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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

30 March - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

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Toronto Star - Editorials

  • Ontario’s Liberalsstay the course
    The budget that Ontario’s Liberal government brought down Tuesday is as dull as these things go. No flashy new programs to dazzle voters; no tax cuts to win them over. In the circumstances the province finds itself in, that may be its greatest ...
  • Correcting the record – for a price
    Cherie Blair, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Blair, is ticked off.
  • Don’t let Harper twist the debate
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper could not wait to change the channel after the sting of seeing his Conservative government become the first in Canada’s history to fall because Parlia ...
  • Make producers pay
    The moment the province decided to blunt criticism last summer by getting rid of unpopular “eco fees” on an expanded recycling program, taxpayers were put on the hook.
  • A Canadian takes charge
    The appointment of Lt.-Gen. Charles Bouchard reflects American and allied confidence in our military.

Energy Collective

EU Times

  • China ‘to overtake US on science’ in two years
    China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 – far earlier than expected. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy. The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a ...
  • Arriving as Pregnant Tourists, Leaving With Am ...
    The building inspectors and police officers walked into the small row of connected town houses here knowing something was amiss. Neighbors had complained about noise and a lot of pregnant women coming and going. And when they went into a kitchen they saw a row of clear bassinets holding several ...
  • Donald Trump Won’t Back Off Obama’s Birth Papers
    Donald Trump is not backing down from his demand that President Barack Obama produce his birth certificate and stepped up his criticism by questioning why he has not released other personal records, including college transcripts and legislative papers. The billionaire real estate tycoon and star ...
  • Australian woman tells of her jail hell in Uni ...
    A Queensland woman spent eight months in a United Arab Emirates jail for adultery after complaining to police about being drugged and raped by co-workers. Alicia Gali, 29, yesterday detailed her harrowing ordeal after filing a Queensland lawsuit against the five-star international resort where t ...
  • UN’s ‘coalition of the opposed’ grows
    At the United Nations headquarters, signs of a brewing debate as heated as the 2003 invasion of Iraq can be found aplenty. Parallel to the growing criticisms of the Barack Obama administration’s military gambit in Libya in the US Congress, which saw the House of Representatives speaker John Boeh ...

Stonecipher News

  • Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
    Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
  • Reasons to Donate Blood
    Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...
  • Special Education High School Transition Services
    From my Factoidz page: 1414(d) and in Findings about “effective transition services to promote successful post-Students typically start transition services at the age 14 if educational services are still required as determined by the school district and the IEP team. However, Washington State’s ...
  • Don't Quit Your Day Job
    This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Ashworth College. All opinions are 100% mine. With approximately 4,000,000 students today, more than 20 percent of all students enrolled in higher education are taking at least one course online. Self paced online courses ...
  • Breast Cancer Gene May Raise Men’s Risk, Too
    Source: HealthDay News: "A faulty gene that greatly increases a woman’s risk of breast cancer also boosts a man’s risk for the disease, a new study finds. While most people think of breast cancer as a woman’s illness, in rare cases men can develop breast tumors as well. The new study found tha ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • Syria Live Blog - March 30
    As the situation in Syria escalates, we update you with the latest developments from our correspondents, news agencies and citizens across the globe.   Al Jazeera is not responsible for content derived from external sites
  • Tuesday Twitter Giveaway: Tapper World Tour, C ...
    It's Tuesday, and you should know what that means by now-- time to give out some great game codes! This week, we've got Tapper World Tour , Clowning-Around , The Witcher Versus , and Operation Wow . Read on for your chance to win. Win Tapper World Tour, and you'll be drunk with power. To win a ...
  • Assad hopes Syrian cabinet's resignation will ...
    By Patrick Cockburn "President Bashar al-Assad yesterday accepted the resignation of the Syrian cabinet in an attempt to defuse protests against his rule as hundreds of thousands of people attended pro-government rallies in most of the country's cities. Syrians were awaiting a speech by Preside ...
  • Japan more than two weeks after the earthquake ...
    T OKYO (AP) -- The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that slammed into Japan's northeast, wiping out towns and killing thousands of people, appears to be the most expensive natural disaster on record. More than 11,000 bodies have been recovered, but officials say the final death toll is expected ...
  • 'Flicker' of al Qaeda causes flickers of doubt ...
    Image via Wikipedia Telegraph: Admiral James Stavridis, Nato's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe , said that American intelligence had picked up "flickers" of terrorist activity among the rebel groups. Senior British government figures described the comment as "very alarming"

Groklaw

  • ODF 1.2 is finished!
    It was officially announced on last Saturday the approval of the ODF 1.2 Committee Specification by the OASIS ODF TC, the international committee that develops the ODF (OpenDocument Format) Standard. The next step is the approval of the ODF 1.2 by OASIS, and that ballot should be initiated in a ...
  • BitTorrent Case Judge Is a Former RIAA Lobbyis ...
    It doesn't take a genius to realize that Judge Howell's former employee may directly benefit from her decision to allow the mass-infringement lawsuits to continue. And that's not all. In recent years Stroz Friedberg has lobbied extensively in Washington on behalf of the RIAA. This consulting jo ...
  • Quinn Emanuel's Verhoeven, Google's Go-To Pate ...
    While Verhoeven and Google won't comment specifically, lawyers familiar with the cases speculate that Google is providing Verhoeven's services under an indemnity agreement reached with its Android partners.... Verhoeven's track record on behalf of Google has been impressive. In January 2010, h ...
  • MBHB Snippets
    My former law firm MBHB just released its quarterly snippets Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law. A group of new associates started snippets around the time I started at the firm nine years ago (hard to believe). I have a short article in the newest volume discussing "Patent Data ...
  • Google reaches deal with European patent offic ...
    Google Inc. and the Munich-based European Patent Office will cooperate to use Google Translate technology to translate patents into 28 European languages as well as into Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Russian. The deal with enable researchers and the curious to search for patents in the EPO's th ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • Turning meat and bone meal into plastic
    A new process could turn the 9 billion pounds of cattle processing leftovers into plastic, thus saving having to landfill it. Plus, it does it without using fossil fuels.
  • Floating solar power
    LSA In Action from Sticky Advertising on Vimeo. Floating the solar arrays saves money because no costly foundations are needed plus the water cools the arrays, increasing efficiency. The arrays track the sun and submerge in bad weather. A pilot plant will be installed in India soon.
  • Bought and Paid For. Obama and Wall Street
    With liberals currently foaming at the mouth about the Koch brothers, Bought and Paid For; The Unholy Alliance between Obama and Wall Street, by Charles Gasparino becomes even more significant. The book details how Obama was backed by Wall Street very early in the 2008 election and with much mor ...
  • I was going to write something like this as satire
    But the EPA beat me to it. Unfortunately, their version isn’t satire. Government responds to nuclear accident by trying to raise acceptable radiation levels and pretending that radiation is good for us
  • How to reform CalPERS
    The recent report on CalPERS was scathing in its detailing of alleged corruption, kickbacks and bribes at the highest level. Former CalPERS CEO Fred Buenrostro and board member Alfred Villalobos have already been sued by California, and the attorney in charge of the report says he expects that c ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

  • What can be done in Syria (and could have been ...
    Syria is, like Libya, a one-man-ruled country with a long history of having been on Washington's hit-list that in the past two weeks has witnessed mounting popular protests and government attempts to crack down. I have made periodic reporting trips to Syria for 35 years now and have a broad ran ...
  • War and humanitarianism: From Kosovo to Libya?
    The three western governments that have, with a little help from two Arab governments, been undertaking very lethal military action against Libya in the past eight days have worked to "justify" those acts of war largely in the name of either ending an existing humanitarian crisis or preventing ...
  • Israeli vice-premier, accused of war crimes, w ...
    On March 9, I received the following invitation: The Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Middle East Forum of the Middle East Program at the Woodrow Wilson Center present (sic) A Conversation with Moshe Yaalon Vice Premier, Minister of Strategic Affairs and Likud Knesset Member Moderated by Aaron ...
  • This is what good statecraft looks like
    Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store has a terrific piece titled "Why We Must Talk" in a recent issue of the NY Review of Books. In it, he makes a strong argument why "we"-- in this case, I think, western advocates of democracy-- need to start talking seriously to, among other, the Musli ...
  • Tripartite attack on Libya hits geopolitical o ...
    It is extremely unclear what the political outcome inside Libya of the tripartite (western) assault against the country will be. It is unclear, too, what political outcome the leaders of the three countries are aiming at in Libya. In my experience, all wars are anti-humane and anti-humanitar ...

frogblog

  • Bullying in schools
    This is a very old and a painful issue for many people. I was bullied in my primary school and I bet most people reading this have either witnessed or experienced bullying in schools. The issue of what to do with persistent bullies sounds simple: kick them out! But it’s not as simple as it [...]
  • Govt needs to wake up to sleepover case
    It is great news that the Government has agreed to enter into negotiations with disability support workers and their unions.
  • National will not be raising GST – April ...
    This Friday is April Fools’ Day. It also will mark six months since the National-led Government increased GST to 15%, despite John Key’s pre-election promise. How’s the increase affecting your wallet?
  • More signs of Green change from Germany
    The Green Party’s election victory in the Baden-Wurttemberg state parliament highlights the emergence of the Green movement as a major political force. For the first time in Germany the Greens will lead a coalition government with the traditional left party, the Social Democrats, taking the mino ...
  • Larry Baldock and the Dickheads
    No, I didn’t mistake Larry Baldock and the Dickheads for Ian Dury and the Blockheads, who were 1970s icons with songs like Sex and Drugs and Rock and Roll, and Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick. Ian Dury, who was impaired by poliomyelitis, also wrote and performed a wonderful song Spasticus Autistic ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • The Supreme Court, the Constitution and the Fi ...
    The Supreme Court's First Amendment opinions result not from interpreting the First Amendment but from deliberately and insidiously changing its diction in ways that make the Amendment unrecognizable. The Court's arguments in these opinions are pure cant and do nothing but turn the Justice ...
  • 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 ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Should Mitch Daniels Run?
    Joe Klein is unhappy: This is my 10th presidential campaign, Lord help me. I have never before seen such a bunch of vile, desperate-to-please, shameless, embarrassing losers coagulated under a single party's banner. They are the most compelling argument I've seen against American exceptio ...
  • Quote of the Day: Pawlenty on Cap-and-Trade
    From Tim Pawlenty, possibly the most boring person ever to be considered a front runner for a presidential nomination: Anybody who’s going to run for this office who’s been in an executive position, or may run, has got some clunkers in their record. Laura, mine I think are fewer and less ...
  • Obama the Socialist
    Fox News VP Bill Sammon told a conservative audience last year that he engaged in a wee bit of fabrication during the 2008 campaign: At that time, I have to admit, that I went on TV on Fox News and publicly engaged in what I guess was some rather mischievous speculation about whether Bara ...
  • Obama's Speech
    I've been under the weather for the past few days, so I missed Obama's big Libya speech yesterday. I meant to watch it, but then I fell asleep on the couch and by the time I woke up it was over. But I've since read the text of the speech, and I basically agree with Fred Kaplan: it was "about ...
  • Avoiding the Conservative Rabbit Hole
    Mike Konczal says that by now he understands pretty much all of the pro and con arguments related to the financial reform bill: But at this point I simply no longer understand the hysterical, off-reality, arguments conservatives, especially the Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, are ma ...

