19 November - RSS SnapShot! Pt III

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Water Wars

• Water wars continue between Alabama and Georgi ...
  A state task force in Georgia wants to build reservoirs and wells to increase Atlanta's water supply. This despite a long running feud over water shared with Alabama and Florida.
• Water wars
  Weekly Poll Does the SMPD need a citizens' review board? No. The department is doing just fine. No. It'd be too expensive. Yes. The department needs more transparency.
• New reservoirs and wells eyed to avoid future ...
  A task force wants to build reservoirs and wells to increase Georgia's water supply, which was threatened by long-running disputes with neighboring Alabama and Florida.
• Water Wars: By the Numbers, the Energy Story o ...
  California Aqueduct via Wikipedia Southern California loves its water--it's part of the whole mythos here that this is a brown place made green via twentieth century magic (engineering). But importing all that water takes an enormous amount of energy...
• The water wars are here, and companies such as ...
  When the Union of Concerned Scientists come to Charlotte next week to present a new report focused on the water and energy nexus, some companies will not be happy about it. Word is, the report identifies Charlotte as a "hot spot" since Duke Energy has three coal plants, two nuclear plants — all ...

WordPress | Economics

• Plea for artistic assistance
  I need to come up with a cover for the paperback edition of The Confiscation of American Prosperity.
• Wall Street Wankers - An Irishman Abroad
• Privatization Nightmare: Five Public Services ...
  The justification for privatization is the old argument that private companies do everything better
• Investing in Debt
  I was just reading the esr blog. There’s a wacko libertarian commenter who’s nom de guer
• Obama blocks Keystone pipeline - did climate c ...
  Just read another great post over at Conservatives on Fire provoking discussion on capitalism workin

Electronic Intifada

• Israel shuts down Palestinian groups in Jerusalem
  The Electronic Intifada The recent forced closures of Palestinian nonprofit organizations in Jerusalem is an example of the Israeli authorities’ continued attacks on the city’s Palestinian identity and their attempts to maintain control over occupied East Jerusalem, according to loc ...
• Interview: Why is concert promoter suing Leban ...
  Maureen Clare Murphy The Electronic Intifada Lebanese concert promoter Jihad el-Murr has filed a lawsuit against four groups over a boycott campaign they organized against the band Placebo in June 2010.
• From US South to Palestine, Freedom Rides chan ...
  Nour Joudah The Electronic Intifada This week, with the Palestinian Freedom Riders taking a page from the US civil rights movement and defying Israel’s segregated road system, my histories and my homes merged in a new way.
• New Lowkey album a soundtrack to the human str ...
  Alexander Billet The Electronic Intifada Iraqi-British rapper Lowkey’s new album Soundtrack to the Struggle is not only a listening experience, but a call for a fundamentally different world.
• Poland's growing Palestine movement faces anti ...
  Ewa Jasiewicz The Electronic Intifada Despite attacks and slander, the Palestine solidarity movement in Poland is pushing ahead and is able to influence media coverage and popular education on Palestine.

The Wonk Room

• In Must-See Video, Bill Moyers Slams Rule By t ...
  One of America’s greatest journalists anticipated the entire Occupy Wall Street protests against the 1% back in 2010: This is from the final broadcast of Bill Moyers Journal, which included an in interview with Jim Hightower who said: So, we need a lot more agitation. And that’s the ...
• Police Attack Peaceful UC Davis Students Stagi ...
  Yesterday, a group of students at the University of California Davis staged a sit-in to protect their occupation encampment and demand the release of those who had already been arrested. Police dressed in riot gear approached the peaceful group of students and began attacking them with peppy spr ...
• VIDEO: Deja Vu All Over Again — GOP Intr ...
  As the deadline nears for the Congressional super committee to finalize a deal to address the nation’s deficit, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that Republicans and Democrats on the committee will be unable to reach an accord. By now, the nature and cause of the impasse should be ...
• Can Romney Beat Obama? Questions Abound As Li ...
  Mitt Romney has consistently been the candidate of the 1%: “Mitt Romney’s Money Shot,” as The Atlantic puts it.  Photo: Bain Capital/The Boston Globe Intrade prediction markets puts Romney’s chances of being the GOP Presidential nominee at 69.5% as the rest of the field i ...
• Open Thread Plus Cartoon of the Week
  A penny for your cyberthoughts.

thwap's schoolyard

• Leave Occupy ALOOOOOONE!!!!
  Seriously. Let them do their thing. They aren't hurting anyone. Some people who were already having problems in their lives (including addictions, mental health issues and homelessness) have moved from one street or park to the Occupy camps and have brought their issues with them, but the elite ...
• What Dawg Said ...
  In the comments thread of one of his own blog entries: At least the media seem to some extent to have exhumed the lede they buried. The net result has been to draw people's attention to the one-party state that presently prevails in Canada between elections. The potential for majority governm ...
• Non-Violence
  We have to change the cultural delusions about protester violence. We need to have a mature discussion about this. Yes: Employing violence against fellow human beings is inherently dehumanizing. Yes: Peaceful processes have more legitimacy than violent ones. Yes: Black Bloc window smashing s ...
• Robert Fleming Gourlay
  His bust is at St. James Park in Toronto, where the Occupy Toronto camp is. How fitting. He was a Quixotic figure, but (as I said at Montreal Simon's place) I truly believe that its the slightly "off" obsessed types who are needed to change things. Here's the entry for him at the valuable Dicti ...
• Michelangelo as a Draughtsman
  I've always been very impressed by the power of his sketches. In their own way, they're just as impressive as his sculptures and his paintings.

on Government Oversight

• New Public Registry Aims to End Controlled Unc ...
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• Morning Smoke: Abramoff Calls Revolving Door H ...
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• Is the Federal Suspension and Debarment System ...
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• Note to Secretary Panetta: The Sky is Not Falling
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• Morning Smoke: Small Towns Embrace Big Gov't T ...
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Digital Journal

• Hamilton Music Awards' Rising Stars
  It's Hamilton Music Awards weekend in Hamilton, Ontario and on November 18th, this year's contenders for the "RISING STAR" award showed they were worthy of their nominations.
• The Faceoff – Raonic overpowers Sampras in 'He ...
  On Thursday night, rising Canadian tennis player Milos Raonic took to the court against his idol Pete Sampras in a an exhibition event called “The Faceoff – Hero vs. Prodigy.”
• Show jumping horse Monopoly dies at the age of 32
  Monopoly, a horse who had been one of the top show jumpers in Canada for several years, with Beth Underhill riding, died on Nov. 16, at the age of 32.
• Reading by the glow of an iPad
  His childhood nights were spent finding a way to rig up a hidden flashlight so he could read in bed. Many cold winter nights his only light was a bright moon. Today, 5 decades later he still reads himself to sleep but by the glow of his iPad.
• Economist: Health care will consume Ontario's ...
  Don Drummond, former chief economist at TD Bank, released a report through the C.D. Howe Institute on the state of Canada's health care system. He warns that Ontario's rising health care costs will consume the provincial budget by 2030 if left unchecked.

End Homelessness | Change.org

• Mississippi Launches Plan To End Child Homeles ...
  Fulfilling the wishes and happiness of children is at the heart of the holiday season. So, now seems particularly timely for Mississippi to launch a new plan to end child homelessness (pdf) in the state.  What better way to set the season of giving in motion than by committing to finding safe an ...
• Thanksgiving 2.0: Food, Poverty and Telling th ...
  This Thanksgiving, most of us around the country shared a bountiful harvest feast with friends and family. We celebrated all that we are thankful for by gorging ourselves right into a food coma. It's the American way. Unfortunately, it's also the American way to be thankful for all that we have ...
• Homeless People Wanted: Must Be Open to Demean ...
  What are they thinking? People obviously don't see the homeless as human or they wouldn't attempt to hire them to do most of the insane, demeaning and illegal jobs out there. Here's a small sampling: Rob dead bodies. The Aokigahara forest at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan is the site of 50 to 100 ...
• LA Plans to Make Homelessness Go the Way of th ...
  Instead of pretending homelessness doesn't exist, creating new laws to make it illegal to sit or sleep in public, or sending homeless residents on a one-way trip out of town, Los Angeles County may attempt to actually do something about ending homelessness. And the county is setting the bar high ...
• Don't Let Violence Against the Homeless Go Unp ...
  Despite its economic troubles, Detroit is not known for being kind to the homeless. That's too bad, since there are nearly 10,000 homeless people living there. In October, police say that Steven James Diponio, 54, became so enraged at Charles Duncan, 42, who was homeless and sleeping behind a sc ...

Ceasefire.ca

• Panetta: F-35 could be on chopping block
  U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has warned the U.S. Congress that the Pentagon may be forced to cancel its planned purchase of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter if a congressional “super committee” fails to reach a budget deal, thus triggering automatic deep cuts in government spendi ...
• Is Remembrance Day too much about war, and not ...
  Is Remembrance Day too much about war, and not enough about peace? Leave your response.
• Let’s make Remembrance Day about Peace
  Sign-up. Tell your friends, "I Remember for Peace." You will be emailed a social media kit, including your own "I Remember for Peace" profile picture for Facebook and Twitter.
• Canada potential spoiler in firearms treaty
  As Ceasefire reported a few months ago, the Harper government’s firearms ideology may be standing in the way of progress on an international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The ATT is a proposed multilateral treaty aimed at controlling the international trade in conventional firearms. The treaty ...
• You choose: $35 Billion for [ ] warships, or ...
  This year we will be concentrating our efforts on opposing the growing National Security Establishment: that web of politicians, lobby groups, old generals and corporations that are robbing the treasury of public dollars for themselves and their own special interests.

Kevin Trudeau Show

• Smash Capitalism and You Destroy Civilization
  October 26, 2011 Forbes By Art Carden Somewhere, there are two graduate students in the social sciences who need dissertation topics. Those students should be watching the Occupy Wall Street movement with keen eyes because as it evolves, it’s going to provide us with an interesting set of applic ...
• Supreme Court Rules That Thousands Of Home For ...
  October 26, 2011 Natural News By Ethan A. Huff More than five million US homeowners and counting have had their homes foreclosed upon by banks since the “economic crisis” first began several years ago. But the Massachusetts Supreme Court recently ruled that the vast majority of the f ...
• ACORN Playing Behind Scenes Role In ‘Occ ...
  October 26, 2011 Fox News By: Jana Winter The former New York office for ACORN, the disbanded community activist group, is playing a key role in the self-proclaimed “leaderless” Occupy Wall Street movement, organizing “guerrilla” protest events and hiring door-to-door canvassers to collect money ...
• Did Citi Get a Sweet Deal? Bank Claims SEC Set ...
  October 26, 2011 ProPublica By Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein In the run-up to the global financial collapse, Citigroup’s bankers worked feverishly to create complex securities. In just one year, 2007, Citi marketed more than $20 billion worth of deals backed by home mortgages to investors ar ...
• Women With High Cholesterol Live Longer, Have ...
  October 26, 2011 Natural News By Elizabeth Walling If the diagnosis of high cholesterol sounds like a death sentence to your ears, you may be the victim of cholesterol propaganda. It’s not uncommon to believe that lower is better when it comes to cholesterol, but new research shows otherwi ...

Armies of Liberation

• Yemen Air Forces bombs soldiers, kills 240
  The Yemeni Air Force bombed the al Samaa Republican Guard garrison in the Arhab district of Sanaa today, deliberately killing 240 guardsmen. The attack came after the troops refused to attack pro-revolution tribesmen with artillery. “The government did not stand quiet when the guards refused ord ...
• Yemenis protest against al Qaeda
  In a direct rebuke to the terror group, residents of Taiz held a major protest against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) on Thursday evening after prayers. Protesters held signs denouncing AQAP that said, “Your racism will do nothing but make us stronger.” Taiz is the largest city in Yeme ...
• اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن
  My article from PJM at al Mostakela: اوباما يفقد السيطرة على اليمن تخاطر الولايات المتحدة بتمكين القاعدة في اليمن وتنفير الشعب اليمني عن طريق إحباط تغيير النظام هناك كتبت – جين نوفاك يعتبر اليمن بلد معقد، فقد ظل يرزح تحت وطأة اضطرابات كبيرة، كما أن فهم اليمن يخبرنا الشيء الكثير عن الشرق ال ...
• Yemen’s CT chief accused of war crimes
  After Yemen’s Republican Guard killed and dismembered tribal prisoners Thursday, Arhab tribesmen issued a statement Friday demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of General Ahmed Saleh as a war criminal. Ahmed Saleh heads the Republican Guard containing US funded counter-terror units and ...
• Yemen protesters announce boycott of US, Saudi ...
  Protesters in Yemen announced a boycott today of US and Saudi products, a largely symbolic move in light of Yemen’s grave humanitarian crisis. Protesters allege that the Obama administration has thwarted their efforts for regime change. Millions across Yemen have demanded the end to the 33 year ...

Dark Politricks

• Cry for Freedom by a Nude Egyptian Blogger
  By Dr. Ashraf EzzatSaturday, November 19th, 2011 In a culture that believes the devil’s lure and the route to hell lie in the naked face and eyes of a woman, stark nudity could very well be a revolutionary cry and a suicidal choice.   Dr. Ashraf Ezzat   Egyptian activist and blog ...
• Shocking video as police pepper spray UC Davis ...
  Daily Mail 19th November 2011 A shocking videotape of police forcefully pepper spraying a group of students staging a sit down protest has emerged. Footage of the tense standoff between police and Occupy demonstrators at the University of California, Davis, shows an officer using pepper spray on ...
• Is the USA still the home of the free?
  By Dark Poltricks So America, how does it feel to know that you are no longer the home of the free? We are now living in times that the constitution really is just an old piece of paper that is ignored by the President, 99% of Congress and most of the Police forces around the country. [...]
• Banks, Pentagon, and Academic Pusilanimousness
  Dissident Voice Article By Linh Dinh I’m not supposed to know anything about foreign policy. — GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain Not everything, mind you, but anything, which would put him on par with the dumbest American living under the heaviest and mossiest rock. Hell, he’s running ...
• US War Criminals murdered our soldiers: all US ...
  US War Criminals murdered our soldiers: all US police have arrest authority By Carl Hermanwashingtonsblog.com source: Carl Herman Any police officer has arrest authority for the crime of murder. Because US political and corporate media leadership lied US soldiers into obvious criminal wars, they ...

Dandelion Salad

• Repression Expands Resistance by Ralph Nader
  Dandelion Salad by Ralph Nader The Nader Page Nov. 16, 2011 From Oakland, California to New York City, the police, ordered by politicians, have smashed through Occupy encampments. Noted for their rigorous non-violence and orderly arrangements – tents with medical assistance, legal aid, lib ...
• Chris Hedges: Immokalee Workers vs. Publix
  with Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Nov. 16, 2011 kombatrock on Nov 14, 2011 On Sunday, Nov 13th at 3 PM, a few dozen tomato pickers from Immokalee will join scores of Sarasota allies to picket outside the Publix that opened this week at 2031 Bay St. Protestors are calling on Publi ...
• This Is What Revolution Looks Like by Chris He ...
  by Chris Hedges Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Truthdig Nov. 15, 2011 Welcome to the revolution. Our elites have exposed their hand. They have nothing to offer. They can destroy but they cannot build. They can repress but they cannot lead. They can steal but they cannot share. They can talk but ...
• Syria In Western Strategy For Global Military ...
  by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism November 14, 2011 The League of Arab States (Arab League) suspended the membership of Syria in the organization on November 12 as it had with Libya on February 22 of this year. In the case of Libya ...
• How Hemp Is Used for Food, Clothing, Building ...
  Dandelion Salad TheRainMakerClub on Oct 16, 2011 Learn More at: www.VersativaHempFood.com Hemp is being recognised by more and more people as one of the most versatile plants on the planet. There are over 25,000 different products that can be made from hemp, some of which include: - Food - Cloth ...

Your New Reality

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  Occupy Horror : Police Attack Kids Trying To Rescue Injured Marine Incredible. Those Oakland, California kids were rescuing Scott Olsen, a fallen, brain injured Marine when a cop threw a potentially-deadly flash bomb amongst them. Mind-boggling. Oakland police saw a US Marine standing guard, wo ...
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  I wonder how fewer lights there will be when a fly-over happens in 2015, or 2020?
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  This city is about to blow : A nationwide US general strike may be less than two weeks away. The protests against insane police violence will increase in number and size. The #Occupy Movement grows bigger by the hour. How could it not?
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  US Police Now Using Flash Bombs, Chemical Weapons, 'Rubber' Bullets, Sound Guns On Peaceful #Occupy People The War In The Homeland Has Begun The first #Occupy death at the hands of police will come within days. And then what? That was how the London Riots started. The US is different, of cours ...
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  Libya 2.0 Tony Blair's Libyan dictator mate Gaddafi can rot in a ditch for all I care, but there's something about this video that is chilling. It's hard to nail the exact moment, amongst the laughter : This is what US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton was laughing at : Libyans, hired mer ...

Wired - Science

• How Many Neutrinos Does It Take to Screw Up Ei ...
  Results from a second experiment uphold the observation that neutrinos are moving faster than the speed of light. The OPERA collaboration, which reported superluminal neutrinos back in September, have rerun their experiment and detected 20 new neutrinos breaking Einstein's limit.
• Message to Obama: Save the Bats!
  Do you want to help save America's insect-eating bats from extinction? Then tell President Obama.
• Volcanoes Blamed for Greatest Land and Sea Ext ...
  The biggest volcanic eruptions of the past half eon had seemed a likely culprit in the greatest mass extinction Earth has seen -- both biotic cataclysm in the sea and on land.
• Colossal Storm Rages Over Saturn’s Surface
  One of the biggest storms ever seen on the planet Saturn has now been raging for 200 days.
• Martian Sand Dunes Caught in Motion
  NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has caught sand dunes on the surface of Mars in the act of shifting. Images from the spacecraft show dunes and ripples that have been pushed by wind as much as 3 meters over the course of several years.

Israeli Occupation Archive

• Israel effectively annexes Palestinian land ne ...
  Israel carried out a de facto annexation of Palestinian land northeast of the Jordan Valley and given it to Kibbutz Merav. Merav, part of the Religious Kibbutz Movement, is about seven kilometers... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
• Israeli writer questioned for helping Palestin ...
  Author and translator Ilana Hammerman was questioned by the police for the third time this week on suspicion of bringing Palestinians into Israel without a permit. What began as a private initiative... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian l ...
• Norman Finkelstein: How to end the Israel-Pale ...
  I don't see how any person can here find objectionable the demand to 'enforce the law'. I cannot believe you couldn't reach 80 percent of the British people on that slogan. Of course Israel's... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian lands, n ...
• Lia Tarachansky: Palestinian “Freedom Riders” ...
  On Tuesday six Palestinian activists boarded Israeli buses in an attempt to challenge the system of segregation in the West Bank. They were arrested at Hizmeh checkpoint, interrogated by Israel's... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land ...
• Ran Greenstein: Israeli Jews, Palestinian Arab ...
  Apartheid is a system of racial domination, in which a dominant group exploits, oppresses, marginalizes and excludes subordinate groups. The specific forms of these practices may vary from one case... The Israeli Occupation Archive (IOA) covers Israel's military occupation of Palestinian la ...

Ria Novosti - Military

• IAEA inspectors may visit Iran ‘soon’
  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts may soon accept Tehran’s invitation to inspect Iran’s nuclear facilities, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Friday.
• U.S. tests hypersonic weapon
  The U.S. Army has conducted the first flight test of a new weapon concept designed to fly within the earth’s atmosphere at hypersonic speed and long range, the Pentagon said.
• Russia to build 2 plants for S-500 air defense ...
  Russia’s Almaz-Antey concern will build two plants to manufacture formidable S-500 air defense systems, Chief of the General Staff Gen. Nikolai Makarov said.
• Russia seeks extension of Azerbaijan radar lea ...
  Russia and Azerbaijan are close to signing a document extending the lease of the Gabala radar in the Central Asian republic until 2025.
• Iran Six to submit new resolution to IAEA
  A group of international mediators on Iran is planning to present a draft resolution on Iran’s nuclear dossier to the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors, a source said on Thursday.

NewsWise

• AMP Honors Leaders at 2011 Annual Meeting
  The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) today announced the 2011 AMP Award winners during the Association's Annual Meeting in Dallas.
• Columbia University's Medical School Reports R ...
  Research, education, and clinical programs at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (P&S) have shown unprecedented growth during 2011, the School reports.
• Prepared Patient: Using Physician Rating Websites
  User reviews and ratings on websites can help you locate a reputable handyman, the perfect restaurant for your anniversary dinner or the right TV for your den. So why wouldn't you turn to the Internet to find your next doctor? New health review sites promise to help you make this important decis ...
• Hospital for Special Surgery Receives $1 Milli ...
  The Mary and Fred Trump Institute for Implant Analysis aims to innovate upon the science of joint reconstruction to improve the quality of life for millions of joint replacement patients around the world.
• No Difference in Side-Effects When Switching o ...
  Patients with depression who fail to see improvement after taking an antidepressant often have their initial medication switched or combined with a second drug. The perception of potential side effects has influenced clinician decisions about which strategy to take. New research now suggests one ...

Natural Health News

• My Recommendations for the Best Apps for Your ...
  Many of you may know that I have a passion for technology in addition to health. That is one of the reasons this newsletter has been so successful, as I have been able to merge these two passions.  In addition to reviewing the health literature, I also review hundreds of blog posts on techn ...
• Is This Popular 'Heart Drug' Causing Dramatic ...
  A recent study sought to determine whether the use of statin drugs was associated with prostate cancer risk.  The researchers looked at close to 400 prostate cancer patients who had a first-time diagnosis during the period between 2005 and 2008. They found that use of any statin drug, in a ...
• Can This Antioxidant Prevent You From Having A ...
  Research has shown that vitamin E and some carotenoids have antioxidant activities that can help protect you against cardiovascular disease.  A new study examined the antioxidant and red-pigment carotenoid astaxanthin. The study attempted to determine whether astaxanthin could protect stro ...
• ALERT -- Europe Bans X-Ray Body Scanners Used ...
  The European Commission has adopted new rules regarding X-ray, or backscatter, body scanners at all European airports. European Union members have been asked to remove X-ray scanners from its airports in order to prevent risks to “citizens’ health and safety.” The X-ray scanners are still being ...
• U.S. Congress Says Pizza is a Vegetable
  The U.S. Congress is trying to keep pizza and French fries on school lunch menus, fighting Obama administration proposals to make school lunches healthier.  Their final version of a spending bill would undo school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year. The b ...

Climategate

• Dean of science…suggesting rising seas t…
  Dean of science…suggesting rising seas this next century of up to 100 metres, or Al Gore six metres. When I see things like that I know these are false. You mentioned the IPCC report; that suggests, at worst on best scenarios, 59 centimetres. http://www.google.com
• ABC science presenter Robyn Williams seeks mor ...
  ABC science presenter Robyn Williams who in 2007 believed seas could rise 100 meters, seeks more truth from scientists after Climategate.
• How to avoid your own Climategate scandal
  What are the lessons of Climategate? More honesty and transparency in science? Not according to attorney Alan Nelson in the Guardian UK today.  To him, the lesson is how not to get caught next time. So how do universities and academics ensure that their correspondence does not become the “ ...
• What is the “likelihood” that the 2007 IPCC Re ...
  A very interesting analysis of the IPPC Assessment and has some important questions that invite others to help him answer. Please read his article and let him know what conclusions you draw.
• Schools call for a “balanced teaching of globa ...
  USA Today reports that US schools are finally calling for both sides of global warming to be taught, because it is after all, a theory -- not a fact:

Opinio Juris

• Hathaway and Shapiro Closing Post
  by Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro by Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro We want to begin our closing post by thanking everyone who has participated in the symposium on our article this week. We also wish to thank our lead editor at the Yale Law Journal, Philip Levitz, who help arrange this sympo ...
• Suzanne Nossel Named Executive Director of Amn ...
  by Chris Borgen by Chris Borgen Suzanne Nossel, who was until recently a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations and is currently a Visiting Senior Fellow for Global Governance at the Council of Foreign Relations, has been named the new Executive Director of Amnesty ...
• ILO Urges that U.S. Stop Violating Internation ...
  by Julian Ku by Julian Ku Here is a nice example of how international organizations and international lawyers can conspire to make international law seem ridiculous. Bus and subway workers had a right to strike in 2005 and their leader was wrongly jailed, a United Nations agency has found. The ...
• Congratulations to Sean Murphy, Newly-Elected ...
  by Chris Borgen by Chris Borgen Professor Sean Murphy of GW Law has been elected to the ILC. The press release from GW begins: Today, Professor Sean Murphy was elected by the United Nations General Assembly to the International Law Commission (ILC). The Commission consists of 34 distinguished ...
• Comment on Oona Hathaway and Scott Shapiro Out ...
  by Miguel Maduro by Miguel Maduro Being the only non-international lawyer I am the outlier (hopefully not to become the outcasted) among this group of commentators. I suspect I was asked because I am an EU law scholar and, for some, that is international law. Having approached the subject with ...

