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- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 minutes ago[Background: The fossil fuel industries, notably the Koch brothers, are assaulting the U.S. political system with unprecedented quantities of money. The Republican party has been targeted for infiltrati...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 25 minutes agoIgnore what they're selling, if you wish. Just take the information, which IMO is vital.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
A British accountant and his Filipina girlfriend have been charged with the kidnap and murder of a six year old girl snatched from outside a school for their 'cyber-sex' business. Ian Charles Griffiths, 4... - posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 27 minutes agoNew Open Thread.. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 28 minutes agoThe Fukushima Daiichi disaster is focusing attention on a problem that has bedeviled Washington policymakers since the dawn of the nuclear age -- what to do with used nuclear fuel. Currently, spent fue...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 28 minutes ago
Radiation fears have begun to play havoc with the global shipping industry, in which Japan is a key player on several levels. Fearing the potential impact on crews, cargo and vessels worth tens of millions... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
IN MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA Sven Thatje has been predicting an invasion of deep-water crabs into shallow Antarctic waters for the past several years. But the biologist and his colleagues got their fir... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
“There is no place called away.” It is a statement worthy of Gertrude Stein, but University of Washington atmospheric chemist Dan Jaffe says it with conviction: None of the contamination we pump into the... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
They are known as the ocean's gentle giants, but an alarming rise in manta and mobula ray hunting could threaten the very existence of the species. From India to Ecuador, manta and mobula fishing has becom... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
The UN-backed Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is urging nations to conserve their forests in a bid to mitigate rising water scarcity problems. "[Forests] reduce the effects of floods, prevent s... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
Sydney has switched from its driest start to the year since 1965 to one of its wettest weeks in March after up to 200 millimetres of rain fell in 24 hours this weekend - 1½ times the monthly average, a met... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
UCB Rain Water Sampling Results, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Nuclear Engineering: *Iodine-131 level in rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, M... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
Chinese officials have jailed another activist in what some have called an ongoing government crackdown on would-be protesters, a rights group said Thursday. Activist Chen Wei was formally arrested Frida... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 29 minutes ago
*Protective Action Guides*, or PAGs as they are called by the Environmental Protection Agency (*EPA*), are used to enforce the law following any incident involving the release of radioactive material. If t... - posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 30 minutes ago[image: Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Adults migrating up the Adams River to spawn. (c) WWF-Canon / Michel ROGGO / feow.org] By Lewis Smith March 31 2011 Climate change is causing migrating salm...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 35 minutes agoKABUL — Eight foreigners were killed Friday after demonstrators protesting a reported burning of the Muslim holy book stormed a U.N. office in northern Afghanistan, opening fire on guards and setting fires...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour agoThe Fukushima nuclear reactor fiasco fractured the ranks of environmentalists into two camps: pro- and anti-nuclear. The two sides had always been there but they co-existed without much rancour at all. ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 hour agoRemember the exam I was so anxious about? I just got my grade: A-minus. I'm having a good laugh over it. And I'm done worrying. To be fair, I really haven't been worried about grades in general. It was o...
- posted by derekshowerman atContaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 hour ago
By Duane Craig Durham, Connecticut is addressing a 10-year old groundwater contaminationproblem that affects 30 homes by considering a plan to install a new water main and bring water from nearby Middletow... - posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 1 hour ago
A World View Interview with Benjamin Netanyahu Uploaded by israelnews on Mar 31, 2011 Channel 2 and YouTube bring you a special interview with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, in which citizens ask qu... - posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 hour agoThe Big Troubles of James O'Keefe and His Sponsors: "'Project Veritas' DC Office On M Street Turns Out To Be Rental Mailbox Wade Rathke writes at the Chief Organizer blog: New Orleans: It turns out that jus...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 hour agoPoor Captain Weasel. A couple of days back this jumped up excuse for a prime minister was struttin' his stuff, challenging the Liberal leader to a one-on-one, man to man, showdown at the OK Corral - to t...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 hour agoWhen Stephen Randall was nominated as the Liberal candidate in Calgary Centre-North in January, the assumption was he'd be fighting a by election this spring. Now, he's going head to head with Tory Mich...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoEllison Speaks of the Organized anti-Muslim Industry: " Keith Ellison is well aware of Spencer and comp. He realized that their books, blogs, interviews, etc., infiltrated the highest recesses of the Repub...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoBirthplace lawyer Orly Taitz loses election suit: " Laguna Niguel attorney and dentist Orly Taitz, best known for her legal challenges regarding Barack Obama‘s birthplace, has had a lawsuit regarding her can...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoRove: ‘Birther’ strategy backed by White House: " Donald Trump and Laguna Niguel’s Orly Taitz are unwitting emissaries of a White House strategy to win over independent voters, according to GOP strategist Ka...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoDaily Star Reporter Quits Over Fictional Anti-Muslim Stories: " This is pretty bad even for a tabloid. Daily Star reporter quits in protest at tabloid’s ‘anti-Muslim’ coverage The Daily Star has been accus...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoMuslamic Ray Guns Being Used in Stealth Jihad: " Well it is green you know? Robert Spencer and Pamela Geller’s heroes, the EDL at it again, lets watch this genius: Obviously the bloke is a little drunk…a...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoNew York: 12-year-old charged with attack on Muslim schoolgirl: " New York: 12-year-old charged with attack on Muslim schoolgirl A Staten Island schoolkid has been charged with felony assault as a hate crime...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoResearchers believe global campaigns characterizing obesity as a disease has something to do with it.
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoWhite supremacist group linked to murder (Harding County, USA): "The Hardin County sheriff says four people arrested on charges of murdering a man, putting his car in a trunk and setting the vehicle on fire,...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoAlleged Aryan Brotherhood member gets 32 years in rape of teen (USA): "A man who the District Attorney's Office claims is a member of the Aryan Brotherhood has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for raping...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours ago2 linked to racist gang arraigned in '09 shooting (USA): "Two men alleged to be part of a white supremacist gang have been arraigned on federal conspiracy and other charges relating to the 2009 shooting of a...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours ago12-year-old boy charged with anti-Muslim hate crime in scarf incident (USA): "A 12-year-old boy, who has been accused of trying to rip the head scarf off of a Muslim classmate during recess, was arrested at ...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 hours agoGeert Wilders steps up anti-Islam rhetoric: "Geert Wilders has stepped up his anti-Islam rhetoric by describing the Prophet Mohammed as an 'insane, paedophile, rapist murderer' just two weeks before the open...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 3 hours agoDogs and libraries, the perfect combination! Many thanks to NN for sending. I needed a happy story, after this. Black’s Law Dictionary? Check. An Introduction to Legal Reasoning? Check. Small, cute dog?...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 3 hours agoAmerica has real enemies who are destroying the country from within-- and that's neither horrific Libyan tyrant Moammar Qaddafi nor-- if he's even alive-- religious fanatic Osama bin-Laden. Predatory and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoThe Foreign Office has strongly urged all British nationals to leave Yemen "in light of the rapid deterioration in the security situation". Britons are being encouraged to get out of the middle eastern cou...
