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Water Wars

• Arguments set in tri-state water wars case
  ATLANTA (AP)- An appeals court will hear arguments on the state of Georgia's request to overturn a ruling that could severely restrict metro Atlanta's water supply. Lawyers said the 11th U.S. Ci...
• One tribunal for all water disputes?
  The water resources ministry is toying with the idea of setting up an integrated water disputes tribunal that will be the one-stop forum for all inter-state water wars.
• Arguments set in tri-state water wars case
  An appeals court will hear arguments on the state of Georgia's request to overturn a ruling that could severely restrict metro Atlanta's water supply.
• Hearing Set in Water Wars Case
  The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta will hear arguments March 9 centering a long-running water dispute between Georgia, Alabama and Florida.
• Arguments set in tri-state water wars case
  An appeals court will hear arguments on the state of Georgia's request to overturn a ruling that could severely restrict metro Atlanta's water supply.

WordPress | Economics

• Like: Advance GDP Estimate for 4Q/2010 Has Disturb ...
  via Global Economic Intersection Those observations can be drawn from the report if it is taken a fa
• Brain drain ή dead brain?
  Ο κ. Ραφαήλ Μάρκελλος είναι Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής στο Οικονομικό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών (ΟΠΑ) και πιστε
• Bankers at Davos: whingers of the world unite – wh ...
  (touchstoneblog.org.uk) There’s something sick-making about the richest people in the world complain
• Breadapalooza
  On Saturday, my son Ryan and I engaged in a bread-baking extravaganza. I’d requested the day a
• The State of Nations
  I’ve just watched both President Obama’s State of the Union address and Prime Minister C

Electronic Intifada

• From the front lines of the Egyptian uprising
  Regardless of what sparked the situation that exists today, Arabs are uniting in their resistance to Western interference in the region and its oppressive autocracies. As o ...
• Video: Mass uprising in Cairo's Imbaba neighborhoo ...
  Following Friday prayers on January 28 we joined protesters marching through the streets of Imbaba in Cairo, Egypt. The crowd of 100 that we joined kept increasing and continuously joined with other marches in the same quarter North West of downtown Cairo.
• Egypt's uprising and its implications for Palestin ...
  We are in the middle of a political earthquake in the Arab world and the ground has still not stopped shaking. To make predictions when events are so fluid is risky, but there is n ...
• Palestinians in Gaza react to Egypt, Tunisia upris ...
  As news of the uprisings in a growing number of Arab countries spread like wildfire around the world, residents of other countries struggling under their own oppressive gov ...
• Mubarak regime shuts down Internet in futile attem ...
  CAIRO (IPS) - Twitter was an early casualty. Then Facebook access became spotty. But when the Internet itself went down, Egyptian pro-democracy activists knew their protest ...

Afghanistan Sun

• Taliban 'killing their own' to wrest bac ...
  Taliban gunmen have begun assassinating their own rank and file in a desperate bid to stop a remote mountain valley sliding from their grasp, as well as bringing in new commanders to oversee their ...
• Afghan Villagers Return Home To Devastation
  January 31, 2011 This summer, U.S. troops surged into southern Afghanistan, pushing into Taliban territory and setting off some of the fiercest fighting since the war began. In the Arghandab River ...
• Losses at Afghan Bank Could Be $900 Million
  KABUL, Afghanistan - Fraud and mismanagement at Afghanistan's largest bank have resulted in potential losses of as much as $900 million - three times previous estimates - heightening concerns that ...
• Suicide blast kills key Afghan official
  KABUL, Afghanistan -- A suicide attacker on Saturday killed a senior Afghan official in the south of the country, a setback for U.S.-led efforts to improve governance and a demonstration of the ...
• Taliban claims deputy governor's assassinatio ...
  The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the assassination of the deputy governor of Afghanistan's Kandahar province. As Abdul Latif Ashna was leaving home to head to work, a suicide bomber ...

Futurismic

• Personal Information: episode 24
  Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
• Arguments against life extension
  Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil down to personal distate tow ...
• Daddy, where does innovation come from?
  Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one persistent factor that h ...
• Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
  Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple of years ...
• How to be a futurist
  The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’ve never been featured in a [...]Follow F ...

geopolitics | geoeconomics

• Geithner's Dirty Little Secret
• Swine Flu
• Putin and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War: Or ...
• The Fake Oil Crisis of 1973
• Fossiles Erdöl
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on Government Oversight

• Don't Let Review of Classified Information Safegua ...
  By Bryan Rahija POGO and other good government advocates are urging the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to be careful about infringing upon the constitutional rights of employees as it moves forward with a review of procedures to safeguard...
• 5 Notable Excerpts from the Unposted SEC IG Report ...
  By Michael Smallberg Last week, POGO unveiled a resource page with over twenty investigative reports by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) that you won’t find anywhere on the websites of the SEC or OIG....
• Fun Friday Fact of the Day
  By Bryan Rahija Apprently, Glenn Fine, the outgoing Inspector General (IG) for the Department of Justice (DOJ), once had other career options available to him besides public service. From an NPR profile on Fine released this morning: A lot of...
• Morning Smoke: Commission: Regulators Partly to Bl ...
  Where there's smoke, there's fire. POGO's Morning Smoke is a collection of the previous day's investigations, scoops, and opinions related to the world of government oversight. Have a story you'd like to see included? Contact POGO's blog editor. Harsh Words...
• It's O-Fish-al: POGO Thinks Past Performance Infor ...
  By Neil Gordon Notice anything strange about this Government Accountability Office (GAO) bid protest decision? In this decision, involving a protest over the award of a Department of Defense (DoD) commissary supply contract, GAO reveals past performance information about a...

Digital Journal

• BC: Ida Chong recall campaign stumbles
  Efforts to recall BC Liberal MLA Ida Chong by anti-HST activists seems to be running into some difficulties as the February 4 deadline approaches.
• Toronto Public Health finds Hepatitis A in restaur ...
  Toronto Public Health sent out a news release reporting that Hepatitis A was identified in a restaurant employee. The city is now urging customers who visited the restaurant Sunday to be vaccinated.
• Young hockey players play Good Samaritans to elder ...
  Five hockey team members of the East Gwillimbury Eagles spent part of Saturday evening parked on the north shoulder of Reach Street near Port Perry after their vehicle had been hit by a deer.
• Study: More primary care doctors needed in Ontario
  More family doctors are needed in Ontario to prevent Ontarians from overwhelming the hospital system in the next 10 years, according to a new report released by the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) today.
• SUI investigating death of man in police custody
  A man died on Sunday afternoon after being taken into custody by Toronto Police. His death is being investigated by Ontario's Special Investigations Unit.

End Homelessness | Change.org

• Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homelessnes ...
  Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe and s ...
• Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling the Tr ...
  This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have whil ...
• Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demeaning, ...
  What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 su ...
• LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of the Do ...
  Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high; it ...
• Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unpunis ...
  Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a school ...

Ceasefire.ca

• U.S. urges Canada to stick with F-35
  U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is urging the Canadian government to move ahead with its planned purchase of 65 American F-35 Joint Strike Fighters.
• F-35 purchase: What do Canadians think?
  The debate over the purchase of the F-35 continues, with Conservative and Liberal rhetoric on the issue growing increasingly heated. But does either party really care what Canadians think? An Ekos poll taken in November suggests that 54% of Canadians are opposed to the planned purchase. Other polls ...
• Activist coalition vows to oppose Obama as long as ...
  An American activist coalition, War is a Crime, is circulating a petition opposing President Obama’s renomination until he ends the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, reverses a number of draconian war policies, and drastically cuts military spending.  The list has grown to include the names of many act ...
• Winslow Wheeler on F-35 purchase
  In this written statement to the Standing Committee on National Defence, Director Winslow T. Wheeler of the Straus Military Reform Project uses his American experience to offer valuable insight to the Canadian government on the purchase of F-35 stealth fighters. (Winslow T. Wheeler,"Canada's Next Ge ...
• Ernie Regehr awarded Pearson Peace Medal
  Congratulations to Project Ploughshares’ co-founder Ernie Regehr on being awarded the Pearson Peace Medal! The medal is awarded by the United Nations Association in Canada to a Canadian who has personally contributed, through his or her working life and voluntary commitments, to causes to which Lest ...

Kevin Trudeau Show

• Another Important Message From The Kevin Trudeau S ...
  The Kevin Trudeau Show is on the high seas this weekend. Tune in Monday for the next broadcast LIVE from the cruise ship! Don’t forget to click on the video screen on the front page or go to the show archives to listen to the next show. We are unable to do the show live on [...]
• How to Profit From Soaring Food Demand
  January 19th, 2011 Daily Finance By: Charles Wallace Anyone who has been to a supermarket lately knows that food prices are spiraling higher. In the coffee aisle, prices are up 30% in the last couple of months alone, and chocolate, beef and chicken also have grown more costly. Sugar is at a 30-year ...
• Actor to News Host on Arkansas Bird Death: ‘ ...
  January 19th, 2011 PopEater.com By: Sarah Crow Things Kirk Cameron will be remembered as: Mike Seaver, philanthropist, evangelist. Things Kirk Cameron will not be remembered as: a theology scholar, a foreseer of the apocalypse, a man who takes kindly to subtle mockery from Anderson Cooper. Following ...
• Wife of White House Aide Found Dead in Burning Car
  January 19th, 2011 Politics Daily By: Christopher Weber Ashley Turton, wife of the Obama administration’s House of Representatives liaison, Dan Turton, was found dead in a burning car Monday morning, Roll Call and other news outlets are reporting. Fire officials said it appeared the car crashed as i ...
• Big Banks to New Jersey: Stop Bugging Us About For ...
  January 19th, 2011 Daily Finance By: Abigail Field When New Jersey tightened its rules for foreclosures in response to the crisis over false loan documents, it took the unprecedented step of ordering the six largest servicers — Ally Bank/GMAC, Bank of America (BAC), Citibank (C), JPMorgan Chase (JPM ...

Pambazuka News

• Africa: Angola hosts 3rd African meeting on Cuba s ...
  The third African meeting on Solidarity with Cuba was held in Luanda, Angola, 11-12 September, to consolidate the friendship between the African and Cuban people and contribute to strengthening African solidarity towards the Caribbean island nation. ...
• Global: Afro-Colombian women fight prejudice by em ...
  On an improvised stage “Bombón de chocolate” (Chocolate Candy) is being performed. The play, which narrates the story of an African-Colombian girl who feels rejected because of the colour of her skin, is one of the events at a special day on drug add...
• Global: May for the Cuban 5
  The month of May started with a great number of activities in support of the Cuban 5. On May 1st hundreds of thousands of Cubans marched on International Workers Day in Havana and other cities. They were joined by hundreds of internationalists in de...
• Haiti: Where solidarity means survival
  Perhaps more than anything today, Haiti needs a new macro-economy, one based above all on meeting the needs of its citizens. Post-earthquake economic restructuring could include equitable distribution of resources, high levels of employment with fair...
• 45 years after the assassination of Malcolm X
  Malcolm X was assassinated 45 years ago this weekend. Earlier this year, WNYC Radio unearthed a 1960s interview between the civil rights leader and a reporter named Eleanor Fischer. On this somber anniversary, we consider Malcolm X’s legacy through t...

War in Context

• The Egyptian people’s uprising — driven by human v ...
  When we can watch a revolution live on Al Jazeera and follow its minute-by-minute progress through Twitter and Facebook, it’s easy to overlook the degree to which a people’s uprising hinges on simply that: people rising up and taking to the streets. In the video below we witness the simple and visce ...
• Egyptian opposition rallies around Mohamed ElBarad ...
  Egyptian activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mohamed ElBaradei addressing “those people who have been safeguarding democracy” in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. “What we have begun cannot go back,” he told the crowd. “We have a key demand: For the regime to step down and to start a new era.” The Nation ...
• The thrill and fear of freedom
  When a brutal regime is struggling to survive it turns to desperate measures. Even as low-flying Egyptian air force Lockheed F-16s are currently attempting to shake fear into the hundreds of thousands of people gathered now in the center of Cairo, the people are showing their increasing defiance. A ...
• The Egyptians are bringing our dreams true today
  Waseem Wagdi, an Egyptian living in London who joined fellow Egyptians protesting outside their embassy today, talks about recent events in Egypt and their significance, not just for Egyptians or for all Arabs, but as something that every single human being who cares for freedom, can celebrate.
• On the streets, Egypt’s military defend the people
  Even as the military-in-suits are being given positions in Mubarak’s newly-appointed government, there are signs that the troops and street-level commanders are willing to demonstrate their allegiance with the Egyptian people. The New York Times reports: [Mubarak's] grip on power was further chall ...

Watts Up With That?

• CRU’s shifting sands of global surface tempe ...
  Excerpt from The Inconvenient Skeptic by John Kehr The longer I am involved in the global warming debate the more frustrated I am getting with the CRU temperature data.   This is the one of the most commonly cited sources of … Continue reading →
• Queensland bracing for monster tropical cyclone Ya ...
  Flood ravaged Queensland is preparing for a monstrous South Pacific Ocean Tropical Cyclone Yasi.  Forecast to reach Category 4+ strength on the familiar Saffir-Simpson scale, there really is nothing inhibiting this storm from explosively intensifying and reaching 135 knots+ in … Continue reading →
• China announces thorium reactor energy program, Ob ...
  President Obama in his recent SOTU address said that “this is our generation’s sputnik moment” referring to the need to use science and technology to develop cheaper clean energy (among other things). It seems the Chinese were listening because last … Continue reading →
• New pages at WUWT and the preview function
  I have two new (well one and a half, rounded up) pages to announce for WUWT readers. First, we have the new Atmospheric Reference Page, available on the pulldown menu as seen below: The Atmospheric Reference Page is also available … Continue reading →
• Reconciling the irreconcilable in Lisbon
  Since I did not attend Lisbon even though invited and initially accepted, (other business and family obligations took precedence) the very least I can do is to help elevate the discussion. Here’s a report from Dr. Judith Curry, and I … Continue reading →

Dandelion Salad

• World Revolution Made in the U.S. And Will Have To ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 31 January, 2011 Overnight, the death toll among Egypt’s masses protesting for the overthrow of US-backed dictator Hosni Mubarak has risen to over 150 and thousands injured. With telecommunication services blacked out by the authorities (and willi ...
• What Corruption and Force Have Wrought in Egypt by ...
  by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig January 31, 2011 The uprising in Egypt, although united around the nearly universal desire to rid the country of the military dictator Hosni Mubarak, also presages the inevitable shift within the Arab world away from secular regimes toward an ...
• 60 Minutes: Julian Assange Interview
  http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ CBS Julian Assange, the controversial founder of WikiLeaks, speaks to Steve Kroft about the U.S. attempt to indict him on criminal charges and the torrent of criticism aimed at him for publishing classified documents. SPREADTHISINFO3 | January 30, 2011 60 Minutes ...
• Egyptian masses against the U.S.-backed Mubarak re ...
  http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ http://blip.tv LeiLani Dowell, Workers World managing editor, speaking at the Workers World Forum Jan. 28, 2011 in New York. Egyptian masses against the U.S.-backed Mubarak regime *** March in Support of Egypt & Tunisia Revolution TomVeeTV | January 30, 2011 Over ...
• Egypt: Cue the Dirty Tricks, False Flags To Discre ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 30 January, 2011 The looting of Cairo’s world-famous Egyptian Museum over the weekend seems to have engendered the desired news headlines. ‘Looters smash ancient treasures’, ‘Looters decapitate mummies’, ‘Looters rip off heads of artifacts’ etc., ...

Your New Reality

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  The 2nd shooter got a real early start in the business. Via Reddit .
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  It's Propaganda, Yes, But Maybe It's From Our Side, To Reassure Us North Korea Can't Defend Itself As war appears to be about to dawn between North & South Korea, if it didn't actually already begin two or three days ago, this very strange video appears on the UK Telegraph site. The Telegraph stor ...
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  Very soon, this could be what you find when you go to your favourite independent news site to load up on truth to help fight the daily barrage of lies. Piracy prosecutions can and will be used to close down news sites. Not CNN or FoxNews of course. I mean the ones that carry actual, real news. ...
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  The "structure" discovered at the heart of the Milky Way galaxy :
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  Where icebergs are 'born' : From the Earth Observatory

Wired - Science

• Scopes Weeps: Evolution Still Struggling in Public ...
  Despite 80 years of court battles ousting creationism from public classrooms, most public high school biology teachers are not strong advocates for evolution. While vocal advocates of intelligent design and similar non-scientific alternatives to evolution are a minority, more than half the teachers ...
• That Ain’t No Jackal: New African Wolf Species Ide ...
  By Duncan Geere, Wired UK Conservationists in Egypt have discovered a new species of wolf, which shares DNA with Indian and Himalayan cousins. The “Egyptian jackal”, as it’s known, is not in fact a jackal at all, despite the visual similarities it bears to another local species, the golden jackal. ...
• Hidden Fractals Suggest Answer to Ancient Math Pro ...
  Researchers have found a fractal pattern underlying everyday math. In the process, they’ve discovered a way to calculate partition numbers, a challenge that’s stymied mathematicians for centuries. Partition numbers track the different ways an integer can be divvied up. The number 3, for example, ha ...
• Genetic History of Pneumonia-Causing Superbug Unra ...
  Sometimes natural selection gets a helping hand from humans. A new study tracing the genetic history of a nasty strain of pneumonia-causing bacteria shows that antibiotics and vaccines helped shape the microbe’s evolution. In a technical tour de force, an international team of researchers decip ...
• Seahorse Shape Explained as Stealth-Attack Adaptat ...
  According to a new explanation of seahorse shape, those distinctive S-curve bodies let them reach further than straight-bodied ancestors. Compared to tube-shaped pipefish, their closest relatives, seahorses extend their snouts an extra 30 percent. The difference is only a few millimeters, but for an ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Ameer Makhoul jailed for nine years
  The Haifa District Court on Sunday sentenced Israeli Arab activist Ameer Makhoul to nine years in prison and another year suspended sentence for charges of spying and contact with a foreign agent... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
• Ameer Makhoul jailed for nine years
  The Haifa District Court on Sunday sentenced Israeli Arab activist Ameer Makhoul to nine years in prison and another year suspended sentence for charges of spying and contact with a foreign agent... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
• Arab Israelis back Egyptian protestors
  Former Israeli MP Issam Makhoul: "Now, a new Middle East had truly been born. The struggle aims to return the government in these states to their peoples... We are not indifferent to this struggle... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
• MERIP: Dead-Enders on the Potomac
  The US will stand by its favored authoritarian Arab states until the bitter end... The reasons for this stance have changed little over the decades since the US became the superpower in the Middle... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
• Remembering Howard Zinn
  We remember Howard Zinn, our friend and teacher (and among the first members of the IOA Advisory Board), who passed away on 27 January 2010, leaving a formidable legacy. In the words of his friend,... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• Russia says too early to talk tactical nuclear wea ...
  It is too early to discuss limiting tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) with the United States.
• Russia-U.S. arms reduction treaty could enter into ...
  The Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty could enter into force in early February, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday after signing off on the new START treaty ratification documents.
• Russia-U.S. arms reduction treaty could enter into ...
  The Russian-U.S. strategic arms reduction treaty could enter into force in early February, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday after signing off on the new START treaty ratification documents.
• Iran's nuclear program
• Russian answer to U.S. reusable robotic spacecraft ...
  Russian researchers are working on an unmanned spacecraft similar to the U.S. Boeing X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle, Space Troops chief Oleg Ostapenko said on Thursday.

NewsWise

• At Last, a Function at the Junction: Researchers D ...
  Among stem cell biologists there are few better-known proteins than nestin, whose very presence in an immature cell identifies it as a "stem cell," such as a neural stem cell. As helpful as this is to researchers, until now no one knew which purpose nestin serves in a cell.
• Scientists Reveal Key Mechanism Governing Nicotine ...
  New research could produce novel therapies that increase natural resistance to addiction to smoking.
• Genetic Clues to Rare Childhood Disorder
  Research from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine provides new clues for the compulsive behavior and cognitive defects associated with a rare childhood neurological disease called Lesch-Nyhan Disease (LND). Two pathways found to be defective in LND are known to be associated w ...
• Pre-Surgical Stress Management Boosts Immune Funct ...
  Practicing stress management techniques before prostate cancer surgery may help activate the body's immune response leading to quicker recovery, as well as aid in lowering mood disturbance, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
• Approximately Five Percent of Seniors Report At Le ...
  Slightly over over 5 percent of the nearly 39 million Americans age 65 and older in 2007 reported one or more cognitive disorders, such as senility or dementia.

