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John's reading and viewing recommendations:
Cancer Rates Triple Among 9/11 First Responders
http://newyork.ibtimes.com/articles/295972/20120209/9-11-responders-cancer-triple.htm
London-based oil executive linked to 9/11 hijackers
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/september-11-attacks/9089896/London-based-oil-executive-linked-to-911-hijackers.html
A brief guide to the scientific consensus on climate change
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/19/1066069/-A-brief-guide-to-the-scientific-consensus-on-climate-change?via=blog_1
Climate change could cause drastic drop in fish catches: UBC
http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/332328--climate-change-could-cause-drastic-drop-in-fish-catches-ubc
Climate Change to Bring a Stormy Future for Insurance
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/partner-news/preparing-insurers-for-a-stormy-future
Ethical Analysis of Disinformation Campaign’s Tactics: Reckless Disregard for the Truth, Specious Claims of ‘Bad’ Science
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/19/428639/ethical-analysis-of-disinformation-campaign-tactics-disregard-truth-bad-science/
Microsoft Rejects Global Warming Denial Despite Supporting Heartland Institute
http://planetsave.com/2012/02/19/microsoft-rejects-global-warming-denial-heartland-institute/
Israeli Strike On Iran 'Not Prudent,' Gen. Martin Dempsey Says
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/18/israel-strike-iran-martin-dempsey_n_1286961.html
The End of American Intervention
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/opinion/sunday/the-end-of-american-intervention.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
Returning military members allege job discrimination — by federal government
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/returning-military-members-allege-job-discrimination--by-federal-government/2012/01/31/gIQAXvYvNR_print.html
Wildfires kill 339,000 people per year: study
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/19/wildfires-kill-339000-people-per-year-study/
Spike in gas prices could begin as early as today
http://www.king5.com/news/local/Gas-price-increase-could-start-as-early-as-tomorrow-139771193.html
Oil price climbs on fear Iran may stop more oil
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hhOWg6p1Em-2GEd2_FztP37V6dSQ?docId=0e44b06e6ff147bf9e2cce05d341c0c7
Why Global Warming Still Considered Target Of Skepticism For Americans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/public-opinion-climate-change-polls-politics_n_1285738.html?ref=climate-change
YOUTUBE: NASA | Temperature Data: 1880-2011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoOrtvYTKeE
Climate
Scientists Slam Heartland for “Spreading Misinformation” and
“Personally Attacking Climate Scientists to Further Its Goals”
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/18/428596/climate-scientists-slam-heartland-for-spreading-misinformation-and-personally-attacking-climate-scientists-to-further-its-goals/
Climate health costs: Bug-borne ills, killer heat
http://www.vancouversun.com/health/women/Climate+health+costs+borne+ills+killer+heat/1638902/story.html?id=1638902
A Second Front in the Climate War
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/18/opinion/a-second-front-in-the-climate-war.html?_r=3
The Warmth of Winter Is Casting a Chill on Ice Fishing
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/us/warm-winter-is-casting-a-chill-on-ice-fishing.html
Saudi Arabia Cuts Oil Output, Export: Industry Report
http://www.cnbc.com/id/46445698
Motorists hit by record surge in gas prices
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46446824/ns/business-oil_and_energy/#.T0LYYhw0hh4
Has the United States beaten peak oil? Not so fast.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/has-the-united-states-beaten-peak-oil-not-so-fast/2012/02/17/gIQAhFbAKR_blog.html
Climate change killing mighty trees in Alaska, researchers say
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46439567/ns/us_news-environment/#.T0AzERw0hh4
Texas drought leads to shade tree die-off
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/16/us-drought-trees-texas-idUSTRE81F02W20120216
Climate Change Could Speed Up Storm Frequency
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112474672/climate-change-could-speed-up-storm-frequency/
Hurricanes Pose Major Risk to Wind Energy Industry
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/hurricanes-pose-major-risks-to-offshore-wind-turbines-study-finds/
Why Was 2011 Such a Deadly Tornado Year?
