France Will Compensate Nuclear Tests Victims
On Tuesday, the French parliament approved a long overdue bill offering compensation to the victims of controversial nuclear tests carried out by France for almost four decades, between 1960 and 1996. French authorities, across the political spectrum, had previously failed to accept responsibility for the numerous and serious health problems suffered by those present or […]
US Congress Approves Record $636 Billion In War Spending
While it took a lot of arm twisting, and almost a year, to get the health care bill passed late last night in the Senate, the massive biggest ever military spending bill was approved very easily on Saturday while very few people were paying attention. It seems that the US Congress, in both the House […]
Obama: From “Hope & Change” To Hopeless Status Quo Part 1
It is almost one year since President Obama took office, the expectations were high not only in America but across the world. In that time frame, President Obama’s approval rating has gone down by 20 percent in the polls as more people realized that he didn’t have a “vision for changing the world”, but instead […]
Copenhagen’s Fiasco: If Leaders Don’t Lead, The People Will
This is the latest draft of the so called “Copenhagen Accord”, a shameful absolutely non-binding agreement likely to go down in history as one of the biggest global failure of world leaders in tackling an unprecedented crisis. The accord is a toothless cop out which only “recognizes” the scientific case for keeping temperature rise to […]
Climate Change: World Leaders Are Still Talking Not Acting
Some signs held by protesters outside Copenhagen’s conference center said “Politicians Talk, Leaders Act”. This statement is, in a nutshell, a summary of Copenhagen’s short comings. Today, President Obama delivered his speech to the climate change conference. The US President said world leaders must compromise on a deal, and told delegates that “the time to […]
