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- posted by Mark Thompson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoIn these uncertain times, BBC astronomer Mark Thompson shares his opinion about the funding of space exploration in light of global tragedy.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 2 hours agoBruce Fein: Articles of Impeachment for tyrant Obama - Alex Jones Tv 1/2 2/2
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A top Kremlin official has told the United States Russia wants "red button" rights to a new US-backed missile defence system for Europe, a move that would allow it to influence the shield's day-to-day oper... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Inflation at British factories hit its highest rate in more than two years in March, official figures showed, raising fears about the feed-through into the wider economy. Factory gate prices – what manuf... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
A new promotion by RadioShack electronics chain in the US states of Idaho and Montana is offering free guns to first-time subscribers of satellite TV service Dish Network. John Marshall, owner of a RadioS... - posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
* The first half-minute or so of our mystery excerpt * *by Ken* Actually, the post title is a little misleading. It suggests that if you do know what this piano solo is, I'm asking you to blab. Not reall... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
Britain has no plans to offer the Portuguese government a direct loan as it seeks an international bail-out, George Osborne insisted on Friday. The Chancellor said he remained focused on reducing the UK's... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
French helicopter gunships launched rocket attacks on President Laurent Gbagbo’s palace in Ivory Coast’s main city Abidjan on Friday night, according to witnesses. The strikes came hours after mortar rou... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours agoOne Royal Navy officer was shot dead and another critically injured after a rating guarding Britain’s flagship nuclear submarine “went crazy” and turned his gun on them. Able seaman Ryan Donovan, who he...
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Oil at $175 a barrel; copper at $12,000 a tonne and corn at $10 a bushel. As commodity prices rally, the world’s largest trading houses have been busy ‘stress testing’ to be sure their finances can withsta... - posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 5 hours agoYou have to read this blog post at Public Citizen.Corporate welfare for oil and gas or fully funded schools?Texas oil and gas officials will plead with House Appropriations Committee members next week that t...
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*Wisconsin Attorney General J. B. Van Hollen didn't waste any time seeking to reenlist the safely right-wing Supreme Court as coconspirators in the Walker regime's war on the non-overpriviliged.* *by Ken... - posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 8 hours ago
I *confess* I have watched so many British miniseries recently that I am starting to talk like I am from 19th century Britain. I kind of love it. image source I *confess* in the last week I have watched two... - posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 8 hours ago
What's that website again? Blogging Tories in Their Own Words? (I have a slight problem with the appropriation of voice implicit in the use of the term "Tories" in this context, but I'll let that go for no... - posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 8 hours ago
Obama executes final leg of Neo-Conservative imperialism by Tony Cartalucci Paul Wolfowitz (right) in 1991 was apparently pleased with the outcome of Desert Storm. He believed that the time was ripe to se... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Iranian refugees have called for international help to prevent a massacre at Camp Ashraf after Iraqi forces invaded the compound and killed at least 25 people. A full state of alert has been declared by t... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Israeli aircraft and ground forces struck Gaza on Friday, killing three Hamas militants and three civilians in a surge of fighting sparked by a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day be... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Iran's semiofficial Mehr News Agency says three explosions have hit gas pipelines near the country's holy city of Qom, in the same area where simultaneous blasts took place two months ago. The lines carr... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
Syrian security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters Friday, killing at least 13 people, wounding hundreds and forcing residents to turn mosques into makeshift hospitals in a southern city that ha... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe starchy cassava root has long been an important ingredient in everything from tapioca pudding and ice cream to paper and animal feed. But last year, 98 percent of cassava chips exported from Thailand,...
- Patrick the Pitbull is doing well! Kisha Curtis faces massive charges as world cheers on miracle pup
posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoWhen an emaciated pit bull found at the bottom of a trash chute in New Jersey was rushed to a veterinary emergency room last month, doctors there thought he would be dead within the hour. Instead, the sc... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe distressed debt market in Europe is set to outstrip the U.S. for the first time as the region’s sovereign crisis forces banks to sell $2 trillion of underperforming assets, Strategic Value Partners LLC...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOil prices have surged to a two-and-a-half-year high on concerns about supply and a weaker dollar. Brent crude rose $1.82 to $124.49, while US crude was up $1.29 at $111.59. Other commodity prices were a...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA rare session of North Korea's parliament, seen as an opportunity to reveal more about political succession, has failed to mention leader Kim Jong-il or a son tipped to replace him. Observers had been l...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoYes, that's right! The same Big Banks that taxpayers bailed out during the financial crisis are now jacking up oil and gasoline prices (Fig. 1), thus making consumers pay yet once again at the gas pump. Do...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoSkyrocketing gold, silver, oil and other commodity prices, a brazen attempt by the Federal Reserve to monetize a staggering and deleterious debt, a precipitously falling dollar, creeping inflation – thes...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoTucker Mendoza, a gulf truth activist, was shot early this morning 4 times through the door of his home in Laplace. He was hit 3 times in the chest and once across the forehead. With him was a niece, he re...
