*Indigenous Alliance Without Borders urges solidarity in the battle against racism in Arizona, support Battle of Phoenix on May 29, 2010 * ** By Indigenous Alliance without Borders/Alianza Indigena Sin Fron...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy The terminator has terminated futures for some 1.3 million citizens with sweeping budget cuts that affect only the poor. The terminator's cuts eliminate CalWorks, th...
POLITICS - In what can only be described as a war crime the Thai military has begun shooting protestors using snipers on rooftops in an effort to quell dissent in the capitol of Bangkok. The country of 64...
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*We are accustomed to computers* that appear to be able to do virtually 'anything' for us. From running a TV studio up to sending a Tweet from the toilet. We are left to believe that in this world civiliza...
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** *MOHAWK WOMEN CONDEMN FASCIST ARIZONA LAW *Mohawk Nation News http://www.mohawknationnews.com MNN. May 14, 2010. On November 7, 2007 the Women Title Holders presented the Mohawk position to the Indigeno...
Gary Craig from CBS radio 96.5 TIC-FM in Connecticut, wrote and sang "Oil Spill World" in the style of Louis Armstrong. The Video was produced by Rose of WFSB channel 3 in Hartford Connecticut. See and h...
If the "Avatar" writer/producer James Cameron had consulted with Pluto researcher Alan Stern, he might have introduced a new term to sci-fi audiences: the "Satellite Planet."
Although life could have originated many times over, only one of those likely primordial events yielded the array of organisms living today.
The 1974 horror film "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" kicks off with brilliant footage of solar flares and descends into violence and mayhem. While there's no evidence to suggest an actual link between increa...
Astronomers and space enthusiasts have been gazing at galaxies for decades and ESA's new space observatory, Herschel, is adding its powerful detection capabilities in the far-infrared to the effort.
Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham who puts out water for migrants, says Tohono O'odham Chairman Ned Norris has no moral authority to speak on behalf of migrants, since Chairman Norris and other elected O'odham o...
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*Let me combine some peculiar instruments* for this weekend music post. Who then can better perform than *Carolina Eyck*, a young, incredibly talented * Theremin* player from Berlin, and Frank Müller-Brys ...
If you weren't able to read every story Discovery News published this week (we forgive you), not to worry. Discovery News has got you covered. Here are the top five stories that we've selected as this week...
Barbie is helping to new recruit women for the engineering profession.
Bill Maher makes no secret of his contempt for religion. Via his comedy routines, his political commentary, his film *Religulous*, and his duties as host of *Politically Incorrect* and now HBO's *Real Time...
The 32nd and final flight for Atlantis is taking six astronauts and a lot of gear to the space station.
You see, I use you, Facebook, as part of my job. I'm a journalist and Web producer, and as soon as this blog goes live, I'll be posting a link to it on my professional Facebook page as well as ...
CANADA - Spending irregularities in MPs expense accounts caused Auditor General Sheila Fraser a year ago to request to see their receipts for $533 million and exactly what they're spending their money on. ...
21 Canadian MP's await their turn to address the crowd at this year's annual Fetus Festivus yesterday on Parliament Hill : Rod Bruinooge, Chairman of the Pro-Life Parliamentary Caucus, Harold Albrecht, D...
For the first time, scientists have recorded sounds emanating from inside living insects, such as flies, mosquitoes and ladybugs. Listen.
Compliments to Madsennullo on Youtube ZZZZZzzzzzz.....
By analyzing the genes of a 17-year-old girl who is the size of an infant, scientists hope to find ways to achieve eternal youth.
It's a bacterium. And Escherichia coli is either completely benign or extremely toxic, depending on the strain. The harmless strains are part of the normal collection of gut-dwelling microbes that break do...
A 9.6 billion-year-old cluster of about 60 galaxies is seen by separate teams of astronomers.
Because I cover tech for a radio program that does international news for an American audience, I end up doing a lot of stories on well meaning folks from the developed world (or the First World, as it was...
After a bizarre chain of events, the zombie satellite currently drifting through geostationary orbit could interrupt US cable TV programming, possibly even one of the most anticipated finales of the year.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to be absurdly bad. Even in the time it's taking me to write this post, thousands of gallons of oil have bled into the Gulf. The enormous leak is so challenging th...
The virtual environment created the illusion of being in someone else's skin.
Poor flight ability suggests that early birds lived in trees and would launch themselves off branches in order to glide.
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*An airplane crash is a serious accident*. Flight is safe as long is aviation is secure. That implies much more than just the airplane involved. What about ground services and air traffic control? What ab...
The Humane Society of the United States testified before Congress today in support of legislation that would help to prevent deception in the fur-trimmed fashion industry.
Over one hundred brightly colored terracotta warriors have emerged from the Chinese site of the Terracotta Army in Xi'an.
Just because your buddy dares you to eat something, doesn't mean you should. ESPECIALLY SLUGS. I look back to my early 20s and my own history of Proving-I-Will-Eat-That-For-A-Dollar and feel like there may...
** Photos copyright Ben Powless, Mohawk. World Peoples Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Photo 1: Bolivian President Evo Morales with Venezuelan President ...
Lizard species worldwide may already have declined past the point of no return. The reason? Rising temperatures. By 2080, researchers estimate, as much as 40 percent of lizard species worldwide could be ex...
The oldest known bat fossil yields important clues to bats' unique senses.
*When I was a kid, in the 1940's, we lived in the San Joaquin valley in California. My folks operated a little convenience store and service station, for a while, that sold beer wine and convenience food...
