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You've probably done it before: hit publish without meaning to, or hit publish and then regretted it. Oops -- once you hit publish, your words are out there. You can't take them back. Yes, you can delete t... - posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 23 minutes ago
------------------------------ February 1, 2011 *Criminal Charges Must Be Laid - Former Finance Regulator* William Black: Regulations were deliberately weakened to create conditions for systemic fr... - posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 38 minutes ago
" The notion of national Internet ID riles up privacy advocates, but an Internet with total anonymity is total anarchy The news of the U.S. government's latest attempt at a national citizen "Internet ID" ... - posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 hour ago
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 2 hours agoDescribes the presence of the Muslim Brotherhood as a "good sign". You can feel the venom every time America is mentioned... (but no mention of Crown/Chicom empire. See, if it was anyone/anywhere else I...
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoA free software program could save tons of carbon emissions generated from running large computer servers.
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 hours agoDozens of candidate worlds reside within the "habitable zones" of their parent stars.
- posted by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at - 3 hours ago*Cartography has enormous impact* on what we believe this planet looks like. The assumed importance of certain regions of the world is lit. 'measured' by it. Google Maps helps us in a great way to promote ...
- posted by Anaconda at PhoeniCIA2phoenix - 3 hours ago
*Who's to cut off the head of the snake in Egypt...?* By Pepe Escobar It does sound like the pastiche of a short story by the late, great Egyptian winner of the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature, Naguib Mah... - posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 hours agoTrying to find economic stability, Borneo is losing a goldmine of endemic species.
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The previous open thread has agreed to stand down in favour of a new open thread, ushering in a fresh era of open threadness. For those of you not up to speed on recent BBC output, here's a brief summary ... - posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 hours agoWhether you more frequently use your right hand or your left isn't so much a choice as it is hardwired in your brain.
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 6 hours agoPaul Nurse, the boss of the Royal Society, recently compared climate skeptics to the people who reject modern medicine, or those who doubt the relationship between HIV and AIDS, and who prefer alternativ...
- posted by Anaconda at PhoeniCIA2phoenix - 7 hours ago
*Dr. Muqtedar Khan* This is a pivotal moment in the current history of the Arab World. If Egypt is transformed, it will transform the region. Egypt is the moral and intellectual leader of the Arab World... - posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 7 hours ago
Ordinary nuclear power plants use uranium, Z=92, as their fuel. Nuclear fission has done and is doing a great service to the mankind. However, the uranium still has several disadvantages. The waste produc... - posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago
Lara Anderson, an expert in Japanese martial arts and an ex-Rhodes scholar, and three collaborators - James Gray, Andres Lukas, and Burt Ovrut - have released a very interesting preprint called Stabilizin... - posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 9 hours agoIt’s becoming increasingly clear, thanks to a series of posts from Autonomous Mind, The Register and Katabasis, that the Met Office is not only seriously incompetent but also full of viperous spin doctor “...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoTed Lange: "Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling."
