Links January 13, 2013

January 13, 2013

From now on there will be regular posts with link collections. The linked articles must not necessarily reflect the opinion of the blog administrator.

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They hate us for our freedom (to waste resources).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2013/jan/10/food-waste

Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not

The “Green Economy” is advancing, just let the entrepreneurial spirit solve humanities problems.

http://www.pslweb.org/liberationnews/news/capitalist-solutions-to.html

Aaron Swartz committed suicide. His idea about free access to human knowledge was altruistic, humane, idealistic, BUT, one doesn’t interfere in profit making without consequences.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/01/aaron-swartz/

The privatization of the US Postal Service is making progress.

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=9478

http://www.vltp.net/alec/senate-passes-usps-reform-bill-alec-influenced-house

Cancer is big business and a promising market. Expect accelerating growth rates.

http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-cancer-cash-cycle-the-causes-of-cancer-and-ill-health/5318449

Hope and change (for BP)

http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/01/eric-zuesse-obama-administration-lies-then-covers-up-to-minimize-bp-liabilities-for-deepwater-horizon-disaster.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/oilandgas/9797220/BP-hopes-to-cut-Gulf-of-Mexico-fine-by-3.4bn.html

In Syria President Bashar Al-Assad delivered a speech which was more intelligent and constructive than anything one ever has heard from Western politicians.

http://www.ozyism.com/2012/01/president-bashar-al-assad-full-speech.html

The reactions were mixed, probably because the speech was beyond the intellectual scope of analysts.

http://www.newworker.org/archive2013/nw20130111/assad_charts_a_way_forward.html

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/OA11Ak01.html

http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/assad’s-speech-and-backstage-plan

http://www.almanar.com.lb/english/adetails.php?eid=79346&cid=41&fromval=1

A somber assessment of the Wests appetite for a peaceful solution.

http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2013/01/11/syrian-endgame-quick-victory-middle-east-or-big-regional-fire.html

Mali, another recolonized African nation.

http://www.presstv.com/detail/2013/01/12/283145/france-displays-hypocrisy-on-mali/

http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/mali-wahabis-and-saudis-following-money-trail

Zimbabwe is not yet ready for recolonization.