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It's the new year weekend. There are no family gatherings - there are no shopping trips that have to be done, there is no cooking that has to be done. There is time to stand up for democracy! Check out y...
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Loch Ness tilts back and forth according to the movement of the ground beneath it.
Hundreds of families have been forced to bear the burnt of cyclone Thane in the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu as they were rendered homeless by the cyclone. Hapless people were seen wandering on Saturday...
The government had promised to release more than 700 detainees from jails last week as part of a peace plan drawn up by the Arab League. Under the plan monitors have also been allowed to observe confronta...
Patna: Six people, including three children, have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar’s Munger district, officials said on Wednesday. According to district officials, a team of doctors led by a civil sur...
THREE confirmed dengue fever cases in Lautoka has prompted the city council to take new measures by conducting insecticide spraying in the city. Council acting Health Services director Rouhit Karan Singh ...
The number of dengue cases in the Federated States of Micronesia totalled 921 as of December 26. Of that number 769 were on Yap Island. A total of 163 patients in critical condition have been admitted to...
*Serpents of a feather flock together* Many people who have followed Romney's long-running thirst to make Mormon charlatan prophet Joseph Smith's dream of taking over the White House true may have thought...
While collecting doom-laden images for 2011, Desdemona experienced a bit of *déjà vu*: another year of record flooding in the Philippines, and another year of record flooding in Pakistan. The Texas droug...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - After two confirmed cases of the swine flu in Mineral County, West Virginia health officials have increased monitoring for a variant of the disease. Both cases of the H3N2v viru...
Some local health care officials express concern that Swine Flu could make a comeback in the area after several cases popped up in Indiana. There are currently 19 flu cases confirmed in Fayette County. Th...
SEIU photo*DOJ internal letter reveals crimes of America's most racist sheriff Joe Arpaio* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com PHOENIX -- The US Department of Justice has doc...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Salta, Argentina at a depth of 22.2 km (13.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:15:10 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) SSW of Tartagal, Salt...
By Denis G. RancourtViolence itself is neither good nor bad. The persistent and widespread crimes of war, population-displacement, genocide, slavery and economic exploitation thrive on a vile violence of the...
SALT LAKE CITY -- A new flu strain that has infected ten people in four states is catching the attention of health workers. So far, the cases have been pretty mild, but Utah health officials are watching...
If you've ever contributed to a candidate or signed a petition you were probably inundated with desperate pleas for helping dozens of candidates beat their deadlines-- midnight yesterday-- for campaign fu...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (APP): The UN health agency has voiced deep concern that scientific research undertaken on a strain of highly pathogenic influenza could have negative consequences but also acknowled...
Thanks to ALL who come to this site for your tremendous enduring help, encouragement, insight and humour during the previous 12 months and here's to making 2012 another great year on Biased ...
Taipei, Dec. 31 (CNA) Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) notified related agencies on Saturday to stay on high alert for avian flu and prevent the disease from spreading to Taiwan after a man in so...
*BULAWAYO – Gladys Gombami-Dube the mainstream MDC senator for Mabutweni died of bird flu, a family spokesperson told journalists at her house in Mpopoma high density suburb on Wednesday. *Family spokespe...
North Korea said Saturday that Kim Jong Un has been officially named supreme commander of the military, further strengthening his authority after the death of his father. Officials and state media have b...
A bus driver in southern China has died from bird flu in the first reported human case of the deadly disease in 18 months. The man, surnamed Chen, died in Shenzhen – a booming industrial town that border...
Iran's senior navy commander has denied the country has already test-fired long-range missiles during a drill - but said it would do so in the next few days. It had been reported that the Islamic Republi...
Saints looking to break more records on in the Sacredome Sunday We make the rules, pal ~moosedenied ~Cha-ching! MVP! MVP! MVP! Memo to #RodneyWhite, #BrettGrimes, Jason Cole and Pete Prisco: We're not sorr...
*What liberal media?, SD campaign in war on women, Ryan sinking Repugs?, FCC shill goes on Comcast payroll officially, and more* Stewart: Media Bias Not Liberal, but 'Laziness' *by Noah* *5/10/11 -- "Li...
I can't say that I am too sad to see 2011 go. It was a hard year in many ways. I am excited for 2012 and all the happiness I am hoping it will bring. According to Google Analytics, these are the top posts ...
Well, I was in the belly of the beast last night, doing the Paper Reviews on 5Live. Thanks for all your suggestions and thought I might explain how it actually works. Basically you are presented with the ...
One day after raising the alarm about a possible major eruption, authorities have lowered the alert level in and around a remote Alaska volcano. A yellow alert -- the second most serious out of four poss...
