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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.

Friday, June 17, 2011

17 June - RSS SnapShot ! Pt I

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RI Senate approves 3 renewable-energy measures
Providence Journal
By Alex Kuffner PROVIDENCE — The state Senate approved three bills on Wednesday that aim to encourage more development of renewable energy. The Senate voted unanimously in favor of all three bills. There was no discussion on the measures, ...
Neste Oil's renewable aviation fuel to be featured at the Paris Air Show
Reuters (press release)
Neste Oil is to take part in the Paris Air Show this June (20.6-26.6) to showcase its NExBTL renewable aviation fuel. Based on Neste Oil's proprietary technology, the fuel offers airlines an easy and highly effective solution for reducing their ...
Constellation Energy to Supply Renewable Energy Certificates for U.S. ...
MarketWatch (press release)
BALTIMORE, Jun 16, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Constellation Energy /quotes/zigman/190849/quotes/nls/ceg CEG +0.97% today announced that it will donate renewable energy certificates (RECs) to match 100 percent of the estimated energy use associated with ...
Solectria Chosen to Power the Sonoma Valley Unified School District
MarketWatch (press release)
"SVUSD is a great example of a school district not only implementing solar power, but also teaching their students about the benefits of renewable energy and conservation. They are a model for other school districts looking into solar for the cost ...
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Human Habitat

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PUD: Timing not right for pricey water project
The Wenatchee World Online
A $165000 study commissioned by the PUD and paid for by the state Department of Ecology concluded that the project would cost between $1 billion and $4 billion, and the estimated range of revenue or loss over the project's life is considered too ...
US Movers: Aveo, Clarcor, Ecology, Korn/Ferry, Owens-Illinois
Ticker Magazine
Ecology and Environment, Inc. (EEI) declined 9.6% or $1.84 to $17.30 after the environmental consultation company said third quarter revenues increased 24% to $41.4 million from $33.3 million in the same quarter last year. Net income in the quarter ...
The ecology of guns
OregonLive.com
It broadens the debate about guns to what is, in effect, their ecology and globalization. Our country's refusal to enact safe and sensible gun policies endangers not only our own people but also people beyond our borders.
China vows to improve ecology in restive Mongolian areas
Monsters and Critics.com
Beijing - Premier Wen Jiabao and other Chinese leaders on Wednesday promised to improve the economy and environment of the country's vast Inner Mongolia region, where ethnic Mongolians have staged recent anti-government protests. ...
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Water Power

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Swiss Firm Seeks Carbon Credits in Kenya with Clean Water
Voice of America
Something new in western Kenya homesteads: a LifeStraw Family water filter, produced by the Swiss health-products company Vestergaard Frandsen. Community workers are distributing them for free to 900000 households. Through its safe drinking water ...
Oregon panel approves tough new clean water rules
Reuters
By Teresa Carson PORTLAND, Ore (Reuters) - Oregon's environmental regulators on Thursday approved new health-based water quality standards, touted as the toughest in the nation, for curtailing toxic pollutants in rivers and streams. ...
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Galveston, League City enacts mandatory water restrictions
KHOU
by khou.com staff HOUSTON -- Mandatory water restrictions are now in effect in League City and Galveston and violators could be fined thousands of dollars. Galveston enacted stage 3 of the city's drought contingency plan in response to on-going ...
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Bad Combination: Floodplains, nuclear materials and understated risk
St. Louis Beacon
The record high water levels just experienced on the Mississippi from Cairo to Baton Rouge will soon be joined by new record levels on the Missouri River at numerous sites above Kansas City. The vagaries of rainfall delivery will dictate how bad things ...
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The Intelligence Daily

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • AIPAC Pushes Hard for War With Iran
    Summary: The overarching problem is the Israel lobby’s subversion of American governance through election fraud, the evasion of tax regulations and laws regulating foreign lobbies, and the systematized, ongoing infiltration of operatives into key government posts to advance the interests of ...
  • Iran Renews Strong Opposition to Discriminatio ...
    Summary: Tehran is resolved to confront discriminatory attitudes to the adoption of international treaties, a prominent member of the Iranian parliament stressed on Sunday. source: Bernamaread more
  • Iran and the Bomb - How real is the nuclear th ...
    Summary: Is Iran actively trying to develop nuclear weapons? Members of the Obama Administration often talk as if this were a foregone conclusion, as did their predecessors under George W. Bush. source: The New Yorkerread more
  • Iran urges pressure on Israel to join Non-Prol ...
    Summary: Dimona nuclear plantTehran - Iran called on the world community Sunday to pressure Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and subject its nuclear programmes to international oversight. source: Monsters and Criticsread more
  • Nuclear proliferation: Engaging Iran
    Summary: IAEA Inspectors at an Iranian Uranium Conversion PlantIn principle, however, nothing in international law or in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty forbids the enrichment of uranium. Besides Iran, several other countries, parties or not to the treaty, enrich uranium without being a ...

The Daily Galaxy

  • "Dark energy is a fiction --The appearance of ...
    Remember a little thing called the space-time continuum? Well what if the time part of the equation was literally running out? New evidence is suggesting that time is slowly disappearing from our universe, and will one day vanish completely. This...
  • "Dark energy is a fiction --The appearance of ...
    Remember a little thing called the space-time continuum? Well what if the time part of the equation was literally running out? New evidence is suggesting that time is slowly disappearing from our universe, and will one day vanish completely. This...
  • Our Universe: "Something peculiar is going on."
    Simulations based on the standard cosmological model indicate that galaxies should be uniformly distributed. But the universe appears to be clumpier than astronomers expected, according to the largest galaxy survey ever conducted. The extra clumps could call for a redesign...
  • Our Universe: "Something peculiar is going on."
    Simulations based on the standard cosmological model indicate that galaxies should be uniformly distributed. But the universe appears to be clumpier than astronomers expected, according to the largest galaxy survey ever conducted. The extra clumps could call for a redesign...
  • Image of the Day: Dragon's Eye --A Glowing Gre ...
    This glowing emerald nebula, RCW 120, seen by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has been sculpted by the powerful light of giant "O" stars. O stars are the most massive type of star known to exist. This region of hot gas...

Natural News

  • TSA targets special needs traveler with invasi ...
    (NaturalNews) The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) continues its reign of terror against innocent Americans, this time aggressively targeting a special needs traveler out of Houston, Tex., who was on his way to Disney World with his family. According to My Fox Houston, TSA agents ...
  • Radiation is Already Killing Babies
    (NaturalNews) Newborn babies are the most vulnerable of all beings. Vulnerability says it all when it comes to a newborn infant. Children deserve the best medical treatment from the best form of medicine human intelligence can implement but what they get is governmental interference and neglect. ...
  • Health experts announce 5 ways to protect chil ...
    (NaturalNews) Imagine parents who would put their children in danger, placing them in situations that could cause serious health problems and distress such as difficulty breathing or a disruption of their male and female hormones -- or even shorten their kids' lives. We must be talking about psy ...
  • In partial victory against GMOs, U.S. Congress ...
    (NaturalNews) The U.S. House of Representatives passed a law today that would effectively bar the FDA from approving GM salmon. This is a direct result of the rising awareness of the dangers of GMOs among American consumers, along with steady coverage of the issue by the alternative media (inclu ...
  • World leaders denounce failed war on drugs; ca ...
    (NaturalNews) The "War on Drugs" is a failure, with devastating consequences around the world, and it is time to decriminalize drugs and start treating drug problems as health issues, said a group of prominent former world leaders in a new report released June 1."Fifty years after the initiation ...

Threat Level

  • New Malware Steals Your Bitcoin
    In a sure sign that the virtual currency Bitcoin has hit the mainstream, a new Trojan horse program discovered in the wild Thursday seeks out and steals victims’ Bitcoin wallets, the same way other malware goes for their banking passwords or credit card numbers. The malware, Infostealer.Coinbit ...
  • Citi Credit Card Hack Bigger Than Originally D ...
    Citigroup has been forced to reveal that a recent hack of its network exposed the financial data of more than 360,000 customers, a much higher number than the bank originally disclosed.
  • Bloggers Mull Legal Action Against Righthaven
    Bloggers who paid thousands of dollars each to settle copyright-infringement allegations with Righthaven were mulling their legal options Wednesday, a day after a federal judge said the copyright troll had no legal standing to bring that kind of lawsuits. “We’re thinking seriously about what to ...
  • Lawmakers Propose Warrant Requirement for GPS Data
    Two lawmakers announced legislation Wednesday that for the first time clearly would mandate the authorities obtain a court warrant to acquire geolocational information of a suspect’s movements, a position clearly at odds with the Obama administration. The “Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance ...
  • Nevada Judge Threatens Sanctions for Copyright ...
    A Las Vegas federal judge threatened to sanction copyright troll Righthaven, calling its litigation efforts Tuesday “disingenuous, if not outright deceitful.” The blistering decision also places into doubt the litigation factory’s year-old business model, which is also under a Colorado federal j ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • It's Time for Reverse Federalism on Medicaid
    If ever there was bad idea whose time never came, it is Paul Ryan's plan to slash Medicaid spending and convert what remains into a system of block grants administered by the states. The $300 billion federal-state program providing health care for millions of poor, elderly and disabled American ...
  • GOP Frets as Romney's Tough Talk on Terror Dis ...
    To be sure, Mitt Romney is the man Republican hard-liners love to hate. While anti-abortion groups and free-market fundamentalists ramp up their all-out "stop Romney" efforts, the Manchester Union Leader blasted Mitt as "high-falutin' and haughty" for acting as if had the GOP presidential nomin ...
  • Home Sweet Homes for Mitt Romney?
    Among the defining moments of the 2008 presidential campaign was John McCain's inability to remember how many homes he owned. But if that episode crystallized the image of McCain as an out of touch stooge for the gilded class, his would-be successor Mitt Romney may have his own home ownership c ...
  • 10 Missing Questions from the CNN GOP Debate
    Tonight in Manchester, New Hampshire, CNN will broadcast the first major debate featuring the 2012 Republican presidential candidates. Predictably, the media are hyping a clash of personalities featuring the front-runner (Romney) vs. the challenger (Pawlenty), the cult heroes (Paul, Cain), the ...
  • Killing Medicare in Pictures
    "We want to save Medicare," a senior GOP aide put it, "while Democrats would let it die." Sadly for him, it appears that Republicans spouting that talking point are about to be mugged by reality. For starters, recent polling shows the American people are overwhelmingly opposed to the Ryan plan ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • Oregon Country Fair - Culture Jam Youth Camp - ...
    Culture Jam is the Oregon Country Fair's exciting 8-day, sleep away summer youth gathering located on a parcel of land at the site we call Alice's Wonderland. ...
  • behnke | culture jamming
    Culture Jamming and Advertising Techniques. The close-up of a lipstick ... The producers of culture jamming, if we think of actors such as those from the ...
  • How to Culture Jam - wikiHow
    Culture jamming is the art of hijacking the mainstream media, corporate advertisers, and the public domain to get across a message against one-way communication. ...
  • ccit300-f06 - Culture Jamming
    Culture jamming is manipulating existing mass media and changing its original message to ... Culture jamming communicates public awareness, such as environmental and human ...
  • Culture Jamming...What is it? " Jammin' Ladies
    Culture jamming is a practice that has been around for decades; to determine it's exact ... The idea behind culture jamming is that individuals are not given the ...

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

Water - AlterNet

Public Citizen in Texas

  • The Shroud of Fukushima
    According to the London Telegraph, Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has announced that they will start construction of a shroud over the No. 1 reactor at the ill-fated Fukushima Dai-ichi power plant where a hydrogen explosion destroyed the walls and roof of the reactor building on March 12, the d ...
  • White Stallion Coal Plant Fails to Obtain Wate ...
    Today the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Board of Directors delayed a vote on providing water to the “White Stallion” coal plant proposed for Matagorda County. Though White Stallion’s Chief Operation Officer, Randy Bird, was expecting and asking for approval of a contract today, the board ...
  • Aging nuclear plants create radioactive waste ...
    Critiques of nuclear generation have generally revolved around safety risks and high construction fees, but relatively little attention has been paid to what happens when a nuclear plant powers down for good. Costs Can Reach Over $1 Billion Nuclear plants must be decommissioned at the end of the ...
  • Baseline health assessment of residents near W ...
    Residents living near the WCS low-level radioactive waste dump in Andrews County in West Texas near the New Mexico border will soon be asked to complete a health survey commissioned by state environmental and health officials and conducted by the University of North Texas to assess about 24,000 ...
  • STP license renewal application oral arguments ...
    An Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) will hear oral argument on June 27, via teleconference, on the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development [SEED] Coalition’s request to participate in the South Texas Project operating reactor license renewal proceeding. The ASLB is the independent bo ...

Unexplained Mysteries

  • IPCC climate change plans leaked
    Leaked documents have disclosed a number of potential ways that the IPCC may tackle climate change. Over 60 top scientists worldwide contributed to th...
  • Man shoots off own finger to cure wart
    A man suffering from an itchy wart on his finger decided to remove it... using a 12-bore Beretta. While the technique undoubtedly succeeded in removin...
  • DNA proves horrific folklore to be true
    Genetic analysis of a shrunken head verifies anecdotal accounts of violent head-hunting in South America. They've appeard in movies such as Beetlejuic...
  • Dawn spacecraft approaches asteroid Vesta
    NASA's Dawn spacecraft has taken remarkable images of its approach towards the massive asteroid. The spacecraft is less than 300,000 miles from its ta...
  • First images of unconscious brain
    Scientists have managed to monitor in considerable detail a human brain as it falls unconscious. The technique is able to detect the waxing and waning...

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

GreenBiz

Reuters Global

  • “Fearsome risks” driving policy ov ...
    In China, where a rash of protests, sometimes violent, have recently flared up and been slapped down, echoes from this year's 'Arab Spring' of rebellion against iron-fisted rulers in the Middle East and North Africa are resonating loudly.
  • Ten years on, still trying to frame the Afghan War
    U.S. President Barack Obama is in the midst of a wrenching decision on whether to quickly bring home the 100,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan or stay the course in the hope that the situation will stabilise in the country
  • No room at the Inn … but maybe a job in ...
    Lucille Lievaux, a 25-year-old French geologist, commutes to work on a plane, a 1,300-km journey from Australia's Indian Ocean city of Perth to the mining town of Karratha, a smudge of suburbia on the continent's barren northwest coast. She is part of growing army of foreigners being recruited f ...
  • A slow-burning revolution in Pakistan
    Never before has the power struggle between civilian and military authority in Pakistan been debated so openly in public.
  • What is the best strategy against Chinese cybe ...
    While the biggest structural risk right now is global rebalancing, especially between China and the U.S., there is another important threat from China: cyberwars.

Booman Tribune

  • The Professionally Disgruntled
    For the second straight year, I declined to attend the Netroots Nation conference. I've always enjoyed the conferences, but I don't belong there anymore, and this is why. Let me start with the DREAM Act. If immigration reform supporters are mobilizing against the president, they need to have ...
  • Spying on Bloggers
    I remember back in 2006 having the distinct impression that people in the Bush administration were looking to discredit their critics, including the new army of citizen-journalists and opinion writers in the blogosphere who were just destroying them over the war in Iraq. I often wondered how fa ...
  • People Still Blame Bush
    Common wisdom says that a sitting president can only blame his predecessor for the state of the union for a brief period of time. After a year or two at the helm, a president has to take ownership of the condition of the country. This is partly because people are forgetful, but also because we ...
  • Supreme Court Screwed us to Help Wall Street
    You own any mutual funds? Better pay attention, then. As we learned yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled in Janus Capital Group, Inc. v. First Derivative Traders (hereafter the "Janus Case") that a mutual fund investment adviser and administrator can not be held ...
  • On Alpha Dogs and Beta Dogs
    I'm amused that The Hill decided to grapple with the 'wimp factor' as it applies to Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty. People might think this is a hyped issue, but I think it is extremely important to understanding how voters will behave. Republican presidential candidates have long enjoyed an ...

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

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy May Reduce Suicid ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline According to new research, people who suffer with insomnia may experience a reduction in suicidal ideation when they undergo cognitive-behavioral therapy. The research involved 303 people with insomnia and revealed that over one-fifth of them had experienced suici ...
  • Class of 2011 – What Now?
    By Sarah Noel, MS, LMHC Person Centered/Rogerian Psychotherapy Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Sarah and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile Colleges and universities across the country have spent the months of May and June conferring degrees on eager, young graduates. There were c ...
  • Family Members’ Attitudes Affect Recovery of T ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline A new study suggests that the attitude that a family has toward a member with mental health issues directly impacts their symptoms and recovery. “Negative attitudes of family members have the potential to affect the ways that mentally ill persons view themselves, ...
  • Does Social Media Make Cheating Easier for Peo ...
    By Jen Wilson, “Up, Down, and All Around…with Jen :-)” Blogger So here we go again. Another public figure admitting to erroneous acts that skirt just outside the confines of his marriage. But is it infidelity? When Arnold Schwarzenegger came clean about fathering a child out of wedlock, at least ...
  • Part II: Coping with Depression – Mindfulness ...
    By Linda Jame, LCSW, Contemplative Psychotherapy Topic Expert Contributor Click here to contact Linda and/or see her GoodTherapy.org Profile In the last article we concluded that the avoidance of difficult emotions is a major component of depression. But emotion is natural—it is the movement of ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • The Last Mountain - Philadelphia Inquirer
    Los Angeles Times The Last Mountain Philadelphia Inquirer A powerful documentary with an important agenda - saving an Appalachian mountain and the people living in the valley below - director Bill Haney's piece of advocacy journalism looks at the heavy costs of "mountaintop removal," a method o ...
  • Citizens take aim at mountaintop mining - The ...
    Citizens take aim at mountaintop mining The Fayette Tribune Rose compared the Frasure site, and other mountaintop removal sites like it, to a cancer spreading across West Virginia mountains. An issue that hit home with several of the participants was that the company mining the coal was not a W ...
  • LETTER: Bad River band will fight mine - Wausa ...
    LETTER: Bad River band will fight mine Wausau Daily Herald That's exactly what courses through my mind when I read the pro-mining propaganda saturating media around Wisconsin supporting the Penokee mountaintop removal project near Mellen. The downstream tribe that would be affected by the mine ...
  • Tomblin Favors Single Delegate Districts - Whe ...
    Tomblin Favors Single Delegate Districts Wheeling Intelligencer He was asked his thoughts on mountaintop removal mining. "I think mountaintop removal - if done responsibly - can be done in an environmentally friendly way," Tomblin responded. He noted the state has a "very hilly terrain" and tha ...
  • Music Saves Mountains at Bonnaroo - Natural Re ...
    Los Angeles Times Music Saves Mountains at Bonnaroo Natural Resources Defense Council (blog) There were a number of unforgettable moments this past weekend after our Music Saves Mountains team traveled to Manchester, Tenn. for the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival to help stop mountaintop remova ...

Memeorandum

  • Obama Claims The UN Can Usurp Congressional Wa ...
    Jeff Dunetz / YID With LID: Obama Claims The UN Can Usurp Congressional War Powers … Earlier this week Speaker Boehner sent a letter to the President warning Obama that he will clearly will be in violation of the 1973 War Powers Act as of this weekend as the POTUS did not seek congressional co ...
  • Iceland's Banks Come in From the Cold (Wall St ...
    Wall Street Journal: Iceland's Banks Come in From the Cold  —  Europe's bailout path has diverted resources to failing enterprises, postponing and deepening the problem.  —  Reykjavik  —  Iceland's government last week raised $1 billion through an issue of five-year bonds at yields just above 3%.
  • RIM Warns of More BlackBerry Blues (Wall Stree ...
    Wall Street Journal: RIM Warns of More BlackBerry Blues  —  BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. sliced its earnings outlook for the year and said it would start laying off employees, in grim results that suggest its aging smartphone line and delays in introducing new devices are eroding i ...
  • Fear & Loathing In Minneapolis: Progressives V ...
    The Note: Fear & Loathing In Minneapolis: Progressives Vent Frustration With Obama At Netroots Nation  —  ABC News' Matthew Jaffe reports:  —  The frustrations and the fears that progressives feel about President Obama were on full display Thursday as thousands of them flocked to Minneapolis fo ...
  • Obama Admin Objects to Alaska Oil and Gas Deve ...
    Phil Taylor / New York Times: Obama Admin Objects to Alaska Oil and Gas Development Bill  —  The Obama administration today said a proposal from House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (R-Wash.) to expedite oil and gas leasing and energy infrastructure permitting in an Alaska reserve coul ...

