- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 40 minutes ago
*Ettore Bastianini as Gérard at the Met in 1955 --* *we're going to hear him in a moment in the opening scene of Andrea Chénier -- and then again Sunday in Act III.* *by Ken* As I've explained in our t... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes ago
A tropical storm formed in the Caribbean Friday and is expected to move across the coast of Belize Saturday afternoon or night. Tropical Storm Harvey has maximum sustained winds of 50 mph, with higher gu... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes ago
Rebels closed in on Moammar Gadhafi Friday, pushing back his fighters in a fierce battle in one key coastal city and seizing another town as they advanced toward his remaining bastion, the capital of Tripo... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes ago
A long-awaited Alberta Health study into the health of people living downstream from the oilsands, where cancer rates are higher than normal, appears to be finally going ahead. Concerns were first raised... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes ago
European leaders are under intense pressure to come up with a long-term solution to the debt problems straining the European Union to its breaking point. But given the enormous challenges involved and th... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes ago
Indian activist Anna Hazare began a public hunger strike in the country's capital Friday, accompanied by thousands of cheering supporters. The 74-year-old campaigner, who is seeking stronger anti-corrupti... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 48 minutes agoIn a move that could portend an increase in violence between Israelis and Palestinians, the Hamas military wing announced it was ending a de facto two-year truce with Israel early Saturday. A statemen...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 2 hours ago*Saman Mohammadi* *The Excavator* *August 19, 2011* We live in an era of medieval brutality and state terror. Iran, Syria, Libya, Iraq, China and Putin's Russia are singled out by the Western media and We...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 3 hours ago
*This memorial service for victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami was held on July 24 in Ohkuma-cho, Fukushima Prefecture, 20 kilometers from the Daiichi nuclear plant that melted down.* *by Ken*... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Koyu Abe, a Zen priest of Joenji temple, poses among a field of sunflowers which his volunteer group "Make A Wish Upon Flowers" had planted in Fukushima, northern Japan August 7, 2011. At the temple thousa... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Scientists have produced what they say is the first complete map of how the ice moves across Antarctica. Built from images acquired by radar satellites, the visualisation details all the great glaciers a... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
President Obama begins his 10-day vacation in Martha’s Vineyard today, the third year in a row he has taken his summer holiday in one of America’s most expensive resorts. During his time there he will be e... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Across the globe, plants and animals are creeping, crawling, slithering and winging to higher altitudes and latitudes as temperatures climb. Moreover, the greater the warming in any given region, the fart... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Paper money from countries all around the world carry a chemical hitchhiker – the hormone-active substance known as bisphenol A (BPA). Paper bills are the latest addition to a growing list of items tainted... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory are investigating whether microwaves can be used to kill insects and other pests, such as slugs and snails, instead of chemical pesticides. The right wave ... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoU.S. solar company Evergreen Solar Inc filed for bankruptcy on Monday, its once cutting-edge technology falling victim to competition from cheaper Chinese rivals and solar subsidy cuts in Europe. The Cha...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry told New Hampshire voters Wednesday that he does not believe in manmade global warming, calling it a scientific theory that has not been proven. "I think we're seein... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
A Florida biologist has linked a vicious coral-killing pathogen in the Caribbean and Florida Keys to human sewage that leaks into the ocean from improperly treated wastewater. The Caribbean Elkhorn coral... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours ago
A family doctor who gave a terminally ill man a fatal overdose of painkillers avoided being struck off after a disciplinary panel ruled he may have accidentally killed him due to him being “too devoted” to... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoForeigners who took part in last week's rioting will be deported to "send a tough message to troublemakers," it has emerged. More than 150 people born abroad have been arrested over the looting and arson...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA "distinguished" aristocrat is "to all intents and purposes down and out" and needs to raise money or "go hungry", a High Court judge has heard. The Earl of Cardigan - David Brudenell-Bruce, 58 - had "no...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThere‘s some curious merchandise for sale in CBS News’ online store.* Alongside a travel mug, tote bag and T-shirt that all bear the CBS News logo, the store also includes the following: “Dreams From My...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA number of students showed up for the first day of school at Naperville North High School Wednesday appearing to be intoxicated. Some of the students have already been suspended while others are still b...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA Salisbury woman has been arrested twice in three hours on drunken driving charges, and police say she had her 4-year-old daughter with her the second time. An officer stopped Ann Marie Abdullin on Rout...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoVietnam's prime minister has put the country on alert as an outbreak of hand, foot and mouth disease continues to surge, killing 81 children and sickening more than 32,000 people nationwide so far this yea...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoThis week in Germantown, Maryland, it took less than a minute for a flash mob of teenagers to descend on a 7-Eleven, ransack shelves and make off with hundreds of dollars worth of stuff. It's going to...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA man herding reindeer in Russia's Arctic found the perfectly-preserved, 40,000-year-old body of a baby woolly mammoth. The creature's carcass was sticking up out of the permafrost, local officials said....