Twenty-one fires, set in rapid succession in the Hollywood area, have prompted authorities in California to post a $60,000 reward in what they say is one of the worst arson sprees in recent memory. In al...
The United States and the United Arab Emirates have signed a deal for a missile-defense system in the Persian Gulf country, the Pentagon said Friday. The $3.48 billion agreement was signed December 25, a...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck offshore Guatemala at a depth of 60.5 km (37.6 miles), the quake hit at 09:55:00 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 76 km (47 miles) SSE of Tapachula, C...
The United Nations is deploying peacekeeping troops to the remote town of Pibor in South Sudan, saying it faces an imminent attack by thousands of fighters engaged in ethnic clashes in the war-torn region....
In Homs, Syria's third-largest city and a focus of resistance to the regime of President Bashar al-Assad, snipers pose a direct threat to civilians. But the risk of being shot is just one problem they fa...
The Egyptian authorities have agreed to stop raiding the offices of human rights and pro-democracy groups after the U.S. government intervened. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta welcomed the decision, but exp...
A Boston man is fighting for his life after contracting human rabies - the first case in Massachusetts in more than 75 years. It is believed the victim, who is in his 60s adn from Cape Cod, may have been...
There is only a 'one per cent hope' of finding the toddler who disappeared from her father's home overnight, according to an expert on missing children. The devastating verdict came as police announced th...
*Russell Brand and Katy Perry, the couple met in 2008 and married in October 2010 at a resort inside a tiger reserve in India. Russell Brand has announced he has filed for divorce from US singer Katy Per...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Turkey-Iran-Iraq Border Region at a depth of 18.7 km (11.6 miles), the quake hit at 09:13:17 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) No...
Saif al-Islam, the son of Colonel Gaddafi who was captured in November, has had the ends of his thumb and forefinger amputated as he prepares to face trial on corruption and war crimes charges. Human righ...
Poachers in South Africa have this year killed more rhinos than ever before as demand for their horns grows in Asia, say conservationists. This year at least 443 rhinos have been killed in the African coun...
An HIV-positive man used unprotected sex as a way to spread the disease, potentially infecting thousands of people. David Dean Smith, 51, turned himself in to a Michigan police station last week and his ...
A 'major' blast has rocked an area around a mosque in the restive northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri. Four people were reportedly killed in the explosion which happened just after Friday prayers. Islami...
*Mr. Ive, who can now style himself Sir Jonathan, has been made a Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE).* Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of plan, has been awarded a knighthood in the New Year Honours ...
Compensation payouts to murderers, paedophiles and other dangerous criminals who claim they have been kept in jail too long have doubled in a year. A report has warned that taxpayers could be saddled with...
Just a few decades ago, any murder was front page news. Now there are so many brutal killings that they have become almost commonplace. This Christmas — supposedly a time of peace and goodwill — seems to h...
*Gingrich fires a prolific female AGW-religious hack* This story is kind of hilarious. Three years ago, current GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich recorded a love scene with Nancy Pelosi on Al Gore's...
*With the intent of mapping its gravity, twin satellites are due to go into orbit around the Moon this weekend. Lead scientist Dr Maria Zuber is expecting some dramatic discoveries. The duos were launche...
Dozens of criminals arrested after the summer riots have been let off with a ‘slap on the wrist’ for offences including arson, knife possession and burglary. A total of 66 rioters were given no more than ...
The dawn of a new year is usually a time of hope and ambition, of dreams for the future and thoughts of a better life. But it is a long time since many of us looked forward to the new year with such anxiet...
A disgraced property tycoon and a hedge fund trader who cashed in on the credit crunch are both in the New Year Honours list. Ex-convict Gerald Ronson – the great survivor of the Guinness share-trading sc...
[image: Link]Police are hunting an arsonist terrorising Hollywood after 19 fires were started in the wealthy neighbourhood in the early hours of the morning. Among the properties damaged was the former h...
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake has struck Oklahoma at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 08:07:18 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) ESE of Shawnee, Oklahoma No Repor...
Lansky, who failed to get a knighthood. To get an honour from the Queen you have to be linked to crime, or Jewish, or just unlucky? In the 2012 New Year Honours list: *GERALD RONSON* gets a CBE (Comm...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia at a depth of 42.1 km (26.2 miles), the quake hit at 06:14:42 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 222 km (137 miles) SSW of Te...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Pakistan at a depth of 31.3 km (19.4 miles), the quake hit at 05:39:52 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 212 km (131 miles) South of Kalat, Pakistan No...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Sula, Indonesia at a depth of 19.8 km (12.3 miles), the quake hit at 04:05:44 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 217 km (134 miles) SSW of Te...
