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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Saturday, October 30, 2010

30 October - RSS SnapShot! Pt 1

RSS Feed Results Opit's LinkFest!  My Opera

IPS - Inter Press Services

  • BRAZIL: Substantive Issues Missing from Election C ...
    In Brazil, 136 million voters will head to the polls in Sunday's presidential runoff election, after a campaign heavy on recriminations and moralistic attacks and weak on substantive issues.
  • MEXICO: No Solution in Sight for Apaxco Pollution ...
    A waste processing company and the surrounding community are at odds over the operation of a plant that provides energy for Mexico's cement industry.
  • U.S. Slides on Corruption Index
    Iraq and Afghanistan rank near rock-bottom in an index of corruption in 178 countries that found that nearly three- quarters of the countries surveyed showed serious corruption problems.
  • Haitian Mothers Find Care in Dominican Republic, b ...
    In the spacious lobby of the Nuestra Señora de Altagracia maternity hospital, more than a hundred people wait quietly in chairs, overlooked by a 20-foot-high coloured mosaic inset portraying the patron saint of the Dominican Republic.
  • LATIN AMERICA: Hunger Strikes Fuelled by Instituti ...
    Protesters ranging from prisoners to government leaders have resorted to hunger strikes in Latin America in recent years to press their demands. Behind the growing use of the extreme protest measure is a lack of institutional responses, according to experts.

Scoop - NZ

Independent - London

Rogue Government.com

Innovation Canada

  • Bridge Building
    You’ve seen them, driven over them, walked through them, but you’ve probably never given them a second thought. Yet culverts — those corrugated steel arches buried under roads that allow rivers and streams, vehicles, people and animals to pass through — are a critical piece of infrastructure that we ...
  • Better infrastructure, better results
    In 2001, when the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) opened on the campus of the University of New Brunswick (UNB), CRI researchers knew where many of its students would have to go to conduct experiments and analyze their findings — elsewhere.While the CRI was theoretically a 21st-century effort to mea ...
  • Crime and rehabilitation
    When Hugh Brody embarked on an experiment to interview aboriginal youth in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley in 2005, spending three years in prison was the last thing he expected to do. But that all changed when he met Angela George, a member of the Chehalis First Nation near Chilliwack, who was wor ...
  • Sheer treasure
    Katherine Soucie gives hope to misfits. Like other eccentric adolescents, she discovered that being different can be an asset in adulthood, especially for an artist. Today, the Vancouver-based textile and garment designer collaborates with world-renowned designers, showcases her diaphanous garments ...
  • Clean Green Electric Machine
    A small Jeep-like truck that runs entirely on an electric battery may soon offer a cleaner alternative to the diesel vehicles currently used to transport people and tools deep into Canada’s mines.The four-passenger vehicle, which can hold up to 225 kilograms of cargo, was recently developed with the ...

Signs of the times

  • A healthy gut is the hidden key to weight loss
    In a previous article in this series on diabesity I briefly mentioned the role of gut health in obesity and diabetes. I'd like to go into more detail on that subject here, especially since it's not a very well known relationship. Our gut is home to approximately 100,000,000,000,000 (100 trillion) m ...
  • Scientists seek ancient cosmic 'strings'
    U.S. scientists say they may have evidence of the strangest structures believed to exist in the universe: ancient cosmic strings from the time of the Big Bang. First predicted by astrophysicists in the 1970s, cosmic strings are believed to be enormous cosmic fault lines that formed billions of year ...
  • How Candy and Halloween Became Best Friends
    Wherever you turn this October, candy beckons. Americans will spend an estimated $2 billion on candy during the Halloween season this year, and here's a fun fact from the California Milk Processors Board: "an average Jack-O-Lantern bucket carries about 250 pieces of candy amounting about 9,000 cal ...
  • Now, ears too can be used for airport security ID ...
    A study has found that just like finger printing, passport photos and eye recognition, our ears too can be scanned at airports to prove our identity. Researchers have discovered that every person has uniquely-shaped ears and have formulated a way to scan them to compare them with images already co ...
  • Hippies Weren't the Only Ones Tripping in the Sixt ...
    This article originally appeared in the Winter 2010 edition of Journal of Gluten Sensitivity. Celiac.com 10/06/2010 - Do you know where LSD comes from? It is made from gluten grains. In 1938 Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist, discovered LSD, having refined it from a mold that grows on grains. Howev ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Canadian Company contributing to US anti-progressi ...
    Take a look at this from ThinkProgress .(Emphasis mine) The United States Chamber of Commerce is running an unprecedented $75 million campaign to unseat progressives from Congress, in defense of a big-oil agenda . As a ThinkProgress investigation has learned Chamber’s donors — who send their che ...
  • Coming to Canada Soon ? ? ? ?
    Welcome to Crazytown . . . . H/T: drf
  • Linked: Bruyea and Harper
    The ever-vigilant Impolitical . Harper knew. Harper lied.�
  • At it again...
    First it was Airshow and Red Dawn . Now it's Conservative MP for Nanaimo-Alberni Dr. James Lunney , seen here all dolled up like a sailor on HMCS Calgary .� Ok, to be fair, this was part of a program where members of the upper and lower houses get to go play sailor, soldier or pigeon for five days: ...
  • Thanks, Dan . . .

Media Matters for America

  • Glenn Beck failed his 40-Day Challenge
    When Glenn Beck announced his "40-Day Challenge" on his Fox News show, he pledged to "stop all lies for the next 40 days." Beck has also said that Fox would fire him if he made "inaccurate" claims. But Beck habitually relies on false and misleading statements - Media Matters compiles 40 inaccura ...
  • How Glenn Beck led his tea party followers into th ...
    Glenn Beck's political activism -- from the 9/12 Project to his 8/28 rally -- has made him a leader in the tea party movement. Beck has used that status to drive his followers into the Republican Party and bolster its get-out-the-vote efforts for the 2010 elections. Analysis: Tea party supporters o ...
  • As Palin "stands with" Beck, his rhetoric is credi ...
    This week, Sarah Palin rejected� Media Matters for America CEO David Brock's call to condemn Glenn Beck's violent rhetoric. Beck's rhetoric was recently cited as inspiration for death threats issued against Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) and against debate organizers in Illinois. Palin rejects Brock's ...
  • Fox GOTV day three: Fox continues its week of rel ...
    Fox continued its week of relentless campaigning for Republicans by hosting six more GOP candidates while hosting just one Democratic candidate as well independent Charlie Crist and DNC chair Tim Kaine. Fox has spent the week before the election almost exclusively hosting Republican candidates. ...
  • Beck rails against millions of jobs that wouldn't ...
    Glenn Beck attacked President Obama over job creation, claiming that the stimulus was ineffective. However, independent and private analysts agree that the employment levels are significantly higher than they would have been without the stimulus. Beck declares the stimulus a failure at creatin ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • Economic History: A Last (Last) Answer To Baker
    1. Of course the US government got America out of the Great Depression by spending on WWII. By 1947, the national debt was something over 110 percent of GDP. But the interesting historical question which Baker (relying on Dorothy's ruby slippers) cheerfully avoids is, What was so unique about the ...
  • A Show of Palestinian Business Resilience 
    Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will most likely cut a ribbon; a handful of government officials will be jockeying for camera time to claim economic leadership; major multinationals will compete to get their logo in the limelight; international donors, like USAID, DFID and the World Bank ...
  • Why Aren't Business Leaders Standing Up To The Tea ...
    America's business leaders have not exactly shied away from offering political views. Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg has accused President Obama of creating a hostile environment for investment and job-creation, while General Electric's Jeff Immelt says the administration is out of sync with entreprene ...
  • Halliburton And The Upcoming Election
    Next Tuesday Americans will be deciding whether to hand over even more of our government to corporations that have been plundering America - such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citibank, Wellpoint insurance, Massey Energy, and Halliburton, the giant oil services company. Not every large corp ...
  • Only $4.2 Billion To Buy This Election?
    This, from the Washington Post's conservative pundit George Will: Total spending by parties, campaigns and issue-advocacy groups concerning every office from county clerks to U.S. senators may reach a record $4.2 billion in this two-year cycle. That is about what Americans spend in one year on yo ...

TruthOut

  • Obama: Bombs From Yemen Addressed to Jewish Groups
    Washington — Two packages containing explosives sent from Yemen and addressed to Chicago area Jewish organizations were discovered Friday aboard U.S.-bound aircraft in Britain and Dubai following a tipoff to U.S. authorities from a foreign government, U.S. officials said. A Yemen-based al Qaida aff ...
  • North, South Korea Trade Gunfire Across Tense Bord ...
    South Korea says that North Korean forces 'launched the first shots' in an exchange of gunfire in a remote region. The flare-up comes just before a reunion of families divided by the Korean War. Seoul - North and South Korean troops exchanged gunfire Friday evening in a remote mountain region about ...
  • Marijuana Law Enforcement Disproportionately Targe ...
    African-Americans and Latinos use marijuana at lower rates than whites, yet they are prosecuted for minor cannabis possession offenses in California's largest cities at rates two to twelve times higher than Caucasians, according to a pair of just-released reports commissioned by The Drug Policy Alli ...
  • The Most Racist Campaign in Decades, and What It D ...
    If the election of 2008 was a referendum on race, the midterms are feeling like a recount. The dominant political discourse of 2008 centered on an improbable question: Could a black man overcome decades’ worth of conservative fear mongering about scary, criminal, lazy black people and win a majority ...
  • The Downhill Run
    The 2010 midterm elections go down on Tuesday, for good or ill. The pollsters, news people and bloggers have been going full bore for months covering the thing. Even the weather people have gotten into the act; word has it most of the country is going to get rained on come election day. Except fo ...

Planetsave

  • Get the Anti-Science Bent Out of Politics
    Following up on my article last week about the GOP’s rejection of climate science, here’s an excellent piece on that same matter by leading climate scientist Michael Mann. This was originally posted in The Washington Post and I may have actually mentioned it previously, but it is such a good piece, ...
  • West Virgina Activists Risk Arrest, Plant Trees on ...
    Mountaintop removal is something we cover on here pretty frequently. It is the horrible process of blowing the tops off mountains to get out dirty coal to burn for electricity, which then contributes greatly to global warming, water pollution, air pollution, and other problems. Luckily, we are not t ...
  • 10 More Cool Bike Stories [& VIDEOS]
    Last Friday, I posted 10 cool bike stories I had collected over the last couple months. I actually had more than those 10 in my queue and I’ve picked up a few more since then, so I’ve decided to post 10 more cool bike stories here for your reading pleasure. Enjoy! 1. The Beauty of Bikeshare Andy ...
  • Trees Not the Carbon Sinks We Need
    A new study suggests that, despite the fact that trees grow larger or faster with increased levels of carbon dioxide, they are not necessarily going to be able to store an equally growing amount of the carbon dioxide. The report, to be published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of ...
  • Whales Great Biological Oceanographers
    In a research paper to be published online Saturday in the Journal of Geophysical Research, Oceans, scientists report that Baffin Bay off West Greenland has continued to warm since wintertime ocean temperatures were last able to be measured in the early 2000s. And they used whales to measure the tem ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • [Justice Wheels] One democratic state gains moment ...
    Request: My book on "Popular Resistance in Palestine: A history of hope and empowerment" will be out in two weeks from Pluto Press.  We are looking for film-makers or aspiring film-makers to take existing large archives of photographs and video footage of popular and nonviolent resistance from the p ...
  • Response to Shahid Siddiqi's analysis of India's o ...
    Response by Axis of Logic reader, Nasir Khan on Obama’s November Vist to India: Help Kashmiris gain their right to self-determination. Mr Siddiqi, I am sure you know what Obama stands for. Please let me add a bit on this score. The whole world knows him as a staunch defender of...
  • EU food safety chief forced to quit GM lobby role ...
    26th October, 2010 Questions raised over why European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) chair Diana Banati failed to make clear her connections to International Life Science Institute (ILSI), which advises biotech giants like Monsanto, Bayer and BASF A key figure in charge of food safety within t ...
  • Tariq Aziz faces judicial murder in Iraq - World N ...
    28 October 2010 The sentencing of former Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz to hang is a barbaric act of political vengeance by the US puppet government in Baghdad and yet another in the litany of war crimes committed by Washington since the 2003 invasion. Aziz, for decades Iraq’s chief ...
  • Michigan: Washtenaw Community College faculty face ...
    28 October 2010 Hundreds of Washtenaw Community College (WCC) employees face the imminent privatization of their jobs by the school administration. The move, which will have a devastating impact on the already low-paid WCC workforce, is part of an escalating nationwide attack on teachers’ compen ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    Another terrorist plot foiled by law-enforcement. No invasion required. "President Barack Obama has said initial examinations of two suspicious packages bound for the US show they appeared to have contained explosive materials. He said the packages, found in the UK and Dubai on two overnight cargo p ...
  • I guess I'm going to have to go with "No Comment"
    I managed, through a source that was promised anonymity, to locate the cell phone numbers of the Executive Director of the HRCC and the Executive Director of Victory Strategies, a political strategy firm that is closely associated with the HRCC. They are also pretty closely associated with Denny (N ...
  • Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal Headline: "GOP robo ...
    The negative fallout from the Missouri House republican Campaign Committee (HRCC) attack robocalls continues locally. The text of the calls: Female voice: This is an urgent alert for all Christian families. Before you vote you should know that state representative candidate Courtney Cole has taken h ...
  • Tilley (r), the HRCC robocalls, and the media: ".. ...
    In Missouri. Previously: HRCC robocall in the 121st Legislative District: desperation and homophobia (October 27, 2010) The Missouri HRCC steps in it with homophobic robocalls (October 28, 2010) Tilley (r) on HRCC robocalls: Uh, that didn't go very well, did it? (October 28, 2010) Tilley (r) on HRCC ...
  • Don't know why I didn't see this before...
    I thought those fuckers looked familiar. The "tea party" assholes are the same "angry white men" who were so pissed off by the Democratic wave election in 1992 that in 1994 that they turned out and put republicans in charge. The reason 1992 stung them so was commonly refered to as the Year of the W ...

Care 2

  • 4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case
    Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence. Submitted by Terrence B. to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add ...
  • Petition: Sacramento County Animal Shelter Violate ...
    Animal Welfare Activists and Rescuers Demand: Immediately ending animal neglect, cruelty and illegal killings at the Sacramento County Animal Shelter. Firing Pat Claerbout, Shelter Director, who demanded animal slaughters before animals were available ... Submitted by Lena Rehberger to Animals �|� ...
  • Helping Horses and Mules in the Andes
    This August, HSI and the Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association (HSVMA) teamed up again to provide much-needed care to working equines in Cusco, Peru. Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • A howling success: encounters with Yellowstone's w ...
    The first wolf howl is special. It certainly makes you look up. I won't claim that it made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. I will say it was eerie and beautiful and utterly unforgettable. A second howl came, and maybe a third. Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Com ...
  • Extending daylight could boost health, help planet
    Putting the clocks back in winter is bad for health, wastes energy and increases pollution, scientists say, and putting an end to the practice in northern areas could bring major health and environmental benefits. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comm ...

Smirking Chimp

  • What Obama is Missing
    I know everyone is going to yell at me for writing this now. I can hear it now, "We're trying to win an election! You're not helping! Criticizing Democrats now is akin to getting into bed with Karl Rove!" Ok, I hope not the last one, that sounds creepy, but you get the point. The reality is while a ...
  • False equivalency watch: Union versus corporate sp ...
    Chamber of Commerce (right) delicately finesses democracy (left) I overheard CNN’s John Roberts worrying his pretty, neatly-coiffed anchor head about the vast amount of cash being pumped into this election cycle from outside entities. He’s right to be concerned. So far, $4 billion has been spent o ...
  • The Republican War on Reality
    Everett Dirksen is one of my heroes. The Senate Republican leader from 1959 to 1969, he pushed strongly for Vietnam escalation and took conservative stands that I'd have strongly disagreed with on economic issues. But he joined Lyndon Johnson in going to the mat to pass the Civil Rights and Voting R ...
  • The Question That Answers Everything About the Ele ...
    A polling firm looking for America's top consumer brands stumbled across something that I think comes as close as anything to explaining what ails this American moment. According to Advertising Age , YouGov asked people about a bunch of brands' quality, value, their satisfaction with it, their willi ...
  • Miller v. Murkowski v. McAdams: The Tea Party's Ma ...
    from FindLaw Alaska's senatorial election pits Tea-Party-candidate-turned-Republican-nominee Joe Miller against the incumbent Republican Senator, Lisa Murkowski , and the Democratic Party's nominee, Scott McAdams . The big guns of the Tea Party movement are backing Miller, and doing their best to g ...

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Larry Johnson on CBS and Larry King Live * Open Th ...
    NOTE AT 10 p.m.: The Larry King video is coming later. (The transcript is missing at the moment. I trust CNN will get it up, as they usually do quickly.) Catch Larry Johnson on CNN’s Larry King Live tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Larry, a counterterrorism expert of long standing, will discuss today’s brou ...
  • While We Worry About Voting Funny Business, Pundit ...
    Yet again, we have the regular folks pitted against the elite media. This time, the inbred elite media believes the folks are not just ignorant, but are also nuts for worrying about voting irregularities. However, as you’ll learn below, there’s a new, disturbing story of voter fraud activity that e ...
  • Larry Johnson on Larry King Tonight + Open Thread
    Catch Larry Johnson on CNN’s Larry King Live tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Larry, a counterterrorism expert of long standing, will discuss today’s brouhaha over the terrorism threats. Larry was also interviewed by CBS News today, so you may see a clip of that interview on the CBS Evening News. (This is als ...
  • Cargo Terror Scarum Hokum
    Here we go again. Wall-to-wall cable news wild speculation, rumor mongering and terrorism hype. Today’s fear du jour concerns the alleged presence of explosives and/or nuclear material on board cargo airplanes. The hysterical public reaction to this is maddening. Let’s get some facts on the tabl ...
  • Broadway
    Bronwyn’s Note: The video below is fun to watch. Especially if you’ve ever listened to John Batchelor’s radio show, which I find a true treat. While John is a conservative, he invites all kinds of guests, from congressmen to journalists to novelists to filmmakers, from the left to the right. His sho ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • 5 Simple Steps to a Green Yet Scary Halloween
    It may seem like a monstrous task, but you don’t have to dress as The Hulk to go green on Halloween. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Amazing Apocalyptic Trash Sculptures by Kris Kuksi
    The grotesque and surreal can make amazingly beautiful art. Kris Kuksi takes recycling trash to a whole otherworldly level with his breathtaking sculptures. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • The Dangerous and Dreadful Smells of the Cannonbal ...
    One of the wonders of nature, the cannonball tree is an unusual and definitely strange member of the Brazil nut family that is sacred in some religions. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 10 Most Endangered Turtles on Earth
    Shell shocking information on the plight of turtles in the wild. These 10 are only some in danger of extinction. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Ludlow Massacre in Pictures
    The Ludlow Massacre has been marked as the bloodiest labor dispute in U.S. history. Recent events in Chile have shown that mining continues to be a dangerous profession. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the arti ...

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

  • U.S. Nuclear Plants Get the Iraq Treatment
    International atomic energy inspectors size up operations in Peach Bottom, Pa., and Lower Alloways Creek, N.J. Early impressions are positive.
  • Warp Speed for Risky Solar Ventures
    The California Energy Commission rushes to green-light massive solar power plants so developers can break ground by year's end and qualify for a government cash grant.
  • Is the Move to Hybrids Hyped?
    A new analysis suggests that electric and hybrid vehicles will make up little more than 7 percent of global passenger-vehicle sales by 2020.
  • Wind Power Growth Slows to 2007 Levels
    The American Wind Energy Association reports the slowest quarter since 2007, adding just 395 megawatts of wind power capacity.
  • Amtrak Orders Greener Locomotives
    The rail network will buy 70 electric locomotives for the Northeast and Keystone corridors that feed power back into overhead power lines when they brake.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • FBI investigated American Trucking Association lin ...
    Wellstone plane crash was super sketchy. There was no icy condition that it was spun as. Fortunately MPR got the Wellstone FBI files, a lot of redacted materials. There is an interesting logical flow - including "justice center" ... Service Transportation Act - expose board members of ATA - DOT t ...
  • Rap News vs the News World Order - gotta see this ...
    Any friend of this site pretty much is required to watch the latest rapnews: Marvelous work! As posted: Who let the Logs out!? Wikileaks drops 400,000 classified documents shedding new light on the Iraq war — the biggest leak of classified military documents in history — sending shockw ...
  • Facebook Twitter HTTP security shown as hosed by t ...
    Sound advice (to the extent anything on the internet is really secure ha): Change your passwords , and logout of everything Do not use open WiFi to login to Facebook, Twitter or anything else Use only a hard-wired connection until this subsides Do not check the “remember my password” ...
  • FedWire and Wachovia / Wells Fargo = Pipeline for ...
    "It would be important for this task force to have access to records of the Federal Reserve and the central banks of cooperating nations to find out which financial institutions are depositing large amounts of American dollars. (If investigators had had such access years ago, it would have been easy ...
  • Currency turbulence and FEMA cyberwarfare exciteme ...
    The old days... " The BCCI scandal gave citizens of the world a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the covert global banking intelligence power structure, revealing power politics in its purest form. ".... -link Now that's what I call a currency war! DXZ Flash Crash Detonates Entire Currency Co ...

Daily Censored

  • Curing Our National Case of Hypochondria
    For a moment this morning, I confess that I found myself on the edge of my seat in the middle of the Halloween special edition of the Today show.   As a corporate media critic, an academic, and a professional with a regular day job, such a confession could be damning, as if I were a [...]
  • Just Deserts
    A guy who calls himself “Keith in Seattle” posted this comment on my blog: “New numbers posted today on the Treasury Department website show the National Debt has increased by more than $3 trillion since President Obama took office. The National Debt stood at $10.626 trillion the day Mr. Obama was i ...
  • Coups, Destabilization, & Disavow
    Coups, Destabilization, & Disavow: American as Apple Pie By: Solomon Comissiong “The propaganda system allows the U.S. leadership to commit crimes without limit and with no suggestion of misbehavior or criminality; in fact, major war criminals like Henry Kissinger appear regularly on TV to comment o ...
  • FRAQ! I Voted For A Republican
    I actually did it, but he is not really a Repubican anymore.  I could have voted for a Democrat who is guaranteed to lose or a raving, lunatic Republican.  Instead I voted for Charlie Crist.  He was a centrist Republican who was too far left for the scary, foot shooters who live around here.  Meek, ...
  • The FIX: Let No Crisis Go To Waste
    The deficit is a ruse.  First, this deficit was created by the Republicans over the last ten years—Yes, ten years.  They used the war to create an endless pit and spent like crazy with the bulk of the money going to their friends.  Then they used the last two years to prevent anyone from doing [...]