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 10 hours ago
Former British Prime Minister and current unpunished war criminal Tony Blair has been on a roll lately. On January 21, 2011, Blair revealed to the Iraq Inquiry, led by Sir John Chilcot, that he felt no per... - posted by Nicole Gugliucci at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoIn this wonderful example of citizen science, an amateur astronomer found a strange, rare galaxy. It's a spiral galaxy, lacking a bulge. It's as flat as a pancake.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours agoPUYALLUP INDIAN NATION, Wash. -- Carl "Bad Bear" Sampson, Western Shoshone, walked and ran across America in 2008, on the Longest Walk northern route. Tonight, Bad Bear was on the Puyallup Indian Nation, ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 11 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] [image: Justify Full]The proof is in Arlington Vacation Rentals Arlington, Texas is take pleasure in immediately such a boon right now as the city gears up for ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 11 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Lt. Gen. David Rodriguez, the No. 2 commandant in Afghanistan, said Tuesday that the United States and NATO could achieve incredible in the war even if Pakistan...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Pakistan a car bomb killed nine people and injured one more 19 in a busy marketplace in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Wednesday, a hospital head s...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] In a sharp confront to the Obama direction, House Republicans intend to reveal legislation Wednesday to ban the Environmental guard Agency from adaptable conser...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 12 hours agoMarco Polo - For The Future feat. Critically Acclaimed
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] President Hosni Mubarak defy a quarter-million protesters demanding he step down straight away, announce Tuesday he would dish up out the last months of his ter...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 13 hours agoTom Brady tore up the NFL with his precision transitory and dynamic guidance of the *New England *Patriots' offense. That was in 2007, when he ran away with The connected Press NFL *Offensive Player*...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 14 hours agoDeepening Canada-U.S. Security and Military Ties By Dana Gabriel Published: January 29, 2011 A recent North American defense ministers meeting was originally scheduled to be a trilateral gathering, but M...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 14 hours agoCrowds Gathered for Largest protest Yet Demand Mubarak's in need of attention Removal President *Obama* today told embattled Egyptian President *Hosni Mubarak* that relinquishing power was the correct de...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 16 hours agoENVIRONMENT - The biggest blizzard in decades is heading north towards Toronto and is currently so big that it stretches from Mexico to Canada. Many regions of the United States have been hit hard by the h...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoThe lack of options available to some animals gives them no choice but to take what they can get.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoA new approach borrows from stem cell methods to convert cells faster.
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 19 hours agoU.S. media gloss over Washington's role in Egyptian repression 2/1/11 The political context of the current Egyptian uprising is clear: The United States has steadfastly supported dictator Hosni Mubarak, w...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 19 hours ago
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 20 hours agoSenator Bernie Sanders (VT) President Dwight D. Eisenhower *Some Reflections on Obama's State of the Union Address* The first article reproduced below reflects on the how Obama came across...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 20 hours agoHague calls for 'real and visible change' in Egypt TSA Invades Roads & Highways With VIPR Checkpoints Two patients a day die of thirst on NHS hospital wards (no death panel required) Judge rules Obamacar...
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 21 hours ago*What Corruption and Force Have Wrought in Egypt* truthdig Posted on Jan 30, 2011 By Chris Hedges The uprising in Egypt, although united around the nearly universal desire to rid the country of the mili...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 22 hours agoHow many climate alarmists are there among the U.S. climate scientists? If you count those who are ready to chastise the members of the U.S. Congress, the answer turns out to be eighteen. The Hill brings...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoDepending on which Zodiac calendar you follow, you're going to be ringing in the new year with one of these two animals.
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 22 hours agoThere used to be a time when you could tune out Alberta politics for a decade and not miss much. Now, every day brings a new bombshell. The latest comes from the Alberta Liberals, with David Swann resigni...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoPolice investigate the killing of 100 husky dogs used to pull tourists during the 2010 Olympics.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours ago*Diplomats protecting mining interests of Barrick, Newmont, BHP:* *US, Canada, Australia, UK, Switzerland and South Africa *By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo: One of th...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 23 hours agoBy exploring the role of a protein in mice brains, scientists discover its role in memory consolidation
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 23 hours agoI’m sure B-BBC regulars trawl roughly the same blogs, and I often recognise familiar monikers on comments pages. Grant wonders about the BBC’s lack of interest in Tunisia now that their uprising is old hat...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 23 hours agoIn our house we cook about 25 percent my MIL's recipes, 25 percent my mom's recipes and 50 percent recipes we have found or crazy things my husband came up with. This particular recipes comes from my MIL,...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 1 day ago*HUMOUR:* *MARXISTS PARTY FOR CHINESE NEW YEARS:* Too bad the party was so rowdy. To the delight of the world neighbourhood the Party's over.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThere is twice as much dust in the atmosphere as there was 100 years ago, with consequences on global climate and ecology.
- posted by Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 1 day agoAs I write hundreds of thousands of people have poured into Tahrir Square in Cairo to demand the resignation of the increasingly beleaguered and pathetic-looking Hosni Mubarak. When a people have lost the...
- posted by Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 1 day agoDistorted facts, half truths and omissions do tell a story by themselves; especially when they occur so coherently across supposedly independent investigation reports. This article will not delve into the ...
