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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.

Monday, June 27, 2011

27 June - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

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 27, 2011
    ==== South African President Again Blasts NATO’s War In Libya NATO’s Air War In Libya: 12,745 Sorties, 4,804 Strike Missions Libyan War Exceeds 100 Days: NATO Bombs Gaddafi Residence Video And Text: Global Regime Change: Cash And Cyberware On U.S. Offensive Tbilisi: NATO Representative Promotes ...
  • Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 26, 2011
    ==== Libya Seeks Nigeria’s Aid To End NATO Bombardments U.S. Troops Deploy With Polish Counterparts For Afghan War NATO To Keep Slovak Troops In Afghanistan NATO Tanker Set On Fire In Pakistan U.S., German Troops In “Unparalleled” Czech Border Exercise ==== Libya Seeks Nigeria’s Aid To End NATO ...
  • Herodotus: No one is fool enough to choose war ...
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Herodotus From The Histories Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt “Tell me Croesus, who was it who persuaded you to March against my country and be my enemy rather than my friend?” “My lord,” Croesus replied, “the luck was yours when I d ...
  • 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 ...

Before It's News

Intel Hub

  • Fukushima To Fort Calhoun: Radiation Threat & ...
    Examiner.com Deborah Dupre June 27, 2011 Too Little Too Late From Fukushima to Fort Calhoun nuclear facilities, distrust of government and industry is increasing as are human rights to health, safety, and security violations according to recent reports in Japan and the United States. In the Fuku ...
  • Chemtrails are REAL – Mainstream Radio S ...
    YouTube June 26th, 2011 PYX106 in Albany, NY, a Clear Channel station, is overwhelmed with calls of chemtrails covering the skies on the morning of June 6, 2011. Demand truth! ThyroidKi.com – 10% Off High Grade Potassium Iodide(Ad) var addthis_config = {"data_track_clickback":};
  • Breaking News: Flood Wall fails At Fort Calhou ...
    The Intel Hub June 26th, 2011 Photos of the flooding at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant. A flood wall at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant has failed, leading many to speculate as to the consequences. Omaha.com Floodwaters surrounded several buildings at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station ...
  • LEAKED: UK Copyright Lobby Holds Closed-Door M ...
    Cory Doctorow Boing Boing June 26th, 2011 A group of UK copyright lobbyists held confidential, closed-door meetings with Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries to discuss a plan to allow industry groups to censor the Internet in the UK. The proposal has leaked, a ...
  • Agent Orange Barrels Seen Buried In Gainesvill ...
    Blowback of atrocities from the 1960′s come home to roost in our own home towns as defacto terrorist attacks. “Level 1 hazmat suites were being used in our neighborhood immediately adjacent to the properties to test water wells and do sewage work.” The Intel Hub By Harold Saive – Veterans For Pe ...

FRS

  • India: 10,000 rally, demand release of politic ...
    APDR demands release of political prisoners Sujoy Khanra, TNN JHARGRAM, June 24, 2011: The state government was yet to initiate measures to expedite the release of political prisoners, it was alleged at a rally organized by the Association for Protection of Democratic Rights (APDR) at Midnapore ...
  • India: Maoists reject President’s peace ...
    by JOSEPH JOHN, IndiaExpress.com Raipur, June 27, 2011 : Rejecting President Pratibha Patil’s call for peace talks, Maoists have announced a ‘protest week’ from July 4 in Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Maharashtra and on the Andhra-Odisha Border (AOB), demanding immediate scrapping of the Arm ...
  • Philippines: Military abuse and extra-judicial ...
    Army chief hit over human rights remark Sun Star, Saturday, June 25, 2011 ARMED Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief General Eduardo Oban drew flak from a militant group for saying that the government’s counter-insurgency program is founded on “human rights.” Karapatan chairperson Marie Hilao-E ...
  • Fatah-Hamas Discuss Release of Political Priso ...
    [As this article shows, neither Fatah nor Hamas, who have recently embarked upon some levels of co-operation with each other, have displayed the leadership or the authority to unite the Palestinian people in struggle today against the Zionist settler-colonial occupation and its imperialist partn ...
  • Detained Without Cause
    Detained Without Cause: Muslims’ Stories of Detention and Deportation in America after 9/11 Detained Without Cause, posted with vodpod The Alwan Center of the Arts, Interfaith Center of New York, Muslim Progressive Traditionalist Alliance (MPTA) and the National Lawyers Guild NY Chapter After 9/ ...

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

  • Ladies and Gentlemen: We have grandbabies
    At 7:13 p.m. Sunday, Jonathon M. Bruder, made his debut at 4 lbs., 14 oz, followed rather shortly by his sister, Analyse (Ann-elise) M. Bruder, weighing in at 6 lbs, 3 oz. Mother and father are fine. Their� sisters and brother are, as well. In fact, their brother was there to greet them; their ...
  • A little more reading with Sunday's column...
    To read past coverage of this, the second St. Francis child sex abuse trial, go to Google News, search "Today in Courtroom 3B," and have at it. (I'm sorry, but there's no easier way.) To read a history of St. Francis Hospital, go here. Michael McAndrews photo for The Courant
  • 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.

Associated Content

  • What If President Obama Just Ignored the Debt ...
    The New Republic has a somewhat chilling scenario concerning the debt ceiling controversy. What if, having failed to reach an agreement with the Congress, President Obama ignores the law and keeps issuing new debt anyway?Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Jun 26, 2011
  • New York Legalizes Same Sex Marriage: A Conser ...
    Thursday night, New York became the latest state of the union to permit same sex marriage. It was the cause of much rejoicing in New York's gay community and considerable grumbling among social conservatives.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Jun 25, 2011
  • Reasons For, Against a Rick Perry Presidential Run
    "Run, Rick,Run," was the cheer Texas Gov. Rick Perry heard at the conclusion of his speech at the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans.Contributor: Giuseppe Giannet Published: Jun 24, 2011
  • Peter Falk an Image of Strength, Perseverance
    "Columbo" star Peter Falk died at the age of 83 after reportedly suffering from Alzheimer's. Here is my personal feelings on his death and the memories I will cherish.Contributor: Jeanne Rose Published: Jun 24, 2011
  • Consumers Shouldn't Be Deceived by J.D. Power' ...
    Ford Motor Company fell from fifth to 23rd in J.D. Power and Associates' initial quality rankings while Toyota broke into the top 10 after last year's low. However, the numbers are not all they seem.Contributor: Ryan Michaels Published: Jun 24, 2011

Popsci - Science

  • Experiment Creates Advertisements to Sell Food ...
    It was only a matter of time before monkeys, like their hairless primate counterparts, became the target of advertising. Laurie Santos, a primatologist at Yale University who was included in PopSci’s Brilliant Ten in 2007, is partnering with advertising executives Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Ki ...
  • First Successful Use of Genome Editing In Livi ...
    A targeted snip through DNA’s double helix can take out a mutated gene that causes hemophilia, curing mice of the disease, a new study found. It’s the first study to use this form of genome editing in a living animal, and it could have implications for genetic treatment of other diseases, notab ...
  • 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 ...

Veterans Today

  • Public Health Solutions Hiring Talented Veterans
    Public Health Solutions have become the newest addition to the Hire Veterans online military job board. They have decided to actively pursue our military veterans in an attempt to add more diversity to their already growing work force.
  • Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – June ...
    Today is National HIV Testing Day. Why is HIV testing so important? Diagnosing HIV early greatly improves medical outcomes.
  • Israel: Political Detainee Abuses Outlined
    On June 24, Haaretz writers Barak Ravid and Revital Hoval headlined, "Netanyahu: Israel to toughen conditions for Palestinian prisoners," saying:
  • Face of Defense: Pilot Supports Ground Fighters
    Like many aviators, Air Force Capt. Sarah Eccles, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from San Antonio, caught the flying bug at a young age. On her 15th birthday, her father surprised her by taking her to a Wright Flyers Aviation flight school.
  • AFGE: PTSD Support Needed
    Today, the American Federation of Government Employees recognizes National PTSD Awareness Day and joins other organizations in the mission to garner greater awareness and additional services for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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

