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- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 19 minutes ago*Keith Olbermann reads Part 3 of Thurber's "The Greatest Man in the World."* The last two nights we had Part 1 and Part 2 of Keith Olbermann's *Countdown * "Fridays with Thurber" reading of Thurber's "pro...
- posted by null at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoGuest contributor Adam Crowl looks at the fuel required for an interstellar trip and finds a gas giant with huge mining potential.
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours agoEric from Texas: Ex-Cop Treated as Outcast for Joining Oath Keepers
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[image: Wallpapers de Kevin Garnett jugando basquetball][image: Wallpapers de Kevin Garnett jugando basquetball] [image: Wallpapers de Kevin Garnett jugando basquetball] [image: Wallpapers de Kevin Garnett... - posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 2 hours agoWriting this past weekend in *The Guardian*, perennial Iran alarmist and Israel defender Meir Javedanfar addresses the latest IAEA Safeguards Reporton the Iranian nuclear program. He leads off with this hy...
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India's economy grew at its slowest pace in five quarters during the March quarter, as rising interest rates crimped consumpton and investment, although the central bank is expected to continue tightening ... - posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*Ryanomics masquerades as "fiscal prudence," another reminder that way more pressing than our Deficit Problem is our Reality Gap (aka Truth Crisis), which would make it impossible to actually deal with def... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 3 hours ago
US house prices have fallen to fresh lows, according to a widely-watched report that managed to stand out among a blitz of worrying data for the world's biggest economy. Average home prices slumped 5.1pc ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional milita... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
The debt crisis in Greece, Ireland and Portugal could have "significant systemic effects" in the eurozone, Italy's central bank chief Mario Draghi, who is set to head up the European Central Bank, said on ... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Fights broke out among rival gang members on Carson Beach in South Boston yesterday and spilled out across the city, triggering a massive law enforcement response from at least five agencies to stem the vi... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA woman has been booked on murder charges after bringing a trash can containing the body parts of a deceased man to an area home and pushing it through the surrounding neighborhood Sunday, officials said...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Can you imagine David Cameron enjoying a round of golf on Remembrance Sunday? It would be inconceivable for the British Prime Minister to do so, and not just because of the usually dire weather at that tim... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours ago
Phillip Herr looks like many of the men who toil deep within the federal government. He wears blue suits. He keeps his graying hair and mustache neatly trimmed. He has an inoffensively earnest manner. He a... - posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 6 hours agoScientists debate evidence, or lack thereof, for a microorganism with arsenic-laced DNA.
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 6 hours agoA team of archaeologists find a giant statue of Egyptian King Amenhotep III -- grandfather to King Tut.
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Last March we noted that the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima had repercussions for the right-wing government in Berlin. Germany's most consistently conservative state government fell to the Greens. And, ... - *The raw of sorts* between Germany and Spain (v.v.) started May 15th and it took to June 1 to see Spain making its point: the 'e.-coli' epidemic that still spreads over Germany *was not caused* by cucumbe...
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The body of 19-year-old Katya Koren was found dumped in a forest on the Crimean peninsula a week after she went missing amid suggestions that she had been 'punished' for flouting Sharia law. Police said ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours ago
Cucumber Farmers in Belgium have received a 2.75 Million Euros Payout because of loss of Earnings Due to the E.Coli Disaster. The Flemish Minister Kris Peeters has confirmed that the Payout was authorised ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoSeveral areas in Kullu and Shimla districts of Himachal Pradesh were lashed by a severe hailstorm this afternoon, causing extensive damage to crops. The freak weather conditions continued in the region wit...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 8 hours agoIn late 2007, Williams Production was fracking a well in Grandview, Texas. Residents experienced the typical water pressure issues and ended up with toxic water that killed animals, smelled bad and caused ra...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoThe World Health Organization warns that studies find a possible link between the use of wireless devices and cancer risk.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoSecurity flaw allows hackers to steal cookies and log onto password-protected websites.
