10 August - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

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Dandelion Salad

• America In Decline By Noam Chomsky
  Dandelion Salad By Noam Chomsky Information Clearing House August 06, 2011 “It is a common theme” that the United States, which “only a few years ago was hailed to stride the world as a colossus with unparalleled power and unmatched appeal is in decline, ominously facing the prospect of its fina ...
• Would the DC Republicans Really Prefer to Have ...
  by Steven Jonas, MD, MPH Featured Writer Dandelion Salad crossposted on Buzzflash.com July 19, 2011 The GOP faces a major dilemma in the upcoming presidential election. Before I get into that, let’s define what I mean by “The GOP.” First, I don’t mean most of their public figures. Their electe ...
• The US Dictatorship and its White House Servan ...
  by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad 1 August, 2011 If there is one thing that the office of President Barack Obama demonstrates it is that democracy does not exist in the United States. This may seem a rather outlandish statement. For many people, the fact that the 44th presiden ...
• Super Congress = Fascism by The Other Katherin ...
  by The Other Katherine Harris Featured writer Dandelion Salad Glitzqueen August 1, 2011 No “Super Congress” should be acceptable to anyone who claims to be a Democrat.  This is fascism on a plate!  It’s bad enough we’ve got five kinglets running amok on the Supreme Court. My son and I, life-l ...
• Anger Tsunami: Mass protest wave reaches Israe ...
  Dandelion Salad RussiaToday on Jul 30, 2011 The biggest wave of protest rallies in years is due to start shortly in Israel. Demonstrators will take to the streets in seven cities across the country. And activists hope the rally in Tel Aviv alone will attract half-a-million people. Thousands have ...

Your New Reality

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  US Loses 10% Of Its Elite CIA-Navy SEALs In One Day Did The 'Neptune Spear' Team Who Killed Osama Bin Laden Just Get Taken Out? By Darryl Mason Unofficially, at least, the United States today lost more Navy SEALs in one helicopter crash than they have in the entire decade of the wars on ...
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  Even if Banksy does turn out to be an advertising executive from London, he is without doubt one of the more important and influential artists of Generation X :
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  That the centre of our galaxy is a 'star nursery', and appears to our telescopes as holding the shape of an infinity symbol, is a beautiful moment in astronomy and cosmology's history. It may not, in decades to come, turn out to be true, but right now it's a still stunning, awe-worthy idea. F ...
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  Even At The Brink Of A US Economic Apocalypse, The 1 Percenters Still Want More It seems like only yesterday the United States was trying to bomb Al Jazeera out of the news business. Now the news station growing quickly towards a global audience of one billion people is fastidiously documenting ...
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  From The Wooster Collective, a London artist resets a Metropolitan Police ad on the Tube : One of the most succint summaries of the Murdoch Hacking And Spying And Bribery And Corruption And Surveillance Scandal I've seen yet : ....journalists on a British tabloid hack into and delete the voic ...

Wired - Science

• 6 Mysteries of Jupiter NASA’s New Spacecraft M ...
  A plucky spacecraft named Juno began a long journey to Jupiter today from Florida at 12:25 p.m. EDT despite a small anomaly with the helium system of its rocket ride and a boat wandering into the launch zone.
• Controversial Paper Company Relocates Sumatran ...
  Wildlife conservationists and a controversial paper company this week relocated a critically endangered tiger away from plantations and onto a national park in Sumatra, an Indonesian island famous for its rich biodiversity. A veterinarian performed a final checkup on the 7-year-old female S ...
• Vibrating Glove Boosts Fingertip’s Sense of Touch
  By Mark Brown, Wired UK Forget traditional comic book hero origin stories — gaining a super sense of touch can be as easy as slipping on this glove. It’s designed by a team of researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology, and the glove’s tip lightly vibrates the wearer’s finger to significant ...
• Human Cells a Chimera of Ancient Life
  Despite eons of mingling inside our cells, gene networks we've inherited from primitive, singled-celled ancestors have stayed separate. Our cells remain chimeras, a hybrid fusion of unrelated creatures.
• Drive to Impress Females Pushes Males Toward E ...
  Again and again across the animal kingdom, males die younger than females -- a consistent, puzzling pattern of premature expiration that may be the unavoidable biological cost of impressing the ladies.

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Academic claims Israeli school textbooks conta ...
  Nurit Peled-Elhanan: "People don't really know what their children are reading in textbooks. One question that bothers many people is how do you explain the cruel behaviour of Israeli soldiers... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...
• Lia Tarachansky: Voices from Israel’s July 14 ...
  On July 14th, eight Israeli students set up tents in the heart of Tel Aviv. Within days they were joined by hundreds of tents, and tent cities sprung up throughout the country. This movement, which... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...
• The rise of the Right: Dozens of hilltop youth ...
  The activists, who belong to the extreme right, claim solution to housing crisis is construction in the West Bank; plan to set up dozens of more tents in coming days. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, now in its fifth decade. Go t ...
• Dozens of MKs to Netanyhu: Solve Israel housin ...
  Forty-two cabinet ministers and MKs, all members of the [right wing pro-settlement] Eretz Yisrael Lobby, signed a petition addressed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, calling on him to... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian ...
• Israel’s Supreme Court orders state to dismant ...
  Unprecedented ruling states that Migron must be razed by April 2012; Israeli government had admitted outpost was built on lands belonging to Palestinians, but has thus far failed to dismantle it. The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• Russia, U.S. prepare new military cooperation ...
  Russia and the United States plan to sign more military cooperation deals, the deputy chief of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation said on Thursday.
• Russia's MiG starts on new batch of carrier fi ...
• KFOR asks for reinforcement in Kosovo
  NATO's Kosovo force (KFOR) has asked for more troops following last week's unrest in the north of the province, regional media reported on Tuesday.
• Over 200 aircraft to be showcased at MAKS-2011
  More than 200 Russian and foreign aircraft will be exhibited at the MAKS-2011 air show near Moscow in August, an organizer of the event told RIA Novosti.
• Russian army to receive 120 Iskander tactical ...
  The Russian Defense Ministry is planning to buy up to 120 Iskander-M tactical missile systems, Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov said.

NewsWise

• Social Networking's Good and Bad Impacts on Kids
  Social media present risks and benefits to children but parents who try to secretly monitor their kids' activities online are wasting their time, according to a presentation at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association.
• Even Nobel Laureates Find Acceptance Isn't A G ...
  The path of success for Nobel Prize laureates in the sciences isn't a straight shot from obscurity to never-ending scientific superstardom, a new study reveals.
• Dealing with the Cyberworld's Dark Side
  People who are cyberstalked or harassed online experience higher levels of stress and trauma than people who are stalked or harassed in person, according to a presentation at the American Psychological Association's 119th Annual Convention.
• Human Influence on the 21St Century Climate: O ...
  New computer modeling work shows that by 2100, if society wants to limit carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to less than 40 percent higher than it is today, the lowest cost option is to use every available means of reducing emissions.
• Mindless Eating: Losing Weight without Thinking
  Dieters may not need as much willpower as they think, if they make simple changes in their surroundings that can result in eating healthier without a second thought, said a consumer psychologist at the American Psychological Association's 119th Annual Convention.

Natural Health News

• The Hidden Danger in Your Car Seat
  A study has uncovered the presence of dangerous chemicals in a range of child car seats. The Ecology Center tested over 150 infant, convertible, and booster car seats, and found that some are saturated with dangerous chemicals. Car seats were tested for bromine, chlorine, lead, and other heavy ...
• Drugs Found Ineffective for Veterans' Stress
  Researchers have found that antipsychotic drugs which are widely prescribed to treat severe post-traumatic stress symptoms for veterans are no more effective than placebos.� In addition, the drugs come with serious side effects. The finding is such a serious blow to current treatment standards ...
• The Greater the Bacterial Resistance to Antibi ...
  Not only is the number of multiresistant strains of bacteria in hospitals is increasing, but new research shows that developing resistance may also increase their ability to reproduce. Usually, the acquisition of new genes, such as those for antibiotic resistance, comes at a cost to the bacteri ...
• Should Pediatricians 'Fire' Patients Whose Par ...
  Even though the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends doctors continue to treat anti-vaccine families, some pediatricians have decided to “fire” patients who refuse vaccines -- essentially, telling them that they should seek treatment elsewhere. “Vaccine-concerned” or “vaccine-cautiou ...
• Can Drinking Darker Coffee Improve Your Health?
  Recent research has shown that that moderate coffee consumption may be associated with a reduced risk for type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Since reactive oxygen species (ROS) are believed to be involved in both of these diseases, it was theorized that antioxidants in coffee might contrib ...

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

• Is the Montevideo Convention Still Good Law?
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku This article by Steven Rosen about the legality of a Palestinian state and a short response by Josh Keating touch on this issue. In short, Rosen argues for some independent legal standard for determining statehood (and Palestine doesn’t meet it), such as the Montevide ...
• Dan Joyner on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  by Kevin Jon Heller by Kevin Jon Heller I want to call readers attention to Dan Joyner’s new book, Interpreting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, just out from Oxford.  I haven’t had time to read it yet, but it looks fascinating — and the cover is beautiful.  Here is the summary: The 196 ...
• Judgment on Trial in Cairo
  by Ruti Teitel by Ruti Teitel Ruti Teitel is Ernst Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law at New York Law School and Visiting Professor, London School of Economics.  She is the author of the forthcoming book, Humanity’s Law (Oxford University Press Sept. 2011). For many Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak’ ...
• Space Cadets… (International Legal Rheto ...
  by Chris Borgen by Chris Borgen A while back, I wrote an article on how states use the rhetoric of international law (specifically self-determination) as part of their broader foreign policy initiatives. Li Hong, the Secretary-General of China’s Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, has an op-e ...
• Space Cadets… (International Legal Rhetoric Ed ...
  by Chris Borgen by Chris Borgen A while back, I wrote an article on how states use the rhetoric of international law (specifically self-determination) as part of their broader foreign policy initiatives. Li Hong, the Secretary-General of China’s Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, has an op-e ...

Public News Service

• Cell Phone Brain Cancer Study Doesn't Ring Tru ...
  Cell Phone Brain Cancer Study Doesn't Ring True? Scientists Explain Why Phoenix, AZ – A new journal study says kids using cell phones don't face a higher risk of brain cancer than those who don't use mobile phones. But two California scientists who have looked at the report say that's not the wh ...
• Mesa Councilman: Clean Economy Expanding Quick ...
  Mesa Councilman: Clean Economy Expanding Quickly in AZ Mesa, AZ – Arizona’s emerging “clean” economy has already produced thousands of good-paying jobs. But a Mesa councilman says the state is just getting started. Comments from Dave Richins, Mesa council member and Sun Corridor Legacy Program D ...
• White House Forms Council to Focus on Rural Am ...
  White House Forms Council to Focus on Rural America Phoenix, AZ - A half-million Arizonans live in rural areas, and President Obama has just established the White House Rural Council – a Cabinet-level committee to examine the issues and challenges facing people in rural America. Comments from Do ...
• Senate Committee to Consider Imported Prescrip ...
  Senate Committee to Consider Imported Prescription Drug Safety Washington, D.C. – Nearly half of the manufactured medicines and 80 percent of the raw materials to make them comes from overseas. Arizona Senator John McCain is a member of a Senate committee considering giving the FDA more power t ...
• Cardiologist: Don’t Be Afraid of Hands-O ...
  Cardiologist: Don’t Be Afraid of Hands-Only CPR Phoenix, AZ – Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., and immediate, effective CPR can more than double a victim’s chance of survival. New guidelines say hands-only CPR is just as effective as CPR with breaths in t ...

Center for Food Safety

• U.S. Congress Turns Up The Heat On Genetically ...
  23 Members of Congress say “GE fish would not be in the public interest” NEWLY PUBLISHED STUDIES HIGHLIGHT ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF ESCAPED GE FISH Members of Congress turned up the heat on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last Friday, sending strongly worded, bipartisan letters calling ...
• 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 ...

Angry Indian Op-Eds

• Of Caucasians, Christians and Desperate White Men:
  Why Conservative Racialists in the US, UK and Israel Are Ultimately Responsible for the Tragedy in Norway TheAngryindian07.06.2001 ‘As for a climactic conflict between a once-Christian West and an Islamic world that is growing in numbers and advancing inexorably into Europe for the third tim ...
• African Americans should support Palestinian r ...
  African Americans should support Palestinian rights and BDS, interfaith delegation says | BDSmovement.net Members of the Interfaith Peace Builders’ first African Heritage Delegation to Israel/Palestine have issued a call on African Americans to support the struggle for Palestinian rig ...
• ‪Ivan Van Sertima- Civilizations before Greece ...
  ‪Ivan Van Sertima- Civilizations before Greece and Rome‬‏ From Wikipedia: Van Sertima became Associate Professor of African Studies at Rutgers in the Department of Africana Studies. In his work, he addressed topics in literature, linguistics, anthropology and history. He wrote that the kings ...
• The Sentencing of Tim DeChristopher Highlights ...
  The Sentencing of Tim DeChristopher Highlights the Conflict Between the People and Corporate-Government [globalresearch.ca] The trial and sentencing of Tim DeChristopher highlights the conflict between the people of the United States and the corporate-government that protects the privileged. In ...
• CopWatch (2002)
  Winner: 2003 Media That Matters - Media Activism Award (Guerrilla News Network) American television audiences have long been accustomed to the celebration of rawkus police action via the Fox Network's signature exploitation, COPS. And while, for many, the show is a tell-tale sign of ...

Pensieve

• So, … what is a Hipster?
  I’ve heard the word “hipster” tossed about lately. As a perpetual non-cool geek, I didn’t understand this very well. Until I saw this sarcastic roast of the “Evolution of the Hipster”, that is. They even feature Pomplamoose, my favorite YouTube band. Enjoy! Related posts:The Ted Williams Show: S ...
• What is Trustocorp?
  Humorous messages are cropping up in New York City. A website for an organization called Trustocorp has links to flickr, twitter and facebook accounts. This is quite possibly a publicity stunt…but an entertaining one. Related posts:Why Google Buzz? They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha, Ha! DC Metr ...
• Plot Device, Allegro Non “Trope”-o
  This is a showcase of post-processing more than of acting; the effects overwhelm it. After all, it is a viral commercial for Red Giant Software. Yet, this witty short film is hilarious in exposing the over-use of movie tropes by lazy (or cowardly?) script writers who are filling movie theaters, ...
• What is Google+?
  I’ve been testing out Google+ for the past few weeks, and although I’m not leaving Facebook anytime soon, I like the selectiveness of being able to share to different circles or everyone. Let me know in the comments if you’d like a Google+ invite. Related posts:Why Google Buzz? Your Web Alphabet ...
• Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure
  This fascinating TED conference reveals research into the psychology of pleasure and pain. Pleasure and pain are increased or decreased by what we believe about them. Sometimes I wish I could hypnotize myself and change what I believe about my life. I’m conscious that much of my misery comes fr ...

Green Times

• The world experience
    As this signs shows, the world is huge, and cities and places to see are innumerable. Travelling is such a unique and amazing experience, not just to contemplate beautiful landscapes but also to learn and share different cultures.   Although most forms of travel produce carbon emissions (gl ...
• Go Green Tips ~ to Save Energy
  Looking for tips and tricks to help live a more environmentally-sensitive lifestyle? Try out some of our favourite tips to help you save energy…
• Environmental News 29/07/2011
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss
• WOW!
  How to save a humpback whale! Humpback whales are an endangered species (wildlife/endangered-species.html), and are still a target for the whaling "industry". Since the whaling moratorium was introduced in 1966, their population has partially recovered; however, entanglement in fishing g ...
• Environmental News 28/07/2011
  Environmental News You Shouldn't Miss

The Briefing Room | Investigate

• Climate study endorses central premise of Air Con
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• BREAKING SILENCE: what the Coroner was not all ...
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• BREAKING SILENCE news release
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• News release on Ian Wishart's Kahui case book, ...
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• News release from Ian Wishart: Book will be pu ...
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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• Antisemitism and Political Blogging: Personal ...
  My 5-year involvement with this site has been somewhat intermittent. Although I love to blog, there is still this other pesky thing called “life” that often tends to take precedence. At other times, despair about my main blogging subject (Israel-Palestine, hereafter I-P), and the apparent futili ...
• Israeli Army ambushes Freedom Theater
  Soldiers have stormed the Freedom Theatre of Jenin, whose co-founder Juliano Mer-Khamis was slain earlier this year. URGENT PRESS RELEASE From The Freedom Theater Foundation, Jenin, Palestine 04.46 (gmt+2), July 27, 2011 Special Forces of the Israeli Army attacked the Freedom Theater in Jenin Re ...
• For Israeli army, Palestinians having guests i ...
  Video of the Jully 22nd protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Part 1 of an account of that day’s protest from our source A. is here. Her story continues… After a while, my paramedic friend and a young man from the village led me once again through back-roads and fields back to Leila’ ...
• For Israeli army, Palestinians having guests i ...
  Here is the  video of the Nabi Saleh protest from Friday. We received this account from the same protest our anonymous  source A., an international activist living in Palestine.  She explains: This account is edited from a chat conversation describing events that took place on July 21st dur ...
• For Lieberman, human rights = terrorism
  Well, this sums it up well. Though Israel declined to follow up the anti-Boycott bill by passing a law calling for the investigation of human rights organizations, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was not “blasted ministers for refusing to probe” From Ha’aretz, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberm ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Hawaii gets it on rooftop solar
  Hawaiian Electric on Oaho has reached a milestone, 20 MW of installed rooftop solar. What’s more, customers can sell excess power into the grid for full retail credit. May many more electric companies follow their lead.
• Down In The Bottom – Howlin Wolf
• Germany refusing to bail out Italy
  Zero Hedge It just went from bad to far, far worse as Germany says Italy is too big for European Financial Stability Facility to save, refuses to carry euro bailout burden This could be huge. At the very least, this will force Berlusconi to take very fast action indeed.
• American Exceptionalism is over. Good.
  Politicians and pundits are belly-aching about the S&P downgrade. Yes, S&P did some seriously sleazy things in the past (and this blog slammed them and the other ratings agencies for it back when most progressive blogs were clueless about the impending financial crisis.) But S&P is right about t ...
• S&P on the US
  The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America’s governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in ...

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

• Pentagon “None Of Killed In Action Today ...
• Race War in Wisconsin – Mobs of 100&#824 ...
  As Rodney King was famous for saying, “cant we all just get along”? Folks – please realize who your REAL controllers are and focus on them. We are all in this together yo   Channel 4 Milwaukee Video WEST ALLIS – Witnesses tell Newsradio 620 WTMJ and TODAY’S TMJ4 of a mob of young people attacki ...
• Police Convictions in Katrina Shootings, Cover-Up
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Five current or former police officers were convicted Friday of federal civil rights charges related to deadly shootings on a New Orleans bridge after Hurricane Katrina: SGT. KENNETH BOWEN Bowen, 37, was in the passenger seat of a rental truck that police drove to the Danziger ...
• Its Finished: Members Of Bin Laden Kill Team D ...
  DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES! If Obama was planning to run his re-selection campaign on the fact that he single – handedly killed Bin Laden… He doesn’t need pesky witnesses around…. To the families who have lost loved ones today: We are sorry for your loss! Keep their memories alive by telling what yo ...
• August 6th, (Happy Hiroshima 66) 1945: A Day t ...
  � Cindy Sheehan This will be a short piece, since I am getting ready to go to the anti-nuke/peace rally here in Hiroshima in a few hours (it�s the 6th here), but I will give my impressions of that when I get back to my hotel. Last night, I dreamed about my grandmother (Mamaw). I [...]

The Air Vent

• Disclosure by Proxy??
  Steve McIntyre has posted on something we’ve discussed behind the scenes for some time now.  It was a weekend morning at the end of January 2010 when I got the call from Guardian reporter David Leigh for asking for Patrick Condon.  Now, the interesting thing about it was that I had not release ...
• You Sure?
  Don’t let anyone tell you that the science is settled on AGW.  Judith Curry has an interesting post on just what might be causing CO2 increases other than mankind.  Hell, even I was convinced that man likely caused CO2 increases.   It appears that there is some evidence that the CO2 rise may ...
• Extreme
  When those who would control spending are the extremists, what does it say for our future?  Of all things the Tea Party movement stands for, the central issue is spending control.  The mainstream media ensures that the Tea Party is continually painted as extremist yet this simple central point i ...
• Ludicrous
  I’ve got a new computer today which allows blogging at twice the normal rate. It’s nothing fancy but a heck of  a lot better than a laptop with a dead keyboard.  Yup, I typed the old laptop completely to death!  Flat, shiny,non-working, keys and finally a dead screen.  All of which which for ...
• Polarbear Science Mysteries Exposed?
  Don’t kid yourself, they want the bears to drown. Check this out at WUWT, AKA the center of the internet. Inspector generalâs transcript of drowned polar bear researcher being grilled

Focal Point

• Hallelujah, I'm a Bum! Or, Why a Hobo-Themed W ...
  From Amanda, I learn that a couple decided--apparently of their own free will--to have a hobo-themed wedding.� Lest you think this post comes from a place of knee-jerk anti-hobo animus, let me assure you that I love Utah Phillips and Ted Conover as much as anyone you will ever meet. I unders ...
• Video: A Mariachi Band Serenades a Beluga Whale
  In my Room 101, I am this beluga: Watch. HT: Loren Beyerstein. �Read More
• How Many Swastikas Does a Guy Have to Tattoo o ...
  Here's a strange story: Erica Herrera plans to marry Curtis Allgier, even though he's an incarcerated alleged murderer with white supremacist tattoos all over his face and she's not white. (Full-sized image) Herrera attempts to explain her decision to the Associated Press in terms of kind of . ...
• New York Owl Felled By Herpes
  City investigators have determined that a great horned own found dead in Inwood Hill Park last month succumbed to avian herpes. The virus is not transmissible to humans. [Photo credit: Great horned owl by Vicki's Nature, Creative Commons.]Read More
• Cat Food Central: Boehner's Budget Proposal Wo ...
  John Boehner's budget proposal would cause the greatest increase in poverty in U.S. history, according to an analysis from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: House Speaker John Boehner’s new budget proposal would require deep cuts in the years immediately ahead in Social Security ...

