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- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 32 minutes agoThe owner of the stricken nuclear power complex in northeastern Japan said Saturday that it will hike the radiation exposure limit for its workers at the plant from 100 millisieverts per shift to 150 mil...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 37 minutes agoThe U.S. military-industrial complex has consistently used Islamic fundamentalists for their own nefarious ends in the global geopolitical game, who have proved their usefulness whether as a militant relig...
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The head of the UN’s nuclear safety body said Japan was still “racing against the clock” to prevent a meltdown at the Fukushima power plant after he arrived in the country for a first-hand briefing on the ... - posted by null at Discovery News - Top Stories - 46 minutes agoThe 'maximal perigee' tonight has only a minimal effect on seismic activity and cannot be linked with last week's earthquakes in Japan.
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 48 minutes ago*"Rejoicing":* *Sir Andrew Davis conducts this "Prom at the Palace" (Buckingham, that is), for the Queen's Jubilee, 2002.* *by Ken* Once upon a time Handel was known primarily as the composer of the orat...
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Col Muammar Gaddafi was on Friday night warned that he must surrender large swathes of Libya or face military action from Britain, France and other Western countries this weekend. British warplanes wer... - posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 hours ago
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Internal documents show two of the oldest Muni tunnels are riven with cracks, leaks and corrosion, but a spokesman said the transit agency has never seismically inspected them — even following the 1989 Lom... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
INEFFECTUAL, invisible, unable to honour pledges and now blamed for letting Gaddafi off the hook. Why Obama’s gone from ‘Yes we can’ to ‘Er, maybe we shouldn’t’... Let us cast our minds back to those rem... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
The New York Federal Reserve Bank confirmed that it intervened in currency markets on Friday for the first time in more than a decade. The disclosure came a day after the Group of Seven major industrializ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Even amid the carnage and despair of Japan's tsunami victims, the plight of the 30 children at Kama Elementary School is heartbreaking. They sit quietly in the corner of a third-floor classroom where they ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Fallout from the current meltdown occurring at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which was hit by the 9.0+ mega earthquake and tsunami last Friday, could contaminate the world's food supply with tox... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
UK mortgage lending remained at low levels in February as the housing market remained "stuck in a rut", lenders have said. Gross mortgage lending during the month was £9.5bn, almost identical to January'... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
A Vancouver city councillor says it's time to find out specifically which buildings in the city would survive an earthquake, following a decades-old report that suggests thousands of buildings wouldn't. ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
At least 33 anti-government protesters have been shot dead by Yemeni forces in Sanaa, doctors have told the BBC. They said 145 were wounded when government forces opened fire on a group of protesters gat... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Millions of Japanese people are bracing themselves for massive blackouts as the country’s power system struggles to cope amid the nuclear crisis. Banri Kaieda, Japan’s trade minister issued a plea to fact... - posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago*Yes, I know we just looked at this wonderful Lee Camp clip on Wednesday. Well, here it is again.* *"O’Keefe did not merely leave a false impression; he manufactured an elaborate, alluring lie. . . . The...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 5 hours agoGlenn Greenwald, including links and emphasis: The forced nudity imposed on Bradley Manning followed by the forced resignation of P.J. Crowley has clearly created a media tipping point in this story. In ...
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 5 hours agoFelicity Arbuthnot March 18, 2011 *"If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever." *- George Orwell. The bombing of Libya will begin on or nearly to the day...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 5 hours agoThis isn't the one with the MOX fuel - that is Fukushima #3. My understanding is the other reactors use uranium. Pictures: *(the storage pool in normal working order)* more http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 6 hours agoThis is how it's done. They schedule the public hearing for Tuesday and don't notify us until the last minute on Friday. That way working people can't get off and get to Austin to protest.Who wants to go to...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 6 hours agoCompare these reports. The BBC website is upbeat about the Palestinians’ latest measures to heal the feud between Hamas and Fatah. Mahmoud Abbas is ready to go to Gaza, and Hamas has welcomed the move. Hoo...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoSeveral administration officials held a classified briefing for all senators on Thursday afternoon in the bowels of the Capitol building, leaving lawmakers convinced President *Barack Obama* is ready to at...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThousands of Iranians marched on Friday in Tehran in support of the revolts rocking Bahrain, Libya and Yemen, state television reported. Chants backing the protests of majority Shiites in Bahrain, who are...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoGeneral Motors Co. says it suspended production at its Shreveport, La., plant for the week of March 21 because of a parts shortage stemming from last week’s earthquake in Japan. Damage to parts suppliers a...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAs the uncertainty about Japan's nuclear power plant continues, the largest flight attendants union says some of their members' families are pressuring them to avoid flying to Japan. United Airlines has...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe situation in Japan is getting worse, not better. There are shortages in food, fuel and warm dry shelter. To make matters exponentially worse, nuclear power plants there continue to burn out of control ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoFinancial chiefs from the Group of Seven advanced economies said Friday they agreed to conduct a concerted currency intervention to curb the recent sharp rise of the yen against the U.S. dollar. Authorit...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe US military awarded a contract for software to create 500 fake personas on social networks in order to secretly influence online debate in its favour, it has been reported. The $2.76m contract was won...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoBank customers could face $5 ATM fees. In Illinois, JPMorgan Chase is testing $5 fees for non-customers, in Texas, it's $4. If the trial runs make enough money, the fees could be rolled out nationwide, the...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoSevere earthquakes in Haiti, Chile and now Japan have experts around the world asking whether the world's tectonic plates are becoming more active — and what could be causing it. Some scientists theorize ...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 6 hours agoI haven't provided a poll soup update since 2010, but with a campaign around the corner, it's worth checking in. Before we get to that, I must meet Blogging Council standards and issue the following discla...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 7 hours ago[image: Photobucket] You know I love Friday Confessional, so I just can't help but participate. I confess yesterday when I sat down in the waiting room at the surgery center to wait for my husband, I ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours agoScience doesn't agree with anybody. It is what it is. On the other hand you can accept science, you can dispute science, you can even deny science but, beyond that, your choices are limited. How many ti...
