Image via Wikipedia- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 3 minutes agoIt really IS unbelievable. I refer to the 24/7 hate shown by the BBC towards Murdoch. For those with a strong stomach why not give this a listen? Obviously John Humphyrs would like to see James Murdoch fol...
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Screengrab from the BBC's US & Canada page: Pretty rich, huh? Here's the actual report by Tom Brooks. How very different to the BBC's treatment of the Obama documentary We The People which even the Oba... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes ago
A Mormon teenager will stand trial for allegedly helping her lover to kill his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend, a judge has ruled. Toni Fratto, 19, and Kody Patten, 18, are accused of hitting Micaela Costanzo o... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
A Somali terror group has allegedly recruited more than 20 young men from Minnesota to fight against the Ethopian army. Details of how a carefully-organised Islamist cell raised money, created fake itiner... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 26 minutes ago
After a four-year journey from Earth, a robot surveyor was expected to go into orbit around one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt today. NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin a year-long encounter wi... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 51 minutes ago
Recent lightning from thunderstorms started nine fires on the Wilderness Ranger District of the Gila National Forest. All nine fires are in the northwest part of the Gila Wilderness, approximately 12 to 18... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 51 minutes agoScores of dead fish floated in Crossgates Lake Friday, permeating the air with the stench of decay in an almost identical scenario as one that played out last summer. "I don't know what's going on with th...
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A fire caused by a lightning strike at the Villas at Old South in Bluffton early Friday destroyed one apartment, damaged seven others and left one person homeless. The blaze was one of five that broke ou... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoA Japanese power firm said it would halt operations at a nuclear reactor because of a technical failure, placing further strain on the country's power supply. Kansai Electric Power Co. said it would manua...
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A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has struck the Tonga Region at a depth of 106.2 km ( 66 miles), the quake hit at 07:03:45 UTC Saturday 16th July 2011. The epicenter was 157 km (98 miles) from Nuku'Alofa, Tonga N... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
Its shell constricted by a plastic band, this turtle is just one victim of the great garbage patch. But while the reptile may be deformed, it is more fortunate than many of the animals that come into cont... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
They desperately wanted to see the sunshine after the rain - and they were certainly not disappointed. A day after inch-long hail battered the city of Denver, residents were rewarded with a spectacular su... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A former NFL player has been found guilty of murdering a wealthy businessman in a plot to collect a $1 million life insurance payout. Ex-New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts linebacker Eric Naposki ... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
The mother accused of putting her six-week-old baby girl and killing her is pregnant again, it was claimed today. Ka Yang, 29, who has three sons, is said to have conceived four months ago, according to h... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A 26-year-old sausage factory worker suffered a grisly end when he slipped and fell feet first into a meat grinder which chewed off his legs and killed him. Father-of-four Michael Raper was trapped from t... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
A mother-of-two who is accused of dumping her newborn baby in a hospital trash can 'hid' the pregnancy from her boyfriend saying she was bloated by cancer treatment, according to a report. Jasmine Marie R... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
Hardy Chinese beachgoers may have been hoping for white sand and crystal-clear seas when they took their summer holidays this year. But Qingdao residents have not let the freak Algae bloom smothering their... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour ago
Thousands of panicked Indonesians were forced to flee their homes after the volcano they lived near erupted. Mount Lokon spit lava and smoke high into the sky - sending residents racing down its fiery slo... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoThousands of panicked Indonesians were forced to flee their homes after the volcano they lived near erupted. Mount Lokon spit lava and smoke high into the sky - sending residents racing down its fiery slo...
