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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.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

1 June - RSS SnapShot! Pt I

To Do

renewable recycling conservation
Valero venture proceeding with construction of renewable fuel facility
Bizjournals.com
- Jun 01, 2011
- 1 hour ago
A Valero Energy Corp. subsidiary will provide financing for the planned construction of a renewable diesel facility in Norco, La. Diamond Green Diesel LLC, a joint venture between Valero (NYSE: VLO) and Darling International Inc. (NYSE: DAR), ...
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PNM faces showdown with regulators: record in renewable energy questioned
Carlsbad Current Argus
- May 31, 2011
- 13 hours ago
By Milan Simonich SANTA FE — New Mexico's largest electricity company faces a showdown this week with state regulators over how little renewable energy it produces. Jason Marks, a member of the state Public Regulation Commission, on Tuesday said ...
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Cross-industry Project Management Practices
RenewableEnergyWorld.com
- Jun 01, 2011
- 3 hours ago
By Kish Khemani, Neal Walters and Patrick Haischer, AT Kearney Lessons can be learned from successes in large and complex projects outside the renewable energy industry. Tulsa, OK, USA -- Growth in power generation from renewable energy sources is ...
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ZeaChem, Procter & Gamble partner for renewable chemicals production
Biofuels Digest
- Jun 01, 2011
- 4 hours ago
In Colorado, ZeaChem announced a binding multi-year joint development agreement with Procter & Gamble. The agreement will accelerate development of ZeaChem's product platform beyond C2 through the commercialization of “drop-in” bio-based chemicals and ...
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Human Habitat

ecology water energy
Global Ecology Announces Development of Fertilizer Production Facilities
Marketwire (press release)
- Jun 01, 2011
- 1 hour ago
Global Ecology CEO Peter Ubaldi said, "We are proud to be associated with Castleberry, Fort Deposit and White Hall. These communities have given us the opportunity to bring our process to the US and we will help them create new jobs and substantial ...
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Azim Premji: The business of ecology
Moneycontrol.com
- Jun 01, 2011
- 4 hours ago
The multiple debates over ecology are bound to be the defining issues of humanity over the next few decades. This would drive both risks and opportunities. Smart companies know that an improvement in ecology will determine economic sustainability. ...
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Boise's US Ecology — Cleaning up in the waste industry
IdahoStatesman.com
- Jun 01, 2011
- 10 hours ago
Boise's US Ecology cashes in on hazardous and low-level nuclear waste generated by America's growing economy. US Ecology Idaho transfers hazardous material that has arrived by rail into trucks at a transfer station in Mayfield southeast of Boise. ...
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Fashawn Explains Bart Simpson Metaphor & Title Of New Album, "The Ecology"
HipHopDX
- Jun 01, 2011
- 2 hours ago
by Salima Koroma Fash breaks down his affinity for the animated figure, and explains the title of his sophomore effort, The Ecology. With one album under his belt (2009's Boy Meets World) and a second one set to drop this year, young lyricist Fashawn ...
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Water Power

water floods pollution
Colorado Supreme Court affirms water court ruling
Forbes
- Jun 01, 2011
- 1 hour ago
AP , 06.01.11, 10:49 AM EDT DENVER -- The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday affirmed a water court's ruling over water rights being sought to serve about 50000 people in Arapahoe County. As part of a project with the East Cherry Creek Valley Water and ...
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Dem blasts cuts in 2012 energy, water appropriations bill
The Hill (blog)
- Jun 01, 2011
- 59 minutes ago
By Erik Wasson - 06/01/11 11:22 AM ET The House Appropriations Committee released its draft energy and water bill for 2012 and ranking member Rep. Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) says the bill risks flooding and the ability of the US to wean itself from foreign ...
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Lawn care leads to water warning in Somerset
Boston Globe
- Jun 01, 2011
- 2 hours ago
Residents are being told not to drink tap water for the next few days, because hydro-seeding material has contaminated the water supply, said Robert Lima, superintendent of the Somerset Water Department. A hydro-seeding company hooked up to a fire ...
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Sports Drinks or Water?
KVUE
- Jun 01, 2011
- 12 minutes ago
It seems that these sports drinks are now the third fastest growing beverage category in the US, after energy drinks and bottled water. Many of these beverages are being marketed towards children and teens for a big variety of inappropriate uses. ...
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The Intelligence Daily

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant to join na ...
    Summary: Bushehr ReactorTEHRAN, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi said Tuesday that his country is getting ready to connect Bushehr nuclear power plant to the national grid in one month, the official IRNA news agency reported. source: China Viewread more
  • Iran to host nuclear disarmament confaerence
    Summary: Iran has announced it will host another two-day conference in the capital, Tehran, to unite efforts for the nuclear disarmament across the globe. source: PressTVread more
  • Hands off Venezuela!
    Summary: SheehanAs citizens of the United States, we unequivocally reject this latest attempt of our administration to demonize the Venezuelan government and undermine the vibrant democracy of the Venezuelan people. The Venezuelan government of Hugo Chavez has already been victim of a coup d ...
  • Obama and Cameron must break this addiction to war
    Summary: Obama and Cameron have let themselves become trapped in a lethal military embrace, one that has failed to deliver peace in Iraq or security in Afghanistan. It has destabilised Pakistan and spread al-Qaida's influence. It has killed hundreds of thousands of people to no one's obvious ...
  • US Accuses Iran of ‘Aiding’ Syria Crackdown
    Summary: According to the Washington Post, the Obama Administration is accusing the Iranian government of involvement in Syria’s violent Countdown against pro-democracy protesters. The claims were provided by anonymous administration officials. source: Antiwar.comread more

The Daily Galaxy

  • The Milky Way is Stalked by Phantom Black Hole ...
    Could the Milky Way be full of phantom, planet devouring black holes and billions of rogue, solitary planets? It looks that way. A recent simulation of black holes merger revealed that there could be literally hundreds of rogue black holes...
  • The Milky Way is Stalked by Phantom Black Hole ...
    Could the Milky Way be full of phantom, planet devouring black holes and billions of rogue, solitary planets? It looks that way. A recent simulation of black holes merger revealed that there could be literally hundreds of rogue black holes...
  • "The Human Species Will One Day Migrate to a P ...
    Like many physicists, Michio Kaku thinks our universe will end in a "big freeze." However, unlike many physicists, he thinks we might be able to avoid this fate by slipping into a parallel universe. "i One of the most fascinating...
  • "The Human Species Will One Day Migrate to a P ...
    Like many physicists, Michio Kaku thinks our universe will end in a "big freeze." However, unlike many physicists, he thinks we might be able to avoid this fate by slipping into a parallel universe. "i One of the most fascinating...
  • The Mars' "Methane Debate" - Biology or Geolo ...
    It's NASA's Ames Reserach Center vs the Goddard Space Fight Center. It's methane on Mars as a potential sign of biology vs methane on Mars as an Earth' based illusion. The evidence for methane on Mars may actually be due...

Natural News

  • Australia shuns GM canola in response to consu ...
    (NaturalNews) The biotechnology industry and its lackeys in the US government may be getting away with pulling a fast one on the American people, but citizens across Europe and in Australia continue to resist the onslaught of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in their food supply. A recent r ...
  • Psych drug doctors now pushing to add lithium ...
    (NaturalNews) Chlorine, fluoride, and the various other chemical poisons already added to the nation's drinking water supplies are apparently not enough for the self-appointed experts whose insatiable lust to force-medicate the world is never satisfied. A recent report in The Daily offers creden ...
  • Maybe you aren't doomed to cancer or other dis ...
    (NaturalNews) Countless people have had regular expensive testings and even organs removed because, based on genetic testing, they've been told they are sure to get cancer. Think about women having breasts amputated to avoid breast cancer in the future, for example. Others live a life of worry a ...
  • Join massive dance protest this Saturday at Je ...
    (NaturalNews) Organized by Adam Kokesh, the host of Adam vs. the Man on RT America (www.RT.com/usa), a dance protest last Saturday attracted dozens of people who engaged in silent dancing inside the hall of the Jefferson Memorial. But even as they swayed in silence, the D.C. police viciously ass ...
  • Land around Fukushima now radioactive dead zon ...
    (NaturalNews) It is nothing short of astonishing that the nuclear catastrophe we've all been told was "no big deal" has now escalated into the worst nuclear disaster in the history of human civilization. It's so bad now that soil samples taken from outside the 12-mile exclusion zone (the zone co ...

Threat Level

  • Second Defense Contractor L-3 ‘Actively Targe ...
    An executive at defense giant L-3 Communications warned employees last month that hackers were targeting the company using inside information on the SecurID keyfob system freshly stolen from an acknowledged breach at RSA Security. The L-3 attack makes the company the second hacker target linked ...
  • Internet Researchers Decry DNS-Filtering Legis ...
    Internet-security researchers are saying Senate antipiracy legislation that would dramatically increase the government’s legal power to disrupt and shutter websites dedicated to infringing activity “raises serious technical and security concerns.” In a white paper published this month, the resea ...
  • Hacktivists Scorch PBS in Retaliation for Wiki ...
    A hacker group unhappy with PBS Frontline’s hour-long documentary on WikiLeaks has hit back at the Public Broadcasting System by cracking its servers, posting thousands of stolen passwords, and adding a fake news story to a blog belonging to the august PBS Newshour. On Sunday night, visitors to ...
  • Hangover Tattoo Lawsuit: Can You Copyright Flesh?
    An esoteric debate has surfaced in the legal flap over a tattoo appearing on a character in the Thursday movie release of The Hangover: Part II. It surrounds the question of whether a work first rendered on the human body can be copyright. The nation’s top cited copyright scholar, David Nimmer, ...
  • Patriot Act Signing Just the Latest in Autopen ...
    Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that’s an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • Republicans Play Debt Ceiling Joke on Themselves
    On Tuesday, grandstanding House Republicans will hold a vote on a so-called "clean bill" to raise the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. Despite his party having voted seven times to double the debt limit while President Bush sat in the Oval Office, Majority Leader Eric Cantor has promised t ...
  • This Memorial Day, Let's Pay for Our Wars
    On Memorial Day, Americans in big cities, small towns and rural communities commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. As President Obama spoke at a solemn ceremony of remembrance at Arlington National Cemetery, blogs left and right fittingly asked their readers to send ...
  • GOP Medicare Killers Now Pretend to Be Saviors
    After their debacle in the New York special election last week, Republicans promised to improve the marketing of Paul Ryan's plan to privatize and ration Medicare. We now know what that new and improved message will be. As one Republican aide regurgitated the new GOP sound bite, "We want to sa ...
  • The Republican Job Creators Myth
    On Thursday, John Boehner and the House Republican leadership team unveiled their "Plan for America's Job Creators." As he repeatedly made clear before the Economic Club of New York and again on CBS Face the Nation, Boehner's "job creators" are the top two percent of income earners whose Bush t ...
  • With Friends Like These, Israel Doesn't Need E ...
    It's official: the perpetual Republican campaign to peel off Jewish voters from the Democratic Party has gone from the ridiculous to the sublime. After positive statements from AIPAC and the ADL which "commended President Barack Obama for his statement of U.S. priorities in the Middle East," Il ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • Wikipedia:Culture jamming - Global Warming Art
    The following article is a local copy of the Wikipedia article at Culture jamming. The text is licensed under CC-BY-SA and was copied on March 24, 2011 at 16:18. ...
  • Culture Jamming
    Culture Jamming on WN Network delivers the latest Videos and Editable pages for News & Events, including Entertainment, Music, Sports, Science and ...
  • Culture Jamming - tribe.net
    Adbusting, culture jamming, billboard liberation, sampling, copyright infringement and other (often illegal) art.
  • Station Ident
    (Melissa Dowell)
  • Israel’s Operational Plan to Attack the Freedo ...
    Dandelion Salad by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research May 31, 2011 Israel is involved in advanced preparations to attack the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. The commando attack is scheduled to take place in international waters. A detailed operational plan to be implemented by the Israeli navy has be ...

Consortium News

  • America's Need for a 'Public Good'
    America's Christian churches have failed to provide moral leadership on behalf of a "public good," observes Rev. Howard Bess. May 7, 2011
  • The Curious Bush/Bin Laden Symbiosis
    George W. Bush engaged in a feckless eight-year pursuit of Osama bin Laden while using him for a political edge, says Robert Parry. May 7, 2011
  • The Anti-War Message of Mother's Day
    The first Mother's Day wasn't a sentimental celebration of moms; it was a fierce call to end the horrors of war, writes Gary G. Kohls. May 8, 2011
  • US Policy Still Misreads the Middle East
    By focusing on the how of "targeted killings," not the why of Muslim anger, U.S. runs the risk of endless war, warns Lawrence Davidson. May 9, 2011
  • Post-Bin Laden Peace Hopes Dim
    U.S. demands for an Afghan "footprint" dims hopes that Osama bin Laden's death had opened a path to peace, reports Gareth Porter. May 9, 2011

CounterPunch

Institute for Middle East Understanding

  • Does Netanyahu want peace? (Fareed Zakaria, CNN)
  • Rafah: a return to the status quo? (Laila El- ...
    Palestinians from the West Bank or East Jerusalem and Palestinians in refugees camps outside the Occupied Palestinian territories...are all still not allowed passage to Gaza through Rafah. Additionally, according to the NGO Gisha, the expansion does not appear to include passage of goods, which ...
  • Settlers torch farmland south of Nablus (Ma'a ...
    Villagers south of Nablus reported seeing dozens of settlers Monday evening, and watched as they set fire to plots of agricultural lands near Madama, an official said. Settlement moni ...
  • Israeli settlers emboldened by Netanyahu's US ...
    The leader of Israel's most right-wing government since the establishment of the state 63 years ago, has returned to Israel with his popularity surging since talks with US President B ...
  • Police use stun guns on solidarity protesters ...
    A demonstration against the settler takeover of East Jerusalem was held in the neighborhood of Ras al-Amud Friday afternoon. The demonstration was organized by members of the Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity group, an Israeli led nonviolent protest movement based in Jerusalem. Days before the demonstrat ...

Water - AlterNet

Public Citizen in Texas

  • Nuclear Power taking a dive in Europe
    Last week, the seven-member Federal Council of Switzerland called for the decommissioning of the country’s five nuclear power reactors and development of new energy sources to replace them. The recommendation will be debated in the Swiss parliament, which is expected to make a final decision nex ...
  • Save on Appliances This Weekend During the ENE ...
    If you have been thinking about a new appliance, this weekend is a good time to get one, just remember to look for the energy star label and you will save dollars now and for the life of the unit. Something new for you that will help preserve our scarce resources and some cash at [...]
  • Yesterday Texans made their voices heard, defe ...
    Yesterday, Texans from across the state made their voices heard in the Texas state house by calling their state senators and asking them to stand up to  industry’s power play to pollute at will.  On Tuesday night, Rep. Dennis Bonnen (HB 25, Angleton), offered an amendment on SB 875 that woul ...
  • “Clean Energy” Bank Bill would enable unlimite ...
    SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER “CLEAN ENERGY” BANK BILL MAY 26, 2011 ACT NOW TO BLOCK “CEDA”! The Senate Energy Committee is scheduled to consider today–May 26, 2011–a bill establishing a new “clean energy” bank called the Clean Energy Development Administration (CEDA). Unfortunately, this ...
  • SB 875 – BAD BILL ALERT: Call your Rep now!!
    Bad Bill Alert Vote NO on SB 875 The House passed on 2nd reading a bill which would give polluters a shield against being sued for nuisance over their greenhouse gas emissions. Unfortunately, greenhouse gases include all sorts of bad pollution, like methane, and even the pollutants that cause sm ...

Unexplained Mysteries

Grassroots

  • AIPAC: Dangerous for Jews and Other Living Things
    Over the last couple of days official Washington has been abuzz with what President Obama said, and didn't say, about the 1967 borders between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The president didn't say anything that hasn't been official U.S. policy under both Republican and Democr ...
  • Indigenous Farmers Hostage in Guatemala -- Eco ...
    � In this third blog of the Field Notes series, Grassroots� Program Coordinator for Latin America Saulo Araújo analyzes the situation in which Guatemala�s indigenous Mayans are facing fear and despair in their own land. Saulo is currently visiting partners and ally organizations in Central Ameri ...
  • Gaza Diaries: Leaving a Legacy of Seeds
    gaza_seed_bank.jpg RAFAH, Gaza—I’m sitting around a table at the Rural Women’s Development Society (RWDS) near the Gaza Strip’s southernmost border with a group of women discussing grassroots agricultural initiatives and drinking sugary sa ...
  • Peasant women learn to fight for their land ri ...
    el_estribo_womens_group.jpg This is second blog in the Field Notes series. Read the first one here. Grassroots’ Program Coordinator for Latin America Saulo Araújo is reporting as he visits partners and allies in Central America.read more
  • Al-Nakba demonstrations experience violence
    Below is an article from Grassroots International�s ally, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, outlining actions planned for the commemoration of the 63rd�anniversary of the Nakba on May 15, 2011. Al-Nakba, which means �the catastrophe� in Arabic, commemorates the day in 1948 on which ...

Climate

  • Climate Change Confounds Kenya’s Traditional H ...
    Source:� AlertNet An unprecedented drought is destroying the livelihoods of communities across northern Kenya, among them traditional healers and medicine men, who are at a loss to know how to respond.
  • Female Fish Develop 'Testes' in Gulf Dead Zone
    Source:� National Geographic A low-oxygen "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico is causing sexual deformities in fish, a new study says.
  • France Pledges Aid for Drought-Hit Farmers
    Source:� Reuters France's government will pay out several hundred million euros in aid to compensate farmers for losses caused by a drought that cut supplies of animal feed for livestock breeders, Agriculture Minister Bruno Le ...
  • 20 Former World Leaders Discuss Looming Water ...
    Source:� AFP Twenty former heads of state, including Bill Clinton, warned Tuesday of an impending "water crisis" and agreed to establish a panel that will tackle a worldwide leadership gap on the issue. �
  • EU Energy Plan Threatens Carbon Billions
    Source:� Reuters The Europe Union's carbon market could be flooded with excess pollution permits over the next decade, cutting prices in half and depriving governments of billions in budgeted revenues, EU sources say.

GreenBiz

Reuters Global

Booman Tribune

  • Speculators Never Manipulate Gas Prices, Right?
    The financial services industry (please, do not call what they produce financial products, please), and particularly those who deal in the commodities markets (you know, stuff like pork belly futures and concentrated orange juice futures -- and oh, oh, what's another good example? -- oil and gas ...
  • House Fails to Raise Debt Limit
    There was a weird roll call on the bill to raise the debt limit with no strings attached. The bill failed 97-318, with seven voting 'present' in protest. Most progressives, but by no means all, voted in the affirmative. Some centrists and Blue Dogs joined them. Pelosi voted against. I'm not ...
  • There Can Be No Savior
    Last week, Sarah Palin announced a bus tour of America and managed to get her name splashed all across the nation's headlines...again. But, if the Republicans are despondent about their presidential candidates, Palin's entrance into the race would do nothing to alleviate that feeling of gloom. ...
  • Treating the Economy as a Joke
    Sometime today, the House Republicans will hold a vote on whether or not to raise the debt limit with no strings attached, as the Obama administration has requested. The idea is to prove to the administration that the health of the global economy is now a hostage to the GOP's extreme demands fo ...
  • Minn. Gov. Vetos GOP Voter Suppression Law
    Finally, some good news on the Republican voter suppression front. The unnecessary Voter ID law (unnecessary because actual cases of "voter fraud" are essentially non-existent) passed by the Minnesota Legislature was vetoed by Governor Mark Dayton yesterday. (Reuters) - Democratic Minnesota ...

