- The Globe’s cracked Alberta history
By Brian Brennan Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives are celebrating 40 uninterrupted years in power. A Globe and Mail reporter talks to some unnamed "Tory stalwarts, opposition leaders and observers." He concludes that the PC dynasty was "forged in the fire of Alberta’s hatred for Pierre Tru ...
- Jack Layton’s bequest to the West
By Frank Moher As God's cruel jokes go, this one's a doozy. Jack Layton, having built the NDP into the Official Opposition and created a sense of hope for the resurgence of a genuine left in Canada, one that would keep the right from running roughshod over the poor, the middle-class, ...
- Is CSIS replaying the Arar card?
By Alison@Creekside A leaked 2004 CSIS report from LaPresse on Thursday purports to be a summary of a conversation between Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui in 2000 in which they plotted to blow up an airplane enroute between Montreal and France. It has already been enthusiastically ...
- Designer Worms
by Eric Pettifor Remember all those episodes of the various Star Treks where characters were genetically altered, either willingly or unwillingly, by some means or other? It would happen within the course of a single episode and be neatly fixed at the end, with a hypo from the lovely Dr. ...
- Hinkle, Lilley, Mammoliti: So much Con Klown b ...
By Montreal Simon Oh dear. What a dilemma eh? I just created my very own Con Klown Hypocrisy Award. But now I can't seem to decide who is this week's winner. So please help me out . Here are the candidates in no particular order: (1) PHILLIP HINKLE, the 64-year old Republican State ...
- Magical Thinking in the Land Down Under
Like most humans, I’m a creature of routine. Every morning when I get into the office I take the first 20 minutes or so of the workday and dedicate them to browsing the top news headlines. Obviously, I read a lot about Afghanistan. I’ve been reading at least one snort-worthy article per day f ...
- Masters of the Obvious
The day after E2 posted the droid post a new report by Afghan “experts” was released. It is a complete crock of BS, which couples blindingly obvious facts to a set of recommendations that are so wrong they can easily be dismissed by reasonably intelligent eight year old children (bu ...
- These Aren’t the Droids You’re Loo ...
Over on the excellent Afghanistan blog, Ghosts of Alexander, Christian Bleuer has re-posted a piece written by an anonymous friend of his entitled, How to be an Afghan Expert. It’s a 12-point tutorial on how to portray yourself as an Afghanistan expert in order to land yourself a $1,000/da ...
- Attention To Detail
My good friend E2 has kept FRI alive, which enables me to throw up a post I’m dying to share. I’m still going to stay mum about where I am and what we’re up to, but, we’ll complete our remaining projects in a few months allowing me to tell that story fairly soon…In ...
- Who’s the Enemy Here?
Last week I wrote about how ordinary Afghans have much to fear from the villains when traveling on the highways and roads in this country. This week, I’d like to address one of the biggest threats to those of us in the Kabul expat community: the Afghan government security apparatus. I was insp ...
- Angels Among Us — An Incredible True Story
A Father, a Daughter and a Dog – A True Story by Catherine Moore “Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!” My father yelled at me. “Can’t you do anything right?” Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside ...
- The STORY OF YOUR ENSLAVEMENT
“NO MAN IS MORE HOPELESSLY ENSLAVED, THAN HE WHO FALSELY BELIEVES THAT HE IS FREE” —Goethe— This short 13 minute video pretty much sums up the reality. The “FARMERS” are the Khazarian Money Masters – the Edomite Jews.
- WHO’S WHO IN THE “NEW” LIBYA ...
Al Qaeda Commander of NATO’s Bloody Reign of Terror in Tripoli is the Monster Abdel Hakim Belhadj, aka Abdel Hakim al-Hasadi, Friend of Osama Bin Laden, former US POW, and Infamous Killer of US Soldiers in Afghanistan Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV August 27, 2011 Abdel Hakim Belhadj aka Abu ...
- “BIRTHERS” TAKE NOTICE — THE ...
birth-certificate-long-form Hello friends. Click on the above link, and you can view Barack Obama’s “Official” “Long Form” Birth Certificate. Consider that Donald Trump was really pushing for this to be released. Consider that after Osama bin Laden’s “ ...
- Chuck Baldwin Hits the Nail SQUARELY!!
“Come Out Of Her, My People” By Chuck Baldwin August 18, 2011 Archived column: http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=3859 It is no hyperbole to say that the vast majority of today’s churches do not remotely resemble the New Testament pattern. In the first place, the Church was never intende ...
- Downsizing – downscaling? See these tiny ...
Here’s a great company doing inspiring work www.tumbleweedhouses.com The company creator, Jay Shafer started off making a super small mobile home for himself measuring just 89 square feet! Their video is a testament to less being more – they’re now selling ready made mobile ca ...
- Air powered environmentally friendly car being ...
Sounds a little strange right – an air powered car – why isn’t this big news I wonder… There’s a great company in France operated by a former Formula 1 engineer now producing cars running on compressed air. They’re not great to look at, super fast, or I’ ...
- Deforestation – environmental & human ef ...
There are many types of forest in the world from Temperate Forest to Tropical forest. The one thing all forests have in common is that the trees in them act as the lungs to our planet converting CO2 to Oxygen. In addition, forests provide a canopy or shading of the earth which helps maintain te ...
- Could cancer be Fungus? If so, maybe here̵ ...
Recently I visited a dear friend who has been dealing with breast cancer for over ten years. After a long attempt to avoid surgery and medication, she was forced to have a double mastectomy. She has chosen to avoid the chemo treatments. This takes a lot of courage given that the standard thing t ...
- Doctors Warn about GM Food Risks
It’s barely been a week since I wrote about the dangers of genetically modified (GM) foods and now the American Academy of Environmental Medicine (AAEM) has released a strongly-worded warning about the health dangers associated with Frankenfoods. Calling for a moratorium on GM foods, the A ...
- More Reasons Solar Panels are a Good Investmen ...
Solar Panels Shade(1) your Roof Thus helps lower your Summertime Cooling Costs because: Study Shows a building’s ceiling was five degrees cooler under solar energy panels than under an exposed roof. Solar Panels Protect your Roof Thus increasing the Lifetime Expectancy of your Roof *Scott’ ...
- creating sustainable energy systems of the future
The climate problems are becoming ever more urgent, but the energy systems of the future present even more issues. Technologically, we have good opportunities for creating sustainable energy systems However, climate change is not the only energy challenge: We need energy services to drive global ...
- Hydrogen Energy Storage
a practical, multi-home storage solution for surplus energy Creative Energy Homes (CEH) project, which aims to stimulate ideas for sustainable design and promote new ways to provide affordable, environmentally sustainable and innovative housing. Under a new phase of the CEH project, the universi ...
- Bay Window Detail Drawing
Custom Bay Window Detail by Scotty Scotts Contracting Dual Pane with Blinds in the Glass Energy Star Rated Windows for St Louis Area Advanced Framing Techniques All Exterior Joints Sealed with Caulk and Dow Window and Door Sealer 2×4 and 2×6 Framing Members 1/2 ” plywood sheeting ...
- Dryer Net-Energy Saving Product-
Two Senior citizens from Washington, MO have developed a new filter for an electric dryer. Jim and Sandy Atkinson were driving around and saw steam coming out of the side of homes. They thought, "What a waste of heat!" So, they started experimenting with different products and were not s ...
- ABC's This Week, 8/21/11: David Axelrod Talks ...
At 7:10: JAKE TAPPER: Progressive filmmaker Michael Moore had this question that he wanted me to ask you: "Are you aware of how profoundly disappointed so many of the President's supporters are? Do you realize that each time the President moves to the right, he picks up no votes and loses many ...
- Statement by “V for Vendetta” author Alan Moor ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 8, 2011 Contact: Matt Smucker, 717.209.0445, jms@beyondthechoir.org Statement by “V for Vendetta” author Alan Moore in Support of PFC Bradley Manning Alan Moore, the world-renowned British author, issued the following statement today ...
- Letter from Environmental Leaders on the Perse ...
Dear Friends, On July 26th 2011, climate activist Tim DeChristopher will be sentenced at the Salt Lake City federal courthouse. On March 3rd, Tim was found guilty of two felony counts for participating in a peaceful act of civil disobedience. A bright, charismatic young man could face up to ...
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Address at Forbes Field ...
ROOSEVELT: Mr. Chairman, Governor Earle, my friends of Pennsylvania: A baseball park is a good place to talk about box scores. Tonight I am going to talk to you about the box score of the Government of the United States. I am going to tell you the story of our fight to beat down the depression ...
- Revolution Truth releases Wikileaks film
Revolution Truth Primary Contact: Tangerine Bolen, Executive Director Phone: 1-503-887-0773 Email: tangerine.bolen@revolutiontruth.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Revolution Truth releases Wikileaks film 13 July 2011 - On the day that Julian Assange begins his appeal against extradition t ...
- Rick Perry goes it alone
Although born and raised in a small town in the Finger Lakes region of New York, I'm the hybrid child of an upstate New York father and a mother from Texas -- they met at Fort Hood (then Camp Hood) during World War II. And you thought different species couldn't mate.
- Vaccines still safe, non-celebrities with medi ...
Oliver Willis brings word of yet another panel of scientists announcing that there is no link whatsoever between the M.M.R. vaccine and autism. “The M.M.R. vaccine doesn’t cause autism, and the evidence is overwhelming that it doesn’t,” said Dr. Ellen Wright Clayton, wh ...
- Will "Joe the Plumber" run for Congress?
"Joe the Plumber," a man named Sam who is not a plumber, may run for Congress. Joe, a briefly famous desperate attempt by the John McCain campaign to paint Barack Obama as an enemy of the working man, is mulling a run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, who's been in the House since 1983. Joe t ...
- This Labor Day, we need protests
Labor Day is traditionally a time for picnics and parades. But this year is no picnic for American workers, and a protest march would be more appropriate than a parade.
- The saddest Republican candidacy of them all
There's a reason why George Pataki seems to be moving toward a presidential campaign, but "because Republicans want him to" is not it.
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera
\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
- Australian school curriculum to force acceptan ...
School students are being targeted in a major new push to force acceptance of multiculturalism by “embedding” it in the national curriculum. Young Australians will be trained in “cultural competency” during classes as part of the Gillard Government’s plan to boost s ...