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- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoPictures taken at Lakeport, Mississippi. Photographer apparently contacted authorities, who arrived, spray-painted the turtles backs, and then left them to rot in the sun. Amazingly, no tests were condu...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIranian refugees have called for international help to prevent a massacre at Camp Ashraf after Iraqi forces invaded the compound and killed at least 25 people. A full state of alert has been declared by t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIsraeli aircraft and ground forces struck Gaza on Friday, killing three Hamas militants and three civilians in a surge of fighting sparked by a Palestinian rocket attack on an Israeli school bus the day be...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIran's semiofficial Mehr News Agency says three explosions have hit gas pipelines near the country's holy city of Qom, in the same area where simultaneous blasts took place two months ago. The lines carr...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoSyrian security forces opened fire on thousands of protesters Friday, killing at least 13 people, wounding hundreds and forcing residents to turn mosques into makeshift hospitals in a southern city that ha...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoTucker Mendoza, a gulf truth activist, was shot early this morning 4 times through the door of his home in Laplace. He was hit 3 times in the chest and once across the forehead. With him was a niece, he re...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoPictures taken at Lakeport, Mississippi. Photographer apparently contacted authorities, who arrived, spray-painted the turtles backs, and then left them to rot in the sun. Amazingly, no tests were condu...
- posted by Geezer Power at Home Nature Report - 9 hours agoPublished on Friday, April 8, 2011 by CommonDreams.org by Thom Hartmann With or without a government shutdown, Republicans have already won the debate on our nation's budget. Why? Because the corporat...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 9 hours agoI'm delighted to have been given permission to publish in its entirety this haunting essay from killing Mother, whose wonderful blog is about "How Sex, Politics, Money and Religion are Killing Planet Eart...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 9 hours ago[image: This March 14, 2011 picture shows a closer look at one of farmer Jim Freudenberger's fledgling wheat fields in Coyle, Okla, during the worst drought since the Dust Bowl. JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS / AP...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 10 hours ago[image: Smoke is seen coming from the area of the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan in this handout photo distributed by th...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoAs lawmakers near a potential shutdown, government institutions, from zoos to national parks, brace for impact.
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 10 hours agoGod bless Jesse Ventura. As a truth-teller, he is a tour de force.
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 10 hours agoStunned by the clear rebuke he suffered Tuesday from Wisconsin voters, Scott Walker continued his divisive tactics by trying to blame his defeat on the dirty hippies and commies in Madison. Very much in ...
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- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago*The Deep State "is a parallel secret government, organized by the intelligence and security apparatus, financed by drugs, and engaging in illicit violence, to protect the status and interests of the milit...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours ago*ALL WARRIORS FOR THE ANCESTORS:* *Action alert* The Protect Glen Cove Committee and the Board of Directors of Sacred Sites Protection and Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT) have received information ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours agoContacts: Lori Goodman, Diné CARE - (970) 259-0199 David Graham-Caso, Sierra Club - (213) 387-6528 x214 Karen Hevel-Mingo, National Parks Conservation Association - (801) 521-0785 Mike Eisenfeld, San Juan C...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 11 hours ago[image: File photo shows the dorsal fin of a dolphin is seen as workers clean up spilled oil along a stretch of beach in Grand Isle, Louisiana. The discovery of more than 100 dead dolphins on Gulf of Mex...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours agoPhotos of Long Walk 3 northern route for the reversal of diabetes, on Pine Ridge and Rosebud Indian lands in South Dakota. Photos by Chris Francisco LW3. On Thursday, April 7, 2011, Long Walk 3 north...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atWallpapers para pc, laptop y netbook - 12 hours ago[image: Los Pitufos - The Smurfs Movie (1920x1200px wallpaper)]*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 c...