European Tribune

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 ...

Therapy News

  • New Research Provides Link between Anesthesia, ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Researchers have discovered a possible link between anesthesia and ADHD. According to a new study, young children and infants who receive anesthesia may be at a greater risk of developing learning disabilities and cognitive impairment than children who do not rece ...
  • New Research Provides Link between Anesthesia, ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Researchers have discovered a possible link between anesthesia and ADHD. According to a new study, young children and infants who receive anesthesia may be at a greater risk of developing learning disabilities and cognitive impairment than children who do not rece ...
  • Family Time
    By Kelly Sanders, MFT, Child & Adolescent Issues Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Kelly and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile My son’s grandparents are out here visiting and it’s been great. We have done a lot of things, and some things that I really did not want to take a 3 month ...
  • Facing Reality of Chronic Illness and Disability
    By Helena Madsen, MA Chronic Illness/Disability Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Helena and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Are you ill with some chronic condition but refuse to acknowledge it? Do you attempt to maintain all semblance of normalcy despite the obvious physical and ...
  • Those Living in Stroke Belt at Higher Risk for ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline It has long been established that people living in the “Stroke Belt”, which includes Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Indiana, Mississippi, Kentucky, Louisiana, South Carolina and North Carolina, are at an increased risk for stroke. Now, a new study, suggests that they ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • Emmylou Harris, Naomi Judd Speak Out Against M ...
    New York Observer Emmylou Harris, Naomi Judd Speak Out Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock Mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining is pretty nasty business, and Alabama-born country/folk legend Emmylou Harris wants you to know about it. So does country singer N ...
  • Emmylou Harris, Naomi Judd Speak Out Against M ...
    New York Observer Emmylou Harris, Naomi Judd Speak Out Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Crawdaddy! The Magazine of Rock Mountaintop removal (MTR) coal mining is pretty nasty business, and Alabama-born country/folk legend Emmylou Harris wants you to know about it. So does country singer N ...
  • RFK Jr. film 'The Last Mountain' aims to make ...
    Bay Area Indymedia RFK Jr. film 'The Last Mountain' aims to make mountaintop removal in W.Va. a ... Washington Post A documentary hitting theaters from New York to Los Angeles in June aims to make the American public care about mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Environmental attorn ...
  • RFK Jr. film 'The Last Mountain' aims to make ...
    Bay Area Indymedia RFK Jr. film 'The Last Mountain' aims to make mountaintop removal in W.Va. a ... Washington Post A documentary hitting theaters from New York to Los Angeles in June aims to make the American public care about mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Environmental attorn ...
  • 'Last' mines human tragedy - Variety
    Variety 'Last' mines human tragedy Variety By focusing not only on environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. but also on a group of West Virginia residents as they try to stop coal companies from the process of mountaintop removal, he intends to personalize the issue of coal and its impact on ... ...

Memeorandum

  • Palin to Visit S.C. as Part of Early-State Tri ...
    Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics: Palin to Visit S.C. as Part of Early-State Trifecta  —  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will visit the first-in-the-South primary state of South Carolina later this month as part of her nationwide bus tour, RealClearPolitics has learned.  ...
  • Palin to Visit S.C. as Part of Early-State Tri ...
    Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics: Palin to Visit S.C. as Part of Early-State Trifecta  —  JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will visit the first-in-the-South primary state of South Carolina later this month as part of her nationwide bus tour, RealClearPolitics has learned.  ...
  • Recipients of civil union license: 'We wanted ...
    Chicago Tribune: Recipients of civil union license: ‘We wanted to make a statement’  —  (E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune / June 1, 2011)  —  Cook County has issued its first civil union license, launching a historic day for same-sex couples across the state.  —  Janean Watkins and Lakeesha ...
  • Obama Recovery Still Feeble After Two Years (I ...
    Investor's Business Daily: Obama Recovery Still Feeble After Two Years  —  Economy: Without a lot of fanfare, the Obama economic recovery officially turned 2 this month.  Anyone think we're better off than we were two years ago?  —  On Tuesday, a trio of reports gave fresh evidence that the ans ...
  • Andrew Brietbart To CNN: I Don't Trust Rep. We ...
    Colby Hall / Mediaite: Andrew Brietbart To CNN: I Don't Trust Rep. Weiner's Lawyers To Exonerate Anyone  —  Andrew Breitbart appeared on CNN this afternoon to discuss the strange story that has come to be known as “Weinergate.”  For the uninitiated, a lewd image was sent to a young follower in ...

Energy & Environment News

5+ quakes - 7 days

  • M 5.1, Bio-Bio, Chile
    Wednesday, June 1, 2011 13:47:28 UTCWednesday, June 1, 2011 09:47:28 AM at epicenterDepth: 17.10 km (10.63 mi)
  • M 5.1, Bio-Bio, Chile
    Wednesday, June 1, 2011 13:47:28 UTCWednesday, June 1, 2011 09:47:28 AM at epicenterDepth: 17.10 km (10.63 mi)
  • M 6.4, offshore Bio-Bio, Chile
    Wednesday, June 1, 2011 12:55:21 UTCWednesday, June 1, 2011 08:55:21 AM at epicenterDepth: 15.10 km (9.38 mi)
  • M 6.4, offshore Bio-Bio, Chile
    Wednesday, June 1, 2011 12:55:21 UTCWednesday, June 1, 2011 08:55:21 AM at epicenterDepth: 15.10 km (9.38 mi)
  • M 5.0, Vanuatu
    Wednesday, June 1, 2011 02:30:31 UTCWednesday, June 1, 2011 01:30:31 PM at epicenterDepth: 75.30 km (46.79 mi)

China Dialogue

  • Bhutan’s modern face
    Thimphu, the fast-developing capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan, is one of the cities most vulnerable to climate change in the world. But it is unprepared for the crisis, reports Dawa T Wangchuk.Over the past few decades, Thimphu – the capital of Bhutan – has transformed from a beautiful little to ...
  • The dead rivers of Kathmandu
    Urban sprawl is driving a deepening water crisis in Nepal’s capital. Ramesh Prasad Bhushal reports from the Kathmandu valley as part of a chinadialogue series on urbanisation in the Himalayas.Editor’s note: today, continuing a special series on urbanisation in the Himalayas, chinadialogue presen ...
  • Grit on the grasslands
    It’s sandstorm season and on the plains of northern China, herders are suffering. Shu Ni recalls a personal encounter with Inner Mongolia’s “desert winds”.It’s springtime and, in Beijing, the sandy winds are back again, blown down from the country’s far north. Six hundred kilometres from the Chi ...
  • In the sand, a peek at the future
    Solar power, magnetic cars and a “smart” digital energy grid. The first phase of Masdar City – the highly touted zero-carbon project in Abu Dhabi’s desert – is complete. John Vidal pays a visit.A dusty construction site on the edge of an Arabian desert is an unlikely place for a model of green l ...
  • Averting a nightmare on the Nu
    Once-defeated plans to build a cascade of dams on China’s Nu River are regaining momentum. Katy Yan took a journey to Yunnan to find out what’s at stake.The Nu River valley in Yunnan province – known as China’s Grand Canyon – sits at the epicentre of China’s seismic zone. This dramatic landscape ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Stanley Crouch Channels David Horowitz and Att ...
    Is the enemy of my enemy my friend? Neatly tied together here, Stanley Crouch has chimed in on Cornel West’s critique of Barack Obama. Interestingly, Grimace look alike Stanley Crouch defends Obama and the “blackademics” against West’s charges that the President’s policies are contrary to the go ...
  • Right-wing Focus on the Family’s Chillin ...
    Written by Vyckie Garrison of No Longer Quivering for RHRealityCheck.org – News, commentary and community for reproductive health and justice. So ~ the “refocus” of FOTF is shifting away from opposing same-sex marriage and instead focusing on making it more difficult to obtain a divorce. Does an ...
  • NOM’s methods of ‘defending marria ...
    Brian Brown of the National Organization for Marriage claims that his organization wants a respectful discussion as to the merits of being against marriage equality. However based on the actions of NOM – and the organizations it is partnering with in New York and Minnesota – one can’t help bu ...
  • How I Went to Kenya, and Had to Re-Learn How t ...
    Adapting to life in Kenya means adapting to an environment where it is harder to be a good environmentalist.
  • 1,500 Broken Promises from Afghanistan War Backers
    With Memorial Day coming up, we should take a moment to consider something that’s gone largely unremarked in the mainstream media: more than 1,500 troops have now died in a war the American people oppose. That’s a national tragedy, and it’s one Congress can mitigate by demanding a date certain f ...

Threat Level

  • Second Defense Contractor L-3 ‘Actively Targe ...
    An executive at defense giant L-3 Communications warned employees last month that hackers were targeting the company using inside information on the SecurID keyfob system freshly stolen from an acknowledged breach at RSA Security. The L-3 attack makes the company the second hacker target linked ...
  • Internet Researchers Decry DNS-Filtering Legis ...
    Internet-security researchers are saying Senate antipiracy legislation that would dramatically increase the government’s legal power to disrupt and shutter websites dedicated to infringing activity “raises serious technical and security concerns.” In a white paper published this month, the resea ...
  • Hacktivists Scorch PBS in Retaliation for Wiki ...
    A hacker group unhappy with PBS Frontline’s hour-long documentary on WikiLeaks has hit back at the Public Broadcasting System by cracking its servers, posting thousands of stolen passwords, and adding a fake news story to a blog belonging to the august PBS Newshour. On Sunday night, visitors to ...
  • Hangover Tattoo Lawsuit: Can You Copyright Flesh?
    An esoteric debate has surfaced in the legal flap over a tattoo appearing on a character in the Thursday movie release of The Hangover: Part II. It surrounds the question of whether a work first rendered on the human body can be copyright. The nation’s top cited copyright scholar, David Nimmer, ...
  • Patriot Act Signing Just the Latest in Autopen ...
    Minutes before midnight, after a landslide House vote of 250-153, President Obama signed legislation backing a four-year extension on the controversial USA PATRIOT Act. (Did you know that’s an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept ...

Equality Trust

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    Action for Happiness is a new movement for positive social change, founded by Richard Layard, Geoff Mulgan and Anthony Seldon.   They aim to bring together people from all walks of life who want to play a part in creating a happier society for everyone. Their vision of a better future in ...
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  • The Wrong Cure - alternatives to the cuts
    The False Economy website is an excellent and still-developing resource exploring the alternatives to cuts. False Economy includes: a discussion of why the cuts are not progressive details of campaign actions a comprehensive further reading list ... and this short film [youtube:ynUCYo ...

PDA AMERICA

  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.â–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. IntroductionsâDr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer MovementâKatie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchio, Healthcare ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Sha ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • Pulsed Field Gel Electrophoresis Pattern of E. ...
    The current EHEC O104:H4, causing a severe outbreak in Germany (May 2011), is microbiologically characterized as follows (1) (27.5.2011; updated 30.5.2011): Shigatoxin 1: - (negative), Shigatoxin 2 (vtx2a): + (positive), Intimin (eae): - (negative), Enterohemolysin: - (negative) EaggEC Virulen ...
  • What do Slugs have to do with the European E. ...
    A well-done and comprehensive article on Der Spiegel online by Veronika Hackenbroch, Samiha Shafy and Frank Thadeusz confirmed a few things but also raised more questions. By the numbers: This E. coli O104:H4 outbreak is the third largest that I have found (behind Japan’ E. coli O157:H7 outbre ...
  • Blood Money and Executions as Safe Food Incentives
    According to UAE News Reports, the Dubai Court of Appeal stiffened the sentence against the doctor, restaurant cook and supervisor and the restaurant, all of whom were convicted guilty for causing the death of D’Souza’s two children. Five-year-old Nathan D'Souza and his seven-year-old sister, C ...
  • Blood Money and Executions as Safe Food Incentives
    According to UAE News Reports, the Dubai Court of Appeal stiffened the sentence against the doctor, restaurant cook and supervisor and the restaurant, all of whom were convicted guilty for causing the death of D’Souza’s two children. Five-year-old Nathan D'Souza and his seven-year-old sister, C ...
  • 14 Now Dead, 329 with HUS, 1,200 Ill in Europe ...
    Of those that have died, most are women 80 years of age and older.� They survived the bombing of World War II and died from eating cucumbers - go figure.

AutoblogGreen

  • Majority of Americans want 62 mpg CAFE standar ...
    Filed under: Government/Legal If you want to find examples of ways Americans disagree on politics, all you need to do is turn on any cable news channel right now. But here's a curious case of the majority agreeing on one important point: 62 percent of Americans support an increase in the aver ...
  • Majority of Americans want 62 mpg CAFE standar ...
    Filed under: Government/Legal If you want to find examples of ways Americans disagree on politics, all you need to do is turn on any cable news channel right now. But here's a curious case of the majority agreeing on one important point: 62 percent of Americans support an increase in the aver ...
  • New York 2011: Honda Civic Hybrid scores 44 mp ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Sedan, Honda 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid - Click above for high-res image gallery It's not 50 miles per gallon (rest, easy Prius), but the mpg numbers for the 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid impress us nonetheless: 44/44/44. That's city/highway/combined, and it's ...
  • New York 2011: Mitsubishi sets price of all-el ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hatchback, Mitsubishi, Electric Mitsubishi i - Click above for high-res image gallery Some bits of good news come with a head scratcher. At the New York Auto Show today, Mitsubishi announced that the all-electric i will start at just $27,990 in the U.S. Once ...
  • New York 2011: Suzuki Kizashi EcoCharge Concep ...
    Filed under: New York Auto Show, Hybrid, Suzuki Suzuki Kizashi EcoCharge Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery For a car that doesn't exist - yet - the Suzuki Kizashi hybrid certainly rears its head an awful lot. The rumor had been that Suzuki wanted to release the car in 2011, b ...

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

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  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • "Furkan Had a Huge Heart": Ahmet Dogan On His ...
    On the first anniversary of Israel’s deadly attack on the Gaza-bound aid ship, the Mavi Marmara, we feature an interview with Ahmet Dogan, the father of Turkish-American, Furkan Dogan, the youngest of nine activists killed in the raid. Furkan Dogan was born in Troy, New York, and moved to Turk ...
  • AUDIO: "A Return to Democracy in Honduras?" Am ...
    Amy Goodman files her first audio report from Nicaragua on ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya’s historic return home. She filed this report from the airport in Managua where she interviewed Father Roy Bourgeois of SOA Watch. FOR LATEST REPORTS ON HONDURAS VISIT OUR LIVE BLOG ROUGH TRAN ...
  • AUDIO: "A Return to Democracy in Honduras?" Am ...
    Amy Goodman files her first audio report from Nicaragua on ousted Honduran president Manuel Zelaya’s historic return home. She filed this report from the airport in Managua where she interviewed Father Roy Bourgeois of SOA Watch. FOR LATEST REPORTS ON HONDURAS VISIT OUR LIVE BLOG ROUGH TRAN ...
  • LIVE BLOG: Democracy Now! Reports On Manuel Ze ...
    Amy Goodman is reporting today on the return of President Manuel Zelaya as he returns to Honduras after a 23-month exile following the coup dâetat that began June 28, 2009. It was the first military coup in Central America in a quarter century. Zelaya landed at the Toncontín airport in Tegucig ...
  • LIVE BLOG: Democracy Now! Reports On Manuel Ze ...
    Amy Goodman is reporting today on the return of President Manuel Zelaya as he returns to Honduras after a 23-month exile following the coup dâetat that began June 28, 2009. It was the first military coup in Central America in a quarter century. Zelaya landed at the Toncontín airport in Tegucig ...

Digg Green

Invisible Opportunity

  • Brazil approves start of Belo Monte dam constr ...
    Ibama approved the clearing of forest at the planned site for the Belo Monte hydroelectric plant. On Wednesday, Ibama gave approval for 238 hectares (588 acres) of land to be cleared. However, further legal challenges are likely, correspondents say. Last month, the head of Ibama, Abelardo Bayma, ...
  • Apparently you can’t dance at the Jeffer ...
    Wait a minute! Dancing is not protected by the Bill of Rights??? TPTB are looking sillier every day.  Arresting people for dancing? Dancers are now a threat to the TPTB Watch this unbelievable display of the police state in action…
  • Vermont Enacts Conditional Universal Healthcar ...
    by Stephen Lendman May 29, 2011 Numerous previous articles discussed Obamacare, described accurately as a rationing scheme to enrich insurers, drug companies and large hospital chains in lieu of universal single payer coverage. Obama hailed its March 2010 passage as answering “the call of histor ...
  • Did the Dimona Dozen murder the Fukushima 50?
    Jim Stone, Freelance Journalist, Updated Saturday May 28, 2011 This is a complex article. If you have troubles understanding it, just look at THIS picture of the vanished reactor, THIS picture of the destroyed facility and THIS picture, of Magna BSP’s camera and think for a while. The pictures s ...
  • Is the Arab Spring spreading to US Congression ...
    By Franklin Lamb A surprising number of Congressional staffers explain that they feel they are stigmatized abroad and particularly in the Middle East as being part of the Israel lobby when they are not. One staffer explained: “This sounds arrogant but we who work in Congress know this subject mu ...

Global Insights

  • Less Than a Week Away
    We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
  • The Georgia Guidestones
    On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
  • The Creation
    THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
  • The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
    In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
  • About George Green
    Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

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Twilight Earth

  • Cartoon caption contest
    Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
  • Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
    Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
  • Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
    The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Ec ...
  • Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
    US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Governmentâs Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: The USDA cav ...
  • BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
    Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable). Dea ...

Inhabitat

  • Pinkeye Turns Upcycled Shoe Supply Store Into ...
    There’s nothing ho hum about the Shoe Supply store in Antwerp. Located in a discreet portion of this Belgian city’s retail district, the owner wanted a design concept that would get everybody talking. But Pinkeye’s radical idea to transform the store into an upcycled classroom took some convinci ...
  • Researchers Develop a Way to Make Plastic From ...
    In an effort to make plastics more environmentally friendly, a group of researchers at the University of Florida has found a way to make plastics from yard waste. Traditional plastics are made from oil and recently some companies have been making plastic out of food products — like cane sugar an ...
  • Spectacular Green Roofed House Built Right int ...
    Read the rest of Spectacular Green Roofed House Built Right into a Sand Dune Is Looking for a Buyer Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", dune house, Eco Architecture, eco design, green architecture, green beach house, green design, green home, green roof, ...
  • 14 Subways You Definitely Want To Ride On!
    Read the rest of 14 Subways You Definitely Want To Ride On! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: archaeological sites, Art, Barcelona, City Hall, dubai, eco design, green design, green transportation, history, madrid, Munich, North Korea, Stockhold Tunnelbana, subways, sustainable de ...
  • Opel Icona Concept Car Yacht Is a Green Soluti ...
    What will green transportation look like in 2050, when the world is overpopulated and families look for alternative solutions for living space and transportation? A project sponsored by GM Europe Design Centre Adam Opel GmbH, for the Umea Institute of Design, recently set out to explore the poss ...

