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Thomas Paine

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

Sunday, September 11, 2011

9/11/2011 RSS SnapShot! Pt III

Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

  • Freedom Theatre attacked yet again
    Missed this item last week because of earthquake/hurricane, but the Freedom Theatre was attacked again on August 22nd:   Freedom Theatre targeted again After the Israeli army targeted the theatre twice during the last month, arresting three of its members, today at approximately 02:00 in the mo ...
  • Israel’s Tahrir [1]: Will the Revolution ...
    Ok… a little bird told me there was this teeny, modest wavelet of demonstrations in Israel, so maybe it’s time I write something about it. (snark, snark; actually my mom, two of my siblings and a couple of nieces were among those 4-5% of Israel’s population, over 300,000 people, taking to the st ...
  • Report on Summer Camps at Susya and Umm-Al-Kheir
    The summer camps at Susya and Umm-Al-Kheir have just ended. Both camps are organized locally, and funded with the help of outside donors. Villages Group activists help arrange these funds, work with organizers to help meet their needs, and – most rewardingly – visit the camps to interact with th ...
  • Freedom Theatre Update: First rule about being ...
     `Let the jury consider their verdict,’ the King said, for about the twentieth time that day. `No, no!’ said the Queen. `Sentence first–verdict afterwards.’ Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Here’s an update about the latest arrest at the Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp. The previous ...
  • 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 ...

Politics in the Zeros

  • Is Governor Jerry Brown still a moonbeam?
    In 1976, when Jerry Brown was California governor the first time, Chicago columnist Mike Royko famously dubbed him “Governor Moonbeam.” The moniker stuck, even if Royko later apologized for it. But perhaps he had a point after all. Starry-eyed, perky optimism does indeed have its place. Without ...
  • Rusko live dubstep 2010
  • Corporationwiki
    Look up a person or business on Corporationwiki to view the links to other entities and people. It uses public data from California Secretary of State, Florida Department of State and Texas Secretary of State. Here’s the data for Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. [...]
  • Storing solar power directly in molten salt
    Instead of focusing heat from the sun onto a central tower to power turbines and storing excess heat in molten salt, researchers at MIT propose putting the heliostats on hillsides and using them to directly heat the salt. They say this could provide power 24/7 when the sun is out during the day.
  • Solyndra bankruptcy will hurt Obama, renewable ...
    Solyndra executives donated and raised large sums for Democrats and Obama. The company got over half a billion in loan guarantees. The money is gone and Solyndra just filed for bankruptcy. Republicans predictably and maybe accurately think the whole deal is stinky and plan investigations. Even ...

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

  • Operation Grenade Walker – Obama’s ...
    Mexico has arrested an American man for selling grenades and other explosives material to the CIA’s and DEA’s favorite criminal organization: The Sinaloa Drug Cartel. The man by the name of Jean Batiste Kingery was arrested and immediately released last year by the U.S. Attorney General’s office ...
  • EU bans GM-contaminated honey from general sale
    The European Union’s highest court on Tuesday ruled that honey which contains trace amounts of pollen from genetically modified (GM) corn must be labelled as GM produce and undergo full safety authorisation before it can be sold as food. In what green groups are calling a “groundbreaking” ruling ...
  • BREAKING: FEMA Lets Texas Burn by Turning Away ...
    http://RTR.org | In this report Gary Franchi delivers the breaking story about FEMA doing a Katrina repeat by blocking volunteers and letting towns burn. He also looks at the new Ron Paul Campaign ad, tracks down some explosives that DHS lost and looks at a sterilized grade school curriculum for ...
  • THIS, is why Rick Perry wants to skip all the ...
    Yep, just like Bush Jr… Perry was a male cheerleader. Not there’s anything wrong with that … ahem.. I was in attendance when Perry debated KBH and Debra Medina, during the TX Primaries in 2010. He so thoroughly had his clock cleaned that people in the audience were openly mocking him. You cant b ...
  • Are walnuts the answer to reduce your risk for ...
    Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Michigan women, and it is the second leading cause of cancer deaths for women in our state. In spite of these numbers, there is good news. Early detection is the key to survival. With regular screening, breast cancer is more likely to be det ...

The Air Vent

  • Climate Rapid Response Team
    Desslers explanation for his paper has been added to YouTube.
  • Life in tha fast lane
    The title with two meanings, I’ve got no time but apparently the rebuttal to Spencer’s paper was so important that it got through peer review in two weeks, acceptance to publication. Thanks to HaroldW and WUWT, we have a copy here, I also received an advance copy of the pdf thanks to another ale ...
  • Naughty Step
    At Judith Curry’s blog, Jonathan Jones put together a rather concise statement: Jonathan Jones | September 5, 2011 at 10:32 am | Reply With a tiny handful of exceptions (Judy, Richard Betts, Hans von Storch, Eduardo Zorita, surely there must be a few more?) the whole of âmainstreamâ climate scie ...
  • Can we now agree that the climate peer review ...
    Think anyone feels the heat? UPDATE #3: At the end of the Guardian article, it says Andy Dessler has a paper coming out in GRL next week, supposedly refuting our recent paper. This has GOT to be a record turnaround for writing a paper and getting it peer reviewed. And, as usual, we NEVER get [...]
  • Redefining Peer Review — Editor Resigns
    UPDATE:  Roger Pielke Sr.  has his own take on the issue here.   An excerpt from his take is quite similar to my own.  A single paper referenced with no specifics regarding the critique, my red bold below. My Comment:  Wagner is not an expert on the subject of the Spencer and Braswell paper, so ...

Focal Point

  • Dealbreakers
    Labor Day is about two things: freedom and respect. So, in that spirit, I thought I'd weigh into the discussion of romantic dealbreakers. Here are mine: 1. Picky eaters and the food-indifferent. I'm a good cook. You've got to eat what's put in front of you and like it. 2. Beards. Unless yo ...
  • NYT Misses the Mark on Bloomberg, Goldsmith, a ...
    Now here's a backhanded way to normalize a mayor covering up his deputy's arrest for domestic violence: "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s management style has its hallmarks: unwavering loyalty to aides and a deep distaste for exposing private lives to public scrutiny." That's Michael Bar ...
  • Guilty Pleasures
    Amanda Marcotte, Matt Yglesias, and Atrios are debating the concept of "guilty pleasures" in pop culture. Here's my theory of what guilty pleasures are. For people my age, taste is a personal aesthetic code. Good taste can be idiosyncratic, in fact, it's expected to be. You're supposed to like ...
  • Obama's Pick to Head Council of Economic Advis ...
    Interesting fact about Alan Krueger, Obama's pick to head the Council of Economic Advisers, Alan B. Krueger. His research showed that raising the minimum wage doesn't destroy minimum wage jobs, it helps fill job vacancies: Mr. Krueger is best known for his studies testing widely held econom ...
  • Updated: Inmates and C.O.'s at Rikers Island W ...
    Jean Casella and James Ridgeway report in Mother Jones that New York City has no plans to evacuate an estimated 12,000 inmates and their correctional officers on low-lying Rikers Island ahead of Hurricane Irene: "We are not evacuating Rikers Island," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a news . ...

Inside Facebook

  • Friend Quizzes, Page Tabs, Photos, Phrases, Ho ...
    Although there were six friend quiz apps and a pair of Page tab apps on our list of those growing most by daily active users this week, the rest of the list was pretty much a mixed bag. Phrases, Twitter, luck, horoscopes, beauty and mobile apps made up the rest of the list. The titles [...]
  • Study: Auto-Posting to Facebook Decreases Like ...
    Facebook Pages that automatically publish content to the news feed through third-party apps such as HootSuite, TweetDeck, and NetworkedBlogs receive an average of 70% less Likes and comments on their posts per fan, according to a new study by Applum, developer of Page tool EdgeRank Checker. The ...
  • Facebook Becomes a Competitor and Complement t ...
    iTunes and Amazon take note: musicians are now selling MP3s directly from their Facebook Pages. Electronic music producer and DJ David Guetta this week added a tab application to his Facebook Page that allows him to sell MP3s for Facebook Credits. The Nothing But The Beat app, developed by Frenc ...
  • Announcing Inside Virtual Goods: The Future of ...
    2011 will be remembered as the year that Zynga filed for its IPO, Google launched Google+, and Facebook executed the Credits transition. With the first potential social gaming IPO, Zynga plans to raise up to $2 billion to fund its continued global expansion. Meanwhile, Google is putting its weig ...
  • New Facebook Platform Industry Hires: Kontagen ...
    Kontagent looks to have hired a Director of EMEA Business Development as Wildfire hired a few more account managers, Vitrue and AdParlo hired some technical staff and a few other companies hired other employees. If your company is hiring new people or making a notable promotion, please let us kn ...

Truthout - Tweets

ReDress News

  • Gaza not represented in UN's blockade whitewas ...
    Stuart Littlewood analyses the conclusions of the UN's Palmer inquiry into the fatal Israeli raid on the Gaza-bound Turkish aid ship Mavi Marmara: a "bizarre reframing of the situation - that the illegal occupier, Israel, is the victim of the Palestinians' lawful resistance and that Israel's sec ...
  • Turkey and Israel: Turkey does the right thing
    Lawrence Davidson lauds Turkey's decision to downgrade its diplomatic relations with Israel and suspend military ties with the Zionist state and says that Tel Aviv's refusal to do the decent thing and apologize for murdering unarmed civilians on the high seas has probably put an end to its dream ...
  • Israel's settler army and government poised to ...
    Uri Avnery says Israel's settler-dominated political and military establishments may be planning to provoke serious violence to coincide with the Palestinian bid to gain UN recognition later this month.
  • America's FBI goes rogue
    Lawrence Davidson looks at the use of informants by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation which, he argues, amounts to counselling, procuring and inciting crime. "[W]ithout the intervention of the informant, without his incitement, there is no evidence that any of [the] entrapped 'cr ...
  • From Libya to Palestine - tyranny to freedom
    Aijaz Zaka Syed argues that dethroning Muammar Gaddafi was the easy part and that the real struggle to build a new Libya begins now.

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 Independent Perspective: Social Security M ...
    The Unanswered Question of “Social Security Surplus” By Linda Lewis As some politicians describe it, the Social Security program is an economic disaster forced upon younger generations by the demands of greedy baby boomers. News media obediently parrot the scare stories, seldom questioning the m ...
  • Jamiol Presents
  • Oh George! You got some ‘splainin‘ to do!
    Who at Alex Station knew what in August-September 2001? By Kevin Fenton Recent allegations made by former counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke against former CIA Director George Tenet and two other former CIA managers, Cofer Black and Richard Blee, have thrown one of the key unanswered questio ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 12 ...
    Escobar: Syria- Why the Regime Won’t Fall, Lebanon Intercepts Covert Arms Shipment Bound for Syria, DHS Trying to Make New Terrorist “Watchlist Service” Exempt from Privacy Act, Bank of America’s Backdoor Bailout, Begging for Change, Russia & Azerbaijan: An Obstacle to the U.S. in the Caucasus & ...
  • Answers in Absolute for ‘Why 9/11?’
    Why ‘some’ Still Question, Seek Answer(s) & Accountability For ‘some’ reason I have been receiving more than a few ‘eye-rolling’ responses when I mention our theme for the month leading up to September 11- the tenth year. You and I know where the conscious but mostly subconscious eye-rolling and ...

Afro Spear

  • Jasmine Revolution: An African Revolution Not ...
    One of the illusions that Europeans and Arabs alike have successfully perpetrated for over a century, is that the northern part of Africa is not apart of the African continent. I have had discussions and arguments with so-called “highly educated people”… those with more than one grouping of let ...
  • “Don’t even ask” by Mr. Fish
    Seen over at Truthdig
  • Father and Son: A painful moment
  • “Gadaffi, Dictators and faint memory if ...
    On 30thDecember 2006, the world witnessed humiliating hanging of Saddam Hussein, former Iraq’s tyrant, after being arrested bolted in a spider hole. Many thought other dictators would make a note of the sudden and unceremoniously demise and downfall of Saddam. Go figure. They didn’t because of a ...
  • “Go Gaddafi Go!” by Nkwazi Mhango
    Go Gadaffi go ye Muamar Go without turning thy head back ever The game is up and over sir Go son of hell, a coward in your own light Go Muamar go down standing like a dolt In flames go down like that In a shame go even faster Go go Abuminyal go go and [...]

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

  • Expanding the border of local food advocates
    By: thayerd Thousands of people, mostly women and children, have been walking for days. Not just a day or two, they've been walking for fifteen to twenty days, bound for Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. Many of the women have lost children to hunger during the tre ...
  • Sharing optimism and joy with sidewalk chalk
    By: mmlarsen Remember when you were a kid and you’d draw pictures and write happy thoughts with chalk in your driveway and down the sidewalks of your street? And the adults always smiled when they read the big, paste-colored messages? This is just like that. On ...
  • OdeLive presents health pioneer Johan Boswinkel
    By: Ode Warning! This story is about a man who has developed a groundbreaking new therapy: healing with light. The man is not a doctor. Nor is he an accredited scientist. His proof is rather anecdotal, and yes, countless skeptics are eagerly lining up to attack ...
  • 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 ...

OpEd News

  • Dumb is In -- Redneck Perry Re-sets Slickness ...
    Palin-style dumb is out -- and slicker, smoother more ideological versions of hustling walk the landscape. Reversals makes once slow students into stars, aligning them with common folks. Watch out as Ponzi-schemer Perry redefines slickness, with skills beyond W.
  • Libya: Here We Go Again
    History is replete with conquering forces being cheered when they arrive, and then rapidly mutating from liberator to despised enemy. And once our seizure of Libyan oil becomes clear it will only ramp up the jihadist hatred for America that has spread like wildfire across the Middle East. We are ...
  • Obama Readies Tepid Jobs Plan While The Right ...
    What no one is talking about is why the jobs are gone -- and a good part of the reason has to do with the attacks on unions that fought to protect American workers. With Obama is posturing for political reasons, and the Republicans are playing at trench warfare in the interest of big business, w ...
  • Labor Day and the Obama Delusion Mantra
    This is a sad Labor day. But perhaps, if we face the betrayal of those we thought were on our side we can make some progress. The people still do have the power, if they wake up and choose to use it. There are no political parties out there that unflinchingly support social and ecological j ...
  • We Learned Nothing From 9/11
    Maybe if it stopped spending so much time and money killing foreigners the American government could protect Americans. A lot changed on 9/11, but not everything. We're still governed by corrupt idiots. And we're still putting up with them. What does that say about us?

Switchboard

  • Huge Victory for Sharks: California Legislatur ...
    Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco I’m not sure how sharks celebrate, but if these endangered creatures knew that California’s State Senate just voted to pass Assembly Bill 376, no doubt they’d break out a toothy grin or b ...
  • If you don't like the facts, make up your own
    David Goldstein, Energy Program Co-Director, San Francisco That seems to be the principle that motivates Joseph Bottum’s article, “It’s green and blue, but not bright”, recently published in the Weekly Standard. Because from beginning to end, Mr. ...
  • NRDC in the News 9/6: Ozone standard delay, fr ...
    NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide Frances Beinecke’s statement on President Obama’s troubling decision to postpone new federal ozone standards was quoted in The Wall Street Journal… USA Today’s White House Blog, The Oval also picke ...
  • Maryland gives smart growth another push
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   I’m of the opinion that the package of (bold, at the time) smart growth policies introduced in Maryland in the 1990s by then-governor Parris Glendening has done a great deal of g ...
  • Killing the Ozone Rule: President Obama's Bad ...
    Pete Altman, Climate Campaign Director, Washington, D.C. To say that President Obama had a “bad air day” Friday is putting it mildly. In reversing his Administration’s previously strong support for ozone regulations to protect the health of Ameri ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

  • What Should Lisa Jackson Do?
    I’ve pondered this question ever since Obama decided to not only undercut the EPA’s new smog rules, but to do so in a very public way, clearly intended to make him seem serious on jobs and pro-business. EPA chief Lisa Jackson has not made any public statements since the announcement. Robin Brave ...
  • Obama and the 2010 Midterms
    Elias Isquith is very agitated about one of the points in this post, which may be due to a lack of clarity on my part.    To provide said clarity, I should emphasize that I am not saying that the precise outcome of the 2010 midterms was inevitable.   I do think nothing Obama could have done [...]
  • Riddle of the Sands
    Last week at APSA I chaired a panel on IR Theory and Grand Strategy.  I discuss one of the papers in this week’s WPR column: In 1903, the novel “Riddle of the Sands” was published to great acclaim in the United Kingdom. Written by Erskine Childers, the novel told the story of a secret German [...]
  • Bear patrol
    The present version of security theater may soon be losing one of its more distinctive elements: “You don’t take your shoes off anywhere but in the U.S. — not in Israel, in Amsterdam, in London,” said Yossi Sheffi, an Israeli-born expert on risk analysis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ...
  • Today’s Purveyor of Market-Distorting Up ...
    Mittens.    The fact that he sees putting virtually all of the tax burden on wage earners as a “middle class” tax break tells you all you need to know about contemporary Republican politics.    Not to mention the fact that the tax plan would require the repeal of Medicare.  

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

National Law Journal | U.S.

  • Search for billing flexibility behind L.A.'s l ...
    Two former partners at Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis have launched their own firm in Los Angeles, prompted by an opportunity to provide flexible billing rates for clients.
  • Vermont Law School wades into flood relief efforts
    Classes have begun two days later than planned, but students and faculty have rallied to assist Vermont residents in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.
  • 1,800 pro bono hours later, attorney sees Sept ...
    Patrick White, of counsel at Porter Wright and vice president of the Families of Flight 93, talks to the NLJ about the work and challenges behind the United Flight 93 Memorial.
  • 1st Circuit reinstates jury's conspiracy verdi ...
    A federal appeals court has reinstated the jury convictions of the three defendants for conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and maintain a charity's tax-exempt status by hiding its ties to jihadist fighters. The court also affirmed the convictions on other counts of two of the def ...
  • SURVEY OF LAW FIRM ECONOMICS
    Our national survey shows firms had a better 2010, and despite a hazy economy, they see promise in 2011.