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 1 day agoAutonomous Mind fisks a letter in today's Daily Mail from Roger Harrabin. The same blog also reports on an FOI request revealing Met Office spin about seasonal forecasts. (Coming soon from the BBC, a new...
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoCalled a jewel box with an ultra-low footprint, this 420 square-foot apartment has taken first place in a Treehugger contest.
- posted by Eric Niiler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoSome Egyptians are finding their way online, but the government's block is hurting the nation's economy.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (BenefitScroungingScum) at Broken of Britain - 1 day ago
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoAnd that, is the sound of thousands of Liberals simultaneously de-friending Rocco: *Ex-Liberal fundraiser Rocco Rossi expected to run for Ontario Tories * Rocco Rossi, former national director of the Libe...
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 1 day agoJulian Assange has taken his latest batch of documents to the Telegraph: WikiLeaks documents that disclose how British ministers secretly advised Libya on securing the successful early release of the Locke...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThis giant was larger than the average bear, easily dwarfing the polar bear, the largest species living today.
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago*The transition to IPv6 will produce glitches: no need to hurry* The IPv4 addresses began to be distributed approximately 40 years ago. Today, they're essentially gone. This incumbent arrangement to ident...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 1 day agoAs widely predicted, the BBC4 programme on climate change last night was a ham-fisted stitch-up. Richard North ably explains here. It's in their genes; anyone they think is outside their neme is isolated, ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] A Pakistani moderator has blocked any move to hand over to US establishment an American government employee, beneath study for double murder, and place his name...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] U.S. diplomat to China Jon Huntsman, a Republican with possible presidential ambitions, submit a letter of acceptance to the White House on Monday proclaimed he...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] A federal judge affirmed the Obama administration's health care renovate unauthorized Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be necessary to bu...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 1 day ago*CANADIAN LABOUR SASKATCHEWAN:* *RALLY TO SAVE REGINA WELFARE RIGHTS CENTRE:* You can be assured that something like a 'Welfare Rights Centre' wouldn't be of top of the popularity list of people such as ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] As accumulation demonstrations carry on to intimidate Egyptian presidentHosni Mubarak's grip on power, the country's influential military is rising as possibly t...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*Is the Cobell settlement another scam? *By Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ Photo: Aneth Utah oil field Attorneys in the Cobell settlement have jacked up their bill and the United States ...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoRobert Parry, a veteran investigative journalist, recipient of the George Polk Award for his reporting on the Iran-Contra scandal, founder of the website Consortium News, and author of several books includ...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoI really hate to post on rumours before they're confirmed. After all, this might just be a case of Global jumping the gun. But I really wanted to beat the rest of the press with the headline above, so here...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 1 day agoA Who's Who in the *Egyptian* Crisis subsequent protests in neighboring Tunisia, Egyptians took to the street today for the seventh day of demonstrations. Angered over corruption, unemployment, scarc...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 1 day agoWeeks after the shooting in *Tucson*, seller at an Arizona gun show allowed surreptitiously investigators hired as a result of New York City to buy semiautomatic pistols even after they said they probabl...
- posted by Nicole Gugliucci at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoHD 62623 should have blown any nearby dust away eons ago, but a dusty belt remains. Is there a second stellar companion keeping the dust in place?
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe comeback nature of high-altitude hiker's hearts, provide hope for patients suffering from diseases that restrict oxygen to this muscle.
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoEgyptologists fear that Egypt's prized antiquities could be stolen, smuggled and sold abroad.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoContact: Robin Silverrsilver@biologicaldiversity.org (602) 799-3275 (Photo: Mount Graham website: www.mountgraham.org ) *Action in support Winona LaDuke's presentation at NAU campus on Feb 1st. Protest rall...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day agoKoch Rancho MirageAccording to this morning's edition of the Valley, a local newspaper, there were between 800 and 1000 protesters yesterday at a demonstration against the corporate takeover of American poli...
- *World news has my greatest interest*, particularly these days. Revolts are everywhere. They are shaking up our minds about things we held for granted. News confronts us with realities on this tiny planet,...
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 1 day agoIt was high time for a break from CNN and the media spin that has been generated all over the planet so... I gotta say, flipping the channel to OPB was a real, Oh Yeah, kind of moment...transported to a ...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day agoNeed a cute Valentine's gift for your husband or grandma? This make the perfect gifts and they are so EASY to make. You will need: A ceramic tile, I used 6x6 for this project A digital scrapbook layout prin...
