- The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
source: Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
- Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
source: Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
- Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
source: India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
- The changing face of the church
source: Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church,
West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
- Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011 In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort S Shyam Prasad
- Epic Failure: The Supercommittee Was A Super Joke
Does anyone need any additional evidence that our political system is completely broken? The bipartisan congressional supercommittee that was given two months to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next decade has failed to reach an agreement. It is an ...
- The Coming European Superstate That Germany Pl ...
A lot of people were puzzled about what German Chancellor Angela Merkel meant when she recently stated that the ultimate solution to the financial crisis in the EU would "mean more Europe, not less Europe". Well, now we are finding out. A leaked internal German government memo ...
- 35 Facts About The Gutting Of America’s ...
Did you know that an average of 23 manufacturing facilities were shut down every single day in the United States last year? As World War II ended, the United States emerged as the greatest industrial power that the world has ever seen. But now America's industrial might is bein ...
- The Police State Vs. Occupy Wall Street: This ...
Right now, we are watching the early rounds of a heavyweight fight between two extremely determined opponents. Occupy Wall Street has no plans of losing this fight and neither do law enforcement authorities. Perhaps those running the show actually believed that raiding Zuccotti ...
- 22 Signs That The Thin Veneer Of Civilization ...
In order for a society to function, there has to be a certain level of trust. Each day when we leave our homes, we take for granted that most people are not going to attack us for no reason, that there will only be isolated incidents of theft in our community and that rioting an ...
- Saturday Caption Competition: Cameron-Chamberl ...
We supply the image - you supply the caption... In the traditions of the Big Breakfast, don't phone, it's just for fun.
- 'Big Brother' is nowt but a hypocritical, inse ...
Two of the most oddly contrasting stories have run parallel in the headlines this week. Along one track has run the never-ending saga of 'hackgate' in which everyone has moaned and groaned about the conduct of News International and other major players in the newspaper industry. We're no g ...
- Quote of the Day: 'Treason, treason everywhere ...
"Assuming that you fully comprehend what treason means, who committed that treason, and that you have a duty to do something about it once you do know. This crime has now been reported at over 80 police stations. Unsurprisingly, they have done nothing. Which makes them guilty of misprision of tr ...
- And we hereby legitmately declare ourselves to ...
And so it came to pass that, in the City of Westminster, I did utter forth that if one single person were to exclaim "You've got my vote," then I would have more legitimacy than the Prime Ministers of Greece, Italy and Herman von Rumpy Pumpy and his entire clapped out EU vermin. On this decla ...
- Department of PreCrime vs. EDL: Spielberg fant ...
Of all the people most unlikely to leap to the defence of the English Defence League, Peter Tatchell is certainly it. Yet in another example of how the elites are uniting the people against the dictatorships and totalitarian control infrastructures being imposed around the world, policing in ...
- Search for new executive director of Center on ...
Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003. Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →
- 3 Interesting Ubuntu Unity Mobile Mockups
User created ideas and concepts have always been an hallmark of popular Linux based distors like Ubuntu. We have featured such awesome works by loyal users, ranging from awe inspiring Ubuntu Unity mockups to professional looking LibreOffice mockups. Shuttleworth, ...
- 5 Things I Would Like to See Improved in Ubunt ...
Ubuntu Software Center had a complete makeover recently. But I have to admit, even with all those changes, it still feels unfinished. In our earlier Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot review, we did shared our concern with the unfinished nature of Ubuntu Software Center and had promised a more elabor ...
- Why Protect IP is Bad? [Video, Infographic]
The title of the video goes something like this - Protect IP breaks the Internet - and that pretty much sums it up. Quoting EFF, "The Internet Blacklist Legislation - known as PROTECT IP Act in the Senate and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House - is a threatening sequel to last year's C ...
- Firefox 10 Alpha is Here, How to install it in ...
Firefox 8.0 has just been released and we will see how to install or upgrade to latest Firefox 8.0 in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot below. Meanwhile, nightly builds of Firefox 10.0 is already available for installation in Ubuntu Oneiric via PPA. Firefox 10.0 Alpha 1, as expected, scores a perfec ...
- Awoken 2.3 Brings New Themes, Better Support f ...
AwOken along with Faenza icons theme are surely among the most feverishly updated icon themes for GNOME. With the arrival of Unity and GNOME Shell though, all these popular icon themes needed to adapt in order to stay relevant. AwOken icons theme 2.3 update does just that. Latest iteration o ...
- “THE FOURTH EMPIRE”: POLITICAL THR ...
Stay tuned to this blog for „The Fourth Empire“, a contemporary political thriller which will be available from next week. Set in Switzerland, it describes a meeting of the global elite who are planning to set up a new world order, This thriller drops the reader straight into a meeting of the el ...
- GERMAN LAWMAKERS WARN OF WAR IN EUROZONE IF EU ...
*CAMERON AND MERKEL AGREE TO EU POWER GRAB OVER NATIONAL BUDGETS AS PART OF “STABILITY UNION” *NO MORE TAXATION WITH REPRESENTATION PLANNED FOR THE EUROZONE *BANKER TECHNOCRATS TO REPLACE ELECTED GOVERNMENTS *GERMAN LAWMAKERS WARN OF WAR IF CENTRALISATION OF POWER IN THE EUROZONE CO ...
- GREEK REFERENDUM GIVES HOPE TO EUROZONE
The decision by the Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou to call a national referendum on the country’s next EU bail-out package has won praise across the eurozone, fanning the flames for freedom even in the dark depths of oppressed Germany. German SPD chief Frank-Walter Steinmeier called it ...
- IS THE OCCUPY AUSTRIA MOVEMENT GENUINE?
* WHY I WILL NOT BE JOINING THE OCCUPY AUSTRIA MOVEMENT * MY EXPERIENCES DURING THE SWINE FLU VACCINATION CAMPAIGN AND WHY THEY ACT AS A WARNING ABOUT THE OCCUPY WALL STREET MOVEMENT *POTENTIAL TRAPS OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT FACEBOOK SITES HAVE BEEN LITTLE DISCUSSED * FOCUS ON SOUND MONEY AND RE-ADOPT ...
- CONCLUSIVE PROOF: SWINE FLU VACCINE CAUSES NEU ...
*FINLAND’S GOVERNMENT WILL PAY FOR A LIFETIME OF CARE FOR 79 CHILDREN DAMAGED BY VACCINE Conclusive link now admitted: swine flu vaccine causes chronic nervous system disorders Mike Adams Natural News Sunday, October 9, 2011 (NaturalNews) The nation of Finland has now openly admitted that ...
- Walking with Ganesha in Top Hat and Tails
By Les Visible Tomorrow I go away for a few days to complete the next book. It’s done but the last 6 or 7 chapters need polishing and fleshing out. The end is always the most important part of a book, besides the general content and the tone. We carry a tone with us and [...]
- It is Time to Arrest Congressman Who Aid and A ...
By realman2020 We have let congress go to far, we cannot blame them completely. We have to blame ourselves. We allow them to exempt themselves from the laws they pass and impose on us. The role of government is to secure the liberties and property of the people. The other function to is protect ...
- Occupy endgame: arrest the 1% “emperor has no ...
Carl Herman Occupy’s victory means peace from criminal wars based on obvious lies, economic security and sufficiency for 100% of humanity, and unleashing suppressed technologies that transforms what it means to be human into unimaginable status. Occupy’s endgame, in retrospect, will be obvious: ...
- UN, Bill Gates Foundation Push Deadly HPV Shot ...
Anthony Gucciardi A new campaign has been launched by an organization known as the GAVI Alliance to vaccinate up to 2 million women and girls with either GlaxoSmithKline’s Cervarix or Merck’s Gardasil by the year 2015. Of course these two HPV shots have been shown to be very dangerous, with Gard ...
- Dorli Rainey: Who is the 84-year-old woman pep ...
The Occupy Movement finally has a face. But who is the woman behind it? Metro – Dorli Rainey: Who is the 84-year-old wo…, posted with vodpod
- Accelerated Ideas
When a retired four star Admiral provides support for nuclear arms control and a few other commendable things, the proper interrogatory is "yes." Or "yes, Sir." A gentleman with a friendly disposition and a cautious but lightning fast mind, Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (Ret.) reasonably assesses the ...
- Codebreaker
In celebration of Veterans Day, here's a question: What if the U.S. had lost the battle of Midway? Mercifully, we'll never know. But the U.S. victory could not have happened without the codebreaking skill and the unflinching courage — a relentless determination to be heard — of Joe R ...
- Made in America
Since elected officials don't seem so interested, around the country local groups are organizing to promote the reindustrialization of America. One of these is SFMade. Robin McRoskey Azevedo is on the board of SFMade and is also President and owner of the McRoskey Mattress Company of San Francis ...
- The Illusion of Free Markets
Let's take the long view. We're unconsciously mired in unexamined 18th century beliefs that color our perceptions in unexpected — and exceedingly harmful — ways. Take one, for example: as Dr. Bernard Harcourt suggests, our notion of a "free market" is the direct intellectual descenda ...
- The Art of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience
John Stewart, voted the most influential environmental activist in Britain in 2008, who led the successful movement to block a third runway at London's Heathrow airport, was scheduled to be on a speaking tour around America just about now. U.S. immigration authorities, however, had other plans. ...
- Stop NATO news: November 21, 2011
==== Canada Transfers Warship From NATO’s Libya War To NATO’s Active Endeavor Canada Orders Warships To Stay In Mediterranean Canada Eyes Role In NATO Action Against Syria U.S. Works Through NATO, Gulf Cooperation Council In Euro-Mediterranean Region George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike G ...
- Dylan Thomas: The Hand That Signed the Paper
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Dylan Thomas The Hand That Signed the Paper (1936) The hand that signed the paper felled a city; Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath, Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country; These five kings did a king to death. The mighty h ...
- Stop NATO news: November 20, 2011
==== Ethiopian Troops Invade Somalia Syria: Western Military Attack Will Destabilize Entire Middle East Kazakhstan Warns Against Repeating NATO Libyan War In Syria Turkish Activists Protest NATO Missile System United Arab Emirates To Be Provided First Advanced Missile Interceptors Outside U.S. G ...
- Cervantes: Everything then was friendship, eve ...
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Miguel de Cervantes From Don Quixote Translated by Tom Lathrop “What a happy time and a happy age were those that the ancients called Golden! And not because gold — which in this our Age of Iron is so valued — as gotten in that fortunat ...
- Musical selections
Antonin Dvorak: For a new world Gustav Holst: Mars, the Bringer of War. Venus, the Bringer of Peace Sergei Prokofiev: Dove of peace, sounds of war Alexander Scriabin: You bring to light the new day which consoles us ***** Duncan Browne: Icarian strivings Cressida: Tomorrow is a Whole New Day Pet ...
- Could the Leaked Lobbyist Memo be a Sham Desig ...
The Intel Hub By Madison Ruppert – Editor of End the Lie November 20, 2011 One thing I have wholeheartedly embraced about the Occupy Wall Street movement is the rejection of the divide and conquer control system that is the two party dictatorship we are subjected to in the United States. M ...
- New York Cops Arrest “Osama Hussein” in Bomb Plot
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com November 21, 2011 Now that Mayor Bloomberg and the New York cops have uprooted OWS, it’s time for some real action – tracking down would-be lone wolf terrorist synthesizers. Police have arrested Jose Pimentel, a 27-year old Dominican Republic native and Islamic blogger wh ...
- Threat Journal: Free Nuclear Radiation Safety ...
The Intel Hub November 20, 2011 The founders of AlertsUSA.com, a valuable mobile phone based national threat notification service, have recently launched Threat Journal, a new publication which covers the many threats that the American people now face on a daily basis. Threat Journal provides we ...
- Militarization of Police Exemplified by “Virtu ...
The Intel Hub By Madison Ruppert – Editor of End the Lie November 20, 2011 One of the many disturbing trends in America in the post-September 11th, 2001 era is the steady militarization of domestic police forces who are supposed to “protect and serve” not “intimidate and attack” the people ...
- Kansas: Increased Low Level Military & Possibl ...
The Intel Hub Shepard Ambellas November 20, 2011 As you may know ,we receive hundreds of tips a month based on the over-watch operations from all of you Intel Soldiers (patriots) and our private sources. Recently we received tips out of Kansas regarding low level military activity on November 19 ...
- Arundhati Roy: “A few “pre-revolutionary ...
by Arundhati Roy at the People’s University, Washington Sq. Park, New York, November 16, 2011 opednews.com Tuesday morning, the police cleared Zuccotti Park, but today the people are back. The police should know that this protest is not a battle for territory. We’re not fighting for the ri ...
- Occupy UC Davis students, peacefully demonstra ...
Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis terrydatiger on Nov 18, 2011 During peacefully Occupy Movement, police came in to tear down tents and proceeded to arrest students who stood in their way. Once students peacefully demanded the release of the arrested, a police officer unn ...
- Human Rights, the Occupy Movement, and Lessons ...
by the US Human Rights Network The financial and economic collapse that began in 2007-2008 became the essential catalyst, domestically and internationally, for the rebellion against neoliberalism that we are witnessing today. Neoliberalism, in its very essence is a violation of human rights. Acc ...
- California: Three Prisoners Die in Hunger Str ...
