From Hiroshima to Iraq, 61 years of uranium wars

From Hiroshima to Iraq, 61 years of uranium wars
A suicidal, genocidal, omnicidal course

by Leuren Moret

Global Research, June 12, 2007
San Francisco Bay View - 2006-12-26

The conduct of secret nuclear wars since 1991, through the use of depleted uranium weaponry by the United States and Great Britain with their allies, has taken place in the Middle East, the former Yugoslavia, Afghanistan2 and Lebanon.3 It has been carried out for the express purpose of destroying the public health and mutilating the genetic future of vast populations in oil rich and/or pipeline regions. continued

book report: the weather makers

It has been over a week since we had our book club meeting and I have been slacking in writing about it.

Well, the author makes a valiant effort to convince us of impending doom and gloom with massive data (from ancient history and future predictions). We all know global warming is happening and we need to do all we can to save the environment. But what we don’t know for sure is how much of it is human contribution and how much a natural phenomenon. The imminent apocalypse is determined by computer calculations based upon lot of assumptions and extrapolations. It is possible it all may come to pass but it is also likely that other hitherto unknown factors come into play to alter the outcome, as the author has given examples of happening in the past.

Just a side remark: the hottest temperature occurred in Al Azizia,libya 58C (136F) recorded on Sept 13, 1922, long before ‘global warming’ became a familiar phrase.

Regardless, while our government is still contemplating to join the world community to accept its share of responsibility for the global warming, here are some common sense things we can do.

. Walk or ride bike whenever we can.
. Use energy efficient light bulbs and appliances
. If possible organize errands - trip to the library, grocery store, the video store,
etc such that you make one trip instead of several.
. Maximize right turns when running errands and see if you can synchronize your driving with green traffic lights. Buy the next car a hybrid or electric.

There is lot more at this web site:


Next Book:
Paul brought a list of great books and we selected The Turning by David Korten. In Paul’s words: A look at the empire and how to transform it into an earth community. The book generated a great following with groups throughout the world establishing communities to follow his recommendations.

Change in meeting day:
Instead of first Thursday we’ll meet on the last Thursday, July 26.

Ps. can any one figure out how many trees Tonya needs to plant to compensate for her share of contribution to the global warming. Please let her know so that she can have guilt free sleep at night

latest on pakistan

News
Thursday, June 14, 2007


Most Pakistani madrassas serving useful purpose
By Khalid Hasan
WASHINGTON: The US should refrain from getting involved in Pakistan’s broader madrassa reform efforts and accept that many of the traditional madrassas serve a useful purpose in educating Islamic intellectuals and providing shelter and food for impoverished youth, according to Lisa Curtis of the Heritage Foundation.
madrassahs
madrassah in pakistan


‘Feel good’ book about Musharraf in the works
WASHINGTON: A “feel good” book about President General Pervez Musharraf is currently under publication in which he has been favourably compared with some great American presidents. The author, Prof Carl Wheeless from the United States, taught at FC College Lahore in the 1960s. He was recently invited by Gen Musharraf to spend another year at FC College, the president’s alma mater. The book will cover the time in office and record of several Pakistani heads of state, but it is understood that the current holder will come out of the assessment “looking big”. An inside source told Daily times that Wheeless, though a scholar with a good reputation, and author of Landmarks of American Presidents: a Travellers Guide, was given special privileges to write the book by the government, including logistics support, a research grant and other necessary facilities. In view of the current agitation in the country, Oxford University Press has been asked to expedite publication. khalid hasan

Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk: feel good book
feel good book

Picture of the day

JERUSALEM - June 11: A schoolgirl, one of 10 children of the Palestinian Juma family of the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabel Mukaber, sits on the debris of her home that she found flattened on her return from school on Monday. Jerusalem municipality workers and Israeli police demolished the house on the pretext that it had been built without permission.—AFP