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WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Final Trip: Shuttle Endeavour Docked at Space ...
    Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured stunning photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavour over a light-streaked planet, just before the shuttle returns to Earth for the last time. Endeavour took off on its final mission on May 16, carrying a dark matter-hunting instrument and a ...
  • Final Trip: Shuttle Endeavour Docked at Space ...
    Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured stunning photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavour over a light-streaked planet, just before the shuttle returns to Earth for the last time. Endeavour took off on its final mission on May 16, carrying a dark matter-hunting instrument and a ...
  • Plankton May Hold Up Well to Ocean Acidification
    By Scott Johnson, Ars Technica England’s White Cliffs of Dover are certainly an impressive sight. The sheer cliffs, made of bright white chalk, rise as high as 350 feet above the shoreline. Despite the fact that the chalk is over 65 million years old, it may have something to tell us about h ...
  • Plankton May Hold Up Well to Ocean Acidification
    By Scott Johnson, Ars Technica England’s White Cliffs of Dover are certainly an impressive sight. The sheer cliffs, made of bright white chalk, rise as high as 350 feet above the shoreline. Despite the fact that the chalk is over 65 million years old, it may have something to tell us about h ...
  • Crickets That Live Fast Die Young
    By Alice Vincent, Wired UK Evolutionary biologists have tested to show that it is not only motorbiking bad boys who embody the ‘live fast, die young’ mantra, but also those hard nuts of the insect world, crickets. In a study looking at the relationship between sexual performance, life expectan ...

PakAlert

  • Foreign Hand Behind PNS Mehran Base Attack in ...
    Information pieced together by anti-terror experts has confirmed that the May 22 attack at PNS Mehran Base in Karachi was the work of professionals and fully trained terrorists backed and supported by foreign authority and intelligence network. Officials engaged in recollection of information fr ...
  • 32 Signs That The Entire World Is Being Transf ...
    Do you want your children and grandchildren to live in a futuristic "big brother" control grid where everything they do is watched, recorded, tracked and tightly controlled? Well, that is exactly where things are headed. We witnessed some really bad totalitarian regimes during the 20th century ...
  • The Anglo-American Military Axis: West Backs H ...
    The standard-bearers of Anglo-American imperialism in the current epoch, President Barack Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron, met in London on May 25 to discuss the world's two ongoing wars of aggression, those in Afghanistan and Libya, both under the command of the North Atlantic Treaty Org ...
  • CHART: China Passes India As World’s Biggest G ...
    Chinese investors are snapping up gold bars and coins, buying more than ever before in the first quarter of 2011 and overtaking Indian buyers as the world's biggest purchasers of the metal. China's investment demand for gold more than doubled to 90.9 metric tons in the first three months of the ...
  • US, Pakistan Near Open War; Chinese Ultimatum ...
    China has officially put the United States on notice that Washington’s planned attack on Pakistan will be interpreted as an act of aggression against Beijing. This blunt warning represents the first known strategic ultimatum received by the United States in half a century, going back to Soviet w ...

Andy Worthington

  • WikiLeaks: The Unknown Prisoners of Guantánamo ...
    One of the great publicity coups in WikiLeaks’ recent release of classified military documents relating to the majority of the 779 prisoners held at Guantánamo, as I explained in the first part of this five-part series, was to shine a light on the stories of the first 201 prisoners to be freed f ...
  • Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks: New Film by the ...
    To mark the first anniversary of the arrest of Pfc. Bradley Manning, the alleged whistleblower responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of classified US military documents and diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks, the Guardian has produced a 19-minute film, “The madness of Bradley Manning?” telli ...
  • Andy Worthington Discusses WikiLeaks and Guant ...
    On Thursday, I was delighted to discuss Guantánamo, President Obama’s failure to close the prison as promised, and my role in helping WikiLeaks release classified military documents relating to the Guantánamo prisoners, with Linda Olson-Osterlund of KBOO FM in Portland, Oregon, on her show, “A ...
  • Happy Birthday, Amnesty International: Peter B ...
    Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1961, the Observer gave over its front page to an article entitled, “The Forgotten Prisoners,” by the lawyer Peter Benenson, who had conceived of a worldwide campaign, “Appeal for Amnesty,” to urge governments to release or give a fair trial to people imprisoned ...
  • Supreme Court Fails to Tackle Torture – ...
    Since the dying days of the Bush administration, when the Supreme Court savaged the indifference of the executive branch and of Congress towards the cruel mess they had created at Guantánamo, by ensuring that the prisoners had constitutionally guaranteed habeas corpus rights, it has, sadly, all ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
    The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
  • Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
    Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
  • Much like the "conservative" GOP...
    The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
  • Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
    Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
  • The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
    So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

  • It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad World: Klan Takes on West ...
    It’s a new and twisted world when the Ku Klux Klan takes on the Westboro Baptist Church, the famously rabid anti-gay group founded by Fred Phelps in Topeka, Kan. Needless to say, most Klan groups despise gays and lesbians only slightly less than black and Jewish people. But over Memorial Day wee ...
  • Racist Leader, Refusing to Surrender Tomorrow, ...
    Longtime racist and Christian Identity leader August Byron Kreis III, who now leads a splinter faction of the neo-Nazi Aryan Nations, faces three felonies for allegedly cheating the U.S. government he despises so much. Arresting Kreis and getting him to U.S. District Court is the next challenge ...
  • NumbersUSA Denies Bigotry but Promotes Holocau ...
    Update: Hatewatch has received a response from Roy Beck, who says the groups that appeared as state and local contacts on the NumbersUSA website are not endorsed by or affiliated with his organization. His complete response is included below the post. Roy Beck, head of the immigration-restrictio ...
  • Abortion Activist Foils Own Plot to Kill Docto ...
    A Wisconsin man arrested Wednesday night after accidentally shooting a pistol  through the door of his Madison motel room faces federal charges for allegedly plotting to kill an abortion doctor and clinic workers. Ralph Lang, 63, told police that he planned to use the gun to kill the doctor at a ...
  • Minnesota Anti-LGBT Group Spouts, Then Hides, ...
    Among the most obsessed anti-gay activists, lies die hard. The Minnesota Family Council (MFC) — an independent affiliate of both the Family Research Council and the more-moderate Focus on the Family — was one of the most prominent proponents of a state referendum to constitutionally outlaw same- ...

change: org.

  • Victory! Alvaro can stay in Canada!
    After almost 10,000 people signed Michael Erickson's petition on Change.org urging Canadian Immigration officials to allow Alvaro Orozco to stay in Canada, officials granted Alvaro permanent residency based on humanitarian grounds. Alvaro fled his�abusive�father in�Nicaragua�when he was only a ...
  • Call-In Day to Ask Walmart to Save Activists f ...
    Over the past couple weeks, nearly 94,000 people have asked Walmart to cut ties with Bangladeshi suppliers who have filed false criminal charges against labor leaders, unless those charges are dropped. But Walmart still stubbornly refuses to intervene. That's why activists have now organized a c ...
  • Why We Need a Federal Ban on Fracking
    Wenonah Hauter is Executive Director of Food & Water Watch Energy industry executives and even some environmentalists are touting natural gas as a “bridge fuel” to our sustainable energy future. But hydrofracking, or fracking—the risky technology that has made once inaccessible deposits of ...
  • How Many Animal Lives Has the Fukushima Evacua ...
    It was one disaster after another when Japan was slammed in early March by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. The earthquake caused a tsunami that swept away homes and lives. Explosions and leaks at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Station led to what’s been called the world’s largest nucl ...
  • Victory! Minnesota's "Ag-Gag" Law Dies
    There's a dangerous trend happening in states across the United States. But this fad won't hit Minnesota — not anymore, that is. Proposed "ag-gag" laws have been cropping up in states across the U.S., from Florida to Iowa to New York. These bills make it illegal to produce or distribute undercov ...

Common Dreams -News

  • AT&T Enriches Lawmakers' Pet Charities
    AT&T has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past several years to charities affiliated with top lawmakers — several of whom oversee telecom policy — as part of a broader effort by the company to win favor on Capitol Hill. These relationships, which cross party lines in both chambe ...
  • Pakistani Investigative Journalist Killed
    A Pakistani journalist who investigated al-Qaeda's alleged infiltration of the country's navy has been found dead near the capital Islamabad. Syed Saleem Shahzad had earlier told a rights activist he had been threatened by the country's intelligence agencies. He was found dead on Tuesday, and po ...
  • Haitians Evicted from Camps, But Still Find No ...
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The mayor of a large city in the Haitian capital region has begun clearing out camps set up after last year's earthquake, evicting hundreds of people amid heavy rains and the start of the hurricane season on Wednesday. Mayor Wilson Jeudy of Delmas city says the settlement ...
  • TransCanada Shuts Down Keystone Oil Pipeline a ...
    CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. has shut down its massive Keystone oil pipeline for the second time in less than a month after detecting a small leak at a pumping station in Kansas, the energy and pipeline giant said. The 591,000-barrel-per-day line was shut down over the weekend after a half-inch f ...
  • Cyber Combat: Act of War
    WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force. The Pentagon's first formal cyber strategy, unclassified portions of w ...

Lifehacker

  • A Spacious Office in the Wall [Featured Workspace]
    Wide desks are often hard to come by but exceptionally useful when you require it (like with audio workstations), you want a desk ready for coworking, or you just want the room to create little sections to work. Whatever the case may be, ...
  • Google Adds Superstars, Nested Labels, and Adv ...
    Three of our favorite Gmail Labs features have graduated and moved on to out-of-the-box Gmail. Superstars lets you assign different levels of stars to an email, making a killer to-do list based on priority; nested labels creates labels wit ...
  • Clean Your Keyboard Top-to-Bottom With a Few H ...
    No matter how clean you try to keep your keyboard, the dust and oil your fingers pick up over the day are bound to get it a little dirty. Thankfully, all you need is a few household items to give it a really deep cleaning. More�� ...
  • Remains of the Day: Apple Announcing iCloud Ne ...
    Twitter may release their own photo sharing service, Evernote is hosting a developers contest, and Apple plans to unveil their next generation software at the June 6 Keynote Address. More��
  • Bing Maps' "Street Slide" Shows a Co ...
    Microsoft has taken a big step forward and introduced a new version of its street view feature in Bing Maps, called Street Slide, and boy, is it awesome. Instead of getting periodic, fisheye-lensed images of the street, you get a continu ...

Water Privatization

  • Saudi- Ground water privatization suggested
    Saudi- Ground water privatization suggested
  • Ground water privatization suggested
    JEDDAH: Water is the most constraining factor in the growth of Arab countries and remains the Kingdom's greatest challenge. Added pressure comes from population growth and climate change.
  • President And CEO Interview: American Water Wo ...
    67 WALL STREET, New York - May 31, 2011 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Water, Waste & Environmental Services Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This Special feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth ...
  • President And CEO Interview: American States W ...
    67 WALL STREET, New York - May 31, 2011 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Water, Waste & Environmental Services Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This Special feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth ...
  • Emma Ruby-Sachs: When justice runs dry
    It might be the best birthday present ever: The week Emma Ruby-Sachs turned 29 years old, her debut novel arrived on bookstore shelves

Guardian

  • Iranian activist dies in scuffle at her father ...
    Haleh Sahabi, daughter of veteran dissident Ezatollah Sahabi, reportedly clashed with security forcesThe daughter of a prominent veteran Iranian dissident has died after reportedly scuffling with security forces at his funeral.Haleh Sahabi, 54, also an opposition activist and women's rights cam ...
  • Ratko Mladic to be arraigned on genocide charg ...
    Former commander faces charges of crimes against humanity, including massacre of 7,000 Muslims at SrebrenicaThe former Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic will be arraigned on 11 charges including genocide and crimes against humanity on Friday morning, judges at the international criminal tribunal ...
  • Olympics: Man gets £11,000 of tickets after bi ...
    Insolvency practitioner Stephen Hunt said first payment was rejected but he was given second chance days laterHundreds of thousands of people may have missed out on their chance to experience the Olympics first hand, but one man has won £11,000 worth of tickets after bidding on a total of £36,00 ...
  • Steve Martin victim of German art forgery gang
    Actor bought fake Heinrich Campendonk painting in biggest art forgery scandal in Germany's historyThe actor Steve Martin has found himself caught up in the biggest art forgery scandal in German history after it emerged he bought a painting "by" German-Dutch modernist Heinrich Campendonk, which t ...
  • Southern Cross slashes rent to avoid mass care ...
    Experts warn that care home provider could soon collapse into administrationThe crisis at troubled care home provider Southern Cross has deepened after the company slashed its rent payments in an effort to keep its 750 residential homes running.Healthcare specialists warned on Wednesday that Sou ...

McClatchey

  • Alaska will release Palin emails, but not all ...
    Alaska is about to release more than 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin's emails from her time as governor. But officials are also going to withhold another 2,415 pages the state deems privileged, personal or otherwise exempt from Alaska's disclosure laws.
  • Report questions casualty count for Haiti eart ...
    A new report estimating that far fewer people died or were left homeless in last years Haiti earthquake will have no bearing on United States commitment to the disaster-prone nation, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
  • Report questions casualty count for Haiti eart ...
    A new report estimating that far fewer people died or were left homeless in last years Haiti earthquake will have no bearing on United States commitment to the disaster-prone nation, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
  • House votes down debt-limit increase with no b ...
    WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives' Tuesday vote against a "clean" debt limit increase — one with no budget cuts attached — was largely a political exercise from both parties eager to embarrass the other side.
  • House votes down debt-limit increase with no b ...
    WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives' Tuesday vote against a "clean" debt limit increase — one with no budget cuts attached — was largely a political exercise from both parties eager to embarrass the other side.

BBC - Richard Black's Earth Watch

  • New beginnings
    Thanks for having read my blog over the last few years. As of today, it is moving to a new home with a new look - as are the BBC's other blogs. The new page will carry all my posts, as well as other bits of analysis from around the site. It'll carry tweets as soon as I'm up and running on that p ...
  • Megafires - a vicious climate circle?
    The term "megafire" sounds a bit serious... and so it is. Even more serious is the idea - raised in a report compiled for a UN meeting this week - that megafires are becoming more frequent. Still more alarming is the notion that these magafires are somehow quantitatively different from their sma ...
  • Generation game warms legal climate
    There are times when writing articles about climate change brings a distinct feeling of deja vu. There was a time five or six years ago when litigation over climate impacts featured regularly on this website. Scientists were working up methods of attribution - methods that would allow you to ...
  • Money in trees: The poor end of forest protection
    Some of the world's most important forests may emerge from this week in a more secure state than they were before. � Others may end it worse off. The latest stage in the European Union's plans to help developing countries clean up illegal logging is the signing of a potentially important agree ...
  • Personal tales: a climate-changer?
    Even before the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made its much-discussed error in glacier melting dates, the question of how climate change impacts were being felt across the Himalayas was something of a hot topic. � One of the problems back then, which remains a problem now, i ...

The Wonk Room

  • The $7 Trillion Lie: Palin Falsely Claims Debt ...
    Sarah Palin, in the only interview she’s granted during her “One Nation” bus tour, claimed that the U.S. federal debt had grown more under Obama than “all those other presidents combined.” Watch it: This is flatly false. When Obama took office the debt stood at $10.6 trillion. After inheriting t ...
  • The $7 Trillion Lie: Palin Falsely Claims Debt ...
    Sarah Palin, in the only interview she’s granted during her “One Nation” bus tour, claimed that the U.S. federal debt had grown more under Obama than “all those other presidents combined.” Watch it: This is flatly false. When Obama took office the debt stood at $10.6 trillion. After inheriting t ...
  • Rand Paul Wants To Know Where Every Middle Eas ...
    “I do want them going after, for example, let’s say we have a 100,000 exchange students from the Middle East — I want to know where they are, how long they’ve been here, if they’ve overstayed their welcome, whether they’re in school.” — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), in the same interview in which he ca ...
  • Rand Paul Wants To Know Where Every Middle Eas ...
    “I do want them going after, for example, let’s say we have a 100,000 exchange students from the Middle East — I want to know where they are, how long they’ve been here, if they’ve overstayed their welcome, whether they’re in school.” — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), in the same interview in which he ca ...
  • Assad Grants Amnesty To Anti-Regime Protesters
    Reuters reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued a general amnesty to “all members of political movements, including the Muslim Brotherhood” in an apparent attempt to address the grievances of pro-democracy demonstrators. An opposition organizer called Assad’s move “too late.”

thwap's schoolyard

  • Drifting Towards Oblivion
    I really don't know what's going to happen. Humanity (coerced or duped by our elites) is determined to continue along the path to ecological Armageddon. One of the worst offenders was Canada's stephen harper government. And now he's got a majority government. Extra-parliamentary protest is a sa ...
  • Gotta Love That Ayn Rand!
    The rest of the article is important too, but ya gotta love this! The Right’s priorities hit home at a town hall meeting held by Rep. Rob Woodall, R-Georgia, when he chastised one of his constituents who worried that Ryan’s plan would leave Americans like her, whose employer doesn’t extend he ...
  • Um, Vic Toews? You might want to "re-think" th ...
    I put re-think in quotation marks because Vic Toews has got shit for fucking brains and I highly doubt that he "thinks" about much of anything. But here and here, Toews and his fellow harpercon scum are seen justifying removing Canadian Forces from helping with the clean-up after a Quebec flood ...
  • Toronto Should Support Toronto Pride
    It's great publicity for the city. Kids don't walk down the hallway in highschool and get hissed at: "HETERO!!!" and then have to run for their lives. A celebration of human rights shouldn't have to rely on corporate funding like the frikken' Santa Claus parade.
  • "Slut Walk" reflections of a 40-something whit ...
    So, I was sitting down having a conversation with (seriously) one of the most beautiful women in the world, and she asked me my thoughts on "Slut Walk" and I said it was a good thing. Because I have a soft spot in my heart for sluts. For me it's a term of endearment. Sure, sluts might be carryi ...

on Government Oversight

Digital Journal

  • Four Seasons Toronto penthouse sold for record ...
    An anonymous international buyer has just purchased a penthouse at Toronto's Four Seasons Hotel for the record-breaking price of C$29 million ($28.6 million), a price that that puts the penthouse as the most expensive condominium sold in Canada.
  • Canada-wide warrant issued for James Douglas C ...
    On Friday night James Douglas Campbell, 60, of Abbotsford, British Columbia left his home without permission. Campbell is a known sex offender who has targeted young girls in the past.
  • Tim Horton's Camp Day is June 1
    On June 1 ever cup of coffee purchased at Tim Hortons will help to send a child to summer camp. Every year on June 1 the coffee shop giant donates every penny of their coffee sales to the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation.
  • Authorities issue heat alert for Toronto
    Health authorities on Tuesday issued the first-ever heat alert for Toronto this year and advised the public to take precautions.
  • Hail to the 'King of Multiculturalism'
    Toronto's visible minorities delivered the votes that enabled the Conservatives to gain the majority in Parliament, thanks to Canada's "King of Multiculturalism".

