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*INTERNATIONAL LABOUR GEORGIA:* *RESPECT WORKER RIGHTS IN GEORGIA:* The now independent Caucasus republic of Georgia is (in)famous as the homeland of Soviet dictator Josep Stalin. Sorta like being no... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
Workers in Japan scrambled Monday to build a protective covering over a damaged nuclear reactor ahead of an approaching powerful typhoon, an energy company spokesman said. Typhoon Ma-on -- currently a "La... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
The battle for Brega switched from the desert to intense street fighting in the oil town's northeast on Sunday, as veteran Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed never to quit and fresh blasts rocked Tripoli.... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
Stock markets tumbled on Wall Street as the prospect of the US government defaulting on its debts moved a step closer after another day of political paralysis in Washington. With no signs of progress from... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
Mounting fears that politicians will fail to resolve the eurozone's debt crisis sent markets sliding and Spain and Italy's borrowing costs nearing the "point of no return". Investors are unconvinced that ... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
It has begun. At last, some raw emotional Gaulliste patriotism from the victims of Europe’s Maquina Infernal. Portugal’s new premier Pedro Passos Coelho — a free marketeer — threw down the gauntlet over t... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
The tsunami that struck north-east Japan in March rose to a maximum height of 132.5ft, according to researchers, taller than Rio's Christ the Redeemer. In comparison, Nelson's Column stands 169 feet tall a... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
One of China's most promising young gymnasts, who seemed destined for Olympic glory before his career ended in injury, has been found begging on the streets of Beijing, prompting criticism of the country's... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
For the first time, a device has created a "hole in time" -- for a few nanoseconds anyway. The theoretical possibility of an "event cloak" -- a metamaterial space-time device that could theoretically conc... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
He's hanging up the hat. After decades of popularizing Egyptology -- from exploring the pyramids to studying mummies to digging for buried treasure -- Egypt's top archaeologist has lost his post, fired Su... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
Pirates have seized a tanker ship in the Indian Ocean and appear to be taking it to Somalia, the European Union Naval Force Somalia said Monday. Pirates boarded the MV Jubba XX on July 16 as the ship trave... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
Authorities in Equador have banned the sale of alcohol in a community where 21 people have died after drinking bootleg liquor. Public Health Minister David Chiriboga says 103 others have been treated for ... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
Spanish police Monday announced the seizure of 25 million euros ($35 million) in cash and the arrest of 20 people in an operation against "the biggest money-laundering and drug-trafficking network in Europ... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
A volatile volcano in central Indonesia has erupted again, spewing ash almost 2,000ft (600m) into the air. Monitoring official Farid Ruskanda said Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island erupted twice within half ... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 24 minutes ago
American electric car company Tesla Motors is pulling the plug on plans to market its zippy, battery-powered sports cars to the wealthy and environmentally hip here – just six months after setting up an of... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoThe battle for Brega switched from the desert to intense street fighting in the oil town's northeast on Sunday, as veteran Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed never to quit and fresh blasts rocked Tripoli....
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoStock markets tumbled on Wall Street as the prospect of the US government defaulting on its debts moved a step closer after another day of political paralysis in Washington. With no signs of progress from...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoMounting fears that politicians will fail to resolve the eurozone's debt crisis sent markets sliding and Spain and Italy's borrowing costs nearing the "point of no return". Investors are unconvinced that ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoIt has begun. At last, some raw emotional Gaulliste patriotism from the victims of Europe’s Maquina Infernal. Portugal’s new premier Pedro Passos Coelho — a free marketeer — threw down the gauntlet over t...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoThe tsunami that struck north-east Japan in March rose to a maximum height of 132.5ft, according to researchers, taller than Rio's Christ the Redeemer. In comparison, Nelson's Column stands 169 feet tall a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoOne of China's most promising young gymnasts, who seemed destined for Olympic glory before his career ended in injury, has been found begging on the streets of Beijing, prompting criticism of the country's...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoFor the first time, a device has created a "hole in time" -- for a few nanoseconds anyway. The theoretical possibility of an "event cloak" -- a metamaterial space-time device that could theoretically conc...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoHe's hanging up the hat. After decades of popularizing Egyptology -- from exploring the pyramids to studying mummies to digging for buried treasure -- Egypt's top archaeologist has lost his post, fired Su...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoPirates have seized a tanker ship in the Indian Ocean and appear to be taking it to Somalia, the European Union Naval Force Somalia said Monday. Pirates boarded the MV Jubba XX on July 16 as the ship trave...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoAuthorities in Equador have banned the sale of alcohol in a community where 21 people have died after drinking bootleg liquor. Public Health Minister David Chiriboga says 103 others have been treated for ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoSpanish police Monday announced the seizure of 25 million euros ($35 million) in cash and the arrest of 20 people in an operation against "the biggest money-laundering and drug-trafficking network in Europ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoA volatile volcano in central Indonesia has erupted again, spewing ash almost 2,000ft (600m) into the air. Monitoring official Farid Ruskanda said Mount Lokon on Sulawesi island erupted twice within half ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes agoAmerican electric car company Tesla Motors is pulling the plug on plans to market its zippy, battery-powered sports cars to the wealthy and environmentally hip here – just six months after setting up an of...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 42 minutes ago*"His howl is caused by a large hyoid bone at the top of the trachea. It can be cured by a simple operation on the neck with an axe."* So far in the title section of Will Cuppy's *How to Tell Your Friends...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 hour ago*"Gibbon authorities do not know whether the Gibbon is interested in sex. But you know and I know."* Tonight Will Cuppy continues his survey of ape relations, begun with "The Chimpanzee," "The Gorilla," ...