Public News Service

• Great American Smokeout Goes High-Tech
  Great American Smokeout Goes High-Tech Phoenix, AZ – Today (Thursday) is the 36th annual Great American Smokeout, and the American Cancer Society has all sorts of ways to help you kick the habit – including some new features on social media. Comments from Laurie Pagel (PAY-gl), regio ...
• Your Thanksgiving Dinner May Contain a Toxic C ...
  Your Thanksgiving Dinner May Contain a Toxic Chemical Phoenix, AZ - A new report from the Breast Cancer Fund says the toxic chemical bisphenol A (Bis-FEE-null ay) is present in canned foods used to prepare a typical Thanksgiving meal. BPA has been linked in laboratory studies to adverse health e ...
• Truth in Labeling: Questions About Egg Carton ...
  Truth in Labeling: Questions About Egg Carton Labels Phoenix, AZ - As more people worry about what they are putting in their mouth, there are questions about where our eggs are coming from and how they're produced. With a majority of eggs produced in the United States coming from caged birds, gr ...
• Koch Funding Climate Change Deniers: Mixed Success
  Koch Funding Climate Change Deniers: Mixed Success Aspen - A new investigation from the Colorado Independent finds that the Koch (COKE) brothers are funneling tens-of-millions of dollars in an attempt to undermine the science of global warming. Comments from environmental reporter Troy Hooper, w ...
• Supporters say Canyon Mining Ban Protects Wate ...
  Supporters say Canyon Mining Ban Protects Water, Tourism, Hunting, Fishing Flagstaff, AZ – The public has until November 26 to comment on a recommendation to ban new uranium mining claims near the Grand Canyon for 20 years. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who supports the ban, will then ma ...

Center for Food Safety

• California Ballot Initiative Filed to Require ...
  Yesterday, a ballot initiative that would require the labeling of all genetically engineered (GE) foods sold in California was submitted to the Attorney General’s office. The initiative has the support from a coalition of consumer groups and organic food companies – this coalition is expected to ...
• Lawsuit Aims To Halt Genetically Engineered Cr ...
  Public Interest Organizations Challenge Blanket Approval of Pesticide-Promoting Crops on 54 Refuges Across 8 States Latest Case In Successful Series A lawsuit filed today in federal court against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) seeks to end cultivation of genetically engineered (GE) c ...
• Enough Tricks: Consumers Speak Up Against Mons ...
  With the threat of genetically engineered sweet corn hitting grocery stores next year looming, 264,000 people petition top retailers and food makers In response to Monsanto’s release of the company’s first genetically engineered sweet corn for human consumption, a coalition has collected more th ...
• New Report: A Global Citizens Report on the St ...
  Published by Navdanya (India), Navdanya International, the International Commission on the Future of Food,  with the participation of the Center for Food Safety. The report consists of contributions from groups around the world. Entire report may be viewed HERE A new report highlights scientific ...
• Don’t be in the Dark about GE Foods!
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Angry Indian Op-Eds

• Remaking Native American Heritage Month - ICTM ...
  Remaking Native American Heritage Month - ICTMN.com: Native people across America have just finished another exhausting campaign to explain to the ignorant and insensitive the inherent racial exploitation of their Indian Halloween costumes. Yet, on the heels of that annual struggle, there is yet ...
• Behind 'Counter-Revolution' In East Africa | I ...
  Behind 'Counter-Revolution' In East Africa | IDN-InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters: By Horace Campbell* IDN-InDepth NewsEssay – Part 2 of 3 The government of Yoweri Museveni in Uganda is seeking external support from the conservative factions in the United States as the region of the Great La ...
• Racial Fractures and the Occupy Movement | Rac ...
  Racial Fractures and the Occupy Movement | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop cultureAfter being confronted by the whiteness of the protesters, two friends from New York and Detroit started Occupy the Hood, a movement that works within Occupy Wall Street to mobilize people of color ...
• SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa
  SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa: SMS Uprising provides a unique insight into how activists and social change advocates are addressing Africa's many challenges from within, and how they are using mobile telephone technologies to facilitate these changes. This collection of essays by thos ...
• Democracy Now! : 84-Year-Old Dorli Rainey, Pep ...
  Democracy Now! MobilePolice departments across the country are coming under criticism for using excessive force against Occupy Wall Street protesters during the past two months. In Seattle, Mayor Mike McGinn apologized Wednesday, hours after an 84-year-old retired Seattle school teacher named Do ...

Pensieve

• Siri, AI and TV Collide
  Imagine talking to your TV, and having it answer you. Such a scenario is what the editors at the MacRumors website are suggesting Apple will soon unleash to the world. In this article, they say the Siri, the iPhone 4S virtual assistant, will be coming to television soon. Once Apple enters the Sm ...
• Bon Voyage, Steve Jobs
  There isn’t much I can say about Steve Jobs. I never met him, personally, but his influence was felt from my childhood. Like many reacting to the news of his passing, I am doing so on a device he was involved in designing. He has inspired me greatly, as with countless others. The official ...
• New Media Animation Roasts New Facebook
  I love the 1984 and Matrix references in this video. The animators at Taiwan’s New Media Animation, have once again produced a delicious roast of the news of the day. By the process described in detail in the Mashable tech blog, I have already started trying out the timeline. It seems perf ...
• Facebook Timeline: A Google+ Killer?
  This app turns Facebook into a virtual scrapbook of your life. The current model for profiles is an image of your current self, not how you have changed throughout your life. By adding the fourth dimension to the profile, Facebook explodes the potential of the profile exponentially. I read Ben P ...
• You Tube Launches New Video Editor
  YouTube has had a very basic video editor for some time, and has now updated and relaunched it. To me this was the next logical step for YouTube: to own the customer journey from the beginning. I have a further idea which is my Capstone project for my master’s degree, and since very few if ...

Green Times

• 'Who let the tap running?'
  This year, Sculpture by the Sea (whats-on-32389.html) celebrates it's 15th anniversary. The walk from Bondi to Tamarama Beach with sculptures along the way is an annual event and attracts about 500,000 visitors every year. With the sun shining, beautiful sculptures everywhere, this is the perfe ...
• African Elephant
  Elephants are the largest living land animals on earth. There are three species of elephants: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. All of the other species have become extinct (wildlife/extinction.html). Photo by: Isabel Meijer
• Your Man Reminder
  Rethink Breast Cancer Rethink Breast Cancer is a charity helping young people who are concerned about and affected by breast cancer through innovative breast cancer education, research and support programs. Rethink is a national volunteer-driven registered charity with a bold, enterprising ...
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• Environmental News 15/11/2011
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The Briefing Room | Investigate

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Israel-The Only Democracy in the Middle East?

• Statement of the Palestinian Freedom Riders
  As of now, 6 Palestinian Freedom Riders are about to be arrested just inside Jerusalem. Read why the Palestinian human rights activists boarded segregated buses below. My name is Hurriyeh Ziadah. I am the media spokeswomen for the Palestinian Freedom Rides campaign. Thank you all for being here ...
• New Sheikh Jarrah Video from Just Vision
  Just Vision, the folks I interned for last spring, are out with, “Home Front is a new series of four video portraits chronicling the resolve of a neighborhood, and the support it receives from the most unexpected of places.” It documents different Israelis and Palestinians involved i ...
• Villages Group: South Hebron Hills Update
  Dear friends and supporters, About one month ago we reported to you on the state of the local schoolhouse in Palestinian Susiya as its second school year opened. Visiting the school on Thursday November 2nd, 2011, we witnessed an impressive development in the construction of the school’s p ...
• Video: Democracy Now! footage from Freedom Wav ...
  Israel has boarded and detained the latest Freedom Flotilla heading for Gaza. See the last footage they were able to transmit from on board the boat here. If you are in New York City, there will be an emergency action. TODAY, November 4 5 – 6:30pm across the street from the Israeli Consul ...
• World-Class American Jazz Harpist Conducts Wor ...
  On Saturday, October 15th, 2011, American master jazz harpist Park Stickney visited the Salem village Music Center near Nablus. Stickney was in Israel-Palestine to give the opening concert for the new Jaffa Harp Festival. The Festival organizer, harpist Sunita Staneslow and her spouse Fred Schlo ...

Politics in the Zeros

• Russell Pearce recall. How it happened
  (crossposted from AZIVN, but the article vanished when they converted to the new site! Of special interest here is The Utah Compact, a moderate, thoughtful platform on immigration endorsed by LDS which played at least a supporting role in the recall of the rabidly anti-immigration Pearce in Ariz ...
• Fred Eaglesmith. Thirty Years of Farming
  There’s a little white note on the gate by the road that a man put up yesterday And when we saw it, we all ran out just to see what it had to say. And when we read it, our eyes filled with tears, and they fell to the cold, hard clay Something about [...]
• Bridging the clean energy valleys of death
  “Helping American entrepreneurs meet the nation’s energy innovation imperative,” in a new report from the Breakthrough Institute. This is all good, but more and more it’s clear to me that this country will never have a sane and comprehensive energy plan until the corrupt ...
• Report from Occupy Wall Street. Podcast
  Listen to the podcast on BlogTalkRadio. Talking with David Buccola, who was there all day yesterday for the massive Shutdown Wall Street protests. Police craziness. Shutting down Zuccotti one day then kettling people in the next. But then tens of thousands came. This was far too manyy for them ...
• 99% signs projected on Verizon building in Man ...
  Verizon Building in Lower Manhattan. The beam rolled through a series of words: “99% / mic check! / Look around / you are a part / of a global uprising / we are a cry / from the heart / of the world / we are unstoppable / another world is possible / happy [...]

Coteret

• Yediot’s Plocker: Thank you Mossad for r ...
  On Sunday (January 9 2011), Yediot’s Itamar Eichner reported [emphasis mine; full translation here]: Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is furious with outgoing Mossad Director Meir Dagan because of the briefing Dagan gave journalists last Thursday. In the course of that briefing, Dagan sha ...
• “Rejectionist front”: Maariv detai ...
  As Israel’s diplomatic position erodes and the Palestinian Authority’s campaign for the unilateral recognition of a state in the 1967 borders gains ground, the demand for “direct negotiations” has become a central talking point of  Israeli government spokespeople. Here&#8 ...
• New Yorker editor David Remnick to Yediot: &#8 ...
  On December 24 2010, Yediot’s Friday Political Supplement ran an interview with New Yorker editor David Remnick by Adi Gold. Most of the interview was dedicated to his new biography of Barack Obama. Gold did ask a political question on Israel and Reminck’s response was very blunt. No ...
• Breaking the Silence’s landmark new book ...
  Breaking the Silence has just published a landmark collection of soldier testimonies from the Occupied Territories spanning the period 2000-2010. The 432 page book can now be browsed, downloaded and embedded here. If you read nothing else, take the time to look over the first to pages of the int ...
• Following local pressure, Adidas reconsiders s ...
  This Maariv article [full translation below] from Friday is particularly badly written and repetitive, so I’ll summarize. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat decides to hold the first Jerusalem International Marathon in March 2011. He gets Adidas to sponsor the event. An Israeli runner registers an ...

Deadline Live

• Oakland Cops Beat Up Another Iraq War Veteran ...
• BLOOD BYTES WORLD #1
  Exclusive interview with Richard Gage – Founder of Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth: ae911truth.org – Topic: Controlled Demolition of WTC 1,2 and 7 / “Occupy” Building 7 Street Action. Tons of Info, science, and rock n roll music.
• NAOMI WOLF vs SE CUPP “I Was Standing On ...
• Molestation claims hit (Orangemen) – Syr ...
  Research the “House of Orange” ……..   BBC A veteran assistant coach for Syracuse University’s basketball team has been put on administrative leave amid accusations he molested young boys. Bobby Davis, now 39, told sport network ESPN that Bernie Fine molested hi ...
• Weekend Movie Watch: Angels Still Don’t ...
  WAY better than the “TruTV” report… World wide expert in exotic weaponry, Dr Nick Begich, lays out WHY we should be educated on HAARP, and what might happen if we ignore it. Based on the best selling book Angels Don’t Play This HAARP, narrator Dr. Nick Begich presents a c ...

The Air Vent

• In Case You Were Wondering
  It is all about money.   Every action in the world is about motivations and where money is involved, the gold is usually king.  Sure you are motivated to play with your children, that’s not money but when you get up to go to work and it’s still dark out, you may love your job but [...]
• IEA Solves Climatechange – Guardian
  Fantastic news.  We don’t have to worry about blogging on climate anymore.  It turns out that in 5 years we can’t do anything anyway. The world is likely to build so many fossil-fuelled power stations, energy-guzzling factories and inefficient buildings in the next five years that it ...
• Global Temperature Reconstruction Comparisons
  Zeke has a nice comparison of various global ground temperature reconstructions at the blackboard.  It’s worth checking out.
• Considered Critique of Berkeley Temp Series
  I will leave this alone for another week or two while I wait for a reply to my emails to the BEST group, but there are three primary problems with the Berkley temperature trends which must be addressed if the result is to be taken seriously.  Now by seriously, I don’t mean by the IPCC [...]
• More BEST Confidence Interval Discussion
  Well, I’ve written to Richard Muller yesterday on this as well as Judith Curry, Richard has yet to acknowledge my email.  We have seen that my previous explanations of the problems in the confidence intervals of the BEST temperature series were confusing for some pretty smart people.  I&#8 ...

Focal Point

• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Spencer Soper Wins Sidney Award for Exposing B ...
  Business reporter Spencer Soper of The Morning Call has won the October Sidney Award from the Sidney Hillman foundation for his expose of Dickensian conditions in Amazon.com's warehouse in Pennsylvania. Temperatures inside the "fulfillment center" soared to over 100 degrees over the summer ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the . ...
• Bachmann's Anti-Vaccine Rhetoric is Bad Scienc ...
  Hey, Michele Bachmann, you know who was really, really pro-vaccination? The Founding Fathers. Read all about it in my new article at The Nation. George Washington argued for mandatory inoculation of citizens against smallpox and mandated the inoculation of the Continental Army, under the .. ...
• Confessions of a Pro-Social Psychopath
  Neuroscientist James Fallon is fascinated by the brains of murderers, especially in light of his own family history. His father's side of the family was full of notorious murderers. So, he compared his family's PET scans to those of known psychopathic killers: "And I took a look at ...

Inside Facebook

• New This Week on the Inside Network Job Board: ...
  The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at  JibJab Media Inc., Live World, Acquinity Interactive, TinyCo, Elec ...
• Facebook Roundup: Pircy, Privacy, Congress, Sp ...
  Facebook, Google Pair Up to Fight Anti-Piracy Law – The House Stop Online Piracy Act proposal has brought together Facebook, Google and other companies in an effort to prevent the passing of the law that companies say will place the … Continue reading →
• TrustedID Acquires Unsubscribe.com and its Soc ...
  Palo Alto-based TrustedID has acquired Santa Monica-based Unsubscribe.com and its Social Monitor application this week. With the acquisition, TrustedID hopes to expand its identity protection product offerings on social networks like Facebook. The goal of Unsubscribe’s Social Monitor is to &#823 ...
• How Brands Can Use Facebook’s Subscribe Button ...
    Facebook launched the Subscribe Button for Facebook Profiles in September, which allows users to receive the public updates from people with whom they’re not friends without the other person having to reciprocate. Users can click on the Subscribe Button … Continue reading →
• Page Tools, Livestream, Store Locator, Photos, ...
  A bunch of Page tabs and Page tools were on our list of the fastest emerging Facebook applications by monthly active users this week. There were some photo apps, too, the Windows phone demo, Chase Community Giving and a chat … Continue reading →

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ReDress News

• Britain's Jewish fascists in putsch against fr ...
  Gilad Atzmon explains the latest - failed - attempt by Britain's Zio-fascists to kill the UK's most precious cultural values: openness, pluralism, freedom of expression and artistic freedom.
• Israeli media paving the way for an attack on Iran
  Neve Gordon argues that while the Israeli media frenzy supporting an attack on Iran may be orchestrated to pressure the international community to impose harsher sanctions against Iran, it is nonetheless helping to produce the necessary conditions for a military campaign.
• Why the West is demonizing Iran
  Stuart Littlewood argues that behind the "non-stop, loud-mouthed sabre-rattling against Iran" lies the fact that the Anglo-American political establishment is still smarting from not getting its way.
• Palestine: what next?
  Alan Hart argues that salvation of the Palestinian cause lies in dissolving the Palestinian Authority, which "has been more or less a quisling authority collaborating with Israel", restructuring and reinvigorating the Palestinian National Council - the parliament for all Palestinians - and harne ...
• Rendezvous with a British minister on Palestin ...
  Stuart Littlewood relates the concerns he has raised with UK Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham regarding British policy on Palestine and Israel, and the Israeli-inspired sabre rattling towards Iran, and views the possibility - aired by former UK ambassador Craig Murray - of a secret "neo- ...

Amazon Rainforest

• World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
  The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 bill ...
• World’s largest beef company signs Amazo ...
  The world’s largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave labor and illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon, according to the public prosecutor’s office in the state of Acre. The deal absolves JBS-Friboi from 2 billion reals ($1.3 bill ...
• Peru suffers an environmental tragedy!
  The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years.  Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of 7,000 hectares of virgin and extremely divers ...
• Earth’s Living Treasure- Celebrating Forests f ...
  United Nations declared 2o11 as the International Year of Forests (Forests 2o11), and why Forests are the theme of the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2o11. In this special year, the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are ...
• Belo Monte hydroelectric dam construction work ...
  The company leading the dam project, Norte Energia, announced that infrastructure work on roads that will provide access to the region started on Monday morning. The £7bn Belo Monte dam on the Amazon’s Xingu river is scheduled to start producing energy on 31 December 2014 and would be the ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- November ...
  BFP Nightly Quote “We can choose to use our growing knowledge to enslave people in ways never dreamed of before, depersonalizing them, controlling them by means so carefully selected that they will perhaps never be aware of their loss of personhood.”– Dr. Carl Rodgers   International Newsw ...
• Podcast Show #67
  The Boiling Frogs Presents William Engdahl This is Part II of our interview series on the New World Order. For the Part I interview with Andrew Gavin Marshall click here. William Engdahl joins us to discuss the geopolitics behind the phony US war in Afghanistan, how the real purpose of US milita ...
• House of Mirrors Part II- Living the Fantasy
  How Guilt, Innocence & Facts Are Made Irrelevant By Paul Fitzgerald & Elizabeth Gould As the U.S. becomes more and more the kind of country it has traditionally opposed, the answer to where we are headed may lie more in the arcane traditions of a dim past than in a bright future. On the ...
• BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- November ...
  BFP Nightly Quote “Intellect annuls Fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free….The revelation of Thought takes man out of servitude into freedom.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson International Newsworthy Pentagon Dismisses Karzai’s Call to End Night Raids Afghanistan Turns to ...
• Whistleblowers Honored on Nov. 21
  A Group of Ex-U.S. Intelligence Officials honors Thomas Drake & Jesselyn Radack By Ray McGovern Our country’s need for courageous whistleblowers is now. That is mostly why Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence (SAAII) publicly honors people who have spoken truth, and suffered th ...

Afro Spear

• sat’day riddymz
  From Sis. Ana Panamanian national, Basilio Fergus went to Spain to study medicine and realized his true calling was composing songs and singing. With his rich angelic voice, he became an international star troughout the Spanish speaking world. Cisne Cuello Negro-Black Necked Swan, a song that ta ...
• Obama vs Jesus
• “Killing and treatment of Gaddafi blow t ...
  Although former Libya strongman Muammar Gaddaffi was almost hated by everybody except those who were closer to him, what the new regime did to display his remains for public to ridicule was unreasonable. There might be three reasons as to why Gaddafi was killed and publicly displayed. One, it is ...
• sat’day riddymz
• Restaveks: Child Slaves in Haiti
  Al Jazeera: Slavery: A 21st Century Evil Part 4: Child Slaves (click on image)

Expose the BNP

• Expose the BNP: activists’ meeting
  Over the summer we have seen the extreme right enter parliament in Sweden and racist deportations of Roma people from France. Here at home the EDL have continued to target cities with Muslim communities, while the police are bringing trumped-up charges against anti-fascists. November 6 sees a na ...
• Rotherham fascist leads secret double life
  A BNP activist is living a secret double life, desperate to prevent his employers from finding out about his extremist views – despite having stood as a candidate in last month’s election. Tom Holmes (25) received 715 votes in the recent elections for Rotherham Council but has managed to keep hi ...
• Nick Griffin humiliated in Barking defeat
  The British National Party have suffered a humiliating defeat in the general election when Nick Griffin failed to gain a Westminster seat for the East London ward of Barking. Labour MP Margaret Hodge secured the seat with a 16,000 majority, with Griffin trailing third after the Conservative cand ...
• Ten questions that expose Nick Griffin
  On the day that the BNP launches its election manifesto, Expose the BNP has researched 10 questions for journalists to put to the BNP leader, the answers to which reveal him to be a deeply racist, anti-Semitic Holocaust denier who boasts about his criminal past. 1. In which year did you stop den ...
• Workshy Griffin left his parents penniless
  On yesterday’s Today programme, BNP leader Nick Griffin told the Radio Four audience that “Liberal economics … have utterly bankrupted this country.” The truth is that Nick Griffin was himself declared bankrupt in 1991. Over several years thereafter he destroyed his parents’ finances as we ...

Ode Magazine

• Sonic boon
  A search for the healing power of sound I’m lying in A bed that’s as hard as nails with a series of strings along the sides and two gongs above my head. It’s known as a gong bath, and Gwen de Jong, a practitioner of sound healing at Spirit Connection in Amsterdam ...
• The secret’s in the sauce
  What my father’s recipe for pasta marinara says about the future of capitalism As the daughter of a Neapolitan, I grew up eating pasta with marinara sauce. My father didn’t always make it from scratch, but he did so often enough for me to follow his recipe through memories. Fr ...
• Clean water, clean energy
  In the prosperous West, we generally only get worked up about clean water and electricity when the bill arrives in the mail, and we discover that once again, we’ve been showering too long and leaving the lights on too often. But in many parts of the world, people can only dream ...
• Blocking CO2 to beat malaria
  Mosquitoes are so difficult to elude because they pursue us via the CO2 exhaled in our breath. That’s annoying when we’re relaxing outside on a summer evening, but it’s devastating for the 200 to 300 million people who contract malaria annually. More than 1 millio ...
• A winter’s tale
  Celebrating the return of the bald eagle In the Iowa winter, as the poet Robert Hass wrote, “a farmer’s dreams are narrow,” and autumn can inspire me with a kind of dread as I work in the garden that will soon be buried under snow. But this coming winter, as the ...

OpEd News

• Should The Big 10 Say No Bowl Game For Penn State?
  Should Penn State play in a bowl game this year? Should the Big 10 Conference step in and say, maybe not this year? If so, it hasn't happened yet. A call to the Big 10 offices netted "no comment."
• What Really Happened In Lawyer's Mysterious Death?
  The official story in a lawyer's "suicide" does not add up.
• A Whiff of Egyptian Freedom for Gaza
  Israel got a taste of the new people's Egypt with the arrest of an Egyptian journalist on the flotilla to Gaza and plans for the biggest aid convoy yet
• GOP Presidential Candidates Tongue Tied on Paterno
  GOP presidential candidates have been loose lipped on any and every public policy issue imaginable. But suddenly they have all have lost their speech on the Penn State scandal. They have uttered barely a peep about the scandal.
• Customs and Border patrol claim 75% of U.S. ci ...
  According to Canadian press outlets, to unveil a Beyond The Borders trilateral security proposal featuring a 30 point plan has been deferred to a later date in December, 2011. Nevertheless, Canada's Post-Leader reported US Customs and Border Patrol administration state 3 out of 4 Americans agr ...

Switchboard

• NRDC's Report Shows that Green Infrastructure ...
  Noah Garrison, Project Attorney, Santa Monica This past week, NRDC released a new report called Rooftops to Rivers II: Green Strategies for Controlling Stormwater and Combined Sewer Overflows. The report discusses the considerable problem that storm ...
• India Environmental News Compilation, November ...
  Amrita Batra, Program Assistant, India Initiative and Food and Agriculture, San Francisco Climate Obama asks India, China to wisen up on climate goals “US President Barack Obama on Wednesday tried to make emerging economies like India accou ...
• Dynamic Transportation Leaders Are Transformin ...
  Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. Last week I finally had the chance to stroll down Broadway in New York City, including a visit to the Times Square Toys R Us that actually has an indoor ferris wheel (Note to sel ...
• UN Report: More "Extreme" Bad Weather Coming,' ...
  Theo Spencer, Senior Advocate, Climate Center, New York More extreme weather events—heat waves, floods, drought—are coming our way this century, and there is new evidence that links these extreme events to climate change, according ...
• LA Climate, Energy, & Environmental News 11/13 ...
  Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Chile At long last, The Council for Electricity Development has announced their final proposals for Chile’s new energy plan. This 200-page proposal will allow the government to compose a ...

Lawyers,Guns,& Money

• Twilight Readers=Republican Voters
  OK, what the deuce is going on here. From Yglesias’ twitter feed, where he notes “Evidence that Obama has a shot at winning Wyoming and North Dakota.” Yeah, you wonder. Having not read the Twilight books and being someone who would rather be face a Singapore rattan whip expert ...
• What Are You Doing Alabama? You’ve Got t ...
  It’s pretty depressing that a law intended to oppress brown people has to affect a white person to make headlines, but that’s America. A German manager with Mercedes-Benz is free after being arrested for not having a driver’s license with him under Alabama’s new law targe ...
• Gingrich Openly Supports Child Labor
  The Republican Vision of America’s Future Not that this is surprising, but that he would say it so openly suggests how brazen the Republican Party has become in eviscerating the nation’s past century of progress. “You say to somebody, you shouldn’t go to work before you&# ...
• Occupy Wall Street: Polls and Demands
  Rather than 2 discrete posts on OWS, it makes more sense to combine them. First, I really don’t care whether OWS is losing popular support, as one poll suggests. While I suppose falling support might be rhetorically challenging because of the 99% rhetoric, the reality is that social moveme ...
• Oh, Leon…
  It’s fun to teach the bureaucratic politics segment of National Security Policy during such momentous times. Panetta: The federal budget is roughly about $4 trillion. About a trillion of that is in what’s called discretionary funds on the domestic side and on the defense side. Three- ...

