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- U.S. Reports Decry Curbs on NGOs, Internet, Mi ...Growing government harassment of civil society organisations (CSOs), restrictions on Internet use, and persecution of vulnerable minorities constituted three of the most worrisome trends that slowed the spread of human rights around the globe in 2010, according to latest annual edition ...
- "Sweet Mickey" Hitches Haitian Recovery to Was ...With hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in destitution as the country flounders under political, economic and climate wreckage, critics say celebrations of the inevitable profits of disaster capitalism have already begun between the right- wing President-elect Michel Martelly and ...
- ELECTIONS-PERU: The Real Race Will Be the Run-OffThe only certainty about Sunday's general elections in Peru is that all the polls predict a victory for nationalist candidate Ollanta Humala, but say he will not have enough votes to secure the presidency in the first round.
- LIBYA: U.N. Experts Probe Human Rights AbusesThe international commission of inquiry established by the U.N. Human Rights Council to investigate alleged violations of human rights in Libya will start its mission next week, and report on all crimes, committed by anyone, including foreign powers.
- Israel Hits Roadblock over Dismissal of War Cr ...The Israeli government and South African jurist Richard Goldstone may be heading for a political confrontation over war crimes charges against Tel Aviv and a subsequent selective retraction of some of those charges.
Scoop - NZ
- English: gap with Aussie good « The StandardBill English has given up any pretense of closing the gap with Australia by 2025. Now, he is claiming the wage gap is a good thing and admitting higher productivity isn't the cause of the wage gap. Meanwhile, Fran O'Sullivan slams Key and English's 'fingers crossed' approach to handling fina ...
- Key: we were told SCF would fail « The StandardIn a raucous public meeting in Timaru last night, John Key said "The entire time I've been Prime Minister I've had Treasury in my office week after week, month after month telling me South Canterbury Finance was going bankrupt". So, why did National sign SCF into the scheme and renew its deed th ...
- Tapu Misa: Cuts in public services won't stimu ...My first job was in the public service. It was at the Government Printing Office in Wellington, where my father worked as a storeman. My younger siblings were given holiday jobs there
- Irish Bank Rescue Reaches $142 Billion - BloombergIreland yielded to the European Central Bank to protect bondholders even as its bailout bill for the region’s worst banking crisis moved to as much as 100 billion euros ($142 billion) after stress tests.
- Anti-American rioting sweeps AfghanistanPerhaps even more serious, from a military standpoint, was an incident that took place on Thursday, March 31, when a helicopter-borne US attack in Kunar province, in eastern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan, ran into heavy fire from Taliban fighters. Six US soldiers were killed, one of ...
Independent - London
- At least four dead in Dutch mall shootingDutch officials say a gunman opened fire at a shopping mall outside Amsterdam, leaving four people dead and wounding 16 others.
- Yemen pulls envoy from Qatar in row over Gulf planYemen today called home its envoy from Qatar amid a dispute over a Gulf Arab plan for Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down, as anti-government protesters again marched in Aden and Taiz.
- Nigerian poll overshadowed by violence and chaosNigerians went out to vote under tight security today in a ballot delayed by administrative bungling and marred by a deadly bomb attack hours before polling stations opened.
- Japan to pump radioactive water into sea until ...Japan will pump radioactive water into the sea from a crippled nuclear plant until Sunday, a day later than previously planned, its nuclear safety agency said.
- Fishermen's bodies found off Irish coastThe bodies of two fishermen who have been missing for over a week have been recovered off the Irish coast.
Rogue Government.com
- Oil Climbs Above $112 on Libyan Armed Revolt, ...Crude rose above $112 in New York for the first time in 30 months and Brent topped $126 on skepticism that Libyan output will rebound when fighting ends and as a weaker dollar increased demand for raw materials.
- Gates: U.S. troops could stay in Iraq for years Defense Secretary Robert Gates said U.S. troops could remain in Iraq for years to come. It would depend, he said, on what the Iraqis want and what Washington is willing to give.
- Military wants doctors to “use their position ...Doctors must take a leading role in highlighting the dangers of climate change, which will lead to conflict, disease and ill-health, and threatens global security, according to a stark warning from an unusual alliance of physicians and military leaders.
- IMF chief wants free-market theories 'overhau ...The liberal theories that have guided the global economy for the last 30 years need to be overhauled, according to the head of the IMF — an institution long seen as their chief cheerleader.
- Sudan Accuses Israel Of Attack; Khartoum 'Res ...Sudan's Foreign Minister Ali Karti on Wednesday accused Israel of carrying out an attack on Tuesday near Port Sudan that killed two people and said Khartoum reserved the right to react to the aggression.
Innovation Canada
- Sharing culture
- Targeting tumoursTargeting a cancerous tumour with localized, high-concentration chemotherapy drugs can be an effective way of destroying a tumour, but surrounding healthy tissue often gets damaged in the process. Now, thanks to a world-first in remote-controlled delivery of anti-cancer drugs developed at École ...
- Search for the stellar smoking gunWhen big stars go boom, they are like really, really big guns — they leave behind a telltale smoke signal and a path of destruction. Understanding the forensic evidence from just a puff of smoke might sound near impossible, but for Samar Safi-Harb, it’s just another day at the office. Originally ...
- Women and scienceFive Canadian women. Five accomplished scientists. Five perspectives.
- A recipe for failureBy definition, perfectionists set very high standards for themselves. As a result, they are also setting themselves up to fail. And when they do, research is now showing that many perfectionists resort to binge eating to alleviate feelings of loneliness, sadness and inadequacy. “Perfectionists o ...
Signs of the times
- SOTT FOCUS: Perception Management: How 'accept ...I've been amazed by the actions of official agencies to the unfolding radiation crisis at Fukushima. Watching the news reports from official channels in the aftermath of the disaster, I started asking myself several questions: Why has there been such a poor reaction from the World Health Organiz ...
- School official defends cops who pepper-spraye ...It needed to be done. That was the message from a Jefferson County Schools superintendent Tuesday after 9NEWS reported that police used pepper spray on a second grader. "He was violent, he was verbal, he was abusive," Community Superintendent Peg Kastberg said. "The police were very thoughtfu ...
- The "Big Bang" is just Religion disguised as S ...Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was this guy named Aristotle. Pretty sharp fellow; he thought up a lot of good things. But, occasionally he made a mistake. One mistake he made was to toss an orange up in the air and watch it come straight back down to his hand. Aristotle reasoned that ...
- Yemen resolution unlikely as president dismiss ...Ali Abdullah Saleh accuses Gulf states who have been meeting to discuss his fate of trying to mastermind 'coup' Hopes for a peaceful resolution to political turmoil were fading on Friday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh backed away from a plan being drawn up by Gulf states to broker an end to hi ...
- EU tells Portugal: 'no aid without harsher cuts'European Union finance ministers told Portugal it would have to implement tougher austerity measure than those proposed by its outgoing government if it hoped to secure a bailout. The minister were meeting in Budapest on Friday to discuss the sovereign debt crisis that has haunted the bloc for ...
The Galloping Beaver
- A week's groceries . . .GOT THIS E-MAIL last week that's interesting to ponder. The author notes, "Notice how cheap the American diet is compared to that of the Europeans. With all of their meat and junk food, the Yanks spend less than $100 more than the Sicilians. Wonder where an average Canadian diet would fit in? Pr ...
- Criminal Immigrant Naturalization ActTGB News (12 October 2013): The government of prime minister Jason Kenney today tabled the Criminal Immigrant Naturalization Act designed to replace the existing Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act. The PMO released a statement claiming this act "addresses wea ...
- Canada: Celebrating 300 years of TuberculosisThere is no excuse. A distinctive tuberculosis was unintentionally left by 18th-century Voyageurs in remote aboriginal communities along their trade routes and still plagues those communities today, new research shows.Excuse me while I vomit.
- Creep apologises for creepingYeah, perhaps it dawned on him that it looks very bad to have party operatives looking at the facebook pages of young women for evidence of contrarian politics. Conservative Leader Stephen Harper is apologizing to anyone who has been removed from his party's campaign rallies, three days after ...
- Hold the one-on-one debate anywayNicely played Ignatieff: As you stated, there are only two people who can be Prime Minister after May 2nd: you or me. Canadians truly deserve to see us go face to face in a contest of ideas, values and very different visions for our country. That is what democracy is all about. Like many C ...
Media Matters for America
- Right-Wing Media Obscure Fact That Policies -- ...With a possible government shutdown looming, many right-wing media figures have falsely suggested that the negotiations are centered solely on spending. However, according to news reports, conflicts over policies -- such as Republican demands to defund Planned Parenthood and restrict the Enviro ...
- Right-Wing Media Trivialize, Dismiss Potential ...Right-wing media have recently trivialized or dismissed the potential effects of a federal government shutdown. However, a shutdown could disrupt the economy and many businesses, cause hundreds of thousands of workers to be furloughed, and disrupt numerous public services.Right-Wing Media Trivi ...
- Right-Wing Media Falsely Suggest Planned Paren ...Right-wing media have used the ongoing budget standoff to�falsely�suggest that Republicans want to end funding to Planned Parenthood because�the federal funding is used to�"provide abortions." However, these reports have failed to note that Planned Parenthood does not and cannot use federal fun ...
- Myths And Falsehoods: Birther EditionWith birther conspiracy theory claims about President Obama again being hyped by the right-wing media, Media Matters looks at the myths and falsehoods surrounding Obama's birth certificate. MYTH: Obama Hasn't Released A Birth Certificate MYTH: Obama's Stepgrandmother Confirmed He Was Born In ...
- Predictable: Right-Wing Media Respond To WI Su ...Right-wing media reacted to news that Democrat-backed JoAnne Kloppenburg emerged from Wisconsin's Supreme Court election with a small lead by predictably bringing up baseless allegations of voter fraud. The right-wing media regularly uses voter fraud to respond to elections where a Democrat win ...
Global Research.ca
- US-NATO Wars: "Collateral Repair" - Turning De ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- America's Inflationary DepressionFor more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- Cuba planning to drill deep-water oil wells i ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- LIBYA: Selected News Articles, reports and ana ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
- War on Palestinian Memory: Israel Resolves Its ...For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
TPM Cafe
- New Economic Thinking Conference to Shatter Il ...(Steve Clemons and Joseph Stiglitz sitting in the private apartments of John Maynard Keynes, Kings College, Cambridge University; April 2010) Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and I attended last year one of those conferences that decades from now historical societies will note with a marker ...
- Paul Ryan's Plan, the Coming Shutdown, and Wha ...I was there in 1995 when the government closed because of a budget stalemate. I had to tell most of the Labor Department's 15,600 employees to go home and not return the next day. I also had to tell them I didn't know when they'd next get a paycheck. There were two shutdowns, actually, rollin ...
- Goldstone Flinched For Reason So Many Progress ...A terrific article in the Jewish Forward today explains what was behind Judge Richard Goldstone's decision to amend his original findings on the Gaza war: social pressure. The article describes how Goldstone's community in Johannesburg summoned Goldstone to a meeting with the Jewish Federatio ...
- A Heritage of ExaggerationTo paraphrase Ronald Reagan, there they go again. Even as the key players in the budget debate, from President Obama to House Budget Committee chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) are shirking their responsibility to take a serious look at reducing military spending, a new report from the Heritage Foundation ...
- Iraq has Oil & Afghanistan has America: Obama ...One of the lines working around the Middle East and South Asia is that "Iraq has oil, and Afghanistan has the U.S." The budget showdown looming in Washington now, threatening to shut down the government on Friday seems to hardly recognize the expenditure by the US in FY2011 of $119 Billion i ...
TruthOut
- Congress Must Debate the Libya WarThe US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds that the ...
- News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
- In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
- Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)read more
- Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...
Planetsave
- Government Shutdown 2011: See How Much Republi ...A potential government shutdown is all the news right now, as it should be. The U.S. government could grind to a screeching halt due to Congress' inability to agree on a budget. But many of the news agencies covering this possible shutdown are painting the picture much too evenly. (i.e. Is it th ...
- Funny Dancing Video & Insightful CommentaryA good friend and Planetsave supporter recently shared this great video above with me. It is really worth a watch, for the interesting dancing alone.
- Huge Environmental Organizations Merge (350.or ...If you haven't heard the news yet, two huge environmental organizations just decided to merge -- 350.org, which organized what was reportedly the biggest day of global action in October (the 10/10/10 day of global action), and 1Sky, a great organization that has inspired many and accomplished mu ...
- Greenpeace 30-Second Facebook Unfriend Coal Ad ...Joe created an excellent cartoon to go with Greenpeace's latest Unfriend Coal video last week, as well as a nice little write-up of the campaign and where it's at. But we didn't actually share the video. Here it is.
- Platypus (10 Friday Photos)Why have I chosen the platypus? Because it's a pretty awesome animal -- I think it's one of the most unusual creatures in the world! Moreover, when I was young I got a book about nature. I guess I wasn't very aware of the existence of more animals than just common pets, but in that book I discov ...
Water Quality - WordPress
- ENGAGE OR DIEGreetings. In this blog post I will discuss the book Engage by Brian Solis with foreword by Ashton K
- Loops: not rope, shoelaceI wrote seventeen pages today; I can’t stop! You can work from home, kids! “A complicati
- Our new civil duty is to educate since voting ...I had sent a message to my dear hometown district representative Congressman Patrick McHenry about s
- Water to the sea isn't wastedJeffrey Mount, UC Davis Professor of Geology Water flows across the floodplain and into the Delta du
- Water Sustainability Principles for a National ...Clean Water Alliance http://www.cleanwateramericaalliance.org/pdfs/sustainabilityprinciples.pdf {Pre
Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts
- Bahrain: Hundreds injured as pro-democracy pro ...by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 11, 2011 Manama Bahraini police opened fi
- Britain's Failed Intel Operation in Libya: Her ...by Felicity Arbuthnot Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 12 March, 2011 Image via Wikipedia “Libe
- Preludes, 2011 (for Bradley Manning) By Gary C ...By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 12, 2011 Image by mar is sea Y via Flickr (for
- Robber Barons, Revolution, and Social Control, ...by Andrew Gavin Marshall Featured Writer Dandelion Salad March 12, 2011 Image via Wikipedia The Cent
- Lifting the Veil: Barack Obama and the failure ...http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ Warning This video may contain images depicting the reality and
Axis of Logic
- Stiglitz: Gambling with the planet - EconomyJapan's disaster and the global recession provide stark lessons on societies' failure to manage risks, economist says. The consequences of the Japanese earthquake - especially the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear power plant - resonate grimly for observers o ...
- Michel Martelly: Haiti's Uribe? - HaitiOn a continent which has been moving away from U.S. imperial dominance, Colombia’s President Alvaro Uribe was an exception. In stark opposition to defiant leaders like Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez, Bolivia’s Evo Morales and Ecuador’s Rafael Correa, Uribe emerged as Washington’s closest ally in La ...
- CEPR: Preliminary Results Show Turnout for Pre ...Martelly’s Historically Weak Mandate Preliminary results announced by the CEP last night showed Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly with 67.6 percent of the vote, while Mirlande Manigat received 31.5 percent. While news headlines focus on the “landslide” victory for Martelly, he actually receiv ...
- Cuba: Balancing Bane and Blessing of Oil - EnergyHAVANA, Apr 7, 2011 (IPS) - Cuba is sticking to its plans to begin oil exploration this year in its territorial waters in the Gulf of Mexico, and has assured neighbouring countries that "every reasonable" safety and environmental protection measure will be taken, in an area still haunted by the. ...
- Japan: Powerful aftershock leaves three dead - ...Three people have been killed and scores injured after a powerful aftershock struck north-east Japan. Several buildings were destroyed and power was cut to 3.6 million homes. It was the most powerful tremor since the 9.0-magnitude quake that triggered a devastating tsunami four weeks ago. ...
They Gave Us a Republic
- Justifying Appeasement to Ensure FeudalismNo, Mr. President: Slashing spending that will destroy the middle class is NOT "what the American people deserve." But it is yet more proof as if anyone needed it that we are on our own. Certainly the White House is not our ally. Last night, after weeks of long and difficult negotiations over o ...
- The Nightowl NewswrapHe made his tanning bed. Let him lie in it. As of this writing there is three hours to go and no deal in place to keep the government from shutting down at midnight. Given that it is Boehner's weak leadership and inability to control his caucus, giant gavel be damned. The White House and Harry R ...
- The Crime Wikileaks PublicizedNo, not exposed or revealed, because it was already public knowledge. Greg Mitchell at The Nation: Today (April 5) marks the first anniversary of the day WikiLeaks started to become a household name in the U.S. -- when Julian Assange released the video he had titled Collateral Murder. �It showed ...