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A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 73.1 km (45.4 miles), the quake hit at 03:57:03 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 267 km (165 miles) SSW of Amb...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Colombia at a depth of 106 km (65.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:53:56 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 57 km (35 miles) North of Pasto, Colombia No Re...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:44:46 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 14 km (8 miles) ENE of Christ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck New Guinea, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 37.5 km (23.3 miles), the quake hit at 00:24:26 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 158 km (89 miles) North o...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Western Kazakhstan at a depth of 12 km (7.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:58:17 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 28 km (17.3 miles) Southeast of Kruglooze...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 20.9 km (13 miles), the quake hit at 23:11:07 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) Sout...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 41.1 km (25.5 miles), the quake hit at 22.:30:20 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 197 km (122 ...
Well, I've gone and done it. I started a podcast (RSS Feed) with my friend Jason Edwards. Edwards and I grew up together in South Florida. We share a strange affinity for comparing and ranking things. So...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands, New Zealand at a depth of 34.6 km (21.5 miles), the quake hit at 21.:43:19 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 136 km (84 m...
This is only the second report that I have ever seen in which a real interaction takes place. The present problem is that the witness has not come forward to be interviewed by an experienced de...
The take home here is that augmenting blue light produces healthier and way more robust seedlings. Thus we can expect protocols to quickly evolve to take advantage on this phenomenon. Light star...
I want to add one key prediction to this fairly obvious mix. ( obvious if you track technology – I have not been really surprised since 1970 except to understand that someone other than us mave...
What this really says of course is that the health and vigor of your gross muscle mass really matters and we sort of knew that anyway. Walking has the benefit of gently exercising almost all the ...
Establishment Media Maggots, Soulless Pawns of The NWO-Zionist Empire. VS. Ron Paul The White, Leader of The Fellowship of The Republic. "9/11 Truthers are wrongheaded and irresponsible because all cred...
[image: Sudan 1998, by Tom Stoddart] *A well nourished Sudanese man steals maize from a starving child during a food distribution at a feeding center in Sudan in 1998. Photo by Tom Stoddart. * The CIA runs...
2011, what a year it's been... and 2012 looks like it's going to get *really *interesting, too. At the present rate at some point at the end of January this little blog will top one million page loads, ov...
*Laura Albino as Rosalinde and Keith Klassen as Alfred in Toronto last January* *J. STRAUSS II: Die Fledermaus: Act I, "Glücklich ist, wer vergisst, was doch nicht zu ändern ist"* *ALFRED, later joined by...
A major movement of Iraqi forces gathered on Sunday in Mosul as a prelude to a planned offensive against Islamic fighters loyal to al Qaeda, an Iraqi government spokesman said. The forces include troops, ...
"The most distant object easily visible to the eye is M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy some two and a half million light-years away. But without a telescope, even this immense spiral galaxy - spanning over ...
Earlier this year, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's return to late night came in the form of a trip down to Occupy Wall Street. Sure he took some cheap, though good-natured digs at the protesters, but it was...
"On Time" "And an astronomer said, "Master, what of Time?" And he answered: "You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable. You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of ...
*“Learning And Yearning” * by Chet Raymo “This photograph of the Eagle Nebula made by a rather modest telescope - the 0.9 meter instrument at Kitt Peak, Arizona - appeared on APOD (click to enlarge). I sa...
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*Censored Native Americans and issues in 2011 on Native America Calling today* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Great show on Native America Calling today, which revealed ...
Some of you don’t realize that not only does the American Legislative Exchange Council have their members pushing through legislation – BUT whenever it looks like one of the members needs some backup they ...
Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
"Perhaps the whole root of our trouble, the human trouble, is that we will sacrifice all the beauty of our lives, will imprison ourselves in totems, taboos, crosses, blood sacrifices, steeples, mosques, r...
*Companies like Verizon and Time Warner Cable don't need masks and guns to rob us, as long as they have pricing power over us.* *"It’s not just about the money (though if you’re like me, you don’t have e...
[image: The Indian Ocean comes alive with electric blue shipping lane trails. Pharand's visualizations come in the same week as the U.N. says that global population figures are set to reach seven billion...
[image: Unable to find water, a camel lies slumped on the ground in the Borena region of south Ethiopia on 15 July 2011, where widespread drought is forcing people and livestock to search far afield for ...
Video by David Blair 22 December 2011 The United Nations says that 250,000 Somalis are suffering from famine in three regions including Mogadishu, a fact that Abdiweli Mohammed Ali, who leads Somalia’s...