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/why-was-2011-such-a-deadly-tor/61736
Climate Change May Increase Risk of Water Shortages in Hundreds of US Counties by 2050
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120215143003.htm
If You Thought It Was Hot Last Summer . . .
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/unusually-hot-summers-becoming-more-likely-study-finds/
Senate Climate Hawks Deliver Speech Calling for U.S. Action on the “Planetary Crisis of Global Warming”
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/17/427842/senate-climate-hawks-speech-action-on-the-planetary-crisis-of-global-warming/
Obama to Take on Global Warming in Second Term
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2012/02/17/obama_to_take_on_global_warming_in_second_term
For-Profit Colleges Lose Incentive to Target Vets Under Bills
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/17/for-profit-colleges-lose-incentive-to-target-vets-under-bills/
Push To Privatize US Prisons Lurks in Corporate Investment Scheme
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/15-0
READING RECOMMENDATION-- Eaters of the Dead* * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Eaters-Dead-Michael-Crichton/dp/0061782637/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329433638&sr=1-1
YOUTUBE: Documentary: Dust Off Vietnam
http://www.youplusdallas.com/cityblog/short-films/2012/01/documentary-dust-off-vietnam/
YOUTUBE: DUSTOFF VIETNAM WAR A CHANCE TO SURVIVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqSMBEEmx64
Seth Casteel Underwater Dog Pictures: Images Of Swimming Canines Go Viral (PHOTOS)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/underwater-dog-photos-seth-casteel_n_1277404.html?ref=mostpopular
Poor America: 'Some kids are making ketchup soup'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/panorama/hi/front_page/newsid_9695000/9695217.stm
Instead of being disgusted by poverty, we are disgusted by poor people themselves
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30551.htm
For-Profit College Chiefs Unwind At Lavish Tahoe Resort
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/for-profit-college-chiefs-lake-tahoe_n_1283331.html
Paul Krugman In Playboy Interview: 'People Should Be In Jail' Because Of Financial Crisis
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/paul-krugman-playboy-interview_n_1284417.html
Private Prisons Bill Voted Down In Florida Senate, Thwarting Massive Expansion
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/private-prisons-florida-senate_n_1279822.html
Global Climate Change Deal Ignores CO2 Emissions, Critics Argue
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/16/global-climate-change-deal-co2_n_1282235.html?ref=climate-change
Lawmakers push for flood insurance as new research predicts rising storm surges
http://www.eenews.net/public/climatewire/2012/02/15/1
Managing Limited Water Supplies in Phoenix, Arizona
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101214122854.htm
Portland Seeks Ways to Cope with Rising Sea Levels
http://www.mpbn.net/News/MaineNewsArchive/tabid/181/ctl/ViewItem/mid/3475/ItemId/20307/Default.aspx
A Plan to Save Us From Global Warming? Industry's Colossal Experiment With the Future of Civilization at Stake
http://www.alternet.org/environment/154106/a_plan_to_save_us_from_global_warming_industry%27s_colossal_experiment_with_the_future_of_civilization_at_stake
READING RECOMMENDATION - The Detachment (John Rain Thrillers)(Book# 7)(2011)* * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Detachment-John-Rain-Thrillers/dp/1612181554/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329433845&sr=1-1
YOUTUBE: Barry Eisler - The Detachment - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQY890C-Ga8
Recent extreme weather affected 80% of Americans
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/extremes/story/2012-02-16/extreme-weather-climate-change-global-warming/53116220/1?csp=34news
Global warming: Extreme summer highs expected frequently
http://summitcountyvoice.com/2012/02/16/global-warming-extreme-summer-highs-expected-frequently/
New global deal on climate change
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72957.html
Study: Sierra snowfall consistent over 130 years
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/15/BA8N1N7HNQ.DTL
“Fears of British Super-Drought After Record Low Rainfall in Winter,” UK Guardian Reports
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/15/424889/british-super-drought-record-low-rainfall-guardian-reports/