Insanity Report

  • FacePalm of the Week: 3rd Time’s The Charm
    Want a perfect example that politics and government, while maybe not broken, is severely hampered by bullshit?  Well I got the perfect one for you.  In Florida they are on their 3rd attempt to ban bestiality.  Yes…THIRD attempt. The saga began in January of 2008, when the raping and killing o ...
  • IC 237: Sucker Punched
    Topics: VCU fucks up everyone brackets Zack Snyder sucker punches movie watchers everywhere Why can’t people just make movies fun? The irony of social conservatives talking about morals Donald Trump is a birther Why does it take 3 attempts to ban bestiality? Chris Brown hasn’t learned a thing Sh ...
  • FacePalm of the Week: Et tu, Arianna?
    Arianna Huffington runs one of the most popular liberal blogs out there.  I’ve always had my doubts about her though.  I always question when someone starts off on one extreme of the ideological spectrum then all the sudden switches over to the other side.  I mean its one thing to be a moderate ...
  • IC 236: Post Sex Press Conference
    Topics: Jon Jones subdues robber 2 hours before title fight Man has to pay child support after woman impregnates herself after oral sex Steve Harvey’s 12 ways to know a man is ready to commit The UN steps in to protect civilians in Libya Share with your friends:
  • IC 235: The Casey Heynes Show
    Topics: The Body Slam heard round the world How to deal with bullies Your kid is not a “good kid” Asians in the Library So we’re gonna pretend John Boehner’s skin is natural? Share with your friends:

Simple Climate

  • Pinning detailed climate impacts on people cou ...
    Trying to establish a water-tight case proving human-caused effects on plants and animals distracts from preserving biodiversity, say Camille Parmesan and Mike Singer from University of Texas, Austin, and colleagues.
  • 2010′s European heatwave unmatched in ce ...
    Scorcher unlikely to be repeated for decades even as heatwave probability rises 5-10 times, Erich Fischer from ETH Zurich and colleagues find in a study set to help prepare for future climate change.
  • 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.

e!Science News

  • Whale and dolphin death toll during Deepwater ...
    The Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologically and economically. However, a new study published in Conservation Letters reveals that the true impact of the disaster on wildlife may be gravely underestimated. The study argues that fatality figures based on the ...
  • How plants absorb pollutants
    The environmental concern is great when considering the role of toxic contaminants in the plant-soil relationship. Understanding plant's absorption and accumulation of these contaminants from the soil would be incredibly beneficial. read more
  • Scientists find cause of fatal inflammation of ...
    Scientists of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), jointly with colleagues in the United States, have found out that inflammations of the heart muscle are caused by attacks of a specific type of immune cells. These immune cells attack the body's own tissue ...
  • Elderly heart failure patients who need skille ...
    Elderly patients with heart failure who need skilled nursing care after hospital discharge are often sicker, at higher risk for poor outcomes and are more likely than other patients to die or be rehospitalized within one year, according to research reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an Amer ...
  • Satellites show effect of 2010 drought on Amaz ...
    A new study has revealed widespread reductions in the greenness of Amazon forests caused by the last year's record-breaking drought. read more

unEarthed

  • Coal Plant Heats Up Chicago Politics
    The Fisk Power Plant in Chicago is the focus of a local political battle The Fisk Power Plant in Chicago : Photo by swanksalot/flickr When combined,�the Fis ...
  • Making Money, Having Fun
    The story of Bokoshe, Oklahoma's fight against cancer, asthma and toxic coal ash Bokoshe, Oklahoma has a population of 450 residents. It’s a small town carryin ...
  • Climate Impacts on Freshwater in the Americas
    Human rights commission hears testimony on human impacts When glaciers no longer provide drinking water to the communities�that depend on them, what happens to ...
  • Coal Ash Conundrum - The Biggest Loser?
    EPA helped utilities shed millions of tons of waste, but EPA doesn't know where Coal ash. Courtesy Ohiocitizen.org The verdict is in. the U.S. Environmental ...
  • Deregulation of Genetically Engineered Alfalfa ...
    USDAâs decision could mark the end of organic alfalfa and organic dairies Photo by Gary D. Robson. Monsanto commonly offers unsustainable solutions to the a ...

Brave New Climate

  • Fukushima Philosophical Discussion Open Thread
    It was suggested in a comment — and I agree — that the previous open threads on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident were becoming difficult to read, because they are such a mixture of technical details and philosophical discourse. That is, it’s generally a bad idea to cater to two different a ...
  • Fukushima Technical Discussion Open Thread
    It was suggested in a comment — and I agree — that the previous open threads on the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident were becoming difficult to read, because they are such a mixture of technical details and philosophical discourse. That is, it’s generally a bad idea to cater to two different a ...
  • Josef Oehmen and Fukushima – Would I hav ...
    On the 13th of March, I posted an article called “Fukushima Nuclear Accident – A simple and accurate explanation“. This was early on in the Fukushima crisis when people were desperately hungry for understandable information, and yet there were scarce few good explanations available. The post had ...
  • Fukushima Open Thread 2
    The last Open Thread dedicated to the Fukushima Daiichi crisis is getting overloaded, so here is a new one. Same rules apply: The Open Threads on BraveNewClimate.com are a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like — there is nothing really ‘off topic’ here — within rea ...
  • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident – 26 ...
    This post provides an update to the various situation summaries at Fukushima Daiichi. Please switch to using this post for comments on the latest status reports and news to  hand (the old one is now out of date). For general comments on, use the FD Open Thread, and for analysis of the event with ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba
    ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba: "A bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) last week which calls on the government to deny funding to any organization, institution or municipality that commemorates the founding of the Israeli state as a day of mourning. The bill h ...
  • Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Rad ...
    Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Radio News: "“People’s defense” lawyer Leonard Weinglass has died. Born in 1933, he spent decades championing civil rights and representing prominent activists including Mumia Abu Jamal, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda and Daniel Ellsberg.� Weinglass contin ...
  • The Right to Forget
    Ahmed Timol died when my mother was still young. She knew him- they all did, she said- he had gotten himself involved in politics and things had changed for him. 'But weren't you horrified? Didn't it scare you? Weren't you sad?' I was in school, and I had just read the article of him ...
  • Ghaddafi a hero for African rights and liberat ...
    Ghaddafi a hero for African rights and liberation - English pravda.ru: "In 2005 in the basement of the United States Capitol at a meeting convened by Congressman John Conyers on the subject of the 'Downing Street Memo,' Ray McGovern uttered the following truth: he testified that 'the United Stat ...
  • TheAngryindian Interviews: Pascal Uccelli
    Editor's Note: While there is a lot to be desired in terms of mainstream social media, there are gems to be found for those interested in social justice and human rights. One such activist is France's Pascal Uccelli, artist and editor of the l'ecriture sans calmants blog. I asked him a few que ...

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

+972

  • Denounce! The self-purification practice of th ...
    By Ofri Ilani | Published originally on Eretz Haemori, translated from Hebrew by Dimi Reider Q: When did you renounce opposition opinions, before or after Zinoviev sent his last letter of remorse to the party? A: My recognition of the opposition’s mistakes was gradual, but Zinoviev’s last lette ...
  • Settler kidnaps, tortures Palestinian kid, get ...
    The courts convicted Zvi Strock of kidnapping with intent to harm, assault, and killing of a lamb. He got 18 months Two days ago, the Jerusalem District Court passed sentence (Hebrew) on Zvi Strock. The latter, the son of Urit Strock of the oh-so-ironically named “Human Rights in YESHA *” organi ...
  • The Israeli incitement problem: A look at a ch ...
    Israeli leaders and advocacy groups love to complain about Palestinian incitement, but militaristic and nationalistic indoctrination is all too common in Israel itself. Some personal reflection, following a mail from an outraged parent When I was a kid, I loved Danni Din stories. Their hero was ...
  • Israel must change its approach, says Egyptian ...
    “The whole region is changing except for Israel,” said Egyptian journalist Ahmed Naje. “In three or four years, Egypt will have a democratically elected civilian government, but Israel will still have a government dominated by former army officers. The gap in mentalities will widen, and it will ...
  • Israeli parliament passes citizenship/loyalty law
    “There is no citizenship without loyalty,” said Israeli MK David Rotem (Yisrael Beiteinu), who proposed the bill, which passed its final reading in a vote of 37-11 in Israel’s parliament Monday evening. The law will allow the Supreme Court to “revoke citizenship, in addition to issuing prison ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

Matt Weidner Blog

  • The United States- The World’s Biggest C ...
    I was a Boy Scout. A patriot. A proud and enthusiastic American.  I’m a guy with an American flag at his home and in his office.  I take my hat off when the national Anthem is sung and I sing it whenever I hear it.  My parents and grandparents counted the ballots at the precinct [...]
  • Florida’s Attorney General Sells Out Eve ...
    Florida’s Attorney General is supposed to represent the interests of consumers and citizens, but it’s apparent that you’ll need to look elsewhere if you want someone to stand up for the rule of law or protect the rights of consumers. I doubt that anyone in the Attorney General’s Office cares wha ...
  • PB Post- Chase Sues Ben Ezra
    Chase Home Finance has filed a federal lawsuit against its former legal counsel, Ben-Ezra & Katz, accusing the firm of refusing to hand over foreclosure case files that contain over $400 million worth of original notes and mortgages “without which Chase will be unable to proceed with any of the ...
  • THE LATEST LEGISLATIVE OUTRAGE- LEGALIZING JAC ...
    This legislative session promises to be the most corrosive and damaging to the rights of Floridians…..EVER. The legislators who are meeting in Tallahassee are compelled by the knowledge that citizens are out of touch and just don’t care. You all know that the jack booted thugs issue is something ...
  • A New Essay- Chink in The Armor and the Mortga ...
    But think this thing out.  What can they do if all of us choose NOT to play?  If we were all to stop paying our mortgages and take that money instead and prosecute quiet title actions,  what COULD they do?  You bring them to their knees in 30 days and you overwhelm the courts seeking [...]

abelard - news

The Parallel Parliament

  • Campaign Insider – Calm Before the Storm
    One of the biggest tasks taking place before any election is locating a campaign office and getting it set up to create fluid movement among volunteers to get everything done, from phoning for donations to teams heading out to pound in signs. This time we have the same office we used in the 2008 ...
  • Just One More Mountain To Climb
    I have never really talked much to the Conservative MP from Manitoba, Shelley Glover. On those occasions when our paths have crossed she has been friendly. Her increasingly strident comments in the House since the gun registry vote have been noted by many and have been troubling. Even still, rea ...
  • Landlords To A Ghost
    One of my favourite authors in earlier years was Lloyd C. Douglas. In his best-selling novel Magnificent Obsession he noted, ”If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all his thinking, damages his personality and makes him a landlord to a ghost.” The observation came back to me ...
  • Neither Eyes To See, Nor Tongue To Speak
    This is the first day of my re-election campaign and I’m dreading it. When I mentioned this fact in an interview on Saturday, the reporter asked: “Isn’t that a bit counter-intuitive? I mean, didn’t most of the House vote for an election?” I stated that I privately didn’t take to elections becaus ...
  • On Pride and Sadness
    Here’s a statement for you: Never before in the history of any Parliament in the entire Commonwealth has a sitting government been found in contempt. We all realized the importance of this as we sat in the Commons today and voted the government in contempt. Government members moaned that it was ...

