. The inventor hopes to boost the range to 300 miles “Everyone told me I was crazy for doing it,” he said. “But I’m riding it and it works. And it could change everything. No gas, just hit the throttle and [...] Guatemalan lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg wrote a letter and recorded a video on May 9 saying if he was murdered while uncovering bank corruption that President Alvara Colom of Guatemala would be personally responsible and complicit. The next day Rosenberg was murdered while rising a bicycle. Guatemala erupted into protests and have been using Twitter [...] |  | ||||
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