- Top 3 Unusual Deep Fried Snacks You Have to Try
You've heard of deep-fried Kool-Aid, now try these delicious deep-fried treats.Contributor: Adam Justice Published: Jun 22, 2011
- Quote Roundup: Celebrity Response to Death of ...
A look at responses from friends, family, and critics to the death of Ryan Dunn in a car crash.Contributor: Lissa Clouser Published: Jun 22, 2011
- What is Scarlet Fever? Definition, History, an ...
A recent outbreak of scarlet fever in the China, including the death of one child, has prompted concern from the global community. What is scarlet fever and what would a return of the disease mean to the world?Contributor: Kelly Herdrich Published: Jun 22, 2011
- Obama Approval 41 Percent; Democrats Laugh at ...
Heading toward the 2012 elections, Obama's poll numbers are just more falling flakes in the growing avalanche of problems.Contributor: Patricia Campion Published: Jun 22, 2011
- Minot, N.D., Faces Worst Flooding in History
Minot thought it had seen the last of the major flooding on the Souris River by the end of May. Heavy rains in Canada have forced dams to discharge record amounts of water, though, and the Souris is expected to surge to never-seen levels in the city.Contributor: Charles Simmins Published: Jun 22 ...
- Nanodrug Swarms Use The Human Body's Biocommun ...
On any battlefield, communication is key — troops must be able to communicate their own locations and that of their target, so everyone knows exactly where to bring the fight. MIT researchers are bringing this strategy to the war on cancer, training swarms of cancer-fighting nanoparticles to co ...
- Humans Might Be Able to See the Earth's Magnet ...
Without realizing it, humans might be able to innately detect Earth’s magnetic field, thanks to a compound found in our eyes. Or we may have been able to do so some time in the past. Plenty of animals are known to be able to perceive geomagnetism, using it to navigate and even to hunt their pre ...
- 'Manhattan Project' of Insects Will Sequence B ...
Plant and human genome researchers have uncovered myriad pathways toward understanding health and longevity, determining genes that code for things like disease tolerance and nutrient needs. A new bug gene-sequencing project aims to do the same — only the goal is to find genomic Achilles’ heels ...
- Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps ...
HIV's strongest sections could be its greatest weaknesses A type of statistical analysis used to study high-energy physics and stock market fluctuations could yield a new angle of attack in the fight against the virus that causes AIDS. A surgical strike on specific, steadfast sectors of HIV cou ...
- Study: Rising Global Temperatures Spur Steepes ...
Reconstructing sea level history for the first time The seas are rising at a faster rate right now than at any point since at least the era of Julius Caesar, and there is a direct link between this increase and changes in global surface temperatures, according to a new study. Rising sea levels ...
- A sleeping sun could have a big impact on the ...
News from scientists in America claiming that the sun is about to enter a prolonged quiet period in its history has caught the headlines this week. Whether this particular prediction comes true remains to be seen, as some scientists, including those at NASA, have consistently been proved wron ...
- 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 ...
- Why PRC-Led Global Rebalancing is Unlikely
How can we transition into a more balanced world economy? Today, Jean-Michel Severino joined the man generally associated with the topic, Martin Wolf, in trying to suggest ways of doing so at the LSE. Martin Wolf's take is generally well-known as he regularly issues commentaries in the Financial ...
- Come 2050, Half of the World Will Live in Slums
Having published in a geography journal sometime ago, I take a natural interest in urban studies as a field of study. To be honest, I cannot determine what distinguishes a social science work from one in human geography. Being ever so pedantic, I like pointing out that social science research is ...
- Change 'South China Sea' to 'Southeast Asia Sea'
Here we go again, another South China Sea entry after I'd written about the issue in recent months [1, 2, 3]. I am of two minds about this new petition circulating among those of us from Southeast Asia to change our term for the 'South China Sea' to the 'Southeast Asia Sea'. (This one comes from ...
- Zhu Min or China's Faustian IMF-Lagarde Bargain
In Chinese, gweilo (鬼佬) is a traditional epithet against "foreign devils" that, due to its common use, has lost much of its condescending tone. Indeed, Westerners often describe themselves as such in the PRC to deflate suspicion about themselves. Today, however, we have a potential Faustian barg ...
- Of Arctic Oil Grabs and Greenland's Independence
Some rich men came and raped the land; nobody caught 'emPut up a bunch of ugly boxes and Jesus people bought 'emAnd they called it paradise--the place to beThey watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea [NOTE: I almost missed this one, but it's better late than never. Might as well cue up "The La ...
- 48 Percent Of Americans Believe Another Great ...
Do you believe that the U.S. economy is steamrolling toward a depression? If so, you are not alone. According to a recent CNN poll, 48 percent of Americans believe that "another Great Depression" is likely within the next 12 months. Americans have been waiting for almost thre ...
- 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 ...
- 12 More Signs That Society Is Collapsing
What we are now witnessing is the slow motion unraveling of America. Our economy is dying, the American people have lost faith in the government and in almost all of our other major institutions, and our society is collapsing. Most Americans don't understand why all of this is ...
- 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 ...
- Israel returns nuclear waste to US
Head of Israel’s Nuclear Energy Commission Shaul Horev says Tel Aviv has returned nuclear waste from its Sorek nuclear reactor to the United States. Horev, who spoke at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ministerial conference on nuclear safety in Vienna on Monday, did not specify the ...
- Tritium leaks from US nuclear sites
Radioactive tritium has leaked from at least 48 of 65 sites of commercial nuclear power sites in the United States, investigations have shown. According to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission records, tritium a radioactive form of hydrogen has leaked through corroded pipes into the ground and t ...
- Tunis court sentences Ben Ali to 35 years
A court in Tunisia has sentenced ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his wife to 35 years in prison after finding them guilty of embezzlement and other charges. The conviction in absentia of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Leila Trabelsi came after a day-long trial before the Tunis criminal ...
- US heading toward nuclear disaster
With busted seals, broken nozzles and rusted pipes plaguing America’s nuclear power plants, a report released by The Associated Press today warns that the US is in danger of copycatting the catastrophe that ravaged the Fukushima facility in Japan. After a yearlong investigation, the AP has concl ...
- Lung cancer rates among men and women decline
The American Cancer Society put out their annual report on the state of cancer in the U.S. with some good news, and some bad. The good news is that the American Cancer Society has reported that the rates of lung cancer being diagnosed among men and women have declined, says SmartAboutHealth. The ...
- 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 ...
- 2011-06-21 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News from # ...
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 ...
- 2011-06-21 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News from # ...
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 ...
- 2011-06-20 Democracy vs Mythology: The Battle ...
TweetWhat is going on in Athens at the moment is resistance against an invasion � and this invasion is being justified with the extensive use of mythology. By Alex Andreou, originally published on SturdyBlog I have never been more desperate to explain and more hopeful for your understanding of a ...
- 2011-06-20 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 ...
- 2011-06-19 LulzSec Declares War
TweetPut down your popcorn and grab your battleaxe. You can assist as well: http://t.co/2WuLmMQ Don't be a potato, be a lizard. Everyone's favourite internet suicide bombers have declared war on the internetz. Or at least the "civilization" of it. From their pastebin: Salutations Lulz Lizard ...
- Geneticists Reveal E. Coli Super Bug O104 Was ...
Their scientists broke down the genetics of this E. coli strain it's call O104, and if you look at it you can read the history, and the history doesn't lie. This strain was exposed repeatedly to all the 8 major classes of antibiotics that are sold by the drug companies today. This practically gu ...
- The Big Brother State and Global Surveillance
But this also allows the secret services to gather explicit information about the nationality of every traveler. Explicit information such as your fingerprints, the color of your eyes, and a high resolution picture of your face. Information you would usually expect to be taken from suspected cri ...
- State Officials Privates Left Sore by TSA for ...
"And finally I said you're punishing me for opting out, aren't you?". And to her credit she said 'Yes we are'.
- 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. ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Health Canada Refuses to Test for Radiation
The Beacon Farmers in Central Newfoundland who were open to having their land tested for radiation contamination, will not have this work done by government agencies and private companies in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the June 2 edition of, The Beacon, it was discussed how the release of radi ...
- Counter Corruption In Our World With Five Powe ...
What can we do to control widespread corruption on earth and hand over to future generations a cleaner, more ethical society? Here are five methods we can adopt to counter corruption. Corruption is a burning issue today. It has permeated all fields and all institutions. It requires immediate att ...
- What Are You Here For?
Conventional wisdom dictates that we must set clear goals and have vision if we are to achieve great things. After all, how can we get to where we are going if we do not know where we want to go? Now ask, who is setting the goals and who is creating the vision? Too Zen? Where there is Zen, there ...
- Imagine a World Beyond Fear, Where Humanity Li ...
Everyone has the same needs. It’s how we try to get those needs met that we often end up in conflict. Why doesn’t this work? Because as Albert Eistein once said, “no problem can be solved at the level of thinking that created it.” Imagine a world beyond fear, where humanity lives, works and play ...
- 12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being S ...
As the mainstream media continues to be obsessed with Anthony Weiner and his bizarre adventures on Twitter, much more serious events are happening around the world that are getting very little attention. In America today, if the mainstream media does not cover something it is almost as if it ne ...
- Fracking Hearing: Standing room only and plent ...
By Leeann Brown, Shannon Morgan and Alex Rindler, EWG Staff Following up on last week's contentious hearing in Washington, Pa., the U.S. Energy department has scheduled two all-day sessions for Tuesday, June 28, and Wednesday, July 13, to listen to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
- Half-Baked: FDA's New Sunscreen Regulations Fa ...
By: Thomas Cluderay, EWG staff attorney and David Andrews, Ph.D., EWG senior scientist Imagine grabbing a cookbook to find the perfect recipe for key lime pie to present at your summer barbeque. Thumbing through the pages, you locate an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
- U.S. (finally) Labels Formaldehyde "Known Huma ...
By Paul Pestano, Research Analyst After decades of debate, the Obama administration last week classified formaldehyde as a known human carcinogen, a label that is likely to advance regulatory steps to restrict this widely used hazardous chemical. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...
- Arsenic Found in... Chicken
By: Press Intern Margot Pagan and Senior Scientist Rebecca Sutton, PhD Did you think you were eating a carcinogen along with your favorite chicken sandwich last week? Probably not, but a new Food and Drug Administration study has found arsenic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
- Here Comes the Sun, What Now?
By Lisa Frack, EWG Social Media Manager Every year about this time my friends want to me to tell them exactly which sunscreen to buy. They want the one that works the best to protect skin with the least toxic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other conte ...
- Dennis Walcott's untraditional graduation-spee ...
