Oil price killing economy so congress tries to kill public #transit

Oil Rise Imperils Budding Recovery - WSJ.com: "Rising oil prices are emerging once again as a threat to the U.S. economic recovery just as it appears to be gaining momentum."

Oil and Coal driving Cadillac, collecting welfare

Unearthing the True Cost of Fossil Fuels : TreeHugger: "Industry gets tax breaks, subsidies, military support in volatile regions, the right to use our air and water like a sewer, and assurance that the government will clean up its environmental messes. Politicians get campaign contributions, a steady flow of dirty energy, and a talking point to brandish about how they kept gas affordable."

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Brazil: mass movement for free public #transit

Links dos eventos das cidades participantes:

Guarulhos - SP: http://www.facebook.com/events/199441550153057/

Rio de Janeiro - RJ: https://www.facebook.com/events/143547809097892/

Grande Vitória - ES: https://www.facebook.com/events/220477351378453/

Belo Horizonte - MG: https://www.facebook.com/events/173058532803106/

Florianópolis - SC:http://www.facebook.com/events/182176998553815/

Recife - PE:http://www.facebook.com/events/183262485114084/

São Carlos - SP: http://www.facebook.com/events/230752990345963/?context=create

Joinville - SC: http://www.facebook.com/events/264953103577430/?notif_t=event_invite

Protest against increase of passages blocks Conception Tunnel Credit: Star Cristiano 
http://www.correiodopovo.com.br/Noticias/?Noticia=389832

1% must have totalitarianism to protect fossil fuel lines

Times Of Nigeria: "Nigeria’s main oil militants operating in Niger Delta region, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) today said its fighters have sabotaged an oil pipeline that belongs to Italian oil company, Agip."

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World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars-UN - AlertNet

World lacks enough food, fuel as population soars-UN - AlertNet: "Efforts towards sustainable development are neither fast enough nor deep enough, as well as suffering from a lack of political will, the United Nations' high-level panel on global sustainability said.

"The current global development model is unsustainable. To achieve sustainability, a transformation of the global economy is required," the report said."

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Americans want public #transit. "just get it done!"

One thousand Paul Krugmans cannot save capitalism from the 1%

Quantitative easing is creating money to lend to big banks for free, so they can lend at high rates and increase their capital stock. Why? Not to stimulate real production, but to increase their competitive edge against Russia's fossil-fuel power, and China's economic power.

Though economists all know that only government investment in physical and social infrastructure can extend the life of capitalism, the 1% easily mobilizes austerians to keep those "growth" economists at bay. We never are able to get to the real debate that should be happening. That is, which infrastructure is the right investment. So the growth economists [like Krugman] can only point to increased unspecified government spending.

If government spending is used to increase roads and cars, collapse will just continue at a faster pace.

Why the 1% cannot tolerate democracy

Oil is running out. Natural gas is almost impossible to protect. The 1% depends on control of fossil-fuel to keep their power and money. They must have totalitarian rule to prevent attacks on their gas pipelines.

Syria: Army retakes Damascus suburbs - live updates | World news | guardian.co.uk: "There have been a number of attacks on pipelines since the Syrian uprising began in mid-March with the government consistently blaming armed terrorist groups. The Assad regime says such groups are behind the violence that has engulfed the country since protests began."

Misuse of oil will lead to massive human die-off

Unsustainable Population Growth Is The Elephant In The Room: "The human cost of such an involuntary population rebalancing is, of course, horrific. Based on this model we would experience an average excess death rate of 100 million per year every year for the next 75 years to achieve our target population of one billion by 2082. The peak excess death rate would happen in about 20 years, and would be about 200 million that year. To put this in perspective, WWII caused an excess death rate of only 10 million per year for only six years."

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People of Bahrain have tremendous courage

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People of Bahrain. Very courageous. Small country against U.S. oil appetite.