- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 32 minutes ago*BEFORE WE FIRST MET WALTER MITTY, IN DECEMBER --* *I wrote a note about Thurber's considerable displeasure with the making of the film version, in connection with the obvious connection between the fabl...
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typography canvas by tenderbeasts on etsy I'm back (and late!) with the third of my favorite things: BabyCenter Online ! (See favorite thing #1 here and favorite thing #2 here) And remember, I'm not compe... - posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 53 minutes agoNavy ROTC cadets from Florida's Jacksonville University. U.S.Navy photo by Spc. 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr. / 4GWar. ROTC resurgent Part II: ROTC's history and return to campus When the military's 'don't ask,...
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*And they WANT MORE! * *"To be sure, profits have rebounded from the depths of the financial crisis. All told, the nation’s banks earned $28.8 billion in the second quarter, nearly 38 percent more than a ... - posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*Might take you longer if you decide to read them.* AUBURN, Maine Man sentenced for sex assault on girl (Boston Globe) EAGLE LAKE, Maine Police charge man after boat crash (Boston Globe) PORTLAND, MAINE H...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*And they WANT MORE! * *"To be sure, profits have rebounded from the depths of the financial crisis. All told, the nation’s banks earned $28.8 billion in the second quarter, nearly 38 percent more than a ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago*Might take you longer if you decide to read them.* AUBURN, Maine Man sentenced for sex assault on girl (Boston Globe) EAGLE LAKE, Maine Police charge man after boat crash (Boston Globe) PORTLAND, MAINE H...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours ago2 dead, dozens of homes lost, but ‘it could have been worse’ Suspect in TD Bank robbery is sought Reports of mountain lions spur a warning in Conn. Judge denies bid to bar victim from trial Conn. man ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 3 hours agoPROVIDENCE Jailed ‘Survivor’ Hatch seeks free lawyer (Associated Press) PROVIDENCE Program boosts school attendance (Boston Globe) PROVIDENCE Senator urges repeal of tax on tours (Boston Globe) PROVIDENCE...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 3 hours agoA major ongoing scandal in the US is the revelation that the Dept. of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms (ATF) deliberately allowed more than 2000 assault weapons to be sold to arms traffickers to sell to Mexican...
- posted by AdamS at Politically Confused - 3 hours agohttp://ncnblogger.wordpress.com that's the new address. oh boy, look, I can post! Just this one then.
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 3 hours ago*The Players of World War Three: Globalists And Zionists Vs. Islamists* *Saman Mohammadi* *The Excavator* *August 31, 2011* Globalists, Zionists and Islamists are waging a total war for the heart of the E...
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*Iowa AG Tom Miller:* *He's shocked, shocked, that anyone could question his toughness with the banks after he raised hundreds of thousands of simoleons from the financial sector upon announcing his intent... - posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 3 hours ago
By Subcomandante Marcos Photo by Brenda NorrellCensored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com August 2011 I. The Local Mirror. The year 2011, Chiapas, Mexico, the World. And in this calendar and this geo... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Here's a bold prediction to feed Western worries that power is shifting inexorably to the East: China's yuan could overtake the U.S. dollar as the world's principal reserve currency as soon as next decade.... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
At least 88 people have been tortured and killed in Syrian detention centers over the past five months, including 10 children, according to a new report from Amnesty International. Victims were burned, bea... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
A faulty pipe, flawed operations, and inadequate government oversight led to the 2010 Northern California natural gas explosion that killed eight people, federal officials said Tuesday. During a public b... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
A fire that broke out at an oil storage facility containing 800 tons of diesel oil at around 10 am on Monday in Dalian, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, has been put out with no casualties, the Xinhua ... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe Israeli military is to train Jewish settlers in the West Bank and plans to equip them with tear gas and stun grenades to confront Palestinian demonstrators when their leaders press for UN recognition n...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe possible first-ever evacuation of the International Space Station, if a Russian spacecraft is not launched in November, would risk the loss of the orbiting lab, a NASA official has warned. "There is ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe uncle of President Obama arrested here last week on drunken driving and other charges has been a fugitive from deportation since 1992, according to two federal law enforcement officials with knowledge ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoAnnouncing it's "not her lucky day," a federal judge in Washington, D.C., has told an eligibility attorney he has dismissed her case demanding information from the Social Security Administration regarding ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoMilitary sources say Israeli Navy sent warships to maritime border with Egypt following intelligence indicating viable terror threat. Meanwhile, Iran set to send 15th fleet to Red Sea as well to 'convey me...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoArchaeologists say they have located and excavated the ruins of a huge amphitheatre used to train gladiators east of Vienna, describing it as a "sensational discovery". They claim that the ruins found th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoForget robbing the bank. These days, the big money is in beauty salons and their stash of human hair extensions. The most recent heist occurred Tuesday when thieves crashed a Jeep into Angie's Beauty Sup...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoSan Diego police say a 16-year-old boy throwing rocks at a sport utility vehicle was struck by a crossbow arrow fired by a passenger. Police say the shirtless boy and a friend were throwing rocks at a bla...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoPolice say a Will County warehouse worker partnered with an accused murderer to rip off $60,000 in toilet paper and plastic utensils from his employer. Elwood police Cmdr. Patrick Kerr said Juan J. Hernan...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoPolice in Fayette County are looking for a well-dressed burglar. The man, wearing a suit, collared shirt and a tie, climbed on top of the counter at the Family Dollar on Gallatin Avenue in Uniontown on...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe WikiLeaks website crashed Tuesday in an apparent cyberattack after the accelerated publication of tens of thousands of once-secret State Department cables by the anti-secrecy organization raised new co...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA Key West woman is facing charges after she was arrested twice in three days in separate naked, drug-fueled romps on public streets, according to police. Alena Larrazabal, 32, was hospitalized after she...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA divorced man decapitated himself with a cable in Virginia on Tuesday after getting into a dispute with his ex-wife, authorities said. Police arrived at the home in Yorktown after receiving a call about ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoDick Cheney is taking a lap around all the talk shows, peddling his memoir while giving his reputation one final spit-shine before he dies and goes straight to hell. Oh—so you actually doubt he’ll go to ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThe biggest domestic policy failure has been the refusal of top officials in the White House and in Congress to recognize the severity of the employment crisis that has settled like a plague over American ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoWe are in the grip of a socio-economic crisis in which the rich and the powerful in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Euro Zone countries and Canada refuse to share the burden of coping with the e...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoWatching Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey and Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York order businesses to close and citizens to evacuate their homes in advance of Tropical Storm Irene reminded me of the actio...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 4 hours agoThere's a lot of talk today about the eventual by election for Jack Layton's Toronto-Danforth seat. Many Liberals are salivating at the prospect of a victory there which would pull them within a mere 67...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 4 hours ago[image: _Ben]You might have noticed US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke clearing his throat recently ready for the release of another monetary tsunami—a flood of counterfeit capital created out of t...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago*They have other problems** right now. * Vt. family files appeal over killing by police Officers bought guns from Mass. crimes Police say man assaulted 3-year-old Vt. lowering flags for slain Navy SEAL ...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 5 hours agoSo, I was arrested at the Tar Sands Action in front of the White House today, along with 110 other people. It turns out to be a rather grueling process, fraught with anxiety, so for now I'm just going t...
