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A prison was awash with drugs and alcohol just one month before a major riot, inspectors have found. Ford Open prison was torn apart by inmates on a drunken rampage, causing £3million in damage. In Decem... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes ago
*Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 00:11:59 UTC A 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake struck *the Fiji Region at a depth of 23.7km (14.7 Miles) No reports of injuries NO Tsunami warning issued at this time - posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 50 minutes ago
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The United States is out of step with the take it easy of the world's richest developed nations: Its wealth is growing faster than theirs other than create far ... - posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 57 minutes ago
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's land forces recaptured a planned oil town Wednesday and moved within arresting distance of one more main eastern city, nearly reverse ... - posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 hour ago
[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The CIA has sent small teams of effectives into Libya and helped save a crew member of a U.S. warrior jet that not working and the White House said Wednesday it... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago
A domestic dispute that boiled over at a business led to a woman being arrested for disorderly conduct after she used her son as a shield against being Tasered. According to Glendale police: A 36-year-o... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Smoke was spotted at another nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The company said smoke was detected in the turbine building of reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Forces loyal to UN-backed President-elect Alassane Ouattara have entered Ivory Coast's capital, residents of Yamoussoukro say. His forces have been advancing from the north and incumbent leader Laurent G... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
It’s the hockey fight that has a lot of people talking. They’re calling it “too violent – even for the pros.” But there were no professional teams involved. These were high school kids playing at the Var... - posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 4 hours ago
*"We should have a great debate, Rob. We owe it to everyone."* -President Bartlet Whether or not we get a Harper-Ignatieff debate remains to be seen, but we got to see the trailer for it over Twitter to... - posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 4 hours agoThey plant to form a committee to address weaknesses in their ordinances.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 4 hours agoThere are probably many reasons why President Barack Obama didn't bother to seek the approval of Congress before committing the U.S. military to an undefined mission in Libya, some of them may even be legi...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 4 hours ago[image: Anthropogenic Footprint in Canada Boreal Forest, 2011. While industrial disturbances have to date been largely concentrated in the south, expansion northward continues. According to a new report ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 4 hours ago[image: Dead dolphin on a beach in Alabama, 12 May 2010. abcnews.go.com]By Leigh Coleman and Steve Gorman; editing by Jerry Norton 25 March 2011 BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - The U.S. government is ke...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago
*The dust-jacket photo on Ring Jr.'s family reminiscence features a photo that would date from perhaps a couple of years after the heroic journey chronicled in "The Young Immigrunts."* *"The next thing w... - posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 5 hours ago
Too many bytes, too much ink and attention devoted to the looming Iggy-Harpo smackdown. (*Any time! Any place! Bring it on, mofo!*) It may happen, it may not, and I'm still undecided about whether it'... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours ago
Hundreds of people evacuated from towns and villages close to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant are being turned away by medical institutions and emergency shelters as fears of radioactive contagion cat... - posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 5 hours ago
*Instead of (better than?) an actual post . . .* * In case the dog ate the House GOP's world atlas . . . * *by Ken* With today's unusual schedule I'm not going to do a proper post this evening. I've start... - posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 5 hours ago
Original *FALLOUT* EPA Plans to Reduce Cleanup of Nuclear Fallout Now “No rest for the wicked!" Says EPA Employee With a Smile by Michael Kane (Special to CollapseNet) © Copyright 2011 CollapseNetwork, ... - posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 6 hours ago
Two white guys in ties Tricky business, this. What's a good non-partisan guy supposed to do? Looks like Iggy (14:44 this afternoon) and Harper (16:33) are getting set to drop the gloves. (If anyone's got... - posted by noreply@blogger.com (Iconic Imagery) at Broken of Britain - 7 hours ago
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 7 hours agoPoetry by Carl Sandburg - Good Morning America (Courtesy of Four Seasons Productions).
- posted by Jessica Marshall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 7 hours agoBut don't trade in the firefighting hose for a electrical wand just yet.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 8 hours agoYesterday we were disappointed that Alternet's otherwise awesome post on the 8 worst governors in America-- Rick Scott (FL), Scott Walker (WI), Paul LePage (ME), Rick Perry (TX), Jan Brewer (FL), Rick Sny...
