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A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the
Kermadec Islands at a depth of 34.7 km (21.6 miles), the quake hit at 03:38:58
UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 172 km ( 107 miles) ESE of Raoul I...
Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money could be lost to corrupt regimes as a result of the Government’s ballooning aid budget, a hard-hitting report by MPs has warned. The
Public Accounts Committee added ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Island of
Hawaii, Hawaii at a depth of 18.8 km (11.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:10:04 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 21 km ( 13 miles) Southeas...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Guatemala at a depth of 79.9 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 00:05:08 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 9 km ( 5 miles) SSW of Escuintla, Guatemala No...
David Cameron is to rush forward a landmark Commons vote on Britain's relationship with Europe. The move comes amid 'complete panic' in Tory high command about growing support in the party for a referendu...
Xenophobia and racism are never far from the surface in America, and Tuesday's GOP Las Vegas debate showed them breaking out of their cages-- again. At one point it looked like the candidates all might t...
[image: 51 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds look at their reflection 10 times a day] 51 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds look at their reflection 10 times a day While many young people love to check their a...
Most of us don't feel at out most bushy-tailed first thing in the morning. But a slightly depressing new report says that that is when we look our very best. It makes sense, as the morning make-up routi...
Katie Price has revealed that she is unhappy with the results of her £100,000 worth of plastic surgery... and she is far from alone in being disappointed by the odd nip and tuck. The ugly face of cosmet...
After a first date on a Saturday night, if it gets past 11.48am on Monday without a text or call then there's not much chance of a second outing, a survey has found. Modern communications mean sticking ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:21:40 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 40 km ( 24.8 miles) South of Koriyam...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Aisen, Chile at a depth of 15.3 km (9.5 miles), the quake hit at 20:45:11 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 411 km ( 255 miles) West ...
Protesters have vowed to bring Greece to a standstill on day two of a general strike as the government prepares to give the green light to a controversial austerity plan. Yesterday hundreds of youths sma...
Photo by Emily Laermer / Crain's.We shall not be moved!A report from occupied Wall Street:A new popular front against finance capital, encompassing a progressive majority of the country, is beginning to take...
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CENSORED NEWS - 51 minutes ago
*Torture Victims to Initiate Private Prosecution against George W. Bush on his Arrival in Canada* *by Center for Constitutional Rights* *Global Research* *Canadian Government Has Legal Obligation under UN C...
"A fantastic jumble of young blue star clusters, gigantic glowing gas clouds, and imposing dark dust lanes surrounds the central region of the active galaxy Centaurus A. This mosaic of Hubble Space Telesco...
“Dreams are the answers to questions that we haven't yet figured out how to ask.” - "Fox Mulder"
"We consider this as part of our duty to defend humanity against the scourge of intolerance, violence and fanaticism." - Ahmad Shah Massoud, from "Massoud's Letter To The People Of America," (1998). Two...
*Just released: 'Occupy Wall Street: The Movie'* 27 minutes Watch on YouTube: http://youtu.be/gt4j1nT9yJY Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
posted by PC at
Not PC - 3 hours ago
[image: _Quote4] The fundamental evil of government grants is the fact that men are forced to pay for the support of ideas diametrically opposed to their own.” - Ayn Ra...
At least 745 people have died in flooding in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines since July, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific said. Thailand has been hit the hardest, with ...
*"Cancer Feeds on Fructose,* * America's Number One Source of Calories"* by Anthony Gucciardi “High-fructose corn syrup is the primary source of calories in the United States. In addition to containing me...
*Governor Kasich struck his blow against gov't regulation.* *by Ken* My goodness, the things right-wingers say. It would be beyond belief except for the evident fact that there are Americans who nod and d...
posted by leftdog at
Buckdog - 3 hours ago
*This campaign, the Saskatchewan Party is putting forth a lot of 'attack ads' against New Democrat Leader, Dwain Lingenfelter. In their ususal enthusiasm to slander and slur, they have been caught with ye...
Dolores River*Federal Judge Halts 42-Square-Mile Uranium Leasing Program in Colorado* *Sweeping Ruling Suspends All Drilling, Mining, Exploration, Existing and Future Leasing* *.* *Press statement* *Post...
A Must-See Photo: #OccupyWallStreet From The End Of The Earth
Casablanca, Morocco. Thanks for stopping by.
*And yet they need **$5 more dollars** a month from you? * "Bank of America Corp. swung to a third-quarter profit on higher revenue, better credit quality, and one-time gains. Net income [was] $6.23 billi...
I had believed (and written about for years) before that infamous (September 2008) Not-So-Dumbya/Goldman-Sachs' John Paulson angst-ridden TV broadcast about the "absolutely necessary or we'll shoot ourselv...
Don't mess with Texas. Photo by Jon McLaughlin / National Resources Defense Council.'Regulatory capture':Cronyism and corruption in the Keystone XL Pipeline approval processBy Alyssa Burgin / The Rag Blog / ...
posted by PC at
Not PC - 5 hours ago
The left view ideas not as as the arbitrary products of warring mobs. With the OccupyEverything Mob, we are now getting ever closer to the warring mobs : I thought of the Joker's nihilistic ramblings [sa...
John Fitzgerald Kennedy: "City Upon a Hill" Speech (January 9, 1961). [image: Link]
*"Pat Robertson: God Let Zoo Animals Escape to Bite Gay People"* Televangelist Stirs Controversy With Latest Remarks by Andy Borowitz ZANESVILLE, OH (The Borowitz Report) – "As dozens of escaped exotic ani...
