1 July - RSS SnapShot! Pt II

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First Truths

• Weir's "Anarchy & Culture"
  From David Weir's Anarchy & Culture: The Aesthetic Politics of Modernism: Of the principal anarchists Proudhon seems most typical of the transfer of the romantic-Enlightenment mixture of ideas from social to aesthetic theory. Proudhon's aesthetic ideas are especially contradictory, although such ...
• Miscellaneous Thoughts on Law School
  The meaning of the word �logical� that laypeople use when they�re debating politics with family members in the living room�the word�s colloquial use�is nothing at all like the �logical� that law school expects you to be. The logic that law school will test, the sort that�s set out in Gordian for ...
• New Left Revisionism and the Crisis Tendencies ...
  The following excerpt from International Encyclopedia of Economic Sociology�(eds. Jens Beckert and Milan Zafirovski)�will be of interest for left libertarians: Rothbard's view of the relationship between big business and government in the rise of American 'statism' draws additionally from the wo ...
• Still More About the Marx/Proudhon Connection
  Interesting passage from George Woodcock's Proudhon biography (which I'm still slogging through) touching on the roots of Proudhonian Mutualism and its intersection, if there is one, with the ideas of Marx: Proudhon's association with the Mutualists not only gave him insight into social undercur ...
• More on my frustration with the "post-left" te ...
  In a book of transcribed interviews, Sasha Lilley's Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult, I stumbled upon the following very insightful response that�Andrej Gruba�i� gave to a question about the place of Marxism in "reorienting [anarchism's] focus ...

Media Co-Op

• Housing and Homelessness in the Downtown Eastside
  âIn Our Own Voices,â Week IV In 2006, I found myself going around in circles for six months trying to find work. Shortly thereafter I became homeless and my health issues deteriorated and I had chronic pain. I had spent three months couch- ...
• Red Tape, More Sabotage, Snakes in the Grass
  American boat grounded, Irish boat sabotaged, lip-readers in local cafe GREECE – In an effort to run a tightening net of security, port police, and legal mumbo-jumbo, the American boat in the Freedom Flotilla II, The Audacity of Hope, this ...
• As Athens Burns, IDF Spin Machine Has Baseless ...
  500 Injured in Athens. No Chem Weapons Aboard Freedom Flotilla II. At the time of writing, Athens has descended into a state of chaos. Clashes between protestors and riot police have turned violent, and the People's Assembly of Syndagma Sq ...
• Summer Student position with The Dominion
  The Dominion is seeking a student employee to work out of our Montreal office this summer. Duration of the position and financial compensation: 7 weeks at 30 hours per week $14.70/hour Job description: As a youth journalism coordinator, and in conjunction with staff of The Dominion magazine, the ...
• The "Trade" Agreement Ottawa and Nova Scotia W ...
  Packed room hears Canada-Europe trade negotiations denounced A standing-room-only crowd packed a Halifax meeting room last night to hear about a secret. Two national speakers, Maude Barlow of the Council of Canadians and CUPE President Pau ...

David Seaton's News Links

• 'Singing penis' sets noise record for water in ...
  David Seaton's News Links�In a phenomenon, which I believe is known as "fractalization", the tiniest parts of nature are reproduced on a much larger scale and vice versa. For example, under a microscope, a grain of sand appears identical to the tallest mountains... or the following story:A tiny ...
• What's up with Hugo?
  David Seaton's News Links Hugo Chávez has managed to keep his mouth shut since the 10th of June and the world's rumor mills are alive: he is dead, he has cancer, he is in coma... soon there will be sightings like Elvis. What advantage could there be for Hugo Chávez to simply sit in his hospital ...
• Is democratic capitalism in danger?
  �In the quest for growth, many countries have neglected to build a reliable system of social security that will help citizens buffer the market's volatility.(...) Democratic capitalism�s greatest problem is not that it will destroy itself economically, as Marx would have it � but that it may ...
• Why I miss George W. Bush more and more with e ...
  David Seaton's News LinksThe Obama administration has long been bumbling along in the footsteps of its predecessor when it comes to sacrificing Americans’ basic rights and liberties under the false flag of fighting terrorism. Now the Obama team seems ready to lurch even farther down that dismal ...
• Humanity: up a tree, with no fireman in sight
  Raghuram Rajan�The ultimate reason for all real crises always remains the poverty and restricted consumption of the masses as opposed to the drive of capitalist production to develop the productive forces as though only the absolute consuming power of society constituted their limit.� [ ...

EWG - Environmental Working Group

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Dr. Mercola Natural Health

• Ignored Since the 1950s - Now a 'Miracle' High ...
  Imagine a plant that can nourish your body by providing most of the protein you need to live, help prevent the annoying sniffling and sneezing of allergies, reinforce your immune system, help you control high blood pressure and cholesterol and help protect you from cancer.Does such a �super fo ...
• FDA Finally Listened and Removed Arsenic from ...
  The U.S. FDA has announced that Pfizer will stop the sale of the animal drug 3-Nitro. The drug is used in chicken feed, but an agency analysis detected inorganic arsenic in the livers of chickens treated with the drug. 3-Nitro is used to help control coccidiosis, a parasitic disease that affec ...
• Ten Year Old on Two Drugs Dies After Hanging H ...
  Harry Hucknall, a ten-year-old boy,�died after�hanging himself with a belt from his bunk bed. His father blames the death on Ritalin and Prozac, two drugs that the boy had been prescribed by a psychiatrist to cure his boisterous behavior and low spirits. At the time of his death, the child had ...
• 5 Ways to Afford Whole Foods on a Budget
  Whole food -- that is to say, unprocessed and unrefined food -- has the reputation of being expensive. But there are many ways to add whole food to your diet while sticking to your budget. Seattle PI suggests a few: Buy seasonal: Fruits and vegetables are both cheaper and tastier when pur ...
• Simple Way to Shed Pounds and Decrease Tiredne ...
  In 1911, the bread which made up 40 percent of the diet of the�impoverished people of Britain was blamed for widespread poor health. Modern nutritional science confirms the accuracy of this assessment. Refined white flour contains almost no natural minerals and vitamins. In particular, vitamin ...

JAMA

• Sleep and Mental Illness [Book and Media Reviews]
• SALICYLATES IN ACUTE ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM [JAM ...
• The Kiss [Poetry and Medicine]
• Sleepless [A Piece of My Mind]
• Red Rose With Ruby Throat [The Cover]

Survival - tribal peoples

• Nharo Bushman face eviction tomorrow
  Bushman woman, CKGR, Botswana 2004 © Stephen Corry/Survival Nharo Bushmen in south-west Botswana will be forcefully evicted from their land tomorrow, according to national newspaper The Voice. The Bushmen have vowed to resist eviction from their homes in Xanagas, Kgalagadi District. One ...
• Case against Amazon Indian leader ‘closed’
  Indigenous rights leader and AIDESEP president, Alberto Pizango. © AIDESEP A two-year legal case against the leader of Peru’s Amazon Indian organisation has been shelved. Alberto Pizango was forced into exile following violent clashes between indigenous protesters and police in June 2 ...
• Bushmen boycott census
  Bushman, Molathwe Mokalake in the New Xade, Botswana. © Dominick Tyler/Survival Bushmen in Botswana have announced plans to boycott the national census in protest against the governmentâs refusal to provide them with a polling station during the last elections. More than 400 Bushman were ...
• Sonia Gandhi stands up for endangered Andaman ...
  Jarawa woman returning to her forest after gathering food on the edges of the Jarawa reserve. © Survival Sonia Gandhi, President of India’s ruling Congress party, has strongly backed the right of the isolated Jarawa tribe not to be forced into the ‘mainstream’. Mrs Gandhi, named by Forbes ...
• Epidemic strikes Amazon nomads
  Nukak woman in refugee camp near San José, Colombia. © David Hill/Survival An outbreak of respiratory disease has struck one of the Amazon’s last nomadic tribes â whose numbers have already been decimated by flu and malaria. Around 35 Nukak-Maku, including nine children, have been admitt ...

Montreal Gazette

• Human cost of asbestos is not worth the jobs
  For the sake of hundreds of jobs, $90 million a year in sales and our prime minister's refusal to be wrong about anything, Canada is now the world's only developed nation to not formally acknowledge chrysotile asbestos as a carcinogen
• Peaceful flotilla essential step to win freedo ...
  (The authors are members of Qu�bec solidaire's national co-ordinating committee. Their names appear at the end).
• Human cost of asbestos is not worth the jobs
  Canada itself bans the use of asbestos in construction. So serious is it about this ban that when it drew up plans to repair parliamentary buildings in Ottawa, it budgeted millions of dollars to rid them of asbestos. So when Canada's representatives last week rejected medically accepted fact - e ...
• New consumer-debt legislation offers little to ...
  The Quebec government has given the pawnbroking industry something to cheer about.
• Report offers fine blueprint for governing Con ...
  The three outside experts hired by Concordia University to help guide the university out of its governance morass have produced a report containing a reform blueprint that deserves the support of the full university community.

Food World Order

• 6/30 binge & purge: false floods, seed supplie ...
  feds buying up farmland they flooded; soros in on it* video: odd letter from corps upsets property owners in kansas city, mo* georgia's harsh immigration law leaves crops rotting in fields* free the florida 'food terrorists'* amid record-high food prices, monsanto grows q3 profits 77 ...
• health alert: 32% of organic produce contains ...
  from anthony gucciardi: It is common knowledge that conventional produce contains a whole list of questionable chemicals and harmful pesticides. Linked to birth defects and lower IQ in children, conventional pesticides are known to be health disruptors. But what about organic produce? Perchlorat ...
• why are food prices rising so fast?
  from the economic collapse blog: If you do much grocery shopping, you have probably noticed that the cost of food has been rising at a very brisk pace over the past year. So why are food prices rising so fast? According to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, inflation is still very low and th ...
• new code fails to curb kid junk food ads
  from abc.net.au: Two years after Australia's major fast-food chains promised to stop advertising to children, a study has found kids are still being exposed to the same number of junk food ads. The study, published in the Australian Medical Journal, claims despite the introduction of an industry ...
• 6/23 binge & purge: cruelty, control & the cos ...
  house rebukes looming fda frankenfish approval* pesticide spraying near streams to expand under house bill; hr872 lets farmers bury 'clean water act'* utah man accused of eating live rat, posting video online charged with animal cruelty* chicago grocers accused of $500k food stamp fr ...

CrusadeWatch

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

Whole Truth Coalition

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

The Economic Collapse

• Will Barack Obama Use The 14th Amendment As A ...
  As the deadline to raise the debt ceiling draws closer, many are now wondering if Barack Obama will try to go around Congress if a deal is not reached by August 2nd.  In particular, a number of voices (including U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner) are now touting the 14th ...
• Shell Game
  The entire U.S. financial system has become a gigantic shell game.  While it is still in motion, a shell game can be mesmerizing to watch.  But when it ends the consequences can be painful.  So exactly what is a shell game?  According to Wikipedia, a shell game "is portrayed as ...
• 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 ...

CASSE

• Geo-engineering or Cosmic Protectionism?
  Herman Daly exposes the absurdity of geo-engineering as a solution to climate change.
• Ecosystem Services: The Traveling Salesman and ...
  Valuation of ecosystem services is an important, but insufficient, step toward achieving a sustainable economy.
• Why Stop at Massive Economic Growth when Infin ...
  Dr. Mountebank urges economists, lesser scientists and all citizens to try on infinite growth for size.
• What Should We Tax?
  Herman Daly suggests a simple rule: tax what we want less of, not what we want more of.
• The Role of Religious Congregations in Promoti ...
  Stewardship of creation requires people to accept the limits to growth and manage the economy accordingly. Religious congregations can help spread this idea.

The Talking Clock

• Quote of the Day: The 'yes, it's a fellow blog ...
  "Having qualified for an early lobotomy, his conversion to a full-time moron is now complete, yet his words, instead of being greeted with snorts of derision, actually get house room in what has become the fantasy world of British politics, where normal life has been suspended." ...but about ...
• Labour's EU Opportunism
  There's a hilarious headline in The Independent. "Labour joins protest at £100bn EU budget rise," it reads. I'm not laughing at the newspaper, and far be it from me to find anything about the evil Empire even remotely amusing. But... Labour? The scumbag load of treacherous, Lisbon Treat ...
• Diana, Princess of Wales: Missing You...
  Diana, our Princess, would have been 50 today. Happy birthday, Princess. We're missing you. Top three achievements 1. Her huge role in bringing down the stigma of HIV / AIDS; almost single-handedly changing perception globally in a single handshake 2. Her huge and immense role in bringing a ...
• Don't choke on your cornflakes: The BBC, of al ...
  Cor blimey! Things you never thought you'd read on the BBC, of all places. Three MPs are joining forces with campaigners to call for the smoking ban in UK pubs and clubs to be relaxed. Conservative Greg Knight, Lib Dem John Hemming and Labour's Roger Godsiff argue that the ban has had a deva ...
• The Awakening: Why the globalists and the bank ...
  "Capitalism and socialism are ceding ground to a grotesque new corporatism. We are back on the road to serfdom." - Daniel Hannan There comes a point, I think, where an idea reaches such levels of support and inspiration that a critical mass is attained. Once that level is reached, the idea bec ...

Facing South

• New labor rules could help workers' organizing ...
  By Jenny Brown and Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes The IKEA furniture factory in Danville, Va., is hot in the summer, but workers can expect it to be even hotter this year. They filed a petition for representation on June 20, kicking off the arduous process that leads to a typical union election in ...
• Are teachers and police officers imaginary people?
  Growing up, some children have imaginary friends. Today, many politicians seem to live in a world of imaginary workers. Or at least they think they're imaginary: To most people, school teachers, police officers, librarians and other public servants are very real. The public sees them every ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: The politics of debt
  Date that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and other GOP leaders walked out of negotiations with the Obama administration on lifting the U.S. debt ceiling over their opposition to raising more revenue: 6/23/2011 Date that the U.S. is expected to run out of cash unless the deb ...
• List of state immigration laws blocked in fede ...
  By Marian Wang, ProPublica Last week, we noted that several states' tough, new immigration laws have been challenged in court. Arizona and Utah both recently had key parts of their laws blocked by federal judges. Now, add Georgia and Indiana to the list.� On Monday, a federal judge in Georgia ...
• Another legal action targets scofflaw Kentucky ...
  A coalition of environmental watchdog groups has put two Kentucky coal companies on notice -- for the second time in less than a year -- that they could face lawsuits over their failure to comply with clean water laws. Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riv ...

CenterLine

• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Today’s Terrorism News will return Tuesday, July 5. U.S. to Investigate Two Detainee Deaths in CIA Custody On Thursday, the Justice Department announced that the deaths of two detainees in CIA custody overseas will … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Three Convicted of Bronx Synagogue Bomb Plot Sentenced to 25 Years Three men convicted last year of plotting to bomb a Bronx synagogue and Jewish community center were each sentenced to 25 years in … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Taliban Militants Attack Kabul Hotel A small team of up to eight Taliban militants attacked a landmark Kabul hotel popular with foreigners on Tuesday, setting off an hours-long siege that only ended with NATO … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Yemen Says It Foiled al Qaeda Attack Yemenâs state news agency reported Monday that security forces have arrested six alleged al Qaeda militants who were planning attacks on âvital and economic installationsâ in the … Continue reading →
• Today’s Terrorism News
  In Association with The Soufan Group Military Court Upholds Hamdan War Crimes Conviction A U.S. military appeals court has upheld the war crimes conviction of Osama bin Ladenâs driver, Salim Hamdan. According to the Miami Herald, â[t]he U.S. Court of … Continue reading →

Short Sharp Science

• Belly button biomes begin to blossom
  A project to explore the bacteria present in the human navel has revealed over 600 microbes that may be new to science
• Missile exhaust blows giant bubble in the sky
  A remarkable video shows what looks like a giant bubble rising into the night sky and expanding
• Today on New Scientist: 30 June 2011
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Speedy genes in racehorses, how to spot a liar, and the first non-human meat farmers
• Japan emerges from megaquake's wreckage
  Before-and-after images show what has been accomplished by extraordinary efforts to clear up after March's earthquake and tsunami in Japan
• Today on New Scientist: 29 June 2011
  All today's stories on newscientist.com, including: Mining hydrothermal vents, a nuclear timekeeper, and how to get retweeted

Tech Drive In

• 5 Quick Tips to Improve Ubuntu 11.04 Unity Per ...
  In my opinion, one area where successive Ubuntu releases�continuously�under-performed is on the overall system performance front. Every new Ubuntu release feels more and more bloated, especially so with latest Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. I was quite taken aback by fact that, even the so called U ...
• Nautilus Elementary Ambiance Theme Adds PPA, L ...
  Nautilus Elementary Ambiance GTK theme by simplygreat is perhaps the most beautiful mod of default Ubuntu Ambiance theme. We have featured it already in our top themes for Ubuntu 11.04 post. Few things have changed lately and the latest Nautilus Elementary Ambiance theme now comes with a PPA. In ...
• 9 Good Terminal Emulators for Linux
  We have featured a few Terminal emulators before and introduced you to applications like CLI Companion that makes you more familiar with command line in Linux. Now, we want to take it to a whole new level. A collection of really good Terminal emulator apps for Linux. Guake for its apparent ...
• Interesting Ubuntu Unity Concept with Android- ...
  We have featured a number of really good Ubuntu Unity concepts before, here is another one which supposedly deals with the trash button in Unity more efficiently. Ubuntu Unity Desktop Concept The idea�proposes an Android-like system where the trash icon only appears when you are dragging ...
• [Fix]WiFi Driver Breaks After Update in Ubuntu ...
  If your Intel WiFi 5100 series WiFi driver broke down after latest update in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS desktop, understand that you are not the only one here with the same problem. A good friend of mine had the exact same issue. This is what you need to do to solve 'WiFi driver breaks after update' issue ...

Case About Bird Flu

• REVOLUTION IN GREECE IS POSSIBLE, SAYS GERMAN ...
  *Greek TV station shows video proving Greek police used agents provocateurs to ignite violence against peaceful protests *Photos show Greek police hurling stones and missiles at crowds *German economist warns Greek economy will collapse due to EU and IMF austerity measures, says revolution is po ...
• Why it is time to cut off all funding for the EU
  The German government is opposed to EU plans to raise its own revenue from sales taxes and financial taxes, reports Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Hendrik Kafsack speculates that the EU might be seeking to raise funds independently because eurozone voters are becoming increasingly critical of i ...
• DENMARK IS THE ONLY COUNTRY SHUTTING DOWN FAIL ...
  From the Wall Street Journal For the second time this year, the Danish government has done a remarkable thing: It has shut down a failed bankâand imposed losses on the bank’s senior creditors in the process. Fjordbank Mors, a small bank even by Danish standards, threw itself at the mercy of the ...
• Geithner prepares escape after destroying US d ...
  Geithner may leave Treasury post after debt talks Updated 7:15 p.m. ET, CBS PHILADELPHIA — A person familiar with his thinking says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is considering leaving the administration following the current round of budget negotiations. The source spoke to the Associated ...
• Goldman Sachs to move centre of operations to ...
  Goldman to Embark on Hiring Spree in Singapore By Charlie Gasparino Published June 27, 2011 | FOXBusiness As Goldman Sachs (GS) plans major job cuts in the United States, the firm is planning to expand overseas with a major hiring spree in Singapore and taking the unusual step of alerting Congre ...