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 3 hours agoThe cost of European standards does not leave better cared for chickens out in the cold when it comes to competitive prices.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 hours agoIt's a long, cold winter for baseball fans, but at long last, spring has arrived. It's Opening Day!* How excited are Red Sox fans for the 2011 season? Of 45 ESPN baseball analysts, 42 of them pick the ...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 4 hours ago*(Although I doubt that's the way they see it.)* From today, only the English have to pay for prescriptions (and no, that's not an April Fool's joke!) Scottish patients can collect free prescriptions fr...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 4 hours agoA deeper look: The globalist blitzkrieg's final destination is Beijing. by Tony Cartalucci Far from the Founding Father's ideal representative republic, China has garnered a reputation as one of the most r...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 4 hours agoA heartening first week, yes, but too early to say whether the wheels have come off the Harper Machine. We can't be distracted by sideline drama over debate formats and whether or not Elizabeth May gets i...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 4 hours agoYou must have already heard the news. The LHC has created black holes, thus demonstrating that Walter Wagner and other experts who have been warning the world about a possible doomsday at the European c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoBENGHAZI, Libya — A Libyan opposition leader says the rebels will accept a U.N.-demanded cease-fire if Moammar Gadhafi pulls his forces from all cities and allows peaceful protests. Mustafa Abdul-Jalil sp...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoSales doomsday bunkers have soared 1000 per cent since Japan's catastrophic earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown. A 137,000sq ft bunker - designed to house 950 people for one year - is currently being...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 5 hours agoIt's an inanimate object. What about the PEOPLE? Those technicians and engineers etc are basically on a suicide mission to stop the radiation leaks. Not a thought for them, not even secondarily to the wate...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 5 hours agoThe UAH AMSU figures for March 2011 have been released. The global anomaly jumped from -0.01 °C in February 2011 to +4.99 °C in March 2011. "The warming has finally arrived from the pipeline to our pi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoStanford Prison Experiment: The Stanford prison experiment was a psychological study of human responses to captivity and its behavioral effects on both authorities and inmates in prison. The experiment was...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoFew of us ever come to terms with the idea of bed bugs infesting their house and home. But now a new threat is on the rise that is arguably worse - stink bugs. Sightings of the brown marmorated stink bug ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoTwo schoolchildren had to be taken to hospital after giving each other 'flu jabs' with a syringe one of them found in a playground. One of the youngsters had picked it up on his way to school and used it t...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 5 hours agohttp://thewe.name/weplanet/circus/2011/circus_march_1_2011.html *US-NATO bombings kill civilians in Tripoli* On 1 April 2011, at WSWS, Bill Van Auken reports: 1. According to the Vatican’s man in Lib...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA teenage girl has been airlifted to hospital after suffering stab wounds in an incident outside a secondary school, police said today. West Midlands Police arrested an 18-year-old man at the scene of the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoScottish patients can collect free prescriptions from today – leaving England as the only country in the UK still charging for them. English patients will be charged £7.40 for every item prescribed by a do...
- posted by Eric Allen Bell at Chasing Evil - 6 hours agoMarch 31, 2011By Jason Easley The empire is continuing to crumble for Glenn Beck. This week Buckley Radio yanked Beck’s radio from four more of its radio stations after they had already pulled him from the...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 6 hours agoIn my opinion, Penny was the main hero of the yesterday's episode of *The Big Bang Theory*, 04x19 "Zarnecki Incursion". Sheldon's *World of Warcraft* is hacked and everything, including all the gold and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe first time Kelly Brecht of Forest Hill found seven dead birds in her yard last year, she freaked. ‘I thought it was a sign from God that I was being bad,” she said. “I like birds, I have bird feeders....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe number of homeowners who are struggling to pay their mortgage has jumped and will keep on rising, the Bank of England warned yesterday. Between January and March, lenders said there had been a surge in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago*Ryoishi, Japan (CNN)* -- Kawasaki Takeshi tried to hide his eyes as he breaks down. He is reliving the moment the "great wave" chased him and his wife into the hills. His shock is even more raw as this...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoLibya has sent a senior aide of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's son to London for talks with British officials, according to the Guardian newspaper. Citing unidentified government sources, the newspaper said Mo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoA 'dirty dozen' of senior Libyan officials are expected to follow Musa Kusa and defect from Colonel Gaddafi’s inner circle, leaving his regime on the verge of collapse. Security sources claimed last night...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoMount Nyiragongo is one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world - and scientists say it is only a matter of time before it makes the city below a modern day Pompeii. But they don't know when since, l...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThe mother of one of the workers who are battling to stop a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant said today that they all expect to die from radiation sickness 'within weeks'. The so-called Fukushima...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoIvory Coast's president, whose refusal to step down after losing an election has triggered bloody battles, is said to be cornered following a series of attacks by rebel forces. UN-certified results showe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 7 hours agoThey have already conquered man at chess and general knowledge quiz shows. Now robots have taken their next step towards world domination - by mastering juggling. Scientists have created floating platfo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoCiting records showing increased carbon dioxide levels in the area, state volcanologists warned visitors and tourists Friday against venturing near the crater of Taal Volcano – a popular summer tourist att...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoSnails could make rather good gastropod astronauts, apparently.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 8 hours ago*Moussa Koussa, who may have been working for the CIA and MI6 since the 1970s. * In 1978, Moussa Koussa attended Michigan State University in the USA. He earned a degree in sociology and presumably made c...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours agoI *confess* this week escaped from me in so many ways. I didn't get half of the posts up that I wanted to, I think it has something to do with having a sick husband. image source I *confess* I have had one...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoMORE DETAILS FORTHCOMING. In a startling revelation that CERN's Large Hadron Collider may not have been as safe as once claimed, the European Union has hastily established an emergency investigatory unit ...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoExistential thoughts, or those in which people are reminded of their own mortality, can lead to belief in Intelligent Design, a study suggests.