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoFor the second time in a week, a flash mob robbed a convenience store in our area. Could it be a new trend in the Washington region? In the latest incident, 10 women stormed the Shop Express convenienc...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA diamond seller from Israel had over $2 million worth of diamonds taken from him in a smash-and-grab heist in North Hollywood. At 10:10 p.m., Thursday, the victim was visiting a friend in North Hollywoo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoObese model Susanne Eman is saying 'Supersize Me' for real - in her bid to become the fattest woman ever. The 52-stone bombshell aims to reach a whopping 115 stone, or 1,600lb, by guzzling at least 20,00...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoA local school district is offering take home drug tests to parents. The test kids will be available to parents of middle school students in the Hempfield School District. “We would rather be proacti...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 4 hours agoStores are trying everything they can think of to disguise the fact that you're going to pay more for clothes this fall. Some are using less fabric and calling it the new look. Others are adding cheap st...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago"Records show errors by Bay of Pigs unit" August 16, 2011|Associated Press MIAMI - Newly declassified US documents show a *CIA operative* accidentally * fired on friendly pilots *during the 1961 Bay of Pig...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"Several hundred Birmingham residents *rallied for peace and racial unity*yesterday.... * * *And that is about all the coverage they got from the Globe.* --more--" * * *Also see*: * * *London Bridge is...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours agoRed Cross says attacks on medical workers are rising Conn. Red Cross workers authorize strike
- posted by Orwell's Bastard at Orwell's Bastard - 5 hours ago(With an apology to pinball machines everywhere.) That @cityslikr fella can be wonderfully succinct sometimes. I retweeted this earlier, but it deserves a whole blog post. Word. If you're ever curious ab...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 6 hours agoOn occasion I sit here, unfocused. There is just so much ongoing, it seems a bit overwhelming. I think yesterday's post on the Pentagon's attack plans for China have caused me some consternation. Or Conce...
- posted by Rossella Lorenzi at Discovery News - Top Stories - 6 hours agoThe prevailing theory was that the thief was part of a large art theft ring, but new details paint a different picture.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*It was sort of a test, and they failed*: "Record numbers of homeless people in Portland, ME (NECN: Amy Sinclair, Portland, ME) - More families than ever are struggling to get by. Shelter workers in *Mai...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 7 hours agoDarrell Issa is the wealthiest and most personally corrupt member of the House of Representatives. So *of course* Boehner gave him the chairmanship of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee....
- posted by Amy Enchelmeyer at Discovery News - Top Stories - 7 hours agoWhere we see miracles is half the fun in life.
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 7 hours agoIt’s just a happy coincidence of timing that the 88th edition of ACOTW would dovetail at exactly the same time that the fascist Republican Party (5) would be taking the President to task for taking a muc...
- posted by Benjamin Radford at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoOfficials at the Indiana State Fair warned audiences to seek shelter, but few did.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 311.6 km ( 193.6 miles), the quake hit at 19:10:11 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 83 km (52 miles) Northeast of W...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 9 hours agoIn the 2006 federal election, Tony Clement won his won his Parry Sound-Muskoka riding by a mere 28 votes. In 2008, following election endorsements from local mayors on his G8 slush fund tailgate committ...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 9 hours agoA sudden and brief storm abruptly ended a music festival in Belgium last night. Here is how the tragedy occurred, according to the UK Guardian: *"Five people have been killed and more than 70 injured afte...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAt least 150 foreign rioters and looters who caused chaos on the streets will be deported as part of a Government pledge to get tough on troublemakers. Those involved will be thrown out of Britain ‘at th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoPolice are hunting for a gunman who burst into a hairdressers and shot three women. Officers were called to Carol Ann's Hairstylists in Malpas Road, Newport, South Wales at 2.20pm and found one woman had ...
- Lord Stirling's News Blog EUROPEEurope - 9 hours agoHoly Shroud of Turin Powerful prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - video ~ link AVA MARIA - by Helene Fischer - video ~ link Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE Please forward this site to several f...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 10 hours ago*** Jewish children, the victims of medical experiments in Auschwitz * We like Jews. And we like Blacks, Moslems, Gays, Catholics and the handicapped. We are ashamed of our past prejudices against such...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoFor over 100 years the Turrialba was dormant, but now is visited weekly by experts who are tracking its changes. Recently, experts have been investigating new holes in the craters, where the temperature...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA flashflood hit a village in Polomolok, South Cotabato yesterday afternoon, leaving 45 families homeless. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Purok Riverside, Silwa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoHeavy rain that started in the early hours of Friday triggered floods in the Black Sea province of Ordu, daily Hürriyet reported on its website. Ordu Gov. Orha Düzgün said 90 kilograms of rain fell per squ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA forest fire stretching 8 km (5 miles) at its widest point has forced thousands of people to flee their homes in the eastern Spanish region of Murcia. A forest fire stretching 8 km (5 miles) at its wide...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThousands of unemployed waited overnight, camping out in their business suits and office heels and braving the tormenting heat in Atlanta to stand in line for a job fair Thursday. Authorities treated 20 pe...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAt the request of tea party leaders in Arizona, famed Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has promised to investigate the validity of Barack Obama's purported long-form birth certificate in a determination ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoBowing to pressure from immigrant rights activists, the Obama administration said Thursday that it will halt deportation proceedings on a case-by-case basis against illegal immigrants who meet certain crit...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours ago“Injustice anywhere, threatens Justice everywhere” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. At the True Democracy Party we are backing Major Police and Prison Reforms at State and Federal Levels. Police and their ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAmericans are deeply confused about why the economy is so bad – and their President isn’t telling them. In fact, the White House apparently has decided to join with Republicans and blame it on the long-...