Invisible Opportunity

• The TSA’s tentacles spread
  Jennifer Abel It’s eight months now since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) abandoned its last pretence of respect for America’s constitutional principles, by mandating no traveller may fly in American airspace unless TSA agents first see and/or feel said traveller’s genitalia. Th ...
• Documents reveal TSA ignored dangers of body s ...
  The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) says that is has official documents that reveal the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) deliberately ignored warnings that airport body scanners pose a health risk; the internal documents and email exchanges show that TSA officials brushe ...
• Deadlier Whooping Cough Epidemic Likely Caused ...
  The CDC and NIH keep pushing the pertussis vaccine, in spite of info that it’s causing the new whooping cough epidemic that is 10 times more deadly than the old whooping cough. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would prefer that you remain unaware ...
• DEMYSTIFYING 9/11: ISRAEL AND THE TACTICS OF M ...
  By Dr. Alan Sabrosky* / Intifada Palestine Many years ago I read a fascinating discussion of the “tactics of mistake.” This essentially entailed using a target’s prejudices and preconceptions to mislead them as to the origin and intent of the attack, entrapping them in a tactical situation that ...
• World Bank to take stock as Egypt scraps IMF l ...
  The World Bank said on Sunday it would have to take stock of plans to lend to Egypt after the International Monetary Fund confirmed the authorities no longer wanted an IMF-backed loan program. Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan said on Saturday Egypt would not borrow from the World Bank and ...

Veterans Today

• Germany False Flag Forecast, Summer 2011
  Informed sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, tell us that two years ago the Angela Merkle government was helping to arrange a WMD attack in Western Europe. Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb, a contrived French-Algerian-Israelis front organization, was to be blamed.
• US Knesset Resolution 185 Reconsidered: To be ...
  This week the United States Senate unanimously adopted a resolution drafted by its masters, the State of Israel and AIPAC
• Universal Healthcare Impossible Without Health ...
  The biggest, and least informative, political issue of this new century has been the insane push to establish “Universal healthcare.”
• U.S. Department of Defense Contract Awards for ...
  United Launch Services, Littleton, Colo., is being awarded a $1,130,820,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for launch capability.
• Gilad Atzmon: Gaza Flotilla vs. Diaspora Jewry
  If the Israelis themselves clearly regard Diaspora Jews as their ‘foreign brigades’, surely we should also be allowed to look into the issue, and examine the lethal continuum between the Jewish State and its vile supporters around the world.

electric politics

• The Wild Dollar
  Because the public hasn't had what's happening properly reported, the Republicans think that, in the debt ceiling standoff, they can trample democratic norms and perhaps even go so far as to trigger another collapse of the world economy. What a bizarre strategy to pursue (supposedly) on behalf ...
• Göbekli Tepe
  At what point does an original idea engender action? And to what extent does that action set a lasting course? We can examine the social history of an idea, written, as it were, in stone, at G�bekli Tepe, an archeological site approximately 11,500 years old (or perhaps even older) in southern T ...
• The Athenian Zephyr
  Neoliberal bankers wants to turn the Greek public into chattel. The Greek public objects. It's a theoretically long-predicted fork in the road for the European Union: either Greece defaults (it could have been any one of certain member states) and the European debt crisis spreads — possibly/pro ...
• Forgetting Vietnam
  America's final retreat from Vietnam could have been a whole lot worse. Ambassador Graham Martin, mistakenly thought to be on the last chopper out, didn't follow through on the fact that he left a final contingent of Marine Security Guards on the Embassy's rooftop. Higher-ups in the military ch ...
• Constitutional Chains
  The U.S. Constitution has not led to a more perfect union. In some ways — see the Civil War — it was a suicide pact. So must it, indeed, be the only legitimate political expression of who we are as Americans? To think about some of the flaws at the creation I turned to Dr. Mark A. Graber, autho ...

PR News

• Supertel names Arkfeld director of corporate comms
  NORFOLK, NE: Supertel Hospitality, a real estate investment trust that owns 103 hotels in 23 states, hired Krista Arkfeld to the newly created position of director of corporate communications.
• UN Foundation taps Sherinian to head PR
  WASHINGTON: The United Nations Foundation has promoted Aaron Sherinian to VP of comms and PR as part of a broader effort to enhance its outreach campaigns.
• Matter Communications hires Shift's Mladenoff ...
  NEWBURYPORT, MA: Matter Communications, a high-tech and consumer PR agency with offices hired Mandy Mladenoff as GM of its Newburyport HQ.
• MSLGroup launches beauty and luxury specialty
  NEW YORK: MSLGroup has launched a new beauty and luxury specialty known as BE SPOKE., headed by SVP Carson Gray Elias.
• Ketchum honors 10 as partners
  NEW YORK: Ketchum recently elected 10 new partners from the firm's ranks, reflecting the accomplishments and contributions of individuals working across the company.

The Story Behind the Story

• More From THE ZOMBIE Files —— A MU ...
  From the “X-Files” of Dr. Patricia M. Jordan, DVM comes this incredible snippet dateline 2009: ST-246 Used to Treat Complications From Exposure to Recombinant Vaccinia Virus Tue Sep 15, 2009 8:31am EDT http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v8/38a9/0/0/%2a/v;44306;0-0;0;38919074;1627-170/40;0/0/0;;~o ...
• Jews Against Zionism and Zionists. (JAZZ)
      http://www.jewsagainstzionism.com/antisemitism/holocaust/gedalyaliebermann.cfm   THE ROLE OF ZIONISM IN THE HOLOCAUST Article by Rabbi Gedalya Liebermann – Australia “Spiritually and Physically Responsible ” From its’ inception, many rabbis warned of the potential dangers of Zionism and open ...
• Zombie Watch Update
  Here we go.  The evidence continues to mount. Published on Deccan Chronicle (http://www.deccanchronicle.com) � Mutant rabies, flu viruses could lead to havoc June 25: The rabies season has just receded. And it�s time now for the human influenza or common cold to make our lives miserable. Rabies ...
• Khazarian Satanic Porn — Plumbing New Depths
  In this public You-tube clip, which is a digital recording of a VERY PUBLIC PRESENTATION at the 2011 Conspiracy Conference, “Investigative Reporter” and consort of Leonard Horowitz, Sherri Kane maliciously attacked ex-VietNam war veteran Timothy White by accusing him of being a felon, rapists, a ...
• Is A. True Ott a “Jew-Hating Man”, ...
  In an e-mail to me in August 2010, Khazarian Blue-Blood Jew Leonard G. Horowitz wrote: “How STUPID of you ——- to EXPOSE YOURSELF AS A JEW-HATING MAN!!!”   What exactly “exposed” me?  Merely using the term “Khazar” and “Goy” in an earlier post to his sweetie Sherri Kane in describing her and m ...

k2p blog

• DSK case collapsing: Was this just French poli ...
  The charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn are collapsing. Were the rape charges just the machinations of the anti- DSK faction in France to get him out of the running for French President and - incidentally - to replace him with a Sarkozy-friendly Christine Lagarde.
• Nature editorial chastises IPCC for conflict o ...
  The Nature editorial published today will be unwelcome criticism for the IPCC from a normally very friendly quarter. Now with the natural death of the Kyoto Protocol and with a few decades of cooling in front of us it is time for the IPCC to be disbanded.
• Iraq and Afghanistan wars have provided a $4 t ...
  Whether the economic, social and political benefits of the $4 trillion and 225,000 lives spent on the War on Terror have been worthwhile is a question that will not be properly answered except in the light of historical perspective.
• Earthquakes this week
  Following the Weather Action warning last week , Earthquakes so far this week (23rd – 29th June). >= 6.5 6 – 6.5 5 – 6 4 – 5 < 4 Earthquake report is here.
• Hari, Johann: Plagiarising Churnalist
  "A celebrated left wing commentator's career is in the balance after an Internet campaign forced him to admit recycling quotes in his interviews"- The Telegraph.

Left Foot Forward

• Ladies of the WI join the ranks of the bolshy ...
  Kevin Meagher reports on the launch of the Women's Institute's ‘Love your Libraries’ campaign, and the other nationwide campaigns to save our libraries.
• Why is Osborne relaxing anti-tax haven abuse l ...
  Martin Hearson, a tax policy adviser at ActionAid UK, explains the consequences of chancellor George Osborne's plan to relax anti-tax haven abuse legislation.
• Ed 2.0 blogs his way out of trouble
  In what could be a sign of things to come, Ed Miliband used social media to take on his critics and defend his position over yesterday's strikes, reports Shamik Das.
• Attack on pensions is not about affordability, ...
  The justification for the attack on public sector pensions is rapidly being unravelled, writes Michael Burke.
• Greece: The game is nearly up
  The longer the EU/IMF continues along its current path, the greater the chance of a second major financial catastrophe, engulfing not just Greece but much of Europe.

Consumerist

• Sears Keeps Pushing Back Dishwasher Delivery, ...
  Perhaps it was unwise of Robert to order a dishwasher from Sears and expect to eventually receive a dishwasher. But his local Sears managed to do even worse than that. After they delayed his order six times, he had enough and canceled it. So, naturally, they went right ahead and charged his Sea ...
• The Post-Apocalyptic Clownscape That Was Six F ...
  How long after civilization collapses will it take for our infrastructure to crumble into a rusting, weed-choked hellscape? With the help of some flooding, just a few years, if the current state of Six Flags New Orleans is any indication. Pump systems failed after Hurricane Katrina, leaving the ...
• Parking Ticket Gets Paid, 35 Years Late
  If you found a 35-year-old unpaid parking ticket pressed in a book that you bought in a garage sale, what would you do? An 89-year-old Michigan man who found such a ticket decided that it was his civic duty to mail the $1 ticket back with payment to Orlando, Florida, where it was issued in Nove ...
• Reader Finally Receives Unblemished, Functiona ...
  After reader Ray's story about receiving and swapping out four messed up Nintendo 3DSes in a row, two of which were lemons, Nintendo reached out to get in touch with him. We played matchmaker and now Ray is happy to report that they gave him a brand spanking new 3Ds. They also let him pick out ...
• Consumerist Friday Flickr Finds
  Here are ten of the best photos that readers added to The Consumerist Flickr Pool this week, picked for neatness and usability in a Consumerist post. (Vileinist) (SCHMEGGA) (rjivani) (jonasflanken) (sfxeric) (sfxeric) (Vileinist) (joelgoodman) Our Flickr Pool is the place where Consum ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

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

UK Progressive

• Repatriate Prosperity
  Many of America’s largest global companies are lobbying hard for a tax holiday to repatriate to the U.S. nearly $1 trillion that they have amassed from foreign business. This plan as proposed will almost certainly not be enacted. The president and Congress will not agree to support a giant windf ...
• Tracy Morgan’s Homophobic Rant is About Black ...
  While I will continue to argue that the African American community doesnât have patent on homophobia, it does, however, have a problem with it. And Tracy Morgan, comedian and actor on NBCâs “30 Rock,” is another glaring example of the malady. During a standup performance this month at the Ryman ...
• When the Public Rises, We’ll Want an Ally in C ...
  For the majority of people in the United States — a majority does not vote, a majority believes the government is broken, a majority thinks our public policy is headed in the wrong direction — the fact that we call this place a democracy is apparently outweighed by the fact that our national gov ...
• Taxpayers Should Stop Subsidizing Wal-Mart
  Wal-Mart is the biggest retailer in the world. It boasts of having 1.2 million Americans on their payroll. Its reported annual profits are around $13 billion. So it’s safe to say since it is so big – and so ubiquitous – and so obviously successful – the government can now stop subsidizing it. Le ...
• US Must End Wars Fought To Hike Corporate Profits
  Humanism has little place in U.S. global affairs these days when government acts as the enforcement arm of capitalism-run-amok. Especially since WWII, Washington has habitually aligned itself with the goals of U.S. corporations to dominate. In Latin America and elsewhere, it has funded armies of ...

NewsAlert

• Powerful Chicago Alderman Has Security Longer ...
  The Chicago Sun-Times reports on the man running Chicago.
• How Fannie's Silence Opened Way to $3B Fraud
  Bloomberg reports:The first sign of what would ultimately become a $3 billion fraud surfaced Jan. 11, 2000, when Fannie Mae executive Samuel Smith discovered Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. sold him a loan owned by someone else. Fannie Mae, the government-sponsored enterprise which issue ...
• Poll: Obama would beat Rick Perry (and Sarah P ...
  The Houston Chronicle reports:Will the Lone Star state turn blue in 2012? It isn’t likely — unless Gov. Rick Perry jumps in the ring and clinches the Republican nomination, a new poll from the Public Policy Polling group found. In the poll’s match-ups, President Barack Obama loses Texas to eve ...
• List of Los Angeles parking ticket dismissals ...
  The L.A. Times reports:Despite claims by many top Los Angeles officials that they had never heard of a special service to review parking citations, newly released documents show several City Council offices benefited from the so-called Gold Card Desk by securing dozens of ticket dismissals. Som ...
• Crook County gives up on surveillance camera p ...
  Crain's Chicago Business reports:After spending seven years and $45 million, Cook County is pulling the plug on its problem-riddled effort to install video surveillance cameras in police cars and street corners. Funded by federal grants from the Department of Homeland Security, the county’s Pro ...

JoNova

• Terrified of Monckton! GetUP don’t want anyone ...
  Menzies House are just reporting that GetUP are so scared that some Australians might hear Christopher Monckton speak, that they had a campaign to get the Bronco’s to break their contract and cancel the “Climate of Freedom” speeches by Monckton in Brisbane. GetUP are a virtual arm of Labor Party ...
• David Archibald’s Speech: Global warming is a ...
  Rally 1st July 2011 We can thank the global warmers for one thing. Their claim that the sky is falling got people like me to investigate. What I found was that global warming is exactly wrong. Instead of warming, our planet is cooling as solar activity weakens. The heating effect of carbon dioxi ...
• University witchdoctors speak out, and the fri ...
  What are they so afraid of? It’s all become a media frenzy. Who would have thought that holding an opinion about climate sensitivity due to a trace gas could become a reason to mark someone as an untouchable heretic? Venues are being canceled (and new venues arranged), the media are hunting in p ...
• Protests coming up
  There are two protests coming up in Sydney. Friday – tomorrow with David Archibald in Martin Place, and Saturday week with myself Christopher Monckton and David Evans at Hyde Park on Saturday 9th July. Click on this link to see the Monckton tour dates. Click here for other protests around the co ...
• Government wants help to think of a reason to ...
  Shouldn’t the government know what the benefits and costs of the carbon tax are before they make it into law? This is looking awfully like a case of “policy first, justifications later”. First they promised they won’t do it. Then they do it, and they ask for even more of our money so they can [...]

ReNew America

• Eric Holder: unfit for his office, Congress ne ...
  (Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - The "I" word is something one is well-advised to use sparingly lest it be abused and over-used. Impeachment is a constitutional option that has -- during our nation's history -- been approached with super-caution. After all, officials at the very top echelons of our go ...
• California taxes the Internet
  (Los Angeles Times) - Reporting from Sacramento-- Shopping at Amazon.com Inc. and other major Internet stores is poised to get more expensive. Beginning Friday, a new state law will require large out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases that their California customers make on t ...
• Federal appeals court upholds Obama health car ...
  (Fox News) - President Obama's controversial health care law got a major boost Wednesday when the first ruling by a federal appeals court affirmed that Congress can require Americans to have minimum insurance coverage...
• Media ignores Biden, Obama gaffes while target ...
  (Newsmax) - Although the media appears focused right now on any verbal blunders coming from the mouths of conservative Republicans, history indicates that bloopers are truly bipartisan. Here's a comparison of embarrassing remarks made by three political leaders: GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann, Presid ...
• Obama for states' rights?
  (Washington Times) - It's easy to tell when campaign season has begun. At a press conference Wednesday, President Obama appeared to show an appreciation for the limitations of federal power and respect for the self-regulating capabilities of the states. He even distanced himself from decisions m ...

Truth Offering

• Diet Myths THEY Don’t Want You To Know
  MyPyramid.....of DEATH!I've been studying health and nutrition for about six years now. In fact, I credit my nutritional awakening with spurring on my awakening in all other aspects of life, from economics to politics. And I'll tell you the crux of what sparked my craving for the truth: Going ba ...
• S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
  In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated ...
• Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Rel ...
  At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the ...
• Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller ...
  John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject ou ...
• TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's ...
  Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

• Bunker Video with Great Tips
  This two parter (the second video is at my 2012 Videos page) is not only a great way to see what a $170K bunker looks like (that’s delivered and installed, by NBC, if anyone is ... Related posts:Vivos: Budget Bunker Space in Nebraska Bunker Business Booming The Great Escape: 20 People Lea ...
• Australia: White Supremist Can Keep Gun
  While this might not sound so strange to Americans, down in Australia this is welcome news for survivalists. Darryl Potts, who believes there is a Jewish conspiracy to destroy other races, had his AB firearms ... Related posts:Bunker Guidelines for Victoria, Australia
• Doomsday Preppers (was) on Nat Geo
  In case you missed it on Monday night (USA), two segments can be seen on video, right here! If you like the style of Dennis McClung, consider purchasing products from 2012Supplies.com. And keep an eye out, ... Related posts:Rob on Nat Geo – Sneak Peek New Camping Doomsday Date: Oct 21 ...
• Piers Corbyn: Red Alert until July 2nd
  Piers Corbyn of WeatherAction.com has forecast the following for the period of June 27-July 2, with the greatest likelihood July 1-2: Major Earthquake Volcanism Tornadoes and Tornado Swarms Other Extreme Weather His methodology is not clear, but it might not ... Related posts:Sol ...
• Nuclear Disaster (?) in Nebraska, USA
  The mainstream media has mostly ignored what seems to be a perilous nuclear situation within the USA, where a power plant has been half-drowned by the Missouri river. The lack of official concern could be ... Related posts:Vivos: Budget Bunker Space in Nebraska Lesson from Japan: Nukes are ...

Facing South

• New labor rules could help workers' organizing ...
  By Jenny Brown and Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes The IKEA furniture factory in Danville, Va., is hot in the summer, but workers can expect it to be even hotter this year. They filed a petition for representation on June 20, kicking off the arduous process that leads to a typical union election in ...
• Are teachers and police officers imaginary people?
  Growing up, some children have imaginary friends. Today, many politicians seem to live in a world of imaginary workers. Or at least they think they're imaginary: To most people, school teachers, police officers, librarians and other public servants are very real. The public sees them every ...
• INSTITUTE INDEX: The politics of debt
  Date that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and other GOP leaders walked out of negotiations with the Obama administration on lifting the U.S. debt ceiling over their opposition to raising more revenue: 6/23/2011 Date that the U.S. is expected to run out of cash unless the deb ...
• List of state immigration laws blocked in fede ...
  By Marian Wang, ProPublica Last week, we noted that several states' tough, new immigration laws have been challenged in court. Arizona and Utah both recently had key parts of their laws blocked by federal judges. Now, add Georgia and Indiana to the list.� On Monday, a federal judge in Georgia ...
• Another legal action targets scofflaw Kentucky ...
  A coalition of environmental watchdog groups has put two Kentucky coal companies on notice -- for the second time in less than a year -- that they could face lawsuits over their failure to comply with clean water laws. Appalachian Voices, Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, Kentucky Riv ...

One News Page

• Jennifer Aniston avoids junk food
• Pippa Middleton gets armoured car
• Roger Federer's Wimbledon defeat denies Oxfam ...
• Lindsay Lohan laughs off rumours she drank at ...
• Selena Gomez concerned Brit accent is not up t ...

Global Research TV

• Foundations of Social Engineering
• Voters Evolt!
• Thousands Evacuated from Los Alamos Nuclear Fa ...
• Speaking Truth to Power: Faces of War
• There's Something In The Water: Dangers of Sod ...

