- 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 & ...
- 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 ...
- 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 &nbs ...
- 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 & Well ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 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 elec ...
- 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, she’s 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Friday Infographic: What is Trawling?
This is part of a series of ocean infographics by artist Don Foley. These infographics also appear in Oceana board member Ted Danson’s book, “Oceana: Our Endangered Oceans and What We Can Do to Save Them.” Bottom trawls, enormous fishing nets that are dragged across the sea floor, clear- ...
- New Issue of Oceana Magazine: Ocean Heroes and ...
The new issue of Oceana magazine is hot off the press! In this issue, you’ll learn about our latest news and victories, and lots more, including: *Profiles of our 2011 Ocean Heroes, shark-loving Sophi Bromenshenkel and sea lion-rescuing Peter Wallerstein *A thought-provoking Q&A with env ...
- US and EU Reach Accord on Pirate Fishing
Trawl nets containing uprooted gorgonian corals. © Oceana/Juan Cuetos Today, the U.S. and E.U. signed a historic agreement to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing. These activities are responsible for most illegal fish on the market, some of the most destructive fishing practic ...
- Victory! California Senate Passes Shark Fin Tr ...
Things continue to look up for sharks in the Pacific. Last night the California Senate passed a ban on the sale, trade, possession, and distribution of shark fins in the state. Oceana was instrumental in the passage of this bill to protect the ocean’s apex predators. If the bill is sig ...
- 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’s ...
- The Cost of Fear: Osama Won
“The dangerous trend in Pakistan,” he said, “is that there is far more hate for America now than there was ever love of Osama.” – Mission Unfinished, BY JILL ABRAMSON – In the twilight of America’s decade-long, multibillion-dollar intervention, Afghanistan remains highly unstable, th ...
- Sunday Morning Early-Bird News Round-Up
Good morning and welcome to Sunday. On this day in history, September 11, 2001, the U.S. suffered it’s worst terror attack on domestic soil as terrorists hijacked 4 planes and targeted NY and Washington D.C. for attack. The Sunday talk shows will be replete with commemorations, interviews, ...
- 9/11 Commemoration: Three Presidents, Differen ...
“There has always been a special place in the common memory for people who deliberately, knowingly, certainly lay down their lives for other people to live. …” – Pres. Bill Clinton Every time I hear the word “anniversary” invoked for 9/11 I cringe. There is no ...
- Progressive Notes: Tammy Baldwin a Go, Perry ‘ ...
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Rep. Grijalva on MSNBC urging a bolder jobs plan. He says nothing will happen with Boehner, but the debate over a bold plan will be a boon to Dems in 2012. He will and has been ignored tragically: Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin announce ...
- Queer Talk: Millennial generational changes
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. If you were born on or after December 21, 1993, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue has always been law – those who are gay, lesbian or bisexual (not transgender) could serve in the U.S. military, but not “openly.” Over 1 ...
- 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
- 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 ...
- 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 li ...
- 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 commen ...
- 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 [...]
- 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.
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 Bl ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 530,0 ...
- 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 equi ...
- 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. “No one thought that Britain, which was once a pioneer in arrogance and colonialism, would one day be engulfed in the flames of its pe ...
- 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 ...
- 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 sur ...
- 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 ...
- 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 cos ...
- 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 yo ...
- 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 cof ...
- 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 Hera ...
- 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 pro ...
- 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 parli ...
- 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 what ...
- 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 ...
- 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 submontan ...
- 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 ...
- 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, ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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 t ...
- 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 ...
- 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 I’ve 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 you’re 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 →
- Run For The Wild: What do Baking and Running H ...
Wow! The last few weeks have flown by, and I’m happy to say that I’ve kept up my training schedule for the Run for the Wild, despite the fact that it feels like we’ve traded NYC for Seattle. For those keeping track with me, I’m now in my fourth week, and have one more run ...
- 9/11: Ten Years Later
It was a clear September morning. The first plane struck the World Trade Center’s North Tower at 8:46 a.m. The second at 9:03 a.m. Terror came to NYC in the form of evil that most had never known before. For all of the lives that were impacted on this tragic day in our nation; I [...]
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Denmark Election: All Parties Lack Morality
It was with joy that I watched television coverage of election day, September 15. According to all the nine political parties running, and the mass media, there were no wars in the world and Denmark no longer was involved in three wars—Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya alongside the USA. In fact, all ...
- Dare We Question Capitalism?
Between 1900 and 2011 there have been 24 recessions in the United States (including the Great Depression), about once every 4.6 years — some decades more, some less — largely from inevitable overproduction and greed. Yes, capitalism’s highly productive and has made many Americans rich and ...
- Chavez versus Obama: Facing Presidential Elec ...
Two incumbent presidents are running for re-election in 2012, Hugo Chavez in Venezuela and Barack Obama in the United States. What makes these two electoral contests significant is that they represent contrasting responses to the global economic crises. Chavez, following his democratic sociali ...
- Questionnaire for 2012 Candidates
1. The US has more than 700 military bases in 130 foreign countries. Do you support the closing of all of these bases? YES________ NO________ 2. The Black Budget finances covert operations in an unknown number of foreign countries. It was authorized during the Truman administration. Since then, ...
- Congress Sees Middle East Through AIPAC-Colore ...
During August recess this year, 81 members of Congress went on a junket to Israel funded by the Israel lobby group AIPAC (well, funded by the American Israel Education Fund, but they are really one and the same) to “learn first-hand about one of our closest friends and allies.” While the r ...
- Fukushima Fallout in California Waters: A Threat?
The radioactive fallout from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant accident has spread as far as California waters, according to scientists from the University of California, Berkeley. But although the level of radioactivity in the water was higher than normal, they said, it was still very low and ...
- Soros & Roubini: US Is Already In Recession: E ...
Stock markets around the world tumbled in early trading today following the Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will proceed with a a new $400bn bond-buying plan to ward off a double-dip recession, and yet both George Soros and Nouriel Roubini say the US is already in a recession, and that it ...
- Is crude oil still gushing in the Gulf? New te ...
Roughly a year and a half after the BP oil disaster left the Gulf of Mexico saturated with crude oil and toxic Corexit chemicals, new evidence has surfaced showing what appears to be more crude oil spewing into the ocean. Raw Story explains that Dr. Bonny Schumaker, founder of OnWingsOfCare.org, ...
- Depressed As A Nation? 80 Percent Of Americans ...
According to a brand new Gallup poll, 80 percent of Americans believe that we are in a recession right now. Of course the government insists that the recession ended quite some time ago, but apparently the message is not sinking in. Not only that, most Americans also do not believe that things ...
- Soros: Embrace Mass Centralization Of Power In ...
Billionaire globalist George Soros says that the world will face a second Great Depression unless leaders in Europe come together in a closer political union to push through bold new policies, including the creation of a European Treasury....“There is no alternative but to give birth to the miss ...
- Q&A: Mighty Maya Cities Succumbed to Environme ...
The latest archeological findings in the Mirador Basin of Guatemala lend further credence to the theory that the Maya civilisation that once flourished there was brought down by environmental causes such as deforestation.
- OP-ED-RIGHTS: "We Just Want to Know Where They ...
The last time Supaya Serrano saw her sisters Erlinda and Ernestina, they were just three and seven years old, respectively.
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Nepali Women Sow a Secure Future
Learning a lesson from crop failures attributed to climate change, Nepal's women farmers are discarding imported hybrid seeds and husbanding hardier local varieties in cooperative seed banks.
- SOMALIA: Armed Militia Grab the Famine Business
Armed groups are withholding aid and preventing Somali famine refugees from leaving camps to ensure the continued supply of food by aid agencies that they are presently selling on the open market.
- U.S.: Tea Party, Fox News Viewers Outliers on ...
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.
- Russia ready for more nuclear cooperation with ...
Summary: Russian energy minister Sergei Shmatko on Sunday promised further nuclear cooperation with Iran, after building the Islamic republic's first atomic power plant despite US objections. "I say with certainty that in the future, we will have more cooperation in the Bushehr power plant, ...
- Iran desires to establish brotherly ties with ...
Summary: Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)President Ahmadinejad accused the United States and its allies of plotting to destabilize the Middle East, and expressed readiness to host a meeting for the Muslim nations to help in settling the problems in Syria "without intervention of the foreigners." "W ...
- 9/11, THE UNITED STATES, AND THE ISLAMIC REP ...
Summary: Egypt protestsEarlier this week, as part of Al Jazeera’s coverage of the 10th anniversary of 9/11, Hillary appeared on Al Jazeera English to talk about the war on terror and American foreign policy, see here. She made a series of points that warrant serious discussion by Americans a ...
- Iran ups criticism of Turkey over NATO missile ...
Summary: TEHRAN — Iran toughened Thursday its criticism of Turkey over its plan to host an early-warning radar as part of NATO's missile defence system, saying it will create tension and lead to "complicated consequences." source: AFPread more
- 'West bullies Syria to salvage Israel'
Summary: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insists that the ongoing Western threats waged against Syria are aimed at salvaging the Israeli regime and promoting the West's own interests in the region source: PressTVread more
- Melatonin plays an important role in healthy d ...
(NaturalNews) Melatonin is known as the regulator of the sleep wake cycle in the body. It is produced in the pineal gland of the brain and monitors sleep cycles while playing an important role in healing and anti-oxidant protection. New indicators are showing that it may play an even more import ...
- Police grant Apple security officials unlawful ...
(NaturalNews) Just weeks before the speculated launch of Apple Inc.'s long-awaited iPhone 5, the technology giant has once again lost a critical prototype of the unreleased smartphone, according to SF Weekly. After supposedly tracing the device back to the home of a San Francisco man, undercover ...
- While homes burned, feds told Texas volunteer ...
(NaturalNews) Daniel Miller of the president of the Texas Nationalist Movement (TNM), a group that advocates Texas become its own sovereign nation rather than a "state" of the USA. Regardless of whether or not you believe in the growing movement toward states' independence from federal control, ...
- Chocolate and cocoa polyphenols vindicated in ...
(NaturalNews) Researchers from the University of Cambridge in England have finally published solid evidence to demonstrate the consumption of chocolate is associated with improved heart and vascular health. Writing in the prestigious BMJ (British Medical Journal), Dr. Oscar Franco and his team d ...
- BMJ had secret financial ties to Merck during ...
(NaturalNews) When a corrupt medical group wants to discourage dissidence from within, it targets a high profile figure to disgrace. This intimidates others from doing the right thing if it disrupts the lies and profits of Big Pharma. Dr. Andrew Wakefield was a high profile scapegoat, smeared w ...
- Copyright Troll Righthaven Goes on Life Support
The great experiment in copyright trolling that is Righthaven appears to be nearing an end. Righthaven, which was founded more than a year ago to monetize print news content through copyright infringement lawsuits, has suffered a myriad of courtroom setbacks in recent months. Among them, it was ...
- CIA, Mossad, Also Targeted in Massive DigiNota ...
The list of fraudulent certificates obtained by hackers who breached a Dutch certificate authority has grown to more than 500 and includes certificates for domains owned by three intelligence agencies: the CIA, Israel's Mossad and the UK's MI6.
- U.S. Sources Exposed as Unredacted State Depar ...
An encrypted WikiLeaks file containing 251,000 unredacted U.S. State Department cables is now widely available online, along with the passphrase to open it. The release of the documents in raw form, with the names of U.S. informants around the globe exposed in them, has raised concerns that doze ...
- Feds, EFF Clash in Appeals Court Hearing on NS ...
SEATTLE – A three-judge federal appeals court grilled government and civil rights lawyers while entertaining arguments here Wednesday concerning dozens of dismissed lawsuits alleging the National Security Agency illegally vacuumed American’s internet traffic and telephone calls from ...
- Google Certificate Hackers May Have Stolen 200 ...
Hackers who obtained a fraudulent digital certificate for Google may have actually obtained more than 200 digital certificates for other top internet entities such as Mozilla, Yahoo and even the privacy and anonymizing service Tor.
- Rick Perry's Texas-Sized Lies on Health Care
Republicans frontrunner Rick Perry raised some eyebrows during Wednesday's GOP presidential debate by blaming the federal government for his state's staggering number of uninsured. As it turns out, those jaws were dropping with good reason. After all, just months ago Perry advocated opting out ...
