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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Sunday, July 3, 2011

3 July - RSS SnapShot! Pt i

TO DO

renewable recycling conservation
Greens secure billions for renewable energy as price of tax exemption for drivers
The Queanbeyan Age
A MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR fund forrenewable energy and a review of the fuel tax regime are key concessions won by the Greens from the government in exchange for agreeing to exempt petrol from the carbon price. With the full pollution price package to be ...
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Farmers enouraged to cash in on the scramble for wind
Telegraph.co.uk
Dr John Constable, director of the RenewableEnergy Foundation, a think tank which has criticised the cost of green subsidies for wind farms, said each turbine, which would need to be about 400ft high, would generate in the region of £660000 a year in ...
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NE ministers for 90% funding
Assam Tribune
NEW DELHI, July 2 – The Power Ministers of the NE States have called for 90 per cent funding from the Ministry of New andRenewable Energy for the renewable energy projects in the region. The Power Ministers also sought help for preparing the ...
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Kohl's, Intel lead in ranking of renewableenergy users
Chicago Daily Herald
By Alex Morales | Bloomberg News Intel Corp., the world's largest chip maker, and the US department-store chain Kohl's Corp. are the top corporate users of renewable energy, Bloomberg New Energy Finance said in a report for Vestas Wind Systems A/S. ...
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HUMAN HABITAT

ecology water energy
Douthitt to step down as dean of School of Human Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Douthitt says she will continue to serve until a new dean is appointed and the renovation and expansion of the Human EcologyBuilding is complete. Chancellor Biddy Martin praised Douthitt's leadership, creativity and innovation as dean. ...
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Council looking to bring in work
Peterlee Mail
The services of Hartlepool Borough Council'secology department are now available to private and public clients outside the authority. It comes after the Mail reported how the council has out-sourced some media relations work after the team was told to ...
US Ecology Declares Quarterly Dividend of $0.18 per Share
MarketWatch (press release)
About US Ecology, Inc. US Ecology, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides radioactive, hazardous, PCB and non-hazardous industrial waste management and recycling services to commercial and government entities, such as refineries and chemical ...
Boeing fined $102000 for Duwamish fuel spill
Access Washington
OLYMPIA – The Washington Department ofEcology (Ecology) has fined The Boeing Company (Boeing) $102000 for spilling an estimated 300 gallons of jet fuel into the Duwamish Waterway in Seattle last year. The spill occurred May 28, 2010, at a Boeing fuel...
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WATER POWER

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High water hurting Montana fly fishing industry
Sacramento Bee
The murky water is the result of spring flooding and the runoff pouring off the mountains from a record winter snowpack.Water flows for many of the major rivers are at twice their normal rates or higher, churning up muck and mud that have made the ...
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It's No Simple Challenge
Blackanthem.com
They face nearly twenty four trillion gallons of water - threatening to splash over banks and levees, wave upon wave - as the Mighty Mo shows mere mortals who really owns the Missouri River. But, in fact, striving to maintain safety for the homes, ...
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Georgia's water wars now turns on Corps of Engineers
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By Bill Torpy and Bill Rankin As the Atlanta Regional Commission's environmental planning chief, Pat Stevens has had a front-row seat for 21 years as Alabama, Florida and Georgia have waged legal battles over Lake Lanier's water. ...
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Feinstein's re-election bid complicated by California water issues
Kansas City Star
Farmers, for their part, perennially fret over losing water supplies. Caught in the middle is the incumbent, who once again has her Valley work cut out for her. "Through the years, we've always considered the Central Valley to have a large group of ...


The Intelligence Daily

My AntiWar

CASMII - Campaign against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran

  • "Iran got no nukes and US knows that"
    Description: Washington is ignoring its own intelligence because it is hell-bent on finding nuclear weapons that do not exist, Pulitzer-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh told RT. URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_HvZHdcXQk
  • Iran calls for OIC resolution on total nuclear ...
    Summary: Israel's Dimona nuclear plantTEHRAN, June 28 (MNA) – Iran has proposed that nuclear weapons throughout the world should be dismantled, Ali Akbar Salehi said on Tuesday in the 38th meeting of Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). source: Mehr Newsread more
  • Maersk fears new U.S. sanctions may disrupt Ir ...
    Summary: The head of Maersk Line (MAERSKb.CO) on Wednesday raised concerns that U.S. sanctions against a major Iranian port operator could disrupt food shipments to the Islamic Republic. source: Reutersread more
  • Iran 'showed Russia downed US drones'
    Summary: IRAN has shown Russia US drones it shot down over the Gulf, Revolutionary Guards aerospace commander Brigadier General Amir Ali Hadjizadeh was quoted as saying. source: AFPread more
  • Iran blasts US, allies on WMD arsenal
    Summary: SalehiIran has blasted the US and its allies for continued production of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), vowing its own commitment to the global fight against chemical weapons. source: PressTVread more

The Daily Galaxy

  • New Discoveries About the Early Galaxies of th ...
    "If you could visit a planet in one of these galaxies, the sky would be a crazy place, with tons of bright stars, and fairly frequent supernova explosions." Ranga-Ram Chary --NASA's Spitzer Science Center Astronomers have discovered that galaxies in...
  • Image of the Day: "Mystery Island" from the ISS
    NASA astronaut Douglas Wheelock who is currently aboard the International Space Station shares pictures of the Earth he snaps with the world through Twitter. Known to his nearly 68,000 Twitter followers as Astor_Wheels, Wheelock has been posting photos of the...
  • "Beyond Einstein": New Space Technologies Sear ...
    When the European Space Agency's Integral’s IBIS instrument captured the gamma-ray burst (GRB) of 19 December 2004, it was so bright that Integral could also measure its polarisation, allowing Philippe Laurent of CEA Saclay and his collaborators to look for...
  • Volcanic Gases Could be a Major Indicator of L ...
    Sulfurous molecules on alien worlds might be a way to reveal whether or not those distant planets host life, MIT researchers suggest. Jupiter's monn, Io, for example, has over 400 active volcanoes, and is the most geologically active object in...
  • Radio-Waves Near Milky Way Core May Hold the U ...
    Twenty years ago, astronomers discovered a number of enigmatic radio-emitting filaments concentrated near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy. These features initially defied explanation, but a new study of radio images of the Galactic center may point to their...

Natural News

  • Listening to radio healthier than watching TV
    (NaturalNews) Sitting in front of the television for hours on end is not healthy. Listening to the radio is a better alternative.According to new British research, time spent listening to the radio makes people happier and gives them higher energy levels overall compared to television viewing an ...
  • Ohio cops tased mentally handicapped teenager ...
    (NaturalNews) The mother of a 17-year-old handicapped child is pressing charges against two head police officers, as well as the city of Dayton, Oh., after the two cops tased, pepper sprayed, and beat the disabled boy without cause.According to a report from Courthouse News Service (CNS), Office ...
  • Historical fact: Independence Day is a celebra ...
    (NaturalNews) Happy July 4th, my fellow Americans. It's the Independence Day weekend! Independence from what, you might ask? As even the somewhat revisionist history taught in public schools readily admits, July 4th is a celebration of independence from government tyranny under British rule.And ...
  • Texas TSA bill dies after House refuses to add ...
    (NaturalNews) The infamous US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) anti-groping bill that floundered around the halls of the Texas State Capitol for a while has officially died, according to a recent report in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. After getting introduced, then fading away, then ...
  • Fukushima in the US? Flood berms break around ...
    (NaturalNews) The American public is largely being kept in the dark about the escalating Midwest flood disaster, which has now been further intensified by reports that a major nuclear plant near Omaha, Neb., has been breached by flood waters.A few weeks ago, NaturalNews reported that an electric ...

Threat Level

  • Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Hom ...
    A lawyer for copyright troll Righthaven is declaring under penalty of perjury that an update to his computer’s browser prohibited him from electronically submitting a legal filing by an angry judge’s deadline. And it was no ordinary filing U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt was demanding. Nevada’s c ...
  • Judge: Google Can Be Sued for Wiretapping in S ...
    A federal judge has found that Google can be held liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open Wi-Fi routers, dealing the search giant a serious legal setback for activity it has engaged in across the United States for years. That ruling, the first of its kind, was handed down late ...
  • Newspaper Chain Fights for Copyright Troll’s S ...
    Stephens Media, the Las Vegas–based media chain, is fighting to keep its latest business model alive: copyright-trolling. After standing on the sidelines while professional content-troll Righthaven fights in court, the newspaper company that seeded the venture joined the fray late Tuesday, telli ...
  • FBI Raids Iowa Woman’s Home in Lulz Security H ...
    The hacking group Lulz Security ended its 50-day reign of terror this weekend, but the law enforcement hunt for its members will go on. Last week, FBI agents raided an Iowa woman's home because of her connections to the group.
  • Supreme Court Term in Review: It’s a Mixed Bag
    The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2010-2011 term Monday, deciding a slew of technology and civil rights issues, some of which have far-reaching implications for the Freedom of Information Act, intellectual property, warrantless searches of private residences, the "state secrets" privilege and fre ...

PERRspectives : Blog

  • President Obama's Address to the Nation on the ...
    President Obama Addresses the Nation on the Debt Ceiling* (As Prepared for Delivery, July 1, 2011.) My fellow Americans, I want to speak to you today about a matter of the greatest national urgency. We face a crisis unique in our history. This threat comes not from a foreign foe or bloodthi ...
  • Default Deniers or How the GOP Learned to Lov ...
    When it comes to perpetuating the Bush tax cut windfall for the wealthy, Republicans have long been the party which cried "uncertainty." ""We're calling for an end to the threat of tax hikes," as Speaker John Boehner put it in one formulation, "to provide certainty to those in our country who c ...
  • GOP's Privatization Future is Indiana's Nightm ...
    At the heart of the Ryan budget plan backed by 98% of Republicans in Congress are two very bad ideas whose time has never come. Privatization of government services and the devolution of their federal funding to the states promise to dramatically raise costs and slash benefits for millions of M ...
  • McConnell and Kyl Peddle GOP Whopper on Taxes ...
    It is often said that historical events occur twice, first as tragedy, then as farce. But as the top two Senate Republicans showed once again on Sunday, when it comes to comes to the GOP and taxes, some episodes produce both. After successfully blackmailing President Obama in December into ext ...
  • The Serially Insincere Mitt Romney
    Last December, the conservative New York Times columnist Ross Douthat fretted that Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney is "serially insincere." His concern is well-founded. After all, Romney gymnastic flip-flops don't merely make it "awfully hard to figure out where he would actua ...

Blackspot News Feed

  • How to Culture Jam - wikiHow
    Culture jamming is the art of hijacking the mainstream media, corporate advertisers, and the public domain to get across a message against one-way communication. ...
  • behnke | culture jamming
    Culture Jamming and Advertising Techniques. The close-up of a lipstick ... The producers of culture jamming, if we think of actors such as those from the ...
  • ccit300-f06 - Culture Jamming
    Culture jamming is manipulating existing mass media and changing its original message to ... Culture jamming communicates public awareness, such as environmental and human ...
  • Oregon Country Fair - Culture Jam Youth Camp - ...
    Culture Jam is the Oregon Country Fair's exciting 8-day, sleep away summer youth gathering located on a parcel of land at the site we call Alice's Wonderland. ...
  • Culture Jamming...What is it? " Jammin' Ladies
    Culture jamming is a practice that has been around for decades; to determine it's exact ... The idea behind culture jamming is that individuals are not given the ...

Consortium News

TruthOut

  • Congress Must Debate the Libya War
    The US is now at war in a third Muslim country, according to the "official tally" (that is, counting Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, but not Pakistan or Yemen, for example.) But Congress has never authorized or debated the US military intervention in Libya. (A sharply disputed claim holds that the ...
  • News in Brief: Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wrigh ...
    Daniel Ellsberg, Col. Ann Wright Among 30 Arrested for Protesting Against Abuse of Bradley Manningread more
  • In This Nuclear World, What Is the Meaning of ...
    In a nuclear crisis, life becomes a nightmare for those people trying to make sense of the uncertainties. Imaginably, the questions are endless. Radiation is invisible, how do you know when you are in danger? How long will this danger persist? How can you reduce the hazard to yourself and famil ...
  • Richard D. Wolff: "Personal Debts" (Video)
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  • Charmed Into Battle: How a Volunteering Vacati ...
    About to turn thirty, Conor Grennan planned a year-long trip around the world. He started his trip with a three-month stint volunteering in the Little Princes Orphanage in war-torn Nepal. What was supposed to be just a three-month experience changed Conor's life, and the lives of countless other ...

Planetsave

  • Rhino Crisis Round Up: Namibia Hit (Maybe) & R ...
    This week, Namibia checks out a suspicious incident, Swaziland receives a heartbreaking update, and a woman in Vietnam becomes ill after ingesting rhino horn.
  • Inexpensive Ways to Green Your Home
    While we all want to do our part to save the planet, some changes require more expense and effort than the average homeowner is willing to commit. Contrary to what you may think, you don’t have to make major changes in your home in order to green-up. Every little change you make will add up over ...
  • Wind Variability a Problem? Not Really, Just N ...
    Many wind energy haters (i.e. people in or funded by the fossil fuel industry) claim that wind power isn't practical because the wind is so variable. There are actually a ton of problems with this argument. But just tackling one today, this good guest post explains how simply adding more wind to ...
  • Costs vs True Value/Benefits of Solar Power
    The benefits of solar really do match the cost of solar, but many of the benefits, often important to society or rate-payers as a whole, are invisible to individuals. Government incentives to encourage solar power adoption, thus, make complete & practical sense. Truthfully, the incentives offere ...
  • Electronics Soon to be Powered by Typing?
    A team of researchers at Australia’s Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) have successfully demonstrated a new, “nano-scaled” piezoelectric film’s capacity for turning mechanical pressure into electricity — bringing the (admittedly geeky) dream of perpetually-charged laptop batteries o ...

Water Quality - WordPress

Dandelion Salad - Featured Writers' Posts

Axis of Logic

  • Democracy vs Mythology: The Battle in Syntagma ...
    I have never been more desperate to explain and more hopeful for your understanding of any single fact than this: The protests in Greece concern all of you directly.   What is going on in Athens at the moment is resistance against an invasion; an invasion as brutal as that ...
  • Libya: Unending American hostility - Asia
    If I could publicly ask our beloved president one question, it would be this: "Mr. President, in your short time in office you've waged war against six countries — Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen and Libya. This makes me wonder something. With all due respect: What is wrong ...
  • The ICC issues warrants against Col. Qaddafi a ...
    Editor's Comment: This juridical analysis indicts the U.S. and NATO for their genocidal war on Libya in the midst of US/NATO-spawned ICC warrants being issued for the arrest of Col. Muammar Qaddafi, as well as his son, Seif al-Islam. But it doesn't take a Professor Emeritus of International Law ...
  • Athens War Zone and the Greek government auste ...
    June 29, 2011. Athens War Zone in Syntagma Square: It's make or brake today in Greece - as the government sits down to vote on tax hikes and spending cuts. It's viewed as the country's last chance to stave off default - something that could have ruinous consequences for the...
  • Axis of Logic Statement on President Chavez Me ...
    Last night, June 30, we watched President Chávez deliver his message to the Venezuelan people from Havana about his medical condition. The world now knows that after removing an abscess from his pelvic area, Cuban physicians found a second abscess that contained some cancer cells which they prom ...

They Gave Us a Republic

  • The Nightowl Newswrap
    Steve M. reviews the latest hysterical accusations in the DSK rape case and finds some things never change. He concludes: �"In the early twentieth century, that could have been an Italian immigrant and her acquaintances. And she might have been seen as an associate of anarchists, whereas she and ...
  • Fight the Food Thieves
    One of the few ways that working Americans can give the back of their hands to corporations is to plant an organic vegetable garden. Whether you have a big back yard, a share in an urban community garden or room for a container on a patio or balcony, harvesting your own food after planting heirl ...
  • Left Solidarity
    Why criticize Democratic officials for anti-Democratic policies when they are the only alternative to repugs who are far, far, far worse? Down with Tyranny explains: "The fact still remains that the left doesn't hang together well enough, and that that is going to cost a lot of people lives, job ...
  • Beshear's Re-election Campaign Will Cost KY Ta ...
    No, not because Beshear is illegally charging campaign expenses to the taxpayers, which may or may not be the case. It's because instead of spreading out $169 million in necessary budget cuts over the full 12 months of this fiscal year, Beshear will put off making any cuts until after the electi ...
  • Conservatives apply whitewash to sub-prime mor ...
    All the usual suspects are present and accounted for in George Will's Washington Post apologia for Wall Street today: Fannie Mae, the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, misplaced liberal compassion, overreaching government regulators - all of which Will throws into a giant vat of whitewash to c ...

Care 2

  • ACTION ALERT: Help Create a Whale Sanctuary! ...
    The Caribbean is a well-known tourism destination, attracting many people from expert divers to novice snorkelers for its amazing coral reefs and abundance of marine life, including whales. In fact, whale watching in the region is a rapidly growing and Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Not ...
  • ACTION ALERT: Sneak attack on Clean Water Act ...
    Basic protections for clean water in our rivers and streams are under attack and need your help today. Supreme Court decisions on the Clean Water Act have created confusion over what waterways can be protected. Now, Congress is trying to help pollutersSubmitted by Simone D. to Environment ...
  • Archaeologists Puzzle Over Opulent Prehistoric ...
    When archeologists recently excavated a 3,800-year-old palace near the eastern German city of Weimar, they discovered about 100 valuable weapons buried next to a massive structure. Now they are puzzling over how an ancient chieftain buried nearby becameSubmitted by Marty Powell to Science & Tech ...
  • ACTION ALERT: Join in and SAVE THE AMUR LEOPA ...
    There are only aproximately 35 Amur leopards left in the world if we could just get the russian goverment- and hopefully other goverments to understand the urgency of protecting these wonderful big cats. Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • ACTION ALERT: Stop the Illegal Trade in the ...
    The illegal live trade in infant macaques from Morocco to Europe is a huge threat to the wild Barbary macaque population. It is estimated that up to 300 infants are taken annually from the Moroccan habitats. Most of the infants are taken from the wild Submitted by Simone D. to Animals �|� �Note ...

Smirking Chimp

Paul Krugman

No Quarter

  • Who Says Jon Huntsman is a Wimp?
    As strange as it sounds, one of the complaints we hear about Republican Presidential Jon Huntsman is that he is too nice, too civil, and what we need is yet another pit-bull to take on Barack Obama. Bill Maher got all huffy last night when Huntsman was praised by a Democratic panel guest for his ...
  • It is a Depression, Not a Recession
    * Bumped Up * Folks, it is all about the numbers. Before hitting you between the eyes with the hard facts let me give you a couple of anecdotal accounts. These I know first hand. I know of four small businesses–two in Florida and two in Maryland–that employed people and survived during the hard ...
  • Irredeemable Plutonium (& Open Thread)
    (See the video below the fold. The video features Dr. Bachmann’s views on homosexuality, to which his wife subscribes. – Editor) This is unusually hostile and suspiciously cluttered language from Michele Bachmann’s garrulous husband, Dr. Marcus Bachmann. Is this a political actor? Is this anythi ...
  • It’s Official – The World Has Gone To Hell In ...
    Update below the fold. You know, I really should stop being astonished at the news, the sheer upside-down-ness of the world in which we live. But, no – I suppose I still expect a modicum of sanity to prevail. Sadly, that expectation fell far short when I saw some of the following news stories. F ...
  • It is a Depression, Not a Recession
    Folks, it is all about the numbers. Before hitting you between the eyes with the hard facts let me give you a couple of anecdotal accounts. These I know first hand. I know of four small businesses–two in Florida and two in Maryland–that employed people and survived during the hard times of 2009 ...

