Donald T.

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Nuclear Boy   The entertaining anime cartoon above is apparently...

Donald T. posted an article on - Mar 20, 2011, 8:43 am
Nuclear Boy   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 ...
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Valdosta State University graduate Stephen Dupuis (VSU '08) teamed up...

Donald T. posted an article on - Mar 16, 2011, 9:06 am
Valdosta State University graduate Stephen Dupuis (VSU '08) teamed up with UGA grad Stephen Turner to create Defy Thirst, 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 gradua...
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9.0 Earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan CNBC host Larry Kudlow proudly...

Donald T. posted an article on - Mar 14, 2011, 7:43 am
9.0 Earthquake and Tsunami hit Japan 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...
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Don't Swear For Me, Nigeria

Donald T. posted an article on - Nov 8, 2010, 5:08 pm
Don't Swear For Me, Nigeria
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Hajigak Iron Ore Deposit

Donald T. posted an article on - Oct 4, 2010, 8:43 pm
Hajigak Iron Ore Deposit
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Nigeria at 50 Yvonne Ndege reports on Africa's most populous...

Donald T. posted an article on - Sep 29, 2010, 10:01 pm
Nigeria at 50 Yvonne Ndege reports on Africa's most populous country on the 50th anniversary of her independence from Great Britain.
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Finders Keepers Craig Childs was just interviewed on NPR's All...

Donald T. posted an article on - Aug 29, 2010, 6:33 pm
Finders Keepers 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!
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California Highway Spill (NSFW) Major Slut Spill on California Highway (NSFW)

Donald T. posted an article on - Aug 27, 2010, 8:02 am
California Highway Spill (NSFW) Major Slut Spill on California Highway (NSFW)
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"A Whole Crude World" Home video from the Gulf Coast...

Donald T. posted an article on - Aug 10, 2010, 7:01 am
"A Whole Crude World" 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 Lee Camp. Starring Juliet Jeske.
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Obama Target Game The above crude likeness of President Barack...

Donald T. posted an article on - Aug 5, 2010, 3:22 am
Obama Target Game 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 t...
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ILLER: Obama Zombies Strike Back

Donald T. posted an article on - Jul 21, 2010, 9:22 pm
ILLER: Obama Zombies Strike Back
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R.I.P. Stephen Schneider Lane Professor for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies at...

Donald T. posted an article on - Jul 20, 2010, 11:40 am
R.I.P. Stephen Schneider 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 t...
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France to repay Haiti Yesterday (July 14th) was Bastille Day,...

Donald T. posted an article on - Jul 16, 2010, 2:00 pm
France to repay Haiti Yesterday (July 14th) was Bastille Day, marking a popular uprising which gave birth to the modern French state. According to the website for the Ministère des Affaires étrangères et européennes, France chose Bastille Day to announce an Outline Agreement for the Rebuilding o...
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Kindra Arnesen A passionate narration of the inept and duplicitous...

Donald T. posted an article on - Jun 22, 2010, 9:10 pm
Kindra Arnesen A passionate narration of the inept and duplicitous assessment and clean up of BP's Deep Horizon Oil Spill. This woman spits fire! Kindra's speech at the Gulf Emergency Summit was filmed by FluxRostrum.
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Lead Toxicity and Nigerian Gold Yvonne Ndege reports on severe...

Donald T. posted an article on - Jun 17, 2010, 9:38 am
Lead Toxicity and Nigerian Gold Yvonne Ndege 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 ...
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Afghanistan Bonanza Afghanistan may be the Saudia Arabia of lithium,...

Donald T. posted an article on - Jun 14, 2010, 8:02 am
Afghanistan Bonanza 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 New York Times, geologist Jack Medlin proposes opening up "some very, very large mines...
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Code Pink Protest - BP Station in NYC on May...

Donald T. posted an article on - Jun 12, 2010, 6:54 am
Code Pink Protest - BP Station in NYC on May 28, 2010 BP your heart is black! You can have your oil back! - Live video shot by Melissa Ulto intercut with her own creative montage of current news footage.
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Cane Toad Daz missing Baz

Donald T. posted an article on - Jun 9, 2010, 11:01 am
Cane Toad Daz missing Baz
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Beyond Petroleum

Donald T. posted an article on - May 26, 2010, 4:07 pm
Beyond Petroleum
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DREAM activists face deportation Three young immigrant rights activists speak...

Donald T. posted an article on - May 20, 2010, 12:40 pm
DREAM activists face deportation Three young immigrant rights activists speak with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez of Democracy Now! 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. Mohamma...
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Subcommandante Marcos unmasked! "The constant obsession on the part of...

Donald T. posted an article on - May 19, 2010, 8:46 am
Subcommandante Marcos unmasked! "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." Loose t...
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Jessica Colotl fights back! They just f _ _ _...

Donald T. posted an article on - May 18, 2010, 6:30 pm
Jessica Colotl fights back! They just f _ _ _ ed with the wrong Mexican!
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Drug Mule Politician, Zuru Ayortor Eme Zuru Ayortor, a candidate...