Canadian access to vital nutrients threatened by trade deals A commentary from the National Health Federation of Canada Canadians who prefer health care the natural way need to take a stand, and fast, ...
The unique find, which could be the earliest representation of childbirth in western art, show the head and shoulders of a baby emerging from a mother.
Through its infrared eye, Spitzer has detected the dusty remains of comet impacts around the star Eta Corvi -- reminding us what it must have been like during the early evolution of our own solar system.
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake has struck Washington at a depth of 11.5 km (7.1 miles), the quake hit at 19:51:08 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 4 km ( 3 miles) Northeast of Amboy, Washingto...
Primary voters in Oregon start filling in their ballots this Friday in the special election to fill David Wu's seat in the northwest corner of Oregon. The first congressional district is dependably Democ...
*"Study: Many College Students Not * *Learning to Think Critically"* by Sara Rimer NEW YORK — "An unprecedented study that followed several thousand undergraduates through four years of college found that...
posted by address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Dr. John v. Kampen) at
- 7 hours ago
*Current politics have something in common with the weather.* Both are unpredictable and completely chaotic. Even a 10-days forecast may fail while too many complexities are at play. See *Europe* struggli...
posted by PC at
Not PC - 7 hours ago
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“In a closed society where everybody’s guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.” - Hunter S. Thompson, “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”
Kayaker and photographer Rick Coleman captured incredible footage of a blue whale swimming alongside him.
*"United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Faces Off With the NYPD" * by SHTFblog "United States Marine Corps. Sgt. Shamar Thomas from Roosevelt, NY went toe to toe with the New York Police Department. An activi...
typography canvas by tenderbeasts on etsy *See my previous favorite things... dafont | firegestures | babycenter | allrecipes | w3schools | pandora and grooveshark | color scheme designer | swagbucks | ...
The death of a glacier is opening up new opportunities for salmon and other species.
*"Who Will Bail Out the Rescuers?"* by Bill Bonner "Yesterday, rumors circulated that the Europeans had their problems in hand. The Dow rose 180 points. The euro went up too, and now trades at $1.37. For ...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck offshore Chiapas, Mexico at a depth of 85.1 km (52.9 miles), the quake hit at 19:03:18 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 75 km ( 46 miles) WNW of Tapa...
Internet scammers were today trying to trick taxpayers into giving away their bank details after it was revealed that millions are in line for a rebate. Six million people are set to receive a windfall of...
*19 October 2011. * "*Gaddafi forces have captured 17 foreign mercenaries in Bani Walid , including several British and French... * "The anti-Gaddafi NTC were forced to withdraw from Bani Walid today... "...
As you can see from today's Seismogram activity is still increasing today - Anyone have any insight on this yet?
At least 745 people have died in flooding in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines since July, the Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific said. Thailand has been hit the hardest, with...
What is a blue straggler star anyway, and how is it being "left behind?"
Some 125,000 people have been forced out of their homes and 500 kilometers (300 miles) of roadways have been washed away in flooding in southeast Mexico, Tabasco state Governor Andres Granier said Wednesda...
Kenyan military forces moved into southern Somalia on Sunday, an official and residents said, a day after top Kenyan defense officials said the country has the right to defend itself after a rash of milita...
As the deadline for Serbs in northern Kosovo to dismantle their border barricades nears, they remain firm in their protest. The barricades are meant to stop attempts by Kosovan police, and NATO and EU fo...
Somali militants threatened to bring down Nairobi skyscrapers after Kenya sent hundreds of troops into Somalia. The threat emanated from the same lawless country in which the al-Qaida masterminds behind 19...
New York police officers are being investigated over allegations they have used excessive force against Occupy Wall Street protesters. A video, taped last Friday, has given grounds for one of the inquir...
What began as a man’s attempt to discipline his child turned into a sordid case of abuse when police say a Washington man forced his 16-year-old daughter to don Renaissance armor and engage in a wooden swo...
France warned on Tuesday that European unity would be at risk if eurozone leaders failed to take bold action to tackle its sovereign debt crisis at a crucial summit this weekend. In sharp contrast to sig...
The California man who lives part of his life as an “adult baby” and collects Social Security disability payments says the federal agency has cleared him of wrongdoing and will continue sending checks. St...
posted by Robin Horbury at
Biased BBC - 10 hours ago
Spot what's missing from this piece of so-called reporting by the BBC. Predictably, this most disturbing report about the agonising impact of fuel poverty has been processed by BBC business "reporter" Dam...
General Assembly at Occupy Austin. Photo from Occupy Austin.Even the weather turns spiritual:Onward through the storms at Occupy AustinAs Occupy Austin entered its second week, organizers were looking more r...
Future cars could sense terrain and location and use it to adjust driving systems.
This wall plate transforms standard dual AC power outlets into a single outlet and dual USB ports for charging devices.
Cinematics meets kinematics with a rising column that unfurls to form a 201-inch LED TV screen.
KFOR delivered an ultimatum to ethnic Serbs in Kosovo manning barricades at a border crossing in the breakaway region's north: remove the obstacles by Monday, or else the international peacekeepers will ...
A tornado left a 2-mile long trail of damage, peeling off roofs and tossing cars in a suburban South Florida neighborhood, officials said Wednesday. Minor injuries were reported. The tornado that struck B...
Syrian tank forces killed at least 25 people in a thrust into the opposition hotbed of Homs aimed at stemming growing armed resistance to President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on a seven-month-old popular ...
