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After several weeks of their primary contest, the
Labour Party caucus is about to choose a new leader. The choice for their next Prime Minister appears to be between a blunt pencil* and a braggart. Tou...
"In January 2007, a headstone was erected in
The Grange, Edinburgh Cemetery, where Cook is buried, bearing the epitaph: "I may not have succeeded in halting the war, but I did secure the right of parliamen...
“Why were the statues on
Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 800 large stone statues exist there. The
Easter Island statues, stand, on the average, over twice as tall as a person...
"I should dearly love that the world should be ever so little better for my presence. Even on this small stage we have our two sides, and something might be done by throwing all one's weight on the scale ...
Personal responsibility is a cornerstone of conservative thinking, right? Well, yes-- for anyone not in the club. If you're part of the 1% the laws and mores of society dictate that you will almost never ...
"What can we know? What are we all? Poor silly half-brained things peering out at the infinite, with the aspirations of angels and the instincts of beasts.” -
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ● But, by God, for all...
*"Away Above The Chimney Pots"* by Chet Raymo "So Oz finally became home; the imagined world became the actual world, as it does for us all, because the truth is that once we have left our childhood plac...
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The Law Commission has been dreaming up ways to “regulate” bloggers, and new ways to regulate mainstream news. Their proposal includes a new “code,” and an “independent regulator.” “Independent” in th...
"We meet ourselves time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life." ~ Carl Jung
* "Man's Search For Meaning" * Viktor Frankl “In attempting this psychological presentation and a psychopathological explanation of the typical characteristics of a concentration camp inmate, I may give...
*"The Hound In The Kennel"* by John James "In my experience most of us take whatever frightens us or makes us uncomfortable and push it out of sight. This puts it into the unconscious. It does not disa...
*“Synchronicity and Magical Thinking”* By Synchrosecrets.com “Synchronicity and magical thinking are close friends. They may even be Siamese twins who share a common heart. But what is magical thinking? E...
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"This is the nineties, Bubba, and there is no such thing as paranoia. It's all true." - Hunter S. Thompson ● And that was then... lol. - CP
Beech Grove, Indiana Folks, decide for yourself, as always, what makes sense in all this. Just don't be so closed minded that you chant endlessly, "That could never happen here, that could never happen h...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 145.2 km (90.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:18:17 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 235 km (146 miles) NNW of Saum...
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What’s going on in Europe economically is impossible to understand without getting your head around what’s happening in Europe politically. And it’s virtually impossible to understand what’s happening in...
*“FEMA Camps On 72 Hour Notice AND Military Authorized To Arrest- VERIFIED” * by dutchsinse "For the record, I said months ago that I did NOT believe that there was a REAL plan to round up American/US ci...
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The government is spending more than it takes in. It’s spending a *lot *more than it takes in, at a time when it has a lot less. It is spending a lot more at a time when it has a lot less because some ...
A vigilante mob burned down a gipsy camp after an Italian teenager allegedly claimed she had been raped by two Romany men – only to confess later that she had invented the entire story. The 16-year-old r...
French foreign minister says he believes roadside bomb which injured 5 French UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon carried out by Hezbollah at Syria's urging. France's Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 31.8 km (19.8 miles), the quake hit at 19:51:11 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 41 km (25 miles) ES...
Army defectors in southern Syria battled loyalist forces backed by tanks in a major armed confrontation Sunday near the Jordanian border, as up to 18 people were killed in nationwide violence. Residents a...
At least 18 people are reported to have died in clashes in Syria as opposition activists called a general strike. 11 of the deaths were in the cities of Homs and Hama, the opposition Local Co-ordination ...
*"A Letter from Mitt Romney: Your Chance to Win $10,000"* by Andy Borowitz DES MOINES (The Borowitz Report) – “Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney today issued the following open letter to America: ...
To D-fox: if you're reading this, please contact us at thecomingcrisis@gmail.com. It's important -- we believe.
I have always thought that happiness, or at least contentment, is based on the perception of fairness and expectations. In other words, it's not based on the actual amount of creature comfort, but rather ...
The euro project was flawed from the start and the current generation of European leaders has failed to address its fundamental problems, Jacques Delors, the architect of the single currency, declares toda...
Enough is enough. Please stop defaming Germany out there in the blogosphere. The Germans are not engaged in a mercantilist conspiracy to subjugate and milk southern Europe. They are not conducting “warfare...
While most attention focused on this week's disclosure that everyone born after 1960 will have to work one year longer before receiving their state pension, an apparently technical statement sneaked out on...
US firearms sales reached a record 129,166 during last week's Black Friday that kicked off the holiday shopping season, a 32 percent increase from the previous all-time high, officials said. The FBI confi...
The Arab Spring uprisings and Occupy-style US protests have inspired a new genre of serious videogames designed to help activists develop strategy -- all in the safety of cyberspace. Games like "People Po...
As the Arctic warms, greenhouse gases will be released from thawing permafrost faster and at significantly higher levels than previous estimates, according to survey results from 41 international scientist...
The FBI has released a new gang assessment announcing that there are 1.4 million gang members in the US, a 40 percent increase since 2009, and that many of these members are getting inside the military (vi...
Syria placed long-range missiles equipped with chemical warheads on high alert after an attack on a Syrian nuclear plant in 2007, WikiLeaks documents obtained by Yedioth Ahronoth indicate. In March 2008,...
As the tour bus moves from central Seoul to the city outskirts, the seamless transition from one of the world's biggest and most vibrant cities to the world's most heavily armed border is as surreal as it ...
The viral video of Lt John Pike casually pepper-spraying a line of peacefully seated student protesters has deep resonance for the Civil Rights generation. It's impossible to escape comparisons to Bull Con...
From the Arab Spring to a global economic crisis to the killing of Osama bin Laden, 2011 has been defined by historic and dynamic events that will shape the world in the years ahead. A revolt across the M...
Crowded, gritty, and poor, Metro Manila can be a tough place to live for just about anyone; but when you stand three feet 10 inches the odds are seriously stacked against you. "I come from the provinces s...
When an old widower from the central Chinese city of Wuhan went into hospital last summer because of a persistent high fever, he was diagnosed with the AIDS virus -- and made national news. The man, in hi...
The euro project was flawed from the start and the current generation of European leaders has failed to address its fundamental problems, Jacques Delors, the architect of the single currency, declares toda...