November 17, 2011 — CDCR Withholds Information from Family Members, Fails to Report Deaths Press Contact: Isaac Ontiveros, Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity, http://prisonerhungerstrikesolidarity.wordpress.com/ Oakland – In the month since the second phase of a massive prisoner hunger stri ...
- Police State Tactics: Signs Point to a Coordin ...
[A Call to All victims, witnesses, investigators, journalists, corporate executive secretaries, janitors, and conscience-driven whistleblowers within the police state apparatus: Anyone with evidence of federal coordination and planning of the national repression of the Occupy Wall Street and re ...
- FOR THE RECORD – INTERNATIONAL NOTICE &# ...
WHEREAS, citizenship is synonymous with Allegiance, I have absolutely no Allegiance to the UNITED STATES of AMERICA; WHEREAS, citizenship is synonymous with Residence, I maintain no Residence in the UNITED STATES of AMERICA; WHEREAS, citizenship is synonymous with paying taxes, I pay no ...
- Slander vs. Sanity – Pathological Liars ...
UPDATE - For the idiots who bought the lies and slander of Catherine Myles (aka Soraya Fitzgerald), Saeb Shaath, Jez Cuthbert, Cath Jenkins, Allison Hubbard (aka Vera Lynn), Sammi Coulthard (aka Saja Rana & Maitreyi Atmaja), Mary Rizzo, Mary Shepherd, Miri Wood, Jo Ann Westcott and court jes ...
- Truth & Lies – Why Dale Farm Matters  ...
Here it is, please share this film and support the more than 90 families facing eviction in any way you can. TJP, Ken Produced, Directed and Edited by Ken O’Keefe Contact for Dale Farm Residents Association dale.farm@btinternet.com T: +44 7888 699256 or +44 1206 523528 Contact for D ...
- Truth & Lies – Why Dale Farm Matters Pro ...
The Irish traveler community of Dale Farm in England are facing a forced eviction, they are also facing a racist system that falsely claims that the residents of Dale Farm are flouting the law. That is a lie, and the truth will be set out in the full documentary set to be released on October 1, ...
- When Human Rights Become Subordinate to “The L ...
The prostitutes of propaganda (POPs), otherwise known as the mainstream media, would have you believe that the Irish Traveler residents of Dale Farm are nothing more than miscreants who expect special favours when it comes to the law. For those who know nothing of Dale Farm, here is a very abbr ...
- Life is change and change is life
And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
- Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
"Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
- De-pinkifying breast cancer
There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
- Why the occupation?
You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
- Cleansing after Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo
- A View of the McDonald's Beating Video from a ...
I am using my personal experience as a McDonald's worker to discuss the actions of the McDonald's worker who was caught on tape beating two women.Contributor: Marie Brandon Published: Oct 16, 2011
- Some Dietary Supplements Associated with Highe ...
Most people believe that dietary supplements improve health and prolong life, but a new study shows this may be an erroneous belief. Recent research published in a medical journal found that certain supplements were linked to earlier death in older women.Contributor: M West Published: Oct 14, 2011
- Obama Sends US Troops to Central Africa
President Obama has followed up on months of effort to support Central Africa in their fight against the cult-like Lord's Resistance Army. On Oct. 12, the first of 100 U.S. military were sent to Uganda to "provide information, advice, and assistance."Contributor: Charles Simmins Published: Oct 1 ...
- Missing Handyman Takes Stage in Lisa Irwin Inv ...
Though statistics suggest it's unlikely the handyman took baby Lisa Irwin from her crib, police are looking to question him in connection with the case.Contributor: Carol Bengle Gilbert Published: Oct 14, 2011
- Surfer Gets the Ride of His Life on a Great Wh ...
A surfer in Seaside, Oregon, got the ride - and scare - of his life on a great white shark.Contributor: K.C. Dermody Published: Oct 13, 2011
- The Most Amazing Images of the Week, November ...
- The Most Amazing Images of the Week, November ...
This week's image roundup brings some amazing stuff, including this shot of a moonbow (shot at night, lit by the moon), a waterfall, and an aurora, all at once. But also robots, time-lapse space videos, beautiful ocean worms, the world's lightest material, and so much more. Click to launch our I ...
- In Repetition of Controversial Experiment, Neu ...
Remember in September when neutrinos were observed moving faster than the speed of light, potentially overturning everything we thought we knew about physics? It was met with all sorts of skepticism and dubiety, so the physicists decided to replicate their experiment and take new measurements. W ...
- International Scientists Race to Create the He ...
Two international teams are competing to create the heaviest element in the universe. Super-heavy elements are the elements at the bottom of the periodic table with an atomic number (the number of protons) above 104. The previous heaviest element, temporarily called ununoctium, was "discovered" ...
- New Material Promises Faster Chips, Faster Int ...
We’ve constructed a world out of fiber optic cable and silicon, but Arizona State University researchers think their new material can do better. They have synthesized a new kind of single-crystal nanowire from a compound of erbium--a material generally used to dope fiber optic cables to amplify ...
- End in sight to extraordinary November weather
It is turning out to be a remarkable November, with mean temperatures way above what would normally be expected at this time of the year. If temperatures were to remain at these elevated levels then it would become the mildest November ever recorded on the Central England Temperature (CET) mea ...
- Is the solar sector facing collapse?
The recent proposal by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to halve the Feed in Tariff (FIT) available for solar installations registered after the middle of next month has sent shock waves through the industry. Already two energy giants, British Gas and EON, have stopped new ap ...
- Satellite global temperatures fall sharply in ...
The latest global temperature anomaly for October has been released and according to the UAH measure it's fallen sharply to +0.114C above the running 30 year mean, shown on the graph below. Adjusted to the more standard time period, the anomaly is approximately +0.367C above the 1961-1990 ...
- Autumn warmth continues
November has started where October left off, with mild temperatures expected over the next few days as southerly winds continue. Provisional figures show October has been the 8th warmest since 1910 across the UK. The month will be remembered for the heat during the first weekend, when Yorkshi ...
- The winter forecast and media hype
The hype surrounding this year's winter forecast has been remarkable, unparalleled in my 20 years as a meteorologist. Driven largely by sections of the tabloid press and several small private weather companies, the idea that this winter could be the worst ever recorded has already become firmly ...
- Twitter Revolution My Sassafrass: Back to Egypt
The self-styled American digerati has me ROFL even more now with their belief about the central importance of digital media in the Arab Spring events. A few days ago, we gathered that Egypt was in many ways worse off economically now than under President Mubarak. For, without a figure to provide ...
- Let US Debt Supercommittee Finish Off America
It's hilarious that some delusional Americans think they're getting the better of things by putting off fiscal adjustments Europeans have either voluntarily undergone or are being forced to undergo. (Ditto with the EU itself.) In many ways, it's the same kind of deficits-don't-matter happy-go-lu ...
- Of EU-Wide Bonds & Gerhard Schroeder's 'Harikiri'
There's interesting stuff c/o the Globalist's Stephan Richter on how German austerity measures under previous German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) actually set the stage for his CDU successor Angela Merkel to reap the benefits. The straightforward narrative he ...
- Austerity Victim: APEC Leaders' Fancy Dress Party
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And dreamed of all the great things we would do... Those were the days, indeed, as Mary Hopkin once sang. Remember in bygone years when Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) leade ...
- PRC SWF Official: European Welfare Undid Europe
In the past, I have poked fun at poor investments the China Investment Corporation (CIC) has made as the PRC's sovereign wealth fund. If there ever was an example of a buy at peak price strategy, then CIC would have it: Blackstone, Morgan Stanley...the list goes on and on. Now, however, its Cha ...
- Epic Failure: The Supercommittee Was A Super Joke
Does anyone need any additional evidence that our political system is completely broken? The bipartisan congressional supercommittee that was given two months to come up with at least $1.2 trillion in deficit cuts over the next decade has failed to reach an agreement. It is an ...
- The Coming European Superstate That Germany Pl ...
A lot of people were puzzled about what German Chancellor Angela Merkel meant when she recently stated that the ultimate solution to the financial crisis in the EU would "mean more Europe, not less Europe". Well, now we are finding out. A leaked internal German government memo ...
- 35 Facts About The Gutting Of America’s ...
Did you know that an average of 23 manufacturing facilities were shut down every single day in the United States last year? As World War II ended, the United States emerged as the greatest industrial power that the world has ever seen. But now America's industrial might is bein ...
- The Police State Vs. Occupy Wall Street: This ...
Right now, we are watching the early rounds of a heavyweight fight between two extremely determined opponents. Occupy Wall Street has no plans of losing this fight and neither do law enforcement authorities. Perhaps those running the show actually believed that raiding Zuccotti ...
- 22 Signs That The Thin Veneer Of Civilization ...
In order for a society to function, there has to be a certain level of trust. Each day when we leave our homes, we take for granted that most people are not going to attack us for no reason, that there will only be isolated incidents of theft in our community and that rioting an ...
- Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya
Interim Tripoli government says son of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested while attempting to flee to neighbouring Niger. Celebrations have erupted across Libya at the capture of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya’s deceased former dictator. Libyan state TV reported that Saif has a ...
- US claims Chinese military hackers seized cont ...
China is suspected of interfering with two U.S. government satellites in one of its most advanced hacking operations to date. On four occasions between 2007 and 2008 Chinese agents are said to have breached security on the environment-monitoring craft. The last hack was so effective that they co ...
- US: Strike on Iran could hurt world economy
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said he would raise American concerns about the unintended consequences of any military action against Iran during talks with his Israeli counterpart on Friday, including its potential impact on the world economy. Panetta, speaking to reporters traveling with ...
- Nine days to go: Pre-election violence on Tahr ...
Thousands of police clashed with protesters for control of Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Saturday. One was killed and 676 injured, Itar Tass news agency quotes the Health Ministry of Arab Republic of Egypt. The violence comes nine days before Egypt’s first elections since the ousting of P ...
- US Hypersonic Weapon can Hit Any Target on Ear ...
A hypersonic flying missile that can strike a target anywhere in the world in just 30 minutes has been unveiled by the U.S. military. The Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW), which travels five times the speed of sound, was successfully tested yesterday. It was launched by rocket from Hawaii at 11. ...
- Translating Church-speak
The Catholic Church hierarchy used to be able to manipulate and hoodwink their local populace by speaking, writing, singing, praying and conducting business in Latin. A simple but very effective means to disempower a local populace, especially when coupled with the impossibility of any but the r ...
- State Gives Church A Beginners Lesson In Morality
The recent revelations that football coaching staff and their supervisors at Penn State University have been up to the Catholic Church’s old tricks has devastated victims of Catholic Church enabled child rape as much as the community directly affected by the crimes and their repercussions. ...
- Catholics Sit On Hands While Kids Are Raped Bu ...
Catholic spokespersons, including the repulsive child rape apologist Bill Donohue, have called Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon obscene for an off the cuff reference to the Paedophile Protector in Chief, Joseph Ratzinger, also known as Pope Benedict XVI. She called His Greediness a nazi. Determi ...
- 8 Simple Actions to Change Pope From Liar to L ...
The Catholic hierarchy, from Pope on down, are liars. They pretend, and regularly claim, to be “doing everything possible” to help victims of their widespread and systematic child rape and other abuses, to protect children and to bring offenders to justice. In reality they are doing ...
- Pope responsible for crimes against humanity
Last week the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) lodged documents with the International Criminal Court in The Hague detailing the widespread and systematic campaign of sexual violence and exploitation of many, many thousands of children worldwide by the Catholic Church. I am on ...
- 2011-11-20 Chemical cops & crimes against the ...
TweetIn the last few days, many have seen the shocking video of a police officer, one Police Lt. John Pike, pepper spraying a line of seated, peaceful non-violent students at the University of California (Davis.) ...one female protester was rushed to hospital in an ambulance for treatment of ch ...
- 2011-11-18 Arrests & Renewal #OccupyLA Day 48
TweetI just got out of jail a few hours ago. I was one of 300 people arrested Thursday in Occupy Wall St. protests across the United States. In Los Angeles, a total of 67 people were arrested from Occupy Los Angeles, SEIU and Good Jobs LA which combined forces for two back-to-back protests, both ...
- 2011-11-18 #WikiLeaks News: Christine Assange ...
Tweet The consensus of the Australian people I’ve spoken to… is the credibility loss at the moment globally for the U.S. is coming more from their reaction to WikiLeaks than the leaks themselves. - Christine Assange This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a news update of stories relating dir ...
- 2011-11-17 The Hypocrisy of a President
TweetAuthored by Sam. “Hypocrisy is the state of pretending to have virtues, moral or religious beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually have”. On the 17th of November 2011 US President Barack Obama addressed the Australian House of Representatives and while well intentioned, the hy ...
- 2011-11-17 #WikiLeaks News: #day4JA with Chris ...
Tweet It is time for Australia to stand up for its citizens, for its values and for itself as a nation. - Jennifer Robinson This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom ...
- The Magic Weed
Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
- Blood Coltan
Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
- CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
- Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
- HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...
- Save the Great Arctic Refuge Wilderness! Aroun ...
Today, the National Wilderness Preservation System has 757 Wilderness Area units totaling 109,512,959 acres. Each Wilderness Area has great worth, but some stand out. Among those, the Wilderness Area that to me is the Flagship of the National Wilderness Preservation System is the Arctic Nation ...