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- Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoThe first UN climate talks for the year ends today in Bangkok after a week of familiar feuds between rich and poor nations.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSecurity forces fired on protesters in a show of force after Friday prayers in Daraa, leaving at least 22 unarmed civilians dead, a doctor told CNN. But the government had a different account, saying 19...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 13 hours agoTwo weeks ago, the budget was projected to be balanced in 2015-16. Now, the budget is projected to be balanced one year sooner.
- posted by derekshowerman atContaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 13 hours agoThe legacy of environmental contamination is the negative effects on earth's living creatures, but it also has marginal effects, such as on those that are born from conflicts among people. Many times the...
- posted by Amy Enchelmeyer at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoWho won our April Fools' headline contest? Read on to find out if it was you. Also, the best readers' comments.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoSome experts believe Japan's nuclear disaster could become worse than Chernobyl. *Worst case scenario* "There could be a core that gets molten, and we could have an explosion," Ramana said of what he be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoGamma-ray explosions normally last a couple of days Reminiscent of a space invaders computer game from the early 1980s, this is actually a cosmic blast in a distant galaxy. The extraordinary gamma-ray exp...
- posted by Banco de Imágenes Gratuitas atWallpapers para pc, laptop y netbook - 13 hours ago[image: Reptiles - Lagartija - Lizard (1920x1200 wallpaper)]*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 compar...
- posted by Real History Lisa at Real History Blog - 13 hours agoWill repost this here later but please see my article Strange Twist in Wisconsin Battle. Important!
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago*Grayson w/ Cenk on Drug Testing Public Employees In Florida * *TheYoungTurks* Cherchez la Verite
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoPoison laboratory of the Soviets: *Poison laboratory of the Soviet secret services*, alternatively known as *Laboratory 1*, *Laboratory 12,* and *Kamera* which means "The Chamber" in Russian, was a covert...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 14 hours agoThe 30,871 word Liberal platform and the 22,178 word Tory platfom, in word clouds: Not surprisingly, both are heavy on the "Canada". Of note, the Liberal platform uses the word family or families 310 ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 14 hours agoWednesday conservatives went after the EPA on behalf of the Koch Bros and other major polluters. There were 4 anti-EPA amendments that failed, one from Max Baucus, one from Debbie Stabbenow, one from Jay ...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoA specially modified robot will navigate the Fukushima plant and produce a color-coded map of radiation levels.
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 15 hours agoThu Apr 07, 2011 at 08:06 PM EDT Why Prosser needed EXACTLY +7500 votes.... by Cieran In WI, a recount at state-expense is triggered if an election is within .5% if the candidate requests it, and we have...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 15 hours agoThe Tories release their platform, though don't hold your breathe - most of the big ticket promises won't be implemented until the deficit is eliminated. The good news is this is projected to be one year...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe United States may consider sending troops into Libya with a possible international ground force that could aid the rebels, according to the general who led the military mission until NATO took over. A...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThere are at least five reasons why more of us should take up the spade, make some compost, and start gardening with a vengeance. Spring has sprung -- at least south of the northern tier of states where s...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoDamage from the housing bust is spreading to areas once thought to be immune. In at least 14 major U.S. metro areas, prices have fallen to 2003 levels -- when the housing bubble was just starting to infla...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoAn estimated 700,000 Americans died in the Civil War, one of the bloodiest times in our nation’s history. It’s hard to imagine anything quite measuring up in this day and age — but Jesse Jackson can. On ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe leader of the free world may be coming to Williamsburg for some rest and relaxation if Congress is able to come to agreement on the budget. President Obama and the First Family are planning to visit ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe operator of the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says seawater radiation levels continue to rise in areas north of the plant. Tokyo Electric Power Company says it detected on Thursday 110...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe UK government was advertising Friday to hire a "Twitter czar" on a £142,000 ($232,000) annual salary, which would make the successful candidate one of the best paid bureaucrats in the nation. The gen...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA blackout hit a large swath of Venezuela on Thursday, darkening street lights, shutting down the Caracas subway and forcing President Hugo Chavez's government to resort to temporary rationing measures. ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThree children have died in north-west China from suspected poisoning after drinking milk from two local dairies, state media says. Thirty-five others, mostly children, are being treated at hospitals in G...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoScientists who predicted a few years ago that Arctic summers could be ice-free by 2013 now say summer ice will probably be gone within this decade. The original prediction, made in 2007, gained Wieslaw M...