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

  • Tracking information on radiation health risks ...
    This past few days I’ve been up to my eyeballs in tracking and responding to the developing crisis in Japan, and have not had much time to think about emerging technologies or this blog.  Much of my time has been spent on brushing up on my health physics (from 25 years ago!), and providing info ...
  • Nanotechnology safety – a new video blog from ...
    Back in December 2009, I rode the Acela Express up to New York from Washington DC for the day to record one of a series of nanotechnology podcasts for the ASME – the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. The podcast was to be part of a new educational outreach initiative on all aspects of na ...
  • The Seven Deadly Sins of Techno-Complacency – ...
    I don’t believe it – once again I’ve let myself be talked into doing an event in Second Life.  But this time it’s even worse – I’ll be hosting a combined second life and real-life event, and in effect acting as the medium between physical and virtual realities. The only compensation is that the ...
  • The art of regulating nanotechnologies
    The recently published International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechnologies has a rather unconventional cover image. But it’s one that I must confess I am rather pleased with. The image is a photo of a piece of Murano glass that I picked up several years ago while visiting Venice. At the time I ...
  • Davos 2011 – Partnering with teens to build a ...
    This is not a science and technology post – which is a bit odd for a science and technology blog.  But I wanted to introduce five people who together shake up the whole idea of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos as being an elitist and increasingly irrelevant gathering of middle aged bal ...

Reader Supported News

  • The Kill Team Photos and Videos
    Mark Boal reports: "How US soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses - and how their officers failed to stop them. Plus: An exclusive look at the war crime photos censored by the Pentagon." This image shows the body of Gul Mudin, the 15-year-old son of a ...
  • Pregnant Women Fleeing Japan Nuclear Crisis
    Eric Johnston reports: "Kansai area hospitals and the Osaka Prefectural Government say a growing number of pregnant women from the devastated Tohoku region, as well as some in Tokyo worried about the possible effects of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear crisis, are moving to the area to give ...
  • The Kill Team Photos and Videos
    Mark Boal reports: "How US soldiers in Afghanistan murdered innocent civilians and mutilated their corpses - and how their officers failed to stop them. Plus: An exclusive look at the war crime photos censored by the Pentagon." This image shows the body of Gul Mudin, the 15-year-old son of a ...
  • Pregnant Women Fleeing Japan Nuclear Crisis
    Eric Johnston reports: "Kansai area hospitals and the Osaka Prefectural Government say a growing number of pregnant women from the devastated Tohoku region, as well as some in Tokyo worried about the possible effects of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear crisis, are moving to the area to give ...
  • Email to Walker Suggested Faking Violence
    The report begins: "The email came to Gov. Scott Walker from the personal account of a deputy prosecutor and Republican activist in Indiana. After praise for Walker, the email - sent Feb. 19, during union demonstrations against Walker’s budget repair bill - then took a darker turn." Walker em ...

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

  • Art, Love and Agriculture: An Interview with F ...
    The 2005 documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John chronicles the life of John Peterson, a man who has been described as a “flamboyant, cross-dressing, hippie-loving third-generation farmer [who] saves his farm… by being different.”  A vibrant artist and storyteller, John unabashedly documents t ...
  • Making Health the Default
    A recent article featured in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation News Digest on Childhood Obesity highlights a simple strategy that can be implemented in restaurants and other venues to improve the food environment. The innovative new strategy is to change the offerings on children’s menus to hi ...
  • How much meat do we eat, anyway?
    Reading the new federal dietary guidelines made me want to look into this question.  The guidelines, just released, say that Americans presently eat an average of 3.7 ounces daily of meat and poultry.  But, the figures I typically see are double that, or more.  So, why, in the brand-new guidelin ...
  • What’s Cookin’ in Your Soil Kitchen?
    What’s Cooking in your ‘Soil Kitchen’? There is probably lots cooking but you might not like all that’s on the menu. So if you are an urban agriculturalist in the mid-Atlantic (NYC-Philadelphia-Baltimore-DC) area scratching your head about all this talk of soil contamination, grab a soil sample ...
  • 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 ...

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

Stop NATO

  • Updates on Libyan war: March 30
    ==== NATO’s Assault On Libya: 1,800 Sorties, 214 Cruise Missile Attacks 70 Percent Of Britons Fear New Iraq-Style War In Libya NATO’s Top Military Commander: Foreign Stabilization Force In Libya Videos And Text: Obama Establishes Doctrine Around Libya France Sends Envoy To Libyan Rebel Base: Rep ...
  • Rimbaud: Evil
    ==== The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) Clip ==== Evil Arthur Rimbaud 1870 (Franco-Prussian War) Translated by Paul Schmidt While the red-stained mouths of machine guns ring Across the infinite expanse of day; While red or green, before their posturing King, The massed battalions break and me ...
  • Barack Hussein Reagan And Ronald Wilson Obama ...
    ===== Updates on Libyan war: March 29 Obama Doctrine: Eternal War For Imperfect Mankind ==== Stop NATO March 29, 2011 Barack Hussein Reagan And Ronald Wilson Obama On Libya Ronald Reagan (RR) April 14, 1986 Barack Obama (BO) March 28, 2011 ==== RR: At 7 o’clock this evening eastern time air and ...
  • Stop NATO News March 29, 2011
    ==== Updates on Libyan war: March 29 Libyan War And Control Of The Mediterranean ==== ==== 1. If Serbia Joins NATO, Russia To Defend Against Long-Range Missiles 2. Afghanistan: Insurgents Overrun District, Three NATO Soldiers Killed 3. Russia Warns Georgia Against Harboring Chechen Rebels 4. Afr ...
  • Updates on Libyan war: March 29
    ==== More Countries Slam NATO Attacks In Libya U.S., Britain, France, Germany: NATO Quad Heads Of State Hold Libya Talks U.S. Low-Flying Attack Planes Intervene In Libyan Ground War NATO Official: Regime Change Is Goal, Even If UN Resolution Doesn’t Say So Shadow NATO Member Sweden Offers Eight ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • THE EXTRAORDINARY SILVER FUNDAMENTALS: 9 to 1 ...
    SGTbull07 March 30th, 2011 70 to 1 38 to 1 15 to 1 10 to 1. Hang on. http://sgtreport.com/ What is a Dollar? http://sgtreport.com/?p=89 Redefining the Terms http://sgtreport.com/?p=310 Breaking Glass http://sgtreport.com/?p=503 “Willow and Light” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Cr ...
  • Dr. Chris Busby: Deconstructing Nuclear Experts
    Rense,com By Chris Busby March 29th, 2011 Since the Fukushima accident we have seen a stream of experts on radiation telling us not to worry, that the doses are too low, that the accident is nothing like Chernobyl and so forth. They appear on television and we read their articles in the newspape ...
  • Biggest Spike in Radiation at Japan Power Plant
    By MARI YAMAGUCHI, Associated Press March 29th, 2011 TOKYO – Seawater outside the hobbled nuclear power plant in northeastern Japan was found to contain 3,335 times the usual amount of radioactive iodine — the highest rate yet and a sign that more contaminated water was making its way into the o ...
  • Libyan Rebels Have Already Established A New C ...
    The Economic Collapse Blog March 29th, 2011 The rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and form a new national oil company.  Perhaps [...]
  • Transhumanism: The New Face of Eugenics
    Before Its News by Zen Gardner March 29th, 2011 My wife sent me a photo of this book cover (below) from an airplane magazine. I haven’t read the book, but I can tell already he’s on target, or at least is broaching an important subject with some urgency. Especially when reviewers say “it’s not a ...

FRS

  • Background: the Mass Resistance movement in Ke ...
    Indymedia (Greece) Keratea is a town of 16,000 residents in Lavreotiki municipality, situated in southeastern Attica, 40km from Athens, near Lavrion. The site has an ancient history that has left many remains, an amphitheatre, parts of the ancient fortification, etc. As many parts of Attica, it ...
  • Greek police clash with protesters opposing ne ...
    By The Associated Press ATHENS, Greece — Riot police fired repeated volleys of tear gas Tuesday to push back firebomb-wielding residents of a town near the Greek capital in the latest violence over plans for a garbage dump in the area. The extensive clashes in Keratea, some 40 kilometres (25 mil ...
  • ‘Noble’ War In Libya – Part 1
    by Media Lens March 23, 2011 One can hardly fail to be impressed by the corporate mediaâs faith in humanity. Or at least that part of humanity with its finger on the cruise missile button. Last week, the Independent’s Patrick Cockburn predicted that âWestern nations will soon be engaged in a w ...
  • ‘Noble’ War In Libya – Part 2
    by Media Lens (see part one at http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2011/03/28/noble-war-in-libya-part-1/) March 28, 2011 As a Sunday Times leader made clear on March 20, sometimes you just have to draw a line: ‘[T]here can be no accommodation with a man like Gadaffi or any of his family ...
  • The Communards Debate Again
    [When filmmaker Peter Watkins directed a film on the Paris Commune, "La Commune", the actors were drawn from non-professionals, people who in many cases occupied the same positions in society today as they depicted in the film.  The liveliness of the production made the issues and revolutionary ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Samouni Family Community Centre & Classroom
    We are looking at sending at least one bus from the UK to Gaza, loaded with materials to set up the Samouni Family Community Centre/Classroom. We would like to do this in the next couple of weeks so we need many things to happen very fast if we are to meet such a deadline.
  • Response to “An Open Letter to Ken O&#82 ...
    We in the West do not even take care of our own people, multi-billionaires and deep poverty side by side, house foreclosures in concert with trillions of dollars being handed to the banksters. These bastard banksters are the ultimate rape and pillage machine, and they are salivating over Libya.
  • 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 ...

StillSmallVoice

  • Dear God 2.0
    To learn more about The Roots, go here.
  • The Wal-Mart class action suit
    On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Wal-Mart v.�Dukes�[that's her off to the right], which�could be the largest civil rights class-action suit in the country (ever). The suit,�first filed 10 years ago, charges that�the Arkansas-based giant bolsters its�profits�in no small part�by ...
  • Name the primary cause of the Civil War
    If you answered, "slavery," move to the head of the class, with Mississippi's Haley Barbour -- and more on his poll numbers here. Now, according to Slate, someone needs to school the federal government. Unbelievably, the official study guide for the U.S. citizenship test still lists three acce ...
  • If you've nothing better to do...
    ...I'm speaking at 6 p.m. Thursday�at West Hartford's Spiritual Life Center. Come one, come all. Sinners most particularly welcome.
  • A little more reading with Wednesday's column...
    To read the column, go here. To read more about Covenant Soup Kitchen, go here. To read more about Connecticut's unemployment rate, go here. To read more about Willimanatic's unemployment rate, go here. To read more about Sen. Edith Prague, go here.