- GOP Explains When a Tax Cut Isn't a Tax Cut
When is a tax cut not a tax cut? According to Republicans, when those receiving it are working Americans and the President proposing it is a Democrat. Because after they spent 2010 ensuring the extension of the Bush tax cut windfall for the wealthy by insisting "you should never have to offset ...
- The Republican Party Wishes You a Happy Labor Day!
To mark Labor Day 2011, conservative flame-thrower Michelle Malkin offered American workers a look back at the "top 10 union thug moments of the year." As it turns out, Malkin's union-bashing hyperbole differs little from the leading lights of the Republican Party. While Sarah Palin has decrie ...
- Job One for Debt Panel? Pay for America's 9/1 ...
Three stories will dominate American politics over the next week. As it turns out, they are very much related. On Thursday, President Obama will unveil his jobs plan which will invariably be opposed by Republicans claiming "America is broke." That same day, Congress' debt "super committee" wi ...
- GOP Debt Ceiling "Uncertainty" Fueled Grim Job ...
On Friday, Republicans deployed two talking points - one new, one old - in response to the grim news that the U.S. economy added no new jobs in August. The same GOP leaders who in January gave credit to the "newly elected House Republican Majority" for the economy's strong performance in the fo ...
- Generating Electricity while Walking
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have improved their ability to generate considerably more electricity from human footfalls. Related posts:Are We There Yet? Hydrogen Generating Technology Should Going Green Come With Big Monetary Costs? Ontario’s Electricity Hike Wind ...
- Clouds Do Not Cause Climate Change
Despite recent scientific speculation to the contrary, clouds do not cause climate change, says Texas A&M atmospheric sciences professor Andrew Dessler. Rather, they act almost singularly as a feedback mechanism. Related posts:Global Climate and Warming Affected by Cloud Feedback Did Clim ...
- Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Oper ...
This is a repost of a tremendous article by a true political insider, on just how much the GOP is owned by large corporations and willing to hold the country hostage to accomplish a few societally unhelpful goals (with bolding added by me until the sections on the GOP's principal tenets at the b ...
- Top Activism Stories
Some tip green activism news of the past few days for you: Related posts:Top 15 Activism Stories of the Week Daryl Hannah, Greenpeace USA Executive Director, & More Arrested at White House; Tim DeChristopher Sends Letter from Prison (+ Top Activism Stories) Top Activism Stories
- Wireless Solar-Powered Keyboard for Macs (& To ...
Here are some top green living stories of the past day or so, following this repost from sister site CleanTechnica on a new solar-powered keyboard for Mac users: Related posts:Solar PV to Double in US in 2011 (+ Top Green Living Stories) Solar-Powered 3-Wheeler — Icare Twike (+ Top Green ...
- Afghan Resistance Bombs U.S. Base, Wounding 77 ...
"Each year, 9/11 reminds the Afghans of an event in which they had no role whatsoever. American colonialism has shed the blood of tens of thousands of miserable and innocent Afghans. The Afghans have an endless stamina for a long war. Through a countrywide uprising, the Afghans will send the...
- NATO Mercenaries infiltrated, disorganized, un ...
Libya NTC rebel fighters ambushed in Bani Walid by Gaddafi loyalists by Dominique Soguel near Bani Walid, Libya September 12, 2011 FIGHTERS backing the new regime in Libya have met strong resistance in the Libyan oasis town of Bani Walid, where they came under sniper fire from ...
- White Hats. Americans' remarkable incapacity f ...
When Lois Griffin gets elected mayor of Quahog, MA by pandering to the stupidest and most meaningless references to 9/11, audiences roar. But when that same scenario is replayed over and over again in a largely successful attempt to separate people from their intellect, their conscience and thei ...
- The Imperial Media, Libya and the Battle of Ba ...
The Western Media Examining the facts and finding the truth of what began Friday night as The Battle for Bani Walid has not been easy due to the many conflicting stories published by the pro-invader media. That the western media has organized itself to blantantly lie about the NATO war...
- Support the Palestinian Initiative in the UN f ...
Virginia Tilley, writing in the Electronic Intifada, under the title, "Bantustans and the unilateral declaration of statehood" has argued that the Palestinian Authority's move toward a UN resolution declaring statehood is destructive of Palestinian aspiration for statehood. Unfor ...
- How Social Security is Like a Ponzi Scheme
It's not. From Mother Jones: (Last) Saturday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry told a group of voters that Social Security is a "Ponzi scheme" and a "monstrous lie" to younger Americans. It's not the first time the GOP presidential candidate has made such claims. The Texas governor also described Social Se ...
- Reverse Inequality is the Only Solution
We have been moving toward a lords-and-serfs economy for so long, and the right-wing noise machine has drilled acceptance of inequality into the national consciousness so deeply that we are no longer able to recognize, much less address, the real cause of our current crisis. Robert Reich at Nati ...
- Think Your Right to Vote is Secure? Think Again
By @KYYellowDog We've known since at least November 2000 that repugs are all about stopping Democratic voters from voting. They've always pretended they're fighting "voter fraud," which doesn't exist but which gives them a nice cover for actual election fraud. Now they've dropped the pretense. F ...
- The Nightowl Newswrap
By BG & YD @DavidGregory's non-existent insight and phenomenal douchebaggery were in full flower on Sunday. He thinks the Iraq war would have been more popular if it had "gone well." American's you see, don't care whether a war is justified, or that the administration lied us into it and got nea ...
- The Teamsters celebrate Labor Day in Detroit
By @MBersin James Hoffa, President of the Teamsters, had a few things to say in Detroit (via Media Matters): James Hoffa, Jr: ...Everybody here's gotta vote. If we go back and we keep the eye on the prize, let's take these son a bitches out and give America back to America where we belong. [che ...
- LIBYA: New Chapter Opens After Gaddafi
Libyan children will go back to school without Muammar Gaddafis ubiquitous presence, despite a lack of new books. Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Eco Labeling: Do You Know the Difference?
As the world moves more toward sustainability, our personal life choices follow suit.The amount of labels is so confusing, even the experts are not entirely clear about what they mean. Its hard to sort through it all. But if everyone did understand eco-l Submitted by Cal Mendelsohn to Green Life ...
- Never-Wrong Pundit Picks Obama to Win in 2012 ...
Even if I am being conservative, I dont see how Obama can lose, says Lichtman, the brains behind The Keys to the White House. Submitted by Robert S. to US Politics & Gov't | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- PETITION ALERT: Ban Horse Drawn Carriages! ...
Horses don't belong to NYC traffic. They suffer from noise disturbances from buses, long hours of work, bad living and health conditions and accidents. Often, horses get de-hydrated from the heat and may cause death. Submitted by Simone D. to Animals | Note-it! |&n ...
- Happy Feet the penguin begins long swim home
Happy Feet was released back into the Southern Ocean to begin a long swim home to Antarctica. He has been fitted with a satellite tracker and microchip and his progress can be followed on http://www.nzemperor.com. Submitted by Julie P. to Animals | Note-it! |   ...
- Where Have All The Jobs Gone? And Who’s To Bl ...
Hmmm… where to start? I know going in that my opinions and observations will be sure to gore everyone’s ox at some point, so I’ll try to be sure I don’t miss anyone. Oh, and the opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author and not necessarily those of anyone else in [...]
- Let Cheney’s Head Explode
Thanks to Carl Hiaasen for a list of questions he recommends that should make Dick Cheney’s “head explode.” Cheney, who is touring touting his delusional version of his eight years as Vice President, generally has received kid-glove treatment from questioners and shied away fro ...
- Labor Day Threats From Union President Hoffa ( ...
Labor Day is a union holiday that the rest of us get to be off work, too. The origins of Labor Day are somewhat disputed, attributed to two different men, both of whom were union leaders. So let’s give thanks to the unions for Labor Day. But nothing else! Let me put it another way. [...]
- Tea Party Eclipse (+ Larry On Radio)
Editor’s Note: Tonight, Larry Johnson joins Sunday’s experts panel on John Batchelor’s Show @ 9:30 or 10:30 p.m. ET. Listen via iTunes or NYC anchor WABC (scroll to “Listen Live“). Batchelor’s radio show airs nightly, 9 p.m.-1:00 a.m. ET. : : : : : : : : : : : ...
- Stunner! Maureen Dowd’s “One and Done?” (& Ope ...
I’m struggling to complete a post on the dramatic, shocking shifts against Obama within the Democratic party and progressive movements. In the meantime, here’s a JOLT from the New York Times’s Maureen Dowd, in snippets: [...] And why is the White House so cocky about Obama as a ...
- Personal Information: episode 24
Personal Information is a new serial sci-fi webcomic from Sarah “Does Not Equal” Ennals. Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness! Share and Enjoy:Follow Futurismic on Twitter for more nuggets of near-future fun and weirdness!
- Arguments against life extension
Via Michael Anissimov, here’s a spectacularly empty diatribe against “deathhackers” by TechCrunch‘s Paul Carr. Carr objects to the idea of radical life extension as advocated by transhumanists, which is fair enough, but as written here most of his objections seem to boil ...
- Daddy, where does innovation come from?
Plenty of folk have been linking to this excerpt from Matt Ridley’s new book The Rational Optimist, and with good reason – it’s a provocative piece that plays to advocates (and opponents) of free trade, open exchange, copyright reform and much more. The basic thesis? The one pe ...
- Replacement arms: mechanical or biological?
Prosthetic limbs are still in their infancy, but there’s a lot of progress being made: Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory is working with Darpa (who else?), and has a research grant for trying out their mind-controlled modular prosthetic arm on five test subjects over the next couple ...
- How to be a futurist
The irrepressible Scott “Basic Instructions” Meyer has the lowdown if you’re thinking of a career in futurism: Click through for the whole thing. But take it from me, being a futurist is a lot of work for no money. Or maybe that’s just the way I do it… and I’v ...
- Beauty – It’s More Than Skin Deep
An unrealistic body shape has become the standard by which all celebrities measure themselves. As Demi Lovato bared her new and significantly fuller body at the MTV Video Music Awards last week, many were pleased to see that her treatment for eating problems seemed to be working. She looked vibr ...
- New Study Suggests Mindfulness is Beneficial t ...
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline: Mindfulness is a therapeutic technique that teaches one to focus entirely on the present moment as a method of coping with negative psychological symptoms. For first responders, including fire-fighters, this type of practice could be particularly beneficial. “Min ...
- Substance Use Linked to Increased Intimate Par ...
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline: Do men who abuse drugs perpetrate more relational violence? According to a new study of men who were receiving treatment for alcohol misuse, they do. “Importantly, male perpetrators’ antisocial characteristics predicted increased stimulant and cannabis use, which ...
- Reward Delay Influences Impulsivity in Individ ...
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline Impulsivity and distorted reward valuation is a common symptom in people with both schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BD). Specifically, the manic state of bipolar includes extreme behaviors such as risky sexual activities, substance abuse and overspending, ...
- Joyful Solutions to Relationship Difficulties
Note: This article is for couples who have experienced love and compatibility but our having current challenges. This article is not for people who are in a relationship with someone who is abusive or unable to be present due to addiction. Abuse and addiction situations require other kinds of co ...
- Letter: Clean up or shut down existing fleet o ...
Letter: Clean up or shut down existing fleet of deadly coal plants, he says Pierce County Herald TO THE EDITOR: Coal mining has always been a dirty, dangerous business, but mountaintop removal takes the devastation to new lows. TO THE EDITOR: Coal mining has always been a dirty, dangerous busine ...
- A Good Mozzarella Is Hard to Find - TIME
A Good Mozzarella Is Hard to Find TIME (It's amazing that the government can be so far-sighted and judicious about their policy toward clean air, fracking and mountaintop removal, but so draconian when it comes to policing milk.) My feeling is that if you can't get someone to make you gr ...
- STOKING FIRE: Mountaintop Coal Mining Leads to ...
RH Reality Check (blog) STOKING FIRE: Mountaintop Coal Mining Leads to Birth Defects, Respiratory ... RH Reality Check (blog) As mountaintop removal [MTR] has horned-in on underground mining, the health maladies of residents of eastern Kentucky, southwest Virginia, eastern Tennessee, and southwe ...
- Letter: If we fight on, big-time polluters can ...
Letter: If we fight on, big-time polluters can be stopped River Falls Journal Coal mining is a dirty, dangerous business, but mountaintop removal takes the devastation to new lows. After blowing up more than 500 mountains in Appalachia to uncover coal seams, mining companies have dumped millions ...