Futurismic

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

Therapy News

  • Is Weed Bad for You?
    Harm from marijuana use remains a hotly debated and unsettled issue. Clearly there are respiratory risks and perhaps cancer risks from inhaling a substance with many of the same ingredients found in cigarettes. The most robust evidence against marijuana comes from numerous studies showing a stro ...
  • Helping Your Child with Anxiety
    If our children are experiencing anxiety, beginning to panic, to feel so sick they refuse school or activities we want to help them. Nevertheless, how can we help a child when they are so anxious all they can seem to think about is the stressor that is provoking their anxiety? As a parent, you d ...
  • Dr. Stuart Greenberg’s Ethical Misconduct Lead ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline A recent article brings the severely distorted ethical and psychological life of the late Stuart Greenberg, renowned psychologist, back into the spotlight. Although it has been nearly four years since the suicide of the expert witness, many of those whose lives he ...
  • Does Nature or Nurture Determine Mood?
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Psychologists believe that people tend to have a baseline, or resting point for their moods, based in part on life experience, not solely on genetics. New research reveals that these baselines tend to stay constant for long periods of time, especially in people wi ...
  • Stressful Environment May Increase Lung Damage ...
    A GoodTherapy.org News Headline According to a new study from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, children who are exposed to high stress environments experience higher levels of traffic-related pollution (TRP) resulting in increased risk for lung d ...

Mountaintop Removal

  • Great American Taxi: Free MP3 For Blair Mounta ...
    JamBase Great American Taxi: Free MP3 For Blair Mountain Awareness JamBase For Great American Taxi and frontman Vince Herman, who grew up in West Virginia, fighting for social justice in Appalachia and calling for an end to mountaintop removal seems the natural thing to do. According to a recen ...
  • Not safe to have children in mountain homeland ...
    Lexington Herald Leader Not safe to have children in mountain homeland Lexington Herald Leader A recent study in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Research shows that birth-defect rates are alarmingly higher where mountaintop removal coal mining occurs. That encompasses the entirety of Ea ...
  • The 'Civil Rights Movement' of our time - Time ...
    The 'Civil Rights Movement' of our time Times Record Thanks to The Times Record and reporter Seth Koenig for informing readers of the tragedy called mountaintop removal (MTR) that occurs daily in West Virginia and other Appalachian coal states (“Blair Mountain Revisited,” June 24). ...
  • Retired coal miner offers his perspective on M ...
    Retired coal miner offers his perspective on MTR Times Record For every job mountaintop-removal mining creates it eliminates two underground jobs. The amount of profit is much greater with mountaintop-removal mining vs. underground mining. Mr. Hamilton [senior vice president of the Charleston, ...
  • A journey to Appalachia finds exploitation and ...
    A journey to Appalachia finds exploitation and outsdourcing of Seacoast energy Foster's Daily Democrat Our goal was to make it to the March on Blair Mountain for a weekend rally and protest against mountain top removal (MTR) coal mining. Visiting an Appalachian community exposed me to things I ...

Memeorandum

  • We Knew They Got Raises. But This? (Pradnya Jo ...
    Pradnya Joshi / New York Times: We Knew They Got Raises.  But This?  —  IT turns out that the good times are even better than we thought for American chief executives.  —  A preliminary examination of executive pay in 2010, based on data available as of April 1, found that the paychecks for to ...
  • Senate finishes 25-second session (Josiah Ryan ...
    Josiah Ryan / The Hill: Senate finishes 25-second session  —  The Senate completed a 25-second pro forma session just after 11 a.m. on Friday.  —  Most senators have left for the Independence Day recess but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) ordered the unusual pro forma session in orde ...
  • Sunday Reflection: Three things you can do for ...
    Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner: Sunday Reflection: Three things you can do for liberty  —  Though many call it the “Fourth Of July,” July 4 is properly known as Independence Day.  It celebrates the independence of the United States from Great Britain — or, more accurately, the decl ...
  • Burning down the house - "The louder he talked ...
    George F. Will / Washington Post: Burning down the house  —  “The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.”  —  The louder they talked about the disadvantaged, the more money they made.  And the more the financial system tottered.  —  Who were they?  Most explanations of ...
  • Netanyahu's big fat Greek Wedding (Barak Ravid ...
    Barak Ravid / Haaretz: Netanyahu's big fat Greek Wedding  —  Netanyahu has invested in his relationship with Greece over the course of the past year-and-a-half, and his gamble has finally paid off as Greece blocks Gaza-flotilla-bound departures from its ports.  —  Prime Minister Benjamin Netan ...

Energy & Environment News

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China Dialogue

  • A revolutionary climate?
    Uprisings in the Arab world this year remind us how extreme weather can help to create geopolitical chaos by raising food prices and causing hunger. Tommy Stadlen explains.When tomorrow’s historians assess the origins of the “Arab Spring” revolutions, a number of plausible causes will present th ...
  • Limits to environmentalism (1)
    In his vision of a no-growth, non-GDP-focused world existing and flourishing within ecological limits, UK sustainability expert Tim Jackson dodges some fundamental issues, according to Andrew Pendleton.Editor’s note: Tim Jackson, who has been at the forefront of research and teaching in sustaina ...
  • Limits to environmentalism (2)
    Innovation leads to greater productivity, which leads to job losses – but that trend poses a dilemma for sustainability expert Tim Jackson’s no-growth argument and how a “steady state” economy works, Andrew Pendleton contends.Editor’s note: Tim Jackson, who has been at the forefront of research ...
  • China’s new wastelands
    In the middle ground between booming cities and rural villages, rubbish is causing friction. Yang Chuanmin visits a Shanghai family, who blame a plastics-recycling centre for the death of their child.Lu Junyi and Wang Qin’s second child, Wang Bole, was 15 months old when he was diagnosed with ac ...
  • Fatal failures on America’s rivers
    Thousands of dams are thought to be at risk of bursting in the United States – threatening to add to the country’s long list of tragic collapses. Joan Bien looks back 80 years to one of the worst.The 56-metre concrete gravity arch structure called St Francis Dam, located 70 kilometres north of L ...

AlterNet Top Stories

  • Mac Stores Tell Workers, Instead of Giving You ...
    Apple tells its workers it's time to 'work different' -- and that means unfair compensation and benefits.
  • Boo Hoo Conservative Victimology: Glenn Beck a ...
    Cue up the violin for a sad, sad and familiar song: Conservatives are victims once more in the Age of Obama. In New York City’s Bryant Park, with “patriotic” blanket in tow, Glenn Beck was set upon by “bloodthirsty,” “hateful,” liberals that wanted to “lynch him” because he is a Conservative. [I ...
  • THE GAYS ARE COMING – a short history of ...
    Batten down the hatches (and keep down your breakfast) because the anti-gay hate group Family Research Council is coming out with a documentary about the so-called dangers of marriage equality:FRC’s documentary is, in reality, one-sided trash will feature such phony horror stories as:The Britis ...
  • Educating Reform: How To Really Improve Our Na ...
    Change is necessary, no it doesn't need to come in the form of some Randian version of public schooling.
  • Detroit: Rebuilding the Dream
    It has been called the city that moved America; the city that spawned the sound of a generation. For decades, Detroit was the assembly line of the American Dream. Its auto factories produced the cars that made possible the suburban life that defined the American middle class and provided jobs an ...

Threat Level

  • Lawyer to Judge: I Swear My Browser Ate My Hom ...
    A lawyer for copyright troll Righthaven is declaring under penalty of perjury that an update to his computer’s browser prohibited him from electronically submitting a legal filing by an angry judge’s deadline. And it was no ordinary filing U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt was demanding. Nevada’s c ...
  • Judge: Google Can Be Sued for Wiretapping in S ...
    A federal judge has found that Google can be held liable for damages for secretly intercepting data on open Wi-Fi routers, dealing the search giant a serious legal setback for activity it has engaged in across the United States for years. That ruling, the first of its kind, was handed down late ...
  • Newspaper Chain Fights for Copyright Troll’s S ...
    Stephens Media, the Las Vegas–based media chain, is fighting to keep its latest business model alive: copyright-trolling. After standing on the sidelines while professional content-troll Righthaven fights in court, the newspaper company that seeded the venture joined the fray late Tuesday, telli ...
  • FBI Raids Iowa Woman’s Home in Lulz Security H ...
    The hacking group Lulz Security ended its 50-day reign of terror this weekend, but the law enforcement hunt for its members will go on. Last week, FBI agents raided an Iowa woman's home because of her connections to the group.
  • Supreme Court Term in Review: It’s a Mixed Bag
    The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2010-2011 term Monday, deciding a slew of technology and civil rights issues, some of which have far-reaching implications for the Freedom of Information Act, intellectual property, warrantless searches of private residences, the "state secrets" privilege and fre ...

Equality Trust

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    Visit the website of One Society which works in partnership with The Equality Trust. One Society draws on a wealth of research which shows that large divides in income at the top and bottom of society – beyond ‘proportional rewards’ – are damaging to our economy and society, not just for those ...
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PDA AMERICA

  • Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
    Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.â–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
  • IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
    Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. IntroductionsâDr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer MovementâKatie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchio, Healthcare ...
  • PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
    Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
  • War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
    WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Sha ...
  • An American Suicide Terrorist
    William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...

Marler Blog

  • Evergreen Fresh Sprouts Recalls its Sprouts Du ...
    Moyie Springs, Idaho-Evergreen Fresh Sprouts, LLC announced a voluntary recall of Alfalfa Sprouts and Spicy Sprouts because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled sprouts have been linked to a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections. As of June 27, 2011, a to ...
  • E. coli O26 Hits at Least Five in Idaho
    John Stucke of the The Spokesman-Review reported a few moments ago that at least five kitchen workers at Camp Lutherhaven have been sickened by E. coli O26 according to Idaho Panhandle Health officials. Three more staffers are ill, but lab tests haven’t linked it to the bacterial infection. No ...
  • EFSA and ECDC Change Published Risk Assessment ...
    A few days ago I posted – again – about the ongoing tragedy in Europe and the Untied States on the most deadly, and one of the largest, E. coli outbreaks in history. Although European officials (mostly German) originally pointed to Spanish cucumbers as the source (and also urged everyone to not ...
  • FDA, will it or will in not use its mandatory ...
    On June 27, 2011 the CDC reported a total of 21 persons with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis from 5 states: Idaho (3), Montana (7), North Dakota (1), New Jersey (1) and Washington (9). The CDC further said that investigative efforts of local, state, and federal public health and r ...
  • 21 confirmed E. coli cases in Northeast Tennes ...
    Mac McLean appears to be single-handedly covering a growing, deadly, and as yet unexplained, E. coli outbreak (of multiple strains) in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. According to Mac, “with three new cases reported this week, the total number of E. coli cases affecting residents o ...

AutoblogGreen

  • Official: Toyota issues recall for Highlander, ...
    Filed under: Recalls, Safety, Crossover, Lexus, Toyota Lexus RX 400h - Click above for high-res image There's a problem with some 2006 and 2007 model year Toyota Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX 400h vehicles. Today, Toyota announced that it will voluntarily recall 45,500 Highlander Hybrid an ...
  • Video: New Prius rap video takes to cruising W ...
    Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Videos, Hatchback, Toyota, Humor Whole Foods Parking Lot - Click above to watch video after the jump Turns out, you can spin the whole "cashed up greenie" bit into a few minutes of enjoyable parody rap. Don't believe us? Check out "Whole Foods Parking Lot," the fi ...
  • Report: Glenn Beck goes off on GM's Akerson ov ...
    Filed under: GM, Electric Glenn Beck on the gas tax - Click above to watch video after the jump If there's one thing that is fast becoming true about the Chevy Volt, it's that right-wing political pundits really, really don't like it. So, we will admit up front that this story comes straigh ...
  • Official: Mitsubishi sets Canadian i-MiEV pric ...
    Filed under: Car Buying, Budget, Hatchback, Mitsubishi, Canada, Electric $32,998. That's the price that Mitsubishi Motors has announced for the i-MiEV in Canada when the little space egg goes on sale there later this year. (That's $33,891 U.S. at today's exchange rate). Yes, Canada will ge ...
  • Official: New pictures of Tesla Model S Alpha ...
    Filed under: Sedan, Tesla, Design/Style Tesla Model S Alpha - Click above for high-res image gallery Tesla Motors has put up some new pictures of the Tesla Model S Alpha, and its gorgeous new model looks more production-ready than ever. The changes we can see are subtle, but compared to ...

Rafe's Radar

Camera Obscura

  • No title
  • Pathos and pathology: the cinema of Todd Haynes.
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935025/pathos-and-pathology-cinema.html September 1, 2004... Because infinity--for the eye--begins just a few meters away from the retina.... --Roger Caillois, "The Image" There are at least two shots in Todd Haynes's work that recur so ...
  • The incredible shrinking star: Todd Haynes and ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935026/incredible-shrinking-star-todd.html September 1, 2004... Critics have consistently characterized the films of Todd Haynes within the terms of what B. Ruby Rich described in 1992 as the "new queer cinema"--films whose style displayed traces ...
  • Written on the screen: mediation and immersion ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935031/written-screen-mediation-and.html September 1, 2004... Recently, while engaging in one of my favorite forms of procrastination--using my computer to search for mid-century modern bargains on eBay rather than using it to engage in more rigo ...
  • Traumatic postmodern histories: Velvet Goldmin ...
    http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-126935030/traumatic-postmodern-histories-velvet.html September 1, 2004... If modernity was characterized by and imagined itself in terms of a particular awareness of time and history--the unfolding of social, political, and technological projects of ...

Democracy Now!

  • LIVE BLOG: Greek Authorities Intercept U.S. Bo ...
    Democracy Now! producer Aaron Maté files exclusive audio reports on board the Gaza-bound "Audacity of Hope". The ship set sail from Greece at approximately 9:30 a.m. EDT but was soon stopped by Greek authorities. Listen to Aaron’s reports as the scene develops. Listen Update at 12:30 p ...
  • Nuclear Hubris: Christian Parenti On What Japa ...
    In part two of our conversation with journalist Christian Parenti he discusses his recent article, Nuclear Hubris: Could Japan’s Disaster Happen Here?, about what the meltdown of three nuclear reactors in Japan means for the expansion of the nuclear power industry United States. "I think its ...
  • Book Excerpt: "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change ...
    Read the first chapter of "Tropic of Chaos: Climate Change and the New Geography of Violence," by award-winning writer Christian Parenti, who will be interviewed tomorrow on Democracy Now! In the book he explores how, from Africa to Asia, extreme weather brought on by global warming is unleashi ...
  • ‘Food Terrorism’ Next Door to the Magic Kingdom
    Think of “food terrorism” and what do you see? Diabolical plots to taint items on grocery-store shelves? If you are Buddy Dyer, the mayor of Orlando, Fla., you might be thinking of a group feeding the homeless and hungry in one of your city parks. That is what Dyer is widely quoted as calling t ...
  • From the Vault: Democracy Now! Interview With ...
    The British peace activist Brian Haw has died at the age of 62. For the past decade Haw lived and slept outside the Houses of Parliament in London to protest against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He began his public demonstration in June 2001 to protest the Western sanctions against Iraq. P ...

Suzie-Q

  • A Note Of Bad News….
    To my blogging friends: I have some very bad news. My daughter-in-law was killed last night in an auto accident. It was her 30th birthday & she leaves behind my son & my two young grandchildren. I will be taking time away from posting for awhile. Please drive carefully over the holiday weekend! ...
  • Israel to Stop Flotilla “Without Physica ...
    Clinton: Gaza flotilla a bid to provoke Israel by Gaza Flotilla 101 June 23, 2011 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday criticized activists planning to challenge Israel’s sea blockade of the Gaza Strip, saying their efforts are neither “necessary or useful” in helping the Palest ...
  • The Invisible Army
    The Invisible Army For foreign workers on U.S. bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, war can be hell. The New Yorker by Sarah Stillman June 6, 2011 It was lunchtime in Suva, Fiji, a slow day at the end of the tourist season in September of 2007, when four men appeared in the doorway of the [...]
  • Christ Rice: Ca$hing in on Hard Times
    Click pic to enlarge A coleague  just resently recieved this in the mail from the future CEO of this company. We’re excited about moving forward on this and anticipate putting food on the table on a global basis. and as far as promotion goes, all options will be on the table. When the times get ...
  • Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart In Sex Bias Case
    Supreme Court Sides With Wal-Mart In Sex Bias Case Huffington Post First Posted: 06/20/11 10:30 AM ET Updated: 06/20/11 02:16 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday blocked a massive sex discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart on behalf of female employees in a decision that makes i ...

Solari

  • Highland Berries and Produce
    Your Source for blueberries and fresh local produce Highland Berries and Produce, 4411 Hampshire Pike, announces the opening of their produce stand at The Barn. The Barn is located one mile west of Hampshire, on Highway 412. A joint venture between Deanna Naddy, Dotty Mulcahy and Jackie and Ri ...
  • The American Revolution: Happy 4th of July!
    But what do we mean by the American Revolution?  Do we mean the American war? The Revolution was effected before the war commenced. The Revolution was in the minds  and hearts of the people…. ~ John Adams Fourth of July Wikipedia
  • Catherine on Coast-to-Coast Tonight!
    Catherine will be on Coast-to-Coast tonight, 30 June 2011. She will elaborate on these “Ten Economic Trends You Want to Know About“: Trend # 1 - The Slow Burn Burns On Outsiders increasing expenses and decreasing income The economics of baby boomers retirement A need for war The economic compa ...
  • New Solari Report Podcast!
    Solari has produced a new free podcast—The Solari Report Digest #25. Listen to Solari Report Digest #25 The Solari Report Digest is a podcast featuring highlights from the live one-hour Solari Report briefings. In the rapidly changing political and economic landscape the Solari Report Digest ...
  • More on Smart Grids & Lockheed Martin
    Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 Hi Catherine . . . Wanted to share with you an issue that is unfolding in Burlington, Vermont. Our mayor Bob Kiss has sort of side-stepped the electorate in securing a partnership with Lockheed-Martin via the Carbon War Room (See: http://www.carbonwarroom.com/ ) for “gr ...