- posted by Lori H at Adventures with Kurt and Lori - 2 hours agoThis weekend, Kurt and I ran in the Wyandotte Portofino Art Fair 5K, Saturday at 800 AM in Wyandotte. It was a nice race and I was glad it was early, as it was already super hot at 800 AM! Kurt broke his...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 2 hours agoSIU Concludes Reopened G20 Nobody Investigation ... aaaaand, guess what? Can't find any way to charge anyone else. Who could have foreseen such a thing? Oh, well. Maybe the Toronto Police will actually co...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago[image: Dessicated corn field in Garvin County, Oklahoma, July 2011. oklahomafarmreport.com] By MICHAEL MCNUTT, CAPITOL BUREAU 15 July 2011 With no forecast of rain in sight, Gov. Mary Fallin suggests ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago* Once upon a time the Polo Grounds sat at the foot of Coogan's Bluff. * *by Ken* For your avid urban gadder, does this sound fabulous or what? *Highbridge Park Hike with Sidney Horenstein* *Tuesday, July ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours ago"There exist in the life of societies as well as individuals hours of moral discomfort when despair and fatigue spread their leaden wings over human beings. Men then begin to dream of nothingness. The en...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours agoThe Lens wins press club awards for investigative reporting, social media! Times-Picayune, NOLA.com take top honors at New Orleans Press Club
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 hours agoEmpty streets never looked so good.
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 hours agoMarathon swimmer Diana Nyad is attempting to do what she couldn't finish in her late-20s.
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 5 hours agoThe White House Blog Posted by Kori Schulman on July 17, 2011 Yesterday morning President Obama met with His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama in the Map Room of the White House. Here's the statement from th...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 5 hours ago[image: Sharks cruise over a coral reef. Fishing alters predator patterns; when large fish are removed, corals don't fare as well. S. A. Sandin, et al. / nsf.gov] Media contacts Cheryl Dybas, NSF (703) ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 6 hours ago[image: Workers on the bus which will transfer them to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. They are known as 'nuclear gypsies'. Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert] By Justin McCurry in Iwaki-Yumoto, www.guardian.co....
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 6 hours ago[image: UK Energy Minister Chris Huhne warns that global warming could threaten Britain's security. dailymail.co.uk]By David Derbyshire 8 July 2011 Global warming will threaten Britain's security by tri...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe documentary film Farmageddon explores the fine line between consumer protection and government intrusion when it comes to food safety. Certainly we all want wholesome food, but what happens when rules ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoIsraeli rescue services evacuated the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum on Sunday as a large forest fire raged out of control, threatening several Jerusalem neighbourhoods, rescue workers said. Thick grey smoke...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoBradenton, Florida - A Bradenton family still reeling from the loss of their loved one has decided to offer a $500 reward for the return of their loved one's ashes. 19-year-old Nicholas Reek, a Manatee ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA Bronx man was viciously assaulted and robbed on a subway train Sunday by four men who he says taunted him for being white. Police confirmed they are investigating the assault and robbery of Jason Fordel...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoGold prices rallied to record highs above $1,600 an ounce in Europe on Monday, as investors spooked by the euro zone debt crisis and the threat of a U.S. default bought into the metal as a haven from risk....
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe Pentagon has a policy which can only be called the zenith of militaristic arrogance and stupidity: “Full Spectrum Dominance”. As the name implies, the policy’s aim is for the United States’ military to...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe credit ratings agencies are again angering governments, but this time they are taking on the big fish of the world economy. From Washington to Brussels, Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch have added ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTens of thousands of people are fleeing drought and famine in Somalia in search of food and water in refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. The crisis has been brought on by a deadly combination of severe dr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoForecasting systems were warning about a serious drought in the Horn of Africa as much as a year ago — but communication problems between scientists and decision-makers meant the alerts went largely unheed...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn online campaign has been launched in Russia urging young women to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential vote by taking off their clothes, a lawmaker's site showed on Sunday. Called "P...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoDozens of small, old rocket warheads were stolen from a train carrying military equipment from Romania to Bulgaria, officials said Monday. Authorities promised that the 64 warheads posed no danger to the p...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA convicted murderer is suing the state of Colorado for saving his life after his heart stopped beating. Daniel Self says he suffers from sleep apnea and he ordered prison guards not to resuscitate him if...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTwo policemen are recovering after they were shot by fellow officers as they tried to arrest a man on child pornography charges outside a crowded move theatre. The incident happened as undercover officers...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoHouse Republican leaders have missed a 36-hour deadline President Obama set during a Thursday meeting for lawmakers to give him a plan to avert a national default. The deadline came and went Saturday morn...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA new doll hitting stores in the U.S. is causing some controversy with parents. It’s called The Breast Milk Baby and it claims it teaches young girls how to breast feed. The doll is made by Berjuan Toys,...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoRatings agency Moody's on Monday suggested the United States should eliminate its statutory limit on government debt to reduce uncertainty among bond holders. The United States is one of the few countries...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn oppressive and potentially deadly summertime mix of sizzling temperatures and high humidity baked a large swath of the country again on Sunday, pushing afternoon heat indexes in dozens of cities to dang...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe extreme heat and persistent drought seen in much of Texas is taking its toll on wildlife, with deer, birds and other animals abandoning or unable to feed their young. Pregnant does are having problems...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoHalf of Dahlen Hancock’s cotton fields are dead. The other half are clinging to life. The 5,800 acres he farms near Lubbock, Texas, are half irrigated and half at the mercy of the clouds. And the past nin...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTens of thousands of people are fleeing drought and famine in Somalia in search of food and water in refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. The crisis has been brought on by a deadly combination of severe dr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoForecasting systems were warning about a serious drought in the Horn of Africa as much as a year ago — but communication problems between scientists and decision-makers meant the alerts went largely unheed...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoDozens of small, old rocket warheads were stolen from a train carrying military equipment from Romania to Bulgaria, officials said Monday. Authorities promised that the 64 warheads posed no danger to the p...