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoPope Benedict XVI lamented modern society's "amnesia" about God as he travelled Friday to a famed Spanish monastery on the second day of his four-day visit for the Roman Catholic Church's world youth festi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoStrip searches conducted by Toronto police on suspects are often done arbitrarily and without cause, critics say, but the union representing officers insists the practice is carried out under strict contro...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoGlobal stocks slid again Friday as fears of a possible U.S. recession combined with ongoing worries over Europe's debt crisis, which is stoking acute fears over the continent's banking sector. European b...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe percentage of children diagnosed with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder or ADHD in the U.S. has increased in the past decade, according to a new report. The percentage of children who had ever...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoGunmen have stormed the British Council office in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least nine people and taking over the compound for hours. A suicide car bomb destroyed the compound wall and a numbe...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe US Office of Naval Research says that it has successfully tested a new type of explosive material that can dramatically increase weapons' impacts. Missiles made from the high density substance can exp...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAt least four people are reported to have been killed and dozens injured in Syria as army and police opened fire on anti-government protesters. Rights activists reported gunfire in parts of southern Deraa...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAt least 39 people have been killed in two days of political and gang violence in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi. Following Wednesday's killing of 13 people including ex-MP Waja Karim Dad, violence ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe morning newspaper placed outside of your hotel room door may become an anachronism. And that may not be such a bad thing. As travellers increasingly kick the paper aside in favour of getting a digita...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoAs we watch U.S. Vice President Joe Biden hold talks with his Chinese hosts this week, it is apt to look back at the precarious state of China-U.S. relations four decades ago and how far they have come ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoI remember sitting down in front of my rich dad to show him the financials for my nylon and Velcro wallet business. I was 32 years old and the business had taken off quicker than I'd ever imagined. I had m...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThirty-four people were killed and 100 wounded in a blast during Friday prayers at a mosque in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, a government official said. The mosque had about 300 people when the blast went...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA goodwill basketball game between a university team from the United States and a local Chinese team in Beijing turned into an ugly brawl Thursday, leaving sports diplomacy with a black-eye. With the ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoThe Israeli military bombed sites in Gaza and militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel on Friday as tensions remained high a day after one of the worst terrorist attacks on Israelis in recent years...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoRussia opposes U.S. and European leaders' calls for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign, Interfax news agency reported Friday, saying that the leader should get more time to implement reforms. The...
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoOne elephant displayed improved problem solving skills when tests did not rely on him using a tool in his trunk.
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 10 hours agoA quite remarkable tale of* BBC a*nd *Guardian* duplicity uncovered byAutonomous Mind. To set the scene; "It has felt like ploughing a lonely furrow, using this blog and Twitter to try to make people sit...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 10 hours agoLockheed Martin represents the bleeding edge of American military airpower. Lockheed produced the F-22 Raptor stealth super fighter and is struggling to churn out the F-35 Lightning II stealth bomb wagon...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoIt’s the sort of news that would make greedy Bond villain Blofeld sit up – Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez wants the 211 tonnes of gold he’s storing overseas, much of it in Britain, shipped back to Caraca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoA teenage 2012 Olympic Games ambassador has appeared in court today charged with a going on the rampage for a second night during the London riots. Chelsea Ives, 18, had already been remanded in custody a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoWe're looking for a highly confident salesperson to join our team. For more information, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 11 hours agoLate yesterday we stuck the above video onto the bottom of a post. If you already watched it, you don't have to do so again... although I hope you got all the way to the end, where they explain how simi...
- posted by Jennifer Ouellette at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoLurking some 11.5 billion light years from Earth is a ginormous cloud of hot glowing gas -- what's making it glow?
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoThe ultimate flight and combat simulation control looks and feels like the real thing.
- posted by Jesse Emspak at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoNot only is it bad for women, it's bad for the qualities that make the Internet useful.
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoStylishly immerse yourself in audio from all your devices.
- posted by Cristen Conger at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoDevelopers of a sarcasm font called Sartalics think releasing thousands of identical tweets can jumpstart a trend.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoStreet View teams will mount camera-trikes to boats and also pedal through river communities.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 11 hours agoFarmers burn genetically modified crops in India. *Media complicit in crimes against humanity* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com The media is pimping for the oil and gas ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoTwo women from Northern Ireland have been murdered in a forest in Turkey. A 17-year-old Turkish teenager, named locally as Recep Celik, is said to have carried out the attack near Izmir after a row over ma...
- posted by Raed Jarrar at Raed in the Middle - 12 hours agoViolence Spikes in Iraq as U.S. Considers Ways to Extend Occupation Past December Deadline
- posted by Rob Pegoraro at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoGoogle Chromebook makes for a fascinating concept but often yields frustrating computing.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago[image: Drought across the United States, July 2011. More of the United States was in exceptional drought in July 2011 than in any other month in the past 12 years, according to the National Climatic Dat...
