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 Jim Hightower, Op-Ed: "One of the juiciest ironies of Tampa's newly minted law to suppress protest at the upcoming Republican National Convention is that it bans the carrying of water pistols by protestors. However, thanks to Florida's nutty right-wing governor, anyone with a concealed-weapon permit is free to tote an actual bullet-firing pistol throughout the proceedings! Apparently, the authorities really do consider blood to be thicker than water." |
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 Jeremy Peters, Op-Ed: "Each year, the five commissioners would produce a list of changes to existing election law, with a 4-1 vote required for inclusion. Congress would approve or disapprove via a straight up/down vote in both chambers. If disapproved, the commission could be advised which specific items were objectionable. The commission could either remove or amend those sections before resubmitting, repeating until approved." |
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 Dave Johnson, Op-Ed: 232 media executives control 90% of our information souces. 196 people decide 80% of the campaign spending. And the House has passed a budget that greatly increases taxes on people making less than $200,000, while dramatically cutting taxes on those who make over $1 million. (This is not related to the Bush tax cuts and the coming battle over the "Grand Bargain" to cut Social Security, Medicare and other things while cutting top tax rates and corporate taxes...) |
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 Lisa Garber, News Report: "Productivity in north India is likely to decline because of the declining potential of hybrids; the emerging problem of leaf curl virus on the new susceptible Bt-hybrids; a high level of susceptibility to sucking pests," said Keshav Raj Kranthi, head of the Central Institute for Cotton Research. In a paper published in June 2011, Kranthi added that GM crops consume more water and nutrients, depleting the soil and requiring farmers to purchase more fertilizers (putting more money in the hands of the likes of Monsanto). |
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 Wren Awry, News Report: "The Mountain Mobilization represents an escalation for the RAMPS Campaign and the movement to end strip mining in Appalachia. As Tim DeChristopher pointed out, it is sustained mass action that transforms a human crisis into a political crisis which forces action from an unwilling government. This mobilization is a step towards more sustained, ongoing mass civil resistance on strip mines that the RAMPS Campaign, affiliated groups and allies hope to organize next spring." |
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 Stephen Leahy, News Report: "Marine scientists are united in saying that those vital services will almost certainly be lost unless urgent action is taken to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide that are both warming the oceans and making them more acidic. In tropical oceans, most species live within a narrow range of water temperatures of about two or three degrees Celsius. If temperatures stay higher for long periods, then some cannot cope, nor can they always move somewhere else, Lough said." |
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 Amy Goodman, Video Report: Tom Corbett -- who has drawn criticism for his handling of the Sandusky investigation while serving as the state's Attorney General and preparing for a gubernatorial run. "We're attacking 18-year-old scholarship athletes and making them pay the price when people in power have not really had to be affected by the horrible crimes that took place in Happy Valley," Zirin says. |
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 Special Coverage: "As we enter Day 311 of the Occupy movements the protests have spread not only across the country but all over the globe. Thousands of activists have descended on Wall Street these past weeks as part of the #OccupyWallStreet protest organized by several action groups. What follows is a live video stream and live Twitter feed of this event." |
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 Rebecca Leber, News Analysis: "The entire oil and gas industry spent on average $400,000 each day lobbying senators and representatives to weaken public health safeguards and keep big oil tax breaks, totaling nearly $150 million. The oil and gas industry has already given over $30.5 million in federal campaign contributions this year, with a whopping 88 percent going to Republicans. Their efforts are paying off. This is the most anti-environment Congress in history, with the House of Representatives averaging one anti-environment vote per day, or a total 247 votes through mid-June." |
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 Doug Pibel, Op-Ed: Not everyone is going to build a new house, and there's a huge stock of existing larger houses. But those, too, offer the opportunity for living smaller. An increasing number of people are "doubling up," living with friends or family—whether out of economic necessity or desire to downsize both living space and expenses. The nearly 18 percent of existing housing stock that's larger than 3,000 square feet could be divided into multiple dwelling units. |
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 Cat Johnson, Op-Ed: "Located among the stacks of books, the maker space, which is in its first month, is already home to an ambitious 3-D printing project. Along with library patrons, Schott is designing, fabricating and building two airplanes that will be displayed in the library above the maker space. Using the 3-D printer to fabricate the materials needed for the airplanes, makers are also using the space to fabricate some of the tools being used in the space. One patron recently printed a wrench." |
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