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*Please Share This Important Message Across The Internet . . . Thank You! *ObamaCare, Bank Bailouts, Q1, Q2, Q3, QX -- What's Next??? * *How does the Obama Administration Expect to Keep the U.S. Credit W... - posted by Mad Hatta 10/6 at Mad Hatter's 10/6 Political Poop Blog - 1 second ago*MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER* *6/22/2009* *Topic: ObamaCare - Socialist Health Care Takeover Using the Liberal Media.* *From the Desk of:* *David Martin, Executive Vice President* *Dear Reader,* *President Ba...
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Brian reported: 'As Asia Times Online has reported, *a full Arab League endorsement of a no-fly zone is a myth*. 'Of the 22 full members, only 11 were present at the voting. 'Six of them were Gulf Coop... - posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 minutes ago[image: Wild boar in Germany, 26 February 2011. GerardM / Lynn Curwin / digitaljournal.com / WikiMedia] April 2, 2011, 12:09pm BERLIN (AP) – For a look at just how long radioactivity can hang around, c...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 30 minutes ago
If Barack Obama were to marshal America’s vast scientific and strategic resources behind a new Manhattan Project, he might reasonably hope to reinvent the global energy landscape and sketch an end to our d... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 32 minutes ago
A 26-year-old woman was charged Thursday with two felony counts and two misdemeanor counts accusing her of making email threats against Wisconsin lawmakers during the height of the battle over Gov. Scott W... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 32 minutes ago
As foreign assignments go this must be just about the most dangerous going. A U.S. recruiter is hiring nuclear power workers in the United States to help Japan gain control of the stricken Fukushima Daiic... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 32 minutes ago
A nuclear expert has warned that it might be 100 years before melting fuel rods can be safely removed from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. The warning came as levels of radioactive iodine flushed into th... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 33 minutes ago
Kudzu, the plant scourge of the U.S. Southeast. The long tendrils of this woody vine, or liana, are on the move north with a warming climate. But kudzu may be no match for the lianas of the tropics, scient... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 33 minutes agoArab Banking Corp., the lender part- owned by the Central Bank of Libya, used a New York branch to get 73 loans from the U.S. Federal Reserve in the 18 months after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. collapsed....
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 33 minutes ago
A breed of blood-sucking tick normally found on the continent has been discovered in Britain for the first time. Scientists say that climate change has brought the parasite to the UK – and warned that it ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 33 minutes ago
It takes a lot to provide for 7 billion humans. Mankind is destroying rainforests, draining marshes and drilling into mountains to provide timber, water, coal and other resources. Some of this destructio... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 33 minutes ago
Climate change in the Arctic could change the balance of power between humans, animals and the germs or pathogens that make them both sick, according to a paper by University of Alaska Fairbanks microbiolo... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 33 minutes ago
In early summer 2008 Timothy Walsh of Cardiff University in Wales got an e-mail from Christian Giske, an acquaintance who is a physician on the faculty of Sweden’s Karolinska Institute. Giske had been trea... - posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 54 minutes agoFox Suspends Gingrich and Santorum, But Hires Donald Trump: "Uh, just a minute. Didn't Fox News recently suspend Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, because 'Fox News policy' dictated that as presidential candi...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 58 minutes agoPulitzer Prize Winner Andrea Elliot Speaks on Rising anti-Muslim Sentiment: " By Michael Shammas March 31, 2011 American Muslims are facing increasing amounts of public distrust and hate speech, said Andre...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 59 minutes agoEnraged by Florida Pastor, Afghan Crowds Kill Foreigners: " Is Terry Jones a mass murderer? Probably not, under American law. But does he bear moral responsibility for the deaths today of at least a dozen p...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 hour agoBlack Extremists Blast Obama’s Decision to Weaken Qaddafy, With One Predicting Spaceships: " President Obama’s decision to intervene militarily in Libya to cripple dictator Muammar Qaddaffy’s ability to comb...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 hour agoGOP Exaggerations in Iowa: "Several Republicans testing the presidential waters in Iowa made more than a few statements that we found all wet. Among the dubious claims ..."