- Italians fired up at tax hike up
Tens of thousands of people are stranded. Factories are closed, airports and train stations deserted. An entire nation comes to a standstill as Italy’s largest trade union, the CGIL, calls on its 6 million members to strike. The nationwide transport strike was called in protest at Prime Mi ...
- Spaniards Protest Austerity Measures
Thousands of Spaniards have launched rallies in the Spanish capital Madrid against their government’s austerity measures, Press TV reported. The three-day protest starting on Tuesday was initiated by Spain’s two largest trade unions, the Comisiones Obreras (CCOO) as well as the Unio& ...
- Swedish police: Islamic terrorism is key threat
Islamic terrorism remains the greatest threat to Sweden, according to Anders Danielsson, head of Sweden’s Security Service (Säpo). Speaking at a seminar on Monday on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the terror attacks on the US on September 11th 2001, Danielsson said that the stren ...
- Wikileaks: Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe has Cancer
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has prostate cancer which has spread to other organs, according to a leaked US diplomatic cable. The cable, published by whistle-blower site Wikileaks, cites central bank governor Gideon Gono as saying Mr Mugabe’s doctors had urged him to quit. The ...
- Symptoms and Treatments of Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Insipidus ( or DI ) is a health condition that is often distinguished by extreme thirst along with excessively diluted urination . DI is similar in characteristics to untreated Diabetes ( or Diabetes Mellitus) but without the onset of blood glucose elevation. One of the major differ ...
- Natural Acne Remedies
There are several health conditions that hinder many people’s lives and outlook everyday. Acne is a condition which can affect your self esteem and your life. I’ve known several friends and family members with terrible cases of acne. They would purchase expensive remedies prescribed by docto ...
- Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...
Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
- Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
- Reasons to Donate Blood
Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...
- How Brian Moynihan Forced Sallie Krawcheck Out ...
Sallie Krawcheck got Sontaged. Krawcheck, the most powerful woman on Wall Street, stepped down Tuesday night from her position running Bank of America 's two wealth management units. She has no immediate plans for the future, said a person familiar with the matter. Krawcheck ran the Merrill Lyn ...
- Jay Carney: Hoffa Speaks for Himself
At the White House press conference today Jake Tapper questioned White House mouthpiece Jay Carney about civil discourse (among other things) and the statements made by Teamsters boss James Hoffa during an opening act for President Obama. Predictably, Carney refused to disavow Hoffa’s remarks, ...
- Bank of America Shakeup: Krawchek, Price Ousted
Bank of America ( BAC ) CEO Brian Moynihan is replacing wealth management head Sallie Krawchek and consumer and small business banking chief Joseph Price, his first major management shakeup, the bank announced late on Tuesday. The bank appointed two COOâs, with David Darnell overseeing consume ...
- Obama focus on policy, not polls – White House
The White House is downplaying several new polls showing President Obama’s job approval ratings plunging to new lows along with rising public concern over high unemployment and the sluggish economy
- Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Gets Longer Than Expecte ...
Carol Bartz, who still had over one year left on her contract with Yahoo, was fired via a telephone call on Tuesday. She was hired in January of 2009 to grow Yahooâs revenues, manage Yahooâs valuable Asian assets, and combat Googleâs takeover of Yahooâs market share. Since accepting the positio ...
- 9/11, Iraq, and the historical record
The U.S. discourse space is filling up rapidly with "ten years after" pieces related to 9/11. Me, these days I mainly just feel tired, tired. People in the U.S. political elite never listened to those of us who, prior to September 2011, had spent a whole career studying and interacting with the ...
- Libya: The longer view
The NATO-assisted uprising in Libya is now in the last phases of taking the whole country. These phases may well be marked by some major rights abuses-- conducted in the name of "mopping up" operations and motivated by some combination of vengeance and triumphalism. I hope that such excesses a ...
- I've been on vacation...
... with the whole family. It proved ways harder to pay attention to the news than I'd expected. Something to do with having three grandchildren to pay attention to, and very limited web access. Anyway, lots to blog about. Watch this space.
- Israel's 'J14': New potential for Jewish-Pales ...
As I have chronicled here and elsewhere many times, over the past decade the once-vibrant movement of Israelis actively working for an end to the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza had become increasingly moribund. Yes, a small number of brave Jewish-Israeli souls participated in the weekly p ...
- Syria, authoritarianism, war, and peace
I regret that I haven't had much time in recent months to blog and write about the many developments in the still-unfolding 'Arab Spring.' However, I think that much of what I was writing back in March and April-- especially on the extremely upsetting and complicated series of events in Libya an ...
- The Shamans among us: A World of Perpetual Con ...
Economic models are mere policy proposals; they are not the consequences of any economic system based on "natural law or even good theory, " they are not scientific; they are merely ad hoc. Furthermore, deleterious consequences often result from these models. Economists also routinely simpli ...
- Disintegrating Economic Recovery
The word 'recover' always has the connotation of "getting back." But who is going to get back what when the economy "recovers"? Few at most. So what does an economic recovery look like? No one knows. The word 'recovery' can not be applied to objects willy-nilly. A sick person goes into the ...
- Humanity at the Crossroads: Business and Jobs
What's known as the economy has not only had horrid consequences, it is ultimately unsustainable. In two centuries, it has turned human beings into beasts of burden and their rulers into mere teamsters, it has polluted the Earth, extinguished uncounted species and exterminated millions of people ...
- (Land of the Fee and the Home of the Knave) Mo ...
President Obama has said that he will not allow people-programs to be cut so that the wealthy can receive tax cuts because our nation is "better than that." But what America is cannot be distinguished from its economy which exists merely to accumulate money. It's why the maxim is let the buy ...
- The Supreme Court, the Constitution and the Fi ...
The Supreme Court's First Amendment opinions result not from interpreting the First Amendment but from deliberately and insidiously changing its diction in ways that make the Amendment unrecognizable. The Court's arguments in these opinions are pure cant and do nothing but turn the Justice ...
- The Mineral That Helps Fight Fatigue, Stress, ...
Story at-a-glance Sulfur is third most abundant mineral in your body. It is required for proper synthesis and biological activity of proteins and enzymes, and plays an important role in your ...
- Surprise! Guess Who's Viewing Your "Confidenti ...
If you believe that your medical and personal information should be kept in strict privacy, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise. Your medical information is not actually private -- you sell it without realizing it. If you look at your office bill or EOB (explanation of benefits), you'll se ...
- Are You Being Tricked Into Having this Neuroto ...
By Dr. Mercola With Consumers for Dental Choice Story at-a-glance Thanks to deceptive, manipulative efforts by the American Dental Association (ADA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ...
- Ten Best Foods to Eat Frequently for a Terrifi ...
By Dr. Mercola If optimal health is your goal, there's no getting around your diet. Your physical health is a direct reflection of what you put into your body, and how you live your life in general. Pre-packaged processed foods may be convenient, but cooking from scratch using fresh unprocess ...
- Why Almost All Sinus Infections are Misdiagnos ...
By Dr. Mercola Story at-a-glance The vast majority of people suffering from chronic respiratory infections are not aware that their problem is related to mold exposure. And unfortunately, their p ...
- 20 unusual uses for honey you never thought of
from moisturizer to apocalypse prepper... from ecosalon: It was brought to my attention last week that September is in fact National Honey Month. Honey gets an entire month all to itself? Why yes, it certainly does. Turns out that Americans consume 1.5 pounds of honey per person annually, and ...
- monsanto's pesticide problems & corporate envi ...
from forbes: Monsanto, the world’s largest agriculture seed producer, is under fire after scientists in the U.S. recently discovered what they believe to be a case of crop-eating bugs developing a resistance to the company’s genetically modified corn plants. Some researchers believe that the dis ...
- 9/1 binge & purge: sugar, slave, blast
Antifreeze-tainted vinegar kills 11 in China, 120 poisoned* Foreign students protest slave labor at Hershey's* One injured in ADM blast near Clinton, Iowa* video: Vitamin Water exposed as sugar water in Food Investigations*
- usda signs with rockefeller's council of found ...
from food freedom: On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA has signed an agreement with the Council on Foundations “to provide new sources of capital, new job opportunities, workforce investment strategies,” and, last on the list but the heart of it: “identification of a ...
- ban on using food stamps to buy soda rejected ...
from nytimes: Federal officials on Friday rejected Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s proposal to bar New York City’s food stamp users from buying soda and other sugary drinks with them. The decision derailed one of the mayor’s big ideas to fight obesity and poor nutrition in the city. Mr. Bloomberg a ...
- The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
source: Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
- Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
source: Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
- Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
source: India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
- The changing face of the church
source: Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
- Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011 In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort S Shyam Prasad
- 20 Quotes From European Leaders That Prove Tha ...
The financial crisis in Europe has become so severe that it has put the future of the euro, and indeed the future of the EU itself, in doubt. If the financial system in Europe collapses, it is going to plunge the entire globe into chaos. The EU has a larger economy and a larger ...
- Is The End Of The Euro In Sight?
The future of the euro is hanging by a thread at the moment. The massive debt problems of nations such as Greece, Italy and Portugal are dragging down the rest of the Europe, and the political will in northern Europe to continue to bail out these debt-ridden countries is rapidly ...
- 25 Signs That The Financial World Is About To ...
Most of the worst financial panics in history have happened in the fall. Just recall what happened in 1929, 1987 and 2008. Well, September 2011 is about to begin and there are all kinds of signs that the financial world is about to hit the big red panic button. Wave after wave ...
- 12 Things That We Can Learn From Hurricane Ire ...
Whenever a major disaster or emergency strikes, millions of lives can be turned upside down in an instant. Fortunately Hurricane Irene was not as catastrophic as originally projected, but millions of people did lose power and at least 35 people lost their lives. Large numbers o ...
- 34 Pieces Of Evidence That Prove That The Midd ...
Do you ever get the feeling that the middle class in America is shrinking? Well, you are not imagining things. A confluence of very troubling long-term economic trends has created an environment in which the middle class in America is being absolutely shredded. Today, most Ame ...
- 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 ...
- Search for new executive director of Center on ...
Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003. Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →
- 15 Must Have Android Games
Android is growing at a stupendous rate and so is Android Market. Number is applications in Android Market is nearing 300,000 now and the rate of growth is only increasing. Trying to pick the very best of Android games from that enormous list is tough. I will try to give it my best shot anyway ...
- 12 Things New in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric[Screensho ...
Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Ocelot is marching ahead. Through our detailed reviews of Alpha 2 and Alpha 3 releases, we followed Ubuntu 11.10 in its each and every developmental phase so far. A lot of things have changed since the third alpha release and as we had promised, here is a preview of latest ...
- Awesome Linux Bash Shell Cheat Sheet for Beginners
Got a mail recently from freeworld's Raphael where he introduced me to his recent creation - a Linux bash shell cheat sheet meant for beginners. Very useful list of commands and keyboard shortcuts for Terminal with descriptions, more relevant if you are an avid Ubuntu/Debian user. Li ...
- How Open Source is Android After all?
Google, the maker and manager of the Android platform, has claimed that Android is the world’s best open source software system. How true are these claims? A report based on a recent study by market research firm VisionMobile about several popular open source projects. How Open ...
- Ubuntu Software Center Overhaul in Full Swing
Ubuntu Software Center is seeing its second round of upgrades, this time changes are even more dramatic. Good to see Canonical putting so much thrust on Software Center which has the potential to become Ubuntu's major money spinner in the near future. Brand New Ubuntu Software Center ...
- ENDGAME FOR EURO: GERMAN LAWMAKERS REVOLT ...
*GERMAN LAWMAKERS FAIL TO SUPPORT NEW EUROZONE BAILOUT FUND IN TRIAL VOTE *90% OF GERMANS OPPOSE NEW BANKSTER BAILOUT FUND *CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING ON LEGALITY OF BAILOUTS AND ROLE OF PARLIAMENT EXPECTED TOMORROW *GREECE SINKS DEEPER INTO DEBT UNDERLINING FAILURE OF BAILOUTS *ITALY ON STRIKE ...
- UK journalist recognises Germany is fighting t ...
German endgame for EMU draws ever nearer By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, International Business Editor, The Telegraph 6:03PM BST 04 Sep 2011 It bankrolled French farmers through the Common Agricultural Policy, that disguised tithe for war reparations. It then bankrolled Spanish farmers as well. It f ...
- Recombinant HPV DNA contamination found in Gar ...
By Sane Vax At the request of medical consumers concerned about HPV vaccine safety and efficacy, SANE Vax Inc. has retained a private laboratory to test a number of samples of HPV 4 Gardasil™ (Merck) for possible contamination by human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA in the vaccine lots distributed to ...
- US SUES MEGA BANKS OVER SUBPRIME FRAUD
Major banks sued over mortgages, Reuters Posted: 12:02 AM, September 3, 2011 A Us regulator sued 17 large banks and financial institutions yesterday over losses on about $200 billion of subprime bonds, which may hamper a broader government settlement of the mortgage mess left over from the housi ...
- Italy strikes over austerity
ROME, Business Week Italy’s president is warning the country’s leaders to heed what he calls the “alarming’ signals of worsening financial crisis and urgently enact austerity measures. President Giorgio Napolitano’s appeal to government and parliament was prompted M ...
- When the Baathists Read their History
To prepare for the new Syria, people have been digging up their not too distant past, well into the pre-Ba’ath era – not to copy it, but to learn from it.
- SEPTEMBER 11- Exploitation
With the 10th Anniversary of September 11th fast approaching. I, for one, am getting tired of (or is it immune to) how every politician regardless of ideology, most every lame stream media outlet, and especially the Pentagon has exploited 9/11 for political, ideological, psychological, and propa ...
- 9/11: Watch, Explain, I Can’t Even Begi ...
The scientists had described it, but I could never really believe it possible. I am flabbergasted.
- Israel Wages Lawfare Against Gaza Flotilla
Lawfare is bloodless warfare. by Philip Giraldi I have already reported how “lawfare,” which was defined by Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap following 9/11, is becoming the new hot button for defenders of Washington’s and Tel Aviv’s foreign policies ...
- Let’s Talk “Turkey,”
Everything else reported in the US about Turkey is false, dangerously false. The worst lies are the reports that Turkey's democratic government, freely elected, is "Islamist" and "extremist."
- The Lie
We're lucky to have Dr. John J. Mearsheimer to apply his original powers of observation to the practice of lying in international politics. John develops a theoretical typology, finding five sorts of strategic lies — from lies governments tell their own people to lies governments tell each ...
- Where's the Strategy?
It's disappointing, to say the least, that after ten years in Afghanistan we seem not to have a strategy, or at least a strategy people can easily discern, one that's related to known U.S. national security interests. Whatever U.S. policy is, if it can't be put into a single, simple, declarative ...
- Permanent Aridification Transforms the America ...
It's happening now but we won't be able to say with absolute certainty that it's happened for probably another couple of decades. Thanks to anthropogenic climate change the American Southwest is entering a new, and permanent, condition of increased aridity. It's not a "drought," it's the new nor ...
- Debt Doldrums
Barack Obama and John Boehner probably worked out most of it over golf. What political theater! And why is it you never hear of Nancy Pelosi on the links? To talk about the so-called "debt ceiling" crisis I turned to Charles Tiefer, a former General Counsel of the U.S. House of Representatives, ...
- The Art of Courage
A little voice in your conscience tells you something. You listen. You start to think maybe you're right and everybody else is wrong. You do something about it. Next thing you know you're in a life and death struggle against evil forces bent on world domination. Well, maybe that's a slight exagg ...
- Angels Among Us — An Incredible True Story
A Father, a Daughter and a Dog – A True Story by Catherine Moore “Watch out! You nearly broad sided that car!” My father yelled at me. “Can’t you do anything right?” Those words hurt worse than blows. I turned my head toward the elderly man in the seat beside ...
- The STORY OF YOUR ENSLAVEMENT
“NO MAN IS MORE HOPELESSLY ENSLAVED, THAN HE WHO FALSELY BELIEVES THAT HE IS FREE” —Goethe— This short 13 minute video pretty much sums up the reality. The “FARMERS” are the Khazarian Money Masters – the Edomite Jews.
- WHO’S WHO IN THE “NEW” LIBYA ...
Al Qaeda Commander of NATO’s Bloody Reign of Terror in Tripoli is the Monster Abdel Hakim Belhadj, aka Abdel Hakim al-Hasadi, Friend of Osama Bin Laden, former US POW, and Infamous Killer of US Soldiers in Afghanistan Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D. PressTV August 27, 2011 Abdel Hakim Belhadj aka Abu ...
- “BIRTHERS” TAKE NOTICE — THE ...
birth-certificate-long-form Hello friends. Click on the above link, and you can view Barack Obama’s “Official” “Long Form” Birth Certificate. Consider that Donald Trump was really pushing for this to be released. Consider that after Osama bin Laden’s “ ...
- Chuck Baldwin Hits the Nail SQUARELY!!
“Come Out Of Her, My People” By Chuck Baldwin August 18, 2011 Archived column: http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=3859 It is no hyperbole to say that the vast majority of today’s churches do not remotely resemble the New Testament pattern. In the first place, the Church was never intende ...
- New Netflix Restriction: One Stream Per Customer
Netflix continued its recent tightening and price-raising by making it so there can only be one streaming video feed per account. For families that share accounts and want to be able to watch more than one instant stream at the same time, they'll have to sign up for an additional Unlimited St ...
- Morning Deals
ClothingTanga.com: [ESNY Totes Satin Shoes] ESNY Totes Isotoner Satin Ballerina Bridal Shoes w/ Rhinestones for $3.99ShoeMetro: [Shoes] [50% off Ed Hardy Doheny Platform Shoes]Old Navy: [Clothing & Accessories] Save 25% Off Any Order with coupon code ONBDAY25.Kohl's: [Apparel] 20% Off Entire Pu ...
- Former Citi VP Admits To Stealing $22 Million ...
If you think you need Ben Affleck in a creepy nun mask to heist millions from a bank, there's a former VP of Citigroup who can teach you a thing or two about a bloodless robbery. Of course, this guy also got caught and has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $22 million from his former emplo ...
- Walmart Shopper Borrows Electric Shopping Cart ...
You know those electric shopping carts you can use while shopping at Walmart? Then you likely also know that you're supposed to return the cart when you are done shopping. You're certainly not supposed to keep it for 11 days until you get ticketed by police for driving it down a public road. B ...
- Sprint Sues To Block AT&T From Buying T-Mobile
Less than one week after the Justice Dept. filed a lawsuit to block AT&T's pending $39 billion purchase of T-Mobile USA, Sprint has filed a lawsuit of its own (but related to the DOJ suit), seeking to have the deal called off. "Sprint opposes AT&T's proposed takeover of T-Mobile," said Sprint' ...
- Border Patrol Whistleblower Seeks Transfer aft ...
Seattle Weekly: Christian Sanchez, Border Patrol Whistleblower, Requests Transfer from Olympic Peninsula After ‘Retaliation’ Summary: Border Patrol whistleblower and GAP client Christian Sanchez, who has alleged that officials and agents are paid overtime for doing no extra work at Port Angele ...
- Blogger to N.Y. Times: Leibowitz is a Whistleb ...
At the time federal judge Alexander Williams Jr. of the U.S. District Court of Maryland sentenced former FBI translator Shamai Leibowitz for disclosing supposedly classified information to a blogger, even Judge Williams did not know the nature of the information Leibowitz disclosed. The&nbs ...
- Problems at the Border Patrol in Washington St ...
CNN: Border Agent Says There’s Nothing to Do, Says Money is Being Wasted Summary: Border Patrol whistleblower and GAP client Christian Sanchez has alleged that officials and agents are paid overtime for doing no extra work at all at Port Angeles in Washington state. Sanchez described the stati ...
- Connecticut AG Dismisses 513 of 699 Whistleblo ...
Associated Press: Conn. AG Drops Whistleblower Claims Summary: Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen, who assumed his position earlier this year, has closed 513 of the 699 whistleblower cases he inherited from his predecessor, saying that most of the probes lacked merit. His predecessor l ...
