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Thomas Paine

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Tuesday, March 8, 2011

8 March - RSS SnapShot! Pt I

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IPS - Inter Press Services

  • WOMEN'S DAY: Comic Strip Tells a Serious Story
    Violence against women is not a subject that one would normally associate with comic strip books, but a French publisher thought this would be a "perfect" medium for raising awareness among both young and old.
  • WOMEN'S DAY: Pakistan Is Not for Single Women
    Sobia Aslam, in her forties and twice divorced, often feels she should get married a third time.
  • WOMEN'S DAY: DRC Mobile Court a Sign of Hope
    Eleven soldiers found culpable in the rape of more than 50 women in the Congolese town of Fizi Centre in January, have begun serving lengthy sentences in the provincial capital, Bukavu. Their speedy trial and sentencing by a mobile court is a welcome sign of a new commitment to ending impunity ...
  • WOMEN'S DAY: Reflecting on Struggle for Equali ...
    "It is yet another significant day in the life of women across the world in the struggle for gender equality and equity. It is for this reason that women look forward to marking yet another International Women Day," says Janet Kanene, a gender studies university student.
  • LIBYA: Obama Inches Closer to Military Interve ...
    Under growing political pressure at home, President Barack Obama inched closer here Monday towards committing U.S. military power to at least protecting areas under rebel control, if not ending the 42-year reign of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi.

Scoop - NZ

  • Three Dutch Marines Held By Libyan Forces
    A Dutch attempt to evacuate workers from Libya has failed, and three members of a helicopter crew are being held by forces loyal to Gadhafi. Meanwhile, warships from around the world are gathering in the Mediterranean. The International Criminal Court says it will investigate Gadhafi for crimes ...
  • Marines Boot Social Media From Afghanistan
    It started off as an experimental effort to cover the war in the era of social media. But launching a forum where anyone could weigh in about a combat unit's
  • Saudi Arabia contagion triggers Gulf rout - Te ...
    Fears of sectarian uprisings in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia have set off the first serious wave of investor flight from the Gulf, compounding market turmoil as civil war in Libya pushes Brent crude over $116 a barrel.
  • Gaddafi's survival could end the Arab revolt | ...
    If the uprising in Libya is to succeed, then international effort, via the Arab League, must help the people to help themselves
  • Bahrain: Uprising Gains Critical Mass
    Some 200,000 people took the main highway leading to the financial district in the capital, Manama, shouting in unison for the regime to go. Their protest is now firmly established at Pearl Square, where tents have been erected and basic amenities installed to cope with the thousands who now cam ...

Independent - London

Rogue Government.com

  • Saudi Day of Rage Lures $200 Oil Call Options
    Options traders are betting more than ever that crude oil is heading to $200 a barrel as some websites call for a “Day of Rage” in Saudi Arabia and anti- government protests spread in the Middle East and North Africa.
  • Atlanta Fed President Says Oil Shock Could Le ...
    If oil prices continue to climb, it could force the Federal Reserve to make a new round of asset purchases, according to Atlanta Fed President Dennis Lockhart.
  • Britain to explain botched Libya mission
    Britain was forced Monday to explain a botched special forces mission to Libya in which eight people were briefly detained and that prompted a humbling apology from the U.K. ambassador broadcast on Libyan television.
  • Number of healthcare reform law waivers climb ...
    The number of temporary healthcare reform waivers granted by the Obama administration to organizations climbed to more than 1,000, according to new numbers disclosed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • US farmers fear the return of the Dust Bowl
    There is not much to be happy about these days in Happy, Texas. Main Street is shuttered but for the Happy National Bank, slowly but inexorably disappearing into a High Plains wind that turns all to dust.

Innovation Canada

  • Women and science
    Five Canadian women. Five accomplished scientists. Five perspectives.
  • A recipe for failure
    By definition, perfectionists set very high standards for themselves. As a result, they are also setting themselves up to fail. And when they do, research is now showing that many perfectionists resort to binge eating to alleviate feelings of loneliness, sadness and inadequacy. “Perfectionists o ...
  • The challenging spine, the adventurous mind
  • What’s love got to do with it?
    Toni Tennille promised “Love Will Keep Us Together,” and while it may be true that she and Daryl “the Captain” Dragon have stayed together for 40 years, it’s unlikely love was the only glue. Lasting relationships require commitment, satisfaction and trust, says Lorne Campbell, a social psycholog ...
  • Tackling the cancer conundrum
    Carol Cass has seen cancer from all sides. The internationally renowned cancer researcher has spent four decades pioneering the study of special proteins called nucleoside transporters that help cancer-fighting drugs work their way inside cancer cells. She has also been an administrator at resea ...

Signs of the times

  • In Devastating Complaint, Louisiana Demands $1 ...
    New Orleans - Louisiana demands more than $1 million a day from each of the companies responsible for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, in accord with the Louisiana Oil Spill Prevention and Response Act of 1991, the Oil Pollution Act, and the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act. In his federal comp ...
  • Bahrainis slam US support for regime
    Anti-government protesters in Bahrain have gathered outside the US Embassy in the capital, Manama, calling on Washington to stop supporting the autocratic regime of the ruling Al Khalifa royal family. The protesters gathered in front of the embassy on the 22nd day of protests on Monday, chantin ...
  • New York man who beat 100 pound woman into a c ...
    A father-of-two accused of punching a woman so hard in a dispute over a parking space that she now she lays in a coma is claiming that she threw the first punch, and that he was acting in self-defence. The altercation took place on February 25 when 4ft 11in, 100 pound Lana Rosas, 25, was standi ...
  • Egypt activists call for Million Woman March
    Egyptian activists called for a Million Woman March on Tuesday, demanding "fair and equal opportunity for all Egyptian citizens -- beyond gender, religion or class." "We are not after minority rights. We are not after symbolic political representation," they said in a statement on Facebook. Ac ...
  • Women's equality not quite there yet
    Last week the White House released a comprehensive statistical report on Women in America: Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being, the first such assessment since President John F. Kennedy's Commission on the Status of Women released its findings in 1963. The new report indicates that wom ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Friday follies: Class War Edition
    1. Canadian corporation SNC Lavalin is building a jail in Libya. The facility, according to SNC Lavalin, conforms to "international human rights standards". Does this mean the building comes with its own system of impartial human rights based jurisprudence? Dude, you're building a jail for a fuc ...
  • International Women's Day 2011
    [For those unfamiliar, that's current James Bond, Daniel Craig and the voice is Dame Judy Dench, current M.]
  • Conservatism and cowardice
    Whether it's nature or nurture, or some mix of both, the protective imperative� is a powerful thing with deep cultural resonance. There's a thousand films and stories out there about men putting themselves through all sorts of ordeals to save women from some fate or another. The patriarchal hete ...
  • Indiana Deputy Attorney General wants blood in ...
    I learn via Jymn that the Deputy AG apparently tweeted for massacre: "Use live ammunition." He went on to tweet: "against thugs physically threatening legally-elected state legislators & governor? You're damn right I advocate deadly force." Lunacy.
  • Dear diary,
    All I ever wanted since I was a little boy was my own fashion house. I thought being a crazy evil dictator would let me do this. I mean, it worked for this guy! Now they all hate me. Damn, damn, damn, damn. Damn it all. Hmmph. Sigh. -Muammar

Media Matters for America

  • O'Reilly's Gas Price Conspiracy Theory Is Just ...
    Bill O'Reilly�pushed�speculation�that�President�Obama may be conspiring to keep the price of oil high in order to receive more�federal�revenue from "taxes at the pump." In fact,�the�federal�fuel�tax�is assessed�at�a�per-gallon rate regardless of the price at the pump.O'Reilly Suggests Federal G ...
  • Palin Falsely Claims Domestic Drilling Is "The ...
    Fox News contributor Sarah Palin claimed that "the solution" to rising gas prices is "to drill here and drill now" and argued that recoverable oil and natural gas in the Arctic could make the U.S. "energy independent." In fact, experts have said expanding domestic production of fossil fuels wou ...
  • Which Disaster Are We Facing, Glenn?
    Glenn Beck regularly predicts that disaster is looming, but seems unable to decide whether we are facing the "Archduke Ferdinand moment" that occurred in the 1910s, the German hyperinflation of the 1920s, the Reichstag fire of the 1930s, or the "perfect storm" that was first used to describe a ...
  • Fox Falsely Claims Obama Admin Is Saying "Exac ...
    Fox & Friends�stated that�there is a "double standard" applied to Rep. Peter King's hearings�on Muslim extremism and the Obama administration's treatment of Muslim-Americans by claiming recent comments by�Obama official�Denis�McDonough mirror those comments made by King. In fact, the Obama admi ...
  • Fox Attacks Obama Administration For Suggestin ...
    Sarah Palin and other Fox News personalities attacked State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley for saying that the Obama administration had not yet determined if the Germany shooting was a terrorist attack and for speculating that the Tuscon shooting may constitute terrorism as well. Palin attac ...

Global Research.ca

TPM Cafe

  • Impoverishing Our Kids? Productivity Growth Ma ...
    Washington politicians, like politicians everywhere in the west, have been running around with shrill cries about how we are adding trillions of dollars to the national debt and that this burden will impoverish our children and grandchildren. It is almost impossible to pick up a newspaper or lis ...
  • Weiner: There Is No Such Thing As The Occupation
    Amazing. Anthony Weiner said on Thursday (in a debate moderated by the New York Times columnist, Roger Cohen), that the West Bank is not occupied. Here is "Think Progress" on the story. Weiner is a Likud man, through and through, although, to his credit, his bigotry does not extend t ...
  • The Real News on Jobs
    Are we making progress on the jobs front? The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports 192,000 new jobs in Februrary (220,000 new jobs in the private sector and a drop in government employment), and a drop in the overall unemployment rate from 9 to 8.9 percent.We're heading in the right direction but ...
  • Clarence Thomas and the Politicization of the ...
    Justice Clarence Thomas, in a speech last weekend to the Federalist Society, accused his critics of "undermining" the legitimacy of the Supreme Court - politicizing it in ways that jeopardize the Court's credibility in the eyes of the public. He warned: You are going to be, unfortunately, ...
  • Why Is Israel Aid Exempt From Cuts?
    Once upon a time, Social Security was considered the "third rail" of American politics. The "third rail" is the train track that carries the high-voltage power; touching it means instant death. The "third rail" metaphor has for decades been applied to Social Security, a government program so ...

TruthOut

  • Up Against the Open Shop - the Hidden Story of ...
    Introduction On January 29, 1993, workers at the Versatronex plant in Sunnyvale, California, filed out of its doors for the last time. Seventeen years have passed since, but there are still electronics workers in Silicon Valley who remember the company's name. It was the first Valley plant stru ...
  • AFL-CIO's Trumka: No American Should Face Choi ...
    Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, a voluntary federation of 57 U.S. and international labor unions. Many AFL-CIO members would be affected by pending state-level legislation that would cut collective-bargaining rights for public employees. �
  • Unemployment Edges Lower as Job Growth Returns
    The number of workers unemployed less than 5 weeks is fewer than at any point in the 90s. read more
  • Three Dead Bodies
    On January 11, 2011, Kuwaiti citizen Mohammad Ghazzai al-Mutairi was reportedly beaten and tortured to death by members of the Kuwaiti police force (part of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior). Of course, in the interest of "security," what actually transpired will never truly be known. read more
  • Loyalist Forces Open Fire on Tripoli Protesters
    Tripoli, Libya - Forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi opened fired with tear gas and what a witness described as live ammunition to scatter protesters who had gathered after Friday noon prayers outside a mosque in a restive neighborhood of Tripoli, chanting slogans and defying the authorities ...

Planetsave

  • In Search of Ancient Alien Microbes & the Orig ...
    This past Sunday morning, I read a brief news item about the recent claim by a respected astrobiologist of “ancient alien bacteria” — similar to certain cyanobacteria found here on Earth — found in three different carbonaceous chondrites, which are very rare meteors… So, I read the paper, took s ...
  • The American West from Space
    This amazing image which so clearly shows the divide between California and Nevada, from green to desert, is courtesy of the European Space Agency, taken by Envisat. Source: ESA on Flickr
  • Cloud Vortices off South Korea
    Using NASA’s Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the satellite Terra, this spectacular image of cloud vortices off Cheju Do, in South Korea, is available for your viewing pleasure. Source: NASA Goddard on Flickr
  • Wind Energy Now Cost Competitive with Coal
    Perhaps not in your part of the world, but according to the latest report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, in many parts of the world, onshore wind power is now completely cost-competitive with coal. Over the past several years, the demand for wind turbines has increased. As a result, manufact ...
  • Iceland May Unlock New Geothermal Source Hidde ...
    Energy from the Earth’s core as a clean energy alternative? Maybe. Scientists at the University of California-Davis are working on developing such an option after they discovered a rich seam of the molten rock relatively close to the earth’s surface in Iceland. The scientists now believe that th ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • Tunisia interim leaders dissolve secret police ...
    Tunisia's interior ministry has announced it is dissolving the country's secret police service. The agency had been widely accused of committing human rights abuses during the rule of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted on 14 January. Interim Prime Minister Caid Essebsi has a ...
  • Terrorists cry for foreign help in Libya. Liby ...
    March 7, 2011 While the Western press continues to make a truly mendacious campaign against the leader Moammar Gadhafi and the Libyan people, praising royalist traitor groups and followers of Bin Laden, supporters of leader Muammar Gaddafi resumed control early on Wednesday of the city ...
  • CCR Condemns President Obama’s Lifting of Stay ...
    Legal Experts, Guantánamo Attorneys Available for Comment on Executive Order on Periodic Review, Reopening Commissions March 7, 2011, New York – In response to the Obama administration’s announcement today that it has ordered the Department of Defense to lift a stay on new charges in military ...
  • El Paso Diary: Day 23 in the Trial of Posada C ...
    Through the powerful testimony of the Cuban forensic pathologist, Yleana Vizcaíno Dimé, the prosecution proved to the jury—today—that the death in Havana of Fabio Di Celmo on September 4, 1997 was a homicide. Dr. Vizcaíno testified in El Paso that Fabio Di Celmo died from "a mortal wound that ...
  • Under Obama, Better to Commit a War Crime Than ...
    Bradley Manning is accused of humiliating the political establishment by revealing the complicity of top U.S. officials in carrying out and covering up war crimes. In return for his act of conscience, the U.S. government is holding him in abusive solitary confinement, humiliating him and trying ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Debbie Riddle On Them Illegals: They's Only Go ...
    We have a new nominee for most ignorant person in the world: Texas state Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball (Houston area). Riddle has introduced a bill in the Texas Legislature that would hit employers of illegal immigrants with heavy penalties. But she makes a very, very large exception -- for "sin ...
  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    Gaddafi bombing his own civilians - we're speechless. "Opposition fighters in Libya have been fending off fierce attacks by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, amid reports of rising death toll. Gaddafi supporters are moving eastward in an effort to push the rebels back and recapture fallen towns, ...
  • We won't have John Ensign to kick around anymore
    I admit that I have had a fair amount of fun at John Ensign's expense since he got busted schtupping an aide who was married to another aide, then got his parents to fork over a hundred grand in hush money, then announced he would run for reelection. Today, I watched all those potential throw-a ...
  • The Decline Of The Snake Oil Peddlers_ Faint S ...
    No, I'm not talking about economic recovery. �Hell, every time Aunt Fanny buys an extra roll of toilet paper the media pundits go nuts shouting about the impending economic recovery thanks to good solid conservative policies and principles when all it really means is she accidentally mixed her M ...
  • American Politics Needs Its Own 12-Step Recove ...
    The next time you hear some lazy Beltway pundit propose that President Obama and the Democrats need to move toward some elusive and ephemeral "Center," just remember what conservative wise man George F. Will recently had to say about Republican presidential contenders now lining up on the right. ...