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Despite a savage war being fought there, Afghanistan is home to a healthy population of snow leopards, a wildlife group has discovered. The big cats are among the most elusive animals on earth and their nu... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoScientists have captured the atmospheric signature of a tsunami in a discovery that could lead to an early warning system for the phenomenon. A study by the University of Illinois captured the airglow sign...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 hour agoDespite a savage war being fought there, Afghanistan is home to a healthy population of snow leopards, a wildlife group has discovered. The big cats are among the most elusive animals on earth and their nu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoHackers working for a foreign government stole more than 24,000 top-secret files from the Pentagon in a single cyber strike, officials admitted today. The audacious heist earlier this year was just one of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoWhat's wrong with our immigration system? Released on bail, the extremist who shouldn't be here. An extremist who exposed gaping holes in Britain's border controls will be free to walk the streets after a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA hospital poisoner who has killed three patients was trying to murder dozens more. The saboteur injected insulin into at least 36 vials of saline solution, knowing it could be fatal. Police do not know...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours ago[image: Link]A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 66 km ( 41 miles), the quake hit at 05:17:42 UTC Saturday 16th July 2011. The epicenter was 14 km (8 mi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the coast of Nicaragua at a depth of 81 km ( 50.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:57:06 UTC Saturday 16th July 2011. The epicenter was 98 km (60 miles) South West of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck just offshore of Valparaiso, Chile at a depth of 22.9 km ( 14.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:26:13 UTC Saturday 16th July 2011. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) WSW o...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe Pentagon is considering massive changes to the force — including a draft — amid fears that new and far deeper budget cuts are looming just over the horizon, a top military official said Thursday. Mari...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoLibya's prosecutor general charged on Wednesday that NATO air strikes in support of rebel forces since the end of March have killed more than 1,100 civilians and wounded about 4,500 others. Mohamed Zekri ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoHong Kong has been gripped by another photo scandal, after racy images featuring policewomen were taken from a blog and splashed across the territory's newspapers. The photographs - which numbered more th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe napkin, once a staple of the British dinner table, is being replaced by kitchen roll as evening meals become a more informal affair, a survey has found. Nearly half of Britons now prefer a casual meal...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is aiming to meet its first stage deadline to bring the plant under control by injecting nitrogen into its No.3 reactor containment vessel. But a problem...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoWhile much of the U.S. was cooler Thursday ahead of another heat wave, temperatures were still around triple digits in Oklahoma and Texas — where ways to beat the heat included dumping 2,400 pounds of ice ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA city bus stop has been temporarily moved so bus drivers and riders can get away from the smell of a homeless woman who's living at a busy Honolulu bus shelter. That’s the first time the city has relocate...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThis story probably falls into the category of Ripley’s “bee-lieve” it or not. The Bloomberg administration socked a Queens man with a hefty fine for failing to water his beehive, reports CBS 2′s Marcia...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 4 hours agoChesapeake is going to drill you whether you like it or not.Regardless of what happens in this case, he told the commission, the well will be drilled. And, "our well will drain all the gas."
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 4 hours ago*Theo Alcantara conducts the Andante sostenuto of the Brahms First Symphony at Festival Casals, San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 2005. (The whole performance is posted.)* *by Ken* We've heard the radiant...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoFor a while, Europe's common currency crisis seemed to be cooling down. But this week Italy joined other debt-ridden euro-zone countries in the crosshairs of the financial markets. Europe's indebted nation...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe regime has insisted the West is turning a blind eye to war crimes committed by rebels - and took Sky News to meet civilians who they say have fled to Tripoli. We were taken to temporary accommodation ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoAfter international markets went into a panic earlier this week over concerns that Italy, the European Union’s third largest economy, would not be able to pay its debt – which amounts to 120 percent of the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoClick here to read the PDF document of the bill.