  • Potpourri: $ Losing Global Status, $100B AAA Loss
    A few hours ago we received word that River Plate, the most storied of Argentinian football clubs which has helped spawn many global footballing legends, was relegated from the first division for the first time in its 110-year history. This resulted in riots in Buenos Aires. How the mighty have ...
  • Mexico Norte: Futbol & Hispanicization of the USA
    CONCACAF should be ashamed of itself. I think it was a f***ing disgrace that the entire post-match ceremony was in Spanish. You can bet your ass if we were in Mexico City it wouldn't be all in English - Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard after losing to Mexico 4-2 in Los Angeles during the Gold Cup ...
  • Will Airbus Lose PRC Orders on Emissions Regs?
    Environmentalists usually applaud countries or regions where regulations are most stringent for obvious reasons. Aside from encouraging better fuel economy or lower emissions, there can be substantial knock-on effects. Consider America. The United States remains the world's second largest car ma ...
  • 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 ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • 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 ...
  • National Debt
    It really is hard to find the words to describe the true horror of the national debt.  The U.S. government has been on the greatest debt binge in all of human history, and a day of reckoning is coming that is going to be so painful that it is going to shock [...]
  • The Financial Collapse Of Greece: The Canary I ...
    The rest of the world needs to sit up and take notice of what is going on in Greece right now.  This is what can happen when you allow government debt to spiral out of control.  Once it becomes clear that you can't pay your debts, a financial collapse can happen very suddenly 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 ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • UFOs filmed above BBC building in London
    If UFOs are real and trying to get our attention perhaps they are getting a little more savvy about the way we humans work. A new video has emerged purporting to show ‘a mothership and its fleet’ zipping around in the clouds above a BBC building in West London. Perhaps the group of intergalactic ...
  • China moves to save the Euro from collapse
    It is in the interest of cash-rich China to help resolve the eurozone debt crisis, but Chinese premier Wen Jiabao, who is visiting Britain and Continental Europe, will want a share of the West’s buying power in return. As Wen Jiabao, the Chinese premier, stepped off his plane in Birmingham on Sa ...
  • Swedish preschool bans gender
    A pre-school in Sweden has decided to stop referring to children as “him” or “her” in an effort to obtain equality between the sexes from childhood. The Egalia preschool, in the Sodermalm district of Stockholm made the decision as a part of the national curriculum for Swedish preschools to stop ...
  • New ‘Little Ice Age’ underway
    American researchers say sun spot activity will start to recede in the next two years leading the Earth towards a new ‘Little Ice Age’ in the coming years. Three separate studies conducted by scientists of the American Astronomical Society’s solar physics division say solar activity will start t ...
  • 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 Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner presen ...

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

  • 2011-06-27 Youth movement is going to boycott ...
    TweetMorocco’s opposition youth movement is calling on followers to boycott a constitutional referendum on July 1st. On Twitter, @ibnkafka, a Moroccan source, confirmed the data and mamsawtinch.com presents the petition against the referendum proposed by King Mohammed VI. Claiming that the refor ...
  • 2011-06-27 Interview with Global Bitcoin Stock ...
    TweetWhat follows is an interview with the Global Stock Market developer known as AntiVigilante. Recently, Bitcoin has grown in both popularity and notoriety with the well known hack attack on mtgox. Tracy Phillips: Are you a developer for Bitcoin? Please describe what your position is or what ...
  • Competition Entry | Shrouded in Secrecy
    TweetHow can individuals and societies protect themselves against the encroachment and abuse of government power in the modern age? By Joel Phillps, Columbia University Undergrad The first time I heard about WikiLeaks and its mysterious rebel leader, Julian Assange, I was definitely impressed. ...
  • 2011-06-27 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 ...
  • 2011-06-26 #Lulzsec on the future
    TweetFollowing directions in a tweet from @LulzSec Twitter account, Wikileaks World connected to Anonymous IRC server and joined the public channel #AntiSec. The IRC, or Internet Chat Protocol, is the oldest chat protocol on the internet. It is also free. Once there, they recieved the automatic ...

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

  • Look who’s buying up flood ravaged farm land
    Double Red Alert Posted by Ann Barnhardt Missouri River Flooding Cattle commodities broker Ann writes: Two HUGE intel leads in my email box this morning from way-back contacts that I�ve had for years, that are actually somewhat connected concepts. 1. File this one under �Now It All Makes Sense�. ...
  • The Olgacom Scandal Explained: the connection ...
  • 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 ...

Bloomberg

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

Enviroblog

  • On Propaganda: Fracking Fun for the Very Young
    By Alex Formuzis, Father of Two and EWG V-P for Media Relations The natural gas industry has lost much support among adults who live in communities where fracking has left the water undrinkable and home values plummeting, but all is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • The rainbow governor: Now, Andrew Cuomo has a ...
    Let's just stipulate that the past six months could not possibly have gone any better for Andrew Cuomo. Actually, that's true for the entire last five years. More
  • 'Post' comes out, finally, on the gays; 'News' ...
    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
  • 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 ...

Views & News from Norway

  • Think goes belly-up, again
    Long-troubled, but forerunner in the electric car industry, Think, has had to file for bankruptcy again, leaving 80 employees at Fornebu without a job and the Norwegian, British and American owners with little to show for the billions of kroner they have invested in the company. This will be the ...
  • Train disruption starts smoothly
    Locals and tourists alike have been bracing themselves for commuter chaos, as the scheduled halt of all trains through Oslo began this morning. “All things considered, this has gone fairly well,” press officer Bjørn Stuedal of state railway NSB told newspaper Aftenposten. “The coach-for-train s ...
  • Captain of grounded ship avoids prison
    The Chinese captain of a bulk cargo ship responsible for the worst oil spill in Norwegian history won’t have to serve any jail time, thanks to an appeals court decision that overturned a mandatory jail term and lets him off with a suspended sentence. The captain of the Chinese vessel Full City w ...
  • Takeover shows there’s loot in lefse
    Local owners of a bakery in the small town of Sørli, Nord-Trøndelag County, are becoming multi-millionaires after selling their Lierne Bakeri to food industry firm Rieber & Søn og Bergen. Lierne specializes in producing small packages of buttered, ready-to-eat lefse, the traditional Norwegian ...
  • Queen makes artistic debut
    An avid art buff and collector since childhood, Queen Sonja, 73, has finally tried her own hand at creating masterpieces. Working alongside professional artists Kjell Nupen and Ørnulf Opdahl, her majesty has helped craft a collection of 24 graphic prints which will be exhibited and sold in order ...

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

  • More Than 300 New Species Discovered in the Ph ...
    This spring, scientists from the California Academy of Sciences braved leeches, lionfish, whip-scorpions and a wide variety of other biting and stinging creatures to lead the most comprehensive scientific survey effort ever conducted in the Philippines...Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals �|� � ...
  • Genome Editing -- A Next Step in Genetic Thera ...
    Using an innovative gene therapy technique called genome editing that hones in on the precise location of mutated DNA, scientists have treated the blood clotting disorder hemophilia in mice. This is the first time that genome editing, which precisely ....Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech ...
  • A 'wonder drug' that could kill ALL types of c ...
    A breast cancer �wonder drug� could be turned into a universal weapon against tumours, British scientists said last night.They have discovered a way of making a family of breast cancer pills effective against other cancers. Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a ...
  • 14 Scary Stats on the STEM Gap
    We need the skills of innovators, but many of the students who would-be STEM majors just aren�t making it. Minorities, low-income students, and women have been left behind in STEM education and careers, and these stats take a look at the serious problem..Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...
  • Court to rule on violent video game sales to kids
    Is it unconstitutional to ban the sale or rental of ultraviolent video games to children?The Supreme Court plans to answer that question Monday with a ruling that could profoundly affect a multibillion-dollar industry. Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

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

  • Look who’s buying up flood ravaged farm land
    Double Red Alert Posted by Ann Barnhardt Missouri River Flooding Cattle commodities broker Ann writes: Two HUGE intel leads in my email box this morning from way-back contacts that I�ve had for years, that are actually somewhat connected concepts. 1. File this one under �Now It All Makes Sense�. ...
  • The Olgacom Scandal Explained: the connection ...
  • 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 ...

Gyrovague's Raves

  • The Brain on Trial
    Advances in brain science are calling into question the volition behind many criminal acts. A leading neuroscientist describes how the foundations of our criminal-justice system are beginning to crumble, and proposes a new way forward for law and order. By David Eagleman Adrianna Williams/Corbis ...
  • Hollowing out the ivory tower
    Alison Wolf tells Tim Black that the now orthodox view of universities as engines of economic growth is making us lose sight of their primary purpose: the pursuit of knowledge. Tim Black âThe idea â which I have to say has affected large numbers of politicians â that you can just give people at ...
  • Bigger, Safer, More Regulated
    What the U.S. financial industry could learn from Chinese banksâand Chinese banking regulators. By Howard Davies Money being counted at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited The Chinese financial system’s evolution in recent years has been extraordinary. In 2002, all of China’s maj ...
  • Does Islam Stand Against Science?
    By Steve Paulson We may think the charged relationship between science and religion is mainly a problem for Christian fundamentalists, but modern science is also under fire in the Muslim world. Islamic creationist movements are gaining momentum, and growing numbers of Muslims now look to the Qur ...
  • ‘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 ...