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoTesting shows laundry detergents, hand dish liquids and hand washing soaps claiming to be Earth-friendly still contain petroleum.
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The so-called Fukushima 50, the group of approximately 300 technicians, soldiers and firemen who work in shifts of 50, have been exposed frequently to dangerous...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoAfter two days of relative quiet on the Gaza front, Gaza terrorists fired a short range missile into Israel Thursday. It exploded south of Ashkelon, but caused no casualties or damage. Israeli security for...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago*The extraordinary Lardner boys:* [top] *John and Jim at 24,* [bottom] *Ring Jr. at 18 and David at 17 (from Ring Jr.'s The Lardners)* *THE YOUNG LARDNERS* Just as Ring Sr.'s older brothers had preceded h...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIvory Coast's most senior military commander has defected from the embattled president as rebel troops were last night at the outskirts of Abidjan, the last major stronghold of the sitting leader. Previou...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoFans of Knut, Germany's superstar polar bear who died this month, are planning a demonstration on Saturdy against plans for his body to be preserved and put on display in a Berlin museum. *Knut died sudde...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA man drove his truck into the compound of a nuclear power plant on Thursday just miles from Japan's quake-stricken reactors, managing to evade police for two hours and embarrassing the country's already h...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe levels of radiation in ocean waters off Japan's embattled Fukushima Daiichi plant continue to skyrocket, the nation's nuclear safety agency said Thursday, with no clear sense of what's causing the spik...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The U.S. should keep away from developing a closer association with Libyanantagonism forces, guard leaders said Thursday, telling an often hostile Congress that ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Moammar Gadhafi struck a disobedient posture Thursday after two high-profile defections from his government, saying he's not the one who should go — it's the We...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours agoArticle by Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ LOLO PASS, Idaho -- On the Longest Walk 3 northern route, walker Lisa Peake, Ojibwe/Pomo, offers a prayer for the earth and the p...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 15 hours agoSpaceX has released a teaser video promoting something "big" that will be announced on Tuesday. We know what it is.
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 15 hours agoWell, yes, the early indications are heartening. Mr. Sinister thinks we're a couple of unscripted questions away from a meltdown. Harper's pretty clearly pussied out of going one-on-one with Iggy, whateve...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago*UPDATE BELOW: Tom Tomorrow moves to Daily Kos* *Lights out* *Hard to believe we're moving after all these years* BY TOM TOMORROW *by Ken* Okay, if you must know, I'm still working on that post I mentio...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 15 hours agoIn case you missed it, here it is.Dawn Cobb: Citizens of the Shale Industry fueling region’s transformation Atmosphere of concern Defending the Mound Just below the surface Hard work ahead ...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 15 hours agoI'm going to make this short and to the point.First read about the upcoming International Day of Direct Action Against Extraction on April 20th. (I'm not participating in the action. I'm just posting about i...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 16 hours agoThere are many big lies that the U.S. President has to repeat to the American people, and the global public to maintain its legitimacy as the world's reigning superpower, and none bigger than the lie that ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours agoI have no idea why I only learned of this story yesterday, through an email from James. I keep in touch with several bully-related groups, and this has been going on almost a year, but for some reason it c...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoPaleontologists find one of the largest-ever carnivorous dinosaurs who was also a cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex.
- posted by Benjamin Radford at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoIn January, a UFO videotaped over Jerusalem made news worldwide. Early skeptical analysis branded it a hoax, but was it?
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoNATO took sole command of air operations in Libya on Thursday as CIA operatives worked the field to connect with rebel fighters who have seen their surge toward Tripoli impeded. A U.S. intelligence sou...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoIn normal times, Masataka Shimizu lives in The Tower, a luxury high-rise in the same upscale Tokyo district as the U.S. Embassy. But he hasn’t been there for more than two weeks, according to a doorman. T...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe devastating images from Japan are seared into our collective memory. With 10, 901 dead and another 17, 038 still missing, the human toll is almost beyond comprehension. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake and...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoFukushima is going to dwarf Chenobyl. The Japanese government has had a level 7 nuclear disaster going for almost a week but won’t admit it. The disaster is occurring the opposite way than Chernobyl, whic...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoU.S. consumers face "serious" inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart's U.S. operations warned Wednesday. The world's largest retailer is working with s...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoOnce again, Ireland’s banking mess seems to be sending a message that Europe does not want to hear: only by dealing with stricken banks can the Continent expect to end its debt crisis soon. Just months a...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe two houses of the Ohio Legislature approved a far-reaching bill on Wednesday that would hobble the ability of public-employee unions to bargain collectively and undercut their political clout. They s...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe rule of Ivory Coast’s strongman, Laurent Gbagbo, took another blow on Wednesday as the country’s administrative capital fell to forces loyal to his rival, Alassane Ouattara, with little resistance. T...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoVery low levels of radiation turned up in a sample of milk from the West Coast state of Washington, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, but federal offi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA chunk of England's publicly owned forest will still be sold off, Caroline Spelman, the Environment Secretary has admitted, despite the public outcry over plans to privatise woodland. In an embarrassing...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe Japanese parliament Tuesday passed a record $1.1-trillion budget for the year starting April but faced deadlock over key funding bills needed to put much of it into action. The impasse is fuelling wor...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoReports that Osama bin Laden, the world's most wanted fugitive with a $50 million U.S. bounty on his head, has broken cover to move around Pakistan and Afghanistan in recent weeks has raised concern he may...