Care 2

  • Will you be my mum? Spider monkey rejected by ...
    Estela, a baby spider monkey clings on to the back of a stuffed version of herself, looking for familiar love and warmth, having been abandoned by her real mother when she was born on January 17. Keepers at Melbourne Zoo are working to look after her.Submitted by Yrna M. to Animals �|� �Note-it ...
  • Save Africa's Lions from Extinction - TAKE ACTION
    In just the last couple of decades, the African lion population fell from more than 75,000 to fewer than 40,000, a staggering decline of nearly 50%. If we don�t take dramatic action right now, Africa�s lions could quickly disappear in the wild. Submitted by Yrna M. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� ...
  • How Wisconsin Could Turn Austerity into Prospe ...
    As states struggle to meet their budgets, public pensions are on the chopping block; but they needn't be. States can keep their pension funds intact and leverage them into many times that sum in loans, just as Wall Street banks do. Submitted by Kit B. to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �A ...
  • 'Sari squad' protects Bangladesh wildlife sanc ...
    In southern Bangladesh, a small group of local women is taking the initiative when it comes to environmental protection. Walking silently through the trees, they seek out anyone who wants to disturb the wildlife and the century-old trees. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environme ...
  • Great Barrier Reef 'badly damaged' by cyclone Yasi
    Great Barrier Reef corals could take longer than 20 years to recover from damage caused by cyclone Yasi, scientists say.Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • America Is Not Broke, Michael Moore Ain’t Fat
    * Bumped Up * In the bizarre world of so-called progressive thought, Michael Moore is offered up as one of the left’s brightest lights. Maybe he was the inspiration for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Bright is in the eyes of the beholders. According to Moore: The nation is not broke, my friend ...
  • While Clutching Our Government Issued Security ...
    (A bit of a rant to follow John H. Huey’s insightful “Live Free or Die” piece on aviation security.) âKeep us safeâ  was the cry. âWhat ever it takesâ was the demand. And we all stood in line, passive and trusting, without our shoes, as we followed the 3-1-1 rule with our liquids, had our [...]
  • Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Kerry (& Open Thread)
    John Kerry Goes to War. Late comment from the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the US ought consider a no-fly zone and consider bombing Libyan airfields and airports. Earlier in the day, the White House Chief of Staff, Bill Daley, remarked that those who called for a NFZ “ ...
  • America is Not Broke, Michael Moore ain’t Fat
    In the bizarre world of so-called progressive thought, Michael Moore is offered up as one of the left’s brightest lights. Maybe he was the inspiration for Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Bright is in the eyes of the beholders. According to Moore: The nation is not broke, my friends. Wisconsin i ...
  • Bad Luck Cadet #20 – Electric Erection
    This is the 20th installment in the Bad Luck Cadet series. It’s best to start with Accidents Happen to enjoy my adventures at the police academy after turning 40. It’s all about the fun, laughter and pain. Well maybe pain, pain and pain! The end of our time at the academy was in sight. We [...]

Environmental Graffiti

  • 13 Most Beautiful Bridges on Earth
    Bridges are one of the most needed and often overlooked architectural structures in the world. Here we look at 13 of the most beautiful. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • How Our Seafaring Ancestors Made Specialized T ...
    Our ancestors 12,000 years ago weren't just running down woolly mammoths with spears but had refined and specialized tools for fishing and hunting on the water. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • Cougar Declared Extinct in Eastern United States
    The eastern cougar no longer roams the twenty-one states of its one vast range. Find out how it came to be extinct. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Gobekli Tepe: The Oldest Temple on Earth?
    Was this the world's first temple? Find out why some believe it was. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 5 Creepiest Bugs that Could be Living On You
    Meet some of the creepiest and hungriest bugs which celebrate their ‘blood feast’ on our bodies. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

Al Jazeera

Green Inc. - NYT

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Libya = Gaddafi FAIL - fights for freedom - no ...
    The locals are ready to kick some ass in Libya! Straight up amazing. Things are moving fast these days! Wisconsin solidarity :-D This suddenly dawned on me just a few mins ago! Behold Gaddafi FAIL: I had to repost these videos of real significant, serious rebellion & a certain unmistakable ca ...
  • #Egypt! And now... Algeria? Battle of Algiers ...
    Stunning turns in Egypt - you have to hand it to the Egyptians, they filtered & neutralized all those underhanded thug provocateur tricks in a snap. Then unloaded their dictator - Old School Civilization like a boss ;-D Update - they just posted an arrest warrant in Pakistan for ex-Prime Minist ...
  • House Tea Party momentarily blocks "PATRIOT" A ...
    It's not all bad news out there. The slip-by-night extension of expiring Patriot Act measures got knocked down mainly by liberal Dems and some Tea Party Republicans (Bachmann of course sided with the corporatist centrist squad behind all of this)... Bi-Partisan Alliance Beats Back PATRIOT Act Sn ...
  • From the Internet Archives: My 2003 Interview ...
    Here's a nice find. In October 2003 I interviewed Rashid Khalidi for the Mac Weekly. It wound up on the website and eventually got deleted around 2006, but it was still in the Internet Archives Wayback Machine at http://web.archive.org/web/20060612202355/http://www.macalester.edu/week... Overall ...
  • 9/11 FBI warning from key informant of "Kamika ...
    Caught an interesting item on Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs Post about a team of FBI agents who had key clues into the 9/11 conspiracy, serious and specific prior warnings from an Iranian informant and ex-SAVAK officer who was himself a major handler with a deep network of informants around the P ...

Daily Censored

  • Where’s That Guy When We Really Need Him?
    In addition to the fees they charge for loans, fees (often 20+%) they charge on credit cards, fees they charge for checking accounts, Bank of America, J P Morgan Chase, U S Bancorp, Citigroup make $20.5 billion off of the use of debit cards.  This $20.5 billion is “free money.” The debit cards a ...
  • US Media Losing Hegemony to Competing Sources ...
    US news media is too sensational, inaccurate, and incomplete — more interested in entertainment and commentary than being concerned with facts, thereby losing the information war, says Journalism Professor. Authorities may be worried that the United States can no longer maintain a near monopoly ...
  • My Challenge to the False Prophets of Educatio ...
    At some point during my sophomore year of junior college, I came to recognize myself as a teacher while working as a tutor for Dean Carter’s British Literature survey course. I had discovered my calling to be a writer about a year before that. During my journey to major in education and certify ...
  • How Much Does It Really Cost?
    This deserves a bigger article, but it is too important to beleaguer.  First, the Cost of Living Index must be reconfigured.  For the umpteenth time I have heard how food prices have not gone up.  I do not know what foods they look at, but I know I am paying more. On a lot of [...]
  • The Big Payday at Your Expense – Libya a ...
    Another Triumph for The Money Party Michael Collins The average price for a gallon of gas rose 30% from $2.69 in July 2010 to $3.49 as of March 6. Most of that 30% has come in just the last few days. We’re about to embark on another period of let the markets take care of [...]

AlterNet's Breaking News

Institute for Policy Studies

  • The Lineup: Week of March 7-13, 2011
    William A. Collins laments the dangers that the nation's health care system poses to our health while Robert Alvarez explains why managing nuclear weapons should be the Pentagon's job, instead of an Energy Department task.
  • The Government's Nuclear Millstone
    There's no transforming our energy future without completely overhauling the Energy Department.
  • Don't "No-Fly" Libya
    What would a no-fly zone in Libya mean? A bit of history may provide some perspective.
  • Interview with Raed Jarrar and Niki Akhavan
    In our special focus on Islamophobia, analysts Raed Jarrar and Niki Akhavan look at the roots of Islamophobia, how anti-Islamic sentiment has shaped U.S. foreign policy, and the relationship between faith and violence.
  • Mexico's Hot Money Challenge
    NAFTA undercuts Mexico's ability to control a sudden influx of volatile financial investment.

Equality Trust

  • The Wrong Cure - alternatives to the cuts
    The False Economy website is an excellent and still-developing resource exploring the alternatives to cuts. False Economy includes: a discussion of why the cuts are not progressive details of campaign actions a comprehensive further reading list ... and this short film [youtube:ynUCYo ...
  • Why we need a Fairness Test of the cuts
    A group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. Full details...
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    Don't forget to sign up to our email newsletter to receive quarterly updates about our work and next week's response from Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett to questions about the Spirit Level analysis.
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  • VAT rise would hit the poorest
    Bill Wilson's VAT motion to the Scottish Parliament reads as follows: That the Parliament notes the warning issued by Save the Children in Scotland that raising VAT to 20% could mean a £31 a week bill for the poorest families in Scotland and that the poorest 10% of the population currently s ...

PDA AMERICA

  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.â–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. IntroductionsâDr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer MovementâKatie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchio, Healthcare ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Sha ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • Restaurant Inspection Report Score Cards - Sta ...
    We have been working on ways to keep consumers informed on issues of Food Safety.  That is why we have all the below "bug" websites and why I sponsor specifically Food Safety News (FSN) and the Foodborne Illness Outbreak Databse.  It is ultimately the free market - consumers being aware of compa ...
  • Secondary cases are a clear public health threat
    I just landed from a 10-hour flight from Istanbul to New York and I have a few moments to update my blog.   On the plane I read the interesting CDC study from Scotland on the prevalence of “Secondary Cases” (person-to-person transmission from a primary E. coli O157:H7 infection).  The study foun ...
  • Some final thoughts on Istanbul
    Not thoughts so much as the visual experience of the people and the markets.� Some food I purchased (spices), and some food I just took pictures of:
  • DeFranco E. coli Hazelnut and Skippy Salmonell ...
    The FDA posts company prepared press releases each time there is a recall of product – whether there are illnesses or not. Hazelnut E. coli O157:H7 In the case if DeFranco Hazelnuts, the company proudly notes that the recall is “voluntarily,” although was prompted, “after the nut products were ...
  • Skippy Recalls Reduced Fat Creamy and Super Ch ...
    Unilever United States, Inc. today announced a limited recall of Skippy® Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter Spread and Skippy® Reduced Fat Super Chunk Peanut Butter Spread, because it may be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young ch ...

AutoblogGreen

  • Smart ForSpeed concept revealed before Geneva ...
    Filed under: Concept Cars, Convertible, Geneva Motor Show, Smart, Electric Smart Forspeed - Click above for high-res image gallery Not every future Smart model is in trouble of vanishing - some will never see the light of production. To wit, Daimler's minicar maker is bringing an all-electr ...
  • Report: Some dealers price gouging Chevy Volt ...
    Filed under: Car Buying, Hybrid, Sedan, Chevrolet, GM, Electric 2011 Chevrolet Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery Even though some Chevrolet dealers were warned not to sell the Volt above the MSRP, there is a distinct trend around the country where some dealers are trying to make ...
  • Audi, Voith enter new carbon fiber partnership
    Filed under: Technology, Audi Audi Aluminum A5 Coupe Prototype - Click above for high-res image Audi has put carbon fiber to good use in concept vehicles like the e-tron show cars and a special lightweight A5, which has a carbon fiber hood and rear deck, and in some parts of the R8 and RS 3. ...
  • Report: $33M in EV tax credits went to buy unq ...
    Filed under: Car Buying, Government/Legal Is a bicycle an electric vehicle? How about a Hummer H3? These are some of the things that Americans claimed were hybrids, alternative-powered or plug-in electric vehicles on their tax forms, reports USA Today. What's more, the false claimants managed ...
  • AutoblogGreen for 02.04.11
    Top Gear host wants electric vehicles powered by bumper car technology Watch out! Italian designers envision amazing Solar Wind bridge It looks like the future, that's for sure. Agility Saietta electric m ...

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

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  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • "America is Not Broke!": Michael Moore address ...
    State-workers and their supporters have been rallying in unprecedented numbers in Madison over the last few weeks. Tens of thousands of teachers, firemen, police officers, students, and families have taken to the streets and to the halls of the state capitol to demonstrate their opposition to ...
  • Social Media and Online Outreach Internship (S ...
    Democracy Now! is now taking applications for our Spring and Summer Social Media and Online Outreach Internship Program. Spring intern positions available immediately. Social Media and Online Outreach Intern Position Overview: Democracy Now!’s Social Media and Online Outreach Intern work ...
  • Arab Hip-Hop and Revolution: The Narcicyst on ...
    Yassin Salman AKA Hip-Hop Artist "The Narcicyst", sits down with Democracy Now! senior producer Sharif Abdel Koudous.
  • The Battle of the Budgets: New Fronts in the A ...
    Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Idaho ... these are the latest fronts in the battle of budgets, with the larger fight over a potential shutdown of the U.S. government looming. These fights, radiating out from the occupation of the Wisconsin Capitol building, are occurring against the backdrop of the ...
  • Union Voices from Madison: "We Will Be Out Her ...
    Rank and file union members are among the thousands protesting Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s "budget repair" bill that would strip public workers of their right to collective bargaining. In this web exclusive video from the streets of Madison, Democracy Now! speaks to union members who ha ...

Digg Green

Invisible Opportunity

  • Larry Silverstein Gives Shithouse Rats a Bad Name
    By Les Visible Larry Silverstein is not only a cold blooded, calculating, premeditating, mass murdering, still in the business, vampire from Hell, but he also was a profiteer from this activity and to show you the kind of power this shit house rat has (appearance of power), he got everyone to pa ...
  • A terrorist training base that specializes in ...
    By Deb Simon For some three decades, local residents near a top secret terrorist training base have reported on hearing explosions, seeing sudden flashes of light and night time flares, and noticing small planes and “black helicopters” arriving at and departing from a small airfield on the base. ...
  • Yes, You Can Survive The Coming Economic Night ...
    By Saladin If you work hard and get prepared, you can survive the economic nightmare that is coming. All over the United States and around the world there are millions of people that are learning how to become more self-sufficient. For example, there is one family that is actually producing 6000 ...
  • Leading News Resource of Pakistan – Cour ...
    LAHORE: A lower court on Thursday rejected the application of US national Raymond Davis seeking diplomatic immunity from murder trial against him. The court held that the accused did not enjoy immunity, as the certificate required to substantiate his diplomatic status had not been submitted by t ...
  • UN Postpones Praising Gadhafi’s Human Rights R ...
    It seems that in this world, the greatest violators of people’s rights get the highest awards.  Something is amiss… Basic reason scored something of a victory today as the UN Human Rights Council announced that it was postponing the vote to affirm a report praising Libyan dictator Moammar Gadha ...

Global Insights

  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
  • The Creation
    THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
  • About George Green
    Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

Twilight Earth

  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Ec ...
  • Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
    US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Governmentâs Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: The USDA cav ...
  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
    Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable). Dea ...

Inhabitat

  • Zig-Zagging Austrian Kindergarten Creates an I ...
    Syntax Architekur recently transformed a narrow, south-facing lot in Holzbauweise, Austria into a daylit kindergarten that is a rich place for exploration. The project’s generous windows and inward-facing sections add connectivity, while the use of low-energy materials and energy-saving technolo ...
  • Kevin Kennon Architects’ Tian Fang Tower is a ...
    Kevin Kennon Architects is designing a new landmark building for Tianjin Eco-City in China. This 120,000 square meter, 44 floor office tower and luxury shopping center, developed by Tianjin Real Estate Development & Management Group, LTD, utilizes the most advanced sustainable design strategies ...
  • Store Muu’s ‘Cycle In’ Desk Transforms Your Bi ...
    We’re big bike fans here at Inhabitat, and we’re always on the lookout for great designs that seamlessly integrate our favorite form of transport into our lifestyles. Now we’ve spotted one more inspiring item to add to the list: the PIT IN desk from Japan-based Store Muu. This versatile desk ser ...
  • Shuhei Endo’s Out of This World “Bubbletecture ...
    When Japanese architect Endo Shuhei adds another delectable design to his repertoire, you can expect a project title just as incredible as the structure itself. He names each of his projects by letter and then style, with appellations ranging from “rooftecture”, to “slowtecture”, to “refurbitect ...
  • Kitengela: Off-Grid Recycled Glass Village Lig ...
    Read the rest of Kitengela: Off-Grid Recycled Glass Village Lights Up Kenya’s Masaai Plainshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "wind power", E ...

