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Thomas Paine

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

Saturday, June 25, 2011

25 June - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

Indigenist Opinion

  • En foro de la ONU una mapuche pone en su lugar ...
    En foro de la ONU una mapuche pone en su lugar a Bachelet | Patria Grande: "Was completely dislodging the former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, when exhibited at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, on discrimination against women at work, when the Community Lonko John Paillalef ...
  • Rhett A. Butler: Brazil's shame
    Brazil's shame: Brazil's shame Commentary by Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com June 03, 2011 "As an American I know a lot about shame — the U.S. government and American companies have wrought appalling amounts of damage the world over. But as an admirer of Brazil's recent progress toward an econ ...
  • Letter to Steve Jobs � Arab Rhizome
    Letter to Steve Jobs � Arab Rhizome: Very late last night we got the news that the Apple had caved to pressure from the israeli government to remove from the App Store an App called ThirdIntifada. I’m not going to go into the details of the pressure here you can read all about it in this article ...
  • Eaglemanz Communiques: Cobell Settlement: A kn ...
    Eaglemanz Communiques: Cobell Settlement: A knife in our backs: "“Real justice for these Indians may still lie in the distant future; it may never come at all. This reality makes a statement about our society and our form of government that we should be unwilling to let stand.” Judge Royce Lambe ...
  • Robert Lovelace is an Algonquin presence with ...
    Robert Lovelace is an Algonquin presence with the Freedom Flotilla | rabble.ca An open letter: There is an unwritten rule that Aboriginal people in Canada should not take our grievances with Canada outside of national borders. Most of us have grown up to respect the principle of "keeping it in ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Van Jones = Reboot the American Dream
    “We’re not broke, we’ve been robbed. Someone has our money”
  • Exxon Gets 20 Billion a Year in Corporate Welfare
    The amount of taxes we don’t collect from Exxon plus their handouts equals around 20 billion dollars a year. And this is just one company. Spending isn’t the problem. Corporate welfare, and billionaire welfare is the problem.
  • Politifact – Jon Stewart Was Right
    How hard did your dishonest organization have to twist  into a pretzel to name Stewart’s factual statement about Fox News viewers as false? Misinformed, uninformed, and lied to. Fox lemmings.
  • Jobs Boehner?
    When will Boehner and the Republicans in the House stop attacking women, and seniors long enough to pass a bill to create jobs? No Ayn Rand voodoo economics fantasy tax cuts for billionaires trickle down crap. I mean real job creating legislation.
  • Grandma Isn’t Dead Yet Mr. Ryan
    I know how hard you have worked to steal the last few dollars grandma has left to buy her pills. Once she runs out of money and she dies, problem solved right? One less parasite living on government “entitlements” right Mr. Ryan? Gotta pay for them tax breaks for billionaires now don’t we….

Appalachia Rising

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

Amped Status

+972

  • Slavoj Zizek in Tel Aviv: “Antisemitism ...
    On Friday evening, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek gave a lecture in a bookstore in Central Tel Aviv teeming with familiar faces of leftwing activists. It was hosted by Udi Aloni, an Israeli-American artist and BDS activist, who just completed a book entitled What Does a Jew Want, which is ed ...
  • Among tear gas and injuries, Bil’in cele ...
    Hundreds gathered in the West bank village to witness the removal of the Separation Wall after more than six years of protest, but the IDF was in vindictive mood Bil’in, West Bank â It was a hot Friday in Bil’in – one of those early summer days here that remind you what to expect come August. [...]
  • Israeli Nobel laureate offers rightwing talkin ...
    Yisrael Aumann won the Nobel Prize in Economics, yet still manages to make no sense on Israeli-Palestinian peace Professor Yisrael Aumann, an Israeli laureate of the Nobel Prize in Economics, delivered on Wednesday a “master class” in the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, under the title “Pe ...
  • WATCH: Demonstrators clash with soldiers at Bi ...
    Palestinian demonstrators and their supporters have clashed with Israeli soldiers at a weekly gathering in the village of Bil’in in the West Bank. It happened as the demonstrators approached a portion of the controversial separation barrier built by Israel. Soldiers fired back with tear gas af ...
  • How not to forget your kid in parked car? Keep ...
    There’s quite the life-saving item in Yedioth Ahronoth today. It begins with some sobering information: 127 babies and toddlers were left by forgetful parents in parked cars in Israel in the past three years; two of these children died. But then the paper proceeds to offer the following advice o ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

  • Water reuse scheme benefits Hawkesbury River
    Construction of a treated wastewater re-use scheme at South Windsor as part of an Australian Government funded project to improve the health of the Hawkesbury River has progressed significantly.
  • World Environment Day delivers $86 million fo ...
    Federal Water and Environment Minister Tony Burke and South Australia’s Water and Environment Minister Paul Caica today outlined $86.7 million for a new project to improve the river’s health and resilience of its wetlands and floodplains from the Victorian border to Wellington.
  • New pipeline benefits Townsville community
    The last piece of a 27 kilometre pipeline to capture and redirect wastewater from the northern areas of Townsville was laid today at the Mt St John Wastewater Treatment Plant.
  • Statement on Standing Committee on Regional A ...
    The Minister for Regional Australia, Simon Crean, the Minister for Water, Tony Burke and the Minister for Agriculture, Joe Ludwig, today welcomed the report by the Standing Committee on Regional Australia into the impact of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
  • More than $3.8 million for Cairns Regional Co ...
    Communities in the Cairns region are benefitting from Australian Government funding that will help them secure their water supplies.

Matt Weidner Blog

  • A Collection of Weekend Readings…..
    PHYSICIANS HEALTHCARE PLANS v. PFEIFLER, 846 So.2d 1129 (Fla WILD v. DOZIER, 672 So.2d 16 (Fla KRAMER-1 Whitetransript Deutsch+v.+Dage Tweet this! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
  • ACLU Petition To Review Rocket Docket….D ...
    You remember the ACLU Petition?  And the Response….and all the painstaking details and facts and allegations? Read them all here.…then forget it all, because it doesn’t matter.  None of it happened.  None of all that matters. Move along.  Nothing to see here. Sigh. 2nd DCA Docket Tweet this! ...
  • Two Reporters Arrested….For Recording A ...
    But sir, you can’t arrest me, this is a public meeting and I’m a reporter….. (You think that in America the reporter would be safe….right?) Well just have a look at this violent confrontation….. REPORTERS ARRESTED I’m going to stop asking, what has our country come to….because we already know….. ...
  • Thousands of Lawsuits Dismissed….The Nex ...
    I sat in court today and watch as one foreclosure case after another was dismissed.  It reminded me of the story about the boy who walked along the beach to find thousands of starfish washed up and dying….he grabs one and throws it back, but his act seems so futile to an old man watching….the [...]
  • Read A Transcript of A Foreclosure…..Trial?
    Our courtrooms are public spaces.  Historically, courtrooms are among the most sacred of public grounds and our founding fathers, and generations of lawyers and statesmen since our country’s founding took great risk and fought long odds to protect the foundation and legacy that in this country ...

abelard - news

The Parallel Parliament

  • Not What, But Why
    The flourishing of grassroots activity taking place around the rebuilding of the Liberal Party has produced a multitude of ideas coming from numerous regions of the country. I’ve enjoyed the perspectives and the zeal with which they are brought forth. It seems to me though that we might have the ...
  • Worth It
    The Federation of Canadian Municipalities met in Halifax a short while ago and some of the federal political party leaders addressed the gathering. Bob Rae was at his candid and disarming best. He began by observing: “For some time I have wanted to be the Liberal leader in the worst way. Be care ...
  • Stop Predicting – Start Achieving
    Politics is turning wacky again. Stephen Harper gloats in his decimation of the Liberal Party, which Jack Layton vows to keep in its place while his NDP seeks to consolidate its power as the chief opposition. Conservative minister James Moore mocks the NDP for pretending it will get rid of its “ ...
  • Men Without Chests
    The phrase above originated in The Abolition of Man, a thoughtful work by C. S. Lewis on the loss of virtue. He maintained that some of the greatest realities in life actually come from something external to the experience of humans. Such truths are objective and provide the guideposts for human ...
  • “But Still We Have It”
    My wife spoke on the phone yesterday with an incumbent MP from another region that lost his seat in the last election. He and his family have been friends for years and so the conversation was an open and frank one. When asked if he would run again his response was interesting. “It’s like a [...]

Vaccine Awakening

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

2020 Science

  • Synthetic biology, ethics and the hacker culture
    While the DIY Biotechnology community has grown considerably since this post, the piece still captures something of what is still a young movement, and one that challenges assumptions about top-down technology innovation. Originally posted June 13 2008 Read Thomas L. Friedman’s “The World is Fla ...
  • Nano-sunscreens leave their mark
    Most manufacturers of nanomaterial-based sunscreens try to make sure that the material they use doesn’t generate harmful chemicals in the presence of sunlight.  But the paper this piece was based on suggested that some photoactive materials might be slipping through the net. Originally posted J ...
  • Value-added nanotechnology
    The more the debate over what precisely nanotechnology is goes on, the more inclined I am to think that it’s something of an illusion.  Sure, nanoscale science is real.  And there are clearly technologies that exploit this.  But are they nanotechnologies, or are they simply clever uses of sci ...
  • Is nanotechnology suffering from “silent rave” ...
    I couldn’t resist finishing the August in the Archives series with this piece on “silent rave” syndrome, which I am sad to say still seems to inflict the emerging technologies community! Originally posted October 5 2008 The silent rave might seem a rather bizarre social phenomenon; a group of st ...
  • Rethinking nanotechnology – responding to a re ...
    Back in July, the US National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) posted a Request For Information in the Federal Register for input to the next NNI strategic plan – to be published later this year.  The closing date for comments was a couple of weeks ago now.  I got mine in in the nick of time.  ...

Reader Supported News

  • Prosecuting Wall Street
    George Packer writes: "Preet Bharara was named US Attorney for New York City in August, 2009, and his short tenure has been crowded with aggressive prosecutions of terrorism, Medicare fraud, illegal tax shelters, and public corruption. But the arrest of Rajaratnam, on October 16, 2009, gave Bhar ...
  • Prosecuting Wall Street
    George Packer writes: "Preet Bharara was named US Attorney for New York City in August, 2009, and his short tenure has been crowded with aggressive prosecutions of terrorism, Medicare fraud, illegal tax shelters, and public corruption. But the arrest of Rajaratnam, on October 16, 2009, gave Bhar ...
  • JPMorgan Fined $154 Million in Goldman-Like Case
    Matt Taibbi reports: "JPMorgan agreed to pay $153.6 million to end a Securities and Exchange Commission suit. The SEC alleged that the New York-based bank failed to tell investors in 2007 that a hedge fund helped pick, and bet against, underlying securities in the collateralized debt obligation ...
  • JPMorgan Fined $154 Million in Goldman-Like Case
    Matt Taibbi reports: "JPMorgan agreed to pay $153.6 million to end a Securities and Exchange Commission suit. The SEC alleged that the New York-based bank failed to tell investors in 2007 that a hedge fund helped pick, and bet against, underlying securities in the collateralized debt obligation ...
  • Limbaugh, Beck Sell Political Endorsements
    Kenneth P. Vogel and Lucy McCalmon write: "'I wish more of the grassroots knew the reality that this wasn't Rush or Sean or Beck saying these things out of the goodness of their hearts,' said the leader of one group who inquired about ads on various radio shows, but decided they were both too ex ...