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe a ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 10 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • Victory in Afghanistan!
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper has in effect declared victory in Afghanistan, at least as far as the original reason for sending troops to that country goes. His comments were made during a “secret” visit to Afghanistan on Monday (Campbell Clark, “Afghanistan no longer terrorism threat to world, ...
  • Canada and global peace
    Canada has moved up to eighth position on the annual Global Peace Index (“Canada jumps six spots and cracks top 10 in 2011 Global Peace Index,” Canadian Press, 25 May 2011): Canada has cracked the top 10 in a global security assessment that ranks countries based on how peaceful they are. The Glo ...
  • Budget crunch, Pentagon-style
    Only in our neighbour to the south could you find the following two sentences side by side in a news article (Julian E. Barnes, “Gates Says Cuts Would Curb Military Capacity,” Wall Street Journal, 19 May 2011): “The defense budget, including the cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, currentl ...
  • Fantino to fix military procurement?
    Jane Taber reports on the role of new Associate Minister of National Defence Julian Fantino, who is expected to focus on military procurement issues (Jane Taber, “Peter MacKay gets a wingman on military procurement,” Globe and Mail, 19 May 2011): Dimitri Soudas, the Prime Ministerâs director of ...
  • Afghan training mission details
    CBC News reports details of the new Canadian training mission in Afghanistan (James Cudmore, “Canada’s Afghan training mission details revealed,” CBC News, 17 May 2011): In a first look at details of the training mission, Col. Peter Dawe, deputy commander of the mission, talked to CBC News about ...

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Guatemalans Sue Over 1940s US Syphilis Experiments
    March 14th, 2011 Washington Post By: AP Guatemalans subjected to U.S. syphilis experiments in the 1940s are suing federal health officials to compensate them for health problems they have suffered. The lawsuit comes after revelations that U.S. scientists studying the effects of penicillin in the ...
  • U.S. Postal Service Set to Default on Its Fede ...
    March 14th, 2011 DailyFinance.com By: Danny King The U.S. Postal Service has warned that it will fall $6.8 billion short on payments it owes the federal government this fiscal year. In a presentation to a House of Representatives subcommittee on Wednesday, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe said ...
  • Denture Adhesive Zinc Poisoning Problems Draw ...
    March 14th, 2011 AboutLawsuits.com Federal regulators are calling on Proctor & Gamble, and other manufacturers of denture adhesive products, to remove zinc from their denture cream due to a risk of zinc poisoning, which could cause users to suffer severe neurological injury. In an FDA letter to ...
  • Goodyear’s New CEO Sees Compensation Ris ...
    March 14th, 2011 ABC News By: Dee-Ann Durbin Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.’s chairman, president and chief executive saw his compensation jump 69 percent to $8.5 million in 2010 as he assumed new leadership roles, according to an Associated Press calculation from a regulatory filing. Richard Kram ...
  • Pepsi Faces Steep Input Price Inflation
    March 14th, 2011 FinancialTimes.com By: Jonathan Birchall PepsiCo faces the highest levels of input price inflation in many years, underlining the broad pressures confronting global food companies amid steep rises in the price of oil and agricultural commodities. The snacks and soft drinks compa ...

Pambazuka News

  • Haiti: Letter from Jean-Bertrand Aristide
    Dear Friends, May the spirit of International Day in Solidarity with the Haitian People continue to spread! If the more than 10,000 people killed in the 18 months that followed the February 29, 2004 coup d’état could speak, what would they say? Woul...
  • Haitian: Protest brutal attack on street vend ...
    On Saturday, April 11th, a little past 3 p.m., a MINUSTAH (UN) soldier, Nigerian Cpl. Nagya Aminu, was shot and killed in downtown Port-au-Prince. While this killing was widely reported in the international media, what followed the killing was not. I...
  • Haiti: Lula visit prompts protests in Brazil, ...
    Demonstrators in many Brazilian cities and San Francisco denounced Brazil's brutal 4-year military occupation of Haiti -- on the occasion of the May 28th visit to Haiti by Brazilian President Luiz Lula da Silva, marking the 4th anniversary of the arr...
  • Haiti: Women and girls require life-saving ass ...
    More than 800,000 people are in dire need of humanitarian assistance in Haiti in the wake of hurricanes Fay and Gustav and tropical storm Hanna. Houses, medical facilities, main roads and bridges have been destroyed, and an estimated 100,000 people h...
  • USA: Uhuru movement endorses McKinney/Clemente ...
    The International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM) has endorsed the McKinney/Clemente ticket in the U.S. presidential race. The endorsement was based on the support that Green Party V.P. candidate Rosa Clemente’s expressed for InPDUM’s “Re...

War in Context

  • How Roger Ailes built the Fox News fear factory
    For Rolling Stone, Tim Dickinson writes: At the Fox News holiday party the year the network overtook archrival CNN in the cable ratings, tipsy employees were herded down to the basement of a Midtown bar in New York. As they gathered around a television mounted high on the wall, an image flashed ...
  • UK training Saudi forces used to crush Arab spring
    The Guardian reports: Britain is training Saudi Arabia’s national guard â the elite security force deployed during the recent protests in Bahrain â in public order enforcement measures and the use of sniper rifles. The revelation has outraged human rights groups, which point out that the Foreig ...
  • U.S. yanks diplomat from Bahrain after he’s th ...
    McClatchy reports: The United States pulled its human rights officer from Bahrain last week after he’d become the subject of a weeks-long campaign of ethnic slurs and thinly veiled threats on a pro-government website and in officially sanctioned newspapers. Ludovic Hood left the island nation ...
  • Egyptian general admits ‘virginity checks’ con ...
    CNN reports: A senior Egyptian general admits that “virginity checks” were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities. The allegations arose in an Amnesty International report, published weeks after the Ma ...
  • Yemeni military battles opponents on two fronts
    The New York Times reports: The government pounded a major coastal city on Monday with airstrikes to dislodge Islamic militants and, to the west, smashed the country’s largest antigovernment demonstration in overnight clashes that killed at least 20 protesters, according to witnesses reached by ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Greenland and AGW
    Guest post by S Jay Porter In 891 AD. Eric The Red set off from Iceland with a few followers to explore a land to the west which they had probably spotted some time before while sailing out in their … Continue reading →
  • Greenland and AGW
    Guest post by S Jay Porter In 891 AD. Eric The Red set off from Iceland with a few followers to explore a land to the west which they had probably spotted some time before while sailing out in their … Continue reading →
  • Old prediction may fit the present pattern
    Jo Nova writes: Prediction: Warming trend until year 2000, then very cold. Visit Steven Goddard’s blog to read the full news story. Their work fits in reasonably well with the Syun Akasofu graph posted here for the world to see:
  • Old prediction may fit the present pattern
    Jo Nova writes: Prediction: Warming trend until year 2000, then very cold. Visit Steven Goddard’s blog to read the full news story. Their work fits in reasonably well with the Syun Akasofu graph posted here for the world to see:
  • Ooops! Biodegradeable products release methane ...
    Bad news for Greenware cups like the one below. Study: Biodegradable Products May Be Bad For The Environment Research from North Carolina State University shows that so-called biodegradable products are likely doing more harm than good in landfills, because they … Continue reading →

Dandelion Salad

  • Israel’s Operational Plan to Attack the ...
    Dandelion Salad by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research May 31, 2011 Israel is involved in advanced preparations to attack the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza. The commando attack is scheduled to take place in international waters. A detailed operational plan to be implemented by the Israeli navy has be ...
  • The Founders Did Not Intend For America to Be ...
    Dandelion Salad by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Washington, May 31, 2011 Reclaim Our Destiny by Reclaiming Control Over Our Money As Congress is poised to debate and vote on raising the debt ceiling, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today took to the House Floor to remind fellow Members why ...
  • The Poisoned Well and The Mainstream Poisoned- ...
    by Sibel Edmonds Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Originally published by Boiling Frogs Post May 31, 2011 And Now it Boils Down to Drink or Not To Drink Once upon a time an evil witch visits a kingdom and poisons the central well with a potion that drives people mad. The next morning all who drin ...
  • Rick Rozoff: Obama is convicting himself of wa ...
    by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism May 31, 2011 Press TV May 31, 2011 President Obama is “convicting himself of war crimes” by saying, “I am ultimately accountable” for civilian deaths in Afghanistan, says Rick Rozoff manager of th ...
  • Contract Peonage by Ralph Nader
    http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/ by Ralph Nader The Nader Page May 31, 2011 It is time to shine the light on the big, affluent corporate lawyers who anonymously create those non-competitive fine print contracts we all have to sign to purchase goods and services. It’s time for an open letter ...

Your New Reality

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    Murdoch Media Blames 300,000 'Global Warming Deaths' A Year On Obese People By Darryl Mason Two headines from the UK Sun, proudly linked to by Rupert Murdoch's Corporate Green Agenda HQ, to show how hard they've been working to Sell The Fear : The stories themselves make exactly the ki ...
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    Nice to hear Weezer rocking out, on an 90s classic :
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    Words More People Should Say However much it may disgust the mainstream media, 9/11 Trutherism is alive and thriving amongst America's youth, as is a deeply cynical scepticism of the authenticity and purpose of the decade long War On Terror. Musicians are no longer afraid to voice such doubts ...
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    Nine galaxies captured by the WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) mission. The oldest stars are the most blue :
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    The Apocalypse Industry Laugh all you like at the American preacher warning of the Rapture, but helping to prepare the wealthy to survive an alleged incoming 'Apocalypse' is now big business :

Wired - Science

  • Final Trip: Shuttle Endeavour Docked at Space ...
    Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured stunning photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavour over a light-streaked planet, just before the shuttle returns to Earth for the last time. Endeavour took off on its final mission on May 16, carrying a dark matter-hunting instrument and a ...
  • Final Trip: Shuttle Endeavour Docked at Space ...
    Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured stunning photos of the Space Shuttle Endeavour over a light-streaked planet, just before the shuttle returns to Earth for the last time. Endeavour took off on its final mission on May 16, carrying a dark matter-hunting instrument and a ...
  • Plankton May Hold Up Well to Ocean Acidification
    By Scott Johnson, Ars Technica England’s White Cliffs of Dover are certainly an impressive sight. The sheer cliffs, made of bright white chalk, rise as high as 350 feet above the shoreline. Despite the fact that the chalk is over 65 million years old, it may have something to tell us about h ...
  • Plankton May Hold Up Well to Ocean Acidification
    By Scott Johnson, Ars Technica England’s White Cliffs of Dover are certainly an impressive sight. The sheer cliffs, made of bright white chalk, rise as high as 350 feet above the shoreline. Despite the fact that the chalk is over 65 million years old, it may have something to tell us about h ...
  • Crickets That Live Fast Die Young
    By Alice Vincent, Wired UK Evolutionary biologists have tested to show that it is not only motorbiking bad boys who embody the ‘live fast, die young’ mantra, but also those hard nuts of the insect world, crickets. In a study looking at the relationship between sexual performance, life expectan ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • National security adviser worked for Israeli f ...
    Yaakov Amidror, newly appointed head of National Security Council, worked with many Ofer-controlled companies; the Ofer brothers are uspected of illegal trade with Iran through subsidiaries... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now ...
  • Arabeh Mayor Omar Nasser, do you agree with Ne ...
    Is there a democratic country in the world where there are unrecognized villages? In Israel there are. Is there a country in the world where there are laws that allow for admissions committees to... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Arabeh Mayor Omar Nasser, do you agree with Ne ...
    Is there a democratic country in the world where there are unrecognized villages? In Israel there are. Is there a country in the world where there are laws that allow for admissions committees to... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Lia Tarachansky: Historic protest in Ras al-Am ...
    For the first time in decades, Palestinian activists in Ras al-Amud, a neighborhood of Jerusalem south east of the Old City, invited Jewish Israeli activists to join them in their protest against a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Lia Tarachansky: Historic protest in Ras al-Am ...
    For the first time in decades, Palestinian activists in Ras al-Amud, a neighborhood of Jerusalem south east of the Old City, invited Jewish Israeli activists to join them in their protest against a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

  • Tobacco Use by NJ South Asians Could Aid Quit ...
    Efforts to adapt tobacco cessation efforts to the unique needs of South Asians living in the U.S. may receive a boost from what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind study. The research, conducted by investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ-School of Public Health, closely ...
  • Pre-Diabetic? Start Eating More Fruit
    Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta completed a 20-year study that involved closely watching the diets of a group of individuals between the ages of 25 and 74. The study named the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey concluded that fruit ...
  • Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland ...
    Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland announced today a $1 million gift from The Clorox Company to support research with an aim of developing a vaccine against meningococcal disease - a potentially deadly bacterial infection that affects millions of children and young adults throughout t ...
  • Low-Carb, Higher-Fat Diets Add No Arterial Hea ...
    Overweight and obese people looking to drop some pounds and considering one of the popular low-carbohydrate diets, along with moderate exercise, need not worry that the higher proportion of fat in such a program compared to a low-fat, high-carb diet may harm their arteries, suggests a pair of ne ...
  • ER Visits Persist for Children with Mental Hea ...
    Johns Hopkins Children's Center scientists have found that having a regular outpatient mental health provider may not be enough to prevent children and teens with behavioral problems from repeatedly ending up in the emergency room. The study is published in the June 1 issue of the journal Psychi ...

Natural Health News

  • Why Does the U.S. Have the Highest Rate of Can ...
    Robyn O’Brien shares her personal story and how it inspired her to become a Real Food evangelist. Here journey started when one of her children had a dangerous allergic reaction to a "typical" breakfast.
  • Finally Experts Admit Cellphones Are a Carcinogen
    Here’s some news about cell phones and cancer which even the mainstream media has found impossible to ignore. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), has declared after a review of the research that cell phones are possible cancer-ca ...
  • Age Is No Barrier to Muscle Building
    A sedentary lifestyle can result in the loss of up to 0.4 pounds of muscle per year. But even if you're well over 50, you can add 2.42 pounds of lean muscle in an average of 18 to 20 weeks. The same techniques can increase your strength by 25 to 30 percent. The numbers come from a report on the ...
  • Simple Natural Therapies for UTIs
    About 50 percent of all women will have at least one urinary tract infection during their lifetimes. Most of the time, a urinary tract infection or UTI is not serious, but it can be painful. Life Mojo offers some good methods to keep yourself from getting one: Drink lots of water -- wate ...
  • Why Doctors are Now Warning to Stay Away From ...
    In a new report, a large group of U.S. doctors are urging children and teens to avoid energy drinks. The group notes that energy drinks contain a mixture of ingredients with possible side effects that aren't always well understood. In addition, stimulants can disturb heart rhythm and may lead t ...

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “smoki ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • Morison on Material Support for Terrorism and ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller In honor of the US government’s decision to charge Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men responsible for 9/11 with the non-existent war crime of conspiracy, I want to call readers’ attention to an excellent new article by Samuel Morison about the eq ...
  • Morison on Material Support for Terrorism and ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller In honor of the US government’s decision to charge Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men responsible for 9/11 with the non-existent war crime of conspiracy, I want to call readers’ attention to an excellent new article by Samuel Morison about the eq ...
  • Morison on Material Support for Terrorism and ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller In honor of the US government’s decision to charge Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men responsible for 9/11 with the non-existent war crime of conspiracy, I want to call readers’ attention to an excellent new article by Samuel Morison about the eq ...
  • On The Road Again — and the Classlessness of V ...
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I’m traveling in Europe for the next few weeks, so posting will be a bit light.  As always, I’m happy to meet up with Opinio Juris readers in the places I’m visiting.  Here’s my schedule: June 4-7, Helsinki; June 7-9, Tallinn; June 9-13, Berlin; June ...
  • IHL and International Human Rights Law in Non- ...
    by Deborah Pearlstein In a post last week, I recommended Human Rights First’s new report on U.S. detention and trial operations in Afghanistan for its insights into the evolving situation there.  I also raised a question about the legal framework the report used to analyze the sufficiency of d ...

Public News Service

  • Foster Care Report Highlights Importance of Fa ...
    Foster Care Report Highlights Importance of Family Phoenix, AZ – Times are changing, and mostly for the better, for the nation’s nearly half-million children in foster care. A new Kids Count Data Snapshot shows fewer kids in foster care overall, and fewer living with non-relatives or in group h ...
  • Foster Care Report Highlights Importance of Fa ...
    Foster Care Report Highlights Importance of Family Phoenix, AZ – Times are changing, and mostly for the better, for the nation’s nearly half-million children in foster care. A new Kids Count Data Snapshot shows fewer kids in foster care overall, and fewer living with non-relatives or in group h ...
  • Report: Oil Companies are “Poster Child& ...
    Report: Oil Companies are “Poster Child” for Corporate Welfare Prescott, AZ – Oil and gas companies will enjoy more than $78 billion in federal tax breaks over the next five years, according to a new report from the non-partisan Taxpayers for Common Sense. The report says ending those subsidies ...
  • Report: Oil Companies are “Poster Child& ...
    Report: Oil Companies are “Poster Child” for Corporate Welfare Prescott, AZ – Oil and gas companies will enjoy more than $78 billion in federal tax breaks over the next five years, according to a new report from the non-partisan Taxpayers for Common Sense. The report says ending those subsidies ...
  • Extreme Makeover for Women to Take to "Heart"
    Extreme Makeover for Women to Take to "Heart" Phoenix, AZ – Heart disease remains the number-one killer of women, yet many are unaware of the threat. Comments from Addie Graham-Kramer with the American Heart Association.

Center for Food Safety

  • Environmental Groups Petition Federal Governme ...
    FDA poised to take action on the first-ever application to market a genetically engineered salmon without adequate consideration of environmental risks and public input Earthjustice, on behalf of Ocean Conservancy, Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, the Center for ...
  • CA GE Fish Labeling Bill Held
    Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) was informed by Assemblymember Huffman’s office that they have decided to hold AB 88—the California bill which would require that all genetically engineered (GE) fish sold in California contain clear and prominent labeling—as a 2-year bill. This means it w ...
  • Court of Appeals Dismisses Monsanto’s Appeal o ...
    Upholds Lower Court’s Rulings Requiring New USDA Approval Decision And Rigorous Review of the Crop’s Impacts Litigation Over USDA’s Interim Approval of Planting Continues Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a summary order concluding a long-standing laws ...
  • California Assembly Health Committee Passes Bi ...
    In Wake Of Pending FDA Approval Of GE Salmon, California Bill Could Restore Americans’ Right To Choose In The Marketplace Dissatisfied with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) current review of the first-ever proposed commercialization of genetically engineered (GE) salmon, late yester ...
  • California Assembly Health Committee Considers ...
    On April 26, 2011, the California Assembly Health Committee considered a bill which would require that all GE salmon sold inCaliforniacontain clear and prominent labeling.  The bill, AB 88, was introduced by Assemblymember Jared Huffman. The Center for Food Safety (CFS), a co-sponsor of the bill ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • In defence of Dr. Cornel West and all other co ...
    Editorial: The Fine Art of Stepping Back: Why I have decided to stop writing about race. By TheAngryindian -�04.06.2008 Editor's Note: This editorial is a re-print of a older article I wrote during the electoral run-up to the historical Obama presidency on my (not defunct) decision t ...
  • TheAngryindian: Why I have decided to stop wri ...
    Editorial: The Fine Art of Stepping Back: Why I have decided to stop writing about race. | APNS Why I have decided to stop writing about race. By TheAngryindian 04.06.2008 *Editor's Note: This editorial is a re-print of a older article I wrote during the electoral run-up to the his ...
  • Hard Work or Hardly Working? How White People ...
    Hard Work or Hardly Working? How White People Got So Rich Part I: "(FinalCall.com) - [THE HISTORICAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT OF THE NATION OF ISLAM] The foundation of American White supremacy sits tenuously on a rickety base of lies and deceptions about how Whites gained their wealth and status. A ...
  • Wide Asleep in America: The Call Bob Dylan Won ...
    Wide Asleep in America: The Call Bob Dylan Won't Heed:BDS, Bullies, and Blowing Wind: "A recent letter by the Israeli peace and justice group 'Boycott From Within' (BfW) implores legendary singer-songwriter Bob Dylan to heed the Palestinian call for BDS and therefore not perform in Israel. The l ...
  • AAP: Are Corporate Black Blogs Destroying Blac ...
    Are Corporate Black Blogs Destroying Black Employment In Mainstream Media? [ AfricanAmericanPundit] I knew that folks at the Washington Post and NBC were getting concerned that black bloggers groups like the afrospear/afrosphere were getting too organized. I also felt in my gut that white media ...