Inside Facebook

• 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. Here are this weekâs highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at LeadBolt, King.com, Dynamic Signal, Glu Mobile, Kabam, El ...
• Facebook Roundup: London, Pages, School, Spam, ...
  Facebook’s Page Reaches 50 Million Likes — The company has just reached 50 million Likes on its official Page, which is also unsurprisingly the most popular Page on the site. Ceglia Facebook Ownership Facebook Looking Even Worse — Despite some turgid articles not too long ago about the possibili ...
• Quixey’s Keyword-Based Facebook App Search Eng ...
  Keyword-based app search engine startup Quixey added the ability to find Facebook apps this week. Users can now type in what they’re trying to do, such as “promote my band” and receive recommendations of apps across mobile operating systems, browsers, social networks, and the web. Quixey doe ...
• Facebook’s “Locations” App Lets Corporate Page ...
  In mid-July, Facebook confirmed to us that it began testing a new Parent-Child Page management system for business with a corporate / local structure — those with a central brand Page as well as Pages for each individual branch or franchise. The limited private beta program’s first public facin ...
• Profile Banners, Calendars, Dropbox, Quizzes, ...
  A profile banner app, in Spanish, topped the list of our non-game applications growing by monthly active users this week. There were also a few calendar apps, in different languages, the Dropbox app, a few quiz/matchmaking apps and then a few photo apps. The apps on our list grew from between 15 ...

Truthout - Tweets

• truthout: Bosnia, Kosovo, and Now Libya: The H ...
  truthout: Bosnia, Kosovo, and Now Libya: The Human Costs of Washington’s On-Going Collusion with Terrorists http://t.co/jMmmbbE
• truthout: Who Are We - and Should It Matter in ...
  truthout: Who Are We - and Should It Matter in the 21st Century? http://t.co/WhDveIe
• truthout: Hartmann: Mainstream Media Ignores S ...
  truthout: Hartmann: Mainstream Media Ignores S&P Attack On Republicans http://bit.ly/qDDlFm #p2 #tpot #tcot
• truthout: Spain's "Indignados" at the Vanguard ...
  truthout: Spain's "Indignados" at the Vanguard of a Global Nonviolent Revolt http://t.co/IYyDoTY
• truthout: Mainstream Media Ignores S&P Attack ...
  truthout: Mainstream Media Ignores S&P Attack On Republicans http://t.co/YbeRxqU

ReDress News

• War on error: how Israel bankrupted America
  Paul J. Balles looks at how, by dragging the USA into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on false premises, Israel, the world’s first practitioner of terrorism, has almost bankrupted America.
• Statehood: Palestinians must show they mean bu ...
  Stuart Littlewood calls on the Palestinians to pursue a two-pronged strategy: on the one hand bid for UN recognition of their statehood because they must have "equal rank to Israelis within the international community and a level playing field", while developing and expanding boycott, divestment ...
• Libya, Western intervention and the left's gre ...
  Redress Information & Analysis looks back at the Libyan uprising as it unfolded, from the eruption of the peaceful civil and political rights protests and the Gaddafi regime's hyper-violent response, to the UN Security Council's authorization of the use of force to protect Libyan civilians. We p ...
• Palestinian bid for UN statehood recognition
  Lawrence Davidson argues that, while UN recognition of Palestinian statehood could be potentially of psychological value to the Palestinian cause, "boycott, divestment and sanctions within the context of increasing worldwide awareness of Israel's essential racist nature shows real promise of res ...
• Israel and the American Jewish voter
  Lawrence Davidson analyses the bizarre phenomenon of a Democratic and a Republican candidate fighting a congressional election in a New York district not over national or local issues, but over which of the two is more loyal to Israel.

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

• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials
  More Planes & Bombs for Libya, Libya in Pictures, the Covert War in Yemen, the Staggering Price Tag for Iraq-Afghan Wars, Budget Cut=Return to the Draft?, Echelon Incest, The Silent Liquidity Freeze & More Newsworthy NATO Calls for More Planes to Bomb Libyan Targets Libya in Pictures: What the M ...
• Podcast Show #50
  The Boiling Frogs Presents James Bamford James Bamford joins us to discuss the case of NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake, the government’s overreach in bringing espionage charges against him, and the Obama Administration’s unprecedented level of retaliation against government whistleblowers. He dis ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials
  New US Jails in Afghanistan, the Syrian Paradox, MIC: The Enemy Within, Media’s Endless War Propaganda, CIA in Business with the Parent Group to Al-Qaeda … & More! Newsworthy ‘Deadliest Six Months’ for Civilians in Afghanistan U.S. Building New Jails across Afghanistan Iran Rejects US Claims of ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials
  CIA Secret Sites in Somalia, the Next Massacre: Pakistan, What Panetta Saw-What we got, Questioning the âTruthâ about 9/11 & More! The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia Officials: NATO Kills 16 Civilians in Afghan Air Strike Next Up: Pakistan- Ominous signs of a major new war Why Ahmed Wali Karzai w ...
• The Assassination of Afghan Kingpin Karzai: A ...
  Time to Look at the New Heirs ala CIA There is no point in wasting too many words and space rehashing what every media outlet has been reporting and recounting on the assassination of Afghan Heroin Kingpin Ahmed Wali Karzai. The US media began reporting on the Kingpin, his heroin network and ope ...

Afro Spear

• “Is feminism really un-African?” b ...
  Very interesting post and conversation. I encourage any comments to be made at original post (here).  As my feminist consciousness has developed the more I’ve become aware, both explicitly and implicitly, that there is a popular notion that feminism is un-African. Every time I write a post about ...
• Niggazz are Wannaa-bee Gangstazz
  Football is a violent sport. No doubt it plays into the gladiator blood sport mythos of days gone by. It’s also BIG business. I’ve heard that the current labour dispute between the owners and players is at the root, really about how to divvy up $9 billion is yearly revenue… basically the owner ...
• “Ralph Nader Is Tired of Running for Pre ...
  Click on image for article
• 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

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

• Three creative ways people are bringing hope a ...
  By: Anne Thomas Even though the initial intensity of the March 11 disaster has subsided, many people still feel a deep tugging to help Japanese disaster victims. Since that subtle pull is strong and persistent, people are finding very creative ways to bring hop ...
• Saying goodbye to David Servan-Schreiber
  By: Ode Ode columnist David Servan-Schreiber died on the evening of Sunday, July 24. He was 50. A professor of psychiatry in the US and France, Servan-Schreiber wrote the bestselling Anticancer: A New Way of Life and The Instinct to Heal, both read around the w ...
• Meditating on Pema Chödrön's 'Dusk on the River'
  By: Anne Thomas Although my main job is in a university, I also teach privately. My favorite of those lessons is an advanced English class for adults. I have been teaching them for many years, so we have become good friends. Since they are well educated and tal ...
• Women broadcasting peace in Brazil
  By: PeaceCorso So of course you know how once something enters your conscious awareness, you see it everywhere. You will not be surprised that Brazil is showing up all over my reality. Here’s a wonderful story about women in a shantytown in Rio de Janeiro broad ...
• When meat is missing
  The height of summer is approaching. It's time for a vegetarian barbecue! Photo: Pieter de Swart “Vegetarian barbecue” used to be a contradiction in terms, but no longer. The meaning of both words has changed. In the old days, a vegetarian didn’t eat meat. Today, the New Vege ...

OpEd News

• Truman Lied, Hundreds of Thousands Died
  When Truman lied to America that Hiroshima was a military base rather than a city full of civilians, people no doubt wanted to believe him.
• On the transcontinental Kerouac road again?
  Is America facing a new Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test?
• How the US media marginalizes dissent
  If the only alternative to endless war and occupation and oppression by US and NATO forces in Afghanistan is civil war and Taliban domination, wouldn't it be better to leave the carnage to the Afghans?
• Can We Please Call a Nut a Nut?
  Here's how the cult of "objectivity" distorts our knowledge of what's going on in the world.
• Creating Evidence Where There Is None
  When Pakistanis on the scene in Abbottabad report a totally different story about bin Laden from the one that reaches us second- and third-hand from unidentified operatives speaking to reporters in the US who have never been to Abbottabad, shouldn't someone qualified look into the story?

Switchboard

• NRDC in the News 8/5: Environmental cuts; glob ...
  NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide Frances Beinecke was quoted in EnergyBiz.com criticizing the disproportionate cuts to important programs such as pollution control, clean energy and public lands in a piece about the debt limit bil ...
• ESA: a failure if species aren't delisted?
  Louisa Willcox, Senior Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana On March 7, 2011, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case, Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. State of Wyoming, case number 09-36100, involving the 2009 decision by Judge Donald M ...
• LATIN AMERICA CLIMATE, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ...
  Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile Chile’s legal procedural authority, the Contraloría, denied that the water rights HidroAysén received from the General Water Directorate earlier this year were legally granted.  HidroAy ...
• Implementing the National DSM Regulations in C ...
  Hyoungmi Kim, Policy Specialist on Energy Efficiency and Utilities, Beijing, China On November 4, 2010, China’s Central government enacted national demand-side management (DSM) regulations. Under the Regulations, grid companies are required to use ...
• Musical Chairs at the New York City Department ...
  Eric Goldstein, Director of NRDC's New York City Environment, NY It seems like the City’s Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) just can’t catch a break this summer. Two weeks ago, a fire roared through the main engine room of the Depart ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Robert Ryan
  A great piece on the wonderful Robert Ryan, one of the most underrated actors in Hollywood history. I was actually thinking of writing a series of posts on Ryan myself, but I’ll let this suffice. I think Ryan’s characters are almost uniformly wonderful–the lieutenant desperate to get at least on ...
• Meanwhile…
  …horrible news.
• QOTD
  Sawicky: Looking to S&P for ratings is like appointing Geraldo a Professor of Archaeology after he excavated Al Capone’s vault. …see also.
• Bork: An Explanation For Anything
  Shorter Megan McArdle: “The Republicans can hardly be blamed for engaging in hostage-taking over the debt ceiling. After all, in 1987 a bipartisan majority rejected a Supreme Court nominee with views so unpopular no subsequent Republican nominee has been willing to defend them in a clean, timely ...
• A Survivor’s Tale of Survival
  In lieu of Daddy Blogging… The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c Uncensored – A Survivor’s Tale of Survival – I Survived www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor & Satire Blog The Daily Show on Facebook

Desert Research Institute

• ASCENT Connecting women in atmospheric sciences
  Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching Networks (ASCENT) is a program focusing on women in atmospheric science/meteorology. It’s designed to initiate positive professional relationships among female faculty of different ranks and postdoctoral researchers.
• DRI and UNR Scientists Help Agencies Preserve ...
  DRI and The University of Nevada have highly cooperative, productive and ongoing research programs across a variety of topics in the Lake Tahoe Basin that are doing their best to provide quality science to inform basin managers and policymakers.
• Storm Peak Lab Celebrates the 4th of July and ...
  There is nothing like a small-town parade on the 4th of July. The scientists and volunteers at the DRI Storm Peak Lab (SPL) in Steamboat Springs, Colo. participated in this year’s Steamboat Springs Fourth of July Parade. The parade theme was the “Greatest Summer on Earth.”
• 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.

Earth Techling

• Solar Airplane Called Elektra One Debuts
  Oregon-based company SolarWorld has unveiled its solar powered airplane called the Elektra One, and hopes to start taking order for the craft in 2012.
• Off Grid, High Altitude Accommodations
  The Eagle Nest Hut concept by Piero Ceratti uses a unique system of interlocking supports to create an off-grid structure that perches securely on sheer rock.
• E-waste Management Partnership Developed
  E-World Online and Earth911.com have partnered to develop a system to better manage e-waste recycling labeling and compliance for manufacturers.
• Michigan EV Industry Promotes Itself
  Michigan leaders are hoping to keep the state a leader in the auto industry by turing their focus toward supporting and enhancing the electric vehicle sector.
• Solar Promo Offers Tasty Cool Treats?
  The home solar company Sungevity is promoting its new East Coast service by dispensing free – free! – ice pops from a biodeisel and solar-powered truck.

National Law Journal | U.S.

• HEALTH CARE LAW: A SPECIAL REPORT
  The Affordable Care Act enshrines a hope — that doctors, hospitals and other providers will team up to improve patient care and reduce costs. But there's also a fear — that doctors, hospitals and other providers will team up to stifle competition and raise prices instead.
• IN-HOUSE COUNSEL: In-house counsel as service ...
  Legal departments have begun to unbundle tasks so as to assign the right resources to the right work.
• OPINION: Stop the bias against the jobless
  Congress should pass the Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011, which bans both employers and recruiters from refusing to consider unemployed applicants.
• THE PRACTICE: Revised merger remedies guide re ...
  Antitrust Division reinforces that vertical merger remedies are always fact specific — designed to fit the alleged violation.
• MIDWEST REPORT
  Our survey of market conditions in Midwestern cities finds Detroit firms expanding into other regions to find business, while Chicago ranks as one of the fastest-growing legal centers in the country.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Controversial billboard depicting contaminated ...
  The Sautners from Dimock put up a billboard that has a picture of their dirty water and the words “FIX IT” on Rt. 29 in the heart of Cabot Oil & Gas territory. As soon as it went up, they held a press conference.  Angry pro-gas neighbors were also there –  and Cabot spokesman George Stark. [...]
• Waterdog Training August 11th
  Below is note from Erica about the upcoming Waterdog training at Ives Run. Hello Everyone I just wanted to remind everyone that we are hosting another Advanced Waterdog Training on August 11th at Ives Run from 5-9 pm.  Please let me know if you can make it and also please feel free to share it [...]
• PennFuture files federal lawsuit against Marce ...
  Harrisburg, PA (July 21, 2011) – Citizens for Pennsylvania‟s Future (PennFuture) filed a lawsuit today in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Ultra Resources, Inc., for air pollution at its Marcellus Shale drilling sites, which violates the federal Cl ...
• Advanced Waterdog Training in August
  An advanced Waterdog training will take place on August 11th. Details from the flyer are below. Hello Waterdogs, I wanted to invite all of you to our Advanced Waterdog Training on August 11 from 5:00—9:00. This training will only be for people who have already attended the initial training. We w ...
• A Substitute for Tears…
  Two fellows that have had profound effects on the music in my life have each written songs about the gas drilling and want to preserve the beauty and purity of places they have come to know and love in Pennsylvania. Check out Van Wagner’s tune here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trxrh_FmPeI&fea ...

News Blaze

• Bolivia Celebrates Independence Day
  Ms. Clinton stated that both two countries share a rich diversity among their peoples and they are united in their pursuit for lasting equality. She added that Bolivia and the United States are committed to independence and liberty.
• Ambush in Darfur Kills Another UN-AU Peacekeeper
  One peacekeeper died at the scene and a second peacekeeper who was seriously wounded has been taken to hospital in Nyala for emergency surgery.
• Helicopter Tragedy in Afghanistan: US Service ...
  Secretary General's statement on helicopter tragedy in Afghanistan. He is very saddened by the deaths of US service members.
• Hollywood Sentinel Tribute to Amy Winehouse No ...
  The Hollywood Sentinel, the free monthly entertainment website that features only the good news, has released its news issue featuring a tribute to Amy Winehouse among more.
• UN Calls on Belarus to Guarantee Well-Being of ...
  Mr. Bialatski is the President of Viasna, a human rights centre, and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights. He was arrested yesterday in the capital, Minsk, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Righ

environment 360

• In Arid South African Lands, Fracking Controve ...
  The contentious practice of hydrofracking to extract underground natural gas has now made its way to South Africa’s Karoo, a semi-desert known for its stark beauty and indigenous plants. But opposition is growing amid concern that fracking will deplete and pollute the area’s scarce water supplie ...
• New Method Makes Tar Sands Removal Cheaper and ...
  A Canadian consortium says it has developed technology that could double the amount of oil that can be extracted from Alberta’s abundant tar sands and cut greenhouse gas emissions associated with the process by 85 percent. Existing technologies to extract and process the sludgy bituminous materi ...
• After Debt Deal, Energy and Environmental Prog ...
  The debt deal reached by the White House and Congress will likely trigger deep spending cuts for many energy and environmental programs for years to come, a shift many fear could have long-term repercussions on public health and the emergence of new energy technologies. With Congress poised to m ...
• Probing the Role of the Sun In an Era of Globa ...
  Some skeptics have suggested the real culprit behind rising temperatures is increased solar activity. But a wide variety of data and experiments still provide no solid evidence to refute the scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are the major reason the planet is heating up. BY MI ...
• Greenland’s Ice Sheet May Be More Stable than ...
  Research into the last prolonged warm spell on Earth — an interglacial period roughly 125,000 years ago — shows that Greenland’s ice sheet may be more stable and Antarctica’s less stable than previous studies have shown. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin conducted a detailed study of th ...

Red Ice Creations

• Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik recruited ...
  Remember that the hearings was closed to the public and the media. Classic Scandinavian style - an "open society" right. The judge ordered that 32-year-old Andres Behring Breivik is to be detained without access to letters or visitors, apart from his lawyer. He’s getting four weeks in isolation. ...
• 2,000-year-old bell found in Jerusalem rings again
  2,000-year-old bell in Jerusalem: a 2,000-year-old bell has been discovered by Israeli archaeologists and rang for the first time in as many years. 2,000-year-old bell found by Israeli archaeologists in Jerusalem, Monday. The bell, dating back to the Second Jewish Temple period, was discovered i ...
• Norway police lower youth camp death toll to 68
  Norwegian police said Monday that the double-counting of bodies in the chaotic aftermath of a shooting spree may have contributed to a dramatic overestimate of the number of people slain, but they offered few other details about the error. The sharp reduction in the death toll, from 86 to 68, ad ...
• Norway massacre: Anders Breivik "Surprised" He ...
  Geir Lippestad Mr Lippestad said it was "too early" to say if his client was mad, but added: "The whole case has indicated that he is insane." He said his client had taken drugs before going on the rampage "to be strong, efficient and awake" and was "sorry that he had to do this but it was neces ...
• Media Now Links Breivik to British "Extremists ...
  The Norwegian fanatic has been in close contact with hundreds of British right-wing extremists for two years, it emerged last night. He chatted about "tactics" on social networking sites with hundreds of members of the English Defence League (EDL) and the British National Party (BNP) and attende ...

Russia Today

• Syrian government steps up offensive despite i ...
  At least 20 have been killed after Syrian tanks launched an offensive on another rebel town on Sunday. This attack came as the UN appealed for an immediate halt to violence in the country.
• “Basket of currencies and gold may substitute ...
  In the wake of Standard & Poor's dropping America's ranking to AA+, Greencrest Capital senior analyst Max Wolff says this is just the beginning of more serious trouble for the US.
• Helicopters fight major blaze in Moscow
  A major fire has been raging on a 2,000-square-meter area in an open-air former warehouse in the south of Russian capital on Saturday. Two helicopters and about 30 firefighting companies have been struggling to contain...
• Dozens killed as Taliban shoot down NATO copter
  Thirty-one US special operation troops and seven Afghan soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash in the eastern Afghani province of Wardak after a Taliban attack.
• Ukrainian ex-PM arrest slammed at home and abroad
  Several EU member countries have expressed concern over the arrest of former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko, while her supporters have started a sit-in in the center of the capital, Kiev, which they say they will keep up...

Not My Tribe

• White American lunch
  I had a white American lunch today. I feel a little racist saying that, but it’s true, I had the Friday special at a luncheonette. Roasted white meat of turkey, on white bread, with mashed potatoes and whitish-yellow gravy. Now who else is going to eat that? Nothing of color, or shading, except ...
• Recreational Psycho-Pharmaceuticals R Us
  So, after hearing the Wrong Wing mocking Leftist underground movements (they don’t use “grass root” to describe it , believing their corporate- paid teabags invented it) as “ineffective” from one side of, for want of a better word, their “faces”… and bitterly complain from the other side that Hi ...
• Flower Children Keep On Truckin’
  2007 St Patrick’s Day Parade: Behind Jonah are Tony and Elizabeth.
• Christians versus Lyin-Heart medal
  Starting with REAL Christian values, as preached by Christ.   Sojourners, whose mailing list led me here…(aside from me taking the long way home due to road work, thus stumbling on to Camp Casey) and other Christian groups, some of the names surprised me, have entered the budget battle with T.V. ...
• Is there an energy drink that’s safe or ...
    Short answer, not really. But we’re feeling left out of the excitement, even if it’s addled. Reed’s Natural Energy Elixir is probably the most interesting (sparkling filtered water, cane sugar, pineapple juice, honey, fresh ginger root, lemon juice, lime juice, green tea leaf, ginseng, goji, a ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• 9/11: The Absurdity of the No-Planes-in-New Yo ...
  YouTube.com alawson911 PLEASE SEE THE BEST COMMENT EVER, BELOW. Although it will make sense if viewed in isolation, this is not meant to be a stand-alone video; it was compiled as a companion to a text article of the same name. Links to the websites that host the article are as follows: The ...
• Dr. Crockett Grabbe-National Swindle on the Wo ...
  Related Info: Dr. Grabbe's website: http://www.sealane.org/ Dr. Grabbe's book: http://tinyurl.com/3s4sqcw Dr. Grabbe's scholarly papers on the collapse of the WTC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Science in the Bush: When Politics Displaces Phy ...
• '9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out' ...
  Pat Curley of the Screw Loose Change blog writes: I love that they got Lynn Margulis, National Medal of Science winner to tell us about the problems with NIST. She must have won her medal in structural engineering, right? Well, no, she won it for microbiology. Which, if we were talking about ...
• 9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out, ...
  This is the trailer for the expert-packed feature length documentary by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth - which premiers the week prior to September 11, 2001 around the world.
• About "They Hate Our Freedoms"
  http://truthaction.org/forum James Dorman AKA jimd3100 Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:13 am Screw loose change blog comments on my prior post on the motives of the fruitcake asshole hijackers and how they didn't attack us because they hate our freedom like Bush would have you believe ...of course he wi ...

Fooducate

• Is Gluten-Free Just A Fad?
  This is a guest blog post by David Katz, M.D. There is a sizable, but still decidedly minority population that can benefit in terms of feeling better by excluding gluten, entirely or mostly, from their diets. There is a population — an order of magnitude smaller — for which it is vital to do so, ...
• Kraft 1 & Kraft 2: The Breakup
  Kraft is one of the largest food companies in the world. It has just announced that it will be splitting into 2 companies over the next 12-18 months. The company said the snacks business would focus on “fast-growing developing markets and in instant consumption channels,” while the North America ...
• Recent Study: We’re Consuming Less Sugar. Or A ...
  A study recently published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition has some good news: Between the years 2000 and 2008, our daily intake of added sugars has gone down from 3.5 ounces to 2.7 ounces. That’s almost a 25% decrease! “We were surprised to see that there was a substantial reducti ...
• 11 Types of Food Additives
  “No additives or preservatives” is a wonderful claim on a food label. But you’ll be hard pressed to find products in the supermarket that don’t contain at least one food additive. Even organic products use them, and unless you bake your own bread, shun all processed snacks, and drink nothing but ...
• Should Parents Hide the Veggies?
  Here’s an interesting study from Pennsylvania State University: Youngsters got more of their daily greens when researchers pureed veggies and added them to kids’ main dishes at breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the sly. And the kids didn’t seem to notice that anything was different — or to like th ...