- posted by derekshowerman atContaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 19 hours agoby Duane Craig Missouri is cleaning up lead contamination A state park in Missouri moves a step closer to “getting the lead out.” Literally. St. Joe Park is Missouri’s third largest state park and is used...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 19 hours ago*Arizona fressers: noted Nazi, J.T. Ready & state Senate Pres. Russell Pearce* A few weeks ago, alarmed Arizona business leaders pulled the Republican rug out from under Arizona's blatantly racist Senate ...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 20 hours agoWhat intervention in Libya tells us about the neocon-liberal alliance By Stephen M. Walt ForeignPolicy.com Published: March 21, 2011 Last Wednesday I spoke at an event at Hofstra University, on the subject...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 20 hours agoObama’s Unconstitutional War By Bruce Ackerman ForeignPolicy.com Published: March 24, 2011 In taking the country into a war with Libya, Barack Obama's administration is breaking new ground in its constru...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 20 hours agoRadiation concerns are escalating, causing medical risks to evacuees in Japan. Meanwhile milk is still safe to drink in the United States.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours ago*Mugabe loyalists blame Ian Smith regime for corpses *Pathologists say bodies appear less than 30 years old Hundreds of skeletons found in a remote mine shaft in Zimbabwe have been used as political propag...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoThe former Libyan foreign minister who defected to Britain should face justice over the Lockerbie bombing, MPs said today. Musa Kusa is said to have been the brains behind the 1988 terror blast on Pan Am ...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 21 hours ago. Pensioner died after teenage nurse 'set fire to her care home so she could be the heroine' A teenage care worker started a fire in a pensioner’s bedroom so she could be hailed as a heroine when she rai...
- posted by Robert Lamb at Discovery News - Top Stories - 21 hours agoIs our sun a musician? Yeah, it can bust out some tunes if you hand it an instrument.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 21 hours agoLong Walk 3 northern route in Lapwai, Idaho, with the Nez Perce. Video by Long Walk 3 northern route. Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoYesterday Harper was strutting his stuff, calling for a one on one debate with Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff. Oh yeah, baby, Harper was going to take Iggy to the woodshed for a good thrashing. Until ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoAccountability is one of the cornerstones of our democracy. We want a government that is accountable to the people and we expect our opposition parties to ensure that happens. We expect the opposition t...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 22 hours agoPerhaps you'll recall that last year Blue America endorsed Ann McLane Kusterin a fierce primary battle against a Joe Lieberman type conservative in the New Hampshire primary for the seat that had opened up...
- posted by All Seeing Eye at Biased BBC - 22 hours agoQuestion Time tonight comes from London. At the time of writing this (approx 7pm) confirmed panelists according to the BBC Question Time website are Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, Sarah Teather MP, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoCatatumbo Lightning - The mysterious "Relámpago del Catatumbo" (Catatumbo lightning) is a unique natural phenomenon in the world. Located on the mouth of the Catatumbo river at Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela), ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA group of Asian youths taken on a day-trip to Blackpool to avoid becoming embroiled violence at an EDL march ended up knocking a man unconscious in a car park brawl. Five teenagers have been found guilty...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoAt least 70 people are trapped in a collapsed building at a central Florida airport after severe weather hit the region, Fox News confirms. An air show was taking place at the Lakeland Regional Airport wh...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 22 hours agoHateblogger Pamela Geller Testifying for Alaskan 'Anti-Sharia' Idiocy: ""I ♥ Muslims."Republicans in Alaska, as in many other states, are pushing ridiculous fear-mongering 'anti-sharia' legislation instead o...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 23 hours agoRobert Spencer’s Co-religionist had Sex with Boys to Cure their Homosexuality, What if He was Muslim?: " Most of us in America learned something about prejudice and stereotypes in school. We know it’s wro...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 23 hours agoCNN Poll: Most Americans ‘OK’ with a mosque in their community: " Editor’s Note: CNN’s Soledad O’Brien chronicles the dramatic fight over the construction of a mosque in the heart of the Bible belt. Soledad ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours agoCensored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ PORCUPINE, S.D. -- The occupation of the elderly center at Porcupine remains underway. Duane Martin, Sr., of the Strongheart Warrior Society, who led the ...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 23 hours agoRobert Spencer rankled by Muslim rights hearings, blames Muslims for Islamophobia: " Robert Spencer rankled by Muslim rights hearings, blames Muslims for Islamophobia Robert Spencer has a very big problem. I...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 23 hours agoA new technique uses microwaves to cheaply convert used motor oil into fuel.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours agoEven after deranged Idaho ultraconservative (and dedicated homophobe) Larry Craig (R) was arrested for trying to perform fellatio on a police officer in a Minneapolis public toilet and subsequently drummed...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 23 hours agoHi all. As you may know, I am standing for election to the Northern Ireland Assembly in the May 5th poll and pressures mean I must step away from this site for most of the next month or so. I hope the oth...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoWe North Americans have had plenty of laughs at some of the stuff our British cousins eat - bangers & mash, bubble & squeak, spotted dick, blood pudding - maybe it's best to stop there. Well, according t...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day ago... or does it? Link here. Story's got legs, but whether it passes the smell test is another matter. Harpobots are too obsessed with message control to leave something like this sloshing around on the fl...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe US ranks near the bottom of developed global economies in terms of financial stability and will stay there unless it addresses its *burgeoning debt problems*, a new study has found. In the *Sovereign ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHispanic students for the first time make up the majority of students enrolled in Texas public schools. The Texas Education Agency reports Hispanic students this school year account for 50.2 percent of t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPortugal insisted it could cope with looming debt repayments, after analysts warned it does not have enough money to meet its obligations. The debt-laden nation faces around €9bn (£7.9bn) in bond redemptio...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapan is to decommission four stricken reactors at the quake-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator says. Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) made the announcement three weeks after failing to bring reactors...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe population of Detroit has fallen back 100 years. The flight of middle-class African-Americans to the suburbs fueled an exodus that cut Detroit's population 25% in the past decade to 713,777, according...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA former leader of Libya’s al Qaeda affiliate says he thinks “freelance jihadists” have joined the rebel forces, as NATO’s commander told Congresson Tuesday that intelligence indicates some al Qaeda and He...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFew would debate that President Barack Obama is the most tech savvy president in American history. Mr. Obama has a custom-rigged Blackberry and he has admitted to owning an iPod. Now the former law scho...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMembers of Congress have immunity from many routine parking tickets in the District of Columbia, but that doesn’t mean they can’t try to rack up fines. According to a Roll Call survey of vehicles parked ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoApril Fool's! Or not. Yet another spring snow storm is slated to hit New Jersey on Friday. Computer models indicate parts of Connecticut and New York may also be in Mother Nature's wintry path, but it's ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTwo years ago, George Soros said he wanted to reorganize the entire global economic system. In two short weeks, he is going to start - and no one seems to have noticed. On April 8, a group he's funded wit...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago“Reform and opening up” has been China’s mantra for more than three decades. The result has been not only the emergence of a new economic superpower but of one highly integrated into the world economy. A b...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLibya's rebel National Transitional Council vowed Monday they would forgive supporters of Colonel Moamer Kadhafi as long as they turned their backs on the leader whose forces have been pushed back under fi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA former leader of Libya’s al Qaeda affiliate says he thinks “freelance jihadists” have joined the rebel forces, as NATO’s commander told Congresson Tuesday that intelligence indicates some al Qaeda and He...