- The Wolf is Back!
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – “Shark”
(NOTE: Slowly, too slowly, as in glacially slowly—wait: glacially doesn’t work for slowly anymore, does it? Not with self-crafted curse of greenhouse gases, it doesn’t. Well, nonetheless, I have been working on a memoir called “Wildeor: My Wild Life” now and then, when I find a littl ...
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – A Few Th ...
Lisa Hymas, senior editor at Grist, features an excellent series on human overpopulation. Look for her nicely done summary of Man Swarm and the Killing of Wildlife, “Stop the ‘man swarm,’ save the wild world” appearing in Grist’s “7 Billion” series. “A F ...
- Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave Foreman “ ...
From an earlier “Campfire,” Rewilding the East: Early landscape architect and regional planner Benton MacKaye, who also was a founder of The Wilderness Society in 1935, called for a foot-trail along the highline of the Appalachians in the early 1920s. After reading an article by Aldo ...
- Russian Cyber-Attack Hits Illinois Infrastructure
A cyber intruder hack of a critical infrastructure water system in Illinois in which a water pump was cycled until it burnt out, was traced to a computer in Russia. While the US DHS (Department of Homeland Security) “has downplayed the Illinois cyber attack in public reports, stating that ...
- Best Turkey Brine Recipe
Have a look at this turkey brine recipe and consider making a turkey brine for the upcoming Thanksgiving Day holiday, where in the US most of us traditionally eat a Turkey dinner. For those of you who haven’t tried a turkey brine, consider giving it a chance. I was very surprised at the di ...
- Definition of Survival Preparedness
Survival Preparedness is a process or a condition of being prepared to survive. To Survive. The phrase could be taken literally – that is, to stay alive. The words, ‘to survive’, could also be interpreted less literally – more like staying healthy or healthier than otherw ...
- 25,000 Europeans Will Die From Antibiotic Resi ...
Is it just the beginning? This year, 25,000 people from the EU will will be fatally infected by untreatable infections. Several years ago the World Health Organization warned that the world risked returning to the pre-antibiotic era when infections did not respond to treatment. Apparently the wa ...
- Moving? Consider the State Firearms Laws
Guest post: by ‘Be informed’ So you are considering a new home to move to, or staying where you are at. The place for you seems like a good area, plenty of fresh air and clean water, away from the hazards of manmade and most natural disasters, good growing conditions, etc, etc. The q ...
- Reid Hoffman Expects Facebook IPO In Early 201 ...
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.France To Tax Internet Use And Give To Art. A new tax is France will charge Internet service providers a fee to access the Internet. The powers that be will channel those funds towards the Centre National de la Musique, to hel ...
- Unpredictable Rewards: Twitter's "Activity" St ...
Do Twitter's Activity and Facebook's Ticker give you anything you really need to know? Not really. But maybe that's not so bad.Twitter used to ask its users, simply: “What are you doing right now?” These days, with its broader real-time information mission, Twitter asks: “What’s happening?” Now ...
- Skype's Special Delivery For Active Duty Dads
With the American military presence in Afghanistan continuing indefinitely, more and more troops have been missing the birth of their children back home. So the Defense Department is quietly setting up Skype birthing rooms for troops.When a spouse goes off to war, it's hard for families to cope. ...
- Skype's Special Delivery For Active Duty Dads
With the American military presence in Afghanistan continuing indefinitely, more and more troops have been missing the birth of their children back home. So the Defense Department is quietly setting up Skype birthing rooms for troops.When a spouse goes off to war, it's hard for families to cope. ...
- Coca-Cola, Nexus Interactive Arts Unveil Digit ...
The soft drink giant teams up with a top production studio to create an immersive experience so vivid you can practically taste it. Cascada means waterfall. But there's not a drop of H2O falling on visitors to the Cascada exhibit in Quito, Ecuador. The 52-foot-tall installation is part of an ...
- Several Political Figures and Coalitions Boyco ...
In response to a police clampdown on protesters in Tahrir, several coalitions and political figures suspended their campaigns for Egypt's parliamentary elections this month. The uncertainty surrounding the parliamentary elections was fuelled on Sunday after several coalitions and politi ...
- Lax Security Stirs Up Pessimism Over Egypt’s P ...
Egypt is in dire need of a new parliament to push forward the transitional period, but considering the protracted security vacuum, parliamentary elections might turn out to be a step backward. The eagerly-awaited parliamentary elections will finally give the answer to the question of wh ...
- Framing Syria
Over the last forty years, the Assad regime has mastered the method of burying our stories almost as well as burying our people. Our cities, like their residents, carry the scars of brutality, hiding decades of bloody secrets within their thick stone walls. One city in particular, Hama, ...
- Waiting for Alia
It is quite easy to see a woman naked. In fact, naked women are always only an internet search, an art gallery, a television show, or film away. The semi-naked, alluring female form is even more pervasive. These images stare at us from billboards, music videos, and television advertiseme ...
- The Concise Idiot's Guide to the Egyptian Elec ...
The Concise Idiot's Guide to the Egyptian Elections Egypt population: (est.) 85 million Citizens eligible to vote: (approx.) 50 million Parliamentary composition: bicameral The People’s Assembly: the lower house The Shura Council: upper consultative house ...
- Sky News' star reporters angry at scrutiny of ...
Ian Burrell / The Independent: Sky News' star reporters angry at scrutiny of reporting practices — The satellite broadcaster BSkyB has appointed outside lawyers to conduct a trawl of the emails of star journalists working on its rolling news channel Sky News to ensure that the ...
- Leveson inquiry: Hugh Grant and Dowlers give e ...
Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian: Leveson inquiry: Hugh Grant and Dowlers give evidence - live — Live coverage as the actor and murdered schoolgirl's parents become the first alleged phone-hacking victims to give evidence — 9.57am: Adam Cannon, Telegraph's editorial ...
- Protest Puts Coverage in Spotlight (Brian Stel ...
Brian Stelter / New York Times: Protest Puts Coverage in Spotlight — As police officers cleared protesters last week from Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, the birthplace of Occupy Wall Street, they made sure most reporters were kept blocks away, supposedly for their own prote ...
- Mashable Fires Editor At Large And Top Writer ...
Matt Lynley / Business Insider: Mashable Fires Editor At Large And Top Writer Ben Parr — UPDATE: Mashable has confirmed with us that Ben Parr was fired on Friday. — EARLIER: Mashable's editor at large Ben Parr has left the fast-growing news site, Business Ins ...
- James O'Keefe's plans derailed by infighting, ...
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico: James O'Keefe's plans derailed by infighting, lack of funding — After pulling off the brazen hidden camera sting credited with bringing down the liberal organizing group ACORN, James O'Keefe dreamt up an even bolder plan: to build a permanent u ...
- Dhoni's dilemma will be who to pick betwe ...
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetRohit Sharma and Virat Kohli are in contention to play the third Test. (AFP Photo) MUMBAI: It was in February 2010 at Nagpur where the talented Rohit Sharma was supposed to make his Test debut. A twisted ankle, while playing football during practice, however provided fo ...
- Katy Perry receives achievement award at ...
Katy Perry has received an achievement award at the 2011 American Music Awards. Heidi Klum took the stage to...
- Suu Kyi to stand in Myanmar by-elections
Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar's most prominent dissident, will run in an upcoming by-election, a senior official in her party said, three days after her National League for Democracy (NLD) ended its boycott of the country's political system. "Aung San Suu Kyi intends to stand for the by-election ...
- Why living in a city makes you fat, infer ...
Should cities carry a health warning? A growing body of research shows that babies born in cities, and children who grow up in them, face a battery of health problems that afflict both their physical and mental well-being. The problems pose a serious threat because ever-increasing numbers of ...
- Wenger may resign if he misses goals
ARSENE Wenger has insisted he remained fully committed to Arsenal but admitted he would consider resigning from the "club of my life" if he failed to match his own high expectation levels. Wenger, who has managed the club since September 1996, created a stir in an interview with French daily ...
- Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
- 10 Best British Open Performances
Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- National Parks at Risk: Photos
National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
- Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
- 11/18/11 - What is the Stop Trading on Congres ...
insidertrading.procon.org - NEW: What is the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act? - It currently remains legal for members of Congress to buy and sell stocks based on information they gain on the job. The STOCK Act would prohibit members of Congress and federal employees from pr ...
- 11/16/11 - 100 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana
medicalmarijuana.procon.org - UPDATED: 100 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana - What does the scientific literature say about the medical benefits or dangers of marijuana? Our chart of 100 studies on medical marijuana shows results from 22 double-blind human peer-reviewed studies, 74 human peer- ...
- 11/16/11 - Candidate Speeches
2012election.procon.org - NEW: Candidate Speeches - Read transcripts of 25 campaign speeches from the nine Republican presidential candidates and incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama. We'll add many more speech transcripts over the coming weeks and months.
- 11/14/11 - Should churches (defined as churche ...
churchesandtaxes.procon.org - NEW ProCon.org Website! - Should churches (defined as churches, temples, mosques, synagogues, etc.) remain tax-exempt? - US churches have been exempt from paying income and property taxes since the country's founding. Debate continues over whether or not these tax b ...
- 11/10/11 - ProCon.org has now been used by ove ...
www.procon.org - ProCon.org has now been used by over 2,000 schools in all 50 states and 38 countries. See our list of 2,012 schools along with the related lesson plans, resource lists, and other curricula where ProCon.org appears. Teachers and librarians, if your school is not already on the li ...
- Autism meets geeks
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen thinks scientists and engineers could be more likely to have a child with autism. Some researchers say the proof isn’t there. Lizzie Buchen In the opening scene of The Social Network, Jesse Eisenberg portrays a cold Mark Zuckerberg getting dumped by his girlf ...
- DEATH OF THE AUTHOR
Andrew Hussey One of the most important facts about Michel Houellebecq – usually overlooked in favour of his nihilism, alleged racism and other attention-seeking provocations – is that he is a first-rate prose stylist. This is not quite enough, however, to make him a good novelist. E ...
- Rice Seed Yields Blood Protein
Human serum albumin from transgenic rice could ease shortages of donated blood. Lauren Gravitz of Nature magazine One can’t squeeze blood from a turnip, but new research suggests that a bit of transgenic tweaking may make it possible to squeeze blood–or at least blood protein–f ...
- Women serve alongside Special Forces
Kevin Maurer The medics helped Sgt. Janiece Marquez into a chair and started to treat her sprained ankle. Marquez, 25, had tripped over a rock on one of the dark paths in the camp. She had just run two miles during the physical fitness test and marched at least six miles carrying a 35-pound ruck ...
- Why We Can’t Tell Good Wine From Bad
David McRaney The Misconception: Wine is a complicated elixir, full of subtle flavors only an expert can truly distinguish, and experienced tasters are impervious to deception. The Truth: Wine experts and consumers can be fooled by altering their expectations. You scan the aisles in the liquor s ...
- An African science base: what would it take fo ...
From Richard Kirby, Marine Institute Research Fellow, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth A couple of weeks ago, I chaired an inspirational panel discussion at the Royal Society involving an audience of the leaders of most of the African science academies and a panel comprising 6 early care ...
- 7 billion: can we count on it?
FROM ROBERT STIFF IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE On 31st October 2011 the world population is projected to reach a landmark 7 billion people, according to UN estimates. A great deal of debate has surrounded the importance of this figure and what it means for the planet and its many inhabitants. Th ...
- Research careers – opening the discussion
FROM LAURA DAWSON IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE On Wednesday 26 October, the Royal Society’s President, Paul Nurse, and the Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, hosted a roundtable discussion on research careers. The aim of the meeting was to start a discussion on the issues tha ...
- UK – world leader. But can it last?
FROM LAURA DAWSON, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER Hot on the heels of last week’s 2011 National SET statistics (our friends at the Campaign for Science and Engineering and RCUK have already offered their highlights), today sees the launch of the BIS commissioned report, ‘International Comparative Perform ...
- Costs and Benefits of Open Data – Professor An ...
FROM NILS HANWAHR IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE During the latest evidence session for the Science as a Public Enterprise project, we had the opportunity to speak to some leading experts working on open data in the fields of astronomy, meteorology, and e-Research. Dr. Anthony Holloway, Dr. Sarah ...
- Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
- Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
- Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
- Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
- How sex hormones influence right heart function
WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...
- The “communitarian” world view (fo ...
On tonight's show we take a look at a recent article by Naomi Klein titled "Capitalism vs. the Climate". In a key passage, Klein states the following: "Those with strong 'egalitarian' and 'communitarian' worldviews (marked by an inclination toward collective action and social justice, concern ...
- Lizzy Phelan: “The war on Libya is a war ...
Back in the UK, after several months spent in Libya covering NATO war crimes and uncovering mainstream media lies, freelance journalist Lizzie Phelan continues to fight for truth and justice on behalf of the Libyan people. Her testimony below is a gripping example of her commitment. Lizzie ...
- Interview with Joanne Nova
Tonight we welcome Joanne Nova to the show. Joanne is one of Australia's most articulate and outspoken climate sceptics. Her website is an international hub for informed discussion on questions of climate, carbon trading and the economy. Joanne's husband, Dr. David Evans, is a mathematician ...
