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IPS - Inter Press Services

• SOUTH AFRICA: How Better ARV Prices Were Won
  South Africa's recently-awarded tender for antiretroviral drugs halved drug costs for the world's largest ARV programme. Driven by a better-prepared and more aggressive government, the deal may stand up to criticism better than initially thought.
• RWANDA: Forest Conservation Calls for Carrot and S ...
  For years, the various campaigns for sustainable use of forests just passed Pascal Segatashya by. But Rwanda's ambitious Forest Conservation Project eventually found him - and it has transformed his life and livelihood.
• RIGHTS: Pakistani Christians Under Increasing Thre ...
  Forty-seven-year-old Gulsher Masih has been living in constant fear since fleeing his native village of Chuk Jhumra, near Faisalabad, a year ago.
• INDIA: New Push to Chase Money in Swiss Banks
  After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh refusal to divulge details of billions of dollars allegedly stashed away abroad by Indians, anti-corruption crusaders are banking their hopes on promised Wikileaks revelations.
• Tagging Leopard by the Tail
  A first-of-its-kind satellite tracking project to monitor leopards may help the Indian government formulate a more effective wildlife policy, and prevent conflict between humans and wild animals.

Scoop - NZ

• Afghan A-G says fraud invalidates election
  The Afghan Attorney-General says he hopes a special court, appointed by the President to look into election fraud, will throw out the results of the country's parliamentary elections and delay the planned inauguration of a new parliament today. Mohammed Ishaq Aloko, a strong supporter of Presiden ...
• Fisk: Names of Hariri killing suspects handed to j ...
  A deeply embarrassing tape of Saad Hariri, the outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister, blaming the Syrians for his father's murder, a threat by Hezbollah's allies to indict Mr Hariri for corruption, and continued fear – on the part of just about everyone – that the UN tribunal have named Hezbollah members ...
• The Dam Breaks in Portugal
  I had a sense of deja vu this morning when Teodora Cardoso, the Adminstradora of the Banco de Portugal, blurted out in a conference that her country should turn to the IMF. “It would be easier if we had external support because the adjustment would be less abrupt: if we leave it to the markets it m ...
• Blumenthal: The Great Islamophobic Crusade
  Nine years after 9/11, hysteria about Muslims in American life has gripped the country. With it has gone an outburst of arson attacks on mosques, campaigns to stop their construction, and the branding of the Muslim-American community, overwhelmingly moderate, as a hotbed of potential terrorist recru ...
• Old Jet Retooled to Slay Stealth Fighters
  It's been just three weeks since China unveiled its new J-20 stealth fighter, and already the U.S. Air Force has plans well underway to defeat the

Independent - London

• Video: Giant rocket blasts off
  The Delta IV Heavy Launch Vehicle is the largest rocket launched from the US west coast.
• Tunisia: 'I have lost my son, but I am proud of wh ...
  The street vendor who set himself alight, sparking an uprising which swept away 23 years of dictatorship in Tunisia and triggered protests across North Africa, had been beaten down by years of poverty and oppression by the authorities, his family told The Independent last night.
• Jackie Chan and Yo-Yo Ma help welcome China's lead ...
  For Chinese-Americans in Washington, the only party in town on Wednesday night was the state dinner at the White House. The courtiers from the Chinese embassy and Hu Jintao's entourage from Beijing were joined by the glitterati of Chinese-American society.
• Aristide is 'ready' to end exile and return to Hai ...
  Sending a fresh ripple through the choppy waters of Haitian politics, the country's deposed former president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, has declared that he is ready to end six years of exile and return home "today, tomorrow, at any time".
• Irish government falls and calls 11 March poll
  The Irish Government collapsed yesterday, with multiple ministerial resignations propelling Prime Minister Brian Cowen into setting 11 March as the date for a general election. His Fianna Fail party, which dominates the government, is widely expected to be largely wiped out in the contest, since und ...

Rogue Government.com

• FAA Warns of Ongoing GPS Issues in Southeastern U. ...
• Bankruptcy Considered for States
• Exposing globalization's dark side
  The pronouncement of "the end of history" may have been a tad premature, yet, in a flat world, globalization — the intensified exchange of goods, services, capital, technology, ideas, information, legal systems and people — has brought "the end of geography" closer.
• Blackwater Founder Is Said to Back African Mercena ...
  Erik Prince, the founder of the international security giant Blackwater Worldwide, is secretly backing an effort by a controversial South African mercenary firm to insert itself into Somalia’s bloody civil war by protecting government leaders, training Somali militias, and battling pirates and I ...
• Dollar Destroyer Alan Greenspan Promotes Idea Of G ...
  Mr. Greenspan - you truly suck sir.

Innovation Canada

• Quitting time
  Despite the best intentions of a 34-year-old National Non-Smoking Week, which starts on Jan. 16, one of the most disheartening things for anyone trying to quit smoking is the extremely high likelihood that his or her efforts will end in failure. “Even with proper treatment, around 70 to 80 percent o ...
• Discoveries of the deep
  Oceans cover more than 70 percent of the planet. Hidden beneath them is an entire world we know very little about, a world of undersea mountain ranges and ocean basins that play host to hundreds of thousands of underwater species. In the late 1990s, marine scientists expressed their concern with thi ...
• Shakin' all over
  At the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ont., Richard Bathurst is a mover and a shaker. Literally. Over the past 20 years, Bathurst, a civil engineering professor who is cross-appointed to Queen’s University, has become an internationally recognized authority on earthquake-resista ...
• The year in review
  Welcome to 2011! Before we launch into a new year of covering cutting-edge Canadian research, we’re going to rewind and look back at some of the success stories we featured on InnovationCanada.ca in 2010.  Some recurring themes in Canadian research this year were: biodiversity, aboriginal culture, a ...
• Celebrating Arctic research
  When you turn 50, there’s a tendency to sit back and celebrate your accomplishments. But some 50-year-olds prefer to be bold and try new things. Such is the case for the University of Alberta’s Canadian Circumpolar Institute (CCI). Between building university-degree programs in the North and finding ...

Signs of the times

• What happens when mom unplugs teens for 6 months?
  New York - Susan Maushart lived out every parent's fantasy: She unplugged her teenagers. For six months, she took away the Internet, TV, iPods, cell phones and video games. The eerie glow of screens stopped lighting up the family room. Electronic devices no longer chirped through the night like " ...
• FLASHBACK: Denver Flight forced to turn around due ...
  DENVER - A flight heading to San Antonio, TX, had to return to DIA on Wednesday afternoon because of a crack in the windshield.
• Thirteen catheterizations later
  When I first met her, Janet couldn't stop sobbing. She'd just been through her 10th heart catheterization in two years. It started with chest pains at age 56, prompting her first heart catheterization that uncovered severe atherosclerotic blockages in all three coronary arteries. Her cardiologist a ...
• Gulf War veteran Lorrie Brown blames vaccinations ...
  A mother-of-three told today how she has faced almost 20 years of ill health since she tended to wounded soldiers during the first Gulf War. Lorrie Brown was an Army health care assistant based at a field hospital in Saudi Arabia during the conflict two decades ago. She said before she went, she w ...
• Health concerns raised over nanoparticles
  Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, widely used in sun creams and cosmetics, provoke similar inflammatory effects on the lungs as asbestos, new research has found. A Swiss-French team of scientists warns of future health hazards caused by nanoparticles. But some doubts have been cast on the find ...

The Galloping Beaver

• A trial of two academies
  1. The University of Manitoba.� A math professor and academic prodigy at the UofM sues the university and finds himself suspended over protesting what he felt was the illegitimate awarding of a PhD to a 3rd party given that party had failed one of their comprehensive exams twice after an acknowledge ...
• Seriously, folks . . .
  Medicine for melancholy.
• If you aren't angry, you haven't been paying atten ...
  Ian Welsh lays it out just about right. And David Lindorff further discusses the monsters in our midst. The Skipper has been criticized by a few under the Godwin's Law argument, but I agree with him and with Welsh that we too often fall into the trap of reasonableness, that by going along to get alo ...
• Bravo for People for Corporate Tax Cuts
  Wow, I have to say my hat is off to the people at OPSEU who put this campaign together. They are doing a marvelous job of keeping a straight faee and keeping up the gag. This was in my inbox at the newspaper this morning. Good Morning - Are you wondering how you will come up with $500 to pay your ...
• Shameless self promotion
  For those who remember the Maple Syrup Revolution podcasts from earlier this year, you may want to check out this post over at The Woodshed. I'll try not to clog this blog with endless plugs for my new project, but I really can't recommend Virtually Speaking strongly enough. It is a terrific listen, ...

Media Matters for America

• Hannity Now Outraged At Nazi Comparison -- But He' ...
  Sean Hannity expressed outrage over "comparing people to Nazis." �But Hannity previously compared Rep. Keith Ellison's decision to use the Quran for his swearing in ceremony to using "Hitler's�Mein Kampf,"�which Hannity called "the Nazis'�Bible."Hannity Lashes Out At "Comparing People To Nazis" H ...
• Fox's Kelly Absurdly Claims Fox Personalities Do N ...
  Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly responded to her guest's statement that Fox News figures regularly invoke Nazi imagery by claiming "I watch our programming every night and you're wrong." In fact, several Fox News, particularly Glenn Beck, have a long history of smearing President Obama, Democrats, and ...
• WSJ Falsely Blames Blue Shield Premium Hi ...
  A Wall Street Journal editorial celebrating the House of Representative's vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act falsely claimed that Blue Shield of California is raising its rates by 59 percent in part to comply with the health care reform law. In fact, Blue Shield of California says the rate incr ...
• Fox News Falsely Suggests Off-Shore Drilling Would ...
  Fox News correspondent Doug McKelway falsely suggested that increased offshore drilling would prevent high gas prices. In fact, even the Bush administration Energy Department said that expanded offshore drilling would not substantially affect oil prices any time soon. McKelway Falsely Suggests ...
• Still Crying Wolf: Fox's "Media Bias" Segment On ...
  On Fox & Friends, co-host Gretchen Carlson and Fox News contributor Andrea Tantaros accused the mainstream media of showing a "bias" by "ignoring" the story that Tucson shooting victim James Eric Fuller threatened a Tea Party leader at a town hall meeting. In fact, virtually every major media o ...

Global Research.ca

• Fed Traders Buy Billions in U.S. Debt
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• America has a Choice in Tunisia: A Historic "U Tu ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• Ex-CIA officer charged with leak to Times reporter ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• Generalizing Tunisia? The Broader Implications fo ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• ‘The Army of Crime’: Immigration and Identity
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

TPM Cafe

• Obama: Reset Your Middle East Policy Before It's T ...
  Things are looking up in Israel. On Saturday night, close to 20,000 people took to the wintry streets of Tel Aviv to demand peace. It was the first major demonstration in years, and was an indication that, particularly among the youth, hope is on its way back. It is also a sign that many Israe ...
• Can Harry be a Hero?
  That is the question that supporters of Social Security should be asking as we brace for President Obama's State of the Union address next week. Specifically, the question is whether Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid will keep up his spirited defense of Social Security or whether he will buckle ...
• Broadmoor Reflections: What Gay Acceptance Feels L ...
  I'm sure if I was born into an African-American family in 1962 in Salina, Kansas -- where I was actually born, my personal sense of civil rights advancements would feel very different than I feel looking at the question through a gay portal. But I still feel great progress has been made and history ...
• 2020 Vision
  I run the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab and so in a sense I get paid to think about the future. Usually I spend my time thinking about the intersection of technology and media, but today I want to talk about three tectonic shifts that are taking place in the world and how they might effect what Ameri ...
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TruthOut

• Bye Bye Blackbird: USDA Acknowledges a Hand in One ...
  Atlanta - It's not the "aflockalyptic" fallout from a secret US weapon lab as some have theorized.read more
• Mississippi State Senate Passes Anti-Immigration L ...
  There’s a new SB 1070 on the block, and this one comes out of Mississippi. On Tuesday the Mississippi State Senate passed SB 2179, a measure that allows law enforcement officers to check a person’s immigration status during a traffic stop or while enforcing other laws. In doing so the state became t ...
• Joe Conason | Fudging the Facts on Health Care and ...
  Facts always matter, but never more so than when politicians deal with issues of real consequence, like health care and budget deficits. Data sets and out-year projections may make everybody's eyes glaze over, but without accurate information, the end result of legislation is disaster. Today, there ...
• Arizona Legislature Seeks to Nullify International ...
  Last week I wrote that after the cameras left Tucson, the Arizona hate that is focused on Mexicans/migrants – on brown peoples, which is about 95% of all the hate in Arizona – will be back to normal. I was wrong. The massacre helped to obfuscate that hate; the cameras have not yet left Arizona and a ...
• Dave Lindorff | Don't Tone It Down, Amp It Up: In ...
  "The wranglers over creeds and dogmas are perhaps the most persistent of all agitators; the bedrock idea being that a wrong exists which must be found and exterminated." -- Eugene Debs "Get it straight, I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser." --Mother Jones I’m going to take issue here wit ...

Planetsave

• Gorilla, Chimpanzee Heads and Leopard Skins Seized ...
  The following is a guest post from the WWF. Law enforcement officers in Gabon have arrested five men accused of possessing illegal animal products, including those of endangered species. The raids, conducted by the country’s Water and Forest and Defense Ministries with the assistance of WWF partner ...
• Climate Science Mistake,.. Don’t Go Overboard or M ...
  You may have heard about the mistake in a recent report published by an NGO on climate change and food production in the next 10 years. I imagine global warming deniers jumped all over it and maybe even the mass media did (haven’t checked to find out). Here’s a great account of what happen via... Re ...
• War and Plague Not as Bad for Climate as Deforesta ...
  You wouldn’t necessarily look to Genghis Kahn as being an environmentalist, but the facts are clear, he did a lot for increasing the storage of carbon dioxide as he and his Mongol hordes decided to head out and see what was on the other side of the wall. A new study published in the online... Read M ...
• Plants Will Move Downhill in Warmer Climate
  The widely held assumption that plants will have to migrate higher or become extinct in a warming world has been challenged today by a new study published in the journal Science, by Jonathan Greenberg, an assistant project scientist at the University of California, Davis, Center for Spatial Technolo ...
• New Airborne Methods to Measure Deforestation and ...
  Global Ecology’s Greg Asner has developed a new method to map and measure changes in vegetation, degradation and deforestation, and the amount of carbon stored and emitted in tropical forests. Watch the video below for a brilliant walk through of the project and the challenges being faced by those h ...

Water Quality - WordPress

• Study: fee boost could keep Md. trout river clean
  OAKLAND, Md. (AP) – A study concludes that anglers and boaters are willing to pay more to keep
• Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loadin ...
  US EPA http://cfpub.epa.gov/dmr/index.cfm http://cfpub.epa.gov/dmr/adv_search.cfm (advanced search)
• Groundwater quality in and throughout Mexico
  Q: Can you direct me to where I might find current information on the ground water ‘quality
• Water quality test equipment - Pakistan
  Q: We are working on water quality testing in AJK, Pakistan. For this purpose we need information ab
• Cross Connection and Water Quality
  It’s a cold and dreary day here today, I would love to stay inside in the warmth and work on t

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

• Pentagon’s Christmas Present: Largest Military Bud ...
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism D
• James Babb: We Won’t Fly, interviewed by Peter B. ...
  by Peter B. Collins and Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad originally published by Boilin
• Austerity Fails in Euroland: Time for Some "Defici ...
  by Ellen Brown Featured Writer Dandelion Salad webofdebt.com December 23, 2010 “Doubtful it stood, a
• Robert Penn Warren in True Life: The Politician, b ...
  by Daniel N. White Featured Writer Dandelion Salad December 22, 2010 Image by marlana via Flickr The
• More Evidence of Medical Experimentation at Guantá ...
  by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 22 December, 2010 In a

Axis of Logic

• The Search for BP's Oil - Crime and Punishment
  "Dolphins off the bow!" I race to the front of the WeatherBird II, a research vessel owned by the University of South Florida. There they are, doing their sleek silvery thing, weaving between translucent waves, disappearing under the boat, reappearing in perfect formation on the other side. ...
• Australia: Labor government makes out-of-court set ...
  18 January 2011 Damning new testimony has been released confirming that Australian intelligence, police and foreign affairs officials witnessed the rendition and torture of former Guantánamo prisoner and Australian citizen, Mamdouh Habib. The sworn evidence follows an out of court settlement ...
• David Attenborough — not over, not out - Environme ...
  At 84, Britain’s favourite naturalist says that, with BBC2’s First Life, he has made his last major TV series. Yet he shows no sign of losing his love for fossils . . . and life. Picture the scene: it is the late 1950s, and in an English field a young...
• Haiti's democracy in the balance 'Baby Doc' - Hait ...
  The return to Haiti – and now, possible arrest – of the infamous former dictator, Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, after 25 years in exile in the south of France, has made the headlines this week. But behind the scenes, the US state department and the French foreign ministry have been...
• Brazil Added Record 2.52 Million Jobs in 2010 - Br ...
  Brazilian companies added a record number of government registered jobs in 2010 as Latin America’s biggest economy expands at the fastest pace in over two decades. Brazil generated 2.52 million formal jobs in 2010, after companies hired a record 1.23 million workers and fired a record 1.64 milli ...