It was the first school graduation Dennis Walcott attended as New York City schools chancellor, and already the second time he'd jumped off the stage.“You know what? I’m going to do things differently,” Walcott said, as he dismounted. “I don’t do things th ...
- In Herzog's latest, politics (and generational ...
The playwright's After the Revolution made a splash last year at Playwrights Horizons (I reviewed it here in November); and there, too, a grandparent and grandchild are tasked to find common ground when politics clash. But where After the Revolution served ...
- Anatomy of a Long Island shooting, women who d ...
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
- Horror stories from a Long Island pharmacy, an ...
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
- Weiner's resignation, a gay marriage debate, R ...
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- Shale gas protests spoil Statoil’s party
Statoil was celebrating 10 years as a stocklisted company this week and promising more growth, but not everyone was keen to congratulate Norway’s biggest company. Instead, angry residents in the eastern United States believe Statoil’s much-touted shale gas extraction is contaminating their drink ...
- SV lacks support for F35 audit
Neither the Labour Party nor the Conservative Party will support a proposal by the Social Left Party (SV) to order a parliamentary audit of the government’s handling of a huge, looming order for 56 F35 fighter jets from US contractor Lockheed Martin. SV, which is a member of the government coali ...
- Former minister heads for Sudan
Hilde Frafjord Johnson, a former government minister in Norway who’s most recently been the deputy leader of Unicef, is being appointed as new leader of the United Nations’ work in Southern Sudan. Newspaper Aftenposten reports that Norway’s ambassador to the UN, Morten Wetland, confirmed that he ...
- Heyerdahl’s theories win support
Thor Heyerdahl, arguably Norway’s most famous explorer, had to endure a lot of criticism over his theories of migration in the South Pacific and elsewhere but genetic testing and new research may help prove him right. Heyerdahl, who died in 2002, mounted his famed expedition on his Kon-Tiki raft ...
- Dramatic kidnapping closed borders
Norwegian police ordered restrictions at all border crossings in and out of Norway after masked men kidnapped two small children in the rural district of Hadeland Tuesday morning. Two men were later arrested on the E6 highway near the Swedish border at Sarpsborg but the children were still missi ...
- Growing Goat Herds Signal Global Grassland Decline
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute Photo copyright � Craig Mackintosh After the earth was created, soil formed slowly over geological time from the weathering of rocks. It began to support early plant life, which protected and enriched it until it became the topsoil that sustains the ...
- When to Not Use Money – and Why
Let us imagine a fictitious mountain village — or, for that matter, any other close-knit community — that has a high degree of economic independence at the community rather than individual level. Within this community, there is an on-going active exchange of favours, including goods and services ...
- From the Bottom Up – A DIY Guide to Wicking Beds
by Rob Avis Wicking beds are a unique and increasingly popular way to grow vegetables. They are self-contained raised beds with built-in reservoirs that supply water from the bottom up – changing how, and how much, you water your beds. In this article, we’ll talk about how wicking beds work and ...
- Tucker for Travellers
by Gordon Williams The Arts Factory backpackers resort in Byron Bay, New South Wales, has just been blitzed by an efficient team of Permaculturalists taking part in a five day course focusing on bringing permaculture designs from the page into the landscape. The Arts Factory backpackers resor ...
- A New Permatecture Toolbox! (From Nikos A. Sal ...
by �yvind Holmstad The goal of permaculture is to reunite man with nature and man with man through design systems, and here patterns play an important role. Still, patterns can only reunite humans with natural systems and with each other, not with the geometry of the universe. Surely in what I l ...
- The 12 Most Violent Video Games of All Time
If you've played any of the games below, chances are you know all too well how brutal things can get. And if not, well, be warned: some of these are pretty gruesome. Play at your own risk, and not while eating. Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- The 12 Most Violent Video Games of All Time
If you've played any of the games below, chances are you know all too well how brutal things can get. And if not, well, be warned: some of these are pretty gruesome. Play at your own risk, and not while eating. Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- U.S. to unveil graphic tobacco warning labels
Health officials on Tuesday will unveil nine graphic warning labels showing harmful effects of smoking that must be on cigarette packages and in advertisements starting in October 2012. Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- U.S. to unveil graphic tobacco warning labels
Health officials on Tuesday will unveil nine graphic warning labels showing harmful effects of smoking that must be on cigarette packages and in advertisements starting in October 2012. Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- 10 Major Companies That Are Hiring Big Time
Working for a large company has its benefits.Large companies, which naturally employ larger workforces, require the most new employees when they choose to expand, and therefore make the biggest splash when they announce they�re hiring. Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a C ...
- 6/22/11 - Is the use of standardized tests imp ...
standardizedtests.procon.org - NEW ProCon.org Website! - Is the use of standardized tests improving education in America? - Standardized tests have been a part of American education since the mid-1800s. Their use skyrocketed after 2002's No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) mandated annual testing in ...
- 6/17/11 - Incarcerated Felon Population in the ...
felonvoting.procon.org - NEW: Incarcerated Felon Population in the US by Type of Crime Committed, 1974-2008 - As of 2008, US state and federal prisons housed a total of 1,544,634 inmates. In state prisons, the majority of the prisoners (52.4%) are in for violent crimes, while in federal prisons ...
- 6/17/11 - ProCon.org Wins Top 25 Website Award ...
www.procon.org - ProCon.org Wins Top 25 Website Award from American Library Association division along with TED, Wikileaks, and Google Translate - Thank you to the reference librarians who voted for ProCon.org and who have supported our work over the years.
- 6/14/11 - Prescription drugs advertised direct ...
prescriptiondrugs.procon.org - Prescription drugs advertised directly to consumers sell nine times better than drugs without such ads. On May 26, 2011 the Congressional Budget Office released a study on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of new prescription drugs. According to the study, the a ...
- 6/8/11 - John Edwards' 2007 statement on wheth ...
2008election.procon.org - John Edwards' 2007 statement on whether infidelity should disqualify a candidate for public office. We found this quote for our 2008 presidential election website and, although the site has been archived, we wanted our readers to be able to read what John Edwards told K ...
- Health Canada Refuses to Test for Radiation
The Beacon Farmers in Central Newfoundland who were open to having their land tested for radiation contamination, will not have this work done by government agencies and private companies in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the June 2 edition of, The Beacon, it was discussed how the release of radi ...
- Counter Corruption In Our World With Five Powe ...
What can we do to control widespread corruption on earth and hand over to future generations a cleaner, more ethical society? Here are five methods we can adopt to counter corruption. Corruption is a burning issue today. It has permeated all fields and all institutions. It requires immediate att ...
- What Are You Here For?
Conventional wisdom dictates that we must set clear goals and have vision if we are to achieve great things. After all, how can we get to where we are going if we do not know where we want to go? Now ask, who is setting the goals and who is creating the vision? Too Zen? Where there is Zen, there ...
- Imagine a World Beyond Fear, Where Humanity Li ...
Everyone has the same needs. It’s how we try to get those needs met that we often end up in conflict. Why doesn’t this work? Because as Albert Eistein once said, “no problem can be solved at the level of thinking that created it.” Imagine a world beyond fear, where humanity lives, works and play ...
- 12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being S ...
As the mainstream media continues to be obsessed with Anthony Weiner and his bizarre adventures on Twitter, much more serious events are happening around the world that are getting very little attention. In America today, if the mainstream media does not cover something it is almost as if it ne ...
- The Sexual Fluidity of Women
Meghan O’Rourke ⦠the notion that female desire is based less on intimacy (the old truism) than on the perception of being desiredâa notion that, it would seem, complicates feminist notions of owning your sexuality. To take just a few bits of research from the piece: As Bergner reports, scient ...
- Ocean Life Facing Mass Extinction
A number of threats could result in an unprecedented loss of species, according to a shocking report. Daniel Politi The oceans are in far worse state than previously thought, according to a prestigious group of scientists. Of course, doom-and-gloom environmental stories are so common theyâre alm ...
- Better Batteries Will Save the World
Too bad they’re impossible to make. By Farhad Manjoo Will batteries ever be able to compete with the stored power of gasoline?In the early 1970s, the research arm of Exxon hired a promising young engineer named Michael Stanley Whittingham and asked him to invent somethingâanythingâthat could red ...
- Why Are Air Conditioners So Heavy?
It’s the copper. By Maura Kelly Why are air conditioners so heavy? With temperatures rising, Americans have begun the annual summer tradition of installing cumbersome removable air conditioners. It’s tough to find a window unit that’s lighter than 46 poundsâand a machine like that would be able ...
- Telling War Stories
The Civil War and the meaning of life. Drew Gilpin Faust On a hot Saturday in September 1962, I crowded with my brothers and cousins into my aunt and uncleâs station wagon and drove off to war. Passing through our county in Virginiaâs Shenandoah Valley, we headed toward Charles Town, West Virgin ...
- Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting. The meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
- Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting. The meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
- Opening up scientific information: a shared hi ...
There are two parts to the story of the birth of the internet. Networked computers exchanging packets of information have existed since the 1960s, facilitated largely by a government project in the USA. Â Â The interface that allows anyone to share anything with anyone, anywhere – the combinatio ...
- Opening up scientific information: a shared hi ...
There are two parts to the story of the birth of the internet. Networked computers exchanging packets of information have existed since the 1960s, facilitated largely by a government project in the USA. Â Â The interface that allows anyone to share anything with anyone, anywhere – the combinatio ...
- Six academies synthetic biology symposium: eng ...
Synthetic biology can be described in quite simple terms; it is the design and production of novel biological systems and organisms. It is not so simply constituted. Biological research is a vast and heterogeneous enterprise. And so the engineering of biological entities, despite its simple des ...
- Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
- Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
- Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
- Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of child ...
- How sex hormones influence right heart function
WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...
- TSA’s assault on human dignity continues ...
There has been the usual hand wringing and a flood of TV reports over the latest TSA outrage: the "grope down" of a six year old girl, daughter of Todd and Selena Drexel, at an airport in New Orleans. I present below some of the recent coverage: "Right now at Armstrong International ...
- Duelling carbon tax rallies in Sydney
Hereward Fenton reports on pro and anti carbon tax rallies held in Sydney on 2 April 2011. Some observations about these events: The anti-carbon tax protest was composed of a wide demographic in terms of age, education and occupation, whereas the pro carbon tax group appeared to be ma ...
- Goldstone’s shameful U-turn
Judge Richard Goldstone in the Gaza Strip, June 2009. (UN Photo) "If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone report would have been a different document." Thus opens Judge Richard Goldstone's much-discussed op-ed in The Washington Post. I have a strong feeling that the editor might ...
- The 9/11 truth movement needs leaders
The 9/11 truth movement in Australia desperately needs YOUR help. We need YOU to take charge, step up and LEAD. The truth is, while a handful have exhausted both their energy and finances, thousands of sympathetic people have merely looked on. If you are one of those people, then, despite my ...