- Bea Edwards Named GAP Executive Director
Today, GAP officially announced that International Reform Director Bea Edwards has been named Executive Director of the organization. For the past three months, she has served as Acting Executive Director. Edwards has been with GAP since 2006, and brings an impressive track record of succe ...
- Inside Govt’s Cuckoo’s Nest: ‘Keep Calm and Ca ...
Textbook definition of insanity is to continue doing things exactly as you have and expect a different result. Well welcome to Herbert Hooverville, global financial chaos edition where the US and UK governments think the way to change the situation is to… carry on and do nothing differently. An ...
- Jobs: A Grand Bargain
America is a nation of Great Generation citizens, a lost generation of workers and a failed generation of self-centered and small-minded operators in business, government and finance who appear incapable of leading the nation. I will suggest below a grand compromise to create jobs that is curren ...
- Farewell Trey: Pity We Couldn’t Help You Mend ...
I live in Wales atop the Glamorgan Heritage Coast’s sand and limestone cliffs. It sits alongside the widest part of the Severn River dividing Southern England and Wales opening into the Irish Sea. Along with the world’s 2nd highest tidal swing it is home to incredible cliff and rocky beach walks ...
- 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 Secur ...
- If Al Gore Had Won
A recent poll by 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair found that a majority of Americans, and a majority of Democrats, do not believe things would have changed much if Al Gore had been inaugurated president in January 2001. With a jobless scandal gripping the nation, the presiden’ts popularity collapsed f ...
- Carbon Tax going through next week. ALP set to ...
You wouldn’t wish a wounded government on any nation. They’re too dangerous. The timing could hardly be worse. We’re about to force our nation to spend far more on its energy than it has too, while our competitors are decidedly not doing that, and the world faces a economic mel ...
- Newspoll — New record low for Gillard
We all knew a fall was coming after the debacle with the Malaysian swap of asylum seekers for refugees. The Australian: Tony Abbott’s record lead over Julia Gillard: Newspoll After a devastating decision in the High Court last week wiped out the Prime Minister’s Malaysia Solution for ...
- Do Tropical Storms correlate with CO2? In a wo ...
Catastrophic killer storms are coming! ‘The Australian Greens say Tropical Cyclone Yasi is a “tragedy of climate change”.’ “DESTRUCTIVE hurricanes such as Katrina and Rita are likely to be more common … Tim Flannery warns.” “These hurricanes have b ...
- How to go out with a bang — score points for c ...
An editor has resigned after committing the dastardliest of crimes: He helped publish a skeptical paper in a peer-reviewed journal. God-forbid, imagine a paper being reviewed only by people who have some sympathies with your results? It’s unthinkable. We all know that Nature and Science, f ...
- NIPCC report: Rising CO2 is beneficial
For those who want science and not politics, the enormous scientific compendium known as the NIPCC reports has been updated to incorporate new results. There are hundreds of references to peer reviewed research. It is as always, thorough, professional and comprehensive. The authors of the new NI ...
- Book review: 'Hollywood Left and Right'
(Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - Most Americans who pay attention to politics believe Hollywood's political influence in American life and culture is heavily weighted on the left. Steven J. Ross, a historian who teaches at the University of Southern California, begs to differ. He believes the evidence ...
- America remembers
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- Photo essay: Remembering and understanding 9/11
(Looking at the Left) - September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of that morning in 2001 when a 7th century Arabian warriors' creed attacked the very heart of the modern world at the dawn of the 21st century. Ten years later we find America in a state of confusion and disunity concerning the ...
- NYC, Washington increase security, manhunt for ...
(NewsMax) - The hunt continued on Friday for three men -- one a U.S. citizen -- believed to be planning a massive car-bomb attack to mark Sunday's tenth anniversary of 9/11...
- American civilization wiped off the earth? A t ...
(Wes Vernon, RA analyst) - "America's mayor," Rudy Giuliani, told a National Press Club audience Tuesday that there had been about 40 attempted/planned attacks on America in the ten years since 9/11, and he assumed there will be more. He believes future attacks on America could come at us in a f ...
- Fact: You Have Rights Because Government Says ...
Here's a quick follow-up article to the one posted a few days ago about the Rawesome Food Club raid. Feast your eyes on the following statements released by the Food and Drug Administration regarding the raid. Note: Below, 'Plaintiffs' refers to James Stewart, Rawesome's founder, Sharon Palmer, ...
- Another Unlawful Raid On Rawesome
Want an undeniable truth? Our government is out of control. To deny that is to deny all sense of reason and logic; to regress to your simple-minded, consensus trance thought (un)process. To me, this is the fatal flaw in the argument of all those who support government, or in this case, BIG gover ...
- Diet Myths THEY Don’t Want You To Know
MyPyramid.....of DEATH!I've been studying health and nutrition for about six years now. In fact, I credit my nutritional awakening with spurring on my awakening in all other aspects of life, from economics to politics. And I'll tell you the crux of what sparked my craving for the truth: Going ba ...
- Today's Quote
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them." - George Orwell
- Poll: Are the Current E.coli Outbreaks False F ...
This week, we wanted to get your thoughts on the current E. coli outbreaks. Are they random, unfortunate events? Or is there a depopulation agenda being carried out by the eugenicist global elite? Here's what you thought (click to enlarge):
- Tunguska-type Event in New Zealand?
In the South Island of New Zealand, near the small town of Tapanui, you can find the above crater. Well, some scientists believe it to be a small landslide… According to the great array of evidence ...Tunguska-type Event in New Zealand? is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:Pravda ...
- Farewell Elenin
Confirmed today by Sky and Telescope, Comet Elenin has either broken in half or disintegrated completely. Astronomers have seen its brightness halving in the last week, and the bright core has become “elongated and diffuse”. ...Farewell Elenin is a post from: 2012 Blog Related ...
- Dark Comet: The Forgotten Threat
One of my best sources of information is Google Alerts – it lets me know all the new websites and web pages that show up for a particular key phrase. Alerts for keywords like 2012 ...Dark Comet: The Forgotten Threat is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:Comet Creates Magnetic Pole ...
- Meteor Carving, Circa 3000BC
Many independent researchers believe that something must of occurred in 3114BC to trigger the start of the Mayan Long Count calendar – and therefore any information about events from 5,000 years ago catch my eye – like ...Meteor Carving, Circa 3000BC is a post from: 2012 Blog ...
- Dreams About 2012
As a child I had a few recurring dreams. One of them could’ve been a nightmare but wasn’t. I was standing in the front yard of my home in cookie-cutter suburb. My parents and siblings were ...Dreams About 2012 is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:2012 Forum – Becomin ...
- 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 ...
- Homemade Oatmeal Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches
Making these little cookie ice cream sandwiches made me so happy today! My favorite little twins are coming over and I was going to buy one of their favorite desserts, ice cream sandwiches, but decided instead that I would create healthier and tastier ones. So I baked oatmeal cookies made w ...
- You Can't Cheat Death By Smiling
[Editor's Note: Laurie's post touches on a lot of different aspects of battling cancer -- a positive outlook can only do so much, and in the end sometimes it comes down to "you get cancer and die", it's not about losing a battle and it's not something that can be changed by smiling a little more ...
- Shelf Clearing Controversy Kicks off Season Tw ...
I think I'm the only couponer in the entire world who isn't annoyed by season 2 of TLC's Extreme Couponing, which starts September 28 at 10pm (9pm CT). Not only am I not annoyed by it, I'm actually looking forward to it and I'm hoping that I can live Chatter/Tweet the shows again this year. (I k ...
- Respect Billable Time
Can I pick your brain? Perhaps the worst 5 words you can speak to an entrepreneur. What it means is "Can I ask you to work for me for free?" While there are times when it is absolutely great to give your time and expertise away pro-bono, doing it too often will result in your business folding. ...
- Maybe It's Time You Stopped Blogging...
[Editor's Note: My Life as an Ungraceful, Unhinged, and Unwilling Draftee into the Autism Army has a very amusing post giving the top ten signs that you should stop blogging. I'll give you the middle of the list below, but you'll need to click over to read the whole thing (and laugh!). --Mel] 5 ...
- Editorial: As The Country Mourned, Tucson Need ...
Those who criticized the reaction of the crowd at Wednesday night's memorial have it ingrained that a perfect memorial is one with candles, flowers and tears. The citizens of Tucson and the American people have mourned for five days. Wednesday's event was not a time to mourn some more. It was a ...
- Police Made Visits To Loughner Home Before Sho ...
The Tucson, Arizona family home of 22-year-old Jared Loughner had been visited by authorities before the shooting of a congresswoman and 18 others last Saturday, new information by the New York Times revealed Wednesday. It's unclear what the visits were about or what prompted the call to author ...
- Criminal Charges Filed Against Congresswoman’s ...
Newly-released court documents offer a glimpse into the motive behind Jared Loughner's attempted assassination of Tucson Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Recovered from Loughner's home was a letter addressed to Jared Loughner from Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Giffords mailed a ...
- “Unbelievable Tragedy:” Congresswoman Shot By ...
At least fifteen gunshots rang out shortly after 10:10am Arizona Time Saturday, bullets fatally striking a Federal Judge and injuring a prominent Congresswoman. Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) of Arizona's Eighth District was wounded at a public meet-and-greet event outside a grocery s ...
- Queensland Facing Flood Of “Biblical” Proportions
The worst floods in 50 years to hit Queensland, Australia are being described as nothing short of Biblical. More than 1,000 people have been evacuated, though officials say as the floodwaters get worse, as many as 4,000 residents could be asked to vacate their homes and businesses later this we ...
- Alpha to take on MSHA over enforcement
Anyone who follows the coal industry is by now familiar with Alpha Natural Resources and its pitch that its operations are “Running Right,” especially compared to Massey Energy. Rep. Nick J. Rahall, D-W.Va., is among those who assures us that with new ownership now in Southern West V ...
- MSHA warning device rule would save millions
There’s a lot of talk these days about the costs of burdensome regulations. But I often wonder if those discussions take into account the money our society saves by protecting the environment, consumers and public health. Take the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration’s proposal ...
- Happy Labor Day
A union coal miner at work at Alpha Natural Resources’ Emerald Mine in Greene County, Pa. Photo by Phil Smith, UMWA Journal. It’s a good day not only to spend time with family and friends, but to remember the workers who do so much for all of us … Here’s hoping everyone has a safe [...]