Enough is enough. Please stop defaming Germany out there in the blogosphere. The Germans are not engaged in a mercantilist conspiracy to subjugate and milk southern Europe. They are not conducting “warfare...
While most attention focused on this week's disclosure that everyone born after 1960 will have to work one year longer before receiving their state pension, an apparently technical statement sneaked out on...
Nearly 1 million undocumented immigrants could live and work openly in California with little or no fear of deportation under an initiative unveiled Friday by a state legislator and others. Assemblyman Fe...
Already unhappy with the Obama administration’s handling of illegal immigrants in the U.S., liberal lawmakers on Friday asked the government to go even further and make American aid to Mexico based on that...
When you are a kid on Christmas morning, it’s all about volume. But when you are a parent, cruising the aisles of the toy-store in December, it’s about trying to balance a happy holiday with a reasonable...
Canada, the country furthest from meeting its commitment to cut carbon emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, may save as much as $6.7 billion by exiting the global climate change agreement and not paying for...
As a new Channel 4 documentary reveals the shocking extent of Britain's homelessness crisis, an innovative charity could provide a solution. Anna Tyzack reports Shivering in his sleeping bag on a park ben...
House prices could soon start to fall around the world as a result of the credit crunch and eurozone crisis, one of the biggest global estate agents has hinted. Knight Frank, which operates in 43 countrie...
Sir Mervyn King’s words today are chilling. The eurozone crisis is “extraordinarily serious and threatening” the Governor of the Bank of England said, and the UK’s central bank was drawing up contingency p...
For more than 20 years, Beijing’s Underground City, a bomb shelter just beneath the ancient capital’s downtown area, has been virtually forgotten by local citizens, despite being well-known amongst foreign...
Seven out of 139 people arrested at a demonstration in central London over the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been charged with various offences. A Scotland Yard spokesman said three ...
“It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything. The things you own end up owning you. We are defined by the choices we make. If you wake up at a different time, in a different pla...
Tens of thousands of people were left without power during the coldest night of the winter so far as engineers struggled to fix damage caused by storms earlier in the week. Engineers worked through the n...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Kamchatka, Russia at a depth of 130 km (80.6 miles), the quake hit at 16:54:29 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 146 km (90.5 mil...
Because nothing says populism and nothing strikes a chord with blue collar voters like two old multimillionaire Republican white guys betting each other $10,000 on national television. That $10,000, by th...
[image: Projected change in consecutive dry days, 2046-2100. This graph shows projected annual changes in dryness assessed from change in annual maximum number of consecutive dry days (CDD, days with pre...
We'd like to thank our American readers for providing the most help yesterday in regards to the big flashing banner up top. We greatly appreciate the fact they took 5 seconds out of their day to fulfill ou...
*Luciano Pavarotti as Nemorino sings "*Una furtiva lagrima*" in Act II of Donizetti's Elixir of Love, with Nicola Rescigno conducting at the Met in 1981. The first-stanza major-mode switcheroo -- on the l...
[image: Coral destruction in Maldives. Photo: NIOS via Sea Shepherd]By Captain Locky MacLean 10 December 2011 When one thinks of world-class diving, the tiny Republic of the Maldives immediately comes t...
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Biased BBC - 5 hours ago
First, let's celebrate the fact that Mark Mardell has actually linked to two conservative publications in one blog post! Must be a new record, and probably takes care of his quota for the next six months...
Over the decades, a few documents relating to the Roswell UFO crash (or the Roswell events if you wish to remove UFO from the discussion) have been found. One of those developed after Army Brigadier Genera...
Harper promised that His Canada would punch above her weight on the global scene, and he was right. Oh sure he got us ramped up on a futile, inconclusive foreign war, but our true behemoth status is in gr...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Northern Iran at a depth of 8 km (5 miles), the quake hit at 15:21:27 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 11 km (6.8 miles) Northeast of Azad Shahr No Repo...
As European leaders unveil their latest plan to solve the debt crisis, economists and market experts aren't convinced they'll actually be successful. At least one group says there are one too many obstacl...
Among the tens of thousands of people happily enduring the freezing temperatures in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square is Alexey, an international lawyer. He tells me he's never protested before. "I'm not a poli...
The Syrian government has warned protesters in the city of Homs that it has a 72-hour deadline to stop demonstrations, hand in weapons and surrender defecting military members -- or face bombardment, Lt. C...
Photo Shayne Robinson/Greenpeace*COP17 succumbs to Climate Apartheid* *Antidote is Cochabamba Peoples' Agreement* By Climate Justice Now! Posted at Censored News DURBAN, South Africa -- Decisions resultin...
Sexual content on television is strongly associated with teen pregnancy, a new study from the RAND Corporation shows. Researchers at the nonprofit organization found that adolescents with a high level of ...
It's time for the yearly retrospectives on 2011, and we're kicking them off with 2011’s most-viewed stories on Desdemona. It won’t surprise anyone to see that the triple meltdown at the Fukushima-Daiich...
*And goodbye, Boston Globe. * "For Occupy saga, an orderly close; Protest highlighted global cause, but what will linger?" by Mark Arsenault Globe Staff / December 11, 2011 The tent city occupation of Dew...
Nice, easy-to-understand chart on your economic future (which the folks in charge of the Austerity Regime hope you don't know) at Asymptosis. So much for ever getting a truly unbiased analysis from these g...
I*t was before the debate even though he was asked about it.* "Palestinians assail Gingrich remarks; In an interview, candidate refers to ‘invented’ people" by Diaa Hadid Associated Press / December 11, 2...
"Lunar eclipse seen in West; Moon-gazers view a rare event" by Associated Press / December 11, 2011 [image: The moon as it appeared above San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge yesterday in a total eclipse.] ...
Syria's President Bashar Assad Sets ABC News Senior Propagandist Barbra Walters Straight. by Tony Cartalucci December 11, 2011 - Before watching this full 46 minute interview by ABC News with Syrian Pres...
A wind turbine in Scotland bursts into flames after the region is hammered by Atlantic storm.
These earbuds house two microphones that cancel out background noise.
A brainwave monitor helps train people to pay attention and boosts performance.
Now that Herman Cain has "suspended" his campaign so he can spend more time with his attorneys and the GOP field once again bleached to its usual levels, the differences between the candidates become less...
*All he needed was a pill.* "Obama, in Kansas, forcefully argues for equality in economy" December 07, 2011 OSAWATOMIE, Kan. - Infusing his speech with the type of populist language that has emerged in t...