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThis conceptual habitat would support a floating city with a half million residents.
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 1 day ago*CANADIAN POLITICS ONTARIO: **MARCH ON MCGUINTY:* This Friday, April 1, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) along with sections of the Canadian Union of Public Employees CUPE are planning a mass ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThe headlines in the dumb-and-dumber mass media are that Obama wants to reduce oil imports. But his essentially conservative/don't rock the boat approach is pretty much what the Republicans want with a i...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoA series of new Liberal ads have hit the airwaves. In the first, Ignatieff talks a bit about his past, and ties it in to the Liberals' just launched pension policy: Then, Ignatieff responds to the Tor...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoIt's been several months since Allan and I decided we're ready to adopt a new dog. Cody left us at the end of last summer, and through her aging and illness, it's been a long time since Tala had a lively s...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAs workers try and contain radiation leaks from Japan's damaged nuclear plant, we ask the experts about the risks.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Berry Cave Salamander. utk.edu] Contact: Tierra Curry (928) 522-3681, Center for Biological Diversity 22 March 2011 KNOXVILLE, Tenn.— The Obama administration denied Endangered Species Act prote...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoWe're going to hear a lot more obfuscation and misdirection before the controversy over leaders' debates settles down, but The Corp's performance this morning didn't help. On Metro Morning, Matt Galloway ...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoExistential thoughts, or those in which people are reminded of their own mortality, can lead to belief in Intelligent Design, a study suggests.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoGaddafi's foreign minister *Moussa Koussa* - blamed by the CIA for the Lockerbie bombing - is being questioned in a 'secure location' in the UK, following 'pressure from MI6'. Our old friend *Robert Ha...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoGaddafi's foreign minister *Moussa Koussa* - blamed by the CIA for the Lockerbie bombing - is being questioned in a 'secure location' in the UK, following 'pressure from MI6'. Our old friend *Robert Ha...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoThere's been a lot of activity in our battle over the bizarre water bill (background here and here), but unfortunately it all amounted to spinning our wheels in mud. Allan made another round of phone call...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoStriking the balanceShale laden with pros, consMarch 31, 2011By Peggy Heinkel-WolfePractice lays waste to landMarch 30, 2011By Spike Johnsonand Peggy Heinkel-WolfePart 4Part 3Part 2Part 1
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 1 day agoNATO's chief said Thursday the alliance doesn't support U.S. and British suggestions that the U.N. mandate for the international armed operation in Libya allow arming rebels who are fighting Moammar *Gadha...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThough Cantor & Boehner have been threatening Republican caucus members with committee demotions if they dared to vote for unions in the onslaught of anti-worker legislation Boehner is delivering for the ...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day ago'New Black Panther' Case Inquiry Released - Verdict: Bogus: " The Justice Department has released the results of the inquiry into their handling of the New Black Panther 'voter intimidation' case, after year...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoSPLC Testifies About Rising Anti-Muslim Sentiment: " Anti-Muslim bigotry is once again on the march, thanks in large part to hate groups like Stop Islamization of America, which helped gin up nationwide hyst...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoMuslim-Basher Pam Geller, Fresh From Call for Censorship, to Testify to Alaska House Today: " Pamela Geller, one of America’s most rabid Islamophobes and a woman who is scheduled to testify today to the Alas...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoDavid Yerushalmi: A Driving Force Behind Anti-Sharia Efforts in the U.S.: " (ADL 3/25/11) One of the driving forces behind Shari’a-related conspiracy theories and growing efforts to ban or restrict the use ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Japanese Government says there is no need to expand the evacuation zone around the Fukushima nuclear power station, despite mounting pressure to move more people away from the crippled plant. The cur...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMusa Kusa will not be offered any immunity from international or British justice, foreign secretary William Hague has said. Addressing the concerns over the defection of the controversial Libyan foreign ...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 1 day agoFourteen years ago Stephen Harper co-authored a passionate plea for electoral reform and coalitions - including one with the Bloc. . . CBC's Terry Milewski has unearthed a position paper written by Stephe...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe thigh bone of a huge extinct mammal was first recovered by the ancient Greeks and may have inspired a beast in classical mythology.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTHE bodies of 24 Pacific black ducks were found in and around Lake Kimberley at Banora Point on Tuesday. The North Coast office of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) received...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoALEXANDRIA, Minn. (KSAX) - Around 300 dead fish were found in Lake Agnes and Lake Henry earlier this month in open water areas after ice had melted. But both residents and experts said they're not sure why...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoVisitors to the duck pond on the south side of town will find a pretty gross scene: more dead fish than actual ducks. Roughly 50 dead fish are visibly floating on the surface of the small pond. Neighbors...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWinter weather killing CT fish is normal: wtnh.com Wallingford, Conn (WTNH) - It's happening in a lot of fresh water around Connecticut right now. Dozens of dead fish are turning up, floating on the su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAbout 150 fish were found dead at a pond in JP Park of Mathikere on Tuesday night. Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) officials said that the fish were choked to death owing to excessive evaporation...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLava has newly erupted inside a volcanic crater that collapsed several weeks ago — and hours before a nearby spectacular fissure eruption — on Mount Kilauea. The new lava lake is inside the Pu`u `Ō `ō cra...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago*First, a technical intermezzo:* check 5 new ways to view this blog: flipcard, mosaic, sidebar, snapshot, timeslide... Pierre Goselin is discussing a remarkable interview with the top German climate ide...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoYou may of noticed that this week most newspapers, TV reports and experts have been going on about this wonderful drug that can prevent Breast Cancer, the drug in Question is TAMOXIFEN. Most of these rep...