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As usual on Thursday we'll be bringing you the Question Time LiveChat session. But as it's also Local Election results night we're going to extend the chat to cover that as well. So we'll start at 10:30p... - posted by c g at So What Did I Miss? - 1 hour ago
In an interview just days before the election, Stephen Harper comments on Jack Layton saying: "I cannot go around the country telling people I'm the best guy to have a beer with," he said. "That's the othe... - posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 hour ago
The Worst is Yet to Come by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 1, 2011 - In a one hour April 26, 2011 talk before the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), Secretary of the Treasury (and CFR member) Tim... - posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours agoSaturday night the focus of the annual White House Correspondents Dinner (roast) was Donald Trump and that thing he wears on his head as a kind of toupee. I don't think there was a mention-- other than p...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 4 hours agoI've already profiled close races in BC, Alberta, and the Prairies. Today, a look at some of the ridings in Atlantic Canada to watch on election night. With small poll sample sizes in the Atlantic Province...
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Concern is mounting for tens of thousands of Syrians trapped in a military siege imposed on their towns as party of bloody crackdown on protests. Troops and tanks remain the town of Deraa in the south and... - posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 6 hours ago
1ST May - be still my beating heart. Yes, it's International Worker's Day and I am sure our comrades in the BBC are celebrating. Want to share in their celebrations? Share it HERE... Click through to rea... - posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 6 hours agoWanted to share this with you; "BBC has its ideal guests on this morning's Saturday Live in the form of 1, Mark Thomas. http://www.markthomasinfo.com/ Introduced as an 'activist' who jettisoned C...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 6 hours agoThis brought to my attention; "The BBC excelled here on the Today programme this morning bringing in a commentator that they must know is a Hamas and Hizbollah apologist and champion of the Islamist caus...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 6 hours agoRejoice - immigration is driving our economic growth. Or so it is alleged inthis reporton the ever reliable BBC. "Immigrants from eastern Europe have added almost £5bn to Britain's economy since 2004, acco...
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* Annabel Goldsmith, Zac Goldsmith (married to Kate Rothschild), Jemima Khan (nee Goldsmith) *"*Jacob Rothschild's hospitality to Camilla is legendary. * "He gives her and her sister the run of his estate... - posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 8 hours agoStrident eco-camapigner Sarah Mukherjee may have left the BBC, but Richard Black is carrying on her propaganda work, even over the holiday weekend. Here's his latest offering - a largely uncritical re-cycl...
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Ghoulish Hunt for Qaddafi Defines NATO by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand May 1, 2011 - The very policy of targeted assassinations sidesteps any semblance of law, national or international. By extra-jud... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
14 people were working in the containment area of a nuclear power plant in northeast Spain this week when water used to cool a reactor was unexpectedly released. El Pais newspaper reported Saturday that t... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours ago
The environmental protection activists in the Republic of Tatarstan have reported mysterious cattle death cases in Spasskiy district since last summer [2010]. The cause of these deaths remains unknown; h... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
He is the boy who got sucked up into a tornado – and lived to tell the tale. Eight-year-old Reginald Epps Jr was picked up off his feet and pulled into the swirling darkness when one of the Alabama twister... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
Eric Pickles last night accused the European Union of trying to ‘wipe England off the map’ by developing a new cross-Channel region, complete with its own ‘flag’. The Cabinet Minister condemned the EU fo... - posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago
*Russell Targ* Russell Targ is controversial. According to Targ: "Heaven and Hell are available for the asking, but no experience can take place in our lives except in our consciousness... "A master t... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
This April was the warmest in central England since records began more than 350 years ago. The scorching month was the fourth sunniest in the UK in the past 100 years and the sixth driest. The hottest sp... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago
The story of the Syrian uprising is being told in short sentences. The regime has driven out foreign journalists, tortures people found with satellite phones and shoots those filming protests on mobile pho... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoMore than a month after a British cruise-line worker disappeared at sea, renewed activity on her bank account has given her family hope that she may still be alive. Rebecca Coriam vanished from the Disne...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoSouth Korea will stage live-fire artillery exercises in the coming week on two frontline islands including one hit by a deadly North Korean shelling last November, a news report said Saturday. A defense m...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*Get past the cinematic razmataz and you get to the "Fugue for Tinhorns" from the film version of Guys and Dolls, with Stubby Kaye and Johnny Silver, who originated the roles of Nicely-Nicely Johnson and ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe Environment Ministry said Saturday it expects that it will take three years for the three prefectures in the Tohoku region worst hit by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami to finish removing the massiv...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThe threat of a cut to Japan's credit rating adds pressure on Prime Minister Naoto Kan to raise taxes as he wrestles with financing quake rebuilding without adding to the world's biggest public debt burden...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoPolice in Thailand say twin bomb attacks have killed two paramilitary soldiers and wounded nine others in the country's south. Kritsanapong Paetsit, a police spokesperson, said on Saturday that a group o...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSouth Korea will stage live-fire artillery exercises in the coming week on two frontline islands including one hit by a deadly North Korean shelling last November, a news report said Saturday. A defense m...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoWhen I heard about Jack Layton getting smeared about getting an innocent massage at a Toronto rub'n tug nearly twenty years ago, I thought it was just that - a smear. I didn't know it was true until Jack'...
