Experiments with truth: 9/14/09

    •  A huge police presence, with officers on trail bikes, horses and in helicopters, spent yesterday afternoon defending Australia’s Hazelwood power station from about 500 environmentalists, 22 of whom made individual attempts to infiltrate the plant. All were subdued and arrested.
    • Austrian dairy farmers are on strike to protest falling milk prices and are planning separate actions such as tractor drives and milk giveaways also planned as well.

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