Daily Tech

• Kodak Falls Short in $1B USD Patent Dispute; A ...
  Court does allow some Kodak claims to continue, though licensing will likely be greatly reduced
• Mall Uses Airport Body Scanning Technology for ...
  Unique Solutions' newest technology is called "mybestfit," and it utilizes the body scanning technology used in airports -- except it keeps your clothes on
• 7/1/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Friday
• Computer Chess Champion Caught Injecting Perfo ...
  Code theft -- the performance enhancing drug of the future?
• Facebook: Star of the Online Advertising World
  Facebook raked in $2 billion in online display advertising revenues this year

Oriental Review

• Moscow and Ankara: Reshaping the Geopolitics o ...
  Speaking at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London recently, Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül said that the role of the West in global politics was gradually diminishing, and called for the creation of the new world order based on harmonious relations between the US and other worl ...
• US-Led Commodity Boom: Fake Prices, Global Crises
  When I first entered the floor and learned about oil pricing, it was clear that the cash market, where real barrels of oil were bought and sold, was where pricing was decided. Later, it became increasingly clear that the source of prices was coming from the futures markets that I engaged in, wit ...
• Swiss Banking Insider Reveals Secrets of Bilde ...
    ORIENTAL REVIEW republishes a thrilling interview with an anonymous Swiss banker taken in MosÑow on May 30, 2011, few days before the annual meeting of the Bilderberg club in Switzerland…   Q: Can you tell us something about your involvement in the Swiss banking business? A: I have worked for ...
• Credit Rating Agencies’ Potential To Erase Sov ...
  The history of credible data collection for the needs of private businesses in the US was relatively short. The 1907 stock market crash was the watershed moment after which the dependence of credit rating agencies (CRAs) on powerful corporations and their complicity with the rated companies, esp ...
• The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation`s Impact ...
  In my last article I had stated that the main interest of the countries of the region in the deliberations of the SCO summit would be the manner in which they handled the question of the granting of membership to the four countries-Pakistan, India, Iran and Mongolia – which now have observer sta ...

BlogHer

• Brand New Patio for Half the Cost of a Contractor
  DIY Patio Makeover $2016.26 for the patio itself, including all the supplies, tools, stone, sand, gravel and plate compactor rental. (Not included: lots of pizza for the workers). $1841.77 for EVERYTHING else, from the furniture and pillows down to the candles and plants. Grand total: $385 ...
• Welcome to a Month of Ice Cream on BlogHer!
  In July, summer settles in for the long haul. Hot days and warm nights beg for a sweet but cool treat, and that�s why we�re celebrating ice cream all month long. From rich and creamy custard-based ice cream to dairy-free options, we�ll bring you recipes and stories that are guaranteed to keep y ...
• Finished Last But Finished!
  In this post Christine writes about walking with her father and completing a 5K. It is simply amazing because just a year and a half ago her father had a lung transplant and couldn't walk at all! Read this post for inspiration and proof that you can do anything you are determined to do! - Renee ...
• Are You Watching WNBA Rookie Maya Moore?
  (Editor's Note: If, like Hello Ladies, you haven't been following the career of UConn standout Maya Moore, there's still time. She's now tearing up the court as a WNBA rookie showing why she's won every major athletic award presented to student-athletes. -js)> Are You Watching Maya Moore? There ...
• Independence Day - Freedom to Choose
  Four years ago I was sitting on a cliff in Maine lamenting how would I ever create the career I desired. How could I break free of what wasn't working? How could I trust and take the risk to leap into self-employment. After several years of trying to "make this happen", I finally had to surre ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Deadlier Whooping Cough Epidemic Likely Caused ...
  The whooping cough epidemic is receiving a big “ahem” in the media but we’re not hearing the whole story. There is probable reason to believe that the new virulent strain is a result of the ...
• Why USDA-Approved GE Eucalyptus In US Is Scary
  California is not a big fan of wildfires; that’s why millions are spent there to eradicate eucalyptus trees! So why did the USDA allow ArborGen to plant over a quarter million genetically engineered eucalyptus trees ...
• Unborn Receive BPA By Food – Feminizes Males
  If you just heard a loud noise, it was the simultaneous gag of unborn babies everywhere. Most are aware that BPA toxicity is linked to chronic problems like diabetes, cancer, infertility, and endocrine disruption. New information suggests ...
• Cinnamon Extract Can Inhibit Alzheimer’s ...
  Inspiring Biblical use of spices prompted Tel Aviv University researchers to examine cinnamon extract. The bark extract studied is called CEppt and can halt developing Alzheimer’s disease. While consuming cinnamon spice is healthy for virus protection ...
• Ron Paul Explains Intro of Marijuana Bill
  On Thursday, Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) and others introduced the first ever bill in Congress to end federal marijuana prohibition. It is not a bill to legalize per se, but to end ...

Live News Wire

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

Coal Tattoo

• Friday roundup, July 1, 2011
  While I was out last week, there was just a ton of coal news, so I’ll try to do a roundup of as much of it as I can here … First, there was a close call and some good news out of Kentucky, when three miners emerged safely after being trapped underground for 14 [...]
• More controversy over Brushy Fork slurry impou ...
  Photo of the Brushy Fork impoundment, by Vivian Stockman, with flight services provided by SouthWings. The folks from Coal River Mountain Watch announced today that they’re having a press conference next week to urge the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement to take strong ...
• Birth defects study: More inconvenient facts a ...
  I was out of town last week when news broke of the latest major scientific study about the serious public health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining. My buddy Dr. Paul Nyden covered it for the Gazette with this front-page story, reporting: Researchers found “significantly higher” rates of ...
• Is MSHA partly to blame for UBB deaths?
  At the end of yesterday’s MSHA press conference, a local radio reporter asked a pretty darned good question. It went something like this: Is Massey 100 percent responsible for the 29 deaths at the Upper Big Branch Mine? Or is MSHA also to blame, at least in part? Put in a practically impossible ...
• Is keeping ‘two sets of books’ a p ...
  MSHA officials — from left to right, Patricia Smith, Kevin Stricklin and Joe Main — await the start of a press conference Wednesday. Photo by Ken Ward Jr. Officials from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration — with a little help from initial media reports like mine last night — have pro ...

Daniel Miessler

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

Fitwatch

• Harassment style policing at J30 protest
  One of the most striking feature of today’s J30 protests was the unfettered intimidation and harassment dished out by the Met. They blatantly targeted a large scale stop and search programme at anyone they decided they didn’t like the look of, often young men, who were pulled from the crowd if t ...
• Filming in a public place, Greek Embassy, 16 June
  This is a great video of a very camera shy cop with an incredibly dodgy understanding of the law.
• New PND increases police ‘data power’
  The new Police National Database PND is now up and running. All of the 43 police forces can now easily and quickly share any information they hold, on a single platform. This will not only include criminal records, but all that ‘intelligence’ that is so lovingly gathered by FIT teams at politica ...
• FIT teams in plain clothes come out for UKuncu ...
  The 41 ukuncut demonstrations taking place around the UK yesterday resulted in only nine arrests, in Manchester. It is interesting that the arrests were for breach of the peace. Given that Ukuncut protesters elsewhere were also threatened with BOP arrests, it seems there was a bit of a tendency ...
• FIT teams in plain clothes come out for UKuncu ...
  The 41 ukuncut demonstrations taking place around the UK yesterday resulted in only nine arrests, in Manchester. It is interesting that the arrests were for breach of the peace. Given that Ukuncut protesters elsewhere were also threatened with BOP arrests, it seems there was a bit of a tendency ...

Worldwide Hippies

• All Work and No Pay: The Great Speedup
  By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery | motherjones.com - You: doing more with less. Corporate profits: up 22 percent. The dirty secret of the jobless recovery. ON A BRIGHT SPRING DAY in a wisteria-bedecked courtyard full of earnest, if half-drunk, conference attendees, we were commiserating wit ...
• Who’s afraid of the debt? Everyone excep ...
  By John Waggoner, USA TODAY – Every night — sometimes late into the night — worried men and women are talking about how to handle their debts. Those people would be your Congressmen. If Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling by August 2, the United States could default on its debt for the first ...
• Sunrise with Woody: Whale Poop
  Clarence (“Cunt-Hair Clancy”) Thomas’ ethical problems have become quite a fixture in the blog-o-verse, occasioning much comment, and a fair amount of outrage. Most folks (those with brains larger than field-mice) read the catalogue of offenses and demand that this venal, decadent, corrupt, comp ...
• Summer Re-Runs: A Hippies Guide To The Law of ...
  WWH – Joe will be excerpting his book in this space every Thursday at 12:00 pm (EST). Tune in, turn on, and enjoy the vibes! “If the Law of Attraction, took no Action. We would all be trees.” The Law of Attraction (LOA) has attracted a great deal of controversy. Competing “experts” views have pr ...
• Aaahhh, the smell of Activism in the morning! ...
  by Martin Moore | PBS – The smell of public activism wafted across this year’s Knight Civic Media conference at MIT. Mohammed Nanabhay from Al Jazeera English (AJE) spoke about how Al Jazeera covered the Egyptian revolution. Political consultant Chris Faulkner spoke about Tea Party activism; Yes ...

reference frame

• IBM: phase-change memory, PCM
  Phys Org (and those who follow them) informs about a new breakthrough of IBM that could lead to a two-order-of-magnitude improvement of flash-like memories. The technical paper is here: Drift-tolerant multilevel phase-change memory (PDF) The first author is Papandreou - clearly a chap f ...
• D0: a 4-sigma evidence for new CP violation in ...
  The anomaly grew from 3 sigma to 4 sigma On July 1st, I just updated the title of this article - originally posted on June 24th - because the D0 Collaboration has just posted a new preprint in which the anomaly grew from 3.2 to 3.9 sigma, or 4.2 sigma if counted more inclusively, once ...
• Realistic physics from D-branes on del Pezzo 3
  Today, despite the significant competition, the best TRF-awarded hep-th paper was: Towards a Systematic Construction of Realistic D-brane Models on a del Pezzo Singularity by Dolan, Krippendorf, and Quevedo. They construct realistic models on D7- and especially D7-branes on manifolds wi ...
• Chris Mooney on AGW: people should know nothin ...
  Gordon has recommended to me to read an essay by Chris Mooney in DeSmogBlog (which made him upset): “A Little Knowledge”: Why The Biggest Problem With Climate “Skeptics” May Be Their ConfidenceMooney has previously identified science with the war on the Republican Party - be sure that the ...
• Miss USA: Should math be taught in schools?
  The prettiest and brightest young American women were asked whether math should be taught in schools. Thanks to Honza. ;-) Original: Should evolution be taught in schools? Chris Hull: a stringy alien on Strings 2011 There is the annual Strings 2011 conf ...

No Frakking Consensus

• The Thrashing of Al Gore Continues
  When skeptics argue with Al Gore about the science of climate change do they step right into a trap?
• Walter Russell Mead Trashes Al Gore
  Over the past 16 months Walter Russell Mead, a Democrat, has authored a series of bracing commentaries about what's wrong with the green movement. Near the top of his list: Al Gore.
• The Activists, the Media, and the Public
  When activists hoodwink the media - and questionable environmental scare stories are the result - why don't we care?
• My Fave Chairman Pachauri Quote
  The credibility of the IPCC has long been in tatters. There have been multiple calls for the resignation of its chairman. Rather than addressing this state of affairs, the head of the IPCC thinks corporate entities should change their ways - because we live in a world in which "reputation and p ...
• Pachauri’s Cause
  The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says responding to climate change is part of a larger goal: transforming the world economy.

Tarpley

• Report from Libya 5
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. Russia Today July 1, 2011 download file �
• Report from Libya 4
  Webster G. Tarpley on the Kevin Barrett Show The Kevin Barrett Show June 29, 2011 [download audio]
• Report From Libya 3
  Webster G. Tarpley on Guns & Butter Guns & Butter June 29, 2011 [download audio]
• Report From Libya 2
  Webster G. Tarpley on the Alex Jones Show
• Report from Libya
  Webster G. Tarpley on the Alex Jones Show

Modern Survivalism

• Today in the News:
  Today in the News: News Today (July 1, 2011) U.S. Debt Deal Must Be Struck by July 22 to Prevent Default, Official Says US Debt Default in 3 Weeks That didn’t last long… Oil Prices Surging, Just 1 Week after Strategic Reserves Release Conspiracy of silence over four Iranian nuclear-capable missi ...
• Freak UK mini-Tsunami a Reminder of Puerto-Ric ...
  An entirely unexpected, but fortunately small tsunami swept down the Yealm estuary near Plymouth, the southwest coast of the United Kingdom, yesterday. The BBC reports of rivers changing direction, fish leaping out of the water, and even hair standing on end due to static. A boatman reported, “T ...
• Blind Acceptance
  Guest Post: by ‘Be Informed’ I see this time and time again, where people that go through disasters, the vast majority of them are not prepared and totally caught off guard. Much of this is because most people see ONLY what they want to see and see ONLY what others in control want them to [...]
• Fort Calhoun Nuke Plant, Feet Away from Core D ...
  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman, Gregory Jaczko, said today that they are keeping a close eye on Fort Calhoun “to make sure that the Omaha Public Power District does the right thing.” The nuclear power plant, located 19 miles north of Omaha, Nebraska, has been surrounded and partially ...
• Fire! Los Alamos Laboratories Nuke Center
  A wildfire named Las Conchas which began to rage Sunday morning in northern New Mexico has now spread to within striking distance of a very large nuclear weapons facility, the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which occupies 36 square miles of land located just 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe. From ...

Fast Company

• Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Is A Digital Bigfoot
  Known for her blunt leadership style, Bartz also makes a deep impression online, according to digital footprint tracker PeekYou.Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has huge digital feet. That's according to a new ranking out by PeekYou, a company that measures the virtual presence of a person using an algorit ...
• Nortel Sells Patents For Billions, Facebook Vs ...
  Big names (Apple! Microsoft! Sony!) buy big Nortel patents, Facebook battles another would-be owner, RIM's highly public executive brawl. This, and other bits of news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.--NASA's image of the day. It's a very recent and incredible image from the ...
• In.gredients Wants To Be The First Packaging A ...
  In an industry littered with excess packaging, it sounds like an impossible goal. And the Texas startup isn't just targeting waste, it's also going after food deserts, too. In an industry littered with excess packaging, it sounds like an impossible goal: in.gredients, a startup out of Austin, T ...
• Apple's Smartphone Market Share Grows As Andro ...
  The U.S. cellphone market has just turned a very significant corner, ccording to Nielsen: The majority of new phones being sold are, for the first time, smartphones. And while Google's Android still leads in raw numbers of recent purchases of smartphones, it's actually Apple's market share that' ...
• "Virtual Cane" Lets Visually Impaired Navigate ...
  A new prototype device allows the visually impaired to more easily walk the streets using sonar-like technology to create an impromptu spatial picture. Blind and visually impaired individuals may soon be walking easier with “virtual canes.” A new device developed by a team affiliated with Israel ...

Jadaliyya

• Orientalising the Egyptian Uprising, Take Two: ...
  Published by Jadaliyya on April 11 2011, Rabab el-Mahdiâs âOrientalising the Egyptian Uprisingâ precipitated a spirited discussion both in online comments on the article and offline discussions among Jadaliyya readers. While it is impossible to do justice to the article and the debates i ...
• WANTED!
  The International Criminal Court has now officially made Qaddafi an internationally wanted felon, for Crimes Against Humanity.�Libyans everywhere are excitedly anticipating his imminent downfall. However, the �King of Kings� seems to lack the ability to take a hint. � � � � � � � ...
• 100 Days of the 2011 Moroccan Constitution
  The February 20th Movement is the public and youthful face of the Arab spring in Morocco, emerging on that date into the streets as part of a series of coordinated Sunday demonstrations throughout the country. One of its rallying slogans is dastarat tawsi�at hay�at al-insaf wa-al-musalah ...
• Ma Fi Shi: The City of Nothingness
  [This is the second installment of Amal Hanano's diary of her trip back to Aleppo. You can read the first installment here] While �The people want to topple the regime� has become the anthem of the Arab Spring, �There is nothing� is the unofficial chant of the people of Aleppo. �Ma fi s ...
• ما قبل العاصفة - سينما عربية مستقلة
  � �م �ت��ع ا�م�ظم�� م� مع�د غ�ت� �س��ما آرس�ا�� �� ا�عاصمة ا�أ�ما��ة بر���� أ��م س�ضطر�� �إعادة بعض ا��ادم�� �مشا�دة ���م ابرا��م ا�بط�ط �ع�� شمس�� إ�� ا�ب�ت. �ا�ت ا��اعة ا�بر����ة ا�صغ�رة �� س��ما ارس�ا� �� شارع ب�تسدامر ا�م�تظ با�عمارات ا�زجاج�ة� �د إمت�أت بمحب� ا�س��ما �ج�س بعض�م ع ...

mediagazer

• ProPublica's newest news app uses education da ...
  Megan Garber / Nieman Journalism Lab: ProPublica's newest news app uses education data to get more social  —  Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights released a data set — the most comprehensive to date — documenting student access to advanced classes and special p ...
• New CNN News Chief Takes Stock (David Folkenfl ...
  David Folkenflik / NPR: New CNN News Chief Takes Stock … It's pretty easy to see the winning formula for Fox News and MSNBC.  They spend their evening hours stoking outrage from the political right and left, respectively.  —  But it's not as clear what the missing secret sauce should be for CNN.
• Rick Sanchez On Jon Stewart Vs. Fox News: When ...
  Rick Sanchez / Mediaite: Rick Sanchez On Jon Stewart Vs. Fox News: When It Comes To Bias There Is A Double Standard  —  Editor's Note: This is the first column published on Mediaite by Rick Sanchez.  It was originally published on his own site, and is repurposed here with his agreement.
• Google Inc. in preliminary talks to buy Hulu ( ...
  Dawn Chmielewski / Company Town: Google Inc. in preliminary talks to buy Hulu  —  Google Inc. is in preliminary talks to buy online video pioneer Hulu, people familiar with the situation said.  —  Hulu has begun meeting with potential buyers including Google, Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. to ...
• Gannett layoffs accelerated demise of InJersey ...
  Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter: Gannett layoffs accelerated demise of InJersey hyperlocal news sites  —  When Ted Mann started Gannett's InJersey hyperlocal news sites two years ago, he wanted them to become a nexus of community conversation.  He envisioned that about half of the sites' content ...