- posted by Eric Niiler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoBeing forced to play online games could be safer than being forced to work in a mine.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoThe collection includes some of the most iconic items in movie history, such as costumes and props from"Gone With the Wind" and "My Fair Lady."
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoHumans aren't the only life forms that rely on caffeine to get them through the mornings.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA fuel tank exploded in the port of Gibraltar on Tuesday near Independence of the Seas, injuring 12 passengers. In a statement, Royal Caribbean said that the explosion occurred at 3:37 p.m. local time. I...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours agoEnbridge, backed by their parliamentary bootlicker, our exalted Ruler, want to run a pipeline from Athabasca across British Columbia's incredibly rugged and remote terrain to pump toxic, corrosive bitumen ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours agoWhen you're looking to part with tens of billions of dollars for an aircraft you'll be relying on for thirty years in service, it's best to get something with some real shelf-life. And that's not the F35,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe Pentagon has adopted a new strategy that will classify major cyber attacks as acts of war, paving the way for possible military retaliation. The re-classification, expected to be revealed next month, i...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours agoCaracas, Venezuela rally. Photo Tony Gonzales/AIM*AIM in Caracas to support Venezuela, following US economic sanctions* By Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/ Photo published with permission ...
- posted by Lilith eZine at Lilith News - 10 hours agoCANADA - 51% of Canadians feel uncomfortable about their debts and 33% are embarrassed by their level of debt, according to a survey released by Investors Group. Almost everyone in Canada has debt, says J...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe distraught mother of accused child-killer Casey Anthony sobbed today as she described finding her missing grand-daughter’s favourite doll in a car reeking of decomposing flesh. Cindy Anthony gulped an...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA top surgeon has been shot dead by a disgruntled patient whose life he had saved with a double organ transplant. Dr Dmitriy Nikitin, 41, was gunned down as he walked to his car after finishing his shift ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago* Dawood Ibrahim, allegedly a friend of the CIA. * The 'Osama bin Laden compound' in the Pakistan town of Abbottabad has a special design. Reportedly, it is a design used by the US military. Reportedly, t...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 10 hours agoSince the last year, the sick fat socialist pig called the Hellenic Republic has devoured EUR 110 billion - a package that was pumped into that country a year ago - and it's hungry again. It needs another ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA man who knifed a complete stranger to death after intervening in a lover's tiff has been jailed for at least 26 years. Mark Parrish, 37, plunged a knife eight times into Christopher Taylor after seeing ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA deal has been reached to bring a National Hockey League team back to Winnipeg for the first time since 1996. A deal to move the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers to the Manitoba capital was announced Tuesday at ...
- posted by Emad Hanna at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoA hacker group breached the PBS website, posting false stories and seizing sensitive information.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoWhat's that awful sound? Could it be empty bellies - or is that the clarion call of war? Oxfam is warning that the already record-breaking price of staple foods could more than double by 2030. It says...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoAnother wealthy foreign businessman has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a maid in a New York hotel - just two weeks after IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was held. Egyptian Mahmoud Ab...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours agoWe love homemade Italian bread in our house, but hours of kneading and rising has never really appealed to me. I mean, I CAN do it, but do I WANT to do it? Not really. So I started experimenting and came ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*The myth of shared sacrifice* Later today, after the bond and stock markets are closed, the nihilistic hostage takers will have their little victory. Republicans-- and a handful of cowardly Blue Dogs-- w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoGerman authorities have said they do not know whether Spanish cucumbers have caused the outbreak of E.Coli which has killed at least 16 people. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA pilot told air traffic control 'we have a major problem... we're going in' seconds before crashing into a house and killing all five people on board, an inquest heard today. Michael Roberts radioed and ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoDevotedly washed and sprinkled with rose petals, Hamza Ali al-Khateeb lies prepared for burial. But the rituals of death cannot wipe away the horrific injuries that have mutilated his body almost beyond r...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe United Nations warned on Wednesday of a possible crisis of confidence in, and even a “collapse” of, the U.S. dollar if its value against other currencies continued to decline. In a mid-year review of ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoAnyone aware of the US Government's real financial situation knows that time is running out. The Government has $15.5 trillion in *admitted* debts but those debts, when calculated under Generally Accepted ...