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Moussa Koussa * Libya's foreign minister *Moussa Koussa* was in Tunisia on a diplomatic mission. On 31 March 2011, we read that he mysteriously arrived at the UK's Farnborough airport before being tak...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapan has finally conceded defeat in the battle to contain radiation at four of its crippled reactors and they will be closed down. Details of how this will be done are yet to be revealed, but officials sa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLet us imagine the chief executive of a vast and profitable company that spirals hopelessly into debt and has to be rescued by the Government at enormous expense to the taxpayer. The man, who happens to b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMusa Kusa was the brains behind Lockerbie bombing Colonel Gaddafi’s foreign minister – the brains behind the Lockerbie bombing – defected to Britain last night following pressure from MI6. In a sign that ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLibyan rebel forces retreated in disarray yesterday as the battle in the east swung dramatically in favour of Colonel Gaddafi. The oil town of Brega changed hands for the sixth time in six weeks, as regi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 07:15:30 UTC A 6.2 Earthquake has Struck just off the East Coast of Honshu at a depth of 39.6 km (24.6 Miles) No report as yet of Damage or Injuries. NO Tsunami alert issued a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTWO eight-year-olds have been caught showing off drugs in a school playground. Police were called after the boys were found with cannabis. But because they are under ten – the age of criminal responsibili...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA security guard has been arrested near the Olympic Stadium site on suspicion of possessing explosives, it emerged tonight. Semtex explosives, the same kind favoured by terrorists such as the IRA, were re...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA prison was awash with drugs and alcohol just one month before a major riot, inspectors have found. Ford Open prison was torn apart by inmates on a drunken rampage, causing £3million in damage. In Decem...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Thursday, March 31, 2011 at 00:11:59 UTC A 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake struck *the Fiji Region at a depth of 23.7km (14.7 Miles) No reports of injuries NO Tsunami warning issued at this time
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The United States is out of step with the take it easy of the world's richest developed nations: Its wealth is growing faster than theirs other than create far ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Libya – Moammar Gadhafi's land forces recaptured a planned oil town Wednesday and moved within arresting distance of one more main eastern city, nearly reverse ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 1 day ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] The CIA has sent small teams of effectives into Libya and helped save a crew member of a U.S. warrior jet that not working and the White House said Wednesday it...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA domestic dispute that boiled over at a business led to a woman being arrested for disorderly conduct after she used her son as a shield against being Tasered. According to Glendale police: A 36-year-o...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSmoke was spotted at another nuclear plant in northeastern Japan on Wednesday, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. The company said smoke was detected in the turbine building of reactor No. 1 at the Fukushima...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoForces loyal to UN-backed President-elect Alassane Ouattara have entered Ivory Coast's capital, residents of Yamoussoukro say. His forces have been advancing from the north and incumbent leader Laurent G...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt’s the hockey fight that has a lot of people talking. They’re calling it “too violent – even for the pros.” But there were no professional teams involved. These were high school kids playing at the Var...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt’s the hockey fight that has a lot of people talking. They’re calling it “too violent – even for the pros.” But there were no professional teams involved. These were high school kids playing at the Var...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day ago*"We should have a great debate, Rob. We owe it to everyone."* -President Bartlet Whether or not we get a Harper-Ignatieff debate remains to be seen, but we got to see the trailer for it over Twitter to...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoThey plant to form a committee to address weaknesses in their ordinances.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoThere are probably many reasons why President Barack Obama didn't bother to seek the approval of Congress before committing the U.S. military to an undefined mission in Libya, some of them may even be legi...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Anthropogenic Footprint in Canada Boreal Forest, 2011. While industrial disturbances have to date been largely concentrated in the south, expansion northward continues. According to a new report ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Dead dolphin on a beach in Alabama, 12 May 2010. abcnews.go.com]By Leigh Coleman and Steve Gorman; editing by Jerry Norton 25 March 2011 BILOXI, Mississippi (Reuters) - The U.S. government is ke...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*The dust-jacket photo on Ring Jr.'s family reminiscence features a photo that would date from perhaps a couple of years after the heroic journey chronicled in "The Young Immigrunts."* *"The next thing w...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoToo many bytes, too much ink and attention devoted to the looming Iggy-Harpo smackdown. (*Any time! Any place! Bring it on, mofo!*) It may happen, it may not, and I'm still undecided about whether it'...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHundreds of people evacuated from towns and villages close to the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant are being turned away by medical institutions and emergency shelters as fears of radioactive contagion cat...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Instead of (better than?) an actual post . . .* * In case the dog ate the House GOP's world atlas . . . * *by Ken* With today's unusual schedule I'm not going to do a proper post this evening. I've start...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day agoOriginal *FALLOUT* EPA Plans to Reduce Cleanup of Nuclear Fallout Now “No rest for the wicked!" Says EPA Employee With a Smile by Michael Kane (Special to CollapseNet) © Copyright 2011 CollapseNetwork, ...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoTwo white guys in ties Tricky business, this. What's a good non-partisan guy supposed to do? Looks like Iggy (14:44 this afternoon) and Harper (16:33) are getting set to drop the gloves. (If anyone's got...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (Iconic Imagery) at Broken of Britain- 1 day ago
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoPoetry by Carl Sandburg - Good Morning America (Courtesy of Four Seasons Productions).
- posted by Jessica Marshall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoBut don't trade in the firefighting hose for a electrical wand just yet.
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoYesterday we were disappointed that Alternet's otherwise awesome post on the 8 worst governors in America-- Rick Scott (FL), Scott Walker (WI), Paul LePage (ME), Rick Perry (TX), Jan Brewer (FL), Rick Sny...