- posted by Christina Reed at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoCreepy, crawly creatures draw our attention, but fear of these critters is a learned emotion.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoOngoing political unrest in Egypt has animal shelters in the country struggling for survival.
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day agoAnd the winner, courtesy of random.org is: Linda from Stray Stitches, who said: Stray Stitches said... Those socks look awfully darn cute and I'm always in the market for socks. JANUARY 24, 2011 2:56 PMCo...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day ago" The timing was immaculate. Last Tuesday, across a two-page extract from the memoirs of Peter Sissons, the senior BBC newsreader, was the headline: “The BBC became a propaganda machine for climate change ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoNEWS RELEASE Monday January 31, 2011 Contact: Alex Soto Email: stopbordermilitarization@gmail.com *Border Patrol Headquarters Occupation Protesters to Fight Charges Group Calls for Further Action Against Bo...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoBeen busy all day but tuned into the PM programme on Radio 4. Was intrigued to hear a debate on *WHY* UK and US foreign policy i*s to blame for the riots in Egypt.* Great delusional stuff - but please, sur...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoPeter Sissons, a long-time as well as recent BBC anchor, just published his memoirs that present some details about the left-wing institutional bias in the BBC News and the political correctness that culmi...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 1 day agoIt is rather disappointing, but James Delingpole and Lord Monckton have both been apparently duped into getting involved in tonight's BBC Four hatchet job on climate change scepticism. I have been saying f...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoDid you plan to quit smoking this year? Are you really going to?
- posted by Cristen Conger at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoTablet sales are eating into PC numbers, so will the PC go away?
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoToday, the CERN folks have officially announced the verdict decided by their recent proceedings in Chamonix (picture above): CERN announces LHC to run in 2012 (press release) The beam energy won't be ...
- posted by David Teeghman at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoAirbag technology that has been used for motorcycle riders is now being tested on skiers.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 days agoI'm sticking fast to my resolve to not be on Twitter. I have no doubt that it would sometimes be fun and useful. On the other hand, do I need it? The answer is most definitely no. My life is so full of...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 2 days agoMan, this guy can't even be decisive when it comes to being non-committal: Jim Dinning, Tuesday: “*While I still have the passion and the interest, I do not want to run for that job*.” Jim Dinning, Saturd...
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoAvatars can influence our actual selves.
- posted by David Teeghman at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoA camera that works like the eyeball thanks to flexible electronics can now zoom.
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoIf you're not alive to tell a coroner the race you best identify with, how will he or she know for sure?
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- Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoCentral Chile faces a big risk of a very large earthquake close to the site of last year's devastating temblor.
- posted by Jorge Ribas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoTwo science stories enter, one science story leaves! Friday News Feedbag pits Discovery News reporters James Williams and Jorge Ribas in a head-to-head match with only one science story at their disposal. ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 2 days ago*Protesters at Tahrir Square * justimage *Blogger's Note:* Some of my best friends are Egyptians. I haven't heard from the ones I've tried to contract, but the following translation was provided by soul...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 days ago** *Mohawk John Kane: 'Nature will always be there to teach' * By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo: Schools for Chiapas published with permission . National Congress of Am...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 2 days agoA coalition of opposition groups call for a million people to take to *Cairo's streets* Tuesday to demand the taking away of President Hosni Mubarak, the clearest sign yet that a unified management was e...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 2 days agoby Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy Those who defend the GOP/right wing assault on media and free speech defend media consolidation with an irrelevant 'factoid'. Before 'deregulation', they say, there ...
- posted by Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 2 days agoLongtime readers know this blog is one of the few standard bearers for Eurovision in the British left. In my self-declared role as its champion in our ghetto I am happy to report that, for once, the UK is ...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoBroad-headed dogs are much stronger than their speedy, narrow-headed cousins.
- posted by Ray Villard at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoHere's my "Sputnik Moment:" Launch an international space program to ensure the long term survival of the human species by building and testing a robust asteroid deflection capability.