Desert Research Institute

• Truckee River Fund Supports DRI’s Integrated W ...
  DRI Scientists receive $318,000 from Truckee River Fund and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection for the development and implementation of an integrated water quality monitoring program for the Truckee River from Tahoe City to Marble Bluff dam (just upstream of Pyramid Lake).
• Dilworth students participate in Mission Antar ...
  Students at Dilworth STEM Academy join a team of scientists in Antarctica as they study the molecular biology, and evolution of microscopic organisms. The work has implications for understanding impacts of climate change and the ecology and evolution of organisms in the Southern Ocean.
• Communicating Science with Animation
  Derek Norpchen calls his work eye candy. “I take the data that the scientists gather in the field and turn it into animations and visualizations so that the projects sponsors and the public can better understand the science behind the issue.”
• ASCENT Connecting women in atmospheric sciences
  Atmospheric Science Collaborations and Enriching Networks (ASCENT) is a program focusing on women in atmospheric science/meteorology. It’s designed to initiate positive professional relationships among female faculty of different ranks and postdoctoral researchers.
• DRI and UNR Scientists Help Agencies Preserve ...
  DRI and The University of Nevada have highly cooperative, productive and ongoing research programs across a variety of topics in the Lake Tahoe Basin that are doing their best to provide quality science to inform basin managers and policymakers.

Earth Techling

• California Valley Solar Ranch Being Built
  Bechtel shifts from limited to full construction mode on California Valley Solar Ranch, a 250-megawatt plant that got a big federal loan guarantee.
• Queensland Maps A Renewable Future
  The "Queensland Solar Atlas" is just one tool that Australia's third-largest state is using to entice $3.5 billion in clean-energy investment by 2020.
• Chicago Loft Gets Its LEED Platinum On
  The Greenhouse Loft, located in Chicago, is a newly opened venue for gatherings that boasts a LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
• GE’s Waste-Heat System Alberta-Bound
  An Alberta pipeline compressor station will use GE's new ORegen waste-heat recovery system to produce power without added CO2 emissions.
• Coda Teams With GE On EV Chargers
  Coda Automotive announced an agreement with GE allowing the auto maker to sell GE’s wall-mounted EV charging station, the WattStation.

National Law Journal | U.S.

• LAW SCHOOLS REVIEW
  Rising tuition. Misleading employment statistics. Inadequate skills training. One law school professor has launched a full-scale assault on the legal education system in response to these mounting issues. Are law schools in crisis?
• THE CAREERIST: More bad news for women
  You'll need a shot or two of whiskey to get through these highlights (or are they lowlights?) of the latest survey from the National Association of Women Lawyers.
• OPINION: Crisis management and Penn State
  Because university officials failed to appreciate that everybody is replaceable, the school's reputation has been sullied.
• OPINION: Occupy Wall Street's message for lawyers
  Behind every credit default swap or short of subprime mortgage-backed assets sit legal counsel sanctioning these practices; their hands are no cleaner than those of their clients.
• THE PRACTICE: A game of inches: some oral advo ...
  There is no inconsistency between being aggressive and determined and being courteous and professional.

How Shall We Do The Mountain ?

• Shale Gas Drilling Photos
  The below link will take you to public web album with photos from folks who live in areas where the gas drilling is happening.  Click the link and see what the truth looks like. https://picasaweb.google.com/chec.pitt/ShaleGasDrilling
• Marcellus Shale case appealed to Pa. Supreme C ...
  By DONALD GILLILAND, The Patriot-News A court case that many believe has the potential to upend 100 years of case law and God knows how many Marcellus gas leases in Pennsylvania hinges on what the everyday definition of “minerals” was in 1836. Attorneys at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney who app ...
• Learn the FACTS about Marcellus Shale
  Thurs. Nov. 3rd at 7 PM GAS TRUTH OF YORK is sponsoring  the YORK MARCELLUS SHALE FORUM so that you can learn what you need to know about Shale Gas drilling in Pennsylvania.  In South Central PA we do not have Marcellus Shale drilling but the Oil & Gas Industry is affecting our water, land, ...
• Gas Truth of Central Pennsylvania Wants to Hea ...
  Give Your Testimony to the CITIZENS MARCELLUS SHALE COMMISSION GAS TRUTH is giving support to the CITIZENS MARCELLUS SHALE COMMISSION that has been formed by 8 organizations that want to get out the truth about the effect of Shale Gas drilling on Pennsylvania.  Governor Corbett formed his Gas in ...
• GASLAND and Josh Fox Come to York, PA
  Wed. Sept. 21st at 6:30 PM HACC York Campus is sponsoring a special outdoor screening of the Emmy award-winning film, GASLAND.  GASLAND’s Director, Josh Fox will answer questions following the film.  GASLAND is the story of the effect of Fracking for Natural Gas on families and communities ...

News Blaze

• Americans No Longer 'Occupy' to Keep The 'Dre ...
  Still, there are some who believe the movement could help Barack Obama and the Democratic Party because of its progressive and liberal views as well as getting the President's American Jobs Act to be passed
• South Sudan Releases More Than 50 Child Soldiers
  The children had been conscripted in April into the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the former rebel group that became the country's military, but were demobilized this week by the South Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration C
• Simple Measure Unleashes Firestorm of Protests
  What nonsense. Article IV of the Constitution could not possibly be more clear: 'Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records and judicial Proceedings of every other State.
• US Helps Western Balkans on Path to Euro-Atlan ...
  In his statement before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, Mr. Gordon said the western Balkans is a critical part of Europe historically, geographically and culturally.
• Former Rwandan Mayor Found Guilty of Genocide ...
  The tribunal, which is based in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, ordered that its sentence against Mr. Ndahimana supersede any other imposed on the accused by any other State or institution, and that he receives credit for time served since hi

environment 360

• Extreme Weather to Increase as Climate Changes ...
  A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that an increase in heat waves is “virtually certain” as a result of global warming and that extreme weather events — including hurricanes, floods, and droughts — will likely become more intense in the next century. The ...
• Major Investment Needed to Avert Global Food C ...
  An international commission says billions of dollars must be invested in agriculture and food distribution to avoid a catastrophic increase in hunger worldwide in the coming years. In a new study, the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change said a coordinated series of responses ...
• States Exert Little Enforcement Of Gas Drillin ...
  Even as a push for unconventional oil and gas has triggered a drilling boom not seen in the U.S. for decades, a published report finds that enforcement of environmental regulations associated with this drilling has been minimal. In a review of data from major drilling states, Greenwire has found ...
• Regional Cap-and-Trade Scheme Creates Economic ...
  A regional cap-and-trade program launched in the northeastern U.S. three years ago has saved customers nearly $1.1 billion on electricity bills, helped create 16,000 jobs, and retained more than $765 million in local economies by reducing the demand for fossil fuels, according to a new analysis. ...
• Air Pollution Alters Frequency and Intensity o ...
  A new study says that air pollution can significantly alter the frequency and intensity of precipitation in a region, inhibiting the chances of light rain while exacerbating heavy storms in some cases. Using a decade of atmospheric data, U.S. scientists found that high levels of aerosols — inclu ...

Red Ice Creations

• Out Of The Ashes Of The Collapse Of The Eurozo ...
  All over Europe, headlines are declaring that the eurozone is on the verge of collapse. Many people falsely assume that this will mean the end of the euro and a return to national currencies. Unfortunately, that is not going to be the case at all. Instead, this is going to be yet another example ...
• Penn State Students Support Child Molester Ena ...
  Here‘s how (some) Penn State students reacted to the firing of Coach Joe Paterno. If you didn‘t already know, Paterno was fired because he found out his assistant coach was molesting children back in 2002 and didn‘t do anything about it. All of this is so sickening.
• Riddle of the radiation sweeping across Europe ...
  Ed comment: Despite continued problems at Fukushima the IAEA says that the source of the increased levels of radioactive iodine-131 all over Europe is unknown - resorts to blaming cosmic radiation. Very low levels of radioactive iodine-131 have been detected throughout Europe, but the particles ...
• Silvio Berlusconi resigns as PM
  Silvio Berlusconi has resigned as prime minister of Italy, after dominating the country‘s politics for 17 years. President Giorgio Napolitano is likely to appoint technocrat Mario Monti as his successor. Mr Berlusconi lost his majority amid an acute debt crisis that threatens the eurozone. He pr ...
• Sarkozy called Israeli PM Netanyahu ‘liar‘
  French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "liar" in remarks to US President Barack Obama overheard by journalists. "I can‘t stand him any more, he‘s a liar," Mr Sarkozy said in French. "You may be sick of him, but me, I have to deal with him every day," ...

Russia Today

• Does the European Union have an Expiry Date?
  A veritable re-engineering of the entire planet has been taking place in front of our eyes for many decades now. However, since it is gradual, most people do not notice or understand what is happening.
• Petro no-no: US extends Iran sanctions to petr ...
  Following the IAEA resolution about Iran allegedly pursuing nuclear weapons, Washington is set to ban Iran from global oil markets by imposing sanctions on Tehran’s petrochemical industry.
• ‘The more OWS is silenced the louder it grows’
  Over the last couple of months, police in the US have been under fire for using extensive force against the “Occupy” movement. Some activists say the more the authorities try to silence the protesters voices, the more...
• Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam captured in southe ...
  Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has been arrested in southern Libya, according to NTC officials. The news was broken by the country’s justice minister and later confirmed by the Council’s spokesman Mohammed al-Allaqi, as...
• RT asks NY: Has OWS achieved anything?
  The “Occupy” campaigners in the US are struggling against authorities' attempts to break down the movement.

Not My Tribe

• Seattle PIGS Tear-gas 84 year old woman while ...
• News 5 Report: “cost to taxpayers of Occ ...
  What extreme fucking gall. Their station, and their Pathetic Used-Snot-Rag of a Newspaper partner The Gazette are owned by a failed Corporation called Freedom Corp. That means for the past two years while they’ve been BANKRUPT they’ve been getting enormous tax breaks and even TAX REB ...
• The Puppet-Masters and their pet Turkey, doubl ...
  They condemn those of us in America who rebel against their fascist Corporate leadership and presumption of ownership of every aspect of our lives, calling it “Freedom” while their Pig-Slaves break our heads with clubs and plastic bullets. And in the case of Oscar Grant, lead and cop ...
• As NYPD destroys Occupy Wall Street, Americans ...
  UNOCCUPIED WALL STREET- NYPD goons put an end to the Zuccotti Park OWS rebel base tonight. Shall we declare it official, this night of the Occupy Wall Street Smack-down, that images of riot police are now ubiquitous as American Pie? Officer unfriendly closed the airspace, created a no-witnesses ...
• Pig Rampage in Denver, Oakland camp “cl ...
  The DPD was assaulting the Occupy PEOPLE yesterday, and squealing like the pigs they are when people actually shoved back. What do the stormtroopers think, they’ll just beat people up, gas us, shoot us with “non-lethal” projectiles, taser us, and we’ll be so grateful for ...

Debunking the Debunkers

• 9/11 Truth Movement Trying to Co-opt the Occu ...
  Please spread to individual Occupy movement supporters, affiliated groups, websites, and forums. This is a plea for the Occupy movement to drop any preconceived notions about, and take careful consideration of, forming an alliance with the 9/11 truth movement, specifically the OccupyBuilding7.o ...
• Corbett Report Radio 011 – Occupy Building 7 w ...
  September 11, 2001 - the day our country was hijacked and a permanent war was launched that will not end in our lifetime unless we the 99% stop it. Ten years later the War on Terrorism has diverted trillions of dollars from more important uses and sunken our country into debt. 15 NOV 2011 Pod ...
• Thermite Has Never Been Used in Building Demol ...
  "Thermite has never been used in building demolition." - [9/11] Critical Thinking For Dummies - Controlled Demolition by "Juniversal" at the JREF Forum Popular Mechanics Ignores Its Own Historical Records of Thermite Demolition: Destruction of Skyride Towers, Reichstag Dome Set Incendiary Prece ...
• The Trapping of Screw Loose Change
  November 3, 2011 by Jeffrey Strahl 911truth.org Dear Readers, Please submit your comments on this article at the link at Amazon, here, as provided below by Mr. Strahl. 911Truth.org published this article; the author is not available to be reached through email to this site. We look forward to ...
• FAQ #7 – Sounds of Explosions?
  This video, pulled from the NIST archives, reveals sounds of explosions that corroborate the eyewitness testimonies of explosive sounds at WTC7 Written by John-Michael Talboo http://ae911truth.org Friday, 04 November 2011 13:02 Question: Why weren't the sounds that were heard during the destr ...

Fooducate

• Holiday Recipe: Tropical Sweet Potatoes and Bu ...
  In the coming weeks we will be bringing you healthy, tasty recipes from professional chef Dave Schy. Visit his website New Taste, for step by step pictures for this and other great recipes. Today – a great side dish that’s fun to prepare - Tropical Sweet Potatoes and Butternut Squash ...
• Congress Invents New Vegetable: The Pizza
  File this under R for Ridiculous. Millions of kids every day receive free or reduced price lunch at school. The federal government foots the bill through the USDA. The program has been under attack in the last few years because of the low quality and nutrition sparse foods being served. What can ...
• Cheese Lovers Rejoice, Maybe?
  Denmark is known for its tasty dairy products. Unfortunately butter and cheese are very high in saturated fat. The connection between saturated fats and increased blood cholesterol (leading to heart issues) has been accepted by most health organizations world wide. That’s why, when researc ...
• Blue Popcorn. Really? [Inside the Label]
  We’ve heard of blue corn, an heirloom variety cultivated by the Hopi tribe of the southwest, but the blue popcorn pictured here is not popped from those kernels. Instead, some marketing genius thought it would be cool to color popcorn blue with artificial colorings. The kids will love it, ...
• All We Are Saying, is Give Peas a Chance…
  We recently got this question from Mike: Dear Fooducate, I would appreciate an answer to a question that I have tried to get a reasonable reply to from various and sundry food experts to no avail about the dark green vegetables that are the nirvana of the foodies: The humble pea never gets a fav ...

Traffikd

• SEO Tips For Your Blog and Business
  When was the last time you thought about your site beyond adding content? It is probably time to take a look at how things are organized. When you started the site you had certain goals, ideas and experiences, now as time has passed it is a good idea to take another look at those goals [...]
• How To Choose Keywords
  Every day millions of searches are performed on the internet and all of those search terms are saved and provided to us to peruse at our discretion. Unfortunately, on the other hand, there are millions of searches performed every day on the internet and ALL that data is saved and provided to us ...
• Why Social Media Isn’t Working For You
  So you took the first step and signed yourself up for some social media sites and started marketing yourself and now you're waiting for the traffic to start rolling in. You've done your research about social media marketing and everyone tells you to find followers, engage them and turn them into ...
• How Do I Tweet – Writing the $6 Million Dollar ...
  Twitter recently made claims that they had reached 100 million users. A fairly impressive feat to be sure, and that is reflected in the pull people give to twitter as a social media outlet. Great tweets can make you a star as fast bad ones can kill your image. Most of the time tweets just pass ...
• Tips for Getting More Done
  This topic might not be 100% focused on social media or marketing but its important to remember these ideals and incorporate them into your day. These tips will be especially helpful for bloggers, designers, social media managers and people with a lot on their plate each day to get more done. St ...

Survival International

• Masked gunmen attack Brazilian Indian leader i ...
  Nísio Gomes, a Guarani shaman shot dead by gunmen, in a photo taken just two days ago. © Survival Survival has developing news from Brazil, where masked gunmen have today executed an Indian religious leader in front of his community. Gunmen surrounded Nísio Gomes, ordering his community to ...
• Indigenous spokesman dismissed from Brazilian ...
  Kayapó Indians dance at a protest against the Belo Monte dam © Terence Turner Megaron Txucarramãe, an indigenous spokesman from the Brazilian Amazon, has been dismissed from his post in the government’s Indian Affairs Department, FUNAI. Megaron, of the Kayapó tribe, has stated that his dis ...
• Shocking video confirms Indonesia’s brutal sup ...
  The shocking footage shows Indonesian soldiers beating West Papuans © SBS TV/West Papua Media Alarming video of Indonesian forces shooting, beating and kicking civilians at a peaceful rally in West Papua has emerged ahead of a US visit to the region. Ten people are believed to have died w ...
• It’s official – the key to conservation lies w ...
  India's Soliga tribe recently secured unprecedented rights to a tiger reserve © Kalyan Varma/Survival Indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests, and conservation reserves that exclude them suffer as a result, according to a new study from the World Bank. Its analys ...
• Tanzania: Hadza tribe celebrates first land titles
  The Hazda tribe's land titles being formally handed over at a special ceremony © Dorobo Fund for Tanzania / UCRT One of the very few hunter-gatherer tribes in east Africa has been celebrating the recognition of its land rights. The land titles were formally handed over at a special c ...

Greg Palast

• This is it, folks...
  This is it, folks - our last chance to make the New York Times bestseller list - we're doing well - but we want to slam it - we want to make sure that people can't miss Vultures’ Picnic when they go on Amazon, walk into stores and browse at airports. Let’s make sure the media can’t ignore [...]
• Before the Beginning
  Raven, that Lying Little Bastard by Greg Palast for TheMudflats.net "If I had a machine gun, I'd kill every one of them white sons of bitches." Makarka didn't say, "white." He used the unkind Alutiiq phrase, isuwiq-something, bleached seal. As a bleached seal myself, I couldn't blame him, n ...
• And that is WHY WE OCCUPY
  by Greg Palast and the Palast investigations team at Zuccotti Park Wall Street, Occupy Portland, Occupy Oakland, and Kinshasa, Congo exclusive for OpedNews.com So big deal. They evicted us.  That just means we are among five million Americans evicted from their homes this year. Our photograph ...
• Palast crew reporter Roberts... just before th ...
  2a.m. Zuccotti Park, Wall Street, New York Zach D Roberts, photographer for the Palast Investigative Team, a split second before the copy cracked the lens––and whacked Zach. See that spot on the left? That's the night stick hitting the lens. Tonight: Palast on "Why We Occupy." Photos and v ...
• This is the moment to make the 1% cry
  I'm putting it to you bluntly: Vultures Picnic comes out today - and here's why I'm asking you, no joke, to get it TODAY, or this week at the LATEST.  Do that, and I'm once again on the bestseller list, top of Amazon.  It's the ONLY way the work you've supported, the work you think is important ...

How Can I Recycle This ?

• How can I reuse roller adhesive refill packs ( ...
  We’ve had an email from Carmel: Hello, I’m a paper crafter and was a Stampin Up demonstrator and use the Stampin Up snail adhesives or the tombow roller adhesives. Anyhow, to refill these things you have to buy another plastic mechanism that has the tape already in it. With all the p ...
• How can I reuse or recycle pretty synthetic li ...
  Over on The Really Good Life, we’re in the middle of a decluttering month, with the hope of developing a general habit of asking “do we need or even want this?” rather than getting blind to things that have been on shelves for years. I’m also setting a weekly mini-challen ...
• What can I reuse or recycle to make soap moulds?
  I made my first batch of cold-process soap earlier in the year – it took FOREVER to trace, but we’ve loved the resulting soap so I need to make some more. Ever since I made that first batch, I’ve been on the look out for what I can use as moulds this time around. Last [...]
• How can I reuse or recycle fibre glass baths?
  Rosie has emailed: My partner brought home 3 brand new fibre glass baths (minus handles) which were going to be thrown in the skip. Any suggestions for use and does anyone want them? That’s just the type of thing I’d want to bring home too – they seem so useful (and so new!) th ...
• What can I reuse or recycle to repair the mesh ...
  Good friend of Recycle This and The Really Good Life, Su, has got a question for us: Bicycle panniers – mine have a really useful stretchy mesh pocket on the outside, unfortunately now more hole than mesh. Any ideas on repairing them? The actual pannier part is absolutely fine. The summer before ...

Age of Autism

• A Dad's Proud Report on Autism Recovery
  Managing Editor's Note: Last week I had a chance to email a terrific Dad named Cody Jordan whom I've met at Autism One. His response was so encouraging I asked him if I could share his wonderful news about his...
• Risk Analysis Regarding Vaccines (Calculations ...
  By Scott Laster On the SmartVax website created by SafeMinds, the Weigh The Risks page includes quantitative analysis which indicates that for a child in the USA today that was not vaccinated until age 5, the risk from each vaccine-preventable...
• New York Times Reviews The Greater Good Movie ...
  By Anne Dachel The New York Times has sunk to a new low in their consistent attacks on anyone who dares to talk about what vaccines are doing to our children. The Times has just released a review of the...
• Prescribing Zoloft and Other Antidepressants t ...
  By Deborah Merlin Dr. Tinus Smits the founder of CEASE-therapy for autism, believes that: Autism is an accumulation of different causes: about 70% is due to vaccines 25% to toxic medication and substances 5% to some diseases According to a...
• New Bean Bag-Style Furniture Options from Comf ...
  Incredibly comfortable foam-filled furniture provides contentment to autistic children and peace of mind to parents ST. LOUIS, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the nation, with more children diagnosed in 2011 with the...

Global BDS Movement

• UNESCO distances itself from Israeli governmen ...
  Since the involvement of any UN agency with the Israeli government in organizing projects in occupied Jerusalem would amount to complicity in Israel’s violations of international law
• Palestinian Freedom Riders Challenge Israeli A ...
  The Palestinian BDS National Committee (BNC) salutes the brave Palestinian Freedom Riders who today challenged through civil disobedience the Israeli occupation and apartheid
• Palestinian Freedom Riders to Board Settler Bu ...
  Palestinian activists will attempt to peacefully board segregated Israeli public transportation in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem in action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides to the U.S. South
• Take Apartheid off the Menu! A European Day of ...
  A European Day of Action Against Israeli Agricultural Produce Exporters - November 26, 2011
• The Russell Tribunal On Palestine: Summary Of ...
  RToP is an international citizen-based Tribunal of conscience created in response to the demands of civil society to educate public opinion and put pressure on decision makers

Farm Wars

• The Goldman Sachs Goodfellas
  The corporate whores on Wall Street commercialized and stole the spirit of Christmas. How about taking back Christmas and not buying one corporate made gift?
• ‘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 ...

Open Your Eyes News

• Occupy London protesters take over empty UBS b ...
  Guardian – Activists from the Occupy London movement have abruptly changed tactics, following a month of open-air tent protests, by seizing a vacant office complex owned by a major global bank. In the early hours of Friday morning, protesters entered a series of interconnected buildings ow ...
• F.D.A. Revokes Approval of Avastin for Use as ...
  NY Times – The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday revoked the approval of the drug Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer, ruling on an emotional issue that pitted the hopes of some desperate patients against the statistics of clinical trials. Read article
• Western Australia’s non-GM sector set to ...
  Ninemsn – Western Australia’s non-genetically modified (GM) grain sector could vanish within the next 10 years due to contamination from GM crops, some farmers and conservation groups fear. Read article
• The Dangers of Aspartame
  FoxNews
• Britain ‘will join euro before long’, sa ...
  Telegraph – Wolfgang Schäuble said that, despite the current crisis in the eurozone, the euro will ultimately emerge as the common currency of the entire European Union. He said he “respects” Britain’s decision to keep the pound, but insisted that the survival and eventual stabilisation of ...

L.A. Times - Greenspace

• The Sierra Club 's Carl Pope to step down as ...
  It's official: Carl Pope announced Friday that he is stepping down from his position as chairman of the Sierra Club to devote most of his time to working with environmental organizations, corporations and organized labor in the "green economy." Pope,...
• Greenhouse gases, water vapor and you
  Several readers pointed out that water vapor is the biggest contributor to global warming, which was not mentioned in last week’s post about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s release of its Annual Greenhouse Gas Index, which showed that man-made gases that contribute to globa ...
• Tree rings document ancient Western megadrought
  University of Arizona scientists have found evidence of extreme Western drought in the second century that matches or exceeds the better known droughts of the medieval period.
• Obama pipeline decision courts youth vote
  When President Obama announced Thursday that he was delaying a decision on the XL Pipeline for at least a year, it was partly the result of significant youth lobbying, says Courtney Hight, 32, co-director of the Energy Action Coalition.The action also may have re-energized a 30s-and-under youth ...
• Keystone pipeline delay draws cheers, dismay
  The 1,700-mile pipeline would carry oil extracted from Canada's tar sands to the Gulf of Mexico, crossing plains states and the enormous Ogallala aquifer. It has been the target of increased protest and opposition from environmentalists and residents of those states, who complain that the corros ...

water.org

• Water.org, innovators using social media (BosI ...
  It’s Not Actually About You: How Innovators Are Using the Web For Social Action (Boston Innovation) – Water.org uses technology to help people get access to water. And together, they’re all trying to get people to change their behavior. Too often, people don’t donate to a cause or promote ...
• Matt Damon, Gary White on Huffington Post
  Safe Water and a Toilet — Is That Too Much to Ask… for 2.5 Billion People? By the time you finish reading this paragraph, one more child will have died from something that’s been preventable for over a century. Nearly 40 percent of the world’s population is still unable ...
• Dan Bena of PepsiCo interviewed about water
  Chrissy Coughlin of Nature of Business interviews Dan Bena Fabulous conversation with Senior Director of Sustainability at the PepsiCo about strategic partnerships, leadership, the future of water, their dedication to the farmer and the future of agriculture and much much more. Listen to the int ...
• Water.org™ Partners with CamelBak® This Holida ...
  Limited-edition water bottles with custom design to benefit those without safe water (Business Wire)  PETALUMA, Calif. — CamelBak® and Water.org™ announced today that they are teaming up for a second consecutive year to share a simple and powerful way to help some of the 884 million people ...
• Gary White’s goal (CSM)
  Gary White’s goal: bring clean water to a billion people who lack it (Christian Science Monitor) – Gary White cofounded Water.org with actor Matt Damon. His success secret: Making sure local people are deeply involved. If Gary White realizes his vision, everyone in the world will hav ...

