27 June - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

Vaccine Resistance Movement

• VRM: “One For All” Universal Flu V ...
  Part 2: Dissecting the Universal Flu Vaccine (continued from Part 1: Dissecting the Seasonal influenza Vaccine) To fully unravel the Biondvax Universal Flu Vaccine scandal, a top down approach is necessary. Professor Ruth Arnon, Ph.D, is the official “inventor of BiondVaxâs innovative synthetic ...
• VRM: “One For All” Universal Flu V ...
  Part 2: Dissecting the Universal Flu Vaccine (continued from Part 1: Dissecting the Seasonal influenza Vaccine) To fully unravel the Biondvax Universal Flu Vaccine scandal, a top down approach is necessary. Professor Ruth Arnon, Ph.D, is the official “inventor of BiondVaxâs innovative synthetic ...
• VRM: “One For All” Universal Flu V ...
  “The first century or two of the new millennium will almost certainly be a golden age for eugenics. Through application of new genetic knowledge and reproductive technologies the major change will be to mankind itself. Techniques such as genetic manipulations are not yet efficient enough t ...
• VRM: “One For All” Universal Flu V ...
  “The first century or two of the new millennium will almost certainly be a golden age for eugenics. Through application of new genetic knowledge and reproductive technologies the major change will be to mankind itself. Techniques such as genetic manipulations are not yet efficient enough t ...
• VRM: L-Histidine, Squaline, & Human Chorionic ...
  “Vaccination is a monstrosity, a misbegotten offspring of error and ignorance; it should have no place in either hygiene or medicine. Believe not in vaccination, it is a world wide delusion, an unscientific practice, a fatal superstition with consequences measured today by tears and sorrow ...

B.C. Preppers Network

• You Know You're Getting Old When...
  A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.� A cute little luxury fe ...
• Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
  Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for.�If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditioner ...
• Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
  After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
• Strawberry Picking
  Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
• Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
  I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal f ...

Michael Yon

• AFP Interview with Secretary of Defense Robert ...
  Portion on Afghanistan Date:� Thursday, June 23, 2011 ------------------------- Q:� OK, so, if you don't mind, we'd like to start on Afghanistan.� And we'd like you, if you can, to describe your role in the decision and if you find yourself in the position to argue against a bigger drawdown, ...
• Afghanistan is making undeniable progress, but ...
  19 June 2011 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN It's time to make big decisions. These decisions will have a huge impact on the future of Afghanistan. The biggest question at hand: How many troops will we keep here and for how long? The answer to that question must not be dreamed up in political strategy sess ...
• Supporting the Mission with Operational Energy
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• Trust and Incompatibility
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• Book Update
  17 June 2011 I am told that six copies of my book now exist. I have yet to see it but am told that it looks incredible. Am also told that the Chief of Staff for the First Lady got a copy. (How can Mrs. Obama get a copy even before I got a copy?)� Well, that's the way the ball bounces. Product ...

The Killing Train

• Tories would rather shut down the CBC than ans ...
  This is a video that should be watched widely. These are Harper voters.
• Watch out for election day fraud
  Francis Fox Piven (who has had her own experiences recently with Harper's US mentors) and Richard Cloward wrote a very interesting book called "Why Americans Don't Vote", which showed how a key electoral strategy in the US has always been demobilizing opposing voters, a strategy just as importan ...
• Today's election thoughts
  Today's election thoughts, and a couple of photos. Jon Elmer sent me this amusing Vintage Voter site. Vincent Pang sent me this photo album of protests against Harper's second proroguing back in 2010. read more
• 36% is apparently a majority, but not for a wh ...
  The daily polling is suspicious. Every day the media publishes what the electoral outcome is going to be. And every day it changes. They keep saying there's going to be a Harper majority. Saying it won't make it so, but it might contribute to it. Earlier today I saw an article on CityTV.ca throu ...
• Canadians are annoyed - deliberation vs. engin ...
  Pollsters now get people to press buttons about how they are feeling as they watch debates, and have discovered that Canadians are annoyed. This then feeds back to politicians, who try to, presumably, be less annoying, or, perhaps, try to blame other politicians for the annoyance. read more

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 ...

Democratic Voice of Burma

• Burmese, Chinese traders fight in Mandalay
  Chinese rounded up and arrested for an assualt on a Burmese gem merchant after a row breaks out in Mandalay
• Actor helps Burma’s poor on final leg
  Despite years of scrutiny by the government, the Free Funeral Service Society continues to offer a helping hand to poor Burmese
• Aiding the final journey
  Former movie star-turned-charity worker Kyaw Thu has been been providing free funerals to Burma’s poor for more than a decade. His Free Funerals Service Society has comforted more than 100,000 families who otherwise would struggle to pay for burials and ceremonies in a country where a third of t ...
• MP bids for stronger anti-drugs policy
  People's Parliament representative also calls for better crop substitution schemes in a bid to halt Burma's lucrative drug trade
• Russia ‘satisfied’ as Shwe Mann visits Moscow
  Top-level Burmese delegation in Russia on 'capacity building' exercise to study the Moscow parliament as possible model for Burma

Telegraph - Climate Change

• Warming oceans cause largest movement of marin ...
  Swarms of venomous jelly fish and poisonous algae are migrating into British waters due to changes in the ocean temperatures, a major new study has revealed.
• Duck-billed platypus at risk from climate change
  The duck-billed platypus, one of Australia's most bizarre and beloved animals, is the latest native species to come under threat from climate change, scientists have warned.
• Outrage as Lord Monckton calls Australian clim ...
  Lord Monckton, the outspoken British politician, has prompted outrage in Australia after labelling the government's chief climate change adviser a fascist, likening him to Hitler
• Outrage as Lord Monckton calls Australian clim ...
  Lord Monckton, the outspoken British politician, has prompted outrage in Australia after labelling the government's chief climate change adviser a fascist, likening him to Hitler
• Ban Ki-moon elected for second term as UN leader
  The 192-nation UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected Ban Ki-moon for a second term as the global body's secretary general.

National Geographic | Environment

• Hybrid Cuban-American Crocodiles on the Rise
  There's a new Cuban crisis—the island country's rare crocodile is being bred out of existence by its American cousin, a new study says.
• How Gulf Spill Estimates Got It So Wrong
  How much oil spilled into the Gulf last year? An engineer explains how he caused estimates to rise sharply practically overnight. Video.
• A Rain Forest Advocate Taps the Energy of the ...
  Scientist Willie Smits says it's possible to provide opportunity for villages and protect tropical forests while producing biofuel—if you use the right tree.
• Pictures: Volcano Ash Smothers Lake, Buildings ...
  NoneAsh from Chile's Puyehue volcano has fallen a foot deep in parts of Patagonia, choking rivers and streams and coating livestock.
• Summer Solstice 2011: Why It's the First Day o ...
  Find out why the summer solstice is the first day of summer, and why it's the longest day of the year—but not the hottest.

Jurist - Legal Research

• Illinois ex-Governor Blagojevich convicted on ...
  [JURIST] A jury in the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois [official website] on Monday convicted former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich [personal website; JURIST news archive] on 17 of 20 counts including attempting to sell the US Senate seat vacated by President Barack Ob ...
• Supreme Court rules sex offender registration ...
  [JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website], ruled Monday in a per curiam opinion [text, PDF] in US v. Juvenile Male that the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit had no authority to rule that the requirements of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act of 2006 (SORNA) [text] ...
• China rights activist released from prison aft ...
  [JURIST] Prominent Chinese human rights activist Hu Jia [advocacy blog; JURIST news archive] was released from prison on Sunday after serving three years for a subversion conviction. Hu was formally charged in February 2008 and subsequently sentenced to more than three years in prison after he m ...
• Supreme Court rules New Jersey court lacks per ...
  [JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website, JURIST news archive] in a plurality opinion Monday reversed [opinion, PDF] the New Jersey Supreme Court's grant of personal jurisdiction over a UK company in a products liability suit. Robert Nicastro alleged that he was injured by a defective met ...
• Ivory Coast authorities charge 15 Gbagbo subor ...
  [JURIST] Fifteen associates of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo [BBC profile] were charged on Sunday with crimes allegedly committed as a result of the country's post-election violence [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] that has been ongoing since last November. The 15 were charg ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

• 5 Things Michele Bachmann Might Wish She Hadn' ...
  "There are a lot of things I wish I would have said differently," said Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., in a Sunday appearance on Face the Nation,referring to her 2008 remarks suggesting that then-presidential candidate Barack Obama holds "anti-American" views. Bachmann has been prone to gaffes- ...
• Rick Perry's Presidential Strategy
  An interview with the Texas governor's top political strategist Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still weeks away from a decision on joining the 2012 Republican presidential race, but his camp has already made some key decisions about how he would run if he does, according to his top ...
• The End of the Blagojevich Drama?
  It seems like ages ago that Rod Blagojevich, then the sitting governor of Illinois, was indicted on federal charges for allegedly trying to auction off President Obama's former Senate seat to the highest bidder. Today, the long strange drama of Blagojevich's corruption trial lurched toward a con ...
• Don't Go Away Mad, Rod Blagojevich, Just Go Away
  The former Illinois governor was doomed by his own big mouthThe more Rod Blagojevich spoke, the less he was believed. When the former Illinois governor exercised his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent during his first federal corruption trial, the jury came back mostly deadlocked. This time ...
• Tim Pawlenty and the Toughness Question
  I recently interviewed Tim Pawlenty, the former Minnesota governor, about his foreign policy views, and about his reputation as too much of a nice guy. I found a couple of things impressive about him: a) He's decided to go against the grain of current world-weary Republican thinking and stand up ...

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

• [COAT] WikiLeaks on Canada in Iraq War - coat
• [COAT] CANSEC Arms Bazaar Protest, June 1, Ott ...
• [COAT] Put a SNAG in CANSEC: Spring Nuremberg ...
• [COAT] WikiWeapons Cda Exposes 18,888 Export C ...
• [COAT] Latest on Cda's Arms Exports & CANSEC r ...

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

• US and Vietnam sign nuclear energy agreement | ...
• SKorea on alert after ship hit by mysterious b ...
• Obama administration may send U.S.-Russia arms ...
• Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the nation's en ...
• More tritium found at Vt. Yankee, NRC plans cl ...

Tikun Olam

• Israel’s Anti-Flotilla Jihad: Haaretz Spews ID ...
  Barak Ravid, ever the trusty stenographer for the IDF and other government sources, continues his tradition of poodle journalism by reporting today’s lies the IDF is spewing about the Gaza flotilla.  Here’s the latest: Senior officials in Jerusalem said Monday that Israel has received informati ...
• Far-Right Israeli NGO Brags It Induced Greece ...
  Israel’s Galey Tzahal reports that the lawfare-oriented far-right NGO, Shurat Ha-Din, has taken credit for the “citizen’s complaint” to the Greek authorities claiming the Audacity of Hope is not seaworthy.  The complaint, totally bogus in nature, has frozen the plans of the U.S. boat to join th ...
• Rape Triumphant
  Israel anti-rape activists report the sad, frustrating, angering news that Yoav Even, accused rapist of P., has been reinstated as health reporter for Channel 2.  It’s a huge shondeh.  Can you imagine the local health reporter of your TV station being charged with rape and put back on the air ...
• Greece Colludes Against Gaza Flotilla on Behal ...
  The U.S. and Israel are afraid of Hope. Greece is in a dire economic position, teetering on the verge of bankruptcy and threatening to bring down the entire EU currency in the process.  As a result, the government is particularly vulnerable to diplomatic blackmail of the sort Israel and the U.S ...
• Beinin Successfully Defends Libel Charge
  Stanford Professor Joel Beinin just won a court victory against Los Angeles pro-Israel activist Rachel Neuwirth, who’d charged him with libel in a case related to this blog.  Several years ago, Beinin wrote to me that Neuwirth had made a death threat against him, about which he was deposed in a ...

Ode Magazine

• Radiant health and peace in São Paulo, Brazil
  By: PeaceCorso Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, wrote in his seminal book, The Science of Mind, "If we wish to come to the Spirit for the healing of our wounds, let us come in peace and with spontaneous joy, for the Spirit is joy." It is wi ...
• How loss relates to success and happiness
  By: Charlie_Badenhop I was sitting around having dinner with a few friends, about a month after the big earthquake and tsunami up north of Tokyo. "Now is the time for the Japanese people to show their true spirit," Suzuki-san said. "You never really know t ...
• Creating work that feeds the planet
  By: greentarra "Our calling is where our deepest gladness and the world’s hunger meet." Frederick Buechner, theologian Do you feel a calling to create meaningful work that feeds your soul and the planet? There is no greater legacy than sharing your unique ...
• Choosing happiness over unhappiness
  By: ruchiraa The other day I came across the quotation, "Happiness is a state of mind." Though I agree, I think it is a state of mind that needs to be fed and nurtured regularly. After all, we are human beings and thus have feelings that tend to fluctuate. Some ...
• Robert Aitken Roshi's original peace
  By: PeaceCorso Robert Baker Dairyu Chotan Aitken Roshi (June 19, 1917 - August 5, 2010) was a Zen teacher in the Harada-Yasutani lineage. He co-founded the Honolulu Diamond Sangha in 1959 together with his wife. Aitken received Dharma transmission from Koun Yam ...

OpEd News

• Breaching Gaza's Siege
  Israeli state terror
• Sacred Mantras
  The Palestinians must be condemned for their impertinent effort to resort to "unilateral" action. Binyamin Netanyahu says so. Barack Obama says so. Hillary Clinton says so. Angela Merkel says so. It has become a mantra. One more mantra. It might have been thought that the Israeli-Palestinian are ...
• Taking Back The American Dream: Us, Not The Po ...
  To set the country back on course, the American Dream Movement has to clean out the stables in Washington, challenging the money politics and the corporate lobbies that dominate our politics. Aroused citizens will have to debunk the lies and demand policies that work for working people once more.
• Lt. Dan Choi: Proud to Stand Shoulder to Shoul ...
  While at Netroots Nation 2011, I had the privilege of speaking to Lieutenant Dan Choi, who served in the US Army infantry, went to war in Iraq and graduated from West Point with a degree in Arabic. He expressed solidarity with Bradley Manning, one of the first times Choi had spoken about him on ...
• On the Dole
  As private homeowners insurance is, once again, about to be bailed out of extinction, as the banking industry and Wall Street repeat all of the vile, clandestine practices that won them their bailouts, Republicans scream for "smaller government."

Switchboard

• NRDC, Citizen Groups Reach Legal Settlement wi ...
  Larry Levine, Senior Attorney, New York Today marks a critical milestone in the effort to restore Jamaica Bay -- the crown jewel of the city’s green spaces. With more than 25,000 acres of water, marsh, meadowland, beaches, dunes and forests in Bro ...
• New NY Times series highlights a new risk of r ...
  Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City In the New York Times’ ongoing “Drilling Down” series, which has been providing groundbreaking coverage of the potential dangers of industrial gas drilling, three articles appeared in the past two days ...
• NRDC in the News 6/27: Cable boxes, fuel effic ...
  NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide NRDC’s recent study on improving the efficiency of television set-top boxes was featured on the front page of the New York Times Sunday edition; the study was widely covered by other outlets such a ...
• Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment ...
  Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment News:  Week of 6/19 – 6/26/2011 Chile The Appellate Court in the city of Puerto Montt announced last Monday that it is halting all construction ...
• Can LA Afford to Neglect Its Bike and Pedestri ...
  Adrian Martinez, Project Attorney, Southern California Air Team, Santa Monica Today, the Daily Breeze reported that LA Metro approved $176 million of Measure R funds for road “improvement” projects over the next five years in the South Bay.  While ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Whoops!
  John Wayne, John Wayne Gacy, what’s really the difference? Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has a thing for John Wayne. In an interview yesterday with Newsmax, she said she wants to live in âJohn Wayneâs America.â And in the Iowa town of Waterloo today, where she announced her presidential candidacy ...
• The Court and Violent Video Games
  I basically endorse Adam’s take on today’s other big decision, in which the Supreme Court struck down a California law restricting the commercial availability of violent video games to minors. While I tweeted a joke about how Cornell’s Legal Information Institute included only the good parts of ...
• The Other Shoe Drops
  Shorter Supreme Court Republicans:  Allowing more people access to the political process without preventing other people from spending their money if they choose violates the First Amendment.   Plutocrats and their agents should have the field to themselves! This case is much, much worse than Ci ...
• That’s Some Catch
  I have a column for the Prospect arguing that Scalia’s evaluation of the discrimination claims in Wal-Mart v. Dukes is part of a long-running conservative con: The problem with ignoring statistical evidence is that doing so produces far too many false negatives: Even in historical periods in whi ...
• Blog Promotion: Bloggings By Boz
  This week, I want to highlight the excellent blog on Latin American affairs, Bloggings by Boz. Boz has provided seminal coverage of Latin American affairs for years. This is a blog with some readership but not nearly enough. I’ll argue very strongly that even informed Americans like the readers ...

Desert Research Institute

• In Memoriam: DRI President Dr. James V. Taranik
  President of DRI in 1987, Dr. James V. Taranik was internationally known for his research in aerospace remote sensing, and his professional career had already included senior positions with NASA, the U.S. Department of the Interior, the Iowa Geological Survey, and the University of Iowa.
• DRI Researcher Earns Grant to Study the Season ...
  A DRI researcher will lead a team that is heading to Antarctica to study the molecular biology, and evolution of microscopic organisms.
• Abnormal Spring
  If you're new to Northern Nevada, you've probably already asked yourself this question: is this a normal spring? The calendar says we're three weeks from the start of summer, but winter still holds us in its grip. It leads us to wonder if something bigger is a foot, Dr. Kelly Redmond explains.
• What effect do clouds have on climate?
  What is the climate effect of tiny particles such as aerosols, soot, and dust, in the atmosphere? Dr. Eric Wilcox, a world-class sailor and researcher, is exploring the answers to these questions linking the ever-changing composition of Earth’s atmosphere and climate change.
• Best Management Practices for Preserving the L ...
  Alan Heyvaert not only works at Lake Tahoe but that’s where he plays too. “My wife and I are often kayaking around the lake when we have some free time,” said Alan Heyvaert, Ph.D., DRI assistant research professor.

Earth Techling

• Solar Thermal Beer Brewed In Seattle
  Big Al's Brewing in White Center, Washington, has turned to a solar thermal system to heat the water it uses in its brewing process, saving lots of natural gas.
• Opel Hydrogen Cars Drive 2 Million Miles
  GM's European subsidiary Opel has announced that its fleet of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in Germany has driven over two million miles.
• Soccer Balls Light Up Latin America
  As part of a new program in conjunction with the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup, State Farm will be sending power-generating soccer balls to Latin American communities.
• GE’s Ecomagination Making A Difference?
  GE's Ecomagination Challenge has garnered $85 billion in revenue and developed 15 new eco-friendly products for public use.
• New Not Cheap Solar Hybrid Yacht Available
  Solar panel company BRISOL and yacht manufacturer Seaway have made a hybrid yacht that costs a mere $170,000. Indeed, indeed.

National Law Journal | U.S.

• Dewey LeBoeuf gets the call in Los Angeles Dod ...
  The fight over ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers has moved into bankruptcy court, with the team tapping Dewey LeBoeuf's Bruce Bennett and Sidney Levinson as counsel in a Chapter 11 filing. They join an already large field of legal players surrounding team owner Frank McCourt.
• SPECIAL REPORT: WASHINGTON'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ...
  Some on The National Law Journal's list of 20 in-house counsel oversee huge operations. Others are joined by just a few attorneys and work mostly on regional issues. One thing each has in common: They've dedicated themselves to running efficient offices and to providing top-quality ­service to t ...
• Public interest law becoming a hot ticket
  More freshly minted lawyers are opting for public interest careers, indicating a shift in the way those careers are perceived and how young lawyers prepare for public interest jobs.
• In-House Counsel: FCPA Focus: Is there a trend ...
  Recent dispositions have signaled a possible move toward self-policing and direct reporting to agencies.
• WINNING
  Our annual special report highlights 14 litigators whose innovative trial strategies resulted on a big win in the courtroom.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Forced Pooling: When Landowners Can’t Say No t ...
  by Marie C. Baca, Special to ProPublica May 19, 2011 As the shale gas boom sweeps across the United States, drillers are turning to a controversial legal tool called forced pooling to gain access to minerals beneath private property–in many cases, without the landowners’ permission. Forced poo ...
• Gas industry no longer must comply with stric ...
  Deadline for policy reversal looms TAKE ACTION TODAY The facts: In December, 2010, a policy document was put in place by DEP, advising air quality professionals responsible for permitting of gas industry compressors and other sites to consider the aggregation (total toxic accumulation) of air em ...
• SPORTSMEN MARCELLUS SHALE SUMMIT
  Saturday, June 4th University of Pittsburgh – Johnstown Campus In the heart of the Marcellus Shale region, sportsmen and women, and conservation groups are working together to identify and propose solutions to mitigate the impacts from gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing on hunting, fishing an ...
• Water Well Owner Network Training in Wellsboro, PA
  I’d like to pass this info along from the RDA —- This just in from the Master Well Owners Network. This is a group within Penn State which trains people who have private wells. My husband and several of our friends have received this training, which we all found quite valuable. You learn about t ...
• Susquehanna River Sentinel
  I just wanted to pass along this link to another blogger’s site who is offering some great information. His recent post addresses water withdrawls and there is a note about Pine Creek (the one that runs through Tioga County, PA) and the water that is being taken from that source. http://srs444.b ...