Insurgency Watch - Newswire

  • Times Scare
    ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
  • Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
    Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more��
  • Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
    BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri Lank ...
  • Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
    Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more��
  • Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
    Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more��

AlterNet - Rights and Liberties

Sideways News

  • Could you be a 10:10 community champion?
    The Guardian Newspaper and Franny Armstrong, through the Guardian 10:10 campaign, challenge organisations and individuals to cut their carbon footprint by 10%.
  • Brit mums strict about eco-chores
    Families in the UK are increasingly likely to be nagged about doing eco-chores, a new study conducted on behalf of the Energy Saving Trust has revealed.
  • UK venue offers rainforest weddings
    Getting married in a luscious rainforest has never been easier or more eco-friendly, according to the Eden Project.
  • Battery recycling 'too difficult'
    The European Recycling Platform (ERP) reports that while only a third of households at present recycle batteries, four out of five said they would do so if it was made easier.
  • 10 green resolutions to save you money
    By taking green steps at home, you can save money and make life easier. Being smart about waste, consumption and resources won't only win you the thanks of forthcoming generations: you'll feel the financial benefit immediately. 1. Make money from old electronics As your electronic goods become o ...

Fabius Maximus

  • Attritionist Letter #1 – the tides turn, ...
    Summary:   With US military forces engaged around the world in the long war, with three conflicts burning at once (on very different scales), the doctrines we choose may have a large effect on American history.  This, the first of the Attritionist Letters, describes the issues and the sta ...
  • Attritionist Letter #1 – the tides turn, ...
    Summary:   With US military forces engaged around the world in the long war, with three conflicts burning at once (on very different scales), the doctrines we choose may have a large effect on American history.  This, the first of the Attritionist Letters, describes the issues and the sta ...
  • The Attritionist Letters, volleys in the long ...
    Summary:   Key points of military history are marked by debates among soldiers, usually invisible to the public but affecting the course of nations.  Such a debate is underway now about the doctrines by which we wage the long war against jihadists and their allies.  With the permission of the th ...
  • The Attritionist Letters, volleys in the long ...
    Summary:   Key points of military history are marked by debates among soldiers, usually invisible to the public but affecting the course of nations.  Such a debate is underway now about the doctrines by which we wage the long war against jihadists and their allies.  With the permission of the th ...
  • Could a new Constitutional Convention help ref ...
    Summary:  Many people seek changes to the Constitution as a palliative to our problems.  Disappointment awaits them, especially if they succeed.  Proper treatment requires accurate diagnosis, and even a cursory look at America shows that our problems have a simple cause.  Us.  Tinkering with the ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
    Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported.  Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, calle ...
  • Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
    Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point since mid-Dece ...
  • British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
    PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
  • Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
    IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 ...
  • Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
    Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. A conf ...

The Progressive Realist

  • Are These Hostilities?
    Drones over Somalia: The clandestine American military campaign to combat Al Qaedaâs franchise in Yemen is expanding to fight the Islamist militancy in Somalia, as new evidence indicates that insurgents in the two countries are forging closer ties and possibly plotting attacks against the United ...
  • Ninety Years On, Communism in China
    Today the Chinese Communist Party celebrates 90 years of existence (the China Digital Times has a good roundup here). FP’s Christina Larson reports that every public TV in the country is tuned into the festivities, whether people are watching or not. This begs the obvious question: Is it still M ...
  • Afghan Financial Death Match: IMF Versus Centr ...
    Last Fall I attended a conference by the Afghan-American Chamber of Commerce with keynote speaker Dr Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, the Afghan Central Bank Governor.  The purpose of the conference was to reinvigorate foreign investment in Afghanistan in the wake of serious scandal involving Kabul Bank, ...
  • What Can the US Do About Syria?
    Republican presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty doesn’t want you to think he’s a neoconservative. But neoconservatives themselves — not exactly known for diverse views — roundly approved of his foreign policy speech this week. One line of Pawlenty’s talk dovetailed quite nicely with neoconservati ...
  • DoJ to Recommend Investigations in Two Detaine ...
    Marcy Wheeler reports that Assistant U.S. Attorney John Durham, assigned by Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate cases in which CIA interrogators may have gone beyond the "legalized" torture guidelines established by the Bush administration's office of Legal Counsel, has recommended inve ...

TAPPED - The American Prospect

  • Romney Runs Away from his Campaign
    Essentially, Mitt Romney's pitch for the presidency rests on a single line, "He made it worse." In campaign ads, speeches and op-eds, Romney has attacked the president for lengthening the Great Recession. During last month's presidential debate, for example, Romney led with this: "He didn' ...
  • Today at The Prospect
    Robert Kuttner says goodbye to Timothy Geithner. Harold Meyerson suggests possible replacements for the Treasury secretary. Pema Levy explains how Kansas almost banned abortion, and what states are next. Yannis Palaiologos lays out the path forward for Greece. David Callahan writes that Con ...
  • The Kind of Religious Test We Could Use
    Well here's an interesting question, from Libby Copeland at Slate: In a speech at a mega-church in the Minneapolis area back in 2006, Michele Bachmann explained her decision to pursue tax law. It wasn't her choice, exactly. God had already told her to go to law school; God had also told her to ...
  • Cash Rules Everything Around Them
    The official deadline for Republican presidential candidates to report their second quarter fundraising totals isn't until next month, but several campaigns have offered preliminary numbers. Let's take a look. According to The New York Times, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney has raised ...
  • The Fundamental Weakness of the Anti-ACA Case
    Ian Millhiser has a great post about the incoherent radicalism of James Graham's dissent in this week's Sixth Circuit ruling upholding the constitutionality of the ACA. The biggest problem for lower court judges who want to find the ACA unconstitutional is the Raich precedent, in which the Su ...

Buzzflash

  • Listening to Republican Talking Points Is Like ...
    Body   Watching Republicans bicker about their talking points in Congress is like suddenly being dropped into an alternate universe. Constant references to children, grandchildren and "class warfare" are repeated ad nauseum as if they were logical absolutes in the grand scheme ...
  • Global Corporations Rewrite Statue of Liberty ...
    MARK KARLIN, EDITOR FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Headlines about global corporations based in America wanting to bring home tax-free the profits they off-shored - thus evading their fair share payment for what the US has given them - made me think about the Emma Lazarus poem that greets visitors t ...
  • Departing Fox Host Allegedly Gets Mocked At Mo ...
    TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Just as certain as a pattern of dotsIs routinely referred to as speckled,Here's hoping future public hazingsWill be known as being Beckled. Read Article: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/06/28/989601/-Glenn-Beck-Heckled-at-Movie-Night-in-Bryant-Park
  • Shafting the Middle Class With Debt, While Wal ...
    ECONOMIST MAX FRAAD WOLFF FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT The developed world is beset by debt. The streets of Athens are choked with tear gas, many tears are coming. Portugal, Spain, Ireland, Iceland and beyond are struggling with the debt burdens run up in the past. Greece, Spain and Ireland face un ...
  • Independence Day for Corporations and the Weal ...
    PAUL BUCHHEIT FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Oh Say Can You Seethe... Another Independence Day, and times are tough for everyone. No, not everyone. Sit back, get uncomfortable, and choose any one of these facts to make you mad. (1) The financial maneuverings of a single hedge fund manager made him en ...

Glenn Greenwald - Salon

The BiPartisan Report

Sciencebase

  • Scanning for juvenile delinquency
    Scanning for juvenile delinquency – Impulsiveness in youth is not a criminal offence, although if it reaches into the realm of delinquency it can quickly become so. Researchers in the US are using functional magnetic resonance imaging to see whether the brains of young offenders differ in some b ...
  • The real reason for pruney fingers
    The real reason for pruney fingers – Sit in a bath too long and your fingers will wrinkle up. Everyone from 5 to 95 knows that. The scientific explanation was always that the skin absorbs water and the underlying layer buckles. That’s as may be, but writing in Nature News, Ed Yong explains an ex ...
  • The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Unce ...
    The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty – “In today’s unpredictable and chaotic world, we look to science to provide certainty and answers–and often blame it when things go wrong. The Blind Spot reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by ...
  • Science goes mobile – SciMobileApps
    Science goes mobile #SciMobileApps – ChemConnector Tony Williams nudged me towards a relatively new initiative to help science "get" mobile. Mobile apps for science are expanding in scope and capability very quickly, yet there is no easy way to source information regarding what is available, wha ...
  • Negative science
    Negative science – Often the "eureka moment" occurs not in the sense of "I've found it", but more as a "WTF?" Indeed, it's been estimated that more than two-thirds of scientific experiments fail to produce the results anticipated and in one way might be considered failed experiments, or negative ...

Common Dreams-Progressive Newswire

  • Israeli Official Does Not Deny Sabotage Allega ...
    The Jerusalem Post reports: “The Greek Coast Guard has now stopped the U.S. boat [The Audacity of Hope is attempting to go to Gaza in spite of an Israeli siege] and is demanding that they return to the Port of Athens.” Passengers on the boat are tweeting regular updates: “Captain explaining to C ...
  • US: Crack Cocaine Ruling a Victory for Rights
    The US Sentencing Commission's unanimous vote on June 30, 2011, to make new federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines retroactive, is consistent with internationally recognized human rights principles, Human Rights Watch said today. These include the right to benefit from sentence reductions m ...
  • ACLU Says Department of Justice Memo Impedes A ...
    The American Civil Liberties Union today said a federal drug enforcement mandate outlined in a Department of Justice (DOJ) memo threatening with federal prosecution people who grow, sell and distribute marijuana under the auspices of state medical marijuana laws could deny patients who suffer fr ...
  • Will Democrats Embrace a Foul Deal?
    In an article today Robert L. Borosage, co-director of the Campaign for America’s Future writes about news of a “foul deal” in the debt ceiling talks. He urges Democrats to, “draw an independent line in the sand. No deal without the rich and big corporations sharing in the sacrifice. No deal tha ...
  • National Lawyers Guild Urges the City of Orlan ...
    The National Lawyers Guild calls on the City of Orlando, Florida to repeal its 2006 ordinance limiting groups feeding more than 25 people in parks to two permitted events a year. The Guild also urges Fort Lauderdale and other Florida municipalities to refrain from adopting similar ordinances.rea ...

Common Dreams-Views

  • From the US Boat to Gaza: A July Fourth Shame ...
    Ray McGovern Yes, that was I standing before the U.S. Embassy in Athens on the eve of the July Fourth weekend holding the American flag in the distress mode — upside down.read more
  • The Greek Authorities Try to Terrorize, But Th ...
    Foula Farmakides Greek people are currently in an open and real war with a monster that in ancient mythology was known as the Lernaean Hydra. Today, the monster is called neoliberalism. Unfortunately, for us, not only has it many heads, bu ...
  • America's Lawmakers in Libyan Quagmire
    Michael Shank Last week, as the US Senate picked up the Libya debate where the House of Representatives left off, it was apparent that Libya has created a political and moral quagmire for America. At the crux of continuing House debate is ...
  • What Michele Bachmann and Her Teapot 'Patriots ...
    John Nichols The unsettling thing about Michele Bachmann’s failed discussion of the founders and slavery is not that the Tea Party “Patriot” knew so little about the birth of the American experiment that she made John Quincy Adams—the son ...
  • Canada Day In The Petro-State
    Chris Genovali Just in time for Canada Day, Alberta Finance and Enterprise Minister Lloyd Snelgrove chose to exhibit why Canadian democracy is devolving into something akin to corporate rule ("Ottawa urged to get behind Enbridge pipeline," ...

Newshoggers - AfPak

Water Wars

  • PHOTO: Water wars
    Who needs water balloons when you have fire hoses? Area firefighters spend Friday evening engaging in a water fight competition in Newark.  
  • Ruling changes politics of Alabama, Gerogia, F ...
    A ruling from a federal appeals court has propelled metro Atlanta from a weak position at the bargaining table into a much stronger one.
  • Water Wars Ruling Exposes Lack of Water Resour ...
    Yesterday's ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the decades-long tri-state water wars should be a wake-up call for Alabama to get serious about planning its own water future, Alabama conservation groups said today. The appeals court late yesterday overruled a 2009 finding by a fe ...
  • Water wars: 21st century conflicts?
    As almost half of humanity will face water scarcity by 2030, strategists from Israel to Central Asia prepare for strife.
  • Georgia wins legal battle in water wars
    1990: Alabama files a federal suit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop the corps from giving metro Atlanta more water from Lake Lanier.

WordPress | Economics

Electronic Intifada

  • UK deportation order against Palestinian leade ...
    Asa WinstanleyThe Electronic IntifadaLondon After a furor in the British press, a political leader of Palestinian citizens in Israel remains in a British jail tonight. Authorities cut his speaking tour short by arresting him this�week.
  • Flying kites before the tear gas
    Linah AlsaafinThe Electronic Intifada Every child has a right to a childhood. The Nabi Saleh children are denied this right. Linah Alsaafin describes one Friday afternoon in the occupied West Bank�village.
  • Student-built racing car shows Gaza ingenuity
    Rami AlmeghariThe Electronic IntifadaKhan Younis In the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, a team of vocational college students, with the help of two mechanical engineers, built a racing car — the first of its kind in the besieged coastal territory.
  • No Turkish boat to Gaza as Ankara, Tel Aviv me ...
    Barbara SlavinThe Electronic IntifadaWashington, DC WASHINGTON (IPS) - Turkey and Israel are close to resolving their dispute over last year’s flotilla attack, but the partnership that existed between them for more than a decade will almost certainly stay submerged.
  • Activists determined to sail despite sabotage, ...
    Apostolis FotiadisThe Electronic Intifada ATHENS (IPS) - Activists are being confronted by Israeli authorities days before the international “Freedom Flotilla II — Stay Human” sets sail towards the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the naval blockade Israel has imposed since 2007.

The Wonk Room

  • CEO Pay Rose 23 Percent Last Year
    The NYT has a bunch of interesting charts on this. But suffice it to say that high-level managers appear to have become much more skilled at directed value into their own pockets: What I always wish I could see more of were direct international comparisons. Not only do high-paid oil and gas CEOs ...
  • Joe Lieberman Warns: If Taliban Regains Power ...
    Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) wastes few opportunities to criticize the White House’s troop drawdown timetable in Afghanistan, but his latest criticism of the Obama administration falls back on conjuring up an implausible future terrorist attack conducted from within Afghanistan. Lieberman told Fox ...
  • Global Warming Boosts Worst Wildfires ‘S ...
    Flames from the Las Conchas fire burn in Los Alamos, NM.  AP Photo Climate change is creating the ideal conditions for wildfires — drought and heat.  And while only a secondary effect, it is ruining July 4 celebrations around the country, since in many places the risk posed by fireworks is sim ...
  • Sen. Joe Lieberman Predicts ‘Day Of Reck ...
    On Fox News Sunday, two of the Senate’s leading Iran hawks pressed the administration to do more on Iran and issued thinly-veiled threats to the Islamic Republic. Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), who has advocated for “retir(ing) our ambiguous mantra about all options remaining on the table” for Iran ...
  • Poverty And Indigenous Cultural Preservation I ...
    Mexico is a somewhat above-average country in terms of per capita GDP, but that average figure masks huge disparities. When I went to southern Mexico last December it was clear that outside of the central city of Oaxaca you were looking at a very poor area dominated by low-productivity agricultu ...

thwap's schoolyard

  • So What Happened?
    As I said in my last post, my conclusion that the harpercon government has no legitimate authority arose out of my support for Brigette DePape's violation of Parliamentary decorum during the Speech From the Throne. As I said, I actually have a great deal of reverence for our democratic instituti ...
  • "Tee-Hee"
    I've take some criticism for describing the harpercon majority government as "illegitimate." This criticism tends to come from empty-headed morons whose opinions I have as much regard for as I would a huge, steaming piece of dog-shit on my front steps. There seems to be some inexplicable confus ...
  • Hillary's Hypocrisy
    Here's another example of why Glenn Greenwald rocks. In his post "Plurality of Americans love Gadaffi" Greenwald quotes the abominable Hillary Clinton's yammerings about the need for support for the US-led mission of regime change in Libya: But the bottom line is, whose side are you on? Are you ...
  • Saturday Posting Duties
    Here's a tune: I've been busy over here.
  • Shorter TPS G20 Report ...
    "We were overwhelmed by the number of heads that threw themselves at our truncheons." Whatever. Jerks.

on Government Oversight

Digital Journal

  • Ghana High Commissioner visits Vancouver
    Ghana’s High Commissioner to Canada, Dr. Richard Turkson recently paid what could be described as a very fruitful visit to Vancouver, in the Canadian province of British Columbia during which he met with members of the Ghanaian community.
  • Iran queer refugees learn freedom in Canada
    Imagine being afraid that if your family found out you were queer they could turn you in. Clerics under Sharia Law could order you to be stoned, lashed or cut in half. That's the reality for queers in Iran.
  • Youth have their own space at Toronto's Pride Week
    Youth have their own place during Pride Week. From Fruit Loopz, various marches to Pride Prom youth are welcomed in Toronto during the week long celebration.
  • The kids are the focus of Family Pride in Toronto
    For the past eleven years Family Pride has been a part of Pride Week in Toronto. This year the kid friendly zone is at Church Street Public School at the corner of Church Street and Alexander Street.
  • Toronto's Church Street was hopping for Pride Week
    June 24-July 3 is the 31st Pride Week in Toronto, a celebration and street festival that combines art, entertainment, social awareness, marches, a parade and many other events including fabulous parties.

End Homelessness | Change.org

  • Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
    Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe a ...
  • Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
    This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
  • Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
    What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 10 ...
  • LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
    Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
  • Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
    Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

  • “Crown jewel” of Canadian peacekeeping closing ...
    The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) has announced that it is shutting down its operations in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia (David Pugliese, “Cash-strapped peacekeeping centre closing Nova Scotia office,” Ottawa Citizen, 10 June 2011). The organization is attempting to cut costs after having been adv ...
  • Layton, Harris criticize timing of document dump
    Opposition leader Jack Layton has accused the Harper government of taking a “very cynical” approach in its release of documents on the Afghan detainee file. The release of 4000 pages worth of documents came just as MPs are gearing down for summer recess. â[The Government] chose a date that will ...
  • Green Party’s Elizabeth May only dissenter to ...
    Elizabeth May stood alone in Parliament last week in opposing extension of the military mission in Libya, resulting in a vote of 294 in favour and 1 opposed (Jane Taber, Why Elizabeth May refuses to be a rubber stamp in the commons, Globe and Mail, 15 June 2011).  Defence Minister Peter MacKay a ...
  • Ceasefire.ca Members’ survey results on Libya ...
    I support Canada’s military mission in Libya and think it should be extended. (1806 responses)
  • Challenging Canada’s involvement in Libya: New ...
    As the House of Commons debated extending Canada’s military presence in Libya this week, the Rideau Institute garnered media attention by calling for clarity in the purpose and methods of the mission, and by providing an alternative estimate of the cost of the war that suggests the Conservative ...