- posted by Kieran Mulvaney at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoThe start of Arctic spring/summer sea ice melt has begun; tying this year's furthest winter extent south with 2006 as the lowest on record.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe radioactive core in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear powerplant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor, experts say, raising fears of a...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoChris Rivest's father sent him from San Francisco to the family vacation cabin near the Sierra Nevada crest with a seemingly simple chore - clear it and the driveway of snow. Easy for him to say. When Riv...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoU.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Tuesday "time is up" on the budget battle, indicating a government shutdown April 8 is increasingly likely. Cantor ruled out further stopgap funding measures t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoNASA released an image of the planet Mercury on Tuesday, the first obtained from a spacecraft orbiting the solar system's innermost planet. The image is the first of many expected to come from the Messeng...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoHena Akhter's last words to her mother proclaimed her innocence. But it was too late to save the 14-year-old girl. Her fellow villagers in Bangladesh's Shariatpur district had already passed harsh judgme...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA BP laptop computer containing the private information of about 13,000 individuals who filed oil-related claims after last year's oil spill has been lost, according to the oil giant. The laptop containe...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIsraeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed one Palestinian and seriously wounded another Wednesday morning, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. "Israeli aircraft targeted and hit a terrorist squad in ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAt least 11 people are dead after flash floods swept through eight provinces in southern Thailand, officials said Wednesday. The flooding has affected more than 716,000 people, the country's disaster pre...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoSyrian President Bashar al-Assad defied expectations Wednesday when he made no mention of lifting a state of emergency in a national address. He acknowledged that Syrians want reform and that the govern...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOpec, the oil producers' cartel, will reap $1,000bn in export revenues this year for the first time if crude prices remain above $100 a barrel, according to the International Energy Agency. The cartel ha...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 9 hours ago*Isn't common sense refreshing?* "EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON 'THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE' I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue tea...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 10 hours ago. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370554/Gandhi-left-wife-live-male-lover-new-book-claims.html Who knows whether all this is true or isn't true. What I will say is, a lot of 'great' figures were...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 10 hours ago[image: NASA satellite sensors, such as MODIS, show an average pattern of greenness of vegetation on South America. Red and orange identify areas where satellite measurements indicated reduced Normalized...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoCIA agents have been authorised to carry out covert missions to help rebel forces keen to oust Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, according to reports. President Barack Obama signed an order - known as a "fin...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 11 hours agoSenators Demand Oversight of Counterterrorism Trainers In a comprehensive report submitted to members of Congress in March 2011, Manufacturing the Muslim Menace, Political Research Associates ca...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe United Arab Emirates, a key US ally, said it has committed six F-16 and six Mirage fighters to help enforce the no-fly zone over Libya, despite reservations linked to unrest in Bahrain. "UAE participa...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 11 hours agoSadly, the UBC Election Stock market won't be running this election (though, given the amount of money I lost on it last time, I guess that's actually a *good *thing). If you'll recall, you could buy Liber...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*Florida's 3-headed dog of dysfunction & corruption* Maybe they figured with all the heat on the execrable Governor Rick Scott and his own detested clown show, Florida voters wouldn't notice if the legisl...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: Workers continued to need flashlights to read gauges in the control room for Units 1 and 2 reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 23 March 2011. Photograph from Japan Nuclear ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 11 hours ago*Rick Porrello's - AmericanMafia.com - Steve Miller - Inside Vegas** * *Will George Clooney Testify in Silvio Berlusconi's Sex Trial?** * *Rosemary Clooney* *George Clooney and friend.* Website for thi...
- posted by John D. Cox at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoAtmospheric waves generated from ocean heat may provide a new explanation for why western cities are usually warmer than eastern cities despite similar latitudes.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoRadioactive contamination of the sea from Fukushima is likely to be only a local problem, but may necessitate an exclusion zone.