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. [ ...

Green Times

  • Environmental News 01/06/2011
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Environmental News 01/06/2011
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • The Butterfly Effect
    Butterflies are beautiful creatures. They can be found in many colours and sizes. They feed primarily on nectar from flowers and play an important role in our ecosystem (glossary/wildlife/ecosystem.html)! Read our article The Butterfly Effect (climate-change/butterfly-effect.html) and help make ...
  • The Butterfly Effect
    Butterflies are beautiful creatures. They can be found in many colours and sizes. They feed primarily on nectar from flowers and play an important role in our ecosystem (glossary/wildlife/ecosystem.html)! Read our article The Butterfly Effect (climate-change/butterfly-effect.html) and help make ...
  • Environmental News 31/05/2011
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • May 21, 2011: Music Teachers and Students from ...
    Last Saturday, May 21st, 2011, the music center in Salem village near Nablus hosted teachers and pupils of Tel Aviv Municipal Arts High School A. This visit is a result of the ties that the school principal, Ram Cohen, and Dr. Ruthie Katz, the school’s music major coordinator, began to nurture w ...
  • Bibi, Obama and Israel’s A-Historical Vi ...
    “Itâs time to recognize this basic truth: Israel is not whatâs wrong about the Middle East. Israel is whatâs right about the Middle East.” I’m guessing this Bibi gem won one of those 29 Congressional standing ovations on Tuesday. Probably a facepalm – or laugh-out-loud – moment for many Israelis ...
  • Bibi, Obama and Israel’s A-Historical Vi ...
    “Itâs time to recognize this basic truth: Israel is not whatâs wrong about the Middle East. Israel is whatâs right about the Middle East.” I’m guessing this Bibi gem won one of those 29 Congressional standing ovations on Tuesday. Probably a facepalm – or laugh-out-loud – moment for many Israelis ...
  • Palestinian Right to Education: The Case of Awarta
    Itamar, the settlement where a family of five was brutally murdered in early March, borders the village of Awarta near Nablus, and is illegally built on village land. Immediately following the murder, and continuing for weeks thereafter, the Israeli military carried out pogrom-like incursions in ...
  • Palestinian Right to Education: The Case of Awarta
    Itamar, the settlement where a family of five was brutally murdered in early March, borders the village of Awarta near Nablus, and is illegally built on village land. Immediately following the murder, and continuing for weeks thereafter, the Israeli military carried out pogrom-like incursions in ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Missing reports show more Chantix suicides in ...
    Hundreds of reports of suicides, psychotic reactions and other serious problems tied to the popular stop-smoking drug Chantix were left out of a crucial government safety review because Pfizer Inc., the drugâs manufacturer, submitted years of data through “improper channels.” Yet the FDA won’t b ...
  • UK offshore turbines running out of wind?
    Meteorologists believe that changes to the Atlantic jet stream could alter the pattern of winds over the next 40 years and leave much of the nation’s growing army of power-generating turbines becalmed Wind speeds in Britain have dropped 20% since 2008 due to the jet stream changing. Is this a lo ...
  • California. The zombie state
    It certainly seems that way sometimes, doesn’t it? The California legislature shambles around, bumping into things, with no apparent sense of direction. Issues that managed to get resolved quickly in other states (like Utah revising their public pension plans in one year flat) take ponderously i ...
  • Yemen is bombing its own cities. Syria torture ...
    Yet the US only intervened in Libya. Why? Some speculations as to real reasons for the invasion of Libya (where western troops are now on the ground.) Libya wanted to go off the dollar for oil sales. Desertec wants the land for their massive solar project in Africa for power to EU and Qadaffi wa ...
  • Obama is 2008 Republican, says James Carville
    Carville unloads on Obama It’s pretty remarkable that the next election is going to boil down to a competition between the 2008 Republican presidential candidate and his vice presidential nominee. Obama being the 2012 Democrat equivalent of McCain and the Republican challenger being someone like ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan shared wi ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here’s the latest example, fro ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. Note that th ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers and the ...

Deadline Live

  • Urban Danger: Tempting Fate
    By Silver Shield, on May 31st, 2011 � We are coming up on the 3 year anniversary of the 2008 financial crisis. The economy has not improved. The unemployment payments, for most, have run out. People�s safety nets are destroyed. Housing is collapsing again. Inflation is ravaging what is left of o ...
  • North Carolina Bans Rare Burgers! Nanny of the ...
    May’s biggest busybodies are taking it to poker players and teen tanners, but the nation’s top nag has lovers of pink-in-the-middle burgers seeing red. In a stunning blow to all that is juicy and delicious, the Tar Heel state actually prohibits restaurants from serving rare or medium-rare hambur ...
  • Fox News hacked?
    This video was originally uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/hiropro999 who claims to hack into the FoxNews news ticker on 6th avenue in NYC. We can’t confirm or deny authenticity of the video.
  • We Care a Lot (with Jack Blood)
  • Jack Blood’s Deadline Live with guest Do ...
    Jack Blood interviews Doyel Shamley on the murder of William Cooper. DEADLINE LIVE with Jack Blood is now in itâs 10th year of broadcasting. With several years of research and comprehensive information gathering, Jack has a serious understanding of how the Global Super Elite do their business, a ...

The Air Vent

  • More Venus Discussion
    On the previous thread, I made the point that the reason for Venus surface temeprature being so high was the pressure and that any gas would create a huge warming effect.   Chris Colose had made the contention that CO2 is a strong gas and it is responsible for Venus having a surface temperature ...
  • CO2 on the Brain
    I was sitting here this morning and from memory just realized that I forgot the best part of Chris Colose’s post ‘Even Princeton Makes Mistakes”.   I was going to add this at the end and just tired myself right out – or bored myself to death.  Here’s the best quote I’ve read in a  long [...]
  • Bart’s Bud
    Bart Verheggen left a link to atmospheric sciences student Chris Colose’s reply to Dr. Happer’s article featured at WUWT and here.  The article is titled ‘Even Princeton Makes Mistakes’ which is certainly true.  This is all Bart had to say on the matter: Iâm sure most here wonât appreciate the ...
  • Bart’s Bud
    Bart Verheggen left a link to atmospheric sciences student Chris Colose’s reply to Dr. Happer’s article featured at WUWT and here.  The article is titled ‘Even Princeton Makes Mistakes’ which is certainly true.  This is all Bart had to say on the matter: Iâm sure most here wonât appreciate the ...
  • Future Perfect
    Pat Frank has kindly offered another guest post this week.  Since I’m completely out of time, there can be little input of my own so I am grateful for those who want to discuss interesting matters.  – Jeff Future Perfect By Pat Frank 22 May 2010 In my recent “New Science of Climate Changeâ po ...

Focal Point

  • New York City Cops Acquitted of Rape
    Two New York City police officers have been acquitted of raping a woman in her apartment while they were on duty in 2008. In the words of New York lawyer and blogger Jill Filipovic, "This is fucked up." The upshot of this verdict is that drunk women are unrapeable in New York City. We have ...
  • Ed Schultz Apologizes for Calling Laura Ingrah ...
    Liberal MSNBC host Ed Schultz apologized for calling conservative pundit Laura Ingraham a "slut" on his radio show. In his on air apology Shultz seems genuinely sorry he said what he did, but he doesn't really get why it was wrong. To call a woman a "slut" in anger is not wrong because it's a ...
  • Kanazawa's Report of Black Female "Unattractiv ...
    Dr. Scott Barry Kaufmann analyzed the same data that LSE "evolutionary psychologist" Satoshi Kanazawa used in his attempt to prove that black women are "objectively" less attractive than women of other races. Kaufmann's analysis shows that Kanazawa was even further off-base than he initially see ...
  • You Are a Poor Scientist, Dr. Kanazawa!
    DEAN YEAGER: "Doctor... Venkman. The purpose of science is to serve mankind. You seem to regard science as some kind of dodge... or hustle. Your theories are the worst kind of popular tripe, your methods are sloppy, and your conclusions are highly questionable! You are a poor scientist, Dr .. ...
  • "No Means Yes, Yes Means Anal" Frat Banned Fro ...
    Yale University didn't wait for federal civil rights officials to determine whether the presence of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity was contributing to a hostile sexual environment. The University has banned George W. Bush's old frat from the campus for five years. In October, members of DK ...

Inside Facebook

  • Shakira, Beyoncé Linkin Park, YouTube, The Sim ...
    Music Pages just about took over our list of top 20 growing Facebook Pages this week, occupying 12 of the 20 slots. The remainder of the list included YouTube and Facebook, a few TV shows, Harry Potter, Cristiano Ronaldo and Coca-Cola. The Pages on our list grew from between 1 million and 2.4 mi ...
  • Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: Spending and ...
    If 2010 is remembered as the year that games on social networks became a billion dollar business, 2011 is quickly becoming the year that the industry is starting to mature. Facebook is mandating Credits effective July 1st, creating massive changes in the monetization ecosystem, last year’s hit ...
  • New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Deal Uni ...
    Deal United hired a Munich-based Head of Finance, Syncapse hired a Global Head of Human Resources and Votigo brought on a VP of Business Development this week. Other hires ranged form social media management and customer support to graphic designers. If your company is hiring new people or makin ...
  • Featured Facebook Campaigns: Subway, Samsung T ...
    Brands used health as a draw for users to Like their Pages and purchase their products this week in our featured Facebook campaigns. Subway asked users to commit to a healthy lifestyle for a chance to win cash; NBC and Bravo also tried to bring users into a healthier lifestyle. Free Samsung tele ...
  • Photos, BandPage, Videos, Pages, Chase Communi ...
    Different types of video-related applications were popular on our list of growing Facebook apps by monthly active users this week, as were photo and Page tab apps. We also saw horoscope and friend apps, and the Chase Community Giving app. The apps on our list this week grew from between 347,600 ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Why is UN secretary-general trying to scupper ...
    Stuart Littlewood challenges UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon to explain why he is trying to scupper plans for a humanitarian flotilla to the besieged Gaza Strip instead of taking effective action to protect the flotilla and compel Israel to end its illegal blockade of the Strip.
  • Barack Obama is the wrong target
    Alan Hart argues that rather than attack President Obama for his failure in the Middle East, supporters of justice for the Palestinians should "target ... America's pork-barrel system of politics which puts what passes for democracy up for sale to the highest bidders..." thereby surrendering US ...
  • US Congress mesmerized by Netanyahu’s "lies an ...
    Lawrence Davidson views the "sustained standing ovations" given to Israel's Binyamin Netanyahu at the US Congress on 24 May. He argues that Congress's "accepted version of reality is maintained by Zionist misinformation fortified by donor dollars to the campaigns of both parties" and that in US ...
  • The modi operandi of Barack Obama and Binyamin ...
    Paul J. Balles argues that, faced with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's absolutism, US President Barack Obama's natural tendency to compromise is untenable and renders him weak and ineffectual.
  • International Criminal Court - help or hindrance?
    Stuart Littlewood views the built-in anomalies that allow the International Criminal Court to dispense justice but only selectively by giving impunity to non-signatories such as Israel and the US while prosecuting suspected war criminals from other non-signatories such as Sudan.

Amazon Rainforest

  • World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
    The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 billion) in pote ...
  • World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
    The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 billion) in pote ...
  • Peru suffers an environmental tragedy!
    The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years.  Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 hectares of virgin and extremely divers ...
  • Earth’s Living Treasure- Celebrating Forests f ...
    United Nations declared 2o11 as the International Year of Forests (Forests 2o11), and why Forests are the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2o11. In this special year, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are ...
  • Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction work ...
    The company leading the dam project, Norte Energia, announced that infrastructure work on roads that will provide access to the region started on Monday morning. The £7bn Belo Monte dam on the Amazon’s Xingu river is scheduled to start producing energy on 31 December 2014 and would be the seco ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Jamiol Presents
  • The Poisoned Well & The Mainstream Poisoned-Wa ...
    And Now it Boils Down to Drink or Not To Drink Once upon a time an evil witch visits a kingdom and poisons the central well with a potion that drives people mad. The next morning all who drink from that well go crazy. The king, however, knew about this in advance, and didn’t drink from [...]
  • Ron Paul: We Live in a Dictatorship
    This site depends exclusively on readers’ support. Please help us continue by contributing directly and or purchasing Boiling Frogs showcased products.
  • The Mockery Award, the Fraudulent Club & the G ...
    A Serious Assault on Transparency & Government Whistleblowers Have you ever tried standing on your head in order to view the world upside down? What if the world stage before you turns upside-down; will you then have to stand on your head to view it right-side up? You see, we have a fraudulent i ...
  • Osama Death Script: Counting the Chickens So Far
    Many Eggs Laid Inside the Osama Death Script Incubator They say don’t count your chickens before they hatch. I say this doesn’t apply to the US political hatching machine, since there are more than chickens at stake. I’ll go even further and say we must start counting the eggs regardless of how ...

Afro Spear

  • Kola Boof: “Cultural Blackness without P ...
    I read a lot of commentators and there are currently 3 people I would love to meet. These are people I respect for their opinions, not that I agree with all that they believe, but I applaud them for not being slaves to the groupthink of their respective communities. I would considerate it a priv ...
  • Byts and Bytes
    Truthdig:    1. The Obama Deception: Why Cornel West Went Ballistic    2. Why Liberal Sellout Attack Prophets Like Cornel West AfroDaddy:    1. The Plight of Blue People    2. The Plight of Blue People – Part II The Great Blue Uprising    3. The Plight of Blue People – Part III The Fin ...
  • No Welcome Home for Canadian Jamaicans
    Janet Silvera, Senior Gleaner Writer Jamaican Gleaner WESTERN BUREAU: As children born in Jamaica, they played dandy shandy, bat and ball, hopscotch and jacks. As adults, they have invested in real estate and played a pivotal role in sustaining remittances to the country. However, once they land ...
  • I guess this is what they really mean by &#822 ...
    First Obama had to release his birth certificate to prove that he is an American. Now he has released his ancestoral tree to prove that he is actually Irish: The President and the First Lady are on a visit today to his Irish ancestoral home of Moneygall. This will of-course greatly improve his r ...
  • “Better or Bitter Life for all?” b ...
    When I deeply muse on how an arrogant and brutal cabal of hoity toity (Coverted Con Men (CCM)) is tirelessly hoodwinking and dividing the hoi polloi of ill-fated Africa, like a bomb, I feel like exploding. I’m not a medical doctor. But thanks to my knowledge in psychology, education, journalism, ...

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterdayâs Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that âLiberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.â The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parentsâ finances as well. Gr ...

Sen4Earth

  • The Battle Continues-Grand Canyon Update
    Sharing information is a powerful tool â one of the most powerful tools for any campaign to have â a tool that I will keep using with the Worldwide Campaign to Save the Grand Canyon even now as public comments to the government have officially closed. So now we wait. But we don’t have to [...]
  • Ecofeminism: Book by Jytte Nhanenge
    Ecofeminism: Towards Integrating the Concerns of Women, Poor People, and Nature into Development Authored by Jytte Nhanenge Sustainability Education Network is doubly honored to announce and review the newly published work of author Jytte Nhanenge, and applauds University Press of America for it ...
  • Will the Grand Canyon Survive?
    Last week Change.org contacted us about the Worldwide Campaign to Save the Grand Canyon. Working together with environmental editor, Jess Leber, the petition housed on Change.org was updated with the current urgency in the need of signatures to make this campaign a successful one. With Change.or ...
  • Turtle Island: Our Earth Mother
    Japan in Crisis By Sheryl Goodwin, SEN Contributor and Honorary Advisor Kway. Hello. First off let me state what an Honor it is to be asked by my brother Gregory and sister Suzanne to join the team. What a privilege to be among such fine people listed on the biography page of Sustainability Educ ...
  • Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall
    Memorial Tribute to Hugh MacDougall “We are sending the power of love, peace and compassion, which can change the world.” â Hugh MacDougall, Australia, SEN Honorary Advisor Hugh was more to Suzanne and I than SEN’s Honorary Spiritual Advisor. He was the beloved friend we called brother, and he w ...

If Americans Knew

  • Denying Nazi-Zionist collusion: The Sacramento ...
    In an inversion of journalistic ethics, the Sacramento Bee reported on opposition to an event before and after it took place, but didn't cover the event itself. It featured an entire report on accusations against a flier, but didn't include a response from the flier's authors.
  • Media omissions on Itamar: Murdering babies is ...
    US media widely and repeatedly reported on the horrific March 11th murder of three small Israeli children and their parents. While no one yet knows who committed this grotesque act, reports presume that the murderers were Palestinian, and for this reason the incident is receiving major attention ...
  • Critical Connections: Egypt, the US, and the I ...
    Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days [Jan-Feb 2011] are the Israeli connections.
  • Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestini ...
    Alison Weir, CounterPunch - There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it's the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more nightmarish by the l ...
  • As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed ...
    Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage ...

David J. Gregory

  • MEMORIAL DAY 2011
    Whatever the threat, be it real or a false flag operation, these brave men and women, answer the call to protect their homes, their families, their country. We will always be eternally grateful. It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. It is the VETERAN, not the ...
  • Murdering Liberty Killing Hope!
    The following pages separate the wheat from the chaff, the strong from the weak, the wise from the uninformed. This is a story predicated upon real life. We, the civilian population of the world are not trained or educated in the finer distinctions of global finance. Our perception of millio ...
  • VOTE RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT 2012 FLORIDA STRAW ...
    In the first leg of a political trifecta, Florida Republicans will conduct a straw poll that could determine the 2012 presidential race. Some 3,500 state delegates will convene for "Presidency 5" in Orlando to hear the crowded field of GOP contenders debate and to cast the nation’s first signifi ...
  • BIG OIL PROFITS $32 BILLION IN 3 MONTHS!
    The Big 5 oil companies just raked in profits of $32 BILLION. IN 3 MONTHS. But Republicans insist the oil companies need taxpayer subsidies. So Big Oil gets you twice – once at the pump, and again in the paycheck. This corporate welfare has got to end. Now. Thanks for adding your voice to the [...]
  • Letter to the Editor-SENATOR BILL NELSON FLORIDA
    Here’s a link to a column I wrote for the St. Petersburg Times; please take a minute to read it over, because it’s about an issue that should be important to everyone who believes in the principle of one-person, one-vote. http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/editorials/legislature-has-no-right-making ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • Everyone Must Follow The Rules (Apart From Tho ...
    Enjoy the moment – the personification of Evil is dead. Take to the streets and express your sheer joy at the end of a symbol. Paint your banners and hold them high; unfurl your flags and wave them in the night sky; don your army surplus trousers and bare your chests: we have a winner [...]
  • Scholastic U-Turn On Coal: Shame About Their O ...
    Well, that didn’t last long. From the first outrage to a “Move along, nothing to see here!” clean up of the website, Scholastic seem to have recovered relatively easily from what they claim was just a mistake. When Scholastic published a set of four worksheets and a printable map (see here for a ...
  • Los Alamitos School Board Member Makes U-Turn ...
    I’ve just had a very interesting and productive email discussion with Dr Jeffrey Barke. Some of you may be familiar with his position on the teaching of climate science. Here’s some background information, from MSNBC: LOS ALAMITOS — A new high school advanced placement class that addresses globa ...
  • A Billion Acts of Greenwash
    Tomorrow is Earth Day – whoopee doo! It’s that time of year that all the environmental NGOs and countless businesses work towards in order to bring about a sudden upsurge in pointless symbolic actions and purchases of “green” things like (I’ll just have a look in my Deleted Items folder) LED can ...
  • Irony Alert! Red Tape Challenge a Breach of Na ...
    I’ve just come off the phone after speaking to a nice person at the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills. She sounded a little concerned, or maybe that was just bemusement, after I pointed out that the UK Government’s latest brain-busting measure – known, all chummily, as the Red Ta ...