[image: Global Pace of Land Acquisitions, 2000-2010. International Land Coalition] Contact: Dr Michael Taylor, m.taylor@landcoalition.org, Programme Manager, Global Policy and Africa International Land ...
[image: In this 27 October 2011 photo, the satellite oil rig 'Danny Adkins', owned by Noble Oil, can be seen on the horizon from the Perdido platform. Jon Fahey / AP Photo] By Jonathan Fahey, AP Energy ...
* "Man's Search For Meaning" (Excerpt)* by Viktor Frank "When a man finds that it is his destiny to suffer, he will have to accept his suffering as his task; his single and unique task. He will have to a...
*"A Whole New World: Reading for Pleasure"* by The DailyOm "Each time we read for enjoyment, the empathy awakened within us creates entire landscapes in our mind's eye. Every book has the potential to tou...
2011 has gone out with a bang, both literally and figuratively. Early in the month of December, my husband was in a car accident and suffered a mild concussion and whiplash. The car was totaled. Then my s...
*“Strait of Hormuz Standoff: Iran Films US Aircraft Carrier”* By Raf Sanchez "Iran claimed to have taken surveillance footage of a US aircraft carrier near the Strait of Hormuz as both countries raised th...
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[image: Feliz Año Nuevo 2012 - Happy New Year] [image: Imágenes de Año Nuevo 2012] [image: Celebremos juntos el Año Nuevo 2012 - Happy New Year] [image: Coca Cola les desea un Feliz Año Nuevo 2012 - Happy ...
You might not think that a collaboration to study the chemical and physical properties of ancient Attic pottery would have anything to do with space missions, but, well, you'd be mistaken.
Harbor porpoises are returning to San Francisco Bay in increasing numbers after having evacuated the area during Word War II.
Christmas came with a record-breaking temperature at the South Pole this year.
What do you think? Is it even possible to hope for a truly New Year in politics? My dream is for one in which true champions of the middle class, who have triumphed after the bloody election of 2012, const...
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 12.30.11"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The big story, with worldwide implications, is Iran threatening to close down the Strait of Hormuz. The Iranians are fighting mad at the...
*"This Got PRINTED? ("There Will Be Violence")* by Karl Denninger "I'll be damned... "As 2011 slithers to its end, none of the major problems that led to the crisis point three years ago have really ...
*"Avoiding the Danger Zones in the Year Ahead"* by Bill Bonner "And here we are at the end of the week…and the end of the year. And we’re no surer of what is going on than we were at the beginning of it. ...
Those of you who have been reading the comments about the *Fact or Faked: The Paranormal Files* know that there has been some criticism about the same old, tired voices being interviewed on various TV show...
Whether they call themselves teabaggers, Know Nothings, Nazis or fascists, right-wing populists have historically had an uneasy alliance with the one percenters who finance-- even own-- their political pa...
ONCE UPON A TIME, THE USAAF got a bright idea for a bespoke night fighter, which resulted in the *Northrop P-61 Black Widow*. Not one of John Northrop's successes. Over-weight, overly complex, the USAAF ...
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O'odham protest toxic dump in Sonoita, Sonora. Photo Ofelia Rivas.*O'odham fight mining in ceremonial Quitovac, Sonora* *"Quitovac is an ancient O’odham village and is the location of a profoundly sac...
*Blogger’s Remarks:* The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has found no evidence that Iran is actively working towards developing a nuclear weapon, much less evidence that they are on the verge of ...
Do you know which is the funniest joke in the world? It might involve New Jersey.
Free Syria Army includes foreign mercenaries armed & backed by very Arab League supposedly investigating Syrian violence. For more information on Syria, please see the Syrian Archives.
An arsonist struck across Hollywood this morning, torching vehicles and setting homes ablaze in 19 separate fires over a four-hour period. Firemen in Los Angeles, California, were scrambling to put out the...
Syrian security forces opened fire at protesters on Friday, killing at least 12, as hundreds of thousands filled the streets of restive cities to demonstrate against the government of President Bashar al-A...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Vanuatu Region at a depth of 26.2 km (16.3 miles), the quake hit at 18:49:59 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 165 km (103 miles) West from Isangel, ...
Hackers affiliated with the Anonymous group published hundreds of thousands of email addresses they claimed belong to subscribers of private intelligence analysis firm Strategic Forecasting Inc. The lis...
Spain's new government announced a series of spending cuts Friday intended to bring down the country's soaring deficit amid concerns over the European debt crisis. The conservative Popular Party, which w...