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

• Tour companies join tourist boycott of human s ...
  Tourist films Jarawa on the Andaman Trunk Road © Survival In a major step forward, two leading tour companies in India’s Andaman Islands have come out in support of the call for tourists to boycott the Andaman Trunk Road. The road cuts through the heart of the recently contacted Jarawa tri ...
• BBC & Travel Channel show ‘staged, false, fabr ...
  Matsigenka girls, Peru © G Shepard/ Survival A TV series about an Amazonian tribe has been slammed as ‘staged, false, fabricated and distorted’ by experts on the tribe. ‘Mark & Olly: Living with the Machigenga’ was shown on the Travel Channel in the US, and on the BBC last year. In the sho ...
• 100 years on - the unsolved mystery of the rub ...
  Omarino and Ricudo, two Witoto slaves brought to the UK in 1911 © Cambridge University MAA An Amazon Indian woman has launched a public appeal to uncover the fate of two Indian slaves brought to Britain a century ago. Exactly 100 years after the Daily News first introduced her ancestors Om ...
• Griff Rhys Jones models for Survival
  Griff Rhys Jones modelling Jimmy Pike T-shirt for Survival © Survival Comedian, actor, presenter and author Griff Rhys Jones models Survival’s new T-shirt by internationally acclaimed Aboriginal artist Jimmy Pike, saying, ‘I am delighted to support Survival and their urgent work for threat ...
• Malaysia’s King at eco awards as Sarawak’s for ...
  Deforestation caused by loggers in a Penan region in Borneo, Malaysia. © Andy and Nick Rain/Survival The King of Malaysia and HRH the Prince of Wales attended a reception in London yesterday on behalf of The Earth Awards. The event was hosted in partnership with START, an initiative of the ...

Greg Palast

• Not Another Ransom Notefrom Congressman Boehner
  by Greg Palast It was quite upsetting to find our President blindfolded and tied to a chair at the GOP Tea Party headquarters, but I'm sure the $2.2 trillion ransom we paid to the hostage-takers is worth it. Well, now that the Obama presidency is over, we can move on to more serious matters ...
• Who killed "Stieg" Larsson?
  I asked my daughter if she would like to add her own recollections about JK Rowling and the "alternative" Harry Potter endings Jo Rowling told us when we were hanging out in the Green Room at BBC Television Centre. (I provide investigative stories for the BBC current affairs program Newsnight.) ...
• It's Not Default of Obama:Jail GOP Deadbeats f ...
  by Greg Palast exclusive for Truthout/Buzzflash.com Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist gave debtors' prison a bad rap. Too bad. I'd say that locking away GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a penitentiary for deadbeats seems like a darn good idea. Bush reads from My Pet BudgetLet's talk about how w ...
• Harry Potter: Jo’s Other Ending
  By Jo (J.K.) Rowling as told to Greg Palast and the Palast twins [18 July 2011] Some of you may recall that, years ago, when I lived in England, writing for The Guardian, when I shared the bestseller list with Jo Rowling (she at the pinnacle, me in the valley), we became buds through my twins ...
• 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 ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse or recycle combs?
  Janet has asked us a question on the Suggest an Item page: I have several combs that I don’t use. Can they be re-used or recycled? Any unrequired combs found in our house are cleaned then used for cat/dog brushing – they seem to prefer combs to brushes, and their combs go missing with startling ...
• What can I reuse or recycle to make attractive ...
  Carmen from South Africa has sent an email asking: What can I reuse/recycle to make attractive garden edging? I’ve always been quite taken with the idea of wine bottles for garden edging (and an item on my long, long to-do list is to try making a raised bed on the same principle). For a more [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle small pieces of fab ...
  Last week, I posed a question from Annetta about what to reuse or recycle to make a bird bath – thanks for all the great suggestions. Annetta asked another question – about fabric: Any other good ideas for using fabric. I have tons of it and I am getting bored making blankets and tote bags. [...]
• What can I reuse or recycle to make a bird bath?
  Annetta has emailed with two great questions. Here’s the first: Any ideas on making a bird bath out of recycled [things from] around the house? I think it depends on whether you want something pretty, quirky or just something practical for the birds to use, looks be damned. I’d love to hear idea ...
• How can I reuse or recycle precious photo albums?
  Joan left a question on the “suggest an item” stage: A deceased good friend’s photo albums need to be disposed of. Mainly of family, friends and her cats, loathed to just chuck them in a bin, other than that, what do I do? Helpâ¦.. I’m sorry to hear about your friend, Joan. The Photos I’m [...]

Age of Autism

• P.S. One More Thing
  By Cathy Jameson Last week I shared some thoughts about an article I read on The Huffington Post called The Great Global Poisoning Experience by John DeCock.. I originally wanted to add a post script to my own post (http://www.ageofautism.com/2011/07/dream-on.html)...
• Kim Stagliano on Autism, Affection and Auntie ...
  By Kim Stagliano One of my favorite aunts (pronounced aw’nt, in proper Massachusetts style please) died this week at 93 years of age. She was my father’s older sister – one of ten in a large half Irish, half Italian...
• An Elaborate Fraud, Part 5: In Which Brian Dee ...
  By Dan Olmsted The journalist who claims Dr. Andrew Wakefield “fixed data” to link autism and the MMR shot says his own work contains “no ethical irregularities” – and he is accusing parents of autistic children of conspiring with Wakefield....
• Autism Tragedy as Psychiatrist Mother Allegedl ...
  This story is from MyFoxDC . Our condolences to the child's father and other family. We'll discuss this in further detail soon. For now, just pray. For Benjamin, Margaret, all of us. KS By BOB BARNARD/myfoxdc WASHINGTON - Montgomery County...
• RIP Jawara Henry and Visit The Future For Auti ...
  By Kim Stagliano Last December, Jawara Henry, an adult with autism, was strangled to death in a "hold" used incorrectly by a psychiatric facility supervisor who has just been charged with criminally negligent homicide. I can only imagine how his...

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

• Truth Squad Radio Moves to Tuesdays!
  Truth Squad Radio Moves to Tuesdays!
• Monsantopoly – A game pitting farmer against f ...
  Why is Monsanto able to walk away from all lawsuits for contamination of crops that they and the USDA say can be planted with little or no boundaries or restrictions whatsoever, while the farmers who swallow the lie bear the brunt of all lawsuits for inevitable contamination?
• Incompetence Sets A Precedent – GE Alfalfa
  Contemporary law is no longer based on the Constitution and common law, but has been replaced by case law precedents. The GE alfalfa case (Forage Genetics and Monsanto v Geertson Seed Farms) is disturbing because it appears that a dangerous precedent has been set.
• Genetically engineered maize with synthetic to ...
  This maize was approved for usage in food and feed by the EU Commission on 17th of June. It produces a combination of three different insecticidal toxins, one of which is synthesised artificially. Further, the plants are made tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate (known as Roundup).
• Smart Meters – You don’t have to get one!
  VIDEO explaining what Smart (Spy) Meters actually do, and how to make sure that you do not get one of these.

Open Your Eyes News

• Editorial: The addict & the junkie – The ...
  Our Reichstag fire moment may not have come yet, but the match has clearly been lit. In our latest editorial we examine how the west’s debt addiction is all part of the wider agenda, and how the dealer is going to get his payment now. CLICK HERE TO READ
• Record 45.8 million receiving food stamps in t ...
  UPI — Alabama, hit by severe storms, pushed the total number of U.S. food stamp recipients to an all-time high of 45.8 million people in May, officials say. Food stamp use — officially known as the government’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — surged in Alabama from 868,813 in April t ...
• US Police: Mock us in Cartoons, go to Prison
  Daily Tech – Police department with long history of internal affairs investigations looks to charge satirist with felony. When cartoonist “Mrfuddlesticks” decided to make a series of animated videos parodying the local police department in Renton, Washington, they had ample source material from ...
• Insulin pump hack exposes medical device danger
  AFP â A computer threat analyst on Saturday [showed] a gathering of hackers how easy it is to wirelessly take control of an insulin pump on which a diabetic’s life could hinge. Jerome “Jay” Radcliffe’s demonstration at DefCon in Las Vegas will spotlight a critical need to build software defense ...
• Syrian tanks attack eastern city of Deir al-Zour
  BBC – The Syrian army has launched a pre-dawn assault on Deir al-Zour, the largest city in the east and scene of frequent protests, human rights activists say. Rami Abdel Rahman of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said scores of tanks and armoured vehicles had entered several areas of the ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• Arctic oil spill could prove tough to clean
  Shell Exploration's plan for exploratory oil and gas drilling in the Beaufort Sea won conditional approval from the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. One of the big questions now is what happens if there's an oil...
• Oregon joins fight against shark finning
  “With the global trade in shark fins pushing sharks toward extinction, it will take strong actions such as this to prevent us from making irreversible changes to our ocean ecosystems,” said Whit Sheard, Senior Advisor for Oceana, a maritime conservation organization. “The bipartisan support for ...
• Los Angeles solar power rebates slashed 32% [c ...
  Solar power: Rebates for Los Angeles solar panel installations are 60% lower under the newly relaunched Solar Initiative Program, which will start accepting applications next month. The program was put on hold in April as the demand for incentives hovered around $112 million, far outpacing the p ...
• Yellowstone National Park again gets 900,000 v ...
  Yellowstone National Park saw 900,000 visitors in July, marking the third year in a row that Yellowstone has seen such volume.
• DWP's solar program to relaunch in September w ...
  The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power gave the go-ahead Tuesday to relaunch the Solar Incentive Program next month. Applications will be accepted starting Sept. 1 at 10 a.m. The revised program is doubling its budget from $30 million...

water.org

• Gary White talks water on MSNBC
  World faces a water crisis (MSNBC) – Gary White interviewed by Martin Bashir June 30, 2011 Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
• Leadership wisdom from Water.org (Fast Company)
  Leadership Wisdom from Water.org (Fast Company) 30 second MBA video series: Part 1 – Gary White – Executive Director and Cofounder, Water.org Part 2 – Matt Damon – Cofounder, 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 ...

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
• ‘I’ve been forward to Shen Yun for years!’ Say ...
• Arkansas Storms: Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across ...
• Eats on Feets
• Introducing "Canadas Alex Jones", Dr. Judy Janzen

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

• Chris Christie smacks down the sharia crowd
  Sharia law has nothing to do with this at all. It's crazy. It's crazy. The guy's an American citizen who has been an admitted lawyer to practice in the state of New Jersey, swearing an oath to uphold the laws of New Jersey,Submitted by Margaret Mayer to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Ad ...
• Congressional Job Approval Nears 'Lowest Ever' ...
  NYT/CBS News poll which also shows Congress' approval rating falling to 14 percent, with a record 82 percent of Americans now disapproving of the way Congress is handling its job - "the most since the Times first began asking the question in 1977...Submitted by Margaret Mayer to US Politics & Go ...
• Rick Perry's 'Texas Miracle' Includes Crowded ...
  Dig beneath the talking points and you find a more troubling picture: rising unemployment, a glut of low-wage jobs without benefits, overcrowded homeless shelters and public schools facing billions in budget cuts.Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to US Politics & Gov't �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• A Call to Action From the Bizzare Fred Lemon
  Fred Lemon has come up with a unique way of protesting our current political situation. He wants all dissatisfied Americans to Moon Washington DC. Yes - a bit different but he makes a point. He asks for pictures for a slide show to be emailed to CongressSubmitted by Jed Lemon to US Politics & G ...
• Israeli courts must end anti-Arab discrimination
  Arab citizens must have equal rights in every regard - but first and foremost when dealing with the law enforcement system. They must know they will never face discriminatory sentencing because of their national identitySubmitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• SunPower Moves Into Mexico
  California-based SunPower is expanding its operations into Mexico in an effort to better serve the North American market, the company has announced. read more
• PG&E Agree To Purchase 150 MW Of Solar Power F ...
  Sempra Generation, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE), has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for 150 MW of solar power. read more
• MEMC to Acquire Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, Inc.
  Silicon wafer developer MEMC�Electric Materials Inc. (NYSE: WFR) has come to an agreement with solar power developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) to purchase FRV's U.S. subsidiary, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, Inc. (FRV U.S.) ...
• LDK Solar to Supply Modules for McGraw-Hill's ...
  Chinese photovoltaic solar manufacturer, LDK�Solar, Ltd. has been selected to supply the modules for largest privately-owned solar power project in the Western Hemisphere. read more
• United States: DOE Launches SUNPATH To Support ...
  The United States Department of Energy has committed US$50 million to fund the Scaling Up Nascent PV At Home (SUNPATH) program which represents the second phase of its Photovoltaic Manufacturing Initiative (PVMI). read more

News Blaze

• Bolivia Celebrates Independence Day
  Ms. Clinton stated that both two countries share a rich diversity among their peoples and they are united in their pursuit for lasting equality. She added that Bolivia and the United States are committed to independence and liberty.
• Ambush in Darfur Kills Another UN-AU Peacekeeper
  One peacekeeper died at the scene and a second peacekeeper who was seriously wounded has been taken to hospital in Nyala for emergency surgery.
• Helicopter Tragedy in Afghanistan: US Service ...
  Secretary General's statement on helicopter tragedy in Afghanistan. He is very saddened by the deaths of US service members.
• Hollywood Sentinel Tribute to Amy Winehouse No ...
  The Hollywood Sentinel, the free monthly entertainment website that features only the good news, has released its news issue featuring a tribute to Amy Winehouse among more.
• UN Calls on Belarus to Guarantee Well-Being of ...
  Mr. Bialatski is the President of Viasna, a human rights centre, and Vice-President of the International Federation for Human Rights. He was arrested yesterday in the capital, Minsk, according to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Righ

Worldnews

• Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi quits Face ...
  Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark, is branching out on her own. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Anyone who saw the film The Social Network would have no way of knowing that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a sister. But now Randi Zuckerberg is generating headl ...
• Worst US loss of life in Afghan war as he ...
  A Chinook helicopter arriving to pick up supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP Thirty members of the American special forces have been killed in Afghanistan in the deadliest day of the 10-year war for US military p ...
• Hacking water meters is easier than it sh ...
  The smarter they become, water meters are getting easier to hack. Like many things in electronics, water meters become easier for hackers to break into and misuse when they are upgraded to include wireless and computer technology. John McNabb, a security expert who has focused on protecting ...
• Rising prices give food for thought
  For the first time in its history, Malaysia is considering introducing food stamps for the poor. While this will help the poor, are there alternatives we can take to cope with rising food prices? FOOD stamps for Malaysia? What an insult, some have remarked. The country doesn't have an unemp ...
• Tea Party = taxpayers Taxed Enough Alread ...
  Embittered by S&P’s downgrade of America’s credit rating, San Diego Tea Party protested government’s wanton spending.  The downgrade hits the Tea Party where it hurts most:  in its sense of fiscal responsibility. Tea party = taxpayers As the title informs, Tea Party means taxpayers—ordinary ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Daily Briefing—15th-16th Sept 2010
  News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
• Report: U.S. Troops ‘Still Killing Civilians’ ...
  A U.S.-Iraqi night raid results in the deaths of eight civilians weeks after U.S. combat operations were announced as over.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Because the System’s Not Rigged Enough for Cop ...
  Kevin Carson on the criminal injustice system 'shrills' pushing the narrative that the letter of the law aides criminals against so-called 'crime fighters'.

MY Daily Apple

• Making a difference
  The people who trial cancer drugs, knowing success is not assured
• Debt deal raises pressure on Medicare providers
  Payments to them would be cut 2% if a deficit reduction plan is not put in place this year. Advocates for the elderly fear a loss of services. Washington policymakers demanded more savings from hospitals, doctors and other medical providers in the debt deal President Obama signed, a move des ...
• Compression stockings and sleep apnea: Wearing ...
  Wearing compression stockings might help people suffering from obstructive sleep apnoea, claim researchers. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
• Absence of hepatic stellate cell retinoid lipi ...
  Objective Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) contain a number of bioactive metabolites or their precursors including retinoids in their characteristic lipid droplets. The loss of lipid droplets and retinoids is a hallmark of HSC activation, but it remains unclear whether this loss promotes HSC activ ...
• TEMAZEPAMcapsule [Lake Erie Medical Surgical S ...
  Updated Date: Aug 5, 2011 EST

Common Dreams

• US Special Forces Die After Taliban Shoot Down ...
  HELMAND, Afghanistan - A Nato Chinook helicopter has crashed in Afghanistan, apparently shot down, killing 22 US special forces, three of their support team, their air crew, and seven Afghan commandos. It is the coalition's single worst incident during the 10-year conflict. ...
• Will 2012 Be the End of the Presidential Publi ...
  It happened with typewriters, eight-tracks, VCRs and even flip-phones. Now advocates for the public financing of political campaigns fear that the system once used by most presidential candidates could also become irrelevant without an upgrade. ...
• Chile Student Protests Explode as Students Cla ...
  It began as a series of peaceful protests calling for reform of the Chilean government's education system, with students staging mass kiss-ins, dressing up in superhero costumes and running laps around the presidential palace. But on Thursday these surreal protests exploded into violence as sch ...
• Japan PM marks Hiroshima with Nuclear Pledge
  JAPAN - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has�renewed his pledge to work towards�a nuclear-free Japan as Hiroshima marked the 66th anniversary of the US atomic bombing. Speaking at a ceremony on Saturday, devoted to the victims of the bomb that killed more than 100,000 people,�Kan said the�meltdo ...
• Coalition of Immokalee Workers Brings Farmwork ...
  The hot summer has brought in a bumper crop of food activism from coast to coast. For the past few weeks, a group of Florida farm workers has embarked on a marketing coup that challenges the country's food business giants by educating consumers about exploitation in the tomato industry. ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

• James Moore
• Neill Blomkamp
• Sarah Polley
• Jay Baruchel
• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

• ExamineReligion: Find Rest Here - A Devotion h ...
  ExamineReligion: Find Rest Here - A Devotion http://exm.nr/nTyfPk
• ExamineReligion: Was Jesus violent?, part 4 of ...
  ExamineReligion: Was Jesus violent?, part 4 of 7 http://exm.nr/o857mV
• ExamineReligion: Fireworks of faith dazzle and ...
  ExamineReligion: Fireworks of faith dazzle and delight http://exm.nr/mWKuUy
• ExamineReligion: Mustard seed faith with roots ...
  ExamineReligion: Mustard seed faith with roots in Baltimore - Part II http://exm.nr/rre92s
• ExamineReligion: City Tabernacle SDA Church ho ...
  ExamineReligion: City Tabernacle SDA Church hosts Harlem block party http://exm.nr/oN6Kct

Energy Collective

• Toward Skepticism without Denialism
  I have to admit that it is easier grumbling about a discipline you don't understand than defending the one you do. I hope that our economic discussions here don't look to economists the way Watts Up does to climatologists, and I would really welcome participation by mainstream economists, even t ...
• Do EV's and CAFE's Mix?
  The structure of CAFE standards needs to be rethought. CAFE standards should address separately the two energy policy goals that they were designed to achieve: energy efficiency and energy diversity. One goal should not be a trade-off for the other. As CAFE standards and other mandates become ...
• WEBINAR WED AUG 10: Growing Wind Power
  Wind has emerged as one of the most workable renewable energy technologies to finance, deploy, and see make a difference -currently, a limited difference- in the grid. The global wind industry has seen explosive growth in the last year, though tough times might lie ahead as advocates worry that ...
• First Solar Slumps; Can it Rise Again?
• Right In Your Backyard: Climate Change Threate ...
  Now consumers have access to a new tool called “Climate Change Threatens Health.” These pages (www.nrdc.org/climatemaps ) bring the effects of climate change down to the local level. Users can zoom in on 5 US maps, see how their health is vulnerable to climate change, and learn about what’s need ...

Green House - USA Today

• Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...
  How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
• What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...
  What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
• U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...
  Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
• Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers
  Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
• Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hike
  President Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.

Prior Art

• With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...
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• Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright ...
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• This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform ...
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• App Backwards: Lodsys, Texas Troll, Targeted i ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft in i4i Case
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Peoples Voice

• Still Positive After All These Years!
  By Tim Murray Yes, you too can be optimistic and successful in this Post-Apocalyptic World! Having trouble coping with the collapse of our civilization? Has terrorism, biological, chemical and nuclear war ruined your day? Has the die-off of your friends, loved ones and 6.99 billion other peo ...
• Permaculture ends meat-vegan debate, promotes ...
  By Rady Ananda Review of Meat: A Benign Extravagance by Simon Fairlee (2010, 322 pp.); and Sepp Holzer’s Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-Scale Integrative Farming and Gardening by Sepp Holzer (English version 2011, 232 pp.) Notice: PBS is rebroadcasting Food, Inc. on Tuesday, August ...
• Rude Awakening
  by Stephen Lendman In 2008, a protracted global depression began, criminally manufactured by Wall Street and Washington scoundrels, complicit with major European partners. Why? To permit greater financial and other corporate consolidation, more power, and ability to buy favored assets c ...
• Spain’s ‘Indignados’ at the ...
  By Pablo Ouziel Last night Madrid’s city centre offered a glimpse of what Western democracies have become, as thousands of unarmed nonviolent civilians with their hands up in the air shouting “these are our weapons” and “this is a dictatorship” were beaten by police commandos in full riot gear. ...
• Who would trust Standard and Poor's?
  Standard and Poor's finally did it. They downgraded the credit rating of the United States from AAA to AA+. There are serious questions about the reliability of S&P. The White House pointed out that there is a $2 trillion error in the calculations used for the downgrade. Ths is of inter ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• 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.
• Hennessy's Index: Gone Fishin'
  Hennessy's Index is a monthly listing of numbers, written by the CCPA's Trish Hennessy, about Canada and its place in the world. This August, Hennessy's Index looks at vacation time - how do Canadian vacations stack up?� For other months, visit: http://policyalternatives.ca/index
• New Report - The Public Policies Needed to Bui ...
  With the release of the final report in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Saskatchewan series �Transforming Saskatchewan�s Electrical Future,� former Saskatchewan Cabinet Minister Peter Prebble outlines the public policies that will be required to truly transform Saskatchewan into a ...
• North America's Income Gap: A Recipe for Revolt
  The Toronto Star's David Olive has been writing about income inequality for years, but has begun to wonder if it will be the source of an uprising in North America within his lifetime. He warns: "We need to have an adult conversation about income distribution before we’re forced into an unruly o ...
• Understanding the "New Saskatchewan"
  In this essay, Simon Enoch, Director of the Saskatchewan Office, examines how the discourse of Brad Wall's "New Saskatchewan" draws upon Saskatchewan's unique political culture and history to advance the Saskatchewan Party's version of neoliberal economic policy. To read the essay, visit here.�

World Wide Hippies

• Once Upon a Time in the West
  by Jakob Augstein,.spiegel.de -This week, the United States nearly allowed itself to succumb to economic disaster. Increasingly, the divided country has more in common with a failed state than a democracy. In the face of America’s apparent political insanity, Europe must learn to take care of it ...
• People remember Great Peace March, Hiroshima a ...
  vcstar.com - Many people who were part of the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmament of 1986 reunited Saturday, as they gathered at Ventura’s Plaza Park in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the event. The commemoration was included the annual Citizens for Peaceful Resolution’s H ...
• New 5-star hotel in blockaded Gaza amid poverty
  I thought that was Haiti! By DIAA HADID, Associated Press – The Gaza Strip’s first five-star hotel gleams with marble floors, five luxury restaurants and a breezy cafe overlooking the territory’s white sandy beaches and sparkling blue Mediterranean Sea. The only thing missing are guests. Nearly ...
• WWH News Briefs Tiday
  Roger Ebert, Comedians Rally for Jerry Lewis After Telethon Ejection reuters.com – Roger Ebert ripped Jerry Lewis’s removal as host of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon as comedians rallied in support. News came Wednesday that the Tucson-based MDA had relieved the 85-year-old co ...
• How Supreme Court Cabal With Right-Wing and Ko ...
  By Jim Hightower,Alternet – Corrupt, right-wing Supreme Court justices are abusing their power, fraternizing with the Koch brothers and fixing elections (among other horrors). Bill Watterson is Mark Twain–with a drawing pen. He is a master cartoonist, but also a sharp-witted observer of the absu ...