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 7 hours agoIt is beginning to dawn on me why the main stream media got rid of Kieth Olbermann, noting that Morgans softball questions are lobbed right over the base. Netanyahoo doesn't even get to first base. ZZZZZ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 7 hours agoDid you think Boehner's crooked buddy Tom Ganley-- remember him?-- landed on the garbage heap of history after being thrashed by Betty Sutton 56-44% last November? The multimillionaire sex predator is the...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 hours ago[image: Satellite View of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Site, 18 March 2011. The most significant difference in the new image is the lack of any visible steam above the damaged reactor building for unit 3. S...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atwww.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 7 hours ago[image: Campo de flores hermosas - Beautiful flowers field]*Haz click aquí*o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para compart...
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- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 8 hours agoNo disrespect to the President intended, but I couldn't resist using this clip, which of course has nothing to do with the "No Fly Zone". That was enacted last night while we were snoozing. This aircraft...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoBRITS desperate to escape Japan were last night told: “Pay £600 if you want out.” The UK Government is sending planes to Japan to rescue holidaymakers and expats. About 17,000 are trapped as radiation po...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago*E-mail from Bryan Chen* Dear Lubos, It's been a few years since I wrote you. I thought you might be interested that the LaTeXing of Coleman's notes has had quite a bit of recent progress. Indeed, the...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoLike cars lined up at a car wash, sharks and rays gather to rid themselves of dead skin and parasites.
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoThe system will eventually produce a thermal map of the entire city of Boston.
- posted by James Williams at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoHere at Discovery News, we understand the crisis in Japan is confusing. There was an earthquake, a tsunami and now a nuclear disaster. Our experts are on hand to answer any questions you may have.
- posted by Ray Villard at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoThe fastest man-made object ever built crosses the orbit of Uranus today on its nearly decade-long odyssey to the dwarf planet Pluto.
- posted by Nicole Gugliucci at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoIn the center of galaxy NGC 4151, a black hole lurks.
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 9 hours agoGiven what's going on in Japan, it's probably a good idea to learn about how the government (yes I know, this is the late stage Soviet govt, but what is so different?) lies lies lies during these type of "...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoNissan has started scanning vehicles made in Japan for traces of radioactive material, a company official said Friday. "Looking ahead, we will continue to implement all appropriate measures to reassure t...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 9 hours ago** *Photos by Longest Walk northern route. Thank you!* Carl Bad Bear, Western Shoshone, on LW 3 northern route, Thurs. night: "A nice day, Yellowstone National Park, Montana." After walking into Gardiner,...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoPrime Minister Stephen Harper announced Friday Canada is deploying the military to enforce the United Nations no-fly zone over Libya. Harper's announcement comes aftter the UN Security Council authorized ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoForces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the rebel-held city of Misrata on Friday with tanks and heavy artillery, killing at least 25 people, residents said. "Gaddafi's forces are bombing the city with...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe owner of a military supply company in Maine says he’s been inundated with orders from people in California buying gas masks and chemical suits. Maine Military Supply owner Frank Spizuoco says hundreds...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoJapan documented more deaths Friday as Prime Minister Naoto Kan sought to reassure a nation reeling from disaster, saying that he is committed to taking firm control of a "grave" situation. Japanese pa...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoJapan is in imminent danger of a credit-crunch with global implications unless the authorities stabilise Tokyo's stockmarket and take overwhelming action to stop the yen exploding to record levels. Akito...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe $2.7 million (£1.7 million) programme developed by San Diego firm Ntrepid allows one military user to create multiple personas on the internet and engage in extended online conversations and communic...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoCongress has finally acted on global warming—by denying it exists. It’s in the grand lawmaking tradition of the Indiana state legislature’s 1897 attempt to redefine the value of pi. The Republican-led Hou...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA gang of feral cats "the size of dogs" has been terrorizing a neighborhood in the Australian city of Brisbane for more than a year, the City South News reported Thursday. Residents in the suburb of Moor...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoDonald Trump aligned himself with "birther" conspiracy theorists during an interview with ABC "Good Morning America" host Ashleigh Banfield, saying he has "a little doubt" about President Obama's birthplac...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoNorth Korea on Thursday proposed holding talks with South Korea on possible volcanic activities at its landmark mountain, Seoul's Unification Ministry said, amid reports of a looming eruption there that co...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoWriting casually on this blog, I've said more than once that the United States is broke. As with all other issues, the question of whether we are broke has now become *political*. Upon opening the opinion ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoMilitary action to protect civilians from Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's forces will come within "hours" and France will participate in the strikes, government spokesman Francois Baroin said Friday. The s...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 10 hours agoDrilling industry continues attackson Texans' property rightsTell the Railroad Commission: don't change Rule 37Under Rule 37, the Texas Railroad Commission allows minerals you own to be taken from you -- eve...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 10 hours agoI have noticed this happening over the last few years, with blackbirds in particular. See, when you walk past them they used to fly away without fail. It's a natural instinct. But recently I have observed ...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoMESSENGER became the first satellite to orbit the innermost planet in an unprecedented study.