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Equality Trust

  • Why we need a Fairness Test of the cuts
    A group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. Full details ...
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  • VAT rise would hit the poorest
    Bill Wilson's VAT motion to the Scottish Parliament reads as follows: That the Parliament notes the warning issued by Save the Children in Scotland that raising VAT to 20% could mean a £31 a week bill for the poorest families in Scotland and that the poorest 10% of the population currently spend ...
  • Excessive pay and bonuses in public sector under s ...
    Daily Telegraph reports on bold moves in the public sector . But what about the private sector which originated the "crazy" bonus system and still leads the way on excessive top pay...?

PDA AMERICA

  • Connect the Dots with Lila Garrett: Interview wit ...
    PDA board member Lila Garrett spent the first 15 minutes of her show this past Monday talking with PDA national director Tim Carpenter about the upcoming ...
  • IOT: Stop Global Warming – Environment Issu ...
    At the October 20, 2010 meeting of the PDA Stop Global Warming/Environmental Issues Organizing Team, we heard from special guests Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel from the Million Letter March. The meeting included updates on ...
  • IOT: Stop Global Warming – Environment Issu ...
    At the July 21 meeting of the Stop Global Warming/Environmental IOT, we heard a report on the June BBLVs and the citizens’ lobbying effort, updates on climate/energy legislation, the PDA Annual conference in Cleveland in ...
  • IOT: Stop Global Warming – Environment Issu ...
    At the June 16 meeting of the Stop Global Warming/Environmental IOT, we heard from Danna Moore of Future 500 and voted to endorse the principles put forth to get businesses involved in the support of ...
  • IOT: Stop Global Warming – Environment Issu ...
    The April 21 meeting of the Stop Global Warming/Environmental IOT featured guests Bill Snapes Senior Counsel for the Center for Biological Diversity and jounalist and author Jeff Biggers who writes on Mountain-top mining. We also ...

Marler Blog

  • Off to Arkansas - Food Illness - From Soup to Nuts
    I always enjoy teaching at law school when I can. �Next week I get to spend a few days with some graduate students at the University of Arkansas School of Law.
  • Kosher First LLC. Issues Alert on Listeria in Tuv ...
    KOSHER FIRST LLC. 502 FLUSHING AVE. is recalling TUV TAAM SALADS NOVA LOX SALAD due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The problem was discovered after routine sampling by New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets Food Inspectors and subsequent analysis of the product by Food Labor ...
  • Oklahoma E. coli O111 Victims to Share $4 Million, ...
    In a blow to Republic Underwriters and Southern Insurance Companies (and to insurers everywhere), the Federal Magistrate in Oklahoma sided with the 341 victims of the largest E. coli O111 outbreak in United States history. The court ruled that the 341 victims may share in the insurance proceeds of ...
  • Listeria Recall - Small Raw Milk Cheese Producers ...
    Boy, have I heard it from the raw milik, locavore, anti-government folks over the last few days.� I now agree with them.� Big agribusiness and small local farmers should be treated the same.� Any company with several months of Listeria problems and an inspection report like this, should be shut down ...
  • Possible Listeria Risk Causes 54,000 Pound Pork Re ...
    Autentico Foods, a Hawaiian Gardens, Calif., firm, is recalling approximately 54,000 pounds of ready-to-eat pork products that were not produced in accordance with its food safety plan for its Listeria prerequisite program, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Oct. 27. The ...

AutoblogGreen

  • AutoblogGreen for 10.29.10
    At Witz' End: Observations after driving the Chevy Volt (and getting 26.1 and 81.5 mpg) Not a "pure" EV, but a car with game-changing potential. Tesla SUV coming in 2014, will be called Model X ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 10.28.10
    Editorial: GM's Chevy Volt advertising might work today, but it's incredibly shortsighted Why GM may want to re-think its PR strategy. Converted Audi A2 claims new electric vehicle distance record: 372 mi ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 10.27.10
    GM director: Fuel cell vehicles will be cost competitive with hybrids by 2025 Yes, that's 15 years away. Still. Video: Focus Designs introduces SBU V2.0; a one-wheeled electric wonder Segway ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 10.26.10
    Vegan Juice: PETA to advertise on EV charging stations? Consumer crossover nirvana or not? San Francisco's green taxi fleet and how it got there Thanks to one determined cabbie. ...
  • EPA issues first-ever fuel efficiency and emission ...
    Filed under: Truck , Government/Legal , Work , Specialty , Diesel As expected , the EPA has released its first-ever proposal for greenhouse gas and fuel efficiency standards for heavy-duty vehicles. The proposal, and that's all it is at this point, would create three new categories for heavy truc ...

Rafe's Radar

  • Reporters' Roundtable: The Social Network
    Against the odds, the movie about the founding of Facebook, 'The Social Network,' is nearly universally admired. It got a 97% on the TomatoMeter at Rotten Tomatoes, and is considered a strong candidate for the Oscars. But is it accurate? Not just on the facts, but on the spirit and ethos of en ...
  • Xmarks CEO: Knight-in-shining-armor rescue likely
    The company isn't going to make it, but the popular browser sync tool is likely to live on.
  • Reporters' Roundtable: The Internet vs. Hollywood
    Today: The movie and TV industries vs the Internet! Who will win -- Studios, internet companies, consumers, manufacturers, or some combination? The entire entertainment industry is, of course, in the middle of shedding its skin. The old ways of distributing and charging for entertainment conten ...
  • Reporters' Roundtable: How game mechanics are infe ...
    Today we're talking about game mechanics. Check-in apps like Foursquare use philosophies of game design to pull users deeper into engaging with them. The success of this concept has begun to infect other technologies, from consumer Web services to business applications. Software and services are ...
  • Reporters' Roundtable: Deciphering Apple's develop ...
    On September 9, Apple rewrote its rulebooks for developers . In its revised developers agreement , it reversed a ruling that blocked developers from using all but a very few programming languages for iPhone apps. And it also made public for the first time the guidelines it uses for deciding if ap ...

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!

  • TONIGHT: Amy Goodman on CNN's John King USA at 7pm ...
    Democracy Now!’s award-winning host Amy Goodman will appear on CNN’s John King USA on Friday, October 29 at 7pm EST.
  • War Should Be an Election Issue
    Just days away from crucial midterm elections, WikiLeaks, the whistle-blower website, unveiled the largest classified military leak in history. Almost 400,000 secret Pentagon documents relating to the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq were made available online. The documents, in excruciating de ...
  • TONIGHT: Amy Goodman on CNN's John King USA
    Democracy Now!’s award-winning host Amy Goodman will appear on CNN’s John King USA on Tuesday, October 26 at 7pm ET.
  • When Banks Are the Robbers
    The big banks that caused the collapse of the global finance market, and received tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded bailouts, have likely been engaging in wholesale fraud against homeowners and the courts. But in a promising development this week, attorneys general from all 50 states a ...
  • BREAKING: Pentagon instructing recruiters to accep ...
    In a victory for gay rights advocates, the Pentagon is instructing military recruiters to accept the applications of gay men and lesbians who wish to join the military. See all of our coverage of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell here

Farming Pathogens

  • We Can Think Ourselves into a Plague
    The power of the mind is a New Age staple. But, really, can I concentrate enough to levitate myself (much less get my laundry done today)? The materialist answers, funny you mention it, but, yeah, you can. A few minds thought through the ideas that produced the airplane and perhaps soon enough the p ...
  • How Mayor Bloomberg Causes Obesity
    Yeah the doctors don’t know, but New York was killing me / Bunch of doctors coming round, they don’t know / That New York is killing me / Yeah I need to go home and take it slow in Jackson, Tennessee -Gil Scott-Heron On October 6 Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked the United States Department of [...]
  • Follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter
    You can now follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Twitter here. Includes the latest in media reports and journal articles on agriculture, disease, evolution, dialectical biology, the practice of science, as well as any appearances or new work by FP contributors. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Farming Pa ...
  • The Axis of Viral
    The enemy of my enemy is my friend. We might accept that viruses and bacteria at best instantiate the coincidental nature of such an alliance. The success of one bug might pave the way for another. But we’d be hard pressed to imagine that theyâd whittle the syllogism to a sharper point and actively ...
  • Follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Facebook
    Follow ‘Farming Pathogens’ on Facebook here. Includes the latest in media reports and journal articles on agriculture, disease, evolution, dialectical biology, and the practice of science, as well as any appearances or new work by FP contributors. Filed under: Uncategorized

Suzie-Q

  • Rand Paul Supporter Tim Profitt Wants Stomping Vic ...
    Rand Paul Supporter Tim Profitt Wants Stomping Victim To Apologize To HIM The Huffington Post |  Nick Wing First Posted: 10-27-10 10:30 AM   |   Updated: 10-27-10 11:24 AM Tim Profitt, the Rand Paul supporter behind the white sneaker that notoriously stomped on a MoveOn activist’s head in Ke ...
  • Wikileaks: Top Brass warns of putting troops & civ ...
    Wikileaks recieved excellent coverage on CNN last night, including inteviews with Daniel Elsberg, Pentagon Papers, John Sloboda, the Iraq Body Count’s co-founder, and Phil Shiner of the U.K.-based Public Interest Lawyers. John Sloboda, the Iraq Body Count’s co-founder, told reporters that the names ...
  • The Republican Swindle About ‘Obamacare and ...
    If you happen to be a swing voter who’s considering the Republican slate next month, you’re being tricked. That’s not to say you’re an idiot, but the Republicans are doing an excellent job masking over what they really stand for, and millions of Americans seem to be falling for it. The Republican st ...
  • AZ-03: Shocking Democratic Pickup Opportunity
    Daily Kos- by kos Mon Oct 18, 2010 at 11:20:03 AM PDT Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 10/16-17. Likely voters. MoE 3.8% (No trend lines) Ben Quayle (R) 44 Jon Hulburd (D) 46 Yeah, that was a real WTF moment for us in this open seat being vacated by conservative icon John Shadegg. Completely [.. ...
  • The Revolution Will Be Televised: Comedy Central T ...
    The Revolution Will Be Televised: Comedy Central To Air, Stream D.C. Rallies (VIDEO) Jason Linkins- Huff Post First Posted: 10-13-10 11:31 AM   |   Updated: 10-13-10 12:23 PM On last night’s “Daily Show,” host Jon Stewart announced that the upcoming Rally To Restore Sanity would be televised, ...

Solari

  • South African Krugerrand
    By David Liechty The South African Krugerrand is an excellent choice for investors looking to maximize the value of their gold investment purchase. As one of the most common coins on the market, it is in relatively plentiful supply, and with a relatively lower overall demand for this coin compared ...
  • Martin Luther King Jr. On Jazz
    Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Opening Address to the 1964 Berlin Jazz Festival Text of speech given by Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. By JazzTimes God has wrought many things out of oppression. He has endowed his creatures with the capacity to create and from this capacity has flowed the sweet songs of so ...
  • Halloween & The Popsicle Index
    Popsicle Index: High! Everyone goes trick or treating – or do they?  When I was a kid, my neighborhood was full of trick or treaters. These days, my parents tell me their doorbell just doesn’t ring all that much.  And yet, in some neighborhoods, trick or treating is exuberant, with loads of kids ha ...
  • The Emerging Market Bond Market
    By Joe Weisenthal Continue reading the article . . .
  • ‪A Permaculture Food Forest‬
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Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job. [. ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan , Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban . ... and more��
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afg ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency ? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in Afghanistan Sri Lanka ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United Press ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan , Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more��
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA new ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more��

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign , challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project .
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become obsol ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Visit McDonalds to learn all you need to know abou ...
    Summary:  Why don’t we have the leaders we deserve?  Perhaps we do.  America’s institutions, our political machinery, work just fine.  We’re the broken link in the machinery.  Visit McDonald’s for proof. America no longer functions well, but our self-esteem remains untouched.  Therefore the pr ...
  • Polarization and hot rhetoric conceal two similar ...
    Summary:  The second in the series about the American people’s struggle to adjust to the new century.  Here we discuss American politics:  the increasingly hot rhetoric and polarization — and the similarity of policies between parties. In many ways Obama resembles Carter, both unable to functi ...
  • Which is better? Rioting in France and Greece or ...
    Summary:  Riots in France and Greece.  Calm in the United States.  Which shows clearer vision and greater willingness to institute reforms?  As usual, the media coverage gets it backwards.  First in another series about the end of the post-WWII era, and our preparations for it. Rioters in Franc ...
  • Our geopolitical experts will destroy America, if ...
    Summary:  Our foreign policy has been a shambles since the fall of the Berlin Wall.  But our mistakes have been made on the basis of expert advice.  Here are some examples, most ranging from ineffective to crazy. The geopolitical experts at Foreign Policy magazine have some free advice:  “A Pl ...
  • Will the Taliban Give us a Taste of Armageddon?
    Summary: Many comparisons have been made between the War on Terror, AKA “The Long War”, and Vietnam. Needless to say, our leaders prefer to think about happy counterinsurgencies, like the Philippines, Malaysia, and… the Philippines. Since fantasy is so much more appealing than reality (and makes for ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Billions in Afghanistan aid dollars unaccounted fo ...
    AFP â Nearly 18 billion dollars earmarked for reconstruction in Afghanistan remain unaccounted for, snagged in a “labyrinth” of contract bureaucracy, a sweeping US government audit has shown. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) said 17.7 billion dollars was obligated ...
  • Nasa unveils bold plans to send humans ‘one-way to ...
    The Telegraph-Humans could be sent one-way to Mars under ambitious plans being investigated by Nasa to permanently colonise other planets in space. Space agency officials confirmed feasability studies were under way to asses whether astronauts could be permanently sent to the red planet, or its moon ...
  • Explosives in U.S.-bound parcels from Yemen: Obama
    Reuters – Security officials in Britain and Dubai intercepted two parcel bombs being sent from Yemen to the United States in a “credible terrorist threat,” President Barack Obama said on Friday. Read Article Editorial Note: Does this mean Yemen, with its largely untapped oil reserves, is now next in ...
  • Many killed in Iraq cafe suicide blast
    BBC – A suicide bomber has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens in a town north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The attacker is believed to have detonated an explosives vest in a cafe in the town of Balad Ruz, in Diyala province. Read Article
  • Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupts again
    BBC – Mount Merapi volcano has erupted for a third time, with local people reportedly saying this was louder and stronger than the previous eruption on Tuesday. The latest eruption happened at around 0100 on Saturday (1800GMT Friday). Agence France Presse reported that it caused panic, with hundreds ...

Monkey Smashes Heaven

  • MSH is moving********
    Monkey Smashes Heaven is moving to here: http://llco.org/monkey-smashes-heaven So far, we have the English section up and running. For now, we will continue to post articles in other languages to the English section. In the future, we will set up full operational Leading Light pages is many other la ...
  • Ashamed to be an Amerikkkan?
  • MSH moving
    MSH moving (Leading Light Communist Organization llco.org) Over the next month, MSH will be moving over to the website of the Leading Light Communist Organization (llco.org), which is currently under construction. Eventually, this blog will be shut down. Thank you, MSH Editors
  • Trzy twierdze
    Trzy twierdze -Michał Rakulski (trzeciswiat.wordpress.com) „W przeszłości przejęliśmy władzę polityczną i zmieniliśmy strukturę środków produkcji. To są dwa wielkie zwycięstwa. Jednakże jeśli ograniczymy się do tych dwóch zwycięstw, a nie dokonamy rewolucji w ideologii oraz nie doprowadzimy rewolucj ...
  • Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści – jesteście nacjona ...
    Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści – jesteście nacjonalistami (Leading Light Communist Organization llco.org) “Drodzy trzecioświatowi maoiści, Wasza pozycja jest bardzo interesująca. Wasz blog jest nacjonalistyczny, co ukrywacie pod socjalistyczną retoryką. Linia mas nie jest substytutem rewolucyjnego p ...

PakAlert

  • Obama ‘Fake Terror’ Alert Story Hits #1 on Google
    As we are just days out from the 2010 midterm elections, voters must realize that the establishment has willfully engaged in hyping up false alerts to scare the public into believing that we are under siege by potential terrorist acts at all moments. Various “officials” have been warning that an att ...
  • 5 Best Countries to Escape America’s Decline
    Okay, you're upset with the direction America is headed and you've been thinking of moving to another country. Perhaps you feel exhaustedly cynical about the political, economic, or social situation in the U.S. and think it is beyond repair. You wouldn't be alone. Many top economists and other trend ...
  • Fear Campaign Continues: Emirates Flight 201 Being ...
    Two packages were discovered, in Dubai and the UK, that were sent from Yemen. Those packages included explosive material, according to the President. In response to that threat, the U.S. government stepped up surveillance on packages from Yemen coming to the U.S. That resulted in flights being st ...
  • Video: North and South Korea Exchange Fire At Bord ...
    North and South Korea exchanged gunfire on Friday evening across the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which has separated Kim Jong Il's communist regime in the north from the capitalist, democratic south since 1953.
  • 10 Creepy Mysteries You Haven’t Heard Of
    This list covers mysteries that are, hopefully, not well known to most of you (but including one previously published item with updated information), and ones that have something creepy about them. I hope you enjoy the list and be sure to mention other creepy mysteries in the comments.

Andy Worthington

  • Critics Attack UK Government’s Cruel and Ill-Conce ...
    As fat cat bosses’ pay is revealed to have risen by a staggering 55 percent last year, with Bart Becht, CEO of Reckitt Benckiser, ruling the trough with a salary and shares worth an incomprehensible £92.6 m, London Mayor Boris Johnson has come out as the foremost critic of the government’s heartless ...
  • In Omar Khadr’s Sentencing Phase, US Government In ...
    This has been a very poor week for American justice. On Monday, the Obama administration secured a plea deal in the trial by Military Commission of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, who was 15 years old when he was seized by US forces in July 2002. As a result, the United States has become the first [... ...
  • Omar Khadr’s Statement at Guantánamo, Octobe ...
    On Thursday, at Guantánamo, Omar Khadr, the Canadian citizen who accepted a plea deal on Monday in his trial by Military Commission, and is now facing sentencing hearings so that a military jury can deliver a sentence in his case, made a statement that, as the Globe and Mail described it, was “the f ...
  • Andy Worthington Discusses Omar Khadr’s Depressing ...
    On Monday, after former child prisoner Omar Khadr accepted a plea deal at Guantánamo, nodding his assent to a vast list of crimes (PDF), including membership of al-Qaeda and the “illegal” killing of a US Special Forces soldier, I responded to an urgent request for an interview and spoke to my old fr ...
  • Moazzam Begg Interviews Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Ade ...
    Over the last 18 months, as part of the slow-moving process of closing Guantánamo, the Obama administration — having refused to offer new homes on the US mainland to cleared prisoners who cannot be repatriated because they face the risk of torture — has prevailed on other countries to help out. To ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Add hawk
    I’m a regular citizen. I love my town, I love my town’s school system. I hate arbitrarily high taxes, and I hate wasting time and money. Like most people, I have ideas on how things in my town could be improved. But I’m not an elected official, or a personal friend of the mayor, and I don’t have ...
  • Is Walter Bayer a DINO?
    Walter Bayer was at the Republican fundraiser for Probate Judge Martin Landgrebe last night. He appeared to be meeting and greeting like a member of the "R" crowd. And you can sometimes find him tipping back a beverage with Roger Szendy and other "R's" at local watering holes. Considering how eas ...
  • Simmons Running Senate Ads
    Considering Simmons is running neck and neck with Linda McMahon in the primaries even after he dropped out of the race. Why not? From The Day: Rob Simmons, who halted his campaign for the Republican Senate nomination after losing the party endorsement to former WWE CEO Linda McMahon, will begin ai ...
  • Dan Malloy scores first in Danbury
    Dan Malloy on the bench of the Danbury Whalers shortly after scoring the first goal in Whaler's history,
  • No Big Surprises In the Latest CT Gov Race Q-Poll
    The latest KWIN-uh-pe-ack© numbers are out for the CT-Gov race of 2010 and ctblogger looks at the data overall and the questions a bit , while Ct Bob looks at the inside game of the likely voter numbers . Needless to say, the numbers look good for the Democratic party candidates no matter how it go ...

SPL Center

  • Anti-Immigrant Groups Continue Greenwashing Campai ...
    Progressives For Immigration Reform (PFIR) held its inaugural conference Tuesday at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. The small, invitation-only, one-day conference was entitled, “The First National Conference on Immigration, Conservation, and the Environment.” The conclave is just another ...
  • Fox News Host Embraces Conspiracist With Race War ...
    Gravelly voiced conspiracy theorist Alex Jones touts himself as one of the few daring souls willing to tell the “truth” about 9/11 being an inside job , the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s plans to intern dissidents in “death camps,” and the “New World Order” plot to exterminate 80% of the wor ...
  • Suicides and Gay-bashings: More Violence for LGBT ...
    The violence never seems to end. This past month has been downright horrifying, with at least five teenagers nationwide committing suicide as a result of anti-gay bullying. There were also two attacks against gay victims in New York City communities normally considered LGBT-friendly. A patron was g ...
  • Antigovernment Dad, Son Blame Each Other in Bank-B ...
    The trial of Bruce and Joshua Turnidge begins its sixth day of testimony in a Salem, Ore., courtroom today, where the father and son face nearly 20 counts ranging from aggravated murder to assault stemming from a December 2008 bank bombing that killed two police officers and seriously injured two ot ...
  • Right Wingers Take on ‘Liar in Chief’
    MIAMI, Fla. — To many of the far-right speakers and people attending the three-day “Taking America Back” conference here, President Obama doesn’t just espouse policies and ideology they loathe. They’re convinced he’s a Muslim, a communist or both. Not only is Obama a communist, but the Democratic Pa ...

change: org.

  • Transgender Woman Harassed by DMV Employee
    Going to the DMV is already a special sort of Hell without employees inventing new ways to make the whole experience even worse. But Amber Yust had to deal with more than just long lines, a stuffy waiting room, and an endless request for more paperwork. She had to deal with serious transphobia. And ...
  • Will the Food Industry's Labeling Initiative Reall ...
    Recently, America's leading food and beverage manufacturers sent out a press release proclaiming that they were "joining forces in the fight against obesity." And just how are they going to do this? It all comes down to their plan to develop a new front-of-package (FOP) nutrition labeling system. "T ...
  • Banned Veggies, Fingerprint Checks at Lunch Lines ...
    Why are some preschoolers wearing T-shirts with trackable ID technology? Why did a law school student ask for a tuition refund? It's Friday afternoon, which means it's a great time to catch up on all of the school and education news you may have missed on Change.org's blogs. Here's just a sampling o ...
  • New Equine Rescue Registry Will Save Horses From S ...
    Some say that cases of horse neglect have been on the rise over the past few years. But rather than attribute it to the most likely cause — people unable to afford caring for their horses in a struggling economy — slaughter proponents blame it on the 2007 federal ruling that effectively shut down ho ...
  • FDA's Gay Blood Ban Fuels Iowa Judge Fight
    Led by the National Organization for Marriage, conservatives in Iowa are working hard to oust three "activist" state Supreme Court justices who approved same-sex marriage. Rather than relying on simple legislative or political arguments, many rank-and-file right wingers are using medical "arguments" ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Argentina Mourns the President Who Led His Nation ...
    by Guy Adams Argentina is coming to terms with the loss of its most influential political spouse since the days of Eva Peron following the sudden death of Nestor Kirchner, the former president and husband of the country's current leader, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. State television reported that ...
  • The Right to Food: Corporate, Foreign Gov’t Land G ...
    The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, joins us to discuss his recent warning that some 500 million small farmers in poor countries are suffering from hunger, partly because foreign countries and corporations have bought up large tracts of land. We’re al ...
  • The $4 Billion Election: Spending Records Shattere ...
    WASHINGTON – This year’s federal election will obliterate spending records for a midterm contest, surpassing the previous high-water mark set in 2006 by about $1 billion, the Center for Responsive Politics predicts less than a week before voters cast their ballots. That’s enough cash to run the c ...
  • Largest US Polluters Want EPA to Keep Their Emissi ...
    by Dina Cappiello WASHINGTON — Some of America's largest emitters of heat-trapping gases, including businesses that publicly support efforts to curb global warming, don't want the public knowing exactly how much they pollute. Oil producers and refiners, along with manufacturers of steel, aluminum ...
  • Indonesia Tsunami Death Toll Soars
    Al Jazeera and agencies The death toll from Indonesia's tsunami has soared to at least 343 with 370 others missing, as questions mount over whether an elaborate tsunami warning system off the country's western coast had failed. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Indonesia's president, headed on Thursday t ...