Kevin Trudeau Show

  • Chicago School Bans Homemade Lunches, The Late ...
    April 12th, 2011 Yahoo! News By: Liz Goodwin Students who attend Chicago’s Little Village Academy public school get nothing but nutritional tough love during their lunch period each day. The students can either eat the cafeteria food–or go hungry. Only students with allergies are allowed to brin ...
  • You Are What You Eat
    Eating good quality food every single day makes a huge difference in how you feel, your energy, your sleep, your skin, and your digestion.  So, a lot of people come up to me and ask, “Kevin, what should I eat? What do YOU eat?”  The simplest answer is number one; always avoid high fructose corn ...
  • The Kevin Trudeau Show: 4-13-11
    Today, Blake Sawyer of Royal Velvet stops by the show to explain exactly how deer antler velvet can act as the fountain of youth and turn back the hands of time! Click here to find out why professional athletes buy this product in bulk! Self Help: Gluten Allergy Cure Protect Your Body Maximize Y ...
  • You May Have Diabetes And Not Even Know It
    I was talking to a friend of mine in Europe, who was struggling with energy levels, gaining weight, and his mood was kind of swinging back and forth. He had called me about a month ago and told me how he was always thirsty, wasn’t sleeping very well, and was going to the bathroom a [...]
  • World Bank Warns Millions Face Poverty
    April 15th, 2011 BBC The World Bank has warned that rising food prices, driven partly by rising fuel costs, are pushing millions of people into extreme poverty. World food prices are 36% above levels of a year ago, driven by problems in the Middle East and North Africa, and remain volatile, the ...

Pambazuka News

  • Caribbean: Civil society demands Haiti debt ca ...
    Organizations representing Caribbean civil society organizations and social movements have written to G8 finance ministers, the World Bank, and the IMF, to demand an immediate and unconditional cancellation of Haiti's external debt....
  • US: System owes Troy Davis another day in court
    It is wrong to execute an innocent man. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will now consider whether it is constitutional. Troy Anthony Davis, convicted of murder, is asking the courts to hear evidence that key government witnesses have r...
  • Haiti: Open Letter to Barack Obama - pre-election
    We - citizens of Haiti, political militants and unionists of the grassroots movement for democracy in our country - solemnly address ourselves to you on the eve of the election that will most likely make you the next president of the United States....
  • Brazil: The high price of clean, cheap ethanol
    Brazil hopes to supply drivers worldwide with the fuel of the future - cheap ethanol derived from sugarcane. It is considered an effective antidote to climate change, but hundreds of thousands of Brazilian plantation workers harvest the cane at slave...
  • Global: Guadeloupe paralyzed by widespread strikes
    Riot police from mainland France have arrived on the French Caribbean islands as protests threaten to paralyse tourism and spread further afield. Strikes on Guadeloupe and Martinique have closed shops and schools and the reinforcements will help loca...

War in Context

  • Why every flotilla succeeds and the siege of G ...
    Is it possible to break the siege of Gaza if no one notices? As an exercise in directing global attention to the plight of a population subject to collective punishment, the first flotilla in August 2008 was a bit of a flop — even though it reached Gaza. In the Jerusalem Post, Herb Keinon cyni ...
  • Defiant Gaddafi threatens Europe
    Al Jazeera reports: Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, has delivered a telephone address through loudspeakers to thousands of supporters gathered in Tripoli’s Green Square, warning the NATO-led alliance to stop its war support or face “catastrophe”. In the Friday speech, 100 days after NATO f ...
  • Anonymous declares cyberwar against Orlando
    The New York Times reports: The hacker group Anonymous has declared a cyberwar against the City of Orlando, disabling Web sites for the city’s leading redevelopment organization, the local Fraternal Order of Police and the mayor’s re-election campaign. Anonymous, a large yet loosely formed gro ...
  • The Age of Greed
  • Syria: U.S. presses for opposition dialogue wi ...
    The Guardian reports: The US is pushing the Syrian opposition to maintain dialogue with Bashar al-Assad’s regime as details emerge of a controversial “roadmap” for reforms that would leave him in power for now despite demands for his overthrow during the country’s bloody three-month uprising. ...

Watts Up With That?

  • Climate Craziness of the Week: Mike Smith on & ...
    By Mike Smith of Meteorological Musings This story from London’s Daily Mail is so bad, the reporter won’t even put his or her name on it. In the story, we learn the Joplin tornado was caused by global warming.  We learn … Continue reading →
  • Yes, Virginia, there is an FOIA
    Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A judge has ordered the University of Virginia to release Professor Michael Mann’s emails pursuant to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request. Mann is the climatologist who developed of the “Hockeystick” graph, which became … Continue reading →
  • Wining and Climate Change in California
    Oh dear, another alarming press release from Stanford’s Noah Diffenbaugh. Apparently according to his super duper climate model, climate change is going to affect only premium wine grapes. So it appears Ripple, Franzia Box wine, and MD 20/20 are safe … Continue reading →
  • Coral bleaching on the GBR – no evidence ...
    From Andrew Bolt at Australia’s Herald Sun below, some sharp evidence in a new paper that the “coral bleaching” scare of the Great Barrier Reef is unfounded and mostly made up. This study indicates that at the scale of the … Continue reading →
  • What’s Up Next?
    Guest post by J Storrs Hall There are several ways to predict what the temperature trends of the next century will be like.  The standard method of prediction in science is to create a theory which embodies a model, test … Continue reading →

Dandelion Salad

  • Our Supreme Corporate Court: 3 Strikes and We’ ...
    By Gary Corseri Featured Writer Dandelion Salad July 3, 2011 First, some aphoristic opals: âEternal vigilance is the price of liberty.â — Wendell Phillips (1811-1884), abolitionist, orator and columnist for The Liberator. âTruth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believâd.â — ...
  • The Invasion of Australia – Official, At Last ...
    Dandelion Salad by John Pilger www.johnpilger.com Information Clearing House July 2, 2011 The City of Sydney has voted to replace the words “European arrival” in the official record with “invasion”. The deputy lord mayor, Marcelle Hoff, says it is intellectually dishonest to use any other word i ...
  • Max Keiser speaks to lawyers in Athens: Greece ...
    Dandelion Salad MaxKeiserTV on Jul 2, 2011 This is an abridged version of talk Max gave to a group of lawyers suing derivatives dealers and government officials in Greece for financial fraud. There was much (very loud) translation and some audio problems that I cut out. The rest of the panel spo ...
  • Libya And Millennium Of War by Rick Rozoff
    by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism July 2, 2011 On June 26 the West’s war against Libya reached its hundredth day. Launched on March 19 with a barrage of bombing raids and Tomahawk cruise missile attacks conducted by American, Briti ...
  • Russia Today: A new kind of media? By William ...
    by William Bowles Featured Writer Dandelion Salad williambowles.info 2 July, 2011 Is Russia Today a sign of things to come in the world media order? A global, digital media cuts both ways or as they say ‘what’s good for the goose is also good for the gander’. The arrival of The Real News Network ...

Your New Reality

  • No title
    Warner Bros. Loses Millions On Harry Potter 5, Ninth Biggest Grossing Movie Of All Time...Somehow To the outside world, this is known as 'Hollywood Accounting', but when I was in LA in 2001 it was called FuckYou Accounting by independent producers. I'm guessing it still is : According to the (W ...
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    The Tsunami Is Here, But Don't Forget To Close Your Car Door When You Run What can you say while watching this video of the Japanese tsunami, shot from inside a car, except Holy Fucking Shit! Just extraordinary, in a world filled with cameras, we are seeing the reality of natural disasters like ...
  • No title
    JK Rowling Will Be First Author To Earn $1 Billion From E-Books By Darryl Mason UPDATE : Since the story below was posted, JK Rowling has held a press conference and announced the following : * She won't be writing an eighth Harry Potter novel, saying, "I do have closure with Harry. I have no ...
  • No title
    Almost 1 million views on YouTube in a handful of days for a professor explaining in two minutes some of the biggest problems with the American economy? Who said there isn't an audience for the truth?
  • No title
    Nice slideshow of 30 years of front covers from UK hard rock/metal magazine Kerrang! The early covers are better. December 1993 : April 1994 : The Rest Of The Kerrang! Front Covers Are Here

Wired - Science

  • Bug’s Penis Makes Loudest Animal Sound
    By Mark Brown, Wired UK This minuscule water boatman might be smaller than a drawing pin, but it’s also the loudest animal on the planet. Well, relative to its body size, at least. The male lesser water boatman, aka Micronecta scholtzi, can create mating calls as loud as 99.2 decibels, which i ...
  • X-rays Reveal Colors of First Birds
    By Mark Brown, Wired UK Confuciusornis sanctus, a prehistoric beaked bird which co-existed with dinosaurs some 120 million years ago, had a dark body, neck and tail, and impressive patterns along its feathers. We know that, in remarkable detail, because a team of paleontologists from California ...
  • Summer Reading for Science Geeks
    With the Fourth of July upon us, it won’t be long before we’re headed to the nearest beach for some much-needed decompression. Most of us will bring a bit of page-turning light reading. But for those who want a little intellectual heft in their tote, Wired.com asked a few favorite scientists fo ...
  • Millions of Fishes: The Ultimate Marine Library
    See Also: The Man Who Swims With Coelacanths Old, Ignored Records Yield 200 Years of Fish Population Data Massive North Atlantic Garbage Patch Mapped Freaky New Ghostshark ID’d Off California Coast Hidden Blades, Glowing Scorpions and Bug Genitalia: Great Science Images From the American Museu ...
  • Dramatic Sunrise Over Moon’s Tycho Crater Moun ...
    A spacecraft circling the moon snapped this dramatic image of the sun rising on the mountains in the middle of Tycho crater. The 51-mile-wide depression is all that remains of a catastrophic asteroid impact 108 million years ago. Planetary scientists think the guilty asteroid was a fragment fro ...

Israeli Occupation Archive

  • Audacity of Hope stopped at sea (video)
    The Audacity of Hope was stopped at sea by the Greek Coast Guard 20 minutes after leaving the port. Our captain refused to turn back despite the pleas of the Coast Guard commander. After about two... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • Joseph Dana: The battle over the Gaza Flotilla
    On Friday July 1, after a week of delay, the Audacity of Hope set sail, with thirty-five passengers, five crew members and eleven journalists. After only an hour at sea, however, we were stopped by... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
  • Greek Coast Guard stops Gaza-bound US flotilla ...
    Less than one hour after leaving the Athens port, the American ship in the Gaza flotilla was stopped by the Greek Coast Guard, which demanded it return to the port. The boat, named the Audacity of... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • BREAKING: Greek Coast Guard stops Gaza-bound U ...
    Less than one hour after leaving the Athens port, the American ship in the Gaza flotilla was stopped by the Greek Coast Guard, which demanded it return to the port. The boat, named the Audacity of... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lan ...
  • Netanyahu: Israel has every right to stop Gaza ...
    Activists say Israel is responsible for 'attempted murder' for allegedly sabotaging propeller shaft of an Irish ship, forcing it to pull out of the voyage. IOA Editor: Clearly, the implication is... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palesti ...

Ria Novosti - Military

NewsWise

  • State Outcomes in Math and Science Education R ...
    In a new ranking of how well the states' K-12 schools are preparing their students for science and engineering careers, Massachusetts leads the pack, while Mississippi trails behind as 'worst in the United States.' The rankings are reported in the summer issue of the Newsletter of the Forum on E ...
  • Texas Tech Toxicologists Receive $846,000 to F ...
    Researchers hope to discover the culprit as to why Texas quail populations have dwindled to the lowest on record.
  • Solving the Puzzle of Cognitive Problems Cause ...
    A longstanding medical mystery - why so many people with HIV experience memory loss and other cognitive problems despite potent antiretroviral therapy - may have been solved by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings are published in the June 29 i ...
  • University Science Research Park Celebrates An ...
    Five years after opening a state-of-the art research facility in the University of California, San Diego's new Science Research Park, leaders from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, Kyowa Hakko Kirin California, Inc. (KKC) and UC San Diego gathered to celebrate the fifth anniversar ...
  • Foods with Baked Milk May Help Build Tolerance ...
    Introducing increasing amounts of foods that contain baked milk into the diets of children who have milk allergies helped a majority of them outgrow their allergies, according to a study conducted at Mount Sinai School of Medicine's Jaffe Food Allergy Institute. The data are reported in the May ...

Natural Health News

  • Late-Breaking U. S. Supreme Court Ruling Could ...
    Letter from Charlie Brown Supreme Court Throws Federalism Under the Bus In the spirit of our shared goal of keeping a federalist system federalist, I bring to your attention a troubling decision by the Supreme Court last week.�The Court ruled that states may not challenge utility pollution un ...
  • What's The Psychological Effect Of Violent Vid ...
    The United States Supreme Court recently overturned a California law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors. However, many psychological scientists still believe that a child's behavior be directly influenced by playing a violent video game. There have been 140 studies prov ...
  • Are Airport Scanners Giving Boston TSA Agents ...
    Transportation Security Administration union representatives in Boston say that radiation from full-body scanners be responsible for a "cancer cluster" among airport security workers. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) obtained documents from the Department of Homeland Security wh ...
  • Simple Acne Treatment Works by Helping Your Gu ...
    More than 70 years ago, dermatologists John Stokes and Donald Pillsbury proposed a gastrointestinal mechanism for the overlap between depression, anxiety and skin conditions such as acne. They hypothesized that emotional states might alter intestinal microflora and contribute to systemic inflamm ...
  • Shocking Animal Abuse on the Farm
    Video Depicts Pig Cruelty at Iowa Pork Farms from TIME on Vimeo.Consider yourself warned before you watch this -- a new undercover video shows the gruesome conditions in which pigs are kept at an Iowa factory farm. The pork producer in question has been linked to four major U.S. food retailers. ...

Climategate

  • Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
    Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
  • ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
    ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
  • How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
    What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “smoki ...
  • What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
    A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
  • Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
    USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

  • Solicitor General Files Brief Supporting Stay ...
    by Chris Borgen by Chris Borgen Humberto Leal is scheduled for execution in Texas on July 7th. A Mexican national, Leal was not notified of his right to consular assistance under the Vienna Convention of Consular Relations. In light of the International Court of Justice’s decision in the Av ...
  • Too Bad Administration’s WPR “Hostilities” Gam ...
    by Peter Spiro by Peter Spiro So now we have the Administration’s full-dress treatment of its take on “hostilities” under the War Powers Resolution, with Harold Koh’s testimony yesterday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  I think it sets out a good case, well worth a close read. ...
  • Catching up with the Senate on Detainee Matters
    by Deborah Pearlstein The past week has seen various developments in Congress� efforts to consider legislation regulating the detention of �unprivileged enemy belligerents� at Guantanamo and beyond.� Most notable, the Senate finally released the language of its version of the defense authoriza ...
  • Today: Peter Spiro Testifies before the SFRC o ...
    by Duncan Hollis by Duncan Hollis Just a quick note for folks following the Congressional wrangling over U.S. military activity in Libya and the War Powers Resolution:  later this morning, Opinio Juris‘ own Peter Spiro will be testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. U.S. St ...
  • NMT Book Published!
    by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I am delighted to announce the publication of my book “The Nuremberg Military Tribunals and the Origins of International Criminal Law.”  The book can be ordered from Oxford University Press here; Amazon should have it (at a whopping $8.78 discount) in ...

Public News Service

  • MN State Government Shuts Down, Battle Lines Drawn
    MN State Government Shuts Down, Battle Lines Drawn St. Paul, MN - This is Day One of the state government shutdown in Minnesota, the result of a budget impasse between Governor Dayton and the Republican lawmakers who control the Legislature. Comments from Andy Birkey, senior political reporter f ...
  • 4th of July Pet Owner Tip: Don't Invite Fido
    4th of July Pet Owner Tip: Don't Invite Fido Phoenix, AZ - The bang and boom of celebrating America's independence this weekend can come at a cost for our pets. The Humane Society of the United States is reminding people of the stress loud fireworks and celebrations can cause for animals. The or ...
  • What's For Dinner? Restaurants Offer More Meat ...
    What's For Dinner? Restaurants Offer More Meatless Options Phoenix, AZ - There's a growing movement among restaurants in Arizona and across the nation to encourage residents to consider more vegetarian options. Some restaurant chains are adopting the concept of "Meatless Mondays," to encourage c ...
  • AZ Latino Voting Gets Huge Boost from Outreach ...
    AZ Latino Voting Gets Huge Boost from Outreach Campaign Phoenix, AZ – An Arizona voter drive targeting infrequent Latino voters generated 90-thousand additional votes during the 2010 mid-term election. Organizers of the non-partisan effort say Arizona’s SB 1070 immigration law was a major cataly ...
  • AZ Weighs Cancelling Clean Cars Program
    AZ Weighs Cancelling Clean Cars Program Phoenix, AZ – Repeal of Arizona’s Clean Cars Program will be the subject of a public hearing next week in Phoenix. Arizona currently follows the most stringent air quality standards in the nation. Comments from Diane Brown, director, Arizona PIRG (Public I ...

Center for Food Safety

  • U.S. House Of Representatives Passes Amendment ...
    Sixty-Seven Organizations and Businesses Endorse Amendment;  CFS Calls upon FDA to Reject Approval of GE Salmon The Center for Food Safety (CFS) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its decision yesterday to prohibit the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from approving genetically eng ...
  • FDA temporarily suspends use of some arsenic i ...
    Center for Food Safety and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy urge continued action to remove all arsenic from animal feeds permanently The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Alpharma, a division of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer, has agreed to stop sellin ...
  • Family Farmers Amplify Complaint Against Monsa ...
    Monsanto’s Failure to Provide Binding Legal Covenant To Protect Family Farmers Threatened by GMO Contamination Necessitates Amended Complaint New threats by Monsanto have led to the filing of an amended complaint by the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) in its suit on behalf of family farmers, s ...
  • Environmental Groups Petition Federal Governme ...
    FDA poised to take action on the first-ever application to market a genetically engineered salmon without adequate consideration of environmental risks and public input Earthjustice, on behalf of Ocean Conservancy, Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, Food & Water Watch, the Center for ...
  • CA GE Fish Labeling Bill Held
    Today, the Center for Food Safety (CFS) was informed by Assemblymember Huffman’s office that they have decided to hold AB 88—the California bill which would require that all genetically engineered (GE) fish sold in California contain clear and prominent labeling—as a 2-year bill. This means it w ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

  • American Indian "Jimbo" Simmons Gaza Flotilla ...
    Gilad Atzmon - Writings - American Indian "Jimbo" Simmons Gaza Flotilla Interview 
  • Two weeks ahead of release, jailed editor sudd ...
    Two weeks ahead of release, jailed editor suddenly facing possible death penalty or life imprisonment - Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders is extremely disturbed by the Sudanese justice system’s decision to keep Abuzar Ali Al-Amin, the deputy editor of the opposition daily Rai A ...
  • Repressing Support For Palestine’s Basic Human ...
    By TheAngryindian -�06.30.2011 Editor's Note: As a supplement to the material raised in this editorial, please review,�Google Warns of Escalating Web Censorship - Mobiledia,�How Israeli hasbara�works - Blog - The Arabist�and,�Spying On Juan Cole | ThinkProgress �Be nice to the whites, ...
  • A Memo For Zionists
    A Memo For Zionists: To: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu From: Jackie Muhammad Re: Your Washington, D.C. Meeting With President Obama (FinalCall.com) - Twenty seven years ago the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan said, “Now that nation called Israel never has had any peace in 40 years and y ...
  • Is Greece Being Blackmailed to Put the Brakes ...
    Is Greece Being Blackmailed to Put the Brakes on Gaza Flotilla? | Common Dreams by Medea Benjamin The 50 passengers and crew on the U.S. boat to Gaza have converged in Athens, Greece, ready to head out to sea to join an international fleet of ships that will challenge the Israeli-imposed naval ...