- Scott Grainger, fire protection engineer, blow ...
This interview is some raw footage of one of the world class experts appearing in Architects and Engineer's upcoming hard hitting documentary: "9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out" - AE911truth.org
- Exploring Oregon's Rocky Reefs
A whimsical-looking basket star off the Oregon coast. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: rockfish, basket stars and hydroids. Oregon Leg, Day 1 Last night our six Oceana crew slept aboard the R/V Miss Linda, tied to the d ...
- Exploring Oregon's Rocky Reefs
A whimsical-looking basket star off the Oregon coast. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: rockfish, basket stars and hydroids. Oregon Leg, Day 1 Last night our six Oceana crew slept aboard the R/V Miss Linda, tied to the d ...
- Hydrocorals and Octopuses in the Monterey Shal ...
Spectacular hydrocorals cover a pinnacle. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: octupuses, hydrocorals and nudibranchs! California Leg, Days 4-5 Friday concluded the Monterey portion of the expedition, and we had high hopes ...
- Hydrocorals and Octopuses in the Monterey Shal ...
Spectacular hydrocorals cover a pinnacle. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: octupuses, hydrocorals and nudibranchs! California Leg, Days 4-5 Friday concluded the Monterey portion of the expedition, and we had high hopes ...
- Close Encounters With Humpback Whales and Orcas
An orca breaching in Monterey Bay. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: humpback whales and orcas! Day 3 Yesterday was a spectacular day as we saw some of the most colorful and rich habitats we�ve seen yet! The objective wa ...
- Grant.
Ulysses S Grant Ulysses S Grant was an amazing and complex man. There were many sobriquets he carried. General. Soldier. Butcher. Failure. Alcoholic. Taciturn. President. Author. Father. Husband. Businessman. Diplomat. Veteran. Equestrian. Artist. We could go on. But as I begin to read about Gra ...
- Astronaut Edgar Mitchell’s Testimony On ...
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- How The Russians Lost Grozny And Then Won It A ...
The dissolution of the Soviet Union was not the reason why the army was in bad shape. It certainly didn’t help, but armies often show resilience even after empires fall. The Afghan war was the reason. Widespread desertions, low pay, worn out Dzhokhar Dudayev, Chechen Leader equipment, and a horr ...
- Roman Politics Prior To The Roman Civil War
In 69 BC, Caesar married Sulla’s daughter, consolidating the power of two dynastic families. During his early years when he ran afoul of powerful people he survived because also was a famous and powerful but didn’t have the wealth needed to grow into a political power. [...]
- Hunting With My Father.
Sketch Of My Dad, Marvin Edward Russ In England With 8th Air Force. A gun has a kind of heft and authority and power that cannot be conveyed with words. When you pick up a Colt Python .357, you feel its weight. You are holding a machine that can take a man’s life. The magnitude of [...]
- Comes a Worrisome ‘Gentleman’ Candidate
If anything, it’s McCain and Graham who are nurturing a rebirth of isolationism by going for the easy insult. Isolationism is an actual doctrine, with a rich and complicated intellectual history on the left and the right. It is not an adjective that can be accurately applied to anyone who disagr ...
- Summer Fundraiser Thank You
CONTRIBUTE & SUPPORT TAYLOR Thanks to so many of you who gave this past week. Believe me, if I didn’t have to I wouldn’t run these fundraisers. I love this work and you help make it possible. The truth is that people don’t give regularly and if I don’t ask I can’t run this site, [...]
- Newt Gringrich Fundraisers Quits
Newt Gingrich’s top two fundraising advisers resigned on Tuesday, and officials said the Republican candidate’s hobbling presidential campaign carried more than $1 million in debt. – APNewsBreak This is the guy who wants to take charge of the U.S. economy? It’s gotten so bad for the disreputable ...
- Kerry & McCain’s Fig Leaf for Libya
Allowing the trivialization of the War Powers Act to stand will open the way for even more blatant acts of presidential war-making in the decades ahead. Congress must confront the increasingly politicized methods White House lawyers are using to circumvent established law and stop them from tran ...
- LA Times Report: 10,000 Force Drawdown in Afgh ...
**UPDATED** President Obama plans to announce a troop reduction in Afghanistan that Pentagon and other administration officials say is expected to bring home about 10,000 personnel by the end of the year. – Obama expected to announce major Afghan drawdown Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world ...
- Dollar Rally/Crash Day?
(Dayton, Ohio) The market, as I was mentioning in yesterday’s column, obediently fell over itself with the Fed rate non-decision out Wednesday. It doesn’t take a weatherman to know this stuff: The Fed hasn’t a clue, offered some writers. But … Continue reading →
- Coping: With Dayton, Ohio
Wednesday morning’s adventure was delightful. We stopped in at the renown eye doctor’s place in Oak Ridge Wednesday morning where we got the ‘cook’s tour’ of what a state-of-the-art refractive Lasik and laser surgery center looks like. Including discussions about … Continue reading →
- After the Rally: Fed to Disappoint?
(West Knoxville, TN) I won’t spill all the beans, but Robin Handler (Options Signal Service) “So George, what do you think the chances of a big dip Wednesday are? ” The answer is pretty good, since we are now in … Continue reading →
- Coping: With Knoxville/ Oak Ridge, TN
We begin with the story of the “hurricane over land” winds which were mentioned in the last webbot run (or was it an earlier one, heck it’s the middle of the night here and the last words from Elaine who … Continue reading →
- Rally ON!
(Memphis) The is a key inflection period in predictive linguistics. We might very well see the market go marching ahead to S&P 1,320 or so, over the coming couple of weeks, since as we’ve postulated, the troubles of Europe might … Continue reading →
- MIND CONTROL 68: Bearing Fruits
Once again Jesus gives a very important illustration through the use of trees. John 15:1-27 1 “I AM THE TRUE VINE, AND MY FATHER IS THE GARDENER. 2 HE CUTS OFF EVERY BRANCH IN ME THAT BEARS NO FRUIT, WHILE EVERY BRANCH THAT DOES BEAR FRUIT HE PRUNES SO THAT IT WILL BE EVEN MORE [...]
- MIND CONTROL 67: What Kind Of Tree Are You?
This is another parable that Jesus told explaining the concept of life: Luke 13:6-9 6 Then he told this parable: “A man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he went to look for fruit on it, but did not find any. 7 So he said to the man who took care of [...]
- MIND CONTROL 66: The Test
Still on the issue of what type of people we are…… lets look at a different scenario with Jesus. Luke 19:11-28 11 While they were listening to this, he went on to tell them a parable, because he was near Jerusalem and the people thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear at [...]
- DO GOVERNMENTS SECRETLY KILL WITH THE WEATHER ...
It started off like one of those hypothetical questions you ask yourself when you are feeling in a particularly imaginative mood. You know what i mean. Lying down and wondering what it would be like to have super powers, or waiting for a bus and wishing you could hold back a storm that you can [...]
- MIND CONTROL 65: He Who Has Ears, Let Him Hear
In an effort to open our eyes……. It is important for us to take a look at more of the parables that Jesus spoke. Christians believe that the reason why Jesus spoke in parables was because he did not want anyone to understand. This is completely untrue. Jesus spoke in parables “precisely because ...
- No comments on Globe NIH story? Find them here
The Globe's reprint of Michael Crow's story on restructuring NIH was bound to draw a lot of comments. You can find some here with the original Nature publicaton.Crow argues that NIH needs a revamp with a focus on cures and outcomes. So, we were expecting comments like this one: Michael Hol ...
- Back to the lab for Miss Massachusetts
Alida D'Angona, Miss Massacuhsetts and a researcher at Genzyme, did not winthe Miss USA pageant last night. She did, however, help destroy two stereotypes: the nerdy lab rat and the dumb blonde.
- MIT's David Kaiser: How the Hippies Saved Physics
The complete name of the book is How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival. The New York Times reviews it today: Kaiser says his title was inspired by Thomas Cahill's "How the Irish Saved Civilization," and he has a similar aim: to show, with a healthy dos ...
- Ha! The science of laughter
Emerson College is known for producing journalists and actors. And some of them are pretty funny, Grads include Jay Leno, Denis Leary, Andrea Martin, and Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. So, it's only appropriate that the school host a conference on laughter. The e ...
- Pub meet-up tonight and more events for scient ...
Tonight Mike Farzan and his colleagues will chat about communication between viruses and your cells at a Science by the Pint, event. Tuesday June 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm Tavern in the Square - Porter - 1815 Massachusetts Ave. - Cambridge (There are a couple of Tavern on the Square restauran ...
- Time to Stop Attacks on the Clean Water Act an ...
David Beckman, Senior Attorney & Director, Water Program, Los Angeles To quote Yogi Berra, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” After spending much of the spring attacking the Clean Air Act, several lawmakers in the House have now set their sights on t ...
- House Committee Launches Most Significant Atta ...
Steve Fleischli, Senior Attorney, Washington, DC Not satisfied with merely trying to undo the Clean Air Act, the House of Representatives has now decided to attack the federal Clean Water Act with the introduction of H.R. 2018, which is slated for ...
- Pebble Mine: Road to Disaster
Joel Reynolds, Director of NRDC's Urban Program, the Marine Mammal Protection and So. California Ecosystem projects, Santa Monica, CA Most people who've heard of the massive Pebble Mine — proposed for construction in the wild lands above Bristol B ...
- Letting Pesticide Sprayers Ignore the Clean Wa ...
Mae Wu, Program Attorney, Washington, DC As feared, today the Senate Agriculture Committee sided with the pesticide industry and against our health and the health of our waters by eliminating all Clean Water Act protections of our rivers, lakes an ...
- Communities To California Railroads: Clean Up ...
David Pettit, Director, Southern California Air Program, Santa Monica, CA Today, NRDC and two of our community partners, East Yards Communities For Environmental Justice and the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice sent letters to ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 19 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Wednesday, June 22, 2011: Meriden CT police subject of 2 different excessive force suits involving officer who is police chief’s son [4] http://bit.ly/jmBvBa Craven Co NC deputy arrested aft ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 14 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, June 21, 2011: A Hampton VA police drug raid on a 69yr-old man’s home based on an alleged informant’s tip accusing him of selling prescription pain pills is being questioned by neig ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Unfortunately today was an exceptionally busy day at work and equally hectic afterward with our sons getting cabin fever from being stuck in a hotel for almost two months now. While I did the best I could I just wasn’t able to get the news feed caught up by the time I was able [...]
- Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 06-18 ...