Natural Health News

• Bonobos are Smarter than You Think
  Can these animals actually understand English?
• Talking Animals
  These pets really speak!
• Fluoride is a Poison -- Says Top Researcher on Aus ...
  An expert speaking on an Australian TV news show reveals fluoride for what it is -- a poison.
• Whole Foods -- Major Betrayal of Organic Movement
  Organic consumers and producers in the U.S. are facing betrayal. A self-appointed group of �Organic Elites�, including Whole Foods Market, Organic Valley, and Stonyfield Farm, are surrendering to Monsanto. Top executives from all of these companies have publicly stated that they no longer oppos ...
• Media Finally States Reversing Diabetes is Possibl ...
  More than 25 million people in the U.S. suffer from diabetes. �Most have type 2 diabetes, which usually develops later in life. �But type 2 diabetes can be reversed.� CNN reports what some of us have known for a long time now -- by making changes to such as adding exercise and improving their diets, ...

Antemedius

• Pique the Geek 20110130. The Things that we Eat. ...
  Oysters are an interesting part of the Mollusc tribe. They are bivalves, meaning that they have two half shells, which are jointed together on one edge and can open and close as the animal desires, or more properly, is instinctively demanded to do. Unlike their cousins, clams, oysters are from inf ...
• Paul Jay: Two Scenarios for the People and the Arm ...
  Paul Jay of The Real News Network talks with Egyptian Activist Mohammed Ezzeldin, a graduate of Cairo University (B.A. in political science). Ezzeldinis studying for his master's degree in history at Georgetown University. This video was released by The Real News on 29 January 2011. The text below ...
• I Know Where This is Going....
  and I doubt very much its where our little dream would have it go. Yet, anyway. Lets face it, its already a United Elites of America World. We run the joint, and run it like rum-running gangsters. I mean, seriously dudes, you cannot throw a dart randomly and NOT HIT some ratb@stard dictator we hav ...
• Egypt, Jordan, and Fear Based US Foreign Policy
  So here I sit to face that same old fireplace Gettin' ready for the same old explosion goin' through my mind And soon enough time will tell, about the circus in the wishing well -- Jimi Hendrix, Burning of the Midnight Lamp In 1991 Sheldon L. Richman at The CATO Institute virtually gave away the ...
• Obama and FDR-RFK; Contrasting Political Styles
  President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Message reveals a broad difference between his cool, dispassionate, conciliatory political operating style as contrasted with that of the more passionate Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Robert F. Kennedy. Obama’s address to the nation was a cooler, less pas ...

Climategate

• Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
  Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
• ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks more tr ...
  ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
• How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
  What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “smoking g ...
• What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Report ...
  A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
• Schools call for a “balanced teaching of global wa ...
  USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

• How Mercenaries Can Help Battle Piracy and Stabili ...
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Pirates are non-state actors who cause serious international problems that are sometimes beyond the reach or interest of most governments.  Mercenaries are non-state actors who can combat pirates without implicating the political and legal problems faced by regular armed ...
• Thoughts on the CMCR’s Questions in al-Bahlul
  by Kevin Jon Heller As Bobby Chesney noted at Lawfare a few days ago, the Court of Military Commission Review (CMCR) has issued the following order in al-Bahlul: Upon consideration of the record of trial and pleadings of the parties and amicus curiae, the following issues are specified and oral ...
• Covington and Burling and the Cote d’Ivoire
  by Peggy McGuinness by Peggy McGuinness According to the Washington Post, Covington and Burling has filed with the Department of Justice to represent Alassane Ouattara, the recognized winner of the presidential election in Cote d’Ivoire.  Why would a U.S. law firm be representing (pro bono no le ...
• Ben Wittes’ New Book, ‘Detention and Denial’
  by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson OJ’s friend and frequent interlocutor, Ben Wittes (of Lawfare blog, the Brookings Institution, and member of the Hoover Task Force on National Security and Law), has a new book out of Brookings Institution Press, Detention and Denial: The Case for Candor a ...
• Even More States Follow Oklahoma’s Prohibition on ...
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku It turns out that Oklahoma’s anti-international law/ sharia law amendment has started a trend.  According to this report, six states – Alaska, Arkansas, Indiana, Nebraska, South Carolina and Wyoming- are considering similar legislation. The National Center on State Co ...

Investigate - Breaking News

• New-look Investigate magazine HIS and HERS goes on ...
  As of Sunday...with more exclusive revelations about the Pike River disaster and police bungles in the rescue operation...and HERS features new poll results showing support for National is wide but shallow, and that a large number of voters want Winston...
• Investigate Political Poll 2011 - No1
  Investigate magazine's first big omnibus and political poll in more than five years is underway. If you want to fill in the survey form (takes less than two minutes on average) online, you'll find it here.
• BREAKING NEWS: Arizona shooter of Gabrielle Giffor ...
  The young gunman who shot and killed six people, and left Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition, appears to have borne a grudge against Giffords after meeting her in 2007 at the age of 19. According to reports, former...
• New study says CO2 rise a result of warmer tempera ...
  A new peer reviewed study supports another contention I raised in Air Con: that CO2 increase follows temperature increase, and that there appears to be no correlation between fossil fuel emissions and temperature. The paper is available in full in...
• RIP Chris Carter, Investigate columnist
  It's an odd thing, finding out on the radio news that your magazine's longest serving opinion columnist has passed away. What turns out to be his last column only hit the newsstands yesterday in the latest Investigate magazine: Chris Carter...

My Care2 Picks

• All under-fives should take vitamin D pills to avo ...
  All children under five are at risk of developing rickets because of their couch potato lifestyles, the government's Chief Medical Officer said today.Submitted by Nancy Bridget to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• The Unbearable Triteness of Whiteness & Why The Te ...
  Political Correctness : Throughout the 1970s and most of the 1980s it was something that one should aspire to. American language is becoming -- dare we say it? -- more politically correct.Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• The Sneaky, Not-So-Secret Purpose of the IPCC
  The IPCC actually serves a political purpose.It is the process by which the nearly 200 governments who belong to the United Nations agree on a single, official climate science perspective.Submitted by John Farnham to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• New Zeland Climate Science Coalition
  I'm still adding to opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2010/03/climate.html Climate in Contention Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Businessmen in major metropolitan hotels in china ...
  It is unknown just how deeply the Chinese government has penetrated such small operations, especially through the internet systems of widely known western hotels. But it appears that if you're a western businessman doing business in China, you may well atSubmitted by Rick M. to World �|� �Note-it! ...

Angry Indian News

• The Egyptian Revolution
  Tautoko/Solidarity to the Peoples Popular Uprising in Egypt. This is what REAL Mana Motuhake & Tino Rangatiratanga is all about POWER TO THE PEOPLE.Aotearoa Stands in SolidaritySaturday,... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Is WikiLeaks leaking? Norwegian paper scoops Assan ...
  Is WikiLeaks leaking? Norwegian paper scoops Assange | Raw Story: "OSLO — As if there isn't enough intrigue around Wikileaks and its enigmatic founder, a Norwegian daily that laid hands on the same... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Oklahoma bill would mandate educators question evo ...
  Oklahoma bill would mandate educators question evolution in classes | Raw Story: "Educators in Oklahoma would be forced to openly question in their classes the legitimacy of the scientific theory of... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Asia stocks fall and oil nears $100 on Egypt fears ...
  Asia stocks fall and oil nears $100 on Egypt fears | Prensa Espartaco: "“The situation in Egypt is very fluid.”For now, investors watched closely for any sign of growing instability in the Middle... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt's Mu ...
  Israel urges world to curb criticism of Egypt's Mubarak - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News: "Israel called on the United States and a number of European countries over the weekend to curb their... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

• USDA Vilsack Turns Unregulated GMO Alfalfa Loose o ...
  USDA's Monsanto poster boy Vilsack approved deregulated genetically modified (GM) Alfalfa today, January 27, 2011. This is a case precedent for the GM Sugar Beets case coming up next, as well as for all other biotech crops.
• Truth Squad Radio: Hydrolic Fracture Mining and th ...
  People are getting sick, and are having to walk away from their homes because property values have plummeted due to environmental poisoning from these operations.
• Food Freedom Betrayal!
  Organic Consumers Association Funded by Big Pharma! Our food supply is in jeopardy. Not only from outside forces such as poisons from China, but from within. The very people that we look to for guidance seem to be working together to lead us straight into global food governance in the form of Codex ...
• 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.

True/Slant Headline Grabs

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Citizens for Legitimate Government

• Fighter jets swoop over Cairo protests in show of ...
  ShareThisFighter jets swoop over Cairo protests in show of force 30 Jan 2011 Fighter jets swooped low over Cairo Sunday in what appeared to be an attempt by the military to show its control of a city beset by looting, armed robbery and anti-government protests. Minutes before the start of a 4 p.m. c ...
• Two El-AL planes carrying 400 Israelis return from ...
  ShareThisTwo El-AL planes carrying 400 Israelis return from Cairo 31 Jan 2011 Two El-Al planes containing 400 Israelis arrived at Ben-Gurion Airport from Cairo on Monday morning. The Israelis waited in the Cairo airport for over 16 hours, before their flight was able to depart safely. Egypt’s most p ...
• Guantanamo inmates stage sit-ins, demos
  ShareThisGuantanamo inmates stage sit-ins, demos 28 Jan 2011 Guantanamo detainees prisoners have been holding daily peaceful protests against the jail's continued existence, despite pledges from US President Barack Obama to shut it down, a lawyer said Friday. Lawyer Ramzi Kassem said he had learned ...
• Charter flights to carry thousands of US citizens ...
  ShareThisCharter flights to carry thousands of US citizens out of Egypt 30 Jan 2011 Charter flights that begin Monday will ferry the first of thousands of US citizens away from the escalating crisis in Egypt, the State Department said. "We will keep running the charter flights until we get [all] peo ...
• Minot killer of four at large: police
  ShareThisMinot killer of four at large: police --'There are many things we still don't know.' 30 Jan 2011 A man whose killing spree left a mother, her two teenage children, and her boyfriend shot to death in Minot, North Dakota, Friday afternoon, remained at large on Sunday, authorities said. "This ...

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• New-look Investigate magazine HIS and HERS goes on ...
  As of Sunday...with more exclusive revelations about the Pike River disaster and police bungles in the rescue operation...and HERS features new poll results showing support for National is wide but shallow, and that a large number of voters want Winston...
• Investigate Political Poll 2011 - No1
  Investigate magazine's first big omnibus and political poll in more than five years is underway. If you want to fill in the survey form (takes less than two minutes on average) online, you'll find it here.
• BREAKING NEWS: Arizona shooter of Gabrielle Giffor ...
  The young gunman who shot and killed six people, and left Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition, appears to have borne a grudge against Giffords after meeting her in 2007 at the age of 19. According to reports, former...
• New study says CO2 rise a result of warmer tempera ...
  A new peer reviewed study supports another contention I raised in Air Con: that CO2 increase follows temperature increase, and that there appears to be no correlation between fossil fuel emissions and temperature. The paper is available in full in...
• RIP Chris Carter, Investigate columnist
  It's an odd thing, finding out on the radio news that your magazine's longest serving opinion columnist has passed away. What turns out to be his last column only hit the newsstands yesterday in the latest Investigate magazine: Chris Carter...

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Vaccine Resistance Movement

• VRM: Dr. Wakefield’s Imminent Vindication &# ...
  Dr. Andrew Wakefield’s 1998 Study demonstrated “anti-myelin antibodies and digestive tract pathologies in children with autism after being given the Urabi strain triple live virus MMR vaccine. All 12 children in the Study had intestinal abnormalities (known as Inflammatory Bowel Disease), with chron ...
• VRM: A Concise Compendium The Problem With Vaccine ...
  The advent of cloned DNA vaccines & Synthetic Genomics, backed by proponents of the Trans-humanist & Bioethics movements (this is a post-Darwinian view, in which the species has the power to direct its own evolution), has opened a Pandora’s Box spelling the inevitable death of natural immunity. Chi ...
• VRM: Medical Industry Data Proves Influenza Vaccin ...
  The Influenza virus itself is constantly mutating from year to year. While mainstream doctors are traditionally divided, several prominent Studies have come forward in recent years challenging the Status Quo on the efficacy of the sacrosanct Flu shot & awakened an increasingly distrustful ...
• VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 3 – Synt ...
  For centuries humankind has depended on an inherent natural immunity to survive; adapting to environmental changes while overcoming mutable diseases, viruses, bacterial or biological threats & inter-species cross contamination. With the 21st Century advancement of high-tech laboratory scie ...
• VRM: GlaxosmithKline Implicated In Systemic Clinic ...
  ‘A psychiatrist on the payroll of GlaxoSmithKline has been sentenced to 13 months in prison after pleading guilty to committing research fraud in clinical trials for antidepressant Paxil. Palazzo enrolled children who did not actually suffer from major depressive or obsessive compulsive disorder ...

B.C. Preppers Network

• You Know You're Getting Old When...
  A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.� A cute little luxury featur ...
• Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
  Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for.�If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditioner for ...
• Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
  After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new low- ...
• Strawberry Picking
  Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller. T ...
• Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
  I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal for o ...

Michael Yon

• Egypt Eruption
  I asked General (ret.) Barry McCaffrey for his thoughts on the evolving situation in Egypt: Egypt is a few steps short of a disaster.� The corrupt, incompetent regime will not survive. Most likely outcome--- the Generals take charge, announce a reform government, start� the process of responding ...
• Night Into Day
  Sangin, Helmand Province Afghanistan 29 July 2009 Orders are given before every operation.� The orders filter down through various unit levels involved, until each platoon finally recieves its specific mission.� The concept for this mission came down from the 2 Rifles Battlegroup (battalion) to ...
• Tactics in Counterinsurgency
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• Resurrection
  03 August 2009 Sangin, Afghanistan The bugs are not bad in this part of Afghanistan.� The scorched terrain is biologically boring.� Mice and ferret-like creatures dash around in the evenings when sparrows and doves and a few other sorts of birds flutter through the cool air.� But even at sunrise, ...
• COMISAF Assessment
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The Killing Train

• More such philanthrocapitalism we shall be utterly ...
  Philanthrocapitalism, a book by Bishop and Edwards, argues that philanthropy will help the public accept a new age of plutocracy (the rule by wealth). The rich are giving their money away so effectively, they say, that the public won't mind increasing inequality. read more
• I am not a gadget
  Jaron Lanier, author of "You are not a gadget", is very well-informed about what he is writing about, which is some of the social consequences of the internet, and some of the implicit ideologies that are built into the internet as we are living with it today. Lanier was one of the early minds behin ...
• Raj Patel's "Value of Nothing"
  For various reasons I found myself with several hours on public transit and with Raj Patel's fine book "The Value of Nothing" in hand. I really liked a few things about it. First, it's a very readable summary of a lot of economic theories (and ideologies) that guide policies today. For a more mathem ...
• A short video on Toronto Star's recent G20 coverag ...
  Three minutes on technology and protests, focusing on the Toronto Star's recent G20 coverage, especially Rosie DiManno's articles.
• Thoughts on Nicholas Carr's "The Shallows"
  After a couple of recommendations from a couple of different directions, I read Nicholas Carr's "The Shallows: What the internet is doing to our brains". It combines neuroplasticity research (which I read about in Norman Doidge's "The Brain that Changes Itself") with ideas about a literary, print-ba ...

treehugger

• Would You Drink Milk from a Papier-Mache Bottle?
  Photo: facebook/greenbottle Since the average plastic bottle takes 500 years to decompose, more solutions to this rapidly growing landfill crisis are needed, quickly. An English inventor has come up with a sturdy papier-mache bottle that can be recycled or composted. Local Suffolk dairies a ...
• Sustainable Stuff: Gift Fair Showcases Green and H ...
  Mango wood: the new bamboo? Fast-growing sustainable hardwood used for bowls to tables. Mentos wrapper bowls, mango wood tables, upcycled hydrogardens, Haitian textiles, and 2,800 other exhibitors' products are on display at the International Gift Fair this weekend at New York City's Javits Cen ...
• Lower the Thermostat to Lower 60s, Lose Weight!
  Photo: Flickr/C Jill Reed Super-sized meals and sedentary living don't seem to be the only contributing fat-factors present in American and UK lifestyles. New research published in the journal Obesity Reviews points to a link in increasing average indoor temperatures over the last several decad ...
• Power Drill Or Hand Drill, Which Is Better?
  Image credit:Amazon, for about US$120. My Milwaukee 12V, 3/8" electric drill (pictured) is extremely handy for infrequent home repairs and bench-top projects. This and similar rechargeable drills have light weight Li-Ion batteries that hold a charge for weeks. My Milwaukee has the entire juic ...
• Feed Your PC Granola (the Software) to Cut Energy ...
  Photo Credit: Average Jane, Flickr. Granola can be a good source of fiber, and granola can be used as another word for Treehugger. Then there's grano.la. Notice the dot. It's a software program developed by a Virginia Tech prof with a TV star name and a graduate student with a fantastic mustache. ...

Democratic Voice of Burma

• Journalists barred from parliament
  Authorities keeping a close eye on reporters in Naypyidaw as road leading up to the parliament building is barricaded with barbed wire
• Burma refugee sets himself alight
  Man had been in detention in northern Australia for eight months awaiting a decision on his application for asylum in the country
• Burma’s health woes traversing borders
  Preventable diseases spilling over into neighbouring countries as medical experts warn of impending headache for regional health system
• Burma to create SEZ, spur growth
  China's success story in Shenzhen seen by many as a possible benchmark for new business growth in Burma's southern Tavoy area
• Media laws obscuring parliament
  Foreign and domestic reporters unclear about access to first session as laws ban all electronic devices from entering parliament building

Telegraph - Climate Change

• Caroline Spelman loses her way in the woods
  Forestry Commission sell-off might actually double the Government's bill, says Geoffrey Lean
• Climate change: the top conspiracy theories
  Conspiracy theorists agree the data purported to show our planet is warming has been fabricated - but can't agree on whether to blame the East, the West, the Left or the Right.
• Himalayan glaciers spell trouble for climate scien ...
  The abject admission by the official Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) a year ago that it made a mistake, in its latest report, in predicting their disappearance by 2035 marked the lowest point in their reputation - and they have still far from recovered.
• Himalayan glaciers not melting because of climate ...
  Himalayan glaciers are actually advancing rather than retreating, claims the first major study since a controversial UN report said they would be melted within quarter of a century.
• Pole to pole: Daniel J Cox photographs Arctic pola ...
  Daniel J Cox photographs Arctic polar bears and penguins in Antarctica.

National Geographic | Environment

• UFO-Like Clouds Linked to Military Maneuvers?
  Three "hole-punch clouds" recently appeared close together, sparking suspicions of a military connection—and they may not be all wrong.
• Gulf Spill Dispersants Surprisingly Long-lasting
  Massive amounts of chemical dispersants pumped into the Gulf of Mexico to break up the BP oil spill lingered in the deep ocean for months, new research shows.
• Humans Left Africa Earlier, During Ice Age Heat Wa ...
  An Ice Age heat wave gave early humans a route out of Africa much earlier than thought, an ancient tool kit and climate evidence suggest.
• Pictures: 40-Mile "Drape" to Cover U.S. River?
  NoneSee artist Christo's vision for a giant art installation over a Colorado river that has drawn opposition from a river-protection group.
• "Gooey" New Mud Volcano Erupts From Arabian Sea
  The "gooey" dot of land off the coast of Pakistan appeared in November but will likely wash away within a few months, experts say.

Jurist - Legal Research

• Kenya PM calls recent presidential appointments un ...
  [JURIST] Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga [Guardian profile; JURIST news archive] said on Saturday that his country's president violated its new constitution [text, PDF] when he made a series of judicial, financial and legal appointments without consulting him. President Mwai Kibaki [official prof ...
• AU official accuses ICC chief prosecutor of 'doubl ...
  [JURIST] African Union Commission (AUC) [official website] Chairperson Jean Ping [official profile] said on Saturday that International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo [official profile] is guilty of double standards by targeting citizens of African states ...
• UN SG rejects calls for Ivory Coast recount
  [JURIST] UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon [official website, JURIST news archive] on Saturday told [press release] members of the African Union (AU) [official website] that a recount of November's Ivory Coast presidential runoff election results would be a "grave injustice and unfortunate precedent. ...
• Belarus releases 7 detainees, including presidenti ...
  [JURIST] Belarusian officials on Saturday released seven people, including one presidential candidate, who were taken in to custody [JURIST report] last month following protests surrounding the country's presidential election [press release, in Russian]. The release comes amid speculation that the E ...
• Arizona legislature introduces bills challenging b ...
  [JURIST] The Arizona House of Representatives [official website] and Senate [official website] on Thursday introduced bills challenging the right to US citizenship for the children of legal and illegal immigrants born in the state. The proposed legislation, House Bill 2562 [text, PDF] and Senate Bil ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

• Reagan and Obama: Pragmatism Ascendant
  By John Tierney The cover article in the most recent issue of Time magazine asserts that President Obama sees Ronald Reagan as a role model.  In their article, Michael Scherer and Michael Duffy examine how and why Obama finds Reagan's presidency instructive.  Over on The Atlantic Wire, Alex Eichl ...
• Why Everyone Will Overreact to Monday's Ruling on ...
  U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, a Reagan appointee who sits with senior status in the Northern District of Florida, is expected to rule Monday on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. There are now 26 states which have joined the lawsuit in Judge Vinson's court-- ...
• VIDEO: Clinton Discusses Egypt on the Sunday Shows
  Secretary of State HIllary Clinton appeared on NBC's "Meet the Press" and CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday as unrest continued to rage in Egypt.  Among the things she said: Clinton offered some broad suggestions for Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Called for a "peaceful transition to real democrac ...
• Hillary Clinton's Advice for Hosni Mubarak
  While the Obama administration has remained publicly agnostic on whether Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak should remain in power, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered a couple broad suggestions for Mubarak on Sunday: open a public dialogue with well-known reform advocates, and allow for free a ...
• Obama Meets With National Security Team on Egypt
  After speaking publicly about Egypt's unrest Friday night, President Obama met with his national security team Saturday afternoon to discuss the events unfolding there. The White House sent this summary of the meeting to reporters Saturday afternoon: At 1:00 pm today, the President convened a meetin ...