Pensieve

  • For Everyone Else…there’s Wikileaks
    What Does it Cost to Change the World? from WikiLeaks on Vimeo. The ingenious ad above highlights the plight of Wikileaks after the US Government either directly, or indirectly, pressured businesses like PayPal and MasterCard to block all their donations. The US and other secretive nations despi ...
  • Mountains of Santa Catarina
    I am working at a factory well outside of Monterrey, which is backed by some of the most amazing mountains I have ever seen. Devoid of trees because of lack of moisture, they show the tortured formations of the earth that thrust them up. Lit by a setting sun after a summer shower, they were [... ...
  • TS Arlene Threatens Mexico
    A year after Hurricane Alex slammed into Monterrey, bringing torrential rains in its wake, Tropical Storm Arlene, the first Atlantic tropical storm of 2011, threatens to do the same. We are currently in drought conditions, so a bit of rain will do us good. But, too much could be very damaging to ...
  • A tree in a stone
    This is a video I took last saturday at La Estanzuela natural park, my favorite park in Monterrey. I figured that with all the negative publicity lately about violence in La Estanzuela, we might need something peaceful to counteract it. Related posts:La Estanzuela Peaceful Violence and Mel’s Sai ...
  • Pine Cones [Flickr]
    aaronernestoortizlopez posted a photo:

Green Times

  • The Freedom Tower
    The Freedom Tower, an example of ecology After the September 11 disaster, New York and its ambassadors wanted to create new buildings with sustainable architecture (glossary/categories/housing-building/sustainable-architecture.html). A beautiful way to pay tribute to the victims, these building ...
  • Environmental News 29/06/2011
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • Environmental News 28/06/2011
    Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
  • You and yourself
      Just like your body, your soul needs to be fed. You can train your mind and cultivate an calm state internal just by practicing some activities like yoga, martial arts or just by doing a retreat in an amazingly wild environment. Moreover, meditation (lifestyle/meditation.html ) develops hu ...
  • Give Earth a Hand
    Watch. Be Aware. And Lend a Hand. Such a beautiful illustration of what many hands can do – and NO WORK involved! :) Watch. Be Aware. And Lend a Hand. In order to ensure environmental preservation, check out the Non Profit Organisations in the Green Times Business Directory.

The Briefing Room | Investigate

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Following Barrier’s Rerouting, Residents ...
    From the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee VIdeo of the victory celebrations, warning contains LOTS of car honking! This Friday, as part of the weekly demonstration, residents of Bil’in will commence the construction of a new neighborhood of the village, ‘Bil’in West”, on lands returned to ...
  • Susya Creative and Learning Center: 1st Annive ...
    On Saturday, May 28th, 2011, a celebration was held at the Palestinian village of Susya to mark the frist anniversary of the Susya Creative and Learning Center’s activity. Four hundred guests took part in the festivities – half of them Palestinians from Susya and the area, and the others – Israe ...
  • A bad day for Israeli democracy
    Coalition of Women for Peace, whose campaign we have featured before on this site, have a new video, and sadly, a new update on the progress of the “Boycott Bill” working its way through the Israeli Knesset. H/t to ACRI for the blog title, it came from the subject line of their email alerting us ...
  • Schivone: A Moment Before Boarding the Next Fl ...
    Crossposted from Ha’aretz A moment before boarding the next flotilla Iâd rather use my influence and power, in concert with other members of American civil society, to actively and nonviolently resist policies I consider abominable. By Gabriel Matthew Schivone You might wonder what would ...
  • Bil’in VIllagers to move the wall themselves
    After the Israeli military finally began to move the wall after a Supreme Court decision and 2 years of protest, the village of Bil’in will take matters into their own hands again tomorrow. Popular Struggle has the information on the protest here. Bil’in Demonstrators to Take Down the Wall ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Biffy Clyro perform Mountains at Glastonbury 2011
  • Wasn’t the Iraq War supposed to be winding down?
    U.S. monthly combat deaths in Iraq hit 3-year high
  • Storing wind power energy in compressed air tanks.
    Storing excess wind power as compressed air in underground caverns to drive turbines later when needed is cost-effective and useful. But that means siting wind farms where the caverns are. SustainX thinks they have an even more cost effective approach. Store the energy in compressed air tanks an ...
  • Be scared, be very scared
    Google’s driverless cars are now legal in Nevada. Yes, I know that Google had one of their driverless cars go from S.F. to L.A. on twisty Route 1 along the coast and it performed wonderfully. Further, this technology might well save lives. But, having thousands of driverless cars speeding around ...
  • Strauss-Kahn maid as hotel hooker
    NY Post “There is information . . . of her getting extraordinary tips, if you know what I mean. And it’s not for bringing extra f–king towels,” a source close to the defense investigation said yesterday. This is from the defense but it fits what has been emerging. From day one, Sue thought the h ...

Coteret

  • Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
    On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan shared wi ...
  • “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
    As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here’s the latest example, fro ...
  • New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
    On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. Note that th ...
  • Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
    Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
  • Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
    This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers and the ...

Deadline Live

  • Gaza flotilla activist: Ray McGovern
    Ray McGovern, former CIA officer, speaks to the situation on board the US flotilla ship, the Audacity of Hope, which activists hoped to bring to Gaza. On Friday, they were turned around by the Greek coast guard, and forced back into a port in Athens.
  • Zack de la Rocha, KRS One, Last Emperor &#8211 ...
  • Bill S.978: Show anything copyrighted on the i ...
    The end of the free internet seems to draw closer every day… Daily Paul This bill, which is being pushed hard by Hollywood lobbyists to be passed, has made a huge fuss among the gamer crowd recently. To them, it basically means that they can’t upload and show any gaming videos or live streams wi ...
  • Herman Cain’s top Iowa staff resigns
    Herman Cain has recently lost staff in both New England and Iowa. | Reuters Close By ALEXANDER BURNS | 7/1/11 9:42 PM EDT Updated: 7/2/11 11:36 AM EDT A few days after two senior aides in New England, the other shoe drops on Herman Cain in Iowa: Herman Cain’s Iowa director, Tina Goff, told TheIo ...
  • Embattled former IMF Boss stages unlikely come ...
      ED Note: It appears that several factions within the NWO are divided and fracturing. While “Mr Con” is no good guy, it is becoming more apparent every day that he was set up on this one. Sorkozy (The leader who was threatened by DSK)  is the darling of the status quo elite. This couldn’t b ...

The Air Vent

  • Updated Spencer Ocean Model
    Roy Spencer pointed out that his simple ocean model had an error of a factor of ten in the heat capacity of water.  It is a simple spreadsheet linked below that anyone can work with. simple-forcing-feedback-ocean-heat-diffusion-model-v1.0 FOLLOWUP NOTE: The above spreadsheet has an error in the ...
  • A Travesty for Colose, Show the Data
    The main reason I tried to quit blogging is because I don’t have time to work math.  The family, business and life in general are far more important as so many of you were very adamant (and correct) in explaining to me.   It is nice though to talk with a bunch of very smart people [...]
  • Skeptics are the Educated
    An interesting post at Judith Curry’s blog links to a paper by Dan Kahan and an article at DeSmog blog.   Sadly, skeptics actually are rational people, who actually understand science.  What’s worse, the more people understand, the more likely they are to be skeptical!  Apparently the reader ...
  • Roy Spencer, Missing Heat
    This is a very interesting post by Dr. Roy Spencer on the failure of the ocean to warm according to models, more misleading by the IPCC of that failure, and a simple powerful demonstration which shows where models likely go wrong. It definitely deserves more attention. The result – a greatly red ...
  • What I learned
    I doubt I will spend much time on this paper life is short and you have to pick and chose what you will spend your time on.  The thing is complete bunk in my opinion and I can’t believe it was published, but that is what some of the dark corners of climatology bring us [...]

Focal Point

  • Stephen Colbert's Parody PAC Could Have Real I ...
    Comedian Stephen Colbert is satirizing the impact of money in politics by applying to form his very own Super PAC. The comedian submitted a real application and testified before the Federal Elections Commission. Unfortunately, some campaign finance reform activists worry that the joke will get o ...
  • Thankfully, Self-Immolater Thomas Ball Didn't ...
    Immolating yourself on the courthouse steps to underscore your belief that you were wrongfully separated from your wife and denied custody of your children is the ultimate self-refutation. Especially if your posthumously published terrorist manifesto incites others to torch police stations and ...
  • Photos of Historic NYC Pride March
    The 31st annual New York City Pride March was held just two days after Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill making New York the sixth and largest state to achieve equal marriage. The firs marriage licenses for same-sex couples will be available on July 24. Sex advice columnist Dan Savage and husban ...
  • New York Gay Rights Disco Rock Mash-Up
    Last night, an equal marriage bill passed the New York State Senate and was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo. New York has become the sixth, and largest, state to achieve equal marriage. This is the first time in U.S. history that equal marriage has been ratified by a Republican-contro ...
  • Jack Shafer, Jose Antonio Vargas, and Terrible ...
    In his recent essay, "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant," star reporter Jose Antonio Vargas recalls being sent to the U.S. at the age of 12 to live with his grandparents, naturalized American citizens. He says he thought he was a legal immigrant until the DMV rejected his application for a ...

Inside Facebook

  • This Week’s Headlines From Across Inside Network
    Here are all the latest headlines from around Inside Network this past week. Inside Mobile Apps Tracking the convergence of mobile apps, social platforms, and virtual goods. Monday, June 27th, 2011 Monday Mobile Roundup: RIM, iPhone Rumors & More Android Market Adds App Rating Distributions Emer ...
  • Thanks to Our Sponsors
    Inside Facebook extends a big thank you to our sponsors for supporting the continued growth of Inside Facebook. Check them out below! Shoutlet helps companies manage and monetize their social media communication. Frima Studio develops social games for big brands. SoftLayer provides cloud and ded ...
  • New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: ...
    The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: Acquinity Interactive, Wild Needle, Atakama and Spooky Cool Labs Here are this week’s highlights from the Insi ...
  • Facebook Roundup: Credits, Deals, Hacker Hire, ...
    Facebook’s Upcoming âAwesomeâ Announcement Could Be Video Skype – Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg hinted to reporters that a big announcement was set for next week, specifically, something âawesome.â A press event has been scheduled for Wednesday, July 6th. Some sources and the invite to the event ...
  • Zynga Files to Go Public — Our Coverage
    Zynga filed its S-1 today, registering its securities with the US government ahead of an initial public offering, and revealing a wealth of details about Zynga’s business past and present. We’ve been covering the story over on Inside Social Games and Inside Mobile Apps. Here are the links to our ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Feeding the brave flotilla to Israel’s slaveri ...
    Stuart Littlewood views the British government's unwillingness - as evident from the statements of its ministers in Parliament - to support its citizens' right to go about their lawful business delivering humanitarian aid to besieged Gaza and to protect them from Israeli threats to slaughter the ...
  • Israel and the issue of delegitimization
    Lawrence Davidson argues that it is not enough simply to oppose Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories and that it is Israel's discriminatory ethno-religious structure - its Zionist ideology - that makes it illegitimate and must be the focus of international opposition.
  • Gaza flotilla versus diaspora Jewry
    Gilad Atzmon considers Israel's announced plan to use Jewish diaspora communities, Jewish organizations and friends of Israel around the world to disseminate propaganda via social media in the event of an Israeli massacre of human rights and aid activists abroad the 2011 Gaza-bound humanitarian ...
  • Dispelling Libyan myths
    Anne Marlowe debunks some of the common myths about the Libyan uprising prevalent among certain quarters in the West, from the myth that Libya is tribal, to the nonsense about the uprising being a "civil war", to misinformation about the governance and forces of the anti-Gaddafi opposition.
  • A "responsible end" in Afghanistan?
    As the USA begins its gradual troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Lawrence Davidson reflects on how the failure to learn the lessons of history, and an absence of executive and legislative accountability rooted in the American public's disinterest in politics and foreign policy, have led to more ...

Amazon Rainforest

  • World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
    The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 billion) in pote ...
  • World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
    The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 billion) in pote ...
  • Peru suffers an environmental tragedy!
    The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years.  Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 hectares of virgin and extremely divers ...
  • Earth’s Living Treasure- Celebrating Forests f ...
    United Nations declared 2o11 as the International Year of Forests (Forests 2o11), and why Forests are the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2o11. In this special year, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are ...
  • Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction work ...
    The company leading the dam project, Norte Energia, announced that infrastructure work on roads that will provide access to the region started on Monday morning. The £7bn Belo Monte dam on the Amazon’s Xingu river is scheduled to start producing energy on 31 December 2014 and would be the seco ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Podcast Show #48
    The Boiling Frogs Presents Russ Baker Russ Baker joins us to discuss the case of the former Israeli Spy Chief Meir Dagan, who contends that Israel’s top leaders lack judgment, considers a military attack on Iran “a stupid idea”, and criticizes Israel for having failed to put forward a peace init ...
  • The Tentacles of Megas: Reaching from the Gove ...
    Who Controls Who with What The mega billionaires of the mega corporations directly influence and control the mega public servants – think from presidents down to presidentsâ appointees. Some aptly refer to these âmegasâ collectively as the shadow government. The mega billionaires of the mega cor ...
  • Tax-Free Corporate- Foundations: Vehicles for ...
    Author, researcher and Global Research associate Andrew Gavin Marshall joins James Corbett to discuss the American robber barons of the 19th century and how they used tax-free foundations as a vehicle for transforming their vast fortunes into political and social control. You can listen to this ...
  • A New Documentary: The Terror Within
    A new documentary film regarding whistleblower Julia Davis, who worked as a federal officer with the Department of Homeland Security: The Terror Within “The Terror Within” details the unprecedented magnitude of retaliation and abuses of the PATRIOT Act in the case of Julia Davis. The documentary ...
  • The Centralized- Controlled Dissent & Grassroo ...
    The Upcoming Corporate-Foundations & Watch-Dogs Turned Lapdogs Series In 2006 I made and announced a decision. I was not going to expand and institutionalize my National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC); we were not going to raise a single dollar from foundations, that is, corporate fou ...

Afro Spear

  • the Lupe Fiasco fiasco
    “My fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America. I’m trying to fight the terrorism that’s actually causing the other forms of terrorism. You know, the root cause of terrorism is the stuff the U.S. government allows to happen. The foreign policie ...
  • A Sunday Sermon
  • sat’day riddymz
    WOW!! It’s hard to fathom that it’s been 2 years ago today already that MJ died. I for one have come to appreciate his music more and more.
  • Voodoo and Vaccines in Benin, Africa
    One.org: Save 4 million children’s lives in 5 years
  • Father’s Day Medley
    1. Far Better Men Than I: My Vision for My Sons  2. My Contribution to Society 3. We Were Once Kings 4. Sunday Chat with Dad 5. Call to Fatherhood 6. Rebirth of a Cool Dad 7. The Trials of Single Fatherhood

Expose the BNP

  • Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
    Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
  • Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
    A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
  • Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
    The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
  • Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
    On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
  • Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
    On yesterdayâs Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that âLiberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.â The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parentsâ finances as well. Gr ...

Ode Magazine

  • How language connects and resolves conflict
    By: JohnKinyon Dear Ode readers, I want to share with you a language of connection for resolving conflicts. I have found it leads to clarity, ease and effectiveness, in work and personal life. It is not a foreign language, but a human language. It helps u ...
  • Radiant health and peace in São Paulo, Brazil
    By: PeaceCorso Ernest Holmes, the founder of Religious Science, wrote in his seminal book, The Science of Mind, "If we wish to come to the Spirit for the healing of our wounds, let us come in peace and with spontaneous joy, for the Spirit is joy." It is wi ...
  • How loss relates to success and happiness
    By: Charlie_Badenhop I was sitting around having dinner with a few friends, about a month after the big earthquake and tsunami up north of Tokyo. "Now is the time for the Japanese people to show their true spirit," Suzuki-san said. "You never really know t ...
  • Creating work that feeds the planet
    By: greentarra "Our calling is where our deepest gladness and the world’s hunger meet." Frederick Buechner, theologian Do you feel a calling to create meaningful work that feeds your soul and the planet? There is no greater legacy than sharing your unique ...
  • Choosing happiness over unhappiness
    By: ruchiraa The other day I came across the quotation, "Happiness is a state of mind." Though I agree, I think it is a state of mind that needs to be fed and nurtured regularly. After all, we are human beings and thus have feelings that tend to fluctuate. Some ...

OpEd News

  • Building Trust + Security = A Framework for PEACE
    Middle East Peace is stuck between unilateral initiatives by both sides and large scale popular disbelief in its availability. Trust must be re-established and timing is critical. Accordingly, I present a tradeoff that costs each side dearly but offers something each side desperately wants. The ...
  • Concealed Cruelty
    This video is graphic, but unless people with compassion watch it, there is little hope that huge CAFO farms will ever be dismantled
  • The First Female PM of Thailand ?
    Will Yingluck Shinawatra, the sister of Thaksin Shinawatra, become the first female Prime Minister in the history of Thailand?
  • "Victory by Ramadan" Scenes From Tripoli
    Since the beginning of NATO operations a total of 12,887 sorties, including 4,850 strike sorties have been conducted. On Monday June 27, 2011 there were 142 sorties and 46 strike sorties. A total of 17 NATO ships are patrolling the central Mediterranean sea off Libya. To date 1,546 ships have be ...
  • It's Always About The Money So On With This RE ...
    President 'Nuclear Free World' Obama called on Congress two days before this Independence Day to make a deal and announced, "Nothing can be off-limits. We've got to cut the deficit."

Switchboard

  • Progress on "Building Solar India"
    Anjali Jaiswal, Senior Attorney, San Francisco Even as the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called on countries to agree at next year’s Earth Summit to raise the share of renewables to 30 percent of the energy mix by 2030, India seems to be go ...
  • Hello Los Angeles, Houston, and the San Joaqui ...
    Adrian Martinez, Project Attorney, Southern California Air Team, Santa Monica Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of clean air and promoting stronger public health for millions of Americans.  The case deal ...
  • Latin America Climate, Energy and Environment ...
    Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile UNESCO made Chile’s “Corredor Biológico Nevados de Chillán y Laguna del Laja” one of its Biosphere Reserves for having an important variety of endemic species.  The international body n ...
  • ARB Announces Plans to Require Major Industria ...
    Devra Wang, Director, California Energy Program, San Francisco At a California Senate oversight hearing yesterday called by Senator Pavley, a joint author of the state’s landmark Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32), Air Resources Board Chairman N ...
  • A sign that walkers and cyclists need more respect
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities & Smart Growth, Washington, DC �� (Since the first person I showed this to failed to get the point, I'll add that this is a swampy part of Florida where certain kinds of critters do abound.) Thank ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • Most Prominent Politicians (VIII): South Carolina
    Oh South Carolina, have you ever elected decent politicians? I will try to counter one clear criticism of this list. I know that there are a few state-level people who played major roles in the road to secession. I haven’t always included them, simply because I don’t have the time to go into tha ...
  • Education and Oaxacan Poverty
    Building on the discussion of indigenous poverty in Oaxaca from a couple of days ago is this Guardian piece on indigenous children not going to school in rural Oaxaca, thus plunging deeper into a never-ending cycle of poverty exacerbated by the global economy. Elena Gonzales folds yarn between h ...
  • What Stories Can American Historical Museums P ...
    Neil Genzlinger has a thought provoking piece on the dark side of Ellis Island and American immigration, which he rightfully says is underplayed at the museum: But there’s another side to our national welcome mat that doesn’t get so much attention, even though these days it often seems more in t ...
  • Tommy Gun: For Shooting Dangerous or Delicious ...
    Reading CJ Chivers’ The Gun, which is more of a history of automatic firearms than of the AK-47 itself. He mentions this advertisement, which is just 95 kinds of awesome. The idea of fighting off rustlers and other miscreants with a Tommy gun is shockingly appealing to me.  It’s not quite the s ...
  • Et tu, A-Rod?
    Damn. “I can’t remember a more exciting series against the Mets coming up just because they’ve been playing so extremely well,” Rodriguez said before the game. “I mean they’ve been playing at a really high level. They have the world’s greatest player right now playing shortstop over there, and m ...