Here are the 8 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this slow news weekend of June 18-19, 2011: Granite City IL police are being sued on an excessive force claim in an incident that was caught on camera. However, while both sides insist that the vi ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, June 17, 2011: Overland MO cop sentenced to 3yrs in plea to manslaughter for fatally pushing man down stairs then leaving [0] http://bit.ly/lFQ8ur Plano TX cop sued by woman w/cerebr ...
- Breaking: U.S. Travel Warning (Israel)
Travel.State.Gov - The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, and about threats to themselves and to U.S. interests in those locations. The Department of State urges U.S. citizens to remain mindful of security factors when ...
- War could hit North America this century: expert
Ottawa Citizen – The 21st century could see war on North American soil, says the author of Canadaâs national security policy. Driven by technology and by shifting geopolitics, the good fortune that exempted Canada and the United States from military battles on the home front in the 20th century ...
- China warns U.S. to stay clear of regional dis ...
Seattle Times -Â China warned the United States on Wednesday not to let Southeast Asian countries drag it into territorial disputes in the South China Sea, saying the U.S. instead should counsel its allies to show restraint. “I believe the individual countries are playing with fire,” Cui Tiankai ...
- Syrian army in village bordering Turkey
SMH – Syrian troops backed by tanks on Thursday stormed a village along the Turkish border, where thousands fleeing a violent crackdown on dissent have massed, an activist at the scene said. Syrian security forces entered the northern village of Khirbet al-Joz in the early morning, the activist ...
- The Fall Of NATO: Italy Breaks Ranks To Call F ...
Italy broke ranks with Nato yesterday and demanded an urgent halt to hostilities in Libya. Franco Frattini, the foreign minister in Rome, called for an ‘immediate suspension’ of military operations to allow humanitarian aid to be brought to the wartorn country. He also said military leaders shou ...
- Asia surges in iPhone App Store downloads, Chi ...
The rise of the Asia as a region for sustainable app distribution is clearly evident. According to the latest Distimo Report, the download volume in the Apple App Store for iPhone from Asian countries grew significantly in the past six months. In fact, the report suggests that China has recent ...
- Amazon to Texas: give us a tax exemption, and ...
Amazon is seeking a deal with the state of Texas that would have the company exempt from sales taxes for the next four and a half years, in exchange for bringing 5,000 jobs to the state. Amazon also intends to build distribution centers worth $300 million, where the 5,000 employees would work. ...
- Tencent tests microblog translation tool, pave ...
Chinese Internet giant Tencent has recently partnered with Kingsoft, maker of the machine translation product PowerWord, and Youdao, Netease’s online dictionary, to bridge the language gap among users of its microblogging platform by developing a microblog translation tool, according to Marbr ...
- Freelance at a Glance [Infographic]
Socialcast brings us an Infographic that details different statistics on the fastest growing face of the global workforce:Â freelancers. The popularity of mobile devices combined with the explosive growth of apps and cloud-based computing are making it easier than ever before for people to take ...
- Late night eaters put on more weight, study fi ...
A new study has found that people who eat after 8pm have higher BMIs (body mass indexes) than those who don’t. It might sound obvious that those who snack at night put on more weight because it indicates that they simply eat more, but the study says that people who eat the same number of calori ...
- Labor’s Solar Flagships: Smoke and Mirrors…and ...
The Federal Government's choice of picking French state owned nuclear giant Areva to build a Solar plant based on out‐dated technology is a move that has surprised the climate and energy security think‐tank Beyond Zero Emissions. The proposed plant near the controversial coal seam gas fields at ...
- Clearing the Air on Climate Change
The annual �Science meets Parliament� (SMP) is underway this week. With debates raging over the carbon tax, representatives from The Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) are highlighting and addressing the poor scientific literacy exercised in political a ...
- Renewable Energy Technologies Far Cheaper Than ...
Last week, cost reduction forecasts compiled in a new paper, the Renewable Energy Technology Cost Review (RETCR), raised questions about the technology costings relied on by governments and electricity planners. � Analysis of the report findings by Beyond Zero Emissions found that the cost ...
- Yet Another Reminder: Climate Action Needed Now
The Federal Government’s Climate Commission released its inaugural report, The Critical Decade (PDF), this week. The report serves as yet another reminder of the need to for immediate strong action to start reducing Australia’s emissions. The Climate Commission revisits the often misunderstood ...
- Solar Thermal Shines On in the United States
Another large-scale concentrating solar thermal project is underway in the United States thanks to strong financial support from the Federal Government. The news is the latest example of the United States moving forward with investment in renewable energy. Solar Reserve’s ‘Tonopah’ project ...
- Laos announces crackdown on illegal logging, t ...
Laos Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong ordered authorities to crack down on illegal logging and timber trafficking in the midst of accelerating forest loss, reports the Vientiane Times.
- Embattled Malaysian minister denies secret Swi ...
Abdul Taib Mahmud, chief minister of Sarawak, on Wednesday denied charges that he holds secret Swiss bank accounts containing wealth attained through close ties with logging companies and palm oil firms operating in the Malaysian Borneo state, reports the Associated Press.
- Brazil confirms existence of new uncontacted A ...
The Brazilian government confirmed the existence of a community of uncontacted Amerindians in a protected area near the Peruvian border, reports Funai, Brazil's Indian affairs agency.
- World Bank loans Madagascar $52m to address en ...
The World Bank has approved a $52 million loan to bolster conservation efforts in Madagascar, which have suffered from a collapse in funding and governance in the aftermath of a 2009 military coup, reports Reuters.
- U.S. tribes to explore forest carbon opportunities
Tribes in Washington state will participate in a pilot project to test the feasibility of developing forest carbon projects on tribal lands, reports EcoAnalytics, a carbon advisory firm involved in the deal.
- ITALY: ‘They Saw Numbers, We Saw People'
It's only a few hundred metres from the rocky hillside overlooking Lampedusa's commercial port to the other side of the protected bay. For more than a decade this narrow strip of ocean has been a migratory gateway into Europe for tens of thousands of mostly African migrants. The numbers ...
- INDIA: Noose Not Mandatory for Drug Crimes, Ru ...
By striking down a law that makes the death penalty mandatory for drug-related offences, the Bombay High Court has raised hopes among rights activists that other countries in the region will follow suit.
- GUATEMALA: Multi-Partner Alliance Wages War on ...
"Now I get supplies to feed my children, and I have a family garden where I grow carrots, onions and beets," Marta Quinilla, a native of Uspant�n, an area northwest of the Guatemalan capital that was devastated by the 36-year civil war, says cheerfully.
- U.S.: Kerry, McCain Come to Obama's Rescue Ove ...
Hoping to head off growing insurgencies in both major parties over Washington's participation in NATO's military campaign against Libya, two key senators Tuesday unveiled a resolution that would give President Barack Obama the authority to continue operations there for up to one year.
- U.S.: Supreme Court Walmart Decision Is a "Blo ...
Labour and women's rights groups are strongly criticising the Supreme Court's rejection of a class action suit brought by current and former female employees of Walmart who sought to represent 1.5 million female employees who claim that the company discriminated against women.
- Living on the edge
It’s not unusual for scientists to become excited when talking about their research. But Ken Storey is an explosion of exuberance, repeatedly interrupting his own discourse to head in new directions. Such frenetic energy is paradoxical for a man whose research deals with organisms that can delib ...
- Giving thanks
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good,” Michael Douglas’s character famously declared in the movie Wall Street. “Greed is right. Greed works.” It was after filming last year’s sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, that Douglas noticed a strain in his larynx and soreness in his jaw. His d ...
- The people’s museum
While the recent major renovations to the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA) involved plenty of additions and upgrades to its infrastructure, it’s the way people can now use the space that’s really transformed it. When MOA moved from the basement of the UBC Library int ...
- Opening up
“It has truly been a partnership with reciprocal benefits,” says Kathy Hegadoren when asked about her work with immigrant women. And when the professor of nursing at the University of Alberta tells her story, it’s easy to see why. Holder of a Canada Research Chair in Stress-related Disorders in ...
- Firing up a new social network
The summer of 2003 was as hot and dry in Kelowna, B.C., as anyone could remember. On Aug. 16, lightning struck, sparking a forest fire in Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park that quickly blazed out of control. The Kelowna Fire Department, more familiar with fighting house fires, suddenly faced an ...
- Dutch Man Replicates Noah's Ark?
- Loss of health insurance sparked fast and horr ...
David Laffer's life began falling apart two weeks ago. The former Army private, who worked for years as a shipping clerk at scale manufacturer Cosa Xentaur in Yaphank, L.I., was fired, reportedly for stealing. That meant no more health insurance - and no more prescription pills. The loss of h ...
- US: Serial Killer in South Carolina Shot Dead, ...
South Carolina law enforcement officials have identified the serial killing suspect slain in North Carolina as a felon with a lengthy record who was paroled in April after seven years in prison. They say Patrick Tracy Burris was the man responsible for shooting five people to death in a killing ...
- Fox 5 reporter Arnold Diaz sued by ice cream c ...
A "Shame, Shame, Shame" segment aimed at an ice cream chain that bills itself as a "healthier alternative" to the frozen delight was "lame, lame, lame," according to a new lawsuit. Television reporter Arnold Diaz is being sued by the owner of three D'Lites Emporium stores after the Fox 5 consu ...
- US - Teenage girl stabbed in the chest by ex-b ...
A teenage girl was in critical condition after being stabbed Monday inside a Queens grocery store by a jealous ex-boyfriend who raped her two months ago, police sources said. The 20-year-old suspect, Daniel Paguay, out on bail, fought with the girl and her new boyfriend, his cousin, outside a C ...
- Stolen Gibson Les Paul
I'm not a musician and know very little about guitars. But I do know that "Gibson" and "Les Paul" mean something to guitar people. Especially those Les Pauls that have been carried, caressed, and played for close to half a century by their dependants. So I encourage you to help out Maurice and ...
- Social stress . . .
THE ROOT is a site devoted to the interests of African-Americans. Jenee Desmond-Harris has an interesting article, "Review: 'Is Marriage for White People?'". You may or may not be aware that black American society has been under tremendous social pressures in recent times, from a myriad of sourc ...
- McKibben, Naomi Klein, Suzuki call for civil d ...
on the tar sands : "The short version is we want you to consider doing something hard: coming to Washington in the hottest and stickiest weeks of the summer and engaging in civil disobedience that will likely get you arrested.The full version goes like this ...Signed , Maude Barlow Wendell Berry ...
- Goosebumps . . .
UK'S DAILY MAIL has a fascinating report, about an exceptional 36 year-old Russian, Natalia Avseenko, who is amazingly aquatic, as you see below. That's -1° C water, by the way. Why is she starkers? That's the way the belugas want it.
- Pushing the envelope . . .
