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- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 2 hours agoThe New York Society Library has lots of books that haven't been returned by their due date; and, a couple checked out by President George Washington, nearly 221 years ago, are among them. "The city's o...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 2 hours ago
Just taking it easy. Photo courtesy: Wikipedia Llamas are very versatile animals and used for a great variety of tasks in many parts of the world: pack animals, meat source, provider of wool, protector of... - posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*"The publication of this autobiography is entirely without the late Master's sanction. He wrote it as a pastime and burnt up each chapter as soon as it was written; the salvaging was accomplished by ghou... - posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 3 hours ago
A mock bomb shelter was set up in Washington Square Park Monday afternoon by a number of local Zionist groups in an attempt to demonstrate the terrorized lives of innocent Israelis living under the menaci... - posted by Lori H at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 4 hours ago
I was so excited yesterday when Kurt finally decided to listen to me and buy proper running shoes! When he started working out again, I wanted to buy him. He refused and said his Adidas, which are like fas... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
*(Oh, and a couple of thoughts about Libya)* *Reuters caption:* *Tens of thousands of Syrians gather for a pro-government rally at the central bank square in Damascus March 29, 2011. Syrian President Bash... - posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 5 hours ago[image: Workers continued to need flashlights to read gauges in the control room for Units 1 and 2 reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 23 March 2011. Photograph from Japan Nuclear ...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 6 hours ago...Because you can never be too greedy or too despised.He wants to develop a beautiful area called Saugatuck Dunes State Park into a gaudy resort. The people who live and work and play there consider it thei...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 6 hours agoActually, that should read "Tim Hortons Crowd*ing*": Personally, I don't really *like *the ad, but it strikes me as one that could *work*. The ad is on an issue voters care about. It's got Jack soundin...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 6 hours ago*Blogger's Note:* I personally know Mark Crispin Miller(MCM) and Jonathan Simon, and I've heard Bob Fritakis speak a couple of times, including when he upstaged me by speaking just ahead of me at the Natio...
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 7 hours agoThe system needs to erase and replace any memory of success of past social movements. The student activism of the 1960s is not so distant but the memory of its concrete political and socio-structural accompl...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoTwenty-two hundred Marines and sailors from Camp Lejeune are preparing to deploy off the coast of Libya in northern Africa. They said goodbye to their families Monday afternoon, and they'll be leaving in...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Speculation is growing that the Japanese government may start talks to nationalise Tokyo Electric Power, which owns the Fukushima nuclear plant. Conflicting reports in local media caused nervousness among... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
US single family home prices fell for the seventh month in a row in January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index of prices. It monitors 20 metropolitan areas and found that seasonally adjusted prices ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
The Ontario nuclear utility Bruce Power is delaying plans to ship radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as it meets with some of the groups that have been protesti... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
China's largest bank lent Rmb640bn ($98bn) to local governments in the post-crisis credit boom, but insists these loans do not pose a danger to the country's banking system. In an interview with the Fina... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Minuscule levels of radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant incident have been detected in a widening number of U.S. states, but the Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed this week that the lev... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Now is the time for young, enthusiastic and nimble companies to set up and thrive, writes Sir Richard Branson. Building a dynamic entrepreneurial culture is one of the key characteristics of a healthy ec... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Americans' savings rate dropped last month as new figures showed that consumers are using more of their disposable income to cope with the rising cost of food and petrol. The savings rate declined to 5.8p... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago"I am frequently told by businesses and the tax profession about the importance of predictability, stability and simplicity in the tax system", said David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. He w...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoHouse prices fell for the fifth time in six months during February as activity in the property market remained subdued, according to figures from the Land Registry. The average cost of a home in England ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe specter of a partial government shutdown looms again as Congress returns to Washington with Democrats and Republicans as far apart on spending priorities as they were when winter turned to spring. Th...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoNano-cellulose fibers derived from plants are used to create a material that is 30 percent lighter and three-to-four times stronger than conventional plastic.
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoDespite NASA's best efforts to wake her, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit remains silent on the Red Planet's surface.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 9 hours agoYesterday's *Washington Post* column by E.J. Dionne, The Midwest's New Class Politics makes the point that Republican governors in the Midwest, particularly Kasich in Ohio, Rick Snyder in Michigan, and Wa...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoOfficials believe, but can't confirm that containers holding the radioactive fuels at Japan's damaged plant remain intact.
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 10 hours agoIt doesn't have to be the truth. It just has to be repeated over and over and over, and drown out everyone and anyone else. The Big Lie. Now where have we seen *that* before? Lawrence Martin's piece in th...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 10 hours agoMalts are something my husband grew up on. I had my first one after we were married. I used to come up with excuses for my sister-in-law to come over and then all of the ingredients would 'magically' appe...
- posted by Jessica Marshall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoIn a milestone toward sustainable energy, scientists devise a way to mimic the way leaves convert sunlight into fuel.
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoA great way to involve yourself and kids in nature and the world around you.