- posted by Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 12 hours agoWell, everyone I've known has had a complaint here and there.But I haven't seen a site quite like Employvent for letting the whole world feel your pain. That is all.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoOne of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's sons -- Saif al-Arab Gadhafi -- was killed after a NATO airstrike, a spokesman for Libya's government said Sunday at a press conference. Moammar Gadhafi and his wif...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours ago* Once we get the underwear right, everything in Afghanistan should fall into place. * Passed along without further comment (well, almost), from our pal Al Kamen in the *Washington Post*. -- *Ken* *Ballis...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 16 hours ago"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThe Internet hackers group Anonymous plans to hack Iran on Sunday, according to a press release published on their website. The group wants to use International Workers' Day, which commemorates the first n...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThe Mississippi River, its tributaries swollen by snowmelt and stormwater, is rising toward a flood level that could equal or exceed anything in its recorded history. The threat to Cairo, Illinois — just b...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago(Picture is for illustrative purposes only) Two Florida witnesses report a “Frisbee-like” UFO the size of a football field came into view and hovered for 20 to 30 seconds before moving away at 2:27 p.m. o...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA Bucks County woman has been charged with child endangerment after police said her three children were left alone and filthy inside their squalid home. Chelsea Champey, 21, of Bristol, remained in the B...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoDemand and supply certainly matter. But there's another reason why food across the world has become so expensive: Wall Street greed. It took the brilliant minds of Goldman Sachs to realize the simple truth...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThere's a sad story making the rounds which should be Front Page News in this great land of ours, but it has received scant attention. *USA Today*reports that Americans depend more on government aid than e...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoColorado moved a step closer to repealing the unenforced crime of adultery Friday with a Senate vote, after arguments that the crime is outdated and never enforced. The bill also repeals the related crim...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours ago*YOU may have heard of house calls, but this is ridiculous. * After months of enduring a leaking pipe that buckled its floors and sagged its ceilings, an empty Massachusetts house somehow called police fo...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoMeet Sharlotte. Like a lot of grandmothers, she likes to keep busy. But while some grannies sit and knit scarves and afghans, this 91-year-old has a decidedly different hobby. She makes suicide masks. ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoChevron and Total became the latest big oil companies to post sharp increases in profits as crude prices surged and refining margins improved along with global fuel demand. The price of oil has risen com...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoIn an otherwise quiet article on central banks today, Bloomberg quoted an analyst who says China may use a third of their $3 trillion in foreign reserves to purchase gold. China has been moving away from...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoWe believe there will be something similar to a QE3 by another name and the Fed will probably have to create some $2.5 trillion to buy Treasuries, Agencies, and toxic waste and perhaps inject funds into th...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 18 hours agoObama's corporatist trade policies are barely distinguishable from the cruel and failed trade policies rammed down America's throat by Reagan, the two Bush catastrophes, and Clinton. Perot had the giant s...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 19 hours agoMy final projections will be posted tomorrow, but we've already got the final numbers from Leger, Ipsos, and Angus. Here's the running average: *CPC*: 36.5% (+0.4) *NDP*: 30.4% (+2.7) *Lib*: 20.8% (-1.9) *...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 19 hours agoThe Liberals release their final two ads of the election - one targeting the Tories, one targeting the NDP. How would you rate this ad? A B C D FSee Results How would you rate this poll? A B C D FSee...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 20 hours agoSome months back, I learned I have something in common with Keith Richards: Keith wanted to be a librarian. Recently I've learned I have something in common with Superman, although the Man of Steel has gon...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 20 hours agoIf you think this all ends on May 2nd, think again: *Harper mum on post-election governing scenario* Stephen Harper is refusing to say whether he would accept a decision by the Governor General to hand po...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 20 hours agoI'm wrestling with how to vote on Monday and I probably will be even as I take pencil in hand in the booth. It's unfortunate they don't have a specific "none of the above" option because that's the way I...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoFor years there has been speculation that Nazi Germany had experimented with advanced alien technology and built flying machines; such as the Haunebu and the Die Glocke (The Bell); and rumors that some of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoAstonishing new footage has been released of Japan’s tsunami showing no mercy as it washes away cars, aeroplanes and anything else in its path. The coastguard released the video of the devastating March 11...