This image, from Pixars Cars 2, showcases the reflectivity effects that the studio created for the new film. Here, we see Lightning McQueen reflecting the lights of Tokyo. (Credit: Disney/Pixar) PIXAR'S CARS 2 is an incredible technical achievement. According to CNET's Daniel Terdiman, it's a ...
- Beck Guest Falsely Claims Oil And Gas Companie ...
On his Fox News show, Glenn Beck hosted several oil and gas industry executives to attack President Obama's energy policies and tout fossil fuels. During the show, Beck hyped the false claim by one of his guests, the CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, that "the oil and natural gas industr ...
- Plane Falsehoods: Krauthammer Continues To Mis ...
Previously, Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer misinformed the public on a National Labor Relations Board complaint that Boeing illegally moved jobs away from a unionized facility, claiming that "paying off the unions to [President Obama] is more important than a healthy export economy." ...
- Fox Hyped McKinsey & Co. Study But Ignored ...
After hyping a McKinsey & Company survey that predicted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC) would cause millions of employees to lose their employer-based health care coverage, Fox did not cover that McKinsey & Co. admitted that their findings were not meant as "a predictive e ...
- Fox Still Misrepresenting NLRB's Case Against ...
Fox News has repeatedly suggested that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is engaging in unlawful or "anti-American" activity by filing a complaint against Boeing for deciding to build a new plant in the "right to work" state of South Carolina. But the NLRB complaint alleges that Boeing ...
- Eric Bolling: Fox News' In-House Corporate Lob ...
Fox News' Eric Bolling has been promoting what he described as his own stimulus plan, a plan centered on tax breaks for multinational corporations on money currently parked offshore. Bolling's proposal is remarkably similar to a plan reportedly promoted by corporate lobbyists during a Washingto ...
- David Brooks' Shot at Foreign Aid
In his trademark fashion, David Brooks crams a lot of issues into his critique today of US reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan: ambitious government initiatives, social engineering, the poverty-violence link (known in the trade as "greed v. grievance"), the (in)effectiveness of foreign aid, an ...
- Political art at its worst
For anyone closely following the Palestinian-Israeli issue, nothing is more insulting than the world's political players peddling another peace initiative, crusading as the ultimate formula to extract the conflict from its current abyss. The most recent episode of such political peddling happ ...
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- Riding White Water Economics Without Paddles a ...
This morning I'm sitting in the Coffee Cat in Easton, Maryland. Frederick Douglass was born nine miles from here. The great former US Senator Birch Bayh -- who led on Title IX education for women and got 18 year olds the right to vote -- lives in town But my mind this morning is on American ...
- Right Too Soon, Again
In the fall of 1970, a newly-minted graduate student at the University of Toronto, I was hired by the Canadian Zionist Federation to be its representative on campus. My first (actually, pretty much my only)�achievement in that position was to petition the local Hillel and other campus�organisati ...
- Wind Power Subsidies Chump Change Compared to ...
So many clean energy haters love to pull the "wind and solar energy couldn't survive without subsidies" card. Well, if you look at the full story, that is a totally bogus statement since wind and solar subsidies don't compare to nuclear and fossil fuel subsidies, not now and not at the same poin ...
- Nuclear Not as Reliable as Proponents Would Ma ...
More reasons nuclear isn't all it's cracked up to be, it isn't as reliable as nuclear proponents love to claim and it isn't going to be able to deal with the increasing floods from climate change in some places.
- 12 Animal Activists Arrested in Spain for “Eco ...
Soooo ridiculous. Will Potter, THE expert on animal and environmental activists being inappropriately treated as terrorists had a breaking story yesterday on 12 animal rights and environmental activists who have been arrested in Spain and labelled “eco-terrorists." It seems to have gone viral (g ...
- SunPower Solar Panels Set Guinness World Record
I don't know how long this Guinness World Record is going to last, given that solar panel efficiency records seem to be set several times a year, but for now at least, SunPower's newest solar panels are holding on to the world record for solar cell efficiency.
- Lima, Peru On Verge of Becoming GMO-Free Zone
Here's some great news from our sister site Eat Drink Better... Lima, Peru is stepping it up and becoming a GMO-free zone!
- Outside chaotic Luanda, a new city rises - Africa
In a field 30km south of Angola's chaotic capital, a $3.5-billion city seems to rise from nothing, a showpiece in government's drive to build one million new homes. Dubbed the "new city of Kilamba Kiaxi", it's the antithesis of overcrowded Luanda's traffic-choked streets and is being built ...
- Stricter Regulation of Formaldehyde Remains Un ...
Late last week, the Department of Health and Human Services classified formaldehyde as "a known carcinogen," adding its verdict to two similar reports released by key agencies since 2009. But despite the growing scientific consensus about how formaldehyde can affect human health, it r ...
- Reel Mower - World View
Reel Mower went back to the future and bought a push mower no gas no fumes no cacophony of vibrating noise and suddenly a pause to talk with people first time the neighbor waved hi while the mowing was going on some teens walking by laughed as if ...
- ‘Pretty bleak situation’: Mass extinctions in ...
The health of the world’s oceans is declining much faster than originally thought — under siege from pollution, overfishing and other man-made problems all at once — scientists say in a new report. The mix of interacting ingredients is in place for a mass extinction in the world’s oceans, s ...
- Presidents heading to Tehran for counter-terro ...
TEHRAN - High-ranking officials from more than 60 countries, including several heads of state, have accepted Iran’s invitation to attend the Global Campaign against Terrorism Conference, conference secretary general Bahman Taherian-Mobarakeh stated at a press conference in Tehran on Monday. ...
- The Nightowl Newswrap
We've met crackheads with a better sense of priorities than the GOP. "As Republicans cut aid to low income Americans in the name of deficit reduction, Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) is pursuing a campaign to stop the Pentagon from funding NASCAR and other sporting events through sponsorship deals. H ...
- Taxed for Being Gay
In light of this, some facts on why it matters. A friend of mine, who is unemployed, is fortunate to have a partner whose job allows domestic partners to be carried on health insurance - for a price. My friend writes: "Straight people don't pay these taxes." From the Human Rights Campaign: Taxa ...
- With Two-Tier System, Credit Bureaus Make Joke ...
There are many things that make a mockery of the notion of "free markets." But a new twist on this, courtesy of our three beloved major credit bureaus, has been made public -- the bureaus operate two systems, one for the rich, powerful and famous, and another for the rest of us. Economic folklor ...
- Imperial Walker has apparently figured out tha ...
Scott Walker, Koch-whore, corporate stooge and all-around sociopath, absolutely hates a good number of his constituents and wants them to die. The latest victims of his Koch-binge fueled teahad against the non-corporate residents of his state is Medicaid and the recipients of BadgerCare: >The ne ...
- Remember This Day: Molly Maguires and the Eigh ...
On June 21, 1877, the corporate-owned justice system in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennysylvania hung 10 men for the crime of daring to demand their human rights. They were framed by the same Pinkerton goons the railroad magnates (who owned the coal mines) hired to break the strike. " ...
- Contenders for 2012: the Cult of Personality ...
Friday, John Phillips of the LA Times ruminated on the method by which New Jersey Governor Chris Christie will be “courted” and drafted to run for President in 2012. Christie has stated repeatedly that he is not ready for the office, will not be induced to enter the race and is committed to fulf ...
- Blog Roadwork Update!
The new comments software is being installed, so expect some hiccups along the way until the installation is complete. Additionally: I am writing a short how-to (FAQ) so that you can take advantage of the myriad of options and goodies that come with this software. I’ll tell you how to add video, ...
- Barack Obama’s Jewish Problem
Spent the last four days hanging with one of my dearest friends, who also happens to be Jewish. He’s an accomplished man. We had the chance to sit and chat with some other prominent, successful Jewish businessmen and leaders. Several of these guys admitted voting for Obama in 2008. I learned one ...
- Florida Money (& Larry Johnson on Radio Tonight)
Editor’s Note: Larry Johnson joins the weekly Sunday experts panel on John Batchelor’s Show tonight @ 9:30 or 10:30 p.m. ET. (FYI: Batchelor’s show airs nightly, 9 p.m.-1:00 a.m. ET.) Listen via iTunes (see instructions), or go to the show’s NYC anchor station, WABC. Scroll down and click “Liste ...
- Comment Hell
Ladies and Gents, Please be patient. We should have the new comment software up and running by Monday. I’ve been out of pocket for the last four days and have been unable to rescue folks trapped in Comment Hell. You are free now. Best LJ
- Why Cats Are Like Doctor Who
Research reveals that the purring of domestic cats might have the real-life properties of the Doctor's regeneration powers... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Incredible Animal Rock Art Discovered in Tibet
An incredible discovery of Tibetan rock art in remote caves gives some clues as to the history of the area... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- How the Interstate Highway System Changed the ...
The American Interstate Highway system changed the way American live, work and play. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- The Mothball Fleet: California's Decaying Flot ...
A haunting set of images of the Mothball Fleet, a collection of Navy and merchant ships that have been left to decay after serving in four wars... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Why Tiny Krill Are a Major Link in the Marine ...
Shrimp-like krill form a major link in the marine food chain, by eating algae and plankton but becoming prey to whales and penguins. People also eat them too! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...
Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in t ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare p ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government ...
- Two murky major elements of covert American po ...
Truth trickles out a little bit at a time. People have to dig around diligently for stuff like this... then nasty patterns emerge. Here are two really nifty ones I spotted just recently. Nosh on this as you will... Back in the Depression, the US Treasury Department got a mysterious office called ...
- Lollin about at Netroots Nation 2011 #NN11 Can ...
I am working this week at Netroots Nation - conveniently located at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Howard Dean made fun of me a bit for running flat-out back to fetch a Firewire drive with the key new video cut for DFA as the Keynote had already started. Yes Really :-D Good times! Good times ...
- Can Has Wargame, "Southland" Pre-scripting the ...
"Is this real world or exercise??" --A memorable quote from air traffic controller on 9-11 Logistically speaking, how the hell did the West start bombing Libya so quickly? A French/NATO military exercise (aka wargame) called Southern Mistral was scheduled for almost the exact same time. Are war ...
- NASA Fears Nibiru? Why Not? Emergency Preparat ...
Here's an interesting one! nasa is the only federal agency responsible for its people's safety and well-being here on earth and in space - Google Search YouTube - NASA Emails ALL Employees to PREPARE! June 10, 2011 - with lolsome "secret star approacheth" type commentary from jcattera. Hat tip K ...
- CIA Whistleblower on the latest American War - ...
Susan Lindauer sent us over another article, this one turning to the chaotic Western intervention in Libya. It's nice to get a little praise for the post earlier this week: Dashing Wartime Philosopher Bernard Henri Lévy ties Libyan rebels & Netanyahu, lolz at teh Bilderberg conspiracy - and your ...