Donald T. posted an article on - May 18, 2010, 6:49 am
Drug Mule Politician, Zuru Ayortor 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 equipme...
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Yar'Adua 419 (from Nairaland's PrinceK12) Dear Sir/Madam I am sure...

Donald T. posted an article on - May 7, 2010, 5:45 am
Yar'Adua 419 (from Nairaland's PrinceK12) Dear Sir/Madam I am sure that you have heard about the death of Nigeria's president Yar'adua, for it is the headline on every major news network in the world. Unfortunately, Mr. Yar'adua died without writing a will, and he is survived by his wife. His wife w...
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Yar'Adua, Nigeria's president Both BBC and CNN as well as...

Donald T. posted an article on - May 5, 2010, 9:12 pm
Yar'Adua, Nigeria's president Both BBC and CNN as well as African news sources such as Next and AllAfrica reported the death of Umaru Musa Yar'Adua on Wednesday, May 5th. The president of Nigeria has been too ill to govern since last November, as reported in my blog dated January 12th. Vice preside...
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Deepwater Horizon Spill John Wathen, who blogs as the Hurricane...

Donald T. posted an article on - May 5, 2010, 9:18 am
Deepwater Horizon Spill John Wathen, who blogs as the Hurricane Creek Riverkeeper (hccreekeeper), has put up a new blog entirely dedicated to the oil spill from the BP Deepwater Horizon. A video filmed during a flyover of the spill on Tuesday, May 4, 2010 can be streamed both on the new blog, Gulf ...
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The Ban

Donald T. posted an article on - May 3, 2010, 9:44 pm
The Ban
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Jyri Jaakola

Donald T. posted an article on - May 3, 2010, 9:01 am
Jyri Jaakola
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DESAPARECIDOS! Six people are missing, including two Mexican journalists, after...

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 30, 2010, 7:14 am
DESAPARECIDOS! Six people are missing, including two Mexican journalists, after a paramilitary ambush on Tuesday, April 27th attacked a caravan carrying food and other aid to a remote village in the state of Oaxaca. The above photograph from an article in The Hindu shows the bullet-riddled car whic...
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Iwu Out! The acting president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has...

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 29, 2010, 4:11 pm
Iwu Out! The acting president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, has sent Maurice Iwu on "pre-retirement leave" from his position as chairman of the Independent National Election Commission (INEC). The retirement is interpreted as a long overdue dismissal by most who know Nigerian politics, given that ...
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Less Ass from Iceland Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson explains...

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 22, 2010, 7:12 pm
Less Ass from Iceland Iceland’s President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson explains the effects of the Eyjafjallajokull eruption on air traffic in Europe to Neil Cavuto of Fox News. His thick accent leads him to pronounce ash as "ass," leading to some comical remarks about ass falls and ass clouds sent to ...
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Volcano Song I've a Fiat. Yogurt, Merkel?

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 20, 2010, 6:39 am
Volcano Song I've a Fiat. Yogurt, Merkel?
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Eyjafjallajokull

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 20, 2010, 6:16 am
Eyjafjallajokull
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2010 Harding Prize Awards Hosted by the Kennedy Political Union...

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 11, 2010, 8:02 pm
2010 Harding Prize Awards Hosted by the Kennedy Political Union at American University in Washington, D.C.
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World Cultural Preservation My former professor, Richard Kurin, has been...

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 11, 2010, 9:17 am
World Cultural Preservation My former professor, Richard Kurin, has been the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture" at the Smithsonian Institution for over 25 years now. An interview with Dr. Kurin posted on the U.S. State Department's propaganda organ America.gov has been making the ro...
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Lagos up close... and open to interpretation Sokari Ekine, who...

Donald T. posted an article on - Apr 11, 2010, 8:16 am
Lagos up close... and open to interpretation Sokari Ekine, who blogs at Black Looks, has an interesting essay about Lagos up at the New Internationalist Blog. Sokari reviews a recent television program which focused on the resourcefulness of the poor in Lagos. In spite of all the current interest,...
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ClimateGate debunked by UK Parliament Climate scientist Phil Jones of...

Donald T. posted an article on - Mar 31, 2010, 5:04 am
ClimateGate debunked by UK Parliament Climate scientist Phil Jones of the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom has been completely exonerated of any misconduct in the "ClimateGate" scandal based upon emails stolen from the university's email server. According to results of an inquiry...
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HELL YES, WE DID! The "Party of No" has now...

Donald T. posted an article on - Mar 28, 2010, 8:24 am
HELL YES, WE DID! The "Party of No" has now become the "Party of Hell, No!" moving farther to the right and more militant as President's Obama legislative agenda rolls on through a corrupt Senate and a divided House of Representatives. Who speaks for the people now?
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Geologist, archaeologist, and college science teacher. Naturally reserved in person, I more frequently let my political and scholarly opinions escape on the internet.

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