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

• [COAT] Canada at War in Iraq! New 54-page COAT re ...
• [COAT] Success! AntiCANSEC arms-bazaar campaign - ...
• [COAT] Raging Grans video: CANSEC-NO CANSEX-YES!&q ...
• [COAT] Arms Bazaar in Ottawa Citizen, letters-to-e ...
• [COAT] Oppose the CANSEC War Machine! - coat

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

• US and Vietnam sign nuclear energy agreement | Ass ...
• SKorea on alert after ship hit by mysterious blast ...
• Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms tre ...
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the nation's energy ...
• More tritium found at Vt. Yankee, NRC plans closed ...

Tikun Olam

• Real ‘Birth Pangs of a New Middle East’
  “Birth pangs” of Condi Rice’s “new Middle East” (Beirut airport: 2006) The real birth pangs of a new Middle East (Tahrir Square today): And Israel trembles. Here, one of Bibi’s typically anonymous cabinet ministers not only speaks condescendingly to Arabs fighting for their freedom, but virtually qu ...
• Amnesty International Condemns Makhoul Sentence
  An Amnesty press release: Amnesty International Calls Jailing of Human Rights Defender in Israel âVery Disturbingâ (London) — Amnesty International urged the Israeli authorities to end their harassment of Palestinian human rights activists after a veteran Palestinian campaigner was jailed for nine y ...
• Makhoul Sentenced to 9 Years, Israeli Democracy Di ...
  Ameer Makhoul, Israeli-Palestinian community leader, was sentenced by an Israeli court to nine years in prison for allegedly spying for Hezbollah against Israel.  The court also added an additional year to his sentence on conditional terms.  This was essentially the sentence the prosecution had re ...
• Israeli Deputy Prime Minister: Arab Democracy Thre ...
  Deputy Israeli prime minister Silvan Shalom made a telling comment in an Israel Radio interview that was captured in Al Ahram (Google cached version) during the Tunisian revolution: âI fear that we now stand before a new and very critical phase in the Arab world. If the current Tunisian regime colla ...
• Links for 2010-04-03 [Digg]
  Anat Kam-Uri Blau Top Secret Israeli Leak Case The foreign media continue to open up the gagged Anat Kam-Uri Blau case with new stories in The Guardian, The Times, and The National.

Ode Magazine

• California dreaming becomes a reality
  How Alvarado Street Bakery went from hippie collective to commercially successful co-op. Alvarado Street Bakery makes quality products with co-operative values.Photo: MJ Wickham Alvarado Street Bakery traces its roots to the Red Clover Worker’s Brigade, a 1970s Northern Califo ...
• A planet is a terrible thing to waste
  Why caring about the ecosystem means caring for the ecosystem. A recent conversation with a friend got me thinking. This friend had just returned from a conference on species survival and habitat preservation. While there, he learned, to his great surprise, that among a small subset of s ...
• Cosmic salad
  Bring the abundance of nature to your plate. Photo: Pieter de Swart The science of economics revolves around the concept of scarcity. How do you handle something you have too little of, like money? How do you distribute something that isn’t plentiful enough, like food? And how ...
• Fixing the free market
  How co-opsâbusinesses in which the employees are also the owners of the companyâmerge economic growth with social goals. By pooling the production of fair trade farmers such as this cocoa farmer in Peru, Equal Exchange negotiates higher prices for its members.Photo: Equal Exchange ...
• The garment industry unchained
  A winning T-shirt design for No Chains, a new line of sweatshop-free clothing.Illustration: Muhammad Yusuf To Argentinian elementary school teacher and workers’ rights activist Gustavo Vera, the clothes on your back are worth fighting for. He’s been doing just that for nine y ...

OpEd News

• Political Prisoner Ameer Makhoul Update
  Another persecuted political prisoner
• Egypt and the False Dilemma
  Thus a false dilemma is created for the public: support the right of people to determine their own fate or protect your safety and the current standard of living, as it were.
• Revolutionary Change in Egypt: Internal or Made in ...
  World despots are ousted when no longer serve imperial interests.
• Cry Freedom!
  ElBaradi criticized Obama's support of Mubarak and urged him to let go of the dictator, stating, "I mean, to ask a dictator to implement democratic measure after 30 years in power is an oxymoron. ElBaradi criticized Obama's support of Mubarak and urged him to let go of the dictator, stating, "I mean ...
• We're Better off Than Egypt -- Right? Let's Take a ...
  With income inequality actually GREATER in the the U.S.than in Egypt, why are Americans so passive?

Switchboard

• Groundwater Management - Another Elephant in the L ...
  It seems that everywhere you look today, you find another elephant in California’s water policy living room.  The impacts of climate change?  That’s an elephant.  So are the Delta’s collapsing ecosystem and the earthquake faults that run beneath it.  Ditto the fact that we have hit “pe ...
• What I'm reading - Subsidies, Solar, Manufacturing ...
  In an effort to get more posts up (and appease my long-suffering supervisor), I'm going to try to start blogging more short pieces on recent clean-energy related reads that I think are relevant and of interest in the current political climate. Let's see how long this initiative lasts.. ...
• 2 op-eds, 2 views of future of biomass, only 1 is ...
  Two Boston Globe op-eds Wednesday offer divergent appraisals of EPA’s decision last week to defer regulating carbon dioxide emissions from the biomass industry for three years. The first by Mary Booth and Richard Wiles discusses just how damaging this decision is for the environment an ...
• Tears for Bears: Polar bear swims for 9 days searc ...
  I cried when I read this BBC article yesterday.  Researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey have outfitted polar bears in the Arctic with GPS tracking collars, discovering that they are swimming exceedingly far distances in search of disappearing sea ice.  One mother bear “swam contin ...
• Climate, Energy and Environment News from Latin Am ...
  Chile: United States President Barack Obama announced an upcoming visit to Chile during his State of the Union address this week. (The Santiago Times, 1/27/11) In March, Obama will meet with President Piñera to discuss clean energy which Obama has defined as natural gas, “clean coal”, ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Assange, Shorter Assange and Kroft
  Steve Kroft asked Julian Assange a lot of great questions tonight. Assange had some impressive, polished answers. The interview was so long that you have to watch it in two different clips. Here’s the first: I think the most noteworthy quotations come in the second clip, however. Three reactions fo ...
• Don’t Know Much About Geography.
  From the “I shit you not” file, courtesy of Fox News: Related posts:The Geography of LGM Bleg Ahem Related posts:The Geography of LGM Bleg Ahem
• The British Invasion
  Batman, Spiderman, McNulty and now Superman are all British guys.  What happened to America having American heroes for America? Related posts:A British Nate Silver(s)? The US and the British Nuclear Deterrent Independence Day, Redux (from a British perspective) Related posts:A British Nate Silv ...
• Sudan.
  From Voice of America: Sudanese police clashed with students Sunday as anti-government protests broke out in the capital, Khartoum. Hundreds of students took part in the protests, shouting slogans that criticized high prices, the government, and President Omar al-Bashir. At least three demonstration ...
• At Least There’s An Upside To It
  It’s unfortunate that Bittman is ending his Minimalist column, but this link to the full archive will be handy. Related posts:My Brain is Hanging Upside Down Upside? RU-486’s Unintended Upside Related posts:My Brain is Hanging Upside Down Upside? RU-486’s Unintended Upside

Desert Research Institute

• 2010 DRI Annual Report
  The 2010 annual report is now available for download. This issue includes an interview with Executive Vice President for Research Dr. Terry Surles, our involvement with a large NSF grant to study climate change, an overview of the work in our divisions and centers, select researcher profiles, and a ...
• Tracking the Air Quality at Lake Tahoe
  In order to better understand the pollutant sources that are affecting Lake’s Tahoe’s water quality, Research Professor Hampden Kuhns, began studying Lake Tahoe in 2003 when he assembled the areas first emissions inventory. The inventory included local measurements using his TRAKER road dust ...
• Building Concepts for Clarity
  Todd Mihevc has a knack for finding the right tools for the job, but he’s no handyman for hire. For 25 years, Mihevc, an Assistant Research Hydrogeologist at DRI, has been instrumental in developing equipment that surveys, studies, and samples water systems in Nevada. His latest research concerns th ...
• Top Cited Article in the Journal of Human Evolutio ...
  Dr. Glenn Berger is lead author in top-cited article in Journal of Human Evolution. The article "Luminescence chronology of cave sediments at the Atapuerca paleoanthropological site, Spain" was the top-cited article published in the Journal of Human Evolution for the period of 2008 to 2010.
• DRI Researcher Published in Nature Geoscience
  The atmosphere over the Dead Sea, researchers have found, is laden with oxidized mercury. Some of the highest levels of oxidized mercury ever observed outside the polar regions exist there.

Earth Techling

• Ben & Jerry’s Becomes Biofuel Source
• GM Speeds Volt Rollout, Says No To Loan
• EV Start Up Edges Towards Financing
• USDA Backs New Biomass Refineries
• Solar Panels Inch Closer To Top Of World

National Law Journal | U.S.

• Obama's diverse bench
  Obama's successful nominees for district and circuit courts make up the most diverse group ever along racial, ethnic and gender lines, according to an analysis of Federal Judicial Center data.
• The death knell for capital punishment?
  Death penalty opponents are allowing themselves to contemplate that a major Midwestern state, not known as light on crime, is about to take a dramatic stand against the death penalty.
• LABOR & EMPLOYMENT: Courts split over calculating ...
  At issue is whether to divide by total hours or first 40; a petition is pending before the high court.
• Who needs the LSAT anyway?
  The American Bar Association is contemplating making the Law School Admissions Test voluntary rather than mandatory for accreditation.
• Little Love in Twitter tiff
  Lawyers for Courtney Love are close to settling a defamation suit filed by a fashion designer who became the subject of rants on the singer's Twitter account — denying litigators long-sought guidance regarding damaging comments on social media.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Changes Made to DEP’s Website
  FYI -  DEP has made a change to their website, making it a little harder to find violations of Oil & Gas drillers. From the DEP main page, you now have to click on “Latest News” tab - Violations are listed there now, along with the production data. Not hidden, just moved. You can also go there [. ...
• Become a Waterdog!
  Become a Pine Creek Waterdog!! It’s simple and could make a huge difference in protecting our environment and assisting the DEP in enforcing compliance with our regulations.  The Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group is holding a training and registration for Waterdogs on February 8, 2011 from 7 to ...
• Waterdog Training January 10th 2011
  Waterdogs Training Monday, January 10th, 2011 7:00-9:00pm Jersey Shore Middle School Library Registration Fee $10 Additional $20 if you would like a TDS Meter Registration is due by January 3rd, 2011 Please make checks payable to: LCCD Lycoming County Conservation District 542 County Farm Road, Suit ...
• Pittsburgh Sets Model to Reject Corporate-Imposed ...
  November 30, 2010 By S.B. Thompson Chambersburg, PA – Edited for length * The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) is actively involved in many issues to help prevent corporations from raping America’s land and resources, including speaking out against uranium mining and mountaintop re ...
• Investigating the US Gas Boom
  I know many of you are becoming very aware of the natural gas boom happening in the Mid Atlantic area. This video covers some old ground but it also discusses some very current issues and is a great intro for anyone who is trying to learn about the problems with the fracking process. http://www.thee ...

News Blaze

• Was Early Menopause Hormone More Pharma Spin?
  At the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Orlando, researchers announced that women who take hormone therapy (HT) are 60 percent more likely to die from lung cancer if they develop it.
• Christiane Amanpour of ABC's This Week Interviews ...
  Perhaps no one is watching this situation more closely than Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and she joins us this morning from the State Department.
• UN Partners With Global Transport Union to De-Min ...
  The challenge of ridding Afghanistan of the landmine problem will require an estimated $900 million, according to Dmitry Titov, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions in the Department of Peacekeeping Operations.
• New Set of Presenters to Honor Actors At The 17th ...
  Taye Diggs, Tina Fey, Dennis Haysbert, Susan Sarandon, Donald Sutherland to Present at the 17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.
• Ban Reiterates Concern Over Ivorian Crisis At Meet ...
  Mr. Ban also welcomed the decision by the African Union Peace and Security Council to reaffirm previous decisions of ECOWAS and the African Union and reiterate its support for the work of the UN.

environment 360

• That Shot of Tequila May Come With a Biofuel Chase ...
  Researchers have discovered that the Agave plant, used in making tequila, may be an excellent source of biofuels, with two agave species producing yields of biofuels that far surpassed the yields from biofuel feedstocks such as corn, wheat, soybean, and sorghum. Reporting in the journal Global Chang ...
• Change in Arctic Oscillation Chills North America ...
  This NASA satellite map shows how a major change in Arctic air currents has led to topsy-turvy weather across North America, with temperatures far below normal in the U.S. and western Canada and extreme warmth affecting many Arctic regions. The red and blue colors represent to what degree recent tem ...
• Interview: Gulf Panel Chief on the Complacency Beh ...
  William K. Reilly, the former head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is co-chair of the panel President Obama appointed to study the causes of last year’s Gulf of Mexico disaster. In an interview with Yale Environment 360, Reilly describes the missteps William K. Reilly that led to the s ...
• Innovative Car Charging Plan Begins on Experimenta ...
  The U.S.-owned Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the non-profit Electric Power Research Institute have launched a prototype car-charging station that allows electric vehicles to charge their batteries using solar power while also enabling that solar energy to be fed into the grid when not needed ...
• Climate Benefits of Natural Gas May Be Overstated, ...
  A new U.S. study casts doubt on the contention that natural gas delivers significantly cleaner energy than other fossil fuels. While natural gas advocates have said that it generates 50 percent less greenhouse gases than coal, that calculation does not include the methane and other pollutants emitte ...

Red Ice Creations

• Birds use quantum theory to literally 'see' Earth' ...
  Birds may be able to ‘see’ the Earth’s electromagnetic field as they fly through the sky, scientists have suggested. Many creatures, including all birds, navigate by sensing the direction of the magnetic forces around our planet to guide them. But now researchers have found that different reactions ...
• Live Coverage of the Egypt Riots - Al Jazeera Engl ...
  The 2011 Egyptian protests or the Youth Revolution, are a series of street demonstrations, protests, and civil disobedience acts that have taken place in Egypt since 25 January 2011, with organisers counting on the Tunisian uprising to inspire the crowds to mobilize. The demonstrations and riots wer ...
• Lightning and fire: Japan on alert after volcano’s ...
  A one-mile cordon has been established around a volcano on Mount Kirishima after it erupted scattering rocks and ash across southern Japan and sending smoke billowing 5,000ft into the air.A small evacuation center was set up overnight in the town of Takaharu’People told us their windows were rattlin ...
• Egypt unplugs Internet as protests loom; "unpreced ...
  About a half-hour past midnight Friday morning in Egypt, the Internet went dead. Almost simultaneously, the handful of companies that pipe the Internet into and out of Egypt went dark as protesters were gearing up for a fresh round of demonstrations calling for the end of President Hosni Mubarak’s n ...
• Police trained that FEMA camps are perfectly norma ...
  Picture it: You are sound asleep next to your spouse. Your children are safely tucked away in their bedrooms. Despite the chaos in the world which surrounds you -- the riots, the food shortages, the deadly pandemic, the nationwide power outage, and the apparent societal collapse -- you are safe and ...

Russia Today

• “Fate of freedom of speech in Europe is being dete ...
  Lars Hedegaard, President of the Danish Free Press Society, is currently standing trial in Denmark on charges connected with criticizing Islam. He faces two years in jail. He spoke with RT about his view on immigration,...
• Russia’s Far East rescue operation ends - all vess ...
  A month-long rescue operation in Russia's Far East has officially ended as two ice-breakers, the "Krasin" and "Admiral Makarov", successfully towed to safety the last of five ships - the "Sodruzhestvo" - which had been...
• Freedom and security – Americans looking down the ...
  Unlike many other countries, in the United States, guns can be found everywhere, from retail stores, to rallies, to the hands of politicians running for office.
• Egyptian opposition unites against Mubarak
  The Egyptian opposition has come together as a united force after six days of bloody anti-government riots. The nationwide demonstrations to remove President Hosni Mubarak from power have resulted in more than 100...
• Native American man finds love and tranquility in ...
  It could have been a simple love story, but when Native American Justin Irwin moved to a small village in central Russia to be with his Russian wife, his defiance of distance and tradition drew the attention of...

Dad2059′s Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica

• The Paracast: Clifford Clift of MUFON
  This week’s Paracast with Gene Steinberg and Chris O’Brien is a conversation with MUFON International’s Clifford Clift. Subjects range from the nuts and bolts aspects of UFOs to the possible paranormal links with ghosts, angels, demons and Sasquatch. This was a down to earth and civil interview, eve ...
• Bizarre Beachcoming: Review of the Codex Seraphini ...
  Dr. Beachcoming, that eccentric collector of all things of an exotic historical nature, reviews The Codex Seraphinianus,  a book written by Luigi Serafini that is purportedly about an alien world complete with language, customs, architecture, flora and fauna. Luigi Serafini, Codex Seraphinianus (num ...
• Quantum DNA
  It’s been written that photosynthesis might be a quantum process. Now a paper appears that claims DNA itself is a quantum process: A Nobel Prize winning biologist has ignited controversy after publishing details of an experiment in which a fragment of DNA appeared to ‘teleport’ or imprint itself be ...
• The Paracast: Jerome Clark
  This week’s Paracast with Gene Steinberg and co-host Chris O’Brien features Jerome Clark, author of âThe UFO Encyclopediaâ and âHidden Realms, Lost Civilizations, and Beings from Other Worlds.” After listening to this interview, I was kind of surprised by a researcher in present day ufology who sti ...
• Tau Zero and Breakthrough Spaceship Propulsion
  In the mainstream, propulsion science does not recognize UFO propulsion technology per se, (Bob Bigelow not withstanding), but there are several theories being bandied about and while interstellar travel just might occur before we become a Kardashev Level One Civilization in around two hundred years ...

Tippers News

• Why Did Aggie Boys Buy Sex at the Chicken Ranch?
  The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the Texas A&M football team celebrates a win with a visit to their local brothel, the Chicken Ranch. The Aggie Boys are fSubmitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Two survivors of human trafficking share their sto ...
  She fiddles with her cell phone. In mid conversation, she holds it out, showing off who�s on the screen. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Trip to India inspires Everson woman to help victi ...
  EVERSON - Touched by her own memories of being adopted as an orphan, Sue Ann Heutink took her first overseas venture to help victims of human trafficking. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Free Human Trafficking Victim Sara Kruzan From Lif ...
  Sixteen-year-old human trafficking victim Sara Kruzan was sentenced to life in prison without parole when, in a desperate act to escape captivity, she shot her pimp. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Evidence Refutes Bp's and Fed's Deception
  In August, Truthout conducted soil and water sampling in Pass Christian Harbor, Mississippi; on Grand Isle, Louisiana; and around barrier islands off the coast of Louisiana, in order to test for the presence of oil from BP's Macondo Well. [extremely high]Submitted by Ellyn S. to Environment �|� �No ...