Associated Content

  • The Global Reach of the Fukushima Disaster
    The nuclear disaster at Fukushima has global impact. Several countries are reporting elevated radiation levels.Contributor: Randy Hildebrand Published: Mar 29, 2011
  • India-Pakistan Semi Final in Cricket World Cup ...
    Tomorrow's second semifinal of the cricket World Cup goes beyond the field of play. India and Pakistan will face off with the specter of 60+ years of war, tension, and bitterness over the 2008 Mumbai attacks hanging over the teams.Contributor: Robert Dougherty Published: Mar 29, 2011
  • What to Do When Caged Animals Attack
    With the latest news that a cobra escaped from the Bronx Zoo, we decided to look back on previous escaped wild animals in the United States.Contributor: Hobson Lopes Published: Mar 29, 2011
  • As Jimmy Carter Visits Cuba, a Look Back on Cu ...
    On Monday, March 28, Carter began a three-day trip to Cuba. What does his trip, and the buzz surrounding it, say about Cuban-American relations, past and present?Contributor: Jeff Musall Published: Mar 29, 2011
  • Amy Adams Takes on Lois Lane in Zack Snyder&#3 ...
    Eager to move forward from the disappointing opening weekend of his latest film "Sucker Punch," director Zack Snyder announced March 28 that he has found his Lois Lane: Amy Adams.Contributor: Sarah F. Sullivan Published: Mar 28, 2011

Popsci - Science

  • Plastic Beads Fight Cancer By Cutting Blood Flow
    Pumping a body full of celldestroying chemicals sounds like a bad idea, but that’s what chemotherapy entails. The side effects of intravenous chemo for liver cancer, the third deadliest cancer in men, usually necessitate a four-day hospital stay with each treatment. As doctors try to target the ...
  • Baby Chicks Reject Escher-esque Impossible Shapes
    Are baby birds' brains hard-wired for 3-D perception? Understanding the difference between what’s right and what’s wrong — at least when it comes to the three-dimensional structure of objects — may be hard-wired from birth, researchers say. It might not be the result of seeing the world through ...
  • Six Ways Bio-Inspired Design is Reshaping the ...
    From harvesting energy to building networks, nature has been solving problems for billions of years longer than humans have How exactly does one turn sunlight and water into usable energy? If it were possible to ask any living organism on Earth this question, you could do far better than asking ...
  • Future Firefighters Could Fight Fire With Blas ...
    In some respects, firefighting technology has come a long way over the past several decades--we now have flame suppressing foams and powders for instance, as well as new ways of delivering them to the fire. But fundamentally, we’re still fighting fires the old fashioned way: point hose/bucket/p ...
  • MIT Lab Creates the World's First Feasible 'Ar ...
    A practical artificial leaf that can turn sunlight and water into energy as efficiently as the real thing has long been a Holy Grail of chemistry, and researchers at MIT may have finally done it. Today at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society researchers from MIT’s Nocera Lab, l ...

Veterans Today

  • ALLEN L ROLAND: Veterans Respond Positively to ...
    The Clinical documentation of the healing The Wounded Heart Workshop for combat veterans with PTSD has been completed for Band Of Brothers #5 and the average improvement for PTSD symptoms before and after the workshop was 58% ~ with a 70% improvement in dealing with anger issues and feelings of ...
  • Holocaust, Hate Speech & Were the Germans so S ...
    ANTHONY LAWSON’S SUPPRESED VIDEO Editor’s note:  This video was removed from Youtube without cause, an act of censorship and quite illegal suppression of, not only free speech but human rights as well.  VT   [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see t ...
  • USAA Deepens Relationship with Air Force Serge ...
    SAN ANTONIO – One of USAA’s first military alliance relationships is growing stronger as USAA becomes the Air Force Sergeants Association’s (AFSA) preferred provider of USAA Bank and investment products and services the organizations announced today.
  • JB Campbell: DAJA
    Are you aware that it is against the law in this country (America) for an American to ask if a product comes from Israel? That it is against the law for an American to answer that question, yea or nay? That it is against the law for anyone asked that question not to report the [...]
  • GORDON DUFF: DICTATORSHIP COMING SOON TO YOUR ...
    ECONOMIC SABOTAGE, FALSE FLAG TERROR AND RULE BY DECREE CONSTITUTION SUSPENDED, PRESIDENT AND SUPREME COURT FAIL TO ACT By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor A plot is currently in motion to overthrow the government of the United States.  It has already begun and has moved forward in Michiga ...

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • Long range forecasts: The day of judgement nears.
    In the last two days the press have been full of stories about how we are in for a scorching August. Of course, we have been here before. The Met Office may for ever be associated with the phrase 'barbecue summer' following its disastrous forecast for Summer 2009, which amongst other things le ...
  • Biofuels: Some have a higher carbon footprint ...
    Over the last few years there has been a huge drive towards producing more biofuels to replace some of the fossils fuels we consume, which, we've been told, produce lower carbon emissions. Slowly though there is a realisation that in some instances, the carbon footprint of certain biofuels can ...
  • Nuclear power: Why the UK government may have ...
    The news and pictures from the nuclear power station in Japan that has been badly damaged from last week's earthquake and tsunami have alarmed us all. Nuclear power is seen almost universally around the world as being crucial in producing carbon free electricity, as countries start to decarbon ...
  • 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 ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Why I Still [Heart] Trade War, US Federal Shutdown
    I've just come from an engaging talk by Martin Wolf at the LSE. In his take on one of Aesop's fables, China and other industries have been, in recent years, industrious "ants" busy saving up through thrift and industry. Meanwhile, the likes of the US and the UK have been loafing around, singing ...
  • Inevitable Reform Candidate for FIFA President?
    Governance of sport should be of considerable interest to its followers given how much attention and money fans devote to sporting events. At the same time, let's just say that global governance of sport often fails the smell test on justifiable grounds. If there ever were institutions that coul ...
  • Japan's Lean Mfg Becomes the World's Problem
    It's not always that you feel sorry for Japanese automotive behemoth Toyota, but I'm sure we should all wish it well at the moment. For several years now, the Japanese have been the world's "lean manufacturing" innovators as exemplified by the likes of the Toyota Production System. During conven ...
  • Why "Who Owns the US?" is a Trick Question
    OK, so I may have been (partly) at fault on this one. A few years ago, I ran a feature on "Don't Offend the Chinese, the Real Owners of America." The basic premise of that article went like this: America is broke while China is rich. Although this fact is self-evident, most of the support China ...
  • Adios Panama Canal: PRC's Colombia Railway Plan
    It's been a longstanding ambition of many a would-be-conquistador that may finally come true. For, here's an interesting bit of realpolitik that you may have missed of the early Chinese bird catching the Latin American worm. Among Latin American countries, Colombia is regarded as having among th ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • Wow That Was Fast! Libyan Rebels Have Already ...
    The rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and form a new national oil company.  Perhaps when this conflict is over those ...
  • Will Financial Problems In Portugal Cause The ...
    Most Americans have no idea just how bad the financial problems over in Europe are right now.  The truth is that the entire European financial system is teetering on the brink of disaster.  Ireland and Greece have already received bailouts and Portugal, Spain, Italy, France and ...
  • How Is The Central Economic Planning That The ...
    Most Americans believe that we still live in a capitalist system and that free markets primarily determine the growth and development of our economy.  But is that really the case?  No, sadly it is not.  The truth is that the U.S. Federal Reserve does a tremendous amount of centr ...
  • Shaken: 10 Economic Disasters Which Threaten T ...
    2011 has already been the most memorable year in ages and we haven't even reached April yet.  Revolutions have swept the Middle East, an unprecedented earthquake and tsunami have hit Japan, civil war has erupted in Libya, the price of oil has been soaring and the entire globe is ...
  • 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 ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • China ‘to overtake US on science’ in two years
    China is on course to overtake the US in scientific output possibly as soon as 2013 – far earlier than expected. That is the conclusion of a major new study by the Royal Society, the UK’s national science academy. The country that invented the compass, gunpowder, paper and printing is set for a ...
  • Arriving as Pregnant Tourists, Leaving With Am ...
    The building inspectors and police officers walked into the small row of connected town houses here knowing something was amiss. Neighbors had complained about noise and a lot of pregnant women coming and going. And when they went into a kitchen they saw a row of clear bassinets holding several ...
  • Donald Trump Won’t Back Off Obama’s Birth Papers
    Donald Trump is not backing down from his demand that President Barack Obama produce his birth certificate and stepped up his criticism by questioning why he has not released other personal records, including college transcripts and legislative papers. The billionaire real estate tycoon and star ...
  • Australian woman tells of her jail hell in Uni ...
    A Queensland woman spent eight months in a United Arab Emirates jail for adultery after complaining to police about being drugged and raped by co-workers. Alicia Gali, 29, yesterday detailed her harrowing ordeal after filing a Queensland lawsuit against the five-star international resort where t ...
  • UN’s ‘coalition of the opposed’ grows
    At the United Nations headquarters, signs of a brewing debate as heated as the 2003 invasion of Iraq can be found aplenty. Parallel to the growing criticisms of the Barack Obama administration’s military gambit in Libya in the US Congress, which saw the House of Representatives speaker John Boeh ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Now Everyone Knows What It Takes To Get Rapist ...
    There has been so much happening in the Philadelphia diocese lately for those interested in justice and child safety to absorb. And, for once, much of it is good news for victims of Catholic Church sponsored child sexual abuse. Well, as good as it is possible to get for anyone who has survived e ...
  • Defending the Indefensible is a Lot Like Football
    Battling for truth, justice and child protection against the evil empire of His Greediness can get you down sometimes. Time for a little light relief. I came across this intelligent and articulate blogger just recently. This post from the Voice from the Desert blog is screamingly funny. And trag ...
  • Who’s Looking After The Children?
    “Who’s looking after the children?” In Australia this week one man dared to ask this question of the highest court in the land. The High Court of Australia replied, “We’re only interested in looking after child rapists.” As a result, this courageous crusader is likely to die in jail, while some ...
  • 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 ...

WL Central

  • 2011-03-29 Syrian government resigns, presiden ...
    TweetThere are many online reports again that say Syrian president Bashar al-Assad will address the country tomorrow, and that he will make an announcement "that will please the Syrian people". In the meantime, he has accepted the resignation of the Syrian government, the latest in a series of r ...
  • 2011-03-29 Human Right Watch calls for invest ...
    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. Don't send media when links available. Most email is not encrypted and not anonymous. I cannot guarantee any ...
  • 2011-03-29 Journalist Olu Jacob of Next on the ...
    TweetNext, a news organization in Nigeria, has been granted access to all of the US State Embassy Cables from Nigeria. The organization began covering the cables this month. Unfortunately, WL Central has not really covered the revelations coming out of Nigeria (and that should hopefully change ...
  • 2011-03-29 US President Obama's Speech on Liby ...
    TweetLibya is not Iraq but on Monday, March 28, 2011, US President Barack Obama delivered an address that aimed to brand a pre-emptive war and sell it to the American people. Obama sought to justify intervention into Libya by making the case that it was in America’s interest to act and if action ...
  • 2011-03-28: WikiLeaks in today's media: Cableg ...
    TweetLa Jornada: Bajo la mesa, Washigton culpa a México del tráfico de armas (Under the table, Washington blames Mexico for the traffic of weapons) "El escándalo por el plan Rápido y furioso revela el diálogo de sordos que existe entre ambos gobiernos. (The "Fast and Furious" scandal reveals the ...

U N News

  • Haitian buildings to be reinforced against ear ...
    Haitian schools, hospitals and other buildings are to be strengthened under a United Nations-backed plan to reduce vulnerability to seismic threats in a country that was devastated 14 months ago by a massive earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and made 1.3 million homeless.
  • UN-backed test shows need to improve Caribbean ...
    The first full-scale test of the tsunami warning system in the Caribbean has highlighted the need to reinforce preparations as well as improve communication, evacuation plans and the role of the private sector, the United Nations said today.
  • UN official welcomes US-Brazilian cooperation ...
    The head of the United Nations International Labour Organization (ILO) has welcomed an agreement between Brazil and the United States to promote the cooperation of all States in the global efforts to ensure that people have decent employment and that the rights of workers are respected.
  • As Haitians await results of election, UN call ...
    The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti has called on all candidates in yesterday's run-off presidential and legislative elections and their followers to show patience and restraint as they wait for the results of the vote, saying the future of the impoverished country is at stake.
  • UN human rights experts study more than 200 ca ...
    The United Nations human rights experts tasked with assisting families determine the fate or whereabouts of disappeared relatives examined over 200 cases during its recent session held in Mexico City, and is now conducting a mission to learn about Mexico's efforts in dealing with the issue.