They Gave Us a Republic

• Torture, right wing fear-mongering, have similar a ...
  Because the Radical Right is not yet able to avail itself of wholesale torture in the same way Latin American dictators like General Pinochet were able to inflict pain on a massive scale throughout the 60s, 70's and 80s in order to import a brutally rapacious form of buccaneer capitalism to their de ...
• The Nightowl Newswrap
  Unprecedented crime-busting. "US federal agents have charged 127 suspected mobsters in multiple investigations into New York's organised crime families. The arrests were made on Thursday morning throughout New York City, New Jersey, Rhode Island and other areas in the north-east US, FBI officials sa ...
• Senator Claire McCaskill (D): a conversation with ...
  Previously: Senator Claire McCaskill (D): a conversation with bloggers in Kansas City Yesterday evening Senator Claire McCaskill (D) met with a small group of Missouri political bloggers for a conversation at her Kansas City office. This is the second part of that conversation. Senator McCaskill, li ...
• When Democratic Representatives Attack
  Until Alan Grayson takes his seat back in 2012, his place as Democratic House Attack Dog is well filled by our new favorite dem. � TPM: During the House debate on repeal of health care reform (Wednesday), Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) reprised his famous (or infamous) rant against Republicans: "You kno ...
• Senator Claire McCaskill (D): a conversation with ...
  Yesterday evening Senator Claire McCaskill (D) met with a small group of Missouri political bloggers for a conversation at her Kansas City office. Blue Girl (They gave us a republic... and Show Me Progress), Sean (Fired Up!), and I were in attendance. Eli Yokley (PoliticMo) was unable to attend due ...

Care 2

• The Brain: Seeing the Person Behind the Face
  Neuroscience sleuths are on the case of face blindness, a strange malady that makes some people unable to distinguish friend from foe.Submitted by Katie Miller to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• GROWING PROTESTS: No Fracking Way to Balance a Bu ...
  More than 300 People protested at the Pennsylvania governor�s inauguration against hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas industry on Tuesday, January 18.Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• New York City From Lego Bricks
  Model of New York City built from Legos at Legoland California in Carlsbad, CA.Submitted by Nikola Vasic to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• NEWS YOU CAN USE: FORTUNE MAGAZINE--100 Best Compa ...
  GREAT INFORMATION FOR JOB-SEEKERS and the rest of us too!Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Business �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Washington: We Are Encouraging Syria to Respect Le ...
  The U.S. said it supports French President Nicolas Sarkozy's suggestion to form a contact group on Lebanon and stressed that it was urging Syria to respect the country's sovereignty.Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

• You are what they say you are
• Don’t Tone It Down, Amp It Up: In Praise of Incivi ...
• Fix Foreclosure Fraud With a Borrowers' Bill of Ri ...
• What the U.S.-China Summit Is Really All About (Hi ...
• The F Word: Obama's Deregulation Dance With Wall S ...

Paul Krugman

• Travel Day
  Flying the not-so-friendly skies.
• Barbarous Economics
  Y=E, S=I. So?
• Growth in the Naughties
  Fake finance, but real growth.
• A Note on Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply
  Debt doesn't reduce capacity.
• What's Moving Interest Rates?
  It's the economy, stupid.

No Quarter

• Is Barack Obama a Patriot?
  To be clear at the outset I realize Obama is not a fan of the New England Patriots. That’s not my question (though he claims to be partial to ‘da Bears). Has it ever been appropriate to question the patriotism of Obama? Senator John McCain says no: We Americans have different opinions on how best [. ...
• TGIF Eve Open Thread
  I was so intrigued by some of the comments made today on “Morning Joe” that I paused my DVR, grabbed my computer, and backed up the show and started typing. To give context, I typed some of the early comments, but also left out the section on the agreement amongst the panel that the left [...]
• A Clinton/Obama Trip Down Memory Lane With WalMart
  You may recall during the 2008 Democratic Primary Campaign, Hillary Clinton was attacked by Barack Obama about her connections to Wal-Mart while First Lady of Arkansas. Oh, yes, he got just a tad testy as she was highlighting his constant “WORM”-ing (What Obama Really Meant). So he lashed out at her ...
• Hillary Clinton Asserts Feminism Is Good Foreign P ...
  In her recent article in the Guardian/UK, Madeleine Bunting discusses the “credibility requirement for any women with a senior foreign or defense brief to give a wide berth to anything with a whiff of being a woman’s issue. Women had to work extra hard to look tough on the world stage. Meanwhile, wo ...
• The Truth About Health Care Costs
  The real lesson of the last election, one that seems to escape many of the Democrats, is that Americans are tired of having smoke blown up their collective ass. Don’t serve us cowshit and tell us it is chocolate mousse. This is not to say that all or even most Republicans are straight talk express [ ...

Environmental Graffiti

• Why Only One Percent of the World's Water Is Drink ...
  The Earth's surface is 71% water. But, just how much is drinkable and how drinkable is it? read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• 7 Sleepiest Animals on Earth
  Find out which are the sleepiest animals in the world - and who spends most of their life in dreamland! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• The 6,000 Year Old Winery Discovered in Armenia
  The incredible discovery of the oldest complete wine production facility known to man, found near Iran's border with Armenia. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• Could Swine Flu Hold the Key to a Universal Flu Va ...
  Swine flu and H1N1 are serious diseases that can be fatal. But for those who survive, there is surprise for maybe all humankind in store. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• Animal Aid: Shocking Images from Inside Britain's ...
  Shocking footage from Britain's slaughterhouses reveals that humane death is a myth. Can't we spare these innocent animals? read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

• The Empire Strikes Back at Latin America
  The Obama administration's acceptance of the Honduran coup sent a chill throughout Latin America.
• Liberal Pakistan under Extremist Assault
  Religious extremists are using Pakistan's blasphemy law to challenge the country's traditions of tolerance.
• Has the UN Failed Cote d'Ivoire?
  The UN is capable of saving Cote d'Ivoire from collapse but it cannot do so as long as it plays 'second fiddle' to the western powers that 'pay the piper.'
• Art, Activism, and Permaculture
  The Laboratory of Insurrectionary Imagination treats insurrection as an art and art as a means of preparing for the coming insurrection.
• 60-Second Expert: Afghanistan
  The U.S. military no longer cares about winning "hearts and minds."

Global Elite

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

Al Jazeera

• Protests hit Tunisia amid mourning
  Crowd demonstrates in front of the interior ministry, seeking the dissolution of the new interim government.
• Turkey hosts Iran nuclear talks
  Little hope of breakthrough as six world powers and Iran meet in Istanbul to discuss Tehran's nuclear programme.
• Bin Laden threatens France
  Al-Qaeda leader says in audio tape hostages will die if country does not pull out troops from Muslim lands.
• Blair 'regrets' Iraq war dead
  Former British PM's remarks on loss of life due to the 2003 invasion met with cries of "too late" from public gallery.
• Jordanians stage price protests
  At least 4,000 people take to the streets to condemn poor economic policies and call for the government to step down.

Green Inc. - NYT

• Thailand Closes Diving Sites to Protect Corals
  Coral reefs severely damaged by elevated sea temperatures last year.
• Need a Ride? There's an App for That
  Carpooling ventures now rely on smartphones, G.P.S., reward points and micropayments.
• An Affordable Way to Buy Fuel-Cell Power
  Bloom Energy says its service will allow customers to buy the electricity generated by its fuel cells without buying its six-figure 100-kilowatt solid oxide model.
• New Figures Confirm That 2010 Was a Hot Year
  Another study confirms that most of the warmest years in the historical record since 1880 have come in the past decade or so and that 2010 was so warm it came close to setting the all-time record.
• Food Appeal for Sri Lankan Flood Victims
  The floods are the worst natural disaster to hit Sri Lanka since a 2004 tsunami.

Dot Earth News

• Tough Climate Math in the Face of CO2 and Energy F ...
  Trajectories for energy demand and CO2 lead to tough math for limiting climate risk.
• Deconstructing a Bestiary of Malthusian 'Miserabil ...
  After an attack on those seeking population stability, a more subtle discussion of human numbers and choices.
• Vanishing Planet in 140 Amusing Characters
  Finding humor, via Twitter, in news that a possible life-friendly planet may not exist.
• From Whales to Apes, Small Conservation Steps
  Conservation efforts, whether for whales or apes, entail risk but offer rewards, one small victory at a time.
• A Look at White House Views on Scientific Integrit ...
  A critique of new White House efforts to foster the integrity and communication of science.

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• The Kids Ain't All Right: FDA: Vitamin C illegal; ...
  “It’s like an epidemic, in the sense that they’re infected with these wrong ideas, and they’re spreading it to other researchers through journals.” -- Dr. John Ioannidis I can't recommend NaturalNews.com enough. For excellent info that has helped me quite a bit thru a still-dubious diet but now wit ...
• Seize the Year!! It's ours!! Now with Fractal Ante ...
  The last piece of litter I noticed in 2010 was a Four Loko can by the Hiawatha Franklin station. Had a nice New Years roundabout. Basement foursquare. Bonsai tree, Heatbox. Cabooze. Loud basement jamming. Wookiefoot. Igorrr. Stranvisky Conducts Firebird And the new Fractal microwave cloaking dev ...
• Russia & China not buying BIS Fractional Reserve G ...
  A bit of Xmas cheer pushin back against LA school district police brutality: How a Google Engineer (and Reddit) Got a Teenager Out of Jail for Christmas Fiddlesticks: It's Over: Jason Rosenbaum: BREAKING: FCC breaks Obama's promise, allows corporate censorship online with fake Net Neutrality Previou ...
• Robert Erickson: Featured Pic for Top 10 Political ...
  Friend of mine says this is still a running gag at her office six months later! :-D My mom is happy the Christmas tablecloth went a bit viral! Star Tribune featured the penny drop as the most photogenic political moment in Minnesota politics for 2010! The boring 2010 campaign season featured one hi ...
• Metrodome collapse new video closeups panels rippi ...
  Is it Metrodome or Metropolis? No one was injured fortunately. New video closeups from the surveillance cameras posted - its a pretty clear sign of collapse eh? Part 1: Part 2 The damage could block DNC 2012, sure to cheer opponents of the convention. In a satirical press release Nature took credi ...

Daily Censored

• Roosters, That’s What They Are.
  At a time when this country’s needs cry out for leaders, we get roosters.  They strut around, spouting off nonsense, acting like teenagers who think they know it all, when in reality they haven’t got a clue.  Elected by a supposed majority of the people voting they claim to have a mandate.   Except ...
• America’s Selective Sympathy for Loss of Life
  America’s Selective Sympathy for Loss of Life: Life, Death and Racism By Solomon Comissiong January 8th 2011 will long be a day marked in infamy throughout the United States. Friends and family of the six Americans whose lives were tragically and needlessly ripped away, by a crazed 22-year old, may ...
• Help stop Kaplan University! Sign the petition at ...
  Please sign the petition and tell Kaplan, the for-profit blood bank for the Washington Post, that you are opposed to their criminal practices. When Shannon Croteau contacted me sometime ago I was pleased to hear from a Kaplan student but distressed to hear her story.  You see, Shannon was ‘predated’ ...
• GOP Death Panel and the Coming Holocaust
  The Republicans were right about the fact that there would be death panels.  What they did not say was that they would be on them.  The first thing they want to cut is reimbursements to doctors and hospitals for treating poor people.  They are sentencing poor people to death. Republican Study Group ...
• Changing a Flawed and Politically Oppressive Syste ...
  http://www.blogtalkradio.com/your-world-news/2011/01/20/changing-a-flawed-and-politically-oppressive-system If you cannot listen LIVE you can listen on Archive This episode we will be speaking with Sister Aimee B. She is an active member of her school’s student government as well as an honors schola ...

AlterNet's Breaking News

• FBI pummels NY mafia in mass arrests
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• Wrong men convicted of Daniel Pearl murder: probe
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Institute for Policy Studies

• What if Jared Loughner was a Muslim Arab Immgrant?
  What if the alleged gunman wasn't named Jared Loughner but instead was named Ali Mohammed?
• Food for a Rooted Future
  Rice farmers in the Philippines go chemical free, community strong.
• Arab Democracy Now!
  Will Tunisia be the beginning of the Arab world's 1989?
• The Lineup: Week of January 17-23, 2011
  Donald Kaul and John Feffer reflect on the insane national context for the tragic attack on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson.
• Ruled by Rifles
  We have to stop the guys with the guns from making their deranged rules--and fast.

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

• PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
  Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
• War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
  WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shahid ...
• An American Suicide Terrorist
  William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
• Video: Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
  Cross-posted from The Nation The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage ...
• Peter B Collins: Final Podcast of 2010: Progress ...
  Listen to Podcast:  Click Here Prof. David Coates of Wake Forest University and Tim Carpenter of Progressive Democrats of America discuss the new political mix in Washington and offer advice on how to confront the challenges ...

Marler Blog

• FDA Lowers the Net on Portland Shellfish Due to Li ...
  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that the Portland Shellfish Co., Inc.; Jeffrey D. Holden, company president; Satyavan Singh, quality manager; and John A. Maloney, general manager, have signed a consent decree prohibiting them from distributing seafood in interstate commerce unt ...
• Thanks to Marler Clark clients who worked to help ...
  As I head to Washington D.C. next week to follow-up on funding the new Food Safety Bill, I want to thank both those who have made the trip to D.C., but also recognize all those who have been sickened.� (Download)
• Why I still feel my job is important
  I was asked by a reporter yesterday why I work as hard as I do and seem to spend so much time in airplanes and airports. Here are just a couple of reasons, and a couple of clients: In 2007, a 19-year-old dancer, Stephanie Smith, sickened by E. coli-tainted hamburger, was left brain damaged and par ...
• Another Salmonella Lawsuit filed in a Sprouts Outb ...
  With hundreds sickened nationwide in at least two Salmonella Sprouts Outbreaks, there is little suprise that yet another lawsuit is filed.
• CSPI Report Card for State Detection, Investigati ...
  The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), released today a nationwide report card grading the 50 states and the District of Columbia on how well they detect, investigate, and report outbreaks of foodborne illness. The report shows that there is some room for improvement. CSPI assigned ...

AutoblogGreen

• AutoblogGreen for 01.21.11
  Mercedes-Benz asks governments for more hydrogen infrastructure H2 for me and you? Latest Audi toy is a "Auto Union Type C e-tron study" with electric drive My toy car can beat up your toy car. Nissan Leaf de ...
• AutoblogGreen for 01.20.11
  Fisker Karma production date set for March Yes, of 2011. In deep with GM's Mark Reuss: "The soul of the company has to be things like the Volt" The shape of things to come. Electric car pages on Wikipedia in ...
• Chrysler working on hydraulic minivan hybrid with ...
  Filed under: Hybrid, Minivan/Van, Technology, Chrysler Chrysler Group CEO Sergio Marchionne and Lisa Jackson, Agency Administrator for the EPA, announced a new research project to bring hydraulic hybrid technology to the marketplace. The new hybrid will be based on Chrysler's Town & Country miniv ...
• AutoblogGreen for 01.19.11
  Video: First Model S Alpha build hits the road and it's gorgeous We're ready for our close-up. Detroit 2011: Volvo pushes electric vehicle safety message to the wall [w/video] It's an electric car that's also a Volvo, so you can bet it's ...
• Tesla Model S begins first phase of road testing [ ...
  Filed under: Sedan, Videos, Tesla, Electric Tesla Model S road testing - Click above to watch the video after the break The last time Tesla Motors released a video about the Model S, it was a lot of talking from the company's vice president and chief engineer for vehicle engineering, Peter Raw ...

Rafe's Radar

• TripIt finds buyer, moves up-market
  Handy traveler's helper app, never a standalone business, finds a good fit in its buyer.
• AR.Drone lesson: Don't dogfight in a Wi-Fi war zon ...
  A demo of an iPhone-controlled helicopter goes wrong as the drone smacks into a CES attendee's head. Originally posted at CES 2011
• Yahoo pumps up Connected TV; D-Link announces box ...
  Yahoo has updated its TV widget platform, but does it make sense for it to get its own set-top box?
• Peep Wireless says it makes cell towers redundant
  Startup tries to bring mesh networking to cell carriers. Also walkie-talkies, lightwave data transmission, and radiowave energy harvesting. ...
• Cash is dead, says Dwolla
  Can an Iowa-based start-up undercut PayPal--and credit cards--by charging only a 25-cent-per-transaction fee?

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!