Before It's News

• Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner: American ...
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• Introducing "Canadas Alex Jones", Dr. Judy Janzen

Energy Probe - Nuclear Power,Utility Reform

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

Margaret's News

• In Case You Dont Realise How Dangerous the Isr ...
  article Submitted by joan rodriguez to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Israel's Iranian Cyberwar Planning Targets Civ ...
  Israel's elaborate, semi-secret cyber-warfare arsenal could cripple public works as well as defensive capabilities in support of an armed attack on nuclear facilities. Submitted by Myron Scott to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• Israeli reactions to Freedom Riders
  The reaction of Israeli onlookers was overwhelmingly negative, with bystanders making racist remarks; after Israeli forces arrested the six activists, a Palestinian journalist was also detained Submitted by Margaret Mayer to Offbeat  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
• In Case You Don't Realise How Dangerous the Is ...
  Israeli paper Israel-Ayom reports today about a new Congressional bill that would require the American administration to support Israel in a move deemed necessary to defend itself against the Iranian nuclear threat." Submitted by Ken D. to World  |   Note-it!  |  &nbs ...
• If Rosa Parks could have called a press confer ...
  If Rosa Parks could have called a press conference, it would have looked something like this," as well as referencing the Freedom Riders as "Freedom Riders" and interviewing stellar and brave Huwaida Arraf and Badee' Dwaik. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World  |   Note-it! &nbs ...

Solar Energy / Energy Boom

• BLM and DOE Add Addendum to Western Solar Fast ...
  Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at one of California's solar energy developments. The U.S. Department of Energy and the Bureau of Land Management have c ...
• First Solar to Build and Operate 66 MW Alpine ...
  Electricity giant, NRG Energy recently announced an agreement to have First Solar (Nasdaq:FSLR) build, operate, and maintain a new 66 MW Alpine Solar Project in Lancaster, California.  read more
• United States: DOE Creates New Funding to Supp ...
  The United States Department of Energy (DOE) stated its plans to invest $60 million to support the advancement of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies. read more
• First Solar Stocks Blasted After CEO's Abrupt ...
  Stocks were down 22 percent in mid-afternoon trading Tuesday after solar developer First Solar Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) said that CEO Rob Gillete was stepping down. read more
• New Bedford Plans Groundbreaking Solar Project
  The city of New Bedford, Mass., has announced plans to install solar panels at up to 20 city properties—schools, municipal buildings and land parcels—as part of an initiative that will ultimately generate 10 megawatts of e ...

News Blaze

• Americans No Longer 'Occupy' to Keep The 'Dre ...
  Still, there are some who believe the movement could help Barack Obama and the Democratic Party because of its progressive and liberal views as well as getting the President's American Jobs Act to be passed
• South Sudan Releases More Than 50 Child Soldiers
  The children had been conscripted in April into the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA), the former rebel group that became the country's military, but were demobilized this week by the South Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration C
• Simple Measure Unleashes Firestorm of Protests
  What nonsense. Article IV of the Constitution could not possibly be more clear: 'Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records and judicial Proceedings of every other State.
• US Helps Western Balkans on Path to Euro-Atlan ...
  In his statement before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, Mr. Gordon said the western Balkans is a critical part of Europe historically, geographically and culturally.
• Former Rwandan Mayor Found Guilty of Genocide ...
  The tribunal, which is based in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha, ordered that its sentence against Mr. Ndahimana supersede any other imposed on the accused by any other State or institution, and that he receives credit for time served since hi

Worldnews

• Abhishek Bachchan: 'Aishwarya is like the ...
  Abhishek Bachchan has said that he can't wait to bring his newborn daughter and wife Aishwarya Rai home....
• Anil Kapoor to host party for Tom Cruise ...
  Anil Kapoor will host a party for Tom Cruise during his two-day visit to Mumbai. Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar and...
• 'Gaddafi's son captured' in Libya
  Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam has been captured, Libya's interim justice minister is reported to have said. The...
• Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger rules out J ...
  Frenchman feels he has quality in defence following the signings of Andre Santos and Per Mertesacker and says the Trotters were greedy in negotiations for the England player Bet: £5 £10 £20 £50 £100 Returns: Norwich City £50.00 Draw £38.00 Arsenal £16. ...
• Gonzalo Higuain to score and three tips f ...
  La Liga's big game this weekend is at the Mestalla where Los Blancos are aiming to keep their impressive winning form running against a resurgent Los Che By Ed Malyon Tweet 1 Comments More On : Real Madrid, Valencia, Gonzalo Higuaín Getty Images Match Odds; Valencia 5.50, Draw 3.75, Real Ma ...

Alex in Wonderland

• Report: Active-Duty Army PSYOPS Soldiers Embed ...
  To better manufacture consent, U.S. Army soldiers are embedded as intern and fellows at local TV affiliates, along with previously reported newspapers and national outlets.
• Daily Briefing—15th-16th Sept 2010
  News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire
• Report: U.S. Troops ‘Still Killing Civilians’ ...
  A U.S.-Iraqi night raid results in the deaths of eight civilians weeks after U.S. combat operations were announced as over.
• Military Welfare Budget Won’t Thin Any T ...
  Ivan Eland sat with RT to discuss the astronomical political clout held by the welfare queens of the military-industrial complex that will thwart any translation of the Pentagon's rhetoric into actual policy
• Because the System’s Not Rigged Enough for Cop ...
  Kevin Carson on the criminal injustice system 'shrills' pushing the narrative that the letter of the law aides criminals against so-called 'crime fighters'.

MY Daily Apple

• Video: FDA revokes approval of drug for breast ...
  The FDA is withdrawing the preliminary approval it granted in 2008 to use the popular drug Avastin for breast cancer because further research found it caused serious side effects, including death. Dr. Jon LaPook reports on what this means for women who take Avastin. (Source: Health News: CBSNews ...
• Avastin: What is it?
  The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it is revoking approval for the cancer drug Avastin for treatment of breast cancer. Here are some facts about the drug.
• ATACAND (Candesartan Cilexetil) Tablet [Med-He ...
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• Nerve Damage May Play a Role in ED
  Title: Nerve Damage May Play a Role in ED Category: Health News Created: 11/17/2011 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 11/17/2011
• [Special Issue News] Saving for a Rainy Day
  Author: Edwin Cartlidge

Common Dreams

• Video Spreads of UC Davis Cops Pepper Spraying ...
  DAVIS, California -- A video of police in riot gear pepper spraying demonstrators is spreading after 10 Occupy protesters were arrested on the University of California, Davis campus Friday, Sacramento NBC station KCRA reported. The demonstrators were protesting the dismantling of the "Occup ...
• U.S. Leads Challenge to Ban on Cluster Munitions
  UNITED NATIONS - Deliberations are underway for a United States-backed proposal to allow the continued use, production, trade and stockpiling of cluster munitions at the Fourth Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) in Geneva. ...
• Occupy Oakland: Footage Shows Police Beating ' ...
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• Amphibians Facing 'Terrifying' Rate of Extinction
  If the current rapid extermination of animals, plants and other species really is the "sixth mass extinction", then it is the amphibian branch of the tree of life that is undergoing the most drastic pruning. read more
• Amphibians Facing 'Terrifying' Rate of Extinction
  If the current rapid extermination of animals, plants and other species really is the "sixth mass extinction", then it is the amphibian branch of the tree of life that is undergoing the most drastic pruning. read more

The Hour with George Stroumboulopoulos

• James Moore
• Neill Blomkamp
• Sarah Polley
• Jay Baruchel
• David Suzuki

Examine Religion - Tweets

• ExamineReligion: Tim Tebow - An Unashamed Chri ...
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Energy Collective

• From the Oil Disaster Frontlines: Victory Up N ...
  As Keystone XL protesters savor their victory to postpone the pipeline project, another recent oil policy decision did not turn out so well; a plan to expand drilling operations in the oil-damaged Gulf and pristine arctic.
• Government Energy Innovation: Well Worth It
  The Washington Post ran a piece in its Outlook section this weekend on government investments in energy that is rightly getting significant push back. The question it poses is: “What does Washington have to show for these investments?” The answer, by all accounts, is Plenty. And plenty more woul ...
• Iran Oil Price Risk Returns
  Between the Libyan revolution and the shaky US and European economies, oil markets hadn't been paying much attention to Iran's nuclear program until last week's release of a new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA.) For the first time, the IAEA presented a detailed picture o ...
• Wind Doesn't Need Tax Credits To Be Competitive
  Like many of you, I saw this headline
• Success Slipping Away?
  Very recently the US Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC) released new estimates for global and national emissions for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 – i.e. the key years in terms of the drop in emissions and first signs of recovery. The US figure is a real good news / bad news stor ...

Green House - USA Today

• Climate change affects each U.S. state, Web to ...
  How badly is climate change affecting your state? A new Web tool allows users to see how vulnerable their area has been to drought, flooding and heat extremes as well as the health problems that go along with them.
• What's in your child's car seat? Study finds t ...
  What's a parent to do? You buy a car seat to keep your child safe but then find out, as a new study reports, that 60% of these products contain dangerous chemicals. The good news: some seats were found to be almost toxic-free.
• U.S. cities require buildings to disclose ener ...
  Worried that the apartment you like could be an energy hog? Help is on the way as U.S. states and cities begin this year to require that commercial buildings measure and disclose their energy use.
• Study: Climate change imperils Himalayan glaciers
  Two of three Himalayan glaciers -- both in humid areas of eastern Nepal -- could disappear if present climate change patterns continue, a study predicts.
• Environmentalists cheer Obama's fuel economy hike
  President Obama's plan to double fuel efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks by 2025 received applause from environmentalists who had pressed for such action.

Prior Art

• With $4.5 Billion Bid, Group Led by Apple and ...
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• Hangover Cure: Warner Bros. Settles Copyright ...
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• This Week in IP: Apps, Tats, and Patent Reform ...
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• App Backwards: Lodsys, Texas Troll, Targeted i ...
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• Supreme Court Rules Against Microsoft in i4i Case
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Peoples Voice

• What is Really Behind the Global Cellphonemania?
  By Katherine Smith, PhD U.S. Sues to Stop AT&T Deal – A Surprisingly Swift Move or Disinformation? The Justice Department’s lawsuit is most likely Disinformation … deliberately misleading information announced publicly or leaked by a government, intelligence agency or oth ...
• As the Congressional Super Committee Flounders ...
  Kevin Zeese The 99% Deficit Proposal Published Occupy Washington DC Shows How to Create Jobs, Reduce the Wealth Divide and Control Spending Washington, DC: The Occupation of Washington, DC published “The 99%’s Deficit Proposal: How to create jobs, reduce the wealth divide and contr ...
• Rogue Israeli Lawlessness
  by Stephen Lendman Endless examples occur daily. Overnight Sunday, Maan News said Israeli forces raided homes of seven recently released prisoners as part of the October 18 exchange. Notices were sent to Akram Mansour, Shadi Zayid and Ibrahim Yasin. They were ordered to report to Israeli in ...
• Occupy America for Change
  by Stephen Lendman Good ideas spread fast. This one's long overdue. Real grievances launched it. They include out-of-control corporate power, complicit politicians, systemic corruption, predatory finance capital, capitalism itself, frustration turned to rage and activism, growing povert ...
• A whiff of Egyptian freedom for Gaza
  Eric Walberg Israel got a taste of the new people’s Egypt with the arrest of an Egyptian journalist on the flotilla to Gaza and plans for the biggest aid convoy yet. The ongoing Freedom Waves campaign to break the siege of Gaza hit the world headlines last week with the attempt by the Ca ...

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

• Instruments of Social Change
  The recent Occupy movements have sparked a number of fundamental conversations about the world in which we currently live and how it needs to change. But how do we nurture societal change that ensures an inclusive, equitable, fair and sustainable world--one that values experience and personal ci ...
• Household carbon footprints increase with income
  A new CCPA report finds household carbon footprints increase with income. In fact, the richest 20% of Canadian households are responsible for almost double the greenhouse gas emissions of those in the lowest-income households. The study, by Marc Lee and Amanda Card, concludes that GHG reduction ...
• Recommended reading: Fearmonger
  Fearmonger, by CCPA research associate Paula Mallea, is the first comprehensive independent analysis of the "tough on crime" policies and legislation being implemented by the Harper government. According to Statistics Canada, all crime rates—including violent crime—have been trending downward ...
• Retirement Heist
  Unions are working people’s anti-theft device, so goes the bumper sticker.  In a new book entitled, Retirement Heist: How Companies Plunder and Profit from the Nest Eggs of American Workers, award-winning journalist Ellen Schultz has written an indispensable account of the organized kleptom ...
• 2011 David Lewis Lecture: Stephen Lewis and Mi ...
  On November 3rd, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives proudly hosted the 2011 David Lewis Lecture in Toronto. This year’s lecture featured an intimate conversation between two of Canada’s leading thinkers and recipients of the Order of Canada - Stephen Lewis and Michele Landsberg. H ...

World Wide Hippies

• A hard life for one Latina teenager
  By Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times – Miriam Hernandez, 16, was born in Georgia. Working two jobs to help support her mother and siblings, she is the main breadwinner since her stepfather, an illegal immigrant, returned to El Salvador. When she is at home, Miriam Hernandez eats fried chi ...
• Explosive Duck Penis vs. Zombie Fish: Scientis ...
  By Jennifer Welsh | LiveScience.com – The mosquitoes are so thick John Gust can feel them hitting his arm as he sweeps a branch out of his way. After an hour-long boat ride through the Yucatan, he’s hacking his way through the jungle surrounding an old rum distillery. It’s ...
• New Law “The Violent Radicalization and Homegr ...
  By beforeitsnews.com - Foreign Ministry reports circulating in the Kremlin today are warning that an already explosive situation in the United States is about to get a whole lot worse as a new law put forth by President Obama is said capable of seeing up to 500,000 American citizens jailed for t ...
• Science panel: Get ready for extreme weather
  By SETH BORENSTEIN | AP – Think of the Texas drought, floods in Thailand and Russia’s devastating heat waves as coming attractions in a warming world. That is the warning from top international climate scientists and disaster experts after meeting in Africa. The panel said the w ...
• Worldwide Hippies Occupy Updates; media belong ...
  ‘A lot of media belongs to 1% that OWS rally against’ RT News – Social media is key in getting OWS protesters together as a lot of the mainstream media belong to the very 1 per cent of the wealthy and powerful that the OWS are protesting against, an activist for the action group has [...]

FourWinds10

• WRAPUP 13: RADIATION LEAKING FROM JAPAN'S QU ...
• Radiation levels rise above limit at quake-hit ...
• Substance in Gulf of Mexico likely sediment, n ...
   A reported "sheen" in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana is likely the result of large amounts of sediment, not spilled oil, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Sunday. The Coast Guard collected and tested samples of a dark substance after receiving varying reports on Saturda ...
• Florida spring breakers find the oil (VIDEO)
• Fight Against Marine Garbage Runs Into Plastic ...
  HONOLULU, Hawaii, U.S., Mar 28, 2011 (IPS) - Every day, billions of plastic bags and bottles are discarded, and every day, millions of these become plastic pollution, fouling the oceans and endangering marine life. No one wants this, but there is wide disagreement about how to stop it. "Eve ...

Crisis Maven

• Neutrinos, Physics, Meteors and the Survival o ...
  As you may have noticed, CrisisMaven recently dabbled in speculative thought about the role of a universe-wide encyclopedia cum news service. The reason this came about was that recently at the Large Hadron Collider around Geneva/Switzerland and crossing under the French border a team of scienti ...
• Archaeology, the Internet and Neutrinos
  Or: Space and the Universe are a Palimpsest . Most recently Israeli archaeologists unearthed a crusader’s inscription believed to be around 800 years old and, which is why it makes headlines, written in Arabic. For those who have followed archaelogical progress over several decades (and re ...
• Updated Statistical, Economic and Historical R ...
  We have updated our References section and, for the first time, also published our References ordered by Subjects – probably the most comprehensive trove on Statistical, Economic, Monetary and Historical Data etc. … References by Subject References – General and Applied Statistics Re ...
• Why Our Future Must Be Solar As Our Past Once Was
  When you put a pot on the hot plate on your stove and switch on the heat – do you not expect the pot to get hot? When you add energy on the earth’s surface to what the sun and geothermal influences already provide would you not expect the earth respectively the atmosphere to get [...]
• Why Our Future Must Be Solar As Our Past Once Was
  When you put a pot on the hot plate on your stove and switch on the heat – do you not expect the pot to get hot? When you add energy on the earth’s surface to what the sun and geothermal influences already provide would you not expect the earth respectively the atmosphere to get [...]

Capital Flow Analysis

• Stock buybacks are bad for investors: Further ...
  In the working paper “The Buyback Monitor - July 2009: Corporate Stock Buyback Profits of 273 Firms from 2000 into 2009“, published on the Social Sciences Research Network, M.A. Gumport, CFA, provides further evidence that stock buybacks are not as good for investors as often touted ...
• Why Obama’s healthcare scheme portends stagfl ...
  The trillion-dollar Obama health care plan increases the odds that US economic recover will be delayed, and that unemployment and inflation will increase. The main thrust of the Obama plan is to increase taxes on individuals earning more than $250,000 a year, while forcing all but the tiniest ...
• How long would it take to work off the US trad ...
  The rest of the world holds $16.8 trillion in US financial assets, according to Federal Reserve release Z.1, as of Q1 2009. [...]
• Why Bernanke’s flawed “exit strategy” policy p ...
  In a lead op-ed editorial in the Wall Street Journal on July 21, 2009, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke revealed the Fed’s exit strategy with regards to the inflationary effects of the Obama “spending is stimulus” packages and other government measure to contain the curren ...
• Stocks surge on spurious earnings reports: Q2 2009
  No one knows for sure the real earnings of American corporations. In Q1 2009, according to the Federal Reserve flow of funds table F.102, after-tax profits of US non-financial, non-farm corporations, on an annual basis, were about $589.9 billion. However, about 50% of these after-tax earnings ...

R-Squared Energy Blog

• Announcing R-Squared Energy TV
  Join the forum discussion on this post This week on R-Squared, we are starting a feature that readers have asked for on occasion, and one that Consumer Energy Report editor Sam Avro has been asking me to do for a while now. Each week we will be putting up a short video clip in which [...]
• Take a Stand, Mr. President
  Join the forum discussion on this post The Importance of Being Decisive When I worked in Scotland, one of my managers was a wise Englishman named Graham Walker. As with many people whose paths I have crossed in my life, some nuggets of wisdom were transferred from Graham into my long-term memo ...
• Germany Faces Sticker Shock Over Renewable Ene ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post The following is a guest post from Oilprice.com, republished with permission to R-Squared. For years many Germans warned that nuclear was the only way they could meet the energy needs of their population and reduce carbon emissions at the same time. Now th ...
• Despite Solyndra’s Death, the Future of Solar ...
  Join the forum discussion on this post This week on R-Squared we have a guest post by Steven Pleging. Mr. Pleging is CEO/President of Quantum Solar Power Corp. I am in general agreement with the points made below; in fact I reiterated several times at this year’s ASPO conference that I be ...
• Five Misconceptions About Peak Oil
  Join the forum discussion on this post I have just returned from the annual ASPO conference in Washington, D.C. This was only my 2nd ASPO conference; the first one I attended was in 2008 in Sacramento. There were many familiar faces; some of whom I had previously met and some I only knew by rep ...

Discovery Educator Network

• Harvard Education Letter
  Tags: flippedclassroom, flipped, technology, education, teaching, pedagogy, techtalkby: Dean Mantz
• teachwithyouripad - iPad Apps
  Tags: ipad, apps, education, ipads, teachwithyouripad, wiki, appleby: Dean Mantz
• Innovation Design In Education - ASIDE: Infogr ...
  Tags: infographics, education, graphicdesignby: Dean Mantz
• Historic Map Works, Residential Genealogy ™
  Comments:Collection of historical maps as explained by Free Technology For Teachers.  - Dean MantzTags: maps, history, geography, socialstudies, referenceby: Dean Mantz
• BrainPOP Spotlight: Digital Citizenship. Movie ...
  Tags: digitalcitizenship, brainpop, cybersafety, resources, internetsafety, safetyby: Dean Mantz

Rodale News

• Farmer's Markets Innovations Make Healthy Food ...
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—There's often a throwback feel to farmer's markets, where you can seek out the same heirloom vegetable varieties your great-grandmother adored. Old-school, heritage-breed chicken eggs? Yep, a true farmer's market probably offers them. And while the farmer's market is a p ...
• Thanksgiving Dinner, Southern-Style
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA— Southern food may have a bad reputation for being deep fried and heavily processed, but like any traditional cuisine, its roots lie in whole, seasonal, locally grown foods with flavors influenced by the many different cultures that settled the region, from Europeans to ...
• U.S. Government Glossed Over Cancer Concerns A ...
  Look for a PBS NewsHour story on X-ray body scanners, reported in conjunction with ProPublica, to air later this month. This story originally appeared on ProPublica.org On Sept. 23, 1998, a panel of radiation safety experts gathered at a Hilton hotel in Maryland to evaluate anew device that cou ...
• The Healthiest Rice You've Never Tried
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—When is rice not really rice? When you buy it from one of the dozens of food companies out there marketing "wild rice" that isn't, in fact, wild at all. A majority of what is marketed as wild rice today comes from California, where it's grown in paddies from hybrid seed ...
• The Nickel Pincher: The Most Underutilized Too ...
  RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Beans and whole grains, even organic versions, are among the cheapest foods you can buy. They're also the healthiest. But who has time (or can remember) to soak a pot of beans overnight and then boil them on the stove for two hours? And who wants to get up an hour earlie ...

big think

• Do political affiliations matter in dating?
  You are on a date with a wonderful man/woman. He/she is speaking, but you are gazing lovingly into his/her eyes thinking how lucky you are having finally met your perfect match. Then you hear him/her say this: “And that is why I think Sarah Palin would make a great president.”H ...
• FDA Bans Breast Cancer Treatment Avastin
  What's the Latest Development? The FDA has banned Avastin, a popular breast cancer treatment, due to concerns over harmful side effects. The blockbuster pharmaceutical drug entered the market in 2008 through FDA's accelerated approval program but after subsequent tests, the health body dec ...
• Impulsivity and Addiction Genetically Linked
  What's the Latest Development? A new study from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, suggests impulsive behavior is genetically linked with addiction. A small segment of DNA—the gene NRXN3—has already been linked to drug addiction and obesity and now scientists think impulsiv ...
• Time to Unhate China?
  Benetton's controversial new "Unhate" ad campaign, which features pictures of world leaders like Barack Obama and China's Hu Jintao caught in a liplock, actually raises a thought-provoking question: Is it time for the U.S. to unhate China? On Obama's latest whirlwind tour of the Asia-Pacific ...
• Is There A Cure For HIV?
  What's the Big Idea? In the first segment of our interview with Sonia Arrison, the policy analyst and futurist explained how, thanks to biotechnology and the coming longevity revolution, the average person may soon celebrate over 150 birthdays. Many Big Thinkers wondered whether lifes ...

Information Liberation

• Cop Gets 25 Years for Murdering Bar Owner Who ...
  Isn't it amazing the caliber of the people who are "sworn to protect us?" From Valley Central: He used to be known as customs officer Jose Guadalupe Elizondo, but for the next 25 years he'll be known as a prisoner. A jury convicted the 33-year...
• D.C. Cop Allegedly Calibrated Breath-Testing D ...
  WASHINGTON (CN) - Motorists ensnared for drunken driving may have a civil rights case against the D.C. cop who allegedly knowingly calibrated breath-testing devices to produce higher alcohol-content readings, a federal judge ruled. District o...
• Ron Paul Comes Out Against SOPA; Joins Other E ...
  It appears that more and more members of the House are realizing just how bad SOPA is. Joining Reps. Issa and Bachmann, who had previously spoken out about SOPA, a group of ten House members have signed a letter opposing SOPA. The letter was organi...
• SOPA And Its Broad Regulation Of VPNs, Proxies ...
  There are so many scary parts to SOPA, it's taking some time to pull out all the pieces. One of the scarier parts of SOPA that isn't found in PROTECT IP, is the addition of a form of an "anti-circumvention" rule, which makes it illegal to try to get...
• New Study Shows Majority Of Americans Against ...
  One of the talking points we've been hearing about SOPA from the lobbyists pushing to get it approved is that the majority of Americans are in favor of the bill, because they want to "protect" intellectual property or jobs. This has never made much ...

Be Responsible - Be Free!

