Aspartame is one of those little things that bugs me and this site belw me away:
http://www.myaspartameexperiment.com/index.php?page=1
If you have to consume something that’s got artificial sweeteners, you may want to ask why you’re eating/drinking it.
I categorize this idea under “The Future” because this is where I put all of my links and stories that give cause for optimism.
Recently, I’ve been very excited about the whole co-op model for energy production and suggest others look into it as well. Here’s a PDF article prepared that introduces the idea:
http://www.torc.on.ca/documents/JenHeneberry_000.pdf
More links:
http://www.trec.on.ca/
http://www.cleanairfoundation.org/gosolar/community_coops_gs.asp
So … we may not be able to get ‘off grid’ by ourselves, mainly because the cost of implementing solar and wind are so high, but we can pool our resources to create co-ops that will invest in bigger projects.
If you’re in the London, ON area and would like to explore this further, please let me know. OR … if you know of national co-ops that accept contributions and aren’t concerned about where you’re located, again, please let me know.
What caught me off guard was that this article was posted with the “US News and World Report”. However, it’s very slow in loading, so I have summarized the 6 reasons below:
1. Fallon’s Resignation
2. Cheney’s ‘peace’ trip to the Middle East
3. Israeli airstrikes on Syria
4. Warships off Lebanon
5. Israeli Comments
6. Israel’s war with Hezbollah
I’d suggest that there’s really only one main reason: Admiral William Fallon’s resignation. He had been quoted a number of times as saying that he’d quit before assisting with the invasion of Iran and, well, he’s done that.
The reason an invasion won’t happen: the US is broke. Who’s going to pay for another war?
The title of this article is a little misleading (hence my question mark), because I’m pretty sure the US as an individual country is still the largest economy. What the article points out is that the combined market of the European Community, coupled with the strength of the Euro vis-a-vis the US dollar has made it the world’s biggest economy.
BUT … it’s a sign of the times. The more the US dollar plummets, the more we’ll see comparisons like this.
Now … if only there were articles about how much the US military economy is shrinking.
Section 119 of the Criminal Code of Canada could not be more precise. An offer of money to a member of parliament to influence his or her actions in an official capacity constitutes a criminal offence. The section specifies a maximum prison sentence of 14 years.
… There is sufficient corroborative evidence for a police investigation, and a criminal inquiry. There are witnesses, and a reported violation of the Criminal Code.
Despite clear accusations of criminal conduct by high-ranking Conservatives, including the leader and now prime minister, it is as if the media has been numbed into inaction by years of partisan bickering, and has failed to seize the nature of the offence.
So what do we have to do to make things happen on Parliament Hill?