- Profiles in Cowardice: How the Beltway Pundito ...Time magazine's Michael Grunwald used to write for the Boston Globe where he almost got a friend of mine fired after quoting her that the department where she worked had "dodged a bullet" and escaped the Governor's statewide reorganization plan. Governor William Weld read the quote and was not a ...
- Once Again Middle Class, Welcome To The Planet ...YD has a great article below on "The Blackening of America" which lays out the attitude of the oligarchs that unless you're one of them, you're dog shit. �One line especially jumped out at me: But today the plutocrats are so powerful they don't bother to make the distinction any more; everyone w ...
Care 2
- Gov't killing key female lions on AZ desert refugeGov't shooting more rare desert pumas on national wildlife refuge. One female killed recently and another may die today. Submitted by Cher C. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- India and Pakistan: practising peaceGiven the history of India and Pakistan, it is easy to be sceptical about the chances of their latest peace initiativeSubmitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Dolphins Show suspended in Attica Zoo Park | K ...The Dolphins� Show at the Attica Zoo Park in Spata newa Athens has been suspended after an application for provisional measures submitted by the Ecologists Greens and animal loving citizensSubmitted by Sophia P. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- ACTION ALERT: People Dying as a Result of Gul ...The BP oil spill is not over. Thousands of people who were involved in the clean-up are now becoming sick and dying. No one is doing anything about this and if no one does then thousands of innocent Americans will pay for it with their lives. HoldSubmitted by Simone D. to Society & Culture �|� ...
- Convert All Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Solar Sub ...In the U.S., between 5 and 10 billion dollars a year of taxpayers' money goes to the petroleum industry. Less than 500 million a year goes to renewables. Obama declared an end to fossil fuel subsidies, but where is that end? Please sign!Submitted by patricia m lasek to Environment �|� ...
Smirking Chimp
- Robin Hood in Reverse in US: Seven Examples
- What the President Should Have Said About J.T. ...
- A Festival of Dumb
- Reid is right: Republican shutdown looms
- The' F Word: Remembering Why Media Reform Matters
Paul Krugman
- "Serious"I do not think that word means what you think it means.
- $3 Trillion Here, $3 Trillion ThereAbout those tax cuts.
- Reform, Real and FakeTo address health care costs, address health care costs.
- Ryan and TaxesFlim-flam forever.
- Why People Say "Eeh!" When They Learn About th ...Policy of Germany, by Germany, for all of Europe.
No Quarter
- Government Shutdown, Cable News HysteriaCan’t stand to watch the hand-wringing and screeching of the various cable news anchors and politicians hyperventilating about the supposed tragedy of shutting down the Federal Government. For starters it is Friday night. The Federal Government largely folded its tents about 4:30 pm today as hun ...
- Friday Night Light * Open ThreadIf you’d told me in 1994, when I held my first job in the brave new world of the Internet, that we’d all be able to watch the TV shows we like, whenever we want, on the Internet, I’d have had a hard time believing you. In those days, just hooking up to the Internet [...]
- Is Nancy Pelosi For Real?Nancy Pelosi has come out with another whopper. Honestly, I just do not understand how this woman can be so clueless, but well, she is. She is now claiming that “there is a war on women,” discussing primarily issues related to choice. And of course, this “war” is perpetrated by the Republicans. ...
- GITMO OHApril 4, 2011: Spoke Yochi Dreazen, National Journal, re the Obama administration reversal of direction re GITMO. The retreat is total. There are 172 illegal combatants held at the camp. No more have been added since POTUS ordered the camp closed on his first day in office. The tribunals for for ...
- Is The MSM Hiding Attacks On Women Journalists?Again? So it would seem. This time, it is in Palestine by Hamas Security officers. But I bet you haven’t heard a word about it, have you? Had it not been for Phyllis Chesler, I wouldn’t have known, either. In Chesler’s excellent post, “Arab Spring: Male-on-Female Atrocities In Gaza Disappeared B ...
Environmental Graffiti
- How Packaging Made from Mushrooms Could Benefi ...Dell Computers will ship using packaging made of mushrooms. What are the environmental benefits? Will it work as well as traditional packaging materials? read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Nyiragongo: The Most Dangerous Volcano on EarthA photographer's story of visiting the most dangerous volcano in the world. Meet National Geographic's Carsten Peters as he climbs the Congo's mighty Mount Nyiragongo. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the ar ...
- 10 Fabulous Houseplants that Work as Living Ai ...Ten common houseplants that keep our indoor air clean and balance the inside humidity. They also help by fighting pollution. Let us find more about them. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
- Fresh Water: The Essence of LifeFreshwater is an essential ingredient for all forms of life on Earth. An open photography exhibition at the G2 Gallery focuses on the importance of freshwater. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
- Amazing Street Art Inspired by LoveFaunagraphic and Rocket01 are talented, in love and making the world a more beautiful place one mural at a time. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
Foreign Policy in Focus
- World Bank Horning Its Way Into UN Fund for He ...The UN Cancun climate talks established the groundwork for the Green Climate Fund to help poor nations address climate change.
- The Days of Anger: Humiliation, Fear and Digni ...It is not only the economy that fuels Arab protests.
- Letter from MaguindanaoFor nearly 40 years, a civil war involving Muslim rebels and clan politics has raged in the southern Philippines.
- No Moral Consistency in Obama's Middle East PolicyIn Libya, the U.S. lead role in the military intervention has proved that its advertised intentions and actions clash with reality on the ground.
- How to Break the Deadlock With North KoreaNorth Korea can't help but think: "Look what happened to Libya when it gave up its nuclear weapons."
Global Elite
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in t ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare p ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government ...
Al Jazeera
- Clashes erupt around Cairo's Tahrir SquareProtesters retake iconic square, hours after security forces moved in to break up crowd demanding Mubarak's trial.
- Budget deal averts US federal shutdownRepublicans and Democrats reach an agreement to keep government institutions running.
- Gbagbo's troops regain ground in AbidjanUN peacekeeping chief says Ivorian presidential election loser used negotiations as a 'trick' in fight to hold power.
- Sadr calls for an end to 'US occupation'Shia cleric threatens to relaunch armed resistance unless the US withdraws from Iraq by year-end.
- Indian activist ends indefinite fast Anna Hazare breaks his five-day fast after government agrees to bring in new anti-graft law.
Green Inc. - NYT
- Taking On Climate Skepticism as a Field of Study"When I hear scientists say, 'The data speak for themselves,' I cringe," a social scientist says. "Data never speak."
- A Fresh Take on Sea-Level RiseA new study confirms that the ocean has been rising in fits and starts since the 19th century -- and that the rate appears to have accelerated in the early 1990s to almost twice the rate of increase that prevailed through most of the 20th century.
- Galloping Food Price Index Shows First Dip in ...The price index is still 37 percent higher than it was a year ago, with the diversion of crops to biofuels playing a significant role.
- Clean Energy Is a Target of Ryan Budget PlanThe congressman's plan for drastic cuts is expected to be opposed by President Obama and the Senate but it enjoys the support of many Republicans.
- Chemistry 201: Why Is Fukushima So Gassy?An explosion at the nuclear plant would be powered by a combination of oxygen and hydrogen. Where are those gases coming from? From the doused seawater, gamma radiation from the nuclear fuel, and zirconium metal cladding.
Dot Earth News
- Energy of Innovation (The TV Show)A televised talent search for energy innovators.
- Limits to 'Disaster Memory,' Even Etched in StoneWhether passed down orally or written in stone, disaster warnings lose their effectiveness over time.
- The Far North and Wintry WeatherFresh predictions about sea ice and a test of a predicted connection between Siberian snow and American cold.
- The Gas AgeA new analysis describes vast resources of natural gas, with deep implications for all other energy choices.
- Is Nuclear Power Simply Too 'Brittle'?An argument that nuclear power, as it now exists, lacks the resiliency required on a complex, crowding planet.
Doug Feith : Hong Pong
- LinkDump March 27 2011 - We looked into the fi ...The Silver Conspiracy xtranormal lolbears are back for Part V! Listening now to Lifeboat Hour with Michael Ruppert presently on ProgressiveRadioNetwork.com. Mostly about Japan so far. Lyric flagged from Ruppert's band New White Trash - "We looked into the fire and the fire looked b ...
- Git & Processing: For new HTML5 Javascript-pow ...Need to throw a batch of links out there. I had a pretty good idea about how to apply some stuff using this kind of tech. The whole thing has just evolved since last November, from local applications into the web. Processing is a language for a lot of cool things including visualizations, but no ...
- Wisconsin gets the FreedomWorks - Yoshimi beat ...We drove around Madison listening to the Flaming Lips -- that day, the evil robots won... Working for the city - she knows it's demanding to defeat those evil machines... ~~ Yoshimi was definitely a public employee in that song ~~ it all makes sense now ~~ Sometimes a press release sums up the a ...
- March 22 mega-link dump: ChernobyLinks & Middl ...A ton of the latest & greatest links to throw at ya, roughly themed out! First some Lols and things to check out: CIA's 'Facebook' Program Dramatically Cut Agency's Costs | Onion News Network Bloomberg's Winkler Discusses Fed Bank Loan Data Ruling - Video - Bloomberg Granbury woman run over, kil ...
- Feds take down Liberty Dollar with Extreme Pre ...[photo source] Mother Jones reports von NotHaus has founded the Free Marijuana Church of Honolulu – eat that, coppers! Full trial Blog @ LibertyDollarTrial. Ron Paul Coin Minter, Pot Priest, Faces 15 Years in Prison | Mother Jones A few crib notes on the late great Liberty Dollar, which worked ...
Daily Censored
- What’s it all about, Alfie?It is not about spending. But then we know that, look at the tax breaks for the super rich. It is not about jobs because shutting down the government will KILL the economy. So, what’s it all about, Alfie? Republicans are refusing to budge on these ideological demands: • No federal financing f ...
- Big Budget Showdown – The Crazies versus ...By Michael Collins Why can’t anyone in a position of power mention the unmentionable? The Republican crazies are in a celebrity death match with sleepwalking Democrats. It is a fabricated drama amounting to not much of anything in terms of the nation’s well being. The stakes are supposedly the s ...
- Workers at the University of Maryland say,  ...On March 31, the UMD student newspaper, the Diamondback, wrote an article based on an anonymous letter from a non-exempt University Employee describing the work environment on campus as a “Nazi camp” and a “plantation.” “We are made to feel like idiots,” the letter said. “Our opinions are null a ...
- US Revolution: Obama fascism is more unlawful ...Source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com Activist Post wrote a brilliant article to explain and document how the Obama administration has escalated the unlawful policies of the Bush administration. The unlawful policies of murderous wars and fraudulent transfer of trillions of taxpayers’ dollars to cor ...
- Tim Donnelly: Racist or Rule of Law Man?� Nationwide, Republicans have elected extremists, whose radical agenda is now becoming apparent. It should come as no surprise that the most radical of Republicans are those that garnered Tea Party support. In California, one such radical extremist is newly elected assemblyman of the 59 Distric ...
AlterNet's Breaking News
- More bodies found as Ivory Coast standoff persists
- America's two party system
- Protestors flood Florida Capitol to decry budg ...
- Early Morning Swim: Rachel Maddow on the Role ...
- The GOP's Phony Troop-Pay Ploy
Institute for Policy Studies
- Financial Transaction Taxes and the Global SouthThis downloadable pdf fact sheet answers frequently asked questions about the implications for the developing world of taxing financial speculation.
- We Don't Need to Shut Down the Government: Tax ...If corporations and households with $1 million income paid at the same levels they did in 1961, the Treasury would collect an additional $716 billion a year.
- How to Break the Deadlock With North KoreaNorth Korea can't help but think: "Look what happened to Libya when it gave up its nuclear weapons."
- A Better Way to Balance the BudgetCorporations benefit from tax breaks and loopholes, while armies get fortunes from governments. Without sacrificing social programs, there are better ways to balance the budget.
- Unnecessary Austerity, Unnecessary ShutdownReversing tax giveaways to the super-rich and the nation's largest corporations could raise $4 trillion within a decade and avert possible government closures.
Equality Trust
- Traduction des preuves en FrançaisLes preuves en Français Preuves à l’appui: une introduction Preuves à l’appui: la santé physique Preuves à l’appui: la santé mentale Preuves à l’appui: la toxicomanie Preuves à l’appui: l’éducation Preuves à l’appui: la population carcérale
- Response to criticism of The Spirit LevelFind our full response to criticism of The Spirit Level here.
- The Wrong Cure - alternatives to the cuts The False Economy website is an excellent and still-developing resource exploring the alternatives to cuts. False Economy includes: a discussion of why the cuts are not progressive details of campaign actions a comprehensive further reading list ... and this short film [youtube:ynUCYo ...
- Why we need a Fairness Test of the cutsA group of charities, including the Equality Trust, Child Poverty Action Group, Barnardo's and the TUC are asking the coalition government to commit to a Fairness Test on any tax rises or spending cuts they introduce. Full details...
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PDA AMERICA
- Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.â–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
- IOT: Healthcare for All Jan CallCall – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. IntroductionsâDr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer MovementâKatie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchio, Healthcare ...
- PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
- War is a Crime: Join In For JusticeWarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Sha ...
- An American Suicide TerroristWilliam John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
Marler Blog
- The Canadian Food Inspection Agency Warns of E ...The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is warning the public not to consume raw shelled walnuts described below because these products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The affected raw shelled walnuts, product of USA, were sold from certain retail stores during the specified time p ...
- Second Salmonella Death Linked to DeFusco's BakeryAccording to press reports, the Rhode Island Department of Health said today that a second person linked to the DeFusco's Bakery Salmonella outbreak has died. A Health Department spokeswoman said the patient was a man in his 90s from Providence County. He died Thursday. The spokeswoman said t ...
- Video - Listeria Lawyer and AttorneyIn August of 2010, Veron Foods, LLC of Prairieville, Louisiana recalled approximately 500,000 pounds of “ready to eat” sausage and hog head cheese products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The following products were subject to recall: A Louisiana State Report noted the 1 ...
- Defusco's Zeppole Salmonella Outbreak has Sick ...The number of people sickened in connection with the Defusco’s Bakery Salmonella outbreak continues to climb. Here are the new numbers from the Rhode Island Department of Health: Cases of Illness between March 14 - 29, 2011 64 Cases Total (63 in Rhode Island, 1 in Massachusetts) 27 Hospitali ...
- Where have I heard Louisiana Veron Hog Head Ch ...Thank goodness that Al Gore (or someone) created the internet and you can search (google) for anything now. I posted earlier about Vernon Cheese sickening a dozen and killing two of its customers with Listeria. Seems like this has been an ongoing problem – at least the recall part. From our fr ...
AutoblogGreen
- Milestone Accomplished: Toyota sells one milli ...Filed under: Hybrid, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Toyota 2011 Toyota Prius - Click above for high-res image gallery California Toyota dealers may or may not be running out of Priuses, but the hybrid is most certainly still popular. How else to explain the news that one million of the ico ...
- Obama: Entire federal fleet purchases to be al ...Filed under: Government/Legal President Obama has outlined a new target for the White House energy policy, one that focuses on variety. According to news reports, the plan will include ways to generate more low-carbon electricity, reduce reliance on foreign oil, expand domestic oil productio ...
- Tesla sues BBC for libel over rigged Top Ge ...Filed under: Government/Legal, UK, Tesla, Electric Let's put this out there: Tesla Motors is a feisty little company. When General Motor tried to trademark "range anxiety," the electric automaker said, "You can have it." Tesla has also had a long-standing beef with the BBC TV show Top Gear, l ...
- Spy Shots: All-wheel-drive Mini Cooper hybrid ...Filed under: Spy Photos, Hybrid, Mini AWD Mini Cooper Hybrid Spy Shots - Click above for high-res image gallery Once you've put an all-electric drivetrain into a Mini Cooper, is it that hard to hybridize one? Well, yes, especially since BMW's limited testing program was intended to give the ...
- Volvo considering insanely high $2,100/month l ...Filed under: Car Buying, Hatchback, Volvo, Electric Volvo C30 Electric - Click above for high-res image gallery A trial fleet of around 400 Volvo C30 Electrics is coming, and anyone who wants one had better have an awful big piggy bank. Speaking at a media launch near Indianapolis, IN today ...
Rafe's Radar
- Saygent: It's not what you say, it's how you s ...Upcoming phone survey tool mines responses for tone, not literal content.
- AwayFind building better 'urgent' e-mail flagE-mail alert platform AwayFind is getting sentiment analysis and calendar integration soon.
- How to catapult an idea to successSiege Toys is one of many tiny start-ups using a pledge marketplace to raise funding and collect pre-orders.