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 hour agoPremium Nonsense On Medicare: "Q: Will the new health care law raise Medicare’s basic monthly premium to $247 in 2014, as a viral message claims?A: No, Medicare officials project the basic premium will be le...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 hour agoCivil and Human Rights Coalition Urges Senate to Oppose 'Riders' in Appropriations Bill: "The Leadership Conference is urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D. NV, to oppose riders in H.R. 1, the Full-Ye...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoIt appears almost too good to be true, but this little dog has been found alive and well adrift at sea, an astonishing three weeks after the tsunami that devastated Japan. Members of the Japan Coast Guard...
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- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 hour agoIt just never lets up, does it. By now we've all read about the massacre at the UN offices in Mazar-i-Sharif. And when you're looking for an arsonist, you can usually start with the guy holding the matche...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoJapan’s Meteorological Agency, Tokyo Volcanic Ash Advisory Center issued an ash warning for Sakurajima Volcano which is considered ‘very dangerous’. FVFE01 RJTD 281555 VA ADVISORY DTG: 20110328/1555Z VAAC...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoNASA will begin a nine-day mission tomorrow using special radar to study the eruption of Kilauea volcano. A NASA Gulfstream III aircraft with specialized instrumentation from the Dryden Aircraft Operatio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoPower plant workers began filling a cracked concrete shaft with fresh cement to stop highly radioactive water from earthquake-damaged nuclear reactors from draining into the Pacific Ocean, Japanese regulat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoFive people have died in protests in Kandahar against the burning of a copy of the Koran, a day after an attack prompted by the incident left at least 12 people dead, including seven UN staff. Two thousan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoLibya's rebel force has claimed 10 of their fighters were killed in a coalition air strike near Brega in the east of the country. Brega is one of a string of oil towns along the coast that have been won a...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 2 hours ago*April 01, 2011* *Democrats Vow to Seek Public Referendum as Ohio Enacts Anti-Union Bill* Ohio Republican Gov. John Kasich has signed a bill that strips collective bargaining rights for more tha...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoCompounds in maple syrup are found to have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant properties.
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 2 hours agoMayan ruins of Copan, Honduras (*Blogger's photo*) *theREALNEWS* April 1, 2011 *Students Battle Police at Honduran University* Students and teachers defend aga...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours agoYou made it to April. It's been tumultuous but the new Gallup poll that came out yesterday shows that most Americans are not enthralled with what the sociopathic breed of new Republican governors-- Snyder...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 4 hours agoStephen Harper - famous for sticking to his prepared script and not answering questions from the media (that is, from the people, because that's as close as we get) - has decided he will answer questions a...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 5 hours agoIn every election now, Stephen Harper's June 1997 speech to a right-wing U.S. think tank in Montreal comes up. You know the one : "Canada is a Northern European welfare state in the worst sense of the te...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 7 hours agoBBC Moral Maze presenter and former newsreader Michael Buerk has reviewed Peter Sissons' memoirs - When One Door Closes, in which he attacks the BBC with both barrels - for Standpoint magazine. It's a deli...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 7 hours agoIs the USA a democracy? Will Egypt become a democracy? For 'democracy' to work, you need: *1.* Well informed voters. *2.* Civilised voters. *3.* Honest leaders. It's all about getting the 'good' people...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 7 hours agoTo all ye Fundie/Evango ChristoFascist Motherfuckers who want to exercise their religious freedoms so long as someone else, in some distant land, gets to do the dying for it - suck on this, suck on it hard...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago*Are government microwave mind control tests causing TV presenters brains meltdown* On 2nd April 2011, at the Daily Mail, we read: *1.* Certain TV presenters have recently been seen "dissolving into on-...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA serial killer known as the ‘Westside Rapist’ who terrorised middle-aged and elderly women across Los Angeles throughout the 1970s and 80s is behind bars after pleading guilty to murder. John Floyd Thoma...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoHe used to love nothing more than a giggle with his friends. But now five-year-old Joshua Hadfield is afraid to laugh because, since developing a rare sleeping disorder, it causes him to lose control of hi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA girl of 14 was stabbed nine times in the neck yesterday as she was about to walk through her school gates. Chloe West was attacked from behind by an 18-year-old man – said to be a former boyfriend – wh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Image) Latest victim: Judge Judy Sheindlin had to stop her courtroom TV show on Wednesday after descending into nonsensical language. A bizarre spate of television presenters dissolving into on-air gibber...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA major police investigation has been launched after the discovery of a man's severed arm in a lake. Detectives were called to the site in Buckhurst Hill, Essex by a member of the public. Officers have ...
