- 4:20 Report: Mr. Miyagi, Get Your Warpaint On!
Warpaint | Mr. Miyagi Boyhowdy! Capt. Tripps here, giving you the birds-eye lowdown on what’s hippiest, bestest, mostest in the realm of Adult Variety Herbal Incense. Tonights test sample arrives via our friends at Mr.Miyagi, specifically, the Warpaint blend, and boy, it’s a doozy. No kidding, ...
- Today’s young people lack a strong messa ...
By John Taylor,NWtimes – As a baby boomer now, I still vividly recall how we demonstrators and hippies virtually stopped the Vietnam War with our voices and brought down President Richard Nixon. All over college campuses in America, our voice was heard, our demonstrations successful, as we chant ...
- How to Deal With Small-scale Polluters?
by Greggory Moore | lbpost – Let me say right up front that when I went jogging across the Gerald Desmond Bridge and back, I did not expect Rocky Mountain air. However I may feel about petroleum-related industries, I accept that there’s an airborne reality in southwestern Long Beach that cannot ...
- North Korea issues threat to South amid joint ...
BBC – North Korea has threatened to launch “a retaliatory sacred war” against South Korea, as the two held rare talks about a stalled jointly-run tourism project. Pyongyang said southern soldiers had erected signs on the border slandering the North’s “army, system and dignity”. It said unspecifi ...
- The New Manhattan Project
WWH - The Manhattan Project, which began as a small research program in 1939, eventually employed more than 130,000 people at a cost of nearly US$2 billion ($24.4 billion in current dollars). Research and production took place at more than 30 sites, some secret, across the United States, the Uni ...
- Glenn Beck on Muslims, Obama and Michael Moore ...
From Glenn Beck's radio show, June 2, 2011: ... PAT GRAY: How does a guy who immigrated here from -- was it India? I think India. He's got Muslim parenthood and he comes here and he enjoys incredible success. The guy's a national television host and a best-selling author. He probably makes ...
- In His Latest Attack, Beck's Sidekick Highligh ...
On today's edition of his radio show, Glenn Beck and�his sidekick�Pat Gray criticized CNN Host and Time editor Fareed Zakaria for comments�suggesting that the U.S. Constitution was not perfect. Zakaria made the comments during an interview with PBS' Charlie Rose earlier this week. (This was part ...
- TOM MORELLO : THE NIGHTWATCHMAN TO RELEASE UNI ...
FREE DOWNLOAD OF THE TITLE TRACK “UNION TOWN” AVAILABLE NOW NEW FULL LENGTH ALBUM, WORLD WIDE REBEL SONGS, TO BE RELEASED LATE SUMMER April 28th, 2011 -- New York, New York -- Tom Morello is set to release Union Town via New West Records digitally on May 17th with a physical CD and Vinyl rel ...
- New York Times: Claims Gaddafi Tried to Assass ...
From 'TARGET QADDAFI' by Seymour Hersh, New York Times, February 22, 1987 ... In the weeks following Sadat's death, newspapers and television reported a barrage of Qaddafi death threats to Reagan and senior Administration officials. Secret Service protection was ordered for the President's ...
- New York Times: U.S. Specifically Targeted Gad ...
From 'TARGET QADDAFI' by Seymour Hersh, New York Times, February 22, 1987 ... The mission was the first combat assignment for most of the fliers. Qaddafi's home and his camouflaged Bedouin tent, where he often worked throughout the night, were inside the grounds of El-Azziziya. The notion o ...
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,914-metr ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera
\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
- Greece declares war on austerity cuts
Greek trade unions have begun a 48-hour general strike against new austerity cuts which are due to go to a crucial vote on Wednesday. Some protesters are warning they will try to prevent MPs from entering the parliament. The strike is due to disrupt and even halt the work of most public services ...
- Population in the UK will hit 70m even earlier ...
Runaway migration will drive the UK population above 70 million in 15 years – three years earlier than previously predicted. In 2009 official estimates predicted it would take 20 years to reach this landmark level, a figure the Prime Minister has said the nation must not reach. But the latest ca ...
- Libya rejects Gaddafi arrest warrant
Tripoli says the arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is just a cover for continued NATO bombings, while the court itself has no authority over Libya. “This court is nothing but a cover for the military operations of NATO. NATO that tried time and a ...
- Canadian Senator urges people to rise up
Blacks in Canada need to unite, rise up and address the deep racism in this country that keeps them out of positions of power, a Conservative senator says. “What will it take for our collective Afro-Canadian family to unite â to rise up and claim our rightful place in Canadian society?” Conserva ...
- Polish government asks Vatican to censure outs ...
Poland’s government has asked the Vatican to censure a radical and influential Polish priest after he described Poland as uncivilised and governed by a “totalitarian” regime during a meeting at the European Parliament. The comments made by Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, the controller of a radio station ...
- Symptoms and Treatments of Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Insipidus ( or DI ) is a health condition that is often distinguished by extreme thirst along with excessively diluted urination . DI is similar in characteristics to untreated Diabetes ( or Diabetes Mellitus) but without the onset of blood glucose elevation. One of the major differ ...
- Natural Acne Remedies
There are several health conditions that hinder many people’s lives and outlook everyday. Acne is a condition which can affect your self esteem and your life. I’ve known several friends and family members with terrible cases of acne. They would purchase expensive remedies prescribed by docto ...
- Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...
Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
- Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
- Reasons to Donate Blood
Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...
- Bracing for Arab revenge after Israel's 1967 v ...
Max Sawdayee z''l, author of 'All waiting to be hanged' The Six-Day War, whose 44th anniversary passed a few weeks ago, had serious repercussions on the remnants of the Jewish communities in Arab countries. Max Sawdayee's memoirs, 'All waiting to be hanged ', now uploaded by his daughters to th ...
- Conan Presents: The Michele Bachmann History C ...
"Tom Jefferson was there and he was congratulating Ben Franklin on using his kite to discover gravity." Please follow The Wire on Twitter and Facebook . Join the conversation about this story » See Also: Brit Hume: Michele Bachmann Is "A Stronger Candidate Than Sarah Palin Was Or Could Be" Lett ...
- Pope Benedict Has An iPad: Can We Buy Indulgen ...
Do you want to see the infallible head of the world's largest Christian church and ex-Hitler Youth member use an iPad? Are you dying to know what the Pope is doing right this second? Good news! Pope Benedict XVI received an iPad to celebrate the 60th anniversary of his ordination, and he even T ...
- Pakistani students shunned after Bin Laden raid
ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A group of British schools, fearing negative publicity, cut off a partnership with teachers and students in this town where Osama bin Laden was killed, upsetting Pakistani participants who note that a key purpose of the program was eradicating stereotypes. The partne ...
- Two Gators named to College World Series All-T ...
Florida third baseman Cody Dent was one of two Gators named to the College World Series' all-tournament team, as voted by members of the CWS media. Dent had a triple and double while in Omaha. OMAHA, Neb. — Following Tuesday night’s 5-2 loss in the College World Series final at TD Ameritrade Pa ...
- Supreme Court takes Two More Patent Cases
The Supreme Court has granted writs of certiorari in two pending patent cases. In Kappos v. Hyatt, the Supreme Court will decide (1) whether a patent applicant who files a Section 145 civil action has a right to present new evidence to the Federal District Court that could have been (but was n ...
- Nortel Auction: Potential Winners and Losers
Additionally, rumors have emerged that Microsoft(MSFT) is a bidder, underscoring the software giant's desire to boost its presence in the mobile market. Both Google and Apple, however, are thought to be frontrunners, thanks to their respective cash balances of $65 billion and $37 billion, accor ...
- It's So Obvious
As for the bulk of my time day-to-day, I'm thrilled to announce that Evan Williams, Jason Goldman and myself will be relaunching The Obvious Corporation as co-founders. Our plan is to develop new projects and work on solving big problems aligned along a simple mission statement: The Obvious Corp ...
- Paul Ceglias Big-Firm Lawyers Just Ditched Hi ...
When Paul Ceglia first claimed he owned half of Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook shares, not too many people paid attention. But when he hired lawyers from megafirm DLA Piper to re-file his lawsuit in federal court-and attached a bunch of alleged email exchanges with Zuckerberg-he started getting head ...
- Firefox in the Enterprise
A key challenge for enterprises is that they need to certify their websites, apps and add-ons each time Firefox is updated. This can take weeks or months. Security is also paramount, enterprises need access to a version that includes all known security fixes. We are exploring solutions that bal ...
- 1000 millisievert water leaking from Fukushima
Full body radiation checks begin across prefecture while TEPCO, as always, says everything is fine, just fine Meanwhile, in the US, authorities assure us there is no cause for alarm at the flooded nuclear plant in Nebraska, the fire-threatened Los Alamos laboratory, or at the Salem 2 nuclear pla ...
- The Data Liberation Front announces Google Takeout
Google Takeout(download all your Gooogle data)
- The Eurozone bankster shell game explained
That Greeks are massively against being “bailed out” in a circular process whereby Europe’s bankers rescue Europe’s bankers, using Athens as an intermediary is no surprise.
- Obama administration wants 56 MPG standard by 2025
A laudable idea, but how will this be accomplished? Electric vehicles are about the only way but doing this will require a huge amount of new electrical power, presumably all of it renewable and clean. And we are nowhere near generating the amount of power that will be needed for a transportatio ...
- Jimmy Cliff. We Don’t Want Another Vietnam in ...
Glastonbury 2011. This is amazing and inspiring. Thank you Jimmy. Lyrics Hey, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Afghanistan, Afghanistan Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Yesterday I got a letter from my friend fighting in Afghanistan And this is what he had to say “Tell all my friends that I’ll be c ...
- Reactions to Gaza Flotilla 2
Nine boats of siege-busting 'Freedom Rider' activists are now gathering in the Mediterranean, preparing to challenge the longrunning siege that is one of the main tools through which Israel continues to stifle the lives and livelihoods of all of Gaza's 1.6 million people. An act of collective p ...
- Sally Sockpuppet and her friends
Well, just as I thought. Commenter "Sally J" who was trying to argue that she'd "visited Gaza with a volunteer church group" just in April and that nearly everything there is fine... turns out to be one of the multiple-personality sock-puppets who visit the blog from time to time. Here is a s ...
- Eyes Open in Gaza, June 2011
The Gaza Strip is a heavily urbanized sliver of land, some 30 miles long, that nestles against the southeast corner of the Mediterranean and that for many reasons-- including the fact that more than 75% of its 1.6 million are refugees from within what is now Israel-- has always been a crucible f ...
- Chirpstory on Egypt
Okay I get it. Some of you don't like my Chirpstories. But I do not have time to blog about everything I might want to, so tweeting is a good, quick substitute. And actually, I rather enjoy the speedy interactions on Twitter and other aspects of the system like hashtags. So for those f you inte ...
- In Gaza
From Monday through Thursday, Bill the spouse and I were in Gaza. The time there was really great: We got to talk to some really interesting people. It is so important to be able to hear from them firsthand and see the conditions in which they're living-- not least because of the terrible isolat ...
- Humanity at the Crossroads: Business and Jobs
What's known as the economy has not only had horrid consequences, it is ultimately unsustainable. In two centuries, it has turned human beings into beasts of burden and their rulers into mere teamsters, it has polluted the Earth, extinguished uncounted species and exterminated millions of people ...
- (Land of the Fee and the Home of the Knave) Mo ...
President Obama has said that he will not allow people-programs to be cut so that the wealthy can receive tax cuts because our nation is "better than that." But what America is cannot be distinguished from its economy which exists merely to accumulate money. It's why the maxim is let the buy ...
- The Supreme Court, the Constitution and the Fi ...
The Supreme Court's First Amendment opinions result not from interpreting the First Amendment but from deliberately and insidiously changing its diction in ways that make the Amendment unrecognizable. The Court's arguments in these opinions are pure cant and do nothing but turn the Justice ...
- Liberty's Easy Slide into Tyranny
Huge conspiracies aren't what destroys people's freedom, the accumulation of errors, failed policies, and little and big unfairnesses do. It happens because The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men/ Gang aft agley,/ An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain. The FED, CIA, Executive Privilege, The ...
- What should be done with illegal immigrants?
That this question is even being asked reveals something about ourselves. How would you answer it if you were an illegal immigrant? Perhaps you've never heard of the Golden Rule. The rule may not be the best guide to moral behavior but asking yourself how you'd answer the question if you wer ...
- Fighting Outside Money With Outside Money
So begins the 2012 presidential campaign's outside spending money war. Priorities USA Action, a super PAC run by two former Obama White House aides, has launched a new ad pushing back against a multi-million-dollar attack campaign targeting President Obama's economic record by Karl Rove's A ...
- Ex-Bachmann Chief of Staff: Michele's Not Cut ...
Ron Carey, a former chief of staff to Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), has a message for the American public: Bachmann is not presidential material. In an op-ed in Tuesday's Des Moines Register, Carey writes that Bachmann lacks the experience, savvy, and coordination to run the country. Whe ...
- Chart of the Day: The Idiocy of GOP Cut-and-Grow
I keep hammering away at the GOP's preposterous cut-and-grow plan—that the economy will really begin to grow and create jobs only after slashing spending to the bone—but that's because people are still buying what the Republicans are peddling. The following analysis, however, should once mo ...
- "Wasting Money Making Money": The Fed's $1-Coi ...
Picture this: Collecting dust in high-security vaults, unwanted by Congress and the American public, are more than a billion golden coins bearing the likenesses of famous politicians. Current lawmakers won't discuss them. But if revealed to the public, the treasure trove could prove scandalo ...
- Breaking: Breathing In Misty, Mushed-Up Pig Br ...
Hormel, the company that makes SPAM, has outsourced the difficult work of pig slaughtering to Quality Pork Processors (QPP), an affilliated company. Since Hormel likes to use every part of the animal, some of the people at QPP have jobs that revolve around turning pig brains into a pink slurry ...
- Shrinking Arctic ice area is just the tip of t ...
Old, thicker, ice cover has suffered extreme losses, says the University of Colorado's James Maslanik, providing more evidence of how humans are changing the planet.
- Climate rhythm shift brings early calving
Chillingham cattle, which are able to breed all year round, are having more calves in winter due to earlier springs, reducing their chances of surviving a year, find Sarah Burthe of the UK's Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and colleagues, showing that even mammals with breeding flexibility are ...
- History warns of civilisation-crushing climate ...
After giant sandworms cause an argument between me and my girlfriend about whether climate-related civilisation-wide disasters are possible, reviewing scientific evidence of such events through history force me to concede that they are.
- Vikings’ Greenland demise tells climate tale
Two civilisations – including the Vikings – disappeared from Greenland at times of rapid climate change William D'Andrea of University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and colleagues find, but understanding how those changes happens is more important than the impact they had, he asserts.
- Greenland melt studies need greater accuracy
Lack of detail undermines previous efforts to predict future Greenland ice melt from recent observations, says Ohio State University's Ian Howat, whose new method finds the island's three largest outlet glaciers lost enough ice to fill Lake Erie between 2000 and 2010
- Open Thread 17
The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like — there is nothing ‘off topic’ here — within reason. So get up on your soap box! The standard commenting rules of courtesy apply, and at the very least your chat should relate to the general content of this ...
- Sustainable energy choices for the 21st Centur ...
Climate change and sustainability of the global human enterprise are two of the most critical issues of the 21st Century. If we are to tackle these problems effectively, we need to make prudent, evidence-based choices about energy. This is the story told by this short (2 min, 35 sec) animated vi ...
- Clearing up the climate debate
The Conversation is a recently established website set up to provide an independent source of information, analysis and commentary from the Australian university and research sector. Over the last few weeks, a group of climate scientists and academics from other relevant disciplines, have been ...
- Golf balls and elephants – energy densit ...
I’m currently developing a short (2 minute, 30 second) animated video on nuclear power and climate change, with help from friend Ben Heard and the skills of Ron Furner and his team at Fury Films. Near the end of the vid, we talk about the vast amount of energy embodied in so-called ‘nuclear wast ...