Lifehacker

Water Privatization

  • Updated 10/29/2010
    There is no question that USC senior cross country runner Zara Lukens epitomizes the title of student-athlete. On the course, she is co-captain of the Trojan squad and has been a steady and consistent runner for USC, as she is about to compete in her fourth Pac-10 Championship.
  • Selangor's Water Assets Worth RM10.98bil and Not R ...
    SHAH ALAM, 27 OCTOBER, 2010: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today said the Selangor state’s water assets were worth RM10.98 billion and not RM1 billion as recorded previously.
  • Selangor's Water Assets Worth RM10.98bil and Not R ...
    SHAH ALAM, 27 OCTOBER, 2010: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today said the Selangor state’s water assets were worth RM10.98 billion and not RM1 billion as recorded previously.
  • Selangor's water assets worth RM10.98 bln and not ...
    SHAH ALAM: Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim today said the Selangor state’s water assets were worth RM10.98 billion and not RM1 billion as recorded previously.
  • Selangor's Water Assets Worth 10.98 Billion And No ...
    SHAH ALAM, Oct 27 (Bernama) -- Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim Wednesday said the Selangor state's water assets were worth RM10.98 billion and not RM1 billion as recorded previously.

Guardian

  • Leaks reveal Bush's thoughts on 9/11
    Memoirs reveal former US president gave order to shoot down any hijacked planes before United Airlines flight 93 crashed George Bush initially believed the only plane not to reach its intended target during the 11 September attacks had been shot down on his orders, according to leaks from the former ...
  • International terror alert as explosive packages f ...
    �� Terror alert as explosive packages found on US-bound planes �� Suspicious package on cargo plane at East Midlands airport �� Another package found on FedEx plane at Dubai airport Security services yesterday thwarted a terrorist attempt to send packages containing explosive material hidden in prin ...
  • Gawker risks Tea Party fury
    Celebrity website publishes revelation in which author claims to have had one night stand with Republican senatorial candidate As an upstart Manhattan-based gossip site with a reputation for iconoclasm and baiting celebrities, Gawker.com has always been clear in its priorities: attract traffic, make ...
  • G4S loses UK deportations contract
    G4S guards were arrested after death of Angolan man, but Home Office's decision based on cost, says firm The private security firm G4S said tonight that it was "extremely disappointed" to lose a multimillion-pound government contract to forcibly deport foreign nationals. A decision to award the lucr ...
  • Nice to lose powers on new drugs
    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to lose its power to decide which drugs are too expensive The government's drug rationing body, Nice, is to be stripped of its power to turn down new medicines for use in the NHS, ending emotive battles with patient groups but raising the spe ...

McClatchey

  • Elections will shake up S.C. delegation
    WASHINGTON — When the dust settles late Tuesday, the congressional elections will likely have rocked the political landscape in Washington for South Carolina — for good and for bad.
  • Outside money pouring into Missouri U.S. Senate ra ...
    WASHINGTON — As the fall campaign enters its final weekend, outside groups so far have spent nearly $13 million on the U.S. Senate contest in Missouri.
  • Saudi Arabia tip stopped bombs from entering U.S. ...
    WASHINGTON — Two packages containing explosives sent from Yemen and addressed to Chicago-area Jewish institutions were found Friday aboard U.S.-bound aircraft in Britain and Dubai following a tipoff to U.S. authorities apparently from Saudi Arabia.
  • Message in Marines' calendar: Breast cancer strike ...
    WASHINGTON — As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month draws to a close this weekend, a cluster of men who once lived on a poisoned military base have this message for the public: The disease doesn't just go away.
  • Poll: Voter pessimism helps GOP in 4 states Obama ...
    WASHINGTON — Republican candidates vying to win Democratic-held Senate seats have inched ahead in two once-deadlocked states and are in virtual ties in two others, four new McClatchy-Marist state polls found Friday.

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

  • Nature protection - the new road starts here
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya: Was it an end, or a beginning? As delegates streamed away from the convention centre here in Nagoya - and stream they did, many of them having delayed flights to make sure no stone they could turn was left unturned - the talk was of a ...
  • Banking on innovation for green shoots
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya, Japan: � Maybe you thought it was all about the science of losing species and ecosystems, and the ethics of doing something about it. But as the final phase of this meeting is making clear, it's largely about money. Everyone here ag ...
  • Raiders of the lost bark
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya: The second Tuesday of this meeting was the day glamour came to town - in good and ugly guises. On the good side, I had the chance to sit down with Harrison Ford - an actor whose oeuvre looms large for anyone of my generation, from Wit ...
  • Obstacles to nature protection emerge as stakes ri ...
    � From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Nagoya: It's fair to say there's a deal of concern here that what emerges at the end of this fornight's meeting could amount to less than it was supposed to. � Mind you, it was supposed to amount to quite a bit - a pretty comprehens ...
  • Bushmeat - ending the monkey business
    From the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) meeting in Nagoya: Many westerners would view the idea of eating monkeys with deep distaste. But for people raised on bushmeat, in Africa and elsewhere, the equation is different. "Forbidding hunting [bushmeat] is not a solution for the Baka," Mes ...

The Wonk Room

  • USW President: U.S. Chamber Has Become ‘A Co ...
    As ThinkProgress has previously reported, over a million jobs have been lost due to outsourcing since 1994. One of the main organizations promoting outsourcing has been the US Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber has been taking money from foreign corporations and holding clinics on how to outsource Ame ...
  • Alabama Supreme Court Justice Compares DADT Judge ...
    Alabama Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker, a disciple of disgraced former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, released a campaign ad comparing the judge who recently struck down the unconstitutional Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy to Al-Qaeda: Recently, U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips ordered a world ...
  • HHS Announces New ‘Early Innovators Grants&# ...
    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a new round of grants this afternoon to help states expedite and simplify the process of developing IT systems for the new exchanges (the Travelocity-like market places that will help Americans find comprehensive insurance coverage). By the ...
  • Volcker: Don’t Let The Banks Weaken My Rule
    As I’ve been documenting, Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have set their sights on weakening some of the key provisions in the Dodd-Frank financial reform law. One of these is the Volcker rule — named after former Federal Reserve Chairman and current Obama administration advise ...
  • Conservative Military Chaplains Complain About DAD ...
    Conservative military chaplains have opposed repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell so frequently and vociferously this year that I’ve devoted an entire tag to explaining why their warnings of a mass exodus of Christian chaplains and soliders is overblown. But their frequent outings (pun intended) didn’t s ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • Interview With Oskar LaFontaine
    I can't speak or understand German, but if anyone who reads this can, you can check this out. (I liked what I read about this guy.) Yeah, I'm still busy.
  • What's Wrong Here?
    Ah, I could talk more about how vile and shitty it is that a war criminal like Condoleeza Rice is coming to Canada and people are actually going to spend money to hear her talk. (Jesus Christ, I just can't resist pointing out that those people must be almost as stupid as she is! What do they expect ...
  • The Torture Never Stops
    I actually feel like saying a lot but i don't have the time or the energy to say any of it. So here's a video: G'night all. (Darn fruit-flies!)
  • Yes, It's Utter Contempt For Parliament
    Dale at Hill Queeries calls it: The Conservatives’ contempt for Parliament apparently knows no bounds as they are expected to deliver their fall economic update today, in Mississauga of all places. No, you’re not mistaken – the House isn’t sitting this week. For them to deliver it outside of the ...
  • Another Excellent Post on Dying Canadian Democracy
    Go read .

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • NWC speaks with ATU Local 689
    Today Lindsey Williams and I spoke with the Executive Board of Local 689, Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) .Local 689 represents employees of Washington DC's Metro system. Lindsey is the Advocacy Director of the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) . We spoke about the National Transit System Securit ...
  • Fair Game is the best movie ever reviewed on this ...
    Fair Game is a new feature movie about the Valerie Plame affair. Naomi Watts plays Valerie Plame. Sean Penn plays her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson. I am having trouble containing how much I appreciate this movie, so let me start with the facts: In the buildup for the Iraq War, the Bush Administr ...
  • Is your boss using a "key logger"? Find out.
    A "key logger" is a computer program that keeps a record of every keystroke someone types on a computer. Hackers can use key loggers to infiltrate a computer system, or to steal someone's identity. They might use a key logger as part of a computer virus, and once a computer is infected, the hacker c ...
  • Appropriate Use of Science in Public Policy
    On October 27, 2010, Professionals for the Public Interest (PftPI) will present a panel discussion on the " Appropriate Use of Science in Public Policy. " Although the event will be free, registration is required . The event will be held at 4:00 pm at the American Association for the Advancement of ...
  • Secretary Solis answers concerns about DOL's Whist ...
    Last July, the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) joined with Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Government Accountability Project (GAP) in submitting a letter to Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis . The letter raised concerns about whether the Department of Labor (DOL) w ...

Science Express

  • Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
    If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant radio ...
  • Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratospheric ...
    The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the glo ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes spend ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20th c ...
  • New approach precisely tracks evolution's footprin ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for example. T ...

TechDirt

  • Thank Copyright Infringers For Still Being Able To ...
    If you're a baseball fan, you know that the World Series is going on right now, between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers (with the Giants looking damn good so far). On the night they won the League Championship Series to advance to the World Series, I was actually out walking my dog, ...
  • Turns Out The Evil Halloween Candy Poisoners Was J ...
    When I moved into my current home a few years back, I discovered (a few weeks later) on Halloween that one of my neighbors is a professional choclatier, when a pair of insanely delicious home-made caramel candy apples were delivered to my house as a "reverse trick-or-treat." It was definitely a nic ...
  • Reminder: Despite What You May Have Heard, Happy B ...
    A little over two years ago, we had an interesting discussion about the copyright status of the song "Happy Birthday." Now, you may have heard that the song is covered by copyright, by the estate of Patty and Mildred Hill (or, to quote a really old Aaron Sorkin-penned TV show: "wait, it took two pe ...
  • Free Speech vs. Anonymity Gone Wild: Women Suing J ...
    A lawsuit over the legality of a "Girls Gone Wild" video has turned into something of a free speech battle . Apparently four women who appeared in one of the famous videos as teenagers, are suing Joe Francis, the guy behind the whole GGW franchise. The women (all in their 20s now) want to remain a ...
  • Getting Closer To Autonomous Cars: Vans Make The T ...
    Back in July we mentioned that some researchers had begun an attempt to have an autonomous vehicle drive safely from Italy to China. Then, about a month ago, we also noted that Google had been successfully testing autonomous vehicles on the roads as well. Now, Slashdot alerts us to the news that t ...

VacTruth

  • Multiple Deaths Linked to Childhood Vaccines
    New evidence suggesting that forty children have died over the past seven years following a routine childhood vaccination. A Freedom of Information (FOI) data request to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority (MHRA). The FOI data revealed that childhood vaccinations are suspected ...
  • Mind Virus Injected into New Mothers by Pharma and ...
    Through repetition, the "reassuring" voice that many parents crave will soon be injected into the minds of pregnant and new mothers everywhere, thanks to companies with deep financial pockets. The latest trend in building a support system for new parents who may find themselves tired, overwhelmed, ...
  • New Evidence States H1N1 Vaccine Has Elevated Risk ...
    A recent news report suggests that the UK government's position has changed regarding the H1N1 vaccine and related cases of Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS).
  • Do Drug Firm Bribery Charges Implicate the U.S. FD ...
    How can anyone have implicit faith in the science and products produced by BIG Pharma when they are charged with bribing government officials?
  • Are Federal Grants Being Used For State Government ...
    The Obama Administration was pressured to officially declare a Stafford Act National Emergency. In turn, the emergency declaration automatically made millions of federal grant dollars monies available to state governments. So what happened with all of the money appropriated and made available to st ...

BroadSnark

  • Food, Water, Air and Care
    Remember Maslow’s hiearchy of needs?  Sure you do. It is usually presented something like this. You start at the bottom with the most basic needs.  As basic needs are met, you go up the pyramid.  I’ve seen a few of these pyramids.  They usually list the same stuff for basic needs – air, water, ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Let me kick things off with this excellent piece by Tony Karon.  You do not speak for me Netanyahu.  Israel is not my homeland. If you have been following this blog for any length of time, you probably know that my university studies focused primarily on human rights violations related to the drug w ...
  • Solidarity?
    I am really beginning to despise the word solidarity.  I’m constantly hearing calls for solidarity – with women just because they’re women, with anarchists just because they’re anarchists, with workers just because they’re workers. Do you know what I think of when someone asks for solidarity?  I t ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    This is going to be a short one, as I just got back from New Orleans and haven’t been reading much the last few days.  Also, tonight is my fourteenth anniversary and I have to get back to the bfriend. While I was in NoLa, I ran into some people who had just visited DC and [...]
  • Intellect as Evasion
    Normally, I like Jay Smooth.  But this video really irritated me. I understand why people are critical of the anti-intellectualism displayed by right wing populists who seem so disdainful of reading books, processing facts, or critical thinking of any kind.  But it amazes me when otherwise observ ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

Armies of Liberation

  • The blockade of South Yemen follows tactics of Saa ...
    As Yemen’s blockade on southern Yemen enters its third week, stocks of food, medicine and oil have dwindled to dangerous levels. Prices have skyrocketed and already malnourished children bear the brunt of the military action. The blockade began 17 days ago when the Western Armored Division establish ...
  • بقلم الكاتبة الامريكية جين نوفاك : ثلاثة أسابيع من ...
    مع دخول الحصار اليمني على اليمن الجنوبي أسبوعه الثالث ، إنخفضت المخزونات من المواد الغذائية والدواء و المشتقات النفطية الى مستويات تنذر بالخطر. و ارتفعت الأسعار و أصبح الأطفال يعانون بالفعل من سوء التغذية تحت وطأة العمليات العسكرية. وبدأ الحصار قبل 17 يوما عندما قامت وحدات المنطقة الغربية المدرعة بإ ...
  • السلام مع الكرامة في اليمن: هل يمكن ايقاف دوامه ال ...
    اÙسÙام مع اÙÙرامة Ù٠اÙÙÙ…Ù: ÙÙ ÙÙ…Ù٠اÙÙا٠دÙام٠اÙØ­Ø±Ø¨Ø Ùتبت: جÙÙ ÙÙÙاÙ*- ÙصحÙÙØ© “إجسامÙÙر” ترجمة/ عبداÙÙ٠عبداÙÙÙاب ÙاجÙ- ترجمة خاصة بÙ: اÙمستشار Ùت Ù٠حرب م٠حرÙب صعدة اÙستة Ù٠اÙÙÙ…Ù ÙÙ Ùسخة Ù…Ùررة م٠ا ...
  • Peace with Dignity in Yemen, Can the Cycle of Endl ...
    Each of the six Sa’ada wars in Yemen was a photo copy of the one before, except the bombs got bigger, the children more frail and the jails more crowded. The Yemeni government systematically denied food, medicine and international aid to civilians in the northern Sa’ada province as a tactic of war s ...
  • Would Yemeni law find Anwar Awlaki guilty?
    Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abu Baker al Qirby urged Anwar Awlaki to turn himself to be tried under Yemeni law, vowing that no Yemeni citizen would be extradited to the US or any other country. The US announced last week that it had authorized Awlaki’s kill or capture, having determined he is an active ...

Dark Politricks

  • Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To Push ...
  • Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming Ala ...
    Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace follow ...
  • Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Openin ...
    Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircraft p ...
  • NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have cau ...
    John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve seen ...
  • Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal government is ...
    Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll found ...

food and water watch

  • By: FutureEmergency.com
    [...] elected officials across the region. He’ll be blogging from the road every day of the trip, so check back in with us to find out what’s he’s up to each [...]
  • USDA Goes Back to the Drawing Board On Better Trac ...
    In early February, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) pleasantly surprised small farmers and food protection advocacy groups alike by abandoning its National Animal Identification System (NAIS). NAIS was a program put in place after a 2003 occurrence of mad cow disease with intention ...
  • 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 ...

treehugger

  • Chic Cosmetic Organizer Shortens Beauty Routine
    Photo: Less and More Is your unorganized cosmetic case slowing down you daily beauty routine? From a single piece of solid poplar--made entirely without glue--comes a simple way to organize your cosmetic case: Etsy's Less & More offers the Scarlet Makeup Holder which holds lipsticks, mascaras, ...
  • Electric Audi A2 Claims Distance Record on Public ...
    Image: DMB Energy Last Spring, I wrote about a DIY electric car that broke a world record by going 624 miles on one charge. As impressive as that was, it was done in a controlled environment, driving on a track at an average of 25 miles per hour. Now, a new record has been broken by two German ...
  • Shape-Shifting Octopuses Endangered by Blog Stardo ...
    Photo: Stephen Childs Flickr, Creative Commons Today, a link soared to the top of the popular news aggregator Reddit , with the text " This is, by far, the world's coolest animal. Behold: The Mimic Octopus. It's hardly an exaggeration -- the mimic octopus is a cephalopod found in the waters aro ...
  • Toyota is Turning Old NiMH Batteries Into New Batt ...
    Image: Toyota The Circle of Battery-Life The more hybrid cars and battery electric cars are on the road, the more battery pack we'll eventually have to deal with. It's still a better problem to have than to have to deal with vehicles that burn significantly more non-renewable fossil fuels, wit ...
  • World Growth International Slammed by Scientists F ...
    This one's probably a bit insider-info for most TreeHugger readers, and I admit I'm partially to blame for it, but bear with me because it's if you care about rampant greenwashing and deforestation it's important: A group of prominent scientists has issued an open letter challenging the objectiv ...

Biosingularity

  • Consuming polyunsaturated fatty acids may lower th ...
    Periodontitis, a common inflammatory disease in which gum tissue separates from teeth, leads to accumulation of bacteria and potential bone and tooth loss. Although traditional treatments concentrate on the bacterial infection, more recent strategies target the inflammatory response. In an article i ...
  • Gene Therapy for Treating Depression
    For decades, medications for depression have acted pretty much the same way–by manipulating levels of serotonin and other chemical messengers in the brain. New drugs have offered only modest changes from the old ones. Now a team of researchers, led by Michael Kaplitt, an associate professor at Weill ...
  • Amino Acid Supplement Makes Mice Live Longer
    When mice are given drinking water laced with a special concoction of amino acids, they live longer than your average mouse, according to a new report in the October issue of Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press publication. The key ingredients in the supplemental mixture are so-called branched-chain amino ...
  • Low Carb Diet Rich in Animal Fat and Protein Incre ...
    Those who adhered to a diet low in carbohydrates but rich in animal-based fats and proteins increased their risk of death – especially by cancer, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, led by Simmons College nutrition professor Teresa Fung, Sc. D. This study is the first ...
  • Novel sensing mechanism discovered in dendritic ce ...
    Dendritic cells are the grand sentinels of the immune system, standing guard 24/7 to detect foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, and bring news of the invasion to other immune cells to marshal an attack. These sentinels, however, nearly always fail to respond adequately to HIV, the virus c ...

CFACT ( Panned by SourceWatch )

  • Stockholm temperatures freeze global warming claim ...
    Lessons learned from the Swedish temperature record. In science, observations must be taken much more seriously than theories or computer models.
  • How to eliminate salmonella egg recalls
    Electronic pasteurization - hitting eggs and other fresh food with an electron beam - is cheap, quick, and kills virtually all of the food-borne bacteria on your food. It even kills the bacteria that promote rotting, keeping fresh produce fresher for longer.
  • An energy solution pulled from thin air?
  • Natural resources fuel North Dakota's economic boo ...
    While the rest of the country suffers through unemployment, foreclosures, bank failures, and budget deficits, North Dakota is on a roll - thanks in large part to its abundant resources of oil and natural gas, almost all of which are on private land.
  • Environmental injustice en Español
    Liberal Latino pressure groups̢۪ campaign will drive up energy prices, kill jobs and hurt families. Driving up the cost of energy would impair job creation and retention, and virtually ensure brownouts and blackouts in the midst of heat waves and cold snaps.

Ria Novosti Online News

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

  • IAEA head hails Russia's efforts in nuclear medici ...
    The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency praised on Tuesday Russia's achievements in fighting cancer using nuclear technology and said the IAEA will continue cooperating with Russian experts in the sphere.
  • Icebreaker Rossiya completes Arctic expedition
    Russia's nuclear-powered icebreaker Rossiya has successfully completed its Arctic expedition by returning to the northern port of Murmansk, RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
  • Soyuz launch with next ISS crew to be postponed fo ...
    The launch of the manned spaceship Soyuz TMA-20 with the next International Space Station (ISS) crew will be postponed from December 13 to December 15, the head of the Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Friday.
  • Russian hi-tech experts to visit U.S.
    A delegation of experts from Russia's Rosnano hi-tech government corporation will visit the United States on October 20-22, Rosnano said on its website.
  • Israel to put Dead Sea Scrolls on Internet
    The Israel Antiquities Authority and Google on Tuesday announced plans to digitalize the Dead Sea Scrolls and put them online, allowing widespread access to the documents.