The Freeman

• China: Wealth But Not Freedom
  When Chinese President Hu Jintao visited Washington recently he received a gracious welcome and the state dinner that he didn’t get on his first visit in 2006.  He also had some tough discussions on trade, foreign exchange, national security, and human rights. China can be proud of the rapid econom ...
• Whose Freedom?
  From the Archives: This document is an old advertisement for subscriptions to FEE’s magazine, The Freeman. The Freeman has been a staple in FEE’s history since the foundation took control over it in 1956, merging it with its own Ideas on Liberty. The basic selling point of this advertisement is that ...
• Obama Faces Obstacles in Revamping Government
  “If you want to know what President Obama is up against with his pledge to reorganize the federal government, consider what happened to the last such endeavor.” (Washington Post) Donât reorganize it. Shrink it. FEE Timely Classic “Unrestrained Appetites, Unlimited Government” by Jeffrey R. Snyder
• Arizona Anti-Immigrant Bill Aimed at Young Citizen ...
  “Arizona lawmakers are again diving into the national debate over illegal immigration by proposing a bill that challenges automatic U.S. citizenship for children of illegal immigrants.” (Washington Times) They still donât get it. FEE Timely Classic “Absorbing Immigrants” by Donald J. Boudreaux
• Obama’s Corporatist Big Plans
  We should reject the false choice between corporate statism and stagnation, and say no thank you to the “big things” Obama and his business cronies have in store for us.

Teaching Online Journalism

• Can journalism education rise to the challenge?
  Most journalism programs face the same challenges: How to find, employ and retain faculty who are comfortable teaching new skills and techniques. How to provide equipment and software to students (especially with shrinking budgets). How to keep up with a rapidly changing field. Perhaps most im ...
• HTML and CSS Resources for Teaching
  Every year around this time, I update the resources I use in teaching my advanced online design class. I know there are a million lists like these online. I try to keep mine short, simple and current. Also, I’m not teaching programmers or graphic design majors. My students are journalists. CSS B ...
• Visual narratives: Empirical data
  From a research study by two scholars at Stanford: In this paper, we investigate the design of narrative visualizations and identify techniques for telling stories with data graphics. We take an empirical approach, analyzing visualizations from online journalism, blogs, instructional videos, and vi ...
• Teaching HTML and CSS to journalism students
  I’ve been looking at the open-source course materials for Web Design 1, from the WaSP InterACT curriculum project. I think these materials can easily be adapted for use in a journalism curriculum. The idea is to acquaint our students with the building blocks of the Web they use every day. For stude ...
• A stupid way to handle online video
  Great post from Jerry Lazar, posted Sunday: … a lot of newspapers — perhaps cowed by their own clueless attorneys — similarly do not allow their videos to appear anywhere but on their own Websites, essentially guaranteeing that nobody outside their own geographic area will stumble upon it. This ...

Facing South

• 'Billionaires club' of wealthy conservatives gathe ...
  For years the Koch brothers from Kansas (reportedly worth $21.5 billion each) have been hosting a secret gathering of conservative businessmen, operatives and politicians to with little fanfare. But this year's pow-wow at the Ranchos Las Palmas Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, California is draw ...
• What if executives feared prison time for health a ...
  By Jenny Brown, Labor Notes In the U.S., owners and managers of companies like BP, responsible for 11 deaths and 17 injuries in last year's Gulf oil rig explosion, never face jail time for the workers they kill. That's not the case everywhere: Steelworkers in Canada are pressing a prosecution of ...
• Voter ID laws carry hefty price tag for cash-strap ...
  In 2010, Republicans campaigned on the issues of jobs, taxes and the economy -- and with� states still reeling from scarce jobs and tight budgets, GOP leaders have pledged to keep that focus. In North Carolina, incoming House Speaker Rep. Thom Tillis (R) opened the 2011 session this week by puttin ...
• Scientists found chemical dispersants lingering in ...
  By Marian Wang, ProPublica Chemical compounds from the oil dispersants applied to the Gulf of Mexico didn't break down as expected, according to a study released this week. Scientists found the compounds lingering for months in the deep waters of the Gulf, long after BP's oil had stopped spewing ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Starving the unions
  Rate of union membership in the U.S. in 2010: 11.9 percent Number of years since the union membership rate was that low: 70 Number of U.S. workers who belonged to unions in 2010: 14.7 million Decline in union membership over the previous year, attributable in part to the recession eroding employm ...

Worldpress - Africa

• Interview with Kumi Naidoo
  The Greenpeace executive director talks about connections between the environment, poverty, peace, and how the interconnectedness of these issues can drive civil society.
• Re: Blood Diamonds: Still Bloody
  We are seeing a steadily growing tide of discontent with the Kimberley Process.
• Re: Conflict Minerals: the New Blood Diamonds
  I believe that the senators don't know the real issues on the ground and their well-intended legislation will be useless without knowledge of the actual situation.
• World Cup Crime in South Africa
  While South Africa boasts understandable pride and excitement to be hosting the World Cup, its citizens are fearful. An already disordered country will see crime escalate substantially when the crowds arrive.
• Re: Blood Diamonds: Still Bloody
  Zimbabwean diamonds mined with complete disregard for basic human rights are currently being sold in jewelry stores with

Canadian Encyclopedia

• Trudeau, Pierre Elliott
  Pierre Elliott Trudeau, politician, writer, constitutional lawyer, prime minister of Canada 1968-79 and 1980-84 (b at Montr�al 18 Oct 1919; d at Montr�al 28 Sept 2000). Trudeau was born into a wealthy family, the
• Vimy Ridge
  Vimy Ridge, battle fought 9-14 April 1917 during WORLD WAR I . The long, low ridge formed a key position linking the Germans' new HINDENBURG LINE to their main trench lines leading north from HILL 70 near Arras, France.
• New France
  France was a colonial power in North America from the early 16th century, the age of great European discoveries and fishing expeditions, to the early 19th century, when Napol�on Bonaparte sold Louisiana to the US. From
• Native People: Eastern Woodlands
  Major Language and Tribal GroupsEastern Woodland Indians spoke languages belonging to 2 unrelated families, Iroquoian and Algonquian. At the onset of the historic period, Iroquoians occupied much of southern Ontario, northern
• Fur Trade
  Fur trade in Canada began as an adjunct to the fishing industry. Early in the 16th century fishermen from northwest Europe were taking rich catches of COD on the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and in the Gulf of St Lawrence (

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle electric toothbrushes?
  We’ve had an email from Georgina: Where can i recycle electric toothbrushes? What about the replaced brushes? Electric toothbrushes are covered under Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations so should be recycled in designated WEEE bins at tips etc. The replacement heads almost c ...
• Recycle This in 2010 – my favourite stories
  So here we are at the end of another year – and it’s been a great one for Recycle This. We’ve had more than 1,000,000 unique visitors over the year: about 300,000 from the UK, 350,000 from the US and the rest from around the world – including 12 people from Papua New Guinea, 5 [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle Strepsils “handy ...
  Hey team. Apologies for the lack of a post on Friday – I was ill with my second cold of 2011 (which, given it was only the 7th of Jan, I thought was pretty good/bad going. I’m in the constant coughing stage now, such fun.) I spent the whole day in bed wishing I could [...]
• Five fantastic things to do with overripe fruit
  “Overripe” is a bit of a euphemism – I mean fruit that’s past its raw eating prime. Fruit that’s going off a bit, frankly. I don’t mean mouldy or otherwise rank fruit, just fruit that’s just not as fresh as it once was. Bake fruity breads, cakes and muffins I’m pretty sure everyone knows that [...]
• Fantastic reducing, reusing & recycling ideas from ...
  Last month one of the biggest discussion points was how to get into the habit of taking packed lunches; this month it’s how to freshen up a tired winter coat. I only asked the question on Tuesday but we’ve already had some great responses – and an impromptu confessional session about the size of our ...

Mondoweiss

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Media Consortium

• 1.4 million fans can’t be wrong: NPR’s Facebook pa ...
  But Carvin also emphasized the importance of audience expectations. “They still see our site as mainly dedicated to consuming news,” he said. Facebook, on the other hand, is a web venue in which people are used to chatting with their family and friends. ..NPR’s Facebook page is a complement to, not ...
• The Newsonomics of 2011 news metrics to watch » Ni ...
• Gallery: 15 iPad news apps
  Thinking about creating an iPad app for your newsroom? Want to see what other news media have come up with? Below are screengrabs of several news apps from newspapers, magazines radio, television, and online-only news websites.
• Five Months on Tumblr as Seen Through Pummelvision ...
• The Media Consortium: Weekly Diaspora: After DREAM ...

Reality Asserts Itself

• Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
  My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terroriz ...
• PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NOT TH ...
  A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli children w ...
• FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END FEAR ...
  I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become such a phenomena ( ...
• PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. Gen ...
  Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will claim many, many more l ...
• China and the end of the end of history
  Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and world politi ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

• Duke cancer trials allegedly lacked proper clearan ...
  After starting a misconduct investigation, suspending three clinical trials, and triggering an expensive Institute of Medicine probe into the use of genomics technology in clinical trials, Duke University does not yet seem to be anyways near to moving on from the legal and ethical quagmire surroundi ...
• Gates, UK government pledge to eradicate polio at ...
  The $720 million funding gap this year for eradicating polio is a bit closer to being closed. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the UK government announced funding today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, of $102 million and $63.7m (£40m) respectively. Their announcements f ...
• UN secretary general to quit climate diplomacy
  Ban Ki-Moon, the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), is reportedly leaving the arena of international climate politics. Ban has in the past passionately warned world leaders of the threat of global warming. He was involved in the UN climate talks in Bali in 2007 and in Copenhagen in 200 ...
• LHC will run to end of 2012
  Scientists at CERN are planning to run the world's most powerful particle accelerator an extra year in a bold bid to find the Higgs particle, a critical part of the mechanism believed to endow other particles with mass. The decision, which we anticipated in December, means that the Large Hadron C ...
• Letters to Congress confirm fate of NIH research r ...
  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius minced no words in notifying Congress recently of the demise of the research resources institute at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to pave the way for a new centre dedicated to translational research. In a one-paragraph letter sent o ...

new geography

• Regional Exchange Rates: The Cost of Living in US ...
  International travelers and expatriates have long known that currency exchange rates are not reliable indicators of purchasing power. For example, a traveler to France or Germany will notice that the dollar equivalent in Euros cannot buy as much as at home. Conversely, the traveler to China will ...
• Why Most Americans are Both Liberal and Conservati ...
  American politics is consumed by a bitter, at times violent, debate about the overall role of government and specific governmental programs. Pundits often frame this divide in terms of geography (red states versus blue states), ethnicity (Hispanics and blacks versus whites), class (rich versus poor ...
• Gifting China
  Listening to public radio, the host was interviewing a college professor as to why China has brought more innovation and progress in many areas of its growth, leaving other countries behind. In particular they mentioned high speed rail, low energy vehicles, and construction. The entire show was b ...
• Pimp My Stripmall, Please!
  If anything characterizes the face of Florida’s landscape, it is the proliferation of shopping malls of all types. Generation by generation, as population swelled, country roads widened into highways and each intersection seemed to blossom into four parking lots framed by strip centers decorated wi ...
• Shrinking City, Flourishing Region: St. Louis Regi ...
  Throughout the high income world, in this age of cities, many urban centers continue to shrink. This is particularly true in municipalities that have been unable either to expand their boundaries or to combine with another jurisdiction, subsequently running out of new developable land. For example, ...

GM Watch

• Dragging Monsanto to justice over GM alfalfa
• New study raises environmental concerns with GMOs
• Blind faith – Biotech scientists' report skews off ...
• GMO apologists ignore science - again
• Mexico says 'No' to Monsanto maize

spiked

• Victory to the Egyptian people!
  Everybody seems to agree that Mubarak must go, but the confused character of the revolt means nobody knows what will come after him.
• Playing politics with the Holocaust
  Holocaust Memorial Day is an opportunity for all sorts of groups and institutions to dress up as morally virtuous.
• Facebook does not make you mentally ill
  Some experts now claim that social networking is turning us into a nation of nutters. It’s therapeutic drivel.
• The real lessons of the MMR debacle
  It was a widespread mood of anxiety and hostility to reason that allowed an insubstantial figure like Andrew Wakefield to have such an impact.
• Sometimes, journalists should be outside the law
  The liberal media’s anti-Andy Coulson campaign is further empowering the state at the expense of press freedom.

Cryptogon

• Certified Lies: Detecting and Defeating Government ...
  Via: Cloud Privacy [PDF]: This paper introduces the compelled certificate creation attack, in which government agencies may compel a certificate authority to issue false SSL certificates that can be used by intelligence agencies to covertly intercept and hijack individuals’ secure Web-based communic ...
• Egypt’s Military Moves to Take Control of Pa ...
  Iranian state propaganda, PressTV.ir, reports that Mubarak has given the military authorization to use deadly force: Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has reportedly given his armed forces the authority to shoot-to-kill as anti-government protests gain momentum. Reports say the army has bee ...
• Bank Bailouts Explained
  Related: Quantitative Easing Explained
• Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
  Thank you to the following Cryptogon readers for sending contributions toward the end of January. MW $20 BF $20 BP $20 Eileen $50 Eileen $50 (Farmlet) CS $25 RR CA$25
• New York City May Fire 21,000 Teachers
  Via: Wall Street Journal: New York City could lose $1 billion in education aid from the state, forcing the nation’s largest school system to cut more than 21,000 teachers, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Friday. As Gov. Andrew Cuomo prepares to unveil his first budget proposal since taking office on Ne ...

The Economic Collapse

• The Internet Kill Switch – One Of The Favori ...
  This past week was a perfect example of how the "Internet kill switch" is rapidly becoming one of the favorite new tools of tyrannical governments all over the globe. Once upon a time, the Internet was a bastion of liberty and freedom, but now nation after nation is cracking down o ...
• The Riots In Egypt And The Price Of Oil
  As if the world economy did not have enough problems already, now the riots in Egypt threaten to send the price of oil soaring into the stratosphere.  On Friday, the price of U.S. crude soared 4 percent.  A 4 percent rise in a single day is pretty staggering.  The price of Brent cru ...
• Doom And Gloom
  Have you noticed that most Americans seem to know far more about American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Justin Bieber and their favorite sports teams than they do about world affairs?  Most Americans cannot even find Tunisia and Algeria on a map, and if you told them that food riots ...
• Warning Signs
  Do you see all of the warning signs that are flashing all around you?  These days it seems like there is more bad economic news in a single week than there used to be in an entire month.  2011 is already shaping up to be a very dark year for the world economy.  The price [...]
• Shut Down The Federal Reserve, Break Up The Big Ba ...
  How do we fix the economy?  That is a question that tens of millions of Americans are asking right now.  Republicans are harshly criticizing the empty economic proposals being put forward by Barack Obama and the Democrats, but the Republicans don't seem to have any real solutions ei ...

Desertification

• Grow ‘blue-beard’ shrub as anti-desert ...
  Read at : http://www.bestlongislandmasonry.com/planning-for-desert-gardening http://www.finegardening.com/caryopteris-x-clandonensis-longwood-blue-blue-mist-shrub.aspx Caryopteris à clandonensis ‘Longwood Blue’ Blue bluebeard This is a shrub, itâs deciduous and it will grow back every and every spri ...
• Planning For Desert Gardening (Google / bestlongis ...
  Read at : Google Alert – Desert Gardening http://www.bestlongislandmasonry.com/planning-for-desert-gardening If you live in a dry and arid climate then your desert landscaping is going to take just a little much more planning than some other parts of the country. desert … Continue reading →
• MEA Bulletin – Issue No. 108 (IISD)
  Read at : Bulletin des Négociations de la Terre IISD RS is pleased to announce that the newest issue of MEA Bulletin is now available. To access the 108th issue directly, visit: http://www.iisd.ca/mea-l/meabulletin108.pdf . To read past issues and … Continue reading →
• Charcoal production in Somalia is continuing to ri ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0123-somalia_kirkland.html Deforestation continues in Somalia despite charcoal ban Emily Kirkland, mongabay.com IRIN News, a news service operated by the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs, has reported that charcoal production i ...
• China taking firm steps to protect and nurture its ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.groundreport.com/Media_and_Tech/Kanas-National-Park-an-example-for-India_1/2933175 Kanas National Park – an example for India by Proloy Bagchi China is generally known for the environmental degradation that it has wrought in its various regions in ...

The Paper Trail

• Potential 2012 GOP Slow to Enlist Big-Dollar Lobby ...
  One strong sign of a politician’s interest in the presidential race is always the amount of early money raised. New rules for identifying lobbyist-bundlers show just two potential GOP candidates for the 2012 nomination reporting large bundled contributions from registered lobbyists in the 2009-2010 ...
• WikiLeaks More Effective Than SEC, Says Enron Whis ...
  A former Enron accountant who blew the whistle on fraud at the energy giant says she doesn't trust the Securities and Exchange Commission to handle tips from company insiders, even though the agency plans to offer a generous new bounty for information about fraud.
• Treasury Can Sketch Out Rulemaking Areas Before Co ...
  Before the controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) officially opens its doors on July 21, the Treasury Department may issue preliminary notices to the public about some rulemaking areas the new bureau will tackle, according to a government memo.
• Treasury Dept. Anti-Foreclosure Program “Aby ...
  Desperate homeowners beware: Getting help from the federal government to lower your monthly mortgage bill may actually force you into foreclosure.
• Internal E-mails Suggest Doctoring of Oil Spill In ...
  The White House may have ignored expert advice from government officials and pressured scientists to make changes in a report about the BP oil spill cleanup in order to suit a public relations agenda, according to internal e-mails obtained by the Project on Government Oversight.

backofthebook.ca

• Bad Jokes are Good PR
  by Rachel Krueger Amy Chua is terrible at jokes.  She told one in early January about forcing her 7-year-old daughter to practice piano ‘right through dinner into the night’ with no breaks, and no one laughed.  Guys, the punchline is that the daughter got good at piano.  Honestly.   An excerp ...
• Stelmach resignation leaves old-school media in th ...
  By Brian Brennan Can the mainstream print media successfully reinvent itself to become as relevant to news consumers in the digital age as it used to be back in the days when readers looked to their morning newspapers for authoritative coverage of the previous day's events? The question arise ...
• Mike Farnworth: gay matters
  By Dave Brindle Is BC ready for a story asking if it's ready for a gay leader? It's the story that Mike Farnworth, a leading contender to replace the deposed Carole James as leader of BC’s NDP, knew would be told before he announced his candidacy. A story that I, along with ...
• The guy’s job
  By David Bitonti This morning, as I completed picking up after my Boston Terrier in the back yard, I looked down at my plastic-wrapped hand and thought, “Why am I doing this?” I only had to remember the conversation — more like protest — with my wife the last time pooper-scooping ...
• Stephen Harper and the Kingdom of the Numb
  Our regular Politics blogger, Alison@Creekside, is under the weather. While we eagerly await her return, we offer you posts from some of our other favourite Canadian political bloggers, beginning with: Montreal Simon Gawd. What an awful day. Work was hell. It was rainy and slushy. The brand ne ...

Worldnews

• Moody's cuts Egypt bond rating, outlook
  CAIRO - Moody's Investors Service cut Egypt's government bond rating and revised its outlook to negative following a week of protests that have catapulted the Arab world's most populous nation into a state of chaos. The downward revision is at least the second by an international ratings agency ...
• Blair says change inevitable in Egypt
  JERUSALEM – International Mideast envoy Tony Blair said Monday that a change in Egypt's leadership is inevitable after the week of anti-government protests that have gripped the country. Blair said in an interview that "there's bound to be a process of change" in Egypt, the largest and most pow ...
• Nepal President calls for strengthening ties ...
  Tirupati, Jan 31(ANI): Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, who is currently in India on a ten-day state visit, has called for a further strengthening of ties with India.� Talking to reporters after offering prayers at the temple of Lord Venkateswara, Yadav said: "I have prayed for the strengthenin ...
• 'Selection panel did discuss Palmolein case a ...
  New Delhi: The Selection Committee meeting to choose Central Vigilance Commissioner in September last year did discuss the issue of Palmolein case against P.J. Thomas, Home Minister P.Chidambaram said today but parried a question whether a 'chargesheeted' person should have been appointed. Addr ...
• Fishermen's killing: Sri Lanka wants more inf ...
  Colombo, Jan 31 (IANS) Monday, January 31, 2011 --> Sri Lanka Monday requested India to provide additional information on the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy even as the two countries agreed to convene a joint meeting of a panel to enhance cooperation in the fie ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embedded ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Daily Briefing—15th-16th Sept 2010
  News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
• Report: U.S. Troops ‘Still Killing Civilians’ in I ...
  A U.S.-Iraqi night raid results in the deaths of eight civilians weeks after U.S. combat operations were announced as over.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any Time ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Because the System’s Not Rigged Enough for Cops an ...
  Kevin Carson on the criminal injustice system 'shrills' pushing the narrative that the letter of the law aides criminals against so-called 'crime fighters'.

