Notes from the Surf
Which way the weather comes from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbXwRP0CQNA
Why the weatherman always seems to be pushing in the same direction.
Burglary Suspect Ducks Into Wal-Mart, Disappears
http://www.news4jax.com/news/20077781/detail.html
Good tip for the next time you're chased by the secret police or ninjas.
The price of health care around the world
http://imgur.com/c5yHB.png
Are we getting what we pay for?
Spreading the wealth around
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/wealth.jpg
Income growth during first Bush term: Richest 1% of population gets $4,200,000 more per household. 90% of population gets $304 more per household.
Honduras: Employers force employees to join pro-coup marches
http://cupe.ca/updir/CODEMUH-statement-forced-marches.pdf
...employers then order them to work an extra day to make up for lost time.
War Crimes?
http://www.uexpress.com/tedrall/?uc_full_date=20090714
"There were 300 of us in my container. By the time we arrived in Sheberghan, only ten of us were alive." "...they shot into the containers [to make air holes]. Blood came pouring out." ...American commanders advised him to "get rid of them [the bodies] before satellite pictures could be taken." More from The New York Times, The Convoy of Death, Physicians for Human Rights, and their video.
Afghans turn to Taliban in fear of own police
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090712/wl_nm/us_afghanistan_police
If this is what democracy looks like, I think you're doing it wrong.
South Korea: KCTU Statement on General Strike
http://kctu.org/ActionAlerts/3664
"If media is controlled by large conglomerates and capital, then there is no hope for democracy in... South Korea."
The Vestas Occupation
http://savevestas.wordpress.com/
The last wind-farm turbine makers in the UK have assumed control of their company. Police prevent supporters from giving them food, forcing supporters to get creative.
Honduras: Father speaks of his dead son before being arrested
http://wsws.org/articles/2009/jul2009/hond-j20.shtml
Obed Murillo’s father, David Murillo, described his son as a person who was “self-educated in the principles of social rights... He never compromised his principles... His death, his leaving us, hurts me deeply, but I am proud that he did not die while committing a crime or out of drunkenness, but because he fought against repression.”