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Wake up and smell the bacon. The Real Winner in Iraq was Monsanto. Search Rumsfeld Monsanto.
Turkey has cut off water via dams. Real Iraqi deaths during sanctions before `war` were half a million. Besides 4-5 million displaced persons, another 1.5 million or so have died from invasion related causes. There`s a website `Lying to War` with an online movie.
Turkey has cut off water via dams. Real Iraqi deaths during sanctions before `war` were half a million. Besides 4-5 million displaced persons, another 1.5 million or so have died from invasion related causes. There`s a website `Lying to War` with an online movie.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 8 minutes ago
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 00:48:10 UTC Wednesday 14th December 2011. The epicenter was 120 km (74 miles) WNW of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami ... - posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 10 minutes ago
‘One of the most disturbing days I have ever experienced’: An eyewitness account of the Israeli attack on Mustafa Tamimi’s funeral By Holly Rigby Mondoweiss.net December 13, 2011 Israeli soliders attacki... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck the Virgin Islands Region at a depth of 16 km (9.9 miles), the quake hit at 22:04:33 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 108 km (67 miles) North of Settl... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 13 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 184.6 km (114.7 miles), the quake hit at 21:09:34 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) West of Raoul I... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 16 minutes ago
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck South of Alaska at a depth of 41.5 km (25.8 miles), the quake hit at 20:36:20 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 162 km (101 miles) Southeast of Perrvvil... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 25 minutes ago
Something extraordinary has happened in the Chinese village of Wukan.For the first time on record, the Chinese Communist party has lost all control, with the population of 20,000 in this southern fishing ... - posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 26 minutes ago
Russia Supports Internal Dialogue in Syria, Rejects Ultimatums Language MOSCOW/ NEW YORK, Dec 14, 2011 (SANA) - Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, renewed on Tuesday his country’s rejection of using... - posted by PC at Not PC - 1 hour agoMy favourite Christmas song, performed by my favourite…oh, shite, why don’t I just let you hear it. This is great. Shane McGowan’s great *Fairytale Of New York*, sung by Christy Moore with all the poig...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago“May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. May your rivers flow without end, meandering through pastoral...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate o...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago"But love of the wilderness is more than a hunger for what is always beyond reach; it is also an expression of loyalty to the earth which bore us and sustains us, the only home we shall ever know, the only...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 hour ago“Strange shapes and textures can be found in neighborhood of the Cone Nebula. The unusual shapes originate from fine interstellar dust reacting in complex ways with the energetic light and hot gas being ex...
- posted by Lilith eZine at Lilith News - 1 hour ago
By Charles Moffat. ENVIRONMENT - Dr Semiletov of Russia released his findings for the first time last week at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco. His findings show an unprecedented re... - posted by Lilith eZine at Lilith News - 1 hour agoBy Charles Moffat. HEALTH/RELIGION - Veganism is more than a diet to many Vegans. Its a way of life. Its a set of moral values. Why should a religion need anything more than that? There are other non-dei...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*And I'm about ready to sound off on them!* "Sound blaster protests, sales rise" by David Dishneau Associated Press /December 13, 2011 Rather than batons or rubber bullets, some *police departments have st...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 2 hours ago*I'm not surprised if you read the Boston Globe.* "NY, California hitting up millionaires, again" by Michael Gormley Associated Press / December 10, 2011 ALBANY, N.Y.— In New York, an Occupy Albany moveme...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 2 hours ago[image: image]*Perigo!: 8.00pm on Stratos, Freeview 21 & Sky 89* I’ve just been told that over the Xmas break Stratos will be screening the *Best of Perigo!*, 6 favourite episodes of the *Perigo!* show r...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 2 hours ago
*"Gingrich's sudden rise and special appeal to the emotions of "the base," one suspects, stem less from his vaunted 'big ideas' than from his long-cultivated, unparalleled talent for contempt."* *-- Hendr... - posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 2 hours agoA member of the Iranian parliament'sNational Security Committee said on Monday that the military was set to practice its ability to close the Gulf to shipping at the narrowStrait of Hormuz, the most impo...
- posted by Sarah Simpson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 2 hours agoRight at the spot where giant volcanoes are sliding to their doom, the Tonga Trench is surprisingly, seismically quiet.