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoPresident Obama has been using the debt-ceiling debate and bipartisan calls for deficit reduction to demand higher taxes. With unemployment stuck at 9.2% and a vigorous economic "recovery" appearing more a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTens of thousands of people are fleeing drought and famine in Somalia in search of food and water in refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. The crisis has been brought on by a deadly combination of severe dr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoForecasting systems were warning about a serious drought in the Horn of Africa as much as a year ago — but communication problems between scientists and decision-makers meant the alerts went largely unheed...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn online campaign has been launched in Russia urging young women to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential vote by taking off their clothes, a lawmaker's site showed on Sunday. Called "P...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoDozens of small, old rocket warheads were stolen from a train carrying military equipment from Romania to Bulgaria, officials said Monday. Authorities promised that the 64 warheads posed no danger to the p...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA convicted murderer is suing the state of Colorado for saving his life after his heart stopped beating. Daniel Self says he suffers from sleep apnea and he ordered prison guards not to resuscitate him if...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTwo policemen are recovering after they were shot by fellow officers as they tried to arrest a man on child pornography charges outside a crowded move theatre. The incident happened as undercover officers...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoHouse Republican leaders have missed a 36-hour deadline President Obama set during a Thursday meeting for lawmakers to give him a plan to avert a national default. The deadline came and went Saturday morn...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoPresident Obama has been using the debt-ceiling debate and bipartisan calls for deficit reduction to demand higher taxes. With unemployment stuck at 9.2% and a vigorous economic "recovery" appearing more a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA new doll hitting stores in the U.S. is causing some controversy with parents. It’s called The Breast Milk Baby and it claims it teaches young girls how to breast feed. The doll is made by Berjuan Toys,...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoRatings agency Moody's on Monday suggested the United States should eliminate its statutory limit on government debt to reduce uncertainty among bond holders. The United States is one of the few countries...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn oppressive and potentially deadly summertime mix of sizzling temperatures and high humidity baked a large swath of the country again on Sunday, pushing afternoon heat indexes in dozens of cities to dang...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoThe extreme heat and persistent drought seen in much of Texas is taking its toll on wildlife, with deer, birds and other animals abandoning or unable to feed their young. Pregnant does are having problems...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoHalf of Dahlen Hancock’s cotton fields are dead. The other half are clinging to life. The 5,800 acres he farms near Lubbock, Texas, are half irrigated and half at the mercy of the clouds. And the past nin...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTens of thousands of people are fleeing drought and famine in Somalia in search of food and water in refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia. The crisis has been brought on by a deadly combination of severe dr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoForecasting systems were warning about a serious drought in the Horn of Africa as much as a year ago — but communication problems between scientists and decision-makers meant the alerts went largely unheed...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoAn online campaign has been launched in Russia urging young women to support Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in a presidential vote by taking off their clothes, a lawmaker's site showed on Sunday. Called "P...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoDozens of small, old rocket warheads were stolen from a train carrying military equipment from Romania to Bulgaria, officials said Monday. Authorities promised that the 64 warheads posed no danger to the p...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoA convicted murderer is suing the state of Colorado for saving his life after his heart stopped beating. Daniel Self says he suffers from sleep apnea and he ordered prison guards not to resuscitate him if...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoTwo policemen are recovering after they were shot by fellow officers as they tried to arrest a man on child pornography charges outside a crowded move theatre. The incident happened as undercover officers...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoHouse Republican leaders have missed a 36-hour deadline President Obama set during a Thursday meeting for lawmakers to give him a plan to avert a national default. The deadline came and went Saturday morn...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 6 hours agoPresident Obama has been using the debt-ceiling debate and bipartisan calls for deficit reduction to demand higher taxes. With unemployment stuck at 9.2% and a vigorous economic "recovery" appearing more a...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 6 hours ago* Sean Hoare.* Sean Hoare is dead. Christopher Shale is dead. Daniel Morgan is dead. Sally Ann Wood reportedly claimed to have seen 30 murders. *Sean Hoare* claimed that Murdoch's former News of the Wor...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 7 hours agoFishermen claim they've captured a Cadborosaurus on video, and that it's genuine.
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoNot all Republicans are racist and not all racists are Republicans. But an extraordinary number of Republicans-- by design (they were recruited by Nixon and Reagan to build the party in the South)-- are r...
- posted by Geezer Power at GEEZERPOWER - 7 hours agoNY Times By ISABEL KERSHNER Published: July 11, 2011 JERUSALEM — The Israeli Parliament on Monday passed contentious legislation that effectively bans any public call for a boycott against the state of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Adreanof Islands, Alaska at a depth of 9.4 km ( 5.8 miles), the quake hit at 19:09:24 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 84 km (52 miles) from Atka, Alaska N...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA former reporter for the News Of The World who blew the whistle on the extent of phone hacking at the paper has been found dead at his home. Hertfordshire Police have said Sean Hoare's death is being tre...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAt least six people died in the torrential rains that buffeted the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco over the weekend, emergency management officials said. A mudslide killed four members of a fam...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAt least three people died and more than 180,000 others were affected by the torrential rains that hit southern Mexico's Isthmus of Tehuantepec over the weekend, officials in Oaxaca state said. Two people...
- posted by Nima Shirazi at Wide Asleep in America - 9 hours agoFormer IDF prison guard Jeffrey Goldberg has an updated post on supporting the boycott of Netanyahu here in the US. It includes this tidbit: "...all I can say is this: Since 1948, Israel has been a besiege...
- posted by Barbara Loe Fisher at Vaccine Awakening - 9 hours ago*by Barbara Loe Fisher* * * Today, pediatricians give American babies as many as 33 doses of 13 different vaccines by 12 months of age.1, 2 Now, federal public health officials are considering recommending...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Northwest of the Kuril Islands at a depth of 499.1 km ( 310.1 miles), the quake hit at 18:15:25 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 308 km (192 miles) Northwe...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 9 hours agoNot yet, but further examining the mineral could open the door to creating synthetic materials that mimic its absorbing qualities.