- posted by *C* at The Web (Untangled) - 5 hours agoIt's incredibly discouraging to see former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney vituperatively reopen disputes from George W. Bush's administration. His scorched-earth excoriation of critics makes little dist...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 hours agoScientists hoping to develop a common language with dolphins may help us talk to extraterrestrials.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 5 hours agoPhotos by Shadia Fayne Wood/Tar Sands Action. On Wed., Aug. 31, 2011, there were 111 people arrested, including a delegation from Appalachia. The total arrests are now 706 people. Stop the dirty Alb...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 6 hours ago[image: SORKIN-tmagSF]Genius has often been described as the ability to enter an existing field and, by your contribution alone, change it utterly. Louis Armstrong did that for jazz. Newton and Einstein ...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 7 hours ago** Canadian Embassy DC: Stop lobbying for Tar Sands *Canadian groups to Ambassador Doer: Stop lobbying for Keystone XL pipeline* * * Press statement Published at Censored News *August 31, 2011 (Washington,...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 7 hours agoI thought this was an excellent tour de force on the BBC and wanted to end August by sharing it. My sincere thanks to the contributor; "Watching any BBC programme whether drama, comedy, science or nature ...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 7 hours agoNice catch. "Victoria Derbyshire puts John Pienaar on the spot today by revealing the BBC strategy for breaking up the coalition! http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b013yx49 1 hr 26 mins in. Talking ab...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoIn 2008, the presidential election results in Dan Lungren's northern California district were very close. It was, in fact, Obama's closest margin of victory in the state. Unlike Gore or Kerry, he took CA...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 hours ago[image: Southwest China is in the throes of a persistent drought. Above, a young boy stands in the middle of a dried-out reservoir in Guiyang, Guizhou province, on 2 February 2010. stringer / AFP / Getty...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 7 hours ago[image: A female refugee walks in front of makeshift dwellings in the Dadaab complex on the Kenyan-Somali border. The Dadaab complex was designed to host 90,000 refugees, but is now home to over 440,000....
- *Science is progressing*, earthquake predictions can be made, their places indicated. For many scientists and experts this may seem heresy, but it is no longer. *Prof. Sergei Pulinets* from the Moscow *Ins...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 8 hours ago*Toronto Hearings Represent A Major Step Forward In The Global De-Brainwashing Campaign* *Saman Mohammadi* *The Excavator* *Wednesday, August 31, 2011* On Thursday, September 8, 2011, the Toronto Hearing...
- posted by Raed Jarrar at Raed in the Middle - 8 hours agoYesterday, President Obama repeated his promise to bring all the US troops out of Iraq by the end of this year. During a speech he gave at the American Legion National Convention in Minneapolis, MN he sai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThree people became sick and were taken to a hospital on Wednesday after a suspicious package arrived at the mail center of an Air Force base in southern Illinois. The incident prompted the partial evacu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoThe International Space Station could be left unmanned for the first time in a decade following the decision of the Russian space agency to postpone its next mission. Roskosmos said today that the next ma...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA man decapitated himself in front of police following a domestic dispute. The Yorktown man was found by police as he sat in a van with a wire tied around his neck and to a nearby tree. As officers tried ...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 8 hours ago*Guest blog by Prof Nir Shaviv (HUJI), a top expert in cosmoclimatology* *Reprinted from sciencebits.com with author's permission* The CLOUD collaboration from CERN finally had their results published in...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoGuest contributor Greg Fish shares his opinion about the current space funding situation and how ignorance of science may be our ultimate undoing.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoThe limestone box could reveal the home of Caiaphas, the high priest involved in the crucifixion of Jesus.