- Greenpeace’s plan for India
Guest Post by Geoff Russell. Geoff is a mathematician and computer programmer and is a member of Animal Liberation SA. His recently published book is CSIRO Perfidy. This article follows on from his previous: What price of Indian independence? Greenpeace under the spotlight —————— In my previous ...
- A Memo For Zionists
A Memo For Zionists: To: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu From: Jackie Muhammad Re: Your Washington, D.C. Meeting With President Obama (FinalCall.com) - Twenty seven years ago the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said, “Now that nation called Israel never has had any peace in 40 years and y ...
- Is Greece Being Blackmailed to Put the Brakes ...
Is Greece Being Blackmailed to Put the Brakes on Gaza Flotilla? | Common Dreams by Medea Benjamin The 50 passengers and crew on the U.S. boat to Gaza have converged in Athens, Greece, ready to head out to sea to join an international fleet of ships that will challenge the Israeli-imposed naval ...
- John John: The View From Occupied Canada: #442
Invasive surveillance bills will cost Canadians in cash and civil liberties, says new coalition | rabble.ca Proposed "Lawful Access" bills would require telecom providers in Canada to hand over personal information to authorities without a warrant or judicial oversight, says OpenMedia.ca. The bi ...
- Four Decades of Cruelty and Inhumanity to U.S. ...
Four Decades of Cruelty and Inhumanity to U.S. Political Prisoners | Black Agenda Report For almost 40 years, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace have been in solitary confinement at Louisiana’s infamous Angola State Prison, in what is thought to be the longest period of enforced solitude in A ...
- WHO’S SAILING TO GAZA AND WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO ...
WHO’S SAILING TO GAZA AND WHAT DO THEY HAVE TO SAY? � Desertpeace: The passengers who will be on the U.S. boat, from 14 states and the District of Columbia, represent virtually every geographic region of the United States. Fifty eight percent women and 42% men, they are of all ages, and a variet ...
- Jim DeMint – Fuck You
Fuck you Jim. You want to slam the poor, the sick, and the elderly to “balance the budget” and won’t even consider cutting corporate welfare, or having the billionaires, or the companies they own stock in pay their fair share. I pray that there is justice in this world and some day you will be [...]
- Van Jones = Reboot the American Dream
“We’re not broke, we’ve been robbed. Someone has our money”
- Exxon Gets 20 Billion a Year in Corporate Welfare
The amount of taxes we don’t collect from Exxon plus their handouts equals around 20 billion dollars a year. And this is just one company. Spending isn’t the problem. Corporate welfare, and billionaire welfare is the problem.
- Politifact – Jon Stewart Was Right
How hard did your dishonest organization have to twist into a pretzel to name Stewart’s factual statement about Fox News viewers as false? Misinformed, uninformed, and lied to. Fox lemmings.
- Jobs Boehner?
When will Boehner and the Republicans in the House stop attacking women, and seniors long enough to pass a bill to create jobs? No Ayn Rand voodoo economics fantasy tax cuts for billionaires trickle down crap. I mean real job creating legislation.
- Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
- Press Conference to be Held on June 15
Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-26 ...
- Press Inquiries
All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
- New Flier for Appalachia Rising
- Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...
- WATCH: Settlers and Palestinians who chose to ...
Some settlers and Palestinians have a chosen a different path, or has Harvey Stein calls it -The Third Way – to smooth out the differences between them: meeting face-to-face and talking. By Harvey Stein Thereâs a loose âmovementâ taking place in the West Bank: some settlers and Palestinians are ...
- The blockade on Gaza began long before Hamas c ...
The gradual closure of Gaza began in 1991, when Israel canceled the general exit permit that allowed most Palestinians to move freely through Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Since then the closure, which may soon be challenged by the second Freedom Flotilla, has become almost he ...
- Boycott bill will persecute the left
Under the guise of a bill against boycotts, the Knesset is muzzling the anti-settlement left The Knesset’s Judicial Committee, led by MK David Rotem (Israel Beitenu) approved yesterday the “boycott bill” for its final reading. This likely means that the bill will imminently become a law. The for ...
- Glenn Beck to grace Knesset with his presence
The Jerusalem Post reports today that former FOX pundit Glenn Beck will address the Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs, ahead of his huge rally planned this August in Jerusalem. Apparently, this idea belongs to no other than the head of the committee, the esteemed MK Danny Dano ...
- Green Lines and Ham
Palestine-I-am! That Palestine! That Palestine! I do not like That Palestine! . Will you please go back to the Green Line? I won’t go back, oh Palestine, I won’t go back to the Green Line. Will you go back, today or ever? I won’t go back today or ever. I won’t go back, not ever, never. I won ...
- The US, A Nation in Foreclosure
Sometimes we need pictures to help tell the story. I have suggested that everyone involved in the process, attorneys, judges, legislators, policymakers ask themselves a very simple question: “What will we do with all the foreclosed homes?” Our economy is bad and it keeps getting worse. Jobs ...
- THE Next Mortgage Bombshelll….
The private insurers that cover $700 billion of U.S. mortgages are facing an onslaught of foreclosures. The big three—MGIC, Radian, PMI—are at risk. The housing market has been a cruel goddess, destroying the finances of millions of Americans and driving the economy and financial system to near ...
- A World Wide Credit Catastrophe….
I remember reading a little book a while ago, a book that talked about universal human truths, principles and a set of guidelines that should be followed by people and the institutions that govern them. The book pushed hard on things like working hard, very hard and looking out for those around ...
- Florida’s Governor Rick Scott- Throw Hom ...
Rick Scott, Florida popular governor made a special surprise appearance at the Florida Bar Annual Meeting where he urged attorneys and Bar leadership to GET THEM FORECLOSURES MOVING….IF COURTS CAN’T SPEED THINGS THOUGH….TAKE EM OUT OF COURT AND LET’S GO NON-JUDICIAL Now we all need to be very, v ...
- Understanding the US Debt Picture….
It’s so important to go beyond your normal newspapers and expand far, far beyond the mainstream media and six o’clock news……one of the most valuable things about the internet is we can read news from all over the world…..and read very well researched and sophisticated publications. Read from the ...
- My Graduation
He just turned 14 this past week and last night was his Grade 8 graduation – high school now beckons. LIke every other parent present, I watched as my son Ater strode across the stage to accept his diploma to the cheering of his classmates. Closing in on six feet in height, he beamed from [...]
- Strawberry Fields
What does a riding association do when its chosen member lost in a recent election? Historically there have been numerous answers – hold fundraisers, find a leader to follow, begin organizing immediately for the next campaign. This list is correct, as far as it goes. Perhaps Liberals, and others ...
- Strawberry Fields
What does a riding association do when its chosen member lost in a recent election? Historically there have been numerous answers – hold fundraisers, find a leader to follow, begin organizing immediately for the next campaign. This list is correct, as far as it goes. Perhaps Liberals, and others ...
- Speciation
Even for someone as brilliant as Charles Darwin, it took a while to figure it out. He had chafed at the iron rules of scientific societies, feeling that they were populated by elite patrons who would only verify certain scientific advancements and discoveries that came through established channe ...
- Not What, But Why
The flourishing of grassroots activity taking place around the rebuilding of the Liberal Party has produced a multitude of ideas coming from numerous regions of the country. I’ve enjoyed the perspectives and the zeal with which they are brought forth. It seems to me though that we might have the ...
- In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state ma ...
- Whooping Cough Outbreaks & Vaccine Failures
UPDATE: CLICK HERE TO VIEW NVIC'S PERTUSSIS VACCINE & DISEASE PAGE by Barbara Loe Fisher Reports of whooping cough outbreaks in California1,2 and in other states this summer are nothing new. Every four to five years – no matter how high the vaccination rate is - there are reports of w ...
- Using Fear & Prejudice to Attack Vaccine Exemp ...
by Barbara Loe Fisher This summer, inaccurate and misleading information about B. pertussis whooping cough and the pertussis vaccine is being put out there by medical doctors, who should know better. Media campaigns designed to create fear about infectious disease are nothing new. This ...
- Amy Wallace & Yellow Journalism
by Barbara Loe Fisher On October 17, 2009 I was at the Atlanta airport on my way back to Washington, D.C. when I stopped at a newsstand. Like most weary travelers waiting for a plane, I was looking for something to read that would give me a break from my work, which included, two weeks earl ...
- Forcing Flu Shots on Health Care Workers: Who ...
By Barbara Loe Fisher Doctors at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are ordering all employees to get a flu shot every year or be sent home for two weeks without pay to “think about it.” Anyone, who still refuses to get a flu shot after that, is fired.1 60 percent of all U.S. health care p ...
- The safety of nanotechnology-based sunscreens ...
A few weeks ago, I set Friends of the Earth a challenge - What is your worst case estimate of the human health risk from titanium dioxide and/or zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens? The challenge came out of an article from FoE on nanomaterials and sunscreens, which I subsequently critiqued o ...
- Knitting science
Sitting in a meeting on informal science education recently, I was intrigued to see a respected academic working on her knitting. And she wasn’t the only one. Now I may have had a something of a sheltered life, but in over twenty years of attending scientific conferences and workshops, I thi ...
- Smart science, biopunks and nanoparticles – Au ...
I‘m going to be taking a break from 2020 Science over the next few weeks, as I finally make the move with my family from DC to Ann Arbor. But rather than let the blog languish, I thought I would use this as an opportunity to revisit some of my old posts. So through August, [...]
- Smart science for the 21st century
In February 2008, the National Academy of Engineering launched 14 grand challenges for engineering. These were the inspiration for this post, but rather than focus on the challenges themselves, I thought it would be interesting to consider how science and technology are going to help address th ...
- I’m breathing in nanoparticles, so why aren’t ...
This was based on a piece I originally wrote for Nano Today – the blog was a slightly extended version of what was published. Although it was written two years ago, it’s still surprising how few people realize that breathing in nanoparticles is an everyday fact of life, and that to make sense ...
- What Happened on the Danziger Bridge During Ka ...
Summary: "The shootings by police on Danziger Bridge on Sept. 4, 2005 have become one of the most infamous moments in the post-Katrina history of New Orleans. Five NOPD officers are now on trial in federal court facing charges stemming from an incident that left two people dead and four seriousl ...
- Bank Errors Continue to Cause Wrongful Foreclo ...
Paul Kiel writes: "Four years into the foreclosure crisis, banks say they've made major improvements in how they handle struggling homeowners. They've promised, for example, not to foreclose on homeowners who are being considered for mortgage modifications. But that's still happening." Jason ...
- Blagojevich Found Guilty on 17 Counts
Bob Secter and Jeff Coen report: "A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts, finding he brazenly abused the powers of his office in a series of attempted shakedowns captured on undercover government recordings." Former Governor of Illinois Rod R. Blagojevic ...
- Blagojevich Found Guilty on 17 Counts
Bob Secter and Jeff Coen report: "A federal jury today convicted former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts, finding he brazenly abused the powers of his office in a series of attempted shakedowns captured on undercover government recordings." Former Governor of Illinois Rod R. Blagojevic ...
- FOCUS: Obama's Secret Wars
Intro: "America may be drawing down its Afghan troops, but John Barry reports that US covert wars rage in places like Yemen, where a new blueprint for military action is being drawn." President Barack Obama with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, CIA Director Leon Panetta and Gen. David Petra ...
- No Surprises from the War-Makers!
Well, Obama made it clear on Wednesday. His war in Afghanistan will go on through 2014 and probably far beyond. While some may have hoped for a shift in his approach, many of us didn’t expect much, and we certainly didn’t get much. The change in Afghanistan that he spoke about, meant to be heard ...
- In Afghanistan Speech, Obama Offers Token Troo ...
President Obama passed up an opportunity to recognize our democracy and respect the views of the vast majority of the American people. June 22, 2011 President Obama’s speech tonight violated one of his most important campaign promises: to “end the mind-set that leads to war.” To the contrary, hi ...
- Money for Our Communities, Not for War!
Take Action! It’s very encouraging that the US Conference of Mayors just passed a strong resolution initiated by CODEPINK for bringing our “war dollars home” (read press release or NY Times article on this). Unfortunately, later this week the House of Representatives is poised to pass the Defens ...
- Not Justice, Not Victory: Just Another Murder ...
“I keep thinking of how awful it was to hear that there were people actually celebrating on 9-11. Now I look at the TV and see the same thing.” -Family member of a man killed in the World Trade Center of September 11, 2001. The reported killing of Osama bin Laden by a CIA operation [...]
- The Broken Rifle in Kabul
The above photograph, of Scott Schaeffer-Duffy from the Catholic Worker in Worcester, Massachusetts standing beside street art made by local Afghan youth, was taken in Kabul by WRL National Committee and Organizing Task Force member Jim Haber when he was on a recent delegation with Voices for Cr ...
- Puget Sound Food Network Connects Locally Grow ...
June 9-12, Amanda Behrens and I journeyed to Missoula, Montana for the joint annual meetings of the Agriculture Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN). The conference, entitled Food ...
- Now in the Senate, PAMTA Pushes Forward
Last week, Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) took an important stand in support of America’s health by reintroducing the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (S. 1211). The bill aims to prevent the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture to ensure their conti ...
- New USDA Report Stresses Regulations on Antibi ...
A new technical review by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “A Focus on Antimicrobial Resistance,” calls the issue a growing public health concern worldwide, stating the misuse of antimicrobial drugs in food animal production and human medicine is the main factor accelerating antimicrobial res ...
- CLF opposes Rehberg amendment, antibiotic-resi ...
The FY 2012 Agriculture appropriations bill, voted out of the House Appropriations Committee last week, includes an amendment that would severely limit the authority of FDA to regulate the use of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, in food animal production-a key concern of public health rese ...
- Food and Farm Policy: this is not the image an ...
Recently, my boyfriend offered to give me a dollar for every blog I started with, “Stop what you’re doing, ’cause I’m about to ruin the image and the style that you’re used to.” I responded to his idea with a barrage of reasons why it was ridiculous and certainly not appropriate in my line of [. ...
- Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 29, 2011
==== Afghanistan: NATO Loses Three Drones In As Many Days Two NATO Soldiers Killed In Southern Afghanistan Next U.S./NATO Afghan War Commander: 100,000 Foreign Troops To Stay NATO Chief, North Atlantic Council To Visit Georgia Germany: Fighter Jets Scream Overhead As NATO Rehearses Next War Saud ...
- Interview: Inversion of Humanitarian War
http://www.radio4all.net/index.php/program/52733 CKUW News June 9, 2011 Inversion of Humanitarian War Rick Rozoff and Scott Price Summary: The current wars under the banner of the war on terror have all been justified under the notion of a humanitarian war. Rick Rozoff goes through in inversion ...
- Robert Graves: Recalling War
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Robert Graves Recalling War From Collected Poems (1938) Entrance and exit wounds are silvered clean, The track aches only when the rain reminds. The one-legged man forgets his leg of wood, The one-armed man his jointed wooden arm. The b ...
- Libyan war updates/Stop NATO news: June 28, 2011
==== Reports Of U.S. Military Plans Against Libya, Syria Cause Concern U.S. Aircraft Supercarrier Enters Mediterranean For “NATO Missions” Libya: International Criminal Court Cover For NATO Operations UN: U.S. Gets 4,200 Ethiopian Troops To Patrol North-South Sudan Border U.S. Tests Cruise Missi ...
- Harold Pinter: Art, Truth and Politics
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Harold Pinter The Nobel Prize in Literature lecture (2005) Art, Truth and Politics In 1958 I wrote the following: ‘There are no hard distinctions between what is real and what is unreal, nor between what is true and what is false. A thi ...
- U.S. Air Force Advised To Conduct Simulations ...