- Occupy Australia - has this movement been hija ...
Tonight I am joined by Craig Stanford to reflect on the occupy Reserve Bank protest which we filmed on 15 October 2011. In our discussion we look at some of the techniques being used to create "group consciousness" at the protests here and overseas, such as hand signs and chanting, and we ask ...
- How to defeat the carbon tax
Today TNRA welcomes Tempe Harvey to the show. Tempe Harvey, who has a Master of Laws, practised for 11 years as a solicitor and currently works full-time in her role as a mother of four children in Brisbane. Her interest in politics led her to found Kids First Parent Association of Aus ...
- Outside Mag: ‘Give Adventurously’ to Oceana
Outside Magazine’s December issue is out, and they have a feature on “The Year of Giving Adventurously” – guess who’s included? The editors selected the 30 best organizations to give to this holiday season —“smartly managed groups with transparent financials, efficient spending, and track rec ...
- Video: Underwater Teaser from Chile
Earlier this year, Oceana and National Geographic completed an expedition to Sala y Gómez Island, an uninhabited Chilean island near Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. It was a follow-up to our first journey in October 2010, which was instrumental in the creation of a no-take marine reserve of ...
- Thursday Trivia: West Indian Manatee
A manatee takes a rest from its exhausting feeding routine. © Oceana/Carlos Minguell When Christopher Columbus first saw a West Indian manatee, he thought it was a mermaid – you can decide for yourself if the comparison is apt. November is Manatee Awareness Month in Florida, so this week we’ ...
- Breaking: FL Protects Tiger and Hammerhead Sharks
Hammerhead shark. [Image via Wikimedia Commons] I’m sitting in the meeting of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission down in Key Largo, and I have great news: A decision has just been made to protect tiger sharks and three species of hammerhead sharks in state waters. The new ...
- Oceana Unveils New Oil Spill Map
Have you ever wondered just how common oil spills are? Prepare to have your socks knocked off. Oceana and SkyTruth have partnered to launch a new online oil spill tracking tool, which maps oil spill reports from the National Response Center. Considering there are a couple dozen reports from ...
- Report on Supercommittee: ‘This marriage is over’
The Democratic and Republican parties have outworn their effectiveness, their usefulness and the charade of competence that Congress struts through our elected officials. From Mike Allen: BACKSTAGE – HOW THE SUPERCOMMITTEE FLUNKED: The supercommittee last met Nov. 1 – three weeks ago! It was a p ...
- John Boehner and the Lobbying Firm Planning t ...
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This story puts the 1% in perspective, but also how dangerous the national Occupy movement is seen to be to insiders and establishment players. The plans by a connected lobbying firm to undermine the power building in Occu ...
- Queer Talk: International Transgender Day of ...
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Unless things change dramatically, there will be little to no coverage of today’s International Transgender Day of Remembrance beyond LGBT related media. And that will be in spite of the fact that the number of deaths ...
- The Hillary Effect: Barnes & Noble NOOK aps fo ...
**Political columns appear below this post** I’ve always loved Pugs and now I know why. Just love that shot. The Hillary Effect was part of the Barnes and Noble weekly email blast this week. Nice. For those of you who don’t have a NOOK, not to worry. You can download an app. for your ...
- A Very Discerning Pug
**Political columns appear below this post** I’ve always loved Pugs and now I know why. Just love that shot. The Hillary Effect was part of the Barnes and Noble weekly email blast this week. Nice. For those of you who don’t have a NOOK, not to worry. You can download an app. for your ...
- Is Paterno Getting a Bum Rap?
The debate over Penn State's treatment of football coach Joe Paterno has reached into law school classes. In my Legal Ethics class at Harvard Law School, a spontaneous debate broke out over whether Joe Paterno got a bum rap for being fired. As in any
- And the Winner is - Hamas!
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal are scheduled to meet in Cairo next week to discuss ways of ending the power struggle between their two parties and the formation of a Palestinian unity government. The talks
- Syria Tortures Children
The Syrian regime is not even sparing the lives of innocent children. T the Saudi-owned newspaper, Asharq Al-Awsat, reported in October that 186 children have been killed since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution on March 15. The youngest Syrian child
- BDP Recruiting for PKK, Erdogan Says
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has stepped up a verbal onslaught on the Peace and Democracy Party, or BDP, charging that its members have been instrumental in the recruitment of militants for the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. "BDP
- Sweden's New Anti-Semites
Police in Sweden's third-largest city, Malmö, are reporting a significant uptick in the number of reported anti-Semitic hate-crimes this year. During just the first six months of 2011, Malmö police registered 21 anti-Semitic crimes, more than the total
- A Check of the REAL Economy
(Las Cruces, NM) If you want a really quick check of how the economy is going all you need to do is keep in touch with people who make the economy “happen”. People like longshoremen, long distance truckers, oilmen, and … Continue reading →
- Coping: “Half Around America” Begins
Our “Half Around America Trip” got off to a great start on Thursday after waiting around fogged in for the first couple of days. We had it as far west as Las Cruces, NM where we spent the night and … Continue reading →
- Other Shoes, Droppings, and Such
In our Peoplenomics report yesterday morning, posted about 2-hours before the US markets opened, I explained how using “Ure’s Semi-Constant” I expected a market drop of “about 200 points” – and while not a direct hit, an actual landing within … Con ...
- Coping: Dancing with Dew Points
Can we leave today? On our second day of our soon to become legendary “Half Around America” tour in our old beater of an airplane (which has two redeeming factors: low operating costs and it’s paid for…) we got only … Continue reading →
- A Wednesday "Wedgie"?
Had a note from Robin Handler of the Options Signal Service and he is a little concerned that there’s a big triangle forming in the charts (here) which could lead to a violent break up, or down, later on today. … Continue reading →
- THE BILDERBERG GROUP
Some of you may be aware of the fact that there is a small and select group of people that control the world. When you are first confronted with this prospect your initial thoughts may be to dismiss this claim as another one of those conspiracy theories; but if you probe further, you are likely ...
- DEAD AND STILL DYING
I’m dying slowly. Each day I can feel my end slowly approaching, and I will never know when that end truly is. All I know is that there is one. One day the essence I call life will cease to exist, and even now it slowly fades away before my eyes. It is difficult to hide [...]
- SEXUAL INCOMPATIBILITY – By: Femi Job
The topic being addressed is a very controversial topic for adults. I ask that you tell the kids to go to their rooms, and if you are a kid, you need to leave this page. Let us wait for about 2 minutes before we read on (to allow the kids to leave this page). While [...]
- FLASH FICTION: ‘Dutiful Husband’ & ...
Elsie had been in a bad mood all week. Geoff had noticed, so he thought he would do the dutiful husband thing. On Friday he left work unusually early, and bought a huge bouquet of red roses. As he came out of the flower shop and crossed the road, he saw the man with [...]
- WHY DO ROYAL FAMILIES EXIST?
What does a family need to do to become royal? I mean, aren’t they just an expensive welfare family? Let’s face it, I would be in a royal family too if the rest of society was paying for my upkeep. Don’t worry about it, ill buy a crown and put some jewels on it, ill [...]
- MIT museum's FAT Friday and more scientific ev ...
A quiet week until Friday. "In 2008, over 1,600 people came, participated and watched as artist and renowned chain reaction creator Arthur Ganson led one of the MIT Museum's most popular annual events. Teams from all over the country bring a link, which is then connected to another link and be ...
- Activists and renegade MIT hacker indicted fo ...
My local paper has the scoop on Aaron Swartz. A Cambridge man has been indicted on charges of breaking and entering, larceny of electronic data, and unauthorized access to a computer network in connection with the illicit downloading of millions of academic articles, Middlesex District Attorney ...
- Who needs a PR team? TV news hypes Brigham ste ...
Researchers, including a team from The Brigham and Women's Hosptial, got some help hyping a very preliminary study on cardiac stem cells presented at the ongoing American Heart Association Meeting. As we suggested earlier this week, see CardioBrief for sensible reporting on this story and othe ...
- Can the Terriers top Harvard in the lab to win ...
In the opening scene of the movie "The Social Network," the Mark Zuckerberg character tell his soon-to-be-ex girlfriend that she doesn't need to get home to study. Why? You go to BU, the socially-inept Harvard lad tells her. My BU class rolled their eyes when we watched that scene in a sessio ...
- Tracking Boston research at the ongoing heart ...
CardioBrief offers reliable reporting from the American Heart Association meeting. This morning's tweet @cardiobrief: One thought about MI FREEE: We can't even give away life-saving drugs away for free! Here is the report on medication compliance and free samples released today from Brigha ...
- Major League Soccer to Build Solar Panels on L ...
Alice Henly, Research Fellow, New York Tonight the LA Galaxy and Houston Dynamo go head to head, battling not only to be MLS Cup Champions but also for the chance to award a school in their home city with a small solar array and energy education pro ...
- A Vision for A Different Kind of Earth Summit
Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC It now looks like we really are going to have another “Earth Summit” in Rio de Janeiro next June. The Brazilian Government has proposed pushing back the start ...
- 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 ...
- Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 11-19 ...
Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of November 19-20, 2011: In an update to a report we covered on Friday, 2 UC Davis CA police officers have been placed on paid leave while they are being investigated for [...]
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 23 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, November 18, 2011: UC Davis CA cop is caught on video taunting a crowd of protesters by showing off a pepperspray canister before slowly dousing protesters sitting on ground with it ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 23 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Thursday, November 18, 2011: New York NY police accused of using excessive force & attacking journalists during the latest #OWS demonstration. There were more than one incident involved ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 18 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Wednesday, November 16, 2011: 2 Albuquerque NM cops were fired after a video showed them beating and kicking a man while holding him down, then apparently celebrating with a chest bump afte ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, November 15, 2011: US Customs & Border Protection officer in Texas has been sentenced to 25yrs in prison after convicted for murder when he shot a bar owner to death after he wa ...
- China, Russia fail to back Iran N-rights
A senior Iranian lawmaker says the latest resolution by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Iran’s nuclear program indicates that China and Russia have failed to support Iran’s nuclear rights. The resolution made clear that Russia and China do not defend the nuclear righ ...
- Pentagon successfully tests Advanced Hypersoni ...
THE Pentagon has successfully tested a flying bomb that travels faster than the speed of sound and will give military planners the ability to strike targets anywhere in the world in less than a hour. Launched by rocket from Hawaii, the “Advanced Hypersonic Weapon,” or AHW, glided thr ...
- Get ready for extreme weather says IPCC
Top climate scientists have warned the world’s political leaders to get ready for more dangerous and “unprecedented extreme weather” caused by global warming. The group of scientists said making preparations will save lives and money otherwise weather extremes may overwhelm som ...
- Moammar Gadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam is arrested
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son of slain Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, has been captured in a firefight in the Libyan desert, senior Libyan military commanders said Saturday. Saif al-Islam was caught by revolutionary fighters after 15 days of pursuit in the area between the southwestern oasis to ...
- Russia sends warships to Syrian waters
Russia is sending its warships to Syrian waters in a move aimed at preventing any foreign attacks against Syrian territories. According to Russian sources, the recent move conveys the message that Moscow will block any NATO-led attack under the guise of “humanitarian intervention,” The Nation re ...
- Apple’s reportedly close to launching th ...
Apple is reported to have taken a significant step towards releasing the iPhone 4S in China after the device was approved by the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT),...
- Underhand potential of $5bn global surveillanc ...
The lid has been lifted on US firms that deal monitoring and surveillance technology after a Wall Street Journal article provided details of companies and their dealings in Asia and...
- China Mobile is adding new customers at a rate ...
Over the last year, China Mobile, the world’s biggest operator, has been adding new subscribers at a rate of just over two per second, according to new data released by...
- Show off your Instagram best with a custom iPh ...
If you’re an Instagram fiend like I am, then you are looking for opportunities to show off your best Instagram photos. I’ve written about Calendagram, which turns your favorite Instagram...
- Steve Jobs and Apple criticised for creating & ...
Lord Sacks, the UK’s chief Rabbi, has slammed Steve Jobs, blaming the recently passed Apple CEO, and the company, for creating a consumer-driven society and an “egocentric culture” in Britain...
- Trophies and Titles - BZE awarded for climate ...
The determination and enthusiasm of Beyond Zero Emissions and its members has been acknowledged with two prestigious awards over the last month. The honours build on BZE's momentum leading into 2012 with the anticipated launch of the visionary Zero Carbon Australia plans for the buildings and tr ...
- WorleyParsons has publicly promulgated a false ...
Media Release 18 Nov 11 WorleyParsons has publicly promulgated a falsehood in relation to BZE. WorleyParsons state in their media release dated 10 November 2011: "Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) engaged Worley Parsons to prepare a report to analyse the life cycle GHG emissions for Australian gas co ...
- Serious About Solar
Sophie McCallum of The Transcontinental reports, November 16: Alinta Energy is seriously exploring the idea of converting its Port Augusta power stations into solar thermal facilities. Solar thermal was first proposed by renewable energy advocates, Beyond Zero Emissions and has already gained ...
- Take Action - Support a Zero Carbon Australia
Take action now 2011 has been a big year for all of us at Beyond Zero Emissions. While continuing to spread the word on our 100 percent renewable vision, we have started researching zero emissions alternatives to the sectors of transport, land use and buildings. This ground-breaking Zero ...