- posted by Christina Ortiz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoThe battery-operated LED car sign gives you plenty of ways to express yourself.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA husband stabbed his wife to death with a camping knife because he thought she had been possessed by the devil. Kashif Baig claimed he saw beams of light coming from her eyes and thought he would die if ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe economic slump, combined with Government cuts, is set to increase the number of homeless - and threatens to affect the middle class, a charity warns. A report by Crisis, a charity for the homeless, s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA Tory minister's cleaner who stole more than £90,000-worth of jewellery has avoided jail - because she is a single mother. Barbara Kuligowska, 30, took the jewellery from Sallie, wife of Tory energy min...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIt's a scene straight from Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film Slumdog millionaire, but for these train riding thrill seekers the cost of one wrong move could be their lives! Videos of these 'train surfing' ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA senior officer has blasted the courts system, asking why it could not always process criminals at the same pace used to deal with rioters. Head of Humberside Police Tim Hollis praised the 'rapid and rob...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA heavily pregnant woman who took indecent photographs of a friend's naked three-year-old daughter and sent them to a man convicted of sex offences has been jailed for two years. Susan Smith was arrested ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoReader Contribution; Al Jazeera uncovers evidence that influential Americans tried to help the now-deposed Libyan leader cling to power.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA wildfire that sparked in a wooded area forced panicked horse owners to turn their livestock loose as they evacuated the area in Oklahoma City yesterday. Before being contained, the raging fire caused s...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoCanadian police have a grisly mystery on their hands - over a dozen feet. Yet another human foot washed ashore in Vancouver on Tuesday, the latest in 12 such cases since 2007. The limb, which like the ot...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThin-haired with a large nose and deep-set eyes, it is the unremarkable face of a man who may be the most notorious murderer in history. Astonishingly, it is also the first time anyone has attempted to pu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoSobering images of Hurricane Irene’s are displaying the storm’s permanent changes to the areas affected by the storm. The photos, provided by GeoEye, show broken sections of bridges, erosion and other da...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 9 hours agoHe might be the world's foremost climate scientist. NASA Goddard Space Laboratory director, Dr. James Hansen was arrested outside the White House today while protesting against the Athabasca Tar Sands a...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 9 hours agoNewt on Fox. Image from Keep on Keepin' On. Media wars and manufacturing consent: Getting people to vote against themselvesWhy neoliberals have trouble telling the truth.By Carl Davidson / The Rag Blog / Aug...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoSeaside residents risk losing their homes to flooding and coastal erosion - for the sake of 20 tiny sea snails. The owners of 1,350 properties at Pagham Harbour, West Sussex, have been told there is a one...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA young couple plunged to their deaths from the 12th floor of a building as police entered their flat. Neighbours said they heard the pair arguing moments before they fell from the window in Wortley, Lee...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe husband of an Imperial College academic told his wife to 'get off her phone' moments before she was killed in a crash. Judit Nagy, 47, died when her tiny electric car, a G-Wiz, collided with a Skoda O...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 10 hours agoArrested today at the White House tar sands protest, 111 people, adding to 595 already arrested. Photo Josh Lopez. *Censored news articles on Indigenous Peoples and human rights, August 2011* By Brenda No...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA teacher who led a secret double life as a stripper in pornographic films was today sensationally allowed to continue working in the classroom. Benedict Garrett, 31, who moonlighted under the alias Johnn...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPolish finance minister Jacek Rostowski has said the EU could "collapse" if leading countries such as Germany mishandle the financial crisis. Speaking in Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza on Monday (29 August)...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoIn Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix sang: "can't you see my signals turn from green to red And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead." In global financial markets, the signals have changed f...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoUp until August, this year had been fairly dull as the S&P 500 was in a trading range somewhere between 1250 and 1350. July ended near the upper end of that range and by August 2nd we were once again testi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAfter four years of fighting crises and pumping money into the financial system, the world's central bankers are concluding that the global economy is still in a precarious position and the policy apparatu...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoCanada's economy shrank in the second quarter of the year, the first quarterly decline since the recession of 2009. The country's gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent in the April-June period, or 0.4...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA human rights group said it believes that at least 88 people, ten of them children, have died in detention in Syria during five months of anti-government protests. Some of the victims were as young as 1...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAn 18-month-old child was attacked by a cougar at Pacific Rim National Park, near Ucluelet on Vancouver Island, Monday evening. Rene Wissink, manager of resource conservation at the park, said the attack ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFirst the dot.com bust, then the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and other targets. The United States economy started the decade shaken to the core, but it responded with an as...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA raging wildfire in parched northern Texas burned out of control early Wednesday, destroying about 30 structures and forcing evacuations, a forestry official said. "I don't think I have my head aroun...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe Sudan government is targeting a border region with airstrikes -- forcing residents to live in caves and under the bushes to avoid the "indiscriminate" bombardments, according to international rights gr...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoWhat appears to be a human foot and a leg bone have been found in a running shoe floating in a downtown Vancouver waterway, police say. Shortly before 5 p.m. PT Tuesday, police were notified that the gris...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe residents of zoos are often the first to be neglected when cities are hit by man-made or natural disasters. CNN Senior International Correspondent Nic Robertson discovered a dire situation Tuesday...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoChina remained quiet Tuesday as a recently leaked video of a Chinese general's candid remarks -- apparently made at a corporate event in March -- on sensitive spying cases continued to draw internationa...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFinally, there's a third option to dealing with human remains aside from the age-old choice between burial and cremation. Now, bodies can be liquified as a more eco-friendly alternative. The Anderson-McQ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoTHE Ministry of Defence spent £1.7million of taxpayers’ money on helmets and body armour for Ugandan soldiers, its accounts reveal. The gift to the African country’s government came to light as Defence S...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoJapanese rare earth buyers are switching to quarterly sales contracts and looking for alternative sources after China curbed shipments, increasing prices for the materials used in hybrid cars and missiles....