MY Daily Apple

• ‘Modest’ benefits of ca ...
  Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation may reduce hip fracture risk by improving hip structural features at the femoral neck, a study among menopausal women has shown. (Source: MedWire News - Bone Health)
• Age-related infertility highlighted
  “Don’t wait too long for a baby,” said the Daily Mail today. It reported on a new study saying that “women are six times more likely to suffer from fertility problems when 35 than 25”. The news comes from a recent report by UK experts in obstetrics and gynaecology that discusses fertil ...
• A Chill Pill?
  Source: HealthDay - Related MedlinePlus Pages: Antidepressants, Menopause
• Study finds no evidence black cohosh damages liver
  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite reports of liver damage in some women using black cohosh to ease menopause symptoms, clinical trials testing one major brand of this herb have so far found no evidence that it is to blame, according to a research review. (Source: Reuters: Health)
• X-linked lymphoproliferative disease due to SAP/SH ...
  X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP1) is a rare immunodeficiency characterized by severe immune dysregulation and caused by mutations in the SH2D1A/SAP gene. Clinical manifestations are varied and include hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), lymphoma and dysgammaglobulinemia, often trigg ...

Common Dreams

• Revolution Is in the Air but US Sticks to Same Old ...
  by Paul McGeoughEvents in the Middle East are moving too fast for the Obama administration to think it can get away with Plan A and Plan B reaction strategies according to the regimes or leaders it wants to keep in and out of power.Consider the response of the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, ...
• Arctic Defrost Dumping Snow on U.S. and Europe
  by Stephen LeahyUXBRIDGE, Canada - The world's northern freezer is on rapid defrost as large volumes of warm water are pouring into the Arctic Ocean, speeding the melt of sea ice, according to a new study.Surface temperatures in parts of the Arctic have been 21 degrees C above normal for more than a ...
• Dems, GOP Overhaul Senate Rules
  Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate have reached an agreement to overhaul the chamber's procedural rules. Senators will no longer be able to stall legislation by placing anonymous secret holds or by forcing the reading of amendments in their entirety. Democratic leaders had previously vo ...
• WikiLeaks Cables Show Close US Relationship With E ...
  by Luke HardingSecret US embassy cables sent from Cairo in the past two years reveal that the Obama administration wanted to maintain a close political and military relationship with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, who is now facing a popular uprising.A frank briefing note in May 2009 ahead o ...
• New Agricultural Agreement in Argentina: A Land Gr ...
  What are the implications when one of China's most powerful agribusiness firms starts acquiring thousands of hectares of land in the Province of Rio Negro, Argentina for the production of soyabeans, wheat, and oilseed rape to ship back to China? What are the consequences for the local communi ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

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Energy Collective

• No Help with Global Warming: Wind and Gas
  The Blog sphere is rapidly replacing the conventional media as a source of important ideas that effect the future of society. Several recent blog posts raise important issues about the future of energy and call into question the future energy concepts that are informing American and Global energy ...
• Andrus blasts Idaho spent fuel R&D plan
  Decades of distrust drive the former governor’s heated rhetoric. Cecil Andrus is a big man, politically, and physically which means that when he stands up and starts shouting a lot of people pay attention. The former Idaho governor did just that earlier this month in opposition to a plan by the Dep ...
• Why Government Investment Is Necessary
  For all their criticism of environmentalists for confusing science with religion, the The Wall Street Journal and its fellow travelers are guilty of the same offense. The hazards of government investment are real and obvious. Politics does play a role in investment decisions and funding priorities ...
• Gullible Reporting by UPI...
  Almost exactly six months ago, the New York Times was taken in by a well-orchestrated media event by NC Warn, an antinuclear activist group, when its editors chose to publish an Energy and Environment Special Report titled Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage. On January 28, 2010, the UPI published a ...
• A more practical path to clean energy?
  While President Obama was in Washington speaking to the the joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, I had a chance to hear former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich speak before a similar sized but decidedly less "A list" crowd at St. Mary's College in California.

Green House - USA Today

• Arctic waters are warmest in 2000 years: study
  Water flowing into the Arctic Ocean from the North Atlantic is now the warmest in at least 2,000 years, reports a new international study that's bad news for climate change as well as polar bears needing sea ice for survival.
• My green house project leads to hospital ER visit
  Who knew my green house project could be dangerous? It recently landed me in a hospital emergency room, where I was given oxygen for carbon monoxide poisoning.
• New Mexico court OKs state cuts in greenhouse gase ...
  New Mexico's push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, challenged by its new GOP governor, has won backing from the state's Supreme Court.
• LED replacements for Edison's light bulb expand
  Today, 131 years after Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the incandescent light bulb, the push for more efficient lighting expands with an LED replacement touted to have Edison-like quality.
• Study: Mercury pollution concentrated in four stat ...
  Power plants in just four states—Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia—are responsible for more than 35% of all mercury pollution from U.S. power plants, an environmental group reports Wednesday.

Prior Art

• Recent Patent Litigation Weekly Columns
  Much of the patent news that was published on this blog has been moved to the IP Insider section of the Corporate Counsel website. Here's a list of the last several Patent Litigation Weekly columns— Oct. 25, 2010: Big Patent-Licensing...
• Paul Allen v. The Internet
  Former Microsoft executive and billionaire Paul Allen sued several major Internet companies and three large retailers for patent infringement today, asserting that four patents originating at Interval Research, Allen's dot-com era think tank, cover basic web browsing and e-commerce technologies....
• Citing Possible Bias, ACLU Asks Rader to Recuse Hi ...
  With the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit set to consider a landmark case over the validity of human gene patents, attorneys for the plaintiffs in the suit are asking the court's chief judge to recuse himself from the matter—before the panel that will hear it has even been selec ...
• Law360 Calls Lawyer-Owned Shell Company a "Public ...
  seems to have a pretty flexible definition of that term. Last month, it included . Who is so concerned about such fairness? That would be , the Texas law firm that owns Americans for Fair Patent Use, which is a limited liability company set up to prosecute a false marking lawsuit filed in E ...
• Eben Moglen on Bilski, software patents, and big p ...
  Moglen's position on the subject of software patents—that they should be banned—is, to say the least, outside the mainstream in legal circles. It has, however, garnered support among software developers and other techies, especially those who work in the world of open-source and free softw ...

Peoples Voice

• Palestine Papers … Uncovering the Well-Known
  By Dr. Elias Akleh It seems that the Palestine Papers, leaked by WikiLeaks, exposing the behind-closed-doors shady Palestinian/Israeli negotiations and security cooperation, and broadcasted by Al-Jazeera TV had surprised many in the Western world. The Palestinians, on the other hand, were not surp ...
• The Palestinian people betrayed
  By Saree Makdisi The leaked papers published by Al Jazeera show how craven Palestinian leaders are and how willing they were to sell out their people's rights. Yet all they had to offer wasn't enough for Israel. A massive archive of documents leaked to Al Jazeera and Britain's Guardian newspaper o ...
• A Tale Of Two Mass Murders
  Curt Day It was the worst of times, it was the most apathetic of times. A crazed gunman with an itchy trigger finger eagerly fired on unarmed and innocent civilians. Many died as a result and even children were shot at. How should we respond? What do we want our government to do? How would we feel ...
• "America Plops and Fizzes" An interview with poet, ...
  Mickey Z. Andrew RihnSome guy named Percy Shelley once said poets were the "unacknowledged legislators of the world." So, I'm thinking maybe Percy's been hanging out in Canton, Ohio with Andrew Rihn, author of the inventive new poetry collection, America Plops and Fizzes from sunnyoutside press. ...
• Revolutionary Middle East Change
  by Stephen Lendman Democratic Middle East birth pangs may have legs enough to spread regionally, including in Occupied Palestine. Officially launched in Cairo in 1959, the General Union of Palestinian Students (GUPS) offers hope, driven by a commitment for Palestinian liberation. With more t ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Deficit mania: When politics trump economics
  As Ontario leans into a provincial election year and inches toward a pre-election budget, CCPA Research Associate Hugh Mackenzie shows how politically misguided it would be to bend to pressure to slash public funding in the name of deficit reduction. His prescription for provincial budget priorities ...
• Five economic reasons to say no to more corporate ...
  With debate over more corporate tax cuts dominating pre-budget speculation, CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan lays down five economic reasons to say no to more tax breaks to corporations this year or next: jobs, investment, costs, opportunity costs, and the need for working capital. In this G ...
• Saskatchewan's Potash: Who Benefits?
  The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Saskatchewan Office today released�Exploiting Saskatchewan�s Potash: Who�Benefits? by John W. Warnock. The new report considers the history of potash exploitation in the province with an eye to answering the question of whether the people of Saskatchewan ...
• Amy Goodman will be the featured speaker at CCPA-B ...
  We're very pleased to announce that Amy Goodman will be the featured speaker at our 2011 Gala Fundraiser on Friday, April 29. You can buy your tickets online now: buy individual tickets ($75 each) or reserve a group table for eight ($600). Amy is the host and executive producer of Democracy Now! ...
• Ending Our Addiction to Coal: The Wind and Solar P ...
  The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Saskatchewan Office released today�Transforming Saskatchewan�s Electrical Future: The Potential for Wind and Solar Power, by Mark Bigland-Pritchard, a member of Green Energy Project Saskatchewan. The report offers a practical and workable set of integrate ...

World Wide Hippies

• You Want To Believe
  Six Of The Most Widely-Believed Alien Conspiracy Theories | IO9 Disappointed by Skyline? Tantalized by Castle’s X-Files-y episode this week? Want an alien conspiracy with some meat on its bones (or exoskeleton, as the case may be)? Here are six of the greatest real-life alien conspiracy theories. Ac ...
• Be Afraid! – Monsanto Executive Appointed to ...
  by Veterans Today | salem-news Monsanto gave us Agent Orange, Aspartame and Cancer Causing Additives in our Food Supply: Monsanto is synonymous with reckless deadly business practices in America, and now their man has secured a position in the FDA, again. Michael R. Taylor, was appointed Deputy Com ...
• “I think the society he wanted to impact is ...
  He had firecrackers. Big ones, yeah, but they’re still firecrackers. Man arrested with explosives at Michigan mosque | Associated Press A 63-year-old Southern California man who had explosives in his vehicle was arrested outside one of the nation’s largest mosques in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, ...
• Sudan Secedes
  You didn’t see this coming. I guarantee it. It’s official: South Sudan set to secede with a 99.57 percent vote | The Christian Science Monitor Cheers and spontaneous dancing broke out as the first official announcement of results from South Sudanâs independence vote was made in the oil-rich regionâs ...
• Electronic Freedom Foundation Discovers FBI Violat ...
  EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations | EFF EFF has uncovered widespread violations stemming from FBI intelligence investigations from 2001 – 2008. In a report released today, EFF documents alarming trends in the Bureauâs intelligence investigation practices, suggesting that FBI intell ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

• "I Shall Not Hate": Gaza Doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish ...
  AMY GOODMAN: Yesterday marked the second anniversary of the end of Israel’s assault on Gaza. Dubbed "Operation Cast Lead," up to 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in the 22-day assault between December 28th, 2008 and January 18th, 2009. More than half the Palestinians killed were civil ...
• Fox News: The No. 1 Name in Murder Fantasies
  Bill O'Reilly's recent "joke" about decapitating Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank was only the latest example of a demented Fox News culture that permits on-air personalities to fantasize about assassination and other forms of violence against those deemed enemies of the station, its personali ...
• Robert Greenwald on the Ed Show -- January 6, 2011 ...
• The Tyranny of Defense Inc.
  American politics is typically a grimy business of horses traded and pork delivered. Political speech, for its part, tends to be formulaic and eminently forgettable. Yet on occasion, a politician will transcend circumstance and bear witness to some lasting truth: George Washington in his Farewell Ad ...
• War Is a Drug
  If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in, and head for the past, that laboratory for all developments of our moment and beyond.Just as 2010 ended, the American military�s urge to surge resurfaced in a significant way.� It seems that �leaders� in ...

Salon

• Sundance announces winners
  A film about young lovers in a long-distance relationship called "Like Crazy" was awarded the grand jury prize for a U.S. drama at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Its star, Felicity Jones, also received a special jury prize for acting in the movie.
• Man arrested with explosives outside Mich. mosque
  Roger Stockham, a 63-year-old California man, was arrested on explosives charges last week after police allegedly found him with M-80s in the trunk of his car in the parking lot of the Islamic Center of America, a Dearborn, Michigan, mosque.
• Jimmy Carter speaks on "earth-shaking" Egypt
  Former President Jimmy Carter says the political unrest and rioting in Egypt is an earth-shaking event and that President Hosni Mubarak probably will have to leave office.
• SNL: Michele Bachmann sequel
• The NFL: An indictment of America
  When ESPN commissioned a study that found incredible rates of painkiller addiction among NFL players, a nation of burrowed ostriches shrugged their feathers.

SMB News

• Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits cam ...
  For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,914-metre (9 ...
• Kasaba throws spit on the camera
  \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera saw ...
• K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
  For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the disq ...
• Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
  For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, believed ...
• Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
  For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage to t ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

• Lower corporate taxes no cure-all
  The Conservative government should stop portraying this kind of tax cut as the magic bullet for what ails our economy.
• Take time to get it right
  Roofs featuring vegetation are a good idea, in general, but may not be the best way to cap Toronto’s industrial buildings.
• Africa’s Hope: Save AIDS drugs bill
  The war on AIDS is faltering, the World Health Organization warns, but Canada can still help by keeping generic drugs bill alive.
• Egypt defies an autocrat
  Egypt's popular defiance has shaken the Mubarak regime's credibility, and should usher in democracy.
• Rep by pop: Ward sizes need a fix
  Toronto needs to redraw its ward boundaries to ensure fair representation.

Energy Collective

• No Help with Global Warming: Wind and Gas
  The Blog sphere is rapidly replacing the conventional media as a source of important ideas that effect the future of society. Several recent blog posts raise important issues about the future of energy and call into question the future energy concepts that are informing American and Global energy ...
• Andrus blasts Idaho spent fuel R&D plan
  Decades of distrust drive the former governor’s heated rhetoric. Cecil Andrus is a big man, politically, and physically which means that when he stands up and starts shouting a lot of people pay attention. The former Idaho governor did just that earlier this month in opposition to a plan by the Dep ...
• Why Government Investment Is Necessary
  For all their criticism of environmentalists for confusing science with religion, the The Wall Street Journal and its fellow travelers are guilty of the same offense. The hazards of government investment are real and obvious. Politics does play a role in investment decisions and funding priorities ...
• Gullible Reporting by UPI...
  Almost exactly six months ago, the New York Times was taken in by a well-orchestrated media event by NC Warn, an antinuclear activist group, when its editors chose to publish an Energy and Environment Special Report titled Nuclear Energy Loses Cost Advantage. On January 28, 2010, the UPI published a ...
• A more practical path to clean energy?
  While President Obama was in Washington speaking to the the joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, I had a chance to hear former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich speak before a similar sized but decidedly less "A list" crowd at St. Mary's College in California.

EU Times

• Malawi set to make breaking wind a crime
  Breaking wind is set to be made a crime in an African country. The government of Malawi plan to punish persistent offenders ‘who foul the air’ in a bid to ‘mould responsible and disciplined citizens.’ But locals fear that pinning responsibility on the crime will be difficult – and may lead to miscar ...
• Rampant Speculation Inflated Food Price Bubble
  Billions of dollars are being made by investors in a speculative “food bubble” that’s created record food prices, starving millions and destabilising countries, experts now conclude. Wall Street investment firms and banks, along with their kin in London and Europe, were responsible for the technolog ...
• China blocks “Egypt” searches on micro-blogs
  China blocked the word “Egypt” from micro-blog searches in a sign that the Chinese government is concerned that protests calling for political reform in the country could spill into China’s internet space. Skip related content Searches on Sunday for “Egypt” on micro-blog functions of Chinese web por ...
• Thousands to protest in Sudan today
  As street protests sweep Egypt, neighbouring Sudan watches nervously, faced with its own political and economic malaise, opposition calls for popular uprisings and the likely secession of the south. 10,000 people have so far joined a Facebook group calling for anti-government protests across Sudan t ...
• Russian investigators uncover identity of Moscow b ...
  Attacker who killed 35 is 20-year-old man from troubled Caucasus region. Russian investigators have said they now know the identity of the suicide bomber who claimed the lives of 35 people in an attack on Moscow’s busiest airport last Monday. The attacker is a 20-year-old man from the unsettled Cauc ...

Stonecipher News

• Reasons to Donate Blood
  Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actuality ...
• Special Education High School Transition Services
  From my Factoidz page: 1414(d) and in Findings about “effective transition services to promote successful post-Students typically start transition services at the age 14 if educational services are still required as determined by the school district and the IEP team. However, Washington State’s Offi ...
• Don't Quit Your Day Job
  This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ashworth College. All opinions are 100% mine. With approximately 4,000,000 students today, more than 20 percent of all students enrolled in higher education are taking at least one course online. Self paced online courses all ...
• Breast Cancer Gene May Raise Men’s Risk, Too
  Source: HealthDay News: "A faulty gene that greatly increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer also boosts a man’s risk for the disease, a new study finds. While most people think of breast cancer as a woman’s illness, in rare cases men can develop breast tumors as well. The new study found that me ...
• Diabetics Urged to Confer With Their Doctor About ...
  According to Amanda Gardner HealthDay Reporter, "THURSDAY, July 15 (HealthDay News) -- One day after a U.S. advisory panel recommended that the controversial diabetes drug Avandia stay on the market -- albeit with added restrictions -- several medical organizations are urging patients not to change ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

• NFC Hammers AFC 55-41 in Dumbest Pro-Bowl Ever
  There’s nothing like watching a bunch of grown men half-heartedly run into each other while quarterbacks lob 55 yard bombs downfield to whoever really wants to catch the ball.  And that’s exactly what we got with this years Pro-Bowl .  The NFC trounced the AFC 55-41 in a game that wasn’t even tha ...
• Screen Actors Guild Awards 2011 Winner List
  The King’s Speech has beat out The Social Network in yet another awards show, taking the top prize Sunday at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. The movie has 12 nominations at this years Oscar’s and with a best director win at the Directors Guild Awards the movie should be a good choice for front runn ...
• Google hires Osama Bedier, VP of Product Developme ...
  PayPal has recently announced that Osama Bedier, who has been Vice President of Product Development since December 2002, has decided to leave the company and join Google
• Firth, Portman, The King’s Speech Triumph At 2011 ...
  Natalie Portman, Colin Firth and the cast of The King’s Speech took the top prizes at the 2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday. Firth won Best Actor for his role in the British monarchy drama, which also took the prize for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Meanwhile Portma ...
• Hamas in Egypt
  Did Los Angeles Jewish Journal editor, Rob Eshman, accidentally snort some humus? In a blog entitled "Egypt's Passover," he opined that the uprising in Egypt could be a sign that the north African country is passing over into democracy. If anything, it looks more like they are passing over the edge ...

Groklaw

• Its Not Twitter or Facebook, Its the Power of th ...
  In the end, the real weapon is the power of networked communication itself. In previous revolutions it was the fax, or the pamphlet, or the cellphone - now it is SMS and Twitter and Facebook. Obviously none of these things cause revolutions, but to ignore or downplay their growing importance is also ...
• Linux.conf.au Talks Available Online
  An anonymous reader writes "Despite the floods, linux.conf.au 2011 went ahead in Brisbane. Videos of the talks given at the conference are available via blip.tv. Highly recommended are Vint Cerf's keynote and Keith Packard's talk on X and the future of Linux graphics." - Slashdot
• Lee to join Hatch on Judiciary Committee
  Freshman Sen. Mike Lee, who has clerked at all three levels of the federal judiciary, will join his senior colleague, Orrin Hatch, on the Senate Judiciary Committee. Republican leaders waived a rule against two senators from the same state serving on the powerful panel to allow Lee to join Hatch on ...
• Microsoft shares fall on Windows, tablet worries
  Sales of the new Windows 7 operating system fell short of Wall Street's expectations in the company's quarterly earnings released on Thursday, and there are signs that both business and consumer spending is not as strong as some had hoped. "Deferred revenue is where you go to look for the business ...
• MPAA, BREIN take down more torrent sites; Internet ...
  At least 51 torrent sites have been taken down this month thanks to joint efforts by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and its dutch counterpart BREIN-12 in the US and 39 in the Netherlands. The two groups say they were able to work with the sites' hosting providers to take them offli ...

WideShut

• Economic Assassin Talks With WideShutUK
  Keelan interviews the Economic Assassin Graham Sharkey about the recession, China, Ireland's bailout, the cuts, silver and much more.
• Homeland Security Say Using Cash Might Be Terroris ...
  DHS propaganda video claims using cash is weird and might be a sign of terrorism.
• Blair Uses Iraq War Inquiry To Push Anti-Iran Prop ...
  Iran is the new Iraq, and Blair is using the Iraq Inquiry to push the propaganda of a nuclear threat. We take a look at the facts.
• Hackers Target EU Carbon Traders
  Czech Hackers steal EU carbon credits, reopening the debate on CO2 trading.
• Mainstream Admit Oil Could Hit $200 Barrel High
  Lindsey Williams proven right by the BBC on $200 a barell oil, but is there really an oil shortage?