- Tiny start-up tackles big driving hassle: ParkingParking In Motion aims to become the universal database of open parking spots.
- Evernote gets a real Web appThe Web version of this useful note-taking app is losing its glitz but gaining more utility.
Camera Obscura
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- Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
- The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
- Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
- Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...
Democracy Now!
- Egyptian American Mohamed Radwan Released from ...Egyptian American engineer Mohamed Radwan was arrested in Syria on March 25 and released April 1. Democracy Now! correspondent Anjali Kamat interviewed him in his family’s home in Cairo on April 5 and filed this report. ANJALI KAMAT: Mohamed Radwan spent one week inside Syria’s notorious d ...
- One Guantanamo Trial That Will Be Held in New YorkOn the same day President Barack Obama formally launched his re-election campaign, his attorney general, Eric Holder, announced that key suspects in the 9/11 attacks would be tried not in federal court, but through controversial military commissions at Guantanamo. Holder blamed members of Congr ...
- Georgia and the U.S. Supreme Court: Tinkering ...On March 28, the Supreme Court refused to hear the death penalty case of Troy Anthony Davis. It was his last appeal. Davis has been on Georgia’s death row for close to 20 years after being convicted of shooting to death off-duty police officer Mark MacPhail in Savannah. Since his conviction, se ...
- Aristide’s Return to Haiti: A Long Night ...Late at night on March 17, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide boarded a small plane with his family in Johannesburg. The following morning, he arrived in Haiti. It was just over seven years after he was kidnapped from his home in a U.S.-backed coup d’etat. Haiti has been ravaged by ...
- Uncut Interview with Former Haitian President ...Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family were flown on March 18, 2011 by the South African government back to their home in Haiti after seven years in exile in South Africa. Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman was the only reporter to join them on the journey. Here is the compl ...
Digg Green
- Scientists Discover Mind-Reading Scientists from the Washington University medical school have figured out how to channel a person's thoughts from the brain to a computer screen using an implant that reads brainwaves.
- Where Will Debris from Japan's Tsunami Go ...This figure shows the probable pathways of the debris that entered the ocean on March 11, 2011, as estimated from historical trajectories of drifting buoys. View an animation.
- British Medical Journal Letter Calls Clim ...As the US House of Representatives votes to side with polluters and put profits over health by stopping the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, a letter in the British Medical Journal once again reminds us that both the world's leading medical and military professionals think comb ...
- 2 Dying Stars Reborn as 1 White dwarfs are dead stars that pack a Sun's-worth of matter into an Earth-sized ball. Astronomers have just discovered an amazing pair of white dwarfs whirling around each other once every 39 minutes. This is the shortest-period pair of white dwarfs now known. Moreover, in a few million y ...
- Space shuttle legacy: 30 years of histori ...Over the 30 years of its history, the space shuttle has had an indelible impact on America. The United States' spaceship of choice for three decades helped build the largest space station in history, revolutionized science with the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, and inspired generati ...
Invisible Opportunity
- Looking for Dr. Pangloss in an Orwellian NightmareBy Les Visible If things seem to be moving faster, it’s not because they’ve all of a sudden gained some mysterious acceleration, even if that might be true to a degree. The fact is that for a few decades now, deluded individuals and groups have been industrious about setting the stage for an Orw ...
- Is Japan’s Elite Hiding A Weapons Progra ...By Yoichi Shimatsu 4-6-11 Confused and often conflicting reports out of Fukushima 1 nuclear plant cannot be solely the result of tsunami-caused breakdowns, bungling or miscommunication. Inexplicable delays and half-baked explanations from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and the Ministry of ...
- The Pending Judgment of the New World DisorderBy Les Visible Life operates according to a seasonal progression. We are in The Fall at present, culturally speaking, and… along with being the season of harvest; it is also a season of judgment. Harvesting and judgment are very similar. In order for circumstances, individuals and groups to be e ...
- Drunvalo Melchizedek on ETs, Historical Univer ...
- Plasma Beings ITs with Drunvalo Melchizedek (P ...
Global Insights
- Less Than a Week AwayWe encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations
- The Georgia GuidestonesOn one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
- The CreationTHE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
- About George GreenDear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...
AlterNet - DrugReporter
- Thousands in Mexico Take to Streets To Protest ...This June will mark the 40th anniversary of the drug war -- let’s take inspiration from our brothers and sisters in Mexico, and demand an exit strategy from this unwinnable war.
- Drug Test Protestors Send Urine Sample to Flor ...The Committee for the Positive Insistence on a Sane Society (PISS) said it was sending the urine sample to Scott to peacefully protest against his drug testing policy.
- Man Could Face Life in Prison for 3 Grams of M ...In Montana, passing someone a bowl of your medical marijuana could put you in prison for life.
- How Does the Drug Industry Get Away with Broad ...The U.S. is one of only two countries in the world that allows Big Pharma to advertise directly to consumers. How did we get here?
- Obama's Drug War in El SalvadorFor author Lovato el Salvador feels like 1980, the year its civil war started, after U.S.-trained death squads murdered Monsenor Oscar Arnulfo Romero.
Twilight Earth
- Cartoon caption contestTake a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
- Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
- Apples may lose trees [cartoon]The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Ec ...
- Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Governmentâs Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: The USDA cav ...
- BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable). Dea ...
Inhabitat
- South Saigon Yacht Park Brings Green Living Ba ...Vietnam’s capital of Ho Chi Minh City is currently a glass-concrete jungle, but plans are afoot to change all of that. A project is being developed for the center of the historic capital, which will aim to “create a green oasis to spread the message of green revolution across the country.” It i ...
- Fortune Brainstorm Green 2011 Invites Industry ...Fortune Brainstorm Green 2011 is looking forward to a more sustainable future. More companies are learning to better balance on the three pillars that encapsulates what many consider a sustainable company: Economic, Environmental, and Socially Responsible. Over the past three days, the leading k ...
- Green-Roofed Charleston House Has A River Of G ...Read the rest of Green-Roofed Charleston House Has A River Of Green Featureshttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/ohttp://www.inhabitat.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=better_feedptions-general.php?page=better_feed Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Charleston, Eco Architecture, ...
- Element Flatpack Shelving System Unfolds from ...A functional flatpack shelving system set to unfold at this year’s Milan Design Week, this recyclable design by the Parisian duo of NOCC is a practical DIY storage unit that can be built in a variety of ways, adapting to individual space and functional needs. Dubbed ‘Element’ the entire piece ...
- Green Overdrive Video: Wrightspeed Retrofits T ...Cutting down on the fuel usage of company trucks and fleets could make a major dent in the oil consumption of the U.S. Silicon Valley-based startup Wrightspeed is led by a co-founder of Tesla Motors, and they’re building a business around extended-range electric trucks. They’ve developed a digit ...
Pogue's Posts
- The Scooba Robot Also Mesmerizes ChildrenThe floor-scrubbing robot has a logic of its own as it washes floors. But it works.
- Who's Got the Best April Fool's Pranks?Spoiler alert! Some of this year's best Internet April Fool's pranks.
- More on Over Exposing PhotosMore thoughts from a professional photographer on over exposure and details in photos.
- How to Circumvent DVD Region CodesA reader suggests a work-around for the DVD region codes that prevent a disc intended for a foreign market to work in a machine built for American discs.
- 'Chimping' and Other Photo-Taking TipsTips from a professional photographer.
WIRED Magazine | Science
- Mysterious Cosmic Blast Keeps on GoingAstronomers have witnessed a cosmic explosion so strange they don’t even know what to call it. Although the blowup, discovered with NASA’s Swift satellite on March 28, emits high-energy radiation like a gamma-ray burst would, the event has now lasted for 11 days. Gamma-ray bursts last for a ...
- Shark Teeth Found Stuck in Ancient Ammonite ShellA shelled fossil discovered in an amateur’s collection may harbor the first direct evidence of prehistoric sharks eating ammonites some 150 million years ago. The palm-sized ammonite, an extinct marine animal and distant relative of the modern nautilus, was fossilized with three shark teeth st ...
- Real-Time Debate Feedback Distorts DemocracyDuring the 2008 presidential debates, CNN unveiled their latest onscreen gimmick: A real-time graph depicting the averaged reactions of 32 supposedly undecided voters, who expressed favor or disfavor by turning handheld dials as they watched. At the time, some psychologists wondered whether the ...
- Gut Microbes May Foster Heart DiseaseEven the best of friends can be heartbreakers. Friendly bacteria living in the intestines may contribute to heart disease just by helping digest dietary fats. Bacteria that break down a fat found in meat, dairy and some fish set off a chain reaction that leads to the buildup of an artery-clo ...
- Plasmons Create Beautiful Full-Color HologramsBy harnessing the power of tiny waves dancing in an electron sea, Japanese physicists have developed a novel way to project holograms that don’t change color when you move your head. “In a conventional hologram, if you change the angle, the color changes,” said optical physicist Satoshi Kawata ...
PakAlert
- HOW WILL ISRAEL RESPOND TO POPULAR ARAB UPRISINGS?The reality is that dramatic political change now sweeping the Arab world would eventually facilitate the execution of Israel’s war agenda against the Arabs, as well as against Pakistan and Iran.
- Video: New, Stunning Japan Tsunami FootageNew, Stunning Japan Tsunami Footage Video
- Video: Joe Biden believes President Obama shou ...In this interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews, Joe Biden clearly states his position that a President should be impeached for launching an attack on a nation that hasn’t attacked the United States. Of course, the tough-talking Biden was only a Senator when this interview took place and he was ...
- Scientist: Japan nuke “accidents” are tectonic ...Independent scientist Leuren Moret, whose 2004 landmark article in the Japan Times unmasked lies and distortions by government and company officials that led to the construction of nuclear power plants in seismically dangerous areas, has declared in an exclusive 65-minute video interview with Al ...
- The Surprising PNAC Connection to LibyaLooks like the PNAC, or Project for A New American Century, agenda of 1997 is rolling along as planned. Just as has been outlined by other think tanks, Illuminati writers and social programmers But a blind world reels on the defensive when they could have known what was coming all along. Not ...
Andy Worthington
- On Guantánamo and Torture, Campaigners Send A ...In its tenth year of operations, Guantánamo continues to recede in the news, as though ignoring it will make it go away, rather than continuing to skew America’s moral compass from wherever it is that horrors go when they are hidden. However, while Guantánamo is still a largely unacknowledged ...
- Holder, Obama and the Cowardly Shame of Guantá ...Since May 2009, when President Obama first bowed to Republican pressure on national security issues, and abandoned a plan by White House Counsel Greg Craig to rehouse on the US mainland a couple of cleared prisoners at Guantánamo who were at risk of torture if repatriated, it has been apparent t ...
- The “Dark Side” of Bagram: An Ex-P ...This is the fourth article in âBagram Weekâ here at Andy Worthington, with six articles in total exploring what is happening at the main US prison in Afghanistan through reports, analyses of review boards, and the voices of the prisoners themselves, and ongoing updates to the definitive annotate ...
- After Wisconsin and the “We Are One̶ ...On April 4, the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., over a thousand events — teach-ins, vigils, faith services and town hall meetings — took place across the United States, as part of a campaign, backed by unions, faith groups, civil and human rights activists, students a ...
- Andy Worthington Discusses the Guantánamo Pris ...In a show described as “Life in Prison without Trial,” I joined Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio on Monday for our 25th interview — the first since my recent health problems and a stay in hospital, the first since I gave up smoking, and the first I’ve ever done under the influence of morphine (for ...
Environment _ National Geographic
- Volcano Pictures: First Descent Into a Magma C ...NoneFor the first time, scientists have descended into a volcano's magma chamber—rappelling 45 stories into Iceland's Thrihnukagigur.
- Pictures: High School 'ShopGirls' Design for t ...NoneAn all-girl team of high school students from Granite Falls, Washington is building a car to compete in the Shell Eco Marathon.
- All-Girls Team Seeks Record in High-Mileage Ma ...Aiming to break stereotypes and records, the first all-girls team in the Shell Eco-Marathon seeks a repeat victory that will set a new U.S. mark in fuel efficiency.
- Alien Wasps Abduct, Drop Ants to Get FoodWhen competing for food with an ant swarm, the common wasp will pluck an ant from the pile, fly away, and drop the insect, a new study says.
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drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )
- Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
- Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
- Much like the "conservative" GOP...The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
- Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb DumbsSober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
- The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...
SPL Center
- New Evidence Trove Found in MLK Day Bomb AttemptFederal agents investigating the attempted bomb attack on a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in Spokane have found a pile of new evidence abandoned in a remote area near the U.S.-Canadian border. Forensic comparison tests are now being conducted at the FBI lab on 75 items to see if they are tie ...
- Spokane Bombing Arrest Details EmergeOfficials have just identified the suspect arrested in connection with the attempted Martin Luther King Jr. Day bombing in Spokane, Wash., as 36-year-old Kevin William Harpham. Harpham was charged federally with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and receiving and possessing an impro ...
- Enraged by Florida Pastor, Afghan Crowds Kill ...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 people in Afghanistan, after mobs enraged by his March 20 burning of the Koran stormed a United Nations building and killed men and women inside? Thatâ ...
- Arrest Reported in Spokane Terror Bombing AttemptA significant break in the Martin Luther King Day backpack bomb investigation in Spokane occurred this morning when an FBI SWAT team executed a search warrant and reportedly made an arrest in the small northeastern Washington town of Addy. FBI officials weren’t immediately available for comment, ...
- After ‘Liberty Dollars’ Creator Convicted, Fed ...The U.S. government wants ownership of $7 million worth of coins manufactured and sold by Bernard von NotHaus, a 67-year-old antigovernment icon who became a âhigh priestâ in his own marijuana-smoking church. A federal jury in Statesville, N.C., decided on March 18 that the âLiberty Dollarsâ and ...
change: org.
- 5-Month-Old Puppy Starved, Left to Die on SidewalkThis is the story of Snoop, a five-month-old pit bull puppy who was dumped on a Wisconsin sidewalk to die. Snoop was like any other puppy; he did nothing to deserve the neglect and abuse that ultimately led to his death. His abusers — 19-year-old Bryan Hutcherson and his girlfriend — told police ...
- Congressional Leaders Try to Reinstate Global ...With just hours left to negotiate a budget deal and avert a government shutdown, U.S. Republican leaders are putting ideology first - insisting on policy riders that threaten the health of poor women and their families worldwide. Not content with trying to deny funding for Planned Parenthood, th ...
- Lesbian Arson Victims Plead With Insurance Com ...American National Property and Casualty (ANPAC) might want to consider a tagline for their business: "If we insure your home, and it gets burned down in a vicious, anti-gay hate crime, don't expect us to pay your claim." That's because for more than seven months, a Tennessee couple -- Carol Ann ...
- Undocumented Students in Georgia Released From ...Seven immigrant youth leaders in Georgia were arrested earlier this week protesting a ban on undocumented students attending Georgia State University and several other public colleges. They were calling on Mark P. Becker, the president of the university, to refuse to comply with barring qualifie ...
- Brazil Rebukes Human Rights Court, Continues W ...Last Friday, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) told Brazil that it should stop construction of the Belo Monte dam until human rights and environmental concerns had been resolved. In response, Brazil told the IACHR to mind its own business. The IACHR’s ruling was in response t ...
Common Dreams -News
- The People's Budget: What a "Centrist" Budget ...WASHINGTON - Just when it seemed that all of Washington had lost its values and its connection with the American people, a bolt of hope has arrived. It is the People's Budget put forward by the co-chairs of the 80-member Congressional Progressive Caucus. Their plan is humane, responsible, and mo ...
- Scientists Link Oil on Dolphins to BP SpillScientists 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 of the 406 dolphins that have washed ashore in the last 14 months had oil on their bodies, Na ...
- US Spending Agreed, Abortion is the Impasse: ReidWASHINGTON — All financial elements of a US budget have been resolved between Democrats and Republicans, with the entire spending plan hinging Friday on an "ideological battle" over abortion, the top Democratic senator said. With a midnight deadline fast approaching, bickering lawmakers have nar ...
- NATO Says No Apology for Strike on Libyan Rebe ...AJDABIYA, Libya – NATO refused on Friday to apologise for a deadly airstrike on Libyan rebel tanks and dismissed talk of a military stalemate, as the insurgents regrouped their scattered forces in the east. British Rear Admiral Russell Harding, deputy commander of NATO's Libya operations, said ...
- US Nuclear-Disaster Preparedness Hobbled by Un ...If the United States faced a nuclear disaster, local governments would automatically take charge, followed by federal authorities if the crisis grew too big for local responders to handle. But this system has a flaw: The nation's emergency plans don't spell out when or how the transfer of autho ...