- Will Gaddafi's son betray him? British spies claim Saif has approached them for talks - 2nd Apr 2011
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoGaddafi's son Saif has made ‘repeated’ attempts to reach out to British and Italian intelligence officers, it was claimed yesterday. The moves have raised hopes he is considering betraying his father. Bri... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(image) Victim: The first named victim is 53-year-old Norwegian pilot Lt. Col Siri Skare who was working as a UN military advisor in the country. At least seven United Nations staff were murdered - two by ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago(Image) Desert deal: Sir Nigel Sheinwald (centre), with Tony Blair and Colonel Gaddafi in Libya in 2007 in a negotiation that resulted in a massive BP oil contract. Colonel Gaddafi's son was given help wi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 61-year-old man is being questioned after being arrested at the Olympic Park in east London on suspicion of supplying an explosive substance. He is the third person to be detained by the Metropolitan Po...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoLibyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has rejected the offer of a ceasefire from rebels amid reports of renewed bombing by Western-led coalition forces. It is thought civilian and military areas in the t...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 11 hours agoFor me, the news that there might be a new and cheap source of fuel off the coasts of Britain is a major cause of celebration. North Sea oil generated billions of pounds in revenues and jacked up living st...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA Southwest Airlines flight landed safely at a military base in Yuma, Arizona, on Friday with what passengers described as a 3-foot hole in the fuselage of the Boeing 737. "I heard a loud popping sound ....
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoGallup Daily tracking finds that 20.3% of the U.S. workforce was underemployed in March -- a slight uptick from the relatively flat January and February numbers. These results are based on March interview...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Amazing new has come into view at the Libyan front: a semblance of order in the middle of rebel forces. Rebels with no training from time to time even without w...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] A confident President Barack Obama said Friday that negotiation is close with Republicans on $33 billion in financial plan cuts, and he warned that without a de...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 12 hours ago[image: http://news-updations.blogspot.com/] Afghans annoyed over the on fire of a Quran at a small Florida church stormed a U.N. complex in northern Afghanistan on Friday, killing seven foreign people, co...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 12 hours agoHilcorp Energy Company gas well head blew off Thursday in Maurice, LA killing one emoloyee and injuring others. Neighbors live very close to this well.In Beaumont a drilling rig caught fire. It caused a smal...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 12 hours ago* "Father and sons, before there was a David," says Bill in The Lardners -- that's Bill (Ring Jr.), John, and James. * *"The lease said about my and my fathers trip from the Bureau of Manhattan to our new ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoTold to stay indoors, the residents of one Japanese city near a quake-damaged nuclear plant are now grappling with widespread shortages and appealing for help from outside. Minami Soma, a city of about 7...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSyrian protesters braved renewed bloodshed and an unprecedented security presence across the country as they marched in their tens of thousands to denounce their increasingly intransigent president. Op...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Federal Reserve has passed with flying colours and failed spectacularly a test on the same subject in just seven days. A week ago, America's central bank announced that Ben Bernanke, its chairman, wil...