WorldTribune.com June 28th, 2011 The Rand Corp. asserted that the Air Force must increase exercises and testing of weapons as part of preparations for any order to attack Iran. In a report for the Air Force, Rand warned that the prospect of a U.S. air strike could turn real once Iran was deemed ...
- Scientists Say California Mega-Quake Imminent
The Weather Channel By Becky Kellogg June 28th, 2011 Like a steaming kettle with the top on, pressure is building beneath the surface of California that could unleash a monster earthquake at any time. That’s according to a new study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography. Geologists say Sout ...
- Potential Nuclear Catastrophes Spread Across T ...
The Intel Hub By Alexander Higgins - Contributing Writer June 28th, 2011 The United States now faces possible nuclear disasters across the nation as radioactive water measuring over 1 sievert per hour is found leaking from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan. Nuclear radiation in water ha ...
- Impeach Now Or Forever Hold Up Peace
By Philip C. Restino, Jr Central Florida Veterans For Peace June 28th, 2011 Twenty years ago after U.S. forces had driven the Iraqi military out of Kuwait and back into Iraq, President George H.W. Bush as Commander in Chief ordered the U.S. military to cease-fire on February 28, 1991. Years late ...
- Jewish Bureau Of Al Qaeda Adam “Pearlman ...
YouTube June 28th, 2011 This is a pathetic attempt by a fake journalist to scare the American people into giving up their guns. If terrorists were a real threat to America it would be even more important to arm yourself. Instead the corporate controlled media continues to push the non existent t ...
- Kuala Lumpur: Putting a nice face on state rep ...
[The Inspector General of Police in Kuala Lumpur is instructing cops that, no matter what they do, do it with a smiley face; put the iron fists in velvet gloves. -- Frontlines ed.] Be good to look good KL: A more approachable police force Wednesday, June 29th, 2011 10:50:00 INSPECTOR-GENERAL of ...
- Kuala Lumpur: Police To Detain Instigators, an ...
June 29, 2011 KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 (Bernama) — The police will detain anyone who uses words or displays symbols to instigate the people to join the illegal rallies planned by several groups in the city on July 9, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Ismail Omar said today. “Not only attire, but ...
- Greece: ‘We don’t owe! We don̵ ...
More video of Greek riots, 18 detained, 4 police injured
- Egypt: Nearly 600 injured in violent Egyptian ...
NEARLY 600 people were injured in violent clashes between protesters and security forces in the Egyptian capital that flared last night and were still raging today, Al Jazeera reported. Protesters frustrated by the slow pace of reform under the interim military rulers since the fall of Hosni Mub ...
- Nepal: Maoist Party factions negotiating terms ...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011 UCPN (Maoist) struggles to resume Central Committee meeting POST B BASNET/KIRAN PUN KATHMANDU, June 28: As factionalism and disputes over the tactical line deepen the internal crisis in the party, Chairman of the UCPN (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal struggles to maintain his h ...
- Announcing the Gaza to Ireland Youth Exchange
am beyond excited to announce that we are formalising a partnership that will ensure one of my fondest goals shall be achieved, that of a youth exchange between the children of Gaza and those of Europe. I am even more excited because we are focusing on the youth of Gaza as well as Belfast and F ...
- One for the Women
It is said that behind every great man you will find a great woman. I do not look at myself as a great man per se, but I do see the greatness of the women in my life, and if I do indeed succeed in my ultimate goals, you can thank these women every bit as much as me. They have played the essent ...
- Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine, Trade Not Aid
Our Mission Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine (SIP) is a social enterprise international trade mission. We endeavour to catalyse the end of Gaza’s charitable dependency through import and export trade. We do not seek simply to alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza. Our ultimate objective i ...
- Slander vs. Sanity
Lesson number one, the actual agents who direct slander campaigns, those working for MI6, CIA, Mossad and other so-called “intelligence” agencies, they and their tactics are rendered useless without the presence of the most important element for successful subversion, and that would be… the idio ...
- NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE
On Thursday April 21st we shall make a human chain with the children of Gaza to spell out NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE so as to tell the world that Israel’s bombings of Gaza must stop. We intend to remind the world how the children of Palestine are terrorized and murdered by Israeli air power [...]
- Rod Blagojevich's Fall, Conviction No Tragedy
In the retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, the jury found him guilty of 17 of 20 counts. The jury deadlocked on two of the counts and found Blagojevich not guilty on a third.Contributor: Mark Whittington Published: Jun 27, 2011
- Michele Bachmann's Values at Odds with the Ame ...
As Bachmann officially entered the GOP race Monday, she said she knows what its important for America, but does she really? Here is a look a Michele Bachmann's values and her vision for our country.Contributor: K.C. Dermody Published: Jun 27, 2011
- Astronomers: Incoming Near-Miss Asteroid Calcu ...
Astronomers observing inbound asteroid 2011 MD found that their calculations were a little off. The asteroid, which measures 15 feet by 60 feet wide, is what is known as a PHA (Potentially Hazardous Asteroid), and was headed toward Earth.Contributor: Saul Relative Published: Jun 27, 2011
- Flood Crest Passes Minot, N.D.; Little Relief ...
The crest of the Souris River flooding has passed Minot, N.D., and is now adding to the misery of the smaller communities downstream. The flood in the city continues and no end is in sight.Contributor: Charles Simmins Published: Jun 27, 2011
- Introducing the Progressive 2012 Voter (Suppre ...
With Obama struggling in every poll and with every demographic, his liberal army has officially launched its election fraud campaign a bit early.Contributor: Patricia Campion Published: Jun 27, 2011
- New Mexico Wildfires Threaten Los Alamos Labs, ...
Fires force lab to close, but officials say hazardous materials are secured The wildfires burning in across the Southwest have threatened homes, economies, and communities, but today the Las Conchas fire in New Mexico is taking the threat to a new level. Having already ravaged about 60,000 acre ...
- Video: Weighted Ping-Pong Balls Fall Indefinit ...
Defying intuition, dense enough materials can reach terminal velocity within granular solid media. A team of Mexican and Cuban researchers have made a somewhat mind-bending discovery. They’ve shown that objects crashing through a granular medium don’t necessarily lose energy and come to a stop, ...
- Gallery: Buy a Space Suit
- Want a Space Suit? You Just Might Find One at ...
Going once, going twice, sold! to the space enthusiast in the second row In April, NASA announced plans to "donate" four space shuttles to American museums for about $30 million apiece. That's a bit steep for armchair astronauts, but a surprising amount of semi-affordable space stuff goes to au ...
- Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Rail Link Opens to ...
Just three years after breaking ground, China will open the crown jewel of its high-speed rail network to the public this week. The 186 mile per hour (and that's regular operating speed) Beijing-Shanghai link takes just four hours and 48 minutes to traverse 820 miles of Chinese countryside. Let ...
- Britain: Fraudulent Iraq Enquiry
Under the UN radar, South Africa, with the help of Israel, developed ten bombs and test fired one at Prince Edward Island to the South of the country. This left nine weapons that caused South Africa, US, UK and Israel great concern as they did not want them to fall into the hands of the next bla ...
- If you want to bash America why not try living ...
America bashing seems to be in vogue these days by Americans who don't appreciate how lucky they are to live here. Don't believe it? People from other countries wait in line and some die trying to get here.
- Memoirs of Torturers
On September 18, 2009, seven former heads of the CIA publicly told President Barack Obama not to prosecute CIA torturers.
- The hell with Israel; Open Gaza Port
Israel, the angry, unhappy and psychological misfit nation it is, full of hate and contempt for the world and human value, is a country that never gives damn or due considerations to international law and always have contempt for world opinion will most likely send its army of war criminals to a ...
- Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – June ...
The National Training Summit on Women Veterans is July 15-17. The three day summit will focus on the role of women in the military.
- Storms follow hottest day since July 2006
Thunderstorms have continued to affect parts of East Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, East Anglia and the Southeast of England this afternoon, following yesterday's heat. Temperatures across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire on Monday reached 32C (90F) for the first time since July 2006. Both Robin Hood ai ...
- A sleeping sun could have a big impact on the ...
News from scientists in America claiming that the sun is about to enter a prolonged quiet period in its history has caught the headlines this week. Whether this particular prediction comes true remains to be seen, as some scientists, including those at NASA, have consistently been proved wron ...
- Deluge follows drought order
Sunday saw the heaviest rainfall of the year across parts of Lincolnshire, only 48 hours on from the drought order issued by the Environment Agency for parts of Eastern England. 14.4mm of rain was recorded at Coningsby yesterday. This brings the total since Friday to 28mm of rain, more than hal ...
- Flaming June could end up a washout
June's weather looks set to deteriorate further as low pressure intensifies its grip across the UK. The timing couldn't be more awkward for the Environment Agency who this morning issued a drought order for parts of Eastern England. Only hours later, the Met Office issued yellow warnings in ...
- Global temperature update for May
The global temperature according to the UAH satellite measure was +0.13C above the 30 year running mean in May, showing virtually no change from April's anomaly. Global temperatures are slowly recovering as La Nina fades in the Pacific, but remain much cooler compared with May last year, ...
- Perhaps We Should Cheer the Rising 'China Price'
Uh-oh, here we go again with another one of these "China is pricing itself out of the cheap labour market" stories. Having recently made a mini-roundup of these, let me stick with what's supposedly new in this latest TIME story. At the national level, things are undeniably on the way up: In what ...
- Potpourri: $ Losing Global Status, $100B AAA Loss
A few hours ago we received word that River Plate, the most storied of Argentinian football clubs which has helped spawn many global footballing legends, was relegated from the first division for the first time in its 110-year history. This resulted in riots in Buenos Aires. How the mighty have ...
- Mexico Norte: Futbol & Hispanicization of the USA
CONCACAF should be ashamed of itself. I think it was a f***ing disgrace that the entire post-match ceremony was in Spanish. You can bet your ass if we were in Mexico City it wouldn't be all in English - Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard after losing to Mexico 4-2 in Los Angeles during the Gold Cup ...
- Will Airbus Lose PRC Orders on Emissions Regs?
Environmentalists usually applaud countries or regions where regulations are most stringent for obvious reasons. Aside from encouraging better fuel economy or lower emissions, there can be substantial knock-on effects. Consider America. The United States remains the world's second largest car ma ...
- Paul Martin, Father of the G-20 & Other Stories
Due to an unfortunate circumstance, I have had yet another miserable experience of coming across pseudo-anti-globalization figure Naomi Klein's typically inaccurate ramblings on how Larry Summers was the creator of the G-2o. In some scribblings prior to last year's G-20 gathering in Toronto, she ...
- 50 U.S. Health Care Statistics That Will Absol ...
The U.S. health care system has become one gigantic money making scam, and you are about to see the statistics that prove it. Today, the United States spends more on health care per person than any other country in the world by far. The health insurance companies and the big p ...
- Economic Recovery?
If this is supposed to be an "economic recovery" it sure is pathetic. In fact, as you will read below, the numbers tell us that this is the worst economic recovery that the American economy has ever seen. If what we had experienced was a "normal" recession and a "normal" recov ...
- Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Prepper Dad? Even Robert K ...
Are you familiar with Robert Kiyosaki? He is best known for the "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" series of books. Over 26 million books authored by Kiyosaki have been sold and he is recognized as a financial expert by millions of people across the globe. Well, guess what? Even Robert Ki ...
- The State Of The Economy
The U.S. economy is like a rubber band that is being pulled in several different directions at the same time. Everyone knows that at some point it is going to snap, but nobody is quite sure exactly when it is going to happen. Right now, the state of the economy is not good, an ...
- Why Are Food Prices Rising So Fast?
If you do much grocery shopping, you have probably noticed that the cost of food has been rising at a very brisk pace over the past year. So why are food prices rising so fast? According to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, inflation is still very low and the economy is i ...
- Greece declares war on austerity cuts
Greek trade unions have begun a 48-hour general strike against new austerity cuts which are due to go to a crucial vote on Wednesday. Some protesters are warning they will try to prevent MPs from entering the parliament. The strike is due to disrupt and even halt the work of most public services ...
- Population in the UK will hit 70m even earlier ...
Runaway migration will drive the UK population above 70 million in 15 years – three years earlier than previously predicted. In 2009 official estimates predicted it would take 20 years to reach this landmark level, a figure the Prime Minister has said the nation must not reach. But the latest ca ...
- Libya rejects Gaddafi arrest warrant
Tripoli says the arrest warrant for Muammar Gaddafi issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) is just a cover for continued NATO bombings, while the court itself has no authority over Libya. “This court is nothing but a cover for the military operations of NATO. NATO that tried time and a ...
- Canadian Senator urges people to rise up
Blacks in Canada need to unite, rise up and address the deep racism in this country that keeps them out of positions of power, a Conservative senator says. “What will it take for our collective Afro-Canadian family to unite â to rise up and claim our rightful place in Canadian society?” Conserva ...
- Polish government asks Vatican to censure outs ...
Poland’s government has asked the Vatican to censure a radical and influential Polish priest after he described Poland as uncivilised and governed by a “totalitarian” regime during a meeting at the European Parliament. The comments made by Father Tadeusz Rydzyk, the controller of a radio station ...
- Lies, Damn Lies, and Catholic Church Funded St ...
I used to think the John Jay College of Criminal Justice was a well meaning independent organisation exploited by the Catholic Church into giving credence to Catholic lies, distractions and excuses on the issue of endemic child rape within its ranks. But with the release of the latest dangerous ...
- Vatican Guidelines Just Another PR Stunt
This weeks’ latest Vatican guidelines on child sexual abuse continue efforts over recent years to appear as if things have changed, while actually doing everything possible to avoid being forced to take effective action. The Vatican love to pretend they are doing the right thing in dealing wi ...
- Top 10 Reasons Why John Paul II Is No Saint &# ...
Here is the first part of my Top 10 Reasons Why John Paul II Is No Saint. This list refers only to the child rape epidemic. There are many more issues on which the Patron Saint of Paedophiles has left the world a far, far worse place than he found it, and many instances where [...]
- Catholic Sainthood – More Expediency Tha ...
The former Cardinal Ratzinger, now known as Pope Benedict XVI, may be criminally culpable, disgracefully neglectful, deliberately deceitful, and horribly, horribly wrong in his approach to the child rape epidemic within the ranks of the Catholic Church, but there is some truth to the claims made ...
- John Paul II Ain’t No Saint
Does your idea of a saint involve sacrificing innocent, vulnerable children to be preyed upon by hordes of ruthless sexual predators? Does it involve covering up for child rape on a massive scale? Does it involve creating the very conditions most likely to encourage child rape to flourish? Does ...
- 2011-06-29 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News on #Ca ...
Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update," constantly updated throughout each day. The blog tracks stories that are obviously related to WikiLeaks but also follows stories related to freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. All the times are GMT. 04:40 PM Cur ...
- 2011-06-28 Refugees from #Syria entering #Turk ...
TweetAnonymous sources report that Turkey is considering a number of options to help Syrian President Bashar al Assad defuse the uprising in his country. According to Ivan Watson, CNN's Istanbul based correspondent, multitudes of Syrians are entering Turkey. 10,757 Syrian refugees in total. 12 ...
- Competition Entry | Untitled or "TITLE OF ESSAY"
TweetHow can individuals and societies protect themselves against the encroachment and abuse of government power in the modern age? By AIS Anyone not blindly influenced by his own prejudices can't help but perceive that there is a close and inseparable relationship between the moral condition an ...
- 2011-06-28 The Prospect of a Greek Military Coup
TweetPhoto by RobW_ The Greek government is prepared to vote on austerity measures on Wednesday, June 29. The vote will take place in the midst of a general strike launched by the unions to oppose cuts that would most impact minimum wage earners and Greeks who are struggling the most in the curr ...
- 2011-06-29 Two days of rage in #Brussels Part ...
Tweet July 22nd and 23rd were very important for the political calendar of Europe. The European Commission signed the new adjustments of the Euro-Pact, the rules for the european commonwealth, organized by the European Bank, the IMF and the executive body of the European Union. In Brussels, wher ...