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoFive Points Park in downtown Sarasota has become a magnet for homeless people and it makes Phil Grande crazy. "Everybody thinks of a homeless guy as somebody who just lost his job at G.E., who is sittin...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoHe’s accused of performing unnecessary surgical procedures on hundreds of his patients. And now many of those patients are celebrating news that state yanked Dr. Marc Midei’s medical license. *Derek Valc...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoIf you believe the likes of liberal columnists Thomas Frank, Frank Rich, and Jane Mayer, the Cato Institute is part of a "pro-corporate movement." I would like Frank, Rich, and Mayer, then to explain this ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 5 hours agoMagnitude*6.0* Date-Time - *Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 00:26:13 UTC* - Friday, July 15, 2011 at 08:26:13 PM at epicenter - Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location33.798°S, 72.074°W De...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 7 hours agoMayor Rob Ford is out to privatize the living daylights out of Toronto. Privatization is a great deal for the corporations that pick up lucrative contracts, and a very bad deal for everyone else. As privat...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours ago*The week that ended Rebekah Brooks's News International career* *From the Telegraph -- view the video on the website.* *by Ken* This morning the news was that Rebekah Brooks, the chief exec of News Corp'...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 8 hours agoThere's one thing about ritual sacrifice. Do too much of it and you'll look scared, maybe even guilty of something. Rupe Murdoch has been shamelessly abusing the rite of sacrificial cleansing lately as ...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 8 hours agoPhoto courtesy: CIAT International Center for Tropical Agriculture / cc via TreeHugger In what has to be the most ridiculous and nonsensical statements ever issued by a governmental body and/or person, Cu...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 9 hours agoToday I was in Denton to sign that frack disclosure bill--heh, heh--and I also shot up a couple of coyotes. I hope other states will follow the Texas disclosure bill because then the gas companies will give ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 9 hours ago"The collapses of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, on September 11, 2001, were the most frightening images that I have ever seen, up until May 24th, 2011, when Binyamin Netanyahu addressed a jo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAs the twin pillars of international monetary system threaten to come tumbling down in unison, gold has reclaimed its ancient status as the anchor of stability. The spot price surged to an all-time high of...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe eldest of Pamela Fettes’ three sons only recently celebrated his 15th birthday, but she is already worrying about the cost of their college education. Ms Fettes, a 46-year-old single mother, lives in...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAn Oklahoma woman believes outrage over the Florida murder case almost cost her her life. The 26-year-old says a crazed woman tried to kill her because the woman thought she was Casey Anthony. It happen...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoMaricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's deputies arrested an illegal immigrant working inside the Palo Verde Nuclear Plant, the nation's largest nuclear plant and one of the most closely monitored in the coun...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOh boy, this is going to look bad. The Republicans may not realize it, but they have an extra point of leverage in the debt ceiling talks: Barack Obama’s birthday. It’s on Aug. 4. The president is turning...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoYou wouldn’t know it from the Obama administration, but North Korea’s global threat continues to metastasize. South Korea recently concluded that extensive cyber-attacks against civilian and military targe...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 10 hours agoW. Joseph Campbell, proprietor of the Media Myth Alert blog has busted the BBC for the same kind of Narrative-supporting BS we often call them on. It's worth featuring here. BBC calls Hearst vow apocrypha...
- posted by Jorge Ribas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoOn this week's Friday News Feedbag, James returns, Jorge laughs, and Will searches the Internet while James and Jorge talk! Actually, in what might be our most amazing adequate show ever, we discuss the Un...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA 94-year-old wheelchair-bound Florida woman says a search she went through at Raleigh/Durham International Airport went too far. Marian Peterson said it happened July 6 as she went through a TSA securit...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPublic schools in California will be required to teach students about the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans starting Jan. 1 after Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday signed a contr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoBlack men are half as likely to die at any given time if they're in prison than if they aren't, suggests a new study of North Carolina inmates. The black prisoners seemed to be especially protected against...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe Defense Department unveiled a new strategy for protecting military computer networks from hackers on Thursday, designating cyberspace as an "operational domain" U.S. forces will be trained to defend. ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoIt seems like everyone is feeling the heat this summer. Human, canine, feline, or even bovine, we're all at the mercy of high temperatures. Unfortunately, AccuWeather.com meteorologists foresee no signs of...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoSyrian security forces shot dead at least 12 protesters on Friday as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country in the biggest protests so far against President Bashar al-Assad....
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday said he is instructing officials to boost prison construction after a 27-day uprising by inmates highlighted problems of overcrowding and violence. Chavez likene...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA detective testified in Denver court Thursday that the victim in April’s assault at Denver International Airport was headed to Illinois to become a nun. Noel Bertrand, 26, of Portland, is accused of rap...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoWho is torching American flags? It’s a disturbing and potentially dangerous trend in one New Jersey community, reports CBS 2’s Scott Rapoport. Someone is definitely up to something sinister in Roselle Pa...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoSeveral lawmakers are questioning the Obama administration about whether the controversial "Fast and Furious" gunrunning probe may have had a cousin in Florida that resulted in guns being trafficked to Cen...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoSyrian security forces have open fired on anti-government protesters in cities across the country leaving at least 14 people dead, activists say. At least seven people died in the capital Damascus where ab...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe Mexican army says it has discovered a huge field with mature marijuana in the northern state of Baja California. Soldiers were patrolling the area, some 300km (190 miles) south of the US border, when ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPresident Barack Obama has told lawmakers he wants agreement on a US debt deal in 24-36 hours, Republican and Democratic aides say. A fifth consecutive day of cross-party negotiations at the White House ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe International Whaling Commission's (IWC) annual meeting has closed after a tense final day when relations between opposing blocs came close to collapse. Latin American nations attempted to force a vot...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 11 hours agoA foreign-funded movement for a foreign-serving agenda. by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand July 16, 2011 - No one would honestly suggest that cleaning up politics and holding any given government accoun...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 11 hours agoThe day began with the announcement that News International CEO Rebekah Brooks had resigned. Now she's followed by her predecessor and Rupe Murdoch's handpicked publisher of *The Wall Street Journal* and...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoWe touched on it yesterday... but now we're getting some straight answers. Jon Stewart and Jerry Seinfeld looked at it Wednesday night-- and Murdoch's Evil (Criminal) Empire promptly blocked it from being...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 11 hours ago*Signs point to US approval of oilsands pipeline - Chicago Tribune* "The US State Department has completed two environmental impact statements on the [Keystone] pipeline with the help of Cardno Entrix, an...