War Resisters League

  • No Surprises from the War-Makers!
    Well, Obama made it clear on Wednesday. His war in Afghanistan will go on through 2014 and probably far beyond. While some may have hoped for a shift in his approach, many of us didn’t expect much, and we certainly didn’t get much. The change in Afghanistan that he spoke about, meant to be heard ...
  • In Afghanistan Speech, Obama Offers Token Troo ...
    President Obama passed up an opportunity to recognize our democracy and respect the views of the vast majority of the American people. June 22, 2011 President Obama’s speech tonight violated one of his most important campaign promises: to “end the mind-set that leads to war.” To the contrary, hi ...
  • Money for Our Communities, Not for War!
    Take Action! It’s very encouraging that the US Conference of Mayors just passed a strong resolution initiated by CODEPINK for bringing our “war dollars home” (read press release or NY Times article on this). Unfortunately, later this week the House of Representatives is poised to pass the Defens ...
  • Not Justice, Not Victory: Just Another Murder ...
    “I keep thinking of how awful it was to hear that there were people actually celebrating on 9-11. Now I look at the TV and see the same thing.” -Family member of a man killed in the World Trade Center of September 11, 2001. The reported killing of Osama bin Laden by a CIA operation [...]
  • The Broken Rifle in Kabul
    The above photograph, of Scott Schaeffer-Duffy from the Catholic Worker in Worcester, Massachusetts standing beside street art made by local Afghan youth, was taken in Kabul by WRL National Committee and Organizing Task Force member Jim Haber when he was on a recent delegation with Voices for Cr ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • Puget Sound Food Network Connects Locally Grow ...
    June 9-12, Amanda Behrens and I journeyed to Missoula, Montana for the joint annual meetings of the Agriculture Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN). The conference, entitled Food ...
  • 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 [. ...

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

  • Leaving Afghanistan
    Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
  • Raging at Rawalpindi
    American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
  • The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
    An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

Stop NATO

  • Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 25, 2011
    ==== Top U.S. Admiral: NATO Goal Is To Kill Gaddafi, Put Troops On Ground Legal Acrobatics, Illegal War Bulgaria Could Host U.S.-NATO Interceptor Missile Elements NATO Coalition Warrior Interoperability Event Held In Poland For First Time ==== Top U.S. Admiral: NATO Goal Is To Kill Gaddafi, Put ...
  • Thucydides: Admonitions against war
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Thucydides From The Peloponnesian War Translated by Richard Crawley “Take time…in forming your resolution, as the matter is of great importance; and do not be persuaded by the opinions and complaints of others to bring trouble on yourse ...
  • Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 24, 2011
    ==== U.S. AFRICOM Chief Defends Drone Missile Attacks In Libya NATO Headquarters: Bloc’s Number 2, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Discuss Libya War Cuba Reiterates Need For Cease-Fire In Libya Netherlands Extends Libya War Role By Three Months EU Sanctions Are Declaration Of War: Syrian Foreign Min ...
  • Theodore Dreiser and Smedley Butler: War is a ...
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Theodore Dreiser From War is a Racket (Undated manuscript) [O]ur last and greatest war that was fought between 1914 and 1918 was nothing more than the outgrowth and the outcome of all the lunatic and base and petty vanities and jealousi ...
  • Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 23, 2011
    ==== NATO To Use “Any Means Necessary” To Wage Libyan War: Rasmussen NATO’s Libyan War: 12,198 Air Missions, 4613 Strike Sorties Libya: Bitter Truth About The Fighting Country Emanuel Uses Influential Friends To Land NATO, G-8 Summits In Chicago Emanuel Seeks Corporate Donors For Chicago NATO Su ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • PNAC-Reborn: Calling for Greater Libyan War
    War criminals from the Foreign Policy Initiative implore House Republicans to ignore the people & the Constitution for continued war with Libya. The Intel Hub By Tony Cartalucci - Contributing Writer June 24th, 2011 Bangkok, Thailand June 25, 2011 – For those that want a list of who is responsib ...
  • Experts Claim 10 to 45% Chance Massive Earthqu ...
    The Intel Hub By Alex Thomas June 25th, 2011 Experts have placed the probability of a massive earthquake striking along the Cascadia fault at a 10 to 37% chance within the next 50 years. Speaking at a Portland State University symposium on earthquakes, experts compared evidence from Japan as wel ...
  • Military Tensions Between China And US Heat Up ...
    The Intel Hub By Alexander Higgins – Contributing Writer June 25th, 2011 Tensions are heating up between the US and China over disputed islands in the South China Sea as China warns the US to stay out of the dispute. The US has responded by launching a joint military exercise aimed at pushing ba ...
  • NATO & Rebel Atrocity Claims Break Through Bar ...
    Related: The Ugly Truth: Video Of Libyan Rebel Beheading Gadhaffi Soldier And Other Nato War Crimes Russia Today June 25th, 2011 // var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":};
  • Concerns Continue to Mount on U.S. Bioweapons ...
    The Intel Hub By Janet Phelan June 25th, 2011 The Center for Disease Control has declined to confirm or deny allegations that the United States government is stockpiling biological and/or chemical weapons at Sierra Army Depot, a military base in Northern California. According to Ron Davenport, w ...

FRS

  • Did New Orleans Media Contribute to Police Vio ...
    24 June 2011 by: Jordan Flaherty, Truthout Jury selection began June 22 in what observers have called the most important trial New Orleans has seen in a generation. It concerns a shocking case of police brutality that has already redefined this city’s relationship to its police department, and r ...
  • From a young Palestinian: On Joining the Frida ...
    Saturday, June 18, 2011 by Linah Alsaafin Nabi Saleh has got to be one of the most phlegm ridden villages in the world. I told my sister in a nonchalant way that I was going there the night before. The next day I got dressed and walked from my house to the Manara Square, where [...]
  • India: Maoists respond to new Indian state off ...
    [The Indian mass media dutifully reports the government and police announcements.  Frontlines here posts an Indian TV report, followed by an article from The Times of India, (http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-06-14/india/29656088_1_narayanpur-maoist-hit-states-chhattisgarh-orissa ...
  • Avatar in the Amazon: James Cameron warns of ...
    [In their appeals to international organizations, corporations and governments to change their policies, sections of various movements--indigenous, environmentalist, human rights--organized in NGOs and coalitions, have appealed to and won support from prominent entertainers, who have lent their ...
  • US: Miami police smash camera for recording p ...
    Miami man hid cell-phone memory card in his mouth to preserve footage in the latest battle over recording technologies. Chris Arsenault in alJazeera 21 Jun 2011 A picture may be worth 1,000 words, but Narces Benoit’s decision to videotape a shooting by Miami police landed him in jail after offic ...

Ken O'Keefe

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

StillSmallVoice

  • Reader, I shall miss you more than air
    Every year for the past nine or so, I go into the wild with my friends, Helen Ubinas and Melissa Pionzio for an all-out all-girl hike in which we walk,�laugh,�and threaten to push one another off the mountain. It is big fun and I wouldn't miss it for anything, even though last year I did a face ...
  • In which the reports of my death are greatly e ...
    Earlier this week, three of us columnists here at America's Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper�were told�we would stop writing�opinion pieces, and start writing perspective ones. I am still hammering out precisely what that means -- and my inability to grasp that may�be rooted in�my poor ...
  • Why all the worry about taxing the rich?
    Robert Reich smells desperation.
  • Enough said:
    Though you can see more of what NPR calls double-take 'toons here.
  • If you're going to slash budgets...
    ...why would you go first to libraries? This despite the estimated $30 million worth of economic value libraries added to U.S. cities, according to a recent report from the American Library Association. You can read the report by clicking on state_of_americas_libraries_report_2011.pdf

Associated Content

Popsci - Science

  • This Week in the Future, June 20-24, 2011
    Campfires: Good for iPhones, bad for the (anthropomorphic, overheated) Earth. At least in its sweaty state, we can see its magnetic field. Want to win this particularly trippy Baarbarian illustration on a t-shirt? It's easy! The rules: Follow us on Twitter (we're
  • An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Suffici ...
    600 calories per day Patients who consumed only 600 calories a day for two months were able to reverse their Type 2 diabetes, according to a groundbreaking British study. The research, involving just 11 patients, suggests a very low-calorie diet can remove fat that clogs the pancreas, allowing ...
  • Introducing Genome Wowser, The iPad App That L ...
    You still can’t use Flash on it, but at least the iPad now allows you to swipe, pinch, and scroll through the entire human genome. A new app from the Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMi) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia lets users travel through the entire human genome--all 3 bill ...
  • Saliva Science: New Forensics Tool Can Determi ...
    Thinking of pulling off the perfect crime? Here’s one more thing you now need to take into account (thanks for nothing, science): your saliva. Yes, it’s no longer enough to keep track of every single hair, every last skin cell, and and absolutely everything you touch at the scene of your nefari ...
  • Scientists Coax Brewer's Yeast into Making Evo ...
    Hundreds of millions of years ago, unicellular organisms made the leap to multicellularity, enabling what we know now as complex life and otherwise making a huge leap forward for evolution. Now, researchers have coaxed single-celled yeast into doing the same thing--in just a few weeks. That mul ...

Veterans Today

  • Slave to Israel
    Americans have to make a hard decision on what kind of country they want to have. by Philip Giraldi
  • Changing cultures
    Live in fragments no longer. Only connect! --E.M. Forster We're living in fragments. By Paul J Balles
  • Slave to Israel
    Americans have to make a hard decision on what kind of country they want to have. by Philip Giraldi
  • Changing cultures
    Live in fragments no longer. Only connect! --E.M. Forster We're living in fragments. By Paul J Balles
  • A Manifesto for Revolutionary Emancipation
    The record so far of the Barack Obama presidency demonstrates that the political culture, like the political economy of the United States, is in deep trouble.

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • 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 ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Paul Martin, Father of the G-20 & Other Stories
    Due to an unfortunate circumstance, I have had yet another miserable experience of coming across pseudo-anti-globalization figure Naomi Klein's typically inaccurate ramblings on how Larry Summers was the creator of the G-2o. In some scribblings prior to last year's G-20 gathering in Toronto, she ...
  • 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 ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • The State Of The Economy
    The U.S. economy is like a rubber band that is being pulled in several different directions at the same time.  Everyone knows that at some point it is going to snap, but nobody is quite sure exactly when it is going to happen.  Right now, the state of the economy is not good, an ...
  • Why Are Food Prices Rising So Fast?
    If you do much grocery shopping, you have probably noticed that the cost of food has been rising at a very brisk pace over the past year.  So why are food prices rising so fast?  According to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, inflation is still very low and the economy is i ...
  • Is The Economy Improving?
    Is the U.S. economy improving?  That is what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would have us believe.  Bernanke declared today that the "recovery appears to be proceeding at a moderate pace" and that everything is going pretty much as planned.  Sadly, the mainstream media an ...
  • Barack Obama’s White House Rural Council ...
    Barack Obama has issued a brand new executive order that establishes a White House Rural Council.  This Rural Council has been given the task of developing "public-private partnerships" that will seek to bring the "economic prosperity" of our big cities to rural America.  In oth ...
  • 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 ...

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E U Times

  • Mexico’s most wanted trafficker, arrested
    Mexican authorities arrested Jose de Jesus Mendez, known as “El Chango,” or “The Monkey,” the alleged leader of the Familia Cartel and one of the nation’s most-wanted traffickers. Mendez was captured today in the central state of Aguascalientes by members of the federal police, government securi ...
  • Thousands secretly sterilized in America
    After getting married at age 18, Elaine Riddick desperately tried to start her own family. It wasn’t until she was in her 50s, however, that the North Carolina woman found out that doctors sterilized her when she was a teenager. Riddick was raped at age 13 and says that, when she awoke in a hosp ...
  • US Minorities Becoming Majority
    For the first time, ethnic minorities make up a majority of babies in the United States, official figures show. The change reflects a growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and predominantly minority youths that could reshape government policies. Preliminary census estimates al ...
  • ‘Europe is dying’ U.S. population expert tells ...
    Given the precipitous decline in the birthrates of European countries, all anti-natal programs funded by the United States should immediately be replaced by pro-natal programs, one top population expert recently told the U.S. Senate. “It doesn’t matter whether we call them reproductive health pr ...
  • Russia blasts U.S. Navy maneuvers near Georgia
    Russia is outraged at the maneuvers of American USS Monterey cruiser carrying the AEGIS air defense system near the Georgian coast on the Black Sea, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. The U.S. warship arrived for joint exercises with Georgia as part of the Phased Adaptive Approach program des ...