Pruning Shears

  • State-run Iranian media beats the NY Times on Wiki ...
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post The latest document dump from WikiLeaks would seem to be one of those massive, stop the presses, drop everything and throw all available resources at it stories that dominates news cycles for weeks on end. One of the first revelatio ...
  • This Week In Tyranny
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Our image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims .The latest WikiLeaks document dump is remarkable: A man who was detained by Iraqi soldiers in an underground bunker reported that he had been ...
  • Banks created the foreclosure crisis - they should ...
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post On Tuesday Prairie Weather linked to this episode of the Diane Rehm show on the foreclosure crisis. Representing the mortgage industry was Tom Deutsch of the American Securitization Forum, and his oily insincerity positively oozed o ...
  • This Week In Tyranny
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Our image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims .Those links came from the Citizens for Legitimate Government daily email. You can sign up by writing Editor-in-Chief Lori Price (signup at l ...
  • Why not a Nobel for Western dissidents?
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post In recent years the Nobel committee has been willing to wade into controversies. A couple of years ago it awarded its economic prize to Paul Krugman, in what appeared to be a swipe at a sitting president and the still (inexplicably) ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Keep Nanotechnology Out of Organic!
    Please use the form to tell the USDA that you want the National Organic Standards Board to take a strong stand against the use of nanotechnology in organic. Click here to read this article
  • All Eyes On Iowa: An Interview with Democratic Cha ...
    One of the most important races that you haven't heard about yet in this election cycle is currently unfolding in America's Heartland, and it's generating national attention. Francis Thicke, the Democratic challenger in the race for Iowa Secretary of Agriculture, is turning heads and shaking up the ...
  • Newly Disclosed Government Documents Conclude GE S ...
    Adding a new twist to the controversy over genetically engineered (GE) salmon, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) revealed today that, in recent hearings on transgenic fish, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) knowingly withheld a Federal Biological Opinion by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Servic ...
  • Election 2010 to Shatter Spending Records as Repub ...
    This year's federal election will obliterate spending records for a midterm contest, surpassing the previous high-water mark set in 2006 by about $1 billion, the Center for Responsive Politics predicts less than a week before voters cast their ballots. Click here to read this article
  • Nanoparticles Worm Their Way Into the Food Web
    Click here to read this article

fotoFrontera

  • Selecciones especiales del Banco de Imágenes XXI
    Si lo desea, escoja un número para revisar nuestro archivo de fotos. [1] -[2] -[3] -[4] -[5] -[6] -[7] -[8] -[9] -[10] -[11] -[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLI ...
  • Signos del Zodiaco I by www.FreeAmazingPictures.co ...
    Dedicada especialmente para los más de 12,000 suscriptores y los más de 20,000 visitantes diarios, tenemos una hermosa colección de imágenes fantásticas dedicada a los signos del Zodiaco . Como siempre, esperamos sus comentarios donde nos hagan saber sus verdaderas impresiones. Saludos. Nota: Haz cl ...
  • Barcos, yates y veleros parte VII (9 fotos para to ...
    Escoja un número para ver más fotos de yates y veleros | [II] |[III] [IV] [V] [VI] [VII] Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS OPCIONES PARA USTED, (elija por favor) 1.- Conozca el orige ...
  • Iglesias, templos, palacios y edificios III (10 fo ...
    Si lo desea, puede revisar nuestro archivo. [1] [2] [3] Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU TAMAÑO OTRAS OPCIONES PARA USTED, (elija por favor)1.- Conozca el origen de estas imágenes y vea más fot ...
  • Selecciones especiales del Banco de Imágenes XX
    Si lo desea, escoja un número para revisar nuestro archivo de fotos. [1] -[2] -[3] -[4] -[5] -[6] -[7] -[8] -[9] -[10] -[11] -[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. HAZ CLICK sobre cada imagen si deseas AMPLIAR SU ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • No title
    On Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture National Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) released a draft report that, given their usual alignment with agricultural interests, is surprisingly straightforward in its assessment of the inadequacy of conservation practices in place on farms in t ...
  • Hoop dreams: A Baltimore community farm gets winte ...
    On a recent crisp October weekend, Reservoir Hill community members, friends, farmers, and two bus loads of Johns Hopkins undergraduate students gathered at the Whitelock Community Farm for a modern barn raising. The various volunteer groups, totaling close to 50 people, built an inexpensive but pra ...
  • Better Beef, It’s What’s For Lunch? Kids in Four o ...
    It looks like the “Eat less meat, eat better meat” motto, first coined by sustainable cattle rancher and author Nicolette Hahn Niman, is catching on. According to School Food FOCUS, a national initiative dedicated to helping urban school districts buy healthier, more sustainable and locally sourced ...
  • Agricultural Biotech and Chemical Industry Put on ...
    In mid-October of every year, Iowa State and Central Iowa sees its fair share (or more) of dignitaries, current and former agricultural lobby folks, Farm Bureau top brass and even usually a cabinet officer or two. This is not the presidential primaries, but the World Food Prize week. This year, over ...
  • CLF Knows What’s in the Nation’s Chicken
    On Thursday, CLF Director Dr. Robert S. Lawrence joined, Dr. David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner, and, Urvashi Rangan, PhD (JHSPH ‘95), Consumer Reports, on the Dr. Oz Show’s segment entitled “What’s in the Nation’s Chicken?” The guests on this national broadcast began by discussing the additive ...

Norwegianity

  • Only 4 posting days before this blog goes politics ...
    Catching up on election news: Anti-Conway attack ads being funded by Terry Forcht, a nursing home operator Conway is prosecuting for covering up sexual abuse (glibertarian Rand Paul, of course, supports the right of a nursing homes to allow residents to sexually abuse an 88-year-old women) (this spe ...
  • Only 6 more vote suppressing days left until the e ...
    More: Obama pleads his case to Jon Stewart Latest poll shows huge drop for Miller with Murkowski leading (and the AK Supreme Borks make damn sure Murkowski’s got a shot at winning) [Mudflats] [Immoral Minority] Big Insurance has dumped over $100 million into anti-healthcare reform ads since health r ...
  • A great wind is blowing
    One way the right is getting away with their moneybombs is that local newspapers simply aren’t explaining what’s happening to their readers. From today’s NYTimes: Bruce Braley, a Democrat from northeastern Iowa, has been a popular two-term congressman and seemed likely to have an easy re-election un ...
  • As plebeian as I wanna be
    I thought I’d take the Charles Murray “elitist” quiz, courtesy of Ricochet. 1. Can you talk about “Mad Men?” No. 2. Can you talk about the “The Sopranos?” Yes. 3. Do you know who replaced Bob Barker on “The Price Is Right?” Yes. 4. Have you watched an Oprah show from beginning to end? No. [...]
  • Norm the Coleman
    Thanks to TPM Muckraker, here’s the text of Norm Coleman’s latest fundraising letter (red emphasis mine, pink emphasis for funny): George Soros Wants to Buy America’s Elections He’s spending Millions Again on his Secretary of State Project You Can Help. Dear Friend: Every Vote Counts. You know that ...

Public News Service

  • Consumer Alert: Halloween Costumes Can be Toxic
    Consumer Alert: Halloween Costumes Can be Toxic Phoenix, AZ - Arizona parents may be exposing their children to harmful chemicals from Halloween costumes. Some plastic masks contain PVC, which can cause harm to kids, and a lot of face paints contain lead, according to the Environmental Working Group ...
  • Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive' Approach to CPR Comes to ...
    Bee Gees' 'Stayin' Alive' Approach to CPR Comes to AZ Phoenix, AZ – The age-old method of doing CPR is changing. The American Heart Association is out with a new recommendation - one that focuses on steady, regular chest compressions first, instead of mouth-to-mouth first. Comments from Shirley Hage ...
  • Call for C-O-L-A Changes for Social Security
    Call for C-O-L-A Changes for Social Security Phoenix, AZ – Last year there was not enough inflation for a Social Security cost of living adjustment, or "COLA," to kick in. Once again this year, no inflation, so there will be no increase for those on Social Security. Regional AARP director Janis Ch ...
  • Voting or Job-Hunting, AZ Seniors say, 'I'm Not Do ...
    Voting or Job-Hunting, AZ Seniors say, 'I'm Not Done Yet' Phoenix, AZ – If the future looks anything like being put out to pasture, Arizona's over-50 generation wants nothing to do with it. AARP president-elect Rob Romasco (rah-MOSS-koe)says older workers will be key to the upcoming elections as wel ...
  • 400,000 AZ Women Lose Health Exams to Budget Cuts
    400,000 AZ Women Lose Health Exams to Budget Cuts Phoenix, AZ – A less-publicized effect of the legislature’s October 1st budget cuts to AHCCCS (Access) is that routine annual well-care exams for some 400,000 low-income Arizona women are no longer covered. The action effectively shuts them out from ...

Center for Food Safety

  • Newly Disclosed Government Documents Conclude GE S ...
    EXPERT FISHERIES AGENCIES PROHIBIT GROWING ENGINEERED SALMON IN OPEN-WATER NET PENS UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT FDA Declined to Disclose Evidence During September Hearings on Aquabounty Salmon Adding a new twist to the controversy over genetically engineered (GE) salmon, the Center for Food Saf ...
  • Federal Court Strikes Down Ohio Ban On rBGH-Free L ...
    Relying on evidence of compositional differences between milk from cows treated with rbST/rbGH and milk from untreated cows, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down an Ohio state ban on labels pertaining to the use of artificial hormones in dairy products (IDFA et al v. Boggs, U.S. Cour ...
  • Center for Food Safety Testifies at Congressional ...
    Congress Sharply Critical of USDA’s Biotech Crop Oversight Failures, Calls for New Regulations  Live webcast: “Are ‘Superweeds’ an Outgrowth of USDA Biotech Policy? (Part II),” at: http://domesticpolicy.oversight.house.gov, 2pm EDT. Today the Domestic Policy Subcommittee of the House Oversight and G ...
  • Thirty Eight Representatives And Senators Call On ...
    Over Fifty Organizations and Businesses Endorse Congressional Letters;  CFS Calls upon FDA to Reject Approval of GE Salmon The Center for Food Safety applauds the 38 Representatives and Senators for requesting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) halt the approval of the long-shelved AquaBoun ...
  • Federal Court Finds USDA Broke The Law In Allowing ...
    Court To Consider Appropriate Remedy For Industry’s Rush To Plant Monsanto’s Herbicide Resistant Crop Late yesterday, Judge Jeffrey White, federal district judge for the Northern District of California, ruled that Plaintiffs Center for Food Safety, Organic Seed Alliance, High Mowing Organic Seeds, a ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • Reflections in a sealed bottle...Iraq - War Logs R ...
    An Arab Woman Blues - Reflections in a sealed bottle... It is important that I continue with my thoughts, I do not wish to lose any of the insights am getting, the many levels of Truth I am grasping...I am hungry but food can wait, I am sleepy but sleep can wait, I need fresh air but breathing can w ...
  • THE BROWN TABLE
    roarprawn: THE BROWN TABLE : "Years ago, when we reported on Maori fisheries settlement there was much discussion on what was known as the Brown Table. It was a play on the Round table and the knights of old. At the brown table sat Sir Tipene, Sir Robert Mahuta and Sir Graeme Latimer. They held eno ...
  • US Conservatives: Gangsters or Politicians?
    Tom Marino's Free Pass | Mother Jones How big of a scandal does it take to make a congressional candidate unelectable? This year, if you're a Republican, it has to be pretty darn big. Take GOP House candidate Tom Marino in Pennsylvania's Tenth District, located in the northeast corner of the state. ...
  • Independence!
    Corruption-free Anguilla: Independence! The airwaves and the local newspapers this past week have been filled with talk of the need for Anguilla to seek independence from the United Kingdom. Anguillians have always been the most independent-minded West Indians, so the discussion is a healthy one. Fr ...
  • Another Day, Another 850 Afghan Children Dead
    Another Day, Another 850 Afghan Children Dead | War Is A Crime .org Bamiyan Diaries – Day Five By David Smith-Ferri “Is This Normal?” In a small storage shed at the edge of town, we watched as fourteen-year-old Sayed Qarim signed a simple contract agreeing to borrow and repay a no-interest, 25,000 ...

Pensieve

  • Terror Averted Before Key Election…Coincidence?
    Photo by Gord McKenna Since Obama’s inauguration, left-leaning intellectuals have been frustrated in his reluctance or inability to implement the more radical elements of their agenda. At fist they saw him as a savior to the left. Now they are mourning the “Death of the Liberal Class”, as they stand ...
  • Honduras: Among the 3 Most Corrupt Nations in the ...
    Transparency international has published its results on its annual survey of perception of government corruption. The format is a zoomable world map with a ranked list below it. Honduras, at 134th place with a score of 2.4 is tied with Nigeria and Bangladesh and 7 others; not a good place to be. In ...
  • CNN Doctoring
    Is it me or did CNN want to soften news of Hugo Chavez expropriating two US-owned businesses in Venezuela? Related posts:Is this our future? CNN drops the C-bomb The Zelayistas Got There First? Related posts: Is this our future? CNN drops the C-bomb The Zelayistas Got There First?
  • CNN drops the C-bomb
    Photo by BY-YOUR-â It’s not the four letter word. Iâm a bit tired of this topic, but this article seems to need a few comments. After announcing a nuclear cooperation with Russian President Medvedev to build a nuclear plant in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez continues his tour of Asia by visiting Iranian Pre ...
  • Tascon List Documentary
    Those who defend Hugo Chávez need to see this documentary. The Tascón list is a list of all the voters who put their name, their fingerprint, and their social security numbers, in the 2004 recall referendum against Chávez. They were branded as “traitors” and summarily stripped of all government jobs ...

Green Times

  • Environmental News 28/10/2010
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Green Family
    A happy family is a green family, says this image, displayed in the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. Becoming a green family is not as hard as it may seem - there are many ways to make your life more eco-friendly. Cook with organic (glossary/food-drink/organic-food.html) and seasonal produce ...
  • Turn off your lights
    All the lights shining from within these buildings may give a pretty image, but off course it’s not very eco-friendly! Companies and individuals can reduce their carbon footprint (glossary/categories/climate-change/carbon-footprint.html) by turning off the lights when they are not in the office or ...
  • Poaching
    1. DEFINITION: "poaching" Any illegal obtaining of animals or wild plants, that violates internal conversation and wildlife management laws, is known as poaching. Only wild animals can be poached, while domestic animals can only be stolen. Plant poaching activities are starting to rise. In the ...
  • Environmental News 26/10/2010
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Investigators Hunt for Mail Bombers in Yemen
    ShareThis Investigators Hunt for Mail Bombers in Yemen 30 Oct 2010 U.S. and Yemeni authorities are searching for the terrorists who tried to mail two bombs from Yemen to Chicago-area synagogues. Authorities on three continents thwarted the attacks when they seized explosives on cargo planes in the U ...
  • Freed, thanks to Mail readers - Mely the chained o ...
    ShareThis Freed, thanks to Mail readers - Mely the chained orangutan 29 Oct 2010 After 15 years in �shackles, perhaps it was inevitable that when the moment came for rescuers to free Mely the orangutan, no one could find the key to unlock her padlock and chain. Yet she stood upright on her thin, was ...
  • Intercepted device likely a cell phone, photo anal ...
    ShareThis Intercepted device likely a cell phone, photo analysis shows 30 Oct 2010 The electronic component visible in a law enforcement image of an intercepted suspicious shipment from Yemen appears to be a printed circuit board from a disassembled cell phone, an engineer told CNN Friday. "This siz ...
  • Obama: Suspicious packages are a 'credible terrori ...
    ShareThis Obama: Suspicious packages are a 'credible terrorist threat' 29 Oct 2010 President Obama said Friday that packages mailed from Yemen and intercepted in the last 24 hours contained explosive material and represented a "credible terrorist threat." The packages, mailed via UPS and FedEx, were ...
  • Tell Tom Corbett: Don't try to suppress the vote i ...
    ShareThis Quick action! Tell Tom Corbett: Don't try to suppress the vote in PA (Keystone Progress) 29 Oct 2010 As Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett (R-Sociopath) is supposed to protect our right to vote. Instead, he said he wants to make sure that voters don't turn ou ...

Daily Loaf

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Historic BDS debate in Zeek
    By Jesse Bacon Zeek, the artsy hipstery Jewish journal, published two long pieces on BDS (Boycott Divestment and Sanctions) for what I assume is the first time. This bold move plants the movement squarely within the more creative portion of the Jewish establishment, at least as a topic of conversat ...
  • New resource in the fight for Israeli Democracy
    By Jesse Bacon Amidst the dispiriting news coming from both American and Israeli democracy, one of the signs of hope has been the people who have continued to resist the downward trend. Association for Civil Rights in Israel is one of those hope-inducing groups, and they recently launched a new engl ...
  • The mathematics of strangulation of Gaza
    By Jesse  Bacon When the specifics of Israel’s siege of Gaza came to light, it appeared almost random in its insanity and cruelty. The famous example is the prohibiting of pasta while allowing rice, all the while claiming this was somehow ensuring Israel’s security. Well wonder no longer. Through t ...
  • Association for Civil Rights in Israel on democrac ...
    From the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, reprinted by permission. Ed’s note: This is long, but close enough to our mission to warrant reprinting in full. Here you have the definite guide to anti-democracy bills in the Israeli Knesset, some that will be familiar to readers of this blog, some ...
  • A true Democracy; if Israel would only let it
    A Palestinian state – despite serious obstacles – could become the true democracy of the Middle East, if only Israel would let it. The world is abuzz with the news that Palestinian leadership is talking about soliciting support from the UN for a declaration of statehood (hey, remember when pre-Isr ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Driverless vans complete 8,000 mile trip
    Using a system called the Generic Obstacle and Lane Detector, or GOLD, these two vans were able to pretty much guide themselves across the two continents. Lasers scanners and video cameras worked together to ensure the vans didn’t cause any accidents (and it is pretty remarkable they made it that fa ...
  • Facebook buys Drop.io, kills it
    No word yet on whether drop.io technology will make it into Facebook, which may have wanted the developers not the software.
  • Mercedes Hexawheel concept. Drive like an insect
    The premise is simple: ants (along with various other insects) benefit from an articulated design, meaning their various body sections can move independently of one another. Compare ants to say, a tortoise, which has a fixed body and moving legs (i.e, the same design as a traditional car/SUV), and i ...
  • Welcome to Crazytown. Vote Sanity against the nutc ...
    The Rally to Restore Sanity says “Vote Sanity. Because you might be mad. But they’re crazy.” All true, and the video is fun and humorous so you should definitely watch it. And sure, if wack-a-doodles are running in your area, absolutely, vote against them. But when it comes to the primary problem in ...
  • The blogger meeting with Obama. Questions too easy ...
    Ian Welch What Sean-Paul said, pretty much. Overall the questions were less hard hitting than I would have liked, but I can understand why folks might be intimidated by the President of the US. I expected nothing of Oliver Willis, and like Sean-Paul, I don’t read Kos. However, I’ll say publicly what ...

Coteret

  • Yediot: NIS 9 million for settlement “touris ...
    The fact that these grants will fund highly politicized and inflammatory projects is best exemplified by the NIS 2 million slated for the “City of David” project in Silwan. This East Jerusalem settlement in the guise of an “archeological park” is at the cutting edge of efforts to insert Israelis i ...
  • Yediot: Despite Berlusconi’s promises, Italy ...
    Paper sanctions Menahem Ganz, Yediot, September 14 2010 [page 19, Hebrew original here and at bottom of post] Rome — Half a year after returning from a visit to Israel, in the course of which Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi promised to act to reduce the volume of trade between Italy and Ira ...
  • Yediot to Abe Foxman: Are we anti-Semitic too?
    Not exactly, but close. For those of you who have missed the latest chapter of what Matt Duss calls “the continuing attempt to redefine ‘blood libel’ as ‘saying things about Israel I don’t particularly like’”, here’s a brief: This week’s TIME Magazine cover story was a feature by Karl Vick, entitle ...
  • The new frontiers of Israeli diplomacy: Lieberman ...
    This morning’s Israel Hayom reports: (full translated text at bottom): a decision was made that, for the first time, the Foreign Minister will address the UN General Assembly in New York at the end of the month You don’t need to be an expert to understand that this is not a very wise matching of [.. ...
  • Maariv: French and American envoys working to re-s ...
    Maariv summarizes a news item from the Lebanese A-Safir. It’s unclear, however, whether the section on Mitchell visit is also from that source. The byline is unusual. Bardenstein is the junior diplomatic affairs correspondent and probably does not speak Arabic. Items based on direct monitoring of ...

Deadline Live

  • 4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case
    By ALAN FEUER Published: October 28, 2010 Citing cases dating back as far as 1928, a judge has ruled that a young girl accused of running down an elderly woman while racing a bicycle with training wheels on a Manhattan sidewalk two years ago can be sued for negligence. The ruling by the judge, Justi ...
  • Not Racist… White House / Clinton pressed Bl ...
    Meek: Dealmaking Crist “a Desperate Candidate” Backroom Deal in Florida Senate Race Wasn’t Sealed when Former Governor Trumpeted in on Airwaves; Everybody Stays In (CBS/AP) In this Oct. 20, 2010, file photo, Fla. Democratic senate candidate Rep. Kendrick Meek listens to former President Bill Clinton ...
  • Matamoros, Mexico bans Halloween Customes; If Poli ...
    Orwellian Halloween in Matamoros, Mexico: The city government will ban the use of Halloween customes for adults. The children will be escorted by Mexican military for their safety. Authorities will cite or arrest adults who take to the streets wearing Halloween masks or customes and refuse to show i ...
  • American Shot by Mexican Military in Nuevo Laredo
    valleycentral.com An American man is fighting for his life after allegedly being shot by Mexican soldiers south of the border in Nuevo Laredo. It all happened off Avenida López de Lara and Calle 15 de Septiembre around 1 a.m. Tuesday. Witnesses said soldiers opened fire on black Chevrolet Tahoe. Ful ...
  • Marijuana Will NOT Be Legal In California Regardle ...
    October 28, 2010 MSNBC

The Air Vent

  • Wow
    There are far more interesting things going on in the thread below, but this is just way too insane not to publish.  It’s by Steve Goddard, on the algae based biofuel scam.  As Air Vent readers know, algae biofuel is a complete scam.   If you have money in it, plan to get out early.  [...]
  • All Cost, for No Benefit
    As we head into elections, liberals are going ahead with ever more government and ever more regulation as though there is no bottom to the cash they can print.  To solve global warming, they are now proposing regulations on semi trucks to limit fuel usage.  Semi’s already limit fuel usage in an ex ...
  • Weight of Water and Wind, Hurricane Pro’s We ...
    An email from Dr. Kerry Emanuel reproduced with permission from him and George Bryan.  It took a little while to get permission, but this is what I was receiving behind the scenes during the recent wind scuffle.  It sent me down another multi-hour adventure of reading. —- Kerry Emanuel: All:  The ...
  • Remarkable Heretic
    Guest post Dr. Judith Curry.  I asked permission to repost this here in it entirety because it is a perfect description of the current climato-political situation.   There is so much nuance and reality in it I promise that you will be impressed, unless you are TCO. Honesty and reality all balled up ...
  • Independence
    M10 linked again here, starts with the following equation. dQ = CvdT + PdV  + L dλ   — Eq 1, from first law of Thermo. From this equation many on and offline comments were sent to me which claimed heat release was a far greater concern, gavin placed one here although his latent heat [...]