- Mountaineer football, coal and symbols - Charl ...
Charleston Gazette (blog) Mountaineer football, coal and symbols Charleston Gazette (blog) When last we left my beloved West Virginia Mountaineers, the football program was forced to alter some special Nike uniform graphics to get rid of what apparently was meant to be images of mountaintop remo ...
- Eli Lake to Newsweek/The Daily Beast (Keach Ha ...
Keach Hagey / The Politico: Eli Lake to Newsweek/The Daily Beast — Eli Lake, the national security correspondent for the Washington Times, is leaving to join the Washington staff of Newsweek/The Daily Beast as a national security reporter, focusing on intelligence, military an ...
- Rep. Allen West Commemorates 9/11 By Screening ...
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress: Rep. Allen West Commemorates 9/11 By Screening Muslim-Bashing Film — Florida Rep. Allen West's fringe anti-Muslim beliefs are a well-established fact, whether he's doing events with anti-Muslim activists like Pamela Geller, smearing his Musl ...
- Deadly Explosion Strikes Courthouse in New Del ...
Jim Yardley / New York Times: Deadly Explosion Strikes Courthouse in New Delhi — NEW DELHI — An explosion ripped through the reception gate of an Indian courthouse on Wednesday morning, killing at least nine people and injuring 47 others, according to local police. ...
- Poll: Two-Thirds Of Republicans, Tea Partiers ...
Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress: Poll: Two-Thirds Of Republicans, Tea Partiers And Fox News Viewers Think Islam Is Incompatible With American Values — According to a poll of American attitudes released today by the Brookings Institution (PDF), conservatives, Republicans, and Fox ...
- Liberals Create Video Game in Which Tea Partie ...
Aurelius / Pundit Press: Liberals Create Video Game in Which Tea Partiers are Murdered — The party of civility is at it again. — Refusing to have a legitimate discussion on the merits of each side's economic ideology, the Left has just gone ahead and decided ...
- M 5.3, Hokkaido, Japan region
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 13:29:40 UTC Wednesday, September 7, 2011 10:29:40 PM at epicenterDepth: 4.90 km (3.04 mi)
- M 5.0, offshore Valparaiso, Chile
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 11:21:48 UTC Wednesday, September 7, 2011 07:21:48 AM at epicenterDepth: 11.80 km (7.33 mi)
- M 5.1, Kermadec Islands region
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 07:55:32 UTC Wednesday, September 7, 2011 07:55:32 PM at epicenterDepth: 243.90 km (151.55 mi)
- M 5.1, Mindanao, Philippines
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 06:07:37 UTC Wednesday, September 7, 2011 02:07:37 PM at epicenterDepth: 100.00 km (62.14 mi)
- M 5.2, near the east coast of the Kamchatka Pe ...
Wednesday, September 7, 2011 01:23:30 UTC Wednesday, September 7, 2011 02:23:30 PM at epicenterDepth: 5.30 km (3.29 mi)
- “Traders will be prosecuted”
US justice officials are taking their fight against illicit timber to China and Russia, where they want to boost awareness of the risks of breaking import laws. Jenny Johnson reports.In the untamed landscapes of eastern Siberia, where the last few hundred wild Amur tigers live, one of the world& ...
- Public storm in Dalian
The triumph of protests against a Chinese chemical plant conceals sinister truths: from officials to activists, everyone is ignoring the rules, says Tang Hao.As Typhoon Meihua battered China’s east coast in early August, it also whipped up a public storm: a dyke protecting China’s la ...
- Tibet’s mining menace
The Tibetan Plateau holds the key to China’s accelerating demand for heavy metals, say authorities. But this plan is driven by resource nationalism rather than market logic, argues Gabriel Lafitte. China’s fast growth continues, largely financed by state investment and, until ve ...
- Changes ahead in US corn belt
As the American congress reviews 30 years of corn-ethanol subsidies, rising worldwide food costs and famine in east Africa are casting biofuel production in a negative light. Suzanne Goldenberg reports.There were times when Arlyn Schipper could almost feel heroic on his family farm in the heart ...
- Hopes for a more humble Apple
Campaigners fighting for cleaner IT in China would do well to study Apple’s own techniques – only when they get consumers on side, will they strike an effective blow, writes Guo Peiyuan.A coalition of Chinese environmental groups, including Friends of Nature and the Institute of Publ ...
- Copyright Troll Righthaven Goes on Life Support
The great experiment in copyright trolling that is Righthaven appears to be nearing an end. Righthaven, which was founded more than a year ago to monetize print news content through copyright infringement lawsuits, has suffered a myriad of courtroom setbacks in recent months. Among them, it was ...
- CIA, Mossad, Also Targeted in Massive DigiNota ...
The list of fraudulent certificates obtained by hackers who breached a Dutch certificate authority has grown to more than 500 and includes certificates for domains owned by three intelligence agencies: the CIA, Israel's Mossad and the UK's MI6.
- U.S. Sources Exposed as Unredacted State Depar ...
An encrypted WikiLeaks file containing 251,000 unredacted U.S. State Department cables is now widely available online, along with the passphrase to open it. The release of the documents in raw form, with the names of U.S. informants around the globe exposed in them, has raised concerns that doze ...
- Feds, EFF Clash in Appeals Court Hearing on NS ...
SEATTLE – A three-judge federal appeals court grilled government and civil rights lawyers while entertaining arguments here Wednesday concerning dozens of dismissed lawsuits alleging the National Security Agency illegally vacuumed American’s internet traffic and telephone calls from ...
- Google Certificate Hackers May Have Stolen 200 ...
Hackers who obtained a fraudulent digital certificate for Google may have actually obtained more than 200 digital certificates for other top internet entities such as Mozilla, Yahoo and even the privacy and anonymizing service Tor.
- Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
- IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
- PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
- War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
- An American Suicide Terrorist
William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
- Consumers - Increase Cook Temperature and Ther ...
A new poll commissioned by the American Meat Institute (AMI) and conducted by Harris Interactive found that while almost nine out of 10 U.S. adults (88 percent) cook hamburgers or poultry (chicken or turkey) burgers, only 19 percent of those who do use an instant read thermometer to determine th ...
- California Walnuts Recalled in Canada Due to E ...
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Johnvince Foods announced a recall on Thursday of some President's Choice and Reddi Snack walnuts because the products may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The raw, shelled walnuts products were imported from the U.S. and packaged in Canada, the CFIA ...
- Colorado continues to have a Listeria problem ...
Officials at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced today that the state health department has identified a sharp increase in the number of Listeria monocytogenes infections reported to public health agencies. Nine cases were reported during August, with seven of the ...
- A bit(e) of history - It is now time for the U ...
According to the CDC, E. coli O157:H7 causes 73,000 illnesses and 50 deaths every year in the United States. Another six E. coli strains - O26, O45, O111, O121, O145, and O103 - are considered less pervasive, sickening “only” an estimated 37,000 people a year and killing nearly 30. E ...
- Del Monte Fresh's suit against Oregon is a fri ...
I have a knack for being subtle. As reported by the AP, Del Monte Fresh (you will love the background music) has threatened to sue Oregon Public Health and its senior epidemiologist, William Keene, for playing a part in gathering evidence against the company’s cantaloupes that ten state h ...
- Report: Elon Musk bets Dan Neil $1 million he ...
Can a million dollars hold Elon Musks' feet to the fire? That's the value of a bet that Wall Street Journal auto journalist and all-around interesting guy Dan Neil and the Tesla Motors CEO reportedly have going over the release of the upcoming Model S. According to Green Car Reports, the b ...
- Report: Libyan rebels claim Ghaddafi's all-ele ...
Libyan leader (ex-leader?) Muammar Qaddafi apparently had some unusual items in his personal collection. Rebel forces stormed his compound this week, and we now know he had a scrapbook dedicated to former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, lots of weapons and, oddly, a doorless, all-electric ...
- Official: Audi spills the beans on production ...
Filed under: Hybrid, Audi Diesel-lovin' Audi is slowly, slowly coming to grips with this whole hybrid thing. Earlier this year, the "We're not against hybrids" automaker finally gave out some real information about its hybrid Q5 (after years of teases and killing the program once,) and we ...
- Breaking: Ford, Toyota will partner on RWD hyb ...
Filed under: Hybrid, Truck, Ford, Toyota Is the Prius V not big enough for you? Then you'll probably be interested to learn that Ford and Toyota announced a partnership today to develop a new hybrid system for SUVs and light trucks. The "equal partners" deal should result in a gasoline-electr ...
- Video: Presidential candidate Bachmann promise ...
Filed under: Etc. How's this for bold? Congresswoman Michell Bachmann, a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination who won the Ames Straw Poll last weekend, has just stated that one thing we'd get with a Bachmann Administration is - ready? - cheap gasoline. According to Politico sh ...
- The 9/11 Decade: Voices of Dissent on Democrac ...
At the time of the September 11th attacks, Democracy Now!’s War and Peace Report, hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, was one of the few media outlets reporting on the voices of peace and dissent as the country went to war, suspended civil liberties, spied on diss ...
- Book Excerpt / MP3: "Blowback" - A Look Back a ...
As the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks approaches, read a chapter of Amy and David Goodman’s book, Exception to the Rulers, on 9/11, the families of the 9/11 victims who called for peace, the other September 11ths and more. The chapter is titled "Blowback." Click ...
- 9/11 Victim 0001: Father Mychal’s Message
The body bag marked “Victim 0001” on Sept. 11, 2001, contained the corpse of Father Mychal Judge, a Catholic chaplain with the Fire Department of New York. When he heard about the disaster at the World Trade Center, he donned his Catholic collar and firefighter garb and raced downtown. He saw p ...
- A Lifetime of Resistance in Syria
Democracy Now! correspondent, Sharif Abdel Kouddous profiles renowned Syrian human rights lawyer, Haitham al-Maleh, for The Nation magazine. Below is an excerpt from A Lifetime of Resistance in Syria. Haitham al-Maleh, an 81-year-old Syrian human rights lawyer, has spent most of his lif ...
- Army Widow Calls for Recognition of Husband's ...
On Tuesday, Democracy Now! spoke with Ashley Joppa-Hagemann, the widow of a U.S. Army Ranger who confronted former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld about her husband’s suicide on Saturday ahead of his eighth deployment overseas. In part two of our interview, Joppa-Hagemann calls for a ...
- 911 Remembrance: Understanding our government ...
Aired September 14, 2001 Early Show Video compliments of IranContraScumDid911 You Only Believe the Official 9/11 Story Because You Don’t Know the Official 9/11 Story TvNewswLiews Monday, Sep 05th Jesse Richard I don’t believe the official story of 9/11 because I know the official sto ...
- Anonymous To Occupy Wall Street On September 17th
- Bachmann Doubles Down On Drilling In Everglade ...
GOP presidential front runner Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (MN) new notion to drill for oil in the Florida Everglades is compelling the public, scientists, and even a few in her own party to raise their eyebrows at her “incredible faux pas.” Ever resilient against the onslaught of facts, Bachmann dou ...
- Scientist: “The Murdoch Media Empire Has Cost ...
The Australian is the country’s biggest-selling national newspaper. It is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, which “also owns the sole dailies in Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart and Darwin and the most popular metropolitan dailies in Sydney and Melbourne.” Michael Ashley investigates the national ...
- NASA Scientist, Religious Leaders Arrested in ...
Environment News WASHINGTON, DC, August 29, 2011 (ENS) – NASA climatologist Dr. James Hansen was arrested today in front of the White House where he was demonstrating in opposition to the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline that would bring thick crude oil from Alberta to refineries in ...
- Precious Metals Market Report – 9.08.11
Numerous issues are coming to a head — sovereign debt, mortgage debt, student debt are just a few I will talk about on Thursday evening on this week’s Solari Report. There is growing panic as more and more people come to appreciate the instability in the various systems and leaders ...
- Postal Service Is Nearing Default as Losses Mount
By Steven Greenhouse The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to [...]
- Europeans Talk of Sharp Change in Fiscal Affairs
By Louise Story and Matthew Saltmarsh As leaders in Europe try to contain a deepening financial crisis, they are also increasingly talking about making fundamental changes to the way their 17-nation economic union work The idea is to create a central financial authority — with powers in areas li ...
