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Sulfur may be the solution.
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An Inconveniently Smelly Truth

A Nobel laureate has proposed shooting sulfur into the atmosphere as an emergency measure to curb global warming. The short-term fix would not solve the problem, but would buy some time by temporarily reflecting some of the sun’s energy away from the planet.

Posted on Aug 21, 2006 READ MORE  |  3 COMMENTS


Suskind: Western Union Gave Transfer Info to Feds

In the wake of 9/11, the parent company of Western Union gave the FBI information on financial transactions and wire transfers, Ron Suskind charges in his new book, “The One Percent Doctrine.”

Posted on Jun 21, 2006 READ MORE


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Ron Suskind: U.S. Deliberately Bombed Al Jazeera

The author of the controversial new book “The One Percent Solution” charges in a TV interview that American forces purposely bombed the Arabic-language TV station in Kabul, Afghanistan, to “send a message.”

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Revving Up for Airstrikes on Iran?

Contrary to the official “diplomatic solution” line, Seymour Hersh reports that Washington is stepping up plans for a possible airstrike on Iran. According to Reuters, Hersh’s story in the April 17 issue of The New Yorker reports that a former senior defense official said the planning was, in Hersh’s words, “based on the belief that a bombing campaign against Iran would humiliate the leadership and lead the Iranian public to overthrow it.”  The ex-official reportedly added that he was shocked to hear the strategy.

Posted on Apr 8, 2006 READ MORE  |  7 COMMENTS


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