- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 minutes agoNew photographs taken at Dauphin Island, Alabama, show what appears to be oil, along with chemical dispersants, related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.
- posted by null at Discovery News - Top Stories - 49 minutes agoA rare British bat has developed remarkable stealth technology to sneak up on moths.
- posted by David Teeghman at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 hour agoA new oxide compound is 1,000 times more powerful than similar compounds, and researchers describe its abilities as "super hero-like."
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 hour agoDozens of great white shark sightings in recent days have authorities on alert at many U.S. beaches now, according to multiple media reports.
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 1 hour agoBy Charles Moffat - August 23rd 2010. CANADA - 78% of all guns seized in crime busts are long guns, either rifles, shotguns or assault rifles. The Canadian Long Gun Registry, according to police chiefs ac...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 hour agoMary Roach, guest speaker at the recent SETI-Con event, shares her new book and fascinating space experiences with Discovery News.
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoThe otherworldly glow of Mona Lisa's smile could be the result of a technique that da Vinci perfected over his career.
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 2 hours agoWith the Indian Army’s procurement of 155-millimetre towed artillery guns stymied again by CBI strictures against five international artillery vendors, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DR...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoAdding science to years of anecdotal claims, scientists find that dieters who drink two cups of water before meals lose more weight.
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 2 hours agoFollowing persistent demands from the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, the Centre has finally initiated steps for augmenting security measures along the international border with China and additional troop...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 2 hours agoThe Navy is looking to buy a new type of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that operates and functions like a chopper. It can be operated from ship decks for real time surveillance and intelligence gathering...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 2 hours ago
ART HISTORY/CANADA - A group of Canadian activists and artists made history this past weekend, ripping down illegal advertising and putting up art instead. The group of 16 people are TOSAT, short for Toro... - posted by Raed Jarrar at Raed in the Middle - 3 hours agoI wrote this for KABOBfest today: Last week, the last U.S. “combat convoy” left Iraq. By the end of this month, the remaining “combat forces” will leave the country, putting the Obama administration on t...
- posted by Eric Bland at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 hours agoDiamond-based computers would store millions of times more information than your silicon-based system. That's a whole lot of YouTube clips.
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 3 hours ago
ENTERTAINMENT - While bullfighting continues to thrive overseas, a different sport in North America is starting to die out: Horse racing. Which is ironic because the jockey's don't even kill the horses whe... - posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 hours agoHip Hop Break - Nas feat. AZ - Life's A Bitch (Acapella)
- posted by Jessica Marshall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 hours agoAn area of low oxygen deep in the Gulf of Mexico could persist for two years, research shows.
- posted by null at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 hours agoThirty-three miners were found alive and well after being trapped for more than two weeks underground.
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 6 hours ago“I 1der if you got that 1 I wrote 2U B4.” The note sounds like a text message exchanging between teenagers. In fact, it was written some 130 years before the arrival of the written language seen on mobile ...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 7 hours agoInstead of storing flight data on board, aircraft could easily send the information in real time to the ground.
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 8 hours agoby Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy Conan Doyle's character Sherlock Holmes said: "When you have eliminated the impossible whatever remains however implausible must be the truth!" This must be too easy...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoA ruinous banana bacteria in Africa gets the shaft when two green pepper genes are inserted into bananas.
- *Shocking news* for people who still believe the Earth' temperatures are spinning out of control. The word is out, the reaction is there: NOAAsuddenly retracted all global NOAA-16 satellite temperature data...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 12 hours agoIsraeli Ministry of Defense issued an official statement about "agreements reached for the inclusion of defense companies in the production of the plane for other customers, and reciprocal procurements of ...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 12 hours agoPakistanis have only asked for 15 helicopters and three or four C-130s. Given that the head of the United Nations has called this the greatest disaster he had ever seen, this seems a fairly paltry response...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 19 hours agoAgainst State Deception And Terror - A lecture/workshop by Professor Graeme MacQueen and journalist Barrie Zwicker. Date: June 20, 2010. Where: The People's Summit in Toronto, Canada. Part 1 Part 2 Pa...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 20 hours agoENTERTAINMENT/POLITICS - Its only a matter of time before Hollywood producers realize the potential for a Hollywood blockbuster. Its been 21 years since the Tianenmen Square Massacre and nobody, not a sing...
- *My contribution about* Paco de Lucía and his music invoked a few reactions from Spanish friends. "Haven't you heard about *Jose Luis Encinas*", they wondered? To be honest: no! Still, he seems to be the ...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 22 hours agoThe evil American empire can't obstruct the work that WikiLeaks is doing around the world. The whistleblowing organization represents nothing less than the democratization of state intelligence. It is revo...