News Blaze

• Hindu Mandir in Scotland Reopens After Extensi ...
  Rajan Zed said it is important to pass on Hindu spirituality, concepts and traditions to coming generations amidst so many distractions in the consumerist society. He hoped that these Mandir activities would help in that direction.
• Reason for NATO's Mission to Protect The Libya ...
  NATO Secretary General's statement on International Criminal Court decision on Qadhafi indictment
• Democracy Continues to Fade in Former Soviet Union
  Without an opportunity for a peaceful rotation of power, citizens in the non-Baltic former Soviet Union are presented with the frustrating prospect of political stagnation for many years to come, adding to the potential for unrest.
• Bears, Wolves, and Wild Cats Survive Decades o ...
  New report highlights need for continued support from USAID to conserve country's natural heritage
• Lanham in Maryland Organizes 'Ratha Jatra'
  It will reportedly feature a decorated chariot carrying images of Hindu deities Lord Jagannath, Baladev and Subhadra which will be pulled by the devotees. People of all denominations are invited. Anthony G. Brown, Maryland Lieutenant Governor, is ex

environment 360

• Right Whales Return to New Zealand a Century A ...
  A new study shows that a small number of southern right whales have returned to their ancestral New Zealand breeding grounds more than a century after the species was hunted to local extinction. Using DNA Oregon State UniversityA southern right whale profiling, researchers determined that se ...
• France Invests €1B in Nuclear, Saying Moratori ...
  Despite recent safety concerns in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to invest 1 billion euros in the next generation of nuclear power generation. Saying that a moratorium Getty ImagesNuclear plant in Belleville-sur-Loire, France on nuclear production “ma ...
• Serengeti Highway Plan Scrapped Over Potential ...
  The Tanzanian government has scrapped plans to build a two-lane highway across the northern edge of Serengeti National Park, after scientists warned the plan ShutterstockZebra and wildebeest in Serengeti could disrupt the migration routes for some of the park’s critical species, including zebr ...
• Underwater Microphone Innovation Inspired By t ...
  Stanford University researchers say they have developed an underwater microphone, using technology inspired in part by the ears of an orca whale, that is capable of capturing sound frequencies across a span of 17 octaves even at high-pressure depths. While existing underwater microphones typical ...
• Marine Life Census Reveals Serengeti-Like Corr ...
  A decade-long census of marine life in the North Pacific Ocean has documented how abundant seasonal food supplies attract an array of predators annually to two major oceanic corridors, which researchers liken to Click to enlarge Craig Hayslip/OSU Marine Mammal InstituteA blue whale encountered ...

Red Ice Creations

• Mirage "City" Mysteriously Appears in China - ...
  ITN, a broadcast network in Britain, posted video last week of a stunning mirage in East China that features a city skyline, replete with what appear to be buildings and trees.Video-curation site Devour.com writes the mirage appeared over the Xin'an River in East China. ITN is the only news netw ...
• Psychopaths Run The World
  Although Sigmund Freud introduced the world to the word psychopath in his book Psychopathology of Everyday Life, published in 1901, it wouldn't be until forty years later that a true definition of psychopathology was developed to include the personality type of psychopath: a scientific understan ...
• Humans May Have ’Magnetic’ Sixth Sense
  Humans may have a sixth sense after all, suggests a new study finding that a protein in the human retina, when placed into fruit flies, has the ability to detect magnetic fields. The researchers caution that the results suggest this human protein has the capability to work as a magnetosensor; ho ...
• Second HongKong child dies of mutated scarlet ...
  A mutated strain of scarlet fever more resistant to antibiotics has killed a second child in Hong Kong, the first deaths from the illness in the southern Chinese city in at least a decade. Certain characteristics of the new strain likely make it more contagious, and it may be responsible for an ...
• Magnitude-6.7 quake hits Japan (June 23, 2011)
  A magnitude-6.7 earthquake rattled northeast Japan on Thursday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. It was the same area of the Pacific where a massive magnitude 9 quake hit on March 11, triggering a deadly tsunami. At least 23,000 people were killed or left missing in those disasters, ...

Russia Today

• Non-nuclear energy failed Fukushima – nuclear ...
  Events at Fukushima should not be called a nuclear disaster, says John Ritch, Director General of the World Nuclear Association. He explains to RT why he thinks nuclear energy is still one of the safest sources of power...
• Bronze dog helps its homeless mates
  How much money can a dog earn if it’s made of bronze? A dog monument in the Russian Siberian city of Tyumen, made in the form of a charity box, has earned around US$15,000 over a year.
• Russia may drop case against Hermitage Capital CEO
  It is a case that has aroused international intrigue and domestic scandal. In the latest twist, the head of the Hermitage Capital Management Fund, William Browder, has reportedly been taken off Russia's wanted list and...
• Gaddafi’s arrest ordered by International Crim ...
  The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi. The Libyan leader is suspected of crimes against humanity.
• Vampire front to protect inhuman rights
  A new NGO is recruiting vampires, elves and other creatures, who wish to protect their inhuman rights together.

Dad2059′s Webzine of Science Fiction, Science Fact and Esoterica

• The Cult of SETI is Broke
  Hello folks. I know, I know. I ought to get a smack down for neglecting to post for over two months, personal issues dictated the moment, big time. But today I couldn’t ignore this little tidbit of info about the Cult of SETI, and its’ dilemma: SETI is dead. Or at least, its major organ [...]
• WikiLeaks, Allnewsweb and the TEA Party
  When one looks at the above title, the individual has to ask, WTF? What could these three things have in common? Well, according to ‘Mirage Men‘ author, Mark Pilkington, not really a whole hell of a lot, just rampant opportunism: When the first mention of UFOs in the tranche of diplomatic paper ...
• Even Gary Bekkum is skeptical
  Gary Bekkum’s  STARpod.org’s site is usually replete with government conspiracies, psychic spies, hamsters, Bigelow’s Skinwalker Ranch, Laura Eisenhower’s Mars Colony and other wondrous esoteric oddities that it’s hard to believe that Gary could be skeptical of anything. But he is. He is very s ...
• More Paracast: George Filer
  Yeah I know I’ve been lazy lately (or so it seems), but trust me on this one. You won’t be disappointed with this interview Gene Steinberg and co-host Chris O’Brien of the Paracast had with Eastern MUFON Director George Filer, who also has the website Filer’s Files (which caters to guess what? Y ...
• The Paracast: Clifford Clift of MUFON
  This week’s Paracast with Gene Steinberg and Chris O’Brien is a conversation with MUFON International’s Clifford Clift. Subjects range from the nuts and bolts aspects of UFOs to the possible paranormal links with ghosts, angels, demons and Sasquatch. This was a down to earth and civil interview, ...

Tippers News

• Three men helped starve kids, court tol
  Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told.Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Chinese sex traders challenge verdict
  The three Chinese nationals who were jailed by an Accra Circuit Court for transporting 10 Chinese girls into the country and engaging them in sex trade have appealed against the verdict. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
  DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says.Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
  Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher Away C. to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �Ad ...
• Confused cat found wandering streets of of Lin ...
  This hungry kitty thought she was the cat that had got the cream when she found a half-full tin of pet food as she prowled for snacks in bins behind a supermarket.Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

The Freeman

• Gasoline Prices Drop
  “Gasoline prices are falling fast. In the past 7 weeks, the average U.S. retail prices has dropped 38 cents to $3.60 per gallon. Another 25-cent drop is expected by mid-July.” (Christian Science Monitor) Behind the headlines: Oil companies become less greedy. FEE Timely Classic “How Not to Respo ...
• Obama to Meet with Senate Leaders on Deficit Plan
  “One day ahead of a meeting with President Obama, the Senateâs top Republican insisted again Sunday that tax increases would not be a part of any deal with Democrats and the White House to raise the nationâs $14.3 trillion debt ceilingâ¦. Mr. Obama is scheduled to meet separately at the White Ho ...
• Google Is in FTC’s Antitrust Sights
  “The Federal Trade Commission is preparing to issue subpoenas to Google as part of a wide-ranging civil antitrust investigation into practices in Googleâs search engine business, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.” (New York Times) Government the harasser. FEE Timely Classic “ ...
• Search for Budget Compromise in Trouble
  “Congressional Republicans on Thursday abandoned budget talks aimed at clearing the way for a federal debt limit increase, leaving the outcome in doubt as they vowed not to give in to a Democratic push for new tax revenues as part of any compromise.” (New York Times) The last thing government sh ...
• Obama to Tap Petroleum Reserve
  “The United States and its allies will release 60 million barrels of emergency oil reserves to replace lost Libyan oil production and assure adequate supplies for the summer, officials announced on Thursday.” (New York Times) Government is quick to rescue us from the consequences of its own poli ...

Teaching Online Journalism

• Branding: Should journalists build a personal ...
  If you’re teaching journalism today, you must be aware of the discussion that surrounds branding. If you’re a young journalist, or someone planning to enter the field of journalism, you need to understand what personal branding means. On June 23, Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten wrote ...
• Journalists: How to get started with Twitter
  If you haven’t yet found any value in using Twitter, here’s what you should consider. On the topic of WHY to get started, John Robinson (the editor of the News & Record, in Greensboro, North Carolina) wrote a very good piece for ASNE this week. If youâre not on Twitter, youâre making your job ...
• Tune up your skills this summer
  Looking over my Google Analytics data today, I found that these are some of the most-visited pages on this blog: How to shoot video interviews Why does anyone major in journalism? A few words about digital audio recorders Recording phone calls: For reporters Now printable! Reporterâs Guid ...
• Using WordPress in reporting classes
  Journalism educators who teach reporting or writing classes often come to the conclusion that it would be nice to put their students’ work online so that everyone in the class can see one another’s work — and possibly even comment on the stories written by others. This is a great idea, and I th ...
• Updating Reporter’s Guide to Multimedia Profic ...
  It’s been two years since I wrote this free guide. Do you think it’s worth my while to update it? I’ve been thinking it might be good to put it on Wikia and allow others to edit and add to it. Then it could be updated any time, and translations could be contributed too. Please comment.   It’ ...

Facing South

• Court orders Louisiana to take action on radia ...
  In a major victory for environmental advocates, the Louisiana State Court of Appeals has ordered state regulators to begin monitoring pollution in wastewater discharged from oil and gas production activities into the Gulf of Mexico. Since 2002, oil and gas rigs operating in Louisiana ...
• Did New Orleans media contribute to police vio ...
  By Jordan Flaherty, Truthout Jury selection began June 22 in what observers have called the most important trial New Orleans has seen in a generation. It concerns a shocking case of police brutality that has already redefined this city's relationship to its police department, and ...
• Alabama immigration law: Policy or politics?
  By Kathy Mulady, Equal Voice Despite soaring deficits, cuts in social services, worker layoffs and tornado-devastated communities, Alabama's first Republican-controlled government in 136 years has turned its focus on undocumented immigrants, raising questions about policymakers' priorities. ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Justice for the South's force ...
  Year in which Sir Francis Galton founded the now-discredited science of eugenics to improve the human population through selective reproduction: 1883 Number of U.S. states that adopted eugenics laws in the early 1900s targeting for compulsory sterilization people deemed unfit to bear children ...
• Drawing the lines: Redistricting battles shape ...
  Across the South, state legislatures have rolled out their plans for redrawing political lines -- plans that could be key to shaping upcoming elections in 2011 and 2012. The new Southern plans are being closely followed because this is the first time in history that redistricting has happe ...

Worldpress - Africa

• Nigeria: Ten Unavoidable Issues
  Over the next four years, Nigeria's leaders have an opportunity to address a host of issues that have plagued the country both domestically and in terms of foreign policy.
• Political Expediency May Forfeit Reform in Somalia
  The Kampala Accord aims to end Somalia's transitional government, removing its prime minister in the process. Is this the best thing for the people?
• Living in Chains: Sierra Leone's Mentally Ill
• Piracy and Pigeonholed Security in Somalia
  Somali pirates are a menace to local waters as well as international security. Outside assistance should be provided to bolster the country's coast guard.
• Piracy and Pigeonholed Security in Somalia
  Somali pirates are a menace to local waters as well as international security. Outside assistance should be provided to bolster the country's coast guard.

Telegraph UK - oil

• Hope for motorists as oil price tumbles
  Drivers can finally expect some relief at the petrol pump, after the price of oil dropped sharply.
• Oil refinery blast: Chevron site has excellent ...
  The safety record at the Chevron oil refinery in Pembroke has been praised following the fire and explosion which killed four contractors.
• Petrol retailers told to help motorists as oil ...
  Petrol retailers are under pressure to cut the cost of motoring after oil prices plummeted on the world market.
• Chris Huhne needs a lesson in economics
  Plundering the profits from North Sea oil will only hold back Britain's recovery, argues Jeremy Warner.
• The Gulf of Mexico is not as clean as they say
  Assessing the true toll of the Deepwater Horizon blow-out is only starting, says Geoffrey Lean.

Ian Welsh

• One more note on the New York Gay Marriage, Cu ...
  1) The left sells each other out for either small tactical gains, or nothing at all (hello national NARAL) all the time, so why shouldn’t the gays promise to help Cuomo in his next election for giving them gay marriage, even if it screws unions and helps an austerity governor? 2) The reason gays ...
• Basics: anyone who will sell you out is not on ...
  Look, if a special interest that is nominally on the left is willing to sell out other parts of the left in order to get its little item, they are not on your side.  Period.  End of sentence.  An alliance, coalition or ideological movement’s first and most important rule is solidarity: NEVER ...
• Less Cuomo Fellation please
  Como’s still busy destroying unions and crushing standards of living in New York. I’m so pro-gay marriage I once didn’t talk to my father for 6 months because of an argument over it, but it is not the only issue, and it does not make Cuomo a good governor any more than any other single [...]
• The Psychiatric Drug Industry
  The New York Review of Books looks into the question of why there is an epidemic of mental illness, and if the drugs used to treat problems like depression actually work. Short answer, no, the evidence for the drugs working is exceptionally weak. Longer answer, the drugs mess with the patient’s ...
• The Psychiatric Drug Industry
  The New York Review of Books looks into the question of why there is an epidemic of mental illness, and if the drugs used to treat problems like depression actually work. Short answer, no, the evidence for the drugs working is exceptionally weak. Longer answer, the drugs mess with the patient’s ...

Media Consortium

• Top 6 Mistakes to Avoid in Mobile Usability | ...
  Mobile applications are important for providing users with an alternate means of accessing your web page, as well as keeping connected anywhere and at any time. The programs are an integral part of staying competitive within your market, so they should be created wisely.
• 1.4 million fans can’t be wrong: NPR’s Faceboo ...
  But Carvin also emphasized the importance of audience expectations. “They still see our site as mainly dedicated to consuming news,” he said. Facebook, on the other hand, is a web venue in which people are used to chatting with their family and friends. ..NPR’s Facebook page is a complement to, ...
• The Newsonomics of 2011 news metrics to watch ...
• Gallery: 15 iPad news apps
  Thinking about creating an iPad app for your newsroom? Want to see what other news media have come up with? Below are screengrabs of several news apps from newspapers, magazines radio, television, and online-only news websites.
• Five Months on Tumblr as Seen Through Pummelvi ...

Reality Asserts Itself

• Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
  My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
• PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
  A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
• FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
  I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion.  The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become such a phenome ...
• PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
  Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will claim many, many mo ...
• China and the end of the end of history
  Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and world po ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

• Journal pulls meditation paper after "addition ...
  A journal said today that it was pulling a paper linking transcendental meditation to lowered rates of death from heart attack and stroke after its authors provided additional data “less than 24 hours” before the article had been slated to be published online. The Archives of Internal Medici ...
• Canada blocks asbestos listing
  Chrysotile asbestos has been left off the list of hazardous substances in the Rotterdam Convention yet again, largely thanks to Canadian objection to the move at the Convention’s meeting last week in Geneva, Switzerland. The Rotterdam Convention was established in 1998 to help regulate intern ...
• Three major biology funders launch new open ac ...
  Three major life science funders, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Wellcome Trust, and the Max Planck Society today announced that they intend to fund the launch of what they hope will become a top-tier biomedical and life science journal to rival the likes of Nature and the New England ...
• Cedric and Spirit live on in genome sequence
  Cedric the Tasmanian devil is gone, but his DNA lives on. Scientists today report the genome sequence of the Tasmanian devil, which they obtained by sequencing the genomes of Cedric and Spirit, two devils who died from the facial tumor disease that is driving the devils to the brink of extin ...
• NASA mulls targeting decision for Mars rover
  The decision on where to land Curiosity, the super-sized roving science laboratory bound for Mars later this year, isn’t expected for at least another two weeks, NASA officials said on Monday. On Friday, John Grotzinger, project scientist for the $2.5 billion Curiosity, presented an assessme ...

new geography

• The New State of Coastal California?
  In 2009, former California legislator Bill Maze proposed dividing his state, hiving off thirteen counties as Coastal (or Western) California (see map). Maze, a conservative from the agricultural Central Valley, objects to the domination of state politics by the left-leaning Los Angeles a ...
• Growing a Productive Urban Economy
  Suggestions that we can grow the Aukland, NZ economy by encouraging business into the central business district (CBD) in the interests of innovation do not reflect the weight of experience.  Sure, higher order professions have tended to concentrate there, and become relatively more importan ...
• What To Look For In The Next President
  As the 2012 election approaches America is in a state of malaise. Massive debt, unfettered spending, economic decline and partisan divide have served to undermine the great American narrative that is predicated on optimism and a “can do” attitude. As I assess the candidates for President, I ...
• The Rise Of The Third Coast: The Gulf Region’s ...
  For most of the nation�s history, the Atlantic region � primarily New York City � has dominated the nation�s trade. In the last few decades of the 20th Century, the Pacific, led by Los Angeles and Long Beach, gained prominence. Now we may be about to see the ascendancy of a third coast: the Gulf ...
• Outlawing New Houses in California
  UCLA's most recent Anderson Forecast indicates that there has been a significant shift in demand in California toward condominiums and apartments. The Anderson Forecast concludes that this will cause problems, such as slower growth in construction employment because building multi-unit dwelli ...

GM Watch

• Roundup: Birth defects caused by world's top-s ...
• Roundup: Birth defects caused by world's top-s ...
• Roundup: Birth defects caused by world's top-s ...
• Why reassurances on Bt toxins don't add up
• Why reassurances on Bt toxins don't add up

spiked

• 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.
• Who’s really afraid of the working classes?
  Thatcher isn’t to blame for modern-day chav-baiting and anti-working class sentiment. It was fashionable anti-Thatcherites who made a mockery of the lower orders.
• Why parents can’t cut the apron strings
  There’s a reason parents now get intensively involved in their kids’ lives: it’s because society is incapable of socialising young people, heaping more and more responsibility on to families.
• Animals don’t have morality, people do
  In his attempt to prove that beasts have morals, Dale Peterson airbrushes away all the things that make humans unique in the animal kingdom.
• Britain makes more things than you think
  Evan Davis’s TV tie-in book has some surprising stats on the state of British manufacturing. But our political class lacks the cojones to invest seriously in infrastructure and innovation.

Cryptogon

• Flood Berm Collapses at Nebraska Nuclear Plant
  Via: AP: A berm holding the flooded Missouri River back from a Nebraska nuclear power station collapsed early Sunday, but federal regulators said they were monitoring the situation and there was no danger. The Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station shut down in early April for refueling, and there is no w ...
• Greece: ‘A Sovereign Debt Crisis of Soph ...
  Via: Telegraph: The essence of ancient Greek tragedy is that the audience knows it will end in disaster, but feels compelled to watch the horror unfold. And so it is with the modern version, a sovereign debt crisis of Sophoclean dimensions. Themes of the great dramatist’s finer works are all the ...
• Threat of $100 Billion Hit if U.S. Top Rating Lost
  I definitely wouldn’t assume that the impact of a credit rating cut would be limited to $100 billion. I doubt there is any way to know what the impact will be because so many derivatives have been struck off the underlying debt. In other words, this $100 billion number may be just the tip of [...]
• Fukushima Residents’ Urine Now Radioactive
  Via: Japan Times: More than 3 millisieverts of radiation has been measured in the urine of 15 Fukushima residents of the village of Iitate and the town of Kawamata, confirming internal radiation exposure, it was learned Sunday. Both are about 30 to 40 km from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, whi ...
• Friend of British Prime Minister Found Dead in ...
  Via: Belfast Telegraph: Detectives are hoping toxicology results will shed light on the death riddle of a senior Tory in a Glastonbury Festival VIP toilet. Christopher Shale, 56, a close friend of David Cameron, was discovered slumped in a cubicle in the backstage area on Sunday morning. The Pri ...