- posted by Kieran Mulvaney at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe start of Arctic spring/summer sea ice melt has begun; tying this year's furthest winter extent south with 2006 as the lowest on record.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe radioactive core in a reactor at the crippled Fukushima nuclear powerplant appears to have melted through the bottom of its containment vessel and on to a concrete floor, experts say, raising fears of a...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChris Rivest's father sent him from San Francisco to the family vacation cabin near the Sierra Nevada crest with a seemingly simple chore - clear it and the driveway of snow. Easy for him to say. When Riv...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoU.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Tuesday "time is up" on the budget battle, indicating a government shutdown April 8 is increasingly likely. Cantor ruled out further stopgap funding measures t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNASA released an image of the planet Mercury on Tuesday, the first obtained from a spacecraft orbiting the solar system's innermost planet. The image is the first of many expected to come from the Messeng...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHena Akhter's last words to her mother proclaimed her innocence. But it was too late to save the 14-year-old girl. Her fellow villagers in Bangladesh's Shariatpur district had already passed harsh judgme...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA BP laptop computer containing the private information of about 13,000 individuals who filed oil-related claims after last year's oil spill has been lost, according to the oil giant. The laptop containe...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIsraeli airstrikes in southern Gaza killed one Palestinian and seriously wounded another Wednesday morning, Israeli and Palestinian officials said. "Israeli aircraft targeted and hit a terrorist squad in ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAt least 11 people are dead after flash floods swept through eight provinces in southern Thailand, officials said Wednesday. The flooding has affected more than 716,000 people, the country's disaster pre...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSyrian President Bashar al-Assad defied expectations Wednesday when he made no mention of lifting a state of emergency in a national address. He acknowledged that Syrians want reform and that the govern...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOpec, the oil producers' cartel, will reap $1,000bn in export revenues this year for the first time if crude prices remain above $100 a barrel, according to the International Energy Agency. The cartel ha...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day ago*Isn't common sense refreshing?* "EXTRACT FROM DOUG COPP'S ARTICLE ON 'THE TRIANGLE OF LIFE' I have crawled inside 875 collapsed buildings, worked with rescue teams from 60 countries, founded rescue tea...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day ago. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1370554/Gandhi-left-wife-live-male-lover-new-book-claims.html Who knows whether all this is true or isn't true. What I will say is, a lot of 'great' figures were...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: NASA satellite sensors, such as MODIS, show an average pattern of greenness of vegetation on South America. Red and orange identify areas where satellite measurements indicated reduced Normalized...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCIA agents have been authorised to carry out covert missions to help rebel forces keen to oust Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi, according to reports. President Barack Obama signed an order - known as a "fin...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoSenators Demand Oversight of Counterterrorism Trainers In a comprehensive report submitted to members of Congress in March 2011, Manufacturing the Muslim Menace, Political Research Associates ca...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe United Arab Emirates, a key US ally, said it has committed six F-16 and six Mirage fighters to help enforce the no-fly zone over Libya, despite reservations linked to unrest in Bahrain. "UAE participa...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoSadly, the UBC Election Stock market won't be running this election (though, given the amount of money I lost on it last time, I guess that's actually a *good *thing). If you'll recall, you could buy Liber...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Florida's 3-headed dog of dysfunction & corruption* Maybe they figured with all the heat on the execrable Governor Rick Scott and his own detested clown show, Florida voters wouldn't notice if the legisl...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Workers continued to need flashlights to read gauges in the control room for Units 1 and 2 reactors at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, 23 March 2011. Photograph from Japan Nuclear ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Rick Porrello's - AmericanMafia.com - Steve Miller - Inside Vegas** * *Will George Clooney Testify in Silvio Berlusconi's Sex Trial?** * *Rosemary Clooney* *George Clooney and friend.* Website for thi...
- posted by John D. Cox at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAtmospheric waves generated from ocean heat may provide a new explanation for why western cities are usually warmer than eastern cities despite similar latitudes.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoRadioactive contamination of the sea from Fukushima is likely to be only a local problem, but may necessitate an exclusion zone.
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atwww.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 1 day ago[image: Capullo de rosa con gotitas de agua y mensaje de amor]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para co...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atwww.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 1 day ago[image: Caricaturas muy tiernas - Little mermaid cartoon]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para compart...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSupercell: Supercell is the name given to a continuously rotating updraft deep within a severe thunderstorm (a mesocyclone) and looks downright scary. They are usually isolated storms, which can last for h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOne of mankind's oldest and most elusive dreams has been to recreate the effortless, swooping flight of a large bird. Now scientists have invented a robot that not only perfectly mimics that flight, but c...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atwww.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 1 day ago[image: Paisaje en Tlapacoyan, Veracruz, México (1920x1200px)]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para co...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoIn May 2009, I declared a contest based on a 1.5 gigapixel photograph of the Obama inauguration. In December 2009, TRF mentioned the world's largest spherical panoramic photograph: its 18 gigapixels were c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA labyrinth of sacred tunnels packed with the mummified remains of millions of dogs has been excavated under the Egyptian desert. The catacombs are estimated to contain the remains up to eight million dogs...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atwww.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 1 day ago[image: Camino al oeste - Road West HDR (1920x1200px)]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para compartir ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMountain homeowners in California have been left stranded by blackouts and phone outages after huge snowfalls which look set to break a 60-year record. More than 61ft of snow has fallen across the Sierra h...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atwww.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 1 day ago[image: Hermoso lago durante el invierno - Amazing lake]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook para comparti...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day ago...there are way too many Conservative organizers under investigation right now to keep track of all of them: *Another questionable campaign worker sends Harper scrambling * Conservative Leader Stephen Ha...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIt seems antimatter might have a bit of a weight problem these days. A U.S. particle accelerator has produced antimatter helium-4, an extremely rare -- and heavy -- particle.
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 1 day agoTIME Posted by Amy Sullivan Wednesday, March 30, 2011 What was Newt Gingrich doing at John Hagee's Cornerstone Church on Sunday? Besides delivering another speech from his book of Demagogue Mad Libs, t...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day agoRepublicans have been distorting and outright lying about this, so here's the truth about what happened: http://news.yahoo.com/s/atlantic/20110328/pl_atlantic/bidenhandlersstickreporterclosetapologize36122_...
- posted by Robert Lamb at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIt only took the Catholic Church close to four centuries to apologize over the whole Galileo fiasco, but today's Vatican seems to have some fairly progressive ideas regarding our place in the cosmos.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoSmokey the cat's purr is so loud that Guinness World Records may soon declare it the loudest in the world.
- posted by Amy Dusto at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoInstead of putting flyash from coal-burning plants landfills, why not use it to reinforce concrete for roads and bridges?