Lifehacker
- Create Your Own Dvorak Keyboard [Hacks]Have you ever wondered why the keyboard you are using right now has the characters laid out in that particular order? The standard keyboard layout is called the Qwerty layout, and was designed around 1875. But what if you wanted to try a m ...
- How to Make a Web Site Part V: Additional Reso ...This week we showed you how to create a web site using HTML and CSS... but now what? Here are some additional resources and methods you can use to learn more. More��
- Lifehacker Night School Part IV: Choosing a Ho ...So you've learned the basics of HTML, brushed up on styling and CSS, and taken your web page design idea from concept to reality. Now it's time to find a host and launch your site. More��
- Scrobble Amazon Cloud Player Tracks to Last.fm ...Last.fm is one of our favorite music recommendation and statistics engines, and if you've fallen in love with Amazon's new Cloud Player service, you're probably looking for a way to scrobble the songs you listen to. This script will do the ...
- Remains of the Day: Google Tests a Tablet Vers ...Google will not be cracking down on the Android Market, IE9 now has a definitive release schedule, and Bing for iPad is kind of sexy. More��
Water Privatization
- Chomsky critiques western societyStudents, like many other groups in contemporary society, are being indoctrinated with notions of privatization, efficiency and distorted ideas about capitalism to keep them passive and obedient so rich people who run the corporate world can become even more wealthy.That, in a nutshell, was the ...
- World water woesWhere does our water come from? What watershed are we in? Where does our wastewater go? What companies are we supporting with our purchasing power? We need to start asking questions, and acknowledging the impact of our choices. We need to take back the tap at Carleton, and ban bottled water ...
- Union of Water Employees Against Privatization ...By Ina Alleco R. Silverio Bulatlat.com While the public is continually bombarded with reminders to save water, Malacañang is pushing for the privatization of the water industry which, critics say, will lead to higher water rates. Rodrigo Aranjuez, Water System Employees Response (WATER) national ...
- Privatization Commission Board reconstitutedISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani has reconstituted the Board of Privatization Commission with Syed Naveed Qamar Federal Minister for Privatization, Water and Power as its chairman.
- University Lectures | Activist highlights impo ...The difference was clear to Maude Barlow when a Mexican man presented two full water bottles during a World Water Council forum a few years ago. ...
Guardian
- Egypt tense after deadly raid on Tahrir Square�� Egypt tense after army stage pre-dawn raid on Tahrir Square �� Beleaguered Yemeni president warns against 'intervention' �� Red Cross ship docks in besieged Libyan city of Misrata �� Syrian activists call for daily protests after bloodiest day �� Click here for full coverage of Friday's deve ...
- Ivory Coast rebels 'kill hundreds'Reports of mass murders and rapes in villages. Pro-government forces also accused of atrocitiesMass killings have been carried out by both sides of the conflict in Ivory Coast, according to the campaign group Human Rights Watch. Their report documents a trail of death and destruction carried out ...
- Councillor tells of fight with gunmanSouthampton council leader tells how he fought with gunman after one officer killed and another injured on nuclear sub HMS AstuteA council leader has spoken of how he wrestled a gunman to the ground after he shot at two Royal Navy officers on board a nuclear submarine, killing one.The dramatic s ...
- Malaya 'massacre' covered up by UKForeign Office intervened to halt an investigation in the 1990s by Malaysian authorities into the deaths of 24 unarmed villagersThe Foreign Office intervened to stop a criminal investigation into the alleged massacre of 24 unarmed villagers by British troops, in a cover-up that puts Britain's co ...
- Sandstorm kills eight in pile-upA total of 110 people in 80 cars and three trucks involved in crash on motorway near Baltic Sea after sandstormA sandstorm in northern Germany has caused a huge motorway pile-up that killed eight people and injured at least 41 others, police said.Rostock police spokesman Volker Werner said rescu ...
McClatchey
- Commentary: As Latinos go, so goes the U.S.Pundits have discussed the browning of America for a good two decades now. By that they mean the growth and geographic spread of the Latino population in the U.S.
- Commentary: Private prisons have failed beforeThe ban on privatized probation, written into Florida law 21 years ago, didnt just drop out of the ozone.
- Commentary: Profiting by posing as the TalibanMAZAR-E SHARIF, Afghanistan — When is a Taliban insurgent not a Taliban insurgent? When they are former militia members who identify themselves as Taliban fighters in order to collect a monthly payment of $80, along with housing, food and clothing.
- Lawmakers strike last-minute deal to avoid shu ...WASHINGTON — Congress and the White House late Friday barely beat the clock and averted a partial government shutdown, agreeing to a last-minute deal to cut at least $38.5 billion from federal spending.
- Abortion politics becomes big part of budget dramaWASHINGTON — Planned Parenthood, always a lightning rod for social conservatives, rose front and center in the divide between Senate Democrats and House Republicans over federal spending — and the disagreement came perilously close to shutting down the federal government.
BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch
- Reflections on a fortnight in FukushimaEarth Watch posts have been in smaller supply than usual in recent days. For a week, your humble correspondent was virtually living inside the Fukushima nuclear power station, attempting to make sense of what we knew and what we didn't know as the situation unfolded. Now - almost two weeks after ...
- Bees: a sting in the tale� The United Nations Environment Programme (Unep) buzzes into the ongoing discussion of bee decline this week, with a report examining the global nature of the issue and some of the reasons behind it. Their top-line conclusions are that it's becoming a widespread, if not quite global, phenomen ...
- Green tuna goes FAD-freeEnvironmental group Greenpeace is claiming something of a victory with the news that the UK's biggest supplier of canned tuna, Princes, is going to source its fish from more sustainable supplies than previously. Greenpeace has been spearheading a campaign to get companies to adopt sustainable t ...
- China and EU share climate visionChina and the European Union are setting out plans for changing energy use and curbing carbon emissions within a space of a few days. As one of them is the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases while the other would be third in the global list if its emissions were tallied as a single enti ...
- Refining the sixth great extinctionAre we living through the sixth mass extinction of life in Earth history? That we are is something you'll often hear asserted in conservation circles - and you'll easily find dozens of news articles taking the notion at face value. It's even acquired a posh name - the Holocene extinction. In ...
The Wonk Room
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thwap's schoolyard
- Smokestack LightningWhere has the time gone? Here's my post for the day.
- There HAS To Be AccountabilityI still think that the election will return another harpercon minority. Regional factors, class interest, and the Bell Curve of intelligence, dictates that harper's hold on the West, reactionary moneyed interests, and stupid, ignorant people, will stand firm. [NOTE: I intend for those three labe ...
- A Comment on Jim FlahertyIt is patently obvious that Flaherty dyes his hair. It's pretty rich that a dunce who didn't even see the great recession coming (even after it had already hit the USA), and whose "action plan" had to be forced out of him, can still present himself as a sober, steady hand on the economic tiller ...
- Obama Kicks Off Re-election Bid by Shitting on ...I despise that sanctimonious hypocrite. I have for a long time now. But I want to draw people's attention to these two stories: 1. Via Glenn Greenwald and Rachael Maddow - Obama betrays the idealism of US-Americans who believed him when he said he'd close the human rights travesty of the Guanta ...
- NDP (and the other guys) Reject harpercon BudgetHOOOORAY!!!! Fuck-head flaherty's clueless bromides budget has been rejected by all three opposition parties! Layton said he'd work with Paul Martin's minority government and he did, until Martin contemptuously rejected NDP demands to stop the privatization of health care. (You Liberal blogger ...
on Government Oversight
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Digital Journal
- Why participating in Libya's civil war is an A ...Over the course of a month, what was originally billed as a humanitarian mission in Libya to protect civilians through the implementation of a no-fly zone has openly changed to a military intervention in a sovereign nation's civil war.
- School secretary fired for starring in porn filmsAn office assistant at a Quebec high school was fired after the fact that she had acted in pornographic films was made public.
- 5 Questions with Canadian Liberal MP Justin Tr ...Justin Trudeau is well known to many Canadians as the first born son of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau and of course as a Liberal Member of Parliament representing the Papineau district in Montreal, where he is seeking re-election .
- Nova Scotia principal addresses flesh eating d ...Principal Brad Stokes, in a letter going home to Horton High School parents this afternoon, has confirmed that a student at the school has been diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis, commonly known as flesh eating disease.
- Canadian PM proposes loans to immigrants, dodg ...Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper continued to target the Greater Toronto Area ridings Wednesday. Harper spoke at NOVO Plastics in Markham, Ontario where he proposed new measures to assist immigrants with their foreign credentials.
End Homelessness | Change.org
- Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state. What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe a ...
- Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
- Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 10 ...
- LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
- Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...
Ceasefire.ca
- Winslow Wheeler on the F-35: News coverageWinslow Wheeler’s briefings on the planned F-35 purchase (sponsored by the Rideau Institute) led to an additional round of Canada-wide coverage of the controversial purchase, which is becoming one of the hot-button issues of the current election campaign. Key media coverage included: Meagan Fitz ...
- We’re taking action on the F-35 todayToday we are bringing one of the most respected critics of the F-35 stealth fighters directly from Washington to Ottawa.
- Liberals release election platformThe Liberal Party released its latest “Red Book”, its election platform document, on April 3rd (Your Family. Your Future. Your Canada, Liberal Party of Canada, 2011). The foreign and security policy elements of the document for the most part reaffirm the positions the Liberals took in the intern ...
- Withdrawal issues: NATO countries on the futur ...According to “Withdrawal issues: What NATO countries say about the future of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe,” a recently released report by peace advocacy group IKV Pax Christi, there is sufficient political will within NATO to end the deployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) in Eur ...
- Let’s Make the Stealth Fighters an Election IssueYes, I can donate $25 to stop the stealth fighters Dear peace supporter, It’s been a pitched media battle with Harper’s Conservatives and his corporate defence lobby since I last wrote you. And as you will read below, it’s about billions of dollars in military sales, deceit, corporate and govern ...
Kevin Trudeau Show
- Dr. Ray Lala – Resolve Herpes/HPVClick the picture or link below to hear Kevin’s interview with Dr. Ray Lala and click here to learn more about how to eliminate herpes, HPV, and other viruses that may be lurking within your body! Dr. Ray Lala on The Kevin Trudeau Show 4/08/11
- The Kevin Trudeau Show: 4-8-11Today, Kevin reveals exactly how the government is spending your hard earned money! Plus, find out how to eliminate herpes, HPV, and other viruses that are lurking within your body when Dr. Ray Lala calls in from New Zealand! Self Help: Push The Viruses OUT! The Secret To Perfect Health Coura ...
- Government Shutdown Threat Prompts Obama, GOP ...April 8th, 2011 The Huffington Post Uncomfortably close to a deadline, President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders have only hours to avert a Friday midnight government shutdown that all sides say would inconvenience millions of people and damage a still fragile economy. Obama said he s ...
- Triangular UFOs: Close Encounters With Unident ...April 8th, 2011 AOL News By: Lee Spiegel In recent years, there have been a lot of UFO sightings. We know that. But a question I’ve wondered about for a long time is this: What’s up with all the triangle-shaped UFOs? From the U.S. to Belgium, France, Australia and even a reported flying “Dorito” ...
- Johnson & Johnson Settles Bribery Case With FedsApril 7th, 2011 Daily Finance By: Matthew Perrone and Daniel Wagner Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $70 million to settle civil and criminal charges of bribing doctors in Europe and paying kickbacks to the Iraqi government to illegally obtain business. The Securities and ...
Pambazuka News
- Haiti: Supporters in Haiti make ready for AristideSupporters beat drums in the slums while workers spruced up his private villa as Haitians prepared on Tuesday for the possible return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide with feverish anticipation. 'Some people are cleaning the streets, others are getting the ...
- Southern Sudan: Sowing the seeds of agricultur ...After the sound of gunfire fell silent in Southern Sudan, marking the end of one of Africa's longest running civil wars, Pio Kowr Ding decided he would return home to the autonomous region to take up an agricultural research job with the government. ...
- Ethiopia: Ethiopians to remember martyrs of th ...Ethiopians from various cities in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia held a conference on Saturday to discuss and coordinate plans for the upcoming 5th anniversary of the Ethiopian election massacre. The participants discussed and updated each othe...
- March on Washington scheduled for NovemberThe Black is Back Coalition has announced a march and rally on the White House to take place November 13, 2010 beginning in Washington, DC’s historic Malcolm X Park. This will mark the second year in a row that this black coalition will be protestin...
- USA: Black community activist faces possible 1 ...Diop Olugbala (aka Wali Rahman) will be sentenced on Wednesday, 13 October to a possible 10 years in prison for speaking out on behalf of the rights of the black community. A press conference and demonstration will be held prior to Olugbala’s sentenc...
War in Context
- The fight for LibyaProspects fade for military overthrow of Gaddafi Libyan rebels said on Friday they repulsed a government assault on the besieged city of Misrata but prospects faded for a military overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi. NATO leaders acknowledged the limits of their air power, which has caused rather tha ...
- Intifada updateFriday protests erupt in Arab world Protests erupted across much of the Arab world on Friday, the Muslim day of prayer, with demonstrators killed in Syria and Yemen while Egyptians staged one of the biggest rallies since President Hosni Mubarak’s fall. Syrian security forces killed 17 pro-demo ...
- Obama’s secret prison networkThe Associated Press reports: “Black sites,” the secret network of jails that grew up after the Sept. 11 attacks, are gone. But suspected terrorists are still being held under hazy circumstances with uncertain rights in secret, military-run jails across Afghanistan, where they can be interrogat ...
- Whose flag still gets burned in Baghdad?As US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates visited Baghdad yesterday, the New York Times reported: Mr. Gates and American military commanders have made no secret of their view that some of the 47,000 American troops in Iraq should remain after 2011 as a stability force, particularly as tensions ha ...
- Goldstone has paved the path for a second Gaza warGideon Levy writes: All at once the last doubts have disappeared and the question marks have become exclamation points. Dr. Ezzeldeen Abu Al-Aish wrote a short book in which he invented the killing of his three daughters. The 29 dead from the Al-Simoni family are now vacationing in the Caribbea ...
Watts Up With That?
- A Pox on Both Their HousesGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach I don’t usually wander too far off of the climate reservation, but this excellent cartoon by Michael Ramirez deserves wider publication, as it addresses a critical problem. It shows the US Budget for 2011, along … Continue reading →
- Snow in Los Angeles County, NWS Winter AdvisoryFrom the “weather is not climate” department… Apparently, Nature is weighing in some support for action in Sacramento to end California’s economically punishing anti-carbon law. We saw earlier this winter some significant snowfall in Los Angeles, but Hollywierd continues to … Continue reading →
- Help asked for Dr. Tim Ball in legal battle wi ...Dr. Ball at left, Dr. Mann at right This is a scheduled auto-post done from my hotel WiFi last night. This below sent to me by John O. Sullivan on behalf of Dr. Tim Ball. Like with the Sydney rally … Continue reading →
- Sydney No Carbon Tax Rally on April 9thI have a few minutes online at hotel WiFi, and I’m using this to pass on this info at the request of my friend, Mr. David Archibald or Perth, WA. He will be speaking at this rally. I don’t have … Continue reading →
- Open Thread – Offline for awhileI’ll be offline anywhere from 48-72 hours. The reason? My lovely wife has another GA surgery scheduled for tomorrow at Stanford, hopefully the last one, and while I’ll have some sporadic Internet access, I don’t plan on focusing on anything … Continue reading →
Dandelion Salad
- Fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gazanshttp://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ PressTVGlobalNews on Apr 9, 2011 A fresh Israeli airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip has killed at least three Palestinians. Witnesses say two missiles hit a vehicle in southern Gaza. Press TV’s Safa Joudeh reports from Gaza. Fresh Israeli airstrikes on Gaz ...
- Chris Hedges: The Cannibalization of the Stateused with permission photo by William Bowles http://williambowles.info/ with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 8, 2011 http://www.ianmasters.com March 31, 2011 Chris Hedges discusses the betrayal of the American people by the American financial elite. “Adequate food, clean wate ...
- Positively Orwellian by Dennis Kucinichhttp://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington, Apr 8, 2011 Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement responding the Office of Legal Counsel’s opinion regarding the President’s authority to use military force in Libya: In the leg ...
- It’s Time To Go To Work For The Solar In ...By Steve Windisch (jibbguy) Featured Writer Dandelion Salad April 8, 2011 The below is a possible Letter to an elected official. We would urge you to please write one and send it, letting them know this subject is both important to us all, and to our planet. Sadly, due to terrible events, NOW is ...
- The Empire conducts a war fest (or business as ...by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info April 8, 2011 To paraphrase, the first casualty of capitalism is the truth and the outrageous and totally illegal invasion of Libya, launched with so much super-heated air, has degenerated into a vile exposé of the true nature ...