- Oil climbs to highest since 2008: settles above $106 a barrel as pro-Gadhafi forces push back rebels
posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe price of oil rose to a 30-month high on Thursday as fighters loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pushed back rebels from key areas in eastern Libya. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude rose $2.45, more than 2... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Georgia Legislative Black Caucus filed a lawsuit Monday against the state of Georgia seeking to dissolve the city charters of Dunwoody, Sandy Springs, Johns Creek, Milton and Chattahoochee Hills. Furth...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoNovella Carpenter took over a vacant lot on a hardscrabble corner of West Oakland eight years ago and turned it into a working farm of vegetables, goats, rabbits and, sometimes, pigs. Carpenter milked go...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Japanese nuclear crisis has created a public-relations headache for *General Electric*, but the company so far has escaped any legal fallout, and many experts expect it will continue to do so. GE des...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoBrief scuffles broke out in Yemen's capital on Friday at the end of a day of huge pro- and anti-government rallies, witnesses said. At least four people were injured in Sanaa after tens of thousands of ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoForces loyal to Alassane Ouattara took control of state-run television and attacked the residence of Laurent Gbagbo on Friday as Ivory Coast's bloody, four-month battle for political power appeared to en...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 13 hours ago...will be launched online Sunday morning: Tune in on Sunday, April 3, at 11:00am EDT, to a special live town hall that will be streamed online at Liberal.ca. During the event, Michael Ignatieff will unv...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 14 hours agoSteve V joins Stageleft in the exclusive-but-growing club of people from whom I have shamelessly lifted content. (Ah, who am I kidding. Said club is anything but exclusive.) This does not imply endorsem...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 14 hours agoNearly every war in the 20th century was the product of false beliefs, human error, government-media deception, and popular myths. Objective truth and human reason were replaced with systematic propaganda ...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 14 hours agoThe Same Terrorists who Killed US, NATO Troops in Iraq Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net March 24, 2011 Washington DC, March 24, 2011 — The current military attack on Libya has been motivated by UN Se...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 15 hours agoIan Thomas Ash documents the journey made by a group of volunteers led by three brothers who travel to tsunami-devastated Ishinomaki City.
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago*What, ya think I don't go to no Broadway shows? Yeah, I saw Spider-Man: Shut Off the Lights, or whatever the thing is called. Ya wanna make somethin' of it? (It would be nice if somebody did. The performe...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoU.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke’s two-year fight to shield crisis-squeezed banks from the stigma of revealing their public loans protected a lender to local governments in Belgium, a Japanese...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoKawasaki 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 wasn't supposed to happen ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours ago
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoJust out from Kyodo Wire. TEPCO is confirming that presence of radioactive iodine in groundwater below Fukushima is 10,000x the legal limit. This number came out yesterday, but it was so high that there ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoPalestinian Authority activists have recreated the Third Intifada page that was banned by Facebook on Tuesday in response to thousands of member requests. An Israeli Cabinet minister, the Anti-Defamation...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe majority of UK workers took a real-terms pay cut in the three months to February, as pay rises failed to keep pace with inflation, figures published today by IDSPay.co.uk have revealed. Here we list ty...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoPortugal came under ever more pressure to take a bail-out as it revealed that the hole in its finances is bigger than expected. New figures showed the country's budget deficit stood at the equivalent of 8...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoIreland has said its four remaining banks require another €24bn (£21bn) of funding to enable them to withstand potential losses from a worsening of the economy. Patrick Honohan, governor of Ireland's cen...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoRadiation fears have prevented authorities from collecting as many as 1,000 bodies of victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami from within the 20-kilometer-radius evacuation zone around the stricken ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoWorkers at the disaster-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan say they expect to die from radiation sickness as a result of their efforts to bring the reactors under control, the mother of one of the m...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 19 hours agoA 2.2-billion dollar bribe? Stephen Harper. The Canadian taxpayer funded treasury. Steve tells Quebeckers that, if they elect his government, he'll settle the multi-billion dollar HST feud with Quebec...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoOK, I can't let this pass. How on EARTH does the BBC get away with calling Afghanistanis a "deeply religious and deeply conservative" people when we witness atrocious events like those in Mazar-e-Sharif? T...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 19 hours agoObama gave me the feeling of a snake oil salesman during his energy address Wednesday. Did his vision and courageousness inspire you? I think the corporate Democrats like himself are in over their heads a...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 20 hours agoThis video was taken 24 March 2011 and shows Fukushima nuclear plant reactor No. 4. The camera is mounted on the tip of the crane used for discharging concrete pump into the building. Inside reactor 4...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas at www.FOTOFRONTERA.com - 20 hours ago[image: Flor de color fucsia by José Luis Ávila Herrera (1920x1200)]*Haz click aquí* o sobre la imagen para ampliar el tamaño de este wallpaper.[image: Si lo deseas, únete a nuestra comunidad en Facebook p...