- Stateline South Australia: Port Augusta looks ...
ABC's Stateline South Australia reports on the Beyond Zero Emissions proposal to replace the Northern and Playford coal power plants with Concentrating Solar Themral power. WATCH THE REPORT Beyond Zero Emissions Strategic Director Mark Ogge in Port Augusta with the Playford B coal power plant i ...
- Palm oil giant misled the public on violent co ...
Palm oil giant Wilmar Corp misled the public over a conflict between local communities and one of its subsidiaries in Sumatra, according to a new report published by the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP).
- Picture: Baby penguins get cozy
A picture of a pair of chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Central Park Zoo.
- Civilization shifting: a new leaderless era
For well over a decade global change scientists have ushered calls for urgent alteration in what they refer to as the “Business-as-Usual (BAU) paradigm” to cope with the interlinking social, economic, and environmental issues of the 21st Century. In 2001, one of the world’s la ...
- Cultural erosion among indigenous groups in Ve ...
One of the planet's most beautiful landscapes is in danger. Deep in southern Venezuela, among ancient forested tabletop mountains known as tepuis, crystalline rivers, and breathtaking waterfalls, outside influences — malaria, the high price of gold, commercial hunting, and cultural erosion ...
- 10,000 dead songbirds headed to Italian restau ...
Bushmeat, referring to wild animals killed (often illegally) for consumption, is usually considered a conservation problem in developing nations in Africa, Southeast Asia, and South America. However, a recent bust on the Hungarian-Romanian border proves that Europe is not immune: Hungarian offic ...
- OFID hosts high-level group on sustainable ene ...
Members of the UN Secretary General’s advisory group on sustainable energy (in photo) meeting in Vienna ended their consultation geared towards continuing discussions relating to the launch of the energy campaign, ways to further engage the private sector and kick-start a “green energy revoluti ...
- West African Medical Center Fundraising Dance ...
The West African Medical Center, a nonprofit organization established in the United States and sponsored by Global Health Foundation whose mission is to establish a medical center in Sierra Leone, held its first annual fundraising dance on November 18, 2011 at the Days Inn Hotel at New York Aven ...
- Our mayor is missing in action
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) could not give details, but they were surprised how soon we got the hint. And when Sierra Express Media attempted to solicit information about the pending trial of the infamous mayor of the Freetown City Council, the ACC officials could only dabble around for ...
- Ex-Soldiers threaten disrupting election come ...
Ex-soldiers have threatened to interrupt the 2012 elections if money owed is not paid with 90 days. “We shall definitely interrupt the 2012 elections if government refuse to pay our money within the 90 days ultimatum,” ex- soldiers said. They made the disclosure after barricading the office of t ...
- Nahim Khadi is fatally sick
Sierra Express Media has been reliably informed that the President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Nahim Khadi, who for quite some time now has been out of the office, is reportedly sick, and to the point of death. Sources say he is in the UK where he gets medical treatment, but ...
- European ERM 1992 Replay: Same Problems, Same ...
Tonight I received a thoughtful email from reader Rick Cameron who made some observations and notes way back in 1992 and recently went back to review those notes. His notes are regarding the European ERM, the Exchange Rate Mechanism, that was supposed to reduce exchange rate variability and ...
- Will Cameron Sell UK Down the River for Worthl ...
The UK had been expected to have a voter referendum on proposed EU treaty changes. The EU of course does not want voter referendums or anything that look remotely democratic as we have seen by actions in Greece and Italy. Deal or No Deal? The problem for the EU is all 27 nations have ...
- House Won't Sell? No Problem, Simply Raise the ...
It's different in Vancouver says a reader in response to Vancouver Real Estate Bubble in Pictures; Presenting the $1,050,000 "Livable" House . "Fortunate Fool" writes ... Hello Mish Vancouver is a different world. To truly appreciate it, let me give you an example. In a normal world, ...
- China's Vice Premier Sees "Chronic Global Rece ...
It's not often we hear candid talk from global leaders about the economic realities that lay ahead. This is one of those rare times. Please consider China vice premier sees chronic global recession A long-term global recession is certain to happen and China must focus on domestic problem ...
- Vancouver Real Estate Bubble in Pictures; Pres ...
Housing bubble denial in Canada keeps getting louder and louder, as prices become more and more absurd. Terry from Canada writesHi Mish, I am beginning to believe that Canada's housing bubble is making the US housing bubble look bush league in comparison. The worst part is Canadians ar ...
- Jamiol Presents
- Halloween for the Children of the Nations of M ...
When a Boogieman and a Ruthless Coward Become One Here comes another Halloween. It’s that time of year when the children of our nation concoct imaginary ghosts, monsters and boogieman, and take joy in confronting the made-up scary characters and symbols. It’s a game of pseudo scare. Everyone kno ...
- It is Past Time to Stop Using the Rest of the ...
Our Honored & Decorated Hard-Core Criminals in ‘Their’ Backyard I am sure you have noticed our intensive coverage of everything CIA in the last couple of months here at Boiling Frogs Post. We have presented you with our EyeOpener video report series on the CIA in the news media, narcotics, n ...
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- October ...
US Changes Tack Towards Taliban- Again, The Rogue Websites Bill Introduced in U.S. House, Egyptian Anger Grows after Latest Case of Death by Torture, Internet Providers Balking at FBI Customer Use Request, Obama & Assassinating Children, Understanding the Torture State, U.S. Law Halts Aid to ...
- The EyeOpener- Nuclear Ambiguity: Israel’ ...
The Blatant Hypocrisy When it Comes to Nuclear Threats in the Middle East Hand-wringing over Iran’s nuclear program has been a mainstay of western political discourse. Indeed, fear mongering over the possibility of an independent Iranian nuclear program has become so commonplace that it se ...
- Is Obama a Fraud?
The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008. And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
- Today’s Stories
Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
- The Tyranny of American Healthcare
For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations? Let me give … Continue reading →
- Today’s Stories
Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
- Today’s Stories
Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
- Finally - The Government Addresses Section 13 ...
Justice Minister Rob Nicholson urges all MPs to support bill C-304: “Our government believes Section 13 is not an appropriate or effective means for combating hate propaganda. We believe the Criminal Code is the best vehicle to prosecute these crimes,” Justice Minister Rob Nicholson told the Hou ...
- American Pop Celebrity Ashton Kutcher and "His ...
Ashton Kutcher Finally Moving Out Of His Mom’s House by "Durka Durka Mohammed" As originally posted on: CelebJihad.com November 17, 2011 After reportedly receiving $15.4 million from CBS to star on the hit TV show “Two And A Half Men”, Ashton Kutcher can finally afford to move out of his mo ...
- NGDP targeting: wither monetarism?
Monetarism is like a Zombie: it can be found theoretically wanting, empirically false and technically infeasible but in one form or another it just soldiers on. In some ways the hype surrounding the conversation about the possibility of moving from … Continue reading →
- P.E.I.'s Status As Pro-Life 'Sanctuary' Challenged
Pro-abortion groups are mounting the pressure on the provincial government, demanding local abortion facilities: For 30 years, Prince Edward Island has been known among pro-life groups as a "life sanctuary," the lone province in Canada that refuses to perform abortions. Since the last abortion ...
- RPPE going ORG
We will be transitioning to our own domain name and hosting services over the next couple of weeks thanks to some outside donations. We should have done this earlier. Thanks to all our readers and the great support. Filed under: … Continue reading →
- Enough With the Sleazy Reality Shows!
I just don’t understand the fascination with Teen Moms, Hoarders, the Housewives, Jersey Shore and the myriad other sleazy reality shows on TV. The supreme franchise, however, has got to be those Kardashians. Are you kidding me? Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy reality shows where people ...
- What’s Your Story?
I ran onto the bus just as the driver was about to shut the doors. I reached into my jacket pocket and pull out my Metro Card, only to find out there was not enough money on it to pay my fare. Sigh. I looked at the driver, and gave him the please don’t embarrass [...]
- Network Like a Pro
I recently attended an SPS Career Services workshop and networking seminar lead by career expert Arlene Newman. Newman is the President of Career Bound Success and has an extensive background in Human Resources across multiple industries. Newman emphasized the importance of networking in career ...
- Satire and Humor?
With all the mayhem that’s been going on in Washington, D.C. and across the United States, you’d think politicos would use some measure of wisdom. I’ve been reading articles, watching news reports and tweeting stories, which I feel has some semblance, contrary to all the madne ...
- Following the Brand
Whenever I’m in Chelsea, I feel compelled to casually walk by the Alexander McQueen store and glance in the window. There’s always something in the window that catches my eye. It’s usually a fantastic design, bold colors, and unusual silhouette, or an extreme use of ruffles, rosettes or ruching. ...
- Ex-Inspector Rejects IAEA Iran Bomb Test Chamb ...
IPS — A former inspector for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repudiated its major new claim that Iran built an explosives chamber to test components of a nuclear weapon and carry out a simulated nuclear explosion. The IAEA claim that a foreign scientist – identified in ne ...
- Banks, Pentagon, and Academic Pusilanimousness
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 neck to neck with that boulder. Thou ...
- Israeli Democracy Fades to Black
Part I: Bad Movies Have you seen those old time movies notable for their endings? The cowboy is seen riding into the sunset or the lovers are reunited, etc. And then comes the end – the screen dramatically fades to black. Most of these movies are pretty bad. The stories are predictable, ...
- The Sanctimonious Scavengers of the Penn State ...
There is nothing the media love more than a good celebrity sex scandal. Since the story of Scarlett Johansson’s purloined nude pictures had run its course, and the media squeezed every drop of ink it could from the Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries engagement/wedding/marriage/divorce, they had to fi ...
- Is Israel Preparing an Assault against Iran?
The IAEA report on Iran’s alleged nuclear programme was surrounded by a media frenzy in Israel supporting an attack. 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 against Iran. &# ...
- Egyptian Military Justifies Murder of Proteste ...
Egyptian Military Points to American Police Brutality in Justifying Murder of Tahrir Square Protesters And America’s response towards the peaceful Occupy protesters has been so brutal that now the Egyptian military is justifying its murder of protesters in Tahrir Square by saying they are jus ...
- European Central Bank Riots Begin in Italy as ...
On his first day in office, the bankster prime minister of Italy, Mario Monti, told Italians they can expect to be rolled by the ECB banksters.
- Russian Warships Enter Syrian Waters To Preven ...
Russian warships have entered Syrian territorial waters in an aggressive move designed to prevent any NATO-led attack on the country under the guise of a “humanitarian intervention”.
- The Occupy Movement Is Protesting the SAME THI ...
Washington’s Blog November 18, 2011 I noted yesterday: The Founding Fathers hated big corporations. See this, this and this. They were as suspicious of big corporations as they were the monarchy. So they only allowed corporate charters for a very brief duration, in order to carry out ...
- Thousands Occupy Wall Street: All Entry Points ...
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. "I paid taxes and took care of my responsibility, and I'm stru ...
- Egyptians Launch New Battle for Minimum Wage
Mohamed El-Abyad's employer has agreed to increase his salary by 20 percent, but the factory worker still cannot afford to send his children to school. After paying his apartment rent and utilities, El-Abyad will have the equivalent of 20 dollars left over each month to put food on his fam ...
- UGANDA: Single Mothers Left Behind in Flooded ...
Life in Bwaise – a slum on the outskirts of the capital of Uganda – has never been easy. But increasingly erratic rains over the last three years have brought constant floods to the former swampland. Residents who can afford to are moving out, leaving the poorest – often ...
- Corporal Punishment Leaves Too Many Scars
Thousands of people are being left physically and psychologically scarred as countries around the world continue to breach international law in handing out brutal but "ineffective" corporal punishment for drug offences, it has been claimed.
- CLIMATE CHANGE: Himalayan Nations Yet to Break ...
Chungda Sherpa, a former herder from eastern Nepal, has a warning tale ahead of the United Nations climate change conference in Durban.
- ISRAEL: Women Push Back Into Public Space
They're looking at you "uncensored". Posters of women by women have recently multiplied on the holy city walls. "Women on billboards are back in Jerusalem," they proclaim defiantly.
- In Search of Mars' Lost Atmosphere --The New M ...
"The ultimate driver for these missions is the question, did Mars ever have life? Did microbial life ever originate on Mars, and what happened to it as the planet changed? Did it just go extinct, or did it go underground,...
- Image of the Day: The Enduring Mystery of Supe ...
Supernova 1987A exploded on 1987 February 23, in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Because of its relative proximity to us (a mere 168,000 light years) SN 1987A is by far the best-studied supernova of all time. Immediately after the discovery was...
- The Great Zap! New Discoveries about the Permi ...
It was the greatest exinction event of all time (at least by Earth standards): Since the first organisms appeared on Earth approximately 3.8 billion years ago, life on the planet has had some close calls. In the last 500 million...
- CERN: 'Faster than Speed of Light' Reconfirmed ...
A fiercely debated experiment that appears to show the accepted speed limit of the Universe can be broken has yielded the same results in a re-run, European physicists said. But peer review in the United States said the experiment still...