Your New Reality
- No titleIn The 1960s, If You Said By The Year 2000 People Would Be Reading News & Buying Goods Online You Were Of The Lunatic Fringe A true pioneer of the internet, Paul Baran, has died at 86. This story provides a quick summary of his life and some interesting details about the early days of what we ...
- No titleAn exceptionally brave piece of citizen reportage, considering the nuclear reactor evacuation zone of Fukushima may soon be permanently abandoned due to radioactive pollution : And if you have any doubts left about the extent of the destruction at Fukushima, here's a recent screen shot from a ...
- No titleTsunami Meets Port City = Oblivion By Darryl Mason As a kid, I can't recall ever seeing actual photos of a tsunami ploughing into a city. If there was film footage of such an event, it was never shown on any TV I saw, and it's the sort of thing I would have been looking for. About all we saw o ...
- No titleJohn Patterson : We live now largely as adjuncts to our computers, as fallible back-up hard-drives made of meat, subservient one day – and perhaps already – to them and their evil sisters, the TV and mobile phone, with half our minds online, and all our experiences mediated by screens of gl ...
- No titleMarket Street, San Francisco, 1905 : Market Street, San Francisco, 1906, one week after a massive earthquake :
Wired - Science
- Mysterious Cosmic Blast Keeps on GoingAstronomers have witnessed a cosmic explosion so strange they don’t even know what to call it. Although the blowup, discovered with NASA’s Swift satellite on March 28, emits high-energy radiation like a gamma-ray burst would, the event has now lasted for 11 days. Gamma-ray bursts last for a ...
- Shark Teeth Found Stuck in Ancient Ammonite ShellA shelled fossil discovered in an amateur’s collection may harbor the first direct evidence of prehistoric sharks eating ammonites some 150 million years ago. The palm-sized ammonite, an extinct marine animal and distant relative of the modern nautilus, was fossilized with three shark teeth st ...
- Real-Time Debate Feedback Distorts DemocracyDuring the 2008 presidential debates, CNN unveiled their latest onscreen gimmick: A real-time graph depicting the averaged reactions of 32 supposedly undecided voters, who expressed favor or disfavor by turning handheld dials as they watched. At the time, some psychologists wondered whether the ...
- Gut Microbes May Foster Heart DiseaseEven the best of friends can be heartbreakers. Friendly bacteria living in the intestines may contribute to heart disease just by helping digest dietary fats. Bacteria that break down a fat found in meat, dairy and some fish set off a chain reaction that leads to the buildup of an artery-clo ...
- Plasmons Create Beautiful Full-Color HologramsBy harnessing the power of tiny waves dancing in an electron sea, Japanese physicists have developed a novel way to project holograms that don’t change color when you move your head. “In a conventional hologram, if you change the angle, the color changes,” said optical physicist Satoshi Kawata ...
Israeli Occupation Archive
- Lia Tarachansky: On reporting from Palestine a ...Paul Jay interviews Lia Tarachansky, The Real News Middle East correspondent. Tarachansky covers the political economy of the occupation, while also focusing on international law and its... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in ...
- Safed rabbi says struggle to keep the city Jew ...Safed Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu: "It is necessary to see this struggle as action completing the Law of Return and the declaration of a Jewish state, as a continuation of the redemption of lands by... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
- Gideon Levy: Goldstone has paved the path for ...Anyone who honored the first Goldstone has to ask him: What exactly do you know today that you didn't know then? Do you know today that criticizing Israel leads to a pressure-and-slander campaign... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
- Amira Hass: Mer-Khamis and binational resistan ...Juliano was angry. His rage was the kind that only a Jew like him, who was born on the left and craved equality until the end, can allow himself to express as a way of life. Palestinians must conquer... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
- Kenneth Roth: Gaza – the stain remains on Isra ...Most important, Israel has failed to investigate adequately the policy-level decisions that apparently lie behind the large-scale indiscriminate and unlawful attacks in Gaza. Those decisions are... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
Ria Novosti - Military
- Russia to develop S-500 air defense system by ...Russia's Almaz-Antei design bureau is planning to complete the development of the advanced S-500 air defense system by 2015-2016, the company's deputy general director Yury Solovyev said Friday.
- Georgia says will meet NATO membership standar ...Georgia will be technically ready to join NATO in two to three years, Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Issues Giorgi Baramidze said on Thursday.
- Probe into Russian Su-27 jet crash could take ...It would take Russian investigators at least a month to establish the cause of an accident with a Su-27SM Flanker fighter jet that crashed in Russia's Far East on Wednesday.
- U.S. naval jet crashes in California; two pilo ...A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet naval fighter jet crashed near an airbase in central California, killing the two-men crew.
- Three killed in ammo blast at military base in ...Three people were killed and one injured on Wednesday in an explosion at a military base in central Russia, a Defense Ministry spokesman said.
NewsWise
- Scientists Develop "Universal" Virus-Free Meth ...Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a simplified, cheaper, all-purpose method they say can be used by scientists around the globe to more safely turn blood cells into heart cells. The method is virus-free and produces heart cells that beat with nearly 100 percent efficiency, they claim.
- Clarkson University Students' ROI Among Nation ...Bloomberg Businessweek has placed Clarkson University as #20 in its list of the "Fifty Most Affordable Colleges with Return on Investment" in its College ROI: What We Found report issued April 7, 2011.
- Reducing Revolving Door Hospital Readmissions Currently, one in five elderly patients discharged from a hospital is readmitted within a month. Seeking to address the human and substantial financial burden of revolving door hospital readmissions, the Affordable Care Act proposes a number of initiatives to improve care and health outcomes and ...
- UMDNJ Symposium to Highlight Research Innovati ...At its Third Annual Inter-School Technology Symposium, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) will bring together scientists from throughout the University who are at the forefront of the technology revolution that has accelerated the pace of top research. They will desc ...
- Bacterial Genome May Hold Answers to Mercury M ...A newly sequenced bacterial genome from a team led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could contain clues as to how microorganisms produce a highly toxic form of mercury.
Natural Health News
- Deer Befriends Widowed Nursing GooseSometimes friendships can cross even species barriers.
- Speech Recognition Technology that Actually WorksWith an Android phone and a good internet connection, you can now hit the microphone icon on the home screen and ask questions in a normal speaking voice -- and the phone will give back a reply. The queries can range from "what's 10 times 10 divided by 5 billion" to "directions to McDonald's". ...
- Vitamin D Levels Linked to Arterial StiffnessResearch has recently found that vitamin D has a protective effect against arterial stiffness and impaired blood vessel relaxation. Study participants with reduced levels of vitamin D had increased arterial stiffness and vascular function impairment. However, among those whose vitamin D levels ...
- Major Media Finally Exposes Splenda's LiesResearchers recently investigated sucralose (Splenda) to see if it could reduce hunger and keep blood sugar steady.� They found that it could not. The researchers were hopeful that they would find that sucralose could cause the intestine it produced a hormone that reduces blood sugar and decrea ...
- Warning -- FDA Issues Alert that Topical Anest ...The FDA has notified healthcare professionals and patients that they are receiving reports of methemoglobinemia, a serious and potentially fatal side effect, associated with benzocaine products. The condition can occur when benzocaine is used either as a spray used during medical procedures to n ...
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Center for a Livable Future
- Will the U.S. Hog Industry Ever Kick Its Relia ...The editors of Scientific American recently encouraged U.S. hog farmers to “follow Denmark and stop giving farm animals low-dose antibiotics.” Sixteen years ago, in order to reduce the threat of increased development of antibiotic resistant bacteria in their food system and the environment, Denm ...
- Art, Love and Agriculture: An Interview with F ...The 2005 documentary The Real Dirt on Farmer John chronicles the life of John Peterson, a man who has been described as a “flamboyant, cross-dressing, hippie-loving third-generation farmer [who] saves his farm… by being different.” A vibrant artist and storyteller, John unabashedly documents t ...
- Making Health the DefaultA recent article featured in the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation News Digest on Childhood Obesity highlights a simple strategy that can be implemented in restaurants and other venues to improve the food environment. The innovative new strategy is to change the offerings on children’s menus to hi ...
- How much meat do we eat, anyway?Reading the new federal dietary guidelines made me want to look into this question. The guidelines, just released, say that Americans presently eat an average of 3.7 ounces daily of meat and poultry. But, the figures I typically see are double that, or more. So, why, in the brand-new guidelin ...
- What’s Cookin’ in Your Soil Kitchen?What’s Cooking in your ‘Soil Kitchen’? There is probably lots cooking but you might not like all that’s on the menu. So if you are an urban agriculturalist in the mid-Atlantic (NYC-Philadelphia-Baltimore-DC) area scratching your head about all this talk of soil contamination, grab a soil sample ...
Norwegianity
- What the clerk barfed upVery busy day today filled with client projects ranging from a resume to MBA editing for an ESL student with a gluten-free menu to design if time permits, so I’m taking the day off. I grabbed a number of links about this as the story developed, but it appears that Prosser’s won in Wisconsin. The ...
- Kloppenburg trails after ballots found in the ...Didn’t really want to do a second post but new numbers from Winnebago County have put Prosser on top in Wisconsin. [more] No, they didn’t find any ballots in the trunk of anyone’s car but it’s still super close so a recall will be mandatory. Inevitable is the word I’d pick for the usual whining ...
- Fitzwalkering themselvesJoAnne Kloppenburg has declared victory with a final tally of 740,090 to 739,886. David Dayen says that if this holds up, Prosser will be only the fifth WI Supreme denied re-election in state history (but the second one in three years). Steve Singiser says Walker blames the hippy scum in Madison ...
- Kloppenburg up, recount unavoidableThe trouble with RSS feeds is that they don’t always update as quickly as you’d like. That and I didn’t check out the Great Orange Satan this morning which was a mistake because they’ve got the best Wisconsin election coverage of anyone. Currently David Nir puts Kloppenburg’s lead at 233 with th ...
- Stink linking goodPicking up where the last post left off: Dictator-loving scum Like mother, like daughter Don Blankenship revisited The gods themselves Paul Ryan’s budget: Milbank on the dogmatism, Harold Meyerson on the pain redistribution, and the Plum Line with more links $900 million for road work: Gov. Brid ...
Public News Service
- Plans Dropped to Scuttle Senator McCain’ ...Plans Dropped to Scuttle Senator McCain’s Old Aircraft Carrier Phoenix, AZ – Four U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, including Arizona Senator John McCain’s old ship, will not be sunk at sea. The Navy has confirmed the carriers will be recycled, instead. The result could be significant taxpayer savin ...
- Center Vows Suit Over AHCCCS CutsCenter Vows Suit Over AHCCCS Cuts Phoenix, AZ – Arizona lawmakers and the Governor are moving to cut up to a quarter million low-income adults from AHCCCS (Access) health care, the state’s Medicaid program. But a Phoenix public interest law firm is poised to file a lawsuit as soon as a budget co ...
- Court Considers Class Action Suit Against AZ's ...Court Considers Class Action Suit Against AZ's Biggest Employer Phoenix, AZ - The U-S Supreme Court is considering a massive class action lawsuit against Arizona's largest employer, Walmart. Plaintiffs in the suit claim gender discrimination in the workplace. Oral arguments were heard yesterday ...
- AZ Report Lists “Near Misses” at U ...AZ Report Lists “Near Misses” at U.S. Nuke Plants Phoenix, AZ - A new report from Arizona PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) paints nuclear power plants as inherently dangerous, and documents several “close calls” which dramatically increased the risk of a serious accident. The report says th ...
- Research: Medical Bills Leading Cause of Bankr ...Research: Medical Bills Leading Cause of Bankruptcy Phoenix, AZ – As lawmakers in Arizona and other states grapple with state budget deficits, one public health and medical researcher cautions against cuts to medical coverage as a budget-balancing tool. Comments from David Himmelstein (HIM-ul-s ...
Center for Food Safety
- Join the Rally for the Right to Know! Send you ... Join our virtual rally and send your letter to Congress urging mandatory labeling of GE foods TODAY! Saturday, March 26th, from D.C. to Colorado Springs–and more than 20 cities in between–thousands of people will join together for a Rally for the Right to Know, demanding labeling of GMO food ...
- Join the Rally for the Right to Know!The United States may soon be the only country in the world that does not require labeling of genetically engineered food. In Spring 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that labeling of GE foods would remain voluntary, even though there was no indication that any company would ...
- Farmers and Consumer Groups File Lawsuit Chall ...“Roundup Ready” Alfalfa Will Increase Pesticide Use and Cause Grave Harm to Environment and Organic Industry USDA Failures Guarantee Transgenic Contamination, Creation of More Superweeds Today, attorneys for the Center for Food Safety (CFS) and Earthjustice filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Depar ...
- Bi-Partisan Legislation Introduced To Ban Dang ...Sixty-Four Organizations, Fishing Associations and Retailers Endorse Legislation; Lawmakers Cite Serious Economic, Environmental and Human Health Threats The Center for Food Safety along with 63 other groups, businesses and retailers applaud Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Lisa Murkowski (R- ...
- Nature Happens – Humans Can’t Cont ...By Lisa J. Bunin, Liana Hoodes, Michael Sligh Last week, USDA announced its decision to allow the planting of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready (RR) GM alfalfa without any ongoing monitoring or regulation whatsoever. Despite widespread consumer, farmer, and food industry opposition and contrary scientif ...
Angry Indian Op-Eds
- GayMiddleEast.com’s ZionismPinkwatching Israel � GayMiddleEast.com’s Zionism Gay Middle East have always had shady politics. That the largest Middle East LGBT (well, G mostly)”grassroots news” website is run by British Israeli Zionist Dan Littauer is already cause for concern. The fact that GME regularly collaborates ...
- Murdered Jerusalem Man Subjected To Racism Eve ...Murdered Jerusalem Man Subjected To Racism Even In Death - International Middle East Media Center: "'He said directly to me, 'Your son died ...'' Rwidy paused, then continued. ''Your son died, and there are two people arrested.'' Twenty-four-year-old Hussam Rwidy was killed in the early morning ...
- The hypocrisy of military intervention for so- ...The hypocrisy of military intervention for so-called 'humanitarian assistance': "(FinalCall.com) - The fast moving media discussion concerning the invasion of the North African country of Libya, under the auspices of the creation of a no-fly zone, and the destruction of “military targets” appear ...
- In Haiti numberless abominable crimes have bee ...thepublicarchive.com: 1. Hanging of M. Cicéron Lacroix, execution of Léon Moricet, Téca, and other persons in October and November. 1918, by Lieut. Lang, acts denounced to the naval court of inquiry by M. Philocles Lacroix in his letter of October 20, 1920. 2. Execution of the Péralte brothers ...
- Ban Nuclear Energy and the Bomb, Time for True ...March 15, 2011 - Ban Nuclear Energy and the Bomb, Time for True Renewables Only [climateark.org] Background All existing nuclear energy plants, waste and weapons are accidents waiting to happen - vile deadly toxins to be dealt with for millenium. Japan is facing the worst nuclear crisis since t ...
Pensieve
- More on EgyptReading that now, a few days after the military pressured Mubarak to step down, the Egyptian parliament has been dissolved, and the Constitution invalidated by the Egyptian military. This fills me with fear. The mainstream media are treating these acts as a good thing, and the Egyptians they int ...
- Update: Mubarak Not Stepping Down TonightRelated posts:Celestial Show Tonight Update on March Update, Perverse Justice
- US involved in an Egyptian “military coup”?Photo by adaptorplug A CNN news story says that Hofni Mubarak will likely relinquish power to the Egyptian military tonight. This is what their source, âa senior Egyptian officalâ is quoted by CNN as saying: He said the process — which included dialogue between the government and opposition repr ...
- President LlorensI’ve reconsidered my position about posting Wikileaks articles. This article not only discusses classified material disclosed by Wikileaks, but actually quotes it. I know some of my readers work for the US government, thus the warning. I am not an enemy of the United States of America. I simply ...
- MagnificentThis movie brought me to tears. It is the story of a man whose lack of limbs from birth relegated him to life as a circus side-show freak. It tells of how he was recognized by the owner of a rival circus as “magnificent”. After overcoming his bitterness, the man transformed from freak to hero. [ ...
Green Times
- Are we smarter than bacteriaAre we really smarter than bacteria? A very clever animation by Lou Petho, Potts Point, NSW! Surely we're smarter than single-cell organisms… right? Watch this and see!
- Environmental News 07/04/2011Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
- Plastic in the oceanThis image, displayed in the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, shows the great amount of plastic floating in the Ocean and the terrible impact it has on the wildlife. To find out more about this issue, watch a video about the Plastic Soup (videos/plastic-soup.html), and read our article M ...
