Guest article by Julius Hungeski Joseph Stalin said: Gratitude … is a sickness suffered by dogs1. To choose one’s victims, to prepare one’s plan minutely, to slake an implacable vengeance, and then to go to bed … there is nothing…
A ‘Declaration of Independence’ Complaint against Bush II
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Among the complaints against King George III in the United States’ Declaration of Independence that today could be leveled at President George W. Bush is: “He has refused his assent to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public…
Greenpeace Explorers on First-Ever Summertime Trek to North Pole
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Two Greenpeace explorers are now trekking across the Arctic Ocean to the North Pole – the first ever such trip during summertime1. The trip is harder and riskier in the summertime, when the seasonal melting of the ice sheet leaves…
Net Neutrality in Pictures: CNN & GNN
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Here are three pictures of the Internet in the U.S.A., as it could be in the future. The first picture is the Internet with net neutrality, where no one’s data gets priority over another’s1. This is the kind of Internet…
The Obligation to Speak for the Soldiers
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To build support for the invasion of Iraq that he wanted10, President Bush and his top advisors hyped the false ideas that Iraq was close to deploying nuclear weapons and was working with Al Qaeda, the terrorist organization blamed for…
Poll: Americans Want Government to Track Their Calls!?
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The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects” and requires the government to get a warrant based on probable cause before a search1.” With an…
Telecoms Working Congress to Make ‘Information Superhighway’ a Toll Road
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The basic Internet principle of “net neutrality”, where no one’s content is favored over another’s, is now threatened by big telephone and cable corporations (the telecoms) and their allies in the U.S. Congress1. The telecoms, who now serve as gatekeepers…
A Simple Censure is Warranted
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The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing Friday on a resolution to censure President Bush for his domestic warrantless wiretapping program1. The censure would be only a slap on the wrist, but would serve notice that the Senate is watching…
First-Ever Double Helix Nebula Found in Central Milky Way
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Last week astronomers published the discovery of something never seen before – a double helix nebula, which they found near the center of the Milky Way1. Astronomers took a picture of the nebula (shown below) using the Spitzer infrared space…
Towards the Center of the Milky Way
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In 1783 Rev. John Mitchell put forth the idea of a dark star, one with such gravity that light could not escape it1. But after Thomas Young showed that light acts as a wave, rather than particles, the idea lay…