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Peak Moment: Energy Co-op Brings Power to the People Peak Moment: Energy Co-op Brings Power to the People

“Mosfilm” – the composite word made of two Russian words – Moscow and Film – which don’t need translation to be understood. Such name was bearing the most popular Soviet movie production company. At that times there were not much of those, and all we controlled by the state and belonged to the state. Soviet [...]

Tate Modern gallery has withdrawn a controversial photograph of Brooke Shields following a visit by police, amid concerns it could be in breach of child pornography laws. Officers from the Metropolitan Police attended the gallery yesterday. They are consulting the Crown Prosecution Service over whether the image breaches the Obscene Publications Act. The provocative picture [...]

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Last week, a Washington Times blogger posted a call to arms, beseeching readers to help the newspaper dig up more information regarding a long list of arts organization representatives who took part in a conference call with the White House on August 10. The call was part of a National Endowment for the Arts initiative, [...]

Administration plans concrete actions, which could include a rule affecting commercial truck drivers…. Full article: LaHood: A text-and-drive ‘epidemic’ LaHood: A text-and-drive ‘epidemic’

As Canada’s former ambassador to Afghanistan and now special envoy for the UN secretary-general, Chris Alexander is the most knowledgeable person in Canada (and possibly the U.S.) about Afghanistan and what it will take to leave that country with peace, security and prosperity…. Full article: Chris Alexander: The Best of the Best in Afghanistan Chris [...]

Yesterday, a draft copy of the Senate version of cap-and-trade leaked from the Boxer committee. The Boxer bill offers little information on the biggest issue in cap-and-trade: Who gets the allocations – permissions to emit – which will be worth hundreds of billions of dollars?… Full article: Cap-and-Trade: Will Dem Donors Get the Spoils? Cap-and-Trade: [...]

Meg Whitman adds a new line to her explanation of why she did not register to vote until 2002…. Full article: Whitman: Too busy with family to vote Whitman: Too busy with family to vote

My two older children were 9 and 6 respectively on voting day, 2000. Both were passionately George W. Bush supporters on the basis of a single issue: Al Gore’s expressed interest in lengthening the school year. … Full article: Lengthen the School Year? Lengthen the School Year?

NASHVILLE – A three-judge panel of the Tennessee Court of Appeals has unanimously ordered a trial court to reconsider a ban preventing a divorced mom from having her partner of 10 years and her own children stay overnight at her home at the same time. The trial court had imposed the so-called “paramour clause” on [...]

Ah, more inspired work by Big Hollywood’s Christian Toto. Last time we saw him he was completely mangling the facts regarding The Onion. Toto claimed the mag never made fun of Obama. We showed that the mag hasn’t stopped making fun of Obama for the last year. (i.e. It’s a humor publication.) Now, Toto’s attacking the [...]

Since ousted former president Manuel Zelaya snuck into the country last week, taking refuge at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa, the Honduran government has closed two pro-Zelaya radio stations, declared a state of emergency which costs Hondurans $50 million a day, and allowed security forces to get into frequent clashes with protesters…. Full article: Zelaya [...]

Despite rising unemployment, credit-card debt and thinning discretionary spending, American pet owners remain loyal customers of an industry that is enjoying consistent growth. The pet-food industry is fueled by consumers who won’t back away from spending on food and necessities for their animals, though they’re likely to pare down the family vacation. The strong spending [...]

The Senate Finance Committee has voted 15-to-8 against creating a new government health insurance plan to compete with the private market. The outcome was expected but still a defeat for liberals who view government-sponsored insurance for the middle class as a key component of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul…. Full article: Senate Finance Committee [...]

On his CNBC show, Larry Kudlow distorted a provision in the health care reform bill proposed by Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) to claim that “if an individual opts out of this insurance plan … apparently they face a $25,000 fine, or imprisonment, or both.” In fact, the bill would levy a $1,900 “excise tax” on [...]

President Obama’s decision to head to Copenhagen, Denmark, later this week to make a push to bring the 2016 Olympic Games to Chicago is not without political controversy. … Full article: Obama Olympics trip carries political risks Obama Olympics trip carries political risks

Reality Report: Interview with Noah Raford Reality Report: Interview with Noah Raford

Crop to Cuisine: Art Eggertsen Speaks on Humanity, Good Food & Animal Welfare Crop to Cuisine: Art Eggertsen Speaks on Humanity, Good Food & Animal Welfare

This past weekend in the New York Times, Paul Krugman argued that vested interests and ideology prevent us from responding appropriately to the threat of climate change. Yet, Krugman himself quickly dismisses the only near-term solution to reducing our dependence on coal…. Full article: Some Truths More Inconvenient than Others? Some Truths More Inconvenient than [...]

Trent Franks, speaking Saturday, on President Obama: Obama’s first act as President, of any consequence, in the middle of a financial meltdown, was to send taxpayer’s money oversesas to pay for the killing of unborn children. … A president who has lost his way that badly, that has no ability to see the image of [...]