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoGoogle* *is working on a mobile application that would allow users to snap pictures of people's faces in order to access their personal information, a director for the project said this week. In order to...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoLast year the Europe Union (and the euro) teetered on the verge of collapse when the Greek financial crisis strained the viability of the EU construct. This year, as other EU countries domino in similar f...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoThe recorded impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill on wildlife may have severely underestimated the number of deaths of whales and dolphins, according to a new report. The Deepwater Horizon disaster of 2...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoOne person has been killed and another seriously wounded after being a shot on a nuclear submarine docked in Southampton. The incident on HMS Astute happened while the Mayor of Southampton, the leader of...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoLawrence O’Donnell: Donald Trump’s Birther Talk Is All About Apprentice Ratings: "Why is Donald Trump so obsessed with the alleged mystery surrounding Barack Obama’s birth certificate? To hear Lawrence O’Don...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoLegislators introducing anti-Sharia bills don’t know anything about Sharia: " Loon Lawyer David Yerushalmi is behind the surge of anti-Sharia billsIt might be a good idea for us LoonWatchers to begin to c...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoIdaho GOP: If Women Are Raped, It's 'The Hand of the Almighty' At Work: " It's mind-bogglingly inhuman and heartless, but this, folks, is how the Republican Party views women who are victims of rape: Idaho R...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoFormer soldier who issued mosque bomb threat jailed: "A former soldier who threatened to bomb Glasgow Central Mosque has been jailed for 12 months. Neil MacGregor, 38, also said he would execute Muslims on a...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoThe Muslim-baiting US radio host Republicans can't resist: "The host of a radio show that has become a regular stop for Republican presidential candidates is calling for restrictions on Muslim immigration to...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoHerman Cain accuses Keith Ellison of putting Sharia law over American law: "Potential presidential contender Herman Cain told conservative radio host Laura Ingraham that he wouldn't allow Muslims to serve in...
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 15 hours agoI don't agree with the spin but this is a good historic summary of selected aspects of US elite evil.(It's not like they make these "foreign aid", "public health" and "security" decisions in an open and tran...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoArizona Jury Hands Second Nativist Murderer a Death Sentence: "An Arizona jury has handed down a second death sentence in the murder of a Latino man and his 9-year-old daughter, who were targeted by border v...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoJon Stewart Bids Adieu to Glenn Beck [Video]: " On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart talked about what we all figured he'd talk about: Glenn Beck's departure from...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoA sensor integrated into packaging changes color when food begins to go bad.
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoCatholic Charities employee charged with sex crime: "A longtime Catholic Charities program director is caught in a federal child 'sex trafficking' investigation."
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 16 hours agoHere is an excellent site that also details the BBC's antipathy towards Israel - recommended and worth a visit! Trevor Asserson should be congratulated for his meticulous work on this! "The bbcwatch Repor...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 16 hours agoA perceptive reader picks up on this; Nicky Campbell this morning gave a lot of airtime to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Association who are running an advertising campaign to lessen 'Islamophobia'. This is of cou...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 16 hours agoA Biased BBC reader asks; "Listening to Professor Madawi Al-Rasheed, rofessor of the Anthropology of Religion at King's College London, being interviewed on 'Woman's Hour' ) this morning the thought came ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 16 hours ago[image: Satellite view of the Kolkata Wetland System and sewage-fed fish farms. Google Earth / johnedwardcochran.wordpress.com] Washington DC (SPX) Apr 08, 2011 - Concentrated waste plumes from fish farm...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 16 hours ago*Blogger's Note:* I used radiation sources for 33 years while at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington DC and for several years before my retirement I was curator of NRL's very hot Cobalt-60 gamma ra...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 17 hours agoLast week, I profiled Calgary North Center Liberal candidate Stephen Randall. Today, a look at Josipa Petrunic, who is taking on Deepak Obhrai, the NDP's Al Brown, and the Green Party's Scott Milton in Cal...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 17 hours agoUploaded by videonewscom on Apr 6, 2011 Fukushima, Japan - The Japanese government has issued the evacuation order on March 12 for the residents living within the 20 kilometer radius of the Fukushima D...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 17 hours agoI am getting bored with this, but Matt Ridley, one of the most respected commentators on sustainability and climate issues, wrote a long and learned piece in the Times of April 5 in which he carefully mapp...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoHere are the details -- in case you were wondering after a hole blew out on a recent Southwest Airlines flight.
