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IPS - Inter Press Services

• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Women Traders Demand Support
  JOHANNESBURG, Feb 19 (IPS) - Support for regional trade is one of the cornerstones of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). But the focus has been on large scale trade in goods and services, ignoring one important group trading throughout the region.
• PHILIPPINES: Presidential Campaign Thrives in On ...
  MANILA, Feb 19 (Asia Media Forum/IPS) - Festive days are here again in the Philippine political scene as 10 presidential candidates – ranging from the son of a former president to an environmentalist, a Christian minister and a former actor – battle it out for the voters’ ‘yes’ come May 10.
• IRAQ: 'Disgraced Soldier' Fights Trauma With Doc ...
  LONDON, Feb 19 (IPS) - A new documentary ‘Diary of a Disgraced Soldier’ follows the dismissal from the British army of an Iraq war veteran and his battle with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) linked to his videographing the brutalising of Iraqi youth by fellow servicemen.
• POLITICS: U.N. Climate Chief Quits Post
  UXBRIDGE, Canada, Feb 18 (IPS) - Countries have largely failed to endorse the Copenhagen Climate accord by the Jan. 31 deadline. On Thursday, the key official in the United Nations climate treaty process announced his resignation.
• US-CHINA: Dalai Lama Visit Adds to List of Griev ...
  WASHINGTON, Feb 18 (IPS) - U.S. President Barack Obama met with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Thursday in the White House, raising objections from China and adding to existing U.S.-China tensions over Taiwan arms sales, internet censorship and hacking, tariffs on Chine ...

Scoop - NZ

• IPCC errors: facts and spin
  Currently, a few errors -and supposed errors- in the last IPCC report ("AR4a4³) are making the media rounds - together with a lot of distortion and professional spin by parties interested in discrediting climate science. Time for us to sort the wheat from the chaff: which of these putative errors a ...
• Distinguishing Climate "Deniers" From "Skeptics"
  David Brin defines a set of distinct characteristics that separate thoughtful Skeptics from your run of the mill, knee-jerk Denier dogma puppet. ��� PLIGG_Visual_RSS_OriginalNews
• 350+ Economists call for Robbin Hood tax
  Some 350 prominent economists from all over the world have written to the leaders of the G20 calling on them to implement the so-called "Robin Hood tax" on the banks "as a matter of urgency". Two Nobel prizewinners, including the outspoken critic of the financial system Joseph Stiglitz, and scores ...
• Mandelson: Time running out for Dubai
  In a visit to the Gulf emirate, the Business Secretary urged its leaders, and the managers of stricken group Dubai World, to come up with details of how investors in its troubled units will be treated, or face further investment exodus. However, the company - effectively a state offshoot - has not y ...
• Greece balks at immolation, Germany growls
  The EU has issued a political pledge to rescue Greece - and by precedent, all Club Med - without first securing a mandate from the parliaments of creditor nations. Holland's Tweede Kamer has passed a motion backed by all parties prohibiting the use of Dutch taxpayer money to bail out Greece, either ...

Independent ( London )

• Web-rant pilot crashes plane into tax building
  A software engineer launched a suicide attack on the US tax agency by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 Internal Revenue Service employees, setting off a raging fire that sent workers running for their lives.
• President held after bloody coup in Niger
  Niger's President Mamadou Tandja was detained by mutinous troops yesterday after a coup in the west African nation that left at least three soldiers dead.
• Iran may be closer than we think to having nuclear ...
  In a sharp and potentially ominous new warning, the UN's nuclear watchdog in Vienna is set to say for the first time there are reasons to fear that Iran may be on its way to attaching nuclear payloads to its stock of ballistic missiles.
• Africa's wildlife hotspot in trouble
  The Masai Mara in Kenya is without doubt on that exclusive list of the earth's greatest wildlife hotspots to which people will travel thousands of miles to experience.
• The illegal camps that threaten to destroy Kenya's ...
  The riverine forest on the banks of the Olkeju Ronkai, close to where it meets the waters of its sister river the Mara, has long been a sanctuary for critically endangered black rhinos. Two-thirds of Kenya's remaining population of these shy leviathans were until recently living among the fever tre ...

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

• IAEA Letter Fuels CNN Alarmism Over Iran
  Summary: Yukia Amano Fueled by an unfortunately worded letter by the IAEA about a “technical violation” allegedly made by Iran last week in its civilian nuclear program, CNN’s Rick Sanchez is now speculating about the possibility of Iran “building some kind of nuclear weapon,” even though one of ...
• Iran gives condition for stopping high-grade urani ...
  Summary: TEHRAN, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- Iran's deputy speaker of the parliament said Thursday that Iran will stop the enrichment of high-grade uranium if the 20 percent fuel is delivered to Tehran under Iran's conditions, Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported. source: China View read more
• Some Straight Thinking About Iran
  Summary: It is up to Washington to take the first steps to defuse the crisis that is building by offering Tehran the security guarantees that might undercut the influence of those in its government who seek a nuclear weapon deterrent. Punishing Iran is no solution. It will not work, closes the ...
• Iran leader accuses U.S. of "war-mongering"
  Summary: Iran's supreme leader accused the United States on Wednesday of war-mongering and of turning the Gulf into an "arms depot," hitting back at U.S. accusations that the Islamic state was moving toward a military dictatorship, Reuters reported. source: News Trend Agency read more
• NATO’s Role In The Military Encirclement Of Iran
  Summary: On February 9 U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Geoff Morrell told the press that his boss, Pentagon chief Robert Gates, wants the United Nations to impose sanctions on Iran within “weeks, not months” and “clearly thinks time is of the essence.” source: Global research read more

The Daily Galaxy

• WOW! or HISS: Have Scientists Detected Dark Matte ...
    Scientists may have glimpsed a particle that is a leading candidate for mysterious dark matter but say conclusive evidence remains elusive. A nine-year search from a unique observatory in an old iron mine 2,000 feet underground has yielded two possible detections of weakly interacting massive par ...
• Is a Warp Speed Possible? -Perhaps, But Traveling ...
  The Theory of Relativity states that it's impossible to move through spacetime faster than the speed of light - and many, many things have been observed which confirm this fact. Almost all of them, in fact. So the "simple" solution (for a sufficiently radical definition of "simple") is to move the ...
• The Little Red Dot: Near-Earth Asteroid Sighted
  The red dot near the center of this image is the first near-Earth asteroid discovered by WISE space satellite. Near-Earth objects are asteroids and comets with orbits that come close to Earth's path around the sun. This particular asteroid, called 2010 AB78, is roughly one kilometer (0.6 miles) in ...
• SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Launch: Signals Paradigm Sh ...
  Next month, if all goes well, a 154-foot-tall white SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will rise from a launch pad at Cape Canaveral in a crucial test of the ambitions of upstart space venture SpaceX —- and of President Barack Obama's new policy for NASA for spark commercial space ventures as a viable alterna ...
• Image of the Day: The Pinwheel Galaxy's "No Life" ...
    The Pinwheel galaxy, 27 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major, otherwise known as Messier 101, is gilded by bright reddish edges in this new infrared image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. M101 is nearly twice the size of the Milky Way with huge and extremely bright H II re ...

Natural News

• Heal yourself in 15 days by correcting your "natur ...
  (NaturalNews) Do you suffer from a "nature deficiency?" If you'd like most people in modern society, you spend most of your 24 hours of the day indoors . You work under artificial fluorescent lights, you eat and sleep inside a house or apartment, you commute in the artificial environment of a car, b ...
• Taking Antidepressants During Pregnancy Doubles He ...
  (NaturalNews) Women who take certain antidepressant drugs while pregnant may double their child's risk of being born with a certain variety of heart defect, according to a study conducted by researchers from Aarhaus University in Denmark and published in the medical journal BMJ ."Anyone who is pregn ...
• The FDA Continues to Suppress Ozone Therapy Despit ...
  (NaturalNews) In January 2010, the FDA sent U.S. Marshals into Auburn, California to raid manufacturer Applied Ozone Systems and seize their ozone generators. The FDA press release asserted all kinds of ridiculous reasons for this particular raid, citing poor manufacturing procedures and the generat ...
• Dr. Lawrence Palevsky joins NaturalNews Talk Hour: ...
  (NaturalNews) This week's NaturalNews Talk Hour presents Dr. Lawrence Palevsky. board certified pediatrician specializing in children's health and illness. This show will be discussing "Holistic Healthcare for Children , The ABC's of Safe and Sound Medicine". This will be special evening focused on ...
• Big Pharma researcher admits to faking dozens of r ...
  (NaturalNews) It's being called the largest research fraud in medical history. Dr. Scott Reuben, a former member of Pfizer's speakers' bureau, has agreed to plead guilty to faking dozens of research studies that were published in medical journals. Now being reported across the mainstream media is th ...

  The Galloping Beaver

  • Rest John Babcock. Just rest.
    You take with you the last living memory of a war that never needed to be fought. Regardless, you served and no one anywhere has the right to say you didn't serve well and that you didn't contribute to making this a better world. John Babcock did all of that. With condolences and respect to his f ...
  • We also walk dogs . . .
    IO9 IS A SITE THAT FOLLOWS SCIENCE FICTION in its many aspects. According to Meredith, who has an article titled " Atheists Will Take Care Of Your Pet After The Divine Rapture, For A Price ", Eternal Earth-Bound Pets promises to care for your pet after the apocalypse. Their slogan: " The next best t ...
  • Bummer Break
    MICHAEL PAUL SMITH makes a miniature world like oh you're so there. That's a 50 or so Chevy behind a 58 or so Edsel station wagon. Check out his slide show for a fine look at post-war U.S.A.
  • Comment section
    Comments will return when I return. HaloScan is gone and it took all the comments with it. Sometime next week I hope to have it all fixed. Maybe.
  • Six thousand
    Hill Times : M ore than 6,000 Canadian Forces members and discharged veterans who are receiving physical or psychiatric disability benefits from Veterans Affairs Canada have either served in Afghanistan or have a disability that has been related to their service in Afghanistan, the department says. ...

  Media Matters for America

  • Right-wing media promote, give platform to "anti- ...
    Over the past several months, right-wing media have promoted the Oath Keepers, a group established in 2009 and identified by the Anti-Defamation League as "encourag[ing] members of the military and law enforcement to pledge not to follow certain hypothetical 'orders' from the federal government ...
  • Cal Thomas, FrontPageMag accusations of Hussain's ...
    In the latest attack on an Obama appointee, conservative columnist Cal Thomas and FrontPageMag.com each claimed that special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Rashad Hussain has, in Thomas' words, "a history of participating in events connected with the Muslim Brotherhood." Ho ...
  • Witch Hunt: Right-wing media smears Rashad Hussain ...
    Right-wing media figures seized on what ABC News' Jake Tapper has described as an "apparently erroneous" report of a statement allegedly made by President Obama's nominee for special envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference Rashad Hussain to portray him as a "pro-jihadist," a "radical," ...
  • Fox News crops Romer remarks to two words to fals ...
    Fox News' Sean Hannity and Fox & Friends misleadingly cropped White House economic advisor Christina Romer's remarks to claim that "she contradicted herself" because she said on February 17 that the biggest bang from the stimulus is "absolutely not" behind us and stated in October 2009 that "f ...
  • NY Post op-ed falsely claims Obama prom ...
    In a New York Post op-ed, Brian Riedl of the Heritage Foundation falsely suggested that President Obama promised that the stimulus would end net job losses; in fact, Obama stated in February 2009 before the stimulus passed that the "magnitude of the crisis" means that even with the stimulus "y ...

  Global Research.ca

  • GLOBAL RESEARCH FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE FOR HAITI
    For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
  • News Coverage of Venezuela and World News
    For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
  • Cheney's Crimes and Confessions
    For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
  • War Propaganda: Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara
    For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
  • Romania’s Decision to Host US Missiles Sparks Regi ...
    For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

  TPM Cafe

  • A Thought On Evan Bayh And Partisan America
    Not long ago I was debating someone on television. I thought the discussion was going well until the commercial break when a producer said into my earpiece "be angrier." "Why should I be angrier?" I asked him, irritated that he hadn't appreciated the thoughtfulness of debate. "That's how we ...
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  • Tea Party Hucksters
    There is a supreme irony buried in the heart of the comprehensive investigation of the Tea Party Movement in this morning's New York Times. The governing principle of the movement is described as a, Patriot ideology, which holds that governments and economies are controlled by networks of elites w ...
  • Bayh Bayh, Bayh
    As a Democrat, am I supposed to be sad or depressed that Evan Bayh is packing it in? Well, I'm not. There has never been a real purpose to Evan Bayh. He ran for office because it was an obvious thing for Birch Bayh's son to do. His sole goal was exceeding his father's accomplishment by ach ...
  • If You Could See America Through China's Eyes
    Several years ago, I met with the Deputy Director of the Policy Planning staff of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and I asked him what he was working on -- and what China's grand strategy was. His reply: "We are trying to figure out how to keep you Americans distracted in small Middle East ...

  TruthOut

  • Crackdown on Credit Card Provisions Begins Monday
    Washington - U.S. consumers will get long-awaited relief from some of the most costly and deceptive credit card tactics when the sweeping provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 finally kick in on Monday. The CARD Act, which President Barack Obama sign ...
  • Anthem Blue Cross' Statement Justifying Rate Hike ...
    Anthem Blue Cross’ parent company, WellPoint Inc., has been called out by Congressman Henry Waxman about a public statement the company made explaining the reasons it was hiking rates on individual insurance premiums in California, which the powerful Democratic lawmaker says is contradicted by the c ...
  • Officials: Pilot Intentionally Crashed Airplane In ...
    Witnesses say the single-engine plane appeared to accelerate before crashing into the seven-story building, where IRS employees, among others, worked. A small airplane appears to have been intentionally crashed into a suburban Austin, Texas., office building that contains a local branch of the Inte ...
  • Army Soldier Jailed for Rap Lyrics to Face Court-M ...
    US Army Specialist Marc Hall, jailed for writing a song about the personal impact of being forced to remain in the military, including lyrics the Army claims are veiled threats of violence, will face a military trial in Iraq instead of in the US. Attorneys for Hall - whose current whereabouts remain ...
  • Iran May Be Seeking Nuclear Warhead, UN Watchdog S ...
    The United Nations' nuclear watchdog said Thursday that there are signs Iran is trying to develop a nuclear warhead that would fit atop a missile, its bluntest assertion to date questioning Tehran's claims to have an exclusively peaceful nuclear program. read more

  Planetsave

  • 7 Myths about Climate Change Science [& FUN VIDEOS ...
    The science of climate change is not really the question at hand anymore. Of course, there is always more to learn, but that highly accelerated climate change is real and that humans are the main cause of that are no longer questionable facts to the large majority of the scientific community. What ...
  • DE bottle refund law: Mend it, don’t end it, say ...
    A volunteer poses with the bottles and cans collected at a Massachusetts watershed cleanup. A month after the governor of Delaware proposed dumping the state’s beverage container refund law in favor of a new tax for community recycling, in-state and national environmental groups have come out a ...
  • Mann is Off the Hook, So Let’s Look at the Real Cr ...
    Michael Mann, the somewhat infamous climate scientist from Penn State, shouldn’t be so infamous after all, we find out yet another time! “An academic inquiry into the so-called ‘climategate’ email scandal has concluded that a well-known U.S. scientist [Mann] did not directly or indirectly falsify ...
  • Is A Pill Take-Back Law in Our Future?
    As the product stewardship movement gains steam, attention is turning to the issue of unsafe disposal of residue or unwanted consumer pharmaceuticals.  The widespread detection of pharmaceutical residues in public waters and fish has raised biologists’ concerns.  In Minnesota, the popularity o ...
  • Ocean Conservancy Holds US Responsible for Coastal ...
    This week we’re on the topic of saving endangered sea life , and now is the best time to take action with the Ocean Conservancy ! The Obama Administration has a newly formed Ocean Policy Task Force that’s accelerating a planning process for our glorious ocean and coasts. Since it’s up to us to ...

  Water Quality - WordPress

  • The Schizophrenia Within Our Montana Coal Cowboy G ...
    by jhwygirl Superprogressiveeditorialist The George Ochenski has his latest column up for the Missou
  • Seedling Trees Ideal for Reforestation after Pine ...
    [Source: Kimberly Sorensen for Colorado State University] So far, the mountain pine beetle has impac
  • All is Well in Our World
    Cherry Tomatoes We’ve had an extremely dry summer. The drought started in late November and we’re no
  • New report shows threats to Colorado wetlands
    Many Summit County wetlands are well-protected by local rules, but Supreme Court rulings in 2001 and
  • Drinking Water Source Protection Workshop
    DEP to Hold Drinking Water Source Protection Workshop WILKES-BARRE — The Department of Environ

  Public Citizen in Texas

  • Texas State Climatologist Disagrees with Gov Perry ...
    You may have seen the political bloviating earlier this week when Governor Perry announced he would sue the EPA over their endangerment finding on CO2.   Or that Attorney General Greg Abbott signed on, as did Agricultural Commissioner Todd Staples, who all ended up calling the science behind climate ...
  • VIDEO: Complete Clean Energy for Austin coalition ...
    Yesterday’s press conference announcing our broad-based Clean Energy for Austin coalition was a great success! Check out the video below. Special thanks to the other speakers, Sunshine Mathon of Foundation Communities, Pastor Lou Snead of the Interfaith Environmental Network, and Steve Taylor of App ...
  • CPS/NRG Settlement Shows Nuclear Power Too Costly, ...
    Statement of Tom “Smitty” Smith, Director, Public Citizen’s Texas Office Today’s announcement that as a part of a settlement with NRG Energy, CPS Energy will withdraw its application for a federal loan guarantee for the South Texas (Nuclear) Project (STP) expansion and end further investment in th ...
  • Businesses, Environmental and Low-Income Groups Un ...
    Dozens of businesses and nonprofit organizations as well as more than 200 citizens have formed Clean Energy for Austin, a coalition whose purpose is to push Austin City Council to adopt a clean energy plan. Specifically, the coalition supports the passage of Austin Energy’s Resource and Climate Prot ...
  • Watch my debut on Austin at Issue: Energy for the ...
    Public Citizen participated in developing an energy plan for Austin to cut carbon emissions, use more renewables, and promote energy efficiency. And because we did, I’m about to be famous! Recently, I was one of several energy experts interviewed about the plan for a special program called “Austin ...

    Axis of Logic

    • A Valentine for My Restavek Mothers and the Stolen ...
    • Haiti: A Victim of Naked Imperialism
    • Kenneth Mosley scheduled for execution today at 6 ...
    • Back on the campaign trail in the Bolivarian Repub ...
    • Heartlines Needed. A poem by Mankh

    They Gave Us a Republic

    • The Nightowl Newswrap
      Interpol drawn into Dubai/Hamas/Israel/Britain clusterfuck. "The 11 people suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai have been placed on international police organisation Interpol's wanted list. Interpol has posted the photographs and names it suspects were used fraudulently by the individuals ...
    • "A Gentleman's Agreement"?: and we should give wei ...
      ...because you've always demonstrated an affinity for accuracy and facts, right? This is the forty-seventh post in an ongoing series as we file Missouri Sunshine Law (RSMo 610) requests and investigate the non-renewal of the contract of University of Central Missouri President Aaron Podolefsky. Link ...
    • Why Are Conservatives Such Liars?
      If you've ever wondered how Republicans can vote - unanimously -- against the president's stimulus bill and then shamelessly grovel to get their share of the stimulus money for themselves. If you've ever wondered how a leading conservative like George Will could say (as he does in the Washington Po ...
    • Did we just see a suicide attack against an IRS fa ...
      Earlier today a single-engine plane hit a seven-story building in Austin, Texas that houses IRS offices . Now the authorities are investigating to determine if the crash was intentional and the pilot had targeted the building because of the IRS connection. A small plane crashed Thursday into an off ...
    • Set the wedge and swing the sledge
      Dick Armey will announce this afternoon at the annual CPAC convention that he is throwing his support and endorsement behind Mike Lee, a primary challenger for Utah's Bob Bennett. Conservatives such as Erick Erickson, editor in chief of RedState.com, have called for Bennett's defeat because of how ...

    Care 2

    • REM-Related Obstructive Sleep Apnea(OSA) Links To ...
      Medical study published recently by the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine links obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which occurs during rapid eye movement sleep (REM), to type 2 diabetes. Submitted by FatJ Jim to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
    • You Can Have Your Chocolate and Atkins Too
      Giving up bread and pasta is one thing. But life without chocolate? It’s simply unimaginable, even for dieters trying to slash their carb intake. Realizing this, candy makers and other food companies .... Submitted by FatJ Jim to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
    • Cadiz Perrera - dogs on death row - they didn't as ...
      Here are four of the beautiful dogs on death row at Cadiz Perrera. The perrera is full, there is no more space. Besides galgos and podencos, there are even crossed huskies. I never understand how a Husky can live in the heat of the Mediterranean! Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� ...
    • Outlet Regulator Spits Out Greedy Electronic Devic ...
      Are you sickened by the amount of power that's consumed by all of the electronics in your life? This Outlet Regulator sure is, and it's certainly not going to hold back any of its feelings. A working concept designed by RISD student Conor Klein, this devi Submitted by Daphna Yanez to Science & Tech ...
    • ACTION ALERT: Ask the USDA to Protect Elephants Fr ...
      On February 11, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) confiscated a female African elephant named Twiggy from circus proprietor Julius von Uhl and transferred her to the Toledo Zoo. The USDA has repeatedly cited von Uhl for serious violations of the Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Note-i ...

    GreenBiz

    • Cut The Paper Out of Your Operations, Save Million ...
      A new report from JP Morgan outlines the steps to transition to a paperless financial system, and finds that companies can save roughly $1 for every sheet of paper not used.
    • Making the Shift to Paperless Treasury Management
      This report from J.P. Morgan outlines how companies can cut the paper from their treasury departments, saving millions of dollars and reducing tons of waste in the process.
    • Walmart Creates Online Hub for Best Practices in G ...
      Walmart Canada hopes its newly launched ShareGreen website will eventually become the go-to resource for green business best practices in the country.
    • Obama Administration to Create Research Center to ...
      The U.S. Departments of Energy, Commerce, Labor and four other federal agencies are banding together to establish a nearly $130 million regional research center to develop and implement new technology for building efficiency.
    • Putting a Value on Bees, Trees and the Rest of Nat ...
      From putting a value on the services provided by fresh water and bees to building a community based on the land's historical ecosystem, companies, governments and groups are bringing heightened attention to the natural capital provided by the natural world. �

    Reuters Global

    • Ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoner the next Afghan Taliban ...
      It is a measure of the shadowy nature of the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan that it is hard to come up with even a couple of names of senior figures who could succeed Mullah Abdul Ghani Barader following his capture in a joint U.S.-Pakistan raid. Some people think that Abdul Qayum Zakir, a former ...
    • How Reuters told the world about Tutanhkamun in Fe ...
      It was on the November 26, 1922 that archaeologist, Howard Carter looked through a small opening chipped in a 3000 year old wall and saw the glittering chaos of the ante room of the tomb of the Boy Pharaoh Tutankhamun. “Can you see anything?” asked Lord Carnarvon, his chief backer. “Yes, wonderful t ...
    • Pakistan’s arrest of Mullah Baradar: tactics ...
      The arrest of Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar in Karachi leaves big unanswered questions about why Pakistan chose to act now against a man credited with giving operational coherence to Afghan Taliban operations in Afghanistan.
    • Afghanistan’s operation Marjah: taking on th ...
      U.S.-led NATO and Afghan forces are in the third day of their offensive to establish control over the town of Marjah and surrounding areas in southern Afghanistan. What's the strategic logic of the operation ?
    • Security: Never safer, or close to the civil liber ...
      Are we in danger of using threats to national security to sweep up almost every issue that might worry or threaten the citizen?

    Paul Krugman

    • British Austerity
      The only reason to do it is to impress markets -- to convince them of your willingness to bear pain.
    • Martin Wolf on Deficits
      Calling the bluff of bombastic peacocks.
    • Feldstein's Euro Holiday
      Temporary exit might make sense, but it's impossible.
    • Tariff Laffer Logic
      Raising tariffs to get rid of an "intractable surplus".
    • Blast From My Past
      Hey, I know that guy!