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

  • Senate “Reform”, or Destruction of Democratic ...
    "If a Prime Minister tries to turn Parliamentary responsible government into unparliamentary irresponsible government, only the Crown can stop him; only the Crown can keep government responsible to Parliament and Parliament to the people; only the Crown can prevent the Prime Minister, prime serv ...
  • VIDEO: “THE CONFEDERATION OF CANADA AS A WAR M ...
    "Let the Fathers of Confederation explain to you why Canada cannot be annexed to the United States of America"- KM
  • U.S.-Canada Perimeter Security and an Integrat ...
    "The end results of a fully integrated continental security perimeter could sacrifice what is left of Canadian sovereignty and independence" -Dana Gabriel
  • IF 50%+1 IS BINDING, THE “NO” WON IN 1995!
    All that changes is the name. But it all means NORTH AMERICAN UNION. “In both 1980 and 1995, Quebec showed a willingness to negotiate … an association or partnership agreement with Canada once it became a sovereign state so that people, goods and capital could circulate freely between the two co ...
  • My Fellow Canadian and American Friends
    "It should be quite obvious to you by now that the national sovereignty of Canada and the United States is under threat. We as Canadians and you as Americans both have something equal to lose."

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

  • Oceana Joins National Aquarium for Sea Turtle ...
    A rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtle is released back into the wild. © Oceana/Dustin Cranor Yesterday was an exciting day for 5 rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. Last November, the endangered sea turtles were found stranded on the beaches of Massachusetts after having fallen vict ...
  • Exploring Uncharted Territory off Oregon's Coast
    Vibrant gorgonian corals near Cape Arago, Oregon. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: On their final day in Oregon, the crew ventures into uncharted territory and finds a variety of corals and fish. Oregon Leg, Day 5 Frida ...
  • ‘Oceana’ a WaPo Political Bestseller
    You may have heard by now that actor and ocean activist Ted Danson wrote a book called "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceana and What We Can Do to Save Them". Washington Post writer Christopher Schoppa has also heard the news; he recently featured Danson’s book in his Political Bookworm column, naming ...
  • 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 ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • Bigfoot, Hauntings, UFOs And Those Infernal Sh ...
    Bigfoot, Hauntings, UFOs And Those Infernal Shows About Them. [...]
  • Excogitations On Barbarossa
    German Helmets Culled From The Dead At Stalingrad � Oil could have been one of the driving forces behind Operation Barbarossa. Hitler certainly seemed to lose interest in North Africa and had diverted precious oil and supplies to the East in 1941. That put Rommel in a lose-lose situation. While ...
  • 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 ...

Taylor Marsh

  • Blago Convicted
    A Chicago jury has found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty of 17 of the 20 charges in his corruption trial. Blagojevich was found not guilty on one of the counts, and the jury deadlocked on two. – TPMMuckraker
  • Israel Drops Threats Against Journalists Cover ...
    If there was anything dumber for the Israeli government to do I don’t know what it could have been. Threatening journalists who are covering the Gaza flotilla backfired, as it should. Netanyahu said in a statement that the policy for journalists covering the flotilla should not be the same as ag ...
  • Michele Bachmann: ‘I am running for the presid ...
    Forget political pedigree, executive experience or ties to deep-pocketed donors. No Republican presidential candidate is better positioned to capitalize on the recent tide of conservative anger toward President Barack Obama than Michele Bachmann. Her charisma and crossover appeal to both social ...
  • Debt Chicken is the Democrats’ Fault
    “…There’s the politics and then there’s the arithmetic and the arithmetic says we’re not getting to the right place. … …and the idea that we’re not going to raise revenue… (waving hands in the air)… seems to be (shakes his head)… I don’t even understand this conversation. …” – Andrew Ross Sorkin ...
  • Chris Wallace: ‘I messed up.’
    When Karl asked if she accepts the apology, Bachmann brushed aside the question this way: “I think that it’s insulting to insinuate that a candidate for president is less than serious.” Trying the question again, Bachmann replied, “Those are the small issues. I’m focused on the big ones.” – Bach ...

Hudson New York

  • Iraqi Kurdistan Passes Law Against FGM
    The parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan registered an important victory against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) on Wednesday, June 22, when it passed, by a large majority, legislation banning the practice. The brutal and un-Islamic custom of FGM has now been
  • Ankara Urges Palestinian Groups to Unite to Ke ...
    Turkey has urged Palestinian groups to take advantage of the high moral ground they achieved with their agreement to form a unity government. Meeting with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas on Thursday, President Abdullah Gul stressed Palestinian groups
  • 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

Urban Survival

  • Grinding Toward the Big Fall
    (Detroit, MI)  Near as I can figure it – and this is not investment advice – Today would be a good day to sit on the wallet since after dropping 115 Dow points Friday, the market is set to make … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Those Much-Needed Writing Lessons
    (Detroit, MI) Besides the best online columnist award going to Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times this weekend, there was a lot of discussion at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists here this weekend about writing, the challenges of “convergence” … Continue reading →
  • 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 →

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)

  • The science of food lectures @ Harvard to retu ...
    These lectures were hugely popularlast year. Harvards has even lined up corporate sponsors. Here's a link to the F11 schedule. Arrive early. Here's one from last year. The kickoff event on Tuesday, Sept. 6, features Dave Arnold (Food Arts magazine's Contributing Editor for Equipment and Fo ...
  • Harvard discovers " a Holy Grail of neuroscience."
    So they say. This from Harvard Medical School: David Ferrero and Stephen Liberles, neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School, have discovered a single compound found in high concentrations in the urine of carnivores that triggers an instinctual avoidance response in mice and rats. This is the ...
  • 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 ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Slow Start on Great Lakes Pact
    Ed Osann, Senior Policy Analyst, Santa Monica Ten years ago this month, the governors of the eight Great Lakes states and the premiers of Ontario and Quebec agreed to work together to more effectively protect the water resources of the Great Lakes ...
  • Good news from Colorado about a safer way to s ...
    Amy Mall, Senior Policy Analyst, Washington, D.C. I've blogged before about the environmental risks associated with open air waste pits used by the oil and gas industry, including risks to�air quality, groundwater, surface water, and soil. I've al ...
  • Why Do Some in Congress Want to Allow More Mer ...
    John Walke, Clean Air Director/ Senior Attorney, Washington, D.C. Last week, some members of Congress sided with big polluters over the American people by introducing outrageous legislation to allow over 100,000 tons of toxic air pollution and ove ...
  • Car costs may hinder the ability of households ...
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC    This study, based on 2001 data from Canada, isn’t new.  But it is telling, and I suspect the only distinctions between its findings and what we might learn from mo ...
  • Take Me Out to the Ballgame: the Chemical Indu ...
    Daniel Rosenberg, Senior Attorney, Washington DC Every week or two’s worth of news in the area of toxics is its own microcosm of both what is wrong with our national system for regulating chemicals, and how pressure to fix it continues to build.  ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 06-25 ...
    Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of June 25-26, 2011: New York NY police sued by cop who was kicked, clubbed & maced after mistaken for suspect at daughter’s bday party [3] http://bit.ly/kiePJf Louisiana Supreme Cou ...
  • 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 ...

Total Collapse

  • Turkey might launch offensive against Syria, r ...
    Now Lebanon - Turkish officials informed several western powers that Ankara might launch a military operation in northern Syria in an attempt to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s Baath Party, Kuwaiti newspaper As-Seyassah reported on Monday. “Turkey informed Britain, France, Italy, Germany a ...
  • Greek MPs to vote on austerity measures
    Press TV – The Greek parliament will put to vote new austerity measures to secure the latest tranche of financial aid from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The deeply unpopular cuts and sell-offs are expected to be discussed and voted on in the parliament on Wednesday and ...
  • International Criminal Court Issues Arrest War ...
    The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of crimes against humanity. The court had grounds to believe he had ordered attacks on civilians during Libya’s four-month uprising, it said. The Hague-based court also issued warran ...
  • Hugo Chavez’s brother talks of armed struggle
    One of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s brothers said Sunday that backers of the hospitalized leftist leader should not rule out armed struggle in the future, though they prefer to maintain power at the ballot box. Adan Chavez’s statement came as speculation mounted about the health of the pre ...
  • Soros: “We are on the Edge of Financial Collapse”
    Economic Policy Journal - Oligarch George Soros, at a conference in Vienna, during a panel discussion said Let’s face it: we are on the verge of an economic collapse which starts, let’s say, in Greece but could easily spread. The financial system remains extremely vulnerable… He also said, as r ...