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Politics in the Zeros

• Do The Creep, it’s sure to impress the ladies!
  Some Sunday night silliness by The Lonely Island Featuring Nicki Minaj. Intro by John Waters
• How to filter State Department propaganda
  What Hillary says vs. what she actually means. A useful primer indeed. Israeli, Saudi and American leaders say Arabs are not ready for democracy It goes without saying that the hostility of the State Department and our “allies” in the War on Terror Israel and Saudi Arabia towards democracy in Egypt ...
• Financial links 1/30
  How can the architects of the crisis investigate it? Food speculation: ‘People die from hunger while banks make a killing on food’ Bailout watchdog probes suspected tarp fraud at 64 banks New York prosecutor Vance seeks mandatory jail terms for securities frauds Bank Of America stops issuing notices ...
• Headline of the Day
  Protests in Egypt cause market to take it in the Sphinxter
• Egypt cries freedom
  It has long been axiomatic that revolutions occur when the ruling class cannot continue to rule in the old way and the masses refuse to live in the old way. Events currently taking place throughout the Arab world bear this out. At time of writing Hosni Mubarak’s regime is teetering on the brink, but ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

• Three remain in hospital after deck collapse
  The owner of the bach where a deck collapsed last night is distressed by the accident, in which 10 people were injured.
• Egypt protesters camp out, Mubarak turns to army
  Egyptian protesters are camped out in central Cairo today and vowed to stay until they have toppled President Hosni Mubarak.
• Bach owner distraught by injuries following deck c ...
  The owner of the bach where a deck collapsed last night is distressed by the accident, in which 10 people were injured.
• Welfare centre set up for Far North flood victims
  A welfare centre has been set up in the Far North to help people whose houses were flooded by Cyclone Wilma over the weekend.
• Panel to rule on Harawira complaint announced
  Maori Party President, Pem Bird, has announced the panel who will rule over the complaint against rogue MP Hone Harawira.  

Just World News

• Cairo, Washington, etc
  Issandr's reporting and analysis, now that he's back in Garden City from his brief stay in Tunis, has been extraordinary. He is The Man! Earlier today: We have army and republican guard units in central Cairo, but I am not sure what the current military chain of command is. Last night Chief of Sta ...
• Threat of sabotage & Islamophobia re Egypt
  As Pres. mubarak desperately hangs onto his last threads of power, he and the many Egyptian and international forces who have supported him can be expected to engage in damaging sabotage and 'delugeism'-- and of course, also to try to stir up in the west the ever-lurking tides of Islamophobia. In t ...
• Obama's know-nothings discuss Egypt
  Via TPM's intriguing new "Egypt wire", this: President Obama was reportedly briefed for 40 minutes on the situation in Egypt today. Here, a photo of his meeting with National Security Advisor Tom Donilon; Chief of Staff Bill Daley; Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communication Ben Rh ...
• Note on the term 'imperium'
  A friend asked why I used that term in my big post yesterday. It was a semi-conscious reference to the (heavily British-dominated) "Anglo-Egyptian Condominum" that controlled the governance of Sudan from 1899 through 1956. Of course, if you want to look at the many woes assailing the people of Suda ...
• Wiklileaks, Egypt
  Is here. H/T Adam Horowitz. I hope some JWN readers have time to peruse and post highlights (with links) in the comments section here? Sadly, I don't. Got a publishing business to run...

First Truths

• Statist "Private Property" Is Theft
  In a commentary piece for the Center for a Stateless Society, I contend that the state's bogus property rights fly in the face of the genuine sort based not on violent edict but on legitimate moral claims.
• The Elephant(s) in the Room for the GOP
  For C4SS, I argue that anyone hoping that the freshman Republicans who entered Congress on the Tea Party wave will bring change to government is going to be disappointed.
• Renting Our Lives from the State
  Institutions like Bank of America, little more than arms of the state, have consumers of lending services over the barrel. I comment on Bank of America's settlement with Fannie and Freddie for C4SS.
• Bribery, Thy Name Is Government
  For the Center for a Stateless Society I criticized governments for their amenability to bribes even while they prosecute the same.
• The Greenspan Version of "Free Market"
  For the Center for a Stateless Society, I wrote: The related falsehoods — that Republicans favor anything remotely similar to a free market and that Democrats are all that standing between us and the GOP’s dog-eat-dog version of laissez faire — are belied by the fact that, as articulated by Kevin Ca ...

Media Co-Op

• 600 in Support of Egyptian and Tunisian People at ...
  Freedom! Democracy, always Democracy!â Says Organizer Ahmed Khalif On Saturday, Dundas Square in the centre of Toronto filled with 600 people demonstrating in solidarity with ongoing revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt. The focus of protest was t ...
• Vancouver Rallies in Solidarity with the Peoples' ...
  (Click on the first photograph above to scroll through all of the full images.) # # # "No More Fear": Hope for the Future by Sandra Cuffe Many people from different communities, organizations, and other residents of Vancouver gathered outside the central branch of the Vancouver Public Library on Jan ...
• Tunisia Rally (Jan 22/2011)
  A group of around 60 Tunisian supporters rallied outside the Vancouver Public Library on Jan. 22, 2011. The solidarity rally recognized and thanked the efforts of Tunisian youth for the recent uprising that forced out President Ben ...
• Beats Solidaires -- Un Nuit du Hip Hop & Résistanc ...
  FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this). http://blip.tv/file/4696825 ...
• Personal Testimony of Police Brutality during Cair ...
  An account from Mona Prince, Egyptian writer and university professor, Cairo january 27 2011 Around 6.30 pm down town Cairo, i joined the demonstration on qasr el nil street along with some friends and other people whom i don't know. The prot ...

David Seaton's News Links

• Egypt.... the coup ... The bill?
  Up until now, President Mubarak has enjoyed the support of the armed forces. He was, after all, a career air force officer suddenly catapulted to the presidency when Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981. But if these protests continue and intensify there are bound to be senior voices within the mili ...
• A fairy tale as grim as Grimm could ever be (a fab ...
  David Seaton's News LinksOnce upon a time in a far off and pleasant land, during the reign of King George the Idiot, there lived a young man who dreamed of fame and greatness. He yearned so long and so deeply, that the Good Fairy was moved by his constant pleading and praying and appeared before him ...
• The "Sputnik Moment": One nation with paranoia for ...
  � David Seaton's News Links I remember once reading an Indian guru, who said that if the water buffalo had a god, it would probably look like a very large water buffalo. He believed that there is only one god, formless and all pervading, but that he/she/it responds to intense worship by taking on t ...
• Where is China headed?
  China's high speed train system David Seaton's News Link I heard a talk over a year ago at a meeting of the Madrid Fulbright association: the speaker was professor Fisac, the head of Chinese studies at Madrid University.� She said that in the course of conversation with an official of the Chinese C ...
• Speaking of China
  David Seaton's News LinksI am in awe of the Chinese and have been since I was a child. I think Napoleon's famous phrase, "Let China sleep for when she awakes, she will shake the world" is an understatement. The only mystery was their decadence. So finally, my intuition that China is behind Wikileaks ...

EWG - Environmental Working Group

• NIH panel links Vitamin A in sunscreen to skin tum ...
  Contact: EWG Public Affairs: 202.667.6982 leeann@ewg.org A key independent science advisory panel has voted to confirm federal researchers' conclusion that retinyl palmitate, a form of vitamin A found in two-fifths of U.S. sunscreens,... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
• Obama Speech Misfired on Ethanol, Ag Policy
  Contact: EWG Public Affairs, (202) 667-6982 Washington, D.C. – President Barak Obama’s call to “stop subsidizing yesterday’s energy” in his State of the Union speech last night was welcome, but the President missed an opportunity to focus... [[ This is a content summary only ...
• New York State: 85 chemicals to avoid
  January 24th, 2011 By Olga Naidenko, EWG Senior Scientist When someone with $8 billion a year in purchasing power tells the world what they don’t want, marketers and manufacturers pay attention. That’s what’s happened... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my web ...
• EPA Unveils Plan to Help Identify ‘Brockovich’ Che ...
  Contact: EWG Public Affairs, (202) 667-6982 Washington, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promised to help local water utilities address public concerns over the possible presence of hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) in... [[ This is a content summary only. V ...
• EPA to Bar Fluoride-Based Pesticide
  Contact: EWG Public Affairs, 202-667-6982 leeann@ewg.org; Beyond Pesticides: Jay Feldman, 202-543-5450 Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today proposed to grant three environmental groups’ petition to end the use... [[ This is a content summary onl ...

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

• The Crunchy Snack that Fights Cancer
  Are you afraid that trying to eat healthily will drain your wallet? Not to worry -- some of the healthiest foods in the world are actually very, very cheap. Planet Green lists a number of foods that are great for your body but won't break the budget: Kale It's loaded with vitamin C, vitamin B, ...
• Curcumin Relieves Pain and Inflammation for Osteoa ...
  A study shows that a formulation of curcumin can relieve pain and increase mobility in patients with osteoarthritis.� It can also reduce a series of inflammatory markers. 100 patients with osteoarthritis were divided in two groups -- the first group was given the "best available treatment" and the ...
• Penguin Goes Shopping
  This penguin goes shopping for his family in Japan!
• Is a College Education Still a Good Investment?
  The United States may have a college education bubble that could soon start to burst, possibly as soon as mid-2011. While college may be worth attending if you plan on actually learning something, going to college simply to get a better job is becoming a poor choice, if it ever was a good one -- wor ...
• The Single Most Important Element for Your Health
  Dr. Gerald Pollack is one of the few expert researchers in the area of water and what it means to your health. He's a professor of bioengineering at the University of Washington, whose theory of water is nothing short of ground-breaking.

JAMA

• A "Prosthetic" Approach for Individuals With Demen ...
• Meaningful Disparities Reduction Through Research ...
• Improving the Science and Politics of Quality Impr ...
• Preventing Death One Stroke at a Time [Editorial]
• Blood Transfusion and Cardiac Surgery [Letters]

Survival - tribal peoples

• Unique new photos of uncontacted Brazilian Indians
  The photos reveal a thriving, healthy community with baskets full of manioc and papaya fresh from their gardens. © Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival New photos obtained by Survival show uncontacted Indians in never-seen-before detail. The Indians are living in Brazil, near the Peruvian border, an ...
• Anti-mining activist shot dead in Philippines
  Nickel mining threatens to devastate the Palawan tribe's land. © Dario Novellino An anti-mining activist has been murdered in the Philippines. Dr Gerry Ortega was shot dead four days ago on Palawan island. Local mayor Edward Hagedorn told journalists, ‘From the initial findings, we know that t ...
• Cartoon book satirizing ‘development’ launched in ...
  Survival's 'There you go!' can be read in two minutes. © Oren Ginzburg/Survival Survival has launched in the United States a biting critique of how tribal peoples are being destroyed in the name of âdevelopmentâ. The critique is presented in a cartoon book called âThere you go!â that can be re ...
• Victory for Kalahari Bushmen as court grants right ...
  The ruling means that the Bushmen can finally use a vital well. © Survival In a momentous decision, Botswanaâs Court of Appeal today quashed a ruling that denied the Kalahari Bushmen access to water on their ancestral lands. With support from Survival, the Bushmen appealed a 2010 High Court j ...
• Bushman arrested while helping tribe’s lawyer visi ...
  The Bushmen's lawyer Gordon Bennett also represented them during their 2006 High Court victory. © Survival The high profile Bushman activist Jumanda Gakelebone was arrested and held overnight while travelling through his homeland in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve over the weekend. The ...

Montreal Gazette

• Prison is no place for the mentally ill
  The talk today is all about "reinstitutionalization." That's a big word for wretched failure.
• Editorial: A new hospital is worth a few traffic w ...
  The next few months will be a trying time for commuters who live in Notre de Grace and surrounding neighbourhoods. The St. Jacques St. exit off the westbound Ville-Marie Autoroute is scheduled to close this coming Tuesday. As well, Décarie Blvd. has been closed to traffic between St. Jacques St. a ...
• A new hospital is worth a few traffic woes
  The next few months will be a trying time for commuters who live in Notre de Grace and surrounding neighbourhoods. The St. JacquesSt. exitoff thewestboundVilleMarie Autoroute is scheduled to close this coming Tuesday. As well, Decarie Blvd. has been closed to traffic between St. Jacques St. ...
• Promise and peril in the Middle East
  In Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Algeria and Jordan, protesters have taken to the streets in a movement that, while it threatens Middle East stability, could prove the long-awaited step toward greater democratization and freedom in the region.
• Nurse-practitioner program must be made to work
  Quebec's effort to bring 500 new nurse practitioners into its health-care system by 2018 got off to a rocky start last month. A full 40 per cent of 33 student specialists failed their final provincial exam in December. Without a pass in that exam, the nursing students cannot graduate -or pra ...

Food World Order

• hexavalent chromium found in drinking water of 31 ...
  from washington post: An environmental group that analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States, including Bethesda and Washington, found that most contained hexavalent chromium, a probable carcinogen that was made famous by the film "Erin Brockovich." The study, which will be re ...
• before your next grocery trip, get the non-gmo sho ...
  non-gmo shopping guide: get the app & download the pdf! from NonGmoShoppingGuide.com: The Institute for Responsible Technology is a world leader in educating policy makers and the public about genetically modified (GM) foods and crops. We investigate and report their risks and impact on health, e ...
• grocer a&p files for chapter 11 reorganization
  from ap: The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., once the nation's largest grocer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Sunday after years of struggling with enormous debt and rising competition from low-priced peers. The 151-year-old company, based in Montvale, N.J., operates 395 stores ar ...
• 12/9 binge & purge: nano-foods & merck muppets
  dems try to pass 'food safety' by hiding it in hr3082* even forbes agrees: more fda authority won't improve food safety* leaked cables reveal gmo, agrofuel agendas* food stamp rolls continue to rise* artificial 'nano-food' could soon show up at a store near you* rat in curry prompts c ...
• epa to reduce fluoride levels in water due to 'unw ...
  from washington's blog: Today [jan7], the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a reduction in allowable fluoride levels in U.S. drinking water:HHS’ proposed recommendation of 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water repl ...

CrusadeWatch

• Readers' Forum: Predatory conversions send a messa ...
  source: Contra Costa Times, 22-Jan-2011 By Samir Kalra and Mihir Meghani Guest Commentary Posted: 01/22/2011 12:01:00 AM PST THE RECENT Bay Area News Group coverage of Bhutanese refugees highlighted the experiences of Hindu and Buddhist Bhutanese refugees in the Bay Area, and ra ...
• Indian missionaries prepare to evangelize Bhutan
  source: Catholic Culture, January 28, 2011 (an example of Wolf in Sheep's clothing) Authorities in Bhutan have signaled that they will permit the registration at least one Christian organization in the landlocked Asian nation. Currently, Christians are permitted to worship in their homes ...
• "Crorepathy" Fr. Jegath Gasper Raj main ...
  source:  Asian Tribune The Sri Lankan Catholic Church, the Catholic Radio Veritas based in Phillipines, the Tamil Catholic hierachy and its priests have been the main links of the global network of the Church to protect, promote, provide succor and cover to the internationally banned T ...
• Sex, lies and money in the church
  source: Indian Express, October 24, 2010 Shevlin Sebastian It was midnight. Fr Jose George could not sleep because there was no fan in his room. Jose knocked on Anna Jacobs door. When she opened it, he told her he could not sleep. She invited him inside, because there was a fan. ...
• Denigration of Buddhism & conversion of the vu ...
  source:  Vijayvaani.com,   Oct 25, 2010 Christianisation was the third force of colonialism as best expressed by Jomo Kenyatta, the late Kenyan leader, who said: When the white man came he had the bible we had the land. Then he said let us close our eyes and pray. When we opened our eyes ...

Whole Truth Coalition

• Robert Green Speaking at Truthjuice Llangollen, Ma ...
  Wednesday 24th March 2010 at 7pm Reporter Robert Green was arrested in Aberdeen for the crime of seeking justice and an investigation into the case of Down’s Syndrome girl, Hollie Greig, who says she was serially-raped over a decade by an establishment paedophile ring operating in Scotland. Robert ...
• Mary Rodwell The New Human Vers. 02
• Robert Green, Hollie and Ann Greig at The ‘C ...
  Robert Green, Hollie and Anne Greig have confirmed they will be appearing at the Child Snatching By The State conference being held on April 10th in Stafford, UK. In recent years, there has been a steady increase in media reports concerning Mothers and Fathers, Grandparents and Families reporting t ...
• COTO Report British Edition: An Interview with Dav ...
  COTO Report British Edition goes to the Isle of Wight to bring you an almost three hour long interview with Mr. David Icke by Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher.  In this interview we discuss his new book entitled Human Race Get Off Your Knees, the Lion Sleeps No More, the nature of reality and politics. links to ...
• A Warm Embrace - The Great Bell Chant
  A Warm Embrace - The Great Bell Chant from R Smittenaar on Vimeo. Watch in Full Screen, believe me it’s worth it!

The Economic Collapse

• The Internet Kill Switch – One Of The Favori ...
  This past week was a perfect example of how the "Internet kill switch" is rapidly becoming one of the favorite new tools of tyrannical governments all over the globe. Once upon a time, the Internet was a bastion of liberty and freedom, but now nation after nation is cracking down o ...
• The Riots In Egypt And The Price Of Oil
  As if the world economy did not have enough problems already, now the riots in Egypt threaten to send the price of oil soaring into the stratosphere.  On Friday, the price of U.S. crude soared 4 percent.  A 4 percent rise in a single day is pretty staggering.  The price of Brent cru ...
• Doom And Gloom
  Have you noticed that most Americans seem to know far more about American Idol, Dancing with the Stars, Justin Bieber and their favorite sports teams than they do about world affairs?  Most Americans cannot even find Tunisia and Algeria on a map, and if you told them that food riots ...
• Warning Signs
  Do you see all of the warning signs that are flashing all around you?  These days it seems like there is more bad economic news in a single week than there used to be in an entire month.  2011 is already shaping up to be a very dark year for the world economy.  The price [...]
• Shut Down The Federal Reserve, Break Up The Big Ba ...
  How do we fix the economy?  That is a question that tens of millions of Americans are asking right now.  Republicans are harshly criticizing the empty economic proposals being put forward by Barack Obama and the Democrats, but the Republicans don't seem to have any real solutions ei ...

CASSE

• Sustaining Our Commonwealth of Nature and Knowledg ...
  How can we get a sustainable, fair, and efficient economy? Herman Daly breaks it down.
• What if We Stopped Fighting For Preservation?
  Tom Butler defends land preservation as a critical strategy for dealing with the downsides of economic growth.
• Might As Well Face It, We’re Addicted to Growth
  Dave Gardner examines how to get growth-addicted nations into a growth rehab.
• Opportunities for a Different Economy in 2011
  Brent Blackwelder wants to crush corruption, tame tax dodgers, and spread the word about the transition to a sustainable and fair economy.
• What If We Stopped Fighting for Preservation and F ...
  Tim Murray has a fresh idea for achieving conservation over the long haul.

The Talking Clock

• False Flag Terror: U.S. Court to hear evidence sug ...
  We heard this within a week of the underwear bomber incident... as did, no doubt, quite a large number of our free-thinking readers. And now, the whole world shall hear this testimony: Remember - those naked body scanners at airports were miraculously all ready, built and ready to be rolled ...
• And then you realise that you're not represented i ...
  I've just received an interesting email from the often brilliant people at Open Europe. They explain how: "The Government’s controversial European Union Bill will return to the House of Commons on 24 January, when MPs will discuss the so-called ‘referendum lock’ contained in the Bill. The lock ...
• Sunday Paper Review: 30th January 2011
  In her song In Your Eyes, the always lovely and always phenomenal Kylie Minogue once asked: "Is the world still spinning around?". Looking around the Sunday papers, the answer appears to be: "Yes... but only just." It certainly appears to have gone quite mad. Must be all the fluoride in the wa ...
• Biased BBC: How the opinions of the 'Question Time ...
  Sometimes, the things that you really should know are hidden in plain view - carefully left planted for the observant to notice and signpost. And so it is with this gem regarding the Biased BBC and it's flagship political programme Question Time. Over on Conservative Home, Alex Deane is lettin ...
• ...but the people everywhere they've kept faith wi ...
  Apologies for light blogging this week. Normal service will now resume. One thing about blogging is that you need to feel inspired enough by a story in order to want to comment. One subject - one person is guaranteed to get us back to the computer... --------------------------------------- ...