Fukushima City has launched a massive campaign to clean up radioactive materials, with the ultimate goal of decontaminating all homes and public facilities. The city is located about 60 kilometers from th...
One more person has died in Saptari district due to an unidentified disease on Wednesday, death toll reaching to six in total. Budhani Devi Yadav (45) of Pakari VDC-9 in the district died due to the uniden...
Residents and troops are piling up sandbags along canals in northern Bangkok to try to stop floodwater from reaching central parts of the Thai capital. Floods caused by the record rainfall have so far kill...
Botulism is the likely killer of hundreds of birds and fish found washed up on the shores of Georgian Bay from Collingwood all the way to Parry Sound, says the Ministry of Natural Resources. “The cause of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday threatened to kill the Palestinian prisoners released today under the swap agreement with Hamas, if they returned to the work of the resistance and carr...
John Bercow is fighting off attempts to slash his lucrative taxpayer-funded pension, it has emerged. David Cameron has announced he will change the law to end the special pension arrangements for the Prim...
Even as the citizens are yet to come out of trauma of eight-year-old Kush Kataria's brutal murder and demanding death for Ayush Pugalia, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Tuesday seemed to have list...
A malfunction during the most recent test flight of the private spacecraft SpaceShipTwo sent the vehicle hurtling out of control until its crew could stabilize the craft for a safe landing. The issue prov...
posted by laura k at
wmtc - 10 hours ago
I'm writing this from the IS encampment at Occupy Toronto, in St. James Park. It's chilly and wet out today, but people here are warm and energized. There are at least 75 tents set up, and I've heard that ...
Last week Rachel Maddow did a typically engaging and brilliant analysis of how the Republican Party is making a concerted effort to pervert democracy by disenfranchising likely Democratic voters and by c...
The high-powered New York lawyer hired by an anonymous donor to represent the parents of missing baby Lisa Irwin gave an interview this morning, alongside the family's private investigator, to tout the cou...
A listeria outbreak from cantaloupe melons has now been linked to 25 deaths across 12 U.S. states. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week that 123 people have now been sickened in t...
This mobile scanner has an internal memory that can store up to 600 pages.
Clever ad for Qualcomm's Snapdragon micro-processor is a real three ring circus...with bugs!
Billionaire Naveen Jain thinks that the moon's precious minerals as well as its mystique are worth exploration.
Touch screens don't have to be limited to a device's screen -- now they can be anywhere.
A new kind of radar may offer real X-ray vision to soldiers in urban combat zones.
Ten young people feared to be dead were last night sensationally found by authorities investigating the horrific ‘house of horrors’ basement where four disabled victims were kept chained to a boiler. The ...
Police are investigating the possibility that the owner of the Ohio reserve where almost 50 wild animals escaped from may have opened their cages and then committed suicide. Terry Thompson was found dead ...
From Friday this week a three-tonne satellite is set to fall to Earth, the German Aerospace Agency DLR warned today. The ROSAT satellite will re-enter between October 21st and 24th, scientists predict, an...
Feminist writer and activist Naomi Wolf was arrested Tuesday night among a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters outside an event honouring the governor of New York. Refusing to stay off the street under...
Fat-cat Greeks have secretly shifted more than €228billion euros out of their country's crisis-hit banks and into accounts in Switzerland, according to a report. The big money is fleeing the country as ri...
[image: Life goes on: young people play a game of volleyball in ankle-deep sea water in Funafuti, an atoll that is Tuvalu’s capital. Amelia Holowaty Krales] By AMELIA HOLOWATY KRALES 18 October 2011 Tu...
Local police in Zanesville, Ohio, have orders are to shoot on sight any of the escaped animals that remain on the lam.
posted by leftdog at
Buckdog - 12 hours ago
*"The Supreme Court of Canada has erected a shield to protect those who post defamatory internet links to other sites. The Court was unanimous in ruling that anyone whose site supplies hyperlinks that lea...
Future microchips may have only one type of component, capable of rewiring itself to do different jobs. Researchers from Northwestern University in the US have developed a material that can radically chan...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 38.7 km (24 miles), the quake hit at 13:31:49 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 42 km ( 26 miles) Eas...
Researchers have found evidence that the Stuxnet worm, which alarmed governments around the world, could be about to regenerate. Stuxnet was a highly complex piece of malware created to spy on and disrupt ...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Easter Island Region at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 13:26:03 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 639 km ( 397 miles) Northwest of...
Social network sites may be changing people's brains as well as their social life, research suggests. Brain scans show a direct link between the number of Facebook friends a person has and the size of cer...
I was honored to contribute to the printing of the first issue of the Occupied Wall Street Journal, and even more thrilled to see the quality of the contributions and layout. Below is a youtube about the ...
posted by David Vance at
Biased BBC - 12 hours ago
Here is a tale of how the BBC treats those who raise genuine concerns. I am sharing the email exchange for your interest with the permission of the person concerned. Have to say I was stunned by the decisi...
Turkish troops backed by fighter jets and helicopter gunships have pursued Kurdish rebels into Iraq. It follows overnight attacks on military installations in Hakkari province, near the Iraqi border, whic...
Why is the problem of violence against children so much more acute in the US than anywhere else in the industrialised world, asks Michael Petit, President of Every Child Matters. Over the past 10 years, m...
Some outside observers have been quick to draw apocalyptic lessons from America's recent economic woes. But here in the Black Rock Desert, in remote north-western Nevada, it truly is the end of Empire. Th...