• Part II...Fifty Years After Eisenhower’s Farewell ...
  This week marks the 50th anniversary of President Dwight D. Eisenhowerâs famous farewell speech to the nation, in which he warned against the rise of a "military-industrial complex." We speak with William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation, who trace ...
• Tucson, Juarez and an Assault Weapons Ban
  The Glock 19 semiautomatic pistol that Jared Loughner is accused of using in his rampage in Tucson, Ariz., is, according to Glock’s website, “ideal for versatile use through reduced dimensions” and is “suitable for concealed carry.” The site continues, “Compact and subcompact Glock pistol model mag ...
• Amy Goodman on CNN's John King USA
  Democracy Now!’s award-winning host Amy Goodman appears on CNN’s John King USA on Friday, January 14 at 7pm EST.
• 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 Friday, January 14 at 7pm EST.
• Amidst Violence, Thousands in Tunisia Protest for ...
  In Tunisia, thousands of demonstrators have gathered in the center of the capital, Tunis, calling for President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to immediately step down. For the past four weeks, Tunisia has been gripped by a wave of unprecedented protests over unemployment, high food prices and government ...

Digg Green

• Binge drinkers may be at higher risk for hear ...
  Binge drinking may up the risk for heart disease, according to a new study that examined drinking cultures in Ireland and France and their possible link to serious heart problems such as heart attack, coronary death and persistent acute chest pain.
• Malaria Parasite's Brutal Blood Cell Invasion ...
  The eerie video you're about to watch captures the moment when a malaria parasite invades a human red blood cell—this is the first time that such an event has been caught in moving pictures.
• Dino-era sex riddle solved by new fossil find ...
  The discovery of an ancient fossil, nicknamed 'Mrs T', has allowed scientists for the first time to sex pterodactyls flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs between 220-65 million years ago.
• Earth may soon have a second sun
  The red supergiant star Betelgeuse is getting ready to go supernova, and when it does Earth will have a front-row seat. The explosion will be so bright that Earth will briefly seem to have two suns in the sky.
• Biological clock ticks slower for female bird ...
  In birds as in people, female fertility declines with age. But some female birds can slow the ticking of their biological clocks by choosing the right mates, says a new study.

Invisible Opportunity

• Global warming is dead, let’s move on
  By Imre Salusinszky WE did it. For once, we acted collectively, as humans, huddled together on a fragile planet, rather than as selfish individuals. And we did it: we beat global warming. So now let’s move on. According to the Bureau of Meteorology, 2010 was Australia’s coldest year since 2001. Sinc ...
• The Met Office fries while the rest of the world f ...
  By Christopher Booker First it was a national joke. Then its professional failings became a national disaster. Now, the dishonesty of its attempts to fight off a barrage of criticism has become a real national scandal. I am talking yet again of that sad organisation the UK Met Office, as it now defe ...
• China-style dictatorship of climatologists
  By Patrick Michaels November’s election made it quite clear that the people of the United States do not want to radically change our society in the name of global warming. Pretty much every close House race went to the Republicans, while the Democrats won all the Senate squeakers. The difference? Th ...
• Israeli Banks Finance Newspaper calling for Genoci ...
  By Yossi Bartal Major Israeli banks, credit institutions, and communication companies are among the advertisers in an extreme right wing weekly magazine that called for building concentration camps. An Israeli Jewish orthodox magazine “Ma’ayanei Hayeshua” (Fountains of Salvation) that is distributed ...
• Confirmed: Stuxnet Was False Flag Launched by Isra ...
  Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com January 16, 2011 On Saturday, the Gray Lady of establishment propaganda, the New York Times, passively admitted that the Stuxnet virus responsible for crippling Iran’s nuclear energy program was engineered by Israeli and U.S. intelligence. “Officially, neither American nor Is ...

Global Insights

• Less Than a Week Away
  We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
• The Georgia Guidestones
  On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the Ame ...
• The Creation
  THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to put an ...
• The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catas ...
  In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-openin ...
• About George Green
  Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to focus ...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

• What Are the U.S.'s Real Motives for Launching a D ...
  James Cockcroft's new book 'Mexico's Revolution: Then and Now' exposes the thinking behind U.S. narcotrafficking policy and the militarization of Mexico and further South.
• Will Cigarettes Be Made Illegal in the Near Future ...
  The battle over cigarettes is heating up -- and the momentum to criminalize tobacco smoking continues to build in the United States and around the world.
• Did CVS Buy Its Way Out of a Meth Indictment?
  A poor, drug-addicted woman gets 10 years for buying too much of an over-the-counter medicinal product, while CVS gets off the hook by paying millions.
• Prohibition Debate Sparks Over Popularity of Under ...
  There are only tenuous links between mephedrone and any alleged fatalities. Governments are racing anyway to ban the drug, but the DEA is yet to act.
• When Booze Was Banned But Pot Was Not
  What can today’s crusaders against prohibition learn from their predecessors who ended the alcohol ban?

Twilight Earth

• Chefs Alice Waters and Dan Barber Back Bluefin Tun ...
  Two of the United Statesâ leading chefs have joined the Center for Biological Diversityâs (CBD) campaign to save bluefin tuna, one of the worldâs most imperiled fish. Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, Calif., and Dan Barber, owner of Blue Hill in Manhattan, have signed a pledge not t ...
• The World According to Monsanto – Full Documentary
  The World According to Monsanto is an in-depth Documentary that looks at the domination of the agricultural industry. Related posts:Monsanto News Roundup – A Frankenfood Extravaganza of GMO News Articles Food Inc. – Full Documentary Stop Monsanto Again–GM Alfalfa Threatens to Contaminate Or ...
• The Aging Activist
  Don’t ever lose your passion or desire to take action for what you believe in. The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:Stop Monsanto Again–GM Alfalfa Threatens to Contaminate Organic Crops Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Bear ...
• Extreme Makeover Stadium Edition: Eagles Going Gre ...
  In an era where sports stadiums are expanding seat capacities to limits that make fire marshals nervous, itâs nice to see at least one stadium making some environmentally friendly changes. While their team is not one of the 2011 Super Bowl favorites any longer (after losing to the Green Back Packers ...
• Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon
  As Jeffrey Davis shares in the tagline for his great new greensite EcoSnobberySucks, “every step matters”. It’s a great message (and website) to remind us to stop disliking one another for our differences and start appreciating the steps everyone is taking to make this world a happier, healthier pla ...

Inhabitat

• NYC Launches Urban Technology Innovation Center fo ...
  New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg just announced the launch of the Urban Technology Innovation Center which will help fast track sustainable building practices by connecting building owners looking to be more eco-friendly with companies developing cutting edge green technology. The partnership ...
• Giant Boat Shaped Houses in Encinitas, California ...
  Read the rest of Giant Boat Shaped Houses in Encinitas, California May Not Be What You Thinkhttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable archi ...
• Kaiser Permanente To Power Seven California Facili ...
  Health care organization Kaiser Permanente has partnered with Bloom Energy to put fuel-cell generators at seven facilities in California by the end of the year. In total, the cells will deploy four megawatts of solid oxide fuel-cell generated power.
• Lightweight Steel Study House II Shines on the Dan ...
  Read the rest of Lightweight Steel Study House II Shines on the Danish Waterscapehttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: archipelontwerpers, eco desig ...
• Wind Turbine Base Jumping: The Latest In Extreme S ...
  Any maintenance worker will tell you that there are definitely no shortage of ways to get up and down a wind turbine, but they generally don’t involve hurling yourself off the top of the structure. However, this is exactly what a bunch of adrenaline junkies are doing in the latest extreme sport maki ...

Pogue's Posts

• First, the Bad News
  Two announcements this week. Two big bummers. Two good things gone.
• The Arrival of the Verizon iPhone
  It'll be a wild ride now that the Verizon iPhone is here. Finally.
• C.E.S.: A Bad Time to Introduce a Tech Product
  Why do companies come to C.E.S. hoping for journalistic attention? There are just too many products announced at the show.
• A Guitar With No Strings Attached
  The Kitara guitar has no strings and it produces a world of new electronic sounds.
• An Android Phone's Alter Ego
  Motorola introduces the Atrix 4G, with a docking station that can turn it into a functional laptop.

WIRED Magazine | Science

• 8 Beautiful Bioluminescent Creatures From the Sea
  See Also: The Mass Extinction of Scientists Who Study Species Glow-in-the-Dark Shark Turned on by Hormones Jellyfish Eyes Solve Optical Origin Mystery Jellyfish Are the Dark Energy of the Oceans 10 Crazy-Looking New Deep-Sea Creatures
• Hidden Messages Found in Bird Nest Decorations
  The discovery of messages in raptors’ nests has raised the possibility that many bird species encode signals into these structures, with seemingly decorative flourishes actually full of meaning. Among black kites, scraps of white plastic are used to signal territorial dominance. To other kites, th ...
• Multiple Asteroid Strikes May Have Killed Mars’s M ...
  Once upon a time, Mars had a magnetic field, just like Earth. Four billion years ago, it vanished, taking with it the planet’s chances of evolving life as we know it. Now scientists have proposed a new explanation for its disappearance. A model of asteroids striking the red planet suggests that, w ...
• All-Nighters Make Bodies Hoard Calories
  Staying up all night clearly taxes the body, but scientists have only now added up the exact bill. By measuring the actual number of calories the body expends to fuel an all-nighter versus a good night’s sleep, researchers from the University of Colorado at Boulder calculate that a full night o ...
• Slime Molds Are Earth’s Smallest, Oldest Farmers
  Colonies of a bizarre microbial goo have been found practicing agriculture at a scale tinier than any seen before. Animals such as ants, snails and beetles are known to farm fungus. But the slime moldâs bacterial farming trick takes it into a whole new realm of the organismal kingdom. “If you can p ...

PakAlert

• Review: War on terror in December 2010
  The Republicans under George W Bush had taken the credit of stabilizing Iraq and gradually handing over provinces in Iraq to Iraqi forces. Gen David Petraeus and Gen Stanley McChrystal were pronounced as heroes. Claims made and acclaims received were far from truth since Iraq is still as volatile as ...
• Video: US Unemployment
  For American job-seekers, finding a way to make a living may take longer than expected. Press TV's Colin Campbell has the latest US unemployment figures. Americans are fearful things could get worse.. well soon it won't be fearful, it will be reality. the unemployment rate decreased because of all ...
• 2011 Financial Meltdown Fast Approaching
  Despite the best efforts by the American mainstream financial media, the eager PR division of the United States Dollar Ponzi Scheme, to paint the rosiest of rosy pictures for blindly optimistic readers, the stubborn image of a debt-swollen jobless behemoth economy slowly toppling persists. No matter ...
• Rothschilds And The War On The Gulf of Mexico
  This article explains what is really happening in the Gulf of Mexico, who is really responsible for the explosion, and how the devastation serves investment bankers who sway stocks, create markets, and planned this crisis, among a series of catastrophes, to advance geopolitical and financial agendas ...
• Pakistan’s Quantum Leap in Technological Growth: B ...
  Pakistan has faced tribulation since birth. A hegemonic neigh bent on its destruction, a far away enemy that is insidious in it enmity, a rough neighborhood, and a geographic area which focuses the superpower’s attention to it. Pakistanis are the most resilient nation on earth–coming up with solutio ...

Andy Worthington

• What Does Tunisia’s Revolution Mean for Poli ...
  For the twelve Tunisians held in Guantánamo over the last nine years, the news that a popular uprising forced the hated dictator, President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, to flee the country for Saudi Arabia last Friday, after 23 years in power, will have come as a profound surprise, and also as a source ...
• Andy Worthington Discusses WikiLeaks, Bradley Mann ...
  At 1 am on Tuesday morning, with the jet lag barely diminished from my recent trip to the States to call for the closure of Guantánamo on the 9th anniversary of the prison’s opening, I was, nevertheless, delighted to talk to Chris Cook of Pacific Free Press on his Gorilla Radio show in Victoria, Br ...
• Former CIA “Ghost Prisoner” Abu Zubayd ...
  For those seeking accountabiity for the senior Bush administration officials and lawyers who established a global torture program in the “War on Terror,” involving extraordinary rendition and torture in a variety of secret prisons, the news that the Polish Prosecutor has today accepted the claims of ...
• Former Quantico Commander Objects to Treatment of ...
  Via WarIsACrime.org, here’s a powerful letter to General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, by retired Marine Corps captain David C. MacMichael, the former commander of Headquarters Company at Marine Corps Base Quantico, in Virginia, where Pfc Bradley Manning, the young soldier accused o ...
• Algerian in Guantánamo Loses Habeas Petition for B ...
  Last Tuesday, while activists, journalists and lawyers were holding a rally outside The White House to ask President Obama to honor his pledge to close Guantánamo, and to raise awareness of the plight of the remaining 173 prisoners, Judge Richard Leon, in the District Court down the road, refused to ...

Environment _ National Geographic

• Tough Road to Getting LED Lights on the Streets
  LED street lights can save energy, but not all power systems are set up to reward cities for choosing a more efficient nighttime glow.
• Smallest Farmers Found? Amoebas Carry, Plant "Seed ...
  In lean times, amoebas can pack up "seeds," migrate, and start fresh in greener pastures, a new study says.
• Yellowstone Has Bulged as Magma Pocket Swells
  Some parts of the ground around Yellowstone's simmering supervolcano rose by ten inches between 2004 and 2010, experts report.
• Scientists Make Dozens of Storms in the Abu Dhabi ...
  A Swiss company’s claims to have created storm clouds in the desert are met with skepticism.
• Going "All The Way" With Renewable Energy?
  A massive build-out, rare earth minerals, and willpower needed for a 100 percent renewable future, two U.S. researchers say.

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

• A Real Public Option In Connecticut?
  And so it would seem.The other day for an open thread at ePluribus Media I commented on "the intended public option that should be Sustinet in Connecticut," and it would seem that is to be the case if the Sustinet Health Partnership Board of Directors get their way according to the report they hande ...
• Dan Malloy scores first in Danbury
  Dan Malloy jumping off of the bench of the Danbury Whalers shortly after scoring the first goal in Whalers' history. [update] I have an interview from after the game at TK's. Let me say, in advance, that he was a bit reluctunt to give it since I am a political blogger... But as a hockey fan I prom ...
• Still All That I Want
  Something that gets lost in the news about the unemployed is the fact that much of what used to be the backbone of this nation's economic prowess, the middle class, is now the working poor: Imagine That: Working Poor On The Rise After the Republicans crashed to economy in 2008 one thing became imm ...
• Choosing a New Police Chief: No Local Ties, Please ...
  Do you want your town to look like The Dukes of Hazzard? Then again, maybe New Milford has been run by Boss Hogg and Roscoe P. Coltrane for a while. If that's not your idea of how a quaint New England town should be run, then help make sure the next police chief has no local ties - political or fa ...
• WWWWWWWWW.boardofeducationobstruction.edu
  Click on the above link, and it will take you to an interesting place. A place where obstruction is the norm, bad lawyering is the standard, lack of preparedness is encouraged, and focusing on the main mission is discouraged. Sounds beautiful, doesn't it? Here's the real name of this magical cyber s ...

SPL Center

• Expert: Political Rhetoric Likely a Factor in Ariz ...
  Editor’s Note: In a Jan. 19 letter published in The New York Times, Arizona political scientist James W. Clarke argued that it would be wrong to dismiss the idea that the toxic political environment was a factor in Jared L. Loughner’s attempted assassination of U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, an attac ...
• SPLC Responds to Attack by FRC, Conservative Repub ...
  This morning, 22 members of Congress and a large number of other conservatives signed on to a public statement attacking the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) for listing several anti-gay religious right organizations as hate groups.  Published in two Washington, D.C., newspapers as a full-page ad, ...
• Hi, I’m a Sovereign Citizen! – Group to Write Lett ...
  They already have alternate identification cards and travel warrants. Now, all Tim Turner thinks he needs is an introduction to police and some good old-fashioned face time for his “Republic for the United States of America” to become a reality. That, at least, seems to be the prime motivation behin ...
• The Tanton Files: More on FAIR Founder’s White Nat ...
  I’ve spent the past week going through piles of correspondence written over the years by John Tanton, the racist founder of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), which the Southern Poverty Law Center added to its list of hate groups in 2007. While digging, I came across a memo that ...
• The Radical Right Responds to the Tucson Shootings
  Leave it to Fred Phelps and his rabidly anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) to provide the most heinous response to this weekendâs shooting in Tucson that left six people dead and 14 others wounded, most notably U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. In a flier posted to the WBC website, the group, whose ...

change: org.

