The Great Australia Road Trip – Page Twelve

Day 12 – Monday – September 27, 2010 Weather:  Sunny & Hot Destination:  Yulara, Northern Territory, Australia Odometer Reading:  99507 Total Distance Traveled:  4164 kilometers (2587 miles) Price of Fuel:  Erldunda – $1.74.0 liter, 48.02 liters, $80.07 Route Taken:  Erldunda to Mount Ebenezer to Curtin Springs to Yulara. Highlights:  Today we headed to Uluru-Kata Tjuta […]

A Statement on Libya to Liberals

It appears that many liberals are against the UN backed action being taken in Libya. They claim that because of the Western interest in oil our involvement is rash and unnecessary. During the events that started our involvement in Iraq I came across Juan Cole. He was against our involvement in Iraq from the very […]

The Great Australia Road Trip – Page Eleven

Day 11 – Sunday – September 26, 2010 Weather:  Sunny & Hot Destination:  Erldunda, Northern Territory, Australia Odometer Reading:  99015 Total Distance Traveled:  3672 kilometers (2281 miles) Price of Fuel:  Coober Pedy – $1.43.9 liter, 47.64 liters, $68.56; Marla – $1.60.5 liter, 44.52 liters, $71.45 Route Taken:  Coober Pedy to Marla to Kulgera to Erldunda […]

Let My Children Die

Since the United States and the West has traditionally supported repressive regimes that are pro-Western, have not intervened in crackdowns upon the people in other countries and have a great interest in fossil fuels, the People of Libya formally request that all governments cease and desist all actions that are saving the lives of the […]

Dead Muslims – Extremely Graphic

I have heard complaints that showing the death caused by brutality is wrong.  I say that brutality that caused these deaths is wrong.  The following pictures/videos are provided by Muslims in various countries showing the world the brutality they are facing in hopes that humane people will stop this type of brutality by whatever means […]

The Great Australia Road Trip – Page Ten

Day 10 – Saturday – September 25, 2010 Weather:  Sunny, Clear & Warm Destination:  Coober Pedy, South Australia, Australia Odometer Reading:  98379 Total Distance Traveled:  3036 kilometers (1886 miles) Price of Fuel:  Port Pirie – $1.26.9 liter, 55.21 liters, $70.07; Woomera – $1.51.9 liter, 48.00 liters, $72.91; Glendambo – $1.41.9 liter, 23.14 liters, $32.83 Route […]

As Arab world roils, Al-Jazeera finds its ‘CNN moment’

WASHINGTON — What a difference the chain of Arab world uprisings – and a change of presidents in the White House – has made for Al-Jazeera. The Qatar-based pan-Arab television network was pilloried not long ago by many in Washington as the official house organ for Osama bin Laden and other terrorists because it aired […]

The Great Australia Road Trip – Page Nine

Day 9 – Friday – September 24, 2010 Weather:  Cloudy, Breezy & Chilly Destination:  Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia Odometer Reading:  97866 Total Distance Traveled:  2523 kilometers (1567 miles) Price of Fuel:  Tailem Bend – $1.29.9 liter, 58.52 liters, $76.02 Route Taken:  Kingston SE to Meningie to Tailem Bend to Mt. Barker to Adelaide to […]

If Women Ran The World, There Would be No War – Ummm, Tell that to Gaddafi

If women ran the world, there would be no war.

Or far less war… perhaps.

I spent some time trying to find a feminist thinker who had expressed this sentiment, hoping to start this blog off with a nice quote. I couldn’t find such a quote. Instead, this idea that if women ran things there would be less conflict is something that has just sort of wormed it’s way into the heart of feminist ideology.

An Old Pesticide Causing New Problems

Posted here by: AfSD™(ADVOCATE FOR SAVING DOGS™) An Old Pesticide Causing New Problems posted by: Emily L. NOTE: This is a guest post from Tori Timms, a campaigner for the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF). Around fifty years ago, German company Hoechst Schering AgrEvo patented what was then perceived to be a new ‘wonder’ chemical pesticide […]