- posted by Lilith eZine at Lilith News - 10 hours agoENTERTAINMENT - You know its good when you go to see it twice in the same weekend. We give *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2* a solid 4.5 stars out of 5. Meanwhile the boy wizard has also va...
- posted by Lilith eZine at Lilith News - 10 hours agoPOLITICS - 64 missile warheads have been stolen from a Romanian train. The train was transporting military equipment to Bulgaria. Prosecutors said today they are investigating the theft. Spokesman Marius ...
- posted by Lilith eZine at Lilith News - 10 hours agoPOLITICS - Don't drink the water in Georgia because apparently all the cops there are braindead. Police in Georgia have shut down a lemonade stand run by three little girls trying to save up money for a t...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (U.S. Says "Huh?") - 10 hours agoAnybody smell massive lawsuits? Or dirty tricks? (These guys have got a lot of class, don't they? What kind of slug-level class is up for debate though.)Hurray for lawyers! They're gonna get rich. But they a...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 10 hours agoOne can hardly call them all Libyans or all rebels. Sure there are some Libyans. But, there are also special forces troops, CIA operatives and quite likely some mercenaries supplied by NATO thrown into the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 40.7 km ( 25.3 miles), the quake hit at 16:07:27 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 153 km (95 miles) South of Beng...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 3.2 km ( 2.0 miles), the quake hit at 16:03:46 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 177 km (109 miles) East of Raoul Islan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Negros, Philippines at a depth of 41 km ( 25.5 miles), the quake hit at 15:25:14 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 125 km (77 miles) WNW of Dumaguete, Negros...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours ago*The Bad Reps* *The first time I ever spoke with Connecticut House Speaker Chris Donovan on the phone, I kept thinking, "How did someone this young ever get into so powerful a position?" I never asked his...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 11 hours agoMy husband's family is obsessed with doughnuts. Actually, obsessed might be a little bit of an understatement, so when I saw the cute doughnut necklace over at Lil Blue Boo, I knew that my husband's siste...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Taiwan Region of 13 km ( 8.1 miles), the quake hit at 14:48:53 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 86 km (53 miles) ESE of Hualien, Taiwan No Tsunami warning i...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoAlmost 100 forest fires are burning in northwestern Ontario, with smoke affecting many communities — and more than 30 new blazes expected over coming days. The Ministry of Natural Resources says there are...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe economy of the Pakistan is going down by the passage of every day which calls for urgent and decisive actions by the government, the Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) said on Sunday Incompetent leadership a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoCredit rating agency Moody's dinged a key backup plan to raise the debt ceiling Monday, and said the United States would be better off if the ceiling was eliminated entirely. Lawmakers appeared to make li...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe stress for Spain could just be getting started after several of the nation's banks failed to pass stress tests Friday. The European Banking Authority tested 90 financial institutions across Europe to ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoSome Canadians are in for more hot and sticky weather on Monday, with Winnipeg possibly hitting official heat wave status. More hot weather is forecast for parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and southern Ont...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoParts 2-5 are here: 2/5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3AkuE0f1pQ&feature=related 3/5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSTgt8dAnFE 4/5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUv_NjT9F0g 5/5 http://www.youtube.com/...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIt is hard to ignore how many highly visible men in recent years (indeed, months) have behaved in sexually self-destructive ways. Some powerful men have long been sexually voracious; unlike today, though, ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThis month marks the 40th anniversary of Henry Kissinger's secret trip to Beijing, which launched the process of mending a 20-year breach in diplomatic relations between the United States and China. That t...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 12 hours agoDear Followers and Readers, First of all, I would like to offer a sincere "thank you" to everybody who has answered the questionnaire so far. The response has been honest and robust, and I am very gratefu...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoJapan's government is set to suspend all cattle shipments from Fukushima as concerns over radiation-tainted beef escalate. Senior Vice Health Minister Kohei Otsuka said beef from surrounding areas may als...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago“I have seen the future, and it works,” journalist Lincoln Steffens famously said of his 1919 visit to Bolshevik Russia. Guided by his economic faith, Steffens saw the future as he wanted it to be, not as ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoMore than five people are dead after an angry mob attacked a police station in western China. According to Chinese media reports, a mob attacked the police building in Hotan in the Xinjiang region, taking...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIn 1995, I published a book called *The World After Communism*. Today, I wonder whether there will be a world after capitalism. That question is not prompted by the worst economic slump since the 1930s. ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoIn late June of 2011, the Greek government passed another round of austerity measures, ostensibly aimed at getting Greece “back on track” to economic progress, but in reality, implementing a systematic pro...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe past several years in the economy and investment markets have been extraordinary. We have had the deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Banks, brokerage firms and AIG went bust, or...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoHow on earth did we come to this? Three weeks from now we might very well find ourselves in total economic collapse not from a devastating natural disaster or a diabolical terrorist attack. No, the politic...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoStock markets fell on Monday as concerns over debt crises in the United States and Europe weighed on oil prices while boosting gold. Toronto’s benchmark index, the S&P/TSX composite, was down 15.90 points,...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoU.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Monday financial markets need to see further concrete action by European leaders to prevent the continental debt crisis from spreading to more countries. Spea...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoTropical storm Bret continued to strengthen and came closer to the Bahamas Monday morning, but the forecast called for the storm to begin moving out to sea later in the day. As of 8 a.m., Bret -- the seco...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe United Nation's highest court ruled Monday that both Cambodia and Thailand must withdraw their troops from an area where a disputed border temple sits. The International Court of Justice drew what it ...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoIf your heritage is non-African, you are part Neanderthal, according to a new study.