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

• The Need for a Real Domestic Alternative Energ ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post The following is a guest post from Andrew Smolski of OilPrice.com. ———————————– Alternative energy (or renewable energy) is a new manufacturing industry paradigm that is in its infancy. However, the discussion is not new, and it looks as if the Unite ...
• ‘Tis the Season for Oil Company Misinformation
  Join the forum discussion on this post In my travels around the globe, I have never been to another country that regards their oil companies as we do here in the U.S. I have actually been in countries where people view their domestic oil companies as a source of national pride. Here in the U.S. ...
• The Return of the American Diesel Car
  Join the forum discussion on this post The following guest essay is by Paul Nash, a regular reader here at R-Squared. Paul is an Australian who now lives near Vancouver, Canada. He is an environmental engineer who specializes in doing municipal water and energy efficiency projects, and has ha ...
• PEMEX and the Long Road to Privatization
  Join the forum discussion on this post The following guest post is from OilPrice.com. ——————————– Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) is the state-owned oil company (and natural gas) of México, which since the 90’s has been discussed for privatization like many other state-owned companies in Méx ...
• The SPR as a National Piggy Bank
  Join the forum discussion on this post I was strongly opposed to the recent decision to release oil from U.S. and international strategic petroleum reserves. I have covered the reasons for my opposition many times, but the single biggest reason I oppose these sorts of releases is that the funda ...

Discovery Educator Network

• #edtech20 #socialmedia #curation project gatew ...
  Comments:Introduction New Age #SocialMedia #Curation in #education20 with #edtech20 project . My post for #leadershipday11 - LUCIAN DUMATags: Leadershipday11, #edtech20, project, knowledge, socialmedia, curationby: LUCIAN DUMA
• Apps in Education: 50 really useful iPad 2 tip ...
  Tags: ipad, appsby: Carolyn Rains
• The Flip: Why I Love It – How I Use It | Power ...
  Comments:Nice blog post from Powerful Learning Practice and Professional Development for 21st Century Educators.  - Dean MantzTags: flip, learning, practice, pedagogy, PLNby: Dean Mantz
• FableVision Learning Poster Gallery
  Comments:Free posters for your Classroom created by Fablevision. - Dean MantzTags: posters, fablevision, inspiration, learningby: Dean Mantz
• Educational technology: The evolution of class ...
  Tags: educational technology, evolution, classroom, iPad, infographicby: 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 ...
• Want to Cut Gov't Spending? Make Breastfeeding ...
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—The U.S. read more
• How to Treat Chronic Pain, Naturally
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Fibromyalgia is a debilitating condition thought to affect more than 5 million people, many of them women. What's more, most people who suffer from this unpleasant disease, characterized by chronic pain, muscle stiffness, sleep trouble, anxiety, depression, and gastroint ...
• Dangerous Salmonella Strain Prompts Massive Tu ...
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—An antibiotic-resistant, virulent strain of salmonella has killed one, sickened nearly 80, and prompted the recall of 36 million tons of fresh and frozen ground turkey, according to industrial food giant Cargill. The strain has been circulating for months as Centers for ...

big think

• Who The Hell Are Standard & Poor's?
    Amidst all of the market babble and financial gobbledegook that poured from both ‘analysts’ and ‘practitioners’ following last week’s global market meltdown, came a shaft of light. It took the form of a question and the question was posed by Robert Reich; “Pardon me”, he said “but who gave . ...
• The Psychology of Oversharing
  What's the Latest Development? Whether its a politician tweeting career-ending photos of himself or a just a friend sharing something online, it turns out we are more likely to share information when we are emotionally or physically stimulated.�Wharton marketing professor Jonah Berger found th ...
• The Neuroscience of Success
  “Our bodies are our gardens, to the which our wills are gardeners.” –Shakespeare’s Othello, I.iiiAdmittedly, the messenger quoted above is Shakespeare’s arch-villain Iago. But when the message is right, it’s right. Neuroscience and psychology have identified willpower, largely a co-produc ...
• The World Behind Wyeth’s Christina’s World
  Bought by the MoMA in 1948, the same year it was painted, Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World entered the American art pantheon seemingly once it was dry. For more than half a century, viewers have been captivated by the mysterious scene of a young woman crawling across a field towards a hous ...
• Has the Brain Drain of Top Scientists Caused t ...
  For quite some time now, the last and final mission of the Space Shuttle has generated much publicity and this phase out will have huge implications for space travel, for generations to come.�One of these major concerns is the outright fear that the United States could be losing its lead in a .. ...

Information Liberation

• Fed SWAT Raid Targets Raw Milk, Fruits & Veget ...
  As reported earlier today on Infowars.com and NaturalNews, a combined force of feds and Los Angeles cops raided a private market in Venice California for the crime of selling raw milk and products made from raw organic milk. The owner of Rawsome Food...
• DEA agents traumatize family during raid on wr ...
  Drug Enforcement Agency officers busted into a suburban home in Michigan around 2:00am, rounding up the family of a retired military translator. *As soon as I opened the door, somebody grabbed me and took me outside and put me on the grass,* Ramse...
• Mexican Cocaine Kingpin Says U.S. Authorities ...
  CHICAGO * A Mexican man charged with smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States told a federal judge in Chicago that U.S. authorities protected his outfit, the powerful Sinaloa cartel, in exchange for information on rival gangs. The defendan...
• The Latest Black Swan: Caylee's Law
  Black-swan law: a law created in response to a highly unrepresentative situation or legal case, which is typically rushed into effect and then used to regulate everyone's daily life. Never trust a law named after a person. It is most likely a poli...
• Why Gold Could Still Be Considered *Relatively ...
  Chart via Seeking Alpha...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• Now Reap The Whirlwind
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average today closed down 512 pointsâthe biggest one-day fall since the 2008 financial crisisâin the wake of the stitched-up deal hammered out in the U.S. Congress on raising the debt ceiling. Carnage is expected today on … Continue reading →
• Same Old Same Old…
  I’ve been scanning the news pages for anything that reads like common sense in this whole debt ceiling issue. With very little success. And with less than twelve hours to go before Brucker Bummer, the American Precedent, must sign off … Continue reading →
• Is There Really Such A Thing As National Chara ...
  I found myself asking this question after reading GE’s thought-provoking essay in Notting Hill Editions. In it, James contrasts what he sees as different national traits of America with those of his homeland. He finds himself concluding that the positives … Continue reading →
• Right-Wing Nut Cases Are Every Bit As Reprehen ...
  I’ve said before many times on this blog, the left-right divide is a fiction. The real differentiation in politics is between Libertarianism and Totalitarianism. Left-wingers and right-wingers merely squabble over what freedoms they choose to repress first: economic or personal. … Continue reading →
• Parliament On A Knife Edge
  A few thoughts while I’m still working on my next main article. You’ve heard me mentioning in the last thread the tenuous situation currently existing on the Australian parliament’s Lower House, the House of Representatives. Of the 150 seats, Labor … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• Sciencebase social media
  For those who hadn’t gathered yet, sciencebase is almost everywhere on teh internets, from trunk.ly to Tumblr from LinkedIn to YouTube. The four main places you can get updates from the site are through the site’s RSS newsfeed, on Twitter, Facebook, and Google+. The Periodic Table icons I create ...
• Chocoholism – good or bad for health?
  Chocoholism – good or bad for health? – For chocoholics there are many fair warnings regarding cholesterol, fat etc., but many have devised their own justifications and there is a growing number of research studies pointing to supposed health benefits and even endowing cocoa beans, from which ch ...
• Can YouTube save us from climate change?
  New media has rapidly become the mechanism by which information is spread quickly in many walks of life from alerting the public to local traffic incidents, terrorist attacks, earthquakes and celebrity deaths. The likes of Twitter and Facebook have become the first responders to almost every eve ...
• John Cleese does chemistry
  The Case of the Sulphuric Acid plant was an educational short movie from 1976 aimed at schools and has as its narrator, Monty Python cast member John Cleese, who also features in animated form thanks to the late, great Tony Hart (of Vision On, Take Hart fame). The movie clip was posted on Youtub ...
• The heat is on for thermal imaging
  The heat is on – Designer and thermal photographer Joseph Giacomin of Brunel University contacted me about his book – Seeing the World Through 21st Century Eyes. “The book,” he told me, “provides a visual journey through the world around us through the medium of thermal photography, hopefully st ...

RFF Library

• Sustainability and the U.S. EPA
  National Research Council www.nap.edu/catalog/13152.html [Description]   Sustainability is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment. The environment provides ...
• Spatially Heterogeneous Wastage of Himalayan G ...
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences  (published ahead of print August 1 2011, doi:10.1073/pnas.1106242108)  / by Koji Fujita and Takayuki Nuimura (open access article) http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/07/25/1106242108.abstract [Abstract] We describe volumetric changes in three ...
• Cracks in the Façade: 25 Years Ago, EPA Linked ...
  Environmental Working Group http://www.ewg.org/reports/cracks-in-the-facade (website) http://static.ewg.org/reports/2011/fracking/cracks_in_the_facade.pdf (PDF) [From a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by Don Hopey]  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency concluded in 1987 that hydraulic fract ...
• Near-Term Opportunities for Integrating Biomas ...
  Rand Corp. http://bit.ly/q4IFTi [From an E&E Daily article by Tiffany Stecker, sub. req'd]  Faced with increasing pressure to reduce carbon emissions, coal-burning power plants may be better off adding biomass to the energy mix rather than waiting for expensive carbon capture and storage techno ...
• CBO Cost Estimate: S. 699 Department of Energy ...
  Congressional Budget Office http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/122xx/doc12299/s699.pdf [Summary]  S. 699 would authorize the creation of a new program at the Department of Energy (DOE) to demonstrate systems for storing carbon dioxide produced by industrial sources, including measures that would indemni ...

Scientific American - News

• Mars Bars: Seasonal Markings on Martian Slopes ...
  In the long hunt for water on Mars, researchers may have finally caught sight of flowing liquid. [More]
• E Pluribus Lunum: Did Earth Once Have Two Moons?
  For tens of millions of years--a mere sliver of astronomical time--the night sky above Earth may have been a bit more populous than it is today. For that brief period, our planet may have had not one but two moons, which soon collided and merged into our familiar lunar companion. No one would ha ...
• Common Medical Devices Not Adequately Tested f ...
  The pathway to approving many new medical devices is broken beyond the point of repair, according to a new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM). [More]
• NASA Shuttle Fleet Finds New Life in Displays, ...
  NASA's space shuttle fleet will never fly again, but the agency believes it still has plenty to learn from the iconic vehicles. [More]
• NASA Spacecraft Shows Giant Asteroid Vesta Lik ...
  A NASA spacecraft orbiting the huge asteroid Vesta is beaming home images that reveal the giant space rock like never before, showing its battered and pockmarked surface in stunning detail. [More]

First Truths

• "Capitalism" as "Anti-Concept"
• Inverted Queries re Human Nature
  From Randall Amster's Anarchy, utopia, and the state of things to come: [T]he question is often posed: How can a society achieve the production, distribution, and maintenance of public goods absent a central authority? In other words: How can free individuals be encouraged to work and provide fo ...
• "What Anarchists Believe"
  The following is a favorite passage of mine from What Is Anarchism?: An Introduction, edited by Donald Rooum: Anarchists believe that the point of society is to widen the choices of individuals. This is the axiom upon which the anarchist case is founded.If you were isolated you would still have ...
• Profit as Unequal Exchange
  A passage from�Herfried Münkler's The New Wars�that will be interesting for anarchists: The economic rationality in their action consists in the fact that they make violence a means to an income, or that through violence they are able to influence exchange relations to their advantage. Warlords ...
• F.Y.I.
  Some among those reading this may already have heard the sad news that, at the end of this month, I'll be leaving C4SS, a decision required by strains on my schedule that no longer permit the volume of writing I've taken on for the past year or so. It's been an indescribable honor to be a part o ...

Media Co-Op

• Another look at the Mantech Files: ICTs as COI ...
  This morning I decided to go for Round II with last week's Fuck FBI Friday document release by Anonymous and Antisec. Click here to check out Round I, which provides more general context. There's a lot of résumés and pretty random stuff ...
• Updated G8/G20ISU Org Charts
  While there's not a full organizational chart for the G8-G20ISU, I did ask the ATIP office for a more-readable chart. I have the Abbreviated Chart, as well as a more comprehensive Ops Chart. These charts are far more elaborate than the old V2010ISU charts that were originally found by whoever ...
• Toronto in Review: July-August
  The Ford Gong Show, less RIM jobs and more subway surveillance, violent cops, Toronto turns out for bike lanes and against service cuts An unprecedented all-night council meeting took place last week, as Toronto residents responded to an ...
• Dead artists paint a different picture
  DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE - Famous dead artists came out of the artwork today to denounce statements by condo developer Marc Williams. Defending his planned "artist and housing"� development at the site of the historic Pantages Theatre, Williams�has described the DTES as "a dead zone" for�the arts.�Will ...
• The Algonquin Resurgence
  Quebec ministerâs visit to First Nations takes me down memory lane from 50 years ago Some news has come across my e-mail that the Wolf Lake Algonquin community in Quebec has been given a grant of some $200,000 by the Quebec government to r ...

David Seaton's News Links

• From Utoya Island to Capitol Hill
  David Seaton's News LinksDefinition of DECLASSTransitive verb: to remove from a class; especially to assign to a lower social status It is ridiculed by poets and libertines; idolized by moralists; the target of speeches by politicians, popes and all others who climb into the pulpit to recruit vo ...
• Norway: a taste of the magma
  David Seaton's News LinksMagma (from Greek μάγμα "paste") is a mixture of molten rock, volatiles and solids that is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and may also exist on other terrestrial planets. Wikipedia The Norwegian right wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed at least 7 ...
• A tribute to Amy Winehouse
  This is a reprint of something I wrote in July of 2008: I admit that I had thought that Amy Winehouse was just another one of the media grotesques, a sort of Paris Hilton with a beat. I thought that her big hit "Rehab" was a catchy update of the Stax/Atlantic sound, sung in blackface. I sa ...
• Somalia Famine
  David Seaton's News Links According to the UN, more than six out of every 10,000 people are dying of hunger every day in some parts of the Bakool and Lower Shabelle regions of Somalia, with more than half the children there suffering from acute malnutrition. This is far above the normal fami ...
• The Murdoch Turkey Shoot
  David Seaton's News Links (Britain's politicians) had been pushed into taking a stand by the overwhelming public revulsion that greeted the discovery that the mobile telephone of Milly Dowler, the murdered Surrey schoolgirl, had been hacked. Even so, it was a dramatic show of political will. �T ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• A Wee Fiscal Timeline
  Steve Benen has a timeline for us today. I'm just going to steal the second half: September 2010: In Obama's first fiscal year, the deficit shrinks by $122 billion. Republicans again condemn Obama's fiscal irresponsibility. October 2010: S&P endorses the nation's AAA rating with a stable ...
• Playing Russian Roulette With the Economy
  As I said earlier, I think S&P was wrong to downgrade U.S. debt. It was a panicky reaction to bit of ugly, but ultimately mundane political squabbling that hasn't really lasted very long in historical terms. If we're still threatening serial defaults in 2015, then fine. Pull the trigger. But ...
• Why S&P is Wrong
  In what sounded at first like something from the Onion, Standard & Poor's postponed its planned downgrade of U.S. debt for a few hours today after the White House pointed out that it had made a $2 trillion arithmetic error in its calculation of future deficits. Seriously. These guys are supp ...
• Friday Cat Blogging - 5 August 2011
  Well, this has been kind of a dismal week. So would you like some cats to cheer you up? Of course you would! On the left, Domino suddenly perks up and gives me a good stare. On the right, a few minutes later, it's Inkblot's turn. Can you guess why they're staring at me? Huh? Can you? I'll gi ...
• The Dog That Hasn't Barked
  Andrew Sullivan weighs into the debate about whether Obama has been a successful president and concludes unsurprisingly1 that he has been: "Obama is easily the winner and currently stupidly under-rated," he says. But at the end of his post he tosses out this aside: But notice what hasn't ...

Insanity Report

• Rep. Steve King Thinks Birth Control Leads to ...
  Both Republicans and Democrats have major flaws.  We know this.  Look at this debt ceiling crisis we just went through.  It shouldn’t have taken going to the brink of default just to raise the debt ceiling.  And I don’t care what anyone tells you, read the bill and you’ll see it’s not as bad ...
• IC 262: No Country For Wookies
  Topics: Man Law: Thou Shall Support Thy Friend’s Opportunity To Judge a Bikini Contest 5k Zombie run WalMart kicks woman out for wearing a string bikini The amazing power of the titty Birth control now available with no copay Bill O’Reilly displays a complete ignorance of how babies are mad Obam ...
• FacePalm of the Week: Oh Bill
  For the second week in a row, Bill O’Reilly has managed to secure the FacePalm of the Week award.  And once again he’s done it early in the week.  I’ll be shocked if anyone can top this.  So what did he say this week?  Well, after an announcement that the White House is ordering Health [...] ...
• Woman kicked Out of Walmart for Wearing String ...
  You know…this is why I don’t go into Walmart often. I always tell people that Walmart is where “Hot Ghetto Mess Meets White Trash” and main, this video proves it. This lady is upset because Walmart employees told her she had to put a shirt on? Ma’am…you’re walking around in a bikini top. That’s ...
• IC 261: Cooking with Bey
  Topics: Captain America and the integrated Army A butt slasher stalks women in VA malls Beyonce has a cooking book coming out Bill O’Reilly thinks the Norway killer can’t be Christian cause Christians don’t commit mass murder PETA thinks animals suffer like black did during slavery Share with yo ...

Simple Climate

• Climate controls must cover gases other than CO2
  Combining controls on emissions of less well-known greenhouse gases with CO2 limits would slow warming more rapidly, say Jim Butler of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and colleagues.
• Fire amid the ice kindles global and local worries
  After a record Arctic tundra wildfire in 2007 released as much carbon as all plants in similar landscapes absorbed in a year, University of Florida's Michelle Mack warns such fires could again become common, as they were 10,000 years ago.
• Aerosols paint clearer warming slowdown picture
  Contributions to climate change from “stratospheric aerosols” vary more than realised, Ellsworth Dutton and his NOAA colleagues find, potentially providing a partial explanation for slower warming from the late 1990s.
• Warming puts species at one in ten extinction ...
  Comparing predictions and measurements of the effects of climate change on plants and animals over the past five years shows predictions are accurate, and possibly optimistic, according to the University of Exeter's Ilya Maclean.
• Chinese pollution postpones temperature rises
  Sulphur emissions countered greenhouse gases to cause the much-debated “pause” in warming trend from 1998-2008, but only temporarily, Boston University's Robert Kaufmann told Simple Climate.

e!Science News

• Social networking's good and bad impacts on kids
  Social media present risks and benefits to children but parents who try to secretly monitor their kids' activities online are wasting their time, according to a presentation at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. read more
• Even science Nobel Laureates find acceptance i ...
  The path of success for Nobel Prize laureates in the sciences isn't a straight shot from obscurity to never-ending scientific superstardom, a new study reveals. read more
• Dealing with the cyberworld's dark side
  People who are cyberstalked or harassed online experience higher levels of stress and trauma than people who are stalked or harassed in person, according to a presentation at the American Psychological Association's 119th Annual Convention. read more
• Did past climate change encourage tree-killing ...
  The demise of the world's forests some 250 million years ago likely was accelerated by aggressive tree-killing fungi triggered by global climate change, according to a new study by a University of California, Berkeley, scientist and her Dutch and British colleagues. read more
• Scientist urges government ruling on genetical ...
  A Purdue University scientist is urging federal officials to decide whether genetically engineered salmon would be allowed for U.S. consumption and arguing that not doing so may set back scientific efforts to increase food production. read more

unEarthed

• Lessons Unlearned
  Feds greenlight first offshore drilling plans in Arctic since Gulf spill Last summer, we were captivated by a live video feed of oil spewing from a broken well ...
• Friday Finds: (Corporate) Welfare Queens
  Koch-sponsored legislation, toxic drinking water, News Corp. climate scandal Energy companies to taxpayers: "Money, please." Photo courtesy of epSos.de Dir ...
• America's Gut Feeling About Climate Change
  They don't know the science or human connection -- they do know it's real When it comes to climate change, the fact is that most Americans don’t know the facts ...
• OMG, GMOs: Food Safety Attorney George Kimbrell
  "This technology is a one-trick pony." George Kimbrell, staff attorney at Center for Food Safety, is serving as co-counsel in Earthjusticeâs genetically engineered sugar beet and alfalfa ...
• Protecting Polluters, Not People, One Rider at ...
  H.R. 2584 compromises public, especially in environmental justice communities Millions of Americans are already suffering from asthma. (Chris Jordan / Earthjustice) ...