Leak Offers Glimpse of Campaign Against Climate Science
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/science/earth/in-heartland-institute-leak-a-plan-to-discredit-climate-teaching.html?_r=1
Climate science attack machine took donations from major corporations
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/15/heartland-institute-microsoft-gm-money
Unusual Weather Pattern Freezes Europe, Shifts Arctic Ice
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/unusual-weather-pattern-freezes-europe-moves-ice-out-of-arctic/
Thanks to Occupy, Senate Looks at Inequality
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/16-0
LOOKING BACK: 'Dustoff' crews featured in documentary
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/news/local/dustoff-crews-featured-in-documentary
VIDEO: Dustoff: To Save A Life
http://vimeo.com/30029521
Audit Uncovers Extensive Flaws in Foreclosures
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/business/california-audit-finds-broad-irregularities-in-foreclosures.html?_r=1
Heartland Institute Exposed: Internal Documents Unmask Heart of Climate Denial Machine
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brendan-demelle/heartland-institute-expos_b_1277374.html?ref=climate-change
Poll Finds Americans, Especially Independents, Overwhelmingly Oppose Subsidies to Fossil Fuels
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/15/426014/poll-finds-americans-especially-independents-overwhelmingly-oppose-subsidies-to-fossil-fuels/
11 Important Clean Energy Provisions in the President’s Budget Proposal
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/14/425519/most-important-clean-energy-provisions-in-the-presidents-budget-proposal/
Half of UK households 'could face water restrictions by April'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/15/uk-households-water-restrictions
Warm Winter, Lack of Great Lakes Ice
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/warm-winter-lack-of-great-lake/61588
Where the Colorado Runs Dry
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/opinion/where-the-colorado-river-runs-dry.html?_r=2
VA Budget Deals With Homelessness and Jobs
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/15/va-budget-deals-with-homelessness-and-jobs/
Iran Nuclear Threat Brings No U.S. Enthusiasm For A Military Strike
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/15/iran-nuclear-threat-us-military_n_1277566.html
An Important Development for Rural Veterans–VA Deploying 20 New Mobile Vet Centers
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/14/an-important-development-for-rural-veterans-va-deploying-20-new-mobile-vet-centers/
Experts say beef prices will likely rise for 2 years due to smallest cattle herd in 60 years
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/markets/experts-say-beef-prices-will-likely-rise-for-2-years-due-to-smallest-cattle-herd-in-60-years/2012/02/09/gIQAFVfl0Q_story.html
READING RECOMMENDATION - Dead Man's Walk (1995) (BOOK# 2)* * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Mans-Walk-Larry-McMurtry/dp/B0064XFI18/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328831057&sr=1-1
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Margin Call (2011)* * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Margin-Call/dp/B005UT29Z0/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1329325478&sr=1-1
YOUTUBE: Margin Call Trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2DqFRsPrns
Climate change increases risk of storm surges, according to MIT study
http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2012/02/climate-change-increases-risk-storm-surges-according-mit-study/3iC046kFbxF5RtIsGXkNeK/index.html
Sobering Future of Wildfire Dangers in U.S. West, Researchers Predict
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120214134936.htm
With climate change, today's '100-year floods' may happen every three to 20 years: research
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-climate-today-year-years.html
How Much Ice Is Vanishing? You Don’t Want to Know
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/how-much-ice-is-vanishing-into-the-seas-you-dont-want-to-know/
Science Weekly podcast: Will climate change unleash geological mayhem?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2012/feb/13/science-weekly-podcast-climate-change
Fracking study sends alert about leakage of potent greenhouse gas
http://old.news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20120213/ts_csm/466462