- Friday roundup, Sept. 2, 2011
In this May 26, 2011 photo, a tailings pond is seen at the Bingham Copper Mine in Magna, Utah (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Mike Terry) Four coal miners died late last week when a mine collapsed in northern Mexican state of Coahuila. As Reuters pointed out, this comes a few months after a May expl ...
- Will Rep. McKinley attend citizen meeting?
Well, according to the Daily Mail, Rep. David McKinley took in $20,000 at a fundraiser over at The Greenbrier, where West Virginia’s leaders of business and industry are holding their annual summit. But so far, his office has declined to say whether he’s planning to accept an invitat ...
- The Truths of America in 2011
There is shockingly little truth in any of the normal outlets in America. Universities, mainstream media, common conversation — they all focus on their own particular vector and spin on truth. And often they’re not even lying: they’re just biased and wrong. So let me give my ve ...
- Bill Moyers on Obama
“Obama seems obsessed with wanting to lead the country in what he sees as a post-partisan era while his opponents are so partisan they have only one goal in mind—to destroy him even if they have to burn down the house to do it. Well, you may want with all your heart to save your [...]
- The Information Ages
Historian Robert Darnton says there have been four great Information Ages in all human history, where a new technology has transformed how we communicate and interact—and he goes back to 4000 BC Mesopotamia for the first of these, the invention of writing. Then comes movable type, then mass stea ...
- Is Rick Perry Smarter than a Fifth Grader? Not ...
Just this past Thursday in New Hampshire, in response to a child’s question, Perry described evolution as “a theory that’s out there” and one that’s “got some gaps in it.” His latest statement is remarkably similar to what his office wrote to a Texas vot ...
- David Korten on America
We in America rely on foreign consumer credit to live ever further beyond our own means, while allowing our physical, social, and productive infrastructure to deteriorate from neglect. It is the classic path of a dying Empire in decline and denial. via yesmagazine.org Posted via email from ...
- ‘Intelligence on the cheap’? Only if you don’ ...
According to an Evening Standard article on Friday, those poor detectives at NPOIU are providing 'intelligence on the cheap', having to buy heaters for their freezing offices and living off Mcdonalds and Burger King. However, like the majority of Evening Standard articles, the facts and figures ...
- Avon and Somerset police repress local paper
On the afternoon of august 17th, police raided a house in central Bristol where an editor of local newspaper The Autonomist lives. Riot police kicked down the door of the property without warning, detained the inhabitants for two hours, and seized articles relating to the production of The Auton ...
- Don’t Panic: Don’t Talk
The Met today released another 44 photos of people they want to 'talk to'. The pictures are often of poor quality, and many of the 'targets' are masked up. The police have little chance of identifying many of these without help. The information printed above has been distributed around London, b ...
- The reason why the youth hate the police
This brilliant video appeared on youtube, and has also been published on the Police State UK site. It really shows the sort of mind-set the police have. I'd guess that a lot of people will recognise that arrogant, petty and vindictive attitude. The cops appear to be Forest Gate, and as far as I ...
- This is what ‘robust’ policing loo ...
The video shows a unit of Manchester riot police baton, punch and kick three youths on push bikes. The police carrying on kicking and punching them even when they are on the ground. Is this the sort of 'robust' policing that David Cameron and the politicians of all parties have been clamouring for?
- WWH News Briefs Wednesday
3 Guard members killed in Nevada IHOP rampage CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The burst of bullets came suddenly in Nevada’s capital. Just before 9 a.m., the gunman stepped onto an IHOP parking lot from his blue minivan with a yellow “Support Our Troops” sticker on it. He opened fire, ...
- Why Iceland Should Be in the News, But Is Not
By Deena Stryker – An Italian radio program’s story about Iceland’s on-going revolution is a stunning example of how little our media tells us about the rest of the world. Americans may remember that at the start of the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland literally went bankrupt. The reas ...
- Dis- Order in the courts
Back-Up Plans For The Individual Mandate? kaiserhealthnews.org – What happens if the health law’s individual mandate — the provision that requires almost all Americans to obtain health insurance or face a penalty — is overturned by the Supreme Court? Though more legal act ...
- Study: Sexist men and women made for each other
usatoday.com – When it comes to aggressive courtship strategies, sexist men and women seem to be perfect for each other, new research suggests. U.S. researchers conducted two surveys: One included 363 college students at a large Midwestern university, and the other was a national Internet ...
- We’re Checking Out
By Diana May-Waldman, WWH-I used to live in the suburbs and recently moved back to the city, We chose a smaller house closer to the beach. My former home had four bedrooms and three bathrooms and as my nest grew smaller, I felt the overwhelming urge to downsize. Not only did I want a smaller [...]
- WSJ on politics of cosmoclimatology
Willie sent me a pretty insightful article in the Wall Street Journal. Anne Jolis (see the picture) wrote about The Other Climate Theory,namely cosmoclimatology. It remarkably seems to go beneath the surface. The modern theory began with a 1975 paper by Robert Dickinson (even though Si ...
- TRF prediction came true: John Cook won the Eu ...
On Wednesday, August 24th, I wrote the following blog entry: John Cook will receive lots of money for climate propagandaIn that text, I claimed that a hardcore crackpot and one of the numerous redundant tiny stalking appendices of your humble correspondent (and of a few others) will win the ...
- CRESST-II joins dark matter's war on existence
In May 2011, TRF readers were reminded about the ongoing full-fledged war of existence of the dark matter: CoGeNT sees seasons (and maybe dark matter)Recall that there are two opposing camps of experimenters, namely DMIS (dark matter is seen) and DMINS (dark matter is not seen). At the end ...
- Andrew Dessler: clouds don't reflect light
The consensus scientists and Greenpeace members who believe that the judgement day is approaching were not pleased by the publication of a paper by Spencer and Braswell. In fact, they forced the editor of the journal to resign. By the way, Mr Alexander Ač of Czech Globe, an ex-student o ...
- NASA 3D app: Eyes on the Solar System
If you want to see how any object in the Solar System looks like from the viewpoint of any probe NASA sent, is sending, or will send in the space, see this 3-minute introduction to a new NASA app. Attractive American Astronomer Amy (AAAA) on the video above will instruct you to go ...
- Are you a Fiatard? Gold is not in a bubble.
Only a retard says that Gold is in a bubble. If you hear anyone make that claim or claim that gold and silver are nothing but commodities, you are either talking to a shill or a retard. In either case tune them out. Speaking of out, get out of dollars before your wealth is toast. [...] Rela ...
- NATO Libyan War Crimes
This video is not for the faint of heart but you need to see what your tax dollars are financing. NATO is no different than the Nazis. This is a sick and sad testament to the evil that controls us. Refuse to partake in this system. A contrived and unprovoked war – NATO’s terrorism kn ...
- British Bullshit Corporation BBC Lies to the S ...
I will let the kid do the talking. He has it pegged. Tell me why you haven’t figured it out yet? Are ya a moran? Technorati Tags: BBC, Libya, Media, Lies, British Bullshit Corporation Please recycle. Don't throw away your peels Related posts:The Truth About the Lies FULL DOCUMENTARY The Tr ...
- Silver! Final Warning!
Last call. Get in or kiss your ass goodbye. Heretic Productions present : Silver Shield’s Final Warning. dont-tread-on.me Video Rating: 4 / 5 BUY SILVER AT WHOLESALE This post is courtesy of Robbie the Robot Please recycle. Don't throw away your peels Related posts:The Silver Shield – ...
- Freedom is just another word for no one left t ...
This video has more one-liners than a stand-up comic ‘cept in this case no one is laughing. This is putting the corrupt occupiers of the ivory towers on notice…. Assholes, your time has come. Prepare for your comeuppance. Uploaded by ledaOhio937 on Aug 17, 2011 Listen to this… ...
- Salad bars surge in D.C. schools
By Alex Formuzis, EWG V-P for Media Relations Local bok choy and baby spinach, a mesclun mix with mandarin oranges and broccoli florets topped with Asian chicken strips. No, it's not the lunch menu at Chez Panisse, the influential organic... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websi ...
- Keeping You in the Dark on Tap Water Contaminants
By Jane Houlihan, EWG Senior V-P for Research More than 300 pollutants contaminate the water Americans drink, an EWG analysis of almost 20 million public records found. Truly pure tap water is a rare commodity in the U.S., but until... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ...
- Support a Climate Rider for EWG
By Lauren Heumann, EWG intern and climate rider Growing up, I was a huge fan of the Environmental Working Group. It had me hooked with its first Shopper's Guide to Pesticides in Produce. I always rely on EWG's Sunscreen Safety... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
- Cemeteries: The Next Drilling Frontier?
By Alex Rindler, Government Affairs Assistant When it comes to drilling in the Marcellus Shale, the natural gas industry leaves no stone unturned. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that Huntley & Huntley, Inc., a self-described "God fearing"... [[ This is a content summary only. ...
- Flame Retardants: Banned, but not gone
By Sonya Lunder, EWG Senior Scientist Even though toxic flame retardant chemicals were banned in 2006, pregnant women in California carry high levels of the hazardous substances in their blood, according to a new study by scientists at the University... [[ This is a content summary only. Vi ...
- Turner targets conservative-leaning Jews of th ...
The Bob Turner campaign has launched a new ad campaign aimed squarely at the conservative-leaning Jewish vote in the Ninth Congressional District, a demographic that has received a disproportionate amount of attention in the run-up to the September 13 speci ...
- Hearkening back to New York's '90s 'war on str ...
"[T]he principal policing problem right now" is that police officers are "not paying enough attention to young minority men," argues the New York Post editorial page. Jumaane Williams and Kirsten John Foy and many elected officials in New York City may not ...
- Gun incidents and Rex Ryan dominate New York, ...
Each day, the New York tabloids vie to sell readers at the newsstands on outrageous headlines, dramatic photography, and, occasionally, great reporting. Who is today's winner? More
- Seeking a root cause for the shootings, other ...
The Associated Press is out with a story trying to get at a root cause of the deadly violence this weekend that left approximately three dozen New Yorkers shot and wounded. But they're focusing on the West Indian American Day Parade and not some wider issue ...