- posted by derekshowerman at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 12 hours agoThe Vikings need a new stadium & might be close getting it. The Minnesota Vikings may be one yard closer to getting their new stadium as cleanup of the site is nearing completion. The Environmental Protec...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours agoBlue Sky Black Death - Farewell To The Former World
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoChinese authorities Monday arrested dozens of demonstrators in Hohhot as protests spread to the provincial capital and other cities in Inner Mongolia despite tightened security and reports of martial law...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoEconomic data and analysis out of Japan Tuesday underscore the struggles in the world's third largest economy, and how the lack of clear policy is adding to the problems. Japan's unemployment rate rose t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA deadly E. coli outbreak in Europe is expected to worsen in coming days, a senior German scientist has said. Fourteen people have died in Germany and one woman has now died in Sweden after a trip to Ger...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Australian government has suspended the live export of cattle to 11 abattoirs in Indonesia, after a TV documentary showed brutal treatment of animals at the facilities. The footage, broadcast on ABC,...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSome of the first potentially chronic effects from last year's BP oil disaster — including diseased fish — may be starting to unfold as scientists review their first year of research. Studies analyzing re...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoTonight -- an exclusive investigation -- if you've ever bought or sold a home...you need to hear this. Hank found a signature buried deep in your mortgage documents could be a ticking time bomb for thous...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 12 hours ago*Lil'wat at the UN Permanent Forum: Colonialism, sovereignty and human rights* May 30, 2011 Lil’wat, St’at’imc Press Statement A Lil’wat delegation to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues address...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 12 hours agoI want to applaud Joseph Romm. Kind of. He has abolished the ClimateProgress.org domain and redirected all traffic to a directory hosted by the server called ThinkProgress.org owned by a radical far lef...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoGermany on Monday decided to phase-out nuclear power by 2022 in the wake of the disaster in Japan.
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 13 hours agoI have been granted permission to repost a poem by fellow blogger Dion...it is followed it by a picture of first daughter (which I persuaded the wedding photographer to forward, pending arrival of the full...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis - 13 hours agoThe above video by Dahlia S. Wasfi graphically shows what the wars against humanity, outrageously and mockingly described as humanitarian wars, are really about. Doubtless the censors at Youtube will swoo...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: Populations of African buffalo in the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya have crashed, due to domestic livestock grazing and global warming. Arup Shah / NPL / BBC] By Matt Walker Editor, BBC Nature 31...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago*Kevin Annett Jailed, Barred from re-entering England* *Updated with Kevin Annett's statement May 31, 2011* *London, UK * Press statement On the verge of his addressing a major public rally in London against...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours agoBy JOHN COLLINS RUDOLF 28 May 2011 Early last Tuesday, José Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva, a forest activist and tree nut harvester, and his wife, Maria do Espirito Santo, drove a motorcycle through Brazil’...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: U.S. medication shortages, 2001-2011. The country is experiencing record numbers of drug shortages, where medications are in tight supply or completely unavailable. University of Utah Drug Inform...