- Dumb and Dumber One Better
Here is one for you, a perfect example of trickle down economics. In Greece, 60 % of the people do not pay their taxes. Seventy–five percent said they did not have swimming pools until aerial photographs proved them wrong and they still do not pay taxes. It also looks like they do not spend t ...
- Americanism: The US Legacy of War, Imperialism ...
By Solomon Comissiong “The American ruling elite see no boundaries in their conquest for wealth, power, and control.” Any nation whose beginning is immersed in theft of land, genocide, slavery and exploitation is almost destined for a legacy of societal deviance. Mix white supremacy and institut ...
- WISCONSIN: DEMOCRACY IN OUR HANDS
WISCONSIN:Â DEMOCRACY IN OUR HANDS Sheila Parks, Ed.D. I cannot watch enough videos of the people in Wisconsin as you bold, brave, most decent Wisconsonites are out in the streets – resisting, doing non-violent civil disobedience/direct action, dissenting, protesting, rising up, standing up to ...
- CENSORED IN 1978: ATOMIC LEMONS
CENSORED IN 1978: NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS — ATOMIC LEMONS The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), a national public interest group, has for years been trying to tell the story of nuclear hazards to the American public with little success. Last year, the UCS released a report titled âScientistsâ Gr ...
- Psychopathic Leaders: Are Obama and Netanyahu ...
By Kathleen Barry, Today, President Assad spoke on the uprisings in Syria. He attributed them to extremists. But we have been following the Syrian revolution on television and over the internet. When we hear comments like that, preceded by former President Mubarek’s claim that the Egyptian Revol ...
- OBAMA TALKS AFGHAN DRAWDOWN; BUT WHAT ABOUT RE ...
By Sherwood Ross President Obama may claim he's got to go slow in drawing down U.S. forces fighting in Afghanistan but what's his excuse for keeping open 268 U.S. bases in Germany? Is he expecting an attack by the Red Army? There are folks living well on those 268 bases at government expense and ...
- Afghanistan War Weekly, June 21, 2011
Perhaps not surprisingly, this week’s headlines have been dominated by stories relating to President Obama’s upcoming announcement on Wednesday of a troop drawdown in Afghanistan. Also of interest this week was the focus on the financial cost of the war, including the antiwar resolution passed b ...
- Women in Afghanistan, Bombing of Libya and Gaza
by Debra Sweet Director of The World Can't Wait The Summer 2011 issue of On The Issues Magazine probes peace activism, feminism, and war reality. I was asked to contribute an article, so I wrote The Cruel Lie: Bombing To Liberate Women. An excerpt: "The United Nations reported on a study in 20 ...
- Protesting War Criminals When They Converge on ...
As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, we are beginning to learn of the arrival in NYC for various conferences and assorted speaking gigs of major US war criminals – characters such as Donald Rumsfeld, John Yoo and Michael Chertoff. This may well prove to be the biggest gathering of such c ...
- School Boards Pass Resolutions Backing Defundi ...
Here's an example of a resolution passed by two school boards in California: PDF. This was sent in by Mark Graham, Campaign Organizer, 25 Teachers' Salaries: http://25teacherssalaries.org How to do it: http://25teacherssalaries.org/?page_id=501 Go forth and do likewise! read more
- A flooded nuke plant in Nebraska can’t b ...
by Jess Zimmerman. The Fort Calhoun nuclear power plant near Omaha is basically sitting in a puddle of water after recent floods. That ... that can't be good, right? I mean, granted, nuclear fuel sort of sits in a puddle of water at the best of times -- that's how you keep it cool -- a ...
- Drilling company’s coloring book sells f ...
by Jess Zimmerman. Kids! Are you worried about natural gas companies pumping mysterious chemicals into the rocks near your house, leaking�methane gas,�poisoning cattle,�and making your water flammable? Well, don't be! A coloring book from Talisman Energy says everything will be fine, a ...
- New solar cells can be printed right onto buil ...
by Christopher Mims. The world's largest dye-sensitized solar cell has just made an appearance. These cells have a couple of major advantages over traditional solar cells: one, they're incredibly cheap, and two, they can be printed right onto the materials used to make a building. Righ ...
- Russia lets VIPs ignore traffic laws
by Jess Zimmerman. Do you hate sh*tty drivers? Well, in Soviet Russia, sh*tty driver hates YOU! Moscow's road rage problem is epic, perhaps due to the fact that their traffic solution involves giving special police-style sirens to "VIP" drivers (read: 900-plus important people, government ...
- Why tapping the strategic petroleum reserve is ...
by Christopher Mims. When it comes to oil, this is what the U.S. looks like to the rest of the world The Obama administration has decided over the next two months to release 60 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. This is kind of like giving Bubbles from t ...
- Hiatus
‘Farming Pathogens’ will be taking a break while we finish up a book on many of the topics discussed here, including influenza and agribusiness. Thank you for your support and feedback. We’ll be back soon, promise, and in all likelihood will drop a post now and again. Agriculture, disease and ev ...
- Tiger By the Tale
–Landlady… –My name is Rosenberg. –I didn’t know there were Jews in Dublin! She grimaces, palpably, and says, –Yes, there are Jews in Dublin. –Well, then, Mrs. O’Rosenberg, what can you tell me about the Celtic Tiger? Has it bitten anybody lately? –Bitten? –Yes. Where is this tiger now, and does ...
- Marable’s Malcolm
It’s Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (and he’ll cry if he wants to). But do he and other lambrusco liberals bandying about the term know what revolution really means, or even care? In the first of several posts on food and revolution over the next couple months, I retweet passing thoughts I poste ...
- A Bayesian Market
Found this job posting: Your research will cover any area of evolutionary biology, including adaptation, phylogenetics, population genetics and environmental genomics. You should be using advanced data acquisition and/or analytical approaches (e.g., high-throughput sequencing or other “omics”, B ...
- Fork in the Road
This is the final installment of the ‘big picture’ on global food crises I co-authored with Richard Kock and Robyn Alders. The first two can be found here and here. We learned food insecurity and disease outbreaks can serve as a cover for a particular capital-securitized science tied into spread ...
- Recommended for Your Campaign Contributions: M ...
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- Banker-Turned-Author Rides E-Book ‘Tsunami’ at ...
By Devin Banerjee David Lender has wanted to be a writer since college. Now after a 25-year career in finance, he’s become a top-selling author of novels going for 99 cents each on Amazon Inc.’s Kindle and Barnes & Noble Inc. (BKS)’s Nook. Lender, who majored in English at the University of Conn ...
- Mayors Ask Congress To End Iraq, Afghan Wars, ...
By Frank James U.S. mayors voted Monday in favor of a resolution calling on Congress to wind down the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan so the money can be rerouted to domestic priorities. It’s the first time since the Vietnam War that mayors have banded together to urge such action. There was some ...
- In a Few Short Decades the West Undercut 150 Y ...
By Washington Blog I’ve repeatedly demonstrated that fraud caused the Great Depression and the current economic crisis, and that the economy cannot stabilize until the rule of law is restored, and criminal fraud on Wall Street is prosecuted. Famed Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto provided a ...
- Unpacking Financial & Investment Advice, Part II
By Catherine Austin Fitts I am doing a series on “unpacking financial and investment advice.” I am increasingly alarmed at the time I spend persuading individual clients and subscribers to ignore or be more selective when sorting through advice consumed through TV, Internet and other media and ...
- Times Scare
ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
- Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more��
- Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri Lank ...
- Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more��
- Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more��
- Attritionist Letter #1 – the tides turn, ...
Summary:   With US military forces engaged around the world in the long war, with three conflicts burning at once (on very different scales), the doctrines we choose may have a large effect on American history. This, the first of the Attritionist Letters, describes the issues and the sta ...
- Attritionist Letter #1 – the tides turn, ...
Summary:   With US military forces engaged around the world in the long war, with three conflicts burning at once (on very different scales), the doctrines we choose may have a large effect on American history. This, the first of the Attritionist Letters, describes the issues and the sta ...
- The Attritionist Letters, volleys in the long ...
Summary: Key points of military history are marked by debates among soldiers, usually invisible to the public but affecting the course of nations. Such a debate is underway now about the doctrines by which we wage the long war against jihadists and their allies. With the permission of the th ...
- The Attritionist Letters, volleys in the long ...
Summary: Key points of military history are marked by debates among soldiers, usually invisible to the public but affecting the course of nations. Such a debate is underway now about the doctrines by which we wage the long war against jihadists and their allies. With the permission of the th ...
- Could a new Constitutional Convention help ref ...
Summary: Many people seek changes to the Constitution as a palliative to our problems. Disappointment awaits them, especially if they succeed. Proper treatment requires accurate diagnosis, and even a cursory look at America shows that our problems have a simple cause. Us. Tinkering with the ...
- Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported. Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, calle ...
- Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point since mid-Dece ...
- British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
- Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
IOL – 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, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 ...
- Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. A conf ...
- More on Obama and the War Powers Act
As Ackerman says, the ongoing attacks against Libya cannot seriously be squared with the requirements of the War Powers Act, and the procedure used to justify violating the law is a dangerous one.
- Niall Fergurson, International Many of History
Michael Lind treats Niall Ferguson to the contempt he so richly deserves (via). A sample: The right-wing British historian Niall Ferguson seems to have conquered America: pushing his latest perishable book, "Civilization," this one based on the trendy and quickly dated conceit of the six (or is ...
- Ahmadinejad’s Fall Unlikely to Influence Nucle ...
While the unrelenting attacks on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continue to curtail his power, some analysts in the United States mistakenly argue that his fall from grace may prevent future nuclear talks between Iran and the West. However, it is more likely that Ahmadinejadâs marginaliza ...
- David Brooks's Shot at Foreign Aid
In his trademark fashion, David Brooks crams a lot of issues into his critique today of US reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan: ambitious government initiatives, social engineering, the poverty-violence link (known in the trade as "greed v. grievance"), the (in)effectiveness of foreign aid, a ...
- Danger Pay for Not Engaging in Hostilities in ...
Jack Goldsmith notes that American servicemembers are getting "danger pay" for engaging in something the Obama administration contends are not "hostilities." The Defense Department decided in April to pay an extra $225 a month in ‘imminent danger pay’ to service members who fly planes over Li ...
- Cut, Cap, Balance and Destroy the Safety Net
As part of his ongoing struggle to gain support and credibility from the right ing, Tim Pawlenty has announced his plan to sign the “Cut, Cap, Balance” pledge. Sponsored by Let Freedom Ring and 49 other conservative groups, the pledge asks candidates to work for “substantial cuts in spending ...
- Today at The Prospect
Matthew Yglesias argues that Obama made a mistake going into Libya, and it's only downhill from here. Amy Traub explains how financial background checks are keeping Americans out of work. Paul Waldman writes about the history of cigarette warning labels, and explores whether more graphic image ...