Saints at Titans: Broadcast Information ~Video: Hokie & Deke break down Saints-Titans ~Hat Tweet @thecajunboy~My friend Terry used duct tape & PVC pipe to rig a flagpole to hang our Saints flag from at our ...
*Time to close it.* "Newark mayor to campaign for Obama in New Hampshire; Booker aiming to reinvigorate young voter base" by Shira Schoenberg Globe Correspondent /December 9, 2011 Mayor Cory Booker of New...
It's always very sad to be writing about Guatemala-- sad and, as an American, shameful. What we've done to the people of that country is beyond conceivable and probably damns every single one of us to a ...
*I want to thank Megan from Kitschy Suburbia for sharing her Christmas traditions with us today. I want to come celebrate with her, who doesn't want a three day celebration!* A big Merry Christmas to all ...
"Biden to target 3 battleground states in ’12 campaign" November 26, 2011|By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON - With just under a year until Election Day, Democrats are crafting a campaign strategy...
- Most drink-fuelled shopping is done between 11pm and 1am - One in seven admit they wouldn't have bought their drunk purchase if sober [image: Almost half of Brits have shopped online aft...
- Smoking triggers nearly 20% of cancers, new study reveals - 2,700 cancers could be avoided if women breastfed [image: Deadly drag: Smoking is the biggest cause of cancer, triggering more t...
The lava flow from the latest eruption of Puu Oo crater has stalled, for now, on its way to the ocean and bypassed the home of Jack Thompson, the only remaining resident in the Royal Gardens subdivision ne...
*Emergency services are cautioning motorists in Gothenburg in western Sweden to take care as a recent wave of winter weather has left a number of roads in the city's road flooded. *Due to the flooding, ac...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Gansu-Qinghai Border Region, China at a depth of 20.9 km (13 miles), the quake hit at 12:38:58 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 341 km (212 miles) ...
Two explosions were reported at the Pasadena Refining Systems, Inc. plant before 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The plant is located at the 100 block of Traffic Circle at REd Bluff. According to a plant spokesperso...
ANGOURIE surfer Steve King has a much-greater appreciation of the phrase "in a split second", as that was all there was between losing a leg and having one with a few puncture wounds after the shark that b...
Kyushu Electric Power Co. said Saturday that 1.8 tons of coolant water containing radioactive materials had leaked within a purification system at an idled reactor at its Genkai nuclear power plant in Saga...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Molucca Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 62.7 km (39 miles), the quake hit at 09:40:10 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 190 km (118 miles) WSW of Terna...
Liberia's president, a fellow Liberian "peace warrior" and a Yemeni activist were awarded the prize on Saturday in Oslo.
Carbon nanotubes could act as the perfect "cloaking" material to hide tanks. The Universe may also naturally produce the stuff to hit entire planets... and stars!
A gun battle broke out overnight when armed men in the vehicles of Libya's new national army tried to take control of Tripoli's international airport from a powerful militia, the commander of the airport's...
Police arrested three Chinese nationals after authorities uncovered about 100 snakes, 70 tortoises and 20 neon-colored frogs in their hotel room in western Germany, according to a police spokesman. The d...
All U.S. forces have vacated a military base in Pakistan, meeting a deadline set by Islamabad after a NATO airstrike killed dozens of soldiers, local military officials said Sunday. Pakistan requested U....
Six hospital managers arrested on negligence charges are in custody for questioning after a hospital blaze killed 91 people in eastern India, authorities said Sunday. A local court sent the six to 10-day...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Fiordland Region, New Zealand at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 09:57:25 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 70 km (43.4 miles) West of T...
Iran will not return an unmanned American stealth plane that it says it has, one of Iran's top generals said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency on Sunday. "No nation welcomes other countrie...
Among the tens of thousands of people happily enduring the freezing temperatures in Moscow's Bolotnaya Square is Alexey, an international lawyer. He tells me he's never protested before. "I'm not a pol...
Police swooped on Boston’s Dewey Square early Saturday, evicting hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters and tearing down their tents. It brought an end to the ten-week occupation of the city centre spac...
Two former players say the longtime CEO of the Amateur Athletic Union, which oversees more than half a million children, sexually abused them when they were teenage boys. The two accusers claim the molest...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 115.5 km (71.8 miles), the quake hit at 09:54:55 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 104 km (64 miles) Nor...
** ** *أراك تبتسم يا ايلي... أحلامُك صارت واقعاً * *مسا الخير، مسا الحرية مسا، الوزير الراحل شهيدنا البطل الرئيس ايلي حبيقة ... * *ما أصعبَها لحظة... لحظة أفتقدُ فيها الأخَ الوفيّ، رفيقَ النضال ومحفّز...
David Cameron has received overwhelming support from British voters over his historic decision to veto changes to the EU Treaty. The first poll conducted since the acrimonious Brussels summit shows that a ...
Nick Clegg is said to be privately furious with David Cameron over his decision to veto the new EU treaty, saying the result has left Britain as the "lonely man of Europe". It comes as a poll shows the m...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Java, Indonesia at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 06:34:22 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 60 km (37.2 miles) South of Banjar, Indones...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Maule, Chile at a depth of 81.5 km (50.6 miles), the quake hit at 08:31:02 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) Northeast of Chillan, Bio-B...
*"5 Ways to Make Banks Pay for Their Secret $7 Trillion** Free Ride"* by Eliot Spitzer *"The CEOs of major banks maintained they were in good financial shape. Meanwhile, they secretly borrowed massive amo...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 24.4 km (15.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:04:31 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 273 km (169 miles) S...
posted by David Vance at
Biased BBC - 13 hours ago
The BBC has one dominant running narrative since Cameron rightly vetoed the latest Merkozy plot. It's all about the UK being "isolated". It's news bulletins have been loaded with this theme and even this...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck offshore El Salvador at a depth of 65.7 km (40.8 miles), the quake hit at 03:34:36 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 53 km (32 miles) Southwest of San M...
*"Ayn Rand’s ‘Death of the Soul of Capitalism’"* by Paul B. Farrell “Atlas Shrugged” is Ayn Rand’s most popular work. A mysterious rebel leader John Galt saves America from economic ruin. But before we ri...
*"Everything Happening Now Was Planned Before 9/11"* by Washingtons Blog "Special preface to my friends in the military, law enforcement and intelligence and other government servants: You are sworn to de...