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours agoA13 drew our attention to the article entitled: "*HAARP Magnetometer data shows the Japan earthquake was induced."*: The United States Air Force and Navy has provided a visual insight into what caused t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe boss of the company behind the devastated Japanese nuclear reactor today broke down in tears - as his country finally acknowledged the radiation spewing from the over-heating reactors and fuel rods was...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 11 hours agoHillary Clinton told CNN the other day that she won't be working for the President if there is a second term in 2012. Not just that she doesn't want to be Sec. of State again, but wants no position at all ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 11 hours ago*Rep. Karen Bass did the right thing yesterday* Yesterday Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) pointed out during the debate over NPR that public radio is twice as popular as the American occupation of Afghanistan. That d...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoThe loss of digital assets has almost as great an impact on the speed of economic and emotional recovery as the replacement of brick and mortar assets.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoConfidential data held by nuclear test ban organization emerging as key to monitoring Fukushima radiation. international agency set up to detect nuclear tests, the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Or...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours agoNuclear Crisis -- Projection: Diluted Radiation Plumes Will Reach California Friday; Tokyo Flight Sets Off Radiation Detectors in Chicago Follow the latest news from the disaster in Japan at the Fukush...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoLibya today continued to blast rebel fighters with a brutal bombardment from land and sea despite the regime claiming it had called a cease fire. In a day of rapid developments after the UN agreed to launc...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoSteve Harper has decided that it suits his "tough guy" self-image to order six Canadian CF-18 fighters to Europe, somewhere, to enforce the UN "no fly zone" edict over Libya. This is about as blatant a st...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours agoClean Technica, a green lobby's astroturf website whose traffic exceeds that of TRF by a factor of five, became the most recent champion of the idea that the earthquakes are caused by the evil American SUV...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoArmed with radar and infrared sensors, the aircraft could help assess the extend of unseen damage inside the nuclear reactors.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoAs Japan wrestles with an escalating nuclear crisis, the humanitarian crisis is as difficult as ever.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours ago*The Guardian's *chief environmental writer, George Monbiot, warns that the nuclear disaster we need to fear is happening in China where the Japanese fiasco has caused the Chinese government to suspend app...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoThe real damage from nuclear accidents is mostly psychological. It's fear and fear can have powerful manifestations. Cambridge University prof and specialist in the public understanding of risk, David ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 13 hours agoBeginning May 1, Ontario will begin time-of-use pricing for energy* use. With time-of-use pricing, electricity use will be billed at three different rates: off-peak (least expensive), mid-peak and peak (mo...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoWhat should couples do with leftover embryos? A Toronto hospital plans to offer them to other couples for "adoption."
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoAt the 11th hour, 59th minute, the United Nations Security Council ordered a no-fly zone over Libyan airspace and authorized all necessary measures short of invasion to protect that country's citizens. Th...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoEmergency workers frantic to regain control of Japan's dangerously overheated nuclear complex turned to increasingly elaborate methods Thursday to cool nuclear fuel rods at risk of spraying out more radiat...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 13 hours agoMaverick MLA Raj Sherman has found a new home with the Alberta Liberals. Sort of. He will sit as an independent Liberal for now, and run under the party's banner in the next election. And, oh yeah, he als...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 13 hours agoOur Time of Universal Deceit Needs An Orwell *By paul craig roberts (about the author)* *Go here for original.* If we were to be blessed with a 21st century George Orwell, he would coin a ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Beached Dolphin on Gulf Coast. A dead dolphin lies on the beach on Horn Island, Mississippi, on 11 May 2010. Photograph by Mike Stewart / AP / nationalgeographic.com] By KAREN NELSON - klnelson@...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Forest to pulp mill in Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. Eyes on the Forest presented its case for a stronger moratorium in a report sent to Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, head of Indonesia's REDD task ...
- posted by John D. Cox at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoThe weather service predicts threats of high water from Montana to Maine, Minnesota to Missouri and down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico.
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 15 hours agoFundamental physics has traditionally been a part of the Euro-Atlantic culture. So the Japanese physicists may be viewed as relative newbies but they have already imprinted their skills onto our collective...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 15 hours agoMoon gazers are in for a treat this weekend when the full moon will appear 14 percent bigger.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 15 hours agoAs I mentioned last week, US war resister Chuck Wiley is on a speaking tour in Nova Scotia. The schedule of event is posted here; you can still catch him in Halifax today and tonight. This story ran in t...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 15 hours agoOntario readers, are you participating in the Ontario Health Study? Where did you hear about it? If you decided not to participate, why was that? I saw ads for the study on the Toronto subway on my way to ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 15 hours agoIn violation of his own 72 hour rule, Boehner forced through a vote yesterday to defund National Public Radio, using as a pretext the doctored, trumped up, and utterly irrelevent tapes manufactured by a d...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoLibyan foreign minister Moussa Koussa tells reporters that Libya will impose an immediate ceasefire and will abide by the U.N. Security Council resolution. He says Libya is stopping all military operation...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoGod's wife, Asherah, was a powerful fertility goddess, according to a theologian.