- Standing Up to Republicans on Environmental Pr ...
I feel a little bad for Mike Pool, the deputy director of the Bureau of Land Management. He's a career BLM employee who worked his way up through the agency. And this month he's doing his duty by dealing with the House Natural Resources Committee and its push to open up as much federal land as p ...
- The Rules of the Game
The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza joins a chorus of voices asking political observers not to underestimate Jon Huntsman’s chances for winning the Republican nomination. With his decision to skip the Iowa caucuses, Lizza argues, Mitt Romney has made it easy for Huntsman to do the same and focus his att ...
- The Drug War Continues
Out in Washington state, a serious effort is underway to legalize marijuana, not just for people with a medical need, but for anyone over 21: A coalition that includes former U.S. Attorney John McKay, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes and travel guide Rick Steves is launching an initiative that ...
- Bernie Sanders: Hunger Among Seniors a Growing ...
A BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT NEWS ALERT The following is a news release from the office of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders: WASHINGTON, June 21 - More than 5 million American seniors face the threat of hunger and 1 million a year go hungry, according to a report released today by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I ...
- Global Corporations Crush Small Businesses and ...
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT When Chris Wallace of Fox interviewed Jon Stewart over the weekend, he thought he was scoring a point when he bragged that Fox "news" viewers love the network. Stewart, always quick on the draw, responded that although this may be true, study afte ...
- Without Showing Any Proof, McCain Says Illega ...
TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT An openly racist comment like this one (Forgive me while I gloat) Is Exhibit A why the GOP is so bad at Wooing the Hispanic vote.read more
- When Did the US Begin Sacrificing Freedom and ...
JACQUELINE MARCUS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In our wildest madness we dream of an equilibrium we have lost.-Albert Camus The other day at the doctor's office, I picked up a typical fashion magazine left opened on the coffee table for something to do. The cover highlighted a young actress ...
- The Wealthy Want to Stop Upward Mobility In Am ...
The other day, BuzzFlash at Truthout wrote a commentary entitled, "The Republicans Want a More Ignorant Population, So They Are Cutting Educational Funds for College and Pre-College." Among the comments on Facebook was an insightful one from a reader named Mario: This is really an assault on t ...
- Negative science
Negative science – Often the "eureka moment" occurs not in the sense of "I've found it", but more as a "WTF?" Indeed, it's been estimated that more than two-thirds of scientific experiments fail to produce the results anticipated and in one way might be considered failed experiments, or negative ...
- Chemistry news round-up for this week
Chemistry news round-up for this week – This week, The Alchemist is intrigued by a molecular optical illusion and learns of a new catalyst for making aromatic compounds from their unsaturated hydrocarbon counterparts. A new gel has been developed by chemists in China for delivering anticancer dr ...
- Science across the spectrum
Penrose, Escher, back – M.C. Escher‘s famously paradoxical illustration of 1960 depicting a stairway atop an “impossible” building, and made famous recently in a dreamscape of the Hollywood movie “Inception“, that seems to ascend or descend interminably is a good example of how projecting our 3D ...
- Sharing on the global scale
There are obvious differences in quality of life in terms of food availability, access to fresh water, disease prevalence and medicine across many parts of the world. Until recently, the notion of the Third World had a far greater poignancy than the politically correct term “developing world”. W ...
- The return of the arsenic-munching microbes
The return of the arsenic-munching microbes – ChemBark sums up what he sees as the state of S(s)cience with respect to the infamous arsenic-exploiting bacteria reported by Wolfe-Simon et al: "…a study as flawed as Wolfe-Simon’s should never had been published in Science in the first place. The m ...
- In Two Decisions, Corporate Court Majority Rul ...
The Supreme Court today handed two victories to large drug companies over the citizens who had sought to hold them accountable. In both cases, the Court was divided. In one, PLIVA v. Mensing, the Court ruled that a woman could not sue the manufacturer of a generic drug for failing to provide ade ...
- Denied Right to Vote in Michigan: “Democracy E ...
The New York Times reports: “More than two dozen residents of Michigan filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against top officials in the state, contending that a new law broadly expanding the powers of emergency managers in the most financially troubled cities violates Michigan’s Constitution.read more
- Defining 'Withdrawal' From Afghanistan
Barack Obama's June 22 announcement of a phased troop withdrawal from Afghanistan was often portrayed as a major step towards ending the war, with many outlets neglecting to accurately explain the pace of escalation that has happened under his watch.read more
- USGS Releases Scientific Findings on Impacts o ...
The U.S. Geological Survey released a study evaluating the gaps in science and knowledge about the impacts of offshore oil and gas development in America’s Arctic Ocean. The following statement is from Jessica Ennis, legislative representative at Earthjustice about today’s USGS release:read more
- Syria Must Produce Evidence That Jailed Blogge ...
The Committee to Protect Journalists and the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information today called on the Syrian government to produce immediate evidence showing that unjustly imprisoned blogger Tal al-Mallohi is alive and well. The demand follows several recent news reports saying that al-Ma ...
- Gaza family exiled to Syria and Libya looks back
Rami AlmeghariThe Electronic IntifadaGaza Strip Abdelhai al-Khaldi and his family were among hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by the 1967 war, or who emigrated afterwards in search of work. Al-Khaldi and his wife spoke of their life of displacement to The Electronic Intifada contr ...
- Gaza's forgotten freelance photojournalists
Mohammed OmerThe Electronic IntifadaGaza City Sitting by the hospital bed of freelance photographer Mohammed Othman, Ashraf Abu Amrah knows that nobody owns a freelance journalist from Gaza who gets injured, or�dies.
- Medical supplies at crisis level, Gaza health ...
Eva BartlettThe Electronic IntifadaGaza City Year by year, the warnings of Gaza’s health crisis grow more dire, with the latest warning from Gaza’s Ministry of Health stating the Strip is at emergency levels of medical supplies.
- Interview: Alice Walker on the Gaza Freedom Fl ...
Ali AbunimahThe Electronic Intifada Celebrated American author and poet Alice Walker will be aboard the Audacity of Hope, part of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, set sail this month. Ali Abunimah interviews for The Electronic�Intifada.
- The rebellions of our peoples make us stronger
Ameer MakhoulThe Electronic IntifadaGilboa Prison The Arab rebellions are being created by the social movement — by the people — in all its currents and forces that seek change; in other words, by the great majority of the peoples in revolt. Ameer Makhoul writes from Gilboa Prison.
- 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 ...
- EPA tells POLITICO it will investigate DeLeon
POLITICO reporter Robin Bravender released a story on Friday saying that EPA spokesperson Brendan Gilfillan promised that EPA would "look into" the allegations of the open letter the National Whistleblowers Center released last week. Gilfillan told Bravender that Jackson is “deeply committed to ...
- NWC calls on EPA to oust Civil Rights Director
Today I am writing to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and asking her to remove Mr. Rafael DeLeon, the Director of the EPA's Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Last month, Deloitte Consulting issued a report on OCR finding that it is essentially dysfunctio ...
- Senate confirms Carolyn Lerner
Last Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Senate confirmed Carolyn Lerner as Special Counsel. This post, which investigates and takes positions on federal employee whistleblower allegations, has been vacant for over two years. I reported here last month about her confirmation hearing. Ms. Lerner has a ...
- Dodd-Frank CLE Seminar on April 28th in Austin ...
On April 28th, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center will host a seminar entitled "The NEW Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Reward Provisions" from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. (CST) in Austin, Texas.�The seminar is at the Radisson Hotel in Austin and is CLE-app ...
- NWC Executive Director will hold an open forum ...
On Sunday April 10, 2011, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center, will be available at 5:00 pm (EST) for an online chat forum at Firedoglake’s Book Salon. The topic of this book salon will be The Whistleblower’s Handbook. For two hours Mr. Kohn will be holding an ...
- Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
- Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
- After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
- Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
- New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...
- Woman Charged With 'Obstructing Governmental A ...
We've had a ton of stories recently about police reacting badly (and contrary to what the law says) when they discover that someone is filming some of their actions in public. Police keep trying to claim that doing so is illegal, and have even tried to claim that such video taping violates wire ...
- Woman Charged With 'Obstructing Governmental A ...
We've had a ton of stories recently about police reacting badly (and contrary to what the law says) when they discover that someone is filming some of their actions in public. Police keep trying to claim that doing so is illegal, and have even tried to claim that such video taping violates wire ...
- Senator Leahy Praises US Gov't Censorship Of W ...
It really would be kind of funny to watch the US government congratulate itself for censorship of websites if it wasn't just kind of sad. At a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on intellectual property issues, Senator Patrick Leahy (top 3 campaign contribution sources: lawyers, entertainment i ...
- Senator Leahy Praises US Gov't Censorship Of W ...
It really would be kind of funny to watch the US government congratulate itself for censorship of websites if it wasn't just kind of sad. At a Senate Judiciary committee hearing on intellectual property issues, Senator Patrick Leahy (top 3 campaign contribution sources: lawyers, entertainment i ...
- Why ISPs Becoming Hollywood Enforcers Won't Ac ...
It really was all the way back in 2008 that the RIAA claimed it was dropping its brilliant strategy of suing the music industry's biggest fans, claiming that everything would be fine now because ISPs had agreed to a three strikes policy to kick people off the internet based on accusations (never ...
- GAVI Guts UK For £1.5 Billion, Bill Gates Applauds
David Cameron hosted a meeting with GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations) and sent shock waves around the world, after he pledged £814 million of taxpayers money to the to a child vaccine programme run by the Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates. This takes the UK's total spend to £1 ...
- 83 Reasons to Question Autism Speaks for Hirin ...
The big secret finally is out. Autism Speaks made a radical announcement placing a Big Pharma scientist into to the newly-created position of vice president of translational research. The announcement came as 83 cases of vaccine-induced autism were paid compensation secretly by the U.S. governme ...
- Formaldehyde in Vaccines
It’s official, or as official as it can be: The New York Times reports that formaldehyde is listed as a carcinogen by government scientists, and that “…it is found in worrisome quantities in plywood, particle board, mortuaries and hair salons.” However, both the U.S. government and The New Yo ...
- Vaccination Without Informed Consent Is Medica ...
What would you say if I told you that a European Union country’s Supreme Court says that vaccinations to attend school are NOT mandatory in that country, and anyone who vaccinates another person who suffers health damages is liable and can be sued for compensatory damages?Vactruth.com
- Part 3 of 3: An Interview About Vaccines with ...