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoA long lost island in the North Atlantic Ocean sits on the seafloor, but rivers and mountains and other remnants of its time at the surface remain etched on its features.
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe stress for Spain could just be getting started after several of the nation's banks failed to pass stress tests Friday. The European Banking Authority tested 90 financial institutions across Europe to ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours agoRestoring Coast, Seafood’s Reputation Are Linked, Says GNO Chief Upper Pontalba renters suing the city to try to overturn recent rent increases Bourbon street, war, violence…and hey! Take it down a notch…...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 hours agoThe Green star shows a Earthquake of 3 Magnitude or Higher - At 02:02:27 a 3.8 Magnitude Earthquake struck under Katla Volcano at a depth of just 1.1 km Update: According to information from the Iceland...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 13 hours agoHey, Dear Readers, I have a brand-spanking-new website made just for me by Runner Susan who, when she is not running, buying shoes or drinking wine, is a professional web designer. (Actually, sometimes wine ...
- posted by killing Mother at killing Mother - 13 hours agoWhile I am busy studying, I thought I would share various pieces that attract my attention from time to time. The following link is to a piece by one of my favorite authors, Derrick Jensen, coauthored with...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Cattle feed on straw which have been declared safe by the Fukushima prefectural government, at a farm in the town of Miharu, Fukushima Prefecture, 16 July 2011. Credit: Reuters / Kyodo] Reportin...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours agoYesterday it was Metropolitan Police commissioner Stephenson who fell on his sword. Today his second in command, assistant commissioner Paul Yates, also resigned. Events are spinning out of control so ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: This sea butterfly is a kind of pteropod, a swimming snail just a half inch across. It's the dominant zooplankton in polar waters, nicknamed the "potato chip of the sea" because fish and other pr...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 14 hours agoGlobal warming denier, self-styled "Lord" Christopher Monckton has been warned by the British House of Lords to cease and desist his claims that he is a member of that body. Monckton, who did inherit a ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 14 hours agoI've just started reading a remarkable book, one that can't wait until I finish to share it with you: *Moby Duck: The True Story of 28,000 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Env...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 15 hours agoPredictably, I received a comment to my earlier post, Lurching from Bedlam to Oblivion, from a reader supporting the idea that chemtrails are being sprayed, with a link to a youtube. I don't want to dispa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA spokesperson for the UK supermajor said the spill at the pipeline which serves the Lisburne oil field in Prudhoe Bay “appears minor”. The spill, which happened on Saturday, occurred during pressure test...
- posted by derekshowerman at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 15 hours agoBy Duane Craig Upper Ringwood Superfund Site Upper Ringwood, New Jersey continues facing the long-term consequences of hazardous waste dumping. According to the ABC news affiliate WABC in New York City, t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA stage at the Bluesfest music festival collapsed during a severe thunderstorm today injuring five people. The incident happened on the main stage at the Ottawa festival on Sunday night during a Cheap Tri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA tour bus travelling from Washington D.C., to Niagara Falls crashed in a wooded median in western New York yesterday afternoon, killing two people and injuring 35. The crash happened on Interstate 390 in...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA Swiss man has died after piloting a rented plane into the home of his estranged mother. Minutes before the attack, he phoned her from the cockpit to say: 'Are you home? I am just going to drop by!' The...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoEuropean stock markets have tumbled today as investors fled at the prospect of a two-pronged debt crisis in the eurozone and the U.S. Bank stress test results that took place after markets closed on Friday...
- posted by ASIAN DEFENCE at ASIAN DEFENCE - 15 hours agoThe Navy has decided to expand a helicopter landing facility on Ulleung Island and dispatch two more military helicopters to it, according to a lawmaker.The move comes as Seoul seeks to bolster its capabil...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours agoI'm starting to lose track of the mayhem inside the fascistic Murdoch media empire as the criminal regime starts unraveling. Over the weekend the head of his operations in the U.K., Rebekah Brooks, resign...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoAn excavator is driven into to a tunnel to rescue workers trapped inside at a construction site on Shengli Road of Dalian, a coastal city in Northeast China's Liaoning province, July 18, 2011. Twelve peop...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 16 hours agoOn 17 July 2011, *The Sunday Herald* reported on apparently fake evidence in the Lockerbie trial. *The Lockerbie Case: New doubts over crucial evidence in Lockerbie .* It is believed that the CIA and Sco...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoLink sent in by Reader: A Hungarian man, Sandor Kepiro, has been found not guilty of committing war crimes during a 1942 raid. A Budapest court acquitted the former police captain, now 97, of ordering th...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 16 hours ago*Political pressure on scientific research even at CERN began to resemble the undemocratic regimes of the past* Veteran science journalist Nigel Calder has found an incredible interview with Rolf-Dieter...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoInfestation of Poisonous Jellyfish Posing a Threat to Swimmers Along Stretches of Bali’s Eastern Shores. Lifeguard Service Says Kuta Beach Not Under Threat.* Bali Post, Nusa Bali* and *Beritabali.com* are...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (U.S. Says "Huh?") - 16 hours agoThink you know who Rupert Murdoch really is?I know I did.And it certainly sounds like this gentleman knows quite a bit about the truth we've been denied by the MSM, which has been dominated for decades by Fo...
- posted by Eric Niiler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoWill bootprints in the Martian soil be a part of our future, or will the interplanetary trip prove too hazardous for humans?
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoCould the discovery of two neighboring brown dwarfs indicate that more of these ultracool "failed stars" are nearby?
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoThe sharks are attracted to an abundant gray seal population.
- posted by Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy - 17 hours ago*by Len Hart, The Existentialist Cowboy* Over the years, I have had the good fortune to have met some interesting people, many of whom I considered to be mentors. Many of them probably never knew how much...
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 18 hours agoCreate a stainless steel cutout to imprint golf balls with a personal design and/or lettering.