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WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Data as Art: 10 Striking Science Maps
    The computer age triggered a seemingly endless stream of high-quality scientific data, but such incoming mountains of information come with a cost. The more data you amass, the tougher it is to comprehend what you’re dealing with. In a push for better perspective, a group of information scienti ...
  • Video: Elephants Lend a Helping Trunk, Pass Co ...
    Asian elephants have passed a test of cooperation with flying colors, one that cognitive psychologists say demonstrates an ape-level awareness and sense of teamwork. Their collaboration isn't just the product of rote learning, but the result of careful thought.
  • Alien Microbe Claim Starts Fight Over Meteorite
    NASA astrobiologist Richard Hoover thinks he’s found fossilized alien bacteria inside a meteorite. If he’s right, it’s world-shaking news. But that’s a very, very big if. “There are legitimate reasons to initially be skeptical of these findings,” wrote University of Oklahoma geophysicist Michae ...
  • Sleep Quality May Be Tied to Covert Brain Wave
    Making waves isn’t conducive to staying asleep, at least when the waves are a type of brain signal associated with being awake. A type of brain activity known as an alpha wave emanates from the back of the head when a person is awake but relaxing with eyes closed. Scientists used to think that ...
  • Satellites See Evidence of One-Two Asteroid Pu ...
    New images from two Mars-orbiting satellites capture times when the planet was pummeled by at least two meteorites at once. The slug-shaped crater above, photographed on Aug. 4, 2010 by ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft, was probably carved by a chain of projectiles coming in at a shallow angle. Th ...

PakAlert

  • U.S. And NATO Escalate World’s Deadliest War O ...
    Not only has the U.S. killed over 2,000 people with drone missile strikes in North and South Waziristan, but over the last five months NATO has slain several Pakistani military personnel, extending the war into a nation with a population of 170 million and nuclear weapons. While most of the w ...
  • Earth’s sixth mass extinction could already be ...
    Life on earth is on the verge of a mass extinction comparable to that which wiped out the dinosaurs, scientists at UC Berkeley have warned. Such events have happened only five times before in the last 540 million years, and each saw three-quarters or more of all animal species become extinct. ...
  • Will The Day Of Rage In Saudi Arabia On March ...
    The price of oil is shaping up to be the number one economic story of 2011, and right now the eyes of the investing world are closely watching the developing situation in Saudi Arabia. All of the other recent Middle East revolutions have been organized on the Internet, and now all over Facebook ...
  • People Of Earth: Prepare For Global Economic D ...
    It is not just the United States that is headed for an economic collapse. The truth is that the entire world is heading for a massive economic meltdown and the people of earth need to be warned about the coming economic disaster that is going to sweep the globe. The current world financial sys ...
  • Food Prices Hit New Highs As Oil Rises
    WORLD food prices have hit new records and oil price spikes could push them even higher, the UN food agency warned as unrest in the Middle East and North Africa hits markets.

Andy Worthington

  • Egypt: Some Progress on the Release of Politic ...
    On Saturday, after intense protests on Friday, when thousands of demonstrators surrounded the State Security buildings in Alexandria and Giza, demanding the release of political prisoners and the dissolution of the hated State Security agency (which employs about 100,000 of Egypt’s 500,0000-stro ...
  • Video: Michael Moore Tells Wisconsin Protestor ...
    Three weeks ago, a burning ember of the inspiration for revolution that was seeded in Tunisia and spread to Egypt, and is now erupting in numerous countries through North Africa and the Gulf, landed in Wisconsin, reawakening large-scale protests in a manner not seen for decades. Since then, up t ...
  • As the Government Gleefully Butchers the State ...
    For opponents of the gleeful butchers of the coalition government, bent on destroying the State to pay for Britain’s deficit, while protecting their thieving friends in the City who caused the financial crisis in the first place, and turning a blind eye to the corporate tax avoiders who could ma ...
  • Pressure for Change Continues in Egypt: PM Res ...
    In the three weeks since I last wrote about Egypt, following the fall of the dictator Hosni Mubarak and the assumption of control by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, a key question I asked at the time has, at least partly, been answered. That question was: “whether enough people will sta ...
  • Deranged Gaddafi Blames Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner ...
    Colonel Gaddafi has long demonstrated a fundamental disregard for the life of the Libyan people, Not content with murdering 1,200 prisoners in the Abu Salim prison massacre in June 1996, he then allowed men like Fouad Assad ben Omran, who recently spoke to Lindsey Hilsum of Channel 4 News, to ma ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • HT Gives "Thumbs Up" to NM School Budget
    Here are a few snippets from the 2/4/11 editorial in The Housatonic Times. "...all those who assemble the proposed education budget went into the current process with new resolve to craft a package that met all the needs and would also be politically palatable. Better communication was establi ...
  • G! E! T! S! (bud) GETS! (bud) GETS! (bud) GETS!
    (Oh, was that too soon, Jets fans? Suck it up. Love, The Patriots Nation.) Forget football, it’s budget season again! And even though we paid all those pesky teachers last year, they want money again this year. So, of course, it will be controversial. There are several things in play this y ...
  • A Real Public Option In Connecticut?
    And so it would seem.The other day for an open thread at ePluribus Media I commented on "the intended public option that should be Sustinet in Connecticut," and it would seem that is to be the case if the Sustinet Health Partnership Board of Directors get their way according to the report they h ...
  • Dan Malloy scores first in Danbury
    Dan Malloy jumping off of the bench of the Danbury Whalers shortly after scoring the first goal in Whalers' history. [update] I have an interview from after the game at TK's. Let me say, in advance, that he was a bit reluctunt to give it since I am a political blogger... But as a hockey fan I ...
  • Still All That I Want
    Something that gets lost in the news about the unemployed is the fact that much of what used to be the backbone of this nation's economic prowess, the middle class, is now the working poor: Imagine That: Working Poor On The Rise After the Republicans crashed to economy in 2008 one thing became ...

SPL Center

  • Remember the Good Ol’ Days of Caning? The Raci ...
    As if the public record for the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) needed anything more to sully its already disreputable name, the group’s Alabama chapter has highlighted in the “Reminder From The Past” section of its bimonthly newsletter a deceased politician who championed a bill to cane ...
  • Pamela Geller’s New Film: The Next Wave of Ant ...
    Anti-Muslim zealot Pamela Geller’s new film starts with a thud – literally. It’s the sound of a body striking a ground-level roof after plunging from lower Manhattan’s World Trade Center towers shortly after Islamic terrorists flew two jetliners into them in 2001. Just in case that gratuitously ...
  • ‘Attorney for the Damned’ Murder Trial Opens Today
    COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — The attorney who unsuccessfully defended Richard Butler — a civil case that led to the bankruptcy of the Aryan Nations more than a decade ago — goes on trial today in a murder-for-hire plot involving a pipe bomb apparently aimed at the lawyer’s wife. The federal case again ...
  • American Family Association Official Has New T ...
    Bryan Fischer, the director of issue analysis for government and public policy at the American Family Association (AFA), has expanded his astounding bigotry to include not just Muslims and LGBT people, but Native Americans as well. In a post published Monday on the Rightly Concerned blog â a pro ...
  • Invited White Nationalist to Speak to Federali ...
    The Dallas chapter of the conservative legal group, The Federalist Society, is holding a debate Friday on âBirthright Citizenship for Children of Illegal Immigrants.â Participating on the panel is prominent white nationalist Peter Brimelow, who runs the anti-immigrant hate site VDARE.com. Also o ...

change: org.

  • School Drops Sodexo Over Labor Issues
    When workers at hospitals, schools and stadiums across the country went on strike against Sodexo back in October, the janitors and maintenance workers at Highland Park schools in New Jersey joined them. The strike was to protest Sodexo's poverty level wages (just $7.50 for many workers, which ...
  • A Big Week for Marriage Equality Legislation i ...
    Last week ended with quite the show in Maryland's House of Delegates, after a topsy-turvy week regarding marriage equality legislation. There were politicians backtracking on their pledge to support same-sex marriage. There were politicians who retreated on their pledge to support marriage equal ...
  • American Tax Dollars Used to Fund HIV Criminal ...
    There has been much debate around the issue of HIV criminalization in recent years. This is the idea that those individuals who are HIV+ and infect another person can (and should) be brought up on criminal charges. The details are fuzzy and most often the media has focused on extreme cases. A ...
  • Will Hershey's International Expansion Be Fair ...
    Last week, Hershey CEO David J. West gave a presentation at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference outlining the company's goals and strategic vision for the years ahead. West's plan includes ideas like adding more air as a key ingredient in Hershey chocolate and increasing hi ...
  • Animal Advocates Seek Justice for German Sheph ...
    Animal advocates in Henderson, Nevada are calling on the city's police chief to re-open the investigation into the death of King, a German Shepherd, who was shot and killed by an off-duty police officer. Becky Rooks alleges that King, who had escaped from his owner, was about to attack her boyfr ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Afghanistan Lets Blackwater Stay Despite Shake ...
    Blackwater looks set to survive an Afghan government clampdown on mercenaries after Hamid Karzai was forced by his western partners to abandon a complete disbandment of private security companies. Under plans to be announced by the Afghan government this month many security contractors, whom Kar ...
  • Arab World Protests Could Reignite Anti-Nuke ...
    UNITED NATIONS - The global civil society campaign for the abolition of nuclear weapons could be politically reignited by the phenomenal successes of the grassroots demonstrations in Egypt and Tunisia, shadowed closely by Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Jordan. "Developments in the Middle East [and No ...
  • Equality for Women Can Reduce World Hunger, Sa ...
    Giving women better access to land, technology and other agricultural resources could reduce the number of hungry people by up to 150 million, according to the UN food agency. The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said that about 925 million people across the globe were undernourished in 2 ...
  • Gates: US May Extend Afghan Mission
    Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, has arrived in Afghanistan at a time of increased strain between Kabul and its Western supporters with important security transition milestones looming. His arrival on Monday marked the start of a two-day visit which had not been announced in advance. US m ...
  • WikiLeaks Cables Recount How U.S. Pressured Allies
    They have received little attention in the United States, but a set of WikiLeaks disclosures of confidential documents has caused an uproar in Europe by showing that U.S. officials pressured Germany and Spain to derail criminal investigations of Americans. The more than 2,500 State Department ca ...

Lifehacker

  • What Goes in Your Day-Saving MacGyver Kit? [As ...
    Rachel Sanders almost expects to have her contact go dry at a moment's notice. She also anticipates unexpected sunshine, lacking quarters for parking meters, and for headaches to strike at any moment. So Rachel carries around a MacGyver Ki ...
  • Keep Worn Clothes from Messing Up Your Bedroom ...
    Dirty clothes go in your hamper, but we often mess up the room with clothes that are worn, but not quite dirty yet. Instead of throwing them on a chair or bed, keep a coat hanger around as a quick dumping place. More�� ...
  • Firefox 4.0 Release Candidate Quietly Hits FTP ...
    As happens with every release, the Release Candidate, or all-but-final version of Firefox 4 has hit Mozilla's FTP servers, while the web waits for Mozilla to update its official download page to point to it. You should probably wait for Mo ...
  • Flash 10.3 Beta Integrates Settings into Your ...
    Windows/Mac/Linux: Up until now, clearing out your Flash cache or otherwise tweaking its settings required visiting a special web link. With the beta of 10.3, changing your privacy, storage, or other settings is now integrated into your sy ...
  • How to Make Your iPhone (or Other iOS Device) ...
    If you own an iPhone, chances are you genuinely prefer the feature set of iOS to Android, but that doesn't mean you wouldn't appreciate having access to some of Android's best features. This guide walks through setting up the best of both ...

Water Privatization

  • Water’s Monopoly Game — Public? Private?
    Food and Water Watch, a group linked to Ralph Nader, opposes privatization of water. "You want to privatize my water? This isn’t Bolivia, Pal. We’re not going to let you thieve from us so you can get a seat on the board of directors of the winning firm. Take a leap Sanders.”
  • Water meters under consideration
    Council is to include water meters in the draft Annual Plan for 2011/12 in a move designed to give more certainty that water consumption and leak reduction targets will be met.
  • Co-treatment debate heats up
    A public meeting about liquid waste management attracted a standing-room only crowd and triggered a heated debate about a private business treating sewage.
  • USF Highlights Global Water Shortage at Film E ...
    The films showcase the importance of water and the growing crisis around the globe.
  • China Water plays in focus on Sinomem offer
    Sinomem Technology (S14.SG) is up 24.8% at $0.980 with 15 million shares traded, after the membrane manufacturer for the wastewater treatment industry announced it has received a takeover bid from private equity firm Clean Water Investment at $0.70 per share, valuing Sinomem at $351.3 million, e ...

Guardian

  • Nato weighs up options for Libyan no-fly zone
    Britain and France draft a council resolution for a no-fly zone as alliance begins 24-hour aerial surveillance over LibyaNato has begun 24-hour aerial surveillance over Libya as the alliance's military planners met in Brussels to discuss options for establishing a no-fly zone.The plans will be p ...
  • Police pay cut may hit four out of 10
    Winsor report says maximum pay cut would be between £3,000 and £4,000 a year but recommends rise for skilled officersAt least four out of 10 police officers are facing a pay cut under the most radical and wide-ranging review of pay and conditions in three decades.In his report, the former rail r ...
  • No 10 under pressure over Andrew
    List of 'company endorsements' of Duke of York's envoy work contains tributes dating from four years agoA Downing Street operation to shore up the position of Prince Andrew as Britain's special trade representative ran into trouble as the government struggled to take control of a row over his de ...
  • Arrest over Stockholm suicide attack
    Foreign national arrested in Glasgow under Terrorism Act in connection with December bombingA 30-year-old man has been detained in Glasgow in connection with the Stockholm suicide bombing in December last year.The foreign national was arrested under the Terrorism Act in the Whiteinch area of the ...
  • NZ quake: Up to seven Britons killed
    Authorities in Christchurch have so far identified three UK nationals who died in the 6.3-magnitude quakeSeven Britons are now feared to have died in the New Zealand earthquake last month, the Foreign Office has said.Authorities in Christchurch have so far identified three UK nationals killed in ...

McClatchey

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

  • China and EU share climate vision
    China and the European Union are setting out plans for changing energy use and curbing carbon emissions within a space of a few days. As one of them is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases while the other would be third in the global list if its emissions were tallied as a single enti ...
  • Refining the sixth great extinction
    Are we living through the sixth mass extinction of life in Earth history? That we are is something you'll often hear asserted in conservation circles - and you'll easily find dozens of news articles taking the notion at face value. It's even acquired a posh name - the Holocene extinction.   In ...
  • Discard bathwater, not baby
    More selective fishing tends to produce fewer discards Everybody wants to do it: nobody is entirely sure how that should be done. Discarding fish is, on one level, an outrageous practice; so surely stopping it is the right thing? A byproduct of measures to keep fishing within sustainable limit ...
  • US climate cuts threaten isolation
    The latest flirtations of the US political right with "climate denial" look set to marginalise the country even further within the global community of nations - at least when it comes to climate change. Does the US risk isolating itself from the global community? The key to all this is the ad ...
  • War and peace: Making sense of climate conflict
    It must have seemed a good idea at the time; to get a group of people together from "both sides of the climate debate", put them in a room for a few days, and see whether peace would spontaneously break out. It's worked with apparently thorny issues such as nuclear arms control, it's failed with ...