- Warnings of Africa drought came early from climate scientists – ‘No one can say that we didn’t know’posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 12 hours ago[image: An Ethiopan boy works a field of crops that's been withered by the 2011 drought, 21 July 2011. USAID / wikipedia.org] By Joe DeCapua 17 August 2011 Experts say there was plenty of warning that t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe dust may only have just settled on the last freak weather phenomenon to hit Arizona. But yesterday a third giant dust cloud in less than two months rolled over Phoenix, causing widespread disruption....
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe drought continues in the State of Texas and Brazoria County is under a Heat Advisory. Currently, 90 degree temperatures are a thing of the past and an 85 degree day seems almost like a cold front. Th...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours agoThe Environment Agency (E.A.) and local angling groups suspect poachers may be responsible for the death of around 1,500 fish on a stretch of the River Lark near Mildenhall, Suffolk. Distressed and dead ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 12 hours ago*"Fisherman's Paradise" faces another major environmental disaster, a Fisherman's Hell* In one of Earth's largest and last remaining virgin Cypress stands, health and Earth rights in Louisiana are again ...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 13 hours agoEast Bank N.O. levee board calls for more study of Corps plan to "armor" levees While the Slabbed Nation awaits the coming statement from Slabbed New Media LLC… ~Editilla Crowtellas~Thanks yous all for ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 13 hours ago------------------------------ August 18, 2011 at 11:59:59 *Promoted to Headline (H3) on 8/18/11:* Permalink *Is Globalism Reversing?* *By paul craig roberts (about the author)* Globalism is a con...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 13 hours agoWe're under a month away from the first round of voting in the PC leadership race, and it's still difficult to get a handle on the contest. I'd assumed it was Ted Morton's race to lose, but the media has...
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- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 13 hours agoI think Kevin Barrett is one exceptionally courageous journalist in the public eye today (as he continues to document evidence that flies in the face of belief acquired from authority), but did you know he...
- posted by derekshowerman at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 13 hours agoBy Duane Craig Contamination on properties is not always as obvious as this site was. Poor cow! I only thought this kind of problem happened in rural areas where people have more land than they know wha...
- posted by Marianne English at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoNarcissism gives young adults the self-agency to develop personalities independent from their parents.
- posted by Christina Reed at Discovery News - Top Stories - 13 hours agoThat mystery orange goo that invaded a town in Alaska by wind and water has been identified as spores of a rust fungus.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 14 hours agoA woman jailed for accepting a pair of shorts stolen during the Manchester riots has been freed from prison after appealing her sentence. Magistrates jailed Ursula Nevin, 24, for five months last week aft...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago*We hope you can help organize a demo at the Regional Forest Service office in your area. Please let us know. We may have other supporters in your area and can connect you. * *NATION-WIDE Protests Planned...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 15 hours ago*Some people can see what the elite are really like?* Brainwashing is not new. The elite in Ancient Greece came up with a form of pretend Democracy. This democracy allowed people to keep slaves. In ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 15 hours ago*Bruce Bartlett: "Rick Perry's an idiot, and I don't think anyone would disagree with that"* Wednesday Texas Congressman Ron Paul (R) told a gaggle of libertarians in New Hampshire that the Republican gov...
- posted by Engineer-Poet at The Ergosphere - 15 hours agoOr maybe she's lying, or batshit crazy. But there is no way that she can possibly cut gasoline prices to $2/gallon, as she said she would if elected, without some massive collapse in demand (like a collapse...
- posted by David L Riddick (aka The Aged P) at Biased BBC - 16 hours agoObviously over the last few days the great and the good at the BBC have become rather unsettled as control over the urban mob violence and looting narrative began slipping through their fingers. Shocked...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Kuril Islands at a depth of 31.1 km ( 19.3 miles), the quake hit at 11:39:46 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 441 km (274 miles) ENE of Kuril'sk, Kur...