*“Incarcerate Corzine”* By Eric Fry “If wishes were horses, beggars would ride, according to a 16th century British proverb. Continuing that logic, if wishes were *$1.2 billion* of missing client assets ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Barat Daya, Indonesia at a depth of 172.3 km (107.1 miles), the quake hit at 01:10:25 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 238 km (147 miles) ENE...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Eastern New Guinea Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 74.6 km (46.4 miles), the quake hit at 21:12:36 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 103 km...
I wanted to know every detail about the preparations for the media fireworks associated with the evidence for (or against) the Higgs boson on Tuesday 14:00. So I contacted a guy who has very good relatio...
The Big Fix A film about the 2010 BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico AMC Loews Village 7 66 Third Ave., New York, NY 10003 at 11th St. NYC, NY 212-505-6397
*The three "who sold Libya to NATO". 1. General Souleiman Mahmoud al-Obeidi 2. General Abdel Fateh Younès 3. General Ahmed Kaddaf ad-Dam.* http://www.algeria-isp.com/actualites/politique-libye/201112-A7421...
*Website for this image** * According to Adrian Salbuchi, at Global Reasearch, 9 December 2011, there is a plan to create a global currency. *Demise of the Euro: Part of a Long-term Plan for a Global "Supe...
posted by Robin Horbury at
Biased BBC - 14 hours ago
Richard Black is very happy this morning. The thousands of fatcat eco freaks at the Durban boondoggle have reached an "agreement" that will lead to £100bn being transferred from the urban poor in the devel...
The delegates of the insane Durban climate conference have blackmailed each other and kept on negotiating for at least 36 extra hours. Finally, many of the delegates were so tired and so scared of the id...
*PERSONAL* *MOLLY DEBATES THE INSANE* Most of Molly's "action" is now over at her Facebook site. Over there there is an interesting "debate" if you can call it such. The substance concerens the "torch...
- High-endurance activities can scar right ventricle - Increased risk of reduced performance - a cardiac 'over-training' syndrome - or arrhythmia [image: Marathon runners such as Paula Ra...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 560.3 km (348.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:30:58 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 463 km (287 miles) Southwest...
Louis CK is circumventing the usual distributing suspects and selling his wares directly to the masses in the form of a new stand-up show called *Live from the Beacon Theater.* It can be downloaded for $5....
*"Invictus"* "Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried a...
*US Drone Lost Over Iran Was On CIA Operation* IamBabcock Original here. Cherchez la Verite
It is the dilemma faced by thousands of shoppers when searching for a new gadget for the home. Whether buying a camcorder or coffee maker, a DVD player or dishwasher, is it a good idea to plump for the ...
“This colorful cosmic skyscape features a peculiar system of galaxies cataloged as Arp 227 some 100 million light-years distant. Swimming within the boundaries of the constellation Pisces, Arp 227 consists...
Women wondering whether or not to take the next step with a new man in their life should heed the advice of Russian scientists - and take a deep whiff. Sniffing a potential partner’s scent could tell i...
Pakistan, in a bid to bolster its border with Afghanistan, has installed anti-aircraft guns and radars to monitor air activity, a senior Pakistani military official told CNN. "We had to do it after being ...
The flowers a man gives to his wife and the back rubs she doles out in return could be the key to a happy marriage. Couples with above-average generosity in their marriages reported that they were five ...
Earlier today we witnessed the largest and most impassioned demonstrations in Russia since the breakup of the Soviet Union. Aside from the big one-- over 50,000 people-- in Moscow, there were over a doze...
A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck in Mexico's western Guerrero state Saturday night, shaking buildings and causing panic in the nation's capital and the Pacific resort of Acapulco. There were no reports of...
The $16 million a public servant allegedly stole from Queensland Health was destined for charity. Hohepa Morehu-Barlow, also known as Joel Barlow, is wanted for questioning over the transfer of a small fo...
A magnitude 6.5 earthquake has struck Guerrero, Mexico at a depth of 64.9 km (40.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:47:26 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 42 km (26 miles) Southwest of Iguala, G...
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wmtc - 18 hours ago
This photo is used in James Gleick's *The Information*, in which I am currently engrossed. The building is Bell Labs, the hottest of hot spots for engineering and technology for decades, in one of its mo...
*And it's not Newt**. * "Gingrich could benefit most from Cain departure; Others in GOP also courting his followers" December 05, 2011|By Shira Schoenberg, Globe Correspondent On CNN’s “State of the Unio...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the Ryukyu Islands, Japan at a depth of 27.9 km (17.3 miles), the quake hit at 01:22:44 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 270 km (167 miles) Northeast o...
*Which is where my copies of the Globe are soon headed.* "Gingrich could benefit most from Cain departure; Others in GOP also courting his followers" December 05, 2011|By Shira Schoenberg, Globe Correspon...
Definition of schizophrenia: "A situation or condition that results from the coexistence of disparate or antagonistic qualities, identities, or activities." After a decade into the criminally conceived ...
*From immigration to Israel.* "Romney once advocated softened immigration stance; Position in ’06 nearly identical to Gingrich’s" November 29, 2011|By Matt Viser and Michael Levenson, Globe Staff WASHING...
*Globe leaves me cold. * "Huntsman praised by N.H.’s Democratic governor CONCORD, N.H. - Republican Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah, has *struggled to gain traction in the polls*, consistently g...
Was so happy Kurt got home! :). The pugs were as well. They seemed shocked when he walked in the door, as that is the longest the pugs and I have been at home without Kurt in 15 years! Anyway, his trip w...
*She mentioned that right at the top of her remarks (and closed with them) in the debate. * "Gingrich could benefit most from Cain departure; Others in GOP also courting his followers" December 05, 2011|B...
*Rick, Rick, Rick.* "In a reminder of the gaffes that have plagued his campaign, Perry initially struggled to remember Sotomayor’s name — “not Montemayor,’’ he said — and also misstated the number of just...
"In a heartbreaking situation and running near the back of the pack in the polls, Rick Santorum, the Republican presidential hopeful, said the campaign has been “incredibly hard’’ on his family. He has giv...
*by Ken* Last night I raised the question: "Is Buddy Roemer any worse a candidate than "Brokeback Rick" Perry? (Probably not, but is he any BETTER?)" This was in response to Eli Saslow's *Washington Pos...