- Valedictorian Speaks Out Against School
Watch this valedictorian speak out about the education she received. This is a fantastic speech. The first mistake is people assume that people with degrees are educated. It’s so far from the truth. We need to change our educational system from the ground up. School is a joke. It doesn ...
- Help Save One of America’s Heirloom Seed ...
From a Reader: D. Landreth Seeds is America’s oldest seed company. It was founded in 1784 in Pennsylvania, and carries over 900 heirloom, non-GMO seed varieties. Many of the plants and vegetable varieties we now grow in our gardens are there thanks to Landreth introducing them to this coun ...
- Times Scare
ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
- Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
- Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
- Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
- Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »
- A Washington Insider looks at America, but doe ...
Summary: A Washington insider clearly sees the dangerous deterioration of our political system, but ventures outside Washington and misunderstands what he sees. We can learn from his error. From the always interesting James Fallows at The Atlantic: “‘People Don’t Realize How ...
- One of the top questions for our time: how wi ...
Summary: Peak oil might hit sometime during the next five years. How might this affect the world economy. We we examine important dynamics about oil prices, some misunderstood by many writing about Peak Oil — from doomsters to cornucopians. The bottom line: we cannot reliably forecast ...
- A small incident that tells much about America
Summary: This is a picture of America today, a snapshot of why we might be a nation in decline. It’s a small incident, but typical of so much that takes place today — many times per month (week? day?) around the nation. Perhaps above all, it is about adults acting as children. (1 ...
- Attritionist Letter #3: Do as you are told ( ...
Summary: Here we see the USMC version of The Empire Strikes Back. After becoming one of the most modern land forces in the world, in a tactical sense, elements of the USMC’s senior leadership attempt a counter-revolution, dragging the Corps back to its WWI (second generation warfare) ro ...
- Question time on the FM website
Ask any question about geopolitics, broadly defined. We’ll attempt to answer it. Free answers, so you cannot overpay. Update: The first question is excellent, timely and important.
- Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported. Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, ...
- Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
- British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
- Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
IOL – 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, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of ...
- Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. ...
- Ten Theses (Mostly Concerning Foreign Policy) ...
Counterfactual theses: Absent 9/11 or a 9/11-style attack, the US would not have invaded Afghanistan but might very well have used force against Iraq. Rationale: despite the Bush campaign's repeated condemnation of "nation-building" and calls for a more "humble" foreign policy (remember t ...
- Community in an Age of Hatred
Osama bin Laden will go down in history as a religious fanatic twisted by virulent anti-Semitism, conspiracy theories, and messianic self-righteousness. It is striking that his objective of a global terrorist campaign against all American and allied citizens and interests was so extreme and so ...
- The End of Twentieth-Century Warfare
9/11 was the defining event of the new millennium, but not for the reasons we thought for most of the ensuing decade. For most of that period we would have pointed to 9/11 as the beginning of twenty-first century warfare: perpetual vigilance and probing pre-emptive strikes against an ill-defined ...
- The Politics of Terrorism . . . Ten Years Later
Over at the Atlantic, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross rather counterintuitively argues that a decade after 9/11 the United States is less safe from terrorism. Considering that America's key jihadist enemy has been forced out of their safe haven, decimated by US military strikes and seen their ideology ...
- Diplomacy Can Be Ugly: Turkey, Israel and Gaza
The friction between Turkey and Israel is a diplomatic problem being expressed in the media as a naval confrontation. This article by Reuters is a great example how the problem is being exaggerated. Raising the stakes in Turkey's row with Israel over its refusal to apologize for the killings, P ...
- Anti-Government Conservatism, Sort Of
We'd all agree that our politics would function better if conservatives and progressives could understand each other's point of view better, instead of simply vilifying one another. In that spirit, I'd like to offer a window into the way we on the left think on one particular issue -- and partic ...
- Gun-Shy Governor
(Photo: Flickr/Gage Skidmore) By most accounts, Rick Perry has become the Republican front-runner less than a month after he entered the race. He not only leads by wide margins in national polls, besting former leader Mitt Romney by 15 percent in a survey released yesterday; he appears t ...
- Polls On Obama Looking Surprisingly Good
Before we get into this post about polling in the presidential race, please understand that I'm not saying that anything we're seeing today predicts what will happen next November. With that out of the way, let me point out something interesting. Yesterday, two new polls came out on President ...
- Courts Push Back Against Republicans
A.G. Sulzberger has a good article about about recent federal court decisions preventing various radical anti-abortion and anti-immigration measures passed by Tea Party-dominated legislatures from going into effect. Particularly interesting are the injunctions against measures like South Dako ...
- Addressing Our Troubling Lack of Reagan
This morning, Mitt Romney published an op-ed in USA Today laying out his economic plan, which will no doubt be read eagerly by people staying in hotels all across America. It's full of all the expected claptrap and flim-flammery, but there's one part I wanted to point out: Where President Obama ...
- The Latest WikiLeaks Revelations About Hugo Chavez
NIKOLAS KOZLOFF FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT 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 ...
- And God Said Banish Those Who Would Harm the E ...
STEVE JONAS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT From the Huffington Post, August 26, 2011: "Televangelist Pat Robertson suggested Wednesday that cracks in the Washington Monument caused by the August 23 (Virginia) earthquake could be a sign from God, and the natural disaster 'means that we're closer to ...
- It's Long Past Time to Get Over 9-11
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT We've wallowed too long in our victimhood 9-11 was indeed a devastating loss of personal life. Those who died were mostly US citizens, but included people of all nations, such as the wait staff and bus boys at the sky high restaurant in the Twin Towe ...
- If 9-11 Had Happened When a Democrat Was Presi ...
DEE EVANS FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT With the 10-year anniversary of September 11 approaching, I have been listening to the increased discussions about how the people of America came together and were so unified in the aftermath of this horrific tragedy and how so many people now wish that our co ...
- The Green Movement, Labor, and the Unemployed ...
SHAMUS COOKE FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT When there are zero jobs available, any job will do. This fact has been exploited by corporations now re-labeling themselves "job creators," since being a job creator in a time of depression brings a religious status similar to a rain god during a drough ...
- 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, vaccinatio ...
- 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 ...
- 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 wi ...
- 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 ...
- Most Medical Schools Offer Students Poor Cover ...
Most U.S. medical schools offer their students poor health insurance coverage for the treatment of mental health and substance abuse disorders, a practice that imperils the well-being of our nation’s future doctors and their patients, a group of Boston-area researchers report in JAMA, the ...
- Ben & Jerry Join Local and National Groups Cal ...
As a major Pacific Rim trade summit begins in downtown Chicago aimed at concluding a massive new international trade pact, iconic ice cream makers Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield joined fair trade advocates from the labor, environmental, family farm, public health and consumer movements today to ...
- Left-Right Coalition Urges $380 Billion in Cut ...
McClatchy reports that “the bipartisan ‘super-committee’ of six Democrats and six Republicans has a goal of finding at least $1.5 trillion more in deficit reduction by Thanksgiving … will hold its first meeting on Sept. 8 [Thursday].”read more
- Consumers Union Urges Senate to Confirm Richar ...
Consumers Union is urging the Senate to confirm Richard Cordray as the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and to oppose efforts to undermine the new watchdog. Cordray is scheduled to testify today before the Senate Banking Committee, which is holding a hearing on his nom ...
- Friends of the Earth Opposes NAFTA-Style Inves ...
As representatives from the United States and eight other Pacific countries gathered behind closed doors in a Chicago hotel to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, environmental, public health, family farm, labor and consumer organizations gathered today to demand a fair deal ...
- Did 9/11 Make Peace Passé?
John Feffer Peace has never been a particularly popular word in Washington, DC. This is, after all, the home of the Pentagon and the major military contractors, not to mention all the think tanks and congressional lapdogs that lie in the ki ...
- It’s Time for a New—and Real—Populist Uprising
Imagine this: Americans are frustrated by taxation policies that they consider to be unfair. They scoff at politicians who are either corrupted or uncaring. They demand a drastic fiscal policy change to address serious shortcomings in the economy.Photo of People's Party convention at Columbus, N ...
- The 9/11 Story I Choose to Tell: We All Belong ...
Rinku Sen September 11 has become a national day of reflection and resolution. Collective reflection creates a story of the event, sometimes more than one. One version of the event’s aftermath is that the country came together while g ...
- Headlines or Not, the Iraq War is Not Over
Phyllis Bennis It might seem like cause for celebration after reading the New York Times headline, "Iraq War Marks First Month with No U.S.read more
- The "Shock Doctrine" Comes to Your Neighborhoo ...
David Sirota "Let's hope the fiscal crisis doesn't get better too soon. It'll slow down reform." -- Tom Watkins, a consultant, summarizes the corporate education reform movement's current strategy to the Sunday&nb ...
- Tampa Bay thrives with help from desalination
When faced with drought, vanishing lakes and wetlands, the Tampa Bay, Fla., region built a seawater desalination plant, and the environment is rebounding.
- Farm storage-pond bill heads to governor's office
A move to speed up the approval process for small farm irrigation ponds has earned the support of rival factions in the region's water wars.
- Can Water Treaties Be Climate-Proofed?
International agreements on how to manage rivers used by more than one country are too inflexible, making them poor tools to deal with changes in freshwater availability caused by climate change.
- Lawmakers attend meeting about water
Forsyth County was well represented at the recent meeting of the Joint Study Committee on Water Supply.District 23 state Rep. Mark Hamilton and District 27 state Sen. Jack Murphy, both Republicans from Cumming, attended the session, which focused on the tri-state water wars and on Gov.Nathan Dea ...
- Isakson: States should be motivated for water ...
jstone: August 25, 2011 9:30 p.m. Well, Isaakson just lost my vote. I didn't realize he wrote the AYP bill. My sister just retired from teaching and another family member is struggling to keep a job.
- Perry Accused Of Distorting Redistricting Map ...
At a trial that began in federal court this week in San Antonio, GOP presidential contender and Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) faces allegations of intentionally distorting a congressional redistricting map to dilute the power of the state’s burgeoning Latino vote. The state legislature’s ...
- The Parking Lot Cycle
Lydia DePillis has a story about development in Dupont Circle that reminds us that you don’t need formal regulatory parking minimums for the dysfunctional land use regulatory process to end up generating an above-market share of parking spaces: There are no balconies on the O Street side o ...
- At 9/11 Event, Rep. Allen West Slams ‘Th ...
Rep. Allen West (R-FL) is commemorating 9/11 by screening a virulently anti-Muslim documentary about the Park51 community center project in the Capitol building today. In the press conference kicking off the event, West blamed multiculturalism for making America vulnerable. “My fear is tha ...
- State Department Advocates Against Uganda̵ ...
Johnnie Carson, the Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, has confirmed the State Department is condemning Uganda’s proposed “Kill The Gays” bill, saying, “I have spoken to the most senior officials in the Ugandan government about this issue, and stand ready t ...
- War Hawks Attack Obama After Report That He ...
Yesterday Fox News reported that the Obama administration had decided that the United States will keep only 3,000 troops in Iraq past 2011. Fox said that “senior commanders are said to be livid at the decision, which has already been signed off by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.” How ...
- Raising Taxes in Ontario and Jeffrey Simpson
On September 1st I was reading a print version of the Globe and Mail (I won't buy the paper because of their stupid columnists AND because of their endorsement of stephen harper in the last federal election. The latter crime revealed the paper's utter contempt for Canadian democracy and is unfor ...
- Ontario Election: NDP Should Win By Default
I'm still dealing with the culture shock of moving from one of the country's poorest postal codes to one of the wealthiest. Back in Hamilton, the political contest was always between the NDP and the Liberals, with the NDP usually being the incumbent. Here in Forest Hill, it appears that a "conse ...
- Wrong About Everything: Toronto Sun on Jack Layton
"No cuts. GUARANTEED!" Just thought I'd get that out of the way. Because I'm going to be writing about the Toronto Sun's attempt to set the record straight about the economics of Jack Layton's politics, and the first thing we should remember is that this is the same piece-of-shit newspaper th ...
- Thank-you Jack Layton
Jack, I was worried that your cancer battle would prevent you from forcing the election this past spring. Even though the outcome was horrible (a harpercon majority, which is an abomination no matter the silver lining of the NDP's becoming the official opposition) I am so glad that both you a ...
- A Visit to Queen's Park
Last fall, for reasons hazy and uncertain, I packed up the little fella into the bike-buggy and rode down to Queen's Park. The event that I had a vague recollection was supposed to be there wasn't there. So, on a lark, I decided to get a visitor's pass and go watch the events in the legislature. ...
