Items selected on general interest and abelard's long-term purpose to develop a more rational and thoughtful society; not driven by current affairs as first priority. Updated as items of interest are found. News topic classification is flexible - the world is seamless. http://www.abelard.org/news.htm http://www.livejournal.com/userpic/18354399/4102511 http://www.abelard.org/news.htm 10078 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#democrat_candidates_140508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#democrat_candidates_140508 While Obama and his followers think it's a done deal, Hillary battles on. http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#skin_colour_140508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#skin_colour_140508 From the last public rant of Barack Obama's loose cannonball. So the USA has not progressed socially for forty-five years? Is this why Senator Obama and his wife are bitter? http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#patriotic_clinton_130508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#patriotic_clinton_130508 A provocative article to encourage independent thinking in the US presidential election race. http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#bitter_obamas_120508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#bitter_obamas_120508 Senator Obama may try to suggest that working class, white Americans turn to the church and guns out of bitterness with their lot, but it is his wife who publicly demonstrates bitterness. http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#uk_numbers_120508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#uk_numbers_120508 The prestidigitation of the UK number crunchers - the public is the loser, of course. http://www.abelard.org/news/fun0803.php#starling_swarms_110508 http://www.abelard.org/news/fun0803.php#starling_swarms_110508 Flocks of birds swooping across the skies - now you can design the flocks and make custom flights! http://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour0804.php#fruit_fly_socialists_110508 http://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour0804.php#fruit_fly_socialists_110508 Socialists and liberals can breath a sigh of relief. Not being endowed with effective intelligence does not make a being unsurvival-fit. http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#hillary_barack_100508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#hillary_barack_100508 abelard puts a psychological lens on the presidential candidates and their parties. http://www.abelard.org/news/lite0805.php#ddt_penguins_100508 http://www.abelard.org/news/lite0805.php#ddt_penguins_100508 Shades of Silent Spring? http://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour0804.php#burma_usa_france_090508 http://www.abelard.org/news/behaviour0804.php#burma_usa_france_090508 A lesson in how behaving with integrity is more intelligent than succumbing to paranoia and dominance. Sadly, millions of human lives are at stake. http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#controlling_iran_090508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#controlling_iran_090508 The threats created by a country run by fanatical and dishonest despots can no longer be safely brushed aside. http://www.abelard.org/news/ecology0805.php#peak_oil_090508 http://www.abelard.org/news/ecology0805.php#peak_oil_090508 Back to self-sufficiency, and darning socks! http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#korea_usa_080508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#korea_usa_080508 A statesman of integrity and honour acts. Would presidential hopefuls have behaved similarly? Well, maybe not. http://www.abelard.org/news/fun0803.php#one_horsepower_080508 http://www.abelard.org/news/fun0803.php#one_horsepower_080508 Clever idea, but why bother with the ironmongery? Isn't a saddle or a buggy sufficient? http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#nu_labour_leader_060508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#nu_labour_leader_060508 After the worst local election results for over forty years, what will the UK party in government do to try and recover credibility? http://www.abelard.org/news/lite0805.php#tethered_windmills_060508 http://www.abelard.org/news/lite0805.php#tethered_windmills_060508 This looks a good suggestion - get rid of huge static windmills on poles and instead, use rotating blimps, flown like kites. http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#biofuel_politics_050508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#biofuel_politics_050508 If the right sources are chosen, biofuels do not need to 'steal' food. Now to make the politicos understand and act. http://www.abelard.org/news/energy0805.php#cellulosic_ethanol_050508 http://www.abelard.org/news/energy0805.php#cellulosic_ethanol_050508 Producing alternative fuels without 'stealing' food resources means using non-food sources, like plant cellulose - you know, the inedible or woody bits. Here's further progress. http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#clown_pensions_030508 http://www.abelard.org/news/politics0805.php#clown_pensions_030508 A clear example of socialism, as created by Gordon Brown - tax until the people bleed, while giving the money to union and government cronies. http://www.abelard.org/news/civil-liberties2008.php#socialist_transparency_030508 http://www.abelard.org/news/civil-liberties2008.php#socialist_transparency_030508 According to socialists, your most personal details will be available - on the net - for anyone good or bad to see.