BP Oil Poisons the Gulf of Mexico’s Food Chain
By Dahr Jamail*
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More Gulf Spill News from Dahr Jamail
Posted in Congress, Disaster, Environment, Health and Food, Humanism, Justice, Nature, Politics, tagged BP Oil Spill, Dahr Jamail, Erica Blumenfeld, Gulf of Mexico on July 20, 2010| Leave a Comment »
100719 – Monday Ketchup
Posted in 51 Percent, Children, Communications, Congress, Environment, Health Care, Human Rights, Humanism, Justice, Nature, Politics, women, tagged Border Security, CA, California, Carte Goodwin, Epidemic, Gray Panthers, Gulf OIl Spill, Immigration, indentured labor, National Ocean Council, Ocean Policy Task Force, Pertussis, Unemployment, Unfair child labor, Vaccine, Whooping Cough on July 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t yet done so, The Gray Panthers urge you to SPREAD THE WORD to reinstate and extend unemployment insurance and contact you Senator TODAY:
In Unemployment Benefits Extension, a Logistical Headache for States
Overtaxed State Agencies Struggle to Keep Up
By ANNIE LOWREY 7/19/10 6:00 AM
[People seeking unemployment benefits wait in the lobby of an Employment Development Department office in California. (EPA/ZUMAPRESS.com)
On Tuesday, the Senate plans to vote on a federal extension of unemployment benefits, blocked by Senate Republicans for an unprecedented two months. The swearing-in of Carte Goodwin, the temporary replacement for the late Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), will give Democrats the crucial 60th vote to overcome a GOP filibuster and restore unemployment insurance to 2.5 million Americans….]
For more on Carte Goodwin try HERE and HERE.
The DOL has published a list of products we all want to think twice about purchasing. However, as you read the list you will see some of the difficulties in following through on this kind of a determination. Take cotton for example; Benin, Burkina Faso, China, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan are on the no-no list. Where did your last tee shirt come from? Do we have anywhere near enough inspection? See the list HERE:
ILAB News Release: [07/19/2010]
Contact Name: Gloria Della Clarisse Young
Phone Number: (202) 693-8666 or x5051
Release Number: 10-0914-NATUS Labor Department publishes updated list of products made with forced or indentured child labor
[WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced the publication of a final list of products that federal contractors must certify under Executive Order 13126 are not produced with forced or indentured child labor. The list will appear in the July 20 edition of the Federal Register….]
As an older adult, around age 55?, my father had Whooping Cough and let me tell you, it wasn’t fun. It is very hard to breath during the coughing attacks. He thought that he had been vaccinated as a child, leading us to believe that the vaccine had lost effectiveness. Check with your doctor about vaccines. Personally, if I were traveling to CA in the future, I’d check with my doctor about getting the vaccine as well.
Vaccine urged as whooping cough epidemic grows
By Bobby Caina Calvan
Published: Monday, Jul. 19, 2010 – 12:37 pm
Last Modified: Monday, Jul. 19, 2010 – 1:02 pm
[State health officials today urged more Californians to get vaccinated for whooping cough, as the disease grew to epidemic proportions…]
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/07/19/2900460/vaccine-urged-as-whooping-cough.html
Border security and Immigration reform are two separate issues. The former is used as a ploy to prevent the latter from happening. Ruben Navarrette shows how the two issues rotate around each other:
Politicians posture over U.S.-Mexico border
Ruben Navarrette Jr.