- Rogers Communications taps into finance sector ...
Rogers Communications is known in Canada for its various services, such as digital cable, Internet and wireless phones, but they may now also become Rogers Bank. A company spokesperson confirmed that Rogers filed an application to become a bank.
- McDonald's to spend $1 billion on brand transf ...
The international fast-food giant McDonald's recently announced that it plans to invest $1 billion on a brand transformation for its franchises in Canada. The company is hoping to reinvigorate its image in the country.
- Ontario Green Party launches election campaign ...
Official campaigning for this year's Ontario election is underway, and the Green Party of Ontario launched its largest campaign in front of the Ontario Legislature in Toronto. Mike Schreiner, GPO Leader, said they plan to focus on jobs, energy and health.
- 9/11 — How one event changed my view of the world
The day the world changed. I've heard it many times over since September 11, 2001. Being from a small Canadian town, I never thought there could be much of an affect on me from the events of that day.
- Ontario Liberal Premier makes 45 new promises ...
With less than one month until Ontario voters head to the polls, Liberal Premier Dalton McGuinty unveiled the party's platform during a rally in Toronto Monday. What is McGuinty promising this year? Do the numbers add up?
- Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state. What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
- Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
- Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
- LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
- Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...
- None of Canada’s “bargain” subs operational
None of Canada’s four Victoria-class submarines, billed as a “bargain” when they were bought used from Britain in 1998, are currently operational (David Pugliese, “All Canadian submarines now out of commission,” Postmedia News, 4 September 2011): The navy’s last ope ...
- Granatstein: Don’t kill DND grants to academia
Well-known Canadian military historian, commentator, and fan of the Rideau Institute (OK, we made that last bit up) Jack Granatstein is taking issue with the Harper government’s plan to cut Department of National Defence funding for the Security and Defence Forum (SDF), a program that supp ...
- Hundreds leave tributes to Jack Layton on Ceas ...
I'm certain he will be remembered as second only to Tommy Douglas himself, one of Canada's greatest Canadians.
- Jack Layton: Peace Activist
Jack was a friend of the peace movement, and could be counted upon to find an alternative to war and to stand up for Canadian values of co-operation and diplomacy.
- Australia’s F-35 order ‘up in the air’
Australian Defence Minister Stephen Smith has warned Parliament that repeated cost increases and delays in the F-35 programme were falling out of line with limits set by the government and military planners (Australia to decide on F-35 fighter purchase in 2012: Govt, Reuters, 17 August 2011). Sm ...
- Improper Use Of Popular Painkillers On The Rise
May 3, 2011 CBS News Only 41 percent of the people questioned in a new study said they read the labels of medications they take. That lack of knowledge about popular pain relievers — and ignorance, in particular, of acetaminophen being in more than 600 over-the-counter and prescription med ...
- The Collapse Of Our Modern World Has Already Begun
May 3, 2011 Natural News By Mike Adams A lot of people believe the world as we know it is going to end on December 23, 2012. Nonsense, I say. The far more honest answer is that the end of the world as we know it has already begun. And it doesn’t mean the end [...]
- USDA To Allow Monsanto To Perform Own GMO Studies
May 3, 2011 Natural News By Neev M. Arnell Last August, a federal judge admonished the USDA for approving genetically modified seeds without first doing the required environmental impact study. Now, the USDA has a solution–allow the biotech industry to conduct the studies itself. This mean ...
- Researchers Find Genes Linked To Most Common F ...
May 3, 2011 The Telegraph By Stephen Adams The genes could lead to new ways of diagnosing and treating hormonal breast cancer, also known as oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer, which is responsible for four out of five cases, or 36,000 a year in Britain. In particular, they found one gene ...
- The Kevin Trudeau Show: 5-3-11
Today, Kevin reveals the facts about the food industry that they don’t want you to know about! Plus, find out which cleanses Kevin uses to stay healthy! Self Help: Give Your Immune System A Boost! Cleanse For Vitality My Favorite First Time Cleanse Remove The Viruses Which Cleanse Is Right For Y ...
- Global: Why Haiti can't forget its past
Thank you for the attention you have brought to the country of Haiti. In response to your New York Times op ed piece I wanted to widen your perspective a bit. I don't pretend to represent anyone. I've been living in Haiti since 1985. I grew up in New...
- Ekiti must hold free, fair elections
The North America-based Ekiti Focus Group has strongly condemned election violence and intimidation in Nigeria’s Ekiti State, describing reported cases of ‘arson, maiming, ballot stuffing, ballot hijacking, and shooting’ as ‘barbaric acts’. In a statement the group called for ‘the release of tru ...
- 45 years after the assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated 45 years ago this weekend. Earlier this year, WNYC Radio unearthed a 1960s interview between the civil rights leader and a reporter named Eleanor Fischer. On this somber anniversary, we consider Malcolm X’s legacy through t...
- Global: US city opens doors to Cuban 5
On Saturday March 13, in the auditorium of the Lavonya DeJean Middle School, in the City of Richmond California, a large number of people gathered to commemorate International Women's Day for the third consecutive year. Under the title "Women in Soli...
- Haiti: Where solidarity means survival
Perhaps more than anything today, Haiti needs a new macro-economy, one based above all on meeting the needs of its citizens. Post-earthquake economic restructuring could include equitable distribution of resources, high levels of employment with fair...
- Gaddafi used torture squads in bid to preserve ...
Reuters reports: Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi deployed special squads which held suspected opponents in shipping containers, tortured them for information about insurgent networks and disposed of their bodies in unmarked graves in a campaign to smash the revolt against his rule. Evidence gath ...
- Endless war served by endless distraction
Glenn Greenwald writes: The Washington Post woke up a few days ago and realized that despite everything that has happened since 9/11 — no successful Terrorist attacks on the Homeland in 10 years, a country mired in debt and imposing “austerity” on ordinary Americans, and the e ...
- Noam Chomsky: the imperial mentality and 9/11
Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com This is, of course, the week before the tenth anniversary of the day that “changed everything.” And enough was indeed changed that it’s easy to forget what that lost world was like. Here’s a little reminder of t ...
- How not to become a whistle-blower
The New York Times reports: When Shamai K. Leibowitz, an F.B.I. translator, was sentenced to 20 months in prison last year for leaking classified information to a blogger, prosecutors revealed little about the case. They identified the blogger in court papers only as “Recipient A.” After Mr. Le ...
- Israel’s ability to kill Americans with impunity
Roger Cohen writes: Here’s what the United Nations report on Israel’s raid last year on the Turkish-flagged Mavi Marmara had to say about the killing of a 19-year-old U.S. citizen on board: “At least one of those killed, Furkan Dogan, was shot at extremely close range. Mr. Dogan sustained woun ...
- 24 hours of Gorepocrisy
Just a note to let readers know that there’s a plan in the works for some fun on the 14th related to Al Gore’s 24 hours of Climate Reality aka Gorefest11. Josh will be leading the charge chortles. Here’s the … Continue reading →
- Frozen Global Warming Research
Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach A number of nations conduct research in Antarctica. To do research in Antarctica, you need to have an icebreaker. As the old saying goes, you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few icebergs … … Continue reading →
- Uranium munching microbes
From Michigan State University Microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste EAST LANSING, Mich. — Researchers at Michigan State University have unraveled the mystery of how microbes generate electricity while cleaning up nuclear waste and other toxic metals. Details … Cont ...
- Mann hires attorneys to halt FOIA document pro ...
From the there’s “nothing to see here and my lawyer says so too” department, we have news that Dr. Michael Mann really doesn’t want those UVA emails to get sunlight. From ATI: ‘Hockey Stick’ Creator Michael Mann Seeks Court’s Help … Continue reading →
- Dessler’s GRL paper video
Perhaps fearing that his fast tracked no hurdles rebuttal to Spencer and Braswell wouldn’t be enough to have it the buzz of the blogosphere, highlighted in Real Climate, and blasted all over the web via compliant MSM via the press … Continue reading →
- The Vegan Zombie Cooks Fettuccine Alfredo (Video)
Image credit: The Vegan Zombie Like the meat-loving chef that eats little or not meat most days, I am no vegan—but some of my favorite meals are either vegan or very heavily vegetable-centric. And with the Vegan Black Metal Chef preaching his dark, yet ethical, gospel, I am increasingly ...
- 5 Gorgeous Scarves From Etsy to Smarten Up You ...
Photo: tocamade.etsy.com A lightweight scarf may just be fall's most ideal accessory: Delicate enough to wear on unexpectedly sunny autumn days but a welcome layer when the sun goes down or the wind kicks up, they're also an easy way to perk up simple fall outfits (from tees and blazers pair ...
- Craft and Science are Combined in One New Exhi ...
Photo: B.Alter The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines. With more than 200 objects, the show explores how different materials can be used in imaginative ways. Think edible bab ...
- Retired Lab Chimps See Sunlight For the First ...
Screenshot via YouTube The warm, golden glow of sunlight is one of those gifts in life we so often take for granted, though not only does it make life on Earth possible -- it makes it worth living. But for the first time in their lives, a group of chimpanzees in Austria were allowed to see s ...
- Trinity Root is 9/11 Memorial Inspired by Real ...
Image credit: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid under a Creative Commons license. Despite root systems living all around us, something about their form often grabs me. I'll often find myself doodling trees with roots stretching wide beneath a line of a journal page or notice concert posters or t- ...
- Best Healthy Foods You Aren’t Eating: Greek Yo ...
Some foods are so healthy they star on every nutrition expert’s super food list. But often missing on those lists are some nutritional gems or underrated foods that don’t get the attention they deserve. Sorting out the best foods to eat is not always easy because the choices can be daunting. Add ...
- Omega-3s Linked to Lower Dementia Risk
A diet rich in certain omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of developing dementia, researchers report. In a study of more than 2,000 older women and men followed for nearly five years, the more omega-3-rich oily fish they ate, the lower their risk of developing dementia. The researchers looke ...
- Obesity ‘leading driver’ of breast ...
Obesity is the biggest driving force behind the most common form of breast cancer in older women, say researchers. Alcohol and then cigarettes are the next largest culprits, according to Cancer Research UK. One in eight women in the UK develop breast cancer in their lifetime, data shows, and the ...
- Caltech researchers create the first artificia ...
Artificial intelligence has been the inspiration for countless books and movies, as well as the aspiration of countless scientists and engineers. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have now taken a major step toward creating artificial intelligence—not in a robot or ...
- Researchers discover gene required to maintain ...
University of Minnesota Medical School and College of Biological Sciences researchers have made a key discovery showing that male sex must be maintained throughout life. The research team, led by Drs. David Zarkower and Vivian Bardwell of the U of M Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Devel ...
- Weekend wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.On the same topic:Philip Alston, the U.N.’s special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, said in a communica ...
- Paul Ryan Soup Kitchen and Speak-Out
National Nurses United (@NationalNurses) held a Paul Ryan Soup Kitchen and Speak-Out in front of Rep. Ryan’s Janesville office. The purpose was to draw attention to the connection between Wall Street and Washington and point out the huge and growing income disparity in the US. NNU is dem ...
- Weekend wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Army Pfc. Jesse W. Dietrich, 20, of Venus, TX.Army Sgt. Andrew R. Tobin, 24, of Jacksonville, IL.Army ...
- 'No on HB 194': Activism, fatigue, and the GOP ...
Since the Wisconsin recalls there has been quite a bit of commentary about how folks want a break from politics, and maybe a campaign to oust Scott Walker early next year should be postponed. Some of it is just garden variety concern trolling by conservatives who understand just how devastating ...
- Weekend wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Marine Lance Cpl. Travis M. Nelson, 19, of Pace, FL.Army Spc. Joshua M. Seals, 21, of Porter, OK.Army ...
- The Health Hazards of Dental Mercury
Dr. Dave Simone works with Consumers for Dental Choice to fight amalgam because he fully appreciates how deviating amalgam fillings can be to your health. Dental amalgam emits mercury vapor even after it is placed in your mouth. This mercury is bioaccumulative and endangers your health in many w ...
- Wikileaks Reveals Monsanto's Close Relationshi ...
In cables released by Wikileaks this past August, 2011, US diplomats asked the State Department for funding to send biotechnology experts to "target countries" for discussions with high-profile politicians and agricultural officials.Click here to read this article
- Organic Farming Can Be More Profitable in the ...