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 3 hours agoNearly 15 years ago, scholar George Thomas Kurian published a massive 1800+ page-long work called The Encyclopedia of the Republican Party, a companion volume to a history of the Democratic Party. And tha...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 3 hours ago[image: Global phytoplankton decline over the past century. Observed phytoplankton declines have occurred in eight out of ten ocean regions. The global rate of decline is estimated to be ~1% of the globa...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 3 hours ago“Prepare For a European Default.” That’s the stark message from both GMO Investments and Kyle Bass on the inevitability of Europe's demise. Why inevitable? Because the huge need for capital and the dire ...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 4 hours agoThe short, fine hair on our bodies turns out to be quite useful when it comes to fooling bugs and parasites.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 4 hours ago*Anger usually does it. * "Leading British scientist defends findings on climate; Leaked e-mails seem to uncover panel dissension" November 24, 2011|By Raphael G. Satter, Associated Press LONDON - The Br...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 4 hours ago#Occupy denied: Judge refuses preliminary injunction, protesters must leave Duncan Plaza tonight ~Gambit
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 4 hours agoRon Paul says he would fire Attorney General Eric Holder.
- posted by Raed Jarrar at In the Middle - 4 hours agoAs the US prepares to pull out the last of its troops from Iraq, Aljazeera asks what is its legacy after nine years of war? Inside Story discusses with Hillary Mann Leverett, former White House official; ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago“The world breaks everyone, and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you ar...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 5 hours ago"Global threat to amphibians; Frogs most at risk from spreading trio of dangers" November 17, 2011|By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press WASHINGTON - Frogs, salamanders, and other amphibians may eventually ...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 5 hours agoAfter detecting "tentative hints" for its existence, physicists are confident that a definitive answer for whether or not the Higgs boson exists will come in 2012.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 5 hours ago"As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being." - Carl Jung
- posted by PC at Not PC - 6 hours ago*[image: _BernardDarnton]"All I want for Christmas," says guest columnist Bernard Darnton, "is Christmas"* **I wasn't one of those who bought a house near the top of the market with a hundred-percent m...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 6 hours agoLink to the interview. Donna Laframboise's website is nofrakkingconsensus.com.
- posted by PC at Not PC - 6 hours ago[image: _Quote]Paper [money] is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it. - Ayn Rand, from “The Mo...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 6 hours agoOK, it's understandable why Trump is all negative on Romney these days. It wouldn't matter if Bachmann and a couple of the other clowns didn't show up for the Trump freak show, but there can't be a credib...
- posted by Donna at Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home - 6 hours agoIt's that most wonderful time of the year. Mistletoe, eggnog and holiday parties in the office make employment lawyers rub their hands together with glee. That's because we get very busy in January after a...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago"The Wounded by Love Agreement, General Provisions" by Paulo Coelho A] Considering that it’s absolutely correct the saying that states that “all is fair in love and war”; B] Considering that in war we hav...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*Blown to you by the Boston Globe*: "200,000 in Southern California are without power after violent windstorm" December 03, 2011|By Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. - *Violent winds* that wreaked havoc i...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*"Constructive Connections: Sharing with Your Neighbors"* by The DailyOm "If you are craving community look to your own neighbors to forge new relationships and build something new together. Many of our r...
