14 March - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

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TVNZ - Top Stories

• Japan quake, tsunami: Blast strikes nuclear p ...
  A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown.
• Twenty-four Chch heritage buildings approved f ...
  More than 300 Christchurch heritage buildings have been issued with red-placards and 24 buildings have been approved for deconstruction, Civil Defence says
• PM announces Royal Commission into Christchurc ...
  A Royal Commission of Inquiry will be held into last month's Christchurch earthquake, Prime Minister John Key has announced
• Six more quake victims' names released this af ...
  Police have this afternoon released six more names of those confirmed killed in the Christchurch earthquake.
• Wanganui District Council to draft new gang pa ...
  The Wanganui District Council has decided not to appeal a ruling that its gang patch ban is illegal, and will instead write a new gang patch bylaw

Just World News

• Two months of tumult: Pointers for the global ...
  The two months since the fall of Tunisia's Pres. Zein el-Abidine Ben Ali have been marked by tumult throughout the Arab world and now, most recently, by the mega-lethal effects that geological and oceanic activity have had in Japan: effects that remind us again how vulnerable is all human life o ...
• Bayard Rustin understood Palestinians
  I just came across this great, short piece of writing, quoting the African-American, gay, Quaker activist Bayard Rustin: In 1968, American civil rights organizer Bayard Rustin wrote, “We would be mistaken to think that the only desires of young Negroes today are to have a job, to have a decent ...
• Open letter to the Pentagon's Rosa Brooks
  Dear Rosa: I hope you and the family are all well. It's been a while since we got to know you and your fabulous mother, the principled and gutsy activist Barbara Ehrenreich, when you were living in Virginia. You were still such a big human rights activist at that time. So anyway... No polite ...
• Egyptian activist Hossam on inspiration from P ...
  Key Egyptian democracy activist Hossam (3arabawy) el-Hamalawy had an important piece in the Guardian Unlimited yesterday, underlining the degree to which the Palestinian intifada of 2000-- which, lest we forget, started out with many days of unarmed peaceful protest until the death toll rose so ...
• Pro-democracy activism arriving in Saudi Arabia
  So this 'popular movement' thing is finally making its mark in Saudi Arabia-- the only country in the world that is named for one (still-ruling) family. Today, worldwide oil prices spiked after the markets absorbed news in an Egyptian newspaper yesterday that the Saudi authorities yesterday arr ...

frogblog

• General debate, March 13, 2011
  I’m sure all our thoughts are with the people in Japan at the moment. Let’s hope the already horrendous loss of life and destruction is not compounded by meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant.
• The Welfare Working Group and benefit cuts by ...
  The Welfare Working Group wants to force beneficiaries to work, but proposes to pay them less if they do so. At page 107 of the Welfare Working Group’s report (PDF) the Group proposes changes to benefit abatement – i.e. the way benefits are reduced in response to income earned by the beneficiary ...
• International Year of the Forests
  Last night I went to an event at Parliament to acknowledge the International Year of the Forests. It was attended by forestry interests with diverse agendas, from preservation of the indigenous ecosystem, to selling logs to China. I was heartened by the unanimity in calling for the Minister to b ...
• Europe moves to tax all financial transactions
  The European Parliament is backing a tax on financial transactions — a ‘Robin Hood’ style Tobin tax that could raise as much as $200 billion euros a year from banks for addressing world poverty. The move was one of several to ensure banks take their share of responsibility for the global financi ...
• The Welfare Working Group and faith-based job ...
  Buried at page 53 of the Welfare Working Group’s report is this extraordinary statement: ... More generally, the evidence suggests that if there are well functioning labour market institutions, over the medium term the total number of jobs will expand to equal the number of people who are avail ...

Patronus Analytical

• Greek aid worker kidnapped in Pakistan
• Aid worker killed in Iraq
• Update on kidnapped Greek aid worker
• NGO worker beaten to death in Dhaka
• Canadian aid worker murdered in Honduras

J Kozy

• Liberty's Easy Slide into Tyranny
  Huge conspiracies aren't what destroys people's freedom, the accumulation of errors, failed policies, and little and big unfairnesses do. It happens because The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft agley,/ An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain. The FED, CIA, Executive Privilege, The ...
• What should be done with illegal immigrants?
  That this question is even being asked reveals something about ourselves. How would you answer it if you were an illegal immigrant? Perhaps you've never heard of the Golden Rule. The rule may not be the best guide to moral behavior but asking yourself how you'd answer the question if you wer ...
• A Revolting World
  Many in many lands are demonstrating against their governments. Some claim that people everywhere are revolting and that a worldwide revolution is imminent. Even both the orthodox and heterodox presses are all atwitter. But it is far easier to bring about a successful revolution than it is t ...
• Demented Democracy
  An addiction to opinion, each person being entitled to his own, and the unwarranted notion that those who fight for their beliefs are "principled" is the reason that democracies teeter between antagonistic belief systems and are unable to resolve any social problems. Each party strives to re ...
• Pity the Poor Economists
  The first thing a judicious reader notices is how much disagreement exists among economists on almost every, perhaps every, matter. Then it becomes clear that much of this disagreement is acrimonious. Some of these people appear to hate each other. Now ask yourselves, how likely would it hav ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• Defending Mortgage Fraud
  Paul Krugman, after pointing out that bankers and their conservative allies are busily insisting that a proposed settlement over fraud charges in the mortgage servicing industry is a "shakedown," explains why the settlement would be good for the economy, not a threat to the health of the ban ...
• Listen to Me!
  No, seriously, you can listen to me tonight at 9 pm Eastern on Virtually Speaking, hosted by Jay Ackroyd. Details here. We'll be talking a bit about the NPR fracas, followed by a conversation about my piece in MoJo this month on plutocracy and the death of the labor movement. It will also be a ...
• Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
  I get the fact that people in government aren't free agents and aren't supposed to criticize their own administration's policies. I also get that this probably goes double for press spokesmen. Still, this is contemptible: P.J. Crowley is abruptly stepping down as State Department spokesma ...
• Friday Cat Blogging - 11 March 2011
  A couple of weeks ago I mentioned that the cats have lately become very lap-oriented right after dinner, and this has had a side effect: Marian has become quite attached to taking pictures of me buried under cats. So here's the latest. On the left, I'm slouched low in my reading chair so tha ...
• Blind Spots on Left and Right
  Following up on Tyler Cowen's post about mistakes he thinks liberal and conservative economists make, David Leonhardt provides a matching pair of lists of economic blind spots among non-economists on left and right. You might agree with his lists or not, but he also has a broader point to ma ...

Insanity Report

• IC 234: For God & Country
  Topics for the show: Rep. Peter King’s hearing on the “Radicalization of the American Muslim community” The GOP’s minority problem It’s hard for white guys to understand why minorities might not trust law enforcement Why the “lesser of two evils” isn’t always bad Democrats & Liberals like showin ...
• Someone Tell Sean Penn To Sit The Fuck Down
  In a statement, Penn said: “I think [Charlie Sheen's] energies, intelligence and passion could be both of service and servicing to him, as it is to all who are touched by the struggle of the Haitian people. “Charlie is one of the very few public people who cannot be accused of using the media to ...
• IC 233: Fuck Chris Brown
  Topics for the show: Fuck Chris Brown When attention whoring is no longer an effective marketing tool Sean Penn wants Charlie Sheen to go to Haiti Why Black Folks love Charlie Sheen Lupe’s new album People don’t listen to lyrics anymore Woman rides for 35miles on hood of car as husband drives LA ...
• IC 232: This Ain’t Winning
  Topics for the show: BYU player gets suspended for having sex with his girlfriend The Westboro Baptist Church wins at the Supreme Court We as a society need to step up to handle these moral issues Bobbi Kristina denies she was using coke Charlie Sheen ain’t winning The McLobster The 2012 electio ...
• BYU Forward Reportedly Dismissed From Team For ...
  For the second day in a row I’m writing about a story I read that while I emotionally and morally disagree with it, in terms of whether it’s the right decision or not, I have to agree that it is. BYU announced on Tuesday that starting forward Brandon Davies was suspended for the rest of [...]

Simple Climate

• Climate change could hit least responsible hardest
  By studying how population density is related to climate, Jason Samson of McGill University shows that those most responsible for emitting greenhouse gases are insulated from the consequences of their actions.
• Ice age rethink puts warming into context
  Researchers challenge a fundamental principle of climate science – the effect of Earth's relationship to the sun – but underline that we are still reversing what should be a long slow cool-off for the planet.
• Soot and methane cuts promise threefold benefits
  Called on by groups including the G8 to examine the science behind limiting emissions of short-lived substances causing climate change, the United Nations Environment Partnership finds just 16 control measures can boost climate, farming and health.
• Evidence of humans’ role in deluges starts to flow
  Scientists find the first evidence that humans are causing extreme rainfall, while the identification that greenhouse gas emissions increased the odds of 2000’s record rainfall in the UK are set to open the flood gates for telling whether humans have influenced extreme weather events.
• Atlantic cold tongue tells of humans’ cl ...
  Aerosol emissions are more responsible than global warming for weakened trade winds, but pollution controls look set to show how government rules can reverse changes we have caused.

e!Science News

• Statistics can help us avoid counterfeit goods ...
  Consumers need to know the true perils of purchasing artwork or luxury goods on the Internet, say statisticians in a paper published today in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association. read more
• Taking tamoxifen to prevent breast cancer can ...
  Tamoxifen, taken by certain women as a preventive measure against breast cancer, saves lives and reduces medical costs. That is the conclusion of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that the benefits of ...
• Finding shows potential way to protect neurons ...
  Cell biologists pondering the death of neurons — brain cells — said today that by eliminating one ingredient from the cellular machinery, they prolonged the life of neurons stressed by a pesticide chemical. The finding identifies a potential therapeutic target to slow changes that lead to neurod ...
• 'Pre-baby blues' due to lack of support from p ...
  Pregnancy is meant to be a joyous time however some women experience overwhelming 'baby blues' before the birth of their child. Anxiety and depression during pregnancy can result in premature birth, or low birth weight, and impact the child's health even into early school years. New research pu ...
• Less than one-third of children ages 5-15 will ...
  An Australian study to determine the likelihood of school-aged children waking up to their home smoke alarm found that 78% of children slept through a smoke alarm sounding for 30 seconds. The outcomes of the study are published today in the journal Fire and Materials. read more

unEarthed

• Our Climate Reality and Our Congressional Deniers
  A roundup of the week's highlights and lowlights on climate change On Tuesday, in a hearing in the House, representatives wrestled over whether they should accept the volumes of science produced by every major U.S. scientific and ...
• PA Gov. to Energy Exec: You’re the Boss of Eve ...
  The rest of us left wondering: is that even constitutional? Meet Bradford Energy CEO C. Alan Walker. He calls the shots. Fresh off his state’s radioactive r ...
• And...The Nonsense Continues in the House
  Administrator Jackson Clearly Explains How EPA Cuts Will Harm Public The questions came from all sides, but one in particular stood out: “How would HR 1 affect the EPA’s ability to protect the public?” asked Representative Henry ...
• Friday Finds: Single Serve Stupidity
  Tsunami-sized warnings, bullet train shout-outs, NJ fracking ban Would you like a bag for that? Del Monte now sells single-serve bananas wrapped in plastic. Photo courtesy of viZZZual.com ...
• House Budget Cuts Would Impact Pacific Tsunami ...
  Time to think twice about our priorities? On a day when every resident of the Pacific Rim is grateful for advanced warning systems, we are reminded of the�essential services that government agencies provide. Certainly, fishermen ...

Brave New Climate

• Further technical information on Fukushima rea ...
  Below is edited material sent to me in confidence from some colleagues in the professional nuclear engineering and research community. It provides some further insight into what is going on at Fukushima, and what is still unknown. The main document was written by one nuclear engineer; the quotes ...
• Japan Nuclear Situation – 14 March updates
  Here are some of the best updates available on the Japanese nuclear power plant situation (14 March 2011), following the massive earthquake and subsequent tsunami. In short, the nuclear reactor situation at Fukushima units #1 and #3 has stabilised with full containment intact (see below), and al ...
• Fukushima Nuclear Accident – a simple an ...
  Along with reliable sources such as the IAEA and WNN updates, there is an incredible amount of misinformation and hyperbole flying around the internet and media right now about the Fukushima nuclear reactor situation. In the BNC post Discussion Thread – Japanese nuclear reactors and the 11 March ...
• Discussion Thread – Japanese nuclear rea ...
  Please use this Discussion Thread for the situation in Japan with respect to the Miyagiken-Oki earthquake (8.9 magnitude) and the local nuclear reactors. Here is a precis of the situation as I understand it: 1. There is no credible risk of a serious accident. All reactors responded by insertion ...
• IFR FaD 9 – Summary of non-proliferation advan ...
  A fair amount of material has now accumulated on BNC regarding nuclear energy and the possible ‘proliferation’ implications of commercial nuclear power. Here is a list of the key posts: Response to an Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) critique (Barry Brook, George Stanford, Tom Blees) Carbon emissions ...

Indigenist Opinion

• Tom is Moving in on Libya
  Even as I write here President Obama and his European allies are moving fast to invade Libya under the guise of a humanitarian mission. A "no-fly-zone" will most likely be declared soon and policed by Nato in the days ahead.� This tactic will allow Tom to essentially occupy Libya in a r ...
• UNDERNEWS: Thomas Knapp, Anti-War
  UNDERNEWS: "The power to declare war — and thereby to legally categorize a group of persons (historically on, but not necessarily constrained to, the basis of their allegiance to a particular state) as 'the enemy' — is exclusively reserved, per the US Constitution, to Congress. Congress hasn’t e ...
• Paul Craig Roberts: Our Time of Universal Dec ...
  Our Time of Universal Deceit Needs an Orwell | FPJ: “Support the troops” originated in the public relations department of the military/security complex. What “support the troops” really means is to support the profits of the armaments industry and the neoconservative ideology of US world heg ...
• Palaverer: Vine Deloria, Custer Died for Your Sins
  Palaverer: "He opens to communication in his prose above all by using clear, simple prose, the hardest kind to produce. That, and, more interesting to me, through humor. As an analogue, I went through a phase where I read a bunch of Czech literature, Jaroslav Hasek‘s The Good Solder Svejk and ...
• Guest Editorial: Garvey's Ghost: Black Talk: W ...
  Garvey's Ghost: Black Talk: Who is "The Enemy"? Long ago when Bush II was in office I made a note that it was very dangerous to give the executive the power to decide who is and is not "an enemy" and that such a power was ripe for abuse. Anyone who reads the above quote ought to see why Assange ...