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas at www.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 12 hours ago[image: Capullo de rosa con gotitas de agua y mensaje de amor]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para co...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas at www.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 12 hours ago[image: Caricaturas muy tiernas - Little mermaid cartoon]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para compart...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSupercell: Supercell is the name given to a continuously rotating updraft deep within a severe thunderstorm (a mesocyclone) and looks downright scary. They are usually isolated storms, which can last for h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoOne of mankind's oldest and most elusive dreams has been to recreate the effortless, swooping flight of a large bird. Now scientists have invented a robot that not only perfectly mimics that flight, but c...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas at www.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 13 hours ago[image: Paisaje en Tlapacoyan, Veracruz, México (1920x1200px)]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para co...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 13 hours agoIn May 2009, I declared a contest based on a 1.5 gigapixel photograph of the Obama inauguration. In December 2009, TRF mentioned the world's largest spherical panoramic photograph: its 18 gigapixels were...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoA labyrinth of sacred tunnels packed with the mummified remains of millions of dogs has been excavated under the Egyptian desert. The catacombs are estimated to contain the remains up to eight million dogs...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas at www.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 13 hours ago[image: Camino al oeste - Road West HDR (1920x1200px)]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para compartir ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoMountain homeowners in California have been left stranded by blackouts and phone outages after huge snowfalls which look set to break a 60-year record. More than 61ft of snow has fallen across the Sierra h...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas at www.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 13 hours ago[image: Hermoso lago durante el invierno - Amazing lake]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para comparti...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 13 hours ago...there are way too many Conservative organizers under investigation right now to keep track of all of them: *Another questionable campaign worker sends Harper scrambling * Conservative Leader Stephen Ha...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoIt seems antimatter might have a bit of a weight problem these days. A U.S. particle accelerator has produced antimatter helium-4, an extremely rare -- and heavy -- particle.
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 13 hours agoTIME Posted by Amy Sullivan Wednesday, March 30, 2011 What was Newt Gingrich doing at John Hagee's Cornerstone Church on Sunday? Besides delivering another speech from his book of Demagogue Mad Libs, t...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 13 hours agoRepublicans have been distorting and outright lying about this, so here's the truth about what happened: http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20110328/pl_atlantic/bidenhandlersstickreporterclosetapologize36122_...
- posted by Robert Lamb at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoIt only took the Catholic Church close to four centuries to apologize over the whole Galileo fiasco, but today's Vatican seems to have some fairly progressive ideas regarding our place in the cosmos.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoSmokey the cat's purr is so loud that Guinness World Records may soon declare it the loudest in the world.
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoInstead of putting flyash from coal-burning plants landfills, why not use it to reinforce concrete for roads and bridges?
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 14 hours agoAfter yesterday's "Learning Passport" announcement, the Liberals roll out their pension policy: *Michael Ignatieff announces Liberal plan to strengthen public pensions and support seniors* VANCOUVER – A...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours agoThat clip above is from a senatorial “Back Off Social Security" rally to rescue Social Security from the clutches of the deranged House Republicans. I liked what Bernie had to say-- as usual-- but other ...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 14 hours agoBBC Greenies love farting cow stories. And when their favourite fart-gas - methane - is the subject of a government report that could lead to new emissions laws, they are clearly in their seventh, miasmic...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoThe threats came in the mail and to date, there have been 25 letters that warn of nuclear bombs destroying America. People who got them called the FBI and CBS 2′s Kristyn Hartman learned, the Bureau’s Chi...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 15 hours agoThe human being has canine teeth because the human being is designed to eat, among other things, meat. http://www.naturalnews.com/031883_vegans_criminals.html Recall that discussion between Alex Jones/Al...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoFour reactors at stricken plant to be decommissioned Subcontractors offered £760 a day - 20 times going rate - to brave radiation levels but some refuse One expert who designed reactor says race to save re...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 15 hours ago[image: Zadie Smith, the author, said the Coalition Government's policies on libraries, were] I see that Zadie Smith has caused a bit of a furore except to the BBC who see it all as fair and balanced; ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThey sleep anywhere they can find open space -- in conference rooms, corridors, even stairwells. They have one blanket, no pillows and a leaded mat intended to keep radiation at bay. They eat only two ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThis young woman, Jennifer Rexford, BP-hired oil cleanup worker, is documenting her illness from the toxins in the gulf with her video camera. If you think it’s just headaches or something like that, wat...