• Black LGBTQ Unsung Heroes
  Like many people, I thought I knew all that happened during the Civil Rights Movement. I mean, I went to a school named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Experimental Laboratory School from kindergarten through eighth grade! I was taught about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and a tiny bit about Mal ...
• Cutting Corporate Tax Loopholes: Washington Coalit ...
  State budgets are serious business, especially in such difficult economic times. They can determine which programs get funded and which don't (with far reaching consequences like how much food a soup kitchen might have to give out), how many police, fire fighters, teachers and others the state can h ...
• Betsie Gallardo Allowed to Die at Home, With Her F ...
  It's a bittersweet victory, because 24-year-old Betsie Gallardo is still dying of cancer. But for Betsie and her family, it's just what they were hoping for: Betsie gets to return to home, to spend her last days with her loved ones. Betsie, a Haitian immigrant adopted by an American mother, received ...
• Investigation Reveals Catfish Skinned Alive, Disme ...
  Mercy For Animals recently conducted an undercover investigation at Catfish Corner, a fish slaughter facility in Mesquite, Texas. The name of the facility might be charming, but the undercover video footage is anything but. The two minute video was filmed by hidden camera. It documents workers using ...
• Pesticides Poison More than 200 Endangered Species ...
  Meet the new poster children of pesticide poisoning: Florida panthers, California condors, black-footed ferrets, and more than 200 other endangered and threatened species in America. According to the Center for Biological Diversity and Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA), more than 300 pe ...

Common Dreams -News

• Social Media and Law Enforcement: Who Gets What Da ...
  by Jennifer LynchThis month, we were reminded how important it is that social media companies do what they can to protect the sensitive data they hold from the prying eyes of the government. As many news outlets have reported, the US Department of Justice recently obtained a court order for reco ...
• Former UK Prime Minister Blair Reveals Iraq Pledge ...
  Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, has told an inquiry into the 2003 invasion of Iraq that he privately assured George Bush, the US president at the time, that  "you can count on us", eight months before the war. While Blair stopped short of saying he had promised Bush unconditional ...
• Former CIA “Ghost Prisoner” Abu Zubaydah Recognize ...
  by Andy WorthingtonFor those seeking accountabiity for the senior Bush administration officials and lawyers who established a global torture program in the "War on Terror," involving extraordinary rendition and torture in a variety of secret prisons, the news that the Polish Prosecutor has today ...
• Spate of Suicide Blasts Rock Iraq
  A spate of explosions across Iraq has killed at least 50 people, most of them in twin suicide car bombings in the holy city of Karbala, the third major attack in as many days. Thursday's attacks mostly targeted pilgrims marking the Shi'ite Muslim mourning day of Arbaeen, and were the ...
• CIA-Trained 'Terrorist' Luis Posada Carriles in US ...
  by Chris ArsenaultEL PASO, Texas - Margarita Morales Fernandez couldn't be in court to see the former CIA agent who allegedly killed her father and 72 others aboard a Cuban airplane in one of the world's worst airline attacks before September 11, 2001. Fernandez and hundreds other victims are car ...

Lifehacker

• Take a Break from Reading and Test Yourself to Ret ...
  If you're killing yourself reading, outlining, and writing up your notes, stop the madness. Practicing at what you're actually going to do at the end—namely, taking a test—can be much more effective at making information sink in, a new study s ...
• You Can Now Port Your Own Number to Google Voice ( ...
  Yes-oh-yes-oh-yes! You can now finally port your own mobile phone number over to Google Voice. Only catches are that you'll have to pay $20 and have to deal with potential early termination fees being assessed by your current carrier. Updated. ...
• From the Tips Box: Kindle Accounts, Password Creat ...
  Readers offer their best tips for sharing Kindle books with family and friends, creating strong passwords, and saving battery on your Android phone. More��
• Remains of the Day: Pay for Coffee with Your iPhon ...
  Google Maps speeds up and dresses up its layers interaction, a new Starbucks app for iOS and BlackBerry lets you pay for coffee using your phone, and Apple announces the top ten downloaded applications of all time. More�� ...
• Vox Is a Minimalist Music Player and Converter for ...
  Mac OS X: It's not necessarily going to replace iTunes, but Vox is a very tiny, very capable, very free music player and converter that is far more powerful than it looks. More��

Water Privatization

• Water woes
  Global investment firm aims to buy Mountain Water by Jessica Mayrer The world's second largest private investment firm may soon control the water flowing through Missoula's taps. The Carlyle Group, which holds $97.7 billion worth of assets in countries across the globe, announced Dec. 22 that it int ...
• Residence plan up for debate
  Trent University's plan to allow a private company to build a student residence on property on Water St. will be discussed at two upcoming public meetings.[...]
• Opponents express fears about Trent University stu ...
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• Perdue Opposes Privatizing NC Liquor Operations
  Gov. Beverly Perdue won't pursue selling the state's liquor operations, saying Thursday that the one-time windfall from privatizing government-run stores would hardly quench North Carolina's fiscal needs unless alcohol regulations were loosened.
• Residence plan up for debate
  Trent University's plan to allow a private company to build a student residence on property on Water St. will be discussed at two upcoming public meetings.[...]

Guardian

• Blair gives evidence to Iraq inquiry – live
  �� Tony Blair denies offering George Bush a "blank cheque" �� Former PM defends decision to keep notes to Bush private �� 'Entitled to ignore warning war illegal without 2nd resolution' �� He suggested military leader should rule Iraq post-Saddam �� Read more: Blair says cabinet was fully informed a ...
• Officer faces inquiry over alleged affair with Ala ...
  Reports that officer may be suspended come after Labour MP resigns as shadow chancellor over 'personal issues in private life'A police officer is facing an internal inquiry amid allegations he had an affair with the wife of former home secretary Alan Johnson.It emerged late yesterday afternoon that ...
• Retailers suffer worst December sales
  Retail sales volumes dropped 0.8% last month from November, the Office for National Statistics saidRetail sales suffered their worst December on record after a sharp fall in sales of food and fuel amid the Arctic conditions in the run-up to Christmas.Retail sales volumes dropped 0.8% last month from ...
• Yeates murder suspect still held
  �� Search of neighbour's flat continues �� 32-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murderPolice have been granted extra time to question a 32-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of the murder of the landscape architect Joanna Yeates.Police are not naming the suspect but a search of her next- ...
• BA cabin crew plan new tactics
  Different guerilla-style tactics, such as work to rule, planned by British Airways cabin crew if vote goes for industrial actionBritish Airways passengers could be spared immediate disruption even if cabin crew vote for industrial action at the airline today.It is understood that the Unite trade uni ...

McClatchey

• Commentary: Give health care law a chance to work
  Did Americans hear anything in this week's House debate about health care reform they hadn't already heard?
• Commentary: San Joaquin Delta restoration is vital ...
  One of the most difficult problems to solve in California is repairing the fragile Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. That's because those with influence over policies affecting the Delta -- farm groups, urban water districts, environmental organizations -- are powerful interests, with solutions that oft ...
• Wrestler in 'butt-drag' case, alleged victim try t ...
  A day after being expelled, a Buchanan High student apparently has decided to resolve his criminal case by taking part in a mediation session with the teammate he is accused of sexually assaulting during wrestling practice.
• Commentary: Buy Chinese
  As Chinese President Hu Jintao meets with President Obama this week, America's new enthusiasm for trade restrictions against Chinese renewable technologies may mar the conversation.
• N.C. officials oppose environmentalists' suit on c ...
  Calling environmentalists' demands "an unwarranted burden," the state Energy and Environment Cabinet has opposed a motion by eight groups and individuals to intervene in a $660,000 settlement with coal companies ICG and Frasure Creek Mining.

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

• Summit misses the 'C-word'
  Some fascinating threads on energy and climate change are swirling around the heads of Presidents Barack Obama and Hu Jintao as the two leaders convene in Washington DC. China's energy direction is assured - but is the US's? The "C-word" isn't being mentioned in despatches at all - but the E-word ...
• Real world of climate: How scary?
  Earlier this week I posted on uncertainty in climate model projections, raising the question of whether lack of certainty made the future more or less "scary" - and what it should mean for policymaking. As would have been expected, I guess, your responses varied greatly - from Maurizio Maurabito's ...
• Conservation and Schrodinger's cat
  � In Schrodinger's famous thought experiment involving an unsuspecting, limbo-bound feline, the mere act of observing something can change its state. In the real wild world, it's not supposed to happen - to cats or other animals. The very idea of ecological science as it's practised nowadays is ...
• Ice-cold reality of warming projections
  Glacier melt will contribute to sea level rise - but how much? Given the importance of glaciers in regulating the water supply for a fair fraction of the Earth's population - given also the recent furore over the likely melting date for Himalayan glaciers - there's possibly no hotter topic in clim ...
• A big bite for conservation
  � Overall, you'd have to conclude that 2010 was a better year than most for sharks. Just before the Christmas season began, both houses of the UN Congress passed the Shark Conservation Act, which basically aims to end the practice of shark finning in US waters by making it illegal. Conservation gr ...

The Wonk Room

• Forget Repeal: How Insurers Really Want To Change ...
• Immelt’s General Electric Highlights The Bro ...
• Wyoming Advances Anti Gay Marriage Bill, Lawmaker ...
• The WonkLine: January 21, 2011
• Vermont Report Says State Can Save More Under Sing ...

thwap's schoolyard

• Ever notice how elites are always asking us to be ...
  As their policies fail, elites tell us "un-serious" plebs to be patient. Zero inflation was going to make everything better (because restaurants would save money not having to update their menu prices all the time or something stupid like that), "free-trade" deals were going to make us all happy, .. ...
• Hey Liberals! Remember "Waiting For Martin"?
  I was at a dinner party over the holidays and one of the group reminded me about the film "Waiting For Martin." That was the "Roger and Me" modelled film about a social-justice activist who wanted to talk to Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin about the discrepancies between his lofty rhetoric and hi ...
• Quick Sunday Post
  Living with 5 other dudes for a year-and-a-half in your parents' rec-room. They're trying to prepare for a manned mission to Mars.
• Christie Belchforth's new book
  Saw a picture of Christie Belchforth the other day. Good god! She looks like the clearly demented hostess of an ancient children's program that's been running for decades too long. Anyway, apparently the idiot has produced a new book. In her own words, it's not about the merits of the Six Nations' ...
• Leftists are Nicer Than Rightists
  Just my contribution to our political tribalism! I'm sure that deluded right-wingers will take issue with this, but the reason why David Neiwert is able to find so many documented instances of far-right violent whack-jobs and why there have been so few documented left-wing, murderousl ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

• Cuccinelli's misuse of the FCA
  Today's Washington Post, Metro section, leads with a story by Rosalind Helderman called "Democrats try to curb Cuccinelli's powers." The story reports on an effort by some Virginia Commonwealth Senators to change state law so that the state Attorney General must get court approval before issuing a " ...
• NELA to host webinar on new whistleblower remedies
  The National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) has scheduled a webinar called Using New Developments In Whistleblower Laws To Your Client's Advantage.� It will be on March 10, 2011, 11:00 am Pacific, 2:00 pm Eastern. This 90-minute webinar will address new developments in whistleblower law, incl ...
• ARB holds first oral argument in a SOX case
  Today the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) held its first oral argument in a case under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX). Last November, the ARB gave notice of today's oral argument, and invited interested groups to submit friend-of-the-court (or "amicus") briefs. The ARB asked th ...
• IRS issues proposed whistleblower rule today
  The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is publishing today a new proposed regulation for its whistleblower reward program. In today's Federal Register, the new regulation makes clear that whistleblowers can receive a reward for providing information that prevents the IRS from issuing a refund that is no ...
• FDA Scientist In Danger of Losing Her Job
  The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) mission is to protect and promote the health and safety of all Americans. Scientists at the FDA have the critical role of ensuring that the FDA fulfills this mission. Unfortunately, when scientists and researchers put the said health and safety of Americans b ...

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

• Verizon Tries To Jump The Legal Line In Challengin ...
  There was a noticeable split when the FCC announced its vague and totally watered down net neutrality rules last month. The rules were prepared in close conjunction with AT&T. And while they're pretty similar to what Verizon and Google had proposed, the fact that Verizon didn't get to work on it s ...
• Dating Site's Plans To Create Profiles By Scraping ...
  If you thought Match.com was in legal trouble due to dead or fake profiles, just imagine the legal issues facing an Australian dating site that claims it's going to scrape social networking profiles and turn them into dating site profiles. I'm not even going to mention the name of the company, beca ...
• Leahy Brings Back Patent Reform Act That Doesn't A ...
  As was expected, Patrick Leahy has announced plans to reintroduce patent reform legislation next week. You can read the full text of the bill (pdf), but it looks pretty similar to what was attempted last year. More or less every year for a while now, Congress has tried to pass patent reform legisl ...
• Band Tries To Take 'Open Source' Lessons To The Mu ...
  A bunch of folks have been sending in the recent post by Jono Bacon over at O'Reilly Radar about how his band, Severed Fifth, is trying to "reinvent the music business" by taking lessons from the open source world. It's an interesting article, but I was a bit disappointed in it, frankly. The plan ...
• DailyDirt: Looking To Improve Infrastructure Desig ...
  The car culture of America has far-reaching effects that have numerous unintended consequences for how Americans live and work. So, it's good to see folks who are trying to quantify some of the effects -- and hopefully, someday we'll be able to improve the designs of our cities and suburbs. Maybe ...

VacTruth

• Vaccine Damaged Kids and the Media Attack on Dr. A ...
  How do you reveal and trace the REAL source behind the Dr. Any Wakefield witch-hunt? Follow the money.Vactruth.com
• Vaccine Induced Child Abuse Exposed
  Many parents falsely accused of child abuse are convinced that their child has been injured by a routine childhood vaccination.vactruth.com
• Andrew Wakefield Attack Spells Death for These 3 P ...
  Recent attacks on Andrew Wakefield, a medical doctor, make it painfully obvious that the pharmaceutical industry is getting very nervous and desperate. This may be a last-ditch effort at saving a failed vaccine policy due not to Dr. Wakefield’s discredited work but to the damage vaccines cause in he ...
• Media Vultures Have Another Go At Andrew Wakefield ...
  According to the British Medical Journal Wakefield's paper linking the MMR vaccine to Autism was an 'elaborate hoax'. Who is right?vactruth.com
• Will There Be More Chronically Ill and Development ...
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania made changes to its immunization code to be effective August 1, 2011. Should state or federal agencies be held responsible for the damage to that child since it mandated the vaccines for attendance in school?vactruth.com

BroadSnark

• Borders, Scale and Mental Boxes
  Michael Lind recently put out a piece in Slate called Let’s Stop Pretending the Constitution is Sacred.  He won’t get any lip from me on that.  I don’t think anything is sacred.  But in making his argument, he ends up undermining one of the key understandings central to his argument.  And I’m ...
• Things You Might Have Missed
  Looks like Baby Doc got picked up by the police in Haiti today. Some people are wondering why he was allowed to fly in. Some people are wondering if they are really going to prosecute him. I’m wondering why the fuck that murdering bastard has been drinking wine and eating baguettes in France all thi ...
• On Speech
  I can’t believe the number of articles I have seen about the violent rhetoric of the right and how it is responsible for the Safeway shooting.  (I’m not going to call it the Gifford shooting, because a hell of a lot of people got shot that day and they count too.)   And now rumor [...]
• Things You Might Have Missed
  I feel like I should say something about the anniversary of the Haiti earthquake, but it is just a silent scream at this point.  Haitians are gathering all over Haiti to commemorate, grieve, and try to figure out what the hell to do.  I sincerely hope all white knights will get the hell out of the [ ...
• Things You Might Have Missed
  I’m sure you all know what a clusterfuck it is in Northern Mexico right now. I wonder if a student movement, or any kind of people movement, can turn it around. (HT @maymaym) As long as we are on southern border issues, the Penn and Teller video in this post on Colorlines is hilarious. And [...]

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

• The California Sink-Hole: Budget Cutting Doesn’t W ...
  By Harley Schlanger Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, January 21, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 3
• ‘Economist’ Announces: A Big Mideast War Coming in ...
  By Jeffrey Steinberg and Michele Steinberg Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, January 21, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 3
• LaRouche: ‘Who’s Eating You?’ The World Food Crisi ...
  By Marcia Merry Baker Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, January 21, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 3
• Berwick, Blair, Hitler & Obama: The Death of Londo ...
  By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. Reprinted from Executive Intelligence Review, January 21, 2011, Vol. 38, No. 3
• The January 22 Address (Notes): The State of the U ...
  EIR News Service press release. By Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr.