Republicans are a Disease

• Shame Shame Shame
  Shame shame shame shame shame
• David Koch – We Want Our Money Back
  We Want Our Money Back Dear Mr. Koch. We want our money back. What money? The money you stole from AMERICA. The money you, and your friends socked away with the help of a corrupt system, bought and paid for politicians, and banksters. When you paid to put that maggot in the governor’s mansi ...
• Wake Up
  Wake up and do something. The billionaires, and the corporations they control have been destroying our nation for long enough.
• Governor Walker – When Will You Have The ...
  You want to jerk around state employees, and unions, all to make up for the money you refuse to collect from corporations and billionaires. They don’t pay near their fair share, and you want working families to make up the difference.
• Arrest Clarence Thomas
  Many others have been prosecuted for lying on their financial disclosure forms. Why is it that Clarence Thomas can commit a crime any 3 year old could prosecute successfully, and not be charged? Are we a nation of laws? If not, I should go steal some money….

Appalachia Rising

• Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
  Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
• Press Conference to be Held on June 15
  Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-26 ...
• Press Inquiries
  All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
• New Flier for Appalachia Rising
• Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
  Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

• A99 Operation Empire State Rebellion – C ...
  We are a decentralized non-violent resistance movement which seeks to restore the rule of law and fight back against the organized criminal class.
• Overcoming Divide and Conquer Strategies: 99.9 ...
  The global bankers, who caused our economic crisis, are attempting to deflect blame and divide the American public by escalating attacks on public-sector workers.
• Analysis of the Global Insurrection Against Ne ...
  By David DeGraw, If you think what’s happening in Egypt won’t happen within the United States, you’ve been watching too much TV. The statistics speak for themselves.
• Welcome to the New AmpedStatus.com
  We're back with a redesigned site and three new features! Introducing the AmpedStatus Social Network and two new Amped Coverage wires.
• Time to Fight Back! Join The Movement
  As a broad-based network representing people across the political spectrum, we are working together to reach common ground and fight for pivotal political reforms. As long as the economy and government are rigged in favor of the top economic 0.1%, we will all lose.

+972

• The Itamar victimization dance is disgusting
  Why I fail to be impressed by the wails emanating from the religious right, in four points The strange call for denunciation: My colleague, Dimi Reider, wrote a sensitive post, calling upon leftist activists to denounce the massacre in Itamar. A list of leftist organizations – from Peace Now to ...
• The emergence of the new Israeli Left
  Joseph Dana and I have a cover story for The Nation this week on the Israeli activists who takes part in the unarmed protest in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. We discuss the history of the joint struggle, its political significance and the challenges lying ahead. Though we say it in the text ...
• The entire Left must condemn the murder of the ...
  (updated below) At about 1am last night, a Palestinian militant scaled the fence of the settlement of Itamar, south-east of Nablus. He made his way to one of the homes and climbed in through an open window. The first room he encountered was a nursery. He paced in and plunged a knife into a sleep ...
• Jailed Bil’in protest organizer to be re ...
  From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Abu Rahmah is expected to be released after having served the 16 months sentence imposed on him by the Israeli Military Court of Appeals for organizing demonstrations. Abu Rahmah will be received by his family, friends and supporters, and will hol ...
• Earthquakes and Israel’s nuclear project ...
  The policy of nuclear opacity forbids Israelis from dealing with the very real danger of a nuclear catastrophe following a natural disaster. Will the earthquake in Japan change that? One of the gravest fears following the earthquake which took place near the Japanese coastline this Friday was a ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• Decision date on koala threatened species lis ...
  Federal Environment Minister Tony Burke has extended the due date for a decision on whether to add the koala to the list of nationally threatened species.
• Gunns pulp mill environmental impact manageme ...
  Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water Senator Don Farrell and South Australian Minister for Water Paul Caica today launched an innovative web tool to help Adelaide gardeners conserve water.
• Chaffey augmentation brought forward to secur ...
  Joint funding announced today by the Gillard and Keneally Governments will fast-track construction on a $43.33 million augmentation and complete safety upgrade of Chaffey Dam.
• Tony Abbott a risk to Murray Darling Basin re ...
  Water Minister Tony Burke said Mr Abbott's proposal to delay hundreds of millions of dollars in water buybacks would put at risk progress on reform in the Murray Darling Basin.
• Showerhead swap project helps Perth household ...
  Perth residents can save water and money by swapping old showerheads for free new water saving showerheads under an Australian Government funded project launched today.

Matt Weidner Blog

• The Florida Supreme Court Wants to Hear From Y ...
  Theoretically at least, we still live in a country where citizens can speak out and provide feedback and criticisms of their government.  In a variety of very specific ways, this basic right is being challenged.  Our legislators are grossly out of touch with the voters.  Our courts are grossly u ...
• Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel- Another Gutting A ...
  The foreclosure mills have gutted our court systems and are costing taxpayers millions of dollars…and none has cost you and I more money than David J. Stern from South Florida.  Where are any state or federal or Bar officials?  Why is nothing being done to seize assets to help pay the public b ...
• A Scary Discussion of Economics…..Have T ...
  Joint Chiefs chairman Admiral Mike Mullen put it bluntly: “The biggest threat to our national security is our debt.” He added that, in 2012, America will pay $600 billion in interest on the debtâabout what we spend on national defense. Our adversaries are well aware of our vulnerability. More th ...
• Very Scary Video on The Collapse of News Media
  Next week is Florida’s Sunshine Week, a week where media and the Florida First Amendment Foundation focus on helping people understand the vital need for people to support their press and the requirements that our government keep information open and accessible to the public. Please follow this ...
• The “Newest” Fraudclosure Scandal- ...
  The allegations and the evidence is not new, it’s like a mushroom cloud that will keep growing as more and more people understand their rights and take note of the fact that their rights have been violated.  Every defendant in a foreclosure case is entitled to have the lawsuit personally handed ...

abelard - news

• frederic bastiat - free markets | economics ne ...
  Frederic Bastiat was a 19th century political economist concerned with the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property, which could not be achieved by socialism.
• on president wilson, 1919 | politics usa news ...
  According to Keynes, a weak man, no doubt fine in his original setting as a man of the cloth, in over his head with 'real' politicians.
• the real price of subsidised filthy oil in the ...
  So you think that oil is expensive now? It's next to nothing compared to 80 years ago.
• what is 'quantitative easing'? | economics new ...
  Increasing the money supply, printing money, which leads to inflation. This is what was going on for the thirteen-odd years of New Labour government, and has now been stopped.
• the presidential candidate and the maths lesso ...
  There appears to be a strong correlation between socialist/liberal/left-wing politics and innumeracy. Here's an example.

The Parallel Parliament

• Throwing Open the Windows
  This past week in the House has been one of the most traumatic of my brief time here, surpassed only by the drama of those few days when the PM went to the Governor General seeking the prorogation of Parliament in order to save his government. On Wednesday I encountered two media camera men atte ...
• An “Honourable” House
  A couple of years ago, I came across a speech by one of Parliament’s earliest speakers in which he reminded those participating in an unusually raucous Question Period that they were elected to Ottawa to behave in a manner beholden to the best principles of human engagement. He gently scolded th ...
• A Bridge To Cross
  Canadian church leaders have been working their way through the halls of Parliament in the last couple of days pressing members from all parties to take action on issues of international and domestic poverty before it becomes too late to do anything at all. I met with them in Michael Ignatieff’s ...
• “If We Know Not The Nature of Things”
  Would you have thought of it? I surely wouldn’t have. I’ve lived an entire 60 years and never seen anything like it. I knew John Diefenbaker, Lester Pearson, met Pierre Trudeau twice, had coffee with Brian Mulroney, dialogued with Joe Clark, talked politics with John Chretien, Africa with Paul M ...
• Safe Flight
  Appearances aside, the vast majority of work done on Parliament Hill is undertaken by the staff of MPs, senators and ministers. The typical aide is young, bilingual, single, intelligent and dedicated to their work. Beneath these main characteristics certain distinctions emerge. Some are committe ...

Vaccine Awakening

• No Pharma Liability? No Vaccine Mandates.
  by Barbara Loe Fisher On February 22, 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court shielded drug companies from all liability for harm caused by vaccines mandated by government when companies could have made a safer vaccine. 1 From now on, drug companies selling vaccines in America will not be held accounta ...
• WA State Vaccine Law Threatens Exemptions & Vi ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher If you are a resident of Washington state, you should know that there is a bill quietly sailing through your state legislature that violates your privacy and threatens your right to make informed, voluntary decisions about vaccination. House Bill 1015 1 and Senate Bill ...
• New Vaccine Science Can Help Bridge the Divide
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Fear of the unknown is what terrifies us the most, fear of being unable to have control over what the future holds. At the root of that fear is knowing that the choices we make today could have a profound impact on what happens tomorrow. 1 Fear is a strong emotion ...
• Counting Blessings, Remembering the Children
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Every Christmas and New Year, when I give thanks for the people who have blessed my life, I remember the mothers and fathers of severely vaccine injured children, who have taught me the most about love and courage. I know that my son, Chris, who developed brain inflamma ...
• Thousands Of Americans Register for NVIC's New ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Thousands of Americans living in all 50 states took action and registered for the new NVIC Advocacy Portal at www.NVICadvocacy.org during Vaccine Awareness Week (Nov. 1-6, 2010) co-sponsored by the National Vaccine Informati ...

2020 Science

• Technology innovation and human health risk – ...
  As anyone who has followed my work over the past few years will know, I have a deep interest in the potential benefits and risks associated with emerging technologies, and in particular whether we can swing the balance towards benefits by thinking more innovatively about risk and how we address ...
• Crowdsourcing “sinful” images for a tech talk ...
  How would you illustrate the “Seven Deadly Sins of Techno-Complacency” (see below)? On March 8, I’m giving a combined Second Live/Real Life talk on emerging technologies, inspired by the Seven Deadly Sins.  This will be a rather tongue in cheek affair as you might imagine, but with some serious ...
• Obama’s 2012 budget does not bode well for saf ...
  In one of the more bizarre yet less publicized proposed cuts in the 2012 Obama budget, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers are on the chopping block.  Bizarre, because the move is directly counter to Obama’s push on innovation and education a ...
• International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechn ...
  Here’s an offer I’m sure you won’t be able to resist: The opportunity to read the first and last chapters of the just-published International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies – for free! Due to the farsightedness of my co-editors, the publishers have agreed to let authors post their chapt ...
• The New Toxicology of Sophisticated Materials: ...
  Cross-posted from The Risk Science Blog Several months ago, I was asked by a colleague if I fancied co-authoring a review on nanotoxicology for a copy of Toxicological Sciences celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Society of Toxicology (coming out later this year). Fool that I am, I agreed.  ...

Reader Supported News

• Wisconsin 14' Get Heroes' Welcome as Crowds Sw ...
  The report from Madison begins: "By 1:30 p.m. you could hear the crowd at the Capitol five blocks away along the Lake Mendota shoreline. By 2:30, protesters on the Square were moving no faster than a shuffle. By 3 people could not move. And at 3:05, 'Wisconsin's 14' got a heroes' welcome on the ...
• Europeans Are Liberal, Anxious and Don't Trust ...
  Intro: "Guardian/ICM survey in five EU countries shows people see a bleak economic future and don't think their leaders will deliver." A poll in five EU countries showed people are anxious about their economic future, 03/13/11. (photo: Tim Ireland/AP) Sorry, your browser cannot display ...
• Gaddafi's Army Will Kill Half a Million, Warn ...
  Excerpt: "The head of Libya's revolutionary council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, claimed that if Gaddafi's forces were to reach the country's second-largest city it would result in 'the death of half a million' people. The Arab League, meeting in Cairo, called on the UN security council to impose a no ...
• BREAKING: Radiation Leaks After Explosion at J ...
  BBC News reports, "A large explosion has occurred at the Fukushima-Daiichi - or Fukushima I - nuclear power plant in north- eastern Japan, close to the epicentre of Friday's earthquake. Officials fear a meltdown at one of the plant's reactors. Tens of thousands of people in the surrounding area ...
• On the Brink of Meltdown: The Fukushima Nuclea ...
  Robert Alvarez writes, "The devastating Japanese quake and its outcome could generate a political tsunami here in the United States. For instance, it may become impossible for the owners of the San Onofre and Diablo Canyon reactors to extend their operating licenses. These two California reactor ...

War Resisters League

• WRL Organizers Hit the West Coast
  From February 25th to March 7th,WRL organizing coordinator Kimber Heinz and field organizer Ali Issa began a three-stop trip on the West Coast where they met with WRL locals and affiliates, as well as allied organizations working on GI resistance, civilian support for anti-war veteran organizing ...
• Iraq/Wisconson Labor Solidarity: Two Statements
  In the wake of the threat posed to what remain of labor rights in Wisconsin, and the public’s powerful response, two Iraqi labor leaders, Hassan Jum’a and Faleh Abood, penned solidarity statements in late February on behalf the 26,000 member strong Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, and the 15,000 ...
• Stepping up the Resistance to U.S. Islamophobia
  As Peter King, the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, steps up the U.S. government attack against Muslims living in the U.S., saying that he will “rely on Muslims to make his case that American Muslim leaders have failed to cooperate with law enforcement officials in the effo ...
• Mubarak Ousted! Two Down, Twenty To Go . . .
  “The people have brought down the regime!” was a cry heard around the world when on Friday, February 11th, 18 days of unrelenting non-violent protest finally forced the end of Hosni Mubarak’s 30 year, US backed rule over Egypt. Ecstatic jubilation filled Cairo’s Midan al-Tahrir (Liberation Squar ...
• The Egyptian Revolution and Police Tools &#821 ...
  As of this writing, the Egyptian revolution has entered its 16th day and is gaining ground and momentum: spreading to new regions, evolving into strikes and civil disobedience and clarifying its demands. What started as an impressive series of demonstrations on January 25th’s ‘Day of Wrath’ has ...