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

We Know the Lies

  • Due to 'Climate Change' (Which is Normal)... ...
    �Cars 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. ~ Bruno Waterfield read more
  • The Oath Of Office... The Check On Usurpations ...
    Rush Limbaugh recently 1 castigated our putative president for announcing that his regime would not enforce the Defense of Marriage Act. Rush said... ~ Publius Huldahread more
  • Japan... ‘Maximum Alert’!... Over Fukushima Nu ...
    �Workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant are working in overdrive, attempting to stop the spread of radioactive materials into the ocean as well as avoid a full scale meltdown. ~ Alex Thomasread more
  • Sacrificing Privacy = Gun Registration
    �Just as the founding fathers warned, when you attempt to trade liberty for freedom, you get neither (nor do you DESERVE any � their words). ~ MadArizonan read more
  • Codex Alimentarius and the Irradiation of U. ...
    I have written several articles dealing with the risk assessment methods used by Codex Alimentarius in order to water down the levels of nutrition available in vitamin and mineral supplements, as well as the potential removal of many supplements from the market entirely. All of this is of vital ...

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

  • Kucinich: Libya war unconstitutional
  • Globalist Bid To Ban Cars Is Part Of “Planned- ...
    Paul Joseph Watson March 29, 2011 Image: Wikimedia Commons The controversy generated by the European Commission�s announcement that it intends to ban all cars from city centers by 2050 only scratches the surface of the true tyranny that the globalists have in store for us as part of their �plann ...
  • In 2009 Gaddafi Proposed Nationalizing Libya’s Oil
    Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com March 29, 2011 The Coalition of Globalists are not interested in sheltering the Libyan people from Muammar al- Gaddafi. The no-fly zone and attacks on the Libyan military by NATO and U.S. have nothing to do with democracy and free elections. It�s about oil � and who owns ...
  • Obama Raises American Hypocrisy To A Higher Level
    � The Bush/ Cheney/ Obama Wars of Naked Aggression by Paul Craig Roberts Obama�s speech showed a person more capable of DoubleSpeak and DoubleThink than Big Brother and the denizens of George Orwell�s 1984. How does a person as totally absurd as Obama expect to be taken seriously? What does the ...
  • The Anti-Empire Report Libya and The Holy Triu ...
    by William Blum March 28, 2011 The words they find it very difficult to say â “civil war”. Libya is engaged in a civil war. The United States and the European Union and NATO â The Holy Triumvirate â are intervening, bloodily, in a civil war. To overthrow Moammar Gaddafi. First The Holy Triumvira ...

Bloomberg

Enviroblog

  • Toxic trade mission: US pitched China on toxic ...
    By Alex Formuzis with Sonya Lunder In 2007, two members of Congress traveling on a tax-funded junket scolded a Chinese government official over tainted Chinese-made products, including lead-tainted children's toys, being exported to the United States.... [[ This is a content summary only. V ...
  • Chromium-6 in Gas Drilling Wastes?
    By Nils Bruzelius, EWG Executive Editor The boom in natural gas drilling across the United States has spawned well-warranted fears that the fluids and chemicals used to free the gas from surrounding rock could pose a risk to drinking water... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my webs ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Jennifer Egan in 'A Visit From the Sales Squad'
    She's won a million awards and been on a billion critics' "Best Of" lists. But cracking the big-money sales still takes foot-work for writers, and Jennifer Egan is a workhorse. “I think I always assumed that I would have to sell my books,” Egan said at a re ...
  • Pushing on an open door: Bill Keller's unneces ...
    Bill Keller's first two columns have irritated me, as a Times reader, by breaking two rules: They have sought to explain to me a paper I believed I knew pretty well already, and the explanations don't match my perception; and they sound discordant notes of ...
  • Old-fashioned bank robber nabbed in Queens!
    The "Holiday Bandit," who robbed a bank in my neighborhood not long ago (!) has been apprehended. More
  • War is over, unless you don't want it: 'Post' ...
    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
  • Laurie Metcalf goes over the verge in 'The Oth ...
    The truth only becomes absolutely clear in the middle of The Other Place, and the audience must then wait for this truth to dawn on Juliana herself. When the depth of the situation finally strikes Juliana, her hostile façade is stripped away; Laurie Metcalf ...

Views & News from Norway

  • Lawmakers drop trip to China
    The finance committee of the Norwegian Parliament (Stortinget) has decided to drop a planned trip to China, because it was unlikely any Chinese officials would meet with the group of lawmakers from Oslo. Chinese officials remain angry with Norway over last year’s awarding of the Nobel Peace Priz ...
  • ‘Lemming year’ about to explode
    Norwegian researchers are predicting that a new “lemming year” will break out this spring in the mountains if current weather conditions persist – the first such year since 2007. The small rodent, renowned for its violent temperament, enjoyed excellent breeding conditions beginning last Novembe ...
  • Norway won’t send arms to Libya
    The Norwegian government will neither send arms to the opponents of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi nor contribute to any moves to send ground troops into the country. Defense Minister Grete Faremo was visiting Norwegian military forces involved in the Libyan operation on Wednesday, and said she w ...
  • Royals to attend Foss’ funeral
    King Harald and Queen Sonja will attend the state funeral being mounted for Norwegian actress and activist Wenche Foss. Funeral arrangements were announced Tuesday afternoon, after Foss died Monday at the age of 93. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) will cover the funeral live, another sign of the po ...
  • Stave church to be restored
    One of the biggest attractions at the Norwegian Folkmuseum in Oslo, its landmark stave church from the 13th century, will be closed at the end of this year’s summer tourist season for a major restoration expected to take two years. The church, said by experts to have been built in 1212 in the mo ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • Observations and Interactions at the Jordan Va ...
    Is it any wonder with daily reminders of the widening disparity between exponential population growth and water and food scarcity, so many of us begin to question the possibility of long term sustainable human habitation on the planet? Being a constant witness to damage caused by modern agricul ...
  • Nuclear Power – Not Now, Not Ever
    Any citizen with even a casual awareness of the public debate over nuclear power is familiar with the usual talking points, pro and con, regarding this issue:� safety, costs, environmental impacts, etc.� I will not burden the reader with a rehash of these familiar issues. Instead, I propose to ...
  • Permaculture Taking Off in Hawaii
    The Permaculture Research Institute USA has partnered with Sust`ainable Molokai to embark on the bold mission of permeating the Hawaiian Islands with permaculture goodness. Traditional Hawaiian agricultural systems, before the arrival of Europeans, were ingenious and sustainable. Indeed, their ...
  • Nuclear Energy: A Resource for an Insane Society
    Bill Mollison groups the earth’s resources into five categories. These resources are: Those which increase by modest use. For example, green browse that is uneaten by deer may become hard and unpalatable. Those unaffected by use. Some examples are a view or a good climate, hydroelectric powe ...
  • Keeping Cattle: Cause or Cure for Climate Crisis?
    We’ve run posts on Alan Savory’s Holistic Management a few times (here, here and here for example), but for those who can’t get enough, here’s another for good measure. This is a 1-hour lecture given in Dublin at the end of 2009. It’s well worth a listen. Allan Savory argued that while livestoc ...

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

  • Researchers Close in on Technology for Making ...
    University of Minnesota researchers are a key step closer to making renewable petroleum fuels using bacteria, sunlight and carbon dioxide. Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • 16 Celebrities with Insane Health Regimens
    Many people look at celebrities and think of them as some of the most beautiful and fit people in the world. And in many cases, that�s a correct assessment. But do you know what�s behind the sheen of celebrity health and beauty? Check out these collectionSubmitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...
  • Amazon launches online media storage service
    Amazon.com Inc. wants to be more than a destination for shopping online: It also dreams of being a place where you can store your music, photos and videos and access them any time, from any computer. Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • History Made: MESSENGER Orbital Photograph of ...
    After the successful orbital insertion of NASA's MESSENGER (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry and Ranging) spacecraft on March 17, the much anticipated first photo from Mercury orbit is here. This is a historic photograph of the solar .....Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech ...
  • Top 10 Podcasts for Comedy Buffs
    There are loads of comedy-centric podcasts out there, ranging from easygoing conversations to performance-themed pieces to interviews about the comedic process. Comedy buffs tend to be, um, slightly obsessive, so hour-long radio shows about the history...Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 3/24/11 - Should gay marriage be legal?
    gaymarriage.procon.org - NEW: Should gay marriage be legal? - Read pro and con arguments from Lambda Legal, American Bar Association, Andrew Sullivan, Dick Cheney, Maggie Gallagher, Michael Steele, George W. Bush, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and 19 other scholars, politicia ...
  • 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.

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 ...
    Timothy_Fitzpatrick wrote: It sure is easy to take things out of context. What am I taking out of context? Statistics: Posted by Yo Mama — Tue Mar 29, 2011 11:20 pm
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    I see that "Ahmed" doesn't have a problem with non-Whites invading and occupying White, Western nations. That's probably because he's part of the invasion force himself. He's a non-White who hates White Europeans and Western Civilization and blames Whites for the world's problems. But of cou ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    MonkeySeeMonkeyDo wrote: The reason some of you people are so focused on me and my motives is because you are followers, you are lazy sheep. You desperately require someone like me (who is smarter & more capable than you are) to spoon feed you all the best information and walk you through all t ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/03/29 ... bell-daja/ Something we can all rally behind I reckon, despite our differences. embed Download mp3 file Are you aware that it is against the law in this country (America) for an American to ask if a product comes from Israel? That it is against t ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    MonkeySeeMonkeyDo wrote: You only ever show up here to feed us the guilt trip about why Islam is so oppressed and how all anti-Judaics must grovel at your feet for all eternity... The only people who should feel guilt are those who commit crimes or aid those who commit crimes or those who co ...

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Malaysian Forestry Claims Refuted by Google Ea ...
    While officials in the state of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo have insisted that 70 percent of the region’s forest cover is intact, satellite images indicate that far more widespread deforestation is taking place. A review Click to enlarge Google EarthForest loss in Sarawak of Google Earth ima ...
  • Solar ‘Artificial Leaf’ Is Unveiled by MIT Re ...
    MIT chemist Daniel Nocera has unveiled details about his long-awaited “artificial leaf” invention, a small solar cell that mimics photosynthesis and has the potential to produce low-cost electricity for individual homes — an advance that could be particularly valuable in the developing world, wh ...
  • After the Great Quake, Living with Earth’s Unc ...
    The Japanese earthquake and tsunami remind us that we exist in geologic time and in a world where catastrophic events beyond our predicting may occur. These events — and the growing specter of climate change — show how precariously we exist on the surface of a volatile planet. BY VERLYN KLINKE ...
  • Wind Speeds Increasing On World’s Oceans, Stud ...
    Average wind speeds and wave heights have been rising on the world’s oceans over the last quarter century, a trend that could portend more intense storms, hurricanes, and cyclones, according to a new study. Using satellite altimeter data from 1985 to 2008, Australian researchers calculated that ...
  • Important Vegetation Shift Documented in Siber ...
    As Russia’s enormous boreal forest undergoes rapid warming, a significant shift in tree species is occurring, with evergreen trees such as spruce and fir creeping poleward as the iconic tree of Russia’s far north, the larch, is in decline, according to a new study. Wikimedia Commons Researchers ...

oldephartte/Diigo

backofthebook

  • The Pacioretty effect
    By David Bitonti Hockey has been a huge part of my family for generations. When I was a kid, back in the ‘80s, every Saturday evening after my brother and I played our own minor league game, we'd all pile up in the living room to watch the Montreal Canadiens on ...
  • Cons on the G20: “An unmitigated success ...
    By Alison@Creekside The Public Safety Committee report on the G-20 tabled in the House on Friday calls for an independent inquiry into the decision-making by all levels of government that resulted in - the outrageous cost - the unprecedented arrests of over 1100 people, including journa ...
  • The Conservatives’ cupcake budget
    By Montreal Simon OMG. I was watching the Evan Solomon show today, and there was Julie Fantino making a complete idiot out of himself, by dismissing this poll of CARP members: 62% say it is NOT a budget which benefits older Canadians. 58% say they do NOT agree with the budget overall. ...
  • Stephen Harper’s Libyan offensive
    By Montreal Simon I just saw some video of Canadian jets refuelling at Prestwick Airport near Glasgow. I just saw tornado fighters from Lossiemouth, the RAF base next to the Scottish village where I was born, landing in the theatre of action. I'm glad the world is taking action to stop the ...
  • Doctors healing themselves
    BENEVOLENCE By Cynthia Holz Alfred A. Knopf Canada 310 pages, $29.95 Review by Tara Hughes From its shocking opening to its moving conclusion, Cynthia Holz’s new novel, Benevolence, examines the destructive effects of fear and spiritual exhaustion on a marriage, and the rough healing th ...