- Cholera cases increasing in Haiti and Dominica ...
Cases of cholera are on the rise in Haiti and neighbouring Dominican Republic, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) reported today, saying more than 18,000 new cases in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, have been recorded recently.
- Guatemala: UN envoy against sexual violence ha ...
A United Nations envoy today welcomed the arrest of a former top Guatemalan military figure accused of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, saying the arrest sends a strong signal that justice can prevail in the Central American country.
- Give aid directly to Haitian institutions to b ...
A new United Nations report says that the international community can help create jobs and support the Haitian Government in ensuring basic services by investing directly in the country's people and institutions.
- Haiti: UN mission urges formation of a governm ...
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti today urged the country's authorities to immediately form a government that will serve the people and fulfil their expectations after Parliament rejected the man nominated by President Michel Martelly to serve as prime minister.
- UN expert urges Mexican state of emergency' t ...
A United Nations food expert has called for a "state of emergency" in Mexico to battle both food poverty and obesity, and suggested that changes to the country's agricultural policies could tackle the two problems simultaneously.
- Geneticists Reveal E. Coli Super Bug O104 Was ...
Their scientists broke down the genetics of this E. coli strain it's call O104, and if you look at it you can read the history, and the history doesn't lie. This strain was exposed repeatedly to all the 8 major classes of antibiotics that are sold by the drug companies today. This practically gu ...
- The Big Brother State and Global Surveillance
But this also allows the secret services to gather explicit information about the nationality of every traveler. Explicit information such as your fingerprints, the color of your eyes, and a high resolution picture of your face. Information you would usually expect to be taken from suspected cri ...
- State Officials Privates Left Sore by TSA for ...
"And finally I said you're punishing me for opting out, aren't you?". And to her credit she said 'Yes we are'.
- The Age of Transitions – Eugenics and Transhum ...
In 1921, the American Eugenics Society was formed and began propaganda campaigns which included the promotion of eugenics in churches, schools, and state fair exhibitions. Funding for American eugenics came from the Carnegie, Harriman, and Rockefeller families among others. Eugenics was being ac ...
- CNN News Crew Threatened By Police in Joplin M ...
We can tell you about some strange things going on here. The morgue, where these bodies are right now, is a secret morgue. And it literally is secret. You call up officials that can tell us where the morgue is an they say it's a secret we can't tell you. Families don't know where the morgue is. ...
- Trekking for Rewilding – Exploring Strands of ...
Text and photos by John Davis Wildlands Network/TrekEast Dave Foreman summarized brilliantly in his latest Around the Campfire why we need an Eastern Wildway and what basic steps need to be taken to achieve it. As a Rewilding Fellow, and co-founder of the Wildlands Project with Dave and other s ...
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Rewildin ...
Part One For nigh onto fifteen years, I’ve been talking and writing about a North American Wildlands Network anchored by four Continental Wildways (at first named MegaLinkages). The North American Wildlands Network is rooted in the conservation pathway of Rewilding, an offshoot of the scientifi ...
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Rewildin ...
Part One For nigh onto fifteen years, I’ve been talking and writing about a North American Wildlands Network anchored by four Continental Wildways (at first named MegaLinkages). The North American Wildlands Network is rooted in the conservation pathway of Rewilding, an offshoot of the scientifi ...
- Record Big Game Die-offs in Northern Rockies
Winter die-offs are always characteristic of ungulate populations that have exceeded natural carrying capacity, usually because of management efforts to increase numbers for the benefit of hunters. In areas where wolves and other large predators are well established, ungulates seldom perish from ...
- Record Big Game Die-offs in Northern Rockies
Winter die-offs are always characteristic of ungulate populations that have exceeded natural carrying capacity, usually because of management efforts to increase numbers for the benefit of hunters. In areas where wolves and other large predators are well established, ungulates seldom perish from ...
- Burzynski Cures Cancer – The Magic of Antineop ...
THIS VIDEO WILL BE TAKEN DOWN BY THE OWNER ON JUNE 20 2011 Curing cancer is frowned upon big government and BIG PHARMA, especially when the patent for the cure is owned by a single doctor, and they can’t have a taste of the pie. So what do they do? They sick their hound dog, [...] Related p ...
- French Whistleblowers reaveal the set up of Do ...
I saw this over at SGTReport.com and it is worth repeating here. French insiders reveal the reason why DSK had to be taken out. It was all about the missing gold baby. Watch this one explode before summer is out. Gold, The Real Reason for the Fall of Dominique Strauss-Kahn Commodities / Gold and ...
- Greece Yesterday – Largest Uprising Todate
This was the center of Athens yesterday, June 12, 2011. Any questions? More Postcards From A Pre-Revolutionary Greece; Presenting “Goldman’s Employee Of The Decade” Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/13/2011 11:05 -0400 Ben Bernanke Goldman Sachs Greece Testimony Last night’s major anti-IMF rally a ...
- Flag Worship and Voting Ensures Slavery
Many times I have tried to explain to Charles Leblanc, a local Fredericton Blogger, that voting ensures a continuation of our slavery. To further drive this home here is a video from Stefan Molyneux of Feedomain Radio that eloquently explains how we are nothing more than cattle to our leaders. W ...
- Bix Weir: ALERT: The Takedown Begins: Cash In ...
I received an email from Bix Weir tonight as follows. If he is right Financial Armageddon has arrived. ALERT: The Takedown Begins: Cash In Your Paper Metal If You Still Can. Late word out yesterday that the crackdown of the gold and silver manipulators has begun. Kitco, one of the partners in Go ...
- On Propaganda: Fracking Fun for the Very Young
By Alex Formuzis, Father of Two and EWG V-P for Media Relations The natural gas industry has lost much support among adults who live in communities where fracking has left the water undrinkable and home values plummeting, but all is... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ...
- Fracking Hearing: Standing room only and plent ...
By Leeann Brown, Shannon Morgan and Alex Rindler, EWG Staff Following up on last week's contentious hearing in Washington, Pa., the U.S. Energy department has scheduled two all-day sessions for Tuesday, June 28, and Wednesday, July 13, to listen to... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
- Half-Baked: FDA's New Sunscreen Regulations Fa ...
By: Thomas Cluderay, EWG staff attorney and David Andrews, Ph.D., EWG senior scientist Imagine grabbing a cookbook to find the perfect recipe for key lime pie to present at your summer barbeque. Thumbing through the pages, you locate an... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
- U.S. (finally) Labels Formaldehyde "Known Huma ...
By Paul Pestano, Research Analyst After decades of debate, the Obama administration last week classified formaldehyde as a known human carcinogen, a label that is likely to advance regulatory steps to restrict this widely used hazardous chemical. The... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...
- Arsenic Found in... Chicken
By: Press Intern Margot Pagan and Senior Scientist Rebecca Sutton, PhD Did you think you were eating a carcinogen along with your favorite chicken sandwich last week? Probably not, but a new Food and Drug Administration study has found arsenic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
- Weiner and Blago square off against Beyonce an ...
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
- The rainbow governor: Now, Andrew Cuomo has a ...
Let's just stipulate that the past six months could not possibly have gone any better for Andrew Cuomo. Actually, that's true for the entire last five years. More
- 'Post' comes out, finally, on the gays; 'News' ...
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
- Whitey Bulger AWOL, but L.I. pharmacy massacre ...
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
- 'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop' is like that YouTub ...
When Conan O’Brien quit his hosting duties on "The Tonight Show" last year, it kicked off a drama involving Jay Leno and NBC in which O’Brien was the undisputed victim and good guy.It’s a dynamic the new documentary Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop playfully sets ...
- Norwegians pay more than neighbors
A recent report from the government food chain assessment committee (Matkjedeutvalget) shows that Norwegians pay 23 percent more for their food and staple goods than Swedes. The steep price of local agricultural commodities, coupled with high purchase cost on international goods allows merchant ...
- Goats on the lamb
Ten goats escaped from a slaughterhouse in Furuset, east Oslo, Tuesday morning. One has been returned, but owners continue to search for the remaining nine runaways. Police are still struggling to locate all the goats, who have spread themselves around the industrial Alnabru area. “They escaped ...
- Poor performance in digital test
Norwegian students have produced disappointing scores on the international PISA study, which measures internet reading proficiency in young adults. Despite having the second largest share of students who have access to computers at home, Norwegians earned average scores on the digital test, whic ...
- Culture shock on the job
Foreign bosses have a hard time adjusting to the unique Norwegian workplace, where the management structure is very flat and bosses do not get anywhere near the respect found overseas. Norwegian workers are accustomed to having their say and prioritizing family life and leisure activities over r ...
- Last stop for music festival
This weekend’s Outdoor Extrema Norway music festival on Kalvøya outside of Oslo, may very well be the last hoorah for Norwegian electronica lovers. Odd Reinsfelt, mayor of Bærum municipality, announced on Sunday that the event should not be held next year, and police stated Monday afternoon th ...
- City Kids Move to the Country (and One Moves B ...
Pit-falls, projects and laughs from our Permaculture journey. Ah… Autumn… beautiful! “It’s just too hard!” the voice in my head said. “How am I going to cope with the house, garden, turbo-charged grass and eroding drive-way on my own, now that Chris has moved back to Brisbane for work?” Then ...
- My Beloved Weeds
by Mari Korhonen I’ve been exploring the world of edible weeds, and so found a new layer of bounty in the garden! Edible weeds from left to right: Fireweed shoots, young galeopsis, lamb’s quarter, chickweed, thistle shoots peeled, and corn spurry. Things in the garden even way up here in F ...
- Bad News, and Good News, for Greece
Warning — graphic protest content The bad news: Police have fired tear gas in running battles with stone-throwing youths in Athens, where a 48-hour general strike is being held against a parliamentary vote on tough austerity measures. Thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliame ...
- A Lesson for Our Future – the Cuban Experience
Part I Part II Part III Part IV Cuba has, for good reason, often been studied in a bid to pre-learn the lessons we need to understand if we’re to successfully transition into a post-peak oil world. The videos [...]
- The Good News About Coal
by Lester R. Brown, Earth Policy Institute During the years when governments and the media were focused on preparations for the 2009 Copenhagen climate negotiations, a powerful climate movement was emerging in the United States: the movement opposing the construction of new coal-fired power pla ...
- Microsoft Office 365 goes Live
Microsoft launched much awaited its cloud-based productivity and collaboration suite � Office 365 on Tuesday.Microsoft�s Office 365 is an online version of its Office software that combines to exchange e-mail, share point collaboration, the Office Web....Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech ...
- UK's Agent Mulder looks at Telegraph's X files ...
Nick Pope was employed by the Ministry of Defence to investigate alien abduction and sightings as part of their now defunct UFO Project. Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Millions of tonnes of wood being wasted every year
At least two million tonnes of unused woodfuel supplies a year could be used to heat rural schools, businesses and other buildings, the Forestry Commission has said. Submitted by Anna Smith to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- 20 Most Impressive Instances of Roommate Revenge
Not everyone loves their roommate, especially in college, when you may not even be able to choose the person you�re living with.Roommate hatred can sometimes get a little out of control, and many roommates decide to take out their revenge................Submitted by Anna Smith to Offbeat �|� �N ...
- San Francisco advisory board weighs pet sale ban
The US city of San Francisco is weighing a proposal to ban the sale of pets within its borders.Supporters say the ban would prevent needless suffering of animals, often bought on impulse by parents of children who soon tire of them. Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Com ...
- 6/24/11 - Chart of Energy Use by State and by ...
alternativeenergy.procon.org - NEW: Chart of Energy Use by State and by Source, 2008 - In 2008, the US used fossil fuels (coal, natural gas, and petroleum) for 83.5 percent of its energy needs. Renewable energy (wind, solar, and biofuels) accounted for 7.4 percent. Nuclear energy represented 8. ...
- 6/22/11 - Is the use of standardized tests imp ...
standardizedtests.procon.org - NEW ProCon.org Website! - Is the use of standardized tests improving education in America? - Standardized tests have been a part of American education since the mid-1800s. Their use skyrocketed after 2002's No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) mandated annual testing in ...
- 6/17/11 - Incarcerated Felon Population in the ...
felonvoting.procon.org - NEW: Incarcerated Felon Population in the US by Type of Crime Committed, 1974-2008 - As of 2008, US state and federal prisons housed a total of 1,544,634 inmates. In state prisons, the majority of the prisoners (52.4%) are in for violent crimes, while in federal prisons ...
- 6/17/11 - ProCon.org Wins Top 25 Website Award ...
www.procon.org - ProCon.org Wins Top 25 Website Award from American Library Association division along with TED, Wikileaks, and Google Translate - Thank you to the reference librarians who voted for ProCon.org and who have supported our work over the years.
- 6/14/11 - Prescription drugs advertised direct ...
prescriptiondrugs.procon.org - Prescription drugs advertised directly to consumers sell nine times better than drugs without such ads. On May 26, 2011 the Congressional Budget Office released a study on direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of new prescription drugs. According to the study, the a ...
- Flooding of Ancient Salton Sea Linked to San A ...
Southern California’s Salton Sea, once a large natural lake fed by the Colorado River, may play an important role in the earthquake cycle of the southern San Andreas Fault and may have triggered large earthquakes in the past. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, the ...
- Brain Rhythm Associated With Learning Also Lin ...
Rhythms in the brain that are associated with learning become stronger as the body moves faster, UCLA neurophysicists report in a new study. The research team, led by professor Mayank Mehta, used specialized microelectrodes to monitor an electrical signal known as the gamma rhythm in the brains ...
- The Brain on Trial
Advances in brain science are calling into question the volition behind many criminal acts. A leading neuroscientist describes how the foundations of our criminal-justice system are beginning to crumble, and proposes a new way forward for law and order. By David Eagleman Adrianna Williams/Corbis ...
- Hollowing out the ivory tower
Alison Wolf tells Tim Black that the now orthodox view of universities as engines of economic growth is making us lose sight of their primary purpose: the pursuit of knowledge. Tim Black âThe idea â which I have to say has affected large numbers of politicians â that you can just give people at ...
- Bigger, Safer, More Regulated
What the U.S. financial industry could learn from Chinese banksâand Chinese banking regulators. By Howard Davies Money being counted at the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited The Chinese financial system’s evolution in recent years has been extraordinary. In 2002, all of China’s maj ...
- Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting. The meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
- Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting. The meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
- Opening up scientific information: a shared hi ...
There are two parts to the story of the birth of the internet. Networked computers exchanging packets of information have existed since the 1960s, facilitated largely by a government project in the USA. Â Â The interface that allows anyone to share anything with anyone, anywhere – the combinatio ...
- Opening up scientific information: a shared hi ...
There are two parts to the story of the birth of the internet. Networked computers exchanging packets of information have existed since the 1960s, facilitated largely by a government project in the USA. Â Â The interface that allows anyone to share anything with anyone, anywhere – the combinatio ...
- Six academies synthetic biology symposium: eng ...
Synthetic biology can be described in quite simple terms; it is the design and production of novel biological systems and organisms. It is not so simply constituted. Biological research is a vast and heterogeneous enterprise. And so the engineering of biological entities, despite its simple des ...
- Ava Sambora Walks The Runway
more images LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com)- It seems that the celebrity children are making headlines now a days. Just few days back Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith’s daughter Willow Smith’s “Whip My Hair” went viral online, its time for Ava Sambora, the 13 year old daughter of Heather Locklear ...
- Tylenol Recall Ghost Haunts Johnson & Johnson
more images FORT WASHINGTON (GaeaTimes.com)- Johnson & Johnson the diversified pharmaceutical and health care company is back in news though for the wrong reasons. Tylenol is a product made by the company that is being recalled now in USA and Puerto Rico. This is not the first time that the co ...