Chemtrail News

• Chemtrail Rally Duxford Cambridge Engla ...
  jillh10's video about chemtrail conspiracy documentary on Disclose.tv.disclose.tv/.../Chemtrail_Rally_Duxford_Cambridge_England...
• YouTube - DAILY MAIL DISINFO EXPOSED_BEST UK < ...
  Uploaded by seekYEthetruth on Jul 3, 2010 "MUSIC BY ROSKO JOHN. RE: The Mail Online article entitled 'Attack Of The Vapour Trails' ...www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wlPvlgeH2s
• New World Order China Chemtrails and Bi ...
  For the mods I am putting all this here for all to see since we have another whistleblower for the chemtrails that goes down deeper in the rabbit hole It is ...www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread722005/pg1
• Chemtrail Wolken über Porselen zw. ca. ...
  Chemtrail Wolken über Porselen zw. ca. 15:00 und 16:00Uhr 21.06.2011:Chemtrail Wolken recorded on USTREAM. Other Technology.www.ustream.tv/recorded/15524621
• Chemtrails Exploring a Mystery | Off Th ...
  Chemtrails, toxic elements dumped into the atmosphere in attempts to affect non-existent global warming, do nothing but poison our people and our land.www.offthegridnews.com/.../chemtrails-exploring-a-mystery/

World News - Top Stories

• Stocks: Investors pause after 4-day rally
  By CNNMoney staff July 1, 2011: 8:29 AM ET Click chart for more premarket data. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks were set to open the new month on a quiet note Friday, following a week of strong gains, as investors await reports on manufacturing and consumer sentiment. Dow Jones industria ...
• Chinaâs Hu Warns of Risks as Communist ...
  Beijing. Chinese President Hu Jintao warned the ruling Communist Party faced severe âgrowing painsâ as it turned 90 on Friday and said corruption, and alienation from Chinaâs masses, could erode public support. But in a speech on the anniversary of its 1921 founding, Hu gave no sign that th ...
• Simple July 4th essential guide: menu, re ...
  July 4th is days away and now is your time to gather up your friends and loved ones for a stress free weekend! No need for hauling out the pots and pans, Independence Day should be grab and go fare. �Pick up foods and beverages that will stay fresh over time and out of your refrigerator. �I ...
• National Cherry Festival part 1: celebrat ...
  It's National Cherry Festival time and Metro Detroit Whole Foods Market stores are celebrating with their own Cherry Festival event tomorrow, July 2nd at the Ann Arbor and Cranbrook stores. The event runs from 2pm to 6pm and customers can enjoy lots of free samples. On July 8th there will b ...
• Sharapova's shaky serves reach Wimbledon ...
  WIMBLEDON, England - Maria Sharapova whacked some serves long and blasted others straight into the net, and all too often she did it one after another. It didn't matter much, though, because the fifth-seeded Russian overcame 13 double-faults in a woeful serving display to reach her first Wi ...

no frakking consensus

• The Thrashing of Al Gore Continues
  When skeptics argue with Al Gore about the science of climate change do they step right into a trap?
• Walter Russell Mead Trashes Al Gore
  Over the past 16 months Walter Russell Mead, a Democrat, has authored a series of bracing commentaries about what's wrong with the green movement. Near the top of his list: Al Gore.
• The Activists, the Media, and the Public
  When activists hoodwink the media - and questionable environmental scare stories are the result - why don't we care?
• My Fave Chairman Pachauri Quote
  The credibility of the IPCC has long been in tatters. There have been multiple calls for the resignation of its chairman. Rather than addressing this state of affairs, the head of the IPCC thinks corporate entities should change their ways - because we live in a world in which "reputation and p ...
• Pachauri’s Cause
  The chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change says responding to climate change is part of a larger goal: transforming the world economy.

Anna's News

• Universe's Most Distant Quasar Found, Powered ...
  A team of European astronomers has used the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and a host of other telescopes to discover and study the most distant quasar found to date. This brilliant beacon, powered by a black hole with a mass two....Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech ...
• 10 Incredible TED Talks for Car Buffs
  Not everyone looks at cars and sees them as mundane contraptions meant for transportation. Some enjoy exploring them as engineering marvels, others viable works of art � and even more an amalgamation of both qualities. Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• 'Singing penis' sets noise record for water insect
  A tiny water boatman is the loudest animal on Earth relative to its body size, a study has revealed.Scientists from France and Scotland recorded the aquatic animal "singing" at up to 99.2 decibels, the equivalent of listening to a loud orchestra play.....Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals �|� � ...
• 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

Medical Marijuana

• 7/1/11 - Jail, Prison, Parole, and Probation P ...
  felonvoting.procon.org - NEW: Jail, Prison, Parole, and Probation Populations in the US, 1980-2009 - The total correctional population in the US grew from 1,840,400 in 1980 to 7,255,800 in 2009. In 1980 there were 319,598 people in prison, and by 2009 that population had expanded to 1,524,513 i ...
• 6/29/11 - New York Becomes the Sixth State to ...
  gaymarriage.procon.org - New York Becomes the Sixth State to Legalize Gay Marriage: Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law on June 24, 2011 that grants same-sex couples the right to marry, more than doubling the number of Americans living in states that allow same-sex marriage. New York jo ...
• 6/29/11 - US Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Ba ...
  videogames.procon.org - US Supreme Court Strikes Down Law Banning Sale of Violent Video Games to Minors: On June 27, 2011, the US Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in Brown vs. Entertainment Merchants Association that the California law banning the sale of violent video games to minors violated free speec ...
• 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 ...

Truth About Our World

• Massive wildfires threaten to ignite 30000 bar ...
  If nothing else, just question the “coincidence ” of various nuclear facilities being threatened now, either by earthquakes (Fukushima), fire (New Mexico), or water (Nebraska).  Mother nature having it’s revenge , or… planned??? July 01, 2011 by: Jonathan Benson Threats of radioactive disaster ...
• Look who’s buying up flood ravaged farm land
  Double Red Alert Posted by Ann Barnhardt Missouri River Flooding Cattle commodities broker Ann writes: Two HUGE intel leads in my email box this morning from way-back contacts that I�ve had for years, that are actually somewhat connected concepts. 1. File this one under �Now It All Makes Sense�. ...
• The Olgacom Scandal Explained: the connection ...
• Michael Jackson—Your message lives on…
  I could not let June 25th come and go without mention of one of this world’s greatest humanitarians and entertainers—Michael Jackson.  The Industry and media tried to destroy him with their lies and manipulations because he had a different message then what they wanted portrayed.    But LOVE ...
• Health Canada Refuses to Test for Radiation
  The Beacon Farmers in Central Newfoundland who were open to having their land tested for radiation contamination, will not have this work done by government agencies and private companies in Newfoundland and Labrador. In the June 2 edition of, The Beacon, it was discussed how the release of radi ...

Gyrovague's Raves

• China’s Maritime Interests
  What They Are and What They Aren’t Peter J. Munson A recent article at the Small Wars Journal by Dr. Tony Corn asserts the existence of a "Sino-Islamic nexus," based on the first ever entry of a Chinese warship into the Med to extract refugees from Libya.  While this move certainly is reflective ...
• The Atlantic Alliance and the Sino-Islamic Nexus
  From the Hindu Kush to the Shores of Tripoli by Tony Corn Of all the theses and sub-theses put forward by Samuel Huntington in his seminal article on The Clash of Civilizations (1993), none turned out to be more controversial than his assertion concerning the emergence of a Sino-Islamic nexus ba ...
• How China sees the world
  An emerging global power hashes out its foreign policy (AFP/Getty Images) By Thanassis Cambanis The specter of a China with rising influence in the world has long provoked anxiety here in America. Like a speeding car that suddenly fills the rearview mirror, China has grown stronger and bolder an ...
• Amazing Dogs
  JAN BONDESON Reviewed by Adam Kirsch All dog owners tend to think their dogs are amazing, just as all parents think their children are above average. But after youâve read Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities, by Jan Bondeson, Roverâs skill at fetching might look a little less impressiv ...
• The Trinity Sisters
  Many of Americaâs most powerful women went to a college youâve never heard of. By Kevin Carey Official White House Photo by Pete Souza Sister Ann Gormly is almost ninety, but she still skips the elevator and climbs the steep wooden staircase in the main hall of Trinity College, her alma mater an ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

• Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
  FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting.  The   meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie  with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
• Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
  FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting.  The   meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie  with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
• Opening up scientific information: a shared hi ...
  There are two parts to the story of the birth of the internet. Networked computers exchanging packets of information have existed since the 1960s, facilitated largely by a government project in the USA.   The interface that allows anyone to share anything with anyone, anywhere – the combinatio ...
• Opening up scientific information: a shared hi ...
  There are two parts to the story of the birth of the internet. Networked computers exchanging packets of information have existed since the 1960s, facilitated largely by a government project in the USA.   The interface that allows anyone to share anything with anyone, anywhere – the combinatio ...
• Six academies synthetic biology symposium: eng ...
  Synthetic biology can be described in quite simple terms; it is the design and production of novel biological systems and organisms. It is not so simply constituted.  Biological research is a vast and heterogeneous enterprise. And so the engineering of biological entities, despite its simple des ...

NAU Resistance

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

Gaea Times

• Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
  WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
• Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
  LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
• Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
  SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
• Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
  WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of child ...
• How sex hormones influence right heart function
  WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...

TruthNews Australia

• Hyde Park Rally: “The Science Doesn’t Ju ...
  Come to the rally and help us make history! What: Hyde Park Rally – “The Science Doesn’t Justify a Carbon Tax” When: Saturday, July 9, 2011 12:00 PM Where: Hyde Park North More info: http://www.meetup.com/wearechange-sydney/events/24210181/ Lord Monckton, Jo Nova and Dr. David Evans ar ...
• Introducing Bitcoin: the new digital currency
  Tonight I'm joined by Josh Jackson to discuss Bitcoin and what it means for the future of the global financial system. "Bitcoin is a digital currency created in 2009 by Satoshi Nakamoto. The name refers both to the open source software he designed to make use of the currency and to the peer-to ...
• Channel Nine’s assault on vaccine scepti ...
  Ellen Fanning (right) takes on Bronwyn Hancock (left) and Dr. Vera Scheibner (centre). On 10th June 2011 Channel 9 aired a "60 Minutes" episode which contained a crude piece of propaganda aimed at undermining the credibilty of vaccine sceptics. The program featured Bronwyn Hancock - a regula ...
• Alex Jones: Obama is Launching World War III
  In this critically important update, Alex warns how the international banking cartel is using Obama and the US military to start World War III. The controllers of the New World Order believe they can achieve their one world government by destabilizing every country in the middle east and norther ...
• 911: The side they’ll never print
  The events of September 11, 2011 were a catastrophe that shook the global population by its roots. An inhumane act largely unprecedented in the modern world was unleashed onto society causing a wave of fear and ‘terror’ that would significantly effect the years to come. Islamaphobia increased, r ...

Beacon

• News from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
  Small velella surrounded by plastic. © Scripps Institution of Oceanography Imagine you�re in a dimly lit Italian restaurant. Famished, you take the first bite of a juicy eggplant parmesan dinner, and it turns out to be a big hunk of plastic. (Yuk.) That�s the reality for fish in an area of ...
• Oceana's New Sea Turtle Children's Book
  A sea turtle drawing by a student at Seaside Elementary in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Author Eric Douglas and Oceana collaborated recently to create a children’s book, “The Sea Turtle Rescue.” The book features illustrations by the talented students at Seaside Elementary School in Myrtle Beach, Sou ...
• 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 ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

• Political Cartoons Regarding Obama’s Suc ...
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• The STZ-3 Soviet Agricultural Tractor Tank
  STX 3 Russian Agricultural Tractor “The civil agricultural tractor STZ-3 played a significant role as artillery prime mover during WWII, but also it was used as the base for the self-made tanks in 1941. Soviet army lost a huge amounts of tanks in summer 1941 and because of their great shortage K ...
• The Hawker Tempest During World War II With Fa ...
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• Vietnam 1971 – 8th Battalion 4th Field A ...
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• Bigfoot, Hauntings, UFOs And Those Infernal Sh ...
  Bigfoot, Hauntings, UFOs And Those Infernal Shows About Them. [...]

Taylor Marsh

• They Like Obama Soft
  New details on Mark Halperin’s suspension: An MSNBC source tells me that MSNBC preident [sic] Phil Griffin’s initial response to Halperin’s “dick” crack was that he should be suspended for two weeks, in keeping with Ed Schultz’s recent limited suspension. But the volume of emails flooding in dem ...
• Schumer Unveils Long Term Jobs Creation Bill
  Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Good news, I think. Senator Schumer has unveiled a jobs bill and Reid is promising to hold hearings and press to get it in any debt deal. Schumer includes many progressive ideas. Its high time the Senate pushed this: …as Republicans ...
• Stephen & his ‘Colbert Super PAC’
  Oh, how the gods must enjoy Stephen Colbert, I sure know I do. From The Hill: “It has been said that freedom isn’t free. Today, we have placed a sizable down payment,” he noted. Stephen Colbert at the FEC in Washington DCThe six FEC commissioners issued an unanimous advisory opinion to Colbert a ...
• Bill Clinton: ‘Jon Huntsman Quite an Impressiv ...
  Clinton’s assessment of Jon Huntsman is why Republicans won’t choose him. But if Huntsman and Bachmann could head the Republican ticket that would really be something for Obama reelect to go up against. Republicans simply aren’t that smart. Former Pres. Bill Clinton weighed in on a number of iss ...
• Americans Blame Bush & Wall Street for Economy
  Pres. Obama has a lot more power and room to push Republicans than he’s using. But Obama isnât seen as most responsible for the bad economy, with just eight percent of Americans saying his administration is most to blame. Of those surveyed, 26 percent still say the Bush administration is most to ...

Hudson New York

• Life for Palestinians in Gaza Strip Improved, ...
  It was a very hot weekend for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. That is why thousands of them preferred to enjoy their time on the clean beaches, swimming, sunbathing, riding horses, sailing, smoking water pipes and barbequing. These photos were provided
• Chad: Gaddafi's Best Ally
  The war in Libya has mainly been characterized by inaction. But U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently said that, where Libya is concerned, it is not only inaction that is leading this war to becoming similar of the Vietnam disaster, but also
• Mavi Marmara Inquiry Hasn't Reached Israel
  A written inquiry by the families of victims of the deadly Israeli raid on Mavi Marmara ship has not reached Israel, says an embassy spokesman. The families' lawyer says he does not know if the letter was sent by the Turkish Foreign Ministry A written
• The Netherlands Cuts Funding from Anti-Israel NGOs
  The Dutch Foreign Ministry says it will implement "sweeping reforms" to prevent the transfer of millions of taxpayer euros from going to Dutch humanitarian aid organizations that fund anti-Israel boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) activities and
• Why Muslim Demands for Headscarves Are Exaggerated
  Islamic attire for women—the burqa and hijab—are back in the news, though with a twist, as they cause problems and lawsuits in America, where they are legal. In France, however, they have been banned, and Muslim women are happily complying. There is an

Urban Survival

• Preholiday Cheer – Web Bot Run Pending
  The market continues in pre-Fourth party mode with bad news being easily brushed aside in favor of behavior suggesting someone should hide Wall Streets keys; friends, after all, wouldn’t let friends drive this way….   At every turn bad is … Continue reading →
• Coping: With the Fourth of July
  I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many fireworks stands up.  Driving across the country over the past week, seemed there were more fireworks stands that gas stations, particularly up north. The usual noise will be somewhat muted in the … Continue reading →
• Depression 2: Global Woes
  (Palestine, TX)  The UK’s on strike, (live web cam with time sequence here from Trafalgar Square) the US is on Broke, and the world is in Rebellion as GlobalRev serves up continuous matches featuring the ‘have-nots’ against the ‘haves’ and … Continue reading →
• Coping: Thursday at the WuJo
  Having returned from our 10-day, 2,600 mile road trip up to D-troyt for the National Society of Newspaper Columnists conference, we returned to the ranch last night, but only barely. Seems there’s a town up in Oklahoma called McAlester which … Continue reading →
• Feeding the Bear Waits
  (Shawnee, OK) If Jerusalem and Mecca are destination cities for several religions, then Shawnee, Oklahoma is the closest thing I can offer as the point of our current pilgrimage around the country seeking better writing, better punctuation, and higher returns … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

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• The Global Ponzi scheme is under collapse
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Radical Chic

• MIND CONTROL 70: The Wedding Invitation
  This is one of those deep parables that we once again need to pay attention to: Matt 22:1-14 1 Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: 2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a king who prepared a wedding banquet for his son. 3 He sent his servants to those who had been invited [...]
• FASHION STILL LIFE PHOTOGRAPHY – By: Bel ...
  Filed under: CREATIVITY Tagged: creativity, Fashion, fashion photography, photography
• SHOULD INTER-RELIGIOUS MARRIAGES HAPPEN? By: H ...
  Should inter-religious marriages happen? The obvious expected answer is YES. In fact, I took time out (yes, I did) to carry out a survey of peopleâs general answer to this question. Given the Yes/No option to this question, NINE out of ten people said ‘Yes’, leaving just one person with the ‘No’ ...
• RENT FREE
  She had been living in there rent free for 6 months now. I’d been keeping track of how often she came in and out. It didn’t matter whether or not I wanted her to be, she was there. From the early hours of the morning, till odd hours of night, her presence was always recognisable. [...]
• 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 ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

• Globe: Senior care researchers chided on infor ...
  From The Globe: In a letter sent last week to a Harvard-affiliated institution and two other major research universities, the Department of Health and Human Services concluded that the scientists suppressed information about the dangers to elders participating in research on how to reduce often ...
• BU study: Korean herb mix so-cheong-ryong-tang ...
  From BU's web site: BUSM researchers using a traditional Korean medicine, SO-CHEONG-RYONG-TANG (SCRT) that has long been used for the treatment of allergic diseases in Asia, found that SCRT treatment alleviates asthma-like pulmonary inflammation via suppression of specific chemokines or protei ...
• 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 ...

NRDC Switchboard

• ARB Announces Plans to Require Major Industria ...
  Devra Wang, Director, California Energy Program, San Francisco At a California Senate oversight hearing yesterday called by Senator Pavley, a joint author of the state’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), Air Resources Board Chairman N ...
• A sign that walkers and cyclists need more respect
  Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC �� (Since the first person I showed this to failed to get the point, I'll add that this is a swampy part of Florida where certain kinds of critters do abound.) Thank ...
• Plans to Repeal the Clean Water Act
  Scott Slesinger, Legislative Director, Washington, DC As a young EPA staffer, I worked with the congressional committee staffs on what is properly entitled the “Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1977 [Commonly Referred to as the Clean Water A ...
• Hold your horses: fracking in NYS is still und ...
  Kate Sinding, Senior Attorney, New York City Rumors have been swirling today that New York is lifting its moratorium on new fracking in the Marcellus Shale.  Here’s the reality: the de facto moratorium that has been in place since the summer of 20 ...
• Fight to Block San Diego Riverfront Landfill C ...
  Damon Nagami, Staff Attorney, Santa Monica The fight to stop the proposed Gregory Canyon Landfill in northern San Diego County continued Monday night with a raucous public meeting in Fallbrook held by California’s Department of Resources Recycling ...

Injustice Everywhere

• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, June 30, 2011: A Detroit MI gang cop is on admin duty while investigated over an excessive force incident that was captured on surveillance video which helped spark a civil rights ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 15 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Wednesday, June 29, 2011: New York NY police accused of brutality in video showing at least one man repeatedly struck w/batons outside club [3] http://bit.ly/kPuLId 2 Newnan GA cops accuse ...
• 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 ...

Total Collapse

• U.S. Designates Israel as Country That Tends T ...
  Fox News – In an implicit admission that Israel is so threatened by terrorism that it is not only surrounded by countries and territories that produce terrorists but also unwillingly harbors terrorists within its own territory in a way the most other nations in the world do not, the Obama admini ...
• UNs Hariri tribunal indicts four Hezbollah members
  Channel 6 News – A U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri on Thursday handed over the Lebanon-portion of the indictment and arrest warrants for four Hezbollah members, Lebanon’s State Prosecutor Saeed Mirza said. According to the Dai ...
• U.S. recognizes Muslim Brotherhood
  The U.S. has decided to formally resume contact with Egyptâs Muslim Brotherhood group – which does not recognize Israel â in a move that could further alienate some Jewish voters already skeptical of President Barack Obama, it was reported. One senior U.S. official said the Brotherhoodâs rise in ...
• Greek government austerity measures: Would You ...
  The Greek parliament has adopted the latest set of austerity measures needed to secure another payment under the bail-out from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The five-year plan was changed last week to allow for more money to be raised through tax increases and less mone ...
• How climate change could cause a 30-year war
  Our centuries-old system of nation-states may not be long for this world, says Hampshire College professor Michael T. Klare at CBS News. It was established with the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, at the end of Europe’s “intensely brutal” Thirty Years’ War. But now, we’re about to enter another ...