Subalternate Reality

  • Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
    Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
  • Praying On Qasr al-Nil
    One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
  • “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
    The Atlanticâs Jeffrey Goldberg â one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq â has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement thatâs taken over the streets of Egypt. âI support democratization, but,â he cautions, âthe democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
  • All That Happens In The Middle East Can’ ...
    Uncertainly rules the day in Tunisia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the countryâs strong-armed and authoritarian ruler since 1987, is in Saudi Arabia while the interim government struggles to restore some semblance of order.  âConfusion, fear and horror in Tunisia as old regime’s militia carries on ...
  • Newt Comes Out As A Muslim-Baiter
    Early this week, disgraced former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich warned that “a commitment to religious freedom and God-given rights is being replaced by a secular oppression…”  Just hours after those words appeared on Human Events, Gingrich issued a statement forcefully opposing the constr ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Stroome Reels Filmmakers Into Online Collabora ...
    While speaking in Tribeca a couple of months ago in front of a packed theater of New York independent fiction and documentary filmmakers, I introduced Stroome, a collaborative online video editing community, and was astonished to receive a standing ovation. One filmmaker explained to me that she ...
  • Stroome Reels Filmmakers Into Online Collabora ...
    While speaking in Tribeca a couple of months ago in front of a packed theater of New York independent fiction and documentary filmmakers, I introduced Stroome, a collaborative online video editing community, and was astonished to receive a standing ovation. One filmmaker explained to me that she ...
  • Why Isn't the Public Radio Player App on Andro ...
    We know, we know. Android users want the Public Radio Player, too. We've received plenty of comments from our feedback page: "Patiently waiting for bliss..." -- Stephenmm "hurry up please. i love your app and i want it on my phone!" -- ryan "Enjoyed this on my wifes Iphone but was disa ...
  • Why Isn't the Public Radio Player App on Andro ...
    We know, we know. Android users want the Public Radio Player, too. We've received plenty of comments from our feedback page: "Patiently waiting for bliss..." -- Stephenmm "hurry up please. i love your app and i want it on my phone!" -- ryan "Enjoyed this on my wifes Iphone but was disa ...
  • MIT Sessions Address Prison Blogging, Networke ...
    MIT's Center for Future Civic Media redoubled its public events efforts this past year, thanks to a push by its fellow Ethan Zuckerman. Zuckerman brings a unique perspective -- a civic one -- to media developments so often dominated by politics and business-model debates. This approach couldn ...

Cutting Edge News

  • Edge on Computing - Intel Ultrabooks Attack on ...
    Still lacking a design win in a top tier tablet, Intel is taking another approach—pushing down the power and size of notebook computers. Meet the Ultrabook, a slim, low power laptop Intel will describe this week at the Computex trade show in Taiwan.The Ultrabook is a work in progress. Early vers ...
  • Mexico on Edge - New Mexico offers a new Visio ...
    Every spring, the British flag flutters over the old Mexican village of Mesilla in Dona Ana County, New Mexico. Ringing the historic plaza, classic and antique British cars attract hobbyists, sight-seers and tourists who gather around models such as a 1949 Roadster, a 1968 MGB-GT and a 1958 Jagu ...
  • Israel and Obama - Obama Lack of Clarity on Di ...
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said May 30 that Israel could not prevent the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state, in the sense of adopting a resolution on the subject. Two weeks ago, U.S. President Barack Obama, in a speech, called on Israel to return to some variation ...
  • Obama and Israel - Obama Walking a Fine Line o ...
    On May 19, President Barack Obama delivered powerful remarks on democracy and reform in the Middle East. He not only raised these normally hortatory ideals to top-tier U.S. interests, but he put the dictator of America’s most dangerous Arab antagonist—Syria’s Bashar Assad—on personal notice that ...
  • Economic Recovery on Edge - As Fannie, Freddie ...
    Over the last two years, the Obama administration has approved a whopping $34.4 million in compensation to the top six executives of the financially troubled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage giants while lacking basic protections to ensure such compensation is warranted, a federal watchdog fo ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • Counterrevolution 101
    By Dave Fryett The wretched of the Earth have seen what is possible. Power has been shown to be powerless in the face of determined mass opposition. And in every corner of our world the immiserated rejoice, because they know the day of liberation draws near
  • No One Curious What CIA Is Working On At The ...
    By Jay Janson What does the CIA have in store for Egypt? What chores will it assign its agents both American and Egyptian? American socialists and progressives are overly cooperative with mainstream media and Congress in hardly ever asking after our secret CIA shadow government
  • Lessons Learned In The Streets Of Cairo
    By William A. CookIf the streets of Cairo have taught us anything, they have demonstrated that vigilance against those who would control out of arrogance, oppress with indifference, deceive with impunity, and humiliate without feeling, have abandoned all natural sympathies and become , in fact ...
  • What Is True Sustainability?
    By Matthew SteinIf we are to develop an effective plan and roadmap for creating a sustainable world, we must first have a clear idea of what it truly means to be sustainable
  • Egypts Army Dissolves Parliament
    By Al Jazeera Military rulers say they will remain in charge for six months until elections are held as some protesters vow to remain

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
    Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
  • Practicing Peace in the New Year
    A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young people. ...
  • Sharing the writing of another Stieber
    My younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. � Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber � Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The main thing o ...
  • Article in FOR
    The following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out: http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement   Rhetoric and Re ...
  • Slate Interview: My Country Right or Wrong: Co ...
    Interview I did with a fascinating writer for SLATE whose special interest is on transformation and how people come to admit they’re wrong:   Address to article: http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/thewrongstuff/archive/2010/12/16/my-country-right-or-wrong-conscientious-objector-josh-stieber-on-bei ...

Yid With Lid

  • Moshe Dayan's Progressive Hubris Made Jerusale ...
    Tonight begins Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day. It celebrates the day in 1967 that the IDF returned the Old Jerusalem to Jewish hands. It is also appropriate to remember on Yom Yerushalayim is that if it was not for the progressive hubris of the man who is considered the hero of the Six- ...
  • Interview With Ben Shapiro On His New Book Pri ...
    My friend John Hawkins of� Right Wing News� interviewed Ben Shapiro about his new book, �Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV.� This was a fascinating interview because it covers a subject most conservatives are interested in and provides new ...
  • Major Oil Find in Texas, 3,000 Wells in 12 Mon ...
    Texas has a reputation of doing things in a big way and this time is no different, one of the worlds largest oil fields have been found right here in the U.S. in the western part of Texas. And companies are rushing to get it out of the ground. More than a dozen companies plan to drill up to 3, ...
  • Egypt: Where Moderates and Judges Endorse Terr ...
    By Barry Rubin In September, the leaves will start falling off the trees in the West. And so will their policies toward the Middle East. That month, Egypt will elect a radical and largely Islamist parliament. That parliament will write a radical and largely Islamist constitution. The ...
  • Consumer Confidence, Manufacturing And Housing ...
    The Conference Board announced today that their Consumer Confidence Index fell to a six-month low of 60.8 from a revised 66 in April, a further sign that the still stagnant job market and the high gas prices based somewhat on the President's continued strangle-hold on domestic oil, is frayi ...

The Real Agenda

  • Organização Mundial da Saúde: Celulares causam ...
    Enquanto alguns meios de comunicação têm tentado reduzir o âmbito da confirmação, as consequências do uso freqüente e prolongado de telefones celulares são muito claras. Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 01 junho de 2011 A radiação emitida pelos telefones celulares causa câncer. Muitos estudos ...
  • Organización Mundial de la Salud: Celulares ca ...
    Aunque algunos medios de comunicación han querido disminuir el alcance de esta nueva confirmación, los resultados de estudios sobre el uso frecuente y prolongado de celulares es muy claro. Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda Junio 1, 2011 La radiación emitida por teléfonos celulares causa cáncer ...
  • World Health Organization: Cell Phones cause C ...
    By Danielle Dellorto CNN May 31, 2011 Radiation from cell phones can possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. The agency now lists mobile phone use in the same “carcinogenic hazard” category as lead, engine exhaust and chloroform. Before its announcement Tuesday, WHO ha ...
  • Obama loses support within Military Personnel
    Gallup May 30, 2011 U.S. military veterans and those currently on active military duty are less likely to approve of President Obama’s job performance than are Americans of comparable ages who are not in the military. These results are based on an analysis of more than 238,000 interviews conduct ...
  • Eurozone Risks Fallout as Bankers try same old ...
    Breitbart May 31, 2011 The debt crisis in Greece, Ireland and Portugal could have “significant systemic effects” in the eurozone, Italy’s central bank chief Mario Draghi, who is set to head up the European Central Bank,said on Tuesday. “In the eurozone, the sovereign debt crisis in three countri ...

Wind Watch

  • Law eases Perry’s concern about wind tur ...
    PERRY � Residents who opposed the proposed Dairy Hills Wind Farm are reacting with relief to the new town law that essentially bans such projects. The Town Board on May 11 approved an extensive set of wind energy regulations which make large-scale industrial wind farms difficult or impossible to ...
  • Guardians rally to slam wind farms
    The crowd queued out through the door and down the pavement for the inaugural meeting of the NSW Landscape Guardians in Crookwell last Sunday. The large auditorium of the Crookwell Services Club was filled to capacity with concerned men and women threatened by industrial takeover of their land w ...
  • Bill aimed at reducing conflicts between wind ...
    CORPUS CHRISTI â A bill aimed at reducing conflicts between wind turbines and military radars won’t be passed during this legislative session. Supporters said it would protect military bases where radars are being fooled by nearby wind farms, making it harder to keep track of airplanes. Opponent ...
  • Hundreds join rally against wind farms
    More than 1,500 protesters turned out in force yesterday on the steps of the Senedd to protest against plans for 50m-high wind turbines and pylons. The noisy rally in Cardiff Bay included 35 coachloads from across Wales who descended on the home of the Welsh Government armed with three petitions ...
  • Deal moves wind farm from Maryland to Pennsylvania
    NEWARK, Del. � Delmarva Power announced today that it has filed a request with the Delaware Public Service Commission to approve an amended agreement with Synergics Eastern Wind Energy LLC that moves the land-based wind farm from western Maryland to central Pennsylvania. The amended agreement al ...

Not My Tribe

  • More Pictures of Dead American Victims of Terr ...
    Italian laborers hired by the 7th Cavalry to dig the mass grave for the Indians slaughtered at Wounded Knee. The Cavalry used Hotchkiss guns, a 2-inch (across the bore) breech-loading cartridge cannon, very rapid fire for the day. And swords, repeating rifles, revolvers… to break up a Religious ...
  • More Pictures of Dead American Victims of Terr ...
    Italian laborers hired by the 7th Cavalry to dig the mass grave for the Indians slaughtered at Wounded Knee. The Cavalry used Hotchkiss guns, a 2-inch (across the bore) breech-loading cartridge cannon, very rapid fire for the day. And swords, repeating rifles, revolvers… to break up a Religious ...
  • Pentagon says bombing civilians necessary, wil ...
    Of Course. Then we’ll have Nut-Jobs like Charlie from the dead soldier picture comments saying that “No Marine he ever knew ever killed a baby”, well, Charlie, Your Comrades Sure The Hell Do, Daily, and the Pentagon says it’s “necessary” because mommy and daddy didn’t surrender, didn’t bow down ...
  • Pentagon says bombing civilians necessary, wil ...
    Of Course. Then we’ll have Nut-Jobs like Charlie from the dead soldier picture comments saying that “No Marine he ever knew ever killed a baby”, well, Charlie, Your Comrades Sure The Hell Do, Daily, and the Pentagon says it’s “necessary” because mommy and daddy didn’t surrender, didn’t bow down ...
  • U.S.A.I.D. issues preliminary report saying Ha ...
    Yep, by saying that fewer people were killed and less destruction occurred they’re setting the stage for another bill the Haitian PEOPLE will have to pay, forcing them farther into perpetual debt slavery to the Great Powers. It’s like that stupid joke the TeaParty and other racist rednecks like ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Pat Curley Insinuates That Anthony J. Hall and ...
    As summarized by Blakeney, "According to [Pat Curley at] Screw Loose Change the fact that an article of mine is on a website next to the wife of a Holocaust revisionist equates to me 'having lots of connections to...Holocaust Deniers'" http://screwloosechange.blogspot.com/2011/05/up-canada-way.h ...
  • SWIPES AT TRUTHERS -- AND OUR RESPONSE
    James Hufferd 911grassroots.org May 30, 2011 Recently, Canadian establishmentarian Jonathan Kay’s new mock-anthropological book, Among the Truthers, has caught a lot of deserved flak online on a lot of Truther web sites and in reader reviews and attendant blogs on its Amazon.com web page. Its ...
  • Not a Deather, but a Doubter; Still a Truther
    The following is a fairly detailed and nuanced argument, so before going any further please read this short statement by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth and this short statement by physicist David Chandler and civil engineer Jonathan Cole, regarding the death of Osama bin Laden. Also con ...
  • Pat Curley Bans Free Speech
    Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog writes: Okay, the chorus of voices demanding that I ban Brian Good from posting here has gotten rather deafening. At the same time, we are proud of our reputation as one of the few places that both sides can post their arguments. You can't do that at 9- ...
  • Debunking the Debunkers
    Permanent Top Post--Scroll Down for Newer Posts Sorry, we no longer allow comments, but feel free to contact us here if you have a point of contention or some kind words you would like to share. Ad hominems will be ignored, but well-formed rebuttals may be addressed (and that is a subjective m ...

Fooducate

  • 12 Observations on Food in Italy vs Food in the US
    Click HERE for more pictures So we spent Memorial Day weekend in Milan, Italy. Weather was gorgeous, as was the city, the food was mostly great, and best of all the kids were back home with the grandparents… Walking around the city and thinking about food, I tried to compare Italy to the US with ...
  • USDA: Changing the Food Pyramid into a “Food P ...
    On Thursday, the USDA is set to unveil a new and simple graphic to help people choose what food to eat. The useless food pyramid, which has been confusing consumers for over 25 years, will be replaced by something more simple, according to the New York Times: The circular plate, which will be un ...
  • Bromine: Mountain Dew’s Dirty Little Secret
    This is a gust blog post by Andy Bellatti, MS. Here’s a product I recently tweeted about – the latest Dunkinâ Donuts beverage â the Mountain Dew Coolatta. A small (16 oz.) one contains almost 13 teaspoons of added sugar, while a large (32 oz.) contributes no less than 25 teaspoons of sugar. The ...
  • What’s Behind the “Low-Glycemic” Label?
    This is a guest blog post by Dr. Ayala Laufer-Cahana M.D. Have you ever noticed the low glycemic Index (GI) term on food packaging and wondered what it means? The GI also makes frequent appearances in many popular commercial diets and diet books – including the South Beach Diet, Nutrisystem, the ...
  • 8 Grocery Tips Ahead of the Long Weekend
    Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of grilling season for America. For good or for bad, our appreciation for fallen heroes is intertwined with families and friends getting together to celebrate the season’s first bar-b-que. So when you raise your first glass of wine / ice cold beer, don’t ...

Traffikd

  • Four Pre-Writing Exercises for Inspired Bloggers
    Rebecca Chelsey's recent post on ways to spark our creativity got me thinking about the next step: how to take that creativity and turn it into meaningful sentences on the page. In other words, what we do with that spark of inspiration will determine the success or setbacks we face when we blog. ...
  • 8 Simple Sources of Creative Inspiration
    As a creative person, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I've researched and stumbled upon ei ...
  • Culture Vulture: Social Strategies for Differe ...
    Social media campaigns are becoming more integrated into the overall online marketing mix. And as with anything on the Web, you need to think global to succeed in the long term. To succeed with social media marketing for different cultures, you need to familiarise yourself with what’s happening ...
  • Internet Marketing and Social Media Degree Pro ...
    Guest post by Brian Jenkins Over a billion and a half people use the Internet, and this has created a plethora of opportunities for talented Internet marketers. Specialized knowledge in Internet marketing and social media is vital for many businesses. Yes, there are successful, self-taught Inte ...
  • How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blo ...
    To market your company effectively, you need to find out where your target audience is. In this post I’ll show you how you can do this. I like using examples, so in this case, I’ll assume you sell Star Wars merchandise.

Survival International

  • Peru in shock move to abolish uncontacted trib ...
    A Murunahua man, contacted by loggers in 1995. Half his people died after initial contact. © Chris Fagan/Upper Amazon Conservancy The survival of the uncontacted tribe whose images caused a worldwide sensation in February is in jeopardy, after Peruvian government plans to abolish a reserv ...
  • Peru in shock move to abolish uncontacted trib ...
    A Murunahua man, contacted by loggers in 1995. Half his people died after initial contact. © Chris Fagan/Upper Amazon Conservancy The survival of the uncontacted tribe whose images caused a worldwide sensation in February is in jeopardy, after Peruvian government plans to abolish a reserv ...
  • Death threat from Shell supplier on Brazilian ...
    Energy giant Shell's joint venture partner, Cosan, is buying sugarcane grown on Guarani land. © João Ripper/Survival A Brazilian rancher supplying sugarcane to a joint venture partner of energy giant Shell has reportedly issued a death threat against a political opponent.â¨â¨José Teixeir ...
  • Protests at UN for action on peace accord
    Jummas and indigenous people from around the world call for the Chittagong Hill Tract peace treaty to be honored outside the UN in New York. © Ben Powless Jumma tribal people from Bangladesh, protested outside the United Nations in New York this week to demand a fourteen year-old peace trea ...
  • Tension mounts as Brazilian Indians retake land
    Much of the Guarani's land has been stolen from them to make way for cattle ranching. © F. Watson/Survival A community of Guarani Indians in Brazil has retaken part of its ancestral land in an act of desperation, having lived by the side of a highway for a year and a half. The Guarani mar ...