Voiceless Victim

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

WL Central

  • 2011-06-25 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News on #Ca ...
    Tweet This 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 est ...
  • 2011-06-24 - Two days of rage in #Brussels Pa ...
    TweetThe past two days were very important for the political calendar of Europe. The European Commission signed the new adjustments of the Euro-Pact, the rules for the european commonwealth, organized by the European Bank, the IMF and the executive body of the European Union. In Brussels, where ...
  • 2011-06-24 Danish human rights actvist Alkhawa ...
    TweetOn June 23, 2011, Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights published a letter by world renowned Bahrain human rights advocate, Abdulhadi Alkhawaja. *Image via Frontline Defenders Abdulhadi Alkhawaja (left) with Margaret Sekaggya(right) Alkhawaja, who was arrested in April and 21 others were c ...
  • 2011-06-24 WikiLeaks Guardian Data Visualizati ...
    Tweet As the Obama Administration announces a withdrawing of US troops in Afghanistan, Simon Rogers of the Guardian maps the human losses during the war. *Image at your left via the Guardian. According to data released by WikiLeaks last year, between 2004 and 2009 24, 498 people died in Afghani ...
  • 2011-06-24 LGBT Community Rallies for PFC Brad ...
    TweetBradley Manning Pride Contingents Planned for San Francisco, Chicago & Other Cities Lieutenant Dan Choi Speaks Out in Support of PFC Manning San Francisco, CA — This Sunday, June 26, during the Pride events in San Francisco, a contingent of LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) activists ...

U N News

  • Cholera cases increasing in Haiti and Dominica ...
    Cases of cholera are on the rise in Haiti and neighbouring Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, saying more than 18,000 new cases in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, have been recorded recently.
  • Guatemala: UN envoy against sexual violence ha ...
    A United Nations envoy today welcomed the arrest of a former top Guatemalan military figure accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, saying the arrest sends a strong signal that justice can prevail in the Central American country.
  • Give aid directly to Haitian institutions to b ...
    A new United Nations report says that the international community can help create jobs and support the Haitian Government in ensuring basic services by investing directly in the country's people and institutions.
  • Haiti: UN mission urges formation of a governm ...
    The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti today urged the country's authorities to immediately form a government that will serve the people and fulfil their expectations after Parliament rejected the man nominated by President Michel Martelly to serve as prime minister.
  • UN expert urges Mexican state of emergency' t ...
    A United Nations food expert has called for a "state of emergency" in Mexico to battle both food poverty and obesity, and suggested that changes to the country's agricultural policies could tackle the two problems simultaneously.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • 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. ...

Rewilding Institute

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

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

Tatumba 2.0

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

Truth About Our World

  • Michael Jackson—Your message lives on…
    I could not let June 25th come and go without mention of one of this world’s greatest humanitarians and entertainers—Michael Jackson.  The Industry and media tried to destroy him with their lies and manipulations because he had a different message then what they wanted portrayed.    But LOVE ...
  • 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 ...

Bloomberg

  • Can't Stop the Big Mo
    Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
  • Merck: More Agony from Its Painkiller
    The costly Vioxx verdict makes its plan to take on each claim individually more difficult. But a big settlement is no easy cure, either
  • No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
    The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
  • Grading Back-to-School Stocks
    Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
  • IGN Entertainment: Where the Boys Are
    The Web outfit has drawn a huge, male-dominated following and has an IPO in the works. But will a big Net player come calling?

Enviroblog

  • 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 ...

Quick Hits

  • More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
    The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
  • Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
    MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
  • Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said motorists would ...
  • Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
    Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
  • Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
    The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

  • Whitey Bulger AWOL, but L.I. pharmacy massacre ...
    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
  • 'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' is like that YouTub ...
    When Conan O’Brien quit his hosting duties on "The Tonight Show" last year, it kicked off a drama involving Jay Leno and NBC in which O’Brien was the undisputed victim and good guy.It’s a dynamic the new documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop playfully sets ...
  • Another play about Harvard's secret 1920 gay p ...
    To preserve its own reputation even as it destroyed so many others', Harvard University sealed records of hearings the school held in 1920 to investigate, expose and expel a network of gay students. In 2002, a student reporter unearthed them. Classic Stage ...
  • A happy New York love story, other than the pa ...
    That year we had little adventures all over the city. Coney Island, Fort Tryon Park, Harlem, Prospect Park, the Lower East Side; museums, parades, markets, performance spaces, comedy clubs, noodle restaurants. And nearly every arthouse movie theater in NYC ...
  • 'Times' Sunday Review editor Andy Rosenthal on ...
    "We wanted to do something funny, and we wanted somebody with a franchise for consistently producing amusing things, and we got into a conversation with them and they were very excited to do it, and we just finished a deal yesterday, so we now announced th ...

Views & News from Norway

  • Suspects detained in kidnapping
    Three men will be held in custody for four weeks by Vestoppland district court after they were arrested in connection with the dramatic kidnapping Tuesday morning, in the rural district of Hadeland, southern Norway. The two kidnapped girls have been returned safely, after police acted on tips fr ...
  • ‘Monster masts’ are delayed
    The controversial overhead power lines that are to be installed in the Hardanger Fjord have hit yet another hitch. The project, dubbed “monster masts” by detractors, will be delayed by one year. “The goal was to complete the power line between Sima and Samnanger by 2012, but we see now that we ...
  • Midsummer Eve on the Oslo Fjord
    PICTURE STORY: It was pouring rain in Oslo on Friday, which is Scandinavia’s cherished Midsummer Day holiday (known as Sankthans in Norway), but the weather cooperated on Midsummer Eve the night before. That’s when many Norwegians flock to the fjord for outdoor parties, boating and the tradition ...
  • Fire closes fjord tunnel again
    The long tunnel under the Oslo Fjord that links Ãstfold to Hurum was likely to remain closed for at least two weeks, after another truck caught fire inside the tunnel Thursday afternoon. Shutdowns in the tunnel that was supposed to allow motorists to avoid Oslo are nothing new – it closes up to ...
  • Tax refund season kicks off
    The Norwegian tax authorities (Skatteetaten) will pay out NOK 22 billion (USD 4 billion) to the 2.2 million taxpayers who have earned refunds this year, meaning that an average of NOK 9,900 (USD 1,800) is currently being deposited into bank accounts across Norway. Another 200,000 Norwegians wil ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

  • Soil Biology with Paul Taylor
    One of the major global concerns we face today is the heavily depleted state and continued degeneration of our soil. Without healthy soil, we cannot produce healthy food and however obvious it might seem, the food that we eat directly affects the nature of our being. It’s funny how the most com ...
  • What Happens When We Stop Observing?
    You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself. – Samuel Levenson Front Sign for The Dunoon Honey man One of my recent experiences has been while beekeeping between Sydney and the PRI’s Zaytuna Farm, in The Channon. Over the ...
  • In Two Months One of the Most Amazing Courses ...
    When: 3rd – 15th September 2011 Where: Amman, Jordan What: One of the Most Dynamic Permaculture Design Certificate Courses You’ll Ever Have the Chance to Attend! Photo copyright © Craig Mackintosh In two short months, one of the most dynamic PDCs you will likely ever have the opportunity to at ...
  • Start at Your Doorstep – John and Laura’s Shad ...
    by Cecilia Macaulay "If you want to change the world, start at your back doorstep" said Permaculture’s Bill Mollison. John and his big sister Cecilia Here is the story of how John and Laura turned a shady dirt-patch into a little jewel-box organic garden. 1. Start by Subtraction Take ...
  • David Suzuki – Tree: A Life Story
    This video is from way back in 2004, so some of the political comments at the end are way out of date, but, that trivia aside, the rest of the video is one of the best presentations of holistic common sense I’ve heard in quite a while. I think many of you will [...]

Telecrap Urinal

  • US Soldier Waterboards His 4-Year Old Daughter
    Can you believe this? A US soldier, upset that his 4-year old daughter could not recite the alphabet, waterboarded her. He knew that she was afraid of water and that is why he chose this form of punishment. Related posts:Cops Bust Up Frail 84-Year Old Woman With Alzheimers Local Blogger Catche ...
  • Fish Hat Pope – Wake Up Soon
    Studio version of Fish Hat Pope' song 'Wake Up Soon' (altered lyrics to sunny afternoon by The Kinks!) Fish Hat Pope performed this live at the British Constitution Group meeting in London on Oct 31st 2009. Related posts:A little sniff for the dog mate? – Everything is OK Whistle Blowers W ...
  • US Government: Why we let the Underwear Bomber ...
    The US Government now admits that they allowed the Underwear Bomber to board the Christmas Flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. Related posts:BREAKING NEWS: US Government Admits It Helped Underwear Bomber Board Plane Extensive Interview with Kurt Haskell – Witness to Underwear Bomber Flight 253: ...
  • United Breaks Guitars – Don’t mess ...
    Well the United Airlines baggage handlers broke the guitar in to two pieces. Then Mr. Carroll complained to United and it fell on deaf ears. Because of that he vowed to write three songs about their callous disregard and uncaring attitude. Related posts:United We Fall – Canada is a figment of ...
  • Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth by Ric ...
    9/11 was an inside job. Nano thermite and thermate were used to pulverize these buildings, and in the process murdered thousands of innocent people. Related posts:Nigerian Man is a Al-CIA-Duh Terrorist – USA Caught in False-Flag Terror Plot National Security Alert from the CIT Climategate Scan ...

Anna's News

  • 'Super sand' to help clean up dirty drinking water
    Contaminated water can be cleaned much more effectively using a novel, cheap material, say researchers.Dubbed "super sand", it could become a low-cost way to purify water in the developing world. Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Serengeti road scrapped over wildlife concerns
    Controversial plans to build a tarmac road across the Serengeti National Park have been scrapped after warnings that it could devastate wildlife. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Glaston-buried: Fans drown in sea of mud and t ...
    Festival fans were contending with muddy mayhem at Glastonbury after torrential downpours turned the 900-acre site into a quagmire.Every inch of Worthy Farm has become a mud bath as early arrivals gear up for the beginning of the main event today.Submitted by Anna Smith to Society & Culture �|� ...
  • Artificial Sweetener Leaves Environmental Afte ...
    Sucralose, the artificial sweetener in Splenda, is one tough molecule.The chemical passes right through the body, then through sewage treatment systems and out into surface and ground waters looking the same as it did when it was stirred into a cup of....Submitted by Anna Smith to Environment � ...
  • Man not touched Money for 22 Years
    When the corruption and black money issues are rocking the country, a villager in Maharashtra's Beed district has not touched money for over 20 years with a notion that money is the root of all evils.Babanrao Mhaske is a farmer from Aadas village of......Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 6/24/11 - Chart of Energy Use by State and by ...
    alternativeenergy.procon.org - NEW: Chart of Energy Use by State and by Source, 2008 - In 2008, the US used fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum) for 83.5 percent of its energy needs. Renewable energy (wind, solar, and biofuels) accounted for 7.4 percent. Nuclear energy represented 8. ...
  • 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 ...

Truth About Our World

  • Michael Jackson—Your message lives on…
    I could not let June 25th come and go without mention of one of this world’s greatest humanitarians and entertainers—Michael Jackson.  The Industry and media tried to destroy him with their lies and manipulations because he had a different message then what they wanted portrayed.    But LOVE ...
  • 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 ...