Photo: Gov. Jan Brewer after signing SB 1070. *With UN Statement, Backlash to Arizona Goes International * The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights issued a statement Monday in G...
The first man to walk on the moon criticizes the administration for abandoning plans to return to the moon.
What's five times hotter than the surface of the sun and capable of sending a DeLorean back to the future? Yep, the answer is a bolt of lightning.
Negative political ads have taken a turn for the worse, and bizarre, given the current trend of using animals to make fun of your opponent.
Could this nanobot soon be making its way to a microscopic assembly line?
A technology primarily used by ecologists and biologists to analyze vegetation cuts through jungle growth and produces detailed, three-dimensional views of landscapes in a matter of hours.
*Speech by Evo Morales Ayma, President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, before the G77 + China at the United Nations *May 7, 2010 By President Evo Morales I have come here to share the conclusions of ...
A woman's touch can make you more likely to take risks, researchers say.
With U.N. statement, backlash against Arizona goes international Tucson/KGUN 9/Reporter: Sheryl Kornman and Forrest Carr http://www.kgun9.com/Global/story.asp?S=12466216 TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - The United Natio...
Big black holes aren't known for budging, which is why the new finding is so unusual.
Last July in Embassy Mag, Foreign Affairs officials accused political staffers within the ministry of quietly adjusting Canadian policy by eliminating phrases like "gender equality" from foreign policy mi...
In some regions of the world, organic farms may be a losing proposition for both wildlife and food production.
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*Jupiter is not only a giant planet* but also a gigantic mystery for astronomers and physicists. Short ago amateur-astronomers noted a conspicuous anomaly when watching it through their telescopes. One of...
A BBC natural history unit film crew captures rare footage of a walrus attacking a floating flock of sea ducks.
China is playing matchmaker with survivors of a quake that claimed tens of thousands of lives in 2008.
The toxic chemicals found in smoked cigarette butts make steel far more resistant to corrosion.
It's hard to keep up with the Universe these days. What with all these bullied stars, rampant black holes and wobbly physics, it's little wonder astronomers always look surprised.
*Alaska Inter-tribal Council: * *Send letters to halt oil drilling, scroll down for sample letter * In Fairbanks, on Thursday May 13, 2010, at the Morris Thompson Cultural & Visitors Center, comments will b...
Modern cows milk themselves, so why tweet, too?
By Suzanne MacNevin - May 12th 2010. ENTERTAINMENT - I apologize for using the F word and I am very sorry for it. Russell Crowe is an out of shape action hero. A has been. His time has come and gone and t...
Shakespeare wrote in The Merchant of Venice that “love is blind and lovers cannot see.” More than 400 years later, brain imaging has offered some scientific support to that iambic verse. Looking at a brain...
Turns out we have 2-billion year old algae to thank for our beautiful blue atmosphere.
CANADA/RELIGION - Is the Conservative Party of Canada getting too cozy with a right wing Christian cult? According to a new book out called "The Armagedden Factor" there are scary new elements in Canadian ...
*Chief Arvol Looking Horse: A Great Urgency To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders * My Relatives, Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom...
A young girl was raped and murdered by a local mother; the case is shocking, but how rare is it?
The last time one of these fish was spotted in Sweden was in 1879.
For the first time, a DNA test that detects the risks of developing certain diseases will be commercially available.
For the first time, scientists have captured an earthquake on video at Devils Hole, where rare tiny pupfish were "shaken, not stirred."
As yet another version of the Robin Hood story hits movie theaters, Olly Steads considers the legend's former incarnations.
HEALTH - A total of seven kindergarten children, the school's manager and their teacher were hacked to death in the city of Hanzhong in central Chinatoday in the latest in a series of bizarre attacks. It wa...
HEALTH - 96 bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a plane crash at an airport outside the Libyan capital of Tripoli. The only survivor of the crash is an 8-year-old Dutch boy. The majority of the...
By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ In the early 1990s, I worked on staff at Farmington Daily Times in northwest New Mexico. Farmington is a city where hate crimes by whites ...
A Canadian animal shelter has announced that hundreds of animals will be euthanized due to a virulent strain of ringworm that has infected six staff members.
Building islands may seem like a simple way to protect Louisiana's shores, but critics say it's too simple -- and won't work.
Old computer parts serve as a reservoir to cultivate algae, which can be harvested and used to produce biodiesel.
Scientists have discovered extremely rare fossil trails left by a suckerfish feeding along a lake bottom.
Energy companies used to avoid methane hydrates no matter what. Now the industry may be drilling right into danger.
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*Indigenous Alliance Without Borders urges solidarity in the battle against racism in Arizona, support Battle of Phoenix on May 29, 2010 * ** By Indigenous Alliance without Borders/Alianza Indigena Sin Fron...
by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy The terminator has terminated futures for some 1.3 million citizens with sweeping budget cuts that affect only the poor. The terminator's cuts eliminate CalWorks, th...
POLITICS - In what can only be described as a war crime the Thai military has begun shooting protestors using snipers on rooftops in an effort to quell dissent in the capitol of Bangkok. The country of 64...
Mike Wilson, Tohono O'odham who puts out water for migrants, says Tohono O'odham Chairman Ned Norris has no moral authority to speak on behalf of migrants, since Chairman Norris and other elected O'odham o...
Bill Maher makes no secret of his contempt for religion. Via his comedy routines, his political commentary, his film *Religulous*, and his duties as host of *Politically Incorrect* and now HBO's *Real Time...
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