Greg Palast

  • Strauss-Kahn Screws Africa
    by Greg Palast for The Guardian Now that I've dispensed with the obvious and obnoxious teaser headline, let's drop the towel and expose Dominique Strauss-Kahn's history of arrogant abuse. The truth is, the grandee of the IMF has molested Africans for years. On Wednesday, the New York Times r ...
  • So, Osama walks into this bar...
    by Greg Palast from Armed Madhouse: just so we don't forget... So, Osama walks into this bar, see? And Bush says, “Whad’l’ya have, pardner?” and Osama says... ...But wait a minute. I’d better shut my mouth. The sign here in the airport says, “Security is no joking matter.” But if security’ ...
  • BP's Secret Deepwater Blowout
    by Greg Palast exclusive for Truthout/Buzzflash Greg Palast investigating BP's blowout in the Caspian, Baku, Azerbaijan 2010. Only 17 months before BP's Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP deepwater oil platform also blew out. You've heard and se ...
  • BP In Deep Water: The Making Of the Channel 4 ...
    FEATURES For two decades, investigator Greg Palast has been on BP's trail. In BP: In Deep Water, Palast takes Dispatches viewers along on his world-wide investigation of the oil giant. (Broadcast tonight, 8pm. UK only.) One year after BP's Deepwater Horizon rig blew apart and spewed 170 ...
  • Dispatches UK TVGreg Palast Drills Deep into BP
    One year after the Deepwater Horizon, Palast travels from the Gulf Coast to the Arctic Ocean to the Caspian Sea to drill deep into the heart of BP. Filth, polar bears and oil-crat police states. Catch it Monday night at 8pm GMT on Channel 4's DISPATCHES. Sorry: Only in Britain. Greg Palast ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I use up too sweet ginger wine?
    I spotted this question on the Money Saving Expert forums earlier today: I bought some ginger wine from sainsburys to try but it is far too sweet. I don’t want to waste it, but I can’t stand to drink it. Any ideas what else I can do with it? Other forum posters suggested using a [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle paper that’s ...
    We’ve already covered photocopier paper and printer paper in general – and there are some great suggestions over there but I was wondering if anyone had any ideas on what I can do with a stack of paper which has been printed on both sides. I usually make scrap paper notebooks with any waste pape ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle out of date packet ...
    Karen left a question on the Suggest an Item page: Hi! I found out of date instant soup packets. Any ideas? I presume by “out of date” Karen means its beyond the “best before” date – and if so, chances are, that soup is just fine and will be just fine for a good while [...]
  • How can I use up/reuse/recycle cakes that have ...
    We’ve had an email from Janet: I love your site – it really inspires me to go to lengths to reuse and recycle things I never thought I could, and since I’m a student, that’s wisely frugal too! I have a bit of a blind spot with cake baking, and they always come out unrisen [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle PVC aprons?
    We’ve had an email from Ann: The centre where I work has just rebranded and they’ve made us get rid of all the protective aprons we use for messy art classes as they had the old name on them. I think they’re PVC. Can they be recycled? I would have thought most textile reclamation companies [...]

Age of Autism

  • New Study In Journal of Toxicology and Environ ...
    By Gayle DeLong Positive Association found between Autism Prevalence and Childhood Vaccination A study just published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health finds a relationship between the proportion of children who received the recommended vaccines by age 2...
  • Autism is What He Has, Not Who He Is.
    By Lisa Dea I'm sitting in my sixth lecture of the day at A1, it's 5:45, I'm tired and a bit cranky, looking for that last little gem of information that's going to make all the difference for my child,...
  • Another Child with Autism Wanders and Drowns
    Our condolences to the family of 10 year old Kristina Vlassenko. The representative for Asperger's on the IACC is against a wandering medical code to protect people with autism. That's Ari Ne'eman, who has said, “For a lot of people...
  • Ozark Center for Autism Families Need Your Hel ...
    From a friend of ours: Dear Friends, I recently learned that during the devistating storm in Joplin, the new Ozark Center for Autism was demolished. I spoke with Jennifer Kirby, and she informed me that they have replacement testing tools...
  • Ozark Center for Autism Families Need Your Hel ...
    From a friend of ours: Dear Friends, I recently learned that during the devistating storm in Joplin, the new Ozark Center for Autism was demolished. I spoke with Jennifer Kirby, and she informed me that they have replacement testing tools...

Global BDS Movement

  • Map test
    View Global BDS Day of Action 2011 in a larger map
  • BDS campaigners force Ahava shop to move
      The central London flagship store of Ahava, an Israeli cosmetics company whose products come from stolen Palestinian natural resources in the occupied West Bank, and are produced in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, has been forced to move … Continue reading →
  • Rawabi remains settler-colonial sub-contractor
    Uri Davis writes on the ongoing links between the Rawabi project and the Jewish National Fund.
  • Stop the Wall release new report on Brazil’s m ...
    Notwithstanding its recent recognition of the Palestinian State and its long tradition of supporting Palestinian rights and upholding international law, the Brazilian government has signed contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Israel’s arms industry.
  • Trade Unions
    The global trade union movement has consistently demonstrated its courage and commitment to human rights by adopting concrete, ground-breaking labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes in a show of effective solidarity with oppressed peoples around the world. Adopting BDS measures has … Co ...

Farm Wars

  • Chemtrail Investigators Wanted
    Here is what I am asking you to do. If this project interests you, please go on the Internet and become familiar with a program called Plane Finder: http://planefinder.net/. Play with it a while to see how you can track aircraft anywhere in the world, provided there are receiving stations in tha ...
  • Evergreen Facility Caught on Film: Chemtrail P ...
    VIDEO connecting the Evergreen Facility with chemtrail activity.
  • Chemtrail Alert: Joe Marman Suing Shasta Count ...
    This is a letter from Attorney Joe Marmon who is suing the Shasta County Air Quality District. Although I live in LA, I have included myself as a plaintiff in this case. Please contact Joe to take action against these crimes against nature and humanity.
  • Hawaii Revisited: Further Geoengineering Inves ...
    Michael J. Murphy, Co-Producer of "What in the World are They Spraying?" returns to Hawaii to further invstigate the chemtrail/geoengineering issue one year after filming the groundbreaking documentary.
  • Cesium Rising
    According to U.C. Berkeley, radioactive Cesium is rising in topsoil, grass, and strawberries.

Open Your Eyes News

  • Flashback 1st January 1979 – LA Times, W ...
    LA Times: To read whole article CLICK HERE   Editorial Comment – In light of falling global temperature for the last decade this prediction by Dr Libby back in 1979 was rather precient. Rather unlike the predictions of rapid warming between 2000 and now by the ICC in fact.
  • Australia suspends live cattle trade to Indonesia
    BBC – The Australian government has suspended the live export of cattle to 11 abattoirs in Indonesia, after a TV documentary showed brutal treatment of animals at the facilities. The footage, broadcast on ABC, showed cattle being flogged and taking minutes to die after their necks were slashed. ...
  • Berlusconi suffers crushing local poll defeats
    ABC – Prime minister Silvio Berlusconi’s coalition suffered a humiliating defeat in mayoral elections in Milan and Naples, casting doubt over the embattled Italian leader’s future. Read article
  • NATO airstrike kills 11 civilians in Libya
    Press TV – NATO warplanes have dropped bombs on a key Libyan town, killing at least eleven civilians and wounding several others, Libyan sources say. Libya’s state television said on Monday that the airstrike targeted Zlitan, west of the city of Misratah. NATO has conducted hundreds of sorties o ...
  • Nearly one in ten toys in China unsafe: watchdog
    Psysorg – Twenty out of 242 toys selected randomly in eight provinces and metropolitan areas were found to be substandard, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement Friday.  Three of the toys contained heavy metals such as lead and chromium ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Judge rules against Utah's bid to control road ...
    Last week a federal judge ruled against San Juan County and the state of Utah in their long-running attempt to open an off-road vehicle route in Canyonlands National Park. The route, a stream bottom called Salt Creek, was closed more...
  • Amazon rainforest: Proposed law threatens to c ...
    Driven by powerful agribusiness interests, a bill is moving through the Brazilian Congress that could cripple the decades-long effort to protect the Amazon rainforest. The bill would change Brazil’s 1965 Forest Code, which requires that Amazon landowners preserve 80% of...
  • Dangerous beauty: Yosemite waterfalls at highe ...
    Water, water everywhere -- and it's a spectacular sight. Record Sierra snowfall over the winter now means record snowmelt as temperatures rise, swelling Yosemite National Park's iconic waterfalls, streams and rivers to their most turbulent level in years. Yosemite Falls,...
  • Court rejects off-road plan for Eldorado Natio ...
    A federal court has rejected a plan by the U.S. Forest Service to increase off-road vehicle trails in the Eldorado National Forest, saying the agency's proposal failed to provide adequate protections for the threatened California red-legged frog and sensitive Sierra...
  • Sport fish contaminated along California's urb ...
    “Unfortunately we're not seeing many areas that are totally clean,” said Jay Davis, a senior scientist for the San Francisco Estuary Institute and lead author of the study. But a catalog of where and in what fish the toxins abound should help anglers make better choices, he said. “With good info ...

water.org

  • You’re Invited: June 1st Conference Call
      Wednesday, June 1 The 45-minute call begins at 9 p.m. ET Call in number: 978-964-0049
 Participant code: 449749# Not everyone who needs water should have to wait for charity to find them. Learn how Water.org is putting microfinance tools and partnerships to use in helping people get safe water ...
  • Brightest students solving the water crisis
    Hult International Business School Global Case Challenge crowd sources solutions to the water crisis with help from the Clinton Global Initiative. Team from Cambridge University wins Case Challenge.
  • Student group Project RightChoice (Dartmouth)
    Student org. hosts fundraising gala (The Dartmouth) – By selling raffle tickets for a $2,500 cash reward and hosting games with prizes from over 50 local business, members of the student group Project RightChoice raised over $20,000 to support the charity organization Water.Org at a Cinco de May ...
  • Hult prize promotes global water strategies (VOA)
    Business School Prize Promotes Global Water Strategies (VOA) – The Hult International Business School teamed up with Water.org, a non-governmental advocacy group, to challenge the worldâs business students to find a way of bringing clean water to 100 million people in the next five years. Teams ...
  • Career spotlight – Water.org’s Eri ...
    Career Spotlight – Erin Swanson, Class of 2008 (Drury Mirror) – I am responsible for developing and managing Water.org’s online presence, community, and partnerships, as well as collaborating with the rest of the team to best connect people to Water.org in dynamic and simple ways. This includes ...

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

  • The Israeli right's refusal to accept other ve ...
    Israel's right is not confident enough to accept the truth, and instead propagates stories that no historian on earth would support. It also can't bear the idea of citizens taking part in critical discussionSubmitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Jewish and Muslim leaders urge European Union ...
    In Brussels, leaders of Islamic and Jewish communities from several European countries today presented a joint declaration to the presidents of the three main European Union institutions. Ahead of a meeting of European religious leaders representing all mSubmitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...
  • Jewish Life in an Increasingly Muslim Europe
    In a caustic piece last month titled "A French Lesson for Tom Harkin," I noted that due to the hostility coming from the Muslim population of France, nearly half of the country's sizeable Jewish population is considering emigration. In this space, I shallSubmitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...
  • Anti-Semitic incidents spark public debate in ...
    Amid growing anti-Semitism in the Netherlands, Dutch Jews admit they are frequently the victims of harassment and attacks. Increasing religious predjudice is forcing many to question just how tolerant the Netherlands is.Submitted by Gillian no fwds please no post to Society & Culture �|� �Note- ...
  • Dutch police use 'decoy Jews' to stop anti-Sem ...
    Lodewijk Asscher, Amsterdam's mayor, has ordered the new decoy strategy to cut the number of verbal and physical attacks on Jews, amid fears that anti-Semitic "hate crime" is on the rise. "Jews in at least six Amsterdam neighbourhoods often cannot croSubmitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

  • Head of Research at GE Says Solar May Be Cheap ...
    Mark Little, the global research director for General Electric Company (NYSE:�GE) believes solar power could be cheaper than nuclear and fossil fuel power within the next three to five years. read more
  • Canadian Solar Inc. Continues to Grow
    Canadian Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: CSIQ) is one of the world's leading and largest providers of solar modules. Headquartered in Kitchner, Ontario since its inception in 2001, the company has swelled its operations into eight countries. ...
  • Solar off to the Races With Hollywood Star
    Global solar panel manufacturer Trina Solar Limited (NYSE: TSL), recently announced a sponsorship that sees it pairing up with A-list actor Patrick Dempsey. read more
  • Video: U.S. Solar Industry, Innovating the Bus ...
    Forbes Environment Editor Todd Woody says the U.S. solar industry has been changing its business models to remain competitive with foreign firms in a down economy. In this interview, he discusses their strategies and analyzes how ...
  • Solar Module Prices Dive as Inventories Reach ...
    According to market analysis conducted by IMS�Research, the price of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules is dropping as a result of record high inventory levels. read more

News Blaze

  • 10 Lives Lost in Latest Smuggling Boat Tragedy ...
    The United Nations refugee agency today voiced shock and sadness after at least 10 people died while making the perilous journey from the Horn of Africa to Yemen aboard a smuggling boat.
  • You Are Funding Forced Abortions in China
    You are funding forced abortions in China. So am I. Not only elective abortions. Forced abortions. It doesn't matter whether you are pro-life or pro-choice on this issue. No one can support forced abortion, because it is not a choice.
  • Money Scripts Affect People's Behavior
    They say money makes the world go 'round, but it sure does spin in epic proportions that we don't notice it at all.
  • NASA Satellite Data Creates The Most Precise M ...
    A NASA-led research team has used a variety of NASA satellite data to create the most precise map ever produced depicting the amount and location of carbon stored in Earth's tropical forests.
  • Bow Wow 'Madea's Big Happy Family' Interview w ...
    It was clear from an early age that Shad 'Bow Wow' Moss was destined for the spotlight. At just 5, he was discovered by Snoop Dogg and featured on the rap icon's groundbreaking 'Doggystyle' album.

Worldnews

  • Sepp Blatter ready for fourth term at FIF ...
    Sepp Blatter is today expected to win a fourth term as head of Fifa as he stands unopposed in the presidential election - despite calls from the English and Scottish FA to postpone the vote. Prince William,...
  • Cell phone use may cause cancer: WHO
    PARIS - Mobile phone users may be at increased risk from brain cancer and should use texting and free-hands devices to reduce exposure, the World Health Organisation's cancer experts said on Tuesday. Radio-frequency electromagnetic fields generated by such devices are 'possibly carcinogenic ...
  • Germany upholds warning for vegetables
    BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister says researchers still have not been able to pinpoint the cause for a food borne bacterial outbreak that has hit Germany and other European nations. Ilse Aigner told German ARD Television on Wednesday that scientists are working nonstop to try to find ...
  • Care for your hair
    A recent study suggests that nearly 70% Indians suffer from dandruff. And before you think it’s not a cause to worry, trust us it is. The number is the second highest in the world, next only to China. “Dandruff has very...
  • Japanese seniors volunteer for Fukushima ...
    Elderly volunteers for nuclear crisis Tokyo (CNN) -- Up a narrow flight of stairs in a modest, non-descript office building, three retirees sit in a cramped room, hunched over their computers and mobile phones. They look like the planning committee for a neighborhood senior breakfast, not t ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

Common Dreams

  • AT&T Enriches Lawmakers' Pet Charities
    AT&T has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars over the past several years to charities affiliated with top lawmakers — several of whom oversee telecom policy — as part of a broader effort by the company to win favor on Capitol Hill. These relationships, which cross party lines in both chambe ...
  • Pakistani Investigative Journalist Killed
    A Pakistani journalist who investigated al-Qaeda's alleged infiltration of the country's navy has been found dead near the capital Islamabad. Syed Saleem Shahzad had earlier told a rights activist he had been threatened by the country's intelligence agencies. He was found dead on Tuesday, and po ...
  • Haitians Evicted from Camps, But Still Find No ...
    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The mayor of a large city in the Haitian capital region has begun clearing out camps set up after last year's earthquake, evicting hundreds of people amid heavy rains and the start of the hurricane season on Wednesday. Mayor Wilson Jeudy of Delmas city says the settlement ...
  • TransCanada Shuts Down Keystone Oil Pipeline a ...
    CALGARY — TransCanada Corp. has shut down its massive Keystone oil pipeline for the second time in less than a month after detecting a small leak at a pumping station in Kansas, the energy and pipeline giant said. The 591,000-barrel-per-day line was shut down over the weekend after a half-inch f ...
  • Cyber Combat: Act of War
    WASHINGTON—The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force. The Pentagon's first formal cyber strategy, unclassified portions of w ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

Energy Collective

  • Critique of MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Report
    Fast reactors were given short notice. Technology choices are available. Guest Blog Post by: Tom Blees, Science Council for Global Initiatives Email Contact: tomsciencecouncil@gmail.com Introduction
  • Critique of MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Report
    Fast reactors were given short notice. Technology choices are available. Guest Blog Post by: Tom Blees, Science Council for Global Initiatives Email Contact: tomsciencecouncil@gmail.com Introduction
  • Carbon Emissions At Highest Level Ever; Data S ...
    The latest data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atomospheric Agency's (NOAA) Earth Systems Research Laboratory shows that carbon dioxide levels have reached the highest the laboratory has ever recorded in its 50 year history. Located 12,000 feet above sea level in Mauna Loi, Hawaii, this N ...
  • Carbon Emissions At Highest Level Ever; Data S ...
    The latest data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atomospheric Agency's (NOAA) Earth Systems Research Laboratory shows that carbon dioxide levels have reached the highest the laboratory has ever recorded in its 50 year history. Located 12,000 feet above sea level in Mauna Loi, Hawaii, this N ...
  • Why Knowledge is (Solar) Power
    �Remember the watchword of late 90s tech bubble? The Internet changes everything, people would say.

Green House - USA Today

  • Obama taps environmentalist Bryson to head Com ...
    President Obama, who's repeatedly touted the benefits of a clean energy economy, has tapped the co-founder of one of the largest U.S. environmental groups to head the Commerce Department.
  • Oxfam: Food prices to double amid climate change
    The price of staple foods such as corn, already high, could more than double in the next 20 years, and climate change is responsible for up to half of this expected increase, warns a report Tuesday by the international aid organization Oxfam.
  • Plastic from plants? UF researchers use yard waste
    Plastic from plants? University of Florida researchers have found an inexpensive way to make plastic from discarded plant material, such as yard waste, and thus avoid using food or fuel to make this popular alternative to paper.
  • Tips for buying sunscreen and avoiding skin ca ...
    Consumers can trust only 20% of sunscreens on the market this year because of problematic ingredients, unsubstantiated marketing claims and lack-luster protection, according to a new survey of 1,700 sun products.
  • Obama directs U.S. agencies to buy electric ve ...
    President Obama directed federal agencies Tuesday to move toward buying -- by 2015 -- only alternative-fuel cars and light-duty trucks and to start with a pilot program of more than 100 electric vehicles.