- Galaxy Engines --The Ultimate Star Factories
This ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared composite image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows the ULIRG IRAS 19297-0406. The collision of galaxies that formed this new galaxy has ignited a burst of star formation, producing about 200 new Sun-like stars every...
- In stunning show of bureaucratic idiocy, EU di ...
(NaturalNews) The collection of medically-indoctrinated idiots known as the European Food Standards Authority has officially disallowed a product health claim that says water prevents dehydration. This means the EU does not even recognize the therapeutic ability of water to reverse chronic dehy ...
- Are you obese? Do you smoke? Your company coul ...
(NaturalNews) The US healthcare system is a mess, as both health insurance and medical treatment costs continue to soar exponentially year after year. But one way some companies are helping to address this dire situation is to begin penalizing workers that represent the biggest drain on the syst ...
- Congress pushes to classify pizza as a 'vegetable'
(NaturalNews) In an absurd attempt to fight back at federal regulations that greatly limit the amount of junk food that can be served as part of government-funded school lunch programs, Congress has proposed a new spending bill that classifies pizza as a "vegetable." Reports indicate that the bi ...
- Monsanto partners with USAID to push GM corn i ...
(NaturalNews) The southeast Asian country of Nepal is once again having to fight against foreign interests that are trying to take over its agricultural system. Biotechnology giant Monsanto apparently has its sights set on bringing genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) to this sliver of a countr ...
- Occupy GMOs: Protesters block access to manufa ...
(NaturalNews) Tired of the quiet import and use of genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in the animal food supply throughout Europe, a group of protesters in France has decided to make a statement by blockading the entrances of the Glon Sanders animal feed plant in Saint-Gerard, Morbihan, Franc ...
- Anonymous Hacks Back at Cybercrime Investigators
The Antisec wing of Anonymous has come out with another document release in its ongoing assault on law enforcement. Antisec anons, who specialize in hacks that show the net’s vulnerabilities, gained access to the Gmail/Google account of one “Fred Baclagan.” Baclagan appears to ...
- Media Can Avoid NYPD Arrest By Getting Press P ...
A NYC spokesman says reporters should get an official press pass from the police to avoid getting arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street. He neglects to mention that the NYPD won't issue press passes to cover the protests.
- H(ackers)2O: Attack on City Water Station Dest ...
Hackers gained remote access into the control system of the city water utility in Springfield, Illinois, last week and destroyed a pump, according to a report released by a state fusion center and obtained by a security expert.
- Analysis: Internet Blacklist Bill Is Roadmap t ...
The rhetoric on both sides of the debate concerning the Stop Online Piracy Act almost peaked when Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said the House proposal "would mean the end of the internet as we know it." Lofgren's statement, however, is not that farfetched. Not if you actually read the bill.
- Video: NYPD Rallies to Keep Occupy Wall Street ...
Occupy Wall Street attempted Thursday morning to actually occupy the New York Stock Exchange, only to be met by a large contingent of police in riot gear. Wired.com's video team was there to capture the action.
- The Victory of the Occupy Movement
In the wake of its clashes with police in cities across the country, some media (for example, here and here) are beginning to question whether the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement is becoming counterproductive. But lost in those debates is the undeniable victory of the Occupy movement, or at ...
- McCain Attacks Joint Chiefs Chairman's Credibi ...
Memo to Republicans: (1) Until President Obama appears on the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier wearing a flight suit and an oversized cod piece, no conservative can ever accuse of him of taking too much credit for any national security success. (2) When it comes to Iraq, no one who has been as ...
- The Republican "Job-Killing Regulations" Myth ...
For years, what passes for Republican economic policy has been dominated by "necessary lies," that is, statements which conservative ideology requires to be true despite being demonstrably false. Despite decades of GOP mythmaking, tax cuts don't pay for themselves or increase revenue. Employme ...
- Romney Pushes Privatization of Medicare, Veter ...
Suppose you are a candidate for President of the United States. Suppose further that you know that over the past 40 years, the per-beneficiary cost of Medicare rose 40% less than private health insurance. Say you also know that studies consistently show that the Veteran's Administration (VA) h ...
- Women's Champion Newt Gingrich Surges in GOP Race
Here in a nutshell is the state of play in the 2012 Republican presidential sweepstakes: alleged serial sexual harasser Herman Cain is being surpassed by confirmed serial adulterer Newt Gingrich. With Mitt Romney stalled and Cain hemorrhaging support from women voters, polls from CBS and Marist ...
- Why We Occupy by Greg Palast
by Greg Palast and the Palast investigations team at Zuccotti Park Wall Street, Occupy Portland, Occupy Oakland, and Kinshasa, Congo Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.gregpalast.com crossposted at OpedNews.com Nov. 16, 2011 So big deal. They evicted us. That just means we are among five milli ...
- U.S. Arms Persian Gulf Allies For Conflict Wit ...
by Rick Rozoff Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Stop NATO Stop NATO-Opposition to global militarism November 17, 2011 Rumors and reports of, speculation over and scenarios for attacks against Iran’s civilian nuclear power facilities and military sites by the United States, Israel or both have fla ...
- Asia-Pacific: US Ramps Up Global War Agenda by ...
by Finian Cunningham Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Ethiopia 17 November 2011 Like a schoolyard bully, President Barack Obama is flexing American military muscle as he currently sweeps through the Asia-Pacific region. The nominal impetus for the tour was the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (A ...
- Howard Zinn on “War and Social Justice” (2009) ...
Reblogging this in case you missed it. by Howard Zinn Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Nov. 20, 2011 Democracy Now! Jan 2, 2009 Howard Zinn is one of this country’s most celebrated historians. His classic work A People’s History of the United States changed the way we look at history in America. ...
- It Costs $72 Million A Year to Hold Cleared Pr ...
by Andy Worthington Featured Writer Dandelion Salad www.andyworthington.co.uk 20 November 2011 Last week, the exorbitant expense of maintaining the Bush administration’s “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo was revealed in the Miami Herald, where Carol Rosenberg explained that Congress provided ...
- New ‘Sustainability Index’ Alters World Order ...
The UN’s Human Development Index (HDI) is an international “score card” which ascribes each national measured a single number (or ranking) that is an average of multiple metrics reflecting national policies and societal conditions such as education rate, employment, social secu ...
- Awesome Post by Congressman
Not all Congressmen and Congresswomen are bad. In fact, there are some true civil servants in Congress who know what’s going on and do everything they can to fight the nonsense. One of those Congressmen is Henry Waxman. Check out this piece of his published on Politico last week. (More Pla ...
- George Carlin & Bill Moyers Nail the 1% & Wall ...
These are truly a must watch (if you are adverse to certain language, you might skip the first one): Related posts:Top Occupy Wall Street Cartoons (& Occupy Wall Street Round-Up) Why Occupy Wall Street? (Top Video) Occupy Oakland Pictures & Video (+ Occupy Wall Street Roundup) Relate ...
- On Tim DeChristopher’s Call to Kick Obama Out
I have gone back and forth on whether or not to support sometimes-lame Democrats (who are also sometimes clean energy and climate change leaders), like Obama. I campaigned for Ralph Nader in 2000 because I was fed up with the Clinton administration, which did less than was needed to address clim ...
- Occupy Earth
Occupy Earth is a term that I’m seeing here and there, and I hope it grows into a household phrase. There is an ongoing debate about what we need to fix first, the environment or the economy. But it’s a ridiculous debate, since you can’t fix one without fixing the other. A good ...
- Animals In Research - Environment/Nature
We are cat people. But we’ve been talking for a year about adopting a dog. We knew there were many dogs in shelters begging for homes, others languishing in filthy cages in puppy mills, or waiting to be rescued from certain death at our local pound. The only constant was...
- Sweden versus Assange - Featured
Sweden is bound by different extradition agreements. It is not meant to grant onwards extradition to a third country without agreement from the extraditing country. But at the same level of the legal hierarchy there is a bilateral treaty between the US and Sweden that allows for extradition with ...
- Irony - World News
Editor: Pope Benedict XVI (AKA 'Look-the-other-way-Benny') is visiting Africa. When this article was written, he was in Cotonou, the capital of Benin. It isn't clear whether the author appreciates the delicious irony of his headline. Pot, meet kettle. I would have gone for something like: P ...
- The Ballerina and the Bull - Critical Analysis
From a spontaneous outpouring of critical energy and anger triggered by an enigmatic image in Vancouver’s Adbusters magazine, the Occupy Wall Street protest has grown over a period of several months into something bordering on a movement. It was slow in coming. Occupy Wall Street erupted in the ...
- Do as I say, not as I do - Critical Analysis
THERE HAS been no shortage of crocodile tears from the U.S. political establishment about the violence against protesters in Syria and Iran. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama have taken turns condemning the brutal suppression of movements for social justice in those c ...
- Kentucky City Fuels Economic Expansion With .. ...
By @KYYellowDog Amazing what elected officials can accomplish when they concentrate on creating jobs and restoring the local economy. The Herald on the growing economy in Owensboro: ... this city of 57,265 and surrounding Daviess County, where 96,656 people live, have invested in an array of bu ...
- The Myth Of The Free Market, Part II: Steve Fo ...
Recently, Steve Forbes joined Sarah Palin in saying something to the effect that the Occupy protesters need to go occupy Congress, not Wall Street. According to reports, the one-time Republican presidential candidate said that the protesters need to protest cumbersome regulations that he believe ...
- The Nightowl Newswrap
By BG&YD Deadbeat Dad @RepJoeWalsh calls vets who identify as 99%-ers "un-American." "At a November 19 town hall meeting in Gurnee, Illinois, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) smeared Occupy Wall Street protesters as "generally spoiled, pampered, unfocused, clueless young people and a smattering of other pe ...
- Newt Gingrich (r): self-righteous asshole
By @MBersin And he's a pompous blowhard, too. Paul Krugman: ....And Newt, although, uh, somebody said, he's, he's a stupid man's idea of what a smart person sounds like.... Heh. That thrice married grifter who was paid a ton of money by Freddie Mac, Newt Gingrich (r), lectures us about morality ...
- Rich Get Richer and America Gets Poorer
By @KYYellowDog Funny how that works. Down with Tyranny: Demands to return to the good old days of Clinton era tax rates are bogus. The 1% had already taken over the government lock, stock and barrel by the time Clinton-- a completely dependable servant of the 1% in every way, much the way Obama ...
- Sunday Quick News, And A Little R&R *Open Thread*
There are some interesting stories about today. Well, some are downright disconcerting, like the Super Committee being on the verge of a Super Fail. Seriously, people – this is the nation’s well-being at heart. Forget party already, and figure out something on which you all can agree ...
- Looking For the “It!” Factor
The Republican free-for-all is becoming eye-poppingly tragic! One after another, all the major candidates for President seem to be flaming out like fireworks blazing across the sky for a few moments of oohs and aahs, then fading and falling. This is a very tense time in history. The USA is the l ...
- Newt, Devil or Savior?
So, what are we to make of Newt Gingrich? Savior or paper tiger? T. J. McCormack suggests Newt is the 21st Century Rhett Butler (i.e., Frankly Scarlett, I don’t give a damn). Newt Gingrich could very well be the GOP nominee for one very simple reason: He doesn’t give a damn. He doesn ...
- “What Were They Thinking?” News, *Open Thread*
Okay, now this is one for the books. I hope you aren’t drinking anything right this minute, for more reasons than one. Why? Because in their infinite wisdom, the European Union has declared – are you ready for this? That WATER does NOT rehydrate you. Yes, you read that right. Water, ...
- Congress Hates Kids!
Remember the Food and Drug Administration’s numb-nuts directive under President Reagan that would have reclassified ketchup and pickle relish from condiments to vegetables? Reason? It would rig the nutritional guidelines so that money could be saved by deleting actual vegetables from school lunc ...
- Demon’s Souls and the Meaning and Import of Vi ...
Bad is Good and Good is Bad The problem with video game writing is that it tends to be written by fans of video games. The corruption and stupidity of games journalism are not isolated quirks of the system but symptoms of a flawed approach to the medium. Fans, by their nature, approach th ...
- The Grand Lie
Most of my day-to-day life is good to great. A little too much stress, a few challenges with weight and sleeplessness, but I’m living my dreams about writing and I’ve got a job that pays the bills and leaves a bit extra behind for electronics. I’m usually optimistic. At the core, I suppose I sti ...
- The Shameful Joys of Deus Ex: Human Revolutions
Context, Dear Boy… Context Here is a common complaint: ‘One of the problems facing video game writing is a systemic failure to place games in their correct historical context’ What this generally means is that writers fail to open their reviews with a lengthy diatribe on the history ...
- When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
I’ve been writing here at Futurismic for well over five years, now. It feels like longer, somehow, but it also feels like I only just started. I’ve learned a lot of things, not least of which is the fact that, the more you learn, the more you realise remains to be learned. One of the ...
- BOOK REVIEW: Technicolor Ultra Mall by Ryan Oakley
Technicolor Ultra Mall by Ryan Oakley Edge SF&F (Canada), 2011; ~280pp; C$14.95 RRP – ISBN13: 978-1894063548 Budgie is a Vidicon, a member of one of the countless drug-fuelled gangs who fight to the death for territory and prestige in the red levels of the T-Dot ultramall. He sends the last ...
