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Thomas Paine

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

Thursday, November 17, 2011

17 November - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

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War in Context

  • Fake terror plots, paid informants: the tactic ...
    The Guardian reports: David Williams did not have an easy life. He moved to Newburgh, a gritty, impoverished town on the banks of the Hudson an hour or so north of New York, at just 10 years old. For a young, black American boy with a father in jail, trouble was everywhere. Williams also made b ...
  • U.S. warns Egypt as military stalls transition ...
    The New York Times reports: Brazen attempts by Egypt’s interim military rulers to hold on to power long after elections have elicited a sharp reaction domestically and for the first time have prompted Washington to warn about the potential for new unrest. After months of mixing gentle pressure ...
  • Occupy Seattle: Octogenarian activist Dorli Ra ...
  • Tom Engelhardt: Movie-made me
    How the movies saved my life Seeing the world in black and white (with subtitles)By Tom Engelhardt Every childhood has its own geography and every child is an explorer, as daring as any Peary or Amundsen or Scott. I was the mildest of children, such a picky eater that my parents called me a [ ...
  • Palestinian ‘Freedom Riders’ arrested on bus t ...
    The Washington Post reports: Evoking the nonviolent tactics of the American civil rights movement, six Palestinian activists boarded an Israeli commuter bus linking Jewish settlements in the West Bank to Jerusalem on Tuesday and were arrested as they tried to ride through an Israeli checkpoint o ...

Watts Up With That?

  • I Blame The Australian Carbon Tax for Price In ...
    Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach You likely didn’t realize that the First Rule for the Carbon Tax Club is … nobody talks about the Carbon Tax Club. And not only that … it could cost the poor Aussies big bucks … Continue reading →
  • Ben Santer’s 17 year itch
    Ben Santer issues a press release on Eurekalert today to “smack down” the non warming we’ve experienced over the last 10-12 years, as I pointed out here for the USA. But the issue goes back further than that. Phil Jones … Continue reading →
  • Why BEST Will Not Settle the Climate Debate
    By S. Fred Singer (first published in American Thinker) Global warming has re-entered public consciousness in recent days, partly because of the buzz surrounding the release of warming results from the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project. The reaction of … Continue reading &# ...
  • Happy birthday to WUWT – 5 years today
    I’ve sort of dreaded writing a post for this day, mainly because it brings out a lot of emotions when I look back over 5 years. I started this blog under the auspices of the local newspaper, the Chico Enterprise … Continue reading →
  • Mann gets Medal
    From Penn State,  the best news they’ve had all month: Mann to receive Hans Oeschger Medal from European Geosciences Union Michael Mann, professor of meteorology and geosciences and director, Earth System Science Center, Penn State, was awarded the Hans Oeschger … Continue reading &# ...

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Biosingularity

  • New technique boosts efficiency of blood cell ...
    Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have developed an improved technique for generating large numbers of blood cells from a patient’s own cells. The new technique will be immediately useful in further stem cell studies, and when perfected, could be used in stem cell the ...
  • Kidney dopamine regulates blood pressure, life ...
    The neurotransmitter dopamine is best known for its roles in the brain – in signaling pathways that control movement, motivation, reward, learning and memory. Now, Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators have demonstrated that dopamine produced outside the brain – in the kidneys – is ...
  • Best Healthy Foods You Aren’t Eating: Greek Yo ...
    Some foods are so healthy they star on every nutrition expert’s super food list. But often missing on those lists are some nutritional gems or underrated foods that don’t get the attention they deserve. Sorting out the best foods to eat is not always easy because the choices can be daunting. Add ...
  • Omega-3s Linked to Lower Dementia Risk
    A diet rich in certain omega-3 fatty acids may lower the risk of developing dementia, researchers report. In a study of more than 2,000 older women and men followed for nearly five years, the more omega-3-rich oily fish they ate, the lower their risk of developing dementia. The researchers looke ...
  • Obesity ‘leading driver’ of breast ...
    Obesity is the biggest driving force behind the most common form of breast cancer in older women, say researchers. Alcohol and then cigarettes are the next largest culprits, according to Cancer Research UK. One in eight women in the UK develop breast cancer in their lifetime, data shows, and the ...