The Wonk Room

thwap's schoolyard

  • Let's Make a Deal! You give me $150 Billion, I ...
    I don't really have much time to blog these days but I gotta do something. So today's effort is simply to remind everyone how revoltingly stupid our present political-economy is. You know, the media, the political parties, most sources of opinion are working to normalize the atrocities we're for ...
  • A Healthy Reaction to Attacks on Democracy
    Crooks and Liars has a clip of Wisconsin Assembly Person Gordon Hintz reacting to the insulting treatment he is receiving at the hands of the Repug majority in the Wisconsin state assembly. As he makes clear, his anger stems from the fact that important stuff is being railroaded through without ...
  • 1848 and 2011 (again)
    It's true. What's going on across the Middle East, in Ireland, in Iceland, in Latin America, and the latest battle for hearts n' minds in Wisconsin, is party of a larger world struggle. A struggle that will be very protracted and difficult. "2011 is 1848 Redux. But Worse" Quote: Thi ...
  • thwap the Media Whore
    What is it with David Bowie? I'm 44. I met my partner about, oh, I don't know, ... six or seven years ago? She's a fair bit younger than I am. A good friend of mine is in his mid-fifties and his partner is a couple of years older than he is. So, anyway, in an early holiday present avalanche, I ...
  • The Arabs Need Us
    That's supposed to be a deliberately provocative title. But I do mean it a little bit. The revolutions in the Middle East have shown (to all the nit-wits out there who deny the reality that the democratic impulse is common to all people) that the Arabs don't need us to teach them how to be democ ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • Horton reports again on Obama Administration's ...
    In April 2009, the Department of Justice (DOJ) served a subpoena on New York Times reporter James Risen. DOJ wants to know his source for a story he published in his book, State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration. The book describes a horribly botched CIA effort to ...
  • Solution Zone discussed The Whistleblower's Ha ...
    NWC Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn was Christiane Brown’s guest on The Solution Zone. They discussed Mr. Kohn's new book, The Whistleblower’s Handbook. You can listen to the archived show on Progressive Radio Network by clicking here. You can purchase your own copy of The Whistleblower's ...
  • Solution Zone will discuss the Handbook today ...
    NWC Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn will be Christiane Brown’s guest on The Solution Zone today from 3:00 to 4:00 pm EST. They will be discussing The Whistleblower’s Handbook. We encourage you to listen and call in with your questions for Mr. Kohn. You can listen live on the Progressive Radi ...
  • Standing Room Only at Whistleblower's Handbook ...
    Last night, leading whistleblower attorney and Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center, Stephen M. Kohn, held an author talk and book signing for his new book The Whistleblower’s Handbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself, also released that day ...
  • Washington Times and FSN discuss importance of ...
    Why is Bradley Birkenfeld serving a forty-month prison sentence for giving up his career in private banking and netting billions of dollars in lost tax revenue for American taxpayers? The answer was simple, according to Birkenfeld’s lawyer and the Executive Director at the National Whistleblowe ...

Science Express

  • Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
    If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
  • Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
    The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
  • New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...

TechDirt

  • Who Owns Employee Social Media Accounts? 'The ...
    Back in October, we had a post looking into the legal issues of who actually owns a Twitter account, especially when a famous employee of a large corporation uses the Twitter account as a part of his or her job. As we noted, the law isn't clear, and for the most part, companies seem to assume t ...
  • Rethinking Music Selling Incentives: Can A Pyr ...
    Capitalist Lion Tamer points us to an interesting post by Chris Holmes, a musician, who has come up with a thought-provoking idea for a different kind of business model for music, which he calls the Privateer System (named after the British attempt to "legitimize" piracy on the high seas). The ...
  • Turkey Overreacts Yet Again: Bans All Of Blogs ...
    We've discussed at length Turkey's absolutely ridiculous on again/off again bans on YouTube and other Google sites due to a single example of content that the government doesn't like. Now it appears to be doing it again. The government has now banned all of Google's blog hosting operation, Blo ...
  • Copyright Pre-Settlement Virus A Lucrative Scam
    With all of the highly questionable pre-settlement lawsuits out there demanding cash from people to avoid a lawsuit for copyright infringement, we've heard of a few different scams designed to use the same tactics: accuse someone of copyright infringement and demand cash to avoid a lawsuit... ev ...
  • Which Does More Damage To Your Reputation: A N ...
    Judith Lindenau points us to the news that a guy named Daniel Rothamel, who is apparently a well-known, well-respected blogger in the real estate world, is facing a questionable trademark infringement lawsuit because he blogs under the name the Real Estate Zebra. The company suing him, the Lone ...

VacTruth

  • 3 Easy Steps Parents Can Use to Form an Opinio ...
    Parents can use these 3 easy steps to form an opinion about vaccines.Vactruth.com
  • The Press Conference About the U.S. Supreme Co ...
    Numerous vaccine safety advocates assembled on the apron of the massive front steps to the U.S. Supreme Court on First Street, NE, in Washington, DC, to let the court—and the world—know that the highest court in the land got it wrong and did not act to protect an individual’s right to be compens ...
  • The 2009 Pandemic Flu “Conspiracies” Investigation
    Was it appropriate for WHO to take advice from experts who had declarable financial and research ties with pharmaceutical companies producing antivirals and influenza vaccines?Vactruth.com
  • Baby Gets Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomy ...
    Adverse reactions to the Oral Polio Vaccine in healthy infants without any apparent immunodeficiencies can occur. Conversely, those with immune deficiencies, such as hypogammaglobulinemics, "...are 10,000 times more susceptible to vaccine-induced poliomyelitis than normal persons.”Vactruth.com
  • National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program a ...
    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HRSA division (Health Resources and Services Administration) held a public meeting of the FDA’s Advisory Committee on Childhood Vaccines (ACCV) in Rockville, Maryland, September 2-3, 2010, at which several charts were distributed. Petitioners’ Awa ...

BroadSnark

  • To All the Marriage Pushers
    If I have to read one more article on how a group of people must somehow be damaged because they aren’t in a 1950s nuclear family, I am going to spit nails. Kay S. Hymowitz has a piece in the Wall Street Journal where she complains that men in their twenties “hang out in…a hybrid state [...]
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    A short post this week, as I just got back from a HIPS benefit production of the Vagina Monologues and I have had a bit too much to drink.  I think it was the booze-infused cunt cake that finally did me in. Please read this post on government medical experiments on people.  I knew about [...]
  • On Catholicism and Reform
    I’ve been thinking a lot about how you determine whether or not something is worth saving/fixing/reforming – whatever. What got me thinking about this was a book I read called A World Without Women. David Noble, the guy who wrote the book, wanted to examine why science was so inhospitable to wom ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    How much do I love the goth who foreclosed on Wells Fargo? (HT @womanistmusings). Did you know that there is a mountain vault full of potatoes? In Israel news – The U.S. has once again vetoed a UN resolution against Israel.  (And can I just add that I really want to smack Susan Rice in [...]
  • On Jewish “Success”
    It’s hard to have a reasonable conversation about the apparent “success” of the Jewish community. For one thing, we Jews have an understandably defensive gut reaction to accusations of success.  And they are often accusations.  To quote the Illinois Holocaust Museum, Adolf Hitler and the Nazis a ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

Armies of Liberation

  • Injuries and fatalities in Yemen after anti-go ...
    In what may be the bloodiest day yet since anti-government protests broke out in Yemen two weeks ago, residents around Aden are reporting numerous fatalities as security forces opened fire on protesters in many districts throughout the day and evening Friday. Human Rights Watch issued a statemen ...
  • Game changer in Yemen as protests swell
    In Egypt and Tunisia, the stance of the military was pivotal in the success of popular uprisings; in Yemen, it may be the tribes that are the determining factor. Anti-government protests across Yemen show no signs of abating. In Taiz, Yemen’s largest governorate, many who arrived last Friday are ...
  • In Yemen, Many Protests, One Villain
    It was only sheer chance or serendipity perhaps that southern Yemen’s “Day of Rage” was scheduled for Friday, earning the #Feb11 hashtag on Twitter. The Southern Uprising Facebook page drew nearly two thousand members since its founding two weeks ago in a nation with 2 percent Internet penetrati ...
  • Novak: The Southern Leaders Don’t Practi ...
    My interview with the Aden News Agency Jane Novak⦠a name that has become coupled with Yemen, not Yemen that is known as it is known by those who doesn’t know it, but Yemen as it known by its people, with all its sorrows and economical, political and humanitarian setbacks, that are recognized b ...
  • Jane Novak Interview with Aden News Agency Arabic
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Dark Politricks

  • Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To ...
  • Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming ...
    Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace fo ...
  • Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Op ...
    Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircra ...
  • NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have ...
    John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve ...
  • Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal governmen ...
    Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll f ...

food and water watch

  • By: Rich's coworker
    In an effort to de-spin your story, the real reason there were no muffins or treats of any sort was because the bearer of treats was absent, and had been gone for the past few days. Perhaps if you "wish real hard" again, parabens can turn into magical antioxidants that are part of a complete ...
  • By: Top 50 Global Food Security Blogs
    [...] Food and Water Watch: Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainable. [...]
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    [...] Food & Water Watch: The Food & Water Watch site advocates strong conservation measures, promoting policies that'll result in quality drinking water for everyone. [...]
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    [...] would also like to suggest you go over to read the blog of Food & Water Watch. You should find that to be very [...]
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    [...] Food and Water Watch: The latest info about food and agriculture policy from our favorite beltway insiders. [...]

treehugger

  • Who Knew Sea Slugs Were This Gorgeous!
    The name is a little unfortunate -- sea slugs. If they're anything like their land-bound counterparts, there isn't much about them that's really gorgeous. But that couldn't be farther from the truth. Reality is, sea slugs are incredibly colorful, intricately shaped, and amazingly beautiful. ...
  • Can We Make Electronics Without Factories? The ...
    Photo by jurvetson via Flickr Creative Commons Dominic Muren has a great way of looking at greener gadget design -- make it simple, make it repairable, make it upgradable. The longer gadgets last, the less overall environmental impact they have. He gave a great TED Talk on the idea, and we ...
  • Animals Taunted and Confined at Bahawlpur Zoo ...
    Image credit: Rahkash PETA and I may disagree about the ethics of eating meat, and there are plenty of people who object to PETA's overly sexualized campaign tactics. Nevertheless, I have always felt they are one of the more effective campaign organizations out there when it comes to gettin ...
  • 9 Greenest Laptops on the Market (Slideshow)
    A durable, reliable laptop is the kind of gadget you can end up feeling attached to at the hip -- and why not choose one with energy efficiency, recycling programs, and LED screens help you save money in the long run? The 9 laptops on this list deliver all the tech perks you need with a ...
  • For Saving Energy, Like Real Estate, The Three ...
    Union Square, New York, Image Credit Lloyd Alter After lecturing on "deep green design", (I am adjunct Professor at Ryerson School of Interior Design) Passivhaus and the fancy gizmo technologies of green building, one of my students said "but not everyone can afford this! How are normal wor ...

Biosingularity

  • Low Carb Diet Rich in Animal Fat and Protein I ...
    Those who adhered to a diet low in carbohydrates but rich in animal-based fats and proteins increased their risk of death – especially by cancer, according to a study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, led by Simmons College nutrition professor Teresa Fung, Sc. D. This study is the fi ...
  • Novel sensing mechanism discovered in dendriti ...
    Dendritic cells are the grand sentinels of the immune system, standing guard 24/7 to detect foreign invaders such as viruses and bacteria, and bring news of the invasion to other immune cells to marshal an attack. These sentinels, however, nearly always fail to respond adequately to HIV, the vir ...
  • New Research Finds Evidence of Charitable Beha ...
    Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard and from Boston University have discovered that charitable behavior exists in one of the most microscopic forms of life—bacteria.  Their findings appear in the current issue of Nature. In studying the developmen ...
  • Exercise, calorie restrictions can rejuvenate ...
    Harvard researchers have uncovered a mechanism in mice through which caloric restriction and exercise delay some of the debilitating effects of aging by rejuvenating the connections between nerves and the muscles that they control. The research, published online by the journal Proceedings of the ...
  • Researchers discover that gut bacteria affect ...
    Biologists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have demonstrated a connection between multiple sclerosis (MS)—an autoimmune disorder that affects the brain and spinal cord—and gut bacteria. The work—led by Sarkis K. Mazmanian, an assistant professor of biology at Caltech, and pos ...

CFACT

  • More biofuels, more greenhouse gases
    A new study estimates that the world has more than 702 million hectares of marginal land suitable for growing biofuels, while another finds that plowing would release massive amounts of soil carbon - mostly as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times as powerful as CO2.
  • Krugman flunks food and history
    Krugman is trying to frighten us about what̢۪s very likely the finest weather humanity has ever seen. We̢۪re still getting heat waves, blizzards and some hurricanes, but fewer of them. Still, you are three times as likely to read about the severe weather we do get because the media is seekin ...
  • New report casts more doubt on temperature data
  • Capitol Hill eyes cuts to federal land purchases
    Facing ballooning federal deficits, the House of Representatives is preparing to take the knife to a variety of programs, including those aimed at bringing more land under Washington̢۪s ownership.
  • Sea serpent to produce wave energy

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Pruning Shears

  • Calling BS on Freedom Works' Top 10 (Part 1)
    Ok, my mistake.. it was Freedom Works (not Americans For Prosperity) that put out that list of the “Top 10 Reasons to Support SB5 in Ohio to Limit Public Sector Collective Bargaining“… that might explain why I had trouble finding it.  Since I am a mommy and a student, I am going to break this up ...
  • 'No On SB 5': Pictures of recent events; rally ...
    TomorrowRally in Columbus against SB 5. You still may be able to reserve a seat here.Tuesday, March 8Rally at the StatehouseWest Lawn1 Capitol SquareColumbus, OhioRally begins: 11:30 a.m.Pictures of recent eventsFrom a town hall meeting this past Saturday, March 5th at the Fatima Center in Clev ...
  • Please welcome Anna in Cbus!
    [NOTE: Anna has joined the site as a contributor.  She will be posting on SB5 and other issues from Columbus.  Please welcome her! - Dan] Hi, nice to be here.  I was invited to blog a little here and wanted to take a chance to introduce myself.  I am a wife, mom, and grad student.  Currently re ...
  • -
    Hi, nice to be here.  I was invited to blog a little here and wanted to take a chance to introduce myself.  I am a wife, mom, and grad student.  Currently re-evaluating my political title, but I am about as far left as they come. My intent in my first entry was to write up a dispute to a link fl ...
  • Weekend wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Sounds like a whole big cloak-and-dagger clusterfuck in Pakistan. What’s our urgent national interest over there again?The disgraceful, re ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Mad Cow Atypical CJD Prion TSE Cases With Clas ...
    WITH more and more atypical Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy cases showing up in more and more species here in North America, and the enormous monumental amount of banned mad cow protein in commerce since the infamous partial and voluntary mad cow feed ban inked on paper, with tons and to ...
  • The Myth of Doubling Food Production by 2050
    Have you heard that we need to double food production by 2050 in order to feed a population of 9 billion people? I have. I've heard it ad nauseum. Today, I was reading through some transcripts from the 2009 Borlaug Dialogues, and nearly every speaker noted that we need to double food production ...
  • Nitrogen Fertilizer: Agricultural Breakthrough ...
    One hundred years ago this month, a laboratory experiment at the University of Karlsruhe in Germany set the stage for the Green Revolution. Chemist Fritz Haber placed a sheet of osmium in a steel chamber, pumped in a mix of nitrogen and hydrogen gases, and cranked up the heat and pressure. Clic ...
  • Michael Moore: America Is NOT Broke
    America is not broke. Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in ...
  • Associated Press: Modified Foods Found Everywhere
    You may not want to eat genetically engineered foods. Chances are, you are eating them anyway. Genetically modified plants grown from seeds engineered in labs now provide much of the food we eat. Most corn, soybean and cotton crops grown in the United States have been genetically modified to re ...

fotoFrontera

  • Imágenes y fotografías de perritos VI (9 wallp ...
    ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarlas en su computadora si así lo desea.
  • Fotografías de ciudades con vista nocturna V ( ...
    ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarlas en su computadora si así lo desea. Para ver las entregas anteriores, navegue por los siguientes números. (1) (2) (3) (4)(5) ...
  • Las imágenes más bonitas de Internet VII (12 f ...
    ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarlas en su computadora si así lo desea. Para ver las demás imágenes de esta serie navegue por los números siguientes. (Parte 1 ...
  • Imágenes, frescos y pinturas católicas VI (10 ...
    ATENCIÓN: Para ver todas las fotos de esta serie, navegue usted hacia abajo y haga click sobre las imágenes que más le gusten para ampliar su tamaño y guardarlas en su computadora si así lo desea. Para ver más imágenes católicas, escoja un número. (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)
  • Tributo al fotógrafo Stephen Baird (Nikon Sniper)
    El día de hoy, el Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas rinde un merecido homenaje al excelente fotógrafo Stephen Baird de Woodstock, IL, USA. Durante más de 2 años, he seguido su blog titulado Nikon Sniper y cada día me impresiona más la cantidad y calidad de sus fotografías. Por eso y por mucho más, hoy ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • Pesticide use reporting bill discussed in the ...
    The Maryland Department of Agriculture has surveyed MD farmers about their pesticide use just four times since 1988—most recently in 2004 when an estimated 10.7 million pounds was applied (full report). A bill heard yesterday in the Maryland General Assembly Environmental Matters Committee (Hous ...
  • Health experts worldwide agree, people who eat ...
    As physicians we recognize that lean meats may be a healthy part of almost anyone’s diet. However, based on the preponderance of evidence compiled by scientists and health experts across the globe, there is little doubt that a diet high in red and processed meats is linked to serious health risk ...
  • Notes from New Zealand: China’s Investment in ...
    CLF Director Robert S. Lawrence, MD, is on sabbatical in Auckland, New Zealand, where he is studying the country’s agriculture system. As we waited in the Sydney airport for our connecting flight to Auckland, I picked up a copy of The Australian, one of the major newspapers in Australia, and n ...
  • A Blow to Industrial Dairy Farming in the U.K.
    Just over a week ago, I received a phone call from Katharine Mansell, the Media Relations Manager for the U.K. World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA). What she told me was without doubt excellent news for both sustainable agriculture and public health in Western Europe. The proposal ...
  • Increasing global food security: The next gold ...
    What do Archer Daniels Midland, Cargill, Coca-Cola, DuPont, Monsanto, Kraft Foods, and Wal-Mart have in common? Some of the most financially successful companies in the world? Absolutely. Exploiters of workers and the environment? Some say so. The newest solution to global food insecurity and ...