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Url movie: http://youtu.be/awbnFFyAaAg -- next part: http://youtu.be/2GNmke_KY3s and: http://youtu.be/mDWYi07EH5Q *...and I wish all of you* a *happy* New Year 2012. Take care...! John
More Imperialist Moves Against Syria; Wall Street Faction Seeks Closure of Hormuz to Stave Off Dollar Collapse Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. [image: PressTV]PressTV December 30, 2011 For more information o...
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Louise Benally, Navajo of Big Mountain, at protest of Salt River Project which operates one of the Navajo Nation's three coal fired power plants.*Censored News Top Stories, Most Accessed, for December 2011...
Met police arrest 13 after raids on addresses following Boxing Day killing of Seydou Diarrassouba. Thirteen people have been arrested across south London amid "rising tensions" after the Oxford Street s...
Wine consumption is linked to fewer drunk driving deaths.
A cache of 385 pounds of caviar was found in a St. Petersburg morgue in the refrigerated space where human corpses are kept.
HB3Labs has retrofitted the ubiquitous hoodie with earbuds on the end of drawstrings.
The centuries-old pipe mouthpiece may have been used for hashish and bears the words, "love is language for the lovers."
The tiny island nation leaps forward in time to be more competitive.
Michelle Bachmann, just one of the nutjobs running for the Republican presidential nomination, is reported to be in trouble. One of her Iowa campaign chiefs bolted to Ron Paul and another was sacked after...
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Few things in life are all good or all bad. Even though I dislike Christmas, I'm happy to enjoy some paid time off, and this year I reaped the benefits of holiday overtime. Sometimes, the negative so gro...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands at a depth of just 1 km (0.6 miles - poorly constrained ), the quake hit at 17:29:51 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 129...
[Is the Chinese real estate bubble bursting?] By Gus Lubin 6 December 2011 Home prices in China most notorious "ghost city," a city called Kangbashi constructed outside Ordos, have fallen from $1,100 ...
There's an old saying, "Treason is a matter of timing." Same thing goes for statesmanship and patriotism, especially at the beginning of an election cycle. Much has been made about Obama's "tough stance"...
It's always been odd to me to see working class people vote for Republicans, a political party that would like to see their children enslaved. OK, maybe that's a little extreme... but GOP policies point, ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the Izu Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 397.9 km (247.3 miles), the quake hit at 17:07:21 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 287 km (178 miles) SSW f...
Nobody would fail to feel sympathy for the family of the teenager who was stabbed to death in London's Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales. Who would want to see their 18 year old stabbed to death?...
We don't know how Earth got tanked-up with its water supply, so how could we guess what's happening on worlds thousands of light-years away?
A fire that engulfed a nuclear submarine undergoing repairs in Russia's Murmansk region is now out.
The slippery physics of ice are lubricating avalanche falls.
Just as a point of interest, I will be reviewing tomorrow's papers on BBC R5 Live tonight at 11.30pm. First time I have had the chance to do this so tune in you get the chance or even phone in. I'll be on ...
Interesting approach the BBC takes the release of material from the National Archives concerning Northern Ireland. It COULD have used this headline "IRA leaders outside Maze controlled Hunger Strikers". Bu...
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011* *At the Times, there are no words for the sheer size of The Dumb:*Yesterday, we were too kind concerning The Dumb which rules at our greatest newspaper. Glancing back through ...
China plans to put laboratories in space, collect samples from the moon and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to an ambitious plan released this week aimed at putting the ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 106.2 km (66 miles), the quake hit at 16:34:34 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) North ...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Baja California, Mexico at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:34:29 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) Southwest of Guadal...
Alert, Alert!!! Going to cover alot of ground here. Come prepared with necessary accoutrements! I want to open this post with a news story of Syrian forces allegedly firing "nail bombs". Of course, this c...
Did the chimpanzee who played Cheetah in the 1930's Tarzan movie die recently -- or long ago?
Watch as Discovery News' Associate Producer, Trace, makes a fool of himself in This Week in Discovery News.
Men most often say, "I love you" first in a relationship. How women feel about that depends on sex, in a way.
* All the pictures are of Southern Italy.* "*Critique of Ron Paul's Austerity Plan*" with Webster Griffin Tarpley: *"Ron Paul's 'Plan to Restore America' includes $1 trillion in cuts to the federal budget...
The blog maybe deader than England's chances at the European Championships next year, but in 2011 the quietude of its crypt was regularly disturbed by an array of top dance and electonica. As per tradition...
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011* *PART 3—ROTHSTEIN MENTIONS A FACT:* To an astounding degree, our public discourse is driven by plutocrat scripts. These scripts don’t have to be built upon facts. In a recent c...