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: Top 50 Global Food Security Blogs
  [...] Food and Water Watch: Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainable. [...]
• By: Online Degree 30 Best Water Conservation Blogs
  [...] Food & Water Watch: The Food & Water Watch site advocates strong conservation measures, promoting policies that'll result in quality drinking water for everyone. [...]
• By: Food and Water | Roland's Ramblings
  [...] would also like to suggest you go over to read the blog of Food & Water Watch. You should find that to be very [...]
• By: Ecocentric’s Best of the Ecoblogosphere ...
  [...] Food and Water Watch: The latest info about food and agriculture policy from our favorite beltway insiders. [...]
• 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 [...]

treehugger

• New Interactive Map Tracks Ocean Dead Zones
  Image via WRI Just under a year ago, NASA released a map of marine dead zones. It helped us visualize the extent to which low-oxygen areas are harming ocean ecosystems. Now, there's an even better tool -- an interactive map from World Resources Institute....Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
• One Tonne Life: A Swedish Family's Green Lifestyle ...
  All images via One Tonne Life This week in Sweden an unprecedented low carbon lifestyle experiment has begun. The Lindell family have moved into a solar powered prefab house in the suburbs of Stockholm that is specially designed to minimise energy consumption. The family's aim is to see if they ...
• The Week in Pictures: LEDs Illuminate Medieval Cat ...
  The cloisters of the medieval Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England have been transformed into a stunning technicolor maze of 69 towers, thanks to 15,000 water bottles that change color in sync with choral music. We also have photos of Colin Firth's wife, Livia Firth, who wore a gorgeous, ...
• The Pentalobe Screw, And Apple's War Against Self- ...
  Image Credit iFixit Consumerist tells us that Apple is switching to a special new screw called by some a Pentalobe, by iFixit an "Evil Proprietary Tamper Proof Five Point Screw" (or the EPTP5PS). It is designed to make it impossible for anyone but Apple to service your iPhone or computer. Consu ...
• How to Boil a Frog and Maybe Save Humanity (Video)
  Image credit: Peak Moment/How to Boil a Frog From the Findhorn film's warning that consumer society is impossible without oil, to Escape from Suburbia's search for a life after fossil fuels, we're not short of movies that give a sobering account of the status quo, and a compelling case for doi ...

Biosingularity

• Shingles Vaccine Cuts Disease Risk 55%
  The herpes zoster vaccine, better known as the shingles vaccine and recommended for adults 60 and older, cuts the risk of getting the painful disease by 55%, new research finds. “Compared to childhood vaccines, people would [probably] think 55% is not too impressive, because many childhood vaccines ...
• Using the body’s own defenses to combat cancer
  In the past 40 years, scientists have learned a great deal about how cells become cancerous. Some of that knowledge has translated to new treatments, but most of the time doctors are forced to rely on standard chemotherapy and radiation, which can do nearly as much damage to the patients as they do ...
• Telomere Tweaks Reverse Aging in Mice
  By tweaking enzymes that prevent chromosome tips from unraveling, researchers have shown age-related tissue degeneration can be reversed in some mice. Medical breakthroughs involving mice must be taken with rock-sized grains of salt because, despite their genetic similarity, the rodents aren’t human ...
• Warfarin, Dietary Supplements a Risky Combo
  If you’re using the anticlotting drug warfarin, tell your doctor about any herbal or dietary supplements you may be taking. That’s the strong advice of researchers who say that nine of the 10 top-selling supplements can change the effectiveness of warfarin, potentially causing a dangerous bleed, a d ...
• A SNP Surprise
  Ellen Goode and her colleagues at the Mayo Clinic found a surprise while studying the human genome: four chromosomal locations with mutations that could lead to an increased risk of ovarian cancer. But the biggest surprise was a number of SNPs on chromosome 8 that seem to act through a different mec ...

CFACT

• Is the world food chain stretched to the limit?
  The U.S. could ease the current global food price spike with one administrative action--limiting the amount of U.S. corn that gets turned into corn ethanol.
• A step-change in Earth's climate outlook?
  As Britain suffers through its third straight harsh winter, a British watchdog group is calling for an inquiry into the failed recent long-range weather forecasts of the British Meteorological Office.
• Driving US families into fuel poverty
  Will America learn in time from the price being paid by British companies and families?
• EPA’s Texas power grab
  Hollywood climate monsters are a lousy basis for energy and economic policy.
• The Cancun climate con
  The UN seeks to redistribute wealth, while CFACT works to reduce energy poverty.

Ria Novosti Online News

• Eight bodies discovered in garage in south Russia
• Memorial built for Paul the octopus
  Fans of Paul the octopus, who became famous worldwide for predicting the results of a string of matches in the 2010 World Cup, can now pay homage to the tentacled tipster at a special memorial at the aquarium where he rose to fame as a World Cup forecaster.
• International Space Station
• Russian astronauts begin first spacewalk of 2011
  Two Russian astronauts ventured outside the Russian Pirs compartment at the International Space Station (ISS) for the first spacewalk this year, the Russian mission control center said on Friday.
• Badge of shame
  In a society where medals have always been associated with patriotic fervor, a badge is among the heaviest loads a person can bear.

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

• Russian astronauts begin first spacewalk of 2011
  Two Russian astronauts ventured outside the Russian Pirs compartment at the International Space Station (ISS) for the first spacewalk this year, the Russian mission control center said on Friday.
• Moscow garbage cannot make green electricity - Gre ...
  Electricity generated by waste incinerator plants is not "green" energy, Geenpeace Russia said on Friday.
• NASA adds another shuttle flight to its schedule
  NASA has set a target launch date of June 28 for its Atlantis shuttle, making it a de-facto final flight of its space shuttle fleet.
• Russia puts meteorological satellite into orbit (U ...
  The Zenit-3SB rocket launched on Thursday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan delivered the Elektro-L 1 meteorological satellite into orbit early on Friday, Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said.
• Russia puts meteorological satellite into orbit
  The Zenit-3SB rocket launched on Thursday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan delivered the Elektro-L 1 meteorological satellite into orbit early on Friday, Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said.

Pruning Shears

• The government's subversion of Silicon Alley
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Prior to 9/11 the Bush administration had the National Security Agency (NSA) approach telecommunication giants and essentially coerce them into allowing the NSA to engage in warrantless surveillance. The one company - Qwest - that r ...
• TAHITI BOY covers "Stay The Same" by The Shoes
  Free download over here.  No, I’m not turning this into a music blog; the Brockway compilation just hit the linking point yesterday, followed coincidentally by an email on Tahiti Boy’s latest.  Anyone who tops one of my “Best Music” lists gets lifetime free plugs on my site.
• 2011 Brockway Entertainment Canadian Rap Future Su ...
  Troy at Brockway Entertainment has released his annual CD of new acts, and once again it’s really impressive.  It can be downloaded for free here, and I strongly recommend it.  Give it a few listens - even if you think you don’t like hip-hop.
• This Week in Tyranny
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Pfc. Robert J. NearSgt. Ethan C. HardinPfc. Ira B. Laningham, IVLance Cpl. Joseph R. GieseSgt. 1st ...
• The right's role in the Arizona massacre
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post Glenn Reynolds is a dumbass and those who find his arguments persuasive are, if possible, even more stupid. if you’re using this event to criticize the “rhetoric” of Mrs. Palin or others with whom you disagree, then you’re either: (a ...

Organic Consumers.org

• "The Monsanto Rag,"by Synister Dane
  An anti-Monsanto song for your listening pleasure.Click here to read this article
• CAFO: The Tragedy of Industrial Animal Factories
  Over 50 billion food animals are raised and slaughtered every year (not including massive quantities of farmed fish). Grazing and growing feed for livestock now occupy 70 percent of all agricultural land and 30 percent of the ice-free terrestrial surface of the planet. If present trends continue, me ...
• New York: AB 1897 - A Bill to Label Milk Produced ...
  Please Ask Your Assembly Member to Sponsor AB 1897Click here to read this article
• Have a Heart Hershey! Go Fair Trade!
  As America's largest and oldest chocolate manufacturer, Hershey has the responsibility to lead the industry in ensuring workers' rights, from bean to bar. It's time for Hershey to "Raise the Bar" by tracing the sources of its cocoa, working to eliminate child and forced labor, and shifting to Fair T ...
• Are Antibiotics Losing Their Punch?
  As resistance builds, formerly effective drugs are becoming obsolete - but doctors are working to use antibiotics more responsibly.Click here to read this article

fotoFrontera

• Fotografías de mujeres muy hermosas I (Chicas Lind ...
  Como un reconocimiento a la belleza femenina y como regalo especial para todos los caballeros, el Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas se congratula al poder compartir 12 fotografías de mujeres muy hermosas. Esperamos que les gusten y en breve tendremos algo para las chicas lindas. ¡Beautiful Girls! ATENCIÓN ...
• Del crepúsculo al amanecer VII (Imágenes Fantástic ...
  Para ver más imágenes fantásticas, revise usted los números siguientes. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarlas en su computadora si así lo desea. ...
• Fotografías de chocolates, café, avellanas y trufa ...
  Para ver más fotografías de chocolates, café, avellanas y trufas, haga usted click sobre uno de los siguientes números. [1][2][3] ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarlas en su co ...
• Selecciones especiales del Banco de Imágenes XXXIV
  De la misma serie 'Selecciones especiales del Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas', presentamos la parte número 34 dedicada a los Paisajes Naturales. Disfrute estas hermosas fotos y si desea ver nuestras entregas anteriores, por favor escoja un número a continuación. No olvide compartir nuestros recursos. [ ...
• Las mejores imágenes del mundo parte III (16 posta ...
  Para ver nuestras colecciones anteriores sobre esta serie titulada 'Las mejores imágenes del mundo', escoja un número a continuación. [1][2][3]Nota: Haz click aquí o sobre la imagen para entrar y ver todas las fotografías. ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo ...

Center for a Livable Future

• Greetings from Cuba!
  CLF’s Sr. Research Program Coordinators Jesse Kurtz-Nicholl and Sarah Rodman are visiting Cuba as part of a Natural Environmental Ecological Management delegation. Members of the group will see first hand large-scale Cuban infrastructure developed to support its 18-year-old, world-renowned sustainab ...
• Are you learning your food habits at home? Doesn’ ...
  When I was a teacher, a common gripe among the staff was that the parent’s “weren’t doing their job” at home and how were “we,” the teachers supposed to make up for students whose parents didn’t read to them or encourage them to do their homework. This ongoing blame game ranged from discussions of r ...
• New FDA Numbers Reveal Food Animals Consume Lion’s ...
  Antibiotics, one of world’s greatest medical discoveries, are slowly losing their effectiveness in fighting bacterial infections and the massive use of the drugs in food animals may be the biggest culprit. The growing threat of antibiotic resistance is largely due to the misuse and overuse of antibi ...
• Yakima Valley Releases Draft Air Quality Policy fo ...
  Unlike agricultural water discharges which are regulated for large farms defined as CAFO by the EPA and the Clean Water Act, most agricultural air emissions are not regulated. Water discharges and air emissions that are related to industrial scale agricultural operations in rural areas are big conce ...
• No title
  By Julia DeBruicker Valliant On the front porch, boots stamp away snow, and then the farmer steps inside.  The glasses fog up.  Off comes the jacket, the cap, and out goes the hand in greeting.  After a season spent grazing cows and sheep and pasturing pigs, hens and turkeys, meat producers from ar ...

Norwegianity

• Fuck civility
  Recent political posts have been less expository and more an expression of deep discontent on my part. Had I known how many on the left would react angrily, as I did, to Rep. Giffords being shot, I would have ignored the story, so determined I was to shuck the chains of political nattering. I didn’t ...
• Follow the money
  The L.A. Times, not the most progressive newspaper, takes a creative tack in supporting Tunisia’s revolution by citing George W. Bush. [Juan Cole on Tunisia's revolution] Yep, they’re still working on getting W. his Nobel Peace Prize for having kept the body count under one million. Hopefully they’l ...
• Open for business
  Open for business doesn’t normally mean that you’re willing to drop your pants and spread your cheeks, but I think that would be close to what new Cheesehead guv Scott Walker is going for with his new “Wisconsin: Open For Business” signs that are going up all along Wisconsin’s state borders with Min ...
• Brodkorb gets stribbed
  The Strib finally gets around to profiling one of the key political players in Minnesota, something they don’t do nearly often enough. [Michael] Brodkorb races through many days making statements as the state Republican Party’s deputy chair. Then, he rapidly turns to his state-paid job as Senate Rep ...
• Drive-by reporting
  The media absolutely refuses to play this one straight. A day after accurately reporting most of what happened at this weekend’s Tucson forum on the shootings, the Post published this drive-by “news” story today: The atmosphere created a sense of foreboding long before the Jan. 8 massacre at a Tucso ...

Public News Service

• New Report Confirms More Families Among Arizona Ho ...
  New Report Confirms More Families Among Arizona Homeless Phoenix, AZ – The face of homelessness is changing in Arizona. A new report shows fewer long-term homeless people on the streets, but more families. Comments from Joan Serviss (Service), executive director, Arizona Coalition to End Homelessnes ...
• Opening Day Near for AZ Field of Special Dreams
  Opening Day Near for AZ Field of Special Dreams Scottsdale, AZ – A unique kind of baseball park is just weeks away from opening in Scottsdale. The Miracle League of Arizona stadium will allow Arizona’s special needs kids to fully enjoy the game just like any other child. Comments from Miracle League ...
• MLK Jr. and the Real Power of Non-violence
  MLK Jr. and the Real Power of Non-violence Phoenix, AZ – With the nation debating the role of violent rhetoric in our political life, an associate of Martin Luther King, Jr. says we can mark the civil rights leader's birthday (Mon., Jan 17) by remembering the power of non-violence. Comments from the ...
• Medical Errors Take a Horrendous Toll in AZ and Na ...
  Medical Errors Take a Horrendous Toll in AZ and Nation Phoenix, AZ – A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says 180,000 Medicare patients die each year as the result of medical errors. With Arizona home to many retirees needing health care, it's a problem of particular inter ...
• Could Mental Health Intervention Have Prevented Tu ...
  Could Mental Health Intervention Have Prevented Tucson Tragedy? Phoenix, AZ – The accused Tucson shooter was suspended from college last fall pending a mental health evaluation. A long-time mental health advocate says that’s the point where last Saturday’s shootings may have been prevented. Comments ...

Center for Food Safety

• Tell Sec. of Agriculture Vilsack to Adopt a Morato ...
  In a precedent-setting final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the planting of Monsanto’s genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) acknowledges for the first time that GE contamination of organic and conventionally grown crops presents a huge problem in the ...
• Feds Yank GE Crops From All Northeast Refuges
  Settlement of Bombay Hook Suit Makes Southeast Refuges Next Legal Target    The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has agreed to stop planting genetically engineered (GE) crops on all its refuges within a dozen Northeastern states, according to a settlement agreement in a lawsuit brought by conservation a ...
• In Wake Of Pending FDA Approval Of GE Salmon, Cali ...
  Bill Would Require Labels on All Genetically Engineered Salmon   Dissatisfied with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current review of the first-ever proposed commercialization of genetically engineered (GE) salmon, today California State Assemblymember Jared Huffman introduced an Assemb ...
• Obama to Sign Landmark Food Safety Legislation
  Center for Food safety Applauds New Powers for the FDA. Tester-Hagan Amendment a Win for Consumers and Small, Local Food Producers and Processors The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (S. 510) by the United States Congress.  The bill which passed ...
• USDA Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement ...
  AGENCY MAKES NO DECISION ON APPROVAL OF THE ROUNDUP READY CROP CITING HARM TO ORGANIC INDUSTRY AND PROLIFERATION OF SUPERWEEDS CFS URGES AGENCY TO CONTINUE BAN ON POTENTIALLY HARMFUL CROP The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the availability of the Final Environmental Impact Sta ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• Guest Editorial: Truth, Tributes and Sanitizing Dr ...
  Truth, Tributes and Sanitizing Dr. King: [finalcall.com] "Across America celebrations, breakfasts, speeches, service projects and singing marked the 25th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. The celebration fell on Monday, Jan. 17, and many embraced a day off. Multi-racial groups brok ...
• OpEdNews - Article: Legimate Reasons for Julian As ...
  OpEdNews - Article: Legimate Reasons for Julian Assange to Worry about Extradition to Sweden Lawyers for Julian Assange said yesterday, "they would oppose his extradition to Sweden because he might subsequently face "illegal rendition to the United States, risking imprisonment at Guantanamo Bay, Cub ...
• John John: The View From Occupied Canada #226
  CBC: JTF2 command 'encouraged' war crimes, soldier alleges A member of Canada's elite special forces unit says he felt his peers were being "encouraged" by the Canadian Forces chain of command to commit war crimes in Afghanistan, according to new documents obtained by CBC News. The documents from t ...
• OpEdNews - Article: Do Poor People Get Equal Justi ...
  OpEdNews - Article: Do Poor People Get Equal Justice? The American legal system, in theory, delivers "equal justice under law." But equality implies an inclusiveness that does not exist in this punitive justice structure. It is more like a caste system, in which the benefits are unequally distribute ...
• Determined to Stifle Arizona Violence Debate, Pali ...
  Determined to Stifle Arizona Violence Debate, Palin Claims She's the Victim... of 'Blood Libel' | CommonDreams.org by John Nichols Echoing the new battle cry of the right, Sarah Palin has come out of hiding to accuse those who suggest over-the-top rhetoric and a volatile political climate might off ...