Norwegianity

  • The Axis of Hibernian-Islamo-lutefisking
    Jason Bo-Alan Beckman, a Wayzata based money manager, has just been charged with participating in a $194-million investment fraud that dates back to at least 2006. Bill Cooper’s TCF Financial Corporation is based in Wayzata, btw. Not saying anything about that other than to remind readers that t ...
  • The future has consequences
    I could easily post a link a day about Watson, the Jeopardy-playing IBM supercomputer, and maybe I should. It might make it less of a shock that we no longer need legal researchers as computers now search case law much faster and better than humans do, and that has consequences. Some programs go ...
  • $7.5 million for tape removal?
    40,000 rally in Madison, making three weekends in a row that tens of thousands of pro-union people have rallied for economic justice. Michael Moore was there [view the entire speech]. National coverage? Not so much. Too bad they can’t round up a baker’s dozen of Tea Party counter protesters to m ...
  • On Wisconsin
    Something Charles Blow said caught my eye this morning. Yet Tea Party leaders are still sniping from the sidelines, holding politicians to overreaching promises made when the electorate was still stewing. Judson Phillips, founder of the Tea Party Nation, wrote a post on its Web site this week sa ...
  • This most capitalasstastic of all capitalized ...
    Two links that capture the essence of Republican hypocrisy: Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson’s patriotic paean to the passing of WWI vet Frank Buckles Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner blocks efforts by WVA senators to honor Buckles by having his remains lay in state in the Capitol ro ...

Public News Service

  • Report: Revenue Projection Errors Plague State ...
    Report: Revenue Projection Errors Plague States, AZ Not Immune Phoenix, AZ – A new report tracking state revenue projections shows errors have plagued states during the economic downturn, and the more severe economic times are, the more “off” the projections. The study shows Arizona's double-di ...
  • Former Forest Service Chief Questions Federal ...
    Former Forest Service Chief Questions Federal Budget Moves Phoenix, AZ – Cuts to U.S. Forest Service programs outlined in the U.S. House Republican proposed budget should give Arizonans pause, according to former Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth. He says there would be implications for forest ...
  • Arizona’s Toothless Law Hurts Kids&#8217 ...
    Arizona’s Toothless Law Hurts Kids’ Dental Health Phoenix, AZ – An Arizona law provides for preventive dental care for toddlers in their pediatrician’s office, but lawmakers have provided no funding. Arizona is one of only 11 states that won’t pay for what advocates call a simple, inexpensive se ...
  • Grand Canyon Mining Ban in the Works
    Grand Canyon Mining Ban in the Works Phoenix, AZ – U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is seeking public comment on a proposal that could impose a 20-year uranium mining ban on one-million acres around the Grand Canyon. The comment period runs through early April, and includes a series of public ...
  • Will Obama Budget Cause More Pain for Hurting ...
    Will Obama Budget Cause More Pain for Hurting Arizonans? Phoenix, AZ – President Obama’s budget proposal would cut federal funding for community action programs in half. Managers for Arizona’s community action agencies say such a drastic cut will cripple efforts to provide critical assistance fo ...

Center for Food Safety

  • Bi-Partisan Legislation Introduced To Ban Dang ...
    Sixty-Four Organizations, Fishing Associations and Retailers Endorse Legislation; Lawmakers Cite Serious Economic, Environmental and Human Health Threats The Center for Food Safety along with 63 other groups, businesses and retailers applaud Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Lisa Murkowski (R- ...
  • Nature Happens – Humans Can’t Cont ...
    By Lisa J. Bunin, Liana Hoodes, Michael Sligh Last week, USDA announced its decision to allow the planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready (RR) GM alfalfa without any ongoing monitoring or regulation whatsoever.  Despite widespread consumer, farmer, and food industry opposition and contrary scientif ...
  • World’s First Genetically Engineered Biofuels ...
    Impacts on Human Health, Environment, and Farmers Not Fully Assessed DESPITE RISING GLOBAL FOOD PRICES, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONTINUES MISGUIDED BIOFUELS AGENDA The Center for Food Safety criticized an announcement today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that it will approve the world ...
  • Farmers And Conservationists Challenge Latest ...
    In defiance of earlier court ruling, USDA allows continued growing of controversial, illegally planted crop Today the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a new decision to allow the U.S. sugar beet industry to continue growing Monsanto’s “Roundup Ready,” genetically ...
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Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • John John: The View From Occupied Canada #232
    Fish stocks could be at risk from genetically modified species There's a risk Canadian fish stocks could be harmed if the world's first genetically engineered salmon is approved for commercialization, federal scientists suggest. Internal records obtained by Postmedia News also indicate experts ...
  • Palestinian man denied visa, despite Jewish wi ...
    Palestinian man denied visa, despite Jewish wife and son - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News: [FOTO: Pat Oliphant - http://www.satansgarden.org/tag/israel/]"Palestinian man who is married to a Jewish woman and whose son served in the Israel Defense Forces was recently informed that he is in ...
  • The Revolution Will Not Be Properly Licensed | ...
    The Revolution Will Not Be Properly Licensed | TorrentFreak: "The copyright industry is demanding the right to kill switches of our very communications. If we talk about matters disruptive enough, disruptive according to authorities or to the copyright industry, the line goes silent. Just twenty ...
  • “There Are No Civilians In Wartime.” Rachel Co ...
    “There Are No Civilians In Wartime.” Rachel Corrie’s Family Confronts The Israeli Military In Court: [maxblumenthal.com] "“There are no civilians during wartime,” Yossi declared under oath. Yossi made his remarkable statement under withering cross examination by Hussein Abu Hussein, the lawyer ...
  • Station Identification « From Kanji to Cat Eye
    Station Identification « From Kanji to Cat Eye Today the timeline was replete with heated discussions about race, much of it stemming from the 20 year anniversary of the Rodney King beating. I myself was also called racist for an out-of-context (on my part, I’m responsible for leaving out contex ...

Pensieve

  • More on Egypt
    Reading that now, a few days after the military pressured Mubarak to step down, the Egyptian parliament has been dissolved, and the Constitution invalidated by the Egyptian military. This fills me with fear. The mainstream media are treating these acts as a good thing, and the Egyptians they int ...
  • Update: Mubarak Not Stepping Down Tonight
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  • US involved in an Egyptian “military coup”?
    Photo by adaptorplug A CNN news story says that Hofni Mubarak will likely relinquish power to the Egyptian military tonight. This is what their source, âa senior Egyptian officalâ is quoted by CNN as saying: He said the process — which included dialogue between the government and opposition repr ...
  • President Llorens
    I’ve reconsidered my position about posting Wikileaks articles. This article not only discusses classified material disclosed by Wikileaks, but actually quotes it. I know some of my readers work for the US government, thus the warning. I am not an enemy of the United States of America. I simply ...
  • Magnificent
    This movie brought me to tears. It is the story of a man whose lack of limbs from birth relegated him to life as a circus side-show freak. It tells of how he was recognized by the owner of a rival circus as “magnificent”. After overcoming his bitterness, the man transformed from freak to hero. [ ...

Green Times

  • Art for the environment in Byron Bay
    A Byron Bay artist came up with an original idea to use art to promote keeping his home town clean. As Byron Bay is a popular touristic place and the home of the very popular Bluesfest festival it can easily get dirty when thousands of people invade the town and don’t always have the best ma ...
  • What's on 7 March 2011
    This week you can catch up with like minded sustainable folks; protest against shipping coal overseas; be inspired by an Aussie short movie about waste; or visit the EcoForum Exhibition. Oh, and by the way… it's Sea Week!
  • Traffic pollution around the city
    Our cities are growing bigger and bigger. With this development megacities are facing huge environmental issues. Many urban areas have significant problems with smog, a type of air pollution derived from the traffic on the streets or from industrial buildings. Trying to reduce your CO2 e ...
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The Briefing Room | Investigate

  • Latest Investigate HIS HERS onsale
  • Free Movie tickets: CONVICTION
    The kind folk at 20th Century Fox have made available some double passes for our TBR, Twitter and Facebook readers to see the new movie CONVICTION, based on the true story of Betty Ann Waters who studied to become a...
  • New-look Investigate magazine HIS and HERS goe ...
    As of Sunday...with more exclusive revelations about the Pike River disaster and police bungles in the rescue operation...and HERS features new poll results showing support for National is wide but shallow, and that a large number of voters want Winston...
  • Investigate Political Poll 2011 - No1
    Investigate magazine's first big omnibus and political poll in more than five years is underway. If you want to fill in the survey form (takes less than two minutes on average) online, you'll find it here.
  • BREAKING NEWS: Arizona shooter of Gabrielle Gi ...
    The young gunman who shot and killed six people, and left Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in critical condition, appears to have borne a grudge against Giffords after meeting her in 2007 at the age of 19. According to reports, former...

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Eviatar: Three Dead Children
    Guest Post by Aharan Eviatar The recent ghastly events in Arizona, especially the killing of Christina Greene, gunned down by a political lunatic at age nine, lead one to think of the phenomenon of political killing of children and what it implies for society. In particular, I would like to bri ...
  • Second School Year Opens at Salem’s Musi ...
    On Saturday February 19 we visited the Salem Music Center. We were accompanied by three professionals – Fuad, a music teacher from Tel Aviv-Yaffa, Ram – principal of Tel Aviv’s art high school, and Ruti – head of that school’s music department. The occasion was the opening of a second school yea ...
  • 7 hours ago in Al Arakib
    By Yeela Raanan It seemed that there were “red lines” even for the police brutality against the Bedouins of the Israeli Negev – while destroying homes that had no possibility for acquiring building permits, arresting people on their village lands in order to make room for JNF trees, beating ac ...
  • Please Help Rebuild 13 Water Cisterns Destroye ...
    crossposted from the Villages Group blog) The situation of the Palestinian cave-dwellers in South Hebron Hills continues to be difficult. They suffer from permanent harassment carried out by the military and settlers. This year, however, has been even more difficult, due to a severe drought. As ...
  • Al Arakib update: Four consecutive days of dem ...
    From the Negev Coexistence Forum (NCF) Last week brought four consecutive days of demolitions in Al Arakib. For the first time on February 9 we witnessed bulldozers clearly marked as belonging to the Jewish National Fund (JNF-KKL), destroying tents that had been erected overnight by the resident ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Why is America so obsessed with deranged celeb ...
    The media obsession with downward-spiraling celebrities is even more off-kilter than the unfortunates they breathlessly follow and mock. Charlie Sheen is wrong when he says only 5% of those in AA recover. AA doesn’t keep statistics and has no membership rosters. So, the truth is, no one knows wh ...
  • Homegrown revolution. 6,000 lbs of food on 1/1 ...
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  • Walls that capture and release heat
    National Gypsum’s Thermalcore walls contain a core of parrafin-wax capsules. When the temperature rises above 73, the parrafin melts, bringing in heat and lowering the temperature in the room. When it drops below 73, the parrafin turns to a solid and releases heat back into the room. Sweet!
  • Matt Damon says Obama now a Wall Street lackey
    Matt Damon, who narrated “Inside Job” which is about about the banksters and the frauds perpetrated on the country and who originally was a huge Obama supporter, now says Obama has “rolled over to Wall Street completely.” He should read Charles Gasparino’s “Bought and Paid For. The Unholy Allian ...
  • US so over that democracy thing in Middle East
    After weeks of internal debate on how to respond to uprisings in the Arab world, the Obama administration is settling on a Middle East strategy: help keep longtime allies who are willing to reform in power, even if that means the full democratic demands of their newly emboldened citizens might h ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan shared wi ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here’s the latest example, fro ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. Note that th ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers and the ...

Deadline Live

The Air Vent

  • kgnd & Cross-Validation: PART II – Parti ...
    by Ryan O’Donnell kgnd & Cross-Validation: PART II (TTLS vs. Ridge Regression and Table S3) In his O’Donnellgate post, Steig makes the following observation: Itâs perhaps also worth pointing out that the *main* criticism I had of OâDonnellâs paper was never addressed. If youâre interested in thi ...
  • Nick Stokes – TempLS
    Nick Stokes has been messing around with another regression of the Antarctic, he’s done some good stuff but I believe is seeing some of the difficulty of spatial trend containment using PCA methods.  It’s fairly interesting: Antarctic, RO10, Steig and TempLS.
  • kgnd & Cross-Validation – By Ryan ODonnell
    PART I (West Antarctica) IMPORTANT NOTE:  The code has been modified to extract station-by-station cross-validation results for TTLS.  If you are using the code, please download the new copy RO10 Code.txt and use that.  Data is here internal.cv.Rdata.
  • Crystalline Silicon Ball
    Well Lucia has a post from Zeke which is experiencing a nice reception at her blog as well as Judith Curry’s.  As often is the case, my own head feels about to explode over some of the “known details”.  There are far too many otherwise smart people ready to accept them for my liking and [...]
  • Josh – Summing it up

Focal Point

  • Sex Advice Columnist Dan Savage As Ethicist
    Benjamin Dueholm has a cover story in the Washington Monthly assessing sex advice columnist Dan Savage as an ethicist: Savage yields to no one in his sexual libertarianism, but he has not been content to relegate the ideas of right and wrong to cultural conservatives. Wading deep into the f ...
  • Slavery Proponents Not Stupid, Excellent at Ra ...
    "Secession wasn’t evidence that the South didn’t have a reasoned intellectual life. In fact, it was the strongest evidence that it did," according to the teaser on a blog post by historian Michael O'Brien on the New York Times' website. Historical evidence abounds that Southerners were not ...
  • Of Course Birth Control Prevents Abortions: De ...
    Kirsten Powers has a piece in the Daily Beast arguing that birth control doesn't prevent abortions. Her case is largely based on a blatant factual error. She writes: In the U.S., the story isn’t much different. A January 2011 fact sheet by the pro-abortion rights Guttmacher Institute listed ...
  • Scott Walker Snuck Ringers Into Budget Speech
    Wisconsin governor Scott Walker defied a court order to ban citizens from the capitol building during his budget address. Citizens were left out in the cold while Walker's allies were smuggled in, possibly through hidden civil defense tunnels, Abe Sauer reports in the Awl: Walker entered to ...
  • Obama Admin Declines to Defend Entire "Defense ...
    Good news: Attorney General Eric Holder announced last week that the Justice Department will no longer defend Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, the part that defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Holder said that the executive would continue to enforce the law until it ...