Daily Dose

  • Office 2010 Service Pack 1 coming this week
    WinRumors is reporting that the first service pack for Office 2010 will be released on Tuesday morning. Tomorrow also marks the formal public release of Office 365, the event for which will provide a very fertile platform for Microsoft to release the update for its current version of Office. Ag ...
  • Microsoft snags patent deal with yet another A ...
    Microsoft’s patent arsenal is often its weapon of choice when it wants to turn the screws on its competition. And there has been perhaps no more famous example in recent months of this than its legal actions against Android vendors to force them to cough up per unit royalties to avoid the compa ...
  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 ...
    The International Olympic Committee has given athletes permission to tweet and use other social media during next year’s Olympic Games, Google now offers more detailed ratings on the Android Market, and Facebook and Twitter see big traffic gains in the UK during May. It’s all in today’s Daily Do ...
  • Copy and paste between cloud services? otixo d ...
    The problem that I have seen with cloud services thus far is that I end up having to log in to 5 or 6 different sites in order to gain access to the services that I want. Then, if I want to move files between them, I have to download them locally, then upload them to another. Not only does this ...
  • The browser wars, illustrated
    What browser do you prefer? Before Chrome came along, I would wager that your answer to that question would have been Firefox. But now? It’s much harder to say. The following image comes from Galit Weisberg, an awesome illustrator, and explains well the current state of browser competition:

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 )

  • Camera traps reveal no tigers, but other carni ...
    A four-year camera trap project has revealed that Khao Yai National Park in Thailand is still home to a wide-variety of carnivore species, but tigers may be on their way out or already gone finds a new study from mongabay.com's open access journal Tropical Conservation Science. Photographing wit ...
  • Australia's Senate passes palm oil labeling bill
    Just days after being rejected by the the Senate Community Affairs Committee, Australia's Senate passed the Amended Truth in Labeling - Palm Oil Bill.
  • How do tourists view the Serengeti?
    Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, an immense expanse of East African savanna, is a world famous tourist destination because of its plentiful megafauna, particularly the great migrating herds of wildebeest. Yet despite huge visitor numbers and the annual revenue of millions of US dollars, loca ...
  • Green tigers: new research shows protecting fo ...
    A raft of new studies show that protecting Southeast Asia's forests could provide an enormous economic lift for Southeast Asia. Indeed, the studies suggest, forest conservation, sustainable forestry, and agricultural improvements, along with investments in clean energy, could spur the rise of re ...
  • Conservationists seek $15M for rarest chimp
    A new conservation plan calls for $14.6 million to save the world's rarest subspecies of chimp: the Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee, reports the Wildlife Conservation Scoeity (WCS).

Sierra Express

  • SLPP vs APC Le 524 Bn…chopped?
    ‘Dabaroo’ a word frequently used by the Creoles to describe criminals, con artists, liars and dishonest people is apparently accredited to politicians on proof of unholy governance conduct. Just recently, I mean last week, liar politicians have had field days accusing each other of surrendering ...
  • Searchlight – 6/27/2011
    Law Court Wins Kaka Award Folks, the Searcher has been reliably informed that the Sierra Leone Law Court Building has been given the most prestigious “Kaka” Award. This is an award that is normally given to any institution that has excelled itself in allowing its toilets to get over full, burst ...
  • Nahim Khadi gone missing? – part I
    It is a question the media, or committee members of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), or the football Protocol Officer, Sorie Ibrahim Sesay, cannot easily give an answer to. Allow me say it loud that the missing SLFA boss, Nahim Khadi (in photo), has abandoned his office for months w ...
  • Archaeologists discover slave handcuff on Bunc ...
    A team of archaeologists have made an impressive discovery after conducting six weeks of excavation at the ruins of the British Slave Castle at Bunce Island, which was sponsored by the Bunce Island Coalition. This was made known to newsmen at a press conference that was held by the Ministry of T ...
  • Ripsta Culture remembers reggae legend
    Ripsta Culture Foundation in collaboration with Shain Foundation and Children Crossing Culture commemorates the eighth anniversary of the death of Sierra Leone reggae legend, Amara Kabba at the Parade ground playing field in Freetown. Giving a brief history of the late man, coordinator of Ripsta ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Fonterra lifts share to keep milk top spot
    Fonterra is the biggest milk processor in the world, according to a report by the International Farm Comparison Network.The network's research activities included global benchmarking of dairy-farming systems, monitoring prices...
  • Second milk pricing probe underway
    A second probe into Fonterra's milk pricing has been launched, with an interdepartmental group spanning three Government agencies looking into the issue.The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the Ministry of Economic...
  • Natural Dairy, blocked on Crafar farms, still ...
    Natural Dairy NZ Holdings, the Hong Kong company blocked from buying the Crafar farms last year, has started selling New Zealand-made dairy products in China after UBNZ Funds Management was granted approval to export. Natural...
  • Mark Lister: Dairy giant may soon offer taste ...
    At our annual investor conference last week, one of the presentations was from Fonterra. Feedback from the 600 private client attendees was that this was one of the most interesting talks of the day. This was no small feat given...
  • Angus Allan: Expanding the herd
    Angus Allan makes it sound easy. His gourmet yoghurt brand launched in May last year and, in just 10 months, has become the highest earning gourmet yoghurt in New Zealand. Now the Collective Dairy Company is poised to hit shelves...

    IPS - Inter Press Services

  • Army Jets 'Bomb South Sudan Villages'
    Civilians in south Sudan say jets from the north are launching attacks on villages close to the border.
  • Nuclear for the Poor, Renewables for the Rich?
    In a debate about the future of energy, the global south wants to spend tens of billions of dollars on nuclear plants while the global north looks to spend hundreds of millions on decentralised, renewable energy.
  • DEVELOPMENT: Civil Society Welcomes New FAO Chief
    The track record of the newly elected Brazilian chief of FAO is a promise in itself for civil society.
  • World Heading to Slow Motion Health Crisis
    Sixty percent of all global deaths are now caused by non- communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes and lung disease, according to a report by the U.N. Secretary-General's office.
  • MIDEAST: Confrontation Begins Before the Sailing
    Activists are engaged in a harsh confrontation with Israeli authorities days before the international ‘Freedom Flotilla II – Stay Human' sets sail towards the Gaza strip in an attempt to break the naval blockade Israel has imposed since 2007.

Scoop - NZ

  • Archaeology in Ōtautahi/Christchurch
    1: What is the effect of liquefaction on buried archaeological remains in the quake zones? 2: Are the buildings being monitored and recorded appropriately? .. media have been reporting the work of such groups as Cera, NZHPT, the Recovery Council, Engineering Firms and Architects from the b ...
  • Has ANZUS passed its use-by date?
    FOR sixty years the ANZUS alliance has been the holy grail of Australian security policy. It is the alliance on which Australia ultimately relies for national survival in the event of an armed attack that it can’t repel alone. But questions are emerging about the long-term value of ANZUS to A ...
  • AJ: Afghan war on 'agriterror'
    The narcotics trade thrives in Afghanistan, but why are poppy lords not prosecuted with the same zeal as the Taliban? The opium economy makes up an estimated 35 per cent of Afghanistan's GDP. It is vital to the livelihoods of millions of Afghans who work all along the poppy chain: from farmin ...
  • 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.

Independent - London

  • Amanda Knox clashes with witness in Italy murd ...
    American student Amanda Knox, appealing against her conviction for murder, clashed in an Italian court today with one of the two men found guilty with her of killing her British flatmate.
  • Republican Michele Bachmann opens 2012 US bid
    US Representative Michele Bachmann, a rising star of the conservative Tea Party movement, leaped into the race for the Republican 2012 presidential nomination today and said the country cannot afford four more years of President Barack Obama.
  • Latin American banana labourers file damages c ...
    A 25-year battle by Latin American banana labourers to win compensation from companies including British-Dutch oil giant Shell for exposure to a pesticide which they claim left them sterile and crippled by ill health is set to finally come to a close after dozens of workers filed damages claims.
  • Latin American banana labourers file pesticide ...
    A 25-year battle by Latin American banana labourers to win compensation from companies including British-Dutch oil giant Shell for exposure to a pesticide which they claim left them sterile and crippled by ill health is set to finally come to a close after dozens of workers filed damages claims.
  • Human rights issue 'not off limits'
    David Cameron insisted human rights issues were not "off limits" with China today after holding talks with Premier Wen Jiabao.