Have Bees Become Canaries In the Coal Mine? Why Massive Bee Dieoffs May Be a Warning About Our Own Health
http://www.alternet.org/environment/154039/have_bees_become_canaries_in_the_coal_mine_why_massive_bee_dieoffs_may_be_a_warning_about_our_own_health
The 'Pompeii' of the Western Front: Archaeologists find the bodies of 21 tragic World War One German soldiers in perfectly preserved trenches where they were buried alive by an Allied shell(PHOTOES)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099187/Bodies-21-German-soldiers-buried-alive-WW1-trench-perfectly-preserved-94-years-later.html
Private Prison Corporation Offers Cash In Exchange For State Prisons
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/private-prisons-buying-state-prisons_n_1272143.html
Gas prices' earliest-ever rise above $3.50 a bad sign for motorists
http://www.mcall.com/business/mc-gas-prices-20120214,0,2776477.story?track=rss
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Lonesome Dove (1989)* * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lonesome-Dove-Robert-Duvall/dp/B0018PH3L0/ref=sr_1_3?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1329175545&sr=1-3
YOUTUBE: LonesomeDove20th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L8PsjZyBtM
REPOST: READING RECOMMENDATION -- Lonesome Dove: A Novel (1985) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Lonesome-Dove-Novel-Larry-McMurtry/dp/1439195269/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1329261234&sr=1-1
Oceans have acidified more in the last 200 years 'than they did in the previous 21,000 years'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2090253/Oceans-acidified-200-years-did-previous-21-000-years-claims-new-climate-change-research.html#ixzz1mJ9HIkIZ
Arctic warms to highest level yet as researchers fear tipping points
http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0213-hance_arctic_tippingpoints.html
Climate change role in floods won't be clear for a decade, say scientists
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change-role-in-floods-wont-be-clear-for-a-decade-say-scientists-20120213-1t29a.html#ixzz1mJ6msPGw
Climate change causes harmful algal blooms in North Atlantic: study
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-climate-algal-blooms-north-atlantic.html
Image of the Day: Cold Snap Across Europe
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/image-of-the-day-cold-snap-across-europe/
Public Utility, Private Profit: Privatization of Water Is as Benign as Lucifer
http://www.truthout.org/benign-lucifer-privatization-water/1329057581
Military Wives Choir
http://www.youtube.com/user/militarywiveschoir?feature=watchhttp://www.youtube.com/user/militarywiveschoir
Marine’s suicide is only start of family’s struggle
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/marines-suicide-is-only-start-of-familys-struggle/2012/01/31/gIQADLF46Q_story.html
Iraq War’s legacy: One Marine’s five-year battle with PTSD
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/13/iraq-wars-legacy-one-marines-five-year-battle-with-ptsd/
Wounded Veterans Build New Skills to Keep Serving
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/13/wounded-veterans-build-new-skills-to-keep-serving/
READING RECOMMENDATION: Night of Flames: A Novel of World War II (2008) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Night-Flames-Novel-World-War/dp/1590131665/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328831150&sr=1-1
YOUTUBE: NIGHT OF FLAMES BOOK TRAILER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh6ZV3wlR0M
REPOST: READING RECOMMENDATION -- The Forgotten Soldier (2001) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Soldier-Guy-Sajer/dp/1574882864/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328896885&sr=1-1
REPOST: READING RECOMMENDATION -- Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (1993) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Ordinary-Men-Reserve-Battalion-Solution/dp/0060995068/ref=sr_1_1_title_0_main?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1328982497&sr=1-1
Britain calls on the world to put a price on nature
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/9072886/Britain-calls-on-the-world-to-put-a-price-on-nature.html
Spectacular 'cloud tsunami' rolls over Florida high-rise condos
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/10/10375026-spectacular-cloud-tsunami-rolls-over-florida-high-rise-condos
What Will the U.S. Energy Mix Look Like in 2050 If We Cut CO2 Emissions 80%?
