tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291604952024-03-07T03:28:10.269-05:00Life Cycle AnalysisI post mostly on academic and political topics related to my own research on environmental change, archaeology, and human interaction with the environment. Geographically, I range across the Americas to Africa and Europe. My brother lives in Japan and so I do have some interest in Asia, although I have yet to visit.Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.comBlogger389125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-65719532737904534702011-03-20T08:43:00.001-04:002011-03-20T08:50:43.565-04:00<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Nuclear Boy</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The entertaining anime cartoon above is apparently being shown to Japanese children. It is supposed to explain what is happening at the Fukushima nuclear plant. I learned a lot. There is definitely more information here than in the official government press releases. My brother lives in Tokyo but like most Japanese has not chosen to leave home over the dangers which the nuclear incident may portend.</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-80328119615290534312011-03-16T09:06:00.000-04:002011-03-16T09:06:35.126-04:00<object height="300" width="400"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvaldostastate%2Fsets%2F72157626190099288%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvaldostastate%2Fsets%2F72157626190099288%2F&set_id=72157626190099288&jump_to="></param><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowFullScreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvaldostastate%2Fsets%2F72157626190099288%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Fvaldostastate%2Fsets%2F72157626190099288%2F&set_id=72157626190099288&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br />
Valdosta State University graduate Stephen Dupuis (VSU '08) teamed up with UGA grad Stephen Turner to create <a href="http://defythirst.org/">Defy Thirst</a>, which strives to empower developing nations through sanitation education and the sharing of efficient, inexpensive water filtration technology. It is good to know that our graduates from this university are not only able to earn a living but contribute to solving the problems of the world.Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-27392799037471825282011-03-14T07:43:00.001-04:002011-03-14T07:48:30.621-04:00<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">9.0 Earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan</span></b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/lX80vWJhtMk?fs=1" width="425"></iframe><br />
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CNBC host Larry Kudlow proudly displays those "ugly American" attitudes which are so in demand today in our broadcast media. My brother lives in Japan, so perhaps I am overly sensitive. My brother is fine but he did say that this is the worst earthquake that he has experienced. He has lived in Japan for at least 25 years now, since the late 1980's.Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-55696739467948567162010-11-08T17:08:00.001-05:002010-11-08T17:10:08.914-05:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/fodewunmi"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Don't Swear For Me, Nigeria</b></span></a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yvonne Ndege reports on Africa's most populous country on the 50th anniversary of her independence from Great Britain.</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-52041538437206121162010-08-29T18:33:00.000-04:002010-08-29T18:33:52.232-04:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m-SNwCkwTJVRFbTtpaJU4c2gu6fbgBCZlEK5BDDBdfKtB-yUXdWVgW8ucqj9uXQjfB6HKzPM5f71VBRpmy1oCnTXYQ3QPkB1vieQlBYYvh7t1eztECYQCwjgE8cRHgIdO2tNzQ/s1600/FindersKeepers.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m-SNwCkwTJVRFbTtpaJU4c2gu6fbgBCZlEK5BDDBdfKtB-yUXdWVgW8ucqj9uXQjfB6HKzPM5f71VBRpmy1oCnTXYQ3QPkB1vieQlBYYvh7t1eztECYQCwjgE8cRHgIdO2tNzQ/s320/FindersKeepers.jpeg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129475720">Finders Keepers</a></strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Craig Childs was just interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered. While his book may not contain any new ideas, Craig is certainly very passionate about some traditional archaeological ideas which need his clear and compelling restatement. I look forward to reading it!</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-69881890081389381372010-08-27T08:02:00.002-04:002010-08-27T08:08:59.442-04:00<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/05/vh1-reality-show-bus-cras_n_411599.html">California Highway Spill (NSFW)</a></strong></span><br />
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<a href="http://www.theonion.com/articles/video,99985/">Major Slut Spill on California Highway (NSFW)</a>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-90545017965284838102010-08-18T17:40:00.001-04:002010-08-18T17:41:27.179-04:00<object width="400" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GLgh9h2ePYw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GLgh9h2ePYw&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="400" height="240"></embed></object>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-16154008396511502672010-08-10T07:01:00.003-04:002010-08-10T07:08:29.350-04:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lee-camp/gulf-oil-spill-decimating_b_676472.html">"A Whole Crude World"</a></strong></span><br /><object width="400" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6TQYnC4a-ps&color1=0x6699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6TQYnC4a-ps&color1=0x6699&color2=0x54abd6&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="240"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Home video from the Gulf Coast of the United States documents the impacts of the B.P. oil spill on mermaid populations. Written and directed by </span><a href="http://www.leecamp.net/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lee Camp</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. Starring </span><a href="http://www.princesssunshine.com/"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Juliet Jeske</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">. </span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-41329300711862487592010-08-05T03:22:00.006-04:002010-08-05T03:40:30.802-04:00<a href="http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf?/base/news-1/128098115134030.xml&coll=3"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501822944530952018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQkMl9f2ousL8ayYetGuOQZFytSMOXndv7r3gQlZ3N1emOTzY9rMdZcVtzLQCjCgUaOMkNGHjYQYToO-r7PDOwUUTXnshLHAFVHyHAFsDGboAMMrjT-hj3F3gzZ79er5RvS5e-Ew/s400/AlienAttack.jpeg" /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Obama Target Game</strong></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The above crude likeness of President Barack Obama was featured in a carnival game called "Alien Attack" at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Big Time fair in Roseto, Pennsylvania. As the child is doing in this photograph, carnival visitors were rewarded with stuffed animals and other trinkets for their aim in firing a toy plastic gun at the president. The inspiration evidently came from "Tea Party" politics in that the caricature poses the president with a scroll labeled "Health Care Bill" in his right hand.</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">The original story on this appeared in the <a href="http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf?/base/news-1/128098115134030.xml&coll=3">Express Times</a> of Easton, Pennsylvania. The story broke nationally through <a href="http://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-president-obama-target-game-20100804,0,5344153.story">The Morning Call</a> and the British newspaper <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/richard-adams-blog/2010/aug/04/barack-obama-shooting-gallery-target">The Guardian</a>. I first read about it in a piece at <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/04/obama-darts-carnival-effigy-target_n_671259.html">The Huffington Post</a> authored by AP Reporter Michael Rubinkam. A company called Goodtime Amusements ran the carnival - 320 Willow Road, Hellertown, PA - goodirv66@yahoo.com - 610-554-7425 - Fax 610-838-2549</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-12363472519415236582010-07-21T21:22:00.002-04:002010-07-21T21:31:15.204-04:00<strong><a href="http://www.campusprogress.org/news/5921/iller-obama-zombies-strike-back"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">ILLER: Obama Zombies Strike Back</span><br /></a></strong><object width="400" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8FVUvHI_EoY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/8FVUvHI_EoY&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="240"></embed></object>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-90693362754199564632010-07-20T11:40:00.006-04:002010-07-20T11:55:24.285-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuk-VBgwaY3irdpJS5iQzQCcfHHj77v3ZGHrUMtrexoCT5mFneSWJjjina2L0qRSI0tk5li1JIaCrYfmhPKXsqBNtUkrZCdx__XTNdymP34S7_0MDfCBqvwUaDkIns7nh7a4o4tA/s1600/Schneider.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 346px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuk-VBgwaY3irdpJS5iQzQCcfHHj77v3ZGHrUMtrexoCT5mFneSWJjjina2L0qRSI0tk5li1JIaCrYfmhPKXsqBNtUkrZCdx__XTNdymP34S7_0MDfCBqvwUaDkIns7nh7a4o4tA/s400/Schneider.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496013893179380578" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/19/AR2010071905108.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">R.I.P. Stephen Schneider</span></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at Stanford University and long an active faculty member in the Department of Biology, Schneider apparently suffered a heart attack on an airplane en route to London from Stockholm. Schneider's obituary appeared in today's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/19/AR2010071905108.html">Washington Post</a> but his death is not yet mentioned on his <a href="http://stephenschneider.stanford.edu/">Stanford University webpage</a>. Schneider was an early member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and was actively working on the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) at the time of his death.<br /><br />Hat tip to <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/20/headlines">Democracy Now!</a> for alerting me to the news. A eulogy written by Ben Santer has been posted at <a href="http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2010/07/a-eulogy-to-stephen-schneider/">Real Climate</a>.<br /></span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-85632809123689221022010-07-16T14:00:00.004-04:002010-07-16T14:43:53.016-04:00<a href="http://www.diplomatiegov.fr/rubrique.fr-14-07-2010.html"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >France to repay Haiti</span></a><br /><br />Yesterday (July 14th) was Bastille Day, marking a popular uprising which gave birth to the modern French state. According to the website for the <a href="http://www.diplomatiegov.fr/rubrique.fr-14-07-2010.html">Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes</a>, France chose Bastille Day to announce an Outline Agreement for the Rebuilding of Haiti (ACRH). The Agreement calls for cancellation of Haiti's international debt, which has retarded the development of Haiti during recent decades and contributed to the impact of the recent earthquake and other natural disasters. France acknowledges with the announcement of ACRH that the disaster which befell the Haitian people is not simply the result of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake but is partly the result of economic and social policies including the legacy of French colonization.<br /><br />(The above is my own translation of the text posted on the website for the <a href="http://www.diplomatiegov.fr/rubrique.fr-14-07-2010.html">Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes</a>.) Hat-tip to <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/hackers-clone-french-foreign-ministry-website-2027716.html">The Independent</a>, <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/7/16/headlines">Democracy Now!