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoWhat would happen if the universe expanded indefinitely?
- posted by rhydianfon@gmail.com (Rhydian) at Broken of Britain - 2 days ago
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days agoWell, this one was coming. On Today this morning. John Humphyrs coldly asked US official Michele Dunne just how much* GUILT *did the US have on its hands for what is happening in Egypt. Yes, the USA is to...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 days agoSelf-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...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoIf you think you'll have a heart attack if your team loses, you might just be right.
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 2 days ago*BLOGGING:* *RECENTLY POSTED AT THE 'CAT HOUSE' (MOLLY ON FACEBOOK):* Oldest to latest. Last 24 hours. See http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1078669782 for details. *@@@@@@@@@@* *++*Will Qaddafi Be T...
- The Terrorizing Truth About 9/11: It's Not A Matter of Keeping Secrets, But Maintaining a Grand Myth
posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days agoThe truth about 9/11 is slowly gaining the status of common knowledge, but it's been a real and frustrating decade-long struggle to set the historical record straight. The are still many people who can't... - posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days agoThe truth about 9/11 is slowly gaining the status of common knowledge, but it's been a real and frustrating decade-long struggle to set the historical record straight. The are still many people who can't...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 2 days ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] President Barack Obama has spoken with overseas leaders to talk about the constant circumstances in Egypt, the White House said on Sunday. Obama beam to Turkish...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 2 days ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Hundreds gather at NASA's launch site Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, in receipt of words of hope from the widow of the space sh...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 2 days ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The State Department is ready to evacuate thousands of U.S. citizens from Egypt on charter planes, other than is relying mainly on friends and families in the U...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 2 days ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Egypt's most famous democratic system advocate took up a bullhorn Sunday and called for President Hosni Mubarak to leave, speaking to thousands of protester who...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 2 days agoThat was yesterday - I'm working on uploading pictures from the demonstration today. Everything went smoothly, with a very well organized street closure and breach into the private confines of the billionai...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 2 days ago*CANADIAN LABOUR HAMILTON:* *TEN THOUSAND PROTEST AGAINST LOCKOUT AT US STEEL IN HAMILTON:* The other day ten thousand people gathered in Hamilton Ontario to protest the ongoing lockout at US Steel in tha...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 2 days agoPOLITICS - On Wednesday China brought in fresh measures to curb real estate prices in China, including local price controls. A property tax, widely anticipated, was not announced despite growing worries th...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 2 days agoThese are the Climate Zombies at the White House last fall. What are Climate Zombies? They are the lies that dirty fuel industry-sponsored climate change deniers repeat again and again, no matter how many ...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days agoThis past week saw the BBC jihad against Richard Keyes and Andy Gray. The outrage at their (stupid but off-air) comments was visceral and god help anyone who dared suggest that it was all a bit over the to...
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 2 days agoAs some of you have already pointed out in the comments, the BBC is broadcasting another documentary about climate sceptics on Monday. This film (once again made by a true believer and funded by the licenc...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days ago[image: BBC executives are trying to raid Government funds intended to tackle world poverty in an attempt to lessen the impact of cuts on the World Service.] Had to laugh at this desperation... BBC execu...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days agoAs we have been commenting for the past several days, "ace" BBC correspondent Jeremy Bowen has been going out of his way to allay any fears the British public may have concerning the rise to power of the M...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 days ago* Schools for Chiapas, photos by Peter Brown, published with permission* "Si l@s zapatist@s están en silencio. Casi total. Pero están sembrando, están cosechando. Están presentes ~ vivas y vivos . . ....