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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

  • U.S. military spends a cool $20billion on air ...
    The U.S. military forks out a whopping $20.2billion a year on keeping troops in Iraq and Afghanistan cool, it has emerged. The alarming figure is more than Nasa's entire annual budget and trumps the amount the G-8 has pledged to aid Egypt and Tunisia. It's even more than the clean up cost of B ...
  • Feds Finally Release List Of Chemicals Found I ...
    It took over a year, but earlier this month the Environmental Protection Agency finally released a partial list of the chemical components in oil dispersants used to "clean up" portions of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. EPA released a list of the 57 ingredients in all of the dispersa ...
  • Israel: Netanahyu orders defense establishment ...
    Cabinet accepts Navy's plan to prevent upcoming flotilla from arriving in Gaza; ministers agree that flotilla members will be allowed to unload humanitarian cargo at Egyptian port of El-Arish and Ashdod port. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Monday ordered the defense establishment not to ...
  • Scientists claim that 'self' can relocate to o ...
    For millennia, philosophers have debated whether or not the self exists solely in the mind, the body, or both. Well, it's unclear whether this will help clear things up or just muddy the waters further, but Swedish neuroscientists are now claiming that the human brain can add outside objects s ...
  • The Backfire Effect
    The Misconception: When your beliefs are challenged with facts, you alter your opinions and incorporate the new information into your thinking. The Truth: When your deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory evidence, your beliefs get stronger. Wired, The New York Times, Backyard Poul ...

The Galloping Beaver

  • At the going down of the sun...
    With condolences and respect to the family and friends of Master Corporal Francis Roy, Canadian Special Operations Regiment, Petawawa. Servitum Nulli Secundus Viam Inveniemus
  • A song for Billy Blair. . .
    AND THE REST OF THE G20 WEASELS. They arrested too many of the wrong people: middle class Canadians who are educated and have money — and lawyers. Billy and the weasels are just starting to realize that this problem isn't going away. I wonder how Officer Bubbles is doing these days? Anyway, the ...
  • 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 ...

Media Matters for America

  • Washington Times' History Of Anti-Gay ...
    The incoming editor of The Washington Times, Ed Kelley, recently suggested he was not familiar with the newspaper's long history of anti-gay attacks, saying the only controversy he had heard on the issue was "a change in whether or not the term either civil unions or gay marriage or something, ...
  • Neal Boortz Uses Mythology To Say The Bush Tax ...
    Writing in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, syndicated radio host Neal Boortz perpetuated the myth that tax cuts increase revenue to bolster his argument that the Bush tax cuts "worked." Economists have said the Bush tax cuts reduced revenue and had little positive impact on the economy.Boortz ...
  • 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 ...

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TPM Cafe

  • 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 ...
    Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
  • In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
    In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
  • Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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  • Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
    About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

  • Birth Defects MUCH More Common Near Mountainto ...
    Yet another reason to love mountaintop removal coal mining and coal-fired electricity -- it causes birth defects! Yippee! In all seriousness, though, this is concerning and it is no surprise. Mountaintop removal harms the environment and people's water supply and that (something tons of people s ...
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  • Botswana’s Okavango Swamp From Space [Photo of ...
    http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=51190&src=iotdrss
  • Existence of ‘Uncontacted’ Amazonian Tribe Con ...
    on June 22, the Brazilian Bureau of Indian Affairs announced confirmation of a group of uncontacted people living in the western part of the Amazon's Javari Valley, which is near the border of Peru. The existence of group of about 200 or so people were confirmed following an over-flight expediti ...
  • Penguin Swims 2,000 Miles from Antarctica to N ...
    An emperor penguin took a wrong turn and ended up swimming 2,000 miles from Antarctica to New Zealand. This is the first time in 40 years such a penguin has traveled to New Zealand.

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Axis of Logic

  • Now this takes balls! - World News
    Royal couple testicle dedication Britain's Prince William and Duchess Catherine are set to have cooked testicles dedicated to them. Cooked testicles will be dedicated to Britain's Prince William and Duchess Catherine. Chefs at this year's World Testicle & Aphrodisiac Cooking Cham ...
  • How Cuba's economic reforms are taking root - Cuba
    Cuba has seen a raft of reforms in recent months aimed at updating the island's stagnant Soviet economic model. But the ageing generation which led the revolution 50 years ago remains firmly in charge. And as President Raul Castro celebrates his 80th birthday on 3 June there is little ...
  • Iceland Declares Independence from Internation ...
    Axis of Logic commentary and photo essay Icelanders should be proud of their success in taking their country back over the last few years and we should be proud of them. They serve as an example for us all. Iceland celebrated its 90th anniversary of Self Rule from Denmark o ...
  • Journalist Robert Fisk faces libel action for ...
    27 June 2011 On June 14, Bahrain, the tiny island kingdom in the Persian Gulf off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia, announced that it is to sue the Independent newspaper for libel over an article written by its veteran Middle East correspondent, Robert Fisk. Bahrain, ruled by King Hamad. ...
  • The Democratic Party and the assault on public ...
    27 June 2011 Last Thursday, the Democratic-controlled New Jersey Assembly passed a sweeping package of pension and health care cuts and attacks on government workers’ bargaining rights drawn up by Republican Governor Chris Christie. Leaders of the state Senate, also controlled by the Democra ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • Bachmann's Right-Wing Hypocrisy: Family Took G ...
    I remember a conversation with a peer who, after being liberal and hippieish as a teenager, was turning conservative in his early twenties. I had been a libertarian for years and was finally seeing all the problems inherent to that ideology, especially from the working-class point of view. It wa ...
  • The U.S. Supreme Court lays another egg
    The big one in the batch was Citizens United [pdf]. This continues the corporate free speech atrocities, as today the U.S. Supreme Court overturns Arizona's longstanding public campaign financing law, 5-4: ...ROBERTS, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which SCALIA, KENNEDY, THOMAS, a ...
  • THIS is what is really driving all the "tea pa ...
    It isn't about the economy. Remember, they didn't bat an eye when Cheney said "deficits don't matter" -- in fact, the very same people who are screaming about the deficit now told me that I was being ridiculous when I broached the subject during the Bush administration. You know, when the surplu ...
  • Why should our video games be any different th ...
    There's an interesting footnote (the second) in Justice Alito's concurrence to Justice Scalia's opinion in BROWN v. ENTERTAINMENT MERCHANTS ASSN. (No. 08-1448) 556 F. 3d 950, affirmed. (2011) overturning California's ban on selling or renting violent video games to minors: � ...Under the Califor ...
  • Privatization Kills
    Digby nails it: Here's a little taste of what your average senior will have to deal with when she's on Ryan's "voucher" program or when the whole Medicare system is privatized. Reporting from Indianapolis- Louise Cohoon was at home when her 80-year-old mother called in a panic from Terre Haute: ...

Care 2

  • Happy bionic dog loving life with unique new paws
    It began and almost ended in an abandoned freezing basement of a house in Nebraska just a little over a year and a half ago. A litter of five-week-old Red Heeler puppies were left to die, and little Naki'o had walked into an icy puddle, and there his Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� � ...
  • Blind horse in Palm Beach County rescued from ...
    Casper, a 26 year-old blind horse had been grazing in the front yard of his home, when he mistakenly wandered into the back yard and fell into the family pool. Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • Unique carnivores of Borneo
    Twenty-four carnivore species are unique to the Borneo island, international conservation experts gathered here confirmed. They have also got a better understanding of the carnivores found in the world's third biggest island and have taken moves to Submitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� � ...
  • Climate change poses danger to platypus: study
    Global warming could shrink the habitat of Australia's duck-billed platypus by a third, researchers warned Friday, with hotter, drier temperatures threatening its survival.Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • ACTION ALERT: Keep BRAVEHEARTS HAVEN at home ...
    Please join us in signing this Petition to Steinhoff International supporting a lease extension that will enable Cherie Sindall to stay on at Redlands Farm to continue the great work of BRAVEHEARTS, in helping care for the rural domestic animals and liveSubmitted by Simone D. to Offbeat �|� �No ...

