Successful Solutions (Focusing on Solutions instead of Problems)

Valley farmers may have cure for poisoned cropland thanks to Cactus

The prickly pear cactus may not sound like a trendy cash crop, but it could become a phenomenon among farmers on the arid west side of the San Joaquin Valley. The cactus can grow in the west-side's salty soils, drink briny water and live just fine in very dry times.

Defusing a Bomb; the Quest for Successfully Combating Adversity

The push for equality has been a continual battle since time began. When progress is made it seems that those opposed work harder to reverse this progress with ugly words, accusations and insinuations that cause outrage.

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Think About It!

This country had so many changes in the last 200 years.  Add in the technology that shares endless things to fill our minds it's a wonder that some of us still have a life of our own at all.   This election for nomination is ridiculous.  Seems like the Re …

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Politics should be about Supporting a Middle Class and Jobs for People: not about Left or Right-- Arianna Huffington

"I don't see American politcs as a left-right game. I think that in fact when we continue to see it as a left-right game we are having a much harder time laying out the choices for the American people.

President Obama will have to raise debt ceiling on the day of the Democratic National Convention

Last week the US senate approved an increase in the so-called national debt ceiling that allows the President to borrow up to 16.4 trillion dollars.[1]  So how long does the United States have until it reaches this debt ceiling again?  September 3, 2012.  This est …

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Obama does not want out of Iraq: Pentagon prepares for new military talks with Iraq on long-term security relationship - The Washington Post

The Obama administration is preparing to begin talks with Iraq on defining a long-term defense relationship that may include expanded U.S. training help, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s chief policy aide. The U.S.

How to Keep Google from Finding Out Everything About You

When Google's new privacy policy goes into effect on March 1, "more than 60" Google websites and properties will start sharing your personal data between them.

An unusual peace conference - in a West Bank settlement!

Makor Rishon reports on an interesting, if quixotic, conference that took place at Ariel University. They were there to debate "What is the best peace plan?" It was sponsored by an Israeli organization that had already held similar conferences in Tel Aviv, eastern Jerusalem  …

Prof. Boas: Remembrance is the most powerful weapon against genocide

Assoc. Prof Gideon Boas (Law, Monash University Melbourne): " It is a solemn lesson that the failure to account for atrocity inflicted on a people, let alone remember it, is harmful to more than the affected communities.

Greenpeace activist: Why Oz shouldn't Bankroll Coal & HRL proposal

Julien Vincent: "A company called HRL want to build a commercial-scale coal-fired power station at Morwell, Victoria, using their coal-gasification technology which makes a brown coal power station as clean as black coal (that is, dirty).