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/11/423484/us-energy-mix-in-2050-cut-co2-emissions-80/
Students Cut Energy Use 17% Through National Green Cup Challenge
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/11/422032/students-cut-energy-national-green-cup-challenge/
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: The French Revolution (History Channel) (2005)* * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/French-Revolution-History-Channel/dp/B0007GP836/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1329068306&sr=1-1
Is 'Prescription for Disaster' Our 'Most Optimistic' Climate Future?
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/02/11-0
Congressman Says Defunding Climate Science is a Priority for GOP
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/10/423052/congressman-says-defunding-climate-science-is-a-priority-for-gop/
A Carbon Allowance in Every Pot
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/a-carbon-allowance-in-every-pot/
Flood Warnings at Risk as Cuts to Critical Gauges Loom
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/loss-of-stream-gauges-threatens-accuracy-of-flood-warnings-forecasts/
Warming Raises Uncertainty about Crucial Ocean Microbes
http://www.livescience.com/18397-marine-microbes-big-implications.html
Returning Vets Fight Post-Traumatic Stress
http://www.kmbc.com/health/30432394/detail.html
US military suicides high even as wars wind down
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/10/1419/
VA Violates Federal Law by Illegally Outsourcing Government Jobs, says AFGE
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/10/va-violates-federal-law-by-illegally-outsourcing-government-jobs-says-afge/
How Should We Welcome Home Iraq War Veterans?
http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2012/02/10/how-should-we-welcome-home-iraq-war-veterans/
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION: Ken Burns: Prohibition (2011) * * * * *
http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Burns-Prohibition/dp/B004NJC0R0/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1328983005&sr=1-1
Britain to urge green accounting at Rio+20 summit
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/09/us-green-accounting-uk-idUSTRE8181QH20120209
Extreme Weather and Climate Change: The Southwest
http://www.climatecentral.org/library/climopedia/extreme-weather-and-climate-change-the-southwest/
Climate change affecting Antarctica faster than previously thought: study
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/sci/2012-02/09/c_131401229.htm
What does new glacier data mean for the climate debate?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/feb/10/glacier-data-climate-change-debate
Current Western Snow Depth
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-blogs/clark/current-western-snow-depth/61354
GLACIERS, ICE CAPS LOSING
150 BILLION TONS OF ICE ANNUALLY
http://e360.yale.edu/digest/glaciers_ice_caps_losing_150_billion_tons_of_ice_annually/3326/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+YaleEnvironment360+%28Yale+Environment+360%29
Railing Against Pollution Standards, Conservative Evangelical Group Says Pro-Life Does ‘Not Denote Quality of Life
http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2012/02/09/422299/pollution-standards-conservative-evangelical-group-pro-life-not-quality-of-life/
Deconstructing a Mystery: What Caused Snowmaggedon?
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120209152816.htm
La Nina seems to have peaked, set to decline: WMO
http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE81904820120210
Is Global Warming Hot Again in Hollywood?
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/is-climate-change-hot-again-in-hollywood/
Amputation cases among troops hit post-9/11 high in 2011
http://www.stripes.com/news/amputation-cases-among-troops-hit-post-9-11-high-in-2011-1.168139
Israel and Iran: Nuclear Double-Standards
http://www.progressive.org/israel_iran_nuclear_double_standards.html
A Fresh Take on Chaotic Weather
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/a-fresh-take-on-chaotic-weather/
Climate Change a Growing Risk For U.S. Water Supplies
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/climate-change-a-growing-risk-for-water-supplies-across-the-us/
No, You Weren’t Hallucinating: January was Really Warm
http://www.climatecentral.org/blogs/no-you-werent-hallucinating-january-was-really-warm?utm-source=feedburner&utm-medium=feed&utm-campaign=Feed%253A+climatecentral%252FdjOO+Climate+Central+-+Full+Feed
The Military's Green Tech Strategy
http://www.forbes.com/sites/amywestervelt/2012/02/06/why-the-military-hates-fossil-fuels-part-two-alternatives/
Americans' Knowledge of Polar Regions Up, but Not Their Concern
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120207121930.htm
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