• Agree Or Else
  I thought I had better post another discussion point for those who haven’t read Ayn Rand; so how about this article, by the Sydney Daily Telegraph’s Miranda Devine, to which Dr Dave and CommonSenseMajority alerted us the other day. Basically, … Continue reading →
• Life Imitating Art
  While on my recent road trip, I took the opportunity in my spare time to re-read Atlas Shrugged. It’s been quite a while—over thirty years, in fact—since I first picked up Ayn Rand’s magnum opus, and was struck by how accurately … Continue reading →
• A Whisper In The Ear
  OK, so now the people of the Hellenic Republic won’t have a referendum on the Big Fat Greek Bailout. PM George Papandreou has done a remarkable backflip in the last couple of days. Reading his rhetoric of four days ago, … Continue reading →
• Almost But Maybe
  Almost certainly, this man will not be the next President of the United States of America. This is despite him consistently winning straw polls, focus group surveys and post-debate polls. Despite him being more consistent in his policies, over forty … Continue reading →
• Woody Guthrie, Abbie Hoffman And A Big Mac
  Capitalism is evil! Down with the system! Peace and Love! Yeah, right. The Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City’s Zucotti Park have now dragged into their fifth week, as well as spreading to other cities throughout the Western … Continue reading →

Sciencebase - Breaking Science News

• What’s the best month to be born?
  According to a post from Stuart Farrimond, there’s a wealth of data showing that your month of birth actually has a very small but noticeable difference in your long-term health. Not because of astrological nonsense, but because of exposure to sunlight, disease and other factors during cri ...
• The little book of black delights
  Schadenfreude: pleasure derived from another’s misfortune. Black humour. The hilarity experienced in watching a pratfall, the clumsy slip on a well-placed banana skin. From the German compound noun, deriving from Schaden (adversity, harm) and Freude (joy). Obvious. ...
• Pressure can melt ice, but not enough…
  Countless text books and armchair scientists will tell you that the reason we can skate on ice is that the pressure we apply through the blades of our skates is enough to lower the freezing point of the ice so that it melts and a surface layer of slippery liquid water forms across which the [... ...
• Deep Sky Videos
  From the makers of the world-famous Periodic Table of Videos (with my good friend Professor Martyn Poliakoff) and SixtySymbols comes the Periodic Table of Astronomy the DeepSkyVideos Youtube channel; they’re also on twitter with that handle. A sneak preview for Sciencebase readers: Related ...
• Rhodiola rosea supplements
  Rhodiola rosea is a so-called “adaptogenic” herb that countless spam emails claim can improve wellbeing, exercise capacity and cognitive performance as well as reducing stress responses. I have written about it before and debunked this spurious CAM remedy at length. I keep a weather ...

RFF Library

• Clean Energy Standards: State and Federal Poli ...
  Center for Climate and Energy Solutions http://bit.ly/vYvBFt [From Website] …Several of the paper’s key points are summarized below. Absent significant new policies to promote clean energy, the share of total U.S. electricity generation obtained from clean energy sources will likely not in ...
• Fracking for Natural Gas: Public Opinion on St ...
  Muhlenberg Institute of Public Opinion | University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy / by Barry G. Rabe and Christopher Borick http://bit.ly/upD7ps [Abstract] This report presents the views of Pennsylvania citizens on a range of issues related to extraction of natural g ...
• Freshwater Use by U.S. Power Plants: Electrici ...
  Energy and Water in a Warming World Initiative | Energy and Water in a Warming World Initiative / by Kristen Averyt, et al. http://bit.ly/sWTltW [From a ClimateWire article by Julia Pyper, sub. req'd] Power plants are increasing the stress of lakes, rivers and aquifers across the United Sta ...
• More Jobs, Less Pollution: Growing the Recycli ...
  Tellus Institute with Sound Resource Management for the BlueGreen Alliance: Teamsters, SEIU, Recycling Works, and GAIA http://bit.ly/rNXBdA [From an article in Money magazine] …The report… examines the impact that increased recycling would have on the nation’s job market. If more Ame ...
• The Economic Impacts of the Regional Greenhous ...
  subtitle: Review of the Use of RGGI Auction Proceeds from the First Three-Year Compliance Period The Analysis Group / by Paul J. Hibbard, Susan F. Tierney, Andrea M. Okie and Pavel G. Darling http://bit.ly/rvBvYF [From Press Release]  Key findings include: The regional economy gains more than $1 ...

Scientific American - News

• Digital Movies to Replace Film by 2015
  The standard 35 mm film we're all used to seeing in movie theaters will be replaced worldwide by digital technology in the next few years, and the hit blockbuster film "Avatar" is to blame for the shift, according to a new report. [More]
• Fifth Giant Planet May Have Dwelled in Our Sol ...
  Within our solar system , an extra giant planet, or possibly two, might once have accompanied Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus. [More]
• New Clues for Improving Antibiotics for Tolera ...
  The superbug MRSA has provoked fear in doctors and patients alike because it is endowed with genetic characteristics that make it impervious to many antibiotics, and it can be deadly to boot. Less well known, however, is another class of bacteria that also resist antibiotics, but for reasons t ...
• Late Bloomers: "New" Genes May Have Played a R ...
  Billions of years ago, organic chemicals in the primordial soup somehow organized themselves into the first organisms. A few years ago scientists found that something similar happens every once in awhile in the cells of all living things: bits of once-quiet stretches of  DNA sometimes spont ...
• Moon May Outshine Leonid Meteor Shower Tonight
  The Leonid meteor shower peaks tonight (Nov. 17), but bright moonlight is threatening to wash out this year's light display. [More]

First Truths

• "Crisis of the State"
  From Simon Clark's Keynesianism, Monetarism, and the Crisis of the State: However this structural crisis was not the result of the changing functional requirements of changes in the labour process, but of the tendency for capital accumulation to take the form of the overaccumulation and uneven d ...
• "Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature"
  Interesting and thought-provoking passage from Samuel Hollander's Economics and Ideology: Aspects of the Post-Ricardian Literature (1979): It was Marx's position, as we have mentioned, that while the labor writers of the 1820s drew upon Ricardo's value theory to reach their conclusion regarding ...
• "Integrated Geographies"
  From Anthony Ince's Whither Anarchist Geography?:It has been said that anarchism combines a socialist critique of liberalism and a liberal critique of socialism. Its refusal to focus merely on "economics" or "freedom" or "culture," and so on, means that anarchism is inherently multifaceted and a ...
• Colbert on Atheists
  I enjoyed this passage from Stephen Colbert's I Am America (And So Can You!): AtheistsThese No-goodnik no-Godniks are growing in numbers and power in America. It makes me wonder how a God could exist Who'd allow people to piss me off so much.Luckily, a recent survey published in the American Soc ...
• Tucker on Anarcho-Communism
  For your consideration (and entertainment), the always pugnacious Benjamin Tucker railing against anarchists of the communist sort:Were I now to say, as I think, that the dead revolutionists knew nothing of the principles of scientific Anarchism, freely advocated Archistic and despotic m ...

Media Co-Op

• Shifty Peter Kelly
  Exclusive Audio of Mayor Kelly's Meeting with Veterans, Occupiers. You'll need to pay close attention to the beginning of the following audio. Recorded at the October 28th, in-tent meeting between Mayor Kelly, and representatives f ...
• 99: Dispatches from Occupy Toronto Issue 6
  Issue #6 of 99, a broadsheet covering Occupy Toronto and beyond, produced by your friendly independent journalists at the Toronto Media Co-op.  This issue features*:  November 15: 'Eviction Day' by Justin Saunders & Megan Kinch What Happens After Eviction Day? by Eli H ...
• Living with Communal Living
  Occupy Toronto Another Experiment in History of Collective Housing Toronto - For almost five years the corner of Dupont and Spadina was a hub for local music, art, and activism.  The Duspa, Nuspa, and the Gild community houses were loc ...
• Occupy in Court
  Howe will challenge charges based on Charter Occupy Nova Scotia will get its day in court, ruled a provincial court judge this afternoon in Halifax. In fact, it will get a whole week. Social activist and journalist Miles Howe pled not guilt ...
• Extreme Extraction
  Oil production plans could reshape Morocco's economy and environment RABAT, MOROCCO-- Many well-known voices trying to address the climate crisis on a global scale have posited that less developed countries without a full-blown ...

David Seaton's News Links

• How paranoiac should we be?
  Critics in Europe are very uneasy about the new Italian ECB chief, the Greek premier and the prime minister-designate of Italy’s past or present relations with the Goldman Sachs bank. Key European crisis figures Mario Draghi, Lucas Papademos and Mario Monti all have backgrounds with ‘Government ...
• The bright side of life - revisited
  “When you’re chewing on life’s gristleDon’t grumble, give a whistle”Eric IdleI am in the process of reworking a lot of my material, looking to see if I could ever make a book out of it all, trying to see what, if any, threads of thought might hold it all together. This is a rough draft of some o ...
• OWS progress report: the sound of one hand cla ...
  David Seaton's News Links Hope where there was cynicism; solidarity where there had been suspicion. The occupations are more effective as a launch pad than a destination. Nobody knows where this is going. It's just great to be on the move. Gary Younge - The GuardianWinter is coming and the bi ...
• Oakland and OWS... an inch ahead lies darkness
  "An inch ahead lies darkness"Japanese proverbDavid Seaton's News LinksMany people are making facile comparisons between today's OWS movement and the anti-war movement of the Vietnam era. A major difference between what happened then and what is happening today is that the 60's anti-war movement ...
• OWS leaderless? Let a hundred Chomskys bloom!
  “Give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world.”  Archimedes "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." Rahm Emanuel David Seaton's News Links How can any movement function without leaders? Dumb question, a much better question would be: how can any movement ...

MoJo - Kevin Drum

• Republicans Hate Compromise, Part XVII
  This won't come as surprising news to anyone who reads this blog regularly, but if you can't flog a hobbyhorse on a blog, where can you flog it? So here it is: Pew Research is the latest to survey Americans and find that the Republican base really, really doesn't like compromise: Among thos ...
• Nate Silver Ranks Every Economic Indicator You ...
  Nate Silver has compiled a truly spectacular list of every economic variable that might possibly affect a presidential election and then ranked them by how effectively they actually predict presidential elections. (Since 1948, anyway.) The top ten are below, but click the link for the full lis ...
• Republicans and Their Gaffes
  A few months ago, Matt Taibbi suggested that gaffes from conservative candidates didn't hurt them. "When you laugh at Michele Bachmann for going on MSNBC and blurting out that the moon is made of red communist cheese," he wrote, "these people don't learn that she is wrong. What they learn is t ...
• Video: UC Davis Police Casually Pepper Spray ...
  Here's your blood pressure raiser of the day: Campus police casually pepper spray a group of Occupy Davis students who are sitting on the ground in protest after refusing to remove their tents from the quad. It's not Kent State or anything, but it's sure as hell an outrageous overreaction. Don ...
• Friday Cat Blogging - 18 November 2011
  Do you know what Inkblot and Domino are telling you in these pictures? They're telling you to buy a subscription to Mother Jones! In fact, when Inkblot becomes president, he plans to propose an individual mandate for MoJo subscriptions, so why not get a jump on things and just do it now? Seriou ...

Insanity Report

• IC 284: The White Tyler Perry
  Topics: Jack & Jill does horribly at the Box Office Adam Sandler is terrible Woman goes crazy over McDonalds serving breakfast Jerry Sandusky gives the worst interview EVER Herman Cain has a senior moment Share with your friends:
• The New Man Daywalker
  It’s been a rough week for men.   From the XY Movement, to the cowardly men in the Penn State situation to the release of Drake’s extra soft album.  Men can’t catch a break.  Even our regular clothes are under attack by this push to make everything “European cut” (i ...
• Herman Cain Pulls a Sarah Palin
  Foreign Policy is the great equalizer when it comes to politics.  Nobody minds a domestic dummy, but when it comes to dealing with other country, no one wants a politician who embarrasses them.  Its like family.  When your dad say something stupid at the dinner table, its cute and funny.  When h ...
• IC 283: The 999 Terrorist Plan
  Topics: Mayweather & Pacquiao are promoting geniuses Joe Paterno Fired Gays molest kids more Rick Perry forgets his talking points Herman Cain is pro-waterboarding Share with your friends:
• Joe Paterno is NOT a Fall Guy
  Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the Penn State sex abuse scandal.  I read the whole Grand Jury report on Tuesday and I’ve been disgusted and outraged since then.  If you haven’t read it, here’s the link.  Let me warn you, this is the most disturbing thing I ...

Simple Climate

• Climate benefit from trees depends on location
  21 scientists including Xuhui Lee from Yale University find that while planting trees near the equator both cools local temperatures and absorbs CO2, planting in northern regions could be self-defeating.
• Teeming tropical seas face exodus to cooler water
  Some of the world's most biodiverse environments, in particular equatorial oceans, are will be most threatened by the speed of climate change find Michael Burrows from the Scottish Marine Institute in Oban and 18 other researchers from eight different countries.
• Moscow shows warming driving temperature records
  There is only a one in five chance that last year's heatwave in Russia would have happened without global warming, an analysis of record temperature probabilities by Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research shows.
• 2020 target offers climate change control hope
  If greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 are equivalent to 31 to 46 billion tonnes of CO2, the world can avoid the worst consequences of climate change, says Joeri Rogelj from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
• Fossil fuel exporting countries should adopt g ...
  The revenues that countries exporting fossil fuels would raise if they taxed extraction to control global CO2 emissions would give them an incentive to fight climate change, say Steven Davis and colleagues from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California.

e!Science News

• Old drugs find new target for treating brain tumor
  Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration with colleagues in Boston and South Korea, say they have identified a novel gene mutation that causes at least one form of glioblastoma (GBM), the most common type of ...
• Chalmers scientists create light from vacuum
  Scientists at Chalmers have succeeded in creating light from vacuum -- observing an effect first predicted over 40 years ago. In an innovative experiment, the scientists have managed to capture some of the photons that are constantly appearing and disappearing in the vacuum. read more
• Satellite images help species conservation
  Organisms living on small islands are particularly threatened by extinction. However, data are often lacking to objectively assess these threats. A team of German and British researchers used satellite imagery to assess the conservation status of endangered reptiles and amphibians of the Comoro ...
• Researchers pinpoint date and rate of Earth's ...
  It's well known that Earth's most severe mass extinction occurred about 250 million years ago. What's not well known is the specific time when the extinctions occurred. A team of researchers from North America and China have published a paper in Science which explicitly provides the date and rat ...
• Squid mystery in Mexican waters unraveled by S ...
  While shorter days and colder weather move many of us to hunker under the covers, researchers who spent their summers in fieldwork are more likely to be hunched over microscopes and curled over keyboards, scrutinizing samples and crunching data from their summer's labors. read more

unEarthed

• Friday Finds: The CIA’s Climate Change Secret
  Fake farmers, BPA thanks, flooding NYC The CIA has a secret about climate change. Photo courtesy of AJC1. CIA shouldn’t be keeping secrets about climat ...
• The Dog Ate My Clean Air Standards
  EPA's clean-up of toxic air pollution remains unfulfilled Not only will clean air standards have a tremendous impact on the health of the American public, they will also create thousan ...
• Stormy Waters: Earthjustice’s Steve Roady on O ...
  “A lot of people have no idea that many of these ocean species are so badly depleted.” Steve Roady speaks about Earthjustice's oceans litigation. Intro: This ...
• Why Our President Pulled the Plug on Ozone Rule
  NY Times article shows heavy industry hand in decision EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson A few months ago when the Obama Administration abruptly scrapped a stron ...
• More Appliance Listings Missing Energy Efficie ...
  Earthjustice again calls on FTC to bring enforcement action against online retailers What a listing for a freezer on Newegg's website should also tell you, but doesn’t, is that the freezer ...

Brave New Climate

• The IFR vs the LFTR: An Exchange of Emails
  With regards to Generation IV nuclear fission technology, most of the attention on BNC has been on the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR), for reasons explained in this post, which I quote: The focus of this series (IFR FaD) is aimed squarely at the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) rather than other Gen IV ...
• Energy Storage Discussion Thread
  Debate over large-scale energy storage is a regular theme in the comments on this blog. The post is intended to be a place to centralise this discussion. Some questions that might be considered in the comment thread: 1. What is the cost (per Watt hour, kWh, MWh, GWh — how does this cost sc ...
• CEDA report on Australia’s nuclear energ ...
  Today I was in Melbourne, joining a panel of five who are the chapter authors of a new policy monograph called “Australia’s Nuclear Options“. This event was to formally launch the 61-page report, which was commissioned and published by CEDA (Committee for Economic Development o ...
• Strange bedfellows? Techno-fixes and conservation
  I have a new paper out in the peer-reviewed journal Biological Conservation that will be of interest to BNC readers. It is called “Strange bedfellows? Techno-fixes to solve the big conservation issues in southern Asia“, by Barry W. Brook & Corey J.A. Bradshaw. Here are some detai ...
• Depressing climate-related trends – but ...
  I saw two particularly depressing trend lines this week. Both were confronting enough to make me stop, sit back and just contemplate. It was not as though these came as a great surprise — I’d been following these data for years. But for some reason, the seriousness of them really str ...

Indigenist Opinion

• Remaking Native American Heritage Month - ICTM ...
  Remaking Native American Heritage Month - ICTMN.com: Native people across America have just finished another exhausting campaign to explain to the ignorant and insensitive the inherent racial exploitation of their Indian Halloween costumes. Yet, on the heels of that annual struggle, there is yet ...
• Behind 'Counter-Revolution' In East Africa | I ...
  Behind 'Counter-Revolution' In East Africa | IDN-InDepthNews | Analysis That Matters: By Horace Campbell* IDN-InDepth NewsEssay – Part 2 of 3 The government of Yoweri Museveni in Uganda is seeking external support from the conservative factions in the United States as the region of the Great La ...
• Racial Fractures and the Occupy Movement | Rac ...
  Racial Fractures and the Occupy Movement | Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop cultureAfter being confronted by the whiteness of the protesters, two friends from New York and Detroit started Occupy the Hood, a movement that works within Occupy Wall Street to mobilize people of color ...
• SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa
  SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa: SMS Uprising provides a unique insight into how activists and social change advocates are addressing Africa's many challenges from within, and how they are using mobile telephone technologies to facilitate these changes. This collection of essays by thos ...
• Democracy Now! : 84-Year-Old Dorli Rainey, Pep ...
  Democracy Now! MobilePolice departments across the country are coming under criticism for using excessive force against Occupy Wall Street protesters during the past two months. In Seattle, Mayor Mike McGinn apologized Wednesday, hours after an 84-year-old retired Seattle school teacher named Do ...

Republicans are a Disease

• So What Have The Republicans Been Up To?
  What have they done lately to make sure America does not recover from the Bush years?
• Mike Huckabee Is A Liar Spewing Propaganda Or ...
  Mike says Democrats can pass a jobs bill in the Senate. Really Huck? Have you ever heard of a filibuster? Are you an idiot that does not understand Senate rules, or simply a liar? Which is it dip stick? Actually I know which one. Fox Propaganda Network has frauds like Huckabee say dishonest crap ...
• I Support Rick Perry’s Tax Plan With Two ...
  Flat tax yes. Absolutely. Based on net worth, not income. And make the first deduction $50,000. And eliminate trusts, shelters, offshore havens, and make the corporate minimum tax 25%. America’s problems solved, and no one will feel any pain but the haves’ and the have mores’. ...
• Rick Perry’s Tax Plan
  So Rick. The last time we gave corporations a tax break for bringing profits back from overseas did the money help create jobs here? (Answer no) Why would you think it would create jobs this time? The last time they got a break, they just outsourced even more jobs, knowing they will get a &#8220 ...
• Boston’s Mayor Menino Threatens Occupy B ...
  The mayor of Boston is only interested in one thing. Making sure the filthy rich slime buckets he hangs around with can continue to get every opportunity to overfill their bank accounts. This fantastic blog post from Occupy Boston is very informative. The mayor threatened folks who perform &#8 ...

Appalachia Rising

• Day of Action and Conference Vision Statements
  Appalachia Rising: Day of Action September 25 – 27, 2010, Washington DC Appalachia Rising is a mass mobilization in Washington DC on September 27, 2010 calling for the abolition of mountaintop removal and surface mining. It is a culmination of the national movement against surface mining and a f ...
• Press Conference to be Held on June 15
  Thousands to March in DC Calling for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Press Conference June 15 in Charleston, WV Announces Mass Mobilization Appalachia Rising WHEN: June 15, 10:00 AM WHERE: WV State Capitol Back Steps Near Fountain, Charleston, WV CONTACTS: West Virginia Bo Webb – 304- ...
• Press Inquiries
  All media inquiries should be sent to Bo Webb webb.bo@gmail.com Set up interviews via email. Previous Press Releases and Media Public Launch Press Conference Report Back, with video Press Conference Held on June 15 Announces Appalachia Rising Video June 15 Appalachia Public Launch Press Conferen ...
• New Flier for Appalachia Rising
• Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalac ...
  Appalachia Rising Uniting Celebrities, Appalachians, and Scientists for the Abolition of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Ashley Judd, Woody Harrelson, Gloria Reuben, Kyra Sedgewick, Kevin Bacon, Ed Begley Jr., Kathy Mattea, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, James Hansen, and Darryl Hannah rallying behind co ...

Amped Status

• Get Ready for OWSnews.org
  Apologies for the lack of updates lately. We are currently busy working on a new website specifically dedicated to aggregating and producing news reports on the OWS 99% movement. The site will not be announced for another few days, but you can check it out here: http://OWSnews.org/. An amazing ...
• Does Obama Care About the 99%? David DeGraw on ...
• Aftermath of the Police Raid on #OccupyOakland
  By Ken Knabb This seven-minute video gives a pretty good brief impression of what happened in Oakland yesterday, following the police destruction of the Occupy Oakland encampment at Frank Ogawa Plaza. Among other things, I call your attention to a poignant interaction around 4:45 where a ...
• Marine Down in Oakland – “We&#8217 ...
  Marine Scott Olsen made it through two tours in Iraq without an injury, but back home in the United States he was critically wounded by a police riot. Heavily-armed police injured Olsen and other unarmed citizens on Oct. 25 when they attacked the non-violent Occupy Oakland. Olsen, 24, had his sk ...
• #OccupyOakland: Riot police fire tear gas, fla ...
  Defiant Occupy Oakland protesters vow to return to plaza On Tuesday night and into Wednesday, police clashed with hundreds of protesters whom they’d dislodged from an encampment outside City Hall. More than 100 people were arrested, police said, as officers used tear ...

+972

• Is Israel preparing an assault against Iran? T ...
  The IAEA report on Iran’s alleged nuclear program was surrounded by a media frenzy in Israel supporting an attack. By Neve Gordon Skimming the newspapers as I rushed to get my children ready for school, I suddenly understood that Israel might actually be preparing for a military attack a ...
• Police shut down Jewish-Palestinian radio station
  Kol Hashalom, which operates from Ramallah, was suddenly shut down on Thursday, based on what appears to be flimsy evidence A small radio station, “Kol Hashalom,” unique in that it was directed jointly by a Palestinian and a Jew, was abruptly shut down by the Israeli police on Thursday. Kol Hash ...
• Prof punished for refusing WB service should s ...
  An Israeli academic speaks out in defense of another, Professor Idan Landau, whose pay was docked by Ben Gurion University after he refused to do IDF reserve duty in the West Bank By Jerry Haber Some of my loyal readers have noticed that I have not blogged for a long time, almost a month. I shou ...
• Mideast peacemakers: “We are all George ...
  Jason Alexander comes here to make peace, but sounds more like Costanza. Problem is, he’s not alone.                   Jason Alexander (“George Costanza” in Seinfeld) is a good liberal, he cares about Israel and wants to see peace, he wants to see Palestinians have their freedom and Israel ...
• In defense of enemies: The Estonia proposal
  With all these post-Schalit deal shifting alliances between Hamas, Fatah and Israel, it seems that what the three parties really need is a common enemy. By Joel Silberman A pernicious threat is gathering for the Middle East, a danger that jeopardizes Palestinians and Israelis alike. Though rare ...

Sustainability,water,etc - Oz gov't

• State-of-the-art weather station for Ceduna
  A vertical wind profiler, which replaces upper air wind observations using weather balloons, has been installed as part of a new, purpose-built meteorological office at Ceduna on South Australia’s west coast.
• Review of the Bureau of Meteorology's Capacity
  The Australian Bureau of Meteorology is being reviewed to assess its capacity to provide seasonal forecasting services and to respond to extreme weather events and natural disasters.
• Alice Springs becoming water smart
  Alice Springs will save up to 1.6 billion litres of drinking water a year as part of a two-year initiative to reduce the pressure on groundwater resources in the local aquifer.
• Launch of Blue Whale research project
  Speech: launch of the blue whale research project at the International Whaling Commission in Jersey, UK
• Intervention on safety at sea
  Speech: address to the International Whaling Commission in Jersey, UK

Matt Weidner Blog

• Hey I Know, Let’s Throw People Into The ...
  Rats Replace Homeowners In Foreclosed Homes Scridb filter
• America Died in 2000…And We’re Dyi ...
  I remember, not so many years ago that America was a proud and strong and honest and hard working and free and just nation.  Really, we were.  Honestly, it’s true.  Entire nations and people all around the world looked towards America with envy and longing and hope.  In the allegory that w ...
• LISTEN TO 84 YEAR OLD NAZI SURVIOR COMPARE OCC ...
  I have been criticized for using the specter of Nazi persecution and totalitarian persecution to describe what is sweeping across this country….I’ve been quoting the poem: First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they c ...
• Retired PHILIDELPHIA POLICE CAPTAIN ARRESTED F ...
  This is what Democracy looks like…..watch the video below: YOUTUBE CAPTAIN RAY LEWIS Scridb filter
• BOMBSHELL- NEVADA ATTORNEY GENERAL RELEASES MA ...
  This really is extraordinary. An Attorney General brings a HUGE indictment against two individuals…but here’s why it is so earth-shattering…..read carefully the crimes that are alleged….then understand that these same acts were probably performed all across this country h ...

abelard - news

• updated: comparative road fuel prices in franc ...
  All fuels still cheaper than the UK, but diesel (gazole) prices rising more in France, The euro exchange rate, as well as crude oil prices, are the real factors as French fuel prices continue to go two steps higher and one step lower.
• boomerang by michael lewis | book and other re ...
  Snapshots of the chaos European Union countries that has helped them into the current Eurozone financial crisis.
• socialism - uk government 'teacher' unions wan ...
  Another compare and contrast: education in socialist Greece and relatively conservative Finland. Next consider the UK.
• world solar challenge analysis | alternative e ...
  Solar cars doing a steady 90kph for almost two thousand miles. How do they do it?
• euro 'debate' - malcolm rifkind's contribution ...
  Why, somewhat counter-intuitively, the debate on leaving the EU was the wrong debate at the wrong time.