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoAn extremely rare bilateral gynandromorph cardinal makes a surprise visit to a backyard feeder in Texas.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Reactor buildings of Fukushima Daiichi Unit 1 and 2, 6 May 2011. TEPCO] BY TAKASHI SUGIMOTO, STAFF WRITER 31 May 2011 Water levels in the basement of the No. 1 reactor building at the stricken ...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 15 hours agoThe Ontario Tories bared more than their...uhh...*private members*...this weekend, releasing their election platform (summarized by CP here). I've always been a fan of parties releasing their platforms ear...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoNick Kristof made his way to India a decade after I had spent two years driving around the the vast country with poor roads for two years. It hadn't changed much in the interim. I've been back half a doze...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoAnother anti-Islam protest comes to Dearborn: " Another anti-Islam protest comes to Dearborn Another protest over what organizers call “radical strains” of Islam is planned on Saturday in front of Dearborn ...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoEgypt reopens border with Gaza: "Egypt has permanently reopened its border crossing into Gaza, opening the door for Palestinians and raising fears among Israelis of an increase in militant attacks. "
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 15 hours agoHackers hit PBS, post fake Tupac story: "Online hackers have pirated the PBS website and posted a false story claiming the rapper Tupac Shakur -- who has been dead for almost 15 years -- is alive and living ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA U.S. Parks Police officer who 'bodyslammed' a dancing protester - hurling him to the ground before choking him - is being investigated after footage of the incident appeared on Youtube. The man was part...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA Scotland Yard officer who had an 'inappropriate relationship' with a 14-year-old girl he met when she was in custody has been sacked. Police Constable Robert Nicholson bombarded the girl with hundreds of...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours ago'KKK' confronts Westboro protesters: "Protesting members of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church were met with an unlikely group of counter-protesters Monday at Arlington Cemetery. "
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 16 hours agoObama leads country in honoring fallen: "President Barack Obama led the nation's Memorial Day observances Monday, laying a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknowns and declaring that Amer...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoHundreds of endangered antelopes have been found dead in western Kazakhstan, dealing another blow to conservation efforts to save these long-nosed creatures, Kazakhstan Today reports. A total of 442 saig...
- posted by Kieran Mulvaney at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoA new book highlights Julia Platt, a rabble-rousing pioneer in marine conservation.
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoA new 3-D map of our corner of the universe includes 45,000 galaxies within about 380 million light-years from Earth.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoNo matter how you raise kids, they eventually end up being who they're going to be, say experts.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA desperate rescue mission to save a beached whale on the northern coast of England has failed. The stricken mammal, which was around 30ft long, was found on the beach in Redcar early on Tuesday. Clevel...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoSTOCKHOLM - Hospital says woman has died in Sweden from E.coli infection, first fatality outside Germany. Source Death toll is now 15 with hundreds more in Hospital.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA senior Egyptian general admits that "virginity checks" were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities. The al...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoAuthorities have raised the alert level for Mount Dieng in Central Java and have ordered the evacuation of residents living near the area after the volcano began spewing poisonous gas. Sutopo Purwo Nugro...
- posted by Ray Villard at Discovery News - Top Stories - 19 hours agoWe must stick with 12 Zodiacal constellations and therefore replace Scorpius with Ophiuchus, which simply owns more real estate on the celestial Monopoly board.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under 'Sharia law' after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine. Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home. Friends sai...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoI was listening to a "debate" on the FIFA scandal on the BBC this morning (it was on "Today" close to 9am and Barry Hearn was one of the interviewees but there is no link to share with you) and I heard th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoYemeni forces have killed over 50 people at an anti-government protest in the city of Taiz since Sunday, according to the UN human rights office. It says reports indicate hundreds more at the sit-in in H...