Traditions are part of what makes us who were are. We have traditions from my husband's family, my family and ones we have made up on our own. Over the next week, some of my favorite people from around the...
*I'm ashamed to say I may give it a look-see*: "GOP candidates face off in ABC debate tonight The Iowa Republican Party and ABC News are sponsoring a debate at 9 p.m. tonight for six Republican presidenti...
*Just about dinner time, too.* "Ban lifted on funding horse meat inspections; Could open door to slaughterhouses" December 03, 2011|By Justin Juozapavicius, Associated Press TULSA, Okla. - *Horses* could ...
No one got Scott Walker's official Christmas card last year after he found out it was going to be printed by a union shop. The NRA's official 2011 Christmas card says, "Here's hoping for a *very*white Ch...
PULLING BACK THE CURTAIN ON THE WALL STREET MONEY MACHINE Ellen Brown December 7, 2011 www.webofdebt.com/articles/pulling.php On November 27, Bloomberg News reported the results of its successful ca...
*Globe gave me a loser*: "Across US, lotteries being revamped to boost revenue; 26 states saw sales increase in traditional games" by Amanda J. Crawford Bloomberg News /December 9, 2011 After total lott...
*They hope it's a lucky Valentine. * "Bobby Valentine is the choice of the Red Sox, emerging from a long and convoluted search to become the 45th manager in franchise history.... The fiery and opinionated...
*They did need a place to stay for the night.* "Protesters turn to foreclosures; Occupy movement tries to reclaim empty homes" December 07, 2011|By Manuel Valdes, Associated Press SEATTLE - The Occupy Wal...
*Carol is running a powerful grassroots race against mindless right-wing zombie Frank Guinta. We're trying to help her raise contributions here so after you read the piece beelow, please consider kicking ...
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*"A Magical Mind: Wish"* by The DailyOm "When we wish for something our consciousness opens to receiving it like a flower unfolding its petals to receive a bee. From blowing dandelion seeds into the air ...
*"Journey"* "The mouth of the river may be beautiful. It doesn't remember the womb of its beginning. It doesn't look back to where it's been or wonder who ahead of it polished the rough stones. It is foll...
*Dry River Radical Resource Center hosts speakers for O'odham VOICE Against the Wall* By Dry River Collective Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com Media Inquiries: Dan Todd, 520-982-1835, lang...
A lodger has been charged with murdering his landlady and her mother at a house in Southport. Barry Morrow, 51, is accused of killing Angela Holgate, 54, and 75-year-old Alice Huyton and is due to appear...
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Black man. White murder victims. No physical evidence. Sentenced to death despite very compelling doubts about guilt. If this sounds like Troy Davis 2.0, that's because Troy Davis was not an anomaly. His d...
Excerpt – Read the whole thing >>>here<<< Late last month, Wyoming state Rep. Bob Nicholas (R) *was arrested*following an incident where he kicked and beat his disabled son outside of a restaurant: Nichol...
This is a great interview. Real straight talk.
One of things that pisses me off about most privately owned corporations is they have NO CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS. Their main concern is profit and maintaining costs - if a customer is inconvenienced they ...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Northern Xinjiang, China at a depth of just 1 km (0.6 miles - Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 19:45:02 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 87 km (...
"Tension builds in Dewey Square; Occupy group fears arrests" December 03, 2011|By Martine Powers, Globe Staff The clash that erupted Thursday night when Occupy Boston members tried to bring an industrial-...
MORE than 40 pupils at an elementary school in a suburban area are suspected of having contracted scarlet fever, parents claimed yesterday. At least 39 children in a Grade Two class at the Mingqiang Eleme...
*I shouldn't be because it gives me a good opportunity to tell you how to read an AmeriKan media poll. * "Occupy’s support divided, poll says; Backing in Mass. split on political, geographic lines" Decemb...
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*“A Very Good Reason to Tax the Very Rich”* Paul Buchheit “A hedge fund manager who makes $5 billion in a year is making enough money to pay the starting salaries of 100,000 firefighters. On a one-year m...
These graphic pictures show the bravery of British troops as they raided an Afghan bomb factory in a daring dawn raid. Not only did they seize IEDs, drugs and an AK-47 sub-machine gun, but rescued a polic...
*Gary Speed receiving the MBE. * Gary Speed was a very famous figure in the world of UK football. He died suddenly. The official story is that it was suicide. A 'Dispatches' TV documentary mentions that ...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 508.2 km (315.8 miles), the quake hit at 18:37:25 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 482 km (299 miles) SSW of ...
What if there weren't any real terrorists threatening America and the whole thing was just made up to justify a military agenda? A rational person might say that if we're all going to give up our rights, a...
Over at the DT, James Delingpole brings these words of Sir Anthony Jay to our attention; No, what really needs changing is the size of the BBC. All we need from it is one television channel and one speech...
Argentina has launched a naval campaign to isolate the Falkland Islands that has seen it detain Spanish fishing vessels on suspicion of breaking the country’s “blockade” of the seas around the British terr...
Delegates from 194 countries will meet this week in Durban, South Africa, to see whether the world can do a better job of controlling the man-made greenhouse gases that scientists believe will lead to sea-...
The brains of children are affected by family violence in the same way as combat affects soldiers, according to a study. In both cases the brain becomes increasingly wary of potential threats. For childre...
A Seattle woman who is receiving welfare assistance from Washington state also happens to live in a waterfront house on Lake Washington worth more than a million dollars. Federal agents raided the home th...
For the first time in 25 years, Minnesota farmer Dean Tofteland has missed his deadline to buy seed for next spring's corn and soybean crops. With $200,000 of his money yet to be returned from the accounts...
Following on from the announcement that GM is looking at redesigning the Chevrolet Volt’s lithium-ion battery system in the wake of several highly publicized fires resulting from test crashes, comes furthe...
New intelligence indicates that North Korea is moving ahead with building its first road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, an easily hidden weapon capable of hitting the United States, according t...
Protesters from the Occupy movement and other groups are planning to converge on Capitol Hill Tuesday to air their grievances in front of members of Congress. Members of a broad range of organizations, in...
Former German finance minister Peer Steinbrueck, an opposition leader and possible candidate for chancellor in 2013, warned on Tuesday of the perils of a collapse of the euro zone, saying it could revive n...
The drumbeat of dire warnings continues about the inevitable and imminent collapse of the world’s food supply before the combined onslaughts of industrial agriculture and climate change. Despite the increa...