Energy & Environment News

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China Dialogue

  • Climate conspiracy: a flimsy fantasy
    Global warming is no plot, writes Chen Jiliang. Why would thousands of scientists risk their careers to fabricate a consensus?After the Copenhagen climate talks of 2009, public concern about climate change reached higher levels than ever, but scepticism and suspicion also soared. In the west, so ...
  • Power politics in Germany
    Angela Merkel’s decision to abandon nuclear has been hailed as revolutionary by some – and dismissed as a political stunt by others. Here, Jürgen Maier gives an insider’s view.The Fukushima nuclear meltdown had its greatest political impact not so much in Japan itself but in faraway Germany, whe ...
  • Trading blows in America
    The United States’ first regional cap-and-trade programme is in peril, the latest victim of the country’s divided climate politics. Joan Bien reports.The future of an environmental programme that aims to cut the carbon emissions of a swathe of the north-eastern United States by 10% over the next ...
  • Diversion debate
    The zeal for engineering China’s rivers continues unabated among hydrologists. But will the latest proposal – to move water from Tibet to Xinjiang – get the backing of the authorities? Zhang Ke reports.Chinese scientists have dreamed up yet another mega engineering scheme: to divert water from T ...
  • Bearing the standard
    If it grasps the opportunities offered by sustainable certification, China can reap commercial, environmental and social rewards, while helping set the rules for a greener global economy, argues Joshua Wickerham.International voluntary sustainability standards – such as the Forest Stewardship Co ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Perry’s prayer event will put Christiani ...
    Texas Governor Rick Perry will be holding a huge prayer event in August because apparently America is suffering a “moral crisis:” PERRY: Right now, America is in crisis: we have been besieged by financial debt, terrorism, and a multitude of natural disasters. As a nation, we must come together ...
  • Blair Mountain Emergency: Obama is Obliged by ...
    Almost ninety years ago, an emergency crisis of unconscionable human suffering, government neglect and coal company lawlessness compelled thousands of coal miners and impoverished World War I veterans to tramp through the back roads of West Virginia and attempt to liberate terrorized mining camp ...
  • Intellectual Scatology: Ann Coulter’s Ne ...
    In “Demonic,” Coulter traces the words and movements of groups from the Ku Klux Klan and the SDS to anti-war protesters and Democrats today to argue her point that liberals have “consistently used mob tactics to implement their idea of the ‘general will.’” “Just as fire seeks oxygen, Democrats s ...
  • Arizona Ethnic Studies Showdown This Week: Wil ...
    Only days after college-bound Ethnic Studies graduates collected their diplomas and a widely praised Tucson forum allowed the community to discuss the city’s acclaimed Ethnic Studies/Mexican American Studies Program, the increasingly isolated state superintendent of education plans to release th ...
  • A Moment to Seize with Israel
    Ex-Mossad Chief Dagan Speaks Out Those who defend Israel reflexively, and those who criticize Israel as if it—all its component parts, and all (or most) of its people—is singularly evil and without redeeming features, would do well to note this development, as reported by The New York Times: ...

Threat Level

  • New Malware Steals Your Bitcoin
    In a sure sign that the virtual currency Bitcoin has hit the mainstream, a new Trojan horse program discovered in the wild Thursday seeks out and steals victims’ Bitcoin wallets, the same way other malware goes for their banking passwords or credit card numbers. The malware, Infostealer.Coinbit ...
  • Citi Credit Card Hack Bigger Than Originally D ...
    Citigroup has been forced to reveal that a recent hack of its network exposed the financial data of more than 360,000 customers, a much higher number than the bank originally disclosed.
  • Bloggers Mull Legal Action Against Righthaven
    Bloggers who paid thousands of dollars each to settle copyright-infringement allegations with Righthaven were mulling their legal options Wednesday, a day after a federal judge said the copyright troll had no legal standing to bring that kind of lawsuits. “We’re thinking seriously about what to ...
  • Lawmakers Propose Warrant Requirement for GPS Data
    Two lawmakers announced legislation Wednesday that for the first time clearly would mandate the authorities obtain a court warrant to acquire geolocational information of a suspect’s movements, a position clearly at odds with the Obama administration. The “Geolocational Privacy and Surveillance ...
  • Nevada Judge Threatens Sanctions for Copyright ...
    A Las Vegas federal judge threatened to sanction copyright troll Righthaven, calling its litigation efforts Tuesday “disingenuous, if not outright deceitful.” The blistering decision also places into doubt the litigation factory’s year-old business model, which is also under a Colorado federal j ...

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  • 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

  • Animal Farm at Forest Park in Everett Linked t ...
    KOMO TV reports that four people have contracted E. coli (presumably E. coli O157:H7) after visiting an animal petting farm in Snohomish County, officials say. Two children and two adults have been infected, say officials with the city of Everett and the Snohomish County Health District. The p ...
  • 10 tons of Hamburger recalled in France after ...
    Seven children have been hospitalized in France with E. coli infections after eating meat that manufacturer SEB said came from Germany, Belgium and Holland and slaughtered and processed in France.� The children, the youngest of whom is 20 months old, had eaten defrosted hamburgers. A spokesman ...
  • If you do not think the German E. coli O104:H4 ...
    Organic bean sprouts from the Gaertnerhof Bienenbuettel farm near Uelzen, Germany, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Hamburg (seems pretty local) have been link to the 39 Dead, 826 with HUS and 3,406 Ill in what has become the second largest, but mostly deadly, E. coli outbreak in hist ...
  • New Numbers on E. coli Sprout Outbreak - 39 De ...
    Last night the E. coli O104:H4 toll was - 38 Dead, 824 with HUS, 3351 Ill - Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wisconsin with 5, this morning.� The new numbers on the E. coli Sprout Outbreak - 39 Dead, 826 with HUS and 3,406 Ill and the numbers hold steady in the U.S.
  • E. coli O104:H4 - 38 Dead, 824 with HUS, 3351 ...
    According to the European Food Safety authority, 821 HUS cases, including 24 deaths, and 2,530 non-HUS cases, including 13 deaths, have been reported. Germany reports two new HUS cases and 17 new non-HUS STEC cases. Germany also reports a new HUS death. In Luxembourg, one STEC case developed HU ...

AutoblogGreen

  • Report: Glenn Beck goes off on GM's Akerson ov ...
    Filed under: GM, Electric Glenn Beck on the gas tax - Click above to watch video after the jump If there's one thing that is fast becoming true about the Chevy Volt, it's that right-wing political pundits really, really don't like it. So, we will admit up front that this story comes straigh ...
  • Official: Mitsubishi sets Canadian i-MiEV pric ...
    Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Hatchback, Mitsubishi, Canada, Electric $32,998. That's the price that Mitsubishi Motors has announced for the i-MiEV in Canada when the little space egg goes on sale there later this year. (That's $33,891 U.S. at today's exchange rate). Yes, Canada will ge ...
  • Official: New pictures of Tesla Model S Alpha ...
    Filed under: Sedan, Tesla, Design/Style Tesla Model S Alpha - Click above for high-res image gallery Tesla Motors has put up some new pictures of the Tesla Model S Alpha, and its gorgeous new model looks more production-ready than ever. The changes we can see are subtle, but compared to ...
  • Official: New pictures of Tesla Model S Alpha ...
    Filed under: Sedan, Tesla, Design/Style Tesla Model S Alpha - Click above for high-res image gallery Tesla Motors has put up some new pictures of the Tesla Model S Alpha, and its gorgeous new model looks more production-ready than ever. The changes we can see are subtle, but compared to ...
  • Chevy Volt earns five-star NHTSA crash rating ...
    2011 Chevrolet Volt - Click above for high-res image gallery The 2011 Chevrolet Volt has earned "good" marks in crash tests before, and new tests by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's New Car Assessment Program prove that the earlier results were not a fluke. The Volt scor ...

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!

  • War on Drugs: Fast, Furious and Fueled by the U.S.
    The violent deaths of Brian Terry and Juan Francisco Sicilia, separated by the span of just a few months and by the increasingly bloody U.S.-Mexico border, have sparked separate but overdue examinations of the so-called War on Drugs, and how the U.S. government is ultimately exacerbating the pr ...
  • "Former Mitt Romney" Was "Reasonable, Very Mod ...
    Tonight’s debate between Republican presidential candidates marks the first national debate appearance of Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor. Meanwhile fellow Mormon and former Utah governor, Jon Huntsman, has yet to announce, and will skip the debate. While in Utah last January reporti ...
  • "Don't Believe the Hype About U.S. Debt": Sall ...
    Vice President Joe Biden met with congressional negotiators last Thursday to discuss ways to curb the federal deficit and permit new borrowing after August 2, the day the U.S. government is expected to reach its $14.3 trillion borrowing limit. Democrats want to curb the federal deficit by pushi ...
  • AIDS Activists Rally at U.N.: "We Are Asking W ...
    The 2011 U.N. High-Level meeting on AIDS kicked off on June 8 in New York, with more than 30 world leaders attending to discuss the progress and future of the global AIDS response. Outside, hundreds of AIDS activists rallied to call on the world leaders to fulfill their commitment from the 2006 ...
  • Annie Jacobsen, Author of "Area 51: An Uncenso ...
    We continue our interview with Annie Jacobsen, author of the new book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of Americaâs Top Secret Military Base. Jacobson describes the disk-shaped A-12 Oxcart spy plane developed at the Nevada military base, her interview with the plane’s pilot, and discusses how ...

Digg Green

  • DARPA Lays Out Tech for 100-Year Starship ...
    DARPA has issued a call for big ideas about the technologies needed to solve the challenges of creating an interstellar starship within 100 years. Science fiction writers, researchers and ethicists can feel free to apply.
  • NASA/ESA Produced a Spectacular Hubble Vi ...
    The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a close-up view of the galaxy Centaurus A. Hubble’s out-of-this-world location and world-class Wide Field Camera 3 instrument reveal a dramatic picture of a dynamic galaxy in flux.
  • If you keep going around the universe, wi ...
    Is the universe flat or spherical or saddle-shaped, and what do any of these things really mean? Do we live in a Pac-Man universe, or an infinite one?
  • Iran to put a monkey into space: report
    Iran plans to send a live monkey into space in the summer, the country's top space official said after the launch of the Rassad-1 satellite, state television reported on its website on Thursday.
  • How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the ...
    Every scientific paper and report has to go through the critical scrutiny of other experts: peer review. Scientific authors are required to take reviewers’ comments and criticisms seriously, and to fix any mistakes that may have been found. It’s a foundational ethic of scientific work: no c ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • A World of Delusion on a Ball of Confusion
    by Les Visible The cosmos wants the motivations and conditions of our times expressed in dramas that showcase them, because the cosmos brought The Apocalypse. Both sides of human consciousness; self interest and ‘enlightened’ self interest are presented in acts that reveal what initiates and car ...
  • Video – This kinetic sculpture lives!
  • China Wants To Construct A 50 Square Mile Self ...
    By wmw_admin on June 10, 2011 The End of the American Dream – June 8, 2011 Thanks to the trillions of dollars that the Chinese have made flooding our shores with cheap products, China is now in a position of tremendous economic power. So what is China going to do with all of that money? [...]
  • Stealth Vaccine Laws Allow Children to Consent ...
    by: Alan Phillips, J.D. (NaturalNews) A current California bill, AB 499, would “allow a minor who is 12 years of age or older to consent to medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.”[1] That is, children as young as 12 will be able to get a Gardasil or other STD v ...
  • Pravda and Isvestia Are Alive and Well in the USA
    By Servando Gonzalez Pravda (truth) and Isveztia (news) were the two main official newspapers in the Soviet Union. But the Russians were totally aware that, as the joke said, the Truth carried no News and the News had no Truth. Actually, they systematically distrusted anything published in the o ...

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 ...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

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

  • Edinburgh’s Gorgeous John Hope Garden Gateway ...
    Read the rest of Edinburgh’s Gorgeous John Hope Garden Gateway Wins 2011 Sustainability Award Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "wind power", Air quality, Architecture, biomass power, biomimicry, Botanical, Daylighting, Edward Cullinan Architects, fresh air, green interiors, green ...
  • FIRST PHOTOS: Incredible Recycled 747 Airplane ...
    Read the rest of FIRST PHOTOS: Incredible Recycled 747 Airplane House Completed in Malibu! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", 747 Wing House, adaptive reuse, airplane, airplane house, Aluminum, David Hertz Architects, eco design, green architecture, Gree ...
  • Announcing the Winners of the Bright Ideas Lig ...
    Read the rest of Announcing the Winners of the Bright Ideas Lighting Design Competition! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Andrea Carvajal, “lighting design”, blowfish lamp, bright ideas lighting design competition, cardboard lamp, Carolyn Joan Lau, coffee pot lamp, Competition, d ...
  • House Haller Sits Spectacularly within its Stu ...
    Located in the small town of Mellau in Austria, House Haller was originally built as a structure intended to incorporate and harmonize with the panoramic beauty of the surrounding Alps. The modern home was designed by architects Jürgen Haller and Peter Plattner at the foot of one of Europe’s m ...
  • Amazing Amsterdam Office Built Entirely From W ...
    Read the rest of Amazing Amsterdam Office Built Entirely From Wood Shipping Pallets Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "green furniture", amsterdam office, dutch design, flexible interiors, green interiors, green materials, green resources, natural light, pallet structure, Recycled ...

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WIRED Magazine | Science

  • Brilliant New Images of Mercury From First Yea ...
    After one Mercury year (88 Earth days) in orbit, NASA's Messenger spacecraft is getting comfortable around the first rock from the sun. This gallery highlights the early science results from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
  • Clumpiness of Distant Universe Surprises Astro ...
    The universe appears to be clumpier than astronomers expected, according to the largest galaxy survey to date. The extra clumps could call for a redesign of the standard model of cosmology, and maybe a new understanding of how gravity works. “Maybe on very large scales, Einstein’s general relat ...
  • How to Have Fun Like Monkeys, Whales and Foxes
    If you want to know how song changes the shape of a finch's brain, science can help. But what if you want to know how that singing bird feels? It's a scientifically uncertain and even controversial question. To understand why, we pick the brain of animal behavior scholar Jonathan Balcombe.
  • Animals and Love: Exclusive Excerpt From Exult ...
    Love is any of various emotions that relate to feelings of strong attachment to another. The origin of such feelings probably lies in their benefit to inclusive fitness—the sum of an organism’s reproductive output and that of relatives with shared genes. Love motivates individuals to care for a ...
  • Sunspot Drop Won’t Cause Global Cooling
    News that solar activity might fizzle for a few decades has prompted talk of a new “Little Ice Age,” even a quick fix for global warming. But that’s just not going to happen. The cooling impact of the last prolonged solar lull “was probably only a couple tenths of a degree Celsius,” said climat ...

PakAlert

  • 10 reasons to be cheerful about the coming new ...
    It’s official: a new Ice Age is on its way. In what has been described as“the science story of the century”, heavyweight US solar physicists have announced that the sun is heading for a prolonged period of low activity. This makes global cooling a much more plausible prospect in the next few dec ...
  • AIPAC Pushes Hard for War With Iran
    Former AIPAC staffer Keith Weissman, indicted in 2005 under the Espionage Act alongside colleague Steven J. Rosen and Defense Department employee Col. Lawrence Franklin, is desperately worried. In a lengthy, rambling monologue delivered to independent reporter Robert Dreyfuss, Weissman breaks a ...
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  • New NASA Research Points To Possible HAARP Con ...
    Recent data released by Dimitar Ouzounov and colleagues from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland highlights some strange atmospheric anomalies over Japan just days before the massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11. Seemingly inexplicable and rapid heating of the ionosp ...
  • Video: US is Using Chemical Weapons in Drone S ...
    Experts revealed that those Pakistani civilians who have come under the unauthorized drone airstrike in Pakistan's troubled northwest have been afflicted with complicated skin, eye and respiratory diseases due to the deadly chemical materials used in the missiles, the Press TV correspondent in P ...

Andy Worthington

  • Andy Worthington Discusses Obama’s Perma ...
    A few days ago, I spoke for the 28th time to Scott Horton, who has had me on his Antiwar Radio show on a refreshingly regular basis over the last few years to vent my spleen at the continuing abomination that is Guantánamo, Obama’s failure to close it, and the disgraceful behaviour of other par ...
  • 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 ...
  • Ex-Guantánamo Prisoner Adel Al-Gazzar Returns ...
    Yesterday, former Guantánamo prisoner Adel al-Gazzar (aka Adel El-Gazzar), who had been living in Slovakia since being freed last January from America’s notorious prison on Cuban soil, returned, for the first time in ten years, to his home county, Egypt, where he was promptly arrested. This was ...
  • Relatives of Disputed Guantánamo Suicides Spea ...
    Late on Sunday evening, I publicized a conference call taking place on Monday to discuss an appeal in a court case brought by the families of two of the three men who died at Guantánamo on June 9, 2006 under mysterious circumstances. The supposed triple suicide of the three men — Yasser Talal a ...
  • Relatives of Disputed Guantánamo Suicides Spea ...
    Late on Sunday evening, I publicized a conference call taking place on Monday to discuss an appeal in a court case brought by the families of two of the three men who died at Guantánamo on June 9, 2006 under mysterious circumstances. The supposed triple suicide of the three men — Yasser Talal a ...

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

  • Farrakhan Assails the ‘Murderer in the White H ...
    Some spiritual leaders distinguish themselves by speaking truth to power. Louis Farrakhan, head of the black separatist hate group Nation of Islam (NOI), instead harangues it with deluded half-truths and hate-laced rhetoric. Lately, his rage has been piqued by U.S. intervention on behalf of Liby ...
  • Major Campus Group, Holding First National Con ...
    Editor’s Note: This lengthy story is slated for publication in a future issue of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Report, but is published early here because the group it focuses on, Youth for Western Civilization, is holding its first national conference this Friday through Sunday ...
  • Preparedness Expo Set in Area Where ‘Patriot’ ...
    Federal fugitive David Earl Burgert would likely find a survivalist, government-bashing event set for this weekend much to his liking. What’s more, it would probably be convenient — after all, it’s just down the road from a shootout he allegedly had last Sunday with deputies in western Montana. ...
  • Businessman, Using ‘Sovereign’ Tac ...
    This is a story for the “So you thought rich business owners are smarter than you are” file. A man who epitomizes the American dream â a Greek immigrant who started out as a cook in a Giordano’s Pizza restaurant in Chicago and rose to become owner of the 45-location chain â is on the verge [...]
  • Militia Leader Sought After Shots Fired at Off ...
    A manhunt was underway Monday in a remote area near the Idaho-Montana border for an antigovernment militia leader who fired shots at pursuing deputies a day earlier. David Burgert, recently released from federal prison for involvement in a plot to assassinate police and elected officials, was be ...

change: org.

  • Victory! Nevada Passes Felony Animal Cruelty B ...
    Animal advocates across Nevada could be heard cheering last Friday night. They were celebrating the signing of Senate Bill 223 (pdf), also known as Cooney’s Law, by Governor Sandoval. Since its introduction in March, SB 223 has been backed by organizations including Nevada Voters for Animals, SP ...
  • Facebook Rally: Ask Wyndham to Stop Child Sex ...
    If you have two minutes to spare while playing around on Facebook today, you can help stop child sex slavery in the U.S. Despite recent high-profile cases of gangs pimping young girls at Wyndham hotels, the company has still not signed The Code of Conduct to Prevent Child Sexual Exploitation in ...
  • Texas Passes Arizona-style Immigration Bill Am ...
    On Tuesday night, Texas joined the ranks of states like Arizona that have passed anti-immigrant bills allowing police to question anyone who is stopped, including witnesses to a crime, on their immigration status. Texas’s SB 9 also bans local governments from opting out of such a policy, in a mo ...
  • Space Needle to Raise Pride Flag During Seattl ...
    On Wednesday afternoon, the Space Needle posted a clarifying messaging to their Facebook page after some push back from a handfull of people when the Space Needle issued a fundraising challenge in response to a community call to raise the Pride flag led by Josh Castle's Change.org Petition. The ...
  • NYPD Fails to Apologize to Woman Pulled Over f ...
    Dutch tourist Jasmijn Rijcken reported that she was biking down a Manhattan street, minding her own business, when a cop pulled her over -- for wearing too short a skirt. Apparently, Rijcken's bare legs were "distracting the cars" and "dangerous." It seemed so absurd to be pulled over for "cycli ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Progressives Still Fighting Obama, Democrats A ...
    The last time thousands of progressive activists and left-leaning bloggers came together for their annual Netroots Nation conference, Democrats controlled Washington. Much of the focus was on pushing the party -- and President Obama -- further to the left, to stand up for things like the public ...
  • Gaza’s Economic Crisis Reflects the Indignity ...
    While governments in Europe and the U.S. scramble to boost jobs and revive markets, one country in the “developed” world is striving to pauperize an entire society. read more
  • Fukushima: It's Much Worse Than You Think
    Author(s) Profile(s):� Dahr Jamail "Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind," Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, told Al Jazeera. Japan's 9.0 earthquake on March 11 ca ...
  • Congress Panel Approves Bill to Fast-Track Key ...
    Congress took a first step on Wednesday to fast-track a controversial Alberta tar sands pipeline, ordering Barack Obama to reach a decision on the project by 1 November. read more
  • Extreme Weather Events Unprecedented, Scientis ...
    WASHINGTON — Tornadoes, floods, wildfires, snowmelt, thunderstorms, drought — for Americans, it was a spring to remember. Government weather researchers said yesterday that, while similar extremes have occurred throughout modern American history, never before have they occurred in a single month ...

Lifehacker

  • Wire Baskets and Postcards: Making White Walls ...
    It's much easier to get creative with workspaces when you can paint the walls and make significant changes, but many of us rent and don't have that option. That's the case with our featured workspace, by Flickr member Jen Collins, who mak ...
  • Best BitTorrent Application? [Hive Five Call F ...
    Whether you're downloading Linux distros or the latest content patch for your favorite game, often the fastest method is to snag the files via BitTorrent instead of queuing up for a throttled transfer over HTTP. This week we want to know ...
  • Set Criteria in Advance to Streamline Your Dec ...
    When you're making decisions it's easy to become distracted by the massive amount of information out there and end up a less-than-optimal result—or at least wasting a lot of time to get there. If you set your criteria ahead of time, howeve ...
  • Remains of the Day: Microsoft Releases an SDK ...
    Microsoft releases the software development kit for Kinect hacking, IBM turns 100, and Evernote for Windows Phone 7 launches. More��
  • "Don't Chop Water When You Should Be Carr ...
    This quote comes from a 13-year-old girl, responding to the old proverb, "chop wood, carry water," which is a good reminder for focusing on the physical to avoid getting distracted and stay present. But the girl's version is particularly ...