    No Quarter

    • Decapitating the Taliban
      Continuing with the theme that Barack Obama supposedly is a surrender monkey who wants to criminalize terrorism instead of treating it as a military threat, the evidence is mounting that during his brief tenure as President the CIA and law enforcement in general are enjoying more success than anytim ...
    • What are Democrats in Illinois Thinking?
      The political goings on in Chicago baffle most of us, and the Democrats’ choice to run for Obama’s old Senate seat is no exception. Twists and dark intrigue make Scott Brown’s 1982 nude centerfold in Cosmo look like a G-rated Hallmark card. Americans are not enthralled by bankers these days, ...
    • olbermann: we’re not racist! some of our best gues ...
      Olby is at it again, calling Tea Party peeps racist. This time he tries to appeal to *racist Tea Klux Klan teabaggers* “sincerely and with sympathy” to get them to admit to their racism. As he encouraged Tea Party members to be honest about feeling racism against Obama, he characterized racism as a ...
    • Dirty War Dubai
      From the blog for the syndicated John Batchelor Show (podcasts). � Silent Assassins. � This is a half-hour silent video from Gulf News TV that is easily the most gripping, threatening, unforgettable reality TV secret agent op ever produced by robot cameras, and it would sweep the Academy Awa ...
    • Breaking News–CNN is Retarded
      CNN called me around noon today and asked me to come on air to talk about the capture of the number two Taliban chief nabbed over the weekend in Pakistan. I agreed to do so. I left my condo at 3p.m., drove 45 minutes to the CNN studio in Plantation, Florida, went to [...]

    Environmental Graffiti

    • 10 Most Bizarrely Shaped Lakes and Rivers
    • 714 Kinetic Balls Undulating In Perfect Unison
    • Iceland’s Penis Museum
    • Praying Mantis Vs Hummingbird
    • Cover Your Tweedle…

    Foreign Policy in Focus

    • Review: 'Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the ...
      The market can provide poor and oppressed people throughout the world with useful goods and services, but can't affect broad, sustainable social transformation.
    • Piracy Redux
      The military response to the Somali pirates has only increased their asking price.
    • 'Going Local' in Afghanistan
      A response to David Castonguay's In Praise of Warlords.
    • In Praise of Warlords
      Here’s a different security approach to fixing Afghanistan.
    • The Strange Case of Libya
      He’s odd, unpredictable, and dictatorial. So, what can Muammar el-Gaddafi teach us about peace?

    Global Elite

    • Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K Gov ...
      Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will be c ...
    • President European Commission Advocated World Gove ...
      Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International Affa ...
    • Billions of People Expected to Die Under Current C ...
      Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in the d ...
    • Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of a G ...
      Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare progr ...
    • Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
      Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’s p ...

    Al Jazeera

    • Niger soldiers say coup 'patriotic'
      Leaders suspend constitution, dissolve institutions and seek international support.
    • Nato troops killed in Afghan push
      Fight against Taliban in Helmand moving "successfully but slowly", governor says.
    • China anger at US over Dalai Lama
      China summons US ambassador to protest White House meeting with Tibetan leader.
    • IAEA fears Iran working on warhead
      New report suggests 'possible military dimensions' to Tehran's nuclear programme.
    • Interpol alert over Dubai suspects
      Dubai police chief "99 per cent certain" of Israeli spy agency's role in Hamas leader's murder.

    Green Inc. - NYT

    • Virginia Files Challenge to E.P.A. Greenhouse Gas ...
      Virginia's attorney general filed a petition Tuesday asking the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider its finding that global warming poses a threat to people.
    • E.U. Countries Vie to Meet Renewable Goals
      A review of each country's most recent forecast suggests that all but six nations will meet or exceed their national renewable energy targets for 2020.
    • Of National Security and Climate Change
      The Pew Project on National Security, Energy and Climate released a short video featuring military voices expressing concern over the national security implications of climate change.
    • Concerns Raised Over Gas Flaring in Uganda
      Environmental advocates are expressing concern over the potential impact of gas flaring and oil spills as companies tap into major reserves discovered near Lake Albert.
    • Utility Executives Like Nuclear Power. Climate Sci ...
      American utility industry executives see nuclear energy as the most promising carbon-free power source, are skeptical of climate change science, and are uncertain about the future, according to a new report.

    Dot Earth News

    • Cats on Camera
      A new set of photos of big cats in India are "an encouraging sign," say conservation organizations aiming to protect biodiversity hotspots.
    • Corals Partner Up With Heat-Resistant Algae
      Scientists have found that some algae that are resilient to higher ocean temperatures might help protect corals.
    • Lacis at NASA on Role of CO2 in Warming
      A NASA scientist adds more detail to his defense of science showing a human influence on the climate.
    • Part 2: A Scientist's Defense of Greenhouse Warmin ...
      A climatologist completes his explanation of how greenhouse gases warm the world.
    • What Matters Most?
      Artists plan to create works based on varied views of "what matters most" on humanity's planet.

    Doug Feith : Hong Pong

    • Gerald Posner quits over plagiarism! Olympics Indy ...
      Here's a good one: Gerald Posner was a convenient weathervane for conspiracy coverups, much as Howard Fineman is a convenient weathervane for Safe Establishment Thinking. You can just look for Fineman and Posner for the exact line the mockingbirds are supposed to push. Everyone else seems to water t ...
    • The biggest scandal in world history; WANTAGATE, L ...
      Draft conspiracy post note - this rough draft story lacks links but I want to get it up anyways... Have fun everyone! This guy, Leo Wanta / Lee Wanta / Ambassador Leo Wanta, could be the key to the biggest financial conspiracy of all time. Or maybe it's a huge thing of hot air. It seems we can ...
    • New Video! Robert Erickson, Tea Party prankster, s ...
      This was a fun project to work on. TIP! Combine the old OSX Mp3 player Audion with the Wiretap outgoing-sound recorder by Ambrosia , and you can strip the vocals or VoiceOver off anything to make excellent Fair Use satire from pompous conservative videos!! I found that tip on a random forum, I thi ...
    • Pearl Harbor: Evidence of shady biz or just a lett ...
      Remember the Maine, while you're at it! :-D
    • Controlling 9/11 "crippled epistemology" via fake ...
      ".... we will suggest below that if the hard core arises for certain identifiable reasons, it can be broken up or at least muted by government action." .... " We suggest a role for government efforts, and agents, in introducing such diversity.  Government agents (and their allies) might enter chat ...

    Daily Censored

    • Department of Defense or Department of Money Sucki ...
      Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdés History quiz: Name the greatest robbery committed in the last 100 years. A: Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi scheme B: Nazi theft of art treasures from conquered nations C. Diamonds stolen from Africa by Belgians D. The Pentagon budget. This is not a tricky multiple choice que ...
    • The Joke’s on You
      Abbeyville is in the middle of nowhere.  At least that is how it seems when I drive past the huge regional high school on my way down to the Gulf of Mexico.  I was surprised to hear the community mentioned on the news.  It seems that rural Americs is running out of money.  To cope, [...]
    • Holding the bosses accountable: critical thinking ...
      Holding the bosses accountable: What follows below is a question and answer period with Robert Bobb, the Eli Broad graduate who is running or 'ruining' Detroit schools. Take a look at what happens when truth speaks to power!
    • The Hoi Poloi v Goldman Sachs
      Numerian (Feb 15) Ask yourself who knows how much has really been borrowed by various governments around the world? Greece is turning into a battle royal between the global financial elites and the average worker in the industrial West. This started out as a more limited struggle, pitting the financ ...
    • Wal-Mart set to skim off free labor in Detroit Hig ...
      The students of Frederick Douglass Academy have been, and are the leaders of Detroit. We are now in the middle of the most important fight of our lives. This is the fight for our city. This is the fight for Public Education. Bobb knows and understands that the strongest leaders opposing his plan are ...

    AlterNet's Breaking News

    • Medical studies show cannabis effective for treati ...
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    Institute for Policy Studies

    • Review: 'Small Change: Why Business Won't Save the ...
    • 'Going Local' in Afghanistan
    • The Strange Case of Libya
    • Postcard From...Jakarta
    • Author Event: 'Law of the Jungle'

    Pine River World News

    • Statement from man who crashed plane into Texas IR ...
      Reuters has the article: Small plane is crashed into tax offices in Texas , the synopsis of which reads: AUSTIN (Reuters) - An apparently disgruntled man crashed a small plane into a federal building housing U.S. tax offices in Austin, Texas on Thursday in what local officials said was likely a deli ...
    • Ramzy Baroud: Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara
      The following column is reprinted with permission from Ramzy Baroud. Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara � �Ramzy Baroud February 17, 2010 With the dreadful threat of yet another Israeli war in the Middle East looming, Israeli propaganda machine is likely to go into full gear. In fact, trial ballo ...
    • Paul Craig Roberts: A Country of Serfs Ruled By Ol ...
      The following column is reprinted with permission from Paul Craig Roberts. A Country of Serfs Ruled By Oligarchs � �Paul Craig Roberts February 16, 2010 The media has headlined good economic news: fourth quarter GDP growth of 5.7 percent ("the recession is over"), Jan. retail sales up, productivi ...
    • Pak editorial: The Marja adventure
      The following editorial is from The Frontier Post, a major daily newspaper in Peshawar, Pakistan. The Marja adventure � � The Frontier Post February 16, 2010 If Taliban's claims can be taken with a pinch of salt, the predominantly western media's reporting on the U.S.-led occupation coalition forc ...
    • Microsoft officer proposes requiring internet user ...
      [ Blogmaster note : I was alerted to this article a few minutes ago. Personally, I would rather give up my internet access and abandon my blogs ( and stop online shopping for goods and services from web merchants !) than submit to this. I know there are at least 4 professional journalists who read P ...

      PDA AMERICA

      • Field Report: Central Kentucky Chapter, Single Pa ...
        Hi Health Care Reformers, Click on the link below to see a photos from Friday’s “Heartless in Kentucky” press conference in the lobby of Lexington’s Government Center. http://www.flickr.com/photos/peaceky/sets/72157623435807064/detail/ Sixteen of us showed up for Friday’s press conference; unfortuna ...
      • Video: John Yoo’ Speech Disrupted at Johns Hopkins ...
        On Wed. evening, Feb. 17, 2010, John Yoo gave a talk on the campus of the Johns Hopkins U., in Baltimore, Md. Before the controversial law professor could get into his talk, however, it was ...
      • Video: Healthcare Not Warfare Activists Hold Vigil ...
        Baltimore’s “Pledge of Resistance,” led by activist Max Obuszewski, joined the call today from the “Progressive Democrats of America to hold Brown Bag Vigils around the country” to spotlight the issue of healthcare not warfare. ...
      • Cheney’s Crimes and Confessions
        By David Swanson | AfterDowningStreet Dick Cheney’s statutory crimes are notable for their severity, their number, and his public confessions to them.  Torture is the least of it. We can start with the crimes found in ...
      • Video: Jonathan Tasini: “End the Filibuster!”
        On Feb. 18, 2010, Jonathan Tasini presented a “Petition to End the Filibuster,” to aides of U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), in the Hart Office Building, in Washington, D.C. Mr. Tasini is ...

      Marler Blog

      • FDA Establishment Inspection Report U.F. Union Int ...
        As this more recent Salmonella Black and Red Pepper outbreaks twists slowly in the wind, I spent some of today re-reading the FDA Establishment Inspection Report on U.F. Union International Food Co., Inc. White Pepper Salmonella Outbreak 2009. �Harris Freeman appears to be the importer of the raw wh ...
      • Salmonella found in Nestle Chocolate Morsels Tests
        More bad news for cookies. Nestle Chocolate morsels manufactured in Burlington, Wisconsin were tested for Salmonella recently and were positive as reported by Western Racine County Health Officials on Thursday. In addition, according to a Nestle spokeswoman, Laurie MacDonald, the product was not s ...
      • Meat Recalls in the Age of Obama
        In so many ways, January 20, 2009 ushered in a new era in American politics (my wife and kids stood in the cold and were seated just below the President).  A charismatic leader with an agenda of hope and change took the reins in a time of great trouble on many fronts in this country.  Many hoped f ...
      • Lawsuit on Behalf of California Woman Fatally Sick ...
        A Salmonella lawsuit will be filed this week on behalf of the daughter of a Huntington Beach woman who died in 2009 from a Salmonella infection contracted from tainted pepper. The lawsuit will be filed against U. F. Union International Food, which produced the spices as well as against the companies ...
      • Daniele International Inc recalls another 115,000 ...
        According to a FSIS release late yesterday, Daniele International Inc., an establishment with operations in Pascoag and Mapleville, R.I., is expanding its January 23 recall to include approximately 115,000 pounds of salami/salame products that may be contaminated with Salmonella, the U.S. Department ...

      AutoblogGreen

      • Geneva Preview: Fisker Karma's "advanced aluminum ...
        Filed under: Hybrid , Sedan , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Technology , Fisker , Electric , Luxury Fisker Karma - Click above for high-res image gallery At the Chicago Auto Show last week, Fisker Automotive brought along the Karma Sunset with a new black exterior we hadn't seen before. For th ...
      • AutoblogGreen for 02.18.10
        Detroit News columnist calls electric cars "inferior in every way," which gets a response Well, that's going to get a rise out of people. Shocking Omission? First 2011 Chevrolet Volts reporte ...
      • AutoblogGreen for 02.17.10
        Report: Lutz says hybrids unlikely to grab more than 10% of US market He also said he expects GM will always lose money on its hybrid vehicles. GM subjects 2011 Chevrolet Volt to cold-weather testing in C ...
      • AutoblogGreen for 02.16.10
        Tesla CEO Musk used private jet 12 times to lobby Washington for DOE loans Tonedeaf in the age of the driving CEO? Pretty much. "Opportunity charging" your electric car or stealing what isn't yours? ...
      • AutoblogGreen for 02.15.10
        Quick Spin: Ford Transit Connect Electric a good sign of things to come Urban delivery drivers have a lot to look forward to with this van. Class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Prius, Lexus hybrid owne ...

      Rafe's Radar

      • Parlor trick: Buzzzy searches Buzz
        If Google's own Buzz search doesn't work for you, try Buzzzy.
      • Reporters' Roundtable Podcast: HTML 5 vs. Flash
        One of the biggest criticisms of Apple's new iPad, and of the iPhone, is that it does not support Adobe's Flash, a system that lets Web developers code streaming videos and interactivity into Web pages. Steve Jobs is reported to be a big booster for HTML 5, a new extension of the HTML standard ...
      • Divvyshot launches refreshingly simple photo shari ...
        Photo site has bonus feature for iPhone users: shake to share
      • Rafe and Josh debate Google's Buzz
        Is Google Buzz effective competition to Twitter? Or is it just FriendFeed light? Webware writers Rafe Needleman and Josh Lowensohn debate. Originally posted at Webware ...
      • How CoverItLive failed users during iPad unveiling
        When you're covering tech's Super Bowl equivalent live, you really don't want your broadcasting platform to collapse.

      Camera Obscura

      • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
        http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so fre ...
      • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and the ...
        http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces of ...
      • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion in ...
        http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigorous ...
      • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmine's ...
        http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of pro ...
      • Dangerous spaces: Safe.
        http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935029/dangerous-spaces-safe.html September 1, 2004... For me, the problem is always in content; we want to define the perspective of a film solely through its content, and not through its form. --Todd Haynes No matter how much we desire, w ...

      Democracy Now!

      • Coming Up: Joseph Stiglitz on "Freefall: America, ...
        Nobel Prize-winning economist Jospeh Stiglitz joins us to discuss the stimulus, the state of the economy and his new book, Freefall
      • Obama’s Nuclear Option
        President Barack Obama is going nuclear. He announced the initial $8 billion in loan guarantees for construction of the first new nuclear power plants in the United States in close to three decades. Obama is making good on a campaign pledge, like his promises to escalate the war in Afghanistan and ...
      • 2009 Polk Winners interviewed on _Democracy Now!_
        The 2009 George Polk Awards were announced on Monday. Two of the winners include reporters featured on Democracy Now!: * Environmental Reporting: Abrahm Lustgarten for documenting the deadly side effects of hydraulic fracturing * Military Reporting: Charlie Reed and others at Stars and Strip ...
      • VIDEO: Juan Gonzalez Receives 2010 Justice in Acti ...
        On Thursday the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) awarded Juan Gonzalez, Co-Host of Democracy Now! and Staff Columnist at the New York Daily News with the 2010 Justice in Action Award. Amy Goodman presented the Award at AALDEF’s Annual Lunar New Year Gala.
      • Haiti, Forgive Us
        The tragedy of the Haitian earthquake continues to unfold, with slow delivery of aid, the horrific number of amputations performed out of desperate medical necessity, more than a million homeless, perhaps 240,000 dead, hunger, dehydration, the emergence of infections and waterborne diseases, and th ...

      Farming Pathogens

      • The Expulsion
        In 1845 a diplomat delivered a letter from Friedrich Wilhelm to Louis Philippe of France protesting the insults leveled at the Prussian king by expatriates living in Paris. King Louis had the radicals’ newspaper closed down and the group, along with one Karl Marx, deported. This was not the first ti ...
      • Do Pathogens Time Travel?
        Evolution arises from a wealth of failure: 1) natural selection requires large and variable populations comprised largely of organisms that fail because their designs do not match their present problems and 2) chance destruction occurs at all spatiotemporal scales. So clearly strict optimization doe ...
      • We Are All Astronauts Now
        Five years ago I gave copies of this essay to a few friends and family as a year-end holiday gift. As a first stab I think it’s aged well, despite its ignorance of the work of Berger, Harvey, Reichenbach, among others. I offer it now to everyone else in a similar spirit–all in good fun, [...]
      • Pigs Do Fly! Implications for Influenza
        The influenza genome is segmented. Eight pieces of single-stranded RNA encode for 11 proteins: PB2, PB1, PB1-F2, PA, HA, NP, NA, M1, M2, NS1, and NS2. The segmentation allows influenza of different subtypes infecting the same host to trade segments like card players on a Friday night. Most of the re ...
      • Breeding Influenza: The Political Virology of Offs ...
        What better way to medicate against a holiday’s genocidal origins and the hunger now swelling worldwide in the wake of a related banker-brought recession than with a bellyful of turkey, stuffing, yams, and pumpkin pie? Despite its rotten ambiguities Thanksgiving remains my favorite American holiday. ...

      Digg Green

      • Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero (TED)
        TED Talks At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world's energy future, describing the need for "miracles" to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he's backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.
      • The Winners of The Annual NWF Photography Competit ...
        This year’s contest winners are drawn from nearly 70,000 entries—the largest pool in contest history—in seven categories: Mammals, Birds, Other Wildlife, Landscapes and Plant Life, Backyard Habitats, Connecting People and Nature and, for the first time, Global Warming.
      • Greenpeace Taunts Senators with Internet Dating Si ...
        “It takes strong relationships and the right chemistry to devise schemes that successfully evade or destroy environmental regulations,” at least that is the claim made in an elaborate hoax internet dating site targeting members of Congress for their relationships with energy industry lobbyists.
      • TIME: Global Warming causing worse winter blizzard ...
        I've said it before and I'll say it again: Global Warming is a religion to these Warmists. It stopped being a scientific theory as soon as it became non-falsifiable. If it doesn't snow, it's Global Warming. If it does snow, it's Global Warming. If it's unusually warm, it's Global Warming. If it's un ...
      • D.C. Snowstorm: How Global Warming Makes Blizzards ...
        There's scarcely any powder in Vancouver, while Baltimore has gotten record snowfalls this winter. Does this say anything about the impact of climate change?

      Invisible Opportunity

      • Study: ‘Influenza vaccine has no effect&#821 ...
        There is no evidence to support the contention that the influenza vaccine administered to the over 65s is of any more use than opening the windows and washing hands, a new study from the Cochrane Collaboration claims, according to a report in the Svenska Dagbladet The Cochrane Collaboration, an inte ...
      • Mary Tocco — Is The Gardasil Vaccine An Expe ...
        By Mary Tocco February 13, 2010 NewsWithViews.com Since the introduction of the Gardasil vaccine, there has been a growing concern about safety and efficacy. As our vaccine producers come up with more vaccines, we must continue to fight this theory as dangerous and unnecessary. What is a theory abou ...
      • Governments ADMIT That They Carry Out False Flag T ...
        By Washington’s Blog. Forget the claims and allegations that false flag terror – governments attacking people and then blaming others in order to create animosity towards those blamed – has been used throughout history. This essay will solely discuss government admissions to the use of false flag te ...
      • 9/11 conspiracy: Was it an inside job?
        New picture releases are shedding light on September 11th, some say they prove that the assault on America proves a homegrown attack. The new photos are provided by US national institute of standards and technology. There are over 2,000 new photos that have been made public. Manny Badillo says that ...
      • Thirty-six predictions for the world: 2010 – ...
        By Mike Adams #1 – Worldwide shortage of rare earth metals The world depends on Rare Earth Metals (REMs) to manufacture everything from electric motors to solar panels and computer parts. Expect a global shortage to hit hard over the next three years. (http://www.naturalnews.com/028028_r…) #2 – Food ...

        Insurgency Watch | True/Slant

        • InsurgencyWatch moving to True/Slant
          In the coming days, InsurgencyWatch will be moving to True/Slant, “an original content news network tailored to both the ‘Entrepreneurial Journalist’ and marketers who want a more effective way to engage with digital audiences.” (That’s what the official about page says.) It’s not a decision I’ve ma ...
        • Kerry-Lugar’s First Victim
          If true, this is total bullshit: After strong criticism on the Kerry-Lugar bill in Pakistan, the government has decided to replace Pakistan’s ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani and the announcement in this respect is expected within the next two days. There’s nothing in the bill reasonable Pakist ...
        • Pakistan’s Civil War Heating Up
          In the aftermath of this weekend’s assault on the Pakistani General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, the Taliban hit again in Alpuri, in the Shangla district east of Mingora in Swat. According to military sources who asked to remain anonymous because they weren’t authorized to talk to the press, a 13- or ...
        • At Home with a Swat Lashkar
          I just finished up a few days in Swat and while I’m working on a story about it, I thought you might like to see a few pictures I took while there. Enjoy. Share/Save
        • FACTBOX: Uzbek militant leader killed in Pakistan ...
          Washington PostFACTBOX: Uzbek militant leader killed in PakistanReutersBy this time he is thought to have fled the region for the safe haven of Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. * Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and Taliban leader ...Pakistan to Target Taliba...

        AlterNet - DrugReporter

        • Border Patrol & Mexican Police Unleash First-E ...
          The Border Patrol and Mexican police are training together and sharing intelligence for the first time. The goal: a joint attack on cross-border flows of drugs, guns, and migrants.
        • 5 Ways Hypocritical Obama and Corporate Media Are ...
          While marijuana is more mainstream than ever, legalization still faces backlash from the powers that be.
        • The First City in America to Criminalize Marijuana ...
          The El Paso city council has gone on record as condemning current US drug policies and demanding a shift to a smarter, more humane approach to drug sales and use.
        • The Beginning of the End of Marijuana Prohibition
          It's only a matter of time before marijuana is taxed, controlled, and regulated in the United States.
        • Faces of the Colombian Drug War
          The forty-year-old Colombian war shows no signs of ceasing. Its fed by a billion dollar drug trade, political division and an international land battle.

        Twilight Earth

        • 5 Reasons Why Nuclear Energy is Even Worse than Cl ...
          President Barack Obama announced that he is giving $8.3 Billion dollars in loan guarantees to build the first U.S. nuclear power plant in almost three decades. Related posts: President Obama on the Clean Energy and Security Act (Video) Poll Suggests that 71 Percent of Americans Want a Clean E ...
        • Gas Drilling Causes Mud Volcano – Kills 14 and Dis ...
          A report released on Friday accuses energy firm PT Lapindo Brantas with inadvertently creating a mud volcano that killed 14 and displaced 60,000 people. Related posts: Dont Stop the Drilling to Save the Polar Bears Pollution Kills 40 Percent of Us – Artisanal Gold Mining Pollution Kills 40 Pe ...
        • I Love Mountains Day – Kentuckians Rally to Save t ...
          Kentuckians gather to push The Stream Saver Bill (Senate Bill 139) at the 2010 “I Love Mountains Day” march and rally. Related posts: Wendys Restaurant Chain Supports Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Senior Citizens March 25 Miles Against Mountaintop Removal Verizon Apologizes for Sponsorin ...
        • 2010 East Coast Snowfall Blamed on Global Warming?
          Could warmer atmospheric temperatures be responsible for increased snowfall? Is Global Warming causing Snowpocolypse? Related posts: Photo Sunday: Winter Wonderland – East Coast Blizzard 09 -SnOMG! Caribou Herds Getting Smaller as a Result of Global Warming The Global Warming Debate is Over
        • China Blows Past the Rest of the World as Largest ...
          China blows past Denmark, Germany, Spain and the United States to become the world's largest maker of Wind Turbines. Related posts: Windspire Wind Turbine Generating Electricity at Michigan Governor’s House Mariah Power and Windspire Wind Turbine Featured on 20/20 Mariah Power Celebrates 400 ...

