Guest guest Posted April 27, 2006 Report Share Posted April 27, 2006 " t r u t h o u t " <messenger Kelpie Wilson | Stop the Fossil Foolishness Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:12:47 -0700 Kelpie Wilson on breaking our oil addiction; a terrorism conviction in Sacramento; Forest Service wants to sell off popular recreation areas; US attorney will not prosecute Yucca Mountain fraud; women's Equal Pay Day reached; Mexican steel workers shot by police; record numbers lack health insurance; and more ... Browse our continually updating front page at http://www.truthout.org Join fellow bloggers at the t r u t h o u t Town Meeting. Get perspective on today's important issues from TO's editorial team and prominent guest bloggers. Join the debate! http://forum.truthout.org/blog t r u t h o u t | 04.26 Go directly to our issues page: http://www.truthout.org/issues.shtml Kelpie Wilson | Stop the Fossil Foolishness http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042606R.shtml Kelpie Wilson says that President Bush is clearly not providing the leadership we need in order to break the " oil addiction " he mentioned in his SOTA. But if the Republicans aren't going to take any meaningful action on energy issues, can the Dems fill the vacuum? A Mistrial for a Father, but a Son Is Guilty http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042606S.shtml A federal jury in Sacramento on Tuesday convicted a 23-year-old Pakistani-American on terrorism charges hours after a mistrial was declared in the case of his father, who had been charged with lying to investigators to conceal his son's activities. Sri Lanka Fighting Kills 100, Displaces Thousands, UN Says http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042606T.shtml Fighting in Sri Lanka during the past two days has killed at least 100 people and driven thousands from their homes after Sri Lanka's air force and navy fired missiles at rebel-held areas in Muttur following a suicide attack yesterday in Colombo that wounded the army commander. Frank O'Donnell | Oilman in Chief http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042606EA.shtml Frank O'Donnell: " You know President George W. Bush's ratings are in the toilet when he starts bashing oil companies in the name of protecting what he repeatedly called 'our consumers,' as he did yesterday. " Jane Braxton Little | The Feds Want to Sell My Land http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042606EB.shtml A mile-long roadless area near Eagles Nest Wilderness is among the 21,000 acres for sale in Colorado. So are two popular rock-climbing areas in Boulder Canyon and a snowboarding site around St. Mary's Glacier. For spelunkers, Pluto Cave in California is part of a sale tract with spectacular views of Mount Shasta. No Criminal Charges in Yucca E-Mail Controversy http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042606EC.shtml The US attorney's office will not pursue criminal charges over allegations of paperwork fraud by government scientists on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, the Energy Department's inspector general announced. Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042606HA.shtml The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate to middle incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent without coverage in 2001, a study found. Despite Conflicts, Drug Judges Continue to Vote Yea or Nay http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042606HB.shtml Medical experts who sit on FDA drug advisory committees frequently disclose financial conflicts of interest, but those disclosures rarely result in the members being disqualified from voting, a public watchdog group reported. Steel Workers in Mexico Clash With Police http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042606LA.shtml Five hundred striking steel workers occupying the SICARTSA steel mill in Michoacan, Mexico, repelled 800 armed policemen dressed in riot gear who tried to overtake the plant. On April 20, two workers were killed when police began firing tear gas and live ammunition at the surprised workers. Feminists Mark Equal Pay Day http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042606WA.shtml April 25 marked Equal Pay Day, when women's wages finally equaled their male colleagues' earnings from the previous year. American women continue to make 77 cents for every dollar that their male counterparts earn, but a new grassroots campaign is organizing to change that. VIDEO | Dennis Banks: Sacred Run A Film by Rebecca MacNeice http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm Dennis Banks, co-founder of American Indian Movement, organized the first Sacred Run across the country 28 years ago. The run is a staggered event that covers the country by foot between February 11 and April 22, ending in Washington, DC, on Earth Day. This year's closing ceremony was held at the Lincoln Memorial. Along the way, the core group of runners were joined intermittently by other walkers and runners. Banks has always been accompanied by Buddhist monks from the Nipponzan Myohoji sect. Go directly to our issues page: http://www.truthout.org/issues.shtml _/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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