Desert Research Institute

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

Earth Techling

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • In Hanford saga, no resolution in sight
    Two decades after it began, there's no end in sight to legal wrangling over the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. Is this how litigation is supposed to work?
  • SPECIAL REPORT: WASHINGTON'S MOST INFLUENTIAL ...
    Some on The National Law Journal's list of 20 in-house counsel oversee huge operations. Others are joined by just a few attorneys and work mostly on regional issues. One thing each has in common: They've dedicated themselves to running efficient offices and to providing top-quality ­service to t ...
  • CHAMPIONS & VISIONARIES
    In this fourth annual special section, we honor Washington lawyers in two categories: Champions, those who have upheld the profession's core values through public service, pro bono efforts and advocacy for civil liberties, and Visionaries, attorneys whose business or legal acumen has expanded th ...
  • Pitcher's case on deck
    The prosecution of Clemens in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on perjury, obstruction and false statement charges is the highest-profile trial in Washington since the botched case against the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) two years ago.
  • Clement settles in at small firm
    Former Solicitor General Paul Clement has not had much time to reflect on the fateful day two months ago when he rocked the legal world by resigning from King & Spalding and jumping to the far smaller Bancroft PLLC.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

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

News Blaze

environment 360

  • U.S. Wine Regions Vulnerable to Warmer Tempera ...
    Warming temperatures could significantly impact some of America’s premium wine growing regions within three decades, including counties in California that produce some of the nation’s most expensive wines, ShutterstockGrapes on the vine according to a new Stanford University study. In Northern ...
  • Court Orders Compensation in Deaths of Samsung ...
    A Korean court has ordered Samsung Electronics to compensate the family of two former employees who died of leukemia, ruling that there was likely a link between their deaths and exposure to chemicals at the company’s semiconductor plants. The ruling by Judge Jin Chang-su overturns a 2009 decisi ...
  • Green Activists Feel Sting of Chinese Governme ...
    Even before this spring’s ominous clampdown on China’s public-interest lawyers, writers, and activists, the country’s fledgling environmental community felt the authorities’ noose tightening. BY CHRISTINA LARSON
  • Intensifying Signs of Warming Continued in 201 ...
    The world showed signs last year of accelerated warming, with carbon dioxide emissions continuing to soar, ice retreating in Greenland at the fastest rate in recorded history, and 2010 tying 2005 as the warmest year on record, according to a U.S. government report. The State of the Climate Repor ...
  • Green Energy Breakthroughs Could Boost U.S. Ec ...
    Breakthroughs in green energy technology, coupled with supportive government policies, could add $155 billion to the U.S. economy annually and create more than 1.1 million jobs by 2030, according to an analysis by Google.org, the internet search giant’s philanthropic arm. Using an analytic set o ...

Red Ice Creations

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

Russia Today

  • Greece: a step back from the brink - for now
    The fifth aid tranche approved by eurozone finance ministers has bought Greece some short-term relief. But with sobering prospects of a second three-year financial rescue plan, the country may find itself on the brink...
  • Hundreds clash in Ukraine over Orthodox cross
    An Orthodox cross has become a stumbling block between Russian Cossacks and authorities in Crimea, Ukraine’s autonomous republic. Hundreds have brawled on July 2 over the demolition of the cross set up in the city of...
  • Ukraine at trade crossroads
    The borders between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan have been broken down when it comes to trade, as July 1 saw a customs union join the three countries. But there is another candidate which could soon become part of...
  • Chechen militants kill policeman and escape
    One police officer has been killed and two others wounded in a gunfight with militants in Russia's republic of Chechnya. Up to a dozen armed militants are trying to shake off the pursuit in a hard-to-reach forested area.
  • “Facebook killer” dad gets life for murdering ...
    An Australian man has received a life sentence for stabbing his two-year-old daughter and leaving her to die. He was dubbed the “Facebook killer”, as prior to the murder he announced his intention on the social network.

Not My Tribe

  • Banner day for IMF: enslaves Greece, blocks Fl ...
    JULY 1, 2011- US Boat THE AUDACITY OF HOPE defies Greek Authorities, immediately blocked. Shortly after this photo was taken, the Audacity of Hope was surrounded by Greek coast guard ships, blocked by the same government that just voted twice against the will of its own people.
  • Irish MV Saoirse becomes 2nd victim of sabotag ...
    So how do nonviolent, unarmed humanitarian activists protect themselves from weapons-wielding attackers? Not very well.   But they don’t have to. Afterward, they don’t even point a finger. And it’s working. Via too many flat screens to stop, the world audience sees that Israel will stop at nothi ...
  • ACLU and Shepard Fairey drape Lady Liberty in ...
    Is “Freedom” the same thing as Liberty? Let’s see, ACFU? It has a different ring to it.   The American Civil Liberties Union commissioned this fundraising magnet from one-note, halftone-deaf Obamartist Shepard Fairey, but somebody confused this for a Department Of Defense contract. “Leading Free ...
  • First look! US Boat to Gaza, Flotilla II block ...
    Democracy Now Producer Aaron Maté took a quick photo of the American boat scheduled shortly to sail with the upcoming aid flotilla to Gaza. How will President Obama respond to an effort named after his presidential campaign bestseller Audacity Of Hope? I’d suggest, by renaming his book, which h ...
  • IDF’s Old Testament Anarchist Bible: sul ...
    FOR HOW-TO FANS: Israel’s IDF says sulfur can be poured unto its soldiers to immobilize them, even used “to light them up like human torches” supposedly. Uh, sounds promising. References please? The Old Testament of course, nothing less than the old fire and brimstone, I kid you not. The IDF is ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • Another Balzac Vitry Verinage
    This is another Verinage demolition of an apartment building in the same area (Balzac Vitry-Sur-Seine) as the other one. This demolition was in June of last year. And here's a speed time plot... Can't get much clearer than that really!
  • Charlie Veitch, WTF???
    The latest person to be branded a shill by fundamentalist truthers is Charlie Veitch of The Love Police who recently announced to all his followers that he no longer believes 9/11 was an inside job. This is especially weird because no less than two weeks ago he said the scientific evidence pre ...
  • JFK 1991 - Jim Garrison's Closing Argument
    Nothing has changed. The JFK assassination, like other exposed Government conspiracies, has two aspects to it that should (but doesn't) wake up even the most hardcore cool-aid drinkers. The first is the highly improbable and/or physical impossibility of the official story while the second i ...
  • RIBA, AIA and Aaronovitch attack Gage
    It seems the heads of the Britain and America's top architectural organizations are annoyed that Gage got to talk at the Royal Institute of British Architects, accusing him of using RIBA's name to give credibility to a 'bonkers' conspiracy theory. The Randi-crowd are of course using this fact to ...
  • A Peer-Reviewed Deception
    It's been ages since I last made one of my trademark compilation videos. Work and shit has been getting in the way. For months I was working on a video that was kind of a general scientific truth video that had a section on 9/11 forensics, a section on climate change, a section on vaccines, a ...

Fooducate

  • A Tale of 4 Hot-Dogs, Which Do You Choose?
    This 4th of July, Americans will eat over 150 million hot dogs. While wieners are a classic American dish, they are not the healthiest or tastiest meat product out there. What they do have is a smooth, easy-on-the-eyes-and-mouth consistency. It’s easy to get kids to like them. Here’s a look at 4 ...
  • 2 New Studies: Diet Soda Leads to Weight Gain, ...
    Earlier this week, at a conference of the American Diabetes Association, 2 interesting studies related to diet soda were presented. Both reached similar conclusions – Not only will diet soda NOT help you lose weight, it may actually cause weight gain and diabetes! Study #1 – Diet Soda consumptio ...
  • Third-Party Verifiers: Your Grocery Shopping S ...
    This is a guest blog post by Kirsten L. Grieshaber. You are in the grocery store getting the goods for this weekendâs backyard barby and its time to pick up the ground beef.  As a careful shopper, you know the wise move is to go for the brand with the lowest price, right?  Oooh…time out. [...]
  • Sweet Corn is a Stellar Snack
    This is a guest post by Lisa Cain, PhD, a.k.a Snack-Girl Don’t tell me you haven’t noticed the piles of corn at the front of your local grocery store. The stacks of 10 ears for $2 are calling Snack Girl. Sweet corn, sometimes called a vegetable (and always called a grain) is a great source [...]
  • Over 25% of Our Daily Calories Come from Snacks
    This is not surprising. The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) released a report last week depicting America’s snacking habits. Between 1977 and 2006, snacking in the American diet has grown to constitute “a full eating event,” or a fourth meal, averaging about 580 calories each day, said Ric ...

Traffikd

  • Four Pre-Writing Exercises for Inspired Bloggers
    Rebecca Chelsey's recent post on ways to spark our creativity got me thinking about the next step: how to take that creativity and turn it into meaningful sentences on the page. In other words, what we do with that spark of inspiration will determine the success or setbacks we face when we blog. ...
  • 8 Simple Sources of Creative Inspiration
    As a creative person, I've noticed that creativity and creative ideas tend to present themselves whenever they see fit, and rarely otherwise. This is an especially unfortunate habit for my creativity to have because I am in the field of design. Over the years I've researched and stumbled upon ei ...
  • Culture Vulture: Social Strategies for Differe ...
    Social media campaigns are becoming more integrated into the overall online marketing mix. And as with anything on the Web, you need to think global to succeed in the long term. To succeed with social media marketing for different cultures, you need to familiarise yourself with what’s happening ...
  • Internet Marketing and Social Media Degree Pro ...
    Guest post by Brian Jenkins Over a billion and a half people use the Internet, and this has created a plethora of opportunities for talented Internet marketers. Specialized knowledge in Internet marketing and social media is vital for many businesses. Yes, there are successful, self-taught Inte ...
  • How to Find Great Communities, Forums, and Blo ...
    To market your company effectively, you need to find out where your target audience is. In this post I’ll show you how you can do this. I like using examples, so in this case, I’ll assume you sell Star Wars merchandise.

Survival International

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

Greg Palast

  • Drowning Fish?
    by Greg Palast June 30th, 2011 July 3 would have been my parents' 67th Anniversary. 67 years. Maybe it was the triumph of Hope over Reality (still have that Obama 2008 poster?). Or maybe something else, something that those of us who haven't walked that far down the path can't imagine. My D ...
  • Ce soir ! Achtung! BP en eaux troubles + Die B ...
    Tonight! 28 June. On ARTE, in French and German — in France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Austria, Holland and (check listing for French Canada) … BP: In Deep Water — The first of Greg Palast’s investigative reports on BP, the Bribery & Pollution company masquerading as an oil company. La M ...
  • Strauss-Kahn Screws Africa
    by Greg Palast for The Guardian Now that I've dispensed with the obvious and obnoxious teaser headline, let's drop the towel and expose Dominique Strauss-Kahn's history of arrogant abuse. The truth is, the grandee of the IMF has molested Africans for years. On Wednesday, the New York Times r ...
  • So, Osama walks into this bar...
    by Greg Palast from Armed Madhouse: just so we don't forget... So, Osama walks into this bar, see? And Bush says, “Whad’l’ya have, pardner?” and Osama says... ...But wait a minute. I’d better shut my mouth. The sign here in the airport says, “Security is no joking matter.” But if security’ ...
  • BP's Secret Deepwater Blowout
    by Greg Palast exclusive for Truthout/Buzzflash Greg Palast investigating BP's blowout in the Caspian, Baku, Azerbaijan 2010. Only 17 months before BP's Deepwater Horizon rig suffered a deadly blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, another BP deepwater oil platform also blew out. You've heard and se ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle door handles/door k ...
    We’ve had an email from Jill: The last people who lived in our house were obsessed with those naff fake gold handles. We’ve just changed them all out but now have a stash of really ugly handles. Can they be recycled? They probably can be recycled with normal metal scrap – I’m not sure what [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle personalised weddin ...
    We’ve had an email from Rosey: We just got married (yay!) and while we tried to keep the waste to a minimum, we have ended up with about 100 personalised wedding cake boxes leftover. Not sure how that happened! They’re just card but I’d like to reuse them anyway but didn’t know what to do [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle a chicken carcass a ...
    We’ve started getting a meat box delivery from Swillington Farm – a local organic farm. All the meat is organic, the animals have been treated well during their lives and the food miles are very low — in fact for the chicken we had over the weekend, the only food miles were the ones delivering [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle plastic shipping/ma ...
    Kayci has emailed: First off, I absolutely love your website and all the nifty and creative ideas your community finds. Now for a confession: I am a bookworm. I typically go through 100+ novels a year without breaking a sweat. In an effort to try and green up my hobbies I’ve stopped going to the ...
  • How can I reuse or recycle big plastic (animal ...
    Over on the Suggest an Item page, Emily asked: Would anybody have any ideas for reusing the bags that stock feed comes in? They are some sort of plastic and not recycleable. Funnily enough, I had this on my to-do list already as I’m starting to be overrun with the things too – and I’ve [...]

Age of Autism

  • The NIMBY's Begin As Autism Group Homes Are Ne ...
    As we seek independence for our loved ones, the rest of the nation might not be so welcoming. The wave of young adults with autism aging out into adult services is beginning. The current DDS plans for special needs adults...
  • Libraries and Autism: Connected
    By Anne Dachel June 25, 2011, I found an interesting piece on Google News about libraries serving the needs of disabled young people, especially those with autism. (School Library Journal) “Working with disabled teens isn't easy, but you can learn...
  • UK Mom Who Strangled Son With Autism Cleared o ...
    Managing Editor's Note: I'll write here what I wrote in my book about moms and dads killing their children with autism. "...some commenters with either an intimate or tangential link to autism talked about how they feel sympathy for each...
  • Hilary Butler on Unanswered Questions about He ...
    Part 1 of 3. Unanswered questions about the Hepatitis B vaccine Hilary Butler - Monday, June 27, 2011 In the early 1990s, the American National Institute of Medicine (IOM) was mandated to enquire into the safety of childhood vaccines. At...
  • Cleveland Autism Conference 7/22 - 23 Just $75 ...
    Kim here. I'll be speaking in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday July 22nd. Our wonderful sponsor Lee Silsby Compounding Pharmacy is sponsoring this conference from AMAB on July 22 and 23 in Independence, Ohio, just minutes from downtown Cleveland. Speakers include...

Global BDS Movement

  • Map test
    View Global BDS Day of Action 2011 in a larger map
  • BDS campaigners force Ahava shop to move
      The central London flagship store of Ahava, an Israeli cosmetics company whose products come from stolen Palestinian natural resources in the occupied West Bank, and are produced in the illegal settlement of Mitzpe Shalem, has been forced to move … Continue reading →
  • Rawabi remains settler-colonial sub-contractor
    Uri Davis writes on the ongoing links between the Rawabi project and the Jewish National Fund.
  • Stop the Wall release new report on Brazil’s m ...
    Notwithstanding its recent recognition of the Palestinian State and its long tradition of supporting Palestinian rights and upholding international law, the Brazilian government has signed contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars with Israel’s arms industry.
  • Trade Unions
    The global trade union movement has consistently demonstrated its courage and commitment to human rights by adopting concrete, ground-breaking labour-led sanctions against oppressive regimes in a show of effective solidarity with oppressed peoples around the world. Adopting BDS measures has … Co ...

Farm Wars

Open Your Eyes News

  • Russia rescues Bank of Moscow in record bail-out
    BBC – Russia’s fifth largest bank, Bank of Moscow, has been given the biggest bail-out in Russian history. The $14bn rescue came after another bank, VTB, gained control through a hostile bid, only to uncover bad loans valued at $9bn – a third of the bank’s assets. Bank of Moscow’s former head, A ...
  • India: Monsoon rains 89 pc above normal in UP
    Times of India – Uttar Pradesh got a break from five days of continuous heavy rains on Friday. Though light to moderate intermittent rains were reported from many parts of the state, the intensity has decreased. While total rains in the monsoon so far have been 89 per cent above normal, incessan ...
  • Saudi Arabia’s clerics challenge King Ab ...
    Guardian – In an implicit criticism of the hugely wealthy royal family, Shethri said the Qur’an teaches money should not be admired nor should the rich be envied. The poorer you are, he said, “the less you will have to account for in this life and the next”. Read article
  • Despite Pakistani Denials, U.S. Keeps Drone Op ...
    National Journal – The Central Intelligence Agency is continuing to use a covert base inside Pakistan for drone strikes and other counterterrorism operations despite Islamabadâs public insistence that the facility has been closed, highlighting the increasingly complicated relationship between th ...
  • Mass rape in DR Congo: UN
    ABC – Troops under a former rebel commander raped 121 women in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu region between June 11 and 13, a UN spokesman says. “According to interviews with the medical personnel, local authorities and alleged victims, the troops raped 121 women. They also commi ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Warmer temperatures threaten Northern Californ ...
    In the next 30 years, high-value vineyards in Northern California could shrink by 50% because of global warming, according to a new Stanford University study released Thursday. Applying scenarios from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, scientists used a climate...
  • Pacific Ocean study finds fish tainted by plastic
    Southern California researchers found plastic in nearly 1 in 10 small fish collected in the northern Pacific Ocean in the latest study to call attention to floating marine debris entering the food chain. The study published this week by scientists...
  • Judge rules polar bears still 'threatened'
    A U.S. District Court on Thursday upheld a Bush-era decision that polar bears are a threatened species, despite challenges by the state of Alaska and others seeking to strip the bear of its protection. Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that the...
  • Van Nuys facility agrees to $100,000 fine
    A Van Nuys metal-plating business has agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to settle charges that it mishandled hazardous waste. Inspectors from the Environmental Protection Agency and Los Angeles County Fire Department found that Crown Chrome Plating, a division of...
  • California delays its carbon trading program f ...
    Facing continued litigation, California officials will delay enforcement of the state's complex carbon trading program until 2013, state Air Resources Board Chairwoman Mary Nichols announced Wednesday. The delay in the cap-and-trade program, which was slated to take effect in January,...

water.org

  • Matt Damon’s bold yet sane plan (Fast Co ...
    Can Matt Damon Bring Clean Water To Africa? (Fast Company) – The inside story of Matt Damon’s bold yet sane plan to use his celebrity and smarts to help attack one of the globe’s great crises. Once upon a time, Matt Damon went for a long walk in rural Zambia. The devoted family man and method [...]
  • Interview with Water.org’s April Rinne (GGT)
    INTERVIEW: Water.Org’s April Rinne (Green Global Travel) – While other charities may have similar goals, Water.org’s WaterCredit program is unique in that it is works in partnership with microfinance institutions to establish markets in which there is fair access to affordable loans for everyone ...
  • You’re Invited: June 1st Conference Call
      Wednesday, June 1 The 45-minute call begins at 9 p.m. ET Call in number: 978-964-0049
 Participant code: 449749# Not everyone who needs water should have to wait for charity to find them. Learn how Water.org is putting microfinance tools and partnerships to use in helping people get safe water ...
  • Brightest students solving the water crisis
    Hult International Business School Global Case Challenge crowd sources solutions to the water crisis with help from the Clinton Global Initiative. Team from Cambridge University wins Case Challenge.
  • Student group Project RightChoice (Dartmouth)
    Student org. hosts fundraising gala (The Dartmouth) – By selling raffle tickets for a $2,500 cash reward and hosting games with prizes from over 50 local business, members of the student group Project RightChoice raised over $20,000 to support the charity organization Water.Org at a Cinco de May ...