- posted by DB at Biased BBC - 16 hours agoThis is an update to earlier blogposts by David Preiser about BBC coverage of the troubled passage of deficit reduction legislation in Wisconsin (see here, here, here). Media double-standards over Wiscons...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoRAF Tornado and Typhoon fighters will today head to the Mediterranean to join international operations to protect the Libyan people from Colonel Muammer Gaddafi's forces, David Cameron said. The Prime Min...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThese pictures show overheating fuel rods exposed to the elements through a huge hole in the wall of a reactor building at the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant. Radiation is streaming into the atmosphere...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoMuammar Gaddafi threatened to turn into "hell" the lives of anyone who attacks Libya in line with a UN Security Council resolution passed overnight. His remarks came in an interview with Portuguese state ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoPrime Minister David Cameron has announced that British Tornado and Typhoon aircraft are being deployed immediately to help enforce a United Nations no-fly zone over Libya. "At Cabinet this morning we ag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago2006 Chernobyl - They may of buried it, but did it stop the radiation leak? TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese engineers conceded on Friday that burying a crippled nuclear plant in sand and concrete may be a la...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoFormer Cuban leader Fidel Castro says the US has no interest in seeing peace in Libya but is solely concerned with the country's oil reserves. Mr Castro, in a column published in state media, said it was ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoTOKYO (Dow Jones)--The Japan Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said Friday it raised the accident scale level of the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power complex to 5, similar to the level of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoLibya has closed its air space to all traffic in a move seen to thwart the United Nation's imposition of a no-fly zone over the country. The closure of Libyan air space was announced by Europe's air naviga...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoIt is one of the great cities of the world, home to 13million and as advanced as any metropolis on the planet. Now Tokyo, usually so full of life by day and night, has the aura of death about it. Its lig...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 18 hours agoPast events have helped researchers pinpoint when radiation exposure gets dangerous.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoThe weekend beckons so here is a new Open Thread to lead us into it.... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoI chuckled at this interview on the BBC this morning. You can feel BBC outrage at the fact that more and more Brits are living longer than ever despite our obesity/unhealthy eating/incorrect drinking/you n...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoThe BBC's ability to wilfully miss the parts of news stories that do not fit in with "the narrative" is always amusing. A Biased BBC reader notes; "We have headline stories of government cuts damaging Br...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoNow that the..ahem...* "world's highest moral authority"* the UN has finally gotten around to authorising "all necessary measures" - short of soldiers going in - the BBC has instantly responded in tried an...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 19 hours agoSo, Libya is to be bombed by the USA and NATO and probably invaded. (*US, allies set for quick military action in Libya***) * Sarkozy* Libya is to become another Iraq. *David Cameron.* Obama, Sark...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoNuclear workers accept their fate 'like a death sentence' Fears for their health as one expert says it is 'perhaps a suicide mission' Radiation levels rise in Japan as crisis continues Power will be connecte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoUN predicts nuclear plume could hit U.S. by Friday - Experts warn that particles will drift across Atlantic for Europe - Obama finally falls in line with the rest of the world and starts evacua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe voice on the phone was calm and dignified, as befitted a proud Japanese mayor, yet this somehow made his fury more forceful. Hours after the tsunami struck, Katsunobu Sakurai told me, he had sought ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoReporters not allowed to speak to children to guard against false hope Ishinomaki confirms the huge number of its citizens missing North Eastern port town was hit by 20ft tsunami Fears that overall death tol...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours agoMany people are worried that the radiation in Tokyo has to be elevated. Well, here you have a most up-to-date Geiger-Müller counter (wiki) from Hino, Central Tokyo: *Click to zoom in* The y-axis show...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoMore than 100 senior executives at a state-owned bank pocketed over £1million each last year. The bonanza at the Royal Bank of Scotland saw a team of just five workers share an astonishing £26million. Cr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoIt's not clear how far or how high it can fly – or even how big it is and what makes it take off. But an aircraft created by scientists in Iran is, they claim, the world’s first flying saucer. Called the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe plan to evacuate Britons from Bahrain descended into farce last night. Two special flights to Dubai had been laid on by the Foreign Office following a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe strongest activity at southern Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano in 52 years shattered windows four miles away, sending hundreds of people fleeing the area. Ash and other volcanic debris soared more than 6...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoCOLONEL Gaddafi last night threatened missile attacks on holiday jets and Mediterranean resorts. If Britain and the US launch military action over the Libyan crisis Colonel Gaddafi says he will strike back...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoThe death toll from the monster 9.0-magnitude earthquake and massive tsunami that hit Japan climbed past 6,400 Friday as search teams continued to comb through the rubble. Japan's National Police agenc...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoThe issue occupying diplomats at the UN yesterday was how best to respond to the Libyan crisis. But an even graver threat to our future prosperity and security is unfolding in the tiny Gulf state of Bahr...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoAmidst all the anxiety about high oil prices, China's economy is looking shakier by the day. As I have emphasized in the past, China's oil demand growth is the principal driver of higher oil prices in futu...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA geological engineering professor whose specialty is rock mechanics and hydrogeology says hydraulic fracturing to free natural gas from shale rock formations will cause "irreversible harm" lasting thousan...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoPotentially harmful chemicals and pharmaceuticals are widespread in Minnesota streams, state scientists found in a new study. The study by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency also shows fish have gene...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoHere’s the bottom line, obvious to all but the most arithmetically challenged: when you base an entire civilization on the rapid consumption of a limited resource, you guarantee the collapse of that civili...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoThe world's big cities are already bursting at the seams but are set to grow even larger, with experts predicting that some 70 per cent of the world's population will be urban by 2050. This will put grea...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoSteve Harper's stimulus budget, more properly called the "Pinata Budget," was a colossal waste of tax dollars. Gee, really? But wait, there's more. With the money Harper squandered he could have used i...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 22 hours ago*INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:* *RANDOM THOUGHTS ON THE ARAB REVOLUTIONS:* I write these words in the context of what may be a "low point" of the uprising of Arab people for the sort of "democracy" that most of...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 23 hours ago*PERSONAL:* *SORRY FOR THE LACK OF CONTENT HERE:* Regular readers of this of this blog may have noticed a lack of content recently. I've explained this before as I have transfered a lot of my activity ov...