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe White House has been accused of lying in a sensational row with a newspaper over a banned journalist. The San Francisco Chronicle has dug its heels in over the row, calling the Obama administration ou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoHis menacing prowl is enough to send shivers down anyone's spine - and with good reason. This big cat is believed to be behind a string of 18 attacks on sheep savaging their throats and leaving their bloo...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours ago[image: Toshiso Kosako, Tokyo University professor and a senior nuclear adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan, announces his resignation to Kan at a press conference in Tokyo, April 29, 2011. Phot...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 22 hours ago[image: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant outside of a wrecked reactor building. TEPCO / japannewstoday.com] [Keep in mind that 250 millisieverts/year is the maximum radiation dose allowed ...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 22 hours agoFor the first time, scientists have shown that exposure to a compound in crude oil is associated with congenital heart disease.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 22 hours agoAs you've been reading all week, and as you can see in the compilation clip above, not all that well. And yesterday another teabaggy freshman, Rick Crawford of Arkansas, became just the latest to feel th...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 23 hours agoLet’s Call the ‘Birthers’ What They Are: " Perhaps the time has come to state the obvious. The people who have been selling claims that President Obama is not American — the Donald Trumps, the Orly Taitzes,...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 23 hours agoThe Day After: ‘Birthers’ Regroup With Crazed Claims of Fraud: " The foaming-at-the-mouth “birthers” are hardly the type to lay down their rhetorical arms and admit defeat even when forced to see the very do...
- posted by coldwarbaby@gmail.com (Richard William Posner) atAMERICAN EMPIRE - 23 hours ago*PREPARE YOURSELF. THE TIME OF COMPLACENCY IS OVER. * *THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW.* These methods were compiled by Dr. Gene Sharp and first published in his 1973 book, The Politics of Nonviolent Action, Vol. ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoWe at the Coming Crisis only post two things: facts, and questions that need answering. Our readers know this, and it's something we'd never give up on for any reason. When it comes to a touchy subject li...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoAs emergency responders continued to tally the dead on Saturday, surviving family members and friends prepared to bury loved ones who perished in what has become the second deadliest single-day tornado out...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoOne person is dead and at least 10 have been hospitalized in an outbreak of salmonella poisonings linked to clinical and teaching microbiology laboratories across the nation, government health officials re...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours ago*It's 8:30 a.m.* in Silicon Valley, and Neal Gorenflo is already busy sharing. Inside his Mountain View town house, just a few short blocks from the Caltrain station where commuters pour out each morning o...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThirty-seven hospitals in the state of Missouri had claimed cigarette companies delivered an "unreasonably dangerous" product. They sought more than $455m (£272m) reimbursement for treating uninsured smo...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe Taliban said Saturday it is launching a new offensive against foreign troops and Afghan security forces and will focus on military bases and convoys. The Taliban statement, declaring its spring milit...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA few dozen tanks fired shells and a curfew was imposed Saturday in the restive Syrian city of Daraa, the site of ongoing clashes between security forces and protesters, eyewitnesses told CNN. The assa...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoLibyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Saturday urged NATO to negotiate an end to airstrikes, accusing the international coalition of killing civilians and destroying the nation's infrastructure in a bid to ta...
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- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoArctic coastlines are crumbling away and retreating at the rate of two metres or more a year due to the effects of climate change. In some locations, up to 30 metres of the shore has been vanishing every y...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoUsing 120 years of feathers from natural history museums in the United States, Harvard University researchers have been able to track increases in the neurotoxin methylmercury in the black-footed albatross...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA new study suggests that more than 40 fish species in the Mediterranean could vanish in the next few years. The study released Tuesday by the International Union for Conservation of Nature says almost h...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA worldwide growth in the price of gold has accelerated the pace of deforestation in some of the most pristine parts of the Peruvian Amazon, where miners are cutting down trees in order to extract the valu...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA digital "lost and found" site is helping people reconnect with important photos and documents scattered by the tornadoes.