Daily Dose

• Google Chrome has 20% global market share, Fir ...
  Googleâs Chrome browser exceeded 20% of the global Internet browser market in June for the first time, according to StatCounter, the website analytics firm. The research found that Chrome took 20.7% of the global market last month, which is up from a mere 2.8% in June 2009.  In the same peri ...
• Windows Phone 7 Now Has 25,000 Apps
  Microsoft’s Windows Phone marketplace now has passed 25,000 apps, reaching the milestone in 263 days from when the application store launched. Marketplace statistics have been tracked by Windows Phone Applist, which counts 25,018 applications at the time of writing, adding 1947 apps in the last ...
• Celebrities take to Google+. Have you found any?
  Google’s decision to limit access to its new social network Google+ seems to be paying dividends for the search giant, with thousands of users all clambering for that all important invite. Whilst Google shut the door on the official invite process for the time being, Google users have been ab ...
• Ignite100: Europe’s first £1m startup accelera ...
  Ignite100 has launched a £1m startup accelerator programme that will invest up to £100k for each of ten teams in the North East of England. Building upon the success of its predecessor, The Difference Engine, ignite100 will deliver a 13-week acceleration programme alongside £100k of investment ...
• Thai Twitter users face prison if they tweet d ...
  With the 2011 Thai General Election fast approaching, the nation is gearing up to embrace what could herald a new chapter for the country, and revitalize its democracy after more than 5 years of political crisis. But news has emerged that Thais could face a stint in jail and a hefty fine if the ...

Beyond Zero Emissions

• Time Ripening Fast For Australia To Down Renew ...
  At the recent UN Climate Talks in held in Bonn, a spokesperson for Germany's Federal Environment Agency (Eric Fee) gave a presentation outlining how Germany's energy sector could transition to a 100 per cent renewable electricity supply by 2050. The presentation was based on a 2010 study unde ...
• 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 ...

Monga Bay ( News )

• Ant surprises on Murciélago Islands in Co ...
  The Murci�lago Islands are seven small islands off the northwest coast of Costa Rica in the Area de Conservaci�n Guanacaste (ACG), home to one of the largest intact dry tropical forests in Central America. Despite this, few scientists have studied the biodiversity of these small uninhabited isla ...
• 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 ...
• Is the Ministry of Forestry undermining Indone ...
  Indonesia's Ministry of Forestry is already undermining the moratorium on new forestry concessions on peatlands and in primary forest areas, alleges a new report from Greenomics-Indonesia. The report, The Toothless Moratorium, claims that a new decree from the Ministry of Forestry converts 81,49 ...
• Fire detected in plantation that allegedly bre ...
  A fire is burning within a concession controlled by PT Menteng Jaya Sawit Perdana in Indonesian Borneo turning up the heat on its parent company, the Malaysia-based conglomerate Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), which supplies "sustainably-produced" palm oil to companies like Cargill and is alre ...

Sierra Express

• Initial appearance for five accused of contemp ...
  Five persons accused of contempt have been ordered to appear before the Special Court in Freetown on July 15 to plead to charges they attempted to interfere with Prosecution witnesses. Hassan Papa Bangura, aka “Bomblast” and Samuel Kargbo, aka “Sammy Ragga”, are ordered to appear before Justice ...
• British Foreign Secretary speaks on the UK Bri ...
  Bribery is a modern day scourge on international trade. At a time when so many people are struggling through an economic downturn, bribery is a very real disease threatening our prosperity. It poses a serious challenge to the development of economies and contributes to market failure. It distort ...
• NATO: ‘A ghost orbiting forever lost’
  There are many similarities between Libya and Iraq. The landscapes are crusty and pancake flat. The housing is similarly spartan, and relentlessly dun. Because of a history of sanctions and the caprice of their leadership, Libyans and Iraqis alike have benefitted little from their country’s oil ...
• 13 African Nations at “Power Kick for Africa” ...
   âWomen should be at the Forefront of the Energy Revolutionâ  ABUJA, Nigeria, July 1, 2011 — Access to cleaner, more affordable energy for their people is a current priority for many African Nations. 70 participants from 13 African Nations â policy makers as well as representatives from busine ...
• NEPAD Celebrates Tenth Anniversary
  Malabo, June 29, 2011 - The tenth anniversary of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development ( NEPAD) was celebrated during the 25th Summit of the Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC), on Wednesday, June 29, on the sidelines of the 17th African Union (AU) Summit. Holding ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

• India looks to tap NZ dairy know-how in trade deal
  India's Commerce Minister wants to tap into the New Zealand dairy industry's state-of-the art technology as part of a free-trade deal between the two countries.Shri Anand Sharma has urged Kiwi dairy giant Fonterra and India's...
• Fran O'Sullivan: Key woos India with his charm ...
  John Key's commercial salesmanship, flair for marketing and eye for the deal will distinguish his time as New Zealand Prime Minister on the world stage.Key's political style has taken a while to emerge.As he builds his reputation...
• Fonterra acquires rural supplies chain RD1
  Fonterra has assumed full control of rural supplies company RD1, the dairy cooperative announced today.The company sold a 50 per cent stake in the company in 2006 to Australian rural supplies chain Landmark, owned by AWB - but...
• Kiwi exporters savour Indian deal's potential
  New Zealand is one step closer to reaching a free trade agreement with India and Kiwi companies are optimistic about their prospects in one of the world's fastest growing markets.Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed...
• Key: High hopes for free trade with India
  Prime Minister John Key says his fingers are crossed that a free trade agreement with India will become a reality sooner after his meeting with India's Prime Minister went better than he expected.Mr Key met with Indian Prime Minister...

The Bovine

• 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 ...

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• Managing Director of Sovereign Ratings at S&P ...
  John Chambers, managing director of sovereign ratings at Standard & Poor's, talks about the outlook for U.S. lawmakers to reach an agreement to raise the debt limit and avoid an S&P downgrade of the sovereign top-level AAA ranking on the U.S. to D. Select Quotes If any government doesn’t pay ...
• Corn, Soybean, Wheat Futures Plunge on Crop Re ...
  Grain futures are sharply lower across the board as traders had positioned themselves for shortages because of Midwest flooding and increasing demand from emerging markets and China. Instead, corn stocks were 11 percent bigger than analysts expected and a bumper crop could be on the way accordi ...
• Obama-Pimco Fear-Mongering Duet Chants More So ...
  The Obama-Pimco fear-mongering duet is chanting the same sour notes again today. This time the spotlight is on the president. Bloomberg reports Obama Assails Republicans as Gulf in U.S. Debt-Limit Talks Remains WidePresident Barack Obama accused Republicans of siding with corporate jet owners o ...
• Weekly Unemployment Claims Exceed 400,000 12th ...
  The labor market remains stuck in the mud since April second, the last time seasonally adjusted initial unemployment claims fell below 400,000. Initial Unemployment Claims For 2011 Please consider the Department of Labor Weekly Claims Report. In the week ending June 25, the advance figure f ...
• Medicaid Annual Spending in 1965 $1 Billion, T ...
  Medicaid was created in 1965 as a supposedly small program with expenditures of $1 billion. It has since ballooned to $450 billion and now the Department of Health and Human Services projects Medicaid will cost $900 billion by 2019. The solution is simple. Abolish Medicaid and give states blo ...

  PS - Inter Press Services

• U.S.: Climate Change May Pose Biggest Security ...
  As a budget battle rages on in the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama's military budget comes under increasingly harsh scrutiny, a report released here Thursday by the Institute for Policy Studies suggests that reallocating defence spending towards tackling climate change might b ...
• Syria's Once Profoundly Secular Society Shaken Up
  Since pro-democracy protests began last March, Syria's once profoundly secular society has been shaken up, with deep divides splitting up communities along sectarian lines.
• INDIA: 'Seed-Mothers' Confront Climate Insecurity
  In eastern Orissa state's tribal hinterlands about 200 ‘seed-mothers' are on mission mode - identifying, collecting and conserving traditional seed varieties and motivating farming families to use them.
• U.S. Replaces Japan in Role of Villain on Whales
  The United States has taken over the pro-whaling stance traditionally championed by Japan, but instead of supporting the capture of whales for scientific research purposes, it is doing so under the guise of aboriginal subsistence quotas.
• U.S.: Floods and Wildfires Trigger New Fears o ...
  Just 100 days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, concerns are being raised about several U.S. nuclear stations that are facing natural disasters of their own.

Scoop - NZ

• John Key's Panglossian Disorder
  “Panglossian Disorders” are defined as: “The neurotic tendency toward extreme optimism in the face of likely cultural and planetary collapse.” Borrowing Voltaire’s character Pangloss in his novel Candide, we might speak of a Panglossian Disorder as the belief that “all is well and everything ...
• 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 ...

Independent - London

• Japan limits energy use as disaster causes crunch
  Japan began imposing energy restrictions on companies, shopping centres and other major electricity users today to cope with power shortages caused by the loss of a tsunami-hit nuclear power plant.
• Warm welcome for Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ...
  The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge received a rapturous welcome in Canada during the first day of their historic tour of the Commonwealth country.
• Case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn 'near coll ...
  Prosecutors have serious questions about the credibility of a hotel housekeeper who has accused former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn of raping her, and they are taking the extraordinary step of seeking a substantial reduction in his bail, a person familiar with the ...
• Hugo Chavez has cancerous tumour removed
  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez told his countrymen that he underwent a second surgical procedure in Cuba for the removal of a cancerous growth.
• Students killed in Thailand bus crash
  Three British gap-year students travelling through Thailand have been killed in a bus crash.

Rogue Government.com

• AFRICOM: AF, Navy still flying Libya missions
  Air Force and Navy aircraft are still flying hundreds of strike missions over Libya despite the Obama administration’s claim that American forces are playing only a limited support role in the NATO operation.
• Glenn Beck Moving To Texas
  New Yorkers better get their heckling in fast, because Glenn Beck is headed for the Lone Star State.  The TV host and commentator recently sold his New Canaan, Conn., mansion,  to Maura Abeln Smith, recently named general counsel of PepsiCo, for $3.6 million. The listing agent, Lynne Leonard, c ...
• Arlington PD Testing Unmanned Aircraft
  The Arlington Police Department is in the first part of its experiment in using unmanned aircraft to assist in law enforcement.
• Russia to deploy 2 army brigades in Arctic
  Russia's defense minister says the military will deploy two army brigades to help protect the nation's interests in the Arctic. 
• Minnesota government shutdown begins after ta ...
  Minnesota's state government began a broad shut down on Friday going into the July 4 holiday after Democratic Governor Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders failed to reach a budget deal.

Innovation Canada

• No more slipping through the cracks
  At any given time, some 19,000 children are in foster care in Ontario, placed there for their protection by one of the province’s 53 Children’s Aid Societies (CAS). While CAS caseworkers write meticulous reports on the children who pass through the system, the details contained in the thousands ...
• 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 ...

Signs of the times

• Jellyfish shut down British nuclear reactor
  London - A nuclear power station in eastern Scotland had to shut down its reactors after "high volumes" of jellyfish were found on its seawater filter screens, the operating company said Thursday. "Both units at Torness power station were manually shut down on 28 June, due to the high volum ...
• Shocking: Mother of Five Dead in Public Pool f ...
  Marie Joseph's body overlooked for 2 days while Massachusetts-run pool was open.
• Cylinder UFOs reported over Indiana, Illinois
  Witnesses in Indiana and Illinois are reporting a cylinder-shaped UFO in the daytime skies in separate cases, according to June 29, 2011, testimony from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database. Two witnesses standing in a Kokomo, IN, parking lot reported watching "a large, d ...
• BP tries to put positive spin on negative repo ...
  Energy giant BP tried Wednesday to put a positive spin on a new report that highlights the devastating impact of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill using their official Twitter account. "Annual #Beach Water Report released today includes info on improved conditions since #BP #oilspill," the company ...
• Nearly 1.3 million in Ohio sign recall of unio ...
  The pro-labor coalition We Are Ohio delivered nearly 1.3 million signatures Wednesday to repeal SB 5, a new law restricting the collective-bargaining rights of public employees, placing it on the November 8 ballot. People's World reported that the 1,298,301 signatures were delivered to the Se ...

The Galloping Beaver

• Competence . . .
  THE BOSTON HERALD has a mind-boggling report. Apparently, the municipal workers at Veteran’s Memorial Pool at Lafayette Park in Fall River aren't the sharpest tools in the drawer. You see, poor Marie Joseph (above) went into the pool, and didn't come out — for over two days. YIKES!Later that nig ...
• enough with the uniform fetish already
  "Wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross" indeed. Didn't thousands of brave Canadians die in World War Two just so we could avoid exactly this kind of creeping militarism and fascist-style soldier worship? It really is just a matter of time before Stephen Harper appears in a fancy uniform wit ...
• Cops get house arrest for beating up disabled ...
  �This behaviour we expect from gang members on the street, not the police. The idea that someone who committed a crime like this would be allowed to ever possess a handgun, let alone be sent into volatile situations requiring judgment and restraint while armed is simply out of the question.�So s ...
• Perspectives . . .
  WHEN LIFE HANDS YOU A LEMON, make lemonade. It's an old aphorism, but wise advice. A case in point: Examiner.com has a fascinating article by Gregg Clemmer, "The unexpected legacy of Washington's first Civil War amputee". That would be James Edward Hanger; born in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in ...
• Priests and Police
  There was a time when the occupations named in the title of this post held and commanded positions of respect and authority in society. No more. I went to Catholic schools from kindergarten through grade 13. Growing up, Sunday mass was not usually an option. It is hard for me now, and likely ma ...

Media Matters for America

• Beck Uses Last Show To Reminisce About Some Of ...
  On the last episode of his Fox News show, Glenn Beck took some time to reflect on some of his wildest theories as well as people and organizations he repeatedly smeared during his tenure at Fox.Beck Brags About Taking On George Soros On His Last Show, Beck Says: "We've Taken On ... George Soro ...
• Conservative Media Shout "Class Warfare" To De ...
  The right-wing media responded with outrage after President Obama called on Congress to eliminate tax breaks on corporate jets in order to help stave off a default crisis -- accusing Obama of waging "class warfare.""Class Warfare": Right-Wing Media Figures Object To Rolling Back Tax Breaks For ...
• Glenn Beck's Top 5 Most Inflammatory Moments
  In more than two years on Fox News, Glenn Beck inundated his viewers with violent, inflammatory rhetoric. Media Matters presents a selection of his worst offenses. 5. Beck Accused The Obama Administration Of Provoking Conservatives Into Violence. Following the passage of the health care reform ...
• The Glenn Beck Shopping Network
  Glenn Beck leaves behind a dubious ethical legacy: On his Fox show, he would promote companies with which he had a financial relationship, but without disclosing that relationship to his viewers. He also used the program as a forum to nudge viewers toward buying products like gold and a library ...
• Parents Shouldn't Trust Beck To Educate Their Kids
  Glenn Beck has said he is leaving Fox News in part to "target the youth" and pitch his distinctive brand of right-wing misinformation to a younger demographic. But Beck's long history of misleading his viewers demonstrates why no one should trust him to educate his or her children.Beck Says He' ...

Global Research.ca

• Economic Crisis and “Social Explosion”
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• The Greatest Depression Has Only Begun
  Originating in 2008, the global economic crisis took the world by storm: banks collapsed, the "too big to fail" became bigger...
• VIDEO: The End of the American Dream?
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• Greek Coastguard Intercepts Gaza Ship
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.
• Radioactive Leak at Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power ...
  For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

TPM Cafe

• Open Internet Coming Out of Paris
  Here follows my short speech at the OECD high level meeting on the open internet. "Great congratulations are due to the OECD for the remarkable communique to which so many have agreed as the culmination of the two-day high level meeting here in Paris on the growth and development of the Inte ...
• Douglas Feith and American Narcissism
  The other day I argued we should rename the debate over American exceptionalism. Let's refer to the Republican candidates' ideology as American infallibility, since it's distinguished by unwavering belief in the inherent justness of American cause. Think of it as the Superman Doctrine, fighting ...
• 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 ...

Institute for Middle East Understanding

• 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 Terri ...
• Flotilla organizers: Greece complicit with Isr ...
  At a press conference held at 3pm local time on Thursday, organizers of the US boat to Gaza, The Audacity of Hope, unveiled their ship to international press corps. Roughly 70 journal ...
• Flotilla to sail 'very soon' despite snags (M ...
  Organizers of a US boat participating in the Gaza-bound flotilla said Thursday afternoon that they hoped to sail "very very soon," with some expecting an immanent departure. Organizer ...
• Huwaida Arraf, Gaza Freedom Flotilla Organizer ...
• Fact Checking Israel's Misinformation on Gaza ...
  After the commando raid that left nine passengers dead on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla in May 2010, the Israeli government's efforts to contain the damage done to its image international ...

Water - AlterNet

• Home Rule: How Communities Can Stand Up to Pol ...
  If you think that nothing can be done on the local level to combat big polluters like gas fracking companies, think again.
• We Need to Change Course: Ocean Life Is at Ris ...
  Destructive fishing practices, pollution, biodiversity loss, spreading low-oxygen "dead zones" and ocean acidification are having synergistic effects across the board.
• The UN Is Aiding a Corporate Takeover of Drink ...
  Billions of dollars are being given out to the most ardent promoters of water privatization.
• Why a Corporate Power Grab at the UN Threatens ...
  Billions of dollars are being given out to the most ardent promoters of water privatization.
• Floods Again Force Families to Evacuate North ...
  The worst flooding in 40 decades is forcing evacuations in Minot, North Dakota.

Public Citizen in Texas

• Japan’s nuclear corporate & regulatory culture ...
  Bashing Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco), has become a regular habit in Japan over the past three months. While Tepco managers certainly bungled the response to the crisis at the company’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, Tepco wasn’t operating in a ...
• Nowhere to run
  In a series of investigative stories, the Associated Press (AP) has been reporting on the state of the US nuclear industry in the wake of the Fukushima disaster in Japan.  In this recent report, the AP found that as America’s nuclear power plants have aged, the once-rural areas around them have ...
• FEC approves Colbert SuperPAC – hilarity AND s ...
  Stephen Colbert and the FEC squared off today in Washington over the fake news anchor’s SuperPAC request. Colbert testified today in an FEC hearing in which he sought a media exemption so he can form his own Super political action committee. The Comedy Central host has been making fun of campaig ...
• Dead Air for Perry
  In an interesting twist to what had been a post-session, pre-presidential run period of  crowds chanting âRun, Rick, Run!â everywhere he has shown up, probably reminiscent of the Governor’s A&M yell leader years, Rick Perry was subtly called to task for anti-immigrant efforts during both th ...
• Energy efficiency a winner in the 82nd legisla ...
  Governor Perry has signed into law several pieces of energy efficiency legislation.  These include: SB 1125 – changes how we measure our progress on energy efficiency from a percentage of growth in energy consumption to a percentage of peak energy usage.  Allows for greater demand side managem ...

Unexplained Mysteries

• High school principal hypnotized students
  Principle George Kenney is believed to have hypnotized up to 75 people at his school in Florida. The list includes not only students but other teacher...
• Human ancestor older than thought
  Scientists now believe homo erectus and modern humans never co-existed in the distant past. Up until now it was believed that homo erectus still survi...
• Bananaphobia: woman terrified for 20 years
  23 year-old Paula Ross has been absolutely terrified of the yellow fruit for her whole life. Her fear was so extreme that she couldn't even stand bein...
• Do we generate more CO2 than volcanoes ?
  A new study claims human activites generate more CO2 in 3 days than volcanoes do in a whole year. The mind-boggling statistic suggests human activitie...
• Meditation can half risk of heart attack
  Researchers have found that transcendental meditation can provide significant health benefits. The meditation technique was made popular by the Beatle...