- How a top aide to the public advocate ended up ...
Kirsten John Foy, a top legislative aide to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, is seen being tripped to the ground and later, being led away in handcuffs, after he and City Councilman Jumaane Williams were stopped by police officers at the end of the West Indi ...
- Norway’s Euro 2012 dream in tatters
Norway’s national football team (landslaget) was easily beaten 2-0 by Nordic rivals Denmark on Tuesday night in Copenhagen, leaving its chances of qualifying for the European Championships in 2012 (‘Euro 2012′) looking very slim indeed. The team’s qualifying credentials ...
- Philippine peace talks set to resume
Norway is poised to once again host talks aimed at bringing peace between the government of the Philippines and the country’s communist insurgents. Representatives for both sides have agreed on a new effort to resume peace talks in Oslo next month. News bureau NTB reported that the commu ...
- Heavy rains take a heavy toll
Residents of southern Norway were mopping up again on Wednesday after another deluge, with the promise of a few days of respite from the rain that’s fallen with alarming frequency since early June. The bad weather doesn’t just dampen spirits, but also carries a heavy cost. More torre ...
- Rain didn’t dampen ‘day out’
Neither rain, nor wind nor lots of mud managed to stop thousands of Norwegians from heading into the great outdoors over the weekend, and officials at the Norwegian Trekking Association (Den Norske Turistforening, DNT) hope such hearty spirit will last through the autumn storm season as well. On ...
- School elections cheer Labour Party
Never before has the Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) done so well in the school elections held as a test of young Norwegians’ choices before general elections. Labour’s victory in the elections held at 368 schools around the country on Tuesday was called “historic.” La ...
- Two New School Permaculture Projects for Ethiopia
by Geraldine Quinlan, from Ireland, a new intern at the Strawberry Fields Eco Lodge in Ethiopia 1. Gocha In the morning we visited Gocha Primary School. Before starting work together Tichafa gathered everyone in the classroom. He spoke about the importance of growing food for independence fro ...
- Sustainable World Radio Interviews Margie Bush ...
Margie Bushman & Wes Roe on Amazon boat tour, IPC8 Brazil Here’s a great opportunity to get a bit of background and foreground on the International Permaculture Conference & Convergence (IPC10), which is now imminent! Listen to the podcast below to hear Margie and Wes talk to Sus ...
- Abrupt Climate Change – and the Geo-Engineerin ...
Sahel Drought – worst of the 20th Century I thought I’d supplement the previous post by George Monbiot by expanding a little on his mention of the Sahel drought and its cause. Being one of the worst environmental disasters of the last century, it’s certainly worth a ...
- Balloon Debate
Why is the government spending £1.6m on a geo-engineering experiment whose results can never be used? by George Monbiot: journalist, author, academic and environmental and political activist, United Kingdom. It’s atmospheric liposuction: a retrospective fix for planetary over-indulgence. Geo- ...
- Gold Coast Permaculture – Healthy and Active W ...
Our in-house teachers made a sterling start to the Gold Coast City Council-sponsored Active and Healthy Programme on Saturday 23 July, with two workshops taking place at Gold Coast Permaculture’s (GCP) 270 Ferry Rd Southport headquarters. A total of 36 participants in the workshops arrived ...
- Ship.
The craft hurled across the cold light years, a gutted wreck. Inside the pierced hull, the litter of habitation floated idly, free from the long gone bounds of artificially induced gravity and free from the orderliness of her crew. Indeed, their bodies formed a part of the slow motion blizzard o ...
- So, which is it; Global Warming, Climate Disru ...
We had nearly two decades worth of propaganda telling us we were the cause of the planet warming up and unless we stopped emitting carbon, we were all going to burn up in the looming thermogeddon. This scare was branded Global Warming and gradually entered the popular consciousness. People natur ...
- London’s burning, an alternative viewpoint.
You know what you do when one or two hundred kids in hoodies turn up in your high street and start looting it? Nothing. That’s what you do because you’re helpless. There’s only one of you and the police force you trusted are nowhere in sight. Yes, you’ve called them but you’re just another one&# ...
- I’m not a scientist but …
For a number of reasons, having “made my bones” in permanent employment, the rest of my career would be termed freelance. I deliver measured amounts of expertise for clients of my choosing in the areas in which I know I operate well. The point is, you have to step out of your comfort zone and ...
- On murderous madmen.
The tragic events of last week in Norway do give you pause for thought. How could anyone do that and especially to defenseless young people? Does it say something about us all? Are we all capable of doing something like that? The answer is no and that’s not just my subjective opinion, it’s a fac ...
- The best video export options
How do you choose the best settings for exporting your video, after you have edited it? I remember how confusing this was for me when I started working with Web video several years ago. With the slower computers we had back then, I would wait for what seemed like forever while exporting a small ...
- Video Resources updated
The new Video Resources page has been added to this site. This is a carefully curated page with links to good tutorials for video editing software, video shooting tips, and the like. It’s intended for beginners, particularly journalism students and journalism educators who are teaching vid ...
- Flash Journalism updates
I have been hard at work updating the Flash Journalism website. New tutorials for ActionScript 3.0 and for working on the Timeline in CS4 and CS5 have been added. The old pages from the original site (created to support the book I wrote about Flash journalism in 2004) are still online, and all t ...
- New tutorial: Windows Live Movie Maker
As an aid to a journalism training session I agreed to give, I created a short PowerPoint that is aimed at journalism students. Windows Live Movie Maker Tutorial Windows Live Movie Maker is quite different from its predecessor — Windows Movie Maker (not “live”). It is less vers ...
- Convert WMA files with Switch
Switch Sound File Converter is a free program from NCH Software. You can download it here (Mac or Windows). I have been using this program and recommending it widely for about two years. It’s easy to use, and it’s especially useful for converting WMA format files to WAV so that we ca ...
- VAYLA Press Conference: Six Public High School ...
From the Vietnamese American Young Leaders Association of New Orleans (VAYLA): About 18 months ago, students began to examine conditions in six public high schools, embarking on the most extensive, youth-led evaluation of New Orleans schools since Hurricane Katrina. In total, we have gather ...
- The Help 2: "I did not apologize!" Starring Ja ...
Below, excerpts from the Library Chronicles Blog, which posted some excellent commentary today on the Jackie Clarkson Controversy: Even if we were in the mood to be charitable toward Jackie...we still have to point out just how easy it could have been for her to better handle this situation. ...
- Appeal in Anti-Muslim Conviction Set for Tomor ...
We urge all supporters of justice to come tomorrow at 9:30am to the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to support the defendants in the "Holy Land Five" case. Oral arguments for the defendants' appeal in the Holy Land Five case are tomorrow morning. The largest Muslim charitable organiza ...
- Friends and Family of Henry Glover Announce Ne ...
From Reverend Raymond Brown: Friends and family of shooting victim Henry Glover will hold a news conference on the site where Mr. Henry Glover was killed 6 years ago by two New Orleans Police Officers. Ms. Rebecca Glover and Mr. William Tanner will be guest speakers at the news conference. ...
- MARK OUR WORDS: Taking Heed of Hurricane Katr ...
By Tracie L. Washington, Esq. Director/Counsel, Louisiana Justice Institute There was an odd sense of relief in New Orleans and all along the Gulf Coast as we approached this sixth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. We had survived another year without a major storm. But that joy is alwa ...
- Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
Running both sides of every conflict is the Jew MO. Look at Libya: the Jew Ghadaffi versus the Jews' NATO. How can you lose if you are on both sides? Believing anything at face value should not be the first reaction of an informed person reading the news. Could this be connected to the Gulen ...
- Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
Something wrong with this. Turkey has been run by Jews since forever. Me thinks the jews are actually doing more in the long run for Turkey, i.e. get Turkey in the "FUTURE" into Europe, i.e. Banking, one of their own.Statistics: Posted by Ognir — Wed Sep 07, 2011 1:17 pm
- Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
Timothy-Fitzpatrick said Looks like Wood is a Jew shill Please enlighten me Tim-Fitz ! Looks like I need to brush up on my "Jew shill" spotting capabilities ! There is a tenuous connection here. This goes back to 2007 but we can see the enemy at work and you can bet they have push ...
- Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUpVeRh2R7Y It's the very least that they should do imo.I wonder what we'll be seeing next.PKK attacks? Here's a knesset members view of the situation. iframe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyx1Sh4bHaI I know i've watched too many movies, but does she ...
- Technology, Energy, Genetically Modified or En ...
I wonder how the Jobs family is going to feel when the heebie-jeebies fuck Syria up-the-ass like these creatures have done to virtually the ENTIRE ARAB WORLD in the past 18 months. Maybe a brave reporter should ask him DIRECTLY how he feels about the impending destruction of Syria, very similar ...
- Scientists Calls for Ban On Industrial Deep-Se ...
A new report by a team of international scientists calls for a ban on industrial deep-sea fishing, saying that decades of overexploitation have depleted fish stocks that take longer to recover than other species. The report, published in the journal Marine Policy, says that depletion of global f ...
- New Global Warming Survey is First to Include ...
A new survey on U.S. views concerning global warming based on political party affiliation finds agreement across party lines for the need to fund renewable energy research, but wide disparity over whether global warming is even happening. The survey by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communi ...
- Debt-Ridden Greece Proposes Huge Solar Power E ...
Greek officials are calling for an ambitious expansion of solar power generation in their sunny country, hoping that large-scale production of renewable energy will generate significant revenues and green jobs for the country’s troubled economy. Greek Energy Minister George Papaconstantinou says ...
- Post-Irene Sediment Clouds Hudson River and Ne ...
This NASA satellite image, taken after Hurricane Irene deluged the New York City area with heavy rains, shows Click to enlarge NASANew York Harbor, post-Irene massive amounts of sediment mixing with the darker waters of New York Harbor and the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the pale green, brown, ...
- Process Uses Plastic Bottles to Remove Arsenic ...
U.S. researchers say they have developed a simple, inexpensive process that uses common plastic bottles to remove arsenic from drinking water, a problem facing nearly 100 million people in developing nations. In the process, pieces of plastic soda or water bottles are coated with cysteine — an a ...