Pensieve

• Confused about the Amendments
  The constitutional amendments keep coming. It appears though that these still have to be ratified. The changes are only “initiatives”, and are not yet binding. The article I am using as a basis first said the “reform was approved”, but that it still needs to be “ratified” once the next legislature b ...
• More Constitutional Amendments!?
  The Honduran Congress has introduced more constitutional amendments last night, apparently to reform the judicial branch of government. I hope the Supreme Court declares them unconstitutional quickly; I suspect the reforms are “punishment” for the Supreme Court not bending to Manuel Zelaya’s will in ...
• Charter Cities in Honduras?
  Paul Romer, speaking at a TED conference, proposed the creation of “charter cities” in poor countries as a way to develop them. His prime example, China, with Hong Kong, and the new special cities that China has set up under more capitalist rules. Mr. Romer recently visited Tegucigalpa, and has some ...
• Honduran Congress Dances to Snake Charmers
  Photo by supercake The Honduran government is under tremendous pressure from South American socialist nations led by Hugo Chavez, and the offended âgodâ, the Obama administration. The former want to force the congress to do away with constitution protections against autocratic governments. The latte ...
• Grand Canyon from Hopi Point
  I wasn’t expecting to go to the Grand Canyon over Christmas break. But, since my nephew Oscar and his wife Natalie now live in Phoenix, my brother invited me to join them in visiting him for the first time. The trip over there was grueling, especially after sitting in a bus for 14 hours. But, [...] ...

Green Times

• Blue Sea
    How beautiful is the ocean? But did you know that less than 1% of Australia’s South West marine environment is protected?! Overfishing, climate change, pollution of the sea and a lot of other factors destroy the marine environment every day. Oceans are an important ecosystem (glossary/wildli ...
• Twelve Apostles
  The twelve apostles is the second most popular tourist attraction in Australia. The limestone formations are up to 60m high and after Uluru they are the most photographed attraction in Australia. The apostles have different heights and diameters because they were formed by erosion from the oce ...
• Cluster of eco-grown onions
  Onions were already part of humans’ nutrition 5000 years BC.   Not only nutritious, Onions also have medical advantages! They can be used to treatsore throats for examples. Boil sliced pieces of onion and drink the warm brew with honey. Onions essential oils are able to reduce the multiplicati ...
• Greenwashing
  1. DEFINITION: Greenwashing Greenwashing is a combination of “green” and “whitewashing”. This term defines a marketing concept used by organisations (companies, governments, associations...) in order to make the public associate the organisation with a green and eco-friendly image when reality, t ...
• Renewable Energy
  1. DEFINITION: Renewable Energy Renewable energy is produced from natural sources, such as the wind, sun and water. The advantage of renewable energy is that it has no limits of supply, unlike fossil energies (gas, oil and coal) and nuclear energy (uranium). The use of renewable energy is hig ...

Citizens for Legitimate Government

• Iraq legal advice was 'provisional' - Tony Blair
  ShareThisIraq legal advice was 'provisional' - Tony Blair 21 Jan 2011 Tony Blair has said he disregarded Lord Goldsmith's warning that attacking Iraq would be illegal without further UN backing because it was "provisional". The ex-PM said he believed his top legal officer would change his position o ...
• SEC Taps Goldman Sachs Executive as Division Head
  ShareThisMega barf alert! SEC Taps Goldman Sachs Executive as Division Head 18 Jan 2011 The Securities and Exchange Commission has named Goldman Sachs Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Eileen Rominger to head its division overseeing asset managers and hedge funds. Rominger will come to the S ...
• At least 15 killed in third day of suicide attacks ...
  ShareThisAt least 15 killed in third day of suicide attacks in Iraq 19 Jan 2011 Suicide bombers struck in Iraq for a third consecutive day on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people in two attacks in Diyala province... In the deadliest incident, a suicide bomber drove an ambulance packed with explosiv ...
• Fox News: US must take Iraq, Kuwait oil
  ShareThisFox News: US must take Iraq, Kuwait oil 19 Jan 2011 Following a significant hike in oil prices, an angry Fox 'News' host has exclaimed that the United States has every right to take the oil from Iraq and Kuwait. On his Friday show, the Great American Panel, Sean Hannity, said that Iraq and ...
• Scouts as traffic police: Packs to issue speeding ...
  ShareThisBe prepared... for Scouts as traffic police: Packs to issue speeding drivers with warnings to get badges in return 20 Jan 2011 The Scouts, aged between ten-and-a-half and 14, spent two hours last Friday evening being shown how to use a laser speed gun before helping three police officers an ...

Daily Loaf

• Do It This Weekend: Gasparilla Children’s Extravag ...
  Cutting-edge multimedia art and family-friendly fun -- along with a couple of new TV shows -- highlight the third weekend of January.
• Lightning beat Atlanta 3-2 in shootout
  The Tampa Bay Lightning have had more success against the Atlanta Thrashers over the past ten years then they have against any other opponent, winning nine straight games. They were hoping to extend that run to double digits when they took to the Phillips arena ice Thursday night. They were also ...
• Turanchik, Buckhorn add more details to their camp ...
  Meanwhile, Bob Buckhorn has also released an extensive document on his website on his positions on the economy, crime, and neighborhoods
• Art Review: Video and large-scale prints by Kurt P ...
  The ineffable melancholy and otherworldly preoccupation of Kurt Piazza's videos and large-scale prints make for a riveting show.
• Tampa Bay communities join together for a regional ...
  “Green” organizations from all over Tampa Bay are joining together in solidarity to show their love for the Earth. Be a part by attending the Tampa Bay-wide showing of the breathtaking film Home by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• When and where will Israel’s Tucson be?
  By Jesse Bacon By rights it should have been in 1995, when Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. But the man who took over for him as Prime Minister after appearing at a rally where he was depicted as a Nazi is Prime Minister again. And Rabin’s party was just split into its final tiny segments. And the cu ...
• Exclusive Interview: JNF demolishes village for th ...
  By Jesse Bacon Bulldozes from the Jewish National Fund demolished the Bedouin village for Al-Arakib for the ninth time yesterday and today. They also demolished the village’s olive groves the week of Tu Bshvat, which celebrates the flowering of trees so they can grow a forest named after a Fundament ...
• More precious than oil: help rebuild destroyed cis ...
  From Ta’ayush’s appeal to help rebuild cisterns destroyed by the Israeli military. Dear Friends and Supporters, The situation of the Palestinian cave-dwellers in South Hebron Hills continues to be difficult. They suffer from permanent harassment carried out by the military and settlers. This y ...
• Targetted professor stands up for human rights in ...
  By Jesse Bacon Neve Gordon, whose own academic freedom was threatened after his support for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, writes in the Nation on the continued slide of human rights in Israel. This time at Ben Gurion Airport the site of much harassment of democracy activists as we ...
• A year in jail not enough punishment for protestin ...
  Israel’s military went to court for the right to keep holding in jail Palestinian organizer Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the cousin of slain protester Jawaher Abu Rahmah. Happily for the Israeli Army, it’s a military court so they complied. Abdallah is now to serve an additional 2-3 months. Presumably they ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Polizeros Radio. The absence of a real left in the ...
  What passes for the left in the US, including the left blogosphere is mostly tepid liberalism with no genuine criticism of imperialism or capitalism. This ties in with the current liberal tendency to purge (epistemic closure) or denigrate views to the left of itself. Also, what would a left foreign ...
• Virtual power plants
  A virtual power plant (VPP) isn’t really a power plant at all. It doesn’t actually exist. It’s a power plant of the IT mind—a plant locked in the digital world that can shift from traditional generation to smart-grid-enabled renewables at will. The VPP exists only in the software used to manage the ...
• Los Angeles County bus entirely alt-fuel now, no d ...
  In an urban area where diesel buses began operating in 1940, the MTA now has 2,221 buses powered by compressed natural gas, as well as one electric bus and six gasoline-electric hybrids. They now have zero buses that run on diesel, sharply reducing GHG emissions and particulates in the air and are t ...
• Intermountain Healthcare. High quality, low cost h ...
  Recently a friend was rushed to Valley View Medical Center here in Cedar City UT by his wife after he became quite ill and was coughing up blood. They diagnosed him with pneumonia. His fever was very high. The hospital immediately filled him with liquids, antibiotics, and provided superb medical car ...
• US government led by Geithner gives big banks a fr ...
  The fix is in. The Financial Stability Oversight Council led by Geithner made sure the big banks will be allowed to do whatever they want, risk and the general good be damned, even as other countries are moving to limit the size of banks. But in the US, the interlocking nexus between the big banks [ ...

Coteret

• Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for remov ...
  On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan shared with t ...
• “Rejectionist front”: Maariv details N ...
  As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here’s the latest example, from a ...
• New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: ‘ ...
  On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. Note that this i ...
• Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book, no ...
  Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the introdu ...
• Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders spons ...
  This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers and then di ...

Deadline Live

• MEDIA FAIL: Foxnews Pushes Spying On Children & Pr ...
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAgYZonBCH8
• Of Gods and Demons and Mankind
  There has always been those among us who believe it is their divine right to rule over other human beings. Back when the Roman Empire ruled over western civilization, the emperors used to believe they were gods. They would present themselves before the “lower classes” and demand to be worshipped. Th ...
• Texas Teacher Accused of Taping Student’s Mo ...
  A Texas elementary school teacher is on leave after being accused of taping a first grader’s mouth shut. (Jan. 21)
• Plans being drawn up to let states declare bankrup ...
  Policy makers are working behind the scenes to come up with a way to let states declare bankruptcy and get out from under crushing debts, including the pensions they have promised to retired public workers. Unlike cities, the states are barred from seeking protection in federal bankruptcy court. Any ...
• U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision: Const ...
  (FEDERALJACK)   The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that serves to allow judges to void the Constitution in their courtrooms.  The decision was issued on January 18, 2011, and the Court did not even explain the decision (Docket No. 10-632, 10-633, and 10-690).  One word decisions: DENI ...

The Air Vent

• Closed
  On the SOP thread we got into too heated a discussion.  I’ve had more than my fair share of the public lately and don’t know when tAV will be back. Of all the elements of the periodic table stupididium is the most abundant.  The idiots pushed me over  the edge tonight.   I’ve had well [...]
• What Evidence for “Unprecedented Warming&#82 ...
  This is a new paper which takes a look at the statistical uncertainty of the long term warming trends by Pat Frank.  He looks at the uncertainty of the data including that created by non-stationary errors and comes to the reasonable conclusion that global trends for the length of the temp record are ...
• SOP
  Today someone made a comment on the Cuccinelli vs Dr. Man thing which has me stirred up a bit.  I fully understand that some scientists may have the opinion that you don’t want Academics worrying about politics and there is some kind of problem with legal requests for emails.  What unfortunately h ...
• Above the Law
  Most will notice that I’ve not been blogging this week. There really isn’t any time but Cuccinelli is now being given a new hurdle to uncover Mann’s emails. Virginia senators are considering changing law to prevent Mann’s private emails from being read.  First the university claims they don’t exist ...
• A Superfund Story
  If you want to read the regs start with CERCLA, then SARA. After reading the first few pages you will probably want to come back here to read this because you will realize I would have to be practically brain dead to be as boring as reading regs. Superfund was set up with good intentions. [...]

Focal Point

• Steve Jobs Bought Human Liver Like Foie Gras
  Will Saletan accuses Apple CEO Steve Jobs of "gaming the system" to get a liver transplant: Jobs lives in Northern California, but he got his liver in Tennessee. Why? Different parts of the country have different waiting lists, and the wait in Northern California was three times longer than the ...
• Commodities Trader Arrested for Threatening to Kil ...
  Former New York commodities trader Vincent McCrudden was charged in federal court this week with threatening to kill 47 current and former federal regulators from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and other agencies. McCrudden ...Rea ...
• It Gets Better, But Probably Not With a Boob Job
  Amanda of Pandagon points to a disturbing ABC News story about teens getting plastic surgery in a bid to escape bullying or, and/or to recover from the psychological scars of bullying. We meet Erica, who was mercilessly teased about her nose, became so distraught that she started skipping ...
• Sarah Palin, Blood Libel, and Death Panels
  Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin claims she is the victim of "blood libel," a reference to the anti-Semitic claim that Jews sacrifice Christian children. A Jewish congresswoman got a bullet through her brain, but Sarah Palin is casting herself as the victim because some people have criticized her ...
• SC Armory Embosses Rep. Joe Wilson's "You Lie" on ...
  The a South Carolina gun company is selling a special commemorative AR-15 lower embossed with the phrase "You Lie," as a tribute to Rep. Joe Wilson (R)'s famous outburst during President Obama's health care speech in 2009. Corey Hutchins of Free Times snagged some promotional copy and screen caps ...

Inside Facebook

• Top Posts Filter Surfaces the Best User Content on ...
  Soon, Facebook Page admins might not have to choose between muting their community by only showing their own posts, and displaying a wall full of inane, off-topic, or offensive user content. Facebook’s User Operations team told SocialVoice “The âTop Postsâ filter is part of a structured test on seve ...
• Login to Flickr with Your Facebook Account Thanks ...
  Flickr now allows its visitors to quickly login or create an account on the popular Yahoo!-owned photo sharing site using their Facebook account. Yahoo! became an OpenID relying partner earlier this week, and now appears to be rolling out the reduced friction new user on-boarding process to its site ...
• How Brands Can Advertise Within Social Games
  The following is an excerpt from the Facebook Marketing Bible, the comprehensive guide to marketing your company, app, or brand on Facebook. The full version of this article includes details on how social game marketing deals are structured, specific price points of startup fees and cost per engagem ...
• Facebook Quietly Updates Insights to Show Real-Tim ...
  Facebook quietly updated its Insights analytics tool last night, making changes to what data is displayed about user engagement on posts made to Facebook Pages. Or so it seems. The change appears to still be going live, and there’s not yet any official announcement about what’s new. So, we’re checki ...
• Sold Out! See You at Inside Social Apps InFocus 20 ...
  January 25th | San Francisco Inside Social Apps InFocus 2011 is now sold out! Inside Social Apps InFocus 2011 is Inside Network’s second conference on the future of monetization on social platforms. This one-day summit features industry leaders from every corner of the social app and game ecosystem. ...

Truthout - Tweets

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• truthout: Lawsuit: Federal Prisoners With "Unpopul ...
  truthout: Lawsuit: Federal Prisoners With "Unpopular Political Beliefs" Isolated, Abused http://bit.ly/hAuFed #Truthout #p2 #p2b
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ReDress News

• Israeli Zionist left writes its own obituary
  Jonathan Cook argues that the Israeli Labour Party’s collapse may "free up the political landscape for a real left to emerge in Israel, one less tied to the onerous legacy of Labour Zionism and prepared to collaborate creatively with the Palestinian national movements".
• Lebanese Hezbollah leader Nasrallah could be right
  Alan Hart explains why we should not dismiss lightly Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah’s assertion that the tribunal investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as "an American and Israeli tool".
• Tunisia - the people’s revolution
  Yvonne Ridley comments on the British media's lopsided coverage of the uprising in Tunisia - devoting airtime to the inconvenience caused to UK tourists and focusing on the role of social media rather than the "revolutionaries who physically took to the streets and faced down live ammunition, baton ...
• Israel's right-wing future
  Lawrence Davidson analyses the growth of fascism in Israel, arguing that this process "did not begin ... with 1967 and the taking of the occupied territories. It did not even begin in 1917 and the Balfour Declaration. It began with the very inception of Zionism."
• Today we are all Tunisians
  Yvonne Ridley pays tribute to the courage of the Tunisian people and reminds us of the stark fact that all the time when the deposed Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was torturing and plundering his people, he had the full support of the USA and European governments.

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

• Podcast Show #37
  The Boiling Frogs Presents Corey Pein Corey Pein recounts the creation of the recently launched groundbreaking site warisbusiness.com, a nonpartisan site covering military contracting, the global arms trade and the lobby, and how he began the project with two assumptions: The first- a lot of peopl ...
• Additional Omitted Points in CIA-Gulen coverage & ...
  Crucial Details Missing in the MSM Coverage of the Recent Intel Chief’s Exposé Last week I wrote about the Washington Post’s incomplete and one-sided coverage of the recently published memoir by former Turkish Intelligence Chief Osman Nuri Gundes exposing CIA Operations via an Islamic Group in Centr ...
• Weekly Round Up for January 9
  Obama’s Whistleblower-Hunt, ‘Rent-A-Generals’ Industry, A Great Example of Intentionally Awful Journalism, One-Tip-Based Terror Watch List & More! A belated happy new year to all our readers and friends here at Boiling Frogs Post. As you can tell I am just coming up for air. The holiday season happe ...
• The “Exceptionally “Redacted 9/11 Commission Inter ...
  Newly Released 9/11 Commission Files at Cryptome.Org Last week John Young’s information site Cryptome.Org began publishing documents related to the interviews conducted by the 9/11 Commission which were released for the first time. On January 3, Cryptome posted the 9/11 Commission’s report on my int ...
• Turkish Intel Chief Exposes CIA Operations via Isl ...
  âIn the 1990s Gulenâs Madrasas sheltered 130 CIA agents” in Kyrgyzstan & Uzbekistanâ Yesterday Washington Postâs Jeff Stein published a very interesting but incomplete story regarding a recently published memoir by former Turkish Intelligence Chief Osman Nuri Gundes. Here is the title of his post: I ...