The Parallel Parliament

• Participation Above All
  Prior to its removal from Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street had some strong intellectual support that sought to provide the …Continue reading »
• Identity Crisis
  For those supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement things have just entered a new phase. It all had begun in …Continue reading »
• A Brass Trumpet and a Tin Ear
  It’s likely clear by now that endless rounds of attempting to reform political institutions will not heal our political culture …Continue reading »
• Remember When We Were Young?
  I dragged myself home in the early hours of the morning after spending the night at the Occupy London protests …Continue reading »
• Tomorrow Comes
  It was a remarkable evening, with some talented performers and choirs of youth that filled up the front of the …Continue reading »

Vaccine Awakening

• Vaccine Wake Up Call for Parents: Your Childre ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Every mother has had the nightmare. We dream our child, who we love more than we thought we could love anyone, has been taken away by strangers and cannot be found. The cold fear rises up from our stomach into our throats as we search, endlessly, to find the child we would ...
• The Health Liberty Revolution & Forced Vaccination
  “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – Abraham Lincoln by Barbara Loe Fisher In America today, there is an unprecedented assault on the human right to exercise informed consent to medical risk-taking ...
• What You Should Know About Meningococcal Disea ...
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Today, pediatricians give American babies as many as 33 doses of 13 different vaccines by 12 months of age.1, 2 Now, federal public health officials are considering recommending that doctors give four more doses of a new vaccine – meningococcal vaccine – to babies between ...
• Vaccines & Liberty: Let Freedom Ring
  by Barbara Loe Fisher My country, ’tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims’ pride,
From every mountain side,
Let freedom ring.[1] What is liberty? Webster’s Dictionary defines Liberty as “the quality or state of being free,” ...
• In Memoriam: Infant Deaths & Vaccination
  by Barbara Loe Fisher Memorial Day is for remembering those, who have fought and died to defend America and preserve our civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech, religious belief and conscience. So every Memorial Day I remember the children, who have died after receiving state man ...

2020 Science

• Lost in the Maize
  A weekly reflection on life in academia Most of this last week was spent in San Francisco, at the NISE Net (Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network) network-wide meeting – possibly my favorite meeting of the year (I might have mentioned that before).  This year I had the additional pl ...
• Spiders, silk and a transgenic goat – the comp ...
  Last week while at the NISE Net network-wide meeting, I was fortunate enough to see a preview of part of NOVA’s forthcoming series Making Stuff. The series focuses on the wonders of modern materials science. But rather than coming away enthralled by the ingenuity of scientists, I found mys ...
• Nanotechnology prominent in percieved 21st cen ...
  This image from the first US National Science and Engineering Festival attracted my attention this morning: It’s a wordle constructed from responses to the question “What will be the greatest discoveries and advancements science and engineering will bring us in the 21st century?&#822 ...
• International Handbook on Regulating Nanotechn ...
  Back in the mists of time, I was approached with a crazy proposition – would I help co-edit a book on nanotechnologies regulation!  In a moment of weakness I said yes, and a little more than two and a half years later, the book is finally about to hit the shelves. I actually think the [... ...
• Lost in the Maize
  A weekly reflection on life in academia Note to self: Try not to fall asleep before important interviews with smart journalists. It’s been a tough week.  My gift from last week’s meeting in San Francisco was a lovely ripe cold – something of an occupational hazard these days be ...

Reader Supported News

• Iran and the IAEA
  Excerpt: "I've been reporting on Iran and the bomb for The New Yorker for the past decade, with a focus on the repeatedly inability of the best and the brightest of the Joint Special Operations Command to find definitive evidence of a nuclear-weapons production program in Iran." Iranian Presi ...
• Iran and the IAEA
  Excerpt: "I've been reporting on Iran and the bomb for The New Yorker for the past decade, with a focus on the repeatedly inability of the best and the brightest of the Joint Special Operations Command to find definitive evidence of a nuclear-weapons production program in Iran." Iranian Presi ...
• FOCUS | REPORT: All Entryways to NY Stock Exch ...
  Intro: "Thousands marched on Wall Street this morning, blockading all entry points to the New York Stock Exchange. 'People's mics' have been breaking out at barricades, with participants sharing stories of struggling in an unfair economy." Occupy Wall street demonstrators protest on the stree ...
• FOCUS | REPORT: All Entryways to NY Stock Exch ...
  Intro: "Thousands marched on Wall Street this morning, blockading all entry points to the New York Stock Exchange. 'People's mics' have been breaking out at barricades, with participants sharing stories of struggling in an unfair economy." Occupy Wall street demonstrators protest on the stree ...
• FOCUS | Elizabeth Warren: A Saint With Sharp E ...
  Zengerle writes: "In some ways, Warren's campaign is not only a referendum on the last three years - but a chance to do them over. 'I'll just be blunt, I thought the whole fight was 2008,' she says. 'We'd put sensible people in place, we'd write sensible rules, and we'd spend 50 years rebuilding ...

War Resisters League

• Message of Solidarity to Occupy Wall Street fr ...
  [This statement was originally published in the e-zine Jadaliyya on November 3rd, 2011, by OWFI President Yanar Mohammed* and WRL national field organizer Ali Issa.]   Dear Occupy Wall Street, The people of the world are watching you, following your … Continue reading →
• Between Credit, Bullion and Rebellion: Debt by ...
  [The WRL blog is excited to feature a third book review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. … Continue reading →
• 10 Years of the Global War on Terror
  This Friday, October 7 marks ten years of the U.S. Global War on Terror, which began with the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. War Resisters League along with a number of antimiltarist and community groups will commemorate the occasion with … Continue reading →
• “Stands Against Its Oppressor”: Ir ...
  “I think that whoever talks of pressure has to be precise. I don’t feel any pressure. Even the Syrian regime has stopped talking about conspiracy and foreign intervention. Either they know there is pressure and they don’t dare declare it … Continue reading →
• “A world party and we are all invited&#8 ...
  [The WRL blog is excited to feature a second book review by Jeanne Strole, co-director of the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute, with which the War Resisters League shares a long history, as well as the building at 339 Lafayette St. … Continue reading →

Center for a Livable Future

• EBT at Farmers’ Markets: A Win for Everyone
  Providing EBT at farmers’ markets may very well be a victory in the making for local and regional farmers, local economies, and SNAP participants alike.
• Visualizer Shows Farm Bill Spending
  The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future has launched the Farm Bill Budget Visualizer, an innovative web-based application that allows visual analysis of Farm Bill spending since the 2008 Farm Bill.
• Indirect Land Use Change and Biofuels: Real or ...
  While increased food prices is the most contentious of the many controversies surrounding the rapid increase in ethanol production from corn, the increase in greenhouse gas emissions from what is termed “indirect land use change” (ILUC) ranks a close second in the debates.
• Walmart’s Sustainable Agriculture Goals: A Cri ...
  In 2005, Walmart announced three sustainability goals, one of which is to sell products that sustain people and the environment. So, how’s Walmart doing?
• Op-ed in the Baltimore Sun: A Fresh Idea for t ...
  Today the Baltimore Sun ran an opinion piece c0-authored by CLF director Robert Lawrence

k2p blog

• Men Wanted
  Shackleton's Men wanted ad in 1913.
• New tests support previous result of faster th ...
  The CERN results in September indicating faster than light neutrinos have stood up to one set of tests to check the result.
• Padre Pio and religious misconduct
  Italian historian Professor Sergio Luzzatto says he has discovered documents including a letter from a pharmacist who supplied carbolic acid for Padre Pio who faked his stigmata by using carbolic acid. Padre Pio was canonised by Pope John Paul in 2002.
• Erasmus University, Rotterdam sacks Professor ...
  Erasmus University in Rotterdam has sacked a professor in cardio-vascular medicine for damaging the institution’s academic integrity and for ‘scientific misconduct’.
• Erasmus University, Rotterdam sacks Professor ...
  Erasmus University in Rotterdam has sacked a professor in cardio-vascular medicine for damaging the institution’s academic integrity and for ‘scientific misconduct’.

Left Foot Forward

• The current approach to drugs has gone to pot
  Mike Morgan-Giles argues that British drugs policy is a serious failure of evidence-based policymaking, and that we can learn many lessons from overseas.
• A-list Tory ‘asks’ how we can stop the poor fr ...
  Alex Hern reveals star Tory Harriet Baldwin’s “questions” about whether poor parents ought to be punished for having too many children.
• Anti-Catholic bigotry in Scotland on the rise; ...
  Religious hate crimes in Scotland have surged 10 per cent in the last year, according to research released today by the Scottish government, reports Kevin Meagher.
• Cameron’s refusal to open full inquiry into Fi ...
  The row between Britain and Ireland over David Cameron’s refusal to establish a judicial inquiry into the murder of Belfast solicitor Patrick Finucane has grown.
• Blatter: Contrite, but also still head of FIFA
  Alex Hern covers Sepp Blatter’s apology on BBC News for his racism comments, as well as the astonishing fact he was repeating them even yesterday evening.

Consumerist

• Chase Admits To Accidentally Deducting Payment ...
  In the last few days, we've received a couple of e-mails from readers who were getting strange explanations from Chase about why automated payments had been deducted twice from their accounts. But before we could figure out what was going on, the bank has issued a "my bad" to affected customers ...
• It's About To Become 5% More Expensive To Ship ...
  In news that must surely have folks at the Postal Service cackling with delight -- or at least it would if it weren't after 4 p.m. and they hadn't all gone home for the day already -- UPS announced that it will soon be raising its published rates almost 5% on all domestic ground, air and intern ...
• Anti-TSA Complaints At All-Time Low
  Even as there has been growing concern about full-body scanners and grope-y pat downs at airport security checkpoints, the actual number of complaints against the Transportation Security Administration hit an all-time low last month. According to the Dept. of Transportation, there were 1,418 c ...
• 5 Things You Should Know About Black Friday
  As we mentioned earlier this week, some people have already begun camping out to get in line for this year's Black Friday sales. But are these people going to actually see any big savings or have they just given in to the annual hype machine surrounding the super shopping day? Over at SmartMon ...
• Report: More Consumers Want Food That Tastes Good
  Market research firm Technomic is out with its 2011 Consumer Flavor Report, and one finding is that 53% of consumers say "new and unique flavors" drive their decisions on where to eat, compared to just 42% in 2009. The report's authors say that "craveability and culinary expertise [are] increas ...

Whistleblogger - GAP

• Radack, Drake Win Sam Adams Award: Daily Whist ...
  GAP's Jesselyn Radack and NSA whistleblower Thomas Drake in March 2011.Radack, Drake Win Sam Adams Award Summary: Department of Justice whistleblower and GAP National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack, and NSA whistleblower (and GAP client) Thomas Drake, have each won t ...
• Radack, Drake Win Sam Adams Award
  Tom Drake and Jesselyn Radack at the Ridenhour Prize for Truthtelling Ceremony in March 2011National Security & Human Rights Director Jesselyn Radack and GAP client and National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Thomas Drake have won this year's prestigious Sam Adams Award, presented annua ...
• Secrecy Shenanigans Continue Despite Collapse ...
  Apparently the government has learned nothing from the spectacular collapse of the ill-fated criminal prosecution of National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Thomas Drake. Drake was charged with 10 felony counts, all of which the government abandoned days before trial when the prosecuti ...
• Republicans Admit TSA Airport Security Theater ...
  Courtesy of Flickr user glenmcbethlaw*Getting felt up, tossing out unopened bottles of water, pulling toddlers aside for selective screening, taking off shoes and artificial limbs, soft-porn full body scanners, and my personal favorites – being asked to drink my own breast milk and bei ...
• Victory for Marine Corps Whistleblower: Daily ...
  iWatch News: Pentagon Whistleblower Franz Gayl is Reinstated Summary: GAP client Franz Gayl – the whistleblower who exposed the Marine Corps' failure to provide American troops with lifesaving equipment in a timely manner – has received notice that his security clearance eligibility has been r ...

UK Progressive

• Supercommittee Sins
  This week, economists from the San Francisco Federal Reserve released a letter warning that the odds of a recession in early 2012 are now more than 50 percent. Yet there is no proposal pending from the president, leaders in Congress or the supercommittee that will even remotely address the devas ...
• Queer Politics for the Birds
  Homophobia runs deep! So deep that it also impinges on the animal world. Toronto’s zoo is splitting up a pair of same-gender penguins. These Happy Feet males, Pedro and Buddy — jokingly referred to as “Brokeback Iceberg” — have been nesting with each other for a year. The ...
• TSA Puts Off Safety Study of X-ray Body Scanners
  by Michael Grabell, ProPublica The head of the Transportation Security Administration has backed off a public commitment to conduct a new independent study of X-ray body scanners used at airport security lanes around the country. Earlier this month, a ProPublica/PBS NewsHour investigation found ...
• Few Guantanamo Prisoners Ever Get Their Day In ...
  Far from issuing the executive order he promised to shut down the prison at Guantanamo, President Obama is keeping virtually all of its prisoners confined in limbo without trials. Just as illegal, he is reviving discredited military commission trials set up in 2001 by the Bush regime for the han ...
• Occupiers Occupied: The Hijacking of the First ...
  A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is now speech and corporations are now people. But when real people without money assemble to express their dissatisfaction with the political consequences of this, they’re treated ...

NewsAlert

• Top 10 Reasons to Strength Train
  Kathy Smith
• Pension Reform and Union Shenanigans in San Diego
• LA Fitness Acquires 171 Bally Total Fitness Clubs
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• Thrill Is Gone? Matthews Turns On Obama; ‘I He ...
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• Skull and Bones Member John Kerry's Curious St ...
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JoNova

• IPCC scientists test the Exit doors
  RE: Mixed messages on climate ‘vulnerability’. Richard Black, BBC. ... This is another big tipping point on the slide out of the Great Global Scam. IPCC scientists — facing the travesty of predictions-gone-wrong — are trying to salvage some face, and plant some escape-cla ...
• The Age does award winning PR — oops was ...
  For free, and just because I’m a nice person, I’m going to help Michael Bachelard with his science articles. He’s a Walkley Award winner writing for the two largest “broadsheet” circulation papers in Australia. He knows indigenous issues, politics and industrial rel ...
• The chemistry of ocean pH and “acidifica ...
  The ocean acidification threat is a big can of worms. I asked Professor Brice Bosnich to help create a quick reference page on the chemistry and was pleased he could find the time to help. Here’s everything you wanted to know about the basics… He explains what pH means, and points o ...
• Unthreaded November 14 2011
  For all those other topics…. Rating: 8.0/10 (5 votes cast) Rating: 8.0/10 (5 votes cast)
• Naomi Klein’s crippling problem with numbers
  Naomi Klein Photo: Mariusz Kubik Naomi Klein was the wrong person to send to a heavy-weight science conference  — in “Capitalism vs Climate” she notices hundreds of details, but they’re all the wrong ones. Naomi can tell you the colour of the speakers hair, what row they ...

ReNew America

• Leading senators: Kagan may have to recuse her ...
  (Washington Times) - Top Republican senators said late Friday the Justice Department has been stonewalling their request for more information on Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, and said her previous work as solicitor general "may satisfy both requirements for recusal" from the upcoming health ...
• Obama's Kenyan move
  (Washington Times) - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report Monday confirming Obama administration meddling in the drafting of controversial provisions of Kenya's constitution, which were ratified last year. Officials funneled $18 million in taxpayer cash to a number of gro ...
• Newt shows his true colors, again
  (Joseph Farah) - I should have known better. Despite all I have witnessed in watching Newt Gingrich over the many years he has been in public life, I starting softening to him -- largely on the basis of his debate performances. I began to think I could live with this guy as president -- which is ...
• Mitt Romney's job creation record: supporting ...
  (Amy Contrada) - Summary: As Governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney exposed his big government, social liberal approach when he created a new preschool education department, paving the way for taxpayer funding and government control of day care...
• Obama the man behind Occupy crackdown
  (Roger Hedgecock) - Violent, lice-ridden and foul-mouthed with high self-esteem. Ignorant spoiled brats shouting incoherent rage. The Occupiers. The perfect product of the government education machine. Obama's shock troops in the war to "utterly transform America"...

Truth Offering

• The False Flag Cyber Attack Takedown of the In ...
  Here are some of today's top shock headlines: "Army of hackers targets the Swedish government, Sarah Palin and credit card giants in WikiLeaks 'Operation: Payback'" - The Daily Mail "Hackers Rise for WikiLeaks" - Wall Street Journal "WikiLeaks backers hit MasterCard and Visa in cyberstrike" - R ...
• S. 510: The Death of Food Freedom Act
  In the world of liberty lovers and food freedom fighters, there's been a ton of attention lately on Senate bill S.510 -- the deceitfully-named, "Food Safety Modernization Act [1]." But in the mainstream media, there's been but a whimper; a pathetic trickle of occasional, fleeting and understated ...
• Politicians and the Voting Public: A Toxic Rel ...
  At TruthOffering.com, we've written much about what's known as the Liberty to Tyranny cycle. The reason we've focused so much attention on this cycle is that we believe in it completely. That is to say, since every civilization has followed this cycle's projection, it's reasonable to suspect the ...
• Education v. Conditioning: Wundt, Rockefeller ...
  John D. Rockefeller, Sr. / Wilhelm WundtSince reading "the deliberate dumbing down of america" by Charlotte Iserbyt, I've been trying to find other people out there who have also noticed the ruining of education in the United States. To be honest, it's hard to find information on this subject ou ...
• TruthOffering's Matt Gordon on LA Talk Live's ...
  Have a listen to Matt Gordon from TruthOffering.com chatting with Hip-hop connoisseur, D-Bracks, on LA Talk Live. Topics range from economics and politics to international banksters and chemtrails. Be sure to drop a comment and let us know what you think of Matt's perspective:

2012 Blog

• Tsarion and Icke: A Quick Critique
  Just got back from Michael Tsarion’s 8 hour talk in Melbourne. About 200 attended, at $80 each. More Aussie dates will follow. I like the guy – he’s easy to watch and listen to, and is ...Tsarion and Icke: A Quick Critique is a post from: 2012 Blog No related posts.
• Jim Bakker: Special Offer
  Jim Bakker is one of those disgraced televangelists. I wondered about the markup on his $3800 product (found in his Love Gifts department): Actually the price is in line with what Amazon charges… so I guess ...Jim Bakker: Special Offer is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:NYC ...
• NASA Expert: No 2012 Supervolcano
  This is weak, weak, weak. The headline is quite definite: Supervolcanoes: Not a Threat For 2012 But if you read the article, NASA expert Adam Voiland (not an expert really, see his resume) points out: Volcanologists have many ...NASA Expert: No 2012 Supervolcano is a post from: 2012 Blog ...
• NASA Expert: Solar Flares Harmless
  You just know I’m going to be critical of this news item… Dr Alex Young, a heliophysicist at Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Center, said we don’t need to worry about the sun for another ...NASA Expert: Solar Flares Harmless is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:N ...
• Doom ‘n’ Gloom Daily
  I subscribe to just about every blog and news service that could, maybe, possibly, have a story meaningful to the 2012 meme. One of the very best is The Extinction Protocol. There’s not much commentary, ...Doom ‘n’ Gloom Daily is a post from: 2012 Blog Related posts:Laac ...

Facing South

• Cain revamps 9-9-9 tax plan, but it still hurt ...
  Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain revised his tax proposal in response to criticism that it would disproportionately burden the poor. But the new plan would still hit low-income A ...
  
• U.S. oil companies, security contractors look ...
  American oil and security firms see big opportunities in post-Gaddafi Libya.
  American oil and security firms see big opportunities in post-Gaddafi Libya. read more
  
• Alabama workers meet harsh immigration law wit ...
  As all-out attack continues on immigrants in the South and West, Alabama's immigrant workers met it with a day of wildcat strikes.
  As all-out attack cont ...
  
• 3 reasons why Art Pope deserves all the media ...
  North Carolina powerbroker Art Pope doesn't like the media attention he's received since a New Yorker profile pushed him and his political empire into the national spotlight t ...
  
• More cutbacks in legal services for the poor i ...
  North Mississippi Rural Legal Services is closing its office in the region's largest city and shuttering a unit that handles public benefits issues -- at the very time the public need ...
  

One News Page

• Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic: We Must Make Our ...
  The Serbian defender believes the Blues' win against Blackburn Rovers in their last game was important but insists his side must deal with the threat posed by Luis Suarez on Sunday
• Hundredth century to fetch 100 gold coins for ...
  Sachin Tendulkar will be showered with 100 gold coins by the Mumbai Cricket Association if he completes his much-awaited 100th international century during the third and final Test match between India and West Indies commencing November 22 at the Wankhede stadium.
• FACTBOX - Winter session of parliament
  REUTERS - The parliament's winter session starts on Tuesday, Nov. 22, and is likely to be dominated by the Lokpal bill.
• Selena Gomez loves to bake
• I can never do hardcore X-rated numbers like R ...

Global Research TV

• Former Philadelphia Police Captain Arrested at OWS
• PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet
• Police State Crackdown: Second Raid on Occupy ...
• Journalists Pushed Out of Zuccotti Park by Pol ...
• Green Resistance is Strong: Report from Libya

Daily Tech

• Quick Note: Sprint Rolls Out $20 QWERTY Smartp ...
  Sprint Express features a tiny 2.6" QVGA display
• Report: Noah Wyle, George Clooney Vying for Le ...
  The popular Falling Skies actor, Noah Wyle played Steve Jobs in 1999's Pirates of Silicon Valley
• CODA Electric Sedan Hits California, Now Avail ...
  EV can go up to 150 miles per charge
• 11/18/2011 Daily Hardware Reviews
  DailyTech's roundup of hardware reviews from around the web for Wednesday
• "Superbugs" with Up to 50 Percent Drug Resista ...
  One bacterium, called Klebsiella pneumoniae, has been particularly harmful with 15 to 50 percent of cases due to bloodstream infections resistant to carbapenem antibiotics

Oriental Review

• Investing Your Future In a Poison Peace Process
  The Indian analyst who authored the following piece (SEE: India, Pakistan, and God’s geostrategic will) is probably giving an accurate assessment of his government’s opinion of the current status of the Pakistani military, even though both his opinion and the projected government position are pr ...
• Chavez Warns That a Nuclear Conflict Looms Ahe ...
  After a long break caused by serious health problems, Venezuela’s H. Chavez resumed on November 15 the practice of televised addresses on key policy issues. As a key message prompted by the recent developments, the Venezuelan leader sent to his nation and to the international community a s ...
• IAEA Report: Green Light to Strike Iran?
  Last week a new classified IAEA Report on nuclear verification in Iran was circulated to the Agency’s Board of Governors and the UN Security Council. Curiously enough, it was immediately leaked to the Associated Press and gained a hefty coverage by the international media condemning Tehran ...
• A Christmas Gift to the World from the US and ...
  Prospects are grim for the US economy as the predictions of a double-dip recession appear to materialize. Experts warn that currency market destabilization and, generally, chaos across the financial sector await the US in 2012. No credible solution to the problem is being offered, and chances ar ...
• Sexual Activity as a Mega-Weapon for the Middl ...
  It does not take a rocket scientist to realize that, while social media like Facebook and Twitter can be instrumental in bringing crowds of discontent to the streets, the protesters will in all cases be led by those who have built a real rather than virtual organization geared towards inducing a ...

BlogHer

• Road Testing Food Apps for Thanksgiving
  Everything's coming up food apps this week before Thanksgiving, and I recently bought an iPad, so -- voila -- the first post in a periodic series looking at Food & Drink Tech. I've been eager to play with apps that can do what neither #teaminternet nor #teamcookbook is capable of -- especial ...
• BlogHer Conference Update - - November 19, 2011
  Happy weekend, my friends! I hope this finds you well and getting ready for the holiday season (I can't believe I am typing that -- ack!). We are gearing up and getting ready for the end of the year and for an exciting 2012. If you have not already RSVP'd for our holiday meet-ups, you'll want t ...
• Even Cookbook Authors Can Have Picky Kids
  A question for parents fighting food battles with their young kiddos: Would it make you feel better to know that even authors of cookbooks struggle with their own little picky eaters? No? Well, it should. It's not just you. I promise. That said, Debbie Koenig, author of the soon-to-be-released c ...
• Etsy - Your One Stop Shop for a Handmade Holiday
  Sometimes making handmade gifts for everyone on your list is easier said than done. Even if you started in July, knitting, scrapping, soap making... it can be a challenge. With the help of Etsy, you can come to a handmade gift compromise. You are still giving gifts that are handmade, they were j ...
• Pecan Pie
  Pecan pie is my favorite part of Thanksgiving. Without pecan pie, it’s not Thanksgiving. Unfortunately I’m about the only family member who feels that way, so for the last couple years I’ve been the one making the pecan pie.This is a recipe from my Aunt, Ann Winegarden, and she has it credited t ...