The 42,000 plane trees lining France's historic Canal du Midi are being felled because of a fungus brought to Europe by US soldiers in World War II. Will the planes that decorate the streets of cities such...
Pakistan's army chief Ashfaq Kayani has warned the US that it will have to think "10 times" before taking any unilateral action in North Waziristan. He said that the US should focus on stabilising Afghanis...
Students and police have clashed in the Chilean capital, Santiago, during the latest protest over education reform. Police used tear gas and water cannon against masked protesters who set up barricades an...
Since Mexico's president launched his war on drugs five years ago, 45,000 people are estimated to have been killed. The appalling violence is now spreading from the border areas deeper into the country, t...
Dozens of exotic animals have escaped from a private zoo in Zanesville, Ohio, and are roaming the area, say police. Police have been receiving sightings of cheetahs, grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, ti...
A review is underway at a Niagara Falls hospital after an elderly patient fell at the facility and was told to call an ambulance for help. Doreen Wallace, 82, fell inside the double doors of the Greater Ni...
Demonstrators in Athens threw stones and gasoline bombs at police on Wednesday outside parliament during a two-day general strike that unions described as the largest in years. The protest, which has grou...
Twenty-four soldiers were killed and 18 injured during an attack early Wednesday morning in southeastern Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Rockets were launched at security forces and mi...
Will Greece default? Greece is widely expected to default on its debt. The question is how messy a default will be, what kind it could be and when it will happen. The country is waiting for an €8 billion ...
The Occupy Wall Street movement may hate corporate greed, but they're not averse to raising seed money like any good start-up. In addition to the $300,000 the group has raised through its website and depos...
Those spooky lenses may complement your ghastly attire, but they can come at a price -- your eyes.
Forge a nice, functional path with lightweight brick look-alikes containing solar-powered lights.
posted by David Vance at
Biased BBC - 13 hours ago
As a bit of a veteran of BBC radio debates, I can tell you that one of the biggest challenges is the way in which the host can limit your ability to react and respond to whoever you are debating with. This...
Getting back to Syria- while we have the news of Turkey killing Kurds, Kurds killing Turks along the border with Iraq. "In hot pursuit" I wonder if this heating up of disputes between the co-opted Kurds of...
posted by David Vance at
Biased BBC - 13 hours ago
I blogged on this over on A Tangled Web but I have to admit I was HORRIFIED by the way the the BBC ran it earlier today. In true totalitarian style, the idea that the old should be "encouraged" to swap the...
"Plantonistas" protest Mexican election results at Mexico City's Zócalo plaza, Nov. 11, 2011. Photo by Régis Lachaume / Wikimedia Commons. Borrowing From Mexico:The Wall Street PlantónBy Dick J. Reavis / The...
The Big Uneasy at The Green Project ~Press Street~Film Screening: 6:30pm Thursday, October 20, 2011 Location: The Green Project - 2831 Marais Street, New Orleans, LA 70117 ~Hat Tweet @LeveesOrg~WWL TV Chann...
[image: Aerial view of flooding in Thailand, north of Bangkok, 17 October 2011. BBC] BANGKOK, October 19 (AP) – Thailand's new premier acknowledged Wednesday that the country's flood crisis has overwhel...
*The 2009 H1N1 flu virus appears to have created a much greater threat to unborn babies than other types of seasonal flu.* Babies born to mothers who contracted the swine flu virus faced a much greater ...
Nathan Cullen shakes up the Mulcair-Topp cage match with an interesting idea : His plan would be to let grassroots members of the three parties [Liberals, NDP, Greens] decide in each riding currently held...
Great white sharks are protected in South Africa, but photos show how fishermen are still brazenly catching them.
*John M. Mason believes that the United States economy is recovering and will continue to recover. He also said that “financial crises are protracted affairs.”* *John M. Mason writes on current monetary...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Izu Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 24.8 km (15.4 miles), the quake hit at 12:03:06 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 346 km ( 214 miles) Nort...
President of the Canary Islands, Paulino Rivero, assures that the latest data point out that the tremor signal has fallen and that the bubble is gone . Experts expect to know within 48 hours the evolution ...
The 1% are: Congress & the president (Democrats & Republicans), Banksters, the FED, war profiteers, families like the Rockefellers & Rothschilds. They speka through the TV News Liars. They carry out false ...
"Congratulations LkCa 15! You've given birth to a proto-exoplanet!"
Yes, R.E.M. may have broken up as a band but they just lent their support to the OccupyWallStreet Movement with their 1987 classic, "Welcome to the Occupation" (from *Document*). But on Ed Schultz's show...
*when Texas executes one.* *A sign at multiple Occupy sites.*
For those of you who are not familiar with the phrase “gutless wonder” – my mother used to use that phrase for a person who was such a coward that she had to wonder how they managed to crawl out of bed eac...
[image: Using Internet May be Changing Brains] *Researchers* have put forward a report that using internet may change people’s brain. *Social network sites* may be changing people's brains as well as thei...
Two environmental associations in Tokyo's Katsushika Ward met the ward's mayor, Katsunori Aoki, on Oct. 18, seeking radiation tests and decontamination measures after they detected radiation of up to 5.47 ...
Officials have called for government standards on radiation decontamination measures following a spate of discoveries of radiation "hot spots" in the Tokyo metropolitan area. On Oct. 2, a high radiation ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:46:30 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 124 km ( 77 miles) West of Port-Vila, Efate, Vanu...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Philippine Islands Region at a depth of 59.2 km (36.8 miles), the quake hit at 11:29:35 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 140 km ( 86 miles) SSW o...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the Southern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 10:40:39 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 536 km ( 333 miles) Nort...