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoHumans might not be living on Mars or the moon anytime soon, but scientists might have just overcome one major hurdle on the route to interstellar habitation: electricity. Scientists at the U.S. Departme...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoEver wonder how police might be collecting information from your Facebook profile? If recent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests [PDF] filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) are succes...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoIn "Secret History of the Credit Card," FRONTLINE® and The New York Times join forces to investigate an industry few Americans fully understand. In this one-hour report, correspondent Lowell Bergman uncove...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours agoOn 31 August 2011 *The Nation* (Pakistan newspaper) reported: *The CIA recruited 1,500 members of Al-Qaeda, from Mazar-e-Sharif in Afghanistan, to fight in Libya. * Sources told *TheNation*: "Most of ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoEverybody's happy, happy, happy that the Qaddafi's have been overthrown, right? I mean, once it became public, however that happened, that he was personally behind the Lockerbie bombing-- like someone d...
- posted by Amanda Onion at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoLetters home after 9/11 bring back the trauma and confusion of the time. Read the letters and send in your own.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Carlsberg Ridge at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 14:54:08 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 1350 km ( 839 miles) NNE of Victoria, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoAs the areas ravaged by Hurricane Irene try to pick up the pieces from the destruction and epic flooding, a new threat is slowly gaining steam in the Atlantic Ocean. A new advisory Wednesday from the Nati...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Philippine Islands Region at a depth of 22.4 km (13.9 miles), the quake hit at 13:55:34 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 119 km ( 73 miles) East ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoThese video stills are taken from previously unseen footage showing the devastation beneath the World Trade Center after the September 11 terror attacks. As New York gears up for the tenth anniversary of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 29.8 km (18.5 miles), the quake hit at 13:22:42 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 109 km ( 67 miles...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:17:26 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 491 km ( 305 miles) NNE o...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Obama administration froze the U.S. assets of Syria's foreign minister and two other senior officials on Tuesday in response to Syria's increasingly violent crackdown against anti-government protesters...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 12 hours agoThis map, published in today's Guardian, is an eye opener. It charts how much of the world faces food insecurity. That, by the way, is all of the world except those countries coloured green. Get the...
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoJapanese company looks to outfit shipping vessels with wind and solar panels.
- posted by Jesse Emspak at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoA hacking attack involving a fake security certificate and Google services has hit users in Iran.
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 12 hours ago* the**REALnews Permalink* August 31, 2011 * * *Research Shows Rich Getting Richer Makes Poor Poorer* Jeff Thompson: New research shows that as wealth increases at the ...
- posted by Rob Pegoraro at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoFacebook has revised its privacy options. Yes, again. Here are some things to watch out for and settings to change.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoRobot avatars will provide a new level of freedom and interaction for the disabled, elderly or bed-ridden, say inventors.
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 13 hours agoA girl born in Japan today can expect to live to age 86. Japanese life expectancy has increased 30-years since 1947. A series of papers in the British medical journal, *The Lancet,* finds the Japanese s...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 13 hours ago*The Alberta Liberals will be selecting a new leader on September 10th, from among 5 candidates: Laurie Blakeman, Hugh MacDonald, Raj Sherman, Bruce Payne, and Bill Harvey. Today, the fourth part of a se...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoLook out Apple, the new Galaxy S II is finally coming to the United States with the bite to back up its bark.
- posted by Benjamin Radford at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoThe New Jersey Supreme Court has revised its handling of eyewitness IDs, citing evidence that many eyewitnesses are simply wrong.
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoA durable, fully adjustable rig on your handlebars holds, protects and displays your mobile device.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 14 hours ago[image: Aerial view of flood damage to the cemetery with uncovered coffins on 30 August 2011 in Rochester, Vermont. Toby Talbot / AP] August 31 (MSNBC) – Hurricane Irene's rampage up the East Coast has b...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*And here I didn't think it was that bad.* "Perils lurk in Irene’s wake; Flooded rivers, downed wires still plague parts of region" August 30, 2011|By Peter Schworm and Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff The ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*I've been stuck in a Boston Globe rut for a long time now, but that seems to be changing. No paper purchase today, readers. * "Rocket failure could prompt evacuation of space station; New crew on hold as...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago"Judge rules against man accused in fatal fires" August 23, 2011|Associated Press NORTHAMPTON - A superior court judge rejected yesterday a* plea to suppress evidence* in the case of a Northampton man acc...
- posted by Christina Ortiz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoWhat could be better then waking up to find that all of your devices are fully charged and ready to use?
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 14 hours agoBecause creative ideas are also new, they give rise to discomfort for others who depend on tried-and-true ways of doing things.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*It's a service, right? * "Coast Guard upgrade goes slow; Only 2 new ships added in 10 years" August 22, 2011|By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press PASCAGOULA, Miss. - Nearly a decade into the 25-year, ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago"Logan adding a $65m runway fail-safe; Extension into harbor stirs multiple concerns" August 22, 2011|By David Abel, Globe Staff Logan International Airport has launched a *$65 million project* that will ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago"Fund has paid $5 billion in claims from BP oil spill" August 24, 2011|By Holbrook Mohr, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. - The fund set up to compensate victims of last year’s BP oil spill in the Gulf of ...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 14 hours agoMother & Daughter, raped and killed by "rabbles" *If you actually lost someone in the Towers on 911, you have my deepest sympathy: However, many of the names on the manufactured passenger lists, alleged ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*Muslims are to blame for everything in this world.* "Muslim rebels reject Philippine peace proposal" by Oliver Teves, Associated Press / August 23, 2011 MANILA, Philippines—The Philippines' largest Musli...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago*Good friend to have if you are under threat*: "North Korea considers nuclear testing moratorium, leader says; Agreement comes during visit to Russia and could jump-start stalled talks" by Choe Sang-Hun ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 14 hours ago"Biden tells China its US assets are ‘safe’" August 22, 2011|Associated Press CHENGDU, China - An official Xinhua News Agency commentary on Vice President Joe Biden’s visit said China would be looking for...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago"Suu Kyi meets Myanmar’s president" August 20, 2011|Associated Press YANGON, Myanmar - Myanmar’s government invited democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi to a meeting yesterday with the president, state-run tele...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago"Banished Bengali woman kills self, children" August 17, 2011|Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh - Bangladesh’s High Court launched an inquiry yesterday into the *death*s of a woman and two of her childre...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours ago"An Indonesian militant who allegedly made the explosives used in the 2002 Bali bombings was escorted home under tight security yesterday, more than six months after he was captured in northwest Pakistan.....