Water Privatization

Guardian

  • Vancouver riot 'kiss' photograph sparks mystery
    Couple caught on camera by photojournalist during riot following Canucks' loss in Stanley Cup deciderLying in the street and seemingly locked in a kiss as chaos erupts around them, a young couple appear oblivious to the charging crowds and baton-wielding riot police.The photograph, taken amid Va ...
  • Cervical cancer vaccine a success, says Lancet ...
    Australian study of injection to protect against HPV virus reveals drop in high-grade abnormalities among under-18sThe first evidence has emerged that nationwide vaccination programmes for young women against HPV, the virus that triggers cervical cancer, are likely to cut the numbers who get the ...
  • Hardline IMF forced Germany to guarantee Greek ...
    Acting IMF chief threatened to trigger sovereign default if Berlin failed to come to rescue of Greece Germany was forced to agree to bail out Greece for the second time in a year under strong pressure from the International Monetary Fund following the resignation last month of its head, Dominiqu ...
  • Michael Gove's academy plan hit as council fun ...
    Speaker orders minister to explain reports of errors which led to some councils being overfunded by £300 per pupilThe ambitious plan by the education secretary, Michael Gove, to announce a fresh wave of academy schools was temporarily derailed when his junior minister Nick Gibb was forced into t ...
  • Labour demands VAT rethink to remedy 'flatlini ...
    Ed Balls issues warning that UK recovery has stalled as gloomy retail figures are releasedEd Balls, the shadow chancellor, has called for an emergency temporary cut in VAT to "jump-start" Britain's "flatlining" economy that is performing at a slower rate than its major competitors.As new figures ...

McClatchey

  • Another former Guantanamo detainee named to te ...
    The State Department Thursday added a freed Guant�namo detainee to its list of government-sanctioned terrorists, saying the Saudi Arabian soldier is now a fundraiser for the Yemeni offshoot Al Qaida of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • Holder, McConnell at odds over Kentucky terror ...
    WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Thursday night strongly defended plans to keep two accused terrorists in the United States to stand trial in federal court.
  • Circumcision ban ballot measure called anti-Se ...
    A San Francisco ballot measure to ban circumcision is spurring charges of anti-Semitism while galvanizing faith leaders and politicians who believe the initiative threatens religious freedom.
  • Text of al Qaida's announcement that Zawahiri ...
    This is the text of the al Qaida statement naming Ayman al Zawahiri as the successor to Osama bin Laden. It was translated from the Arabic by McClatchy special correspondent Mohannad Sabry.
  • Zawahiri's rise puts Pakistan in al Qaida cros ...
    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Ayman al Zawahiri's succession to the leadership of al Qaida, announced over the Internet Thursday, carries particular dangers for Pakistan, a nuclear-armed country reeling from an Islamic insurgency, a faltering economy, endemic corruption and poor governance.

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

  • Issa-Led Hearing Inadvertently Highlights The ...
    Yesterday, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chairman and NRA sweetheart Darrell Issa (R-CA) held a hearing aimed at pushing the ongoing GOP-led congressional investigation into the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ (ATF) deadly “gunrunner” scandal. Yet, when ask ...
  • Boehner’s Pledge To See That The Law Is ...
    House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has been putting pressure on the White House to explain the legal basis for participating in the UN-backed NATO campaign in Libya. This week Boehner wrote a letter to President Obama warning that he will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution which require ...
  • Norquist Slams GOPers For Voting To End Ethano ...
    This afternoon, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to end $6 billion in subsidies for ethanol, with 34 Republicans joining the 73-27 majority to end tax breaks and protective tariffs for the corn-based fuel industry. The effort was led by Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Tom Coburn (R-OH), with strong su ...
  • Dan Choi Rips Up Obama Flyer: ‘I Won&#82 ...
    Lt. Dan Choi ripped up an Obama For America (OFA) flyer this afternoon during a panel at Netroots Nation when he was confronted by an Obama volunteer who attempted to explain away the President’s opposition to same-sex marriage: NICK TSCHIDA (Obama volunteer): I can’t say I’m for marriage equali ...
  • Paul Gosar Says Shortcutting Environmental Law ...
    Our guest blogger is Jessica Goad, Manager of Research and Outreach, Public Lands Project, Center for American Progress. The Resolution Copper Company, owned by the large multi-national mineral conglomerates Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton, is pushing a bill in Congress that would give them federal l ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • All that is necessary for the triumph of evil ..
    ... is that good men do nothing. That's a neat quote. But anybody can say that. For instance, some people imagined that the non-existent threat of Saddam Hussein's imaginary "weapons of mass destruction" put the whole world at risk. Furthermore, given Saddam's non-existent alliance with Al Qaed ...
  • stephen harper's "Muscular" Foreign Policy
    Speech from stephen harper on the foreign policy of his new majority government: My fellow Conservatives (for you are the only people that matter to me when I make my policies), welcome to the new reality of 21st Century Canada: A Conservative majority! Now that I have my majority government, y ...
  • An Important Cause and an Illegitimate Government
    I've said before that the environment isn't my main focus. I hate camping. I hate flies and mosquitoes. I like cities, books, bars, ... that sort of thing. Then there's the science. It's all I've got to grasp political-economy, ... were someone to come up with some scholarly paper about soil dep ...
  • Some Reminders ...
    The votes of ignorant people tend not to demand respect. How can they? "Huh? When you said 'exterminate the poor' we thought you were talking about bed-bugs n' stuff!" Which is not to say that people need to pass a test or something before they vote. It's just that, if, combined with the votes ...
  • Arts Funding in Canada
    There's a huge discussion at Dr. Dawg's which I haven't read very much of. It's in regards to the wingnut-welfare Sun Media's attack on government cultural grants. In an update, Dawg provides a link to this article, critiquing the Sun Media attack (which was apparently delivered in a show called ...

on Government Oversight

Digital Journal

  • Name's Bond: 'Carte Blanche' author launches J ...
    Jeffery Deaver, international bestselling suspense author, made the Canadian launch of his James Bond 007 reboot "Carte Blanche" at the Indigo bookstore in midtown Toronto. The launch consisted of the famous Bond tune, a roulette table and mock martinis.
  • Death of Raymond Silverfox shows failures of Y ...
    The death of Mr. Raymond Silverfox is one of extreme cruelty and prejudgment. It shows the very real conditions that many First Nations people face when dealing with law enforcement.
  • Canada is low-tax haven, Flaherty tells Wall S ...
    Canada has the lowest business tax jurisdiction among the G7 states, Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told the Canadian Association of New York.
  • Police bust four in TTC fraud case
    Toronto Police have arrested four people after a lengthy fraud investigation dealing with a TTC project manager and the owner of a paving company.
  • NXNE music festival takes over Toronto
    June is here and that can only meet festival time in Toronto. From now until September, the entire city is abuzz with everything from neigbourhood street parties to massive multi-venue events. This weekend it’s all about the music, as NXNE takes over.

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

  • Sign the petition! – Stop Bombing Lybia
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  • Principled PM to sell more LAVs to dictators?
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper treated Canadians to a self-righteous description of his government’s “principled” foreign policy stance at the recent Conservative Party convention (Steven Chase, “Canadian foreign policy needs to be more independent: Harper,” Globe and Mail, 10 June 2011; see also ...
  • June 25th: Nuclear Abolition Day
    The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is coordinating ‘Nuclear Abolition Day’ to mobilize for a treaty to outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons. See how you can get involved by going to nuclearabolition.org. At last year’s Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, the ...
  • Leger & Dorn: Re-engage in peacekeeping
    Canadaâs role on the international stage is in urgent need of clear direction. Dominic Leger and Walter Dorn argue that the time has come for Canada to re-engage in UN peacekeeping (Dominic Leger & Walter Dorn, “Itâs time to keep the peace again,” National Post, 3 June 2011): Peacekeeping is a k ...
  • Edmonton Journal: Libya mission deserves debate
    The Edmonton Journal adds its name to the list of those urging Canadians to conduct a more thorough debate on Canada’s role in Libya and expeditionary operations in general (Libya Mission Deserves Debate, Edmonton Journal, 7 June 2011): Debate about Canada’s role in Libya is long overdue. Discus ...

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Eskimo Study Highlights Obesity and Disease Pr ...
    April 6th, 2011 Natural News By: Jonathan Benson High consumption of foods naturally rich in omega-3 fatty acids helps to reduce the risk of developing obesity-related illnesses like heart disease and diabetes, says a new study published in the European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Even among ...
  • Studies Show Coffee Drinkers Get Health Perks
    April 6th, 2011 AOL News By: Jane Healey Coffee lovers have a reason to celebrate. Recent studies have shown that rather than being harmful, coffee actually provides a variety of health benefits. In a study published last week in Stroke: the Journal of the American Heart Association, Swedish res ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 4-6-11
    Today, Kevin explains how there is one very unique ability that ALL successful people have. Find out what it is and if YOU have what it takes to become a part of this exclusive club! Self Help: Your Wish Is YOUR Command Lose Weight The Safe Way Improve Your Health & Vitality Give Kevin YOUR [...]
  • Glenn Beck to End Daily Fox News Program
    April 7th, 2011 New York Times By: Brian Stelter Glenn Beck will end his daily Fox News Channel program later this year. His departure was jointly announced in a statement on Wednesday by Fox and Mr. Beck’s company, Mercury Radio Arts. Fox News and Mercury Radio Arts, which have clashed over the ...
  • Government Shutdown Threat Prompts Obama, GOP ...
    April 8th, 2011 The Huffington Post Uncomfortably close to a deadline, President Barack Obama and top congressional leaders have only hours to avert a Friday midnight government shutdown that all sides say would inconvenience millions of people and damage a still fragile economy. Obama said he s ...

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

  • Turkey considers need for ‘buffer zone’ within ...
    Press TV reports: Turkey may send its military forces into Syrian soil to establish a “buffer zone,” should the current unrest in Syria skyrocket into a refugee crisis that would pose a threat to Ankara, a report says. The report, published in the Turkish daily Posta on Thursday, warned of the ...
  • Bahraini blogger: State Dept knew ‘all the det ...
    Ali Gharib reports: A Bahraini journalist and blogger spoke at the Netroots Nation conference today about how her country’s protest movement has been beaten back, the personal costs of supporting the uprising, and how the U.S. State Department remained silent. Lamees Dhaif said that she suppor ...
  • Gaddafi losing friends and influence in Africa
    Reuters reports: Muammar Gaddafi is losing friends in Africa, the continent where his largesse once bought him the title “King of Kings” but which is now turning to other foreign allies to help shape its future. Moves by countries including Senegal, Mauritania, Liberia, Chad and Gambia to dist ...
  • Pakistan’s chief of army fights to keep his job
    The New York Times reports: Pakistan’s army chief, the most powerful man in the country, is fighting to save his position in the face of seething anger from top generals and junior officers since the American raid that killed Osama bin Laden, according to Pakistani officials and people who have ...
  • Al Qaeda names Osama Bin Laden successor
    ABC News reports: Al Qaeda has named a former deputy to Osama bin Laden as its new terror leader following bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs in May, the organization announced on a jihadi website overnight. Ayman al-Zawahiri, the Egyptian-born doctor who turns 60 on Sunday, was ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Easterbrook on the potential demise of sunspots
    THE DEMISE OF SUNSPOTSâDEEP COOLING AHEAD? Don J. Easterbrook, Professor of Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA The three studies released by NSO’s Solar Synoptic Network this week, predicting the virtual vanishing of sunspots for the next several decades and … Continue reading →
  • Leaked: smoke and mirror geoengineering ideas ...
    Must be IPCC week. When it rains the stupid, it pours.  From the Telegraph: IPCC ‘considering sending mirrors to space to tackle climate change’ Reflective aerosols would be sent into space under a series of radical âgeo-engineeringâ measures being considered … Continue reading →
  • I’ll never be able to eat Kobe beef again
    Willis recently wrote about The Long View of Feeding the Planet and all I can say about this idea below is that it is too long wrong. But, this is exactly the sort of thing that some wacky eco-types would see … Continue reading →
  • John Coleman on the recent solar slump announcment
    John Coleman, founder of the weather Channel and now at KUSI-TV in San Diego passes on this video which I’m passing on to WUWT readers.
  • On The Hijacking of the American Meteorologica ...
    Guest post by Bill Gray Professor Emeritus, Colorado State University (AMS Fellow, Charney Award recipient, and over 50-year member) June 2011 I am very disappointed at the downward path the AMS has been following for the last 10-15 years in … Continue reading →

Dandelion Salad

  • Rep. Weiner Resigns: Is Our National Nightmare ...
    by Ed Ciaccio Dandelion Salad Featured Writer June 16, 2011 With the resignation from Congress of Anthony Weiner, has our “long, national nightmare” finally ended? Well, yes, we can expect (hope) that the corporate media overdose/distraction on this cyber-sex scandal and self-humiliation of an e ...
  • Is U.S. Attack on Libya Legal? Rep. Dennis Kuc ...
    Dandelion Salad Democracy Now! June 16, 2011 On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of 10 members of Congress sued President Obama for violating the War Powers Act of 1973 by failing to obtain congressional approval for military operations in Libya longer than 60 days. We host a debate between Democra ...
  • Aiming to Preserve Autocratic Mideast Rule, Sa ...
    Dandelion Salad Democracy Now! June 16, 2011 While the United States remains heavily involved in the Libya conflict, it has been noticeably silent on the violent suppression of popular uprisings against autocratic regimes in Bahrain and Yemen, both of which are close allies of Saudi Arabia. In M ...
  • “Regime Change” Right Here in Amer ...
    By Timothy V. Gatto Featured Writer Dandelion Salad liberalpro.blogspot.com June 16, 2011 The simple fact is that we have lost our democracy (if we ever had one to begin with). Sure, the government gives us an appearance of Democracy but the facts are that the people are excluded from any decisi ...
  • William Hague: Following in Churchill’s ...
    by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info 16 June, 2011 “I do not understand this sqeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes.” – Winston Churchill 1920 Now let me get this straight: In order to save civil ...

Your New Reality

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    A perfect example of what the human race can do when it embraces co-operation, instead of confrontation :
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    Join The Marines, Fight Balrog They're not really showing much reality in these US military recruiting ads, are they? Unless there are special Marines now fighting dragons in alternate universes : From Salon (excerpts) :"...the New York Times this week tells us that the Pentagon is -- shock ...
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    The Fake Knight Rises By Darryl Mason The new Christopher Nolan Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, is still shooting but something of a teaser clip campaign has already begun on YouTube. An account called The Fire Rises has been posting short clips, with a focus on what appears to be the bur ...
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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 :

Wired - Science

  • Brilliant New Images of Mercury From First Yea ...
    After one Mercury year (88 Earth days) in orbit, NASA's Messenger spacecraft is getting comfortable around the first rock from the sun. This gallery highlights the early science results from the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury.
  • Clumpiness of Distant Universe Surprises Astro ...
    The universe appears to be clumpier than astronomers expected, according to the largest galaxy survey to date. The extra clumps could call for a redesign of the standard model of cosmology, and maybe a new understanding of how gravity works. “Maybe on very large scales, Einstein’s general relat ...
  • How to Have Fun Like Monkeys, Whales and Foxes
    If you want to know how song changes the shape of a finch's brain, science can help. But what if you want to know how that singing bird feels? It's a scientifically uncertain and even controversial question. To understand why, we pick the brain of animal behavior scholar Jonathan Balcombe.
  • Animals and Love: Exclusive Excerpt From Exult ...
    Love is any of various emotions that relate to feelings of strong attachment to another. The origin of such feelings probably lies in their benefit to inclusive fitness—the sum of an organism’s reproductive output and that of relatives with shared genes. Love motivates individuals to care for a ...
  • Sunspot Drop Won’t Cause Global Cooling
    News that solar activity might fizzle for a few decades has prompted talk of a new “Little Ice Age,” even a quick fix for global warming. But that’s just not going to happen. The cooling impact of the last prolonged solar lull “was probably only a couple tenths of a degree Celsius,” said climat ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Video shows IDF preparing for next Gaza flotilla
    The Israeli Defense Forces held a large drill Wednesday in preparation of the flotilla that intends to set sail to the Gaza Strip later this month. The drill focused on different scenarios that... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands ...
  • Settling a score
    According to the [Israeli] court decision, the custodian of abandoned property in the West Bank area allocated the land on which the farm stands to the World Zionist Organization, which granted a... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
  • Tanya Reinhart: In memory of Edward Said
    The 2006 Edward Said Memorial lecture of Adelaide University,Australia, delivered by Tanya Reinhart on 7 October 2006. Tanya Reinhart covers important issues in this lecture: the Nakba in the... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
  • Unofficial Nakba study kit a hit with teachers
    The kit called 'How do you say Nakba in Hebrew?' did not receive Israel's Education Ministry's approval and most of the teachers using it conceal their source. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the I ...
  • Lia Tarachansky: Palestinian Political Prisone ...
    Bassem Tamimi of Nabi Saleh delivered a court statement at the start of his trial last Sunday saying 'I reject [these laws] and cannot recognize their validity.' The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go to the ...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

Natural Health News

  • Bedtime Could be Deadly for Your Baby
    Babies who sleep in bed with adults, or in unsafe ways, are at a higher risk of death than had previously been thought. Nurse Jennifer Combs reviewed a sample of 45 baby deaths, and found that not only had 9 officially died from sleep-related deaths, but �6 were sleep-related that had been call ...
  • Are There Toxins in Your Compost?
    Thousands of cities have begun composting yard waste on a large scale. But new questions are arising as to exactly what is making its way into compost. Tests of compost used even in organic agriculture have turned up elevated levels of lead and traces of pesticides. According to Mother Jones: ...
  • Bleachorexia: Bright Whites, but Decaying Teeth
    American concern with dental hygiene has taken a disturbing turn -- many people are bleaching their teeth until they damage them.� Dentists are calling this addiction to whitening �bleachorexia�. Overuse of bleaching agents, leaves teeth eroded and extremely unhealthy, even if they are a brilli ...
  • Everyday Ways to Have a Brain Bleed
    Little is known about what causes a longstanding aneurysm to rupture.� But new research indicates that certain everyday activities and emotional states can increase the likelihood of an aneurysm erupting. �ABC News has collected a list of eight activities or states most associated with a rupture ...
  • We Have Known Bread Has Been Bad for Your Heal ...
    In 1911, the bread which made up 40 percent of the diet of the poor in Britain was widely blamed for widespread poor health. �Modern nutritional science confirms the accuracy of this assessment. Refined white flour contains almost no natural minerals and vitamins.� In particular, vitamin B defi ...

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

  • Latest on War Powers and Libya: Resurrecting t ...
    by Peter Spiro by Peter Spiro Here is the Administration’s legal analysis (in full) of why the 60/90-day clock of the War Powers Resolution doesn’t apply to the continuing Libya operation: The President is of the view that the current U.S. military operations in Libya are consistent with the ...
  • DOD or CIA in Yemen?
    by Kenneth Anderson by Kenneth Anderson The Wall Street Journal national security reporting team, followed closely by the Washington Post and the AP, have been reporting in the last couple of days on the CIA being tasked to carry out an expanded Predator drone targeted killing program in Yeme ...
  • New AUMF in the Senate
  • Drones and Targeting
    by Deborah Pearlstein For those who follow these topics, two items of note. First, an AP story today reports that the United States is building a secret CIA air base in the Persian Gulf region to support U.S. targeting operations in Yemen. The story is sourced to anonymous government officials ...
  • Proposed Legislation Seeks VCCR Compliance by ...
    by Duncan Hollis by Duncan Hollis Those who have followed the cases relating to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (VCCR) here in the United States and at the ICJ know that the United States has a compliance problem. The United States does not provide the ‘judicial review and recons ...

Public News Service

  • Is AZ Serving "Next Gen" Voters? Survey says Y ...
    Is AZ Serving "Next Gen" Voters? Survey says Yes – and No Phoenix, AZ – Arizona ranks 17th among the states in a new national survey of young voters' access to and instruction about voting and the political process. However, its overall score is only 47 out of 100. Comments about how to improve ...
  • Is AZ Serving "Next Gen" Voters? Survey says Y ...
    Is AZ Serving "Next Gen" Voters? Survey says Yes – and No Phoenix, AZ – Arizona ranks 17th among the states in a new national survey of young voters' access to and instruction about voting and the political process. However, its overall score is only 47 out of 100. Comments about how to improve ...
  • AZ Weighs Cancelling Clean Cars Program
    AZ Weighs Cancelling Clean Cars Program Phoenix, AZ – Repeal of Arizona’s Clean Cars Program will be the subject of a public hearing next week in Phoenix. Arizona currently follows the most stringent air quality standards in the nation. Comments from Diane Brown, director, Arizona PIRG (Public I ...
  • Los habitantes de Arizona mayores enfrentan un ...
    Los habitantes de Arizona mayores enfrentan un futuro de movilidad limitada Phoenix, AZ – Más de la mitad de las personas en edad avanzada que viven en ciudades de Arizona pronto tendrán poco o ningún acceso al transporte público, según un estudio reciente. Y como los "Baby Boomers" están alcan ...
  • Older Arizonans Face Future of Limited Mobility
    Older Arizonans Face Future of Limited Mobility Phoenix, AZ – More than half the seniors in Arizona cities will soon have little or no access to public transportation, according to a new study. And with baby boomers reaching retirement age and eventually giving up driving, the problem is expecte ...

Center for Food Safety

  • U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Amendment ...
    Sixty-Seven Organizations and Businesses Endorse Amendment;  CFS Calls upon FDA to Reject Approval of GE Salmon The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its decision yesterday to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving genetically eng ...
  • FDA temporarily suspends use of some arsenic i ...
    Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy urge continued action to remove all arsenic from animal feeds permanently The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Alpharma, a division of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, has agreed to stop sellin ...
  • Family Farmers Amplify Complaint Against Monsa ...
    Monsanto’s Failure to Provide Binding Legal Covenant To Protect Family Farmers Threatened by GMO Contamination Necessitates Amended Complaint New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers, s ...
  • 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 ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ...
    The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Hussam sent me this: "This interview is in Portuguese (the page translate isn't bad) and revealing of his racist orientalist views. He thinks he should be praised. "Who is the man behind Amina? Can I say I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's b ...
  • The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ...
    The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Hussam sent me this: "This interview is in Portuguese (the page translate isn't bad) and revealing of his racist orientalist views. He thinks he should be praised. "Who is the man behind Amina? Can I say I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's ...
  • EduBlog:Last Poets
    EduBlog:Last Poets - Black Unity The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread. Their name is taken from a poem by the South African revolutionary poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who believed he was in ...
  • EduBlog:Last Poets
    EduBlog:Last Poets - Black Unity The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread. Their name is taken from a poem by the South African revolutionary poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who believed he was in ...
  • Amigos de la infancia, de viajes y de combate, ...
    Amigos de la infancia, de viajes y de combate, en homenaje al Che | Cubadebate A moving tribute to the memory of Ernesto Che Guevara surrendered here today, the second largest in the country, where 83 years ago (June 14, 1928) was born the man who would move to Latin America and is a symbol in t ...