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 18 hours agoFrom Avaaz: Right now, Wikileaks whistleblower Bradley Manning is being tortured in a US military prison. Manning is subjected to utter isolation that can drive many people insane, with short periods eac...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 18 hours agoWednesday Wall Street shill Spencer Bachus of Alabama, who's accepted $4,644,824 in direct legalistic bribes from the financial companies he's supposedly helping to regulate, gaveled to session a meeting...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 18 hours agoThe bloodiest conflict on American soil ushered in a new era of medicine.
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 19 hours agoNearing a shutdown that would affect millions, Obama and GOP scramble to reach budget deal* *uncomfortably close to a deadline, President *Barack Obama* and top congressional leaders have no more than hour...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 19 hours agoWith the federal election in full swing, this is a tough time for any group in Canada trying to gain attention to a local cause. Bad timing, plus the usual dollops of fear and ignorance, may lead Ontario...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours ago(image) Psychedelic wonder: Tourists have for decades been throwing coins into the Morning Glory Pool in Wyoming for luck. These have blocked its heat vents thereby reducing its temperature and causing a c...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA campaigner who replaced dog mess with drawings of cupcakes has been told that she could be arrested ... for criminal damage. Louise Willows, a mother of two, became so fed up with the mess on the paths ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoNato has acknowledged its air strikes in "may have" resulted in the deaths of rebel forces on the ground in Libya yesterday - but will not apologise. The military alliance did not know the rebels were usin...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours ago*Waters leaks have been found at another nuclear power plant after a strong aftershock hit Japan on Wednesday but there has been no change in radiation levels outside the plant, according to its operator.*...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (BenefitScroungingScum) at Broken of Britain - 20 hours ago
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 21 hours agoThe way the recent upheavals in the Middle East have been reported by the BBC show clearly that it’s beyond their collective imagination to wonder whether the Arab/Islamic population is really and truly fu...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 21 hours agoThe Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) would have hunted for elusive gravitational waves in space, but due to budget cuts, the mission has been scrapped by NASA. Which mission is next?
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoScientists confirmed on Thursday that they have discovered oil on dead dolphins found along the U.S. Gulf Coast, raising fresh concerns about the effects of last year's BP oil spill on sea life. Fifteen ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoThe severity of this past winter has left its mark on the shorelines of ponds and small reservoirs throughout the state. Dead fish, thousands upon thousands of them, have washed up along banks during the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoAt least 14 people have died after eating toxic sardines in Madagascar. The deaths occurred in the town of Toliara, with another similar situation happening 130km away in Sakaraha. The sardines the victim...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoFOUR otters have been found dead after getting caught in illegal eel traps. The otters, a protected species, were discovered at Barton Clay Pits by members of the Barton Wildfowlers gundog group. The dis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoPresident Ronald Reagan Made this Speech at the United Nations in 1987
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news- 22 hours agoYour vocational time is very crucial for leading a healthy lifestyle amidst our busy world. Without which it is absolutely impossible to sustain the pressures we face every day. Our world is not the same...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoRestive Taal Volcano in Batangas showed signs of heightened activity anew in the last 24 hours, as state seismologists recorded at least nine volcanic quakes there during that period. The Philippine Insti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA legal watchdog is investigating a crown court judge after he was accused of being "influenced by alcohol" during a trial in which an alleged paedophile was freed. Judge Douglas Field, 63, is said to hav...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoNato has apologised for an airstrike that killed at least five people outside Brega, an opposition forces commander said. General Abdul Fatah Younis said at a news conference in Benghazi that fighters and...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoIf you feel the front of your house needs a makeover but you’re really struggling to keep up with the mortgage, then it might be worth contacting this company. California-based Adzookie says it will pay a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoMexican security forces searching for abducted bus passengers in a violent northern state bordering Texas have stumbled on a collection of pits holding a total of 59 bodies. The grisly find was made near ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoEven by Virgin's standards it was a markedly grand opening ceremony. The new Virgin America A320 Airbus yesterday flew over San Francisco in tandem with WhiteKnightTwo, a carrier aircraft holding SpaceSh...