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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

24 May - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

Facing South

  • VOICES: Environmental justice communities bear ...
    By Robert J. Bullard, OpEdNews It has been one year since the massive BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster created an environmental nightmare on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The oil disaster killed 11 workers. And for three months the nation watched and held its breath as the busted BP well spewed ...
  • CHRONIC EXPOSURE
    Along the Gulf Coast, the oil industry's harm to communities' health goes far beyond the BP disaster. A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis In the offices of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a grassroots nonprofit in Mid-City New Orleans, a large map of the state and the Gulf of Mex ...
  • Punk'd in New Orleans: Government, BP imperson ...
    For the politicians, CEOs and other leaders assembled at the Gulf Coast Leadership Summit this week, the New Orleans confab was a chance to demonstrate the government's accomplishments and commitment to recovery after last year's fateful BP disaster. Share | But they got more than they ...
  • A year after Gulf tragedy, offshore oil compan ...
    By Marian Wang, ProPublica When the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 men at sea last April and set off the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the tragedy exposed a number of weaknesses -- not least of which were decades-old laws th ...
  • A REGULATORY DISASTER
    Following the BP oil disaster, federal agencies took steps that may have further compromised the health of cleanup workers and Gulf Coast residents. A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis and Chris Kromm When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up a year ago in the Gulf of Mexico ...

CenterLine

  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Gitmo Defense Lawyers Cautioned Against Reading Leaked Documents Online In what the New York Times calls an âabsurdist challenge,â the Justice Departmentâs Court Security Office has cautioned defense attorneys for Guantanamo detainees from accessing leaked Guantanamo documents online because the ...
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    U.S. Prosecutors Charge Four More Men for Mumbai Terror Attack Weeks before the trial of a Canadian man is to begin in Chicago on charges he provided material support to the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, U.S. prosecutors … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Hundreds of Guantanamo Documents Leaked Hundreds of classified military and intelligence documents about the prison at Guantanamo and the detainees held there have been obtained by WikiLeaks and by several U.S. and European media outlets via a different source, and … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Indonesia on High Alert After Large Bomb Found Near Church Indonesian security police are on high alert Friday after police say that terrorism suspects arrested Thursday, now numbering 19, led them to either to a large bomb or series of … Continue reading →
  • Today’s Terrorism News
    Pentagon to Seek Death Penalty for Guantanamo Detainee Nashiri The Defense Department announced new charges on Wednesday against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, a Guantanamo detainee accused of involvement in the bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors in … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • 12 Things I did After Installing New Ubuntu 11 ...
    Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal beta is already here and in a few days time, the final release will happen. We have already reviewed the latest Ubuntu 11.04 beta and we think it is ready for prime time, well, almost. We did encounter some amount of instability in the new Ubuntu Unity mostly because o ...
  • Gmail Motion - The Future of Email is Here!
    Google has done it again. When Gmail was originally introduced few years ago, it was a revelation of sorts in terms of services and space it offered, for free. Gmail Motion Beta is Google's yet another attempt at re inventing Email technology. Gmail Motion lets you control Gmail with different b ...
  • Equinox Adds 3 More Themes, PPA for Ubuntu 11. ...
    Faenza icon theme for Natty PPA has already been updated and now its the turn of Equinox themes for Ubuntu 11.04 to be released. And the latest Equinox theme pack, created by Tiheum(who also created beautiful Faenza icon theme) comes with 3 brand new themes - Equinox Dawn, Equinox Dusk and Equin ...
  • 9 Good CD and DVD Burning Tools for Ubuntu/Linux
    There is no dearth of good CD/DVD burning tools for Ubuntu. Brasero Disc Burner comes as default in Ubuntu and it is a good enough tool with almost all functionalities you expect from a basic CD/DVD burning application. But what really are the alternatives. Here is a quick listing of very good C ...
  • GNOME Login Screen Mockups, Videos
    Linux desktop is on a roll. First came the revamped KDE 4.0 which took the level of User Interface(UI) fit and finish of Linux desktops to another level. Then came the GNOME Shell and Ubuntu Unity desktop interfaces. But one thing they all lack, especially GNOME Shell and Unity, are good looking ...

Case About Bird Flu

  • The royal wedding: why Shakespeare said it all
    Not even the overblown pomp, ritual and ceremony  at Thursday’s  royal wedding of Prince William and Kate will dilute the direct, emotional connection that the people of England clearly feel to the couple. Just like in a cycle of history plays by Shakespeare, the wheel has spun full turn: a happ ...
  • Michael Mross on the eurozone transfer union
    Check out Michael Mross’ interview with Russian Today on the consequences of the transfer union for the eurozone.
  • WHY WE NEED A NEW MILITARY DESIGNED TO DEFEND ...
    German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere has said that he wants to establish a dialogue with the people about the future of the country’s military. http://nachrichten.rp-online.de/politik/minister-sucht-neues-konzept-1.602659 The initiative comes as a debate is raging about what shape the Germ ...
  • AUSTRIAN ECONOMICS PROFESSOR WARNS FINANCIAL S ...
    Vienna University Economics Professor Franz Hörmann, talks in this interview about why the eurozone is set to collapse soon under the weight of debt (hyperinflation), and about why we need a new money system that gives value not to material things but to creativity and intelligence. He points ou ...
  • EU PREPARES FOR GROUND INVASION OF LIBYA
    Alex Jones On EU Ground Invasion Of Libya Infowars.com April 19, 2011 Alex Jones addresses the cynical, pre-planned announcement by the EU to officially launch ground forces in Libya, a policy set in place since late February / early March when U.S. and British originally deployed special forces ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • The Extraordinary Inter-Dimensional Ship is La ...
    By Les Visible Let me tell you something right now that you can take to every bank of every kind of modality; nothing ventured, nothing gained. You want something specific, like I did? You will be tested. You can have the whole enchilada. It awaits you in beckoning repose. However, nobody gets t ...
  • The Power Of The Rothschilds
    By Fritz Springmeier Excerpt – Bloodlines of the Illuminati 8-12-7 CO-MASTERS OF THE WORLD –connections to JWs, Mormons, and Judaism It has been said all roads lead to Rome. For this book, it could be said all paths of investigation lead to the Rothschilds. Charles T. Russell, in a 1891 letter t ...
  • Wesley Snipes beats IRS Tax Fraud Rap
    In 2008, Wesley Snipes was accused of and tried for several income tax related violations. Specifically, he was charged with * One count Income Tax Fraud * One count of Conspiracy to Defraud the fed govt * Six counts of Willful Failure to File Snipes was found innocent of the two serious charges ...
  • Home schooling goes mainstream
    Over the last few years, more parents are choosing home school for the same reason as Barnes. From 2007 to 2010, the number of home-schooled children nationwide rose by about 25 percent to the current estimate of 2 million. There are a number of reasons why parents are choosing this option, but ...
  • DeVos/Koch/Scaife Plot To Destroy Public Education
    Voucher Advocate Betsy DeVos, Right-Wing Think Tanks Behind Koch-Style Attack on PA Public Schools Rachel Tabachnick print page Wed Apr 20, 2011 at 11:28:44 PM EST ………………. A new wave of school voucher bills is sweeping the nation, which would allow public education funds to be used in private or ...

Veterans Today

  • Obama “Compromise” With Republican ...
    President Obama's compromise with Congressional Republicans to reduce the deficit is “a rotten deal” that “hits the poor and the middle class the hardest,” The Nation magazine said in a May 2nd editorial.
  • JB Campbell: URGENT 737 NG WARNING!
    Earlier this month a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 took off from Phoenix en route to Sacramento. A panel in the roof blew out and the plane made an emergency landing at Yuma.
  • Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News
    Veterans!  Hereâs your Top 10 News stories of the day compiled from the latest sources We encourage you to browse our list so that you can take what you want and keep what you need 1. Minnesota town duped by woman’s story of military service. 2. More Marines now eligible to receive Purple Hear ...
  • B. D. S. (Jackson 5) Chicago Flashmob
    Chicago Activists Mark Palestinian Land Day with Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Flash-Mob   madlittledebbie On March 30th at 5 pm, a group of social justice activists held a “flash-mob” in downtown Chicago. The demonstration was organized as one of hundreds of demonstrations held around the w ...
  • When in doubt, give a Middle East speech
    So let the speeches begin. Who knows? Maybe in some turn of phrase or dangling participle lurks the key to Middle East peace. Certainly, talking is a lot better than shooting. Aaron David Miller / FP The problem with all these initiatives is that none have a strategy to move from words to deeds. ...

electric politics

  • Industrial Beginnings
    In the absence of a strong industrial base, says Dr. Jefferson Cowie, it's still possible to build a healthy labor movement. I disagree. But it's complicated. So this is a somewhat frustrating exchange for me because, first, I can see that Jeff's heart is in the right place and, second, a lot o ...
  • An Anthropologist At Large
    This one meanders. We start with Japan's nuclear power crisis, commiserate over America's political failures, and end up talking about the risks inherent in maintaining large inventories of nuclear weapons. An anthropologist specialized in nuclear culture — but with very widely-ranging interest ...
  • Imperfect (Nuclear) Implementation
    Humans cannot engineer a perfect technology for nuclear power, one that presents zero risk. Nor can humans engineer a political process that enforces constant, rigorous, indefinitely long-term oversight on imperfect nuclear power solutions. The choice, therefore, is stark: use nuclear power and ...
  • Tell Me About the Future
    Nuclear power isn't safe. Oil and gas will run out — sooner, rather than later. Coal is, well, no solution either. Carbon, let's face it, is killing the planet. Realistically, we don't have much choice other than to move to renewable energy, but that move must be facilitated by government. If t ...
  • What is Religion Good For?
    In international comparisons, poverty is correlated with religiosity while wealth is correlated with secularism. Except in America — where as is true for so many other critical social metrics we are an extreme outlier. But just how out of sync have churches become? To find out I turned to the R ...

PR News

The Story Behind the Story

  • Doug Wallace Strikes Again
    Doug Wallace has been a thorn in Mormonism’s side for many decades.  He is credited for forcing the “Church” to allow Negroes to “Hold the Priesthood”. Now look what he is advocating!   Incredible! Americans United Against Fascist & Theocratic Government Retired Attorney Seeks World-Wide Shut ...
  • The Achilles Heal of the New World Order &#821 ...
    In the New Testament, it is recorded that Jesus Christ often blessed the little innocent children. On at least one occasion he declared that any person who would abuse or “offend” a child — it would be better for that person that a “millstone” (an exceedingly heavy and large rock) be placed arou ...
  • T – EL – EVIL – SION = TELEV ...
    It starts with the Tau – the cross.  Then it honors El – another name for the Serpent Demon God Set — which of course is the ultimate anti-Christian EVIL, all culminating in the vision of SION — aka ZION. T-El-EVIL-SION — what’s in a name?  Everything!! Discovered by Mormon Philo Farnsworth af ...
  • Brother Nathaniel Speaks Out on Glenn Beck
    Ok folks, here it is.  I am NOT a Glenn Beck fan.  In my opinion he is a narcissistic, blind and ignorant Mormon blow-hard.  However, he is learning the hard way it would appear.  Perhaps now he understands who actually has paid his exorbitant salary the last couple of years.  Perhaps now he rea ...
  • WHAT IS GOING ON??
    I have noticed that many “mainstream media” reporters are suddenly speaking a very weird form of gibberish.   Strangely, it sounds like some form of hidden language ala the fictional (?) TV series V. Or, is this just ordinary humans suffering from low blood sugar and migraines?   At the very ...

k2p blog

  • Energy saving light bulbs are not so friendly ...
    Fears have been reignited about the safety of energy saving light bulbs after a group of scientists warned that they contain cancer causing chemicals.
  • Parrakeet to be eliminated from the wild: So m ...
    A species of parakeet that threatens wildlife and crops but has not caused any damage yet is to be removed from the wild.
  • Jail time coming for Anil Ambani
    It would seem to be just a matter of time before Anil Ambani is taken in for questioning about the 2G scam but whether he spends any jail time remains to be seen.
  • The Art of Motivation
    In human behaviour, motivation can be considered to be a force. It is brought to bear when performing actions. Where actions have no purpose motivation is undefined.
  • A lack of courage in environmentalism today
    As environmentalism has moved away from its simple goals of cleaning up the world we live in it has adopted intangible goals which are addressed by the politics of fear and represents a movement lacking courage.