- posted by calgarygrit at CalgaryGrit - 7 hours agoThe Liberal Party's Million Conversations campaign to raise a million dollars has featured almost daily e-mails from current Liberal MPs, past Liberal greats, and Paul Martin. These letters have taken on a...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*Also known as the pay wall. * "Dusty West raises air quality question; New, complicated chapter unfolding as problem grows" by Kirk Johnson New York Times / December 11, 2011 The question of how clean t...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago*"On Physics: Religion, Science & Extra Dimensions"* by Robert Irion Posted by VioletPlanet "In her new book, "Knocking on Heaven's Door," Harvard University theorist Lisa Randall explores how physics may...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago"2-year-old still missing; tips no help" Associated Press / November 15, 2011 Police in Bellevue said Monday that they have received 900 tips about a toddler who has been missing nine days, but Maj. Mike ...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 7 hours agoMicrosoft co-founder Paul Allen announces plans to build a massive space plane.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago"Ex-sheriff is accused of swapping drugs for sex" December 01, 2011|By Dan Frosch, New York Times DENVER - Patrick Sullivan was the kind of lawman Coloradoans loved: a straight-shooting *Republican* sheri...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*Your first lesson in fascism, kids*: "Gov. says staff overreacted to tweet" November 29, 2011|Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized yesterday for his office’s response ...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 7 hours ago*There are extremists in every religion*. "Renegade Amish arrested by FBI over hate crimes; Charged with cutting others’ hair, beards" November 24, 2011|By Erik Eckholm, New York Times Federal agents arre...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours agoYreka, California, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 7 hours ago* “The Law and Civil Obedience”* by Howard Zinn “As soon as you say the topic is civil disobedience, you are saying our problem is civil disobedience. That is not our problem... Our problem is civil obed...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 8 hours agoBlack Flags and Windmills:Hope, Anarchy, and the Common Ground Collectivescott crow's book tells of the abandonment of a great American city by the powerful, the refusal of its poorest and most vulnerable ci...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"Suspend Habeas Corpus And Enact Martial Law?"* By Mort Amsel "Americans seem ready to forfeit their most basic civil liberty - actually, all their civil liberties - without a whimper. By a vote of 93-7 ...
- posted by Jesse Emspak at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoThat's fast enough to produce a slow-motion video of light traveling through objects.
- posted by Sarah Simpson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoA new assessment of Kilauea's past activity suggests that this gentle giant’s current mood is a calm lull between century-long aggressive tendencies.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 8 hours agoThese eyeglasses emit a unique fragrance and play a song as soon as you encounter a friend.
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 8 hours ago[image: The retreat of Arctic ice has released the deadly greenhouse gas methane. Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane - a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide - have been seen...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"The Naked Emperor At The Mad Hatter's Tea Party"* By Les Visible "Dog Poet Transmitting... May your noses always be cold and wet. People question my optimism and no doubt my observations and association...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 8 hours agoThere are liars, damned liars, and the whore-journalists of the Establishment media. ABC's Barbara Walters is typical of the vermin who propagandise for the internationalist mafia. In the following vide...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 8 hours agoCartoonist John Cox explores design and the Occupiers’ feeble efforts at “change.” Who is John Cox? Content is copyright PC.BlogSpot.Com © Please contact author for permission to republish: (organon at ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 8 hours ago*"They Don’t Care About Deficits"* by Paul Krugman “Ezra Klein: "There are two very different tax-policy conversations playing out in the Republican Party right now. In Washington, House Republicans are ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOn Monday at the campus of Beijing Film Academy, a student parked his Audi in the wrong lane, blocking a school janitor's garbage cart. They quarreled, then fell to blows, resulting in the janitor's death ...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 9 hours ago* Operation Gladio involved acts of terrorism carried out by the CIA-NATO * On 13 December 2011, several gunmen opened fire in the centre of the Belgian city of Liege. Several people were killed and man...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 9 hours ago*“The Real Reason Why U.S. Unemployment Will Remain High”* By Mike Stathis “It took quite a long time for Washington to finally concede something that was apparent; the nation’s excessively high unemploym...
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 9 hours agoWhen I was doing research today I ran into this ALEC article title: This was sent to ALEC legislators and ALEC Alumni in the ALEC Public Forum magazine BUT It made me think - I didn't vote for ALEC leg...