        Inhabitat

        • Wave-Wrapped Solar Monaco Pavilion Unveiled for th ...
          Excitement is amping up as Shanghai prepares for the 2010 World Expo by unfurling stunning feats of architecture ranging from supermassive sun valleys to epic energy-efficient pavilions. Keeping step with the other impressive structures on display, Naço Architectures has unveiled a shimmering solar ...
        • San Francisco Set to Lead the Electric Vehicle Rev ...
          Want to jump start the electric vehicle revolution? Then make it illegal to ignore. That’s what San Francisco is doing with a revised building code that will require all new structures to have wiring for EV chargers. The new code is just one of a handful of reasons why the city is set to lead [...]
        • Atelier NL’s Geotagged Ceramics Showcase Local Des ...
          Today eco enthusiasts like to know where the products they buy are coming from, so that they can eat locally grown food and purchase crafts from area artisans. The ceramicists at Atelier NL took cues from this intrinsic desire for regionally-produced goods and produced a line of pottery that is geot ...
        • Outlet Regulator Spits Out Greedy Electronic Devic ...
          Are you sickened by the amount of power that’s consumed by all of the electronics in your life? This Outlet Regulator sure is, and it’s certainly not going to hold back any of its feelings. A working concept designed by RISD student Conor Klein, this device lets you know when your electronic gadget ...
        • Don’t Miss Your Chance to See Yves Béhar Speak at ...
          Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | diggPost tags: eco design, Fuse Project, green design, Green Design Events, greener gadgets conference, sustainable design, sustainable electronics, Yves Behar to keynote Greener Gadgets

        Pogue's Posts

        • Will Carriers Offer a Better Way to Get Voice Mail ...
          We all should have known that it boils down to money. Tedious voice-mail recordings make it; fixing the system costs it.
        • A Reader's Ode to the iPad
          As longtime Pogophiles know, I'm fond of writing new lyrics (about the tech industry) to old melodies. But today, I've got some competition. Here's a clever song parody by reader Peter Weisz...
        • Why We Make Home Videos
          As you may be aware, we're about to enter a whole new era of data rot, one of the biggest and most personal of all: consumer videotape is going away.
        • A New Way to Comment on Pogue's Posts
          Pogue's Posts has a new, updated comment system that is better for everyone.
        • The Apple iPad: First Impressions
          Some wild speculations of a guy who's never even tried the iPad. Believe me, I'll review it when I get one. But I like what I'm seeing.

        Open Your Eyes News

        • Corporations, agencies infiltrated by ‘botnet’
          AP – Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of having computers with ...
        • The New Generation Leaving Ireland
          Business Week – When Simon Phelan started a civil engineering degree at Dublin’s Trinity College four years ago, he figured his biggest problem upon graduation would be deciding which job to choose. Ireland’s economy was growing at 5.4%, unemployment was a mere 4.4%, and construction was booming. To ...
        • Military coup ousts Niger president
          A coup has taken place in Niger and the president has been captured after a gun battle in the capital, Niamey. In a television announcement, a spokesman for the plotters said Niger’s constitution had been suspended and all state institutions dissolved. Read article
        • Big Brother Is Here: Families Say Schools Snoop in ...
          Courthouse News Service – A federal class action claims a suburban school district has been spying on students and families through the “indiscriminant use of and ability to remotely activate the webcams incorporated into each laptop issued to students,” without the knowledge or consent of students ...
        • US Food Stamp Hotline Run by JP Morgan in India
          abc – Michele Brown has seen Americans’ struggles with jobs first hand. She lives in hard-hit Florida, spent 20 years in the real estate business and recently had her days as a nanny cut back after her boss had his own hours reduced. But nothing prepared her for what happened one day when she called ...

        Monkey Smashes Heaven

        • When the State Declares War On Its Own People
          When the State Declares War On Its Own People (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) When the State Declares War On Its Own People (2009) is a short film that documents some of the atrocities carried out by the state of India against its own people. It documents the suffering caused by the state’s Oper ...
        • Imperialism makes the First World Go ‘Round
          (shumbelmorgan.wordpress.com) Filed under: ..Shubel Morgan, Amerikkka, Communism, Idiot Amerikkkans, Maoism, Maoism Third Worldism, Maoisme, Maoismo, North America, Parasitism and the labor aristocracy
        • Imperialists moving against Iran, new sanctions?
          Imperialists moving against Iran, new sanctions? (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) The conflict between the big imperialist powers and Iran is heating up. Recently, the big imperialist powers, the Zionists and other stooges are seeking to undermine the Islamic Republic. Last week, the United Stat ...
        • Booklet against Operation Green Hunt
          Booklet against Operation Green Hunt (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) Operation Green Hunt is a genocidal campaign waged by the comprador Indian state against its own people, especially in the tribal regions of India. The imperialists and their lackeys say that Operation Green Hunt is to rid the ...
        • Thoughts on Palestinian Na’vi and the reality of r ...
          Thoughts on Palestinian Na’vi and the reality of reality by Prairie Fire (monkeysmashesheaven.wordpress.com) It is being reported that Palestinians protesters are posing as the fictional Na’vi from James Cameron’s 2009 blockbuster Avatar to confront the Israeli security forces. The protesters  pain ...

        PakAlert

        • Destabilizing Pakistan – Operation Breakfast Redux
          By Tom Engelhardt and Pratap Chatterjee Almost every day, reports come back from the CIA’s “secret” battlefield in the Pakistani tribal borderlands. Unmanned aerial vehicles – that is, pilotless drones – shoot missiles (18 of them in a single attack on a tiny village last week) or ...
        • Gerald Celente : This is a Total Financial Meltdow ...
          “I do not eat corporate food and I do not buy Made in China ” says Gerald Celente …If Israel and The US attack Iran it is the start of World War III , Iran is not Iraq… the top trends for 2010 are the crash of 2010 and terrorism 2010 , the anti Americanism [...] Read More at http://pakalert.wor ...
        • PTV Suspends Two Journalists For Attending US Emba ...
          PTV journalist Saghir Naqqash [Left] suspended for visiting a foreign embassy withou prior permission. His colleague Shakeel Awan [Right-in black suit] faces similar action. The state-run PTV has taken stern action against two of its journalists who appeared in pictures of a private party at the ...
        • This Ambassador Is A Sore For US-Pakistani Relatio ...
          “I have a challenge for Ms Patterson today. I challenge her to repeat every single word she said back then and swear it is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth … America’s reputation is lying in the lowest gutters in Pakistan at the moment and it can’t sink any lower.” By AHMED ...
        • Disinformation Tactics: The Methods Used To Keep Y ...
          By Giordano Bruno | Neithercorp Press There was a time, not too long ago (relatively speaking), that governments and the groups of elites that controlled them did not find it necessary to conscript themselves into wars of disinformation. Propaganda was relatively straightforward. The lies were ...

        ecogeek

        • Arctic Permafrost has Retreated 80 Miles in 50 Yea ...
          Scientists at Université Laval in Quebec have been tracking the movement of permafrost in the area and have found it's receding at an alarming rate. Aerial photos of the James Bay region between the 51st and 53rd parallels taken in 1957 were compared to those taken in 2004 and 2005.  The photos sh ...
        • Reservations for Nissan Leaf Starting in April; St ...
          Nissan will begin taking reservations for the Nissan Leaf in April, actual orders can be placed in August and cars will be delivered by the end of the year.  But a big question sitll looms - how much will it cost? You can reserve a Leaf for a $100 refundable fee, but as for the actual cost of the ...
        • Flexible Silicon Solar Cells Use 99% Less Material
          Researchers have found a way to make flexible silicon solar cells using only 1 percent of the material used in conventional solar cells. The cells are made of micron-sized silicon wires that are encased in a flexible polymer that can be rolled or bent.  The researchers at Cal Tech who developed th ...
        • Highly-Efficient CO2-Capturing Crystals
          Scientists at UCLA have developed synthetic crystals that trap gasses like a smart sponge.  The crystals are highly selective, allowing them to achieve a 400% improvement in CO2 capture over current technologies. The crystals are three-dimensional and code information in the same manner as DNA.  W ...
        • New Material Could Act as Both Battery and Body of ...
          A new nanoscale material developed by researchers at Imperial College London could eventually act as both the battery and body of electric cars.  The mix of carbon fiber and polymer resin can charge and release electricity like a battery and is hard as steel too. The advantages of the material are ...

          Environment _ National Geographic

          • Haiti Earthquake & Voodoo: Myths, Ritual, and Robe ...
            A voodoo scholar explains how Haiti's many believers may view the earthquake, why he thinks Pat Robertson's post-quake remarks were "cruel, ignorant, unforgivable"—and more.
          • Green Energy "Oasis" to Bloom in the Desert?
            A research center slated to be built in 2010 as part of the Sahara Forest Project is meant to serve as a proving ground for new technologies designed to bring green living to the desert, project managers say.
          • Strongest Hurricanes May Triple in Frequency, Stud ...
            The U.S. Southeast, Mexico, and the Caribbean will be pounded by more very intense hurricanes in the coming decades due to global warming, a new computer model suggests.
          • BPA Linked to Heart Disease, Study Confirms
            Bisphenol-A—used in many sunglasses, reusable bottles, food packaging, and baby bottles—is linked to heart disease, a new study confirms. In a separate development, the FDA changes course and announces concern over BPA.
          • Chemical BPA Linked to Heart Disease, Study Confir ...
            Bisphenol-A—used in many sunglasses, reusable bottles, food packaging, and baby bottles—is linked to heart disease, a new study confirms.

          drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

          • Is Little Green Footballs a Communist Blog now?
            "The American right wing has gone off the rails, into the bushes, and off the cliff. I won’t be going over the cliff with them." From LGF's Charles Johnson: Why I Parted Ways With The Right 1. Support for fascists, both in America (see: Pat Buchanan, Robert Stacy McCain, etc.) and in Europe (se ...
          • Will Teabagger anti-immigration agnst spill over t ...
            �Smells like Teabaggrrrr spirit... Peter Schiff is well known for his for far right wing way out there libertarian Ron Paul-like views . You have to wonder if some of Teaba grrrrr angst will spill over to the GOP primary battles and burn Peter Schiff here in Connecticut ? Jim Gilchrist, founder of ...
          • Valuable Lesson From Sarah Palin's Book
            TRex has extracted and documented the bulk of the knowledge that can be had from Sarah Palin's new book, Going Rogue. Trust me on this, there is a valuable lesson to be had from her book that every Blogger, journalist and pundit should be sharing with anyone that is truly interested in the politic ...
          • Would you drive this car?
            More importantly, would you buy and drive this car? Tata Motors May Launch Nano In America: Special Editions In The Works Efficient, light, and affordable. That is the philosophy behind the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, and one of the smallest as well. Launched earlier this year in Tata’s ho ...
          • T-9 and Holding:
            About 8 minutes before the shuttle blasts off : At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, space shuttle Atlantis and crew are nearing liftoff at Launch Pad 39A, prepared to begin the STS-129 cargo-delivery mission to the International Space Station. The countdown clock is holding at T-9 minutes. ...

          SPL Center

          • Survivor: Home Gardening Edition
            Paranoia is potentially profitable. Plenty of people are eager to sell you freeze-dried foods, medical kits and even weapons to help you survive the supposed social chaos on the horizon. Now, there’s the “Survival Seed Bank,” brought to you by an outfit called Solutions for Science. For a mere $297, ...
          • Judge Denies Scott Roeder’s ‘Necessity ...
            A Wichita, Kan., judge has denied Scott Roeder’s bid to use a “necessity defense” when he is tried for the murder of late-term abortion provider, Dr. George Tiller. Sedgwick County Judge Warren Wilbert pointed out Tuesday that the Kansas Supreme Court ruled in a previous case regarding blockin ...
          • Pacifica Forum Speaker Celebrates National Sociali ...
            The speaker blamed “Jewish lies” for the Iraq War, praised the swastika as a symbol of white people, showed a neo-Nazi propaganda video, and led several audience members in an enthusiastic Nazi salute. No, this wasn’t an assembly of America’s largest neo-Nazi organization, the National Socialist Mov ...
          • Haitian-Oriented Radio Station Has Surprising New ...
            How’s this for white supremacist irony? Derek Black, son of Stormfront.org founder Don Black and friend of ex-Klansman David Duke , began broadcasting a twice-weekly program on Tuesday on a South Florida news/talk radio station with a large Haitian audience. Derek Black, who turns 21 this month, is ...
          • Gun Rights Advocates to March Against Phantom Thre ...
            Public support for gun control has been steadily declining, the U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling that strengthens an individual’s right to own firearms and President Obama has said nothing to suggest he will take on gun-rights enthusiasts. No matter. Gun rights advocates, including some in t ...

          change: org.

          • Republican Bill Seeks to Deprive American-Born of ...
            A proposed bill sponsored by Rep. Gary Miller (R-CA) wants people born in the U.S.A. to no longer receive automatic birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment, definitely one of the more awesome amendments in that it determined people born in the U.S. are all citizens, not slaves, states, " All pers ...
          • All the Ways Timbuktu's Temporary Wives Get Screwe ...
            In Timbuktu, Mali, the idea of "till death do us part" is far from universal in marriage. That's because a thriving industry of "temporary marriages" has grown up to give legal and religious sanction to men who want to have sex outside of marriage, often with a young girl or child. These temporary m ...
          • Dear Architects, the Homeless Are Regular People
            Architects thinking of designing buildings for the homeless often fall into the trap of imagining that homeless people for some reason have different needs than regular folks. We often get questions from design and architecture students on the International Homeless Forum . They either want to desi ...
          • Finding the Place for Gay Conservatives
            Following up on my first post , here are a couple more of the most noteworthy aspects of Cato's "Is There a Place for Gay People in Conservatism and Conservative Politics?" panel.  The panel featured the Obama-supporting, anti-GOP conservative Andrew Sullivan; leading same-sex marriage opponent Magg ...
          • Factory Farms Fail to Corrupt Organic Dairy Rules
            When people pay for organic milk, they like to believe they're paying for a better life for the cows and a healthier product for themselves. Until last Friday, that belief was a leap of faith. Aurora Dairy and Straus Family Creamery were factory farms that slipped through the loopholes in organic da ...

          Common Dreams -News

          • World's Top Firms Cause $2.2 Trillion of Environme ...
            by Juliette Jowit The cost of pollution and other damage to the natural environment caused by the world's biggest companies would wipe out more than one-third of their profits if they were held financially accountable, a major unpublished study for the United Nations has found. The report comes ...
          • NATO Air Strike Kills Seven Afghan Police
            KUNDUZ, Afghanistan - A NATO air strike mistakenly killed seven Afghan police and wounded two others on Thursday, hospital and government officials said, adding to strains on the alliance. The NATO-run International Security Assistance Force ordered an immediate investigation into the incident in th ...
          • Suicide Note Posted by Man Linked to Austin IRS Pl ...
            If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, "Why did this have to happen?"  The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time.  The writing process, started many months ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization that there isn't ...
          • Official: Austin Plane Crash Into IRS Building ‘A ...
            See also: Suicide Note Posted by Man Linked to Austin IRS Plane Crash AUSTIN, Texas -- A plane crashed into a Northwest Austin building that houses federal offices about 9:30 this morning, injuring several people and sending plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen for miles. Mathilda Sanchez ...
          • French Soldiers Used as 'Nuclear Guinea Pigs'
            PARIS  - France used soldiers as guinea pigs in nuclear tests in the 1960s, deliberately exposing them to radiation from atomic blasts to test the effects, according to a report revealed on Tuesday. The secret military report, obtained by AFP, said that between 1960 and 1966 France sent troops onto ...

          Lifehacker

          • Gadget and Gear Deals of the Day [Dealhacker]
            Discounts monitors, laptops, HD camcorders, and portable devices are just a few of the deals you'll find in today's roundup. We've also got free music and goodies to share. Computer Gear! Acer AX3810 Core2 Quad Desktop for $559.99 + free shipping (Regular Price: $640). 15.6" Lenovo ThinkPad SL5 ...
          • Google Buzz Hit with Class Action Complaint [Priva ...
            A lot of people were upset over how Google handled their privacy when they launched Buzz, and it looks like Google may pay the price in legal fees. According to SFGate, a class action complaint has been filed against Google alleging that it "broke the law when its controversial Google Buzz service s ...
          • How to Blur Out Faces and Other Portions of Video ...
            Ever wish you could achieve a documentary-style face blur in your video projects? DIY video blogger extraordinaire Tinkernut details how to do exactly that with a handful of free software. The star application in this process is a free app called Wax , which handles video compositing and some specia ...
          • SelfImage Creates Backups of In-Use and Non-Window ...
            Windows: Backing up just your data is better than no backup at all, but creating a complete disk image allows you to restore not just your data but your entire operating system and all your settings. SelfImage can help. SelfImage is an open-source tool for creating disk images. Not only can you crea ...
          • Google Listen Update Manages Podcast Subscriptions ...
            Android: Google's Listen was already a pretty handy podcast client, except that managing your feeds was a pain. With its latest release, Listen now lets you manage your subscriptions from Google Reader, and adds voice search for finding new shows. If you've switched phones, shuffled around SD cards ...

          Newshoggers - AfPak

          • So, What's General Kayani Up To?
            By Steve Hynd Yes, this is going to be yet another post about the detention of Taliban No.2 Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, because now we've news that two other Taliban leaders have been arrested in Pakistan . Afghan officials said the Taliban’s “shadow governors” for two provinces in northern A ...
          • Operation Moshtarak - Papering Over The Cracks
            By Steve Hynd Gareth Porter tells the Real News Network that Operation Moshtarak is intended purely for domestic consumption and is meant to prepare Americans for negotiations with the Taliban. And Joshua Foust is scathing about U.S. vague plans for a "government in a box" in Marjah. The Guardian ha ...
          • Baradur's Arrest and the Quid Pro Quo
            By Steve Hynd Gregg gave us some excellent "first thoughts" last night about the possible consequences of the arrest of Mullah Baradur, the Quetta Shura Taliban's military chief and "number two". But I want to focus today on what the arrest might mean for Pakistan's role in the War on (Some) Terror, ...
          • Taliban military commander captured; will it impac ...
            By Gregg Carlstrom Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's military commander and one of the group's "founding fathers," was captured recently by U.S. and Pakistani intelligence in a raid in Karachi. ... Baradar, is an Afghan described by American officials as the most significant Taliban figure t ...
          • Poodle No More?
            By Steve Hynd The head of the UK's Royal Air Force has questioned the military's focus on Afghanistan, just as the public debate over the forthcoming Strategic Defense Review kicks in to high gear. (Bold is mine - SH.) Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton told the International Institute of Strategi ...

          Water Wars

          • Klamath Water Wars Settled With Agreements to Remo ...
            Klamath River fish kill between Klamath Falls and Midland, Oregon. July 22, 2005. (Photo by Jim McCarthy)
          • Klamath dam removal agreements to be signed (KOIN ...
            SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Longtime adversaries in the Klamath Basin water wars are gathering in the Oregon Capitol Rotunda to sign two landmark agreements. One lays out a roadmap for removing four hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River in Southern Oregon and Northern California.
          • Democrats vs Democrat in California's water wars ( ...
            A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked Senator Dianne Feinstein to abandon draft legislation that would divert more water to California's farmers, a plan that has quickly become a flashpoint in the state's long-running water wars.
          • States sign Klamath dam removal deal (The World)
            SALEM (AP) -- Longtime adversaries in the Klamath Basin water wars are gathering in the Oregon Capitol Rotunda to sign two landmark agreements.
          • Democrats vs Democrat in California's water wars ( ...
            A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday asked Senator Dianne Feinstein to abandon draft legislation that would divert more water to California's farmers, a plan that has quickly become a flashpoint in the state's long-running water wars.

          WordPress | Economics

          • The economics lesson: “pass the buck” is neither w ...
            As more and more economies are crawling out of recession, you would say that governments have finall
          • The Capitalist Car Crash
            Capitalism reminds me of an ageing car. At first, you touch up the paintwork, replace the odd compon
          • The University of Exeter: Online Economic Texts.
            This case study reports on the implementation of online formative exercises at undergraduate level a
          • Another Tattoo Entrepreneur?
            Lately, we’ve been seeing more people than ever trying to “cash in” on the tattoo arts. Next up on t
          • Why crashing a plane isn’t (always) terroris ...
            A friend asked online for explanations as to why the presumed-deliberate crashing of a light aircraf

          Electronic Intifada

          • PACBI: Intellectual responsibility and the voice o ...
            The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI) has recently encountered a number of projects that while intending to empower the colonized ...
          • Review: A (happily) partial memoir of the second i ...
            Emma Williams is a doctor who worked in Britain, Pakistan, Afghanistan, New York and South Africa before accompanying her husband, a UN official, to Jerusalem in October 20 ...
          • Poland tightens military alliance with Israel
            Poland's military has embarked on a "Polonization of Israeli technology" drive, coupling Israeli weapons-manufacturing technology with Polish manpower and raw materials. Poland's B ...
          • "At least there's food in prison!"
            "This morning," my neighbor Mona explained to me, "I told my husband that since the kids are out of school and he didn't need to go into town, I would cook something special and we ...
          • Israel's new strategy: "sabotage" and "attack" the ...
            Israel's influential Reut Institute has identified the global movement for justice and peace as an "existential threat" and called on the Israeli government to "attack" and ...

          CS Monitor - News

          • podcast091204
            Fewer US jobs lost in November and impact on economy.
          • October 16, 2009
            The UN Human Rights Council votes to adopt the Goldstone Report on Israel's military incursion into Gaza.
          • October 19, 2009
            Saudi Arabia is wary of terrorists, especially from neighboring states.
          • October 20, 2009
            How some TV insiders view parents and children on reality television.
          • October 21, 2009
            How African Anglicans might respond to the Vatican's offer.

          The Wonk Room

          • CPAC Features Contradicting Immigration Panels
            Today, the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is featuring two conflicting immigration panels in what seems like a blatantly duplicitous and opportunistic attempt to appeal to the nativist instincts of the anti-immigrant Right while simultaneously trying to grow the Republican ba ...
          • Getting Real About Divisions In Iran
            Josh Rogin’s story on the Obama administration’s intervention into whether Voice of America should attach its name to a statement protesting Iranian signal jamming indicates that the administration is still approaching certain aspects of the Iranian regime’s repression with meticulous caution. Perha ...
          • Health Insurers Inadvertently Make The Case For He ...
            Our guest blogger is Emma Sandoe, a Health Care Researcher at the Center for American Progress Action Fund. oday, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a report that shows premiums in the individual market are expected to skyrocket in Connecticut, Maine, Michig ...
          • Nelson Understands The Employment Problem, So Why ...
            Late last year, the House passed a $154 billion jobs bill, but at the moment Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is having trouble rounding up the votes to even begin debate on a far more modest $15 billion effort that relies heavily on tax incentives for small businesses to hire. Speaker of t ...
          • Refuting Cuccinelli Denier Petition, Virginia Clim ...
            Ken Cuccinelli Virginia is claiming that global warming is “unreliable, unverifiable and doctored” science, but the state’s climatologists aren’t buying it. Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli (R-VA) — a former state senator and corporate attorney — has joined Texas and right-wing industry grou ...

          thwap's schoolyard

          • Mandatory Minimum Sentences, War Crimes, and steph ...
            First of all, I've made a lot of hay about "the Rule of Law" with regards to stephen harper's war crimes in Afghanistan. I think I've also been careful to point out that I regard some crimes as worse than others, and that there's actually some leeway in law enforcement that's possible without smash ...
          • David Brooks Weighs in on Haiti
            The NYT's David Brooks is not one of the towering intellects of our times. If you go to that link you'll find that Glenn Greenwald has assembled a cornucopia of David Brooks' errors, including such gems as: EITHER SADDAM HUSSEIN will remain in power or he will be deposed. President Bush has suggeste ...
          • Random Thoughts on Violence
            Thanks to the failure of my career I'm home a lot more! So why haven't I been blogging as much with all the free time? Simple. There's a very gregarious two-and-a-half-year-old in my house with me who takes up most of my time and energy. While I was often able to spend half-an-hour at work on bl ...
          • Khadr Will Get Millions!!!!
            We can already hear the shrieking and wailing. The same delusional morons who begrudge Maher Arar his compensation, and who have already slandered Abdullah Almalki, Muayyed Nureddin, Ahmad Abou El-Maati, and Abousfian Abdelrazik as either terrorists or fortune-hunters, are now no doubt bitching abo ...
          • New Poll: Liberals Creeping Up On Harpercons
            It's all very exciting! The number of people who would vote for a pack of war criminals who would feed them a poison sandwich and then destroy the public healthcare system that would try to save their lives and which would then blow-up the parliament buildings so that nobody could complain about it ...