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Green Times

  • Environmental News 16/06/2011
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Fruit: What else?
      What is more natural than eating fruit? A great nutritional source of real vitamins, consuming fruit every day prevents diseases and gives us energy for having a better day! But sometimes all those benefits are ruined by pesticides (glossary/wildlife/pesticide.html) or plastic containers or ...
  • Environmental News 15/06/2011
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Switch the light off, switch Earth on
    New York, Las Vegas (pictured), Tokyo, Beijing and Moscow might be very dynamic and attractive cities, but they are also some of the largest consumers of electricity all around world. Why is it that in cities the buildings stay lit up all night long? It might be beautiful but it’s more important ...
  • What's On 14 June 2011
    In November 2010, Ross Garnaut was commissioned by the Australian Government to provide an independent update to his 2008 Climate Change Review. Now's your chance to hear and see Ross Garnaut's update live…

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Top 10 Reasons why Rafah opening doesn’t ...
    From Gisha’s Gaza Gateway, more on the inadequacy of the new Rafah Crossing rules on the Egypt-Gaza border. The top 10 reasons why the opening of Rafah Crossing just doesnât cut it In no particular order of importance, we thought weâd list some of the reasons why the opening of Rafah, while si ...
  • Guardian series of videos by Palestinians in E ...
    If, like me, you are disgusted by the minstrelry of Tom MacMaster pretending he was a queer Syrian woman here’s a good antidote. The Guardian has published a series of videos made by Palestinians and Israelis in  occupied East Jerusalem who were given cameras by the Israeli human rights group B ...
  • Restrooms and Sanitation at Umm-Al-Kheir (a st ...
    Mohammed Salem is about 30 years old. He lives in Umm-Al-Kheir, in a home inherited from his late father right next to the fence of the Carmel settlement (sometimes spelled “Karmel”; see picture). In 2005, when Carmel built an expansion neighborhood, Mohammed was beaten by settlers involved in t ...
  • Gaza not un-besieged after all
    When I was arguing with AIPAC attendees in Washington D.C., the one thing they didn’t seem to have an answer for was if the occupation of Gaza was supposedly over, why was Israel controlling all its borders? Well, with the seemingly heartening news that Egypt’s military government was opening th ...
  • Why do protesters only count in Syria?
    Mitchell Plitnick has an argument here about why Syria should stay out of Palestinian protests. It’s an interesting case though I am happy to see the larger issue of the Palestinian refugee diaspora raised, I agree that Syria is a deeply flawed messenger, given its current brutal crackdown on i ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • First 20 MW flywheel grid storage going online
    The flywheel system is already operating at 90% capacity in New York. Flywheels store power as kinetic energy and can release it instantly, This makes them highly useful for balancing out grid fluctuations.
  • Polizeros podcast tonight. Republican debate. ...
    Topics: The Republican debate showed the candidates aren’t zombie wackos. They are not the crazy kooky trainwrecks the left is hoping for. Instead, they are polished, savvy, and should not be underestimated. Republican Party turns serious Greek debt crisis. This isn’t some esoteric event happeni ...
  • Jerry Brown vetos budget passed by his own party
    Wow. He absolutely did the right thing, saying the budget is not balanced, uses “legally questionable maneuvers“, and adds billions in new debt. Tip: Calitics
  • Green theology, crony capitalism, and Californ ...
    Lately, there’s been a growing contrarian view of California’s proposed renewable energy future. Instead of clean energy flowing seamlessly from solar, wind, and geothermal plants through a smart grid to California homes and businesses, these contrarians see a system doomed to fail, soaring ener ...
  • Greek bonds now effectively worthless
    This morning Greek CDS is trading at a spread of 1,900 bps: a level that seals the fate of Greece, whose bonds are being sold into a bidless market. Translation. To buy $10 million of credit default swap psuedo insurance on Greek bonds, the buyer must pay the seller $1.9 million a year in premiu ...

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

The Air Vent

  • Certainly
    See, this is what happens when there is no time for deep research or calculation.  You get opinions.  Certainly, they are more informed than average but average doesn’t spend a lot of time at climate blogs. Ice ages, ugly things those. ___Frozen fruit, _____and Garden hose. Starvation comes wh ...
  • Scammin the Public
    Bishop Hill has an interesting post on the nature of the Clean Energy Scam.
  • Autumn for the Leaf? Part Two
    by Robert Allaband According to the Bureau of Transportaion their was 255,917,664 total registered vehicles in the United States as of 2008. Of that total 137,079,843 were passenger cars and 101,234,849 were classified as other 2-axle 4-tire vehicle (SUV’s, Pickups and such). http://www.bts.gov/ ...
  • Autumn for the Leaf? Part One
    If we are to achieve a truly zero carbon economy using discontinuous sources like wind, then energy storage is key.    I follow the news on this topic closely and storage advancements are coming almost daily but how far and fast will the technology progress?  – Jeff Id/Elmer Fudd ——– guest p ...
  • Zero Tolerance!
    I’ve been blogging this weekend, much to the chagrin of my far-better half. I’m  a lousy quitter, what can I say.  I tried — hard.  I read math, papers, did calcs, did some CAD, played with the kids, watched movies.  We’re babysitting an awesome golden retreiver.   You know, fun stuff. So ...

Focal Point

  • Sugar Ray Leonard Says He Was Abused By Coach
    In his forthcoming memoir, boxing legend Sugar Ray Leonard describes being sexually assaulted by an unnamed Olympic boxing coach. This is the first time Leonard has publicly identified himself as a survivor. According to the summary in the New York Times, Leonard first became suspicious when t ...
  • True Selves and Closet Cases
    My friend Josh Knobe has an interesting piece in the New York Times about his research on the concept of the true self. Most people would agree that the crusading anti-gay pastor who feigns interest in his wife for the sake of propriety while lusting after men is not being true to himself. But ...
  • James Taranto Calls Feminists "Hypocrites" for ...
    James Taranto has a strange op/ed in the Wall Street Journal accusing feminists of being hypocrites for defending Anthony Weiner, the liberal Democratic congressman who inadvertently exposed his boxer-brief-clad crotch to the entire Internet in a botched online flirtation with a stranger. Tara ...
  • Fruits, Fingerprints, and Forensics
    Every so often, I find a paper with a title that's too good not to share. Here's today's edition: Trapecar M, Vinkovic MK. Techniques for fingerprint recovery on vegetable and fruit surfaces used in Slovenia--a preliminary study. Sci Justice. 2008 Dec;48(4):192-5. The upshot is that if you w ...
  • "Use-By" Date Fundamentalism Wastes Tons of Fo ...
    Americans waste 14% of all the food we buy, and rote adherence to "use-by" dates is part of the problem, explains an Iowa food scientist: But, it turns out, in going strictly by use-by dates — the great drivers of waste — we throw out a lot of perfectly good food. Use-by dates aren't enti ...

Inside Facebook

  • Facebook Launches Send Dialog So Apps and Site ...
    Today, Facebook launched the Send dialog, which allows apps and websites to display a prompt for users to share content by sending a Facebook Message or email, or posting to one of their Facebook Groups. The Send Dialog takes the functionality of the Send button, which lets users initiate micros ...
  • Facebook Hires and Departures: Lockhart, Odio, ...
    Facebook continued to hire many interns this week, as we saw from its feed on LinkedIn. Positions removed from Facebook’s Careers Page since last week, strongly suggest that these jobs were filled, included many positions in Dublin and Austin in various departments. There was also a high-level ...
  • Facebook Careers Postings: Credits, Austin, Re ...
    The most interesting job Facebook seems itching to fill this week is a post for Finance Operations Project Manager â FB Payments and FB Credits, and the ideal candidate will be a “key member of the core team responsible for implementing all finance operations and systems related to Facebook Paym ...
  • Facebook Expands Credits Offers to Europe Via ...
    Facebook users in Europe will soon have the opportunity to earn Facebook Credits by completing hard offers through the offer walls of social games. Facebook today announced partnerships with SupersonicAds from the United Kingdom and Deal United from Germany to let European users buy magazine sub ...
  • Facebook’s Unreleased Mobile Photos App: How W ...
    A large set of documents and images of an as yet unreleased Facebook mobile photos app was leaked yesterday. Many details remain unclear, including whether the app will be part of the traditional mobile apps, a standalone app, or both. The app cherry picks some of the best design and functionali ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Will the Gaza flotilla be safe from Israel’s m ...
    Stuart Littllewood highlights the British government's willful failure to take measures to protect UK nationals intending to take part in the upcoming humanitarian flotilla to Gaza, and laments the failure of the various flotilla organizers to engage the mainstream media or even to answer emails.
  • Media falsifiers: censorship by mainstream lib ...
    Paul J. Balles argues that the media lie of the moment reverberates through liberal TV channels pretending to report the news from all angles and from all points of view but in reality exercising censorship through omission and emphasis.
  • Iran and the issue of nuclear weapons
    Lawrence Davidson considers the roles of Israel, the Israeli lobby in the USA and the conservative Arab Gulf rulers in creating and sustaining the fantasy of an Iranian nuclear threat, and highlights the failure - through cowardice, expediency and duplicity - of politicians who know better and t ...
  • Muddle and mixed messages precede Palestinian ...
    With the date for the purported Palestinian bid for UN recognition fast approaching, Stuart Littlewood views the mixed messages emanating from the Palestinian Authority, the inept messengers and the absence of a competent and credible public relations campaign ahead of the bid.
  • Breaches of international law lay behind unres ...
    While much of the Western media have ignored the recent bloodshed on the Golan Heights, the limited reports that have been released appear to misunderstand the background to the present confrontation. Richard Lightbown explains the history.

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

  • POGO Refuses to Rescind Obama’s Transparency Award
    Blowing the Whistle on Those Who Falsely Claimed to Act on our Behalf By Julia Davis In response to the petition from numerous groups and whistleblowers, Danielle Brian of the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) authored a blog on POGO’s website. While POGO’s response doesn’t contain any eart ...
  • POGO : Obama Deserves Transparency Award &“ ha ...
    Project on Government Oversight Refuses to Take Back Obama Transparency Award  In a very wordy, hollow words that is, public response, Danielle Brian of Project on Government Oversight (POGO) not only adamantly declines to rescind Obama’s Transparency Award given to him in secrecy, but she actua ...
  • Peter B Collins Interviews Coleen Rowley: Take ...
    Listen to the show here. Please Sign the Petition Here:Take Award Back.Com This site depends exclusively on readers’ support. Please help us continue by contributing directly and or purchasing Boiling Frogs showcased products.
  • Rescind Obama’s “Transparency Award” Now!
    Tell POGO, OMB Watch, the National Security Archive, Open the Government.Org, and the Reporters Committee to publicly take back their Transparency Award to President Obama The following petition was co-written by Coleen Rowley and me, and has been backed by more than 25 government whistleblowers ...
  • The EyeOpener: Whistleblowers & Activists Line ...
    Exclusive Boiling Frogs Video with James Corbett Here is an exclusive video by James Corbett with the inaugural edition of the EyeOpener, a new weekly video series produced in conjunction with Boiling Frogs Post, on Obama’s Secret Transparency Award. This news clip is a prelude to our petition, ...

Afro Spear

  • Report from Detroit for AfroSpear: Porn Shows ...
    “Democracy is a proposal (rarely realised) about decision-making; it has little to do with election campaigns. Its promise is that political decisions be made after, and in the light of, consultation with the governed. This is dependent upon the governed being adequately informed about the issue ...
  • The Struggle for Dignity
    One of the most arduous struggle one can go through, is the struggle to safeguard one’s human dignity, as well as the right to safeguard the integrity of one’s own body. These go hand in hand. This struggle is more intense than the struggle for food, shelter, clothing, political rights, relig ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PLEASE REPOST
    by David Gregory on Tuesday, June 14, 2011 at 1:56pm For those who may not know, my name is David Gregory, I have Osteogenesis imperfecta (O.I.), a brittle bone disease. I use a Jazzy electric wheelchair and a 1993 Ford van. Both the chair and especially the van are on the last legs of years [...]
  • My Predicament
    For those who may not know, my name is David Gregory, I have Osteogenesis imperfecta (O.I.), a brittle bone disease. I use a Jazzy electric wheelchair and a 1993 Ford van. Both the chair and especially the van are on the last legs of years of service. Unfortunately, because I work I do not quali ...
  • High Time in the Old town TONIGHT, MAYBE/
    O.K., most of you have heard of all the doomsayers that have been around the last few years and all have heard in one form, or another, about the 2012 Mayan prophecy, so you put it all in a sack and shake it up. What do you get? Well, whether, or not, any of these [...]
  • CHANGING SERVERS: EYEONCITRUS.COM
    EYEONCITRUS.COM IS CHANGING SERVERS AND MAY BE DOWN FOR UP TO 48 HOURS, PLEASE KEEP CHECKING, WE WILL BE BACK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
  • Pentagon Whistleblower Franz Gayl Saved Our Tr ...
    For virtually his entire adult life, Franz Gayl has served his country. Enlisting in the United States Marine Corps from an early age, he moved over to become a civilian Science and Technology Advisor at the Pentagon after retiring from his position as officer. While he was deployed in Iraq, Mr. ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • I’m On The Run
    Actually I’m not. It would have been quite exciting to have been writing a blog from an internet cafe somewhere, or hijacking a wireless connection outside an office building, but it seems I am safe and snug in my home completely bereft of law enforcement officers hammering at my door demanding ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Tanzania Media Copes with Wild Success of Feed ...
    For the largest civil society media platform in Tanzania, back talk is good. 

 In fact, talking back is the objective of a new service at Femina HIP called Speak Up! The service aims to increase access of marginalized youth and rural communities and promote a participatory, user-driven media ...
  • What Augmented Reality Can Do for the Media In ...
    I attended the second annual Augmented Reality Event conference in Santa Clara, Calif., in May and it was ... interesting. OK, it was a huge geekfest. The opening session was interrupted by people dressed in hazardous waste -- or maybe they were supposed to be pseudo-astronaut -- outfits, yel ...
  • DocumentCloud Merges With IRE
    DocumentCloud is beyond delighted to announce we've found a long-term home for our project. We're merging our operation with Investigative Reporters and Editors, a non-profit grassroots organization committed to fostering excellence in investigative journalism. This transition means that Doc ...
  • Reporters Bring Sources Right Into the Story W ...
    Embedding notes makes it even easier for reporters to bring source documents right into the story. One of DocumentCloud's primary goals is to make it simpler for news organizations to show their work -- to invite readers to review the very same documents the journalists used to draw the conclusi ...
  • Time to Bake Smart Correction Tools Into New P ...
    A window of opportunity is open right now for online journalists to build accuracy and accountability into the publishing systems we use every day. To understand why this is such a big deal, first hop with me for a minute into the Wayback Machine. It's the mid-1990s. Journalists have just a ...

Cutting Edge News

  • The Race for Bikes - Electric Bicycles and e-b ...
    According to a recent report “Light Electric Vehicle (LEV) Industry Worldwide 2011-2021” from IDTechEx on the various types of electric vehicle - hybrid and pure electric, electric vehicles by land, water and air will be a market of over $210 billion within ten years from now. The segments of th ...
  • The Road's Edge - Women Drivers More Prone to ...
    While men and women often disagree about which gender has better driving skills, a new study by the University of Michigan may shed some light on the debate. Using data from a nationally representative sample of police-reported crashes from 1988 to 2007, Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of th ...
  • If Yale Cannot Stand Against Religious Hatred, ...
    Yale should not be bending to the forces of religious hatred. Like others, I am ashamed the university has done away with the Yale Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism (YIISA). These are times when men are returning to the bad old ways. Regretfully, Yale cannot stand up to ...
  • Turkey on Edge - Turkey's Realignment and What ...
    Turkey’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) won Parliamentary elections June 12, which means it will remain in power for a third term. The popular vote, divided among a number of parties, made the AKP the most popular party by far, although nearly half of the electorate voted for other parties, ...
  • Edge on Computing - Wireless Charging Will Exp ...
    The expected revenue from shipments of wireless charging devices in 2011 is expected to surge by an astonishing 616 percent, according to market research firm IHS iSuppli. The firm attributes the growth to consumers who are weary of portable electronics devices with tangled cords and cumbersome ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

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  • Fear And Loathing In The Housing Market- The G ...
    By William HicksContinuing the recent run of bad economic news, an S&P/Case Shiller report on Tuesday confirmed that U.S. home prices in most major markets have resumed falling after stabilizing for a couple of years
  • Disastrous US Jobs Report Points To Deepening ...
    By Barry GreyUS payrolls grew by a paltry 54,000 in May and the official unemployment rate rose to 9.1 percent, an increase of 0.3 percent since March, according to the monthly employment report released Friday by the Labor Department
  • A State For Jews
    By William James Martin Why are we providing almost incalculable support and sustenance to a state - Israel- which is a state for Jews, and exclusively for Jews, at the expense of the indigenous native Palestinians
  • Israelis Rush For Second Passports
    By Franklin Lamb Several studies in Israel and one conducted by AIPAC and another by the Jewish National Fund in Germany show that perhaps as many as half of the Jews living in Israel will consider leaving Palestine in the next few years if current political and social trends continue. A 2008 s ...

Contagious Love Experiment

  • Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
    Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never!   Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
  • 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 ...

Yid With Lid

  • Obama Claims The UN Can Usurp Congressional Wa ...
    �The Congress shall have Power....� To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; To provide and maintain a Navy; To ...
  • Alan Colmes' Fox News Meltdown In Defense of ...
    Chalk up another victim of the Anthony Weiner scandal. Somewhere in a progressive asylum talker Alan Colmes must be laying on the floor in a fetal position. The guy practically had a meltdown while defending Congressman Weiner on Fox News today.� In a discussion about the resignation of Weiner,� ...
  • Rasmussen Reports...Obama's Approval "Falls Of ...
    Between Debbie Wassserman Schultz' claim that the economy was turning around, and Obama's joke about shovel ready projects, if the President, and the progressive Democratic party leadership has proven anything over the past few days, it is that they are out of touch with the American people. And ...
  • Epic Fail: Obama Supporters Try to Defend His ...
    By Barry� Rubin It is remarkable how supporters of Obama�s Middle East policy are forced back onto wishful thinking and total projection based on new evidence. For example, in response to my critique of Obama�s strategy one reader writes: I have a feeling that Obama will get an acknowled ...
  • Newsbusted Exclusive: Weiners From Afghanistan!
    Its Tuesday, that means its time for Wait, its Wednesday but today we have a special, why the hell wasn't it available yesterday edition of Newsbusted, the usually twice weekly look at the news by comedian/Newsbusted Anchor Jodi Miller. This edition is broadcast from a secret location in Afghani ...

The Real Agenda

  • El Cartel de la Reserva Federal: La Mesa Redon ...
    Por Dean Henderson Traducción Luis R. Miranda 15 de junio 2011 Parte III Según el libro del ex agente de inteligencia británico John Coleman, El Comité de los 300, los Rothschild ejercen el control político a través de la Mesa Redonda de Negocios, que se creó en 1909 con la ayuda de Lord Alfred ...
  • Uma Doença Saudável: Fadiga de Facebook
    Centenas de milhares de pessoas na Europa e Canadá fecharam suas contas Facebook. Quais serão os outros? Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 14 de junho de 2011 Violações de privacidade, invasão de privacidade e o tédio causaram com que centenas de milhares de usuários do Facebook fecharem suas ...
  • Invasão da Líbia -III Guerra Mundial- será exe ...
    Aaron Dykes Tradução de Luis R. Miranda 15 de junho de 2011 Recebemos notícias alarmantes de dentro das fileiras do exército em Fort Hood, Texas, confirmando planos de lançar uma invasão terrestre em larga escala liderada pelos Estados Unidos na Líbia e posicionar tropas nesse país em outubro. A ...
  • Invasión de Libia -Tercera Guerra Mundial- se ...
    Aaron Dykes Traducción Luis R. Miranda 15 de junio 2011 Hemos recibido alarmantes informes desde dentro de las filas de los militares estacionados en el Fuerte Hood, Texas, que confirman los planes para iniciar una invasión terrestre a gran escala liderada por Estados Unidos en Libia y desplegar ...
  • OTAN “humanamente” bombardea campu ...
    Por Cynthia McKinney Ex-congresista de EUA Traducción Luis R. Miranda Desde mi llegada a Trípoli para ver de primera mano las consecuencias de las operaciones militares de la OTAN, ha quedado claro para mí que a pesar del silencio permanente de la prensa internacional sobre lo que acontence aquí ...

Wind Watch

  • Tehachapi City Council formally opposes wind parks
    At the June 6 regular meeting, the Tehachapi City Council voted 4-0, with council member Linda Vernon absent, to send a letter to the Kern County Planning Commission formally opposing wind parks in the greater Tehachapi region. The approved draft letter states that the city council �would like t ...
  • Wind farm forced to close after complaints ove ...
    A multi-million pound wind farm has been forced to close because it makes too much noise in a landmark ruling that could lead to others being shut down. Residents living near the 23 turbines have won an order making the operators turn off the generators after claiming their lives were being made ...
  • Turbine noise in Rome
    Wind turbine experts gathered in Rome recently to discuss noise. Low frequency noise and amplitude modulation provided plenty to talk about. Noise from wind turbines is still not solved, as evidenced by seemingly endless conferences called to talk about the problem. Not that there is a noise pro ...
  • Wind turbines switched off on 38 days every year
    Wind turbines will have to be switched off on 38 days every year because it is too windy, the National Grid said yesterday. In a new report, the grid said it could not cope with the surge of power from wind farms and will have to switch off turbines to avoid overloading the power transmission ne ...
  • Osage Nation opposes wind farm development in ...
    PAWHUSKSA, Oklahoma — The Osage Nation announced its opposition Monday to the development of large-scale wind farms near Pawhuska. The tribe’s chief counted up the economic costs and the environmental ones and he says wind energy just isn’t worth it. “The major thing that we’re concerned about i ...