Two recently published patent applications show Apple is looking to charge their iconic computer devices with hydrogen fuel cells.
The Red Sea has a new inhabitant: a smoking island. The island was created by a wild eruption that occurred in the Red Sea earlier this month. It is made of loose volcanic debris from the eruption, so it ...
*Crazed Repugs don't know how to react. Plus: Mel Gibson learns a better way to communicate, and more bin Laden craziness* *by Noah* *5/2/11 -- Obama's real death panel -- the death of bin Laden* Coinci...
The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from...
A majority of economists put the possibility of a eurozone break-up at 30-40 per cent in 2012, according to the results of a BBC poll - and 20 per cent even state the eurozone will not exist in its current...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Guam Region at a depth of 19.1 km (11.9 miles), the quake hit at 13:17:58 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 149 km (92 miles) Southwest from Hagatna,...
The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from...
A majority of economists put the possibility of a eurozone break-up at 30-40 per cent in 2012, according to the results of a BBC poll - and 20 per cent even state the eurozone will not exist in its current...
Tommy Robinson was attacked just before Christmas by a car full of Muslims. He was beaten to the ground, and the gang of Asian assailants, continued to beat him with knuckle-dusters. It is remarkable, t...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 30.2 km (18.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:35:19 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 396 km (246 mi...
Keep your automotive booty safe with...your booty.
I’m getting out my iPad’s magic 8-ball app and looking into the future. I see a big year for employment law issues in 2012. Here’s where I think we’ll see lots of litigation or legislation: *Military*: Wi...
Army Corps of Engineers receives money for dredging and levee repairs. BOORAH! ~Mark Schleifstein In Wake of the Federal Flood that ruined 80% of the city, New Orleans Enjoys Startup Boom ~NPR Levees & S...
At least 13 killed as truck filled with gasoline overturns and catches fire, engulfing several cars and a bus. At least 13 people have been killed and 16 others injured after a tanker truck filled with ga...
London's FTSE 100 has closed for the last time in 2011 - a year that has seen £90.5bn wiped off the value of the index. The FTSE gained 5 points on the final half day of trading, but still ended 5.6% dow...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Pacific Antarctic Ridge at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:17:44 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 4002 km (2847 miles) SSW of Ada...
A roadside bomb killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan Friday, the provincial head of the criminal investigation unit said. Also in the volatile south, a member of the NATO-led...
The death toll from a bomb attack on a church just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja on Christmas Day has risen to 37, with 57 people wounded, a source at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said...
Syrian forces and activists have clashed during after-prayer protests in Damascus, as Arab observers continue their mission in the country. Activists said troops fired nail bombs to disperse protesters wh...
Turkish rights groups called on Friday for a U.N.-sponsored investigation after Turkish warplanes killed 35 villagers in an airstrike targeting Kurdish rebels on the Iraqi border that the government has ca...
US-funded agitators have offices raided across Egypt. by Tony Cartalucci December 30, 2011 - The LA Times reported, "Egypt raids foreign organizations' offices in crackdown. Three U.S. groups are among th...
A room housing an emergency power system at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant had been submerged due to a pipe leak 20 years ago, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) revealed Dec. 29. The uti...
* Euro down 0.3 percent vs dlr, more pressure seen in 2012 * Euro zone auctions early next year seen as critical * Single currency close to 10-year low versus yen By Nia Williams LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters)...
A Sudanese military helicopter taking off on a mission near El Obeid Airport crashed early Friday, the state-run SUNA news agency reported. Six members of the helicopter crew were killed, the news agency ...
Two aid workers working to provide emergency medical relief in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu have been killed in a shooting at a Medecins Sans Frontieres compound, the agency said in a statement. The ...
A bomb blast killed two people and wounded three on Friday in northwest Pakistan's tribal region, a senior Pakistani government official said. The bomb was planted on a road near the village of Dara Bazar...
An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza early Friday killed one person and injured at least one other, Palestinian security sources said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike had targeted "a terr...
At least 12 people were killed after a cyclone pummeled India's southeastern coastline Friday, bringing high winds and rain, officials said. Coastal districts in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nad...
North Korea said Friday that it remained steadfast in its refusal to engage with the current South Korean government, dismissing the prospect of a shift in relations with Seoul after a dynastic successio...
Al Qaeda's leadership has sent experienced jihadists to Libya in an effort to build a fighting force there, according to a Libyan source briefed by Western counter-terrorism officials. The jihadists incl...
Large-scale anti-government protests are planned Friday across Syria, with opposition groups calling on demonstrators to camp out in public squares until President Bashar al-Assad's regime is ousted. The...