- posted by Cristen Conger at Discovery News - Top Stories - 18 hours agoOnline grieving isn't new, but researchers are now figuring out whether it does any good.
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 18 hours ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews* July 17, 2011 PERMALINK *Debt Ceiling Debate "Fraud"* David Swanson : polling shows majority of Americans want to tax the rich and cut the military befo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoTwo inmates are on the run in Manchester after they were sprung from a prison van by an armed gang. The prisoners were "taken out" of the vehicle by a number of "armed masked men", *Greater Manchester Po...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 19 hours ago------------------------------ * the**REALnews* July 14, 2011 PERMALINK *Banks Refusing a "Haircut" Spur EU Financial Crisis* Tom Ferguson: Governments demand austerity so banks get paid, even though ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 19 hours ago------------------------------ PERMALINK * * *What Are We Capable Of?* *TheAnonPress* Cherchez la Verite
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 19 hours agoPropaganda campaign ensues after US recognizes terrorists as Libya's government. by Tony Cartalucci Bangkok, Thailand July 18, 2011 - The so-called Libyan "rebels" are on record having been funded and su...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA Boy Scout says he and his best friend were within only 25 yards of camp when a lightning strike killed the friend at a central Utah reservoir last week. Sean Smith of the Scout troop from the Granite P...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA 64-year-old man died from anthrax in Georgia, the Tbilisi Infectious Diseases Hospital told Trend. He became infected when cutting the carcass of an animal at his home in the Tetritskaro region (Kakheti,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoDead fish offshore from Changdao county in Shandong province has no relation to the oil leak of Penglai 19-3 oilfield in Bohai Bay, despite its close proximity to the site, according to the latest test res...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA tornado touched down about 3:15 p.m. Sunday near Hannaford, N.D., in Griggs County, according to the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks. A “storm chaser” told the weather service the tornado...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoTwo people are in stable condition at a Neenah hospital after they and nine others, including a town of Rome firefighter, were injured in a fireworks explosion. The exposion occurred about 9:30 p.m. Satur...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoTwo persons, who were on board of a French tourist plane, have been killed Sunday when their plane crashed upon its take-off from Bron domestic airport near to the French city of Lyon, east of France, acco...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoCasey Anthony has fled to a secret location after her parents told her that she was not welcome to come home. George and Cindy Anthony said they would not let her return home after she was freed from jail...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 20 hours agoTalk about being one with nature. In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren't built - they're grown. Vastly superior to man-made bridges, these bridges are ...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoMonday morning and time to tell George what you think about the BBC. Please do not hold back as we are all adults here and we want to cast as much light as possible on the antics of the Corporation. Clic...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoShe has become a virtually omnipresent presence on BBC TV and Radio in recent days; I refer to the elfin Yvette Cooper. Her job is to open the attack line on Cameron via Coulson and this is exactly what s...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours ago*ElBaradei - Mossad links* a Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei hopes to become president of Egypt. He has spent most of his life in the West. He appeared to be part of the CIA's coup in Egypt. "The recent trial of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck South of Alaska at a depth of 35 km ( 21.7 miles), the quake hit at 06:34:46 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 58 km (36 miles) South East from Sand Point, A...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 21 hours agoMany 3-sigma deviations have been reported, especially by the Tevatron, and especially by its CDF, and most of us mostly ignore them. CDF in particular has recently produced many claims that seem to be rub...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoAttempts to detonate a live 2,000lb Second World War parachute mine picked up by a dredger off the Essex coast were hampered by the weather today. The device was found eight nautical miles off the coast of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoA jealous boxer has been jailed for less than three years for killing his best friend with a single punch hours after learning he had a one-night stand with his ex-girlfriend. Possessive Martin Gannon las...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 21 hours agoIt's a concept that’s been around for decades but never really seems to get off the ground. But aviation experts are now saying a flying car could be in regular use in the UK within five years after a mod...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoSevere weather warnings were in force last night after a washout weekend brought more than two weeks’ rainfall in just one day to parts of Britain – and a prediction of more rain to come. The Met Office w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 208.9 km ( 129.8 miles), the quake hit at 03:20:27 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) North of Isangel, Tanna, Vanuatu ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 532.4 km ( 330.8 miles), the quake hit at 02:35:40 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 263 km (163 miles) NNE of Ndoi Island, Fij...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Adreanof Islands, Alaska at a depth of 54.5 km ( 33.9 miles), the quake hit at 02:23:52 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) South West of Amu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 22 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Negros, Philippines at a depth of 41.3 km ( 25.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:43:02 UTC Monday 18th July 2011. The epicenter was 121 km (75 miles) WNW of Dumaguete, Negr...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 23 hours agoCat being resuscitated with pet oxygen mask. Photo courtesy: petsamerica As a pet owner, I have long been concerned about the safety of my beloved animals if a fire should occur in my building. I know that...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe pilots on NASA's last space shuttle flight fixed another one of their main computers Friday after it failed and set off an alarm that shattered their sleep. NASA declared all five of Atlantis' primary...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThe pilots on NASA's last space shuttle flight fixed another one of their main computers Friday after it failed and set off an alarm that shattered their sleep. NASA declared all five of Atlantis' primary...