- posted by Eric Niiler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 16 hours agoThe Welsh government wants to attract aviation firms to test experimental drones to fight fires and count whales.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoThe FTSE 100 took another battering today dropping 3% in early morning trading and slipping below 5,000 points, after a disastrous day which saw £62bn wiped off the value of leading shares. The tumbling f...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 hours agoTwo women from Northern Ireland were stabbed to death in Turkey last night. The women, described as being middle aged and from County Down, have not been named. A 17-year-old Turkish man has been arreste...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe water level in Lake Somerville is breaking a record every day because of the ongoing Texas drought. Levels are currently eight-feet below where they should be, hitting 229.87 feet Thursday morning. Wat...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoOfficials continue to be frustrated by just exactly what caused a fish kill at the Gateway Island Reception Center pond this morning but a wide range of theories have been looked into. “Early Thursday mor...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThings are looking better on the Pearl River, but the smell is just rotten. St. Tammany fishermen are helping clean up the fish kill there. A paper mill in Bogalusa admitted a spill there on Saturday caus...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThousands of fish went belly-up in a local pond, prompting call after call from concerned residents. Gateway Pond is a city-owned pond that sits adjacent to Middle Tennessee Medical Center, and just off ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoBridge construction caused massive fish kill on the banks of Fuhe River in Nanchang city, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, Aug 17, 2011. Two temporary barrages were constructed in the river channe...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoCause of death not yet determined; he had been conducting count. A man working for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was found dead Thursday afternoon in the upper Wind River near Beaver Campground, seve...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA 7-year-old Mingo County boy is recovering after being bitten by a shark. Media outlets report Rudy Varney was bitten while wading in the Atlantic Ocean at Myrtle Beach, S.C., earlier this week. An a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoCrews continue to battle a large wild fire between Gold Hill and Rogue River. Officials say there were six fires along Interstate 5. The largest fire has burned 400 acres and is still not contained. The ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoOfficials at Eppley Airfield said they've shut down the airport as crews work to determine the status of planes and equipment following a storm that brought large hail through parts of the Omaha area.As of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA shark is believed to have attacked a tourist swimming in Mosquito Bay, along the coast of Vieques, Puerto Rico. The woman, idetified as Lydia Strunk, from Idaho, was kayaking in the bioluminescent bay of...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoHeavy rain has caused flash flooding across Berkshire, causing traffic problems in Reading and in the borough of Wokingham. Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue attended a flooding incident on the A33 in Read...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe number of people who have become infected with a super bug at Maasstad hospital in Rotterdam has risen to 98, according to press reports on Wednesday. Last week the number of infections since the out...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA video of the wife of a police officer squirting tabasco sauce into the mouth of her adopted son has been shown to jurors. Jessica Beagley stands accused of child abuse after she was filmed by the Dr Phi...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoThe young husband of a 91-year-old socialite who was found slain in her Washington home forged inheritance documents to try to claim $200,000 from her estate, court papers allege. Viola Drath was found un...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA radioactive form of hydrogen has leaked from a U.S nuclear plant into soil and groundwater has reached the nearby Connecticut River, according to health officials. State Department of Health Commissione...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA barbershop has been closed down after health officials found evidence of ritualistic animal sacrifice in the basement. Five caged birds and a dead rooster were discovered during a search of the propert...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoJoran van der Sloot - the Dutch man accused of bludgeoning and strangling to death a young woman and the principal suspect in the disappearance of Alabama teenager Natalee Holloway - may be out of Peruvian...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA woman the FBI believes robbed as many as 20 banks throughout the West worked as a nurse at an Idaho state prison facility where she likely met the convicted forger who investigators say drove the getaway...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoCasey Anthony’s attorney is coming under the microscope again in another issue regarding his handling of the high-profile defendant. The Florida Bar said last night that it was investigating defence lawyer...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoGraphic, disturbing and 'beyond pornographic' images are believed to have been found on Gary Giordano's camera of missing Maryland woman Robyn Gardner, calling into question the relationship between them, ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoHuge rivers of ice that flow into the sea from deep within Antarctica have been mapped for the first time. The breakthrough could be crucial in tracking future sea levels as part of the battle against cli...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFour people died yesterday and 71 were injured after a huge storm hit a Belgian Music festival, causing a stage to collapse. The victims were all attending the Pukkelpop festival near the town Hasselt, ea...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFor anyone hoping that the first spaceman to land on Earth is as friendly as E.T., they could be in for a shock. In the latest bid to get us to cut greenhouse gases, scientists have decided that aliens lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoScientists have undone the progress made by evolution by altering chicken DNA to create embryos with alligator-like snouts instead of beaks. Experts changed the DNA of chicken embryos in the early stage o...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoEcstasy could be used to treat cancers of the blood, according to scientists. Modified versions of the dance club drug may help to fight leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma. Six years ago researchers found t...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 20 hours ago*And aliens came to exterminate the deniers* The media interest in global warming has dropped to about 1/3 of the peak traffic we saw around early 2007. The people's desire to search for global warmi...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoNever mind Celebrity Big Brother, with the BBC operating 24/7 across the globe, we have a much more dangerous broadcasting big brother to worry about. Please detail your observations here as I declare thi...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoI always enjoy listening to Israeli spokesman Mark Regev and he was on Today this morning. Following the deplorable attack at Eilat, I was pleased to hear Regev make several references to the terrorists fr...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA hapless drunk who helped himself to doughnuts from a looted Krispy Kreme shop was jailed for 16 months yesterday. Serial offender Thomas Downey had been released from prison only hours before he was ar...