- posted by Robert Lamb at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoThink you have what it takes to endure a five-month stay in orbit? Be prepared to go through some psychological changes.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoI finally took the CBC's Vote Compass test. All these years I thought I was a centre-left Liberal. Apparently not. The Vote Compass verdict? I'm a Green. Not a near Green but an "on the money" Gree...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 11 hours ago. Advocating against the intervention in Libya. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Who knows, if the empire building by NATO stops, maybe they can get their wish and go somewhere where they can ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 11 hours agoI have just returned from the Jewish Community Prague where I gave a talk show, or participated in a discussion with the members. It was a pleasant experience. The audience had a genuine interest in phys...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 11 hours agoThis is the first Canadian federal election for which I'm eligible to vote. Part of what always made me excited about coming to Canada - and now, about being a Canadian citizen - is the presence of a viabl...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 11 hours agoThe Liberals have rolled out their first major policy plank of the campaign - the Learning Passport, which will mean $1,000 a year to every student attending post-secondary education. The biggest knock o...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 11 hours agoThis could be worse than we thought. George Monbiot flagged this just over a month ago. Mind you, when I think of how Harpobots are spawned, I think more of things like this ...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoThe levels detected are about one-tenth that of natural background radiation, experts estimate.
- posted by Benjamin Radford at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoBoth Japan and Haiti suffered major earthquakes, but the disasters -- and reactions -- are as different as night and day.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoCanada's king of the petro-pols of Parliament Hill, Stephen Harper, is now firmly linked to ex-con Bruce Carson in what appears to be a perverse relationship. While key government officials are prohibite...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoEwe won't believe your eyes... this plucky spring lamb is frolicking about just fine despite being born with five legs. The unusual creature, who has been aptly named Jake the Peg, was born last week with...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 12 hours ago. http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2003/10/14/natural_antibiotics.htm Antibiotics are one of the few things proponents of pharmaceutical medicine "can always get us" with. Their question: But if you h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoInvestigators to examine e-mails and other documents to determine what oil firm officials knew. BP’s former chief executive Tony Hayward could face manslaughter charges over his role in the Gulf oil spill...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe safety of a new generation of powerful pesticides is being evaluated amid fears they are to blame for Britain's vanishing bees. The chemicals, which are routinely used on farms and garden centres, atta...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe streets seem deserted and the houses stand empty. Visitors are greeted only by stray dogs and the subdued moans of abandoned cows. But first appearances are deceptive. Despite the apocalyptic warnings ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 13 hours agoEgyptian president Sadat was allegedly murdered by Islamists linked to the CIA. (Bin Laden Deputy Ayman Zawahiri, the CIA & the Murder of Anwar Sadat) Now the CIA-generals would appear to be in charge i...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 13 hours agoIt's been raining a lot in L.A. and today it's been drizzling on and off and has been pretty cloudy. I just checked the meter in my house that shows the output of solar energy from my new rooftop panels....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Libyan woman who was arrested after telling foreign journalists she had been gang-raped by Gaddafi's troops has been charged, a government spokesman said today. In a chaotic press conference, the off...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoRadiation from the Fukushima leak has been detected across Britain, it was confirmed today as Japan was put on 'maximum' alert. The Health Protection Agency revealed that radioactive iodine had already be...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 13 hours agohttp://www.naturalnews.com/031882_plutonium_soil.html Officials insist the plutonium poses no threat to humans.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: Tribespeople in Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, blockade a road. Under Taib's rule the Penan have mounted countless blockades to stop their forest being destroyed. © Andy Rain / Nick Ra...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoTesting shows laundry detergents, hand dish liquids and hand washing soaps claiming to be Earth-friendly still contain petroleum.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoA traveler would have to go through a body scanner 50 times to receive the same amount of radiation as from a dental X ray.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoJapan said on Tuesday it is on "maximum alert" over a crippled nuclear plant where highly radioactive water has halted repair work and plutonium has been found in the soil.
- posted by Cristen Conger at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoOne of the primary roadblocks to expanding comprehensive, digital libraries is copyright.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago*Mentoring Michelle Obama* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ First Lady Michelle Obama has selected women mentors for young girls in celebration of Women's History Month....
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 14 hours ago...he needs a war room for his top political staff. * Hat Tip - tGPOitHotW*
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoPro-government forces have intensified attacks on Libyan rebels, forcing them to abandon the key town of Bin Jawad. The BBC's Nick Springate in Bin Jawad said hundreds of cars were fleeing eastwards from...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoCars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years. The* European Commission *on Monday unveiled ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoIt’s easy to forget these days, but former President George W. Bush’s illegal warrantless surveillance program was never halted by Congress, nor by the Obama administration. It was merely legalized in a 20...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoMany prominent organizations and agencies like the FDA release information with an embargo on it. In other words, news organizations will agree not to publish this information until a certain date. This gi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago*Rainwater across the entire United States is now testing positive for nuclear radiation contamination from Japan’s nuclear fallout. *Clicking on the individual stories quickly reveals that Japan nuclear ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoJapan's prime minister is insisting his country is on "maximum alert" to bring its nuclear crisis under control as officials race to stabilize an earthquake-damaged reactor complex and contain the spread o...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA New Jersey woman has been charged with four counts of animal cruelty after authorities accused of her dumping a starved 1-year-old pit bull down a trash chute. Kisha Curtis, 28, could face up to six mon...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoChinese police have arrested prominent writer Ran Yunfei for challenging the ruling Communist Party, people close to the blogger said on Monday, the latest in a string of arrests in a deepening crackdown o...