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 days agoIs the Egyptian Government Using Agents Provocateur to Justify a Crack Down On the Protesters? By Washington's Blog January 30, 2011 Al Jazeera reported today: [Al Jazeera reporter] Ayman Mohyeldin repo...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoEgyptian residents are banding together to protect their country's rich cultural heritage, but gangs of looters are targeting unguarded tombs.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Iconic Imagery) at Broken of Britain - 2 days ago
- *I have a distinct hate*-love relationship with so-called 'office-suite' software. Complex and seemingly chaotic as their menus and icon-bars appear I don't know what to do with them that task-dedicated so...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 days agoTwo mummies vandalized at the Egyptian museum might be those of King Tut's great-grandparents.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 days ago*NCAI president 'Fat Taker,' for focus on rape of Mother Earth *By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ *Photo Brenda Norrell/southern border *There was more news censored in Ind...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 3 days agoThe ONLY source for the alleged "anti-Semitic" remark, is ONE photographer. And that one person's unsupported, unsubstantiated anecdote, is enough to go right to the front of the Mail's story, as if tons o...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 3 days agoInteresting. Big h/t to Red Ice for the link. Honorary Guide of the Raelian Movement http://raelianews.org/news.php?extend.347 just in case you don't know he's like g-d to the ztgeist people. quote, *"May...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 3 days agoThe BBC must have been *kicking themselves* after a former Apprentice contestant* Katie Hopkins* took a decidedly anti-left wing perspective when on Question Time discussing the issue of the sacking of tho...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 3 days ago"In some cases, victims say, the Peace Corps has ignored safety concerns and later tried to blame the women who were raped for bringing on the attacks." http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/peace-corps-gang-rape-...
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 3 days agoU.S. tests its influence with Egypt's military By ELISABETH BUMILLER The New York Times Herald Tribune Published: Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 10:...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 3 days ago*PERSONAL:* *THE CAT IS ON FACEBOOK:* People may have noticed fewer posts here recently. The reason is that I've been spending a lot of time over at my Facebook site ( http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 3 days ago*HUMOUR:* *A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE TO WHAT IS TERRORISM:*
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoTunisia Egypt Revolution Tribute by Ken O'Keefe Ken O’Keefe: Rise People Rise – The Global Revolution is Upon Us! “…..once in a generation…we get a chance for freedom…this is our chance..” “I have for man...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoZewail’s 4 point Plan for Egypt By Juan Cole Informed Comment January 29, 2011 Nobelist in chemistry, Dr. Ahmed Zewail of the California Institute of Technology, is an Egyptian-American who has sometimes ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 days ago*From Kent Lebsock, Owe Aku International Justice Project* We are forwarding the attached Resolution that was passed today by consensus by the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council representing the trad...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 3 days ago*INTERNATIONAL LABOUR SPAIN:* *THE GENERAL STRIKE IN THE BASQUE COUNTRIES:* Molly has given some prominence recently to the general strike in northern provinces of Spain, mostly because the driving force...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoOf all the revolutions and great political changes that are likely to occur in our lifetime, and it looks like there will be plenty, the one that will bear the most significance for the world and for histo...
- *There is music and there is MUSIC*. When I hear *Tal Wilkenfeld* pulling the strings I listen, carefully. This *young* electric bass-player (born Dec. 2, 1986) from the Land of Oz became a star overnight ...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoStrombo Talks About The Impending Metered Internet Sign the petition at http://StopTheMeter.ca
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 3 days agoPOLITICS - Below is a time line of the events leading up to Egypt's current state of anarchy. January 17th A 50-year-old man sets himself on fire outside parliament. In December a similar protester in Tu...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 3 days agoWhy Israelis aren’t thrilled by the prospect of a democratic Egypt ** *Israeli leaders used to say that democracy in the Arab world is the key to peace and prosperity in the region. So why are they so unh...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 3 days agoWhile 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 p...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoA word search for "Egypt" is not allowed on China's equivalent to Twitter.
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 4 days agoThe *Pentagon*, releasing the first details of its plan to put into practice a new law that will allow gays to serve openly in the unarmed, said today it could begin training troops in February and could...
- posted by Anaconda at PhoeniCIA2phoenix - 4 days ago*US "Soft Power" at Work..., Tunisia was a CIA practice run for Egypt? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvI6JqiAZjs&feature=player_embedded* Egypt is going to be much more difficult to control...., then ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 4 days agoOn Thursday in Washington, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission reported it's findings. And guess what? They found blame everywhere they looked ...but they couldn't see the fraud for the sleeze. You...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 4 days agoThroughout the uprisings in Tunisia, Jordan, Yemen, and of course Egypt, the BBC has avoided raising the alarm over the danger, some say inevitability, that when repressive dictatorships topple, there’s a ...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 4 days agoHe says the British Israel narrative is 100% fiction. I suspect it is 95% fiction and 5% truth, but not like you may think. Anglisc only more or less. The question is in what proportion? One of the things ...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 4 days agoYou can't create that, except of course by a great pile of injustice and corruption. You can however steer it. If people allow themselves to be steered. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO *"Educa...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 4 days agoI was wrong to say that no-one under 60 attends church in the UK. Saw something on BBC last night about the (IMO) wonderful people of the Outer Hebrides, on an island where half the population goes to chur...