Center for a Livable Future

• The Locavore debate, revisited
  How can local food systems support a resilient and sustainable future food economy in the United States? That was the question of the day at a recent conference entitled, “Reviving the American Economy-One Heirloom Tomato at a Time.”  But for some, the question isn’t so much how, but even can ...
• In Media, Big Ag Looms Large while Farmers Get ...
  In September 1965, CBS broadcast its first episode of Green Acres, a mini-series documenting a family’s transition from an urban life of prestige and luxury, to one of mud, manure, and chaos on a farm in the fictional town of Hooterville. Green Acres took off, in part capitalizing on the popula ...
• Organic Farming: What is Technology’s Role?
  A recent post entitled “Organic Farmers: Can They Be Tech Savvy?”  by Mr. Hunter Richards serves as a reminder of why one interested in sustainable farming mustn’t instinctively cringe at the thought of new technology and agriculture. As the blog states, organic food has taken off as an indust ...
• Chicken, Ascendant
  Between now and April 3, the USDA is inviting comment on a just-completed, major research effort to reassess how much of the food in the United States actually makes its way into our mouths.  Its findings suggest that in the chicken-versus-beef rivalry, the popularity of boneless chicken is edgi ...
• Pesticide use reporting bill discussed in the ...
  The Maryland Department of Agriculture has surveyed MD farmers about their pesticide use just four times since 1988—most recently in 2004 when an estimated 10.7 million pounds was applied (full report). A bill heard yesterday in the Maryland General Assembly Environmental Matters Committee (Hous ...

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

• The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
  An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
• Crazy Like a Fox
  In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
• Addicted to Contractors
  The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.
• How to Whip the Afghan Army Into Shape
  Much of President Barack Obama's strategy rests on the creation of a new, more competent Afghan military. Here's what he'll need to know to get the job done.
• Obama's Indecent Interval
  Despite the U.S. president's pleas to the contrary, the war in Afghanistan looks more like Vietnam than ever.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

• Job Opportunity: Project Lead, Alberta Climate ...
  Position Project Lead Organization Alberta Climate Dialogue Organization Application Deadline 25 Mar 2011 (All day) Location Edmonton Link to Full Job Posting Source: Alb ...
• Call for Comments: Jackpine Mine Expansion & P ...
  Organization:  Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency Initiative:  Jackpine Mine Expansion and Pierre River Mine Projects Pu ...
• New findings prompt call that Alberta Governme ...
  Castle-Crown Wilderness Coalition Sierra Club Canada Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society - Southern Alberta 9 M ...
• Edmonton Water Week
  21 Mar 2011 - 00:00 - 26 Mar 2011 - 00:00 Edmonton Edmonton Water Week 21 Mar 2011 - 00:00 - 26 Mar 2011 - 00:00 Check the Edmonton Water Week website for a full slate of events Ed ...
• Call for Delegates: Member & Alternate, Albert ...
  Position:  Member & Alternate Organization:  Alberta Water Council The Alberta Water Council (AWC) has been ...

Stop NATO

• Stop NATO News March 13, 2011
  ==== ==== 1. Venezuela Says U.S., NATO Preparing For War In Libya 2. NATO’s Threat 3. African Union Gives Rebuff To NATO Intervention Plans In Libya 4. Russia Opposes Foreign Military Intervention In Libya 5. Armenia: NATO’s Third Partner In The Caucasus 6. Afghanistan’s Karzai: U.S., NATO Shoul ...
• Stop NATO News March 12, 2011
  ==== stopnato-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ==== 1. NATO To Hold Large-Scale Military Exercise Off Spain 2. Latin American Leaders Reject Libyan Intervention, Back Mediation 3. Second EU Crisis Session: Sarkozy To Demand Air Strikes On Libya 4. CFR’s Elliott Abrams On Military Intervention In Libya ...
• Stop NATO News March 11, 2011
  ==== stopnato-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ==== 1. African Union Rejects Foreign Military Intervention In Libya 2. NATO’s Rosy Picture Belied By Growing Hostilty Of Afghans 3. Georgia Participates In NATO Defense Ministers Meeting 4. Estonian Leader, CYBERCOM Chief: U.S. Joins NATO Cyber Center 5. ...
• Radio And Text: West Has Crossed The Rubicon O ...
  Voice of Russia March 10, 2011 West has crossed the Rubicon Interview with Rick Rozoff, a U.S. journalist covering NATO enlargement Yekaterina Kudashkina Rough transcription: The question at this point is to what extent NATO is prepared to intervene in the Libyan crisis. You know, the true momen ...
• Stop NATO News March 10, 2011
  ==== stopnato-subscribe@yahoogroups.com ==== 1. U.S. Official: NATO “Natural Choice For Military Action” Against Libya 2. NATO Troops Kill Afghan President’s Cousin 3. Police Slay Afghan Civilians, German Troops Kill Afghan Woman 4. Italian FM Calls For Joint EU-NATO Naval Blockade Of Libya 5. M ...

Before It's News

• Former Mayor Says Gainesvilles Secret Biomass ...
• Funny Animal Video - Long-Eared Jerboa - the C ...
• Explosion at Japanese nuclear plant
• Third Reactor Loses Cooling at Japanese Nuclea ...
• Muslim Fundamentalists seek to ban padded Bras

Intel Hub

• Explosion At Reactor #3 Confirmed, Outer Wall ...
  The Intel Hub March 13th, 2011 An explosion has rocked reactor # 3 and the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Officials have said the explosion was caused by a build up in hydrogen. The Japanese Nuclear Agency doesn’t believe that the containment vessel was not breached. Workers at the plant have be ...
• Predictive Programming – Japanese Earthquakes
  Truth Frequency News March 13th, 2011 A great find by Sheree! Some predictive programming in the movie 2012. Another example is the predictive programming of the Gulf Oil Crisis in the movie Knowing And of course, Back To The Future “It’s the Libyans!” Related Posts: Nuclear Plant Designer Says ...
• Activist Post: Dollar Quietly Losing Status as ...
  Eric Blair Activist Post March 13th 2011 It used to be that during times of perceived global crisis institutional investors rushed into the dollar as a safe haven. U.S. Treasury bonds were once considered as good as gold when uncertainty gripped the world. However, it now seems that the weight o ...
• Nuclear Plant Designer Says Japanese Governmen ...
  BBC News via infowars Sunday, March 13, 2011 A former nuclear power plant designer has said Japan is facing an extremely grave crisis and called on the government to release more information, which he said was being suppressed. Masashi Goto told a news conference in Tokyo that one of the reactor ...
• 10K Dead in Japan Amid Fears of Nuclear Meltdowns
  By JAY ALABASTER and TODD PITMAN Associated Press March 13th, 2011 SENDAI, Japan â The estimated death toll from Japan’s disasters climbed past 10,000 Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple nuclear reactor meltdowns and hundreds of thousands of people struggled to find food ...

FRS

• Civil war could split Libya into two parts
  [The following article reads less like a news report or an analysis, than as a "trial balloon" in search of a stalemate that will be acceptable (to the US, EU, Arab Union, and Qadafi) but which will do nothing to quell the democratic revolt of the people. -- Frontlines ed.] By ANI  – Sun, Mar 13 ...
• Japan Meltdown Scare Doesn’t Sway Senato ...
  Meltdown threat: Japan ‘preparing for worst’ itnnews on Mar 13, 2011 Nuclear expert John Large says Japan is preparing for a ‘worst case scenario’, as workers there battle with damaged power plants. Follow itn’s coverage on twitter at http://twitter.com/itn —————————————————————————————————————— ...
• Wisconsin: Obama Rebuffs Invites to Stand wit ...
  [The unions gave him unconditional support, just like they've always given Democrats. Obama talked "progressive" -- even "left" (according to some reformists).  But since the election, Obama has consistently walked the "rightward" corporate road. The question is raised once again, when will work ...
• “A Stirring Underfoot” by Mark Lipman
  A rumbling can be heard on the horizon A great stirring underfoot             as dried, dying leaves crack and crumble                         from the weight bearing down on them The march into battle echoes in far off villages             and mighty metropolis                         as clear ...
• Protesters shot dead in Yemen
  Euronews on  Mar 12, 2011 In Yemen police have killed two children and hundreds of people have been wounded in clashes in the capital Sanaa and the southern city of Mukalla.  On Saturday security forces fought protesters in the capital in an attempt to prevent the spread of a makeshift camp hous ...

Ken O'Keefe

• Tahrir4Gaza – Liberation for Gaza
  As the Arab people continue to exercise unarmed yet mighty power, there is one place above all others that remains at the heart of the struggle, Palestine. Despite all the money, propaganda, weapons, false imprisonment, ethnic cleansing, torture and mass-murder wielded against them, they have e ...
• The Egyptian Blockade of Gaza – February 26, 2 ...
  Is there any sane, right-minded person who supports the blatant and brutal collective punishment of the people of Gaza? So why would it carry on? There is only one reason, because we allow it. I say we carry on with what the people of Egypt started, they got rid of the dictator, let us, people ...
• Global Revolution 2011
  I believe the time has come to unite, those of us who are sane, who can see that the masses are comprised of so many cultures and vastly different ways of life, yet we all demand essentially the same things. We demand to be treated with respect. We demand the right to a decent way of life. We ...
• Revolutions & Manipulations
  While millions of Egyptians are in the streets, in one of the most dramatic spontaneous uprisings in recent years, in an attempt to overthrow 30 years of Mubarak rule, a regime propped up by Israel and the United States, an undercurrent of opportunist plots threaten to turn this hopeful situatio ...
• Rise People Rise – The Global Revolution ...
  Let us realize once and for all, that we the people are one, that we are human, that our most precious gift is that of our humanity. Let us never sacrifice it again. Together we are unstoppable. We are the sleeping giant, we are the waking lion, we are fierce and we are fearless.

StillSmallVoice

• Every Congress has its sacred cow
  And thanks, Sharon, for the link.
• Want to help in Japan?
  This piece lists various charities and contact information if you want to help the hundreds of thousands of people affected by last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami. I would add to that list Doctor Without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres. If you can think of other good charities, plea ...
• Budgets, wars, and morality
  Howard Bess (remember him?) says: In the discussions about our federal budget, few people are willing to attack the military portion of the budget.  With attitudes that would please Ayn Rand, legislators are willing to cut appropriations for health care, education, the arts and public telev ...
• Sarah Barringer Gordon to speak at Trinity
  Sarah Barringer Gordon�will speak at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday at Trinity College's Rittenberg Lounge. Gordon is this year's�Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life's distinguished visiting fellow. Her latest book is "The Spirit of the Law: Religious Voices and the Constitu ...
• A little more reading with Sunday's column...
  To read Sunday's column, go here. Kurzman_Muslim-American_Terrorism_Since_911_An_Accounting.pdf�is a comprehensive study of terrorism from the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security. And here's the study's author's defense of the study in light of Rep. Peter King's misrepresentatio ...

Associated Content

• Chernobyl Disaster Hangs Over New Nuclear Emer ...
  The race to stop a nuclear meltdown in Japan is getting more intense. But for now, officials state that they aren't close to another Chernobyl, which became the greatest nuclear emergency of all time 25 years ago.Contributor: Robert Dougherty Published: Mar 13, 2011
• Effects of Springing Forward to Daylight Savin ...
  Daylight saving time and it's effect on energy issues facing our nationContributor: Shirley Norling Published: Mar 13, 2011
• Pew Poll Looks for an American Consensus
  The Pew Research organization decided to ask what do 90 percent of Americans agree on. That is a difficult task indeed, considering that the United States, divided as it is, cannot get that kind of consensus for any important issue whatsoever.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Mar 13, 2011
• Three Mile Island Memories Return During Japan ...
  Japan is already dealing with so much right now, but they now have fears of a meltdown in Fukushima to go along with it all. For America, Three Mile Island is their greatest nuclear emergency, although it was ultimately contained.Contributor: Robert Dougherty Published: Mar 12, 2011
• Obama Shows Alarming Loss of Ground with Indep ...
  President Barack Obama's job approval rating among the number of Independents dropping sharply when compared to last month's rating. According to the poll, the President's approval rating fell a precipitous 10 percent. Could it spell trouble...Contributor: Saul Relative Published: Mar 12, 2011

Popsci - Science

• Archive Gallery: Science Solves Crimes
  How earographs, invisible ink detectors, and the famed "Stamp Detective" used science to catch unsuspecting crooks. There's something timeless about a good detective story. At the end of a long day, it's nice to know that the clues check out, the crooks get caught, and everyone goes home happy. ...
• Archive Gallery: Science is the New Sherlock
• New Model Lets Researchers Crawl Through Virtu ...
  Using a combination of microscopy methods, Harvard researchers have untangled part of the circuitry of the cerebral cortex, illuminating brain connections in 3-D. A new neural circuit model will allow researchers to crawl through the individual connections in a neural network. Scientists have c ...
• Biggest Full Moon in 19 Years Almost Certainly ...
  On March 19th, the moon will be closer--and thus bigger--than it's been in two decades On March 19th, the moon will be closer to Earth than it's been since 1992. The full moon that night will appear about 14 percent larger and significantly brighter than usual, but despite the brightness, the s ...
• Coming Soon: Disposable Endoscopes Featuring t ...
  A new type of endoscope with a super-small camera on its end could yield cheap, disposable scopes for peering inside your body. The camera is about the size of a grain of kosher salt, and its designers say it's the smallest camera ever. Endoscopy involves inserting a cable with a camera lens on ...