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 15 hours agoVietnam jails French-Vietnamese teacher over blogs *I trust that will never happen in Amerika. *
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoBritons are notoriously obsessed with the weather, especially rainclouds. Now, according to scientists, it seems they will soon be able to create their own washout conditions. Using a powerful laser, res...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoThe sense that organic fruits and vegetables are safer because pesticides increase risks for cancer has no scientific support, argues an expert.
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoPreserving just 4 percent of the ocean habitat could help 84 percent of marine mammals.
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoA clever group of bottlenose dolphins in Australia has created a tool that both captures fish and functions as a food bowl.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Taiwan Region at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:22:30 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 109 km ( 68 miles) South of T'ai-tung, ...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 16 hours ago(If you don't know what ALEC is - please see the links at the end of this diary.) The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) admits that 1/3 of state legislators belong to their organization. ALEC...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 16 hours ago"Researchers and US officials say they are seeing a wave of people with dual citizenships, at a time when students are coming to US universities at record levels, more households have members from more tha...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours agoLinda McQuaig's appraisal of Stephen Lewis's beautiful eulogy of Jack Layton is worth reading. It will probably be a while before a Canadian prime minister again offers a state funeral to someone on the l...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 16 hours agoAs I've said before, when Democrats and left-leaning independents decided to show their disappointment in Obama's timidity to fight for working families and their anger with DEmocratic acquiescence for g...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 16 hours agoEnvironmental activists in the US see an opportunity for real action against the tar sands pipeline. Since the oil-friendly and environment-hating Harper government won't listen to us on this issue, we owe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.7 earthquake has struck the New Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 49.4 km (30.7 miles), the quake hit at 10:46:50 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 167 km ( 103 ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoFive people are still missing after a typhoon smashed down the walls of a rubbish dump and sent tons of garbage spewing down a city's streets. These pictures show the devastating aftermath of Typhoon Nanma...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 17 hours agoI've noticed that many Americans - members of the nation that dominates TRF visits - tend to extrapolate the events in the U.S. to the whole globe. And because the U.S. has seen a pretty warm weather, many...
- posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 17 hours agoThe Estancia La Dulce Case(Argentina) A UFO Encounter with the Presence of Amorphous Entities By Guillermo Daniel Giménez The year 1978 marked some significant chapters in the UFO chronicles of the Rep...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoA magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 35 km (21.7 miles), the quake hit at 09:56:20 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 145 km ( 90 miles) Southwest of Port-Vila, Vanuat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoWildlife officials say about 30 ducks have died in a Salt Lake City pond because of a potential outbreak of avian Botulism. many of the dead ducks were pulled from the Liberty Park pond over the weekend ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe Popocatepetl (po-po-ka-TEH-peh-tel) volcano south of Mexico City is shooting blasts of ash from its crater. Mexico’s national disaster prevention agency says the volcano has spewed ash more than a ha...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoTwo people were dead and six were hospitalized Tuesday, apparently poisoned by carbon monoxide from generators that were providing power to homes left without electricity by Tropical Storm Irene. The dea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThis incredible image that looks straight out of Star Wars shows how smoke from a raging marsh fire in New Orleans has surrounded the iconic Superdome, as an emergency is declared in the city. Helicopter...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoLast week, Namibian authorities discovered four unguarded barrels of radioactive uranium oxide on a beach near the coastal town of Swakopmund. Each barrel is estimated to contain between 150 and 180 kilogr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoTwo light commuter trains collided Tuesday in the southern part of MexicoCity injuring 20 people, the municipal government announced. The crash, which occurred about 7 a.m., apparently resulted when one of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:32:51 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 30.4 km ( 18.2 miles) Ea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 54.5 km (33.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:12:53 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 82 km ( 52 miles)...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe activity started in the evening of 23 August and is almost continuous till now. Almost 10 000 events were recorded in total up to now. Already six M>3.0 events and hundreds of M>2.0 events occurred. Vi...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 18 hours ago*Right wing 'Loyalists' in the UK are linked to child abuse rings and to Israel. (**Website for this image**) * Journalist Chris Moore wrote *The Kincora Scandal* an investigation into the Kincora Childr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA 15-month-old girl was last night in intensive care with suspected scarlet fever complicated by chickenpox and septic shock, the Centre for Health Protection said. The girl was admitted to Princess Marga...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoActress Daryl Hannah was arrested Tuesday during a sit-in in front of the White House protesting a pipeline expansion project that would significantly increase the amount of oil the United States imports f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoTwo blasts -- the second coming after police and passersby had gathered at the site of the first -- killed seven people and wounded 18 Tuesday evening in the Russian republic of Chechnya, according to the ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoChina remained quiet Tuesday as a recently leaked video of a Chinese general's candid remarks -- apparently made at a corporate event in March -- on sensitive spying cases continued to draw internationa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThree fighter pilots had a miraculous escape after a mid air collision during a routine Nato training exercise. Two jets, a French Mirage 2000c fighter and a Lithuanian L-39 Albatros combat trainer, coll...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA uniformed police officer was caught on CCTV having sex with a woman on the hood of a car. The bizarre scene, which was witnessed by a nearby chihuahua, was filmed by a hidden camera set up by New Mexico...