- posted by Anaconda at PhoeniCIA2phoenix - 1 day agoIt is Obama who is using the race card and he should be called out on it.... *April 30 - May 1, 2011 -- Commentary: Obama and race baiting* Many Americans would agree that racism has no place in Americ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck southern Panama early Saturday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake hit 384 kilometers (238 miles) southwest of the capital, Panama City. There were no ...
- posted by sue at Biased BBC - 1 day agoI wish somebody else had written this because it’s about the usual, and believe me, I don’t want to be repetitive. But needs must. Anyone who heard R4’s Saturday Live this morning will know what I mean. Th...
- posted by Ray Villard at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoIt's time to think far outside of the box regarding our preconceptions of how to find extraterrestrial civilizations.
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoWord is, you're supposed to be a respected journalist. OK then. Hypothetical question for you. If you encountered an anonymous former sex-trade worker who told you that 20 years ago, @brianlilley and Sam ...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoAt least I think that's the appropriate analogy. As I understand it, it's one of the gentler martial arts, based on redirecting your opponent's attack and turning the energy back upon him, rather than meet...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoThere is no doubt that Texans are taking a beating in the legislature this year. Here is another case where our right to enjoy our property is under attack.
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago*Princess Diana with Jemima Goldsmith and her close friend Lady Annabel Goldsmith. Photograph: John Giles/PA* What do the following have in common? *1.* Tony Blair (prime minister at the time of the dea...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 day agoWhen I was a child I hated the treacley bitter-sweet taste of Coffee-Time in my milk. But it's the closest I ever came to drinking a cup of coffee. Nope-- never had one. But lately we've been revisiting t...
- posted by Williams Stephan at 24 Hours News Update - 1 day agoHer support among *Republicans* has shrunk. She's kept an unusually low profile. And there's no evidence that she's anywhere close to announcing whether she will run for president. But it's clear she stil...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 1 day agoFortune dictated I was sadly exposed to about a minute of that evil, wicked ceremony on TV yesterday. (Thankfully though, spiritual docs say it was not a fatal dose and I will make a full recovery...) Any...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoSteven Miller has sent me a cute 41-minute video: Richard Feynman, in the BBC Horizon 1964 program called "Strangeness Minus Three", discusses the coming revolution in the understanding of nuclear physi...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoAnd the greater World War. by Tony Cartalucci We are presented with what we are told are isolated crises. In reality, from Desert Storm to the Eastern European color revolutions, to the "War on Terror" to t...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 1 day ago* People of Marrrakech* A website has accused friends of Morroco's King Mohammed VI of being behind the bombing in Marrakech. The website Hibapress accuses Mounir Majidi, the king's secretary, and WFP (A...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoThe planet is going to die. The only thing that the global warming cultists are uncertain about is what kind of death it will choose. *The Capitol of a state filled with climate change deniers is being...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoQUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano hurled truck-sized pyroclastic boulders more than a mile Friday in a powerful eruption that prompted at least 300 people to flee their homes, authorities said....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNasa engineers were set to work through the weekend to try to resolve a technical hitch that led to Endeavour’s final space voyage being dramatically called off with three and a half hours to spare. Shutt...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn unexpectedly bright asteroid that sported short-lived plumes had collided with a smaller body, scientists have said. The aftermath of the impact on Scheila was first spotted by the University of Arrizo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThere could be no mistaking the voice as it crackled over the airwaves. ‘The time is now,’ it said, exhorting its followers to stand firm. ‘Arm your women and your children against the infidel!’ The CIA o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs residents across the South pick themselves up after the worst system of tornadoes for 40 years, amazing stories of survival and bravery are emerging. And images from Tuscaloosa in Alabama – one of the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoViolent protesters have clashed with riot police outside a controversial branch of Tesco for the second time in a week. A ‘good natured’ demonstration developed into angry scenes as bottles and stones we...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn a detailed letter Amazon finally explained today why its much vaunted EC2 cloud computer network crashed last week. The grovelling explanation - described by one customer as being like a 'Catholic pena...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA big smile spreads over the Tunisian’s handsome face as he stands among the shoppers outside the magnificent old railway station in the chic city of Nice on the French Riviera. He’s one of the lucky ones...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 1 day agoAn *Angus Reid* poll of 3,003 Canadians on April 28 and 29 *NDP now in second place in Ontario!* ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe economy took a bigger hit from last month's disaster than anticipated, with factory output falling the most since at least the end of Allied Occupation, underscoring calls for the Bank of Japan to add ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoFollow the fold and stray no more, stray no more, stray no more. Put down the bottle and we'll say no more. Follow, follow the fold. (Before you take another swallow --) Follow the fold and stray no more,...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoThe source of Sun Media's latest steaming pile is an unnamed, retired cop. Poor guy. What with all the unprovoked assaults on handcuffed prisoners, threats of gang rape, and the laff riot his pals must hav...