- posted by Amy Enchelmeyer at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoThis week we hit a few of the hot-button issues that really get our readers talking -- and angry.
- posted by Kieran Mulvaney at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoOne year after breaking off a glacier in NW Greenland, a huge island of ice slowly breaks apart and drifts south off Canada.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoA brazen marketing campaign that preys on the vulnerable, battery-depleted masses could give them a charge.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoIf you're worried that an electric car will run out of charge before you get to your destination, think again.
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoTo celebrate, the website is holding an adoption event with a goal of finding 15,000 pets a home in two days.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoBritish consumers face a fresh VAT hike as EU chiefs are planning a tax grab to fund their pet projects. At the moment 0.3 per cent of VAT in every pound spent goes directly towards EU funding. But Bruss...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours agohttp://lpdoc.blogspot.com/2011/07/proof-bop-railroads-leonard-peltier.html Thursday, July 14, 2011 *The Proof: BOP Railroads Leonard Peltier* From Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee Blogspot On Ju...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoAn “unusual event” was declared by operators of the Salem 2 nuclear reactor here overnight after a leak of radioactive water developed during the testing of an emergency cooling system. An unusual event i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoSevere thunderstorms with heavy rain and frequent lightning is causing delays for air travelers Friday in the Twin Cities. Travelers are experiencing delays of up to 90 minutes at Minneapolis-St. Paul In...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoGuests at an exclusive Las Vegas resort could be at risk from an outbreak of the deadly Legionnaires' disease, after six cases of the illness was reported from guests who had recently stayed there. The Ar...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoThe crew of shuttle Atlantis had a shock last night when an alarm was triggered. Discovery News space correspondent Irene Klotz asked commander Chris Ferguson what it was like.
- posted by Christina Reed at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoA team of kitesurfers are in Alaska now preparing to set a new world record by crossing the Bering Strait to Russia.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours ago*Action Alert!* *Border Patrol Demands the Removal of a Memorial Cross for Teen Slain by Agent* *Another Insensitive Blow to Carlos Lamadrid's Family* *By Derechos Humanos* *Censored News* *http://www.b...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours agoThe guy who gunned down the brother of Afghan president Hamid Karzai is almost a metaphor for what's never going to let us 'fix' Afghanistan. Two days ago, Ahmed Karzai was assassinated in his home by a tr...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours agoVenerable Swedish car maker, SAAB, is all but officially kaput. It's all about SAAB's suspensions. First it suspended payments to its suppliers. Then it suspended production. Now it's suspended payc...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 14 hours agohttp://rossoallosso-lammazzacaff.blogspot.com/2011/07/documentario-tedesco-su-abuso-rituale.html "German documentary that delves into three cases of child abuse in France. "Three victims, 'Deborah', 'Rob...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoOver 2,300 hectares of old pine wood have vanished in a wild fire that hit the Croatian island on Thursday afternoon. Some 200 tourists were evacuated from the island's western village of Bobovisca as the...
- posted by Carlos at Viva Bolivia - 14 hours agoBolivian Independence Day is just around the corner, there will be a parade on 6 August in the Tri-State Area in Jersey City, with La Fraternidad Negritos del Sagrado Corazon. It will be held at Hamilton P...