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

environment 360

  • Scientists Calls for Ban On Industrial Deep-Se ...
    A new report by a team of international scientists calls for a ban on industrial deep-sea fishing, saying that decades of overexploitation have depleted fish stocks that take longer to recover than other species. The report, published in the journal Marine Policy, says that depletion of global f ...
  • New Global Warming Survey is First to Include ...
    A new survey on U.S. views concerning global warming based on political party affiliation finds agreement across party lines for the need to fund renewable energy research, but wide disparity over whether global warming is even happening. The survey by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communi ...
  • Debt-Ridden Greece Proposes Huge Solar Power E ...
    Greek officials are calling for an ambitious expansion of solar power generation in their sunny country, hoping that large-scale production of renewable energy will generate significant revenues and green jobs for the country’s troubled economy. Greek Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou says ...
  • Post-Irene Sediment Clouds Hudson River and Ne ...
    This NASA satellite image, taken after Hurricane Irene deluged the New York City area with heavy rains, shows Click to enlarge NASANew York Harbor, post-Irene massive amounts of sediment mixing with the darker waters of New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the pale green, brown, ...
  • Process Uses Plastic Bottles to Remove Arsenic ...
    U.S. researchers say they have developed a simple, inexpensive process that uses common plastic bottles to remove arsenic from drinking water, a problem facing nearly 100 million people in developing nations. In the process, pieces of plastic soda or water bottles are coated with cysteine — an a ...

Red Ice Creations

  • Hurricane Irene aims at New England, but its e ...
    The worst-case scenario sounds scary: Hurricane Irene could sweep ashore in New England this weekend, dousing the state with torrential rains, and lashing it with damaging wind gusts, while heavy surf pounds the coasts and water rises in streams. But it’s still “highly uncertain” exactly where a ...
  • Earthquake damages Washington monument
    The Washington Monument is not tilting. However, a closer look at the world’s tallest obelisk brought National Park Service officials to discover cracks near the top of the 555-foot monument. After taking a closer look at the Washington monument Tuesday, National Park Service officials found som ...
  • Biggest Earthquake to hit Virginia in 110 Year ...
    The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck in Virginia and was felt in New York and Washington D.C. today was a rare event for the east coast. But the shaking was believed to be so widespread because the tremors of the quake were shallow at between one and four miles deep. It’s the strongest quake ...
  • Red Ice TV - Episode 5 - The Secret Space Program
    In this episode, we discuss the secret space program, what it is, who is behind it and why? Is there a human civilization living off-world with highly advanced technology and knowledge about the existence of aliens? Why are we being kept in the dark? We feature Peter Levenda, Richard Dolan, Rich ...
  • Algorithms Control the World
    Kevin Slavin argues that we’re living in a world designed for -- and increasingly controlled by -- algorithms. In this riveting talk from TEDGlobal, he shows how these complex computer programs determine: espionage tactics, stock prices, movie scripts, and architecture. And he warns that we are ...

Russia Today

  • Top KHL squad killed in passenger plane crash ...
    Thirty-four people have died in a Yakovlev Yak-42 passenger plane crash near the city of Yaroslavl in Central Russia. The majority of victims were members of the local ice hockey team Lokomotiv.
  • German court backs unpopular EU bailouts
    The German Constitutional Court has endorsed the country’s participation in bailouts for ailing EU economies. The move was supported by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said that the ruling “confirms” the actions of...
  • Yaroslavl ‘thinkfest’ talks Afghanistan, multi ...
    The Central Russian city of Yaroslavl is turning into a global think tank this week, with the third global policy forum inviting the world’s best minds to come up with solutions to some of the world's most pressing...
  • Deadly blast rocks New Delhi court
    A bomb blast has rocked the Indian capital, New Delhi, killing nine and injuring at least 65 outside the city's High Court.The Harkat-ul-Jihad terror group has taken responsibility for the attack.Their message was sent...
  • Real chaos on cards for new Libya
    The security chief of ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has reportedly fled the country for neighboring Niger on Tuesday. With Gaddafi’s whereabouts still unknown and rebels controlling most of Libya, experts fear...

Not My Tribe

  • No evidence to hold Sabar Lal Melma in Guantan ...
    Hard to imagine we’d come to look at Guantanamo as a lesser evil. Gitmo held terror suspects without charges, indefinitely, secretly, and tortured them, to death sometimes. At least they and their families back home were safe from the pretext of a drone strike or special ops night raid. The targ ...
  • I dunno, maybe that was some kind of sign, you ...
    It’s difficult to inject logic into either politics or faith without being the subject of a lynching, but here goes. There was a statue, 62 feet tall, of Jesus on the side of a highway in Ohio. People would actually pull over and pray to it. So last year about this time it was struck [...]
  • It Was Always, Always You
    My maternal grandparents had a favorite song, Irving Berlin’s suitably sentimental Always. With “always” capping every line and recurring as a chorus echo, the theme quickly packed a saccharine wallop if it wasn’t you celebrating your 50th or 60th anniversary. I’ve wandered into another lyric of ...
  • Problems Per Perry’s Precipitation Petit ...
    There’s a failsafe in the rainmaker/faith healer scam that lets the thief off the ol’ hook so that either way he gets paid. If the sufferer is healed, even if say, he was “laid hands on” on the 6th day of a 7 day cold and was much better the next day, like that, then [...]
  • My Lai every day
    From Wikipedia:The My Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tÊ°ÉÌËm ÊÉÌËt mÇË lÉËj]; English pronunciation: /ËmiËËlaɪ/ ( listen), also /ËmiËËleɪ, ËmaɪËlaɪ/,[1] Vietnamese: [mÇËlÉËj]) was the mass murder of 347â504 unarmed citizens in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968, conducted by “C ...

Debunking the Debunkers

  • 9/11 10th Anniversary Campaign
    Click here to support the 9/11 families and first responders as they call for a new investigation in the largest 9/11 campaign ever! Debunking the Debunkers Regarding Building 7 '9/11: Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out' Trailer & Rebuttal to Pat Curley Related Info: Click here for ...
  • Maybe with Some Goading Keith Olbermann Will F ...
    Send tweets to Keith Olbermann: @KeithOlbermann -- Richard Gage from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth AE911Truth.org : in New York around 9/11. PLEASE interview him!!! Also, Thumbs Up this Current TV request: http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom/topics/please_have_olbermann_intevi ...
  • Maybe with a Little Goading Keith Olbermann Wi ...
    Send tweets to Keith Olbermann: @KeithOlbermann -- Richard Gage from Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth AE911Truth.org : in New York around 9/11. PLEASE interview him!!! Also, Thumbs Up this Current TV request: http://getsatisfaction.com/currentcom/topics/please_have_olbermann_intevi ...
  • Propaganda Wars, Episode 2: The BBC Strikes Back!
    9/11: Conspiracy Road Trip - Sept 8, 2011, 21:00 GMT, BBC3 This September marks the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, one of the biggest terrorist atrocities of the 21st Century. Nineteen hijackers, all members of Al Qaeda, crashed four planes on American soil, leading to the deaths of 2,9 ...
  • The Eleventh Fail: The BBC & 9/11 Truth ... Fo ...
    Written by Scootle Royale, with help from John-Michael Talboo. Shortly before the BBC Conspiracy Files hitpiece aired on Monday, I published a blog listing my top ten debunker fails. After seeing watching the piece, I think the entire program deserves to be considered the eleventh fail. Th ...

Fooducate

  • The Virtues of Hummus [Secret Family Recipe In ...
    Who hasn’t heard of hummus? It’s all the rage in nutrition circles, as more consumers are discovering the Mediterranean bean dip and incorporating into their diet. The two leading brands, Tribe and Sabra have seen explosive growth in the last few years and more players are joining along. Hummu ...
  • 10 Nutrition Label Improvements the FDA MUST I ...
    The FDA is planning a minor facelift to the 20 year old nutrition label. When nutrition labels were introduced into the market, the food industry battled vehemently against them, while the government and health organizations explained that providing detailed information would help consumers make ...
  • A Labor of Love – Raising Children with Food S ...
    This is a guest blog post by Beth George I am a mother, child advocate lawyer, food activist, and entrepreneur.    This is a story of how focusing on diet made a huge difference in my son’s life.  I hope our story may help others. As a child advocate attorney, I worked with many children in [...]
  • Burritos, Willie Nelson, and Sustainable Agric ...
    Chipotle’s motto is “Food with Integrity.” Although the burrito joint is a fast food establishment, it tries to source meat and other ingredients from small farms practicing sustainable agriculture. Animals are treated like … animals, not factory inputs. To emphasize their values, Chipotle recen ...
  • Hormel’s 100% Natural Deli Meats and High Pres ...
    Fooducate community member Tom emailed us with a question about deli meats: Hi Fooducaters - Wondering if you can turn a critical eye towards Hormel’s Natural Choice line. I have been buying it, but frankly, it does not seem expensive enough to make me believe they are truly producing a heal ...

Traffikd

  • Brand You – How to Brand a Blog
    Brands bring something recognizable to the table that readers or customers can see and immediately identify with to get a picture of what the brand stands for. If you are making yourself into a personal brand your goal can be to make yourself, your image and your name instantly recognizable as a ...
  • Use Social Media For Increased Blog Traffic
    Finding ways to increase traffic to your blog can be a challenge for anyone in every niche. If you're releasing good content at a steady rate then check out these tips for using social media outlets to get the traffic you want. Use Social Media Sites to Your Advantage Why should you use social ...
  • 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 ...

Survival International

  • Brazilian Indians demand Shell leave their land
    Guarani man. Shell is using sugarcane planted on Guarani land. © Fiona Watson/ Survival Indians of the Guarani tribe in Brazil have demanded that energy giant Shell stop using their ancestral land for ethanol production. Ambrosio Vilhalva, a Guarani man from one of the communities affec ...
  • Borehole breakthrough for Botswana’s Bushmen
    Two men from Kikao wait for water at the Mothomelo borehole © Vox United/Survival Survival International has been speaking to Bushmen from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve as they celebrate drinking water from the Mothomelo borehole for the first time in nine years. It marks a significant ...
  • Savannah Miller designs t-shirt for Survival
    Savannah Miller modeling her t-shirt designed for Survival. © James Betts / Survival Fashion designer Savannah Miller has designed an exclusive limited edition T-shirt for Survival International – inspired by the Bushmen of the Kalahari in Botswana and their struggle to defend their lands ...
  • New signs indicate uncontacted Amazon Indians ...
    The uncontacted Indians of this region made worldwide headlines in February 2011. © Gleison Miranda/FUNAI/Survival A recent expedition in the western Brazilian Amazon has found new signs of uncontacted Indians, indicating that they are moving to different parts of the forest. It is likely ...
  • Anti-extinction campaign launched to protect 3 ...
    Nukak mother and child. © David Hill/Survival The UN has launched a campaign to protect 35 indigenous tribes from extinction in Colombia. Survival works closely with one of tribes, the Nukak, nomadic hunter-gatherers living in the northwest Amazon basin. The campaign responds to a barrage ...

Greg Palast

  • Hamptons Hurricane: A Bankers' Katrina
    by Greg Palast Don't worry:  the bankers are safe.  The sub-prime sharks, derivatives divas, media mavens and their hairdressers, their trophy wives and their trophies' personal trainers, the movers and shakers and money-makers, are all out of danger. Despite the warning that in a couple of day ...
  • Me and Piers Morgan:Hacked and AttackedHow Mor ...
    by Greg Palast exclusive for Truthout.org/Buzzflash I am not surprised that Piers Morgan has been outed for hacking phones (listening, in one case, to personal messages between Heather Mills and Paul McCartney). I learned about the creepy antics of this one-man TV-host crime spree the hard way ...
  • 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 ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

  • How can I reuse or recycle well out-of-date re ...
    The other day I was making some tomato & lentil soup for lunch when I found the pack and a half of red lentils in our store cupboard actually went out of (best before) date in January 2008. That’s pushing it even for our very lax attitude toward best before dates – and is especially [...]
  • How can I reuse or recycle novelty jester hats?
    Karen has emailed about her boyfriend’s hat collection: When cleaning up I came across a lot of jester hats from my boyfriend (about two dozen). He has collected them over the years for free at carnival (we are from Holland). Giving them away hasn’t been succesful, and we don’t have freecycle ne ...
  • How can I reuse or upcycle trainer socks/glove ...
    About seven or eight years ago now, I had a bit of a thing for trainer socks/glove socks/foot socks — those socks that stop before your ankle so they almost disappear in trainers/sneakers — and bought quite a few pairs to wear for work. Now seven or eight years later, arrgh, I hate them. They [...]
  • How can I reuse, recycle or revamp a rucksack/ ...
    We’ve kinda covered this already but Janette has such a specific question that I thought it was worth looking at it again: I have a backpack I would like to recycle and reuse. I have the straps and the part that goes against our back but would like to change the rest of it with [...]
  • How can I repair/revamp a stained cotton rug?
    I haven’t done a “repair this” for a while but this is something I’ve been wondering about for a few weeks now: how can I repair/revamp a stained rug? It’s a circular cotton rug with off-white (even before the stains!) and pale blue strips, and even though it was pretty cheap, I love it. But [...]

Age of Autism

  • Finn Family Immune Toll: H1N1 Vaccine and Narc ...
    By Adriana Gamondes Due to a “pandemic” of two children infected with a new strain of swine flu after exposure to pigs, the CDC is gearing up for the new swine flu, H3N2.. But then, buzz kill, it turns out...
  • California Law Would Allow Vaccination of Mino ...
    ATTENTION California Parents! Tell Gov. Jerry Brown what you think about a law that will allow someone to give your 12 year old child Gardasil and other vaccines without your knowledge or consent. Read NVIC’s Urgent California Action Alert here....
  • Brian Deer Tries to Cover His Tracks
    By Jake Crosby In trying to cover up the fact that he altered the original version of an article he authored for The Sunday Times, Brian Deer put the following claim beneath his article about Septrin, “The Pill That Killed,”...
  • Get on the (MB12) Stick! revitaPOP is on GROUPON!
    Click here to see our friends at revitaPOP with a great deal on Groupon! Recent studies show that using nutritional supplements can maximize workouts, allowing exercisers to run the 40-yard dash in only 20 yards. Garner your fitness efforts with...
  • MMR, the Murdochs and British Medical Journal: ...
    By John Stone BMJ editor, Fiona Godlee, is scheduled to give a presentation under the auspices of the National Institutes of Health in the Washington DC area on Tuesday renewing her and BMJ’s onslaught on the reputation of gastro-enterologist Andrew...

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

  • The Great Gulf Coast Holocaust (Part 4)
    The current method for detecting oil and Corexit contamination in Gulf seafood is a simple sniff test, in which FDA inspectors hold a bag of fish up to their nose and if the inspector does not detect any “strange odors, the fish passes the food safety inspection test and is eligible to be proces ...
  • Fukushima Now Radiating Everyone: ‘Unspeakable ...
    Exposing the "unspeakable" realities of the Japanese catastrophe in this 60 Minutes program Sunday night during which leading nuclear scientist Dr. Michio Kaku said radiation from Fukushima will impact of all of humanity. The nuclear energy power industry violation of the right to health is appa ...
  • The Great Culling (Fluoride) by Paul Wittenber ...
    Official Trailer
  • Top Organics and Non-GMO Guys Back Monsanto an ...
    The Green PolkaDot Box, selling products with ties to Monsanto and Halliburton, is supported by Natural News, OCA, and Institute for Responsible Technology.
  • Dead Men Walking – Update on Fukushima
    As I sit here thinking about Fukushima, I wonder what the people who caused this calamity to escalate into what, in essence, could very well be the final end game, are thinking. It seems clear that there is no running, and no hiding. Only a delay in the inevitability of an end to life as we know ...

Open Your Eyes News

  • Raoul Moat’s brother criticises police s ...
    Guardian – Raoul Moat’s elder brother told an inquest he believes police made a mistake in not allowing him to speak to the fugitive gunman during a stand-off in which he died. Within days of Moat’s release from Durham prison in July last year, he shot and injured 22-year-old Samantha Stobbart, ...
  • Iran Cracks Down on Dissent
    Wall St Journal – Iran has raised pressure on activists and opposition members in the past two months in an apparent move to preempt antigovernment protests, as regional uprisings gained momentum in Syria and Libya, according to activists and human-rights organizations. The scope of the governme ...
  • Scuffles as Hosni Mubarak trial resumes in Egypt
    BBC – Riot police had to separate anti- and pro-Mubarak crowds outside the police academy courthouse where the trial was taking place. The 83-year-old is accused of ordering the killing of protesters during the uprising earlier this year which ended his rule. Read article
  • US drone attacks kill 35 in S Somalia
    Press TV – US drone attacks have killed dozens of al-Shabab fighters in southern Somalia over the past 24 hours, Press TV reports. The attacks killed 35 al-Shabab fighters and destroyed stockpiles of heavy weapons in the city of Kismayu on Monday, the Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported ...
  • Four police dead after explosions in Chechnya-RIA
    Reuters – Four policemen were killed and five people wounded on Tuesday in a suicide attack in Chechnya’s capital Grozny during celebrations of the end of Ramadan, a police source told RIA news agency. RIA quoted an unidentified police official as saying that a man detonated an explosive device ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

  • Shark fin soup one step closer to being banned ...
    The days of being able to order shark fin soup at California restaurants appear to be numbered. The state Senate on Tuesday voted 25-9 to ban the sale, trade and possession of shark fin, a key ingredient in the traditional...
  • Keystone pipeline backers use anti-Saudi messa ...
    To the list of all the reasons why backers of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast want it to be built, add now the welfare of Saudi Arabian women. The pipeline, which would bring oil...
  • Funds will help protect South Orange County wa ...
    Aliso Viejo was awarded more than $93,000 in waterway improvement funding last month from the Orange County Transportation Authority. The program funds projects to protect county waterways and beaches from pollution generated by transportation. Aliso Viejo plans to match the...
  • Woman brings some green to her Huntington Beac ...
    Shirley Knopf still walks regularly past the school where she taught for 14 years. But this summer, she was starting to have trouble recognizing the front of it. Hawes Elementary School, where Knopf taught computer classes until 1997, had become...
  • Helping apartment dwellers recycle
    Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield (D-Woodland Hills) has sponsored a bill requiring owners of buildings with five or more units to provide recycling services. He recently joined with representatives of organizations supporting the bill in a news conference at the Bella Vista...