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoSince snipers killed 52 Yemeni protesters a little over a week ago, events in the country have been progressing at a rapid rate. The shootings after Friday prayers drew nationwide condemnation and triggere...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoSyria's Cabinet has resigned in an effort to quell a wave of popular fury that erupted more than a week ago, threatening one of the most authoritarian and closed-off nations in the Middle East. The countr...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA 12 year-old Dutch schoolgirl gave birth to a baby girl during a school trip, according to local health services. "Neither the girl nor her family had realised she was pregnant, and there were no externa...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe next generation of nuclear power stations may never be built because they will be too expensive following the Japanese tsunami, Nick Clegg has suggested. The Deputy Prime Minister cast doubt on the f...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago*March is setting up to be a very interesting month for silver.* There is a tight and violent action between $36 and $34 silver. This is a battle between the Aware and the Banksters. Sooner or later someon...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe United States is on a fiscal path towards insolvency and policymakers are at a "tipping point," a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday. "If we continue down on the path on which the fiscal authorit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoLibyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior firepower and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, exposing the insurgents' weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThere is nothing inherently wrong and certainly nothing "illegal" about J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM) gaining a vault license for storing and taking delivery of gold/silver/platinum/palladium from the futures ma...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe United States is on a fiscal path towards insolvency and policymakers are at a "tipping point," a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday. "If we continue down on the path on which the fiscal authorit...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoIt really costs to own a home these days. Not only have home values fallen, leaving nearly one-quarter of residential mortgages under water, but also, local governments around the country have increased pr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoLibyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior firepower and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, exposing the insurgents' weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales...
- posted by Lu at Housewife Eclectic - 15 hours agoRemember last week when I told you how Google may or may not be stalking me? Well, the may not was the correct part. Google is not stalking me. It is more correct to say that the Google PTB (powers that b...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoWis. judge to state: Anti-union law isn't in effect: "A Wisconsin judge for the second time directed the state to put on hold an explosive law that strips most public workers of nearly all their union bargai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoFive Libyan diplomats have been expelled from the UK, as Prime Minister David Cameron reveals that Britain has not ruled out arming rebels fighting against Colonel Gaddafi's troops. * Foreign Secretary Wil...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoIsrael considering annexing West Bank settlements: "Israel is considering annexing major West Bank settlement blocs if the Palestinians unilaterally seek world recognition of a state, an Israeli official sai...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoDOJ official: Muslims face rising discrimination: "American Muslims are seeing more religious discrimination in U.S. communities, workplaces and schools nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks, a Justice Depa...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoAlaska: Why is anti-Muslim Hater Pamela Geller Allowed in front of Legislature?: " I would ask Alaska to keep Pamela, but one more crazy lady is just too much to wish upon a state. Pamela “kookoo for Coco...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoSarah Palin Overstates Cost of Libyan Operation by 700%: "Last night on the nation's center of right wing propaganda, Fox News, Sarah Palin casually overstated the cost of the Libya intervention -- by 700%.P...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoAn accident of nature could lead to more energy efficient geothermal power plants.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoThe death toll of animals from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be 50 times higher than originally reported.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 17 hours agoDon't know if you have seen this but Melanie gets stuck in to the BBC with a vengeance.. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 17 hours ago[image: A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher [Hardcover], by Joel Achenbach. Simon & Schuster (April 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 1451625340 ISBN-13: 978-1451625349] By Kenneth S. De...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 17 hours agoMinistry of Truth here - tell me about the latest bias in which we have been engaging..four legs good, BBC better... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 17 hours agoI was amused at faux BBC anger at the news that Luvvies are to be denied sticking their noses in the public trough to quite the extent has been the case in the past decade or more. I'm figuring that interp...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 17 hours agoThis excellent piece in *Embassy* is a must-read for anyone who cares about justice - and Canada - and keeping any link between the two. Jason Kenney's troubling refugee legacy By Jim Creskey Jason Kenney...