- Man Lives In Glass Apartment Inside Mall Of America to Highlight 60% of Minnesotans Being Overweight
posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoBlue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota’s campaign “Let me see you move” is now on display at Mall of America. St. Paul’s Scott Jorgenson, the “Human Doing” is spending a month in a glass apartment in an att... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoIsrael on Sunday stationed the first batteries of its "Iron Dome" short-range missile defence system in the south of the country, but stressed the initial deployment was experimental. The unique multi-mil...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe "war on drugs" has failed and should be abandoned in favour of evidence-based policies that treat addiction as a health problem, according to prominent public figures including former heads of MI5 and ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoCancer rates are increasing worldwide but especially in economically developing countries, according to a report released by the American Cancer Society in honor of World Cancer Day and published in *CA: ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoOne week after an international military coalition *intervened in Libya*, the cost to U.S. taxpayers has reached at least $600 million, according figures provided by the Pentagon. U.S. ships and submarin...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours ago
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Oil Price and Recessions, 1973-2010. WSJ / The Oil Drum] By Gail the Actuary 28 March 2011 The idea that high oil prices cause recessions shouldn’t be any surprise to those who have been follow...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 14 hours ago.*("Jonny Wlikinson...")* Me, giving HTML advice, *that* is funny. But if the current glitch in Blogger that doesn't allow WYSIWYG paragraphs is giving you a headache, simply go to the html version of th...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 15 hours agoMost other prehistoric pooches were much larger, which raises questions about the French dogs' origins.
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 15 hours agoThe study, which was done in rats, suggests pregnant and breast-feeding women should watch their diets.
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 15 hours agoThe dual-laser technique developed at Duke University correctly diagnosed melanoma 11/11 times in a recent trial.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago*The Man Made River Project, Libya - Travel Photos by Galen R.** * *luis* said... From Pepe Escobar: http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MC30Ak01.html Few in the West may know that Libya - along ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 15 hours ago[image: Contrails over Lancaster University, 19 December 2002. P. Leigh / es.lancs.ac.uk] By Michael Marshall 29 March 2011 The innocuous white vapour trails that criss-cross the sky may not be as har...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 16 hours ago*Nearly a year after the oil disaster began, Gulf Coast residents are sick, and dying from BP's toxic chemicals.* [image: NOTICE: National Park Service Public Health Precautions. This beach may be impac...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 16 hours ago[image: In this March 15, 2011 photo provided by the National Park Service, the carcass of a musk ox is shown frozen in ice at Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, Alaska. The frozen musk oxen were foun...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 16 hours ago*“A human being is a part of the world called by us ‘universe,’ a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest – a kind of optical...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoSpencer’s Radicalized Mosque Claim Gets Debunked: " Reza Aslan debunks Robert Spencer's claim Robert Spencer is still trying to peddle the myth that 80% of American mosques are radicalized. In a heated pos...
- posted by derekshowerman at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 16 hours agoNockamixon Township Board of Supervisorsby Duane Craig Mysterious water well contamination in Nockamixon, Pennsylvania, continues to get news coverage as the local environmental authorities continue to s...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 16 hours agoWit's End banner was on the teevee!!! Here's the screen shot, at 35 seconds in... After a commercial and some brief clips, Ed leads into the "Crying Kochs" with "...poor little rich boys, the Koch brother...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoWhy Dick Durbin is Right, and Peter King is Wrong: " Much has been said of the so-called “Muslim Radicalization” Congressional Hearings headed by Rep. Peter King: they were rightfully condemned as “un-Am...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoCNN Special: “Unwelcome: The Muslim Next Door”: " Soledad O’Brien had a very interesting special that aired on Sunday, March 27th dealing with the rise of anti-Muslim bigotry in America, specifically the c...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoThe Evolution of Ideas » When Did Islam Trademark Terrorism: "Earth Liberation Front: Eco-terrorist group. The FBI in March 2001 said that it is the number one domestic terrorist threat. Jewish Defens...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoSyria gov't resigns: "Tens of thousands of Syrians poured onto the streets of Damascus Tuesday to demonstrate in favor of the government. Many held posters of President Bashar al-Assad, others waved Syrian f...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoAmericans for Constitutional Citizenship Coalition Now More than 80 Groups and Individuals: "Americans for Constitutional Citizenship (ACC), a coalition dedicated to preserving the integrity of our nation’s ...
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