- VHP seers meet in Ayodhya to decide on road ahead
AYODHYA - The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has convened a meeting of leading seers here Wednesday to decide on the road ahead after the verdict on the Ramjanmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute. The 41-member central committee of seers will assemble at the Karsewak Puram camp. Amongst those participat ...
- Indian?s fight against child marriage in focus ...
ABU DHABI - The spotlight was once again on India at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival, courtesy a British filmmaker. Kim Longinotto in “Pink Saris” depicted the evils of child marriage and the caste conflict in the interiors of northern India - and a woman’s fight to bring about change. In her doc ...
- Rebel JD-U MP warns against Nitish?s return to ...
PATNA - A day ahead of the first round of the six-phase Bihar assembly elections, a rebel leader of the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD-U) Wednesday appealed to farmers not to vote for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. In an appeal published in local Hindi dailies, Rajeev Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Sin ...
- TSA’s assault on human dignity continues ...
There has been the usual hand wringing and a flood of TV reports over the latest TSA outrage: the "grope down" of a six year old girl, daughter of Todd and Selena Drexel, at an airport in New Orleans. I present below some of the recent coverage: "Right now at Armstrong International ...
- Duelling carbon tax rallies in Sydney
Hereward Fenton reports on pro and anti carbon tax rallies held in Sydney on 2 April 2011. Some observations about these events: The anti-carbon tax protest was composed of a wide demographic in terms of age, education and occupation, whereas the pro carbon tax group appeared to be ma ...
- Goldstone’s shameful U-turn
Judge Richard Goldstone in the Gaza Strip, June 2009. (UN Photo) "If I had known then what I know now, the Goldstone report would have been a different document." Thus opens Judge Richard Goldstone's much-discussed op-ed in The Washington Post. I have a strong feeling that the editor might ...
- The 9/11 truth movement needs leaders
The 9/11 truth movement in Australia desperately needs YOUR help. We need YOU to take charge, step up and LEAD. The truth is, while a handful have exhausted both their energy and finances, thousands of sympathetic people have merely looked on. If you are one of those people, then, despite my ...
- Scott Grainger, fire protection engineer, blow ...
This interview is some raw footage of one of the world class experts appearing in Architects and Engineer's upcoming hard hitting documentary: "9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out" - AE911truth.org
- Oceana Identifies Carnivorous Sponge in the Me ...
Carnivorous sponge (Asbestopluma hypogea) among cnidaria and other sponges in Spain's Balearic Islands. © Oceana Exciting news from across the pond: Oceana scientists, along with scientists from German and Italian universities, have identified carnivorous sponges in the deep waters of the M ...
- Oceana Joins National Aquarium for Sea Turtle ...
A rehabilitated Kemp's ridley sea turtle is released back into the wild. © Oceana/Dustin Cranor Yesterday was an exciting day for 5 rehabilitated Kemp’s ridley sea turtles. Last November, the endangered sea turtles were found stranded on the beaches of Massachusetts after having fallen vict ...
- Exploring Uncharted Territory off Oregon's Coast
Vibrant gorgonian corals near Cape Arago, Oregon. © Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlights: On their final day in Oregon, the crew ventures into uncharted territory and finds a variety of corals and fish. Oregon Leg, Day 5 Frida ...
- ‘Oceana’ a WaPo Political Bestseller
You may have heard by now that actor and ocean activist Ted Danson wrote a book called "Oceana: Our Endangered Oceana and What We Can Do to Save Them". Washington Post writer Christopher Schoppa has also heard the news; he recently featured Danson’s book in his Political Bookworm column, naming ...
- Exploring Oregon's Coquille Bank
� Oceana This is part of a series of posts about our Pacific Hotspots expedition. Today's highlight: prehistoric hagfish. Oregon Leg, Day 4 Today we ran the R/V Miss Linda twenty miles west of Bandon, Oregon to Coquille Bank. This offshore bank, also known as the Bandon High Spot, rises ...
- Dueling Ads
I’m not as squeamish as some are about the Democratic super PAC Priorities USA arming for 2012. Karl Rove’s Crossroads ad, seen first below, which I’ve seen on Fox News channel several times, has been met by progressive Super PAC Priorities USA’s ad, seen second. Which one works for you?
- Pres. Obama’s News Conference
**UPDATED** Tweeting/retweeting Pres. Obama’s news conference, with select tweets below: Taylor Marsh: “It weighs on you,” circumstances hitting Americans. Then ode to Iowa, “put aside the expedience of short-term politics” to get it done. End Taylor Marsh: Obama: “I’ve been doing bin Laden, the ...
- Bachmann Makes Palin Seem Like Old News Now
PELLA, Iowa — Sarah Palin stared a bit uncomfortably at a movie screen Tuesday night watching a montage of Matt Damon, David Letterman, Madonna, Howard Stern, Bill Maher, Louis C.K. and other celebrities malign her, then asked The Hollywood Reporter: “What would make someone be so full of hate?” ...
- Mitch McConnell Won’t Budge, So We Await Obama ...
Please do not yield to outrageous Republican demands that would greatly increase suffering for the weakest and most vulnerable members of our society. Now is the time to stand with the tens of millions of Americans who are struggling to survive economically, not with the millionaires and billion ...
- Queer Talk: ‘Human Rights’ (Hillary), ‘States’ ...
Joyce Arnold is a liberal Independent activist whose weekly column “Queer Talk” appears on Saturday. Two events on Monday of this week added to the conversations about marriage equality. One was from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who talked about international LGBT rights as âhuman rights. ...
- Just In: Tiny Pop in Housing – Real tiny
This might turn into one of those “buy the rumor, sell the news” with the latest just out from Case-Shiller/S&P just crossing the wires: “New York, June 28, 2011 â Data through April 2011, released today by S&P Indices for … Continue reading →
- Coping: With St. Louis, MO
“You see, Mr. and Mrs. Ure, that rusty line across the river there? That’s how high the water got in our flooding in 1993. As you can see we’re well below that level now. But the water is expected to … Continue reading →
- Grinding Toward the Big Fall
(Detroit, MI)Â Near as I can figure it – and this is not investment advice – Today would be a good day to sit on the wallet since after dropping 115 Dow points Friday, the market is set to make … Continue reading →
- Coping: Those Much-Needed Writing Lessons
(Detroit, MI) Besides the best online columnist award going to Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times this weekend, there was a lot of discussion at the National Society of Newspaper Columnists here this weekend about writing, the challenges of “convergence” … Continue reading →
- Gee that was Fun Dept: Time to Rally?
(Detroit, MI) I shouldn’t read my own columns: Turned me into some who was reminiscent of the old day trading days. Into FAZ at 49.74 in the pre-market Thursday and out at 51, then flipped to the long side with … Continue reading →
- MIND CONTROL 69: God Does Not Know If You Will ...
To meâ¦â¦. this particular parable is one that I consider to be extremely important. Especially in relation to Godâs attitude to mankind. Jesus says: Mark 4:26-29 26 “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 Night and day, WHETHER HE SLEEPS OR GETS UP, THE S ...
- FUTURISTIC FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY – By: Ale ...
Filed under: CREATIVITY Tagged: creativity, Fashion, fashion photography, photography
- IS IT BRAGGING IF YOU’VE GOT IT? – ...
Have you ever listened to people brag about what they have? It’s not cool. Especially when you don’t have what it is they are bragging about. I remember hearing someone say once ‘Its not bragging if you can back it up’. At first, that came across as a very shallow thing to say. It however [...]
- PENCIL DRAWINGS – By: Andy Buck
Filed under: CREATIVITY Tagged: art, creativity, drawings
- MARVIN’S ROOM – By: Hamidat Popoola
We were in like. Sometime ago. Seems like it never happened now if you ask me though. The animosity, the negativity. You probably treat me worse than my worst enemy. I’m not a big fan of questions. So when you ask me when I ask you what went wrong what I think went wrong, you [...]
- Spine journal takes on double-dealing surgeons
Christopher M. Bono, MD of Brigham & Women's Hospital is one of the doctorsquestioning the integrity of industry-sponsored scientist who use Infuse, a bioengineered material is used to join vertebrae to reduce back pain. The NYTimes reports: In an extraordinary move, a group of spine speci ...
- Does the bioresearch industry need to be sold ...
Mayor Menino thinks so. Note that Boston used incentives to lure Vertex from Cambridge to Boston. And, he'll make a pitch at the Bio meeting today. The Globe reports: Boston officials are seizing on the city's status as a magnet for federal research funding in a new campaign to brand the emerg ...
- The science of food lectures @ Harvard to retu ...
These lectures were hugely popularlast year. Harvards has even lined up corporate sponsors. Here's a link to the F11 schedule. Arrive early. Here's one from last year. The kickoff event on Tuesday, Sept. 6, features Dave Arnold (Food Arts magazine's Contributing Editor for Equipment and Fo ...
- Harvard discovers " a Holy Grail of neuroscience."
So they say. This from Harvard Medical School: David Ferrero and Stephen Liberles, neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School, have discovered a single compound found in high concentrations in the urine of carnivores that triggers an instinctual avoidance response in mice and rats. This is the ...
- Cancer society arm lobbies to boost NIH funding
Patient advocacy groups like the American Cancer Society (ACS) have not been known for their hard-charging lobbying efforts. In fact, IRS rules prevent charities from getting involved in politics. But, these organizations have to be more than support groups if they want to raise real money for ...
- What does 'the pursuit of happiness' mean for ...
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC In a few days, we Americans will celebrate the 235th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. We take it for granted now, but that remarkabl ...
- New EPA E15 label won't keep higher ethanol bl ...
Sasha Lyutse, Policy Analyst, New York Today, the Environmental Protection Agency issued labeling requirements for fuel pumps dispensing E15—a blend of gasoline that contains up to 15% ethanol. This announcement follows up on EPA’s expansion earli ...
- Legislative Watch June 29, 2011
Legislative Watch, The Bulletin on Environmental Legislation from NRDC June was a busy month for environmental issues in Congress, with July looking to be even busier as more spending bills are taken up by the House. The House continued to pres ...
- California is One Big Step Closer to Protectin ...
Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco This afternoon, California came one important step closer to banning the sale, trade and distribution of shark fins. Assembly Bill 376 passed out of the Senate Natural Resources & Water ...
- Greening of the Prairie; Not Your Father's Kan ...
Rocky Kistner, Communications Associate, Washington, DC In the breadbasket of Kansas, where rusty, rotating oil wells pump silently in fields of wheat, corn and alfalfa, a clean energy revolution has taken root. Deep in the Bible Belt, it’s an unl ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 26 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, June 28, 2011: BART CA settled a portion of a lawsuit for $1.3mil to the mother of Oscar Grant who was fatally shot in the back while he was restrained on a train station floor [...]
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Monday, June 27, 2011: 5 Louisville KY cops sued alleging they beat man suffering from heat stroke while responding to pal’s call for help [3] http://bit.ly/kUc8bB Hancock Co ME settles suit ...
- Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 06-25 ...
Here are the 11 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of June 25-26, 2011: New York NY police sued by cop who was kicked, clubbed & maced after mistaken for suspect at daughter’s bday party [3] http://bit.ly/kiePJf Louisiana Supreme Cou ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, June 24, 2011: 7 Ottawa ON cops sued by man alleging he was beaten & arrested for asking to see warrant in masked drug raid [4] http://bit.ly/isYpBV Ottawa ON cop sued by man claimin ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Due to another hectic day and some computer issues, there were only 11 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, June 23, 2011: Detroit MI cops accused of abusing man in wheelchair, pushed him w/cruiser, then arrested veteran who complain ...
- Europe or NATO cannot win any war without U.S. ...
VOR – Boris Volkhonsky, senior research fellow, Russian Institute for Strategic Studies: Actually the war could be won, but what the whole campaign has proved is that Europe or NATO cannot win any war alone without the Americansâ help, and the United States seems to be reluctant to be involved a ...
- War is in the Air
Frontpage Mag – When one surveys the world situation, one cannot react with anything but intense disquiet and apprehension. The premonition of imminent catastrophe cannot be shunted aside as unthinkable or as the capricious imaginings of the congenitally unstable. War is in the air, as it was in ...
- Bank of England has Greek default contingency plan
BBC – The Bank of England has a contingency plan in place in case Greece defaults on its debt payments, its governor Sir Mervyn King has said. Speaking before the Treasury Committee, he would not say how likely he thought a default would be, but added that the markets put the risk at 80%. Sir [. ...
- Could We Actually See A War Between Syria And ...
End of the American Dream – In recent days, there have been persistent rumors that we could potentially be on the verge of a military conflict between Syria and Turkey. As impossible as such a thing may have seemed just a few months ago, it is now a very real possibility. Over the past sever ...
- 5 UK ships reach UAE for joint military drill
Abu Dhabi: Five Royal Navy warships will launch a series of amphibious and land-based exercises â called Sea Khanjar â with the UAE armed forces this week. The military manoeuvres will continue until July 6. The Royal Navy’s Response Task Force Group, which is led by the HMS (His Majesty’s Ship) ...
- TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 ...
Google has finally unleashed its long-rumoured social service, called Google+; is Biz Stone Twitter’s ‘Michaelangelo”, and there’s embarrassment for some Foursquare users today after a glitch led to badge mixups and spam tweets. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every ...
- TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tech news in 5 ...
Google has finally unleashed its long-rumoured social service, called Google+; is Biz Stone Twitter’s ‘Michaelangelo”, and there’s embarrassment for some Foursquare users today after a glitch led to badge mixups and spam tweets. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every ...
- Microsoft releases Windows Phone Mango to deve ...
While we here at TNW have had Mango for some time, hordes of hungry developers have been forced to wait to get their hands on the next version of Windows Phone. That ends today, as Microsoft has released Mango to its developer community. Microsoft is distributing Mango to developers now as part ...
- Google Calendar and Maps get a fresh new look… ...
“Oh, hello there!” I said to my shiny new Google Calendar this morning. Google has been busy revamping its products to reflect its new look, likely in celebration of its massive Google + social push. Here’s a screen shot of the new look: Starting today, you’ll notice a fresh new look for Googl ...
- Samsung complaint calls for import ban on Appl ...
The legal fight between smartphone giants Apple and Samsung has stepped up a gear after the Korean vendor filed a complaint calling for an import ban against the iPhone, iPad and iPod. FOSSpatents reports that Samsung filed a complaint (complaint no. 337-2824)Â with the International Trade Comm ...
- Time for Sustainable House Design
While the Federal Government is making half-hearted commitments to energy efficiency, trail-blazing architecture firms like G-O Logic Homes and Victoria�s own Sunpower Design are proving that sustainable housing need not cost an arm and a leg � nor necessitate the owning of a hair shirt. In Vic ...
- Labor’s Solar Flagships: Smoke and Mirrors…and ...
The Federal Government's choice of picking French state owned nuclear giant Areva to build a Solar plant based on out‐dated technology is a move that has surprised the climate and energy security think‐tank Beyond Zero Emissions. The proposed plant near the controversial coal seam gas fields at ...
- Clearing the Air on Climate Change
The annual �Science meets Parliament� (SMP) is underway this week. With debates raging over the carbon tax, representatives from The Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) are highlighting and addressing the poor scientific literacy exercised in political a ...
- Electric vehicles: will Australia miss its ride?
The future is looking bright for electric vehicles (EV) � and their investors. Last week, California-based EV infrastructure company Better Place Australia (BPA) signed a landmark deal with multi-utility company ActewAGL to the amount of $60 million dollars over ten years. The agreement will ho ...
- Renewable Energy Technologies Far Cheaper Than ...
Last week, cost reduction forecasts compiled in a new paper, the Renewable Energy Technology Cost Review (RETCR), raised questions about the technology costings relied on by governments and electricity planners. � Analysis of the report findings by Beyond Zero Emissions found that the cost ...
- Last search for the Eskimo curlew
The Eskimo curlew is (or perhaps, 'was') a small migratory shorebird with a long curved beak, perfect for searching shorelines and prairie grass for worms, grasshoppers and other insects, as well as goodies including berries. Described as cinnamon-colored, the bird nested in the Arctic tundra of ...