          Financial Sense Editorials

          • Market Observation: Emerging Markets - Key Chart F ...
            by Martin Goldberg CMT. "It seems that most market professionals love the emerging markets! So is their love supported by their technical charts? As you will see in the analysis below, probably not. Below you see a weekly chart of the emerging market ETF (symbol EEM). Many of the professionals who l ...
          • Bob Prechter Points Out The Many Signs Of Deflatio ...
            by Nico Issac. "Everywhere you look, the mainstream financial experts are pinning on their "WIN 2" buttons in a show of solidarity against what they see as the number one threat to the U.S. economy: Whip Inflation Now."
          • 1001 Reasons to Own Gold
            by Jeff Clark. "Tracking the numerous ongoing bullish factors for gold is quite a chore. There are, quite literally, so many compelling arguments for holding our favorite metal that I used to catalog them each month in our letter."
          • Is all this "exit strategy" talk warranted?
            by Tim Iacono. "Boy, for a group of policymakers at the nation's central bank who, in a best case scenario, are going to just sit on their hands for at least the rest of the year, there sure has been a lot of talk about an "exit strategy"."
          • Market Observation: A Greek Crisis Is Coming to Am ...
            by Bill Fleckenstein. "World equity markets were mixed and rather uneventful during our holiday, with the focus continuing on Greece. Nothing much happened on that front, though nothing was supposed to happen, either. In any case, the early going today saw the indices about 0.5% higher, with most ev ...

          on Government Oversight

          • Your Two Cents on an Independent Audit Agency?
            Nick Baumann over at Mother Jones has posted some feedback on the 12 recommendations we recently made to Congress: My favorite idea of the bunch is probably the second one, an independent audit agency. The great thing about spending more...
          • Morning Smoke: Internal Controls at TSA Are Defici ...
            Inspector general faults TSA's internal controls [CongressDaily] Pentagon will ramp up F-35 review by Megan Scully [Government Executive] Homeland Security’s Billion-Dollar Bet on Better Communications by Sarah Laskow [Center for Public Integrity] Senate Panel Announces Big Hearing on Blackwater’s A ...
          • Morning Smoke: Joint Strike Fighter Delayed by One ...
            Pentagon confirms 1-year delay for JSF by John Reed [Air Force Times] A Timely Jolt for the F-35 [The New York Times] Tougher financial regulations not coming fast or easy for SEC's Mary Schapiro by Zachary Goldfarb [The Washington Post]...
          • Twelve Ways Congress Can Improve Our Government
            Just this morning, POGO recommended 12 nonpartisan good-government fixes that Congress should implement in 2010. Coming in at #1 is enacting increased whistleblower protections — a reform that we feel is both most urgent and achievable. Whistleblowers play an invaluable...
          • Non-competitive Contract to Be Awarded to Shady Co ...
            Back before the winter skies unleashed their fury upon the District, a pair of Ohio Congressman highlighted another win for Kuwait & Gulf Link Transport Company (KGL), the government contractor noted on this blog for owning a truck involved in...

          Science Express

          • Dark matter or background noise? Results intriguin ...
            Physicists may have glimpsed a particle that is a leading candidate for mysterious dark matter but say conclusive evidence remains elusive.
          • Bcl6 gene sculpts helper T cell to boost antibody ...
            Expression of a single gene programs an immune system helper T cell that fuels rapid growth and diversification of antibodies in a cellular structure implicated in autoimmune diseases and development of B cell lymphoma, scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reported toda ...
          • Scientists discover gene mutation responsible for ...
            University of Utah researchers and their colleagues have identified the gene that is mutated in a hereditary form of a rare neuroendocrine tumor called paraganglioma (PGL). The gene, called hSDH5, is required for activation of an enzyme complex that plays a critical role in the chemical reactions th ...
          • Researchers identify itch-specific neurons in mice ...
            Historically, many scientists have regarded itching as just a less intense version of pain. They have spent decades searching for itch-specific nerve cells to explain how the brain perceives itch differently from pain, but none have been found.
          • Sustained quantum information processing demonstra ...
            Raising prospects for building a practical quantum computer, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have demonstrated sustained, reliable information processing operations on electrically charged atoms (ions). The new work, described in the August 6 issue of Science Express ...

          TechDirt

          • Can Any Smartphone Survive The Patent Gauntlet?
            With the news coming out that the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has agreed to investigate both RIM and Apple over patent claims brought by Kodak , it makes you wonder if we'll soon be able to have any smartphones at all. As you hopefully know the ITC process is a sneaky loophole used by p ...
          • Michael Powell A Bit Quick To Claim Google Broadba ...
            Former FCC chair Michael Powell really, really, really wants to believe that there's viable competition in the broadband market, but he seems to have a history of using tiny experiments (that may go nowhere) as if they prove that there's real competition. You may recall that when he was in charge o ...
          • Ubisoft DRM Gets Worse And Worse: Kicks You Out Of ...
            Last month, we wrote a bit about Ubisoft's bizarre anti-consumer policy of using DRM on games that requires an internet connection to check in (even if you're just playing locally). But, it gets worse. As a whole bunch of you sent in (but compgeek was first), apparently it doesn't just check once ...
          • Camper Van Beethoven Funds Their SXSW Trip By Lett ...
            American rock band Camper Van Beethoven is traveling to South by SouthWest this year without the support of a record label, so in order to raise funds, they're selling off the right to choose the songs that go on to their setlist for the 2 shows that they're going to play . The first 35 fans to pon ...
          • Australia Disagrees With Spain & France; Says Nint ...
            Copyright rulings in Australia have been a real mixed bag lately, haven't they? There was the wonderful iiNet ruling that said ISPs weren't liable for actions of their users, and the ruling on telephone books saying you can't copyright facts . But then there was the Kookaburra ruling that found in ...

          VacTruth

          • Who Really Owns Your Child When It Comes to Vaccin ...
            . . . Christina England vactruth.com 02/15/10 Drug companies foster many techniques when it comes to vaccinating our children. These range from taking away full parental rights, to dangling nice ‘juicy carrots’ in front of our unsuspecting and trusting children. This is done in the way of gift ...
          • Multigenerational Vaccine Indoctrination
            . . . Posted on Dr. Sherri Tenpenny’s Facebook Page I have frequently spoken about the multigenerational indoctrination about the belief in vaccines. Where did that come from? We need to unwind it. The book, State of Immunity, by James Colgrove, is absolutely amazing and lays out in detail how th ...
          • New York adds HPV to the list of vaccinations requ ...
            . . . . . National Coalition of Organized Women From Laboring Women to Labor Unions, We Move as One www.ProgressiveConvergence.com From the desk of the Director: February 10, 2010 S4479, A6702: Health care practitioner may diagnose, treat or prescribe treatment for a sexually transmissible ...
          • Mumps outbreak spreads among people who got vaccin ...
            . . . by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor NaturalNews (NaturalNews) To hear the vaccine pushers say it, all the recent outbreaks of mumps and measles are caused by too few people seeking out vaccinations. It’s all those “non-vaccinated people” who are a danger to society, they say, ...
          • Health Doesn’t Come Through a Needle
            . . . Dr. Sherri Tenpenny DrTenpenny.com 02/08/2010 From Maine to Maui, Vancouver to Miami, autism rates across North America are soaring. As of February, 2010, there are an estimated 300,000 severely autistic children in this country — requiring nearly $9billion per year in services. Then number ...

          BroadSnark

          • Issue by Issue
            Political parties and broad categorizations have warped the way we think about issues and problem solving. We may think that we cannot work with a conservative on anything.  But which conservative do we mean – the Christian conservative from Focus on the Family or the follower of Buckley?  We may ...
          • Collaborating Across the Divide
            Here’s a hypothetical situation. You work in a town with one factory.  You need your job.  Moving to another town, starting your own business, or getting some other means of survival is not an option at the moment. One of your coworkers (let’s call him Bob) is a racist, sexist, homophobic SOB.  Y ...
          • Things You Might Have Missed
            If you ever wondered how to confront the racism, sexism, and homophobia of your family and friends, Model Minority shows us how it is done. Tech Dirt covers the creative ways music artists are getting it done outside the traditional system. Alternet has an amazing article highlighting the stories of ...
          • Over-Reliance on the Law
            Over the weekend, a friend of mine posted a video (below) about a Fox news report that was squashed. Several years ago, Fox reporters were working on a story about Monsanto and rBGH.  Monsanto, upon getting wind of the story, had their attorneys send Fox a letter threatening to sue.  Fox wanted to s ...
          • The Art of Non-War
            Let’s set aside for just a moment the horrors of war.  Ignore the cost in human lives, the suffering, the destruction.  Ignore the repercussions that are felt for generations.  And let’s ignore any debates about what it means to declare “victory” in a place like Iraq, where people continue to fig ...

          Executive Intelligence Review

          • Impeach the British Puppet Now!
            EIR Editorial Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, February 19, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 7
          • The Euro System Is on the Brink of Collapse
            By Helga Zepp-LaRouche Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, February 19, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 7
          • The `Banco Santander Syndrome': City of London's S ...
            By Dennis Small Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, February 19, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 7
          • Balladur Demands Bankers' Dictatorship for All of ...
            EIR News Service press release.
          • As Euro System Disintegrates, EU Finance Ministers ...
            EIR News Service press release.

          Armies of Liberation

          • US Sanctions Iran Based al Qaeda, Zawahiri Promise ...
            The US Treasury Department placed financial sanctions on Saad bin Laden, thought to be in Pakistan, and three alleged al Qaeda operatives in Iran including a Yemeni. The terrorist designation Friday froze their assets within US jurisdictions and prohibits Americans from financial dealings with the ...
          • Arabian Peninsula al Qaeda groups merge
            In the face of Saudi Arabia’s success against the al Qaeda organization, many Saudi operatives have fled to the more hospitable climate in Yemen, joining others who recently arrived from Iraq, Somalia, and Pakistan. Al Qaeda in Yemen announced its merger with Saudi Arabia’s al Qaeda organization to ...
          • Yemen strikes multi-faceted deals with al Qaeda
            Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh recently struck a deal with Ayman Zawahiri, and Yemen is in the process of emptying its jails of known jihadists. The Yemeni government is recruiting these established jihadists to attack its domestic enemies as it refrains from serious counter-terror measures aga ...
          • Yemen’s Multi Faceted Deals with Al Qaeda (A ...
            اليمن تعقد صفقات متعددة الوجوه مع القاعدة كتبت: جين نوفاك – فبراير/ 2009 عبدالله عبدالوهاب ناجي- ترجمة خاصة بالمستقلة عقد الرئيس اليمني علي عبدا لله صالؠ مؤخرا صفقة مع ...
          • Yemen’s three terror fronts
            By Jane Novak March 28, 2009 3:18 PM Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula took credit in an internet statement Friday for a pair of suicide attacks that targeted South Koreans in Yemen. A teen-aged suicide bomber killed four South Korean tourists in Shibam, Hadramout on March 15. A second terror att ...

          Dark Politricks

          • Spin USA: Austin plane crasher must damage the lef ...
            Ron Brynaert Raw Story Thursday, February 18, 2010 Partisanship didn’t take a complete backseat on September 11, 2001, as there were some murmurs during the first few hours of media coverage about which side’s administration could be more at fault. But even five years after Jon Stewart f ...
          • Twitter Updates for 2010-02-19
            Chris Matthews & Glenn #Beck follow same talking points on attacking #teaparty there is no left or right in #politics http://bit.ly/cAE0DI # is the ability 2 vent our anger about government online reducing the possibility of change in the real world? http://strurl.com/op #politics # Why ...
          • "Just 21% Of Voters Nationwide Believe That The Fe ...
            A new Rassmussen poll finds: The founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, states that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Today, however, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government enjoys the consent of the g ...
          • Source: FBI Knew Austin Attack Was Coming
            Dallas office dispatched agents yesterday afternoon to be on the ground in Austin Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Thursday, February 18, 2010 A trusted source has told this office that the FBI knew Austin was going to be attacked today and had dispatched officers from its Dallas headquarters y ...
          • The Alex Jones Show – ARCHIVE – February 18th With ...
            Alex welcomes back to the show author, former regional sports presenter for the BBC and spokesman for the British Green Party, and renowned critic of the New World Order, David Icke. Alex also talks with the brother of Ron Paul, Wayne Paul, a critic of the Federal Reserve who appeared in [...]

          food and water watch

          • Two options for tap water at Vancouver Olympics: O ...
            Metro Vancouver recently took on the task of promoting the consumption of tap water over bottled water and is now battling it out with Coca-Cola at the Olympic games. As one of the Olympics biggest official sponsors, Coca-Cola, who claims their bottled water “doesn’t compete with tap water,” is of ...
          • Farm to School Needs More Support
            It seems the Obama administration is starting to take some steps toward addressing the childhood obesity epidemic. The President recently requested the inclusion of an additional $1 billion in funding for child nutrition programs in the national budget. This commitment preceded the unveiling of Fir ...
          • Food & Water Watch Partners With University of New ...
            Today, Food & Water Watch and the University of New Hampshire’s Office of Sustainability kickoff  “Tap In,” a series of films and lectures about water privatization, access, and quality. An initiative of our Take Back the Tap campaign, the series will commence with a showing of, and discussion abou ...
          • USDA Admits Lack of Food Safety Follow-Through
            The USDA finally admitted to a small group of consumer group representatives last week that its official policy is to take very little action when it finds ground beef contaminated with E. coli in commerce. That is, unless several human illnesses have already been identified with the product. I pre ...
          • Why are Toxic Chemicals Innocent Until Proven Guil ...
            This week, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released findings from the “Fourth National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals.” The report identifies 212 environmental chemicals found in people’s blood and urine. Many of the chemicals, like mercury and atrazine, have been monito ...

          treehugger

          • Chewing Gum Gets Healthy and Local
            Image from Peppersmith When it comes to creating new healthy eco products, chewing gum isn't the first thing that springs to mind or mouth. But if you are going to do it, just do it well. So welcome to the world of Peppersmith gum, a chewing gum made out of natural chicle and fine english pep ...
          • 3 Tesla Motors Employees Reported Dead in Palo Alt ...
            Update: Many sources are now identifying the victims of yesterday's plane crash as Tesla Motors employees Doug Bourn of Santa Clara, a senior electrical engineer; Andrew Ingram of Palo Alto, an electrical engineer; and Brian M. Finn of East Palo Alto; a senior manager of interactive electronics. ...
          • Locavorism The Great Leap Forward?
            Damon Darlin in the New York Times says he thinks in the midst of this cold and snowy East Coast winter it is time to question the viability of the locavore movement and those "so-called locavores who think they are part of a national trend." Darlin compares the practice of searching out local food ...
          • Prince Charles Tells Us to Get Woolly Again
            Image from the BBC News Prince Charles has a new project. He is pushing wool as a fashionable and eco-friendly fabric for clothes. That may seem odd as many of us wear wool sweaters as a matter of course. But it turns out that's not quite the case. With the trend for throwaway instant fashio ...
          • PechaKucha for Haiti - saturday 20/02 worldwide
            In a matter of seconds, thousands of lives and dreams were destroyed in Haiti last month. Following the tragedy, aid came from many quarters, in all shapes and forms. The global PechaKucha community is coming together with Cameron Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity to lend a hand in rebu ...

          Biosingularity

          • Skin Cells Turned into Brain Cells
            Skin cells called fibroblasts can be transformed into neurons quickly and efficiently with just a few genetic tweaks, according to new research. The surprisingly simple conversion, which doesn’t require the cells to be returned to an embryonic state, suggests that differentiated adult cells are much ...
          • Magnesium May Improve Memory
            New research finds that an increase in brain magnesium improves learning and memory in young and old rats. The study, published by Cell Press in the January 28th issue of the journal Neuron, suggests that increasing magnesium intake may be a valid strategy to enhance cognitive abilities and supports ...
          • Scientists Discover a Controller of Brain Circuitr ...
            By combining a research technique that dates back 136 years with modern molecular genetics, a Johns Hopkins neuroscientist has been able to see how a mammal’s brain shrewdly revisits and reuses the same molecular cues to control the complex design of its circuits. Details of the observation in lab m ...
          • Human Growth Hormone: Not a Life Extender After Al ...
            People profoundly deficient in human growth hormone (HGH) due to a genetic mutation appear to live just as long as people who make normal amounts of the hormone, a new study shows. The findings suggest that HGH may not be the “fountain of youth” that some researchers have suggested. “Without HGH, th ...
          • New and improved RNA interference
            Ever since RNA interference was discovered, in 1998, scientists have been pursuing the tantalizing ability to shut off any gene in the body — in particular, malfunctioning genes that cause diseases such as cancer. This week, researchers at MIT and Alnylam Pharmaceuticals report that they have succes ...

          CFACT

          • Disclosing the real risks of climate change
            SEC says companies must disclose risks due to climate change. Seize the opportunity.
          • A Sage Grouse hang up over barbed wire
          • After Copenhagen: Greens disappointed and directio ...
          • Haiti's Desperate Food Crop Outlook
          • Haiti's Desperate Food Crop Outlook

          Ria Novosti Online News

          • Russia says sanctions on Iran over nuclear ambitio ...
            Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday Iran may face sanctions over its controversial nuclear program although the issue is not currently being discussed at the UN Security Council.
          • Iran's nuclear program
          • Russian Paralympic team: “Our only goal is to win ...
            A farewell ceremony for the Russian Paralympic team was held in the Central Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow. The team is going to take part in the 10th Winter Paralympic Games. Its members say they have ambitious plans.
          • A toy with a soul – the secrets of making a Russia ...
            The oldest Russian matryoshka factory in Sergiyev Posad near Moscow may shut down soon. The factory, famous for its Russian traditional dolls, is on the verge of bankruptcy. It is one of the few factories in Russia that has preserved the ancient traditions of making matryoshka dolls.
          • New S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to guard M ...
            The S-400 Triumph, seen by the Russian army as the best anti-aircraft missile system, has been adopted by the army. The first two systems have entered combat duty at the regiment base of the Military Space Defense joint command in Elektrostal, the Moscow Region.

          Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

          • NASA delays next shuttle launch until April
          • NASA astronauts complete 2nd spacewalk to hook up ...
            Endeavour shuttle astronauts successfully completed their second spacewalk early on Sunday to install plumbing for a new technological module of the International Space Station, NASA officials said.
          • Siberian scientists grow aspens eight times faster
            Russian biologists in Siberia have boosted the growth rate of aspens nearly eightfold, enabling them to grow four meters tall in only two years, Russia's Academy of Sciences said on Friday.
          • Russian cosmonauts complete year's first spacewalk
            Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Maxim Surayev have completed this year's first spacewalk and returned to the International Space Station, Mission Control said Thursday.
          • Proton-M rocket with Intelsat-16 satellite blasts ...
            Russia successfully launched the Proton-M carrier rocket with a U.S. telecommunications satellite Intelsat-16 on Friday.

          Pruning Shears

          • Getting Beyond Regulation
            No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post The theory on how to best protect the public from private sector wrongdoing consists basically of regulation. From the Federal Reserve Act nearly a century ago to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) during the Depression to ...
          • Under The Weather
            I’m on day 3 of some nasty bug, so I’ve only been skimming the headlines (and wouldn’t have the energy even if inspiration struck).  Bleh.
          • This Week In Tyranny
            No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Declan McCullagh reported on the efforts to give law enforcement agencies direct access to ISP traffic. At the end of the article the Cato Institute throws in the towel and admits it doesn’t give a damn about individual liberty. I ...
          • Living In The Age Of The Exploit
            No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post One of my favorite blog posts is L33T Justice by Kung Fu Monkey. Aside from being very funny and concisely getting at an important truth, it seems to represent a tipping point - one that mirrored my own. Prior to that things had be ...
          • BlogRoll Amnesty Day
            Today is Blogroll Amnesty Day , the day where bloggers promote their lesser trafficked bretheren (and sisteren(?)). Pruning Shears isn’t exactly an A-List blog and therefore not in a position to drive a whole lot of hits to anyone, but it’s the spirit of the thing that counts. Here are some of my ...

          Natural Health News

          • Excess Weight Raises Pregnancy Risks
            Being overweight or obese increases a woman's chances of having an extra-big baby. Excess also sharply increases a woman's risk of pre-eclampsia, a potentially deadly pregnancy complication. Women have more difficulty delivering very large babies, while these newborns are also at risk of suffering ...
          • Young Patients With Chronic Illnesses Find Relief ...
            Doctors at Rush University Medical Center are offering pediatric patients diagnosed with chronic illnesses acupuncture therapy to help ease pain and negative side effects like nausea, fatigue, and vomiting. The treatment is part of a study to analyze and document how acupuncture might help in reduc ...
          • 43 Simple Ways To Simplify Your Life
            1. Turn off your cell phone. 2. Process email only twice a day. 3. Go to bed early. 4. Get rid of (or at least reduce) commitments that you do out of obligation. 5. Create a weekly meal plan. 6. Automate your finances. 7. Purge as much unneeded clutter as possible. 8. Keep your paper shredder ...
          • Why Anxiety Drugs are Addictive
            Valium-like drugs use the same potentially addictive "reward pathways" in the brain as heroin and cannabis, according to new research. Researchers found that so-called benzodiazepine drugs, such as Ativan, Xanax and Valium, exert a calming effect by boosting action of a neurotransmitter called gamm ...
          • Low Levels of Antibiotics Cause Multidrug Resistan ...
            For years, doctors have warned patients to finish their antibiotic prescriptions or risk a renewed infection by a "superbug" that can mount a more powerful defense against the same drug. But a new study indicates that treating bacteria with levels of antibiotics insufficient to kill them produces ge ...

          Antemedius

          • The Real Roots of the CIA's Rendition and Black Si ...
            by H.P. Albarelli Jr. and Jeffrey Kaye Originally published at Truthout On Tuesday, February 10, the British High Court finally released a "seven-paragraph court document showing that MI5 officers were involved in the ill-treatment of a British resident, Binyam Mohamed." The document is itself a su ...
          • An American Defeat: The 100 Day War Against the Pl ...
            This is an update of a summary and economic prediction I originally published July 20, 2009 During the Great Depression, following the stock market crash of 1929, the American public sought a scapegoat for their economic plight. Some held President Hoover responsible, others targeted the three B's ...
          • Torture Accountability Letter 6 - AG Holder, Aren' ...
            Happy Monday and welcome to the Dog’s on-going campaign for torture accountability. The purpose of this series is to keep the issue of accountability under the law for torture alive. To do this every Monday the Dog writes a letter to one of the decision to makers who could move the issue of torture ...
          • Fire Under Their Seats - Progressives & The Democr ...
            This is the last episode of Paul Jay's interview of journalism professor Jeff Cohen of FAIR and the Park Center for Independent Media . In the previous episode Cohen talked about the struggle for power and direction within the Democratic Party from the days of the Viet Nam War to the present, and w ...
          • We Need Government Funded Media
            By David Swanson What it would have cost us to publicly fund independent media that would have prevented the invasion of Iraq wouldn't amount, in a year, to what we spend on a month of occupying that country. Diverting the cost of a month of war to a year of giving substance to our "freedom of the ...

          Son of Alex Constantine's Blacklist

          • UnderpantsGate: Big Oil, the CIA and the Attempted ...
            Also see: American Sponsorship of Global Terrorism By Alex Constantine (Supplementary revisions, 12-30-09, 1:29 pm) It’s All, Once Again, About Big Oil and a Pipeline … Abdulmutallab’s exploding unmentionables “Why Was Umar AbdulMutallab in Houston in August 2008? Whom Did He Visit There? What Did H ...
          • Celebrities Lead Charge against Scientology
            Hollywood figures quit ‘rip-off’ church as Australian prime minister threatens parliamentary inquiry into its activities Peter Beaumont in London, Toni O’Loughlin in Sydney, and Paul Harris in New York The Observer | 22 November 2009 The security at the red-brick and glass-walled horseshoe of the Jo ...
          • Baltimore: Cultist Withdraws Guilty Plea in Baby&# ...
            BALTIMORE — A former member of a defunct religious cult has backed out of a plea deal and will face trial on charges he and others starved a toddler to death. Marcus Cobbs had agreed to plead guilty to a lesser charge of accessory after the fact. But his attorney abruptly withdrew the plea Friday mo ...
          • What’s Wrong with this RFID Chip?
            RFID chip brought to you by the Carlyle Group and Matrics, Inc.
          • Will Donor Scandals Doom Crist’s Senate bid?
            ” … Three of Crist’s top fund-raisers have been hamstrung by federal investigations in the past nine months, and a fourth, Jupiter sports agent and real estate investor Marc Roberts, is facing a federal lawsuit alleging he defrauded a business partner out of $100 million to support his own ‘lavish p ...

          Climategate

          • NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco won’t answer que ...
            When asked yesterday whether she agreed or disagreed with one of the world’s top climate-change scientists that there had been no statistically significant global warming over the last fifteen years, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrator Jane Lubchenco would only say “ ...
          • VINDICATED! “Henk Tennekes – He was right after al ...
            The Netherlands largest daily newspaper, De Telegraaf, has vindicated Henk Tennekes, the country's most famous global warming skeptic. Tennekes was forced to resign as director of the Netherlands Meteorological Institute in the early 1990's due to his disbelief of the UN's Intergovernmental Panel o ...
          • Russians say Nyet! to the global warming scam
            The RT does it again with another article questioning man-made climate change.
          • UK’s Climate Challenge Fund spent £9million preach ...
            It turns out that between 2006 and 2008, the UK Climate Challenge Fund cost taxpayers £9million, and did next to nothing to change public opinion,
          • Another use for Mann’s “Hide the Decline?” trick?
            Cartoonist Josh finds another use for Michael Mann's "Hide the Decline?" trick.