Health Freedom Alliance

• Girl, 13, left in ‘waking coma’ an ...
  The government and Big Pharma keeps telling us that HPV vaccines are safe. Whats a few ruined lives and deaths of sacrificial lambs as long as the herd is safe? We at HFA ...
• Government Forced to Admit No One Has Died Fro ...
  The CDC has admitted that those it said died from raw milk over the last ten years did not die from raw milk. So is raw milk safe? Well that depends. It’s ...
• Meditation Improves The Immune System, Researc ...
  There have always been plenty of natural methods to keeps us healthy but only recently (thanks to sites like our own) have researchers been proving the benefits of these methods in their research. ...
• The True Horrors Of Pet Food Revealed
  Many of us love our pets. We consider them part of the family. For our readers that care about what goes into our pets bodies as well as our own the following article ...
• Sugary drinks can boost women’s heart di ...
  A new study shows a woman’s chance of getting heart disease greatly increases from just a couple of sugary drinks a day. Even those lucky enough to be able to eat and drink anything ...

Live News Wire

• 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 ...

Coal Tattoo

• Friday roundup, Nov. 18, 2011
  In this Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011 photo, the body of a miner killed after a gas leak at the Sizhuang Coal Mine lies on the ground in Shizong county of Qujing city, in southwestern China’s Yunnan province. The gas leak hit one underground platform of the mine Thursday and spread to another pl ...
• The plot thickens: OSM subcontractors on contr ...
  Regular readers know that I’ve been a little suspicious from the beginning about this controversy over the leaked portions of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement’s “Environmental Impact Statement” on its efforts to rewrite the federal stream b ...
• Mining lobby admits it: Coal jobs are on the rise
    We’re about to be treated to another episode in the continuing story of the attacks by the coal industry and its friends in Congress on any effort by the Obama administration to reduce mountaintop removal’s impacts on coalfield communities, protect the world from greenhouse ga ...
• OSM: ‘Poor stepchild’ of the Inter ...
  For the coal industry, discussion of the proposed merger of the U.S. Office of Surface Mining and the Bureau of Land Management is mostly just another opportunity to bash the Obama administration and any efforts it makes to better regulate things like mountaintop removal.  Katie Sweeney, general ...
• House panel moves to block OSMRE-BLM merger
  The Obama administration’s proposal to merge the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement continues to draw a lot of interest this week, with action to block the proposal in a House committee and a hearing today in a Senate committee. Here’s the news from the House N ...

Daniel Miessler

• A Time Lapsed Earth Flyover from NASA’s ISS
  Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo. Related ContentDODOCASELandscapes, by Garry TanEvil EvangelistsQwiki: A Future Google HoldingDakotalapse of Earth’s Sky
• The Other Half of Online Education
  We’re all well aware of the growing list of high-quality universities offering free online classes. It’s remarkable by any measure. But we also know the counter-argument: you don’t receive near the benefit from free online education that you get from attending university becaus ...
• Recording and Replaying Experiences
  One of the things I worry about most is not being able to recall the great experiences that have happened to me over time. It’s not about forgetting that I went to the beach in Israel that one time, or any other highlight event. Those types of events should be captured as well, of course, ...
• DODOCASE
  San Francisco Center for the Book DODOcase from DODOcase on Vimeo. Related ContentA Time Lapsed Earth Flyover from NASA’s ISSLandscapes, by Garry TanEvil EvangelistsQwiki: A Future Google HoldingThis is About as Good as the World Gets
• A Civilization Manifesto
  This will be rough. I’ve always been attracted to the idea of identifying unifying characteristics of desired society, and defining those ideals as sacred to the group that embraces them. The Constitution does this, of course, but it deals with principals where I aim to talk about behavior ...

Fitwatch

• Plainclothes Police and “Agents Provocat ...
  FITwatch have been inspired by the amount of people taking an interest in the policing operations on November 9th. FITwatch recognise critical enagagement with policing strategy as being crucial to our success as a protest movement. However, FITwatch wanted to flag one particular area of concern ...
• Plainclothes cops on education demo
  These are a selection of the plainclothes cops spotted on the education demo on 9th November. Fitwatchers witnessed the violent arrest or one protester and followed the officers. Other photos have come from various sources. REMEMBER THESE FACES! THESE COPS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED ON OUR PROTESTS AGA ...
• Don’t be intimidated! See you on the st ...
  On the eve of the mass education/sparks/cabbies protest on 9th November, it is clear the state are trying to intimidate us. From the news today that the police have written to protesters arrested at previous demonstrations warning them off protesting (see picture), to the “total policing” of the ...
• Armed police raid Kurdish tent at OccupyLSX
  Last night, the Kurdish tent at the OccupyLSX camp was raided by armed police following an alleged tip off of a gun being present. They searched the tent for over half an hour unsurprisingly finding nothing. The Kurdish community has long been criminalised, and labelled as terrorists for their a ...
• Don’t just walk on by!
  It's getting to that time of year...the students are back, the weather is getting colder (so you won't be removing your "seasonally appropriate" scarf and hood when the cops tell you to!) and the political climate is already starting to get considerably hotter. Since this time last year, we've h ...

Worldwide Hippies

• Worldwide Hippies Occupy Updates; media belong ...
  ‘A lot of media belongs to 1% that OWS rally against’ RT News – Social media is key in getting OWS protesters together as a lot of the mainstream media belong to the very 1 per cent of the wealthy and powerful that the OWS are protesting against, an activist for the action group has [...]
• Worldwide Hippies News Briefs Saturday
  Syrian troops attack despite Arab peace plan BEIRUT (AP) — Activists say Syrian troops are storming a central town and a northwestern region in search of opponents of the government. The attacks on the town of Shezar and the Jabal al-Zawiya region near the Turkish border come a day after Syria a ...
• Fukushima fallout; checks on rice reveal conta ...
  DAVID McNEILL ,The Irish Times - INSPECTIONS OF rice, Japan’s daily staple, have for the first time detected potentially harmful radioactive contamination from the fallout of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Japan’s government has ordered Fukushima’s prefectural authorities to suspend shipments f ...
• King of rainbows iconic painter Peter Max stil ...
  By Arnold Wayne Jones,dallasvoice.com – Even though Peter Max isn’t gay, for 40 years, he’s been a natural fit with the gay community. The traditional rainbow-colored Pride flag debuted in 1978, but Max has been doing rainbows since the psychedelic ’60s, always with a distinctive, primary- ...
• The Empire’s No Longer Laughing
  By astranavigo,subversify.com – Dispatches From The Class War “And then what are you prepared to do?”, is one of my favorite lines from “The Untouchables” (an otherwise-droll film which not even Sean Connery as a beat-cop-turned-Federal-agent could save). This is the line Connery’s charact ...

reference frame

• Profumo di SUSY
  Is supersymmetry starting to smell at CERN? Four phenomenologists have trained their noses. As a result, they recently began to smell Profumo di SUSY: Suggestive Correlations in the ATLAS and CMS High Jet Multiplicity Data (PDF)in the winds wafting their way from Geneva. Tianjun L ...
• Nature hypes anti-QM crackpot paper by Pusey e ...
  Quantum mechanics under attack The anti-quantum dimwits have flooded the Physics Stack Exchange, are beginning to do the same thing on Theoretical Physics Stack Exchange, and the same seems to hold for Journal Nature which published an incredibly embarrassing article called: Quantum th ...
• Tom Banks and anti-quantum zealots
  When my (former) PhD adviser Tom Banks wrote his first guest blog for Cosmic Variance, I couldn't quite agree with his views on eternal inflation and/or understand his groundbreaking 22nd century conceptual ideas based on holography, even though I've spent a nonzero fraction of the recent 12. ...
• James Hansen and 3-sigma "proofs"
  Last week, Eric Berger mentioned a paper by the notorious recidivist James Hansen, Climate Variability and Climate Change: The New Climate Dice,written together with Sato and Ruedy. Summers in Moscow will be the heroes of this article It contains some temperature maps of the ...
• OPERA: neutrinos FTL even at 2 ns spacing
  Long pulses were not the problem: mystery continues When OPERA announced that their neutrinos were faster than the speed of light, a very aggressive school of thought – which became influential among many professional physicists and wanted to become the official group think – was saying ...

Tatumba 2.0

• Proof that we could be breathing in Hot Partic ...
  Scientist Marco Kaltofen Presents Data Confirming Hot Particles from Fairewinds Associates on Vimeo. Washington, DC – October 31, 2011 – Today Scientist Marco Kaltofen of Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) presented his analysis of radioactive isotopic releases from the Fukushima accid ...
• WALL STREET INSIDER: The Obama White House Wan ...
  by Ulsterman on October 17, 2011 with 72 Comments in News  Our latest interview with a longtime Wall Street Insider reveals details of a troubling Obama White House stance against Wall Street executives voicing concern over the now daily violence permeating the Occupy Wall Street movement – and ...
• Mac Slavo: Bugging Out of NYC: Something Terri ...
  Bugging Out of NYC: “Something Terrible is Coming… So For Now, I’m Getting Out.” Mac Slavo October 20th, 2011 SHTFplan.com Comments (67) You may remember the Wall Street Insider from a previous interview in which he suggested that elements within the Obama administration were mobilizing to incit ...
• Greece has flipped its lid – People say only c ...
  The Greek people have had enough and now they feel that, since peaceful protest does not work, that the time has come for bloodshed to take back their country from the political puppets and the occupying financial terrorists. This is a now a full-blown revolution. Doom on for the Greeks. We are ...
• FRANKIE MACDONALD SEVERE CYCLONE WARNING FOR A ...
  A heads-up to people in Australia. Frankie MacDonald is back and he is saying your ass is going to get slammed by a Cat 5 Cyclone. When Frankie speaks, the world listens. Take heed and take cover. Good luck to you and yours. If you think that this is BS he nailed past hurricanes. Proof [...] ...

Truth About Our World

• Occupy Wall Street “Beware The Zeitgeist ...
• The Dirty Fucking Hippies Were Right
• World War 3 (III,Three): September 11, 2001-20 ...
• Max Keiser: Time to Get The Hell Out of the US
• Hidden No Longer: Genocide in Canada, Past and ...
  BOOK:   http://hiddennolonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/No-Longer-Hidden-1.pdf The stories, documentation and other evidence in this book are based in part on the living testimonies of nearly three hundred survivors of thirty eight separate Indian residential or hospitals across Canada. The ...

Bloomberg

• Can't Stop the Big Mo
  Healthy spending and productivity add up to some good stock buys, says S&P's Kenneth Shea. Plus: His formula for a diversified portfolio
• No Lull in the Airlines' Headwinds
  The industry isn't doing as badly as it was, but that's not saying much, according to S&P's Philip Baggaley
• Higher Gas Tax? Smart Move
  Raising it to 50 cents or $1 per gallon would push conservation and send a signal to America's enemies. It's the surest way to cut oil dependence
• Grading Back-to-School Stocks
  Some outfits that gain from families' spending may make dicey buys. But equity pros reveal those investments with strong potential
• At Motorola, "a Hop in Everybody's Step"
  CEO Ed Zander admits he hasn't checked every box on his to-do list. But he's happy to take credit for kick-starting innovation

Enviroblog

• Save the Delaware River
  Since George Washington crossed the Delaware in 1776, the river has become an iconic American image. Nearly 16 million people rely on the Delaware river for drinking water, and every year 5.4 million Americans swim, fish, camp, hike and explore... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my ...
• Hey Parents: Read This Book, Then Save the Pla ...
  By Lisa Frack, EWG Social Media Manager We parents give a lot of orders. "Put your pajamas away. Clear the table, please. Don't pull the cat's tail!" But in her new book, Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, ...
• Don't get slimed: Skip the fabric softener
  By Rebecca Sutton, PhD, EWG Senior Scientist Fabric softeners contain toxic ingredients that are bad for your health and the environment. EWG recommends that laundry doers just say no. Fabric softeners and dryer sheets are relative newcomers to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visi ...
• Feinstein to fight for BPA-free formula
  By Elaine Shannon, Environmental Working Group editor-in-chief Five years ago, tens of millions of baby bottles and sippy cups sold in the United States were manufactured with a petrochemical derivative called bisphenol A. Today, according to the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit ...
• Canada, San Francisco blaze forward on cell ph ...
  By Renee Sharp, EWG California Director As the world mourns the passing of iPhone creator Steve Jobs, San Francisco and Canada are blazing new paths to ensure that the public knows how to use cell phones safely. On Oct. 4,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full link ...

Quick Hits

• More Teachers Being Replaced By Technology
  The neoliberal wetdream coming to fruition. From Fast Company: Districts all over are experimenting with teacher-less computer labs and green-lighting entire classrooms of adult-supervised children exploring the Internet--an Android powered tablet designed specifically for students. Teachers' u ...
• Food costs at record levels, likely to go higher
  MANILA/MILAN (Reuters) - World food prices hit a record in January and recent catastrophic weather around the globe could put yet more pressure on the cost of food, an issue that has already helped spark protests across the Middle East. Up for the seventh month in a row, the closely watched Food ...
• Shell makes $2,208,480 (£1.6m) an hour, [Clue ...
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/busi...   The Guardian in Britain says calmly:Shell stoked up the heated debate about the high cost of fuel on the forecourt today after reporting it made profits of nearly £1.6m an hour over the last three months.A leading member of the road lobby said moto ...
• Gallup Helps Explain Egyptian/Tunisia Uprisings
  Wellbeing in Egypt and Tunisia decreased significantly over the past few years, even as GDP increased. In Egypt, where demonstrations have prompted President Hosni Mubarak to give up power after elections this fall, the percentage of people "thriving" fell by 18 percentage points since 2005. In ...
• Wallace Shawn: Are You Smarter Than Thomas Jef ...
  The Grand Nagus speaks! At Tom Dispatch.com.

Capital - NYC

• What was it about 'Team America' that was so s ...
• 'Washington Post' disagrees, again, with the ' ...
• Governor who cut New York's budget warns of wh ...
• Is Howard Wolfson right about press restrictio ...
• Cuomo, his party loyalists, and the streamlini ...

Views & News from Norway

• Sun sets for the winter up north
  The sun was set to dip below the horizon on Sunday in Norway’s far north, and not rise again until January 21. The season known as mørketiden (the dark time) is settling in, but it can actually offer some spectacular light as well. On some days, the sky can be ablaze with what looks like a ...
• Butter shortage frustrates bakers
  Norway’s dairy cooperative Tine hasn’t been able to produce enough butter in recent weeks to meet demand, leaving grocery store shelves bare of one of their most basic items. Consumers are voicing their frustration, especially on the eve of the holiday baking season. “In this b ...
• ‘Ambitious goals’ for Northern Areas
  The so-called Nordområdene (Northern Areas) have long been at the top of Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre’s agenda. On Friday, he and three fellow ministers traveled north to Bodø to roll out their strategy for Norway’s northern counties and surrounding territory, both offshore and ...
• Breivik had several more targets
  Police are investigating who leaked confidential transcripts and reports of their questioning of confessed terrorist Anders Behring Breivik, in which he claims to have had several additional targets for attacks. Breivik also was prepared to take government officials hostage and then execute them ...
• Next stop: Trafalgar Square
  The large Christmas Tree that will light up London’s Trafalgar Square was chopped down in a forest on the eastern side of Oslo on Friday. From there it began its journey across the North Sea, a gift from the people of Oslo to the British capital. It’s the 65th year in a row that the ...

Permaculture Research Institute - Australia

• Update on Karat Primary School’s Permaculture ...
  The ‘after map’ design — does not resemble the actual implementation This is an update on my recent post on new school projects here in Ethiopia. We visited Karat Primary School again as a group on Friday 28th October 2011. The group comprised Alex McCausland, Tichafa Makover ...
• Guerilla Gardening with Rob Avis
  In this video Rob Avis from Verge Permaculture discusses his philosophy and main reasons for guerilla gardening, then dives into techniques, and strategies, and finally lets us watch him guerilla-plant an apple tree in the park near his home, despite a quick pass-over by a police helicopter. ...
• Planetary Permaculture Pilgrimage – Days 6 and 7
  by Tamara Griffiths, Delvin Solkinson and Ali Ma Day 6 : First Day of the Robin Clayfield Training Joining with another Pilgrim, the ultra inspiring Ali Ma, we continued our learning adventure with renewed inspiration. After a 5am awakening before sunrise and a long drive we arrived at last at ...
• New book: Equine Permaculture – Regenerative H ...
  Equine Permaculture: Regenerative Horse Property Design & Pasture Management A collection of articles, 80 pages by Mariette van den Berg & Nicholas Huggins Generally, horse keeping is considered to be a costly hobby or business, especially with current price rises in living expenses ...
• Monsanto Versus the Beetle
  by Frank Gapinski Monsanto versus the Corn Rootworm Beetle in a dangerous game of tit for tat. This story is almost a parable of two worlds, a battle between the natural and the man-made. Like a boxing match, in the one corner we have Monsanto – a large [...]

Pointman's

• The Durban debacle awaits …
  Here we go again, another climate clambake attracting attendees from all over the world. They’ll be the usual assortment of politicians, government civil servants, Media, NGOs, activists and fruit loops determined to save the earth from global warming. Nothing changes. In terms of the basic poli ...
• Happy birthday Climategate.
  It’s around the time of the second anniversary of the Climategate leak so it’s fitting to take stock of where we are now. Before doing that, it’s worth taking a walk down memory lane to recall how things were before it occurred. They were really different. If you were in the fight at the time,&# ...
• Green myths : We have to get back to a natural ...
  We live under this pervasive avalanche of propaganda that’s telling us we’re the single fly in the ointment that’s killing an Earth that was somehow an Eden before we appeared to spoil the whole thing; if only we could change. Yes, if only we could change. If only we could stand to watch a perso ...
• Global warming and pathological science.
  There are many aspects to the style of science underpinning the theory of global warming that remind me of something the American scientist Irving Langmuir christened pathological science. Wiki for once is accurate and defines it as - “Pathological science is a psychological process in which a s ...
• Teachers
  I was very lucky really; I went to a crap school. There was no money and therefore no resources and therefore nothing much of anything. We, the kids, knew this and the teachers did too. That being the case, the school could only attract teachers who couldn’t get a job anywhere else, or had alrea ...

Journalists' Toolkit

• 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 ...

Justice Roars - Louisiana

• Ethics Issues Raised Regarding Chas Roemer and ...
  A recent blog post from the Louisiana Federation of Teachers highlights some of the issues that have recently been raised around candidates for the upcoming Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) election. Below are excerpts from the blog: Two candidates strongly supported by Gov. ...
• New Orleans Is No Education 'Miracle' By Lind ...
  An article recently posted on the Education Week website offers an important perspective on New Orleans' schools: As a recent graduate of a New Orleans public high school, I find it very troubling that the national conversation about post-Katrina education amounts to little more than talking ...
• “There’s Too Much Misinformation About Us Out ...
  Parnell Herbert sat with Norris Henderson, Co-Director of V.O.T.E. NOLA to discuss the fact and fiction about Black-on-Black crime in New Orleans. While sitting with Norris Henderson upstairs at the RAE House, I couldn’t help but marvel at his calm, composed demeanor. Here is a man who served m ...
• Confederate Flag in Caddo Parish to Come Down
  From The Louisiana Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty: After more than sixty years since it was raised, the Confederate Flag outside the Caddo Parish Courthouse will come down. The decision comes after two hearings at the Caddo Parish Commission (2002 and 2011), one hearing in the ...
• NOPD Lieutenant Who Testified in Danziger Tria ...
  Michael Lohman, the NOPD Lieutenant who conspired with other officers to cover-up the police killings on Danziger Bridge, and later became a key early witness against his fellow officers, was sentenced today. From the US Department of Justice press release: A former lieutenant with the New Orle ...

Information Underground

• Zionist Influence/Power • Re: LBJ the Zionist
  how did LBJ get onto the JFK ticket in 1960 ? the Jews (Israel) knew that if they got rid of JFK, the US presidency would fall into sympathetic hands. perhaps as an insurance policy, JFK should have chosen a running mate who wasn't obedient to Israel. i'm not sure who that would have been in ...
• Zionist Influence/Power • Re: Jews Reeling in ...
  Wimpy wrote: Didn't someone once mention that jews control Academia? just because they teach the Holohoax & mostly ignore the reasons for the expulsion of Jews from 100+ countries ... along with indoctrinating students with the concept that anti-Semitism is a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE sin ... ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Let me guess the talking point they use against Israel is solely their oppression of the Palestinians and nothing else because they are not anti-semitic. This is how they do it, they select who their opposition is, ie lefties who only care about the human rights abuses which Israel is violating ...
• Historical Events • Soviets murder 3.5 million ...
  Full article.... Suppressed Colossal War Crime & Tragedy - Soviets murder 3.5 million German POWs & half a million ethnic German civilians in Gulags circa WW2 http://thy-weapon-of-war.blogspot.com/2 ... agedy.html Excerpt: Above 1953 article in the The Pittsburgh Press admit ...
• Current News / News of an Immediate & Urge ...
  Yeah they have been doing lots of tricks. I remember a post there of a cut&paste about a hypothetical war with Russia and suggesting it should be seriously considered as a talking point.Statistics: Posted by bluejelly — Sat Nov 19, 2011 10:49 am

TVNZ

• Thousands protest in Cairo against army rule
  About 50,000 mainly Islamist protesters flocked to Cairo's Tahrir Square.
• Eleven killed in Syria on eve of Arab deadline
  Bloodshed has continued in Syria ahead of a deadline to curb the violence.
• UN nuclear watchdog rebukes defiant Iran
  The UN nuclear watchdog has censured Iran.
• Think tank advocates international support for ...
  The international development community should reach out to communist Cuba a new think tank report says.  
• Rest home blaze a 'firefighter's worst nightmare'
  A nursing home fire in Sydney has killed three elderly residents in hospital.

environment 360

• Extreme Weather to Increase as Climate Changes ...
  A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says that an increase in heat waves is “virtually certain” as a result of global warming and that extreme weather events — including hurricanes, floods, and droughts — will likely become more intense in the next century. The ...
• Major Investment Needed to Avert Global Food C ...
  An international commission says billions of dollars must be invested in agriculture and food distribution to avoid a catastrophic increase in hunger worldwide in the coming years. In a new study, the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change said a coordinated series of responses ...
• States Exert Little Enforcement Of Gas Drillin ...
  Even as a push for unconventional oil and gas has triggered a drilling boom not seen in the U.S. for decades, a published report finds that enforcement of environmental regulations associated with this drilling has been minimal. In a review of data from major drilling states, Greenwire has found ...
• Regional Cap-and-Trade Scheme Creates Economic ...
  A regional cap-and-trade program launched in the northeastern U.S. three years ago has saved customers nearly $1.1 billion on electricity bills, helped create 16,000 jobs, and retained more than $765 million in local economies by reducing the demand for fossil fuels, according to a new analysis. ...
• Air Pollution Alters Frequency and Intensity o ...
  A new study says that air pollution can significantly alter the frequency and intensity of precipitation in a region, inhibiting the chances of light rain while exacerbating heavy storms in some cases. Using a decade of atmospheric data, U.S. scientists found that high levels of aerosols — inclu ...

oldephartte/Diigo

• COTO Report | Full Spectrum Defiance
  Tags: COTO report alternative press
• Judith Curry's Home Page
  Tags: climate hurricanes research teaching forecasting
• OpEdNews - Article: One Veteran's Rough Path f ...
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• Freedom Slips
  Tags: radio revolutionary_news
• Permaculture Media Blog
  Tags: media permaculture

backofthebook

• Death in Vancouver, bluster on Twitter
  By Frank Moher A young woman died of a drug overdose in Vancouver yesterday. Her name was Ashley. She became one of the approximately 120 people who will die of drug overdoses in Vancouver this year. She happened to be at the Occupy Vancouver encampment when she died. Or perhaps it wasn ...
• Three simple words that can save a life
  By Montreal Simon About ten years ago I saw a young couple throw themselves in front of a subway train at the McGill metro station in downtown Montreal. It was all over in a flash. All I saw was two people on the opposite platform suddenly rush forward, and then the body ...
• Minister Oliver goes oil drumming
  By Alison@Creekside While in Washington oildrumming up K-XL support with US senators on tuesday, Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver plumped for the Keystone XL pipeline in his keynote address to the 4th Annual United States Energy Association (USEA) Energy Supply Forum. Here is the qu ...
• Letter to Steve Jobs
  by Eric Pettifor Dear Mr. Jobs: I write to you on the occasion of your death to congratulate you on making a difference. As more of a technology visionary and businessman than a true geek (that was your erstwhile partner Steve Wozniak, or "Woz"), you may not recall that this was ...
• Should the CBC boot Cherry and O’Leary?
  By Frank Moher It's not at all a bad thing that CBC loudmouths Don Cherry and Kevin O'Leary have agitated some viewers lately, Cherry with his rant against former NHL enforcers who have come out against violence in hockey, and O'Leary with his interview of American journalist Chris Hedges, in ...

Daily Beast

• Deportation Memo Falls Short
  Immigrants hoped an ICE memo would slow Obama’s record deportations. Now they say they face even more risk.
• Saudi Arabia Outlaws 'Tempting Eyes'
  Saudi Arabia has announced that it has the right to cover women's eyes—'especially the tempting ones.'
• Demi, Ashton, and Open Relationships
  Tracy Quan on the difficult non-monogamous waters Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore reportedly swam in.
• Will Military Finally Address Its Rape Epidemic?
  Jesse Ellison on whether the military will finally address its no-longer-so-secret shame.
• Socialite Murder Goes to Court
  Albrecht Muth, charged with murdering his 91-year-old wife, proclaimed his innocence in a D.C. courtroom.