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe US Espionage Act could make “felons of us all,” a legal expert warned Monday as the House Judiciary Committee announced plans to reexamine the “constitutional issues raised by WikiLeaks.” Attorneys f...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoSadly, this is all people will be talking about over the final 3 days of the campaign: TORONTO - Jack Layton was found laying naked on a bed by Toronto Police at a suspected Chinatown bawdy house in 1996,...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: A tree branch covered in nitrogen-loving lichen. Martin Hutton / kqed.org] By Roger Harrabin Environment analyst, BBC News 15 April 2011 Air pollution is damaging 60% of Europe's prime wildlife...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoAs of today, I have a part-time gig as a research assistant. For the month of May, and possibly for June and July, I'll be working on a very interesting project with some terrific people, and making decent...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant watch monitors as they remotely operate robots in high-radiation zones. TEPCO / japannewstoday.com] By arevamirpal::laprimavera 29 April 2011 Afte...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day ago... and in the process, delivers an unanswerable indictment of the depths to which public discourse has been allowed to sink. *Related posts:* - Let's hear from a couple of Sun News Network fans -...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoLeavened, as always, by a heapin' helpin' of caution. The polls, to the extent that they can be relied upon, continue to show a surge in the support for the NDP, to the consternation of both the tradition...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Wal-Mart supercenter. Ben Schumin / foodandwaterwatch.org] By Parija Kavilanz, senior writer 28 April 2011 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) – Wal-Mart's core shoppers are running out of money much faster tha...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Language is a virus* [*Don't forget to click to enlarge.*] *DOES ANYONE ON THE RIGHT KNOW ANYONE WHO'S EVER SPOKEN THE TRUTH ABOUT ANYTHING?* Well, yes, when they're among themselves, or *think* they're ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoDiego is terrific. Tala is terrific. Only the mud is not terrific. This is without a doubt the easiest new-dog transition we've ever had. After adopting dogs, we've had near-fatal health problems (Clyde, B...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoIn America, the miscarriage of justice for the victims of 9/11 and the war on terror has reached comical proportions. Judge John M. Walker, Jr., a cousin of George W. Bush, is one of three judges who will...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoAfter a look at Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta, we head West, to the always interesting world of BC politics. I don't have a lot of on-the-ground intel, so check out Pundits Guide for a great qualita...
- posted by Saladin at A Voice In The Wilderness - 1 day ago*Food Freedom* By Rady Ananda Another armed food raid – this time on a company that provides nutritional supplements primarily for autism spectrum disorders and Alzheimer’s disease – another day under th...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTornadoes and violent storms tore through seven Southern states, killing at least 306 people and causing billions of dollars of damage in one of the deadliest swarm of twisters in US history. President Ba...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA yearlong sting operation, including aliases, a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and surreptitious purchases from an Amish farm in Pennsylvania, culminated in the federal government announcing this week that it...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAuthorities say a homeless man robbed a Tampa bank, fled on a city bus and handed out stolen cash to passengers. Hillsborough County Sheriff's deputies say 27-year-old Elmer McGuirt handed a note demandi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoUN inspectors may say in an upcoming report that a Syrian desert site bombed to rubble in 2007 was probably a covert nuclear reactor, opening the way for the UN Security Council to take up the case, diplom...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThree people convicted of crimes as a result of a terrorism-related investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ) were later naturalized as U.S. citizens by the Obama administration, according to federa...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe U.S. envoy to the United Nations told the Security Council on Thursday that troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were increasingly engaging in sexual violence and some had been issued the impo...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoNATO warships have intercepted several boats laying anti-shipping mines outside the harbor of the Libyan city of Misrata, a senior military officer said Friday. Alliance air strikes, meanwhile, had also ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe CMEGroup announced that as of the close of trading this Friday, margin requirements are yet again going up in silver. For speculators, initial margin is increased to $14,513 per full sized silver con...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe U.S. got a sovereign credit rating of C on Thursday, in line with ratings for such smaller economies as Mexico, Estonia and Colombia. Weiss Ratings, based in Jupiter, Fla., has rated the creditworthin...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMcDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s biggest restaurant chain, said it hired 24 percent more people than planned during an employment event this month. McDonald’s and its franchisees hired 62,000 people in...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA pair of recent Gallup Polls shows distinct loss of confidence in the US economy. The first poll shows Americans' Economic Confidence at the 2011 Low. A second poll shows 55% still think the economy is in...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSpain's unemployment rate rose nearly a point to 21.29%, with 4.9 million jobless for the first quarter of 2011, the government reported Friday, as the prolonged economic crisis continues to squeeze the na...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIndia has eliminated American aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Lockheed Martin from contention for a $10 billion contract to supply new-generation combat planes to the South Asian nation. Indian Defense...