The Economic Collapse

• 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 ...

Desertification

• Rehabilitating degraded land by fencing it wit ...
  Please check my new video : http://youtu.be/D9U0g1qlOIw Rangeland rehabilitation with Opuntia enclosures in Kenya Degraded rangeland can easily be rehabilitated by fencing it with the prickly pear cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica). Research done in the Lake Baringo Basin, Kenya.
• Using the biomass of abandoned areas and farms ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://euroalert.net/en/news.aspx?idn=12862 According to a European project, using biomass helps to create jobs in rural areas A EU-funded research in the framework of the International Year of Forests, the LEDDRA project, points out that … Continue reading →
• Stabilize sands at the edge of the desert with ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15182754,00.html Grid of straw squares turns Chinese sand to soil Straw helps grass to grow, which helps cultivate more vegetation The sand dunes in Shapotou, a town in the northwestern Chinese province of … Continue r ...
• Desertification is among Egypt’s main en ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1053/ec3.htm Hyper-arid Egypt A recently issued UN report reveals that desertification is among Egypt’s main environmental threats. Reem Leila leafs through the report On the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertificat ...
• Natural regeneration and management of trees i ...
  Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.ghananewsagency.org/details/Science/World-Vision-commended-for-combating-desertification-in-Upper-East/?ci=8&ai=30271 World Vision commended for combating desertification in Upper East Yameriga (U/E), June 23, GNA – World Vision International h ...

The Paper Trail

• Center staff honored with awards
  Spring is journalism awards season and we’re delighted that the Center for Public Integrity and partner NPR have received a prestigious Dart Award for the story “Seeking Justice in Campus Rapes.” The award is bestowed by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.
• A new site, a new era
  Make iWatch News your daily source for investigative and accountability news from around the corner – and across the globe.
• Accountant gets $4.5 million from IRS for whis ...
  PHILADELPHIA — An accountant who tipped off the IRS that his employer was skimping on taxes has received $4.5 million in the first IRS whistleblower award.
• Hey Congressman! How many federal workers are ...
  When Republican Mike Pence stood in front of a crowd of conservative activists at the end of March, he left no question as to his views on a possible government shutdown.
• E-mails allege strife within ATF over Grassley ...
  An employee of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives alleged that he was “called to the carpet” by supervisors, accused of lying and ordered to write down everything that was said in meetings that were held with Senate staffers conducting an inquiry, according to newly release ...

backofthebook.ca

• Bill Blair’s G20 alibi
  By Alison@Creekside An interview with Andre Marin, Ontario Ombudsman and author of the G20 report "Caught in the Act," sheds a little light on the blackout surrounding who was responsible for ordering kettling at the G20 a year ago. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, as we have previously he ...
• Potter too much
  By Rachel Krueger As though the tenterhooks weren’t tight enough for Harry Potter 7.2: The One Where It Actually Ends, the Rowling megalith taunted its fans last week with the mysterious offer of . . . Pottermore. Pottermore, the powers promised, was a Thing That Was Not A Book But Was Sti ...
• The lost art of imagining retribution
  By Jan Drabek Probably the most bizarre attempt to deal with the Stanley Cup riots to date was the announcement of a group getting together to sing O Canada at the corner of Georgia and Hamilton. But other unusual takes abound, among them that of the bicycle-loving mayor of Vancouver who ...
• The attack on young Canadians
  By Montreal Simon If you want to survive Canada's Summer of Anger, there are two subjects you absolutely must NOT discuss with your fellow hosers. One . . . who is to blame for the Vancouver riot? Because chances are you'll have to listen to some deranged rant about how young people ...
• The Vancouver riot: thugs are not anarchists
  By Frank Moher Memo to Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu: idiots and anarchists are two different things. I know being a political scientist isn't a prerequiste for becoming a cop, not even the top cop, but playing the "anarchist" card last week, as you did in defending your force's handling of ...

libcom

• Updates from the Greek Squares and People's As ...
  Tenth-day-Greek-protests-Athens_714579.jpg There is a virtual blackout in international media about what is an escalation of popular resistance in Greece since May 25th. In Athens and numerous other ...
• London Underground strike threat wins reinstat ...
  tube-strike.jpg Six days of strikes on the London Underground by the RMT union have been called off after management agreed to reinstate a sacked train driver. Strikes were ori ...
• Silent revolution in Belarus
  24295.jpg The situation in Belarus is now getting closer to the one that was during the elections in December 2010 but now it seems to be more massive and popular. After the ...
• Italy: more arrests in Florence and Milan
  More arrests in Florence among student groups linked to the revolts of last autumn, and two anarchist activists arrested in Milan Florence: just about a month after the events of May 4th (5 arrests and 22 banning orders among student ...
• Strikeforce - Monson outpunched by Cormier
  monson_1.JPG Anarchist MMA fighter Jeff 'The Snowman' Monson faced off against wrestler Daniel Comier in last night's Strikeforce event Jeff Monson made his return to 'top-tier ...

Free Range International

• FabFi on the front page of New York Times
  Here’s an update in an attempt to counteract the thoroughly depressing news of Tim going silent. (Anyone who knows Tim in person knows that you can’t actually silence him; he’s still ranting but we’ve turned off the blog-mike). With Kanani’s help, I’ve put this post in Babatim format. This wee ...
• There’s Fire
  Fighting season is now on. This year the villains strategy appears to involve deliberate attacks on aid projects and let me tell you something we (the outside the wire aid community) are getting hammered.  In the last week a majority of us have had to deal with murders, intimidation, shootings, ...
• Where There Is Smoke
  In the Helmand Province, this year’s fighting season has started off with a whimper.  On May Day (as predicted) the only action was in Paktika Province where a child suicide bomber violated the latest Taliban public announcement by blowing himself up in a police station.  The Taliban had just ...
• Leadership 101
  Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is never pleasant to observe, especially when it is an American President doing the snatching.  President Obama was running strong:  1. He just announced The Dream Team taking over the Afghan campaign,  2. He launched a unilateral direct action mission d ...
• May Day
  The ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) has taken an unusual step by issuing a warning to all internationals, alerting of coordinated “spectacular attacks”,  kidnapping of internationals, suicide bombings, and all manner of general mayhem to kick off  Sunday, 1 May.  To the bes ...

The Story Behind the Story

• Zombie Watch Update
  Here we go.  The evidence continues to mount. Published on Deccan Chronicle (http://www.deccanchronicle.com) � Mutant rabies, flu viruses could lead to havoc June 25: The rabies season has just receded. And it�s time now for the human influenza or common cold to make our lives miserable. Rabies ...
• Khazarian Satanic Porn — Plumbing New Depths
  In this public You-tube clip, which is a digital recording of a VERY PUBLIC PRESENTATION at the 2011 Conspiracy Conference, “Investigative Reporter” and consort of Leonard Horowitz, Sherri Kane maliciously attacked ex-VietNam war veteran Timothy White by accusing him of being a felon, rapists, a ...
• Is A. True Ott a “Jew-Hating Man”, ...
  In an e-mail to me in August 2010, Khazarian Blue-Blood Jew Leonard G. Horowitz wrote: “How STUPID of you ——- to EXPOSE YOURSELF AS A JEW-HATING MAN!!!”   What exactly “exposed” me?  Merely using the term “Khazar” and “Goy” in an earlier post to his sweetie Sherri Kane in describing her and m ...
• Who Is David Main? We may never know for sure!
  Until this baseless and malicious attack by Kane and Horowitz began, I had blissfully never heard of “David Main”.     You see, Kane swore under oath, in a complaint that A. True Ott was David Main.   It seemed at the time a simple enough task — to simply provide solid evidence to the cour ...
• Horowitz and Kane – A Most Dangerous Sta ...
  According to Stephen A. Diamond, PhD - in his expose written Apr 4, 2008 and published in Psychology Today, Narcissist Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental condition directly tied to thousands of horrific homicides in North America over the past decade.   Indeed, NPD is a most “Dangerous State ...

du la bab - Now is the Time

• Downsizing – downscaling? See these tiny ...
  Here’s a great company doing inspiring work www.tumbleweedhouses.com The company creator, Jay Shafer started off making a super small mobile home for himself measuring  just 89 square feet! Their video is a testament to less being more – they’re now selling ready made mobile cabins and the plan ...
• Air powered environmentally friendly car being ...
  Sounds a little strange right – an air powered car – why isn’t this big news I wonder… There’s a great company in France operated by a former Formula 1 engineer now producing cars running on compressed air. They’re not great to look at, super fast, or I’m guessing really comfortable, but they’re ...
• Deforestation – environmental & human ef ...
  There are many types of forest in the world from Temperate Forest to Tropical forest. The one thing all forests have in common is that the trees in them act as the lungs to our planet converting CO2 to Oxygen.  In addition, forests provide a canopy or shading of the earth which helps maintain te ...
• Could cancer be Fungus? If so, maybe here&#821 ...
  Recently I visited a dear friend who has been dealing with breast cancer for over ten years. After a long attempt to avoid surgery and medication, she was forced to have a double mastectomy. She has chosen to avoid the chemo treatments. This takes a lot of courage given that the standard thing t ...
• Doctors Warn about GM Food Risks
  It’s barely been a week since I wrote about the dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods and now the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has released a strongly-worded warning about the health dangers associated with Frankenfoods. Calling for a moratorium on GM foods, the AAEM sa ...

Mansbridge One on One - CBC

• Bob McDonald Part 2 (Apr 9, 2011)
  Part two of our annual show where CBC's Science Correspondent answers your questions about the mysteries of the world that have always puzzled you.
• Milos Raonic, ATP Tennis Player (Apr 2, 2011)
  The Canadian tennis star and his power serve are making waves around the world. Peter talks with Raonic about childhood ambition, focus and the sport he loves.
• Almas Jiwani, Women's Rights Advocate
  President of National Committee of UN Women in Canada on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day and the state of women around the world.
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Jan 22, 2011)
  Highlights of the conversation with Peter originally broadcast Jan 17 and 18, 2011.
• Olivia Chow, NDP MP (Jan 15, 2011)
  Jack Layton and Olivia Chow: Ottawa’s political power couple -- he’s a party leader, she’s one of his backbenchers. But only one of them makes the cut for this week’s program, and its not him! Olivia Chow is our guest and there’s lots to talk about.

Scotts Contracting

• Petition to Stop Ameren UE-Coal Ash Utility Wa ...
  Petition: We, the undersigned, are opposed to placing a coal ash utility waste landfill in the Labadie Bottoms floodplain of the Missouri river as proposed by AmerenUE. The proposed landfill will store harmful quantities of toxic heavy metals and other contaminants. Despite Ameren’s assurances o ...
• six neighborhood factors that affect the envir ...
  The Greenest Building Is The One That’s Already Built ⦠Sometimes Posted June 20, 2011 by Kaid Benfield copied from: http://sustainablecitiescollective.com/kaidbenfield/26182/greenest-historic-building-one-thats-right-context?utm_source=scc_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter Iâ ...
• Estimating Tips for Spray Foam Window/Door Sealant
  While Working on an Material Estimate for Installing 10 Replacement Windows. I wanted to share this Information on from Dow Great Stuff. Sizes and Estimated Yields for GREAT STUFF PRO™ Window & Door Insulating Foam Sealant Can Size, oz (g) Delivery No. of Windows(1) 20 (567) Reusable Straw 6-9 2 ...
• Energy Efficiency Key to Reducing the Need to ...
  report says EERS policies are driving energy efficiency investments and energy cost savings to unprecedented levels national energy policy remains beyond the reach of Congress ((13 of the 19 states are achieving 100% or more of their goals)) U.S. states lead on energy efficiency, lower utility b ...
• Energy Plan Live-Chat-Senator Adviser N Brown ...
  First for Facebook, First for Energy Jun 22, 2011 Office of Senator Dick Lugar On Wednesday, June 22, 2010, we are extremely excited about a first for the Senate and a first for Facebook – the start of a rollout of legislation exclusively via Facebook. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern) tomorrow w ...

The View From Abroad

• Western Imperialism Strikes Again
  The invasion of Libya is about imperialism not protection of civilians.
• What Obama Should Have Said
  As I was reading President Obama's speech last week, I dozed off into a glorious daydream.
• “Where’s the Beef”?
  After Osama bin Laden was killed, why wasn't his body displayed for verification.
• Bernanke is Still Clueless
  Ben Bernanke has been consistently wrong in the past. Why does anybody listen to him anymore?
• Dangers are Inherent in the War with Qaddafi
  Libya could become the next quagmire for American forces.

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

• Obama's Noble Sentiments About Afghanistan Und ...
  In his speech about Afghanistan there was a serious disconnect between President Obama's rhetoric and plans.
• The Nuclear Terrorists Are Coming: Break Out t ...
  Nuclear security is at least as critical as nuclear safety.
• As Cause for Hope in Afghanistan, "Light at t ...
  We've squeezed all the meaning out of this cliche.
• Afghanistan: Going through Withdrawal
  As the president clarifies his plan for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the most important thing is not the what or the when but the how.
• Since When Haven't the Democrats Been a War Party?
  The Democrats continue to allow themselves to be portrayed as soft on defense.

Law.com

• Latest Chevron Outtake: 'They're All Corrupt!'
  Donziger muses 'The judicial system is so utterly weak' in Corporate Counsel's latest release of outtakes from the documentary Crude.
• Minus Kagan, Supreme Court Lets 'Don't Ask' Po ...
  In an order Friday, the Supreme Court denied a motion aimed at allowing a worldwide ban on enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy on gays in the military to take effect.
• MGA Loses Effort to Stall Trial in Fee Fight W ...
  A Los Angeles judge issued a tentative ruling Friday denying toymaker MGA Entertainment's efforts to stay a lawsuit that was filed by its former lawyers at O'Melveny & Myers.
• Proskauer and English Firm End Their Merger Di ...
  Proskauer Rose and SJ Berwin said Friday they had decided against merging, putting to an end months of speculation about a possible trans-Atlantic tie-up between the two law firms. The firms in a joint statement said "we recognized that the timetable necessary to reach the agreements that would ...
• IRS Throws In Towel on Closely Watched Interna ...

Iranian.com

• پایان اعتصاب غذا
  ۱۲ زندانی اعتصاب کننده در زندان اوین عصر دیروز به اعتصاب خود پایان دادند. به گزارش خبرنگار کلمه، ۱۲ زندانی اعتصاب کننده که از شنبه گذشته در اعتراض به رفتار غیر انسانی با هدی صابر و هاله سحابی به اعتصاب تر دست زده بودند روز گذشته پس از دریافت پیام های متعدد از شخصیت ها و گروه ها به اعتصاب خود پای ...
• محکومیت دو تن از عوامل وزارت اطلاعات در دادگاه ...
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• طرح سؤال ازاحمدی نژاد با ۱۰۰ امضاتحویل هیئت رئ ...
  علی مطهری نماینده مجلس گفته که طرح سؤال از احمدی نژاد با ۱۰۰ امضا تحویل هیئت رئیسه مجلس شد.read more
• مردم ایران، دیگر تن به کلاهبرداری انتخاباتی نخ ...
  هر نوع خواب و خیال حاکمیت بر مبنای قدرت نظامی و یا برگزاری انتخابات فرمایشی برای ادامه سیاست‌هائی که حاصل آن در پیکر بزرگترین بحران اجتماعی ظاهر شده، نقش بر آب است.
• فارس:مزايده خودروی شخصی محمود احمدی نژاد صوری ...
  خبرگزاری فارس به نقل از يک منبع آگاه اعلام کرد مزايده خودروی قديمی محمود احمدی نژاد، اقدامی صوری و نمايشی بوده و آن را در راستای چپاول بيت المال توسط حريان انحرافی فعال در منطقه آزاد اروند رود ناميد. قرار بود عوايد ناشی از فروش خودروی محمود احمدی نژاد برای کمک به احداث مسکن معلولان و مددجويان اس ...

Most Revolutionary Act

• Marx and Engels on Human Nature
  As I outlined in my last blog, the capitalist class (which has near absolute control over public education and the mainstream media) maintains that a ruling privileged elite is essential for the survival of civilization. In their view, this is due to innate flaws of human nature that allegedly m ...
• Is Human Nature Flawed?
  This is the first of a series of posts on the age-old Human Nature debate and the question of whether human beings are capable of achieving true participatory and economic democracy. The failure of the world’s great economic powers to solve the global debt crisis, coupled with growing politic ...
• Generation Z Activism: Alec Loorz
  Alec Loorz Approximate age ranges for Generation X,Y,Z and Baby Boomers: Generation Z: 13-18 Generation Y: 19–29 Generation X: 30-45 Baby Boomers: 46-65 Alec Loorz is a 16 year old from Ventura California who is suing the US government and three states for “allowing money to be more powerful ...
• How Early Feminists Recruited the Working Class
  A major headache for progressive organizers is that low income workers find ultraconservative Teaparty and United Front groups far more appealing than progressive causes focused on improving their economic circumstances. As Marxist psychiatrist writes in his 1933 The Mass Psychology of Fascism ...
• The Real Cultural Wars
  The term “cultural wars,” as used by the mainstream media, seems to have two distinct meanings. It’s most commonly used to refer to the so-called “class of civilizations” between western democracy and societies where Islam is the primary religion. As Lila Rajiva points out in the Language of Em ...

Doug's Darkworld

• “I’m Not a Racist, But … “
  I travelled around Australia and New Zealand with my wife at the time a few decades back, and one of our observations was that people we spent time with sooner or later said “I’m not a racist, but … ” And then they followed with some really racist observation about Aborigines or Maoris. It was [...]
• Crop Circles Revisited
  I recently promised that I would revisit the topic of crop circles, in response to comments left on a previous post on the topic. Many comments. Long comments. Too long to read even. Sigh. I did more research. I gave the topic more thought.  At least as much as I have time for. And while [...]
• D-Day, Dishonouring Their Memory
  Today, well yesterday, was the 67th anniversary of the D-Day Invasion. This was a salient event in American history, glorified in such movies as “The Longest Day” or “Saving Private Ryan.” And, unlike certain recent minor military operations involving a few dozen commandos and a few helicopters, ...
• Socialism for the Rich Illustrated
  This is the former site of Black Oak Books, a once thriving book store in North Berkeley. To say it was an anchor store in the neighbourhood would be an understatement, it as an important part of the community and a serious business draw for its local little business district. It thrived till th ...
• The Carrington Event
  Early in the morning of September 2nd 1859 the sky brightened and gold miners in Colorado got up and started cooking their breakfast. Gold miners get up with the Sun of course, at least the gold miners of that era. It wasn’t long before they noticed that while the sky was amazingly bright and co ...

FourWinds10

• SYNTHETIC SEA -- OCEANS OF PLASTIC
• Military Debris Threaten Oceans
  BANGALORE, Apr 14, 2011 (IPS) - Military debris dumped into the world’s oceans are hazardous to coral ecosystems, reefs, fish and marine wildlife, say experts, who also warn - in light of the recent tragedy in Japan - that earthquakes and tsunamis could disturb this debris and even wash it ashor ...
• Ocean Garbage: Floating Landmines
  No matter where you travel on the Canada's West Coast, no matter how remote or seemingly untrammelled and pristine the fiord or inlet, a piece of plastic, Styrofoam or other garbage has been there before you. God knows how it got there: Dumped recklessly off a vessel, swept down a river or throu ...
• Fight Against Marine Garbage Runs Into Plastic ...
  HONOLULU, Hawaii, U.S., Mar 28, 2011 (IPS) - Every day, billions of plastic bags and bottles are discarded, and every day, millions of these become plastic pollution, fouling the oceans and endangering marine life. No one wants this, but there is wide disagreement about how to stop it. "Every ti ...
• Florida spring breakers find the oil (VIDEO)

Crisis Maven

• Why Our Future Must Be Solar As Our Past Once Was
  When you put a pot on the hot plate on your stove and switch on the heat â do you not expect the pot to get hot? When you add energy on the earth’s surface to what the sun and geothermal influences already provide would you not expect the earth respectively the atmosphere to get [...]
• Why Our Future Must Be Solar As Our Past Once Was
  When you put a pot on the hot plate on your stove and switch on the heat â do you not expect the pot to get hot? When you add energy on the earth’s surface to what the sun and geothermal influences already provide would you not expect the earth respectively the atmosphere to get [...]
• Update: Greenpeace measures Caesium 40 miles f ...
  … and hence in areas not yet evacuated though they should obviously have been. Map of Radiation Measurements by Greenpeace team See also: Call for further evacuation around Fukushima Now, if nothing should happen, those within these areas and of course also further beyond, even in adjacent count ...
• How to protect your garden patch or field agai ...
  Do you own a garden, a patch of land, a field where you plant, esp. for human food or animal feed? Then you should prepare against letting the radioactive fall-out from Japan into your soil, where it will remain and contaminate your plants and e.g. livestock for probably decades. Here’s the advi ...
• Politicians of all countries, recollect yourse ...
  Dear politicians, there’s no alternative to forever turning our backs on nuclear energy and fast. Sure, the nuclear industry will protest vigorously and will see profits dwindle but they will survive without much problem – as opposed to many Japanese. It is but a question of time until another c ...