Grassroots

• Learning and Constructing with Haitians
  Subheadline:� Internationalism between Peoples Outside Author Info Outside Author Bio:� Beverly Bell has worked with Haitian social movements for over 30 years. She is also author of the bo ...
• Thousands and thousands of people demanding cl ...
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• G20-Agriculture: Hundreds of organizations say ...
  no_land_no_food.jpg Grassroots International joined nearly 500 other organizations around the world in signing the “Dakar Appeal Against Land Grabbing.” The appeal, originally drafted at the World Social Forum in Dakar in February 2011, ca ...
• Elbit’s Cruel Profit from Palestinian Suffering
  elbit_drone.jpg As they often did on any given day, the al-Jarah family gathered for some tea, a time-honored Gazan tradition and valued opportunity for relaxation and catching up.�They enjoyed the tranquility of being together in the prot ...
• Rooted as Deep as Olive Trees
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Climate

• Global Warming No Friend of California Wines: ...
  Source:� Reuters Global warming could make it more difficult for California's prized Napa Valley to make high quality wines over the next 30 years, but could improve grape-growing in Oregon, a study published on Thursday sugge ...
• Panama to Host U.N. Climate Talks in October
  Source:� Reuters The last round of U.N. climate talks before an annual summit in South Africa this year will be held in Panama, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change said on its website.
• Alaska to Aggressively Market 14.7 Million-Acr ...
  Source:� The Washington Post The state of Alaska plans to aggressively market a 14.7 million-acre lease sale announced Thursday in hopes of attracting new oil and natural gas development on state lands and waters.
• Industry, Enviros Both Claim Victory in Case o ...
  Source:� New York Times A federal judge in Wyoming yesterday said the government must not delay decisions over whether to issue oil and gas leases in the West, but that the Interior Department may refuse to issue leases even a ...
• Global Maritime Carbon Deal 'Dead in the Water'
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GreenBiz

• Climate Corps 2011: How Facebook is Friending ...
  'Move fast and break things' is a core motto at the apex social network; three EDF Climate Corps fellows leap into Facebook's Palo Alto headquarters to apply the concept to quickly breaking the old ways of energy management.
• 3 Reasons Why the Auto Industry Can Meet the 5 ...
  Despite what seems to be reflexive pessimism about their ability to radically boost fuel efficiency by 2025, there are no insurmountable barriers to achieving President Obama's MPG challenge -- and at least one car company is willing to try.
• San Francisco Named North America's Greenest City
  San Francisco bested contenders that included Vancouver, New York, Seattle, Denver and Boston in a study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit and commissioned by Siemens.
• What Google's Pulling the Plug on PowerMeter M ...
  Google will retire its home energy management tool in mid-September in the wake of slow adoption; but forecasters still predict significant growth for the market.
• 3 Lessons in Professional Growth from IBM's Fi ...
  Sharon Nunes, the head of IBM's Smarter Cities initiative, personifies the kinds of evolution that IBM has undergone over the past 100 years.

Reuters Global

• Will the Arab Spring bring U.S.-style “c ...
  One signpost of the shift from the old collective way of approaching politics toward the new and more individualistic one is a change in slogans. “Dignity is the new slogan,”
• Taliban talks: the new mirage in Afghanistan
  Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said publicly the United States is holding talks with the Taliban. But is it already too late to reach a peaceful settlement to the war?
• “Fearsome risks” driving policy ov ...
  In China, where a rash of protests, sometimes violent, have recently flared up and been slapped down, echoes from this year's 'Arab Spring' of rebellion against iron-fisted rulers in the Middle East and North Africa are resonating loudly.
• Ten years on, still trying to frame the Afghan War
  U.S. President Barack Obama is in the midst of a wrenching decision on whether to quickly bring home the 100,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan or stay the course in the hope that the situation will stabilise in the country
• No room at the Inn … but maybe a job in ...
  Lucille Lievaux, a 25-year-old French geologist, commutes to work on a plane, a 1,300-km journey from Australia's Indian Ocean city of Perth to the mining town of Karratha, a smudge of suburbia on the continent's barren northwest coast. She is part of growing army of foreigners being recruited f ...

Booman Tribune

• The Cure for Uppity is Valium
  May 25, 2010:
  
  

  President Obama paid a visit to the Senate Republican Conference today to have a direct give-and-take on current issues like immigration, the oil spill, and financial reform. Th ...
  

• This Is Not a Political Party
  At this point the Republicans are basically a parody of a political party. They'd be funny as a Monty Python sketch, but they're so dysfunctional that it's impossible t ...
• AZ Cops & Tasers. Maricopa Cty: Most Taser ...
  Over the past decade I and many others have blogged about individual cases where tasers have been abused by law enforcement agencies and individual law enforcement officials. From the Baro ...
• Bruce Says Goodbye to His Saxman
  Here's an excerpt from Bruce Springsteen's eulogy for Clarence Clemons:
  
  

  Standing next to Clarence was like standing next to the baddest ass on the planet. You were proud, you were strong, you were excited and laughing wi ...
  

• I'm Glad Halperin Called Obama a Dick
  I am glad that Mark Halperin called the president a dick on Morning Joe this morning. I'm also glad the producer didn't know which button to push to prevent it from being broadcast. I'm glad not because I agree with Hal ...

Environmental Graffiti

• 5 Fascinating Species of South American Manaki ...
  Five out of the five dozen manakin species will introduce this family of small birds with their distinctive plumage and unusual behaviours. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• Powerful Sculptures of Animals in Gas Masks an ...
  Powerful porcelain art juxtaposing the intertwined roles of man and nature. read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• 7 Deadliest Man-Eating Animals in Modern History
  Some of the deadliest single animals in history, man-eaters each and every one of them! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
• 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

Foreign Policy in Focus

• Shifting Targets: From Iran to Libya and Syria ...
  Iran may catch a break as the United States weighs invasions of both Libya and Syria instead.
• Tracking the Saudi Arms Deal
  Washington is gearing up for a historic arms sale to Riyadh. So why is it so hard to learn the details of the deal?
• Apple: Crown Jewel of Technology or Human-Righ ...
  You may have watched the great British TV series "Blood on the Wire." Is Apple "Blood on the Wireless"?
• Europe Taking Lead on Speculations Tax
  Why is Europe leaving the United States behind on applying a small tax on financial transactions?
• Burma's Ethnic Insurgencies Erupt in a Chain R ...
  Fighting by Burma's three largest ethnic minorities has flared up all at once.

Global Elite

• 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 ...

Al Jazeera

• Syrian protesters call on Assad to step down
  Activists say eleven people killed by security forces as hundreds of thousands take to the streets across the country.
• Hundreds of thousands rally across Yemen
  Pro- and anti-Saleh demonstrations held in capital, while protesters in Taiz chant slogans against Saudi Arabia.
• Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest
  Judge frees former IMF chief after evidence from his accuser is queried by prosecutors, but alleged rape case continues.
• Interior minister confirms Hariri indictments
  Marwan Charbel names four Hezbollah suspects indicted over the murder of former Lebanese prime minister in 2005.
• US Gaza-bound boat returning to Greek port
  Vessel seeking to break Israel's siege of Gaza Strip returns to Greek port after it was intercepted by armed commandos.

Green Inc. - NYT

• Exxon Cut Financing to Climate Skeptics, Group ...
  Such groups received less than $800,000 from Exxon last year, down from a peak of $3.4 million in 2005.
• In Texas, Parched Athletic Fields
  Sports fields experience wear and tear even in the best conditions, but a drought has created additional problems.
• An Uptick in United States Temperatures
  Every state's annual maximum and minimum temperatures increased on average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says.
• Senator Inhofe Sends His Regrets
  The senator says he is under the weather and cannot join his fellow climate skeptics at their annual get-together.
• Group Condemns Harassment of Climate Scientists
  "Reports of harassment, death threats, and legal challenges have created a hostile environment that inhibits the free exchange of scientific findings and ideas," the board of a leading scientific society warns.

Dot Earth News

• Time for a Checkup
  A pause to step back and sift for ways to foster progress that fits on a finite planet.
• Cuomo Clarifies Fracking and Nuclear Plans
  New York's governor cements opposition to nuclear power and support for responsible gas drilling.
• Climate Roundup
  Polar bear protection stands, British emissions curbs falter.
• Online Climate Explored at Google
  Google engages with climate scientists to develop new communication tools and techniques for fostering comprehension of climate and energy issues.
• A Reality-Based Cooking Show with a Difference
  An innovative effort to bring new energy choices to Africa combines a profit motive, a lofty goal and reality-based film-making.

Doug Feith : Hong Pong

• "Creating an atmosphere of fear for journalist ...
  Glenn Greenwald nails this one. Journalists have nowhere to run under the nightmarish corrupt DOJ regime -- and the lickspittles are not the ones subject to the special operations & continuous COINTELPRO patterns. Big ups to seeing our local repression campaign against antiwar activists duly not ...
• Two murky major elements of covert American po ...
  Truth trickles out a little bit at a time. People have to dig around diligently for stuff like this... then nasty patterns emerge. Here are two really nifty ones I spotted just recently. Nosh on this as you will... Back in the Depression, the US Treasury Department got a mysterious office called ...
• Lollin about at Netroots Nation 2011 #NN11 Can ...
  I am working this week at Netroots Nation - conveniently located at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Howard Dean made fun of me a bit for running flat-out back to fetch a Firewire drive with the key new video cut for DFA as the Keynote had already started. Yes Really :-D Good times! Good times ...
• Can Has Wargame, "Southland" Pre-scripting the ...
  "Is this real world or exercise??" --A memorable quote from air traffic controller on 9-11 Logistically speaking, how the hell did the West start bombing Libya so quickly? A French/NATO military exercise (aka wargame) called Southern Mistral was scheduled for almost the exact same time. Are war ...
• NASA Fears Nibiru? Why Not? Emergency Preparat ...
  Here's an interesting one! nasa is the only federal agency responsible for its people's safety and well-being here on earth and in space - Google Search YouTube - NASA Emails ALL Employees to PREPARE! June 10, 2011 - with lolsome "secret star approacheth" type commentary from jcattera. Hat tip K ...

Daily Censored

• Western Supported Lynching of Black Africans i ...
  Click the link below to listen to the show. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/your-world-news/2011/06/30/lynching-rape-and-lies-in-libya Please join us this episode as we were joined by Dr. Randy Short and Mr. Navid Nasr for an important dialogue on the continued destructive US government, and Wester ...
• The Assassination of Alice Walker
  Is Israel planning to assassinate Alice Walker? Has Secretary of State Hillary Clinton essentially given Israel the green-light for such an operation? Most people know, Alice Walker (no relation to me) is a national treasure. She is best known for her Pulitzer Prize winning book The Color Purple ...
• Attack Libya; farewell republic
  By Saul Landau Right wing Republicans want to “save” the Constitution, the Republic’s framework, at a time when the USA has enmeshed itself in foreign wars and international military alliances. They cite reverently the framers’ intentions, which did not include excluding Congress from basic info ...
• Press Release: Suit for Conspiracy to Deny Cit ...
  This Press Release is a public service to alert all citizens of the on going corrosion to the rule of law under the U.S. constitutional system of justice by a coup d’etat of an oligarch in Washington, D.C., that heretofore has been unaccountable which is one of the, if not, the leading cause of ...
• Labor Fights Back – San Francisco’ ...
  For eighteen years, Labor Fest, an annual labor cultural arts festival, has commemorated the 1934 General Strike. This year’s Labor Fest, entitled, “Labor Fights Back From Egypt to Wisconsin and San Francisco” will also commemorate the 150th anniversary of the US civil war and the role of slaver ...

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Institute for Policy Studies

• The End of the Sacred Cow
  Over the last decade, military spending has nearly double. We have a bold vision about ending waste in the vast military budget, and providing a road map on how to shift security resources more effectively.
• Europe Taking Lead on Speculations Tax
  Why is Europe leaving the United States behind on applying a small tax on financial transactions?
• Report of the Task Force on a Unified Security ...
  With military cuts now on the negotiating table, here's a set of expert recommendations on what to cut and yet keep us safe and secure.
• Art v. State
  Ai Weiwei has challenged the Chinese authorities with his art and his Tweets -- who will win this political tug-of-war?
• The Lineup: Week of June 27-July 3, 2011
  Peter Certo explains why he's not buying a shiny new iPad and William A. Collins says that big business is trying to keep climate change out of the news.

IntelNews

• New Gaza flotilla organizers accuse Mossad of ...
  International organizers of a new fleet of ships that is preparing to sail for the Gaza strip, in a bid to challenge the Israeli embargo, have accused Israeli intelligence services of secretly sabotaging two of the vessels. Continue reading →
• News you may have missed #525
  Hacker group LulzSec to disband after attacks on CIA. NSA veteran publishes book on secretive listening base. Aussie spy agencies feeling budget cuts effect. Continue reading →
• US helped France go nuclear to keep Europe div ...
  The government of the United States secretly helped France expand its nuclear arsenal, in order to promote its rivalry with Britain, according to newly declassified documents. Continue reading →
• News you may have missed #524 (analysis edition)
  US intelligence shift shows change in Afghan war aims. Ex-CIA officer questions West's motives in Syria. Will new CIA director rein in the drone war? Continue reading →
• Taiwanese spy operation led to Chinese officia ...
  The puzzling resignation of Chinaâs minister of finance was caused by his sexual involvement with a Taiwanese spy, who extracted classified information from him, according to a leaked American diplomatic cable. Continue reading →

War is a Crime.org

• NEXT PLUTONIUM SPACE LAUNCH SET
  By Bruce Gagnon The next plutonium enabled space mission, the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), is scheduled to be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida between November 25 and December 18 of this year. The MSL rover, known as "Curiosity," will be fueled with 4.8 kilograms (10.56 pounds) of pluto ...
• Call the Greek Embassy Now!
  We urge you to immediately contact the Greek Embassy in Washington, DC at 202-939-1300 and the Greek consulate in your city. Tell them to let The Audacity of Hope leave Athens safely and sail to Gaza. Right now there is a stand off between the boat and the Greek Coast Guard. No one is moving an ...
• Broken Promises, Broken Laws, and Broken Lives ...
  In spite of Obama’s campaign promises to close Guantanamo, and in spite of the fact that he signed an executive order to close the prison on his second day in office, Guantanamo remains open. There are still 170 men illegally detained there. Most of them are innocent of any wrong-doing and hav ...
• John Dean Does Not Know How to Get Rid of Clar ...
  Am I the only one who noticed that ex-Nixon lawyer John Dean's article "John Dean Knows How to Get Rid of Clarence Thomas" concludes thus: "In short, nothing is going to happen to Clarence Thomas." Talk about false advertising! But Dean left out of consideration one strategy, the same one that ...
• The Dominique Strauss-Kahn Rorschach Test
  There's a great deal of disappointment, even distress, in the air as news spreads that Dominique Strauss-Kahn might not be charged with rape (or attempted rape, or sexual assault). He's guilty, the victim's character is being attacked in order to protect him, and the Culture of Rape will emerge ...

Grist - News

• Critical List: New York could approve fracking ...
  by Sarah Laskow. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo wants to open up private land in the state to hydrofracking. Children living near Fukushima tested positively for radiation exposure. Want to get all riled up before the weekend? Get your fix of climate skepticism here. Shoppe ...
• How wallaby farts could save the atmosphere
  by Jess Zimmerman. Scientists have long known that cows are big contributors to global warming. Livestock produce�more than a quarter of the world's global methane emissions every year, and 20 percent of methane emissions in the U.S. It's a side effect of ruminant digestion, and aside fro ...
• In the worst drought in Texas history, 13.5 bi ...
  by Jess Zimmerman. Texas is experiencing the driest eight-month period in its recorded history. But in 2010, natural gas companies used 13.5 billion gallons of fresh water for hydraulic fracturing, and that could more than double by 2020. Where's all this water coming from? Oh, it was jus ...
• We might have to geoengineer the planet to sav ...
  by Christopher Mims. Mark Lynas, an author whose pop-sci books about climate change are scrupulous enough to get favorable reviews from the likes of climate scientist Eric Steig, proposed a funny little thought experiment on his blog: Could switching to renewables strip the planet of its ...
• What we could have bought with the $4 trillion ...
  by Christopher Mims. Americans like us some war, but to the tune of $4 trillion? In adjusted dollars, that's just short of what it cost us to whup the Nazis. Here's a look at what we could have done with that money, had we spent it on something besides stoking Americans' confusion over ...

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Invisible Opportunity

• The TSA’s tentacles spread
  Jennifer Abel It’s eight months now since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) abandoned its last pretence of respect for America’s constitutional principles, by mandating no traveller may fly in American airspace unless TSA agents first see and/or feel said traveller’s genitalia. Th ...
• Documents reveal TSA ignored dangers of body s ...
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• Deadlier Whooping Cough Epidemic Likely Caused ...
  The CDC and NIH keep pushing the pertussis vaccine, in spite of info that it’s causing the new whooping cough epidemic that is 10 times more deadly than the old whooping cough. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) would prefer that you remain unaware ...
• DEMYSTIFYING 9/11: ISRAEL AND THE TACTICS OF M ...
  By Dr. Alan Sabrosky* / Intifada Palestine Many years ago I read a fascinating discussion of the “tactics of mistake.” This essentially entailed using a target’s prejudices and preconceptions to mislead them as to the origin and intent of the attack, entrapping them in a tactical situation that ...
• World Bank to take stock as Egypt scraps IMF l ...
  The World Bank said on Sunday it would have to take stock of plans to lend to Egypt after the International Monetary Fund confirmed the authorities no longer wanted an IMF-backed loan program. Egyptian Finance Minister Samir Radwan said on Saturday Egypt would not borrow from the World Bank and ...

Global Insights

• Less Than a Week Away
  We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations 
• The Georgia Guidestones
  On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
• The Creation
  THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
• The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
  In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
• About George Green
  Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

• Why Prescription Ecstasy or LSD Could Happen M ...
  If a growing phalanx of scientists get their way, prescriptions for psychedelic drugs could be yours within 10 years.
• Outrageous Court Case Is the Latest Salvo in D ...
  An eight person SWAT-style raid stemmed from a neighbor complaining of ‘marijuana smell’, led to felony charges for a couple involved in legal marijuana cultivation.
• Why Ending the War on Drugs is a Social Justic ...
  We need to call out the war on drugs for what it really is -- a war on families and communities.
• The Living Dead: Why Thousands of Russian Addi ...
  There is a new drug in Russia, and addicts are using it until their skin falls off.
• Barney Frank and Ron Paul Introduce Bill to En ...
  The bill would essentially treat marijuana like alcohol on the federal level.

Twilight Earth

• Cartoon caption contest
  Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
• Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
  Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
• Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
  The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets BeatâMay Lose Beets (cartoon) Ec ...
• Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
  US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Governmentâs Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: The USDA cav ...
• BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
  Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable). Dea ...

Inhabitat

• Win an Eco Lounge Chair and the Ultimate Green ...
  The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and we can’t wait to spend some time outdoors enjoying backyard barbecues, picnics, and other forms of fun in the sun! To celebrate the season, we’ve teamed up with Branch and Room and Board to offer you the chance to win an awesome picnic set (wort ...
• The Mighty Cri-Cri Mini Electric Plane Breaks ...
  Attendees of this year’s Paris Air Show got to see history being made as the mighty micro Cri-Cri broke the electric plane speed record. The plane first took to the skies last September and drew in a lot of attention for its très petit size and flying capabilities. Now the developers and pilo ...
• Solar Decathlon: Empowerhouse Breaks Ground in ...
  Read the rest of Solar Decathlon: Empowerhouse Breaks Ground in D.C.’s Deanwood Neighborhood Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", D.C. deanwood, dc, eco design, empower house, green architecture, Green Building, green design, habitat for humanity, parsons, ...
• BOOK REVIEW: Just Food by James E. McWilliams
  James E. McWilliams seems like he may be a big bummer at a lot of cocktail parties. You can tell, because the introduction to his book Just Food is continually defensive. “My goal here is not to write a reactionary tract against the locavore movement,” he writes, yet his real and well-researched ...
• Vax’s Cardboard Vacuum Is Constructed from Its ...
  We love it when designers find new, eco friendly alternatives to conventional materials — sugar based plastics, paint made from recycled plastic bottles, rubber made from dandelions — but just substituting a “green” material for a conventional one isn’t always the best idea. Take, for example, t ...