- posted by c g at So What Did I Miss? - 1 day agoThe most important fact leading up to the election date is this: Stephen Harper's ridiculous claim that he and the conservatives are the only ones that can steward the Canadian economy safely, is absolutel...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoMore vessels might be buried in the area, possibly indicating the exact location where the Roman empire's biggest fleet was stationed.
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day agoI came across an article about a long-term tree study and promptly contacted the author, Dr. Jim Clark of Duke University, to enquire whether he had considered the role of ozone in his research, and this ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 day agoA few weeks ago Blue America endorsed Norman Solomon for the North Bay seat Lynn Woolsey is expected to give up next year. People have asked me why the rush and pointed out that some of the other candidat...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoVideo streaming by Ustream Video link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/uranium-coal-water-and-sacred-sites-in-the-southwest *Uranium, Coal, Water and Sacred Sites in the Southwest *A panel discussion, hel...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: image]April 27 (SWNS) -- The source of the River Thames has dried up after the UK experienced the lowest recorded rainfall in March since 1929. The Thames head spring in Trewsbury Mead near Ciren...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoThe big update will wait until the final round of polls come in this weekend but, for now, the latest from Nanos, Ekos, and Decima have been added. *CPC*: 36.1% (-0.2) *NDP*: 27.7% (+1.1) *Lib*: 22.7% (-1....
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*Environmental Awareness Film Presentation and Forum* ** *Location Wounded Knee District School Gym * *Saturday, May 7, 1 pm to 7 pm* "The condition of Mother Earth is approaching a crisis for all human be...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago*Forty years of wandering from bad decisions to neglect have done terrible damage to the lowest place on earth* [image: The receding waters of the Dead Sea are revealing peninsulas. The waters recede at ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day agoJohn Baez has always been obsessed by octonions. He sees them everywhere. I love octonions but I realize that they don't play much role in most of physics - and not even in most of string theory. In 2009,...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoSacred Site Protection & Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSP&RIT). For Immediate Release: Thursday, April 28, 2011 Contact: * Corrina Gould 510-575-8408 * Morning Star Gali (510) 827 6719 *Norman “Wounded K...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoA preview of the problems that *might *await the Liberals if Layton surges over 100 seats. *CdnPolitico** @stphnmaher Works for me. As a Blue Lib I would not agree to ever support an NDP-led govt. Ever. ...
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoPepsi's new vending machine allows people to send out "random acts of refreshment."
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoRollin’ Justin, a humanoid robot, can catch two flying balls thrown in his direction at the same time.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA device that fits on the end of your thumb can generate five to ten times the power of similar devices.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoRemains of the oldest known Caspian horse, otherwise referred to as the "Kings' horse," date back to more than 3,000 years ago.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA mystery is brewing on Manatee County's beautiful beaches -- researchers are trying to figure out why sharks are washing ashore dead. Recently more than a dozen dead sharks were found on the north ends o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThere are theories that various underground places may have been extraterrestrial lairs; such as a lost cave in Ecuador said to hold metal tablets containing alien knowledge; the underground city of Derink...
- posted by Truth Excavator at The Excavator - 1 day agoCarl Jung - Matters of Heart - Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: Part 10:
- 900 Tornadoes Since April the 1st: U.S. may see Record number of Tornadoes this Year - 29th Apr 2011
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA rare and potent combination of cool air clashing with warm, humid weather and extreme winds at varying altitudes ignited the deadly tornadoes that ravaged the U.S. South this week, meteorologists said on... - posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 1 day ago*You do not have to be good.* *You do not have to walk on your knees* *for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.* *You only have to let the soft animal of your body* *love what it loves.* *Tell me a...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoTransitioning from socialism to pragmatic, technological solutions. commentary by Tony Cartalucci Building things, making things, technological and scientific progress moves forward the frontier of human k...
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoDuring China’s dramatic and rapid rise, pollution and resource use have skyrocketed. But how long will that trend continue?
- posted by Amy Enchelmeyer at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoWe're excited about rainbow-colored poo. And it brought us even closer to our readers this week!