- Mangroves in Cape TribulationThere are so many amazing trees (recycling-waste/cut-down-paper-not-trees.html), plants and flowers to discover in our country. Mangroves like these grow all over the tropics. They are prevalent in Australasia, in particularly on the island of Papua New Guinea and in northern Australia (glossar ...
- Environmental News 31/03/2011Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
The Briefing Room | Investigate
- You know you live in Christchurch when...You know you live in Christchurch when.... · Geonet / ChristchurchQuakeMap is your homepage · The rest of the country offers you a place to stay · “Munted” and “buggered” are official technical terms · You go 'pfffff' when Wellington...
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- Free Movie tickets: CONVICTIONThe kind folk at 20th Century Fox have made available some double passes for our TBR, Twitter and Facebook readers to see the new movie CONVICTION, based on the true story of Betty Ann Waters who studied to become a...
- New-look Investigate magazine HIS and HERS goe ...As of Sunday...with more exclusive revelations about the Pike River disaster and police bungles in the rescue operation...and HERS features new poll results showing support for National is wide but shallow, and that a large number of voters want Winston...
Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?
- Intolerance–Then and NowThis post is a bit of a departure for the website. Â While our focus is generally on what is happening in Israel and Palestine, we want to also occasionally draw the connections between the political culture here in the U.S. and in Israel and Palestine, and how they influence one another. Yest ...
- Democracy Now! on Julian’s deathDemocracy Now? asked us to repost their interview with Nabeel Raee, director of the Acting School at the Jenin Freedom Theatre and Constancia “Dinky” Romilly. She is the founder and president of the board of the New York-based Friends of Jenin Freedom Theatre. They are speaking of the death o ...
- Juliano Mer-Khamis, in his own wordsFrom filmmaker and activist Jen Marlowe: Dear friends, Many of you may have already heard about the murder of Juliano Mer-Khamis. The co-founder and director of the Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp, he was gunned down (five bullets to the head) this afternoon outside the theatre by an unkno ...
- Video from Israelis speaking out against Boyc ...Below is a short video of Israeli celebrities and several activists, among whom I was honored to appear. The video is in Hebrew and for an Israeli audience, but there are English subtitles. The video essentially is self-explanatory, but to give you a synopsis we are coming out strongly against t ...
- Salem’s Music Center Team Visits Tel Aviv And ...Dear Friends, The last months saw the development of connections between the Music Center that opened about a year ago in the village of Salem, near Nablus, and several people from the well-stablished Alef High-School of Arts in Tel Aviv. Ram and Rutie, who are leading this initiative from th ...
Politics in the Zeros
- Do gang members infiltrate law enforcement?Margarita Crispin, a corrupt customs inspector, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for letting marijuana pass through the border. She made nearly $5 million doing this, and lived frugally on the US side of the border while buying expensive homes and SUVs through straw buyers in Mexico. The FBI ...
- Ford to use plastic substitutes made from mush ...Ecovativeâs foam is composed of mycelia (mushroom root), seed husks, and other “throw away” organic substances. Ford has turned to Ecovativeâs new material to replace the petroleum-based foams used as insulators in dashboards, bumpers, and interior components to help make their cars more compost ...
- Houston, we have a budget dealMaybe the theatrics will be over for at least a few months now. $38.5 billion in cuts in a budget of $3.8 trillion is chump chance. Neither side is taking the budget deficit seriously. As usual, the dual parties of corporatism have squabbled over a few social issues and ignored most everything else.
- California teachers pension fund shortfall now ...Unbelievable as it may seem, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), the sixth largest public pension fund in the country, now has a pension shortfall of $56 billion, up $15.5 billion from last fiscal year. That’s an increase of almost 25% in one year. Worse, given the strang ...
- Germany plans to replace nuclear power with re ...Merkel has pledged to speed Germany’s transition for nuclear to renewable energy. Several nuclear plants there were closed for inspection after the Fukushima disaster and it is doubtful they will re-open. I’m sure after ten or twenty years of squabbling and vicious political fighting the US will ...
Coteret
- Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan shared wi ...
- “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here’s the latest example, fro ...
- New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot:  ...On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. Note that th ...
- Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
- Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers and the ...
Deadline Live
- Captured Mex Drug Lord to Chicago Court: ̶ ...fronterasdesk.org - An accused Mexican drug lord being held on charges in the United States has filed an unusual motion in federal court: He’s challenging the U.S. government, saying he had been working with its own federal agents in Mexico. - Vicente “El Vicentillo” Zambada is one of the most s ...
- Another mass grave discovered near Texas-Mexic ...The Brownsville Herald Mexican authorities have found a mass grave found in San Fernando, Tamps., and according to a source with firsthand knowledge of criminal activity in Mexico, there are several more such grave sites — belonging to the Zetas criminal organization — that have yet to be discov ...
- Mystery scars on Obama’s head prompt ano ...He has been plagued with questions and doubts concerning his background throughout his first term as President. Questions like – is Barack Obama actually American? Is he a Muslim? Is he actually an alien from another planet? – have frequently been asked. The next question circulating on the inte ...
- Oh Look We Found A Bunch More Votes… Ent ...
- Minting Gold Coins = Domestic Terrorism
The Air Vent
- It’s the magnitude that is hard to ignoreJoe Bastardi on the recent AV post highlighted at WUWT. H/T Reader Keith Grubb
- Global Temperatures and Incomplete Rationale o ...Ok I admit it! Apparenlty I can’t quit blogging completely, but doing software calculations is way beyond the scope of my time abilities.  There is a detail which may interest some here that has too little discussion in the ‘climate wars’ . It’s a matter of reason, again which doesn’t dis ...
- Global Temperatures and Incomplete Rational of ...Ok I admit it! Apparenlty I can’t quit blogging completely, but doing software calculations is way beyond the scope of my time abilities.  There is a detail which may interest some here that has too little discussion in the ‘climate wars’ . It’s a matter of reason, again which doesn’t dis ...
- Trouble with ThunderbirdI never thought to ask here but there are a ton of computer experts around tAV.  I have been using Thunderbird as an email client for my work emials. The problem is that the search function doesn’t work properly and I have literally tens of thousands of emails and can’t do proper searches f ...
- Climate Blogger Censored by New York TimesI’ve been thrown out of better.  It seems that my commentary was unwelcome at the New York Times.  Last night – at around 3 am – I left a comment in reply to Paul Krugman’s post on the bad people wanting to prosecute scientists.  Ironically, the post was centered on an issue of disclosu ...
Focal Point
- Fat as Class War in Arizona Is this some kind of sick April Fools Day spoof? Arizona's Republican governor reportedly has a bold new plan to pit fat Medicaid recipients against kidney-transplant candidates. Jan Brewer is proposing a $50 "fine" for overweight Medicaid patients who fail to slim down on doctors' orders: ...
- Republicans: Putting the "Us" in "Uterus" Remember, ladies, there is no "I" in "uterus." The Republican speaker in the Florida state house has opened in new front in the GOP's war to control women's bodies. He has banned the mere discussion of generative lady parts on the House floor. A Democratic representative in Florida was rebuk ...
- A Consulting Business in Indonesia...I heard he has an ex-wife in some place called Mayors Income, Tennessee And he used to have a consulting business in Indonesia But what's he building in there? He has no friends but he gets a lot of mail I bet he spent a little time in jail And what's that tune he's always whistl ...
- Florida Governor Wants to Drug Test All State ...Florida's Republican governor has a creative way to demoralize and demonize public sector workers: mandatory drug testing for all state employees who answer to the governor and all prospective hires for executive branch agencies. Scott recently transferred a controlling interest in his multi . ...
- Missing Bronx Zoo Cobra Is Tweeting@BronxZoosCobra has 12,165 twitter followers as of this writing.� We live in the digital age, communicating instantaneously across continents, but we're still just a bunch of primates chattering about where the hell that snake is. Hooray for traditional values! [Photo credit: teachingsagit ...
Inside Facebook
- Facebook Roundup: White House, Twitter, MySpac ...White House Spokesman Not Headed to Facebook – Although there was widespread speculation that former White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs was being courted by Facebook, The New York Post reports that an interview didnât favor him. There was also speculation that Gibbs planted the story to boost hi ...
- Facebook Promotes INQ Cloud Touch With Mobile ...Facebook is promoting the INQ Cloud Touch mobile handset with Sponsored Story home page ads leading to a new Showcase tab on the Facebook Mobile Page. Commonly referred to as “The Facebook Phone”, the INQ Cloud Touch recently became available for purchase in the UK. The Wildfire-powered Showcase ...
- Facebook Rumored to be Partnering with Baidu t ...Several China-based publications are reporting that Facebook has signed a deal with Chinese internet search giant Baidu to create a special social network for China. Facebook’s is blocked by the Chinese government, so the rumors indicate that the company will create a new social network especial ...
- Facebook Changes Some Like Buttons to Show New ...Facebook has changed the interface of Like buttons that allow comments, such that users are shown a preview of the story that will be published, complete with image and caption. Previously, users only saw a text input field for adding their comment. This will let users comment with confidence, k ...
- Exclusive: Fotobabble’s Talking Facebook Fan P ...New startup Fotobabble is launching the private beta of its Talking Facebook Fan Page app. Pages will be able to install the tab app, customize it with their logos and messaging, and begin allowing their fans to add voice narration to photos. These photos are automatically branded with the Page’ ...
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ReDress News
- Judge Goldstone’s wobble sends wrong signalStuart Littlewood explains why judge Richard Goldstone was the wrong person to head the UN fact-finding mission into the conflict in Gaza in the first place, and argues that Goldstone’s latest “wobble” could be the prelude to a new Israeli aggression against the people of Gaza.
- Alternative strategy for liberation of LibyaNureddin Sabir argues that the time has come for the pro-democracy leaders in Libya to acknowledge that NATO will not help them overcome the Gaddafi tyranny and that, in order to avoid the division of Libya, they must consider inviting another Arab country or Iran to intervene directly against t ...
- Goldstone's rethink: cleansing Israel's war crimesJonathan Cook considers what judge Richard Goldstone may or may not have retracted from his original report on Israel's attack on Gaza in 2008, the validity of his apparent retractions and what may lay behind his rethink.
- Judge Richard Goldstone alters his verdictLawrence Davidson looks at the flawed logic and the tribal, personal and political pressures that may have led Richard Goldstone, the South African Jewish judge who authored the report of the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict, into altering his original verdict which suggested that Is ...
- Judge Richard Goldstone's U-turnGilad Atzmon argues that Judge Richard Goldstone's shunning of his own report into possible Israeli war crimes in Gaza is a "point of no return", signalling the need to "free our intellectual, spiritual and ethical life from any trace of Zionist ideology, from people who may have Zionist views o ...
Amazon Rainforest
- Earth’s Living Treasure- Celebrating Forests f ...United Nations declared 2o11 as the International Year of Forests (Forests 2o11), and why Forests are the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2o11. In this special year, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are ...
- Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction work ...The company leading the dam project, Norte Energia, announced that infrastructure work on roads that will provide access to the region started on Monday morning. The £7bn Belo Monte dam on the Amazon’s Xingu river is scheduled to start producing energy on 31 December 2014 and would be the seco ...
- Brazil judge blocks Amazon Belo Monte dam:Federal Brasilian judge Ronaldo Desterro has blocked plans to build a huge hydro-electric dam in the Amazon rainforest because of environmental concerns. Judge Desterro said environmental requirements to build the Belo Monte dam had not been met. He also barred the national development bank, BND ...
- 1.ooo military forces end illegal gold mining ...The Peruvian military has cleared-out illegal gold mining along the country’s south-eastern Amazon region in a move aiming to protect the environment. The government sent about 1,000 security forces to the region of Madre de Dios to destroy the illegal operations, the state-funded BBC reported. ...
- BREAKING: Chevron Guilty of Amazon Rainforest ...Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action Network just announced a major victory for the Amazon rainforest. An Ecuadorean judge today found Chevron guilty of one of the largest environmental crimes in history and ordered the company to pay a whopping $8 billion to clean up its damage in the Amazon. Che ...
Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs
- The Left’s Hypocrisy? Dialing Seymour HershIf Obama Does ‘It’ … Well, We Simply Won’t Cover It! It is not easy to criticize a solid professional journalist. It is much harder to criticize a Pulitzer Prize Winning and well-respected investigative journalist. And, it is extremely hard to criticize a professional multi award winning invest ...
- Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen Nabs George Bush ...Fethullah Gulen’s Cosmos Foundation Hires Bush Karen Hughes & Here is Why! Here at Boiling Frogs Post we have been covering the infamous Turkish Imam Fethullah Gulen, his $25 Billion network and CIA guardians, his more than 1000 Madrasas in the Balkans, Central Asia, Caucasus and elsewhere, his ...
- A Warm Up Round Up: Back in OperationThe Ever Growing List of Untouchable-Notorious-Infamous US War Profiteers, Libya-Groom & Plant Candidate, My Relocation Journey & BFP Countdown Status After a month of being away and with so much happening on all the fronts of interest I am finding it hard to pick a starting point. First, I wan ...
- Being Proud of What We Are NotA Few Notes on Boiling Frogs Post in Wrapping Up Our Countdown I think it is appropriate to revisit the purpose and some of the main characteristics of Boiling Frogs Post as we are getting ready to wrap up and finalize our countdown month. Usually, as we have done, organizations and various foru ...
- Boiling Frogs Post Countdown-Week 4 & Still Co ...Updates On Our Annual Fundraising & A Few Notes on my relocation Journey Let me start with a big personal âthank youâ to all of you who have generously donated to keep this site alive – before my other brief updates, and before I run out of my pre-purchased internet minutes. As you know I [...]
Afro Spear
- Cote D’Ivoire Update: BBCFrom the BBC: Ivory Coast: Ouattara wants EU sanctions lifted Ivory Coast’s internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara has urged the EU to lift sanctions, in a bid to restart the ailing economy. Mr Ouattara now controls the main cocoa-exporting port of San Pedro, and wants to restart ...
- Cornel West on Aljazeera
- Why I Appreciate the Black Blogosphere and the ...   Because our voices are local and they are global. Black people are all over the world speaking truth to power in the way that matters to them! And just what are we talking about? And do we have a right to speak “our truths”? Well as I have gone through the black [...]
- Les Twins — Hip Hop Dance Straight Outta ...At the beginning of the year, I was on Facebook when I noticed a post of young twin hip hop dancers. I was blown away by their talent as I watched the brothers Larry and Laurent start actually dancing. Fantastic doesn’t even begin to describe them! There are many dancers out there and most of [...]
- Quote(s) of the Dayvia Lonnie Plaxico: John Henrik Clarke “Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that… they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.” Krishnamurti/Freedom from the Known, p.11: DISORDER :”The primary cause of disorder in ourselves i ...
Expose the BNP
- Expose the BNP: activists’ meetingOver the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
- Rotherham fascist leads secret double lifeA BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
- Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeatThe British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
- Ten questions that expose Nick GriffinOn the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
- Workshy Griffin left his parents pennilessOn yesterdayâs Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that âLiberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.â The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parentsâ finances as well. Gr ...
Sen4Earth
- Will the Grand Canyon Survive?Last week Change.org contacted us about the Worldwide Campaign to Save the Grand Canyon. Working together with environmental editor, Jess Leber, the petition housed on Change.org was updated with the current urgency in the need of signatures to make this campaign a successful one. With Change.or ...
- Turtle Island: Our Earth MotherJapan in Crisis By Sheryl Goodwin, SEN Contributor and Honorary Advisor Kway. Hello. First off let me state what an Honor it is to be asked by my brother Gregory and sister Suzanne to join the team. What a privilege to be among such fine people listed on the biography page of Sustainability Educ ...
- Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougallMemorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall “We are sending the power of love, peace and compassion, which can change the world.” â Hugh MacDougall, Australia, SEN Honorary Advisor Hugh was more to Suzanne and I than SEN’s Honorary Spiritual Advisor. He was the beloved friend we called brother, and he w ...
- No to Monsanto and GMO: Action Central"SEN is greatly concerned that Monsanto and GMO give rise to a threat that if unchecked could eventually prove as catastrophic to mankind and the sustainability of all life on earth as global warming. We must scream bloody murder, and do so with facts." -- Gregory Hilbert, Co-Founder Sustainabil ...
- Bill Gates On Climate Change & Energy: We Must ...Whether you know a little or a lot about Climate Change (aka Global Warming), SEN urges you to watch this one-hour video, because you will learn a great deal either way. Gates lays out a sweeping set of ideas for reducing CO2 emmissions to zero. Gates is no fool when it comes to matters of [...]