Left Foot Forward

Consumerist

  • Will Women's Clothing Sizes Ever Be Standardized?
    The good news: clothing manufacturers have figured out (again) that perhaps they should standardize women's clothing sizes. The bad news: multiple companies are working on different systems, so this standardization won't be standardized any time soon. The New York Times looked at the problem ...
  • Sony: PlayStation Network Users' Credit Card I ...
    Sony's early bid for a high seed in next year's Worst Company tournament continues, as does the mass outage of its PlayStation Network. Yesterday, the company admitted that it wasn't sure if users' credit card info was compromised by whatever evil forces hacked the system, but now Sony has slig ...
  • Take Your Jewelry To Kay For Repairs If You Ne ...
    Consumerist readers may fault Michelle for patronizing a chain jewelry store, but she and her family have a solid relationship with their local Kay Jewelers store. Such a solid relationship, in fact, that when her boyfriend's pocket watch needed repairs, she brought it back to the store in her ...
  • How One Couple Dug Out From $83,000 In Credit ...
    It's pretty easy to amass a mountain of credit card debt, especially if you're a married couple with nine credit cards on which you only pay the minimum. But there's no simple way to bulldoze that mountain once it's reached Everest-like heights. As one couple in Atlanta learned, erasing $83,000 ...
  • UPS Sends Yet Another Package Back To 2009
    For me, half of the fun in ordering things online is watching the package find its way to me through the shipping service's online tracking system. The UPS package that Dean is waiting for won't provide him with that pleasure, though, because it has apparently been sent back to 2009 for delive ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

  • Development Agencies Fail to Take On Corruptio ...
    Canadian Press: Darling of Development World, Stung by Corruption Problems, Says Others in Worse Shape The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – a $21.7 billion health fund backed by prominent celebrities – is responding to allegations that the fund has lost up to $34 millio ...
  • Feds Subpoena Lawyer in CIA Leak Case: Whistle ...
    St. Louis Beacon: Feds Take Unusual Step of Subpoenaing Sterling's Lawyer The lawyer representing Jeffrey Sterling – the former CIA officer charged with leaking national security secrets to the press – was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in order to discuss Sterling’s case. Fed ...
  • Teresa Chambers Case Highlights Limitations of ...
    Last week, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ordered the National Park Service to reinstate whistleblower Teresa Chambers as Chief of the U.S. Park Police, as well as to reimburse her for back pay and legal costs. Her case garnered national attention when she was removed by the Bush ...
  • Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator ...
    By Wikimedia user Markus Schweiss Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator Killed Whistleblower Bill? This article details how the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) – a bill that would have strengthened protections for federal employees – was killed by one senator’s d ...
  • Justice Department Leakers of Classified Info. ...
    Three months ago, journalist Michael Isikoff noted the disturbing "Double Standard" in White House Leak Inquiries.  But now it's not just the Executive Branch.  Josh Gerstein of Politico just published an article on how a judge ruled that the Justice Department can keep secret names of its own ...

UK Progressive

  • Banking Groups Stir Consumer Fears on Debit Ca ...
    by Marian Wang, ProPublica On April 21st another Dodd-Frank deadline came and went. It was the day the Fed’s regulations on debit card transaction fees, also known as interchange fees, were supposed to be finalized. Hasn’t happened. Controversy over the regulations caused the Fed to postpone fin ...
  • CPC’s Budget: Sacrifice For All, Growth Where ...
    The US CPC (Congressional Progressive Caucus) and Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) get full marks for bravery in the face of crisis. As opposed to simply rubber stamping ideologically deep ‘frosting’ budget cuts that decimate the poor and defenceless, they take on and balance the entire cake in a budge ...
  • First Months of 2011 Yield a Lobbying Slump? N ...
    by Marian Wang, ProPublica Lobbying disclosures this week have spurred a flurry of stories about how the pace of lobbying has slowed in the first few months of 2011. The reports note that spending by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which typically tops the list for lobbying expenditures, dropped t ...
  • Matt Damon Is Right
    by Brent Budowsky As President Obama returns to Hollywood in search of campaign dough from the “Hollywood progressives,” it is a moment to praise Matt Damon who speaks with clarity and conviction about his disappointment with President Obama. Let me state my conclusion at the beginning. For thos ...
  • The Monday Line: Our 3rd Birthday… Milestones ...
    2011 is summed up thusly: if you want to make God laugh, tell her YOUR plans. We’ve survived vile business ‘partners,’ the folding of trusted ones from recession, financial crisis (yes, we can still use your help), family death, taxes and we’re still here! And we’re gonna be. Why? Because UK Pro ...

NewsAlert

  • College Teams, Relying on Deception, Undermine ...
    The New York Times reports:Ever since Congress passed the federal gender-equity law known as Title IX, universities have opened their gyms and athletic fields to millions of women who previously did not have chances to play. But as women have surged into a majority on campus in recent years, man ...
  • Koch Industries Responds to NPR's Lighthearted ...
    Philip Ellender of Koch Companies responds to NPR:We Respond to NPR's Lighthearted Coverage of Koch Death Threats Ellen McDonnell, Executive Director of News Programming National Public Radio Dear Ms. McDonnell: I am writing to raise deep concerns about a Morning Edition segment that aired o ...
  • Boehner opens door to cutting U.S. oil tax breaks
    Reuters
  • CNN investigation: Obama born in U.S.
    CNN
  • Krugman Admits He Has No Close Friends
    Benjamin Wallace-Wells in the New York reports:Paul Krugman is a lonely man. That he is comfortable in his solitude, that he emphasizes its virtues, that his intelligence gives it a poetic gloss, none of this diminishes the poignancy of his isolation. Krugman grew up an only child and is deeply ...

JoNova

  • Nearly 80% of Chinese people are skeptics*: wo ...
    Gallup has done a world wide poll, about whether people believe the theory of man-made global warming. Though don’t stake too much money on the results, they only interviewed “approximately 1000 people” (what’s an approximate person?) *So we’re talking about a survey of about 10 people per count ...
  • Who does the Labor Party represent? Would that ...
    Another leading commentator — this time Michael Stuchbury in The Australian — see the Carbon Tax as a dead dog. ARE these the signs that Labor’s climate change policy is heading for a second disaster? Big unions and big business are in revolt as the mining boom’s strong dollar squeezes the rest ...
  • The moment to test what we-are-made-of, is here
    Ladies and Gentlemen, as the power of big-government comes under threat the attacks on skeptics and free citizens grow worse than ever. We are all busy, but we cannot let this one get past. Art Robinson is one of us, one of the original skeptics, back when hardly anyone else was. He’s been a key ...
  • Billions of dollars sneaks out the door throug ...
    There are billions of dollars of money sneaking out the door of Western Nations and being used to feed the monster bureaucracy, the UNFCCC and its cohort. In The Carbon Tax that Ate Australia Tony Cox and David Stockwell point out the Australian contributions  fly so under the radar (despite bei ...
  • Who does the Labor Party represent? Would that ...
    Another leading commentator — this time Michael Stuchbury in The Australian — see the Carbon Tax as a dead dog. ARE these the signs that Labor’s climate change policy is heading for a second disaster? Big unions and big business are in revolt as the mining boom’s strong dollar squeezes the rest ...

ReNew America

  • 'Investigations have concluded...'
    (Joseph Farah) - Last Thursday, nearly three weeks after April Fool's Day, the New York Times, once touting itself as "the newspaper of record" that brought readers "all the news fit to print," carried the following headline in its politics section: "Evidence Aside, State Lawmakers Debate 'Birth ...
  • Gallup: Majority of human race does not see gl ...
    (CNSNews.com) - Most of the human race does not see global warming as a serious threat, according to a Gallup poll released last week that surveyed individuals in 111 countries...
  • WikiLeaks: Al-Qaida already has nuclear capacity
    (NewsMax) - U.S. authorities believe al-Qaida already has nuclear capacity and is ready to use it, new WikiLeaks documents detailing prisoner interrogations in Guantanamo Bay have revealed...
  • Democrats revive fight for tax hikes on wealthy
    (Newsmax) - President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats acquiesced in December to Republican demands that the Bush-era tax cuts be extended for everyone. But now the Democrats in Congress are following the lead of Obama, seeking to end the tax cuts for families with annual income of more ...
  • Breaking the debt-ceiling cycle
    (Sen. Mike Lee) - "We will raise the debt limit. We always have. We will do it again." -- Pres. Barack Obama. President Obama's words highlight the charade that surrounds the recurring debate over whether it is in America's best interest to increase the debt ceiling. The president articulates a ...

Truth Offering

  • TV Personality Accosted by TSA
    Many of you have likely heard of Susie Castillo or seen her face at one time or another. According to her official website, Susie is an "actress and television personality," most notably working as a VJ on MTV, hosting a show called "School Pride" for NBC...oh, and she was Miss USA in 2003. Pret ...
  • Poll: Will the US military end up occupying Libya?
    I know you're not stupid. You know our military. You know the recent history of our never-ending military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan; the countless billions of dollars wasted. And prior to that, it was Korea and Vietnam. It never ends. So this week, we asked: Only roughly 3% of responde ...
  • Civilization: The Biggest Bubble
    One thing I'm certain of is that the more I know, the more I realize I don't know that much. That's the irony of knowledge. It's like, as you open one door of knowledge, there are ten more to explore. And to be honest, I love that about life; I love learning more and more about our ever-changing ...
  • The Problem of Civilization: Peak Oil, Scarcit ...
    Have you guys checked out the amazing documentary, "Blind Spot" yet? If not, here it is in full: Have you seen "Collapse" with Michael C. Ruppert? No? Here's that documentary as well: "Blind Spot" and "Collapse" explain and detail the undeniable dilemma we face as a civilization, but fail to r ...
  • US Military-Industrial Self-Destruction and it ...
    CLICK TO ENLARGEOnly powerful, prosperous nations have ever become dominant military powers. Of course, this is because you must have the means to create a strong military and complementary technology. Without those means, a nation would be incapable of becoming a dominant militaristic force. S ...

2012 Blog

  • HAARP Website / Hawass Sentenced
    The HAARP facility of the US government has long been suspected of being used for nefarious activities, and many plane crashes and earthquakes have had conspiracy theorists naming it as a likely culprit. The recent Japanese tsunami reignited discussions and then suddenly the official HAARP websi ...
  • Nyiragongo / Comet Elenin
    This is a photo from National Geographic, of a volcano you perhaps have not heard of: Nyiragongo. It is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is 2 miles high, and is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. This is unfortunate for the 1 million people who live at the base of [...] Rel ...
  • 100 Days of Disaster – VIDEO UPDATE
    I’ve got no idea if this will be on YouTube for a day, a week, or forever, but here’s the documentary for non-Aussies to see: 100 Days of Disaster My understanding is that it had 335,000 viewers which is average for 10PM on a Monday. I’m particularly happy with the overall 2012 angle that was [. ...
  • Baigong Pipes / Antikythera Device / Arctic Forest
    This is great fodder for Ancient Astronaut theorists. Over in China is a pyramid that has iron pipes within it, and heaps of pipes laying about outside. Like many such mysteries, the pipes could actually be naturally occurring – and Wikipedia cites similar, natural examples. But combined with a ...
  • 100 Days of Disaster
    I’m one of the interviewees for an Australian documentary, 100 Days of Disaster, screening tomorrow (Monday) on Channel 10 at 10pm. Patrick Geryl was also interviewed, plus I believe a few orthodox scientists, some religion experts and I think an astrologer. All being asked if we should expect t ...

Facing South

  • VOICES: Environmental justice communities bear ...
    By Robert J. Bullard, OpEdNews It has been one year since the massive BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster created an environmental nightmare on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The oil disaster killed 11 workers. And for three months the nation watched and held its breath as the busted BP well spewed ...
  • CHRONIC EXPOSURE
    Along the Gulf Coast, the oil industry's harm to communities' health goes far beyond the BP disaster. A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis In the offices of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, a grassroots nonprofit in Mid-City New Orleans, a large map of the state and the Gulf of Mex ...
  • Punk'd in New Orleans: Government, BP imperson ...
    For the politicians, CEOs and other leaders assembled at the Gulf Coast Leadership Summit this week, the New Orleans confab was a chance to demonstrate the government's accomplishments and commitment to recovery after last year's fateful BP disaster. Share | But they got more than they ...
  • A year after Gulf tragedy, offshore oil compan ...
    By Marian Wang, ProPublica When the Deepwater Horizon disaster killed 11 men at sea last April and set off the worst oil spill in U.S. history, the tragedy exposed a number of weaknesses -- not least of which were decades-old laws th ...
  • A REGULATORY DISASTER
    Following the BP oil disaster, federal agencies took steps that may have further compromised the health of cleanup workers and Gulf Coast residents. A special Facing South investigation by Sue Sturgis and Chris Kromm When BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up a year ago in the Gulf of Mexico ...

One News Page

Global Research TV

Daily Tech

Oriental Review

  • The Agony of Libya: What Can Be Done
    The people of Libya are in deep trouble. Gaddafi is managing to retain his hold on the capital Tripoli and much of the west of the country and keeping under pressure the rebels who seem to have secured the eastern city of Benghazi thanks to the intervention of the UN Security Council sanctioned ...
  • Passionate for Palestinian Independence
    Increased Palestinian activity After the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations process broke down last year, the Palestinian National Authority led by Mahmoud Abbas launched an active campaign to get unilateral recognition for Palestine as an independent state. As a payoff, several countries recogniz ...
  • Oil and War In Libya
    High oil prices have recently become word of the day. Economists are arguing about how long this trend will last and whether it will cause another world crisis. When the USA along with their NATO allies started the military operation in Libya, numerous observers were perplexed, as long as Americ ...
  • It is Time for Obama to Demonstrate True Coura ...
    John F. Kennedy said: “There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.” For Mr. Obama, it is time for action! When Mr Obama was elected to the US Presidency, he vowed to tackle and resolve the Israeli-Palestinia ...
  • Can BRICS Soften Dollar Crisis?
    On April 10, in an interview with a CNN host and political observer Fareed Zakaria, the former secretary of state James Baker, when he was speaking about the current global changes, said the following: “The biggest challenge facing the U.S. isn’t turmoil in the Arab world. It’s our debt bomb”. H ...

BlogHer

  • Would You Buy a Vibrator at a Drugstore?
    Janine placed the pregnancy test on the counter to be rung up. The woman behind it hardly gave a glance as she took it to ring it up. “You’re having sex,” she said. It wasn’t a question. The woman motioned dismissively to the condoms on an aisle nearby. Janine blushed, mortified. “It’s obvious ...
  • The Friendster Wake: Remembering the Late Soci ...
    Alas, poor Friendster, some of us weren't actually aware that you were still alive until we heard about your semi-demise. I'm really sorry about that, Friendster, because back in the old days when Facebook was still for those whippersnappers in college, Friendster was the social media site to ...
  • "Don't let my stilettos fool you. I still want ...
    New female sports heroes alert! Continuing my "Shrinking and Pinking" series I started last month... Number one on the list? Desi Davila. Davila finished second in the Boston Marathon on Monday, just two seconds out of the lead. She set a new personal record and became a hero to the next gen ...
  • Dancing with the Stars Recap: The Top 7 Feel G ...
    Although some of these "guilty pleasures" songs are really just AWESOME. If anything was a guilty pleasure last night (and what a weird insulting honor for the artists used that was), it was realizing that a couple of those Hanson boys turned out kinda cute. That gave me a not-so-fresh feeling ...
  • Are Female Athletes Woman Enough To Compete?
    A lot has been written recently about the International Association of Athletics Federation, the governing body for track and field, and the new policy they've drafted to deal with female athletes who have excessive levels of male hormones. On April 5 the International Olympic Committee co-sig ...