Not My Tribe

  • Five dollar chance to win Obama dinner should ...
    Democratic fundraisers are hawking the chance to win a dinner with President Obama for the donation of $5 or more to the 2012 election campaign. Rather than sit across the table from the smug insincere technocrat, can I opt for the immediate cash value of the prize? Were I a corporation, that va ...
  • Why “conservatives” shouldn’ ...
    for one…. They conserve abso-damn-lutely NOTHING. Not money, not the resources belonging to America as in ALL Americans, resources belonging to Other Countries, the lives of Soldiers or the lives of Workers, NADA. “Social Conservative” preserving what values exactly? Manifest Destiny, the belief ...
  • U.S. Hypocrisy over Pakistan spy round-up and ...
    Has the Favorite Whine about “How DARE another nation exercise the same sovereign rights as America?” in the so called “liberal” media. Who are these phantasmal “Liberal Media” anyway? Every press, TV, and radio syndicate in the country bows down before the Police State Warmonger-Whorelords. I g ...
  • City Hall ignoring bad publicity from New York
    So Ed went on this radio talk show, called in, broadcast in Nuevo Jork. Did pretty good and, since the station is one of the few LEFT wing media in America, (to paraphrase the DumFox Listener bumper sticker “I don’t believe In The Existence Of the Liberal Media.”) but since Pressure Points radio ...
  • North Carolina “considers” compens ...
    From BBC News “More than 60,000 Americans were sterilised, many against their will, as part of a eugenics movement that finished in 1979, aimed at keeping the poor and mentally ill from having children. Now, decades on, one state is considering compensation.” 2,900 victims still alive, but the S ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Why the experts at New Mexico Tech failed with ...
    …maybe, just maybe, it had something to do with their funding. Related Info: Slicing Through Every Single 'Debunker' Argument, One at a Time Van Romero, Vice President of New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, gained lasting notoriety for candid remarks concerning the collapses of ...
  • U.S. Diver On a Mission to Retrieve Bin Laden' ...
    U.S. Diver On a Mission to Retrieve Bin Laden's Body Related Info: Not a Deather, but a Doubter; Still a Truther Rashard Mendenhall: 'I just have a hard time believing a plane could take a skyscraper down demolition style' The Death of Osama, 9/11 and the War on Terror Nafeez Mossadeq Ahm ...
  • Right After Bilderberg, Puppet David Cameron P ...
    Today at the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation conference, David Cameron pledged a further £814 million of British taxpayer money towards third-world vaccination programs. Bill Gates, a well known vaccine advocate who jointly hosted the conference with Cameron, pledged a billion d ...
  • The Bilderberg Delusion
    No matter what you think of Alex Jones, his coverage of Bilderberg meetings is always excellent. The mainstream media on the other hand ... On thursday, Mario Borghezio, a member of the EU parliament, tried to enter the Bilderberg meeting with other EU parliament members, he presented his cre ...
  • Lupe Fiasco - Words I Never Said ft. Skylar Grey
    Lyrics: [Skylar Grey] It's so loud Inside my head With words that I should have said! As I drown in my regrets I can't take back the words I never said I can't take back the words I never said [Lupe Fiasco] I really think the war on terror is a bunch of bullshit Just a poor excuse for you t ...

Fooducate

  • Those Dirty Little Keebler Elves
    The FDA has issued a warning letter to Kellogg’s, parent company of Keebler and Famous Amos, after finding listeria bacterium in a Georgia manufacturing plant. Here is an excerpt: …investigators from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your food manufa ...
  • USA = United Snackers of America
    The meal as we know it is disappearing. A recent report from Packaged Facts – Snack Foods in the US (4th Edition) – shows an ever-growing consumer shift to snacking as a result of âfrenzied lifestylesâ. The packaged snack market grew from $56 Billion in 2006 to $64 Billion in 2010 and is expecte ...
  • An Apple a Day…But the Pesticide Won’t Go Away
    The old adage about keeping the doctor away does not take into account the potentially harmful effects of pesticide residue on apples and many other fruits and vegetables. The Environmental Working Group (EWG), a non profit that uses the power of public information to protect public health and t ...
  • More BPA Concerns Surface
    A worrying read on the Civil Eats blog – our exposure to BPA (Bisphenol-A) is much worse than we think: According to a new study, exposure to the gender-bending chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) is worse than previously estimated. The study, which appeared Monday in Environmental Health Perspectives, i ...
  • Cocoa Krispies False Advertising Lawsuit – The ...
    Kellogg’s has announced a settlement in a class action suit filed against the company last year for false advertising. You may recall the bold claims on Cocoa Krispies boxes alluding to improved immunity for kids. We called that one out back in 2009. The $2.5 million settlement is a way for Kell ...

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

  • Beef barons exposed by space pics face jail
    Uncontacted Ayoreo house in the middle of a new road. The Indians abandoned it just hours before, hearing the bulldozer approach. © Survival Brazilian beef barons whose illegal clearance of land inhabited by uncontacted Indians in Paraguay was spotted by satellites have now been charged wit ...
  • Palawan tribal leaders in capital to protest m ...
    Palawan child © Dario Novellino Nine traditional leaders of the Palawan tribe are in the Philippine capital, Manila, to protest against the MacroAsia company mining on their land. Members of the Palawan tribe who live in the remote Brookes Point region, have consistently opposed mining on ...
  • Penan hunter-gatherers to be dumped in vast oi ...
    The Penan depend on their forest for survival. © Robin Hanbury-Tenison/Survival More than 1,000 Penan hunter-gatherers will be taken from their rainforest home and dumped in a vast oil palm plantation – to make way for the controversial Murum dam. The Penan have said they do not want to mo ...
  • Success: Peru vows to protect uncontacted trib ...
    Illegal logging in Peru's Murunahua reserve is pushing the Indians into Brazil – the very area where this tribe lives. © Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival Peru’s Culture Ministry has promised to protect an uncontacted tribe’s reserve in the Amazon amid fears that it would be shut down. In a ...
  • Gillian Anderson becomes Survival ambassador
    Gillian Anderson models a T-shirt designed by Richard Long © Survival Hollywood actor and long-time Survival International supporter Gillian Anderson has become an ambassador for Survival, joining Quentin Blake, Julie Christie, Kurt Jackson, Pippa Small, and Mark Rylance. Anderson recent ...

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 ?

  • Reusing, recycling and upcycling links – ...
    It’s been a while since I’ve featured some of the wonderful reusing, recycling and upcycling links I’ve spotted recently. So, without further ado…: Drinks can pop top lampshade I love this lampshade made with drinks can pop tops – it’s like modern chainmail :) Drinks can bottoms necklace The oth ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle Ariel Gel Dosing De ...
    Granny Cain emailed about Ariel Gel Dosing Devices: Enough!! I now have enough dosing devices for each child in a classroom…. but what to do with them? Tried poking a hole through the side, adding twine and making a bird feeder, but it kept flipping over. Needed some technical refinement… too mu ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle lots of hair elasti ...
    We’ve had an email from Donna: My 12 year old daughter has just had her long long lovely hair cut off and when we got home from the hairdressers, she cleared out a big box of hair bobbles, loop bands, Alice bands, scrunchies, ribbons, all sorts of things like Claire’s Accessories threw up in a [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle little pudding pots?
    We’ve had an email from Debbie: Any ideas what we can do with individual microwave pudding pots from the supermarket? They’re plastic. First up, as always, reduce if you can – I know those puddings are convenient but it doesn’t take that much longer to make your own with a microwave (for example ...
  • Any advice for making a mosiac out of broken c ...
    Leo emailed to ask: Hi, your website is great. I’m interested in reusing broken ceramics, terracotta tiles, stone etc. to do a floor mosaic. Do you have any advice about installing this, e.g. cheap or recyclable adhesive, mortar etc.? The only time I’ve make a “crazy” tile mosiac, I had some nor ...

Age of Autism

  • Betty and Wilma Had The Measles in 1961
    "Aw don't worry Fred, Measles don't hurt." "They sure do, in the pocketbook!" 1:40 into this clip. MMR sure has helped someone's pocketbook. Why the fear of childhood illness in 2011 versus the "Stone Age" known as 1961? Thanks to...
  • Autism Abortion Test Now Available: Should Tax ...
    Should selective abortion of children be considered part of an autism prevention strategy? By Kevin Barry Advances in medical science and technology sometimes come with a heavy moral price. Traditional pre-natal genetic tests have involved invasive analysis of the mother's...
  • The Original Paul Offit
    By Jake Crosby The Philadelphia physician consulted for a vaccine manufacturer and staunchly defended the vaccine industry, denying immunizations could cause a neurological disorder. He invented a pharmaceutical product that would make him millions. To the popular press, he was...
  • Best of AofA: Back to Christmas 1962
    Yesterday the AAP and CDC had a TweetChat about measles. I Tweeted only once: My daughter w/ autism sleeps w/ doll from 1961 that has MEASLES - a child's toy - Irony 101 #measleschat In other news yesterday, a child...
  • Barbie Doll Circa 2000: With Chicken Pox
    As recently as 2000, chicken pox was not considered the plague, as evidenced by this Mattel doll. Children were not routinely vaccinated against the disease, instead they caught it as tots and then kissed it goodbye. Moms, and little girls...

Global BDS Movement

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  • 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

  • Selling America to China: Treason by any other ...
    Let's quit being polite and call this maneuver by corporate governments exactly what it is - treason. Nothing more, nothing less. Selling off pieces of America to a foreign government so that government can plant a sovereign city inside our country that is not subject to our laws amounts to trea ...
  • German E-Coli Outbreak: Accident or Planned “G ...
    What if the deadly e-coli outbreak in Germany that was blamed on organic sprouts with no direct proof, but through circumstantial evidence only, was instituted as part of a deliberate campaign to sway public opinion in favor of compliance with Codex regulations and to call for the irradiation of ...
  • Is Your Governor For Sale to the EPA?
    The EPA is now trying to assert that the CWA "protects" (controls) traditional navigable waters, interstate waters, adjacent wetlands, tributaries, and 'other waters' which account for just about all water except swimming pools.
  • 6 Real Examples of Food Terrorism
    The latest warning coming from British intelligence that al-Qaeda and other political organizations could contaminate the food supply is part of a continuing plot line that hides the obvious: our food already has been poisoned under the auspices of oversight agencies who have been complicit in t ...
  • You might be a tenderfoot if….
    "Son, ridin' em's one thing. It's the stayin' on that's tough."

Open Your Eyes News

  • Six million migrants living in Australia
    ABC – The Bureau of Statistics says almost six million migrants from more than 200 countries lived in Australia in June last year. The largest number were born in the United Kingdom, with 1.2 million people. The next largest group was born in New Zealand with 500,000 people, followed by China an ...
  • Senior Scientologist in court on allegations s ...
    The Australian – Janice Meyer, 57, was surrounded by supporters in the Downing Centre Local Court today, when her bail was varied to enable her to travel to California where she lives and has a business. She is charged with perverting the course of justice, being accused of threatening and intim ...
  • US: Consumers battle weaker growth, higher prices
    Reuters – The U.S. economy is facing a troubling mix of higher prices and weak growth. Underlying U.S. inflation rose to its highest level in nearly three years in May while a regional factory gauge posted a surprise contraction this month. Americans consumers did get some relief on prices from ...
  • Climate Fact Of The Day – Comparing IPCC ...
  • EU urged to press China on rights
    AFP – China and the European Union on Thursday opened their regular dialogue on human rights amid a nationwide clampdown on dissent, with activists calling on the EU to be firm with Beijing. The one-day session is the first in a year after China — furious over the awarding of the Nobel Peace Pri ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Huge new boreal forest preserve in Manitoba
    Efforts to combat climate change and diminishing wildlands have increasingly focused on the vast belt of northern forest that rings the globe south of the Arctic. The boreal forest is a vast repository of stored carbon and, in much of...
  • Emergency rescue at Sequoia National Park
    A Squaw Valley hiker had to be rescued this week at Sequoia National Park after falling through a snow bridge into the icy cold creek below, park authorities said. The woman, 52, was found by hikers three hours later suffering...
  • California drought drove up energy costs
    One of the biggest costs of California's recent drought went largely unnoticed, according to a report that estimates state ratepayers paid $1.7 billion to replace lost hydropower with natural gas generation that also pumped millions of tons of pollutants into...
  • Wildfires prompt evacuations at Carlsbad Caver ...
    Wildfires burning for nearly two weeks in Arizona and New Mexico have threatened several historical sites, the latest being Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico, where a small wildfire caused officials to close the site and evacuate visitors this...
  • Sustainable agriculture can help conquer hunge ...
    Industrial-style farming, often known as the "green revolution," has been widely credited with saving perhaps 1 billion people from starvation by boosting the yield of grain crops in India, China, Pakistan, Mexico and other countries. But the green revolution, which...

water.org

  • Interview with Water.org’s April Rinne (GGT)
    INTERVIEW: Water.Org’s April Rinne (Green Global Travel) – While other charities may have similar goals, Water.org’s WaterCredit program is unique in that it is works in partnership with microfinance institutions to establish markets in which there is fair access to affordable loans for everyone ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Sri Lanka Killing Fields Documentary Channel 4 UK
    This is the documentary; I have just read on Amnesty that you can watch the documentary globally from 15th JuneSubmitted by Barbara W. to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Help kids orphaned by AIDS with one click!
    Forgotten Voices has been nominated for a Classy Award, and needs 100 'likes' to move into the next round. Your vote helps this nonprofit move closer to $150,000 in prize money that will go to help kids! Please vote!Submitted by Brian Reilly to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • EXCLUSIVE: New Documents Claim Intelligence on ...
    The intelligence failures leading up to the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are an issue the media - and lawmakers - put to bed years ago, despite the fact that new information continues to trickle out, undercutting the integrity of-->Submitted by Kit B. to World �|� �Note-it ...
  • 10 Year Old Kills Himself On Ritalin and Prozac
    A family struggles with the choices that led to the death of their 10 year old son. This article looks at the pattern emerging in the UK and the US to drug our kids more & more, younger & younger with devastating results. Please read and get informed.Submitted by Iona Kentwell to Society & Cultu ...
  • Six year old child on his own - The Petition Site
    Please sign this petitionSubmitted by Judith Kwoba to Society & Culture �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

  • United States: Sempra Generation Awarded $359 ...
    Sempra Generation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is quickly moving towards the construction phase on a 150 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power project in Arizona.� THe U.S.�Department of Ener read more
  • Google, Solar City Team Up to Fund Residential ...
    A partnership between Internet guru Google Inc. (NASDAQ.GOOG) and Solar City, a private company leading the nation in single-source solar photovoltaic power installations for homes and businesses, will see $280 million dedicated to ...
  • U.S. Department of Energy Offers $2 Billion in ...
    California will soon be home for two new concentrating solar power (CSP) facilities. read more
  • McGraw-Hill to Build the Largest Privately-Hel ...
    McGraw-Hill (NYSE:�MHP), one of the world's leading information and education companies, has announced it will build the largest privately-owned solar power plant in the Western Hemisphere. read more
  • United States: Report Shows Utilities' Solar C ...
    Comprised of American electric utilities and solar companies the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) calls itself the "go-to resource for unbiased and actionable solar intelligence." In its latest report, SEPA's research reveals ...

News Blaze

  • Arrested Sri Lankan Fishermen Finally Go Home ...
    India declined last year to a shameful position of 87 in the ranks of the latest corruption index and the police forces of the country are blamed for having the biggest share of this despicable situation.
  • Horrific Human Rights Crisis Emerges in Syria
    Ms. Donahoe reiterated that the Council unequivocally condemned the use of violence against peaceful protestors by Syrian authorities. It has and called upon the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently dispatch a mission to Syri
  • NASA Scientists Make New Discoveries About Pla ...
    Data from MESSENGER, the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, is giving scientists important clues to the origin of the planet and its geological history and helping them better understand its dynamic interior and exterior processes.
  • Iraq Should Continue to Regulate Private Milit ...
    'Despite this decrease in incidents, Iraq continues to grapple with the grant of legal immunity extended to private security contractors,' states a news release issued by the Group.
  • Obama Tells Palestinians 'Efforts to Delegitim ...
    Ms. Brimmer also said United States maintains extensive military cooperation and assistance to Israel, which helps maintain Israel's qualitative military edge over potential threats.

Worldnews

  • Consensus On Key Kashmir Points: Radha Ku ...
    Srinagar, Jun 16, KONS: A member of New Delhi’s team of interlocutors for Kashmir, Prof Radha Kumar, on Thursday claimed consensus having emerged between diverse groups “ on some key points”...
  • Punjab thrashes Bihar
    Bhopal: Punjab routed Bihar 9-0 to storm into the semifinals of Hockey India's inaugural men's senior National championship here on Thursday....
  • Rights commission indicted Army: Kashmir ...
    Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR: Independent MLA from Langate in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir Abdur Rashid Sheikh has urged Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to take a serious note of the "shocking" judgments of the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), indicting the security forces for killin ...
  • Mamata ready for maiden Delhi visit as Ch ...
    Special Correspondent KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to go to New Delhi on Saturday for the first time since assuming office as Chief Minister of West Bengal on May 20....
  • Lokpal Bill: both sides adopt aggressive ...
    K. Balchand Government not serious: Hazare; we must keep in mind the gap between what is desirable and what is feasible: Chidambaram...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • [Correspondence] Belimumab for systemic lupus ...
    Although patients with severe systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) were included in BLISS-52, those with severe active lupus nephritis and central nervous system manifestations were excluded. This limitation of the trial is cited in the discussion section of the Article and is reflected in the rec ...
  • [Articles] Global burden of disease in young p ...
    SummaryBackgroundYoung people aged 10–24 years represent 27% of the world's population. Although important health problems and risk factors for disease in later life emerge in these years, the contribution to the global burden of disease is unknown. We describe the global burden of disease arisi ...
  • [Articles] Addition of cetuximab to oxaliplati ...
    SummaryBackgroundIn the Medical Research Council (MRC) COIN trial, the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-targeted antibody cetuximab was added to standard chemotherapy in first-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer with the aim of assessing effect on overall survival.MethodsIn this ...
  • [Comment] First-line treatment of advanced col ...
    As we move into the era of stratified medicine, how should the Article by Timothy Maughan and colleagues in The Lancet shape treatment of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer? The findings were unexpected in that the antiepidermal growth factor receptor antibody cetuximab did not improve o ...
  • [Comment] Secondary brain injury after aneurys ...
    Mortality from aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (aSAH) has decreased in recent years, probably because of advances in hospital care, but functional impairment is still common among survivors. Although physical handicaps are the outcome measures that have traditionally received most attention, ...

Common Dreams

  • Progressives Still Fighting Obama, Democrats A ...
    The last time thousands of progressive activists and left-leaning bloggers came together for their annual Netroots Nation conference, Democrats controlled Washington. Much of the focus was on pushing the party -- and President Obama -- further to the left, to stand up for things like the public ...
  • Gaza’s Economic Crisis Reflects the Indignity ...
    While governments in Europe and the U.S. scramble to boost jobs and revive markets, one country in the “developed” world is striving to pauperize an entire society. read more
  • Fukushima: It's Much Worse Than You Think
    Author(s) Profile(s):� Dahr Jamail "Fukushima is the biggest industrial catastrophe in the history of mankind," Arnold Gundersen, a former nuclear industry senior vice president, told Al Jazeera. Japan's 9.0 earthquake on March 11 ca ...
  • Congress Panel Approves Bill to Fast-Track Key ...
    Congress took a first step on Wednesday to fast-track a controversial Alberta tar sands pipeline, ordering Barack Obama to reach a decision on the project by 1 November. read more
  • Extreme Weather Events Unprecedented, Scientis ...
    WASHINGTON — Tornadoes, floods, wildfires, snowmelt, thunderstorms, drought — for Americans, it was a spring to remember. Government weather researchers said yesterday that, while similar extremes have occurred throughout modern American history, never before have they occurred in a single month ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

Energy Collective

  • That's All, Folks! - Cable TV, Accessories An ...
    So we already knew that watching too much TV dulls the mind and costs a bundle (my cable bill’s $170 a month, including Internet and phone).Now we know, thanks to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, that your super-snazzy set-top box and DVR combo that means you will never ...
  • ACE Students Offer White House Fresh Energy Ef ...
    Shreya Indukuri and Daniela Lapidous, ACE Youth Advisory Board members and juniors at the Harker School in San Jose, CA, paid a visit to the White House yesterday, but they didn't just go for a tour. Through working with ACE, this energy-smart duo is scaling up their efforts to spur efficient en ...
  • Ok Computer: IT Waste Heat Warms Worker's Showers
    The garbage men of the city of Hamburg/Germany are showering with water that is heated by the waste heat of a server room. The key to this ecologically and economically favorable solution is a large heat accumulator with a volume of 30,000 liters.
  • Finding The Future of Fission After Fukushima
    Young people entering the nuclear energy field retain their idealism about it
  • The Feed In Tariffs Fiasco
    With a stroke, DECC has undermined the competitiveness of the UK solar industry in the export market. Over 80% of respondents to the Government's review of Feed-in Tariffs opposed the deep cuts to the incentives with most calling for more modest cuts and for the retention of high levels of su ...