</a>, and <a href="http://the-peoples-forum.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=19580&Disp=1#C1">The People's Forum</a> for excellent and timely coverage of the story in English.Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-86667995047450347802010-07-02T09:16:00.002-04:002010-07-02T09:21:23.923-04:00<strong><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Training Arizona Police</span><br /></span></strong><object width="400" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4X7Lv9_vBVA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4X7Lv9_vBVA&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="240"></embed></object>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-19386631507065815652010-06-22T21:10:00.003-04:002010-06-23T08:47:05.168-04:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://open.salon.com/blog/catherine_forsythe/2010/06/06/kindra_arnesen_-_a_voice_of_courage_amidst_a_disaster">Kindra Arnesen</a></strong></span><br /><object style="WIDTH: 425px; HEIGHT: 344px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/jkYJDI8pK9Y"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/jkYJDI8pK9Y" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A passionate narration of the inept and duplicitous assessment and clean up of BP's Deep Horizon Oil Spill. This woman spits fire!</span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Kindra's speech at the <a href="http://www.gulfemergencysummit.org/">Gulf Emergency Summit</a> was filmed by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/FluxRostrum">FluxRostrum</a>.</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-43880513167625626912010-06-17T09:38:00.003-04:002010-06-17T09:47:44.653-04:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4x-7hnHFKI"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>Lead Toxicity and Nigerian Gold</strong></span></a><br /><object style="WIDTH: 425px; HEIGHT: 344px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/y4x-7hnHFKI"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/y4x-7hnHFKI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://blogs.aljazeera.net/profile/yvonne-ndege"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Yvonne Ndege</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> reports on severe health effects due to lead exposure among villagers in Zamfara province, northern Nigeria. Six villages have been affected according to Marcel Lagenbach of Medecins Sans Frontieres. The villagers say they will continue to mine for gold despite lead in the dust that is killing their children. Critics accuse the government officials of turning a blind eye and focusing instead on signing lucrative mining deals with China. </span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-78613510585015210962010-06-14T08:02:00.004-04:002010-06-14T08:24:46.274-04:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf7wm848l-pwmYO0k_hA0zmg6hBTncL6eKkQI-MP-Pd72tYxC7p-xjisGyVMbUCh-d09G6MwPmDk6L1-mTefyrPL7Vdd2li5xFykd7uBqdZ8QrjCtdqiDq3R4hkeKraw2dlzs_w/s1600/Afghani_minerals_invert.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 261px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482598879501332226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf7wm848l-pwmYO0k_hA0zmg6hBTncL6eKkQI-MP-Pd72tYxC7p-xjisGyVMbUCh-d09G6MwPmDk6L1-mTefyrPL7Vdd2li5xFykd7uBqdZ8QrjCtdqiDq3R4hkeKraw2dlzs_w/s400/Afghani_minerals_invert.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?hp">Afghanistan Bonanza</a></strong></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Afghanistan may be the Saudia Arabia of lithium, according to recently reported findings of an American geologist working for the U.S. Geological Survey. In an interview with James Risen of the </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html?hp"><span style="font-family:verdana;">New York Times</span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;">, geologist Jack Medlin proposes opening up "some very, very large mines that will require more than just a gold pan."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">As the above map suggests, mineral deposits are scattered throughout the country, including in the war-torn regions along the country's borders with Pakistan and Iran. The biggest mineral deposits discovered so far are ores of iron and copper in quantities large enough to make Afghanistan a major world producer of both. There are also large deposits of niobium and rare earth elements. Gold occurs primarily in the Pashtun areas of southern Afghanistan. </span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The lithium discoveries are relatively recent results from ground surveys on dry salt lakes in western Afghanistan. Initial analyses at one location in Ghazni Province promise lithium deposits as large of those of Bolivia, which now has the world’s largest known lithium reserves<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-5729384272593148162010-06-12T06:54:00.004-04:002010-06-12T07:13:45.947-04:00<strong><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-w1OS4mi4Q&playnext_from=TL&videos=x_5m35pZr1s"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Code Pink Protest - BP Station in NYC on May 28, 2010</span><br /></a></strong><br /><object style="WIDTH: 425px; HEIGHT: 344px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4-w1OS4mi4Q"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4-w1OS4mi4Q" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">BP your heart is black! You can have your oil back! - Live video shot by <a href="http://www.multo.com/">Melissa Ulto</a> intercut with her own creative montage of current news footage.