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 223.1 km ( 138.6 miles), the quake hit at 07:48:09 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 211 km (131 miles) ENE of End...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA mother yesterday allowed her teenage son to be jailed over rioting allegations rather than run the risk of being evicted from her £1million council house. Della Collins refused to let the family home b...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoSuicide bombers have attacked the British Council offices in Kabul on the public holiday marking Afghanistan's independence from Britain. At least three people were killed in an initial attack from a car ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 32.7 km ( 20.3 miles), the quake hit at 04:51:03 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 89 km (55 miles) Southeast of Mori...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck offshore Guatemala at a depth of 35 km ( 21.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:53:46 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 140 km (86 miles) Southwest of Escuintla...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 20.9 km ( 13 miles), the quake hit at 00:42:21 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 313 km (194 miles) Eas...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 20 hours agoIt's interesting to consider how the BBC* frames a debate *and how in doing so it carefully ensures the required conclusion. Iain Duncan Smith suggests (rightly, in my opinion!) that those thugs involved i...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 20 hours ago** *A * Abu Nuwas Abu Nuwas, born around 756, is one of the greatest writers of classical Arabic literature. The caliph, Muhammad al-Amin, shared Abu Nuwas's love of boys. Chad Allen, the classic chil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 10 km ( 6.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:36:32 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 99 km (61 miles) South...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 22 hours agoI confess that I buy Kraft Macaroni and Cheese and dried cranberries in bulk. I also confess that if I don't buy these items in bulk, we usually run out of them during the week. I confess that my daughter...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 413.2 km ( 256.8 miles), the quake hit at 03:54:27 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 283 km (175 miles) SSE of Sigave, Ile F...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoResidents of a town in southern Yemen say it has been seized by Islamists connected to al Qaeda. People in the town of Shaqra contacted by phone said al Qaeda fighters drove out local tribesmen defending...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoEurope and America are on the brink of recession. Or at least they are according to Morgan Stanley. In a rather ominously-titled research note - 'Dangerously Close To Recession - the investment bank cut ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoGoing through A level clearing? Here are the universities with the best prospects of getting a job at the end of your degree - and the worst. Statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe price of gold hit a record high above $1,816 an ounce Thursday, as demand for the safe haven investment rose on resurgent worries about a possible new recession for the global economy, analysts said. ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhen markets oscillate wildly, investors don't know whether to get out or hunt for bargains. nvestors' nerves were tested again last week. Stock markets around the globe plunged dramatically, then swung ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOne of the annoying things about writing for the print editions of newspapers is that there is never enough space for graphics. The online edition suffers no such constraints, so I’ll air here instead a co...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritish retail sales barely grew in July as cash-strapped shoppers cut spending, a further sign of the headwind facing the country's fragile recovery. The Office for National Statistics said sales volume...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoParts of Missouri affected by serious flooding in recent months are having to contend with a bizarre new natural hazard, swarms of bugs that appear in the shape of tornado funnels. The large bug vortexes...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Southern Xinjiang, China at a depth of just 1 km, the quake hit at 02:49:39 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 64 km East of Kashi, China No Reports of Da...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 106.3 km ( 66.1 miles), the quake hit at 02:28:50 UTC Friday 19th August 2011. The epicenter was 137 km (85 miles) Northeast of K...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*"It's so rare to see [Count Dracula] around this early. In fact I can't ever remember seeing him around in the daytime."* *-- the Mayor, in tonight's conclusion of "Count Dracula"* *by Ken* Vampires ...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago*Saman Mohammadi The Excavator August 18, 2011* "Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As th...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*Disturbing biography on the vice president of Vanguard: Richard Garcia worked first for the Dallas police department for five years and then the FBI in Los Angeles for 25 years, before going to work for S...
- *Linux is a flexible Operating System, isn't it?* To test how flexible that is I went to SUSE STUDIO to build my own Linux distro in minutes. To be frank, not precisely Ubunto or Mint, but OpenSUSE. That ...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago*The media-reform advocacy group Free Press has written a letter urging congressmembers who signed a letter to the FCC urging approval of AT&T's takeover of T-Mobile to reconsider based on the known facts....
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 1 day agoLater this month I'll be heading to Washington (as Mothra!) to protest the Tar Sands Oil pipeline with all the other dignified participants, including this lone, brave climate scientist (may he inspire man...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Maybe I should stop buying the Globe. * "Paper sales receipts slowly fading away" August 08, 2011|By Stephanie Clifford, New York Times NEW YORK - To the* rubbish pile* that the* Internet is creating*, a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIncreasing solar activity and the threat that coronal mass ejections (CME) pose to Earth has prompted NASA to convene a news briefing at its Headquarter building in Washington on Thursday afternoon. Thur...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt sounds like something from a bad sci-fi movie. People report the sensation of creatures crawling under their skin, mysterious moving fibers appear, and finally bugs and worms pop out. Unfortunately, the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSome soldiers serving in the Middle East who develop difficulty breathing — but whose chest X-rays show nothing out of the ordinary — have constrictive bronchiolitis, a kind of lung damage virtually unknow...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOn many outlet sources and social media outlets on the internet some general agreement is surfacing that the Atlantic Tropical Season is about to unleash its rage. Although seven storms have formed already...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoVenezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday he will nationalize the gold industry, including extraction and processing, and use its output to boost the country's international reserves. The move f...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA U.N. fact-finding mission announced Thursday that it has found Syria guilty of human rights violations in its months-long crackdown on protesters and that it may be time for the International Criminal...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPope Benedict XVI headed to Madrid on Thursday for a million-strong Catholic youth festival after Spanish riot police swung batons in clashes with anti-Church protesters over the cost of the visit. Bened...