Health Freedom Alliance

  • BP Buys Off Coastal Cities With Unrelated Gear
    Since the gulf disaster, BP has “gifted” near gulf cities with tens of millions in the form of gadgets and gear like tasers, brand new SUVs, iPads and other laptops. This gift spree has virtually ...
  • Covering Your Child in Suntan Lotion Could Giv ...
    When Poppy Brett took her son to the park, it was like dragging a reluctant tired boy along behind her instead of the other way around. Their doctor repeatedly dismissed the her concerns because he ...
  • Pesticides Are Good For You! Propaganda From B ...
    Rachel Carson is turning in her grave… Who knew that all her sacrifice and diligent research involving the deadly effects of pesticides on nature would be brushed away by an article from croplife.org that pesticides ...
  • Leahy Bill Passes Senate – Needs to Stop ...
    A once dormant bill to criminalize natural food and supplement producers is back in action. Attaching a prison sentence of up to 10 years is pretty serious for a possible ambiguous crime of adulteration and ...
  • Provocative ‘Shiny Suds’ Ad by Met ...
    To what lengths will a company go to warn consumers about dangerous chemical ingredients? Method, the naturally-derived cleaning products company, is about to celebrate its 10 year anniversary. Awhile back, they posted a spoof-with-message ad ...

Live News Wire

  • Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
    Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
  • Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
    The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
  • Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
    Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
  • “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
    At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
  • Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
    The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

  • WVDEP appeals major water quality ruling
    Well, WVDEP Secretary Randy Huffman called it the worst ruling Iâve ever seen out of the EQB as far as a lack of respect for the rule of law, so it probably is no surprise that the agency has appeal the state Environmental Quality Board’s decision in the case over International Coal Group’s New ...
  • State of deniers: GOP gubernatorial candidates
    If you thought the Democratic gubernatorial candidates here in West Virginia were something else … check out the answers from the Republicans regarding a simple question about global warming … hard to know what to say about answers like these. Do you accept the science that global warming is oc ...
  • Sad news: Body of Idaho silver miner found
    People mill around downtown Mullan, Idaho on Monday, April 18, 2011. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Kathy Plonka) The bad news came in from The Associated Press late yesterday: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — For nine days, miners more than a mile underground burrowed around the clock to reach one of thei ...
  • Friday roundup, April 22, 2011
    Lucky Friday miner, Brad Sala, of Mullan, Idaho holds his 8 month-old-son Cael Sala during a news conference at Mullan City Hall on Saturday, April 16, 2011, in Mullan, Idaho. Rescue teams Saturday cleared debris from a collapsed tunnel at a northern Idaho silver mine to find a miner missing mo ...
  • FBI officials tell Upper Big Branch miners&#82 ...
    We broke the story earlier today on the Gazette’s website about an FBI letter notifying the families of the miners killed at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch Mine that they may be victims of a federal crime. I’ve now posted a copy of the letter here (with the name redacted to protect my source) ...

Daniel Miessler

  • Coffee Joulies | The Best Coffee Accessory You ...
    via kickstarter.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsThe Coffee Trinity is CompleteDon’t Be a Cryptic AssCare WolfThe Herman Miller Nelson BenchBurp 1.4 Will Support MacrosI must not copy what I see on the Simpsons | BanksyXKCD Radiation Dose Chart
  • Advanced Nmap | Security Aegis
    Ncrack Ncrack is a command line password bruteforcer like hydra and medusa. Up until recently I was a�stalwart�Medusa user but what brought me over (mostly) was the superior SSH library, RDP password bruting, and easy nmap-like syntax. Should you want to audit a whole class C for ssh passwords N ...
  • Chrome Wins Again: Now Clears Flash Cookies Na ...
    Google has maintained since they started bundling Flash that it was mainly to ensure they could make it more secure for their Chrome users. They do this by both sandboxing it and auto-updating it when the security patches regularly appear. But a new feature has just hit the Chrome dev builds whi ...
  • Care Wolf
    via izit.org Yeah! Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsA Grey Wolf in the Apple StoreDon’t Be a Cryptic AssCouldn’t Care LessBurp 1.4 Will Support MacrosI must not copy what I see on the Simpsons | BanksyXKCD Radiation Dose ChartA Pink Flower in Palo Alto
  • The Annoyed Geek’s Response to Stupid Computer ...
    via i.imgur.com Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsDon’t LikeDon’t Be a Cryptic AssObama and Jesus | ImgurHalley’s CometAnatidaephobiaReaganomicsVery Gradual Change We Can Believe In

Fitwatch

  • Police Attempt to Disrupt Benefit Gigs in Sout ...
    On Saturday 23rd of April and Sunday 24th of April, the Metropolitan Police attempted to harass and intimidate the management of two established and fully licensed venues with intelligence gathering - or 'fishing' - exercises. The two venues, both in the Borough of Lambeth in South London, were ...
  • Alabama 3 Headline FITwatch BeneFIT Saturday 2 ...
    This Saturday 23rd April Brixton legends Alabama 3 will be playing an acoustic and unplugged live set, alongside DJ's from some of London's finest soundsystems at The Jamm, 261 Brixton Rd, London SW9 6LH. The event, starting at 8 till late, is on offer to FITwatchers and their friends at a mere ...
  • Liberty condone policing and condemn protesters.
    It’s not surprising, or in the least unexpected, but in a report they released yesterday, Liberty have made it quite clear their sympathies lie far more with the police than with any protester engaging in civil disobedience. The policing of the demonstration on the 26th March, said Liberty, was ...
  • Warning – Police Surveillance is Big Bus ...
    This is the second of a couple of posts written by Kevin Blowe in advance of the ‘Standing Up To Surveillance’ conference hosted by Fitwatch and Netpol on Sunday. It is reproduced by permission from his blog Random Blowe In January, I idly speculated in a piece for Red Pepper that groups who inc ...
  • Rethinking the politics of kettling
    This is the first of two articles written by Kevin Blowe in preparation for the 'Standing up to Surveillance' conference tomorrow, at which he is speaking. Reproduced from his blog Random Blowe with permission. An online campaign calling for a ban on kettling seems, on the face of it, like a com ...

Worldwide Hippies

  • Wake’N'Bake 101: Gratuitous
    BP last week “committed” a billion dollars to start restoration projects in the Gulf. However, as blogging colleague Glynn Wilson down there in Mississippi, tells it: No amount of money can bring back all the dead wildlife, rotting at the bottom of the sea. The company can be forced by the gover ...
  • RIV: Rest In Vinyl
    Turn Your Remains Into Vinyl When You Die | Disinformation A British company called And Vinyly promises to do just that for a fee of £3,000. Pets and body parts accepted. After your passing, rotate forever on your relatives’ turntables, preferably in the form of ‘Kokomo’ or something else simila ...
  • Carter Goes To Korea
    Jimmy Carter Arrives in North Korea to Push for Nuclear Disarmament Talks | Bloomberg Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in North Korea on his second trip to the country in less than a year to help push forward stalled multinational talks on curbing the regime’s development of atomic wea ...
  • WWH-Who Are We?
    WWH – We’re a diverse group of people that have come together to make things happen. We are jokers, smokers and midnight tokers. We’re Atheists, Christians, Jews, Buddhists and everything in between. We’re Democrats, Independents, Libertarians, movers and shakers. We don’t look at the glass as b ...
  • Dads: The Original Hipsters
    Sorry hipsters, your dad was the original hipster and he was killing it back in the day. Your dad was into mother nature before you were and he has the tent popping skills to prove it. He knew that partying in the city was played out, so he stepped his game up and stepped into [...]

reference frame

  • Education bubble
    One of the world's most ingenious venture capitalists, Peter Thiel, the father of PayPal and the first major Facebook investor, believes that the air from the subprime bubble has already been moved into another, perhaps more long-lived bubble waiting to be burst, the higher education bubble ...
  • Yuri Gagarin: 50 years ago
    On Tuesday, April 12th, it will have been 50 years from what was arguably the most impressive achievement of the Soviet Union. Czechoslovakia was the first country after the USSR that Gagarin visited after he returned (the picture here is from that visit) - and my positive emotions abo ...
  • UAH AMSU: global anomaly -0.10 °C
    Roy Spencer has released the March 2011 UAH AMSU global satellite data. The anomaly dropped on both hemispheres; the tropics stayed constant. The global anomaly was -0.10 °C. It's been negative in each of the three months of 2011. It's not hard to see that the anoma ...
  • Gallup in 111 countries: most people don't see ...
    Last week, Gallup has released the results of an AGW poll taken in 111 countries: Fewer Americans, Europeans View Global Warming as a Threat Only 42% of the people in the world view global warming as a "somewhat serious" or "very serious" threat. In Western Europe and the U.S., this fig ...
  • Are ET aliens shy?
    The Physics arXiv Blog has been intrigued by an extraterrestrial paper by Adrian Kent: Too Damned Quiet?Science rejected the paper in 2005 but it's fun, so why wouldn't he submit it to the arXiv in 2011? ;-) There are three typical answers to Fermi's question - Where a ...

No Frakking Consensus

  • WWF’s Chief Spokesperson Joins IPCC
    Jennifer Morgan was recently recruited to help prepare the upcoming edition of the climate bible. Rather than being one of the world's finest scientific minds she is a professional activist - as in chief climate change spokesperson for the World Wildlife Fund.
  • Ka-Ching! More Greenpeace Money
    One of the most senior authors for the upcoming climate bible has spent the past 17 years cashing cheques from Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund.
  • Clueless New IPCC Policy Ignores Advocacy Lite ...
    Proposed new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines single out blogs - declaring that they are not acceptable sources of information for IPCC Reports. Yet these same guidelines contain not one word about literature published by advocacy groups such as Greenpeace.
  • Speeding Tickets and the IPCC
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has taken the time to write down some rules of the road. But it has never hired any traffic cops.
  • Citizen Audit Anniversary
    A year ago a group of volunteers from 12 countries struck a blow for truth-in-advertising. Our audit revealed that 1 in 3 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report references are to non-peer-reviewed literature. For years we've been told the climate bible bases its conclusions exclusively ...

Tarpley

  • Español
    International Main Menu Arabic Ceské Deutsch Español Français Italiano Greek Nippon Polska Português Rossiyu Svenska Türk Zhongwén Reduccíones brutales de los gastos de gobierno de Estados Unidos con la aprobación de Obama: Depresión economica mas profunda, mas desempleo, rebelliónes en los ca ...
  • Austerity Psychosis Grips Washington, D. C.
    Webster G. Tarpley Guns & Butter April 20, 2011 Obama’s budget speech at George Washington University on April 13th, 2011; the Fiscal 2011 Budget Resolution causes a revolt in DC; the Independent Payment Advisory Board as Death Panel; House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s genocidal Budget ...
  • Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia Gets Pakistani M ...
    Webster G. Tarpley on The Alex Jones Show Infowars April 20, 2011 download file
  • العربية
    International Main Menu Arabic Ceské Deutsch Français Italiano Greek Nippon Polska Português Rossiyu Svenska Türk Zhongwén باحث أمريكي: تنظيم القاعدة هو مجرد مخلوق للمخابرات الأمريكية الأمريكي Webster G. Tarpley TARPLEY.net April 11, 2011 CIA Destabilizes Yemen, Libya using Al Qaeda as US Arab ...
  • Tarpley in Press TV Debate with Libyan Rebel S ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net April 15, 2011 This April 6th interview just recently became available. — webmaster

Modern Survivalism

  • Rice and Beans, A Survival Combination
    Rice is rich in starch, an excellent source of energy. Rice also has iron, vitamin B and protein. Beans are rich in protein, and contain a good amount of iron and other necessary minerals, and the consumption of the two in tandem provides all the essential amino acids. It is no wonder that this ...
  • NDM-1, A Global Time Bomb
    “Doctors at the world’s largest gathering of infectious disease experts recently described NDM-1 as a global time bomb that could lead the world into a post-antibiotic era.” A 25-Apr-2011 report from ‘The Age‘, an Australian online media and newspaper outlet, says AUSTRALIAN hospitals have been ...
  • Radiation and the UV Index
    The UV Index is a forecast of the amount of skin damaging UV radiation (UltraViolet radiation) expected to reach the earth’s surface at the time when the sun is highest in the sky (solar noon). The amount of UV radiation reaching the surface is mostly related to the elevation of the sun in the s ...
  • Getting Back to Basics, Remedies
    Before the days of endless availability of products and high-tech remedies for things like cleaning, laundry, pest control and others, people had to make do with the materials that they had on hand. They were able to accomplish the same tasks that we deal with today, while using only a handful o ...
  • Bretton Woods II, Results Are IN
    A few weeks after the non publicized Soros sponsored Bretton Woods II event, the results are in – ‘America must give up on the dollar’. During the weekend of April 8, 2011, George Soros and 200 economists, finance experts and âscholarsâ met at the Mount Washington Resort with a mission. A missio ...