- posted by Pippa at Pippa's Place - Environmentally Speaking - 23 hours ago- Shatterproof safety glass doesn't shatter when dropped because it has a thin film of plastic that keeps the glass in one piece. In the early 1900s, a French chemist named Edouard Benedictus invented it...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 23 hours ago"I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand--" - Edgar Allan Poe, A Dream Within A Dream. Once the summer ends, we will hear more talk about another...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHeavy monsoon rains have led the mighty Brahmaputra River to overflow its banks and submerge scores of villages in India’s remote northeastern state of Assam. District magistrate Anwaruddin Chowdhury says...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFlooding has caused disruption across Scotland after almost 24 hours of heavy rain. In the Highlands, homes in the Culloden, Balloch and Smithton areas near Inverness have been affected. Police closed Mu...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThousands of people were evacuated from Ottawa’s Bluesfest on Sunday after the stage collapsed during a Cheap Trick concert. Ottawa Fire Services confirmed Sunday evening that no one was trapped underneat...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOn a small, floating piece of ice in the Beaufort Sea, several hundred miles north of Alaska, a group of scientists are documenting what some dub an "Arctic meltdown." According to climate scientists, t...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOne of Angela Merkel’s key economic allies has opened the door to an agreement on Greece’s debt crisis by saying it is “unavoidable” that investors in the country’s ballooning debt will have to forfeit som...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*"The psychology of the Orang-utan has been thoroughly described by scientists from their observation of the Sea-urchin. Other facts have been gathered from the natives of Borneo and Sumatra who may have b...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agohe number of evacuated residents climbed to more than 5,200 Sunday as a volcano in a central Indonesian province erupted again. Authorities worry that the latest eruption sent smoke so high into the sky t...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe conflict in Libya between pro- and anti-Gaddafi forces will continue to take its toll on communities long after the war has ended as long as hidden bombs remain scattered across public areas. Fifteen-...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFirefighters are battling a large fire that broke out Sunday in the Jerusalem Forest and Mount Herzl area in the west of the city. The fire is approaching the Har Nof, Bayit Vagan neighborhoods and the Pi ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGermany's finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble told a German newspaper that Greece could cut 20 billion euros ($28 billion) of its massive debt burden by buying back its own bonds. Eurozone countries must s...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLibyan rebel forces on Sunday entered the oil town of Brega and fought street battles there with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said, in the biggest offensive in eastern Libya in weeks....
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThree Saudi men raped a Filipina who was in her late pregnancy before stealing her money and mobile phone and dumping her near a shopping mall, a newspaper in the Gulf Kingdom said on Sunday. The unnamed ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA very large, strong typhoon is over the Pacific Ocean south of Japan. The Meteorological Agency says typhoon Ma-on was moving north-northwest off Japan's southernmost island of Okinotorishima at 20 kilome...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe high cost and exclusive nature of Italy's best beaches cause regular disputes, but accelerating coastal erosion means some of them are disappearing altogether. Italian actors, intellectuals and the ti...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBeachgoers on the west coast of the lower North Island have been met with the sight of hundreds of dead birds, which perished after being blown ashore by stormy weather. Peter McCallum, the manager of the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agohe number of evacuated residents climbed to more than 5,200 Sunday as a volcano in a central Indonesian province erupted again. Authorities worry that the latest eruption sent smoke so high into the sky t...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than a decade after North Korea was struck by a famine that killed up to a million people, the country's poorest are once again facing starvation, reports Peter Foster in Yanji. It was an ice-cold da...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe “twin pillars” of the world economy continue to totter. Global investors, politicians and the financially-literate general public are wringing their hands about two previously “unthinkable” disasters –...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe US risks sending tremors through global financial markets and threaten safe haven nature of the dollar and US government bonds should politicians fail to make significant progress on critical trillion-...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoBe sure to give this article to the next person who tells you that we have to contaminate our air and water and poison whole neighborhoods so we can be energy independent.Gas glut fuels record U.S. exports t...
- posted by TXsharon at Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXAS - 1 day agoJust thought you should know in case you are keeping track of all the drilling induced earthquakes. Small earthquake rattles Ellis CountyAnd, Spilliams spilled again in Flower Mound. It happened last Friday ...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 1 day agoEconomist Jim Stanford deftly savages the economic model behind Steve's promotion of the Canada-EU free trade agreement. A $12-billion gain in our GDP? Would you like to see my pet unicorn later? His ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLibyan rebel forces on Sunday entered the oil town of Brega and fought street battles there with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel spokesman said, in the biggest offensive in eastern Libya in weeks....
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day agoLet’s just say I work hard and plan for my future. (Yes, there are still some folk around naive enough to think like that.) I go to work. I get paid … and I pay tax on every dollar I earn at the current...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoPhoto copyright Destini Vaile*Blackfeet Destini Vaile investigates* *OIL PIPELINE BREAKS, SIGNIFICANT VOLUME OF OIL FLOODED INTO CUTBANK RIVER* Article and photo copyright Destini Vaile, Blackfeet, and Ree...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Breaking Bad Extended Season 4 Trailer* *To play the video, go to this link.* *by Ken* I have to say that AMC does a better job of e-mailbox stuffing than almost any entertainment content provider I know...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoBarbara Low (Mik'maq) - The Indians Showbandby Red Town Radio*Listen to today's Red Town Radio show, with host Brenda Golden, Mvskoke:* http://www.blogtalkradio.com/redtownradio/2011/07/17/red-town-radio Ye...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day ago***[image: _richardmcgrath]Libertarianz leader Dr Richard McGrath invites you to come on down to his surgery for an inoculation against this week’s stories and headlines on issues affecting our freedom.*...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (U.S. Says "Huh?") - 1 day agoIf you weren't sure already about the way the Rethugs have utilized their new-found (waaaaay after the Cheney/Bush Trillions of Dollars Unaccounted For Deficit Spending and Long-Term Debt Incurred on Wars an...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoJoe Nocera has an interesting op-ed piece in *The New York Times* in which he canvasses how Rupert Murdoch "Foxified" the once prestigious *Wall Street Journal.* *Within five months, Murdoch had fired the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago"Do you know why you have no followers? Because you don't have the solution to the world's problems!" *Huff, puff, kick-a-pebble* "Pick up the jacket. Hey. Hey, you. PICK UP THE JACKET." *Kung-fu follo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHours after President Barack Obama had an audience with the Dalai Lama, China today summoned top US diplomat here to convey its "strong indignation" over the meeting, saying it amounted to "gross interfere...