Pogue's Posts

• Just How Many Android Tablet Apps Are There?
  Google just won't say how many apps there are for Android tablets. It is a low number and it shows the glaring downside of Android's openness: a splintered mishmash of different versions.
• We Have to Fix E-Mail
  Chris Anderson, who runs the high-profile TED conferences, recently came up with 10 principles for easing the problems of e-mail. Here are five more.
• The Quarrel Over Final Cut Continues
  The quarrel between Apple and professional video editors over the new version of Final Cut Pro continues.
• Professional Video Editors Weigh In on Final C ...
  More tips on using Final Cut Pro X, Apple's new video-editing software.
• Excited About the Cloud? Get Ready for Capped ...
  The tech world is in the middle of the "cloud" wave, but it's potential could be complicated by another looming trend -- plans that cap how much data you can use through your home broadband connection.

WIRED Magazine | Science

• X-rays Reveal Colors of First Birds
  By Mark Brown, Wired UK Confuciusornis sanctus, a prehistoric beaked bird which co-existed with dinosaurs some 120 million years ago, had a dark body, neck and tail, and impressive patterns along its feathers. We know that, in remarkable detail, because a team of paleontologists from California ...
• Summer Reading for Science Geeks
  With the Fourth of July upon us, it won’t be long before we’re headed to the nearest beach for some much-needed decompression. Most of us will bring a bit of page-turning light reading. But for those who want a little intellectual heft in their tote, Wired.com asked a few favorite scientists fo ...
• Millions of Fishes: The Ultimate Marine Library
  See Also: The Man Who Swims With Coelacanths Old, Ignored Records Yield 200 Years of Fish Population Data Massive North Atlantic Garbage Patch Mapped Freaky New Ghostshark ID’d Off California Coast Hidden Blades, Glowing Scorpions and Bug Genitalia: Great Science Images From the American Museu ...
• Dramatic Sunrise Over Moon’s Tycho Crater Moun ...
  A spacecraft circling the moon snapped this dramatic image of the sun rising on the mountains in the middle of Tycho crater. The 51-mile-wide depression is all that remains of a catastrophic asteroid impact 108 million years ago. Planetary scientists think the guilty asteroid was a fragment fro ...
• How Airplanes Blow Snow-Making Holes in Clouds
  By John Timmer, Ars Technica We’ve seen recently that air travel can have an oversized impact on the atmosphere, at least relative to emission of things like greenhouse gasses, because they seed clouds that can persist for hours. Now, researchers have taken a detailed look at what happens when ...

PakAlert

• 15 Bizarre Rock Videos
  Out of all the major musical genres, it could be argued that rock music has most often taken trips into dark landscapes and flirted with bizarre imagery. Although far from having a monopoly on bizarre music videos, rock music most frequently satiates our hunger for weird things. Whether it be li ...
• Is The Mainstream Media Covering Up The Truth ...
  What in the world is really going on at Los Alamos, Ft. Calhoun and Fukushima? There are millions of Americans that would like the truth about what is happening at these nuclear facilities, but the mainstream media has been strangely quiet. Instead, the mainstream media is running headlines su ...
• What we are facing on planet Earth
  According to various predictions by numerous people, including many scientists, the following is a list of problems we humanity as a whole are facing, both now in many places as well as in the future in others. Many of these potential disasters are overdue, and some are already occurring. In ord ...
• U.S. Forces Can Attack Libya, Iran, Syria with ...
  DEBKAfile's military and intelligence sources note that the Foreign Secretary's words follow the concentration of large-scale American naval, air and marine forces in the Mediterranean, the Aden and Oman straits, the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. This seaborne army is positioned for strikes ...
• Facebook Is Greatest Spy Vehicle Ever Created
  WikiLeaks founder and Australia citizen Julian Assange called Facebook the "greatest espionage tool in history", in an exclusive interview to RT.com, confirming what Mathaba already reported about Facebook many years earlier, as well as Google and Yahoo among other close runner-ups. Facebook ...

Andy Worthington

• Why We Need Regular Protests Against the Coali ...
  So I was on the streets of London yesterday, after joining my wife, my son and three of his friends, whose school was closed for the day, as well as other friends and teachers from my son’s school (who even had a banner!) on a march from Lincoln’s Inn Fields to Methodist Central Hall, via [...]
• In the US, on the International Day in Support ...
  At the weekend, to mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, which takes place on June 26 each year, President Obama issued an extraordinary statement, declaring support for those working to eradicate the use of torture, and explaining that “[t]orture and abusive treatment vio ...
• US Supreme Court Refuses to Allow Abu Ghraib T ...
  With what can only come across as cynical timing, the US Supreme Court on Monday, the day after the UN International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, declined without comment to take up a lawsuit filed on behalf of 250 Iraqis — formerly prisoners at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison near ...
• WikiLeaks and the Guantánamo Prisoners Release ...
  Please support my work! In late April, WikiLeaks released its latest treasure trove of classified US documents, a set of 765 Detainee Assessment Briefs (DABs) from the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Compiled between 2002 and January 2009 by the Joint Task Force that has primary respon ...
• Video: Sarah Gillespie Plays Her Song About Sh ...
  So I count myself fortunate to live in the same neighbourhood as Sarah Gillespie, a wonderful singer/songwriter whose latest album, “In the Current Climate,” features a song about Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held in the US prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Sarah and I met a few years ...

Environment _ National Geographic

• Pictures We Love: Best of June
  NoneSo good we had to share—ten new images that gripped Nat Geo photo editors: "supertrees," an upside-down horse, a surfer on ice, and more.
• "Exceptional" Giant Squid Found Dying off Florida
  A stirring, intact giant squid gave a fishing party a shock this week—and could give researchers new insights, scientists say.
• Pictures: Six New Natural Landmarks Named
  NoneDinosaur footprints and a "hanging lake" are now preserved as part of six new U.S. National Natural Landmarks.
• Hold the Champagne: Highway to Split Serengeti ...
  Were the hopeful headlines—"Serengeti Highway Canned: Victory for Animals!"—premature? Wildlife is still at risk, some experts say.
• Pictures: "Pancake" Sea Slug Among New Philipp ...
  NoneAn "inflatable" shark and colorful sea slugs join hundreds of new species hauled up during a recent expedition to the Philippines.

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

• Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
  The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
• Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
  Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
• Much like the "conservative" GOP...
  The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
• Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
  Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
• The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
  So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...

SPL Center

• Obama-Bashing WorldNetDaily Chief Sues Esquire ...
  WorldNetDaily (WND) Editor-in-Chief Joseph Farah really wants the world to know he’s serious about President Obama’s birth certificate, even if most of the world seems to have completely lost interest. After exhaustively demanding that the president produce his long-form birth certificate and th ...
• Geller Promises to ‘Save’ Non-Muslims in Musli ...
  Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, co-heads of the anti-Muslim hate group Stop Islamization of America (SIOA), have truly outdone themselves. In the wake of European authorities’ cancellation of a planned rally in Strasbourg, France, the pair has announced its most grandiose plan yet: On Sept. 11 ...
• Obama-Bashing WorldNetDaily Chief Sues Esquire ...
  WorldNetDaily (WND) Editor-in-Chief Joseph Farah really wants the world to know he’s serious about President Obama’s birth certificate, even if most of the world seems to have completely lost interest. After exhaustively demanding that the president produce his long-form birth certificate and th ...
• News Roundup for June 30, 2011
  The FBI is reeling after it was discovered that Timothy Phelps of the notoriously anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church was invited to address agents at FBI headquarters in Quantico, Va. High-ranking FBI officials have said they didn’t know of Phelps’ presence until recently; Phelps, son of Westboro ...
• ADL Report Details Pittsburgh Cop-Killer’s Ext ...
  The Pennsylvania jury that recommended the death penalty for cop-killer Richard Poplawski earlier this week was kept from hearing about his racist, antigovernment beliefs as detailed in an expert’s report. The report was authored by Mark Pitcavage, the director of investigative research for the ...

change: org.

• Victory! New York Passes Marriage Equality Bil ...
  Today is a historic day! New York's Senate passed a bill that will grant the freedom to merry for gays and lesbians! The bill will be signed by Governor Cuomo who lobbied extensively for the passage of the legislation. The law will go into effect 30 days after the bill is signed. New York's prog ...
• The Cost of Fear: Michigan's $15 Million Breed ...
  This week, Gov. Rick Snyder signed Michigan's 2011-2012 budget into law. The process wasn't pretty — a $1.5 billion shortfall had to be resolved, and in the end, public schools, universities, local governments and key services took a hit. Yet Rep. Tim Bledsoe (D-Grosse Pointe) seems to think it' ...
• Connect the Dots Coalition Will Rally Tuesday ...
  Former New York police officers Ken Moreno and Franklin Mata were found not guilty on charges related to rape. The verdict's perceived injustice -- felt even by members of the jury themselves -- has given rise to protests over the way the NYPD deals with sexual assault. But the then-officers wer ...
• Smithfield's Broken Gestation Crate Promise
  Back in 2007, Smithfield, the world's largest pork producer,  said it would phase out the use of gestation crates by 2017. Now the company has gone back on that promise even though it recently boasted record profits. Looks like the behemoth pork producer has no excuse for breaking its promise. S ...
• Tell Turn Right USA to Pull Ad Attacking L.A. ...
  It’s been called the “most offensive political ad of all time.”  That’s because it takes aim at Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn’s support of gang intervention programs by portraying her as a booty-shaking stripper performing for black thugs who demand (or rap, rather) that she “give us your ...

Common Dreams -News

• Extreme Weather Link 'Can No Longer Be Ignored'
  Scientists are to end their 20-year reluctance to link climate change with extreme weather – the heavy storms, floods and droughts which often fill news bulletins – as part of a radical departure from a previous equivocal position that many now see as increasingly untenable. Climate researchers ...
• AG Eric Holder Opens CIA Detainee Death Inquiry
  The US is to open criminal inquiries into the deaths of two CIA detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2002 and 2003. Gul Rahman died in November 2002 at a CIA prison in Afghanistan and Manadel al-Jamadi died at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq in 2003, according to reports. Attorney General Eric Holder ...
• U.S. Floods and Wildfires Trigger New Fears ov ...
  NEW YORK - Just 100 days after a deadly earthquake and tsunami devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, concerns are being raised about several U.S. nuclear stations that are facing natural disasters of their own. rea ...
• Blocked: US to Gaza Boat Detained After Greek ...
  _________________________________________________ 2:23 PM EDT UPDATE: US Boat to Gaza now detained within barbed wire lined Greek Coast Guard base. "They are letting press off the boat but passengers are kept on board" _________________________________________________ ...
• Revealed: British Government's PR Campaign to ...
  British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations strategy to play down the Fukushima nuclear accident just two days after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and before the extent of the radiation leak was known. ...

Lifehacker

• Clean Up Your Browser Bookmarks Bar by Getting ...
  Your bookmarks bar can get awfully crowded. To make more room and pretty it up a bit, remove the site titles from the bookmarks so that just the distinct favicon appears. You'll get more room and a cleaner look. More�� ...
• Manage Your Google Chrome Tabs and Windows fro ...
  When you enter a web site into the omnibar in Chrome, you don't necessarily want it to open in the same tab or window. Fortunately there are a bunch of shortcuts to let you control exactly how Chrome handles your new destination. More ...
• Plnnr Generates Free, Customized Itineraries f ...
  Plnnr is a neat webapp that saves you the trouble of hiring a tour guide for your next vacation by providing you with smart itineraries that are customized based on criteria you provide. It'll even recommend a convenient hotel in your pri ...
• How to Copy and Paste Files to a USB Memory St ...
  USB memory sticks (a.k.a. flash drives or thumb drives) are handy little storage devices that make transferring files between computers very easy. Beginning computer users may not know how to use a USB memory stick, however, so this guide ...
• Tumblr for iPhone 2.0 Makes Managing Tumblr Bl ...
  iOS: If you don't have a Tumblr blog, it might be time to get one. Tumblr for iPhone 2.0 launched earlier this week with a new interface that makes it easier than ever to follow popular blogs and post messages, photos, and video to your o ...

Water Privatization

• Privatization plan gets turned off in Mount Ol ...
  MOUNT OLIVE TWP. – Mayor David Scapicchio has decided to hit the shut-off valve for his plan to hire the state’s largest private water company to run one of the township’s water systems.
• Treading Water in Sluggish Market
  While many water and wastewater systems are in need of capacity and compliance-related improvements, strained municipal budgets and recession-depressed local bond ratings are slowing project implementation.
• Water privatization move fails
  RIALTO - A plan to contract out Rialto's water department to a private company has died, as did a possible quick solution to long overdue upgrades and renovations at the city's water and wastewater treatment facility.
• Water wars: 21st century conflicts?
  As almost half of humanity will face water scarcity by 2030, strategists from Israel to Central Asia prepare for strife.
• 300 Rialto residents speak out on proposed wat ...
  RIALTO - Residents continued to speak out late into the night about a plan to contract out the city's water department at a City Council meeting Tuesday. A vote was expected on the 30-year contract with American Water Works Co. Inc. following the comment period.

Guardian

• Misrata band lays down a soundtrack for Libya' ...
  'People are fighting with their guns, we are fighting with our voices,' says FB 17, named after day rebellion broke out in LibyaBands the world over complain about how tough it was in the early years: no money, no gigs, money-grabbing producers. But such annoyances pale alongside the travails of ...
• Johann Hari: more plagiarism allegations
  Independent journalist accused of lifting quotes in interview with activist Malalai JoyaFresh evidence of Independent journalist Johann Hari's habit of alleged plagiarism has emerged from a lengthy interview he gave with Afghan women's rights activist Malalai Joya in July 2009.A 4,000-word inter ...
• Danish firm Lundbeck to stop US jails using dr ...
  Lundbeck will make distributors sign deal banning them from selling its pentobarbital to US prisons for executing prisonersA Danish company has moved to prevent one of its drugs being used to execute prisoners in the US.Lundbeck will demand that US distributors sign an agreement stating that the ...
• Strauss-Kahn sex assault case 'close to collapse'
  French Socialists discuss DSK comeback after credibility of New York hotel victim is challengedThe prosecution case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund and French presidential hopeful accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid, is close to collapse ...
• Half a million Canadians set to flock to Ottaw ...
  Prince William and bride Kate guests of honour at capital city's Canada Day celebrationsThe Canadian capital city of Ottawa is preparing for an influx of up to 500,000 visitors hoping for a glimpse of the guests of honour � Prince William, the country's probable future king, and his bride, the D ...

McClatchey

• Immigrant hangs hopes on 'Dream Team' to avoid ...
  A 22-year-old Central Piedmont Community College student facing deportation has placed his future in the hands of a group of his peers - also young, also here illegally.
• Elderly man sentenced for $18.5 million Ponzi ...
  STATESVILLE, N.C. — A 73-year-old Mooresville man who promised his mostly elderly investors exorbitant returns on their investments pleaded guilty Thursday to 19 counts of securities fraud and was sentenced to at least nine years and eight months in prison.
• South Florida psychiatrist pleads guilty to ma ...
  South Florida psychiatrist Alan Gumer got in near the start of the nations largest mental-health clinic racket in 2004, signing bogus medical evaluations to qualify patients for costly group therapy sessions covered by Medicare.
• Tim Pawlenty takes low-key Florida campaign swing
  Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty slipped into Florida for a series of low-key events to raise some much-needed cash and make a pitch to the states political elite.
• Lockheed Martin cuts 1,500 jobs to reduce defe ...
  Lockheed Martin's aeronautics division plans to cut about 1,500 jobs in the next few months, perhaps a disproportionate number of them at its Fort Worth headquarters.

Afghanistan Sun

• French ex-hostage suggests ransom paid to Taliban
  PARIS -; A French television journalist held hostage for 18 months by the Taliban is suggesting he and his colleagues were released in exchange for ransom and the release of imprisoned ...
• Bomb kills 13 Afghan civilians
  Thirteen Afghan civilians, including children, were killed and 33 wounded when their passenger bus was hit by a roadside bomb late in western ...
• Some US Aid to Afghanistan Leads to Negative R ...
  ...
• Afghan mine blast kills 20 on bus
  KABUL, Afghanistan, July 1 (UPI) -- A roadside mine exploded after being stuck by a passenger bus in Nimroz province in southwest Afghanistan, killing 20 people, police said. Another 30 were ...
• Tajiks Detain Suspected Afghan Drug Smuggler
  QURGHONTEPPA, Tajikistan -- Tajik authorities say a suspected Afghan drug smuggler has been detained with 40 kilograms of drugs in Tajikistan's southern Khatlon Province, RFE/RL's Tajik ...

Futurismic

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

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

• 'Project Gunrunner' Scandal Heats Up
  In January 2011, scandal broke out over “Project Gunrunner,” a program of the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives agency (ATF). The intended goal of “Project Gunrunner” was to limit the flow of firearms into Mexico through close surveillance of undercover gun purchases. ATF agents encour ...
• Seats Remaining for Los Angeles CLE Seminar
  Tomorrow, June 28th, NWC Executive Director Stephen M. Kohn will present his Corporate Whistleblower CLE seminar in Downtown Los Angeles at Carlsmith Ball LLP. Space is still available for this special seminar. The event will run from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (PDT), and will focus on the new Dodd-F ...
• Is the IRS Systemically Averse to Whistleblowers?
  Since the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) instituted a new whistleblower program in 2006, only one award has been made to a whistleblower, according to Mike Hudson from iWatch News. In yesterday’s article, “Red tape, old guard slow whistleblowing on corporate tax cheats,” Hudson explains why the ...
• Kohn Op-Ed in New York Times tells the story b ...
  Stephen M. Kohn, Executive Director of the National Whistleblowers Center (NWC), published an op-ed article in today's New York Times.The article tells the story of Captain John Grannis, and nine other sailors of the Continental Navy. The full story is contained in The Whistleblower's Handbook ...
• Summer interns sweating it out at NWC
  We are so thankful to have the services this Summer from this fine group of interns: Pictured here, from the left, are Emily, Michael, Zach, Ramina, Anna, Shawn, Dasha, Adam and Cho.� Not pictured: Danielle, Daniel, Parth, Andrew, Lillian and Sara. Thank you, interns.� If you are interested ...

Science Express

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

TechDirt

• Why Piracy Happens: Because No One In Mexico T ...
  Earlier this year, we wrote about the absolutely wonderful, detailed and insightful SSRC Report on "Media Piracy," which made it clear (through actual research and data) that "piracy" is almost never a legal or enforcement problem, as many industry folks insist, but rather a business model probl ...
• Developer Takes Game Down Due To Piracy, But W ...
  Perhaps like some of you, I follow Notch, the creator of Minecraft, on Twitter, and he frequently plugs other games he thinks are worthwhile (or not; see his Duke Nukem "review"). So it was with great interest that I read a tweet of his showing solidarity with the developers of a game called Pr ...
• If The Gov't Wants To Stop Hactivists, It Shou ...
  As law enforcement continue to try to chase down every lead to figure out who was behind LulzSec, a bit of wisdom from Loz Kaye in the UK. He notes that efforts like LulzSec, Wikileaks, Anonymous and others are being driven by bad government policies, in which governments look to clamp down on f ...
• Nortel Patents Sold For $4.5 Billion To Apple, ...
  Well, it wasn't too difficult to see this one coming. A year ago, all that was left of Nortel was a giant patent portfolio that everyone knew would result in a bidding war. At the time, people predicted the portfolio was worth an astounding $1.1 billion. Back in April, Google made news by pla ...
• OECD Supports Making ISPs Copyright Cops
  On the whole, the OECD has been pretty good about recognizing both the importance of freedom and openness of communications online and how certain industries have sought to use questionable claims and stats to push for protectionism. So, earlier this week, when the OECD put together a statement ...