- posted by Carlos at Viva Bolivia - 14 hours ago*GRUPOS FOKLORICOS DE BOLIVIA - SUR DE CALIFORNIA MEGA KERMESSE- PRO EVENTO MUNDIAL TINKUS Domingo, 17 de Julio, 2011- Orange, California* *LAS VEGAS CARNAVAL INTERNACIONAL PRESENTAN A SURKUY Jueves, 14...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoTwo tiger poachers were arrested after cell phone images of them hovering over the dead animals was picked up by authorities.
- posted by Ai Lung Nguyen at Lilith News - 15 hours agoBy Ai Lung Nguyen Ever wanted to say "Take this job and shove it!"??? Anyone who has ever worked for a slavedriving moronic manager has thought it. Ever since Steve Slater, the frustrated JetBlue airline ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours ago*Al Jazeera* is speculating that hothead Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be about to resign. He has clashed with his country's real power, its supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but the stra...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoYesterday a friend sent me an interesting study by 3 professors from the University of Chicago, Cornell and Hebrew University, respectively Travis Carter, Melissa Ferguson and Ran Hassin. The title says i...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago[image: Link]A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 37.7 km ( 23.4 miles), the quake hit at 16:14:16 UTC Friday 15th July 2011. The epicenter was 152 km (94 miles) from...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 15 hours ago*So Wrong, In So Many Ways*The struggles underway between Congressional GOP leaders and the White House over America's debt ceiling have an eerie, nihilistic air to them. Some attribute it to the struggle...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA U.S. drone strike targeting militants in southern Yemen Thursday killed at least 50 people, two Yemeni security sources said. This comes as the United States and the Yemeni government step up their effo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoIreland's debt was downgraded to junk status yesterday, as the sovereign debt crisis in Europe deepens, but the big worries are Spain and Italy. Satyajit Das is a globally renowned risk analyst, who accura...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoIf you're the kind of parent who allows your 5-year-old to run rampant in public places like restaurants, I have what could be some rather disturbing news for you. I do not love your child. The rest of...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 16 hours agoA major typhoon is barreling toward Japan. Typhoon Ma-on is expected to make landfall around noon Sunday. It's path, shown above, indicates it will hit Tokyo and, just past that along that path, lies ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 16 hours agoA major typhoon is barreling toward Tokyo. Typhoon Ma-on is expected to make landfall on Sunday heading for Tokyo. The path indicated above points to Fukushima
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 16 hours agoReaders, The following questions on global climate change are designed to determine the scope of public opinion on the subject. Please see the previous post explaining why I am doing this. I would be very...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoSo far there is only one piece of relative good news to cling to in the giant humanitarian crisis now threatening 10 million people in dust-blown, rain-starved East Africa. It is that we are still dealing...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoSea piracy worldwide surged to 266 attacks in the first half this year, up 36 percent from a year ago, as Somali pirates became bolder and raided more vessels, a global maritime watchdog said Thursday. Si...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAstronomy & Astrophysics is publishing numerical simulations of the long-term evolution of the orbits of minor planets Ceres and Vesta, which are the largest bodies in the asteroid belt, between Mars and J...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThe Depression-era bankruptcy code provision known as Chapter 9, which lets local governments seek protection from creditors while restructuring debt, is a rarely used tool. Since 1937 there have been a t...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoWatch the latest video at video.foxnews.com This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," July 12, 2011. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: GOP presidential hopeful...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAs the debt default clock ticks away in the United States and Europe, markets are understandably nervous. The potential for another financial crunch in the next two years is certainly a non-zeroprobability...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThe highly anticipated and already contentious Federal Crisis Inquiry Commission report has been released after a lengthy investigation into the economic collapse in America. The 600 page report concludes ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThe threat from North Korea -- which started a war with South Korea in 1950 and launched two attacks against the South last year -- is very real and they could well attack again. That's the candid view of ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA volcano in central Indonesia spit lava and smoke high into the air early Friday, sending thousands of panicked residents racing down its fiery slopes. One person died of a heart attack, but no other cas...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoAt the most recent Zhuhai air show, the premier event for China’s aviation industry, crowds swarmed around a model of an armed, jet-propelled drone and marveled at the accompanying display of its purported...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoNew research from Cambridge University indicates that a third of people have felt overwhelmed by technology – but children still prefer face-to-face communication. New communications technology makes one ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 57.1 km ( 35.5 miles), the quake hit at 15:00:51 UTC Friday 15th July 2011. The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) WNW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuatu ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 17 hours ago*Susan Lindauer, who has written about the torture and murder of children in Libya. * *In Libya, the NATO Rebels castrate and sodomise boys who refuse to adopt the rebel cause.* On 12 July 2011, *Susan ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Potosi, Bolivia at a depth of 87.3 km ( 54.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:55:30 UTC Friday 15th July 2011. The epicenter was 183 km (114 miles) NNE from Calama, Chile N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA mysterious infection in Zamboanga del Norte has left 4 people dead and 16 others hospitalized. The hospitalized victims, all natives of Barangay Mantebo, Sibuco town in Zamboanga del Norte, complained ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoThree children of Somalis who fled the drought-stricken Bay and Bakol regions were among five people who died in a torrential rain in Mogadishu on Thursday. An elderly woman and man also died in the rain...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoGeophysicist Helgi Björnsson said a magma intrusion caused the glacial flood from Köldukvíslarjökull, a part of Vatnajökull in southeast Iceland, on Tuesday night. It is possible that a minor eruption occu...