Fast Company

  • How We Should Store Spent Nuclear Fuel
    There are multiple nuclear reactors teetering on fault lines around the country, and most of them are surrounded by pools of water filled with still-very-radioactive spent fuel. The radioactivity from the now-exposed spent fuel at Fukushima is part of the reason why the situation there is so dir ...
  • Apple May Fill Its iPhone 5 Vacuum With New Ma ...
    Apple may be changing its usual iPhone update schedule to the fall, instead of a pre-summer launch in June/July--the news has popped up multiple times, and a source familiar with Apple's plans has also confirmed it with Fast Company. But Apple is a company that thrives on PR excitement...and the ...
  • Why Searching For Aliens Is Good For Business
    The SETI Institute has stopped listening for aliens, a casualty of government budget cuts. The business community and private donors should pony up. Here's why it's not as crazy as it sounds.Nerds everywhere today are in mourning. Funding for the SETI Institute in Mountain View, Calif., has drie ...
  • Researchers Invent Jell-O-Based Testing For Pa ...
    Using little more than Jell-O, aluminum foil, milk protein, and a 12-cent LED, University of Texas scientists have hacked together a super-cheap, fast-acting detector for pancreatitis.The researchers in Austin have effectively created a sub-one-dollar instant detector for pancreatitis--a disease ...
  • Missiles Into Models
    A Swedish aerospace technology company beats swords into ploughshares, turning missile tech into what some have called "Google Maps on steroids." Nokia just released a product licensing the tech.Last week, Nokia released an upgraded version of it mapping service, Ovi. The upgrade was a milestone ...

Jadaliyya

  • الشعب يريد عجلة إنتاج أخرى [The People Want A ...
    �ا�� عج�ة ا�إ�تاج تتصدر ا�ص�رة ا�س�اس�ة �� مصر مرة أخر�� بعد أ� أخ�ت �ز��اعة إ���ار ا�ا�تصاد م�ا��ا مؤ�تا ��ز��اعات ا�س����� �ا�إخ�ا� �غ�اب �ع� ا�جما��ر.�جم�ع ا��خب تحدث�ا ا�آ� ع� �ذ� ا�عج�ة ا�سحر�ة: ا�ش�خ محمد حسا� �دع� ��ض ا�اعتصامات �د�ع عج�ة ا�إ�تاج� سم�ة ا�خشاب: عج�ة ا�إ�تاج ا���� أ ...
  • After Syria's "Great Friday": Al-Jazeera Inter ...
    Below is Al-Jazeera's interview on Syria with Jadaliyya Co-Editor Bassam Haddad after the events of "Great Friday" on April 22nd,�the bloodiest days that Syria witnessed since the beginning of the uprisings. In this interview, conducted on Saturday April 23rd,�Bassam discusses the events ...
  • Culture II
    This is the second week of Jadaliyya's culture section. The first week included four pieces and can be viewed here. This week's bouquet includes: "A Damascene Diary" by�Samar Yazbek "Memoir and Mythology" by Mimi Kirk "The Meaning of My Prayer" by Sargon Boulus We welcome your contri ...
  • "The Meaning of My Prayer" by Sargon Boulus
    “Ma`na Salati” (The Meaning of my Prayer) appeared in Sargon Boulus’ posthumous collection `Azma Ukhra li-Kalb al-Qabila (Baghdad and Beirut: Dar al-Jamal, 2008). The Meaning of My Prayer Perhaps this is what I prayed for at times This is what I saw in moments of despair my ...
  • Memoir and Mythology
    Facts arenât the only thing that should be checked in Three Cups of Tea The recent uproar over Greg Mortensonâs immensely popular nonfiction book Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission To Promote Peace... One School at a Time has centered around the question of whether the account is fact ...

mediagazer

  • In WikiLeaks' Growth, Some Control Is Lost (Ne ...
    New York Times: In WikiLeaks' Growth, Some Control Is Lost  —  WikiLeaks, the Web site responsible for publicizing millions of state secrets in the last year, has tried to pick its media partners carefully.  But the site has become such a large player in journalism that some of its secrets are ...
  • Obama Scolds Media For Focusing On Birthers: ' ...
    The Huffington Post: Obama Scolds Media For Focusing On Birthers: ‘We Do Not Have Time For This Kind Of Silliness’ … At his press conference on Wednesday, President Obama scolded the media for focusing on his birth certificate instead of more important issues.  —  He started the conference by c ...
  • Obama releases birth form, decries 'silliness' ...
    Associated Press: Obama releases birth form, decries ‘silliness’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's releasing his long-form birth certificate because the country doesn't have time for the “distraction” and “silliness” of questions being persistently raised about where he wa ...
  • Arianna Huffington sets direction for MapQuest ...
    Greg Avery / bizjournals: Arianna Huffington sets direction for MapQuest  —  MapQuest's move to new headquarters in Denver was timed to celebrate the online mapping company's 15th anniversary.  But the relocation from 17th Street to the trendier SugarCube building in Lower Downtown is more abou ...
  • Malcolm Gladwell: What I Read (Gabriel Snyder/ ...
    Gabriel Snyder / The Atlantic Wire: Malcolm Gladwell: What I Read  —  How do other people deal with the torrent of information that pours down on us all?  Do they have some secret?  Perhaps.  We are asking various people who seem well-informed to describe their media diets.  Malcolm Gladwell, ...

Chemtrail News

  • Excellent Chemtrail Website
    Discussion about Excellent Chemtrail Website at the GodlikeProductions Conspiracy Forum. Our topics include Conspiracy Theory, Secret Societies, ...www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1461813/pg1
  • April 24 UFO & Objects Chemtrails O ...
    So I came across this video and thought, oh okay, I see chemtrails, and then near the end of the video, I see the broken down video footage of the UFO ...www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread694580/pg1
  • Chemtrail Petition - Sign it! - Chem ...
    Here is the link to the online petition for chemtrail truth. I just signed it; have you? Chemtrail Petition - Click Here As of today there are 7286 signat…chemtruth.ning.com/profiles/blogs/chemtrail-petition-sign-it
  • Academic In Space Aeronautics On HAARP/chem ...
    Kwaaikoppie's video about Chemtrail Symposium Belgium Chemtrails contrails conspiracy theory conspiracies cover-up N documentary on Disclose.tv.www.disclose.tv/.../academic_in_space_aeronautics_on_HAA...
  • Chemtrail Scientists Lunatics And Liars ...
    Ghost32's video about Chemtrail Scientists Lunatics and Liars documentary on Disclose.tv.www.disclose.tv/.../Chemtrail_Scientists___Lunatics_And_Liar...

World News - Top Stories

  • Cristiano Ronaldo is better than Lionel M ...
    Veteran manager has branded the Portuguese ace, who made his name at Old Trafford, as the best in the business, but believes his Argentine rival is also a "fantastic" footballer By Adithya Ananth Share Share Find the best odds and bet on the Champions League. Manchester United manager Sir A ...
  • Are pets really 'companions'? Academics c ...
    Animals should not be described as 'vermin', 'pests' or even 'pets', animal ethicists have decided. Academics say that traditional words used to characterise animals like 'beasts' and 'critters' are derogatory and should be replaced. They say words like 'pests' and 'vermin' should be droppe ...
  • Harvard Academic Dr. Lobsang Sangay Elect ...
    Article by Yeshe Choesang, WN Correspondent Dharamshala Dharamshala: - The election committee confirms that the Indian born, US-based Tibetan scholar and Harvard laureate, Dr. Lobsang Sangay, is the winner of the 15th general election with 55% of the total votes cast in his favor. Runner-up ...
  • Apple denies storing users' locations on ...
    The Associated Press Share E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name tool goes here 0 comments Similar stories: " tooltipId="mi_tt1"> Apple denies storing users' locations on iPhones Apple denies storing users' locations on iPhones Apple says it does not store users' locations on iPhones and iPads. ...
  • Sensex falls 97 points on Wipro results, ...
    MUMBAI: The BSE Sensex today fell for the third straight day, losing about 97 points to close at over 19,448, on sustained selling following lower-than-expected earnings and sales forecast by IT major Wipro. It is another heavyweight company -- after Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Infosy ...

no frakking consensus

  • WWF’s Chief Spokesperson Joins IPCC
    Jennifer Morgan was recently recruited to help prepare the upcoming edition of the climate bible. Rather than being one of the world's finest scientific minds she is a professional activist - as in chief climate change spokesperson for the World Wildlife Fund.
  • Ka-Ching! More Greenpeace Money
    One of the most senior authors for the upcoming climate bible has spent the past 17 years cashing cheques from Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund.
  • Clueless New IPCC Policy Ignores Advocacy Lite ...
    Proposed new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines single out blogs - declaring that they are not acceptable sources of information for IPCC Reports. Yet these same guidelines contain not one word about literature published by advocacy groups such as Greenpeace.
  • Speeding Tickets and the IPCC
    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has taken the time to write down some rules of the road. But it has never hired any traffic cops.
  • Citizen Audit Anniversary
    A year ago a group of volunteers from 12 countries struck a blow for truth-in-advertising. Our audit revealed that 1 in 3 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report references are to non-peer-reviewed literature. For years we've been told the climate bible bases its conclusions exclusively ...

Pointman's

  • America is throwing another Tea party.
    For those of you not aware of it, there is a grass-roots movement in America called the Tea party that in its two scant years of existence has become significantly influential. It is not as such a political party but rather a loose collection of diverse individuals. It seems to me that they repr ...
  • Food for the Wolf
    Once upon a time there was a mangy old wolf who liked to eat a pig once in a while. People blamed the poor devil terribly for what was after all, just his nature. They made up horrible stories about him eating piglets, cats, dogs, barns, little girls and anything else they could think of … Read more
  • So, where are we now with global warming?
    Politicians world-wide got into the âsave the planetâ business for two reasons; electorates were convinced the planet needed saving and would vote for candidates who said theyâd do just that and wouldnât vote for candidates who said it was all hysteria, which it was and which most of them knew i ...
  • Living with ghosts.
    This is going to be a tough post and Iâm a bit afraid. Itâs personal and important and I really want to get it right for a lot of reasons. Itâs about the crap times of a life. A lot of us go through times in our lives which are difficult or simply horrible and … Read more
  • Words, ideas, primary sources, history and a b ...
    I write and I read books. Either of those activities will inevitable lead you to think about the nature of the written word. Up until quite recently, it was the only way your thoughts and ideas could survive your death without any sort of distortion. Nobody was half-remembering, interpreting wha ...

Journalists' Toolkit

  • The best video export options
    How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
  • Video Resources updated
    The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching video in ...
  • Flash Journalism updates
    I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
  • New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
    As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less versatile in several w ...
  • Convert WMA files with Switch
    Switch Sound File Converter is a free program from NCH Software. You can download it here (Mac or Windows). I have been using this program and recommending it widely for about two years. It’s easy to use, and it’s especially useful for converting WMA format files to WAV so that we can edit them ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

  • Gulf Coast Activists And Yes Men Impersonate B ...
    From our friends at Louisiana Bucket Brigade: Attendees of the “ Gulf Coast Leadership Summit” received a pleasant surprise this morning upon hearing a representative from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announce a ban on toxic dispersants -- as well as a free health ca ...
  • Fishers gather to Commemorate Anniversary
    On the Anniversary of the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon that marked the beginning of the BP Drilling Disaster, fishers and advocates gathered in Palquemines Parish to send the message that recovery for them and their communities is still a long way away. Among those at the gathering were B ...
  • Guestworkers Win Victory in US Department of L ...
    From our friends at the Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity: Proposed DOL regulations move guestworkers one step closer to inclusion in basic labor protections, civil rights, and the right to organize Statement by the Alliance of Guestworkers for Dignity on the Department of Labor’s Proposed H ...
  • Native American Student Suspended for Refusal ...
    From our friends at ACLU of Louisiana: In a fight for religious freedom, the ACLU of Louisiana has enrolled to represent a Native American student at Juban Parc Junior High School in Denham Springs, LA. Seth Chaisson, a member of the United Houma Nation, grows his hair long for cultural and ...
  • Justice Department Report, Released Today, Cal ...
    An earlier version of this article originally appeared on ColorLines.com Eve is a transgender woman living in rural southern Louisiana. She was molested as a child and left home as a teenager. Homeless and alone, she was forced to trade sex for survival. While still a teenager, she was arrested ...

Information Underground

  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    The Chinese labelling actually indicates that it's a bug detector, protecting against eavesdropping and pinhole cameras. Probably just as effective as ICTS at airport security.Statistics: Posted by kolnidre — Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:45 am
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    Easter is over and so is this threadStatistics: Posted by Ognir — Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:02 am
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    sirbadman wrote: So what nations aren't under the jewminati-controlled central banking cartel? Well you should know that, but they are all in the Middle East and Africa. ... But yeah you have fun picking on Africans and Arabs and playing your petty divisive games. Well you should know that, t ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    MSMD said: Who asked you for your opinion, Hasbarat? One throw away line and one stupid image. Same procedure Yomama used. Here is something interesting on hasbarats (why capitalise the word for this scum?) http://comncents.blogspot.com/2009/12/i ... arats.html They are known by the lan ...
  • Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
    This guy says that the israeli stuxnet virus caused the meltdowns in Fukushima. His video shows suspicious white light that appears at the same time as the earthquakes. He says this light is caused by HAARP. Also, he shows some video that casts doubt on whether the tsunami caused the malfunc ...