water.org

  • Twakeover Infographic
    From late July through August, Water.org ran a contest offering the winner to "take over" (twakeover) our @water Twitter account for one full week in September. Below is a pretty detailed overview of the campaign, the voting, and our lessons learned.
  • Levi’s drive for Water.org via Facebook ...
    Leviâs Drive for Water.org via Facebook (New York Times) – Leviâs is adding a hue to its marketing efforts: Facebook blue. The purveyor of all things denim has teamed up with the social media giant on the next phase of its âGo Forthâ campaign. On Tuesday, Leviâs will announce the campaign exclus ...
  • The @water Twakeover (Globe and Mail)
    New trend on Twitter: handing over your account (Globe and Mail) – This month the latest social media trend seems to be encouraging legitimate takeovers. The Water.org group (@water), which works with communities in developing countries to meet water and sanitation needs, will soon be handing it ...
  • Water.org will hand over its Twitter (Mashable)
    Water.org Will Hand Over Its Twitter Account to Contest Winner (Mashable) – Water.org is surrendering its Twitter account, @Water, for an entire week to the user who racks up the most votes on its site. To enter, you must be following @Water on Twitter. Then sign up to participate with a shor ...
  • 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

Before It's News

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

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

Margaret's News

  • Take Action: Boycott Oprah Winfrey Network - ...
    The Oprah Winfrey Network will be featuring 30 sec. ads which promotes the exploitation of Tar Sands as ethical oil. The tar sands are not only dangerous to the environment and ecosystem, but is causing increased cancer rates in the indigenous Dene peopleSubmitted by Margaret Mayer to Environmen ...
  • Special treatment gives Israeli mobsters free ...
    It appears that at least one prominent Israeli crime family member was able to reach the United States with a specific intent to commit murder, as a result of this exemption.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment
  • BDS: Swedish chain kicks out drink machines ma ...
    The Israeli maker of home carbonation devices, Sodastream, took a direct hit when the Coop supermarket chain announced on 19 July that it would stop all purchases of its products due to the company�s activity in illegal Israeli settlements. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� ...
  • Gaza NGOs express 'horror' at new Hamas travel ...
    The Hamas government in the Gaza Strip recently imposed new travel restrictions on Palestinians active in non-governmental organizations in what the Palestinian NGO Network regards as another Hamas attempt to control and hamper them.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a ...
  • Focusing on Sarah Netanyahu, the media misses ...
    We are speaking about the only politician in the known universe, who, when flying on vacations paid for others, takes with him suitcases full of dirty laundry, so they can be sent to the dry cleaners of his fancy hotels.Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World �|� �Note-it! �|� �Add a Comment

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

News Blaze

Worldnews

  • Gold falls from record high to Rs 27,820 ...
    NEW DELHI: Gold lost Rs 930 to close at Rs 27,820 per 10 grams in the bullion market today due to profit- booking by stockists at existing high levels amid a weak global trend. Gold had touched an all-time high of...
  • Inflation an offshoot of policies of deve ...
    NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said high inflation in India is caused partly due to the unfavourable policies adopted by the developed countries in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. "Inflation challenge...
  • Sir Alex Ferguson plans to stick around a ...
    Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he has no plans to retire, even though he turns 70 at the end of this year....
  • Caroline Wozniacki sorry for Nadals cra ...
    Danish tennis ace Caroline Wozniacki has said that she was not making fun of Rafael Nadal when she imitated the Spanish...
  • Sir Alex Ferguson defends conduct of 'ent ...
    • Fans understand Real Madrid manager is 'fighting for them' • 'It's Mourinho's nature to be agitated,' says Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson has defended José Mourinho, saying: 'I don't find anything wrong with his enthusiasm'. Photograph: Tom Jenkins...

Alex in Wonderland

MY Daily Apple

  • Savient Announces the Election of William F. O ...
    EAST BRUNSWICK, N.J., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Savient Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: SVNT) today announced that William F. Owen, Jr., M.D. and David Y. Norton have been elected to the Company's Board of Directors, effective September 1, 2011. "We believe that Bill and David bring...
  • Quality of Life, Burnout, Educational Debt, an ...
    Context Physician distress is common and has been associated with negative effects on patient care. However, factors associated with resident distress and well-being have not been well described at a national level. Objectives To measure well-being in a national sample of internal medicine res ...
  • Tired? Feeling ratty? You could be running low ...
    A recent study revealed that you will recover from a cold 40 per cent quicker if you take zinc supplements. So, what other symptoms and ailments indicate a nutritional deficiency?
  • Botox fixed my wonky walk: Why doctors are usi ...
    These injections don't just make wrinkles vanish, they can weaken overactive muscles and reduce the spasms.
  • Vital Signs: Neonatal Deaths Slow, but U.S. St ...
    Researchers estimated that 3.3 million children under a month old died worldwide in 2009, down from 4.6 million in 1990. (Source: NYT Health)

Common Dreams

  • Going Backwards: Tea Party, Fox News Viewers O ...
    WASHINGTON - While 10 years after the 9/11 Al- Qaeda attacks, most U.S. citizens say they respect diversity and the freedom of religion, they don't always apply those principles to Islam and immigrants, according to a survey released here Tuesday by two major think tanks. ...
  • EU Bans Genetically Modified-Contaminated Hone ...
    The European Union's highest court on Tuesday ruled that honey which contains trace amounts of pollen from genetically modified (GM) corn must be labelled as GM produce and undergo full safety authorization before it can be sold as food. In what green groups are calling a "groundbreaking" rulin ...
  • Palestinians Deploy Obama Speech in UN Stateho ...
    RAMALLAH, West Bank -- President Barack Obama is an unlikely participant in a Palestinian campaign to drum up support for a bid to win U.N. recognition of their statehood -- a diplomatic move opposed by both his administration and Israel. But as part of an official media campaign begun this week ...
  • Despite Exploding Volcanoes, Iceland World's M ...
    REYKJAVIK -- When Johanna Sigurdardottir was sworn in as Iceland's head of government back in February 2009, she was described as the world's first openly gay prime minister. But in a country with progressive political views and liberal social mores, her sexual orientation was never considered a ...
  • Obama's Job Speech: Democrats Fear It’s Too Late
    President Obama’s new effort to revive the ailing economy may be too little, too late, according to Democrats and liberal policy experts. They contend that Obama missed his chance to turn the economy around by November 2012, but still want him to call on Congress to move an aggressive new jobs p ...

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

Examine Religion - Tweets

Energy Collective

  • JOBS! JOBS! JOBS!
    We are less than two days out from President Barack Obama’s speech to a Joint Session of Congress and to the nation to outline proposals to help put Americans back to work. This speech could be a strident call for all-out measures to reinvigorate American employment, a more limited set of p ...
  • The Market Sorted, Solyndra Lost
    President Obama Visiting
  • Burden of Proof
    One delayer tactic is to demand "proof" of "global warming" before advocating "hugely expensive actions". (*)
  • China Restarts Progress On Its Nuclear Energy ...
    Post-Fukushima safety checks are done, but the size of the new build will be smaller
  • Why the Smart Grid Is Taking So Long
    �The smart grid is coming. It��is��just��coming��very��slowly.

Green House - USA Today

Prior Art

Peoples Voice

  • Ian R. Crane Named Co-Defendant in Lawsuit Aga ...
    By Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference Suit Alleges Conspiracy to Commit Character Defamation/Assassination by Libel and Slander Ian R. Crane has recently been named a co-defendant in a $10 million lawsuit being filed by the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation Conference (GOSRC) against Deborah D ...
  • How We See Capitalism-Imperialism's Ill Doings ...
    By Ziad Shaker elJishi The idea for this article began when a conversation ensued between a homeland security officer by the name of Diaz and a passenger detained at the airport for a two hour interrogation while returning from a 16 hour trip overseas. This situation has become common practice ...
  • Whither Qaddafi and Libya?
    By Franklin Lamb The Strange Calm Over Tripoli The large gold framed portrait of Colonel Muammar Qaddafi that adorned the wall behind the reception desk of my hotel since it opened many years ago has vanished.  Also gone are the 72 green flags that flew on the white poles have also been re ...
  • Arab Authoritarian World is Changing But How ...
    By Mahboob A. Khawaja, Ph.D Individualistic absolutism is an epidemic across the oil enriched Arab world and has its own flourishing history. Paradoxical as it appears, changing fortunes of time have brought the cruel monsters that have darkened the history of mankind and the victims face to ...
  • THE SPARK OF LIFE IS LOVE / NOT THE HIGGS BOSON
    By Allen L Roland Large Hadron Collider ( LHC ) proton-proton collision in which two energetic electrons and two energetic muons, elementary particles similar to electrons, are observed—the type of event that the decay of a Higgs boson might produce, although there are other explanations as w ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

  • The Voice of Nunavut: Learning from the Easter ...
    In 1999, Nunavut was officially celebrated and regarded as a governance gem: a masterfully crafted work of public administration that would serve the Inuit in the best way. However, today, more than 10 years after its creation, although it has a government, policies and legislation in place whic ...
  • The impact of rising tuition fees on Ontario f ...
    A new CCPA study finds that over the past two decades, Ontario's system of financing higher education has become more regressive, exploiting already over-stretched families who want to help their children pursue their educational aspirations. In 1990, a middle income family in Ontario could ear ...
  • Next Up: Calling young leaders in Vancouver, E ...
    Next Up taking applications for 2011/12 programs in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon Next Up -- A leadership program for young people committed to social and environmental justice Next Up is an amazing, intensive and transformative program for young social change activists between th ...
  • CCPA statement at the passing of Jack Layton
    We are all heartbroken at the passing of Jack Layton. On behalf of the staff and Board of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, our deepest condolences, love and support to Olivia and family, and to his NDP family. An inspirational leader, he carried the hopes and dreams of all of us in ...
  • Inequality Bad for Business
    CCPA Senior Economist Armine Yalnizyan writes how the business establishment is growing concerned about income inequality in Canada in this Canada Business article. Read the article here.

World Wide Hippies

  • Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
    By Deena Stryker – An Italian radio program’s story about Icelandâs on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland literally went bankrupt. The reasons were men ...
  • Dis- Order in the courts
    Back-Up Plans For The Individual Mandate? kaiserhealthnews.org – What happens if the health law’s individual mandate — the provision that requires almost all Americans to obtain health insurance or face a penalty — is overturned by the Supreme Court? Though more legal action is likely before the ...
  • Study: Sexist men and women made for each other
    usatoday.com – When it comes to aggressive courtship strategies, sexist men and women seem to be perfect for each other, new research suggests. U.S. researchers conducted two surveys: One included 363 college students at a large Midwestern university, and the other was a national Internet poll o ...
  • We’re Checking Out
    By Diana May-Waldman, WWH-I used to live in the suburbs and recently moved back to the city, We chose a smaller house closer to the beach. My former home had four bedrooms and three bathrooms and as my nest grew smaller, I felt the overwhelming urge to downsize. Not only did I want a smaller [...]
  • No choice but to protest in name of peace
    timesunion.com – Sometimes people ask me why I go to peace vigils, why I stand against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, why I’m out on a street corner in my city on many days or nights of the week in my Veterans for Peace cap, waving my blue and white peace sign flag for [...]

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

  • Updated Statistical, Economic and Historical R ...
    We have updated our References section and, for the first time, also published our References ordered by Subjects – probably the most comprehensive trove on Statistical, Economic, Monetary and Historical Data etc. … References by Subject References â General and Applied Statistics References â E ...
  • 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 ...

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

  • Reality Settling in at the White House
    Join the forum discussion on this post Hug the Green Industry, Kill Big Oil When Barack Obama was campaigning for president, I thought he displayed a “comic book” view of the energy industry: Lots of stereotypes of the good guys and the bad guys. He would support the good guys (those who aspi ...
  • Investor Interest in U.S. Biofuel Production S ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post I just finished writing the 4th chapter in my book tonight. This chapter was a primer on renewable energy, covering biomass, hydropower, wind, solar, geothermal, and ocean energy technologies. Interesting tidbit from this chapter: The world’s largest produ ...
  • Book and Travel Update, and Some Interesting S ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post Book Update I have mentioned it on here a couple of times, but I am under contract to deliver a book on energy by the end of this year. I initially had a pretty good idea of what I wanted to write, but that has evolved a bit as [...]
  • The Battle for Libya’s Post-Gadhaffi Soul (and ...
    Join the forum discussion on this post As hostilities in Libya wind down, one thing is clear: A number of nations will jockey for access to Libya’s oil. It happened in Iraq, where ironically the U.S. was shut out as Russia, China, and France won bids to develop Iraq’s fields. The new government ...
  • Keeping Michele Bachmann Honest on Gas Prices
    Join the forum discussion on this post The Promise: Gas Below $2 a Gallon Like many of you, I am often unhappy with our political leaders. One thing that annoys me the most is that many will say or do just about anything to get elected. By now, you have surely heard the news that Republican ...

Discovery Educator Network

  • DocsPal - Free online file Converter and Viewer
    Tags: converter, pdf, tools, web2.0, docspal, wordby: Dean Mantz
  • Authors Speaking
    Comments:Here is another site for finding authors to visit with your students virtually. - Dean MantzTags: authors, speaking, bookclubs, Skypeby: Dean Mantz
  • National Engineers Week Future City Competition™
    Comments:Educators are encouraged to use this site allowing for students to take on the role of an engineer and develop their own virtual city. - Dean MantzTags: engineers, competition, futurecity, education, STEMby: Dean Mantz
  • iMovies in Education
    Comments:Teachers using digital video, in particular iMovie, have provided an abundance of anecdotal evidence for encouraging individual expression, spawning creativity, revitalizing content, promoting collective knowledge construction and individual reflection, and offering students of a varie ...
  • Word Dynamo - Free Study Guides, Quizzes, Game ...
    Comments:Expand vocabulary at all levels through a series of games and flashcards. No cost. Must create an account to save your work. - Robin TalkowskiTags: flashcards, vocabularyby: Robin Talkowski

Rodale News

  • The InGREENspirational 7!
    "Meet amazing people. Learn cool stuff. And have lots of fun along the way." read more
  • 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 ...
  • Where Dunkin' Donuts Egg Sandwiches Come From
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Dunkin' Donuts may be the king of coffee in America, but the company also sells tons of egg sandwiches to enjoy with its java. read more
  • Purple Potatoes: Your New Blood Pressure Medicine
    RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Want to lose weight and lower your blood pressure? read more

big think

  • Is Fundamental Physics too Theory-led?
    What's the Latest Development? To some the Large Hadron Collider is a disproportionate investment of time, money and expertise. But Jon Butterworth�says it is genuinely exploring new territory for whatever might be there. The energy frontier remains a frontier of knowledge.� What's the Big I ...
  • Wednesday Whatzits: Katla Update, Cleveland he ...
    After a little (ahem) confusion this morning, we're back on track (for now). A few quick hits for a grey Ohio morning: Iceland: The news from Katla hasn't changed much since I updated the post yesterday evening. Seems like the prevailing idea is meltwater from within the caldera percolated int ...
  • How to be Smart with Hurricane Preparation
    What's the Latest Development? If we can expect that cities like New York will be exposed to more frequent and intense hurricanes in the future, how can they be made more resilient?�What if GPS, Wi-Fi and mobile technology were completely ubiquitous in all parts of the city, including the poor ...
  • Move...delayed!
    Well, the cat is out of the bag - Eruptions will be moving. However, the move has been delayed for a number of reasons until next week. Sorry about that announcement post (which I forgot was set to automatically post), but Eruptions will be here at Big Think for awhile longer. Look for the real ...
  • Risk of Rover Infecting Mars with our Germs
    What's the Latest Development? Though the idea of 'infecting' Mars with our germs is nothing new, one microbiologist believes the next Mars rover may have a higher chance of becoming a microbe lifeboat.Andrew C. Schuerger's tests on models of the Mars Science Laboratory's (known as "Curiosity ...

Information Liberation

  • Belarus Struggles With Meat Shortage as Russia ...
    Belarus*s supermarkets are running out of meat as Russians take advantage of a currency crisis that a devaluation and the world*s highest borrowing costs have failed to stem. *All meat has gone to Russia,* Alexander Andreyevich, an 82-year-old fo...
  • NJ Bullying Law Gives Students Anonymous Hot L ...
    Recently, eighth grader Derek Lopez was executed by a police officer for "scaring" the cop. The cop felt it was his place to stop the boy from bullying a fellow student, the student said the scuffle between the two boys was "nothing," yet the cop in...
  • Caught Red Handed: Police Swear Man They Shot ...
    This video is unbelievable. Police in unmarked cars surround a man with their vehicles and ram into him, then get out and shoot him in a scene reminiscent of a mafia style hit. The cops in this case lied about everything. They claimed the man ramm...
  • Calif. bill entitles babysitters to workers co ...
    From The Union: How will parents react when they find out they will be expected to provide workers' compensation benefits, rest and meal breaks and paid vacation time for*babysitters? Dinner and a movie night may soon become much more complicated. ...
  • "First they came for the lemonade stands..."
    I thought this was quite an apropos comment on the Gibson Guitar raid. First they came for the lemonade stand, and I didn't say anything, because I didn't have a lemonade stand. Then they came for the organic foods and raw milk, and I didn't say an...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

  • Spending More Than We Earn
    I’m sure you’re growing a little weary of the farce that Australian politics has become this last week. I’ll keep the previous thread going, with updates as they occur. If, as I suspect, moves begin in Cabinet against Gillard, I’ll … Continue reading →
  • Parliament On A Knife Edge Part III – Ju ...
    I said the other day that the Thomson scandal threatened to blow up into Australia’s Watergate. Boy, I wasn’t wrong! The muck is being piled higher and higher. Now it’s reached the person of Julia Gillard herself. OK, first a … Continue reading →
  • Parliament On A Knife Edge Part II: End This N ...
    Since I posted my previous thread on this subject four weeks ago, things have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous. The rather tawdry scandal involving Craig Thomson, Labor MHR for the seat of Dobell in New South Wales, has … Continue reading →
  • Playing The Race Card Part II: Anarchy In The UK
    What do you make of the riots happening in many British cities? I’ve read with some interest the discussion on GE’s blog, although I personally believe the emphasis on race is misplaced. I’m just returned from a week on the … Continue reading →
  • 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 →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

  • Are herbal remedies medicines?
    If herbal medicines are truly physiologically active, regardless of whether multiple ingredients are deemed necessary for efficacy, they should be assessed as medical products. The producers of such products should be able to offer evidence to prove this is the case and to offer safety advice re ...
  • Rare diseases and rarer treatments
    R&D into new pharmaceuticals has improved quality of life and boosted life expectancy significantly since the very first physician told a patient to take two aspirin. Despite the doom-mongering about antibiotic resistant superbugs and the emergence of new diseases, such swine flu, vaccinations, ...
  • Herbal remedy help or hindrance?
    Herbal remedy help or hindrance? – The safety issues surrounding so-called herbal remedies have been called into question again and again. However, new regulations aimed at protecting consumers will not encompass all products in the way legislators and scientists might have hoped, as some produc ...
  • Not slippery when wet
    Not slippery when wet – Can our pruney bath fingers help us make safer tyres? Car tyres have rain treads. Shoes have rain treads. So, why don’t animals have rain treads? Here evolutionary neurobiologist Mark Changizi – and author of the new book having nothing whatever to do with rain treads, Ha ...
  • Catching up with The Alchemist
    Catching up with The Alchemist – Ancient oxygen levels were higher than The Alchemist thought, but they existed in submarine oxygen oases rather than in the atmosphere. We also learn this week that a sweet solution to modulating pharmaceutical activity is possible, that micro-onions could serve ...