Brave New Climate

• Hansen warns not to drink sustainable energy K ...
  Regular readers of BNC would know that I’m hardly the only climate change researcher to recommend serious deployment of nuclear energy to displace fossil fuels. (Although I’m often portrayed as an isolated [and presumably therefore ignorant?] voice on this point). One very prominent example of a ...
• Carbon smoke and mirrors – the reality o ...
  When it comes to energy and carbon emissions reduction, the devil is always in the detail. So too with Australia’s plans to cut its emissions by five per cent below year 2000 levels by 2020. But first, let’s look at the big picture. Why we need to do this As a scientist who researches the impact ...
• Germany’s grand energy experiment
  Most readers of BNC know the story — after the Fukushima nuclear crisis, the German government announced that Germany would phase out all of its nuclear generation capacity by 2022. In almost the same period, Germany also aims to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions to 40% of 1990 levels (b ...
• Fukushima, IFRs and an MIT debate
  Back in May, I published a critique of an MIT report on the future of the nuclear fuel cycle (MIT FNFC), on behalf of Yoon Chang and the Science Council for Global Initiatives. Since that time, SCGI member Steve Kirsch (a MIT alumnus and benefactor) has been trying to get MIT to engage with thei ...
• Radiation hormesis?
  At the height of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis, there was a lot of discussion in the comments of this blog about the impact of radiation on human health. In particular, there was a debate about whether the linear no-threshold hypothesis (LNT) or the hormetic dose response (RH) was more scientific ...

Indigenist Opinion

• Of Caucasians, Christians and Desperate White Men:
  Why Conservative Racialists in the US, UK and Israel Are Ultimately Responsible for the Tragedy in Norway TheAngryindian07.06.2001 ‘As for a climactic conflict between a once-Christian West and an Islamic world that is growing in numbers and advancing inexorably into Europe for the third tim ...
• African Americans should support Palestinian r ...
  African Americans should support Palestinian rights and BDS, interfaith delegation says | BDSmovement.net Members of the Interfaith Peace Builders’ first African Heritage Delegation to Israel/Palestine have issued a call on African Americans to support the struggle for Palestinian rig ...
• ‪Ivan Van Sertima- Civilizations before Greece ...
  ‪Ivan Van Sertima- Civilizations before Greece and Rome‬‏ From Wikipedia: Van Sertima became Associate Professor of African Studies at Rutgers in the Department of Africana Studies. In his work, he addressed topics in literature, linguistics, anthropology and history. He wrote that the kings ...
• The Sentencing of Tim DeChristopher Highlights ...
  The Sentencing of Tim DeChristopher Highlights the Conflict Between the People and Corporate-Government [globalresearch.ca] The trial and sentencing of Tim DeChristopher highlights the conflict between the people of the United States and the corporate-government that protects the privileged. In ...
• CopWatch (2002)
  Winner: 2003 Media That Matters - Media Activism Award (Guerrilla News Network) American television audiences have long been accustomed to the celebration of rawkus police action via the Fox Network's signature exploitation, COPS. And while, for many, the show is a tell-tale sign of ...

Republicans are a Disease

• Say it Joe. Republicans are Terrorists
  Unfortunately I have way too much credit card debt, and some credit lines too. I was terrorized by the fact that if the tea party traitors were able to force us to default on our debt, my interest rates, and payments would be going up. This could wipe me out. Yes Joe, they were terrorizing [...]
• Entitlement Reform? Sure! Corporate Entitlements
  What pisses me off most is the nonsensical discussion of how we balance our budget, or reduce our deficit. The MSM narrative is the Democrats won’t stand for “entitlement” cuts and the Republicans won’t stand for any tax increases anywhere, anytime, for any reason. Deadlock. This whole argument ...
• Jim DeMint – Fuck You
  Fuck you Jim. You want to slam the poor, the sick, and the elderly to “balance the budget” and won’t even consider cutting corporate welfare, or having the billionaires, or the companies they own stock in pay their fair share. I pray that there is justice in this world and some day you will be [...]
• Van Jones = Reboot the American Dream
  “We’re not broke, we’ve been robbed. Someone has our money”
• Exxon Gets 20 Billion a Year in Corporate Welfare
  The amount of taxes we don’t collect from Exxon plus their handouts equals around 20 billion dollars a year. And this is just one company. Spending isn’t the problem. Corporate welfare, and billionaire welfare is the problem.

Appalachia Rising

• Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
  Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
• Press Conference to be Held on June 15
  Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304-237-26 ...
• Press Inquiries
  All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
• New Flier for Appalachia Rising
• Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
  Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

• The Covert Origins of World War III – US ...
  By Nick Turse Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the U.S. military is undertaking operations in a majority of the world’s countries. This new Pentagon power elite is waging a global war whose size and scope has never been revealed, until now. [Read More]
• The American Rebellion Has Begun – Now I ...
  By Kevin Zeese The people of the United States are ready to revolt against the tyranny of corporate power. We are part of a rising tide of Americans who have had enough. [Read More]
• The Obama Administration’s “Secret ...
  By Tom Burghardt During the run-up to the reauthorization of three expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act, Senator Wyden charged that the administration and FBI were relying on a “secret” interpretation of law to vacuum-up exabytes of data, including cell phone location records and internet ...
• Systemic Global Financial Instability Is Sprea ...
  By Charles Hugh Smith Systemic causes of global financial instability include the "normalcy bias," super-low interest rates, central-bank induced inflation and loss of faith in institutions. [Read More]
• Tim DeChristopher Fought Back Against The Orga ...
  By David DeGraw When Democratic Institutions No Longer Give Citizens Power, Civil Disobedience Becomes Essential to Challenge Legalized Injustice - Here's a roundup of coverage on Tim DeChristopher's prison sentence and several important speeches he has given. [Read More]

+972

• PHOTOS: J14 movement holds largest protest in ...
  Around 300 thousands Israelis took the streets on Saturday night, calling for social justice and the introduction of a welfare state. Estimates are that this has been the largest demonstration in the country’s history. The biggest of several rallies took place in Tel Aviv, where over 200,000 mar ...
• Over a quarter million, and Israel STILL isn&# ...
  Last week I posted a piece about how mainstream media websites did not update their sites with news items about the huge demo taking place on Saturday evening. There were 150,000 protesters on that Saturday. It’s now 4 hours after this Saturday’s protest. This time it was 350,000 people across I ...
• Demoting Arabic: Knesset finally tells the truth
  On its way to passing a law that would remove Arabic’s status as Israel’s second official language, the Knesset is simply acknowledging the second-class status of Arabs in Israel. By Mya Guarnieri The Israeli Knesset is on a roll. First, it passes the anti-boycott bill. Now, itâs considering cha ...
• Between euphoria and anarchy: Tel Aviv’s ...
  A midnight walk through the Rothschild Avenue protest camp Tel Aviv – On the corner of Allenby Street and Rothschild Avenue, a Jewish supremacists’ group is conducting fierce arguments with several bystanders. I am spotting former Kahane men, Baruch Marzel and Itamar Ben Gvir, accompanied by “h ...
• What exactly is the ‘Halacha Technologic ...
  Took this photo at an appliance shop in Bat Yam. It’s a sticker on a Sharp fridge. 10 years warranty Sharp Better than yours Sharp Mehadrin To prevent Shabbat desecration The computerized mechanism is already built inside the fridge, no other installation is needed Authorized by the Halacha Tec ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• Gillard Government invests to boost water eff ...
  The Gillard Government will be investing $845 million in the 2011-12 Budget to deliver water infrastructure projects and manage water sustainably in communities across Australia.
• Australia continues to lead the way in Antarc ...
  Australia's position as a world leader in Antarctic research will be backed by $28.3 million in the 2011-12 Budget, Environment Minister, Tony Burke announced today.
• Official opening of the Woodcroft Community C ...
  Woodcroft Community Centre has been transformed into a groundbreaking green hub through the Australian Government's Green Precincts Fund.
• $300,000 Fellowship to sequence Antarctic Kri ...
  The genome of one of the most successful species on Earth, Antarctic Krill, will be sequenced for the first time thanks to a new Gillard Government $300,000 Antarctic Science Fellowship.
• Farmers helping to protect endangered ecologi ...
  Farmers in New South Wales and South Australia will receive support from the Gillard Government for vital work protecting five endangered ecological communities on 19,474 hectares of privately managed land.

Matt Weidner Blog

• Robo Signing And Desecration of Our Courts- Th ...
  You would have thought the banksters would have gotten the message…they were after all given a total pass.  Not even a slap on the wrist, it was just a collective dodge….they were permitted to moonwalk away from the crime scenes. Did they learn any lesson?  You bet, the lesson is we can just k ...
• Fraudclosure in Florida, A Survey and The Cris ...
  Florida was well into the acute phase of the foreclosure crisis during the dark days of fall 2008 when Bush and Paulson wrote the blank checks that bailed out the banks, Wall Street institutions and the criminals that brought our country to the brink of economic Armageddon.  Bush wrote the check ...
• BOMBSHELL- Listen to This Rally on The Steps o ...
  The First Annual Rally in Tally! Share and Enjoy: Scridb filter
• LYTTLE v. BANKUNITED- Another Headscratcher of ...
  Here goes another spellbinding appeal written by that masterful author George Gingo. You really must sit down and study the attached appellate brief which reads more like a nail biting crime novel than some dry academic appeal. I mean, seriously. Put yourself in the moment, picture the courtroom ...
• Brand New, Hot Off The Presses MERS Policy Bul ...
  After years of claiming that assignments don’t matter and the date of assignment certainly doesn’t matter, the MERS Monster has finally changed its tune, effective July 21, 2011: The Certifying Officer must execute the assignment of the Security Instrument from MERS before initiating foreclosure ...

abelard - news

• today's daft question - how come we can fly a ...
  abelard explains why - simples, if not very politically or socially acceptable (correct) at the moment.
• trusting the fossil media: the groaniad and vi ...
  An example of how the mathematically niave will be fooled by an 'expert', in this case, an apparently authoritive graph.
• why are fools like obama desperately trying t ...
  Looking behind the so-called deficit crisis.
• a climber's race - this year's vuelta a espagn ...
  With unprecidentedly steep climbs, and lots of them, this year's race will be tough to ride and spectacular to watch.
• some commentary on the utoya shootings | beha ...
  With more expectation that adults, however young, can take responsibility, in this case be allowed to carry firearms, perhaps this would not have happened.

The Parallel Parliament

• Citizenship – “Are You a Downloade ...
  Who is “the public?” Where are they? This is far more difficult to answer than we think. The public is everywhere, all around us, frequenting shops and living in communities. But how do we address them? If we were to bring about democratic renewal, how would we make it truly public? There is a d ...
• Citizenship – “Investing In One An ...
  Democracy was never a commodity, something you buy from a catalogue. It was a representative system devised as a means whereby we might deal effectively with our challenges and explore our opportunities. The mechanisms designed and put in place to facilitate that process have recently fallen int ...
• Citizenship – “Our Public Choice T ...
  In 1517, a young priest named Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of the great church in Wittenberg, Germany and started a Reformation, or more likely a revolution. I have visited that door a number of times and always marvel that from such an obscure place so much change can occur. All h ...
• Citizenship – “Online Map but Offl ...
  Interesting responses on the last two posts on the Internet and democracy, and, as expected, they have been divided, at times even sharp. Some view the digital world as a vast sea of unrefined opinions, whereas others believe no filters should be put in place – let citizens sift through it for t ...
• Citizenship – “Information vs. Kno ...
  New figures have just been released revealing that two-thirds of Canadian households have internet access and eight out of ten have home computers – all this higher than the OECD average.  With that distinct cutting-edge advantage, one would think Canada would enjoy a deeply engaged citizenry. S ...

Vaccine Awakening

• What You Should Know About Meningococcal Disea ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Today, pediatricians give American babies as many as 33 doses of 13 different vaccines by 12 months of age.1, 2 Now, federal public health officials are considering recommending that doctors give four more doses of a new vaccine – meningococcal vaccine – to babies between ...
• Vaccines & Liberty: Let Freedom Ring
  by Barbara Loe Fisher My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.[1] What is liberty? Webster’s Dictionary defines Liberty as “the quality or state of being free,” ...
• In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state ma ...
• Whooping Cough Outbreaks & Vaccine Failures
  UPDATE: CLICK HERE TO VIEW NVIC'S PERTUSSIS VACCINE & DISEASE PAGE by Barbara Loe Fisher Reports of whooping cough outbreaks in California1,2 and in other states this summer are nothing new. Every four to five years – no matter how high the vaccination rate is - there are reports of w ...
• Using Fear & Prejudice to Attack Vaccine Exemp ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher This summer, inaccurate and misleading information about B. pertussis whooping cough and the pertussis vaccine is being put out there by medical doctors, who should know better. Media campaigns designed to create fear about infectious disease are nothing new. This ...

2020 Science

• Synthetic biology, ethics and the hacker culture
  While the DIY Biotechnology community has grown considerably since this post, the piece still captures something of what is still a young movement, and one that challenges assumptions about top-down technology innovation. Originally posted June 13 2008 Read Thomas L. Friedman’s “The World is Fla ...
• Nano-sunscreens leave their mark
  Most manufacturers of nanomaterial-based sunscreens try to make sure that the material they use doesn’t generate harmful chemicals in the presence of sunlight.  But the paper this piece was based on suggested that some photoactive materials might be slipping through the net. Originally posted J ...
• Value-added nanotechnology
  The more the debate over what precisely nanotechnology is goes on, the more inclined I am to think that it’s something of an illusion.  Sure, nanoscale science is real.  And there are clearly technologies that exploit this.  But are they nanotechnologies, or are they simply clever uses of sci ...
• Lost in the Maize
  A weekly reflection on life in academia This week I’m well and truly lost – tomorrow I’m being initiated into the mysteries of collegiate football, and I’m terrified! Just in case you are one of the 6.5 billion people in the world who doesn’t eat, drink and sleep American football (a perceived m ...
• Nanotechnology 2.0: The next ten years of nano ...
  Sometime in the past couple of weeks – I’m not entirely sure when as accounts are conflicting – the World Technology Evaluation Center (WTEC) posted a draft of a new report examining the long-term impacts and research directions of nanotechnology.  The “Nano2″ study was supported by the Nationa ...

Reader Supported News

• Koch Brothers Join WellPoint to Stop Wisconsin ...
  Excerpt: "Republican and Democratic groups are pouring money into Wisconsin with eight legislative recalls scheduled this month and control of the state Senate hanging in the balance." David H. Koch of Koch Industries, 08/30/10. (photo: Richard Schulman/Corbis) Read more - WellPoint Ro ...
• Koch Brothers Join WellPoint to Stop Wisconsin ...
  Excerpt: "Republican and Democratic groups are pouring money into Wisconsin with eight legislative recalls scheduled this month and control of the state Senate hanging in the balance." David H. Koch of Koch Industries, 08/30/10. (photo: Richard Schulman/Corbis) Read more - WellPoint Ro ...
• Understanding ALEC's Influence on Your State Law
  Lois Beckett reports: "ALEC and its members favor 'federalism and conservative public policy solutions,' and ALEC representatives tell reporters that its mission is fundamentally 'educational.' ALEC spokeswoman Raegan Weber told the Los Angeles Times, 'Legislators should hear from those the gove ...
• Understanding ALEC's Influence on Your State Law
  Lois Beckett reports: "ALEC and its members favor 'federalism and conservative public policy solutions,' and ALEC representatives tell reporters that its mission is fundamentally 'educational.' ALEC spokeswoman Raegan Weber told the Los Angeles Times, 'Legislators should hear from those the gove ...
• Arrest Warrant Sought for CIA Lawyer Who Autho ...
  Tara McKelvey reports: "On July 18, Pakistani lawyer Mirza Shahzad Akbar, working with Smith, filed a formal complaint, or a First Information Report, in a police station in Islamabad, accusing Rizzo of murder and war crimes. The written complaint holds him responsible for the death of an 8-year ...

War Resisters League

• “The Flavor of Freedom” . . . and ...
  [The WRL blog is excited to feature a book review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. in Manhattan.] Day of Honey: A Memoir of Food, Love and War by Annia Cieza ...
• Wisconsin Updates!
  Since Joy First’s article on the occupation of the Wisconsin capitol in the spring issue of WIN magazine, organizers have continued to coordinate actions and protests, keeping the public focused on this issue. Here are some updates: Around the grounds of the capitol on June 4, protesters set up ...
• Know Before You Go, ‘Cause There’s ...
  At the National Network Opposed to the Militarization of Youth (NNOMY) gathering in 2009, youth staffers of the Ya-Ya (Youth Activists-Youth Allies) Network, a youth-led organization based in NYC that focuses on counter-recruitment and other kinds of social justice work, met with reps from WRL N ...
• WRL Organizers Criss-cross the Country
  The following are several brief reports from organizing coordinator Kimber Heinz and field organizer Ali Issa on their travels across the country from Chicago to New Mexico, and Pittsburgh to Detroit. On May 31st, field organizer Ali Issa made a trip to Chicago where he took part in a joint stra ...
• No Surprises from the War-Makers!
  Well, Obama made it clear on Wednesday. His war in Afghanistan will go on through 2014 and probably far beyond. While some may have hoped for a shift in his approach, many of us didn’t expect much, and we certainly didn’t get much. The change in Afghanistan that he spoke about, meant to be heard ...

Center for a Livable Future

• Salmonella Outbreak: USDA Gets It Half-Right
  The newest superbug in town is Salmonella Heidelberg, and the USDA has issued words of caution to U.S. consumers and instructions for proper meat handling—but it needs to press for reform in agricultural practices, as well. The CDC has identified S. Heidelberg as “resistant to many commonly pres ...
• Hey, USDA, Who’s Your Daddy?
  For whom does the USDA work? A recent development involving a vanished technical review makes me wonder if the agency is working to assure a safe and nutritious food supply for the U.S. citizenry, or to protect the profits of the agro-industrial complex. Tom Philpott did a great job covering the ...
• Threats from Nervous Hog Farmers
  Mark Bittman, whose regular food systems columns in the New York Times are an excellent source of thoughtful commentary on the ills of industrialized agriculture, commented last month on the odd-couple arrangement brokered by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the United Egg Prod ...
• Nutrition Programs: How Many Spending Cuts Can ...
  In the midst of economic instability, it’s become clear that funding for major federal programs will be subject to cuts, and nutrition programs are no exception. Perhaps cuts are unavoidable, but it is essential that we examine their potential impact on public health. According to a recent USDA ...
• Roundup-Resistant Weeds Threaten U.S. Food Sec ...
  Roundup-resistant weeds are a rapidly emerging threat that puts U.S. agriculture in a terribly precarious position. The threat has evolved from farmers’ heavy use of the herbicide glyphosate, (aka Roundup, a Monsanto product) to control weeds, and farmers’ simultaneous reliance on crop varieties ...

A special project of Foreign Policy and the New America Foundation

• Leaving Afghanistan
  Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
• Raging at Rawalpindi
  American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
• The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
  An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
• Crazy Like a Fox
  In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
• Addicted to Contractors
  The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

• How to Prevent More “Potatogates”
  New Report Makes Recommendations on Future Public Land Sales Alberta Wilderness Association 4 Aug 2011 The “Potatogate” lan ...
• The Water Log — August 3, 2011
  Water Matters The August 3, 2011 issue of The Water Log is available on the Water Matters website. Contents Drilling Below the Surface: Groundwater Risks and In Situ Oil Sands�Development A Nervous Summer for the Land-Use Fram ...
• Sign-on to Letter to Environment Minister on M ...
  Climate Action Network Canada Climate Action Network Canada (CAN Canada) is seeking high-level sign-on from organizations across the country�for this letter to Environment Minister Peter�Kent. CAN Canada is also asking for your urgent ...
• Alberta Utilities Commission faces court chall ...
  Pembina Institute Ecojustice 2 Aug 2011 CALGARY — Ecojustice and the Pembina Institute are taking the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) ...
• World Water Monitoring Day
  Water Environment Federation International Water Association Greetings, Members of the Alberta Environmental Network might be interested to learn about an international public education and o ...

Stop NATO

• Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 6 ...
  ==== Media Coalition: NATO, Israel Breached Geneva Convention, Security Council Resolution NATO “Protects” Libyan Civilians By Killing Them U.S. Navy Drone Shot Down Along Libyan Coast U.S. Marines Extend Counterinsurgency Front From Black To Caspian Sea Afghanistan: Four Killed In Anti-NATO Ral ...
• Lesya Ukrainka: Do you understand that word ca ...
  Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Lesya Ukrainka From an untitled poem (1890) Translated by Gladys Evans “You’re lucky children, to be born In such a peaceful time, to live so carefree. You listen to my talk of past wild times As if it were some frightening fairy tale. ...
• Stendhal and Byron: Military leprosy; fronts o ...
  Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Stendhal From Comments on a reply to General Ségur (1825) Three quarters of the officers engaged in the Moscow expedition are referred to in M. de Ségur’s History, but, according to the partisans of the nation’s honour, he has said th ...
• Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 4 ...
  ==== NATO Plans Campaign In Syria, Tightens Noose Around Iran: Rogozin NATO Bombardment Of Libyan Capital Causes Ten Powerful Explosions Libya: NATO Conducts Deadly Bombing In Zlitan Libyan Mother, Children Buried After NATO Raids Washington: U.S. To Hand Libyan Embassy Over To Rebels Kosovo: Cr ...
• Paul Valéry on global conflicts, Europe govern ...
  Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Paul Valéry Quote on the Nie wieder Krieg/Plus jamais la guerre monument at Saint-Appolinaire: La guerre est le massacre de gens qui ne se connaissent pas au profit de gens qui se connaissent mais ne massacrent pas entre eux. War is th ...

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
• ‘I’ve been forward to Shen Yun for years!’ Say ...
• Arkansas Storms: Tornadoes Wreak Havoc Across ...
• Eats on Feets
• Introducing "Canadas Alex Jones", Dr. Judy Janzen

Intel Hub

• Abu Ghraib “Ringleader” Released After Only Se ...
  By Madison Ruppert Editor of End the Lie And Intel Hub Contributing Writer August 7, 2011 The events that were revealed after the Abu Ghraib scandal surfaced in 2004 were nothing short of disturbing and disgusting. These types of incidents reflect poorly on the entire United States and our milit ...
• Gloating China Says “Has Every Right To ...
  By Tyler Durden ZeroHedge August 6, 2011 China has released a scathing op-ed in Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency, in which the authors waste no time to humiliate a “debt-ridden Uncle Sam” following the S&P downgrade, in the most violent surge in the recent war of words between the ascend ...
• Super Congress: A Financial Death Panel That W ...
  By Saman Mohammadi The Excavator August 7, 2011 “When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without ...
• Geoengineering/Chemtrail Complaint Presented t ...
  YouTube August 7, 2011 READ! http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/06/lab-tests-confirm-high-levels-of-aluminum-f… Lab Tests Confirm High Levels of Aluminum Falling From Skies Over Alachua County Florida In February, 2011, the Alachua County’s Environmental Protection Advisory Committee (EPAC) heard ci ...
• AWOL Soldier Found In Texas Hotel With Explosi ...
  The Intel Hub By Alex Thomas August 6, 2011 An AWOL soldier who has been missing since July 4th, was arrested Wednesday in a Texas hotel near Ft. Hood with bomb making explosives. This comes a little over a year after a Fox News report that indicated that 17 Afghan soldiers had gone AWOL from [...]