TVNZ

environment 360

  • Outsourced Emissions Dwarf CO2 Cuts in Develop ...
    Carbon emission reductions achieved since 1990 by the world’s developed nations were canceled out many times over by the increase of imported goods from nations without binding emissions targets, including China, according to a new report. While climate policies, including the Kyoto Protocol, st ...
  • Future Water Stress Detailed In U.S. Report on ...
    A new U.S. government report on water in the American West in the 21st century forecasts that temperatures in the region will soar by 5 to 7 degrees F., major rivers such as the Rio Grande and Colorado could Click to enlarge U.S. Department of InteriorProjected precipitation change, 2070-2099 ...
  • Populations of American Pikas Going Extinct As ...
    Extinction rates of American pikas have increased nearly five-fold over the last decade within the Great Basin region of the western U.S., and the climate-sensitive species is moving to higher elevations at a rate Photo by Donald M. Jones/Minden PicturesAn American pika 11 times faster than dur ...
  • Richard Branson Proposes Lemur Reserve on Pri ...
    Sir Richard Branson, the billionaire head of the Virgin Group of companies, is planning to establish a controversial reserve for threatened ringtailed lemurs on a 124-acre island he owns in the Caribbean, about 8,000 miles away from primates’ native Madagascar. Getty Images Branson, who has been ...
  • Extreme Soil ‘Liquefaction’ Is Key Factor in J ...
    Extreme soil liquefaction over hundreds of miles was responsible for much of the damage in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami, according to a new report. While it is common for major earthquakes to produce some liquefaction — a phenomenon in which soils lose their strength and act ...

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backofthebook

  • SUN TV Snooze Network
    By Montreal Simon Well I finally got a chance to watch Sun TV Nooz. After calling my cable channel to make sure I wasn't paying for it eh? And all I can say is they should change the name of Ezra Levant's show from The Source to The Sauce. Because anyone who ...
  • It’s a stag, not an orgy
    by Jodi A. Shaw William and Kate this, Royal Wedding that. Kate Middleton had a Dirty Dancing themed stagette, while Prince William’s bachelor party is rumoured to have had a water theme: speed boats and wakeboarding and a boat-borne pub crawl. Sounds like fun. But while I doubt Will spen ...
  • Is Trost right again?
    By Alison@Creekside Con MP and anti-abortion crusader Brad Trost, who lists being a member of the cross-party Pro-Life Caucus as one of his duties as an MP on his website, addressed the Saskatchewan Pro-Life Association’s annual convention on Saturday and thanked its members for their help in ...
  • iKnow Where You Were Last Summer
    by Eric Pettifor iPhones log date and location of every call they make. This is true of phones running the iOS 4 update of June, 2010. The data sits there on the phone. It is not transmitted to Apple, so the charge cannot be made that Apple is ...
  • Dmitri Soudas in “Con the Waterfront”
    By Montreal Simon Oh.My.Goomba. I don't know how Harper's parrot chihuahua Dimitri Soudas managed to dodge the summons from the Ethics Committee. But maybe they some higher authority could issue another one, and ask him to explain this latest scandal. An investigation by Radio-Canada su ...

Daily Beast

  • 20 Most Useless College Majors
    As college seniors prepare to graduate, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers to determine which majors-from journalism to psychology -didn't pay. Some cities are better than others for college graduates. Some college courses are definitely hotter...
  • Obama's China Policy Breakthrough
    On the eve of a dialogue on human rights with Beijing, the president has finally begun talking tough about China's crackdowns. It's a sign he realizes his toothless policy of the last two years has failed, says Joshua Kurlantzick. As the U.S. and...
  • Portal 2: The Best Videogame Ever?
    Portal 2 gives gamers something they are not accustomed to-memorable characters, witty dialogue, and a truly fantastic story. Taylor Clark on the videogame that anyone can love. As a general rule, the defining feature of modern videogame storytelling...
  • The Democrats' Giffords Senate Puzzle
    With Gabrielle Giffords still recovering from being shot and not ready for a tough campaign, the party is scrambling to find a strong contender to battle the GOP's Jeff Flake-and fast. David A. Graham examines the field. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was...
  • Obama for Queen
    With the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton looming, some Commonwealth nations have signaled they no longer want a British monarch reigning over them. Offering the scepter to an ex-President Obama is one option, writes Geoffrey...

Loonwatch

Energy News

Japan Times

  • Magic hope to end Rizing jinx in Western Confe ...
    The bj-league postseason begins on Wednesday as the upstart Shimane Susanoo Magic try to extend their season into May by upsetting the Rizing Fukuoka. The Magic-Rizing two-game series tips off at 7 p.m. in Kyushu with a compelling storyline: Can coach Zeljko Pavlicevic's squad reverse its fort ...
  • Too many volunteers to put up
    Nearly 90 percent of volunteer-staffed disaster relief operation centers in severely affected Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures are limiting their intake of volunteers due in part to difficulty finding them accommodations, a Kyodo News survey showed Tuesday. Some volunteer centers said t ...
  • Tepco nixes new hiring, cuts pay across board
    Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Monday it has scrapped its plan to hire new employees who would have started work next spring amid the ongoing nuclear crisis at its troubled Fukushima No. 1 power plant. Faced with the prospect of massive compensation costs linked to the accident, Tepco also said ...
  • World title up for grabs in Moscow after long ...
    After a one-month wait following the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, the 2011 world championships originally scheduled for Tokyo are under way in Moscow. Prior to the catastrophe, Miki Ando looked like the favorite to win her second world title, having enjoyed an outstanding season that saw h ...
  • Judge rules against NFL in lockout case
    After seven weeks of bitter back and forth, failed talks and growing uncertainty about the 2011 season, a federal judge has ordered an immediate end to the NFL lockout. But there are many hurdles to clear and questions to answer before pro football is actually back on track.

Alexander Higgins

  • Obama to name Panetta defense secretary
    President Barack Obama plans to pick CIA Director Leon Panetta to succeed Robert Gates as defense secretary, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
  • Wednesday’s live events
    Donald Trump holds a news briefing today. Will he discuss a possible run for the presidency? Will he address his "birther" claim that President Obama may not have been born in the United States? Watch CNN.com Live for coverage. 9 am ET - Aviation Summit –  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nat ...
  • California Plutonium 43 Times, Hawaii 11 Times ...
    A blog post out Japan says EPA data has been found showing Plutonium levels in California are 43 times an in Hawaii are 11 times higher than the maximum levels detected over the last 20 Years. Plutonium and Uranium has also been detected in Guam and Japan although the Japanese Government is deny ...
  • Bald eagle with Web following struck, killed b ...
    Biologists believe a bald eagle that was a star of a popular Virginia eagle-watching webcam was killed Tuesday morning, struck by an airplane that was landing at Norfolk International Airport. A U.S. Airways jet’s landing gear struck and killed a bald eagle as the plane was trying to land, airpo ...
  • Pregnant Teacher Harassed By TSA On Easter Sun ...
    The Intel Hub April 26th, 2011 The Transportation Security Agency has a long history of harassing innocent, peaceful Americas. From 6 year girls to the elderly, the TSA, an agency that has never arrested a terrorist, has taken the American police state to a whole new level. When i received an em ...

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Making It Count - CCPA

  • Is Harper The Best Person to Manage the Econom ...
    I’m puzzled that the Harper Conservatives’ are getting such a free ride from the other parties and from the media on their main campaign mantra: that they are the best economic managers, that Canada is leading the international pack to economic recovery, and that Harper knows best what’s good fo ...
  • Dispelling Middle-class Myths
    We’re in the last week of a federal election campaign, and every party wants you to believe they’re there for the hardworking families of a middle class under enormous pressure. That’s you, right? The idea of the middle class resonates, because it is a notion we all share. Time and again, opinio ...
  • Does Not Play Well With Others
    Note to the Harper family regarding your son Stephen; I am writing on behalf of the daycare staff regarding your son Stephen and his ongoing behavioural challenges. A number of incidents have caused some concern among caregivers, children, and several parents, and after four years I regret to te ...
  • How Much Would Harper Cost Your Province?
    As I note in the following op-ed in today’s Toronto Star, federal Conservative election promises entail significant fiscal costs for provincial governments. It is not the first time that Harper has tried to stick provinces with the tab. For example, his policy of increased incarceration imposes ...
  • How to Help the Long Term Unemployed
     The OECD have weighed in on what policy measures are needed to limit the damage of long term unemployment in the aftermath of the Great Recession. I would judge the NDP platform – which includes a significant job creation tax credit and increased EI benefits – to be closest to the OECD prescri ...

ReDress

  • Lobbification of US politicians: betraying the ...
    Lawrence Davidson explains the process by which members of the United States Congress abandon the people and the national interest and instead become beholden to political lobbies or special interest groups, the most powerful of which is the Zionist lobby.
  • US weapons to Israel are disincentives to peace
    Against the background of Israel's contempt for international law and violations of Palestinian human rights, and as Washington now considers raising the debt ceiling and making even more substantial cuts to the 2012 budget, Josh Ruebner argues that "the moral, financial and political costs of a ...
  • Pro-Israel pressure on law conference threaten ...
    Cecilie Surasky highlights the threat to freedom of speech in the United States posed by mainstream Jewish organizations who are going all out to silence all criticism or debate of Israeli policies, even by Jews and Israelis.
  • Middle East peace process: dead as Monty Pytho ...
    Stuart Littlewood considers the possible scenarios open to the Palestinians in the coming months in view of the death - some would say the stillbirth - of the "peace process", from UN membership to the collapse of the Palestinian National Authority and "new openings and possibilities, a new logi ...
  • BBC governing body hails "pretentious propagan ...
    Richard Lightbown is surprised to learn from the BBC Trust - the governing body of Britain's state broadcaster - that it considered Panorama's "Death in the Med" documentary to have "performed a valuable public service".

Global Guerrillas

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    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Sunshine and Shadow in Rwanda's Rural Housing ...
    The gleam of new corrugated iron sheets shimmers through the blue-green haze that veils Rwanda's rural valleys and hillsides. It is a visible sign of Rwanda's metamorphosis from a nation devastated by genocide seventeen years ago to the fastest modernising state on the continent.
  • BAHRAIN: McCarthyism in Manama?
    As the savage crackdown on the majority Shiite opposition movement drags on in Bahrain, King Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa's military regime – backed by the hefty armed forces of Sunni- dominated Saudi Arabia – has moved from launching outright assaults on peaceful protestors on the streets ...
  • YEMEN: Children Dragged Into Dangerous Protests
    Children are increasingly facing frontline risks at Yemen's anti-government protests. Parents are bringing them to demonstrations in the belief that they too are necessary for sacrifices in the revolution against President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
  • HEALTH: Fukushima, Chernobyl Raise Questions a ...
    The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan and the 25th anniversary of the catastrophe in the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine have thrown into relief contradictions in the role played by the World Health Organisation, which civil society organisations have spent years pointing out.
  • Washington Failing to Understand Iran's Opposition
    The popular uprisings that have brought turmoil to Arab countries across the Middle East and North Africa have also underscored Washington's dearth of knowledge about forces on the ground in authoritarian states in the Middle East. One of the largest questions bedeviling policy makers ...

Scoop - NZ

  • Oil companies aiding Lybian 'rebel' force.
    Khalifa Hifter, one of two rebel military commanders vying for the top command position over Free Libyan Forces in Libya, in his office at the Gulf Oil Co. in Benghazi on Tuesday. The first concrete report of weapons from foreign donors reaching the Libyan rebels came Tuesday, but significant ...
  • CONTROL OF THE INTERNET
    A third way that the powers-that-be are attacking the blogosphere is through copyright. "The elites have seemingly launched a concerted attack against the blogosphere's many news aggregators, hoping to intimidate them by setting legal precedents that make it unfeasible for such alternative news ...
  • Wikileaks: The Gitmo Files
    On Sunday April 24, 2011 WikiLeaks began publishing 779 secret files from the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp. The details for every detainee will be released daily over the coming month. By October 2004, two years into his detention at the Guantánamo Bay prison, Ali Abdullah Ahmed had e ...
  • WikiLeaks reveals Hicks, Habib Gitmo files
    Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has released hundreds of secret files on Guantanamo Bay detainees, including those of Australians David Hicks and Mamdouh Habib.
  • SAS faces recruitment crisis
    The SAS is facing a recruitment crisis because soldiers do not have time to train for demanding selection tests, the head of the infantry has warned.

Independent - London

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  • William Hague backs Syria reforms
    It is "not too late" for Syrian president Bashar Assad to abandon brutal repression of his people, Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted today.
  • 'Foreign troops' killed in Kabul airport attack
    Foreign troops were among a number of people killed and wounded when an Afghan Army officer opened fire after an argument at Kabul's airport today.
  • Morgan's modest viewing figures give his criti ...
    For a man who uses Twitter to broadcast his every thought, deed, and minor foray into the public eye, Piers Morgan has been surprisingly slow to update followers about the smattering of fresh headlines that pertain to the performance of his nightly talk show on the rolling news channel CNN.
  • Bernanke to confront his critics as US economi ...
    Weakening economic growth and sliding house prices in the world's largest economy form the backdrop to the first-ever press conference by a Federal Reserve chairman, to be held after the US central bank makes its latest interest rate decision today.

Rogue Government.com

  • Geithner Defends So Called Strong Dollar Policy
    US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner vowed Tuesday that the United States would never follow a strategy to weaken the US dollar.
  • Guantanamo Bay files: Al-Qaida assassin worke ...
    An al-Qaida operative accused of bombing two Christian churches and a luxury hotel in Pakistan in 2002 was at the same time working for British intelligence, according to secret files on detainees who were shipped to the US military's Guantánamo Bay prison camp.
  • 540 Taliban militants flee Kandahar jail
    At least 540 Taliban militants, including 106 commanders, have escaped from Kandahar central prison in southern Afghanistan, an official says.
  • UN Prepares to Debate Whether 'Mother Earth' ...
    A bloc of mostly socialist governments lead by Bolivia have put the issue on the General Assembly agenda to discuss the creation of a U.N. treaty that would grant the same rights found in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to Mother Nature.
  • World's Largest Atom Smasher May Have Found G ...
    A rumor is floating around the physics community that the world's largest atom smasher may have detected a long-sought subatomic particle called the Higgs boson, also known as the "God particle."