- posted by rhydianfon@gmail.com (Rhydian) at Broken of Britain - 4 days ago
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 4 days ago*I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. Unless it is hate speech, then you should definitely shut the hell up... * White nationalists' conference stymied W...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 days agoLooking through wmtc posts for the annual best-of, I was amazed at how much happened in Canada and in the world last year. Another prorogation, and the anti-prorogue protests. The Collateral Murder video a...
- posted by Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 4 days agoThe press statement below from the Socialist Party is very good news. There is a long and sorry tradition of bureaucratic proscriptions and bans being used against "undesirables" in our movement. The court...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 4 days agoThere exists a widespread misconception among the readers of popular physics books - and sometimes even unpopular physics books - that Bell's inequalities have only falsified "local realist" models of quan...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 4 days ago"Today" had a few golden quotes I thought I might share with you. Abu Bowen was on to discuss the Egyptian situation and proclaimed with what I assume was a straight face that the Muslim Brotherhood was* ...
- *Ask 10 people how the universe began* and they will say 'with a Bang'. A Big Bang, of course, some 14.5 billion years ago. Not precisely yesteryear that is. The famous Hubble Space Telescope succeeded in ...
- posted by Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 4 days agoWorkers Were 'at Wits End,' Say Emails Days Before Blast By BEN CASSELMAN, RUSSELL GOLD and STEPHEN POWER Just days before the Deepwater Horizon exploded, the onshore BP PLC manager in charge of the drill...
- posted by Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 4 days agoMove Would Shift Gulf Residents' Claims From Court to BP's Compensation Fund; 'Most of These People Can't Wait' By DIONNE SEARCEY [image: [BPFUND3]]Kael Alford for The Wall Street Journal Tacky Jack's, an...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 days agoStepping up pressure on a brawny but flawed Middle East ally, President Barack Obama said he personally told Egypt's Hosni Mubarak Friday night to take "material steps" to expand rights inside the Arab n...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 days agoThe Pentagon, releasing the first details of its plan to put into practice a new law that will allow gays to serve openly in the unarmed, said today it could begin training troops in February and could b...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 days agoThey said there is no intent to holdup but would not guarantee full implementation of the repeal this year. The hedge on scheduling came in spite of assertions by President Barack Obama in his State of th...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 days agoFacing a popular uprising, Egypt's president ablaze his Cabinet early Saturday after protesters engulfed his country in chaos battling police with stones and firebombs, ablaze down the ruling party head o...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 4 days agoRichard Black unblushingly brings you "news" from those who spray cash around to peddle their warmist business interests. Now, as a result of a FoI request, it has been established that Roger Harrabin, his...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 days agoHeadERP provides Outsourcing to various companies and also allows companies to focus on other business issues while having the details taken care of our experts. Outsourcing work is often streamlined an...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 days agoFacing a popular uprising, *Egypt's president* ablaze his Cabinet early Saturday after protesters engulfed his country in chaos battling police with stones and firebombs, ablaze down the ruling party hea...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 4 days ago*HeadERP* provides Outsourcing to various companies and also allows companies to focus on other business issues while having the details taken care of our experts. Outsourcing work is often streamlined a...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoFaster than a speeding bullet? More like faster than a supernova-propelled, hot blue supergiant!
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 days agoRepublic of Lakotah http://www.republicoflakotah.com Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 days ago*Wikileaks begins Egypt cable releases: * *Nuba utilizing UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ Photo: Britannica (Jan. 28, 20...