A new computer virus that shares the same code as last year's Stuxnet worm has been discovered by security experts who warn it could be a precursor to another cyber attack. Security software firm Symante...
Idaho I vacationed in Idaho this year – beautiful state – too bad so many of your politicians are corrupt and in bed with the corporations. The state motto of Idaho is the Latin phrase "Esto perpetua," w...
[image: President Barack Obama] President Barack Obama said before the last day of his jobs bill bus tour that,” the U.S. economy is weak and "we're still going through difficult circumstances". "I guara...
The commercial captures canine interest by featuring high-frequency noises only dogs can hear.
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Azores Islands Region at a depth of 12.2 km (7.6 miles), the quake hit at 06:23:43 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 162 km ( 100 miles) South of ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the South Coast of Papua, Indonesia at a depth of 9.8 km (6.1 miles), the quake hit at 04:54:24 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 107 km ( 66 mil...
Police say they are now in control of an illegal traveller site in Essex - after six protesters are injured during the eviction of residents and protesters. "We are now in control and have a peaceful sit...
Civil rights activists Reverend Art Rocker and Dick Gregory will be in Houston, Texas to picket BP headquarters. Their goal: to hold BP responsible for the lack of transparant and fair claims response. The...
*Movement For Economic Justice Gains Global Momentum* Liberty Square, New York, NY — One month ago today about 2,000 people rallied in Lower Manhattan and marched up Broadway. Stopping at Zuccotti Park a...
Photo courtesy: commondreams.org This is probably not what most people would call a fun fact; but, it is a fact nonetheless. From the climate files: British researchers have discovered that a species of...
This video shows a mountain biker training in Africa. All of a sudden, out of nowhere comes this enormous buck racing at full speed. The buck and biker collide with the following result. So, remember: ...
Photo courtesy: WTAE/Public Domain I thought I had seen the epitome of brazen criminal behaviour, right here in my own building, just a few months ago. When one of my friends went down to the lobby at 5:...
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Broken of Britain - 19 hours ago
Jessica Jordan Burton - Miss Bolivia
In recent days, the media have been full of proclamations by some people from the National University of Singapore. They say that a warmer planet means smaller (individual) animals and smaller (individu...
*Chime.In* is like Twitter, Facebook, blogger and Reddit. With Chime.In, you can post text, photos and videos, and you can join 'interest' groups. Reportedly, Chime.In will let users take half of the adv...
Every once in a while I revisit the topic of cannibalism. It is controversial and opinions range from blind acceptance of its reality to outright rejection of any such behavior as by Aren back in...
This insight conforms beautifully with the clinical presentation of such diseases and allergies also. It is really saying that we are for some reason responding imperfectly to the food we eat. I...
The idea of planting trees throughout a field crop acreage appears to be catching on in the tropics. At first it was merely a partial restoration of former practises with sporatic results. Now...
This hardly increases our confidence in the inputs used in the climate models running around. A one third change attributed to El Nino is huge and disconcerting to boot. In fact it appears tha...
posted by Robin Horbury at
Biased BBC - 21 hours ago
Here we go again...Richard Black advocating at full throttle that governments should start taxing oil at the well-head to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Begrudgingly, he concedes that efforts to create a...
A nation dies when it forgets its heroes. America will not die because despite the treason from within the American people have not forgotten their heroes and forefathers. George Washington, Thomas Jeffer...
Permalink #OWS Interview: Prosecute the Wall Street Mafia! Bill Black, Dylan Ratigan & David DeGraw on the Destruction of the Rule of Law October 18th, 2011 When it comes to prosecuting the lead players ...
They wash and wax them, go on and on about them - some even adorn them with furry dice. But men who admit to loving their cars and seeing them as an 'extension of themselves', are more likely to be aggr...
"Only 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy, also known as NGC 5128, is featured in this sh...
Taking newer blood pressure drugs cuts the risk of Alzheimer's by up to 50 per cent, British scientists say. Patients on these new drugs are also less likely to develop vascular dementia – a condition c...
It is the evidence parents have longed to arm themselves with in disputes with their children – getting older really does make you wiser. The over-55s use their brains more efficiently than their younger...
Massive and lethal radiation contamination could be the "inconceivable scenario" for Kuwait if a nuclear disaster were to take place at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant, located only 270 kilometers from ...
An internal New York Police Department review has found an official violated department guidelines when he used pepper spray on Occupy Wall Street protesters last month, and is being disciplined by having ...
Dale Farm was in lockdown today as hundreds of bailiffs finally prepared to clear the site after travellers lost their battle to stay on the site. Last minute work to reinforce the barricades behind the ma...
Secret hearings will be held in terror compensation cases, in an attempt to stop the taxpayer being used as a £1million ‘cashpoint’ for fanatics. The move is designed to end the dilemma faced by the Cabine...
*“The Sea Grows Old In It”* by Chet Raymo ․ “’The poet, like the electric [lightning] rod, must reach from a point nearer to the sky than all surrounding objects down to the earth, and down to the dark w...
[image: Like? The more Facebook friends you have, the better your social skills, say researchers] Like? The more Facebook friends you have, the better your social skills, say researchers It's become a ...