- posted by Raed Jarrar at Raed in the Middle - 22 hours agoTwo important developments today: 1- Allawi burns bridges with the U.S.: In a rare public feud, former Prime Minister Allawi lashed out against the U.S. role in Iraq. During a visit to Russia, Dr. Allawi ...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoA Case of Decency Deficit – An Analysis By Professor Lawrence Davidson August 21, 2010 "Information Clearing House" -- It is true that in any given population there will always be a range of decency. Som...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoThe Audacity of Hope: U.S. Boat to Gaza: New York City Fundraiser
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoBy James Swan, United Urban Warrior Society, South Dakota August 22, 2010 Published with permission by Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Good morning everyone. Been a sad week for me. We burie...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 1 day agoCANADA/ENVIRONMENT - The Green Party is a complete waste of time. For a number of years now the Green Party has been struggling to get attention in Canada's flooded political party system. Their blip in ...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day agoDefence Minister Ahmad Vahidi announced on Friday that Iran has test fired a surface-to-surface missile, Qiam, a day before it is due to launch its Russian-built first nuclear power plant.Fars news agency ...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 1 day ago"The presence of a US naval base in Bahrain does not mean that Manama will allow its use to launch an attack on any country," Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa said in an interview with the London-based A...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 1 day agoPart One : Paul Jay interviews constitutional/criminal lawyer Clayton Ruby, who is defending satirist Charlie Veitch, the second person charged at G20 under the Public Works Protection Act. Because that...
- posted by Nicole Gugliucci at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe powerful radio source in the center of M87 is a supermassive black hole, ripping away at the heart of the galaxy.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*Longest Walk Northern Route 2011, Reversing Diabetes * The Longest Walk northern route 2011 is being organized by Chris Francisco, Navajo from Shiprock, N.M., living in Portland. Email: indigenouswalkabo...
- posted by Laura Knight Jadczyk at Laura Knight Jadczyk - 1 day ago"Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.' Say not, 'I have found the path of the soul.' Say rather, 'I have met the soul walking upon my path.'" -Kahlil Gibran In terms of...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoJim Frederick - Black Hearts: One Platoon’s Descent Into Madness in Iraq’s Triangle of Death NY Times Book Review of "Black Hearts" by Joshua Hammer Review of the book by Edward Wilson in the Guardian. ...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 2 days agoThe Mi-35 Hind E attack helicopter is the Afghan Air Force’s main gunship whose Afghan aircrews have been expertly trained by NATO forces from various countries including Hungary and the Czech Republic. Th...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 2 days agoAs the Americans say, how's that change working out for you? David Cameron Is Not Eurosceptic
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 2 days ago
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days agoJuan Cole on PBS's Need to Know Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days ago9/11 Truth activists in Gainesville, Florida countered the prevailing propaganda about Islam at the town's City Commission, and referred councilors to the collapse of Building 7. The town has received atte...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days agoIsaiah Berlin - Final Lecture on the Roots of Romanticism - From 1965 - 1/7 2/7 3/7 4/7 5/7 6/7 7/7
- posted by ✄ Murder Doll ☠ at Diary about peace and freedom - 2 days agoBy Lauren Booth, one of 44 passengers on board the first voyage, August 23, two years ago. “This morning I set out to write a piece about the looting of the aid Flotilla to Gaza, by your soldiers. As you ...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 2 days agoThe August edition of Time magazine published a shocking cover picture of a young Afghan woman who had her ears and nose cut off, accompanied by the title : ‘What Happens if We Leave Afghanistan’. The stor...
- posted by Mark Thompson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoEvery year, as regular as clockwork, 'that' email does the rounds. But no, Mars won't be as big as the moon in the sky on Aug. 27.
- posted by ✄ Murder Doll ☠ at Diary about peace and freedom - 2 days ago[London, August 21, 2010] An investigation revealed by Israeli news sources confirms that an Israeli military officer and soldiers stole and sold laptops belonging to passengers on board the Freedom Flot...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days agoAmerica's "combat troops" in Iraq are leaving on Aug. 31. From now on, the remaining 50,000 soldiers will be called "cooperative troops," the kind of troops that cooperate with Iraqis to oppress other Iraq...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoStrong earthquakes along the San Andreas fault are a lot more frequent than previously thought.
- posted by Raed Jarrar at Raed in the Middle - 2 days agoClick here to watch my full interview with Democracy Now! from this morning.