Veterans Today

• ROGER WATERS :Tear down this Israeli wall
  I want the music industry to support Palestinians’ rights and oppose this inhumane barrier by Roger Waters In 1980, a song I wrote, Another Brick in the Wall Part 2, was banned by the government of South Africa because it was being used by black South African children to advocate their right t ...
• LAWRENCE DAVIDSON : ON THE DENIAL OF COMMUNITY ...
  Governor Corbett�s claim is inaccurate. The fact is that PA, and other states in similar situations, do have the money to eliminate deficits and fund important social services like education. � Dr. Lawrence Davidson I live in a university town just west of the city of Philadelphia Pennsylvania ( ...
• Consequences of Israeli weapons testing on Gaza
  Richard Lightbown argues that Israel’s use of depleted uranium, white phosphorus and other toxic metals in its war on the people of the Gaza Strip has put the whole of the Strip’s population and its environment – air, soil, groundwater and possibly seawater – at risk of serious long-term injury ...
• ALLEN L ROLAND : Band of Brothers #5 / The mir ...
  They had never met me but they had been told about me, by their adjustment counselor Sal, and were prepared for an eight week commitment to face their fears and open their hearts in the process. They knew I was a licensed psychotherapist but also a former active duty Naval aviator ~ and that mad ...
• Forced marriage: Northern, Afghanistan Mazar-i ...
  Four years back when the Taliban regime was still ruling over Afghanistan, an old man in his 70s got married to a 16 years old girl without her consensus. The man called Namaz who has got another wife too, claims that he had paid 15,000,000 Afghanis (Equivalent to US$ 1,500) to her father as dow ...

War is Business

• Before The Quake: US Diplomat Said Japanese &# ...
• Libya’s WMD Experts: Skilled Labor At Ba ...
• Two Documentaries Worth Seeing (Aggregated)
• Canadian Opposition Party Running Against Lock ...
• Russia Loses Nothing By Halting Arms Sales To ...

Hudson's Weather & Climate

• Is Solar activity to blame for Japan's massive ...
  The massive earthquake that affected Japan this morning is one of the strongest in recorded history at 8.9 on the Richter scale. With a number of powerful earthquakes recently it once again begs the question, is there a link between seismic activity and solar activity? Recently we have witne ...
• Severe gales affect parts of Yorkshire
  It's been a wild day across Yorkshire, with a fierce westerly wind causing disruption at Leeds Bradford airport where gusts have been exceeding 60mph. The highest recorded wind speed so far has been 67 mph at Fylingdales on the North York moors. The highest wind speeds could though be affect ...
• Goodbye to the Space Shuttle Discovery
  On Monday evening with clear skies across the North of England star gazers were treated to a wonderful, and it turns out historical spectacle in the southern sky. The International Space Station was clearly visible, closely followed in the same orbit by the Space Shuttle Discovery, which had b ...
• What now for Global temperatures?
  Latest satellite data from the University of Alabama (UAH) shows virtually no change in global temperatures from January's levels. The -0.02C anomaly relative to the 1981-2010 average equates to approximately +0.24C above the more standard 1961-1990 average used by the Met Office and World Meteo ...
• Winter 2010/2011: Cold and dry - as forecast!
  After a record breaking December, a mild February has meant that winter 2010/2011 across the UK as a whole has ended up only 15th coldest since UK figures started in 1910. Provisional UK data for winter 2010/2011 shows a mean of 2.39C, compared to the 1971-2000 average of 3.7C. How does that ...

Internat'l Political Economy

• Philippine-PRC Spratly Islands Spat + PR Spin
  In politics, joining up seemingly unrelated issues is a frequent occurrence. Sometimes it goes by the name horse-trading, other times logrolling. Whatever it's called, there's no escaping it. A few months ago I penned a feature for LSE IDEAS that neatly encapsulates my ideas about China's territ ...
• Reform Interruptus: IMF Kudos for Pre-Crisis Libya
  This post is a follow-up to one I have just made on the reformist direction Libya was headed prior to the present crisis. In no small part due to Saif al-Islam Qadhafi's prodding, there were indications that the state was indeed normalizing itself as a market-based economy. From the last (meani ...
• IMF on Expanding Special Drawing Rights' Int'l ...
  In March of 2009, People's Bank of China Governor famously made his "Reform the International Monetary System" speech. Until now, we still do not have a clear reason why he made this speech. A Chinese colleague suggested it was to appease Chinese politicians who had grown tired of the export lob ...
• Meet Britain's Tiger Dad, Celeb Chef Jamie Oliver
  ,Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver should be familiar the world over--including the United States, even--for his series of popular cookbooks and TV shows. The Naked Chef has many fans, but as it turns out, he may not be a fan of the current generation of Britons. A few weeks ago, I offered my own take ...
• What If Greenpeace Ran China?
  Though I am very often at loggerheads with positions that Greenpeace takes, a significant part of the following makes sense to me at least. As we all know, China's rise to becoming the world's second largest economy has been accompanied by becoming the world's most polluting economy in terms of ...

Economic Collapse Blog

• Has The Tsunami In Japan Destroyed The Japanes ...
  The entire world is in a state of mourning today as details regarding the horrific damage caused by the massive tsunami in Japan continue to trickle in.  The magnitude 8.9 earthquake that caused the tsunami was the largest earthquake that Japan has ever experienced in modern tim ...
• Should We Be Alarmed That The Biggest Bond Fun ...
  Bill Gross, the manager of the biggest bond fund in the world, has forgotten more about bonds than most of us will ever learn. That is why the big move that PIMCO has just made is so unsettling.  At one time PIMCO held more U.S. government debt than any other bond fund on the [...]
• People Of Earth: Prepare For Economic Disaster
  It is not just the United States that is headed for an economic collapse.  The truth is that the entire world is heading for a massive economic meltdown and the people of earth need to be warned about the coming economic disaster that is going to sweep the globe.  The current wo ...
• Inflation Is Here – Just Open Up Your Ey ...
  Despite what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says, rampant inflation is officially here.  The federal government is constantly monkeying with the numbers to keep the "official" rate of inflation below 2 percent, but it is becoming very difficult to deny that the cost of al ...
• 5 Dollar Gas? Get Ready To Pay An Arm And A Le ...
  One of the quickest ways to bring down the U.S. economy would be to dramatically increase the price of oil. Oil is the lifeblood of our economic system. Without it, our entire economy would come to a grinding halt. Almost every type of economic activity in this country depends ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

• Nor'easter #11 Call for Submissions
  The Nor'easter collective of the Northeast Anarchist Network is getting ready to put together Nor'easter Issue 11 and it needs help from you! ...
• New York City Anarchist Book Fair proposals de ...
  The 5th Annual NYC Anarchist Book Fair will be held Saturday, April 9, 2011, at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South, NYC. Present...
• Eco-Anarchies Issue #1 Call For Papers
  We are presently seeking submissions for a new project that aims to explore the ineluctable connections between ecology and anarchy. Since G...
• Soliciting Submissions For Zine on Anti-Police ...
  Within the last eight months, Denver has seen an inspiring and growing movement against police terror. In a city with the worst brutality statis...
• TCN Radio: February 2011, Episode #2
  Here is the February episode of TCN Radio. The featured audio essays include a reading of an issue of Kerbloom pertaining to Letters of Insurgents,...

E U Times

• U.S. research team says it has found Atlantis ...
  It has remained a tantalising mystery for thousands of years, but now a U.S. led research team believes it has found the legendary lost city of Atlantis. They claim to have pinpointed the exact location of the metropolis under mud flats in southern Spain. The team of archaeologists and geologist ...
• Fukushima Fallout: Next Few Days Critical
  Nuclear experts have warned the next few days will be crucial in determining exactly how bad the fallout from the Fukushima power plant disaster could be. They say advanced Japanese engineering at the 40-year-old facility will avoid a Chernobyl-style disaster, but any radiation leak could still ...
• Boy killed, 300 wounded as Yemen police storm ...
  Yemeni police stormed a camp set up by thousands of protesters demanding the end of President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s 32-year rule, killing one person and wounding hundreds early on Saturday, witnesses and medical sources said. Witnesses told Reuters hundreds of security forces, armed with bats and ...
• Obama administration approved $40billion in pr ...
  The U.S. government approved $40billion in private arms sales to countries including Libya and Egypt in 2009 – before they both dissolved into unrest this year – the State Department reported. From 2008 to 2009, the U.S. authorised an increase in sales of military shipments to the now-toppled Eg ...
• Obama says coolant sent to Japan’s nuke plant ...
  U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that the United States rushed coolant to a Japanese nuclear power plant as a precaution after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit the U.S. ally. Obama told reporters at the White House that when he spoke to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday morning ...

Voiceless Victim

• Top 10 Catholic Excuses For Doing Absolutely N ...
  Priests at the pulpit do it. Catholic apologists do it mindlessly, understanding little. Cardinals and Bishops exploit their influence to do it to as many people as possible. The Vatican does little else. With alarming regularity and very little variation, they all trot out the same set of tired ...
• Gentle Slap on the Wrist and Comfy Retirement ...
  Details were revealed this week about the Vatican “taking action” last year against a Dutch Catholic Bishop working in Kenya, who had raped a 14-year-old Masai boy some years earlier while still a priest. So here we have an example of just exactly what the new, recently improved Vatican response ...
• The Real Role of the Media in the Catholic Chi ...
  The paedophile protecting Pope and his seriously creepy Vatican spokespersons try to paint the role of the media in the reporting of the Catholic Church child rape tsunami as a conspiracy. They can’t quite make up their minds who exactly is behind their fallacious nonsense of a persecution. The ...
• Why Is Anyone Still A Catholic?
  On the day the Egyptian people succeeded in ousting an oppressive and controlling  regime noted for abuse of power and human rights abuses, it is worthwhile to evaluate the refusal of ordinary Catholics to consider the consequences of their own selfish, mindless and cowardly support for the paed ...
• The Pope Calling The Berlusconi Black
  I’ve heard some pretty obvious cases of the pot calling the kettle black, but the recent controversy over the Pope ticking off Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi for child sexual exploitation shows how complete is the lack of self-awareness demonstrated by the psychopaths who surround and ...

WL Central

• 2011-03-13 Bank Employee Urges Anonymous to He ...
  TweetAnonymous, the hacktivist group known for supporting WikiLeaks and mounting actions in cyberspace in defense of freedom of information and transparency, launched “#BlackMonday” at midnight. Emails between an Anonymous user and an employee with Balboa Insurance, whose work is connected to th ...
• 2011-03-13 #Bahrain Regime cracks down on pro- ...
  TweetWL Central will be updating news on Bahrain, with new items added at the top. All times are ET in USA. You can contact me on twitter @carwinb or by email at carwinb@hushmail.com. Current time and date in Manama, Bahrain: Send Arabic #firstaid images by MMS/SMS/email or print as fliers u ...
• 2011-03-13: State Department Spokesman PJ Crow ...
  TweetThe spokesman for the Department of State in the Obama administration, PJ Crowley, resigned today for having criticized the inhumane treatment of U.S. political prisoner Bradley Manning as "ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid." PJ Crowley Commentary in TIME and Politico str ...
• 2011-3-12 #Iran Mousavi's daughters tell publ ...
  TweetWL Central will be updating news on Iran, with new items added at the top. All times are ET in USA. You can contact me on twitter @carwinb or by email at carwinb@hushmail.com. Current time and date in Tehran: * Thank you to @Green_alpha, without whom these updates and translations, woul ...
• 2011-03-13 This Week in WikiLeaks Podcast—Past ...
  TweetThe podcast, which has for four weeks been recorded live on Saturday, will be at 1 pm New York time/6 pm United Kingdom time this weekend. It will be available for download shortly after the show completes recording. This week’s guest is Debra Sweet is the Director of World Can't Wait, init ...

U N News

• Peacebuilding and impunity on the agenda for B ...
  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Guatemala next week for a three-day visit that will focus on peacebuilding issues and the Central American country's efforts to combat impunity.
• Haiti: UN plans to reinforce police for presid ...
  The 3,500-strong United Nations police force in Haiti is planning to reinforce its support of national police for the presidential run-off election on 20 March, although it does not expect trouble, according to the head of the contingent.
• US discriminates on right to safe water and sa ...
  The United States must do more to eliminate discrimination in access to safe drinking water and sanitation, an independent United Nations expert reported today, citing wide disparities that adversely affect people of colour and Native Americans.
• Argentina's Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo ...
  The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, a non-governmental organization that has been working for over 30 years to locate the families of children kidnapped and "disappeared" during the military dictatorship in Argentina, is this year's recipient of the United Nations cultural agency's peace prize.
• Haiti: UN human rights expert urges presidenti ...
  The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Haiti, Michel Forst, today urged candidates in the country's upcoming presidential run-off election to spearhead the fight against impunity and champion greater respect of human rights.

Conspiracy Reality TV

• Mystery Missile Launch, Big Pharma Begins Micr ...
  Once activated by stomach acid, the embedded microchip begins sensing its environment and broadcasting data to a receiver worn by the patient. This receiver is also a transmitter that can send the data over the internet to a doctor.
• 7/7: Seeds of Deconstruction
  The British Government's story of what happened, how, and why is contained in three reports comprising just over 200 pages. There is virtually no forensic physical evidence in the public domain. The first two reports were published simultaneously in 2006, ten months after 7/7. One was a home off ...
• The Absurdity Of Starting A Small Business In ...
  In the 1950s only about 1 in 20 Americans needed the government blessing to do their job. Today, that number is more than 1 in 3. And government puts all kinds of requirements on would be entrepreneurs making it harder for these entrepreneurs to start and grow small businesses.
• CIA Whistleblower: “Heart Attack Gun”
  Senator: Does this pistol fire the dart? CIA Dir: Yes, it does, Mr. Chairman, and a special one was developed which potentially would be able to enter the target without perception.
• Naked Truth Behind Body Scanners
  He's abusing his relationship with the public by pretending to be a public servant and talking about how these back-scatter scanners are going to make us safer? He stands to benefit because he's getting payed by the manufacturing companies to go all over the networks saying that these scanners a ...