**The Immense Criminal Enterprise Known as "Responsibility to Protect." Foreword by Tony Cartalucci October 19, 2011 - Meet Dr. Sliman Bouchuiguir, the man behind the verified pack of lies used to justif...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Southern Iran at a depth of 34 km (21 miles), the quake hit at 03:10:25 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) North of Lar, Iran No report...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck Southern Iran at a depth of 40.3 km (25 miles), the quake hit at 02:52:44 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 51 km ( 31 miles) North of Lar, Iran No rep...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Kyushu, Japan at a depth of 37.1 km (23.1 miles), the quake hit at 02:36:44 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 34 km ( 21 miles) Southwest of Miyazaki, ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Southern Iran at a depth of 38.9 km (24.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:58:07 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 98 km ( 60 miles) SSW of Lar, Iran No rep...
*Ken and I went to elementary school together in Brooklyn. We often get smitten with the same magazine covers* Obama's never going to be the kind of president I want. I knew that-- from carefully studying...
*Massachusetts State supreme court says...If you buy a property from a bank and that bank did an improper foreclosure bad luck for you because you won't be able to resell or get a clear title to the plac...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Timor Region, Indonesia at a depth of 29.2 km (18.1 miles), the quake hit at 00:50:44 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 129 km ( 80 miles) Southwe...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Antigua and Barbuda Region, Leeward Islands at a depth of 25.5 km (15.8 miles), the quake hit at 23:49:42 UTC Tuesday 18th October 2011. The epicenter was 10 km ( ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Santa Cruz Islands at a depth of 74.3 km (46.2 miles), the quake hit at 23:32:54 UTC Tuesday 18th October 2011. The epicenter was 110 km ( 68 miles) SSE of Lata, S...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Kepulauan Mentawai Region, Indonesia at a depth of 40.8 km (25.4 miles), the quake hit at 18:19:22 UTC Tuesday 18th October 2011. The epicenter was 172 km ( 106 mi...
US forces are massing on the Pakistan border in eastern Afghanistan amid reports of an imminent drone missile offensive against fighters from the feared Haqqani Network, a Taliban faction which operates fr...
Almost 2000 protesters with tents and sleeping bags plan to occupy Auckland's Aotea Square for the next six weeks as part of a worldwide grassroots movement against corporate greed and inequality. The mov...
Some Issues And Themes Discussed by Alex Jones and Dr. Steve Pieczenik: - The lie about Iran's assassination plot and the political fallout. - The collapse of the credibility of the Obama White House. - The ...
Occupy Sacramento at midnight, Russell in his wheelchair, is the last one arrested tonight, Tuesday night. Screen capture Censored News Naomi Wolf arrested/Photo by Mike Shane/Twitter *Naomi Wolf describes a...
Eat the Rich: Occupy Wall Street is made for TV.What the Occupy Wall Streetmovement has accomplished so farBy David P. Hamilton / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2011Plenty.1. The implantation of the tactical inn...
*Photo of Naomi Wolf getting arrested courtesy of @MikeShanePhoto*
Although, God, if you're listening, I'd really, *really* appreciate it if you could send it flaming into earth's atmosphere before Halloween. In case you don't keep up on LGBT news as I do, the picture ab...
[image: Tokyo Metropolitan Soil Testing Results, 8 August 2011. As our first work of our Nationwide Soil Testing Project, we tested soil samples from 132 areas in the Tokyo metropolitan area, including T...
A dead 2.4 ton satellite, the German Roentgen Satellite (ROSAT), is due to make a fiery reentry, possibly as early as Friday (Oct. 21).
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*"In the Thick of It: Working from Center"* by The DailyOm "When you feel you are in the thick of things, tapping into your own inner resources will help bring strength. When we are “in the thick of it,” ...
"As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware o...
*This may be my favorite New Yorker cover of all time. It's by Barry Blitt, and yes, you can click to enlarge.* *by Ken* "CHANGE SHMANGE!" indeed -- now *that's* what I call a slogan. It isn't always easy...
Indiana The Crossroads of ALEC Each person on the list has been compiled and cited using the web and you can also find the proof by researching through ALEC documents, reports and magazines, the Maryland...
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I’ve granted before that the #OccupyWallStreet mob do have one grain of truth in their anger, whether or not they know it. Where they do *not* have a point is their whining about being the so-called 99%...
Religion as magic elixir. Image from Photobucket.Religion:The elixir of Republican politicsBy Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / October 18, 2011An elixir is a substance taken to cure one’s ills, or it’s a su...
[Contributions joyfully accepted and humbly acknowledged!]CEO Size Queens Posted: 18 Oct 2011Every pushback against the finance parasites brings a horde of mini-CEOs out to comment on blogs. By a strange c...
The vaccine, in development for more than 25 years, now gets most of its support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The American Civil Liberties Union intends to take the case to the Supreme Court.
Egypt's US funded, trained, equipped, and backed agitator of April 6, back in US to "advise" Occupy Wall Street crowds. by Tony Cartalucci October 19, 2011 - Wired Magazine has just reported that Ahmed Ma...
*"The 99%"* by Rebecca Solnit "We are the 99% is the cry of the Occupy movement. This summer one of the flyers that helped launch the Occupy Wall Street protest read: “We, the 99%, call for an open gener...
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A search on the BBC website for 'Occupy Wall Street' brings up pages of articles within the last month (the first appearing on 23rd September). There are now well over thirty articles just about the U.S. p...
[image: Boats motor across flooded Sindh province, Pakistan, 17 October 2011. 44 villages are marooned in this area alone. The UN says that five million Pakistanis are at risk after the monsoon floods. B...
Parents should talk to their children under 2, rather than sit them in front of a television.
Watch video footage of what the on-board computer "sees," how it detects other vehicles, pedestrians and traffic lights.
