FURTHERMORE. . .

GEORGE MONBIOT, GUARDIAN - Until now the Sun has denounced
environmentalists as "loonies" and "eco beards". Last week it published
"photographic proof that climate change is real". In a page that could
have come straight from a Greenpeace pamphlet, it laid down 10 "rules"
for its readers to follow: "Use public transport when possible; use
energy-saving light bulbs; turn off electric gadgets at the wall; do not
use a tumble dryer." Two weeks ago the Economist also recanted. In the
past it has asserted that "Mr Bush was right to reject the prohibitively
expensive Kyoto pact". It co-published the Copenhagen Consensus papers,
which put climate change at the bottom of the list of global priorities.
Now, in a special issue devoted to scaring the living daylights out of
its readers, it maintains that "the slice of global output that would
have to be spent to control emissions is probably ... below 1%". It
calls for carbon taxes and an ambitious program of government spending.
Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as
unacceptable as Holocaust denial. But I'm not celebrating yet.

The danger is not that we will stop talking about climate change, or
recognizing that it presents an existential threat to humankind. The
danger is that we will talk ourselves to kingdom come. If the biosphere
is wrecked, it will not be done by those who couldn't give a damn about
it, as they now belong to a diminishing minority. It will be destroyed
by nice, well-meaning, cosmopolitan people who accept the case for
cutting emissions, but who won't change by one iota the way they live.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0921-22.htm

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THE CHILD SAFETY LABELS WE REALLY NEED
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/09/kids_safety_labels_
we_want_to.html?CMP=OTC-0D6B48984890


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THERE ARE 388 Green candidates nationwide and the party has 31 state
ballot lines, up from 15 the end of 2005

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26 YEAR OLD MAYOR TAKES OVER PITTSBURGH
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/09/us/09mayor.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin

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AP - Two men who took fruit and vegetables out of a garbage can have
been sentenced to six months in jail. Giles Charle, 24, of Sumersworth,
N.H., and David Siller, 27, of Wayne, Pa., said the punishment was harsh
and the only choice they had to avoid a felony on their records. They
were on their way to the Rainbow Family's annual gathering when they
were arrested in June and charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor
theft. Authorities said they took five cucumbers, four or five apricots,
two bundles of asparagus spears and a handful of cherries from a garbage
can at Sweet Pea Produce

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/nation/15421698.htm

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COURT: OHIO'S RULES TOO TOUGH ON THIRD PARTIES
http://www.firstamendmentcenter.org/rss/news.aspx

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BED MADE OF 7MM CARDBOARD
http://www.it-happens.ch/eng/bett_4.html

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CNET - George, the dog of 39-year-old Juliette Piesley, apparently ate
the immobilizer chip in her electronic key fob for her car after she
changed the battery in the device. She could only start the car by
putting the dog in the front seat, according to the article. George will
have to ride shotgun "until things take their natural course," quipped
the patrolman who came to her rescue and discovered the problem.

http://news.com.com/2061-11516_3-6120347.html?part=rss&tag=6120347&subj=news


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REBECCA DANA, NY OBSERVER - Scenes of war on PBS in which soldiers use
profanity have been cut or elaborately avoided in two upcoming Frontline
documentaries. According to the journalists and PBS executives
responsible, these edits have been made for one reason: fear of the
Federal Communications Commission. On Oct. 3, at 9 p.m., PBS will air
Return of the Taliban. Its producer and writer, Martin Smith, is now
sanitizing a sequence of the documentary. . .
"It's a really sorry state of affairs if we're Disney-fying combat," Mr.
Smith said.

http://www.observer.com/20061002/20061002_Rebecca_Dana_pageone_nytv.asp

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REBECCA BOONE, ASSOCIATED PRESS = Former U.S. Attorney General John
Ashcroft could be called to testify in a lawsuit that claims a student
was wrongly imprisoned in a computer terrorism case, a federal judge
ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge rejected Ashcroft's argument to toss
out the lawsuit because he was entitled to absolute immunity since his
position at the Department of Justice was prosecutorial. Abdullah
al-Kidd, who played football for the University of Idaho, claimed
government wrongfully arrested him in the case against a fellow student,
Sami Omar Al-Hussayen, in 2003. . . His lawsuit claimed Ashcroft was
personally liable for violating his rights because after the terrorist
attacks Ashcroft "created a national policy to improperly seek material
witness warrants, oversaw the execution of such warrants, and failed to
correct the constitutional violations of conducting such actions,"
according court documents. . . The ruling also means U.S. Attorney
General Alberto Gonzalez and others in the Department of Homeland
Security could be called to testify in the lawsuit.

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