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoWhoever finds it enters a serial number on a website, which immediately notifies you of the item's location.
- posted by Katherine Noyes at Discovery News - Top Stories - 17 hours agoCan't find time for the gym? With this chair, you can strengthen and stretch while seated.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 17 hours ago*Okay, Now I Need To Know How to Flush This Thing*Already America's most-expensive ever military purchase, the F-35 project price tag just went up by three quarters of a billion dollars - but wait for it -...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (U.S. Says "Huh?") - 17 hours agoI love Stephen Colbert and Crooks and Liars for a very good reason. Nothing more actually needs to be said about the ludicrosity of our current political situation. (Not that that will stop them.)And, no, it...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 17 hours agoA year after flow of oil from BP spill ended, 'normal' drilling operations are hard to define BP Oil Still Washing Ashore One Year After Spill ~Bloomberg~Hat Tweet @facingsouth Judge tosses RICO claims a...
- posted by Saladin at A Voice In The Wilderness - 17 hours ago*The Daily Bell* Thursday, July 14, 2011 – by Staff Report *9/11 And The Rise of The World Wolf State ... It is an amazing fact of history that what passes for history in the West is factually untrue. Th...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 17 hours agoUnbelievable, though not unexpected, departure from reality. by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand July 15, 2011 - Associated Press reports that, "U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says the Ob...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoPolice are stepping up security measures at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, Greater Manchester where three patients have died after medication was tampered with. An 84-year-old man died yesterday. Hi...
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- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA mother, whose two-year-old daughter died after her pet Burmese python strangled and tried to eat her, was found guilty of third-degree murder on Thursday. Jaren Hare, 21, now faces up to 35 years in pri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Pentagon plans to turn cyberspace into an 'operational domain' in which trained forces defend against attacks. Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said the Pentagon wanted to avoid militarising cybe...( How much of this do you believe ? Candid commentary online does not replicate sound bytes of government controlled Noise Pollution : aka The Mighty Wurlitzer.Here's a sample of the kind of presentation which it would be all to easy to believe is in danger.
Global Climate Change Questionnaire
Readers,
The following questions on global climate change are designed to determine the scope of public opinion on the subject. Please see the previous post explaining why I am doing this. I would be very appreciate if you would copy and paste the questions into an email message, answer them, and send them to me at kw@swa.tc. Or, leave responses as comments below. Please rest assured that all information will remain anonymous, and all opinions are welcome.Given the nature of the media campaign demonizing dissent as corporate spin you have to appreciate such a questionnaire is risky business for anyone promoting an agenda rather than searching for answers. Nor did I fail to make some attempt at highlighting this.
Do dive in. I am not that much in love with my own thoughts that yours are unwelcome...though the posting blog should be in receipt of its requested input.
Nor should I be too worried about a comment the author would not sign.