          Opinio Juris

          • Dershowitz Defends Israeli Assassinations in Dubai
            by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Alan Dershowitz has a very short but persuasive assessment of the legal issues arising out of the alleged Israeli assassinations of a Hamas leader in Dubai. So if the Israeli Air Force had killed Mabhouh while he was in Gaza, there would be absolutely no doubt that their ...
          • A Lucid Statement of the Greek-Eurozone Conundrum
            by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson Not everyone in international law is quite so fascinated as I with CDS spreads on Greek sovereign debt.  However, the issues raised by the Greek debt difficulties and the urgent discussions in the Eurozone over a possible bailout, attendant moral hazard, an ...
          • The Politics of Gitmo
            by Deborah Pearlstein by Deborah Pearlstein Cross-posted at Balkinization This is a post about politics, not law. How could it be otherwise in engaging the public debate these days over the chronic cluster of post-9/11 terrorist detention, interrogation and trial issues? Demagoguery by Mitch Mc ...
          • Dershowitz Defends Israeli Assassinations in Dubai
            by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Alan Dershowitz has a very short but persuasive assessment of the legal issues arising out of the alleged Israeli assassinations of a Hamas leader in Dubai. So if the Israeli Air Force had killed Mabhouh while he was in Gaza, there would be absolutely no doubt that their ...
          • Those Anti-Whaling Pirates
            by Julian Ku by Julian Ku My former law firm colleague Natalie Klein (now a law prof at Macquarie) calls out aggressive anti-whaling protesters, suggesting they could be liable for piracy. WHEN Sea Shepherd Conservation Society member Pete Bethune climbed from his jet ski on to Japanese whaling s ...

          Investigate - Breaking News

          • STUDY: Sea levels falling 2004-2010 data
            Consistent with the acknowledged lack of ocean warming as found by the ARGO project, the sensors are also finding a tiny decrease in sea levels, rather than a relentless rise: The full 6 year dataset from January 31, 2004 to...
          • BREAKING: IPCC lied about Antarctica, public belie ...
            The heartbreak for the UN IPCC continues with revelations it grossly underestimated the growing extent of Antarctic sea ice, in order to underscore the "it's worse than we thought" meme. Meanwhile, the latest Rasmussen Poll in the US finds only...
          • NIWA's David Wratt defends this?
            NIWA climate scientist David Wratt is on record in this week's Listener magazine defending the UN IPPC's work. Perhaps he could defend the IPCC position in the graph below. The IPCC claims Scandinavian temperature anomalies are higher than ever. The...
          • ADMISSION: No statistically significant warming si ...
            I meant to highlight this on Saturday when I posted on Phil Jones' revelatory interview with the BBC. Now that it's made the front page of some newspapers around the world, I realise I was remiss. QUESTION - Do you...
          • STUDY: Antarctic ice collapse linked to newly-disc ...
            Press release from Scripps follows. Self explanatory really: Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Possibly Triggered by Ocean Waves, Scripps-led Study Finds Extremely long waves could have initiated 2008 collapse events Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego Depicting...

          Public News Service

          • AZ Working Poor Face Continued Child Care Cuts
            AZ Working Poor Face Continued Child Care Cuts Phoenix, AZ – Yesterday (Thursday) marked the first anniversary of Arizona’s growing waiting list for the working poor to get child care subsidies. Enrollment in the program has dropped by 14-thousand, threatening the state’s federal matching funds. Com ...
          • PHX Minister Stops Signing Marriage Licenses in Eq ...
            PHX Minister Stops Signing Marriage Licenses in Equality Stand Phoenix, AZ – A Phoenix minister has decided to no longer sign marriage licenses for heterosexuals. She says it's a stand to promote marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples. Comments from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, minister of the ...
          • Valentine L.O.V.E Rally for Public Schools at Stat ...
            Valentine L.O.V.E Rally for Public Schools at State Capitol Phoenix, AZ – Hundreds of educators, students, parents and concerned citizens will hold a Valentine-themed noon rally Saturday at the State Capitol. The message to lawmakers and the Governor will be to avoid decimating education while balan ...
          • High-Speed Rail Touted as Phoenix-Tucson Congestio ...
            High-Speed Rail Touted as Phoenix-Tucson Congestion Cure Phoenix, AZ – Supporters of high-speed passenger trains between Phoenix and Tucson are encouraged by increased federal funding for rail projects. A new report proposes other rail links to Los Angeles and Las Vegas. Comments from Jesse Victor, ...
          • Looking For Job Creation in AZ
            Looking For Job Creation in AZ Phoenix, AZ – According to the AFL-CIO, the country is ten million jobs behind where it should be, starting from when the recession began more than two years ago. The labor federation is hoping for more government effort dedicated to creating jobs. Comments from Nick U ...

          My Care2 Picks

          • US-HAITI: The Loan that Wasn't – Part 1
            "The U.S. role towards Haiti can best be understood as a kind of abusive paternalism, at times condescending and at others domineering depending on how fully Haitian governments obey the patriarch's dictates." Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
          • ENERGY: Nuclear Does Not Make Economic Sense Say S ...
            The enormous technical and financial risks involved in the construction and operation of new nuclear power plants make them prohibitive for private investors, rebutting the thesis of a renaissance in nuclear energy, say several independent European studie Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Business �|� ...
          • 20 Great Talks on the Future of Information
            These lectures will show young college students like yourselves what changes in information management you can expect for the future. Submitted by Katie Miller to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
          • OpEdNews Content Access Control Panel
            Top > Science-Nature > Ecology OpEdNews Directory Search of Articles Advocacy/Activism and Media-News Propaganda also available Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
          • The Coal Ash Industry Manipulated EPA Data
            The coal ash industry edit and ghostwrite publications and official reports on the dangers of coal combustion waste, reports Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Submitted by John Farnham to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

          Angry Indian News

          • Hunt for assassins who used UK passports to kill P ...
            The Daily Record: "A HIT squad assassinated a top Hamas commander using faked British and Irish passports, it was confirmed yesterday.The 11-strong team sneaked into Dubai and used a female member as... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
          • 1 Million Remain Homeless in Haiti, Yet the U.S. A ...
            AlterNet: February 16, 2010 | Ambassador Ken Merten is going around touting the Haiti rescue disaster as a... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
          • Kenya: Halt Anti-Gay Campaign
            Human Rights Watch: "(New York) - Kenya's government should act quickly to protect people accused of homosexual conduct and groups offering HIV/AIDS services from vigilante attacks, Human Rights... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
          • Bolivian Women Making Big Strides in Evo Morales' ...
            Change.org: "In Bolivia, being an indigenous woman used to place you at the very bottom of the political, economic and social ladder. Until 1952, neither Bolivian women nor indigenous peoples were... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
          • Belarusian Court Rules Against Ethnic Polish Organ ...
            Radio Liberty: "VALOZHIN, Belarus -- A Belarusian court ruled today that the headquarters of an ethnic Polish organization must be vacated and turned over to a pro-Minsk group, RFE/RL's Belarus... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

          Farm Wars

          • When will the snow end?
            The 2010 forecast warns of frequent stormy weather into March, with heavy rains and wet snows, for much of North America.
          • Aggie Subscribers – Link is Active
            For everyone who signed up for Farm Wars updates and received the password to see the Aggie presentation in full, the tab is now up on the Farm Wars site, and is active. I apologize for any confusion.
          • Former Managing Director of Monsanto India Blows t ...
            India is leading the way in exposing Monsanto for what it is - corrupt to the core. The following two articles show how Monsanto regularly faked data to get its transgenic crop varieties approved in India.
          • Conflicts of interest: Revoking the corporate char ...
            The PPJ Gazette  theppj.info by: Marti Oakley (c)copyright 2010  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED One issue seemingly untouched by the all the legal eagles out there who claim to be defending independent and family ranchers and farmers is, the conflict of interest with intent to benefit between the state corpo ...
          • Introducing Aggie – The Traveling Agrobacterium™
            This site is dedicated to providing educational material regarding the risks of GMOs in a simple, easy to understand format. You don't have to be a molecular biologist to understand the process.

          True/Slant Headline Grabs

          • 2 Chinese Schools Said to Be Linked to Online Atta ...
            Noted by Emily Rauhala on February 19, 2010 4:02 AM
          • Islamic finance eyes new regions | Reuters (reuter ...
            Noted by Nathan Deuel on February 19, 2010 2:02 AM
          • Now I've seen it all on Bahrain's roads (gulf-dail ...
            Noted by Nathan Deuel on February 19, 2010 2:02 AM
          • No entry for single men (arabnews.com)
            Noted by Nathan Deuel on February 19, 2010 2:02 AM
          • Medical studies show cannabis effective for treati ...
            Noted by Stephen C. Webster on February 19, 2010 2:02 AM

          Citizens for Legitimate Governmenr

          • Manifesto of Joseph Andrew Stack
            18 Feb 2010 'If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?' The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time... Why is it that a handful of thugs and plunderers can commit unthinkable atrocities (and in the case of the GM ex ...
          • Austin, Texas Plane Crash 'Oddities'
            By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org All items are compiled on this page.
          • Second body found inside Texas building hit by pla ...
            At least 13 people were injured, with two reported in critical condition . A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees... Emergency crews re ...
          • Biden wants US warheads with worldwide reach
            US vice president Joe Biden says Washington should seek an "adaptive missile defense shield" and conventional warheads with global range. Biden, who spoke at the National Defense University on Thursday, added that development of programs such as the planned anti-missile in Europe would allow th ...
          • "Bipartisan" campaign targets US working class
            By Patrick Martin The Obama administration is announcing Thursday a new initiative for joint action by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party against American working people, when the leaders of a new bipartisan commission to slash the federal deficit are introduced at the White House. Ob ...

            Blacklisted News

            • School used student laptop webcams to spy on them ...
              According to the filings in Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District (PA) et al, the laptops issued to high-school students in the well-heeled Philly suburb have webcams that can be covertly activated by the schools' administrators, who have used this facility to spy on students and even their ...
            • Soros Doubled Gold ETF Investment, Buys Citi, Mons ...
            • CCTV Footage of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh’s Assassins in ...
            • France Moves to Increase Internet Controls, Censor ...
              France yesterday put in its bid for an unlikely prize, becoming the first western country to make even Australia look liberal when it comes to state powers of internet censorship.
            • IMF Prepares For Action: Signs Agreements With Thr ...

            The Intelligence Daily

            • Israel snubs calls for arrest of top spy
              Israel on Friday shrugged off calls for its top spy to be be arrested in the killing of a Hamas... For more details, please click on the link to read the article
            • Student says school spied on him via computer webc ...
              A Lower Merion family has set off a furor among students, parents, and civil liberties groups by... For more details, please click on the link to read the article
            • DHS officers lost 200 weapons
              In the first such accounting, Homeland Security officers lost nearly 200 weapons in bowling alleys,... For more details, please click on the link to read the article
            • Britain knew about Mossad assassination plot
              Israel’s Mossad had tipped off British intelligence that they were going to use fake British... For more details, please click on the link to read the article
            • Lebanese sentenced to death for spying for Israel
              A retired member of Lebanon’s Internal Security Forces was sentenced on Thursday to death for... For more details, please click on the link to read the article

            My AntiWar

            • IAEA Letter Fuels CNN Alarmism Over Iran
              Summary: Yukia AmanoFueled by an unfortunately worded letter by the IAEA about a ?technical violation? allegedly made by Iran last week in its civilian nuclear program, CNN?s Rick Sanchez is now speculating about the possibility of Iran ?building some kind of nuclear weapon,? even though one of his ...
            • Explosion Rocks US Outpost During Afghan Offensive
            • NATO Says Taliban Ammunition Running Low
            • New Name for Iraq War: Operation New Dawn
            • Thursday: 14 Iraqis Killed, 58 Wounded

              Rogue Government.com

              • British threat to Israel over Dubai Hamas assassi ...
                Ministers are understood to be furious that an alleged hit squad which murdered a Hamas leader in Dubai last month cloned the passports of six unsuspecting Britons, who are now living in fear of reprisals.
              • U.S. CITIZEN CRASHES PLANE INTO BUILDING IN APPAR ...
              • Dick Cheney Urged To Run For President At CPAC
                Former Vice President Dick Cheney made a surprise appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday, rallying a crowd already optimistic about their chances for success in the 2010 midterm elections.
              • Plane Crash Suspect's Online Diatribe Against The ...
              • South Carolina Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Federal Curr ...
                South Carolina Rep. Mike Pitts has introduced legislation that would mandate that gold and silver coins replace federal currency as legal tender in his state.

              Innovation Canada

              • The STEALTH advantage
                The average Olympic ski race lasts between 90 and 110 seconds, with skiers clocking speeds of up to 130 kilometres per hour. The difference between a gold-medal performance and a 10th-place finish is often measured in hundredths of a second. As University of Calgary geomatics engineering professor G ...
              • An accidental soft landing
                In February 2005, Aaron Coret was a third-year engineering student at the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a passion for snowboarding. His goal was to turn pro some day, but that dream changed instantly when he crashed while snowboarding in a Whistler Blackcomb terrain park, a playground of ...
              • Biology in motion
                InnovationCanada.ca sits down with Queen’s University psychology professor and biological motion expert, Nikolaus Troje. In his Biomotion Lab, Troje and his colleagues study the cognitive processes that occur in the mind to help us recognize emotional and mental health through human movement.
              • Rethinking the pine beetle
                When he talks about the fight against the mountain pine beetle, Joerg Bohlmann likes to use a medical analogy. “Imagine we’re trying to combat malaria,” says the genome biologist based at the University of British Columbia, “but we don’t know the makeup of the disease-causing parasite, so we leave i ...
              • A Partnership of peoples
                (Courtesy of Frontier magazine, University of British Columbia) Forget what you may have heard about anthropology: it is not solely a science of lost cultures, dusty relics and ancient peoples. This widely misunderstood discipline provides a critical link to contemporary history, and its contributio ...

              Signs of the times

              • So How Do I Look? - Zionist Self-Righteousness i ...
                In 1982 Ariel Sharon enabled the massacres in refugee camps, Sabra and Shatila. To Israel, this was a disaster. Not because innocent human beings, already victims of a mass ethnic cleansing, were brutally murdered, but because, for the first time, Israel was suffering a major wave of criticism from ...
              • Raymond Deane's Open Letter to the Heinrich Böll F ...
                UPDATE: It now appears that the Rosa Luxemburg House has also cancelled the lecture. For shame. Raymond Deane, renowned composer and founding member and former chairperson of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, sent this open letter to the Heinrich Böll Foundation after they cancelled Norman ...
              • Copper men: Archaeologists uncover Stone Age coppe ...
                Collinsville -- About 800 years ago, in a large room lit by a wood fire, fierce-looking men bedecked in bright feathers and polished copper ornaments gathered to smoke and talk. Their intricate jewelry -- fanciful objects hammered from chunks of naturally occurring raw copper -- reflected the firel ...
              • The Crying Dutchman unexpectedly steps down as UN ...
                Yvo de Boer, the UN official who oversaw four years of climate talks has suddenly quit his post. He claims disappointing Copenhagen outcome was unrelated to decision, but it doesn't sound that way: De Boer said that he was not quitting the key UN Framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC ...
              • Unable to Return Home Safely, Uprooted Iraqis Grow ...
                Seven years into the Iraq conflict, millions of Iraqi civilians remain uprooted and desperate, but ongoing strife and persecution, occupied and ruined homes and lack of vital services in their communities of origin preclude most from returning home safely, says the International Rescue Committee's C ...

              Threat Level

              • Dubai Assassination Was Work of Mossad and Likely ...
                The elaborate assassination of a Hamas official last month in Dubai has all the earmarks of a Mossad operation and was likely sanctioned by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, says a former case officer in the Israeli intelligence service. Victor Ostrovsky, who wrote a controversial book about his ...
              • Feds Can Search, Seize P2P Files Without Warrant
                The authorities do not need court warrants to view and download files traded on peer-to-peer networks, a federal appeals court says. Wednesday’s 3-0 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concerned a Nevada man convicted of possessing child pornography as part of an FBI investigation. Defen ...
              • Google Books Fosters Intellectual, Legal Crossroad ...
                Nobody in their right mind opposes the intellectual soundness of digitizing the world’s books – even titles gathering dust in the stacks of university libraries — and making them available online. Yet Google will encounter stiff resistance in a Manhattan federal court Thursday during a marathon he ...
              • Alleged Assassins Caught on Dubai Surveillance Tap ...
                Dubai authorities have released extensive footage from surveillance cameras that allegedly shows the movements of a professional 11-person assassination team in the hours before and after a top Hamas leader was killed last month in a hotel room. The footage, taken from cameras at the Dubai airport ...
              • Student’s Facebook Tirade Against Teacher Is Prote ...
                The score is 2-1 in favor of the First Amendment when it comes to three federal rulings this month on the limits of students’ online, off-campus speech. The latest ruling, which supports the student, concerned a former Florida high senior who was reprimanded for “cyberbullying” a teacher on Faceboo ...

              PERRspectives : Blog

              • Austin Attack Highlights Dangerous Anti-IRS Rhetor ...
                Thursday's suicide airplane attack on the Austin office of the Internal Revenue Service by a disgruntled tax protester has once again focused attention on dangerously inflammatory anti-IRS rhetoric. To be sure, the language was threatening. "Gestapo-like tactics." "The IRS is out of control!" "W ...
              • For Republicans, Stimulus Reality Bites
                Back in January, a CNN poll revealed that "nearly three out of four Americans think that at least half of the money spent in the federal stimulus plan has been wasted." But one year after the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed into law, the numbers - and the overw ...
              • Capture of Taliban Leader Destroys Latest GOP Talk ...
                Last week, former Bush speechwriter and full-time torture apologist Marc Thiessen introduced perhaps the most comically hypocritical talking point in the perpetual Republican jihad against the Obama administration's war policies. In " Dead Terrorists Tell No Tales ," Thiessen fretted that under Pre ...
              • God Talks to Joe the Plumber. Again.
                If Joe Lieberman was the biggest ingrate in American politics, Samuel " Joe the Plumber " Wurzelbacher is surely now the first. While Lieberman betrayed Barack Obama only months after Obama campaigned for him in Connecticut, the Plumber turned Tea Bagger has now turned his back on John McCain and S ...
              • The Tea Party's Taxing Logic
                Back in September, " 10 Lessons for Tea Baggers " documented a set of inescapable truths which the frothing-at-the-mouth followers of the Tea Party movement nevertheless manage to deny. Number one on that list then and now is "President Obama cut your taxes." As Steve Benen related today, the Tea ...

              Blackspot News Feed

              • The 6 Weirdest Things Women Do to Their Vaginas
                What the hell is vaginal rejuvination? Who would want their vagina bleached? Here's a list of the strangest ways to make your genitals meet the demands of the beauty industry.
              • Jesse Ventura Takes the Soaring Interest in Conspi ...
                Bringing formerly taboo issues to TV, the former Minnesota governor and professional wrestler's show has caught on. Conspiracy theorists probably aren't surprised.
              • Food and Investigations: Feed Your Appetite For To ...
                AlterNet's hottest new sections -- Food and Investigations -- have just launched. Find out how to get the latest stories.
              • Dollar Stores Reign: Appetite for Cheap Food Is St ...
                Dollar stores may be places to nab a bargain but for many they are the only place to buy food -- the rock-bottom of the food chain, the last stop before the food pantry.
              • Justice Department Clears Torture Memo Authors Joh ...
                A long-awaited Department of Justice watchdog report that probed whether John Yoo and his former boss Jay Bybee violated professional standards when they provided the Bush White House with legal advice on torture has cleared both men of misconduct, according to Newsweek , citing unnamed sources who ...

              Consortium News

              • On Health Care, Dems Lack GOP Grit
                Unlike Democrats playing nice on health care, Republicans used hardball tactics to pass their priorities, Bruce P. Cameron says. February 15, 2010
              • Duty to Warn: Lessons for Americans
                Three young Germans who challenged Hitler's war machine still inspire those who oppose militarism, writes Gary G. Kohls. February 16, 2010
              • Free Speech v. Truth in Medals
                In a show of "patriotism," Congress criminalized wearing fake medals, setting up a First Amendment fight, says Ivan Eland. February 16, 2010
              • NYT Sees UN-Syria Conspiracy Theory
                To explain the failed Rafik Hariri murder probe, a New York Times article conjures up a UN-Syrian conspiracy, says Robert Parry. February 15, 2010
              • Can a Jewish Tradition Help Christians?
                Rev. Howard Bess says Christians might learn from the Jewish tradition of midrash, in applying Jesus's message to modern life. February 15, 2010

              CounterPunch

              • Sasan Fayazmanesh : A Dangerous Liaison: the Irani ...
              • Nadia Hijab : Jerusalem's Battle of the Graves
              • David Rosen : Sinner Men
              • Jayne Lyn Stahl : A Tale of Two Cities
              • Ralph Nader : King Obesity

              Institute for Middle East Understanding

              • Gaza health system failing children despite recent ...
                Head of Pediatric Surgery at the European Hospital in Gaza, Dr. Jihad Abu Dayyah, led a team of Palestinian physicians in an eight-hour surgery that saw the successful transplant of an es ...
              • Don't deny peaceful protests in West Bank (Bill F ...
                The "partners" are there in Palestine. When we celebrate the courage and vision of freedom fighters such as King or Fannie Lou Hamer and the countless others who are remembered during Bla ...
              • The silent war: Israel's blockade of Gaza (Medica ...
              • Palestinian workers protest at checkpoint (Ma'an ...
                Palestinian trade unions staged a demonstration at the Sha'ar Efraym crossing point near the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday, protesting what they say are humiliating searches by ...
              • Style is Mossad, but not the tactics (Jonathan Co ...
                The assassination of the Hamas leader Mahmoud al Mabhouh last month in a Dubai hotel room had all the hallmarks of an operation by Israel's Mossad spy agency, Israeli experts agreed yeste ...

              Water - AlterNet

              • The Resnicks Manipulate Water Policy with Big Camp ...
                Expect the influence by corporate giants like the Resnicks to increase even more due to the recent Supreme Court decisions that blocks bans on corporate spending for candidates.
              • Too Much Pavement, Too Little Oversight: Why Storm ...
                Across the country, stormwater runoff hammers thousands of rivers, streams and lakes. Now the EPA is gearing up to tighten federal stormwater rules that have come under fire.
              • Oceans' Acidity Rate Is Soaring, Claims Study
                The oceans are likely to become so acidic in coming centuries that they will become uninhabitable for vast swathes of life.
              • Dem Sell-out Dianne Feinstein Attempts End-Run to ...
                Feinstein is trying to ram through a massive transfer of public water into the private pockets of a clique of billionaire corporate farmers.
              • 38 Percent of World's Land in Danger of Turning in ...
                What are the culprits? Overgrazing, extracting too much water from aquifers, rerouting of water from its natural sources to population centers, and a warming climate.

              TruthHugger

              • Military Sexual Offenses, Nothing New – Don’t Ask, ...
                How American’s deal with their sexual drives has a long twisted history of abuse and disinformation
              • Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Feb 8, ...
                The Texas Progressive Alliance congratulates the city of New Orleans for the Saints’ stirring Super Bowl victory, and reminds them that the “hair of the dog” trick doesn’t really help with the hangover. The Texas Cloverleaf highlights the sentencing of GOP Denton County Constable Ken Jannereth. P ...
              • American Theocracy divorces the US Constitution, p ...
                America wants to be ruled by TV Evangelist Bankers who are always holier than everyone else until they're caught! This is where Religion has buddied up with weapons manufacturers to promote killing in the name of Jesus.
              • Texas Progressive Alliance Weekly Round Up Jan 4, ...
                The Texas Progressive Alliance is still somewhat amazed to be living in the year we make contact, and we hope we’re all still going strong when Odyssey Three rolls around. Texas has most drilling, worst regulation. Texas made national news this week in the ProPublica investigative report and they us ...
              • Weary Soldiers At Risk, They Know This
                A poignant editorial on Al Jazeera seems to have more in depth observations than America’s Corporate media.  Mainstream media must follow the money, toe the line for sponsors and political perks that promise ’scoops’. ‘The US military is exhausted” By Sarah Lazare The call for over 30,000 more tro ...

              Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

              • Dump Both Political Parties By Timothy V. Gatto
                By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com February 17, 2010 tweetm
              • It’s an Honor to be Part of the ‘Loony’ Left in Am ...
                by Sean Fenley Dandelion Salad The Anything and Everything February 18, 2010 tweetmeme_url = 'http:/
              • Impending Explosion: U.S. Intensifies Threats To R ...
                with Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO -Opposition to global militaris
              • Iran and a Bellicose United States By Timothy V. G ...
                By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com February 17, 2010 The ch
              • Rick Rozoff: Irans noose tightens
                with Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO -Opposition to global militaris

              Unexplained Mysteries

              • Mystery of the 400-million-year-old "trees"
                Mystery has long surrounded giant fossils known as protoaxites that resemble tree trunks but are from before trees existed. For over one hundred years...
              • Cave art could be man's first attempts to write
                Prehistoric doodles found on cave walls dating back up to 50,000 years could be man's first attempts at writing. A new analysis of the markings that w...
              • MoD release more UFO files
                The British Ministry of Defence have released another series of files detailing UFO sightings from around the country. The new files include an intere...
              • DNA tests reveal "frail" King Tutankhamun
                A series of DNA tests and scans have revealed that King Tut died of malaria and complications from a broken leg. The most well known of the Egyptian P...
              • Ghostly woman appears in castle photograph
                A photograph taken at Gwrych Castle shows the eerie figure of a ghostly woman in one of the windows. Kevin Horkin took the photograph at the haunted c...

              Grassroots

              • Don't Deny Peaceful Protests in West Bank
                Former Grassroots International Board member and current Board member of the U.S. Campaign to�End the Israeli Occupation ,�Bill Fletcher Jr. recently blogged on CNN.com about the "frequent tendency to misrepresent the lessons of�[the�U.S. black freedom]�movement and apply them to other social moveme ...
              • Water for All, Not for Profit
                brazil200907-395.jpg Last month I went to Wingspread in Racine, Wisconsin for a meeting of water funders (mainly foundations funding freshwater conservation) where I’d been asked to be on a panel addressing issues of Equity, Rights and the Com ...
              • Rebuilding Haiti, with A Rwandan Twist
                leave.jpg Today marks the first of many anniversaries in this new phase of Haiti’s history.�It has been a month. The earthquake—known simply as “the incident” to Haitians—changed everything, instantly dividing their experience into a before an ...
              • Fault Lines—Haiti: The Politics of Rebuilding
                In what’s left of Port-au-Prince, Haitians have self-organized into 450 camps administered by neighborhood committees. These newly formed communities not only provide temporary shelter, but are also launching points for local organizers to promote Haitian voices in their society’s new structure. rea ...
              • Aldo Gonzalez of UNOSJO interviewed in San Francis ...
                2010_01_27_0034.jpg Grassroots International partner Aldo Gonzalez from the Union of Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca (UNOSJO) joined us in the San Francisco Bay Area at the end of January for a week of meetings, conferences an ...

              Climate

              • February 19, 2010
                Governor, Premier Sign Mining, Drilling Ban (AP) Leaders from Montana and British Columbia signed an agreement Thursday banning coal mining and oil and gas drilling in a valley along the U.S.-Canadian border north of Glacier National Park. Google Cleared on Power Bid (Wall Street Journa ...
              • February 18, 2010
                Business Groups Challenge EPA on Greenhouse Gases (AP) Several industry groups, including the American Petroleum Institute and the National Association of Home Builders, have joined a list of organizations and states challenging the EPA's finding that CO2 pollution is dangerous to people. ...
              • February 17, 2010
                Virginia Challenges U.S. Greenhouse Gas Curbs (Washington Post) Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II has sent a petition to the U.S. EPA, asking the agency to reconsider its finding in December that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health by contributing to climate change. ...
              • February 16, 2010
                Obama to Announce Loan Help for Nuclear Power (Reuters) The Obama administration will announce today an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to help Southern Co build two new nuclear power reactors, a government official said. Bayh's Retirement Adds to U.S. Senate Democrats' List of Woes (Bloomberg) ...
              • February 15, 2010
                UN Panel Approves 32 China Wind Farms, Blocks Six (Reuters) A UN climate panel approved 32 Chinese wind farms for carbon financing under the Kyoto Protocol late last week, but blocked another six after rejecting eight similar projects in December. Greenland's Glaciers Disappearing from the Bo ...

              TomDispatch

              • Tomgram: 'This Administration Ended, Rather Than ...
                [ Note for TomDispatch Readers: On Friday evening, TomDispatch will be switching to an updated version of this site. It's possible that you might not be able to reach TD for some hours. If so, we expect to be back up on Saturday morning. Tom ] The Afghan Speech Obama Should Give (But Won't) ...
              • Tomgram: Pratap Chatterjee, Afghanistan as a Patr ...
                It's now a commonplace of the Afghan War. Western leaders in London , Berlin, Amsterdam , and Washington , as well as on flying visits to Kabul or even Kandahar , excoriate Afghan President Hamid Karzai for the "corruption" of his government. In return for their ongoing support, they repeatedly ...
              • Tomgram: Max Blumenthal, How Palin Became a Rogue
                It can't get better than this, can it? A first printing of 1.5 million copies sent out into an otherwise dead book market. Possibly as much as $7 million dollars going to the author, who already has interviews lined up with Oprah Winfrey and Barbara Walters. A bus tour of the "real America" tha ...
              • Tomgram: Alfred McCoy, Surveillance State, U.S.A.
                Wars come home in strange, unnerving ways -- as Americans have just discovered at Fort Hood. Even before Major Nidal Malik Hasan went on his killing spree, that base, a major military embarkation point for our war zones, was already experiencing the after-effects of eight years of war and repeate ...
              • Tomgram: Droning On
                [ Note for TomDispatch Readers : A number of you have recently written in for clarification on contributing to this site through your purchases at Amazon.com. Here's my best shot at a useful explanation: If you click on any book image at this site -- like the book-cover image of The End of Vict ...

              Smirking Chimp

              • Hey Tea Partiers - You're Leftists!
                Time for Progressives to Reclaim Populism Huey Long would know what to do. Angry people were the Kingfish's stock in trade. People dispossessed and victimized, pissed off at a government that only cares about them on Tax Day. The populist Louisiana governor channeled the rage of the poor into politi ...
              • The Politics of Wah
                One thing you learn about politics is that the closer you get to the local level, the harder it is to just talk and not get the job done. Former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill codified this in his timeless aphorism, "all politics is local," and nothing makes it more obvious than when 40 inches of ...
              • Dick Cheney's Crimes and Confessions
                Dick Cheney's statutory crimes are notable for their severity, their number, and his public confessions to them.� Torture is the least of it. We can start with the crimes found in the three articles of impeachment contained in H Res 333 in the 110th Congress: 1. "Cheney has purposely manipulated the ...
              • James O'Keefe and the myth of the ACORN pimp
                Last September, when the ACORN scandal that his website helped launch was breaking in the press, Andrew Breitbart wrote a column for The Washington Times detailing the rollout of the undercover, right-wing gotcha. He recalled a 2009 meeting with "filmmaker and provocateur James O'Keefe" that took pl ...
              • It's Greek to Goldman Sachs
                � from Truthdig "What is this Goldman Sachs and why has it caused us so much grief?" is a question they must be asking in even the most remote of Greek villages, as they are throughout much of this economically troubled world. The Greek financial scandal in which Goldman Sachs stands accused of sell ...

              Ten Percent

              • Mind Flu (Brain Lurgi)
                Mind Flu while not a serious illness if left untreated can lead to drug resistant ennui, depression and self termination. Happily there is both a regime of effective symptomatic relief and longer term measures that can minimise its effects & occurrences. Symptoms are many and varied but if you find ...
              • Moazzam Begg On Pulling Out of Amnesty Event
                Earlier today I was made aware that the Outside the Law: stories from Guantanamo event while fully booked out, Moazzam Begg was not going to participate, now Sunny @ Pickled Politics has this statement (and promising more tomorrow) by Begg which I think credibly raises the question why this campaign ...
              • 200,000 Dead, But Haiti Is A Business Opportunity
                Haiti’s misery: good news for big business Raul Connolly There has been much ink spilled in the corporate press about the number of dollars and soldiers being committed to Haiti by “the international community”, but as a January 20 US ABC News headline bluntly put it: “In rebuilding Haiti, opportuni ...
              • The Faces Change, Imperial Foreign Policy Remains ...
                WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Joe Biden said on Sunday the United States expects to gain China’s support for imposing sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has told an international conference that Iran has left the world little choice but t ...
              • ISC As Useful As The IPCC
                The senior Labour MP who led the revolt against Tony Blair’s 90-day detention bill yesterday intensified the political storm over Britain’s alleged complicity in torture by attacking the parliamentary intelligence and security committee (ISC) for failing in its remit as overseer of the security serv ...

              Booman Tribune

              • Rocket Science
                Huh? KARACHI, PAKISTAN -- The capture of senior Afghan Taliban leaders in Pakistan represents the culmination of months of pressure by the Obama administration on Pakistan's powerful security forces to side with the United States as its troops wage war in Afghanistan, according to U.S. and Pakis ...
              • Serious Question
                Where you live, are the local Republicans more or less batshit insane than the state and federal Republicans?
              • Here We Go Again
                Attracting people to the Republican Party has mainly been a con-game since at least the New Deal. For example, let's look at this tidbit from Politico's coverage of today's CPAC conference. Ascendant are groups that focus on fiscal issues such as reducing government spending and taxation, which ...
              • Open Thread
                Interesting manifesto. Is it terrorism? I think so. Update [2010-2-18 15:15:15 by BooMan]: Here's an active link.
              • Well, Here We Go Again
                A small private plane flew into a building in Austin, Texas that houses the FBI, IRS, and CIA. From eyewitness accounts, it was flying at or near full throttle and it caused a suspiciously large explosion. It may have been packed with explosives. The aircraft has a reputation for being very safe. ...

              European Tribune

              • "Business" Bollocks
                FT.com / Europe - Business welcomes German pay dealGermany’s mighty engineering industry shed a ray...
              • European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 19 ...
                �A Daily Review Of International Online Media�Europeans on this date in history:1877 – Birth of...
              • Thursday Open Thread
                Thursday talk...
              • Balkenende and the Deathly Hallows
                It has all the looks that Balkenende's fourth undertaking to complete a coalition cabinet will...
              • European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch - 18 ...
                �A Daily Review Of International Online Media�Europeans on this date in history:1838 – Birth of...

              Futurismic

              • Back to the future of the past? Venture capitalist ...
                Advocates of science fictional thinking crop up in the weirdest places. For example, Peter Thiel helped found PayPal and invested early in Facebook, and his main business is hedge funds and venture capital (which may predispose one to take his ideas with a large pinch of salt, given the economic eve ...
              • Artificial Flight – Dresden Codak spoofs AI skepti ...
                Dresden Codak is one of my favourite webcomics; its creator, Aaron Diaz, is a staunch transhumanist, but rather than soapboxing directly he embeds his philosophical interests into his creative work. This occasionally spills over into brief satirical ripostes against anti-transhumanist naysayers; lon ...
              • Please Rob Me: what’s the big panic, exactly?
                Unless you’ve been sleeping under that hypothetical internet-proof rock for the last 24 hours, you’ve probably caught wind of the charmingly-named Please Rob Me, a site that aggregates publicly-available Twitter updates which announce that their creator has left their home empty while they go somewh ...
              • Augmented reality fiction
                Here’s another option to add to the list of new avenues for fiction writers worried about the possible demise of the novel – augmented reality fiction, as (quite literally) dreamed by Web2.0 maven Tim O’Reilly [via @globalculture; image by The Lightworks]: Last night I dreamed that one of my authors ...
              • Garage 3D printers working with ceramics, bioplast ...
                Watching the backyard fabrication and 3D printing scene is fascinating, not least because it’s developing so quickly – a mere pipedream just five years ago, but currently expanding its capabilities in leaps and bounds. One thing that will increase the versatility of these systems is a wider selectio ...

              Therapy News

              • Counseling for Firefighters, Policemen Gaining Spe ...
                A GoodTherapy.org News Headline There are many types of specialization within the therapy and counseling fields, and those who are specifically trained for a certain profession can have a markedly positive impact on the lives and well-being of clients faced with precise workplace demands. Potentiall ...
              • Treating Eating Problems: Looking Beyond Addiction
                By Deborah Klinger, MA, Eating & Food Issues Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Deborah and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile When it comes to eating and food-related problems, various philosophies determine how eating problems are defined and addressed. When the eating disorders treatm ...
              • You “Shouldn’t” Do This in Your Relationship
                By Barbi Pecenco Kolski, MA Whenever we tell someone what they should or should not do, we might as well expect the other person to get defensive and feel resentful. Think about the last time someone told you what should do. You probably didn’t take it too well either. We heard all about what we [. ...
              • Interest in Psychology of Online Worlds Growing
                A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Typically, psychotherapeutic services and other forms of treatment are considered within a context of the face to face meeting, but as the popularity and agility of the online world grows, an increasing number of specialists are becoming interested in the psychologic ...
              • Videoconferencing Explored as Therapy Delivery Veh ...
                A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The physical presence of a therapist during sessions may seem to have an impact on the efficacy of care to some, but others have long suspected that it is the exploratory and healing work itself that is responsible for a great deal of the basis of recovery, along with ...

              Mountaintop Removal

              • Mountaintop removal more hazard than inconvenience ...
                Daily Yonder (blog) Mountaintop removal more hazard than inconvenience Murray State News For the fourth year, KFTC called for an end to mountaintop removal mining. Mountaintop removal is a highly destructive form of coal mining in which ... Bees hurt by mountaintop removal coal mining BusinessWeek ...
              • Candidates slam state regulators - Chattanooga Tim ...
                Nashville Scene (blog) Candidates slam state regulators Chattanooga Times Free Press Candidates also took swipes at pending state legislation that would ban mountaintop removal coal mining. Lt. Gov. Ramsey argued the "bill would actually ... Coal Companies Help Environment by Blowing Up Mountains, ...
              • Social Media Day of Action on Mountaintop Removal ...
                Social Media Day of Action on Mountaintop Removal CleanTechnica Mountaintop removal is the highly destructive mining practice that literally explodes the tops off of mountains. It harms homes and habitats. ...
              • Saving Appalachia from mining one song at a time - ...
                Saving Appalachia from mining one song at a time Country Standard Time "We were chatting about mountaintop removal and talking about music and that sort of thing," says Moore. "We'd both been working on material and thinking ... and more��
              • Discussion highlights dangers of mining - The Dail ...
                Daily Yonder (blog) Discussion highlights dangers of mining The Daily Beacon Mountaintop removal mining is a type of surface coal mining intended to save time and money by harvesting bituminous coal from coal seams in Appalachia. ... Bees hurt by mountaintop removal coal mining BusinessWeek Mountai ...

              Memeorandum

              • Scott Brown Yawns At Plane Attack On IRS Building: ...
                Max Bergmann / Think Progress : Scott Brown Yawns At Plane Attack On IRS Building: ‘No One Likes Paying Taxes’   —  Today a man flew a plane into a Texas federal building in an apparent domestic terrorist attack.  The suicide bomber, identified as Joseph Andrew Stack, was allegedly a right wing ex ...
              • Obama to Offer Health Bill to Ease Impasse as Bipa ...
                New York Times : Obama to Offer Health Bill to Ease Impasse as Bipartisan Meeting Approaches   —  WASHINGTON — President Obama will put forward comprehensive health care legislation intended to bridge differences between Senate and House Democrats ahead of a summit meeting with Republicans next wee ...
              • No dip in earmark spending despite White House pus ...
                Walter Alarkon / The Hill : No dip in earmark spending despite White House push for transparency   —  Transparency requirements pushed for by the Obama administration have not changed the total spending on earmarks for 2010, according to a study by a group critical of the practice.  —  The amount o ...
              • What's holding the Democratic Party down (E.J. Dio ...
                E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post : What's holding the Democratic Party down   —  If you want to be honest, face these facts: At this moment, President Obama is losing, Democrats are losing and liberals are losing.  —  Who's winning?  Republicans, conservatives, the practitioners of obstruction and ...
              • As Campaign Nears, Paterson Is Seen as Increasingl ...
                New York Times : As Campaign Nears, Paterson Is Seen as Increasingly Remote   —  When a plane crashed outside Buffalo about 10:20 on a Thursday evening last year, killing 50 people, aides to Gov. David A. Paterson of New York could not find him for more than three hours, and it was nearly five hou ...

              Energy & Environment News

              • Leaks Trouble Nominees for Nuclear Panel
                Three energy experts who are expected to join the Nuclear Regulatory Commission say that when tritium leaks at one nuclear plant, it puts other reactors in a negative light.
              • Vehicle Tests on Emissions Were Faked
                At dozens of sites in the New York region, inspection certificates were issued when no tests had been.
              • Skeptics Find Fault With U.N. Climate Panel
                Rajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. panel he leads face accusations of scientific sloppiness and conflicts of interest.
              • A Federal Climate Service Is Created to Provide Da ...
                The new office within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will provide governments and businesses with data about long-term climate change.
              • U.N. Climate Chief Resigns
                Yvo de Boer, the Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years, is resigning his post as of July 1.

              5+ quakes - 7 days

              • M 5.1, southern East Pacific Rise
                Saturday, February 13, 2010 23:14:34 UTC Saturday, February 13, 2010 04:14:34 PM at epicenter Depth : 10.10 km (6.28 mi)
              • M 5.1, Kuril Islands
                Thursday, February 18, 2010 23:49:44 UTC Friday, February 19, 2010 10:49:44 AM at epicenter Depth : 66.80 km (41.51 mi)
              • M 5.3, Antofagasta, Chile
                Thursday, February 18, 2010 20:56:33 UTC Thursday, February 18, 2010 05:56:33 PM at epicenter Depth : 111.20 km (69.10 mi)
              • M 5.3, Mid-Indian Ridge
                Thursday, February 11, 2010 09:18:22 UTC Thursday, February 11, 2010 02:18:22 PM at epicenter Depth : 10.00 km (6.21 mi)
              • M 6.7, China-Russia-North Korea border region
                Thursday, February 18, 2010 01:13:17 UTC Thursday, February 18, 2010 10:13:17 AM at epicenter Depth : 562.50 km (349.52 mi)

              China Dialogue

              • A disappointing business
                China’s greenest entrepreneurs went to Copenhagen amid great fanfare – but did they actually achieve much? Feng Jie is not convinced. On returning from the climate conference at Copenhagen, the Vanke Group chairman, Wang Shi, posted a picture of himself pushing an old bike through the streets of the ...
              • Stand-off in Beijing
                A heated debate in the Chinese capital exposed the social impacts of waste management decisions. Xie Yanmei reports. Last August, dozens of cars filed out of a gated housing compound in a northern Beijing suburb and paraded through the surrounding streets. Slogans plastered on the vehicles read: “Re ...
              • Strength in numbers
                Faith in international cooperation was severely dented at Copenhagen – but it is still our best bet for tackling global warming, argues Tan Copsey. The January 31 deadline set in Copenhagen for nations to submit national plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions to the United Nations under the newly ...
              • Copenhagen discord
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              Solari

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                On February 3, 2010, the Joint Committee on Human Rights, comprising members of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, met to hear oral evidence on “Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights: Control Orders” from two solicitors representing control order detainees, and three Special Advocates ...
              • A full house for Amnesty screening of “Outside the ...
                It was a full house yesterday evening at Amnesty International’s Human Rights Action Centre in London, for a screening of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo,” directed by Polly Nash and myself. I’m glad to report that the film was very well received, and was followed by an excellent Q&A sessi ...
              • Sunday Times misrepresents views of Amnesty’s Sam ...
                As part of the Times’ and Sunday Times’ ongoing witch-hunt of former Guantánamo prisoner Moazzam Begg and Cageprisoners (the organization of which he is the director), Margarette Driscoll wrote an uncritical article on Sunday about Gita Sahgal, the head of Amnesty’s Gender Unit, who started the ball ...
              • Binyam Mohamed on Omar Khadr: A Scapegoat for a Fa ...
                Last week, while the UK Court of Appeal was shining a spotlight on the case of Binyam Mohamed, ordering details of his torture by US agents to be revealed to the public, Binyam himself — a British resident, subjected to “extraordinary rendition” and torture, who was released from Guantánamo las ...
              • Moazzam Begg’s dignified explanation of why he is ...
                This evening, Amnesty International is screening “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo,” the new documentary, directed by Polly Nash and myself, which tells the story of the Bush administration’s despicable post-9/11 flight from the law through interviews with former prisoners Omar Deghayes and ...

              Buzzflash

              • Lindsey Graham Wins Our GOP Hypocrite of the Week ...
                Lindsey Graham Welcome back to BuzzFlash's GOP Hypocrite of the Week. Most of us progressives, frustrated by the stalemates going on in the U.S. Senate, would be quick to blame the situation on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Reid has easily folded every time the Republicans even say half of the ...
              • Text of denunciation of American tax system by pil ...
                The FBI Has Had This Text Taken Down From the Website of the Now Deceased Pilot Who Crashed His Plane Into a Texas Federal Building in Austin BuzzFlash is Posting the February 18th Message from Joe Stack: If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, "Why did this have to happen?"� The si ...
              • FOX's Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck Turn Alabama Uni ...
                BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT by Jeffrey Joseph A major issue with referring to FOX News as "news" stems from their most prominent hosts' refusal to stick to the facts, preferring to spin stories to fit a narrative rather than bothering to do research, but citing research in attack pieces based largely on in ...
              • FOX’s Aversion to Education: Tucker Carlson Fears ...
                BUZZFLASH NEWS ALERT by Jeffrey Joseph Certain FOX hosts like to preach to their audience that each viewer should look for the facts to dispute their presentation of the news, but the obvious bias on FOX long suggested that the network used the call as means of fooling its audiences. Now that they h ...
              • Justice's Vengeance: The American War Crimes Reven ...
                BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS by Meg White Retribution is not gazpacho in February. On the contrary, regardless of temperature, revenge is a dish best served appropriately. Therefore, while an investigation into the war crimes of the Bush Administration would be a long-awaited (and perhaps satisfying) occ ...

              Glenn Greenwald - Salon

              • The NYT's mystery Op-Ed writer
                The  New York Times today published a monstrous Op-Ed complaining that the U.S. is being too careful to avoid civilian deaths in Afghanistan (which would probably come as a surprise to these people and these people if they hadn't been Liberated by the U.S. . . . from life).  The Op-Ed is by someon ...
              • Iran "hawk" Rep. Gary Ackerman
                In 2008, the 13-term, AIPAC-supporting, Democratic�Rep. Gary Ackerman co-sponsored a resolution along with GOP�Rep.�Mike Pence declaring Iran to be a threat to "the vital national security interests of the United States"�and "demanding"�that the�President impose a full-scale naval, air and land bl ...
              • Hillary Clinton gets tough with "military dictator ...
                I have this nagging, intuitive sense that there are some inconsistencies embedded in these statements -- which some people in the target audience might perceive -- and I was wondering if anyone could help locate them: Reuters, February 15, 2010 :  "The United States believes Iran's Revolution ...
              • Discussing Citizens United with Larry Lessig
                Just in case readers here forgot how angry they were with me for my partial defense of the Citizens United decision, permit me to risk once again provoking the hornets' nest by recommending this 20-minute discussion�I�had on Monday night with Harvard Law Professor�Larry Lessig on The Young�Turks . ...
              • Dick Cheney's taunting
                (updated below) Dick Cheney went on ABC�News this weekend and boasted of the role he played in ordering the waterboarding of detainees. �Andrew Sullivan has written several posts accurately describing this statement as a "confession of committing a war crime on national television."� Harp ...

              The BiPartisan Report

              • Nihilism 1 American People Nil
              • Sheldon Whitehouse brings truth to the Senate floo ...
              • Pesky facts spoil GOP’s mammogram arguments
              • Those holier than thou Conservatives
              • Dennis Kucinich: Enemy of the good, pursuer of the ...

              Sciencebase

              • Shedding light on photosynthesis
                The rules have changed regarding photosynthetic law, The Alchemist learns, while it turns out that plants use steroid hormones just like those found in mammals. Another type of plant could lead to a novel anticancer drug. In polymer news, an approach to locking in plasticizers could eradicate probl ...
              • Interview with David J Newman (Pt. II)
                This is Part II of the unabridged transcript of an interview with Dr David Newman, Chief at the Natural Products Branch of the NCI in Maryland. The interview was conducted for a new quarterly newsletter – Chemistry Matters. You can read Part I in which Dr Newman discussed how natural products can l ...
              • Prostate problem probed
                Pinpointing prostate problems – The chemical cousin of magnetic resonance imaging, MR spectroscopy, could be used to pinpoint the exact location of prostate cancers and to determine the aggressiveness of a tumour without major surgical intervention, according to research published in the journal Sc ...
              • Summer born lucky are born rich
                If you want to feel lucky in life, make sure you are born to well-off parents and don’t worry about whether you’re birthday is in the summer or winter. In 2005, well-known psychologist Richard Wiseman and his colleagues surveyed 30,000 people via the internet to see if there is a relationship betwe ...
              • A chiefly natural interview with David Newman (Pt. ...
                David Newman is Chief at the Natural Products Branch, Developmental Therapeutics Program, DCTD, at the National Cancer Institutes in Frederick, Maryland, USA. I interviewed him for Issue 1 of a new quarterly newsletter called Chemistry Matters in Pharma. This is Part I of the unabridged transcript ...

              Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

              • Tell Cable News: No More PR Pundits
                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2010 FAIR Scores of pundits appearing on cable news networks are paid corporate lobbyists and PR flaks--and the networks aren't disclosing their corporate ties. In a new report in the Nation ( 3/1/10 ), reporter Sebastian Jones writes: read mor ...
              • Ruling: No Court Can Hear Abuse and Wrongful Death ...
                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2010 Center for Constitutional Rights Yesterday evening, the district court in Washington, D.C. ruled against two men who died in Guantanamo in June 2006 and their families in a case seeking to hold federal officials and the United States responsible for the men's ...
              • Administration Slated to Finalize Major Nuclear We ...
                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2010 Union of Concerned Scientists The Obama administration is expected to make final decisions as early as today about the Nuclear Posture Review, the official policy document that will define U.S. nuclear weapons policy for the next five to 10 years. This will ta ...
              • Media Advisory: Constitution Project to Participat ...
                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2010 Constitution Project Constitution Project President Virginia Sloan and several members of the Project's National Right to Counsel Committee will participate in the Department of Justice's upcoming national symposium on indigent defense. Taking place this Thurs ...
              • Peace of the Action's 'Camp OUT NOW' Comes to Wash ...
                FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2010 Peace of the Action Enough is enough! It's time we up the ante and demand that our voices be heard and heeded. It's time that the logical and rational voices of reason get a Peace of the Action. While the wars in Central Asia and the Middle East rage hotter an ...

              Common Dreams-Views

              • Hi! Everything Wants to Kill You
                by Mark Morford Then I happened to read a charming, albeit nauseating little news item that tried to skulk by unnoticed recently, wherein is was announced that the Huntington Meat Packing Co. of Southern California was expanding its recall of possibly E. coli-tainted meat, from just over 860,000 pou ...
              • Corporate Death Squads Come Back to Haunt U.S. Com ...
                by Charlie Cray A federal judge recently refused to dismiss a civil suit filed against Chiquita which charges that the company paid leftist (FARC) guerrillas operating near its plantations in Columbia -- during a period when the FARC killed four American missionaries, according to CNN . read more
              • Obama and the 'Savvy' Bankers
                by Dean Baker Last week, when President Obama was asked about the $9m dollar bonus for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, he described Blankfein as a savvy businessman , adding that Americans don't begrudge people being rewarded for success. read more
              • Does the President's 'Clean Coal' Glibness Turn Am ...
                by Jeff Biggers No American leader has done more to advance a clean energy future than President Obama. Nor has any American president done more to invoke a mandate for stricter workplace safety and environmental regulations. And yet, ever since President Obama first visited my native southern Illin ...
              • The Price of Environmental Destruction? There Is N ...
                by Andrew Simms The economy is no stranger to creating its own fantasy world with little or no relation to the real one. We witnessed the damage that can cause when the banks thought they had stumbled on financial alchemy and could transform bad debt into good – economic base metal into gold. read m ...

              Karl Burkart

              • Branson: 5 more years of cheap oil
                Sir Richard Branson has done the research and predicts that we have 5 more years before oil demand exceeds supply.
              • Climate hoax killer app
                Finally.. an iPhone app that decodes the labyrinth of climate hoaxes and skeptic psuedo-science.
              • 2nd step to save the world: Wear condoms
                EndangeredSpeciesCondoms.com is hoping to encourage birth control as a means to slow extinction rates of thousands of animal species.
              • Nuclear power, strike 2
                Even Wall Street won't touch nuclear because it is too financially risky. At least 1 out of 2 nuclear plants will fail, leaving taxpayers with the burden of debt.
              • Nuclear power, strike 3
                Nuclear power demands huge quantities of water (43,000 gallons per megawatt-hour) making it an unlikely candidate for our water-constrained future.

              Water Privatization

              • 12 firms express interest in Angat hydro plant (AB ...
                MANILA, Philippines - At least 12 investors have expressed interest in the 246-megawatt Angat Hydroelectric power plant (HEPP), state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Corp. (PSALM) announced Friday.
              • Budget challenge lies ahead for Legislature (Seatt ...
                With the Legislature's session half over, the biggest problem confronting lawmakers - filling a $2.8 billion budget hole - is largely unresolved.
              • Budget challenge lies ahead for Legislature (Seatt ...
                With the Legislature's session half over, the biggest problem confronting lawmakers - filling a $2.8 billion budget hole - is largely unresolved.
              • News from Lamorinda -- Feb. 19 (Lamorinda Sun)
                A group of Orinda residents has formed in response to another group that advocates detaching the city from the Moraga-Orinda Fire District.
              • Ukraine's leading English-language newspaper since ...
                Moscow’s dreams of turning Russia into a global power to counter the West have proved illusory. Today, Russia has more to gain by cooperating with the world’s prevailing powers than by opposing them.

              Guardian

              • Top economists hit back at Tory spending claims
                More than 60 academics issue stinging rebuke George Osborne's claim that consensus of economic experts supports his policies A war of words has broken out among some of Britain's most respected economists over Conservative plans to begin cutting public spending immediately if they win the general el ...
              • $2.2tn bill for corporate pollution
                Report for the UN into the activities of the world's 3,000 biggest companies estimates one-third of profits would be lost if firms were forced to pay for use, loss and damage of environment • Andrew Simms: Putting a price tag on nature is meaningless The cost of pollution and other damage to the na ...
              • Hacking 'traced to Chinese schools'
                Chinese authorities have not commented on NY Times reports that intelligence has linked the hacking strikes to two schools A spate of internet attacks that hit Google and other companies have been traced to two schools in China, according to reports – but Chinese sources have responded by denying kn ...
              • The truth about the Mossad
                The recent, outlandish assassination in Dubai may prove the most damaging yet in the Mossad's history of high-profile, bungled operations. How did it squander its reputation for ruthless brilliance? Last November, a sharp-eyed Israeli woman named Niva Ben-Harush was alarmed to notice a young man at ...
              • Israel silent over forged UK passports
                Britain sends investigators to emirate as local police chief points finger at Mossad over killing of Hamas official Britain today declared its "outrage" at the use of forged British passports by a hit squad that killed a Hamas official in Dubai, and dispatched police investigators to the Gulf emira ...

              McClatchey

              • Rhode Island's jobless tell different story about ...
                PAWTUCKET, R.I. — For the frustrated folks who troop into the unemployment office in this fading industrial city every day to peruse the same paltry job offerings or tweak their resumes for the hundredth time, the trickle of positive economic data coming out of Washington is cold comfort.
              • Crackdown on credit card provisions begins Monday
                WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers will get long-awaited relief from some of the most costly and deceptive credit card tactics when the sweeping provisions of the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 finally kick in on Monday.
              • USA's Lysacek beats Russia's Plushenko in figure s ...
                VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Russia versus the United States.
              • U.S. women roll into hockey semifinals
                VANCOUVER, British Columbia — In its inexorable march toward a showdown with Canada for the gold medal and supremacy in women's hockey, the United States has traveled a path of little resistance.
              • Rhode Island's jobless tell different story about ...
                PAWTUCKET, R.I. — For the frustrated folks who troop into the unemployment office in this fading industrial city every day to peruse the same paltry job offerings or tweak their resumes for the hundredth time, the trickle of positive economic data coming out of Washington is cold comfort.

              BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

              • Climate panel: Time for a refit?
                In the past few weeks, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has received a vast amount of advice on how it should be reformed, ranging from minor structural tinkering to immediate self-immolation. So it must inevitably be when powerful political interests come to blows over what is ...
              • Rising scepticism - a chill wind?
                Over the last few months, a number of British commentators have been trumpeting an increase in scepticism about climate change. The cold weather (often claimed - incorrectly - to be a hemisphere-wide phenomenon), the University of East Anglia e-mail hack , the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Cha ...
              • Distorted view through the climate gates
                Much has been written - not least on this website - and much more surely will be written over the coming months about supposed inconsistencies, errors, misjudgements and poor practice among climate scientists. How many "scandals" do we now have with the suffix "-gate" attached to them? At least fiv ...
              • Copenhagen - striking accord?
                Arguably, it's a deadline that isn't a deadline for an accord that isn't an accord. "It" is - or was - the 31 January target date by which governments were supposed to tell the UN climate convention (UNFCCC) secretariat what pledges they are prepared to make on curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Th ...
              • Crunch time for the cosy cousin?
                You'd think that conserving the world's biodiversity would be a pretty uncontroversial aim - wouldn't you? Who wouldn't think it a good idea that the giant panda survives for our children's children to marvel at, that the intricate dependencies of coral reef ecosystems remain un-ruptured by dynamit ...

              Afghanistan Sun

              • Taliban commander Haqqani's son among four ki ...
                Miranshah/Lahore(Pakistan), Feb.19 : Four Taliban, including Taliban commander Muhammad Haqqani, son of Jalaluddin Haqqani, were killed when US drones fired two missiles in North Waziristan on Thursday.
              • Obama's blunt warning forced Pak to go after ...
                Karachi, Feb.19 : A blunt warning sent by US President Barack Obama in November last year prompted Pakistan to go after the Afghan Taliban leadership, and is being cited as the turning point in the strategic relationship between the two countries.
              • NATO airstrike mistakenly kills 7 Afghan policemen
                Kunduz (Afghanistan), Feb 19 (DPA) Seven Afghan police officers were killed Thursday when their vehicle was mistakenly hit by fire from a NATO military plane, police and witnesses said.
              • Blast kills 20 in Pakistan
                Islamabad, Feb 18 (DPA) A bomb blast killed at least 20 people, mostly Islamist insurgents, in Pakistan's restive Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, officials said.
              • 10 killed in Pakistan market bombing
                Islamabad, Feb 18 (DPA) A huge blast ripped through a livestock market in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border Thursday, killing at least 10 people and injuring dozens more, officials said.

              Futurismic

              • Back to the future of the past? Venture capitalist ...
                Advocates of science fictional thinking crop up in the weirdest places. For example, Peter Thiel helped found PayPal and invested early in Facebook, and his main business is hedge funds and venture capital (which may predispose one to take his ideas with a large pinch of salt, given the economic eve ...
              • Artificial Flight – Dresden Codak spoofs AI skepti ...
                Dresden Codak is one of my favourite webcomics; its creator, Aaron Diaz, is a staunch transhumanist, but rather than soapboxing directly he embeds his philosophical interests into his creative work. This occasionally spills over into brief satirical ripostes against anti-transhumanist naysayers; lon ...
              • Please Rob Me: what’s the big panic, exactly?
                Unless you’ve been sleeping under that hypothetical internet-proof rock for the last 24 hours, you’ve probably caught wind of the charmingly-named Please Rob Me, a site that aggregates publicly-available Twitter updates which announce that their creator has left their home empty while they go somewh ...
              • Augmented reality fiction
                Here’s another option to add to the list of new avenues for fiction writers worried about the possible demise of the novel – augmented reality fiction, as (quite literally) dreamed by Web2.0 maven Tim O’Reilly [via @globalculture; image by The Lightworks]: Last night I dreamed that one of my authors ...
              • Garage 3D printers working with ceramics, bioplast ...
                Watching the backyard fabrication and 3D printing scene is fascinating, not least because it’s developing so quickly – a mere pipedream just five years ago, but currently expanding its capabilities in leaps and bounds. One thing that will increase the versatility of these systems is a wider selectio ...

              geopolitics | geoeconomics

              • Geithner's Dirty Little Secret
              • Swine Flu
              • Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War: Or ...
              • The Fake Oil Crisis of 1973
              • Fossiles Erdöl
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              Whistleblowers Protection Blog

              • Live Webcast of Whistleblower Event Tonight at 7:0 ...
                Tonight Participant Media kicks off its social action campaign for the film The Informant! with a panel discussion entitled “Anyone Can Whistle – The Essential Role of the Whistleblower in American Society.” A panel of whistleblowers will be discussing their own personal experiences and the importan ...
              • Business ethics class asks about whistleblowing
                I had the pleasure this evening of speaking to Prof. Jane Uebelhoer's business ethics class at Marymount University in Ballston, Virginia, this evening.� The class was inquisitive, and we had a wide ranging discussion about the history of whistleblower protections, current controversies and the need ...
              • Whistleblower faces tax penalty for misreporting q ...
                Albert D. Campbell worked for Lockheed Martin from 1981 to 1995. He worked as a financial analyst, and was promoted in 1989 to chief of cost control for the $3.5 billion LANTIRN project. The LANTIRN project built navigation and targeting pods for fighter jets. Between 1993 and 1995, Campbell used so ...
              • Whistleblowing nurse Anne Mitchell acquitted in Te ...
                A jury in Andrews, Texas, has acquitted an experienced nurse of charges that she misused official information when she sent an anonymous letter to a state medical board to complain about a doctor's malpractice.  Anne Mitchell had been a nurse at the Winkler County Memorial Hospital for 25 years. In ...
              • Sen. Grassley proposes FCA fixes
                Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has introduced a bill that will make changes to the False Claims Act (FCA) in response to court decisions that limited the rights of whistleblowers.� The main features of S. 2964 (introduced January 28, 2010) would add administrative procedures designed to make it more ...

              Defense and the National Interest

              • On War #323: Milestone
                William S. Lind 23 November 2009 One of the ongoing themes of this column has been gangs and the role they play in a Fourth Generation world. Here in the United States they already serve as an alternative primary loyalty (alternative to the state) for many urban young men. Gangs will likely be a m ...
              • DNI to close — update
                23 November 2009 Many thanks to everyone who wrote in.  My wife and I are deeply touched. We’ll try to find someone to at least take over the site as it is and keep the links intact.  Several people have contacted me with ideas.  In the meantime, I’ll leave everything up unless we start having mo ...
              • DNI to close
                Probably on Monday, November 23, depending on how my travels work out. Please go ahead and download any thing you’d like to keep — I’d particularly recommend Boyd’s briefings and the 4GW manuals. I have great faith in the growing number of bloggers and commentators who cover many of the same subjec ...
              • On War #322: What Is “Political Correctness?”
                William S. Lind 18 November 2009 In response to the killing of 13 American soldiers at Ft. Hood by an Islamic U. S. Army major, a number of senior officials have expressed their fear, not of Islam, but of a possible threat to “diversity.” “Diversity” is one of the many false gods of “Political Corr ...
              • What should we do with terrorists?
                Security guru Bruce Schneier has the right idea: We should treat terrorists like common criminals and give them all the benefits of true and open justice — not merely because it demonstrates our indomitability, but because it makes us all safer. Once a society starts circumventing its own laws, the ...

              Digital Journal

              • Jailed felon critiques Obama’s first year in offic ...
                Conrad Black,convicted in 2007 of fraud and obstruction of justice over the theft of more than US$6 million from a Chicago-based newspaper company he once controlled. Now in jail Black writes a popular Blog
              • Foul smelling passenger ejected from plane
                First, it was folk too overweight to fly. Now, it has been reported that a passenger on an Air Canada Jazz flight was taken from the plane because of his severe body odour.
              • 13 injured, one missing as man slams plane into Au ...
                A man with a grudge against the IRS left a multi-page letter on a website saying "Well, Mr. Big Brother IRS - take my pound of flesh" before he smashed a plane into a building in Austin, Texas. 13 injured, two seriously and one missing.
              • 195 Ontario workers waiting for radiation test
                The workers had been working on the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, located in Ontario near Owen Sound. Testing to determine the levels of exposure is currently underway.
              • Alleged arms trafficker busted in Toronto
                The Toronto Gun and Gang Task Force and the Canada Border Services Agency executed two Criminal Code search warrants this weekend in Toronto after intercepting a package containing three rifle−style overcapacity magazines classified as prohibited device

              End Homelessness | Change.org

              • Dear Architects, the Homeless Are Regular People
                Architects thinking of designing buildings for the homeless often fall into the trap of imagining that homeless people for some reason have different needs than regular folks. We often get questions from design and architecture students on the International Homeless Forum . They either want to desi ...
              • From Homeless to Olympic Medalist
                The Olympics are full of hard-knock stories that tug at the heartstrings. Already during the Vancouver games, I've sniffled during formulaic TV tear-jerkers about a Canadian moguls skier whose older brother suffers from cerebral palsy, the Chinese figured skating pair that got married but continue t ...
              • When Pulling the Bootstraps Isn't Enough
                If you think "homeless" is synonymous with "unemployed," think again. Twenty-eight percent of homeless adults work. They serve coffee, mop floors and flip burgers. But no matter how hard these people toil in minimum wage jobs, they can't afford housing. What's a working still-homeless single mother ...
              • Nearly Half of Street Homeless At Risk of Death
                Just as we are not all equally at risk of homelessness , those experiencing homelessness are not all equally at risk of death. A New York non-profit organization, Common Ground , has pioneered the use of a survey instrument called the Vulnerability Index to help communities identify who amongst thei ...
              • It's Illegal to Be Homeless on Venice Beach After ...
                "Police on horseback and in sport utility vehicles swept across Venice Beach in the darkness Friday morning, arresting nearly 50 people," the Los Angeles Times reports . Were the police closing in on some of America's most wanted? A traveling band of marauders? A human trafficking ring? No, just a g ...

              Ceasefire.ca

              • Hard power, fuzzy logic
                Prime Minister Stephen Harper used the occasion of a visit to Canada’s aid efforts in Haiti on Tuesday to praise the virtues of his government’s spending on “hard power” items like the C-17 transport aircraft: “This fleet of new aircraft, the C-17 fleet, is a big part of making this response possib ...
              • Civilian deaths mar Afghan offensive
                A highly-touted offensive to clear Taliban insurgents from a stronghold in Afghanistan’s Helmand province has been marred by reports of numerous civilian deaths. Over the course of two days, ISAF troops have been involved in as many as five separate incidents with civilians, leaving up to 20 non-c ...
              • Cluster bomb ban to enter into force August 1st
                Good news from the Cluster Munition Coalition: Cluster bomb ban treaty reaches 30th ratification milestone Will become binding international law on 1 August 2010 (London, 16 February 2010) – Burkina Faso and Moldova ratified the international Convention banning cluster munitions today, bringing t ...
              • 850 additional German troops to be deployed to Afg ...
                As promised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the recent London Conference on Afghanistan, the German cabinet has approved the deployment 850 additional German soldiers to Afghanistan (”The German cabinet approves deployment of an extra 850 soldiers to Afghanistan,” Deutsche-Welle, 9 February ...
              • Stable opium cultivation predicted in Afghanistan
                The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) predicts that the number of hectares used for opium cultivation in Afghanistan will remain stable in 2010, but that the number of tonnes produced may decline. The prediction was made in Afghanistan Opium Survey 2010: Winter Rapid Assessment, released on 10 Fe ...

              Kevin Trudeau Show

              • Official Kevin Trudeau Press Release
                PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release All media inquires may be made to: (630) 401-0444 matt@ktradionetwork.com Syndicated Radio Host Remains Free Despite Ire of Judge CHICAGO- Embattled radio host, #1 New York Times best-selling author, consumer advocate, and longtime TV personality Kevin Trudeau’s ...
              • Trudeau Granted Temporary Relief from Jail
                February 18, 2010 Chicago Tribune By Serena Maria Daniels Infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau came to court Thursday dressed casually in bluejeans, a sign he expected to be jailed for ticking off a judge when supporters bombarded the judge with hundreds of e-mails. But he won at least a temporary rep ...
              • Study Claims “Influenza Vaccine Has No Effec ...
                February 17th, 2010 infowars.com There is no evidence to support the contention that the influenza vaccine administered to the over 65s is of any more use than opening the windows and washing hands, a new study from the Cochrane Collaboration claims, according to a report in the Svenska Dagbladet ne ...
              • H1N1 Shot to Blame For Paralysis
                February 16th, 2010 infowars.com By Michele Mandel Just before Christmas, Stephanie Willette went from being a healthy nursing student to suddenly being a helpless patient paralyzed from the neck down with a tracheotomy so she could breathe. Today the 20-year-old is slowly recovering in a Kingston r ...
              • CDC Says Swine Flu Killed 17,000 in U.S.
                February 15th, 2010 infowars.com By Neka Sehgal According to new estimates by the U.S. heath authorities, the dreaded H1N1 pandemic, which has shown sustained human-to-human transmission since its outbreak in April may have killed close to 17,120 people. The new report released Friday by the Centers ...

              Pambazuka News

              • Global: New murders and fumigations in ancestral A ...
                In only two weeks, four Afro-Colombian leaders have been murdered, and several subjected to death threats. Fumigations have caused the internal displacement of more than 100 Afro-Colombians. The violation of Afro-Colombian fundamental rights continue...
              • Katrina victims face eviction
                Following reports of federal government plans to repossess temporary housing from Katrina victims, the US Human Rights Network - http://www.ushrnetwork.org has called for the Obama administration to reverse this decision and provide those affected with substantive directive support.
              • Extradition threat for Black Liberation activist
                As the US opens up political channels with Cuba, Black Liberation Army - http://www.thetalkingdrum.com/freedomfighters.html activist Assata Shakur faces extradition from the country where she has lived under political asylum since 1984, writes Paul Scott. While the mainstream media portrays Shakur h ...
              • Stop senate renege on black farmer compensation
                ColorOfChange.org - http://www.colorofchange.org/farmers/?id=1842-429864 is campaigning to ensure that a US senate bill to compensate black farmers in the South for discrimination gives them the money they deserve, rather than capping the total amount available at $100 million, which would only cove ...
              • Ekiti must hold free, fair elections
                The North America-based Ekiti Focus Group has strongly condemned election violence and intimidation in Nigeria’s Ekiti State, describing reported cases of ‘arson, maiming, ballot stuffing, ballot hijacking, and shooting’ as ‘barbaric acts’. In a statement the group called for ‘the release of true an ...

              War in Context

              • This is no ripping yarn, but a murder to fan more ...
                Seumas Milne writes: … since launching its war on terror, the US has also adopted Israel’s practice, stretching back decades, of carrying out killings far from the theatre of war. First, Israel’s attacks were targeted against PLO leaders; more recently against the  Islamists. But since the fiasco ...
              • The Dahlan connection
                While the diplomatic fallout from the Dubai murder continues to expand, there are several new twists in the story. Though the real identities of the murder suspects whose passport photographs have been released are unknown, two Palestinian suspects under arrest in Dubai have been linked to Mohammed ...
              • Will Dubai issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu?
                Update below Dubai’s police chief has now fingered Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, as being responsible for the murder of , on January 19, Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim told The National: “Our investigations reveal that Mossad is involved in the murder of al Mabhouh. It is 99 per cent, if n ...
              • British relations with Israel in ‘deep freeze’ as ...
                The Guardian reports: Britain last night fired the first shot in a potentially explosive diplomatic row with Israel by calling in the country’s ambassador to explain the use of faked British passports by a hit squad who targeted a Hamas official in Dubai. The Israeli ambassador has been summoned t ...
              • Five Israelis had their identities stolen – appare ...
                Anyone who is Jewish but doesn’t have a Jewish sounding name and who has been considering emigrating to Israel might soon be having second thoughts. To the extent that Israel provides a safe haven to Jews, it turns out your religious identity might count for less than your name. The Israeli govern ...

              Watts Up With That?

              • Caveats Regarding Dr. Phil Jones’ Phenological Arg ...
                Guest post by Indur M. Goklany The latest Science magazine has an extended interview with Dr. Phil Jones. In this post, I’ll keep away from issues related to Climategate, whether this was a softball interview (given that, for example, there is no discussion of deletion of files, if any) or whether, ...
              • Former KNMI director and skeptic Henk Tennekes get ...
                Here’s a bit of interesting news from a Dutch newspaper. WUWT readers may recall this story: Scientist quits: ‘I don’t want to remain a member of an organization that …screws up science that badly.’ Henk Tennekes Resigns from Dutch Academy. Now there is a new twist to the story. From Lawre ...
              • Why Is Winter Snow Extent Interesting?
                Guest post by Steven Goddard Several people keep asking why am I focused on winter snow extent.  This seems fairly obvious, but I will review here: Snow falls in the winter, in places where it is cold.  Snow does not generally fall in the summer, because it is too warm. Winter snow extent is a good ...
              • U.N. Climate Chief Resigns
                From the New York Times By JOHN M. BRODER WASHINGTON — Yvo de Boer, the stolid Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years, is resigning his post as of July 1, the United Nations said on Thursday. In a statement announcing his departure, Mr. de B ...
              • John Coleman’s next TV special airs tonight
                Press release: NEW KUSI-TV SPECIAL REPORT DOCUMENTS THE GLOBAL WARMING MELTDOWN In a follow-up to the hit KUSI show “Global Warming: The Other Side”, iconic weatherman John Coleman documents the latest developments in Climategate. “Global Warming: Meltdown” airs Thursday at 9pm PT on KUSI-TV in San ...