Inside Facebook

  • Platform Update: Breaking Migration to POST fo ...
    Last Friday’s Platform Update on the Facebook Developer’s Blog included announcements regarding the migration to POST for canvas applications, a Javascript SDK for testing in the beta tier, and the termination of the ability to turn normal user accounts into test accounts. It also noted that Fac ...
  • Wildfire’s IFrames for Pages Facebook App Make ...
    Starting March 11th, admins will no longer be able to install new FBML tap applications on their Pages, and must instead use iFrames. To facilitate this shift, Page management tool provider Wildfire Interactive has released “iFrames for Pages”, an app that makes it easy to create a Like-gated we ...
  • Facebook Comments Box Plugin Includes Live Cod ...
    The new version of the Comments Box social plugin for third-party websites that Facebook released last week only gives users the options to login with their Facebook or Yahoo! accounts. However, we’ve just learned that the plugin includes live code supporting logins for accounts from Google, Twi ...
  • Featured Facebook Campaigns: Old Navy, Carrabb ...
    Brands were giving out coupons, soliciting fan feedback, creating engaging games, awarding vacations and helping make life a little more convenient when traveling — based on our look at featured Facebook campaigns this week. There were some interesting tactics used, including emailed coupons, ma ...
  • Cupid, Badoo, IQ, Horoscope, Music and More on ...
    There were many games on our list of top 20 growing Facebook applications by monthly active users this week, but there were also a lot of entertainment apps, for dating, horoscopes, luck, profile banners and more. This list was compiled based on AppData, our data tracking service covering traffi ...

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ReDress News

  • Exposed: Israel's sham inquiry into murder abo ...
    Richard Lightbown assess in forensic detail Israel's submission to the UN Panel of Inquiry on the Gaza Flotilla raid (the Turkel Commission Report) against available evidence, showing how the commission received much of its testimony via a third party, discouraged witnesses from the flotilla fro ...
  • Could pariah status spell the end for Zionism?
    Alan Hart considers the possibility of whether a global perception of Israeli Jews as citizens of a pariah state and the prospect of real sanctions will alarm enough of them to the point where they will take to the streets in significant numbers to demand that their leaders be serious about peac ...
  • Israel on the wrong side of history
    Uri Avnery argues that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policy of maintaining Israel as a garrison state, enlarging the settlements, preventing the foundation of a real Palestinian state and promoting eternal conflict is leading to a cul-de-sac and international isolation from which i ...
  • UK cherry-picks which war criminals to prosecu ...
    Stuart Littlewood highlights the incredible, blatant hypocrisy of the British government, foremost Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague, who are applying one standard to the criminal Libyan regime of Mu'ammar Gaddafi while going out of their way to protect and justify ...
  • UK cherry-picks which war criminals to prosecu ...
    Stuart Littlewood highlights the incredible, blatant hypocrisy of the British government, foremost Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague, who are applying one standard to the criminal Libyan regime of Mu'ammar Gaddafi while going out of their way to protect and justify ...

Amazon Rainforest

  • Brazil judge blocks Amazon Belo Monte dam:
    Federal Brasilian judge Ronaldo Desterro has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Judge Desterro said environmental requirements to build the Belo Monte dam had not been met. He also barred the national development bank, BND ...
  • 1.ooo military forces end illegal gold mining ...
    The Peruvian military has cleared-out illegal gold mining along the country’s south-eastern Amazon region in a move aiming to protect the environment. The government sent about 1,000 security forces to the region of Madre de Dios to destroy the illegal operations, the state-funded BBC reported. ...
  • BREAKING: Chevron Guilty of Amazon Rainforest ...
    Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action Network just announced a major victory for the Amazon rainforest. An Ecuadorean judge today found Chevron guilty of one of the largest environmental crimes in history and ordered the company to pay a whopping $8 billion to clean up its damage in the Amazon. Che ...
  • First film footage of uncontacted Amazon Tribe
    The footage was filmed by the BBC’s Human Planet series shows a Tribe known as the Panoan, who live in virtual isolation from the outside world. The team needed too get footage of the Tribe as proof of their existence so as the government could protect them from illegal logging and mining operat ...
  • Second rancher sentenced for contract kill of ...
    A second rancher has been sentenced for his role in the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun who was gunned down in 2005 for her efforts on behalf of poor farmers in the Amazon Rainforest. Regivaldo Galvao was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a jury in the city of Pará. Last month [...]

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Sibel Edmonds’ Boiling Frogs Post: Year Two
    We Need Your Support to Continue & Expand: Countdown Week 1 In October 2009 I launched Boiling Frogs Post  with one purpose in mind: To establish a venue for investigative articles, editorials, analyses, discussions, and interviews on issues largely censored by the media. We are entering our sec ...
  • Boiling Frogs Post Status & Update
    Boiling Frogs Year Two-A Personal Note Next week I’ll be leaving for a business related trip, followed by relocation related travel where I’ll be checking housing, schooling for my daughter, work,  among tons of other ‘life related’ details in a new hometown, and finalized by a short but straigh ...
  • Boiling Frogs Beltway Buzz: The Upcoming Bipar ...
    A Caucus to Combat Terrorism, Domestic Violence, Divorce & Job Dissatisfaction via ‘Happiness Pill’ According to our inside sources a new Bipartisan Congressional Caucus for Prozac will be launched before the end of the 112th Congress. The primary purpose of the Prozac Caucus will be to raise aw ...
  • Hillary Clinton: Beware of the Mini Pharaoh in ...
    “Speaking Fee” is the New Name for Political Donation Laundering-Rechanneling (PDLR) Political donation laundering-rechanneling (PDLR) is a business in its own right, whether it is for pre-election donations or post-election maintenance contributions.  In most cases, PDLR requires savvy strategi ...
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Afro Spear

  • Byts and Bytes
    1. Psyco-Slavery: Black Boys, White Female Teachers & the Rise of A.D.H.D.   2. How China has created a new slave empire in Africa 3. Afro-Futurism: The Marketing of Revolution
  • FREE WESLEY SNIPES!!!
    They gave Ron Isley three years. They gave Wesley Snipes three years. What did they give the CEO/CFO’s of Merrill Lynch, AIG, Goldmund Sachs?! I’ll tell you what they gave them: a handjob. They gave them record bonuses, the highest being almost half a billion dollars. They, meaning the people ch ...
  • When Keeping It Real Goes Wrong, Part 13
    Earlier today, I was reading the post on “Tim Wise” from last year. Some recent new comments had shown up and I was curious; I re-read the entire post. It was very interesting and made me reflect on me, on my feelings related to the post’s contents and comments. Tim Wise doesn’t move me. In [...]
  • Bishop Noel Jones in South Africa…The Pr ...
    The great Bishop Noel Jones, discussing the intersection of business and church, the practical and the spiritual, the dialectical and the liturgical. Bishop Noel Jones is considered a profound Christian theologian and intellectual. He has a way with the Word of God that leaves no room for doubt ...
  • “Revolution and the Muslim World” ...
    Artlice from STRATFOR The Muslim world, from North Africa to Iran, has experienced a wave of instability in the last few weeks. No regimes have been overthrown yet, although as of this writing, Libya was teetering on the brink. There have been moments in history where revolution spread in a regi ...

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterdayâs Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that âLiberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.â The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parentsâ finances as well. Gr ...

Sen4Earth

  • Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall
    Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall “We are sending the power of love, peace and compassion, which can change the world.” â Hugh MacDougall, Australia, SEN Honorary Advisor Hugh was more to Suzanne and I than SEN’s Honorary Spiritual Advisor. He was the beloved friend we called brother, and he w ...
  • No to Monsanto and GMO: Action Central
    "SEN is greatly concerned that Monsanto and GMO give rise to a threat that if unchecked could eventually prove as catastrophic to mankind and the sustainability of all life on earth as global warming. We must scream bloody murder, and do so with facts." -- Gregory Hilbert, Co-Founder Sustainabil ...
  • Bill Gates On Climate Change & Energy: We Must ...
    Whether you know a little or a lot about Climate Change (aka Global Warming), SEN urges you to watch this one-hour video, because you will learn a great deal either way. Gates lays out a sweeping set of ideas for reducing CO2 emmissions to zero. Gates is no fool when it comes to matters of [...]
  • Week 2 – Worldwide Campaign to Save the ...
    The Grand Canyon is one of the world's most pristine and majestic treasures. Mother Nature needs our help to save it. We all need to act to protect the Grand Canyon. Pledge to do your part. Help us by adding your signature to the petitions and ask everyone you know and who cares for earth to do ...
  • Seize BP Demonstrations Nationwide
    SEN believes these demonstrations will help awaken politicians to outrage over inadequate regulation and control of international corporations, even if they do not succeed in gaining temporary seizure of BP on the basis of national emergency and evidence of criminal neglect and fraud by BP.

If Americans Knew

  • Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestini ...
    Alison Weir, CounterPunch - There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it's the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more nightmarish by the l ...
  • As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed ...
    Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage ...
  • An Open Letter to the Southern Poverty Law Cli ...
    I am disturbed by an article that the Center published in the fall 2007 issue of "Intelligence Report"--the Center's magazine. The item "Navy Extremist Disciplined--But Not for Extremism" is on page 11. The article focuses on Navy officer John Sharpe Jr.
  • NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again o ...
    NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner ...
  • The invisible government: Propaganda Disguised ...
    John Pilger: In a speech in Chicago, John Pilger describes how propaganda has become such a potent force in our lives and, in the words of one of its founders, represents 'an invisible government'.

David J. Gregory

  • Rally to Save the American Dream
    In Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under fierce attack. Instead of creating jobs, Republicans are giving tax breaks to corporations and the very rich—and then cutting funding for education, police, emergency response, and vital human services. On Saturday, February 26, a ...
  • RICK SCOTT MADE MILLIONS OFF HEALTH NOW CUTS I ...
    Whether it's a political stunt or the act of an extremist ideologue, Scott is hurting real Floridians in concrete ways, including millions of people with private health insurance or Medicare benefits. He's taking away a law that ends the worst insurance company abuses and frees families, senior ...
  • CUT PENTAGON BUDGET: ACT NOW
    Their current proposal includes cuts in domestic spending, diplomacy, development, and international assistance but allows the Pentagon budget to continue to rise.
  • SAY NO to Patriot EXTENSIONS!
    Together, these provisions make a mockery of our civil liberties: They let government officials spy on whomever they want, for any reason, without ever letting them know or giving them a chance to challenge the order in court.
  • Secretariat the Horse, the Movie
    To be witness to history from afar is one thing, to be up close is another, and to have the wisdom to know the difference is the icing on the cake, of course, I am referring to great moments in history, of excelling in any endeavor, being human, or otherwise, of the bright spots and not of man’s ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • UK Census 2011: Why I Will Be Breaking The Law ...
    On Sunday March 27, 2011 I will be breaking the law. If you live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland then I would also like you to break the law. We can do it together, and I know for a fact that an awful lot of people will be doing the same. The UK [...]
  • Interview With Bill McKibben, Winner of Puffin ...
    Climate reality writer and activist Gregory Vickrey. (L) ( Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Founder of 350.org, writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben. (R) (Photo: Nancie Battaglia / 350.org) Bill McKibben, Schumann distinguished scholar at Middlebury College, is the author of a dozen boo ...
  • An Open Letter to Journalists From Gasland Dir ...
    With the recent Oscar nomination of my documentary film GASLAND, Big Gas and their PR attack machine hit a new low in its blatant disregard for the truth. In an unprecedented move, an oil and gas industry front group sent a letter to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences saying that th ...
  • 350.org say “Hello Business, Goodbye Gra ...
    For a while it wasn’t certain which side would blink first: the grassroots or the corporate loving heirarchy. Turns out that the grassroots blinked before the heirarchy had even been established. When, like 350.org you have a full time staff of just half a dozen people then you have a pretty eas ...
  • Friends of the Earth, iPods and The Competitio ...
    It was a windy Thursday evening at the beginning of 2011. An office in north London buzzed with anticipation at the launch of something exciting; something that would appeal to a new breed of eco-conscious consumers who want that extra something to keep them feeling good about their fast-pased, ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Praying On Qasr al-Nil
    One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
  • “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
    The Atlanticâs Jeffrey Goldberg â one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq â has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement thatâs taken over the streets of Egypt. âI support democratization, but,â he cautions, âthe democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
  • All That Happens In The Middle East Can’ ...
    Uncertainly rules the day in Tunisia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the countryâs strong-armed and authoritarian ruler since 1987, is in Saudi Arabia while the interim government struggles to restore some semblance of order.  âConfusion, fear and horror in Tunisia as old regime’s militia carries on ...
  • Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-Baiter
    Early this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…”  Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the constr ...
  • Wealthy Far More Likely To Default On Mortgages
    crossposted at Political Correction For much of the past two years, Congressional Republicans have wasted few opportunities to blame poor and working class Americans for the financial meltdown and the subsequent recession. They’ve argued that through well-intentioned government initiatives, in ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Drupal Now Accessible Via Any Phone
    MIT's Center for Future Civic Media has done a variety of breakthrough civic systems with phones. Examples range from Leo Burd's What's Up platform to the Call4Action class and its cool student projects. We at C4 love these projects, but working with phones has always been a bear. A lot o ...
  • Knight News Innovation Lab Seeks Executive Dir ...
    The Knight News Innovation Laboratory at Northwestern University, whose mission is to "accelerate media innovation" in the Chicago region and beyond, is seeking an executive director. The lab, supported by a four-year, $4.2 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, is part ...
  • Drupal Now Accessible Via Mobile Phone
    MIT's Center for Future Civic Media has done a variety of breakthrough civic systems with phones. Examples range from Leo Burd's What's Up platform to the Call4Action class and its cool student projects. We at C4 love these projects, but working with phones has always been a bear. A lot o ...
  • Open Media Project's User-Driven, New Media Ne ...
    Last week, the Open Media Foundation and the Internet Archive announced a significant development in the Open Media Project, the open-source effort designed to enable more community participation and control over community media organizations. The Internet Archive Drupal Module, which was the fi ...
  • Telling Better Stories by Designing Custom Map ...
    Plotting information -- say survey data in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas or election results in Afghanistan -- on any kind of map adds critical geo-context to the data. These maps quickly become move powerful when you start adding more custom overlays, showing data like where di ...

Cutting Edge News

  • Border Wars - ATF Let Hundreds of Weapons Fall ...
    Hoping to score a major prosecution of Mexican drug lords, federal prosecutors and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives permitted hundreds of guns to be purchased and retained by suspected straw buyers with the expectation they might cross the border and even be used in crimes ...
  • Unions on Edge - Union Power is a Sympton of W ...
    Government unions use the force model to enrich themselves at the direct expense of taxpayers to the point of bankrupting us all.��Unionized government workers who have taken to the streets to protest moves in Wisconsin and Ohio to limit their power are doing us all a favor.How?Our great nation ...
  • Edge on Washington - Democrat Henry Waxman say ...
    The Republican Party is the “party of science deniers,” a top House Democrat said on March 7. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), an ardent proponent of climate-change legislation, criticized Republicans for their attempts to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse g ...
  • Edge of Terrorism - Congressman King Rejects P ...
    In the wake of the Council of American Islamic Relations� (CAIR) call to block Middle East expert Dr. Walid Phares from testifying on Capitol Hill; Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) has rejected the Islamist organization�s call to silence Phares.King, who chairs the U.S. House of Representative�s Commit ...
  • The Edge of Terrorism - NY Congressman King Fe ...
    Outspoken US Representative Peter T. King (R-NY) denounced efforts to prevent Walid Phares, an American expert of Lebanese Christian descent and an expert on Islamism, from providing testimony to the U.S. Congress on Islamic terrorism. The Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR), a controve ...