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs Republican attempts to hold the country hostage over raising the debt ceiling look increasingly likely to end in disaster, some GOP senators appear to be getting cold feet. Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMarine life is under severe threat from global warming, pollution and habitat loss, with a high risk of "major extinctions" according to a panel of experts. These are the conclusions of a distinguished gr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Bend, Ore., veterinarian has performed life-saving CPR on an injured bald eagle that was under anesthesia during physical therapy. KTVZ-TV reports Jeff Cooney performed the therapy, during which the bald...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Dawn probe has successfully entered orbit around the asteroid Vesta. Nasa's robotic satellite sent data early on Sunday confirming it was circling the 530km-wide body. The probe has taken four years ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGreece's enormous debts are sustainable but on a "knife's edge," according to the International Monetary Fund. A 110bn-euro (£96bn) rescue package for Greece is being implemented but investors still fear...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHours after President Barack Obama had an audience with the Dalai Lama, China today summoned top US diplomat here to convey its "strong indignation" over the meeting, saying it amounted to "gross interfere...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe gap between the money Washington takes into its coffers to pay its IOUs and what it actually owes on those IOUs is taking on Grand-Canyonesque proportions, with unfunded liabilities hovering around $62...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn Australian woman is being investigated by police after she offered her children for sale on the Internet, local media reported on Sunday. The woman placed an auction on eBay offering to sell two childre...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe fast approaching Congressional Debt Ceiling deadline is playing out as a slow motion train wreck, one that has perhaps a fair chance of becoming a full blown economic train wreck. While there is blame...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSharks are the undisputed kings of the shallows, voracious predators who, with one flash of a fin, can send crowds of paddlers fleeing for the safety of the shore. But one plucky pooch showed a group of...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoActually…he’ll be turning 50 in three weeks. His birthday is August 4, two days after the debt ceiling deadline. Senior moment? He messed up Malia’s birthday, too, calling her 13 when she was at the ti...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe ability of oceans to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide is being hampered by climate change, according to a new scientific study. A fresh analysis of existing observational data taken from locations ac...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA raging storm on Saturn, larger and stronger than any previously observed by NASA's two Voyager flybys or the currently operating Cassini orbiter, has now been captured in new false-color images. A mosaic...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs rebel forces carried their wounded back from a failed assault on the oil town of Brega amid rocket explosions and NATO helicopter fire here in eastern Libya on Friday, a more quiet battle, one with pote...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA United Nations report details new allegations of violence, including perhaps mass graves, in the volatile border state of Southern Kordofan in Sudan. Reported incidents include aerial attacks that kille...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe gap between the money Washington takes into its coffers to pay its IOUs and what it actually owes on those IOUs is taking on Grand-Canyonesque proportions, with unfunded liabilities hovering around $62...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn Australian woman is being investigated by police after she offered her children for sale on the Internet, local media reported on Sunday. The woman placed an auction on eBay offering to sell two childre...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe fast approaching Congressional Debt Ceiling deadline is playing out as a slow motion train wreck, one that has perhaps a fair chance of becoming a full blown economic train wreck. While there is blame...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSharks are the undisputed kings of the shallows, voracious predators who, with one flash of a fin, can send crowds of paddlers fleeing for the safety of the shore. But one plucky pooch showed a group of...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoActually…he’ll be turning 50 in three weeks. His birthday is August 4, two days after the debt ceiling deadline. Senior moment? He messed up Malia’s birthday, too, calling her 13 when she was at the ti...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe ability of oceans to soak up atmospheric carbon dioxide is being hampered by climate change, according to a new scientific study. A fresh analysis of existing observational data taken from locations ac...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA raging storm on Saturn, larger and stronger than any previously observed by NASA's two Voyager flybys or the currently operating Cassini orbiter, has now been captured in new false-color images. A mosaic...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs rebel forces carried their wounded back from a failed assault on the oil town of Brega amid rocket explosions and NATO helicopter fire here in eastern Libya on Friday, a more quiet battle, one with pote...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA United Nations report details new allegations of violence, including perhaps mass graves, in the volatile border state of Southern Kordofan in Sudan. Reported incidents include aerial attacks that kille...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe gap between the money Washington takes into its coffers to pay its IOUs and what it actually owes on those IOUs is taking on Grand-Canyonesque proportions, with unfunded liabilities hovering around $62...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn Australian woman is being investigated by police after she offered her children for sale on the Internet, local media reported on Sunday. The woman placed an auction on eBay offering to sell two childre...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe fast approaching Congressional Debt Ceiling deadline is playing out as a slow motion train wreck, one that has perhaps a fair chance of becoming a full blown economic train wreck. While there is blame...
- posted by KRandle at A Different Perspective - 1 day agoIt has happened again in the world of the UFO. Another researcher, who talked of advanced degrees and of military service in the Special Forces has been found to have invented his background. Philip J. Imb...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoDear Kevin Ryan: I had read with right proper heterosexual indignation your immortal screed, Public School Indoctrination, in your ultra right wing Crisis Magazine. Surely, the primary venue for this dea...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoEarly in June Wisconsin state Senator Chris Larson introduced Blue America to progressive Assemblywoman Sandy Pasch. As you can see, 99 of us have contributed to her campaign. Since then she has been ste...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago*From Physics Stack Exchange: click for more answers, details, and discussions* *Mark Eichenlaub:* I made a naive calculation of the height of Earth's equatorial bulge and found that it should be about ...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoThe commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service, Sir Paul Stephenson has quit. Embroiled in the Murdoch gang's phone hacking and police corruption scandal it was probably only a matter of time for Ste...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoFirst, News of the World folds. Then, Rebekah Wade and Les Hinton resign Now Sir Paul Stephenson resigns. Cameron next and whither a general election? With Labour ahead in the polls and the BBC declaring Mi...
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