- posted by derekshowerman at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 17 hours agoby Duane Craig Philadelphia lead risk for children Backyard gardeners in Indianapolis are being advised to get their soil tested to see just how much lead it contains. Gabriel Filippelli, an earth science...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 17 hours agoThis wonderful dissection of another BBC faux science story is well worth a read. My sincere thanks to the B-B-BBC reader who brought it to my attention. Click through to read and contribute comments on t...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 17 hours ago[image: Fishing is an important industry for people in the south of Pakistan. A pile of fish waits on the dock to go to market in a village at Korangi Creek, near Karachi. © Tim Mansel / bbc.co.uk]By Sha...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 17 hours agoAs I've written here many times, I've made no attempt to chronicle the onslaught of anti-choice legislation battering US women these days. I've posted a few updates - most recently here and here - but one ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 17 hours ago[image: Dolphin killed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 2010. gulfoilphotos.com] March 29, 2011 (ScienceBlog) – The *Deepwater Horizon* oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologi...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 18 hours agoI just now saw BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridgette Kendall on the News Channel telling a lie to Sophie Long. It's either a lie or a display of inexcusable ignorance. While discussing the very real conce...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 18 hours agoSources say Elizabeth May won't be allowed into the debates this time around. Personally, I feel May did little more than take up air time in 2008 so I don't have a problem with this decision. The fli...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours agoI'm not claiming Republican Party congressmen want to kill your children-- let alone their own; they just don't care. To them the dead and dying, whether in Afghanistan or in the American heartland, are ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 19 hours ago** *Today's top stories at Censored News* *Monday, March 30, 2011* Photo: Northern Cheyenne youths with Long Walk 3 northern route in Lame Deer, Montana /Photo Chris Francisco LW3 Welcome to Cameroon! Th...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 19 hours agoThis is a few months old, but it just came to my attention and it's worth sharing. Kathryn Schulz is the author of the book *Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error* and writes a companion blog on ...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 19 hours agoSeriously? What century is this? Can you say "arbitrary?" Welcome to OB's inaugural edition of What Andrew Coyne said. Dude's been making good use of the Tweeter on this one. Really, if not for our Neand...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 19 hours agoThis is the first time a primate has been observed digesting like a cow.
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 19 hours agoHard work aheadRegulation stymied by limits, differencesMarch 30, 2011By Sarah PerryCement plays vital role in drillingMarch 30, 2011By Beth FrancescoPart 3Part 2Part 1
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 19 hours agoStephen Harper plays a Beatles tune on the piano:
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 20 hours agoCANADA/POLITICS - Consumer confidence fell almost 6% in March, but its just one sign of a growing economic crisis. Bailouts, buyouts and stimulus packages have all failed to boost the economy back to pre-...
- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 20 hours agoCANADA/FASHION - The government of Canada is desperate to get rid of its budget deficit and its selling everything including the kitchen sink in an effort to balance the books. Thus any Crown *assets*, in...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 20 hours ago. That was old Steve as a right wing lobbyist back in 1997, explaining how parties could form a "coalition" to oust the Liberals even if the Liberals won the "largest number of seats" in the House. . . ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoHaaretz, an Israeli left-wing daily, informs about the visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres to CERN. *Shimon Peres is talking to Fabiola Gianotti, the ATLAS experiment's head, and is observed by CERN...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 22 hours agoDining room of the new Ritz-Carlton on the 118th floor of the International Commerce Centre. Photo courtesy: Yahoo!News The world's highest hotel is located in Hong Kong; and, is housed in the city's ta...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA teenage care worker started a fire in a pensioner’s bedroom so she could be hailed as a heroine when she raised the alarm, a court heard yesterday. But the plan backfired tragically when bed-bound Irene ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoIts mission is shrouded in secrecy, a media blackout was enforced after its launch and there are fears it could be a space weapon. But whatever its purpose, the U.S. Air Force's latest space plane has met ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA teenage care worker started a fire in a pensioner’s bedroom so she could be hailed as a heroine when she raised the alarm, a court heard yesterday. But the plan backfired tragically when bed-bound Irene ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 23 hours agoOriginal (unaltered) photo: Ivan Mlinaric / cc If the billion acres of Amazon rainforest are 'the lungs of the Earth', then our planet had better get in to see a pulmonary specialist immediately. Accordin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoSentencing laws that meant a £12,000 benefits cheat could not be sent to jail have been condemned as pathetic by a judge. Beverley Lunt said it was wrong that the maximum term she could impose on Darren B...