RFF Library

  • Regulation, Unemployment, and Cost-Benefit Ana ...
    Virginia Law Review via SSRN / by Jonathan S. Masur and Eric A. Posner http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1920441 [Abstract] Regulatory agencies take account of the potential unemployment effects of proposed regulations in an ad hoc, theoretically incorrect way. Current practice ...
  • Waste Opportunities — Past and Future Climate ...
    European Environment Agency http://www.eea.europa.eu/highlights/big-potential-of-cutting-greenhouse [From Website] Using a life-cycle perspective, this report analyses the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from municipal solid waste management in the EU, plus Norway and Switzerland…Three different ...
  • Measuring Regional Environmental Efficiency: A ...
    University of Thessally / by George  Halkos and Nickolaos Tzeremes http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/32934/ [Abstract] This paper by applying a directional distance function approach measures the UK regions’ municipality waste performance. In addition the paper constructs conditional stochastic ker ...
  • The Environmental, Social and Economic Assessm ...
    UN Environment Programme http://www.unep.org/PDF/PressReleases/Rhino_Ark_Main_Report.pdf [From Environmental Valuation and Cost Benefit News]  [The report] attributes improved forest cover, safer living conditions for local communities and greater security for wildlife to the fence, which was co ...
  • Influences on the Low Carbon Car Market from 2 ...
    Element Energy for Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (UK) http://bit.ly/mXLdMq [Green Car Congress post]  An analysis of future vehicle total costs of ownership (TCO) in the UK found that low carbon cars can make substantial progress in bridging the current cost gap by 2030 [but will still require ...

Scientific American - News

  • Commemorative Calculus: How an Algorithm Helpe ...
    At first glance--and even after deep scrutiny--the names on a new memorial to those killed on September 11, 2001, seem randomly arrayed. The names are not arranged alphabetically nor, for the most part, are they presented in labeled groups. But the memorial's layout is anything but random. [Mo ...
  • Jumpy Stars Slow the Hunt for Other Earths
    The Kepler spacecraft has hit an unexpected obstacle as it patiently watches the heavens for exoplanets: too many rowdy young stars. The orbiting probe detects small dips in the brightness of a star that occur when a planet crosses its face. But an analysis of some 2,500 of the tens of thous ...
  • NASA Unveils New Detailed Photos of Apollo Moo ...
    New photos of several Apollo moon landing sites were released today (Sept. 6), showing extraordinary new details about three areas on the lunar surface that were visited by humans. The images include the sharpest views yet of tracks left by the astronauts and their lunar rovers."The images l ...
  • Electrified Bacterial Filaments Remove Uranium ...
    From Nature magazine. Hair-like filaments called pili enable some bacteria to remove uranium from contaminated groundwater. The discovery, published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , could aid in the development of radioactivity clean-up technologies. [More] ...
  • Human Ancestors Interbred with Related Species
    From Nature magazine. Our ancestors bred with other species in the Homo genus, according to a study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . The authors say that up to 2% of the genomes of some modern African populations may originally came from a closely ...

First Truths

  • The irreducible subjectivity of economic pheno ...
    A private, group email correspondence with a number of C4SS colleagues yielding the following pithy comment: > Can catastrophe force behavior that mimics�> a lowering of time preference, resulting in> long-term quantitative reduction of cost or> increase in profit/savings? Not if cost is defi ...
  • Saul Newman on Zerzan, Bookchin, and Postmoder ...
    From Saul Newman's The Politics of Postanarchism: Yet, these two thinkers have more in common than it may appear: they both hang on to the Enlightenment desire for social fullness. That is, the idea of a rational social harmony and the overcoming of alienation. Bookchin seeks this social fullne ...
  • The Cost Principle and the Sovereignty Principle
    Benjamin Tucker, from Liberty, Vol. V.�No. 12.:It does not follow, because I have the right, and every other man has the right to the products of his labor and to the liberty of retaining them forever in his own hands, that it is, therefore, either right or best that all men should retain all ...
  • "[A]narchism is the usher of science"
    From Albert R. Parsons, husband of Lucy Parsons: The philosophy of anarchism is included in the one word "Liberty;" yet it is comprehensive enough to include all things else. No barriers whatever to human progression, to thought, or investigation, are placed by anarchism; nothing is considered s ...
  • Carson on NATO
    In a private email, Kevin Carson offers an accurate summary of NATO's role within the framework of empire: Just give it a few years -- they'll be readjusting the boundaries of this "mutual defense pact" eastward and southward until they include Japan and Angola. Maybe Venezuela as well. And righ ...

Media Co-Op

  • Justice for Levi Campaign Update
    Family seeks justice for a man killed by Ontario Police From September 7-9th, the family and supporters of Levi Schaffer, a man killed by Ontario Provincial Police officers in 2009, will be at the Ontario Court of Appeal in Toronto, fighti ...
  • Workers on Labour Day
    'Capitalism isn't working for Workers', but workers are rallying for change. The September 5th 2011 Labour Day march, rally and BBQ brought hundreds of people throughout the day to the South Commons in Halifax. �The annual event is organiz ...
  • Report Recommends Repression to Reign in Canuc ...
    The official report on the June 15 Canuck's Riot was released on Sept. 1, with the odd title “The Night the City Became a Stadium.” Costing more than $313,000, the report was co-written by Douglas Keefe, a former deputy minister in Nova Scotia, and John Furlong, former head of the Vancouver Orga ...
  • No One Arrested at Keystone XL Protest in Halifax.
    HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA - On Friday, September 2nd, approximately 20 protestors showed up in front of the US consulate's office, located in Purdy's Wharf, Tower II. The protestors were there to show solidarity with their American counterpart ...
  • Top Picks at the Vancouver Latin American Film ...
    There's still another week left in the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.� Yesterday, I ended up watching the Venezuelan film�Hermano, and it might just be the best dramatic feature I've seen this year. If you have the chance, check ...

David Seaton's News Links

  • Will this all end with a bang or a whimper?
    David Seaton's News Links� U.S. corporate profits and efficiency are getting absurd. On Friday we saw record quarterly profits of $1,450 billion, making up a record share of GDP at 10.1%. We're also at record corporate efficiency of $15,278.72 -- up 22.3% from last year (...). That last one says ...
  • 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 ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

  • Republicans are Lunatics and Nobody Cares, Par ...
    Jared Bernstein notes that if he's elected president, Mitt Romney has promised to "immediately move to cut spending and cap it at 20 percent of GDP." That's crazy with the economy so sluggish, but in fact, it's even crazier than that. Here are budget projections for 2013 from the OMB: Med ...
  • The Upside of Being a Lunatic
    Sen. Richard Shelby (R–Fuhgeddaboutit) says he's mighty impressed by Richard Cordray, President Obama's pick to head up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Jon Cohn explains what this means in real life: So is Cordray on track for confirmation? Of course not. As Shelby made crys ...
  • Quote of the Century: Mitt Romney on the Middl ...
    From Mitt Romney, explaining step 3 of his 59-step plan to get to get America back to work: You know, of course, Greta, who has been most hurt by the Obama economy. And it's people in middle incomes. And so what I want to do is lower taxes for middle-income Americans. And so I will rem ...
  • Obama to Maliki: Put Up or Shut Up
    The New York Times has apparently confirmed a Fox News report that President Obama plans to withdraw almost completely from Iraq at year's end: Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta is supporting a plan that would keep 3,000 to 4,000 American troops in Iraq after a deadline for their withdraw ...
  • A Job is a Job is a Job
    Last week I defended Republican governors from charges of hypocrisy for accepting federal funding even though they may have opposed the law that enabled the funding in the first place. Whether you oppose a program or not, once it's passed into law and your state's taxpayers are helping pay f ...

Insanity Report

  • FacePalm of the Week: Romney Can’t Be This Stupid
    I consider Mitt Rommey a moderate Republican.  I consider him to be pretty reasonable.  The problem is, moderate Republicans seem to be hated by the rest of their party.  So with Romney having Presidential aspirations, he’s going to have to find some way to shake his “moderate” label and appe ...
  • Jimmy Hoffa’s Comments Piss Off the Tea Party
    So I wake up this morning and because I had to go into the office, I decided to prepare myself properly for the level of fuckery by watching Morning Joe.  People ask me all the time why I watch shows like this and I always respond “Because I don’t drink Coffee.”  Morning Joe usually provides [.. ...
  • IC 268: On Some Real N@#ga Shit
    Topics: Followup on Dylan’s Strawberry Letter The new Strawberry Letter segment Beyonce’s career is apparently over cause she’s pregnant The worst Lil Wayne lyrics on the Carter IV Kriss & Dylan are exposed to “Real Nigga Shit” by 2 white girls, Kreayshawn & V-Nasty Share with your friends:
  • Random Thoughts: Kreayshawn & V-Nasty
    I’ve heard the name “Kreayshawn” before but I wasn’t really sure what exactly what it was.  Then I saw this picture from the VMAs and was reminded why I don’t watch the VMAs: Kreayshawn looks like Amy Whinehouse if Whinehouse had been addicted to STDs instead of drugs.  Rod from the Black Guy Wh ...
  • State Trooper “Gets it in” on the Hood of a Car
    These type of segments on CNN typically annoy me but this one was actually kind of funny. I actually feel bad for the cop. It’s probably his girlfriend/wife and they wanted to “spruce up” their sex life and where better to do it than outside in front of an abandoned ranch in the middle of [...]

Simple Climate

  • Tension simmers over climate link to plant growth
    Two separate groups have criticised how Maosheng Zhao and Steven Running from the University of Montana, Missoula worked out that plants are growing more slowly due to large-scale droughts from satellite data – but Zhao and Running say these do not impact the overall conclusions.
  • Climate cycles drive civil wars
    Countries affected by El Niño are twice as likely to have internal conflict during the warmer part of the cycle than the cold, say Mark Cane and colleagues at Columbia University.
  • Climate change gets nature moving
    Our warming planet is driving species away from the Equator towards cooler climes at the poles at 17.6 kilometres per decade, find Chris Thomas from the University of York, UK, and his colleagues, up to three times as fast as previously thought.
  • More turtles could become fish supper with warming
    By collecting baby green turtles and clothing them in “swimming vests”, University of Queensland's David Booth and Andrew Evans have showed that higher temperatures reduce their swimming ability, making it more likely they'll be eaten as they enter the sea.
  • 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.

e!Science News

  • Pain relief can now be based on solid evidence
    A Cochrane Review of data relating to about 45,000 patients involved in approximately 350 individual studies has provided an evaluation of the effect you can expect to get if you take commonly used painkillers at specific doses. The review also identifies pain killers for which there is only poo ...
  • Micronutrient powders reduce anemia and iron d ...
    Adding a powder that contains several vitamins and minerals, including iron, zinc and vitamin A, to the semi-solid foods taken by infants and children between six months and two years of age, can reduce their risk of anemia and iron deficiency. This is the conclusion of a new Cochrane Systematic ...
  • Virtual reality may help adults recover from s ...
    Early results suggest that using virtual reality (VR) human-computer interfaces might help adult stroke patients regain arm function and improve their ability to perform standard tasks, when compared to patients who don't use VR. The findings are reported in a new review published in The Cochran ...
  • Proceed with caution when setting up financial ...
    There is growing use of financial incentives in many countries to reward primary care practitioners who improve the quality of their services. After reviewing all available data in a Cochrane Systematic Review, a team of researchers found insufficient evidence to either support or refute the pra ...
  • Many adverse drug reactions among hospital and ...
    Many cases of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) seen in hospital and emergency care could be prevented, says a new study presented at the annual conference of the International Pharmaceutical federation (FIP) on September 8 . The researchers who carried out the study say that the finding that preven ...

unEarthed

Brave New Climate

  • Civil disorder and nuclear power
    Nuclear fission, like any other energy source, carries benefits and risks. In discussion on future deployment of different sustainable energy sources, the commentary in this blog has placed a lot of emphasis on the rational weighting of factors such as: (i) lives lost per unit of energy delivere ...
  • What is your energy philosophy?
    People seem to like to infer motives. (Perhaps it’s an inherent evolutionary trait, allowing anticipation of your prey’s or predator’s next move?) I find that a lot of people get me wrong about my position on energy and sustainability — often deliberately so, I suspect. So here’s a post to clari ...
  • Open Thread 18
    The previous Open Thread has gone past 550 comments, so it’s time for a fresh palette. The Open Thread is a general discussion forum, where you can talk about whatever you like â there is nothing âoff topicâ here â within reason. So get up on your soap box! The standard commenting rules of ...
  • Risk perception – of fans and fission re ...
    Guest Post by Craig Schumacher. Craig has been commenting on nuclear power themed websites for about five years and has published his own blog, Channelling the Strong Force, since 2008. He formed the nuclear power advocacy organisation, Nucleus 92 Inc., in 2009. He is a regular commenter on this ...
  • Nuclear risk insurance
    Guest Post by Luke Weston. Luke is a Melbourne-based physicist and occasional freelance electronic engineer, with a strong interest in educating the community about nuclear energy and related issues. It is often said by the anti-nuclearists that the commercial nuclear energy industry “can’t get ...

Indigenist Opinion

  • Horace Campbell: Magnus Malan and Crimes Again ...
    Horace Campbell: Magnus Malan and Crimes Against Humanity in Africa: General Magnus Malan, the chief architect of the total onslaught of the apartheid military, passed away on 18 July 2011. This total onslaught strategy was the idea that South Africa was threatened by a communist conspiracy and ...
  • Andrea Smith: Conquest - Sexual Violence and A ...
    Andrea Smith: Conquest - Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide: Native American scholar/activist Andrea Smith spoke on the topic of her new book, "Conquest:Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide." Smith was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and is a member of INCITE! Women ...
  • The Library Channel Presents Gerald Taiaiake A ...
    The Library Channel Presents Gerald Taiaiake Alfred: Resurgence of Traditional Ways of Being : ASU Libraries: , Recorded March 23, 2009 at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, University of Victoria Professor of Indigenous Governance Gerald Taiaiake Alfred talks about the "Resurgence of Tradition ...
  • Leaked cable: Sen. McCain promised to help Gad ...
    Leaked cable: Sen. McCain promised to help Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware : Deadline Live With Jack Blood: By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, August 24th, 2011 — 12:27 pm Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) promised to help former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi obtain U.S. military hardware as ...
  • The Lockerbie Case: Lockerbie: Romney, the Mon ...
    The Lockerbie Case: Lockerbie: Romney, the Monroe Doctrine and justice denied?: A hundred years ago [RB: actually eighty] a legal case in Scotland swept across the world establishing her legal system in the front row of jurisprudence in the world. [Donoghue v Stevenson] Scots Law was all grown u ...

Republicans are a Disease

  • Dear Senator Rubio – Go Fuck Yourself
    We no longer need to wonder what Republicans dream of at night. It seems their only goal in life is to make sure seniors live out their golden years scared to death. Scared, no knowing how their medications will be paid for, or how they will eat, or heat their homes. Pulling their “safety nets” ...
  • GOP Sabotage Anyone?
    So what are the Republicans planning to make sure President Obama isn’t able to create ANY jobs? One has to wonder.
  • Class War Update The Rich Killed 50,000 Americ ...
    Over 50,000 Americans died last year because they couldn’t afford a doctor, or medications. They are the victims of the class war. You know, the class war where the rich are killing us for “corporate profits” or worse. I guess turning a profit on your portfolio is far more important than taking ...
  • Dick Cheney On Tour!
    Prepare yourselves folks. Dick Cheney is attempting to stimulate sales of his “book” by going on a tour. What shall we call it? How about the “I lied about WMD’s and tortured people” book tour. Coming to an alternate universe embracing media pundit near you. Why is this war criminal not behind b ...
  • 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 [...]

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

  • Full-Blown Civil War Erupts On Wall Street: As ...
    Finally, after trillions in fraudulent activity, trillions in bailouts, trillions in printed money, billions in political bribing and billions in bonuses, the criminal cartel members on Wall Street are beginning to get what they deserve. As the financial elite start turning on each other, the la ...
  • Extreme Weather Roundup: Severe Flooding To Hi ...
    Tropical storm Lee threatens severe flooding in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi | Vermonters shocked by Irene’s destruction | 80% of Texas in "exceptional" drought | Vast ice island set to break off Greenland glacier | New leak near Deepwater Horizon site quickly becoming a massive oil slick ...
  • Federal Reserve Policy + Extreme Weather = Rev ...
    By David DeGraw Federal Reserve policy mixed with extreme weather has put the world on a fast track to revolution and war. Here's why the Fed cannot get away with another round of Quantitative Easing. [Read More]
  • Open Letter to Warren Buffett: Put Your Money ...
    By David DeGraw If you are truly sick and tried of the "mega-rich" being "coddled" by a "billionaire-friendly Congress," as you said in your recent NY Times editorial, why don't you back up your words with some real action and put your money where your mouth is? [Read More]
  • Download Free PDF, Kindle, Word Doc of Full Re ...
    You can now download the full version of our groundbreaking extensive new report, “Analysis of Financial Terrorism in America,” in several file formats here. [Read More]

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  • A few remarks on the Palmer report
    Why does Israel still refuse to show us the full footage from the Mavi Marmara? Perhaps because it knows what we’ll see Last weekend saw the release of the Palmer Report (which can be read here – a PDF file) dealing the Flotilla incident and the assault on the Mavi Marmara last year. To make a [...]
  • Suspected settler attack on IDF base
    Haaretz is reporting that ‘unknown assailants’ infiltrated an Israeli military base near Binyamin in the occupied West Bank. The assailants then snuck into the mechanics area of the base and slashed the tires and cut cables of 12 military jeeps. The assailants spray painted the words “price tag” ...
  • Joint Palestinian-Israeli statement supporting ...
    By Haggai Matar A large group of left-wing Palestinian and Israeli parties, unions and civil society groups has issued an unprecedented joint statement in support of the Israeli struggle for social justice. The group demands unity in the struggle against occupation and racism. For the first time ...
  • September journey interlude: A serious obstacle
    Staying on the road in Israel and the Palestinian territories during a month of trial, and today: political developments being the journey to a screeching halt. A week into September, the journey faces a peril. My idea was to describe the developments of a potentially dramatic month by way of t ...
  • New book explores Israel’s military cour ...
    The Israeli military legal system  is one of the most under reported yet crucial components of Israel’s system of control over Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Since 1967, Israel has controlled the entire area of the West Bank using two forms of legal enforcement based on two different le ...