Capital Flow Analysis

• Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
  In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted. The follo ...
• Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
  The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
• How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
  The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
• Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
  In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the current crisis. This ar ...
• Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
  No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

• Tapping the SPR: The Root of Dysfunctional Ene ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post Falling Into the Trap of Influencing the Crude Oil Markets It seems that nothing quite brings out the silliness in politicians like the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). As you undoubtedly have now heard, the United States and the International Energy Ag ...
• US, Other Countries Battle OPEC With Release F ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post While Robert continues his trip to Europe and across the Continental U.S., a significant piece of news has been dominating the headlines. Although we’ve been closely monitoring the release of 60 million barrels of crude on our Energy Ticker page, we also w ...
• Highlights of BP’s 2011 Statistical Review of ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post Global Energy Growth BP recently released their highly respected annual Statistical Review of World Energy for 2011. Most of the news stories on the report have focused on the exceptionally strong growth in global energy consumption. While that is without ...
• Media Misinformation Promotes Dysfunctional En ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post Over the years I have had some enlightening interactions with the news media. I have gradually developed the view that many in the media believe their role is more to entertain than to inform. My naive younger self believed that the media generally present ...
• Q&A With Virent CTO Randy Cortright
  Join the forum discussion on this post In the previous essay, I discussed the National Advanced Biofuels Consortium (NABC) and the recently announced success of Virent Energy Systems (Virent), a member of the consortium. In this essay I try to dig into the process details a bit more with a seri ...

Discovery Educator Network

• Infographics
  Comments:Kathy Schrock's resources - Jackie GersteinTags: infographics, assessment, kathyschrock, infographic, literacyby: Jackie Gerstein
• Showbeyond - Tell Stories, Your Stories (slide ...
  Tags: DigitalStorytelling, presentation, storytelling, education, digital storytelling, slideshowby: Fred Delventhal
• BrainPOP - Animated Educational Site for Kids ...
  Tags: music, math, english, technology, science, social studies, brainpop, education, gamesby: Fred Delventhal
• Storyplanet - Helping you build interactive st ...
  Tags: build, interactive, stories, digitalstorytellingby: Dean Mantz
• online Egg Timer
  Comments:simple online timer...with three separate timers! - aunt tammieTags: tools, timer, stopwatchby: aunt tammie

Rodale News

• Farmer's Markets Innovations Make Healthy Food ...
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—There's often a throwback feel to farmer's markets, where you can seek out the same heirloom vegetable varieties your great-grandmother adored. Old-school, heritage-breed chicken eggs? Yep, a true farmer's market probably offers them. And while the farmer's market is a p ...
• The Nickel Pincher: DIY Wedding Favor Ideas
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—At the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the guests all left with luxurious wool scarves, sporting the Union Jack in various colorful prints, that cost about $75 each. Chances are, you haven't budgeted that amount of money into your next soiree. And do ...
• 22 Easy Ways to Eat Fruits and Veggies Every S ...
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PAâMany Americans have been told since preschool that getting five daily servings of fruits and vegetables is essential for health. Despite this common knowledge, it seems we don't eat fruit and vegetables as often as we shouldâ¦or even as often as we used to. A r ...
• Truly Gluten-Free Food to Become Easier to Find
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—People suffering from celiac disease have long been at the mercy of food manufacturers. read more
• Local Food, Fast: Major Fast Food Chain Beefs ...
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Years ago, the fast-food chain Chipotle Mexican Grill made a name for itself by ditching the factory-farmed, antibiotic-laden meat sold at other chains, committing to buying read more

big think

• Thankfully, Self-Immolater Thomas Ball Didn't ...
  Immolating yourself on the courthouse steps to underscore your belief that you were wrongfully separated from your wife and denied custody of your children is the ultimate self-refutation. Especially if your posthumously published terrorist manifesto incites others to torch police stations and ...
• Supreme Court on Videogame Violence: It's Not ...
  Disputes about evidence in social science can drag on for decades. I bet many a researcher has fantasized about the day when a world-famous panel of judges looks at the evidence and then announces that my side is right and the other guy's claims are hokum. Which weirdly enough is just what happe ...
• Are Video Games A Drug?
  UPDATE: 6.27.2010: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that California's ban on the sale or rental of violent video games to minors is unconstitutional. What’s the Big Idea? It’s not just the secret desire to blow things up that pulls us in to the world of video games, says Scott Rigby, autho ...
• Watching the continuing Nabro eruption from space
  We're still getting little in the way of news about the Nabro eruption from Eritrea - I've been looking around and the best figure I've found is that at least 3,500 people and up to 9,000 that have been effected by the eruption�(and 7 deaths) at the remote caldera, although that number is likely ...
• Photos of Historic NYC Pride March
  The 31st annual New York City Pride March was held just two days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill making New York the sixth and largest state to achieve equal marriage. The firs marriage licenses for same-sex couples will be available on July 24. Sex advice columnist Dan Savage and husban ...

Information Liberation

• Former cop says his lies sent people to prison
  A former undercover police officer has confessed his lies in court more than 30 years ago may have sent 150 people wrongfully to prison. Police said they had started a criminal investigation into the activities of Patrick O'Brien after he wrote to...
• How Can Anyone Not Realize the War on (Some) D ...
  "It may, perhaps, be fairly questioned, whether any other portion of the population of the earth could have endured the privations, sufferings and horrors of slavery, without becoming more degraded in the scale of humanity than the slaves of Afri...
• No Good Guys in the War on Drugs
  Fox News Latino reports that "Mexican President Felipe Calderon and a prominent poet * [have] agreed to create a tracking commission to work on the proposals presented Thursday by victims of violence." Meanwhile, as drug violence continues to rage in...
• Geithner: Taxes on 'Small Business' Must Rise ...
  (CNSNews.com) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told the House Small Business Committee on Wednesday that the Obama administration believes taxes on small business must increase so the administration does not have to *shrink the overall size of...
• Reporters Arrested For Filming at D.C. Taxi Co ...
  Here's Reason.tv Producer Jim Epstein's account of what happened: Why I Was Arrested Yesterday at a D.C. Taxi Commission Meeting On June 22, 2011, I attended a meeting of the D.C. Taxi Commission for a story I'm currently working on about a p...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• Give ‘Em Hell, James
  It would be remiss of me not to wish our God-Emperor all the best on his current American promotional tour of his new book, Watermelons. I just heard him being interviewed here (H/T FergalR) on Ron Smith’s WBAL Radio show. I’m … Continue reading →
• What’s Your Poison?
  In a very thinly-veiled effort to give this chronicler a few days’ breathing space, I thought I’d throw open the bar and pose the question close to everyone’s heart at 6pm. What’s everyone’s most desired drink, loved libation, needed nepenthe? … Continue reading →
• So: Impending Ice Age Or Not?
  I thought I’d follow up the current JD thread as it seems to have worried the warmists enough to send a few new trolls over; some of the new crop even appear to be scientifically literate. The thing was sparked … Continue reading →
• Not A Good Time To Visit Tasmania
  But before Tourism Tasmania sends a hit man out after me, let me tell you why. It’s Chile’s fault. Well, the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcano, anyway. It started up again the other day and ash has been blown eastwards two-thirds of … Continue reading →
• Gone Skiing
  Well, I wish I was anyway. Today marks the start of the Australian ski season, and reports from all resorts indicate it’ll be a ripper. I was reminded of this story from 2008 in which our peak taxpayer-funded science body, … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Unce ...
  The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty – “In today’s unpredictable and chaotic world, we look to science to provide certainty and answers–and often blame it when things go wrong. The Blind Spot reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by ...
• Science goes mobile – SciMobileApps
  Science goes mobile #SciMobileApps – ChemConnector Tony Williams nudged me towards a relatively new initiative to help science "get" mobile. Mobile apps for science are expanding in scope and capability very quickly, yet there is no easy way to source information regarding what is available, wha ...
• Negative science
  Negative science – Often the "eureka moment" occurs not in the sense of "I've found it", but more as a "WTF?" Indeed, it's been estimated that more than two-thirds of scientific experiments fail to produce the results anticipated and in one way might be considered failed experiments, or negative ...
• Chemistry news round-up for this week
  Chemistry news round-up for this week – This week, The Alchemist is intrigued by a molecular optical illusion and learns of a new catalyst for making aromatic compounds from their unsaturated hydrocarbon counterparts. A new gel has been developed by chemists in China for delivering anticancer dr ...
• Science across the spectrum
  Penrose, Escher, back – M.C. Escher‘s famously paradoxical illustration of 1960 depicting a stairway atop an “impossible” building, and made famous recently in a dreamscape of the Hollywood movie “Inception“, that seems to ascend or descend interminably is a good example of how projecting our 3D ...

RFF Library

• An Evaluation of the Science Needs to Inform D ...
  US Geological Survey / Edited by Leslie Holland-Bartels and Brenda Pierce http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1370/pdf/circ1370.pdf [From an E&E PM article by Phil Taylor] Scientists must improve their understanding of how climate change could affect oil and gas development in the Arctic while gathering m ...
• EPA Identifies Case Studies for Hydraulic Frac ...
  US EPA http://www.epa.gov/hydraulicfracturing [Press Release] Agency to conduct field work in various regions of the country starting this summer WASHINGTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, in keeping with the administration’s focus to ensure that the agency leverages dome ...
• Policy Options for Reducing Energy Use and Gre ...
  Transportation Research Board http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/sr/sr307.pdf [Press release] The U.S. transportation sector accounts for more than two-thirds of the nation’s oil use and about 25 percent of its carbon dioxide emissions.  A new report from the National Research Council, examin ...
• S.757: Carbon Dioxide Capture Technology Prize ...
  Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/122xx/doc12251/s757.pdf S. 757 would authorize appropriations for the Department of Energy (DOE) to provide competitive financial awards to support the development of advanced technologies to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Becau ...
• S. 646: Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2011
  Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/122xx/doc12250/s646.pdf S. 646 would reauthorize federal programs aimed at developing methods to reduce damage caused by earthquakes and windstorms. The bill also would reauthorize several committees that advise federal agencies on implement ...

Scientific American - News

• Legacy of Mental Health Problems from Iraq and ...
  As Operation Enduring Freedom, the war on terror in Afghanistan, winds down and some 33,000 U.S. servicemen and servicewomen return from overseas in the next year, a plan announced by President Obama on June 22, the psychological issues that veterans face back home are likely to increase. [Mor ...
• Is Karzai's Accusation That Coalition Forces A ...
  President Obama has called for the withdrawal of 33,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan over the next year and the remaining 68,000 by the end of 2014, but questions linger regarding what the troops are leaving behind after more than nine years of combat. In particular, Afghanistan President Hamid ...
• Fukushima Meltdown Mitigation Aims to Prevent ...
  More than three months after a powerful earthquake and 14-meter-high tsunami struck Japan, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant remains flooded with a salty mix of ocean and fresh water that is contaminated with the radioactive residue of three reactors and four spent fuel pools' worth of n ...
• Turf and Surf: Salty Plumes Point to Undergrou ...
  A NASA spacecraft that in 2005 discovered watery plumes spewing from the surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus has now found compelling evidence that the plumes stem from an underground reservoir of saltwater. [More]
• Scientists Warn Chemicals May Be Altering Brea ...
  Exposure to chemicals early in life may alter how breast tissue develops and raise the risks of breast cancer and lactation problems later in life, scientists concluded in a set of reports published Wednesday.The scientists are urging federal officials to add new tests for industrial chemicals a ...

First Truths

• New Left Revisionism and the Crisis Tendencies ...
  The following excerpt from International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology�(eds. Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski)�will be of interest for left libertarians: Rothbard's view of the relationship between big business and government in the rise of American 'statism' draws additionally from the wo ...
• Still More About the Marx/Proudhon Connection
  Interesting passage from George Woodcock's Proudhon biography (which I'm still slogging through) touching on the roots of Proudhonian Mutualism and its intersection, if there is one, with the ideas of Marx: Proudhon's association with the Mutualists not only gave him insight into social undercur ...
• More on my frustration with the "post-left" te ...
  In a book of transcribed interviews, Sasha Lilley's Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult, I stumbled upon the following very insightful response that�Andrej Gruba�i� gave to a question about the place of Marxism in "reorienting [anarchism's] focus ...
• The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly in "Post-Left" ...
  I’ve been reading and rereading a handful of “post-left” anarchists lately, reevaluating their basic criticisms of anarchism’s traditional methods, lexicons, and assumptions. As I ruminate on these ideas, I sporadically pick up responses to them, and, of course, one in particular stands out, Mur ...
• C.A. Gregory's Left-Conflationism
  I gleaned the following passage from C.A. Gregory's Savage Money: The Anthropology and Politics of Commodity Exchange, a book that is, from beginning to end, a characteristic example of what Roderick Long calls left-conflationism. How different Gregory's "free market" is from the one I advocate ...

Media Co-Op

• Homelessness and Police Brutality
  âIn Our Own Voices,â Week IV In the winter of 2000, I was co-managing a 4 bedroom house in Walley, BC. My co-manager and I became friends, but eventually he wanted to have a relationship. When I refused, he started to become verbally abusi ...
• Homelessness and Police Brutality
  âIn Our Own Voices,â Week IV In the winter of 2000, I was co-managing a 4 bedroom house in Walley, BC. My co-manager and I became friends, but eventually he wanted to have a relationship. When I refused, he started to become verbally abusi ...
• As we train to go: reflections on Boat to Gaza ...
  To look at us, you'd think we were just one more group of middle-class tourists chasing the Mediterranean sun. And we like it that way. Tucked away on secret, sandy, shores, members of the Canadian Boat to Gaza blend seamlessly into the t ...
• As we train to go: reflections on Boat to Gaza ...
  To look at us, you'd think we were just one more group of middle-class tourists chasing the Mediterranean sun. And we like it that way. Tucked away on secret, sandy, shores, members of the Canadian Boat to Gaza blend seamlessly into the t ...
• “G20 Land” and the Real Canada
  One Year After the G20 Protests The streetscape of Toronto is overlaid in our minds with stories from the G20 protests. In one such story, memorialized on Youtube, a man refuses to be searched, asserting his rights as a citizen of Canada. ...

David Seaton's News Links

• What's up with Hugo?
  David Seaton's News Links Hugo Chávez has managed to keep his mouth shut since the 10th of June and the world's rumor mills are alive: he is dead, he has cancer, he is in coma... soon there will be sightings like Elvis. What advantage could there be for Hugo Chávez to simply sit in his hospital ...
• Is democratic capitalism in danger?
  �In the quest for growth, many countries have neglected to build a reliable system of social security that will help citizens buffer the market's volatility.(...) Democratic capitalism�s greatest problem is not that it will destroy itself economically, as Marx would have it � but that it may ...
• Why I miss George W. Bush more and more with e ...
  David Seaton's News LinksThe Obama administration has long been bumbling along in the footsteps of its predecessor when it comes to sacrificing Americans’ basic rights and liberties under the false flag of fighting terrorism. Now the Obama team seems ready to lurch even farther down that dismal ...
• Humanity: up a tree, with no fireman in sight
  Raghuram Rajan�The ultimate reason for all real crises always remains the poverty and restricted consumption of the masses as opposed to the drive of capitalist production to develop the productive forces as though only the absolute consuming power of society constituted their limit.� [ ...
• Movements without "leaders"
  David Seaton's News LinksThe other day, a top American political consultant, Matthew Dowd, was visiting Madrid and was interviewed by the local "newspaper of reference", El País. When he was asked his opinion about Spain's "15th of May" citizen's movement, AKA, "The Spanish Revolution" or "Los I ...

EWG - Environmental Working Group

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Dr. Mercola Natural Health

• Safe and Effective Alternative to Motrin for ...
  A human study has determined that turmeric extracts are as efficacious and safe as (if not safer than) ibuprofen for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis. More than 100 patients with primary knee osteoarthritis received either ibuprofen or turmeric extracts each day for 6 weeks. At the end of t ...
• Moving Performance from Korea's Got Talent
  See if you can listen to him sing without crying.
• Take 4.5 Grams of This Each Day to Prevent or ...
  Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) may improve the airway hyper-reactivity in asthmatics, according to the results of a new study. A dose of 4.5 grams of CLA each day produced significant reduction in airway hyper-responsiveness. It also had favorable effects on body weight. CLA is a fatty acid, w ...
• How to Drink Your Way Out of Fatigue
  Here, Cherie Calbom, also known as "The Juice Lady," shares her insights on juicing and how it can help improve your health. She’s authored numerous books on the subject of juicing including two excellent books on the subject: Juicing for Life, and The Juice Lady’s Turbo Diet. She also has ...
• Beware -- Some 'Green' Cleaners are Deceptive ...
  The manufacturers of the "Green" cleaning product Simple Green's claim that it is non-toxic, biodegradable, non-hazardous, non-flammable, and non-corrosive.� But the Material Data Safety Sheet for Simple Green reveals that the formula contains 2-Butoxyethanol -- a petrochemical solvent. 2-Butox ...

JAMA

• Pregnancy, Addiction, and Incarceration [Letters]
• Metrics for Monitoring Glycemic Control--Reply ...
• Metrics for Monitoring Glycemic Control [Letters]
• Standard- vs High-Dose Clopidogrel After Percu ...
• Standard- vs High-Dose Clopidogrel After Percu ...

Survival - tribal peoples

• Sonia Gandhi stands up for endangered Andaman ...
  Jarawa woman returning to her forest after gathering food on the edges of the Jarawa reserve. © Survival Sonia Gandhi, President of India’s ruling Congress party, has strongly backed the right of the isolated Jarawa tribe not to be forced into the ‘mainstream’. Mrs Gandhi, named by Forbes ...
• Epidemic strikes Amazon nomads
  Nukak woman in refugee camp near San José, Colombia. © David Hill/Survival An outbreak of respiratory disease has struck one of the Amazon’s last nomadic tribes â whose numbers have already been decimated by flu and malaria. Around 35 Nukak-Maku, including nine children, have been admitt ...
• Brazil confirms existence of uncontacted tribe
  Uncontacted Amazon Indians, Javari Valley, Brazil © Peetsa/Arquivo CGIIRC-Funai The Brazilian authorities have confirmed the existence of a group of approximately 200 uncontacted Indians in the Amazon. An overflight carried out by the government’s Indian Affairs Department, FUNAI, has ...
• Diaries expose missionaries’ ‘spiritual war’ o ...
  Suruwaha man and children © Survival Diary entries obtained by Survival International illustrate the historic attempt of two missionaries to contact isolated Indians in the Brazilian Amazon. The missionaries, working with the American fundamentalist missionary organization JOCUM (Jovens co ...
• Survival launches tourist boycott of ‘human sa ...
  Two Jarawa women on the Andaman trunk road © Salomé/Survival Survival today called for tourists to boycott the main highway in India’s Andaman Islands – an illegal road which cuts through the land of the endangered Jarawa tribe. The Andaman Trunk Road is both illegal – India’s Supreme Cour ...

Montreal Gazette

• Off-island suburbs must pay their fair share
  The Montreal region's principal suburban municipality, Laval, has suddenly become the region's newest and loudest proponent of high-density development.
• The perils of the PQ: people are starting to laugh
  Picture this as you fight your way through the traffic chaos that is the product of systemic governmental incompetence extending over decades in this province. But to hear some people, what's needed to fix what ails Quebec is some bizarro clone of the Parti Qu�b�cois.
• Bixi is too good to lose, but it has to be fixed
  After this week's scathing report on the city's beloved Bixi bike service, Montrealers must be wondering what else can go wrong with their transportation system.
• The Gazette's View: Bixi is too good to lose, ...
  After this week’s scathing report on the city’s beloved Bixi bike service, Montrealers must be wondering what else can go wrong with their transportation system.
• Can you really patent a mouse click?
  In a mad rush of last-minute Father's Day shopping, I bought my dad a book from Amazon. Since the company has my purchase information, I ordered the gift in one click. If you've ever clicked once to buy, be it for Steven Tyler's new "memoir" or the sleeper hit Go the F--k to Sleep, you've taken ...