Focal Point

  • Gawker: We Slut-Shamed Christine O'Donnell for for ...
    Give it a rest, Gawker . Don't tell me you slut shamed Delaware Republican senate candidate  Christine O'Donnell for any higher purpose: What's missing from most of the criticism is this essential bit of context: Christine O'Donnell is seeking federal office based in part on her self-generated, ...
  • Cobra and Mongoose Miscellany
    -The Central Park Zoo welcomes baby mongooses . (Yes, that is the correct plural .) -Great moments in occupational health and safety: London, 1852, the Head Keeper in the Serpent Room at the London Zoo handles a cobra in a "less than sensible manner," makes medical history.
  • Rand Paul Supporter Stomps on MoveOn Activist's He ...
    A group of Rand Paul supporters accosted an activist from MoveOn.org before the Conway-Paul senate debate in Kentucky last night. As you can see in the video, some Paul supporters grabbed the victim and forced her to the pavement. A man in a black and white shirt pinned her down while another guy ...
  • The Physics of Wet Dog Shake (Video)
    The physics of wet mammal shake, explained. Dogs and other furry mammals shake to dry themselves off. Experimenters at the Georgia Institute of Technology calculated how fast an animal has to oscillate to overcome surface tension and throw water off its hairs. It turns out, the smalle ...
  • Madison Young, a Hardhat on a Construction Site is ...
    Tracy Clark-Flory interviews porn performer and producer Madison Young about condoms in porn. Young argues that individual performers should be allowed to decide whether to use condoms on set: CLARK-FLORY: What do you think of the push to mandate condom use in the industry? YOUNG: I think it cou ...

Inside Facebook

  • Facebook Roundup: Murphy, Facebook Phone, Bit.ly, ...
    Facebookâs Murphy Leaves Company – Mike Murphy, Facebookâs vice president of global sales and a long-time employee, is leaving the company to focus on his family at the end of this quarter. There are no immediate plans to replace him. [Image via Facebook] More on Facebook Phone – We wrote about the ...
  • Facebook Updates User ID Policy, Puts Six Month Bl ...
    Following an arguably overblown investigation into Facebook application developers sharing publicly-available user identification numbers with third parties, Facebook has made a few additional moves to clamp down on the problem. One is a policy update, another is punishment for those developers that ...
  • Facebook Acquires Drop.io, Founder Lessin Joins th ...
    Facebook acquired drop.io, a private sharing service founded by Sam Lessin, a longtime friend of chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, the New York-based startup said today. The acquisition price was not disclosed. Lessin is the only employee from the company who will join Facebook and Drop.io said it wo ...
  • A Look at Halloween-Themed Apps and Pages on Faceb ...
    Halloween is a retail blitz that comes and goes pretty quickly between the back-to-school and holiday shopping seasons. But nonetheless, the spooky holiday has made an appearance on Facebook as far as big brands, small businesses and regular folks go. One big brand that took advantage of Halloween w ...
  • Mixi Profile Link Lets Users Syndicate Facebook Co ...
    Facebook has released a version of its Profile Link product which allows users to syndicate their content to the Japanese social network Mixi. This follows up on the recent release of the product for Google’s Orkut, and we expect more similar integrations to roll out as well. Users can syndicate Fac ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Bring me the head of Silvino Herrera: "Us vs. them ...
    Against the background of the leaking of the USA's secret Iraq war crimes files by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Daniel Patrick Welch peers beneath the West's self-proclaimed cultural and moral superiority in the face of atrocities against innocent people all over the world. "When we peel a ...
  • Israeli police shoot "hated" Arab legislator in ba ...
    Jonathan Cook reports on the shooting in the back of Israeli Arab MP Haneen Zoubi by Israel police who used special paramilitary forces against an Arab demonstration provoked by ultra-right-wing Jewish extremists staging a march through an Arab town in northern Israel.
  • American democracy: Pro-Israel Tweedledum and Twee ...
    Maidhc Ó Cathail views the US mid-term congressional election campaign in a district of Illinois where two rabid Israeli stooges, Democrat Jan Schakowsky and Republican Joel Pollak, are vying with one another not over what they can do for the American people, but over which of the two cares about Is ...
  • Wikileaks for dummies: exposing the Iraq war crime ...
    Mamoon Alabbasi views some of the disinformation and spin propagated by the mainstream media regarding the leaking of the US’s secret Iraq war files by the whistleblower website Wikileaks.
  • Obama puts political expediency ahead of US Consti ...
    Lawrence Davidson argues that by upholding the principle of immunity from prosecution for senior officials who commit crimes – a principle that was established during George W. Bush's era – President Obama is undermining the Nuremberg principle that following orders is no excuse for criminal behavio ...

Amazon Rainforest

  • Second rancher sentenced for contract kill of Doro ...
    A second rancher has been sentenced for his role in the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun who was gunned down in 2005 for her efforts on behalf of poor farmers in the Amazon Rainforest. Regivaldo Galvao was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a jury in the city of Pará. Last month [...]
  • Yasuni National Park- SAVED!
    President Raphael Correa now has approved an agreement to leave Ecuador’s largest oil reserves, amounting to some 900 million barrels, underground in Yasuni National Park in exchange for more than $3 billion. Under the unprecedented agreement, known as the Yasuni-ITT Initiative, the government of Ec ...
  • Amazon watchgroups SILENT over new Chevron oil spi ...
    In the space of a week, a Chevron technical team has discovered two fresh oil spills in Ecuador’s oil-producing Amazon region. One covers three hectares (7.4 acres) near state-owned oil company Petroecuador’s Guanta production station in the heart of Cofan indigenous country. The other impacts half ...
  • Amazon River dolphin new stunning photos!
    The Amazon River dolphin (Bufeo, Bufeo Colorado, Boto, Boto Cor de Rosa, Boutu, Nay, Tonina) or Pink River Dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), is a freshwater River dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. These we ...
  • Belo Monte dam auction proceeds despite protests!
    Bidding for electricity generated by Brazil’s planned Belo Monte Dam in the Amazon rainforest has been marked by protests and legal confusion. A court injunction issued late Monday suspended the dam auction overnight, throwing the bidding process into a state of chaos. Just moments before the aucti ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Boiling Frogs Beltway Buzz: Obama’s 2012 Platform
    ‘They Made Me Do It!’ The Obama Campaign team has finalized its core message and marketing platform for the 2012 presidential elections. After several months of intense debate and ‘market research,’ the Obama Presidency ‘marketing executives’ have put together yet another simple and short ‘market ca ...
  • Going on Record on Labeling & Labelers
    Censorship Fanatics Come from All Walks of Life It is funny and sad at the same time. In the course of one week I have gone from Anti-Semite to Anti-Muslim. Within a week I have been labeled Filthy Jew-Basher and Fear-Mongering Islamophobic. I find it funny since the logic-free arguments of these fa ...
  • Podcast Show #34
    The Boiling Frogs Presents Tony Hall Tony Hall provides us with an overview of his recently released book Earth into Property, and discusses the relationship between the dispossession of Indigenous peoples and the making of global capitalism, beginning with Christopher Columbus’s inception of a Ne ...
  • Did You Know: The King of Madrasas Now Operates Ov ...
    Fethullah Gulen Takes the Great Game a Step Further The Controversial Muslim preacher has now extended his tentacles into schools in the United States, where he controls and operates more than 100 charter schools within a calculatively set up maze of dubious NGOs. Fethullah Gulen, whose organization ...
  • ‘Kosher’ Schakowsky: Still AIPAC’s Number One Darl ...
    Fierce Competition Between Two Jewish Candidates in Chicago According to the latest reports the degree of allegiance to Israel and its lobby has taken center stage in two Chicago election campaigns for a congressional seat. As far as the two candidates, the incumbent Jan Schakowsky and the Republica ...

Afro Spear

  • “Is Black Support for Obama Racist?” b ...
    Op-ed submission by Project 21 With poverty at an all-time high, daunting black unemployment levels and Obamacare threatening black babies, black support for Barack Obama remains surprisingly strong. Why? Blacks are not uniformly as radical as Obama. So why do 91 percent of blacks still support him ...
  • Kiva: A Story of the Poor
    AfroSpear supports microfinancing towards development (read here). October 2010 AfroSpear Initiatives: 1. Kelvin Rutherford 2. Keyembe 3. Vasi Business Center Group 4. God Bless You Group
  • sat’day riddymz
  • from tribal intellectualism to cultural lyricist
    A few days ago, my brother The Field Negro contacted me to say that he had used a post I did about 2 years ago entitled: “Tribal Intellectualism and the concept of the House Negro”, as the basis of an article he had posted on his blog. I was like “cool”, went over to his blog and read [...]
  • The Black Christ and the Black Madonna
      Very informative and interesting article at The Silver People Chronicle. 

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a nation ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep his po ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative candidat ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop denying ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterdayâs Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that âLiberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.â The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parentsâ finances as well. Griffi ...

Sen4Earth

  • No to Monsanto and GMO: Action Central
    "SEN is greatly concerned that Monsanto and GMO give rise to a threat that if unchecked could eventually prove as catastrophic to mankind and the sustainability of all life on earth as global warming. We must scream bloody murder, and do so with facts." -- Gregory Hilbert, Co-Founder Sustainability ...
  • Bill Gates On Climate Change & Energy: We Must and ...
    Whether you know a little or a lot about Climate Change (aka Global Warming), SEN urges you to watch this one-hour video, because you will learn a great deal either way. Gates lays out a sweeping set of ideas for reducing CO2 emmissions to zero. Gates is no fool when it comes to matters of [...]
  • Week 2 – Worldwide Campaign to Save the Gran ...
    The Grand Canyon is one of the world's most pristine and majestic treasures. Mother Nature needs our help to save it. We all need to act to protect the Grand Canyon. Pledge to do your part. Help us by adding your signature to the petitions and ask everyone you know and who cares for earth to do the ...
  • Seize BP Demonstrations Nationwide
    SEN believes these demonstrations will help awaken politicians to outrage over inadequate regulation and control of international corporations, even if they do not succeed in gaining temporary seizure of BP on the basis of national emergency and evidence of criminal neglect and fraud by BP.
  • Petition for Global Warming Facts on Fox
    SEN's Co-Founder Gregory Hilbert told Huffington bloggers Mary Ellen Harte PhD and John Harte PhD of cooltheearth, "The Discovery Palin Alaska petition-condemnation-boycott campaigns by Defenders of Wildlife, Credo, Change.org, Center for Biodiversity, Care2 Petitioners, Facebook groups and SEN have ...

If Americans Knew

  • As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed at ...
    Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage at h ...
  • An Open Letter to the Southern Poverty Law Clinic: ...
    I am disturbed by an article that the Center published in the fall 2007 issue of "Intelligence Report"--the Center's magazine. The item "Navy Extremist Disciplined--But Not for Extremism" is on page 11. The article focuses on Navy officer John Sharpe Jr.
  • NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again on Ga ...
    NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner whic ...
  • The invisible government: Propaganda Disguised as ...
    John Pilger: In a speech in Chicago, John Pilger describes how propaganda has become such a potent force in our lives and, in the words of one of its founders, represents 'an invisible government'.
  • A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and love ...
    We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope, a cry full of prayer and faith in a God ever vigilant, in God's divine providence ...

David J. Gregory

  • Conservative Conundrum
    Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because s ...
  • HURRAY FOR SHORT MEMORIES!
  • Never Forget: Bad Wars Aren’t Possible Unles ...
    This is a very good article from Michael Moore, what he delineates are the reasons we are still in such a mess as a Nation and a people. These reasons are blatant and should never be allowed to happen again. Even though Obama seems to be tied to the Bush Doctrine of appeasing the military-industrial ...
  • Truth for Tea Baggers!
    War Machine, all the money for killing, nothing for helping to save lives, war is much more profitable, especially when you supply both sides! Sheeple time to wake up….
  • Rand Paul the road to disaster
    Do you remember Rand Paul? He’s the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky that went on Rachel Maddow to oppose provisions in the Civil Rights Actafter his surprise victory in the primary. He’s taken max-out checks from Citizens United – the group whose lawsuit led to the new avalanche of corpo ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • BBC Radio Uses Industry Funded “Expert&#8221 ...
    I like the BBC. It manages to do a very difficult job being the national, public-funded broadcaster of the UK, while at the same time generally refusing to kow-tow to the demands of the state and it’s corporate owners. On the other hand there is a lot to criticise the BBC for, in particular its [... ...
  • After The Yes Men’s Chevron Spoof, What Next ...
    Strike while the iron is hot, or take a breather and think about your next move. The feelings of an Underminer during a hot spoof are often confused, but in some cases a retrospective look is necessary in order to understand what effective action really means. Case in point, the action by the Yes Me ...
  • BHP Billiton: New Chair, Same Old Story
    From the wonderful London Mining Network comes this report of the BHP Billiton. I have emphasised key phrases that demonstrate the hypocrisy of one of the most destructive companies ever to grace planet Earth. At today’s London AGM of the world’s biggest mining company, BHP Billiton, new company cha ...
  • NAU Receives $1 Million to Teach Native Kids How G ...
    Northern Arizona University have been given $1 million by the National Science Foundation to create a program to teach rural and indigenous people (you know, those people whose land was stolen from them in order to extract minerals and oil, and grow industrial scale crops) science and technology. Th ...
  • Million Letter March: Just Say No!
    If anyone sends anything to you asking to join the Million Letter March, treat it like spam. Look, I’m being serious: it’s the idea of Lester Brown, head of the Earth Policy Institute, who’s primary driver doesn’t appear to be saving the global ecology or humanity in general, but saving civilization ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-Baiter
    Early this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…”  Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the constructi ...
  • Wealthy Far More Likely To Default On Mortgages
    crossposted at Political Correction For much of the past two years, Congressional Republicans have wasted few opportunities to blame poor and working class Americans for the financial meltdown and the subsequent recession. They’ve argued that through well-intentioned government initiatives, includ ...
  • GOP House Candidate: Mosque Near Ground Zero Is A ...
    Conservative activists and the Muslim-baiters among them are furious about a proposed Islamic community center to be built near Ground Zero.  The debate has become entirely unhinged and some of the more hateful folks are using the controversy as a rallying cry to oppose the construction of all futur ...
  • Ex-Muslim Ergun Caner Is A Fraud
    Ergun Caner is one of the most prominent figures in the evangelical movement. He is also one of the most deceptive. A self-professed Muslim convert to Christianity, Caner plays an important, and arguably dangerous, role in the community. After the 9/11 attacks, when many Americans were searching for ...
  • Aliou Kumbaya
    My brother Aliou Niasse has saved the day.  He was the first to spot smoke coming out of the Nissan Pathfinder that Faisal Shahzad intended to detonate in crowded Times Square. Thankfully, the incompetence of Shahzab and the alertness of Niasse and two other gentlemen, both of whom are Vietnam War v ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Mapnik: The Coolest Mapping Software You've Never ...
    On the MapBox website we describe TileMill — the project we’re working on with our 2010 Knight News Challenge grant — as “a toolkit for rendering map tiles” . To be more specific, it’s essentially a “glue layer.” TileMill is built on top of a cocktail of other open source mapping software projects, ...
  • DocumentCloud Users Make Ballot Design An Election ...
    When we make lists of the kinds of source documents users can upload to DocumentCloud , they can get pretty long. DocumentCloud is court filings, hearing transcripts, testimony, legislation, lab reports, memos, meeting minutes, correspondence. I can say with absolute confidence that in all of our pl ...
  • Journalists Should Play and Discuss Newsgames Like ...
    Evangelizing newsgames is not just about convincing journalists that they should create and use games to express ideas and inform the public. It's also about getting journalists to recognize newsgames that are created outside of professional institutions as works in dialogue with their field. Even i ...
  • Basetrack Pushes Off to Follow Marines in Afghanis ...
    Safi Airways flight 4Q-52. Sept 28, 2010 at 20:00 GMT -Zulu -- I'm airborne and en route to link up with First Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment (a.k.a. "one-eight," the subject of our Knight News Challenge grant ), in southern Afghanistan. We're at cruising altitude, somewhere between Hungary an ...
  • BookBrewer Makes Major Self-Publishing Deal with B ...
    This has been one of the most amazing, rewarding and surreal weeks of my life. Borders has chosen BookBrewer -- the first product of my startup, FeedBrewer , which grew out of a News Challenge grant -- to power the engine for its e-book self-publishing service. You can read about our partnership in ...

Cutting Edge News

High Country News

  • Big rigs and rural roads don't mix
    A plan to let gigantic rigs travel Montana's winding rural roads for the sake of a tar sands project in Alberta, Canada, is insane.
  • Voting at the dump
    In rural Idaho, determined voters head out to a muddy dump to cast their ballots.
  • When voting, listen to the grass
    At the Land Institute's Prairie Festival in Kansas, the glory of the short-grass prairie is remembered and celebrated.
  • Solar spree
    New solar energy projects are coming to California and Nevada.
  • Fields of dreams
    "Farmworker Reality Tours" teach citizens about the lives of California's migrant farmworkers.

CounterCurrents

  • Such Is The Peace Process: Obama As A Salesman
    By Ramzy Baroud As much as the political theater is organized and financed by US dollars, the full-scale destruction taking place in the West Bank and East Jerusalem is also courtesy of US coffers. Such is the self-defeating policy of the United States. Such is the peace process
  • Time For A New Theory Of Money
    By Ellen Brown By understanding that money is simply credit, we unleash it as a powerful tool for our communities
  • Can Pakistan Produce One Arundhati Roy To Speak T ...
    By Dr Shabir Choudhry Can Pakistani society produce one prominent writer, scholar and human rights champion who has guts to challenge Pakistans Kashmir policy; and tell the world that Pakistans control of Kashmiri territory is not legal? Someone who could tell the world people of Jammu and Kashmir ...
  • Arundhati Roy Must Go To Jail. Soon
    By Sadanand Patwardhan Roys pre-eminence will help hold the harsh light of world scrutiny to such draconian laws, as Section 124A, and to the elected governments who use them with impunity for their narrow partisan ends. It would be good for Indian Democracy if Roy goes to jail for sedition. Even R ...
  • The Headley Saga: What Are They Hiding?
    By Feroze Mithiborwala There are far too many questions and far too many facts that challenge the official version of the reality of the 26/11 terror attacks. There is clearly an attempt even within our very own security agencies to collude and cover up the truth and thus we demand that a National ...

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Dangerous Activity Thwarted in Afghanistan!
  • Tenth Year of War, March to Stop Deployment of Tra ...
    Thursday marked the beginning of the 10th year of war in Afghanistan. There is much to protest about U.S. action there–some performed a die-in to highlight the use of drones (http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/200657/us-drone-kills-7-militants-in-nw-pakistan)–and a group of veterans of The Global ...
  • WAR IS OVER… If You Claim It?
    In the midst of pleasant nods about “the end of the Iraq War,” Mr. Stephen Colbert celebrates in style… (Click The Word-What if they threw a peace and nobody came) The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – What If You Threw a Peace and Nobody Came? www.colbertnation.com Colbert Repo ...
  • Vigiling in Afghanistan
    More amazing work from Our Journey to Smile
  • 92219 Pieces of my Broken Afghan Heart
    The following letter was sent to me from the young people in Afghanistan who tried to come to the U.S. this summer for our speaking tour. The U.S. embassy flatly denied them, but their voices continue to cry out. The official narrative of the Afghan War is that it has greatly served the people of A ...

Yid With Lid

  • Two Crimes Made in the Name of Alan Grayson: But G ...
    Now I am not saying any of this happened because Alan Grayson is one of the slimiest people in congress. Nor am I implying that it happened because Grayson's campaign manager, Suzannah Randolph, is a former ACORN lobbyist and political director , in fact the campaign denies that it had anyt ...
  • Meet Dustin M Dominiak The Creep Who Wrote Gawker ...
    I don't care what your political affiliation is, what Dustin Dominiak did in Gawker is disgusting.� Dustin wrote an article for Gawker talking about a supposed tryst he had with Delaware Senatorial candidate Christine O' Donnell on Halloween three years ago (sorry I refuse to link to the Gawker arti ...
  • Understanding Islam, Islamism, and Jihad: A Practi ...
    By Barry Rubin An Egyptian Islamist cleric named Ibrahim al-Khouli is interviewed on television, with translation by MEMRI. What can we learn from his words? A lot. "What is the nature of our relations with [the West]? They are relations of Crusader aggression against the land of Isla ...
  • Bill Clinton Convinced Florida Democrat Meek To Qu ...
    Three weeks ago we reported on a rumor that Florida� Democratic candidate for Senate, Kendrick Meek may soon drop out of the race and throw his weight behind former Republican, Independent Charlie Crist, which would have been a major blow to the real GOP candidate Marco Rubio. At the time I doubte ...
  • Interview With David Bossie Head of Citizen's Unit ...
    David Bossie is a conservative fighter for truth. During the Clinton administration, he served as chief investigator for the United States House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Where he led investigations such as the Whitewater land deal and the� foreign fundraisi ...

The Real Agenda

  • Worldwide Food Crisis Looms
    Despite abundance of food forecasters see record high prices due to artificial scarcity and use of crops to produce biofuels. PreventDisease.com Rising food prices and shortages could cause instability in many countries as the cost of staple foods and vegetables reached their highest levels in two y ...
  • Jesse Ventura Calls for New 9/11 Investigation
    Secretly kept NIST videos show testimony from eyewitnesses -including NYC FBI Director- who heard explosions previous to the towers being hit by planes and before they collapsed.  Other videos show explosions sequence before building 7 collapsed. Steve Watson Former Governor of Minnesota, ex-Navy SE ...
  • Halliburton and BP knew risk before spill
    Gulf of Mexico well had ‘unstable’ cement FT.com Halliburton and BP had data weeks ahead of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that showed the cement mixture the companies used to seal the well was unstable, but did not act on the information, according to a report by the US National Commission investigat ...
  • 56 percent of likely voters want Obama fired in 20 ...
    65% Favor Getting Rid of Entire Congress and starting over. US News and World Report Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, rapped by the White House for pledging to make Barack Obama a one-term president, seems to have the support of a majority of Americans. A new poll provided to Whispers says th ...
  • Fraude en uso de Placebo agita Ciencia Médica Mode ...
    NaturalNews.com Traducido por Luis R. Miranda Usted sabe todos los miles de ensayos clínicos realizados durante las últimas décadas comparando productos farmacéuticos a las píldoras de placebo? Bueno, resulta que ahora todos los estudios deben ser completamente descartados como desecho científico. ¿ ...

