Zlaxfish Network

Leave me some feedback if you’d be interested in me continuing this!  I’ll be out of the country for some time but will have a huge batch of photos when I get back…

Authorities hassle a man who is a Iraq vet flying his flag upside down in Wisconsin
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/07/11-0

Global warming may not be hitting the US as hard as other parts of the world…
India: monsoon is late and water supply is severely limited and fights break out over water rations.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/12/india-water-supply-bhopal

An interview with Stephen Hawking on possible reasons we have not yet encountered life in the galaxy.  Definitely some interesting ideas, but I would most agree with his assertion we are not yet advanced enough to understand or encounter the other life out there.  Or, civilizations advance but destroy themselves before they can truly evolve into a space-faring race.
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/07/-stephen-hawking-why-is-the-milky-way-not-crawling-with-selfdesigning-mechanical-or-biological-life.html

Door-to-door searches in the Hague in the Netherlands are going on for “safety” purposes.  Here is a threatening letter to someone who refused: http://rop.gonggri.jp/?p=89

Another strong earthquake in China: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090709/ap_on_re_as/as_china_earthquake

Ireland’s hypersensitivity to religious criticism made law by new Blasphemy law.  Absolutely outrageous, not only can it get you fined or imprisoned, the police reserve the right to confiscate books and search your house! http://www.palibandaily.com/2009/07/09/ireland-makes-blasphemy-illegal/

Muslims in China’s Xinjiang meet for prayer of peace after the weekend’s riots and deaths following a rampage of Chinese natives: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-07/11/content_11689293.htm

AIG plans to pay out millions more in executive bonuses next week, land in the crosshairs again.  When is any criminal action going to be taken against these banks and insurers?
http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/10/news/companies/aig_bonuses/?postversion=2009071011
Thanks to No Agenda, Huffington Post, and  Reddit!

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