If Americans Knew
- Denying Nazi-Zionist collusion: The Sacramento ...In an inversion of journalistic ethics, the Sacramento Bee reported on opposition to an event before and after it took place, but didn't cover the event itself. It featured an entire report on accusations against a flier, but didn't include a response from the flier's authors.
- Media omissions on Itamar: Murdering babies is ...US media widely and repeatedly reported on the horrific March 11th murder of three small Israeli children and their parents. While no one yet knows who committed this grotesque act, reports presume that the murderers were Palestinian, and for this reason the incident is receiving major attention ...
- Critical Connections: Egypt, the US, and the I ...Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days [Jan-Feb 2011] are the Israeli connections.
- Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestini ...Alison Weir, CounterPunch - There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it's the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more nightmarish by the l ...
- As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed ...Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage ...
David J. Gregory
- PRIVATIZATION Eisenhower Warned Us AboutWhen President Eisenhower gave his farewell address in 1960 he warned the citizenry and future Presidents about the military-industrial complex and their influence. This group has been controlling everything since the end of his term, he saw and knew what they did, and his warnings were not heed ...
- Dennis Kucinich talks with David GregoryDennis was interviewed by David Gregory and again raises the question as to why do we have no money for the people and always plenty to fight wars and kill people?
- Republican Cuts Devastate interests to THE PEOPLECongress needs to hear from all of us right away, because the only chance we have to stop this budget is if Senate Democrats stand united against it. And the first vote could come today.1 Can you call Sen. Nelson and tell him to stand strong against Republicans‘ massive, devastating cuts? Senato ...
- Rally to Save the American DreamIn Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under fierce attack. Instead of creating jobs, Republicans are giving tax breaks to corporations and the very rich—and then cutting funding for education, police, emergency response, and vital human services. On Saturday, February 26, a ...
- RICK SCOTT MADE MILLIONS OFF HEALTH NOW CUTS I ...Whether it's a political stunt or the act of an extremist ideologue, Scott is hurting real Floridians in concrete ways, including millions of people with private health insurance or Medicare benefits. He's taking away a law that ends the worst insurance company abuses and frees families, senior ...
Unsuitable Blog
- 350.org on Facebook: Now You See It…Now ...Naomi Klein decided to join the board of 350.org. They are delighted, as you would be if one of the world’s most influential anti-capitalism writers joined your campaign. Obviously this puts Naomi Klein’s writings in a whole new focus – she’s happy to be part of an organisation that received its ...
- Switch Your Lights ON for Earth Hour!Once upon a time there was just greenwash: corporations and governments went to great lengths to convince a concerned public that they were doing everything they could to help the natural environment return to its former glory. All the time they were filling their bank accounts and pumping up th ...
- International Atomic Energy Agency Spinning Li ...In the light of the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsumani, government and internation agencies are working like crazy to ensure no news remains good news regarding the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Yet from the BBC we hear the following: There are now problems at the number three reactor – ...
- ExxonMobil Biofuel Advert Officially Pronounce ...ASA Adjudication on ExxonMobil UK Ltd ExxonMobil UK Ltd ExxonMobil House Ermyn Way Leatherhead Surrey KT22 8UX Date: 9 March 2011 Media: Television Sector: Utilities Number of complaints: 1 Agency: Euro RSCG London Ltd Complaint Ref: 141542 Ad A TV ad for ExxonMobil UK Ltd (ExxonMobil) featured ...
- UK Census 2011: Why I Will Be Breaking The Law ...On Sunday March 27, 2011 I will be breaking the law. If you live in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland then I would also like you to break the law. We can do it together, and I know for a fact that an awful lot of people will be doing the same. The UK [...]
Subalternate Reality
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic ClosureRep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-NilOne of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...The Atlanticâs Jeffrey Goldberg â one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq â has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement thatâs taken over the streets of Egypt. âI support democratization, but,â he cautions, âthe democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
- All That Happens In The Middle East Can’ ...Uncertainly rules the day in Tunisia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the countryâs strong-armed and authoritarian ruler since 1987, is in Saudi Arabia while the interim government struggles to restore some semblance of order. âConfusion, fear and horror in Tunisia as old regime’s militia carries on ...
- Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-BaiterEarly this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…” Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the constr ...
Idea Lab | Technology
- Why Are Newsrooms Resistant to Creating Newsgames?This past weekend a group of 25 game developers, academics and journalists gathered at the University of Minnesota’s Journalism Center to examine the state of newsgames. While it can be a slippery term to define, generally speaking newsgames covers a wide range of game-like experiences from puzz ...
- Ushahidi's Online Toolbox Helps People Underst ...[Post written by Melissa Tully and Jennifer Chan. This post is the third in a series of blog posts documenting a 9-month Ushahidi evaluation project in partnership with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative supported by the Knight Foundation.] We have made great progress on the Ushahidi Kenya e ...
- Freedom Fone Helps with Election Monitoring to ...The eagerly awaited Freedom Fone Version 2.0 has been released this March 2011. The innovative platform, initiated by The Kubatana Trust of Zimbabwe and funded by The Knight News Challenge, was inspired by the desire to reach out to the burgeoning number of ordinary mobile phone users in develop ...
- LocalWiki Codes, Talks, Searches for Pilot Com ...Here's a summary of what we've been up to for the past month or so at LocalWiki: coding, coding, coding, coding, talking, coding, talking, talking, coding, coding, coding. Occasionally we take breaks for sleep and nutritional intake purposes. Want more detail? Read on! Code, code, code, cod ...
- Map Mashup Shows Broadband Speeds for Schools ...The Department of Education (DOE) recently launched Maps.ed.gov/Broadband an interactive map that shows schools and their proximity to broadband Internet access speeds across the country. This is an important story for DOE, an agency that has a stated goal that all students and teachers have acc ...
Cutting Edge News
- Border War - UN Committee Scolds Mexico for La ...According to the UN Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, “it’s obvious that in Mexico the so-called ‘migration business’ exists and it is very worrying that the government has made no significant progress in prosecuting those responsible ...
- Edge of Terrorism - Al-Qaeda Operatives Recrui ...According to Brazil's Veja news magazine, members of the Islamic terrorist groups Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and Hamas are operating in Brazil, where they hide, raise money, recruit new members and plan attacks. The April 3 report alleged that�at least 20 high-ranking members of the three groups operat ...
- Edge of Terror - Do Gaza Rockets Cause Enough ...Since the start of the Palestinian War in 2000, terrorists from inside Gaza have fired no fewer than 12,000 Kassam rockets, GRAD missiles and mortars at southern Israel, including more than 6,000 since Israel unilaterally withdrew from the area in 2005, and nearly 100 since the beginning of Marc ...
- Arab World Unrest - Qatar's Quest to Become th ...The small Persian Gulf state of Qatar is emerging as a significant international player in the Libyan crisis and a crucial supporter of U.S. policy. But its relationship with the United States has often been difficult, and its standing in the rest of the Arab world is questionable. For Washingto ...
- Japan after the Quake - Fukushima Plant to Rel ...Tokyo's main electric power company has begun a planned release of thousands of tons of water from a damaged nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.The water, which is about 100 times more radioactive than Japan's legal limit, is collected in several areas inside the reactor buildings. But t ...
High Country News
- The way the West was can be seen againWatching sandhill cranes gather on the Platte River in Nebraska is like stepping into a time machine that takes you back an unspoiled, wild West.
- Photographer Sharon Stewart on the acequia tra ...The photographer discusses landscape photography and her immersion in a tiny New Mexican town.
- Group sues to stamp out tolerance anddiversityA successful one-month voluntary climbing ban, designed to respect Native American religious practices at Wyoming's Devils Tower, provokes a lawsuit from the Mountain States Legal Foundation.
- Island HopingIn On Oct. 19, 2002, a group of people working to preserve the diversity of the Sky Islands is holding a one-day conference to promote awareness of the region.
- LEDs ought to be leading the wayForward-thinking towns and cities are lighting their streets with LEDs -- light-emitting diodes -- that save both energy and money.
CounterCurrents
- Counterrevolution 101By Dave Fryett The wretched of the Earth have seen what is possible. Power has been shown to be powerless in the face of determined mass opposition. And in every corner of our world the immiserated rejoice, because they know the day of liberation draws near
- No One Curious What CIA Is Working On At The ...By Jay Janson What does the CIA have in store for Egypt? What chores will it assign its agents both American and Egyptian? American socialists and progressives are overly cooperative with mainstream media and Congress in hardly ever asking after our secret CIA shadow government
- Lessons Learned In The Streets Of CairoBy William A. CookIf the streets of Cairo have taught us anything, they have demonstrated that vigilance against those who would control out of arrogance, oppress with indifference, deceive with impunity, and humiliate without feeling, have abandoned all natural sympathies and become , in fact ...
- What Is True Sustainability?By Matthew SteinIf we are to develop an effective plan and roadmap for creating a sustainable world, we must first have a clear idea of what it truly means to be sustainable
- Egypts Army Dissolves ParliamentBy Al Jazeera Military rulers say they will remain in charge for six months until elections are held as some protesters vow to remain
Contagious Love Experiment
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the AntichristDear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Practicing Peace in the New YearA friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young people. ...
- Sharing the writing of another StieberMy younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. � Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber � Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The main thing o ...
- Article in FORThe following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out:Â http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement Rhetoric and Re ...
- Slate Interview: My Country Right or Wrong: Co ...Interview I did with a fascinating writer for SLATE whose special interest is on transformation and how people come to admit they’re wrong: Address to article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/12/16/my-country-right-or-wrong-conscientious-objector-josh-stieber-on-bei ...
Yid With Lid
- Who Wants Democracy? And Who Gets American Bac ...BENTLEY [American journalist]: �You gonna be a democracy in this country? You gonna have a parliament?� ALI: I will tell you that when I have a country. BENTLEY: Ha! Ha!�� ALI: Did I answer well? BENTLEY: You answered without saying anything. That�s politics. You learn quickly.� ...
- Newsbusted: Barack Obama's Actual Religion Dis ...Barack Obama may have inspired more Americans to find God than any other President in recent history. Thanks to Obama millions of Americans are praying to God for things like a Job or protection from SEIU thugs, that they will be able to keep their health care, or even that the guys from the New ...
- Sorry Mr. Trump, The Birther Thing is a LOSING ...During the past week or so, Donald Trump who has been testing the Presidential waters has hit almost every network, pushing his birther position.� Ultimately this will prevent him from ever being considered a realistic candidate for POTUS. The birther issue is a losing one, not only for him but ...
- If The Government Shuts Down, Its Obama's FaultThis afternoon, the GOP-led house of representatives passed one more short-term funding bill, this one would have kept the Government open another seven days and would cut the 2011 fiscal budget by $12 billion.� Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader promised that the bill would not be brought up to ...
- Hamas is Moving Toward War With IsraelBy Barry Rubin Two events show us that an emboldened Hamas in the Gaza Strip is moving toward war with Israel. First, an Israeli schoolbus, painted bright yellow, was hit by fire from the Gaza Strip and at least one child was seriously wounded. This is not just another terrorist a ...
The Real Agenda
- General: U.S. ‘may consider’ troop ...First, it was Obama saying the U.S. would not be the police of the world. Then, came Libya. The U.S. said no ground troops. Now, they are ‘considering it’. What is next? CBS April 8, 2011 Army Gen. Carter Ham says ground forces wouldn’t be ideal, but may be a possible way to aid rebels; [...]
- Chefe da Interpol quer uma Identidade Biométri ...The Real Agenda Abril 8, 2011 O chefe da Interpol, tem enfatizado a necessidade de um cartão de identidade global verificável por via electrónica (e-ID) como parte de um sistema que inclui trabalhadores migrantes. Ronald K. Noble disse isso em um fórum internacional em projetos de identificação ...
- Jefe de INTERPOL quiere una Identidad Biométri ...The Real Agenda Abril 8, 2011 El jefe de INTERPOL, ha hecho hincapié en la necesidad de una tarjeta de identidad a nivel mundial verificable electrónicamente (e-ID) para un sistema que incluya a los trabajadores emigrantes. Ronald K. Noble dijo esto en un foro internacional sobre proyectos de id ...
- INTERPOL Chief wants global ID cardHelpNetSecurity April 7, 2011 The head of INTERPOL has emphasized the need for a globally verifiable electronic identity card (e-ID) system for migrant workers at an international forum on citizen ID projects, e-passports, and border control management. Speaking at the fourth Annual EMEA ID WORL ...
- Terremoto foi previsto. De novo.Sismos e perigo por atividade vulcânica prorrogada até 11 de abril, de acordo com previsão de Solar Watcher de 01 de abril. Solar Watcher Abril 7, 2011 O planeta está entrando em um período significativo de atividade solar que pode produzir vários grandes terremotos entre hoje e 11 de abril. O c ...
Wind Watch
- Rare sea eagle killed by wind turbineA white-tailed sea eagle introduced to the Killarney National Park from Norway three years ago has been killed after colliding with a wind turbine near Kilgarvan, an area designated as suitable for wind farms in the Kerry county development plan. Although such collisions are common in Europe and ...
- Ill winds are blowingThirteen landholders in the Crookwell district are in shock after receiving letters from a wind farm developer giving them three months to sell out or live in the shadow of 73 giant wind turbines. The situation flows from a Land and Environment Court decision late last year giving the developer, ...
- Eddington residents enact strict wind ordinanceEDDINGTON, Maine � Residents in town discussed the wind energy facilities ordinance for about 20 minutes, with people speaking passionately for and against the 35-page draft that is one of the strictest in the state, and then residents resoundingly endorsed the measure. �We should be looking at ...
- Residents sue town over municipal wind turbineFALMOUTH â Neighbors of the controversial municipal wind turbine off Blacksmith Shop Road are suing the town. Six West Falmouth residents filed the lawsuit Monday in Barnstable Superior Court. In the suit, they ask a judge to reverse a vote last month by the Falmouth Zoning Board of Appeals, whi ...
- Wind farm opponents rally; Backdraft from prop ...COLEBROOK � Residents and some neighbors from Winsted and Norfolk stood up overwhelmingly in opposition to plans to build six wind turbines here during the first of two hearings on Tuesday. Residents who spoke before the Connecticut Siting Council at Northwestern Regional High School in Winsted ...
Not My Tribe
- Doug Bruce files fake state tax return, gets b ...one of the inconsistencies was on his Federal Tax he posted more money given to “charities” than he took in income. Even counting the RepubliCan’t and TeaTard definition of “charity” to include buying guns for the MinuteMurder Militias, organizing Astroturf Roots Parties, and then taking it all ...
- Republicans trying for another vote-fraud powe ...supposedly, in a last minute miracle, Prosser and Scott Walker and their Corporate Overlords were SAVED by 7200 extra votes, all Republican, misplaced by Human Error. Oh, please. Walker, Prosser, other Koch-worshipers, you’re pathetic beyond belief.
- Brits on Kenya: “Oopsies!!”Turns out that the common knowledge of the past 50+ years was right, the American backed British colonial government was, despite American and British denials, murdering, torturing and “disappearing” people, just like they did in every other nation where they sent in the Royal Marines to take ov ...
- Congratulations, Military Families, on your ne ...From Salon’s Glenn Greenwald and Antiwar.com writer Tom Engelhardt for pointing this out, your new Chief Psychologist who will be taking care of the spiritual and emotional needs and problems of your families, is the Former Chief Torturer at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib. Yes, a Sick, Sadistic perve ...
- Shit I learned in school…because, really, I DO believe there’s a deliberate sabotage of Public Education being done simply by handing a “liberal” program over to be administered by “conservatives”. In 7th grade in Texas you’re taught Texas History. Some of it would be almost unrecognizable from a Yankee point of view. ...
Debunking the Debunkers
- Clinton told it like it is...I want to say to the Taoiseach how very grateful I am for his leadership and friendship. But I must say that I was somewhat ambivalent when we were up here giving our virtual signatures. Do you have any idea how much time I spend every day signing my name? I'm going to feel utterly useless if ...
- Tom Sullivan - Explosives Loaderae911truth YouTube.com Mar 19, 2011 AE911Truth's EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW! Tom Sullivan - Former Explosives Loader for Controlled Demolition, Inc. (CDI) This interview is some raw footage of one of the world class experts appearing in Architects and Engineer's upcoming hard hitting documentary "9 ...
- Health problems related to 9/11 will be felt f ...Eric Stevenson 911debunkers.blogspot.com Certainly, living in America, all of our lives were changed nearly 10 years ago on September 11th, 2001. As days moved on, more and more were added to the death toll in the ensuing weeks afterwards. What’s not common knowledge is that some of the effec ...
- The Debunking the Debunkers Exploding Paint Ar ...It's been two years now since the publishing of the Active Thermitic Material ... paper, and over the last two years the debunkers have gone to great lengths to deny this forensic proof of demolition. We at Debunking the Debunkers have been following the thermite denialists closely, and have w ...