CFACT

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Pruning Shears

  • Bleh
    Sick and on antibiotics. Back next week.
  • Weekend Wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Army Pfc. Cody R. Norris, 20, of Houston, TX.Marine Lance Cpl. Nickolas A. Daniels, 25, of Elmwood Par ...
  • 'No On Issue 2': A big win, and a big opportunity
    Ohio’s overwhelming rejection of the union-busting Senate Bill 5 still has people buzzing, for good reason. As We Are Ohio pointed out, it was first election in the country on collective bargaining rights, and it wasn’t even close. Ohio has 88 counties and exactly six - count &#821 ...
  • Weekend Wrapup
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims. Torturing too (outsourcing torture doesn’t give you plausible deniability, sorry.)We killed hundreds of people in Somalia this week ...
  • Silicon Valley's halo gets a little tarnished
    The tech industry has long enjoyed an enviable reputation in the business world. Most sectors, particularly those dominated by large multinational corporations, usually struggle with some kind of bad reputation. They might be perceived as corrupt (Wall Street) archaic (cars, especially gas pow ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Tell Your Congressperson to Co-Sponsor the Bil ...
    Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has introduced legislation shut down the Super Committee. Tell your congressperson to co-sponsor Rep. Waters' Bill to shut down the Super Committee and take action in solidarity with this Occupy Wall Street activist!Click here to read this article
  • Excessive Vaccine Doses Cause High Infant Mort ...
    Common sense would suggest that, if we are giving our children more than five dozen vaccinations from day of birth to age 18, we are over-vaccinating our children.Click here to read this article
  • Beet Farmers Big Supercommittee Donors
    Two Minnesota sugar beet farmers' cooperatives rank high among American agribusinesses giving political contributions to the congressional supercommittee charged with reducing the federal deficit, according to a new analysis.Click here to read this article
  • How the Supercommittee Could Kill New Farmers ...
    Remember the farm bill, that monstrously complex, twice-a-decade omnibus legislation that shapes US agriculture and hunger policy? You know, the one that Michael Pollan and other sustainable foodies wrote so much about four years ago? Well, it's back, earlier than expected (the last one doesn't ...
  • VIDEO: Michael Pollan on the Farm Bill
    Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

Investigate - Breaking News

My Care2 Picks

  • The Two Year Window
    Romanian orphanages study - new research - damage to the telomeres could change the timing of how some cells develop, including those in the brain. a signal that neglect of very young children changes architecture Hat Tip Ezra Klein ( ICE detainees ? ) Submitted by John Farnham to Health & Well ...
  • Even the cleanest wastewater contributes to mo ...
    Standard wastewater treatment technologies probably release far greater quantities of antibiotic-resistant genes used by bacteria Study examined the impact of municipal wastewater on pristine surface waters near Duluth Submitted by John Farnham to Science & Tech  |   Note-it! ...
  • Detainees: Working For $1 A Day, Using Phone f ...
    CCA and GEO the two larges private prison operators currently profit close to $5 billion and their share prices are at an all-time high CCA has spent $14.8 million lobbying for anti-immigration laws Immigrant and civil rights organizations vigil Nov 18 Submitted by John Farnham to Business &nbs ...
  • Mixed messages on climate 'vulnerability'
    Long-term trends in normalized economic disaster losses cannot be reliably attributed to natural or anthropogenic climate change IPCC Hat Tip http://pc.blogspot.com/ Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Cherri Foytlin tells of her arrest at the BP P ...
    Non-violent Direct Action Protest by environmentalists, community organizers, fishermen and clean-up workers who have negotiated for nearly 16 months - to little or no avail. Submitted by John Farnham to Environment  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Angry Indian News