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA malfunction in heaters on one of the shuttle's three onboard power generators prompted NASA to scrub today's launch.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAn 18-hole floating course hopes to boost Maldivian economy while preserving the nation's ecosystem.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFour Bahrainis have been sentenced to death for the killing of two policemen during pro-democracy protests in the Gulf nation. A military court also sentenced three other Shia Muslims to life imprisonment...
- posted by Robin Horbury at Biased BBC - 1 day agoBishop Hill has unearthed this gem, a presentation to the Cambridge Science and Policy Group by Sarah Mukherjee, the BBC's former environment correspondent, who in her time at the corporation filed hundred...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day agoGo here for original. The Age of America is Over -- So Says the IMF *By Paul Craig Roberts (about the author)* opednews.com Today the Swiss franc made yet another new high against the super dollar, as...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoTornadoes claimed the lives of at least 313 people -- the deadliest tornado tragedy to strike the United States since 1974.
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoForces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi crossed into neighbouring Tunisia and fought a gun battle with Tunisian troops in a frontier town as Libya's conflict spilt beyond its borders. Pro-Gaddafi forces fired she...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 1 day agoRachel was amazing the other night in her analysis of the creeping corporatist (AKA- fascist) takeover of our country. Watch it. And get your friends to watch it. I'm not suggesting you watch it because ...
- posted by Saladin at A Voice In The Wilderness - 1 day ago[image: Photobucket] *OpEdNews* *By Vi Ransel* Even as the overall population of the world continues to increase, the increase in the number of poor people outstrips that growth. How is this possible? ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe two-hour drive from New Orleans to Venice, La., is like cutting into a slice of apple pie—it’s as American as it gets. Busy streets and high-rise buildings give way to farms, fields, and wetlands, in t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn experiment in a US lake suggests that ecosystem collapses could be predicted, given the right monitoring. Researchers changed the structure of the food web in Peter Lake, in Wisconsin, by adding preda...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe dollar has yet to descend into a full-blown crisis but market watchers warn that ultra-loose U.S. monetary policy means that one could quickly materialize if the slide in the greenback gathers pace. ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoConservation groups sued the Obama administration Tuesday over the fate of the endangered leatherback sea turtle, accusing federal officials of ignoring a legal deadline to protect a huge expanse of Pacifi...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFighting raged on along the turbulent Thai-Cambodian border Friday, one day after a military source said local commanders from both sides had agreed to a cease-fire. Thai military spokesman Col. Sansern ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSuperman intends to give up his US citizenship, a story in the new issue of Action Comics declares. "I'm tired of having my actions construed as instruments of US policy," the character says in a story t...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina's currency, the yuan, strengthened past a key level against the US dollar on Friday, as part of wider efforts to contain inflation on the mainland. The yuan broke past 6.50 against the dollar, a le...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCanada's economy declined 0.2 per cent in February, hurt by a decline in manufacturing and wholesale trade. Statistics Canada said the economy declined in the month following a rise of 0.5 per cent in Ja...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFBI agents combating international cybercrime are currently battling hackers on two new fronts -- from a remote corner of China to the virtual battlefields of "Call of Duty" emanating from the family playr...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSenior executives in the fossil fuel industry have launched an all-out assault on renewable energy, lobbying governments and business groups to reject wind and solar power in favour of gas, in a move that ...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is affecting weather patterns across the entire Southern Hemisphere, according to a new scientific study. The findings published by researchers from Columbia Un...
- posted by Mr. Harley at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt's the world's last, great wilderness rich in natural resources, like oil and gas. But now the frozen seas of the Arctic are being opened up; its vast riches unlocked. The Yamal is one of Russia's b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoArmy units in Syria have clashed with each other over President Bashar Assad's orders to crack down on protesters. Witnesses described army divisions refusing to shoot at protesters and then coming under ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoA picturesque reservoir has been reduced to dried, cracked mud and a splash of water after the prolonged dry spell. The Cod Beck reservoir near Osmotherley, North Yorkshire, can now be walked across, and...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoPamela Geller Watch: Ties Gas Tanker Explosion in Congo to Electoral Violence in Nigeria: " Professional hate blogger Pamela Geller is going to be exposed once again in the following article. She is goin...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoA new round of education legislation in several U.S. states has stirred controversy in recent months.