Gyrovague's Raves

  • ‘The Steal: A Cultural History of Shopli ...
    James Camp ‘The Steal’ by Rachel Shteir Shoplifters may be the only criminals for whom the nightmare of getting caught ends with a blush. The anxiety isnât that shoplifting is illegal, exactly. Itâs that it is not illegal enough. The fleur de mal looks embarrassingly like a daisy. âStealing hous ...
  • Gutted
    Steven Shapin Alexis St Martin was one of the 19th centuryâs most important scientific guinea pigs. In 1822, the illiterate young French-Canadian was working as a âvoyageurâ for John Jacob Astorâs fur-trading company in northern Michigan. He was hanging out with a bunch of rowdies in the company ...
  • Everything You Think You Know About the Collap ...
    *And why it matters today in a new age of revolution. BY LEON ARON Every revolution is a surprise. Still, the latest Russian Revolution must be counted among the greatest of surprises. In the years leading up to 1991, virtually no Western expert, scholar, official, or politician foresaw the impe ...
  • Humanitarianism
    Is Helping Others Charity, Duty, or Both?  Michael Walzer Humanitarianism is probably the most important "ism" in the world today, given the collapse of communism, the discrediting of neoliberalism, and the general distrust of large-scale political ideologies. Its activists often claim to escape ...
  • Balanced Diets
    Daniel Mason ⦠Humboldt and his botanist companion Aimé Bonpland (and Indian servants, and pressed plants, and jars of preserving spirits, and a chattering menagerie of birds and monkeys in cages on his boats) stayed at Uruana for only one day, conversing with the missionary Fray Ramon Bueno a ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • 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.   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.   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 ...

NAU Resistance

Gaea Times

  • Ava Sambora Walks The Runway
    more images LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that the celebrity children are making headlines now a days. Just few days back Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s daughter Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” went viral online, its time for Ava Sambora, the 13 year old daughter of Heather Locklear ...
  • Tylenol Recall Ghost Haunts Johnson & Johnson
    more images FORT WASHINGTON (GaeaTimes.com)- Johnson & Johnson the diversified pharmaceutical and health care company is back in news though for the wrong reasons. Tylenol is a product made by the company that is being recalled now in USA and Puerto Rico. This is not the first time that the co ...
  • VHP seers meet in Ayodhya to decide on road ahead
    AYODHYA - The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has convened a meeting of leading seers here Wednesday to decide on the road ahead after the verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The 41-member central committee of seers will assemble at the Karsewak Puram camp. Amongst those participat ...
  • Indian?s fight against child marriage in focus ...
    ABU DHABI - The spotlight was once again on India at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, courtesy a British filmmaker. Kim Longinotto in “Pink Saris” depicted the evils of child marriage and the caste conflict in the interiors of northern India - and a woman’s fight to bring about change. In her doc ...
  • Rebel JD-U MP warns against Nitish?s return to ...
    PATNA - A day ahead of the first round of the six-phase Bihar assembly elections, a rebel leader of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Wednesday appealed to farmers not to vote for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. In an appeal published in local Hindi dailies, Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Sin ...

TruthNews Australia

  • 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

Beacon

  • Exploring Oregon's Coquille Bank
    � Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlight: prehistoric hagfish. Oregon Leg, Day 4 Today we ran the R/V Miss Linda twenty miles west of Bandon, Oregon to Coquille Bank. This offshore bank, also known as the Bandon High Spot, rises ...
  • Coral Gardens Near Bandon, Oregon
    © Oceana/Geoff Shester This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: albatross and coral gardens. �Oregon Leg, Day 3 Last night we anchored the R/V Miss Linda just north of Bandon, Oregon and two miles offshore. We woke to calm seas and high ...
  • Bad News, Good News for the Oceans
    Do you want the good news or the bad news first? Let’s start with the bad: In a new report released this week, the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) warns that ocean life is "at high risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented in human history”. ...
  • Rough Seas Near Oregon’s Orford Reef
    Basket stars in Oregon's Orford Reef. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: more amazing basket stars, anemones and sea cucumbers. Oregon Leg, Day 2 We pulled anchor early this morning and ran the R/V Miss Linda to the Orfor ...
  • Ranger Sets Sail to Explore Seamounts and Sea ...
    Kelp in Portugal�s Gorringe Bank in the Atlantic Ocean. � Oceana/Juan Carlos Calvin It�s a busy and exciting time of year for our campaigners on the water -- and for those of us who get to see the photos and videos of the incredible marine life and habitats that they send back to land. As ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Concept
    Boeing X-48 The Boring X-48 was an experimental US military unmanned Aerial vehicle designed for longer range and heavier duty than today’s drones. This was first test flown in 2007. I think it’s so cool because designers kept changing and improving the airflow dynamics on it even as the test be ...
  • The Warsaw Uprising.
    Warsaw has always been a rat caught between two cats, Germany and Russia. And of course no Pole really believed that the miniscule surprise success of the uprising would be permanent. Himmler, unbeknownst to the brave Polish resistance, was about to commit a massive counter strike on the hapless ...
  • 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 ...
    Click here to view the [...]
  • 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 ...

Taylor Marsh

  • My $0.02/Saturday: NY sends forth a Tiny Rippl ...
    Morning, news junkies. I’m under the weather, so forgive me if this is scatterbrained. Marriage equality has arrived in NY. Last night, the New York senate legalized same-sex marriage in a 33-29 vote, and Governor Cuomo signed the bill into law, making NY the largest state where lesbian and gay ...
  • Queer Talk: NY Marriage Vote Passes **UPDATED**
    FIRST GOP CONTROLLED STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES GAY MARRIAGE UPDATE 4: Bill is passed. Cheers in the chamber, and parties break out, including in front of the Stonewall Inn. UPDATE 3: Vote apparently coming soon. Sen. Grisanti says he’ll vote for, a change from earlier position. GetEQUAL tweets: R ...
  • Queer Talk: NY Marriage Vote Passes **UPDATED**
    FIRST GOP CONTROLLED STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES GAY MARRIAGE UPDATE 4: Bill is passed. Cheers in the chamber, and parties break out, including in front of the Stonewall Inn. UPDATE 3: Vote apparently coming soon. Sen. Grisanti says he’ll vote for, a change from earlier position. GetEQUAL tweets: R ...
  • Obama Loses Dems as Reports of Gadhafi Assassi ...
    To sum up House preferences on Libya: we don’t like POTUS not asking us for permission, but we don’t want any responsibility either. – Daniel Drezner Congress proved its ineptitude today, with David Dayen having a perfect description of Speaker Boehner’s incompetence, which cost him the votes of ...
  • ‘American Dream Movement’ Intends to Rival Tea ...
    From Chris Cilliza, who doesn’t believe Van Jones can replicate on the Left what the Tea Party did on the Right. Of course, Cilizza says it’s “unlikely,” which in traditional journo speak means not a chance in hell. âWe think we can do what the tea party did,â Jones said in an interview with The ...

Hudson New York

  • Geert Wilders Acquitted of Defaming Muslims
    A court in Amsterdam has acquitted Geert Wilders -- the leader of the Dutch Freedom Party who had denounced the threat to Western values posed by unassimilated Muslim immigrants -- of charges of inciting religious hatred against Muslims for comments he
  • Hamas, Fatah: Gap Remains Wide
    The Egyptian-brokered reconciliation agreement between Hamas and Fatah, which was announced last month in Cairo, appears to have ended before it started. It now turns out that the gap between the two rival parties remains as wide as ever, in spite of the
  • Iranian Mullah Responsible for Terrorist Attac ...
    Iran is investing in strengthening the political and economical relations with several countries in Latin America. It is also actively engaged in religious proselytizing, particularly aimed for the poorest sectors of the Latin American society. Converts
  • Ankara Hosts Talks on Palestinian Unity
    Turkey has rolled up its sleeves to salvage a plan for Palestinian unity as it hosts Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas in Ankara, among parallel efforts to normalize ties with Israel. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been visiting Ankara since
  • The Netherlands to Abandon Multiculturalism
    The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants to create a parallel society within the Netherlands. A new integration bill (covering letter and 15-page action plan), which Dutch

Urban Survival

  • Gee that was Fun Dept: Time to Rally?
    (Detroit, MI) I shouldn’t read my own columns:  Turned me into some who was reminiscent of the old day trading days.  Into FAZ at 49.74 in the pre-market Thursday and out at 51, then flipped to the long side with … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With Detroit
    1966 is a long time ago, but the reason for picking this as our starting point today is that we drove through Frenchtown Charter Township, Michigan on the four-hour trip from Dayton to Detroit Thursday.  And this matter why? Because … Continue reading →
  • 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 →

Trends & Forecasts

Radical Chic

  • 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 ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

  • Cancer society arm lobbies to boost NIH funding
    Patient advocacy groups like the American Cancer Society (ACS) have not been known for their hard-charging lobbying efforts. In fact, IRS rules prevent charities from getting involved in politics. But, these organizations have to be more than support groups if they want to raise real money for ...
  • UMass butterfly research points to internal hu ...
    Science news here tends to be dominated by two universities. And genetic research usually brings us fruit files and zebra fish. So, we're always happy to report from the South End, Chinatown and, in this case, Worcester. Especially if the research involves monarch butterflies. Findings out ...
  • 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 ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Six Reasons Why the Auto Industry Cost Claims ...
    Roland Hwang, Transportation Program Director, San Francisco Last week the auto industry released their latest claims on the cost of stronger pollution and fuel economy standards by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR).  According to this late ...
  • RACE TO RIO: 2012 EARTH SUMMIT NEWS - June 24, ...
    Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC BAN ANNOUNCES 30/30/30 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TARGETS FOR RIO In his address to the Vienna Energy Forum 2011, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on countries to agree at next yea ...
  • NRDC in the News 6/24: E-waste, fracking, Clea ...
    NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide Kate Sinding was quoted in a Los Angeles Times piece about proposed legislation which would prohibit exportation of toxic e-waste to developing nations… Amy Mall spoke to the Financial Times about ...
  • More L.A. Officials Saying Yes to CEQA, No to ...
    Damon Nagami, Staff Attorney, Santa Monica Yesterday, the top policy advisor to the Los Angeles City Council, Chief Legislative Analyst Gerry F. Miller, recommended that the City Council oppose any attempts to relax state environmental rules for A ...
  • Advances in Monitoring Equipment Will Help Com ...
    Gina Solomon, Senior Scientist, San Francisco Just recently I wrote a blog on scientific advances in biomonitoring. The advances in exposure science, however, don’t just involve biomonitoring. Microsensor and nanosensor technologies, the developme ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, June 24, 2011: 7 Ottawa ON cops sued by man alleging he was beaten & arrested for asking to see warrant in masked drug raid [4] http://bit.ly/isYpBV Ottawa ON cop sued by man claimin ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Due to another hectic day and some computer issues, there were only 11 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, June 23, 2011: Detroit MI cops accused of abusing man in wheelchair, pushed him w/cruiser, then arrested veteran who complain ...
  • 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 [...]