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

  • The Deniers on CBC Radio's 'Ideas'
    The science is settled - is now the mantra of climate change activism? Those who disagree are either in denial or in the pay of an oil company. But long time environmentalist and energy activist Lawrence Solomon says no, the science is not settled on global warming. Ideas producer David Cayley b ...

Margaret's News

  • Gaza's Strawberries and Flowers go Forth
    The Gaza Strip has begun to export strawberries and flowers to markets in Europe, according to a report by the Coordinator of Government Activities in Judea and Samaria. A spokesperson for coordinator Major-General Eitan Dangot said on Sunday that the Submitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...
  • Avrech: Gaza's Camps for Terror
    Kids in Gaza also go to Summer camp, but sports have been replaced with terrorist training and Jew-hating indoctrination. Their summer experience is a celelebration of genocidal jihad against the Jewish State, and no doubt, all non-Muslims. Make no misSubmitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...
  • New Mall for Gaza
    Hamas has announced that a new mall will be built in the Gaza Strip. Yusuf Mansi, Minister of Housing and Public Works of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, told Gaza-based news agency Safa on Thursday that his office is currently on a plan to build Submitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...
  • Gaza Water Park Opens
    Influenced by Arab and leftist propaganda, the world sees Gaza as a ghetto under siege by the cruel Israeli army, but photos from Gaza continually prove the opposite. This set of photos posted on the Hebrew news site Rotter.net shows the opening of a wSubmitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...
  • Apple Removes Intifada App From Store
    Apple removed an application from its App Store on Wednesday after a Jewish human rights group and a top Israeli official said it contained anti-Semitic content and promoted violence against Israel. The app, �The Third Intifada,� notified people of upcSubmitted by Gillian no fwds please no po ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Worldnews

  • Farm crisis: A bullock cart for Ramrao
    What is common to the black-and-white classic, Oh re taal mile nadi ke jal mein from Raj Kapoor’s Teesri Kasam and Gadiwale gadi dheere haak re from Mehboob Khan’s classic Mother India or any painting of a rural landscape? The humble bullock cart, of course, which has often been used to evo ...
  • Israel, Gaza, and the Irrationality of ' ...
    Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Prior to yet another international freedom flotilla headed to Gaza, this one consisting of trying to deliver humanitarian aid and letters of solidarity, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared: "...we will not shy away from taking a ...
  • How first 24 hours shaped Japan's nuclear ...
    MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press= FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — When Unit 2 began to shake, Hiroyuki Kohno's first hunch was that something was wrong with the turbines. He paused for a moment, then went back to logging the day's radioactivity readings. He expected it to pass. Until the shakes beca ...
  • 'Online retail industry to reach Rs 7,000 ...
    The market size of online retail industry in India is likely to touch Rs 7,000 crore by 2015 due to increasing internet penetration across the country, a survey today...
  • Kids risk ill health with too much salt
    Health experts in Britain have warned that the processed foods and sauces at the heart of the nation's diet are actually fuelling a dangerous daily overdose of salt and putting children's health at risk. Children are routinely eating too much salt, risking ill health and a shorter life. Typ ...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • Natural Interaction With Flying Robots Via Kinect
    garymortimer writes "Researchers at The Flying Machine Arena in the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control ETH Zurich control a multicopter drone with gesture based commands. The designers say they are 'looking for ways to make interaction with our vehicles natural and intuitive.'" ...
  • Evolution Machine Accelerates Genetic Engineering
    chrb writes "New Scientist has an article about the Evolution Machine — a device which can accelerate directed artificial evolution to discover desirable DNA changes in days rather than years. One of the aims of these researchers is to create an organism that is genetically immune to all viruses ...
  • Induction Chemotherapy With Revlimid Does Not ...
    A study released in the June edition of� Leukemia has shown that induction chemotherapy with lenalidomide, or Revlimid, does not prevent myeloma patients from collecting enough stem cells for a double or "tandem" stem cell transplant.... Read Full Post
  • 4th of July Parades - Hidden Dangers
    Everyone loves a parade. Whether your kids are just watching a 4th of July parade, or they are part of the parade, in a marching band, on a float, or riding a bike they decorated themselves, parades can be fun.... Read Full Post
  • Green: Making a Bet on Concentrated Refills
    Will consumers be willing to buy a tiny pouch of window cleaner and dilute it in a spray bottle at home, rather than buying another bottle and generating plastic waste?

Common Dreams

  • Greece Arrests Captain of US Gaza-Bound Boat
    The captain of a US ship bound for Gaza has been arrested by Greek authorities for a felony after being brought before a prosecutor, activists have told Al Jazeera. read more
  • Chavez's Cancer Revelation Rattles Venezuela
    CARACAS, Venezuela -- President Hugo Chavez's disclosure that he is being treated for cancer is raising questions about whether he will be able to run for re-election next year and how his illness may impact the future of his socialist movement in Latin America. While Chavez remained in Cuba rec ...
  • Japan: Experts Urge Great Caution Over Radiati ...
    In order to address public concerns over post 3/11 food safety, the government should be more forthcoming in the monitoring and disclosure of data regarding radiation contamination of soil, Akira Sugenoya, mayor of Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, told this reporter recently. ...
  • Climate Change May Pose Biggest Security Threat
    WASHINGTON - As a budget battle rages on in the U.S. Congress and President Barack Obama's military budget comes under increasingly harsh scrutiny, a report just released here by the Institute for Policy Studies suggests that reallocating defense spending towards tackling climate change might be ...
  • U.S. Replaces Japan in Role of Villain on Whales
    BUENOS AIRES - The United States has taken over the pro-whaling stance traditionally championed by Japan, but instead of supporting the capture of whales for scientific research purposes, it is doing so under the guise of aboriginal subsistence quotas. This is one of the conclusions reached by L ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

Energy Collective

  • A Solution for Biofuels? Researchers Quadruple ...
    My Clean Break column revisits the importance of producing biofuels from algae, especially in the case of producing renewable fuels fo
  • UMW: Messaging A Clean-Energy Future
    When it comes to discussing the value and power of a clean-energy future, in a way that touches core values and life-experiences of a good share of Americans, perhaps it is time to think and speak UMW.� No �� not the United Mine Workers.� Instead,� when we think UMW and energy, we should tur ...
  • Back to Basics on Climate Science
    Last week I had the privilege to attend an MIT forum and listen to the keynote address given by Nobel laureate Mario Molina. The subject of the address was the issue of conveying an understanding of the science of climate change to the general public. Professor Molina won the Nobel Prize and is ...
  • Study: Miami Has Best C02 Practices, Denver Be ...
    Yesterday, the results of a study conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and commissioned by Siemens was released that assesses and compares 27 major U.S. and Canadian cities on environmental performance and policies across nine categories � CO2 emissions, energy, land use, buildings ...
  • T. Boone Terrorism: Droughts Pit Natural Gas I ...
    Speaking of less water, Travis Waldron has a fine observation on irresponsible action by fossil fuel companies, specifically drillers using Billions of Gallons of Potable Water for fracking. Where? In Drought-Stricken Texas, of course.

Green House - USA Today

  • Green House takes brief hiatus
    This Green House community will take a hiatus until August, because its moderator, Wendy Koch, is on medical leave. Please check back in a few weeks for environmental news and updates on her journey in green living.
  • My green house is finally, almost, done
    "It's surreal," my husband Alex said about living in our new home a few days after moving in last month. Indeed, it is. We've nurtured the project so long on paper that actually being inside it felt odd or dream-like.
  • U.S. national parks suffer from climate change ...
    America's national parks are suffering as wildlife such as gray wolves disappears, air quality deteriorates and many waterways are polluted, an upcoming report will reveal.
  • Fastest sea-level rise in 2,100 years linked t ...
    The sea-level is now rising faster along the U.S. Atlantic coast than at any time in the past 2,100 years, and this surge is linked to increasing global temperatures, an international research team reports.
  • Supreme Court backs EPA over states on climate ...
    The Supreme Court unanimously rejected Monday a lawsuit by six states that were suing five major power companies for emitting greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • Israeli Freedom Flotilla II Terrorism
    by Stephen Lendman Daily, Israel keeps proving its lawless rogue credentials, notably by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza. As a result, it finds new ways to show contempt for human rights, rule of law standards, civility, fundamental Judaic tenets, and its very legitimacy as a nation state, ...
  • Egypt must possess credible strategic deterren ...
    By Khalid M. Amayreh One of the main but little-known restrictions imposed on Egypt by the United States during the era of former President Husni Mubarak prevented Egypt from trying to develop or acquire a reasonable deterrent against Israel's formidable nuclear arsenal. Successive U.S. adm ...
  • Libya's Neighborhoods Prepare for NATO's Boots ...
    By FRANKLIN LAMB Tripoli, Libya At ten a.m. Tripoli time on 6/28/11 the Libyan Ministry of Health made available to this observer its compilation entitled “Current Statistics Of Civilian Victims Of Nato Bombardments On Libya, (3/19/11-6/27/11). Before releasing their data, which will be made ...
  • Pack Journalism Anti-Gaddafi Propaganda
    by Stephen Lendman Western media, especially America's, mostly ignore multiple Obama wars (including against Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia), focusing mainly on promoting terror bombing Libya, slaughtering civilians to save them. Ongoing since March 19, killing and destruction continue dail ...
  • Targeting Professor Terri Ginsberg's Academic ...
    by Stephen Lendman Post-9/11, anyone challenging America's war on terrorism faces possible recrimination, especially vulnerable Muslims, targeted for political advantage to incite fear to justify war. Moreover, anyone critical of Israel leaves them vulnerable to vilification, intimidation a ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • BC's unfair tax system means wealthy pay lower ...
    Today the CCPA-BC released a new report that reveals how ten years of tax cuts and changes have created an unfair system in which the wealthy pay lower taxes and the public treasury is starved for funds. Not only are BC's wealthiest 20% of households paying the lowest tax rate, tax cuts have led ...
  • Job posting: Online Communications Officer
    The CCPA National office is seeking an Online Communications Officer to join our communications team in Ottawa to support and expand the CCPA’s ongoing communications and outreach efforts. The deadline for applications is August 19, 2011. Click here for the full job posting.
  • Linda McQuaig in Regina and Saskatoon!
    � Award-winning journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig will speak in both�Regina and Saskatoon on Wednesday October 19th and�Thursday October 20th. Linda will discuss her new book, The Trouble with Billionaires, �which critically examines how extremes of wealth undermine both our qua ...
  • Cashing in: Canada’s CEO salary surge
    Maclean's magazine focuses on Canada's highest paid 50 CEOs and finds their take-home pay increases to be "astronomical". Macleans writes: "In the past 12 years, there’s been a 444 per cent salary increase for Canada’s top CEOs." Read more here.
  • Where the millionaires live
    The Globe and Mail created an interesting infographic that breaks down millionaires by where they live in the world. It shows Canada as home to 282,000 millionaires. See it here.

World Wide Hippies

  • Let the Fracking begin – Gov. Andrew Cuo ...
    WWH – toadie; A side kick, a tag-a-long, one who is sent to do the dirty work. ibtimes – New York state appears likely to lift its ban on extracting natural gas through the controversial process known as hydraulic fracturing after the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation released upd ...
  • Gaza flotilla: US Media, PR tools for Israel?
    AlJazeeraEnglish WWH – Worldwide Hippies was contacted by AlJazeeraEnglish, to give our opinion on the media reporting on the Gaza Floatilla. Included in this video from AlJazeeraEnglish is our response. Even before the boats of Freedom Flotilla II set sail for Gaza, the PR and media machine was ...
  • Hippie TV: Shorts
    WWH -Hippie TV brings you, short video’s from around the web each saturday. If you have a video you would like to see featured or a suggested video. Let us know. Send information to joe@worldwidehippies.com And watch our Hippie TV news each monday. Or visit and subscribe to our Channel on Youtub ...
  • The Collapse of Capitalism, Part One: Planned ...
    WWH -I have always believed that Capitalism is doomed to fail. Well, actually, I guess there are a few who think it’s a great success and the cat’s meow and all that, but if anyone thinks it is meant to be a system that satisfies people’s basic needs, it is a miserable failure. That’s OK. [...]
  • The Final Act of the Casey Anthony Circus
    By Geraldo Rivera | Fox – The power of the Casey Anthony drama is self-evident in the gaggle of passengers gathered around this airport’s television monitors. Like millions of Americans, they are following every twist and turn as this painful but compelling case careens to its dramatic conclusio ...

FourWinds10

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

Crisis Maven

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

Capital Flow Analysis

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

R-Squared Energy Blog

  • Worldwide Nuclear Industry Woes Deepen
    Join the forum discussion on this post The following guest post is from OilPrice.com. ——————————– The year 2011 will go down for the nuclear industry worldwide as an annus horribilis. First came the March Fukushima nuclear disaster, with operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) belatedly ...
  • Tapping the SPR: The Root of Dysfunctional Ene ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post Falling Into the Trap of Influencing the Crude Oil Markets It seems that nothing quite brings out the silliness in politicians like the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). As you undoubtedly have now heard, the United States and the International Energy Ag ...
  • US, Other Countries Battle OPEC With Release F ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post While Robert continues his trip to Europe and across the Continental U.S., a significant piece of news has been dominating the headlines. Although we’ve been closely monitoring the release of 60 million barrels of crude on our Energy Ticker page, we also w ...
  • Highlights of BP’s 2011 Statistical Review of ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post Global Energy Growth BP recently released their highly respected annual Statistical Review of World Energy for 2011. Most of the news stories on the report have focused on the exceptionally strong growth in global energy consumption. While that is without ...
  • Media Misinformation Promotes Dysfunctional En ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post Over the years I have had some enlightening interactions with the news media. I have gradually developed the view that many in the media believe their role is more to entertain than to inform. My naive younger self believed that the media generally present ...

Discovery Educator Network

  • Animaps
    Tags: education, resources, maps, socialstudies, googlemapsby: Jackie Gerstein
  • Reading and Writing Transmedia | Digital Is ...
    Comments:"Reading and Writing Transmedia" - Jackie GersteinTags: transmedia, writing, learning, digital_storytellingby: Jackie Gerstein
  • Best content in ISTE 2011 | Diigo Groups
    Comments:Twitter and backchanneling sessions only capture information for finite periods of time. This site will be used to store all of the great links and resources discovered through ISTE 2011 (Jun 26-29, 2011) so you can retrieve them at home. Please join with me and share your favorite link ...
  • Session Description - ISTE 2011 Infographics
    Comments:"Diana Laufenberg " - Jackie GersteinTags: infographics, digitalcitizenship, all_teachersby: Jackie Gerstein
  • Movietools.info - Free Loops Menu
    Comments:Greenscreen background options.  - Dean MantzTags: Movietools.info, free, loops, backgroundsby: Dean Mantz

Rodale News

  • Farmer's Markets Innovations Make Healthy Food ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—There's often a throwback feel to farmer's markets, where you can seek out the same heirloom vegetable varieties your great-grandmother adored. Old-school, heritage-breed chicken eggs? Yep, a true farmer's market probably offers them. And while the farmer's market is a p ...
  • The Nickel Pincher: DIY Wedding Favor Ideas
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—At the Royal Wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the guests all left with luxurious wool scarves, sporting the Union Jack in various colorful prints, that cost about $75 each. Chances are, you haven't budgeted that amount of money into your next soiree. And do ...
  • SEC Investigates Monsanto's Shady Dealings
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Biotech giant and GMO-seed producer Monsanto now has the weight of the feds on its back. read more
  • Nation's Doctors Want BPA Labeled, and No More ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—As the country's most influential medical society, the American Medical Association (AMA) holds a lot of sway with government officials who decide what is and isn't important when it comes to public health. Last week, the agency concluded its annual House of Delegates me ...
  • Protect Your Pets from Fireworks Phobia and Ot ...
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PAâFourth of July is one of those holidays that's especially loud and boisterous, thanks in large part to the thundering cracks, booms, and pops of fireworks displays showering over community parks and backyards. While it might be fun for families to watch, enduring a firew ...

big think

  • Mentally Ill Reclaiming Gun Rights
    What's the Latest Development? During legislative negotiations following the Virginia Tech school shooting in 2007, the N.R.A. won concessions allowing the mentally ill to eventually reclaim their right to purchase guns. It seems the stipulation was intended for veterans who, because of mental ...
  • Why Do Our Brains Sometimes Fail?
    What's the Latest Development? When researchers in Norway examined the brain activity of people doing�repetitive�tasks, they found that momentary lapses of concentration begin in the body's physiology some 30 seconds before a person actually loses concentration. "So what's causing the brain to ...
  • Why Superstars Dominate Sports
    What's the Latest Development? It seems Roger Federer and Tiger Woods have begun the slow, humbling fade that sports superstars�inevitably�learn about in time. The explanation for their previous, practically unheard-of success is part physical and part mental, says Jonah Lehrer. What is called ...
  • Screening Teens for Mental Illness
    What's the Latest Development? Under the federal healthcare reform legislation, mental-health screening is listed as a free, preventive-care service and�independent�groups are looking to extend the reach of such screenings. "So far, about 1,500 primary-care doctors nationwide are offering the ...
  • Babies' Brains Listen While Asleep
    What's the Latest Development? Using a�functional�M.R.I. scanner, Declan Murphy and his team of�researchers�at King's College London have examined behavior of baby brains while the babies sleep. What they found is that regions of baby brains are more reactive to certain stimuli than are adults ...