Daily Beast

  • 10 College Admissions Trends
    At 5 p.m. today, Ivy League schools will notify their lucky applicants-the precious few admitted in the toughest admissions year ever. From soaring waitlists to a Southern boom, Kristina Dell on 10 trends. The toughest college admissions year on...
  • Stars Who Fired Their Parents
    Beyonc� dropped her father as her manager, but he's not the first celebrity parent to get the pink slip. Read the family drama behind the careers of Leighton Meester, Usher, and more. Gallery: Celebrities Who Ditch Mom & Dad Plus: Check...
  • All the Also-Rans for President
    Why do pols like Rick Santorum with no real shot at the White House keep running? The lure of TV celebrity makes even the most unlikely prospect press ahead for a while, writes Jack W. Germond. You may or may not have noticed that Rick Santorum is...
  • Libya Conference in London Falls Short
    London's Lancaster House has witnessed historic meetings, but Tuesday's conference on Libya was not among them. Instead, Salil Tripathi says, the event revealed the limited power of post-Iraq Western governments. As foreign ministers and senior...
  • Junot Diaz Savors Tokyo
    Junot D�az praises the Japanese capital's insane urbanism, costume tribes, and salsa in Roppongi in part of NEWSWEEK INTERNATIONAL's "The City" series. I always had a sense that I would fall in love with Tokyo. In retrospect I guess it's not...

Loonwatch

Energy News

Japan Times

  • Sendai struggles to regain footing
    SENDAI — Nearly three weeks since the 9.0-magnitude temblor sent shock waves through the city and the massive tsunami devastated a long stretch of the coast, Sendai, the largest city in the Tohoku region, is slowly trying to get back on its feet. But frequent aftershocks and the tired express ...
  • NGO finds high levels beyond no-go zone
    Radiology experts from Greenpeace urged the government Wednesday to expand the evacuation zone around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant after they found high levels of radiation outside the 20-km mandatory no-go zone. Jan van de Putte, the radioactivity safety adviser of the NGO, said the surv ...
  • Ideas floated to contain radiation
    While efforts to pump out a massive amount of contaminated water at the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant have hit a snag, new ideas surfaced Wednesday to move things forward, including storing the tainted water in tankers and covering the reactor sites with fabric shrouds. "In order to s ...
  • China sends 20,000 tons of fuel
    BEIJING (Kyodo) A Chinese tanker carrying 10,000 tons of gasoline and 10,000 tons of heavy oil for disaster relief headed to Japan on Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency said. The ship departed from Dalian and is scheduled to arrive in Hiroshima Prefecture on Friday and continue on to Ehi ...
  • Radiation scare hits steel sales
    Steel exports from Japan are being adversely affected by excessive concern overseas about radiation leaks from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, a steel industry leader said Tuesday. There are cases in which importers refuse to accept steel products or scraps from Japan if radiation lev ...

Hudson New York

  • Gaddafi's Mercenaries in Libya
    Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, aware that he cannot fully trust either his country's tribal leaders or his army -- which has, in recent, days suffered from massive defections – has been turning increasingly to hiring countless mercenaries from almost
  • The Politics of Air Power
    As the allies enforce the No Fly No Drive zone over Libya, once again we are hearing commentators repeat the cliches about the limits of air power. As of March 27th US, French and British air power has achieved the destruction of Gaddafi's air force and
  • Decline and Revival of Western Civilization
    We live in an era in which any attempt at judgment seems to be regarded as a provocation.. To suggest, for example, that the willing integration of homosexuals into the military services will destroy morale and the spirit needed to maintain discipline,
  • The Palestinians: Why Is Abbas Running After H ...
    Instead of searching for ways to revive the peace process with Israel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been busy seeking permission from Hamas to visit the Gaza Strip. However those who think that Hamas would one day agree to cede
  • FIFA Football Association Supports Apartheid A ...
    I need your support, please, to run for the presidency of FIFA, the International Federation of Football Association -- for the women of Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to play football or to attend football games or any games. It is forbidden

    Blacklisted News

  • A CIA commander for the Libyan rebels
    The Libyan National Council, the Benghazi-based group that speaks for the rebel forces fighting the Gaddafi regime, has appointed a long-time CIA collaborator to head its military operations. The selection of Khalifa Hifter, a former colonel in the Libyan army, was reported by McClatchy Newspap ...
  • Merciless Green Austerity System On The Agend ...
    The United Nations flag with the grid over the globe is an important clue for those who monitor world affairs. They are tightening their grip on the earth and laying out their control grid piece by piece. The previous Earth Summit in 1993 produced an insidious action plan entitled Agenda 21. Th ...
  • Food Inflation Kept Hidden in Tinier Bags
    Nabisco’s Fresh Stacks package of saltines, top, contains about 15 percent fewer crackers than the old package.
  • CIA profiling delves into minds of global lea ...
    He is a delusional narcissist who will fight until his last breath. Or an impulsive showman who will hop the next flight out of town when cornered. Or maybe he’s a psychopath, a coldly calculating strategist — crazy, like a desert fox. The endgame in Libya is likely to turn in large part on the ...
  • New Libya contact group to provide 'political ...
    Leaders from more than 35 governments and NGOs meeting in London have agreed to set up a contact group to provide "political direction" to a post-Muammar Gaddafi Libya in coordination with the UN, African Union, Arab League and EU.

The Intelligence Daily

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • U.S. court backs Iran in dispute over assets
    Summary: PersepolisThe appeals court did not rule on the fate of the antiquities but it said the lower court wrongly denied Iran its sovereign immunity, which it says is presumed and did not need to be asserted in court by Iran. The ruling also voided the lower court's order that all Iranian ...
  • Iran has a right to peaceful nuclear energy: India
    Summary: Iran IndiaEmphasizing Iran's right to pursue a civilian nuclear programme, India has said that Tehran should reassure the international community that its nuclear project is only meant for peaceful purposes. "India has taken a consistent stand on the Iranian nuclear issue," Hardeep ...
  • In Midst Of Libya Conflict, Bolton Argues For ...
    Summary: BoltonThinkProgress spoke with Bolton, who is weighing a run for the Republican presidential nomination, at the Conservative Principles Conference in Iowa. Despite current military engagements in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya, Bolton urged the United States to also keep its focus on ...
  • Neither Gadhafi nor West: Iran’s stance on Lib ...
    Summary: The Western air strikes on Libya has created a dilemma situation for Iran’s foreign policy-makers. Unlike some leftist Latin American countries, particularly Venezuela, which publicly sided with Gadhafi’s regime since public riots started in Libya and condemned the protests as the p ...
  • Obama fans flames of animosity in Tehran
    Summary: "Obama's paternalistic tone reminds many Iranians of the imperialist language that previous US presidents used when speaking about Iran and someone should remind Mister Obama that no one has selected him as the president of the world," said a Tehran University political science prof ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • Could Jupiter Hold the Key to Solving the Myst ...
    Utane Sawangwit and Tom Shanks of Durham University believe that errors on the “gold standard” cosmic microwave background results from the WMAP satellite that includes dark matter, dark energy and the exponential expansion after the Big Bang known as inflation...
  • The Milky Way Has Two Billion Earthlike Planet ...
    "Aliens could have been pointing their antennas at Earth for 4.6 billion years, without picking up a signal. Maybe the inhabitants [of a Twin Earth] are at the level of the classical Romans ... or maybe trilobites. We need to...
  • Image of the Day -The Brightest Quasar in the ...
    At the center of this barred spiral galaxy lurks quasar QSO 1229+204 -- an object brighter than anything in the known universe. The distant quasar appears so bright that astronomers had to use the high resolving power of the Hubble...
  • 'The Urban Species': UN warns of "a deadly col ...
    "As a species we have lived in wild nature for hundreds of thousands of years, and now suddenly most of us live in cities—the ultimate escape from nature. If we do not learn to build, expand and design our cities...
  • Asteroid Belt Yields New Evidence for Beginnin ...
    The first geological evidence to support previous theories based on computer models and lab experiments, about how the earliest rocks were formed, has been developed by researchers from Imperial College London and other international institutions. The study concludes that the...

Natural News

  • Fukushima beyond point of no return as radioac ...
    (NaturalNews) The battle to save the Fukushima nuclear power plant now appears lost as the radioactive core from Reactor No. 2 has melted through the containment vessel and dropped into the concrete basement of the reactor structure. This is "raising fears of a major release of radiation at the ...
  • Technological breakthrough could generate free ...
    (NaturalNews) Imagine never again having to charge your mobile phone or portable music device using a wall plug and batteries, but instead be able to charge such devices simply by moving your body. Scientists from the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) say that their breakthrough discovery co ...
  • Fluoride spill at water facility literally bur ...
    (NaturalNews) A recent chemical spill at a water treatment facility in Rock Island, Ill., required the assistance of an emergency relief crew decked in the very same type of hazmat suits being worn by workers at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant in Japan. Except instead of radiation, the leak ...
  • Vegan parents charged in death of baby raised ...
    (NaturalNews) In the latest outrage of the global "vegan police" striking out against those who follow a healthy diet, a couple in France is now facing up to 30 years in prison because they refused to feed their baby junk infant formula and instead breastfed her. The baby died at 11 months of ag ...
  • Plutonium found in soils near Fukushima, but g ...
    (NaturalNews) In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown catastrophe, plutonium has now been found in soil samples taken from five locations around Fukushima. Yes, plutonium. But here's the real whopper: The media is reporting "Officials insist that the plutonium poses no threat to human ...