Rewilding Institute

• Victory in the Southern Ocean Day for the Whales
  From Captain Paul Watson It’s official – The Japanese whaling fleet has called it quits in the Southern Ocean. At least for this season. If they return next season the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society will be ready to resume our efforts to obstruct and disable Japanese whaling operations. “Th ...
• Conservation News Brief
  Captain Paul Watson to arrive in Australia for final preparations for Operation Musashi Friday Harbor, WA – Just days after reaffirming that they will head to the Southern Oceans alone to defend the whales in the Antarctic Whale Sanctuary, even after Greenpeace and the Australian government h ...
• Whaling Opponents Collide at Sea
  On board the Steve Irwin in the Ross Sea –February 6th, 2009, 0800 Hours (Sydney Time)  February 5th, 2009 1300 Hours (PST), 75 Degrees 44 Minutes South and 165 Degrees 39 Minutes West The Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin collided with the Yushin Maru No.2 this morning in the Ross Sea as the harpo ...
• Dave Foreman’s Recent Speech At Nebraska Wesle ...
  Here’s a great speech Dave did in Nebraska recently. Fetzer Lecture Rewilding North America THURSDAY, MARCH 26 Click Here To Listen In!
• New Website All About Mexican Gray Wolves!
  There are only 52 Mexican gray wolves in the wilds of Arizona and New Mexico. The Rewilding Institute has joined with local, regional, and national conservation, scientific, and sportsmen’s organizations, and concerned citizens in launching a new website, mexicanwolves.org, to help save this hig ...

Asia Sentinel

• Furious Indonesian Response to WikiLeak Cables
  Yudhoyono spokesmen, others, denounce questions over SBY’s integrity, summon US ambassador
• Poverty Drives Pakistani Women to Prostitution
  Pakistani sex workers ask God to hear their prayers
• The Wandering Palate's Wine Purveyor
  The Palate picks Hong Kong-based Altaya as his Asian wine merchant of the year
• China's Mata Hari
  The bones of China's most valuable spy on Taiwan return home after 60 years
• Explosive WikiLeaks Cables Nail Yudhoyono
  US embassy in Jakarta has serious doubts about the Indonesian president's own integrity

We Know the Lies

• Agenda 21... The High Speed Rail Deception... ...
  �As if paying exorbitant road tax wasn�t bad enough, we�re now being told we�re going to be double taxed on some roads if we�re even to be allowed on them at all. ~ Neil Foster read more
• Most Children Deliberately Taught to be Stupi ...
  Is there any surprise when we see the garbage they’re given to read, the nonsense they’re given as entertainment on TV and the idiocy of the movies fed to them from Hollywood which are supposed to pass as comedy but which are in fact Hollywood itself laughing at them in their idiotic stu ...
• Japan... Cooling Functions Fail at Another Fu ...
  �Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday another reactor of its quake-hit Fukushima nuclear power plants had lost its cooling functions, while at least 15 people at a nearby hospital were found to have been exposed to radioactivity.read more
• Japan... Earthquake Moved Coastline 8 Feet... ...
  � The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis. ~ Ivan Cabrera�read more
• Captain Dan Hanley... Head of the 'Whistleblo ...
  �Concerned whistleblowers and family members of the former United Airlines Pilot Captain Dan Hanley report that this outspoken whistleblower advocate has seemingly vanished 3 weeks ago. ~ Julia Davis read more

Tatumba 2.0

• Charlie Sheen – A WINNER – Fires Truth Torpedo ...
  This why I love Charlie Sheen. This guy can lift the veil off of the corruption that the mainstream media keeps over the fluoridated media zombie’s eyes in a verbose and oh-so-eloquent way. Here Charlie vents to David Degraw about the financial tyranny consuming our wealth, resources and freedom ...
• The Fluoride Deception: the truth about water ...
  The Fluoride Deception is the latest mini documentary from Mike Adams, executive director of the Consumer Wellness Center. Through the use of animation and motion graphics, he exposes the truth about where fluoride really comes from: The toxic byproducts of the phosphate mining industry! Do your ...
• Alex Jones On The View
  Alex Jones On The View? Who would have thunk it? Alex Jones was on The View and blasted truth at 30 million viewers. Alex Jones goes prime-time speaking to the Yentas on The View. It is nice to see Alex getting a chance to blast some truth to the 30 million or more sheep that [...] Related ...
• Site Upgrade Completed
  I am pleased to announce that I have upgraded to a faster server. The following explains what I went through / am still going through to make this happen: Please recycle. Don't throw away your peels Related posts:Site Upgrades Coming Hello This site may be offline on a temporary basis... Site Im ...
• The Charlie Sheen Test
  I want you to take a test. This is called The Charlie Sheen Test. To take this test please grab a pen and a piece of paper. Now count to 10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Now I want you to write down the first word that comes to mind [...] Related posts:Charlie Veitch vs. McDonald’s Trying to stop p ...

Truth About Our World

• Vaccines may have increased swine flu risk
  By Annie Guest There is renewed controversy surrounding influenza vaccines, with some studies showing people immunised against the seasonal flu might have been at greater risk during the swine flu outbreak. Infectious diseases expert Professor Peter Collignon has called for a review of Australia ...
• Japanese Nuclear Meltdown Confirmed
  Infowars.com March 12, 2011 � As we accurately reported earlier today, the explosion at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan was the result of a nuclear meltdown of the reactor core at the facility. The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)confirmed the meltdownSaturday afternoon. Fukushim ...
• Nature Blowing Its Top and Bottom
  From Dr. Sircus’ Blog http://blog.imva.info/   Violent eruptions along Russiaâs volcano belt are affecting global weather patterns and prices to boot, says this article by Ben Aris. Prepare to pay more for your flour and coal this year. Volcanoes on the countryâs eastern seaboard of Kamchatka h ...
• Sperm Meets Chemicals: Are They Really Making ...
  I don’t think it takes a genius to figure out the causes of increased male infertility.  The chemicals in our food, products (colognes, sprays, etc), environment, medications,  just to name a few, are most definitely the causes.   by Catherine Pearson The connection between chemical exposure a ...
• Measles On The Rise? What You Should Know
  Most of the population ARE vaccinated against the measles, so don’t give me the BS that we shouldn’t take the risk NOT to vaccinate our children against it. What this rise in measles tells me, is that  the vaccine is useless , period.   Leigh Vinocur, M.D. Measles is nothing to sneeze at and ho ...

Bloomberg

• The Driving Force of Dividends
  Jeffrey Kleintop of PNC Advisors sees dividend growth as a positive force for the current market -- and even some tech stocks
• Grading Back-to-School Stocks
  Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
• Giant Steps for China's Net
  Huge valuations given to Baidu and the proposed Yahoo-Alibaba deal show the market for Chinese Web outfits may have reached a turning point
• Do Online MBAs Make the Grade?
  Their popularity is soaring, but some are diploma mills, making recruiters wary of virtual degrees. Here are tips for picking a good program
• Don't Count the U.S. Consumer Out
  Despite higher energy prices, we expect consumers to continue spending and the U.S. economy to grow

Enviroblog

• Labor camps? Fine. But BPA crosses the line.
  By Alex Formuzis, EWG Vice President for Media Relations China: Where anyone who speaks out against the government will likely languish for years in a prison cell; Where crackdowns on the press and Internet access happen again and again; Where... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
• Hold the Applause
  By Jane Houlihan, EWG Senior Vice President for Research Two weeks ago (Feb. 17), fellow activists proclaimed the upbeat news that the European Union had banned xylene and five other toxic chemicals that pose risks to human health and the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi ...
• Dr. Oz Talks Toxics in Our Drinking Water
  In February, our friend Dr. Oz dedicated an entire show to the safety of the nation's drinking water. On the air, he revealed the results of the 'Dr. Oz National Tap Water Test' - a hands-on water testing experiment undertaken... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
• EWG testifying on behalf of clean drinking wat ...
  By Leeann Brown, Press SecretaryEnvironmental Working Group's Senior Counsel Dusty Horwitt made his fourth appearance today (March 1, 2011) before the New York City Council's Committee on Environmental Protection to highlight the risks posed by the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
• If you ask a caveman a chemistry question...
  By Alex Formuzis, EWG Vice-President for Media Relations Good news. Maine governor Paul LePage claims he has read the scientific research on the health dangers posed by bisphenol-A, the plastic component and synthetic estrogen. His conclusion? "Quite... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...

Quick Hits

• More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
  The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
• Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
  MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
• Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said motorists would ...
• Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
  Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
• Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
  The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

• Today's yakuza: Once again, without feeling
  Today’s yakuza film is amoral, refuting the concepts of honor and brotherhood its characters were once fixated by. Like the gunslingers in Sergio Leone’s pictures, these men of action do not serve the public, but only themselves and their loved ones. More ...
• A Capital week in review: What Del Posto's sta ...
  Here is what we learned this week. More
• Kruger's gay lover is so secret, even the 'Pos ...
  Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
• The cost of doing business with (or near) Carl ...
  Some New York businesses have known for a while that it isn't cheap to do business with Carl Kruger or an associated lobbyist, Richard Lipsky. It's only now that some of them are deciding it's not worth the cost. More
• An introduction to the New York-Albanian mob
  It's not every day that two weed dealers from New York City face the death penalty. These two are a pair of Albanian-American brothers from Staten Island named Saimir and Bruno Krasniqi, ages 29 and 26. They, along with a 27-year-old partner named Almir Rra ...

Views & News from Norway

• A message to readers from the editor
  Several weeks ago I was diagnosed with what the Norwegians call lungebetennelse (pneumonia). I kept working, in an effort to keep you readers up to date during an especially busy news period through the skiing world championships. Now, however, I need to go offline and take a break for the first ...
• Not easy being a Swede in Norway
  NEWS ANALYSIS: When Norwegian skiing star Petter Northug flaunted his prowess and tried to humiliate his Swedish arch rival at the world championships last week, it was just the latest in a long list of recent jabs against Norway’s neighbours. Swedes have had to tolerate a lot of abuse in Norway ...
• Gasoline prices hit new all-time high
  Even though Norway is an oil-producing nation, it’s always had high prices for gasoline (petrol) because of heavy taxes to discourage use of private cars. Now the prices are higher than ever before, because of rising oil prices and the strong Norwegian currency. The violence in Libya, meanwhile, ...
• ‘Tea parties’ aim to integrate
  More than a thousand residents of Oslo were participating this week in unusual “tea parties,” sponsored by a local organization dedicated to tackling racism. Muslim families and immigrants from Africa, for example, were opening their homes to ethnic Norwegians and simply inviting them in for tea ...
• Dig to begin at royal Viking estate
  The largest archaeological project in Norway in nearly 10 years will begin in June to recover property of the Viking king Harald HÃ¥rfagre (alternatively known as “Harald Fairhair,” “Harald Finehair” or, simply, “Harald I”). He was, at any rate, the first king of Norway. Newspaper Aftenposten re ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• A Solar Powered Life – Part III
  When the band Bananarama penned the ditty, “A cruel summer” back in 1983, I’m sure they must have been singing about solar power. Well, upon reflection, they probably weren’t. Anyway, it is an appropriate metaphor for solar power generation in the Macedon Ranges in Victoria and indeed elsewhere ...
• Head-Banging for Britain
  by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United Kingdom Should we reduce the speed limit to cut oil consumption? Should we impose new taxes on the banks? Should we stop hawking weapons in the Middle East? The answer in all these cases is obvious, ...
• My Internship Experience, Joelyn Ong, Singapore
  PDC Class Photo April 2010 Growing up and living in cities, I could hardly imagine life on a farm and having to grow my own food. However, doing a 10-week permaculture internship at Zaytuna Farm, The Channon in NSW, Australia, changed my perception totally of what real sustainable living mea ...
• O-Farm Community Gardens, Hong Kong
  O-Farm Hong Kong is championed by PDC graduate Yip Tsz Shing. It is a wonderful community garden where very small spaces, just a few metres (8 square metres on average), are rented by Hong Kong residents. Some may travel up to an hour and a half each way to come and garden fresh organic food [...]
• Why World Food Prices May Keep Climbing
  Editor’s Note: In addition to the post from Lester below, also check out this: "Warning Of ‘Food Price Riots In The UK’ — A senior economist at the worldwide bank HSBC has warned of civil unrest in Britain if food prices continue to soar." by Lester Brown, Earth Policy Institute In February, wor ...

Telecrap Urinal

• US Soldier Waterboards His 4-Year Old Daughter
  Can you believe this? A US soldier, upset that his 4-year old daughter could not recite the alphabet, waterboarded her. He knew that she was afraid of water and that is why he chose this form of punishment. Related posts:Cops Bust Up Frail 84-Year Old Woman With Alzheimers Local Blogger Catche ...
• Fish Hat Pope – Wake Up Soon
  Studio version of Fish Hat Pope' song 'Wake Up Soon' (altered lyrics to sunny afternoon by The Kinks!) Fish Hat Pope performed this live at the British Constitution Group meeting in London on Oct 31st 2009. Related posts:A little sniff for the dog mate? – Everything is OK Whistle Blowers W ...
• US Government: Why we let the Underwear Bomber ...
  The US Government now admits that they allowed the Underwear Bomber to board the Christmas Flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Related posts:BREAKING NEWS: US Government Admits It Helped Underwear Bomber Board Plane Extensive Interview with Kurt Haskell – Witness to Underwear Bomber Flight 253: ...
• United Breaks Guitars – Don’t mess ...
  Well the United Airlines baggage handlers broke the guitar in to two pieces. Then Mr. Carroll complained to United and it fell on deaf ears. Because of that he vowed to write three songs about their callous disregard and uncaring attitude. Related posts:United We Fall – Canada is a figment of ...
• Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth by Ric ...
  9/11 was an inside job. Nano thermite and thermate were used to pulverize these buildings, and in the process murdered thousands of innocent people. Related posts:Nigerian Man is a Al-CIA-Duh Terrorist – USA Caught in False-Flag Terror Plot National Security Alert from the CIT Climategate Scan ...

