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Although it is not in the news - this week, the US Senate is taking its tentative first steps towards establishing an independent commission into Bush’s War on Terror -- an open investigation into torture, detention, wiretapping and illegal transfers to secret prisons across the globe. This is a major development, but as expected there are very nervous and powerful interests who want to bury it.

A Commission of Inquiry is essential to unravel the full extent of eight years of cover-ups, to hold those responsible to account and to prevent such injustice from happening again. It would send a powerful message that the US wants to repair the damage done to human rights by the Bush years, while strengthening the fight against terrorism.

But without a massive global and US show of support, champion US Senators may not rally the numbers needed to have this commission established. Sign the petition -- which will be presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee before they make their decision this week -- and help get an inquiry with real teeth over the line:

http://www.avaaz.org/en/end_the_war_on_terror

(via avaaz.org)

Seumas Milne, Guardian: This is a tale of US expansion not Russian aggression

Spauskit čia pažiūrėt Irako karo išlaidų palyginimą su išlaidomis, kurias US skiria atsinaujinantiems energijos šaltinių tyrimams finansuoti.

Kottke.org turi gerą postą ta tema: The Real Cost of Iraq War

Amerikai nepavyksta išvengti nemalonumų

Anglijoje alaus ingridientų tiekėjas uždaro savo parduotuvę savaitei vardan malonumo, ir uždeda ženklą Gone Fishing. O kas gi vyksta kitoj pusėj Atlanto?

Amerikoje kaip visada krizė. Šį kartą - apynių. Štai kuo pralinksmina Alternative Beverage parduotuvė:

Due to unprecedented demand on supply and a lack of supply in the marketplace, we have had to stop selling hops <...>. Imported hops are hurting as badly as domestic hops but the new harvest on those hops don't come on-line until December at the earliest.

Due to excellerating demand that is feeding this buying frenzy, we are installing limits on the amount of hops that we are willing to sell until supply of the new harvest is determined. We will not fill orders of ONLY hops. We will only fill orders on hops based on recipe ingredients being ordered - at our discretion.

Please, please discourage your fellow brewers from stocking up and we will all get through this together. Panic buying is leading to higher and higher prices and putting extra demand on supply.

Žodžiu, reikia ir man užsikaupti, negali žinot, jei kartais karas ar ką.