Wind Watch

  • Wind foes power up
    People have been fighting wind turbines in Nantucket Sound ever since they were proposed almost a decade ago but now land-based turbines on Cape Cod have an organized foe. Windwise Cape Cod, composed at present of 25 or so folks, has coalesced to battle the �irresponsible siting of industrial wind t ...
  • Frasers looking for relief from wind turbines
    LINGAN � Sitting at their kitchen table Bruce and Janet Fraser stare out the window to see five sleek giants just beyond their backyard, churning in a counter-clockwise direction and changing line with the wind speed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It�s become the couple�s nightmare. �It�s in you ...
  • Proposals for National Forest draw questions
    VERONA — The U.S. Forest Service on Tuesday night outlined the six proposals for management of George Washington National Forest that have divided conservationists, industry, localities and the public. The forest service is scheduled to decide on a comprehensive plan of action for the 1-million-acre ...
  • Italy supervisor sees progress in lawsuit
    Italy, N.Y. � Town Supervisor Brad Jones says he�s satisfied with the way things went during a Sept. 27 courtroom session in Rochester before Judge John J. Ark. Ark is presiding over the case filed by Ecogen LLC against the Town of Italy. Ecogen is trying to force the town to permit the construction ...
  • Oregon county tells wind farm to quiet down
    HEPPNER, Ore. � An Oregon county is telling the owner of a big wind farm to quiet down so neighbors can sleep at night. The operator of the Willow Creek Energy Center southwest of Boardman objects to the unusual noise enforcement. Another wind farm developer active in the area has reportedly paid ne ...

Not My Tribe

  • I’m voting early, and I vote NO
    I’ll show you an absentee ballot. As the election nears, so loom the dramatic lights on the Tea Party bogey-persons. Talking heads are harping about how close the polls will be. Now Michael Moore is rationalizing his best, suck it up for the Dems. Medea Benjamin defends activism’s promise, that its ...
  • Who decided Ghurkas make good peacekeepers?
    So the Haitian cholera outbreak is being investigated by the U.N. and the suspect so far is a Nepalese “peacekeeping” base with sewage issues, in a blunt and literal sense. This is the device they’re most famous for perfecting and using. It’s a machete, really, with the bent-forward blade, which can ...
  • Rap News and Wikileaks thumb noses at US junta and ...
    I’d say Juice Media’s Hugo Farrant and Wikileaks’ Julian Assange are showing up the powers that be. Catch today’s episode of Rap News: Some may imagine kindred discontents at MSNBC and the Daily Show, but Jon Stewart’s Obamafest tonight couldn’t make the facade plainer. Developments this week with t ...
  • Brownshirt attacker demands apology from victim
    In the attack on Lauren Valle. Three attackers and one demanding an apology from Ms Valle. They’re also claiming they were just “restraining” her and “accidentally stepped on her”. It’s on the same level of Sarah Palin telling people “don’t sit down and don’t shut up” while having the Arizona cops v ...
  • In Iraq, willful killing, torture and forced disap ...
    Former Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz has been sentenced to death by the US Iraqi puppet regime. Pending an automatic appeal, the internationally popular diplomat will hang with other henchmen/assistants of Saddam Hussein for the crimes of “willful killing, torture and enforced disappearance ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • LOWKEY - TERRORIST? (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
    GlobalFaction YouTube.com September 10, 2010 Brand new track Produced by Red Skull taken from the highly anticipated album Soundtrack To The Struggle by Lowkey. Follow his progress on www.twitter.com/lowkeyuk and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lowkey/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBanBpnAS2s ...
  • What I usually think of when I visit JREF...
    Related Info: JREF Forum posts: "Comprehensive characteristics of the pseudoskeptic"
  • How NWO shills are compromised ...
    "Attorney Steven Eggleston was suspicious when his boss pressed him to attend a weekend male retreat , but refused to tell him what would be happening there, saying participants were sworn to secrecy . So he did a Google search and found out why. Men would be holding hands and walking naked, blind ...
  • Aussie Trades Unionist Exposes 9/11 Cover-up
    alawson911 YouTube.com October 27, 2010 Listen to an overbearing gatekeeper, Jon Faine, attempt to rubbish the genuine concerns of an Australian trades unionist, Kevin Bracken, in an attempt to stifle any debate about the many anomalies in the official 9/11 story. Seldom have I heard anyone, who o ...
  • Top Ten Signs Your Country May Be Going Fascist

Fooducate

  • What Happens When You Mix Pepsi and a Hard Boiled ...
    This is a guest blog post by  Lisa Cain, Ph.D Most of the discussion on drinking soda has focused on high fructose corn syrup and its detrimental effects on blood sugar and weight.  But, what about your teeth? Today, we are taking a page from a kindergarten teacher’s playbook.  This teacher uses ...
  • Oh No! More Industry Sponsored Nutrition Labels
    Earlier this week, the two largest food and beverage trade organizations announced a new industry initiative for Front-of-Package (FOP) nutrition labeling of groceries. The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) issued a joint press release: America’s leading food ...
  • Snack Binge: It’s Not Your Fault, It’s the Package ...
    There’s an interesting study published in the October issue of the Journal of Consumer Psychology. The researchers, Adriana Madzharov and Lauren Block of Baruch College, CUNY, wanted to observe the effect of product package information on consumer behavior. More specifically, they wanted to see if a ...
  • “Grapples” – Apples that Taste Like Grapes
    We love apples. We love grapes. Kids do too. Great natural snacks. That’s why we were very intrigued to learn about the existence of Grapple (pronounced Grape – L). Grapple is a new fruit, or so we thought, that combines the look and mouthfeel of apples with the taste of grapes. After taking a clos ...
  • Trick or (tiny) Treat
    With Halloween coming up this weekend, you’re probably reading and viewing lots of advice regarding chocolate choices and snack strategies. While some may go out of their way to prepare and receive only healthy snacks, we’re of the mass market camp, allowing the kids to enjoy whatever is handed to ...

Traffikd

  • Blogging Event Ideas to Spice Up Your Blog
    If you've ever gone to an industry conference, film festival, grand opening, or author signing, then you can appreciate the energy such events can create. Industry conferences gather together the best and brightest minds in order to share ideas and plan for the future. Film festivals celebrate great ...
  • Increasing Your Blog’s Interactivity: 10 Tips for ...
    Guest post by Alexis Bonari Success in attracting and retaining readers is often influenced by a blog’s level of interactivity. Many readers are more active than passive and want to feel like they have a role in affecting a blog’s content, design, structure, and overall ongoing conversation. Posts ...
  • 5 Facebook Apps That Really Make Money
    Guest post by Alexis Bonari If you aren't on Facebook by now, you are probably the only one who isn't. My grandmother has a Facebook page and anyone who can type, is able to start their own page with no problem. Most everyone uses Facebook as a social meeting place, but did you know that you coul ...
  • Online Profits Re-Opens (and now it’s free)!
    Daniel Scocco of Daily Blog Tips started a membership site, Online Profits , last year to help people learn about making money online. Daniel has just re-launched and re-vamped Online Profits, and this time there is no charge to get all of the valuable content. The only requirement is that you open ...
  • 3 Ways to Ensure Internet Marketing Continues to W ...
    This is a guest post by Susan White Gone are the days when Internet marketing was perceived as the bold, new and innovative way to market and publicize your products and services. Today, email marketing and other forms of pushing your products on the web are passé. The Internet is growing faster th ...

Survival International

  • Boy wounded in ‘attack by uncontacted Indians’
    Shelters built by members of an uncontacted tribe along the Curanja River, south-east Peru. © C Fagan/Round River Conservation Studies A fourteen-year-old Indian boy has been seriously wounded in an apparent attack by uncontacted Indians near his home in Monte Salvado, an indigenous settlement ...
  • Cyberterrorism knocks out tribal rights organizati ...
    Visitors to Survival's website see a temporary message. © Survival Human rights organization Survival International has been targeted by a massive cyberattack, knocking its website offline. Survival believes the attack is likely to originate with the Botswana or Indonesian authorities, or thei ...
  • Indians demand answers as Amazon is sold
    Oil exploration in Peru's Amazon has generated wide-scale indigenous protests. © David Dudenhoefer Peru’s latest Amazon auction has been challenged by indigenous groups after it emerged that they may not have been consulted before their land was sold off to foreign oil companies last week. An ...
  • Survival’s new petition for Botswana Bushmen goes ...
    Survival's petition has gathered signatures from more than 80 countries. © Survival A new petition calling on controversial holiday company Wilderness Safaris to move its luxury lodge off Bushman land in Botswana is gathering support from all over the world. While the Central Kalahari Bushmen ...
  • Richard Long designs T-shirt for Survival
    Actress and Survival supporter Gillian Anderson models our Richard Long T-shirt © Survival World-renowned artist Richard Long has designed a new t-shirt for Survival Internationalâs 2010 Christmas catalogue, modelled by actors Gillian Anderson and Sophie Okonedo. The design inspired by nature ...

Greg Palast

  • The Petroleum Broadcast SystemOwes Us an Apology
    by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash Tonight, my dog Pluto and I watched the PBS 'Frontline' investigation of BP, "The Spill." PBS has uncovered a real shocker:  BP neglected safety! Well, no shit, Sherlock! Pluto rolled over on the rug and looked at me as if to say, Don't we already know t ...
  • Was Tim Griffin merely a "Rove-bot"?Did Karl Rove ...
    Special to the Arkansas Times by Greg Palast (New York, London) Illustration from Steal Back Your Vote Comic book voterguide.To learn more click on the image. Greg Palast, the journalist who blew the whistle on Republican vote suppression activities in Florida ("caging"), has communicated with ...
  • SarahPAC Candidate "Should Be in Jail"NBC TV airs ...
    by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash "What he [Griffin] did was absolutely illegal and he should be in jail." Illustration from Steal Back Your Vote comic That's hardly the kind of endorsement a candidate for Congress expects. But that is the conclusion of voting rights attorney Robert F. Kennedy ...
  • Decision 2010:Tim Griffin and Voter Caging
    Reported by: Melissa Simas, KARK 4 NBC News After two years, and several resignations among Department of Justice staffers, in July, a special prosecutor wrapped up her investigation of the nine U.S. Attorneys fired in 2006. Bud Cummins, a Republican from Arkansas, was one of the U.S. Attorneys f ...
  • Tonight on NBC TV:Greg Palast busts Rove's Caging ...
    Tim Griffin, Congressional candidate, exposed Catch the report tonight on KARK 4 Little Rock 7pm Eastern, 6pm local Arkansas. It's not Tim Griffin's day. In 2004, BBC Television exposed Karl Rove's crony Tim Griffin, for running an operation to challenge the right to vote of active duty soldiers ...

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • France and luxury expenses
    Expeditionary militaries engaged in COIN are expensive and seldom advance the national interest to a degree sufficient to offset the costs when hard trade-offs are being made:
  • The Blogger Meeting With Obama
    What Sean-Paul said, pretty much.  Overall the questions were less hard hitting than I would have liked, but I can understand why folks might be intimidated by the President of the US.  I expected nothing of Oliver Willis, and like Sean-Paul, I don’t read Kos. However, I’ll say publicly what I’ve ...
  • China’s entire military budget about equal t ...
    China’s 2010 military budget? About 78 billion. US’s 2010 spy budget?  About 80 billion. Both China and the US are on unsustainable trajectories, but the Chinese are betting the US hits the wall first.  I’m betting they’re right.
  • Gulf Dispersants Still Making People Sick
    The Obama administration and BP were warned, but they kept using Corexit (h/t: T-Bear): “I was with my friend Albert, and we were both slammed with exposure,” Matsler explained of his experience on August 5, referring to toxic chemicals he inhaled that he believes are associated with BP’s dispersant ...
  • France and luxury expenses
    Expeditionary militaries engaged in COIN are expensive and seldom advance the national interest to a degree sufficient to offset the costs when hard trade-offs are being made:

Age of Autism

  • Two Winners! Hand Hold Adaptive's Autism Track iAp ...
    Our friends from HandHold Adaptive have kindly offered to give NINE Age of Autism readers a free copy of their newest app, AutismTrack. We have eight six left! Congrats to KDM and Cheryl Connelly. I've sent you each an email....
  • Temple Grandin Voted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame
    View the video from WFAA in Dallas HERE. Temple Grandin inducted into Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth Posted on October 28, 2010 at 8:16 PM She's not a Hollywood star or even a hotshot producer or director, but...
  • Fish Eyes, Mercury and Autism
    By Teresa Conrick [The picture: Quantitative mercury distributions of treated zebrafish. (BR) brain, (EL) eye lens, (LV) liver, (GT) gut, (KT) kidney tubule, (MS) skeletal muscle, (YL) yolk, (SC) spinal cord.] My daughter, Megan, was born with beautiful, vibrant, blue...
  • James Ottar Grundvig Reviews The Age of Autism Mer ...
    We invite you to leave a comment on this review at The Epoch Times. The photo is from The Age of Autism Book Tour in California at the Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT) event at the Mind Institute. To...
  • CDC and AAP's Epidemic of Epidemics. But Autism at ...
    By Anne Dachel We can see that in 2009 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention called obesity an epidemic.(HERE) Sept 20, 2010, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said "driving while distracted by activities such as talking on a mobile...

Global BDS Movement

Farm Wars

Open Your Eyes News

  • Explosives in U.S.-bound parcels from Yemen: Obama
    Reuters – Security officials in Britain and Dubai intercepted two parcel bombs being sent from Yemen to the United States in a “credible terrorist threat,” President Barack Obama said on Friday. Read Article Editorial Note: Does this mean Yemen, with its largely untapped oil reserves, is now next in ...
  • Many killed in Iraq cafe suicide blast
    BBC – A suicide bomber has killed at least 25 people and injured dozens in a town north of Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. The attacker is believed to have detonated an explosives vest in a cafe in the town of Balad Ruz, in Diyala province. Read Article
  • Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupts agai ...
    BBC – Mount Merapi volcano has erupted for a third time, with local people reportedly saying this was louder and stronger than the previous eruption on Tuesday. The latest eruption happened at around 0100 on Saturday (1800GMT Friday). Agence France Presse reported that it caused panic, with hundreds ...
  • Are we having another food crisis?
    New Scientist – The world food price index is at its highest since 2008, when food prices rocketed and millions of people suffered. This year the crisis seems to be happening again. Prices for the staple grains that underpin the world’s food supply soared after forecasts for the US and Chinese maize ...
  • Putting ice on injuries could slow healing
    Daily Telegraph – Slapping a packet of frozen peas on a black eye or a sprained ankle may prevent it getting better, new research suggests. For years, people have been told to freeze torn, bruised or sprained muscles to reduce the swelling. But now for the first time, researchers have found that it ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Gulf oil spill: fish safety test unveiled
    While government investigators, BP and Halliburton argue over the integrity of the well cement used last April in the run up to the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, the lingering effects of the massive spill it caused continue...
  • Calico solar installation approved
    In two months, the California Energy Commission has blazed through seven solar power plant proposals, giving them the go-ahead to start construction in the desert. The most recent, the 664-megawatt Calico Solar Project planned for San Bernardino County, was unanimously...
  • EPA fuel economy labeling: Is there a better metri ...
    The U.S. Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency face twin and equally daunting tasks as they revise the fuel economy labels as mandated by the 2007 Energy and Independence Security Act. Not only must they incorporate accurate fuel economy,...
  • Red palm weevil spotted in Southern California, al ...
    Palm tree lovers, look out. The California Department of Food and Agriculture says the red palm weevil -– which it has dubbed "the world’s worst pest of palm trees" –- has been spotted in the Laguna Beach area. The insect,...
  • Fifty species move closer to extinction every year ...
    Agricultural expansion, logging, over-exploitation and invasive alien species are pushing an average of 50 species closer to extinction every year, according to a study published this week in the journal Science. Unveiled as the conference on global biodiversity began in...

water.org

  • Rec.fm – Fundraising by recommendations (Phi ...
    A New Source of Funds for Nonprofits: Product Recommendations! (Philanthropy411 Blog) – Rec.fm, a 2010 SXSW Web Award finalist, is an online service where you can recommend products you love for the causes you care about. It works like this: You love a product (a book, iPad, watch, Coach purse) and ...
  • iReport challenge: #BeAHero for clean water (CNN)
    iReport challenge: #BeAHero for clean water (CNN) – An outbreak of cholera in Haiti has killed more than 250 people and sickened thousands. The culprit: Contaminated drinking water. Worldwide, the water crisis is huge. Nearly a billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Thatâs one in eight o ...
  • Credit for water, toilets – the ripple effec ...
    Credit for water and toilets – the ripple effect (Women Economic Empowerment Review) – Over the past couple of years, WaterCredit has enabled Water.org to reach more than twice the number of people with safe access to water and sanitation than a traditional, subsidy-driven approach. By providing sma ...
  • Thursday’s Connector: Matt Damon (CNN)
    Thursday’s Connector: Matt Damon (CNN) – The American actor, philanthropist and screenwriter Matt Damon is known for his roles in a wide range of successful movies as well as his charity work. In addition to his acting career, Damon has been a budding philanthropist since the age of 12, creating cha ...
  • BeAHero challenge for charities (CNN)
    Readers take the #BeAHero challenge for charities (CNN) – This morning we asked complete strangers to step up to the plate to become an everyday hero. Today’s challenge – the first of several – was inspired by a report that donations to the United Statesâ 400 biggest charities plunged last year by 1 ...

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley break ...

Margaret's News

  • Hold mining companies Barrick and PJV responsible ...
    The livelihoods of families living alongside the Porgera gold mine have been attacked. Last year, local police burned down over 100 homes, slaughtered livestock and reportedly raped women all for the sake of corporate business..Please help them Submitted by beatrice d. to World �|� �Note-it! � ...
  • ACTA - People Before Profits: PLEASE TAKE ACTION!
    Millions of people rely on generic medicines to treat diseases like malaria and HIV. If the so-called Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) goes forward, they could find themselves unable to afford the drugs that keep them alive. Submitted by beatrice d. to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� ...
  • Just Knock It Off
    Given what Obama has done, and is trying to do, it is hardly an act of hostility for him to ask Israel to continue its now-expired 10-month partial moratorium on settlement-building in the West Bank in order to take away any excuse from the Palestinians.. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �N ...
  • Please, don't send your kid on a Birthright tour ( ...
    Birthright, by invoking a sense of emergency, conveys the implicit message that whatever happens in Israel- without question- is a true emergency, and through this sense of urgency pressurizes your child into becoming a Yes-Man to any policy... Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� ...
  • Palestinian school set on fire, vandalized with 'r ...
    It appears to be the latest action in a campaign that extremist settlers,who live on hilly outposts nearby, call the price tag. They say it is their response to moves by the Israeli government to remove unauthorized settlements or settlement construction. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �N ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Historical Notes

libcom

  • Three new traslations in English of leaflets from ...
    Here are three documents we translated in English and that seem to us to be important. We would like to apologize for the mistakes in translations, which sometimes sound as “Frenglish”, but it’s the concern for internationalism that prevails. ...
  • Private Prison Industry Behind Arizona’s New Immig ...
    prison.jpg We now know that Arizona's controversial immigration bill 1070 was written almost word for word with the help of the Corrections Corporation of America- the largest private prison company in ...
  • Obama administration takes strong stance against p ...
    smokin.jpg For the full, original article, feel free to visit the Trial by Fire. Once again, President Obama’s administration is standing in the way of pro-working class, civil rights legislation. In res ...
  • From self-organised French people in struggle
    Pont.jpg This is the translation of a text that was partly read on the French National Radio today Wed 27 Oct 2010 by a few people who went on stage to interrupt a live show. When ...
  • An attempt to report on the situation in France - ...
    Blaockade_Nice_airport-Oct-19-2010.jpg Mouvement Communiste report their impressions of the past several weeks of struggles in France. This is based on eye witness accounts, testimony of comrades and fri ...

Free Range International

  • Inchon
    Inchon is the call sign for the 1st Marine Regiment which is currently deployed in southern Helmand Province.  They are  operating out of a large FOB in the middle of nowhere, about 50 kilometers from the Provincial capitol of Lashka Gah, named Camp Dwyer.  Unlike other FOB’s I have visited this ...
  • The Going Is Getting Tough
    The ongoing saga about banning security contractors continues with the need for them is so obvious even CNN has gotten a clue.  Many of the reconstruction projects in the country are grinding to a halt and let me tell you something – the local people are sick and tired of this.  We have been at [. ...
  • What A Mess
    I’m not referring to the controversy surrounding the attempted rescue of Linda Norgrove which is currently consuming the news cycle. My experience is that Special Operations folks do not attempt rescue operations unless the odds are stacked in their favor.  I don’t know anything about what happened ...
  • Meet a Couple of Hero’s
    Hero is one of those terms which comes up often in reporting about the military.  Not every service member is a hero nor is every hero we encounter in our lives associated with the military.  I point this out because the label “hero” is at risk of becoming a meaningless cliche as we approach the [ ...
  • Five Hundred Meter War
    Herschel Smith at the Captains Journal has put up a great post which addresses a topic near and dear to my heart; infantry tactics. The post is The Five Hundred Meter War which had the video below from James Foley, a professional journalist writing at Global Post embedded in it.  His full report ca ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • INSIDERS REPORT: OBAMA SUFFERING FROM SEVERE DEPR ...
    So you state that President Obama is depressed?  How did you come by this information?  From a direct source still working within the White House on a daily basis.  As I had stated previously, tensions at the White House have reached a critical stage.  The infighting among staff is off the charts.  ...
  • Obama Begins Cashing in On Carbon Credits in KENYA
    The new world currency apparently will be tied to “carbon credits” as the standard of value.   Never mind that global warming (aka CLIMATE-GATE) is a massive hoax and fraud.  Rather than issue worthless fiat paper money, why not issue ‘carbon credits’ on a global scale.  Keep in mind that any an ...
  • America’s Entitlement Elitists
    America is Great —– Because America is Good!! By  A. True Ott, PhD, June 1, 2010 The famous French statesman and historian Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) traveled widely through America in the year 1832.  Following his tour of America, he wrote extensively about what he saw and experienced here. ...
  • SENATORS TO BE ADDED TO UNEMPLOYMENT ROLLS
    ALL the senators on this list need to be OUT OF OFFICE by November 15. It will soon be payback time for these senators – forward this list to everyone you know.  Don’t forget.  November 2nd  is “Take out the trash day” !!!!!! The following senators voted against making English the official langua ...
  • IMPORTANT BREAKING NEWS — Horowitz and Kane ...
    In a most cowardly and dastardly fashion, Leonard G. Horowitz and his consort/accomplice Sherri Kane have chosen to target me, A. True Ott, PhD in a clear and actionable case of libel where they accuse me of being “A Satanist” with only the flimsiest of circumstantial hearsay as their “evidence”.  ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

  • Downsizing – downscaling? See these tiny hou ...
    Here’s a great company doing inspiring work www.tumbleweedhouses.com The company creator, Jay Shafer started off making a super small mobile home for himself measuring  just 89 square feet! Their video is a testament to less being more – they’re now selling ready made mobile cabins and the plans fo ...
  • Air powered environmentally friendly car being pro ...
    Sounds a little strange right – an air powered car – why isn’t this big news I wonder… There’s a great company in France operated by a former Formula 1 engineer now producing cars running on compressed air. They’re not great to look at, super fast, or I’m guessing really comfortable, but they’re in ...
  • Deforestation – environmental & human effect ...
    There are many types of forest in the world from Temperate Forest to Tropical forest. The one thing all forests have in common is that the trees in them act as the lungs to our planet converting CO2 to Oxygen.  In addition, forests provide a canopy or shading of the earth which helps maintain temper ...
  • Could cancer be Fungus? If so, maybe here’s ...
    Recently I visited a dear friend who has been dealing with breast cancer for over ten years. After a long attempt to avoid surgery and medication, she was forced to have a double mastectomy. She has chosen to avoid the chemo treatments. This takes a lot of courage given that the standard thing to do ...
  • Doctors Warn about GM Food Risks
    It’s barely been a week since I wrote about the dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods and now the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has released a strongly-worded warning about the health dangers associated with Frankenfoods. Calling for a moratorium on GM foods, the AAEM says t ...