  • Libya's Jibril: 'Foreign Powers' Had Gadhafi K ...
    Libya's Jibril: 'Foreign Powers' Had Gadhafi Killed :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1] Libya’s Jibril Turns Against Foreign Powers That... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • PressTV - Castro warns against attack on Iran
    PressTV - Castro warns against attack on Iran In a commentary titled “Genocidal Cynicism” and published in Cuban state-run newspapers, Castro wrote that, given the Islamic Republic's capability,... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • In fiery letter to U.N., Venezuela’s Chavez de ...
    In fiery letter to U.N., Venezuela’s Chavez denounces ‘new colonialist wars’: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was absent from the U.N. General Assembly but made his presence felt Tuesday through a... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • I CARE - CZECH PARTY DRAFTS PETITION AGAINST D ...
    I CARE - News - Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe 12/11/2011- News server iDNES.cz reports that one of the parties in the local municipal coalition governing Ústí nad Labem, the Party of Health,... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • I CARE - FAR-RIGHT FINNISH POLITICIAN TIMO SOI ...
    I CARE - News - Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe 13/11/2011- Timo Soini is excited about Italian bond yields. "I just heard that the interest on Italian 10-year loans is now over 7.3%," he whispers... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

  • ‘Tis the Season: Grinch THIS, Corporate America!
    How can we, as a nation, wrestle our economy from the grip of greedy corporations when we play into their hands every year? Why do we buy their lies this time of year while rejecting them the rest of the year? How can we stop the cycle of debt? How about this: a nationwide boycott of Christmas p ...
  • TS Radio… vertical farming, forestry, farming, ...
     Join us Tuesday evenings at 8:00CST! 6:00PST.. 8:00CST 9:00EST Listen live here! At 8:00 CST Callin #: 917-388-4520 Skype Join us this evening as Debbie Bacigalupi, a leader in the land rights fight in Siskiyou County California, returns to update us on the destruction of the Klamath Dams and t ...
  • Major data gaps in risk assessment of genetica ...
    “Significant changes in the composition of the plants were not assessed sufficiently. Possible impacts on the human immune system or the reproductive system were not investigated by empirical data. What is missing is an assessment of the interactions between the different plants, which are mixed ...
  • Guerrilla Warfare Gardening 2: Toil’s no Trouble
    A goat and a garden will keep you alive and healthy through any food crisis. This is our fourth year gardening in the high desert, and I've got to admit, we messed around and got it right this time. We have enough in the freezer for the year, and the garden fed us and the critters with fresh pro ...
  • “WHY in the World are They Spraying?” Promo Video
    This investigation links weather control to chemtrail/geoengineering programs and illustrates how certain governments and corporations can benefit by controlling our weather. Weather is even being traded as a derivative at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange! Please watch, share and spread this impo ...