Green House - USA Today

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • Midwest Floods: Both Nebraska Nuke Stations Th ...
    By Rady Ananda Tens of millions of acres in the US corn belt have flooded, which will spike the cost of gas and food over the next several months. Worse, several nuclear power plants sit in the flooded plains. Both nuclear plants in Nebraska are partly submerged and the FAA has issued a no-fly ...
  • The U.S. Government is Waging Genocide on The ...
    Brennan Browne Our government is engaging in a systematic genocide against its own people. The evidence is overwhelming as an increasingly inhumane--psychopathic--political agenda is now embraced by both parties and fostered on every level. The latest egregious lie/manipulation force-fed to t ...
  • Misshaping the Middle East, The Libyan example
    By Dan Lieberman France and Great Britain, the two principal European victors of World War I, shaped the Middle East to meet their political objectives and formed an area of despotic regimes and constant conflict. Now, joined by the United States, the same nations, by either aggression against ...
  • A Conversation with Finian Cunningham about Ba ...
    By Timothy V. Gatto and Finian Cunninghan Hear the interview here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/liberalpro/2011/06/12/a-conversation-about-bahrain-and-american-foriegn-policy This third interview with Finian Cunningham, an Irish journalist now living in Manama, Bahrain, is probably the most te ...
  • Wisconsin Supreme Court Reinstates Anti-Union Law
    by Stephen Lendman At the state and federal levels, pro-business/anti-worker rulings are nothing new. US Supreme Court history is rife with them since the 19th century, and no wonder. From inception, America was always ruled by men, not laws, who lie, connive, misinterpret, and pretty ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • BC Commentary on the HST
    In the lead up to the provincial referendum, our Spring/Summer issue of BC Commentary takes a closer look at the HST. Check it out here. And for commentary after Christy Clark's May 25 HST announcement, visit policynote.ca.�
  • Federal budget commentary and analysis
    Yesterday on our blog, Behind the Numbers, Alternative Federal Budget Coordinator David Macdonald drew back the curtain on Federal Budget 2011, exposing the plan to cut the deficit through an unprecedented cut to a third of public service sector jobs. Click here for more. CCPA Senior Economist ...
  • Vancity now a living wage employer
    Great news! Vancity Credit Union has announced that it is now officially a living wage employer, committed to paying its employees a living wage, as calculated by the CCPA. In Vancouver in 2011, this is $18.81 an hour. Congratulations to the Living Wage for Families campaign! For details, see ...
  • Rising CEO Pay: Could it fuel social unrest?
    BNN (Business News Network) has taken on the thorny topic of soaring CEO pay in Canada. Two former CEOs joined CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan for a discussion about CEO pay and came to agreement on three important points: Executive compensation has gotten out of line; workers at the bot ...
  • What to expect in Monday's federal budget
    Despite the government’s stay-the-course rhetoric, the upcoming federal budget will lay the foundation for one of the most aggressive assaults on public service delivery in Canadian history. David Macdonald and Armine Yalnizyan have written a report to give Canadians a sense of what to expec ...

World Wide Hippies

  • longest lunar eclipse in more than a decade tu ...
    SYDNEY—The longest lunar eclipse in more than a decade turned the moon blood red on Thursday, yielding a rare visual treat for stargazers across a large swathe of the planet from Asia to Europe. The first eclipse of the year—when the Earth casts its shadow over the moon—was seen in parts of Euro ...
  • President launches $5 raffle for private lunch ...
    Obama rewarded party donors with ‘key jobs in government and millions of dollars in contracts’ | Daily Mail President Obama faced fresh controversy today after it emerged that he rewarded rich supporters who donated cash to his election campaign with influential jobs in government. Obama had pre ...
  • Pittsburgh in the 60′s: Why ask why?
    But I’m going to ask anyway! Why have we settled for mediocre at best, selfish, greedy, egotistical jackasses at worst for almost everyone in ALL of the major areas of our daily lives? From local to federal and everything in between we have come to expect it as the norm. It’s not. It didn’t used ...
  • David Tyree Is An Idiot
    Super Bowl hero warns of ‘anarchy’ if NY approves gay marriage | CNN Former New York Giants receiver David Tyree’s celebrated catch in the closing seconds of Super Bowl XLII was pivotal to his team’s victory. Now out of football, he is trying to claim a last-minute win over another foe — same-se ...
  • Comrades…there is a situation…a tiger has esca ...
    “Escaped Tiger” Training Exercise Held At Chengdu Zoo | Chinasmack June 2nd, Sichuan Chengdu Zoo, a tranquilized “tiger” being carried away by workers, as a caged Chinese tiger watches through the glass. That day, the Chengdu Zoo conducted a escaped dangerous animal training drill/exercise. The ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • Glenn Beck on Muslims, Obama and Michael Moore ...
    From Glenn Beck's radio show, June 2, 2011: ... PAT GRAY: How does a guy who immigrated here from -- was it India? I think India. He's got Muslim parenthood and he comes here and he enjoys incredible success. The guy's a national television host and a best-selling author. He probably makes ...
  • In His Latest Attack, Beck's Sidekick Highligh ...
    On today's edition of his radio show, Glenn Beck and�his sidekick�Pat Gray criticized CNN Host and Time editor Fareed Zakaria for comments�suggesting that the U.S. Constitution was not perfect. Zakaria made the comments during an interview with PBS' Charlie Rose earlier this week. (This was part ...
  • 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 ...

Salon

  • Arabic for right-wingers
    In a now infamous column, the writer Eliana Benador argued this week that Anthony Weiner (who is a Jew) may have converted to Islam but was hiding it from the world in accordance with the practice of "taqiyya."
  • Watch Julian Assange's life under house arrest
    Julian Assange has been under house arrest in Norfolk, England for 191 days now. As he fights efforts to extradite him to Sweden for allegations of rape and sexual molestion, WikiLeaks has released a short film documenting Assange's daily routine and the logistics of his confinement.
  • Mitt Romney still ahead in polls (and Bachmann ...
    A Rasmussen poll of likely GOP primary voters, taken after this week's Republican presidential debate, shows that the de facto front-runner is still the front-runner. Mitt Romney, the guy with all the money and the campaign experience and the organization and name-recognition, is in first place:
  • The Weiner resignation: our political system i ...
    The New York Times, December 16, 2005 ("Bush lets U.S. spy on callers without courts"):
  • How the cult of individualism is ruining baseball
    In my recent book "Back to Our Future," I spend a chapter looking at how our culture began changing from one that saw salvation in solidarity to one that worshiped the individual messiah. Through the deification of singular icons like Oprah Winfrey, Pat Robertson, Lee Iacocca, Rush Limbaugh a ...

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

  • Hooligans spoil Canada’s game
    Vancouver’s reputation has a friendly sports town been slammed into the boards, and it will take a long time for it to get up.
  • What’s in a name? A chance to cash in
    Selling the right to name a city property isn’t necessarily a bad thing, provided it’s done the right way.
  • Protecting the sharks
    Each year it’s estimated that some 70 million sharks end up slowly dying at the bottom of our oceans, their fins sliced off for the dubious pleasure of a bowl of soup in a restaura ...
  • Don’t give in to energy NIMBYs
    Two years ago Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said NIMBYism would “no longer prevail,” yet it seems to be thriving.
  • Doing the right thing
    Finally, doing the right thing couldn’t be easier. With a few clicks on a computer Ontarians can now register their consent to be an organ and tissue donor.

Energy Collective

  • That's All, Folks! - Cable TV, Accessories An ...
    So we already knew that watching too much TV dulls the mind and costs a bundle (my cable bill’s $170 a month, including Internet and phone).Now we know, thanks to a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council, that your super-snazzy set-top box and DVR combo that means you will never ...
  • ACE Students Offer White House Fresh Energy Ef ...
    Shreya Indukuri and Daniela Lapidous, ACE Youth Advisory Board members and juniors at the Harker School in San Jose, CA, paid a visit to the White House yesterday, but they didn't just go for a tour. Through working with ACE, this energy-smart duo is scaling up their efforts to spur efficient en ...
  • Ok Computer: IT Waste Heat Warms Worker's Showers
    The garbage men of the city of Hamburg/Germany are showering with water that is heated by the waste heat of a server room. The key to this ecologically and economically favorable solution is a large heat accumulator with a volume of 30,000 liters.
  • Finding The Future of Fission After Fukushima
    Young people entering the nuclear energy field retain their idealism about it
  • The Feed In Tariffs Fiasco
    With a stroke, DECC has undermined the competitiveness of the UK solar industry in the export market. Over 80% of respondents to the Government's review of Feed-in Tariffs opposed the deep cuts to the incentives with most calling for more modest cuts and for the retention of high levels of su ...

EU Times

  • Greek Prime Minister to form new government
    Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has announced that he is to form a new government and push forward tougher economic measures despite anti-austerity protests in the country. Papandreou plans to form a new cabinet and to seek a confidence vote from his Socialist Party in an attempt to conti ...
  • U.S. funding opposition groups in Arab world
    The U.S. government funded the creation of wireless networks to facilitate secret communications for opposition groups to avoid the control of authorities in nations such as Iran, Syria and Libya. According to The New York Times, the State Department and the Pentagon spent about $50 million to a ...
  • Obama given ultimatum by US Congress leader ov ...
    Stepping up a simmering constitutional conflict, House Speaker John A. Boehner warned President Obama on Tuesday that unless he gets authorization from Congress for his military deployment in Libya, he will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution. In a letter sent Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Boe ...
  • Cyprus: Where Heaven falls prey to thieves
    Where Heaven falls prey to thieves from Henrik Clausen on Vimeo. A short documentary about the extensive art theft that has taken place in North Cyprus since the 1974 Turkish invasion. The theft has taken place with tacit or active approval from the Turkish army. The plunder not only served as a ...
  • Obama rewards big donors with jobs, commission ...
    Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obama’s run for the presidency. Gips, a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications LLC, delivered more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest, while two fellow senior compa ...

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

  • Congress And the White House Disagree Over The ...
    'It Doesn't Pass The Straight Face Test': Republican Speaker Pours Scorn On Obama Claim Of Authority For Libya Mission -- The Daily Mail * Dawn raids by Nato strike Gaddafi's Tripoli compound * Cameron declares 'time is running out' for Libyan leader The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representat ...
  • The Stanley Cup riot was a pointless mess
    Last night the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final. An estimated 100,000 people were in the downtown core to take part in festivities -- a number that far surpasses those that flooded the city in 1994. If you weren't a resident of Vancouver that fateful night 17 years ago then you have ...
  • New BlackBerry Product Introductions Delayed T ...
    During RIM’s Q1 Fiscal 2012 conference call today they confirmed some not so good news about upcoming product launches
  • Syria's humanitarian crisis intensifies
    When reports of protests and subsequent civilian deaths as security forces fired on protestors began filtering in from the southern Syrian city of Deraa in March, many wondered what turn events would take in both Syria and the international community in the wake of earlier uprisings during the ...
  • This Apple Patent Will Shut Down Your Camera A ...
    A new patent may limit your iPhone's capabilities at concerts. Apple wants to use infra-red receivers that disable your video camera when it's held up to film live performances. Texting and phone capabilities would still work as usual. The aim is to protect those who hold exclusive rights to co ...

Groklaw

  • Google Suggests Googling Yourself
    On Wednesday, Google released a new tool called Me on the Web, which allows you to monitor your identity online and offers strategies for keeping personal information out of Google's index--don't post--and for having third-party sites remove unwanted information. - Thomas Claburn, InformationWeek
  • As Fed CIO Kundra Departs, Will Progress Stall?
    The White House disclosed Wednesday that Kundra will resign in August for a fellowship at Harvard University, where he will study the implications of digital media and technology for governance, and work with Harvard on research in the areas of cloud computing, open data, and open government. - ...
  • Oracle seeks billions of dollars from Google i ...
    Oracle wants Google to pay damages "in the billions of dollars" for allegedly infringing on eight Oracle patents related to its Java programming language and how it's used in the Android operating system. The Redwood, Calif., tech firm made clear it's seeking the massive sum from Google in a co ...
  • Facebook juror jailed for eight months (UK)
    "Joanne Fraill and Jamie Sewart's conduct was a clear contempt of court. Jurors should take careful note and know that the law officers will prosecute those who commit contempt." He added: "Both of these women were well aware that they should not have been engaging in this discussion. "The jur ...
  • Banks Turn to Schumer on Patents
    After years of fighting Mr. Ballard at the federal Patent Office, in court and across a negotiating table, the banks went to see one of their best friends in Congress, Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York, who inserted into a patent overhaul bill a provision that appears largely aimed at helpi ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • First 20 MW flywheel grid storage going online
    The flywheel system is already operating at 90% capacity in New York. Flywheels store power as kinetic energy and can release it instantly, This makes them highly useful for balancing out grid fluctuations.
  • Polizeros podcast tonight. Republican debate. ...
    Topics: The Republican debate showed the candidates aren’t zombie wackos. They are not the crazy kooky trainwrecks the left is hoping for. Instead, they are polished, savvy, and should not be underestimated. Republican Party turns serious Greek debt crisis. This isn’t some esoteric event happeni ...
  • Jerry Brown vetos budget passed by his own party
    Wow. He absolutely did the right thing, saying the budget is not balanced, uses “legally questionable maneuvers“, and adds billions in new debt. Tip: Calitics
  • Green theology, crony capitalism, and Californ ...
    Lately, there’s been a growing contrarian view of California’s proposed renewable energy future. Instead of clean energy flowing seamlessly from solar, wind, and geothermal plants through a smart grid to California homes and businesses, these contrarians see a system doomed to fail, soaring ener ...
  • Greek bonds now effectively worthless
    This morning Greek CDS is trading at a spread of 1,900 bps: a level that seals the fate of Greece, whose bonds are being sold into a bidless market. Translation. To buy $10 million of credit default swap psuedo insurance on Greek bonds, the buyer must pay the seller $1.9 million a year in premiu ...

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

  • Post-Tahrir Cairo, Day 1
    Bill the spouse and I had an informative, short conversation today with the longtime MB spokesman Dr. Esam El-Erian, who is also the deputy head of the newly emerging, MB-backed Freedom and Justice Party. (You can find descriptions of interviews I conducted with Dr. El-Erian in early 2007 and e ...
  • Publishing: From 140 characters to 150,000 words
    I haven't blogged much recently, I know. I've been incredibly busy. Primarily with the book-publishing but a bit with family things and also, increasingly, with planning for the trip I'm currently on. (This blog post comes to you from London. On Saturday, I'm going to Cairo... ) Also, I've been ...
  • 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.

frogblog

  • Many questions, but no answers on Telecommunic ...
    Green MP Gareth Hughes had some questions for Communications Minister Steven Joyce in Parliament yesterday: Here was Steven Joyce’s reply: Nothing to say here. Nothing to say here. Nothing to say here. Nothing to say here. So Gareth tried again: Steven Joyce still wouldn’t take a call to respond ...
  • Greater Wellington failing regional economy
    The roll-out of real time displays — screens that tell passengers when their bus or train will arrive — has been delayed yet again, Greater Wellington Regional Council reported yesterday. This is yet another setback in a long line of setbacks and broken promises stretching right back to the year ...
  • Double double-standards on internet termination?
    Labour’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maryan Street is criticising National for their double standard of supporting strong statements at the UN against internet termination whilst bringing in the ‘Skynet’ Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Act that allows it locally, an issue I blogged on earli ...
  • Pedestrianise Queen Street? Hell yeah!
    The Auckland Council is consulting right now on a discussion document called the City Centre Master Plan (PDF). It almost slipped under my radar but I’ve managed to draft up a quick submission to go in before the closing date – this Friday, the 17th of June. I encourage you to make an online sub ...
  • School support staff – celebrate skills ...
    Yesterday was national School Support Staff Celebration Day. I went out to a breakfast for school support staff in Mana. There was a festive air amongst these hard working, low-paid people who make great things happen in our schools. It amazes me that the Government can talk about pouring more m ...

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • Humanity at the Crossroads: Business and Jobs
    What's known as the economy has not only had horrid consequences, it is ultimately unsustainable. In two centuries, it has turned human beings into beasts of burden and their rulers into mere teamsters, it has polluted the Earth, extinguished uncounted species and exterminated millions of people ...
  • (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 ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Geeky Stats About Magic Mushrooms
    Here's something a little offbeat for a Friday morning. A team of researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has recently documented a safe, long-lasting way of improving both your life and your personal feelings of well-being: shrooms. Or, more precisely, psilocybin, the active in ...
  • Tim Pawlenty's Tax Hike
    Turns out that Tim Pawlenty is just another big government tax raiser. Five years ago he proved it at a Twins game: In the presence of team owner Carl Pohlad and former Twins greats such as Harmon Killebrew and Kent Hrbek, Pawlenty took a seat at an infield table and signed into law a bil ...
  • Why I'm Not Worried About Free Trade
    Dan Drezner, after listening to the GOP debate earlier this week, is once again unhappy about the current lousy state of support for further liberalization of trade: What's more disturbing, however, and uncommented until now, was the total lack of support for freer trade among the GOP fie ...
  • Is the EPA a Job Killing Machine? (Hint: No.)
    Is the EPA a job-killing machine? On the off chance that empirical evidence still matters to anyone, Dave Roberts summarizes a bit of recent research into this question from the Economic Policy Institute. First up, Isaac Shapiro takes a look at the costs and benefit of several new EPA rules: ...
  • Quote of the Day: The Genius of Newt Gingrich
    From Joe DeSantis, one of the few Newt Gingrich advisors still working for him, on why the rest of his team quit en masse last week: Those who left were more mechanical; they did not fit with the constant brainstorming culture within Gingrich’s inner circle  Newt was just too smart for ...

Insanity Report

  • IC 253: The Great Weiner Debate
    Topics: McDonald’s is racist? The Alamo Drafthouse shows why the customer isn’t always right The great circumcision debate Anthony Weiner and liberals turn an anthill into the Alps… Share with your friends:
  • Lupe and the Blissful Ignorance of Not Voting
    So yesterday evening Ryce and I did a podcast, IC 252:  Pedophile Insurance (Cheap Plug) and one of the topics we talked about was Lupe Fiasco’s comments about President Obama being the world’s biggest terrorist. I had a few comments about that issue then but felt the need to write this follow ...
  • IC 252: Pedophile Insurance
    Topics: Lupe acts like Lupe Is Obama a terrorist? How important is voting? A 2 vehicle, 1 bear accident Creflo Dollar defends Eddie Long Herman Cain…the gift that keeps giving…. Share with your friends:
  • Anthony’s Weiner and How Democrats Always Fuck Up
    You’ve probably noticed that writing on the Insanity Report has dropped off a bit.  It’s not that I’ve gotten done blogging.  I’m actually spending more time at my other site MovieTrailerReviews.Net (cheap plug).  But every now and then I’ll still pop in and drop an article here cause some th ...
  • IC 251: It’s Too Damn Hot
    Topics: It’s too hot in the DMV The Eddie Long saga Rep. Anthony Weiner has his “twitter hacked” Sarah Palin leads the media on a goose chase Herman Cain for President Share with your friends:

Simple Climate

  • History warns of civilisation-crushing climate ...
    After giant sandworms cause an argument between me and my girlfriend about whether climate-related civilisation-wide disasters are possible, reviewing scientific evidence of such events through history force me to concede that they are.
  • Vikings’ Greenland demise tells climate tale
    Two civilisations – including the Vikings – disappeared from Greenland at times of rapid climate change William D'Andrea of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and colleagues find, but understanding how those changes happens is more important than the impact they had, he asserts.
  • Greenland melt studies need greater accuracy
    Lack of detail undermines previous efforts to predict future Greenland ice melt from recent observations, says Ohio State University's Ian Howat, whose new method finds the island's three largest outlet glaciers lost enough ice to fill Lake Erie between 2000 and 2010
  • Greenland melt studies need greater accuracy
    Lack of detail undermines previous efforts to predict future Greenland ice melt from recent observations, says Ohio State University's Ian Howat, whose new method finds the island's three largest outlet glaciers lost enough ice to fill Lake Erie between 2000 and 2010
  • Native tip-off reveals unmatched Arctic storm ...
    Sea-water algae living in a lake 6 km inland for the first time in 1,000 years underline how extreme the Arctic's current conditions are, explain Queen's University, Canada's Joshua Thienpont and colleagues.

e!Science News

  • American Cancer Society report finds continued ...
    A steady reduction in overall cancer death rates translates to the avoidance of about 898,000 deaths from cancer between 1990 and 2007, according to the latest statistics from the American Cancer Society. However, the report, Cancer Statistics 2011, and its companion consumer publication Cancer ...
  • Risk factor identified for acute aortic dissec ...
    People who have duplications in a region of chromosome 16 (16p13.1) that is present in approximately 1 in 1000 individuals have a 12-fold increased risk of thoracic aortic aneurysms leading to a tear in the aorta, or acute aortic dissections. An estimated 10000 people die annually from thoracic ...
  • Medical societies respond to the FDA's safety ...
    Diabetes leaders today are responding to the announcement made by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday that the use of the diabetes medication Actos (pioglitazone) for more than one year may be associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer. According to the FDA's Safety An ...
  • Washington University surgeons successfully us ...
    Two-year-old Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs. read more
  • Lyme disease bacteria take cover in lymph nodes
    The bacteria that cause Lyme disease, one of the most important emerging diseases in the United States, appear to hide out in the lymph nodes, triggering a significant immune response, but one that is not strong enough to rout the infection, report researchers at the University of California, Da ...