VacTruth

• What Happens When…
  With Child Protective Services (CPS) virtually in every city, county, and state in the USA, what happens when a parent harms a child? Child Protective Services removes the child from the parents’ care and custody and then places the child under the agency’s foster care program with parents facin ...
• Top 5 Vaccine Stories for June
  We have scoured the web to bring you the top news headlines from around the world. Stay current in the latest affairs surrounding vaccines, Pharma, and the authorities who support them.Vactruth.com
• 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 ...

BroadSnark

• 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. [...]

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

• Two New Glass-Steagall Co-Sponsors as of May 31
  EIR News Service press release.
• Obama’s Joplin Lies Demand His Removal
  EIR News Service press release.
• New York Attorney General Goes for the Jugular
  EIR News Service press release.
• LaRouche: Glass-Steagall by July 3!
  EIR News Service press release.
• New Sponsors Sign On to H.R. 1489
  EIR News Service press release.

Armies of Liberation

• آليات ما بعد ثورة اليمن ينبغي أن تبدأ محلياً ...
  Mostakela: :: Ø¢ÙÙات ما بعد Ø«Ùرة اÙÙÙ…Ù ÙÙبغ٠أ٠تبدأ محÙÙا٠(ترجمÙ) اÙÙاتبة اÙأمرÙÙÙØ© ÙÙÙا٠تبادر باÙتراح Ø¢ÙÙات ما بعد اÙØ«Ùرة - 2011-ÙÙÙÙÙ(حزÙراÙ)-19 Ø¢ÙÙات ما بعد Ø«Ùرة اÙÙÙ…Ù ÙÙبغ٠أ٠تبدأ محÙÙا٠Ùتبت: جÙÙ ...
• Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should ...
  Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should begin locally by Jane Novak After three months of bloody protests, millions of Yemenis remain steadfast—and on the streets—throughout the nation. They want Saleh and his entire regime gone. In Sanaa, skirmishes have broken out between opposing tribes ...
• Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should ...
  Post-revolutionary mechanisms in Yemen should begin locally by Jane Novak After three months of bloody protests, millions of Yemenis remain steadfast—and on the streets—throughout the nation. They want Saleh and his entire regime gone. In Sanaa, skirmishes have broken out between opposing tribes ...
• Injuries and fatalities in Yemen after anti-go ...
  In what may be the bloodiest day yet since anti-government protests broke out in Yemen two weeks ago, residents around Aden are reporting numerous fatalities as security forces opened fire on protesters in many districts throughout the day and evening Friday. Human Rights Watch issued a statemen ...
• Game changer in Yemen as protests swell
  In Egypt and Tunisia, the stance of the military was pivotal in the success of popular uprisings; in Yemen, it may be the tribes that are the determining factor. Anti-government protests across Yemen show no signs of abating. In Taiz, Yemen’s largest governorate, many who arrived last Friday are ...

Dark Politricks

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

food and water watch

• By: April
  Please read Blue Gold and When the Rivers Run Dry....I am officially against the majority of desalination due to the fact that all the water we have now is all the water we will EVER have!
• By: Rich's coworker
  In an effort to de-spin your story, the real reason there were no muffins or treats of any sort was because the bearer of treats was absent, and had been gone for the past few days. Perhaps if you "wish real hard" again, parabens can turn into magical antioxidants that are part of a complete ...
• By: Top 50 Global Food Security Blogs
  [...] Food and Water Watch: Food & Water Watch works to ensure the food, water and fish we consume is safe, accessible and sustainable. [...]
• By: Online Degree 30 Best Water Conservation Blogs
  [...] Food & Water Watch: The Food & Water Watch site advocates strong conservation measures, promoting policies that'll result in quality drinking water for everyone. [...]
• By: Food and Water | Roland's Ramblings
  [...] would also like to suggest you go over to read the blog of Food & Water Watch. You should find that to be very [...]

treehugger

• The Future of Megacities: How Dense is Dense E ...
  Lloyd has looked at the correlation between urban density and driving habits before, but has also concluded that medium density cities are often more sustainable than the uber-dense. This debate seems to be heating up again, with George Monbiot arguing for strict planning laws, compact citie ...
• Best of Ecouterre: 7 Weird Edible Fashions
  + A Chanel handbag made from beef jerky? At least you can eat it when the Zombie Apocalypse comes. + This edible wedding dress, made from rhubarb paper, makes for a deliciously naughty honeymoon. + Emily Crane assembled her fashion collection not with fabric and needles but with gela ...
• Solar-Powered NASCAR Track Mows Grass With She ...
  Image credit: Infineon Raceway Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, has already hit the pages of TreeHugger for hosting insanely fast electric motorbikes. But while the idea of "green" motor racing may still seem somewhat of an oxymoron, Infineon is working hard to prove otherwise. Not o ...
• The Annual Green Whine: It's Time To Lose The ...
  Oh No Mommy! Will the Greenies Take Fireworks Away From Us? They are shooting off fireworks for Canada Day tonight, and the Fourth of July is not far behind, so it's time to bring out our annual whine about how bad fireworks really are for the environment. It brings out the best in our comm ...
• 16 Goats, Sitting In A Tree (Video)
  Image via video screengrab Okay, it's Friday. It's a Friday right before a long holiday weekend. It think that calls for a little bit of silliness and we have the perfect video to fill that need. Have you ever seen a herd of TreeHugger goats? Well, after watching this video, you can say, "W ...

Biosingularity

• Sense of justice built into the brain
  A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that the brain has built-in mechanisms that trigger an automatic reaction to someone who refuses to share. The reaction derives from the amygdala, an older part of the brain. The subjects’ sense of justice was challenged in a two-player mone ...
• Team describes neurological basis for embarras ...
  Recording people belting out an old Motown tune and then asking them to listen to their own singing without the accompanying music seems like an unusually cruel form of punishment. But for a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley, ...
• New Research Suggests Dramatic Shift In Unders ...
  Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, have made a critical discovery that may lead scientists to abandon the use of broad conventional ethnic labelsâAfrican-American, Hispanic, and Caucasianâto es ...
• Anti-inflammatory drug may fight breast cancer
  German researchers have identified an unexpected molecular marker that predicts how sensitive hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancers are to chemotherapy. Triple-negative breast cancers –which do not express the genes for estrogen receptor, or progesterone receptor and do not have Her2/neu ...
• The soul of a cell: Researchers used advanced ...
  Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have taken a machine already in use for the measurement of impurities in semiconductors and used it to analyze immune cells in far more detail than has been possible before. The new technology lets scientists take simultaneous measurement ...

CFACT

• Not much pop to corn controversy
• The icky problem of sewage treatment
• CEI's Chris Horner on White House lawsuit
• Eco-Lifestyles becoming a regular part of campus
• Interview: House Resources on Healthy Forests

Ria Novosti Online News

• Gaddafi threatens Europe attacks
  Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi warned on Friday of attacks in Europe unless NATO stops its airstrikes against his army and key facilities.
• Week in review June 25-July 1
  A roundup of the main events that have happened over the past week
• Russia's Progress M-11M readjusts ISS orbit
  Russia's Progress M-11M space freighter on Friday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station by 3.5 km, a spokesman for Russia's Mission Control said.
• Seven days in photographs, 25 June - 1 July 2011
  “Europe’s most eligible bachelor,” Prince Albert II of Monaco, married the blonde beauty, South African swimming champion Charlene Wittsock. The couple has known each other for 11 years
• SCO will not turn into “NATO of the East”
  The role of China in the SCO has been subject of debate, with some asserting that the country seeks to dominate the organization. RIA Novosti’s Mikhail Yousef spoke with Aleksandr Sharavin, director of the Institute for Political and Military Analysis, who discussed China’s role in the SCO and e ...

Ria Novosti - Science & Technology

• Russia's Progress M-11M readjusts ISS orbit
  Russia's Progress M-11M space freighter on Friday readjusted the orbit of the International Space Station by 3.5 km, a spokesman for Russia's Mission Control said.
• Russia's Progress M-11M set to make another co ...
  Russia's Mission Control will make another adjustment of the International Space Station (ISS) orbit on Friday using Progress M-11M cargo ship.
• GE signs preliminary deal on Skolkovo research ...
  General Electric has signed a preliminary agreement on setting up a research center at the Skolkovo hi-tech hub being created near Moscow.
• Radioactive strontium detected on seabed near ...
  Radioactive strontium has been found on the seabed near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Kyodo reported on Tuesday.
• Progress M-11M space freighter to dock with IS ...
  Russia's Progress M-11M cargo spacecraft will dock with International Space Station (ISS) late on Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said.

Pruning Shears

• 'No On SB 5': How we got 1.3 million signatures
  One at a time, that’s how.I know that’s a flippant way to put it, but all the big picture stuff risks losing sight of the most important thing of all: This happened because passionately committed individuals took it upon themselves to get the training and put themselves in a position to ask thei ...
• Merrill Lynch Pays Back its Bailout with Free ...
  Today on the Capitol square in Madison, a group called US Uncut (@usuncutwi) partnered with “too big to fail” bank Merrill Lynch to help give a little something in return for the taxpayer bailout they received.  A table was set up in front of the Merrill Lynch branch on the square, and well-dres ...
• Weekend wrapup
  No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Jonathan Schell on the Orwellian evasions of our latest war:Nonetheless, the Obama administration insists it is not a war. Why? Because, ac ...
• Anti-Fracking group meeting in Cleveland Heigh ...
  Sunday, June 263:00 AM - 4:30 PMWhere: 2340 Lee Road, Cleveland Heights 44118Main Branch of Cleveland/University Hts. Library Meeting Room B, first floorThe new Cuyahoga County group, the Burning River Anti-Fracking Network, is meeting this Sunday to work on getting a ban on fracking in Clevelan ...
• Ohio's new budget: Giving to the rich, taking ...
  Ohio’s new budget: Giving to the rich, taking from everyone elseThe GOP leadership in Columbus is about to give residents of the Buckeye state their first look at funding choices under doctrinaire conservative rule. It won’t be a pretty picture.Ohio is currently in the midst of working out its ...

Organic Consumers.org

• Stop Land-grabbing in the Philippines
  To All Who Defend the Rights to Food and Health, Peasant Farmers' Rights, Women's Rights, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, All who believe in Environmental, Climate, Social and Economic Justice, and All who seek an End to Militarization of Rural Communities:Click here to read this article
• Monsanto Under Investigation by SEC
  The world's largest seed company, Monsanto, announced Wednesday that its quarterly profits surged nearly 80 percent.Click here to read this article
• Consumers Still Confused About the Difference ...
  If you're looking to grab a consumer's attention then put "100 percent natural" or "Organic" or "Grown in the USA" on a food label. Or so it would seem. Those phrases lure shoppers, at least according to an annual survey of 1,013 U.S. consumers by Shelton Group, a Knoxville, Tenn.-based advertis ...
• Agribusiness and Climate Change: How Six Food ...
  Agriculture's critical dependence on fossil fuels and the clearing of forests, grasslands and prairies for farming are the top two factors responsible for today's massive global increases in CO2.Click here to read this article
• Storm Warnings: Extreme Weather Is a Product o ...
  In North Dakota the waters kept rising. Swollen by more than a month of record rains in Saskatchewan, the Souris River topped its all time record high, set back in 1881. Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

• Puget Sound Food Network Connects Locally Grow ...
  June 9-12, Amanda Behrens and I journeyed to Missoula, Montana for the joint annual meetings of the Agriculture Food and Human Values Society (AFHVS), Association for the Study of Food and Society (ASFS) and the Society for Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN). The conference, entitled Food ...
• Now in the Senate, PAMTA Pushes Forward
  Last week, Senators Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) took an important stand in support of America’s health by reintroducing the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (S. 1211). The bill aims to prevent the misuse of antibiotics in agriculture to ensure their conti ...
• New USDA Report Stresses Regulations on Antibi ...
  A new technical review by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, “A Focus on Antimicrobial Resistance,” calls the issue a growing public health concern worldwide, stating the misuse of antimicrobial drugs in food animal production and human medicine is the main factor accelerating antimicrobial res ...
• CLF opposes Rehberg amendment, antibiotic-resi ...
  The FY 2012 Agriculture appropriations bill, voted out of the House Appropriations Committee last week, includes an amendment that would severely limit the authority of FDA to regulate the use of antimicrobials, including antibiotics, in food animal production-a key concern of public health rese ...
• Food and Farm Policy: this is not the image an ...
  Recently, my boyfriend offered to give me a dollar for every blog I started with, “Stop what you’re doing, ’cause I’m about to ruin the image and the style that you’re used to.” I responded to his idea with a barrage of reasons why it was ridiculous and certainly not appropriate in my line of [. ...

Investigate - Breaking News

• News release from Ian Wishart: Book will be pu ...
  NEWS RELEASE FROM IAN WISHART Major bookstore chains have today been forced to cancel orders for the explosive new book on the Kahui twins murders, BREAKING SILENCE In response, Author and publisher Ian Wishart has confirmed the book will go...
• News release on Ian Wishart's Kahui case book, ...
  NEWS RELEASE FROM IAN WISHART The Facebook page on Macsyna King is dishonest. They have known all along that Macsyna has neither sought nor been offered any money or compensation for the book Breaking Silence by Ian Wishart. Still, the...
• Sea-level study released - yawn
  Mann, Ramstorf and other 'usual suspects' have released their 'it's worse than we thought' sea level "study". Newspaper paraphrases: Looking back in history, the researchers found that sea level was relatively stable from 100 BC to AD 950. Then, during...
• Where's my global warming dude?
  Temperature trend from HadCRUT for the past decade says it all, really: Hat tip: Steve Goddard
• Prepare for global cooling - it's official
  To coincide with the release of Air Con Climategate Edition on Kindle, there's been a stunning announcement today that we appear to be seeing major changes in the Sun, of a type that heralded the Little Ice Age. The full...

My Care2 Picks

• A clear and present danger
  Barely a week goes by when Times Higher Education does not carry a complaint or a warning from an academic about threats to their cherished right to speak out. And it is not just high-profile people - there is a real sense of unease among rank-and-file Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Cult ...
• Al Qaeda Itself Does Not Exist
  There really is no relationship between Al Qaeda and the Afghan opium trade. That is because Al Qaeda itself does not exist, except in the fevered imaginations of neo-cons and Likudniks, some of whom, I suspect, also know it is a myth, but find it Submitted by Walter L Bradley Jr to World �|� � ...
• How much coal is in your life ?
  By compiling data from government agencies, scientists and non-profit organizations, this simple three question quiz can give you a snapshot of how coal pollution is impacting you and your community.Sierra ClubSubmitted by John Farnham to Environment �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• Kohn Op-Ed in New York Times tells the story b ...
  The article tells the story of Captain John Grannis, and nine other sailors of the Continental Navy. Commodore Esek Hopkins : sailors reported that Hopkins had engaged in misconduct including, the torture of British prisoners of war.Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! ...
• I Had A Dream I Stood Beneath An Orange Sky
  One of the key indicators that I do indeed too often dwell in what William Burroughs identified as �an annex of Hell� is the local radio newsperson. There is nothing too mental to come out of this man�s mouth. Nothing.Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Com ...

Angry Indian News

• New declaration shows indigenous peoples will ...
  New declaration shows indigenous peoples will | [indigenousportal.com]Sunday June 19 ended Indigenous Terra Madre in Jokkmokk. A manifest, Jokkmokk Declaration, established by consensus among the... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• IRIN Asia | BANGLADESH: Chittagong rights viol ...
  IRIN Asia | BANGLADESH: Chittagong rights violations continue, says UN | Bangladesh | Human Rights: "DHAKA, 28 April 2011 (IRIN) - The Chittagong Hill Tracts Peace Accord has yet to be fully... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Rebels committing atrocities in Libya, charges ...
  Rebels committing atrocities in Libya, charges ex-lawmaker: "CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney didn't want to be fooled again by the American media's bad track... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Rebels committing atrocities in Libya, charges ...
  Rebels committing atrocities in Libya, charges ex-lawmaker: "CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Former Georgia congresswoman Cynthia McKinney didn't want to be fooled again by the American media's bad track... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
• Freeport: Workers warn management of strike ac ...
  Freeport: Workers warn management of strike action next week « West Papua Media Alerts: "JUBI, 25 June 2011The local branch of the union of energy and mining workers atFreeport-Indonesia announced on... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

• How to Arrest the Economy-Strangling EPA
  The Clean Air Act has been expanded and the EPA is in a power grab for jurisdiction over vehicle emissions and is now planning control over utilities.
• Embarrass the USDA into submission. Now why di ...
  So, there you have it folks. Cornucopia's BIG USDA National Organics Program reform strategy, revealed today: To appeal to the USDA to appoint qualified people to the NOSB.
• The Great Gulf Coast Holocaust Pt 1
  It’s been labeled the worst environmental disaster in world history, and rightfully so, because the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is like the nightmarish gift that keeps on giving.
• Frankenpot – Marijuana gone GMO!
  Marijuana Growers: Hang onto your pot, here come the genetically modified genes!
• Chinese Toxic Food and Whole Foods Lawsuit – W ...
  So, who do we blame? The USDA's National Organics Program (NOP) for allowing the certification? No. The USDA NOP seems to be getting away scot-free.

True/Slant Headline Grabs

• The stupidity of crowds helps kill a planet - ...
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Citizens for Legitimate Government

• Arlington PD Testing Drones
  ShareThisArlington PD Testing Drones --Dept. hopes to use unmanned aircraft by January 30 Jun 2011 (TX) The Arlington Police Department is in the first part of its experiment in using unmanned aircraft to assist in law enforcement. The department has been testing and evaluating two battery-opera ...
• Strauss-Kahn Case Seen as in Jeopardy
  ShareThisBreaking: Strauss-Kahn Case Seen as in Jeopardy --'Accuser has repeatedly lied' 01 Jul 2011 The sexual assault case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse as investigators have uncovered major holes in the credibility of the housekeeper who charged that he attacked h ...
• Revealed: British government's plan to play do ...
  ShareThisRevealed: British government's plan to play down Fukushima --Internal emails seen by Guardian show PR campaign was launched to protect UK nuclear plans after tsunami in Japan 30 Jun 2011 British government officials approached nuclear companies to draw up a co-ordinated public relations ...
• Los Alamos Fire: Perimeter of Nuclear Lab Set ...
  ShareThisLos Alamos Fire: Perimeter of Nuclear Lab Set Ablaze 30 Jun 2011 Firefighters working against the wildfire that surrounds the nuclear lab in Los Alamos, N.M., have set part of the perimeter of the lab ablaze in hopes of starving the wildfire of fuel in the event it heads back toward the ...
• Japan names more Fukushima evacuations
  ShareThisJapan names more Fukushima evacuations 30 Jun 2011 Japan on Thursday recommended 113 households should evacuate from four districts considered radiation "hot spots" near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, officials said. The voluntary guidance, for areas where higher levels o ...

Daily Loaf

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

Vaccine Resistance Movement

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

B.C. Preppers Network

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

Michael Yon

• Correction: Haqqani leader who supported Kabu ...
  From: IJC Media Operations.Org Date: June 30, 2011 20:31:13 GMT+04:30 To: Undisclosed recipients:; Subject: Correction:� Haqqani leader who supported Kabul attack killed in precision airstrike - IJC News Release #2011-06-S-104-CORRECTION (UNCLASSIFIED) Classification: UNCLASSIFIED Caveats: NONE ...
• Cheering for Mass Murder
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• Message From Secretary Gates
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• Eight suicide bombers killed by Afghan Nationa ...
  29 June 2011 �زارت ام�رداخ�� جم��ر� اس�ام� ا�غا�ستا� دا�غا�ستا� داس�ام� جم��ر�ت دک�ر��� �ار� �زارت Ministry of Interior of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan ر�است عم�م� د�تر د رس��� ا� عام� ا��ک� ر�است ر�است مطب�عات � ر�ابط عام� � Directorate of media and public relation Statement Date: 29/Jun ...
• AFP Interview with Secretary of Defense Robert ...
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