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoFor scholars of faith and history, it is a treasure trove too precious for price. This ancient collection of 70 tiny books, their lead pages bound with wire, could unlock some of the secrets of the earlie...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoFewer than one in ten uniformed officers in some police forces are available to man the front line at any one time, a damning report reveals today. There are also more officers on duty on a quiet Monday mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThey are the images that must strike terror deep inside the dark heart of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Plumes of smoke and fire writhe in the air as the bullet-shaped bodies of missiles rain down over the Tai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA five-year-old is in a critical condition after being gunned down in a London street last night. Officers were called to the Stockwell Food & Wine shop, in Stockwell Road, Brixton, South London, at aroun...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoIt has been a little over a year since it failed to awake from winter hibernation. Now Nasa scientists are facing the increasingly likely prospect that they will never hear from the stuck Mars rover Spiri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA six-year-old boy cowered in fear for at least 10 days in a darkened bedroom, surrounded by stale urine, a half-full potty and bloodstains on the bed and floor, a judge was told. The child was held in th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIf aliens exist, these are what their planets look like, according to NASA. Astronomers at the U.S. space department have spent the last two years scouring the Milky Way for Earth-like planets in their que...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoOdin's Raven drew our attention to the blog of Adam Curtis. *Adam Curtis's Blog refers to GOODIES AND BADDIES* Curtis wrote about the Libya Intervention: "Some see it as a noble, disinterested use of ...
- Drug Dealer MacDonald admitted five counts of possession with intent, and WALKS FREE - 30th Mar 2011
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA DRUG dealer was spared jail by a soft judge - even though he was caught with a massive stash worth £50,000. Colin MacDonald, 34, appeared for sentencing before Judge Stephen Holt after cops who raided ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHUNDREDS of furious gamers have slammed Nintendo's new 3DS console - for making them feel ill. Fans besieged gadget websites and Twitter to complain of dizziness, headaches and sickness after playing the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritain may be willing to accept Colonel Muammar Gaddafi going into exile as a way to end the current crisis in Libya, Foreign Secretary William Hague has indicated. *Mr Hague* said he would prefer to see...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at 05:29:55 UTC - 6.0 Magnitude Earthquake struck of the of the East Coast of Honshu this Morning at a Depth of 30.3km (18.8Miles) NO Tsunami Warning has been Issued at this tim...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 1 day agoThe New York Society Library has lots of books that haven't been returned by their due date; and, a couple checked out by President George Washington, nearly 221 years ago, are among them. "The city's o...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 1 day agoJust taking it easy. Photo courtesy: Wikipedia Llamas are very versatile animals and used for a great variety of tasks in many parts of the world: pack animals, meat source, provider of wool, protector of...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*"The publication of this autobiography is entirely without the late Master's sanction. He wrote it as a pastime and burnt up each chapter as soon as it was written; the salvaging was accomplished by ghou...
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 1 day agoA mock bomb shelter was set up in Washington Square Park Monday afternoon by a number of local Zionist groups in an attempt to demonstrate the terrorized lives of innocent Israelis living under the menaci...
- posted by Lori H at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 1 day agoI was so excited yesterday when Kurt finally decided to listen to me and buy proper running shoes! When he started working out again, I wanted to buy him. He refused and said his Adidas, which are like fas...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLibyan rebel forces may have been infiltrated by al-Qaeda fighters, a senior American military commander has warned. Admiral James Stavridis, Nato's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, said that American...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*(Oh, and a couple of thoughts about Libya)* *Reuters caption:* *Tens of thousands of Syrians gather for a pro-government rally at the central bank square in Damascus March 29, 2011. Syrian President Bash...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Workers continued to need flashlights to read gauges in the control room for Units 1 and 2 reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 23 March 2011. Photograph from Japan Nuclear ...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day ago...Because you can never be too greedy or too despised.He wants to develop a beautiful area called Saugatuck Dunes State Park into a gaudy resort. The people who live and work and play there consider it thei...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoActually, that should read "Tim Hortons Crowd*ing*": Personally, I don't really *like *the ad, but it strikes me as one that could *work*. The ad is on an issue voters care about. It's got Jack soundin...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago*Blogger's Note:* I personally know Mark Crispin Miller(MCM) and Jonathan Simon, and I've heard Bob Fritakis speak a couple of times, including when he upstaged me by speaking just ahead of me at the Natio...