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoAfter yesterday's "Learning Passport" announcement, the Liberals roll out their pension policy: *Michael Ignatieff announces Liberal plan to strengthen public pensions and support seniors* VANCOUVER – A...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoThat clip above is from a senatorial “Back Off Social Security" rally to rescue Social Security from the clutches of the deranged House Republicans. I liked what Bernie had to say-- as usual-- but other ...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 1 day agoBBC Greenies love farting cow stories. And when their favourite fart-gas - methane - is the subject of a government report that could lead to new emissions laws, they are clearly in their seventh, miasmic...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe threats came in the mail and to date, there have been 25 letters that warn of nuclear bombs destroying America. People who got them called the FBI and CBS 2′s Kristyn Hartman learned, the Bureau’s Chi...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day agoThe human being has canine teeth because the human being is designed to eat, among other things, meat. http://www.naturalnews.com/031883_vegans_criminals.html Recall that discussion between Alex Jones/Al...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoFour reactors at stricken plant to be decommissioned Subcontractors offered £760 a day - 20 times going rate - to brave radiation levels but some refuse One expert who designed reactor says race to save re...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days ago[image: Zadie Smith, the author, said the Coalition Government's policies on libraries, were] I see that Zadie Smith has caused a bit of a furore except to the BBC who see it all as fair and balanced; ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoThey sleep anywhere they can find open space -- in conference rooms, corridors, even stairwells. They have one blanket, no pillows and a leaded mat intended to keep radiation at bay. They eat only two ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoThis young woman, Jennifer Rexford, BP-hired oil cleanup worker, is documenting her illness from the toxins in the gulf with her video camera. If you think it’s just headaches or something like that, wat...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoSince snipers killed 52 Yemeni protesters a little over a week ago, events in the country have been progressing at a rapid rate. The shootings after Friday prayers drew nationwide condemnation and triggere...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoSyria's Cabinet has resigned in an effort to quell a wave of popular fury that erupted more than a week ago, threatening one of the most authoritarian and closed-off nations in the Middle East. The countr...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoA 12 year-old Dutch schoolgirl gave birth to a baby girl during a school trip, according to local health services. "Neither the girl nor her family had realised she was pregnant, and there were no externa...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoThe next generation of nuclear power stations may never be built because they will be too expensive following the Japanese tsunami, Nick Clegg has suggested. The Deputy Prime Minister cast doubt on the f...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days ago*March is setting up to be a very interesting month for silver.* There is a tight and violent action between $36 and $34 silver. This is a battle between the Aware and the Banksters. Sooner or later someon...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoThe United States is on a fiscal path towards insolvency and policymakers are at a "tipping point," a Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday. "If we continue down on the path on which the fiscal authorit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoLibyan rebels fled in headlong retreat from the superior firepower and tactics of Muammar Gaddafi's troops on Wednesday, exposing the insurgents' weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoThey sleep anywhere they can find open space -- in conference rooms, corridors, even stairwells. They have one blanket, no pillows and a leaded mat intended to keep radiation at bay. They eat only two ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoThere is nothing inherently wrong and certainly nothing "illegal" about J.P. Morgan Chase (JPM) gaining a vault license for storing and taking delivery of gold/silver/platinum/palladium from the futures ma...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoIt really costs to own a home these days. Not only have home values fallen, leaving nearly one-quarter of residential mortgages under water, but also, local governments around the country have increased pr...
- posted by Lu at Housewife Eclectic - 2 days agoRemember last week when I told you how Google may or may not be stalking me? Well, the may not was the correct part. Google is not stalking me. It is more correct to say that the Google PTB (powers that b...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoWis. judge to state: Anti-union law isn't in effect: "A Wisconsin judge for the second time directed the state to put on hold an explosive law that strips most public workers of nearly all their union bargai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoFive Libyan diplomats have been expelled from the UK, as Prime Minister David Cameron reveals that Britain has not ruled out arming rebels fighting against Colonel Gaddafi's troops. * Foreign Secretary Wil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoFive Libyan diplomats have been expelled from the UK, as Prime Minister David Cameron reveals that Britain has not ruled out arming rebels fighting against Colonel Gaddafi's troops. * Foreign Secretary Wil...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoIsrael considering annexing West Bank settlements: "Israel is considering annexing major West Bank settlement blocs if the Palestinians unilaterally seek world recognition of a state, an Israeli official sai...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoDOJ official: Muslims face rising discrimination: "American Muslims are seeing more religious discrimination in U.S. communities, workplaces and schools nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks, a Justice Depa...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoAlaska: Why is anti-Muslim Hater Pamela Geller Allowed in front of Legislature?: " I would ask Alaska to keep Pamela, but one more crazy lady is just too much to wish upon a state. Pamela “kookoo for Coco...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoSarah Palin Overstates Cost of Libyan Operation by 700%: "Last night on the nation's center of right wing propaganda, Fox News, Sarah Palin casually overstated the cost of the Libya intervention -- by 700%.P...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoAn accident of nature could lead to more energy efficient geothermal power plants.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoThe death toll of animals from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico may be 50 times higher than originally reported.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days agoDon't know if you have seen this but Melanie gets stuck in to the BBC with a vengeance.. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: A Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher [Hardcover], by Joel Achenbach. Simon & Schuster (April 5, 2011) ISBN-10: 1451625340 ISBN-13: 978-1451625349] By Kenneth S. De...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days agoMinistry of Truth here - tell me about the latest bias in which we have been engaging..four legs good, BBC better... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days agoI was amused at faux BBC anger at the news that Luvvies are to be denied sticking their noses in the public trough to quite the extent has been the case in the past decade or more. I'm figuring that interp...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 days agoThis excellent piece in *Embassy* is a must-read for anyone who cares about justice - and Canada - and keeping any link between the two. Jason Kenney's troubling refugee legacy By Jim Creskey Jason Kenney...
- posted by derekshowerman atContaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 2 days agoby Duane Craig Philadelphia lead risk for children Backyard gardeners in Indianapolis are being advised to get their soil tested to see just how much lead it contains. Gabriel Filippelli, an earth science...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 2 days agoThis wonderful dissection of another BBC faux science story is well worth a read. My sincere thanks to the B-B-BBC reader who brought it to my attention. Click through to read and contribute comments on t...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: Fishing is an important industry for people in the south of Pakistan. A pile of fish waits on the dock to go to market in a village at Korangi Creek, near Karachi. © Tim Mansel / bbc.co.uk]By Sha...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 2 days agoAs I've written here many times, I've made no attempt to chronicle the onslaught of anti-choice legislation battering US women these days. I've posted a few updates - most recently here and here - but one ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days ago[image: Dolphin killed by the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, July 2010. gulfoilphotos.com] March 29, 2011 (ScienceBlog) – The *Deepwater Horizon* oil spill of 2010 devastated the Gulf of Mexico ecologi...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 2 days agoI just now saw BBC diplomatic correspondent Bridgette Kendall on the News Channel telling a lie to Sophie Long. It's either a lie or a display of inexcusable ignorance. While discussing the very real conce...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 2 days agoSources say Elizabeth May won't be allowed into the debates this time around. Personally, I feel May did little more than take up air time in 2008 so I don't have a problem with this decision. The fli...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 2 days agoI'm not claiming Republican Party congressmen want to kill your children-- let alone their own; they just don't care. To them the dead and dying, whether in Afghanistan or in the American heartland, are ...
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