Innovation Canada

  • Defining religious freedom
    For some, the freedom to practise their religion is vitally important while for others, the freedom not to practise any religion is equally so. How does Canada balance the rights and freedoms of its multicultural population with its state-defined limits on religious freedom? University of Ottawa ...
  • Manitoba gets physical
    Jonathan McGavock is unequivocal and unapologetic. He’s seriously worried about the next generation of Canadian kids. “Ninety percent are physically inactive, with 25 to 30 percent being overweight or obese,” says the University of Manitoba researcher. “Chronic medical conditions like type 2 dia ...
  • Designing consumers
    Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart have made millions selling unique artistic T-shirts. The kicker is, they didn’t even design them. The duo owns Threadless, a profitable online community where users post T-shirt designs, vote on their favourites and then buy them. For coordinating the process, Inc. ...
  • Sharing culture
  • Targeting tumours
    Targeting 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 ...

Signs of the times

  • US: Nicolas Cage investigated for child abuse ...
    A police report from Nicolas Cage's arrest earlier this month suggests the actor might have physically harmed his son before he was taken into custody. Cage, who was arrested in New Orleans on April 16 following an alleged physical altercation with his wife, Alice Kim, "fell while holding" the ...
  • Royal Wedding Bells Fall on Deaf Ears
    Many parties not for nuptials When Prince William marries Catherine Middleton, all Britons should be celebrating, or so says Prime Minister David Cameron, who has been working hard to whip up public enthusiasm for the extravaganza. Setting an example, the Camerons are planning to throw their ...
  • FLASHBACK: The Royal Wedding: Who Pays the Bill?
    Who foots the bill for The Wedding of the Century? Peter Hunt, BBC's royal correspondent, looks at who will pay for Prince William and Kate Middleton's royal nuptials. Estimate Cost of Wedding "We're not in Elton John territory," one royal official told me when discussing the possible cost of ...
  • Royal wedding to hurt Britain's economy
    Let's hope Friday's big blowout is a right royal good time. Because thanks in part to a quirk in the calendar, it's set to take a pretty heavy toll on Britain's economy -- which isn't in great health already. Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that Friday will be a national holiday -- ...
  • Titanic's Unknown Child Given New, Final Identity
    Five days after the passenger ship the Titanic sank, the crew of the rescue ship Mackay-Bennett pulled the body of a fair-haired, roughly 2-year-old boy out of the Atlantic Ocean on April 21, 1912. Along with many other victims, his body went to a cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where the cre ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • Omar's crib . . .
    IT REALLY PISSES ME OFF that nobody has asked our candidates about getting Omar out of Gitmo. Last week, Wikileaks released the operating manual for Omar's world, and according to Ryan Singel at WIRED, it's not pretty, organized by the same gang who set up Abu Ghraib:The manual also includes ins ...
  • The possible...
    Amid the worry about split votes and Con majorities, there's a chance we'll see an NDP minority when the polls close. With numbers like these, it could happen. On those numbers...there's a lot of teeth gnashing about how these number are splitting votes and killing the chances of Liberals getti ...
  • What a way to go . . .
    The Euthanasia Coaster. “Euthanasia Coaster” is a hypothetical euthanasia machine in the form of a roller coaster engineered to humanely – with elegance and euphoria – take the life of a human being. Riding the coaster’s track, the rider is subjected to a series of intensive motion elements tha ...
  • Way cool . . .
    $5,800.00, unfortunately.
  • Stephen Harper might well be...
    ...the best thing ever to happen to the federal NDP. I believe this is called a boomerang effect.

Media Matters for America

  • Right-Wing Media Gin Up Another Faux Controver ...
    Right-wing media are using the fact that President Obama did not issue an Easter message to again question whether he is really a Christian. Conservative media have long engaged in a dishonest campaign to question and lie about Obama's faith.Conservative Media Use Easter Proclamation Story To A ...
  • Conservative Media Push Falsehood That Obama W ...
    The right-wing media are deceptively suggesting that, in the words of The New York Post, President Obama is "focused on raising income -- and possibly payroll -- taxes on the wealthiest Americans" rather than making cuts in spending to fix the current deficit problem. In fact, Obama has propose ...
  • Fox's Varney Falsely Claims "Virtually Nothing ...
    On The O'Reilly Factor, Fox Business host Stuart Varney claimed that subsidies for wind and solar power have resulted in "[v]irtually nothing." In fact, reports show that wind and solar power are rapidly growing sources of electric power in the United States.Stuart Varney Dismisses Benefits Of ...
  • "Let Them Default": Right-Wing Media Cheerlead ...
    Right-wing media figures have dismissed the consequences of defaulting on America's debt. Yet experts agree that if the U.S. were to default as a result of not raising the debt ceiling, it would have a catastrophic effect on the economic recovery.Right-Wing Media Figures Cheerlead For Default ...
  • Glenn Beck Versus Glenn Beck On Regulating Hed ...
    While demonizing George Soros, Glenn Beck has recently complained that hedge funds are unregulated. However, Beck�previously demagogued efforts to regulate hedge funds, claiming it was part of an effort to "expand the reach" of government.Beck�Astonished That Hedge Funds Are Unregulated Beck: ...

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TPM Cafe

  • Brilliant & Moving: Lawrence O'Donnell on The ...
    Last night on The Final Word, Lawrence O'Donnell conducted an interview with the Reverend Franklin Graham that made me grateful that I am not a Christian. Graham, one of the most influential ministers in the United States, is an ignoramus and a bigot. Although we Jews are cursed with plenty of ...
  • Deficit Fever: Loon Tune Time Among the Elite
    We already knew that the folks involved in debating and designing economic policy had a weak understanding of economics, that is why they couldn't see the $8 trillion housing bubble that wrecked the economy, but now it seems that they are breaking their ties to reality altogether. The country is ...
  • September
    I can't prove this, but I sense (forgive me) a paradigm shift among Israelis, a new way of talking to accommodate the anomalies emerging from the old puzzle pieces--you know, the puzzle that begins with "Zionism" and ends with "Iran." The biggest anomaly is "September." The reference, of cou ...
  • The Other Secret To Donald Trump's Rise
    It's pretty obvious that the main reason Donald Trump is doing so well in the polls (among Republicans) is that he is openly appealing to racism. Say what you will about the other GOP "hopefuls," none of them (not even Palin, Bachmann, or Santorum) is openly using the President's race as the ce ...
  • 1967 Borders: Disruptive Innovation
    Suddenly, it seems a forgone conclusion that the White House will be presenting a plan of some sort in advance of Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to a joint session of Congress in May. For those of us who have been advocating for something along these lines, this should be welcome news. But all of t ...

TruthOut

  • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
    The 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)
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  • 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

  • Obama Calls Out Climate Deniers (GOP); Kerry F ...
    Yeah, that's a long title. A number of recent political statements seem to indicate that us green bloggers aren't the only ones frustrated by the GOP's (and a handful of fossil-fuel-funded Democrats') scientific ignorance and their attack on science. Even Republican former California governor, ...
  • Malaspina Glacier From Space {Photo of the Day}
    This image was captured on August 31, 2000 and depicts the Malaspina Glacier, the largest glacier in Alaska.
  • Prehistoric Warming Mysteries
    A new research paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience has drawn attention to the possibility that the Earth may be able to recover quicker than anticipated from rising carbon dioxide emissions.
  • A Little More about Me, Planetsave, and Green ...
    Lynn University recently interviewed me for one of their Earth Day posts on their web magazine, iPulse. They ended up using part of the interview, not the whole thing (apparently, didn't want it to be too long -- understandable). A bit of the interview was actually about Planetsave, and the rest ...
  • Be Green for Your New Baby to Celebrate Mother ...
    Being a new mom can be exciting and overwhelming all at the same time, as adding a new addition to the family is also adding a new consumer to earth.  If you want to lead an example for your new baby to minimize your family’s carbon footprint, then it’s time to implement some new ways... Read Mo ...

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Axis of Logic

  • Digesting Half-Truths: Dietary restrictions du ...
    Oscar-nominated director Tim Hetherington and Pulitzer finalist photojournalist Chris Hondros, both killed in Libya last week (4/20/11), were eulogized on the Democracy Now by show host Amy Goodman. Carroll Bogert of Human Rights Watch, who worked closely with Hetherington commissioning and diss ...
  • Capitalism and Class Struggle - Critical Analysis
    Introduction The class struggle continues to play a central role in the process of capitalist accumulation, albeit it takes different forms depending on the socio-economic context. In order to map out the unfolding of the class struggle it is necessary to specify key concepts related to the ( ...
  • Controversy in Venezuela over Arrest of Altern ...
    Mérida, April 25th 2011 – At the request of the Colombian government, the Venezuelan government has arrested and says it will soon deport a supposed ex-FARC leader and alternative journalist, Joaquin Perez Becerra, despite opposition to the deportation from many groups on the Venezuelan left. ...
  • 'US knew Guantanamo detainees were innocent' - ...
    The United States held hundreds of inmates who were either totally innocent or low-risk for years and released dozens of "high-risk" Guantanamo inmates, according to leaked classified files. The new leaks reveal that inmates were held without trial on the basis of often seriously flawed informat ...
  • 'No sign Gaddafi bombed Tripoli - NATO wages w ...
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They Gave Us a Republic

  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    Assad knows his survival is on the line - he won't stop killing protesters. "As the Syrian government intensifies its crackdown against pro-democracy protesters, the international community steps up its pressure on president Bashar al-Assad to stop the bloodletting. In a session on Tuesday, memb ...
  • The Impeachable Newt
  • If It's Stable, This Must Be Sweden
    It's amazing what often emerges from behind all the propaganda and bullshit rhetoric once someone has clawed their way through it all to get to the nub of whatever it is that's being talked about. How often do we suffer through a week or a month of right wing corporate media bullshit telling us ...
  • Rescue the "Lost Cause" of Job Creation
    Two years One year ago, Steve Benen almost single-handedly saved health care reform after the apparently-devastating election of Scott Brown by telling the House to forget making changes to the bill the Senate had already passed, thus avoiding a filibuster in the Senate. Steve's Just. Pass. The. ...
  • Economic Desperation Erases Opposition to Indu ...
    For Kentucky's first two centuries, its number one crop was hemp. A renewable source of livestock feed, plus material for paper, rope, cloth, cosmetics and dozens of other products, hemp is a Kentucky native - a weed growing wild and needing virtually no maintenance. If you could grow just one c ...

Care 2

  • How the developed world is hiding its growing ...
    The problem is that a country that is recklessly consuming products - whose production is shifted to another nation, with cheaper labor - can also claim massive reductions in greenhouse emissions. The smokestacks are lying in someone else's country now. BSubmitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Environmen ...
  • 3-Legged Dog in Houston in Need of Rescue
    Houston, TX - An abandoned, 3-legged dog has captured the eye of concerned individuals on Facebook. Her story is compelling - her need is urgent. She apparently was dumped, frightened and alone, to fend for herself. Her situation is dangerous and urgent.Submitted by Marilyn M. to Animals �|� �N ...
  • The Mystery of the Singing Mice
    In late 1925, one J. L. Clark discovered an unusual mouse in a house in Detroit. It could sing. And so he did what anyone might have done: he captured the mouse and put it in a cage.Submitted by Katie Miller to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Migrants forced to be sex slaves in Mexico
    Locals call them "merchandise" and that is how criminal gangs treat the Central American youths they force into prostitution near Mexico's southern border with Guatemala.Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Support a strong online privacy bill! TAKE ACTION
    Do Not Track is a popular idea, but tracking companies and advertisers must be required to honor consumer choices with an enforceable law. Last year's discovery of "zombie cookies" that get reinstalled on a consumer's machine after they were deleted showSubmitted by Nancy C. to Society & Culture ...

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Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Dollar in the Well, Obama Is Lost
    Barack Obama is an ignorant fool. Does not understand one damn thing about basic economics. His lame, misguided attempt to blame the higher price of gas on subsidies to the Oil and Gas industry is malpractice for a guy who supposed to be President. I don’t favor subsidies, but when the subsidies ...
  • Silver Blame Planet
    POTUS assures America that, while some pols may demogogue about gas prices, he knows there is “no silver bullet.” POTUS protests too much. When gasoline prices climb, the public mood darkens; and everyone blames Washington. POTUS polls are sagging badly just because he appears outwitted by facts ...
  • What’s the Big Stink About Trump?
    I find it odd that progressives and conservatives alike are so preoccupied with Donald Trump’s potential run for the Presidency while at the same time averring from the depths of their collective beings that he would have no merit as a candidate. Whether he would make a good or horrible presiden ...
  • Oh My, Obama’s Stern Words–Finger Wag Next?
    Teddy Roosevelt lives on in history as the guy who spoke softly but carried a big stick. You understand the concept, right? You don’t threaten, you don’t yell, you just do. Well, little Barry Obama is clearly no student of history and does not understand that he is now the laughingstock of the w ...
  • Great Morning Reads
    This is but a quick note to share with you two very different but fascinating finds on the ‘net. Most timely and critical is Pat Lang’s pithy essay today on the state of the struggle in Libya: “#Qathafi’s Army is an Armed Mob.” As most of you know, Larry Johnson and Pat Lang are friends, [...]