- You're Either in Sheen's Korner or You're With ...My new t-shirt I found at Hot Topic. :) Related Info: The Sheen comments that matter Charlie Sheen and Some Facts About 9/11 for President Obama to "Deal With" Scootle's "Twenty Minutes With The President" Contest Entry Debunking dsglop's ridiculous answers to Charlie Sheen's 20 points to O ...
Fooducate
- Save America’s Babies from Obesity: Join Dr. G ...Fooducate recently presented at the Health 2.0 conference in San Diego. On stage, facilitating the discussion on food as a preventive medicine, was Alan Greene, MD, FAAP, pediatrician, author, and Stanford professor. His website, DrGreene.com, has been online since 1995! Dr Greene, who is alarme ...
- Fooducate App v 1.4: Product Search, iPod Scan ...We’ve just released version 1.4 of the Fooducate iPhone App, and we’re really excited. Most of the features here are based on your requests: Textual Search – Now you don’t need to have a product in front of you to learn about it. Just type in its name or some keywords to get a list [...]
- The Truth About CarbohydratesThis is a guest blog post by Shoshi Domb. The sun is shining, the snow is melting, and summer is right around the corner. As summer arrives, so does diet season. Since there are so many diets on the market it is sometimes hard to choose a sensible one. Regardless of the diet that you [...]
- 10 Things to Know About Rennet [It's in your c ...We recently received an interesting inquiry from a Fooducate community member: I just learned what “rennet” is (an enzyme used to make most cheeses and which is usually derived from the lining of calves stomachs). You can imagine what an unwelcome surprise this might be to some people. For exa ...
- Juicer or Blender?Is it us or has there been lots of buzz recently around juicing? What’s the big deal? Are juicers that much better than blenders? And how is nutrition affected? What you need to know: Most people are familiar with the standard multi-speed blender used at home to create smoothies. Blenders simply ...
Traffikd
- Four Pre-Writing Exercises for Inspired BloggersRebecca Chelsey's recent post on ways to spark our creativity got me thinking about the next step: how to take that creativity and turn it into meaningful sentences on the page. In other words, what we do with that spark of inspiration will determine the success or setbacks we face when we blog. ...
- 8 Simple Sources of Creative InspirationAs a creative person, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I've researched and stumbled upon ei ...
- Culture Vulture: Social Strategies for Differe ...Social media campaigns are becoming more integrated into the overall online marketing mix. And as with anything on the Web, you need to think global to succeed in the long term. To succeed with social media marketing for different cultures, you need to familiarise yourself with what’s happening ...
- Internet Marketing and Social Media Degree Pro ...Guest post by Brian Jenkins Over a billion and a half people use the Internet, and this has created a plethora of opportunities for talented Internet marketers. Specialized knowledge in Internet marketing and social media is vital for many businesses. Yes, there are successful, self-taught Inte ...
- How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blo ...To market your company effectively, you need to find out where your target audience is. In this post I’ll show you how you can do this. I like using examples, so in this case, I’ll assume you sell Star Wars merchandise.
Survival International
- Malaria outbreak could reach uncontacted Indians Numerous tribes are threatened by the Madeira River dams project © © Clive W. Dennis/Survival The lives of uncontacted Indians living close to the Madeira dams in the Brazilian Amazon are at grave risk from a malaria outbreak in the area. New figures released by a local Mayorâs office re ...
- Police charged for role in Bagua massacre A wounded protester is beaten by police, Bagua, Peru © Marijke Deleu and Thomas Quirynen Three senior police and army officers have been charged in connection with the deaths of 33 Peruvians during clashes between Amazon Indians and police in June 2009. Violence erupted in the northern Ama ...
- Inter-American Commission orders Brazil govern ...Indians protesting against the Belo Monte dam © Telma Monteiro/ Survival The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has ordered the Brazilian government to suspend construction of the Belo Monte dam until the rights of the thousands of indigenous people in the area are respected. The B ...
- World Health Day: Uncontacted tribes at risk o ...The Nukak have been decimated by diseases since contact © Gustavo Pollitis/Survival Survival has warned on the eve of World Health Day (April 7) that uncontacted tribes face massive population loss if their land is not protected. Tribes like the Amazon Indians shown in the incredible aeri ...
- Ecuador’s government under Indian attack Crossed spears found on a path in northern Peru, in the region where oil company Perenco is working. Crossed spears are a common sign used by uncontacted Indians to warn outsiders to stay away. © Marek Wolodzko/AIDESEP Ecuador’s largest indigenous organization has launched an unprecedented ...
Greg Palast
- BP In Deep Water: The Making Of the Channel 4 ...FEATURES For two decades, investigator Greg Palast has been on BP's trail. In BP: In Deep Water, Palast takes Dispatches viewers along on his world-wide investigation of the oil giant. (Broadcast tonight, 8pm. UK only.) One year after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig blew apart and spewed 170 ...
- Dispatches UK TVGreg Palast Drills Deep into BPOne year after the Deepwater Horizon, Palast travels from the Gulf Coast to the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea to drill deep into the heart of BP. Filth, polar bears and oil-crat police states. Catch it Monday night at 8pm GMT on Channel 4's DISPATCHES. Sorry: Only in Britain. Greg Palast ...
- No BS Info on Japan NuclearObama invites Tokyo ...for Truthout/Buzzflash by Greg Palast What South Texas project could look like.(Image by NINA - Nuclear Innovation North America) I need to speak to you, not as a reporter, but in my former capacity as lead investigator in several government nuclear plant fraud and racketeering investigatio ...
- Chevron Runs from Judgmentin Ecuadorby Greg Palast Chevron petroleum Corporation is attempting to slither out of an $8 billion judgment rendered yesterday by a trial court in Ecuador for cancer deaths, illnesses and destruction caused by its Texaco unit. I've been there, in Ecuador. I met the victims. They didn't lose their sh ...
- Reagan: Killer, Coward, Con-manThe Observer London by Greg Palast You're not going to like this. You shouldn't speak ill of the dead. But in this case, someone's got to. On the 100th Anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth, as we suffer a week of Reagan-kitcheria and pukey peons, let us remember: Reagan was a con-man. Rea ...
How Can I Recycle This ?
- How can I reuse or recycle kitchen cupboard doors?My friend Katherine is getting a new kitchen soon and I’ve unofficially bagsied her (wood or woodish) kitchen cupboard doors – for reusing for other stuff rather than just putting in our kitchen. Lots of still-in-good-condition kitchen cabinets are given away from Freecycle/Freegle or sold on eB ...
- How can I reuse or recycle the metal frame fro ...Over on the “suggest an item” page, the bookstorebabe said: Broken umbrellas were done a few years back, but most of the suggestions were reuses for the umbrella fabric. How about specifically the metal frame, as is or taken apart? Any clever ideas, anyone? Over on the old umbrella page, Pamela ...
- How can I reuse or recycle a futon?We’ve had an email from Nicki: How can I recycle a futon? I think I’ve got a friend who will take the frame but she doesn’t want the mattress. What can I do with that? I suspect, like all mattresses, they won’t be too not too popular secondhand as they’re hard to clean, especially if [...]
- How can I reuse or recycle a room divider/screen?At some point in the long forgotten past, I bought a room dividing screen thing. I think the idea was that we would use it to shelter off the messy desk whenever we had guests staying over in our spare room/office in our old house but to the best of my knowledge we never used [...]
- How can I reuse or recycle roofing felt?We’ve had an email from Daniel: Can I recycle roofing felt? I have a lot of small pieces to get rid of. I’ve not heard of it being recyclable and looking into it, it seems unlikely because it’s several hard/impossible to recycle materials all squished together. The better option would be to use ...
Peoples Voice
- Hey Chris Matthews: 9/11 Truthers are NOT left ...Reg's Thoughts at: TvNEWSLIES.org On his MSNBC program Hardball last evening, Chris Matthews went on a well-founded tirade against Donald Trump and his pandering to the uninformed, right wing Birthers who insist, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that Barack Obama is not an American.. ...
- Fukushima Meltdown Confirmedby Stephen Lendman On April 6, Reuters reported that "the core at Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor has melted through the reactor pressure vessel," Rep. Edward Markey told a House hearing on the disaster, saying: "I have been informed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that the core h ...
- The Crazies versus the Sleepwalkers - Big Budg ...By Michael Collins The Republican crazies are in a celebrity death match with sleepwalking Democrats. It is a fabricated drama amounting to not much of anything in terms of the nation's well being. The stakes are supposedly the shutdown of the United States government at midnight this Friday. ...
- Military Commissions Will Try 9/11 Suspectsby Stephen Lendman On April 4, New York Times writer Charlie Savage headlined, "In a Reversal, Military Trials for 9/11 Cases," saying: After months of indecision, the Obama administration "will prosecute Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (KSM) and four other (suspects) accused of plotting the Sept ...
- BS Elitist Presidential Poll Shows Trump #2By Silver Shield The Elite’s Main Stream Media has already started to marginalize and control the growing Freedom Movement. The WSJ/NBC conducted a poll of likely Republican primary voters and only gave the voters the choice of the Elite’s sock puppet candidates. Ron Paul was not a choice in th ...
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
- Making It Count: CCPA's federal election blogThe CCPA has launched a federal election blog to bring you expert analysis on the issues that will—or should—define the election. Making It Count features timely commentary from CCPA staff and research associates, who will be weighing in everything from the economy and federal finances to the ...
- Will the middle class have to learn to do with ...That's the question journalist and author Linda McQuaig addresses in her column about greed, the assault on middle class dreams, and the "looming conflict" between Canada's elite and the "aspirations of millions of Canadians". Read the column here.
- Living Wage 2011: how much does a family need ...CCPA-BC has just published Working for a Living Wage 2011, which shows that the living wage for Vancouver in 2011 is $18.81 an hour, up from $18.17 last year, and far higher than the $10.25 minimum wage planned for next year. A living wage enables families to pay for necessities, support the h ...
- So you think you can budgetFrom corporate tax cuts to seniors benefits, everyone on Parliament Hill seems to think they know what should be in the budget. But can you do better? What if you were finance minister for a day, what would be in your budget? We've developed an interactive budget tool based on our Alternative F ...
- Canada's military spending higher now than any ...A new CCPA study finds Canadian military spending is higher now than at any time since the end of the Second World War, thanks to twelve years of budget increases. Canada is the 13th largest military spender in the world and the 6th largest within the 26-member NATO alliance. The study points o ...
World Wide Hippies
- Budget deal reached – No Govt. ShutdownDemocrats, Republicans agree on a budget deal | CNN Democrats and Republicans narrowly averted a partial shutdown of the federal government Friday night, agreeing on a budget deal and a short-term funding extension little more than an hour before the clock struck midnight and time ran out. The n ...
- Wake ‘N’ Bake 101: RepairsWWH – Last week, Dr. Woody heard Vt. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Thom Hartmann–both really sincere, admirable men–and was again struck by how totally, hopelessly, blindingly, wrenchingly IMPOTENT they seem. They pose exquisitely correct solutions to the most intractable problems whose ONLY flaw is th ...
- The Little Natural Foods Store That CouldBy Leigh Medeiros | seekonk – The Good Seed has helped to keep Seekonk friends and neighbors healthy for the past 22 years. âWe have the nicest customers,â says Christine Mulhall. Mulhall, along with Susan Kinnel and Ruth Hardman, has owned The Good Seed natural food market for 22 years, well be ...
- When asked about the pepper spray and what he ...Colorado police pepper-spray misbehaving boy, 8 | Yahoo News The staff at the Colorado elementary school said no one could calm 8-year-old Aidan Elliott. He had just thrown a TV and chairs and was now trying to use a cart to bust through a door to an office where teachers had taken some young st ...
- Weekly Hippie TriviaA new Trivia Question will be posted every Friday at 8:00 pm (EST). You can post your answer in the comments section below the question and be entered into a chance to win a WWH Bumpersticker! He is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and actor. His accent in the music biz came when the “bes ...
Michael Moore - Must Read
- The Cost of One F-15E Lost in Libya Is 563 Wis ...According to the New York Times, the U.S. fighter jet that just crashed in Libya was an F-15E Strike Eagle. The Air Force says each F-15E cost $31.1 million in 1998 dollars (not including fuel, pilot training or anything else). Adjusted for inflation, that's $42.23 million today. Wisconsin tea ...
- Rick Snyder's "Shared Sacrifice": Michigan's W ...Michigan's tax system is already regressive -- meaning that poorer people pay a higher tax rate than the wealthy. But Governor Rick Snyder has decided that it's just not regressive enough. So in the name of "shared sacrifice," he wants to hike the tax rate on poor and working Michiganders, while ...
- VIDEO: Bus leaves Kalamazoo to protest Gov. Sn ...People talk about why they are going to Lansing to take part in protests against Gov. Rick Snyder's proposals, including bills that would give emergency financial managers the power to terminate labor contracts, proposed cuts to education funding and tax policy changes.
- The Forbes 400 vs. Everybody ElseAccording to the most recent information, the Forbes 400 now have a greater net worth than the bottom 50% of U.S. households combined. In 2009, the total net worth of the Forbes 400 was $1.27 trillion. The best information now available shows that in 2009 the bottom 60% (yes, now it's 60%, n ...
- Cairo in Wisconsin The call reportedly arrived from Cairo. Pizza for the protesters, the voice said. It was Saturday, February 20th, and by then Ian's Pizza on State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, was overwhelmed. One employee had been assigned the sole task of answering the phone and taking down orders. An ...
Salon
- Obama hails deal to avoid government shutdownPresident Barack Obama says a last-minute deal with congressional leaders to avert a government shutdown happened because "Americans of different beliefs came together."
- Was he bluffing the whole time?Let's be clear: It was never in the political interests of House Republicans to force a government shutdown over this -- and John Boehner, who was a member of his party's leadership when the GOP suffered a P.R. disaster during the shutdowns of late 1995 and early 1996, knew it.
- House votes to repeal "net neutrality" rulesHouse Republicans adamant that the government keep its hands off the Internet passed a bill Friday to repeal federal rules barring Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with traffic on their networks.
- Deadline nears, and some Republicans go wobblyThe federal government lurched toward a shutdown for the first time in 15 years on Friday as Republicans and Democrats in Congress struggled for a way out and swapped increasingly incendiary charges over which side was to blame.
- Time's about up: Shutdown now mere hours awayOn the brink of a painful government shutdown, the Obama administration readied furlough notices for hundreds of thousands of workers Friday as Republican and Democratic leaders accused each other of refusing to give ground on a deal to keep operations running.
SMB News
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,914-metr ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAsFor SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakeFor SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
Toronto Star - Editorials
- One-stop eye careAllowing other medical professionals to provide some services formerly exclusive to doctors is a step toward better care and lower costs.
- A fitting honour for David PecautNaming one of Toronto’s public squares in David Pecaut’s honour is a fitting tribute to this city-builder.
- Federal campaign: Where’s the urban agenda?Canada’s three big national parties need to clearly spell out how they propose to help this country’s beleaguered communities.
- Afghanistan: Tell truth about detaineesThe Conservative government is still trying to avoid full disclosure about the treatment of prisoners caught by Canadian soldiers.
- Political access: What is Harper so afraid of?All front-runners try to run a controlled campaign, but the Prime Minister's goes too far.
Energy Collective
- FEPC Fukushima Reactor Status Update For April ...Update to Information Sheet Regarding the Tohoku Earthquake The Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC) Washington DC Office As of 12:00PM (EST), April 8, 2011 Radiation LevelsThe concentration of radioactive nuclides from the seawater sampled at the screen device ...
- Is the Electric Car’s Tax-Free Ride Coming to ...The tax-free joyride electric and hybrid-electric vehicle owners have been enjoying while cruising the highways and byways of America may soon be a thing of the past.
- Unconventional Energy and Transportation WisdomLisa Margonelli of the New America Foundation asked me to speak on a panel yesterday -- the entire thing was recorded and is available here -- along with Jed Kolko of the Public Policy Institute of California and Shin-Pei Tsay of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The topic was "unc ...
- Global Market Impact Starting To Be Felt From ...The global energy market consequences of the devastating earthquake that hit Japan on March 11, 2011 are already starting to be felt, but so far, impacts have been more in spot LNG markets than in oil markets.� That�s because the increased demand for oil to burn for electricity generation will b ...
- Congress Defers to EPA on Climate PolicyThe confrontation over climate policy that was teed up by the results of last November's mid-term election culminated with the House of Representatives voting overwhelmingly yesterday to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its power to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
- Hey Chris Matthews: 9/11 Truthers are NOT left ...
- Las imágenes más bonitas de Internet VIII (14 ...
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