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Justice Dept: Homeland Security Advised Raids ...
    ShareThisJustice Dept: Homeland Security Advised Raids On Occupy Wall Street Camps 16 Nov 2011 According to Rick Ellis at the Examiner, a Justice Department official says that the recent evictions of Occupy movement across the country including Salt Lake City, Denver, Portland, Oakland, and New ...
  • Japan mulls over rice ban after radiation findings
    ShareThisJapan mulls over rice ban after radiation findings 17 Nov 2011 Japan is expected to announce its first ban on rice sales in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster after samples showed radioactive contamination well above legal limits, officials said on Thursday. The findings will fu ...
  • White House gun suspect obsessed with Obama
    ShareThisWhite House gun suspect obsessed with Obama 16 Nov 2011 A man [Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez] with an apparent obsession with President Barack Obama has been arrested in Pennsylvania after the U.S. Secret Service, the presidential bodyguards, discovered two bullets had struck the White ...
  • Iraq Inquiry report to be delayed until summer ...
    ShareThisIraq Inquiry report to be delayed until summer of 2012 16 Nov 2011 The publication of Iraq Inquiry report will be delayed for at least six months due in part to a dispute over the release of secret documents. The Chilcot inquiry had hoped to release its report into the run-up to the 200 ...
  • Obama: US to boost Asia-Pacific military presence
    ShareThisObama: US to boost Asia-Pacific military presence --U.S. to send 2,500 Marines to Australia 17 Nov 2011 Signaling a determination to counter a rising China, President Barack Obama vowed Thursday to expand U.S. influence in the Asia-Pacific region and "project power and deter threats to ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
  • D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
    Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
  • Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
    The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
  • Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
    April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...
    Article continued  from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...
    Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5 – ...
  • VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – ...
    Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; hindering the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of operation (circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respirator ...
  • VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix Part 2 – Demyelination, ...
    Article is intended to be read in conjunction with Part 1: VRM: Gardasil/Cervarix – A Legacy Of Shame Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of o ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • You Know You're Getting Old When...
    A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set.  A cute little luxur ...
  • Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
    Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
  • Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
    After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
  • Strawberry Picking
    Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
  • Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
    I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...

Michael Yon

  • Pocket Spies
    Image created with iPhone4s 17 November 2011 We know the Internet has dangers.  Everything we put onto the information superhighway should be considered chiseled into marble.  Meanwhile, those smartphones that so many of us carry are tantamount to carrying hostile spies in our pocket ...
  • What is Your Vote?
    17 November 2011 The United States faces greater threats at home than we face in Afghanistan.  The Mexican border, for instance, is being described as a war zone.  People have been warning about it years.  Over time, I have seriously considered changing focus to the more proximat ...
  • Marked for Destruction
    14 November 2011 Camouflage is a combat imperative.  Instruction in the use of camouflage begins in basic training.  The Red Cross on the bright white background is meant to break up camouflage and to be seen. While there might seem little chance in hiding a roaring helicopter, the c ...
  • That 1%
    11 November 2011 It has been an honor these seven years to cover American and British troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Philippines and elsewhere.  It is said that only about 1% of Americans serve in the armed forces.  Many of our troops are not even American citizens.  I see them in ...
  • Question for Congressman Pompeo: What is your ...
    08 November 2011 Forward Operating Base Pasab is in the upper left corner of this image.  It’s the little rectangle looking area bristling with machine guns.  Well, you can’t see the machine guns in this picture, but they are there.  One time I walked by a guard post and didn’t s ...

The Killing Train

  • The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadia ...
    [This article, by Shourideh Molavi and myself, was first published in The Bullet - version with links is there]. The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadian Khevari petition Shourideh Molavi and Justin Podur November 11, 2011 On October 12, members of the Iranian-Canadian community sent a pe ...
  • An interview for occupy Toronto
    Activist and comedian Jesse Owens interviewed me for the #occupyto.org website, way back in ancient occupy toronto history (ie., October 26). For posterity, I am also reproducing it here. Thanks Jesse... --- read more
  • Some thoughts on Whiteness and the 99%
    I have some disagreements with Joel Olson's article, "Whiteness and the 99%", but I will start with some agreements. I agree that "biologically speaking, there's no such thing as race." read more
  • The Logic of Occupy Wall Street for Canada
    The Occupy Wall St. Movement and the Occupy Together movements that are inspired by it actually have a simple premise: society shouldn't be run for the unrestricted benefit of the wealthiest. The immediate grievance is the 2008 banking crisis, in which the US banks engaged in fraudulent and crim ...
  • The Housing Crisis in Haiti
    There are at least 595,000 Haitians living in camps around Port au Prince (1). President Martelly has a program, called 16-6, which proposes to resettle residents of 6 large camps in 16 neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince. In total, if the program succeeds, it will touch 5000 families, or 4% of the ...

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