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn American family of fortune tellers has been charged with cheating $40 million (NZ $48 million) out of customers looking to cure illnesses, end spells of bad luck or mend broken relationships. For almo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA Florida babysitter was arrested yesterday for felony child neglect after she loaded a stroller containing an eight-month-old boy into the back of a Dodge Ram pickup truck which then drove around on two o...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWhat began as a goodwill trip to China for the Georgetown men’s basketball team turned violent Thursday night, when its exhibition game against the Bayi Rockets deteriorated into a melee during which playe...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoReporting from Beijing— Vice President Joe Biden's famously loquacious style has now become the source of some international tension. At the senior levels, the American and Chinese delegations actually s...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore families than ever are struggling to get by. Shelter workers in Maine’s largest city are scrambling to accommodate record numbers of homeless people this summer. Today, shelter workers gathered a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoKarla Washington worries how she will afford new school uniforms for her five-year-old daughter. Washington, an undergraduate student, earns less than $11,000 a year from a part-time university job. Th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAuthorities shut down a Massachusetts barbershop after finding evidence of animal sacrifices, and the owner is claiming his religious freedoms have been violated. New Bedford barber William Camacho told ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAmericans' satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States has fallen back to 11%, the lowest level since December 2008 and just four percentage points above the all-time low recorded in Oc...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoCases of Legionnaire's disease have tripled in the last decade, U.S. health officials said Thursday, but the risk of dying from it is lower because of more effective treatment. Legionnaire's most often s...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA new video has surfaced showing a group of teen girls attacking a worker outside City Hall in Philadelphia, myfoxphilly.com reports. The video, shot in May, shows a woman being attacked in broad dayli...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFirefighters are used to dealing with threats from smoke and flames, dangerous footing or beams falling from above. But Waterbury firefighters checking an abandoned building recently encountered a smaller ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Air Force said Wednesday it is discharging a hero of the so-called birther movement who refused to report to duty in Germany for a few days earlier this month because he doubts President Barack Obama's...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSeven people were killed and at least 26 people were wounded Thursday in a series of terrorist attacks on Israeli targets approximately 20 kilometers north of the southern city of Eilat, close to the borde...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMorgan Stanley slashed its global growth forecast for 2011 and 2012, saying the U.S. and the euro zone were "dangerously close to a recession", and criticized policymakers in Washington and Europe for not ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore Americans than forecast filed applications for unemployment benefits last week, signaling the labor market is struggling two years into the economic recovery. Jobless claims climbed by 9,000 to 408,...
- posted by veritas6464 at VERITAS 6464 - 1 day agoThe real flag of israhell First came the Temple Priests, then the Goldsmiths and the commercial bankers of today. The first use of the fractional reserve system was in the Temple of Shamash under Hammura...
- posted by David Preiser (USA) at Biased BBC - 1 day agoHere's one for you: Proud to be American With a sister who wears the hijab and a cowboymad Muslim father who dresses like John Wayne, Seema Jilani enjoys a diverse family life. The Texas-based paediatr...
- posted by Lord Stirling at Europe - 1 day agoHoly Shroud of Turin Powerful prayer to St. Michael the Archangel - video ~ link AVA MARIA - by Helene Fischer - video ~ link Lord Stirling's news blog EUROPE *Syria Under Fire: Zionist Destabiliza...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*A.k.a. the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.* Pelosi names final members to debt supercommittee Pelosi’s selections complete key debt panel (By Robert Pear and Jennifer Steinhauer, New York Ti...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day ago*[image: _richardmcgrath]Guest post by Libertarianz leader Dr Richard McGrath* *The 2011 Libertarianz conference and AGM was held last Saturday, at Mac’s Brewbar in Wellington. This is the speech he del...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe dangerous amoeba has killed three people this summer. Here's what you should know about it.
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAs we push deeper into space, will we be seen as a threat? If so, would an advanced alien race consider a preemptive strike?
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Romney stands firm amid Perry whirl" August 17, 2011|By Glen Johnson and Matt Viser, Globe Staff PLYMOUTH, N.H.- Texas Governor Rick Perry *caused a furor* Monday when he strongly *criticized Federal Res...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoPhoto Ben Powless, Mohawk *Native Americans, climate scientists and Hollywood actors prepare for civil disobedience in DC to halt dirty tar sands and Keystone XL pipeline* Censored News http://www.bsnorr...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: International Atomic Energy Agency fact-finding team leader Mike Weightman inspects the damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station in May, 11 weeks into the disaster. AP] By David McN...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoWhile Matt Taibbi, on this side of the Atlantic, asks the question we all know the answer to-- Is the SEC covering up Wall Street crimes?-- and an increasingly uncomfortable English public on the other s...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: A barren and dry Lake E.V. Spence is at 0.7% capacity and was once a busy recreational getaway, but now provides a small trickle of drinking water to nearby town Robert Lee, 13 August 2011. Micha...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*And look who is also picking up the tab for the vacation:* "An Obama staycation this year would better suit his critics President Obama is set to begin a *10-day retreat* tomorrow at a 28-acre Martha’s V...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAccording to a new report from an industry trade journal, 1 billion vehicles are now on the road.
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day ago*"I've told people after I die, I'm coming back as lightning," he said. "When it zaps the White House, they'll know it's me."* *Republic of Lakotah:* http://www.lakotafreedom.com/ Native Sun: Russell Me...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoOh no, I turn my back and what happens?* "Israel pounds Gaza after attacks". *Those pesky Jews once again up to their old tricks. Happily the BBC is there to record that.... The Israeli military has carri...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoToday is "A" level results day and the BBC was able to provide their usual unique coverage of this annual debasement of standards,tribute to the excellent unionised teaching profession. So many happy kids,...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoIt's interesting to compare how the BBC and Sky cover the same story. Take the visit by *Prince Harry to Salford* today, for example. As I was driving home from work this evening, I had the great misfortun...