Total Collapse

  • Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia and a Thir ...
    Media Jack Hammer – Okay, it may be an alarming heading, but by the end of this article you will see the relevance of it far more than you do now. The above map illustrates an area of territory known as the Nagorno-Karabakh (a Russian-Turkish term meaning âmountainous black gardenâ), an enclave ...
  • Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Russia and a Thir ...
    Media Jack Hammer – Okay, it may be an alarming heading, but by the end of this article you will see the relevance of it far more than you do now. The above map illustrates an area of territory known as the Nagorno-Karabakh (a Russian-Turkish term meaning âmountainous black gardenâ), an enclave ...
  • Huge quake triggers tsunami alert in Alaskan i ...
    AP - A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook Alaska’s Aleutian Islands late Thursday, triggering a tsunami warning that sent people heading for high ground before the alert was canceled. Hundreds of people walked, drove and rode in the back of pickup trucks as they fled the the coast after th ...
  • Deadly German E.coli outbreak that hit over 4, ...
    USA Today – A mix of two dangerous E. coli strains caused the recent deadly food poisoning outbreak in Germany, according to a new study of the bacteria’s DNA. Scientists said the E. coli outbreak strain combined one that makes a toxin and another that sticks to the gut in a way that potentially ...
  • Nuclear Attack On US Warned Imminent As Saudi ...
    A secret report authored by Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky circulating in the Kremlin today states that the Northern Fleet Units that have taken up positions off the US East Coast with their British, French and American counterparts for the FRUKUS 2011 exercise have be ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    It seems that Sony laid off a number of potentially critical security employees just two weeks before the PSN intrusion happened. Apple has doubled the production on its MacBook Air line, looking at potentially huge boosted sales numbers. The Winklevoss twins just won’t give up, and now they’re ...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Someone’s been mining Bitcoins inside the office of the Australian Broadcasting Company. But hey, at least they weren’t on Facebook, right? Apple’s multitouch patent news from yesterday might not be as big of a deal as people have made it out to be. Apple, Google and other big names are working ...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Apple has been awarded a patent that could cause some major problems for the rest of the wireless industry. RIM has cut the forecast for its Playbook tablet down by more than half for the next quarter. UK accelerators, you have some work to do. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through F ...
  • 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. ...

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • 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 ...
  • Electric vehicles: will Australia miss its ride?
    The future is looking bright for electric vehicles (EV) � and their investors. Last week, California-based EV infrastructure company Better Place Australia (BPA) signed a landmark deal with multi-utility company ActewAGL to the amount of $60 million dollars over ten years. The agreement will ho ...
  • 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 ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • FSC mulls controversial motion to certify plan ...
    Members of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), meeting in Malaysia this week for its General Assembly, will consider various changes to the organization, including a vote on a controversial motion that would open the door—slightly at first—to sustainable-certification of companies that have be ...
  • The truth about polar bears and climate change
    Although scientists say innumerable species are threatened by climate change, polar bears have been the global symbol of the movement to reign-in greenhouse gas emissions. This is perhaps not surprising, since polar bears are well known to the public—even though they inhabit a region largely abs ...
  • Sabah applies for heritage status for rainfore ...
    Sabah, the eastern-most state in Malaysian Borneo, has applied for World Heritage status for three rainforest areas, reports the Sabah Wildlife Department.
  • Alleged moratorium breach becomes test for RSPO
    An alleged breach of Indonesia's new moratorium on primary forest and peatlands conversion may prove a test for the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), an eco-certification initiative.
  • Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon continues to ...
    Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon continued to rise as Brazil's Congress weighed a bill that would weaken the country's Forest Code, according to new analysis by Imazon.

Sierra Express

  • Alim Kamara,talented rapper, poet and storytel ...
    Alim Kamara, a talented rapper, poet and storyteller also known as the “Seeking Scholar”, is a born Sierra Leonean who grew up in London.  His lyrics and poetry are heavily influenced by society and his African background.  He is a humble individual driven by the need to inspire. He is also a yo ...
  • Another First from Airtel, MAMO: My Airtel My ...
    The leading mobile telecommunications company of the year, Airtel launched a new service promotion for pre-paid consumers called My Airtel My Offer (MAMO). The Company launched the service to please the subscribers who believe in “Do Not Disturb” policy. The service lets subscribers pick the off ...
  • Anti-Corruption Commission engages rural commu ...
    As part of its mandate to reach every segment of the Sierra Leone Society, the Public Education and Outreach Department of the Anti-Corruption Commission has been engaging with various rural communities in the Western Area.  The aim was to engage communities in prevention and public awareness, m ...
  • Sierra Leone Oil Refinery must be reopened~!
    The Sierra Leone Petroleum Refining Company was opened in 1970 as a joint business venture between the government of Sierra Leone and other major international oil companies like BP, Mobil, Texaco, and Shell. Government had a 50% vested interest while the subsidiary companies had 50% as well. Bu ...
  • World Vision introduces Gravity Water System i ...
    World Vision Sierra Leone through their Area Development Programme in Lei chiefdom has introduced Gravity Water System in Koema in the Komba Yendeh- Lei Chiefdom, Kono district, eastern Sierra Leone.  (Photo: Children of Koyema collecting water from the Gravity.)  Gravity Water System is a water ...

    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • MEDIA-LATIN AMERICA: The Seduction of Power
    The governments and big private media groups in Latin America are waging a war to win over public opinion, the ultimate arbiter of legitimacy, and the only solution would appear to be to strike up an alliance.
  • GUATEMALA: Women-Only Buses Against Sexual Har ...
    "We are all safer here; it's great because this way there are no men groping you," Jaqueline Escobar, a sales executive, told IPS on a bus that is exclusively for women, a service against sexual harassment that is being tried out in the Guatemalan capital.
  • Ban Proposed on Export Restrictions that Under ...
    Egypt has initiated a proposal in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to ban export restrictions on farm products to poor countries that are net food importers. The Group of 20 has also exhorted the upcoming WTO ministerial conference to adopt a specific resolution on export restrictions.
  • ARGENTINA: Deep-Rooted Prejudice Against Immig ...
    Although Argentina's immigration law is regarded as one of the most progressive in Latin America, xenophobia and discrimination persist, showing that progress is still more theoretical than practical.
  • U.S.: Brain Injuries Especially Invisible Amon ...
    James Smith is a 53-year-old Portland veteran who used to have a job he loved. After a car accident left him with traumatic brain and neck injuries in 2005, Smith lost his job, ran out of money and wound up on the streets.

Scoop - NZ

  • Italy beyond Berlusconi
    Italy’s opposition has wounded Silvio Berlusconi. But it is still far from removing the prime minister - and even further from healing Italian democracy. Here, the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers important lessons, says Geoff Andrews.
  • Preparing for the 'Taliban Tet Offensive'
    VIDEO Filmmaker John D McHugh describes three frantic days with US troops expecting a Taliban offensive.
  • Goldman takes 13% MediaWorks stake
    The Independent understands Goldman's stake in MediaWorks currently sits at 12.9 per cent and could rise as high as 20 to 25 per cent over time. It stems from the conversion of mezzanine debt held by two Goldman funds into equity and the investment bank deciding to sink additional cash into Med ...
  • SecDef Robert Gates's last battle
    Robert Gates is fighting his last battle. Few defence secretaries have been so widely praised as a wise and calm adviser. After serving both George W Bush and Barack Obama, he is now finishing up a farewell tour. Whether saying goodbye to soldiers in Afghanistan, or Nato colleagues in Europe ...
  • Fukushima: Possible Worst-Case 'Melt-Through'
    Fuel rods have probably breached containment vessels — a more serious scenario than core meltdown — according to a new report by Japanese authorities

Independent - London

Rogue Government.com

  • Parts of Nebraska Nuclear Facility Already Un ...
    U.S. nuclear regulators say two Nebraska nuclear power plants have protected critical equipment from the rising waters of the Missouri River even though flooding has reached the grounds of one of them.
  • U.S. Government Launching Antitrust Investiga ...
    Federal regulators are poised to hit Google Inc. with subpoenas, launching a broad, formal investigation into whether the Internet giant has abused its dominance in Web-search advertising, people familiar with the matter said.
  • Mexican troops cross into the United States a ...
    A convoy of three military trucks loaded with Mexican soldiers crosses the border at Bridge Number Two clearly violating international law.  It happens as Customs and Border Protection inspectors try to figure out what to do.
  • NY Fed Won't Say How Much Money Went to Iraq
    The New York Fed is refusing to tell investigators how many billions of dollars it shipped to Iraq during the early days of the US invasion there, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction told CNBC Tuesday.  
  • Private Prisons Love Mass Incarceration, And ...
    Private prison companies have helped fuel government policies which lead to an increase in prison population and boost their profits, according to a recent report.

Innovation Canada

  • Back home on the range
    It’s a little-known fact: Half the Earth’s surface is foraged by domesticated animals, which has enormous impacts on our increasingly precious fresh water. In British Columbia alone, about 50 percent of mostly crown land is licensed to ranchers who need forage and water for their 400,000 head of ...
  • 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 ...

Signs of the times

  • Could a 9.0 Earthquake Happen In the United St ...
    A massive earthquake on par with the recent catastrophic seismic event in Japan could happen in two places in the United States, scientists say. Geophysicists estimate that the Cascadia Subduction Zone, an intersection of tectonic plates just off the northwestern coast that stretches from the ...
  • US: New York Governor Signs Law Approving Gay ...
    Governor Andrew Cuomo made same-sex marriages legal in New York on Friday, a key victory for gay rights ahead of the 2012 presidential and congressional elections. New York will become the sixth and most populous U.S. state to allow gay marriage. State senators voted 33-29 on Friday evening to ...
  • Tropical storm in Philippines kills 11, forces ...
    Heavy rains and high winds from Tropical Storm Meari lashed the Philippines Friday, killing at least 11 people and displacing 40,000 people, an emergency management agency said. The storm has been menacing the Philippines since Tuesday, when 11 fishermen went missing along the coast of Luzon, ...
  • New York, US: Heavy rain, flash flooding hit Tier
    National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for northern Broome County and southern Chenango County until 2:45 a.m. Friday. According to the NWS, a rainstorm dumped about 1 inch of rain in the immediate Binghamton area by 9:30 p.m. Thursday, with localized rainfall amounts of up t ...
  • Wisconsin, US: Heavy rains cause flood concern ...
    Recent heavy rain have been wreaking havoc on summer plans and that has residents keeping an eye on the rising Wolf River, but it's going to take a lot more to wash out some people in Outagamie County. Tom Dix has had his fair share of close calls. "We've had all the steps underwater a couple ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • You're off your meds again, James
    I sometimes read James Howard Kunstler's blog on contemporary life and the post-oil future. His rants are often quite similar from week to week but there are nuggets of insight in thinking. At times though, one thinks his been into the sauce a little much. Between the homophobia and rambling pop ...
  • A man of conviction . . .
  • Location, location, location . . .
    IO9's Annalee Newitz has a disturbing report: "Epidemiologists reveal that black men in America have a better survival rate in prison than outside". Wow! Consider that for a moment.Being in prison could save your life - depending on your racial background. A group of epidemiologists studying pat ...
  • Politically-correct delusions . . .
    TIGHTY-WHITEY WEDGIE ALERT: Apparently the Saudis and the Pakistanis are on the Womens Rights Agency control committee at the UN. This chap thinks that's silly. He has a point, even if it's not politically-correct.
  • The Great Hamster of Alsace . . .
    THE GREAT HAMSTER OF ALSACE is threatened. Really, there really is one, even though I fail to see what's so great about it, but I'm partial to red squirrels, myself. Seems there's only 850 of 'em, but EU aparatchiki in Brussels have determined that there should be nearly twice as many. As it's n ...

Media Matters for America

  • Fox Panel Teams Up To Promote A Bushel Of Misi ...
    A seven-minute segment on Fox News' America Live featured a deluge of falsehoods and distortions about President Obama's health care reform record, including the false suggestion that PricewaterhouseCoopers found that health care reform is responsible for rising costs. In fact, Pricewaterhouse ...
  • Conservative Media Leap To Demonize NLRB's Cha ...
    The right-wing media have vilified a proposal by the National Labor Relations Board to change rules regarding union organizing elections, accusing the NLRB of trying to establish "quickie elections." In fact, the proposal would establish no time frame for holding elections, and it modernizes pr ...
  • Right-Wing Media Attack Vargas With Stereotypi ...
    Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, recently revealed that he is an undocumented immigrant. Right-wing media responded with virulent anti-immigrant attacks, with Don Surber of the Charleston Daily Mail writing: "kick the lying, illegal alien Jose Antonio Vargas out."Jose V ...
  • Fox Uses Oil Reserve Announcement To Demand Mo ...
    After President Obama announced that the U.S. will tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Fox News figures falsely suggested that government restrictions are encumbering domestic oil production. In fact, drilling is nearing a twenty-year high, and countless economists have explained that expanded ...
  • Right-Wing Media Launches Kitchen Sink Attack ...
    The right-wing media reacted to President Obama's address on troop withdrawals in Afghanistan by dredging up familiar, petty attacks, such as criticizing the number of times Obama referred to himself, and claiming the address was a "campaign speech" instead of a "war update." This follows a lon ...