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoDid you see the BBC running with the faux outrage from the usual suspects that it could take..gasp..almost another HUNDRED YEARS before UK women managers are paid the same as their male colleagues? Here's ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoPresident Robert Mugabe's government on Tuesday said the Libyan ambassador to Zimbabwe must leave the country because he has switched his allegiance to the Libyan rebels' National Transitional Council. "...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe NTC seems to think that appointing Albarrani Shkalil as Head of Security in Tripoli would be a good idea. After all, his CV in controlling things appears to be quite good. He helped Colonel Gaddafi con...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 35.6 km (22.1 miles), the quake hit at 07:52:37 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 148 km ( 91 miles) South of Severo-Ku...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Jamaica Region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:30:02 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 109 km ( 67 miles) Southwest of Montego...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA Cabinet minister risked a diplomatic row yesterday by accidentally revealing a secret Government memo welcoming the departure of Afghanistan's president. Andrew Mitchell was photographed clutching a con...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoCash-strapped shoppers are being short-changed by web vouchers which promise cut-price deals on everything from restaurant meals to beauty treatments. Advertising watchdogs are becoming increasingly alarme...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAn ex-soldier who tried to kill his model girlfriend by repeatedly stabbing her in the neck with a Rambo-style hunting knife was today jailed for 15 years. Vicious Scott Smith, 21, knifed Kirsty Holmes se...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA prime suspect in the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher has been found alive by Libya’s new rebel leaders, it has been claimed. Matouk Mohammed Matouk, the only one of three main suspects known to be still ...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoMid Week, end of month, and time for a new Open Thread. The site's been buzzing, let's keep it that way, the floor is yours... Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 19 hours agoSo, let me see if I get this right. When some Irish Gypsies decide to go ahead and build despite planning permission, and the Council moves to evict them, the question we must ponder is; "Does evicting peo...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoThe BBC has been running with Saint Vince's latest diatribe against the evil banks. Don't get me wrong, as a businessman I have plenty of dealings with banks and they are certainly* no angels* but to sugge...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoThe BBC has been hyping up the lack of houses in England. But what could possibly be the cause? A Biased BBC observer notes; "Personally I thought it might be connected to the couple of million immigrant...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 35.2 km (21.9 miles), the quake hit at 05:16:38 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 161 km ( 100 miles...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 34.7 km (21.6 miles), the quake hit at 05:02:31 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 161 km ( 100 miles) South of Severo-K...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA theme park was forced to shut its gates to visitors yesterday when a mass brawl broke out after Muslim women were banned from rides unless they removed their headscarves. Two park rangers were hospitali...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries last night after a fairground ride became stuck, trapping 22 people for more than an hour. Firefighters used ropes and ladders to rescue passe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThe number of career criminals being spared jail has soared since the Coalition took office. An astonishing 4,000 offenders have been handed community sentences, despite each totting up at least 50 convi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoNine out of ten people who joined the workforce last year were foreign nationals, official figures revealed yesterday. The number is far higher than had been previously thought. British nationals account...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 25.8 km (16 miles), the quake hit at 04:01:09 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 144 km ( 89 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanua...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck off the West Coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 31 km (19.3 miles), the quake hit at 03:35:19 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 552 km...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoThere’s no way out of Prattsville, New York. The small town of only about 650 people in the Catskill Mountains has nearly been wiped off the map after Hurricane Irene tore through the area, taking out bri...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA doctor has been accused of stabbing her adopted daughter almost 100 times with a screwdriver for failing to wash her dog's clothes properly. Dr Sylvia Lee is alleged to have chased her 13-year-old daught...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA mother of two is being treated in hospital after bludgeoning her young daughters to death with a hatchet before attempting to kill herself, police said today. Naiyana Patel, 33, is said to have killed ...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoA Biased BBC obeserver notes the State Broadcaster rushing to defend the honour of single mums 'stigmatised' by Tory politicians as having caused the recent riots. Joint BBC/Guardian effort (as with Toynb...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Simeulue, Indonesia at a depth of 41.5 km (25.8 miles), the quake hit at 03:08:29 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 282 km ( 175 miles) WNW of Sibolga,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA former Roman Catholic priest exposed as a serial child sex abuser today claimed he posed no 'threat or danger to children' - despite living by a playground. Bill Carney was defrocked in 1992 after he wa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Tarapaca, Chile at a depth of 131.7 km (81.8 miles), the quake hit at 00:53:18 UTC Wednesday 31st August 2011. The epicenter was 85 km ( 52 miles) ENE of Tacna, Peru ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA father-of-two plunged 150ft to his death as he shared a tandem parasail trip with his daughter during a holiday in Turkey. Glenn Hudson, 50, fell onto a beach in front of hundreds of holidaymakers when ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA schoolgirl has drowned and her boyfriend is missing after the pair went for a late-night swim following a music festival. The body of Hayley Holmes, 17, was found washed up on a beach early on Monday m...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 23 hours ago* Raffles* Sir Stamford Raffles, of the East India Company, brought death and destruction to Java in Indonesia. He sacked and looted cities. He supported slavery. He promoted the trade in Opium. H...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 23 hours ago[image: Helicopters rush food] National Guard helicopters rushed food and water Tuesday to a dozen cut-off Vermont town subsequent to the rainy remnants of Hurricane Irene washed out roads and bridges in ...