Organic farming is more profitable and economically secure than conventional farming even over the long-term, according to a new study in Agronomy Journal. Using experimental farm plots, researchers with the University of Minnesota found that organic beat conventional even if organic price premi ...
- EU Court Puts Limits on Modified Honey
BRUSSELS - Honey that contains traces of pollen from genetically modified crops needs special authorization before it can be sold in Europe, the European Union's top court said Tuesday, in a judgment that could have widespread consequences on the bloc's policy on genetically modified organisms, ...
- The Dangerously Deranged Ethics of Biotech Ag
My unease about genetically engineered crops and animals dates back to the beginning. I had immediate concerns in the late 1980s and early 90s as I began to learn about the technology and associated marketplace machinations. Over the following decades as more and more facts emerged my concerns d ...
- 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 ...
- Reviews of Breaking Silence by Ian Wishart
REVIEWS OF BREAKING SILENCE: THE KAHUI CASE BY IAN WISHART Firstly, we are very glad to have read it and thankful that Wishart (and King) have written it. Wishart has done the entire body politic a great deal of good....
- Climate study endorses central premise of Air Con
A central premise of my book Air Con, from 2009, appears to have been validated by new peer reviewed research. My argument, which Climate Change minister Nick Smith and self-proclaimed climate expert - truffle grower Gareth Renowden, tried to challenge...
- BREAKING SILENCE: what the Coroner was not all ...
FROM AN EXTRACT OF BREAKING SILENCE Published in the latest Investigate HIS/HERS magazine... What you are about to read has been described as the most controversial book ever published in New Zealand. It wasn’t supposed to be. But news sent...
- BREAKING SILENCE news release
BREAKING SILENCE: THE KAHUI CASE By Ian Wishart $39.99, Howling At The Moon Publishing Ltd RELEASE DATE: Imminent Final opportunity to pre-order for delivery on Day One: www.howlingatthemoon.com The new book that shatters myths surrounding the Kahui murder case is...
- News release from Ian Wishart: Book will be pu ...
NEWS RELEASE FROM IAN WISHART Major bookstore chains have today been forced to cancel orders for the explosive new book on the Kahui twins murders, BREAKING SILENCE In response, Author and publisher Ian Wishart has confirmed the book will go...
- Psychology: "Why Can't Men Love Like Women?"
Men are wired to act during times of high emotion, since emotion can lead to violence; there is a shut-off mechanism. men are actually more reactive to emotion than women, so they are genetically programmed to avoid it. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture | Note ...
- A New Federal Vaccine Planand a Bad State Bill
Why are the vaccines piled on top of each other in one doctor visit? Because the medical establishment is afraid to ask parents to bring their children back over and over again. So for reasons of compliance and convenience the childs immune system... Submitted by Ellyn S. to US Politics & Go ...
- Debt ridden country spends 1 Billion destroyin ...
debt ridden country's "news" uses propaganda to trick its people to think otherwise, using "HUMANITARIAN REASONS" as the usual FAKE reason Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- Answer to Alan Simpson From Man in Montana
We paid for Social Security, so we are entitled to it. Instead of cutting Social Security back, we should remove the $106.8 cap on the tax that pays into it. That way, we could lower the age to retire and even increase the pay. Submitted by Michael Dewey to Society & Culture | ...
- Extending Grace: A Lesson from Parenting
I enjoy watching my preschooler play with her toys.She cares more about what a toy can do than what it was made to do.Those toys, even though they are being used incorrectly, are teaching her about the world around her. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture | Not ...
- 8 Soldiers Killed and Burned in Anbar, Iraq
ShareThis8 Soldiers Killed and Burned in Anbar, Iraq 07 Sep 2011 According to Iraqi police, a commando of armed men [Blackwater?] killed eight soldiers, among them an officer, in Haditha, in the Province of Anbar, and then burned the corpses. The attack was carried out last night; the commando, ...
- CIA doctor who ran phony vaccination program i ...
ShareThisCIA doctor who ran phony vaccination program is kept from leaving Pakistan 07 Sep 2011 A doctor who helped the CIA find 'Osama bin Laden' has been barred from leaving Pakistan, a commission investigating the killing of the Al Qaeda leader said yesterday. Dr. Shakil Afridi ran a phony va ...
- Assange Lashes Back at Mayawati
ShareThisAssange Lashes Back at Mayawati 07 Sep 2011 Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, didn't take kindly to Kumari Mayawati's words that he should be sent to a mental asylum. So Mr. Assange lashed back. Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables recently released by WikiLeaks called Ms. Mayawati, th ...
- Mayawati: WikiLeaks Founder Should Be Sent to ...
ShareThisMayawati: WikiLeaks Founder Should Be Sent to Mental Asylum 06 Sep 2011 Kumari Mayawati, the chief minister of India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, launched a scathing attack on Web site WikiLeaks Tuesday, a day after a leaked U.S. diplomatic cable claimed she once sent an empty ...
- Plan Would Keep Military in Iraq Beyond Deadline
ShareThisPlan Would Keep Military in Iraq Beyond Deadline 07 Sep 2011 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 withdrawal at year's end, but only to continue training security forces there, a senior m ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...
Article continued from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...
Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5 – ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – ...
Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; hindering the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of operation (circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respirator ...
- VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix Part 2 – Demyelination, ...
Article is intended to be read in conjunction with Part 1: VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix – A Legacy Of Shame Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of o ...
- You Know You're Getting Old When...
A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set. A cute little luxur ...
- Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
- Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
- Strawberry Picking
Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
- Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...
- New Britches
07 September 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan American troops have been losing their britches in combat. Until now, I’ve never seen so many troops exposing their hardware in battle. Many warriors go “commando” into the fighting, meaning that in the name of hygiene, comfort, or pe ...
- The Elusive Kandahar Cougar & Murphy’s Laws of ...
Sergeant TJ Vowell insists he's seen the mysterious big cats of Kandahar many times. Recently, Sergeant Vowell got shot. 06 September 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan 4-4 Cav, Bravo Troop, 2nd Platoon 2nd Squad There is much talk about “jaguars” or “cougars” among ...
- Censoring Afghanistan
Censorship 04 September 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan A message came today that a certain General has told me to unpublish "Battlefield Forensics." “Battlefield Forensics” was first published on 18 August 2011. This dispatch violates no policies. It has cleared all OPSEC hur ...
- Mosquitoes
Afghan Soldier caught by infrared flash with specially modified camera. 31 August 2011 Afghanistan A Soldier sleeps in a body bag to keep off the bugs. American and Afghan Soldiers share an Afghan family compound overnight in the heart of Taliban country. During the dark nights, the ...
- We Need Better Pants
30 August 2011 Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Task Force Spartan Rip, rend and slash are all in a day’s work here. Yet I have never seen so many troops with so many pairs of pants that are ready to fall off. Last week this mortar crew was firing at some people who were trying to kill ...
- Things they don't tell you about capitalism: a ...
Published on ZNet Ha-Joon Chang is a development economist with a special interest in economic history. His most recent book, “23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism”, as well as previous books, have critiqued neoliberalism and laissez-faire economics. I interviewed him by telephone on A ...
- Ultraviolent conflicts
Between economic austerity and riot stories, my reading is out of sync with the headlines. I've been reading more about African conflicts, especially very recent and ongoing ones. Specifically: -Allen and Vlassenroot's book on the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda. -Jason Stearns's book on the Co ...
- Numeracy alert. Gravy drain.
I read Metro Today on the subway today. There was a story blaming City of Toronto staff for squandering - wait for it - up to $1 MILLION dollars in sole-sourced contracts. So, Rob Ford is right, and there is waste to be cut, eh? Except that $1 million is, for example, 1/3 of what the KPMG report ...
- The politics of economic self-destruction
Sorry for the hiatus. Partly I've been busy with work and life and been unable to spend as much time doing articles. Partly I am trying to train myself to not relate to the world through 2000 word articles but to have a little more variety, including longer things (ie., books), one of which I am ...
- Tories would rather shut down the CBC than ans ...
This is a video that should be watched widely. These are Harper voters.
- The Vegan Zombie Cooks Fettuccine Alfredo (Video)
Image credit: The Vegan Zombie Like the meat-loving chef that eats little or not meat most days, I am no vegan—but some of my favorite meals are either vegan or very heavily vegetable-centric. And with the Vegan Black Metal Chef preaching his dark, yet ethical, gospel, I am increasingly ...
- 5 Gorgeous Scarves From Etsy to Smarten Up You ...
Photo: tocamade.etsy.com A lightweight scarf may just be fall's most ideal accessory: Delicate enough to wear on unexpectedly sunny autumn days but a welcome layer when the sun goes down or the wind kicks up, they're also an easy way to perk up simple fall outfits (from tees and blazers pair ...
- Craft and Science are Combined in One New Exhi ...
Photo: B.Alter The Power of Making is the new craft show at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. It's a mix of craft and science: a coming-together of the disciplines. With more than 200 objects, the show explores how different materials can be used in imaginative ways. Think edible bab ...
- Retired Lab Chimps See Sunlight For the First ...
Screenshot via YouTube The warm, golden glow of sunlight is one of those gifts in life we so often take for granted, though not only does it make life on Earth possible -- it makes it worth living. But for the first time in their lives, a group of chimpanzees in Austria were allowed to see s ...
- Trinity Root is 9/11 Memorial Inspired by Real ...
Image credit: Scott Beale / Laughing Squid under a Creative Commons license. Despite root systems living all around us, something about their form often grabs me. I'll often find myself doodling trees with roots stretching wide beneath a line of a journal page or notice concert posters or t- ...
- UK to allow cameras in criminal courts
[JURIST] UK Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke [Guardian profile] announced Tuesday that cameras will be allowed into criminal courts in the UK and Wales to improve transparency in courts. Two acts of Parliament [official website] in place since 1925 have banned filming [BBC report] in both Welsh ...
- Ukraine threatens international arbitration ov ...
[JURIST] Ukranian President Viktor Yanukovych [BBC profile] on Tuesday threatened to take Russia to international arbitration over gas disputes. Ukraine relies heavily on Russian oil imports [Reuters report], and its territory provides transit for 80 percent of Russia's oil supplies to Europe. Y ...
- Europe rights commissioner urges probes into s ...
[JURIST] The Council of Europe [official website] Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg [official profile] on Monday urged [press release] Lithuania, Poland and Romania to investigate the roles their governments played in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] prog ...
- Bahrain court hears protester appeals
[JURIST] A special security court in Bahrain [JURIST news archive] heard the appeals of jailed anti-government protesters on Tuesday. According to the Bahrain Center for Human Rights [official website], the National Safety Court of Appeal, a court composed of military prosecutors and civilian an ...
- Myanmar government forms human rights commission
[JURIST] Myanmar's government on Monday formed the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) to promote and safeguard the country's constitutional rights. Members of the commission include former government officials, diplomats, academics, doctors and lawyers, some of whom have made state ...
- Washington Wants to Avoid Default, but It Can' ...
With time running out, lawmakers still haven't crafted any bill that can raise the debt limit. Will they manage to pass one by Aug. 2? APThe aspirations don't match the situation.To hear them talk, the White House and every key player on Capitol Hill wants to avoid the first-ever default ...
- Boehner: Tough to Revive Bipartisan 'Humpty Du ...
The House Speaker said Republicans would press ahead with their own proposal should Obama continue to reject a two-tier plan With Asian markets set to deliver a verdict within hours on the U.S. debt crisis, House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said on ...
- Progress Toward a Debt Deal?
With the clock ticking down to the reopening of the markets, Congressional leaders try to patch together a two-step agreement ...
- Let Them Eat Cake Alive & Well in Beverly Hills
I love Los Angeles (I know -- few seem to want to admit it), but I love Washington, DC more. I love DC's intrigue and policy banter -- the passionate debates about Israel and Palestine, about nuclear vs. renewables, about Grover Norquist vs. big government Republicans (& MoveOn), about whethe ...
- How to Be a Right-Leaning Journalist
A libertarian guide for young reporters tells us how media, ideological or otherwise, should work in the digital age With the rise of ideological journalism over the past decade, a period when opinionated bloggers, Web journalists, and muckraking activists have changed the face of the profess ...
- Minneapolis JCRC: Brush Up Your Hasbara
The Minneapolis JCRC is desperately trying to push the horse back in the barn after I reported (with the journalistic legwork of Mordecai Spektor) that its staff relayed negative information about Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim-American member of Congress, to Israel’s Chicago consula ...