unEarthed

Brave New Climate

  • Equinox Energy 2030 communiqué
    The Equinox Energy 2030 Summit (2011) has  now concluded, and I’ve arrived back in Australia. It was an enthralling and exhausting experience, and I befriended a wonderful group of people — members of the Forum (aged ~25 to 30 years), Advisors (including me — for generalist critiques and ), Quo ...
  • Open Thread 16
    The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like — there is nothing ‘off topic’ here — within reason. So get up on your soap box! The standard commenting rules of courtesy apply, and at the very least your chat should relate to the general content of this ...
  • Disposal of UK plutonium stocks with a climate ...
    In the 1950s, following World War II, the United Kingdom and a handful of other nations developed a nuclear weapons arsenal. This required the production of plutonium metal (or highly enriched uranium) purpose-built facilities. ‘Civil’ plutonium was also produced, since the facilities for separa ...
  • Critique of MIT future of nuclear fuel cycle study
    MIT (energy initiative) recently released a controversial and well-publicized report on the future of the nuclear fuel cycle. In it, they argue that there is sufficient uranium to allow ongoing deployment of water-cooled reactors for many decades; they recommend that no far-reaching decision be ...
  • Nuclear power and climate change – what now?
    I’m currently on a 3-week trip to North America, and will be returning to Australia in mid-June. At the end of my travels I’ll be attending an energy futures conference in Waterloo, Canada (and will write more about that in an upcoming blog). But at present, I’m in Davis, California, and have be ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ...
    The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Hussam sent me this: "This interview is in Portuguese (the page translate isn't bad) and revealing of his racist orientalist views. He thinks he should be praised. "Who is the man behind Amina? Can I say I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's b ...
  • The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي ...
    The Angry Arab News Service/وكالة أنباء العربي الغاضب: Hussam sent me this: "This interview is in Portuguese (the page translate isn't bad) and revealing of his racist orientalist views. He thinks he should be praised. "Who is the man behind Amina? Can I say I'm a lesbian trapped in a man's ...
  • EduBlog:Last Poets
    EduBlog:Last Poets - Black Unity The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread. Their name is taken from a poem by the South African revolutionary poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who believed he was in ...
  • EduBlog:Last Poets
    EduBlog:Last Poets - Black Unity The Last Poets is a group of poets and musicians who arose from the late 1960s African American civil rights movement's black nationalist thread. Their name is taken from a poem by the South African revolutionary poet Keorapetse Kgositsile, who believed he was in ...
  • Amigos de la infancia, de viajes y de combate, ...
    Amigos de la infancia, de viajes y de combate, en homenaje al Che | Cubadebate A moving tribute to the memory of Ernesto Che Guevara surrendered here today, the second largest in the country, where 83 years ago (June 14, 1928) was born the man who would move to Latin America and is a symbol in t ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Jobs Boehner?
    When will Boehner and the Republicans in the House stop attacking women, and seniors long enough to pass a bill to create jobs? No Ayn Rand voodoo economics fantasy tax cuts for billionaires trickle down crap. I mean real job creating legislation.
  • Grandma Isn’t Dead Yet Mr. Ryan
    I know how hard you have worked to steal the last few dollars grandma has left to buy her pills. Once she runs out of money and she dies, problem solved right? One less parasite living on government “entitlements” right Mr. Ryan? Gotta pay for them tax breaks for billionaires now don’t we….
  • Boehner Ready to Cut a Deal on Raising the Deb ...
    If President Obama would agree to cut “entitlements” and put thousands of Americans to death from lack of food, or proper medical attention John Boehner guarantees he will put raising the debt ceiling to a vote! What a deal? I think the CBO should “score” how many Americans will die needlessly f ...
  • Let Me Get This Straight Mitch
    So the Republicans are threatening to “not” raise the debt ceiling. They want to “work together” with Dems slashing spending on “entitlements” (helping poor and old people survive) and not raise taxes on anyone anywhere regardless how much money they are making. Sound like a bargain? Hey Mitch. ...
  • Congratulations Senator McCain – Telling ...
    I would personally like to commend Mr. McCain for telling the world the truth about torture. Most of the time when a Republican does anything it could be considered an act of sabotage, but in this case one Republican actually did something good for our nation. Congratulations. Now let’s talk abo ...

Appalachia Rising

  • Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
    Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
  • Press Conference to be Held on June 15
    Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-26 ...
  • Press Inquiries
    All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
  • New Flier for Appalachia Rising
  • Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
    Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

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  • The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: TSS – ...
    This week, once again, we got another look at how Israel is turning into a theocracy. Chief of Staff Benny Gantz ordered to change the phrasing of the official military memorial prayer. Instead of “Let the people of Israel remember its sons and daughters,” it will now read “Let God remember His ...
  • New excavation site in West Bank village has P ...
    By Sean O’Neill In a country guided by ethno-nationalism, an excavation site is rarely ever just about archaeology. The village of At-Tuwani, in the West Bankâs south Hebron hills, rises above Israeli route 60 as you come down from the city of Yatta with unmistakable roundness.   Itâs smooth s ...
  • Top ten myths about Israeli policy
    In the next few weeks, I will write a separate post about each of the top ten myths about Israeli policy, tackling the obfuscation and confusion that often characterize discussions of official Israeli positions and actions, at home and abroad. My top ten list appears below Inspired by the fascin ...
  • Man to have his Jewishness revoked after newsp ...
    The Israeli-born son of a Holocaust survivor told a newspaper he wasn’t Jewish by religious law – and had access to state services temporarily frozen, and his nationality put under review. But this is no isolated incident: Religion plays an increasingly dominant role in the mechanisms of the sta ...
  • Chief Flotilla raid investigator gives Israel ...
    The leader of the flotilla incident investigation committee castigates government, media – and exposes his committee as a sham Former Supreme Court Judge, Ya’akov Turkel, harshly criticized both the government and Israeli media today (Hebrew). Turkel claimed the government “doesn’t know how to d ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • Landmark Product Stewardship Bill passes the ...
    Landmark legislation that will reduce waste, increase recycling, and manage the environmental, health and safety impacts of products has been unanimously passed by the Senate today.
  • Minister welcomes settlement between SA and V ...
    Water Minister Tony Burke today welcomed the settlement between South Australia and Victoria on water trading rules.
  • Large scale environmental water release for M ...
    More than 150 gigalitres of water recovered for the environment will be delivered to hundreds of wetlands along the Murrumbidgee River, benefiting the Murray system as far downstream as South Australia's Lower Lakes and Coorong.
  • Deadline extended for West Kimberley National ...
    Environment Minister Tony Burke has extended the deadline for a decision about National Heritage listing of the west Kimberley until the end of August to allow further community consultation and further consideration of whether the proposed heritage values are sufficiently comprehensive.
  • Call for nominations for Environmentalist of ...
    Environment Minister Tony Burke has called for nominations for the 2011 Prime Minister's Environmentalist of the Year Award and the Environment Minister's Young Environmentalist of the Year Award.

Matt Weidner Blog

  • A Gut Wrenching Appellate Loss- Please Share Y ...
    This blog has been a great forum to discuss the occasional triumphs of justice and the victory of the rule of law over the fraud, the deceit and the abject criminality of the banks and their law firms.  It has also been an open forum for me to discuss the frustrations over a legal system [...]
  • THE ULTIMATE SELL OUT- THE BANKS AVOID ALL LIA ...
    We have become a disgusting, lawless and overtly corrupt nation where no rules or laws apply to the banks and institutions.  Dispense with all your naive notions of justice, fairness and law, because in this new era these concepts do not apply if your crimes and conspiracies are big enough. WASH ...
  • The Banks Can’t Count…
    Every single day we receive more and more evidence of the banks and their wrongdoing.  I long ago gave up on any government official to do anything about it and I never had any faith that any of the banks or the industry could self police  I had faith that our courts would do something, [...]
  • The LPS Sanctions Decision- Bankruptcy Court S ...
    The Federal judges are really stepping in and calling all this mess what it really is… Read the In Re Wilson, Order HERE Tweet this! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
  • Two Days/Two Summary Judgement Vacated/Two Sal ...
    It’s only Tuesday, but it has been a very good week already…I got two Summary Judgments vacated and two sales canceled! Now mind you, there was no way these two judgments should have been entered in first place, but that’s a whole other story.  The bottom line is we worked very hard, briefed th ...

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The Parallel Parliament

  • Men Without Chests
    The phrase above originated in The Abolition of Man, a thoughtful work by C. S. Lewis on the loss of virtue. He maintained that some of the greatest realities in life actually come from something external to the experience of humans. Such truths are objective and provide the guideposts for human ...
  • “But Still We Have It”
    My wife spoke on the phone yesterday with an incumbent MP from another region that lost his seat in the last election. He and his family have been friends for years and so the conversation was an open and frank one. When asked if he would run again his response was interesting. “It’s like a [...]
  • Advancing Civilization
    It suddenly dawned on me yesterday that I might be getting anachronistic. Once a year I smoke dad’s old pipe as a way of remembering him. Sitting on the porch swing, I recalled the smell of that pipe when I was a boy, listening to him as he expounded on some of his war experiences [...]
  • No Labels
    I was fascinated to read Susan Delacourt’s recent blog posting “Chretien: The Modern Conservative?” in which she points to some of the ironies in the Manning Centre’s recent conclusion that Canada is surely becoming more Conservative. Pollster Allan Gregg, one of the participants, made an observ ...
  • Critical Mass
    Thomas Friedman of the New York Times didn’t win the Pulitzer Prize three times for being cute. His insights on issues such as world trade, the environment, Middle East developments, and foreign affairs have made him a force with which to be reckoned. Yesterday, in an article titled “The World i ...

Vaccine Awakening

  • In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state ma ...
  • Whooping Cough Outbreaks & Vaccine Failures
    UPDATE: CLICK HERE TO VIEW NVIC'S PERTUSSIS VACCINE & DISEASE PAGE by Barbara Loe Fisher Reports of whooping cough outbreaks in California1,2 and in other states this summer are nothing new. Every four to five years – no matter how high the vaccination rate is - there are reports of w ...
  • Using Fear & Prejudice to Attack Vaccine Exemp ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher This summer, inaccurate and misleading information about B. pertussis whooping cough and the pertussis vaccine is being put out there by medical doctors, who should know better. Media campaigns designed to create fear about infectious disease are nothing new. This ...
  • Amy Wallace & Yellow Journalism
    by Barbara Loe Fisher On October 17, 2009 I was at the Atlanta airport on my way back to Washington, D.C. when I stopped at a newsstand. Like most weary travelers waiting for a plane, I was looking for something to read that would give me a break from my work, which included, two weeks earl ...
  • Forcing Flu Shots on Health Care Workers: Who ...
    By Barbara Loe Fisher Doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are ordering all employees to get a flu shot every year or be sent home for two weeks without pay to “think about it.” Anyone, who still refuses to get a flu shot after that, is fired.1 60 percent of all U.S. health care p ...

2020 Science

  • The safety of nanotechnology-based sunscreens ...
    A few weeks ago, I set Friends of the Earth a challenge - What is your worst case estimate of the human health risk from titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens? The challenge came out of an article from FoE on nanomaterials and sunscreens, which I subsequently critiqued o ...
  • Knitting science
    Sitting in a meeting on informal science education recently, I was intrigued to see a respected academic working on her knitting.  And she wasn’t the only one.  Now I may have had a something of a sheltered life, but in over twenty years of attending scientific conferences and workshops, I thi ...
  • Smart science, biopunks and nanoparticles – Au ...
    I‘m going to be taking a break from 2020 Science over the next few weeks, as I finally make the move with my family from DC to Ann Arbor.  But rather than let the blog languish, I thought I would use this as an opportunity to revisit some of my old posts.  So through August, [...]
  • Smart science for the 21st century
    In February 2008, the National Academy of Engineering launched 14 grand challenges for engineering.  These were the inspiration for this post, but rather than focus on the challenges themselves, I thought it would be interesting to consider how science and technology are going to help address th ...
  • I’m breathing in nanoparticles, so why aren’t ...
    This was based on a piece I originally wrote for Nano Today – the blog was a slightly extended version of what was published.  Although it was written two years ago, it’s still surprising how few people realize that breathing in nanoparticles is an everyday fact of life, and that to make sense ...

Reader Supported News

  • Will New York Help Kill the Electoral College?
    Dan Amira reports: "Many people became acutely attuned to the drawbacks of the Electoral College when Al Gore received over a half-million more votes in 2000 than George W. Bush yet lost the Electoral College, and hence, the election. This system seemed unfair, illogical, archaic. Now a movement ...
  • Will New York Help Kill the Electoral College?
    Dan Amira reports: "Many people became acutely attuned to the drawbacks of the Electoral College when Al Gore received over a half-million more votes in 2000 than George W. Bush yet lost the Electoral College, and hence, the election. This system seemed unfair, illogical, archaic. Now a movement ...
  • Gingrich's Charity Paid Money to Gingrich's Bu ...
    Elspeth Reeve reports: "A charity founded by Newt Gingrich paid Gingrich's for-profit company $220,000 over two years, ABC News reports. The non-profit, Renewing American Leadership, was meant to spur conversation about restoring Christian principles in Washington, and mostly did that through le ...
  • Gingrich's Charity Paid Money to Gingrich's Bu ...
    Elspeth Reeve reports: "A charity founded by Newt Gingrich paid Gingrich's for-profit company $220,000 over two years, ABC News reports. The non-profit, Renewing American Leadership, was meant to spur conversation about restoring Christian principles in Washington, and mostly did that through le ...
  • Ninety Percent of Petraeus' Captured "Tal ...
    Gareth Porter reports: "The deliberate confusion sowed by Petraeus by referring to anyone picked up for interrogation as a captured rank-and-file Taliban was a key element of a carefully considered strategy for creating a more favourable image of the war." A boy, injured during a NATO air str ...

War Resisters League

  • Not Justice, Not Victory: Just Another Murder ...
    “I keep thinking of how awful it was to hear that there were people actually celebrating on 9-11. Now I look at the TV and see the same thing.” -Family member of a man killed in the World Trade Center of September 11, 2001. The reported killing of Osama bin Laden by a CIA operation [...]
  • The Broken Rifle in Kabul
    The above photograph, of Scott Schaeffer-Duffy from the Catholic Worker in Worcester, Massachusetts standing beside street art made by local Afghan youth, was taken in Kabul by WRL National Committee and Organizing Task Force member Jim Haber when he was on a recent delegation with Voices for Cr ...
  • WRL Organizers Hit the West Coast
    From February 25th to March 7th,WRL organizing coordinator Kimber Heinz and field organizer Ali Issa began a three-stop trip on the West Coast where they met with WRL locals and affiliates, as well as allied organizations working on GI resistance, civilian support for anti-war veteran organizing ...
  • Iraq/Wisconson Labor Solidarity: Two Statements
    In the wake of the threat posed to what remain of labor rights in Wisconsin, and the public’s powerful response, two Iraqi labor leaders, Hassan Jum’a and Faleh Abood, penned solidarity statements in late February on behalf the 26,000 member strong Iraqi Federation of Oil Unions, and the 15,000 ...
  • Stepping up the Resistance to U.S. Islamophobia
    As Peter King, the new chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, steps up the U.S. government attack against Muslims living in the U.S., saying that he will “rely on Muslims to make his case that American Muslim leaders have failed to cooperate with law enforcement officials in the effo ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • New USDA Report Stresses Regulations on Antibi ...
    A new technical review by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “A Focus on Antimicrobial Resistance,” calls the issue a growing public health concern worldwide, stating the misuse of antimicrobial drugs in food animal production and human medicine is the main factor accelerating antimicrobial res ...
  • CLF opposes Rehberg amendment, antibiotic-resi ...
    The FY 2012 Agriculture appropriations bill, voted out of the House Appropriations Committee last week, includes an amendment that would severely limit the authority of FDA to regulate the use of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, in food animal production-a key concern of public health rese ...
  • Food and Farm Policy: this is not the image an ...
    Recently, my boyfriend offered to give me a dollar for every blog I started with, “Stop what you’re doing, ’cause I’m about to ruin the image and the style that you’re used to.” I responded to his idea with a barrage of reasons why it was ridiculous and certainly not appropriate in my line of [. ...
  • Pfizer will voluntary suspend sale of roxarson ...
    The FDA announced today that Pfizer Inc., will voluntarily suspend the sale of 3-Nitro (better known as the arsenical drug roxarsone) following the results of an FDA study which found elevated levels of inorganic arsenic in the livers of chicken fed roxarsone compared to a control group. The ann ...
  • 100 years of artificial nitrogen - but how man ...
    I recently was asked in an interview to name the one thing I would change in the world if I had the power to do so. Surprising even myself, I replied quickly “the Haber-Bosch (H-B) process for industrial nitrogen fixation. Imagine - a world without synthetic N! One can imagine the blank look I g ...

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

  • Raging at Rawalpindi
    American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
  • The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
    An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.
  • How to Whip the Afghan Army Into Shape
    Much of President Barack Obama's strategy rests on the creation of a new, more competent Afghan military. Here's what he'll need to know to get the job done.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

  • Edmonton to Participate in International Day o ...
    Greenpeace Canada Sierra Club Prairie 16 Jun 2011 Edmonton  - On June 17th Alberta residents and representatives from the Athabasca Chipe ...
  • Prominent scientists call on Alberta Environme ...
    16 Jun 2011 Edmonton — Two prominent scientists are calling on Alberta’s Environment Minister Rob Renner to correct the misinformation about the levels of carcinogens in the Athabasca River found on his ministry’s website. ...
  • International Day of Action Against the Tar Sands
    International Stop the Tar Sands Day 17 Jun 2011 - 10:30 On the weekend of June 17th people all over the globe will be taking to the streets as part of an International Day of Acti ...
  • RBC Blue Water Project Grants
    Organization:� RBC The RBC Blue Water Project is an innovative, 10-year, global commitment to help protect the world's most precious natural resource: fresh�water. Under the RBC Blue Water Project, ...
  • Healing Walk 2011
    Keepers of the Athabasca Sierra Club Prairie 25 Jun 2011 - 10:00 Calling all community members and allies: Join us and walk for the heali ...

Stop NATO

  • Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 17, 2011
    ==== NATO To Help Arab Revolts “Blossom”: Rasmussen Russia Backs SCO Observer Status For Afghanistan ===== NATO To Help Arab Revolts “Blossom”: Rasmussen http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5gb31jylqzI9Rsc4s21cTLzC7SLiA?docId=CNG.ec984e6b8c6fcefd728e15e284d2a12c.541 Agence France-P ...
  • William Morris: News From Nowhere
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts William Morris From News From Nowhere (1892) (Hammond) [F]or what other purpose than the protection of the rich from the poor the strong from the weak, did this Government exist? (I) I have heard that it was said that their office was t ...
  • Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 16, 2011
    ==== War Powers Act Does Not Apply To Libya: Obama African Leaders Demand Halt To NATO Bombing Of Libya Libyan War Marks NATO’s Expansion Southward: Russian Envoy SCO Versus NATO: Neutral Afghanistan Serves Regional Stability China, SCO Back Russia Against U.S.-NATO Global Missile Shield NATO Co ...
  • Oscar Wilde: Antidote to war
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Oscar Wilde From The Critic as Artist (1890) The Manchester school tried to make men realise the brotherhood of humanity, by pointing out the commercial advantages of peace. It sought to degrade the wonderful world into a common market- ...
  • Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 15, 2011
    ==== Huge Columns Of Smoke Over Tripoli After NATO Strikes U.S., French Amphibious Assault Ships Link Up In Mediterranean Britain Mulls Continuing War In Libya Global Military Dominance Becoming Unaffordable When Will U.S. And NATO Decide It’s Venezuela’s Turn? Belgrade: NATO Conference Has Tri- ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • Shepard Ambellas On Freedom Files With James B ...
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  • TIP: Suspicious Troop Movements In Arkansas Ci ...
    The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas June 16, 2011 Note: The following report fits suspicious activity that was also reported in New Hampshire. If anyone has any information on troop movements or suspicious white vans and/or moving trucks please report the details to tips@theintelhub.com Tip: (Submitt ...
  • FLASHBACK: The Activities At Mena – MENA ...
    WhatReallyHappened.com June 16th, 2011 “If the people were to ever find out what we have done, we would be chased down the streets and lynched.” – George Bush, cited in the June, 1992 Sarah McClendon Newsletter Following the loss of Vietnam, the collapse of the supply route for Khun Sa’s heroin ...
  • Facebook Bars Users From Posting Intel Hub Art ...
    USWGO By Brian D. Hill June 16th, 2011 Confirmed as Fact! Facebook blocks certain links from being posted by all Facebook users unless enough complaints are sent to Facebook to get them to unblock TheIntelHub. We have decided to confirm whether Facebook is actually barring article postings from ...
  • Living in the Shadows: A World of Black Ops an ...
    The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. — John F. Kennedy John Galt Activist Post June 16th, 2011 A shadow has descended on freedom worldwide: Cong ...

FRS

  • Carlos Montes, a voice for change – the ...
    [Carlos Montes, a prominent leader of Chicano people in Los Angeles for nearly 5 decades, is the latest target of FBI raids aimed at international solidarity activists.  June 16, the same day as the court hearing in his case in Los Angeles, the Committee to Stop FBI repression is leading demonst ...
  • “Is Your Community Under Government Atta ...
    “Know Your Rights When the FBI Knocks”   In this presentation, Zahra Billoo of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (San Francisco Bay Area) discusses the government targeting of Arab and Muslim communities in the US. This targeting continues a long history of many state-targetted communit ...
  • Statement exposing and opposing the World Econ ...
    [On the event of the meeting of the World Economic Forum in Austria, a number of European anti-imperialist and revolutionary organizations have released this joint statement, analyzing the present world economic crisis, the role of the WEF, and the growing revolutionary struggles against the imp ...
  • Indian Maoists on the Deployment of Army Troop ...
    [The recent announcement that the Indian Army is deploying troops, ostensibly for "training," into indigenous areas deemed "rebel" or "extremist" has drawn much attention and growing opposition from various sectors. (see the prior news report at http://revolutionaryfrontlines.wordpress.com/2011/ ...
  • India, The Telegraph: “Red terror hits L ...
    The Telegraph, Calcutta, India AMIT GUPTA, Sunday , June 5 , 2011   Ranchi, June 4: Mining, dispatch and transportation of bauxite from Pakhar mines in the Naxalite-hit Kisko police station area of Lohardaga district have come to a grinding halt since Wednesday evening after a group of rebels to ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Announcing the Gaza to Ireland Youth Exchange
    am beyond excited to announce that we are formalising a partnership that will ensure one of my fondest goals shall be achieved, that of a youth exchange between the children of Gaza and those of Europe. I am even more excited because we are focusing on the youth of Gaza as well as Belfast and F ...
  • One for the Women
    It is said that behind every great man you will find a great woman. I do not look at myself as a great man per se, but I do see the greatness of the women in my life, and if I do indeed succeed in my ultimate goals, you can thank these women every bit as much as me. They have played the essent ...
  • Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine, Trade Not Aid
    Our Mission Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine (SIP) is a social enterprise international trade mission. We endeavour to catalyse the end of Gaza’s charitable dependency through import and export trade. We do not seek simply to alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza. Our ultimate objective i ...
  • Slander vs. Sanity
    Lesson number one, the actual agents who direct slander campaigns, those working for MI6, CIA, Mossad and other so-called “intelligence” agencies, they and their tactics are rendered useless without the presence of the most important element for successful subversion, and that would be… the idio ...
  • NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE
    On Thursday April 21st we shall make a human chain with the children of Gaza to spell out NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE so as to tell the world that Israel’s bombings of Gaza must stop. We intend to remind the world how the children of Palestine are terrorized and murdered by Israeli air power [...]