Since the start of OccupyWallStreet, a month ago, I've been furiously quoting passages by the two bards of the movement, David Korten and Corey Robin and then last night and Sunday night we showed the ou...
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Looking to their bottom lines, Kiwisaver providers came out in their droves this morning in support of the government’s plans to coerce more New Zealanders into Kiwisaver. Milford Asset Management man...
[image: The green scum shown in this image is the worst algae bloom Lake Erie has experienced in decades. The Landsat-5 satellite acquired the top image on October 5, 2011. Vibrant green filaments extend...
"Unless a man has pity he is not truly a man. If a man has not wept at the worlds pain he is only half a man, and there will always be pain in the world, knowing this does not mean that a man shall dispai...
If Galileo had an X-ray telescope he would have noted a powerful burst of energy from the heart of our galaxy 400 years ago.
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it w...
*"Making Sense of Revolution"* By Bill Bonner “Last week, the economy seemed to be looking up after all. No recession. No bear market. No muss. No fuss. But this week started out on the wrong foot. All o...
*"What You Simply MUST Understand"* by Karl Denninger “I linked a Youtube presentation a couple of days ago by a professor who explained the exponent thing. It was dry and I bet nobody went and watched ...
Gotta love the Brits – they come right to the point and with such succinctness. Many times if I want the real news about what is happening in the United States I read papers from other countries. Here’s a...
Inflation is now digging deeper into household wages than it has done since the oil crisis of the late 1970s. That is the depressing fact buried in the new inflation data – yet more evidence of the long-...
Seeking best representative for debate's corporate sponsors. by Tony Cartalucci October 19, 2011 - It's no secret, at least to those who bothered to check, that GOP candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Perry s...
The American people have spoken and they want to know about ET (but marijuana law reform is more of a priority).
If a nation's economy is heavily dependent on imported resources that are in increasingly short supply, should this be factored into that country's credit rating? It seems to follow that the more depende...
An emergency summit of the European Union has been postponed by six days to October 23, giving German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy the necessary time to develop a comprehen...
An alleged plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States may have violated a U.N. treaty protecting diplomats and could escalate the crisis to an international court. U.S. authorit...
Amidst conflicting data about the liquidity state of the Russian banking system Business RT spoke with Aleksey Terekhov, Vice President at FBK and Dmitry Vinogradov, Head of strategy and banking at UBS, ab...
Some people go online for sports scores; others log on to check email. Military personnel with the US Air Force, however, recently used the Web to learn that their controversial and exuberantly expensive d...
Thousands of children in England are being horrifically abused by gangs, the deputy children's commissioner has said, as she launches an inquiry. Current estimates say up to 10,000 children could be affect...
Canadian organizers are revving up their plans for the Occupy Wall Street-conceived global action day, the most adventurous idea yet for a movement that some experts say has the potential to trigger a majo...
“How can they write me an IOU for medication?” That’s Alex Aiello, and he's been battling leukemia since April 2009. Aiello, 26, was on his last few courses of Atra, a drug known to raise cure rates to 80...
The International Space Station likely won't have to be evacuated despite the recent failure of a Russian rocket launched toward the orbiting lab, a panel told U.S. lawmakers Oct. 12 on Capitol Hill. On A...
We just love it when a group of people can put themselves in the shoes of others. That's why we heart a new blog called "We are the 1 percent. We stand with the 99 percent." Just like the previous blogs t...
Employees of luxury goods manufacturer Gucci were subject to "torture", being made to stand for 14 hours a day, pay for goods stolen by customers and being forced to ask for toilet breaks. Allegations of...
The average British home lost £594 in value in September alone, and £5,240 in the past year. House prices fell by 0.3pc in September, wiping just £594 off the cost of the average home, according to the l...
The number of cash machines dispensing £5 notes has increased sixfold in just two years following a campaign by consumer groups to help people in economically-deprived areas. There are now 3,954 cash mac...
Over at Foreign Policy.com, prominent realist Stephen Walt has a thought-provoking article exposing “The Myth of American Exceptionalism.” His basic point: U.S. officials - and the American public - need t...
The United States has long styled itself a Pacific power. It established the model of counterinsurgency in the Philippines in 1899 and defeated the Japanese in World War II. It faced down the Chinese and t...
For years, polls have shown that about 90 percent of Americans support the labeling of foods that contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). That's about as close to a consensus as you're going to get i...
Ketchup, a petite 22-year-old from Chicago with wavy red hair and glasses with bright red frames, arrived in Zuccotti Park in New York on Sept. 17. She had a tent, a rolling suitcase, 40 dollars’ worth of ...
Whether it is the hucksters pushing for the Keystone XL pipeline to cut across the Heartland, or the coal barons who are ramping up their exploits in Powder River Basin, a familiar refrain can be heard ech...
[image: The crippled container ship MV Rena lists to starboard with its stern aground on the Astrolabe reef. More oil leaked from the stricken ship after the boat was battered by four-meter swells off th...
[image: A significant amount of carbon in land is leaking into streams and rivers, then to the atmosphere. Scientists added a harmless titanium dioxide tracer to streams and rivers to track carbon flow. ...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Jujuy, Argentina at a depth of 174.3 km (108.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:48:43 UTC Tuesday 18th October 2011. The epicenter was 121 km ( 75 miles) WNW from San Salvad...
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has been combing the shore beside Dalgety Bay Sailing Club to remove cancer-causing contamination and identify the source of radioactivity at the site, whi...