Part 3 of 3: Catherine J. Frompovich interviews Helen V. Ratajczak, PhD, who worked in the field of immunology and toxicology. She answers questions addressing the role of Vitamin C, peroxidation of the brain, immunostimulation and Autism.Vactruth.com
- Things You Might Have Missed
So I’m gone for a week and a half and the only thing I seem to have missed is the ongoing saga of Weinergate. I really need to get me one of those anatomically correct Weiner action figures. If you haven’t read Marty Klein’s piece on the brouhaha, I would highly recommend it. Seriously, would [...]
- Things You Might Have Missed
So I’m gone for a week and a half and the only thing I seem to have missed is the ongoing saga of Weinergate. I really need to get me one of those anatomically correct Weiner action figures. If you haven’t read Marty Klein’s piece on the brouhaha, I would highly recommend it. Seriously, would [...]
- Things I Might Have Missed
I am sitting in the Portland airport waiting for my flight to San Jose and have not been paying any attention to the news. In fact, I didn’t even have internet for a couple days. About the only things I have learned in the last week are: 1. I can actually survive without internet. 2. [...]
- Growing Up Jewish – Bat Mitzvah Edition
It has been ages since I wrote a Growing Up Jewish post. And since last month was the 25th anniversary of my Bat Mitzvah (Fuck I’m old!), I thought it was time to continue the series. According to Jewish law, at thirteen you are an adult. And that means a party.* Of course, being Jews, [...]
- Things You Might Have Missed
Hello everyone. We’re leaving tomorrow for vacation in Portlandia and Alta California. I have some almost finished posts that I should be able to get up, but I might be a little slow responding to comments and whatnot between now and the 18th. Please check out this amazing new project from my fr ...
- آليات ما بعد ثورة اليمن ينبغي أن تبدأ محلياً ...
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- Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should ...
Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should begin locally by Jane Novak After three months of bloody protests, millions of Yemenis remain steadfast—and on the streets—throughout the nation. They want Saleh and his entire regime gone. In Sanaa, skirmishes have broken out between opposing tribes ...
- Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should ...
Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should begin locally by Jane Novak After three months of bloody protests, millions of Yemenis remain steadfast—and on the streets—throughout the nation. They want Saleh and his entire regime gone. In Sanaa, skirmishes have broken out between opposing tribes ...
- Injuries and fatalities in Yemen after anti-go ...
In what may be the bloodiest day yet since anti-government protests broke out in Yemen two weeks ago, residents around Aden are reporting numerous fatalities as security forces opened fire on protesters in many districts throughout the day and evening Friday. Human Rights Watch issued a statemen ...
- Game changer in Yemen as protests swell
In Egypt and Tunisia, the stance of the military was pivotal in the success of popular uprisings; in Yemen, it may be the tribes that are the determining factor. Anti-government protests across Yemen show no signs of abating. In Taiz, Yemen’s largest governorate, many who arrived last Friday are ...
- Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To ...
- Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming ...
Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace fo ...
- Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Op ...
Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircra ...
- NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have ...
John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve ...
- Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal governmen ...
Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll f ...
- NASA's James Hansen on Climate Change and Inte ...
One of the most venerated scientists of our time, James Hansen is the head of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, a position he's held for three decades. Long before climate change was a household term, Hansen was one of the first to talk about its dangers. In recent years, Hansen has ...
- Not Icky At All; the Happy Pig Farm
Image Credit: Ecosalgot If shrimp can be happy on a farm, why not pigs? For all the weekday vegetarians and omnivores out there, here is a way to obtain sausages, chorizos and bacon in a friendly way. First of all, plen...Read the full story on TreeHugger
- Teenager to Pay $100 for Slapping an Endangere ...
Photo: Jared Wong / CC Hawaiian monk seals have plenty to worry about these days, what with a sea full of hungry sharks and a long history of being hunted by humans -- but now antics of rowdy teenagers has been added to that list. Last March, 19-year-old Cameron Cayaban saw one of the endang ...
- Join Alexis Madrigal for a Discussion of Power ...
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- Whatever Happened To Canada's Reputation? Try ...
Seriously, we used to show our national police on our postcards with pristine mountains and clear water. Now we have Bill McKibben calling for a march on Washington to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from delivering Canadian oil to the States, and we have the Canadian delegation in Rotterdam b ...
- Mother’s diet during pregnancy alters ba ...
A mother’s diet during pregnancy can alter the DNA of her child and increase the risk of obesity, according to researchers. The study, to be published in the journal Diabetes, showed that eating low levels of carbohydrate changed bits of DNA. It then showed children with these changes were fatt ...
- Control the cursor with power of thought
The act of mind reading is something usually reserved for science-fiction movies but researchers in America have used a technique, usually associated with identifying epilepsy, for the first time to show that a computer can listen to our thoughts. In a new study, scientists from Washington Unive ...
- Study shows how inflammation can lead to cancer
A new study shows how inflammation can help cause cancer. Chronic inflammation due to infection or to conditions such as chronic inflammatory bowel disease is associated with up to 25 percent of all cancers. This study by researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Art ...
- Calcium Supplements May Increase Heart Risk
The calcium supplements that many older women take to boost their bone health may increase their risk for heart disease, a study shows. “Calcium supplements, with or without vitamin D, mostly increase the risk of cardiovascular events, especially [heart attack],” concludes study researcher Ian R ...
- FDA approves Rituxan to treat two rare disorders
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Rituxan (rituximab), in combination with glucocorticoids (steroids), to treat patients with Wegener’s granulomatosis (WG) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), two rare disorders that cause blood vessel inflammation (vasculitis). Vasculitis in p ...
- Ohio's new budget: Giving to the rich, taking ...
Ohio’s new budget: Giving to the rich, taking from everyone elseThe GOP leadership in Columbus is about to give residents of the Buckeye state their first look at funding choices under doctrinaire conservative rule. It won’t be a pretty picture.Ohio is currently in the midst of working out its ...
- Weekend wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims. Instead we’re ramping it up.Combat operations have concluded for:Marine Sgt. Mark A. Bradley, 25, of Cuba, NY.Army Pvt. Ryan J. Larson, 1 ...
- 'No On SB 5': Drive-in petition signing in War ...
9:00 AM - 5:00 PMLebanon: Drive-Thru Petition Signing eventWhere:1975 N State Route 42. Lebanon, OH 45036Warren County Democratic Party Headquarters¼ mi. south of the intersection of Utica Rd. and Rt. 42.6 miles north of the intersection of Rt. 42 and Rt. 48.From local activist athenap:We’re ha ...
- 'No On SB 5': Final weeks of the petition drive
The first phase of the effort to overturn John Kasich’s union busting law is almost complete. Last night I attended a meeting of local activists that has been getting together regularly throughout the process, and was filled in on some of the details. None of it was for official publication so ...
- Facebook puts even more of your life out there ...
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this post“If you aren’t paying for it, you are not the customer; you’re the product being sold.” - blue_beetleOn Tuesday it was reported that Facebook had enabled facial recognition of its photos. Facebook already has a long history of be ...
- The Cost-Effective Way to Feed the World
By 2050, the world will have to feed 9 billion people, adapt to climate change, reduce agricultural pollution, and protect fresh water supplies - all at the same time. Given that formidable challenge, what are the quickest, most cost-effective ways to develop more productive, drought-, flood- an ...
- Whole Foods Includes GMOs In All Natural Foods
In this guest post by friend, super-sleuth, and fellow blogger Heather Dessinger of Mommypotamus, Heather reveals a disquieting truth about "all natural" product labels and the corporations that use them.Click here to read this article
- The Monsanto/Bill Gates Plot: Genetically Engi ...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has approved $20 million in new monies toward the development of "golden rice" -- an untested, highly controversial GE (genetically engineered) crop that threatens biodiversity and risks bringing economic and ecological disaster to Asia's farms.Click here to ...
- Oceans on Brink of Catastrophe: Why We Must St ...
The world's oceans are faced with an unprecedented loss of species comparable to the great mass extinctions of prehistory, a major report suggests today. Click here to read this article
- Republican Ag Bill: Subsidies for Chemical/GMO ...
Molly K. Hooper and Pete Kasperowicz reported last night at The Hill Online that, "The House on Thursday narrowly approved a 2012 Agriculture spending bill in a vote that tested Republican unity. "Members in the chamber stopped to watch as the vote tally settled at 217-203 in favor of the third ...
- Now in the Senate, PAMTA Pushes Forward
Last week, Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) took an important stand in support of America’s health by reintroducing the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (S. 1211). The bill aims to prevent the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture to ensure their conti ...
- 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 ...
- Sea-level study released - yawn
Mann, Ramstorf and other 'usual suspects' have released their 'it's worse than we thought' sea level "study". Newspaper paraphrases: Looking back in history, the researchers found that sea level was relatively stable from 100 BC to AD 950. Then, during...
- Where's my global warming dude?
Temperature trend from HadCRUT for the past decade says it all, really: Hat tip: Steve Goddard
- Prepare for global cooling - it's official
To coincide with the release of Air Con Climategate Edition on Kindle, there's been a stunning announcement today that we appear to be seeing major changes in the Sun, of a type that heralded the Little Ice Age. The full...
- The chances of life arising randomly...
Grant Jacobs from Sciblogs, and another commenter, have been debating on this thread about junk dna and the origin of life. [Update, Grant now admits his phrasing was loose and that he wasn't intending to bring in the origin of...
- Climate scientist admits - climate science is ...
Former journal editor and climate scientist Hans van Storch has blamed climate scientists around the world for turning their profession into a public laughing stock. Of course, the diplomatic Storch is not quite that blunt, but it's an accurate paraphrase...
- Maan News Agency: NATO airstrike kills Palesti ...
Maan News Agency: NATO airstrike kills Palestinian family in Tripoli: RAMALLAH (Ma’an) -- A Palestinian family of four was killed in a NATO airstrike Monday on the Libyan capital of Tripoli,... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Farrakhan warns U.S., U.N. of impending doom
Farrakhan warns U.S., U.N. of impending doom: "NEW YORK (FinalCall.com)�- The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan recently condemned the United Nations, U.S.-sponsored, NATO-led bombing of the North... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Servindi - Argentina: Celebran Inti Raymi en C ...
Servindi � Argentina: Celebran Inti Raymi en Consejo Indio | Servicios en Comunicaci�n Intercultural Servindi: Spanish - detected to English translationServindi, June 21, 2011 .- The Kolla... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Forensic evidence emerges that European e.coli ...
Forensic evidence emerges that European e.coli superbug was bioengineered to produce human fatalities: "(NaturalNews) Even as the veggie blame game is now under way across the EU, where a super... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Cuba Insists on Puerto Rico’s Right to Be Inde ...
Cuba Insists on Puerto Rico’s Right to Be Independent: "Havana, Cuba.- Cuba’s permanent representative to the United Nations brought the organization’s attention this Monday to the fact that the... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
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