- posted by Gail at Wit's End - 9 hours agoA new study reveals that trees are dying in Africa, and of course blames less precipitation from climate change. Following are some pictures taken in the past week of trees in Africa which were posted to ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoMiddle East expert Professor Eyal Zisser warned on Monday against a possible Syrian attack on Israel, if President Bashar Assad feels threatened by the anti-regime protesters. In an interview with Arutz S...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoI used to long to find contact lenses that suited my sensitive eyes, so I could see the world clearly without thick glasses. For a period of time, I asked everyone around me who was wearing contact lenses ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoCanada officially renounced the expiring Kyoto Protocol on Monday, a day after international negotiators agreed to extend the treaty's limits on carbon emissions blamed for a warming climate. Environment ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAs explosions and gunfire continued to ripple in Syria, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights on Monday raised the death toll from the Damascus government's crackdown on anti-regime activis...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoResearchers have discovered how to stop drivers using their phones when they are behind the wheel without affecting use for passengers. A team at Stevens Institute of Technology and Rutgers in New Jersey h...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOnce on the endangered species list, the American crocodile has flourished in a most unlikely place. In the shadow of a nuclear power plant. The plant, FPL’s Turkey Point Nuclear Power Plant uses over 1...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoPolice are trying to track down some slick thieves who are stealing cooking oil from several North Shore restaurants. Essex Police Chief Peter Silva says the crooks are stealing the cooking oil from conta...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAs Spain struggles with its economic problems, business owners such as Manuel Rodriguez are hoping the country's new conservative government will push through pre-election promises for corporate tax brea...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoHere in the Persian Gulf states, they call it three digit oil. Simply put, that is a number above $100. Due to advancements in healthcare and people generally living longer, they say 60 years old is the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoA couple of years back, I suggested in these pages that higher education was facing a bubble much like the housing bubble: An overpriced good, propped up by cheap government-subsidized credit, luring borro...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoAbout 1000 asteroids big enough to cause catastrophic damage if they hit Earth are orbiting relatively nearby, a NASA survey shows. In a project known as Spaceguard, the US space agency was ordered by Con...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe Occupy Wall Street movement is a big tent of concerns and deliberately so. Keeping the flaps open draws in as many people in as possible, even if it does prevent the movement from issuing a list of dem...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoFinancial stress caused by the credit crisis could be the reason more marriages are failing and divorce numbers increased by 5pc last year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). One third...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoUK retailers set to offer 2,500 voucher codes this December in a bid to win customers. The number of discount vouchers and online codes issued by retailers has risen, with a year-on-year increase of 66pc...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoWhile we are waiting for Mario and Merkozy plus, just a quick thought on one of the EMU break-up reports hitting my desk daily, and sometimes in twos and threes. (Ah, how I look back to those halcyon days...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoBankers don't have much to smile about but Lloyds Banking Group has managed to have a giggle - the taxpayer-owned bank is running staff training at the Comedy School. To share the joke, here are the top te...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoFirefox's market share is falling and the funding of Mozilla, the organisation that develops it, has been questioned. What next for the open source browser, asks Christopher Williams. A small but signifi...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoChina's security chief has warned that the government needs better methods to deal with social unrest due to a slowing economy. Zhou Yongkang, a member of the politburo, asked provincial officials for imp...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoFrom the Occupy Wall Street and Tea Party movements of the US to the rise of populist politics in Europe, the globalisation backlash is everywhere. A number of years ago, a story went around that sprouts ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoThe Bank of France faces surging debts to Germany's Bundesbank and fellow central banks in the EMU system as foreign investors pull large sums out of French accounts. French lenders lost €100bn (£86bn) i...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoBritain's manufacturing sector fared worse-than-expected in October, shrinking 0.7pc and reinforcing fears that the wider economy will contract in the fourth quarter. Economists had forecast a smaller de...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoIt is my belief that the recent finding of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) that the state of Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid in relation to the Palestine people should be taken with the...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoI am often asked if the recent global financial crisis marks the beginning of the end of modern capitalism. It is a curious question, because it seems to presume that there is a viable replacement waiting ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 9 hours agoOn Sunday, Iran claimed to have taken down a US drone in Iranian airspace - not by shooting it out the sky, but with its cyber warfare team. Reports confirm that the US believes Iran is now in possession o...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 9 hours ago[image: Japanese engineer and whistleblower at JNES (Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization) Setsuo Fujiwara says there were two explosions at Fukushima Daiichi Reactor 3: a hydrogen explosion, and a n...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 10 hours agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Kyushu, Japan at a depth of 32.9 km (20.4 miles), the quake hit at 17:51:07 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 168 km (105 miles) SSE of Kagoshima, Kyush...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 10 hours agoJust thought you might like to catch up on the latest news about where your money disappeared to at this busy time of the year - you know - the time when you realize how desperately poor you really are as ...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoScientists believe that many new species haven't been found. Where is all this life hiding?
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 10 hours agoNonviolent Activist Val Liveoak of Peacekeeping en Las Americason Rag Radio with Thorne Dreyer. Listen to it here: Also listen to New York Times Columnist Robert H. Frank,Author of The Darwin Economy, on Ra...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 10 hours agoYesterday, the so-called "moderate" or quasi-"mainstream" candidate from the Republican Clown Car, Willard, told a crowd in Manchester, New Hampshire, he favored repealing that state's marriage equality l...