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAn active volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula is currently spewing plumes of ash at a height of up to 9 kilometers (5.6 miles), Russian scientists reported on Tuesday. Scientists have registered two ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoTokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.TO) said Tuesday that the sound of an explosion was heard at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex, but radiation levels haven't increased and no injuries were reported, Kyod...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoLeftist agitprop fake charity Oxfam has been given the run of the BBC this morning to warn us of apocalyptic increases in food prices of up to 50% (odd nicely* even* statistic, btw) caused by "climate chan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has released a time lapse of the lava in Kilauea's Pu'u O'o Crater. The crater, after that big fissure eruption on March 5, had no lava for several weeks. Then, all of a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA young father has been arrested after police said he viciously spanked his two-year-old daughter to death with a belt after she soiled her diaper. Nicholas Williams, 22, was held in Austin, Texas, last we...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA woman cut off a man's penis as he allegedly attempted to rape her and took it to a police station as evidence against him. Monju Begum, 40, attacked the man in Bangladesh after he burst into her shack a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoHe became known as the notorious 'Barefoot Bandit' after allegedly stealing cars, boats and planes for two years without wearing any socks or shoes. And now it appears Colton Harris-Moore could be out of p...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoPolice have revealed that the body of a little girl found on Long Island last month may not be connected to the deaths of prostitutes dumped at the same place. The skeletal remains of a two-year-old girl...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoIf the predictions prove true then it is a discovery that will have a dramatic effect on the U.S. economy. For experts believe that the astonishing finds in 20 new onshore oil fields could, together, incr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA pregnant mother of one is fighting for her life after being shot in the chest, according to authorities. Police believe Yarelis Carrillo, 20, from Lawrence, Massachusetts, who is two-months pregnant wit...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAn armed man and woman dressed as nuns robbed a Chicago bank on Sunday in a heist that the FBI said looked like a scene from the movies. The masked thieves made off with a bag full of money after they raid...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoPolice are searching for a nursing student who has been missing since she disappeared from hospital on Friday whilst in the middle of her rounds. Michelle Hoang Thi Le, 26, vanished at around 7pm from Kais...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA Bronx mother was fatally shot in the head as she clutched her two-year-old son’s hand, police have revealed. Claudia Millan, 28, was walking back to her apartment in East Tremont from a convenience stor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA controversial decision to send a pharmacist to jail for life for shooting dead a young man who tried to rob his store has caused a storm of protest. Jerome Ersland was given a life sentence for the first...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoHer mother couldn't have been happy when she switched on the television. A father who took his daughter to a baseball game in Los Angeles made an off play when he dropped his daughter while trying to catch...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe Internet is abuzz over an alleged UFO sighting in the night sky over Oakland, California. Three fast-moving dots of light can be seen travelling close together in a video posted on YouTube by a KevinM...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoNew Orleans has made a remarkable recovery since the city was devastated by flooding during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. But now stunning new images have emerged which show how one part of the Big Easy has ...
- posted by Papani at DeadBanksterSociety - 20 hours agoThis is what the Banksters did to Spain. Is your country next? This is what banksters are afraid of! Anyone to bail them out?
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA Saudi farmer who went into his barn to take his 300 sheep on their daily pasturing was shocked when he found them all dead, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom said on Saturday. The farm said he checked th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoHeavy rain has flooded the already-devastated Miyagi area of northern Japan, hindering its reconstruction after a massive earthquake and tsunami in March. Torrential rains brought by typhoon Songda across...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoIan Thomas Ash and cameraman Colin O'Neill visit a school just outside the 30 kilometer radiation exclusion zone to ask one basic question: are the children safe?
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 22 hours agoFrom the essential Alex Himelfarb, another beautifully written and persuasively argued essay detailing everything wrong with both the omnibus crime legislation and the nasty, vindictive and short-sighted s...
- posted by Robert Lamb at Discovery News - Top Stories - 23 hours agoHowStuffWorks writer Robert Lamb blogs about a new space documentary that combines photography, filmmaking, music and lunar exploration.