Environmental Graffiti

  • Are We At The Start Of A New Mass Extinction?
    With the decline of many different species, scientists fear we are in the middle of a new mass extinction read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Garden at Night: An Interview with Nightti ...
    An interview with nocturnal photographer Linda Rutenberg. Linda has spent most of her nights capturing the stunning beauty of the garden at night. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • How Reintroducing Once Eradicated Giant Tortoi ...
    Introducing a new species of tortoise to an area where they have gone extinct has helped germinate critically endangered ebony trees. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Akuntsu: The Tribe with Only 5 Individuals Lef ...
    Due to invasion by loggers and ranchers,today just 5 surviving individuals are left,who are representing the entire Akuntsu community,in the Brazilian rainforests. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the articl ...
  • How Cloning Vanilla Could Cut its Price
    Vanilla is popular but expensive, partly because this orchid often needs help to reproduce. Researchers in Malaysia hope to help this familiar spice. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article

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Green Inc. - NYT

  • A Second Life for the Electric Car Battery
    Researchers are exploring the possibility of repurposing batteries to serve the electric grid, as well as battery ownership models that would reduce the financial burden on a car's owner.
  • When Refrigerators Warm the Planet
    While the hydrofluorcarbons used in refrigerators do not destroy ozone, they trap heat when they are released and they reach high altitudes.
  • Obama Again Demands an End to Oil Tax Breaks
    "High oil and gasoline prices are weighing on the minds and pocketbooks of every American family," the president writes, saying the nation must reduce its dependence on foreign oil.
  • Sale of Oil Leases Planned for Gulf of Mexico
    The proposed lease area contains as much as 420 million barrels of oil and 2.6 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
  • A 21st-Century Water Forecast
    A new federal report on climate change and the West supports predictions of future stress on supplies -- and offers a window on how the Obama administration is dealing with the fraught subject of climate change.

Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • Here's Ye Warning suckaz: Quantitative Easing ...
    Here's a Great Chart SUCKAZ: Look at it looming! Right at the end there -------------------v Ah this is kind of obvious stuff - a few fun links to throw together - but I want to put it to the Internets. The end of 'quantitative easing' as a weird Treasury Bill program is probably coming to an e ...
  • Michigan's power to zap townships - the end of ...
    I found this writeup on the new Midwest 'financial martial law' system interesting enough to share. The crazy rationale for the horrible law in Michigan is that dissolved townships won't be burdened with debt? But what of the system of townships and property created in the Northwest Ordinance? W ...
  • Newest nightmare of the Federal Register: Priv ...
    Awesome bureaucratic frankenstein nightmare coverups down this fabulous path. Thank you USDA, your great work on GMOs so far – which involves a tiny fraction of the caution found in Europe for example – Anyway there is now a bypass in the works. The Federal Register is the Washington DC version ...
  • New 2008 Republican National Convention docume ...
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Daily Censored

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  • What The Hell Has Happened To Americans?
    Homophobes in D.C. are eager to spend $550/hour for an attorney to defend DOMA while 15,000 3- to 4- year olds in Ohio were dropped from Early Childhood Education, as ECE programs across the nation took a big hit.  I was going to cite some examples, but there are just too many big cuts to [...]
  • Shanta Driver of BAMN and the new Jim Crow
    Shanta Driver, a spokesperson for BAMN (By Any Means Necessary) appeared on the Thom Hartmann show and Russian TV today (Monday the 25th of April) to speak about the closing of public schools in Detroit.  You can see the interview with Shanta regarding the Cathy Ferguson Academy in Detroit and o ...
  • Kochtopus: Right-wing Network of Money, Power, ...
    Charles and David Koch might very well the greatest threat to America sense World War II.  Over the last fifty years, the bothers have been slowly developing, tweaking, and expanding a fascist political network designed to end American democracy as we know it. The many arms of the Koch brother’s ...
  • Why the TSA won’t improve its image anyt ...
    The DHS, TSA, and CBP want to improve its tarnished image. After the criticism that has befallen the TSA since last fall when they mass-introduced full body scanners, it’s no surprise that they are now universally hated. The problem, however, is that the TSA can never improve their image as long ...

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War is a Crime.org

  • Afghanistan War Weekly: April 26, 2011
    By Sharon Miller DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN “Hundreds of Taliban Escape from Kandahar Jail” http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/afghanistan/8472419/Hundr... Hundreds of Taliban prisoners escaped through an underground tunnel from Sarpoza Prison in Kandahar. The escape calls the disci ...
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  • Iraq to Search for Missing Since 2003
    Fresh effort to trace missing persons Photo: Afif Sarhan/IRIN: Rayhan Nasir, 24, is losing hope after two years spent searching for his father (file photo) 27 April 2011 (IRIN) - The government has set up a committee to trace thousands of Iraqis missing since the 2003 US-led invasion that topple ...
  • Vermont Gets Closer to Feds Blocking Its Singl ...
    The Vermont Senate is on board with single-payer healthcare. Too bad Washington, D.C., isn't, and Obama insisted that last year's healthcare bill effectively block state initiatives.
  • Libya: It’s Not About Oil, It’s About Currency ...
    By John Perkins "Information Clearing House" -- WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- World Bank President Robert Zoellick Thursday said he hopes the institution will have a role rebuilding Libya as it emerges from current unrest. Zoellick at a panel discussion noted the bank's early role in the reconstructi ...

Grist - News

  • 10 non-boring ideas about the environment
    by Jess Zimmerman. Climate alarmism is counterproductive, and rah-rah Earth fandom is boring. But there are still some fresh perspectives out there -- some are a little nutty, sure, but they're a change from the standard fare. Alexis Madrigal at the Atlantic has rounded up ten interesting ...
  • Rupert Murdoch is totally against the global w ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. It's probably not the first time Rupert Murdoch has been on a list with Charles Manson and Osama bin Laden. Turns out that media mogul/plutocrat Murdoch's company, News Corporation, is deeply and explicitly committed to reducing its carbon footprint, combating global wa ...
  • Yesterday’s fracking blowout: What happe ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. Yesterday, on the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill, a natural gas well in Bradford County, Pennsylvania -- perhaps suffering from an overload of irony -- ruptured and leaked "thousands and thousands of gallons" of fracking fluid over the surrounding farmland and ...
  • The future of green computing is dunking your ...
    by Christopher Mims. As seemingly every aspect of our lives moves online, the giant building-size computers that power the web suck up ever more energy. Cooling can eat as much as a third of the energy required to run these "data centers," so fixing their heat problem (modern processor ...
  • How much could climate change cost your state?
    by Jess Zimmerman. No idea why they got someone's dad to narrate this video, but the information in it is pretty startling. According to this group, the American Security Project, costs racked up by climate change could include: $9.3 billion a year in lost agriculture revenues in ...

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Solari

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Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
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  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become o ...

Fabius Maximus

  • We can learn an important lesson about ourselv ...
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  • We can learn an important lesson about ourselv ...
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  • Child-like credulity – a requirement to ...
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  • Important history on Earth Day
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Open Your Eyes News

  • Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
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  • Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
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  • British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
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  • Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
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The Progressive Realist

  • Party Like It’s 2002: Pawlenty Attacks Obama F ...
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  • Iraq’s Parliament Repeals Article Used To Bloc ...
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TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • The Birther Conspiracy Deepens
    In case you've been too busy painting your tribute Will & Kate figurines to notice, this morning the White House released the famous "long-form" version of Barack Obama's birth certificate. Briefly: when you ask Hawaii for your birth certificate, they generate and send to you a legally valid, of ...
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  • Little Picture: 25 Years Later
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  • Prop. 8 Defenders Get Desperate
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Buzzflash

  • Dick Cheney's Legacy of Fracking America to Death
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  • Nablus, beautiful and unvisited
    Ray SmithThe Electronic IntifadaNablus Few visitors make it to the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, causing the city’s tourism sector to suffer.
  • Arab league's double standard
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Afghanistan Sun

  • Afghan forces attack Pak check post in South W ...
    The Afghan National Army launched an unprovoked attack on a Pakistan Army check post at Angoor Adda in South Waziristan on Wednesday.
  • Afghan officer fires on NATO troops, kills 9
    KABUL, Afghanistan -; Eight NATO service members and a contractor are dead after an Afghan military pilot opened fire on the foreign troops following a dispute at the airport in Kabul. ...
  • Pakistan denies reports of efforts to split U. ...
    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan denied media reports on Wednesday that it was lobbying Afghanistan to drop its alliance with Washington and look to Islamabad and Beijing to forge a peace deal with ...
  • Interpol slams 'security breach' aft ...
    PARIS (AFP) - Interpol on Wednesday slammed the international community's "shocking" failure to properly train Afghan police and said a mass Taliban jailbreak had revealed an ...
  • Afghan, Pakistan border clash kills 1
    DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan -; Afghan border guards fired mortar shells toward a Pakistani military post in a northwestern tribal region on Wednesday, killing a soldier and wounding two others, a ...

Futurismic

  • Personal Information: episode 24
    Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
  • Arguments against life extension
    Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil down to personal distate ...
  • Daddy, where does innovation come from?
    Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one persistent factor th ...
  • Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
    Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple of ye ...
  • How to be a futurist
    The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’ve never been featured in a [...]Foll ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • EPA tells POLITICO it will investigate DeLeon
    POLITICO reporter Robin Bravender released a story on Friday saying that EPA spokesperson Brendan Gilfillan promised that EPA would "look into" the allegations of the open letter the National Whistleblowers Center released last week. Gilfillan told Bravender that Jackson is “deeply committed to ...
  • NWC calls on EPA to oust Civil Rights Director
    Today I am writing to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and asking her to remove Mr. Rafael DeLeon, the Director of the EPA's Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Last month, Deloitte Consulting issued a report on OCR finding that it is essentially dysfunctio ...
  • Senate confirms Carolyn Lerner
    Last Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Senate confirmed Carolyn Lerner as Special Counsel. This post, which investigates and takes positions on federal employee whistleblower allegations, has been vacant for over two years. I reported here last month about her confirmation hearing. Ms. Lerner has a ...
  • Dodd-Frank CLE Seminar on April 28th in Austin ...
    On April 28th, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center will host a seminar entitled "The NEW Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Reward Provisions" from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. (CST) in Austin, Texas.�The seminar is at the Radisson Hotel in Austin and is CLE-app ...
  • NWC Executive Director will hold an open forum ...
    On Sunday April 10, 2011, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center, will be available at 5:00 pm (EST) for an online chat forum at Firedoglake’s Book Salon. The topic of this book salon will be The Whistleblower’s Handbook. For two hours Mr. Kohn will be holding an ...

Science Express

  • Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
    If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
  • Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
    The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
  • After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
    Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
  • Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
    A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
  • New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
    (PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...

TechDirt

  • Targeted Advertising? Patented! Bunch Of Media ...
    Back in 2004, we wrote about a ridiculous patent (6,712,702), for a "method and system for playing games on a network." The guy behind the patent, Sheldon Goldberg, was claiming that a bunch of online solitaire games violated his patent. When the EFF launched its patent busting project, they w ...
  • BBC Journalist Admits He Took Out Super Injunction
    We've been discussing the ridiculously anti-free speech super injunctions in the UK, which block the press or anyone from reporting on certain things (even if factual). What's amazing is how frequently these seem to be used by famous people in the UK, basically, to avoid being embarrassed by th ...
  • Professional Photographers Find Massively Succ ...
    One of the most vocal groups of folks we've seen, when it comes to resisting the changing market dynamics brought about by digital technologies and the internet, is not the music or movie industries... but photographers. We've seen photographers compare microstock photo sites to pollution and d ...
  • Be Your Own Souvenir
    We've been interested in the potential legal implications of 3D printing for a while, but that shouldn't blind us to the fact that some of the natural uses of 3D printing can be pretty cool as well. There's something really remarkable about this new project, from blablabLAB, posted on Notcot, a ...
  • How Do The NY Times Paywall Results Compare To ...
    One of the oddities in the NY Times introducing its recent emperor's new paywall is the fact that the NYT already played this game and failed a few years ago. Back in 2006, over a year before the NYT finally realized this was a dumb idea, we had pointed out that it appeared its subscriber numbe ...

VacTruth

BroadSnark

  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Apologies in advance for any misspellings or nonsensical statements. Just got back from having a vat of margaritas with the girls. I have not mentioned the DC Anarchist Meetup in a while. There are now two regularly scheduled dates.  One of them is packing at the local Books to Prisons. If you l ...
  • Selling Social (In)Justice
    Last week, I was invited to an awards ceremony at the Kennedy Center. The event was put on by an organization called Vital Voices, an NGO that “trains and empowers emerging women leaders and social entrepreneurs around the globe, enabling them to create a better world for us all.” Sunitha Krishn ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Sorry for disappearing last week. My schedule has been hectic. I haven’t had too many days or nights off the last few weeks. Not enough time for reading and writing. I did; however, have time to go to the New York Anarchist Book Fair.  Aside from meeting with people I never get to see (or [...]
  • The Big Show
    Why do anarchists spend months organizing protests around events like the G20 or the IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings? I’ve heard some reasons over the years, but none of them are very convincing to me. Some people say that we need to publicly protest those institutions of power. Some say it is ab ...
  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Any of you going to be at the New York City Anarchist Book Fair this weekend?  I’ll be there. So here is some info from the Government Accountability Office.  In short, the DOD’s 1.68 trillion dollar weapons acquisitions programs are out of control and billions of dollars over budget.  Ahem. ...