- Lord Stirling's News Blog EuropeEurope - 1 day ago<img alt="" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAfQAAAHBCAIAAAAQA97DAAAgAElEQVR4nOy9P4gk23U/ftyJAo1RoAYFGlCgAQdmUPBGKNAaB2+MA69RoAEH9uJAAwo04EAsDt4aBW8HB3LhQNso0BYKvIUDbaHA2zh4WzgQhYK3FwWuxYH...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHello everyone, 1. August Dollar Drive progress: We are currently under 10% of this month's fundraising goal. If you're able to spare just a dollar, consider donating it to this month's dollar drive. Cli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Maule, Chile at a depth of 52.1 km (32.4 miles), the quake hit at 23:41:30 UTC Tuesday 30th August 2011. The epicenter was 71 km ( 44 miles) WNW of Curico, Maule, Chil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the West Chile Rise at a depth of 10.5 km (6.5 miles), the quake hit at 22:51:00 UTC Tuesday 30th August 2011. The epicenter was 965 km ( 599 miles) West of Castro, Lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 43.1 km (26.8 miles), the quake hit at 22:34:09 UTC Tuesday 30th August 2011. The epicenter was 122 km ( 75 miles) SSW of Severo-Kuril'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the North Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 15.1 km (9.4 miles), the quake hit at 22:14:40 UTC Tuesday 30th August 2011. The epicenter was 276 km ( 171 miles) East of Brid...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 58.6 km (36.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:19:09 UTC Tuesday 30th August 2011. The epicenter was 72 km ( 44 miles) SSW of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanuat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 517.4 km (321.5 miles), the quake hit at 20:17:34 UTC Tuesday 30th August 2011. The epicenter was 181 km ( 112 miles) NNW of Dili, ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*AGAIN WE BRACKET "A RIDE WITH OLYMPY" WITH THE SEMENTZOFF FAMILY SEQUEL, "JOYEUX NOËL, MR. DURNING"* [*Note*: It's largely on the strength of the "Ride with Olympy" connection that I chose "*Joyeux No...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 1 day agoI'll admit it. I was worried it would be difficult to find blog content in the new majority government reality. And then, this gift from the blogging gods: *Martin may run for NDP leadership in bid for L...
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 1 day agoSometimes the posts practically write themselves. I'm sure all the obvious Simpsons references have already been made, although the giant Ferris wheel thing does put me in mind of that scene from *The Thi...
- posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 1 day agoAll of us have a reason to go to New York City on September 17th: to occupy Wall Street. As of October 2008, over two million quality jobs were outsourced between 2004 and now; racial economic disparitie...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day agoI saw this snip on the front page of Think Progress just now: *House Republicans will **introduce legislation** today that would restrict the nation’s U.N. contributions “to only the specific purposes outli...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*Project Gunrunner explodes: Lies from Arizona* August 30, 2011 at 8:28 pm Narcosphere By Brenda Norrell The head of ATF and the US Attorney for Arizona are suddenly leaving their jobs as Project Gunrunne...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoSetting the Stage for Historic Hearings in Toronto ** *By Mike Bondi AE911Truth.org Published: August 23, 2011* To capitalize on the strategic importance of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Internati...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAt least 25 people were killed in flooding that hit the city of Ibadan in southwestern Nigeria over the weekend, the Nigerian Red Cross said Tuesday. More victims could still be found in remote areas that...
- posted by Denis Rancourt at Activist Teacher - 1 day ago"The employer will be relying upon post-dismissal conduct and events... first of all to support the decision to dismiss..." -- Lynn Harnden, hired lawyer for U of O"The state will be relying upon post-incarc...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoLooking back as it zooms through interplanetary space, NASA's spacecraft Juno captured a portrait of the Earth and moon. Yes, that's us. All of us.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Friends don't let friends.... * "Family alerted police on driver; Illegal immigrant charged in death of Milford man" August 23, 2011|By Martine Powers and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Correspondent | Globe St...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Number of extreme storms and floods per year in the United States, 1900–2010. NRDC / Data from EM-DAT: the International Disaster Database (see Appendix A)] According to data collected by the In...
- posted by Lord Stirling at Europe - 1 day agoHoly Shroud of Turin Powerful prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - video ~ link AVA MARIA - by Helene Fischer - video ~ link Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE *Israel and Iran both sending warsh...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoBeautiful words. Beautiful thoughts. Beautiful spirit. Beautiful mind.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Farmers oppose bill on verifying workers’ immigration status" July 31, 2011 |By Jesse McKinley, New York Times PATTERSON, Calif. - Farmers across the country are rallying to fight a *Republican-sponsored ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Octogenarian pleads guilty in Calif. immigrant smuggling case" August 20, 2011|By Julie Watson, Associated Press SAN DIEGO -A *female-dominated ring* that prosecutors say led *80 people a month* to the L...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*Sorry about the original title reference to "Mad Men"! Talk about stupid! -- Ken* *Better Call Saul!* *In the AMC interview, Bob Odenkirk tells us that no, the decor of his own office is nothing like th...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*He's got a lot of them, and he's gonna have more*: "Romney to nearly quadruple mansion’s size" August 22, 2011|Washington Post WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is planning to ne...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoDear Danny Boy: Apparently, you failed to take under advisement some of my suggestions that could’ve delayed the inevitable (That being your client Christine O’Donnell’s ghost-written pissing and moani...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoDozens of people were killed in flooding triggered by monsoon rains in Kohistan, a remote area of Pakistan. Many are still missing. An entire village was all but destroyed after days of heavy rain caus...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPalestinians in Gaza have acquired anti-aircraft and anti-tank rockets from Libya during its six-month civil war, enlarging but not significantly improving their arsenal, Israeli officials said on Monday. ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRecent turmoil on financial markets is threatening economic recovery in the European Union, the bloc's leading economic official said today. Recent turmoil on financial markets is threatening economic rec...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSpanish authorities have warned the country's youth against a homemade drug that has killed two people and put another two in hospital. Two 18-year-olds died and a 20-year-old fell seriously ill after the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMuch of Britain suffered the coldest summer for almost two decades, Met Office statistics show. As Britons return to work today after a soggy Bank Holiday weekend, official weather data reveals that aver...