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- posted by Ray Villard at Discovery News - Top Stories - 20 hours agoIt may be easiest to find E.T. by simply spying on any mega-engineering projects an advanced civilization might be undertaking.
- posted by Christina Reed at Discovery News - Top Stories - 20 hours agoThe Panama Canal offered surf champion Gary Saavedra an unusual crossing for his record-breaking challenge.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 21 hours agoI'm starting to think that in order to have fair elections, we not only have to ban all paid political advertising - an obvious improvement I've been running on about for years - but we must ban political ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours agoVIDEO from: *http://citizenfitz09.blogspot.com/* patriotportal on 27 Aug 2009: "Charles Jaco was the CNN reporter famous for covering the 1990 Persian Gulf War. "The first part of this video shows...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoNow Wasilla, Alaska has another infamous notable, US Army Specialist Jeremy Morlock. The soldier was a member of an army "kill squad" that murdered Afghan civilians apparently just for the sheer fun of i...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 21 hours agoWhen you read stories about Ireland's financial mess you always need to keep in mind that the population of the Irish Republic is a paltry 4.5 million and shrinking. That's well short of the almost 6-mill...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours agoBy NEAL KARLINSKY, WENDY BRUNDIGE and LEEZEL TANGLAO 1 April 2011 Some Japanese plant workers, including former employees who are now miles away from the damaged nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiich...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 22 hours agoSteve Harper said he'd lead Canada to a new, higher place on the world scene. Then again this gaping maw said his government would be more accountable and more transparent than any other. Okay, so the gu...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoThe way nerve cells transmit smell signals to the brain could explain peoples' different scent perceptions.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoA super thin coating made from clay and polymers is 100 times more oxygen-impermeable than the existing food packaging.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoScores of Twitter accounts impersonate everyone from celebrities to animals.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours ago[image: In this March 24, 2011 aerial photo taken by a small unmanned drone and released by AIR PHOTO SERVICE, damaged Unit 3 of the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant is seen in Okumamachi,...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours ago[image: Satellite view of the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear facility in Japan, Monday, 14 March 2011. AP / DigitalGlobe] By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL and WILLIAM J. BROAD Published: March 28, 2011 The a...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours agoOn 31 March 2011, *the Economist* has an article entitled "Islam and the Arab revolutions: A golden opportunity?" From this we learn: *1.* The rebels in Libya are people like (A) Sufian bin *Qumu*, wh...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 23 hours agoContact: Taylor Chapple, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology 8 March 2011 In the first census of its kind, research led by UC Davis and Stanford University found that there are far fewer white shar...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago*Trent Franks-- Please don't say he doesn't "look gay"* Even after deranged Idaho ultraconservative (and dedicated homophobe) Larry Craig (R) was arrested for trying to perform fellatio on a police officer...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 23 hours agoFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 1 April 2011 Contact: Gwen Lachelt: 505-469-0380Lauren Pagel: 202-887-1872 x207Natural gas discovered underneath U.S. Capitol Precedent-setting environmental standards in plac...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 23 hours agoI watched a part of the climate hearings in the U.S. Congress - together with infantile ASCII exclamations by Gavin Schmidt and his comrades on a Science Magazine page whose URL was sent to me by a skept...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 23 hours agoDrowning is declared the official cause of death as thousands protest plans to stuff his body.
- posted by Cristen Conger at Discovery News - Top Stories - 23 hours agoWe've completely run out of IP version 4 addresses and we're getting trillions more for IPv6, but when will those run out?