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  • Don't Know Much about Geography
    One of the most absurd arguments for a continuing presence in Afghanistan propounded the morning after President Obama's speech was this one from Bruce Reidel, military industrial apparatchik and his New York Times mouthpiece David Sanger. What the raid of the Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, ...
  • Netanyahu Delegitimizes Israel
    The "pro-Israel" lobby's latest hobbyhorse is "delegitimization." Those who criticize Israeli policies are accused of trying to "delegitimize" Israel, which supposedly means denying Israel's right to exist. Even President Obama has gotten into the act, stating in his May 19 speech that "for ...
  • Greece, Economists, And The Value Of The Euro
    Is the euro bad for Greece? "I've never seen Europe in such dire straits," Roger Cohen writes in yesterday's Times. "Greece is full of the aganaktismenoi, or the outraged, who resent the sharp cuts and sales of state industries made necessary because there is no drachma to devalue in order to re ...
  • 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 ...

TruthOut

  • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
    The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds that the ...
  • News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
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    In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
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    About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

  • Quote of the Week: Al Gore
    Yeah, I think I skipped a week or two, but this excellent quote by Al Gore in his completely excellent article in Rolling Stone this week is worth some highlighting: "Here is the truth: The Earth is round; Saddam Hussein did not attack us on 9/11; Elvis is dead; Obama was born in the United Sta ...
  • Weekly Roundup: Pigeon Racing; The Real Cost o ...
    Top news articles from the past week or so related to the environment, animals, and YOU! To make scrolling through this more manageable, I've broken it up into a few pages according to topic: Page 1: Activism Page 2: Green Living Page 3: Animals Page 4: Environmental & Climate Science Page 5: ...
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    The rhino crisis continues to span international boundaries, with the thriving illegal market for rhino horn tempting more thieves in Europe -- and taking more innocent lives in South Africa. Meanwhile, China is still sitting in the hot seat.
  • View Record Greenhouse Gases for Yourself
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  • Massive womens rally in support of Libyan lead ...
    Editor's Note: It is unfortunate that the chants and messages of the women in this powerful demonstration haven't been translated into subtitles. But watching and listening to their cries of protest against the US/NATO bombing of Libya and attempts to assassinate their leader and support of thei ...
  • Veolia-controlled company participating in a p ...
    As Palestinian organisations dedicated to the protection and promotion of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), we are concerned about the involvement of corporations in violations of international humanitarian law. Of recent concern are the activities of Veolia Environment, ...
  • China Lee: Proximity must not supersede histor ...
    With pure logic, Axis of Logic Reader, China Lee responds to China warns US to stay out of maritime spat: Proximity must not supersede historical title During the 1982 Falkland Islands War, the United States rejected Argentina's argument of physical proximity. Instead, the United States su ...
  • Climate Change: It's bad and getting worse - E ...
    Severe weather events are wracking the planet, and experts warn of even greater consequences to come. The rate of ice loss in two of Greenland's largest glaciers has increased so much in the last 10 years that the amount of melted water would be enough to completely fill Lake Erie,...
  • Are US citizens suckers? - Critical Analysis
    Are We Giant Suckers? While the US Blows Money on the Military, Europe Spends Dough on Social Programs Hawks simultaneously argue that lavish U.S. military spending subsidizes Europe’s social welfare programs, and that we’re the smarter party in this deal. Last week, during his final E ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Rep. Todd Akin (r): God is on who's side?
    A necessary prelude, especially for members of Congress who apparently don't bother to read or pay attention to, you know, our actual past: United States Constitution Article VI ...but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United Sta ...
  • Quote of the Day
    Via Down with Tyranny, from Matt Stoller: "... a 'pragmatic progressive' economist, which apparently means someone who feels bad about the damage caused by the problems they aren't trying to fix." Drop "pragmatic" and "economist" and I say that's a damn fine definition.
  • Pinky & The Brain Hold Another Take Over The W ...
    Billionaire brothers to host conservative seminar in Vail Valley VAIL, Colorado - When Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell's office announced his upcoming travel plans Wednesday, word got out that the annual Koch brothers' summer seminar was being held in Vail this weekend. The Koch brothers, Charles an ...
  • As American as You and Me
    As I've written many times before, the only "Real Americans" are full-blooded pre-Columbian natives. The rest of us are immigrants and immigrant descendants. And if coming to this country without proper paperwork is a crime, very few of us would be here. Digby nails it: I would imagine that many ...
  • Hey Georgia! How's All That Tea Party Hate Wo ...
    Heather @ C&L provides a link to piece by Jay Bookman of the �Atlanta Journal Constitution Blog site (LINK) that had my "I Told You So" reflex quivering like a dog crapping a peach pit the second I read the headline. I remember reading about this when the drooling idiot they have for a governor ...

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  • UN convicts first woman in Rwandan genocide
    A U.N. Court found Rwanda's former minister for family and women affairs guilty of war crimes, including genocide and rape, and gave her a life sentence.Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
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  • Victory for circus animals! Parliament votes ...
    Overwhelming political support for a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses In a highly charged one sided Commons Debate and free vote this evening, the Government has been left in absolutely no doubt that the nation now demands an outright ban onSubmitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� ...
  • Chris Hedges: Global revolution must begin in ...
    Pulitzer-winning author and former New York Times reporter Chris Hedges has a revolutionary worldview. In the video below, his recent �Endgame Strategy� piece for AdBusters is read aloud by George Atherton. Submitted by Bonnie B. to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Sharks and rays in danger of extinction in Brazil
    The study prepared by the Environment Ministry says that two of the 169 species of sharks and rays known to inhabit Brazilian waters no longer exist in the region. Thirty other species face a high risk of extinction, and another 30 are in "some kind ofSubmitted by Maria Oniga to Animals �|� ...

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  • TGIF Open Thread + 2012 Senate Races + Reading ...
    BLOG BUSINESS NOTE: Several of you have said it is impossible to read a current version of NoQuarter on your iPhone, Blackberry, etc. Our WordPress experts discovered and fixed the problem. You should have no problem from now on, but let us know if you still have difficulties. THE 2012 SENATE RA ...
  • Obama, Dumb as a Frigging Rock
    What’s his problem? Does he think all white people look alike? Is he having trouble figuring out Italian names? Is his staff brain dead? All legit questions in light of Obama’s unforgivable faux pas yesterday while giving a speech on his troop drawdown in Afghanistan using some of the 10th Mount ...
  • What A Bunch Of Southernist BS About Boeing And SC
    As some of you know, here in South Carolina, we have been under siege by the NLRB, which is attacking Boeing for moving its DreamLiner series to North Charleston. Since we already had the DreamLifter here, it wasn’t exactly an “out of the clear blue sky” kind of move. That hasn’t had an impact o ...
  • What A Bunch Of Southernist BS About Boeing And SC
    As some of you know, here in South Carolina, we have been under siege by the NLRB, which is attacking Boeing for moving its DreamLiner series to North Charleston. Since we already had the DreamLifter here, it wasn’t exactly an “out of the clear blue sky” kind of move. That hasn’t had an impact o ...
  • Oh, the Opinions on Obama’s Afghanistan Drawdo ...
    Note: Reverend Amy’s got a great new post that’ll come up at 9:00 p.m. ET. Below are some of my thoughts and finds on Obama’s Afghanistan speech. Since I woke up in the middle of the night today, I turned on Morning Joe (which begins at 3 a.m. Pacific). They were rattling off the number [...]

Environmental Graffiti

  • Bizarre and Downright Dirty Animal Adaptations
    Our creature cousins have evolved some seriously strange and sometimes quite disgusting adaptations in order to survive on this planet of ours... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • New Zealand's Electric Blue Smurf Mushrooms!
    Blueness abounds as we enjoy the marvelous hues of this incredible blue mushroom from New Zealand! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • The Marble Caves: Patagonia's Sculpted Azure C ...
    The exquisite blue marble caverns of General Carrera Lake, which borders Chile and Argentina. We want to visit! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • 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

Foreign Policy in Focus

  • Pipeline Politics in Central Asia
    With several pipeline projects under way, Central Asia is readying itself for a new "Great Game."
  • Genuine Partnership or a Marriage of Convenience?
    India and China, two leading emerging economies in the world, are competing with each other, as well as Africa's traditional western trading partners, to build a stronger relationship with Africa.
  • As Cause for Hope in Afghanistan, "Light at t ...
    We've squeezed all the meaning out of this cliche.
  • U.S. Escalates War Against Al-Qaeda
    Increasingly worried that Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is taking advantage of the growing political chaos in Yemen, the administration of President Barack Obama has tasked the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use drone missiles to strike at suspected AQAP militants.
  • Exodus to North Korea Revisited
    In towns and cities all over Japan farewell gatherings were being held, as "returnees" to North Korea packed their bags and boarded trains that would take them to the port of Niigata where, after various formalities including a "confirmation of free will" by the International Committee of the Re ...

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  • "Creating an atmosphere of fear for journalist ...
    Glenn Greenwald nails this one. Journalists have nowhere to run under the nightmarish corrupt DOJ regime -- and the lickspittles are not the ones subject to the special operations & continuous COINTELPRO patterns. Big ups to seeing our local repression campaign against antiwar activists duly not ...
  • 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 ...

Daily Censored

  • Can Obama make 9 Orwellian lies in 3 Afghanist ...
    source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com Upon US public critical mass recognition of the “emperor has no clothes” obvious facts that current US wars are not even close to lawful, President Obama will be a leader among an oligarchy of War Criminals that go back several Administrations. Until such time,  ...
  • Strawman Argument Is All They Have
    In the comments of Diane Ravitch’s recent EdWeek Bridging Differences, “Why I Am Marching on July 30,” one comment captures the bankrupt support for the new reformer movement coming from Secretary Duncan, Bill Gates, and Michelle Rhee. paulhoss@hotmail.com takes this swipe at those such as Ravit ...
  • Newly published research in leading journals A ...
    Source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com Excerpts below, articles here and here. To understand that Big Pharma and “health care” companies do not act for the public benefit, continue reading the excerpt from this. Explanation, documentation and proof that US corporate media makes the choice to keep ...
  • 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 ...

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  • Picture President Newt
    Newt Gingrich has repented from his sins of the past, but recanted none of his political views. Does this 1990s Republican revolutionary have a shot at the presidency?
  • Picture President Newt
    Newt Gingrich has repented from his sins of the past, but recanted none of his political views. Does this 1990s Republican revolutionary have a shot at the presidency?
  • In Afghanistan Speech, Obama Offers Token Troo ...
    President Obama passed up an opportunity to recognize our democracy and respect the views of the vast majority of the American people with regards to the Afghanistan War.
  • U.S. Nurses Bring Global Call to Tax Speculato ...
    National Nurses United stands with activists across the globe to bring attention to the need for a financial speculation tax.
  • A Coming out Party for Jose Antonio Vargas
    Jose Antonio Vargas' announcement of his undocumented immigration status shines light on his entrapment within the system.