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Scotts Contracting

  • Help Separate Oil Companies and Elected State Offi ...
    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Steve Kretzmann, Oil Change International wrote: Dear Scotts Contracting, The only way we’ll beat the power of their money is with the power of people, including you. Weâve built an amazing … Continue reading →
  • Kitchen Project Photos
    Kitchen Project Photos Before and After Kitchens Photos provided by Scotts Contracting. Click Here to Email Scotty for a Free Estimate for your Next Project Green and Eco Friendly: Products, Options, and Choices Available Make cooking, dining, and entertaining easier … Continue reading →
  • Carnahan Election News-Message to Roy Blunt
    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Robin Carnahan wrote: Dear Scotts Contracting, Congressman Roy Blunt has been getting a little hot around the collar lately. … Continue reading →
  • Webinar:Strategies to Cut Energy Use by 50% in Com ...
    On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: On 10/27/10, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (DOE) wrote: > U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Building > Technologies Program > > … Continue reading →
  • 2010 November Election Ballot Measures-Sample Ball ...
    On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Scott’s Contracting wrote: 2010 November Election Ballot Measures-Sample Ballot [Copied from the St. Louis City Board of Elections Website] Scotty encourages everyone to vote this November on the issues and People … Continue reading →

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

Law.com

  • 9th Circuit Orders Mediation in Rio Tinto Alien To ...
    Nearly a decade into a court battle involving a foreign company and its alleged role in spurring civil war in a South Pacific country, the 9th Circuit is suggesting mediation. The court issued the surprising en banc order in a case that stood to test the scope and reach of the 1789 Alien Tort Act. A ...
  • Judge's Unusual Order Revives Law Firm Diversity I ...
    A stir recently erupted in the securities class action bar after Southern District of New York Judge Harold Baer Jr. issued an order in a case against Gildan Activewear, directing two of the largest firms in the field, Labaton Sucharow and Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, to "make every effort" to put ...
  • Appeals Courts Criticize Child Porn Sentencing Gui ...
    As the sentencing guidelines for child pornography crimes have grown increasingly harsh, a strong trend has developed among federal judges to reject the proposed prison terms as draconian. Now two influential federal appellate courts have declared that the child pornography guidelines are seriously ...
  • Ethics of Advising Clients to Make Social Networks ...
    Attorney Dan Nabel considers an ethical problem: What do you do if you discover something potentially harmful to your case on the public portion of a client's social networking page? Can you advise the client to change privacy settings to make that information invisible to the public?
  • 'Robo-Calls' Spark Debate Over Justice O'Connor's ...
    What began as an amusing story about a technical glitch in some automated phone calls that went out to voters in Nevada has since turned into a discussion of judicial ethics involving retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and her passionate campaign in favor of judicial election reform. ...

Iranian.com

  • Iranian Cyber Army's plan to sell botnets increase ...
    The high profile announcement by the ICA is evidence of a more co-ordinated effort than ever before by the hacking community to execute targeted attacks, said Alan Bentley, vice-president international at security firm Lumension. "While this is certainly not the first case of malicious code being so ...
  • هان ای شرم! سرخی‌ات پيدا نيست
    ما دو تن از زندانيانِ سياسی دهه‌ی شصت می‌باشيم و به هنگام دست‌‌گيری با دو تفکر و جهان‌نگری متفاوت قريب به پانزده سال از جوانی‌ غارت‌شده‌مان را در زندان‌های مختلف حکوت اسلامی گذرانده‌ايم. read more
  • When the Truth is Inconvenient:
     A new documentary, directed by Lucy Walker and produced by Lawrence Bender, entitled Countdown To Zero , is set for wide release on July 23, 2010. read more
  • علی شکوری راد آزاد شد
    علی شکوری راد، نماینده مردم تهران در مجلس ششم و عضو جبهه مشارکت دقایقی پیش با قید وثیقه آزاد شد. وی بیستم مهرماه بدنبال انتشار مطلبی در پاسخ به ادعاهای محسنی اژه ای احضار و بازداشت شده بود.
  • U.S: Syria, Iran and Hezbollah undermine Lebanon
    Syria, Iran and the militant group Hezbollah are undermining Lebanon's independence and are endangering its stability, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday.

Most Revolutionary Act

  • How Resource Scarcity Threatens Democracy
    If I should suddenly develop a fatal cancer, Richard Heinberg, author of Peak Everything , is definitely the person I would want to break the news. Heinberg is a soft spoken, gentle, Mahatma Gandhi kind of guy who blows you away by telling you the party is over and there is no soft landing. But in s ...
  • Working Class Culture
    One of the things I like best about living in New Zealand is the strong working class consciousness here. Any American who has entered professional or academic life from a blue collar home will tell you there is a distinct working class culture in the US, as in the rest of the world. Despite the bes ...
  • Working Class Culture
    One of the things I like best about living in New Zealand is the strong working class consciousness here. Any American who has entered professional or academic life from a blue collar home will tell you there is a distinct working class culture in the US, as in the rest of the world. Despit ...
  • Currency Wars: The Real Battlefield
    The so-called “currency wars” have been headline news here in “export or die” New Zealand. Most of the US press has been focused on China and its refusal to devalue the yuan. However here there has been more concern about the breakdown of IMF talks at the beginning of October. Apparently, not just C ...
  • The Third-Worldization of Britain
    (it’s a real word, I looked it up) Britain’s Conservative economic minister just announced plans to lay off 490,000 public workers over the next four years – his solution to the UK’s current economic difficulties. His proposal will make 25% cuts in several government ministries – with an across the ...

Doug's Darkworld

  • Mars or Bust, Scientists Call for Suicide Mission ...
    Has NASA really put out a call for people who want to volunteer for a one way mission to Mars? Well, not yet, but two scientists did float the idea to test the waters so to speak. And it turns out, which shouldn’t be too surprising, that there are indeed people who would volunteer for [...]
  • Scientists prove that humans can see into the futu ...
    OK, maybe that’s not quite literally what has been discovered, but close enough. A set of careful experiments has shown that the human brain can be influenced by events that haven’t happened yet! Let me repeat that just so it sinks in, scientists have discovered scientific proof that the human brain ...
  • Through Thick and Thin, from UFOs to PC Gay Bashin ...
    Poot, the UFOs didn’t show up as promised. Well, except for some escaped mylar balloons in NYC apparently. Yes, the aliens cleverly disguised their spacecraft to look like balloons, then brainwashed some hapless human into thinking they had lost some balloons. All part of the alien’s diabolical, and ...
  • The Ten Most Influential People in History?
    I saw this question on Yahoo Answers and it got me thinking. So my post about UFOs, Chilean Miners, the American Elections, Robert Gates and gays, and the nightmare in Mexico is going to have to wait. Who are the most influential people in history is a very debatable question, and honestly my knowle ...
  • The aliens are coming and other news from outer sp ...
    A former NORAD officer claims that on October 13th aliens will make their presence on Earth unmistakably known with “a massive UFO display over the world’s principal cities.” I have my doubts, but hey, it will certainly be fodder for any number of blog posts should it happen. And San Francisco is ce ...

FourWinds10

  • Hungaryâs toxic flood could turn into a cancerou ...
    Thousands of Hungarian residents battling to contain the flood of poisonous red sludge have been warned to wear face masks because as the slurry dries it will turn into a toxic dust cloud. The damage so far has come from the mud but with dry, hot weather and strong winds forecast over the next few d ...
  • Cracked Hungarian Reservoir Near Collapse
  • UPDATE ON THE GULF OIL SPILL CATASTROPHE
    The volumes of oil spilled have been grossly underestimated from the beginning. Corexit 9500 has been a valuable part of the coverup because it binds to oil and carries the oil below the surface of water where it is less visible. The fact that Corexit is so toxic it has been banned in Great Britain ...
  • What Constitutes Overpopulation In America? - Part ...
    After years of scientific study, six continents of world travel, having lived in Antarctica while working with the world's top scientists-I find it unsettling, if not disturbing that individuals reading Freedom's Phoenix and countless millions of Americans cannot grasp the overpopulation equation fa ...
  • BP Gulf Oil Spill - WILMA SUBRA - Environmental Sc ...
    It is not enough that BP destroys the environment and take food and lively hood from the people of the Gulf, BP also forces people to destroy their own health. VIEW VIDEO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt4Zbrto86c Oct. 12, 2010

Crisis Maven

  • Economic Musings VI: Modern Economies – Dyin ...
    There is a great debate in the history of economics whether there can be under-consumption in any real historic moment of the state of an economy and if so, whether it has detrimental effects and if so, what is to be done about it. And modern economists seem to have found a magic wand with [...]
  • Blogs and Web Sites you may want to follow
    The following is a list of blogs and websites that CrisisMaven has followed and observed over the last few months and that readers may want to check out from time to time. Note: neither the sequence of how the blogs are listed here nor any comments by CrisisMaven are an endorsement nor criticism of ...
  • Economic Musings VII: Marketing doesn’t adve ...
    Have you ever wondered if marketing and advertising are the same, if not, what’s the difference and which is the more important of the two? And why should you care? The most successful economic model is without doubt the market economy. It is the consequence of the wealth effects of the division of ...
  • CrisisMaven’s Blog News 2010-03-07: Over 25,000 We ...
    Yesterday around 16:37 GMT we passed the 25,000 threshold … - next report will probably be posted when we’re past the 50,000 mark. Thanks to all avid readers: on 2010-03-18 at around 19:25 GMT we went past our first 20,000 views on our blog in about eight weeks since we began publishing! After that, ...
  • Economic Musings VIII: Is there a limit to economi ...
    Something which puzzles many thinkers and frightens many young people concerned about waste or the pillaging of our natural resources is the question: can “an economy” (whatever that is – we’ll come to that in a minute) grow indefinitely? How can there be unlimited economic growth if we’ve never hea ...

Capital Flow Analysis

  • Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further evid ...
    In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted. The following ...
  • Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagflatio ...
    The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest bus ...
  • How long would it take to work off the US trade de ...
    The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
  • Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy porte ...
    In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the current crisis. This articl ...
  • Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
    No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings were ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • The U.S. Navy and Biofuels – Part II
    Join the forum discussion on this post In Part I of my recent interview with Tom Hicks, Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Navy (Energy), we covered the nature of what the Navy is trying to achieve (and why) with respect to incorporating renewable energy into their operations. Part II begins with a ...
  • The U.S. Navy and Biofuels – Part I
    Robert Rapier and Sam Avro conducted an interview with the Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Navy (Energy) in which the Navy’s investments in biofuels were discussed.
  • Tourism Resorts and Oil Exploration in the Caspian ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post The following guest analysis was written by the staff of Global Intelligence Report. ———————- SITUATION: One indirect consequence of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the impact it may have on the financing of the many tourism projects that have sprouted alo ...
  • Food Versus Fuel – Again
    Join the forum discussion on this post Upcoming I am off to Malaysia on Saturday for a business trip. I will actually spend some time in Bintulu, so I am looking forward to driving by and seeing Shell’s gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant there. I am unsure about my prospects for Internet access over the f ...
  • In Case You Missed It
    Join the forum discussion on this post In addition to the EPA’s decision to raise the allowed ethanol blends to 15%, there were three other energy-related stories of interest this week. Deep-Water Ban Ends The first was that the Obama administration has lifted the ban on deep-water drilling: Oba ...

Discovery Educator Network

Rodale News

  • Can You Grow Organic Marijuana?
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The state of California is abuzz with, well, the possibility of getting legally buzzed. On Tuesday, Golden State voters have a lot more than a new governor to consider as they decide to pass or nix Prop 19, a measure that would legalize marijuana use for people 21 and older. ...
  • Secret Ingredient in Energy Drinks: Caffeine!
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Ever wonder what it is in those B-vitamin energy drinks and supplements that really pep you up? The people who make them want you to think it’s the B vitamins. But ConsumerLab.com, an independent testing company, has released data showing that it's actually caffeine, the sam ...
  • 10 Real-Life Monsters that Threaten the Planet
    RODALE NEWS, EEEEEEEK!!MAUS, TRANSYLVANIA—Sure, vampires, werewolves, and ghosts are fun. But in the real world, there are even bigger, scarier monsters on the loose. Which is why Rodale.com compiles this annual list of 10 Monsters that Threaten the Planet. Some are creepy, some are kookie, some ar ...
  • Skipping Breakfast Linked to Heart Disease, Diabet ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—If you think skipping breakfast isn’t a big deal—who has the time, right?—you might reconsider that after hearing about some new research. In the study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition , Australian researchers examined whether breakfast skippers are s ...
  • The Nickel Pincher: How to Clean Up after Hallowee ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—In a perfect world, kids who love donning costumes and trick-or-treating on Halloween night will never turn into teenagers who love to use the occasion to vandalize their neighbors. But it seems an eternal rite of passage and one that can leave you with a serious mess to cle ...

big think

  • Gawker: We Slut-Shamed Christine O'Donnell for for ...
    Give it a rest, Gawker . Don't tell me you slut shamed Delaware Republican senate candidate� Christine O'Donnell for any higher purpose: What's missing from most of the criticism is this essential bit of context: Christine O'Donnell is seeking federal office based in part on her self-generate ...
  • Want To Know What Is Really Happening in Britain? ...
    � Here is a huge UK domestic political story, with major ramifications for the future direction both for nuclear defence and foreign policy. It goes to the heart of Britain's relations with the United States and with Europe. Had this been taking place against the backdrop of a Labour Government .. ...
  • China Creates the Worlds Fastest Supercomputer, Op ...
    It seems that every year or so, the unveiling and delivery of a new supercomputer that trumps the previous speed record sweeps the headlines. In fact, there are so many of these supercomputers these days that there is a website that keeps track of all of them: the Top500 . The worldwide list of .. ...
  • The Troops Don't Care About Sexual Orientation
    “I do not support the idea of repealing Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell before our military members and commanders complete their review.” That’s what Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said to explain his opposition to repealing the military’s Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy earlier this year. Graham isn’t alone. Sens ...
  • Time Travel in a 1928 Chaplin Film?
    Recently, I've been getting calls from the media, asking me about the 1928 Charlie Chaplin movie which shows a person talking into what appears to be a cell phone. How can this be? Is this person a time traveler? � Let me make a few remarks: As Carl Sagan used to say, remarkable claims re ...

Information Liberation

  • Getting Back to the 'Real' Constitution -- Fagetta ...
    There*s much talk these days, particularly by the Tea Party types, about getting back to the *real* Constitution, forcing the Obama government to honor the *original intent* of the Founding Fathers, and *understanding the Constitution through th...
  • A Trick and a Treat
    They say government is here to protect the general public. Let's look at some recent stories to see how this works in reality. Violence is one of the main threats that governments are supposed to protect the public from * just look at the funding ...
  • 'Time for a New Theory of Money' by Ellen Brown
    By understanding that money is simply credit, we unleash it as a powerful tool for our communities. [...]The functional equivalent of a community currency system can be achieved using the national currency, by forming a publicly owned bank. By tur...
  • Female police officer threatens to smash camera at ...
    VIDEO: Police officer threatens to smash camera A POLICEWOMAN has been caught on camera threatening to "smash" a photographer's phone as he filmed a routine arrest in King Cross. The female officer is seen on the video walking a short distance f...
  • Press For Truth Confronts "Officer Bubbles"
    Written by Dan Dicks The G20 Summit in Toronto will never be forgotten for many Canadians who witnessed the destruction of everything that makes us proud and patriotic. Our rights were violated, our city was terrorized and our police force have de...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Stealing Democracy?
    G’day everyone, Ozboy here. The United States mid-term elections are just one week away, and the mounting resentment many Americans feel about the way their country is being governed appears certain to be made clear at the polls. One of … Continue reading →
  • MWP – The Warmists’ Retreat Gains Spee ...
    I’m on the road at the moment, so just a brief post today. I was most amused to read the latest article in Watt’s Up With That? concerning a climate conference that occurred a month ago in Portugal, and attended … Continue reading →
  • It’s Started Again – Biodiversity And ...
    We’ve been predicting it, and now it appears to have happened. After Cancún, Anthropogenic Global Warming is generally expected to have oulived (by far) its fifteen minutes of fame, and will be quietly dropped by Western governments; so quietly, in … Continue reading →
  • Has Multiculturalism Failed?
    It has, if you believe the words of German Chancellor Angela Merkel this week. Multikulti, the concept that we are now living side by side and are happy about it, she declared, has failed utterly. For a modern German leader to … Continue reading →
  • The Dragon And The Chrysanthemum
    It is the world’s fastest-growing economy. Within our lifetimes, it will become the largest. And yet, the face China presents to the world belies the truth of the lives of 1.4 billion people. To speak of broad generalities and the … Continue reading →

FAS - Secrecy News

  • ODNI Issues New Security Standards for Intel Facil ...
    The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has issued new standards for the construction of Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities (SCIFs). SCIFs (pronounced “skiffs”) are rooms, vaults, or even entire buildings that are specially constructed and certified for the handling and stora ...
  • Information Sharing: Feast or Famine
    Sharing of intelligence and other sensitive information within government and with selected private sector entities remains a work in progress.  Depending on one’s perspective, there is too little sharing, or too much, or else the right stuff is not being shared. J. Alan Orlob, the Vice President f ...
  • Polygraph Testing Against Border Corruption
    A bill passed by the Senate last month would require U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to administer polygraph tests to all applicants for law enforcement positions within the agency. The move was prompted by reports (originally in the New York Times) and testimony before the Senate Homeland ...
  • Counting the Casualties of War
    Thousands of previously unrecognized civilian casualties of the war in Iraq were documented in a collection of classified U.S. military records that were published online October 22 by the Wikileaks organization. The unauthorized release of the records was presented with Wikileaks’ usual understatem ...
  • Wash Post Traces Dealers of Crime Guns
    The Washington Post is publishing a rather spectacular series of stories this week tracing the flow of guns through American society and their use in criminal activity.  The Post series directly challenges — and partially overcomes — the barriers to public disclosure of gun sales that were put in p ...

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Boiling sun, alchemist, freewill
    The boiling Sun – In case you woke up today feeling important…there's a rather humbling picture that shows the scale of a plume of gas erupting from the surface of the Sun that would literally engulf the whole planet. More to the point, you could fit the Earth into the sun a million times over…and [ ...
  • When is yawning contagious?
    When is yawning contagious? – Apparently, yawns are most contagious at 7:30 pm. But, why? No one knows for sure even why we yawn, let alone why we yawn after seeing someone else yawn or even simply after seeing someone pretend to yawn. (If it were a change in air pressure or CO2 levels in [...] When ...
  • Six sexy science books
    Six sexy science books at least one or two of which would make perfect holiday gifts for the science geek, nerd, dweeb, or dork in your life. Remember Science is Vital and so are books. Science: The Definitive Guide by Piers Bizony – As a kid, I devoured books like this, you probably did too, [...] ...
  • Progress or PR
    Progress or PR? – SciDev.net recently published a “guide” for journalists on separating real progress from PR hype surrounding clinical trials. It’s a well-written and quite timely piece given the backlash against medical reporting in recent years. Unfortunately, this kind of advice is only ever tak ...
  • Scientists dodge Osborne’s axe
    Scientists dodge Osborne’s axe – The Science is Vital campaign has turned UK Chancellor George Osborne who recognised at the 11th hour that the £4.6 billion science budget should be maintained over the next four years. He accepted that research will be key to long-term economic growth. More to the p ...

RFF Library

  • Financial Protection of the State Against Natural ...
    World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5429 / Francis Ghesquiere and Olivier Mahul http://tinyurl.com/2dfo2mn [Summary] This paper has been prepared for policy makers interested in establishing or strengthening financial strategies to increase the financial response capacity of governments of deve ...
  • Putting it into Perspective: China’s Carbon Intens ...
    Natural Resources Defense Council / by David Cohen-Tanugi http://tinyurl.com/2w3lre2 [Barbara Finamore's Switchboard Blog from NRDC] NRDC recently released a working paper analyzing China’s commitment to reduce its carbon intensity by 40-45 percent by 2020 compared to 2005 levels.  In our analysis, ...
  • Implementing Cost-Effective Policies in the United ...
    OECD Working Paper / David Carey http://tinyurl.com/2aj995f [Abstract] The consensus view of scientists is that the build-up of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere is causing global warming. To reduce the probability of severe climate-change impacts and costs occurring, global GHG emissions nee ...
  • Draft Regulatory Impact Analysis Proposed Rulemaki ...
    US EPA www.epa.gov/OMS/climate/regulations/420d09003.pdf The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy-duty trucks and buses. Th ...
  • The Financial Crisis and its Impacts on Global Agr ...
    World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5431 / Justin Yifu Lin and Will Martin http://tinyurl.com/2dgm2om [Summary] The financial crisis arose in the industrial countries, but has affected developing countries through higher interest rates, sharp changes in commodity prices, and reductions in inves ...