- posted by Alyssa Danigelis at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoWind turbines that look like giant rims could triple power production.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days agoTwo Films That Blew Bilderberg Wide Open ** *Paul Joseph Watson* Prison Planet.com Friday, August 20, 2010 The Bilderberg Group is receiving fresh and timely attention after Cuban president Fidel Castro p...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 days ago*Mailbox: Censored News* http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com *Photo: Bolivian President Evo Morales enjoys a traditional feast, after playing soccer in the mountains of Bolivia, during the climate summit in ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 days ago*Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Center for Contemporary Arts Southwestern Association for Indian Arts present* * * *The Tenth Annual Native Cinema Showcase, August 19-22, 2010** **(Phot...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 3 days agoPOLITICS - A huge market crash is coming says famed economist Jim Miekka, who discovered the famous market indicator ominously called the *Hindenburg Omen*. “It looks like the probability of a decline. I ...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoThe recall includes some 380 million eggs, about 1 percent of total U.S. egg production.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoConsumers should either buy organic or take the time to wash their produce well to avoid exposure.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoI think this sums up Obama accurately: "Much worse. At least with Bush you knew where he stood. I believe with Obama there is nobody home. He is a ghost. He doesn’t do anything. He is a Manshurian Candida...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoThe left main landing gear of the carrier aircraft for Virgin Galactic’s spaceship collapsed on the runway. No injuries were reported.
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 3 days agoConcern was voiced in Parliament today over the growing military threat from China in the wake of reports that it has moved longer range missiles close to Indian borders. While a BJP member spoke in the Lo...
- posted by Benjamin Radford at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoNew gov't tests find no electronic flaws in Toyota cars, suggesting driver error caused sudden accelerations.
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoJupiter sits today as the solar system's king planet, but it has a troubled past.
- posted by Gene Charleton at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoNew tech is shrinking night-vision goggles down to the size of a nickel.
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 3 days agoA decision will be made within two months on the possible delivery of 27 Russian Mi-17 helicopters to Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday."We are talking about a couple of...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 3 days agoThe Indian Air Force will soon order an additional 59 Russian Mil Mi-17 helicopters on top of the 80 ordered earlier, the IAF chief said on Thursday.The first deliveries of the 80 Mi-17 helicopters, ordere...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 3 days agoAUSTRALIAN Aerospace says it is on schedule to deliver seven MRH-90 helicopters to the Australian Defence Force before the end of the year.The delivery will bring to 16 the total number of new choppers the...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 3 days agoTaiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Thursday renewed calls to Washington to sell the island an upgraded version of the F16 fighter, following a Pentagon report warning of China's growing military might."We ...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 3 days agoThis local lad has definitely travelled the road less politically correct. To be honest I post it only because he's a Mackem; if he was a Newcastle fan then I might not have, lol. (*of course* I have my ...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 3 days agoRemember that two year Environment Committee study on the tarsands that was ultimately shredded because the four parties at the table couldn't agree on the wording of the witnesses' testimony? The Lib memb...
- posted by Ray Villard at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoFor the first time we see Earth -- in astronomical parlance -- as a superior planet, 114 million miles outward from Mercury.
- posted by Robert Lamb at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoUnraveling the mysteries of the sun's smallest planet may unlock the secrets of the early solar system.
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoThe moon is a permanent feature in our skies, but is it as unchanging as it seems?
- posted by Raed Jarrar at Raed in the Middle - 3 days agoListen to my full interview with Free Speech Radio News today here.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoWe Are Change: For Immediate Release: * Join WeAreChange for “Our Lives Post 9/11” – A Four Day 9/11 Truth Conference and Charity Event in New York City - September 9th – 12th 2010* Former C.I.A., F.B.I.,...
- posted by Jorge Ribas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoIf this is your first exposure to the Friday News Feedbag... we're glad to have you in the club. Welcome to Feedbag Nation, which stems from our weekly science news podcast that you can subscribe to here o...
- posted by Alyssa Danigelis at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoScientists in Scotland announced this week that they figured out a way to produce biofuel from whiskey. Get that glass ready.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoThe Purpose Behind Engineered Economic Collapse By Giordano Bruno Neithercorp Press *“From now on, depressions will be scientifically created.” — *Congressman Charles A. Lindbergh Sr. , 1913 Everyone lov...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoClimate change isn't the only reason the record rains in Pakistan have been so devastating.
- posted by John D. Cox at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoDrying effects of higher temperatures during the last decade reversed an upward trend in global plant growth. As plants wither, even more carbon could be released into the atmosphere, researchers say.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoWe’re throwing away more and more plastic. If it’s not ending up in the open Atlantic, where is it going?
- posted by Larry O'Hanlon at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoA new survey of the waters around the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster has found a massive, submerged plume of hydrocarbons.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 4 days agoAs another summer of war draws to a close in Baghdad with the deadliest attack of the year, there is growing anxiety in the region that U.S. and Israel will attack Iran within the coming months. Israeli pr...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 4 days agoCARS - General Motors has made a deal with the Chinese company SAIC to develop and design small fuel-efficient engines and transmissions with the goals of creating a mass production small car in China's ev...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 4 days agoFASHION / TECHNOLOGY - There's a new cellphone on the market and its coming to clothing retailers near you... or rather its a dress that just happens to have a cellphone built in. The "M-Dress" is a slink...
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