              Dandelion Salad

              • The Stimulator: The Five Cockrings Died
                http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ subMedia This week: 1. Torch Cock Block 2. Take Back our City 3. Heart Attack 4. The Motherfuckin NLG 5. Gord Hill breaks it down. more about “The Stimulator: The Five Cockrings Died“, posted with vodpod *** In Defense of the Black Bloc: A Communique from ...
              • Real, Uglier American Unemployment by Joel S. Hirs ...
                by Joel S. Hirschhorn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.foavc.org February 17, 2010 Can you trust national averages?  As bad as the jobless data you hear are, you have not been told the whole truth.  If you think the terrible impact of America’s Great Recession is shown by an official une ...
              • Wall Street’s War against Main Street America by P ...
                http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Prof. Michael Hudson Global Research, February 17, 2010 Former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson wrote an op-ed in The New York Times, (Feb. 16)[1] outlining how to put the U.S. economy on rations. Not in those words, of course. Just the opposite: If the go ...
              • Mossad’s licence to kill By Gordon Thomas
                http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ By Gordon Thomas Telegraph 17 Feb 2010 The killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh bears the hallmarks of the ruthless Israeli intelligence service. One of the leading chroniclers of the agency gives a unique insight into its methods. The Mossad assassins could have felt ...
              • CrossTalk: Norman Finkelstein vs. Israel
                http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ RussiaToday February 17, 2010 On Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk, Israel critic Norman Finkelstein faces off against a formidable spokesperson of Israel’s ’soft power’. more about “CrossTalk: Norman Finkelstein vs. Israel“, posted with vodpod see Joe Sacco: Footnot ...

              Your New Reality

              • No title
                Goodbye Testicles I've changed my mind. I will pay to read Rupert Murdoch newspapers online, but only if they consistently come up with stories of such a high quality as this one : From The Sun : The lad hallucinated for 18 hours and mutilated himself because he believed centipedes were crawling ...
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                War On Terror Reality Seeded 30 Years Ago In Nostradamus Documentary By Darryl Mason In 1980, a documentary on Nostradamus, screened all over the west to hundreds of millions of people, and repeated for years after, laid out the rise of political Islam through the 80s and 90s, leading to a terrori ...
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                The majestically beautiful apex of a total solar eclipse The Full Image Is Here (via Reddit )
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                We Had To Borrow The Costume, So Go Easy On It It's called The Worst Fight Scene ever. And yes, that may be so. But consider this, it's a clip from a 40 year old, very low budget TV series, that has been watched almost 7 million times in just over 700 days at YouTube, let alone the hundreds of othe ...
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                Dispatch Palmer Eldritch, He'll Know What To Do Author William Gibson reads t his story about Philip K Dick and then rips into him, on Twitter : I think Philip K Dick would be highly amused to see so many taking so much of what he said so damn seriously. I had to reply :

              Wired - Science

              • New Giant Prehistoric Fish Species Found Gathering ...
                A fresh look at forgotten fossils has revealed two new species of giant, filter-feeding fish that swam Earth’s oceans for 100 million years, occupying the ecological niche now filled by whales and whale sharks. Until now, that ancient niche was thought to be empty, and such fish to be a short-lived ...
              • Winner (and Losers) of NASA’s Final Shuttle Patch ...
                The final patch for the Space Shuttle Program has been selected by a NASA committee from a pool of entries created by NASA employees and contractors. It beat out 84 other prospective patches to be the final commemorative token of the program that defined this generation of space travel.  “As the Sp ...
              • The First and Last Meeting of Everyone with a Full ...
                Nearly every person who has had their entire genome sequenced will gather in a single room near Boston on April 27. It’s the last time this will ever happen. Within a year, the dozen or so people in this elite group will have been joined by a thousand or more people. Soon after that, hobbyists ...
              • NASA Brings the Dark Side of the Sun to Your iPhon ...
                  As the sun reawakens from an anomalously quiet period, keep track of solar flares, sunspots and coronal mass ejections with a new iPhone app that puts the real-time status of the sun in your hand. “This is more than cool,” Dick Fisher, director of NASA’s Heliophysics Division, said in a press re ...
              • How to Do the Ultimate Aging Study
                Longevity is one of the hottest areas of science, but there’s a curious hole in the research: Scientifically speaking, nobody knows how to measure aging, much less predict reliably how people will respond to time’s ravages. After all, aging isn’t just chronological. Some people are spry and nimble ...

              Israeli Occupation Archive

              • ‘Arabs now 53% of North’s population’
                Overall, the Arab population in Israel [approximately 1.5 million people] dropped from an average of 3.4% for the years of 1996 to 2000, to 2.6% for 2008. In comparison, Egypt's growth rate is 2.2%,... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
              • Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff: Iran in the cross-hai ...
                If anyone still had doubts about an imminent conflict with Iran, it was removed this week by the arrival of the U.S. army chief in Israel... [Mullen] stuck to the message he was sent here to convey:... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
              • IDF welcomes ’super-drone’
                The Eitan's role would be to operate in the highest altitudes, along with other aircraft flying at lower altitudes. The new drone will be providing an effective means at all theaters, with an... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now i ...
              • UAE Authorities Probe US Credit-Card Accounts in H ...
                [O]n Thursday, officials appeared to harden their rhetoric. Mr. Miliband, who had been briefed on the meeting with the Israeli ambassador, said that it was made clear "how seriously" the U.K. takes... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
              • Israel annexing East Jerusalem, says EU
                A confidential EU report accuses the Israeli government of using settlement expansion, house demolitions, discriminatory housing policies and the West Bank barrier as a way of "actively pursuing the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...

              Ria Novosti - Military

              • New S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to guard M ...
                The S-400 Triumph, seen by the Russian army as the best anti-aircraft missile system, has been adopted by the army. The first two systems have entered combat duty at the regiment base of the Military Space Defense joint command in Elektrostal, the Moscow Region.
              • The T-50 fifth-generation fighter
                The T-50's specifications and performance compared to the Lockheed Martin/Boeing F-22 Raptor
              • S-400 Triumf enters combat duty
                A new surface-to-air missile system has begun alert duty in Russia’s armed forces. The S-400 Triumf (NATO reporting name S-21 Growler) can destroy all types of targets from medium-range ballistic missiles to aircraft.
              • Iran develops air defense system comparable to Rus ...
                Iran has developed its own air defense system comparable to and even more sophisticated than the Russian S-300 system, the IRNA news agency said Monday, citing an Iranian military official.
              • Iran builds own aerial drones with strike capabili ...
                Iran started on Monday production of two domestically-developed unmanned aerial vehicles capable of delivering high-precision bombing strikes and performing reconnaissance missions, the Fars news agency said.

              NewsWise

              • Arizona State Cements Collaboration with Japan's A ...
                A 15-year research collaboration between Japan's Aichi Prefectural University and Arizona State University was formalized Feb. 18 with the signing of an agreement that brings promises of student and faculty exchanges and a joint graduate program.
              • $11.5 Million NIH Center Grant Funds Novel Cancer ...
                The Methodist Hospital Research Institute was awarded an $11.5 million Center Grant by the National Institutes for Health (NIH) today to study the best way to attack deadly cancer stem cells to enhance treatments for breast cancer.
              • Class Teaches Business Ethics While Raising Money ...
                A business ethics class assignment in the University of Iowa's Tippie School of Management is showing MBA students how ethical decision making is an important part of a successful career, while providing real financial support for non-profit organizations.
              • Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Possibly Triggered by ...
                Depicting a cause-and-effect scenario that spans thousands of miles, a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and his collaborators discovered that ocean waves originating along the Pacific coasts of North and South America impact Antarctic ice shelves and could play a role ...
              • UC San Diego Researchers Participating in 'Olympic ...
                The future of stem cell research, how poor sleep influences drug use in adolescent social networks, understanding genome instability in cancer cells, and how computer science is being used to solve the nation's most pressing health and environmental "grand challenges" are just a few of the topics th ...

              Intel Trends

              • NOTICE: IntelTrends is moving to Blogger
                * * Effective 10-FEB-2010 this blog is moving to Blogger. * * The new URL is: http://inteltrends.blogspot.com RSS subscribers need to "re-subscribe" to the updated newsfeed URL. http://feeds.feedburner.com/inteltrends Thank you for your patience during the transition. Steve Permalin ...
              • Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: Peace Campaign Hyp ...
                The following comment is from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Reprinted with permission. Peace Campaign Hypes and the Rogue War-mongering Source: �Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan February 10, 2010 �17:46 �administrator Of Late, the invading forces led by America and their surrogates have l ...
              • Sahara Becomes Desert of Terrorism
                The following article is reprinted with permission from Pravda, Moscow. Sahara Becomes Desert of Terrorism ©   Pravda By Sergey Balmasov February 10, 2010 Senegal's president Abdoulaye Wade urged African leaders and the West to join forces in the fight against al-Qaeda's North African branch ...
              • IntelTrends 10-FEB-2010
                Military hospitals under pressure in advance of new offensive Telegraph, 10 Feb Military hospitals in Afghanistan and the U.K. are operating close to capacity as British forces prepare to launch a major offensive against the Taliban. Arab diplomat annuls wedding with hairy bride Al Arabiya, 10 ...
              • Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan: On the So-called R ...
                The following opinion is reprinted with permission from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. On the So-called Re-integration Source: �Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan February 9, 2010 �08:56 �S.H. The recent American tactic to lure away members of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan under the nam ...

              Organic Consumers.org

              • NAIS Not Dead?
                Contrary to what you are being told, National Animal Identification System is not dead - just renamed, reworded and still very much alive. Click here to read this article
              • Oaxaca Mexico: Celebrating Indigenous Culture, Aut ...
                Santa Gertrudis, Sierra Juarez, Oaxaca - The 4th annual Zapotec Feria of the Cornfield - Globalization and the Natural Resources - was held in Santa Gertrudis, Sierra Juarez on February 7-8. Organized by the Union of Social Organizations of the Sierra Juarez of Oaxaca (UNOSJO), this year's event was ...
              • Grass-Fed Organic Cows Enrich Soil, Improve the En ...
                Cattle, particularly cows, have been the target of many environmental groups that believe raising animals for food is contributing to climate change and causing environmental harm. While true about the vast majority of American livestock that are raised using feedlots, pastured animals that are rota ...
              • USDA Closes Organic Milk Loophole
                Consumers can rest assured that organic milk can be associated with images of cows on green pastures, eating grass still attached to the soil, in a herd, taking in the sunshine. Click here to read this article
              • The Truth about Eco-Friendly Brands
                IF YOU care about the environment, you may want to show that in the way you spend your money. Maybe you shop at an organic food store rather than a conventional supermarket. You probably look at energy efficiency labels before buying a new laptop. And if you're really serious, you may even be concen ...

              fotoFrontera

              • La magia de los colores (21 imágenes)
                Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. Hace algunos días, compartimos contigo nuestras colecciones número I , número II y número III de imágenes de amor para el día de San Valentín . Para darle cierto aspecto de alegría a este mes tan especial, tenemos para t ...
              • Más de 500 imágenes macro impresionantes
                Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. Me quito el sombrero blanco ante esta impresionante colección de más de 500 imágenes macro que Arachiusz ha conseguido coleccionar. La calidad de cada fotografía, expresa por sí misma la enorme pasión de este artista de ...
              • Las imágenes más recientes de 1x.Com
                Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías.
              • Fotografías de Anthony Kurtz en Koi Koi Koi
                Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías.
              • Colección de fotos bonitas by Luděk Wellart
                Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías.

              Executive Intelligence Review

              • Impeach the British Puppet Now!
                EIR Editorial Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, February 19, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 7
              • The Euro System Is on the Brink of Collapse
                By Helga Zepp-LaRouche Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, February 19, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 7
              • The `Banco Santander Syndrome': City of London's S ...
                By Dennis Small Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, February 19, 2010, Vol. 37, No. 7
              • Balladur Demands Bankers' Dictatorship for All of ...
                EIR News Service press release.
              • As Euro System Disintegrates, EU Finance Ministers ...
                EIR News Service press release.

              Center for a Livable Future

              • Biological Food in the Netherlands – Big Presence, ...
                When I first arrived in Amsterdam, I was thrilled to see that there was a good-sized and well-stocked organic market on the corner of the street I was staying on. I immediately saw that the awareness of and demand for biological (organic) foods was widespread. I saw organic markets littering many ne ...
              • More from Katie Couric on Antibiotic Broadcast
                Yesterday, CBS News’ Katie Couric had former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler and “Fast Food Nation” author Eric Schlosser on @katiecouric to discuss further last week’s two-part series on the overuse of antibiotics in industrial farm animal production. “There are real risks here, using drugs in a ...
              • California Meatpacker Hit by Huge Recall
                Exactly two years from the largest meat recall in history, a California meatpacker has been ordered to recall over 4.9 million pounds of beef and veal products. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the expansion of a previous recall for Huntington Meat Packing, Inc., of Montebello ...
              • CBS Evening News Investigative Report Highlights U ...
                I hope every lawmaker on Capitol Hill had a chance to watch CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric’s two-part investigative series on the risks of using antibiotics as growth promoters in food animals. After viewing both pieces it would be difficult for most people to question the immediate need to pa ...
              • CBS Airs First Segment, “Animal Antibiotic Overuse ...
                In the first installment of a two-part series, CBS Evening News Anchor Katie Couric investigates the connection between the use of antibiotics in factory farms and the incidence of MRSA in humans. Couric talks to a worker at an Arkansas poultry processing facility who developed MRSA; discusses the u ...

              Norwegianity

              • Rall now, smack later
                From Vick: Tough love from Ted Rall. Next week, a smack upside the head. - A Texas moron suicide dive bomber just took out an IRS building in Austin, Texas. Prediction: not one rightwing gasbag will make the connection between this NUT and the eliminationist rhetoric of the hard right. - Lots of ou ...
              • (Guitar solo)
                Apparently the voices in support of reconciliation have grown to chorus-like levels now, making it safe for Sen. Klobuchar to hop aboard. I’m hearing via backchannels that reconciliation will be a good thing, but my trust isn’t easily gained given the asshattery that came before. - Of all the Bush-C ...
              • De-linting the track ball
                Maybe we’ll get reconciliation after all, but after the passage of so much time and tons of distorted news and outright propaganda, I really have no idea what’s left in the health bill other than a gun pointed at my head telling me I’ll have to buy private health insurance when all I ever wanted [.. ...
              • Fear and trolling in SD49
                Look upon the face of the Twin Cities establishment and weep: Construction has yet to begin on the Central Corridor light-rail line connecting Minneapolis and St. Paul, and already it’s been an unequivocal success. Before today’s rail barons have even managed a taste of the nearly $1 billion in f ...
              • Finland, fuck yeah!
                Bayh is now saying that not having a primary is a good thing for Indiana Democrats. I’m sure some bloggers agree. Average citizens are, y’know, such assholes. Me? I’m still hung up on small ‘d’ democracy. This reeks of DFLery to me. The second you give all the power to the activists, they cease to ...

              The Seferm Post

              • Quick Steps To Backup Microsoft Office Outlook Ema ...
                You should not export items (item: An item is the basic element that holds information in Outlook (similar to a file in other programs). Items include e-mail messages, appointments, contacts, tasks, journal entries, notes, posted items, and documents.) that were created in multiple languages or in ...
              • Links for 2010-02-13 [del.icio.us]
                Valentine's Day History: What Everybody Need To Know very February, across the world, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday?
              • Links for 2010-02-06 [del.icio.us]
                REVEALED! Why Some Children Are Afraid Of Halloween "We have kids who come in for treatment who can watch me or my clinicians put on a mask and they think I'm not the same person because I have this costume on now.." Ollendick
              • Revealed! 'American Idol' Top 24 Semifinalists Are ...
                "This year it was a bit more tough," Simon Cowell said of selecting the female semifinalists.
              • 'Kneber Botnet' Virus Affects 75,000 Computers In ...
                About 75,000 personal computers in almost 2,500 companies and government agencies worldwide have been caught in a botnet based on a new variant of the ZeuS Trojan

              The World We Live In

              • MQM Caught Spying On Pakistan
                Guest post sent in by Truth Seeker MQM caught spying red-handed for foreign nationals and smuggling classified state material outside Pakistan and violated Official Secret Act.  According to a report published in the press Waseem Akthar (MNA) and former advisor to the Chief Minister on poli ...
              • US drones killed 123 civilians, three al-Qaeda men ...
                Monday, February 01, 2010 By Amir Mir LAHORE: Afghanistan-based US predators carried out a record number of 12 deadly missile strikes in the tribal areas of Pakistan in January 2010, of which 10 went wrong and failed to hit their targets, killing 123 innocent Pakistanis. The remaining two successfu ...
              • War Begets War, Don’t Call it Terrorism
                Slate | By William Saletan | 11 January 2010 Traitor, Bomber, Soldier, Spy Stop crying “terrorism” every time we’re attacked. Afghan police officers inspect the site of a blast in Khost province Photo: REUTERS Two weeks ago, a Jordanian suicide bomber blew up seven CIA employees at a U.S. m ...
              • Indian army doesn’t posses ability to fight in nig ...
                NEW DELHI: While the Indians celebrate 62nd Army Day, country’s Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor, just after a couple of weeks of announcing a new war doctrine of Indian army to eliminate Pakistan and China in matter of hours even if it has to fight on simultaneous fronts, outrageously admitted I ...
              • Freedom of Speech for a Fiction
                By CHRISTOPHER KETCHAM I often correspond with a long-time Washington DC operator named Leigh Ratiner, who spent 40 years in government, serving under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford and Reagan, with cabinet-level posts in the Defense Department, under the Secretary of the Interior, in the ...

              Center for Food Safety

              • Farmers and Conservation Groups Seek to Halt Plant ...
                Earlier Court Decision Found Federal Approval of GE Sugar Beets to Be Unlawful Earthjustice and Center for Food Safety announced today that they filed court papers seeking a ban on genetically engineered (GE) sugar beets and sugar beet seeds. The motion was filed in Federal Court on behalf of a coal ...
              • Supreme Court to Hear First Genetically Engineered ...
                Monsanto Takes Center for Food Safety Legal Victory to Highest Court Today, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear a first-time case about the risks of genetically engineered crops. Named Monsanto v. Geertson Seed Farms, No. 09-475, the case before the high court will be yet another step in an ongoi ...
              • Tell USDA That You Care About GE Contamination of ...
                In 2006, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) sued the Department of Agriculture (USDA) for its illegal approval of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) Roundup Ready alfalfa. The federal courts sided with CFS and banned GE alfalfa until the USDA fully analyzed the impacts of the plant on the environm ...
              • USDA AGAIN AIMS TO ALLOW UNLIMITED PLANTING OF GEN ...
                Center for Food Safety to lead coalition to protect public, farmers and environment from GE crop hazards The Center for Food Safety today announced that it will lead a coalition of concerned farmers, consumers and environmentalists to hold USDA accountable in its responsibility to protect all farme ...
              • Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agricultu ...
                Groups Urge Government Ban of Common Additives Used in Feed for Chicken, Turkeys and Hogs Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP), filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) calling for the immediate withdrawal of approvals ...

              Angry Indian Op-Eds

              • Colonisation and Apartheid in Canada
                Gord Hill reminds Canadians of the Colonisation and Apartheid entrenched in the Indian Act of Canada See Also: No 2010 Olmpics on Stolen Native Land
              • NT INTERVENTION AGENTS EVICTED
                Australian Federal Government agents not welcome at Ampilatwatja protest Walk-off camp, Arurrnga Soak, Ampilatwatja, Alyawarr Country NT. Richard Downs instructs 'GBM' Government Business Manager, Peter Van Heusen and FHCSIA (Families, Housing, Community Services & Indigenous Affairs) bureaucr ...
              • Sir! No Sir! - The Suppressed Story of the GI Move ...
                Easily the most timely and resonant film about the soldiers on the front lines of antiwar resistance, the award-winning breakout theatrical hit SIR! NO SIR! Tells an almost entirely forgotten story of the military men and women who helped force the U.S. government to end the Vietnam War. Contrary t ...
              • No Olympics on Stolen Land! Let the Resistance Beg ...
                TODAY Monday, Feb. 15: Olympic Tent Village Rally for Homeless No Olympics on Stolen Land March By Arthur Manuel Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ Photos by Arthur Manuel Canada may have conducted it's Opening Ceremony for the 2010 Winter Olympics but not without a very strong opposi ...
              • Mohawk Splitting the Sky: Attempted Citizen's Arre ...
                Splitting The Sky: Exposing The Bush-Cheney Cabal from Steve Poole on Vimeo .

              Pensieve

              • Course Correction Needed
                I didn’t choose my career in Computer Science, my family guided me to it. If I had had my choice, I would have studied Music or Architecture. If I had followed my aptitude tests, I would have studied Divinity, Psychology, or Literature. I knew in my sophomore year in college, at the age of 18, the [ ...
              • Chavez Shuts Down RCTV…Again
                Not content to shut down RCTV on the public airwaves when their broadcasting license expired, by quietly ignoring their repeated attempts at renewing it, Chavez has forced cable TV companies to stop carrying the channel as well. The following CNN report talks about it, in a balanced tone they denied ...
              • Generals Absolved, Big Surprise?
                The President of the Honduran Supreme Court has freed the five commanders of the armed forces of penal responsibility about an hour ago. They were guilty of violating the constitutional protection of Honduran citizens from exile or extradition when they forced Manuel Zelaya to Costa Rica. I was nerv ...
              • A Big Day For Honduras
                The day has finally come, Porfirio Lobo’s inauguration day. Tension is at its peak. Manuel Zelaya has called for protests at the airport where he is expected to board a plane for the Dominican Republic, and then Mexico City. Two students are dead in Venezuela during protests against the shutd ...
              • Lobo Inaugurated as Honduran President
                After a religious service, President Porfirio Lobo took the oath of office in the National stadium, under strict security, in a ceremony attended by the President of Taiwan and dignitaries from various countries, including the US. Deposed president Manuel Zelaya was transported to the airport, and h ...

              Green Times

              • Environmental News - 19/02/10
                Environmental News (http://www.smh.com.au/business/red-faces-over-green-home-loans-20100205-nikz.html) Permafrost Line Recedes 130 Km in 50 Years, Canadian Study Finds (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100217101129.htm)- (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1964085,00.html?x ...
              • Environmental News - 18/02/10
                Environmental News (http://www.smh.com.au/business/red-faces-over-green-home-loans-20100205-nikz.html) BHP mines set to damage life-giving swamps (http://www.smh.com.au/environment/bhp-mines-set-to-damage-lifegiving-swamps-20100217-odzf.html)- (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,19640 ...
              • Old Science, New Appreciation
                Like many people I often search for simple answers to complex problems, unfortunately human induced global warming defies such a simplistic approach…
              • Green Loans Under Pressure
                Hot topic in the news at the moment is the furore surrounding some of the government’s environmental initiatives.The $3.9 billion energy-efficient homes package
              • Environmental News - 08/02/10
                Environmental News Arctic climate changing faster than expected (http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6145KP20100205) - Climate change is transforming the Arctic environment faster than expected and accelerating the disappearance of sea ice.Search for 'Jetsons family' to trial new home (http://w ...

              Citizens for Legitimate Government

              • Manifesto of Joseph Andrew Stack
                18 Feb 2010 'If you're reading this, you're no doubt asking yourself, 'Why did this have to happen?' The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time... Why is it that a handful of thugs and plunderers can commit unthinkable atrocities (and in the case of the GM ex ...
              • Austin, Texas Plane Crash 'Oddities'
                By Lori Price, www.legitgov.org All items are compiled on this page.
              • Second body found inside Texas building hit by pla ...
                At least 13 people were injured, with two reported in critical condition . A software engineer furious with the Internal Revenue Service launched a suicide attack on the agency Thursday by crashing his small plane into an office building containing nearly 200 IRS employees... Emergency crews re ...
              • Biden wants US warheads with worldwide reach
                US vice president Joe Biden says Washington should seek an "adaptive missile defense shield" and conventional warheads with global range. Biden, who spoke at the National Defense University on Thursday, added that development of programs such as the planned anti-missile in Europe would allow th ...
              • "Bipartisan" campaign targets US working class
                By Patrick Martin The Obama administration is announcing Thursday a new initiative for joint action by the Democratic Party and the Republican Party against American working people, when the leaders of a new bipartisan commission to slash the federal deficit are introduced at the White House. Ob ...