Loonwatch

• Dennis Miller Says He Fantasized About Attacki ...
  Dennis Miller reveals his burning hatred of Muslims (ALL Muslims), and Bill O'Reilly playfully laughs off the remark.
• Rick Womick: Muslims ‘Can Go Back To Where The ...
  Tennessee State Rep. Rick Womick calls to purge Muslims from U.S. military, and to send them "back where they came from."
• Midlands Mosque Vandalised on Remembrance Day
  "Burn this one" spray painted on Mosque doors.
• Jesus, Carpet Bomb My Heart: An Undercover Mus ...
  An evocative inside look into the Evangelical crusade for Muslim hearts.
• Robert Spencer Loses His Mind Over Muslim Real ...
  Spencer irate at American Muslim reality T.V. show.

Energy News

• Top Japan Official: There have been various di ...
• Yomiuri: Unknown how much nuclear fuel has mel ...
• 33.53 microsieverts/hr in Koriyama city (VIDEO)
• Yomiuri: 451 deaths “due to physical det ...
• Air Filter Friday: Radioactivity at 300% of no ...

Japan Times

• Ex-UCLA, NBA star Hazzard dies
  Walt Hazzard, the former UCLA and NBA star who played on the Bruins' first NCAA championship basketball team in 1964 and later coached the team for four seasons in the 1980s, died Friday. He was 69. Hazzard's family said he had been recuperating for a long time from complications following hea ...
• Grampus climb into first place after dramatic ...
  Nagoya Grampus are back in their familiar place at the top of the J. League table, the defending champions overtaking Kashiwa Reysol with two games left in the season after a gutsy 2-1 victory over Yokohama F Marinos on Saturday. Nagoya won with just seven minutes remaining through Josh Kenned ...
• KANSAI: Who & What
  Learn how to prepare delicious tofu dishes A tofu cooking lesson will take place Nov. 27 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture.
• BayStars continue burgeoning baseball traditio ...
  It looks like a go for the sale of the Yokohama BayStars franchise and, assuming all goes well, the team will officially become the Yokohama DeNA BayStars by the beginning of next month. It is good the club will be staying in Japan's second-largest city with its great stadium location and f ...
• Enroth makes good as Sabres beat 'Canes
  Buffalo backup Jhonas Enroth got a chance to make up for a bad game right away. With Ryan Miller out following a concussion, Enroth got the start even after he gave up five goals two days earlier.

Alexander Higgins

• #NOV17 – #OccupyWallStreet To Shutdown W ...
  Occupy Wall Street calls for shutdown of Wall Street and NYC subways on the Nov 17th international day of mass non-violent action with over 400 events scheduled nationwide.
• #OccupyWallStreet – This Is What Revolut ...
  Chris Hedges lays out the progression of Occupy Wall Street and makes clear that we are now entering into the final phase of the start of a revolution against the elite.
• Largest Anti-Fracking Rally EVER! To Be Held I ...
  Occupy Trenton Will Join Occupy DRBC on November 21st in Trenton as 1000s expected to join the largest anti-fracking rally EVER!!!
• Occupy Wall Street March To DC Arrives In Prin ...
  The latest updates from the Occupy Wall Street March to DC as they march to Trenton for Veteran's day.
• #OccupyWallStreet March To DC Heads To Occupy ...
  Veteran’s Day Events at Occupy Trenton To Include A March To Other Memorials And The Welcoming Of The Occupy Wall Street March To DC At Our New Tent City At North 25 Park.

Macleans - Central

• Occupy protests & the Falun Gong precedent
  As Occupy Toronto gets a slightly bumpy ride in court from Superior Court Justice...
• And finally
  Here, courtesy of Althia Raj, is Justin Trudeau stripping down to his undershirt for...
• This week has three sketches
  Monday. Drawing a line at “stupid” Wednesday. Down with inequality, up with the price...
• TV’s Back-Lot Future
  Television seems to go back and forth when it comes to the idea of...
• It takes a swear word
  Speaking with reporters after QP this morning, Pat Martin claims a kind of victory....

Making It Count - CCPA

• Challenging capitalism: a 12-step program
  Over a year ago, I posted “What are the Game Changers?“, an attempt at sparking some strategic thinking for the broader left. Now that we’ve had a month of Occupation, building on the original Occupy Wall Street action, I’ve been wanting to put these ideas back on the tab ...
• The Mowat Centre and Employment Insurance
  The Mowat Centre final report on Employment Insurance (EI) released today has won a fair bit of media attention, and will serve to deepen the national debate over Canada’s most important income security program for working age adults and families. The Task Force has commissioned and publis ...
• An Inconvenient Occupation
  A friend recently said she supported the Occupy movement but felt their activities were inconveniencing others. I thought of this while watching police clearing Occupy Nova Scotia from Victoria Park in Halifax. Drenched protestors wrestled to the ground, handcuffed, and dragged through mud into ...
• Who Occupies the Sky?
  CCPA released a new report today by myself and Amanda Card that makes the links between inequality and carbon footprints. We look at the distribution of greenhouse gas emissions for Canada, building on an analysis of BC emissions. While it was not planned this way, the analysis is timely given t ...
• Hunger Count 2011: Canada’s East Coast
  In case you missed them, the recent food bank usage numbers are staggering.  Using data from March 2011, Food Banks Canada’s Hunger Count found that Food Banks across the country served 851, 014 people. This amounts to about 2.5% of the total population. The Hunger Count is an important tool in ...

ReDress

• Britain's Jewish fascists in putsch against fr ...
  Gilad Atzmon explains the latest - failed - attempt by Britain's Zio-fascists to kill the UK's most precious cultural values: openness, pluralism, freedom of expression and artistic freedom.
• Israeli media paving the way for an attack on Iran
  Neve Gordon argues that while the Israeli media frenzy supporting an attack on Iran may be orchestrated to pressure the international community to impose harsher sanctions against Iran, it is nonetheless helping to produce the necessary conditions for a military campaign.
• Why the West is demonizing Iran
  Stuart Littlewood argues that behind the "non-stop, loud-mouthed sabre-rattling against Iran" lies the fact that the Anglo-American political establishment is still smarting from not getting its way.
• Palestine: what next?
  Alan Hart argues that salvation of the Palestinian cause lies in dissolving the Palestinian Authority, which "has been more or less a quisling authority collaborating with Israel", restructuring and reinvigorating the Palestinian National Council - the parliament for all Palestinians - and harne ...
• Rendezvous with a British minister on Palestin ...
  Stuart Littlewood relates the concerns he has raised with UK Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham regarding British policy on Palestine and Israel, and the Israeli-inspired sabre rattling towards Iran, and views the possibility - aired by former UK ambassador Craig Murray - of a secret "neo- ...

Physics Today

• Possible lakes on Europa could support life
  Washington Post: Not only does Jupiter’s smallest moon, Europa, have a massive global ocean beneath its icy surface, but it could also have huge lakes, according to new research. One of the geological mysteries of the solar system, writes Brian Vastag for the Washington Post, has been the ...
• UK geoengineering project put on hold
  Guardian: A test of a UK geoengineering project has been postponed pending further discussion of its implications. The Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE) project, which was conceived in March 2010, would inject particles into Earth’s atmosphere to try to cool ...
• Rebuilding the 2000-year-old Antikythera as a ...
  NVP3D: The oldest known mechanism to use clockwork gears, called the Antikythera after the place it was discovered, was found in an ancient Greek shipwreck more than a hundred years ago. The device, of which only 82 badly corroded fragments remain, not only predicted solar eclipses but also orga ...
• Improving the Large Hadron Collider
  CERN: Although the Large Hadron Collider has only been operating for a few months, CERN is preparing to significantly upgrade the infrastructure around 2020. After the upgrade, the LHC's luminosity will be increased to 5–10 times its current design value. “With the LHC colliding hun ...
• Nebula's frozen clouds at heart of violent sta ...
  Wired: Using a sub millimeter wavelength camera on the Atacana Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) telescope, a team led by Thomas Preisbisch, of Ludwig-Maximilians University in Germany, have captured images of star formation in the Carina Nebula. The nebula contains dense clouds of gas and dust that ...

Revolutionary Politics

• basket tnVendredi, Nike va lancer dix par la coutu
  by requintn (Posted Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:23:19 GMT) Annuelles d'hiver de NIKE semble avoir produit plus sincère, nike shox ce qui force les deux dernières années SPECIAL BOOT Hybird SNEAKERS dans un sens raisonnable. Suite à la version antérieure Fujiwara HIROSHI après le lancement de l'TIER ZERO ...
• basket tnVendredi, Nike va lancer dix par la coutu
  by requintn (Posted Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:21:10 GMT) Ceci est pour chacun d'apporter NIKE AF 1 25 anniversaire de sports d'édition chaussures,appelé "Say it Loud", superstar une des chaussures noires en cuir verni, principalement comme matériau principal, le tout dominé par sombre, personnalité ém ...
• FF NewS: President Abdulla 'tees off...'
  by footprints888 (Posted Fri, 18 Nov 2011 09:08:43 GMT) FF News: President Abdulla 'tee's off...' 1 Month, 1 Week ago Karma: 0 President of South Africa Omar Abdulla finally worked his way into the upper reaches of the Footprintsfilmworks.com Open leaderboard in Saturday's third round, though h ...
• 99% Of Republicans In House Voted Against The ...
  by Paul LGN (Posted Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:15:05 GMT) If you don't figure it out you will have no one else to blame but yourself, because your more caught up in your personal position and your personal issues to consider what is actually the root of the whole problem. Don't fool yourself, EVERYONE ...
• FF News: President Abdulla on Gardens...
  by footprints888 (Posted Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:40:41 GMT) Re:FF News: President Abdulla speaks about GARDENS... 1 Month ago Karma: 0 President of South Africa Omar Abdulla says there is a lot of mystery and mythology surrounding gardening. Should you plant your vegetables depending on the phases ...

Peakwater

• Nike, Adidas, Puma agree with Greenpeace to cl ...
  “Nike and Adidas , wily competitors at the cash register for four decades, announced an agreement Friday with several other footwear and clothing brands to work jointly to eliminate the discharge of hazardous chemicals by 2020. “The agreement is viewed as a major step toward eliminat ...
• Decision Day for City Council (Santa Cruz Desa ...
  “On several occasions members of the Santa Cruz City Council have expressed the sentiment that desalination should be a last resort. Other strategies to make better use of existing resources should be employed first. On Tuesday at 7pm, the Council has the opportunity to put that intention ...
• Regional tensions limit Bhutan climate summit aims
  “Four Himalayan nations, faced with erratic weather and the threat of melting glaciers and catastrophic floods, are hashing out a plan for preserving the vast mountain range and helping millions living in the foothills cope with climate change. “But as India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Bh ...
• Ex-Water Board Director In Court To Answer Charges
  “MONTEREY, Calif. — The former director of the Monterey County Water Resources Agency Board of Directors is in hot water. “Stephen P. Collins was charged with 33 felony counts and six misdemeanors on suspicion of profiting off water contracts he handed out while serving as the ...
• Suit seeks to stop alleged pollution by CA farmers
  “California fishing and conservation groups filed a lawsuit Wednesday in federal court, accusing farmers of illegally discharging polluted groundwater into tributaries of the San Joaquin River. The suit is the latest move in a decades-long battle over selenium-tainted farmland and agricult ...

D. Kucinich

• Kucinich: Decision to Send Marines to Australi ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced plans to deploy 2,500 marines to Australia. “The Obama Administration’s decision to send marines to Australia is worrisome because it again demonstrates this Administration’s incli ...
• Kucinich: Special Interests Put Ahead of Child ...
  Washington D.C. (November 17, 2011) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), a longtime advocate of children’s nutrition, today released the following statement after language was inserted into the Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture, Rural Development Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies App ...
• Kucinich Moves to Protect Puritas Avenue Post ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today wrote to Postmaster General Patrick Donahue to request a meeting to discuss the proposed closing of the post office located at 14039 Puritas Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio. Congressman Kucinich, a longtime advocate of the United States Postal Service, also req ...
• Kucinich Calls on Ohio EPA to Restrict Dangero ...
  Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), today released the following statement encouraging the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to force the GenOn electric power plant in Avon Lake to limit its toxic air pollution. “Yesterday, it was reported that the GenOn electric power plant in Avon La ...
• Kucinich, Burton and Young Lead Bipartisan App ...
  Congressmen Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Dan Burton (R-IN) and Don Young (R-AK) organized a bipartisan group of 44 Members of Congress to urge Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to reject a recommendation by the United States Preventive Task Force (USPTF) that healthy men should no ...

Authentically Wired

• connecting the dots
  The arrogant corruption of our U.S. Congress   This past Sunday night, Steve Croft of “60 Minutes” exposed how U.S. Congressional critters cheat, lie and benefit from insider trading on defense contracts.  He cornered former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi with her investments gained ...
• … FLUORIDATION … an issue where em ...
  … FLUORIDATION … an issue where emotions challenge attaining resolution … National campaign renews push for water fluoridation: Watsonville California treatment plan stalled By DONNA JONES – Santa Cruz Sentinel…Posted: 11/15/2011 05:58:15 PM PST… http://www.sa ...
• … Just remember the outcome of any pool ...
  … Just remember the outcome of any pool is determined by the manner in which the question is phrased and asked … Gallup: Americans still want ObamaCare repealed 11/16/2011 9:50:32 AM  Ed Morrissey … http://hotair.com/archives/2011/11/16/gallup-americans-still-want-obamacar ...
• … I am confused … how did an Arizo ...
  … I am confused … how did an Arizona prison obtain inmate population of 77% Polynesian…? … OOPS … forgot it’s a for-profit-private-prison operated by one of Governor Jan Brewer’s mega campaign contributor$ … Correction Corporation of America  (CCA) &#8230 ...
• Jan Brewer: I am the law
  … Governor Brewer … that’s what your old buddy, Russell also believed … and look what it got him … Jan Brewer: I am the law   Posted: 15 Nov 2011 07:29 AM PST  … Posted by AzBlueMeanie… http://www.blogforarizona.com/blog/2011/11/jan-brewer-i-am-the-l ...

Popular Technology

• The Truth about SourceWatch
  SourceWatch is a propaganda site funded by an extreme left-wing, anti-capitalist and anti-corporate organization, the Center for Media and Democracy. Just like the untrustworthy Wikipedia the content can be written and edited by ordinary web users. Users who all conveniently share an extreme lef ...
• 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 ...

Monga Bay ( Articles )

• War of words between Greenpeace, Asia Pulp & P ...
  Greenpeace and Asia Pulp & Paper (APP), a giant global paper supplier, are locked in a heated battle over the activist group's allegations that APP products contain fiber sourced from the destruction of forests in Indonesia. At stake is APP's access to some of the world's most lucrative markets
• Covert Creatures: The Clandestine Lives of Sea ...
  Seahorses are strange looking creatures, with a horse's head on top of a kangaroo’s pouched belly, bulging, swiveling chameleon eyes, a prehensile monkey tail, color-changing armor and a royal crown, all shrunk down to the size of a chess piece. To marine biologist Helen Scales, these elus ...
• 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 - NZ Herald

• GE law probe a big surprise
  A highly sensitive Government study into how much money can be made by changing genetic engineering laws will be underway immediately after the election.Environment Minister Nick Smith is facing embarrassment after admitting he...
• Nutrition key factor in many health issues
  Appropriate nutrition is essential for growth, development and maintaining health; inadequate nutrition is now accepted as an underlying cause of many chronic diseases, including diabetes, coronary heart disease and some cancers.A...
• Pizza sauce is a vegetable? Yes, in US schools
  Never mind the obesity crisis: US lawmakers prodded by the frozen food industry have moved to protect schools' ability to count pizza sauce as a vegetable in lunches for students.In an annual spending bill covering the US Department...
• George Laking: Epsom and climate change
  This month the International Energy Agency published its latest World Energy Outlook. It says if high-carbon energy investment continues for more than five years, atmospheric carbon dioxide will unavoidably overshoot 450 parts per...
• 'Science challenges' part of Key team's action ...
  Prime Minister John Key has strung together 120 promises from 33 separate policy areas as National's "economic development action plan".Most of the policies have been announced already but a genuinely new policy announced yesterday...

Truth Survival + RSS

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• AARON MCCOLLUM’S FINAL MESSAGE
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• WHY WE WON’T CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY * ...
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• DISARMAMENT OF THE ELITE
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Hit & Run | Reason

• New Video of Police Brutality at Occupy Oakland
  Occupy Oakland's clashes mostly had Scott Olsen's bleeding head as the face of police excess. Olsen is the Iraq War veteran who was hit by a teargas canister on October 25 and knocked down, then the bystanders who rushed to his aid were attacked by a cop who threw some kind of devic ...
• Three Reasons We Shouldn't Bail Out Student Lo ...
  Reason's Nick Gillespie and Meredith Bragg team up to give 3 Reasons We Shouldn't Bail Out Student Loan Borrowers. Click above to watch the 3.33-minute-long video and go here to read the full story, with mucho supporting links and information on the issue. View this ...
• Shepard Fairey's Occupy Hope or, The Pseudo-Sp ...
  Here's the latest statement from hip counterculturalist Shepard Fairey, whose iconic pro-Obama campaign poster in 2008 was one of the most striking images of that presidential season. The one-time graffiti artist explains: This image represents my support for the Occupy movement ...
• Sit on a Sidewalk, Get Pepper Sprayed
  Students at University of California-Davis sitting on campus sidewalk as part of an "Occupy" protest pepper-sprayed and dragged away: Uh, have a great weekend!
• Toldja: Not a Good Idea to Pursue Solyndra Cri ...
  The reviews of Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s House testimony are still rolling in, and it’s looking like consensus is being manufactured: Not since Ollie North won America's hearts with his ramrod testimony on some Iran-Contra stuff that nobody cared about has a presidential henchm ...

Mercury Rising

• Something old, something new, something lovely ...
  One of the things I love best about Avedon Carol’s Sideshow (nor let us forget Shrimplate) is the profusion of beautiful things she brings to our attention. For example: This is a paper sculpture: “a book carved so that a bunch of warriors seemed to be leaping (or in some cases gallo ...
• Bankers Association plan to break up Occupy Wa ...
  Chris Hayes breaks a report that lobbying firm Clark, Lytle, Geduldig, Cranford, former aides to John Boehner offer American Bankers Association a plan to break up Occupy Wall Street. Opposition research on activists “to expose the backers.” They will also target Sherrod Brown and ot ...
• Betcha This Won’t Make Tonight’s N ...
  The establishment media’s too busy repeating elitist 1%er talking points about dirty hippies to notice things like this (h/t Boing Boing) from retired New York Supreme Court Judge Karen Smith, who worked as a legal observer Tuesday morning in New York after the police raided the Occupy Wal ...
• Friday Cat Blogging
  Princess Mia surveys her subjects.
• Noted with amusement: Occupy the atmosphere
  From Greg Mitchell: Another wild and creative image today: Remember when the Berkeley camp got raided overnight and they were ordered not to pitch tents at Sproul Plaza? No problem. Today they got around it by floating them OFF the ground, on balloons. Our “space” indeed. BTW, if you ...

Reality Sandwich

• Working Class Mystic: George Harrison Gets Kri ...
      This article is excerpted from Working Class Mystic: A Spiritual Biography of George Harrison, recently released by Quest Books.  read more
• Google Earth Reveals Chinese Geoglyphs
  Recent images on Google Earth of bizarre landmasses, strange lines, and massive grids in desolate Chinese deserts have internet gossipers and armchair sleuths buzzing.   read more
• RS Retreat: 2012 Rainforest Councils
  Reality Sandwich invites you to the 2012 Council Gatherings on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica being held as fundraisers to preserve rainforest projects spearheaded by the Council for Cultural and Biological Diversity (CCBD).  Join us on an unforgettable adventure of self-discovery, wellness and ...
• Retired Police Captain Joins #OCCUPY
  Retired Philadelphia Captain Ray Lewis, quite possibly the first police officer to join the movement, became an occupier this week.  In meeting him personally he was unexpectedly friendly and peaceful with a powerful message. read more
• What Would Jesus Occupy?
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Desertification

• AFRICA: Change the Donors Climate
  When donor-funded horticultural projects failed in Kalacha village at the edge of the Chalbi Desert in North Eastern Province, Kenya, the local pastoralist community proposed their own idea, which turned out to be the solution to their problems.
• Q&A: "Grabbing of Drylands is a Serious Concern"
  Designated Drylands Ambassador, United Nations Convention for Combating Desertification (UNCCD), at its 10th Conference of the Parties (COP10) in South Korea in October, Dennis Garrity is mandated to raise awareness of land degradation.
• Climate Change Could Unravel Development Progress
  The United Nations unveiled its 22nd annual Human Development Report on Wednesday, with grave warnings that unless countries take action against climate change and implement sustainable solutions, progress in human development will be in serious jeopardy.
• Hard Targets Needed to Halt Land Degradation C ...
  Every six seconds, a child dies of hunger-related causes. That disturbing reality seems as remote as the moon here in the ultra-modern Changwon Convention Centre, where delegates struggled to create effective ways to stem the ongoing decline of food-producing lands.
• Civil Society Groups Call for Action to Curb L ...
  Civil society organisations are calling on governments in developing countries to stop leasing and selling out land to transnational corporations because it leads to land degradation and food insecurity.

Automatic Earth

• November 17 2011: This is what happens when go ...
• November 14 2011: The Growth Paradigm Has Beco ...
• November 12 2011: Bail Out or Revitalize?
• November 9 2011: Fighting like Cats in a Sack
• November 6 2011: Democracy Isn't Dead Yet - It ...

Press TV

• Iraq urged to expel MKO terrorists
  Iraq has held a conference urging the expulsion of members of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from the country, Press TV reports.
• Yemen's Saleh to hand power to military
  Yemen's embattled dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh says he will hand over power to the military if, under pressure from the opposition, he is forced to step down.
• 'IAEA claims against Iran laughable'
  Iran's Secretary General of the High Council for Human Rights, Mohammad Javad Larijani has said that the recent claims by the International Atomic Energy Agency against Tehran are “laughable.”
• Chemical plant blast kills 14 in China
  At least 14 people have been killed and five others injured after a massive explosion struck a chemical plant in China's eastern province of Shandong.
• One dead, 676 injured in Egypt clashes
  One protester has been killed and 676 others injured as Egyptian police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to break up a sit-in in the capital Cairo, health ministry says.

SciDev.net

• Mexican and South African women scientists rew ...
  Two women from developing countries have won the L’Oréal-UNESCO prize for their research into rotavirus and the tolerance of plants to water loss.
• Pacific islanders help shape response to clima ...
  Combining large-scale with community-generated data is proving a successful strategy for preparing for the impacts of global warming.
• AAAS and TWAS link up to push science diplomacy
  Developing country science academies are joining with the US to build science diplomacy.
• Report highlights conflict in agricultural res ...
  The agricultural research community must solve the conflict between boosting food supply and reducing emissions, say scientists.
• Ten-point plan to save the oceans
  Performance on commitments made 20 years ago to protect the world's oceans is unimpressive, say reports.

Congressional Budget Office Director's Blog

• An Analysis of the Navy’s Amphibious Warfare Ships
  The U.S. Navy’s fleet numbers 284 ships, including 29 amphibious warfare ships that are designed primarily to carry marines and their equipment into combat but also to perform peacetime missions. Today CBO released a report—requested in the report of the Senate Armed Services Committ ...
• CBO Testified on Policies to Promote Economic ...
  This morning I testified before the Senate Budget Committee on policies to promote economic growth and employment in 2012 and 2013. During the past two years, CBO has produced several publications focused on options that are available to lawmakers for spurring the economy through changes in taxa ...
• Federal Budget Deficit for Fiscal Year 2011: $ ...
  Last month, the Treasury Department reported that the federal government incurred a budget deficit of $1.3 trillion for fiscal year 2011, almost identical to the deficit it incurred in 2010. As a share of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), the deficit declined slightly—from 9 ...
• CBO’s Panel of Economic Advisers
  CBO has a panel of economic advisers consisting of widely recognized experts on a range of issues. Members of the panel have a variety of backgrounds, areas of knowledge, and experience. We host periodic meetings of the advisers at our office and solicit their views between meetings via e-mail e ...
• Presentation at APPAM’s Annual Fall Rese ...
  This morning Jeffrey Kling, CBO’s Associate Director for Economic Analysis, spoke at the Annual Fall Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management. His presentation—which can be viewed below—focused on CBO’s use of evidence in the ana ...

Naked Scientists - News

• Antiviral for Alzheimer's
  Drugs targeting herpes simplex virus (HSV), the agent that causes cold sores, might also abate Alzheimer's, new research has shown. Previous research has tied HSV to dementing diseases like Alzheime...
• Seaweed makes coral sea-sick
  Seaweeds, also known as macroalgae, can unleash a chemical arsenal toxic to corals, scientists have found. Writing in PNAS, Georgia Institute of Technology researcher Douglas Rasher and his colleagu...
• Cause of chronic fatigue?
  A patient receiving treatment for lymphoma simultaenously recovered from chronic fatigue syndrome, revealing a novel way to combat the conditions, researchers have revealed. Chronic fatigue syndrome...
• Beetle Antimicrobial peptides
  Sitophilus, a type of beetle, have an intimate relationship with bacteria. They produce an antimicrobial peptide to control the bacteria but when it is missing, the bacteria are able to invade through...
• The Importance of Sitting on Genes
  Changes to DNA can occur by genetic spelling mistakes, altering the sequence of the code, or epigenetic changes. Epigenetic changes, from the Greek 'to stand on a gene', occur by sticking extra info...

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