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No Quarter

  • Understanding the Debt Mess
    This is not a “beat up” Sarah Palin piece, but it is important to note that she is not getting some basic facts about the national debt correct. In fact, she has been dead-ass wrong. Here’s what she said: During a family bus trip, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made a claim about the size [...]
  • Larry on Radio Tonight * Open Thread
    Editor’s Note: Larry Johnson joins the weekly Sunday experts panel on John Batchelor’s Show tonight @ 9:30 or 10:30 p.m. ET. HOW TO LISTEN: Listen via iTunes (see instructions), or go to the show’s NYC anchor station, WABC. Scroll down and click “Listen Live.” (FYI: Batchelor’s show airs nightly ...
  • “…not as shovel-ready as we thought (laughter)…”
    � Spoke Joe Brusuelas, Bloomberg, and learned that the second half of the year is expected now to grow at 3%, which will put the year into the 2.5% GDP growth range, substandard by all measures. What is holding the hiring back are the debt load of the government, the troubles in Greece and the [...]
  • Way Too Late Open Thread
    Hey, it’s not my fault that I laid down to give my back a rest, and accidentally dozed off! Live with it! Anyway, I’m up now (grrrr, in the middle of the night), and am watching Fox News’s Red Eye, which I find both hilarious and totally silly (in a fun way). And I just [...]
  • 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 ...

Environmental Graffiti

  • Faces Found in Objects!
    Buildings, rocks, landscapes, plants and even smaller items like clocks and electric meters seem like they've been designed with our image in mind... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
  • Pacific Ocean's Corridors: The Serengeti of th ...
    A study has shown that marine predators migrate in two huge corridors of the Pacific Ocean, massive areas akin to Africa's Serengeti where life flourishes. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
  • 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

Foreign Policy in Focus

Global Elite

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Dot Earth News

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

  • "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

  • Annual cost of air conditioning for US wars gr ...
    source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com Excerpt below, article here. Following that is an economics argument from the Marine Corps’ most decorated general on how to end US wars of choice, wars for empire (full article here to explain, document, and prove current US wars are Orwellian unlawful). “The ...
  • Berm Collapse at Nuclear Plant: NRC Claims No ...
    While the world has been focused on the unfolding nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, here in the U.S. two nuclear power plants situated along the Missouri Rivers have been threatened by flooding.  The Cooper nuclear power plant near Brownville, Nebraska and the Fort Calhoun nuclear power plan ...
  • 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 ...

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Institute for Policy Studies

  • The Lineup: Week of June 27-July 3, 2011
    Peter Certo explains why he's not buying a shiny new iPad and William A. Collins says that big business is trying to keep climate change out of the news.
  • 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.

IntelNews

  • Taiwanese spy operation led to Chinese officia ...
    The puzzling resignation of Chinaâs minister of finance was caused by his sexual involvement with a Taiwanese spy, who extracted classified information from him, according to a leaked American diplomatic cable. Continue reading →
  • 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 →

War is a Crime.org

  • Performing an Antiwar Drama in Kosovo
    By Karen Malpede Theater Three Collaborative, meaning me and my partner, George Bartenieff, who stars as Handel, the mogul who profiteers off our wars, in my new play, received a grant from Theater Communications Group to attend the New Plays and Theater Forms conference in Pristina, Kosovo. We ...
  • Staying Human: Preparing to Sail to Gaza, by K ...
    Urgent posting on behalf of Kathy Kelly, who is now on the US Boat to Gaza. June 27, 2011 Last week, newly-arrived in Athens as part of the US Boat to Gaza project, our team of activists gathered for nonviolence training. �We are here to sail to Gaza, in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade, i ...
  • Will Anyone Ask the White House a USeful Quest ...
    Open for Questions: Live Chat on the Way Forward in Afghanistan Posted by Kasie Coccaro on June 24, 2011 at 06:15 PM EDT The White House Office of Public Engagement invites you to participate in a live chat on Tuesday, June 28th, at 4:00 PM EST�with Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor f ...
  • When the Public Rises, We'll Want an Ally in C ...
    For the majority of people in the United States -- a majority does not vote, a majority believes the government is broken, a majority thinks our public policy is headed in the wrong direction -- the fact that we call this place a democracy is apparently outweighed by the fact that our national g ...
  • GOP pushes military budget cuts as debt compromise
    The Deficit Hystery Frankenstein Monster is coming back to attack the war profiteers: By Lori Montgomery,Paul Kane, Washington Post Washington -- As President Obama prepares to meet today with Senate leaders to try to restart talks about the swollen national debt, some Republicans see a potenti ...

Grist - News

  • Half of the Bay Area’s litter comes from ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. Fast food is already a lot like pollution -- it's bad for you, but it's more convenient than the alternative, so it's really really hard to get rid of. Also it shows up frequently on the sides of highways. Now, environmental nonprofit Clean Water Action has found that, ...
  • Over 1,000 new species discovered in New Guinea
    by Jess Zimmerman. Researchers found more than 1,000 new species in New Guinea over the ten years from 1998 to 2008, according to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund. Previously unknown species -- including an 8-foot river shark, a frog with fangs, and pink dolphin -- were discov ...
  • Flow batteries store electricity in giant tank ...
    by Christopher Mims. Even if we do manage to set up a shiny futuristic renewable smart grid made of glitter and staffed by zebra unicorns, there are still going to be times when it poops out. Maybe the wind isn’t blowing; maybe a mean old cloud got in the way. And when that happens, there ...
  • How rainforests can produce biofuel sustainably
    by Christopher Mims. Production of biofuel from palm oil has been an unmitigated disaster for the rainforest, leading to clear-cutting throughout Indonesia and propelling that country to the top ranks of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters. That's why it's so strange that biologis ...
  • How to build an open-source internet from hous ...
    by Jess Zimmerman. If there's anything we learned from the revolutions in the Middle East, it's that the internet has become a critical tool for burgeoning democracies. So what to do in places where the internet is tightly controlled, or just unreliable? For residents of Jalalabad, Afghan ...

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Farming Pathogens

  • Hiatus
    ‘Farming Pathogens’ will be taking a break while we finish up a book on many of the topics discussed here, including influenza and agribusiness. Thank you for your support and feedback. We’ll be back soon, promise, and in all likelihood will drop a post now and again. Agriculture, disease and ev ...
  • Tiger By the Tale
    –Landlady… –My name is Rosenberg. –I didn’t know there were Jews in Dublin! She grimaces, palpably, and says, –Yes, there are Jews in Dublin. –Well, then, Mrs. O’Rosenberg, what can you tell me about the Celtic Tiger? Has it bitten anybody lately? –Bitten? –Yes. Where is this tiger now, and does ...
  • Marable’s Malcolm
    It’s Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (and he’ll cry if he wants to). But do he and other lambrusco liberals bandying about the term know what revolution really means, or even care? In the first of several posts on food and revolution over the next couple months, I retweet passing thoughts I poste ...
  • A Bayesian Market
    Found this job posting: Your research will cover any area of evolutionary biology, including adaptation, phylogenetics, population genetics and environmental genomics. You should be using advanced data acquisition and/or analytical approaches (e.g., high-throughput sequencing or other “omics”, B ...
  • Fork in the Road
    This is the final installment of the ‘big picture’ on global food crises I co-authored with Richard Kock and Robyn Alders. The first two can be found here and here. We learned food insecurity and disease outbreaks can serve as a cover for a particular capital-securitized science tied into spread ...