Afro Spear

• Drapetomania…Catch it if you Can!
  “Diseases and Peculiarities of the Negro Race,” by Dr. Cartwright DRAPETOMANIA, OR THE DISEASE CAUSING NEGROES TO RUN AWAY. It is unknown to our medical authorities, although its diagnostic symptom, the absconding from service, is well known to our planters and overseers… In noticing a disease not h ...
• Independent Woman? Really?
  I was at brother Spencer’s blog, The Warrior Poet, reading his Spencerism’s dated January 19, 2011.  He’s a Christian man who blogs about his opinion on a number of interesting subjects.  His post on Women and Independence was quite interesting to me and I wanted to share what he had to say about ...
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• elementary my dear Watson, elementary
  Updated repost of one of my favorites. Thanks to Sister Anna for bringing it to my attention again after 3 years.  I remember watching a couple of the Sherlock Holmes movies when I was a kid. I never thought much of them as the story lines didn’t really hold my interest, plus they were shown [...]
• Black Woman’s Body Image…How WE feel a ...
    There are many many people talking about black women these days, am I right about it? How we think, what are dreams should be, what we need, what we don’t need, whether black men love us, or not; whether white men love us, or not; whether Asian men love us, or not; whether latino [...]

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

• Secretariat the Horse, the Movie
  To be witness to history from afar is one thing, to be up close is another, and to have the wisdom to know the difference is the icing on the cake, of course, I am referring to great moments in history, of excelling in any endeavor, being human, or otherwise, of the bright spots and not of man’s dar ...
• I understand and now you do, too!
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• I understand, now you do too!
  A lot of people ask the question, why do they hate us so? This trailer from a new movie explains it in simple terms, it is a sociologist outlining the thinking that has emerge around the world in their views of the Empire. As with every Empire that has ever existed, conquered people will never [...]
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Unsuitable Blog

• Sudden Oak Death – It’s News Because I ...
  It’s commonly called Sudden Oak Death, so why the picture of a stand of larch trees? That’s a question well worth asking, but a far more important question is: why has Phytophthora ramorum, the name of the fungus responsible, become such big news in the UK? Ever since P. ramorum started blowing its ...
• Mother Nature Network: A Hypocritical Crock Of Shi ...
  I make no apologies for the title of this post: I have just spent a short while reading the biographies of the Mother Nature Network Team, and have ended up in the kind of moral position that Immanuel Kant might have struggled with if he had had the internet to contend with in his philosophical [... ...
• The Unsuitablog’s Worst of 2010
  Taking a cue from all the awards and “looking back on”s going on at the moment, it seems like just the right time to pick the very worst ethical hypocrites of 2010. Taking the year as a whole, there is a huge selection to choose from even when just looking at the pages of The [...]
• Undermining in 2010: How Did I Do?
  There is something very human in looking back over a specific period of time and reflecting on what you have achieved, failed in or could just have done a bit better. It’s part of the learning process that civilization discourages, because if we really did look back and reflect upon what really matt ...
• EnviroLeaks : Now Live
  EnviroLeaks is a repository of leaked information that fills the gap between what the mainstream media allow us to know about the environmentally destructive behaviour of the industrial system, and the often highly classified and largely political information from groups such as WikiLeaks. EnviroLea ...

Subalternate Reality

• All That Happens In The Middle East Can’t Be ...
  Uncertainly rules the day in Tunisia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the countryâs strong-armed and authoritarian ruler since 1987, is in Saudi Arabia while the interim government struggles to restore some semblance of order.  âConfusion, fear and horror in Tunisia as old regime’s militia carries on the ...
• 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 ...

Idea Lab | Technology

• Dotspotting Expands to Track Homicides, Food Vendo ...
  Since my last post, we've been busily working on extending the functionality of Dotspotting, the first project in our larger Citytracking project aimed at helping people tell stories about cities. It's still, as my colleague Aaron puts it, very much in a "super alpha-beta-disco-ball" state -- which ...
• How Can We 'Gamify' the News Experience?
  One of the biggest emerging conversations over the past year in Silicon Valley is around "gamification." Simply put, this is the idea of applying game mechanics, particularly those found in videogames, to all sorts of non-game experiences. After following this conversation for many months, I've c ...
• LocalWiki: Laying the Groundwork
  A few of you have been wondering what we've been up to since our Kickstarter pledge drive ended, so we want to give you a quick update on our Knight-funded project, LocalWiki. For those of you who are more technically inclined, we hope to also provide an insight into these early stages of our proces ...
• NPR's Project Argo Creates National Content at the ...
  Jason and the Argonauts were the mythological Greek heroes who set off on a quest for the Golden Fleece. Like its namesake, NPR's Project Argo is off on another noble quest -- to strengthen local journalism, particularly on digital platforms. Project Argo is a partnership between NPR and member sta ...
• Introducing Sourcerer: A Context Management System
  If you want to follow the news, the web has a lot to offer: a wide variety of information sources, powerful search tools, and no shortage of sites where people can voice their opinions. At the same time, though, the web can be overwhelming. Hundreds of links turn up in a Google search. Relevant inf ...

Cutting Edge News

• The Digital Divide - Will Digital Technology Reduc ...
  Two years ago, the Ethio American Health Center opened its doors in the nation’s capital, promising the country’s largest community of Ethiopian immigrants a place where doctors spoke their language and understood their culture. Many of the community’s poorest quickly flocked to the center. But for ...
• The Edge on Terror - Hezbollah’s War on Internatio ...
  On January 12, Hezbollah brought down Lebanon’s democratic government. The group withdrew its ministers from the cabinet, crumbling the unity government in an impeccably-timed constitutional coup only a few hours before prime minister Saad Hariri was to meet President Obama in Washington.The message ...
• Economic Recovery on Edge - Looking Forwards—and B ...
  We are two weeks into 2011, but it’s not simply a new year. The end of 2010 marked the passing of the first decade of this new century. It’s only fitting we look back and look for lessons learned.There’s no question this nation and the world were rocked early on. September 11 caused many to question ...
• Sign Language Film’s Selection a Good Start
  The news about “The Preservation of the Sign Language,” the film produced by the National Association of the Deaf under George Veditz being included in the National Film Registry is very significant not only because it is among a limited number of films selected. It is among some of the most signifi ...
• Border War - Mexico's President Calderon Tries to ...
  In its second-to-last year in office, the administration of Mexican President Felipe Calderon is on a public relations offensive to counter a ceaseless barrage of criticism over the conduct and progress of the so-called drug war. In response, Calderon administration officials-echoed by Washington-ar ...

High Country News

• A poet whom readers won't let go
  The late Northwestern poet William Stafford has friends and admirers all over the world today.
• For a moment, we could get along
  Despite our deep political differences, most Westerners work together when it counts.
• A long journey home
  The Winnemem Wintu Tribe wants to return salmon to California's McCloud River by bringing back the fish’s descendents, now in New Zealand.
• Teaching Whitney to cook
  An environmental educator discovers a rewarding way to help the planet -- teaching a young woman how to cook.
• High Country Views, A conversation with Michael Be ...
  Writer Pat Toomay talks with landscape photographer Michael Berman about his craft and the draw of the desert.

CounterCurrents

• Not Yet Time To Give Up Hope: Noam Chomsky
  By Mickey Z. What has to be done today is (1) large-scale conversion ( weatherizing , etc.), (2) sharp change in transportation to greater efficiency, like high-speed rail, (3) serious efforts to move to sustainable energy, probably solar in the somewhat longer term, (4) other adjustments that are ...
• House Rhetoricians v. Santas Reindeers
  By Subhankar Banerjee Will we take serious action this year on climate change so that all of us including the House Rhetoricians and the Christian establishments of the world can continue to tell the Rudolph and Santa story with a clear conscience, because weve taken steps to help Rudolphs family m ...
• Global Food Prices Hit Record High
  By Andre Damon Food prices have hit record highs due to a string of crop failures together with an upsurge in speculation, resulting in rising living costs
• Food Crises Pummel The Poor, Austerity Multiplies ...
  By Raj Patel The last two years hunger and malnourishment will have indelibly affected an entire cohort of children. The recession has meant that more people are vulnerable to systemic shocks
• Killer Technologies Will Not Increase Our Food Pro ...
  By Devinder Sharma Genetically modified (GM) crops are once again in the eye of a storm. With the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPM] taking a complete U-turn in its stated policy approach and now publicly supporting GM crops, the debate is heating up.

Contagious Love Experiment

• Practicing Peace in the New Year
  A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young people. Che ...
• Sharing the writing of another Stieber
  My younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. � Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber � Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The main thing our [ ...
• Article in FOR
  The following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out: http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement   Rhetoric and Realit ...
• Slate Interview: My Country Right or Wrong: Consci ...
  Interview I did with a fascinating writer for SLATE whose special interest is on transformation and how people come to admit they’re wrong:   Address to article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/12/16/my-country-right-or-wrong-conscientious-objector-josh-stieber-on-being-w ...
• Dangerous Activity Thwarted in Afghanistan!

Yid With Lid

• You Tube Sensation Who Walked Into Mall Fountain W ...
  Somebody please get out the world's smallest violin and start playing "My Heart Bleeds For You" because it time to really feel bad for this lady (NOT). On Monday I found a funny video of a woman walking through a mall paying attention to her texting rather than where she was going. The video (bel ...
• Why Obama Administration Mid East Peace Policy Wil ...
  By Barry Rubin Since predicting the future is hard, to say the least, it's always interesting when one can clearly see a crisis looming months ahead of time. The usual pattern is for the impending problem to be�ignored�until the last minute, then it is suddenly discovered by journalist ...
• It's a Miracle!! Neil Cavuto Makes Rep Sheila Jack ...
  For those of you who may not believe that God really exists here is tangible proof.� Yesterday on his Fox News Show Neil Cavuto did the absolute impossible, he made Sheila Jackson Lee look even more stupid than we had already knew she was.� Before yesterday we assumed that Rep. Jackson Lee as at the ...
• Back To the Future? Obama To Bring Back Military T ...
  On the day he took office, the Obama Administration put a stop on the commencement of any new military tribunal cases against terrorists.� But like most of the President's proposals, that was then...this is now. Now it it looks as if President Flip-flop are bringing those tribunals back Defense ...
• Does Iran Now Decide The Limits of Free Speech in ...
  By Barry Rubin Something happened in Canada that's truly terrible, far more terrible than even the people who think it is terrible realize. Here's the story from Canada's National Post, January 18: "After receiving threats and two suspicious letters Tuesday, the National Archives of ...

The Real Agenda

• 26 States Join Suit Against Obamacare
  Virginia Federal Judge had ruled unconstitutional the mandate to purchase health insurance. Fox News.com Six more states joined a lawsuit in Florida against President Obama’s health care overhaul on Tuesday, meaning more than half of the country is challenging the law. The announcement was made as H ...
• No Record exists of Obama’s Birth in the U.S ...
  Hawaii governor says he cannot find birth certificate, only a written note supported by a newspaper ad. Mail Online Pressure was mounting on Hawaii Governor Neil Abercrombie today amid increasing confusion over whether President Obama was born there. Abercrombie said on Tuesday that an investigation ...
• U.S. House GOP: Cut $12.5 Million from IPCC
  Plan will also cut financing for the International Fund for Ireland ($17 million annual savings) and Economic Assistance to Egypt for $250 million, but will not make cuts to Defense or Homeland Security.  So the wars will continue and so will the attacks on citizens’ rights. By Paul Bedard USNews M ...
• Climate Sensitivity Reconsidered Part 1
  A special report from Christopher Monckton of Brenchley for all Climate Alarmists, Consensus Theorists and Anthropogenic Global Warming Supporters Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, 2007) concluded that anthropogenic CO2 emissions probably caused more than half of the “glo ...
• Climate Sensitivity Reconsidered Part 2
  A special report from Christopher Monckton of Brenchley to all Climate Alarmists, Consensus Theorists and Anthropogenic Global Warming Supporters Continues from Part 1 2. The base or “no-feedbacks” climate sensitivity parameter κ, where ΔTκ is the response of TS to radiative forcings ignoring temper ...

Wind Watch

• Windfarm would pose threat to rare bird, warns exp ...
  One of the UK�s rarest birds could be in jeopardy if a major windfarm development in a picturesque part of Inverness-shire is given the go-ahead, a public meeting has heard. About 150 people attended a meeting at Kiltarlity Village Hall to discuss proposals for a 28-turbine windfarm on land between ...
• Customers face huge bill for wind farms that don&# ...
  The failure of Britain�s wind farms to produce electricity in the extreme cold will cost billions of pounds, create an economic crisis and lead to blackouts, leading industrialists have warned. To cover up the ineffectiveness of wind farms the Government will be forced to build emergency back-up pow ...
• Wind turbines divide Dutch
  Residents of a small fishing village in The Netherlands are protesting a plan for building wind turbines that they believe would radically change the look of the community. The Dutch government has given permission for building 86 wind turbines on towers near the scenic village of Urk that would con ...
• Marin wind power test site gets blowback from envi ...
  The proposal was for two thin towers, 197 feet tall and 10 inches in diameter at their base, on two remote west Marin ridgelines, a mile and a half apart and northeast of Dillon Beach. With meteorological testing gear, digital transmitters and a small solar panel mounted to each tower, the temporary ...
• Noise complaints draw opposition to wind farms
  Mike Eaton and his wife live in northeastern Oregon for the peace and quiet. But ever since wind turbines arrived on the ridge above their home two years ago, the Eatons� slice of heaven has been a nightmare. �It makes me seasick and nauseous,� said Eaton, who carries a cane. �I take medication for ...

Not My Tribe

• Opposing war is not a crime: stop FBI suppression ...
  COLORADO SPRINGS – JANUARY 25 – Protest the recent FBI raids and the DOJ grand jury subpoenas aimed at intimidating members of antiwar and Palestinian rights groups. Join Coloradans For Peace and compatriots beneath the windows of the FBI field office, located in the Plaza of the Rockies downtown, t ...
• Berlusconi gets another church thrown at him&#8230 ...
  Only this time it’s the actual Pope getting in his face, rather than a statue of a church. About having relations with a teen prostitute. Not looking good for Silvio. Seems a bit snotty to say that about him, but there’s something about His Merciless Majesty that just doesn’t inspire kind thoughts. ...
• Not-Violence: Pie Any Means Necessary
  From Pie Any Means Necessary by the Bionic Baking Brigade:   “…our weapons of choice hurt nothing more than the image and ego of our targets. Although we donât claim to be nonviolent in the proactive Gandhian sense, we do claim to be not violent.”
• Flag pin betrayal
  Of course you know I would just never unleash a vicious attack like mocking a fake-patriot or faux-elitist move like wrapping ones bullshit in either the flag or the cross. Just have to point out that the flag lapel pin, the one Republicans bitched and whined so much about Democrats not wearing, the ...
• Wikileaks tests domino theory: Tunisia
  I’m guessing the scene at Wikileaks is less like a book club reading circle waiting for someone to cry BINGO, and more like a war room. It’s not which diplomatic cables are the juiciest, or which can be released to garner the maximum exposure. Wikileaks is dropping the cables like depth charges, cal ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• Mike Adams on the invocation of 'Science' by defen ...
  The downfall of science and the rise of intellectual tyranny (NaturalNews) The very reputation of so-called "science" has been irreparably damaged by the invocation of the term "science" by GMO lackeys, pesticide pushers, mercury advocates and fluoride poisoners who all claim to have science on thei ...
• NFL's Mark Stepnoski & Tony Szamboti: Buildingwhat ...
  Visit: BuildingWhat.org Related Info: Building What? is up... Thank You Mr Curley: "Debunker" PROMOTES the "Building What?" Campaign & Pushes Discredited Material (again) to Discredit Himself Breaking News: Hell Freezes Over! Geraldo Should Be Impressed by 1300 Architects and Engineers ...
• The Year in Duh-Bunking: March
  Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog has published the March installment of his "Year In Troof" series. Faith summed up the major point he is raising quite well on this blog back on March 6th, stating: Out of the thousands of people who believe that we were fed a load of bull from the governme ...
• Freeing Gaza is Bad According to 'Debunkers'
  Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog says: Check out this twit, errr, twitter, errr, tweet: I liked a YouTube video -- NEW PROOF 9 11 WAS AN INSIDE JOB! Richard Gage. Architects a... http://youtu.be/KSideg_ORbk?a I checked and that is indeed the twitter account for the Free Gaza Movement. Yo ...
• Charles Lewis
  So, Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog seems to have taken Scootle's advice and did some further reading on Charles Lewis, who says that he overheard radio chatter at Los Angeles International Airport on 9/11 saying that "NORAD had not responded, because it had been 'ordered to stand down'" ...