- Hot map hard to ignore: interactive map points ...
A global interactive map has been developed by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) to highlight climate impacts already occurring worldwide. From glacier melt risking water supplies in Bolivia to coral bleaching off the coast of Florida, the Climate Hot Map employs the best in climate scienc ...
- Pictures: Turquoise 'dragon' among 1,000 new s ...
Scientists discovered more than 1,000 previously unknown species during a decade of research in New Guinea, says a new report from WWF. While the majority of 1,060 species listed are plants and insects, the inventory includes 134 amphibians, 71 fish, 43 reptiles, 12 mammals, and 2 birds. Among ...
- Over 80 percent of urban Congolese eat bushmeat
Bushmeat is one of the major threats to wildlife in parts of Africa: large and medium-sized animals are vanishing from regions in a trend dubbed by biologists the 'empty forest syndrome'. A number of popularly consumed species are also threatened with global extinction. A new study in mongabay.c ...
- Serengeti road cancelled
In what is a victory for environmentalists, scientists, tourism, and the largest land migration on Earth, the Tanzanian government has cancelled a commercial road that would have cut through the northern portion of the Serengeti National Park. According to scientists the road would have severed ...
- The SLPP never lies but says it as it is
Since they assumed office in September 2007, thanks to Christiana Thorpe, Victor Angelo and others, the ruling APC have always endeavored to expose the SLPP to ridicule. One of their first gaffes was a public pronouncement that they found an empty kitty as the out gone government had misused or ...
- Poignant memories from the land of sweet liberty
Liberia, just as Ivory Coast’s capital, Abidjan was referred to as ‘Petite Paris,’ so was this country, the land of sweet liberty considered to be ‘Little America.’ It has seen the good and the worse times but once the guns went silent and the child soldiers realized it was no good to continue s ...
- Bar Association confab in Bo
The theme for this year’s conference is – “CELEBRATING THE JUBILEE: THE CONTINUED RELEVANCE OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION IN NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTâ. (Photo: President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, Mr. Reginald R.S. Fynn) The Keynote Speaker will be the Hon. Vice President of the Republic of Si ...
- Africa’s economy rebounds without jobs
Alimamy Bangura, a rice farmer in Makeni, eastern Sierra Leone, is unlikely to read the 2011 Economic Report on Africa written by experts of the African Union (AU) and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). The report forecasts a 5 per cent economic growth rate for the continent this year. ...
- Bellamy to admit girls in academy
Bellamy makes a point to some of the boys at his academy (Photo courtesy of Craig Bellamy Foundation) Craig Bellamy hopes to create opportunities for girls in Sierra Leone by welcoming them into his academy. The Wales forward made the announcement after spending 10 days evaluating progress at th ...
- Fonterra seeks European joint venture for cheese
Dairy giant Fonterra is in talks with a number of European dairy processors about a joint venture to produce cheese and whey, an Irish media report says.The Irish Independent reported that Fonterra was in talks with 10 processors,...
- Fonterra lifts share to keep milk top spot
Fonterra is the biggest milk processor in the world, according to a report by the International Farm Comparison Network.The network's research activities included global benchmarking of dairy-farming systems, monitoring prices...
- Second milk pricing probe underway
A second probe into Fonterra's milk pricing has been launched, with an interdepartmental group spanning three Government agencies looking into the issue.The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF), the Ministry of Economic...
- Natural Dairy, blocked on Crafar farms, still ...
Natural Dairy NZ Holdings, the Hong Kong company blocked from buying the Crafar farms last year, has started selling New Zealand-made dairy products in China after UBNZ Funds Management was granted approval to export. Natural...
- Mark Lister: Dairy giant may soon offer taste ...
At our annual investor conference last week, one of the presentations was from Fonterra. Feedback from the 600 private client attendees was that this was one of the most interesting talks of the day. This was no small feat given...
- Michael Schmidt to speak at Institute of Holis ...
The following is an introduction by Sarah Dobec, IHNâs Nutrition and The Environment instructor: MICHAEL SCHMIDT: RAW MILK, BIODYNAMIC FARMING AND THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE. “Bernard is right; the pathogen is nothing; the terrain is everything.” — Louis Pasteur Michael Schmidt … Continue reading →
- The pursuit of one’s trade — econo ...
By Karen Selick Bad legal reasoning â especially when it comes from the countryâs highest court â is similar to an urban legend. Once launched into the world of legal precedent, bad reasoning gets stripped down to a pithy slogan, … Continue reading →
- “Food – the ultimate secret, expos ...
From Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: “The grocery store, along with your kitchen sink, are two of the most dangerous places in the world. In a special video, Alex Jones addresses one of the darkest modes of power the globalists have used … Continue reading →
- Wisconsin raw milk policy working group report ...
Click here to download a pdf version of the report. (261 pages, 7.8 Mb file)
- Monsanto’s leading activist has a tough ...
From Brandon Turbeville, writing for the Activist Post: “In recent months there have been many articles dealing with the intensification of the war on milk launched by the FDA. (See here and here. Also here.) I myself, have written articles explaining the dangers of corporate control of ...
- Q&A: "Africa Can Provide More Than Minerals in ...
South-South co-operation is firmly on Africa's agenda. Leading the way is South Africa, which has recently joined up with Brazil, Russia, India and China's BRIC formation to form a new global grouping of emerging markets, known as BRICS.
- Taliban Fighters Attack Landmark Kabul Hotel
An overnight assault by Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers on a major hotel in Kabul has ended with the killing of the attackers by security forces and the deaths of up to 10 other people, according to officials.
- SUDAN: Southern Kordofan - A State of Ghost Towns
While humanitarian organisations try to bury the corpses scattered across Southern Kordofan, aid to the thousands of people displaced by the fighting is slow as the country's humanitarian commission has prohibited most aid organisations from working in the area.
- NAMIBIA: Investing in the Health of Farm Workers
In one of the most sparsely populated countries on the planet, people travel up to 200 kilometres in the simmering heat to see a nurse or get basic medication.
- SOUTHERN AFRICA: Getting Water to the People
The Southern African region is underutilising its water – a resource to which its citizens already have limited access.
- The end of monarchical exceptionalism
The notion of monarchical exceptionalism rests on two premises, only one of which has any basis in reality. The first premise is that monarchies that allow for some degree of political participation - notably Morocco, Jordan, and Kuwait - can tolerate a much broader space for legal political dis ...
- Archaeology in Ōtautahi/Christchurch
1: What is the effect of liquefaction on buried archaeological remains in the quake zones? 2: Are the buildings being monitored and recorded appropriately? .. media have been reporting the work of such groups as Cera, NZHPT, the Recovery Council, Engineering Firms and Architects from the b ...
- Has ANZUS passed its use-by date?
FOR sixty years the ANZUS alliance has been the holy grail of Australian security policy. It is the alliance on which Australia ultimately relies for national survival in the event of an armed attack that it can’t repel alone. But questions are emerging about the long-term value of ANZUS to A ...
- AJ: Afghan war on 'agriterror'
The narcotics trade thrives in Afghanistan, but why are poppy lords not prosecuted with the same zeal as the Taliban? The opium economy makes up an estimated 35 per cent of Afghanistan's GDP. It is vital to the livelihoods of millions of Afghans who work all along the poppy chain: from farmin ...
- Italy beyond Berlusconi
Italy’s opposition has wounded Silvio Berlusconi. But it is still far from removing the prime minister - and even further from healing Italian democracy. Here, the case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn offers important lessons, says Geoff Andrews.
- Back home on the range
It’s a little-known fact: Half the Earth’s surface is foraged by domesticated animals, which has enormous impacts on our increasingly precious fresh water. In British Columbia alone, about 50 percent of mostly crown land is licensed to ranchers who need forage and water for their 400,000 head of ...
- Living on the edge
It’s not unusual for scientists to become excited when talking about their research. But Ken Storey is an explosion of exuberance, repeatedly interrupting his own discourse to head in new directions. Such frenetic energy is paradoxical for a man whose research deals with organisms that can delib ...
- Giving thanks
“Greed, for lack of a better word, is good,” Michael Douglas’s character famously declared in the movie Wall Street. “Greed is right. Greed works.” It was after filming last year’s sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, that Douglas noticed a strain in his larynx and soreness in his jaw. His d ...
- The people’s museum
While the recent major renovations to the University of British Columbia’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA) involved plenty of additions and upgrades to its infrastructure, it’s the way people can now use the space that’s really transformed it. When MOA moved from the basement of the UBC Library int ...
- Opening up
“It has truly been a partnership with reciprocal benefits,” says Kathy Hegadoren when asked about her work with immigrant women. And when the professor of nursing at the University of Alberta tells her story, it’s easy to see why. Holder of a Canada Research Chair in Stress-related Disorders in ...
- Queensland, Australia: Army of rats 'the size ...
Over-sized rats are taking up residence southwest of Brisbane at Goodna, as residents slowly move back into their flood-affected homes. The Courier-Mail website was overwhelmed with comments from readers complaining of large rats creating havoc in homes from Caboolture and Narangba to the inn ...
- UFOs seen in London skies: Real or hoax? (PHOT ...
A series of mystifying flying objects were seen in London skies on Friday, June 24, bringing the same unanswered question to the fore - do UFOs really exist? Several videos were captured from different angles. Many skeptics alleged that the videos could be tricks. But, it's not yet explained ho ...
- The "Cancer-Causing Convenience" All Women Sho ...
Human and animal studies show that a group of genes called the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) can influence odor. In general, females prefer the odor of mates with a dissimilar MHC -- but this effect is reversed in women on oral contraceptive pills. A study found that that single women ...
- Microsoft patents spy tech for Skype
'Legal Intercept' will allow it to silently record VoIP communications. A newly patented Microsoft technology called Legal Intercept that would allow the company to secretly intercept, monitor and record Skype calls is stoking privacy concerns. Microsoft's patent application for Legal Intercep ...
- US: Huge Rock Avalanches Rumble Down Mount Rainier
Some of the biggest rock avalanches in years have been roaring off Mount Rainier the past several days, kicking up billowing clouds of dust and propelling rivers of muddy debris nearly two miles down the volcano's flanks. Some of the biggest rock avalanches in years have been roaring off Mount ...
- Priceless
�What do MasterCard, Visa, Bank of America, Paypal and Western Union all have in common? They help you pay for what you want? Well, yes... that is unless you want to help WikiLeaks make the world a better place. To see the shocking details, please go to�wikileaks.org/�support.html. Original�f ...
- Signs of Stevie?
ZOMBIE INVASION!!! RUN!!! According to the CBC, which warns us in a report, "Zombie apocalypse warning in St. John's". Lord t'underin' — Newfie zombies!The sign, which had been expected to advise motorists of construction that started Monday on Portugal Cove Road, had been programmed with other ...
- At the going down of the sun...
With condolences and respect to the family and friends of Master Corporal Francis Roy, Canadian Special Operations Regiment, Petawawa. Servitum Nulli Secundus Viam Inveniemus
- A song for Billy Blair. . .
AND THE REST OF THE G20 WEASELS. They arrested too many of the wrong people: middle class Canadians who are educated and have money — and lawyers. Billy and the weasels are just starting to realize that this problem isn't going away. I wonder how Officer Bubbles is doing these days? Anyway, the ...
- You're off your meds again, James
I sometimes read James Howard Kunstler's blog on contemporary life and the post-oil future. His rants are often quite similar from week to week but there are nuggets of insight in thinking. At times though, one thinks his been into the sauce a little much. Between the homophobia and rambling pop ...
- Right-Wing Media Attack Revenue Increases As S ...
Conservative media have remained adamantly opposed to any revenue increases when covering the current negotiations over the looming default crisis. In fact, several prominent conservative economists disagree and have said that new revenue should be part of an agreement.Right-Wing Media Attack T ...
- Wall Street Journal Spins Fracking St ...
A Wall Street Journal editorial obscured the fact that a Duke University study strongly suggested methane from a natural gas extraction process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, contaminated water supplies.WSJ Dismisses Duke University Findings On Methane Contamination WSJ Suggested ...
- Washington Times' History Of Anti-Gay ...
The incoming editor of The Washington Times, Ed Kelley, recently suggested he was not familiar with the newspaper's long history of anti-gay attacks, saying the only controversy he had heard on the issue was "a change in whether or not the term either civil unions or gay marriage or something, ...
- Neal Boortz Uses Mythology To Say The Bush Tax ...
Writing in the Atlanta Journal Constitution, syndicated radio host Neal Boortz perpetuated the myth that tax cuts increase revenue to bolster his argument that the Bush tax cuts "worked." Economists have said the Bush tax cuts reduced revenue and had little positive impact on the economy.Boortz ...
- Fox Panel Teams Up To Promote A Bushel Of Misi ...
A seven-minute segment on Fox News' America Live featured a deluge of falsehoods and distortions about President Obama's health care reform record, including the false suggestion that PricewaterhouseCoopers found that health care reform is responsible for rising costs. In fact, Pricewaterhouse ...
- Don't Know Much about Geography
One of the most absurd arguments for a continuing presence in Afghanistan propounded the morning after President Obama's speech was this one from Bruce Reidel, military industrial apparatchik and his New York Times mouthpiece David Sanger. What the raid of the Bin Laden compound in Abbottabad, ...
- Netanyahu Delegitimizes Israel
The "pro-Israel" lobby's latest hobbyhorse is "delegitimization." Those who criticize Israeli policies are accused of trying to "delegitimize" Israel, which supposedly means denying Israel's right to exist. Even President Obama has gotten into the act, stating in his May 19 speech that "for ...
- Greece, Economists, And The Value Of The Euro
Is the euro bad for Greece? "I've never seen Europe in such dire straits," Roger Cohen writes in yesterday's Times. "Greece is full of the aganaktismenoi, or the outraged, who resent the sharp cuts and sales of state industries made necessary because there is no drachma to devalue in order to re ...
- David Brooks' Shot at Foreign Aid
In his trademark fashion, David Brooks crams a lot of issues into his critique today of US reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan: ambitious government initiatives, social engineering, the poverty-violence link (known in the trade as "greed v. grievance"), the (in)effectiveness of foreign aid, an ...
- Political art at its worst
For anyone closely following the Palestinian-Israeli issue, nothing is more insulting than the world's political players peddling another peace initiative, crusading as the ultimate formula to extract the conflict from its current abyss. The most recent episode of such political peddling happ ...
- Shenandoah National Park from Space {Photo of ...
The Thematic Mapper on the Landsat satellite captured this view of the heart of Shenandoah National Park on October 10, 2010, at the height of fall.
- Whale Songs — More Complicated than You Think… ...
A StumbleUpon friend of mine recently shared a TREMENDOUS article on whales and whale music with me. To put the effect in the simplest and most straightforward terms I can, it has forever transformed my view of whales and it has had a considerable impact on me, in general. I will share the intro ...
- Bold Native {VIDEO}
I'm ashamed to say that I hadn't heard about this excellent animal liberation film, Bold Native, until a friend shared it with me on StumbleUpon. Haven't heard of Bold Native either? Here's an intro from the website (and above is a trailer)...
- Ocean Currents Speeding Melting Glaciers
New research has shown that strong ocean currents running under the West Antrarctic’s Pine Island Glacier Ice Shelf are eating away at the ice from below, contributing to the rapid decline in the shelf’s mass, thus increasing the amount of meltwater running into the oceans.
- Ants Marching in Death Spiral, & Why {VIDEO}
This is a crazy video my brother just shared with me. Yes, those are ants, TONS of them. And, yes, they are just marching in circles.
- Obama’s Katrina - Environment/Nature
The devastation of New Orleans and much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in August 2005 by Hurricane Katrina exposed the incompetence and criminal indifference of the Bush administration. A great American city was virtually destroyed by the failure of the levees maintained by the US Army Co ...