- posted by Amy Enchelmeyer at Discovery News - Top Stories - 23 hours agoThink you're funny? Enter our Discovery News April Fools' Day Headline Contest! While you're at it, check out our readers' best comments of the week.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 23 hours agoWords fail me. That scumbag evango-hick from Florida, "Pastor" Terry Jones, finally carried out his threat to burn the Quran and his stunt has now cost the lives of 8 UN workers, two of them beheaded. Jo...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 23 hours agoPhotos by Carl Bad Bear Sampson, Western Shoshone, via cellphone. Long Walk 3 northern route photos from Pine Ridge, SD., Friday, April 1, 2011. Happy Birthday today to Carl Bad Bear Sampson! Top: Long ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThey are some of the most revealing and fascinating images yet taken of Earth. Clearly showing various land colours according to terrain and finely detailing the height contours of mountains, they are inc...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoIgnore what they're selling, if you wish. Just take the information, which IMO is vital.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA 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 - 1 day agoNew Open Thread.. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoRadiation 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 - 1 day agoIN 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoThey 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 - 1 day agoThe 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 - 1 day agoSydney 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 - 1 day agoUCB 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 - 1 day agoChinese 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 day 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 day 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 at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoBy 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 day agoA 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 day 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 day 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 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoResearchers believe global campaigns characterizing obesity as a disease has something to do with it.
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 coll...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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...
- posted by rhydianfon@gmail.com (Rhydian) at Broken of Britain - 1 day ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day ago
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoSnails could make rather good gastropod astronauts, apparently.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 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 Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day 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 at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day agoA new technique uses microwaves to cheaply convert used motor oil into fuel.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 1 day 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 - 2 days 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 - 2 days 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 - 2 days 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 - 2 days 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 - 2 days 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 - 2 days 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...
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April 1, 2011 — permalinkPosted by Brett Wiltshire, Blogger CEO
[Cross-post from google.blogspot.com]
This morning we’re beyond thrilled to announce that Blogger has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Google, the Internet search company. This is exciting news not only for all of us on the Blogger team, but for our users, our partners, and most importantly -- the blogosphere itself.
Understandably, you probably have lots of questions about what this means for Blogger and Blogger users. Below, we've put together some initial answers to many of the biggest questions. More info will be available as we figure it out. Thanks for your support as we transfer into this next exciting phase.
Q: Why did Blogger sell to Google?
A: Well, on the surface, it may look obvious: A company of Google's size could give Blogger the resources we needed to do things better, faster, bigger. It's been a long eleven+ years since we started the company, and not all of them were very fun. We had been making serious progress over the last year or so, but bootstrapping (growing without funding) is always a slow process, and we were a long way from where we wanted to be. We wanted to offer a better service. And with Google, it wasn't just their size, of course. They had clearly done an incredible job building their technology and business, and we'd been big fans.
However, that doesn't mean it was an easy decision. We'd seen many small companies doing interesting things die (or at least become uninteresting) after getting acquired. It was only after becoming convinced that: a) There were sensible, cool, powerful things we could do on the technology/product side with Google that we couldn't do otherwise; and b) It was a good company, run by people we liked, who wanted the same things we did (i.e., they wouldn't screw up Blogger or make our lives miserable).
We became convinced both of these were the case rather quickly after thinking about the product side and talking to lots of Googlers. Also, Google liked our logo. And we liked their food.
Q: Will Blogger go away?
A: Nope. Blogger is going to maintain its branding and services. While we may integrate with Google in certain areas there will always be a Blogger.
Q: What does the acquisition mean to Blogger users?
A: Greater reliability, new innovative products and a whole lot more that we aren't ready to share quite yet (truth is, we're still figuring a lot of it out). Right now, we're mostly bolstering up our hardware -- making things faster and more reliable -- and getting settled. Next, we're going to be working on some killer ideas we've been wanting to implement for years. It'll be fun.
Q: Will there be any changes to my account?
A: Not right now but if anything does change we will notify you ahead of time, as we've done in the past.
Q: Will there be any changes to the Blogger products?
A: We will be making some changes in our product line. We've been working on a new version of Blogger for some time now that will be coming out soon. We'll tell you more as soon as we know.
Q: What are your plans for the future?
A: We are building a nuclear powered... Wait, you almost had us. We aren't telling, yet! But we will have more in a few weeks.
Q: Does this mean my blog will rank higher in Google search results?
A: Nope. It does mean your blog might be stored physically closer to Google but that's about it. The people at Google have done a great job over the years making sure their search results are honest and objective and there's no reason they would change that policy for Blogger or anyone else.
Q: What will happen to all the nice kids that work on Blogger?
A: We’ll still be working on Blogger and making it better.
Q: Are you still as handsome as ever?
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