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

Armies of Liberation

  • Injuries and fatalities in Yemen after anti-go ...
    In what may be the bloodiest day yet since anti-government protests broke out in Yemen two weeks ago, residents around Aden are reporting numerous fatalities as security forces opened fire on protesters in many districts throughout the day and evening Friday. Human Rights Watch issued a statemen ...
  • Game changer in Yemen as protests swell
    In Egypt and Tunisia, the stance of the military was pivotal in the success of popular uprisings; in Yemen, it may be the tribes that are the determining factor. Anti-government protests across Yemen show no signs of abating. In Taiz, Yemen’s largest governorate, many who arrived last Friday are ...
  • In Yemen, Many Protests, One Villain
    It was only sheer chance or serendipity perhaps that southern Yemen’s “Day of Rage” was scheduled for Friday, earning the #Feb11 hashtag on Twitter. The Southern Uprising Facebook page drew nearly two thousand members since its founding two weeks ago in a nation with 2 percent Internet penetrati ...
  • Novak: The Southern Leaders Don’t Practi ...
    My interview with the Aden News Agency Jane Novak⦠a name that has become coupled with Yemen, not Yemen that is known as it is known by those who doesn’t know it, but Yemen as it known by its people, with all its sorrows and economical, political and humanitarian setbacks, that are recognized b ...
  • Jane Novak Interview with Aden News Agency Arabic
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Dark Politricks

  • Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To ...
  • Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming ...
    Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace fo ...
  • Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Op ...
    Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircra ...
  • NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have ...
    John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve ...
  • Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal governmen ...
    Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll f ...

food and water watch

  • By: April
    Please read Blue Gold and When the Rivers Run Dry....I am officially against the majority of desalination due to the fact that all the water we have now is all the water we will EVER have!
  • By: Rich's coworker
    In an effort to de-spin your story, the real reason there were no muffins or treats of any sort was because the bearer of treats was absent, and had been gone for the past few days. Perhaps if you "wish real hard" again, parabens can turn into magical antioxidants that are part of a complete ...
  • By: Top 50 Global Food Security Blogs
    [...] Food and Water Watch: Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainable. [...]
  • By: Online Degree 30 Best Water Conservation Blogs
    [...] Food & Water Watch: The Food & Water Watch site advocates strong conservation measures, promoting policies that'll result in quality drinking water for everyone. [...]
  • By: Food and Water | Roland's Ramblings
    [...] would also like to suggest you go over to read the blog of Food & Water Watch. You should find that to be very [...]

treehugger

  • Share the Road (Cartoon)
    Click to enlarge "Share the Road" by Option-G This the latest in a series of daily cartoons on TreeHugger, exploring a variety of green themes and ideas through visual art....Read the full story on TreeHugger
  • How Throwing Stuff Away Makes You Frugal (and ...
    Image credit: Joe Shlabotnik, used under Creative Commons license. I've argued before that saving money makes us more mindful of our consumption. I've also made the case that reuse can quickly become hoarding, and that sometimes the best approach is to throw something away—or at least donat ...
  • Natural Nitrogen Ice Cream Tastes Good
    Photo: B. Alter Welcome to the chin chin laboratorists, Europe's only nitro ice-cream parlour. On first glance it looks like a mad scientist's lab, with figures in white coats at work and clouds of white gas appearing out of nowhere. They are using liquid nitrogen to make delicious creamy i ...
  • Real Birds Tweet on Twitter With a Peckable Ke ...
    In this era of high-speed internet, smartphones and social-networking, keeping in contact has never been easier -- but in being so plugged-in, we run the risk of losing touch with the beautiful sounds of the world around us. As a sort of tongue-and-cheek response to this and the growing popu ...
  • With Gas At 4 Bucks A Gallon, Who'll Un-Pimp ...
    "big engine, little car!" Image credit:Flicker, Stephen Bowler Five years back I wrote an Earth Day Plea to car makers of the world: "Un-Pimp My Ride", making the point that all we need is smaller engines to make a cost saving, quantum leap in mileage improvement. I was chastised, of cours ...

Biosingularity

  • Neuroscientists discover new ‘chemical p ...
    A team of neuroscientists at the University of Leicester, UK, in collaboration with researchers from Poland and Japan, has announced a breakthrough in the understanding of the ‘brain chemistry’ that triggers our response to highly stressful and traumatic events. The discovery of a critical and p ...
  • What’s your intestinal bacteria type?
    As partners in the international research consortium named MetaHit, scientists from the University of Copenhagen have contributed to show that an individual’s intestinal bacteria flora, regardless of nationality, gender and age, organises itself in certain clusters. The cluster of intestinal bac ...
  • MicroRNA mediates gene-diet interaction relate ...
    Eating more n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, commonly known as omega-3 fatty acids, may help carriers of a genetic variant on the perilipin 4 (PLIN4) gene locus lose weight more efficiently. Led by Jose M. Ordovas, PhD, director of the Nutrition and Genomics Laboratory at the USDA HNRCA, researc ...
  • Vegetarians May Have Lower Risk of Cataracts
    People who eat meat may be at increased risk of developing cataracts compared to vegetarians, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Oxford in England say vegetarians and vegans are 30% to 40% less likely to develop cataracts than people who eat a lot of meat. Other factors, such as ...
  • FDA Approves Roche’s HPV Test for Identi ...
    US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the cobas HPV (Human Papillomavirus) Test which identifies women at highest risk for developing cervical cancer. This test will help physicians make early, more accurate decisions about patient care, which may prevent many women from developing ...

CFACT

  • Power for the people
    You cannot champion the poor, but support anti-energy policies that perpetuate poverty.
  • Nuclear safety: Reactors that can't meltdown
    Nuclear power remains a vital power source for the future. The crisis in Japan underscores the needs to make these reactors as safe as possible. New technology shows us the way to reactors that remain stable even under a scenario as extreme as Japan's.
  • Welcome to the Third World
    Develop American energy - or say good-bye to jobs, revenue and modern living standards.
  • Fearing EPA's carbon tax
    The EPA is moving to impose tough limits on carbon emissions from the big power plants across the country - and then plans to screw the new carbon limits down tighter and tighter. Farmers’ fuel and electricity costs would go through the roof, along with everybody else’s.
  • More biofuels, more greenhouse gases
    A new study estimates that the world has more than 702 million hectares of marginal land suitable for growing biofuels, while another finds that plowing would release massive amounts of soil carbon - mostly as nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas 300 times as powerful as CO2.

Ria Novosti Online News

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

Pruning Shears

  • Weekend wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims. By the way, want to know why I link to the Iranian state news agency for drone reporting? Because it’s less biased than the New York Time ...
  • Weekend wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Army Spc. Joseph A. Kennedy, 25, of St. Paul, MN.Army Spc. Donald L. Nichols, 21, of Shell Rock, IA.Ar ...
  • 'No On SB 5': Upcoming events, 12-Apr-2011
    Lots coming up starting this weekend. OCSEA has a list of places to get training here. More details to come. For those near Shaker Heights:Thursday, April 145:00 - 7:00 pmShaker HeightsRally for Our RightsWhere: 12601 Shaker BoulevardOur Lady of Peace ChurchNorth side of Shaker Blvd just 4 bl ...
  • Weekend wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims. Some views from over there here, here and here. Just because we aren’t paying attention doesn’t mean no one else is.Combat operations ha ...
  • Microsoft Access imports and Kathy Nickolaus
    (Click on all images to enlarge.)Waukesha County Clerk Kathy Nickolaus (emph. added):On election night, all the people that were to bring in spreadsheets, they were given a spreadsheet template. They were asked not to change that template. When the city of Brookfield results came in on election ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Ramps: When is Local not Kosher?
    This spring more than a million plants of wild leek or ramps will be harvested and consumed by individuals, ramp festivals, and especially the culinary industry. Ramps are one of the first harbingers of spring in the forest and for wild food enthusiasts a special treat. Recent demand and consump ...
  • Food Rights Network to Hollywood: Stop Greenwa ...
    We have been investigating how, across the nation, sewage sludge is being dumped on farms and gardens, deceptively labeled as "organic compost," "natural fertilizer," or sometimes the PR term "biosolids." Our investigation has discovered that EMA has -- unknowingly -- made an alliance with a ...
  • THE SCOOP - April 2011 Organic Center Newsletter
    The April edition of the Organic Center Newsletter.Click here to read this article
  • Food Prices: World Bank Warns Millions Face Po ...
    The World Bank has warned that rising food prices, driven partly by rising fuel costs, are pushing millions of people into extreme poverty.Click here to read this article
  • Eliminating Packaged Foods Can Lower BPA Exposure
    The endocrine-disrupting chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) is in the news again following the release of a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives. This time it is good news. Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

  • Study on Drug-Resistant Staph and Store-Bought ...
    According to a recently published nationwide study of grocery store meats, the next time you handle a piece of meat or poultry bought at your local supermarket there is nearly a 50 percent chance that it will be carrying drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Staph). The Translational Genomics Re ...
  • U.S. Dept. of the Interior among 2,000 Sodexo ...
    The Meatless Monday campaign just gained America’s protector of natural resources and heritage as one of its latest supporters. The U.S. Department of the Interior is one of Sodexo’s more than 2,000 corporate and government clients, which the food service giant encouraged to adopt its Meatless M ...
  • Corn Panic
    By Dr. Dennis Keeney, Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future The USDA 2011 Prospective Plantings Report was one of the most anticipated planting reports in several years. It came on the heels of a shocking Grain Stocks Report issued last month, which showed that corn stocks ...
  • Calling all Farmers: Baltimore Accepting Appl ...
    This spring, something new is sprouting up in Baltimore. In the coming months, small-scale farm plots will be allocated to local farmers —an initiative aimed at filling vacant city-owned lots, encouraging community development, improving neighborhoods and increasing access to healthy food. La ...
  • 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 ...

Norwegianity

  • Game, set and 2012
    Obama’s releasing the original “long form” birth certificate today. Modern day Republicans really are the stupidest people on earth. Having hanged George Bush’s massive deficit and two-war fuckup around Obama’s neck, they gave 2012 away with crazy aunt-in-the-attic candidates, napkin-based econo ...
  • Troy ounces: the Achilles heel of the right
    Still weening myself off my Google Reader RSS subs (again) and there are a few stories that amply illustrate why I can’t keep aggregating about fools and liars. You may remember Jerry Kane. He and his stepson shot it out with Arkansas cops last year, not that that had anything to do with militia ...
  • I’m back
    I’m back, but I’m not back. As it turns out, a couple weeks off was more than time enough to ween me off the intertubes. I wish I could say I lost my anger in the process, but today’s Toles explains why that’s not possible. The worst people in the world have doubled down on [...]
  • Merry Easter
  • What the clerk barfed up
    Very 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 ...

Public News Service

  • History Lessons for Social Security And Medicare?
    History Lessons for Social Security And Medicare? Phoenix, AZ – As Congress prepares to take-up the future of Social Security and Medicare, a look at the history of the systems is useful, according to Mark Schmitt, a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, former editor at The American Prospec ...
  • It's Screen-Free Week – Dare You Look Away?
    It's Screen-Free Week – Dare You Look Away? Phoenix, AZ – Arizonans are being urged to turn off TVs, video games and hand-held devices this week in an effort to make families aware of how much time is spent with electronic entertainment instead of physical activity and face-to-face human interac ...
  • Sniffling Season in Arizona: Allergy or Cold?
    Sniffling Season in Arizona: Allergy or Cold? Phoenix, AZ – Is it a cold or seasonal allergies? That’s a question many Arizona parents face this time of year when their little ones are sniffling and sneezing. Experts say it’s crucial to know what you are dealing with in order to properly treat i ...
  • AZ Programs Boost Energy Efficiency; More Work ...
    AZ Programs Boost Energy Efficiency; More Work Remains Phoenix, AZ - A new study finds the United States falling behind in clean energy investments, just as Arizona is becoming a more energy-efficient state. Some say there's room for the Grand Canyon State to become more of a leader. Comments fr ...
  • AZ Kids and Toddlers Keep "Backseat View"
    AZ Kids and Toddlers Keep "Backseat View" Phoenix, AZ – New guidelines will change the way Arizona children ride in a car. The American Academy of Pediatrics is suggesting toddlers stay in rear-facing car seats until at least the age of two and all children remain in the backseat until age 13. ...

Center for Food Safety

  • CFS and Deepak Chopra–Watch Live Today!
    Genetically engineered (GE) alfalfa has recently been approved by the USDA, even though significant questions remain concerning its effects on consumers and the environment, and the serious contamination risks it poses to non-GMO and organic farmers and to our food supply. In light of this decis ...
  • 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- ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • Invasive Notes: An Invasive Response to Mother ...
    Invasive Notes: An Invasive Response to Mother Nature’s Melting Pot A purposely emotion-ladened essay 'Mother Nature's Melting Pot' [New York Times April 2011] that purports to connect invasion biology to extreme political agenda was recently published by the New York Times in what must only be ...
  • Newark Man Denies Killing Malcolm X - Black Unity
    Newark Man Denies Killing Malcolm X - Black Unity Al-Mustafa Shabazz, above in this 2004 file photo, is named as the chief assassin of Malcolm X in the book "Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention" by Columbia University professor Manning Marable. A lawyer representing Al-Mustafa Shabazz today disp ...
  • Now That Rape Matters in Africa...
    Please Note: This editorial was written before Ms. al-Obeidi was released. Raw Replay has a brief story about her First on-camera interview who they describe as a 'Libyan rape victim' without the 'alleged' added as is done with Black African women and others not politically valuable to the inter ...
  • ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba
    ei: Israel criminalizes commemoration of the Nakba: "A bill was passed by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) last week which calls on the government to deny funding to any organization, institution or municipality that commemorates the founding of the Israeli state as a day of mourning. The bill h ...
  • Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Rad ...
    Leonard Weinglass dies at 78 | Free Speech Radio News: "“People’s defense” lawyer Leonard Weinglass has died. Born in 1933, he spent decades championing civil rights and representing prominent activists including Mumia Abu Jamal, Angela Davis, Jane Fonda and Daniel Ellsberg.� Weinglass contin ...

Pensieve

  • More on Egypt
    Reading 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 Tonight
    Related 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 Llorens
    I’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 ...
  • Magnificent
    This 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. [ ...

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