- Israel threatens violence against Gaza aid con ...
Israel has threatened violent repression against the Freedom Flotilla II aid convoy, due to sail this week for Gaza. On Monday Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet ordered the Israeli Defence Force to “act resolutely” to stop the flotilla. The order called on the armed forces to “avoid friction” ...
- A Tribute. Jackson Browne, The Loadout/Stay & ...
DEDICATED TO HANS GARRETT BLOUGH January 1, 1972 - June 28, 1990 Like most young men, Hans loved his music and Jackson Browne and Pink Floyd were his favorite musicians when he made his crossing to the other side. The photograph above was taken of him driving our rented ca ...
- 'NATO drops uranium bombs on Libya' - World News
The Center for Research on Globalization says the bombs and missiles that the US-led military alliance has dropped on several Libyan cities contain depleted uranium (DU). Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, a research associate at the CRG center, told Press TV that there are several ...
- The Super Rich Sabotage The Arab Revolutions ...
With revolutions sweeping the Arab world and bubbling-up across Europe, aging tyrants or discredited governments are doing their best to cling to power. It's hard to over-exaggerate the importance of these events: the global political and economic status-quo is in deep crisis. If pro-dem ...
- Big Government Socialism
The really brilliant part of Big Republican Socialism is that after 70 years of Big Lying about necessary regulations being "onerous," now repugs can label their murderous bulldozing of public services as mere "regulation." Steve Benen: It's not exactly new that conservative policymakers hope t ...
- The Nightowl Newswrap
Because changing Wikipedia is the same thing as changing history... Michele Bachmann was on Good Morning America Tuesday morning, her first national appearance on the teevee machine since her unintentionally-hilarious campaign launch in Waterloo, Iowa on Monday. Her GMA appearance was a gaffe-ri ...
- Bachmann Mistakes Her Ass For A Hole In The Ground
Andy Borowitz via BartCop:
- Another edition of simple answers to simple qu ...
No. On a vehicle in west central Missouri, obviously one of the 27 percent. It has to be someone with a really short attention span.
- Let Your Windows Make Your Electricity
Renewable energy is cool - beyond the basic coolness of getting power from the sun, the wind, the ground, the ocean waves and who knows what else, renewable energy is constantly innovating, coming up with new and super-cool ways to make electricity cleanly and easily. From TPM: A start-up in Nor ...
- Rat eradication could save seabirds on Henders ...
The RSPB is embarking on a scheme to save the seabirds on Henderson Island, a UK overseas territory. The birds are under severe threat because of invasive rats that prey on their chicks. Submitted by Nancy Bridget to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- BANGLADESH: Child Smugglers Risk Life for a ...
Life along the India-Bangladesh border has become a dangerous game for poverty-stricken children trying to make the most of their location by bootlegging. On either side, poverty has produced a large number of young local smugglers, transporting anything Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World �|� ...
- Why pain occurs in the back?
Poor posture, obesity, weak muscles and stress are four factors that increase the possibility of pain in her lower back.Submitted by Manuela N. to Health & Wellness �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- Good news for orangutan and pygmy elephants in ...
Orang-utan and Pygmy Elephant survival in the Heart of Borneo has received a major boost with the certification of nearly 300,000 hectares of important habitat in the forest reserves of Ulu Segama-Malua and Tangkulap-PinangaSubmitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
- TAKE ACTION!! Defend Habitat for Pennsylvani ...
Pennsylvania's endangered bog turtles rely on the restoration of the state's vanishing wetlands for their survival. Please urge your members of Congress to protect our wildlife by rejecting funding cuts to crucial conservation programs. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� ...
- Kabul Hotel Attack & Open Thread
I just heard Bret Baier say that Fox News has received reports that U.S. Blackhawk helicopters have “fired upon the militants, or some of them, who assaulted the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan.” Baier promises updates as warranted. And this comes from the New York Times: KABUL, Afg ...
- Pakistan’s Urban Sprawl
It’s surprising to many that the majority of Pakistanis support the Islamists and their apologists as the saviors of their religion. But this didn’t happen overnight. The mindset of the large segment of society didn’t change with a blink of an eye. No serious attempt has been made to analyse thi ...
- Ten-Point Lead Bachmann
TV celebrity Chris Wallace asks Michelle Bachmann, “Are you a flake?” and within hours Chris Wallace is recording an apology to Michelle Bachmann for asking, “Are you a flake?” What is flakier, the question from Chris Wallace, the apology from Chris Wallace (“I messed up, I’m sorry”) or the agit ...
- Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates: A Tough ...
Reprinted from Truthout.org (read the comments) with the express permission of of Larry’s longtime friend Mel Goodman, whose biography is at the end of this post, along with a note from Larry about Mel’s views. _______________________________________________ CIA director Leon Panetta soon will b ...
- Taxpayers Subsidize Media Matters, And Obama P ...
Yes, aren’t you so glad to learn that your tax paying dollars are going to David Brock’s Media Matters? Whether you are or not, they surely are: David Brock, the conservative turned liberal advocate, has recently garnered a considerable amount of press coverage for his attacks on Fox News for, a ...
- Man's Environmental Impact on Iceland's Island ...
Humans have played an important and degrading role in the ecology of Iceland. Find out more... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Smiling Tarsier Now Considered Among World's M ...
Two amazing creatures, both added to the critically endangered IUCN Red List this year. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Faces Found in Objects!
Buildings, rocks, landscapes, plants and even smaller items like clocks and electric meters seem like they've been designed with our image in mind... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Pacific Ocean's Corridors: The Serengeti of th ...
A study has shown that marine predators migrate in two huge corridors of the Pacific Ocean, massive areas akin to Africa's Serengeti where life flourishes. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article ...
- Bizarre and Downright Dirty Animal Adaptations
Our creature cousins have evolved some seriously strange and sometimes quite disgusting adaptations in order to survive on this planet of ours... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...
Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in t ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare p ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government ...
- Justice for John Milton
By Erik White, I am writing today to tell you of a great miscarriage of justice, in our public education system. The greatest teacher I have ever known, John Milton, has been fired from De Anza Community College, for an obscene gesture or phrase. Whether or not John is guilty of the obscenity, t ...
- Let the Massive Mortgage Fraud Class Action Begin
There hasn’t been much in the way of justice for the average citizen for quite a while. Often, those accused of crimes cannot afford adequate representation and are subject to “let’s make a deal justice.” If you’re unfortunate enough to be sued or party to a divorce proceeding, you soon lear ...
- FOX News Takes Over NPR
NPR played an interview with a potential voter this a.m. âI am glad she [Bachman] is running, she will bring common sense to the race.â Morning Marketplace announced this a.m. that New Jersey’s Governor Christie is negotiating an open credit line to J.P. Morgan for $2.25 billion dollars. If ...
- US wars, economic disaster well-intended mista ...
source: Carl Herman, Examiner.com The American public struggles with political rhetoric and US corporate media to discern fact from spin. “As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.” unsourced and attributed to Andrew Carnegie What US “leadership” has done ...
- Rebuilding an Open Democratic University
California State University is celebrating 50th years of being the nations leading university. The web page http://www.calstate.edu/50th/ asked for comments from people about the next fifty years. Here is my response. California State University Over the Next Fifty Years (After the Democracy Rev ...
- Vietghanistan: A Quagmire Illustrated
- Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rag ...
By Harvey Wasserman Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, explosion, incineration, courtroom contempt and drowning of its most lethal industry. We know only two things for certain: worse is yet to come, and those in charge are lying about it -- at least to the extent of wha ...
- Obama should support the Audacity of Hope, con ...
By Ann Wright, The Hill This week, some 40 American citizens, including myself, will peacefully attempt to break Israel's illegal naval blockade of the Gaza Strip. The flotilla that we will be a part of is expected to consist of 10 boats carrying human rights advocates from around the world and ...
- Local Dems make Afghanistan 2012 caucus issue
BY LINDSAY DOUGLAS, The Daily Iowan Organizers in Iowa City are frustrated at President Obama’s war record and are organizing caucus delegates to push for a quicker end to the war in Afghanistan. With the group Health Care Not Warfare, University of Iowa history Professor Jeff Cox is spearheadin ...
- Israeli Anti-Freedom Flotilla II Propaganda
Israeli Anti-Freedom Flotilla II Propaganda - by Stephen Lendman On June 27, its press release headlined, "GAZA, WE ARE COMING. Despite pressure and threats of violence, flotilla will sail." On June 27, A US Boat to Gaza Audacity of Hope press conference reiterated a determination to sail despit ...
- Your bike seat could ruin your sex life
by Jess Zimmerman. Bike seats may contribute to erectile dysfunction -- and it's no surprise, when you consider where you shove 'em. “When you sit on a regular bike saddle, you’re sitting on your penis,” says reproductive physiologist Steven Schrader. If that didn't just make you cross ...
- When it comes to green, what you buy matters m ...
by Sarah Laskow. Get off your high horse, New Yorkers! City dwellers might do some environmental good by driving less and living in smaller spaces. But living in a city doesn't affect a person's carbon footprint as much as the amount that he or she buys. It's simple: living in a city ...
- Turtle sex disrupts air travel
by Jess Zimmerman. Some flights out of JFK International Airport were delayed today as officials scrambled to clear runways of turtles. Apparently the diamondback terrapins, which live in nearby Jamaica Bay, were all "oh yeah, buiding a runway next to our habitat? That's how you're gon ...
- Top 5 animals going extinct because some guy c ...
by Christopher Mims. Madagascar's tortoises are being�wiped out by a "tortoise mafia" that authorities are powerless to stop. One reason: their shells are prized as an aphrodisiac in some parts of Asia. You might ask, "well, what hasn't been touted as the hidden folk-medical secret to let ...
- Google’s plan for cleantech world domina ...
by Christopher Mims. Google set out to discover the effects of technological breakthroughs, and in the process discovered that strong government policies are key to accelerating their penetration into the market. Radical new battery technology and solar panels are great, but regular consu ...
- Hiatus
‘Farming Pathogens’ will be taking a break while we finish up a book on many of the topics discussed here, including influenza and agribusiness. Thank you for your support and feedback. We’ll be back soon, promise, and in all likelihood will drop a post now and again. Agriculture, disease and ev ...
- Tiger By the Tale
–Landlady… –My name is Rosenberg. –I didn’t know there were Jews in Dublin! She grimaces, palpably, and says, –Yes, there are Jews in Dublin. –Well, then, Mrs. O’Rosenberg, what can you tell me about the Celtic Tiger? Has it bitten anybody lately? –Bitten? –Yes. Where is this tiger now, and does ...
- Marable’s Malcolm
It’s Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution (and he’ll cry if he wants to). But do he and other lambrusco liberals bandying about the term know what revolution really means, or even care? In the first of several posts on food and revolution over the next couple months, I retweet passing thoughts I poste ...
- A Bayesian Market
Found this job posting: Your research will cover any area of evolutionary biology, including adaptation, phylogenetics, population genetics and environmental genomics. You should be using advanced data acquisition and/or analytical approaches (e.g., high-throughput sequencing or other “omics”, B ...
- Fork in the Road
This is the final installment of the ‘big picture’ on global food crises I co-authored with Richard Kock and Robyn Alders. The first two can be found here and here. We learned food insecurity and disease outbreaks can serve as a cover for a particular capital-securitized science tied into spread ...
- A Note Of Bad News….
To my blogging friends: I have some very bad news. My daughter-in-law was killed last night in an auto accident. It was her 30th birthday & she leaves behind my son & my two young grandchildren. I will be taking time away from posting for awhile. Please drive carefully over the holiday weekend! ...
- Israel to Stop Flotilla “Without Physica ...
Clinton: Gaza flotilla a bid to provoke Israel by Gaza Flotilla 101 June 23, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday criticized activists planning to challenge Israel’s sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying their efforts are neither “necessary or useful” in helping the Palest ...
- The Invisible Army
The Invisible Army For foreign workers on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, war can be hell. The New Yorker by Sarah Stillman June 6, 2011 It was lunchtime in Suva, Fiji, a slow day at the end of the tourist season in September of 2007, when four men appeared in the doorway of the [...]
- Christ Rice: Ca$hing in on Hard Times
Click pic to enlarge A coleague just resently recieved this in the mail from the future CEO of this company. We’re excited about moving forward on this and anticipate putting food on the table on a global basis. and as far as promotion goes, all options will be on the table. When the times get ...
- Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart In Sex Bias Case
Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart In Sex Bias Case Huffington Post First Posted: 06/20/11 10:30 AM ET Updated: 06/20/11 02:16 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of female employees in a decision that makes i ...
- Restoring Freedom In Tennessee
By Franklin Sanders Remember General Nathan Bedford Forrest at Battle of Brice’s Crossroads, 147 years ago, 10 June 1864, between here & Tupelo, Mississippi. Forrest was the greatest military commander Tennessee ever produced, the greatest the South and North America ever produced, and perhaps ...
- Executive Order - Establishment of the White H ...
For Immediate Release June 09, 201 By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America and in order to enhance Federal engagement with rural communities, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Sixteen percent of the American p ...
- Quote du Jour
“You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.” ~ Ayn Rand Related reading: Ayn Rand Wikipedia A Brief Biography of Ayn Rand ARI
- Housing Equity
By Joe Weisenthal [click on the image for a larger version] Continue reading the article . . .
- Double Red Alert - Missouri Farm Land
Posted By Ann Barnhardt - June 24, 2011 Two HUGE intel leads in my email box this morning from way-back contacts that I’ve had for years, that are actually somewhat connected concepts. 1. File this one under “Now It All Makes Sense”. A Missouri farming and ranching contact just got off a confere ...
- Times Scare
ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
- Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more��
- Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri Lank ...
- Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more��
- Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more��
- Attritionist Letter #1 – the tides turn, ...
Summary:   With US military forces engaged around the world in the long war, with three conflicts burning at once (on very different scales), the doctrines we choose may have a large effect on American history. This, the first of the Attritionist Letters, describes the issues and the sta ...
- Attritionist Letter #1 – the tides turn, ...
Summary:   With US military forces engaged around the world in the long war, with three conflicts burning at once (on very different scales), the doctrines we choose may have a large effect on American history. This, the first of the Attritionist Letters, describes the issues and the sta ...
- The Attritionist Letters, volleys in the long ...
Summary: Key points of military history are marked by debates among soldiers, usually invisible to the public but affecting the course of nations. Such a debate is underway now about the doctrines by which we wage the long war against jihadists and their allies. With the permission of the th ...
- The Attritionist Letters, volleys in the long ...
Summary: Key points of military history are marked by debates among soldiers, usually invisible to the public but affecting the course of nations. Such a debate is underway now about the doctrines by which we wage the long war against jihadists and their allies. With the permission of the th ...
- Could a new Constitutional Convention help ref ...
Summary: Many people seek changes to the Constitution as a palliative to our problems. Disappointment awaits them, especially if they succeed. Proper treatment requires accurate diagnosis, and even a cursory look at America shows that our problems have a simple cause. Us. Tinkering with the ...
- Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported. Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, calle ...
- Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point since mid-Dece ...
- British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
- Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 ...
- Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. A conf ...
- Obama’s Speech: Beyond Troop Levels and Timet ...
In many ways, the President’s decision to withdraw 10-thousand troops this year and an additional 23-thousand next year was anticlimactic. For weeks prognosticators had expected this level of withdrawal, and unsurprisingly Obama has staked out the middle ground between war skeptics and war b ...
- Isn't It Possible That Our Military Operations ...
There is widely accepted (though largely unexamined) conventional wisdom in US national security circles which holds that our military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan are serving to stabilize the Pakistani state. Or, as it is more commonly construed, that the withdrawal of a large porti ...
- June 2011 Deadliest Month for US Forces in Ira ...
Three more American soldiers died in Iraq on June 26, 2011 making it the deadliest month for U.S. forces in over two years. Two soldiers were killed by grenades and small arms fire in Diyala province. This might have been the work of Sadr’s Promised Day Brigades. Also on that day, a U.S. soldie ...