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day agoThe system needs to erase and replace any memory of success of past social movements. The student activism of the 1960s is not so distant but the memory of its concrete political and socio-structural accompl...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTwenty-two hundred Marines and sailors from Camp Lejeune are preparing to deploy off the coast of Libya in northern Africa. They said goodbye to their families Monday afternoon, and they'll be leaving in...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSpeculation is growing that the Japanese government may start talks to nationalise Tokyo Electric Power, which owns the Fukushima nuclear plant. Conflicting reports in local media caused nervousness among...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoUS single family home prices fell for the seventh month in a row in January, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller index of prices. It monitors 20 metropolitan areas and found that seasonally adjusted prices ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Ontario nuclear utility Bruce Power is delaying plans to ship radioactive steam generators through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River as it meets with some of the groups that have been protesti...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina's largest bank lent Rmb640bn ($98bn) to local governments in the post-crisis credit boom, but insists these loans do not pose a danger to the country's banking system. In an interview with the Fina...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMinuscule levels of radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant incident have been detected in a widening number of U.S. states, but the Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed this week that the lev...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNow is the time for young, enthusiastic and nimble companies to set up and thrive, writes Sir Richard Branson. Building a dynamic entrepreneurial culture is one of the key characteristics of a healthy ec...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAmericans' savings rate dropped last month as new figures showed that consumers are using more of their disposable income to cope with the rising cost of food and petrol. The savings rate declined to 5.8p...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago"I am frequently told by businesses and the tax profession about the importance of predictability, stability and simplicity in the tax system", said David Gauke, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury. He w...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHouse prices fell for the fifth time in six months during February as activity in the property market remained subdued, according to figures from the Land Registry. The average cost of a home in England ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe specter of a partial government shutdown looms again as Congress returns to Washington with Democrats and Republicans as far apart on spending priorities as they were when winter turned to spring. Th...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoNano-cellulose fibers derived from plants are used to create a material that is 30 percent lighter and three-to-four times stronger than conventional plastic.
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoDespite NASA's best efforts to wake her, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit remains silent on the Red Planet's surface.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoYesterday's *Washington Post* column by E.J. Dionne, The Midwest's New Class Politics makes the point that Republican governors in the Midwest, particularly Kasich in Ohio, Rick Snyder in Michigan, and Wa...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoOfficials believe, but can't confirm that containers holding the radioactive fuels at Japan's damaged plant remain intact.
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoIt doesn't have to be the truth. It just has to be repeated over and over and over, and drown out everyone and anyone else. The Big Lie. Now where have we seen *that* before? Lawrence Martin's piece in th...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day agoMalts are something my husband grew up on. I had my first one after we were married. I used to come up with excuses for my sister-in-law to come over and then all of the ingredients would 'magically' appe...
- posted by Jessica Marshall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIn a milestone toward sustainable energy, scientists devise a way to mimic the way leaves convert sunlight into fuel.
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA great way to involve yourself and kids in nature and the world around you.
- posted by Robert Lamb at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThink you have what it takes to endure a five-month stay in orbit? Be prepared to go through some psychological changes.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoI finally took the CBC's Vote Compass test. All these years I thought I was a centre-left Liberal. Apparently not. The Vote Compass verdict? I'm a Green. Not a near Green but an "on the money" Gree...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day ago. Advocating against the intervention in Libya. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Who knows, if the empire building by NATO stops, maybe they can get their wish and go somewhere where they can ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoI have just returned from the Jewish Community Prague where I gave a talk show, or participated in a discussion with the members. It was a pleasant experience. The audience had a genuine interest in physic...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoThis is the first Canadian federal election for which I'm eligible to vote. Part of what always made me excited about coming to Canada - and now, about being a Canadian citizen - is the presence of a viabl...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoThe Liberals have rolled out their first major policy plank of the campaign - the Learning Passport, which will mean $1,000 a year to every student attending post-secondary education. The biggest knock o...
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