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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 ...

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The Parallel Parliament

  • Citizenship – “41,654 to 10″
    That great rebel for liberty, Thomas Paine, wrote of his take on the society of his day: “Society is composed of distinct, unconnected individuals who are continually meeting, crossing, uniting, opposing and separating from each other as accident, interest and circumstances shall direct.” That w ...
  • Citizenship – “Paying it Forward&# ...
    One of the most fundamental traits of good citizens is that they know they are building on foundations established at great cost by others who preceded them. They have a heritage to protect and not just a future to build. Much of that framework was built by hard work, innovation, investments, so ...
  • Citizenship – “Blessed Are The Lea ...
    Jodi and Shawn are on something of a journey. Young professionals, they have been community leaders in their own right for the last number of years, but as part of the group of 10 that met a couple of weeks ago, I’ve watched them become more animated in their desire to make citizenship meaningfu ...
  • Citizenship – “Not Leaders, But Le ...
    People are programmed to avoid painful decisions, and these days it appears as though many politicians are as well, for obvious reasons. Basic choices force people to analyze their deepest motives. As long as politics is around, and political representatives say that are willing to make those ch ...
  • Citizenship – “For the Believers&# ...
    So we commence the last week of posts, recognizing that the task before Canadians today is a formidable one.  Citizenship as a useful political concept is in danger of being torn into many parts. By a bitter twist of historical fate, the concept which evolved to provide a sense of identity and c ...

Vaccine Awakening

  • Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
    by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...
  • The Health Liberty Revolution & Forced Vaccination
    “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Loe Fisher In America today, there is an unprecedented assault on the human right to exercise informed consent to medical risk-taki ...
  • 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 ...

2020 Science

  • Lost in the Maize
    This week my life has been dominated by writing a new review of nanotoxicology.  Not that the world needs another review – far from it, as there are a number of excellent ones out there (I’ve even contributed to some).  But in a moment of abject weakness, I agreed to help a good colleague out ...
  • Realizing dreams of carbon nanotubes
    A guest blog by John Dorr, Vice President of Business Development Nanocomp Technologies Inc. Despite all the fuss over nanotechnology, it’s surprisingly difficult to get a clear sense of how the technology is contributing to new products.  So when the company Nanocomp Technologies Inc. approache ...
  • Lost in the Maize
    One thing they don’t warn you about going into academia is the business of making sense of your paycheck. When I started working for the US government in 2000, I was bowled over by the bureaucracy. Compared to the lean, mean government of a UK emerging from the Thatcher years, it was like going ...
  • Risk Science – A personal perspective
    As Director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center, it’s probably not surprising that I’m constantly being asked “what on earth is risk science?”  What is surprising is how hard it is to come up with a clear and concise answer.  Which is why I decided to spend a good portion of my “ ...
  • Emerging technologies at the World Economic Fo ...
    In an interconnected world, global issues demand integrative solutions.  It’s a statement that many people would agree with – in systems where associations between cause and effect are complex, you ignore synergistic inter-relationships between factors at your peril. But when it comes to techno ...

Reader Supported News

  • Meet the Money Behind Rick Perry
    Benjy Sarlin reports: "Texans don't like the government interfering with their business, especially campaign donations, where state laws allow contributors to fork over unlimited cash. No one has benefited more from this arrangement than Rick Perry, who has raised $100 million over the last deca ...
  • Koch Brothers Million-Dollar Club Revealed
    Mackenzie Weinger reports: "The billionaire Koch brothers can count dozens of corporate executives and philanthropists among their million-dollar donor club, according to a new report that revealed the big givers. Charles and David Koch hold retreats twice per year to court donations for their c ...
  • Fox Doctors Hoffa Speech to Fabricate Call for ...
    Matt Gertz reports: "Right-wing bloggers misled by dishonest Fox News video editing are attacking Teamsters President James Hoffa, Jr. for supposedly urging violence against Tea Party activists during a Labor Day speech. Conservatives are also attacking President Obama, who appeared at the event ...
  • Murdoch/Cheney Backed Fracking Company Endange ...
    Excerpt: "Briana Mordick, an Oil & Gas Science Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council told Media Matters that the poor cementing 'could cause water contamination' and said that 'remedial cementing can and should be performed': 'This is only a small-scale demonstration project but they'r ...
  • Murdoch/Cheney Backed Fracking Company Endange ...
    Excerpt: "Briana Mordick, an Oil & Gas Science Fellow at the Natural Resources Defense Council told Media Matters that the poor cementing 'could cause water contamination' and said that 'remedial cementing can and should be performed': 'This is only a small-scale demonstration project but they'r ...

War Resisters League

  • Portand: Veteran Organizing and Economic Justice
    This past week, WRL organizers Kimber Heinz and Ali Issa attended the Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace 2011 conventions. In addition to attending workshops on the GI resistance movement now, as well as building relationships with … Continue reading →
  • Digging into the Operation Recovery Campaign
    Check out this post from Operation Recovery organizers who have been working hard down at Ft. Hood in Texas. To get plugged in to working with the current GI Coffeehouses, including Under the Hood Cafe near Ft. Hood, contact WRL Organizing Coordinator, Kimber Heinz at kimber@warresisters.org. By ...
  • “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 ...

Center for a Livable Future

  • You’ve Got Mail: Antibiotic Resistance, Animal ...
    Given their close contact with animals and animal waste in the workplace, employees of IFAP facilities are the ones at greatest risk for becoming infected with drug-resistant pathogens. Also, IFAP sites degrade the communities in which they’re sited by contaminating air, water and soils with an ...
  • Peak Oil, Food Systems, Irene, Debt and Deadlines
    What if we could force peak oil into the spotlight with our own grand deadline and list of actions?
  • The Genesis of Corn-Fed Cars
    This friction between the auto industry and the corn lobby will be one of the many fascinating developments to watch as corn ethanol continues to find its footing in our economy.
  • Do Genetically Engineered Foods Really Need to ...
    Nina Federoff, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and professor at Penn State University penned an opinion piece in the New York Times recently, asking for less regulation of genetically engineered (GE) crops. Professor Federoff would like to see more gra ...
  • Sweating the small stuff: engineered nano-mate ...
    Many public health hazards are too small to see.  This is especially true of engineered nano-materials, or ENMs.  As their name implies, these materials are small—no more than a few hundred nanometers in diameter.  (For perspective, one nanometer is one billionth of a meter, or one human hair sp ...

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

Stop NATO

  • Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
    ==== NATO Air War In Seventh Month: 21,780 Sorties, 8,180 Strike Sorties Indian Link To NATO ABM System Targets China, Pakistan, Iran, Russia Afghanistan: 1,645 Dead, 13,609 Wounded In America’s Longest War Afghan War: Czech Defense Minister Inspects New Special Forces Base Dutch Defense Ministe ...
  • Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
    ==== NATO Chief: 172-Day Libyan War Impossible Without U.S. Capabilities Time To Disband NATO: A Rogue Alliance Grim Celebration By NATO Powers: Libyan Intervention Evokes Collective Memory Of Colonial Era Africa: Final Conquest For Pentagon’s Global Military Sphere Of Influence New Berlin Confe ...
  • Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
    ==== Libya: NATO Air Combat Missions Exceed 8,000 For First Time In Its History, NATO War Led By European Powers BRICS Nations Fear West Plans Libya-Type Scenario In Syria Gaddafi’s Libya As Demon United Nations Hijacked On Libya Pakistani Minister: NATO Behind Attack That Killed 36 Soldiers === ...
  • Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: Septembe ...
    ==== NATO’s Air War Against Libya: 21,322 Sorties, 7,998 Strike Sorties Azerbaijan To Join NATO As U.S. Targets Iran, Russia NATO’s Strategic Concept: U.S. Interceptor Missile Radar In Turkey U.S. Unwilling To Compromise On Missile Shield: Russian Foreign Minister NATO To Build Joint Interceptor ...
  • Rasul Gamzatov: For women war is never over
    Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Rasul Gamzatov From Octaves Translated by Peter Tempest So many men were torn away From us in war’s dread sweep… Remembrance of it to this day Makes wives and mothers weep. New grass has grown, and grown are now The sons of those who di ...

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Intel Hub

  • 10 Facts That Prove Big Sis Is Wrong, Drudge I ...
    Homeland Security has been caught lying again and again about airport security in a bid to undermine genuine privacy concerns Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Janet Napolitano’s contention that Matt Drudge is “just wrong” about privacy worries surrounding airport screen ...
  • Texas Wildfires and Smoke Alarms
    The Berkey Guy September 6, 2011 The media coverage of the wildfires raging through Texas cannot emphasize enough the importance of being prepared for housefires and blazes. I spoke with a customer on Saturday who called about his proximity to the fires in Texas and the lack of water as a resour ...
  • Increasing Threats to Our Nuclear Power Stations
    The Intel Hub By Dr. Mark Sircus – Contributing Writer September 6, 2011 Japan marks 600th eruption of the Sakurajima volcano this year I find myself faced, today, with the incredibly unpleasant task of delivering some rather frightening news. Perhaps we can forgive humanityâs nuclear planners b ...
  • National Call-In Day to Help Save Your Supplements
    Wellness Resources Byron J. Richards, CCN September 6, 2011 Thursday, September 8, 2011, is the national call in day to members of Congress to protest the draconian FDA NDI regulations for dietary supplements, regulations that will retroactively remove many dietary supplement ingredients from th ...
  • FREE 9/11 Truth Conference In Portland Present ...
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FRS

  • Philippines: Press reports and Wikileaks cast ...
    NDF negotiators meet Norwegian envoy in bid to break impasse 05-Sep-11, 2011 | Agence France-Presse MANILA, Philippines – Communist rebel negotiators met a special Norwegian envoy on Monday in a fresh bid to reopen stalled peace talks to end a four-decade war with the government, aides said. The ...
  • CIA, MI6 under scrutiny after secret files rev ...
    The CIA struck rendition deals with Libya as early as 2002 http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,15365413,00.html � With the Gadhafi regime in tatters and the Libyan leader on the run, secret files in Tripoli have come to light which detail the depth of cooperation between the US and UK with Liby ...
  • Videotaping Philadelphia Police–legal ri ...
    Even a top cop concedes a right to video arrests – but the street tells a different story September 03, 2011| BY JAN RANSOM, ransomj@phillynews.com TAMERA MEDLEY begged the police officer to stop slamming her head – over and over – into the hood of a police cruiser. Thinking they were helping, p ...
  • Reuters reports September 3rd peaceful protest ...
    Greek TV, however, showed the police violence against the demonstration ——————————————- Reuters: Greek PM rules out snap polls, protesters are back By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS | Sat Sep 3, 2011 9:31pm BST (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Saturday ruled out snap elections an ...
  • Interview: Arundhati Roy
    By Dinyar Godrej, New Internationalist, Issue 445 Arundhati Roy is probably the most `do something’ public intellectual of our time. In her interview with New Internationalist she offers her take on market-friendly democracy, people power and the wealth that is fed by people’s lives. Your writin ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • Demand for Return of Trade Not Aid Property
    Let is be known that the pictured 18-ton truck has been fraudulently registered in the name of Catherine Sarah Myles and taken to a destination unknown and against my expressed will. The registration of the vehicle in Catherine Myles name has been verified by the Metropolitan and Swansea Police ...
  • 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 ...

StillSmallVoice

  • I love this
    A big yellow bunny, dropped into a public space.
  • Generation 9/11: A discussion
    You can watch a live-streaming discussion on the impact of 9/11 on the millennial generation at noon on Thursday�here. The chat and live-feed are brought to you by the Center for American Progress.
  • In Afghanistan, 10 years later:
    Al Jazeera reports. Getty Images
  • You don't have to buy the world a Coke
    The world is getting one for itself -- at least the world is here�in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Americans get -- on average -- 10 percent of their calories from soda pop and other sugary drinks. That cannot be a good thing. The CDC report also says: Males co ...
  • Save New Haven's Free Store
    The Free Store (which is precisely what it says it is) is trying to raise money and find new digs with a fundraiser�fashion show�from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday at 756 Chapel St. in New Haven. Fundraiser admission is based on income. And here's a little more about such enterprises. Flickr photo

Associated Content

  • Despite Poll Numbers, Bachmann Says She Can Wi ...
    The Tea Party Caucus leader has slid to third and fourth places in various polls. But she believes she has the endurance capability to go the distance -- and win.Contributor: Saul Relative Published: Sep 04, 2011
  • WikiLeaks' Carelessness Puts Operatives at Risk
    Julian Assange’s careless handling of sensitive classified material has put the lives of governments operatives, hu ...
  • Why Palin Will Not 'Run, Sarah, Run'
    Despite her appearanes on the campaign trail, Sarah Palin is not likey to run for president in 2012.Contributor: Christine Zibas Published: Sep 04, 2011
  • Sarah Palin Triangulates in Iowa
    In her speech at the tea party rally in Indianola, Iowa, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a maybe or maybe not candidate for president of the United States, performed an act of triangulation that must have taken even Bill Clinton's breath awayContributor: Mark Whittington Published: Sep 03, 2011
  • Oklahoma Hints at Leaving Big 12 Conference
    Oklahoma University may be the latest school to leave the Big-12 Conference.Contributor: Ryan Christopher DeVault Published: Sep 03, 2011

Popsci - Science

  • Fermilab Sets End-of-Moth Deadline to Establis ...
    Fermilab’s Tevatron collider runs out of money and time at the end of this month, but physicists there say that they are on track to establish whether the Higgs can exist within the most likely predicted mass range before their September 30 deadline. That’s not the same as actually finding the ...
  • DNA Analysis Catches Carcinogens in a Simple S ...
    Researchers presenting at the 242nd National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society this week in Denver have demonstrated a new DNA test that can measure the amount of potential carcinogens clinging to a person’s DNA. But unlike previous tests that required white blood cell or ...
  • Antibiotics May Be Permanently Altering the Gu ...
    If you’re one of those people worried that the over-prescription of antibiotics is leading us toward biological calamity, you’re not going to like this. Writing in the journal Nature this week, Martin Blaser of NYU’s Langone Medical Center makes the case that antibiotics aren’t just leading to ...
  • Christchurch is Thinking of Replacing Its Eart ...
    The Bible has at least a little to say about how to construct a building, but mostly in Proverbs and mostly not having anything to do actually building a structure (metaphor!). So without rock solid instructions, officials overseeing the Christchurch Cathedral--the one in Christchurch, New Zeal ...
  • High School Inventors 2011
    Ten students who are improving MRIs, cancer treatments and human-robot interaction--between classes, of course In between pep rallies and history tests, these 10 brainy students are refining cancer treatments, cleaning up car exhaust systems, and improving communication between humans and robot ...

Veterans Today

  • When the Baathists Read their History
    To prepare for the new Syria, people have been digging up their not too distant past, well into the pre-Ba’ath era – not to copy it, but to learn from it.
  • SEPTEMBER 11- Exploitation
    With the 10th Anniversary of September 11th fast approaching. I, for one, am getting tired of (or is it immune to) how every politician regardless of ideology, most every lame stream media outlet, and especially the Pentagon has exploited 9/11 for political, ideological, psychological, and propa ...
  • 9/11: Watch, Explain, I Can’t Even Begi ...
    The scientists had described it, but I could never really believe it possible. I am flabbergasted.
  • Israel Wages Lawfare Against Gaza Flotilla
    Lawfare is bloodless warfare. � by Philip Giraldi  � I have already reported how �lawfare,� which was defined by Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap following 9/11, is becoming the new hot button for defenders of Washington�s and Tel Aviv�s foreign policies. Using th ...
  • Let’s Talk “Turkey,”
    Everything else reported in the US about Turkey is false, dangerously false. The worst lies are the reports that Turkey's democratic government, freely elected, is "Islamist" and "extremist."