FRS

• London: Mass condemnation of police killing of ...
  LONDON RIOTS – THE INCIDENT THAT CAUSED THE TROUBLE RIOTS IN LONDON, POLICE CARS SET ALIGHT AFTER YOUNG FATHER SHOT BY 6 August 2011 BBC:  Riots in Tottenham after Mark Duggan shooting protest (news after BBC’s commercial) BBC:  The BBC’s Andy Moore reports from behind police lines after a BBC ...
• UK: Tottenham in flames as riot follows protes ...
  Two police patrol cars, a passenger bus and several shops were attacked and set alight in north London as violence erupted Sarah Bolesworth, Barry Neild, Peter Beaumont, Paul Lewis and Sandra Laville The Observer, Sunday 7 August 2011 Riots erupt in Tottenham with police cars, a bus and shops se ...
• Uigher, Tibetan, and Mongolian rebellion at in ...
  Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 By Brahma Chellaney, writing in the Japan Times NEW DELHI â In the face of a spreading ethnic Uighur rebellion, authorities in Chinese-ruled Xinjiang have alleged that a prominent Uighur separatist they captured had received terrorist training in Pakistan, China’s “all-wea ...
• Seven Black men killed by Miami Police–W ...
  Miami mayor seeks federal probe of police Aug. 4, 2011 MIAMI, Aug. 4 (UPI) — Miami’s mayor asked the U.S. Justice Department to probe the city police department after seven deadly police shootings of black men rocked Miami’s inner city. “In light of the growing concern in the community regarding ...
• In Miami, 12 officers shoot Haitian man over 1 ...
  Miami Beach Memorial Day Shooting May 30th 2011, cellphone video According to CNN, Narces Benoit filmed the officers shooting at Raymond Hérissé, 22, more than 100 times, for driving recklessly. After the shooting an officer saw Benoit recording the incident, chased him down, handcuffed him, pil ...

Ken O'Keefe

• Announcing the Gaza to Ireland Youth Exchange
  am beyond excited to announce that we are formalising a partnership that will ensure one of my fondest goals shall be achieved, that of a youth exchange between the children of Gaza and those of Europe. I am even more excited because we are focusing on the youth of Gaza as well as Belfast and F ...
• One for the Women
  It is said that behind every great man you will find a great woman. I do not look at myself as a great man per se, but I do see the greatness of the women in my life, and if I do indeed succeed in my ultimate goals, you can thank these women every bit as much as me. They have played the essent ...
• Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine, Trade Not Aid
  Our Mission Samouni Inter-Trade Palestine (SIP) is a social enterprise international trade mission. We endeavour to catalyse the end of Gaza’s charitable dependency through import and export trade. We do not seek simply to alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza. Our ultimate objective i ...
• Slander vs. Sanity
  Lesson number one, the actual agents who direct slander campaigns, those working for MI6, CIA, Mossad and other so-called “intelligence” agencies, they and their tactics are rendered useless without the presence of the most important element for successful subversion, and that would be… the idio ...
• NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE
  On Thursday April 21st we shall make a human chain with the children of Gaza to spell out NO FLY ZONE OVER PALESTINE so as to tell the world that Israel’s bombings of Gaza must stop. We intend to remind the world how the children of Palestine are terrorized and murdered by Israeli air power [...]

StillSmallVoice

• A little more reading with Sunday's column...
  To read the column, go here. To read James 2:17, go here. To see the White House's explanation of the Budget Control Act of 2011, go here. Read another take on it here. Read the Rev. Jim Wallis' reaction here. Read National Priorities Project's analysis here. To read more about Hartford's Chr ...
• Happy Saturday!
• Never thought I'd say this, but:
  You tell 'em, Gov. Christie. The New Jersey governor nominated a Muslim judge to serve on the state Superior Court, and told critics who worried Sohail Mohammed would usher in sharia law that their concerns were "crap." And thanks, Dave, for letting me steal this link from you on Facebook.
• Do feminists support all women in power, no ma ...
  Well, no. Do all men support all men, no matter what? This came up when Hillary Clinton ran for president. Remember? Flickr photo
• Think this French McDonald's ad would work here?
  In France, McDonald's has been using this ad campaign -- Come As You Are.

Associated Content

• Overtly Sexual Images of 10-Year-Old Model App ...
  As photos from 10-year-old model Thylane Loubry Blondeau's Vogue Paris photo shoot surface, we see that we haven't learned much about how we depict young girls.Contributor: Isa-Lee Wolf Published: Aug 05, 2011
• Why the Debt Deal Law Is a Smart Compromise
  The debt ceiling deal passed by Congress has strict deadlines for reducing the federal deficit.Contributor: William Browning Published: Aug 05, 2011
• Roseanne Barr for President in 2012?
  Roseanne announced that she was running for president on 'The Tonight Show.' Is it time for a change? Here is a look at what Barr had to say, as well as another presidential hopeful, commonly known as 'The Double Rainbow Guy.'Contributor: K.C. Dermody Published: Aug 05, 2011
• Home Ownership Rates Plummet, But Now May Be t ...
  True home ownership rates have fallen to their lowest level since the 1960s during a time that could be an excellent opportunity for a well-qualified first-time buyer.Contributor: Jaclyn Berger Published: Aug 05, 2011
• Virginia Tech Threat Handled Right This Time
  With the threat of a gunman on campus Thursday, Virginia Tech rightfully chose not to make the same mistakes it made during the 2007 massacre.Contributor: Ruqaiyya Noor Published: Aug 05, 2011

Popsci - Science

• Gallery: Armoring Juno Against Fierce Solar Ra ...
• A Single Box of Girl Scout Cookies Could Yield ...
  Next time you’re inhaling an entire box of Girl Scout shortbread cookies, just think of the potential you’re wasting: a full $15 billion worth of graphene. At least, that’s the estimate given by a team of Rice University researchers working on a dare. Published as part of a paper recently publi ...
• Tactile Glove Uses Small Vibrations to Improve ...
  Researchers at Georgia Tech have found that a little vibration goes a long way toward upping a person’s sense of touch. Using a glove of their own design, they’ve found that they can heighten tactile sensitivity by applying a small, high-frequency vibration to the side of the fingertip. The glo ...
• Earth May Once Have Had Two Moons That Collide ...
  A primordial second moon may have smacked into our existing moon billions of years ago, its remains pancaking across its larger sibling and disrupting the bigger moon’s still-cooling surface. This new theory could explain why the moon’s far side looks so different from the one that perennially ...
• Can You Split Atoms of Uranium at Home in Your ...
  Yes, it turns out, but it's frowned upon Here at PopSci we like to nurture that DIY, can-do, experimental spirit, but file this one under what not to do: A Swedish gentleman, citing a a curiosity about whether or not it’s possible to split atoms in one’s own home, has been arrested for trying t ...

Veterans Today

• The Debate over 9/11 Truth: Kevin Ryan vs. Ji ...
  The publication of "Is '9/11 Truth' based upon a false theory?" has led to many attacks upon me by Kevin Ryan, Niels Harrit, and others, as anyone who reviews the comments on that article can ascertain for themselves.
• Exactly How Big Is This So-Called Al Qaeda?
  The supposed Al Qaeda’s top leadership was declared by our government to be Osama Bin Laden, aka Al Qaeda Commander in Chief; a sickly old man who was hooked to a dialysis machine; who supposedly lived and hid in caves, and later, in a mud house located in a remote third world village with chick ...
• Pakistan TV Report Contradicts US Claim of Bin ...
  OBL’s death will remain one of those many “truths” that rest on nothing but the government’s word.
• Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – Augu ...
  President Obama "outlined new steps Friday to combat the high rate of unemployment among the '9/11 generation' of veterans, proposing tax credits for companies that hire returning service members and the creation of 'reverse boot camps' to train veterans for civilian jobs." Speaking at the Washi ...
• Israel Street Protests: Suppressed by US Media
  Well, almost. Virtually nothing shows up on US television. Some gets print coverage, but not enough to explain a major story accurately and fully. More on that below.

War is Business

• Inside Look At Yet Another Religious Group Wit ...
  If the state of Oregon believes the board of Akal Security is led by untrustworthy people, then why do the departments of Defense and Homeland Security continue to award contracts to the company?
• China-Pakistan Port Deal Another Sign Of Wanin ...
  Buy Baluchistan Buy Baluchistan • Read more at WSJ.com: World News
• Temptations Of The Flesh: GOP Freshmen Can&#82 ...
  Sell promises Sell promises • Read more at National Security on iWatch News
• CJ Chivers Examines Libyan Rebels’ Seabo ...
  Buy scarcity Buy scarcity • Read more at NYT > Home Page
• Afghan Soldier Says ‘The Quality Of Ever ...
  Buy bad apples Buy bad apples • Read more at The Killid Group website - News on Afghanistan reports analysis pictures cartoon

Hudson's Weather & Climate

• July global temperatures show further rise
  The latest global temperature for July, according to the UAH satellite measure, has shown a further rise from June, and now stands at 0.372C above the running 30 year mean. Adjusted to the more standard time period used by the Met Office and the WMO, the anomaly is now approximately +0.625C ...
• August warmth to be short lived
  The warm air that has greeted the start of August looks set to a blip in what is certain to be described come September as yet another disappointing, unsettled summer. Highest temperatures will be in the Southeast of the UK, where 30C (86F) is likely in the next 24 hours, but the warmth will be ...
• Arctic Ice extent heads for satellite record low
  Exceptionally warm weather across the North Pole during the first half of July, with temperatures up to 8C above normal, could lead to record low ice extent this year according to experts, based on data collected by satellites which started in 1979. Arctic sea ice is already lower than at the ...
• My experience with solar panels
  I thought I might share a recent personal experience of mine. Having considered the idea of generating my own electricity by way of solar photo voltaic panels on my roof for the last few months, I have finally taken the plunge. My house is directly south facing, so the roof is in a prime posi ...
• Rest of July heading for a washout
  Most parts of the country have enjoyed a fine summers day today, with plenty of sunshine. But although it's the last thing the UK tourist industry wants to hear, the message is enjoy it while it lasts. By the weekend low pressure will again be dominating our weather as the jet stream moves fu ...

Internat'l Political Economy

• 'Risk-Free' No More: S&P Downgrades US Debt
  When I was studying for an MBA sometime ago, the textbook 'risk free' rate of return was represented by US Treasuries, of course implying that the risk of default was virtually nil. After today, I guess they'll have to rewrite the textbooks as it's now been downgraded to AA+. You can say the US ...
• ABC News: US Preparing for S&P Downgrade
  If not now, in the near future methinks. Among major US networks, ABC is generally adjudged more credible than the others. See what you make of it... A government official tells ABC News that the federal government is expecting and preparing for bond rating agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade ...
• Italy...If You Can't Beat Rating Agencies, Rai ...
  Italy is often caricatured as a relatively lawless, cult of personality-type of republic in contrast to supposedly more enlightened states in the Eurozone. Certainly Silvio Berlusconi's antics don't inspire confidence among many outside of the country. This latest caper is certainly not one to a ...
• Batten Down FX Hatches; 'Currency War' Resumes
  So, where exactly are the win-win scenarios of globalization at this point in time? With stock bourses around the world swooning like those in hapless, hopeless America, currencies are once more in the front lines of international economic conflict. As in recent months, the key combatants are th ...
• Swiss, Japanese Confront US Currency Parasitism
  With the US economy showing signs of skidding into the gutter and falling from there into the sewer to paraphrase a certain British politician, other countries with widely traded currencies are girding up to protect themselves from American beggar-thy-neighbour ZIRP as QE3 looms over the horizon ...

Economic Collapse Blog

• The Debt Ceiling Deal From Hell
  Is the debt ceiling deal supposed to be some sort of a cruel joke?  Is this what the American people have been waiting months and months for?  The "debt ceiling deal from hell" is a complete and total fraud.  Barack Obama will not need to worry about the debt ceiling again until ...
• GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt, The Head Of Obama&#8217 ...
  Jeffrey Immelt, the head of Barack Obama's highly touted "Jobs Council", is moving even more GE infrastructure to China.  GE makes more medical-imaging machines than anyone else in the world, and now GE has announced that it "is moving the headquarters of its 115-year-old X-ray ...
• Stress!
  Has anyone else noticed that the level of stress in this country appears to be extremely high right now?  Today, it seems like our federal government, our state governments and most American families live in a constant state of crisis.  Everywhere you look there are major proble ...
• Broke! 10 Facts About The Financial Condition ...
  The crumbling U.S. economy is putting an extraordinary amount of financial stress on American families.  For many Americans, "flat broke" has become a permanent condition.  Today, over half of all American families live paycheck to paycheck.  Unemployment is rampant and those th ...
• Layoffs, Layoffs Everywhere You Look There Are ...
  The competition for jobs in the United States is absolutely brutal right now, and it is about to get worse.  A new wave of layoffs is sweeping across America.  During tough economic times, Wall Street favors companies that are able to cut costs, and the fastest way to "cut costs ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

• Interview with Jay Donahue about the Californi ...
  Jay talks about the continuing struggle inside California State prisons Download At: ...
• Anarcho-punk zine PunkWay #6, 2011
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• Need Tech Help? Offering it? Put a free ad in ...
  Are you part of a cool hacking, DIY, or tech project that needs more volunteers, users, or testers? Are you part of a radical project that needs...
• A Fake Image: About the Fraud of the Void Netw ...
  The social revolt of December 2008, triggered, among other things, an increased interest abroad about the struggles in Greece. For this reason, ...
• New Fringe Fest Musical Inspired by Union Figh ...
  When a coworker at Starbucks approached barista Ted Dewberry about forming a union at their workplace, his initial reaction was fear. Working 17 ho...

E U Times

• 31 US forces killed in Afghanistan
  At least thirty-one US special forces have been killed after a helicopter belonging to the NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) crashed in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Wardak. The deaths were announced in a statement by the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, AFP repor ...
• TSA takes insulin from pregnant woman
  Every time you think that the TSA has hit the bottom, they manage to hit a new low. This time a Denver couple has filed a formal grievance toward the security agency for seizing doses of insulin from a mother-to-be at Denver International Airport. “It made me feel upset and made me feel somewhat ...
• Israel braces for Saturday demos
  Israelis are planning to stage massive protests against Tel Aviv’s housing and economic policies over the weekend, the organizers have announced. The organizers say they hope the demonstrations will bring over 200,000 people onto the streets on Saturday, The Jerusalem Post reported on Friday. On ...
• US government loses triple-A credit rating
  The US has lost its top-level triple-A credit rating for the first time since 1917, after Standard & Poor’s downgraded it to an AA-plus, with an even lower AA rating on the horizon. ­The decision comes after the White House and lawmakers reached an agreement over raising the debt ceiling that S ...
• Ukraine’s ex-PM Tymoshenko arrested
  A Ukrainian court has ordered the arrest of country’s former Prime Minister and high-profile opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko. ­Around 30 police officers surrounded Tymoshenko’s table and escorted the ex-PM out of the court room. After the judge voiced his decision, Ukrainian parliamentary de ...

Voiceless Victim

• Protect the sanctity of the confessional to co ...
  Responses to the Cloyne report have included calls to break that ultimate coverup con trick “the sanctity of the confessional”. That really got the paedophile protectors squealing in horror. Imagine not getting special treatment and not being allowed to commit whatever crimes they like without c ...
• Imagine How It Feels
  How many people talk about the issue of Catholic Church enabled child sexual abuse without a thought for how it feels to be the victim of such abuse? This issue is, after all, about children. Yesterday’s children whose lives were irreparably damaged by their abuse and who are still being re-abus ...
• Lies, Damn Lies, and Catholic Church Funded St ...
  I used to think the John Jay College  of Criminal Justice was a well meaning independent organisation exploited by the Catholic Church into giving credence to Catholic lies, distractions and excuses on the issue of endemic child rape within its ranks. But with the release of the latest dangerous ...
• Vatican Guidelines Just Another PR Stunt
  This weeks’ latest Vatican guidelines on child sexual abuse continue efforts over recent years to appear as if things have changed, while actually doing everything possible to avoid being forced to take effective action. The Vatican love to pretend they are doing the right thing in dealing wi ...
• Top 10 Reasons Why John Paul II Is No Saint &# ...
  Here is the first part of my Top 10 Reasons Why John Paul II Is No Saint. This list refers only to the child rape epidemic. There are many more issues on which the Patron Saint of Paedophiles has left the world a far, far worse place than he found it, and many instances where [...]

WL Central

• 2011-08-06 Historic protest in #Israel: over 3 ...
  Tweet Largest rally in Israeli history sees four percent of the population out in the streets — that would be 12 million people in the streets of the US! (Photo: ActiveStills) The Israeli social justice movement has just gone into orbit and exploded into previously unchartered territories. Accor ...
• 2011-08-06 WikiLeaks: Fissures over South Amer ...
  TweetBy Nikolas Kozloff Over the past few years, the international left has derived much satisfaction from the course of South American political and economic integration. The novelty of such integration is that it has proceeded along progressive lines and has been pushed by regional leaders ass ...
• 2011-08-06 In Light of WikiLeaks Documents, U. ...
  TweetBy Nikolas Kozloff With a big question mark hanging over the health of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, many in Washington may see opportunity. Though Chávez initially claimed that he was merely suffering from a “pelvic abscess,” the firebrand leader subsequently conceded that he had cance ...
• 2011-08-05 Violent police repression of studen ...
  Tweet Over 800 arrested during running street battles, as student protesters defy official protest ban to demonstrate for equal access to education. For�two months now, young Chileans have been taking to the streets to protest against neoliberal reforms in education spearheaded by the country� ...
• 2011-08-05 In Spain, defiant indignados receiv ...
  Tweet In just two days, the Spanish police have spoken out against the government and in support of the indignados — while at the same time beating them up. (Photo: Iker Etxarte) Either the police have lost it, or the government has lost the police. Or both. Whatever way it may be, the predicted ...

U N News

• Murder of Dominican journalist sparks condemna ...
  The United Nations agency tasked with promoting press freedom today deplored the slaying of a print and television journalist in the Dominican Republic who had spoken out against drug trafficking.
• UN encourages Haitians to reach consensus on n ...
  The United Nations has encouraged all political actors in Haiti to search for a consensus amid the ongoing struggle between President Michel Martelly and Parliament over the confirmation of a new prime minister.
• UN helps Belize fight highest incidence of HIV ...
  The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing an HIV/AIDS grant agreement with Belize to treat and prevent the disease among the large number of teens and young adults in the country, which has the highest incidence of HIV/AIDS in Central America.
• Haiti: UN forces on standby for emergency reli ...
  Nearly 12,000 United Nations peacekeepers are on emergency standby in Haiti as tropical storm Emily barrels towards the impoverished Caribbean country, which is still struggling to recover from the devastating 2010 earthquake that killed more than 200,000 people and displaced 2.3 million others.
• UNESCO condemns murders of journalists in Mexi ...
  The United Nations agency tasked with defending and promoting press freedom today condemned the murders of journalists in Mexico and Brazil, two Latin American countries where reporters have already been killed this year.

Conspiracy Reality TV

• HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
  You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...
• Population Control – Eugenics Depopulation Agenda
  Eugenicists who have still caught on to the discredited principles of eugenics, now attach these ideas to environmentalism and population control in an attempt to carry on eugenics in a more veiled form. Malthusian population control was now emphasized.
• CAMP FEMA: American Lockdown
  The martial law portions of Rex 84 were outlined in a 1982 memo, written by FEMA deputy John Brinkerhoff. Martial law was to be declared in the event of a national crisis, yet the plan did not define the term "national crisis". The plan allowed FEMA to take control of both federal and state gove ...
• 2012 – Science or Superstition – End Times Pre ...
  December 21, 2012, the end date of the sophisticated long count calendar created by the ancient Maya in Central America. Countless books and websites, magazine articles and newspaper headlines debate its meaning, with enthusiasts in two camps; those for casting apocalypse, the end of time, and t ...
• A Machine To Die For: The Quest For Free Energy
  There's a thing called the classified patent system which hardly anybody knows about. And every time you apply for a patent it goes through a screening by someone from the Department of Defense here in this country as well as other countries. And if this device has any kind of defense associated ...

Rewilding Institute

• Congratulations to The Center for Biological D ...
  What terrific news from our friends at the Center! We appreciate their efforts and hope you do, too. Please show them your support with your thanks and a donation.   Check out the Center’s Historic Victory website for more on this breaking agreement.     I’ve been waiting years to write these w ...
• Trekking for Rewilding – Exploring Strands of ...
  Text and photos by John Davis Wildlands Network/TrekEast Dave Foreman summarized brilliantly in his latest Around the Campfire why we need an Eastern Wildway and what basic steps need to be taken to achieve it.  As a Rewilding Fellow, and co-founder of the Wildlands Project with Dave and other s ...
• Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Rewildin ...
  Part One For nigh onto fifteen years, I’ve been talking and writing about a North American Wildlands Network anchored by four Continental Wildways (at first named MegaLinkages).  The North American Wildlands Network is rooted in the conservation pathway of Rewilding, an offshoot of the scientifi ...
• Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – Rewildin ...
  Part One For nigh onto fifteen years, I’ve been talking and writing about a North American Wildlands Network anchored by four Continental Wildways (at first named MegaLinkages).  The North American Wildlands Network is rooted in the conservation pathway of Rewilding, an offshoot of the scientifi ...
• Record Big Game Die-offs in Northern Rockies
  Winter die-offs are always characteristic of ungulate populations that have exceeded natural carrying capacity, usually because of management efforts to increase numbers for the benefit of hunters. In areas where wolves and other large predators are well established, ungulates seldom perish from ...

Asia Sentinel

• US Precipitates India, Iran Oil Crisis
  • (http://twitter.com/share) A vigilant Washington seeks to stop payments for Iranian oil
• Japan's New Women
  • (http://twitter.com/share) But the glass ceiling is still said to be impervious
• India Enters China's Backyard
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Delhi and Seoul make nice
• Killing the Irrawaddy
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Chinese thirst for power drains Burma’s rivers
• Malaysian PM's Wife Draws flak
  • (http://twitter.com/share) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak’s wife blazes her own controversial trail

We Know the Lies

• The Collapse... “It Will Be Sudden and Very Pa ...
• Gerald Celente... “Economic Martial Law Will B ...
• The Super Congress or Committee of 13
• Gun Owners of America Chief Warns... Super Con ...
• Ron Paul Warns... New Super Congress Will be U ...