- Israel: Things Going to Hell in Hand Basket
Ethan Bronner wrote a story today with the deeply ironic (for him) title:Beyond Cairo, Israel Sensing a Wider Siege. Ironic, of course, because one of the major themes of the Israeli Occupation of late has been the siege against Gaza. Now it appears, the siege is staring Israel right back in the ...
- Israeli Consul, StandWithUs Engage in Lawfare ...
The eavesdropping transcripts Shamai Leibowitz leaked in 2009 contained information about covert Israeli penetration of the American political environment. If I had transcripts of current Israeli diplomatic traffic now, I’d be hearing conversations concerning the story I’m about to t ...
- Obama, Clinton Intervene to Protect Israeli Di ...
I don’t know about you, but I find remarkable this passage from Al Jazeera’s report on today’s Cairo riots which swirled around the Israeli embassy and spilled over into attacks on neighboring Egyptian security facilities: US President Barack Obama was first to react, calling o ...
- Adelson, Lauder Compel Israel’s Channel 10 to ...
Israel’s Channel 10 is considered one of the most bold and independent among the nation’s TV channels. It’s the one which airs Tzinor Layla, where I’ve appeared several times. As part of its reporting, it aired an extremely unflattering profile (segment begins at 20:30 ...
- Denying Nazi-Zionist collusion: The Sacramento ...
In an inversion of journalistic ethics, the Sacramento Bee reported on opposition to an event before and after it took place, but didn't cover the event itself. It featured an entire report on accusations against a flier, but didn't include a response from the flier's authors.
- Media omissions on Itamar: Murdering babies is ...
US media widely and repeatedly reported on the horrific March 11th murder of three small Israeli children and their parents. While no one yet knows who committed this grotesque act, reports presume that the murderers were Palestinian, and for this reason the incident is receiving major attention ...
- Critical Connections: Egypt, the US, and the I ...
Minimally explored in all the coverage of the momentous Egyptian uprising taking place over the last 10 days [Jan-Feb 2011] are the Israeli connections.
- Gabrielle Giffords, Tom Hurndall and Palestini ...
Alison Weir, CounterPunch - There is something particularly horrifying when someone is shot in the head. Perhaps it's the gruesome image, the destruction of the brain, the clear intent to kill. The recent shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords is made even more nightmarish by the l ...
- As Israel kills and maims, Outrage is directed ...
Whenever Israel commits yet another atrocity, its defenders are quick to redirect public attention away from the grisly crime scene. Currently, there are headlines about allegedly anti-Semitic comments made by senior White House correspondent Helen Thomas. Pundits across the land evince outrage ...
- Official 9/11 Fable To Become Part Of School C ...
Government-supported effort to ‘encourage critical thinking’ actually encourages obedient regurgitation of lies Paul Joseph Watson Rest of Story on Prison Planet.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “We don’t need no education….we don’t need no thought control.” In a week where the establishment is de ...
- EOC Eye On Citrus Radio: Pre 9-11-2001 Tenth A ...
(661) 449-9342 The Tenth Anniversary of the most despicable act every perpetrated on a people by elements of its own government in the history of mankind is just around the corner. The evidence is apparent, it’s been shown and revealed over and over, yet the public doesn’t rise to ar ...
- " Flip Flopped"
Dear Editor, The Chronicle on 8/22/11, stated that the Crystal River City Council was going to have the "first reading" on 8/22/11 of an ordinance that the council voted on at a previous meeting "to change flag displays to an unlimited number". How can flying ...
- Help to overcome
SIGLER/Chronicle David Gregory has a condition that causes him to need a van equipped with a chair lift so he can access it from the driver’s seat of his vehicle. The van he currently uses is in poor shape, so he is in need of a new van. Friends have opened a bank account to [...]
- USA PATRIOT Act: The Myth of a Secure European ...
The U.S. is home to the world's largest technology companies, offering cloud services from simple storage to complex web applications to users across the world. But data held even in European datacenters, protected by strict European data laws, may still be vulnerable to inspection by U.S. autho ...
- English School Embraces iPads, Apple and Techn ...
There is a rule in civilized society that goes something like this: Whenever something is compulsory then it must have something wrong with it. We see it all the time, in the school system and it’s one-size-fits-all approach to child indoctrination; in the application of statutory rules th ...
- The Consumer Culture Will Never Be Convicted
November 28, 2008: As the recession really started to bite in the Western world, something was stirring in the minds of people across the USA. Black Friday, that time of year when, traditionally, retail businesses move from being in the “red” to being in the “black”, had ...
- London 2012: Crass, Commercial and Completely ...
The Olympic Charter reads as follows: Fundamental Principles of Olympism 1. Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of eff ...
- Why So Few Unsuitablogs?
I’ve been looking at the main page at pondering on the lack of recent posts. There is a reason for this – not the pondering, but the lack of posts – and it stems from the tension that arises between the part of an activist that writes about what is going on with the world [...]
- Money for Nothing and Your Soul for Free
We, the media and I, have an interesting relationship. They leave me alone for the most part, and I give them hell because for the most part they are an industry dedicated to anti-life propaganda. Sometimes, though, they will contact me for a quote, an interview and some advice on how to keep th ...
- Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-Nil
One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
- All That Happens In The Middle East Can’ ...
Uncertainly rules the day in Tunisia. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the country’s strong-armed and authoritarian ruler since 1987, is in Saudi Arabia while the interim government struggles to restore some semblance of order. “Confusion, fear and horror in Tunisia as old regime’s militia carrie ...
- 'The State Decoded' Squeezes Rich Metadata Out ...
At first blush, state legal codes seem pretty simple. You've got titles, which are composed of chapters, which in turn comprise sections -- or something very much like that. It's a straightforward hierarchy, and you might not think that there's a lot of interesting metadata to be extracted from ...
- Sourcemap Crowdsources Product Supply Chains, ...
This post was authored by Matthew Hockenberry, who co-created Sourcemap as a visiting scientist with the MIT Center for Civic Media. Knowing where things come from is a fundamental part of humanity. Things are very different when they come from different places. The provenance of a work t ...
- Journalists Should Join Google+ to Understand ...
This month's Carnival of Journalism, a site that I've organized where bloggers can convene to all write about the same topic, was hosted by Kathy Gill, a social media consultant and senior lecturer at the University of Washington, who seized on the new social network that is Google+. Still in i ...
- ATTN-SPAN Personalizes C-SPAN Footage of Your Reps
Last month, I had the privilege of participating in the Mozilla-Knight Learning Lab. This four-week online lecture series pulled together 60 individuals interested in journalism and technology and got them to sit together watching an array of guest lecturers. The end product from each participan ...
- Using Maps to Make Sense of the Unimaginable i ...
Development Seed recently launched horn.wfp.org, a mapping tool that visualizes one of the worst famines in recent history that's unfolding in the Horn of Africa. We did this project in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), the food aid arm of the United Nations, to leverage data from ...
- Edge of Terrorism - Al-Qaeda and Affiliates St ...
On August 15, terrorist groups affiliated with al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) struck seven cities with 15 separate car bombings and attacks against security forces, civilian markets, and religious pilgrims. This strike was the first such large-scale coordinated attack in Iraq since August 2010, when AQI ...
- The Digital Edge - German Giant Bosch Invests ...
Robert Bosch Venture Capital has led an investment of 7.1 million euro (about $10 million) in Ident Technology AG (Gilching, Germany), a developer of electric field sensors that can be used for 3-D gesture recognition. Bosch participated with existing investors MIG Funds and Danube Equity and th ...
- Edge of Terrorism - The Post 9/11 Wars were Su ...
It has been 10 years since 9/11, and all of us who write about such things for a living are writing about it. That causes me to be wary. I prefer being the lonely voice, but the fact is that 9/11 was a defining moment in American history. On Sept. 12, 2001, few would have anticipated the course ...
- Financial Jihad - Australian Newspaper Likens ...
A leading Aussie newspaper, The Australian, has editorialized about the Nazi-style tactics of the anti-Israel boycott movement, patterned after and evolved from the one begun by the Hitler regime. During the 1930's, Hitler's Brownshirts, disrupted concerts featuring Jewish performers, and picket ...
- Pakistan on Edge - Pakistani Non-Muslims Seek ...
Members of minority religions in Pakistan, which is predominately Muslim, are prepared to “take to the streets for the salvation of the Muslim Shahbaz Tasser", kidnapped a week ago. Tasser is the son of a prominent Muslim businessman and politician who was murdered earlier this year after he had ...
- Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Practicing Peace in the New Year
A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...
- Sharing the writing of another Stieber
My younger brother, Zack, has been fascinated by the Chinese practice of Falun Gong and is hoping that this post could be used to spark a further discussion about it. Thoughts on Falun Gong by Zack Stieber Most of us are aware that in China things work differently then here. The ma ...
- Article in FOR
The following is the rough draft for an article I wrote, reflecting on the war in Iraq, that was published in the recent edition of the Fellowship of Reconciliation’s magazine. For more info on getting the full magazine, check out: http://forusa.org/fall-2010-renewing-movement Rheto ...
- Is The Tea Party Becoming Obama's "Jews?"
For much of the past 2,000 years political elements across the world have taken a group that looked and prayed differently, lumped them together and dehumanized them with the purpose of deflecting public anger their way and away the failure of politicians. I am talking of course about the ...
- Some "Big" Sons of Bitches Visit Media Matters ...
Note: there are two videos at the bottom of this post, if you cannot see them please click here. Earlier today, two of my favorite Editors Big Journalism editor Dana Loesch, and Big Government editor Mike Flynn joined their boss Andrew Breitbart (collectively described as the "Big" So ...
- Libya Begins to Fall Apart
Dr. Waldman: “This creature of yours should be kept under guard. Mark my words. He will prove dangerous.” Dr. Henry Frankenstein: Dangerous! Poor old Waldman. Have you never wanted to do anything that was dangerous?…. Dr. Waldman: You’re young, my friend. Your success [and Nobel Peace Priz ...
- That Horrible Day in September: The Munich Oly ...
(Note: There are two videos in this post one at the beginning and one at the end, If you cannot see them, please click here) Thirty-nine years ago. Yassir Arafat sent five Palestinian Terrorists into an Olympic Village dedicated to peace and international cooperation. Their successful ...
- Israel’s Strategic Situation: Plenty to Worry ...
By Barry Rubin Since much of what I write about regional politics seems pessimistic, I periodically remind people why I’m an optimist, at least when it comes to Israel. Even today, Israel’s security situation is as good as or better than it has been since any time since the estab ...
- Decline of the United States of America: The M ...
by Rodrigue Tremblay Global Research September 7, 2011 “The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.” Montesquieu, (Charles Louis de Secondat) (1689-1755) “I am convinced that I am acting as the agent of our Creator. By fighting off the ...
- 9/11 Responders Screened as Terrorists
by Mike Mculiff HoffPost.com WASHINGTON — A provision in the new 9/11 health bill may be adding insult to injury for people who fell sick after their service in the aftermath of the 2001 Al Qaeda attacks, The Huffington Post has learned. The tens of thousands of cops, firefighters, constru ...
- Associated Press: Americans to cause coming Te ...
Just as the Department of Homeland Security, Barack Obama and the corporate media have propagandized for the past couple of months, Associated Press is now echoing the talking point that Americans are the next Terrorists that will attack their own land. No proof of this has been shown. Associate ...
- Greeks Going Back to their Farming Roots
by Tania Georgiopoulou ekathimerini.com September 1, 2011 «Here you can go a week without spending a single euro over here,” says a man who moved back to Crete two years ago to live in the village of his birth. “You get fresh food from your farm and if you need something extra, like olive oil [...]
- Iraq: Victim or Beneficiary of September 11 at ...
By Waleed Ibrahim Reuters September 9, 2011 (Reuters) – Ten years after the hijacked airliner attacks on the United States, Iraqis are swamped in the violent wake of a war launched on a tenuous premise and uncertain if they are headed to democracy or dictatorship. While the sectarian slaug ...
- Residents in wind-turbine shadows seek noise, ...
It’s nothing but misery. That’s the assessment of town of Fairfield resident Monique Consolazio, who lives in the shadow of two of the towering wind turbines making up the Hardscrabble Wind Project. Hers is a plight shared by many who have lodged complaints against the global giant Iberdrola Ren ...