- 1- Please describe your beliefs on global climate change. It's happening. It's always happening. Do you think the planet is getting warmer? All credible evidence says "Yes, the planet is getting warmer." And if so, do you believe this is occurring because of human activities? Yes, human activities are the predominant cause of the present global warming. 2- Please describe your religious beliefs. None. 3- How would you describe your political views? Liberal 4- How do you obtain news and information? A select few internet websites Is there a particular media source that you watch or read regularly? The BBC and PBS TV News; The Economist, The Nation magazines. 5- Are you familiar with the UN International Panel on Climate Change? Yes. If so, what is your opinion of the group? IPCC is much improved since Chris Landsea resigned. 6- What is your level of education? Ph.D. 7- What do you do for a living? Retired oceanographer 8- What are your views on environmentalism? I'm for it. 9- What is your age group? 65 and above. 11- How serious do you believe global climate change is? Critical!! 12- What is your opinion of people who have views different to your own? I respect some people who hold views that differ from mine. And how would you describe your willingness to communicate with people with opposing views? I regularly communicate with people some of whose views differ from mine. 13- Do you believe that the climate change issue is a scientific one or a political one? Climate change is a scientific fact. It should be a political issue. 14- Do you think that regulation and investment in alternative energy will be good or bad for the United States? Energy alternatives would make the country safer and more sustainable. 15- How adamant are you about your views? I believe that John Maynard Keynes had it right: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?" Could any information change your mind? Yes, if the information is credible. 16- Do you have anything else to add? I have nothing more to say, and I've said it.
- opit said...
- I might have a go at that too...though I wonder how a newsblogger with an appreciation of political lying and institutional corruption might fare. Frankly, I had been reasonably unconscious of Anthropogenic Global Warming until I started wondering about U.S.foreign policy towards Iran - where whatever they did affected U.S. responses not the least...or even negatively ! Slowly it percolated through my consciousness that there were institutional drivers in play to provide Talking Points circumscribing response so as to continue assault with systemic lies which were presented in English media as analysis. So this caught my attention. http://www.larouchepub.com/other/2007/sci_techs/3423init_warming_hoax.html That's just the start of the story - which crashed when Blogger 'ate' my files of the clash over 'framed' argumentation using Rand Corp. Poisoning the Well presentations. http://opitslinkfest.blogspot.com/2010/03/climate.html has new content now. Revelations about the 'Denier' meme should include the NPT TRAP and the latest on corporate skulduggery See today's Blogs I'm Following and from the Topical Index Perception Alteration
- opit said...
- Anyway : your quiz 1) Is climate changing ? Sure. Heat distribution from the Gulf of Mexico was dissipating in the North Atlantic Conveyor last winter instead of warming Europe : or the heat wasn't being collected in the first place because of the presence of oil.The arctic was getting more of available heat : a distribution pattern not seen for 2 eons was in play. 2) Religious beliefs. I was raised Protestant ( Christian ) : I am skeptical of the value of programmed belief systems - especially as regards science. 3) Political views. Politics is a farce to divert people from the kleptocracy underpinning a system reallocating stolen property. 4) I obtain news and information from a system of RSS links in various aggregators that I use in preference to reading somebody else's preferred sources of lies. 5) The IPCC ? It is a political ploy which will steal funds needed for technological changes. The theory it is a system to tax the planet for the use of fire seems sound. Certainly smaller nations ran for cover at Copenhagen when the Danes blew the whistle on a switched set of briefing papers. Carbon credits have been responsible for polluters continuing in operation as they game the system. 6) Level of education ? I finished high school. But asking a bookworm what his formal education is verges on total irrelevancy. 7) I've worked as anything from a banker in training, purchasing agent,warehouse manager,truck driver,construction labourer,dairy plant worker, to janitor. 8) Environmentalism. We don't seem to know the meaning of the word. Agriculture follows practices guaranteeing catastrophic collapse and disease generation. Water is taken out of circulation according to the dictates of a monopolistic empire setting up global slavery. 9) Age 50-65 10) It isn't a matter of what I believe. It is rather a matter that basic data is insufficient for me to know that reliable modeling is more than a con game : even if one could reliably project endless complexity of unknown processes which are innately impossible to measure. Simplifying a thesis down to the point where a model may be conjured up is meaningless. 11)How serious ? Compared to what and for whom ? It's tough to judge when supposedly reliable people are suborned by their conditions of employment and association. That speaks to both 'sides' of a false dichotomy. 12) Opinion of those holding contrary beliefs. It makes for an interesting and illuminating world...so long as certainty is not your measure of 'knowledge'. 13) I believe climate change is a military/political football. The why lies in opportunism of control and offensive/aggressive action. 14) Regulation. It is generally unwise to suppress innovation - which is where the 'greening' process stands yet. There are no mature technologies where such is a plausible idea. 15) Could information change my mind ? Given that I constantly seek information the answer is obvious : Yes. 16) More to add ? I'm sure I will.