- Recommendations to Reduce HIV Counselor Stress ...
People who work in AIDS service organizations (ASOs) are at increased risk for stress from several factors, including heavy caseload, fear of contamination, poor working conditions and stress associated with delivering a life-threatening diagnosis. “Recommended guidelines exist to help medical p ...
- Psychotherapy News Weekly Round-Up
A GoodTherapy.org Psychotherapy News Weekly Round-Up Take some time to enjoy the round-up articles before the hectic Thanksgiving holiday next week! Frequent Gamers Have Brain Differences, Study Finds Alcoholics’ Brains Must Work Harder Introverts Experience More Health Problems, Study Suggests ...
- Dealing with Troubled Youth, Part 1: “Parentin ...
Drug use in the United States is a serious problem among the adolescent population. At some point in your teen’s life, it is likely that your son or daughter may use drugs as a result of peer pressure or maybe even experimentation. Many people seek my professional opinion on how to tell if their ...
- Can Reading an Article Improve my Relationship?
As a Relationship Therapist of over 25 years, my answer to this question is “Yes.” You may think you don’t have time to read relationship advice articles. You may think you don’t need to go to some “outsider” about your personal relationship. But consider this: When your car breaks down, you tak ...
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy for Treatment of PT ...
Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PE) has been identified as one of the most effective forms of therapy for veterans with PTSD resulting from combat. Veterans from Vietnam, Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation New Dawn (OND), along with Gulf War Veterans, strug ...
- Advocates: Coal an unhealthy choice for UVa - ...
Advocates: Coal an unhealthy choice for UVa Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center “First of all [we] control our source of coal – we don't do any mountaintop [removal] coal sourcing – and then we clean it up through our emission controls systems,” said Donald Sundgren, chief facilities office ...
- Court of Appeals to hear mountaintop removal f ...
Court of Appeals to hear mountaintop removal fight WKYT Mountain top removal does not create more jobs. Stop allowing the coal companies to brainwash you. Ck the facts! I hope the court does the right thing and that is protection for ALL not just King Coal and it's few short term jobs. ... C ...
- The Buzz Anonymous comments from our readers o ...
The Buzz Anonymous comments from our readers on the issues of the day Charlotte Observer CMS is like mountaintop removal mining; raise the bottom by lowering the top. Looks like BofA isn't so "transparent" with their layoff notices. Pull names from a hat to elect leaders? Start wit ...
- Help Keep a Virginia Mountain Standing - Plane ...
Help Keep a Virginia Mountain Standing PlanetSave.com Well, have you heard of mountaintop removal coal mining? This week, “Virginians who live at the base of Ison Rock Ridge, a mountain threatened by a pending mountaintop removal permit, have been joined by hundreds from across the region for Vi ...
- Court of Appeals hears mountaintop removal fig ...
Court of Appeals hears mountaintop removal fight Ventura County Star Local residents who have lived in the area for five generations and an environmental group opposed the planned surface and mountaintop removal mining by Laurel Mountain Resources because of concerns about blasting and flooding ...
- M 5.2, New Ireland region, Papua New Guinea
Monday, November 21, 2011 03:48:40 UTC Monday, November 21, 2011 01:48:40 PM at epicenterDepth: 37.20 km (23.12 mi)
- M 5.9, Myanmar
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- M 5.0, south of the Fiji Islands
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- M 5.0, near the north coast of New Guinea, Pap ...
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- M 5.7, near the north coast of New Guinea, Pap ...
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- Denmark’s road map to the future (1)
In the absence of a global deal on climate change, Denmark has embraced an ambitious plan for fossil-fuel independence by 2050, explains Katherine Richardson. Can other nations learn from their example?Editor’s note: Prospects for significant progress towards a new global deal at UN-led cl ...
- Denmark’s road map to the future (2)
In the second segment of a two-part article about Danish plans for fossil-fuel-free development, Katherine Richardson discusses the technical and economic mechanisms needed for the transition.The Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy’s report (see part one to read its vision for a low ...
- Growing danger in the Himalayas
Climate change is creating numerous, fast-expanding glacier lakes that threaten to burst their banks at some stage, bringing devastating floods and landslides to mountain valleys and their inhabitants. Suzanne Goldenberg reports.(See Suzanne Goldenberg’s video report from Imja lake in Nepa ...
- Talking about the Yarlung Zangbo
Half-truths, fear and suspicion fuel the debate over south Asia’s shared waters. But journalists can help open up the conversation, writes Beth Walker, cheered by a media workshop in Kathmandu.There is a well-known Chinese story, told by the philosopher Zhuangzi, about a frog who lived dow ...
- The Chinese shadow over Boeung Kak lake (1)
The forced relocation of thousands of residents from a Cambodian lakeside has drawn global condemnation. Less widely discussed is the role of Chinese corporations. Liao Ruo reports.The shores of Boeung Kak Lake, a 90-hectare body of sparkling blue water on the north-eastern edge of Cambodia&rsqu ...
- Police Clear Zuccotti Park: A First Reflection
Cross-posted from Tikkun Daily by Donna Schaper Why in the middle of the night? Why with so much police power? Why did they think they had to shove people out? The good news is that this action, so unnecessary, will build the movement even more. Yes, the people in the park had become tired, [ ...
- Detainees: Working For $1 A Day, Using Phone f ...
Correction Corporation of America’s Stewart facility in Lumpkin, Georgia is the largest private detention center in the nation. It holds 2000 detainees, charging taxpayers up to $200 a night and producing yearly profits that hover between $35 and $50 million. The facility secures more inco ...
- Obama: Kids Stuck in Foster Care Due to Deport ...
In a briefing last week, President Obama directly acknowledged that his administration’s immigration enforcement practices break up families.
- Saudi 9/11 Alert: Here’s That Missing Lloyd’s ...
You may recall WhoWhatWhy’s recent investigation of apparent connections between Saudi royalty and the alleged 9/11 hijackers. In it, we mentioned that the insurance giant Lloyd’s of London had sued powerful Saudi interests, alleging culpability for the 2001 attacks–then abruptly withdrew ...
- Berkeley Students Plan Strike in Wake of Polic ...
Cross-posted from Tikkun Daily by Alana Yu-lan Price Videos of UC Berkeley police battering students with batons and dragging them by the hair to prevent them from setting up an Occupy Wall Street-style encampment have risen to national attention over the last few days, provoking statements of c ...
- Anonymous Hacks Back at Cybercrime Investigators
The Antisec wing of Anonymous has come out with another document release in its ongoing assault on law enforcement. Antisec anons, who specialize in hacks that show the net’s vulnerabilities, gained access to the Gmail/Google account of one “Fred Baclagan.” Baclagan appears to ...
- Media Can Avoid NYPD Arrest By Getting Press P ...
A NYC spokesman says reporters should get an official press pass from the police to avoid getting arrested while covering Occupy Wall Street. He neglects to mention that the NYPD won't issue press passes to cover the protests.
- H(ackers)2O: Attack on City Water Station Dest ...
Hackers gained remote access into the control system of the city water utility in Springfield, Illinois, last week and destroyed a pump, according to a report released by a state fusion center and obtained by a security expert.
- Analysis: Internet Blacklist Bill Is Roadmap t ...
The rhetoric on both sides of the debate concerning the Stop Online Piracy Act almost peaked when Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said the House proposal "would mean the end of the internet as we know it." Lofgren's statement, however, is not that farfetched. Not if you actually read the bill.
- Video: NYPD Rallies to Keep Occupy Wall Street ...
Occupy Wall Street attempted Thursday morning to actually occupy the New York Stock Exchange, only to be met by a large contingent of police in riot gear. Wired.com's video team was there to capture the action.
- Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Mon ...
Wikiarguments: A Practical Plan to Get Big Money Out of Politics By Carmen Yarrusso There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”–Henry David Thoreau Clearly, our government ...
- IOT: Healthcare for All Jan Call
Call – Healthcare for All IOT Date – Jan 18, 2011 Agenda: 1. Introductions—Dr. Bill Honigman, PDA Healthcare for All IOT coordinator and California State Coordinator 2. National Single Payer Movement—Katie Robbins, Healthcare-NOW! 3. States Single Payer Movement–Chuck Pennacchi ...
- PDA Weekly Field Report 1/7/2011 – 1/18/2011
Little Victories! Field Site: onenationpda.org California ADEM elections: Congratulations to all our PDA California friends and allies who completed a sweep up and down at the state at the recent CA Democratic Party Delegate elections. This will put the ...
- War is a Crime: Join In For Justice
WarIsACrime.org JOIN IN FOR JUSTICE! 1/17/11 Washington, D.C., and Quantico, Va. Protest of FBI Raids and Bradley Manning Imprisonment http://www.defendingdissent.org/action/Events.htm 1/18/11 Washington, D.C. Panel with Rep. Rush Holt, Emily Berman from the Brennan Center for Justice, Shah ...
- An American Suicide Terrorist
William John Cox The shooter of Congresswoman Gifford acted as a domestic suicide terrorist on the political “battleground” of American politics. His YouTube postings and “goodby” phone messages are ominously reminiscent of the traditional farewell videos ...
- Jensen Farms, and for that matter Frontera, ar ...
Michael Booth and Jennifer Brown stepped into a conflicted area in their story today – “Criminal charges hard to pin on farm where listeria-tainted cantaloupes originated” – although the headline writers got it wrong. Although in my opinion the likelihood of felony charg ...
- E. coli might be big this next week too - Sala ...
We are still following the St. Louis Missouri E. coli Outbreak that appears to be linked to Schnuck's Salad Bar Connection. New numbers from the St. Louis Department of Health as of last week: Number of Missourians confirmed to have E. coli connected to the St. Louis investigation: ...
- A Busy Thanksgiving Week at Marler Clark - Law ...
Although the office is closed this coming Thursday, we do have three days to get three lawsuits filed before I need to worry about cooking the turkey. Kosher Chicken Liver: The CDC identified a sustained increase in the number of Salmonella Heidelberg isolates with the outbreak strain report ...
- 2,792 sickened and 39 deaths by foodborne illn ...
Food Safety News and yours truly received a nice “Shout-out” from Mark Bittman of the New York Times today as to things he is thankful for: 17. And to Bill Marler, who, as the leading food safety attorney in the country, is trying to keep the things we grow from killing us. Ch ...
- St. Louis Missouri E. coli Update Schnuck's Sa ...
New numbers from the St. Louis Department of Health: Number of Missourians confirmed to have E. coli connected to the St. Louis investigation: 35 Number of food samples, connected to the St. Louis outbreak, tested to date: 55 Number of food samples confirmed to have E. coli: 0
- Report: Volkswagen still fighting new CAFE rules
Which automaker still doesn't like the new CAFE rules? Volkswagen, that's who. After claiming the proposed 2025 Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards were biased back in August, VW is again saying, hey, wait a minute, let's not be so dismissive of diesel engines. When the original 5 ...
- Coda announces "price drop," starts production ...
Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Plants/Manufacturing, Electric Coda may not have a new model to show off at the 2011 LA Auto Show, but the company can still make news with a price drop. Or with something that is a price drop in all but name. In September 2010, Coda said its all-electric Se ...
- Report: Jay Leno has driven 11,000 miles in hi ...
Filed under: Hybrid, Etc., Hatchback, Chevrolet, Celebrities, Electric Here's a fun bit of trivia: Jay Leno has driven his Chevrolet Volt nearly 11,000 miles and doesn't have a single gas station receipt to show for it. According to The New York Times Wheels blog, Leno has had his plug-in for ...
- Los Angeles: 2012 Green Car of the Year is the ...
Filed under: LA Auto Show, Sedan, Honda The 2012 Green Car of the Year award was snagged from the electric and diesel jaws of its competitors by the Honda Civic Natural Gas. In a year full of standard gasoline powertrain alternatives, the Civic beat out the Ford Focus Electric, Mitsubishi i, ...
- Los Angeles: Honda Fit EV available in 2012 fo ...
Filed under: LA Auto Show, Hatchback, Honda, Electric The idea of a all-electric Honda Fit is nothing new, but the details of the production version that will come to the United States next summer are, well, also nothing new. As announced today, the all-electric Fit will only be available thr ...
- The Brave New World of Occupy Wall Street
We got word just after 1 a.m. Tuesday that New York City police were raiding the Occupy Wall Street encampment. I raced down with the “Democracy Now!” news team to Zuccotti Park, renamed Liberty Square. Hundreds of riot police had already surrounded the area. As they ripped down the tents, city ...
- Amy Goodman Interviews Occupy Oakland Man Befo ...
Before dawn on Monday morning, hundreds of police in riot gear raided the Occupy Oakland encampment in order to evict peaceful protesters. They arrested more than 30 people who chose to remain as an act of civil disobedience. Later in the day, Mayor Jean Quan’s chief legal adviser resig ...
- 20th Anniversary of Santa Cruz Massacre: Watch ...
On November 12, 1991 Indonesian troops fired on a peaceful memorial procession in a cemetery in Dili, East Timor, killing more than 270 East Timorese. Journalists Amy Goodman and Allan Nairn were beaten while reporting on the massacre. Watch the radio documentary they produced, set to video, ...
- Full Video: 39 Arrested with Occupy Cal in For ...