Anna's News

• Radiation fears rise as second explosion rips ...
  Fears of a nuclear disaster in Japan were heightened today with reports of a second explosion at the stricken Fukushima Dai-ichi number one plant.Japan's chief cabinet secretary said a hydrogen explosion had occurred at Unit three of the plant, similar toSubmitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...
• Could breastfeeding make baby brighter? Just f ...
  Babies who are breastfed grow up to be more intelligent, scientists suggested.Just four weeks on their mothers� milk can have a �significant� effect on a child�s development in primary and secondary school, research has found. Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add ...
• 15 Famous Athletes Who Are Vegetarians
  Humans, and especially those who do a lot of physical exertion, need quite a bit of protein to keep their bodies healthy and in optimal shape. While meat is a great source of the essential nutrient, it's certainly not the only one; many athletes have.....Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...
• Petfinder: Adopt the Internet Day
  March 15 is Adopt the Internet Day, a day devoted to spreading the word about pet adoption and helping homeless pets find homes. Please consider participating next Tuesday by adding a badge to your web site and replacing your Facebook photo with one from Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals �|� � ...
• Incredible swarms of fish form off coast of Ac ...
  The shores of Acapulco's beaches were this weekend teeming with masses of fish packed so tightly they looked like an oil slick from above.Thousands of sardines, anchovies, stripped bass and mackerel surged along the coast of the Mexican resort in an eventSubmitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...

Medical Marijuana

• 3/9/11 - 34 States with Death Penalty / 41 Fed ...
  deathpenalty.procon.org - UPDATED: 34 States with Death Penalty / 41 Federal Capital Crimes - On Mar. 9, 2011, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn (D) signed legislation to repeal the state's death penalty statute. Illinois joins 15 other states and the District of Columbia that do not have capital crim ...
• 2/25/11 - NEW: History of the Individual Healt ...
  healthcarereform.procon.org - NEW: History of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate, 1989-2010: Republican Origins of Democratic Health Care Provision - Republicans oppose the Mar. 2010 health care reforms for many reasons, especially the provision creating an individual health care mandate w ...
• 2/23/11 - Vaccines ProCon.org - US Supreme Cou ...
  vaccines.procon.org - UPDATED: Vaccines ProCon.org - On Feb. 22, 2011, the US Supreme Court ruled that vaccine injury claims must continue to be filed with the US Court of Federal Claims and cannot be filed directly against physicians or vaccine manufacturers in civil court.
• 2/23/11 - Barack Obama Declares Defense of Mar ...
  gaymarriage.procon.org - Barack Obama Declares Defense of Marriage Act Unconstitutional - President Obama directed the Department of Justice today to stop defending in court the law that prevents gay marriage.
• 2/14/11 - Health Care Reform Opinion Polls/Surveys
  healthcarereform.procon.org - NEW: Health Care Reform Opinion Polls/Surveys - A Jan. 15-19, 2011 poll by CBS and the New York Times found that 40% of Americans want to repeal the March 2010 health care law while 48% want to let it stand. A Dec. 14-15 FOX News poll found that 59% of respondents ...

Progressives United - Russ Feingold

• My new group: Progressives United
  Today, I am proud to announce that progressives -- demanding change and demanding action -- have come together to help me launch a new group:�Progressives United � read more

Information Underground

• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  I don't know about that sorry. If you are interested, he was on Clay's show on Friday as well but has not linked to it, I think the earlier interview was better. http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-87590/TS-458672.mp3Statistics: Posted by bluejelly — Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:22 am
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  "There are fuzzy patches withing the shot. Pick out one of the "shadow people" from the crowd beginning at 3:13." Marlow, are you one of those people who see reptilian morphs in video compression artifacts?Statistics: Posted by bluejelly — Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:10 am
• Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
  Wimpy wrote: Mancow used to be a regular guest on the FOX morning show when I was a semi-viewer. I have no doubt that he was a regular user of amphetamines or cocaine; his spazzed-out behavior was beyond any contrived radio persona. If you hadn't seen what I'm referring , imagine a raging Cok ...
• The Information Underground Radio Show • Re: T ...
  Timothy_Fitzpatrick wrote: If someone says Muslims are ruining Europe in the same sense that mass Mexican immigration to the US is ruining America, I have no problem with it. What was the context? Sharia Law bullshit? He's not talking about mass immigration. He' "the Muslim Brotherhood is one ...
• Zionist Personalities We Should Know About • R ...
  Mancow used to be a regular guest on the FOX morning show when I was a semi-viewer. I have no doubt that he was a regular user of amphetamines or cocaine; his spazzed-out behavior was beyond any contrived radio persona. If you hadn't seen what I'm referring , imagine a raging Coke-Head. This ...

TVNZ

• Japan quake, tsunami: 'It's a scene from hell'
  Red Cross workers in Japan have described the devastation in one town as 'absolute devastation'.
• France steps up efforts for Libya no-fly zone
  France has stepped up efforts to persuade world powers to impose a no-fly zone over Libya, as Muammar Gaddafi's troops battled rebel fighters for control of the strategic oil town of Brega.
• Japan quake, tsunami: Blast strikes nuclear p ...
  A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown.
• Japan quake, tsunami: Major developments
  The main developments after Japan's massive quake and tsunami.
• US President Barack Obama calls for agreement ...
  US President Barack Obama has waded into the gun control debate, calling for reform.

environment 360

• U.S. Solar Market Grew 67 Percent in 2010, Rep ...
  The U.S. solar market increased by 67 percent in 2010 — from $3.6 billion in 2009 to $6 billion — making it the nation’s fastest-growing energy sector, according to a trade industry report. Total installed capacity of photovoltaic and solar thermal systems reached 956 iStockphoto megawatts — mo ...
• Collapse of Honeybee Populations Now a Global ...
  The mysterious decline of honeybee populations observed in the U.S. and Europe is now a global phenomenon, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Scientists say significant die-offs are now occurring in managed bee colonies in China and Japan, and there a ...
• U.S. High-Speed Rail: Time to Hop Aboard or Be ...
  In recent months, several conservative governors have rejected federal funds to begin constructing high-speed rail lines in their states. But a high-speed rail advocate argues that such ideologically driven actions are folly, as other U.S. states and countries around the world are moving swiftly ...
• Blooms of Arctic Plankton Occurring Far Earlie ...
  The steady disappearance of summer sea ice in the Arctic Ocean is causing annual blooms of phytoplankton to occur as much as 50 days earlier now than in the late 1990s, a major shift that could have profound consequences for the Arctic Ocean food chain. Click to enlarge Scripps Institution of ...
• Costa Rican Marine Reserve Will Protect 2.5 Mi ...
  The Costa Rican government has vastly expanded a marine protected area in the eastern tropical Pacific, creating a 3,900-square-mile ocean reserve that is home to more than 30 endemic species. The so-called “Seamounts Marine Management Area,” a UNESCO Photo gallery Conservation InternationalMar ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• The First Post | News, comment, opinion, peopl ...
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backofthebook

• Xoom vs iPad 2
  By Eric Pettifor A couple of posts ago I wrote of the Motorola Xoom tablet, extolling its virtues while trying to convince myself that I don’t need one. And truly, I don’t. My little netbook is all the portable computing I really need. What I might want, and might actually get ...
• Jason Kenney’s “very cynical&#8221 ...
  By Sandeep Chauhan Jason Kenney ought to love Charlie Sheen. Kenney and his office pulled a boner of a move with their fundraising letter targeting “very ethnic” communities, but it’s getting buffered a bit by Charlie’s shtick. I should probably be outraged, but I’m not. I should be shocke ...
• Revisited: Billy Elliot’s big city jive
  The musical Billy Elliot opened in Toronto the other night, with its composer, Sir Elton, in attendance. The Globe loved it. The Post didn't. But great or whatever, it's liable to hang around Toronto for as long as it has London and New York, because this is the ultimate big-city ...
• Lay off the Sheen, if not for his good, then f ...
  by Rachel Krueger This is me trying not to write about Charlie Sheen and failing.  Not writing about Charlie Sheen is more difficult than deciding whether to laugh at or pity him, which is weirdly hard. Because on the one hand, the man is a barrel of allegedly sober monkeys.  He’s funnier ...
• Revisited: “How I Got Arrested and Abuse ...
  On Friday, the CBC's The Fifth Estate broadcast "You Should Have Stayed at Home," about police tactics at the 2010 G20 Summit. Among those appearing in the documentary is Toronto playwright and director Tommy Taylor, whose harrowing account of his arrest and detention appeared on his facebook pa ...

  Daily Beast

  • Rebel Leader: Give Us a Chance
    With the Libyan resistance in retreat, opposition leader Mustafa Abdul Jalil tells The Daily Beast's Fadel Lamen that his side needs a no-fly zone and a naval blockade to create a fair fight. Muammar Gaddafi gave an official face to his diffused...
  • Women in the World Summit: A Weekend of Courag ...
    Newsweek and The Daily Beast's second annual Women in the World summit brought together Hillary Clinton, Egyptian bloggers, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and dozens of inspiring activists from around the globe, showcasing stories of heroism and...
  • Japan Earthquake: Gripping Survivor Stories
    Thousands are still missing, but harrowing tales are already emerging from those who managed to escape Japan's deadly earthquake and its aftermath. From a man rescued 10 miles out at sea to a woman who watched her elderly parents slip away in the...
  • Rich Vegas, Poor Vegas
    Sin City has no jobs, and the newly homeless are living in drainage pipes. But it also has its biggest act since Elvis. In this week's Newsweek, Tony Dokoupil and Ramin Setoodeh describe how Celine Dion is the city's latest high-stakes bet. As another...
  • March Madness: Which Team Is Smartest?
    As the NCAA college basketball tournament kicks off, The Daily Beast ranks all 68 teams based on their grades and graduation rates, from first to worst. Click here for the smart bracket. The sports high holiday known as March Madness returns...

    Blacklisted News

    • Nuclear Plant Designer: Japanese Government Su ...
      A former nuclear power plant designer has said Japan is facing an extremely grave crisis and called on the government to release more information, which he said was being suppressed. Masashi Goto told a news conference in Tokyo that one of the reactors at the Fukushima-Daiichi plant was ...
    • Gordon Brown’s Government arranged a meeting w ...
    • Derry Brownfield Dies
      Derry first entered the world of broadcasting when he and a friend established the Brownfield Network in 1972. In 1994 he established his own radio show, the Derry Brownfield Show. In 1997 Learfield Communications purchased the Brownfield Network but Derry remained on the air until 2008 when a d ...
    • Japan Volcano - Shinmoedake Volcano Erupts, Po ...
      The Shinmoedake Volcano erupts in Southwestern Japan. While the Japan Tsunami / Earthquake clean up is underway, the Japan Volcano erupted, causing even more trouble.
    • Dollar Quietly Losing Status as Safe Haven Dur ...
      It used to be that during times of perceived global crisis institutional investors rushed into the dollar as a safe haven. U.S. Treasury bonds were once considered as good as gold when uncertainty gripped the world. However, it now seems that the weight of fundamentals have finally surpassed ...

    The Intelligence Daily

    • Our Man in Havana
      By Stephen Lendman Against the backdrop of US – Cuban relations, the Havana Times broke the...
    • Post Nuclear Japan, Pre Disaster United States
      By Michael Collins (The Money Party RSS) The Japanese disaster at Fukushima I is a human tragedy of...
    • Memo to market: High oil prices are DE-flationary
      By Kurt Cobb As the European Central Bank (ECB) prepares to raise interest rates to prevent...
    • The end of imperialism?
      By Luke Eastwood What the world is witnessing in the Middle East is an unprecedented revolt against...
    • Nuclear Meltdown in Japan + video footage
      By Stephen Lendman For years, Helen Caldicott warned it’s coming. In her 1978 book,...

    My AntiWar

    • Barely Half of Agencies Meeting Obama’s ...
    • Underground Jail a Daunting Reminder of Gadhaf ...
    • Libya Seeks Italy’s Help With Fire at Oi ...
    • Hundreds Injured in Bahrain Demonstration
    • Cuba Releases Prominent Dissident Oscar Elias ...

    CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

    • Russian FM's spokesman: US sanction on Russian ...
      Summary: Medvedev denounced unilateral sanctions against Tehran over its peaceful domestic nuclear program as "illegitimate" and" unacceptable." source: Trendread more
    • NAM: Respect Iran's nuclear rights
      Summary: member states of NAMThe Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) urges respect for Iran's right to develop its civilian nuclear program within the framework of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). source: Press TVread more
    • EGYPT: ELBARADEI- NEW RELATIONS WITH IRAN IF I ...
      Summary: If elected President of Egypt, Mohamed ElBaradei commits to rebuild relations with Iran, after a silence of 30 yrs. source: AGI read more
    • Obama does not get it
      Summary: If independent, democratic, governments are formed in the Middle East, they won't follow Washington's orders. source: Al-Jazeera Englishread more
    • The J Street Scam
      Summary: GiraldiSupporters of J Street claim that its positions will become more nuanced as its influence grows, but one of the panels at the just-concluded convention debated "Is the Settlement Enterprise Destroying Israel’s Democracy?" One might well ask why there was a question mark at ...

    The Daily Galaxy

    • The Mars' "Methane Mystery" -A Sign of Ancient ...
      It's NASA's Ames Research Center vs the Goddard Space Fight Center. It's methane on Mars as a potential sign of biology vs methane on Mars as an Earth' based illusion. The evidence for methane on Mars may actually be due...
    • "There are Possibly Trillions of Earths Orbiti ...
      Yale University astronomer Van Dokkum also said that the red dwarfs they have discovered are over 10 billion years old, which means they've had enough time for complex life to develop and evolve, summarizing about research recently conducted at Hawaii's...
    • MIT "Genomic Fossil" - Clue to Surge of Life o ...
      Life on Earth dramatically surged around three billion years ago, possibly when primitive forms developed more efficient ways to harness energy from sunlight, according to a study made by scientists at MIT, who built a "genomic fossil", in essence a...
    • Image of the Day: The Ghost Star of the Milky Way
      Abell 39, about 7000 light years away, is a ghostly remnant of a Sun-like star and one of the largest existing spheres in the Milky Way. Six light-years across, it was once a sun-like star's outer atmosphere expelled thousands of...
    • From the 'X Files' Dept: Will the Upcoming Mar ...
      Japan's massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake and deadly tsunami in Japan generated world-wide viral headlines about the destructive environmental power of the upcoming "supermoon." The term "supermoon" originated on the website of astrologer Richard Nolle who reported that a new or full...