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoWard County Crews Working to Cap Natural Gas BlowoutStaff ReportNewsWest 9WARD COUNTY - Crews in Ward County are still working to cap a natural gas blowout.It started Wednesday morning about 10 miles north o...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoEOG wants to be sure you know that they did not make this policy change to stop digging sludge pits and burying them in Montague County simply because a bunch of Lutheran farmers and ranchers got fed up with...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*"The comic art of Calvin Coolidge was a thing so subtle that it almost defied analysis."* *-- Gibbs, in "Glorious Calvin (A Critical Appreciation)"* *by Ken* It occurs to me that the Gibbs piece we're ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWestern forces could launch bombing raids against the Libyan regime as early as Friday after the UN backed international military action. The first raids, possibly conducted by unmanned drones, could hap...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPresident Barack Obama said Thursday the damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant posed ''a substantial risk'' to people nearby, while stressing the U.S. government had no immediate plan to expand the...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOpen to the elements after its walls were blown away, this is the dried-up storage pool where overheating fuel rods are threatening a nuclear meltdown at Japan's stricken Fukushima power plant. Close-up ...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day agoI think I went a little crazy today. At least that is the best way to explain my total shift in behavior. I am not the type of mom that goes all out for holidays or birthday parties. I like to do things ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs nuclear panic began to spread around the world, supermarkets and pharmacies thousands of miles from Japan ran out of anything and everything rumoured to prevent radiation poisoning. Russia saw a run on...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day agoOhhh so Liberal and Loving, the UN... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12781009 Don't forget Gaddafi had offered them amnesty. That video makes it sound as if he's intending to massacre them all t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe $2.7 million (£1.7 million) programme developed by San Diego firm Ntrepid allows one military user to create multiple personas on the internet and engage in extended online conversations and communic...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTo listen to the earthquake, click on this link, then click on the index picture and choose "quakes" in the subsequent menu.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA section of highway 1, near Big Sur, California is shut down indefinitely. Police say a 40-foot section of the two-lane highway crumbled into the sea and fell hundreds of feet down a cliff. "One of the...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDespite the looming possibility of a government shutdown, federal layoffs and furloughs, there’s at least one thing members of Congress from both political parties can readily agree on these days: partying...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Obama administration is seeking a U.N. Security Council resolution that would authorize a wide range of possible military strikes against the forces of Libyan leader Col. Moammar Gadhafi, aimed at prev...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago"They're leaving us to die." As engineers race to avert a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant, the government has declared a 20km (12-mile) evacuation zone around it. The BBC has obt...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNow I’m really confused. All day long, from congressional testimony to a televised appearance on CNN to interviews with print reporters, U.S. nuclear chief Gregory Jaczko has insisted that radiation levels...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoVisitors to Japan are being urged to flee and avoid non-essential travel as the country struggles amid a nuclear crisis following last week's earthquake and tsunami. Countries including Britain, the Unit...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA group campaigning for self-rule in Tibet says hundreds of people have held protests in western China after a Tibetan monk burned himself to death. The London-based International Campaign for Tibet says ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoReuters reports that Tokyo Stock Exchange firms are seeking market closure as the markets are too volatile. We agree. This means we may get the first post September 11 bank holiday as early as tonight. If ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*You can click on the portion I've cropped out of this photo from the inauguration to enlarge it a wee bit, but if you really want to enlarge it, see below.* *by Ken* My friend Paul passed this on, with ...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoIt is official. The United Nations Security Council has given the go-ahead for the opening of a new front in the Arab world. The New York Times reports : The United Nations Security Council approved a meas...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day ago. " In a country already brimming with stoic courage, this skeleton crew is surely the bravest of the lot. From fragments of information, we can build a picture of their desperate struggle to save their co...
- *It concerns me* that my American friends are concerned about some clouds from Japan. Do I see a mild mass-hysteria advancing in the USA and Germany, not about 'swine-flu' this time, but 'radio-activity' ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe U.N. Security Council voted Thursday evening to impose a no-fly zone and other measures to try to halt Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's rapid advances against rebel positions in his country. Diploma...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoThat was the greeting Libya's mad despot Muammar Gaddafi had for the people of Benghazi, the last major holdout of the anti-government uprising. Gaddafi's resurgent forces are said to be preparing to mov...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day ago*Former Harper advisor had deal with escort for First Nations water contracts: document* The problem, of course, is that if we're talking about escorts, no one's talking about Harper or influence peddlin...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe death toll in Japan from last Friday's 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami has risen to 5,692, according to the National Police Agency of Japan Thursday. The agency said 9,522 people remain missing, ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe dollar plunged instantly against the euro, yen, and sterling as the comments flashed across trading screens. David Bloom, currency chief at HSBC, said the apparent policy shift amounts to an earthqua...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
- Scientists project path of radiation plume -- UN projections place it arriving in US within 24 hours
posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA United Nations forecast of the possible movement of the radioactive plume coming from crippled Japanese reactors shows it churning across the Pacific, and touching the Aleutian Islands on Thursday before... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChinese shoppers in Beijing and Shanghai cleared salt from supermarkets shelves on Thursday morning amid fears of a potential radiation crisis from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Government off...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoShortages of food and gasoline were being felt in parts of Japan on Thursday nearly a week after a deadly earthquake and tsunami, as people hoarded basic items fearing that supplies would soon dry up. The...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoShock among survivors of Japan's earthquake and tsunami turned to anger Wednesday as nearly a half-million people displaced by the disaster and resulting nuclear crisis remained crammed in makeshift evacua...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPolitical turmoil in the Middle East has powerful economic and financial implications, particularly as it increases the risk of stagflation, a lethal combination of slowing growth and sharply rising inflat...
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- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago. March 17, 2011 *“Serious Danger of a Full Core Meltdown”: Update on Japan’s Nuclear Catastrophe* Fears of a full-scale nuclear reactor meltdown are increasing as Japanese authorities use militar...
- posted by John D. Cox at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoOfficials assure the public that they have little to worry about from the plume of radiation coming off the crippled nuclear power plants in Japan -- but is anybody listening?