- Study looks at wind farm impact on Union
A recently-completed study on possible impacts of the proposed Antelope Ridge Farm on the city of Union says that while the likelihood of serious impacts is mostly low, the city may have trouble paying for them if they do occur. The independent review, looking at possible impacts to the city in ...
- Locals cut off by Griffin windfarm crane accident
The fears of a Perthshire community were realised at the weekend after an accident involving a large crane blocked a road, forcing them to make an 80-mile round trip to their nearest town. The normally short route into Dunkeld was cut off on Saturday following the accident on the A822 near Troch ...
- Bay County wind farm project divides township, ...
“It’s friends, neighbors and even families against each other. It’s just too bad.”
- Health board to analyze turbine complaints
Falmouth Board of Health has received more than 90 complaints about the wind turbines in town since June 7. That total was filed by 11 residents reporting headaches, nausea, concentration problems, anxiety, anger and the inability to sleep. Two-thirds of the complaints concern the Notus Clean Ene ...
- Pass Bill, Save Jobs, Obama Admonishes Congress
“In a run-up to his much-anticipated jobs speech next Thursday, President Obama is banging the drum for legislation that would save thousands – perhaps millions – of jobs around the country right now.” (Christian Science Monitor) He believes in the tooth fairy too. FEE Timely Classic ...
- Public Increasingly Pessimistic about Economy
“Public pessimism about the direction of the country has jumped to its highest level in nearly three years, erasing the sense of hope that followed President Obama’s inauguration and pushing his approval ratings to a record low, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.” (Was ...
- President Makes False Claims about Tax Cut
“The president’s Labor Day speech in Detroit featured an assertion that contained a number of warning signs that it might be an errant fact: ‘biggest middle-class tax cut in history.’” (Washington Post) A president fibs? FEE Timely Classic “Paying for Tax Cuts?” by Sheldo ...
- Fed to Push Interest Rates Lower
“The Federal Reserve is moving toward new steps aimed at lowering interest rates on mortgages and other kinds of long-term loans, without making another massive infusion of money into the economy.” (Washington Post) Low interest rates helped get us into this mess. FEE Timely Classic ...
- Obama Will Ask for $300 Billion Jobs Plan
“President Barack Obama plans to propose sparking job growth by injecting more than $300 billion into the economy next year, mostly through tax cuts, infrastructure spending and direct aid to state and local governments.” (Bloomberg) Where’s the money coming from? FEE Timely Classic ...
- 10 Rules for Visual Storytelling
For some people, “visual storytelling” means photographs. For others, it means film or video. An epic movie such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy may spring to mind — and few would disagree with that as a fine example of visual storytelling. In journalism writing classes, stud ...
- Getting that first job in journalism
Internships. Portfolio. Real work (not work assigned in a class). Not necessarily paid work — but journalism work that some respectable organization saw fit to publish, with your name on it. Lacking these, a new journalism graduate is behind the curve. There are not so many jobs out there ...
- 5,000 followers on Twitter
Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media guy), but I do feel a little thrill when the zeros turn over. The screen capture above is from yesterday, July 31, 2011. See my recent posts about Twitter and journalism. Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media ...
- 6 Proposals for Journalism Education Today
I’ve spent a huge amount of time this year thinking about and working on journalism curriculum. From developing and teaching a four-week program to train journalism educators in Africa in the practice of online journalism, to helping with a major overhaul of the undergraduate curriculum in ...
- Getting a journalism degree, getting a journal ...
This is an endorsement I like to see: I have never once regretted studying journalism. And I am not alone. That comes from Elana Zak, writing at 10,000 Words on June 24. According to her post, she received a journalism degree in June 2007, got a job three months later, and has “been gain ...
- Should the poor be allowed to vote?
Last week, right-wing pundit Matthew Vadum created a stir when he argued that -- as his piece at American Thinker is titled -- "Registering the Poor to Vote is Un-American." Here's how the piece starts:Why are left-wing activist groups so keen on registering the poor to vote? Because they know ...
- Mississippi poultry workers vote to unionize
By Joe Atkins, Labor South Workers at Water Valley Poultry in Water Valley, Miss., recently voted overwhelmingly to join United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1529. The vote was 80 for the union and 28 against at the 150-worker plant, said Rose Turner, organizing director for UFCW Local ...
- Florida farmworkers bike for justice in the fields
A group of Florida farmworkers and their allies will spend Labor Day bicycling as part of a journey taking them from one of the state's poorest towns to the headquarters of one of its most profitable companies in a quest for better working conditions. On Aug. 27, the members of the Coalition of ...
- Who are America's top 10 gas drillers?
By Nicholas Kusnetz, ProPublica Natural gas -- often touted as an abundant, comparatively clean source of domestic energy -- has come under intensifying public scrutiny in recent months, with federal regulators and reporters challenging some of the industry's rosy business projections. The Se ...
- Americans for Prosperity continues to mislead ...
On October 4, 2010 -- less than one month from Election Day -- the conservative activist group Americans for Prosperity unleashed more than $189,000 worth of mailers to voters in 19 legislative districts across North Carolina. AFP said the goal of the mailing blitz was to tell voters which cand ...
- How to fix Europe’s Financial Crisis
It’s not complicated. It’s just unthinkable. 1) Let the banks go under if they’re bankrupt. Make their private owners take the losses. 2) Refloat the banks, this will cost a TON less than having governments pay of private losses. 3) For countries with “unsustainableR ...
- 9/11
is a day which should be a reminder of how fear can make a people give up their liberties and prosperity and, in response to an atrocity, commit worse atrocities.
- Ontario NDP leader promises no income tax raises
Guess, I just gave my last donation to the Ontario NDP while she’s leader. If I want Tory policies, I’ll vote for the real thing. Although I am looking forward to the next fundraising call.
- The Short on the President’s “Job Plan”
The plan is supposedly 447 billion. By my count about 253 billion of that is in tax cuts. Corporations are sitting on a ton of money, tax cuts will not make them hire. Minor tax cuts for households will be used primarily for debt de-leveraging unless there is a general recovery with wage incr ...
- The Golden Laws of Prosperity
Implement policy which is as good for as many people as possible. Keep the rich poor. Punish negative externalities, encourage positive externalities. Tax economic rents punishingly. Do not allow pipeline companies (app stores, telecom companies, railways, etc…) to extract monopoly profits ...
- Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
- PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
- FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion. The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
- PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
- China and the end of the end of history
Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...
- Fukushima nuclear crisis, six months later
The meltdown of three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima power plant has led to an ongoing crisis in Japan. Nature Video provides an update on efforts to stabilize the reactors, and the consequences of the emergency for Japan and nuclear power worldwide. Check out our previous video on the ...
- Directly comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl
Zoom out to view Chernobyl's radiation over Fukushima. Rotate to the Ukraine to see Chernobyl in context. Download file (source: UNSCEAR/MEXT)This embedded version of Google Earth may have limited functionality on some browsers.This Sunday (11 September) marks the six-month anniversary of the t ...
- Dutch universities ponder merger
Posted on behalf of Katrin Kohnert What do you do when science budgets stagnate? Three large Dutch universities think the answer is to intensify collaboration. They may even go as far as to merge with each other. Speaking at the opening of the Dutch academic year on 5 September, offic ...
- Balzan Prize winners announced
Posted on behalf of Lee Sweetlove. Two scientists have been awarded the prestigious International Balzan Prize for 2011, announced in Milan last night. American evolutionary biologist and ecologist, Russell Lande, currently a Royal Society Research Professor at Imperial College, London is ...
- Illegal drug sales threaten vultures in India
Critically endangered vultures in India are still at risk of exposure to the anti-inflammatory drug diclofenac, through widespread illegal sales of the drug. The Indian government banned use of the drug for veterinary purposes in 2006 after it brought vultures to the brink of extinction. Vul ...
- Obama's Economic Trifecta: How The President H ...
President Barack Obama‘s “pivot” on jobs this week shows that the president has finally — if belatedly — acknowledged the real misery caused by the Great Recession. However, it does not shed his complicity in the ever deepening employment crisis. Unemployment remains high, exceeding 9% — 16% if ...
- Applying Lessons from the UK Riots to Australia
Many commentators correctly attribute the UK rioting to decades of misgoverning and miseducating youth. Contributing to this has been the breakdown of family discipline, the replacement of working fathers as role models and the creation of a culture of entitlement. Tony Blair has talked about ...
- The Golden State Is Crumbling
The recent announcement that California's unemployment again nudged up to 12 percent—second worst in the nation behind its evil twin, Nevada—should have come as a surprise but frankly did not. From the beginning of the recession, the Golden State has been stuck bringing up a humbled nation's rea ...
- Whatever Happened to 'The Vision Thing'? Part II
More than two years ago (March 2009, to be precise), New Geography published an article I wrote, entitled Whatever Happened to ‘The Vision Thing'?. It began: When I was in elementary school, I remember reading about the remarkable transformations that the future would bring: Flying cars, manned ...
- Millennials Have the Answer to the Country’s F ...
America is about to enter a presidential campaign that promises to be filled with divisive rhetoric and sharp differences over which direction the nominees want to take the country. This will be the fourth time in American history that the country has been sharply divided over the question o ...
- Suit over GM foods labelled "natural" could op ...
NOTE: John F. Banzhaf III is a Professor of Public Interest Law at George Washington University Law School [http://banzhaf.net/] where he is best known for his work challenging the tobacco industry [http://ash.org/] and his work challenging the food industry over obesity [http://banzhaf.net/obes ...
- Monsanto reaping gold through media manipulation
NOTE: This article brilliantly exposes the gap between the slick PR spin on Bt cotton in India and the harrowing reality. Worth reading in full. --- --- Media ethics: Got a plant, will republish for a fee MANU MOUDGIL The Hoot: Watching the media in the subcontinent 6 September 2011 http://www.t ...
- Hundreds rally against GMOs in Boulder County
TAKE ACTION: Join the GMO Right2Know March from New York City to DC Oct 1-16 2011. Find out more:http://www.right2knowmarch.org/ --- --- Hundreds rally against GMOs on Boulder County open space Laura Snider Daily Camera, 6 September 2011 http://www.dailycamera.com/boulder-county-news/ci_18837604 ...
- EU court puts limits on modified honey
1.EU Court Puts Limits on Modified Honey 2.Court ruling on GM contamination blows hole in the myth of coexistence NOTE: ECJ file available at http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=FR&Submit=Submit&numaff=C-442/09 EXTRACT: "Zero tolerance must mean just that: traces of GMOs, no mat ...
- EU court puts limits on modified honey
1.EU Court Puts Limits on Modified Honey 2.Court ruling on GM contamination blows hole in the myth of coexistence NOTE: ECJ file available at http://curia.europa.eu/jurisp/cgi-bin/form.pl?lang=FR&Submit=Submit&numaff=C-442/09 EXTRACT: "Zero tolerance must mean just that: traces of GMOs, no mat ...
- UK PMs Internet Censorship Insinuation Receive ...
Via: ZeroPaid: You know your internet censorship plans are too strict when China praises you for it. I’ll say this right off the bat, if someone told me one month ago that I would end up writing a headline like that, I would have told them they were insane. I am simply stunned that it [...]
- Hugo Chavez Orders $11 Billion of Gold Home Fr ...
Via: Bloomberg: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the central bank to repatriate $11 billion of gold reserves held in developed nations’ institutions such as the Bank of England as the metal rises to record levels behind a weakening U.S. dollar. Venezuela, which holds 211 tons of its 365 ...
- Single Seat Electric Vehicle Sets 1,000 Miles- ...
Via: PhysOrg: An experimental electric vehicle called “Schluckspecht” (“boozer,” or “tippler” in German) has set the record for achieving the longest drive in a battery-powered vehicle on a single battery charge. Its record-breaking distance was 1,013.8 miles ...
- Long Beach Police Department Claims Authority ...
The U.S. horror show is plumbing new depths of fascism now. This one will definitely cause you to skip a beat. Even I had to pause and re-read this one in disbelief. Via: Long Beach Post: Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed that detaining photographers for taking pictures “with no app ...
- Who—and What—Are Behind the “ ...
I just included a tiny piece of this. Click through, but be ready to for a lengthy and careful meditation on total absurdity of this fabricated spectacle. Via: Who What Why: The establishment media just keep getting worse. They’re further and further from good, tough investigative journalism, an ...
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