[image: Water crisis: A NASA photo captures Atafu Atoll, the smallest of the Tokelau Islands in the Southern Pacific Ocean. Experts say there will be no drinking water left by the middle of October 2011....
WANTED: Adult male black and white Adelie penguin on charges of grand theft rock.
The Himalayas -- not deserts -- may be the world's best place to collect solar power.
*Olbermann and Gore are symbols of a complete failure in the market combined with dirty sources of money linked to corruption and government regulation and subsidies* BNET makes a very interesting point a...
A freak tornado ripped off a nursery roof leaving frightened toddlers surrounded by wreckage. The twister destroyed a shed on the street in Mirehouse, Cumbria, smashed windows of neighbouring houses and l...
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has struck Adelaide, South Australia at a depth of 17 km (10.6 miles), the quake hit at 15:52:25 UTC Tuesday 18th October 2011. The epicenter was 12 km ( 7 miles) SSW of Adelaide...
Edmund Burke would have just not liked Ken Aden-- at least politically-- one little bit. Ken's an engaing, earnest, easy-going and friendly guy, so it would be difficult for *anyone* to not like him pers...
There are risks associated with diagnosing this young age group, but some experts say that children are already being treated for it.
There was a time you didn't have to tell a Liberal how to read the winds of change. Of course that was before they (were) moved from Sussex Drive to Stornoway to Motel 6. Change, however, is very much i...
Thanks to Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya for putting this piece together and Voltaire Network for putting it up. Just putting up some brief excerpts- The names change but the methods remain the same. In Iraq the ...
I make no comment, I simply report; Rangers Football Club is withdrawing all co-operation with the BBC as of today. The decision has been taken due to the repeated difficulties the Club has encountered wi...
- Both brains try to control reptile's body causing conflicting movements - Experts fear it may not live very long [image: Odd: The two heads of the snake which was found in Tennessee can cl...
[image: Traffic moves through a dust storm which cast a brown pall over downtown Lubbock, Texas on Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. A strong cold front bringing north and west winds gusting to 60 mph churned up th...
Are we the only ones worried about why there are no listings of the activity which has been increasing during the past two weeks at the Megler station in Washington? I have searched and even earthquake t...
Just like the *Tea Party *on the other side, the *Occupy Wall Street*movement is on the brink of having real political power. Everyone wants to know -- what do they want? What changes will they ask for? Wit...
Coach Sean Payton faces long recovery Out Of Bounds by Jabari Greer: DJ for a day ~Hat Tweet @skooks The Big Fix Presser~American Zombie The Big Fix - New Orleans Premiere - Kindra Arensen from Jason Berr...
Reader Contribution; Experts say a highly infectious virus found in wild salmon on B.C.'s central coast could have a devastating impact on the province's wild salmon and herring. Simon Fraser University...
Demonstrators appear to be planning more disruptions Tuesday as part of the ongoing Occupy Toronto protests. On Monday, a group of about 100 people brought traffic to a halt at Yonge and Dundas streets du...
Four-year-olds showing debilitating signs of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder should be evaluated by doctors, revised guidelines say. Previously, recommendations and diagnosing and managing ADHD st...
U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in September to record their largest increase in five months as gasoline prices surged, a government report showed on Tuesday. The Labor Department said its s...
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A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 34.7 km (21.6 miles), the quake hit at 03:38:58 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 172 km ( 107 miles) ESE of Raoul I...
Millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money could be lost to corrupt regimes as a result of the Government’s ballooning aid budget, a hard-hitting report by MPs has warned. The Public Accounts Committee added ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Island of Hawaii, Hawaii at a depth of 18.8 km (11.7 miles), the quake hit at 00:10:04 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 21 km ( 13 miles) Southeas...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Guatemala at a depth of 79.9 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 00:05:08 UTC Thursday 20th October 2011. The epicenter was 9 km ( 5 miles) SSW of Escuintla, Guatemala No...
David Cameron is to rush forward a landmark Commons vote on Britain's relationship with Europe. The move comes amid 'complete panic' in Tory high command about growing support in the party for a referendu...
Xenophobia and racism are never far from the surface in America, and Tuesday's GOP Las Vegas debate showed them breaking out of their cages-- again. At one point it looked like the candidates all might t...
[image: 51 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds look at their reflection 10 times a day] 51 per cent of 18 to 24 year olds look at their reflection 10 times a day While many young people love to check their a...
Most of us don't feel at out most bushy-tailed first thing in the morning. But a slightly depressing new report says that that is when we look our very best. It makes sense, as the morning make-up routi...
Katie Price has revealed that she is unhappy with the results of her £100,000 worth of plastic surgery... and she is far from alone in being disappointed by the odd nip and tuck. The ugly face of cosmet...
After a first date on a Saturday night, if it gets past 11.48am on Monday without a text or call then there's not much chance of a second outing, a survey has found. Modern communications mean sticking ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Eastern Honshu, Japan at a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:21:40 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 40 km ( 24.8 miles) South of Koriyam...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Aisen, Chile at a depth of 15.3 km (9.5 miles), the quake hit at 20:45:11 UTC Wednesday 19th October 2011. The epicenter was 411 km ( 255 miles) West ...
Protesters have vowed to bring Greece to a standstill on day two of a general strike as the government prepares to give the green light to a controversial austerity plan. Yesterday hundreds of youths sma...
"We consider this as part of our duty to defend humanity against the scourge of intolerance, violence and fanaticism." - Ahmad Shah Massoud, from "Massoud's Letter To The People Of America," (1998). Two...
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