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIf Michael Crichton had lived to write a follow-up to State of Fear, the plotline might well have gone like this: at a top secret, state of the art laboratory in Switzerland, scientists finally discover th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe governor of a state under assault by the EPA takes on the patron saint of climate change over whether "warmers" or "deniers" benefit financially from the debate. Meanwhile, the nation loses. Is Texas...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRATES of mental illnesses including depression and post-traumatic stress will increase as a result of climate change, a report to be released today says. The paper, prepared for the Climate Institute, sa...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina’s bear farms, where for decades bile has been extracted from the endangered animals in horrific conditions, have been condemned by eminent Chinese scientists.At a conference in London on Friday, the ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoKOB Eyewitness News 4 has obtained surveillance pictures of a State Police officer having sex with a woman on the hood of a car in broad daylight. State Police aren't saying anything about the photos, ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoChina wants to cement in law police powers to hold dissidents and other suspects of state security crimes in secret locations without telling their families, under draft legislation released on Tuesday tha...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMiami International Airport has led the way in the latest technology for airport security. One airport passenger learned this the hard way when he was trying to sneak seven exotic snakes onto a plane…in hi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA tiny insect that may have caught a ride to Central Florida from Texas is killing thousands of palm trees in the area. A disease carried in the vomit of planthopper insects is what kills the palms. So f...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAstronauts may need to take the unprecedented step of temporarily abandoning the International Space Station if last week's Russian launch accident prevents new crews from flying there this fall. Until o...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoConsumers' confidence in August dropped almost 15 points to the lowest level since April 2009 as worries about the economy fueled the wildest stock market swings since the financial meltdown in 2008. At ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLeroy Luetscher was working in his back garden when he dropped a pair of pruning shears, which landed point-side down in the ground. When Luetscher went to pick them up, he lost his balance and fell face-...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoLarge Egyptian army forces are battling Jihad operatives in the Sinai Peninsula Tuesday as Israel maintains its heightened alert on the tense southern border with Egypt. Israel upped its military presenc...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAfghanistan — August has become the deadliest month for U.S. troops in the nearly 10-year-old war in Afghanistan, where international forces have started to go home and let Afghan forces take charge of sec...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA video has emerged of U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford being assaulted by a pro-regime demonstrator on the streets of Damascus last week. The assault took place before Ford's unapproved trip to th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRelatively speaking, the first months of 2011 have been full of good news for Somalia, the world's closest approximation of anarchy. For two full decades, the majority of the territory in this crescent-sha...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe US government has wasted $30bn (£18bn) in contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last decade, according to a bi-partisan spending commission. The commission on wartime contracting blamed an over-r...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agondian-administered Kashmir's first major literature festival has been cancelled after local writers and artists said it would give the false impression that basic freedoms are allowed in the troubled regio...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA bacterial strain that is now extinct has been identified as the cause of the devastating Black Death plague in the 14th century. The Black Death is estimated to have killed 30 to 50 million Europeans or...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Calif. could be first state to ban foam containers" August 29, 2011|Associated Press SACRAMENTO - Restaurant owner Gary Honeycutt says a push in California’s Legislature to ban the plastic foam container...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Police check Facebook posting after killing" August 17, 2011|Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Authorities are investigating two theories in connection with the death of a man gunned down hours after a jud...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day ago"Republican Jesus." Painting by Brett Bretterson / Uncyclomedia Commons. I'm Not Down With Jesus Anymore a response to "The Response" O I'm Not Down With Jesus Anymore – They say He votes Republican and ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I can't understand them.* "Princeton bars freshmen from Greek system" August 24, 2011|Bloomberg News NEW YORK - Princeton University president Shirley Tilghman is banning freshmen from joining fraterniti...
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Blogger’s fresh new look
August 31, 2011 — permalinkPosted by: Chang Kim, Product Manager
As you may have heard, things are starting to look a little different across many Google products—and today, Blogger is the next product to get a makeover.
It’s been a few years since we made major updates to Blogger’s look and feel, and there’s a lot more to these changes than just shiny new graphics. We’ve rewritten the entire editing and management experience from scratch so it’s faster and more efficient for you—and easier for us to update and improve over time.
Throughout the design process, we conducted user interviews to help identify how to make Blogger even easier and more enjoyable to use. We also watched users try our new interface and made many refinements based on their feedback.
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Whether you’re on a dashboard or settings page of blogger.com, you can always create or edit posts with just one click at the top of the screen. Additionally, the post editor has been expanded and simplified to give you a larger canvas for drafting and previewing your work.
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In the new “Overview” section of your dashboard, you’ll be able to quickly get a pulse for how people are reacting to your blog with a graph of your most recent traffic numbers, comment activity and follower counts. For extra guidance and inspiration, you’ll also find a list of helpful links, a feed of Blogger updates and a showcase of other blogs you may find interesting.
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Starting today, we’ll gradually let all bloggers choose to turn on the new UI, so your Blogger experience won’t be updated until you enable it. Over the next few days, keep an eye out for a pop-up announcement on your dashboard with instructions on how to get started, and check out this Blogger Help Center page to learn more about what’s changed.
If you have suggestions or feedback about the new look, click the gear icon in the top right of the navigation bar and select “Send Feedback.”
We’re working hard to fundamentally revamp and improve the Blogger experience from the ground up, and we hope you enjoy the first in a series of major updates that are on their way in the coming months.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
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