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days ago60 Plus Wrong on Rationing: "The chairman of the conservative 60 Plus Association made the bogus claim that the Food and Drug Administration has "declassified" a breast cancer drug "because of cost and cost ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 2 days ago------------------------------ *RECOUNT ALERT! SERIOUS BREAK IN CHAIN OF CUSTODY IN WAUKESHA COUNTY! * Thursday, 28 April 2011 18:14 Citizen Journalist *Breaking News Out of Waukesha County Wisconsin* -...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoRacial Inequality Is Still A Problem In America: "When I was a child this country had some serious racial problems. Segregation was the king in the South and even practiced in places other than the South (re...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoWait Until The Teabaggers Hear This: "I posted yesterday about how unpopular Donald Trump is with the general public (64% say they definitely would not vote for him). His popularity, thanks to his 'birtheris...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoThe Civil War was about slavery, folks: "Unfortunately, Gen Xers younger than me seem to have believed the Reagan/GOP propaganda - as a new Pew poll notes, while 48 percent of Americans overall say it was pr...
- posted by Rev. Jim Sutter at Chasing Evil - 2 days agoRev Moon and the President of Sierra Leone: " News from Sierra Leone; Cocorioko reports: The President of the Republic of Sierra Leone Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has been awarded the “PEACE MEDAL AWARD” by the U...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 2 days ago------------------------------ *THE INVISIBLE HAND: A CASE STUDY IN STRIPPING AWAY ELECTION RIGHTS* By Bev Harris Permission to reprint or excerpt granted, with link to http://www.blackboxvoting.org You ...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 2 days agoYesterday, I looked at Alberta. Today, we head east. Keep in mind, there's not a lot of polling data from the Prairies, so this is a fairly superficial overview. Any intel those of you on the ground have i...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 days agoTonight, at 9:47 pm Prague Summer Time i.e. 12:47 pm Californian Daylight Saving Time, the space shuttle Endeavour was scheduled to be launched to bring the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) towards the ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days agoWhen building 3 of the Fukushima Daiichi plant exploded last month, those who saw the video footage were left to wonder why it was more severe than the other explosions. Adding to the mystery were repor...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 2 days agoBy arevamirpal::laprimavera 28 April 2011 FNN News Network in Japan has rare footage of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant from the ground-level. The video was taken by Shigeharu Aoyama, a member of Japan...
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 2 days agoby Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy American Airlines itself is the source for information that AA Flights 11 (North Tower) and 77 (Pentagon) did not fly on 911. These flights are critical to the gover...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny!- 2 days agoYesterday we got the morning off to a strange start with a look into the resurgence of American fascism. The arrest and brutalization of my friend Nicole Sandler at an Allen West town hall meeting in Flor...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoAs the penultimate shuttle launch counts down, traffic jams may cause gridlock on the Space Coast.
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 2 days agoHB 3105 will be a disaster for Barnett Shale municipalities because it strips away all authority of municipal drilling ordinances. I http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifthink you need to know who voted for t...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 days agoBeyond the dramatic videos and the devastating stories, the sheer intensity of the storms has many wondering what's going on.
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 2 days agoPrince William and Kate Middleton have become Duke and Duchess of Cambridge after they married, congratulations. The British imperial taxpayer has happily paid $40 million for the wedding, enough money to ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoA boy of 13 brought Britain's busiest airport to a grinding halt after accidentally torching himself during a family barbecue at his home near Heathrow Airport. Regan Fisher engulfed himself in flames by ...
- posted by Elephant Buddy01 at Our Manmade Disasters - 2 days ago*Jan-18-2011 23:56*[image: print][image: comments] Evidence Emerges that BP Gulf Disaster Not Over *Terrence Aym Salem-News.com * New reports of fissures and oil leaks are routinely being suppressed. (CH...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoInvestigators in Huntington County made a gruesome discovery Thursday when they found more than 80 dead or dying llamas in rural Andrews. About 3 p.m., investigators found at least 38 llama carcasses in v...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoPresident Obama is scheduled to tour the aftermath of Alabama’s deadly tornadoes today as his administration’s approach to emergency management faces its first major test. On Thursday, Obama called the st...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoOne man in Pittsburgh caught dressed as a ninja claimed he was 'just out for a jog' U.S. police are investigating a mysterious crime wave in Pittsburgh of offences carried out by ninjas. The spate of cr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoA Facebook group has called for Syrians to partake in a 'day on anger' on Friday as protests continue against President Bashar al-Assad's regime. A notice was today posted on the Syrian Revolution 2011 Fa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 days agoA new laser can tell scientists what you ate for breakfast - just by looking at one of your hairs. The beam gives unprecedented sensitivity to chemical analysis and allows researchers to create an hour-by...
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