Information Liberation

  • SWAT Team Honored For Raiding Wrong House?
    It looks like the news team can't believe it either?...
  • Twisted ethics of an expert witness
    Stuart Greenberg was at the top of his profession: a renowned forensic psychologist who in court could determine which parent got custody of a child, or whether a jury believed a claim of sexual assault. Trouble is, he built his career on hypocrisy a...
  • Arizona Police Told To Search Arrestee iPhones ...
    Last week's big LulzSec (pre-disbandment) dump of Arizona police info apparently included some documents telling police to search the iPhones of arrestees for specific apps, including OpenWatch, a simple app for recording people (targeted at authorit...
  • District Attorney Dismisses Charges Against Wo ...
    Last week, we wrote about the absolutely ridiculous situation, in which a woman who filmed the police in the process of a traffic stop in front of her house was arrested and charged with "obstructing government administration." The whole thing was c...
  • Copyright Laws Now Working to Destroy 3D Print ...
    Movie studio Paramount are adept at sending out cease and desist notices, having engaged in the activity for many years. However, while the vast majority are related to solely digital activities such as the unauthorized distribution of movies and TV ...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • The Australian Labor Party – A Dying Brand
    The Australian Labor Party does not even call itself a socialist party. Actually it is a liberal-bourgeois party. V.I. Lenin, 1913 Democracy in Australia in 2011 stands at a crossroads. The Australian Labor Party, Australia’s oldest political party and traditional … Continue reading →
  • Beware Of Greeks Demanding Gifts
    I’ve just been reading what I regard as the most comprehensible article (to a non-economist) I’ve read covering the causes of the current PIIGS financial crisis in Europe. Have a look and let me know what you think. One paragraph … Continue reading →
  • Give ‘Em Hell, James
    It would be remiss of me not to wish our God-Emperor all the best on his current American promotional tour of his new book, Watermelons. I just heard him being interviewed here (H/T FergalR) on Ron Smith’s WBAL Radio show. I’m … Continue reading →
  • What’s Your Poison?
    In a very thinly-veiled effort to give this chronicler a few days’ breathing space, I thought I’d throw open the bar and pose the question close to everyone’s heart at 6pm. What’s everyone’s most desired drink, loved libation, needed nepenthe? … Continue reading →
  • So: Impending Ice Age Or Not?
    I thought I’d follow up the current JD thread as it seems to have worried the warmists enough to send a few new trolls over; some of the new crop even appear to be scientifically literate. The thing was sparked … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Scanning for juvenile delinquency
    Scanning for juvenile delinquency – Impulsiveness in youth is not a criminal offence, although if it reaches into the realm of delinquency it can quickly become so. Researchers in the US are using functional magnetic resonance imaging to see whether the brains of young offenders differ in some b ...
  • The real reason for pruney fingers
    The real reason for pruney fingers – Sit in a bath too long and your fingers will wrinkle up. Everyone from 5 to 95 knows that. The scientific explanation was always that the skin absorbs water and the underlying layer buckles. That’s as may be, but writing in Nature News, Ed Yong explains an ex ...
  • The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Unce ...
    The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty – “In today’s unpredictable and chaotic world, we look to science to provide certainty and answers–and often blame it when things go wrong. The Blind Spot reveals why our faith in scientific certainty is a dangerous illusion, and how only by ...
  • Science goes mobile – SciMobileApps
    Science goes mobile #SciMobileApps – ChemConnector Tony Williams nudged me towards a relatively new initiative to help science "get" mobile. Mobile apps for science are expanding in scope and capability very quickly, yet there is no easy way to source information regarding what is available, wha ...
  • Negative science
    Negative science – Often the "eureka moment" occurs not in the sense of "I've found it", but more as a "WTF?" Indeed, it's been estimated that more than two-thirds of scientific experiments fail to produce the results anticipated and in one way might be considered failed experiments, or negative ...

RFF Library

  • US and Canada Green Cities Index
    The Economist Intelligence Unit for Siemens http://bit.ly/lej06m [Alexis Madrigal at The Atlantic]  The U.S. and Canada Green Cities Index took 27 cities and scored them on CO2, energy, land use, buildings, transport, water, waste, air and environmental governance. A report accompanying the ran ...
  • Global Warming’s Six Americas in May 2011
    Yale and George Mason Universities http://environment.yale.edu/climate/files/SixAmericasMay2011.pdf [From Website]  Nearly 40 percent of American adults are in the two groups most concerned about climate change – the Alarmed and the Concerned – while 25 percent of Americans are in the two groups ...
  • Extreme Weather and Climate Change: Understand ...
    Pew Center on Global Climate Change / by Daniel G. Huber and Jay Gulledge http://bit.ly/kt4zQs [From Introduction]  …The fact that 2010 was one of the warmest years on record as well as one of the most disastrous, begs the question: Is global warming causing more extreme weather? The short and ...
  • State of the Climate in 2010
    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/bams-state-of-the-climate/2010.php [From the Washington Post Weather Gang] Earlier today, NOAA released its annual “2010 State of the Climate” report, describing trends in more than 40 climate ...
  • Scientific Assessment of Two Dam Removal Alter ...
    Klamath River Expert Panel (“prepared by Dr. Daniel Goodman, Dr. Mike Harvey, Dr. Robert Hughes, Dr. Wim Kimmerer, Dr. Kenneth Rose, Dr. Greg Ruggerone with the assistance of Atkins”) for the US Fish and Wildlife Service http://1.usa.gov/mysr7z [From an LA Times article by Bettina Boxall]  A $1 ...

Scientific American - News

  • New Report Details Uphill Battle to Solve the ...
    Chronic pain affects at least one in three adults in the U.S., which is more than the sum total of those with heart disease, cancer and diabetes combined. For many of these 116 million Americans, their pain is severe and eludes available treatments. In addition to the human suffering, the moneta ...
  • Terrorists Get Better with Practice: New Mathe ...
    War fatalities--and especially those from terrorist or insurgent attacks--seem particularly and cruelly random. But some scientists think they have found the key to predicting just when these deadly assaults will come. [More]
  • Social Climber: Google Challenges Facebook for ...
    As Friendster , MySpace and many other social-networking sites have discovered, a successful business finds a niche that draws in a large number of users and offers intriguing, easy-to-use services that keep those users interested. Whereas Facebook , LinkedIn and Twitter have excelled at ...
  • Flake Effect: Airplanes Can Trigger Snowfall a ...
    Anyone who has ever seen a streaky line of vapor, known as a contrail, behind a high-flying aircraft knows that airplanes can produce their own clouds. But in rarer cases aircraft can also punch round holes or carve long channels through existing, natural clouds. [More]
  • Nuke Plant Inspections Find Flaws in Disaster ...
    A special inspection of U.S. nuclear plants after the Fukushima disaster in Japan revealed problems with emergency equipment and disaster procedures that are far more pervasive than publicly described by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a review of inspection reports by ProPublica shows.While ...

First Truths

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

Media Co-Op

  • Not Giving Up! Your Canadian Boat to Gaza acti ...
    At an early morning meeting to go over the day's strategy...
  • "Greece, at the moment, is part of Israeli for ...
    Mihalis Kritsotakis, elected member from Heraklion, takes a stand, Canada Kayak to Gaza breaks Greek blockade Agios Nikolaos, Crete, Greece -- Credit the Canadian Boat to Gaza for stepping into the Greek political ring. Today, as the Tahri ...
  • Death by a Thousand Papercuts?
    The Greek government has crumbled in the face Israeli pressure, and has issued a ban on the sailing of all�Freedom Flotilla II boats to Gaza. The Canadian Boat to Gaza, the Tahrir, sits in a marina in Agios Nikolaos. It is unwilling to stay, but unable to go. Its banners of hope are now unfurled ...
  • Greece Crumbles Under Israeli Pressure. Tahrir ...
    As the Greek government today buckled under Israeli pressure and issued an outright ban on Freedom Flotilla II boats leaving Greece bound for Gaza, the action came fast today in Agios Nikolaos, on the Greek Island of Crete, where the Tahrir has been stationed now for several weeks. For days now ...
  • No Photo Ops, With the Fucking Cops
    The Ladies Anarchist Solidarity Society is forming an anti-policing contingent at Toronto’s Pride Parade while the Toronto Police continues to march at this year’s event, the 30th anniversary of the Toronto bathhouse raids. Taking part in ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • DSK: New Developments
    (S)upporters raised the prospect of Mr Strauss-Kahn�s return to French politics, while snap opinion polls found strong popular support for a presidential bid from the man once tipped as the candidate most likely to beat President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year�s election. � Financial TimesDavid Se ...
  • 'Singing penis' sets noise record for water in ...
    David Seaton's News Links�In a phenomenon, which I believe is known as "fractalization", the tiniest parts of nature are reproduced on a much larger scale and vice versa. For example, under a microscope, a grain of sand appears identical to the tallest mountains... or the following story:A tiny ...
  • What's up with Hugo?
    David Seaton's News Links Hugo Chávez has managed to keep his mouth shut since the 10th of June and the world's rumor mills are alive: he is dead, he has cancer, he is in coma... soon there will be sightings like Elvis. What advantage could there be for Hugo Chávez to simply sit in his hospital ...
  • Is democratic capitalism in danger?
    �In the quest for growth, many countries have neglected to build a reliable system of social security that will help citizens buffer the market's volatility.(...) Democratic capitalism�s greatest problem is not that it will destroy itself economically, as Marx would have it � but that it may ...
  • Why I miss George W. Bush more and more with e ...
    David Seaton's News LinksThe Obama administration has long been bumbling along in the footsteps of its predecessor when it comes to sacrificing Americans’ basic rights and liberties under the false flag of fighting terrorism. Now the Obama team seems ready to lurch even farther down that dismal ...

EWG - Environmental Working Group

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Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • New Research Proves Mothers Who do this Bond B ...
    Breast milk may be tremendously important to mother-baby bonding. New research shows that breast-feeding mothers are more likely than formula-feeding moms to bond with their infants, and also demonstrate stronger brain responses when they hear their baby cry. Researchers divided a group of new ...
  • Study Shows People Who Did This to Their Food ...
    Here, Cherie Calbom, also known as “The Juice Lady,” shares her insights on juicing and how it can help improve your health. She’s authored two books on the subject: Juicing for Life, and The Juice Lady’s Turbo Diet.
  • New Research Finds Doctors are Massively Overp ...
    A new report finds that U.S. doctors are too quick to prescribe drugs, and often give little thought to side effects and non-drug alternatives. Overprescription is rampant, according to experts.� Nearly half of all Americans have used at least one prescription drug in the past month.� Many are ...
  • The Toxic Food You'd Never, Ever Choose (But a ...
    Here, Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director of the Center for Food Safety since 1997, and one of the United States’ leading environmental attorneys, shares his ideas about the ideal future of food.
  • Ignored Since the 1950s - Now a 'Miracle' High ...
    Imagine a plant that can nourish your body by providing most of the protein you need to live, help prevent the annoying sniffling and sneezing of allergies, reinforce your immune system, help you control high blood pressure and cholesterol and help protect you from cancer.Does such a �super fo ...

JAMA

Survival - tribal peoples

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

Montreal Gazette

  • Transport minister shows contempt for the public
    The Gazette has been trying to get to the bottom of the full story behind the sudden closing of the outbound span of the Mercier Bridge on June 14. But the government is pushing back unreasonably, refusing to make public any documents relating to the inspection history of the span in question.
  • Sovereignists, federalists alike can delight i ...
    You don't have to be a monarchist to welcome a royal visit to Canada. No matter what they say, deep down anti-monarchists also have reason to delight in such occasions since they are about the only times the issue of the monarchy's role in this country gets much attention.
  • Human cost of asbestos is not worth the jobs
    For the sake of hundreds of jobs, $90 million a year in sales and our prime minister's refusal to be wrong about anything, Canada is now the world's only developed nation to not formally acknowledge chrysotile asbestos as a carcinogen
  • Peaceful flotilla essential step to win freedo ...
    (The authors are members of Qu�bec solidaire's national co-ordinating committee. Their names appear at the end).
  • Human cost of asbestos is not worth the jobs
    Canada itself bans the use of asbestos in construction. So serious is it about this ban that when it drew up plans to repair parliamentary buildings in Ottawa, it budgeted millions of dollars to rid them of asbestos. So when Canada's representatives last week rejected medically accepted fact - e ...

Food World Order

  • sonic, burger king now serving hamburgers, fri ...
    from christian post: “I'll take the number one, with fries and a...beer?” That's right, a new item that fast food chains are experimenting with, in a limited number of locations, is the selling of alcohol in some restaurants. Two Sonic restaurants in South Florida, one in Miami and the other in ...
  • 6/30 binge & purge: false floods, seed supplie ...
    feds buying up farmland they flooded; soros in on it* video: odd letter from corps upsets property owners in kansas city, mo* georgia's harsh immigration law leaves crops rotting in fields* free the florida 'food terrorists'* amid record-high food prices, monsanto grows q3 profits 77 ...
  • health alert: 32% of organic produce contains ...
    from anthony gucciardi: It is common knowledge that conventional produce contains a whole list of questionable chemicals and harmful pesticides. Linked to birth defects and lower IQ in children, conventional pesticides are known to be health disruptors. But what about organic produce? Perchlorat ...
  • why are food prices rising so fast?
    from the economic collapse blog: If you do much grocery shopping, you have probably noticed that the cost of food has been rising at a very brisk pace over the past year. So why are food prices rising so fast? According to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, inflation is still very low and th ...
  • new code fails to curb kid junk food ads
    from abc.net.au: Two years after Australia's major fast-food chains promised to stop advertising to children, a study has found kids are still being exposed to the same number of junk food ads. The study, published in the Australian Medical Journal, claims despite the introduction of an industry ...

CrusadeWatch

  • Pastor arrested for murdering minor girl
    source:  MSN India, 30 June, 2011 � Guntur (AP), Jun 30 (PTI) A local pastor was arrested for allegedly murdering a teenager after she became pregnant with his child, police said today. The victim, identified as Monica (17) from Nadendla village in the district was working ...
  • Conversation with a Convert
    source: The Undercurrent, 26 March, 2011 Somewhere in Tamil Nadu The cab was waiting at the end of the road waiting to take us to our destination. The driver was a 50 something man and there was a picture of the Christian prophet Jesus on his dash board. After a few kilometeres of dr ...
  • Study suggests 'born-again' believers have sma ...
    source:  USA today, May 24, 2011  DURHAM, N.C. � For decades, mainline Protestants have been beset by bad news: declining numbers, aging membership, waning cultural influence.A new study from  Duke University Medical Center, however, gives these Protestants one reason for cheer: they seem ...
  • Study suggests 'born-again' believers have sma ...
    source:  USA today, May 24, 2011  DURHAM, N.C. � For decades, mainline Protestants have been beset by bad news: declining numbers, aging membership, waning cultural influence.A new study from  Duke University Medical Center, however, gives these Protestants one reason for cheer: they seem ...
  • Sanford-based New Tribes Mission sued for alle ...
    source:  Orlando Sentinel, May 9, 2011 New Tribes Mission, one of the largest Christian missionary organizations in the world, was sued Monday in Seminole County by a woman who says she was raped repeatedly from age 8 while she lived in a dormitory for missionary children run by the Sanfo ...

Whole Truth Coalition

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

The Economic Collapse

  • Celebrating Independence Yet Enslaved To Debt
    Every year when July 4th rolls around, Americans from coast to coast celebrate July 4th with cookouts, outdoor concerts and fireworks.  We love celebrating Independence Day and yet we are deeply enslaved to debt.  We like to think of ourselves as "free" and yet we have rolled up ...
  • Will Barack Obama Use The 14th Amendment As A ...
    As the deadline to raise the debt ceiling draws closer, many are now wondering if Barack Obama will try to go around Congress if a deal is not reached by August 2nd.  In particular, a number of voices (including U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner) are now touting the 14th ...
  • Shell Game
    The entire U.S. financial system has become a gigantic shell game.  While it is still in motion, a shell game can be mesmerizing to watch.  But when it ends the consequences can be painful.  So exactly what is a shell game?  According to Wikipedia, a shell game "is portrayed as ...
  • 50 U.S. Health Care Statistics That Will Absol ...
    The U.S. health care system has become one gigantic money making scam, and you are about to see the statistics that prove it.  Today, the United States spends more on health care per person than any other country in the world by far.  The health insurance companies and the big p ...
  • Economic Recovery?
    If this is supposed to be an "economic recovery" it sure is pathetic.  In fact, as you will read below, the numbers tell us that this is the worst economic recovery that the American economy has ever seen.  If what we had experienced was a "normal" recession and a "normal" recov ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

  • Quote of the Day: The 'No Sh*t, Sherlock!' edition
    We're not making this one up... "While our proposals for high speed rail will obviously have an impact on those communities directly affected, we are absolutely committed to doing everything possible to mitigate this." Say what? What was that first part again? "While our proposals for h ...
  • Load of dirty bankers: International criminal ...
    We kid you not. The international criminal corporate cartel that is busy looting Greece (and other nations) on the path to global government... ...stands accused of committing illegal chemical warfare against the people of Greece. Here's the news round-up - watch these through in sequence ...
  • Quote of the Day: The 'yes, it's a fellow blog ...
    "Having qualified for an early lobotomy, his conversion to a full-time moron is now complete, yet his words, instead of being greeted with snorts of derision, actually get house room in what has become the fantasy world of British politics, where normal life has been suspended." ...but about ...
  • Labour's EU Opportunism
    There's a hilarious headline in The Independent. "Labour joins protest at £100bn EU budget rise," it reads. I'm not laughing at the newspaper, and far be it from me to find anything about the evil Empire even remotely amusing. But... Labour? The scumbag load of treacherous, Lisbon Treat ...
  • Diana, Princess of Wales: Missing You...
    Diana, our Princess, would have been 50 today. Happy birthday, Princess. We're missing you. Top three achievements 1. Her huge role in bringing down the stigma of HIV / AIDS; almost single-handedly changing perception globally in a single handshake 2. Her huge and immense role in bringing a ...

Facing South

  • VOICES: Amazon's anti-tax crusade
    By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest When large companies complain about taxes, they are usually talking about levies they have to pay out of their own deep pockets. Amazon.com is engaged in a battle to make it easier for its customers to avoid paying their taxes -- their sales tax, that is, ...
  • New labor rules could help workers' organizing ...
    By Jenny Brown and Mischa Gaus, Labor Notes The IKEA furniture factory in Danville, Va., is hot in the summer, but workers can expect it to be even hotter this year. They filed a petition for representation on June 20, kicking off the arduous process that leads to a typical union election in ...
  • Are teachers and police officers imaginary people?
    Growing up, some children have imaginary friends. Today, many politicians seem to live in a world of imaginary workers. Or at least they think they're imaginary: To most people, school teachers, police officers, librarians and other public servants are very real. The public sees them every ...
  • INSTITUTE INDEX: The politics of debt
    Date that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and other GOP leaders walked out of negotiations with the Obama administration on lifting the U.S. debt ceiling over their opposition to raising more revenue: 6/23/2011 Date that the U.S. is expected to run out of cash unless the deb ...
  • List of state immigration laws blocked in fede ...
    By Marian Wang, ProPublica Last week, we noted that several states' tough, new immigration laws have been challenged in court. Arizona and Utah both recently had key parts of their laws blocked by federal judges. Now, add Georgia and Indiana to the list.� On Monday, a federal judge in Georgia ...

CenterLine

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

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