High Country News

  • Oregon sculptor turns beach trash into meaning ...
    Angela Haseltine Pozzi makes thought-provoking art from the trash that washes up on Oregon's beaches.
  • New national forest rule lacks rigor
    Environmentalists like the tone of the Forest Service's new draft planning rule, but worry about how - and if - it will be enforced on the ground.
  • Thirteen ways of looking at a mushroom cloud
    Ann Ronald's Friendly Fallout 1953 is an experiment in literary fission that describes 11 actual nuclear detonations through the eyes of mostly fictional characters.
  • Regaining identity through restoration
    Charles Wilkinson's new book, The People Are Dancing Again: The History of the Siletz Tribe of Western Oregon describes how a tribe "terminated" by the federal government fought to regain its identity.
  • Grant received, grant given
    High Country News Contributing Editor Matt Jenkins gets grant; Betsy Marston helps obtain grant for Delta County schools; Ana Maria Spagna's new book about community; clarifications.

CounterCurrents

  • Counterrevolution 101
    By Dave Fryett The wretched of the Earth have seen what is possible. Power has been shown to be powerless in the face of determined mass opposition. And in every corner of our world the immiserated rejoice, because they know the day of liberation draws near
  • No One Curious What CIA Is Working On At The ...
    By Jay Janson What does the CIA have in store for Egypt? What chores will it assign its agents both American and Egyptian? American socialists and progressives are overly cooperative with mainstream media and Congress in hardly ever asking after our secret CIA shadow government
  • Lessons Learned In The Streets Of Cairo
    By William A. CookIf the streets of Cairo have taught us anything, they have demonstrated that vigilance against those who would control out of arrogance, oppress with indifference, deceive with impunity, and humiliate without feeling, have abandoned all natural sympathies and become , in fact ...
  • What Is True Sustainability?
    By Matthew SteinIf we are to develop an effective plan and roadmap for creating a sustainable world, we must first have a clear idea of what it truly means to be sustainable
  • Egypts Army Dissolves Parliament
    By Al Jazeera Military rulers say they will remain in charge for six months until elections are held as some protesters vow to remain

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Practicing Peace in the New Year
    A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young people. ...
  • Sharing the writing of another Stieber
    My younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. � Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber � Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The main thing o ...
  • Article in FOR
    The following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out: http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement   Rhetoric and Re ...
  • Slate Interview: My Country Right or Wrong: Co ...
    Interview I did with a fascinating writer for SLATE whose special interest is on transformation and how people come to admit they’re wrong:   Address to article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/12/16/my-country-right-or-wrong-conscientious-objector-josh-stieber-on-bei ...

Yid With Lid

  • Michell Malkin's Cousin Marizela Perez is Miss ...
    By Michelle Malkin I just got off the phone with my family.This is my beautiful cousin, Marizela Perez: She is a University of Washington undergrad and she has been missing since Saturday afternoon, when she left the Rainier Beach neighborhood headed to the UW Seattle campus ...
  • Interior Secretary Salazar Gets Visit From Th ...
    If you were in Washington DC last week, you may have seen an extra twinkling object in the night sky over the building that houses the Department of Interior. Some claimed that it was a UFO, but that is a false claim� That twinkle was just the Fairy of Stupidity spreading his stupid dust over ...
  • While Arab Liberals Worry About an Islamist Eg ...
    By Barry Rubin He jests at scars who never felt the wound, wrote Shakespeare, and it is an appropriate sentiment to point out that while Western observers ridicule the fear of an Islamist Egypt, a lot of Arab writers are very worried. In fact, here are three articles that display such co ...
  • Don't Look Now, But Here Comes Another Recessi ...
    Ladies and Gentleman, here we go again.� The violence in Libya continues, and as the battle wages on the price of oil continues to spike up.� According to Lazard Capital Markets, that spike is very reminiscent of the spike we saw in 2008, which contributed to the recession we are still trying t ...
  • Why Can't Obama Add?
    When one is wrong, they're wrong.� And I am here to publicly admit I was wrong. You see ever since he was elected President Obama has been throwing bad numbers at the public, like when he talked about the fact that his healthcare plan was revenue neutral, or when he said that he cut taxes. Each ...

The Real Agenda

  • Spain readies ‘nationalization’ of ...
    The Spanish government is preparing a plan to outsource the control of the people’s banks by demanding larger reserves in a short period of time.  The result?  Banks will probably not make it and the government will ask foreign investors to take control of the Cajas. AFP March 6, 2011 Spain’s ...
  • Hundreds of millions infected with dodgy vaccines
    pravda.ru If the allegations of the man who developed the poliomyelitis vaccine programme for a large pharmaceutical company are true, hundreds of millions of people may be doomed. This man was none other than Maurice Hilleman, who developed eight of the fourteen vaccines used in vaccination sch ...
  • The Fed Distorts The Economy With Inflation
    by Bob Chapman International Forecaster March 5, 2011 The Federal Reserve tells us we need inflation to overcome the overhang created by debt and its inflationary aspects. The inflation does not create jobs – it just distorts prices upward. We are told by the head of the Fed, Mr. Bernanke, that ...
  • U.S. Terrorising Through Proxy Governments
    Obama Asks Saudis to send weapons to Libya to equip rebel groups The Independent March 7, 2011 Desperate to avoid US military involvement in Libya in the event of a prolonged struggle between the Gaddafi regime and its opponents, the Americans have asked Saudi Arabia if it can supply weapons to ...
  • La Revolución que los Globalistas Añoraban
    Como los medios tradicionales publican mentiras, la gente es co-optada y los globalistas afirman su poder Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda Marzo 4, 2011 Permítanme ir directo al punto. Glenn Beck no es un patriota ni nada de eso. Beck es una máquina de relaciones públicas para vender publicid ...

Wind Watch

  • Committee suspends PSC wind siting rule
    A legislative committee voted Tuesday to suspend a wind siting rule adopted last year by the state Public Service Commission. The 5-to-2 vote along party lines by the Legislature’s joint committee that reviews administrative rules means there are now no standards in effect across the state gover ...
  • Sound the main issue at Public Service Board h ...
    The Public Service Board began its third week of hearings on the Kingdom Community Wind project in Lowell with a bang. Or at least with the argument by a noise expert that wind turbines sound similar enough to banging noises like explosions, guns firing, and sonic booms that the Public Service B ...
  • Wind farms causing problems in Bureau County
    Wind energy keeps growing in popularity as a renewable energy source. But for a group of people in the Bureau County town of Ohio,Ill., itâs growing into a major problem. “It sounds like an airport at my house and I live in the country,” Al Harris, an Ohio resident for eight years, said. “You ca ...
  • Wind farms and deadly skies: Turbines on Texas ...
    SARITA â The 260-foot-tall wind turbines of the Kenedy Ranch stand like a steel forest along the edge of the Laguna Madre and pump out hundreds of megawatts of emission-free electricity. The spinning blades, alongside some of the most important habitat in Texas and one of North America’s largest ...
  • Wind turbines threat to idyllic Lake District
    A beauty spot in one of England�s most ­scenic regions faces being ruined for ever after a Government official ignored the concerns of thousands of people and gave the go-ahead to a wind farm. Despite more than 2,000 letters of protest from residents and opposition from councils and politicians, ...

Not My Tribe

  • Ballot Caging and the real difference between ...
    The R’s don’t want people to vote. More people politically active, means they lose. Very simple. You might ask yourself Self, what’s the worst that could happen? What’s the difference between a D and an R? What real difference does it make if large groups of people are disenfranchised? Why not a ...
  • Labor Rally In Austin commemorated Fallen Workers
    For those who think Disabled Workers complain too much about how we’re cast out by society, these are mock coffins carried to commemorate the ones who are now forever silent and can no longer complain about how deregulated workplaces, Union Busting TeaParty “heroes” like Don Blankenship and Scot ...
  • But of course.. more poop from the pope..
    Doesn’t mention that it’s the militarist police state in place then and in place now who DID do the deed.
  • The Original Intent of Guns in Schools
    Since a lot of the jackass political hacks who feel that more guns in schools will actually reduce school violence ALSO believe that they have the “original intent” of the founding fathers, the mythical group of Holy Men anointed by God Himself to dictate the course of American history and laws ...
  • Georgia Lawmaker Bobby Franklin: Homunculus Ig ...
    A state legislator in Georgia drafted a bill that would make every single form of contraception into Capital Murder. In the bill he not only categorized abortion as illegal, but also made it where people (Women ARE people) who have miscarriages, medical term being “spontaneous abortion” would ha ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • The CIA Commits Over 100,000 Serious Crimes Ea ...
    The following is from a book I am currently reading entitled "50 Things You're Not Supposed To Know," which can be read on this site for free. The next time a 9/11 "debunker" tells you that 9/11 couldn't have been an inside job because someone involved would have talked, ask them how many of the ...
  • Re-Investigation of 9/11
    AnnaYeisley YouTube.com Mar 5, 2011 Take Back our Country's Commitment to Truth A Future of Darkness and Insanity Related Info: 9/11 Activism Tools
  • Curley's Mistranslation - Part Deux!
    One year ago (to the day, in fact), I responded to Pat Curley's mistranslation of the Sibel/Sarshar testimony. Pat's problem with Sibel Edmonds is that she supposedly misrepresented the contents of a 2004 Chicago Tribune article. As I wrote last year: Pat's February 2009 analysis of the article ...
  • 9/11 Activism Tools
    Sign up to receive action alerts from the BuildingWhat? and NYC CAN campaigns in your email box. http://buildingwhat.org/buildingwhat-newsletter/ Ask Christine Quinn to Investigate Building 7 http://buildingwhat.org/ask-christine-quinn-to-investigate-building-7/ Activate. Here you can keep u ...
  • O Hai, Bentham Open Chemical Physics Journal!
    It's back... http://www.bentham.org/open/tocpj/openaccess2.htm

Fooducate

  • The NEW Special K Cereal Bars [Nutrition Impos ...
    A few days ago, Kellogg’s announced it was adding more fiber to its Special K cereal bars, and introducing 2 new flavors. This was an interesting opportunity to examine the bars, fooducate style. What you need to know: We’re sorry to report that the Special-K brand is doing an enormous disservic ...
  • My Friends Use To Laugh At Me…And THEN I Made ...
    This is a guest post by Lisa Cain, PhD, a.k.a Snack-Girl Do you think Snack Girl is done trying to convince you to eat broccoli? I will NEVER give up (really). Back in January, I took a stab at convincing broccoli haters to eat broccoli again with a broccoli and peanut sauce recipe. But, I [...]
  • Do “Healthy” Product Names Deliver on their Pr ...
    The wonders of food marketing never cease to amaze, and infuriate. Fooducate community member Cassie posted the front and back of a bag of  Snyder’s eatsmart Naturals Garden Veggie Sticks – Potato, Tomato, & Spinach. What a name for a product: eatsmart – yessir, we all want to do that Naturals ...
  • Parents Beware: Those Teddy Bear Cookies Are F ...
    CVS, the mega-pharmacy chain, has introduced a new line of store brand products called “Just the Basics”. Just the Basics offers shoppers a large selection of practical items from a variety of categories throughout the store, including household, beauty, baby and personal care. The products star ...
  • Kraft Foods Wants to Grow, But is THIS the Rig ...
    Kraft, one of the largest food companies in the world, is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. It is worth over $55 Billion. Every year we get to glimpse into the company’s financials, and to hear about plans for continued growth and success. In 2010, Kraft’s revenues were close to $5 ...

Traffikd

  • 8 Simple Sources of Creative Inspiration
    As a creative person, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I've researched and stumbled upon ei ...
  • Culture Vulture: Social Strategies for Differe ...
    Social media campaigns are becoming more integrated into the overall online marketing mix. And as with anything on the Web, you need to think global to succeed in the long term. To succeed with social media marketing for different cultures, you need to familiarise yourself with what’s happening ...
  • Internet Marketing and Social Media Degree Pro ...
    Guest post by Brian Jenkins Over a billion and a half people use the Internet, and this has created a plethora of opportunities for talented Internet marketers. Specialized knowledge in Internet marketing and social media is vital for many businesses. Yes, there are successful, self-taught Inte ...
  • How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blo ...
    To market your company effectively, you need to find out where your target audience is. In this post I’ll show you how you can do this. I like using examples, so in this case, I’ll assume you sell Star Wars merchandise.
  • Blogging Event Ideas to Spice Up Your Blog
    If you've ever gone to an industry conference, film festival, grand opening, or author signing, then you can appreciate the energy such events can create. Industry conferences gather together the best and brightest minds in order to share ideas and plan for the future. Film festivals celebrate g ...

Survival International

  • Success: Peru acts to save uncontacted tribes
    Global coverage of the newly-released photos has pushed the Peruvian government into action © Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival Peruâs authorities have announced that they will work together with Brazil to stop loggers entering isolated Indiansâ territory along the two countriesâ joint border ...
  • Peru admits timber certificates faked in secre ...
    A Murunahua man. The Murunahua's reserve is occupied by illegal loggers © Chris Fagan/Upper Amazon Conservancy Peruâs government has secretly admitted that 70-90% of its mahogany exports were illegally felled, according to a US embassy cable revealed by Wikileaks. Furthermore, Peruâs gove ...
  • Amazon Indians protest in London as judge bloc ...
    The Indians are calling for three controversial dam projects in the Amazon to be halted. © M. Cowan/Survival âThese projects will force my people from their land and end our way of life.â Ruth Buendia Mestoquiari, Ashaninka leader. Three Amazon Indians protested in London today against ...
  • Indian leader’s killers convicted of kidnappin ...
    Guarani Indian leader Marcos Veron © Joaó Ripper/Survival Three men on trial for the murder of Brazilian Indian leader Marcos Veron have been acquitted of homicide, but convicted of kidnapping, torture and criminal conspiracy in relation to his death. They were also acquitted of charges of ...
  • Industry bloggers call for mine to make tribal ...
    Vedanta's aluminium refinery in Lanjigarh, Odisha, India © Survival In the footsteps of former Survival supporters, such as Peter Cook and Spike Milligen, Michael Palin recently gave a fundraising talk for the organization. He described his visit to the Dongria Kondh tribe in India where a ...

Greg Palast

  • Chevron Runs from Judgmentin Ecuador
    by Greg Palast Chevron petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by its Texaco unit. I've been there, in Ecuador. I met the victims.  They didn't lose their sh ...
  • Reagan: Killer, Coward, Con-man
    The Observer London by Greg Palast You're not going to like this. You shouldn't speak ill of the dead. But in this case, someone's got to. On the 100th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth, as we suffer a week of Reagan-kitcheria and pukey peons, let us remember: Reagan was a con-man. Rea ...
  • Shake your head and throw something at your TV
    from MoviesOnline.ca Bush Family Fortunes is a documentary that will make you shake your head and want to throw something at your TV. If even half of what BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast reveals is true and you happen to be an American you may or may not be calling for a revolution depen ...
  • Peak Oil and a Changing Climate
    from The Nation The scientific community has long agreed that our dependence on fossil fuels inflicts massive damage on the environment and our health, while warming the globe in the process. But beyond the damage these fuels cause to us now, what will happen when the world's supply of oil ru ...
  • Palast ArrestedBusted by BP in Azerbaijan
    by Greg Palast BP's Azeri police arresting Palast for filming BP oil rig - Baku, Azerbaijan, December 2010"Here in Azerbaijan we believe in human rights. PLEASE GIVE US YOUR FILM." Oh, no, no, not good. The enforcers here come in three colors:  the military police still wearing their old Rus ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle bleach bottles?
    Inspired by clearing out of bathroom cupboards this morning, I thought we’d have a cleaning themed week here on Recycle This. We’ve covered various cleaning related things in the past – pump action spray bottles, washing powder packaging, “freshener” shakers and reducing the amount of cleaning p ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle old glazed doors?
    We’ve had an email from Sandra: We’ve replaced some old fashioned doors with glass in them. What can we do with them now? I’ve got an eBay saved search which looks for cheap big used home/garden stuff in my local area – and there are always doors on there. Most don’t sell for a lot [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle a mattress frame
    On the Suggest an Item page, Wendy recently explained: We recently bought a new mattress after our Sleep Number bed (piece of junk, don’t get one) malfunctioned. We’ve saved the frame, which is made of black plastic and a lot of the cloth-like stuff that went around the air part. I was wondering ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle waterproof clothing?
    The wonderful Alice in Blogland sent me an email last week: Thought of another recycle that I could use some help with! I’ve taken some waterproof trousers, jackets and cycling gear from someone who didn’t want to just dump them in landfill. I thought there would be loads of things I could make ...
  • What can I reuse or recycle to make seedling/p ...
    It might still be February but our 2011 growing season is already off and running here. In addition to the eight fruit trees John planted a couple of weeks ago, I planted out eight fruit bushes at the weekend and I started my first batch of cauliflower, greenhouse tomatoes and lettuce the weeken ...