War is Business

Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • August global temperature update
    The latest global temperature anomaly for August has been released and according to the UAH measure is +0.325C above the running 30 year mean, similar to July's anomaly, shown on the graph below. Adjusted to the more standard time period, the anomaly is approximately +0.578C above the 1961- ...
  • A poor August ends another disappointing summer
    August has once more turned out to be a disappointing month. Overall, the UK has received 126% of the normal August rainfall, and it's been much duller than normal with only 76% of average sunshine. Averaged across the UK maximum temperatures were 0.8C below normal. Provisional figures also s ...
  • 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 ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Malaysia, Where Iranians Seek Respite from Iran
    There's an interesting article from TIME about how those seeking a respite from "the pananoid style in Iranian politics" are heading for Malaysia. To be sure, Malaysia is not exactly an exemplar of freedom from political suppression--witness the continued persecution of Anwar Ibrahim by the ruli ...
  • Big Pharma v India: The Glivec Case Revisited
    Ooh, this makes me angry. Very early four years ago, I posted about Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis going up against Indian firms manufacturing generic versions of the leukaemia drug Glivec (Gleevec in the US). Perhaps presciently, I parenthetically added "to be continued." Well, it's about ...
  • Arsene Wenger, the 'Warren Buffett of Football'?
    A few years ago, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane penned the bestseller Moneyball discussing the use of advanced statistics to better assess the performance and hence value of various players. As salaries of baseball players have increased, picking winners--especially affordable ones over ...
  • Luxury, or Where Moammar Meets Smith and Marx
    Blogging is often inspired by odd things. This post, for instance, came to me while reading about how Moammar Gathafi (it is spelled thusly on his passport) was a big fan of the FT's How To Spend It feature. In our interlinked world economy, how can the existence of such a vainglorious character ...
  • A New Merger Gimmick: 'We'll Onshore Jobs'
    Coming from the the world's call centre capital, I found this news interesting since it may mean T-Mobile call centre jobs in the Philippines being repatriated to the US. A few months ago, I wrote about how Kraft vowed--and then reneged--on keeping British jobs when it took over chocolate giant ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • 20 Quotes From European Leaders That Prove Tha ...
    The financial crisis in Europe has become so severe that it has put the future of the euro, and indeed the future of the EU itself, in doubt.  If the financial system in Europe collapses, it is going to plunge the entire globe into chaos.  The EU has a larger economy and a large ...
  • Is The End Of The Euro In Sight?
    The future of the euro is hanging by a thread at the moment.  The massive debt problems of nations such as Greece, Italy and Portugal are dragging down the rest of the Europe, and the political will in northern Europe to continue to bail out these debt-ridden countries is rapidl ...
  • 25 Signs That The Financial World Is About To ...
    Most of the worst financial panics in history have happened in the fall.  Just recall what happened in 1929, 1987 and 2008.  Well, September 2011 is about to begin and there are all kinds of signs that the financial world is about to hit the big red panic button.  Wave after wav ...
  • 12 Things That We Can Learn From Hurricane Ire ...
    Whenever a major disaster or emergency strikes, millions of lives can be turned upside down in an instant.  Fortunately Hurricane Irene was not as catastrophic as originally projected, but millions of people did lose power and at least 35 people lost their lives.  Large numbers ...
  • 34 Pieces Of Evidence That Prove That The Midd ...
    Do you ever get the feeling that the middle class in America is shrinking?  Well, you are not imagining things.  A confluence of very troubling long-term economic trends has created an environment in which the middle class in America is being absolutely shredded.  Today, most Am ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • Australian school curriculum to force acceptan ...
    School students are being targeted in a major new push to force acceptance of multiculturalism by “embedding” it in the national curriculum. Young Australians will be trained in “cultural competency” during classes as part of the Gillard Government’s plan to boost support for multiculturalism an ...
  • Italians fired up at tax hike up
    Tens of thousands of people are stranded. Factories are closed, airports and train stations deserted. An entire nation comes to a standstill as Italy’s largest trade union, the CGIL, calls on its 6 million members to strike. The nationwide transport strike was called in protest at Prime Minister ...
  • Spaniards Protest Austerity Measures
    Thousands of Spaniards have launched rallies in the Spanish capital Madrid against their government’s austerity measures, Press TV reported. The three-day protest starting on Tuesday was initiated by Spain’s two largest trade unions, the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) as well as the Unio’n General de ...
  • Swedish police: Islamic terrorism is key threat
    Islamic terrorism remains the greatest threat to Sweden, according to Anders Danielsson, head of Sweden’s Security Service (Säpo). Speaking at a seminar on Monday on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks on the US on September 11th 2001, Danielsson said that the strength o ...
  • Wikileaks: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has Cancer
    Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer which has spread to other organs, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. The cable, published by whistle-blower site Wikileaks, cites central bank governor Gideon Gono as saying Mr Mugabe’s doctors had urged him to quit. The cable, writt ...

Voiceless Victim

  • Australian Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Deserve Ju ...
    The Catholic Church does not commit sex crimes against children and the vulnerable. It does, however, ensure that known child sex predators are protected by their status as representatives of the Catholic Church, facilitated to continue offending, and facilitated in privileged and unquestioned a ...
  • 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 ...

WL Central

  • 2011-09-06 Caracas Cables Pt II: Drug Traffick ...
    TweetAuthored by Nikolas Kozloff For the past year or so, I’ve been writing steadily about WikiLeaks and U.S. diplomatic correspondence between various American embassies in Latin America and the State Department in Washington, D.C. For a full inventory of these pieces, you may head to my web s ...
  • 2011-09-06 Iran threatened Poland with CIA pri ...
    TweetIn early 2006, Polish government officials visited Iran, and subsequently related their impression to US diplomatic staff. A detailed report can be found in the diplomatic cable 06WARSAW203. MFA Director for Security Policy Robert Kupiecki provided the most in depth account: he describes h ...
  • 2011-09-06 WikiLeaks Notes: Latest News on #Ca ...
    Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a daily news update of stories that are obviously related to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. All the times are GMT. >> Updates on WikiLeaks news from #wlfind twitter hashtag (as curated by ...
  • US Day of Rage | NYC & Nat Occupation Plan for ...
    TweetThe First Amendment prohibits Congress from making any law "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances." A redress is a means to set right, to remedy or rectify; or a satisfac ...
  • 2011-09-05 Caracas Cables Pt I: Hugo’s Former ...
    TweetAuthored by Nikolas Kozloff For the past year or so, I’ve been writing steadily about WikiLeaks and U.S. diplomatic correspondence between various American embassies in Latin America and the State Department in Washington, D.C. For a full inventory of these pieces, you may head to my web ...

U N News

  • Haiti: UN expert welcomes declarations on rule ...
    The United Nations independent expert on human rights in Haiti, Michel Forst, today welcomed declarations by the new Haitian authorities of measures in the field of the rule of law, adding that he hoped that the declarations will soon be implemented and followed by positive impacts.
  • UN human rights chief lauds conviction of high ...
    The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the decision by Bolivia's top court to convict several high-level officials for their part in the deaths of over 60 people during anti-government protests in 2003, calling it an important step in the fight against impunity.
  • UN chief condemns deadly arson attack in Mexico
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today deplored the arson attack that left 53 people dead in Monterrey, Mexico, yesterday and voiced solidarity with the country's people, the families of the victims and the country's Government.
  • Peru: UN human rights expert commends new indi ...
    Peru has taken "an important step forward" by approving a law compelling private companies to consult indigenous communities before going ahead with major projects such as mines, a United Nations human rights expert said today.
  • Hurricane Irene killed two in Haiti and floode ...
    Hurricane Irene killed two people in Haiti, flooded houses, cut roads, unleashed landslides and devastated farm fields during its passage off the coast of the Caribbean country earlier this week, the United Nations reported today.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • The Magic Weed
    Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
  • Blood Coltan
    Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
  • CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
    Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
  • Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
    Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
  • 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 ...

Rewilding Institute

  • Review of Man Swarm and the Killing of Wildlife
    Guest blog by Leon Kolankiewicz, wildlife biologist and environmental planner. This book review was originally posted August 9, 2011 on NumbersUSA âHow far conservationists and environmentalists have fallen from what now seem to me to be the Golden Years of the 1960s and 1970s.  No wonder Iâm s ...
  • Around the Campfire With Uncle Dave – The Popu ...
    Adapted from Man Swarm by Dave Foreman Forty years and three billion Men ago, conservationists and most everyone else understood that we were in the middle of a population explosion.  Today, it seems that many conservationists and most other folks don’t give it much thought.  If we ask “Why?” mu ...
  • The Keystone XL Pipeline: buried by bad decisions
    Today’s guest post is from Brian L. Horejsi, one of Canada’s toughest conservationists. As early as fall 2011 President Obama and administration insiders will approve the construction of the massive Keystone XL pipeline. With the stroke of that pen the gates will open to the daily flow of about ...
  • 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 ...

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • IRS Is Paying Illegal Immigrants BILLIONS of D ...
    �No Social Security number? No problem... The IRS paid out BILLIONS in refundable tax credits to undocumented immigrant workers last year, according to a new Treasury audit. ~ Michelle Hirsch read more
  • Social Engineers Continue to Sexualize Children
    �It is true that a society which is in clear and steep decline inevitably loses all elements of its moral compass before its ultimate collapse. Both our own culture in the United States, as well as that of the rest of the Western World, are adequate proof of that. (The girl in photo is 10 ye ...
  • Arizonia... 'We Lost Our Own Explosives During ...
    �For the past few days the Department of Homeland Security and other officials have been hunting for live explosives that have �gone missing� from a drill conducted late last week. ~ Shepard Ambellas (Ahhh... I smell a rat in the woodpile. DHS can find a tick on someone's ass but suddenly can' ...
  • Jonathan Briley... The Falling Man of Septembe ...
    �Jonathan Briley was the falling man of 9/11 and one of 200 jumpers who leaped to their deaths on that infamous day in 2001. His image captured by Richard Drew continues to shock and it demands the truth and justice for those who perpetrated or allowed this treasonous false flag operation and ...
  • No Old Jobs... No New Jobs... No Real Jobs... ...
    �Move over, Richard Nixon and Adolf Hitler. Your slave labor jobs programs are being replaced by that of the current British puppet in the White House, Barack Obama.read more

Tarpley

  • Four Years Later: The Kennebunkport Warning of ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. TARPLEY.net August 31, 2011 This week marks the fourth anniversary of the Kennebunkport Warning, whose text the reader will find elsewhere on this web site, together with related documentation. The Kennebunkport Warning of late August 2007 sought to prevent a false flag ...
  • Stop the NATO-Libyan Rebel Genocide against Si ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV August 30, 2011 [download video] [download audio]
  • Deutsch
    International Main Menu Arabic Ceské Dansk Deutsch Español Français Italiano Greek Nippon Polski Português Russki Srpski Svenska Türk Zhongwén            1 2  >  >| page: 1 of 2   total items: 16 Verunglimpfung light: die Süddeutsche Zeitung über Tarpleys Analyse von den Terror-Anschlä ...
  • Al Qaeda Commander of NATO’s Bloody Reig ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV August 27, 2011 [download video]
  • Will Turkey Accept Role of US-UK Kamikaze Pupp ...
    Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. I.N.N. World Report August 25, 2011 [download audio]

Modern Survivalism

  • False Flag Events
    Guest post: By ‘Be informed’ What is a false flag event? False flag events are anything that has been made to look like something that it really isn’t. “Your” government can create chaos to create diversions away from what it is “really” doing. This deceit has many other purposes such as excuses ...
  • ‘How-To’ Canning Guides for Garden ...
    It’s garden harvest season, and what to do with all of that bounty? You can only eat so much of it while it’s still fresh, you may give some of it away, but don’t forget about the best of all – preserve it for later! I came across some resources which may help you with [...]
  • How To Escape From A Sinking Car
    Hopefully you will never have to actually escape from a sinking car, but, if you are ever in that unfortunate situation, this is how you do it… Although it may go against your reflex, immediately open your window as soon as you can, after you hit the water. Your best chance to get out of [...]
  • Flood? Flooding, the Most Likely Natural Disaster
    Flash Flooding is a natural disaster that is not limited by geography. Flooding will strike in deserts, rain forests, it hits populated areas, it hits out in the sticks, the mountains, and the valleys. A particular danger of Flash floods is that they can develop very rapidly, often in just a few ...
  • Prepping For Economic Collapse
    So, your main concern and reason for prepping and preparing to ‘make it’ when times get tough, is because of the threatening economic situation (house of cards) in Europe and the United States. From the standpoint of survival preparedness for economic survival, what are the specifics that may be ...

Fast Company

  • Kiva City: Using Microloans To Revitalize Smal ...
    Building off its incredibly success funding entrepreneurs in the developing world, the microloan company has turned its eye toward America, where it's giving loans in cities like New Orleans and Detroit. Microfinance platform Kiva has proven many times over that people are willing to give $25 ...
  • Groupon IPO Delay, Facebook Boosts iPhone App, ...
    This and more important news from your Fast Company editors, with updates all day.Gogo Goes Local. Delta Airlines is fitting out its CRJ700 regional jet with Gogo's Wi-Fi service. The aircrafts are in operation already, and when their wifi service is activated, they will be the first regional fl ...
  • Management Maxims From Kim Kardashian, Communi ...
    Kim Kardashian knows how to stay on message, to amplify that message through partners, and to make everything look beautiful. Here are 10 lessons from her communications juggernaut that managers should adopt to make their initiatives succeed.As I was watching snippets of the Kim Kardashian weddi ...
  • The Gates Foundation Uses Genetic Modification ...
    The Gates Foundation is bringing stronger, hardier versions of staple crops to the developing world. Do the good motives outweigh the issues with GM food? It's easy to demonize genetically modified crops. After all, we don't exactly know what their long-term health effects are, and they have th ...
  • 4 Details Amazon Must Nail With New Kindle Tab ...
    The Kindle tablet is coming. (You may have heard a little about this.) Amazon's just redesigned its main website with changes that make it more tablet-friendly, and one writer is even claiming to have used the device. It's believed to cost "hundreds" less than the iPad does, and this alone has e ...

Jadaliyya

  • The UN Palmer Inquiry and Israel’s Attack on t ...
    The UN released its report, �Secretary-General�s Panel of Inquiry on the 31 May 2010 Flotilla Incident� on Friday, 2 September 2011. The Report addressed issues relating to Israel�s attack on the Mavi Marmara � which left 9 Turkish civilians dead, and some 55 others wounded � and conclud ...
  • Kamal Salibi (1929-2011)
    Scholars of Lebanon collectively grieved at the news of the passing of Kamal Salibi, eminent historian, professor, and prolific author, on Thursday, 1 September. Salibi spent most of his academic career as a faculty member of the Department of History and Archeology at the American Unive ...
  • Cannes ya ma Cannes Ramallah [Gone to Palestin ...
    We�d been invited to the Franco-German cultural center to see a film by a leftist Israeli filmmaker. The advance notice had said that �this was perhaps the most important film on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ever made.� It was endorsed by a couple well-known intellectuals from abroad ...
  • العلماء والسلطة: سوريا نموذجاً
    ع�ا�ة ع�ماء ا�د�� با�س�طة �� ا�تار�خ ا�إس�ام� ع�ا�ة مع�دة� �إ� �ا�ت تم�� �� أغ�ب ا�أح�ا�� خاصة بعد ا��ر� ا�خامس �جر�/ا�حاد� عشر م��اد�� إ�� ا�ت�اطؤ �ا�استز�ام.� �ا�ع�ماء ا�س�ة بش�� خاص ��د�ا ا����� ا�ذ� تب�� ��م م� ا�است��ا��ة ا�تشر�ع�ة �ا��ظ���ة �ا�ما��ة مع مج�ء ا�س�اج�ة ا�تر� م� س��ب آ ...
  • Escaping Mumana'a and the US-Saudi Counter-Rev ...
    Ahmad Shokr and Anjali Kamat (AS&AK): The Syrian people have been resisting for months now and keep coming out on the streets despite escalating repression. How would you characterize the uprising in Syria and where do you think it is heading? Fawwaz Trabulsi (FT):�People I�ve talked to ...

mediagazer

  • Adobe Digital Publishing Suite To Support iOS ...
    Adobe: Adobe Digital Publishing Suite To Support iOS 5 Newsstand  —  For immediate release  —  Publishers To Create Newsstand-enabled Applications with Full Support for Subscriptions  —  Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that publishers will be able to use Adobe® Digital …
  • A wave of consolidation? Some context on Media ...
    Joshua Benton / Nieman Journalism Lab: A wave of consolidation?  Some context on MediaNews, Journal Register, and Alden Global Capital  —  The big newspaper news this morning is that two of the nation's largest remaining chains, Journal Register Co. and MediaNews Group, are executing something ...
  • Wall Street Journal Page One Editor Alix Freed ...
    Kat Stoeffel / The New York Observer: Wall Street Journal Page One Editor Alix Freedman Named Reuters Ethics Editor  —  Ms. Freedman is a decorated journalist.  (via Zimbio)  —  Alix M. Freedman has been named Global Editor for Ethics and Standards at Reuters.  She comes from the Wall Street Jo ...
  • Digital First: The Next Step (Jxpaton/Digital ...
    Jxpaton / Digital First: Digital First: The Next Step  —  Today marks another important step for Digital First.  —  As announced earlier this morning, we have formed a new company - Digital First Media Inc. It will manage both the Journal Register Company and Media News Group and its mission wi ...
  • MediaNews and Journal Register Co. brought und ...
    Steve Myers / Poynter: MediaNews and Journal Register Co. brought under one roof with John Paton at helm  —  Journal Register Co. announced Wednesday that it is creating a company called Digital First Media Inc. to manage it and MediaNewsGroup.  John Paton will be CEO of Digital First and will ...

Chemtrail News

  • What is chemtrail spraying for? - Yahoo ...
    What is chemtrail spraying for? I live in Tyler tx. I went outside about 6 am. Perfect blue skies. Jets spraying all morning. It's now 1:00. I can't see any clear sky. ...answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid...
  • Strange Chemtrail over Sydney - Septemb ...
    Discussion about Strange Chemtrail over Sydney - September 4th... [pic] at the GodlikeProductions Conspiracy Forum. Our topics include Conspiracy Theory, ...www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1626277/pg1
  • Clouds Sylphs and Chemtrails
    There are those that believe we can call upon sylphs to clean up the mess chemtrails are making in our sky. While I realize this is a fanciful idea that ...nexus.2012info.ca/forum/showthread.php?5371-Clouds...
  • Why don't chemtrail advocates DO so ...
    Discussion about Why don't chemtrail advocates DO something about the trails? at the GodlikeProductions Conspiracy Forum. Our topics include Conspiracy ...www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1622686/pg1
  • Noble Please stop troll clogging the chemtr ...
    Discussion about Noble- Please stop troll clogging the chemtrail threads. at the GodlikeProductions Conspiracy Forum. Our topics include Conspiracy Theory, ...www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1623895/pg1

World News - Top Stories

  • Gold falls from record high to Rs 27,820 ...
    NEW DELHI: Gold lost Rs 930 to close at Rs 27,820 per 10 grams in the bullion market today due to profit- booking by stockists at existing high levels amid a weak global trend. Gold had touched an all-time high of...
  • Inflation an offshoot of policies of deve ...
    NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said high inflation in India is caused partly due to the unfavourable policies adopted by the developed countries in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. "Inflation challenge...
  • Sir Alex Ferguson plans to stick around a ...
    Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson has said that he has no plans to retire, even though he turns 70 at the end of this year....
  • Caroline Wozniacki sorry for Nadals cra ...
    Danish tennis ace Caroline Wozniacki has said that she was not making fun of Rafael Nadal when she imitated the Spanish...
  • Sir Alex Ferguson defends conduct of 'ent ...
    • Fans understand Real Madrid manager is 'fighting for them' • 'It's Mourinho's nature to be agitated,' says Ferguson Sir Alex Ferguson has defended José Mourinho, saying: 'I don't find anything wrong with his enthusiasm'. Photograph: Tom Jenkins...

no frakking consensus

  • Moral Leadership, Climate Change & the UN
    The head of the UN has told the inhabitants of a country still recovering from civil war that the greatest threat to their well-being is climate change.
  • The IAC Report One Year Later
    A year after a damning assessment was released, the IPCC continues to thumb its nose at key recommendations.
  • Comic Book Analysis from the Leader of the IPCC
    History, according to the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, reads like a comic book full of stark environmental villains and bizarre motives.
  • Pachauri’s Squishy Timeline
    In 2007 the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said the world was at a defining moment, that the next 2 to 3 years would determine our future. Without a new emissions treaty by 2012, he said, it would be too late.
  • The Journal of Climate & the IPCC
    We're supposed to trust the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's conclusions because it relies on peer-reviewed scientific literature. But many of the people who run scientific journals also write IPCC reports. This is a circular, incestuous process.