Fooducate

• Wal-Mart’s Nutrition Initiative: Smoke ‘n Mirrors ...
  140 Million people shop at Wal-mart every week. It is the largest grocery chain in the US, with almost 30% of sales, according to some sources. 10% of PepsiCo’s products are sold at Wal-Mart, and 16% of Kraft’s. That’s why when Wal-Mart announces a new Nutrition Initiative everybody listens. And tha ...
• Food Supplements and Childhood Obesity
  This is a guest post by pediatrician and childhood obesity expert Robert A. Pretlow. There actually are products, similar to baby formula, for children who have outgrown babyhood.  And not just hospitalized kids on nasogastric tube feedings, or third-world kids on emergency relief aid, but healthy, ...
• Health Claims and Other Assorted Jokes
  The GAO – Government Accountability Office – (yes, there is such a thing) issued a report late last week, telling the FDA it needs to do a better job protecting consumers from misleading health claims on products. According to the GAO, the FDA’s efforts to protect consumers from false or misleading ...
• I Must Have Died and Gone to Food Heaven [Fancy Fo ...
  We spent the day yesterday in San Francisco’s Moscone Convention Center munching our way through hundreds of gourmet foods. Every 6 months, the manufacturers, importers and distributors of quality food products meet for Fancy Food Show, a trade convention that showcases their latest and greatest cul ...
• What Food Represents YOUR State? [Humor]
  Just saw this on Serious Eats and had to share. [Click on the map to enlarge] California is grapes, while New York and Illionois are pizza. Texas is steak, while Florida gets oranges. What’s with the green Jell-O, Utah? Get Fooducated: iPhone App RSS Subscription or Email Subscription Follow us on t ...

Traffikd

• Internet Marketing and Social Media Degree Program ...
  Guest post by Brian Jenkins Over a billion and a half people use the Internet, and this has created a plethora of opportunities for talented Internet marketers. Specialized knowledge in Internet marketing and social media is vital for many businesses. Yes, there are successful, self-taught Internet ...
• How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blogs i ...
  To market your company effectively, you need to find out where your target audience is. In this post I’ll show you how you can do this. I like using examples, so in this case, I’ll assume you sell Star Wars merchandise.
• 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 ...

Survival International

• India Supreme Court judge condemns 'historic injus ...
  Bhil girl, India. The Supreme Court has condemned the 'terrible oppression and atrocities' of India's tribal people. © Sunil Janah/Survival Two of Indiaâs Supreme Court judges have passed a groundbreaking judgement recognising Indiaâs tribal people as the nationâs âoriginal inhabitantsâ and st ...
• Wikileaks: US embassy condemned eviction of Kalaha ...
  The Bushmen of the CKGR were largely self-sufficient before the government evicted them. © Stephen Corry/Survival The US Ambassador to Botswana strongly condemned the government’s forced eviction of the Kalahari Bushmen, according to secret US embassy cables released today. Ambassador Joseph H ...
• Torture video soldiers charged only with ‘disobeyi ...
  The torture footage caused widespread anger and revulsion. © Survival Three soldiers who were captured on video torturing two Papuan villagers last May are being tried in a military court. But despite the beatings and torture shown in the video, the soldiers have only been charged with âfailin ...
• Bushmen back in court over water rights
  Bushman child, CKGR, Botswana 2004 © 2004 Stephen Corry/Survival The Kalahari Bushmen pleaded for the right to water in Botswana’s Court of Appeal on Monday. A panel of five judges heard the case, and are expected to deliver their verdict on 27th or 31st January. The Bushmen won the right to ...
• Botswana approves $3bn mine as Bushman water case ...
  Bushman mother and children at Gope, before their eviction to a resettlement camp © Fiona Watson/Survival Botswanaâs government has green-lighted a massive $3bn mine in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve â in the middle of the Kalahari Bushmenâs appeal against the Botswana authoritiesâ refusal ...

Greg Palast

• Shake your head and throw something at your TV
  from MoviesOnline.ca Bush Family Fortunes is a documentary that will make you shake your head and want to throw something at your TV. If even half of what BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast reveals is true and you happen to be an American you may or may not be calling for a revolution depending ...
• Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
  from The Nation The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage these fuels cause to us now, what will happen when the world's supply of oil runs o ...
• Palast ArrestedBusted by BP in Azerbaijan
  by Greg Palast BP's Azeri police arresting Palast for filming BP oil rig - Baku, Azerbaijan, December 2010"Here in Azerbaijan we believe in human rights. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FILM." Oh, no, no, not good. The enforcers here come in three colors:  the military police still wearing their old Russian ...
• The Real Wiki Hero
  by Marta Steele from OpEdNews with a Surprise P.S. from Greg Palast Is it not ironic that the same country that contributed Rupert Murdoch to the world has more recently donated Julian Assange, editor-in-chief of WikiLeaks since 2007, when it was founded to "report on and publish important informat ...
• WIKI-CREEP ASSANGE, THE SCAMPPvt. Bradley, the Cha ...
  by Greg Palast for Truthout/Buzzflash I'm a "hero" and it makes me want to puke.  This week I was voted a "Hero of the Media" in one of those fairly harmless polls that are little more than thermometers of face time on the idiot box. But this Nation Magazine gong is shared with Julian Assange, imp ...

Telegraph UK - oil

• The PM's disappointing retreat on soaring fuel cos ...
  Telegraph View: Mr Cameron says a promised fuel tax stabiliser has turned into a 'difficult issue', but this is not so.
• Petrol prices to hit £6 a gallon
  Petrol could hit new record price as the price of oil on the world markets climbed higher following Alaska oil spill.
• Petrol price fear as leak closes oil field
  Global oil prices could rise sharply today after BP and other oil companies were forced to shut down almost all production from North America's biggest field.
• Tiny village in West Sussex sitting on 'black gold ...
  A tiny village could be sitting on a half a billion dollars' worth of oil after a petroleum company announced the results of exploration in the unlikely oilfield in West Sussex.
• 'Systemic failures' to blame for BP Deepwater Hori ...
  "Systemic failures" by BP and other companies contributed to Deepwater Horizon spill, damning US inquiry finds.

Ian Welsh

• You now have a year to a year and a half at most b ...
  The RNC is asking for 2.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years. Assume Obama and Dems split the difference (remember, Obama wanted a freeze already, anyway).  1.25 trillion. The effects of that on the US economy, such as it is, will be catastrophic. If you can work right now, do.  Earn as much mo ...
• Stop treating monsters as reasonable people
  Over the last few years, and in particular in the last couple, I’ve noticed something about myself: I’ve become a lot more rude in my political dealings, including with many people I used to consider allies.  At first this worried me a bit, because I couldn’t quite pin down why, beyond the fact tha ...
• Stop treating monsters as reasonable people
  Over the last few years, and in particular in the last couple, I’ve noticed something about myself: I’ve become a lot more rude in my political dealings, including with many people I used to consider allies.  At first this worried me a bit, because I couldn’t quite pin down why, beyond the fact tha ...
• Dear Software Writers
  Please don’t set your program to auto-update my drivers without telling me.  Because, no, your newer drivers are not always better, in fact they often break something, which is why I NEVER auto-update drivers (or much of anything else). Thanks for wasting a good six hours of my life fixing your scr ...
• Dear Software Writers
  Please don’t set your program to auto-update my drivers without telling me.  Because, no, your newer drivers are not always better, in fact they often break something, which is why I NEVER auto-update drivers (or much of anything else). Thanks for wasting a good six hours of my life fixing your scr ...

Age of Autism

• GMA's Stephanopoulos Walks Over Dr. Andrew Wakefie ...
  By Anne Dachel Monday, January 17, Dr. Andrew Wakefield appeared on Good Morning America with host George Stephanopoulos. HERE It was a major event for parents in the autism community who hoped that Dr. Wakefield would be allowed to present...
• Comments On Wakefield GMA Appearance Call Out Geor ...
  Dr. Andrew Wakefield appeared on national television on Monday, on Good Morning America with George Stephanopoulos. Commenters chastised George for his one sided, pit bull style of interviewing which was hardly the stuff of usual morning television fare fluff. I'm...
• Gary Null Interviews Two Lancet Parents and Attorn ...
  By John Stone In a remarkable radio broadcast on January 20th, Gary Null interviews three prominent figures in the British vaccine safety movement. Lawyer Clifford Miller, Isabella Thomas - mother of two of the children in the Lancet 12 -...
• From The Editor
  Today we're launching a (slightly) new format that we hope you'll like -- better presentation, more room for news and comment on our home page and easier access to categories we regularly write about. We'll continue to refine it; let...
• In Plain Sight: Freud, Face-Blindness, and Autism
  By Dan Olmsted Consider this description: “She complained that she could not recognize people; that she used to be able to recognize faces without having to think about it and work at it. Now she was obliged to do laborious...

Global BDS Movement

• On the Second Anniversary of Israel’s Bloodbath in ...
  Occupied Palestine, 27 December 2010 – On the morning of 27 December 2008 Israeli forces initiated a 23-day military offensive against the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip killing more than 1400 and injuring over 5000 Palestinians, predominantly civilians and refugees since 1948. read more
• Palestinian Civil Society reiterates call for a fu ...
  Occupied Palestine, 22 December 2010 - We, the undersigned Palestinian civil society organizations, including farmers’ unions, agricultural organizations and popular committees, reiterate the call of the Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) for a full boycott of Carmel-Agrexco due to its complic ...
• Derail Israel's Unlawful A1 Train Project– End Int ...
  Occupied Palestinian Territory, 16 December 2010 - Israel’s A1 high-speed train project designed to connect Jerusalem and Tel Aviv violates international humanitarian law and human rights law. The A1 rail project forms a component of Israel’s ongoing plans to cement its regime of occupation, colonia ...
• Australian BDS Movement Begins to Emerge
  By Phil Monsour read more
• Palestinian refugees and Israel's A1 rail project ...
  The A1 rail project constitutes yet another step in the i read more

Farm Wars

• Truth Squad Radio: No Child Left Behind?
  JS Rugg joins the show to discuss the sad state of education in this country. When third world countries produce children who are better educated than our children....we need to ask "why?" No Child Left Behind has been a disaster for the nation and our children are paying the price.
• “Trusted” Activist Groups Try to Regulate Silver a ...
  Not all groups supposedly fighting for our food freedom are who we think they are. If you really want an eye-opener, read the following article, and check out this link, which notes organizations on the Merck Pharmaceuticals dole.
• How the Food Safety Modernization Act will destroy ...
  It has made us start to totally re-look at our business plans and how we're going to sell our food. We're no longer going to sell wholesale, no longer going to sell to chefs or restaurants, it's consumer direct only.
• Signs of food toxicity in genetically engineered e ...
  “The safety claims made for these plants are not supported by existing data. On the contrary, there are alarming signs that the consumption of food derived from these plants could result in adverse health effects.
• Truth Squad Radio – Weekly Schedule!
  This Wednesday we will talk with RT Fitch about the wild horse roundup situation, and receive an update on how the FDA is allowing aluminum to poison our food supply.

Open Your Eyes News

• Australia floods: Taxpayers may face one-off flood ...
  BBC – Australia’s Prime Minister Julia Gillard has raised the prospect of a one-off tax to help pay for the devastation wrought by severe flooding. Economists estimate that the flooding in Queensland and Victoria will cost at least A$3bn (£1.8bn) in lost coal exports and agricultural production. Re ...
• Housing Starts in U.S. Fell More Than Forecast in ...
  Bloomberg – Builders began work on fewer homes than projected in December, a sign the industry that triggered the recession continued to struggle more than a year into the U.S. economic recovery. Housing starts fell 4.3 percent to a 529,000 annual rate, the lowest level since October 2009, Commerce ...
• Dallas officer is among several suing Taser, alleg ...
  Dallas News – A Dallas police officer has filed the latest in a string of lawsuits around the country that claim jolts of electricity received during Taser training caused fractured backs and other severe injuries. The makers of the popular stun gun, however, say that their products are safe and cre ...
• Irish PM blunder forces early election
  Reuters – Ireland’s Prime Minister Brian Cowen was forced to call an early March election on Thursday after an attempt to reshuffle his cabinet backfired, with a third of his cabinet resigning in just over 24 hours. Cowen’s unexpected bid to promote new faces to a government in its final days was th ...
• China ‘logs double-digit growth in 2010&#824 ...
  Breitbart – China’s economy grew 10.3 percent last year but inflation exceeded the government’s full-year target, Hong Kong-based Phoenix Television said on its website Wednesday. The broadcaster cited unnamed central bank sources as saying the figures had been “leaked” a day before the government w ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• Bloom Energy announces new fuel cell financing opt ...
  Bloom Energy on Thursday announced a new financing program that cuts out the upfront cost of purchasing, installing and maintaining one of the company’s fuel cells and instead allows customers to buy only the clean electricity produced. Chief Executive K.R....
• Climate change assumption could need tinkering, st ...
  “These datasets provide us with an unprecedented view” of the large-scale changes in plant distribution that have occurred the past 75 years in California, said co-author Solomon Dobrowski, an assistant forest management professor at the University of Montana.
• Parking space management: Remove a spot, reduce gl ...
  "Parking management is a critical and often overlooked tool for achieving a variety of social goals," according to a new study released Wednesday by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy in New York. The study cited improved air quality,...
• Time to refuse those unwanted, unrecycled phone bo ...
  Just 30% of Americans use white pages phone books to look up telephone numbers and addresses. Even fewer Americans (22%) recycle them, according to a study released Wednesday. "If so few people use the phone book and recycle the phone...
• Green jobs growing in California, Next 10 says
  Green jobs at clean-tech or alternative-energy companies are flourishing in California, with nearly a quarter of them based in Los Angeles, a study has found. Employers offering jobs in fields such as solar power generation, electric vehicle development, environmental consultation...

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Iowa gets $1.4 million for renewable energy

Bloomberg

- Jan 21, 2011

- 2 hours ago

By AP DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa will receive more than $1.4 million for renewable energy projects, the majority of which will support the production and ...

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Analysis: French farmers turning to renewable energy

Reuters

- Jan 21, 2011

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By Gus Trompiz IGNEY, France (Reuters) - An increasing number of farmers will try to claim a share of France's renewable energy sector to help cope with ...

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100 Percent Renewable Energy is Possible by 2030

Discovery News

- Jan 21, 2011

- 2 hours ago

The study's authors made some optimistic predictions that would be necessary for the world's energy supply to be completely dependent on renewable energy by ...

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90 Mich. schools to get renewable energy systems

9&10 News

- Jan 21, 2011

- 9 hours ago

Energy Works Michigan said Thursday that the expansion of its Michigan Renewable Schools Program is made possible by a $4.4 million contract with the ...

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King tides are coming

The Olympian

- Jan 21, 2011

- 10 hours ago

The state Department of Ecology is asking the public to submit to the agency's flickr group photos of extreme high tides this weekend and again in February. ...

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Stormwater control projects in WA to get funding

Water World

- Jan 21, 2011

- 13 minutes ago

20, 2011 -- The Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) has announced the list of 43 cities and counties that will get a share of $23.4 million to ...

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Painting contractor fined for diesel spill into Puget Sound last April

Seattle Times

- Jan 21, 2011

- 2 hours ago

The state Department of Ecology, which assessed the fine, also charged $10345 for the state's costs in overseeing the spill response. ...

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Ecologist Hanski Wins 'Mini-Nobel'

YLE News

- Jan 20, 2011

- Jan 20, 2011

A Finnish professor of ecology has won a prestigious Swedish prize known as the 'mini-Nobel' for his work on how animals and plants are affected by ...

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"Fountain Lady" in Legal Hot Water?

CBS News

- Jan 21, 2011

- 2 hours ago

(CBS) (CBS) Cathy Cruz Marrero is now well-known for falling into a mall water fountain while walking and texting. Since footage of her fall into the ...

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Battle over water system exposes region's rifts

Detroit Free Press

- Jan 21, 2011

- 1 hour ago

By JOHN GALLAGHER This week's latest round of sparring over control of metro Detroit's water system proves again how hard regional cooperation is in ...

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US Army Corps won't change Lake Hartwell levels

WRDW-TV

- Jan 21, 2011

- 6 minutes ago

Reporter: AP ANDERSON, SC (AP) -- The US Army Corps of Engineers says it's not changing how much water flows out of Lake Hartwell, at least for now. ...

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Community meetings to be held on proposed water-rate hike

Bizjournals.com

- Jan 21, 2011

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California American Water is set to host community meetings Monday and Tuesday to inform customers about the company's proposed rate hikes. ...

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