    Natural News

    • Japanese officials admit partial nuclear meltd ...
      (NaturalNews) Contradicting earlier reports that claimed the Fukushima nuclear power plant suffered no reactor core damage, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano today admitted that a "partial core meltdown" is now underway. This is being reported at the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost. ...
    • Help support those devastated by the massive q ...
      (NaturalNews) By now, most everyone is aware of the massive and devastating 8.9 earthquake that recently hit off the east coast city of Honshu, Japan, and the monstrous tsunami that followed. Combined with continuing aftershocks and several other earthquake incidents that occurred both before an ...
    • FDA grants monopoly over preterm labor prevent ...
      (NaturalNews) Still think the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has your best interests in mind? According to new reports, the agency has arbitrarily decided to grant exclusive approval to KV Pharmaceutical to produce the one-and-only FDA-approved premature birth prevention drug -- which is ...
    • Nuclear reactor meltdown narrowly averted at t ...
      (NaturalNews) Media reports are now saying that the possible nuclear plant meltdown at the Fukushima power plant in Japan has been narrowly averted. CSMonitor.com is reporting that the core containment structure holding the plant's fuel rods was not damaged in the explosion that took place there ...
    • Facebook group helps mothers share breast milk
      (NaturalNews) Mothers who have a difficult time producing breast milk for their babies -- or those who produce more than they need and want to share it with other mothers -- can now make a connection through Facebook, thanks to the group "Eats On Feets." The group, which states that it is "a net ...

    Threat Level

    • Judge Denies Request to Throw Out Order Seekin ...
      A judge presiding over the U.S. government’s request for Twitter records relating to associates of Wikileaks has denied a motion to throw out the request, ruling that the associates don’t have standing to challenge it. The judge also denied a request to unseal the government’s application for th ...
    • Manning’s Father Condemns Treatment of Impriso ...
      Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE. The father of suspected WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning says the military has crossed a line in its treatment of his son and called the conditions under which he was being imprisoned “shocking.” Brian Manning broke his silence to a PBS Frontline corr ...
    • Court Unlikely to Halt ‘Nude’ Airport Body Sca ...
      WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday appeared unlikely it would block the use and ongoing deployment of the so-called “nude” airport body scanners, which the government maintains are necessary to protect the airways from terrorists. Still, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District o ...
    • Airport ‘Nude’ Body Scanners: Are They Effective?
      The body scanners rolling out to airports nationwide may violate travelers’ privacy, and they might even cause cancer. But they prevent terrorists from wreaking havoc. Or do they? Some research claims the machines — which produce a virtual nude image of the body — might not detect explosives or ...
    • Supreme Court Deciding Whether Congress May Co ...
      The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Congress may take works out of the public domain and grant them copyright status. A federal appeals panel, reversing a lower court, ruled in July against a group of orchestra conductors, educators, performers, publishers, film archivists and moti ...

    PERRspectives : Blog

    • Bachmann Bungles American History. Again.
      In the late 1970's film Animal House, John Belushi's character Bluto famously rallies his fraternity brothers by proclaiming, "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?" Now, a latter-day Bluto may be running for President of the United States. Pandering to Republican voters in New Ham ...
    • Republicans Double-Cross the Elderly
      Terrified by bogus Republican claims of draconian Democratic cuts to Medicare, elderly voters propelled the GOP to an overwhelming victory last November. Voters 65 and over, the only age group to support John McCain in 2008, boosted their share of the turnout to 21% from 16% two years earlier. ...
    • Right Fumes over "President of China," Forgets ...
      The conservative commentariat is predictably apoplectic this morning about a New York Times story on the Middle East which claimed "Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China." While the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol protested, "Unfortunately for him ...
    • GOP to America: We're All Mississippians Now
      Republicans have seen the future and it's in Mississippi. On the same day Wisconsin Republicans turned to unprecedented and possibly illegal maneuvers to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights, the Michigan legislature blessed emergency powers for Governor Rick Snyder to terminate ...
    • Arrest Made in Spokane Terror Plot
      As former IRA terror sympathizer turned anti-Muslim inquisitor Peter King prepares begins his Congressional hearings into Islamic radicalization, authorities have made an arrest in connection with January's backpack bomb plot in Spokane. While the identity and motivation of the suspect have yet ...

    Blackspot News Feed

    • Peace is not yours to give, Mr. President by K ...
      by Kathleen Kirwin Guest Writer Dandelion Salad March 13, 2011 AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA Peace is not yours to give, Mr. President. But hope is certainly yours to take away. As I listened to a friend and colleague in Afghanistan a few days ago, the difference I discerned in his voice fro ...
    • Untitled
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    • Madison Rally Bigger Than Biggest Tea Party Rally
      Police estimated up to 100,000 people turned out in Madison, WI yesterday to protest Gov. Scott Walker's (R) assault on unions, making it bigger than any protests the city has witnessed, even those during the Vietnam War. read more
    • One Night In Galway
    • Humanitarian Pays With Life for Feeding the Ch ...
      February 26, 2011, marks the eighth anniversary of the imprisonment of Dr. Rafil Dhafir. Dhafir continues to pay the price for feeding the children of Iraq during the US- and UK-sponsored UN sanctions against that country. read more

    Consortium News

    • Criminalizing the Truth-Tellers
      Washington's aggressive reaction to the WikiLeaks leaks seeks to scar the truth-tellers and frighten others, says Lawrence Davidson. March 5, 2011
    • Power v. Truth, a Sad Mismatch
      Despite contrary video evidence, Secretary of State Clinton's aides say Ray McGovern was a heckler, reports Jonathan Schwarz. March 5, 2011
    • Wackos of the World Unite!
      Craziness is roaming the world from Libya to Wisconsin, with a lengthy stopover in Washington DC, observes Michael Winship. March 5, 2011
    • The 'Christian Nation' Flashpoint
      The Christian Right calls America "a Christian nation" despite growing numbers of non-Christians, notes Rev. Howard Bess. March 5, 2011
    • Army's Mafia Abuse of Pvt. Manning
      Pvt. Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaks leaker, faces cruel, Mafia-like treatment from the U.S. military, charges Ray McGovern. March 4, 2011

    CounterPunch

    • :
    • Alexander Cockburn : Autumn of the Driveler
    • Carl Ginsburg : Life in the Low to Mid-Teens
    • Alexander Cockburn : Loose-Lip McChrystal Did ...
    • Alexander Cockburn : He Should Have Kept His M ...

    Institute for Middle East Understanding

    • Miral: A new movie about Palestinians and Isra ...
      Two events taking place within weeks of each other this month illustrate the complex and sometimes difficult history of Arabs and Muslims in America. On Thursday, Congress launched an ...
    • Taayush activists visit al Araqib in solidarit ...
    • Bil'in protest organizer to be released this w ...
      Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Bil'in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was arrested last year by soldiers who raided his home at the middle of the night and was ...
    • Israel to build more settler homes (Al Jazeera)
      The Israeli cabinet has approved the building of hundreds of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank, a day after five members of a settlement family were killed. The ...
    • El Araqib Destroyed for 21st time, JNF Changin ...
      The Bedouin villagers have stopped rebuilding their homes and tents and are now living in makeshift structures in the village cemetery, adjacent to the property they once used as home ...

    Water - AlterNet

    • The Health of the Gulf: Fishermen and Oilmen Clash
      With the oil industry shifting from friendly PR to legal battles, competing narratives about Gulf marine life have emerged.
    • 'Fracking' Comes to Europe, Sparking Rising Co ...
      As concerns grow in the U.S. about fracking to extract natural gas from shale, companies have set their sights on Europe and its abundant reserves of this "unconventional" gas.
    • Top 10 Most Toxic Cities & Top 10 Fittest ...
      Should you be concerned when you walk outside your house and guzzle a deep breath of air, or should you go out for a run like the rest of the local folks do? Find out...
    • Say What? PA Governor Gives Energy Executive S ...
      Instead of ratcheting up oversight, PA's governor wants to hand authority over some of the state's most critical environmental decisions to an energy executive.
    • Naomi Klein: Why Climate Change Is So Threaten ...
      "What we really need now is for the people fighting for economic justice and environmental justice to come together," says Klein.

    Public Citizen in Texas

    • Railroad Commission Sunset bill not a cure-all ...
      The long-awaited Sunset Bill of the Railroad Commission was released late yesterday, and it’s mostly what we’d expected, but not everything we’d hoped for. Highlights: The Railroad Commission will be renamed the Texas Oil and Gas Commission It will be headed by one commissioner  (down from 3) w ...
    • TCEQ and Railroad Commission Sunset Bills Filed
      Senator Glenn Hegar (R-Katy) filed a bill (SB 655) to abolish the Texas Railroad Commission and eliminate the three statewide elected positions that govern it and rename the agency the Texas Oil and Gas Commission to be run by a single elected officer who would serve a four-year term. The bill h ...
    • Want solar but live under HOA rules that won’t ...
      The House Business and Industry Committee will meet next Monday and one of the bills that they will be taking testimony on is HB 450 filed by Representative Eddie Lucio, III (D-San Benito) that addresses the regulation of solar energy devices by a property owners’ association.  If you are a h ...
    • NRC hearing on Exelon’s early nuclear site per ...
      The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) will hear oral argument relating to the Victoria County Station Early Site Permit (ESP) proceeding on March 16-17 in Victoria, Texas. The ASLB is the independent body within the NRC that presides over hearings where the public can challenge proposed l ...
    • TLR Rally - H _ _ L no, we want to sue you H S ...
      Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:

    Unexplained Mysteries

    • Blurring the lines between sci-fi and reality
      A recent survey in the UK revealed that a lot of people believe some sci-fi technologies actually exist. The results revealed that over a fifth of tho...
    • Fan has 82 tattoos of Julia Roberts
      Miljenko Parserisas Bukovic has had 82 pictures of the actress tattooed all over his torso and arms. The 56-year-old started his collection after seei...
    • Researchers design "faux trees"
      To help solve the problem of poor air quality in big cities researchers have developed artificial trees. A team at the Lenfest Center for Sustainable...
    • World's oldest living person at 114 years
      A great-great-grandmother from Georgia, USA has officially become the world's oldest living person. Born in 1896 and having lived through both world w...
    • Baby named after entire football team
      Amanda and Stephen Preston decided to name their son after the names of an entire football team. The Burnley supporters decided to name their son Jens...

    Grassroots

    • International Social Movements Statement of So ...
      brazil_womens_march.jpg In advance of International Women�s Day, several organizations representing various social movements around the world � many of them Grassroots International partners, grantees, and allies � co-wrote a �Letter of So ...
    • Celebrating Women’s Struggles and Victories
      lvc_ca_women.jpg Every year on March 8th � International Women�s Day � thousands of events are held throughout the world to inspire women and celebrate their achievements.� As I review Grassroots International�s past year in grant making, ...
    • We Are the Solution: Celebrating African Famil ...
      ayesha_-_woman_farmer_griot_from_senegal_-_we_are_the_solution_4.jpg � According to Grassroots International ally Fahamu, �Agriculture�� remains the main source of income of a rural population generally estimated at 70% of the total popula ...
    • "Pourquoi la campagne": Via Campesina Africa l ...
      fatimatou_hima_plateforme_paysanne_du_niger.jpg In 2008, I was privileged to attend the 5th international conference of Grassroots International partner the Via Campesina, in Matola, Mozambique. The Via, a global movement representing over ...
    • Anti-violence campaign spreads through Central ...
      guate-women.jpg In Central America, a new campaign to stop violence against women is gaining momentum. Launched by the Via Campesina International (the Via), the campaign is aimed at changing not only the attitudes of men towards women, bu ...

    Climate

    • No Danger of Major Japan Radiation Leak: UK Expert
      Source:� Reuters Frantic efforts in Japan to cool three nuclear reactors may avert a collapse of the radioactive cores and a more costly clean-up, but there is no risk of a major radiation leak, a UK expert said.
    • Japan Races to Avert Multiple Nuclear Meltdowns
      Source:� AP Japan's nuclear crisis intensified Sunday as authorities raced to combat the threat of reactor meltdowns and more than 170,000 people evacuated the quake- and tsunami-savaged northeastern coast.
    • Crisis Underscores Fears About Safety of Nucle ...
      Source:� New York Times The troubles at an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant in northern Japan will raise fresh questions about America's ambitious plans to develop nuclear energy.
    • Nuclear Safety Worries Spread to Europe
      Source:� Guardian read more
    • French Greens Call for End to Nuclear Energy
      Source:� Reuters French green groups renewed a call on Saturday for France to end its dependence on nuclear power, saying Japan's nuclear emergency shows there are no safety guarantees in the industry.

    GreenBiz

    • McDonald's Sets Long-Term Sustainable Beef, Co ...
      �McDonald's has laid out a long-term plan to move to more sustainable meat, coffee and packaging.
    • Rare Earth Mining Becomes an Acceptable Risk O ...
      With a massive new mining facility in Malaysia under construction, it appears that more of the world is waking up to the potential risks of leaving the materials crucial to technology in China's hands.
    • Recycled Cardboard Good For Earth, May Be Bad ...
      Swiss researchers have discovered that toxic mineral oils from recycled newspapers was being absorbed in foods commonly packaged in cartons made from recycled cardboard.
    • BT to Require Carbon Management from Suppliers
      BT now expects its roughly 6,000 contracted suppliers to have a climate change policy in place, actively measure and report their emissions, and set challenging targets to reduce emissions, while also reporting on their progress.
    • Carbon Trust and Siemens Strike £550M Green Fi ...
      New energy saving finance package promises to emulate government's Green Deal scheme.