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

  • 8/31/11 - Are the new health care reform laws ...
    healthcarereform.procon.org - UPDATED: Are the new health care reform laws constitutional? - On Aug. 12, 2011 a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit ruled (2-1) that the insurance mandate of the PPACA is unconstitutional, while a previous appeals court had ruled that ...
  • 8/30/11 - Forms of Execution in the United Sta ...
    deathpenalty.procon.org - UPDATED: Forms of Execution in the United States, 1977 - 2009. Between 1977 and 2009, 1,188 people were executed in the US. 1,016 (85%) were executed by lethal injection and 156 (13.1%) were electrocuted. 672 (56.6%) of those executed were white and 411 (34.6%) were bla ...
  • 8/26/11 - Vegetarian ProCon.org - In 2010 Pres ...
    vegetarian.procon.org - UPDATED: Vegetarian ProCon.org - In 2010 President Bill Clinton adopted a vegan diet (no meat, eggs, or dairy) after his second heart surgery. In Aug. 2011, President Clinton stated, "my blood tests are good, and my vital signs are good, and I feel good, and I also have, ...
  • 8/25/11 - Between Jan. and Aug. of 2011, 18 st ...
    teachertenure.procon.org - Between Jan. and Aug. of 2011, 18 state legislatures modified their teacher tenure laws. Many states chose to include teacher performance evaluations into their revised tenure legislation, and the Idaho legislature passed SB 1108 which phased out tenure for new teacher ...
  • 8/25/11 - Did You Know? Little Known Facts in ...
    milk.procon.org - The National School Lunch Act requires that schools serve milk. In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ruled that milk from cloned cows was safe for human consumption. The retail sale of raw cow's milk for human consumption is illegal in 42 states. Read about these and ...

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Why is Average IQ Higher in Some Places?
    A surprising theory about global variations in intelligence Christopher Eppig  Disease puts pressure on the brain Image: iStock/Nathan Watkins Being smart is the most expensive thing we do. Not in terms of money, but in a currency that is vital to all living things: energy. One study found that ...
  • Red Dawn
    Why the United States should embrace, not fear, China’s economic rise. CHARLES KENNY Henry Kissinger’s 2001 book Does America Need a Foreign Policy? opens with the observation that "[a]t the dawn of the new millennium, the United States is enjoying a preeminence unrivaled by even the greatest em ...
  • The Calm Before the Storm
    Cyberwar is already happening — and it’s about to get much, much worse. A veteran intelligence official explains how America can prepare itself. JOEL BRENNER Revelations of wholesale electronic fraud and massive data heists have become weekly, even daily affairs. A multinational electronics corp ...
  • Philosophical counselors rely on eternal wisdo ...
    Emily Wax Patricia Anne Murphy is a philosopher with a real-world mission. Murphy may have a PhD and an intimate knowledge of Aristotle and Descartes, but in her snug Takoma Park bungalow, sheâs helping a broken-hearted patient struggle through a divorce. Instead of offering the wounded wife a p ...
  • The Battle Over Zomia
    Scholars are enchanted by the notion of this anarchic region in Asia. But how real is it? By Ruth Hammond The region of Zomia had not been mapped for very long when people started quarreling over it. Political scientists, historians, geographers, anthropologists, and especially Southeast Asianis ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • A current student’s perspective on higher educ ...
     Martha Henriques is about to start the third year of her Natural Sciences degree at the University of Cambridge. She has recently spent a week as an intern in the Science Policy Centre, which included some time looking over the Government’s recent Higher Education White Paper. As a current scie ...
  • Access to contraceptive services – a woman’s l ...
    FROM CLAIRE CHIVERS IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE A joint report from the Centre for Reproductive Rights and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was presented at the UK parliament in July 2011.  Entitled ‘The right to contraceptive information and services for women and adolescents’, the b ...
  • PolicyLab on open science
    On the morning of 1 September, we are holding a PolicyLab event with Michael Nielsen: ‘An open and shut case? debating the purposes of open science’.  We sent out this invitation to those who have signed up to hear about our events. (You can sign up by emailing science.policy@royalsociety.org ...
  • 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 ...

NAU Resistance

  • Advancing U.S.-Canada Economic, Energy and Sec ...
    "As part of a continental security perimeter arrangement, Canada could be forced to comply with any new U.S. requirements, regardless of the risks they may pose to privacy and civil liberties." -Dana Gabriel
  • Are Canada’s Online Surveillance Laws Being Dr ...
    "We oppose mandatory Internet surveillance. This scheme is poorly thought out, costly, and will leave our personal information less secure. Unchecked mass surveillance is a breach of our fundamental right to privacy."- StopSpying.ca
  • 1 Million Signatures Against Further Canadian/ ...
    By: Terry Wilson August 30, 2011 After reading a column in the Globe and Mail by: PAOLA LORIGGIO. Titled Nearly half of Canadians oppose greater integration with U.S. law enforcement. The Canadian Awareness Network has decided to start a nation wide online petition to the Canadian government to ...
  • Perimeter Security Deal Full Of Lies And Decep ...
    On Monday August 15, 2011 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (Big Sis) took some time out of her busy schedule to meet with her Canadian counterpart, Public Safety Minister Vic Toews in what just so happens to be the home province of the "NAFTA Superhighway", Winnipeg Manitoba.
  • Concerned B.C. Residents Say No To HST! No To NAU!
    "Bill Vander Zalm says citizens David beat HST Goliath in mismatched battle"

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 Debates 9/11 on 2GB radio
    John Bursill was on one of the biggest radio shows in the country yesterday, debating Mike King from the UK on the the subject of 9/11. Download the audio here.
  • Your Help is Needed at Town Hall to Promote 9/ ...
    Sydney Town Hall Saturday, September 10, 2011, 11:00 AM 483 George St, Sydney (map) We will be outside the Town Hall Hi there!� We need YOUR help to hand out flyers for the upcoming 9/11 Film night at Sydney Town Hall Please RSVP here if you can make it.
  • Convoy of No Consequence - March and Rally
    MARRICKVILLE - 1 SEPTEMBER 2011 AT 12 NOON A march will begin at the corner of Marrickville and Livingstone Roads, Marrickville tomorrow at 12 noon to protest about Mr Albanese's derogatory comments concerning the Convoy of No Confidence in Canberra on 22nd August. The protesters will march ...
  • Debunking Peak Oil with Ian Crane
    Ian Crane is a former oil industry executive with an encyclopedic knowledge of the history and geopolitics of oil. Tonight Ian leads us on a fascinating journey through the many facets of the global power structures which are built on the trade and price fixing of oil. In particular we look at ...
  • New NPR Hit-Piece: Conspiracy Theories And The ...
    This radio broadcast is a text-book example of propaganda masquerading as journalism. The program purports to be an investigation, but in fact there is only one viable point of view presented. NPR has blood on its hands! http://911blogger.com/news/2011-08-24/...kay Audio Archive: Strea ...

Beacon

  • Patagonia’s Penguins at Risk from Proposed Coa ...
    Magellanic penguins in Chile. Image via Wikimedia Commons. Last month Chile’s government approved a controversial coal mine project in southern Patagonia’s Riesco Island, despite opposition from local residents and environmental groups, including Oceana. Oceana presented a report to Chile’ ...
  • 10 Fascinating Marine Species
    The peacock mantis shrimp. For millennia, people have wondered just how many species live on Earth. The latest study looking to answer this question suggests there are about 8.7 million species, the majority of which scientists can’t even name. The oceans, as almost three-quarters of the E ...
  • Play Deep-Sea Dress-Up
    If you can put lipstick on a pig, can you put it on a fish? The answer is yes, and you can do it for a good cause. The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition, of which Oceana is a member, is asking people to create funny pictures of fish and send them to the UN Secretary General to get his attenti ...
  • Expedition in the Med Comes to a Close
    A marbled electric ray in Portugal's Gorringe Bank seamount. © Oceana/Carlos Suarez This year’s expedition in the Mediterranean and Portuguese Atlantic has come to a close, and we’re proud to report that it was a resounding success. The highlight of the Ranger's journey was Portugal’s Gorr ...
  • Guest Post: Tech Trends in Traceability
    Image via istockphoto.com Guest blogger Jon Bowermaster is a writer and filmmaker. In this post, Jon reports on the latest trends in seafood traceability. �One of the oldest tricks in the fishmonger�s book is trotting out the notion that the cod, snapper, flounder or mahi mahi that you are ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • The MC-1. The Soviet Union’s First Tank.
    � MC-1 Tank MC-1 First Soviet Tank MC-1 Tanks were Russia�s first real entry into the new armored battlefield vehicles. First referred to as the T-18, the finished products were assigned to Red Guard infantry units as the MC-1. It�s first appearance on the battlefield would not be forgotten by R ...
  • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Battl ...
    Getting to the battlefield cost Napoleon one of his biggest defeats. La Grande Armee marched into Moscow with 450,000 men and returned across the Brezhina River with 40,000. Much of the death was simply the Russian winter. The serfs the French mistreated on the way in destroyed most of his army ...
  • Dancing With The Troops.
    Click here to view the [...]
  • A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Battl ...
    He often found himself stuffed into the back of some flatbed truck covered in olive green tarp riding along bumpy roads from encampments to ship yards or airports. Ten of thousands of freshly trained recruits were stuffed on troop transport ships that were often as not moribund passenger liners ...
  • Rosie The Riveter Won WWII.
    Rosie The Riveter One of the great misconceptions about World War II one discovers in the United States, is the notion that the United States single handedly won the war. As a member of one of the largest industrialized nations in the world, one of the fields where we lack is history. Six in ten ...

Taylor Marsh

  • Rick Perry’s National Coming Out
    Gov. Rick Perry, come on down. According to Molly Ball of Politico, debating isn’t something he relishes; instead, he ducks avoids them: “he skipped debates entirely against his general election opponent in 2010.” After winning the Ames straw poll, Michele Bachmann’s candidacy is on life support ...
  • Pres. Obama at Lowest Point in Polls, But Cand ...
    It’s grim. Just 43 percent now approve of the job he is doing overall, a new career low; 53 percent disapprove, a new high. Really, really grim. “Obama is no longer the favorite to win re-election,” Hart said, explaining that a head-to-head score will usually conform to the generic one, especial ...
  • Fox News Channel Strikes Again, Edits Hoffa’s ...
    This is one of the sleaziest, most dishonest things Iâve ever seen Fox News do. People need to start seriously asking whatâs going on with a news organization that would try to pull something like this. – Charles Johnson HOFFA: Everybody here’s got to vote. If we go back and keep the eye on the ...
  • Chris Wallace Proves (again) Why He’s the Wors ...
    … But both parties are not rotten in quite the same way. The Democrats have their share of machine politicians, careerists, corporate bagmen, egomaniacs and kooks. Nothing, however, quite matches the modern GOP. [...] – Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult Fox Ne ...
  • Sunday Early Bird News Round-Up
    Good morning and welcome to Sunday, I’m Stacy and I’ll be your host. On this day in history, September 4, 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus called in the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. I’ve perus ...

Hudson New York

  • Muslim Persecution of Christians: August, 2011
    This series, developed to collate some—by no means all—of the most extreme instances of Muslim persecution of Christians that surface each month, serves two purposes: 1) To document that which the mainstream media does not: habitual, if not chronic,
  • A Palestinian State, Arafat's Dream
    Having a state is not the end game of Palestinian leadership; it is just a major stepping stone. Former Palestinian Chairman Yassir Arafat and his successor, President Mahmoud Abbas, could already have had a Palestinian state a decade ago, thanks to
  • Iran's problem: Post-revolutionary Syria as an ...
    After the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Iran fears that Damascus might be next. Anti-regime protests have been continuing for the past five months in Syria. The regime has been responding to the spontaneous uprising by killing over 2.000 people.
  • Turkish Prime Minister Faces Hurdles Over Gaza ...
    Ankara is considering a possible visit by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Gaza Strip as part of his trip to Egypt next week, but the idea is facing tall political and security hurdles. Erdoğan is scheduled to pay an official visit to Egypt
  • Why Palestine Will Not Have Peaceful Relations ...
    Judging from the reactions of many Palestinians this week to Turkey's decision to expel the Israeli ambassador and freeze security contracts with Israel, it does not seem that the future state of Palestine will have peaceful relations with its Jewish

Urban Survival

  • The Eurplosion Ahead
    We’ve been saying for a long time that investors ought to be skeptical of the Euro since the countries that comprise the Union are the problem collectively and just because the Euro was bigger as a currency than the individual … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With Yet Another Web Bot Rip
    There’s a news release out of the National Institute for Computational Sciences up in Illinois about a new paper out this week which (oh boy – this is insightful, huh?) figures that future events can be forecast bgy applying what?  … Continue reading →
  • Fire + Wind, II
    Here’s the problem in a nutshell that forest firefighters were up against on Monday afternoon.  It’s the Weather Service METAR for Palestine Texas and it was representative of the main problem with the forest fires through the East Texas area … Continue reading →
  • Coping: With the Advancing Police State
    Some months (mid-June) back I told you about the Channel 5 i-Team report up in Nashville about how people with out of state license plates were being pulled over with no apparent reason on I-40 and that Elaine and I … Continue reading →
  • Reader Note: Markets
    U.S. stock and bond markets are closed for the Labor Day Holiday.  Asia was down in a serious way overnight with the Hang Seng down almost 3%.  Things are also in collapse mode in Europe where Germany was down almost … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

  • Links for 2011-09-06 [del.icio.us]
    Gold to Hit $2000 an Ounce on the Short Term | GOLD and SILVER MARKET Jay Weidner - Alchemy - Coast To Coast AM - 5.9.2011 | Gerald Celente Trends Blog Jay Weidner - Alchemy - Coast To Coast AM - 5.9.2011 | Gerald Celente Trends Blog Jay Weidner - Alchemy - Coast To Coast AM - 5.9.2 ...
  • Gerald Celente dumps the Swiss Franc and inves ...
    Gerald Celente : I made it clear in the trends... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
  • Jay Weidner - Alchemy - Coast To Coast AM - 5. ...
    Jay Weidner is a renowned author, filmmaker and... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
  • Steve Quayle : China will invade America
    Steve Quayle - Global Turmoil - Coast To Coast AM... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
  • Links for 2011-09-05 [del.icio.us]
    China SGE to raise gold, silver margin requirements starting Sep 9 | Gold and Silver Blog China SGE to raise gold, silver margin requirements starting Sep 9 | Gold and Silver Blog China SGE to raise gold, silver margin requirements starting Sep 9 | Gold and Silver Blog China SGE to rai ...

Radical Chic

  • RESPONSE TO DAVID STARKEY’S “WHITE ...
    Filed under: EXPOSURE Tagged: Black Crime, Crime, Criminality, David Starkey, government, life, London riots, society, UK riots
  • THE CHILDISH LOOK
    There’s something about the way a baby looks at people that’s different. Perhaps its something to do with the fact that for the first year or so they have a fairly limited vocabulary, and their eyes are the window through which they gain their first perceptions of life. When an adult makes eye c ...
  • DARING TO UNDERSTAND FAITH 2: Primal Religions
    It is difficult to pinpoint the exact origin of religious beliefs, so it would be much wiser to assume that several religions were at play within different cultures at opposite ends of the world. Continents like Africa, Asia and the America’s traditionally held on to certain beliefs and life ...
  • MAKE US LAUGH
    Welcome once again to “Make Us Laugh!”. The rules are simple – Tell a short funny story using the featured picture as inspiration, in 50 words or less. We’ll kick start with a story of our own. Let’s see who can “Make Us Laugh!”. Feel free to also comment on whose story you think is [...]
  • NIGERIAN GANGSTERS vs GANGSTERS IN ENGLAND
    “Its a beef ting, and man dem wanna come at me like I aint gon do nufink! This aint no joke, what do you fink vis is? Man lookin to lick them if they don quit gassing.” The anger on the English streets is evident in the language, even though the language itself struggles to [...]

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

  • Remembering Dr. Lipscomb and other events this ...
    See the calendar below. Many events of interest to scientists this week. If you would like to add events to the calendar, please contact us. In addition to an ever expanding list of seminars, lectures and gatherings, friends and colleagues of the late William Lipscomb will gather at 2 p.m. Sat ...
  • NYTimes: Massachusetts company promotes trendy ...
    Harvest Technologies Corporation, a Plymouth company, gets a mention in a NY Times story on a new trend in sports medicine: platelet-rich plasma or P.R.P. The company supplies equipment for P.R.P. treatments. While there are no official statistics on P.R.P. treatment, all agree that it has exp ...
  • Getting Iggy in Cambridge: Ig Noble Awards on ...
    A visit to the Improbable Research website bring us news of memorials for two Iggy scientists, as well as a program for the upcoming Ig Nobel awards event. Details below. September 10, 2011, Saturday, 2:00 pm. Memorial event for William Lipscomb, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA -- This ...
  • New restaurants and street life show up in Ken ...
    The Kendall Square section of Cambridge used to be home to underused warehouses and MIT buildings with numbers instead of names. The biotech companies moved in in the 1990s, but it's taken a good decades for a street life to emerge. Now , with a burst of new restaurants, the neighborhood is, ...
  • Avalanche of events arrives with fall's student
    September brings students back to Boston and along with them seminars, lecture, conferences and other scientific events. We're squeezed our updated calendar below or you can link to it here.