Suzie-Q

  • Israel to Stop Flotilla “Without Physica ...
    Clinton: Gaza flotilla a bid to provoke Israel by Gaza Flotilla 101 June 23, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday criticized activists planning to challenge Israel’s sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying their efforts are neither “necessary or useful” in helping the Palest ...
  • 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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Solari

  • Money & Markets - Week of 6.26.11
    [click on the image to view video] Fmr. Intel CEO on the Economy, Jobs Yahoo Finance (24 June 11) Madoff Trustee Wants Billions More From JPMorgan CNN MOney (25 June 11) Paulson Tells Investors Sino-Forest Loss Was C$462 Million This Month Bloomberg (24 June 11) Bernankenstein’s Monster Phil’s ...
  • Precious Metals - Week of 6.26.11
    BIS Gold Swaps Business up 18 percent in a Year GATA (26 June 11)
  • Geopolitical - Week of 6.26.11
    New York Becomes Sixth State to Pass Gay-Marriage Law Bloomberg (25 June 11) U.S. House Keeps Libya Funding, Fails to Authorize Mission Infowars.com (25 June 11) NASA to Fly Low Over Baltimore-Washington Area CNN U.S. (24 June 11) You Tube (30 April 11) Leuren Moret Reveals Google Shocker! cyb ...
  • Food & Health - Week of 6.26.11
    Global Diabetes Epidemic Balloons to 350 million Reuters (25 June 11)
  • Life - Week of 6.26.11
    Atop TV Sets, a Power Drain That Runs Nonstop The New York Times (25 June 11) Six Designs For Houses That Cost Just $300 To Build Fast Company (21 June 11)

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��

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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

  • Striking A Balance Between Local and Central R ...
    Erin Gloria Ryan writes about an unorthodox application of the Lysistrata strategy as residents of a remote Colombian village try to get a road fixed: Women of Barbacoas, a small town in remote southern Colombia, are using access to their nether regions as a bargaining chip in trying to sex sta ...
  • REPORT: Afghan Local Police "Are A Major Threa ...
    Afghan police recruits undergo training / Getty Images Last year, top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. David Petraeus persuaded Afghan President Hamid Karzai to authorize a new program to establish local defense forces there — seemingly modeled after the “Sons of Iraq” — that U.S. officials ...
  • Iranian Government Holds Anti-Terrorism Conference
    On June 25 and 26, Iran hosted the International Conference on the Global Fight Against Terrorism in Tehran. Iran held the conference mainly to act as a platform against Western nations, with numerous Iranian officials making statements condemning the United States, Israel, European nations, and ...
  • Culture War Counterterrorism: The Senate Wants ...
    Ben Wittes writes that the detention provisions in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act could have the impact of hampering terrorism investigations with their requirement that all Muslim terrorism suspects be forced into military custody: read more
  • Kristol Attacks Obama’s Afghanistan Plan: We N ...
    With the huge stink raised by Republican hawks over President Obama’s announced plan to reduce troop levels in the Afghanistan war, you’d think Obama decided to withdraw troops and simply give up on the nearly 10-year-long war. But on Fox News this weekend, hawk extraordinaire Bill Kristol argue ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Today's Mistakes Tommorrow
    Suburbs once seemed like a good idea to politicians and the people that moved there, but the downsides to suburban sprawl became clear in a few generations: long commutes and the pollution that goes with them, loss of farmland and forests, increasingly large houses with increasingly large carbon ...
  • Supreme Court Prefers Plutocracy to Free Speech
    Speaking of Catch-22s, the Arizona campaign-finance case that the Prospect's�Jamelle Bouie wrote about last year has been decided by the Supreme Court, with results that are all too predictable. In Citizens United, the Court already made it nearly impossible to restrain expenditures by self-fina ...
  • How "Paid Media" Becomes "Earned Media"
    At the end of last week, Mitt Romney's campaign put up the ad on the top right on a bunch of web sites. Dave Weigel quickly noticed that it appeared to be an homage to the ad below it, from the 1979 campaign of conservative hero Margaret Thatcher ("homage" might be too generous a word; it look ...
  • Rules Matter
    New York�s passage of same-sex marriage legislation Friday was immediately followed by praise for Governor Andrew Cuomo�s leadership and his ability to assemble a coalition of Republican and Democratic lawmakers. The New York Times ran a glowing account of his maneuvering, highlighting his willi ...
  • Iowa Republicans Like Romney, but Love Bachmann
    As per Nate Silver, the results of yesterday�s Des Moines Register�poll�in Iowa�were good for Mitt Romney, bad for Tim Pawlenty, and great for Michele Bachmann. Romney leads the field with support from 23 percent of likely Republican caucus-goers. Bachmann places second with 22 percent, and He ...

Buzzflash

  • Bernie Sanders Reads the Riot Act, Senate Tran ...
    BERNIE SANDERS SPEAKING ON THE FLOOR OF THE US SENATE ON JUNE 27 Mr. President, this is a pivotal moment in the history of our country.  In the coming days and weeks, decisions will be made about our national budget that will impact the lives of virtually every American in this country for d ...
  • Grover Norquist Wants to Strangle Liberals and ...
    TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Mr. David Prosser --- sort of --- denies Attacking Ann Walsh Bradley. Let's call it another case of right wing Men behaving rather badly.   Mr. Prosser, you hate liberals & women And went though the roof: Sir, I guess at the end of the day you couldn't Quite ...
  • Don't Throw the Elderly Under the Bush: End th ...
    MARC PERKEL FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In the battle over the budget Republicans are calling for cutting Medicare and Social Security which in the long run is going to end up with our old people dying in poverty on the streets like they used to before we had those programs. What they should ...
  • Why the Right-Wing Is Frantic: More Minority ...
    It's white, Christian America's race against what they see as a demographic time bomb. That is why this Associated Press (AP) headline strikes an anxious fear in so many US citizens who believe in white "American Exceptionalism": "Census Shows Whites Lose US Majority Among Babies." BuzzFlash ...
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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 ...
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    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 ...
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Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Industry Insider Skepticism Over Shale Gas Fra ...
    “The New York Times’ recent series on shale gas fracking reinforces deep concerns voiced by Food & Water Watch that the so-called promises of fracking as a bridge to energy independence have been gravely over-hyped by the natural gas industry and certain policymakers.read more
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  • Amnesty International Calls for Arrest and Tri ...
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  • U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Warran ...
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Common Dreams-Views

  • Don't Believe Everything You See and Read abou ...
    Patrick Cockburn In the first months of the Arab Spring, foreign journalists got well-merited credit for helping to foment and publicise popular uprisings against the region's despots. Satellite TV stations such as Al Jazeera Arabic, in pa ...
  • US, Israel Escalate Threats Against Flotilla, ...
    Glenn Greenwald A co-founder of the right-wing blog RedState (and former Bush speechwriter) created a mini-controversy over the weekend when he issued a sociopathic endorsement of Israel's possible shooting of his fellow unarmed citizens o ...
  • Anti-Choice Anti-Environmentalism
    Amanda Marcotte Anti-choicers have found a new weapon in their mission to drum up more hatred for legal, accessible contraception in larger conservative circles: anti-environmentalism.read more
  • Bernie Sanders to Obama: 'Do Not Yield to Outr ...
    John Nichols Bernie Sanders went to the floor of the Senate last December to deliver the most important congressional address of 2010, a nine-hour long, filibuster-style condemnation of economic policies that favored the rich while burdeni ...
  • Gone With the Papers
    Chris Hedges I visited the Hartford Courant as a high school student. It was the first time I was in a newsroom. The Connecticut paper’s newsroom, the size of a city block, was packed with rows of metal desks, most piled high with newspape ...

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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

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Electronic Intifada

  • French court decision on Jerusalem light rail ...
    Daniel Machover and Adri NieuwhofThe Electronic Intifada A French court ruling on the construction of a light rail network to service illegal Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem betrays a lack of understanding about how the project abets the Israeli occupation. Daniel Machover and Adr ...
  • MEP joining flotilla tells EI: EU's honest bro ...
    David CroninThe Electronic Intifada Paul Murphy, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Ireland’s Socialist Party, is bound for Gaza as part of the second Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The Electronic Intifada correspondent David Cronin interviews Murphy about the flotilla and the EU’s role in th ...
  • Endemic pro-Israel bias in UK TV coverage, new ...
    Asa WinstanleyThe Electronic Intifada Those regularly subjected to BBC and ITV news won’t exactly find the conclusion of More Bad News From Israel surprising but the importance of detailed documentary evidence like this book provides cannot be overstated. More Bad News From Israel Manufactu ...
  • "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.

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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

  • DailyDirt: Digital Cameras From The Future
    The market for digital cameras has been undergoing some significant changes in recent years. Instead of more megapixels, consumers are now chasing higher and higher ISO numbers. But pretty soon, it looks like cameras will be able to handle some computationally-intense operations and offer some a ...
  • Righthaven Begs To Be Put Back Into Case That ...
    Having lost bigtime in its lawsuit against the Democratic Underground, in a ruling where the judge questioned Righthaven's motives and legality, it appears Righthaven is fighting back. In that original ruling, Righthaven was totally dismissed from the case, because the judge recognized that the ...
  • Pretty Much Everyone Who's Not A Broadcaster C ...
    Last week, we wrote about the return of the Broadcast Treaty, a ridiculous and unnecessary treaty being debated (for the nth time) at WIPO, which would allow broadcasters to claim rights as middlemen, over things they have no claim to, including public domain works, just for broadcasting them. ...
  • Arizona Police Told To Search Arrestee iPhones ...
    Last week's big LulzSec (pre-disbandment) dump of Arizona police info apparently included some documents telling police to search the iPhones of arrestees for specific apps, including OpenWatch, a simple app for recording people (targeted at authorities) without it displaying on the phone that t ...
  • Righthaven Charged With Racketeering In Somewh ...
    Karl points us to the news that the lawyers for one of the people sued by Righthaven, one Dana Eiser, have filed what can only be described as an absolutely epic answer and counterclaim lawsuit in the case in South Carolina, raising an astounding 56 (count 'em) defenses. The 119-page filing, wh ...