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoDr. William Pepper presents, “The Case For a New Building 7 Investigation” WeAreChange.com March 17, 2011 Investigate Building 7: A Call to Reexamine the Most Important Event of Our Time will run from 9:3...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 day agoAmericans are buying up all the Potasium Iodide pills on the market-- even to the point of causing shortages in Japan, where they are desperately needed. People on the West Coast are worried and there is ...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoBefore 1861, Italy was, in the words of the Austrian statesman Metternich, a "mere geographical expression."
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Satellite image of Fukushima nuclear site, 17 March 2011. Steam continues to vent out of the top of the Unit 3 reactor building. Steam also appears to be continuing to vent out of the side of the...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Defense Department authorized the voluntary departure Thursday of some family members of U.S. military service members stationed in Japan. The potential number of evacuees is "in the thousands," Penta...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoColonel Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to retake the main rebel stronghold of Benghazi and warned there would be no mercy for those who do not put down their weapons. n a radio address, the Libyan leader told ...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoFor the last several weeks, there have been whispers of excitement surrounding possible new results from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO).
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoGuinness stout loses much of its appearance, mouthfeel and flavor after being exported, research shows.
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoInfrared motion cameras show how kangaroos get up to hopping speed without breaking their bones.
- posted by All Seeing Eye at Biased BBC - 1 day agoQuestion Time tonight comes from Eastbourne, which boasts of being the sunniest place in Britain based only on a freak statistic from 1911 and is the location of the third most popular suicide spot in the...
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe donut-shaped RatCAP is allowing researchers to study brain activity on the go.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGovernments are taking precautions and conducting thorough inspections of Japanese food, which is popular worldwide and available at high-end stores around Asia, and specialty shops in Europe and the Uni...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAustria says it is moving its embassy from Tokyo to Osaka amid concerns that dangerous levels of radiation leaking from a crippled nuclear plant might reach the Japanese capital. The foreign ministry anno...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFrom the campus advisory: To All TUJ US students, The official notification below has been issued by the US Government. We encourage all TUJ US students to leave. We are now making arrangements with the ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe national debt jumped by $72 billion on Tuesday even as the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution to fund the government for just three weeks that will cut $6 billi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Japanese government's radiation report for the country's 47 prefectures Wednesday had a notable omission: Fukushima, ground zero in Japan's nuclear crisis. Measurements from Ibaraki, just south of Fu...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore radiation monitors are being deployed in the western United States and Pacific territories, as officials seek to mollify public concern over exposure from damaged nuclear plants in Japan, federal envi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRadiation from the Fukishima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster may soon reach Alaska, according to the state commissioner of health and social services in that state. He said the state could detect a ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWelcome to *RadiationNetwork.com*, home of the *National Radiation Map*, depicting *environmental radiation levels* across the USA, updated *in real time* every minute. This is the first web site where the...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMonday's arrival of more than 1000 Saudi and hundreds of Emirati security forces with a mandate from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to support King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa's regime in Sunni- ruled, Sh...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe latest unemployment figures contain mixed news for the Government - unemployment rising to a 17-year high but fewer claims for Jobseeker's Allowance. The official figures show an increase of 27,000 o...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhat recession? The millionaire population jumped in the U.S. by 8% last year, fueled by the stock market recovery, according to an industry report on Wednesday. The number of U.S. households worth at lea...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoNuclear stuff is dangerous. (URANIUM IN THE UK, USA AND ELSEWHERE ) *A graphic showing the path of the Japanese nuclear plume ...** * Contamination with nuclear material has been going on for years - *URA...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 1 day agoIn simpler times, it was considered a breech of etiquette to discuss money, sex, religion and/or politics in mixed company. Lately, because of a few conversations both online and in social scenarios, it ha...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 1 day agoIs The Arab World another world? Separate from the ordinary one? I thought the world was just the world, inhabited, but not owned, by various groups, creatures and vegetation. But if I was wrong, and the Ar...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoPhase-change materials allows memory to be stored in the resistance of the material.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoWater flowing through the radio spins a micro turbine to create energy.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoOn Friday night, 11th March, a family of Jews were killed in the West Bank . Once more the world saw Jews being killed for being Jews. Three of the victims were children, the youngest a baby of 3 month...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day ago. I say brave because we don't know what the situation is down there. Perhaps the worst case scenario i.e. "chernobyl on steroids" has not occurred. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1366670/Japan-...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 day ago*The closeted gay congressman from North Carolina who always carries water for extremist hate groups* Yesterday AmericaBlog posted a list of the 95 biggest homophobes on the US House basing it on which bi...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day agoHATSUSHIMA - Earthquake recorded at Hatsushima observatory 1 on March 11 around 05:47 (UTC). To hear the low frequency sounds the recording has been sped up 16 times. Listening to the Deep Ocean Enviro...
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoBritish soldiers could get full-time power at half the weight.