Food World Order

• why are food prices rising so fast?
  from the economic collapse blog: 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 th ...
• new code fails to curb kid junk food ads
  from abc.net.au: Two years after Australia's major fast-food chains promised to stop advertising to children, a study has found kids are still being exposed to the same number of junk food ads. The study, published in the Australian Medical Journal, claims despite the introduction of an industry ...
• 6/23 binge & purge: cruelty, control & the cos ...
  house rebukes looming fda frankenfish approval* pesticide spraying near streams to expand under house bill; hr872 lets farmers bury 'clean water act'* utah man accused of eating live rat, posting video online charged with animal cruelty* chicago grocers accused of $500k food stamp fr ...
• 5.9m US kids have food allergies
  from medical news today: Approximately 8% of US children have some kind of food allergy, researchers from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine reported in the journal Pediatrics. 38.7% of those with a food allergy have a history of severe reactions, while 30.4% are allergic to sev ...
• 'poop burger': get it while it's hot - and sti ...
  scientist allegedly takes protein from human excrement from kprc: Just in time for summer grilling: Japanese scientists say they have created synthetic meat derived from human excrement. The news that Mitsuyuki Ikeda, of Okayama Laboratory, perfected the meat streaked across the Internet. Whe ...

CrusadeWatch

• Conversation with a Convert
  source: The Undercurrent, 26 March, 2011 Somewhere in Tamil Nadu The cab was waiting at the end of the road waiting to take us to our destination. The driver was a 50 something man and there was a picture of the Christian prophet Jesus on his dash board. After a few kilometeres of dr ...
• Study suggests 'born-again' believers have sma ...
  source:  USA today, May 24, 2011  DURHAM, N.C. � For decades, mainline Protestants have been beset by bad news: declining numbers, aging membership, waning cultural influence.A new study from  Duke University Medical Center, however, gives these Protestants one reason for cheer: they seem ...
• Study suggests 'born-again' believers have sma ...
  source:  USA today, May 24, 2011  DURHAM, N.C. � For decades, mainline Protestants have been beset by bad news: declining numbers, aging membership, waning cultural influence.A new study from  Duke University Medical Center, however, gives these Protestants one reason for cheer: they seem ...
• Sanford-based New Tribes Mission sued for alle ...
  source:  Orlando Sentinel, May 9, 2011 New Tribes Mission, one of the largest Christian missionary organizations in the world, was sued Monday in Seminole County by a woman who says she was raped repeatedly from age 8 while she lived in a dormitory for missionary children run by the Sanfo ...
• Sanford-based New Tribes Mission sued for alle ...
  source:  Orlando Sentinel, May 9, 2011 New Tribes Mission, one of the largest Christian missionary organizations in the world, was sued Monday in Seminole County by a woman who says she was raped repeatedly from age 8 while she lived in a dormitory for missionary children run by the Sanfo ...

Whole Truth Coalition

• Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
  COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans for mankind? H ...
• The Big Awakening Conference 2011
  Click here for more information …
• Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
  “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators travel ...
• Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                       SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
• COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
  COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6JLgar45sU

The Economic Collapse

• 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 ...

CASSE

• Ecosystem Services: The Traveling Salesman and ...
  Valuation of ecosystem services is an important, but insufficient, step toward achieving a sustainable economy.
• Why Stop at Massive Economic Growth when Infin ...
  Dr. Mountebank urges economists, lesser scientists and all citizens to try on infinite growth for size.
• What Should We Tax?
  Herman Daly suggests a simple rule: tax what we want less of, not what we want more of.
• The Role of Religious Congregations in Promoti ...
  Stewardship of creation requires people to accept the limits to growth and manage the economy accordingly. Religious congregations can help spread this idea.
• Mountebank Wins Nobel for Infinite Planet Theory
  Infinite planet theory gets a well-deserved nod from the establishment.

The Talking Clock

• So, if the Met Police or Boris are reading, do ...
  Our friends over at Radio Free Britain have commendably picked up on a story from The Telegraph, written by Andrew Gilligan. In it, Gilligan writes: "The day after tomorrow, 29 June, [the East London Mosque] welcomes to its premises an organisation called Sex and Relationship Education Islami ...
• Now, the Spanish 'indignants' aren't just prot ...
  The long-suffering people of Greece have had their fair share of alternative and - eventually - mainstream media coverage over the last few weeks. While their fate remains in limbo and their EU-shackled misery continues to punish the people without mercy... ...the people of Spain are now c ...
• Quote of the Day: Cover-Up of a Royal Murder e ...
  "What the British press writes does not greatly matter, because over the next few months, people all around the world will have the chance to see the film, and to form their own judgements. Everywhere except Britain, that is, because as things stand, I am legally prevented from screening the fil ...
• Are you reading, Dave 'Liar, Liar, Pants On Fi ...
  Delighted to see that The Independent has a leader that, in many places, we disagree with strongly BUT one which follows in agreement with a post that this blog made yesterday. Yesterday, we called David Cameron and his cronies liars for claiming that Britain would not contribute to a second ...
• Funeral for a non-friend: UKIP 'buries' the Euro
  A sad event took place today. But what was a sombre occasion for the European leaders... was the first rite of a joyous celebration for the PEOPLE of European nation states. In one of their more outrageous stunts so far, UKIP staged a funeral procession for the euro currency in Brussels: ...

Facing South

• Court orders Louisiana to take action on radia ...
  In a major victory for environmental advocates, the Louisiana State Court of Appeals has ordered state regulators to begin monitoring pollution in wastewater discharged from oil and gas production activities into the Gulf of Mexico. Since 2002, oil and gas rigs operating in Louisiana ...
• Did New Orleans media contribute to police vio ...
  By Jordan Flaherty, Truthout Jury selection began June 22 in what observers have called the most important trial New Orleans has seen in a generation. It concerns a shocking case of police brutality that has already redefined this city's relationship to its police department, and ...
• Alabama immigration law: Policy or politics?
  By Kathy Mulady, Equal Voice Despite soaring deficits, cuts in social services, worker layoffs and tornado-devastated communities, Alabama's first Republican-controlled government in 136 years has turned its focus on undocumented immigrants, raising questions about policymakers' priorities. ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Justice for the South's force ...
  Year in which Sir Francis Galton founded the now-discredited science of eugenics to improve the human population through selective reproduction: 1883 Number of U.S. states that adopted eugenics laws in the early 1900s targeting for compulsory sterilization people deemed unfit to bear children ...
• Drawing the lines: Redistricting battles shape ...
  Across the South, state legislatures have rolled out their plans for redrawing political lines -- plans that could be key to shaping upcoming elections in 2011 and 2012. The new Southern plans are being closely followed because this is the first time in history that redistricting has happe ...

CenterLine

• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Military Court Upholds Hamdan War Crimes Conviction A U.S. military appeals court has upheld the war crimes conviction of Osama bin Ladenâs driver, Salim Hamdan. According to the Miami Herald, â[t]he U.S. Court of … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Cellphone from Bin Laden Compound Suggests ISI Links A cellphone belonging to Osama bin Ladenâs courier, which was seized in the raid that killed the al Qaeda leader, had contacts to a militant group … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Prison Break in Yemen Frees Dozens of Militants As many as 60 suspected Islamist militants escaped from a prison in the southern Yemeni port city of Mukalla on Wednesday. The prisoners escaped via a … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Pakistan Detains Senior Army Officer Over Alleged Extremist Ties Pakistan has detained an Army brigadier on suspicion of ties to a banned extremist group. The BBCâs Urdu-language service was the first to report that … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Obama to Announce Afghan Withdrawal Plans Wednesday President Obama is set to announce plans Wednesday on how the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will proceed when it begins next month. A decision on the size … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

• 'Spot fire' is doused as Los Alamos lab prepar ...
  A massive lab complex famed for its work on nuclear weapons is threatened by a major wildfire, says Peter Aldhous
• Today on New Scientist: 27 June 2011
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Radioactive urine in Fukushima residents, the evolution machine, and advertising for monkeys
• Radioactive urine in Fukushima poses small hea ...
  Radioactive caesium and iodine in the urine of Fukushima residents shouldn't pose much of a health hazard provided the amounts begin to fall soon
• Ocean currents Antarctic hollow glaciers from ...
  Strong currents beneath the Pine Island glacier ice shelf in Antarctica are removing ice from below, speeding the entire glacier's melting
• Today on New Scientist: 24 June 2011
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: antisocial chimp cunning, an incoming asteroid, the nuclear rush and more

Tech Drive In

• Interesting Ubuntu Unity Concept with Android- ...
  We have featured a number of really good Ubuntu Unity concepts before, here is another one which supposedly deals with the trash button in Unity more efficiently. Ubuntu Unity Desktop Concept The idea�proposes an Android-like system where the trash icon only appears when you are dragging ...
• [Fix]WiFi Driver Breaks After Update in Ubuntu ...
  If your Intel WiFi 5100 series WiFi driver broke down after latest update in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS desktop, understand that you are not the only one here with the same problem. A good friend of mine had the exact same issue. This is what you need to do to solve 'WiFi driver breaks after update' issue ...
• 7 Good Dropbox Alternatives for Linux
  Dropbox is probably the most popular online file storage and synchronization tool among Linux users. And as we have seen earlier, it is rather easy to install Dropbox in Ubuntu. But as a Linux user, what really are the alternatives to Dropbox for online file storage? Lets find out. SparkleS ...
• Firefox 5.0 Update Arrives in Official Ubuntu ...
  Firefox 5.0 was released few days ago. But this time, its going to be a different experience for Ubuntu users. You don't need to add any additional third party repositories to get the latest Firefox update, its already available in your default Ubuntu 11.04 repositories.� No Need to Add Any ...
• Nokia N9 - First Ever MeeGo Powered Nokia Devi ...
  Back in 2010 itself, it was rumored that Nokia N9 could just be the first ever MeeGo powered smartphone. Well, that just happened. But things are not half as exciting as it used be for MeeGo because of the Nokia-Microsoft�deal that happened�earlier in the year which practically killed MeeGo proj ...

Case About Bird Flu

• GREEK PARLIAMENT MAY REJECT EU/IMF AUSTER ...
  *Greek Prime Minister’s  majority cut to one ahead of crucial IMF and EU austerity vote in parliament on Wednesday *Rejection of austerity package will lead to a default by Greece and eurozone exit *Greece is set to spend 131 billion euros on interest payments to banks between 2009 and 2014 ...
• 71% of Germans say euro has no future; German ...
  More than three-quarters of Germans believe the euro will not survive the sovereign debt crisis in Greece, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung said on Sunday. http://www.finanzwirtschafter.de/18764-allensbach-umfrage-deutsche-zweifeln-an-euro-und-rettungsschirm/ 71% of Germans have “litt ...
• Greece is standing up to EU neocolonialism: Gr ...
  The usurious conditions of the Greek bailout reveals Brussels’ colonial mindset â but Athens is showing citizens can resist Costas Douzinas and Petros Papaconstantinou guardian.co.uk,Monday 27 June 2011 07.00 BST After months of attacks on the supposedly feckless Greeks, the western media, intel ...
• How Greece can redenominate and default
  Greece is going to be kicked out of the eurozone whatever happens By Andrew Lilico, The Telegraph, June 24th, 2011 David Cameron may have won his battle to keep Britain out of a second EU bail-out for Greece â but that doesnât alter the long-term inevitability of Greeceâs departure from the euro ...
• Greek Prime Minister wins vote of confidence; ...
  The Greek Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou won a vote of confidence in parliament in the early hours of Wednesday, paving the way for legislation on new fiscal austerity measures to be voted on next Tuesday even as the opposition pledged to fight the package. Greece needs to receive €12bn in lo ...

Invisible Opportunity

• An inconvenient fallacy
  By Bob Carter There is no need for a carbon tax because dangerous global warming is not occurring. WELL, you have to admit that they’ve tried hard. Labor, that is. In April 2007 Kevin Rudd, prior to his election as prime minister, appointed distinguished social scientist Ross Garnaut to advise t ...
• The World’s Most Unusual Therapist
  by Dr. Joe Vitale www.mrfire.com Two years ago, I heard about a therapist in Hawaii who cured a complete ward of criminally insane patients–without ever seeing any of them. The psychologist would study an inmate’s chart and then look within himself to see how he created that person’s illness. As ...
• Vaccine Machine: A Look Inside The Immunizatio ...
  By Jaclyn Galucci Well, times have changed. Now pharmaceutical companies are highly protective of their assets, because vaccines are not just medical breakthroughs, they are also big business. In fact, Salk’s vaccine went on to raise manufacturer Eli Lilly’s profit by 90 percent in 1956, bringin ...
• Video – What you don’t know about ...
• They’re not Crazy, they’re Stark R ...
  By Les Visible I noted that there’s a certain amount of buzz going around concerning an Israeli (is there any other kind) false flag against Germany at the Women’s Soccer Championship, or whatever it’s called. I’ve noted a lot of negative events concerning Germany lately. The idea that someone c ...

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).

electric politics

• Göbekli Tepe
  At what point does an original idea engender action? And to what extent does that action set a lasting course? We can examine the social history of an idea, written, as it were, in stone, at G�bekli Tepe, an archeological site approximately 11,500 years old (or perhaps even older) in southern T ...
• The Athenian Zephyr
  Neoliberal bankers wants to turn the Greek public into chattel. The Greek public objects. It's a theoretically long-predicted fork in the road for the European Union: either Greece defaults (it could have been any one of certain member states) and the European debt crisis spreads — possibly/pro ...
• Forgetting Vietnam
  America's final retreat from Vietnam could have been a whole lot worse. Ambassador Graham Martin, mistakenly thought to be on the last chopper out, didn't follow through on the fact that he left a final contingent of Marine Security Guards on the Embassy's rooftop. Higher-ups in the military ch ...
• Constitutional Chains
  The U.S. Constitution has not led to a more perfect union. In some ways — see the Civil War — it was a suicide pact. So must it, indeed, be the only legitimate political expression of who we are as Americans? To think about some of the flaws at the creation I turned to Dr. Mark A. Graber, autho ...
• It Became Necessary to Destroy Libya In Order ...
  At some point the blood-thirsty hawks who got us into a war against Libya must realize that, with Col. Gaddafi or without him, the various Libyan tribes and factions do not mean to settle their differences amicably. What then? Do we admit a strategic defeat and end the war? Or pick sides and fo ...

PR News

• Dig Communications becomes Olson
  CHICAGO: Following its acquisition by Olson in December, Dig Communications has officially been renamed Olson.
• Ad Council hires Environics for anti-lead pois ...
  WASHINGTON: The Advertising Council has selected Environics Communications to develop social media outreach for its lead poisoning prevention campaign.
• Marsh selects Finn Partners for media outreach
  NEW YORK: Insurance brokerage and risk advisory firm Marsh Inc. has picked Finn Partners for an annual contract to provide media outreach.
• NY Women in Communications names new board
  NEW YORK: New York Women in Communications revealed its new board of directors for 2011-2012, including Catherine Mathis, SVP of marketing communications for Standard & Poor's, as president.
• Center for Connected Medicine taps Dodge for c ...
  ATLANTA: Dodge Communications was hired by the Center for Connected Medicine to develop and implement an integrated communications campaign focused on reconnecting healthcare through technology.

The Story Behind the Story

• Zombie Watch Update
  Here we go.  The evidence continues to mount. Published on Deccan Chronicle (http://www.deccanchronicle.com) � Mutant rabies, flu viruses could lead to havoc June 25: The rabies season has just receded. And it�s time now for the human influenza or common cold to make our lives miserable. Rabies ...
• Khazarian Satanic Porn — Plumbing New Depths
  In this public You-tube clip, which is a digital recording of a VERY PUBLIC PRESENTATION at the 2011 Conspiracy Conference, “Investigative Reporter” and consort of Leonard Horowitz, Sherri Kane maliciously attacked ex-VietNam war veteran Timothy White by accusing him of being a felon, rapists, a ...
• Is A. True Ott a “Jew-Hating Man”, ...
  In an e-mail to me in August 2010, Khazarian Blue-Blood Jew Leonard G. Horowitz wrote: “How STUPID of you ——- to EXPOSE YOURSELF AS A JEW-HATING MAN!!!”   What exactly “exposed” me?  Merely using the term “Khazar” and “Goy” in an earlier post to his sweetie Sherri Kane in describing her and m ...
• Who Is David Main? We may never know for sure!
  Until this baseless and malicious attack by Kane and Horowitz began, I had blissfully never heard of “David Main”.     You see, Kane swore under oath, in a complaint that A. True Ott was David Main.   It seemed at the time a simple enough task — to simply provide solid evidence to the cour ...
• Horowitz and Kane – A Most Dangerous Sta ...
  According to Stephen A. Diamond, PhD - in his expose written Apr 4, 2008 and published in Psychology Today, Narcissist Personality Disorder (NPD) is a mental condition directly tied to thousands of horrific homicides in North America over the past decade.   Indeed, NPD is a most “Dangerous State ...

k2p blog

• Midsommar
  Light blogging during the Midsommar holidays which I am spending on the west coast of Sweden.
• Let Saab die with some dignity
  Victor Muller is pimping Saab around the world and dragging it through the mud to a slow and undignified demise -- all just to satisfy his own inflated ego.
• Conspiracy theory: 5 nuclear experts who helpe ...
  The five nuclear experts killed in a plane crash in northern Russia earlier this week had assisted in the design of an Iranian atomic facility, security sources in Russia said on Thursday.
• Arab spring withering into autumn
  There is now a real possibility that the fresh green Arab Spring which promised so much just a few months ago may wither into an Arab Autumn and millions may have to withstand a dormant and repressive period before a new Spring finally arrives.
• Serious earthquake and extreme weather predict ...
  The next VERY SERIOUS earthquake and extreme weather period is 27th June to 2nd July.

Left Foot Forward

• Doctors prefer Wales to England as BMJ calls f ...
  As the BMA gathers for its annual conference in Cardiff, a new survey has found that of 5,000 Welsh doctors questioned, 86% said they prefer working in Wales.
• Doctors still fear coalition health reforms
  It appears as if the coalition's reformed health reforms have still not earned favour with the professionals who will actually have to deliver them.
• Lords big beasts turn up the heat on reform
  Ahead of this evening's Commons debate on Lords reform, Lord Ashdown, Lord Adonis and Lord Tyler have again made the case for an elected upper chamber.
• Gove’s call for parents to act as strike ...
  Readers of Mumsnet have savaged education secretary Michael Gove's plea for parents to act as strikebreakers.
• Northern Ireland health minister warns of “tho ...
  Northern Ireland health minister Edwin Poots has hinted that free prescriptions could come to an end as part of efforts to address a £177 million shortfall.

Consumerist

• Martha Stewart Tables Are Still Exploding Glas ...
  FOX31 reports a family in Colorado was just chilling on the porch during a barbecue when all of a sudden their Martha Stewart glass table exploded, sending shards of tempered glass flying all over the place. The son and his girlfriend bled from cuts and lacerations after they were hit by the gl ...
• Coca-Cola Raising Prices 3-4% In July
  Just in time for 4th of July picnics, sucking down the sweet elixirs spewed out by Coca-Cola is about to get a little pricier. Citing the rising cost of commodities, the bottling giant announced it's going to raise prices 2-3% in July. The move follows a 2% increase earlier this year and Pepsi ...
• Use The Free Consumerist Tipster App To Send U ...
  A few of you have already noticed that we recently released an early version of our new Consumerist Tipster app for iPhone. So, even though it's still a work in progress, we figured it was time to let everyone know about it. Tipster provides a free, fun, and simple way to send photos us any s ...
• Packaging-Free Grocery Store To Open In Texas
  While there are plenty of farmers' markets or bulk spice shops you can go to buy fresh goods with zero packaging, some entrepreneurs in Austin, TX, are aiming to open what they say is the first 100% packaging-free grocery store in the country. Everything sold at in.gredients, which the owners ...
• I Sued Dish Network And Won (Because Dish Neve ...
  One of the more common complaints we get about cable and satellite providers is that, while customers are held to ironclad contracts that lock them into strict terms lest they pay a penalty, providers too often change their end of the agreement with impunity. Luckily, there are people out there ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Development Agencies Fail to Take On Corruptio ...
  Canadian Press: Darling of Development World, Stung by Corruption Problems, Says Others in Worse Shape The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria – a $21.7 billion health fund backed by prominent celebrities – is responding to allegations that the fund has lost up to $34 millio ...
• Feds Subpoena Lawyer in CIA Leak Case: Whistle ...
  St. Louis Beacon: Feds Take Unusual Step of Subpoenaing Sterling's Lawyer The lawyer representing Jeffrey Sterling – the former CIA officer charged with leaking national security secrets to the press – was subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in order to discuss Sterling’s case. Fed ...
• Teresa Chambers Case Highlights Limitations of ...
  Last week, the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) ordered the National Park Service to reinstate whistleblower Teresa Chambers as Chief of the U.S. Park Police, as well as to reimburse her for back pay and legal costs. Her case garnered national attention when she was removed by the Bush ...
• Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator ...
  By Wikimedia user Markus Schweiss Orange County Register: Which Mystery Senator Killed Whistleblower Bill? This article details how the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (WPEA) – a bill that would have strengthened protections for federal employees – was killed by one senator’s d ...
• Justice Department Leakers of Classified Info. ...
  Three months ago, journalist Michael Isikoff noted the disturbing "Double Standard" in White House Leak Inquiries.  But now it's not just the Executive Branch.  Josh Gerstein of Politico just published an article on how a judge ruled that the Justice Department can keep secret names of its own ...