- posted by Mark Thompson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoAstronomer Mark Thompson argues that we need only apply some common sense to know UFOs probably don't originate from space.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoMany of the world's creatures are migrating north up to three times faster than previously believed.
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoAnna Politkovskaya was a brave, honourable and talented Russian journalist who exposed the truth behind Russia's war on Chechnya. She was assassinated on October 7, 2006, at the age of 48, by the Putin reg...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoTalk about a nation of comedians (caught unawares undoubtedly), but real jokers nevertheless. FBI Brags About Chasing Down Mortgage Fraudsters But Big Banks Are Left Untouched By Ben Hallman and Michael Hu...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day agoAs easy as most programs make it to turn photos black and white and sepia, I still make my special effects from scratch. Why? I think the images are clearer and you have more control over the final outcome...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAt least four people have been killed after a storm hits an open air music festival, according to reports in Belgium. High winds and heavy rain struck the Pukkelpop festival near the town of Hasselt in ...
- posted by Anonops at AnonOps Communications - 1 day agoThe international group of hackers known as “Anonymous” continued to target the Bay Area Rapid Transit District Wednesday, hacking the agency’s Police Officers Association website and leaking the names, a...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoDeforestation in Brazil's Amazon increased by 15 percent during the past 12 months.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 15.7 km ( 9.8 miles), the quake hit at 16:45:18 UTC Thursday 18th August 2011. The epicenter was 381 km (236 miles) ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe US bank Morgan Stanley has worsened the forecast for the world GDP growth: in 2011 it will go down from 4.2% to 3.9% and in the future from 4.5% to 3.8%. The bank states that the USA and Europe are clo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe world economy is in crisis because of too much debt. But underlying the debt is the problem of imbalance. The distinction between financial strength and weakness has become stark between different cont...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHackers have launched another attack on a transport agency that cut off mobile phone services at San Francisco stations last week to prevent protests. Hacking group Anonymous announced on Twitter that th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn oil refinery outside the Libyan town of Zawiya, just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli, has been taken by opposition forces, according to reports. A Reuters news agency reporter said rebels were in the c...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMosquitoes can rapidly develop resistance to bed nets treated with insecticide, a study from Senegal says. In recent years the nets have become a leading method of preventing malaria, especially in Afric...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe UK will "not tolerate" corruption hindering efforts to tackle the famine in Somalia, a senior minister has said. Andrew Mitchell said he had raised the issue with the Somali prime minister on a visit...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJuan Rivera couldn't believe his luck when he was taken to Russia with the promise of a guaranteed job and a monthly pay of $2,500 (£1,550). The 35-year-old Bolivian was among hundreds who replied to an a...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIBM has developed a microprocessor which it claims comes closer than ever to replicating the human brain. The system is capable of "rewiring" its connections as it encounters new information, similar to ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA study using census data from nine countries shows that religion there is set for extinction, say researchers. The study found a steady rise in those claiming no religious affiliation. The team's mathe...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoForty years ago a group of students hoping to make a bit of holiday money turned up at a basement in Stanford University, California, for what was to become one of the most notorious experiments in the stu...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn a case that has drawn international attention, jurors on Wednesday watched video showing an Alaskan mother squirting hot sauce in the mouth of her adopted son. Her attorney said it was punishment f...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTurmoil returned to the stock markets on Thursday, as renewed concerns about the U.S. and global economies sent major indexes plunging and pushed gold to a new record high. Investors rushed to move their...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoU.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday issued his first direct call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. Obama said Assad must go "for the sake of the Syrian people." P.O.V.: Should Syria...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA string of vandalism attacks have hit the German capital, with vandals burning dozens of cars so far this week, including an additional nine overnight, authorities said Thursday. For the past three nigh...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA truck bomb ripped through the main security gate of a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least two local guards and injuring nine others, the International Security Assista...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWith people in the streets of India in support of graft-buster Anna Hazare, where does India rank among the world’s major economies in terms of corruption? Moreover, is there a correlation between str...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoImages of Ethiopia's leafy, green vegetation may not match everyone's idea of what a drought should look like but this is the other face of the catastrophe affecting millions in the region. Long-anticipa...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThey call it battling ghosts: The incredibly tricky task of using satellites to track the invisible airborne pollutants that determine the air quality and health of our major cities. But as concerns m...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoHe wears only khadi, a simple garb of homespun cotton, and lives in a small room off a temple in a remote, drought-prone western Indian village. A veteran of the 1965 India-Pakistan war, he retired from th...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoPublic health officials say nearly 500 people have died of cholera in Cameroon this month, and 13,000 cases have been reported in the country this year. More than 50 of this month's deaths were in the Fa...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAt least eight soldiers died after an apparent ambush took place on a highway in a restive part of south-eastern Turkey, the semi-official Anatolian Agency reported Wednesday. Anatolian reported the troo...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt's eerie but it's true: Three people have died this summer after suffering rare infections from a waterborne amoeba that destroys the brain. This is the time of year when there is an uptick in cases....
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