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe first virus was intentional, written in-house and deployed over a network without malicious intent.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago*When Irish Eyes Are Smilin - *chances are they've got their hand in your pocket. I'm sorry, don't mean to piss on St. Paddy but, really, those two characters have become emblematic to me of, well, Iris...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day ago. Now maybe sober up a bit and figure out that, like America, you have been returned to the Crown via financial terrorism/debt slavery.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Capture Fisheries Production in the Pacific Ocean, 1970-2008. UNFAO, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010] *Note:* NEI = not elsewhere included. In the Northwest Pacific, small pela...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Libyan Army appeared on state television on Wednesday to set a deadline for residents to leave Benghazi by midnight local time ahead a planned operation to "cleanse" the city, Sky News reports. "The ...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoYou know, there are days when you just want to pound your head against a wall. Links after the jump. What is that haunting refrain that you hear in the air? Linky dinky dinky dinky doo. Seriously, ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Tekeze Dam, Ethiopia. internationalrivers.org] Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (UPI) Mar 16, 2011 - Ethiopia is pressing ahead with plans to build large dams on the Nile as upstream African states put pre...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMoammar Gadhafi's air force bombed the airport in the Libyan opposition's main stronghold on Thursday after the rebels used seized planes and helicopters to launch attacks on the government's advancing tro...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*Greed, violence and entitlement have scarred this **sacred land* Statement by Maurus Chino, for the March 19, 2011 rally commemorating the Iraqi War, Albuquerque, NM (Moment of silence for the brave one...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 1 day agoNo sooner had I posted my complaints about Mark Mardell's continued, slavish defense of the President and use of the BBC website to set forth his own personal opinions on foreign policy, the BBC's North Am...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Canada's boreal forest comprises the world's largest water source. D. Langhorst / Ducks Unlimited / pewenvironment.org] Contact: Elyssa Rosen 03/16/2011 Ottawa, Canada – A first of its kind repo...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day agoThomas Hart Benton mural ------------------------------ Chris Hedges' Columns Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/power_concedes_nothing_without_a_demand_20110314/...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day ago*TOKYO** -- Behind Japan's escalating nuclear crisis sits a scandal-ridden energy industry in a comfy relationship with government regulators often willing to overlook safety lapses.* *Leaks of radioactive...
- posted by Alyssa Danigelis at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoCameras have shrunk over time, but they've never been this small.
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoYou may want to put down that cell phone next time you step foot through a busy intersection, especially if you're older.
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoNatural gas extraction creates MASSIVE amounts of toxic and radioactive waste. Industry has no viable plan for how to safely handle that waste and our regulators fail to protect our VITAL natural resources. ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoAaron Wherry in *Maclean's*: This is no time for democracy! Stephen Harper says we can't have another election until the world is completely stable and at peace. If you think about the implications, you'l...
- posted by Jessica Marshall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoSlather on the sunscreen, the depletion could expose the northern midlatitudes to higher levels of ultraviolet radiation.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAnti-Gaddafi forces say they are pushing back government troops in the eastern town of Ajdabiyah, despite claims on Libyan state television that the territory is now under government control. But with pho...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA spokesman for the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan has admitted the situation is now considered to be "severe". "This is a severe incident that is occurring right now," the spokesman s...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 1 day agoHigh *Radiation* Levels delay Latest Attempts to cool anxious Fukushima Reactors, Fuel Ponds Japanese officials suspended helicopter flights spraying water over *Japan's* troubled Fukushima Daiichi nucle...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoPatrick Murphy the Blue Dog from Pennsylvania who helped Nancy Pelosi pass the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell was making the rounds in Los Angeles last week, gearing up for a rumored run for Pennsylvania...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A POD of about 30 pilot whales have become stranded on Bruny Island, south of the Tasmanian state capital Hobart, wildlife authorities say.* Department of Parks and Wildlife spokeswoman Liz Wren told th...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoI don't know what to say. From a comment on Barnett Shale: An Aerial View:oh, it's more than just photos. You want to shut out blue collar America from the American dream on the pretense of saving nature, as...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoThree polls to look at today: *Lib 35%, CPC 30%, NDP 20%, BQ 11%* *PC 36%, Lib 33%, NDP 8%, Ref 11%, BQ 10%* *Lib 48%, PC 39%, NDP 11%* Those are the final pre-election polls for the three most recent time...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - About 25 passengers arriving in Taiwan from Japan were observed with levels of slightly higher exposure to radiation, a government official said on Thursday. Authorities in South Korea had ear...
- posted by Eric Niiler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIn the wake of the crisis gripping Japan, should we take a second look at nuclear plants closer to home?
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFaster than merchants can keep it stocked, potassium iodide (KI), the so-called “anti-radiation” pill, is flying off drugstore shelves in the U.S., especially along the West Coast. One supplier, Nukepills....
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoArmy helicopters have dumped tons of water on the damaged nuclear reactors in a desperate attempt to cool radioactive fuel, but the crisis continues to escalate.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago(Reuters) - Emergency crews temporarily withdrew a water cannon from Japan's quake-stricken nuclear power plant on Thursday because of high radiation levels, broadcaster NHK said. The water cannon had be...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoI see that the BBC now uses China as voice seeking openness and transparency. Just waiting for the State Broadcaster to give North Korea an opportunity to also berate the Japanese. Click through to read a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOn March 19, 2011, the moon will be 3,56,577km away from the earth, its closest in 18 years. The average distance of a normal lunar perigee (moon's closest point to earth) is 364,397 kilometers. In other w...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoOn Saturday, I urged the Russians to offer the Japanese some of the unpopulated Russian territories - which would also be safer places for nuclear power plants. It's a pleasure to inform you that one day l...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoAny attempt by Cameron to tackle the relentless abuse of the UK education system by those claiming to be foreign students coming from outside the EU (From Pakistan, for example) was always going to annoy t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFour protesters who scaled the Libyan embassy in central London remain on the roof more than 30 hours after their demonstration began, police have said. Five men climbed on to the roof at 0250 GMT on Wed...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPeople living near the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said they had received no information or help. The mayor of the town of Minamasoma – just 20km (12 miles) from the complex which has seen three expl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBANGKOK — The yen hit a record high against the dollar and Japanese stocks regained some of their fortitude after drooping earlier Thursday, energizing stocks in Europe and pushing U.S. futures higher even...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFires started from the Kamoamoa eruption of Kilauea Volcano burned more than 1,166 acres over two days, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park said today. Gusty winds today pushed the fires southwest toward Hole...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe US is recommending a no-go zone of 80 kilometres - four times the size of the 20-kilometre exclusion zone set up by Japanese authorities around Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Jacques Repussard...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWith its head stuck through a windscreen after being hit by a truck at 60mph, nobody gave the young bald eagle much of a chance of survival. But the bird nicknamed Wiegle - short for 'Window Eagle' - has m...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoScientists in Angola claim they have unearthed one of the largest ever dinosaurs to walk the planet. Although they have only found the first fossil, it is believed the creature was a long-necked plant eat...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Bilawal Zardari, the son of Pakistan's president. The leadership in Pakistan are dealing with** Mossad, the CIA, RAW and MI6*, *who reportedly want to break up Pakistan, using agents such as Raymond Davis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIts naked neck has long ruffled feathers among both scientists and poultry fanciers. Is it there because this fowl is a hybrid of a turkey and a chicken? Many once mistakenly believed that to be true, wit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCommercial flights available tomorrow 18th Mar 2011 for people to leave on - Prime Minister calls on King of Bahrain to end violent suppression - Witnesses see helicopters firing on homes and attac...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHomeless, desperate people clambered over snow-covered debris where their villages had once stood, gathering armloads of firewood as Japan's humanitarian crisis escalated yesterday. In scenes more befitti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThousands of seabirds have been killed when the tsunami generated by last week's massive earthquake off Japan flooded a remote atoll near Hawaii. At least 1,000 adult and adolescent Laysan albatross, along...