SUED FOR LIBEL FOR CRITICISING CARMARTHENSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The first and most important part of today's events was the way in which Carmarthenshire Council dealt with the 1500 name petition presented by the very elderly campaigners trying to save their Day Club, Noddfa Teilo in Llandeilo. As I arrived an elderly lady was presenting her petition, it was heartfelt and passionate and implored the Council to rethink their plans. Several other Day Club members had also been allowed into the Chamber. Much to their shock, the Chairman, Cllr Ivor Jackson then just moved onto the next agenda item. Cllr Sian Caiach was equally shocked and demanded a debate and consideration of a rethink - she and Cllr Arthur Davies were told to be quiet or leave the Chamber, despite their protestations over the fact that there would be no debate, Chief Executive Mark James, shamefully, decided to only allow the Executive Board Member, Cllr Pat Jones to speak - obviously in support of the Council's plans to close the centre. It was the most outragous display of council 'business' I have seen to date. This was why I was there and why I was filming - people need to know what is going on in that Chamber. That is also why they don't want anyone to record it either, which brings me on to the second event.
I was then, eventually, released.
You Tube link to; 'Carmarthenshire Full Council Shambles over Day Club'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ie0HUJ8eJP8
The second event, as I mentioned in my previous post is what happened when I tried to film this latest travesty of democracy. Clearly my presence was noted when I entered the Public Gallery and when the row commenced over the Day Club, I started filming with my phone, (not terribly well I know but better than nothing) I was asked to leave by the Chairman and Mark James, I said that I was not doing anything wrong, it is not against the law nor even in their standing orders (rules for meetings), neither was I disturbing the meeting in any shape or form. Mr James sarcastically asked whether I now had a good photo of him to put on my website. As I didn't leave, Mr James and the Chair called the police and then adjourned the meeting. Unlike my complaint of assault in the Public Gallery where the police took four days to take my statement and several more to speak to the chap concerned, it only took ten minutes today for two police cars and four police officers to appear in the Gallery. I tried to argue my point but was then arrested in the Public Gallery for 'breaching the peace'. I was taken outside the door, handcuffed, searched, my phone taken and marched out to the waiting police cars. I was then taken 30 miles to Llanelli police station where I remained handcuffed for another hour before being 'processed', and put in a cell for another two hours.
I can't quite believe what happened to me for trying to film a public meeting.
You Tube link to; Full Council Meeting - me filming and events leading to police being called.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CNZHOOkdAs
I would also like to thank the person in the Public Gallery who kindly agreed to stay with me as a witness until I was taken away.The latest from Blogger Buzz
Why do you blog?
July 15, 2011 — permalinkPosted by Inci Atrek, User Education Specialist
Hi Bloggers,
At the beginning, life can seem a bit lonely in the blogosphere, so kudos to you for taking that first step and starting a blog. Whether your purpose has evolved over the years or you’ve stuck around for the same reasons that got you started, we truly enjoyed reading your responses to our #bloggerasks tweet on why you blog.
@CprincessUK broke it down in list form, music blogger @LinerNotes crafted a mission statement, and @fortnow blogged about blogging for Blogger’s 10th anniversary. Others of you kept your raison d’être under 140 characters. Here are a few of them, short and sweet:
“I started blogging because I loved my wedding and talking about weddings and my fiancé didn't - I needed a community” (@CMatlick)
“Main reason: creative writing outlet. Aux reasons: counteract stereotypes/preconceived ideas abt Pakistan, Pakistanis, & Islam :)” (@desigurrl)
“I started blogging after a near death experience to create a legacy for my three young children” (@FrillyHills)
“Started blogging to write about food and Flavor of Italy's culinary tourism business” (@FlavorofItaly)
Whether it’s your love of magic, to share tips on shaving, to chronicle life with the kids, or for reasons you still haven’t figured out, we want to know -- why do you blog? *
Cheers,Inci* Paying the online community back for their dedication comes to mind.
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