Memorial Hermann (MH), a major hospital system in Houston, Tex., that employs 20,000 workers at 11 area hospitals, is currently pushing a campaign that aims to vaccinate 100 percent of its workers with the...
Grapefruits, lemons, celery, and certain other fruits and vegetables contain compounds known as furanocoumarins that can cause a negative reaction when consumed along with certain medications. But rather t...
Once upon a time there was a lowly bean. Unlike other beans, in its natural state it was highly toxic to people and animals. Poor people in Asia discovered somehow — no doubt through desperate trial-and-er...
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil-fuel burning jumped by the largest amount on record last year, upending the notion that the brief decline during the recession might persist through the recov...
The Privacy Act of 1974 allows a person to sue a federal agency for intentionally disclosing personal, confidential information without permission. But the government is trying to limit the force of that l...
The arctic polar region's climate has warmed up in the last five years and the change is likely to stick around as a "new normal," U.S. scientists say. A team of 121 scientists from 14 nations concluded th...
A native American community in remote Alaska this week revived legal efforts to hold some of the world's largest energy companies accountable for allegedly destroying their village because of global warmin...
The world is getting hotter, with 2011 one of the warmest years on record, and humans are to blame, a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. It warned increasing global ave...
*"All the G.O.P.’s Gekkos"* By Paul Krugman "Almost a quarter of a century has passed since the release of the movie “Wall Street,” and the film seems more relevant than ever. The self-righteous screeds...
The eurozone banking system is on the edge of collapse as major lenders begin to run out of the assets they need to keep vital funding lines open. Senior analysts and traders warned of impending bank fail...
*"Weekly News Wrap-Up 12.9.11"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "There was a big meeting in Europe this week to try and find a solution to the sovereign debt crisis. The fate of the European Union hangs...
*“What Happens When the World’s Economic* * Growth Engine Goes Kaput?”* by Bill Bonner "Dow up 198 points yesterday. Why? People think the Europeans are going to sort out their problems. But are they? Eur...
Tens of thousands defy bitter cold and fear of crackdown in challenge to victorious party of Vladimir Putin. Up to 50,000 people braved the cold and snow on Saturday to turn out for the largest ever prote...
*Progressive congressional candidate Cecil Bothwell (NC-11)* The new Gallup poll may be bad news for corrupt congressional careerists but it's really heartening for average American families. Like the hero...
*David Cameron* has arrived back in London and will now have to face his own party and parliament next week. He won't get an easy ride from the latter. Europe wants Britain to be a part of it. Europeans ...
Police in the German capital of Berlin are searching for a man who is handing out poisoned drinks at the city's popular Christmas markets, officials said on Saturday. At least seven people have been sicken...
*"Great Expectations" was always my favorite**.* "Charles Dickens would love Occupy, another Dickens says" December 03, 2011|By Joel Brown, Globe Correspondent SALEM - Ever alert to injustice, Charles Dic...
"A dozen arrested in Occupy D.C. clashes over construction of wooden structure in park" December 05, 2011|Associated Press WASHINGTON - US Park Police yesterday arrested several Occupy D.C. protesters who...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Eastern Iran at a depth of just 2 km (1.2 miles - Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 16:13:50 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 110 km (68.2 miles)...
"A dozen arrested in Occupy D.C. clashes over construction of wooden structure in park" December 05, 2011|Associated Press WASHINGTON - In New York over the weekend, Occupy Wall Street activists said they...
"Occupy forced out in San Francisco; Police arrest 70 people during raid of camp site" by Sudhim Thanawala Associated Press / December 8, 2011 Police gave protesters at San Francisco’s Occupy encampment fi...
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake has struck Utah at a depth of 0.5 km (0 miles - Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 16:45:42 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 13 km (8 miles) Northwest of Eme...
*Just in case there's a couple of MILLION "terrorists" in the United States. * *Existence of Military Detention Centers Signals America's Descent Into Martial Law* *Alex Jones Exclusive: Government Activ...
*RATS DESERT SINKING SHIP* *By Mohawk Nation News* *http://www.mohawknationnews.com* MNN. Dec. 9, 2011. Our canoe continues to float and move forward. The invaders’ ships with their mighty masts are si...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck offshore Oaxaca, Mexico at a depth of 22.4 km (13.9 miles), the quake hit at 14:29:16 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) Southeast of ...
[image: Hurricane Irene left a ravaged Highway 12, the main road connecting Cape Hatteras National Seashore to the North Carolina mainland, 29 August 2011. Jose Luis Magana / Reuters] By Mara Lee, Hartf...
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*"NDP wheat board critic and Winnipeg MP Pat Martin said if the government holds a vote, and gets more than half of Prairie farmers to agree to do away with the monopoly, that would be the end of the deb...
* The old Egypt * Israel, the USA and NATO want Moslem countries to be backward, weak and divided. Israel has always seen Egypt as its main Arab enemy. Israel is now happy. Egypt has now voted for the Is...
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Are you participating in Write for Rights? This annual event is a simple, hands-on way you can stand up for global human rights at least once a year. Be a part of the world's largest human rights event: W...
NFL Week 14: New Orleans Saints Road to the Super Bowl Starts Now~Bleacher Report Arguments against sending Clean Water Act fines to Gulf states have holes in them Coastal restoration projects move forwa...
The Russian capital's shiny new metro station is called Dostoevskaya, after author Fyodor Dostoevsky. But that's not what's getting the buzz in the international press. The Moscow station has grayscale mo...
Radioactive water leaked inside a nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan, but there was no impact on the surrounding area, a spokesman for the plant operator said Saturday. A warning alarm sounded Fr...
*And a whole lot more*.* Remember way back when this stuff was just for catching "terrorists?" * "Attention sticky-fingered shoppers: They see you; Technology drives Target’s tough-minded antitheft operat...
*I just won't be watching the brand.* "A business class on what it takes to be a player" November 17, 2011|By Shira Springer, Globe Staff For 80 minutes, students discuss LeBron James and his brand, and *...
"As Colleges Go Global, Recruiting Goes Private; UMass Lowell, others turn to contractors for foreign students" October 28, 2011|By Mary Carmichael, Globe Staff The schools hired an Australian company cal...
*It may be too late unless the US government gives back all the money it stole making the books look better. * "Seniors and their advocates yesterday vowed an all-out battle against efforts by some key De...