Tarpley

• Syrian Army Quells Rebellion of CIA-Backed Mos ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. Russia Today August 4, 2011 [download file]
• Français
  International Main Menu Arabic Ceské Dansk Deutsch Español Français Italiano Greek Nippon Polski Português Russki Srpski Svenska Türk Zhongwén   Operation sous Fausse Bandière en Norvège: Attention aux Taupes, aux Techniciens, et aux Exercices Policiers, et seulement après au Lampiste ...
• Tea Party Should Cut Off Funds for Libya War t ...
  Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. Adam vs. The Man August 3, 2011 [download file]
• Oppose Obama’s Unconstitutional Supercon ...
  Webster G. Tarpley on the Jeff Rense Program rense.com August 3, 2011 [download audio]
• Српски/Srpski
  International Main Menu Arabic Ceské Dansk Deutsch Español Français Italiano Greek Nippon Polski Português Russki Srpski Svenska Türk Zhongwén   VEBSTER TARPLI Mreža zla na ostrvu Utoja PeÄat – 1. авгÑÑÑ, 2011 [permalink] [...]

Modern Survivalism

• Camouflage Patterns, US Military
  In nature, there are strong needs for animals to blend into their environment or conceal their shape. To avoid predators and for predators to be able to sneak up on prey. Natural camouflage is a way that animals meet these needs. There are a number of methods of doing so. One is for the animal [...]
• There IS Good Economic News!
  Oil Prices are down! As of this post date, this week the stock market has been walloped with tremendous losses, while today alone the Dow has sunk 500 points, the most since December, 2008. Instead of posting on the bad news of it all (and there is much bad news…), I thought I would glean [...]
• Debts and Deficits lead to Currency Downfall
  The common denominator that led to the downfall of past currencies was Debts and Deficits. Most Americans don’t believe the U.S. dollar will collapse. With that in mind, here are a few thoughts from a recent article from the Market Oracle, Morgan Stanley reported in 2009 that thereâs âno histori ...
• Major Geomagnetic Storm Warning
  Two Solar CMEs (Coronal Mass Ejection) are inbound on their way to Earth and they may have merged into a single cloud that could produce significant storming when they reach Earth on August 5th around 10:00 UT. STRONG SOLAR ACTIVITY: Active sunspot 1261 has unleashed a significant solar flare. T ...
• Emergency Reserve.com Food Supply Kits
  msb-note This website depends heavily upon the the support that you provide by clicking-on and purchasing products that are advertised here. Without your support, this site could not sustain itself because it takes time and money to stay on the air. For our direct sponsors whose advertisements a ...

Fast Company

• The Soylentularity, The Zizekularity, And Thre ...
  The Singularity. That exciting future moment drawing all too near when artificial intelligence finally surpasses the human variety, leading to an unimaginable Matrix-like universe of virtual reality, immortality, and....Bor-ing. We've all heard that before. What about some new ideas?Currently a ...
• Why There Are So Few Successful Transportation ...
  To really get innovation we need to look at electric batteries in cars as distributed sources of energy for the grid that just happen to be on four wheels. The two energy crises in the 1970s spurred the United States to start the Department of Energy, and in turn, to pour billions of dollars int ...
• This Week In Bots: Learning Bots, Baking Bots, ...
  Robots are ever closer to being clever enough, autonomous enough, and useful enough to actually become part of daily life. Here are the latest robo-developments. Learning, Thinking RobotThe Tokyo Institute of Technology's Hasegawa Group has built self-organizing neural networks into the brain of ...
• Hackers Cruise In The Wake Of Booming Square A ...
  The faster tech businesses boom, the faster scam artists see opportunities to exploit them. Two hacks targeting Facebook and credit card service Square offer further lessons in failure at the speed of light. The FBI has arrested the "Spam King" Sanford Wallace and charged him with 11 counts of f ...
• The Material Genome Initiative Puts High-Tech ...
  It can take years for a new engineering feat to go from concept to commercialization. The rechargeable batteries in your phone took 20 years to develop. So the federal government is launching a project to speed up invention and hopefully save U.S. manufacturing. It takes decades for new materia ...

Jadaliyya

• عزت القمحاوي: الصورة تنتقم لتاريخها المهدور
  �أ� ا�محا�مة �ا�ت ا�د��� ا�أ�� ع�� خ�ع مبار�� ت��مت ��حظة أ�� �م �ز� �� ا�ح�م� �تص�رت أ� تتصدر صح� ا�صباح ا�تا�� ص�رة مبار� ع�� م�صة ا��ضاء� �ا��اض� ع�� ا�مح�ة �� ا���ص. ��� 3 آب/أغسطس 2011 غ�ر 3 ا����/سبتمبر 2010 ع�دما أجرت صح��ة ا�أ�رام م��تاج�ا �ضعت ��� مبار� بد�ا� م� أ�باما �� م�دمة ...
• The Space Between: March 14, March 8 and a Pol ...
  �This week a pro-Syrian protest was staged at the Syrian Embassy in Beirut. A group of about fifty people gathered to express their solidarity with the Syrian people against the atrocities currently being committed by the Asad regime. As reported in Jadaliyya and elsewhere, this pro-Syri ...
• General Suleiman, Reggae & Defamation: Intervi ...
  On the old white door to his apartment, there�s a note from the neighbors saying �Welcome home�. But friends and family are not the only ones relieved to see Zeid Hamdan out of jail. Only a few hours after the Lebanese musician was detained on Wednesday for �defaming the president� in hi ...
• Fear of Arrest
  The author of the following text is anonymous. But his deeds have rocked the foundations of our world in Syria. He is one and he is everyone. I don't know his whereabouts. He is probably already dead or in prison. Or maybe he is still roaming the streets of cities and towns in Syria tryi ...
• في البحث عن راجي بطحيش الجزء الثاني
  مما �ا ش� ��� أ� ا�مؤ��/راج� �بحث �� مد��ة �م ت�� محط بحث م�ع�� �د� ا�مؤ���� ا���سط����� ا�أ�ائ�� �إ�ما �ا� �ؤ�اء �بحث�� �� مد� أخر�� تحددت بحسب م��ع ا�مؤ�� �� ا�تجربة ا���سط���ة ذات ا�أ�ج� ا�متعددة �ا�متشاب�ة. �م� ب�ر�ت در��ش� إ�� بغداد جبرا� �خ��ج ���ا��� �ح��ا حب�ب�� ���ا �عبت أد�ارا� ...

mediagazer

• Telling stories in innovative new ways (Aleks ...
  Aleks Krotoski / Guardian: Telling stories in innovative new ways  —  As the tools available to publishers grow more sophisticated, it's up to us to experiment and see what sticks  —  The Edinburgh international book festival begins this week, featuring a fortnight of storytelling and literati ...
• How 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Reinve ...
  Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter: How 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' Reinvented Television's Comedy Model … It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's contribution has been more than steady ratings and big laughs.  —  The long-running comedy, which was picked up for an eighth and ninth season Sat ...
• One Site Fits All, Except for Advertisers (Ran ...
  Randall Stross / New York Times: One Site Fits All, Except for Advertisers  —  YAHOO is the granddaddy of all-things-to-all-people Web sites.  And the concept still shows surprising life: Yahoo has users, in spades.  But it has failed dismally in translating popularity into strong revenue growth.
• Super Bowl 'X Factor' Pact to Have NBC, Fox Pr ...
  Brian Steinberg / AdAge: Super Bowl ‘X Factor’ Pact to Have NBC, Fox Promote Each Other  —  TV Networks Typically Avoid Nods to Rivals; Will Pepsi Dollars Change Minds?  —  NBC will wrangle with an “X Factor” in its plans for next year's Super Bowl, while the Fox program of the same name could ...
• Phone hacking: 'Rupert Murdoch tells Rebekah B ...
  Tim Walker / Telegraph: Phone hacking: ‘Rupert Murdoch tells Rebekah Brooks to travel the world’  —  Rebekah Brooks will not comment on claims she is still drawing a News International salary.  —  A big song and dance was made of Rebekah Brooks's belated decision to resign as the chief executi ...

Chemtrail News

• BER7392 Air Berlin Airbus 330 (D-ALPI) at FL26 ...
  BER7392 Air Berlin Airbus 330 (D-ALPI) at FL262 with chemtrail enroute from Dusseldorf to San Fransisco.www.flickr.com/photos/picturejohn64/6004579827/
• GeoengineeringChemtrail Complaint Prese ...
  READ! http://theintelhub.com/2011/08/06/lab-tests-confirm-high-levels-of-aluminum-falling-from-skies-over-alachua-county-florida/ Lab Tests Confirm High ...www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrs8SpjQ8PU
• ~ I'm SICK of this ~ Chemtrails ~ A ...
  Once again the skies turned toxic. This seems to be more the norm lately and I truly am SICK of it. My throat is very sore, I have brain fog and feel drugg.chemtruth.ning.com/video/i-m-sick-of-this-chemtrails
• 200 Million Tons of Aluminum Aerosol Chemtr ...
  I mean, "Is this true?" are we actively spraying the skies with aluminium nano- powder to 'help the global warming scam'?en.paperblog.com/200-million-tons-of-aluminum-aerosol-che...
• Chemtrail Tropical Storm? Green Lifesty ...
  Chemtrail Influence on Tropical Storm Emily Paul Harris of meteorological-lies. com examines images indicating that chemtrails are being used to affect ...greenplanetparadise.com/3014/chemtrail-tropical-storm

World News - Top Stories

• Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi quits Face ...
  Randi Zuckerberg, the sister of Facebook founder Mark, is branching out on her own. Photograph: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Anyone who saw the film The Social Network would have no way of knowing that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has a sister. But now Randi Zuckerberg is generating headl ...
• Worst US loss of life in Afghan war as he ...
  A Chinook helicopter arriving to pick up supplies at Forward Operating Base Edi in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June. Photograph: Anja Niedringhaus/AP Thirty members of the American special forces have been killed in Afghanistan in the deadliest day of the 10-year war for US military p ...
• Hacking water meters is easier than it sh ...
  The smarter they become, water meters are getting easier to hack. Like many things in electronics, water meters become easier for hackers to break into and misuse when they are upgraded to include wireless and computer technology. John McNabb, a security expert who has focused on protecting ...
• Rising prices give food for thought
  For the first time in its history, Malaysia is considering introducing food stamps for the poor. While this will help the poor, are there alternatives we can take to cope with rising food prices? FOOD stamps for Malaysia? What an insult, some have remarked. The country doesn't have an unemp ...
• Tea Party = taxpayers Taxed Enough Alread ...
  Embittered by S&P’s downgrade of America’s credit rating, San Diego Tea Party protested government’s wanton spending.  The downgrade hits the Tea Party where it hurts most:  in its sense of fiscal responsibility. Tea party = taxpayers As the title informs, Tea Party means taxpayers—ordinary ...

no frakking consensus

• Rajendra Pachauri: Friend of the Environment?
  Auditors investigating mismanagement of the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in India say a committee that was supposed to monitor environmental concerns appears to have never met. IPCC chairman Pachauri was a member.
• Naming Names: Marine Experts Tainted by Activi ...
  The list of people who've accepted $150,000 from an advocacy organization is a long one. There are lots of PhDs here, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with full-blown political activists.
• Pew, What’s That Smell?
  An activist group has been funding a particular corner of scientific research to the tune of $1 million a year for more than two decades. Do we really think this hasn't influenced how those working in that field see the world?
• Greenpeace’s Fear Machine
  17 years ago a Greenpeace report titled The Climate Time Bomb tried to frighten us with lurid images and dire predictions that have since failed.
• Canadian Scientists and the World Wildlife Fund
  When hundreds of Canadian scientists - and 12 science bodies - joined a World Wildlife Fund ad campaign they undermined their own authority. They became politically-motivated actors in a political discussion.

Anna's News

• Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
  Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ......Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & Tech ...
• 10 Best British Open Performances
  Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and..Submitted by Anna Smith to World �|� �No ...
• Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
  Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
• National Parks at Risk: Photos
  National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent ....Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals �|� � ...
• Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
  The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations......Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Welln ...

Medical Marijuana

• 8/5/11 - Find Your Body Mass Index (BMI)
  obesity.procon.org - NEW: Find Your Body Mass Index (BMI) - The average BMI in the US is 27.8 for males and 28.1 for females. Use our new chart to find your BMI and see how you compare to the national average.
• 8/5/11 - US and Global Obesity Levels: The Fat ...
  obesity.procon.org - NEW: US and Global Obesity Levels: The Fat Chart - 21.8% of the total global population and 33.9% of the US population is obese. Between 1960 and 2006 obesity rates in the US more than doubled, making the US the most obese industrialized country on Earth. See our new chart t ...
• 8/4/11 - Six States with Pending Legislation t ...
  medicalmarijuana.procon.org - UPDATED: Six States with Pending Legislation to Legalize Medical Marijuana - Bills in six states died in committee when legislative sessions adjourned, leaving pending legislation in IL, MA, NH, NY, OH, and PA.
• 7/27/11 - ACLU Historical Timeline
  aclu.procon.org - UPDATED: ACLU Historical Timeline - Read about the history of the American Civil Liberties Union from its formation in 1920, through their organizational split over Japanese internment in 1942, to the ACLU's defense of the right for American Nazis to march in Skokie, IL in 1977 ...
• 7/27/11 - Is illegal immigration an economic b ...
  immigration.procon.org - UPDATED: Is illegal immigration an economic burden to America? - Read pro and con statements from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (pro), Dr. Alan Greenspan (con), Jim Gilchrist of the Minutemen (pro), the Washington Post (con), and many others in our recen ...

Truth About Our World

• The Israeli Awakening?
• Real American History that’s NOT in Hist ...
  � How to KILL your STRAWMAN and be truly FREE! (Part 1) -         Steve Beckow From: http://nexusilluminati.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-kill-your-strawman-and-be-truly.html You see, I�ve been studying the law: constitutional, maritime, Universal Commercial Code (UCC), common law, etc, and I am a ...
• George Carlin and Bill Hicks tell it like it is
• Time For Laughs… and a bit of reality
• How to Change Our Reality

Gyrovague's Raves

• Violent "Counter-Jihadism"
  What — and Who — Inspired Anders Behring Breivikâs Violence? Ãyvind Strømmen Summary: Like many of the violent jihadists he so feared, the man responsible for last weekâs attacks in Norway seems to have been radicalized via the Internet. ÃYVIND STRÃMMEN is a Norwegian journalist and a contribut ...
• The Muslims of Norway
  Islam and Multiculturalism Under Attack Shoaib Sultan Summary: The attacks in Norway last week targeted the very idea behind the country’s multicultural society and, in particular, the place of Muslims within it. As Norway comes to terms with the tragedy, how will the fallout affect the country’ ...
• Red, Delicious, and Rotten
  How Apple conquered China and learned to think like the Communist Party. BY CHRISTINA LARSON A friend in Beijing recently told me a story about the time a China Telecom technician came over to install the Internet connection for her Apple laptop. The man, an experienced worker, puzzled over the ...
• The invasive species war
  Do we protect native plants because theyâre better for the earth, or because we hate strangers? A cherished principle of environmentalism comes under attack (Left: iStock photo; Right: Roel Smart/iStock photo) Leon Neyfakh EARLIER THIS MONTH, a troop of volunteers in Newton piled into canoes and ...
• Deceptive Picture
  How Oscar Wilde painted over âDorian Gray.â Alex Ross Even before Wilde sent the manuscript of âThe Picture of Dorian Grayâ to the typist, he was hesitating over its homoerotic content. Oscar Wilde was not a man who lived in fear, but early reviews of âThe Picture of Dorian Grayâ must have given ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

• Open meeting on open science – some highlights
  FROM NILS HANWAHR IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE We kicked off our Science as a public enterprise  study with a public event at the Southbank Centre last month. The full recording of the first debate is now available. Download audio file  (Apologies for the mixed quality – the audience mikes were ...
• Engineering public engagement
  FROM EMMA WOODS IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE What is so unusual about geoengineering? What sets it apart from other controversial technologies? One thing that strikes me as particularly atypical is that the social dimensions of geoengineering are being addressed well ahead of the development of ...
• Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
  FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting.  The   meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie  with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
• Frontiers of Science UK-Germany: is sound fast ...
  FROM RUTH COOPER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Last week 35 early career British scientists met with their German counterparts in the UK, for the third UK-German Frontiers of Science meeting.  The   meeting was co-organised with the Junge Akademie  with logistical support from the Alexander von Humbold ...
• Opening up scientific information: a shared hi ...
  There are two parts to the story of the birth of the internet. Networked computers exchanging packets of information have existed since the 1960s, facilitated largely by a government project in the USA.   The interface that allows anyone to share anything with anyone, anywhere – the combinatio ...

NAU Resistance

• U.S. Ambassador Says Perimeter Security Deal W ...
  - Joint Border Inspection Facilities | Relocation Of U.S. Food Inspectors At Canadian Plants And Vice-Versa |Greater Sharing Of Intelligence & Harmonizing Regulations | Greater Use Of Biometrics To Track Travelers In Real Time
• Senate “Reform”, or Destruction of Democratic ...
  "If a Prime Minister tries to turn Parliamentary responsible government into unparliamentary irresponsible government, only the Crown can stop him; only the Crown can keep government responsible to Parliament and Parliament to the people; only the Crown can prevent the Prime Minister, prime serv ...
• Senate “Reform”, or Destruction of Democratic ...
  "If a Prime Minister tries to turn Parliamentary responsible government into unparliamentary irresponsible government, only the Crown can stop him; only the Crown can keep government responsible to Parliament and Parliament to the people; only the Crown can prevent the Prime Minister, prime serv ...
• VIDEO: “THE CONFEDERATION OF CANADA AS A WAR M ...
  "Let the Fathers of Confederation explain to you why Canada cannot be annexed to the United States of America"- KM
• VIDEO: “THE CONFEDERATION OF CANADA AS A WAR M ...
  "Let the Fathers of Confederation explain to you why Canada cannot be annexed to the United States of America"- KM

Gaea Times

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

TruthNews Australia

• John Bursill reports on the Qantas industrial ...
  Tonight aircraft engineer John Bursill returns to the show to bring us an update on the ongoing dispute between Qantas ground crews and the corporatocracy which wants to outsource safety checks to overseas facilities. It should be noted that John Bursill does not speak as a representative of Q ...
• The Murdoch Meltdown
  Rupert and James Murdoch testifying at the Parliamentary Inquiry Tonight I am joined by Josh Jackson as we explore the wider implications of the News Corp phone hacking scandal. In particular, we look at the future of news and whether this crisis signals the demise of traditional mass media. ...
• TNRA reports on the latest carbon rally
  Tonight we bring you the full audio (and video) from last week's carbon rally in Hyde Park, with some discussion and commentary. The gathering at Hyde Park was very rowdy - many people have a high level of anger about the current situation and this is evident in the tone of the crowd attending ...
• The Truther Girls review “Among The Trut ...
  Jonathan Kay went undercover among the truthers and lived to write a book about it, in which he naturally concludes what he already knew before he started his foray in the world of conspiracy theories: that truthers are crazy! More Links: New York Times book review AmongTheTruthers ...
• Hyde Park Rally: “The Science Doesn’t Ju ...
  Come to the rally and help us make history! What: Hyde Park Rally – “The Science Doesn’t Justify a Carbon Tax” When: Saturday, July 9, 2011 12:00 PM Where: Hyde Park North More info: http://www.meetup.com/wearechange-sydney/events/24210181/ Lord Monckton, Jo Nova and Dr. David Evans ar ...

Beacon

• Friday Infographic: Sharks
  We�ve been featuring infographics by artist Don Foley for the past few Fridays, but we thought it appropriate wrap up shark week with a snazzy infographic by shark-loving blogger Kaelah Bee. Thanks for celebrating shark week with us - don't forget to take action to protect threatened sharks if ...
• A Safe Haven for Sharks
  Editor's note: Happy Shark Week! All week long we’ve been re-capping some highlights from Shark Week programming. Today we review last night's "Shark City." Shark Week wrapped up last night with an appearance from this year’s Chief Shark Officer, Andy Samberg, in “Shark City.” This episode wa ...
• Breaking: Oregon Governor Signs Shark Fin Trad ...
  Great news this shark week! We just got word that Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber will sign a bill this afternoon banning the sale, trade, and possession of shark fins in the state. Oceana was instrumental in the passage of this bill, which passed the State House and Senate with bipartisan suppor ...
• Kristin Bauer: Let’s Save Sharks this Shark Week
  Actress and Oceana supporter Kristin Bauer. I might play a blood-sucking vampire on “True Blood,” but in real life I’m a devoted animal lover and conservationist. In the past few weeks, I’ve followed the proposed ban on the shark fin trade in California, and – in honor of Shark Week – I wa ...
• Shark Myths vs. Facts
  The largest fish in the ocean, the whale shark. © Tony Rath Editor's note: Happy Shark Week! All week long we are re-capping some highlights from Shark Week programming. Today we review last night's "How Sharks Hunt." Sharks have been swimming the world’s oceans for over 400 million y ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

• Pescara Number 3 Helicopter. Oh Brother.
  Pescara No. 3 Helicopter Three times is a charm that’s how many times Spanish engineer Raul Pescara had to try to successfully build a co-axial rotor helicopter. In 1923, the third model, built in France could sustain flight of up to 10 minutes. Forward motion was slow and required tilting th ...
• Numbers
  Nuclear Explosion “Little Boy”, the world’s first nuclear weapon was dropped on this date in 1945. It killed 40,000 people in Hiroshima instantly, another 40,000 in the next month and then another 100,000 in the following six years. In both Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the overwhelming majority ...
• The Mission To Get Bin Laden, In The New Yorker
  The nine other SEALs, including Mark, formed three-man units for clearing the inner courtyard. The Americans suspected that several more men were in the house: Kuwaiti’s thirty-three-year-old brother, Abrar; bin Laden’s sons Hamza and Khalid; and bin Laden himself. One SEAL unit had no sooner tr ...
• The War No One Knows About.
  Al-Ittihad al-Islamiya Al- Shabaab means the “youth” in Arabic. It refers to the Radicalized Islamic political organization that we really should fear and keep a watch on. This group is the Al-Quaeda of the Horn of Africa, and they are represented in the anarchic daimyo known as The Islamic Cour ...
• Coca Cola Goes To War.
  Coca Cola Plant In North Africa During WWII Coca Cola  CEO Robert Woodruff insisted that Coca Cola be served to US troops over seas. Eisenhower thought it was a great idea and commissioned three plants to be opened in the North African theater of operations in 1942. The attempt to support troops ...

Taylor Marsh

• George W. Bush’s Economy was Even Worse than O ...
  Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy As insults fly between political parties as well as the U.S. and S&P, with nations like China chirping in, all the rest of us are left to do is wait. Republicans insisted on a disastrous debt ceiling deal, but it was Pres. ...
• The Sunday Early Bird News Round-Up
  Good morning and welcome to Sunday! Quote of the Day: “No risk of that, no risk.” – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during an interview in April, discussing the risk of the U.S. debt being downgraded. Some links to go with your morning coffee/tea: ~China, our banker, is angry at the U.S. abo ...
• Dyncorp, Sex Trafficking, the UN and ‘The Whis ...
  The movie debuts this weekend, with “Morning Joe” and Jon Stewart among those helping get the word out. The buzz has been huge. Kathryn Bolkovac is still fighting to get the U.N. to do something about what she proved. The story goes like this, from 2001… A former United Nations police officer is ...
• Progressive Notes: Al Gore Calls on Us, New Pr ...
  Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. So much to discuss this epic week, a turning point for many activists. Kudos to Russ Feingold, Keith Olbermann, Rep. Cleaver and many other saying NO to this devil sandwich. Al Gore’s words on Olbermann are stirring. He says our syst ...
• Queer Talk: Measures of Success
  Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. Two different ways to measure LGBT equality success came out this week: the “Momentum Report,” by the Movement Advancement Project (MAP), and The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation’s (GLADD) “Network Responsibility ...