A West Australian Aboriginal group has gone to the State Administrative Tribunal to try to stop Fortescue Metals Group proceeding with a mining project in the Pilbara. The Yindjibarndi Corporation is conc...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 221.2 km (137.5 miles), the quake hit at 09:36:29 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 291 km (180 miles) North of ...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 68 km (42.3 miles), the quake hit at 09:34:50 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) SSE ...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Central Peru at a depth of 51.3 km (31.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:22:16 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) SSE of I...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Central Peru at a depth of 51.3 km (31.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:22:16 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) SSE of I...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 60.8 km (37.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:51:58 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) WSW of T,-...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 53.5 km (33.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:46:42 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 175 km (108 mil...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 62.9 km (39.1 miles), the quake hit at 08:05:45 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 95 km (59 mile...
I want to go through the GHZM experiment again and somewhat carefully (and in \(\LaTeX\)) and discuss the insanity of the assumptions about the laws of Nature that are forced upon you if you want to believ...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Ecuador at a depth of 126.4 km (78.5 miles), the quake hit at 07:13:02 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) SSW of Riobamba, Ecuador No Rep...
According to reports, two French art experts have quit The Louvre's optional committee in a row over the reinstatement of a Leonardo da Vinci picture. It is understood the return of the Leonardo painting...
*US experts analyzed blood samples from 104 well people with an average age of 87 who had few known risk *factors for Alzheimer's. Research suggests that a diet rich in vitamins and fish may keep the brai...
Ed Miliband must be delighted with his pals at the BBC this morning. They have been leading all their news items this morning with the results of a Labour Party survey which claims to show that the evil C...
*December 29 has emerged as the day on which clients would shift sites and domains away from Go Daddy.* A refuse of US hosting firm Go Daddy looks set to go ahead even though the firm has said it no long...
I*nternational wildlife trade group Traffic says that more elephant tusks were detained in 2011 than in any year as 1989, when the ivory trade was expelled*. In the opinion of group is that there had bee...
*Fidel Castro* and Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (above) both got cancer. The following leftist leaders have all been diagnosed recently with cancer: 1. *Venezuela's Chavez * 2. *Argentina's ...
More pertinent than even this is that the burst of ultra violet light processed through the body in an apparent plane of activity just as we scan a page to produce a Xerox copy. This is technolog...
By taking advantage of the fact that these ailments cause changes in the mix of exhalents, it seems possible to establish a sensing protocol able to provide early detection. It would also be ra...
This insight actually resolves something else. The Neanderthal skull supported much stronger jaws than we use. Is it possible that a switch to a more modernist diet led to a complete reshaping...
There was ample indication of prehistoric intrusions along the Gulf coast and a Mayan Colony is not only plausible but very likely if not even more common place than presently understood. Such a...
I confess I am the type of person who takes down their Christmas tree the day after Christmas. My tree is killing me. I want to take it down so bad. I confess I plan on letting my little girl stay up until...
"It hurts to find out that what you wanted doesn't match what you dreamed it would be." - Randy K. Mulholland
Crop pests appear to have developed resistance to an insect toxin inserted into GM corn plants. As a result, these ‘superbugs’ are surviving efforts by farmers to kill them and so are damaging food crops ...
Alaskan scientists and air carriers are on alert as one of the state’s volcanoes belched a monstrous ash plume 15,000 feet in the air Thursday. Cleveland Volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands sent up an ash...
After days of playing golf and eating out with friends at Hawaii's most exclusive restaurants, Obama returned to some official business yesterday as he laid a wreath at a memorial honoring those killed in ...
The world's most popular websites could impose an 'internet blackout' in protest at a proposed law which would extend government censorship in an effort to tackle online piracy. The battle over the SOPA b...
A hate crime investigation is under way after a noose was found hanging in the World Trade Center. The discovery of the historic racist symbol at a such an evocative site has sparked outrage, with one com...
France and Germany are lagging behind Britain on aid spending to poor countries, a report says. Both countries have failed to hit EU targets and have barely increased their spending in recent months. The...
The mother of a month-old baby was murdered and dumped in a canal on Christmas Day as her family waited for her to come home and open her presents. Ruby Love’s body was spotted floating in the Grand Union...
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Fifty people a day suffer a violent or sexual attack by a convict spared jail in the ‘soft’ justice system. Victims include young children assaulted by paedophiles, figures released by the Government show...
North Korea has warned South Korea and its allies the communist nation will not change course following the death of leader Kim Jong-il. The first official message since Kim Jong-il's son, *Kim Jong-un, w...