UK Progressive

• Troops Obama is Withdrawing Have Been Replaced ...
  President Obama alleges âthe tide of war is recedingâ in Afghanistan, thus allowing him to reduce U.S. forces there by 10,000 this year, but the fact is overall Allied strength has been rising, not falling. That’s because the 10,000 U.S. fighters the president plans to bring home by the end of t ...
• Greater Chance? Struck by Lightning 10X! EuroM ...
  Camelot, the UK National Lottery operators, must be proud. The signature Europe-wide game hit the big time in record time. So why did they hide the jackpot’s true value in three of the last four draws? Did they think we were not paying attention? Sadly, yes. Remember when EuroMillions launched i ...
• The Great Realignment
  President Obama blew it, but he can still lead Democrats to a landslide victory in 2012 by understanding the sources of the third great realignment in more than a century, which should have been realized after his election in 2008. The first  Gilded Age took place in the late 1800s, leading to T ...
• Coming in October the World of Harry Potter On ...
  The announcement video by J.K. Rowling has been viewed more than 3 million times on YouTube. Hundreds of thousands of e-mail addresses have been collected and mined under the tease, “a special few will be granted early entry into and will help shape the experience.” Welcome to the online and soc ...
• US Progressive’s 2012 Campaign Challenge
  In November 2010, US progressives pouted, sat on their hands and stayed home (same in the UK as the Conservative Tories won control and started the austerity movement.). The end result was not just a sweep of the House, but a control of key governorships and state legislatures (county councils h ...

NewsAlert

• Illinois Makes Corruption History: Last 4 Out ...
  With Blago found guilty today on 17 of 20 counts, American corruption history was made. Blago's 17 counts plus one count of lying to the FBI (in a previous trial) brings Blago's total of felony convictions to 18. Blago's predecessor Governor George Ryan is sitting in jail (Terre Haute, Indiana) ...
• Blagojevich Guilty on 17 Counts Including Exto ...
  Blagojevich found guilty on 17 counts. Here's the break down of the counts.
• Five Reasons Why Texas Governor Rick Perry Wil ...
  Fox News
• Debt debate puts federal workers on edge: Empl ...
  The Baltimore Sun reports:As the pitched battle over the nation’s debt crisis shifts to the White House, federal employees in Maryland are bracing for a series of benefit cuts they say would have a devastating effect on the state’s economy. Months after more than 200,000 federal workers in Mary ...
• Blago Verdict Not Likely Until 1:30 PM Central ...
  This from Natasha Korecki of the Chicago Sun-Times.

JoNova

• Keynes versus Hayek: Big government versus ind ...
  Check these out. There’s been an ongoing war of ideas, Hayek vs Keynes, for eight decades and counting — and these videos sum it up consummately. This ongoing academic fight has shaped lives and countries for decades: booms, busts, unemployment, and possibly even wars. Indeed it’s an ominous sig ...
• Clean energy “investments” just a tiny $243 Bi ...
  Have you ever thought about how lucky we are that only kind-hearted helpful souls are involved in the erstwhile cottage industry known as “renewable energy”? Imagine if a less-than-scrupulous agent got into these green-fields of money, and frolicked in the vast acreage of subsidies, schemes, and ...
• Monckton stirs the pot with a cheap shot, and ...
  By now every person in the climate debate knows that Monckton used a swastika on a slide in LA. UPDATE: By the time I wrote this, Monckton had already been roundly condemned for his unnecessary hyperbole, and unreservedly apologized. I couldn’t see much point in joining in the chorus. Yes, I agr ...
• Oreskes’ clumsy, venomous smear campaign: busted
  The great Fred Singer takes the time to explain why Naomi Oreskes is a scientifically inept and a poor historian. Her famous claim of a scientific consensus based on 900 papers missed more than 11,000 that should have been included. Her grasp of science is so poor she isn’t familiar with the pH ...
• Peer review denial and the abuse of science
  “Climate denial and the abuse of peer review“ Can someone get Stephan Lewandowsky his medication? His new marketing message is that “deniers” don’t do peer review papers. There’s a curious case of acute-peer-review-blindness (APRB) occurring. It doesn’t matter that there are literally thousands ...

ReNew America

• Book review: Confronting national debt now
  (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - The timing for release of this book could not be better. The debt ceiling's claimed deadline approaches as Congress wrangles over how or whether to confront the consequences in a meaningful -- if politically risky -- way or take the easy course of running up the nation ...
• Bachmann officially announces, telling voters ...
  (Newsmax) - U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann was treated like a hometown hero today as she announced in her birthplace of Waterloo, Iowa, that she's the "bold choice" for the Republican nomination for president...
• Six states proceed with abortion ban
  (Newsmax) - Six states have banned abortion after 20 weeks on the theory that the fetus can feel pain at that point. The handful of states have pressed ahead even though the theory has been rejected by mainstream medical organizations in the United States and Britain, The New York Times reported...
• 'Gay marriage,' libertarians, and civil rights
  (George Weigel) - According to a New York Times story of June 25, an essential part of the coalition that brought "gay marriage" to the Empire State consisted of Republican financial high-rollers who gave Republican legislators cover for voting in favor of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's "marriage equality" ...
• Car manufacturers may face fuel economy rules ...
  (Newsmax) - Automakers that sell vehicles in the United States may have to boost car and light truck fuel economy to an average 56.2 miles per gallon by 2025 under a White House proposal presented this week...

Truth Offering

• CIA Report: United States Account Balance = -$ ...
  Let me ask you something: if you're in a massive amount of debt, should you spend even more money? Sorry, stupid question, right? Of course, the answer is "no," you shouldn't. Believers in Keynesian monetary theory -- like Ben Bernanke and his predecessors, as well as past and present Presidents ...
• The Food Pyramid Becomes...MyPlate!
  Forget the Food Pyramid. The new government food propaganda comes to us in the form of "MyPlate."If you're anything like me, you grew up knowing -- because government said so -- that the way we should eat is as prescribed by the Food Pyramid. The Food Pyramid was "it," man! Everyone was using it ...
• "Cancer Is NOT a Disease...It's a Survival Mec ...
  ***UPDATE*** Since posting the first article below (the one from LeifGrunseth.com), I've discovered that it is actually a hoax. Someone decided to fraudulently attach Johns Hopkins to some very truthful, empowering knowledge -- likely in hopes people would listen to that information -- however, ...
• The Bilderberg Conference, 2011 - St. Moritz, ...
  If you frequent this site, you've likely heard of the Bilderberg group; a cadre of the world's most wealthy and powerful men and women who decend upon some, often remote, location each year. The reason they're called the "Bilderberg Group" is because their first-ever meeting in 1954, took place ...
• It's Official: GMO Foods Alter Our Digestive S ...
  As if we needed more proof, can we finally state -- without any asterisks or disclaimers saying we're still not sure -- that genetically modified foods of all types are harmful when eaten by humans!? In my opinion, yes, we can. Check out this article by the Alliance for Natural Health: SOURCE: A ...

2012 Blog

• Nuclear Disaster (?) in Nebraska, USA
  The mainstream media has mostly ignored what seems to be a perilous nuclear situation within the USA, where a power plant has been half-drowned by the Missouri river. The lack of official concern could be ... Related posts:Vivos: Budget Bunker Space in Nebraska Lesson from Japan: Nukes are ...
• New Comet, New Asteroid
  The comet was discovered by Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS 1 telescope which scans areas of the sky for dangerous asteroids. It is early days, but they estimate that: The comet will likely come within about 30 million miles ... Related posts:Major Asteroid Impact circa 3114BC Nyiragongo / Comet Elen ...
• New Precautions for Power Grids
  According to NASA this week: In Sept. 1859, on the eve of a below-average solar cycle, the sun unleashed one of the most powerful storms in centuries. The underlying flare was so unusual, researchers still aren’t ... Related posts:Sun v. Trains: Sun Wins Solar Storm Could Cause $2 Trillio ...
• Russian TV on Comet Elenin
  The video is from Russia, in Russian. From the backdrop I presume the show deals with UFO-type stories although I don’t get why they have an image of the Colosseum. Without understanding a word of it, ... Related posts:Nyiragongo / Comet Elenin FIXED: 2012 Debunked – Excellent Video Prav ...
• Some Improvements at 2012 Blog
  Dec 2012 is just 18 months away. Consequently I’ve ramped things up a notch. This blog now has a new design that helps new visitors find important topics more easily. And, I think, it looks ... Related posts:Inflatable space habitat – ready before 2012? eBook review: The Ultimate 2012ology ...

Facing South

• Court orders Louisiana to take action on radia ...
  In a major victory for environmental advocates, the Louisiana State Court of Appeals has ordered state regulators to begin monitoring pollution in wastewater discharged from oil and gas production activities into the Gulf of Mexico. Since 2002, oil and gas rigs operating in Louisiana ...
• Did New Orleans media contribute to police vio ...
  By Jordan Flaherty, Truthout Jury selection began June 22 in what observers have called the most important trial New Orleans has seen in a generation. It concerns a shocking case of police brutality that has already redefined this city's relationship to its police department, and ...
• Alabama immigration law: Policy or politics?
  By Kathy Mulady, Equal Voice Despite soaring deficits, cuts in social services, worker layoffs and tornado-devastated communities, Alabama's first Republican-controlled government in 136 years has turned its focus on undocumented immigrants, raising questions about policymakers' priorities. ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: Justice for the South's force ...
  Year in which Sir Francis Galton founded the now-discredited science of eugenics to improve the human population through selective reproduction: 1883 Number of U.S. states that adopted eugenics laws in the early 1900s targeting for compulsory sterilization people deemed unfit to bear children ...
• Drawing the lines: Redistricting battles shape ...
  Across the South, state legislatures have rolled out their plans for redrawing political lines -- plans that could be key to shaping upcoming elections in 2011 and 2012. The new Southern plans are being closely followed because this is the first time in history that redistricting has happe ...

One News Page

• Confident India draw first blood
  A clinical performance with both bat and ball saw India go 1-0 up in the three match series. Dravid was the star once again with the bat.
• Charlie Harper Dies Tragic Death
  Filed under: Charlie Sheen, Chuck Lorre, Ashton Kutcher, RIP '*Two and a Half Men*' will turn dark for just a minute or two when it premieres in September ... because Alan and Jake will learn Charlie Harper bit the dust. Sources connected with the show tell TMZ ... *Chuck Lorre*'s ...
• LulzSec Leaks Arizona Docs to Protest Immigrat ...
  Fuming at Arizona’s anti-immigration law, LulzSec hackers are taking revenge: They’ve released “hundreds” of Arizona law enforcement documents. These include “intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords,” the ...
• Yoda crowned world's ugliest dog
  Fourteen-year-old Yoda with scruffy tufts of wiry  air, protruding tongue and gangly legs, has been crowned the world's gliest dog, a media report said Sunday.
• City heritage sites tap suns power, electrici ...
  The solar panels at Jantar Mantar and Safdarjungs Tomb have helped slash the electricity bill of these Centrally protected monuments almost by half.

Global Research TV

• There's Something In The Water: Dangers of Sod ...
• Libyan University in Tripoli Bombed by NATO
• Pakistan: Toxic Chemicals in US Drone Strikes
• Solar Roadways: The Prototype
• War on Libya: Eyewitness Report

Daily Tech

• Report: Contract-Free Budget iPhone Will Land ...
  New phone would land beside next generation model
• New Alloy Creates Electricity from Waste Heat
  The new multiferroic alloy is called Ni45Co5Mn40Sn10
• Details of "Forza Motorsport 4's" Limited Coll ...
  The Limited Collector's Edition of "Forza Motorsport 4" will be released October 11
• 6/27/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Monday
• Xbox COO Dennis Durkin Doubts Sony's Chances w ...
  Microsoft doesn't want to compete in the mobile space

Oriental Review

• The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation`s Impact ...
  In my last article I had stated that the main interest of the countries of the region in the deliberations of the SCO summit would be the manner in which they handled the question of the granting of membership to the four countries-Pakistan, India, Iran and Mongolia – which now have observer sta ...
• Default by Greece and the US
  In mid June Alan Greenspan, former Federal Reserve chairman, said a default by Greece is “almost certain” and could help drive the US economy into recession. Greenspan’s loud statement on Greece may be a “sound curtain” to prepare the global community to a default by the US… First – a few key da ...
• Obama’s Drawdown Speech: SCO Faces the Afghan ...
  The United States President Barack Obama’s drawdown speech will not stand out in the volume of his selected works as an outstanding piece of oratory. The rhetorical flourish of “On the Way Forward in Afghanistan” was definitely below par. On the other hand, Obama knew the occasion is not one of ...
• Stalin Caught in Liberal Cobweb
  Progressive revision of the principal results of the WWII represents as a very dangerous sign. Never before the endeavors to depict Hitler and Stalin as equally responsible for unleashing the war have been so obstinate, purposeful and bluntly hostile towards Russian people and Russian state… No ...
• United Europe Against “Russian Barbarity ...
  Today Russia commemorates 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Great Patriotic war. In a stark contrast, Europe had commemorated pompously the 70-th anniversaries of the outbreak of World War II and of the signing of the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact but currently seems oblivious to another key h ...

BlogHer

• Why Is Mommy Knocking People Down?
  Since both my boys were tiny babies, they have been a part of roller derby with me. �Lincoln slept through a whole bout in my sling when he was three weeks old. �Sawyer started coming when he was maybe two months, and hit every game my first season. �Actually, since I skated with both of them b ...
• Announcing: BlogHer '11 Conference -- The Sere ...
  Serenity: the state or quality of being serene. Ah, that sounds so lovely. However, it does sound like a bit of an oxymoron at a conference: How on earth does one find serenity at BlogHer '11? It's easy: You visit the Serenity Suite! Since 2009, BlogHer has been creating a place for folks who ...
• Reflections on Keith Richard's 'Life'
  [Editor's Note: I read Keith Richard's autobiography 'Life' last year. It made my personal best reads of 2010 list. Elizabeth's review of the Rolling Stones member's autobiography is fabulous. - Karen] The Meaning of Life I was brought up in a Beatles household. My mom played Lucy on the Sky ...
• How We Got Broke
  [Although I'm not a Dave Ramsey fan, I was struck by Lindsay's self-awareness of her spending/saving cycle. When I was single, I used to restrict my money like I did food back when I was anorexic ... until I couldn't stand it anymore and ended up spending more money than I would've if I'd just ...
• Neil Patrick Harris & David Burka: The (Next) ...
  Last week, like me, if you follow the greatness that is Neal Patrick Harris on twitter, you probably saw this little ditty go out just as the 'ol NY senate was passing the now historical bill to legalize gay marriage in the Empire State. I'd sure love to get married. Please, NY Senate, vote i ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Junk Food Damages Brain’s Weight & Appet ...
  Yet another reason why eating junk sets up the response to eat more. The standard American diet destroys brains cells that control weight and appetite creating a hard-to-beat obesity cycle. It triggers the the similar ...
• Fatal Common Drug Cocktails Endangering Elderly
  Scientists warn that the arsenal of drugs commonly prescribed to the elderly, even over the counter, are much more dangerous in combination than doctors know. This happens when the drugs block a crucial nervous system chemical ...
• Broccoli Extract Targets Cancer Cells
  A main phytochemical in broccoli and other veggies like cauliflower and cabbage will target cancer cells and aid the body in prevention without harming healthy cells. Molecular Nutrition & Food Research cautions that just because a ...
• See If You Can Pass Coke’s Nutrition Program
  Coca-Cola is teaching registered dietitians how to combat “urban myths” and how to correct nutrition misinformation believed by parents. Many parents have this harebrained idea that fluoride, artificial colors, sugar, and fast food aren’t safe ...
• Push to ‘Reprogram’ Parents on Vac ...
  The Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (PIDS) holds that parents should not be allowed to exempt their children from vaccinations: at least not without some required medical “counseling.” Their article addresses vaccine-hesitant parents and how they ...

Live News Wire

• Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
  Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
• Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
  The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
• Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
  Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
• “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
  At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
• Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
  The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...

Coal Tattoo

• Another coal miner dies in West Virginia
  Here’s today’s bad news, from Leslie Fitzwater, spokeswoman for the West Virginia Office of Miners Health, Safety and Training: Joseph M. Cassell, 33, of Glen Daniel died at approximately 1 a.m. on Monday, June 27, 2011, at Rhino Eastern LLC Eagle #1 Mine in Raleigh County. Mr. Cassell was a cre ...
• Happy West Virginia Day!
  Here’s a great video featuring the incredible Hazel Dickens:   Have a great day everybody!
• Friday roundup, June 17, 2011
  A woman steps out from a mobile refuge facility, which was designed to provided emergency shelter for miners working underground, on display during a coal equipment and mining technology exhibition in Beijing Wednesday, June 1, 2011. China’s coal mines are the world’s deadliest, with thousands o ...
• WVDEP: ‘Golden algae’ back?
  This just in from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and the Pennsylvania DEP: The Pennsylvania and West Virginia Departments of Environmental Protection have begun sampling and monitoring ponds and streams in the Dunkard Creek area after sampling found golden algae in a pr ...
• AEP, EPA and the costs of coal pollution
  Gazette photo by Lawrence Pierce, Kanawha River Plant Last week’s announcement of potential plant closures by American Electric Power continued to get attention this week here locally and in Washington, D.C. — where EPA Administrator took on AEP directly, telling a congressional committee: … Whi ...

Daniel Miessler

• iPhone and Android Marketshare in March 2011 | ...
  Android’s share of the smartphone market dipped in the quarter, NPD said, to 50 percent in the first quarter from 53 percent in last year’s fourth quarter. Apple’s iOS rose nine percentage points, accounting for 28 percent of smartphone units sold, while BlackBerry lost five points of market sha ...
• Rapportive: The Chrome Extension of Doom
  via rapportive.com This is THE Chrome extension. It gives a full contextual view of people right from within GMail. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsDon’t Be a Cryptic AssCare WolfEliminating Redundancies | DilbertThe Confident FeelingYouTube Downloader | Chrome ...
• Daring Fireball: Why Windows 8 Is Fundamentall ...
  Apple’s radical notion is that touchscreen personal computers should make severely different tradeoffs than traditional computers — and that you can’t design one system that does it all. Windows 8 is trying to have it all, and I don’t think that can be done. You can’t make something conceptually ...
• FaceNiff – Session Hijacker for Android
  via faceniff.ponury.net This is wicked. It’s an Android app where you join a wireless network and sniff passwords traversing it–like Firesheep but as an Android application. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsWhy do apps from the same company look worse on Android ...
• Windows 8 Looks Like a Slick Apple Knockoff
  via microsoft.com I like a lot of what they’re doing here, but everything about it screams “catch up with Apple”. It takes away from it significantly. Posted via email from danielmiessler.com | posterous Related PostsThe iPhone is the World’s #1 CameraSaw a Demo of Apple TV TodayThe New MacBook ...