NRDC Switchboard

  • Huge Victory for Sharks: California Legislatur ...
    Leila Monroe, Staff Attorney, Oceans Program, San Francisco I’m not sure how sharks celebrate, but if these endangered creatures knew that California’s State Senate just voted to pass Assembly Bill 376, no doubt they’d break out a toothy grin or b ...
  • If you don't like the facts, make up your own
    David Goldstein, Energy Program Co-Director, San Francisco That seems to be the principle that motivates Joseph Bottum’s article, “It’s green and blue, but not bright”, recently published in the Weekly Standard. Because from beginning to end, Mr. ...
  • NRDC in the News 9/6: Ozone standard delay, fr ...
    NRDC News, NRDC News Team, NRDC Offices Worldwide Frances Beinecke’s statement on President Obama’s troubling decision to postpone new federal ozone standards was quoted in The Wall Street Journal… USA Today’s White House Blog, The Oval also picke ...
  • Maryland gives smart growth another push
    Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC   I’m of the opinion that the package of (bold, at the time) smart growth policies introduced in Maryland in the 1990s by then-governor Parris Glendening has done a great deal of g ...
  • Killing the Ozone Rule: President Obama's Bad ...
    Pete Altman, Climate Campaign Director, Washington, D.C. To say that President Obama had a “bad air day” Friday is putting it mildly. In reversing his Administration’s previously strong support for ozone regulations to protect the health of Ameri ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, September 6, 2011: Lancaster NY police are accused of using excessive force in the death of a man who was repeatedly tasered. A witness claims that the man was on the ground and com ...
  • Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 09-03 ...
    Here are the 20 reports of police misconduct tracked so far in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Labor Day weekend of September 3-5, 2011: The US 10th Circuit Court ruled that cops cannot use minor traffic violations as an excuse to break into homes without a warrant in a case in ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 16 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, September 2, 2011: Raleigh NC is being sued by a man claiming a cop broke his leg and shattered his knee without cause then a judge jailed him for contempt because he couldn’t stand ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 29 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, September 1, 2011: 3 San Bernardino Co CA deputies sued alleging 5 taser cartridges were used for over 10mins when a man was tasered to death for honking at cop [3] on.msnbc.com/p9 ...
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 38 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this record-breaking* Wednesday, August 31, 2011: Washington Co OR sued by man who was unarmed & only dressed in underwear when he was shot by deputies who burst into the house he was staying in ...

Total Collapse

  • N. Korea warns of war as US-S. Korea exercise ...
    South Korea and the United States launched a massive joint military exercise on Tuesday, prompting the North to condemn the manoeuvres as provocative and warn that “all-out war” could erupt. The two allies have described the 10-day Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise as defensive and routine but the ...
  • U.S., South Korea start military exercises wit ...
    U.S. and South Korean troops began a 10-day military exercise around Seoul on Tuesday, maneuvers the U.S. commander called “defense-oriented” during a period of heightened tensions with the communist North. The annual “Ulchi Freedom Guardian” exercise involves about 530,000 troops from South Kor ...
  • US asks China to explain why it needs aircraft ...
    The United States said Wednesday it would like China to explain why it needs an aircraft carrier amid broader US concerns about Beijing’s lack of transparency over its military aims. “We would welcome any kind of explanation that China would like to give for needing this kind of equipment,” Stat ...
  • Colonial legacy cause of UK unrest
    Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers Leader Hojjatoleslam Kazem Seddiqi blames Britain’s colonial past for the unprecedented social unrest in the country. âNo one thought that Britain, which was once a pioneer in arrogance and colonialism, would one day be engulfed in the flames of its people’s wrath ...
  • Syria, Saudi Arabia and the coming regional se ...
    While all the Saudi media pub­lished the speech of the King Abdul­lah (video) defend­ing the human rights of the Syr­ian peo­ple, one Saudi news­pa­per missed the story and pub­lished anarti­cle about poverty in one of the rich­est king­doms in the world. Inter­pret­ing the King’s words, it is n ...

Daily Dose

  • TNW’s Daily Dose – 24 hours of tec ...
    Yahoo’s Carol Bartz fired, Facebook’s revenue looking strong for 2011 (or so it’s reported), while Twitter and Bing renew their search deal. It’s all in today’s Daily Dose. You can catch The Daily Dose every Monday through Friday right here on The Next Web. Make sure to hit the subscription butt ...
  • Microsoft drops ban hammer on users who ripped ...
    Oh dear, I wonder how many twelve-year-old kids just lost their collective cool. Microsoft, in a very terse statement, made it known today that it had banned a number of Xbox LIVE users who had ripped off content from the console’s Marketplace. Users who suffered the ban have reported that they ...
  • The Guardian newspaper arrives on Android
    The UK’s Guardian newspaper is now available on Android, and the good news is it’s free of charge. The publication launched its subscription-based iOS app back in January, and whilst the mini iOS app version offers a selection of stories for free, access to the full app in the UK costs £2.99 ( ...
  • A Social Media Strategy for Startups in 11 Steps
    For startups, a killer social media strategy is the key to success. If you’re feeling anti-social and think you can keep quiet — think again. You have to take part in the world you’re helping to create, and there’s a right way and a wrong way to do it. Read on and sink your teeth into 11 steps ...
  • Does social media encourage bad table manners?
    I’ve just spent 3 days in Italy. For those of you who haven’t been there it is about as social a country as you will ever see. The people wave their hands around while talking to each other and groups of people both young and old stop on street corners to discuss everything from the price of co ...

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • Open For Inspection
    ���������������������� CommSec�s recently released report on Australian homes showed that we are still building the biggest new homes on the planet. According to the Sydney Morning Herald: �The latest figures show the average new home built in Australia is still 10 per cent bigger than its cou ...
  • Help Take Beyond Zero Global
    With your support, our 100 percent renewable message is making its way into community halls, MPs offices and the national media. Now, we are poised to make a global impact as Zero Carbon Australia researcher Patrick Hearps joins me to present at the International Energy Agency�s 2011 solar thema ...
  • Ballieu Government Anti-Wind Stance Closes the ...
    Changes to the planning rules for wind energy projects introduced by the Ballieu Government will cost Victoria hundreds of jobs billions of dollard in investment. Beyond Zero Emissions� Executive Director Matthew Wright says wind energy developments will reduce the cost of electricity: �Wind pr ...
  • Politicians Question the Role of Gas in Austra ...
    Politicians have raised fresh questions about the role of coal seam gas in Australia's energy future. Greens Senators Bob Brown and Christine Milne, along with MP Adam Bandt have all expressed concern about the emissions intensity of coal seam gas in the first week of the autumn session of parl ...
  • 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 ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Authorities capture the biggest crocodile ever ...
    Authorities in the Philippines captured the largest crocodile on record after a series of fatal attacks, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
  • Climate test for Obama: 1,252 people arrested ...
    Two weeks of climate disobedience at the White House ended over the weekend with 1,252 people arrested in total. Activists were protesting the controversial Keystone XL pipeline in an effort to pressure US President Barack Obama to turn down the project. If built the pipeline would bring oil fro ...
  • Germany proves the promise of renewable energy ...
    As many people in the United States question whether renewable energy is a viable alternative to fossil fuels, Germany now derives 20.8 percent of its electricity from renewable sources—a 15 percent increase since 2000, reports Der Spiegel. In contrast, the United States generates only 10 percen ...
  • EcoCommerce 101: adding an ecological dimensio ...
    EcoCommerce 101: Adding an Ecological Dimension to the Economy provides a foundation for an analysis of environmental economics from the perspective of a theorist and a practitioner. The author, a fifth-generation farmer living in the USA with a background in economics, separates his book into t ...
  • Picture of the day: where the Andes meets the ...
    The zone where the Amazon rainforest meets the Andes mountains is the most biodiverse place on Earth. Large amounts of rainfall and altitudinal gradients create a variety of microclimates and niches that are exploited by a wide range of species. The Western Amazon—especially its submontane and ...

Sierra Express

  • Sierra Leone’s ‘Leone Stars’ defeat Cameroon 2 ...
    LOS ANGELES – 384 semi-professional and amateur soccer players representing 20 African countries were featured in the first ever African Community Soccer Tournament that saw Sierra Leone’s  ‘Leone Stars’  defeat Cameroon’s  ‘L.A. Lions’  team 2-1 to capture the first ACST Cup title.  (Photo: The ...
  • Laughter at its best with Airtel
    Swarming laughter filled the air at the Miatta Conference Hall, Brookfields, as the Nigerian comedians in combination with our own home born comedians cracked the ribs of Sierra Leoneans with hilarious jokes.   (Photo: Airtel Staff with Nigerian comedians on arrival (far right Klint and Bash) Ai ...
  • Can the west avoid repeating Japan’s lost decade?
    Japan’s economic bubble burst twenty years ago. Since then the country suffered weak growth and what became known as, “the lost decade”. In recent weeks, a dominant question has been whether the US and European economies are to suffer the same fate? (Photo: Dr Gerard Lyons) If anything, the imme ...
  • Upcoming African Challenges for Washington
    The Upcoming Election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is just one of the myriad of Challenges that not only the Obama Administration will have to deal with but also its European and African Allies as well. The potential of having some serious danger occurring before the Congo Elections i ...
  • Female football legend Marta ends 2 day visit ...
    UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, Marta Vieira Da Silva, five-time FIFA world female player of the year, ended a two-day visit to Sierra Leone Sunday to promote women’s empowerment with the message “When women succeed, we all win.” During her visit, Marta met with University students, civil society grou ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Prices dip again in overnight dairy auction
    Average prices of dairy products fell for the sixth straight sale in Fonterra's latest online auction, reaching the lowest level in 10 months.The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 1.4 per cent to US$3,580 a metric tonne, according to results...
  • NZ still a target for Chinese dairy firm
    The Chinese-owned dairy company behind the failed bid for more than a dozen Crafar farms has told the Hong Kong Stock Exchange it is continuing to pursue business opportunities in New Zealand's dairy industry.Natural Dairy says...
  • Receivers' care after Hubbard's death
    The death of Timaru financier Allan Hubbard makes little difference to the ongoing sale of his businesses - but compassion is being exercised.Kerryn Downey, South Canterbury Finance receiver at McGrathNicol with William Black, said...
  • Fonterra confirms forecast for 2012 payout
    Fonterra, the world's largest dairy exporter, has confirmed the forecast payment for the 2012 season, which is expected to decline from 2011's record payout as global commodity prices ease from their highs.The operating...
  • Cost of tomatoes, broccoli soars
    A spike in the cost of tomatoes and broccoli helped bump up the Food Price Index by 2 per cent during July, Statistics New Zealand said.Tomatoes averaged $13.25 per kg in July, up 34 per cent on the previous month, while the cost...

The Bovine

  • Farmer Michael Schmidt: “Nine days to go ...
    As I was thinking about the countdown and the possible doom and gloom scenario some people anticipate, I am thinking about another 9 significant monuments in the cultural world. Beethoven composed 9 symphonies and documented unintended his own struggle in … Continue reading →
  • “Heads, the regulators win, Tails, raw m ...
    From David E. Gumpert on The Complete Patient blog: “”Heads I win, tails you lose.” I couldn’t help but think about that kids’ expression–the kind of everything-going-your-way fantasy all kids dream about at one time or another–as I read through … Continue reading →
  • Santa Cruz farmers stage milk-in today
    From Brad Kava in the Santa Cruz Patch: “Last week Santa Cruz went to the dogs, with its new law giving canines rights to visit the boutique downtown. This week it’s going to the goats, who will be milked near … Continue reading →
  • Raw milk farmer Michael Schmidt on “Ten ...
    Ten days until the raw milk appeal ruling on September 16th and Ten reasons why we will continue Will we win this appeal??.?? That is the question many are asking. It is not any more the question is Michael winning. … Continue reading →
  • “What if farming for profit really isn&# ...
    From Gene Logsdon at the Land Institute: After 70 years spent in agriculture, doing everything from milking a hundred cows when a hundred cows was a really big herd, to being a staff editor for The Farm Journal when The Farm Journal was a … Continue reading →

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • Stocks Rally in Yet Another Futile "We are Sav ...
    Equity markets are up across the board, but particularly Europe following a German court decision that everyone pretty much knew would happen anyway. Please consider German court reins in Berlin on euro crisis.The Constitutional Court in the southern city of Karlsruhe rejected, as expected, a s ...
  • Bernanke's Waterloo; Midst of Deflationary Co ...
    The September Contrary Investor It's A Long Hard Road is an exceptional marriage of debt-deflation concepts, long-wave K-Cycles, credit cycles, and Austrian economic thinking. Here is a lengthy snip of several key points with permission.If there has been one consistent theme since day one at CI, ...
  • Italian PM Calls Vote of Confidence; 70,000 Pr ...
    Attention turns to the German courts tomorrow for a ruling on the legality of bailouts. Today, eyes are on Italy. Italian PM Calls Vote of Confidence Bloomberg reports Berlusconi Cabinet Will Call for Confidence Vote on Revised Austerity Plan Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi called a C ...
  • Greek 1-Year Bond Yield Hits 88.48%; No Commen ...
    Greek one-year bonds march relentlessly towards a yield of 100%. No Comments from Trichet, ECB, or EU During this massive spike, there has been no comment from outgoing ECB president Jean-Claude Trichet, incoming ECB president Mario Drahgi, or for that matter anyone in the ECB or EU regardin ...
  • Switzerland to "Buy Foreign Currency in Unlimi ...
    In a stunning morning press release, Swiss National Bank sets minimum exchange rate at CHF 1.20 per euroThe current massive overvaluation of the Swiss franc poses an acute threat to the Swiss economy and carries the risk of a deflationary development. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is therefore ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • BFP Independent Perspective: Social Security M ...
    The Unanswered Question of “Social Security Surplus” By Linda Lewis As some politicians describe it, the Social Security program is an economic disaster forced upon younger generations by the demands of greedy baby boomers. News media obediently parrot the scare stories, seldom questioning the m ...
  • Jamiol Presents
  • Oh George! You got some ‘splainin‘ to do!
    Who at Alex Station knew what in August-September 2001? By Kevin Fenton Recent allegations made by former counterterrorism “tsar” Richard Clarke against former CIA Director George Tenet and two other former CIA managers, Cofer Black and Richard Blee, have thrown one of the key unanswered questio ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials-August 12 ...
    Escobar: Syria- Why the Regime Won’t Fall, Lebanon Intercepts Covert Arms Shipment Bound for Syria, DHS Trying to Make New Terrorist “Watchlist Service” Exempt from Privacy Act, Bank of America’s Backdoor Bailout, Begging for Change, Russia & Azerbaijan: An Obstacle to the U.S. in the Caucasus & ...
  • Answers in Absolute for ‘Why 9/11?’
    Why ‘some’ Still Question, Seek Answer(s) & Accountability For ‘some’ reason I have been receiving more than a few ‘eye-rolling’ responses when I mention our theme for the month leading up to September 11- the tenth year. You and I know where the conscious but mostly subconscious eye-rolling and ...

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 →

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Blogging Canadians

  • The irony of greed: The end game for Neoliber ...
    The global economy is in the toilet and the Boomers’ representatives are chanting: “flush, flush, flush.”  Me? I am eating cigarettes and wine while admiring the remarkable consistency in the myopia of all of it. In the name of fiscal … Continue reading →
  • Is This Just Two Rogue MPs or Is This NDP Policy?
    �NDP MPs, Alex Atamanenko from BC and� Quebec MP Alexandre Boulerice both support the humanitarian� flotilla� to Gaza. The Canadian Boat to Gaza plans to join other countries as part of a 12-boat flotilla this month to bring aid and challenge Israel to stop its blockade of the destitute Pales ...
  • Why Social Media behind the Government Firewal ...
    This comment, posted four months ago to my blog by Jesse G. in response to this post on GCPEDIA, remains one of the favorite comments posted to my blog ever. This is a public servant who understands the future and is trying to live it. I've literally had this comment sitting in my inbox because ...
  • Round Table Discussion on Labour Rights and Pr ...
    Hoping to see many of you at the non-partisan Round table discussion taking place on Sept. 20th starting at 7 pm at the Riverbend Public Library in Edmonton. Representatives of CUPW, CUPE, the Council of Canadians (and the federal NDP) have confirmed attendance. Facebook event: http://www.faceb ...
  • "Mr. President"
    Enjoy the day off Mr. President by Kurt Polenz As originally posted on: A trainwreck in Maxwell September 5, 2011 You earned it. It's hard work destroying a country that's 235 years old.

Press TV - Middle East

  • NAM states back Palestinian statehood
    Representatives of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member states have voiced support for a bid seeking recognition of a Palestinian statehood at the United Nations, Press TV reports.
  • Bahrainis demand downfall of regime
    Anti-government protesters have once again taken to the streets in Bahrain, demanding the downfall of the repressive Al Khalifa regime.
  • Recalled envoys back to Syrian capital
    Italian, Japanese and Tunisian ambassadors to Syria have returned to Damascus after they were recalled by their governments over the unrest in the Middle Eastern country, Press TV reports.
  • Israeli jets kill one, injure 3 in Gaza
    Israeli warplanes have attacked a civilian locality of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip, killing one person and injuring three members of a family.
  • Israel, Czech ink new air transport deal
    Israel and the Czech Republic have signed a new air transport agreement that increases the number of regular interregional flights.

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • The New Required Back to School Item
    All the time I went to school, from 1st grade through college, I loved school supplies. The best part of late August was buying the new notebooks, loose leaf binders, pens, markers, protractors and everything else that went along with the new school year. Of course, all the new toys needed a nic ...
  • What I Learned From The Job Interview Process
    “It’s a bad economy.” “We’re in a recession.” “You gotta take what you can get.” “Nobody is hiring anymore.” “Those old jobs are not coming back.” We are hearing a lot of negativity about the job market these days. The fact that the unemployment rate is hovering around 9% nationwide is not helpi ...
  • Welcome Letter to Students from Dean John Mogu ...
    Dear SPS Students: I hope you have enjoyed your summer and are looking forward to the challenges and rewards of the upcoming school year. Whether you are a new or returning student, it is my pleasure to welcome you to the School of Professional Studies for the fall 2011 term and to thank you for ...
  • Life After Graduation
    Its been a little over two months since graduation and I had so many plans as to what I wanted to do once June 7th passed. I was going to read more (because all my reading time was used reading class material). I was going to spend more time with my daughter. I was going [...]
  • Run for the Wild: Soundtracks for Running
    Music is a big part of my life and I’ve found that listening to music when I work out really helps me to push myself when I’m tired or just don’t feel like doing anything.  That said, it’s sometimes tough to listen to the same music over and over again. Below are some of the [...]

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