Shocking new pictures have emerged of Syrian troops apparently deliberately targeting protestors, including children, with live ammunition. It comes amid fresh reports of dozens of deaths as violence co...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 67 km (41.6 miles), the quake hit at 04:59:52 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) South of Obihiro, ...
Anyone that comes to visit America may notice that most of us walk around like a bunch of zombies. Well, the truth is that this is because about half of us are completely doped up on prescription drugs. In...
What in the world has happened to America? This week two elderly women that are more than 80 years old have come forward with claims that they were strip-searched at JFK Airport in New York. But sadly, thi...
The control freaks that run the U.S. government are busy imposing their values on all the rest of us, and most Americans have absolutely no idea what is happening. The Obama administration and members of C...
It has now become very clear who dominates Europe. As European officials prepare to gather for one of the most important summits in EU history, it has become apparent that either the German plan for a new ...
College education in America is a bad joke. Instead of preparing the next generation of leaders for the jobs of tomorrow, the college education "industry" has become a giant money making scam. We constantl...
Should we just get it over with and change the spelling of America to "Amerika"? Every single day, the United States of America is becoming more like North Korea. In North Korea, the citizens are told that...
If you were playing a game against a dishonest opponent and you allowed that opponent to lie, cheat and steal as much as they wanted to, who do you think would win? Today, China is absolutely crushing the ...
In the United States today, the First Amendment is under attack like never before. Technological innovations such as the Internet have made it possible for average Americans to communicate directly with on...
New Republican primary rules are going to make it basically impossible for any candidate to wrap up the Republican nomination very early in 2012. In fact, the new Republican primary rules make a "brokered ...
I have learned that watching what people do is much more important than listening to what they say. Back in 2008, financial authorities in the United States insisted that everything was gone to be okay. Bu...
Can you hear that? It almost sounds like a little bit of peace and quiet. This year, the holiday season has been fairly uneventful, and for that we should be very grateful. But it isn't going to last long....
Let’s speak plainly. If you are in the United States or Western Europe, chances are incredibly high that your bank is simply not safe. In other words, your money is at risk. Big time. Let’s review some of ...
So yesterday, the European Central Bank (ECB) doled out €489 ($639) billion in loans to the European banking sector. Why’d they do it? ‘Cause Europe’s banks are broke: That is, if all the crap they colle...
If you live in the United States of America, you live in a giant prison where liberty and freedom are slowly being strangled to death. In this country, the control freaks that run things are obsessed with ...
*Whereas Britney, Courtney, Bentley, and Otto are either the least liked or the most exclusive* *by Ken* Unbeknownst to me until I read today's DNAinfo report on the NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygien...
*“If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures...
"I was astonished 44 years ago. Most people were," says criminologist Alfred Blumstein, a professor of operations research at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, who served with criminologist ...
Hundreds of families have been forced to bear the burnt of cyclone Thane in the coastal regions of Tamil Nadu as they were rendered homeless by the cyclone. Hapless people were seen wandering on Saturday...
The government had promised to release more than 700 detainees from jails last week as part of a peace plan drawn up by the Arab League. Under the plan monitors have also been allowed to observe confronta...
Patna: Six people, including three children, have died of a mysterious disease in Bihar’s Munger district, officials said on Wednesday. According to district officials, a team of doctors led by a civil sur...
THREE confirmed dengue fever cases in Lautoka has prompted the city council to take new measures by conducting insecticide spraying in the city. Council acting Health Services director Rouhit Karan Singh ...
*Serpents of a feather flock together* Many people who have followed Romney's long-running thirst to make Mormon charlatan prophet Joseph Smith's dream of taking over the White House true may have thought...
SEIU photo*DOJ internal letter reveals crimes of America's most racist sheriff Joe Arpaio* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com PHOENIX -- The US Department of Justice has doc...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Salta, Argentina at a depth of 22.2 km (13.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:15:10 UTC Saturday 31st December 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) SSW of Tartagal, Salt...
If you've ever contributed to a candidate or signed a petition you were probably inundated with desperate pleas for helping dozens of candidates beat their deadlines-- midnight yesterday-- for campaign fu...
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 30 (APP): The UN health agency has voiced deep concern that scientific research undertaken on a strain of highly pathogenic influenza could have negative consequences but also acknowled...
Thanks to ALL who come to this site for your tremendous enduring help, encouragement, insight and humour during the previous 12 months and here's to making 2012 another great year on Biased ...
Taipei, Dec. 31 (CNA) Taiwan's Centers for Disease Control (CDC) notified related agencies on Saturday to stay on high alert for avian flu and prevent the disease from spreading to Taiwan after a man in so...
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