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoCurrent theories on the behaviour of comets has been shattered after evidence emerged that they may contain liquid water. Scientists have always maintained that the celestial rocks never get warm enough t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoPolice in the Craigslist Ripper case are looking into possible links with four unsolved prostitute killings in Atlantic City from 2006. The link, if proved true, raises the number of victims to at least 13...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoFour elderly Kenyans yesterday launched a human rights claim that could cost the UK taxpayer millions. Almost half a century after their country gained independence from Britain, the group – all in their ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA vast field of debris, swept out to sea following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, is floating towards the U.S. West Coast, it emerged today. More than 200,000 buildings were washed out by the enormous...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoLibyan rebels turned their fury on Nato yesterday after at least 13 fighters were killed and dozens wounded in an airstrike. Rebel commanders said tanks and military hardware captured from Colonel Gaddaf...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago(Images) - Mr Justice Keith, left, quashed the conviction because Crown Court Judge Fergus Mitchell, right, went too far in reprimanding the defendant. A thug has walked free from court after his convicti...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAs any parent of a teenager knows, trying to stop them using their computer or mobile phone usually results in a tantrum. But perhaps such outbursts are not pure petulance. The withdrawal symptoms young p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoBritain's debt mountain is the equivalent of £138,360 for each household in the country, research reveals today. The national debt is even larger than initially feared, according to a think-tank. Officia...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAt least 60 schoolgirls were groomed for sex by workers at seedy takeaways linked to the murder of a 14-year-old girl. Children as young as 11 were targeted by mainly Asian staff at fast food outlets in ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoFirms are spending billions on remedial training for school leavers who are not capable of work, a business leader said yesterday. In a scathing attack on Labour’s legacy, he said the youngsters are the v...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoBritain's top Tory MEP has told Sky News that a plan to use billions of pounds of UK money to bail out Portugal is 'illegal'. Speaking on Jeff Randall Live, Martin Callanan, the leader of the UK's Conserv...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 1 day agoFive times convicted fraudster Bruce Carson - currently under RCMP investigation for influence peddling and illegal lobbying of Indian Affairs to obtain a water filtration contract that would have netted...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 1 day ago*INTERNATIONAL ANARCHIST MOVEMENT JAPAN:* *JAPANESE ANARCHISTS CALL FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST NUCLEAR POWER:* Since the recent triple disaster in Japan Japanese anarchists have been ac...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoIt would be easy to make it all about the expulsions, and the screenings, and the secret files, and the vetting of people on the basis of who they've got pictures of on their Facebook profiles. It's an eas...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPortugal is facing the prospect of pay cuts, a rising pension age, reduced welfare benefits, labour market reforms and a bank recapitalisation as a "quid pro quo" for a multi-billion euro bail-out. Publi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*The front in Libya is barely moving as the country remains split between rebels and Gadhafi's troops. The rebels are complaining of not receiving enough air support, but NATO is hardly in a position to ra...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMexican security forces have found nearly 60 bodies in eight mass graves in the country's northern state of Tamaulipas near the US border. Authorities found the graves on Wednesday in the town of San Fern...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA second air-traffic controller has been found sleeping on the job at night — this time intentionally. And the government said Wednesday he's being fired for it. The Federal Aviation Administration said t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina warned the international community it had "no right to interfere" in the case of outspoken artist Ai Weiwei, who has been detained for investigation of unspecified economic crimes. Foreign ministry...
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- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Sulaimani City disposes of its municipal wastewater through 6 main sewage effluent boxes around the city to the environment, which at the end reach the Tanjero River and its tributaries. Omed Mus...