- Number of Contractors In Afghanistan Will Surg ...
The number of contractors in Afghanistan is likely to increase significantly in the next year as the Obama administration pulls back some of the extra 68,000 troops that it has dispatched there since January 2009. Typically, the U.S. pays one contractor to support every soldier that has deployed ...
- Diplomatic Wounds Leave Half-Healed Scars for ...
Turkey and Israel are close to resolving their dispute over last year's flotilla fiasco, but the partnership that existed between them for more than a decade will almost certainly stay submerged. As a new flotilla of ships prepared to set sail for Gaza Tuesday, Turkish and Israeli officials ...
- Getting More Health Care for Less
Matt Yglesias asked yesterday if we're ready to accept cheaper health care if it's as almost as good as the health care we're paying for now. I'm ready to raise my hand and say that yes, I would, because, in my particular case, at least, I think that cheaper health care that sacrificed quality o ...
- Skype in the House.
The House of Representatives will now let members and their staff use the video conferencing tool Skype and its lesser-known competitor ooVoo on campus, the Committee on House Administration has announced. This embrace of Skype by the House has long been in the works. The use of services l ...
- What the Video-Game Ruling Was Really About
You may have seen reports of yesterday's Supreme Court ruling that video games deserve First Amendment protection and therefore California's law banning the sale of violent games to minors was unconstitutional, but what you may not have seen, if you just skimmed the coverage, is what the case wa ...
- More Hope for Campaign Finance Reformers
I overlooked this in yesterday's post, but the Supreme Court's decision in McComish v. Bennett does more than just strike down the "trigger" mechanism in Arizona's public-financing law, which provides funds to participating candidates when they're outspent by opponents; it keeps Connecticut lawm ...
- Fox Always Wins, According to Fox
In his ongoing argument with Fox News' Chris Wallace, Jon Stewart gets to the heart of Fox's game: The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cOh, for Fox Sakewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogThe Daily Show on Facebook It really isn't so much abo ...
- We Know the GOP is the Corporate Party? Where ...
PATRICIA A. WELLER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Republicans are disingenuous to say the least. They want us to believe that their policies will help the country and, even better, will help all Americans. Anyone who can't see through that has their eyes closed. This is a party who refuses to negoti ...
- Bachmann Confuses Famous Movie Icon With Infam ...
TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Is she an absolute idiot? This proof is prima facie: She mixed up John Wayne And John Wayne Gacy Read Article: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/bachmann-confuses-john-wayne-with-john-wayne-gacy-video.php?ref=fpb
- Republican Non-Answers
Body An astonishing ability most Republicans seem to share is the appearance of listening to a question, and carefully avoiding anything resembling an appropriate answer. The use of the non-answer these days obfuscates the real issues involved in raising the debt ceiling for examp ...
- Would You Put Your Life on the Line for Justic ...
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT In an era of petitioning our grievances via email, it is hard to remember that people have, in the past, put their lives on the line for justice in America. They changed the course of the US by making history, not by expecting politicians to do it ...
- David Prosser and Clarence Thomas Are Strangli ...
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT They are leaving a legacy of injustice: Clarence Thomas and David Prosser. Already on record as having called the chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court a "bitch" who he vowed to "destroy" last year, now Prosser is accused by another female s ...
- The real reason for pruney fingers
The real reason for pruney fingers – Sit in a bath too long and your fingers will wrinkle up. Everyone from 5 to 95 knows that. The scientific explanation was always that the skin absorbs water and the underlying layer buckles. That’s as may be, but writing in Nature News, Ed Yong explains an ex ...
- 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 ...
- US Boat Rejects Israeli Army Allegation of Vio ...
Passengers on the U.S. boat to Gaza rejected as ludicrous and provocative an unsubstantiated accusation by the Israeli Army that passengers in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla plan to kill IDF soldiers with chemical weapons. The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday an Israeli Defense Forces allegation th ...
- War Powers Expert Disputes Obama Administratio ...
Today, Louis Fisher, a member of The Constitution Project's (TCP) bipartisan War Powers Committee testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on the legal and constitutional justifications for U.S. military operations in Libya.read more
- ACLU Reaffirms Support for DREAM Act in Statem ...
In a statement today to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, the American Civil Liberties Union reaffirmed its support for the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, S.952, introduced by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) and co-sponsor ...
- New Report Shows America’s National Parks Are ...
New research released today by the nonprofit National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) provides the first ever broad look at how America’s national parks are faring in the face of pollution, invasive species, climate change, energy development, adjacent land development and chronic funding ...
- Dr Willie Soon: A Career Fueled by Big Oil and ...
Greenpeace is today launching a follow-up case study to their work on the Koch brothers’ climate denial machine, this time focusing on scientist Dr Willie Soon. Key findings include:read more
- Obesity/Diabetes Epidemic: Rise of the Obesogens
Brian Moench The global obesity/diabetes epidemic is receiving wide spread attention like the June 26, article in the Washington Post by David Brown.� One fourth of our national health care bill of $2.3 trillion is linked to the treatment ...
- Americans Fail To Take Sexism Seriously: The S ...
Paula J. Caplan American women and men alike are stunned when I tell them that Canada in a matter of weeks decided to incorporate a provision banning sex discrimination into their equivalent of our Bill of Rights, the Canadian Charter of R ...
- Taking on Big Coal’s Curriculum
Adam Sanchez For years dirty energy corporations have created education materials marketed to young children in an attempt to shape the discussion around environmental issues.read more
- Fukushima Spews, Los Alamos Burns, Vermont Rag ...
Harvey Wasserman Humankind is now threatened by the simultaneous implosion, explosion, incineration, courtroom contempt and drowning of its most lethal industry. We know only two things for certain:��worse is yet to come, and those in char ...
- ‘Food Terrorism’ Next Door to the Magic Kingdom
Amy Goodman Think of “food terrorism” and what do you see? Diabolical plots to taint items on grocery-store shelves? If you are Buddy Dyer, the mayor of Orlando, Fla., you might be thinking of a group feeding the homeless and hungry in one ...
- Student-built racing car shows Gaza ingenuity
Rami AlmeghariThe Electronic IntifadaKhan Younis In the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, a team of vocational college students, with the help of two mechanical engineers, built a racing car — the first of its kind in the besieged coastal territory.
- No Turkish boat to Gaza as Ankara, Tel Aviv me ...
Barbara SlavinThe Electronic IntifadaWashington, DC WASHINGTON (IPS) - Turkey and Israel are close to resolving their dispute over last year’s flotilla attack, but the partnership that existed between them for more than a decade will almost certainly stay submerged.
- Activists determined to sail despite sabotage, ...
Apostolis FotiadisThe Electronic Intifada ATHENS (IPS) - Activists are being confronted by Israeli authorities days before the international “Freedom Flotilla II — Stay Human” sets sail towards the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the naval blockade Israel has imposed since 2007.
- French court decision on Jerusalem light rail ...
Daniel Machover and Adri NieuwhofThe Electronic Intifada A French court ruling on the construction of a light rail network to service illegal Israeli settlements in occupied East Jerusalem betrays a lack of understanding about how the project abets the Israeli occupation. Daniel Machover and Adr ...
- MEP joining flotilla tells EI: EU's honest bro ...
David CroninThe Electronic Intifada Paul Murphy, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Ireland’s Socialist Party, is bound for Gaza as part of the second Gaza Freedom Flotilla. The Electronic Intifada correspondent David Cronin interviews Murphy about the flotilla and the EU’s role in th ...
- Personal Information: episode 24
Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
- Arguments against life extension
Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil down to personal distate ...
- Daddy, where does innovation come from?
Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one persistent factor th ...
- Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple of ye ...
- How to be a futurist
The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’ve never been featured in a [...]Foll ...
- EPA tells POLITICO it will investigate DeLeon
POLITICO reporter Robin Bravender released a story on Friday saying that EPA spokesperson Brendan Gilfillan promised that EPA would "look into" the allegations of the open letter the National Whistleblowers Center released last week. Gilfillan told Bravender that Jackson is “deeply committed to ...
- NWC calls on EPA to oust Civil Rights Director
Today I am writing to Lisa Jackson, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and asking her to remove Mr. Rafael DeLeon, the Director of the EPA's Office of Civil Rights (OCR). Last month, Deloitte Consulting issued a report on OCR finding that it is essentially dysfunctio ...
- Senate confirms Carolyn Lerner
Last Thursday, April 14, 2011, the Senate confirmed Carolyn Lerner as Special Counsel. This post, which investigates and takes positions on federal employee whistleblower allegations, has been vacant for over two years. I reported here last month about her confirmation hearing. Ms. Lerner has a ...
- Dodd-Frank CLE Seminar on April 28th in Austin ...
On April 28th, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center will host a seminar entitled "The NEW Corporate Whistleblower Protections and Reward Provisions" from 2:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. (CST) in Austin, Texas.�The seminar is at the Radisson Hotel in Austin and is CLE-app ...
- NWC Executive Director will hold an open forum ...
On Sunday April 10, 2011, Stephen Kohn, Executive Director at the National Whistleblowers Center, will be available at 5:00 pm (EST) for an online chat forum at Firedoglake’s Book Salon. The topic of this book salon will be The Whistleblower’s Handbook. For two hours Mr. Kohn will be holding an ...
- Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
- Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
- After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
- Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
- New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...
- Danish Law Enforcement Would Like To Outlaw An ...
The Danish Ministry of Justice has put forth a proposal that would effectively make it much more difficult for anyone to use the internet anonymously. Specifically, if adopted, the plan would require that anyone offering open internet access to users would first have to confirm each user's iden ...
- Kevin Smith Continues To Innovate: Offering VO ...
We've been following, with great interest, entertainer Kevin Smith's business model improvisations for quite some time now, including some of his podcasting and speaking efforts (beyond just being a filmmaker). We've also been interested in his attempt to go around the "traditional" movie marke ...
- California Politician Who Wrote Unconstitution ...
With the Supreme Court agreeing with every other court (well over a dozen of them) ruling that government attempts to ban the sale of violent video games to children is a First Amendment violation, it appears that the politician who came up with California's law isn't about to give up. State Se ...
- Just Because Two Things Are Similar Doesn't Me ...
I was recently alerted to the fact that comic artist Kate Beaton got quite upset at a guy named Chris Bouldin, claiming that he had somehow "ripped her off" with a graphic he had created for a t-shirt. So, let's take a look at the "ripoff." Here's Kate's drawing: And here's Chris' ...
- Reading 'Go The F**k To Sleep' May Lead To Chi ...
We've detailed the viral sensation that is Adam Mansbach's Go the F**k to Sleep, including its pirate-ship ride into the national consciousness and its eventual explosion as an actual printed book (with attendant movie deal). And everyone who has a kid, or has had a kid, can see the humor behind ...
- Canada to Host Conference on False Accusations ...
Around the world thousands of innocent parents are being falsely accused of child abuse, many of these accusations occur after a vaccine injury has taken place. The main accusations that parents and care givers are being accused of are Munchausen’s Syndrome by Proxy and Shaken Baby Syndrome.Vact ...
- Antibiotics in Vaccines
Do antibiotics then help to modify or change the immune system from its pre-antibiotic-era, into a ‘trigger-happy-response’ immune system with allergic reactions and allergies abounding in infants and toddlers?Vactruth.com
- GAVI Guts UK For £1.5 Billion, Bill Gates Applauds
David Cameron hosted a meeting with GAVI (Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations) and sent shock waves around the world, after he pledged £814 million of taxpayers money to the to a child vaccine programme run by the Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates. This takes the UK's total spend to £1 ...
- 83 Reasons to Question Autism Speaks for Hirin ...
The big secret finally is out. Autism Speaks made a radical announcement placing a Big Pharma scientist into to the newly-created position of vice president of translational research. The announcement came as 83 cases of vaccine-induced autism were paid compensation secretly by the U.S. governme ...
- Formaldehyde in Vaccines
It’s official, or as official as it can be: The New York Times reports that formaldehyde is listed as a carcinogen by government scientists, and that “…it is found in worrisome quantities in plywood, particle board, mortuaries and hair salons.” However, both the U.S. government and The New Yo ...
- Things You Might Have Missed
I am having one hell of a time trying to catch up on blog reading and whatnot. I cannot believe how many thousands of posts have accumulated. I may have to consider culling my reader a bit. I used to work for a non-profit that helped caregivers of brain impairments. So stories, like this one, ab ...
- Whose Fault Is It?
The Dilbert guy is being hateful and thick again. He wrote a post on the recent spate of men caught “tweeting, raping, cheating” and had this to say. The part that interests me is that society is organized in such a way that the natural instincts of men are shameful and criminal while the natura ...
- Things You Might Have Missed
So I’m gone for a week and a half and the only thing I seem to have missed is the ongoing saga of Weinergate. I really need to get me one of those anatomically correct Weiner action figures. If you haven’t read Marty Klein’s piece on the brouhaha, I would highly recommend it. Seriously, would [...]
- Things You Might Have Missed
So I’m gone for a week and a half and the only thing I seem to have missed is the ongoing saga of Weinergate. I really need to get me one of those anatomically correct Weiner action figures. If you haven’t read Marty Klein’s piece on the brouhaha, I would highly recommend it. Seriously, would [...]
- Things I Might Have Missed
I am sitting in the Portland airport waiting for my flight to San Jose and have not been paying any attention to the news. In fact, I didn’t even have internet for a couple days. About the only things I have learned in the last week are: 1. I can actually survive without internet. 2. [...]
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- Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should ...
Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should begin locally by Jane Novak After three months of bloody protests, millions of Yemenis remain steadfast—and on the streets—throughout the nation. They want Saleh and his entire regime gone. In Sanaa, skirmishes have broken out between opposing tribes ...
- Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should ...
Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should begin locally by Jane Novak After three months of bloody protests, millions of Yemenis remain steadfast—and on the streets—throughout the nation. They want Saleh and his entire regime gone. In Sanaa, skirmishes have broken out between opposing tribes ...
- Injuries and fatalities in Yemen after anti-go ...
In what may be the bloodiest day yet since anti-government protests broke out in Yemen two weeks ago, residents around Aden are reporting numerous fatalities as security forces opened fire on protesters in many districts throughout the day and evening Friday. Human Rights Watch issued a statemen ...
- Game changer in Yemen as protests swell
In Egypt and Tunisia, the stance of the military was pivotal in the success of popular uprisings; in Yemen, it may be the tribes that are the determining factor. Anti-government protests across Yemen show no signs of abating. In Taiz, Yemen’s largest governorate, many who arrived last Friday are ...
- Establishment Exploits OKC Bombing Victims To ...
- Knee-Jerk No Fly Ban Discredits Global Warming ...
Fearmongering by Met Office voodoo scientists about planes dropping out of the sky contradicted by numerous successful test flights Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com Monday, April 19, 2010 With European governments coming under increasing pressure from airline groups to re-open airspace fo ...
- Air France, Lufthansa Press for Airspace Re-Op ...
Gregory Viscusi and Brian Parkin Bloomberg April 19, 2010 Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Air France- KLM Group and industry groups pressed European governments to loosen the unprecedented closing of the region’s airspace from last week’s Icelandic volcanic eruption as losses from the grounding of aircra ...
- NPR and CNN worry that Global Warming may have ...
John Lott’s Website April 19, 2010 This is just too bizarre: Diana Rehm (NPR): We do wonder whether there’s human involvement in all of these eruptions, earthquakes, storms - Elise Labott (senior State Department producer for CNN): – and how much global warming has a role in it. You know we’ve ...
- Poll: Americans’ distrust of federal governmen ...
Steven Thomma McClatchy Newspapers April 19, 2010 Already wary of the federal government, Americans have grown even more critical, less trusting and even fearful of Uncle Sam since President Barack Obama took office, according to an exhaustive new study being released Monday. The in-depth poll f ...
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