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • The U.S.-Israeli Train Wreck
    Jeff Gates President Obama hopes to head off a train wreck in September at the U.N. General Assembly. That’s when member nations plan to press for an independent Palestine. The Israel lobby is furious. Critics doubt that the General Assembly has the authority to recognize Palestine. Yet prote ...
  • Waging War at Home and Abroad While Pledging Peace
    by Stephen Lendman Promising peace on May 19, Obama wages war against Middle East/North African and Central Asian states, as well as Muslim Americans at home. Earlier articles explained they've: -- been targeted; -- hunted down; -- bogusly entrapped by stings, false evidence or othe ...
  • Public Banking: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
    by Stephen Lendman The 1913 Federal Reserve Act let powerful bankers usurp America's money system in violation of the Constitution's Article I, Section 8, giving only Congress the power to "coin Money (and) regulate the Value thereof...." Thereafter, powerful bankers victimized working Ameri ...
  • Michael Collins: Things are Different (and so ...
    Michael Collins The nation formerly known as the Ottoman Empire is building a strong foundation for a bright future. That nation is also addressing its scandalous recent past as it reaches out to old enemies. The dynamics producing real change in Turkey are well worth understanding. Turkey ...
  • Why Innovation Needs Big Government
    Ian Fletcher Most people realize that the Federal budget deficit and the trade deficit are serious problems. Unfortunately, as I have argued previously, few people grasp the importance of another big deficit in our economy, without which it will be extremely hard to fix the first two: our innov ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • CEO Pay Soared in 2010
    Did your pay go up by 13% last year? If you were a CEO at one of Canada's 100 biggest companies, it did. The Globe and Mail review of executive pay in 2010 reveals CEOs at Canada’s 100 largest companies saw their compensation jump 13 per cent last year, led higher by a 20-per-cent increase in a ...
  • Conservative tax policies could aggravate the ...
    "The Conservatives, who will soon deliver their post-election budget, are championing a set of plans that may accelerate Canada’s growing gap between rich and poor, a sign of inequality that has already reached troubling levels," Toronto Star reporter Les Whittington writes in this story .
  • CCPA's new blog: Behind The Numbers
    We had such a positive response to our federal election blog, we've decided to continue blogging. We've just launched Behind the Numbers, which will deliver timely, progressive commentary and analysis from CCPA staff and research associates across the country on issues that affect Canadians, in ...
  • CCPA's new blog: Behind The Numbers
    We had such a positive response to our federal election blog, we've decided to continue blogging. We've just launched Behind the Numbers, which will deliver timely, progressive commentary and analysis from CCPA staff and research associates across the country on issues that affect Canadians, in ...
  • Prairie Strong No Longer? Harper's Renewed Att ...
    � Just one day after the May 2nd federal election, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz made it clear that the Conservative government would move to eliminate the Canadian Wheat Board's single-desk marketing power with legislation as soon as this fall. As Canada's largest farm marketing board, the ...

World Wide Hippies

  • Brown Sugar-Rolling Stones
    “Brown Sugar” is a song by The Rolling Stones. It is the opening track and lead single from the English rock band’s 1971 album Sticky Fingers. Rolling Stone magazine ranked it #490 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
  • Southern Man — Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Y ...
    Video taken from a live show in 2000. Very energetic, and it’s always hard to beat the CSNY vocal harmony.
  • INXS – Never Tear Us Apart – Hard ...
    INXS (pronounced “in excess”, In-X-S) are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sa ...
  • Wake’N'Bake 101: Snooki’d
    WWH – She’s BACK: The chill-billy from Wassilly! Somebody full of the Spirit of the Lord called her the “Sno-Queen Snooki of the Great White North” the other day, and yer ol’ Doc just about fell OUT! To those struggling to comprehend how “Snow-Queen Snooki” can command the national spotlight wit ...
  • Experts say cellphones are possibly carcinogen ...
    WWH – An international panel of experts says cellphones are possibly carcinogenic to humans after reviewing previously published studies on the matter, from many sources. The statement yesterday by the International Agency for Research on Cancer – the cancer agency of the World Health Organizati ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • TOM MORELLO : THE NIGHTWATCHMAN TO RELEASE UNI ...
    FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE TITLE TRACK “UNION TOWN” AVAILABLE NOW   NEW FULL LENGTH ALBUM, WORLD WIDE REBEL SONGS, TO BE RELEASED LATE SUMMER   April 28th, 2011 -- New York, New York -- Tom Morello is set to release Union Town via New West Records digitally on May 17th with a physical CD and Vinyl rel ...
  • New York Times: Claims Gaddafi Tried to Assass ...
    From 'TARGET QADDAFI' by Seymour Hersh, New York Times, February 22, 1987 ... In the weeks following Sadat's death, newspapers and television reported a barrage of Qaddafi death threats to Reagan and senior Administration officials. Secret Service protection was ordered for the President's ...
  • New York Times: U.S. Specifically Targeted Gad ...
    From 'TARGET QADDAFI' by Seymour Hersh, New York Times, February 22, 1987 ... The mission was the first combat assignment for most of the fliers. Qaddafi's home and his camouflaged Bedouin tent, where he often worked throughout the night, were inside the grounds of El-Azziziya. The notion o ...
  • Top Al Qaeda Spokesman Spoke Warmly of Those W ...
    Excerpts from transcript of videotape discovered in Jalalabad in Afghanistan in fall, 2001. Slaiman Abou-Ghaith was one of al Qaeda's primary spokesmen: ... BIN LADEN: Those young men [inaudible] said in deeds, in New York and Washington -- speeches that overshadowed all other speeches made e ...
  • Allison Beth Krause Lives On
    My name is Jennifer Schwartz Wright and I am Allison Krause’s cousin and also among the first generation of our family who never met Allison. What can I tell you about my beloved cousin? I was less than a year old when she was shot dead on May 4, 1970. Had she not been killed, I would most cert ...

Salon

  • Anthony Weiner's awkward press conference
    Anthony Weiner has a richly-earned reputation as one of the most press savvy legislators on Capitol Hill, a smart, cocky, quick-witted quote machine who has become a favorite of television producers and built a sizable national following in the last few years.
  • Media swarms aimless Palin bus tour
    As a journalist, watching the flailing press coverage of Sarah Palin's bus tour has been the most sobering experience since Donald Trump helicoptered into New Hampshire masquerading as a presidential candidate and a horde of reporters hung on his every word.
  • The revolving door keeps spinning
    Judd Gregg doesn't have experience identifying growth in emerging markets or putting together complex financial models. But that didn’t keep him from landing a plum gig at the most talent-rich and fiercely competitive investment bank in the world. His life of public service now complete, the ...
  • Syrian president issues amnesty
    Syrian President Bashar Assad issued a general amnesty Tuesday that includes all political prisoners, Syrian State TV reported Tuesday, in a gesture aimed at calming protests that have rocked the country for weeks.
  • Right-wingers really, really, really hoping An ...
    It is certainly possible that Representative Anthony Weiner sexted a young woman who lives in Washington state. My own theory, based primarily on the fact that the only person who seemed to notice the Tweet supposedly sent by Weiner was a creepy right-winger who is obsessed with the New York ...

SMB News

  • Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
    For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,914-metr ...
  • Kasaba throws spit on the camera
    \Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
  • K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
    For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
  • Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
    For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
  • Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
    For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

  • Blair needs to cut fat, not front-line cops
    Requiring Toronto police to at least investigate some serious budget cuts, including possible layoffs, makes good sense given this department’s exceptional cost.
  • Canada’s long haul
    Nothing is easy in Afghanistan. Even as Prime Minister Stephen Harper flew in to laud our troops’ “great success” in Kandahar as they get ready to swap a dangerous combat mission for a less risky Kabul-based training role, he was reminded of ju ...
  • Blair needs to cut fat, not front-line cops
    Requiring Toronto police to at least investigate some serious budget cuts, including possible layoffs, makes good sense given this department’s exceptional cost.
  • Canada’s long haul
    Nothing is easy in Afghanistan. Even as Prime Minister Stephen Harper flew in to laud our troops’ “great success” in Kandahar as they get ready to swap a dangerous combat mission for a less risky Kabul-based training role, he was reminded of ju ...
  • Why not more than a sip?
    Raise a glass to the looser, more relaxed, Ontario liquor law kicking in on Wednesday.

Energy Collective

  • Critique of MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Report
    Fast reactors were given short notice. Technology choices are available. Guest Blog Post by: Tom Blees, Science Council for Global Initiatives Email Contact: tomsciencecouncil@gmail.com Introduction
  • Critique of MIT Nuclear Fuel Cycle Report
    Fast reactors were given short notice. Technology choices are available. Guest Blog Post by: Tom Blees, Science Council for Global Initiatives Email Contact: tomsciencecouncil@gmail.com Introduction
  • Carbon Emissions At Highest Level Ever; Data S ...
    The latest data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atomospheric Agency's (NOAA) Earth Systems Research Laboratory shows that carbon dioxide levels have reached the highest the laboratory has ever recorded in its 50 year history. Located 12,000 feet above sea level in Mauna Loi, Hawaii, this N ...
  • Carbon Emissions At Highest Level Ever; Data S ...
    The latest data from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atomospheric Agency's (NOAA) Earth Systems Research Laboratory shows that carbon dioxide levels have reached the highest the laboratory has ever recorded in its 50 year history. Located 12,000 feet above sea level in Mauna Loi, Hawaii, this N ...
  • Why Knowledge is (Solar) Power
    �Remember the watchword of late 90s tech bubble? The Internet changes everything, people would say.

EU Times

  • Former CIA Officer says Barack Obama and David ...
    David Cameron and Barack Obama ”don’t have a clue” about dealing with the war on terror, a former senior member of the CIA has claimed. Speaking at The Daily Telegraph-sponsored Hay Festival, Michael Scheuer said western politicians had to accept that the conflict in the Middle East was caused b ...
  • Canadian government to ban free speech on internet
    Bill C-51: Investigative Powers for the 21st Century Act Yesterday we examined how the Canadian government is planning to effectively outlaw internet linking by making Canadians permanently legally responsible for the content of any webpage they link to using the Investigative Powers for the 21s ...
  • EU ambassadors in Ireland warned that tap wate ...
    EU ambassadors in Dublin have been informed that their nationals living in Ireland should not make up baby bottles with tap water. Following an Open Letter (1) to the European Commission by leading Dutch paediatrician, Dr Gavin ten Tusscher and others associated with Amsterdam University and the ...
  • Australia bans some live cattle exports to Ind ...
    Australia has suspended exports of live cattle to a number of killing facilities in Indonesia following exposure of brutal practices in some of the country’s abattoirs. Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig said the decision was based on footage collected by Animals Australia that showed cattle being ...
  • Germany pledges to shut down all its nuclear p ...
    Germany is to shut its entire nuclear power network over safety fears triggered by the meltdown of the Fukushima atomic plant in Japan. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that her country will pull the plug on nuclear energy by 2022. Germany – a country without natural gas or oil supplies and vi ...

Stonecipher News

  • Symptoms and Treatments of Diabetes Insipidus
    Diabetes Insipidus ( or DI ) is a health condition that is often distinguished by extreme thirst along with excessively diluted urination . DI is similar in characteristics to untreated Diabetes ( or Diabetes Mellitus) but without the onset of blood glucose elevation. One of the major differ ...
  • Natural Acne Remedies
    There are several health conditions that hinder many people’s lives and outlook everyday. Acne is a condition which can affect your self esteem and your life. I’ve known several friends and family members with terrible cases of acne. They would purchase expensive remedies prescribed by docto ...
  • Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...
    Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
  • Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
    Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
  • Reasons to Donate Blood
    Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • NASA video: Space shuttle Endeavour final landing
    Space shuttle Endeavour and its six astronauts returned to Earth on Wednesday, ending the next-to-last mission in NASA’s 30-year programme with a safe landing in the middle of the night. Bright lights illuminated the landing strip for the shuttle crew, who made the 25th night landing out of a t ...
  • Indirect Heat: 1; Miami Heat: 0
    Rock Island, IL Decoration Day over and done with. Game One of the NBA finals, and I, a Pistons fan by birth (‘if you drink too much Laimbeer you’ll Tipucka’), live in Bulls country. And the Bulls are out, thanks to Miami: the hateful New York Yankees of the NBA. I glean that, like almost every ...
  • Eric Schmidt Indicates Apple Will Get NFC Very ...
    Well, here’s a quick heads-up about Apple from the former Google CEO! Yes, Google’s Eric Schmidt may have just pre-announced the iPhone with NFC! At the time of speaking at The Wall Street Journals’ All Things D conference, Schmidt stated that Android had NFC now, however, “everyone else will h ...
  • Sarah Palin Meets Donald Trump
    See ABC News, " Sarah Palin, Donald Trump Meet In New York City Tuesday Night, Eat Pizza ." Also, " Palin punks the media â again ," and " Matt Lewis: Palinâs bus tour causes media bickering on Twitter ." Plus, " Palin fakes out reporters at Gettysburg hotel
  • Utility exec named as successor to Locke at Co ...
    WASHINGTON -- Five days after Gary Locke sailed through his confirmation hearing to become the next ambassador to China, President Obama on Tuesday nominated a fomer energy executive to succeed Locke as commerce secretary. John Bryson, former chief executive of Edison International, the parent ...

Groklaw

  • Why did Lodsys sue some App Developers on May ...
    Lodsys chose to move its litigation timing to an earlier date than originally planned, in response to Apple's threat, in order to preserve its legal options. [PJ: This is interesting. It shows that Lodsys didn't expect the kind of letter it got from Apple, and it took it as a clear indication t ...
  • Software patents in SA: to be or not to be?
    Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi, the previous Minister for Public Service and Administration, recently described software patents as "an issue which poses a considerable threat to the growth of the African software sector", adding that there had been "recent pressure by certain multinational corporati ...
  • Free Software Free Society: Selected Essays of ...
    This book collects the writing of Richard Stallman in a manner that will make its subtlety and power clear. The essays span a wide range, from copyright to the history of the free software movement. They include many arguments not well known, and among these, an especially insightful account of ...
  • Microsoft Hardware Rules Troublesome for Mak ...
    Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is putting "troublesome" restrictions on makers of processors used to run the coming Windows tablet-computer operating system, Acer Inc. (2353) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer J.T. Wang said. "They're really controlling the whole thing, the whole process," Wang said ...
  • The Revolution Will Not Be Monetized
    Stratospheric valuations for social media titans assume vast advertising revenue that will never arrive... Why is online advertising such a poor stepchild? Well, extremely delightful and informative books with pale-blue and white covers have been written on this subject, but let's reduce the pro ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • Missing reports show more Chantix suicides in ...
    Hundreds of reports of suicides, psychotic reactions and other serious problems tied to the popular stop-smoking drug Chantix were left out of a crucial government safety review because Pfizer Inc., the drugâs manufacturer, submitted years of data through “improper channels.” Yet the FDA won’t b ...
  • UK offshore turbines running out of wind?
    Meteorologists believe that changes to the Atlantic jet stream could alter the pattern of winds over the next 40 years and leave much of the nation’s growing army of power-generating turbines becalmed Wind speeds in Britain have dropped 20% since 2008 due to the jet stream changing. Is this a lo ...
  • California. The zombie state
    It certainly seems that way sometimes, doesn’t it? The California legislature shambles around, bumping into things, with no apparent sense of direction. Issues that managed to get resolved quickly in other states (like Utah revising their public pension plans in one year flat) take ponderously i ...
  • Yemen is bombing its own cities. Syria torture ...
    Yet the US only intervened in Libya. Why? Some speculations as to real reasons for the invasion of Libya (where western troops are now on the ground.) Libya wanted to go off the dollar for oil sales. Desertec wants the land for their massive solar project in Africa for power to EU and Qadaffi wa ...
  • Obama is 2008 Republican, says James Carville
    Carville unloads on Obama It’s pretty remarkable that the next election is going to boil down to a competition between the 2008 Republican presidential candidate and his vice presidential nominee. Obama being the 2012 Democrat equivalent of McCain and the Republican challenger being someone like ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

  • Syria: The strong risk of fitna, and how to pr ...
    Josh Landis has a truly excellent piece on his blog today. It is a lengthy account that he's publishing there, that was written by someone identified only as "An American in Syria." Whoever the writer is, the writing shows the closeness of her/his own connectedness to Syrians in Damascus of a va ...
  • Notes on Turkey and Syria, #2
    Turkish FM Davutoglu today told a couple of media outlets (including the NYT) that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad should launch a "shock therapy" version of political reform. Did he use those words in English? If so, it is a truly lousy turn of phrase. "Shock therapy," as administered to the Ru ...
  • Notes on Turkey and the Syrian transition
    I'm sorry we haven't been able to fix the comments here yet. Meantime, you can go over to this post on my backup blog to read what I just wrote about Turkey and Syria... and what's more, I think you can post comments there.
  • Tweeting the new Palestinian convergence?
    I was just, um, tweeting (@helenacobban, not @justworldnews... ) about the fact that Twitter, especially, gives a lot of new flexibility and capabilities to Palestinian activists who by the nature of their situation are chopped, diced, and spread out between a number of different national jurisd ...
  • 'Arab Spring' heads for Palestine
    It looks as if the civilian mass organizing that has been a feature of the 'Arab Spring' in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Bahrain, Syria, and elsewhere is now heading seriously for Palestine. In the AS's early weeks, several Western commentators made a point of writing both that the AS itself hadn't re ...

frogblog

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    Many current frogblog readers probably won’t have heard of g.blog. g.blog was set up before the 2008 election, but has been in hibernation for a while.  But it is a blog where any Green Party member can post. If you are a Green member,  all you need to do to get posting rights at g.blog [...]
  • Climate change adaptation in Cuba
    I didn’t hear any climate change denial in Cuba. In fact, the environment ministry people outlined to me a detailed climate change adaption programme. They calculate that if there is an 85 cm sea level rise by 2100 twenty one communities by the sea will disappear, and many others will be badly a ...
  • Whitcoulls: ‘But we’re not like th ...
    Okay, Whitcoulls and Borders were in trouble. So along comes white knight James Pascoe Group, to save the day. All will be good. A successful capitalist rescues a failed one and saves most of the workers' jobs. Big hugs all round, and business as usual. But hang on! Part of the rescue deal invol ...
  • Miramar South School – Low Decile and Hi ...
    As the debate rages about the proposed merger of two Miramar schools I want to challenge the perception that these schools have a lower quality of education, teaching staff and student behaviour. For the past two years I have been a proud supporter of activities at Miramar South School, presenti ...
  • Supporting positive parenting!
    Professor Paul Moon has a curiously negative approach to the new initiative by Te Kahui Mana Ririki to encourage Maori parents to embrace a loving tradition of child raising. Te Kahui Mana Ririki spokesperson Anton Blank has made no romantic claims that pre European tangata whenua culture was al ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • (Land of the Fee and the Home of the Knave) Mo ...
    President Obama has said that he will not allow people-programs to be cut so that the wealthy can receive tax cuts because our nation is "better than that." But what America is cannot be distinguished from its economy which exists merely to accumulate money. It's why the maxim is let the buy ...
  • The Supreme Court, the Constitution and the Fi ...
    The Supreme Court's First Amendment opinions result not from interpreting the First Amendment but from deliberately and insidiously changing its diction in ways that make the Amendment unrecognizable. The Court's arguments in these opinions are pure cant and do nothing but turn the Justice ...
  • Liberty's Easy Slide into Tyranny
    Huge conspiracies aren't what destroys people's freedom, the accumulation of errors, failed policies, and little and big unfairnesses do. It happens because The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft agley,/ An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain. The FED, CIA, Executive Privilege, The ...
  • What should be done with illegal immigrants?
    That this question is even being asked reveals something about ourselves. How would you answer it if you were an illegal immigrant? Perhaps you've never heard of the Golden Rule. The rule may not be the best guide to moral behavior but asking yourself how you'd answer the question if you wer ...
  • A Revolting World
    Many in many lands are demonstrating against their governments. Some claim that people everywhere are revolting and that a worldwide revolution is imminent. Even both the orthodox and heterodox presses are all atwitter. But it is far easier to bring about a successful revolution than it is t ...
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