VacTruth

  • Canada to Host Conference on False Accusations ...
    Around the world thousands of innocent parents are being falsely accused of child abuse, many of these accusations occur after a vaccine injury has taken place. The main accusations that parents and care givers are being accused of are Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy and Shaken Baby Syndrome.Vact ...
  • 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 ...

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. [...]
  • By: Online Degree 30 Best Water Conservation Blogs
    [...] Food & Water Watch: The Food & Water Watch site advocates strong conservation measures, promoting policies that'll result in quality drinking water for everyone. [...]
  • By: Food and Water | Roland's Ramblings
    [...] would also like to suggest you go over to read the blog of Food & Water Watch. You should find that to be very [...]

treehugger

  • New York Passes Historic Green Jobs Financing Law
    Photo by Daniel Schwen, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. At quarter to midnight on June 22, the New York State legislature passed the "Power NY Act," a long-sought complement to the "Green Jobs/Green NY" law that passed in 2009. The so-called "On-Bill Financing" legislation will create 14, ...
  • Iowa Energy Forum: Another Oil Industry Astrot ...
    America's great polluting industries have been creating fake grassroots groups (astroturf, in you're new to the lingo) to give their viewpoint a folksy community quality for some time. Think Progress has another one to watch out for, the Iowa Energy Forum....Read the full story on TreeHugger ...
  • The Weekend Recap: June 24-26, 2011
    Image credit: Maersk With ~30+ new posts on TreeHugger.com each weekday, we understand if you miss a post here and there. To keep you up-to-date, here's what we covered over the weekend, Friday through Sunday, June 24, 25, and 26....Read the full story on TreeHugger
  • How Conservative Cyclists And Bicycling Enviro ...
    A few weeks ago I read How to Talk About Cycling to a Conservative, an article by Tom Bowden, a conservative corporate lawyer in Virginia who happens to be a bike commuter, and writes: " speaking as a right wing cyclist, here are some thoughts on how to talk to Republicans, Conservatives, TeaPar ...
  • Can Agroforestry and Perennial Farming Solve D ...
    From greening the deserts of Jordan to planting nut trees for community food security, permaculturists put a lot of faith in perennial agriculture and agroforestry as a means to alleviate drought and maintain food production in a changing climate. Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture has a grea ...

Biosingularity

  • 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 ...
  • The Link Between Chickenpox and Shingles
    Just before Christmas a few years ago, Richard DiCarlo, MD, woke up in the night with burning pain on his left side. Turning on a light, he saw a row of red bumps and knew immediately that he had shingles, also known as zoster, caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, dormant since a ...
  • New biosensor microchip could speed up drug de ...
    Stanford researchers have developed a new biosensor microchip that could significantly speed up the process of drug development. The microchips, packed with highly sensitive “nanosensors,” analyze how proteins bind to one another, a critical step for evaluating the effectiveness and possible sid ...
  • Exploiting the stress response to detonate mit ...
    Researchers at The Wistar Institute have found a new way to force cancer cells to self-destruct. Low doses of one anti-cancer drug currently in development, called Gamitrinib, sensitize tumor cells to a second drug, called TRAIL, also currently in clinical development as part of an anticancer re ...
  • Future Biology

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Pruning Shears

  • Weekend wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Jonathan Schell on the Orwellian evasions of our latest war:Nonetheless, the Obama administration insists it is not a war. Why? Because, ac ...
  • 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 ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • A Twenty-year Vision for Organic Agriculture
    Responding to questions like this presumes some basic assumptions, like any one of us would have the sense of "sight" required to assess the incredible variables in human consumption, resource allocation, government decisions and corporate accountability nature will throw at us in the context of ...
  • The Truth about GM Crops, Farmer to Farmer
    I'll state straight away, I hate/loathe/despise/abhor Monsanto. They are evil, not metaphorically evil, but actually evil. And as for our politicians who should have protected us from Monsanto; well, there's a special circle of Hell reserved just for them.Click here to read this article
  • New Organic Spies Documentary: Why You Should ...
    Organic Spies new documentary reveals the partnership between Dean Foods/WhiteWave (Horizon & Silk) and Land O' Lakes, which worked with Monsanto on the creation and government approval of genetically engineered alfalfa. This video explains why the organic industry led by the Organic Trade Assoc ...
  • House Republicans Aim Pitchfork at Food-System ...
    I've complained once or twice in the past that U.S. farm policy, even under Obama, favors corporate-led, highly dysfunctional agriculture. That's true on balance, but it doesn't tell the whole story.Click here to read this article
  • The Serfs of Arkansas: Tyson's Sharecroppers
    Shane Tawr doesn't remember exactly why he first decided to try his hand at chicken farming. Tawr had a government job in Milwaukee but wanted relief from the city's bustle. He decided in 2004 to head down to the Ozarks, buy a chicken farm, and work for himself, just as many of his Hmong ancesto ...

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

  • 200 Mapuche Leaders Met with President Pi�era, ...
    200 Mapuche Leaders Met with President Pi�era, Presented Report | IndigenousNews.org: On Friday, June 24th, approximately 200 Mapuche leaders met with President Sebastián Piñera at La Moneda (the... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Ali Abunimah: Gaza-bound ship "Juliano" found ...
    Gaza-bound ship "Juliano" found sabotaged in Greek port | The Electronic IntifadaA ship due to join the Gaza Freedom Flotilla was sabotaged in the Greek port of Piraeus today according to organizers.... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Venezuela denies Chavez in critical condition ...
    Venezuela denies Chavez in critical condition | The Raw Story: "CARACAS (AFP) – The Venezuelan government rejected reports Sunday that President Hugo Chavez is in critical condition following... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Robert Lovelace is an Algonquin presence with ...
    Robert Lovelace is an Algonquin presence with the Freedom Flotilla | rabble.caAn open letter:There is an unwritten rule that Aboriginal people in Canada should not take our grievances with Canada... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Chile: Statement From Aymara Coordinator In De ...
    Chile: Statement From Aymara Coordinator In Defense Of Natural Resources Of Arica Parinacota Concerning Rights And Natural Resources - Indigenous Peoples Issues and ResourcesThe Aymara Coordinator in... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Firefighters beat back flames on plutonium lab ...
    ShareThisBreaking: Firefighters beat back flames on plutonium lab property 27 Jun 2011 A raging wildfire in Los Alamos on Monday briefly entered the property of the nation's preeminent nuclear facility, Los Alamos National Laboratory, a vast complex that houses research laboratories and a pluton ...
  • TSA denies making 95 year-old woman remove adu ...
    ShareThisTSA denies making 95 year-old woman remove adult diaper 27 Jun 2011 Airport security officers at the Northwest Florida Regional Airport "did not require" a 95-year-old woman to remove her adult diaper, the Transportation Security Administration said on Monday. "While every person and it ...
  • Added flood protection at Nebraska nuclear pla ...
    ShareThisAdded flood protection at Nebraska nuclear plant fails --If floodwaters reach 1,009 feet, plant would likely switch from lowest level of emergency status to second of four emergency levels 27 Jun 2011 A concerning situation near Omaha, Neb. took a new twist early Sunday when a temporary ...
  • Fukushima starts internal radiation checks
    ShareThisFukushima starts internal radiation checks 28 Jun 2011 Fukushima Prefecture began checking the internal radiation dose levels of selected residents Monday, the first step in its plan to examine the health of its 2 million residents amid the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power pl ...
  • Unauthorized US strikes kill 21 Pakistanis
    ShareThisUnauthorized US strikes kill 21 Pakistanis 27 Jun 2011 Two separate non-UN-sanctioned drone attacks have killed at least 21 people and wounded several others in the troubled northwestern Pakistan. A US drone fired missiles at a truck in the South Waziristan region, killing eight. Shortl ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  ...
  • D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
    Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
  • Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
    The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
  • Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
    April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.
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