Scientific American - News

  • Color Bind: A New Study Finds Wind Turbine Color M ...
    It is clear that wind turbines--the number of which is steadily increasing globally--kill bats. They also kill birds, but studies have consistently shown the Halloween icons to be more prone to death by turbine . The data also indicate that certain species of insectivorous bats, in particular migra ...
  • A Cut-and Dry Forecast: U.S. Southwest's Dry Spell ...
    Lake Mead, the massive reservoir created in the late 1930s by Hoover Dam on the Arizona–Nevada border, has dropped to its lowest level ever, it was reported earlier this month. The lake has been steadily growing shallower since drought began reducing the flow of its source, the Colorado River, start ...
  • Everyday BPA Exposure Decreases Human Semen Qualit ...
    The common industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA) has been linked to many ills , including reproductive abnormalities, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Much of the evidence for these associations, however, has been drawn from animal or in vitro research and has been somewhat controversial as ...
  • Polio in Retreat: New Cases Nearly Eliminated Wher ...
    The world's largest, most intractable source of polio may be on the brink of elimination. In India the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have produced more polio cases this decade--nearly 5,000--than any other location worldwide that has an active immunization campaign. Nigeria saw a handful more ca ...
  • Hard-Core Astrophysics: Massive Neutron Star Hints ...
    An extremely dense celestial object thousands of light-years away is serving as a natural nuclear physics experiment, providing clues to processes that cannot be reproduced in the lab. [More]

RAWA News

  • How British forces fired on Afghan civilians
    The Guardian: Leaks of classified war documents by the whistleblowing website WikiLeaks accuse British troops of carrying out attacks on Afghan civilians. The Ministry of Defence today disclosed its version of the incidents after a freedom of information request by the Guardian. Although an incomple ...
  • Watchdog: Company botched Afghan police stations
    The Associated Press: n Afghan-owned company bungled the construction of police stations there so badly that the buildings are at risk of collapse, undermining U.S.-led efforts to beef up the country's security forces, a government watchdog says.
  • Afghan President Karzai: Bush knew we were getting ...
    The Raw Story: Afghan President Hamid Karzai admitted to CNN on Monday that he has received cash payments from Iran after a New York Times report fingered his chief of staff as carrying bags of money back from trips to Iran. Little noticed in his interview, however, is that he said that President Ge ...
  • Ousted Afghan governor warns of Iranian influence
    Reuters: Afghanistan and its Western allies are dangerously underestimating Iran's destabilizing influence on the country, said a former governor of a border province who claims he was ousted for his criticisms of Tehran. Ghulam Dastgir Azaad, who ran western Nimroz for five years, said he frequentl ...
  • The Afghan Black Hole: Governance and Corruption
    The Atlantic: In the year since President Obama announced his troop build-up in Afghanistan, reported events show that the mirror-image issues of governance and corruption have worsened, and that their improvement continues to pose “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma” for the United St ...

frogblog

  • A couple of troubling questions on the Hobbit Bill
    Who was telling the truth, John Key or Gerry Brownlee? Their stories differ. And how does this legislation clarify the law as to who are contractors and who are employees in the film industry, when it just seems to confuse an issue the Supreme Court had already made clear?
  • General debate, October 30, 2010
    Let’s talk energy!
  • Fonterra’s discharge into the Manawatu
    I’ve been looking into Fonterra’s discharge of condensate into the Mangatainoka River in the Wairarapa, which leads to the Manawatu. You can read it about it here. [UPDATE - Fonterra just announced that they are reconsidering their application and "decided to look at alternatives, s ...
  • Another podcast with a transcript
    Yay, the momentum is building and we have a transcript for another of our podcasts, thanks once again to a very awesome writer who’s been transcribing them for us! This one’s from a few weeks back, but it’s been super-popular, so click through to listen or download the transcript of ...
  • To queer youth: It gets better! (Now with video!)
    We admired the American “It Gets Better” campaign so much that we decided to make our own: The point of these videos is to reach out to young people who may be feeling alone and scared to provide hope, let them know that there are people who understand what they’re going through an ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • As Western Civilization Lies Dying
    The Western commercial system exists to extract more from consumers than it supplies in products and services. Its goal is profit and has never been the improvement of the human condition but to exploit it. When governments institutionalize this system, they place their nations on suicidal paths, be ...
  • Is Perfect Research Possible
    Some claim that there is no hope of doing perfect research. So, is there hope of doing perfect research? Of course there issometimes! It all depends on the whetherwhether the subject is limited and whether the researcher can write and is intelligent enough to adequately evaluate the evidence. Un ...
  • The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty: Last Gasp of ...
    No civilization in history that collapsed after a period of greatness has ever regained its dominance. Egypt lasted for three millennia; today it is little more than a field for archeological study. The Persian Empire, which lasted for more than three hundred years, became the largest and most p ...
  • Specie, Script, and War: The Contradictory Practic ...
    Wars are fought for business, but business and the economy are synonymous. Wars will continue to be fought for the economy as long as this economy is not abandoned. War is a logical consequence of it, not a means utilized by it. No attempt to eliminate war and preserve the economy can succeed. A ...
  • Knowledge, Truth and Human Action: America Hits th ...
    Americans have a problem with the truth. They seem to be unable to accept it. Beliefs somehow always overwhelm it, even when they are so contradictory that any effective action becomes impossible. By calling people with opinions experts and relying on adversarial debate between them, not only is ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • The President and the Speaker
    Compare and contrast. Here is President Obama, asked about whether he thinks he'll be able to work with Republicans after next week's election: I’m a pretty stubborn guy when it comes to [] trying to get cooperation. I don’t give up just because I didn’t get cooperation on this issue; I’ll try t ...
  • Our Stagnant Pie
    Doug Mataconis takes a look at today's awful GDP figures and concludes that we're headed for a long stretch of low growth and high unemployment. He's not happy about what this means for our political future: There’s a reason that politics in the 1950s gave us men like Eisenhower and Stevenson, and ...
  • Voter Fraud, Take 2
    Kevin Williamson says I'm wrong to say that voter fraud is practically nonexistent. After all, maybe there really is lots of fraud, but nobody is getting convicted of it so we don't know about it. Well, OK. That's pretty hard to argue with. But I'd still like to see some evidence that it's actually ...
  • Friday Dog Blogging - 29 October 2010
    Surprise! The cats get this week off as I showcase Rupert and Digby, who belong to my sister-in-law and her partner. Digby (on the left) is, I'm informed, a "Heinz-57 with a terrier personality." Rupert, on the right, is a poodle mix. Enjoy this while you can, dog lovers. Inkblot and Domino will be ...
  • The Risk of Default
    Pretty much everyone agrees that Republicans won't do anything serious to reduce the deficit if they win control of the House next week. After all, they plainly don't care about deficits except as a useful partisan cudgel. Bruce Bartlett agrees, but has an even more exotic fear: As I have previousl ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 206: Ignorance
    Topics for the show: Ryce brought a 6 pack of beer…awesome Lebron makes a new commercial and kinda wants us to feel sorry for him Baracka Flocka Flame, Wacka Flocka Flame and other ignorance Satire sometimes makes you look dumber than the ones making you dumber than the people you make fun of Democr ...
  • “Just Stop Spending”
    So I’m going through my morning wake up routine of getting pissed off at the world to get my day started by watching Morning Joe when a discussion during one of the segments made me more frustrated than usual.  Joe Scarborough (you know the guy who starts every other sentence with “Back in 94 when [ ...
  • The Tea Party is About Civility
    …except when you protest/mock their candidate. I mean really…what the fuck?  Is this what male Tea Party supporters mean when they say they want their country back?  “I want my country back to the way it used to be…when women knew their place”. Come on.  Not only do the guys put their hands on th ...
  • IC 205: In This Economy?
    Topics for the show: Brandon from Where’s My 40 Acres is in the studio (PhenomBlak on Twitter) The Worst Concert Ever Kanye makes a 34 minute movie/music video and now we’re talking about the Illuminati…again Meth lab found in Georgetown University dorm room Relationships are like a full time job Jo ...
  • IC 204: Penis Trading Cards
    Topics for the show: We’re moving the show to Thursday now We hate fat people Part Deux Why are we fat? Just check out the nutrition facts on the Fast Food menu Steven Seagal & his “elite team” of doughnut eaters The NFL enforces the “illegal hits” rule but in the end it won’t matter [...]

Simple Climate

  • “Cherry picking” is a rotten accusation
    Choosing which data to include and which to leave out is central to science, argues Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology's George Wang, even though critics of climate scientists might object to leaving out certain weather stations from their temperature measurements.
  • Climate-driven species creep hangs in the balance
    Competing influences are allowing the equatorial end of some organisms' range to stay in place, while warming allows them to move further polewards, but when the competition breaks down, population decline can be expected, scientists have suggested this week.
  • Rapid climate change poses ecological questions
    Cold-blooded tropical creatures, like lizards, are more affected by global warming than their relatives in colder areas, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology's George Wang has found. Now, he says that this unexpected result shows just how much ecologists don't know about what the current s ...
  • CO2 dominates Earth’s climate, NASA reveals
    Earth's temperature would fall 35°C in 50 years without CO2, as water vapour condenses into water and ice and the greenhouse effect collapses, show Andrew Lacis and colleagues at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, demonstrating that CO2 alone is the “thermostat” for climate change.
  • Seeds of doubt flourish as climate debate hots up
    Vested interests want the US to think scientists are still arguing about climate change, says Edward Maibach, director of George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication.

e!Science News

  • Is the shape of a genome as important as its conte ...
    If there is one thing that recent advances in genomics have revealed, it is that our genes are interrelated, "chattering" to each other across separate chromosomes and vast stretches of DNA. According to researchers at The Wistar Institute, many of these complex associations may be explained in part ...
  • Breast density, no lobular involution increase bre ...
    Women with dense breasts and no lobular involution were at a higher risk for developing breast cancer than those with non-dense breasts and complete involution, according to a study published online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute. read more
  • Spice in curry could prevent liver damage
    Curcumin, a chemical that gives curry its zing, holds promise in preventing or treating liver damage from an advanced form of a condition known as fatty liver disease, new Saint Louis University research suggests. read more
  • Dracula orchids and goblin spiders
    Dracula orchids tempt flies by masquerading as mushrooms. Goblin spiders lurk unseen in the world's leaf litter. The natural world is often just as haunting as the macabre costumes worn on city streets, as highlighted by two studies published this year by curators in the Division of Invertebrate Zoo ...
  • Raising giant insects to unravel ancient oxygen
    The giant dragonflies of ancient Earth with wingspans of up to 70 centimeters (28 inches) are generally attributed to higher oxygen atmospheric levels in the atmosphere in the past. New experiments in raising modern insects in various oxygen-enriched atmospheres have confirmed that dragonflies grow ...

unEarthed

  • Friday Finds: Float like a butterfly, do math like ...
    Research has found that bees can be smarter than computers. Photo courtesy of Michaela Kobyakov, stock.xchng Top enviro official deems NY gas drilling supervision a fracking mess New York's Department of Environmental Conse ...
  • Why Wait? Vote Now To Defend The Earth
    With the national election less than a week hence, we at Earthjustice are asking readers to practice their voting skills in advance—by voting now for our project idea at Free Range's Youtopia Contest . Like many other groups tr ...
  • Couch Potatoes: A Little Yellow Sticker Can Save Y ...
    The familiar EnergyGuide label comes to TVs near you The best part about energy efficiency—aside from its amazing potential to cut national energy use by 23 percent according to McKinsey by 2020 (that’s the amount of energy c ...
  • Radioactive Water Is Fracking Dangerous
    Bombs, nuclear power plants and groundwater. What do they all have in common? Well, according to a new study published by the University at Buffalo (UB), the answer could soon be uranium.   The study conducted by UB geologist T ...
  • Massive Sockeye Salmon Run Blows Away Estimates
    Ever throw a nice little dinner party for a few close friends and have it balloon into a full-blown, packed-house rager? Well, for British Columbia’s Fraser River, this year’s sockeye salmon run has exceeded all expectations and ...

Brave New Climate

  • Open Thread 7
    Open Thread 6 is getting overly bloated in its old age, at 650 comments, and is taking too much time to load. So it’s time for new one. The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like â there is nothing âoff topicâ here â within reason. So [...]
  • SNE 2060 – can we build nuclear power plants fast ...
    The nuclear scenario I describe here requires around 10,000 GWe of nuclear capacity by 2060, to replace most of our current fossil fuel use. (For further justification of this 10 TW target, read this TCASE post.) My next step is to look critically as some of the critical underpinning assumptions — u ...
  • Pebble Bed Advanced High Temperature Reactor at UC ...
    When I visited California earlier this month, Tom Blees and I paid a visit to Prof Per Peterson and Prof Jasmina Vujic at the Nuclear Engineering Department of UC Berkeley. After chatting over lunch, Per took us on a personal tour of his lab, which was quite an experience. Per’s research focuses on ...
  • Peak Oil Discussion
    Given the flurry of heated discussion on the topic of ‘peak oil‘ on another BNC post, I invited one of the protagonists, Dave Lankshear (a.k.a. “Eclipse Now” — see here for his blog), to write up a summary piece which described his position on the topic. This is given below, and should provide a goo ...
  • Does wind power reduce carbon emissions? Counter-R ...
    About 1 year ago, I posted on BNC two important pieces by Peter Lang – “Does wind power reduce carbon emissions?” and a follow-up reply. Together, these stirred up considerable discussion (about 500 comments to date) and raised important questions about the ability of wind-energy to reduce emissions ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • Reflections in a sealed bottle...Iraq - War Logs R ...
    An Arab Woman Blues - Reflections in a sealed bottle... It is important that I continue with my thoughts, I do not wish to lose any of the insights am getting, the many levels of Truth I am grasping...I am hungry but food can wait, I am sleepy but sleep can wait, I need fresh air but breathing can w ...
  • THE BROWN TABLE
    roarprawn: THE BROWN TABLE : "Years ago, when we reported on Maori fisheries settlement there was much discussion on what was known as the Brown Table. It was a play on the Round table and the knights of old. At the brown table sat Sir Tipene, Sir Robert Mahuta and Sir Graeme Latimer. They held eno ...
  • US Conservatives: Gangsters or Politicians?
    Tom Marino's Free Pass | Mother Jones How big of a scandal does it take to make a congressional candidate unelectable? This year, if you're a Republican, it has to be pretty darn big. Take GOP House candidate Tom Marino in Pennsylvania's Tenth District, located in the northeast corner of the state. ...
  • Independence!
    Corruption-free Anguilla: Independence! The airwaves and the local newspapers this past week have been filled with talk of the need for Anguilla to seek independence from the United Kingdom. Anguillians have always been the most independent-minded West Indians, so the discussion is a healthy one. Fr ...
  • Another Day, Another 850 Afghan Children Dead
    Another Day, Another 850 Afghan Children Dead | War Is A Crime .org Bamiyan Diaries – Day Five By David Smith-Ferri “Is This Normal?” In a small storage shed at the edge of town, we watched as fourteen-year-old Sayed Qarim signed a simple contract agreeing to borrow and repay a no-interest, 25,000 ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Republicans Hate The Troops
    According to this story, 92% of politicians receiving a D, or an F grade are Republicans. Go figure. Raw Story Article
  • Fascism Is Finally Here
    Wait until all the corporate mobsters drop by the offices of the Republican tools they paid to have elected, and want more handouts, tax breaks, and subsidies. Do you think billionaires, and corporations spent all those anonymous millions on Republicans so said Republicans can serve the “people” ...
  • Think Republicans Are On Your Side?
    If you think Republicans are on your side, you are either a billionaire, in which case it is true, or you are mentally retarded, and you should be in an institution.
  • No Income Tax = 83 Of America’s 100 Largest ...
    83 of the nations largest 100 companies paid zero income tax last year. When the teabaggers to to Washington to try to take their country back, who is it that truly controls their country? I haven’t seen any anti corporate control, anti lobbyist signs at their rallies. Do they even know who their re ...
  • Tea Bagger Zombies Will Be Disappointed!
    Do you want to know what is sad? After the billionaires and Corporate America pour hundreds of millions into the campaigns of “conservatives” do you think when push comes to shove they won’t get their handouts? Their tax cuts? Their loopholes? Their subsidies? When the tea baggers work so hard to ge ...

Appalachia Rising

  • Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
    Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a found ...
  • Press Conference to be Held on June 15
    Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-2688 o ...
  • Press Inquiries
    All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conference H ...
  • New Flier for Appalachia Rising
  • Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachian ...
    Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind coalfi ...

Amped Status

  • The Road to Revolution: 99% Uprising (Video)
    Republicans and Democrats have failed us. Both parties have been bought off by a well-organized Economic Elite who are tactically destroying our way of life. The harsh truth is that 99% of the US population no longer has political representation. The US economy, government and tax system are now bla ...
  • The Covert Origins of the Af-Pak War - The Road to ...
    The bottom line is that we have entered a period of major wars over declining resources. The Af-Pak operations are only initial moves in an attempt to control the earth's remaining oil supply. -- Here's the latest excerpt from David DeGraw's new book, "The Road Through 2012: Revolution or World War ...
  • Inside the Global Banking Intelligence Complex, BC ...
    Here is Part II of David DeGraw’s new book, “The Road Through 2012: Revolution or World War III.” The BCCI scandal gave citizens of the world a rare glimpse into the inner workings of the covert global banking intelligence power structure, revealing power politics in its purest form.
  • Bill Moyers on The Economic Elite Vs. The People o ...
    On March 1st, Bill Moyers gave his first public speech in three years, as the final speaker in the Dowmel Lecture series. In his speech, he addressed what he feels is "the greatest threat" to our country: the staggering inequality of wealth and the death of the middle class.
  • WAKE UP MEDIA! Lehman Report is Further Evidence o ...
    How much more evidence of a financial coup and the theft of trillions of dollars do we need before the media and our politicians do something, anything , to restore a rule of law in this nation? What is it going to take?

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  • Should Israel go public about its nuclear capaciti ...
    On Dr. Avner Cohen’s new book, “The Worst-Kept Secret: Israel’s Bargain with the Bomb” My featured story about Dr. Avner Cohen’s new book on Israel’s nuclear policy was published today in Haaretz. In his book, Dr. Cohen discusses the opacity policy â the Israeli-American understanding the Israel “sh ...
  • Izzie in HolyLand – Part 15: The Chinese are ...
    The Israeli army will be collaborating with the Chinese, and Izzie wants in on it Bzzzzzz! Izzie: What is it Ruthie. Ruthie: Ms. Holyland, the IDF spokesperson is here to see you, Brigadier General Avi Benayahu. Izzie: Right, I almost forgot about that one. Thanks Ruthie, send him in. Ben ...
  • The Q’aadan Curse
    How and why Zionist discrimination against non-Jews is made legal Our story begins with a middle class couple, who wanted to build themselves a house in a country settlement. The time was the early 1990s, and the couple was facing one major problem. ‘Aadel and ‘Iman Q’aadan were not, as their names ...
  • Oct 28: A Vote for Segregated Communities
    The Headlines: Jim Crow > The Knesset’s constitution committee voted today to proceed with a final vote on a bill, which would allow small localities to establish “acceptance committees” to screen people who wish to live in that locality. Despite the law’s insistence that discrimination would not b ...
  • “Every Jewish community needs its nigger”
    I hope that headline pissed you off. I really do. Because that’s how I pretty much felt this morning, when I picked up the paper. I was reading the coverage of the approval of a bill proposal to allow small communal settlements in the Negev and the Galilee to reject would-be newcomers, if they are u ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • 1800 new affordable homes for Victorian communiti ...
    Eight new affordable housing projects in Docklands, Cheltenham, Dandenong, Footscray, Frankston and Ringwood are underway thanks to the partnership between the Gillard and Brumby Labor Governments.
  • Boost to Snowy River flows
    Environmental flows in the iconic Snowy River will start ramping up next week after the finalisation of a deal between the NSW, Victorian and Australian Governments to provide an additional 24 billion litres of water this year.
  • Australia’s biodiversity conservation strategy se ...
    Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, today released Australia’s new strategy for biodiversity conservation on behalf of the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council.
  • Gillard government welcomes forestry agreement
    The Australian Government today welcomed the landmark agreement between industry and environmental NGOs in Tasmania on the future of the Tasmanian forestry industry and the future of the state's native forests.
  • Coalition’s hypocrisy on Murray Darling Basin
    For the last two weeks the Coalition has been shouting from the roof tops that they oppose the Guide to the Draft of the Murray Darling Basin Plan.

Matt Weidner Blog

  • JACK BOOTED THUGS KICKING DOWN DOORS v. OBAMA SAYS ...
    When will Amerika? Judges? Law Enforcement? “Leaders”? Anyone stand up and fight they tyranny and treason that is happening across our country? The two articles below offer stark contrasts about what is happening in our country.  I am not partisan.  I think Amerika is not a democracy but a Klepto ...
  • Interview of Attorney Dustin A. Zacks – Fore ...
    The consters and Wall Street Fat Cats are not slowing down with their fraud and abuse in the face of all this scandal….to the contrary, they’re speeding it up.  We need our local judges to stop all this.  We must demand that they stop it. We are all in very dire straits, it impacts not just [...]
  • BOMBSHELL- FREE HOUSE (sorry David J. Stern)!
    The bombshells are going to start falling like infantry fire on a battlefield….there are consequences for lies and fraud and open deceit…. Judges can either ignore the blatant lies, fraud and deceit or they can enter the Orders just like this one.  If they enter Orders like this it will be a sign t ...
  • BOMBSHELL- Tampa Tribune Article on Service of Pro ...
    Fraud, sidestepping and abuses permeate the entire foreclosure process.  And oh yeah, inflated and billing and charges for services that were not performed.  But none of that matters because it’s foreclosure right?  And who cares about homeowners in foreclosure anyway?  Well how about all  of u ...
  • A Brilliant Order From Judge Shack- Quoting Florid ...
    Everyone in Florida knows Ice Legal is the very best in foreclosure defense.  I find it so incredibly significant that Ice’s work is now being quoted verbatim by judges in foreclosure cases all across the country. Read the attached Order that was just released by New York Judge Arthur Shack.  Like ...

abelard - news

The Parallel Parliament

  • Love In A Time of Cholera
    As if Haiti hasn’t faced enough since the devastating earthquake earlier this year, the island state now is under onslaught from a cholera epidemic.  In many ways it was inevitable. While many have criticized the humanitarian response to that initial Haitian disaster as being too slow (partly true) ...
  • A Day For Peace
    A special day and a special opportunity.  Wearing a bow tie in honour of Lester Pearson, I was privileged to speak in the House in honour of United Nations Day and peacekeeping. Filed under: Personal, Politics, The New Internationalism
  • Hope In a Time of War
    It’s like something put away in a cupboard, to be dealt with another time.  But for our troops in Afghanistan there is no such luxury.  Nor is it for Afghan community leaders (including women), NATO commanders or world leaders. The conflict in that remote part of the world, and from whence the 9/1 ...
  • Grading Badges
    An odd article by Andrew Coyne in Maclean’s, in which he laments the usefulness of the United Nations and maintains that even if this country lost the Security Council seat because of the government’s pro-Israel stance, it was, in effect, a “badge of honour.”  Judging from the response to his observ ...
  • The Life of Brian
    For so many citizens, Brian Mulroney represents the past in this country.  This is what Stephen Harper is counting on.  Yet Mulroney’s personal difficulties aside, his nine years in office represented a kind of era that was one of this country’s crowning achievements in internationalism.  In a phras ...

Vaccine Awakening

  • Vaccine Science: A Search for Truth
    by Barbara Loe Fisher February 2009 turned out to be a month when vaccine science was put on trial in the U.S. Court of Claims in Washington, D.C., in mainstream media and on the internet, in the British Medical Journal and in vaccine safety research initiatives by the U.S. Department of Health and ...
  • Talking Vaccine Science with Government: Why Do It ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher After the historic election in November that saw Barack Obama elected President, I wondered what he and his Administration would do about addressing the question that is on the minds of many parents: Why are so many vaccinated children today chronically ill, suffering with lea ...
  • Vaccine Bullies & Fighting Back
    By Barbara Loe Fisher During the past decade, families in the United Kingdom, Canada and America have witnessed the demonization of brave doctors and parents of vaccine injured children. It has been both sickening and frightening to watch physicians and some journalists engage in a relentless perse ...
  • Doctor-Heroes Standing For Better Vaccine Science
    by Barbara Loe Fisher The cry that was heard around the world in the early 1980's, when mothers and fathers realized an old, crude pertussis vaccine was killing and damaging the brains of their children, is being echoed today by new generations of parents struggling to raise vaccine injured childre ...
  • Politics, Profits & Pandemic Fear Mongering
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