Fitwatch

• New PND increases police ‘data power’
  The new Police National Database PND is now up and running. All of the 43 police forces can now easily and quickly share any information they hold, on a single platform. This will not only include criminal records, but all that ‘intelligence’ that is so lovingly gathered by FIT teams at politica ...
• FIT teams in plain clothes come out for UKuncu ...
  The 41 ukuncut demonstrations taking place around the UK yesterday resulted in only nine arrests, in Manchester. It is interesting that the arrests were for breach of the peace. Given that Ukuncut protesters elsewhere were also threatened with BOP arrests, it seems there was a bit of a tendency ...
• FIT teams in plain clothes come out for UKuncu ...
  The 41 ukuncut demonstrations taking place around the UK yesterday resulted in only nine arrests, in Manchester. It is interesting that the arrests were for breach of the peace. Given that Ukuncut protesters elsewhere were also threatened with BOP arrests, it seems there was a bit of a tendency ...
• FIT cops cover up attack on Ian Tomlinson.
  Two years ago, FIT cops Steve Discombe, Alan Palfrey and Ryan Cowlin stood only feet away from Ian Tomlinson when he was hit by PC Harwood, a blow which led to Tomlinson’s death.  But, according to an IPCC report out today, they claim to have seen very little of the attack and didn’t even bother ...
• FIT cops cover up attack on Ian Tomlinson.
  Two years ago, FIT cops Steve Discombe, Alan Palfrey and Ryan Cowlin stood only feet away from Ian Tomlinson when he was hit by PC Harwood, a blow which led to Tomlinson’s death.  But, according to an IPCC report out today, they claim to have seen very little of the attack and didn’t even bother ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Keeping Austin Weird
  City comes together to ‘Keep Austin Weird’ | Daily Texan A crowd of hippies, hula dancers and Dr. Seuss characters braved the heat to celebrate weirdness Saturday afternoon. Thousands of Austinites, some donning elaborate costumes, filled the lawn of the Long Center for Performing Arts to suppor ...
• Hippie TV News and Stuff June 28
  WWH – Hippie TV News: This week San Francisco un-cut ,Radiation kids, Ass$#%@ of the week and more… WWH- Worldwide Hippies brings you news and commentary, to inform you and move you to action. Worldwide Hippies News and Stuff is a weekly video, produced by WWH. Connect with us on Utube. The Worl ...
• North Korea Evidently Not Best Korea
  N Korean children begging, army starving | ABC.net.au Footage shot inside North Korea and obtained by the ABC has revealed the extent of chronic food shortages and malnutrition inside the secretive state. The video is some of the most revealing footage ever smuggled out of the impoverished North ...
• A Voice Of Reason in Indiana Planned Parenthoo ...
  Federal Judge Rules Indiana Can’t Block Planned Parenthood Funding | TPM A federal judge has granted Planned Parenthood a temporary injunction against an Indiana law that stripped it of all federal funding in the state. “If dogma trumps pragmatism and neither side budges, Indiana’s most vulnerab ...
• 70 California State Parks Slated To Close
  70IN70 70 California State Parks are slated for closure. Two photographers have given themselves 70 days to document them all. Follow them on their journey as they discover what it is that we will all soon be missing out on. MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011 Park Nine: Pio Pico Pio Pico is another park that ...

reference frame

• International Symposium on Forecasting
  I just returned from Prague which I visit once a month in average - however, this time it was just 10 days after the Festschrift. We shared a 1-hour talk with Kesten Green and Scott Armstrong on global warming. It was a special event during the 31st Annual International Symposium on Fo ...
• BIS: interest rates need to rise globally
  Most of the central banks in the world continue to keep the interest rates at absurdly low levels. The real interest rates - which are the nominal ones minus the inflation rate - are negative at most places - I say places, and not currencies, because the eurozone has a country-dependent inf ...
• Does the LHC see trivial Higgs at 750 GeV?
  I don't discuss preprints that are disconnected from (or in contradiction with) the body of the research and findings about the physics beyond the Standard Model too often, especially not those that have 0 citations from other people. But this one is kind of fun. Leonardo Cosmai and Pa ...
• Does the LHC see trivial Higgs at 750 GeV?
  I don't discuss preprints that are disconnected from (or in contradiction with) the body of the research and findings about the physics beyond the Standard Model too often, especially not those that have 0 citations from other people. But this one is kind of fun. Leonardo Cosmai and Pa ...
• Airbus, EU vs China: a trade war over CO2 fines
  Gene has sent me a link to this fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal: China Trips Up Major Airbus DealA few days ago, the European media celebrated an amazing, record-breaking deal: AirAsia of Malaysia bought 200 revamped A320 aircraft Airbus A320 produced in Europe. ...

No Frakking Consensus

• Walter Russell Mead Trashes Al Gore
  Over the past 16 months Walter Russell Mead, a Democrat, has authored a series of bracing commentaries about what's wrong with the green movement. Near the top of his list: Al Gore.
• The Activists, the Media, and the Public
  When activists hoodwink the media - and questionable environmental scare stories are the result - why don't we care?
• My Fave Chairman Pachauri Quote
  The credibility of the IPCC has long been in tatters. There have been multiple calls for the resignation of its chairman. Rather than addressing this state of affairs, the head of the IPCC thinks corporate entities should change their ways - because we live in a world in which "reputation and p ...
• Pachauri’s Cause
  The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says responding to climate change is part of a larger goal: transforming the world economy.
• Two Population Predictions
  40 years ago scientists said radical change was necessary if humanity was to survive. Along the way they endorsed a population prediction that now appears ridiculous.

Tarpley

• The CIA’s Fake “Arab Spring” Becom ...
  Obama Regime Courts World Conflagration: Imperial Overstretch Threatens as US, NATO Wage Five Wars: Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, and Yemen – Are Syria, Iran, Lebanon Next? Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net June 20, 2011 Washington DC, June 20- With the previously covert US bombing of ...
• US Naval and Troop Movements Toward North Afri ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net June 15, 2011 Washington DC – US Special Forces units based at Fort Hood, Texas, have been told to prepare for deployment to Libya no later than July, according to a US military source. The Special Forces would then be followed in September or October by hea ...
• US Naval Deployments in Mediterranean and Blac ...
  Webster G. Tarpley on the Alex Jones Show
• США и ПАКИСТАН НА ПОРОГЕ ОТКРЫТОЙ ВОЙНЫ. КИТАЙ ...
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Modern Survivalism

• Fire! Los Alamos Laboratories Nuke Center
  A wildfire named Las Conchas which began to rage Sunday morning in northern New Mexico has now spread to within striking distance of a very large nuclear weapons facility, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which occupies 36 square miles of land located just 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe. From ...
• Canned Food Groups for Survival Storage
  In addition to your consideration of our sponsors who offer excellent food supplies for long term storage, if you are stocking up your food pantry to withstand a period of ‘down time’ just in case you cannot get to the grocery store for awhile, or worse, for a disruption or collapse in the food ...
• How To Make a Fish Spear
  You are in survival mode, and are located near a river or lake whose shallow waters are revealing fish lounging or swimming lazily near shore or around the weeds – within reach – if you could just catch them. If you have a fishing pole and gear, you are all set – all you need [...]
• Chain Reaction Dam Burst to Split Heartland USA?
  Is the Missouri River, the longest in the United States at 2,321 miles long, about to suffer a chain reaction failure beginning at the monolithic Fort Peck Dam in Montana, which itself is 21,026 feet long, 250 feet tall, and the largest earth-filled dam in the world? The massive reservoir behind ...
• Asteroid Close Encounter on Monday
  An asteroid, just discovered, will speed precariously close to Earth at 15-thousand miles per hour during Monday, June 27, at a distance of only 7,500 miles. The asteroid, named ’2011 MD’ may be ‘only’ 20 meters in diameter (about 65 feet), certainly not a major threat to the planet. However it ...

Fast Company

• Penguin Classics App Shakes Up Book Browsing W ...
  You know how your iPhone is now an essential tool for finding something to eat? Penguin hopes to offer the same help for people wanting something to read. Penguin Classics--publisher of lit guides, special editions, and classics ranging from The Odyssey to On the Road--is doing for iPhone book b ...
• Fring Launches Group Video-Chat App For The iPad
  Group messaging is all the rage right now. Kik and GroupMe are making headlines across the blogosphere; Facebook scooped up Beluga not long ago; and tons of other startups, from BrightKite to TextPlus to Fast Society, are looking to capture part of the market for themselves. Group texting i ...
• Ten Tips For Finding And Working With Angel In ...
  Discover how to find angel investors and make an impact once you do meet with them. There are critical steps you need to take to be prepared, find out what they are.If you are starting a business or growing an existing business, you are likely to find yourself in a situation where you need capi ...
• Banana-Scented Bacteria, Fluorescent Silk: How ...
  We must think about biotechnology differently, says Reshma Shetty, cofounder of Boston-based startup Ginkgo BioWorks. And we must evolve how we view the science's purpose and participants. During a recent talk at Fast Company's Most Creative People in Business event, Shetty, No. 20 on our l ...
• Suwappu: The Cute Toys That Spell The Future O ...
  These little block figurines interact with you via augmented reality. It's a step toward computers that we can interact with in a way that's comfortable for us and easy for them to understand.As our world becomes integrated by smarter and smarter machines, interacting with them is going to bec ...

Jadaliyya

• Youth, Media and the Art of Protest in North A ...
  âEveryone has his own way of fighting, and my weapon is art!â says Milad Faraway, a 20 year-old Libyan who created the rap group Music Masters with another young friend in 2010. Their song âYouth of the Revolutionâ urges âMoammar [to] get outâ and end the violation of Libyansâ rights. âQ ...
• Culture XI
  Only Jadaliyya can put together an Egyptian novelist, an Iraqi musician and a tyrant in the same space. Our eleventh installment features two interviews and a famous poem from the late 1980's being read again nowadays in Syria and other Arab countries. We also have a series of images fro ...
• On Writing and Revolution: An Interview with M ...
  Chris Stone met with the writer Mohamed Salah al-Azab in Cairo on May 30, 2011, and the Arabic text can be found here.� When Chris mentioned that Jadaliyya was thinking of juxtaposing his interview next to one with Sonallah Ibrahim, Mohamed asked if his name had been brought with Sonall ...
• Nizar Qabbani's "The Journal of An Arab Execut ...
  The Journal Of An Arab Executioner Nizar Qabbani (1923-1998) 1 O people I have become a sultan over you Break your idols after straying, and worship me… I donât always reveal myself… So sit down on the patience pavement to see me Leave your children with no bread And ...
• On Resonance/Dissonance: An Interview with Khy ...
  Khyam Allami, a London-based Iraqi musician, has just released his debut work, Resonance/Dissonance (available through Eka3 in the Middle East and Nawa Recordings everywhere else.) This interview was conducted by e-mail. You can see him live in concert on: Thu 7 July– Home for Coope ...

mediagazer

• More Awesome: News Challenge grantee Awesome F ...
  Justin Ellis / Nieman Journalism Lab: More Awesome: News Challenge grantee Awesome Foundation wants to fund journalism at the micro level  —  There's something inherently meta about the Awesome Foundation winning a grant from the Knight Foundation in order to...give grants.  Also, something ki ...
• Will the NY Times Give David Pogue Another Pas ...
  Jeff Bercovici / Mixed Media: Will the NY Times Give David Pogue Another Pass on Ethics?  —  David Pogue.  Image by Getty Images North America via @daylife  —  David Pogue has weathered one mini-scandal after another in his years as the star technology columnist for The New York Times.
• Note to media: We are all brands now, so get u ...
  Mathew Ingram / GigaOM: Note to media: We are all brands now, so get used to it  —  There's been a lot of talk about “branding” and new media lately, sparked in part by Washington Post columnist Gene Weingarten's recent anti-branding rant, in which the veteran journalist said that branding is ...
• What I learned from the Facebook Page experime ...
  Paul Bradshaw / Online Journalism Blog: What I learned from the Facebook Page experiment - and what happens next  —  Cross-posted from the BBC College of Journalism blog:  —  Last week my experiment in running a blog entirely through a Facebook Page quietly came to the end of its allotted four ...
• The Guardian in America Is Going to Be British ...
  Emily Witt / The New York Observer: The Guardian in America Is Going to Be British This Time  —  Julian Assange's favorite read.  Or is it “favourite”?  —  We reported last week on the American expansion of the bikini-loving online wing of British newspaper The Daily Mail.  The Guardian is als ...

Chemtrail News

• Chemtrail Wolken über Porselen zw. ca. ...
  Chemtrail Wolken über Porselen zw. ca. 15:00 und 16:00Uhr 21.06.2011:Chemtrail Wolken recorded on USTREAM. Other Technology.www.ustream.tv/recorded/15524621
• Chemtrails Exploring a Mystery | Off Th ...
  Chemtrails, toxic elements dumped into the atmosphere in attempts to affect non-existent global warming, do nothing but poison our people and our land.www.offthegridnews.com/.../chemtrails-exploring-a-mystery/
• ChemTrails Ottawa | Facebook
  ChemTrails Ottawa - Mission: This page contains videos of chemtrails, and other interesting and suspicious activities in and around Ottawa, the capitol of ...www.facebook.com/pages/ChemTrails.../170444599686897?...
• ChemtrailsMorgellansWhat Have They Done ...
  People are reportedly becoming ill from Chemtrails I took out a nano sized organism from a chemtrail fibre after spraying in Nebraska I have tested 23 out ...www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread719439/pg1
• Do Government chemtrail and HAARP forec ...
  (TheWeatherSpace.com) -- There are many different things out there that make people question and comment on, this section will be on chemtrails. ...

World News - Top Stories

• Windies get help from psychologist
  The West Indies have enlisted the help of renowned sports psychologist Rudi Webster to help them with mental preparation for the remainder of their three-Test series against India. Beset by...
• Gold hits 3-week low; physical demand sla ...
  MUMBAI: India gold fell on Monday afternon, hitting its lowest level in more than three weeks, following overseas trends, although a weaker rupee kept the downside in prices limited, analysts...
• Off to Goa for 'raindrop tourism'
  The shacks are missing, there is no water sporting activity and the beaches are much less crowded. Yet a growing number of people, especially domestic tourists, are discovering a different, more lush and refreshed Goa during the off season - the monsoons. Typically, the tourist season in Go ...
• Simple Reminders To Keep Kids Safe At Po ...
  WPBF.com Summer is all about having fun in the sun, but don’t let safety slip to the back burner, especially at the pool or the beach. According to the Florida Department of Health, drowning is the leading cause of death among children ages 1-4. The pool is the biggest threat to kids under ...
• Philip Morris threatens to sue Australia
  Tobacco giant Philip Morris is threatening to sue the Australian government for possibly billions of dollars over its plan to be the first country to introduce plain, brand-less packaging for cigarettes. The tobacco firm is fearful that plain-packaging will damage its cigarette brands like ...

no frakking consensus

• Walter Russell Mead Trashes Al Gore
  Over the past 16 months Walter Russell Mead, a Democrat, has authored a series of bracing commentaries about what's wrong with the green movement. Near the top of his list: Al Gore.
• The Activists, the Media, and the Public
  When activists hoodwink the media - and questionable environmental scare stories are the result - why don't we care?
• My Fave Chairman Pachauri Quote
  The credibility of the IPCC has long been in tatters. There have been multiple calls for the resignation of its chairman. Rather than addressing this state of affairs, the head of the IPCC thinks corporate entities should change their ways - because we live in a world in which "reputation and p ...
• Pachauri’s Cause
  The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says responding to climate change is part of a larger goal: transforming the world economy.
• Two Population Predictions
  40 years ago scientists said radical change was necessary if humanity was to survive. Along the way they endorsed a population prediction that now appears ridiculous.

Pointman's

• The death of journalism and the irresistible r ...
  The IPCC has screwed up again. They published a claim last month in their renewables report saying that renewable technologies could supply 80% of world-wide energy needs by the mid-century. What they actually published was an executive summary of the report, not the report itself. That was publ ...
• Line of Descent Chapter 26
  Chapter 26 Krupmeyer stared through the smoke at the black indistinct figure rising up through the hole in the floor in front of him. His eyes watered from the acrid smoke and his ears were filled with a high-pitched ringing from the effects of the explosion. The figure seemed to unbend slowly u ...
• Love is simply not an option.
  Love is a word in every language. It has a lot of meanings and covers a lot of ground. Itâs a universal. We make love but what weâre actually doing is expressing our love by giving mutual physical pleasure to each other and of course, itâs the best fun. Where thereâs no emotional love there, … R ...
• The power of dreams and the power of nightmares.
  There are patterns in politics which are hardy perennials. Theyâve been there for as long as politics has been around, which is to say forever. Politicians need you to vote for them and the way they do this is to sell you something. The thing they sell you of course is a promise but to … Read more
• About Harry.
  I went to a christening today. Itâs been a long time since Iâve been inside a place of worship. Things have changed a lot. The toddlers were allowed to walk around and actually called up to the front so they could really see what was going on. No hushing or shushing. There were several babies … ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• The best video export options
  How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
• Video Resources updated
  The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching video in ...
• Flash Journalism updates
  I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
• New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
  As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less versatile in several w ...
• Convert WMA files with Switch
  Switch Sound File Converter is a free program from NCH Software. You can download it here (Mac or Windows). I have been using this program and recommending it widely for about two years. It’s easy to use, and it’s especially useful for converting WMA format files to WAV so that we can edit them ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Amnesty International Launches Campaign to Fre ...
  From our friends at Amnesty International and International Coalition to Free the Angola 3: The US state of Louisiana must immediately remove two inmates from the solitary confinement they were placed in almost 40 years ago, Amnesty International said today. Albert Woodfox, 64, and Herman ...
• NOPD Continues to Target Sex Workers and Other ...
  The Times-Picayune reported today on two large busts of sex workers under Louisiana's archaic "Crime Against Nature" law. These arrests come just as the Louisiana legislature has passed a bill that would do away with the law, which the US Justice Department has said unfairly targets LGBT indivi ...
• Haiti Facts Seventeen Months after Earthquake
  By Bill Quigley Haiti experienced a major earthquake January 12, 2010. Tens of thousands died, estimates range from 65,000 to 230,000 people killed. About 2 million more people were displaced. Haiti was already the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with a per capita income of abou ...
• Concerned Citizens Work Together To Create 7 S ...
  From The New Orleans Agenda newsletter and Advancement Project: Community leaders from throughout Orleans Parish came together to develop a community plan that reflects the changing demographics in the city and the shift in population. We believe that New Orleans Parish City Council Districts ...
• Greater New Orleans Organizers Roundtable Host ...
  This Saturday, at the New Orleans Fine Arts Center, a broad coalition of New Orleans activists known as the Greater New Orleans Organizers Roundtable will host their second Annual Masquerade Ball and Fundraiser. The coalition is a unique forum for combining efforts in the city's social justice ...

Information Underground

• Philosophy • Re: Robinson Crusoe and the story ...
  That is a very informative little dialogue. When the borrower refuses to pay interest, the banker can close the door of his safe without experiencing any of the cares wich [sic] beset the owner of goods - that is the root of the matter. A very pithy argument against private fractional reser ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  When people say communists/advertizing agencies (14:25) iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TQZ-2iMUR0Statistics: Posted by Ognir — Mon Jun 27, 2011 3:24 pm
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  I think AJ is a big, fat plagiarist. Black Sabbath Fairies Wear Boots Lyrics Goin' home, late last night Suddenly I got a fright Yeah I looked through a window and surprised what I saw A fairy with boots and dancin' with a dwarf, All right now! Yeah, fairies wear boots and you gotta beli ...
• Philosophy • Robinson Crusoe and the story of ...
  Thanks to Richard Eastman of Yakima, Washington, USA for this story: http://www.sdnl.nl/bartaria.htm A STORY OF ROBINSON CRUSOE By: Silvio Gesell, Mai 5th, 1920 To introduce the theory of interest here expounded, and to facilitate the removal of old prejudices, which are nowhere stronger ...
• Zionist Influence/Power • Re: The Central Bank ...
  http://www.scribd.com/doc/46816349/The- ... Named-2011 629 pages on scribe dStatistics: Posted by mgt23 — Sun Jun 26, 2011 8:59 pm

TVNZ

• US group urges ban on junk food ads
  US pediatricians want to ban junk food ads aimed at children.
• Royal audience for Andy Murray at Wimbledon
  Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge had the best seats in the house at Wimbledon.
• Arrest warrant issued for Muammar Gaddafi
  The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi.
• Former Illinois governor convicted of corruption
  A jury has convicted former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich for trying to trade the US senate seat.
• British teen hacker suspect granted bail
  A British teen accused of attempting to hack high profile websites has been granted bail.

environment 360

• Right Whales Return to New Zealand a Century A ...
  A new study shows that a small number of southern right whales have returned to their ancestral New Zealand breeding grounds more than a century after the species was hunted to local extinction. Using DNA Oregon State UniversityA southern right whale profiling, researchers determined that se ...
• France Invests €1B in Nuclear, Saying Moratori ...
  Despite recent safety concerns in the wake of the Fukushima crisis, French President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to invest 1 billion euros in the next generation of nuclear power generation. Saying that a moratorium Getty ImagesNuclear plant in Belleville-sur-Loire, France on nuclear production “ma ...
• Serengeti Highway Plan Scrapped Over Potential ...
  The Tanzanian government has scrapped plans to build a two-lane highway across the northern edge of Serengeti National Park, after scientists warned the plan ShutterstockZebra and wildebeest in Serengeti could disrupt the migration routes for some of the park’s critical species, including zebr ...
• Underwater Microphone Innovation Inspired By t ...
  Stanford University researchers say they have developed an underwater microphone, using technology inspired in part by the ears of an orca whale, that is capable of capturing sound frequencies across a span of 17 octaves even at high-pressure depths. While existing underwater microphones typical ...
• Marine Life Census Reveals Serengeti-Like Corr ...
  A decade-long census of marine life in the North Pacific Ocean has documented how abundant seasonal food supplies attract an array of predators annually to two major oceanic corridors, which researchers liken to Click to enlarge Craig Hayslip/OSU Marine Mammal InstituteA blue whale encountered ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• Sierra Express Media | Sierra Leone News, Sier ...
  Tags: Sierra Leone news Africa
• Beyond Zero Emissions
  Tags: 'renewable energy'
• Popular Technology.net
  Tags: technology 'peer review' climatology
• Climategate Country Club
  Tags: climatology climategate AGW
• statism watch
  Tags: Militarization surveillance state terror economic collapse propagan ...

backofthebook

• Bill Blair’s G20 alibi
  By Alison@Creekside An interview with Andre Marin, Ontario Ombudsman and author of the G20 report "Caught in the Act," sheds a little light on the blackout surrounding who was responsible for ordering kettling at the G20 a year ago. Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair, as we have previously he ...
• Potter too much
  By Rachel Krueger As though the tenterhooks weren’t tight enough for Harry Potter 7.2: The One Where It Actually Ends, the Rowling megalith taunted its fans last week with the mysterious offer of . . . Pottermore. Pottermore, the powers promised, was a Thing That Was Not A Book But Was Sti ...
• The lost art of imagining retribution
  By Jan Drabek Probably the most bizarre attempt to deal with the Stanley Cup riots to date was the announcement of a group getting together to sing O Canada at the corner of Georgia and Hamilton. But other unusual takes abound, among them that of the bicycle-loving mayor of Vancouver who ...
• The attack on young Canadians
  By Montreal Simon If you want to survive Canada's Summer of Anger, there are two subjects you absolutely must NOT discuss with your fellow hosers. One . . . who is to blame for the Vancouver riot? Because chances are you'll have to listen to some deranged rant about how young people ...
• The Vancouver riot: thugs are not anarchists
  By Frank Moher Memo to Vancouver Police Chief Jim Chu: idiots and anarchists are two different things. I know being a political scientist isn't a prerequiste for becoming a cop, not even the top cop, but playing the "anarchist" card last week, as you did in defending your force's handling of ...