Threat Level

  • Australian Prime Minister Hacked
    Computers belonging to the Australian prime minister and at least nine other federal ministers were recently hacked, according to a news report. Besides Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defense Minister Stephen Smith were also targeted. Several thousand e-mails wer ...
  • 911 Call: Bradley Manning Threatened Stepmothe ...
    Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE. A year before he entered the Army, police removed WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning from his father’s home after he allegedly threatened his stepmother with a knife, according to a news report Tuesday. The revelation comes from a 911 call the stepmoth ...
  • Federal Courts Worry Your Smartphone Might Be ...
    Smartphones could offer journalists and the public an easy and cost-effective method to provide online updates of court proceedings — which is why it’s always been frustrating that many federal jurisdictions don’t allow the devices into courthouses. Now, thanks to a newly issued document, we kn ...
  • Independent Iranian Hacker Claims Responsibili ...
    The hack that resulted in Comodo creating certificates for popular e-mail providers including Google Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Microsoft Hotmail has been claimed as the work of an independent Iranian patriot. A post made to data sharing site pastebin.com by a person going by the handle “comodohack ...
  • WikiLeaks Associates Appeal Twitter Records Demand
    Three WikiLeaks associates entangled in a federal grand jury probe in Virginia asked a federal judge Friday to reverse a ruling that would hand over records of their Twitter use to federal prosecutors, arguing that the ruling violates a federal statute and the constitution. The 41-page filing ( ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Cash Strapped States Face Self-Inflicted Budge ...
    Facing dire budget crises, governors nationwide are waging an economic race to the bottom. In Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Tennessee and Idaho, the new GOP leadership is pursuing draconian curbs on public employee unions supposedly to rein in compensation and pensions of government worke ...
  • Meet the Republican Undisqualified
    As was proven once again this weekend, for Republicans nothing succeeds like failure. Across the Sunday talk shows and op-ed pages, a legion of GOP luminaries spoke authoritatively on subjects they had frequently - and often catastrophically - bungled in the past. Apparently, no transgression ...
  • Cain Joins Romney in Barring Muslims from Cabinet
    At an event hosted by Rep. Steve King in Iowa yesterday, the clown car of would-be Republican White House hopefuls quickly put to rest quickly any notion of a "truce" on social issues. And while Newt Gingrich seemed to question whether Islam was a "true religion," former pizza mogul Herman Cain ...
  • GOP Threatens U.S. Fiscal Suicide over Balance ...
    The national debt of the United States tripled under Ronald Reagan and doubled again under George W. Bush. Bush and the GOP Congress cut taxes during wartime, a first in modern American history. During his presidency, Republicans voted seven times to increase the debt ceiling. As Utah Senator ...
  • Meet the Republican Freedom of Information Frauds
    In October 2001, President Bush's Attorney General John Ashcroft reversed 35 years of White House practice regarding Freedom of Information Act requests. For the first time since the passage of the Act, disclosure became the exception to the rule. As Dick Cheney's secret energy task force, 22 ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • What to Do About Japan - And What Not
    Anyone watching the devastation in Japan must certainly wonder what we as individuals should be doing to help. For some insight, we turn to Richard Walden, a most unusual leader of a most unusual humanitarian relief group, called Operation USA. His organization’s efforts are well known to WhoWha ...
  • The FANTASTIC FOUR Remake/Remodel
    So every few weeks I do a game on my message board where I set up the conditions for doing a visual revamp on an old character or title from books and comics and let artists go at it for one week. This week I said this: You are an artist/designer. You have to put [...]
  • Protectionism After the Crisis: The Case of La ...
    It is accepted wisdom that protectionism is a first gut reaction in times of crisis, but there are few studies on how different countries react to get themselves over the hump. What did we see this time when the global financial crisis hit in late 2008? After six years of expanding on an annual ...
  • Treason Has No Rhyme Nor Reason
    Julian Assange asks why shouldn't the Australian people consider charging Prime Minister Julia Gillard with treason? What's wrong with this picture? Nothing. Granted, one person's Benedict Arnold is another's Paul Revere. But, if betrayal and illegally passing on intelligence to the United State ...
  • Manning's Appeal of Refusal to Relax Condition ...
    Bradley Manning's appeal of the refusal to relax his conditions of confinement makes a strong case that he has been a model prisoner who is being unjustly abused. His inhumane treatment violates his due process rights and is cruel and unusual punishment. After providing detailed descriptions of ...

Consortium News

  • The Neocons Regroup on Libyan War
    Neocons want a robust intervention to oust Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, but ignore terror links of his enemies, reports Robert Parry. March 25, 2011
  • 'Theater of the Absurd' Comes to Life
    Absurdity has come to dominate life in the modern world, from Mideast wars to nuclear crises, asserts Danny Schechter. March 26, 2011
  • Torture and Bradley Manning
    The pre-trial isolation of alleged WikiLeaks leaker Bradley Manning is a form of psychological torture, says Marjorie Cohn. March 25, 2011
  • How Auto Dollars Dictate Coverage
    A flap over a Detroit News car column highlights how auto companies bully news outlets, write Bianca Mugyenyi and Yves Engler. March 24, 2011
  • The Race for Solar Energy from Space
    Energy disasters on Earth have spurred new competition for developing solar power from space, reports William John Cox. March 23, 2011

CounterPunch

Institute for Middle East Understanding

Water - AlterNet

Public Citizen in Texas

  • March 25th – Still the bill of the day!
    HB 2184 – BAD and moving forward by Lewis HB 2184, by Representative Tyron Lewis (R-Odessa) 512-463-0546, relates to  the disposition of  low-level radioactive waste.  This bill is moving forward and we expect it to move out of committee on Wednesday, March 30th.  At a minimum, Public Citize ...
  • TLR Rally, PC Activist Andy Wilson confronting ...
    Public Citizen Texas posted a photo:
  • ABC World News Covers Bokoshe Coal Ash Dump
    World News with Diane Sawyer is airing a segment tonight on the Bokoshe fly-ash dump in Oklahoma. Public Citizen first worked with the people of Bokoshe and others throughout Oklahoma back in 2008 to oppose the expansion of the Shady Point coal plant in Poteau, OK – the plant that dumps its coal ...
  • Green Groups in Texas highlight new revenue st ...
    While Texas Legislators are furiously looking under every couch cushion to find more revenue this bienium, the Alliance for Clean Texas today highlighted a half dozen strategies that could help Texas close its $27 billion budget deficit. As lawmakers are loathe to talk about the dreaded “T” word ...
  • March 29th – Bill of the day!
    HB 3110 – Bad by Craddick – Relating to air permitting requirements for certain oil and gas facilities. Alliance for a Clean Texas organizations involved in air and TCEQ sunset legislation are opposed to HB 3110.   HB 3110 will be heard in House Energy Resources on Wednesday, March 30th. Click ...

Unexplained Mysteries

  • Children to be taught atheism in schools
    A number of schools are planning to introduce children as young as four to the concept of atheism. While some schools have been criticised for forcing...
  • Preserved brain of Iron Age man discovered
    While excavating a site near the University of York, scientists unearth a skull with a brain inside Everyone knows (or eventually learns) that when we...
  • Electrical magic wand puts out fires
    Scientists search for a new way to extinguish fires quickly and efficiently with electricity. Although it seems like an unlikely solution the idea of ...
  • Family capture ghost on home video
    A young family being terrorised by a poltergeist have been advised by a priest to wear crucifixes. Lisa Manning and her two children have fled their h...
  • Manipulating the monster: El Chupacabra
    Is the legendary goat sucking Chupacabra real or is it just a bizarre social experiment ? Author Nick Redfern explores the possibility that the Puerto...

Grassroots

  • Keeping the Sacred Waters Flowing
    women_in_the_narmada_valley_face_drowning_in_rising_dam_waters.jpg � Rivers are sacred in many cultures and central to the World�s early civilizations, from Mesopotamia and Egypt to India and China. Perhaps this was on his mind when Jawaha ...
  • Farmer Tractorcade Supports Workers in Wisconsin
    Farmers demonstrated the strength of their solidarity with pro-union forces in Wisconsin through the creative force of a “tractorcade,” and the inspiring power of their words and actions. Grassroots International allies from the Family Farm Defenders and the National Family Farm Coalition played ...
  • Solidarity and Support for the People of Japan
    Grassroots International joins with those around the world in expressing our sadness and concern for the people of Japan in the wake of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami. Thousands have died, and many more are missing or being evacuated due to ongoing health and safety threats.� While Grass ...
  • Program Assistant, Part-time
    Grassroots International seeks an experienced individual to work as an active member of its Program Team. The Program Assistant will provide administrative and other support to the team.�The position is part-time (20-24 hours per week) and will be based in Boston, Massachusetts.We aim to fill th ...
  • Charity Ratings: What Does It Mean to See a Fa ...
    Like many other non-profit organizations, last year Charity Navigator lowered our rating from four stars (excellent) to two stars (needs improvement). Since many donors rely on third-party rating services such as Charity Navigator to inform their giving, we would like to offer an explanation.Sin ...

Climate

  • Koch-Linked Group Serves Notice on Senate EPA Vote
    Source:� The Hill A conservative group that spent heavily in the 2010 elections is pushing Senate lawmakers to vote this week in favor of stripping the EPA's power to regulate greenhouse gases.
  • Renewable Energy a Pillar in Japan Reconstruct ...
    Source:� Reuters Renewable energy will play an important role in Japan's reconstruction, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said on Tuesday as the country struggled to bring a damaged nuclear plant under control.
  • Low-Level Radiation in Three Southern States' Air
    Source:� Reuters Low levels of radioactive iodine believed to be from Japan's Fukushima plant have been detected in the atmosphere in South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida, officials said on Monday.
  • Power Group: China Lowering Nuclear Target
    Source:� AP China is likely to scale back its ambitious plans to construct nuclear plants under a new policy that stresses safety instead of rapid development, an industry official said.
  • New York Says Indian Point Nuclear Plant a Fir ...
    Source:� Reuters The Indian Point nuclear plant has sought more than 100 exemptions from the fire code that could make it difficult to shut down the 40-year facility in an emergency, New York's AG said.

GreenBiz

Reuters Global

  • A tribute to journalist and colleague Sabah al ...
    For those of us who work in the Baghdad bureau, it is always a shock to look back through the collected photos of one of our Iraqi colleagues. We think we are used to those old scenes. But seen one after another, the images compiled over eight years of carnage by a single journalist like Sabah a ...
  • What’s really behind Merkel’s nucl ...
    Angela Merkel may have boosted her chances of winning a third term with a much-criticised U-turn on nuclear power.
  • Standing on the warfront: when sport divides I ...
    In the run-up to Wednesday's cricket match between India and Pakistan, passions are running high on both sides of the border and in the diaspora which is following their teams' progress in the game's biggest tournament
  • India-Pakistan – cricket, spooks and peace
    When the prime ministers of India and Pakistan watch their teams play in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup this week, "cricket diplomacy" may be in there with a fighting chance.
  • On Taliban talks and driving out al Qaeda
    A report by The Century Foundation calling for a political settlement in Afghanistan suggests that Taliban leader Mullah Omar could break with al Qaeda by declaring the jihad over

Booman Tribune

  • A Window into the Senate
    Well, if there was any doubt that Chuck Schumer is in charge of messaging for the Senate Democrats, I guess that's over: Moments before a conference call with reporters was scheduled to get underway on Tuesday morning, Charles E. Schumer of New York, the No. 3 Democrat in the Senate, apparent ...
  • Meanwhile, in Afghanistan
    If the Taliban are brazenly taking over districts while our coalition is there, what will happen if we ever leave? I think we asked the same question for a decade in Vietnam, but it proved impossible to stop the NVA's takeover of South Vietnam. Does this remind you of stories related to the Vi ...
  • Forecasting Fail
    It's weird. It's both impossible to imagine that Mitt Romney will win the Republican nomination and to imagine that he won't. That actually places him above any of his challengers. I can't imagine any of them as a genuine presidential candidate. I agree with Jon Chait that Pawlenty comes clo ...
  • The Crazy People Will Shut the Guvmint
    I've said this once before, but I think it is worth reiterating. I can't imagine that most people can look at the landscape of turmoil in the Arab world and an ongoing nuclear and humanitarian crisis in Japan, and have much patience for another demonstration that our government here at home can ...
  • The President as Brer Rabbit
    Barack Obama seems to know how to get himself out of a pickle. Just give a great speech. It worked when the Jeremiah Wright scandal hit, and it worked when health care reform hit a rough patch, and it worked after the midterm fiasco. He's given stunning speeches, like his performance at the 2 ...