What the media says and what the media doesn't tell you. by Tony Cartalucci 1. What the Media Says: From CNN: "Between 20,000 and 25,000 protesters had gathered in the capital, Moscow, Ria Novosti said ...
*Even worse in some ways.* "Egypt’s military prosecutor said yesterday that it has opened an inquiry into a video showing a* dozen Egyptian police and military officers* *beating and giving electric shocks...
- Jumping on an exercise bike in just 20 second spurts can improve insulin function, scientists claim [image: Jumping on an exercise bike in just 20 second spurts can improve insulin funct...
Traveling to space or embarking on an expedition to excavate lost Mayan ruins are normally the stuff of adventure novels. But for employees of Facebook, these and other lavish dreams are moving closer t...
If you asked for a new dress for Christmas but your other half buys you lacy lingerie, it is not necessarily a come on... he might just be sticking to the safe option. A survey has revealed that men are...
[image: Women who smoke raise their risk of the skin cancer squamous cell carcinoma] Women who smoke raise their risk of the skin cancer squamous cell carcinoma Women who smoke are more likely to suffer...
Little Miss Mormon Silver Spoon has his allies fighting back against the Hershey Bar Whore. A bunch of fat empty suits-- led by Sununu and Christie-- were all over the media yesterday bashing Gingrich. A ...
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Today is International Human Rights Day, a day to work for and affirm human rights at home and abroad. Today also marks 9 years since Mohamed Harkat, a Canadian citizen, was arrested under a so-called sec...
Poster reads: 'Guys, move on and let someone else in.' Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Moscow to protest against Vladimir Putin's government, as other demonstrations take place in cities ...
Europe Forges Fiscal Union, Sees Way Out of Crisis Naomi Klein published a book, The Shock Doctrine, in 2007 that can be utilized as a tour guide to the planned future of the American Empire and how the Ne...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Philippine Islands Region at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:51:19 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 29 km (18 miles) Northeast...
Severe thunderstorms are producing strong winds and heavy rainfall in and around the Sunshine Coast in Queensland's south-east. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for peopl...
The Syrian government has reportedly told people in Homs they have 72 hours to stop their long-standing anti-government protests or face a new military offensive. Violence has continued *in the country*,...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 513.4 km (319 miles), the quake hit at 09:22:42 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 504 km (313 miles) NNW of Ra...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck the Gulf of California at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:56:28 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) Southwest of Guay...
A light aircraft crashed into a school within a residential area in Parañaque City this afternoon, sparking a huge fire and killing at least 13 people. Gwendolyn Pang, secretary-general of the Philippine...
Given this sentence: *"I'd rather have it and not need it than not have it and need it."* This is better, I think: *"I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it."* The first one is th...
Wanting to share this link to Conservative Home and their take on the BBC's outrageous ongoing coverage of Cameron's defence of the UK national interest. All that has been missing is black armbands and sol...
According to *The Economist* (The cracks appear): *"Putin still seems pretty popular, with approval ratings of around 40%. * "Nothing is likely to stop him winning the presidency in March." There have bee...
Iran said Friday that it had formally complained to the United Nations Security Council about what it called the hostile and aggressive behavior of the United States in sending a sophisticated radar-evadin...
It was the day they missed perhaps their last chance to save their tottering currency; the day they significantly reduced democracy, and locked in economic misery, for tens of millions of their people. It...
Food maker Meiji Co. received information on three occasions in mid-November about radioactive cesium in its baby food but paid no heed to the leads for about two weeks until it finally looked into the mat...
Occupy Boston protesters remained firmly entrenched in a downtown city square early Friday after a midnight deadline passed for them to clear out or face eviction. Demonstrators cleared trash and some ...
Radioactive water leaked inside a nuclear power plant in southwestern Japan, the Kyodo News Agency said Saturday. However, no radioactive materials leaked outside of the facility operated by Kyushu Elect...
Investigators have arrested six hospital managers after a fire that killed at least 88 people in a hospital Friday in eastern India. The six worked at a five-story hospital in the city of Kolkata, said Ja...
A gaping sinkhole has drained a family's swimming pool in Erwin, Tennessee and is growing in size - threatening their home. Homeowner Brad Thelan said the noise of the sink-hole opening up under his in-gr...
The crazed gunman who killed a police officer at Virginia Tech has been identified by police as 22-year-old college student Ross Truett Ashley. Ashley a student at nearby Radford University killed himself ...
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul made an extraordinary claim last night that the Bush administration was gleeful over the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. The avidly anti-war Tex...
The last total lunar eclipse of 2011 on Saturday will offer a rare chance to see an 'impossible' eclipse, with the moon red and the rising sun in the sky simultaneously. Ringside seats can be found in mos...
A man suspected of groping a teenage girl and another woman in a subway station was shot in buttocks by an off-duty officer on the train platform when he tried to run away. The shooting happened in Harlem...
*Mark Bingham's Obituary was ready 13 days before 9/11, page 1* *Flight 93: Mark Bingham - 9/11 "Lets Roll" HERO Proven a Fraud!*** The official story is that Mark Bingham died on Flight 93, on 9 11. App...
This does not appear to be a sick joke. Architects have designed a pair of apartment towers in South Korea that are unbelievably reminiscent of the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trade Centre. These inc...
We sort of take the lemon forgranted and use it as a flavoring agent. This item clearly shows it is good for a lot more. It is strongly indicated as acontra gall or kidney stone measure and that tells ...
We live in an age in which thefunding and the numbers of investigators have reached critical mass and therelative costs are also dropping. Oneresult is a flood of anti AIDs protocols are on the way to...
Ellen Brown continues to lobbyfor fundamental reform in our present money system. She has caught on to the key idea ofdistributing the money creation function down the food chain to theStates. That is...
Well, maybe not. Yet there are times and places where the useof a team of horses may well be preferred. Whether that could ever justify the investment is quite another matteras is brought out by on...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Western Turkey at a depth of 5 km (3.1 miles), the quake hit at 05:15:01 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 15 km (9.1 miles) Northwest of Sincanli, Tur...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:07:53 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 17 km (10.6 miles) Southeast of Ercis, Turk...
- A third of women with an unwanted pregnancy suffer depression or anxiety - However this rate remains the same whether they opt for abortion or continue with the pregnancy [image: A thi...