Daily Beast

• Casey Anthony Trial Live: Watch From Orlando
  After a judge ruled that Casey Anthony is competent, the 25-year-old Orlando mother’s explosive trial continues.
• Obama Tackles Taxes
  There’s one major stumbling block in debt talks—how to raise revenue without using the word “tax.”
• Amanda Knox Speaks Out in Court
  Knox lashed out at a dubious accuser in court today. Barbie Latza Nadeau reports.
• Bachmann’s In!
  The Minnesota Republican kicked off her 2012 bid today. Watch the speech.
• Romney's Right to Skip Iowa
  No secret ballots, tiny turnouts—you call this democracy? Peter Beinart says enough with phony primaries.

Loonwatch

• Promoting Religious Tolerance: Interfaith Serv ...
  Urged by their Faith, seekers after peace.
• Kosovo: University Students Across Religious L ...
  A Muslim predominant country preserves a Jewish cemetery that dates back to the late 19th century.
• Andrew Brown: Islamophobia and antisemitism
  The stench of Islamophobia is not different than the anti-Semitism of the 20's.
• Wilders Acquittal Strains Netherlands
  What the acquittal of Geert Wilders means for Dutch society and politics.
• Bigoted Pastor Alert: Rev. Keith Tucci Thinks ...
  He also has "serious concerns" about a mosque being built in another town.

Energy News

• Man rescues dogs seen on Fukushima plant&#8217 ...
  Return our dogs, TEPCO demands, The Australian, June 28, 2011: The ...Read More
• Mainichi: “The melted nuclear fuel is si ...
  Dilution of radioactive materials at sea is no solution to nuke-plant ...Read More
• TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks
  TEPCO halts water circulation due to leaks, NHK, June 27, 2011: ...Read More
• Raging wildfires only 1 mile from nuclear lab ...
  New Mexico wildfires force evacuation at Los Alamos nuclear labratory, NY ...Read More
• Many containers of fuel to power pumps were wa ...
  Event Notification Report for June 27, 2011, NRC, June 27, 2011: ...Read More

Japan Times

• Diabetics twice as likely to suffer loss of he ...
  Diabetes patients, already at risk of heart disease and stroke, also may be threatened with hearing loss from the disease, according to an analysis of 11 studies. Diabetics were twice as likely as nondiabetics to lose hearing, according to a recent study by Japanese researchers presented at th ...
• Dai-ichi Life investor sues over politics
  A shareholder of Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co. filed a lawsuit Monday with the Tokyo District Court, arguing that President Koichiro Watanabe should return some �42.2 million to the company for damaging it by repeatedly buying expensive tickets to political fundraising parties in order to win favo ...
• Torre dons pinstripes again
  Joe Torre sat at a microphone wearing pinstripes for the first time in nearly four years, Yankees cap resting precariously high on his head as it had for 12 seasons, and blurted out the answer to a question before it was finished being asked. "No, I'm not doing that!" the 70-year-old Torre sai ...
• Circulation system tried on reactors
  Tokyo Electric Power Co. attempted Monday to circulate decontaminated water to cool three damaged reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant but was forced to stop just 1 1/2 hours later by a leak. The water was found leaking from a hose linking the reactor cores to a temporary water tank. ...
• ¥350 billion crisis loan eyed for Chubu E ...
  Chubu Electric Power Co., operator of the suspended Hamaoka nuclear plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, may receive emergency loans worth �350 billion from government and private lenders. State-owned Development Bank of Japan Inc. will offer �100 billion this month to the Nagoya-based utility, trade ...

Alexander Higgins

• World On Verge Of Economic Collapse As Europea ...
  Wall Street Develops Schizophrenia Saying Greek Default No Big Deal As European Leaders Prepare For Greek Default And Hedge Fund Manager George Soros Warns Wold Is On Verge of Global Economic Collapse
• Flood Hits US Nuke Plant: Waters Breach Berm a ...
  Media outlets are now reporting, many hours after the fact, that the Fort Calhoun Nebraska Nuclear Power plant has been flooded after a berm protecting the reactor was breached earlier this morning.
• A-Team Hacker Group Leaks Alleged Identities O ...
  A hacker group known as the A-Team claims to have discovered the identity of all members of the LulzSec Hacker group, releasing identifying information on 10 members of the LulzSec and Anonymous.
• Greek Army Threatens Military Coup Sparking Fe ...
  Greek Army Threatens Military Coup Saying "We Will Not Be Sold To Foreign Powers" Ahead Of IMF Bailout Loan Vote Sparking Fears That Military Uprisings And Civil Wars Spread Across Europe. Military Officers And Police Forces Are Now Joining The Protests.
• Denmark Police Seek To Make Anonymous Internet ...
  The Denmark police have submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Justice that would outlaw all anonymous internet access, requiring online users to submit a means of personal identification to allow Government to track a users every move online.

Macleans - Central

• Reading the documents: Notification, policy an ...
  The documents tabled last week can be viewed in their entirety here. Herein, a series
• Not much of a spectator sport
  Kathleen Petty signs off as host of CBC Radio’s The House with a few final
• The case for leaving as is
  Matthew P. Harrington argues against the currently proposed Senate reforms. At present, the Senate is
• Leadership moments in New York
  Back in September 2010, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg took a position in favour
• Charlie Angus wins at filibustering
  Glen McGregor tallies the word counts from last week’s all-hours debate. Charlie Angus proved himself

Making It Count - CCPA

• Not allowed to talk about poverty
  BC Stats put out a release yesterday with the headline “Low Income Cut-Offs (LICOs) are a Poor Measure of Poverty” and author Dan Schrier gets in a dirty hit right in first paragraph: Despite protestations from Statistics Canada that LICOs are not meant to be used as a measure of poverty, there ...
• Fossil fuel expansion as a crime against humanity
  After at 2010 that was one of the warmest years on record, 2011 has shown us astonishing patterns of extreme weather worldwide. It would take a long time to make the full list, but you know what I mean: tornadoes, floods, drought, record cold in some parts, record heat in others, hailstorms (Al ...
• The Attack on Workers: Back(sliding) (in)to th ...
  The public response to recent labour disputes has been a disturbing sideshow to the return of Parliament. What’s remarkable is the level of nastiness that gets tossed around, littered with references to “union stooges” and the ubiquitous “socialist dinosaurs.” Perhaps the most obvious line of at ...
• Summertime and the Reading is Easy
  Staff at the CCPA would like nothing better than to curl up with a good book (or 10) this summer. Since today is the first day of summer, we thought weâd share some of our favourite summer reading suggestions for progressives. What’s on your reading list this summer? Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Eco ...
• Incomes in Canada – Booming and Busted
  Today’s release of the annual Income in Canada report is Statistics Canada’s first word on the impact of the Great Recession on Canadians’ incomes. The report in The Daily is a snore. Market incomes fell, but governments did their job. After-tax family incomes haven’t changed since 2007, poverty ...

ReDress

• A "responsible end" in Afghanistan?
  As the USA begins its gradual troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Lawrence Davidson reflects on how the failure to learn the lessons of history, and an absence of executive and legislative accountability rooted in the American public's disinterest in politics and foreign policy, have led to more ...
• The great bank giveaway bribe: Britain’s deput ...
  Christopher King condemns UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s proposal to give away nationalized bank shares for free and argues that the two banks in question, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds, "should form the core of a new mutually-owned banking system designed to support British domes ...
• Israel's contempt for Law of the Seas - and EU ...
  Stuart Littlewood highlights the European Union's willful failure to protect the citizens of its member states in the face of Israel's explicit threat to murder humanitarian workers planning to take part in the upcoming aid flotilla to Gaza.
• Archbishop of Canterbury reprimanded by angry ...
  Stuart Littlewood views Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams's failure to acknowledge the role played by Israel's occupation in the haemorrhaging of Christian populations from the Holy Land and recalls previous occasions where the archbishop behaved as if he were "a closet Zionist like so man ...
• The Palestinian Authority’s historic mistake - ...
  Jeff Halper calls on Palestinian Authority leaders, foremost Mahmoud Abbas, to honour their historic national responsibility, mobilize the immense resources of Palestinian and world civil society and push for UN recognition of Palestinian independence in September "as the head of a national unit ...

Physics Today

• Flap-running in birds is key to flight evolution
  BBC: Adult birds will often flap their wings and run up steep inclines rather than fly over them. Brandon Jackson of the University of Montana wanted to know why birds capable of flight use the flap-run motion, writes Victoria Gill for the BBC. To measure birds' muscle activity, Jackson and his ...
• Wildfire triggers evacuation for Los Alamos la ...
  Chicago Tribune: The Las Conchas fire in New Mexico has spread to within one mile of Los Alamos National Laboratory, and voluntary evacuations have been issued for the towns of Los Alamos and nearby White Rock. New Mexico governor Susana Martinez dispatched the National Guard to assist with evac ...
• Gene editing used to treat hemophilia in mice
  Nature: Genetic diseases such as hemophilia may one day be treated through a gene-editing process. Katherine High, a hemophilia researcher at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, teamed up with researchers at Sangamo BioSciences in Richmond, California, who are experts on enzymes called zinc ...
• NASA autonomous lander completes test flight
  Daily Mail: Earlier this month a robotic lander successfully flew up to 7 feet for 27 seconds during testing at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The lander, about the size of a golf cart, is powered by a green propellant, hydrogen peroxide. The test proved the lander could execute commands a ...
• Lunar study casts doubt on why the Moon glows
  Science: Many planets with an atmosphere have a faint illumination or glow that can be seen on the horizon. Apollo 8 astronaut James Lovell saw something similar when his spacecraft went around the Moon in 1968, but the Moon has no atmosphere to catch the Sun's rays and create such a spectacle. ...

Revolutionary Politics

• Houston Police Caught on Tape Beating People C ...
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• Fake Holocaust Memoirs
  by Rev333 (Posted Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:59:50 GMT) A Schwindler's List
• News media won't report
  by katsung47 (Posted Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:43:34 GMT) Quote, "SWAT team raids house over … unpaid student loans 06/08/2011 | Ed Morrissey Posted on Wednesday, June 08, 2011 …… CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR THE VIDEO Kenneth Wright does not have a criminal record and he had no reason to believe a S.W.A ...
• The Fake Osama Bin Laden Image
  by katsung47 (Posted Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:41:15 GMT) Quote, " How Many US SEALs Died? (Apparently, Plenty) China's Ominous Warning To The US Not To Attack Pakistan Paul Craig Roberts 5-25-11 In a sensational and explosive TV report, the Pakistani News Agency has provided a live interview wit ...
• CIA Spy Captured Giving Nuclear Bomb To Terrorists
  by katsung47 (Posted Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:37:35 GMT) 673. Another attempt of Nuclear attack (6/20/2011) Read the following news censored by mainstream media. Watch the date. Two Nebraska Nuclear Plants Partially Submerged by Missouri Floodwaters June 17, 2011By LBG1 FAA issues 'No Fly Zones' ...

Peakwater

• “Super Sand” Cleans Dirty Drinking ...
  “Billions of people lack access to clean drinking water and researchers are constantly searching for cost-effective ways to purify water for rural villages and developing areas. A team of researchers has come up with just such a possible solution using “super sand,” or sand coated in an oxide of ...
• Floods, Droughts, And A Global Water Warning
  “The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE ), a joint satellite mission by NASA and the German space agency DLR, tracks freshwater availability over the globe. And according to hydrologist James Famiglietti at the University of California, Irvine, itâs not revealing a pretty picture. ...
• Sudan Seeks To Tap ‘Blue Gold’
  “Sudan is aggressively seeking to tap its abundant Nile waters with new dam projects as the oil-rich south’s independence looms, but experts warn of the social and environmental costs, and the bearing on the Nile water sharing dispute. Khartoum sits on the confluence of the Blue and White Niles. ...
• Light At Bottom Of One Town’s Toxic Wate ...
  “The Arkansas native has lived in unincorporated Kettleman City for 43 years. She has spent a goodly chunk of this time trying to bring clean and safe drinking water to the Kings County community. “It’s yellow, and it smells like eggs,” says Ware, 78, of water from the town’s two wells. The wate ...
• At Least 10 Killed In North Kenya Clashes: Police
  “Clashes over control of grazing land and water sources in drought-afflicted northern Kenya killed at least 10 people on Saturday, police said. Police and local leaders said the fighting occurred on the border between the Isiolo and Samburu districts, an area that is prone to drought and has bee ...

D. Kucinich

• Kucinich on Fact-Finding Mission to Syria and ...
  At the request of many of his constituents, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is currently on a fact-finding mission to Syria and Lebanon. He is accompanied by a small delegation which includes his wife, Elizabeth. Congressman Kucinich, who represents a district that includes many Arab-America ...
• Kucinich: Congress Votes Overwhelmingly Agains ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement after the House of Representatives rejected a measure offered by Representative Rooney that would have limited the U.S. involvement in the war in Libya. The Rooney bill was defeated after a bill authorizing the war in Libya wa ...
• Kucinich: Defeat the Authorization for the War
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has led bipartisan opposition to the war in Libya, today addressed the House, urging his colleagues to take a two-step approach to ending the U.S. involvement in the war in Libya. Congressman Kucinich will also be sending messages encouraging his colle ...
• Kucinich on Proposed Rule Change for National ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a long time advocate for the rights of workers, today issued the following statement in support of a set of proposed rule changes by the National Labor Relations Board that would make the process of secret ballot elections more transparent and equitable. ...
• Kucinich: End the Libya War in Two Steps
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who has led House opposition to the war in Libya, is today urging Members of Congress to support a two-step process to end the war in Libya and to promote a political solution. He sent the following letter to colleagues: June 23, 2011 End the War in Two Step ...

Authentically Wired

• And how and by whom was the question posed…?
  ⦠Not surprising as the results are determined solely by the manner in which the question is phrased ⦠! Poll: Most Americans want gov’t to secure border quickly By Dennis Welch The Arizona Guardian More Americans than ever say it’s "extremely important" the government moves quickly to stop th ...
• who will …?
  … May I inquire why anyone would choose to believe with the virtually unrestricted power the John Roberts … US Supreme Court gifted to corporations they would not act in the own best interest which concerning … WATER … is to privatize every drop … And as they own EPA … Congress … Courts … [...]
• Yea … I know … not in my back yard ...
  … While I personally support this position … if not Nevada/Yucca then where … as there is NO doubt a SAFER longer term depository for the copious amounts of nuclear waste America generates is required … Yea … I know … not in my back yard … U.S. official says Yucca nuclear dump not an [...]
• Bears looking into
  ⦠Bears looking into ⦠sorry I remain skeptical when I see American Chemical Society as promoters ⦠their memberâs legacy respecting WATER is devastating ⦠‘Super sand’ for better purification of drinking water Scientists have developed a way to transform ordinary sand â a mainstay filter ma ...
• Sewer Sampling Reveals Patterns Of Drug Use
  � �� Why would any rational individual find these results the least bit surprising �� especially in the USA �� where smoking �dope� is a crime �� where health care is so expensive that use of copious amounts of any form of drug to relive the symptoms of pain, disease must be utilized as �we� [...]

Popular Technology

• Correcting misinformation about the journal En ...
  A frequent source of contention in the global warming debate is the existence of skeptical peer-reviewed papers. These have been overwhelmingly proven to exist. Once confronted with this inconvenient truth, alarmists have desperately tried to discredit the journals that dare publish these papers ...
• Origin of the Popular Technology.net Peer-Revi ...
  There are various myths floating around online about where the Popular Technology.net peer-reviewed paper list originated, falsely giving credit to people who copied earlier versions of my list and published it as their own. The following is a brief history,Back in February 2007 I began compilin ...
• 900+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticis ...
  WARNING: Do not accept any criticisms of this list without reading the notes or emailing, populartechnology (at) gmail (dot) comRead: The following papers support skepticism of AGW or AGW Alarm defined as, "concern relating to a negative environmental or socio-economic effect of AGW, usually exa ...
• Who is Deep Climate?
  A new climate alarmist blog appeared on October 18, 2008 from an "unknown" Canadian setting out to both "follow the money" and "follow the science" of the "climate science 'skeptic' movement in Canada". Who in the great Northwest of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada would undertake such a daunt ...
• Are Skeptical Scientists funded by ExxonMobil?
  In an article titled, "Analysing the ‘900 papers supporting climate scepticism’: 9 out of top 10 authors linked to ExxonMobil" from the environmental activist website The Carbon Brief, former Greenpeace "researcher" Christian Hunt failed to do basic research. He made no attempt to contact the sc ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• FSC mulls controversial motion to certify plan ...
  Members of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), meeting in Malaysia this week for its General Assembly, will consider various changes to the organization, including a vote on a controversial motion that would open the door—slightly at first—to sustainable-certification of companies that have be ...
• Is Indonesia losing its most valuable assets?
  Deep in the rainforests of Malaysian Borneo in the late 1980s, researchers made an incredible discovery: the bark of a species of peat swamp tree yielded an extract with potent anti-HIV activity. An anti-HIV drug made from the compound is now nearing clinical trials. It could be worth hundreds o ...
• Belief and butchery: how lies and organized cr ...
  Few animals face as violent, as well organized, and as determined an enemy as the world's rhinos. Across the globe rhinos are being slaughtered in record numbers; on average more than one rhino is killed by poachers everyday. After being shot or drugged, criminals take what they came for: they s ...
• What does Nature give us? A special Earth Day ...
  There is no question that Earth has been a giving planet. Everything humans have needed to survive, and thrive, was provided by the natural world around us: food, water, medicine, materials for shelter, and even natural cycles such as climate and nutrients. Scientists have come to term such gift ...
• Elephants: the gardeners of Asia's and Africa' ...
  It seems difficult to imagine elephants delicately tending a garden, but these pachyderms may well be the world's weightiest horticulturalist. Elephants both in Asia and Africa eat abundant amounts of fruit when available; seeds pass through their guts, and after expelled—sometimes tens of miles ...

Science - NZ Herald

• Insurance industry facing a climate of fear
  This month, as the US reeled from some very nasty weather - floods in Mississippi, drought in Texas, tornadoes in the Midwest - the New York Times got right down to brass tacks: given damage to property, crops and lost business,...
• Emperor penguin on the mend, still critical
  Happy Feet seems to be on the mend, despite still being in a critical condition.The Emperor Penguin was taken to Wellington Zoo on Friday after eating sand at Peka Peka Beach on the Kapiti Coast.Its stomach was flushed out...
• Moon Man just wants chance to help people
  The nation knows him as Moon Man, the predictor of weather - and earthquakes. Controversial weather forecaster Ken Ring this week sat down with a reporter for the first time since he was forced to flee his Auckland home this year.It...
• Second penguin operation a success
  A groggy emperor penguin has survived a second operation to remove sand from its stomach.The penguin, nick-named Happy Feet, was taken from the Kapiti Coast to Wellington Zoo yesterday after it started eating sand.Wellington...
• Genius teens offer clever exhast emissions fix
  Two North Shore City high-school students have caught the attention of the world's scientific community with an invention that cleans greenhouse gases out of car exhausts.Albany Senior High School Year 13 students Alec Wang and...