Facing South

• 'Billionaires club' of wealthy conservatives gathe ...
  For years the Koch brothers from Kansas (reportedly worth $21.5 billion each) have been hosting a secret gathering of conservative businessmen, operatives and politicians to with little fanfare. But this year's pow-wow at the Ranchos Las Palmas Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, California is draw ...
• What if executives feared prison time for health a ...
  By Jenny Brown, Labor Notes In the U.S., owners and managers of companies like BP, responsible for 11 deaths and 17 injuries in last year's Gulf oil rig explosion, never face jail time for the workers they kill. That's not the case everywhere: Steelworkers in Canada are pressing a prosecution of ...
• Voter ID laws carry hefty price tag for cash-strap ...
  In 2010, Republicans campaigned on the issues of jobs, taxes and the economy -- and with� states still reeling from scarce jobs and tight budgets, GOP leaders have pledged to keep that focus. In North Carolina, incoming House Speaker Rep. Thom Tillis (R) opened the 2011 session this week by puttin ...
• Scientists found chemical dispersants lingering in ...
  By Marian Wang, ProPublica Chemical compounds from the oil dispersants applied to the Gulf of Mexico didn't break down as expected, according to a study released this week. Scientists found the compounds lingering for months in the deep waters of the Gulf, long after BP's oil had stopped spewing ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Starving the unions
  Rate of union membership in the U.S. in 2010: 11.9 percent Number of years since the union membership rate was that low: 70 Number of U.S. workers who belonged to unions in 2010: 14.7 million Decline in union membership over the previous year, attributable in part to the recession eroding employm ...

CenterLine

• Online Open Forum: Increasing Unrest in Egypt
  With developments in Lebanon, Yemen, Tunisia, and especially, Egypt, rapidly evolving with increased protests and unrest, CLS has asked a few of its colleagues to comment on the activities that are shaking the Arab and North African world. The latest … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  Color-Coded Terror Alerts Will Be Scrapped The Obama administration announced Thursday that the Department of Homeland Securityâs color-coded terror alert system will be phased out over the next 90 days, according to reports. In its place will be a new … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  UK Unveils Counterterrorism Reforms The British government released its review of the countryâs counterterrorism laws Wednesday, with recommended changes to the detention and surveillance system for terrorism suspects known as âcontrol orders.â The 2005 system applies to suspects, eight British … Co ...
• Today’s Terrorism News
  Ghailani Receives Life Sentence for Role in Embassy Bombings Ahmed Ghailani, the first former Guantanamo detainee to be tried in U.S. civilian court, was given a life sentence Tuesday for his role in the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in East … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  Suicide Bombing at Moscow Airport Kills at Least 35 A suicide bomber, and perhaps two, struck Moscowâs Domodedovo Airport just after 4:30pm local time, killing at least 35 and wounding 180 people, according to reports. The NYT reports that â[t]he … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

• Today on New Scientist: 25 January 2011
  All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: shapely seahorses, "sleeper agent" cancer drugs, and the hurt blocker
• Freedom of information still a Climategate sore po ...
  UK members of parliament have today published a report analysing the various inquiries into the leaked emails scandal that were carried out last year
• Mum's stem cells could stop defects before birth
  Transferring maternal stem cells to the fetus could be the key to curing genetic diseases in the womb
• Today on New Scientist: 24 January 2011
  All today's stories on NewScientist.com, including: aerobatic robots, an ancient puzzle and the many meanings of life
• Dragonfish nebula conceals giant star cluster
  Inside the nebula's dark, gaping maw sits the Milky Way's most massive cluster of baby stars

Tech Drive In

• Bodhi Linux Review - An Incredibly Good, Lightweig ...
  Bodhi Linux is NOT yet another Ubuntu based Linux distro. Bodhi Linux is among a very few number of Ubuntu based distros that run Enlightenment window manager instead of the popular alternatives like GNOME or KDE. I had never used anything other than GNOME, KDE and XFCE desktops before and I have to ...
• Android Overtakes iPhone in U.S. for the First Tim ...
  In line with the predictions by Gartner some months ago, open source Android OS is indeed winning the war against Apple's iOS in the great fight for U.S. smartphone market dominance. For the first time ever in U.S. smartphone history, more people are using Google's Android OS powered smartphones tha ...
• How About Something Similar to Ubuntu Control Cent ...
  Ubuntu Control Center is a nice simple application to sort things out easily and�intuitively in Ubuntu. It is originally inspired from Mandriva Control Center and�aims to centralize and organize the main configuration tools available in Ubuntu. Ubuntu Control Center Ubuntu Control Center aims ...
• LibreOffice 3.3 Released, Download Candidates Avai ...
  LibreOffice 3.3 stable is released finally with enormous amount of bug fixes and other major improvements. OpenOffice has already become memory and LibreOffice is the new name for revolution. As Mark Shuttleworth himself stated�before, LibreOffice is already a default in ongoing Ubuntu Natty release ...
• Human Love, Probe - Two New Short Films Using Blen ...
  Here comes even more movies and short films made using Blender for visual effects. For starters, Blender is a free and open source 3D content creation application. If you have seen the brilliant collection of Blender made videos we have featured here before, you probably don't need any more lecturin ...

Case About Bird Flu

• CONCERNS OVER GERMAN MILITARY GROW
  The scandals on the German navy’s flagship Gorch Fock suggest a military that is *not effective *not under political control *not in alignment with civilian culture. These scandals are provoking a much needed debate about what kind of army is likely to emerge out of the radical reforms being pushe ...
• Irish resistance gathers on the internet
  Check out these three Irish resistance websites  www.isf.me peoples-parliament.com and save planet1.com.
• EGYPT SHUTS DOWN INTERNET BUT PROTESTS CONTINUE
  Egypt’s Internet Shutdown Can’t Stop Mass Protests By Spencer Ackerman January 28, 2011  |  8:48 am  |  Protesters have flooded the streets of Alexandria and Suez. In Cairo, they’re publicly praying in the thoroughfare. And the Egyptian government can’t seem to stop them, despite the crackdown on in ...
• Obama Administration Expresses Support For Mubarak ...
  Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com January 28, 2011 The Obama administration expressed its support for under fire Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak even as footage emerged of a protester being shot dead by Mubarak’s security forces in Cairo, as the government shut down the Internet, land lines and the mo ...
• Egyptian army financed by USA will hold key to dic ...
  ANALYSIS-Egyptian army could hold key to Mubarak’s fate Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:22pm GMT  * Egypt’s military aloof from protest drama so far * Armed forces at heart of power for 60 years * Military “ready to intervene” – security source By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, Jan 28 (Reuters) – ...

Invisible Opportunity

• You Can’t be There if You’re not Here
  By Les Visible Remember when you used to walk into a bus kiosk or a subway station and you needed to figure out where you were before you tried to go anywhere? There used to be these maps that had an arrow pointing at a spot, with a little dialogue box next to it that [...]
• We’ve Made our Bed and we’re Sleeping ...
  By Les Visible Alright people, if you can’t see it you’re not looking very closely. The dominoes are starting to tumble. All around the world, that unrest we have been expecting is rearing its revolutionary head. What will the outcome be? It’s going to be something different than the corpse feeding ...
• No Private Central Banks (Michael Rivero)
• Are We Witnessing the Start of a Global Revolution ...
  By Andrew Gavin Marshall An uprising in Tunisia led to the overthrow of the country’s 23-year long dictatorship of President Ben Ali. A new ‘transitional’ government was formed, but the protests continued demanding a totally new government without the relics of the previous tyranny. Protests in Alge ...
• Video – Drug catapult discovered on border

Veterans Today

• THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN, THE UNITED STATES, A ...
  Iranians believe U.S. foreign policymakers, by closing their eyes to Saudi support for hardliner Salafi groups worldwide, are making things more difficult for themselves. This is in addition to the tragic situation brought about as a result of what Iranians see as the foolish invasion of Iraq and th ...
• A Hezbollah-Run Lebanon Poses Little Threat to US ...
  If the first principle of foreign policy is “do no harm,” Israel and the United States, over the years, have done quite enough By Ivan Eland / Antiwar.com With the rise of a Hezbollah-backed government in Lebanon, hand-wringing seems to be the order of the day in the American and Israeli governments ...
• Letters Home from Vietnam, Chapter 3 – Incom ...
  Four guys were killed when a rocket hit the chow hall. I don’t remember how many were wounded, that didn’t seem to matter. I can’t write home about the guys getting killed, that would be too upsetting. I need to say something humorous in my letters. Humor here seems to fill the gaps between absolute ...
• Muslim Brotherhood and ElBaradei Unite as Military ...
  What is occuring in Egypt is nothing short of a template for all future revolutions against the ruling elites in the region. Protesters have accomplished a quantum leap in thinking and perception that has put the staid ideas on state repression and political stability of the think tanks and Western  ...
• MARINE CORPS GUIDLINES ON DADT (VIDEO)
  A MESSAGE FROM THE COMMANDANT AND SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE MARINE CORPS [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.]

electric politics

• Good Sense and Nonsense
  Neoliberal economics lacks imagination. And the story it tells of greedy individuals maximizing their self-interest is — or should be — an insult to decent people everywhere. The fact that we can accept such a preposterous story so uncritically raises a big, red warning flag that society has someho ...
• From Boom to Bust and Back Again
  It's no accident that the White House won't regulate the banks. In our plutocratic system the White House is their wholly owned and fully brain-washed subsidiary, the only question being how best to pretend otherwise. To discuss various matters involving American and world high finance I turned onc ...
• Inflection Points
  What's the attraction of trying to remake the world so that everybody becomes like us? My answer is it's the logical extension of a terrifying, still very much alive American system of slavery but whatever your favorite explanation, the project itself is doomed. When will we ever learn? To talk abo ...
• Trench Warfare
  It's not just morally unconscionable that a tiny minority of Americans have almost all the money, it's a terrible thing in policy terms, especially if what you want is democracy. A plutocracy — let's not kid ourselves about this — is basically a slave system. To talk about how we got into our prese ...
• Priorities
  To be honest, the shrimp fishermen don't matter. The Gulf coast tourist traps don't matter. The economic effects of the spill. Don't matter. It's not about the money. What matters is that we're destroying the environment, killing countless innocent creatures. I keep hoping things may not be quite a ...

PR News

• Bausch & Lomb moves vision care business to Zeno
  ROCHESTER, NY: Bausch & Lomb awarded Zeno Group its vision care business in North America, after working with sister agency Edelman since late 2009.
• LiveOps selects Burson-Marsteller
  SANTA CLARA, CA: Call center cloud-computing company LiveOps hired Burson-Marsteller as its AOR.
• PR hiring and recruitment on the upswing
  Talent recruiters say the rebound in the job market for PR pros has already started, with much of the strength coming from the senior management level.
• MRM Worldwide hires SVP, corporate comms
  NEW YORK, NY: Marla Aaron was named SVP of corporate communications at MRM Worldwide, where she will lead strategy for the company's 33 offices worldwide.
• APCO launches new healthcare division
  WASHINGTON: APCO Worldwide hired Chrystine Zacherau to lead a new healthcare research division, effective January 1.

The Story Behind the Story

• Oops!! Now Where Did I Put that Vial of VX???????
  Dugway Proving Grounds, west of Salt Lake City, is the home of some very nasty neighbors.  No run-of-the-mill “civilian” really knows what is stored there, and in what amounts.  The average citizen of Utah can only speculate and guess what is actually there, and so, when Hollywood churns out a dis ...
• The Story Behind the Story of Chinese Delegation&# ...
  Good Morning Friends: I submit this is exactly what Comrade Clinton promised Comrade Ju in her visit back in January 2009.  REMEMBER??  (She was literally hours into her Secretary of State position, when Hillary heads to Bejing!!!) I absolutely love what Donald Trump had to say to CNN’s Wolf Blitz ...
• Activity on the “New Madrid Fault”.
  Connecting the dots, folks, is what I try to do. Remember the “Swine Flu Pandemic” last winter?  Is that event somehow connected in any way with the Gulf oil spill and the dueterium laser attack on Deepwater Horizon?  Are the dead birds and animals in Arkansas and Kentucky connected as well?  I t ...
• Will the REAL “Jared Lee Loughner” Ple ...
• Is A. True Ott “Sorcha Faal”? Not Eve ...
  I have recently had a dozen or so people e-mail me concerning what I believe to have been an honest mistake — a patriot blog identified me, A. True Ott, with being “Sorcha Faal”.  The author even posted my picture.  He quickly apologized to me for his error, claiming that his “information” came fr ...

k2p blog

• Cyclone Yasi approaches Queensland coast
  The threat from Cyclone Anthony has passed but Cyclone Yasi is approaching the Queensland coast. But it is moving so fast that it may not have time to dump much water over the water-logged regions of Queensland.
• Carrefour and Walmart branded as cheats in China
  Carrefour and Walmart have been heavily fined for overpricing and swindling Chinese consumers.
• Davos 2011 wraps up: Emerging markets generating t ...
  The WEF 2011 meeting in Dvaos drwas to a close with the Euro turning the corner, buyers from the emerging markets on an acquisitions spree and bankers being rehabilitated. There is a clear optimism but also a strong fear of being optimistic. Too many fingers have been burnt.
• Okhotsk rescue over and icebreakers end operations
  The month long rescue of ships trapped in the ice in the Sea of Okhotsk has been successfully completed.
• Now Queensland faces “David and Goliath&#822 ...
  After the floods (even if some of the flooding in Brisbane was due to poor operation of the Wivenhoe Dam), Queensland faces a cyclone due to cross the coast today and another larger cyclone which could hit on Thursday.

Left Foot Forward

• Payday lenders: the need for urgent action
  On 3 February, the House of Commons will vote on whether to support the introduction of a series of caps on the amount that payday and home credit lenders can charge for credit. The vote comes at a time when the UK has accumulated one of the highest levels of personal debt in the world. In April la ...
• Afghanistan: Who do you talk to and will they list ...
  The issue of negotiations are far complex and nuanced than usually recognised, explains Captain Patrick Bury (Royal Irish Regiment), who served in Afghanistan.
• Look Left – The Murdoch Menace
  It was a week to forget for everyone's favourite real-life Bond villain, Tory-supporting media magnate Rupert Murdoch, with sexism, phone-hacking and a new row with Ofcom.
• Egyptian protests show no sign of abating
  The overthrow of President Ben Ali in Tunisia has started an unprecedented chain reaction in the Middle East and North Africa, writes ippr's Alex Glennie.
• Lanlsley’s latest sop to private health shou ...
  News that private health companies could be paid much more than their public sector NHS competitors under Andrew Lansley’s health reforms should come as no surprise.

Consumerist

• Politician Breaks Into Home, Sues Owners For Injur ...
  File this one under "S" for "shut the front door!" -- no, really, shut the front door and lock it: Senator Jim Alesi of New York is very angry that he injured himself after breaking into a home, and is suing the owners, his constituents, as well as the builders of the home. Sen. Alesi claims in hi ...
• This Is Why You Need To Double Check Your Statemen ...
  For those who try to prepay their mortgages, here's a cautionary tale from reader RM. Basically every single time that he's prepaid his mortgage, there's been a big problem. The bank keeps applying it to the future interest instead of the existing principal. The future interest is calculated based ...
• Airline Bumps Us Off Flight, Doesn't Bother To Tel ...
  Danielle said she and her friend were stuck in London without a flight back to Boston after their original flight was canceled. She said American Airlines, on which the original flight was scheduled, told them it booked them on a British Airways flight, but the latter airline said that wasn't the c ...
• Track Your Tax Return Status With IRS2Go App
  The IRS has an official app called "IRS2Go" for iOS and Android that lets you keep track of your tax return's status after you've filed it. Unfortunately there is no function for "ABOLISH IRS, LIVE OFF THE GRID AS SOVEREIGN CITIZEN OF MY BUNKER STATE." Sorry, people who would like that. To log i ...
• We Have To Pay $300 For Contraceptive We Didn't Us ...
  Dustin and his wife are out $300 because they decided not to have a doctor set his wife up with an intrauterine contraceptive after they ordered it. He says that insurance would have paid for the procedure had they decided to go through with it, but now must pay for something they don't want to use ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Development Agencies Fail to Take On Corruption: W ...
  Canadian Press: Darling of Development World, Stung by Corruption Problems, Says Others in Worse Shape The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – a $21.7 billion health fund backed by prominent celebrities – is responding to allegations that the fund has lost up to $34 million to ...
• Feds Subpoena Lawyer in CIA Leak Case: Whistleblow ...
  St. Louis Beacon: Feds Take Unusual Step of Subpoenaing Sterling's Lawyer The lawyer representing Jeffrey Sterling – the former CIA officer charged with leaking national security secrets to the press – was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in order to discuss Sterling’s case. Federal ...
• Teresa Chambers Case Highlights Limitations of Whi ...
  Last week, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ordered the National Park Service to reinstate whistleblower Teresa Chambers as Chief of the U.S. Park Police, as well as to reimburse her for back pay and legal costs. Her case garnered national attention when she was removed by the Bush adm ...
• Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator Kill ...
  By Wikimedia user Markus Schweiss Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator Killed Whistleblower Bill? This article details how the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) – a bill that would have strengthened protections for federal employees – was killed by one senator’s decis ...
• Justice Department Leakers of Classified Info. Get ...
  Three months ago, journalist Michael Isikoff noted the disturbing "Double Standard" in White House Leak Inquiries.  But now it's not just the Executive Branch.  Josh Gerstein of Politico just published an article on how a judge ruled that the Justice Department can keep secret names of its own law ...

UK Progressive

• The Monday Line: The Greatest Story Still Not Full ...
  While fires and tempers rage in Cairo and across Egypt, most government and media executives grow uneasy. The Middle East has not seen this level of mass popular unrest since the Shah of Iran was toppled in the late 1970s. Corrupt western propped-up regimes could fall like dominos but only a few med ...
• Sister Sarah Palin not Qualified to Run Nor Is She ...
  MSNBC’s acerbic Crossfire host Chris Matthews and panelists engaged in a frank exchange Sunday about the political future of the Facebook blogging half-term former Governor of Alaska. Unanimous opinion was Mrs. Palin was gaming the system to line her own pockets, was not qualified to run and indeed ...
• SNL Pans Bachmann for State of the Union Tea Party ...
  I was a senior in University when this programme began 36-years ago. It would stop on-campus parties for 90-minutes because the sketches and musicians were that good. The cold open is the tradition where they spoof news of the day and end with the signature line: “Live from New York, It’s Saturday N ...
• American Consumers Betrayed as Organic Elite Crush ...
  After years of fighting to keep Monsanto’s Genetically Engineered (GE) crops from contaminating the nation’s 25,000 organic farms and ranches, America’s organic consumers and producers have been betrayed. The self-appointed Organic Elite, spearheaded by Whole Foods Market, Organic Valley, and Stonyf ...
• @UKProgressive Live Cairo Twitter Feed Saturday Af ...
  Our continuing of live coverage of the crisis in Egypt. UKProgressive DenisCampbell @watergatesummer alBaradei spoke on AlJazeera Arabic & was simultaneously translated to AlJ English http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/ 13 minutes ago UKProgressive DenisCampbell @bijoudesigncom thx. 14 minutes a ...

NewsAlert

• Liberals Plan to "Uncloak" the Koch Brothers
  The Daily Caller
• Rahm Emanuel Earns Chicago Sun-Times Endorsement D ...
  The Chicago Sun-Times editorial board endorses Rahm Emanuel despite calling for higher sales taxes on services and ObamaCare's crushing tax burden on small businesses. Chicago mayoral candidate interviews - Rahm Emanuel from Chicago Sun-Times on Vimeo.
• New York City Investigates Arizona Gun Show
  The New York Times reports:Weeks after a shooting left six dead and 13 injured in Tucson, New York City sent undercover investigators to an Arizona gun show and found instances in which private sellers sold semiautomatic pistols even after buyers said they probably could not pass background checks, ...
• White House quietly exempts pampered politicos fro ...
  The Washington Times
• Still on public payroll after demanding sex acts f ...
  The Chicago Sun-Times reports:A convicted felon ordered to receive treatment for sex addiction — who also was a political operative for Cook County Commissioner Jeff Tobolski — has been working for months at an indoor sports facility owned by the southwest suburban Village of McCook, where Tobolski ...

JoNova

• Vietnamese Translation
  Pat Kelly has produced the fifteenth translation of The Skeptics Handbook — Cẩm Nang Của NgÆ°á»i Hoài Nghi. Click on the cover to download a copy. The diacritical feast of glyphs in the file title looks like glorious unix nightmare. (So if the link doesn’t work for you, use the back up file her ...
• Hackers throw EU carbon market into intensive care ...
  The EU carbon market is in trouble again. Shucks.  Who would have guessed? Hackers have created so much disarray the EU market has been shut down. (Reuters) – The European Commission has frozen spot carbon trade in its 72 billion euro ($97.1 billion) emissions trading scheme after carbon permits we ...
• Freak January 2011 continues — cyclone coming our ...
  With wild blizzards in the Northern Hemisphere, and mass floods across the whole Eastern seaboard of Australia, it’s good that Perth is not being entirely abandoned by freak forces of nature. We were starting to feel left out. Perth is 32 degrees South of the Equator. We rarely get cyclones but they ...
• Freak January 2011 continues — cyclone comin ...
  With wild blizzards in the Northern Hemisphere, and mass floods across the whole Eastern seaboard of Australia, it’s good that Perth is not being abandoned by freak forces of nature. We were starting to feel left out. Perth is 32 degrees South of the Equator. We rarely get cyclones but they do spin ...
• Dellers is on fire today
  James Delingpole hits the spot. Rarely do you see someone reply to a petty put-down with such equanimity, clarity, and ultimately, a devastating trump. If Ben Goldacre thinks I’m a ***** what does that make him? The BBC spent 3 hours trying to catch Delingpole out so they could paint him a fool. Obv ...