- The Globe’s cracked Alberta history
By Brian Brennan Alberta’s Progressive Conservatives are celebrating 40 uninterrupted years in power. A Globe and Mail reporter talks to some unnamed "Tory stalwarts, opposition leaders and observers." He concludes that the PC dynasty was "forged in the fire of Alberta’s hatred for Pierre Tru ...
- Jack Layton’s bequest to the West
By Frank Moher As God's cruel jokes go, this one's a doozy. Jack Layton, having built the NDP into the Official Opposition and created a sense of hope for the resurgence of a genuine left in Canada, one that would keep the right from running roughshod over the poor, the middle-class, ...
- Is CSIS replaying the Arar card?
By Alison@Creekside A leaked 2004 CSIS report from LaPresse on Thursday purports to be a summary of a conversation between Abousfian Abdelrazik and Adil Charkaoui in 2000 in which they plotted to blow up an airplane enroute between Montreal and France. It has already been enthusiastically ...
- Designer Worms
by Eric Pettifor Remember all those episodes of the various Star Treks where characters were genetically altered, either willingly or unwillingly, by some means or other? It would happen within the course of a single episode and be neatly fixed at the end, with a hypo from the lovely Dr. ...
- Hinkle, Lilley, Mammoliti: So much Con Klown b ...
By Montreal Simon Oh dear. What a dilemma eh? I just created my very own Con Klown Hypocrisy Award. But now I can't seem to decide who is this week's winner. So please help me out . Here are the candidates in no particular order: (1) PHILLIP HINKLE, the 64-year old Republican State ...
- (M)otocompo's theater challenges stale indie ...
Shuffling onto the stage in a flurry of robotic jerks come three men wearing glazed expressions and identical striped tops. In time with the retro-futurist synthesizer chirps and bleeps, they then lurch into a kind of clockwork dance routine, while a fourth man, wearing a construction helmet and ...
- Mental care centers planned for kids orphaned ...
The welfare ministry decided Wednesday to set up mental health care centers for children who lost parents to the March disaster in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, ministry sources said. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry has concluded that such facilities are necessary to enlist m ...
- China turns up the heat
As Chinese President Hu Jintao greeted his Philippine counterpart Benigno Aquino in Beijing recently at the start of a state visit, the official Xinhua news agency laid out terms for a sustained improvement in relations between the world's second biggest economy and its much smaller and weaker S ...
- Noda could visit China as early as October
Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda could visit China as early as October, government sources said Wednesday. If the trip can be arranged, Noda would hold talks with President Hu Jintao or Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing on strengthening the bilateral relationship, the sources said.
- "Jamaica Rocks"
A group of Jamaican musicians and dancers led by explosive "singjay" Abijah, as well as Tessanne Chin and rising star I Eye, have set off on a major tour of Japan. The tour is being coordinated by the Min-On Concert Association, in collaboration with the Embassy of Jamaica in Tokyo, and Jamaica' ...
- Rising Tuition Fees: A debt sentence for Ontar ...
Recently the Financial Post suggested a steady diet of Kraft Dinner and encouraging 13 year olds to become more entrepreneurial were strategic elements in helping students bear the rising cost of higher education. (I’m exaggerating–but only just.) Because I guess the problem that nee ...
- Hurricane Trichet Hits Jackson Hole
I just finished watching Jack Layton’s state funeral and notice that Jean-Claude Trichet’s speech from Jackson Hole is out. The European Central Bank president does not seem to get it. Far from acknowledging that last month’s interest-rate hike was premature, he touts “price stability.” His main ...
- Recession Ahead?
TD Economics yesterday released a rather gloomy report, putting the odds of a US recession at 40%, and arguing that that Canadian economy is more vulnerable to recession than it was in 2008. It highlights reduced capacity for governments to respond given that interest rates are already very low ...
- Outlook Darkens as Budget Debate Begins
Allow me to indulge myself just this once. Almost exactly one month ago I wrote a post on the Progressive Economics blog arguing that the Bank of Canada was being too optimistic about our economic prospects in the July Monetary Policy Report . Last Friday, both the Governor of the Bank of Cana ...
- The New Cost of Criminal Pardons
The Conservative government, with the collaboration of opposition parties, hastily passed a piece of legislation (Bill C-23A) last year which makes it more difficult for offenders to obtain a pardon for their offences. This was the government’s response to the news that notorious child-molester ...
- Former US government scientist tried to sell n ...
BBC: Stewart Nozette, a former planetary scientist who ran a nonprofit technology company, has admitted to charges that he attempted to sell technological secrets to Israel. Nozette was caught when he offered details of the US nuclear missile program to an FBI agent who pretended to work for Isr ...
- Turkish Academy of Sciences fights government ...
Science: Turkey's government has decreed that the Turkish Academy of Sciences (known by its Turkish abbreviation TÜBA) will no longer choose all its own members. From now on, the government will directly appoint one-third of new academy members. Another one-third will be appointed by the go ...
- Editor-in-chief who published flawed article r ...
Think Progress: In a stunning move, the editor-in-chief of the open-access journal Remote Sensing has resigned over the journal’s publication of what he calls a “fundamentally flawed” paper by climate science deniers Roy Spencer and William Braswell of the University of Alabama ...
- Tech company to build innovative test town in ...
Washington Post: A Washington DC–based technology company plans to build in New Mexico a 20-square-mile model of a typical American town. The $200 million “Center,” the first of its kind in the US, will boast highways, houses, and commercial buildings—old and new—al ...
- Electrified bacterial filaments zap uranium
Nature: Pili, which are hairlike filaments that sprout from some bacteria, can enable the bacteria to remove uranium from contaminated groundwater without becoming poisoned in the process. Geobacter sulfurreducens, for example, obtains energy by reducing, or adding electrons to, metals in the en ...
- Andrew Napolitano, Fox Business Host, Reveals ...
by username (Posted Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:57:24 GMT) check ur 6. Big brother is watching.
- Nothing To Celebrate - Osama Won The War
by DC (Posted Wed, 07 Sep 2011 03:53:52 GMT) ... and now he has 79 virgins he has to support? That's winning?
- FF News: Celeb Talk
by footprints (Posted Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:07:47 GMT) Re:FF News: 'Movie-Magic,' News 3 Days, 7 Hours ago Karma: 0 Leonardo DiCaprio is pleading with fans in California to back a bill banning the sale of shark fins in the state. The Hollywood star, a passionate animal rights campaigner, previ ...
- FF News: President Abdulla talks about Washington
by footprints (Posted Sun, 04 Sep 2011 00:21:14 GMT) ASHINGTON — The Justice Department says George Washington's home at Mount Vernon will undergo improvements to help the disabled, with accessible walkways, closed captioning for films and sign language and audio tours in the mansion and the gro ...
- FF News: Are you Searched in Footprints??-Augu ...
by footprints (Posted Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:00:04 GMT) FF News: Are you Searched in Footprints??-August 2011 5 Minutes ago Karma: 0 Key Searches of Footprints Filmworks from 1 August 2011-31 August 2011... Footprints Filmworks 71293 Omar Abdulla 36543 Zunaid Moti 30212 Fehmeda Ismail 30000 Sham ...
- Controversial Chinese projects in Cambodia bow ...
“CSG, a state-owned company established in 2002 to transmit and distribute electrical power in China’s southern provinces, has quit all its potential power projects in Cambodia, said the company’s spokesman Rambo Niu Feng. The power utility had conducted feasibility studies for ...
- Farmers’ Right To Water
“The recent killing of three innocent farmers by police in Maval of Pune district, Maharashtra led to pandemonium in Parliament and in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly. Questions were raised on why it happened and who was responsible for the killing. The Government was reportedly planning ...
- Citarum River Brings Fresh Water Along With Di ...
“The heavily polluted Citarum River has become a vector for disease for the 25 million people in western Java who rely on it for potable water and irrigation. In the first of three articles, The Jakarta Post’s Tifa Asrianti reports on the river’s deteriorating condition and its public heal ...
- Botswana Bushmen Drink From Reopened Borehole
“Survival International says Botswana’s Bushmen are drinking water from a borehole in the Kalahari desert for the first time in nine years. It is a significant victory against the government that once evicted them from their ancestral lands. The government capped the well at Mothomel ...
- Vegas tries to kick its water addiction
“At first glance, it’s pretty easy to say Las Vegas has an unhealthy water fetish. There’s the 22-million-gallon Bellagio fountain, which rockets dancing cylinders of well water 500 feet into the air to the tune of “God Bless the USA.” There’s the liquid volca ...
- Kucinich: Jobs Report Shows Urgent Need for Bo ...
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement in response to the latest report by the Department of Labor that the U.S. economy added no jobs in the month of August. “The grim numbers reported by the Labor Department are a warning that budget cuts and talk of ...
- Regarding a Non-Violent Conclusion to the Even ...
The Guardian newspaper recently reported that it found communications between me and an intermediary regarding a possible visit to Libya. From the beginning of the conflict, I have led the effort in challenging the Obama Administration’s war in Libya and to seeking a just, peaceful resoluti ...
- Kucinich to GE’s Immelt: What Other U.S. Techn ...
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) wrote to Jeffrey Immelt, C.E.O. of General Electric, who also heads President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, requesting more information about GE’s apparent transfer of technology to China that was originally derived from U.S. taxpayer-funded rese ...
- Administration Waived U.S. Law 46 Times to Hel ...
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today issued the following statement after news outlets reported that the Obama Administration waived the Jones Act no less than 46 times following its decision to release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in late June. The Jones Act, a secti ...
- Kucinich Continues to Build Opposition to Free ...
Congressman Dennis Kucinich is continuing to build opposition to the three pending free trade agreements with Korea, Panama and Colombia Congress is expected to vote on in the fall. He sent a letter to his colleagues today highlighting the role that multinational corporations have played in outs ...
- Correcting misinformation about the journal En ...
A frequent source of contention in the global warming debate is the existence of skeptical peer-reviewed papers. These have been overwhelmingly proven to exist. Once confronted with this inconvenient truth, alarmists have desperately tried to discredit the journals that dare publish these papers ...
- Origin of the Popular Technology.net Peer-Revi ...
There are various myths floating around online about where the Popular Technology.net peer-reviewed paper list originated, falsely giving credit to people who copied earlier versions of my list and published it as their own. The following is a brief history,Back in February 2007 I began compilin ...