Age of Autism

  • British Medical Journal Fails to Acknowledge i ...
    By John Stone British Medical Journal has failed to acknowledge its own competing interests the Wakefield affair, and have failed to publish a letter pointing out their neglect. My letter was submitted in response to a news report by Bob...
  • Happy Mardi Gras - Is It Bedtime Yet?
    By Kim Stagliano Today is Fat Tuesday, or Mardi Gras, as its known en Francais. "Laissez les bon temps rouler!" Which means, have you check the toilet to see if it has overflowed? Sorry. Long few days here. My husband...
  • Clue In
    By Cathy Jameson It was done by the health care provider in the exam room with the syringe. I used to play the game Clue when I was younger. Strategy, a few friends and a couple of hours filled my...
  • No Pharma Liability? No Vaccine Mandates.
    “Sure I am that this day - now we are the masters of our fate; that the task which has been set us is not above our strength; that its pangs and toils are not beyond our endurance. As long...
  • TACA Events Feature The Age of Autism!
    Foothill Autism Alliance Features Age of Autism Authors Wed, Mar 9th, 2011, @7:00pm-9:30pm The Age of Autism - Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-Made Epidemic Address: Pasadena Child Development Associates 620 North Lake Avenue, 2nd Floor Pasadena, CA 91101 (Just north...

Global BDS Movement

  • BNC thanks CUT Brazil for their public stateme ...
    Artur Henrique da Silva Santos - National President CUT Quintino Severo - General Secretary João Antonio Felicio - International Relations Secretary Dear comrades of the CUT Brazil,   As the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), a wide coalition of Palestinian p ...
  • French court reveals fraud committed by Carmel ...
    As a result of the French Coalition Against Agrexco's read more
  • Commemorate Land Day 2011 by Joining the Globa ...
    � Commemorate Land Day 2011 by Joining the Global BDS Day of Action 30 March 2011 read more
  • Adidas: Apartheid is not fair play, drop spons ...
    Occupied Palestine, 17 February 2011 – The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest coalition of Palestinian civil society organizations and unions, calls on Adidas to withdraw its sponsorship of the first Jerusalem marathon to take place on March 25, 2 ...
  • The "Palestine Papers": Grave Palestinian conc ...
    The "Palestine Papers": Grave Palestinian concessions met with utter Israeli rejectionism With revolutionary change across the Arab World eroding Israel's power in the region, BDS has become a key strategy of the Palestinian people for a global struggle to hold Israel accountable and assert ou ...

Farm Wars

  • Scientists Under Attack For Speaking Out About ...
    Statements made by scientists themselves prove that 95% of the research in the area of genetic engineering is paid by the industry. Only 5% of the research is independent. The big danger for freedom of science and our democracy is evident. Can the public -- we all -- still trust our scientists?
  • Welcome to Monsanto Zone…
    You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind; a journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead — your next stop, Monsanto Zone...
  • Victory Gardens Produce Abundance
    Food is a market that will always exist. Many people are turning away from industrial farmed food, seeking healthier choices and getting back to the basics.
  • Cloned animals – Consumers shall have no choice
    EU Commissioner for Trade: Products from offspring of cloned animals already on the market.
  • Dangerous New Organism Found and Linked to GMOs!
    Agrobacterium could multiply and transfer transgenic DNA to other bacteria, as well as to the next crop to be planted. The discovery by the Bristol University researchers barely scratches the surface of the hidden hazards of GMOs from horizontal gene transfer. It is high time for a global ban to ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Marine Le Pen poll rating shock for French pol ...
    BBC – An opinion poll suggesting far-right leader Marine Le Pen could win the first round of next year’s presidential election has caused a shock in France. Read article
  • Rebels battle for control in Libya
    UKPA - Libyan helicopter gunships fired on a rebel force advancing west toward the capital along the Mediterranean coastline and forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi fought intense ground battles with the rival fighters. The opposition force pushed out of the rebel-held eastern half of Libya l ...
  • Afghanistan lets Blackwater stay despite shake ...
    Guardian - Blackwater looks set to survive an Afghan government clampdown on mercenaries after Hamid Karzai was forced by his western partners to abandon a complete disbandment of private security companies. Under plans to be announced by the Afghan government this month many security contractor ...
  • Queensland cop knew Taser victim as ‘vio ...
    AAP – A police officer who fatally tasered a north Queensland man decided to equip himself with the device after a phone call warning of a “sh***y” job”, an inquest has heard. The inquest into the death of Antonio Galeano heard a recording of a phone call from a police communications officer to ...
  • Researchers find more plastic in the guts of A ...
    Vancouver Sun – When biologist Jennifer Provencher headed to the Arctic, she signed on to help assess how seabird diets are changing as temperatures climb in the North. She never expected to find plastics on the menu. But she and her colleagues at the Canadian Wildlife Service are pulling remark ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Tongass in Alaska to get federal roadless prot ...
    The federal rule protecting the nation's last remaining stretches of roadless wilderness will apply now to the largest and grandest of the national forests under a court ruling in Alaska, which threw out the exemption granted to the Tongass National...
  • Subpar record-keeping at Energy Dept.'s loan g ...
    One way to improve the Department of Energy’s controversial $71-billion loan guarantee program? Auditors recommend better record-keeping. The program, designed to spur investment in clean-energy start-ups, is highly competitive. As of December, just eight recipients had landed loan guarantees wo ...
  • NASA launch failure is a blow to climate science
    The crash of a NASA rocket bearing a sophisticated observation satellite has dealt a major setback to scientific efforts aimed at understanding how humans are affecting Earth’s climate. A nine-story Taurus XL rocket carrying the agency’s Glory satellite was launched...
  • Got an outlet? An I-Phone app connects electri ...
    Electrical outlets are everywhere. Finding and accessing them to recharge electric vehicles, however, is another issue. While the U.S. government has invested $115 million to build 15,000 public chargers across the country, they are only starting to be installed. Even...
  • Last coal plant in Pacific Northwest to shut d ...
    “This agreement is sending a message that states are getting serious about combating global warming pollution, and are taking steps to open up markets for home-grown clean energy,” said Bruce Nilles, Deputy Conservation Director with the Sierra Club, whose Beyond Coal Campaign has been involved ...

water.org

  • Water.org video will inspire you (Tonic)
    We Bet Matt Damonâs New Water.Org Video Will Inspire You (Tonic) – Amidst all the chatter about Charlie Sheen, there are still celebs out there doing good. Like Matt Damon, who has been working tirelessly on behalf of Water.org, the organization he co-founded, for the past few years. He recently ...
  • Matt Damon speaks out on Water (Huffington Post)
    Matt Damon, Co-Founder Of Water.org, Speaks Out About Global Water Crisis (Huffington Post) – Matt Damon chose to focus his efforts on the global water crisis for two reasons: “One was the enormity of the problem and two was the availability of solutions.” He co-founded Water.org to find those s ...
  • Matt Damon talks Water on Ellen (Ellen)
    Matt Damon – Wednesday, March 2, 2011 (Ellen) After eight seasons, the biggest superstar is finally stopping by for the very first time — the sexy MATT DAMON! Not only has the Oscar-winning actor been in some of the best films ever, he’s an incredible humanitarian. He’s also quite the funny guy ...
  • The most important video (Ecorazzi)
    Most Important Video Of The Day: Matt Damon On The Water Crisis (Ecorazzi) – Back in early January, Water.org quietly released a six-part interview with co-founder Matt Damon on his activism for clean water and why the topic is so important to him. The almost 9-minute interview is refreshing in ...
  • Bringing clean water to those in need (Milkshake)
    Water, Water, Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink (Milkshake) – Co-founded by Matt Damon and Gary White, Water.org is a nonprofit organization that works to bring clean water to communities in Africa, South Asia, and Central America. They use a multi-pronged approach to ensure every penny donated ...

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

  • Natural Gas Industry Attacks Oscar-Nominated F ...
    Josh Fox, director of documentary Gasland, speaks out on gas industry's year-long campaign to damage film's credibility. 'Our rebuttals to every single 1 of their lies posted are at our website. ..Science backs up what citizens on the ground are saying..'Submitted by PeasantDiva WorldMinga to En ...
  • Wilson formally enters U.S. Senate race
    Former U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson formally entered the race to replace Democrat Jeff Bingaman in the Senate today during an event that was clearly designed to discourage other Republicans from challenging Wilson for the party�s nomination.Submitted by Carrie Burton to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Not ...
  • The Fading Power of Becks Alarms
    Almost every time I flipped on television last week, there was a deeply angry guy on a running tirade about the conspiracies afoot, the enemies around all corners, and how he alone seemed to understand what was under way.Submitted by Carrie Burton to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a C ...
  • Exclusive: Limbaughs parent company still usi ...
    The company responsible for syndicating big conservative radio names like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity has been using paid actors to call in to their radio shows.Submitted by Carrie Burton to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Only Those with Blind Eyes and Dead Hearts Can ...
    There has been much debate about the definition of marriage and the threat the Fundamental Christian Republican Right (FCRR) perceives if homosexuals are allowed to marry. With many Republican State controlled Legislatures introducing legislation to...Submitted by Carrie Burton to Society & Cult ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

  • Rajan Zed Urges All Religions to Back 'Interna ...
    Zed argued that progress has been made in the area of women's rights. But it still need to be done as many women still faced apartheid conditions. It is a sin to watch women suffer discrimination day after day.
  • Antioch Council Poised to OK Cop Deal Challeng ...
    City workers here - who have already agreed to significant pay cuts and other concessions -said the deal set to be approved by the Antioch City Council Tuesday is not in the best interests of taxpayers, and may hurt labor negotiations with other uni
  • Space Shuttle Discovery Makes Final Return to ...
    Wednesday landing opportunities at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida are at 11:57 a.m. and 1:34 p.m. EST. NASA managers will evaluate weather conditions at Kennedy before permitting Discovery to land. If Discovery is unable to land Wednesday,
  • U.S. Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Internati ...
    Every woman's contribution is different, but we are all committed to protecting and promoting the rights of women and girls for future generations. And as we work toward this goal, the diversity of interests and experiences in this room is a great
  • Somalis Still in U.S. Detention - The World Fo ...
    The media assumed that these two members of the gang of Somali hostage takers had come from the yacht to the naval vessel USS Sterett.

Worldnews

  • Islanders warned of nesting gulls on roof ...
    Continue reading the main story Related Stories Army wages war on hungry seagulls Jersey islanders have been advised to contact a qualified pest controller to remove seagulls nesting on their...
  • Train services in Kashmir resume after bl ...
    Srinagar, Mar 8(ANI): Train services to Srinagar, have resumed on Tuesday morning after militants blew up a portion of a railway track...
  • SCA: New Report: Hygiene Crucial for Wome ...
    STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- A majority of women in both emerging and more mature markets view wellbeing as the most important dimension of personal hygiene, even more so than staying healthy. This finding is a main conclusion of the 2011 Hygiene Matters Report – an annual hygiene study com ...
  • Joe Biden in Finland, en route to Moscow, ...
    HELSINKI (AP) -- Finland, Russia and Moldova - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived Monday in Helsinki on the first leg of an unusual European tour aimed at building warmer ties between Washington and Moscow. Biden also wants to signal support for "ongoing democratic and economic changes" ...
  • Relief for Windies as England's Pietersen ...
    CHENNAI, India (CMC) — West Indies will not have to deal with the threat of Kevin Pietersen when they face England later this month, after it was confirmed yesterday that the marquee batsman would miss the remainder of the World Cup because of a hernia. It was announced on Saturday that the ...

To Do

renewable recycling conservation
Neste Oil's S'pore plant to market renewable diesel overseas
Channel News Asia
- Mar 08, 2011
- 2 hours ago
By Julie Quek | Posted: 08 March 2011 2129 hrs SINGAPORE : Neste Oil has said its giant biodiesel plant in Singapore, which mainly uses palm oil as a raw material, will be able to sell its renewable diesel to Germany. It is also looking at North ...
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Renewable Energy: Where the States are Headed
SustainableBusiness.com
- Mar 07, 2011
- 20 hours ago
Chet Culver created the Iowa Power Fund, which provides matching grants and loans for renewable energy projects. The Power Fund has helped grow Iowa's wind market into the nation's second largest. New Republican Gov. Terry Barnstad campaigned against ...
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Datapipe Powers U.S. Data Centers with 100 Percent Renewable Energy
PR Newswire (press release)
- Mar 08, 2011
- 2 hours ago
JERSEY CITY, NJ, March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Datapipe, a leading provider of managed services and infrastructure for IT and cloud computing, announced today that all of its US based data centers are now powered by 100 percent renewable energy. ...
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Bill aims to speed up renewable energy approval
Imperial Valley Press
- Mar 08, 2011
- 7 hours ago
Assemblyman V. Manuel Pérez, D-Coachella, introduced the bill that he said streamlines the permitting process for renewable energy within the state's Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan. It expands the current program in place for large-scale ...
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US Ecology 4Q profit jumps 71 percent
Forbes
- Mar 08, 2011
- 3 hours ago
AP , 03.08.11, 07:54 AM EST BOISE, Idaho -- Radioactive and hazardous waste services company US Ecology Inc. said Tuesday its profit rose 71 percent in the fourth quarter on greater revenue from its base business and individual cleanup projects. ...
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US Ecology, Inc. Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results
Marketwire (press release)
- Mar 08, 2011
- 5 hours ago
Stablex contributed $5.7 million of revenue for the two months of US Ecology ownership. Also contributing to the revenue increase was a $1.3 million refund from the State of Nevada post-closure trust fund for the Company's Nevada operation received ...
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Longview mill spills bleach into Columbia River
Seattle Post Intelligencer
- Mar 08, 2011
- 2 hours ago
The company reported the spill Sunday to the state Ecology Department. Department spokesman Marc Crooks told The Daily News the mill was shut down for annual maintenance at the time 2000 gallons of sodium dichromate spilled, and most was caught in the ...
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Mobile towers come under watch
Sify
- Mar 08, 2011
- 3 hours ago
Jammu, March 8 ( IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Tuesday said mobile towers will be allowed to be erected in forest areas of the state only if it is certified that they will not harm the ecology. Minister for Forests Mian Altaf Ahmad told the ...
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Appeals court to consider tri-state water dispute
BusinessWeek
- Mar 08, 2011
- 3 hours ago
By RAY HENRY A tri-state dispute threatening the water supply of roughly 3 million people in metro Atlanta is headed to an appeals court Wednesday, although some involved in the case expect that negotiations -- not a court order -- will bring a ...
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Shocker: New York Times radioactive water report is false
New York Post (blog)
- Mar 08, 2011
- 12 minutes ago
Recently the Times reported that waste water from hydraulic fracturing -- which contained dangerous levels of radioactivity -- was being dumped in Pennsylvania rivers and streams that provide the state's residents with their drinking water. ...
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Obama Administration Official Splashes Cold Water on No Fly Zone Proposal Over ...
ABC News (blog)
- Mar 08, 2011
- 1 hour ago
With pressure mounting on President Obama to push forward for a no-fly zone over Libya, one official from his administration splashed cold water on the proposal. US Ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder in a call with reporters Monday said that “the kinds of ...
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Siemens Water technology for Marcellus Shale project
The Engineer
- Mar 08, 2011
- 5 hours ago
Munich, Germany – Siemens Water Technologies is providing Hydro Recovery LP with a wastewater treatment system to treat natural gas hydraulic fracturing wastewater (flowback) from Marcellus Shale drilling as well as produced water from operating wells ...
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