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Keith Olbermann reads Part 2 of Thurber's "The Greatest Man in the World."* *by Ken* Last night we had Part 1 of Keith Olbermann's *Countdown* "Fridays with Thurber" reading of the dark Thurber fantasy ...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoWorst ever carbon emissions leave climate on the brinkLast year, a record 30.6 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide poured into the atmosphere, mainly from burning fossil fuel – a rise of 1.6Gt on 2009, according to...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-il in a statement Monday said Pyongyang will no longer engage with South Korea and shut down a military hotline on the eastern coast as well as a liaison office in the Mt. Kumg...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoAdam Jester (see also Sean Carroll, Phil Gibbs, and Tommaso Dorigo) has pointed out that the bizarre bump near 144 GeV has become much more statistically significant, according to a talk by Giovanni Punz...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIsrael’s Minister for Strategic Affairs, Moshe Ya’alon said on Monday that the civilized world must take joint action to avert the Iranian nuclear threat, and that action should including a pre-emptive str...
- posted by Suzanne MacNevin at Lilith News - 1 day agoBy Suzanne MacNevin - May 2011. HEALTH - The state of Arizona is thinking of creating a $50 Fat Tax in an effort to discourage obesity. The annual $50 fine would be imposed on overweight Medicaid recipien...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSecurity forces in Morocco appear to be intensifying their hard-line crackdown on demonstrators, with a second violent clash over the weekend leaving scores of youths injured. On Sunday there were bloody...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA school teacher in Mexico has been honoured after she put aside her own fears to calm her young students during a shootout. Martha Rivera Alanis became an internet sensation after a video went online s...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCaption: After five days of fighting that left 124 dead, Yemen struggles through political and economic uncertainty. Tribesman loyal to tribal leader Sadeq al-Ahmar secure a street near his house in Sanaa....
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIreland may have to ask for another loan from the European Union and International Monetary Fund because it will struggle to return to debt markets to raise funds next year, a government minister said Sund...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoEarlier today, we put a sticker on our mailbox. It's meant to be a message for our letter carrier, to show support for her cause. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) has filed notice to strike ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*You should be able to click on this to enlarge, and if you do, I won't have to repeat what it has to say about horseshoe crabs. Oh, I may anyway.* *by Ken* I didn't see the above Yahoo notice until just ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Treasures left behind in Minamisoma, Japan after the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns: An old black and white photograph still in its shattered, blackened frame, is left behind in the rubble. Getty Im...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 1 day ago*Tories left oilsands data out of UN report * "The federal government has acknowledged it deliberately excluded data indicating a 20 per cent increase in annual pollution from Canada’s oilsands industry...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: A stream in the Japan Alps near Takayama. The river bed is limestone; hence the clarity and brilliant colour of the water. johnrf / redbubble.com] By arevamirpal::laprimavera 30 May 2011 Radioa...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago------------------------------ *Adam Kokesh body slammed, choked, police brutality at Jefferson Memorial* *AdamKokesh* Uploaded by AdamKokesh on May 28, 2011 Come dance with me! Please share this invita...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago*We have to look at this mission* *as a Great Success* * * At least that's how Furious Leader wants us to see the hapless campaign in Afghanistan. Our Ruler showed up in Kandahar with Mutt MacKay at his s...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day agoI came across a story in Vanity Fair about the Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport, at $2 million the fastest convertible in the world (electronically limited to slightly over 250 m.p.h. to protect the tires). Ac...
- posted by coldwarbaby@gmail.com (Richard William Posner) atAMERICAN EMPIRE - 1 day agoMay 28th, 2011 Larry Pinkney *“Terrorism has replaced Communism as the rationale for the militarization of the country [America], for military adventures abroad, and for the suppression of civil libertie...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEsteemed Miami Beach Mayor, Commissioners & concerned citizens. Please view the attached YouTube video (one of many) already posted for the world to see, about Memorial/Urban Weekend 2011 in Miami Beach....
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe forecast for the summer driving season: Hit the road early. Not to beat the traffic, but to beat the higher gas prices expected in mid-July. Goldman Sachs' crystal ball is proclaiming that oil will so...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFurious passengers staged a "mutiny" on a Heathrow flight after they were delayed for seven hours. Eight police officers were forced to intervene and some angry travellers grappled with the captain. One...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe condo smelled awful. Carol Kingsbury and her sister expected that. Ten months after her sister's friend died and later was cremated, a court gave the women permission to enter his retirement condo and ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCredit Suisse Group AG, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc each borrowed at least $30 billion in 2008 from a Federal Reserve emergency lending program whose details weren’t revea...