StillSmallVoice

  • Fighting for Medicaid
    The battle against Medicare is getting all the attention, but Medicaid is every bit as worthy of salvation, writes LeeAnn Hall, at Truthout.
  • On being the father he never had
    Trevor W. Coleman writes: Like far too many men in this country, I never had a father growing up. I never called a man "Dad," "Daddy," "Pop," "Father" or any such thing in my entire life. The one time we talked, I called him by his first name. Sometimes, as a kid, it bothered me. Especially ...
  • It's like Lake Woebegon!
    Where all the children are above average -- or, at least, they think they are.
  • When stuck in Dallas...
    Two friends were stuck at DFW, and decided to kill time. And thanks, Chion, for letting me borrow this from Facebook.
  • Not everyone thinks Pres. Obama's administrati ...
    Daniel Ellsberg and other whistle blowers have written a letter asking that Pres. Obama's reputation of running a transparent operation be reexamined. And thanks, Mike, for the link. Flickr photo

Associated Content

  • Why Lance Armstrong Matters and Barry Bonds Do ...
    A lot has been made in the past few days about the rush to Armstrong's defense, given the recent run-in between Tyler Hamilton and Armstrong and the rush to judgment about slugger Barry Bonds.Contributor: David Anthony Published: Jun 15, 2011
  • The Right Not Right on Gay Marriage
    The gay marriage debate has entered unfamiliar territory with a new question: Should gay judges be able to rule on the issue of gay marriage?Contributor: Giuseppe Giannet Published: Jun 15, 2011
  • Sean Bean Stabbed Soon After Shocking Game of ...
    Sean Bean was at the center of a headline-making death scene at the end of Sunday's "Game of Thrones" episode. But as his character met a stunning end, Bean had much better luck surviving a bar brawl in London, despite getting stabbed in the arm.Contributor: Robert Dougherty Published: Jun 15, 2011
  • Timeline: 'Duke Nukem Forever's' Long Journey ...
    Just like in the movie industry, it seems like every video game that becomes a smash hit is automatically awarded a sequel. Duke Nukem joins that list with the long-awaited release of "Duke Nukem Forever," but gamers are saying it's a dud more than a hit.Contributor: Daniel A. Jackson Published: ...
  • Candidates, Pundits Make Surprising Remarks at ...
    The New Hampshire Republican debate of the 2012 presidential election is being hailed as a successful discussion between seven of the GOP hopefuls. There were interesting comments made by the debaters, as well as some colorful comments made pundits.Contributor: whitney levon Published: Jun 15, 2011

Popsci - Science

  • Let's Reconstitute Humans From Genomes Launche ...
    DARPA's 100-Year Starship project is getting underway Fragmented human genomes could be shipped toward the stars and reconstructed upon their arrival, spawning the first interstellar citizens and avoiding the problems of long-distance space survival. That’s just one idea — proposed by genome pi ...
  • Using Magnets and Stink Bombs to Keep Sharks a ...
    In 2005, Eric Stroud, the managing partner of Shark Defense, a New Jersey company that specializes in shark-repelling technologies, happened to be carrying a rare-earth magnet as he passed a tank full of sharks. The sharks fled, and Stroud took note. After further tests, Stroud and his colleagu ...
  • Voyager 1 Might Leave the Solar System Any Day ...
    It was not projected to happen until 2014 The Voyager 1 spacecraft might be crossing the interstellar boundary at the edge of our solar system much sooner than scientists thought, according to new data from the probe itself and from the Cassini spacecraft. This milestone — marking the first Ear ...
  • Coming Solar Minimum Could Chill the Earth, Ne ...
    Sunspots may be entering a hibernation period unseen in 400 years Sunspots may be going into hibernation, a phenomenon unseen since the 17th century that could lead to cooler global temperatures, scientists said Tuesday. It’s not clear how rising temperatures from greenhouse gas emissions may o ...
  • Japanese Neutrino Finding Could Explain Why Th ...
    A new kind of oscillation could be the key to life, the universe, and everything Japan’s “T2K,” one of our favorite neutrino experiments (we’re keen on several), might have just cracked the mystery of why matter triumphed over antimatter after the Big Bang (they should have canceled each other ...

Veterans Today

  • Obama’s Libya Defense Makes Bush’s ...
    The arguments made to "legalize" war, torture, warrantless spying, and other crimes by John Yoo and Jay Bybee and their gang are looking rational, well-reasoned, and impeccably researched in comparison with Obama's latest "legalization" of the Libya War.
  • People are Vying for Another Quaid-e-Azam
    Till 9/11, Pakistan was a fairly stable and prosperous country but its complexion changed once Gen Musharraf opted to align Pakistan with USA and become its coalition partner.
  • U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for ...
    ARINC Engineering Services, LLC, Annapolis, Md. (N61331-11-D-0011); Falcon Fabrication, Inc., Lacey's Spring, Ala. (N61331-11-D-0012); and L-3 Services, Inc., Mount Laurel, N.J. (N61331-11-D-0013), are each being awarded firm-fixed-price
  • Face of Defense: Air Force Officer Seeks New C ...
    After completing his reserve officers' training and earning a bachelor and master of science in aerospace engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Air Force 1st Lt. Ryan Castonia could well have gone on to a career as an engineer in the Air Force.
  • How Washington Manipulates Economic Data. Tric ...
    Washington likes to remind critics that Americans enjoy the highest living standard in the world. As evidence of this, government “experts” discuss statistics such as GDP growth, employment, wealth, income and wage growth, and other economic data without defining exactly what they are referring ...

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • Deluge follows drought order
    Sunday saw the heaviest rainfall of the year across parts of Lincolnshire, only 48 hours on from the drought order issued by the Environment Agency for parts of Eastern England. 14.4mm of rain was recorded at Coningsby yesterday. This brings the total since Friday to 28mm of rain, more than hal ...
  • Flaming June could end up a washout
    June's weather looks set to deteriorate further as low pressure intensifies its grip across the UK. The timing couldn't be more awkward for the Environment Agency who this morning issued a drought order for parts of Eastern England. Only hours later, the Met Office issued yellow warnings in ...
  • Global temperature update for May
    The global temperature according to the UAH satellite measure was +0.13C above the 30 year running mean in May, showing virtually no change from April's anomaly. Global temperatures are slowly recovering as La Nina fades in the Pacific, but remain much cooler compared with May last year, ...
  • A truly memorable Spring
    Provisional figures released by the Met Office show that Spring 2011 (March 1st to May 31st inclusive) with a mean temperature 10.2C was the equal warmest in the Central England Temperature series which dates back to 1659. Only Spring 1893 was as warm as Spring 2011. Spring 2007 with a mean te ...
  • Is summer 2011 set to be a scorcher?
    There's been almost a frenzy of tabloid stories in the last few weeks about this summer. Many will recall how summer was supposed to begin last weekend with a heatwave that would lead to temperatures averaging 29C for a fortnight! So the tabloids and some private weather companies (I will ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Belarus is Forever IMF's (Unfaithfully)
    [NOTE: It's been a long time since I've had a semi-trademark sing-along post, so without further ado, here's one.] With apologies to Journey: Currency run, amid plunging sums Debts go round and round IMF's on my mind... One of the most insightful books I've read concerning the remarkable durab ...
  • Turkish EU Accession or Why I Miss Strauss-Kahn
    Well sort of. I've just come from an event hosted by our research centre (LSE IDEAS) on "Turkey In the World" discussing that country's foreign policy. Straddling Orient and Occident, religiosity and secularism as well as several other divides, let's just say Turkey needs to contend with forces ...
  • Trichet@LSE: EU as Viable a Currency Area as US
    Flashing sirens, extra security guards, financial journalists baying for blood, and the incessant chatter of students and faculty debating the virtues of "EU bonds" and "haircuts": Where else could it have been but at the LSE in eager anticipation of the ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet deliver ...
  • Space, the Final Frontier for Governance
    Remember when we did the moonshot and Pony Trekker led the way? We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop and everynaut would dance and sway We got music in our solar system; we're space truckin' round the stars Come on...let's go...Space Truckin'! How do we keep on space truckin' in the 21st centur ...
  • India Needs Jets: Sweden's Saab, US Overstretch
    [NOTE: This still is the IPE Zone, not Jane's Defence Weekly. Still, you may want to pull the bomber jacket out of the closet and groove to Steve Stevens for old time's sake.] Here's an interesting IPE angle on the machinations of defence procurement that I came upon totally at random alike much ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • A Glimmer Of Hope
    If you want to feel better about America, just spend some time in some of the really great small towns and rural communities that are scattered across this country.  Over the past several days, that is exactly what I had the privilege to do.  I have often written about how the " ...
  • Stock Prices Have Fallen For Six Weeks In A Row
    Well, it's official.  U.S. stock prices have fallen for six weeks in a row.  So will next week make it seven?  The last time stocks declined for seven weeks in a row was back in May 2001 when the "dot-com" bubble was bursting.  At this point, the Dow has declined by approximatel ...
  • 18 Signs The Collapse Of Society Is Accelerating
    As the U.S. economy collapses, the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted is going to begin to disappear.  In fact, there are already an increasing number of signs that the collapse of society is accelerating.  In cities such as Chicago, roving packs of young p ...
  • The Coming Economic Hell For American Families
    Tens of millions of American families are about to go through economic hell and most of them don't even realize it. Most Americans don't spend a whole lot of time thinking about things like "monetary policy" or "economic cycles".  The vast majority of people just want to be able ...
  • 10 Tipping Points Which Could Potentially Plun ...
    The global economy has become so incredibly unstable at this point that it is not going to take much to plunge the world into a horrific economic nightmare.  The foundations of the world economic system are so decayed and so corrupted that even a stiff breeze could potentially t ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • Greek Prime Minister to form new government
    Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has announced that he is to form a new government and push forward tougher economic measures despite anti-austerity protests in the country. Papandreou plans to form a new cabinet and to seek a confidence vote from his Socialist Party in an attempt to conti ...
  • U.S. funding opposition groups in Arab world
    The U.S. government funded the creation of wireless networks to facilitate secret communications for opposition groups to avoid the control of authorities in nations such as Iran, Syria and Libya. According to The New York Times, the State Department and the Pentagon spent about $50 million to a ...
  • Obama given ultimatum by US Congress leader ov ...
    Stepping up a simmering constitutional conflict, House Speaker John A. Boehner warned President Obama on Tuesday that unless he gets authorization from Congress for his military deployment in Libya, he will be in violation of the War Powers Resolution. In a letter sent Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Boe ...
  • Cyprus: Where Heaven falls prey to thieves
    Where Heaven falls prey to thieves from Henrik Clausen on Vimeo. A short documentary about the extensive art theft that has taken place in North Cyprus since the 1974 Turkish invasion. The theft has taken place with tacit or active approval from the Turkish army. The plunder not only served as a ...
  • Obama rewards big donors with jobs, commission ...
    Telecom executive Donald H. Gips raised a big bundle of cash to help finance his friend Barack Obama’s run for the presidency. Gips, a vice president of Colorado-based Level 3 Communications LLC, delivered more than $500,000 in contributions for the Obama war chest, while two fellow senior compa ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Lies, Damn Lies, and Catholic Church Funded St ...
    I used to think the John Jay College  of Criminal Justice was a well meaning independent organisation exploited by the Catholic Church into giving credence to Catholic lies, distractions and excuses on the issue of endemic child rape within its ranks. But with the release of the latest dangerous ...
  • Vatican Guidelines Just Another PR Stunt
    This weeks’ latest Vatican guidelines on child sexual abuse continue efforts over recent years to appear as if things have changed, while actually doing everything possible to avoid being forced to take effective action. The Vatican love to pretend they are doing the right thing in dealing wi ...
  • Top 10 Reasons Why John Paul II Is No Saint &# ...
    Here is the first part of my Top 10 Reasons Why John Paul II Is No Saint. This list refers only to the child rape epidemic. There are many more issues on which the Patron Saint of Paedophiles has left the world a far, far worse place than he found it, and many instances where [...]
  • Catholic Sainthood – More Expediency Tha ...
    The former Cardinal Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI, may be criminally culpable, disgracefully neglectful, deliberately deceitful, and horribly, horribly wrong in his approach to the child rape epidemic within the ranks of the Catholic Church, but there is some truth to the claims made ...
  • John Paul II Ain’t No Saint
    Does your idea of a saint involve sacrificing innocent, vulnerable children to be preyed upon by hordes of ruthless sexual predators? Does it involve covering up for child rape on a massive scale? Does it involve creating the very conditions most likely to encourage child rape to flourish? Does ...

WL Central

  • 2011-06-16 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News on #Ca ...
    TweetThis is a "WikiLeaks News Update," constantly updated throughout each day. The blog tracks stories that are obviously related to WikiLeaks but also follows stories related to freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, freedom of expression, and sometimes the national security esta ...
  • Wikileaks Bulgaria: Top Bulgarian General Expo ...
    Tweetby Novinite.com Bulgaria's former Chief of General Staff, Nikola Kolev, currently Chief of Staff of President, Georgi Parvanov, has provided valuable information to the US Embassy in the beginning of 2003. The revelation comes from an US diplomatic cable, stamped as Secret, dated January, ...
  • 2011-06-15 #Spanishrevolution blockades Parli ...
    Tweet At least 36 people have been injured after Spanish policed dispersed thousands of protesters blockading the first day of the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona. The regional government is set to pass many measures that will cut spending to social services by up to 10 percent. The protests are ...
  • 2011-06-15 Protesters block the Parliament in ...
    Tweet Beside the general aggression and violence which marked this Wednesday in Greece, the call for a national strike and the symbolic blocking of Parliament was relatively successful. According to a local correspondent, at least 100,000 people gathered in today Syntagma, the major square of ...
  • 2011-06-15 David House's Statement on Appearin ...
    Tweet *News Advisory from the Bradley Manning Support Network David House is a founding member of the Bradley Manning Support Network. He was subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury today in Alexandria, VA. House is among several Boston area residents who have been ordered to testify be ...

U N News

  • In Brazil, UN chief set to confer with nationa ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is set to meet Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff, Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota and members of the national Parliament during his final stop on a four-nation visit that has already taken him to Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay.
  • Secretary-General hails Uruguay's contribution ...
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today thanked Uruguay for being one of the largest contributors to United Nations peacekeeping worldwide.
  • UN-backed meeting aims to eradicate torture in ...
    Human rights experts and government officials from 11 countries today began a United Nations-backed meeting aimed at eradicating torture from Latin America and the Caribbean, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported.
  • Visiting Haiti, UN Goodwill Ambassador Carl Le ...
    The legendary track and field athlete and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Carl Lewis today concluded a two-day visit to Haiti to witness reforestation efforts aimed at helping the Caribbean country to protect itself against flash floods and mudslides as the annual hurricane season begins.
  • Senior UN official lauds new initiative to get ...
    The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has welcomed the $360 million fund launched by Haiti's new President to ensure the most disadvantaged children in the country can go to school.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • The Age of Transitions – Eugenics and Transhum ...
    In 1921, the American Eugenics Society was formed and began propaganda campaigns which included the promotion of eugenics in churches, schools, and state fair exhibitions. Funding for American eugenics came from the Carnegie, Harriman, and Rockefeller families among others. Eugenics was being ac ...
  • CNN News Crew Threatened By Police in Joplin M ...
    We can tell you about some strange things going on here. The morgue, where these bodies are right now, is a secret morgue. And it literally is secret. You call up officials that can tell us where the morgue is an they say it's a secret we can't tell you. Families don't know where the morgue is. ...
  • JFK Assassination and Executive Order 11110 – ...
    Executive order 11110, signed into law early 1963. Where with the stroke of his pen he took away the power of the Federal Reserve to print the money. He out 4 billion dollars into circulation in 2 dollar and 5 dollar denominations, but all 4 billion was backed by silver. Six months later, like i ...
  • NASA Issues Agency Wide Preparedness Alert
    NASA recently participated in a FEMA exercise called Eagle Horizon that was a part of a continuity of operations and government exercise that we do annually. And, I became aware of some things that concern me about our family preparedness and I wanted to talk to you very briefly. you know we at ...
  • Department of Education Sends Swat Raid Over S ...
    Department of Education Sends Swat Raid Over Student Loan

Rewilding Institute

  • Trekking for Rewilding – Exploring Strands of ...
    Text and photos by John Davis Wildlands Network/TrekEast Dave Foreman summarized brilliantly in his latest Around the Campfire why we need an Eastern Wildway and what basic steps need to be taken to achieve it.  As a Rewilding Fellow, and co-founder of the Wildlands Project with Dave and other s ...
  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Rewildin ...
    Part One For nigh onto fifteen years, I’ve been talking and writing about a North American Wildlands Network anchored by four Continental Wildways (at first named MegaLinkages).  The North American Wildlands Network is rooted in the conservation pathway of Rewilding, an offshoot of the scientifi ...
  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Rewildin ...
    Part One For nigh onto fifteen years, I’ve been talking and writing about a North American Wildlands Network anchored by four Continental Wildways (at first named MegaLinkages).  The North American Wildlands Network is rooted in the conservation pathway of Rewilding, an offshoot of the scientifi ...
  • Record Big Game Die-offs in Northern Rockies
    Winter die-offs are always characteristic of ungulate populations that have exceeded natural carrying capacity, usually because of management efforts to increase numbers for the benefit of hunters. In areas where wolves and other large predators are well established, ungulates seldom perish from ...
  • Record Big Game Die-offs in Northern Rockies
    Winter die-offs are always characteristic of ungulate populations that have exceeded natural carrying capacity, usually because of management efforts to increase numbers for the benefit of hunters. In areas where wolves and other large predators are well established, ungulates seldom perish from ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

Tatumba 2.0

  • Burzynski Cures Cancer – The Magic of Antineop ...
    THIS VIDEO WILL BE TAKEN DOWN BY THE OWNER ON JUNE 20 2011 Curing cancer is frowned upon big government and BIG PHARMA, especially when the patent for the cure is owned by a single doctor, and they can’t have a taste of the pie. So what do they do? They sick their hound dog, [...] Related p ...
  • French Whistleblowers reaveal the set up of Do ...
    I saw this over at SGTReport.com and it is worth repeating here. French insiders reveal the reason why DSK had to be taken out. It was all about the missing gold baby. Watch this one explode before summer is out. Gold, The Real Reason for the Fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Commodities / Gold and ...
  • Greece Yesterday – Largest Uprising Todate
    This was the center of Athens yesterday, June 12, 2011. Any questions? More Postcards From A Pre-Revolutionary Greece; Presenting “Goldman’s Employee Of The Decade” Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/13/2011 11:05 -0400 Ben Bernanke Goldman Sachs Greece Testimony Last night’s major anti-IMF rally a ...
  • Flag Worship and Voting Ensures Slavery
    Many times I have tried to explain to Charles Leblanc, a local Fredericton Blogger, that voting ensures a continuation of our slavery. To further drive this home here is a video from Stefan Molyneux of Feedomain Radio that eloquently explains how we are nothing more than cattle to our leaders. W ...
  • Bix Weir: ALERT: The Takedown Begins: Cash In ...
    I received an email from Bix Weir tonight as follows. If he is right Financial Armageddon has arrived. ALERT: The Takedown Begins: Cash In Your Paper Metal If You Still Can. Late word out yesterday that the crackdown of the gold and silver manipulators has begun. Kitco, one of the partners in Go ...

Truth About Our World

  • Living in the Shadows: A World of Black Ops an ...
    The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings. — John F. Kennedy John Galt Activist Post A shadow has descended on freedom worldwide:  Congress is in the ...
  • Symptoms of Chemtrail Spraying
    by Claude-Michel Prévost Over the past ten years, through research and the personal accounts of many individuals, it has become readily apparent that the aluminum and barium salt mixtures, polymer fibers, toxic chemicals and biologicals sprayed in the atmosphere are the irritants that are either ...
  • Chief scientists continue to ignore science by ...
    by: Ethan A. Huff U.K. authorities recently released a report entitledGlobal Food and Farming Futureswhich recommends that “new technologies” in agriculture not be excluded merely on ethical or moral grounds. But Britain’s Chief Scientist took this language and perverted it into an endorsement f ...
  • FALSE FLAG OPERATIONS: PAST, PRESENT AND THE I ...
    By Aaron http://truthsurvival.com/2011/06/13/false-flag-operations-past-present-and-the-inevitable-future/ False Flag Operations have been a strategic method of Elite Governments to gain control on many platforms through out history. One of the earliest accounts of a False Flag Operation taking ...
  • Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bank? An Unc ...

Bloomberg

  • Can't Stop the Big Mo
    Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
  • Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
    Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
  • Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
    The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either
  • No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
    The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip
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