- 900+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticis ...
WARNING: Do not accept any criticisms of this list without reading the notes or emailing, populartechnology (at) gmail (dot) comRead: The following papers support skepticism of AGW or AGW Alarm defined as, "concern relating to a negative environmental or socio-economic effect of AGW, usually exa ...
- Who is Deep Climate?
A new climate alarmist blog appeared on October 18, 2008 from an "unknown" Canadian setting out to both "follow the money" and "follow the science" of the "climate science 'skeptic' movement in Canada". Who in the great Northwest of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada would undertake such a daunt ...
- Are Skeptical Scientists funded by ExxonMobil?
In an article titled, "Analysing the ‘900 papers supporting climate scepticism’: 9 out of top 10 authors linked to ExxonMobil" from the environmental activist website The Carbon Brief, former Greenpeace "researcher" Christian Hunt failed to do basic research. He made no attempt to contact the sc ...
- Big damage in Papua New Guinea: new film docum ...
In one scene a young man, perhaps not long ago a boy, named Douglas stands shirtless and in shorts as he runs a chainsaw into a massive tropical tree. Prior to this we have already heard from an official how employees operating chainsaws must have a bevy of protective equipment as well as traini ...
- Taking corporate sustainability seriously mean ...
As more and more people demand companies to become sustainable and environmentally conscious, many corporations are at a loss of how to begin making the changes necessary. If they attempt to make changes—but fall short or focus poorly—they risk their actions being labeled as 'greenwa ...
- The glass is half-full: conservation has made ...
Don't despair: that's the message of a new paper in Trends in Ecology and Evolution, which argues that decades of conservation actions at multiple scales have had a positive impact for many of the world's endangered species. While such actions have not yet turned back the tide of the current mas ...
- Science has been nearly silent in Brazil’ ...
A recent push to revise Brazil’s forest code has emerged as one of the more contentious political issues in the country, pitting agribuisness against environmentalists trying to preserve the Amazon rainforest. Historically, the forest code has required private landowners to maintain a sub ...
- Brazilian senator: Forest Code reform necessar ...
Over the past twenty years Brazil has emerged as an agricultural superpower: today it is the largest exporter beef, sugar, coffee, and orange juice, and the second largest producer of soybeans. While much of this growth has been fueled by a sharp increase in productivity resulting from improved ...
- NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS AND VISITORS
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- AARON MCCOLLUM’S FINAL MESSAGE
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/universaltruthevolution/2011/07/07/a-special-announcement-by-aaron-mccollum-on-ute Exist Free…. Thank you Aaron Filed under: Black Projects, Common Purpose, Current Events, Dis-Information, Economic Collapse, Elite, Extraterrestrial, Festival of Enlighte ...
- SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM AARON MCCOLLUM ON UT ...
This Thursday I will be the guest on Universal Truth Evolution Radio to discuss some extremely important information and make a special announcement. I ask that everyone who takes the information provided on Truth Survival tune in to this … Continue reading →
- WHY WE WON’T CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY * ...
Simply put…The celebration of a holiday that we see as now dead is pointless. Think of this what you will but can YOU honestly say that the people of this country are still truly free? Should we as a nation … Continue reading →
- DISARMAMENT OF THE ELITE
Report written by Roma AKA A2B The Elite want to disarm us, they don’t want us to use our tools and weapons against their tyrannical selves. How about turning the tables… we disarm them, what … Continue reading →
- Remembering 9/11: Unity Gives Way to Politics, ...
Throughout this week, we'll be posting old and new Reason material related to the 9/11 attacks. To see a snapshot of what Reason.com (then called Reason Online) looked like in late September 2001, go here. On September 12, 2001, Reason Washington Correspondent Sam MacDonald observ ...
- New at Reason: Jacob Sullum on the Moribund Pr ...
Last week 9/11 Commission co-chairmen Tom Kean and Lee Hamilton noted that the federal government's Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has been "dormant" since 2008 because neither George W. Bush nor Barack Obama has managed to appoint its five members. Senior Editor Jacob ...
- New at Reason: Ronald Bailey Asks How Scared o ...
Ten years ago, Americans were shocked by the horror of watching hijacked planes smash into buildings, killing nearly 3,000 people. Frightened by this atrocity, Americans have spent more than $1 trillion on counterterrorism security measures and allowed federal officials to usurp som ...
- Property Rights, the Clean Water Act, and the ...
Business Week reports on a major property rights case brought by the libertarian Pacific Legal Foundation that the Supreme Court will be hearing this term: When Mike and Chantell Sackett paid $23,000 for a lot near the banks of Priest Lake in northern Idaho in 2005, they thought th ...
- New at Reason: A. Barton Hinkle on Big-Governm ...
If there's one thing Virginia's leading Republicans agree on, observes A. Barton Hinkle, it's government regulation. They're against it. So why do these same conservatives support arbitrary and unnecessary new government regulations on abortion clinics? Evidently their commitment to t ...
- Phone hacking, 9/7/2011
The interview of Colin Myler (News of the World editor) and Tom Crone (NotW legal affairs head) by the Levenson Select Committee of parliament was a bust. Myler and Crone repeated their allegation that James Murdoch was informed about the memo by reporter Ross Hindley that appeared to be a trans ...
- And now for something completely different…
Muppets: 4. In the film, Kermit sings the song and plays the banjo while seated on a log in a swamp. To perform the number, Jim Henson had to work underwater. He squeezed himself into a metal container equipped with an air hose, a rubber sleeve for his hand to manipulate Kermit and a monitor [...]
- The Grand Casino
I realize that for a lot of readers, the stock markets are just a surreal casino, and that the many posts I have done on them are widely ignored. You’ll get no argument from me that the stock market does not represent real investment or the real health of an economy. However, I think that ...
- Mitch McConnell: Why Isn’t Obama Shippin ...
Mitch McConnell was given valuable Washington Post column space to argue for the further destruction of America’s industrial base and what’s left of America’s middle and working classes so that their jobs can be done overseas by people in horrific working conditions who risk be ...
- Asian, European selloff
Markets look ugly for Tuesday. Europe and Asia down about 2-3% The German DAX -5.3%. The French CAC -4.7%. Hong Kong -3%. US futures down 2% or so. One of the most alarming bits of data was what happened to European CDS levels. Italy and Greece dropped by over 10%. An excerpt from Bill McBride [...]
- 8.7 Million Species Run Spaceship Earth
The life support system that generates the planet's air, water, and food is powered by 8.7 million living species according to the newest and best estimate. We know next to nothing about 99 percent of those unique species - except that lots of them are going extinct.
- OP-ED: Expanding Deserts, Falling Water Tables ...
People do not normally leave their homes, their families, and their communities unless they have no other option. Yet as environmental stresses mount, we can expect to see a growing number of environmental refugees. Rising seas and increasingly devastating storms grab headlines, but expand ...
- EAST AFRICA: Massive Aid Needed to Stave off D ...
International donors have given more than one billion dollars to ease the famine in Somalia and elsewhere in the Horn of Africa, but U.N. officials say another billion will be needed to prevent the situation from deteriorating in other areas.
- Eleven Million at Risk in Horn of Africa
"I have never seen anything like it. Many mothers have lost three or four children. It's a tragedy out here," Austin Kennan, regional director for the Horn of Africa for Concern Worldwide, told IPS from within the crisis zone.
- UN: Somalia Is 'Worst Humanitarian Disaster'
The head of the United Nations refugee agency has described the situation in drought-hit Somalia as the "worst humanitarian disaster" in the world, after meeting with those affected at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya.
- The Federal Budget Deficit: $1.23 Trillion Thr ...
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.23 trillion through the first 11 months of fiscal year 2011, CBO estimates in its latest Monthly Budget Review—$28 billion less than the deficit incurred in the same period last year. Revenues were about 7.6 percent higher through August than they were ...
- More from CBO’s Update of the Budget and Econo ...
Last week CBO released its annual summer update of its budget and economic outlook. Blog postings on Wednesday and Thursday discussed two aspects of that outlook—the amount of discretionary spending that will occur over the coming decade under current law, and the estimated impact of fisca ...
- More from CBO’s Update of the Budget and Econo ...
Last week CBO released its annual summer update of its budget and economic outlook. Yesterday’s blog posting discussed one aspect of that outlook—the amount of discretionary spending that will occur over the coming decade under current law. Today we’ll summarize the estimated i ...
- More from CBO’s Update of the Budget and Econo ...
Last week CBO released its annual summer update of its budget and economic outlook. The blog posting for that release focused on CBO’s overall economic and budget projections, so we didn’t have a chance to highlight specific aspects of those projections that may be interest ...
- CBO’s Estimates of ARRA’s Impact on Employment ...
As required by law, CBO prepares regular reports on its estimate of the number of jobs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which is often referred to as the economic stimulus package. In its latest report, issued this afternoon, CBO provides estimates of ARRA ...
- Videos: Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations – Th ...
US Day of Rage just as what's happening worldwide which was started as an Arab spring before it spread to southern Europe and to the rest of the world , the common man just cannot take it anymore ....I wish the police would protect us from getting robbed by corrupted officials who funnel tax pay ...
- Video: Major General Chief Of US. Military Int ...
I would urge you to watch this 5-minute interview of Maj. Gen. Albert Stubblebine, US Army (Ret.). Gen. Stubblebine was former former Commanding General of US Army Intelligence and Security Command:
- Engineered Epidemic: Forensic Evidence Indicat ...
Positive forensic evidence has surfaced indicating that the e. coli superstrain that recently ravaged Europe, was created by humans Science has proved that the bacteria is resistant to 8 different types of antibiotics and possesses DNA sequences from plague bacteria, a combination utterly unp ...
- Moody’s Downgrades Three US Banks
Moody's Investor Service has downgraded the debt ratings of three major US banks, amid worries over the lack of government support for top lenders in case of crisis. Moody's on Wednesday downgraded the long-term debt ratings for Bank of America and Wells Fargo Bank, AP reported. The credi ...
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Will global financial markets reach a breaking point during the month of October? Right now there are all kinds of signs that the financial world is about to experience a nervous breakdown. Massive amounts of investor money is being pulled out of the stock market and mammoth bets are being mad ...
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