- Fact or Fiction: US Federal Reserve’s United Federation of North America Note ready for circulation?
posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe United States Federal Reserve bankers are already prepared for a hostile merger of Canada with the United States with the aid of Stephen Harper. The same bankers who orchestrated the United States Wall... - posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*You *may think you understand how the Patriot Act allows the government to spy on its citizens. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) says it’s worse than you’ve heard. Congress is set to reauthorize three controver...
- posted by Lilith eZine at Lilith News - 1 day agoCANADA - According to a consultant hired by the city of Toronto, Mayor Rob Ford will need to bring in new road tolls and congestion charges (and new taxes) to pay for his $4 billion expansion to the Sheppa...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Last week in Tahrir Square- ©2011 Reese Erlich* How long will it take for Fox News to find this article in the English-language edition of the Egyptian newspaper *Al Masry Al Youm* and then start yowling...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day agoAccording to Germany's *Bild* newspaper, on 29 May 2011: *The CIA has stated in a recent report that there may soon be a coup in Greece. * Zerbricht Griechenland an der Krise: Geheimdienst befürchtet ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEight generals from embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's army have defected to Italy, the Italian Foreign Ministry told CNN Monday. The generals were accompanied by more than 100 Libyan soldiers, a...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day agoPosted by jeffbiggers at 10:21 am May 27, 2011 Arizona’s Historic Recall Campaign Reaches Final Lap: Will Senate President Pearce Step Down? In one of the most surprising and inspiring grassroots ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCoral reefs around the world could be teetering on the brink of extinction by the end of the century as the oceans become more acidic, scientists have warned. New evidence from volcanic seeps - fissures i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT A sick 17-year-old boy filmed himself hanging his pet pooch and posted photos of it on Facebook saying, 'I’ve killed my dog - ha, ha.' The picture shows the helpless dog - still ap...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAl Jazeera television station has broadcast video footage of what it said were foreign forces in Libya, possibly British SAS troops, on the ground near the rebel-held city of Misrata. There were a number ...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoIt's a consistent theme on the BBC - the demonisation of anyone deemed "posh". Did you catch THIS discussion on whether or not it is right to be rude to posh people? For* a hint *on where the BBC may stan...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoConspiring or incompetent, Lockheed Martin must be shown the door. editorial by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 31, 2011 - Lockheed Martin has claimed, and the US Department of Defense has confirm...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 1 day agoLike the food we eat and the air we breathe, medical care is critical to human well-being and survival, but increasingly, this necessity for life is becoming inaccessible to the average American. Proponen...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoThank you Senator Davis!“Those in charge have made irresponsible choices in allowing specialinterests to preserve tax-payer funded loopholes, while tellingeducators, students and working families that we can...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station rubble around reactor building 3, 21 May 2011. Radioactive debris of 1,000 mSv/h was found in this area. TEPCO] May 30 (Xinhua) – Tokyo Electric Power Co....
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe government has decided to abolish the upper cap of radiation exposure for workers at the disaster-crippled Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant, drawing concern from experts, it has been learned. The ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny atDownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoMore than half the reactionary Blue Dog caucus was defeated in November-- unable to attract Republican and right-leaning independents they had tried so hard to please, while completely demotivating the De...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoWhile the annoyances in Fukushima have only led to one death - which was unrelated to the radiation, a heart attack of an old employee (compare with the 14 deaths so far caused by the Spanish "organic" cuc...
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 1 day ago*Annually America’s Warrior Tradition is Commemorated in Major Media Editorials and Op-Eds, Honoring Fallen Men and Women for Reasons NOT Explained* * *by Stephen Lendman *On May 29, The New York Times h...
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