European Tribune

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

  • Psychotropic Medications Can Increase Risk of ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline A team of researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, undertook a study to evaluate just how safe various psychotropic medications were in the treatment of clients in nursing homes, primarily those suffering from dementia. The study loo ...
  • Most Americans Unfamiliar with New Mental Heal ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Very few Americans are familiar with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008, a law signed by President Bush that went into effect January 1, 2011. The law mandates equal coverage for both mental and physical health needs by group or employer ins ...
  • Parental Values Clarification Delay Treating C ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline A series of workshops resulted in a report showing that many children with mood issues do not receive the proper treatment regimen. Parents who often succumb to social pressures and differences of opinion usually end up delaying or ceasing a professional recommend ...
  • Being Woman: A Singaporean Chinese Writes
    By Martha Lee, DHS, MA, BA Click here to contact Martha and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile For the longest time, being a woman, to me, meant being: -seen and not heard; -expected to help, serve (for instance cook, clean, iron) and please people around me, especially the men; -fertile, and be ...
  • Skype Therapy: The Newest Anxiety Treatment
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Many people who suffer from anxiety issues do not receive the help they need due to lack of resources or mobility. Two forward thinking doctors recently concluded a study that uses modern technology as a delivery system for psychotherapy. Dr. James Herbert and Dr. ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • 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 ...
  • Hey, stop bullying Morgan, that new kid in sch ...
    Hey, stop bullying Morgan, that new kid in school TriCities.com Morgan doesn't hide his crush on this girl Mountaintop Removal. He wants everyone else to love her, and is promoting her for homecoming queen and SGA president, saying she'll solve all our problems. EPA says he knows her from way b ...
  • Heavy metal pollution from coal waste remain i ...
    Next Big Future Heavy metal pollution from coal waste remain in river bottoms Next Big Future Mountaintop removal (MTR) mining involves the blasting off the tops of mountains to reach the coal seams below, with the millions of tons of former mountains pushed into stream valleys. MTR has buried ...
  • Next Steps for the Anti-Mountaintop Removal Mo ...
    Next Steps for the Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement: Activist Bo Webb Speaks Out AlterNet Editor's Note: "Next Steps for the Anti-Mountaintop Removal Movement” will be a series of interviews with affected residents and activists in the central Appalachian coalfields region, including West Virg ...
  • Hayward Daily Review My Word: Taking the side ...
    Hayward Daily Review My Word: Taking the side of corporations that exploit us Inside Bay Area Why do you continually take the side of the corporations that exploit us, the bad people, the people responsible for the nuclear disaster in Japan, for Chernobyl, for mountaintop-removal coal mining? Y ...

Memeorandum

  • Anti-genocide advocate credits Obama for Libya ...
    Andy Thibault / Washington Times: Anti-genocide advocate credits Obama for Libyan uprising  —  White House aide Samantha Power, a former news reporter turned anti-genocide advocate, said President Obama's two-year campaign to promote human rights helped trigger the uprising in Libya against Col ...
  • Why I Won't Vote to Raise the Debt Limit (Marc ...
    Marco Rubio / Wall Street Journal: Why I Won't Vote to Raise the Debt Limit  —  Everyone in Washington knows how to cut spending.  The time to start is now.  —  Americans have built the single greatest nation in all of human history.  But America's exceptionalism was not preordained.  Every ge ...
  • Not All Choices Are False - One of President O ...
    Ross Douthat: Not All Choices Are False  —  One of President Obama's recurrent rhetorical tropes during the 2008 campaign was the “false choice” maneuver, in which he would distance himself from straw men of the left and right to better sell himself as a post-partisan figure.
  • CAN'T ANYBODY HERE PLAY THIS GAME?.... At face ...
    Steve Benen / Washington Monthly: CAN'T ANYBODY HERE PLAY THIS GAME?.... At face value, congressional Republicans went into budget talks playing a strikingly weak hand.  They're an unpopular party, pushing unpopular spending cuts, going up against a more popular president.  Of the three main pl ...
  • Judge again blocks GOP collective-bargaining p ...
    JSOnline: Judge again blocks GOP collective-bargaining plan  —  But Van Hollen assistant says law is in effect  —  By Patrick Marley, Bill Glauber and Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel  —  Madison - For the second time in less than two weeks, a Dane County judge Tuesday issued an order blocki ...

Energy & Environment News

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China Dialogue

  • Why greens should support nuclear
    Mark Lynas is an author, environmental activist and fierce proponent of nuclear power. Here, he tells Olivia Boyd why, even after Fukushima, his faith in the merits of atomic energy is firm.Olivia Boyd: The Fukushima crisis in Japan has reignited a debate over the merits of nuclear power. Is it ...
  • “We are running out of time”
    There is no doubt that greenhouse-gas emissions are rising relentlessly. After a wasted year, writes Robin McKie, climate change must again be our priority and the skeptics must be sidelined.On an observatory 11,000 feet (3,350 metres) high on Mauna Loa, a volcano in Hawaii, a pair of ageing, au ...
  • Cash reserve in Sichuan
    A group of wealthy entrepreneurs are joining forces to protect a corner of south-west China. Xu Nan examines a new experiment in conservation.A group of wealthy Chinese entrepreneurs have started an experiment in private nature conservation, shaking up China’s traditional, government-led approac ...
  • The view from Jaitapur
    The crisis in Japan has brought fresh scrutiny to plans for the world’s largest nuclear plant on the west coast of India. Joydeep Gupta reports.The radiation leak from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear-power plant, triggered by the powerful earthquake and tsunami on March 11, has raised fresh questions ...
  • Behind China’s green goals
    China has unveiled its energy and emissions-saving targets for the next five years – but how were they chosen? Feng Jie and Yuan Duanduan explain the process.Earlier this month, after a year of debate, China finally unveiled its green goals for the next five years. On March 5, premier Wen Jiabao ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Marcia Walden – another religious right ...
    One of the most effective strategies of religious right organizations is to take an incident which looks like Christians are being discriminated against because of lgbt equality and push it hard in the media before the truth is discovered. And usually the truth turns out that the situation is ...
  • STOKING FIRE: Randall Terry’s Campaign P ...
    Written by Eleanor Bader for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry doesnât believe prayer is enough to end abortion in the U.S. He believes in action.  A 1981 graduate of the unaccredited Elim Bible College ...
  • New Wave of Protests Fighting Banksters
    It was tax day in 2009 that saw the first Tea Party protests, and the FOX-led media firestorm that’s followed has made it seem as though the Tea Party’s the only game in town if you want to complain about bailouts. This year, though, as tax day approaches, a new wave of protest is sweeping the [ ...
  • Women’s Memorial March honors victims, families
    By Valerie Taliman, Race-Talk contributor, via Indian Country Today, In honor of Womenâs History Month and the 100th anniversary of International Womenâs Day on March 8th, ICTMN debuts Navajo writer Valerie Talimanâs new series on the growing human rights crisis in Canada where more than 600 N ...
  • In Defense of Progress: Pushing Back the Ideol ...
    Progress is a slog. It always is: occasionally pushed forward by a burst of energy; often knocked backward by opposition. In politics, it’s an evolutionary process that depends on gradual re-alignment and re-consideration of views. Consider pollution. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the ne ...

Threat Level

  • Australian Prime Minister Hacked
    Computers belonging to the Australian prime minister and at least nine other federal ministers were recently hacked, according to a news report. Besides Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd and Defense Minister Stephen Smith were also targeted. Several thousand e-mails wer ...
  • 911 Call: Bradley Manning Threatened Stepmothe ...
    Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE. A year before he entered the Army, police removed WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning from his father’s home after he allegedly threatened his stepmother with a knife, according to a news report Tuesday. The revelation comes from a 911 call the stepmoth ...
  • Federal Courts Worry Your Smartphone Might Be ...
    Smartphones could offer journalists and the public an easy and cost-effective method to provide online updates of court proceedings — which is why it’s always been frustrating that many federal jurisdictions don’t allow the devices into courthouses. Now, thanks to a newly issued document, we kn ...
  • Independent Iranian Hacker Claims Responsibili ...
    The hack that resulted in Comodo creating certificates for popular e-mail providers including Google Gmail, Yahoo Mail, and Microsoft Hotmail has been claimed as the work of an independent Iranian patriot. A post made to data sharing site pastebin.com by a person going by the handle “comodohack ...
  • WikiLeaks Associates Appeal Twitter Records Demand
    Three WikiLeaks associates entangled in a federal grand jury probe in Virginia asked a federal judge Friday to reverse a ruling that would hand over records of their Twitter use to federal prosecutors, arguing that the ruling violates a federal statute and the constitution. The 41-page filing ( ...

Reuters - Most Popular Articles

  • China executes 3 Filipinos despite Manila's pleas
    SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - China executed on Wednesday three Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking despite a flurry of public appeals for clemency in the Philippines, and days after Amnesty International slammed Beijing's sweeping use of the death penalty.
  • Arizona enacts ban on abortions based on gende ...
    PHOENIX (Reuters) - Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Tuesday signed into law a controversial bill that makes the state the first in the nation to outlaw abortions performed on the basis of the race or gender of the fetus.
  • Japan to upgrade nuclear safety standards afte ...
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan said there was no end in sight to the crisis at its earthquake-wrecked nuclear power plant on Wednesday as a spike in radioactive iodine levels in seawater added to evidence of reactor leakages around the complex and beyond.
  • Snapshot: Japan's nuclear crisis
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Following are main developments after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated northeast Japan and crippled a nuclear power station, raising the risk of an uncontrolled radiation leak.
  • Special Report: Japan engineers knew tsunami c ...
    TOKYO (Reuters) - Over the past two weeks, Japanese government officials and Tokyo Electric Power executives have repeatedly described the deadly combination of the most powerful quake in Japan's history and the massive tsunami that followed as "soteigai," or beyond expectations.

IntelNews

  • Israel to revoke citizenship for spying under ...
    A new law passed by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, allows courts for the first time in Israelâs history to revoke the Israeli citizenship of those convicted of espionage, treason, or aiding "enemy organizations". Continue reading →
  • News you may have missed #488
    Russians claim NATO plans ground operation in Libya. Dutcy Libya evacuee 'not a spy'. Syria arrests US engineer for 'spying for Israel'. Continue reading →
  • Did Jordan help Israeli Mossad abduct Gaza eng ...
    This blog has covered the case of Dirar Abu Sissi, a Jordanian-born engineer in the Gaza strip who was abducted in the Ukraine by Israeli spy agency Mossad on February 19. Now some observers now suspect that the Israelis did not act alone during the abduction operation. Continue reading →
  • News you may have missed #487 (Canada edition)
    Canadian MPs want spy services director to quit. Canada agencies still not sharing intelligence. Chinese intelligence are after us, say immigrants to Canada. Continue reading →
  • News you may have missed #486
    Hundreds of US officials to leave Pakistan in Davis deal [unconfirmed]. Australian government unveils new spy legislation. Dutch military intelligence: closed on Sundays. Continue reading →

War is a Crime.org

  • Prediction: 20 Years of War in Libya
    Johan Galtung, sometimes called the father of peace studies, predicted the collapse of the Soviet Union and the refusal of Egyptian soldiers to attack civilians. His prediction of the collapse of the US empire in 2020 appears to be on schedule. So, it was noteworthy when he predicted on Tuesda ...
  • Obama on Libya: Defending the Indefensible
    Obama on Libya: Defending the Indefensible - by Stephen Lendman Obama's March 28 television address wreaked of hypocrisy, lies and disdain for basic democratic values, making an indefensible case for naked aggression against a non-belligerent country. America's media approved. On March 28, New T ...
  • Petition to HELP JAPAN Shut Down Hamaoka & Tok ...
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