</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-64905176011933657222010-06-09T11:01:00.001-04:002010-06-09T11:04:18.052-04:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1-HXrGeTH4&feature=related"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cane Toad Daz missing Baz</span></span></a><br /><object style="height: 344px; width: 425px;"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1-HXrGeTH4"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M1-HXrGeTH4" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-35159652214559387772010-05-26T16:07:00.002-04:002010-05-26T16:10:48.106-04:00<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8NIrw2l9x8&feature=player_embedded"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong>B</strong>eyond <strong>P</strong>etroleum</a></span><br /><object width="400" height="240"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/O8NIrw2l9x8&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/O8NIrw2l9x8&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="240"></embed></object>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-2255083446060663892010-05-20T12:40:00.003-04:002010-05-20T12:52:44.939-04:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2010/5/20/3_undocumented_immigrants_risk_deportation_to">DREAM activists face deportation</a></strong></span><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p><object style="WIDTH: 425px; HEIGHT: 344px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9k_POsBrV80"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9k_POsBrV80" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></p><p></p><span style="font-family:verdana;">Three young immigrant rights activists speak with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/">Democracy Now!</a> on Thursday, May 20th. The three are all facing possible deportation after their arrest in a sit-in on Monday at the offices of Republican Senator John McCain. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Mohammad Abdollahi is an Iranian-born immigrant rights activist and co-founder of a web portal for undocumented students called <a href="http://www.dreamactivist.org/">DreamActivist.org</a>. Yahaira Carrillo is student at Rockhurst University in Kansas and the founder of the <a href="http://ksmodreamalliance.blogspot.com/">Kansas Missouri Dream Alliance</a>. Lizbeth Mateo is an organizer with <a href="http://dreamact.info/node/45573">DREAM Team Los Angeles</a>.<br /></span><br /><p></p>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-60140103980112616772010-05-19T08:46:00.005-04:002010-05-19T09:38:02.039-04:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/04/09/index.php?section=opinion&article=018a1pol">Subcommandante Marcos unmasked!</a></span><br /><object width="420" height="250"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qRnoJt7PTDE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qRnoJt7PTDE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_detailpage&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="420" height="250"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>"The constant obsession on the part of the Mexican government to know or to discover the face of subcommandante Marcos takes the place of any commitment to address the structural causes for the faces of poverty which beset over a million families in Mexico."</em><br /><p></p><br />Loose translation from an editorial by Jaime Martínez Veloz published April 9, 2010 in <a href="http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2010/04/09/index.php?section=opinion&article=018a1pol">La Jornada</a>.<br /><p></p><br /></span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-29425919767361614602010-05-18T18:30:00.003-04:002010-05-18T18:38:57.163-04:00<span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><a href="http://www.aintitcool.com/node/44943?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">Jessica Colotl fights back!</a></strong></span><br /><object style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 323px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/W8cCzltPD6Y"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/W8cCzltPD6Y" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="323"></embed></object><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">They just f _ _ _ ed with <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/17/jessica-colotl-kennesaw-s_n_578767.html">the wrong Mexican</a>!</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29160495.post-43291517809432468652010-05-18T06:49:00.005-04:002010-05-18T08:14:13.751-04:00<a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/05/18/nigeria.politician.arrest/"><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"><strong><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 280px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472560686399413426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgztqW1imPCStJ_rOQD3L_WZmiKCd01Hb88K2PtJsNEGFEasl8uj2CH64UNr1KO55g0QY9pEU_2qjUz_VmIASz-JP4zH9bQFQYup8_H_0Fk-jgOF0z4HV51xDKAxgP14SFSg7o5KA/s320/Ayortor.jpeg" />Drug Mule Politician, Zuru Ayortor</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Eme Zuru Ayortor, a candidate for the Edo state assembly, was arrested two weeks ago at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria. Mr. Ayortor, a pharmacist, was stopped while trying to board a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt after scanning equipment indicated that he had foreign material within his stomach cavity. While undergoing interrogation at the airport, he excreted 100 packets of cocaine weighing a total of 2.120 kilograms (4.4 lbs). According to Mr. Ayortor, the proceeds from his drug mule venture were going to help him finance his campaign for office.<br /><br />Mr. Ayortor is in good company. The story in <a href="http://www.compassnewspaper.com/NG/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48607:2011-aspiring-lawmaker-swallows-n21m-cocaine-&catid=672:top-stories&Itemid=794">Compass</a> by Juliana Francis and Biodun Komolafe reports previous drug smuggling arrests at the same airport have included a doctorate degree holder, an ex-councilor and a couple trying to use their children. The quantity that Ayortor ingested, however, is the record since January.</span>Don Thiemehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12230623150123606969noreply@blogger.com0