IntelNews

  • News you may have missed #523
    Archbishop of Canterbury branded 'subversive' by MI5. Pakistan ambassador defends arrest of bin Laden informants. US weighs harsher penalties in wake Of CIA, FBI hacker attacks. Continue reading →
  • Chinese telecoms manufacturer denies spying cl ...
    Huawei Technologies is one of Chinaâs fastest-rising corporations. Founded in 1988 to import Western office telephone systems to China, the company today has become one of the countryâs leading exporters, producing all kinds of hi-tech communications hardware equipment, ranging from routers to c ...
  • News you may have missed #522 (European Union ...
    Did Tunisian dictator have vast spy network in France? 'At least 15 countries' spying on Sweden. Poland's president didn't know about CIA prisons. Continue reading →
  • Ex-Mossad chief stripped of Israeli diplomatic ...
    The former chief of Israelâs primary external intelligence agency has been told to return his diplomatic passport immediately, a move that has been described as âunusualâ by Israeli media. Continue reading →
  • News you may have missed #521 (Israel edition)
    Lebanese officer gets 20 years for spying for Israel. Israel pressures US to temporarily release jailed spy. Israel seeks prisoner exchange for Ilan Grapel. Continue reading →

War is a Crime.org

  • Breaching Gaza's Siege
    Breaching Gaza's Siege - by Stephen Lendman Suffocating besieged Gazans, Israel is committing slow-motion genocide. Global activists are determined to stop it and hold Israeli officials accountable for decades of crimes of war and against humanity - unspeakable atrocities financed by criminal co ...
  • Bill Hughes’ Slideshow of 12 Photos from the “ ...
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  • Israel and the Roots of Disaster
    By John Grant Two veteran friends of mine will be on one of the ships planning to leave Athens next week to challenge the Israeli sea blockade of Gaza. The Israeli government, after attacking a previous flotilla in May 2010 and killing nine people, has said it will use violence if necessary to p ...
  • Jerrold "Let's Not Impeach Bush" Nadler Now Sa ...
    Now he tells us: A House Democrat warned Friday that the U.S. president is becoming an "absolute monarch" on matters related to the authority to start a war. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) said Congress must act to limit funding for military operations in Libya in order to correct that trend. read ...
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  • Vegan condoms keep your junk cruelty-free
    by Jess Zimmerman. If you won't put animal products in your mouth, shouldn't it stand to reason you wouldn't put them on your wang? Or maybe you're courting a vegan, and you want to seal the deal. Lucky for you there are vegan lubes and condoms available, to replace the raw-meat-and-gelat ...
  • Build this beautiful shipping container house ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. There's been a small vogue for houses and buildings made of shipping containers, which are cheap, plentiful, and often end up tossed in the sea (either on purpose or otherwise). This airy two-container dwelling is one of the prettiest we've seen, and it only cost $40 ...
  • Even Republicans and climate skeptics support ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. Regardless of how they felt about global warming -- from "alarmed" to "dismissive" -- nearly everyone in this 2009 survey supported increased fuel efficiency standards. Even the ones who dismissed the threat of climate change weren't very strongly opposed. What's mor ...
  • The U.S. is building an interstate highway sys ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. One day you'll be able to head out on the highway WITHOUT getting your motor running first. Take that, Steppenwolf! Last week the�Association of American State Highway and Transportation Officials breathed new life into a long-fallow plan to build an interstate bicyc ...
  • World’s first hybrid-electric plane is a ...
    by Christopher Mims. Siemens just unveiled the world's first hybrid-electric aircraft, the DA36 E-Star. It uses an unique power train to do the seemingly impossible: take off and land on nothing but batteries. It's received wisdom among pointy-headed energy thinkers that the one thin ...

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    ‘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 ...

Suzie-Q

  • The Invisible Army
    The Invisible Army For foreign workers on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, war can be hell. The New Yorker by Sarah Stillman June 6, 2011 It was lunchtime in Suva, Fiji, a slow day at the end of the tourist season in September of 2007, when four men appeared in the doorway of the [...]
  • Christ Rice: Ca$hing in on Hard Times
    Click pic to enlarge A coleague  just resently recieved this in the mail from the future CEO of this company. We’re excited about moving forward on this and anticipate putting food on the table on a global basis. and as far as promotion goes, all options will be on the table. When the times get ...
  • Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart In Sex Bias Case
    Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart In Sex Bias Case Huffington Post First Posted: 06/20/11 10:30 AM ET Updated: 06/20/11 02:16 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of female employees in a decision that makes i ...
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    Adele – Rolling In The Deep
  • Why Bilderberg Is Important
    A lot of wack rumors have sprung up around what is happening at the Bilderberg Summit every year. I don’t put a lot of stock in a lot of those rumors; I don’t think, for instance, that they meet to divide up the slaves, and I don’t think that they meet to form instruction sheets [...]

Solari

  • 12 Things That The Mainstream Media Is Being S ...
    By End of the American Dream from LewRockwell.com 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 ...
  • Freedom In The 50 States 2011
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  • Quote du Jour
    The President has 14 ways to fix [the economy] and none of them involve giving another trillion dollars to investment banks. ~ Phil from Phil’s Stock World
  • Silver and Gold Equivalents at the Silver & Go ...
    Do you need to refer to a list of gold and silver coins? Take a look at our equivalents page at the Silver & Gold Payment Calculator. It lists the common bullion gold and silver coins and shows their ounces of appropriate metal and current melt values (ounces times current spot price). For valu ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    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��

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become o ...

Fabius Maximus

  • 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 ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • 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 ...

The Progressive Realist

  • Obama's 'Own Goal' on the Libya Vote
    Things are hard enough for the Obama Administration when it has logic, the national interest, and Democratic party principles on its side. As, in my view, has been the case with its health-care reform effort, the campaign to limit the Bush tax cuts to the bottom 95% or so of the income distribut ...
  • Go Beyond Churchill’s Speeches
    Via Daniel Larison and Alex Massie is this fascinating little nugget from the vast cult of American Churchill worship: In 1940, Churchill appeared before the House of Commons and described Britainâs goal in World War II: âI can answer in one word: victory; victory at all costs, victory despite a ...
  • Congress Still Doesn’t Want To Control Foreign ...
    Today’s Libya votes were a great example of what I’ve been trying to say about executive authority and warmaking power. The operation in Libya seems to be unpopular, and President Obama’s legal theories about its conduct are held in little esteem by most lawyers, so a majority of House of Repres ...
  • The House Libya Votes: The Worst of All Worlds
    Earlier today, Congress voted on two Libya resolutions: One to authorize military intervention, the other to restrict the U.S. to support operations. Both failed.  Neither Congress, nor the president has covered themselves in glory on this issue. Obama disregarded the views of the Office of L ...
  • Evolving Troop Levels In Iraq and Afghanistan
    On a more sober note than my annotated version of the White House troop level chart, this shows the evolution of US policy over the past 10 years: As you can see, there’s a quite sharp inflection point associated with President Obama’s inauguration as he set about fulfilling his campaign promis ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Republicans Keep Hating China
    Via James Fallows, Republican Mark Amodei, a Nevada candidate in a U.S. House special election scheduled for September 13, has released an noxiously xenophobic campaign ad: For those who don't watch the video, the ad features a fake Chinese news reporter discussing how out of control spending ...
  • Friday Nerd Blogging: The Hobbit
    Entertainment Weekly has released the first stills from Peter Jackson's adaptation of The Hobbit. Here is Martin Freeman in the lead role as Bilbo Baggins: Jackson is filming The Hobbit as a two-part prequel to The Lord of the Rings, and as such, the film will feature many of the same charact ...
  • When Will Rick Perry Start Running for President?
    The Wall Street Journal wrote yesterday afternoon that Rick Perry was ready to jump into running for president. The sourcing for the piece was incredibly unconvincing; I'm not sure how one "normally reliable Republican source" who is clearly not part of Perry's camp would know the Texas governor ...
  • Scalia Looks the Other Way
    Scott's column today on how Monday's decision in Walmart v. Dukes does a nice job of putting Scalia's opinion into historical perspective. An important exercise because, as he writes, "The idea that discrimination will rarely coexist with policies that are neutral on their face only makes sense ...
  • Friday Media Blogging: I Don't Like Keith Olbe ...
    After leaving his perch at MSNBC in a fit of drama earlier this year, Keith Olbermann has returned to television as chief news officer for Current TV, and host of a new Countdown. Meh. I understand Olbermann�s appeal to liberals; he�s loud, self-assured, and eager to lampoon conservatives for ...

Buzzflash

  • Name One policy That the Republicans Have Pass ...
    HUGH CONRAD FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUTRick Santorum is attempting to buttress his far-right credentials and improve upon his two percent ranking among Republican presidential hopefuls (SRLC by Wilson Research Strategiess) for 2012. The former Pennsylvania senator, who lost to current Sen. Robert ...
  • Cheap Patriotism vs. Deep Patriotism: Progress ...
    JANE STILLWATER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUTI was supposed to go to the Netroots Nation convention in Minneapolis last week, an annual event designed to appeal to progressive bloggers, progressive activists and progressive wannabes. However, 24 hours before I was scheduled to leave for Minnesota, ...
  • Did Bachmann "Win" the GOP Debate by Not Spewi ...
    NICHOLAS WILBUR FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT When standing among political goons and professional gaffers with the press corps salivating like rabid wolves, not looking like a dunce is akin to victory, and momentary sanity equates to electability.And for that great feat, Michele Bachmann 'stole the ...
  • Huntsman, Romney? How Can the Voters Tell Whic ...
    TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT A white Mormon whose father Is both well-connected and rich. Huntsman, Romney, c'mon guys: How can voters tell which is which? Read the Article:http://beta.news.yahoo.com/jon-huntsman-presidential-candidate-enter-gop-wild-card-083601295.html
  • Texas Governor Rick Perry is a Legend in His O ...
    PETER STERN FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Bending and hiding the truth is a Perry art form. Question: What do you call an incumbent Governor who wins with a mere 39 percent of the total votes? Answer: Texas Governor Rick Perry.So, why would Perry even consider a run for the presidency in 2012?  T ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Unce ...
    The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty – “In today’s unpredictable and chaotic world, we look to science to provide certainty and answers–and often blame it when things go wrong. The Blind Spot reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by ...
  • Science goes mobile – SciMobileApps
    Science goes mobile #SciMobileApps – ChemConnector Tony Williams nudged me towards a relatively new initiative to help science "get" mobile. Mobile apps for science are expanding in scope and capability very quickly, yet there is no easy way to source information regarding what is available, wha ...
  • 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 ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • EPA Delays Boiler Regulations by One Year, Put ...
    Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it will issue final standards to control toxic air pollution from industrial boilers by April 2012, more than a year after a federal court ordered the agency to finish the process. The delay places thousands of lives at risk and will sadd ...
  • One Wisconsin Now Statements on Walker Signing ...
    One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross released the following statements regarding Gov. Scott Walker’s planned signing of the 2011-13 Wisconsin state budget on Sunday. Walker’s budget includes tax breaks for corporations and the rich that will cost the state of Wisconsin taxpayers $2.3 b ...
  • Hamas: Human Beings are not Bargaining Chips
    Marking five years since the capture of Gilad Shalit, Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights organizations state: Hamas must immediately end inhumane and illegal treatment of Gilad Shalit. Staff Sergeant Gilad Shalit has been in captivity for five years. Those holding him have refus ...
  • GOP Jobs Agenda Unveiled: Put Unemployed Ameri ...
    "Grapes of Wrath: the Sequel" is now playing on Capitol Hill. Supported by GOP leadership, Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is promoting his E-Verify program as a "jobs" bill that will ease unemployed Americans’ woes.  It’s telling that the first GOP “jobs plan” introduced this year would send unemployed ...
  • AT&T Misleads Congress on Merger
    According to press reports, more than 70 Democrats have signed a letter to the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department touting the alleged benefits of AT&T’s proposed takeover of T-Mobile. read more