[“What do you mean I’m out of money?” says the bumper sticker. “I still have checks left!” In the immigration debate, some folks use the same logic to raise the issue of border security.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/06/29/EDAP1E6NQ5.DTL
You may remember that President Obama issued an Executive Order on May 22, 2010 directing the institution of a “ National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling”. The Commission released it’s final report today. I guess it will be my evening read:
Final Recommendations of the Ocean Policy Task Force Announced
Posted by Phil Larson on July 19, 2010 at 02:23 PM EDT
Obama Administration officials today released the Final Recommendations of the Ocean Policy Task Force, which would establish a National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts, and Great Lakes (National Policy) and create a National Ocean Council (NOC) to strengthen ocean governance and coordination.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/initiatives/oceans
Sunday Outrages
Posted in Communications, Disaster, Environment, Health and Food, Human Rights, Humanism, Indigenous, Nature, Politics, tagged BP Oil Spill, Gulf of Mexico, Haliburton on July 18, 2010| 1 Comment »
Truthout has published a photo essay by independent journalists on the current state of the Gulf. The photos and statistics continue to stun. If we want to change our future, the time is now:
The Source of Our Despair in the Gulf
by Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld
SACBEE Says No Leaks!
Posted in 51 Percent, Disaster, Environment, Health and Food, Health Care, Humanism, Justice, Nature, Politics, tagged BP, Cap, Gulf OIl Spill on July 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
SacBee is reporting HERE, that the BP gulf oil cap has stopped the oil gusher in the Gulf. No news yet on the permanency of the cap, but so far so good.
Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010
Posted in Environment, Politics, tagged Financial Reform Bill, H.R. 4173, S.3217, Senate, Text in PDF on July 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Update -Politico is reporting that the bill has passed, 60-39. As soon as I get the roll call vote I’ll provide a link.
Politico is reporting that the bill is set for a final vote this afternoon.
Reg reform bill hits homestretch
By: Carrie Budoff Brown
July 15, 2010 11:38 AM EDT
President Barack Obama moved closer Thursday to securing his second major legislative victory, as financial reform legislation cleared another significant hurdle in the Senate on its way to final passage.
By a tighter margin than either party predicted months ago, the Senate voted 60 to 38 to end debate on the bill, setting up a final vote scheduled for 2 p.m.
The final bill up for Senate vote is entitled “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010”, and it’s identification is H.R. 4173, a House of Representatives designation. Text from the Senate bill S.3217 was inserted into H.R 4173 prior to this final vote. The record of Congressional Actions indicating how we got to this point is HERE.
The bill is available in PDF. Go HERE to download it. It is number 5 on the list and is 1616 pages. It was 2.4 MB and took a few minutes on dial up.
I’m only just starting to read it. (See what OpenCongress says HERE.)Starting from the last pages, I see that we are introducing a protocol for monitoring and deterring the introduction of rare minerals from the Congo and nearby regions. Although the stated primary reason is to reduce the money supply to rebels and terrorists, it is likely to also help to protect habitat for gorillas. It’s amazing what they will stick in at the end.
Nader Org. Summer Reading
Posted in Communications, Environment, Feminism, Finance, Humanism, Justice, Nature, Politics, War, tagged Ralph Nader, Reading on July 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Ralph Nader’s blog site has put up a a summer reading list. In best Nader fashion, they appear to be books that will inform you and add to to your personal defense arsenal of knowledge and citizenship. I’m putting them on my list;
Mehserle Mistral
Posted in Disaster, Environment, Feminist Majority, Finance, Human Rights, Justice, Nature, Politics, War, tagged Johannes Mehserle, Oakland, Oscar Grant on July 9, 2010| 2 Comments »
I suppose it could be argued that breaking into the Footlocker last night and making off with tennis shoes and clothes was some sort of symbolic tribal equivalent to throwing your enemies’ shoes over the telephone lines. For my money, it was not an anarchist statement, as has been inferred in the Sfgate today. Nihilist maybe. Or, maybe as one demonstrator on TV last night said, it was “ignorant”.
Whatever it was that caused the degeneration of a lawful street protest over the conviction of Johannes Mehserle for the shooting of Oscar Grant; it failed. It failed to support, advocate or advance the cause of those who felt they had legitimate grievance in the outcome of the trial.
So, if not legal justice, what did those shoes represent? Tennis shoes aren’t jobs, food or a chance to get ahead. Nor will they solve the inequities of race. Rather, they represent a failure of consumerism. They are symbols of the oligarchs’ greed, to which so many of us, of all races and gender have fallen. We don’t need them, we only thought we wanted them. Were any of those shoes made in the USA? Did they help to build our country? Did they make us strong?