    Reuters Global

    • Towards a review of Pakistan’s blasphemy ...
      After two assassinations, Pakistani politicians are finally addressing tensions over Pakistan's blasphemy laws
    • Pakistan’s debate on drones, lifting the ...
      The secrecy on drones has helped fuel a poisonous debate in Pakistan. Will a rare admission by a high-ranking Pakistani military offiicer of their effectiveness change that?
    • From Afghanistan to Libya; rethinking the role ...
      The U.S. military has been accused of dominating policy in Afghainstan. But what do we learn from its reluctance to intervene in Libya?
    • In Pakistan, an assassination and the death of ...
      With the second high-profile assassination in a year, some Pakistanis are trying to resist the temptation to lapse into shocked silence
    • U.S.-Pakistan relations better than they look
      For all the noise over the row over Raymond Davis, at a strategic level the positions of the United States and Pakistan are moving closer

    Booman Tribune

    • Make Your Own Bucket List
      So, Joe Lieberman is feeling newly liberated now that he has announced his retirement. He doesn't need to raise any money. He doesn't have to worry about angering the base of the Democratic Party. And so he has an idea. Why don't all the senators who are retiring get together to make their o ...
    • What Greenwald Said...
      Unfortunately, I have to concur with Glenn Greenwald in his condemnation of the treatment of Bradley Manning. I agreed with P.J. Crowley. I consider him to have made a principled stand, as he clearly sacrificed his career to protest Bradley's treatment. The president ought to have been shamed ...
    • Wisconsin Farmers Join the Fight
      Not Agribusiness "farmers" (i.e., large corporate "persons" who receive lots of government assistance) but real human farmers struggling to raise their families in rural Wisconsin. And they showed they don;t care for Scott Walker and his budget antics either: Discuss
    • Libya is Not Our Problem
      If Anthony Shadid's reporting on Libya for the New York Times is accurate, my prediction has come true. The United States of America will get blamed for everything no matter what we do. And I find it very irritating. Everyone here seems to have a gun these days, in a lawlessness tempered ...
    • Activate the Nuclear Apologists
      With the systemic failure of the Japanese nuclear power industry, it looks like the industry is going to have to activate its busy bees to flood the internet and airwaves with apologists. Talking points will have to include: 1. No one could have imagined... 2. The Japanese are stupid and do ...

    European Tribune

    • Continued Japanese Disaster Thread
      For the second time the japanese disaster thread has become too unwieldy An earthquake estimated...
    • European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch ...
      �A Daily Review Of International Online Media�Europeans on this date in history:DATE - birth of...
    • The end of nukes?
      Apparently the Spiegel has decide to declare the end of the nuclear age, following the...
    • Non-Japan Sunday Open Thread
      What else is happening?...
    • European Salon de News, Discussion et Klatsch ...
      �A Daily Review Of International Online Media�Europe on this date in history:2003 - journal Nature,...

    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 ...
    • 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 th ...
    • 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 ye ...
    • 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 [...]Foll ...

    Therapy News

    • Glamour Magazine Investigative Report on Sexua ...
      A GoodTherapy.org Announcement GoodTherapy.org is pleased to assist Glamour magazine in an investigative report raising awareness about sexual exploitation in therapy. This article will bring to light true stories of real womens’ experiences and equip Glamour readers with knowledge and tools to ...
    • Jimmy
      By Barbara ‘Basia’ Mosinski, LCAT, ATR-BC, MA, MFA Art Therapy Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Basia and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile The patient âJimmyâ that I described in the previous blog, who created a video project in art psychotherapy, has completed his video. He dec ...
    • Authority: It’s an Inside Job!
      By Judith Barr, MS, LPC, Power: Healing to the Root Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Judith and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile What is happening in the Middle East right now is a very complex subject. It’s very difficult to look at more than one perspective at a time, much like ...
    • Text Messaging May Aid in Smoking Cessation Th ...
      A GoodTherapy.org News Headline A study released this month shows that text messages may aid in smoking cessation. Smokers involved in the study were required to perform certain self control tasks while the impulse regions of their brains were monitored. The results confirmed that interval monit ...
    • Psychotherapy News Weekly Round-Up
      A GoodTherapy.org Psychotherapy News Weekly Round-Up Happy last official weekend of Winter! This week’s news covered a variety of youth topics, the psychology of Ash Wednesday, social psychology, and mental health trends around the country. We hope this week’s psychotherapy news can keep your mi ...

    Mountaintop Removal

    • Mining and Water Pollution - HealthNewsDigest.com
      HealthNewsDigest.com Mining and Water Pollution HealthNewsDigest.com In January 2011 the EPA got the opportunity to walk its talk when it vetoed a permit that would have allowed the largest �mountaintop removal� mining operation in the history of West Virginia coal mining to go forward. Mountai ...
    • Environmental film leads into music and dance ...
      Environmental film leads into music and dance Coast Weekend From the heart of Appalachia, May is a nurse whose town was threatened by mountaintop removal. Although she identifies herself as a "mountain woman" and a "hillbilly," May defies those stereotypes; she is a fiddler, health practitioner ...
    • Local professor participates in sit-in at Capi ...
      Local professor participates in sit-in at Capitol Morehead News That's the name of a group of citizens who are committed to ending the practice of surface mining better known by many as mountaintop removal. Morehead State University Professor John Hennen was among 14 persons who traveled to Fra ...
    • DEP ordered to add discharge limits for conduc ...
      DEP ordered to add discharge limits for conductivity Charleston Gazette But the appeal focused more attention on the US Environmental Protection Agency's crackdown on mountaintop removal and the growing body of science EPA cites showing water quality problems downstream from large mining operat ...
    • Quakers Take Action Against Mountaintop Remova ...
      Baltimore Sun (blog) Quakers Take Action Against Mountaintop Removal Financing It's Getting Hot In Here They called for PNC executives to sign a �confession� admitting their investments in destructive mountaintop removal. Nine Earthquakers were eventually escorted out of the flower show by poli ...

    Memeorandum

    • Military Crew Said to Be Exposed to Radiation, ...
      William J. Broad / New York Times: Military Crew Said to Be Exposed to Radiation, but Officials Call Risk in U.S. Slight  —  The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear ...
    • Explosion at Japan nuclear plant (BBC)
      BBC: Explosion at Japan nuclear plant  —  Residents of the coastal city of Sendai are continuing the search for survivors amid the devastation  —  A second explosion has hit the nuclear plant in Japan that was damaged in Friday's earthquake, but officials said it had resisted the blast.
    • Going Rogue on Ailes Could Leave Palin on Thin ...
      Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine: Going Rogue on Ailes Could Leave Palin on Thin Ice  —  Before Sarah Palin posted her infamous “Blood Libel” video on Facebook on January 12, she placed a call to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.  In the wake of the Tucson massacre, Palin was fuming that the m ...
    • The Great Tractorcade That Wasn't (William A. ...
      William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion: The Great Tractorcade That Wasn't  —  From some of the reports, one would think Wisconsin farmers had turned out en masse with their tractors to side with public sector employee unions against Gov. Scott Walker and the Republicans who control the l ...
    • Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Month ...
      New York Times: Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say  —  WASHINGTON — As the scale of Japan's nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade of accumulating problems that suggest that radioactive re ...

    Energy & Environment News

    • Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Month ...
      Experts in Japan and the United States said that the releases from nuclear plants could go on for weeks or months. Officials are also reporting a new explosion.
    • Anxiety About Oil, Recovery Send Shares Lower
      The Dow closed below 12,000, as oil market jitters and the conflict in Libya served as a reminder of the fragile nature of the global recovery.
    • Showdown on Vermont Nuclear Plant’s Fate
      A decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission sets the stage for conflict with the state, which seeks to shut the 40-year-old plant down.
    • Europe Sets Higher Goal for Cutting Emissions
      A proposal calls for making power grids, transportation systems and buildings more efficient, cutting emissions as well as fuel costs.
    • Room For Debate: Japan's Nuclear Crisis: Lesso ...
      An 8.9 magnitude quake and tsunami are rare events. But should the U.S. rethink its own nuclear safety plans?

    5+ quakes - 7 days

    • M 5.0, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
      Monday, March 14, 2011 07:25:11 UTCMonday, March 14, 2011 04:25:11 PM at epicenterDepth: 44.40 km (27.59 mi)
    • M 5.0, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan
      Monday, March 14, 2011 07:00:14 UTCMonday, March 14, 2011 05:00:14 PM at epicenterDepth: 20.70 km (12.86 mi)
    • M 5.3, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
      Monday, March 14, 2011 06:52:22 UTCMonday, March 14, 2011 03:52:22 PM at epicenterDepth: 36.80 km (22.87 mi)
    • M 5.3, off the east coast of Honshu, Japan
      Monday, March 14, 2011 06:46:58 UTCMonday, March 14, 2011 04:46:58 PM at epicenterDepth: 30.30 km (18.83 mi)
    • M 5.2, near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
      Monday, March 14, 2011 06:43:54 UTCMonday, March 14, 2011 03:43:54 PM at epicenterDepth: 30.60 km (19.01 mi)

    China Dialogue

    • Lessons from the flood (2)
      Pakistan’s engineering system has left the poorest most vulnerable to inundation. Continuing their exploration of the Indus basin, Daanish Mustafa and David Wrathall look at past failures of flood control.Pakistan benefits from an extraordinary water supply, sourced mainly from swift-flowing gla ...
    • Lessons from the flood (3)
      In the wake of its destructive floods, Pakistan has an opportunity to address the social and physical problems that caused the disaster in the first place, argue Daanish Mustafa and David Wrathall, concluding their three-part article.So what can we expect to change in the aftermath of this mega- ...
    • Lessons from the flood (1)
      Human error played a key role in last year’s devastating floods in Pakistan, write Daanish Mustafa and David Wrathall. In the first instalment of a three-part article, they call for a new approach to the Indus basin.Editor’s introduction: In July and August 2010, abnormally heavy monsoon fl ...
    • Gas fracking’s burning debate
      America’s shale-gas industry is booming, but as fears grow over unconventional drilling techniques, environmental regulators are struggling to keep pace. Justin Gerdes reports.On January 17, a gas well operating on state forest lands in Ward Township, a small settlement in America’s north-easter ...
    • Last ditch plea on Yangtze dam
      As China ratifies its new development plan, environmentalists are pleading with politicians to protect an imperilled fish reserve. Meng Si reports on the latest developments.China’s Xiaonanhai dam, a controversial hydropower scheme planned for the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, is set to de ...

    AlterNet Top Stories

    • Japan Nuclear Plant Rocked by Second Blast
      An explosion rocked an earthquake-hit nuclear plant Monday, as Japan struggled to avert a catastrophic reactor meltdown.
    • Vision: What's Next in Egypt and the Middle East?
      What will be the fate of the millions of Egyptians who took to the streets in a staggering show of aggressive nonviolence?
    • PJ Crowley Resigns After Remarks Bashing Bradl ...
      Crowley called Manning's detention "counterproductive and stupid."
    • Madison Rally Bigger Than Biggest Tea Party Rally
      Police estimated up to 100,000 people turned out in Madison, WI to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) assault on unions.
    • Sex Party: What Happened at My First Orgy
      Like many forms of sex deemed "deviant," group sex seems to be becoming more mainstream.

    Threat Level

    • Judge Denies Request to Throw Out Order Seekin ...
      A judge presiding over the U.S. government’s request for Twitter records relating to associates of Wikileaks has denied a motion to throw out the request, ruling that the associates don’t have standing to challenge it. The judge also denied a request to unseal the government’s application for th ...
    • Manning’s Father Condemns Treatment of Impriso ...
      Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE. The father of suspected WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning says the military has crossed a line in its treatment of his son and called the conditions under which he was being imprisoned “shocking.” Brian Manning broke his silence to a PBS Frontline corr ...
    • Court Unlikely to Halt ‘Nude’ Airport Body Sca ...
      WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Thursday appeared unlikely it would block the use and ongoing deployment of the so-called “nude” airport body scanners, which the government maintains are necessary to protect the airways from terrorists. Still, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District o ...
    • Airport ‘Nude’ Body Scanners: Are They Effective?
      The body scanners rolling out to airports nationwide may violate travelers’ privacy, and they might even cause cancer. But they prevent terrorists from wreaking havoc. Or do they? Some research claims the machines — which produce a virtual nude image of the body — might not detect explosives or ...
    • Supreme Court Deciding Whether Congress May Co ...
      The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether Congress may take works out of the public domain and grant them copyright status. A federal appeals panel, reversing a lower court, ruled in July against a group of orchestra conductors, educators, performers, publishers, film archivists and moti ...

    Reuters - Most Popular Articles

    • Blast strikes Japan plant, core safe
      FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - A hydrogen explosion rocked the earthquake-stricken nuclear plant in Japan where authorities have been working desperately to avert a meltdown, compounding a nuclear catastrophe caused by Friday's massive quake and tsunami.
    • About 2,000 bodies found on coast of Japan's M ...
      March 14 (Reuters) - About 2,000 bodies were found on Monday on two shores of Miyagi prefecture in northeast Japan following last week's massive earthquake and tsunami, Kyodo news agency reported.
    • Will Japan dump U.S. bonds for disaster costs?
      NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors in the Treasury market will begin this week confronting the familiar specter of possible post-disaster selling of U.S. Treasuries by insurers, following the devastating earthquake in Japan on Friday.
    • Brent hits 2-wk low near $111 on Japan pessimism,
      SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Brent crude touched a two-week low near $111 on Monday, down by nearly $3 on investor pessimism that economic growth will slow after Japan's earthquake and tsunami, while easing unrest in the Middle East threw the focus back onto ample oil supplies.
    • UPDATE 1-BOJ to debate easing policy further a ...
      * BOJ to debate easing policy after massive quake, tsunami

    IntelNews

    • UN official confirms Israel abducted Palestini ...
      A UN official has confirmed that a Palestinian engineer, who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in Ukraine on February 19, is currently in Israeli custody. Continue reading →
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