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoPollution is causing a significant barrier to sea star breeding off the coast of California - more so than the varied marine topography along the rest of the western United States.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Washington (CNN)* -- The State Department announced late Wednesday that it has approved the departure of family members of U.S. government personnel from certain areas of Japan in the aftermath of the e...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago"Please, please help us! Are we not human in Bahrain? A foreign army has come to Bahrain and is attacking people everywhere. The international community has to do something." This is just one of dozens an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago* Tokyo (CNN)* -- Helicopters dumped water Thursday on and near the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the latest attempt to halt the nuclear accident that appeared to be spi...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Two years previous to a huge coastal earthquake plunged Japan into a nuclear crisis, a geologic fault was exposed about a half-mile from a California seaside re...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday she does not desire to wait in her job if President Barack Obama wins a second term in 2012. The nation...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Military helicopters deserted loads of seawater onto Japan's suffering nuclear multifaceted Thursday, rotating to combat-style plans while trying to cool excite...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA report funded by the National Science Foundation's National Center for Ecological Synthesis and Analysis, appearing in Friday's issue of the journal Science, warns that overfishing and pollution may mean...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIf you are not aware of how rapidly the global economic situation is unraveling you need to snap out of it and start paying attention. The world economy was relatively stable in 2010, but here in 2011 thin...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt is a change that affects every single airline that operates in the United States. The federal government has ordered safety equipment be removed from 6,000 commercial passenger planes, and the Federal A...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina used a top-secret SC-19 anti-satellite (ASAT) missile in a test last year against a target missile as part of a missile-defense system that remains shrouded in secrecy. The ASAT missile was fired ag...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe number of Americans who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth rose at the end of last year, preventing many people from selling their homes in an already weak housing market. CoreLogi...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day agoMarch 16, 2011 *“No Happy Ending”: Nuclear Experts Say Japan’s Disaster is Intensifying* Japan’s nuclear crisis is intensifying. A second reactor unit at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power statio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoSYDNEY: A strong 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, but no widespread tsunami warning was issued. However, the Hawaii-base...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 2 days ago*The history of the Smithsonian Institution, like the history taught in US classrooms, is largely one of deception and fiction * ** *By Brenda Norrell* Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Photo...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoJapan has 48 hours to bring its rapidly escalating nuclear crisis under control before it faces a catastrophe “worse than Chernobyl”, it was claimed last night. Nuclear safety officials in France said the...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoView the entire gallery of incredible images here.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoLibya's civil war has cut global crude supply by 1.1m barrels per day (bpd), eroding Opec's spare capacity to a wafer-thin margin of 2m bpd, if Goldman Sachs is correct. Now events in the Gulf have tur...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoStocks in Japan dropped Thursday morning there amid fears of a nuclear crisis following the nation's catastrophic natural disaster. The Nikkei 225 index, the most prominent measure of stocks traded in Toky...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 days ago* Lucius Beebe in his reinvented role as a Virginia City, Nevada, newspaper publisher and Western cultural historian * *"Mr. Beebe . . . was precisely as vast and stylish as he had ever been, and the years...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoHelicopters dumped water Thursday on and near the Nos. 3 and 4 units at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in the latest attempt to halt the nuclear accident that appeared to be spinning out of contro...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoNASA astronaut Scott Kelly, brother-in-law of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, shows off his "Gabby" wristband after returning this morning from a six-month stint aboard the space station.
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 2 days agoVideo streaming by Ustream And this is the latest: Nuclear plant hours away from another Chernobyl.
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 2 days agoI'm almost afraid to say this but:Last night the Bartonville Town Council started proceedings to place a temporary moratorium on new drilling permits and fracking with chemicals. The vote was unanimous.Hold ...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 2 days agoYeah, well. The title of this post isn't as Google-friendly as I'd like, but ... Shamelessly stolen from Sabina Becker. She uses a lot of bad words, but "vagina" isn't one of them, and it shouldn't be con...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days ago
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoWholesale prices jumped last month by the most in nearly two years due to higher energy costs and the steepest rise in food prices in 36 years. Excluding those volatile categories, inflation was tame. The...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoWe have now gotten to the point — as I noted yesterday — where if national defense, interstate highways, national parks, homeland security, and all other discretionary programs somehow became absolutely fr...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoThe Transportation Security Administration is re-analyzing the radiation levels of X-ray body scanners installed in airports nationwide, after testing produced dramatically higher-than-expected results. ...
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