Hudson New York

• The Muslim Brotherhood-Salafi Alliance
  As the world focuses its attention on the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, extremist Islamic groups are working toward turning Egypt into an Islamic Republic. If the Egyptian authorities do not move quickly to crush the extremists and
• Pakistan's Spy Game in the U.S.
  Relations between U.S. and Pakistan grow more and more tense. In July, the FBI arrested Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, a Kashmiri-born activist accused of participating as an agent for the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in secret lobbying efforts
• Turkey Trading 'Soldier's Bayonet' for PM's 'T ...
  Turkey has been freed from the "soldier's bayonet" only to face the prime minister's "truncheon," the deputy group chairman of the country's main opposition said. The Republican People's Party, or CHP's, Muharrem İnce made the comments ahead of a crucial
• Muslim Countries Financing Jihad in Spain
  Muslim countries in the Persian Gulf and North Africa are funnelling large sums of money to radical Islamic groups in towns and cities across Spain in a competing effort to exert control over the estimated 1.5 million Muslims in the country. A newly
• New Muslim 'Reality' Show Is Anything But
  The American TV network TLC recently announced that it is making a reality series following the lives of Muslims living in America. The program—called "All American Muslim"—will follow five Muslim families in Dearborn, Michigan, hoping to expose the

Urban Survival

• BLS Jobs Data Wrap Up
  OK, we finally got a good connection into the BLS data and here’s where things are:  First the summery press release: “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 117,000 in July, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.1 percent, … Continue reading →
• Waiting on Good Data
  BLS Server Issues Continue to evolve…will keep you posted.
• Jobs: We Having Fun, Yet? 9.1????!!!!
  Are we having fun, yet?  I sure am.  We I told you on Tuesday morning that we were “Back in Crash Country” I wasn’t just blowing smoke.  And when I tell you we may be only half way through the … Continue reading →
• Coping: With the Winds of Change
  Sometimes, its awe inspiring to be a time monk.  Since whatever we’re doing seems to be rewarded in most unusual ways by Universe around here.  And it all seems to involve the winds of change.  Which, just in case you’ve … Continue reading →
• Markets: Swing That Thing
  Say, yesterday’s report on the market getting into “crash country” has been almost as much fun as poking myself in the eye with a sharp stick.  I was on the short side, which became handsomely profitable, yet when the time … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

• Links for 2011-08-06 [del.icio.us]
  THE MARC FABER BLOG: I will be using the rebound as a selling opportunity Marc Faber : treasuries are perceived still as a safe heaven because everybody knows the US has an endless ability to print money | MARC FABER BLOG Marc Faber : treasuries are perceived still as a safe heaven because ...
• The New World Order is Here!
  We don't need a world ruled by EXPLOITATION,... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
• Keith Olbermann : America is Now Officially a ...
  "life, liberty, and the pursuit of... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
• Standard & Poors downgrades the U.S. credit r ...
  The United States loses the "triple A" Foreign... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
• The Corporation
  The Corporation is today's dominant institution,... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]

Radical Chic

• NIGERIAN TRANSPORT vs TRANSPORT IN ENGLAND
  “Falomo! Falomo! Enter with your ten ten naira no change o!”. The adventure begins with the call of the bus conductor. A Nigerian version of tarzan appears, but no, he isn’t hanging on to a tree; he’s hanging on the side of a bus. Elbows, punches and jabs follow as passengers scramble amongst th ...
• NIGERIAN POLICE vs POLICE IN ENGLAND
  The Nigerian police force is indeed a force to be reckoned with. Not only do they protect and serve, but they also obtain, harass and embarass, which is a short list of their often diverse responsibilities. It is a rare thing to experience a society where you are much more likely to get stopped ...
• NIGERIAN EDUCATION vs EDUCATION IN ENGLAND
  As a result of the parents I had I was priviledged enough to receive a substancial education in both England and Nigeria. I was a student in what was allegedly one of the top 5 secondary schools in England, and my Nigerian counter parts spared no cost either. So on a level, I would say [...]
• NIGERIAN WOMEN vs WOMEN IN ENGLAND
  It is almost an impossible challenge to attempt to describe a Nigerian woman without a sudden sense of fear gripping my fingers. Even though there are only words in front of me, I can’t help but see hundreds of Nigerian female faces staring down at me too; their eyes shouting “oya talk now!”, da ...
• NIGERIAN BELIEFS vs BELIEFS IN ENGLAND
  Haven’t you heard? Nobody ever dies of natural causes in Nigeria. In fact the most common form of death is as a result of a spiritual curse sent by a spiteful relative in a village. Nigerians are without a doubt amongst the most superstitious of all cultures. Regardless of their diversity, educa ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

• Globe: GOP resets sites on stem cell research
  Globe reporter Tracy Jan is now reporting out of DC after a stint as the paper's higher ed reporter. In today's paper, she offers a story on the politics of stem cell research that bridges both beats. WASHINGTON - Nearly all of the Republican presidential candidates would put the brakes on Pres ...
• Guest Post: Boston meeting shines spotlight on ...
  Guest post by Karolina Maciag, a graduate Student at Hacohen Lab at the Broad Institute and Jen Manne a student at Harvard School of Public Health/BU School of Medicine. Last month, Boston hosted the inaugural Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) meeting of the International Society for Infectiou ...
• Cape Cod shark talk tonight in Wellfleet
  Sharks are a big topic on the Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. A trip to a Vineyard beach might bring you to a site of a Jaws shoot. And, the state routinely monitors sharks spotted off Chatham and elsewhere on the Cape. Tonight University of Rhode Island biologis ...
• Research waverunner measures bay's bathymetry
  From the (Martha's) Vineyard Gazette: This month scientists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution will descend on Edgartown with a sonar-equipped waverunner to map, in unprecedented resolution, the ever-shifting sands and currents of Katama Bay. While the bathymetry of the body of water ...
• A call for more naturally derived medicinals
  Keeley Wray, is the Technology Marketing Specialist in the Technology and Innovation Development Office at Children's Hospital Boston asks : Where's the business model for "naturally derived medicinals"? From Children's Vector blog: If more companies found ways to commercialize natural comp ...

NRDC Switchboard

• NRDC in the News 8/5: Environmental cuts; glob ...
  NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide Frances Beinecke was quoted in EnergyBiz.com criticizing the disproportionate cuts to important programs such as pollution control, clean energy and public lands in a piece about the debt limit bil ...
• ESA: a failure if species aren't delisted?
  Louisa Willcox, Senior Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana On March 7, 2011, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case, Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. State of Wyoming, case number 09-36100, involving the 2009 decision by Judge Donald M ...
• LATIN AMERICA CLIMATE, ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ...
  Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile Chile’s legal procedural authority, the Contraloría, denied that the water rights HidroAysén received from the General Water Directorate earlier this year were legally granted.  HidroAy ...
• Implementing the National DSM Regulations in C ...
  Hyoungmi Kim, Policy Specialist on Energy Efficiency and Utilities, Beijing, China On November 4, 2010, China’s Central government enacted national demand-side management (DSM) regulations. Under the Regulations, grid companies are required to use ...
• Musical Chairs at the New York City Department ...
  Eric Goldstein, Director of NRDC's New York City Environment, NY It seems like the City’s Department of Environmental Protection (“DEP”) just can’t catch a break this summer. Two weeks ago, a fire roared through the main engine room of the Depart ...

Injustice Everywhere

• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 27 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, August 5, 2011: 5 New Orleans LA cops found guilty on all 25 counts for fatal Danziger Bridge shootings & cover-up [0] http://ow.ly/1vmLc4 Brea CA police sued by family of man suspec ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 18 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, August 4, 2011: Attleboro MA police sued by father & daughter alleging brutality, repeated harassment & false arrests [3] http://ow.ly/1vllfM Bethlehem PA cop gets probation in red ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 18 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Wednesday, August 3, 2011: 4 Tampa FL cops sued by deaf man claiming cops repeatedly tasered & beat him after dragging him out of a bar. While they allegedly fractured his orbital bones in t ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 16 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, August 2, 2011: Elyria OH settles suit for $50k to man who was punched by a cop while cuffed to hospital bed because of comment [0] http://ow.ly/1vfTor Montgomery Co MD police rebuk ...
• National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
  Here are the 14 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Monday, August 1, 2011: 2 Detroit MI cops subject of suit by ex-Army medic claiming they rammed his car then beat him while he was cuffed. [3] http://ow.ly/1vf3jJ Miami Beach FL settles suit ...

Total Collapse

• Run On US-European Banks Brings World To Brink ...
  A shocking Russian Finance Ministry report prepared for Prime Minister Putin is warning today that massive liquidity runs on American and European financial institutions over the past fortnight are in danger of collapsing the entire global economic system leaving war as the only “option” for the ...
• Putin: Russia-Belarus Merger “Possible” And “D ...
  Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says he supports calls for Russia to merge with its western neighbor Belarus. Belarus has been an independent state since the Soviet Union fell apart in 1991. Speaking at a Kremlin youth camp, Putin said Monday the return to Soviet-style unity is “possible, desirabl ...
• Hidden Agenda: The “Debt Crisis Plan” was to S ...
  The debt crisis has been averted and people across the globe are breathing sighs of relief. But in the back rooms of the US Congress, politicians are celebrating for a different reason. It’s the kind of celebration that erupts when a group executes a complicated plan to perfection. The objective ...
• NATO plans campaign in Syria, tightens noose a ...
  NATO is planning a military campaign against Syria to help overthrow the regime of President Bashar al-Assad with a long-reaching goal of preparing a beachhead for an attack on Iran, Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said. The UN Security Council condemned on Wednesday ongoing violence in ...
• A Secret War in 120 Countries: The Pentagon’s ...
  Somewhere on this planet an American commando is carrying out a mission. Now, say that 70 times and you’re done… for the day. Without the knowledge of the American public, a secret force within the U.S. military is undertaking operations in a majority of the world’s countries. This new Pentagon ...

Daily Dose

• Where are they now? New York City’s Dot Com En ...
  The early days of New York’s Internet scene were similar to the early days of the Industrial Revolution. The men and women who pioneered the Internet in the mid-late 90s lived in a time marked by freneticism, enthusiasm and rapid hiring. Innovation was celebrated and there was a real spirit of ...
• 8 Web-based alternatives to Instagram
  Since Instagram has yet to offer an Android version of the incredibly popular photo-sharing app, Android users are always on the hunt for decent alternatives. But what about those who have neither an iPhone or an Android phone? We’ve compiled a list of 8 alternatives to Instagram, most of whic ...
• The rise of Android and why it could be about ...
  If you’re reading this, there’s a fair chance you own either an iOS or Android mobile device. News emerged this week that Android now has almost half of the global smartphone market sewn up, whilst Apple – the world’s number one smartphone vendor in terms of units sold – has almost a fifth of t ...
• Nuance speech-to-text ‘Dictation’ functionalit ...
  More evidence of a speech-to-text feature that Apple is calling ‘Dictation’, at least for now, has surfaced in iOS 5 beta 5. The feature will most likely be using the technology that Apple is licensing from speech company Nuance. As you can see in the screenshot above, once the Dictation featu ...
• This extension lets you crosspost between Twit ...
  Warning: You should know, as useful as this extension is, the slimy developers decided it would be a good idea to auto post a recommendation of the extension to your G+ page the moment you install the extension – without your permission. It will do the same when you connect your twitter/Faceboo ...

Beyond Zero Emissions

• Solar Thermal a Key Driver of Renewable Energy ...
  New data released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance shows that, over the last financial quarter, a staggering $US41.7billion of new capital was invested globally in the renewable energy sector. Investments in the innovative concentrating solar thermal (CST) industry were identified as a key drive ...
• Carbon Price Scheme – No Longer a Mystery Package
  Upon the release of Prime Minister Julia Gillard�s carbon price package (to take effect July 1, 2012), there has been talk aplenty of her plummeting popularity. The PM has dismissed the commentary in favour of the scheme�s necessity, saying, �Polls will come and go�� I�m absolutely convinced wh ...
• BZE Executive Director pictured on front of 20 ...
  Beyond Zero Emissions is pleased to have been awarded the prestigous opportunity to be pictured on the front of the Sydney Whitepages by Telstra owned directory publisher Sensis. BZE Executive Director Matthew Wright is pictured on top of the Sydney Theatre Company with their new largescale ...
• Carbon Price Response: A Small Step Forward, B ...
  Climate and energy security think tank Beyond Zero Emissions welcome the Labor government�s carbon price package negotiated with The Greens and lower house independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor. The proposed legislation will start the process of transitioning Australia from a 19th Century ...
• Climate Policy unFiT for getting Rooftop Solar ...
  The Gillard government has ignored the most successful policy in the world for rolling out renewables deployed and reducing carbon emissions: the German renewable energy Feed-in Tariff. Internal analysis by Beyond Zero Emissions shows that the use of a Feed-in Tariff to get solar panels onto e ...

Monga Bay ( News )

• Little-known animal picture of the day: the ve ...
  The velvet asity is a small bird endemic to Madagascar. The species is a part of a family of birds that only includes four species, all native to Madagascar.
• Famine spreads: 29,000 young children perish
  As the UN announces that famine has spread in Somalia to three additional regions (making five in total now), the US has put the first number to the amount of children under 5 who have so far perished from starvation in the last 90 days: 29,000. Nearly half of the total population of Somalia is ...
• Protected areas not enough to save life on Earth
  Since the creation of Yellowstone National Park in 1872 protected areas have spread across the world. Today, over 100,000 protected areas—national parks, wildlife refuges, game reserves, marine protected areas (MPAs), wildlife sanctuaries, etc.—cover some 7.3 million square miles (19 million kil ...
• Indigenous peoples in Suriname still wait for ...
  Legal rights and recognition for the diverse indigenous peoples of Suriname have lagged behind those in other South American countries. Despite pressure from the UN and binding judgments by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Suriname has yet to recognize indigenous and tribal land rights, ...
• Picture of the day: horse-and-rider in the Amazon
  Riding a horse in the world's greatest tropical rainforest may be the definition of what kids today call 'bad-ass'. It certainly makes cowboys in Texas look prosaic.

Sierra Express

• ACC takes the fight against corruption to nurs ...
  The Northern Regional office of Anti-Corruption Commission has taken the educational approach in the fight against corruption to student nurses in Makeni. This was in the form of a sensitization meeting with staff and students of the National School of Nursing and School of Midwifery at the Masu ...
• Senegal rapper Thiat rocks President Wade
  It was one of Senegal’s recurrent power cuts. But on 16 January, it lasted for 20 hours.  Chatting about politics and sipping tea as they were waiting for the electricity to come back, two rappers from the popular Keur Gui band, Omar Toure alias Thiat and Mbessane Seck alias Kilifeu, together w ...
• Actor Jeffrey Wright shares his passion for Si ...
  New York, New York (Javelin – August 5, 2011) – Award-winning American actor and philanthropist Jeffrey Wright was interviewed about his development interests in Sierra Leone for the CNN series Connect the World.  Wright was featured as the “Connector of the Day” in relation to his work as found ...
• Nigeria: UN urges Shell to overhaul oil clean- ...
  A UN report on the effects of oil pollution in Nigeria’s Delta region urges the oil company Shell to totally overhaul their procedures for cleaning up spills in the region.  (Photo:  Shell argues that the majority of oil spells are caused by vandalism) The United Nations Environment Programme (U ...
• AU Commission organizes awareness workshop on ...
  Addis Ababa, 5 August 2011 – A workshop program on First Aid Healthy Safety training was held on 5 August 2011 at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa ,Ethiopia, in the presence of Anesthetist Kibret Abebe, Mr.Sirak Gugsa from Orthopedic nurse, Black Lion Hospital,  Dr.Elias Ahmed from Orthopedic ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

• Cabinet to decide on milk inquiry
  The Government is "very interested" in getting to the bottom of milk prices and may back a parliamentary inquiry into the issue, Prime Minister John Key says.Labour and the Greens have called for a select committee investigation...
• Dairy prices close to bottom of curve, say eco ...
  International dairy prices continue to fall in Fonterra's online auction but the latest result suggests the bottom of the curve is getting closer, say economists.The New Zealand dollar also kept dropping yesterday from post-float...
• World dairy prices dip 1.3pc overnight
  Average prices of dairy products fell for the fourth sale in a row in Fonterra's latest online auction, tracking a broader decline in global commodity prices.The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 1.3 per cent to US$3,716 a metric tonne,...
• No reason for milk price probe - Fonterra
  Fonterra has welcomed the Commerce Commission's decision not to make an inquiry into the price of milk.The dairy co-operative always believed there was no justification for a price control inquiry or further regulation at any level...
• Focus turns to secret milk-price formula
  Fonterra's secret formula for setting underlying milk prices has become the focus of concerns about high consumer prices after the Commerce Commission ruled out taking action in the retail and wholesale markets.Labour and the Greens...

The Bovine

• Gag order placed on Rawsome accused
  From Mike Adams at Natural News.com: “(NaturalNews) Victoria Bloch was released from jail in LA County last night, but only under the condition that she completely give up her First Amendment rights and refrain from talking to anyone about the … Continue reading →
• Is recent Rawsome raid the first raw milk case ...
  From David E. Gumpert on the Complete Patient blog: “Everyone seems to have an opinion on what the Rawesome situation represents, but it may be we’ll have to watch the legal proceedings unfold to fully understand what’s happening. Remember, the … Continue reading →
• While police are arresting people for supposed ...
  From Maryn McKenna on Wired: As the scale of the nationwide outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg started to sink in Thursday â along with the stunningly large recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey, much of it probably already eaten â there were a … Continue reading →
• They want to ban raw milk in England
  From Rose Prince in The Telegraph (UK): “Those of us who choose to drink ”rawââ milk are a tiny minority â barely more than 100,000 â so why is time and money being wasted trying to stop us? The latest … Continue reading →
• Time running out for Irish raw milk?
  From the Offaly Express: THE Campaign for Raw Milk has urged the Government not throw away what they describe as âa real business opportunity for small farmersâ. Within two months the Irish Government will ban the sale of ârawâ (unpasteurised) … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

• Decade of Stimulus Yields Nothing But Mountain ...
  Is there any kind of stimulus the US did not try in the last 10 years? We had 1% interest rates from Greenspan fueling housing.We had wars from Bush and Obama fueling defense industry employment.We had two rounds of Quantitative easing from the Fed.We had cash-for-clunkers.We had two housing ta ...
• Euro-Area Central Banks to Hold Crisis Call; G ...
  In "secret" meetings (that everyone knows about) Euro-Area Central Banks to Hold Crisis CallEuro-region central bank governors will hold emergency talks tomorrow aimed at stopping Spain and Italy from becoming the next victims of the sovereign debt crisis and limiting the market fallout from the ...
• Reserve Currency Curse: Idea China to Stop Buy ...
  Comments abound on the significance of the S&P downgrade of US debt. Some think it will affect the stock market open on Monday. I don't, but if it does, I suggest it will last at most a day. In "On the S&P ratings move" Bruce Krasting said essentially the same thing on the lasting effect, howev ...
• Surprising Optimism in Face of Weekly Global E ...
  Wall Street is unwavering in its outlook that the S&P will hit 1400 this year. That is nearly a 17% rally from here. Please consider Strategists Sticking With 17% S&P 500 Rally by Year-End on Rising ProfitWall Street has never been more sure that the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will rally in 20 ...
• Stocks Rally on News ECB to Buy Italian Bonds; ...
  Stocks surged in a mid-morning to early-afternoon ramp on news the ECB will step in to buy Italian bonds and that Italy has agreed to balance its budget by 2013. Please consider Italy pledges to balance budget by 2013, make balanced budget a constitutional requirementItaly is pledging to work f ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• Jamiol Presents
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials
  Pakistan Punished in Pipelinestan, Moving Toward Guerilla War in Afghanistan, Drone Strikes as Police Work!, Israel Withheld Evidence in Killing, The Assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai & More! I am going to start with a piece of news you all have already seen and read. I am listing this only bec ...
• Brushfire with Julia: Freedom to Withhold Info ...
  Department of Homeland Security Finds FOIA to be “Politically undesirable”!  In theory, the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) guarantees the legal right of the American public to obtain federal agency records. Judicially enforceable, FOIA was designed to ensure public access to Executive Branch ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials
  Time for Upping the Iran Propaganda … Again, Pakistan: Tide In-Tide Out, South Sudan Independence & What it’s Really About, Israelis Torture of Children in the Occupied Territories, Torture Whitewash & More   Here are two news articles on Pakistan-US relations (While reading the following recall ...
• Part III. A Watch-Dog for All Seasons
  Carnegie Corporation: We Love POGO, So Does the Entire US Government! In the spring of 2010 the Carnegie Corporation issued a glowing report on their favorite government watchdog Project on Government Oversight (POGO). The report was meant to justify and showcase the large grants given to POGO b ...

bloody crossroads

• Is Obama a Fraud?
  The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008.  And like many Iâve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
• The Tyranny of American Healthcare
  For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly youâre being screwed by the health insurance corporations?  Let me give … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
• Today’s Stories
  Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →

gCaptain

• Idiot of the Month: Sailboat Dismasted by 120, ...
  Sir, just because you are racing doesn’t alleviate your requirement to obey the rules of the road. Seriously, you’re an embarrassment to the sport of Continue Reading »
• The Ultimate Sacrifice – 22 US Navy SEALS kill ...
  As a former naval officer and friend to a number of professionals in the Naval Special Warfare community, I’m deeply saddened to hear the news of our Continue Reading »
• Top 10 gCaptain Posts Of The Week.
  Welcome to this weeks edition of “In Case You Missed It…”, a series that highlights gCaptain’s top 10 news items of the week. In this Continue Reading »
• We Sail the Ocean Blue, but We’re Going Green, Too
  USS Carl Vinson Strike Group, Exercise Tandem Thrust 2003, US Navy Photo WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) Rear Adm. (Ret.) Robert James’s characterization of the Navy’s pursuit of Continue Reading »
• Dear Santa: I would like a Perini Navi so I ca ...
  The naval architects at Perini Navi have done a spectacular job with this new 55 meter Picchiotti Ice-Class Motor Yacht.  The raised forward bulwarks mean Continue Reading �

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