Grab yourself together and take the shoes, clothes and other items back, apologize and do penance for your actions. Render unto the taxman the coin of the realm, and free yourself from the oligarchs’ bonds. Summer is not yet half over, it’s already hot. There is death in the Gulf air and death in Afghanistan. Our country is in the grasp of the greedy. There is pain and rage everywhere to be found. Hold yourself together, find your strength and, Keep your eye on the prize.
We are all going to need clear eyed vision this summer.
Holder says BP et al, Investigation Still on
Posted in Disaster, Environment, Justice, Politics, tagged Dept of Justice, Gulf, Holder, Oil Spill on July 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Apparently the WH decided it was time for another reassuring pat on the head.
POLITICO Breaking News:
—————————————————–[Attorney General Eric Holder signaled that the Justice Department may be conducting a sweeping criminal investigation into the Gulf Coast oil spill, saying that its suspected targets may cover more than just BP. “There are a variety of entities and a variety of people who are the subjects of that investigation,” Holder told CBS’s Bob Schieffer at the Aspen Ideas Festival in Colorado. “For people to conclude that BP is the focus of this investigation might not be correct.” Saying the investigation was “ongoing,” Holder added that there has been a “certain commonality of the way oil companies had been operating” in the Gulf.]
So Far, So Good
Posted in Environment, Pets, Politics, tagged Feral Cats on July 6, 2010| 1 Comment »
Little sparkles……………..
Kimi
Loni
Dieter
Three kittens, from a feral mom, unable to care for them, at 10 days old.
The first two days were the hardest, as Dieter was having explosive diarrhea. A little organic unflavored Brown Cow yoghurt, mixed in with some Pedialyte and the kitten milk for two feedings took care of that.
Kimi is half the size of Dieter and was less developed. It took a full ten days for her eyes to open. Like many newborn human babies, their uncoordinated neck movements were a challenge, as they could smell the milk and would frantically struggle with closed mouths, and roll in your hand while trying to find the nipple.
Once Dieter was past the digestion problems he never stopped eating. Loni and Kimi never had digestion problems, but would quickly tire from the effort to eat. They usually need a body rub and burp, before they are ready for a second helping. Although I got an eye dropper from the Vet, it was hard and I ultimately stayed with the rubber bottle and nipple. It was very large for their mouths, but they enjoyed chewing it. (Ouch!) I think the exercise was good for them. All of them get body rubs and chest rubs to stimulate their circulation.
Even though I wipe their bottoms at every feeding, they do get wet. I’ve taken to giving them a partial dip in tepid water every day at their 3:00 feeding. It’s easier to gently clean their behinds, and some of the residual milk. A wash cloth just isn’t the same as a mother’s tongue. And just like human babies, they seem to enjoy it and are quite ready to settle down to a last nip and late afternoon nap.
They were so tiny. In the picts, the bottle below the nipple is approximately 2″ in diameter. That might give you an idea. I found that a dental brush, normally used for maneuvering around braces, worked well to fluff their fur after their dip.
Since they have opened their eyes and are starting to focus, the feeding is becoming easier. I had to take them with me during the day, and I though I had other intentions for it, my brand new Petersboro picnic basket has worked great, since it has handles and a plastic liner with a wood hinged top. When it’s warmish I hold the lid askew with a paper clip. Otherwise they seem to get enough air and stay a somewhat constant temp on a dry towel.
I did have one scare, when I took them to Sacto last week. It was a 100 degree day and the truck air conditioning decided not to work. They went into distress. I could tell by the very rapid open mouth breathing. Loni’s gums were gray. We stopped, got some cold bottled water, fed them and wiped them down. We put the chilled bottle in the basket and they, still sightless, managed to find and lollygag over it for a while. Then, all cooled down, they curled up in a corner and went back to sleep.
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