- Bob and Ray Tonight: Slow Talkers of America (plus: The men of Squad Car 119 are almost on the case)
posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*No Dragnet Here*: *The men of Squad Car 119, Sam Finch (Bob) and Ralph R. Kruger Jr. (Ray), "the unsung heroes of the police force," are just a locked door -- the one that has them imprisoned in the day ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA homeless man in America has trained his dog to beg for money for him. A mongrel in South Beach, Miami, has been earning his keep by quite literally bringing home buckets of money for his owner. The d...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoView the entire photo gallery of Libyan civil war photos here
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe UN air strikes in Ivory Coast suggest Libya was no fluke: the West's appetite for military action has recovered robustly from the diplomatic trauma of the Iraq war. After a brief honeymoon following ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIvory Coast's embattled leader Laurent Gbagbo is protected by a rump of just 200 soldiers in his bunker beneath the presidential palace, the French defence minister said, but he is refusing to surrender to...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBarack Obama was locked in crisis budget talks with congressional leaders as the US faces the prospect of a costly government shutdown. The shutdown would see 800,000 workers asked to stay at home and c...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*Ashkelon residents report seeing Grad explode in midair as dozens of rockets fired at south, meanwhile Hamas says Israel taking advantage of Goldstone's regret over Gaza war report to bomb Strip*. Reside...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe US is going down a similar road as that taken by Greece and Portugal with regard to its budget decisions, John E. Silvia, chief economist at *Wells Fargo*, said on Wednesday. "To me—being in Europe fo...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCould powerful radiation from those reactors in Japan be tainting the fish you’re eating here at home? While the government says no, some restaurant owners aren’t taking any chances. At Le Bernardin in M...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapan said Thursday it is considering expanding the area covered by a compulsory evacuation order, with no immediate end in sight to the world's worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. As emergency worke...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day ago*‘It’s normal’ for Tory ridings to get more federal cash, Larry Smith says* Federal money naturally flows to ridings represented by the governing party, according to the star Conservative candidate in t...
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- posted by C. Moffat at Lilith News - 1 day agoCANADA - You know its going to be a close battle to beat Stephen Harper and his corrupt band of Conservatives... but the Liberal and NDP parties aren`t taking any chances. Instead they`re asking their sup...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day agoHighschooler sent me a link, "Freeway Air Pollution May Cause Brain Damage." To which I replied, that explains this terrific column from Greenfyre: "Climate Justice and Stupid White Men," which has this ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*In Wisconsin they give awards for this?* *Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus is seen receiving the 2009 Officer of the Year award from Wisconsin County Constitutional Officers president Jay Zahn. Hold ...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoI'm not sure what this is that's burning in Brazos County, TXOPEN PIT BURNING IN BIG BRAZOSThis is at a well site which I think is a freshly drilled oil well. The pit was at this very location, but looks li...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoTaking a break from #elxn41 for a minute here. Toronto tweeters will, I'm sure, have followed the contretemps between Dave Meslin and Now magazine with some interest. A couple of days ago, Meslin finally ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Police wearing protective clothing and respirators head towards the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant in trucks in Minamisouma City, Fukushima Prefecture March 12, 2011. Reuters / Yomiuri] By Jaso...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoI'm posting this in it's entirety with some added emphasis. The headline should say 10 more days to extinguish... because the fire started on April 1st and the earliest they predict it will be extinguished i...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIf you're a little hazy about the details of Wednesday's buzz surrounding the potential discovery of "new physics" in Fermilab's Tevatron particle accelerator, don't worry, you're not alone.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRebel fighters reeled in eastern Libya on Thursday as an airstrike killed at least three people and opposition fighters and civilians embarked on a wild, panicky retreat from a major city. Aircraft dro...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIf Congress fails to approve a spending bill by Friday, the federal government will shut down. And boy, things aren't looking good. Lawmakers have been trying to reach a compromise that would set spending ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA humane society in Oakville, Ont., has seized at least 30 chihuahuas from a home after they were found living in squalid and cramped conditions. The Oakville and Milton Humane Society said it visited the...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoUnited States government engineers sent to help with the crisis in Japan are warning that the troubled nuclear plant there is facing a wide array of fresh threats that could persist indefinitely, and that ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn a widely covered interview last Wednesday, the CEO of Wal-Mart, Bill Simon, warned that “U.S. consumers face ‘serious’ inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products.” He noted: "W...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe EPA says eating fish caught in Japan, with radiation levels 2400% above Federal limits, does not pose any health risks. First *Rainwater at 18,100% above drinking water limits* is labeled as testing at...
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- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoConcerns about radiation fallout from Japan's nuclear disaster prompted some schools in South Korea to shut on Thursday as rain fell over most of the country, but the nuclear safety agency played down im...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapan's economy is "under strong downward pressure" due to the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami, the Bank of Japan (BOJ) says. The bank said that the downward pressure largely stems from l...
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