Common Dreams-Views

  • Boehner's Incoherent House Refuses to Authoriz ...
    John Nichols House Speaker John Boehner, whose incoherent approach to the constitutional mandate that Congress check and balance presidential war-making has so served the interests of the Obama administration’s Libya project, steered the H ...
  • America, Land of the Free to Go Hungry
    Eric Augenbraun As unfortunate as our current age of austerity is claimed to be, legislators at both the federal and state levels seem to relish the opportunity it has provided them to dismantle the last vestiges of the social safety net. ...
  • Is Obama Embracing Unconstitutional Powers?
    David Sirota Thursday's Hill newspaper story on the White House's new Libya War is one for the history books. It is probably the most concise summation of two of the most powerful post-9/11 tropes in our politics.read more
  • With the Gaza Aid Flotilla: Israeli Assault on ...
    Joseph Dana UPDATEDread more
  • Greece at a Crossroads
    Peter Prontzos Now that the Greek government has survived a confidence vote in Parliament, the stage is set for further confrontations in the lead-up to next week’s decision on whether to accept the new “austerity” plan demanded by the “tr ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

Water Wars

  • A victory in Western water wars? Study shows p ...
    Per-capita water use has declined in 100 communities that depend on the Colorado River, the primary source of freshwater to much of the southwest. But as populations expand, overall water consumption is still climbing.
  • Water Wars: Water pollution, protection, and p ...
    Access to fresh water may be the most pressing issue of the twenty-first century. Protecting it may be a matter of life and death.
  • Water wars
    Two Chicago suburbs are battling over water. The village of Niles has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Chancery Court against the village of Glenview seeking about two months' worth of water bills totaling $698,000. Niles Village Manager George Van Geem says his town wants Glenview to adhere to a ...
  • Water Wars Continue in the City of Odessa
    Some residents are calling the city out for not following the mandatory water restrictions.
  • Water wars: Central Coast proposal causes big ...
    Greenfield’s graduation over the weekend was the last major ceremony for the Salinas Valley this... - 11:30 am

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

  • "Now it's all gone": Women cope with siege in ...
    Nora Barrows-FriedmanThe Electronic Intifada Israeli military forces have demolished 27 houses in the Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank over the last two weeks, rendering more than 140 Palestinians homeless. The state of siege in the Jordan Valley has particularly impacted�women.
  • The diamond industry's double-standard on Israel
    Seán ClintonThe Electronic Intifada All too aware of how bad association with war crimes is for business, the diamond industry has taken pains to evade questions about its connections with Israel’s human rights abuses — and so far has escaped scrutiny from watchdog organizations.
  • Israel escalates pressure, threats against flo ...
    Bego AstigarragaThe Electronic IntifadaBilbao As the second Gaza Freedom Flotilla, made up of some 10 ships carrying 1,000 activists from 20 countries, gets ready to sail for the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli authorities are stepping up their�threats.
  • Jerusalem baby denied rights by Israeli apartheid
    Jillian Kestler-D'AmoursThe Electronic IntifadaSilwan Israel’s decision to deny seven-month-old Nouralden Issa Abbassi a Jerusalem identification card — and by extension block his right to access public health services and education — has left his family anxious and concerned for the future. ...
  • Netherlands embraces Israel tighter, squeezing ...
    Adri NieuwhofThe Electronic Intifada Why is The Netherlands deepening its economic and political ties with Israel just when Israel is escalating its attacks on Palestinian rights and flouting international law with impunity? Adri Nieuwhof comments on the Dutch government’s lurch away from a comm ...

Afghanistan Sun

Futurismic

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

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

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

Science Express

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

TechDirt

  • So The FBI Can Just Take A Copy Of All Instapa ...
    We recently wrote about the FBI's server seizures in the hunt for LulzSec, noting the collateral damage that took down servers of a few different popular websites. One of the seized servers was a backup server for the very popular service Instapaper, which many people use to save web pages and ...
  • Author Can't Quote A Single Line Of A Song In ...
    We've pointed out in the past just how ridiculous it is that publishers are incredibly risk averse when it comes to quoting anything in a book without permission. Even though brief quotes should undoubtedly be fair use, most publishers won't allow even single sentence quotes without permission ...
  • Locked Up Technology Is Broken Technology
    This comic was inspired by Sony, but they’re not exceptional. It’s also my first animated GIF Mimi & Eunice. Gear animation modified from Wikimedia Commons. Permalink | Comments | Email This Story
  • DailyDirt: Food Fights...
    Feeding lots and lots of people is an important foundation for any civilization. But recently, we've encountered some problems with our modern food chain. While some of these food scares are relatively easy to fix, there are also some issues that have no fast solutions. Here are some quick links ...
  • Australia, Once Again, Seeks To Censor The Int ...
    For about a decade now, we've been talking about attempt after attempt after attempt after attempt by the Australian government to censor the internet. It looks like they're at it again. After much pressure from the Australian government, the country's two largest ISPs, Telstra and Optus ( ...

VacTruth

  • Antibiotics in Vaccines
    Do antibiotics then help to modify or change the immune system from its pre-antibiotic-era, into a ‘trigger-happy-response’ immune system with allergic reactions and allergies abounding in infants and toddlers?Vactruth.com
  • 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

BroadSnark

  • Whose Fault Is It?
    The Dilbert guy is being hateful and thick again. He wrote a post on the recent spate of men caught “tweeting, raping, cheating” and had this to say. The part that interests me is that society is organized in such a way that the natural instincts of men are shameful and criminal while the natura ...
  • 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, [...]

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

Armies of Liberation

  • آليات ما بعد ثورة اليمن ينبغي أن تبدأ محلياً ...
    Mostakela: :: Ø¢ÙÙات ما بعد Ø«Ùرة اÙÙÙ…Ù ÙÙبغ٠أ٠تبدأ محÙÙا٠(ترجمÙ) اÙÙاتبة اÙأمرÙÙÙØ© ÙÙÙا٠تبادر باÙتراح Ø¢ÙÙات ما بعد اÙØ«Ùرة - 2011-ÙÙÙÙÙ(حزÙراÙ)-19 Ø¢ÙÙات ما بعد Ø«Ùرة اÙÙÙ…Ù ÙÙبغ٠أ٠تبدأ محÙÙا٠Ùتبت: جÙÙ ...
  • 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 ...

Dark Politricks

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

food and water watch

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

treehugger

  • Old Jeans Recycled With Antique Style Furnitur ...
    Photos: LegendBlue website Everyone has their favorite pair of jeans, which may be hung onto like a cherished memory, long past the time when those jeans actually fit. But some, like furniture designer Liz Richardson of LegendBlues, may be hanging onto them to create something completely diff ...
  • Stay a Night in a Bridge Made from Reclaimed W ...
    All Images Courtesy of Observatorium Looking at the bridge, you wonder what it's doing there. It sits on dry, flat land. It doesn't connect anything to anything else. And its zig-zagging shape doesn't exactly scream practicality. That's because this is no ordinary bridge: it's also a hostel ...
  • Sweet Skins Organic Apparel on Sale This Month ...
    Summer dresses by Sweet Skins. Photo: Sweet Skins To celebrate summer style Oregon-based organic fashion label Sweet Skins is offering up a deal for sale-hungry shoppers. If you've been eying their Rasberry Scoop Tank Dress or their Slate Blue Spring Day Dress, now's your chance to get it o ...
  • Senate Introduces Bill to Limit Use of Antibio ...
    Photo: aaron13251 Antibiotic resistance has finally made its way onto the Senate radar again and with good reason considering that we've seen antibiotic resistance across British farms and this year in US hospitals and nursing homes to name just a few. It's a problem that's only getting wor ...
  • Check Out This Sweet VW Camper Van Tent!
    Image via Firebox I'm loathe to admit an affinity for any branded product, but I can't help it, I'm a sucker for VW buses and vans. Ergo, I love this tent! It's an officially licensed 1:1 scale of the iconic 1965 T1 camper van that comes in red, blue or yellow. ...Read the full story on ...

Biosingularity

  • 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 ...

CFACT

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Pruning Shears

  • Anti-Fracking group meeting in Cleveland Heigh ...
    Sunday, June 263:00 AM - 4:30 PMWhere: 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights 44118Main Branch of Cleveland/University Hts. Library Meeting Room B, first floorThe new Cuyahoga County group, the Burning River Anti-Fracking Network, is meeting this Sunday to work on getting a ban on fracking in Clevelan ...
  • 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 ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Corporate Food Executives Aren't Struggling Qu ...
    This week we focus on our campaign for fair food by calling on President Obama to enact a rule on livestock marketing that would let USDA finally use authority given to them back when Woodrow Wilson was President.Click here to read this article
  • Climate Change: It's Bad and Getting Worse
    The rate of ice loss in two of Greenland's largest glaciers has increased so much in the last 10 years that the amount of melted water would be enough to completely fill Lake Erie, one of the five Great Lakes in North America. Click here to read this article
  • Environmental Leaders Call for Civil Disobedie ...
    As you know, the planet is steadily warming: 2010 was the warmest year on record, and we've seen the resulting chaos in almost every corner of the earth.Click here to read this article
  • Congress About to Let Agribiz Get Liberal - wi ...
    I recently wrote about a quiet but vicious fight going on in Congress to restrict the EPA's ability to regulate pesticides. It's in many ways an obscure bureaucratic turf battle, only this one is about how easy it should be to douse that turf in toxic chemicals.Click here to read this article
  • Afghanistan's Last Locavores
    Many urban Americans idealize "green living" and "slow food." But few realize that one of the most promising models for sustainable living is not to be found on organic farms in the United States, but in Afghanistan. A majority of its 30 million citizens still grow and process most of the food t ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • Puget Sound Food Network Connects Locally Grow ...
    June 9-12, Amanda Behrens and I journeyed to Missoula, Montana for the joint annual meetings of the Agriculture Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN). The conference, entitled Food ...
  • 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 [. ...

Investigate - Breaking News

  • 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...

My Care2 Picks

  • U.S.-Canada Perimeter Security and an Integrat ...
    Plans for a common security perimeter have renewed calls to expand the NORAD bilateral air defence model to include ground and naval forces. As part of the NORAD Tri Command Vision strategic goals are to develop a culture of continuous collaboration Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Go ...
  • Castigating the Frame | Climate Denial
    I'm not a scientist. Perhaps that clarifies why I am more ready to snort and say "Bollocks" when somebody - no matter how prestigious - tells me he can scientifically prove he can foretell the future.Submitted by John Farnham to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • State Of The Ocean: 'Shocking' Report Warns Of ...
    f the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report.Submitted by Joan for Peace to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� � ...
  • Storm Shadow, Saudi & the MTCR
    The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) voluntary guidelines � to which France and the United Kingdom are parties � establishes a strong presumption against the sale of cruise missiles capable of carrying a 500 kg payload to more than 300 km. Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech �|� ...
  • Google News now has expandable stories
    Each story box is collapsed down to one headline, except for the top story. When a headline grabs your attention, click to expand and view related videos and photos as well as related articles marked according to genre, like �Opinion� or �In Depth.�Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech �| ...

Angry Indian News

  • PAKISTAN: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Feared in Balochi ...
    PAKISTAN: ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Feared in Balochistan - IPS ipsnews.net: "KARACHI, Jun 23, 2011 (IPS) - The pain and anger in 25-year-old Rukhsana Langho’s voice could be heard over the telephone line... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Black Africans in Libya live in fear
    YouTube - Black Africans in Libya live in fear: "While many have hailed the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi's rule in Libya as symptomatic of a nationalistic desire for freedom and equality, there is... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Burmanet » Irrawaddy: House Speaker warns agai ...
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  • Bolivia likely to denounce 1961 Single Convent ...
    Bolivia likely to denounce 1961 Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs : International Centre on Human Rights and Drug Policy: "Bolivia’s lower house has agreed to denounce the 1961 Single Convention on... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • SOUTH LEBANON: Israel Continues Zionization of ...
    SOUTH LEBANON: Israel Continues Zionization of Jerusalem: "JERUSALEM, June 23, 2011 (WAFA) – Israeli Jerusalem municipality continues its extensive zionizing operations near Damascus Gate, one of... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
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