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 4 days agoWell, My signifigant other bought me a copy of Going Rogue,so I guess I'd better do a critique. She found it in the Goodwill bins for a buck. I checked on Abebooks, and there were some on there for a bu...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 4 days agoI hope you are aware that these analysts blaming "US Intelligence" for things happening, is often a polite (misleading?) way to avoid saying MI6 or Mossad. What's the matter, lion got your tongue?
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 4 days ago*Demanding Reparations and Accountability for the Illegal Taking of The Black Hills and The Homestake Gold Mine** *Friday March 25th 2011 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Press conference at noon Saturday March 26th 2011 ...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 4 days agoOn Monday January 24, 2011, the AP reported that, "Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 days agoTomorrow, January 29, labour and solidarity contingents from all over Ontario will pour into Hamilton for a major labour demonstration: *The People vs. U.S. Steel*. Many of my friends will be on buses fr...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 4 days agoAlex Breaks Down Our Real State of The Union Under Puppet Obama 1/3 2/3 3/3
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 days agoToday and tomorrow, there will be events all over the world to show solidarity with the Egyptian democracy movement. See below for information about events in Canada. If you - like me - cannot demonstrate...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 days agoBradley Manning is a prisoner of conscience. Accused of leaking the infamous "collateral murder" video that exposed the truth about the US invasion and occupation of Iraq - and vindicated what US war resis...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 4 days agoThose who toodled along to the Question Time liveblog last evening were all suitably impressed by the deference shown by Chairman David Dimbleby to Labour MP Chuka Umunna. Good ol' Chuka got to talk sans i...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 4 days agoFriday and time for a new open thread....! Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 days agoLargely under the radar, the Canadian Radio and Television Commission (CRTC) has proposed changing its rules to allow the broadcasting of *intentionally*false and misleading information, as long as that inf...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoChemicals used to break up oil in the Gulf of Mexico last year lasted through September.
- posted by Phil at A Very Public Sociologist - 4 days agoYou wait years for a revolution, and then two turn up at once. With the revolutionary process at an earlier stage than Tunisia, Egypt nevertheless stands on the brink. At the time of writing Hosni Mubara...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoIt turns out Neanderthals may have had more brawn, but modern humans could run -- and run.
- posted by All Seeing Eye at Biased BBC - 4 days agoYou can't make this stuff up: ** *Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith is to cash in on her dodgy expenses claims by presenting a documentary about pornography.* *The ex-MP was one of the most high profile c...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoThe fizzy ocean on Enceladus may be capable of harboring life.
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoWhile reducing fossil fuel use lags behind, maybe trimming the fat might help.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 days agoWrist bones of human ancestors reveal when humans switched from living in trees to on the ground.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 days agoSnow may be a headache for humans, but some zoo animals sure don't seem to mind.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 days agoKey communication tools used by protest organizers have been severed.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 days agoMEMBER RESERVATIONS Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Fort Peck, Lower Brule, Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Standing Rock, Santee *Resolution of the Black Hills Sioux Nation Treaty Council Rejection of the United Statesʼ...
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 days agoSome CPR-certified Californians are responding to heart attacks at the hark of their iPhones.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 days agoThe drug trade increases deforestation, but a new assessment also finds national parks can buffer the effect.
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 5 days agoTens of thousands of *anti-government* protesters poured into the streets of Egypt Friday, stoning and confronting police who fired back with rubber bullets and tear gas in the most violent and chaotic s...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 5 days agoby Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy Ada Byron, daughter of the English Romantic poet Lord Byron is – arguably the world's first computer programmer. She is otherwise known to history as Lady Lovelace. ...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 5 days agoFirst lady *Michelle Obama* stands prepared to campaign for her husband's re-election, but says that's still a long way off and she's focusing on additional key issues. I mean, there's so much more to do...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 5 days agoI'm still in hell week here, two papers due next week, and no break in sight until two days after that. Most nights, movies are giving me essential R&R, and last night we saw something I have to pass on ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 5 days agoTwo weeks ago, I forgot to mention an exciting preprint, From Navier-Stokes To Einstein by Irene Bredberg, Cynthia Keeler, Vyacheslav Lysov, and - last but not least - Andrew Strominger. For every solutio...
- posted by Mark Thompson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 days agoGuest contributor Mark Thompson shares some basic tips before you make that all-important investment in your first telescope.
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