ReNew America

• Why Hawaii now wants to sell 'birth certificate'
  (WorldNetDaily) - Despite national press reports to the contrary, the Hawaii state legislature has no intention of releasing Barack Obama's long-form, hospital-generated birth certificate -- not even for $100...
• Waivers for favors
  (Michelle Malkin) - President Obama's storytellers recently launched a White House blog series called "Voices of Health Reform," where "readers can meet average Americans already benefiting from the health reform law." I propose a new White House series: "Voices of Health Reform Waivers," where taxp ...
• Obama speech proves no confidence in free markets
  (David Limbaugh) - Obama's latest watchword, "investments," is not, as I originally assumed, simply a euphemism for government spending. It captures his entire economic philosophy -- a philosophy that is permanently engrained in the core of his being and disastrous for America's "future"...
• The old Obama in new clothing
  (Charles Krauthammer) - The November election sent a clear message to Washington: less government, less debt, less spending. President Obama certainly heard it, but judging from his State of the Union address, he doesn't believe a word of it. The people say they want cuts? Sure they do -- in the abs ...
• Obama's WTF presidency
  (Washington Times) - President Obama seems to have cribbed his new campaign theme from Newt Gingrich, or maybe Saddam Hussein. In his State of the Union address, Mr. Obama rolled out "winning the future" as his latest signature theme and political brand...

Truth Offering

• Corporatism and "Certified Organic"
  More and more nowadays, anything small and special in the business world is quickly gobbled up by huge corporations. If it's profitable, the big boys want in...and of course, once that happens, what made that small company special is immediately wiped away. Why? Because corporations are all about th ...
• S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
  In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated men ...
• Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Relatio ...
  At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the Uni ...
• Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller and ...
  John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject out th ...
• TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's "The ...
  Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

• Amazing Scottish Bunker For Sale
  Not too far from where the majority of Scots live, a bunker is now for sale at a very reasonable price of £400,000: The complex at Cultybraggan Camp near Comrie, Perthshire, was completed in 1990 and is believed to be one of the most advanced structures of its kind. It was built to house 150 [...] ...
• New California Risk: Superstorm
  As if supervolcanoes and earthquakes weren’t enough to worry about, add floods to the list of natural events that could be catastrophic for Californians. A group of more than 100 scientists and experts say in a new report that California faces the risk of a massive “superstorm” that could flood a qu ...
• George Lucas Update
  LucasFilm has responded to the recent story about George Lucas being a 2012er, as told by Seth Rogen on TV show Ellen: [Lucas] was not serious when he talked about the end of the world in 2012, but he is an adamant believer that the world is flat, that Stonehenge was built by aliens, and [...] Rel ...
• Sea Rise Ark / Irish Giant Gene / Betelgeuse
  Experts are saying the sea levels will rise by 13 feet in the next thousand years. This is the first time such a long-range forecast has been made, and presumably the authors will never see their work disproved. I presume this work, which focuses on climate change, does not consider that the long-te ...
• Doomsday Driver
  A woman who claimed the world was going to end in an apocalyptic earthquake Friday was arrested in the Marin Headlands on allegations of abducting four people off the streets of Berkeley and San Francisco, a federal spokeswoman said. Lark Ann Freeman, 36, of Fairfield was booked into Marin County Ja ...

Facing South

• 'Billionaires club' of wealthy conservatives gathe ...
  For years the Koch brothers from Kansas (reportedly worth $21.5 billion each) have been hosting a secret gathering of conservative businessmen, operatives and politicians to with little fanfare. But this year's pow-wow at the Ranchos Las Palmas Resort and Spa in Rancho Mirage, California is draw ...
• What if executives feared prison time for health a ...
  By Jenny Brown, Labor Notes In the U.S., owners and managers of companies like BP, responsible for 11 deaths and 17 injuries in last year's Gulf oil rig explosion, never face jail time for the workers they kill. That's not the case everywhere: Steelworkers in Canada are pressing a prosecution of ...
• Voter ID laws carry hefty price tag for cash-strap ...
  In 2010, Republicans campaigned on the issues of jobs, taxes and the economy -- and with� states still reeling from scarce jobs and tight budgets, GOP leaders have pledged to keep that focus. In North Carolina, incoming House Speaker Rep. Thom Tillis (R) opened the 2011 session this week by puttin ...
• Scientists found chemical dispersants lingering in ...
  By Marian Wang, ProPublica Chemical compounds from the oil dispersants applied to the Gulf of Mexico didn't break down as expected, according to a study released this week. Scientists found the compounds lingering for months in the deep waters of the Gulf, long after BP's oil had stopped spewing ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Starving the unions
  Rate of union membership in the U.S. in 2010: 11.9 percent Number of years since the union membership rate was that low: 70 Number of U.S. workers who belonged to unions in 2010: 14.7 million Decline in union membership over the previous year, attributable in part to the recession eroding employm ...

One News Page

• Liverpool Submit £30m Bid For Newcastle Striker An ...
• John Barry - John Barry Dies
  John Barry has died of a heart attack.The iconic British composer, best known for scoring 11 films in the 'James Bond' movie series - including 'From Russia With Love', 'Goldfinger' and 'You Only Live Twice' - passed away aged 77, it was reported this morning (31.01.11). John's compositions won ... ...
• Blast at Davos hotel during World Economic Forum: ...
  A small blast shattered two windows but caused no injuries at a hotel where top business and political leaders are attending the World Economic Forum, Swiss police said on Thursday. The explosion happened in a storage room of the Posthotel Morosani shortly after 9 am local time (0800 GMT), ...
• France's Sarkozy to lay out ambitious G20 goals
  PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy will spell out his plans for reforming the international monetary system and curbing volatility in food and fuel prices on Monday in a keynote speech on France's year-long G20 presidency.
• Somali pirates seize German ship off Seychelles
  BERLIN (Reuters) - A German shipping line appealed for naval intervention on Tuesday after Somali pirates seized a cargo ship and its 12 crew off the Seychelles on Saturday.

Global Research TV

• La souveraineté monétaire de l'Afrique
• Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy
• How Much will we Sacrifice for War?
• CIA's Dirty Secret: US Turns Blind Eye on Notoriou ...
• Spy Services Keep Whistleblowers Online

Daily Tech

• Netgear CEO Trashes Steve Jobs, Predicts WP7's Dem ...
  Says Apple will eventually lose out to the more open Android
• Microsoft Reports Fiscal Q2 2011 Earnings
  Windows division seems a drop in revenue; Xbox revenue jumps
• Biden Pushes Congress to Boost Electric Car Tax Cr ...
  Biden hopes to add 300,000 more $7,500 credits
• Scientists Overcome Major Hurdle to Manufacturing ...
  Vapor deposition process will allow for less expensive mass production of the cells, LEDs
• UPDATED: The Good, The Bad: Windows Phone 7 Moved ...
  Results are rather mixed, and can be viewed either optimistically or pessimistically

Oriental Review

• Egypt in Fire: Statehood Wisdom Put to Test
  Yuri Tyssovski (Russia) The tide of popular protests in Egypt shows no signs of subsiding. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in Cairo, Alexandria, Asyut, Port Said, and Suez to demand the immediate resignation of the current Egyptian leader H. Mubarak dubbed Egypt’s last Pharaoh by his ...
• Russian Terrorism: A New Angle
  By Joe Kleine While the smell of smoke still lingers in the air and the body count rises, there are already at least 2 popular theories on the Moscow bombing. The most well-known theory is that the Chechen Rebels bombed the airport. A precursory look at the Wikipedia history of Russian/Chechen relat ...
• The Prague Treaty Has Been Ratified: Now What?
  Vladimir Yevseyev (Russia) On January 26, 2011, the Federation Council of Russia’s Federal Assembly ratified the New Russian-American Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). It shows that the “restart” of relations between our countries is on track. The US Senate consented to the Treaty in Dece ...
• Who Has Blown Up Moscow Airport?
  Any terrorist attack immanently pursues a certain political goal. Clear understanding of this goal and an analysis of the whole set of available facts about the horrific explosion in Domodedovo earlier this week may bring us closer to the answer to the key question: who are the perpetrators and who ...
• Russia In The Mirror Of World Policy
  By Tatyana Tallerova (Russia) Last year Russia not only managed to establish and consolidate its positions at the international arena, but also set the foundation for the further growth of the state authority in 2011. The most important event was the creation of the Customs Eurasian Economic Union o ...

BlogHer

• Show & Tell: NieNie Asks -- What Makes You Happy?
  What makes you happy? Me? My sweet new nephew Freddie. Your turn: Leave a comment or picture about what makes you happy. I want to know!
• 14 Days of Chocolate in Your Inbox!
  I wouldn't say I'm a chocolate freak (though I wouldn't kick it off my pillow), but there is one time of year when I'm a total sucker for it: Valentine's Day. Every year for at least the past 15, during single times and couple times and "we don't like labels" times and all the times in between, I've ...
• American Idol Season 10: What's the Verdict on the ...
  Reports of American Idol's demise in Season 10 may be a bit premature. Yes, it's going through a major transformation. Only Randy Jackson remains from any previous season's judging panel. He's joined by two wild cards: Jennifer Lopez -- struggling to stay relevant in a world of Lady Gagas, Ke$has ...
• Speech Delays: Talk to Me
  I look at his face, red now, with snot and tears and drool all mixing into one big, frustrated mess. He wants so much to tell me. Even more, he wants me to understand. Why aren’t I helping him? Why? This motherhood thing, when it comes down to the core of it, is pretty simple. You take care of your ...
• Love Movies? Join Me for A Month of Movies Every D ...
  It's almost February, which (in addition to being totally out of line, FATHER TIME) means that it's officially OSCAR SEASON here in Tinseltown. If you don't know (which you probably don't, because why would you?), THE 818 -- that's me, online -- is the nickname for the San Fernando Valley in Los ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Sick Gulf Residents Beg Officials For Relief
  Gulf residents are fighting for their lives. There are no jobs, nothing to fish and no support for those exposed to receive the medical care that is so desperately needed. All the while, tarballs continue to ...
• USDA Fully Deregulates GMO Alfalfa:Open Pollinatin ...
  Organic farmers have suffered a loss as the USDA has announced that they are allowing Monsanto’s Roundup Ready GM alfalfa to be planted without restrictions.  The news comes as a blow to the organic industry ...
• Politicians Ignoring Citizens Call for Freedom of ...
  Who will speak for the citizens of the United States if not our elected officials? Last year, anyone concerned about their health and access to nutritious food and natural medicine watched in horror as the government passed ...
• Politicians Ignoring Citizens Call for Freedom of ...
  Who will speak for the citizens of the United States if not our elected officials? Last year, anyone concerned about their health and access to nutritious food and natural medicine watched in horror as the government passed ...
• Confirmed: Mercury Cancels Out the Health Benefits ...
  Omega oils have seen a lot of attention for their greatly important benefits to brain functions, eating fish is one of the ways to get the nutritional benefit from food.  But there is a problem ...

Live News Wire

• Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Needed T ...
  Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was about ...
• Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Shootin ...
  The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to authoritie ...
• Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s Sho ...
  Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a tha ...
• “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By Youn ...
  At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery store ...
• Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
  The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this week. ...

Coal Tattoo

• Massey update: More on the Alpha buyout
  Back in early December, when Massey CEO Don Blankenship announced his, er, retirement, from the company, United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts offered this hope for what the change in Massey’s leadership might mean for the company, its workers, and the communities where it operates: This also ...
• Alpha Natural Resources to buy Massey
  Here’s the press release: ABINGDON, Va. & RICHMOND, Va. — Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR) (âAlphaâ) and Massey Energy Company (NYSE: MEE) (âMasseyâ) announced today that they signed a definitive agreement under which Alpha will acquire all outstanding shares of Massey common stock, subject ...
• Friday roundup, Jan. 29, 2011
  Caterine Zapata, wife of miner Jorge Lara, reacts at La Preciosa mine in Sardinata, northeastern Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2011. Lara is among 20 miners feared dead when an explosion believed caused by a methane gas buildup rocked the underground coal mine early Wednesday. Methane gas was also ...
• Massey continues to dispute MSHA on UBB cause
  That’s a photo of the longwall shearer at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine, and it’s probably the most interesting piece of new argument Massey made today during a media briefing on the company’s investigation of the April 5, 2010, mine disaster. We’ve heard a lot of what Massey had to say tod ...
• 19-year-old is first U.S. coal death of 2011
  The bad news came yesterday: The first U.S. coal-mining death of 2011. The accident happened at Baylor Mining’s Jims Branch No. 3a Mine in Wyoming County, W.Va., according to the state Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training. We don’t have many details, except that the accident occurred at abo ...

Daniel Miessler

• And Now I Give You Technoviking
  via youtube.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsJan-Ove Waldner ServesEuler’s DiskThe Parrot AR.DroneThe GiftI’m Playing a Bit of SC2
• Why I Like Nice Things
  I often take criticism for my desire to own expensive things, live in nice neighborhoods, eat in quality restaurants, and otherwise surround myself with what most in the middle class consider to be the upper end of things. When I say I take criticism, what I really mean is that I’m often accused of ...
• Scott Adams on How to Tax the Rich | WSJ
  Scott Adams If the rich can be taxed at a different rate, why not other differences in how they are taxed? The president was too polite to mention it during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, but here’s a quick summary of the problem: The U.S. is broke. The hole is too big [...]
• The Republican Response to the SoTU
  So I saw Obama’s SOTU speech last night. I have been avoiding political news for the most part lately, so it was interesting to see what he had to say. I liked it, basically, but that’s not what got my attention. What forced me to write this was the Republican response. The guy who gave [...]
• Cookie Stealing With Cross-Site Scripting Explaine ...
  �One of the most common questions I receive when doing appsec consulting revolves around�cross-site scripting. Specicially, I am asked constantly why it is that stealing a cookie via reflected cross-site scripting has so many steps. If the goal is to get a victim to run a malicious script that steal ...

Fitwatch

• Manchester demo – police use s50 powers to g ...
  We have received this account from an eye-witness in Manchester. Police have abused ASBO legislation to obtain the personal details of anti-cuts demonstrators. Manchester police ended a day of orderly rallies and breakout groups of protesters by abusing legislation on anti-social behaviour in order ...
• Protesters sprayed as Hugh Orde advocates extreme ...
  Three days after head of ACPO, Hugh Orde, promised the use of more extreme tactics on protesters, ten people have been cs/pepper sprayed at a London UKUncut protest outside Boots, with three needing hospital treatment. During the protest on Oxford Street, an activist tried to post a leaflet through ...
• Statement by activist security collective on Lynn ...
  The following is a statement from the ActivistSecurity.org collective following discussions with individuals involved in the expose of 'Lynn Watson' as an undercover police infiltrator. The original of this, including photographs, can be found at their website http://www.activistsecurity.org/lynn_wa ...
• Schnews reposted
  In the interests of completeness, we reprint (with permission!) the Schnews article that broke the news about cop/govt trolling on activist websites.... INTER-NETCU AS GOVERNMENT AGENCY CAUGHT INFILTRATING ACTIVIST MEDIA OUTLET “No - stuff that - SHUT the place: Let’s not all stand around like lemmi ...
• Met’s published photos – info for stud ...
  Once again the Met have released a set of images of people they want in connection with the student protests last Thursday. If you or one of your mates is one of them, you’ll be worried and unsure about what to do. Before you do anything, read this first. The dilemma is this - if [...]

Worldwide Hippies

• You Want To Believe
  Six Of The Most Widely-Believed Alien Conspiracy Theories | IO9 Disappointed by Skyline? Tantalized by Castle’s X-Files-y episode this week? Want an alien conspiracy with some meat on its bones (or exoskeleton, as the case may be)? Here are six of the greatest real-life alien conspiracy theories. Ac ...
• Be Afraid! – Monsanto Executive Appointed to ...
  by Veterans Today | salem-news Monsanto gave us Agent Orange, Aspartame and Cancer Causing Additives in our Food Supply: Monsanto is synonymous with reckless deadly business practices in America, and now their man has secured a position in the FDA, again. Michael R. Taylor, was appointed Deputy Com ...
• “I think the society he wanted to impact is ...
  He had firecrackers. Big ones, yeah, but they’re still firecrackers. Man arrested with explosives at Michigan mosque | Associated Press A 63-year-old Southern California man who had explosives in his vehicle was arrested outside one of the nation’s largest mosques in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn, ...
• Sudan Secedes
  You didn’t see this coming. I guarantee it. It’s official: South Sudan set to secede with a 99.57 percent vote | The Christian Science Monitor Cheers and spontaneous dancing broke out as the first official announcement of results from South Sudanâs independence vote was made in the oil-rich regionâs ...
• Electronic Freedom Foundation Discovers FBI Violat ...
  EFF Uncovers Widespread FBI Intelligence Violations | EFF EFF has uncovered widespread violations stemming from FBI intelligence investigations from 2001 – 2008. In a report released today, EFF documents alarming trends in the Bureauâs intelligence investigation practices, suggesting that FBI intell ...

reference frame

• Climate change is testing Hosni Mubarak
  Self-described physicist Joe Romm has discovered that climate change has overthrown Ben Ali in Tunisia and has brought demonstrations to Egypt, too. The insanity of Romm and his likes becomes particularly flagrant if you realize that the food prices recently grew also (if not mostly) beca ...
• PI: Nima Arkani-Hamed on twistor uprising
  Mikael has pointed out a video of a fresh 100-minute talk (100 minutes is equal to one decimal Nima hour) that Nima Arkani-Hamed gave at the Perimeter Institute three days ago. Before I began to watch, I wasn't sure whether I would finish. Well, I became much more certain about the answer ...
• Russian men will be nuked to Mars in 2037
  While the U.S. Constellation Program (CxP) has been abandoned and NASA's manned flights to Mars became very unlikely, the first cosmic nation of Russia is returning to its previous positions: Russia plans to build carrier rocket for Mars missions (RIA News)In 2013, Russia will begin tests of ...
• Prague: Mossad-Hamas summit?
  The Czech media have mentioned that according to PalPress�of Palestine - which is controlled by Fatah - the boss of Hamas and his pals have visited the Czech capital to meet the local representative of Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, who organized the hypothesized summit. You can ...
• Brian Greene: The Hidden Reality
  Next week, Brian Greene will release his third popular book. The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmoswill join The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, two bestsellers that have explained string theory, the nature of space and time, and modern physics i ...

No Frakking Consensus

• Credit Where It’s Due
  A news account suggests Michael Oppenheimer is a class act. Rather than calling climate skeptics "deniers" he admits they might be smart people.
• Mr. Chairman, Your Carriage Awaits
  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is dysfunctional and unaccountable. That Rajendra Pachauri remains as its chairman - despite widespread calls for his resignation - is proof of this.
• If IPCC Meetings Were Televised
  The IPCC documents most likely to be read by outsiders - the Summaries for Policymakers - are not scientific statements at all. Rather, they are the result of a messy, arduous political negotiation that pits scientists against politicians.
• Is a Meteorologist a Drought Expert?
  Why does the media keep interviewing a meteorologist about droughts & floods instead of those with genuine expertise?
• The Silent Treatment
  Should AGW proponents acknowledge critics? Or should they avert their eyes and block their ears?

Tarpley

• MK-Ultra Minion Assange of Wikileaks Targets CIA ...
  Webster G. Tarpley on The Alex Jones Show Infowars December 5, 2010 download file
• Emergency Call to Congress: Stop the Destruction o ...
  Webster G. Tarpley TARPLEY.net December 12, 2010 Dear Senator/Congressman – American voters are shocked and outraged by Obama’s latest betrayal of the FDR New Deal heritage. Most alarming in his dirty deal with the Republicans is the proposed sabotage of Social Security. We will work hard to defeat ...
• December 23, 1310: Emperor Henry VII of Luxemburg, ...
  Webster G. Tarpley TARPLEY.net December 23, 2010 Henry VII of Luxemburg Today, December 23, 2010, marks one of the most important world-historical anniversaries of all time. Seven hundred years ago this evening, the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII of Luxemburg passed through the city gates of Mila ...
• Media Interviews
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• World Crisis Radio
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