This week the Occupy movement drew thousands of California college students to protests on at least 10 campuses, including UC Irvine, UCLA and UC Berkeley, where police forcibly removed students and arrested 39 people. The University of California system faces some of the steepest budget cuts ...
- "Keystone XL: Ring Around the Rose Garden" By ...
More than 10,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., last Sunday with a simple goal: Encircle the White House. They succeeded, just weeks after 1,253 people were arrested in a series of protests at the same spot. These thousands, as well as those arrested, were unified in their opposition to t ...
- Times Scare
ISLAMABAD–The apparent links between Pakistan and Faisal Shahzad are certainly cause for concern, but let’s not lose site of things here. The attack in Times Square was a fizzle. The rush to claim credit is a bit embarassing for the TTP and looks like it was — like the attack itself — a rush job ...
- Stepping up - University at Buffalo The Spectrum
Stepping up University at Buffalo The Spectrum The president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, recognized the direness of the situation and began to mobilize military forces to combat the Taliban. ... and more »
- Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of ...
BBC News Obama, us leaders should contemplate future of Afghan women Chicago Tribune Would nuclear-armed Pakistan become even more vulnerable to its own Taliban insurgency? Will a defeat embolden America's enemies? That line of thinking must ... Vietnam syndrome has begun in AfghanistanSri L ...
- Officials: Campus blasts perplexing - United P ...
Officials: Campus blasts perplexing United Press International ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- The International Islamic University, where bomb blasts killed at least six people, is a unique Pakistani institution ... and more »
- Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing - GMA ...
Schools closed in Pakistan after bombing GMA news.tv An Associated Press reporter met three Taliban fighters Tuesday traveling in a car with darkened windows at Shaktoi, a town close to the border between ... and more »
- About the civil disobedience of the Occupy mov ...
Summary: Expansion of the Occupy movement onto colleges might greatly expand its size, improve its appeal, and change its goals and methods. This poses a challenge to the government, which so far has successfully contained and supressed its protests. The heavy-handed methods used so far might ...
- Attritionist Letter #12: Succumbing to entice ...
Summary: How does the dead hand of excessive burocracy and outmoded doctrine retain its grip on the US officer corps? The services recruit young energetic, often idealistic men and women. Here we see how they become careerists. Contents Boyd asks a young officer “the question” In ...
- Question time on the FM website – chapter 12
Ask any question about geopolitics, broadly defined. We — and others reading the FM website — will attempt to answer it in the comments. Like Jeopardy, your comments must be in the form of a question! All answers welcomed! Questions received so far (click on the link to go directl ...
- Advice from one of the British Empire’s ...
Summary: As our mad, expensive but profitless empire weighs us down, we can learn from the policies of the greatest western empire since Rome. One of its leaders explains the key aspects of their grand strategy. From a speech by Lord Palmerston, one of Britain’s great Foreign Ministers ( ...
- A modern conservative dresses up Mr. Potter to ...
Summary: Today, like every day, we get a serving of glittering myths from a conservative economist. Constant barrages of chaff shot into our minds keep us docile, our OODA loops confused. We must see the true situation in order to even begin reclaiming America. “Whatever Happened to Dis ...
- Vatican kicks out Roma on Easter
Press TV – About 150 Roma gypsies were barred from participating in the Easter vigil of the basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls on Sunday, after temporarily taking shelter there on Good Friday, The Telegraph reported. Local and foreign pilgrims, who had gathered to attend the vigil, ...
- Euro strikes 16-month high against dollar
Breitbart – The euro struck a 16-month high against the dollar and the Swiss franc notched a record high versus the US unit Tuesday amid heightened investor nerves over this week’s busy economic calendar. The European single currency hit $1.4653 in morning trade, the highest point si ...
- British pound devalues by 94% in 50yrs
PressTV – A new survey shows that the value of money in the UK has dropped by 94 percent over the past 50 years, which means an 18-time increase in retail prices. The survey carried out by BM Savings has found that almost £1,800 is needed to match the buying power of £100 in 1960, [...]
- Peru suffers an ‘environmental tragedy’
IOL – The rising price of gold has multiplied by six the pace of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest in the Peruvian region of Madre de Dios in recent years, a study published on Tuesday said. Illegal gold searches using primitive techniques in the years 2003-9 led to the destruction of ...
- Next step humans? Every new pet dog in Britain ...
Daily Mail – Every new pet dog will be microchipped under sweeping Government regulations to combat dangerous animals. Each puppy born and dog sold will have an electronic chip implanted under the skin. Details will then be placed on a national database accessible by police and the RSPCA. ...
- While We're on the Subject of American Excepti ...
Over at NYTimes.com's Caucus blog, Richard Stevenson wrote on Friday about the Republicans' "Obama doesn't believe in American exceptionalism" line as potent political weapon. I have written about this before, mainly to emphasize how out of touch and myopic it is. Actually, I suggested ...
- India: The "Dispensable Nation" in Southeast Asia?
I remember once when I was exploring the Indian hill station of Shillong in Meghalaya, I read a random factoid in a guide book which said the town was geographically closer to Hanoi than Delhi. It was not actually very difficult to believe that in the remote states of Northeast India, the gravi ...
- McCain Says Green Movement "Might Be Supportiv ...
Last year at the Halifax International Security Forum in Canada, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) made headlines when he called on President Obama to support an attack on Iran to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons. Today at this year’s forum in Halifax, Sen. John McCain (R-SC) noted Graha ...
- Global Security & Alliances in Era of Austerity
(photo credit: Steve Clemons) Yesterday at the 2011 Halifax International Security Forum -- basically the Davos for defense and foreign policy junkies at which 18 defense ministers from around the world are in attendance (about a 1:10 ratio with other conference guests and participants) -- ...
- More on "Selling Taiwan to China"': Satire, or ...
Last week, the New York Times ran an op-ed proposing a land-for-cash deal: government officials in Beijing would write off America's enormous debt to China, and government officials in Washington would write off America's commitment to defend Taiwan. I wondered whether this plan was some kind of ...
- Occupy Wall Street Weekly Round-Up
Occupy Weekly: The Establishment Strikes Back This was the week that Occupy Wall Street faced its greatest pushback and pulled off its largest action yet. Sunday’s surprise police raid on Occupy Portland turned out to be one of several around the country, as mayors sent cops to clear occupation ...
- What to Read Before You Unwonk for the Weekend
Rejoice! Congress won at not ruining the Constitution today! The Super Committee won at doing nothing. NERD FIGHT. Round Two. Or three. This has been going on for a while. The Monkey Cage’s John Sides added his two cents to the Economics v. Campaigns election forecast debate, saying that it’s d ...
- The Showman
A few nights ago, I took to the E Street Cinema in Washington, D.C., to watch the “lost” interview Steve Jobs gave to Robert X. Cringley for a 1996 PBS television series, “Triumph of the Nerds.” The series included ten minutes of the interview, the rest of which was never seen, and feared los ...
- One Small Step for Climate Scientists
In a small victory for global-warming advocates, the case against climate scientist Michael Mann has hit some rough ground. Mann, a climate scientist who has been fighting a battle against the American Traditions Institute (ATI) since January, received his first piece of good news in the case o ...
- The Elephant in the Room
Mike Huckabee may have taken a pass on a second presidential run, but the 2008 Iowa winner turned Fox News televangelist still wants to have his say in this year's race. He's returning to Iowa—the state that defined him as more than just the Southern governor who lost all the weight—to co-host ...
- The Sanctimonious Scavengers of the Penn State ...
WALTER BRASCH FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT There is nothing the media love more than a good celebrity sex scandal. Since the story of Scarlett Johansson's purloined nude pictures had run its course, and the media squeezed every drop of ink it could from the Kim Kardashian/Kris Humphries engagement/ ...
- Is There a Conspiracy to Suppress Occupy Wall ...
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Was there a somewhat coordinated effort among cities with Occupy encampments and the federal government to shut them down? If true, the implications of such a status quo government consensus to crush a populist movement would be an affront to democr ...
- Mayors Who Attempt to End Occupy Protests Are ...
ROBERT CREAMER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT Over the last few days there has been what appears to be a coordinated attempt by many of the nation's mayors to end the Occupy Wall Street protests that have swept the country - and much of the world. Many justifications have been given: concerns abo ...
- Chronic Conflicts of Interest Among Supreme Co ...
MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT The felonious Supreme Court 5-4 majority stole the election in 2000 for George W. Bush, allowed corporations to buy the government in the Citizens United decision and is now getting ready to shoot down health care reform. Yes, the final court op ...
- The Big Newt Hypocrite: Gingrich Gets Paid $1 ...
TONY PEYSER FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT The $1.6 million that Gingrich got from them Was just as an "historian?" That's like my insisting my old Mazda pickup Was actually a DeLorean. http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/11/did-historian-newt-really-warn-freddie-mac-about-housing-collapse. ...
- Singing the Movember Blues no more
Movember (as in moustache November) grows annually, it’s a month-long event started in 1999 in Adelaide, Australia. Since 2004, the Movember Foundation charity has run Movember events to raise awareness and funds for men’s health issues, such as prostate cancer and depression, in Aus ...
- 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 ...
- Two Thousand Chicagoans RALLY to Demand “Jobs ...
Over 2,000 people marched downtown today and occupied the LaSalle Street Bridge for over an hour to oppose cuts to essential services and demand job creating policies. Forty-six people were arrested for occupying the bridge, an act symbolizing an “Economic Emergency for the 99%” with ...
- Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Opp ...
Reps. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), today released the following statement after voting against the failed House Republican Balanced Budget Amendment:read more
- In the Wake of Occupy Crackdown, NLG Taps Feds ...
The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) and the National Lawyers Guild Mass Defense Committee filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests Thursday with the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence A ...
- WTO Rules Against Country-of-Origin Meat Label ...
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) ruling today against another highly popular U.S. consumer policy – country-of-origin labeling (COOL) for meat cuts and products – will only intensify public opposition to more of the same backwards trade pacts, Public Citizen said. A panel r ...
- Reform Groups Urge Congress to Prohibit Congre ...
Seven reform groups sent letters today urging members of both the House of Representatives and Senate to join in the legislative drive to pass the “Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge” (STOCK) Act. The measures – one in the House sponsored by Reps. Timothy Walz (D-Minn.) an ...
- Power in Numbers: Millions Crowd to Occupy Life
Donna Smith One of the most powerful and interesting things about the Occupy Movement is its reach well beyond Wall Street or even the smallest tent encampments around the nation. The power to bloom and spread has been in its simultaneously ...
- Occupy Toronto: They Can’t Evict a Conversation
Catherine Porter Last time I checked in with the occupiers of St. James Park, word was they were going to fight for their ground. If Superior Court Judge David Brown rules to evict them on Monday, they plan to reoccupy, they told me. That ...
- Odd as It May Seem, 2011 is Proving to be a Ye ...
Henry Porter When New York's mayor, Michael Bloomberg, sent stormtrooper cops – equipped with batons, pepper spray and ear-splitting pain compliance devices – to sweep the Occupy protesters from Wall Street, he was attacked ...
- Will You Pardon Your Turkey & Eat Him Too, Mr ...
Carrie Packwood Freeman Each Thanksgiving, the President uses his executive powers to publicly pardon the life of a turkey gifted to him from agribusiness in a celebratory press conference. I believe this rather utopian life-saving pardon r ...
- On "Body Handles" & Occupy Reality
Abe Louise Young The recent incident of an officer casually deploying his jet of chemically propelled liquid pain into the eyes of peacefully seated students— like he was taking a stroll around the park with his pet duck on a string&m ...
- University of California President ‘Appa ...
In response to the recent pepper-spraying of University of California-Davis students and the beating of University of California-Berkeley students, University of California President Mark Yudof issued a strongly-worded statement today condemning the attacks on protesters: I am appalled by images ...
- Is the Climate Crisis Caused by the 7 Billion ...
As we reach 7 billion people, Climate Progress is featuring a variety of opinions on population. – by Ian Angus and Simon Butler in a Grist repost The approach of [7 billion] milestone produced a wave of articles and opinion pieces blaming the world’s environmental crises on overpopu ...
- Perry Promises To End Civilian-Controlled Military
Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has staked his presidential hopes on a radical revamping of Washington’s political structure, reshaping the tax code, making the legislature part-time, enacting term limits on the Supreme Court, and closing multiple government agencies. Perry took his radical new ...
- VIDEO: Rep. Joe Walsh Calls Veterans Protestin ...
At a November 19 town hall meeting in Gurnee, Illinois, Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) smeared Occupy Wall Street protesters as “generally spoiled, pampered, unfocused, clueless young people and a smattering of other people who don’t understand this country and are advocating anti-American solution ...
- George Will Excoriates Gingrich’s Influe ...
Continuing his salted earth campaign against Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign, conservative columnist George Will said the former House speaker “embodies almost everything disagreeable about modern Washington.” “He’s the classic rental politician,” Will c ...
- Shocking Video of Tea-Party Rally Tear-Gassed, ...
If anyone has any videos of the Tea-Baggers having one of their rallies broken up, please let me know. Or is it the case that those know-nothing hypocrites, with their Obama's birth certificate is fake, Obama's stimulus spending is bad, private health insurance profits forever, etc., etc., etc. ...
- 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 ...
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