The BBC was accused of reporting Britain’s veto of the eurozone rescue plan as a national catastrophe rather than a tough decision David Cameron was forced to make. Conservative MPs said the broadcaster’s...
- First time stress has been shown to affect the balance between the sexes - Findings based on stress caused by the 2005 Tarapaca earthquake in Chile [image: A new study shows exposur...
The number of British children suffering from rickets has increased fivefold since 1997, figures have revealed. More than 760 were admitted to hospital last year with the condition, caused by a shortag...
- Sour cherry variety boosts the body's melatonin levels [image: Research: Cherry juice can increase 'sleep efficiency'] Research: Cherry juice can increase 'sleep efficiency' Two glasses of che...
David Cameron stood defiantly behind his historic veto of a new EU power grab last night as France plotted to push Britain towards the EU exit door. In the most momentous decision of his premiership, Mr Ca...
A national manhunt is continuing for a Queensland Health executive accused of stealing more than $16 million. Joel Barlow, 36, is accused of stealing money from Queensland Health over the past two to thre...
A New York banker penned a 1600-word email after a bad first date - only for the object of his affections to leak it to the internet, where it went viral. Investment banker Mike went on one date with Laur...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Southern Alaska at a depth of 93 km (57.8 miles), the quake hit at 06:26:31 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) West of Tyonek, Alaska N...
I'm beginning to realize there aren't many of us mourning the demise of the Canadian Left. Even veteran NDP'ers seem quite happy to watch their party become Latter Day Libs, helping the Conservative Lite ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 52.8 km (32.8 miles), the quake hit at 06:08:18 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 83 km (51 miles) ...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Andreanof Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 19.7 km (12.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:06:01 UTC Saturday 10th December 2011. The epicenter was 89 km ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 33.4 km (20.8 miles), the quake hit at 22:15:54 UTC Friday 9th December 2011. The epicenter was 219 km (136 miles) So...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Halmahera, Indonesia at a depth of 75 km (46.6 miles), the quake hit at 21:35:52 UTC Friday 9th December 2011. The epicenter was 119 km (73 miles) NNE of Ternate, Moluc...
*For the final stanza of "In diesem Wetter," the last of the Kindertotenlieder, Mahler switches from minor to major* *Thomas Hampson, baritone; Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, cond. DG, recorded li...
* "The Liar That Lives in Your Head"* by don Miguel Ruiz "Before we were born, a whole society of storytellers was already here. The storytellers who were here before us taught us how to be human. First t...
Study researcher Christopher Miller sampling sediments containing the ancient mattresses. CREDIT: Credit: Prof. Lyn Wadley via LiveScience.com The oldest known bedding — sleeping mats made of mosquito-repe...
*I don't have faith in any elections anymore. * "Landmark vote in Egypt clouded by growing unrest" November 28, 2011|By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press CAIRO - The *vote is being marred* by turmoil in the...
Photo courtesy: Yahoo!News Fishermen in Nova Scotia are reporting unusually high numbers of soft lobsters, which means a poorer quality of catch and less money for them. Ashton Spinney says fishermen like...
If no, then you should. The Republican Congress does not represent all the millionaires when it comes to no new taxes. In November, 2010 more than 100 of the country’s most financially successful citizen...
Source: Dees Illustration. "Regna regnis lupi, the State a wolf unto the State. It is not a pessimistic lamentation like the old homo homini lupus, but a positive creed and political ideal. Now it is unf...
“Tomorrow, December 10, the Full Moon will slide through planet Earth's shadow in a total lunar eclipse. The entire eclipse sequence, including 51 minutes of totality, will be visible from Asia and Austral...
*"Are You Feeling Stressed Out?"* by Jonathan "Have you got endless demands tugging at you from all directions? Does your life seem to be spinning out of control? It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and stress...
*So Brokeback Rick now takes fashion cues from gay movie cowboys? (Thanks to John Aravosis at AmericaBlog for the artwork. And you can click on it to enlarge.) Actually, this is the most (only?) appealing ...
"Young souls use pain to learn how things are. Mature souls use pain to learn how else things might be. And old souls use pain to learn how else they might be. Of course, pain is only a choice, among many...
REPOSTING FOR YOUR INFORMATION ONLY!! *University of Alberta Researcher Dr. Evangelos Michelakis has developed an effective drug which can be used to treat cancer*. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index....
*And then lied about in a stunningly astounding way!* "24 dead in worst Cairo riots since Mubarak ouster" by Maggie Michael Associated Press / October 9, 2011 CAIRO—Flames lit up downtown Cairo, where mas...
A new tracking device could help first responders save fire victims.
Meet the new Twitter--or is it, the new new Twitter?
"Post-Arab spring labor movement poses a test for Egypt; Strikes spreading fast but economy is standing still" September 27, 2011|By Anthony Faiola, Washington Post CAIRO - A *juggernaut labor movement* i...
Russians who took to Twitter to chat about the current political uprising got bombarded with spam.
*"12 Things Happy People Do Differently"* by Jacob Sokol “I’d always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time ...
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*And they would be taxing yours, too, if they were withholding your money from you (among the other transgressions and violations of dignity over six decades)!!* "Israel puts hold on tax transfers to Pale...
*"More Governmental Insights: * *Insiders, Outsiders and the Question of Divinity"* by Bill Bonner "You’ll recall that two days ago we introduced our new theory of government. Of course, we are not entire...
A spaceship developed by privately owned SpaceX is scheduled for launch Feb. 7 on an unprecedented mission to the International Space Station.
A networking campaign for marine protection has in only a few months raised close to $500,000.
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The other day I was driving along, minding my own business, happy to not be thinking about the extremism of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney or about Obama's latest betrayal of his base. So I didn't mind whe...
Syria's leading opposition movement warned Friday of an impending government "massacre" designed to crush activists in the city of Homs, a metropolis that has emerged as a center of anti-regime unrest. Th...
* * *"9 Reasons You Should Wear Tinfoil Hats"* By David Kravets "There’s plenty of reason to be concerned Big Brother is watching. We’re paranoid not because we have grandiose notions of our self-importanc...
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Personal responsibility is a cornerstone of conservative thinking, right? Well, yes-- for anyone not in the club. If you're part of the 1% the laws and mores of society dictate that you will almost never ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Banda Sea, Indonesia at a depth of 145.2 km (90.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:18:17 UTC Sunday 11th December 2011. The epicenter was 235 km (146 miles) NNW of Saum...
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