- posted by Jay Allbritton at Jay Allbritton - 10 hours agoAndrew Sullivan has a post up that compiles several voices from within the conservative establishment that are virtually crying out in agony at the thought (inevitability?) of Newt Gingrich winning the Rep...
- posted by Christina Ortiz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoThis small stand is made from anodized aluminum and sticks to any smooth surface.
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 10 hours agoExpend energy to get fit, without spending for energy to power the machine.
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoA glimpse of the mysterious particle may have been uncovered by the LHC, but physicists are careful not to call it a "discovery."
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 11 hours agoCanada's withdrawal deals a symbolic blow to the already troubled global treaty.
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 11 hours agoWhat better, more Christian and humane way is there to celebrate the birth of Christ, a man who renounced all possessions and preached unconditional love and charity, than to glut the hyperconsumerized re...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 11 hours agoTheodore Roosevelt's "New Diplomacy." Political cartoon courtesy of Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog.Before we start feeling all warmand fuzzy about Teddy Roosevelt...By Mike Klonsky / The Rag Blog / December 1...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 11 hours agoAt least four people have died and dozens are injured after a man fired shots and threw hand grenades in the Belgian city of Liege, police have said. The victims were two male teenagers, aged 15 and 17, ...
- posted by Scott Tharler at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoNow Apple tablet users can key in on reviews and specs, plus high-resolution photos and videos on 'the big screen.'
- posted by Christina Ortiz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoSometimes, water sports can just be peaceful rides under the surface.
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 12 hours agoReal trees provide wildlife habitat and sequester carbon, while providing employment.
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 12 hours agoThis clip is from a 2002 documentary called "The Age Of Terror."
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 13 hours agoBuffalo Soldier at Wounded Knee. *The American Indian Genocide Museum: There's no glory in the Confederate flag and a reminder of the Buffalo Soldiers as part of the massacre at Wounded Knee* *By Steve ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: The Japanese whaling fleet's factory ship Nissin Maru returns to its home at Oi Pier on 12 April 2010 in Tokyo, Japan. Sankei / Getty Images] By Krista Mahr 12 December 2011 They’re baaaaaaaccck...
- posted by Big Dan at Big Dan's Big Blog - 13 hours ago*FAKE STORY: "EVANGELICALS for NEWT"* If "evangelicals" exist, they should be PISSED about these LIES!!! If they exist and they aren't pissed, they're just as INSANE. OK, so what's the REAL plan? We KNOW ...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 13 hours ago[image: An aerial view of submerged cars at the Honda car factory in Ayutthaya province, Thailand, 18 October 2011. NARONG SANGNAK / EPA] Bangkok, December 11 (DPA) - Thailand's flood disaster has been m...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 14 hours agoTry not to kick anybody in the face ~Library Chronicles ~This isn't the first time we've seen the Saints' burgeoning reputation become an issue. The author of that post quoted above sort of wonders whether...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 14 hours ago*Indigenous Peoples Condemn Climate Talks Fiasco and Demand Moratorium on REDD+* *By Indigenous Environmental Network* *Photos by Ben Powless, Mohawk* http://www.ienearth.org Posted at Censored News *Cont...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 14 hours agoLong Island Republican Peter King hasn't endorsed anyone for president yet. Earlier this month he explained, vividly, why he's not endorsing the man who was Speaker of the House when he was climbing the ...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 14 hours ago*Occupy the Game* *Occupy Wall Street, It's time to fix this broken machine.* *Senator Levin reveals: It was Obama who required the Indefinite Detainment Bill (NDAA) to INCLUDE ‘U.S. Citizens being ...
- posted by Penny at Penny for your thoughts - 15 hours agoWe are going to take a look at the Syrian situation from a number of different angles today. Let me first open with a report from DEBKA- I am aware this is a source that is replete with spin, and disinfo....
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 15 hours agoShow your love for your ALEC legislator this Holiday Season. It is a time of giving and I think that you or you & a group of your best friends should send your ALEC legislator (don't forget your ALEC Alumn...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours ago[image: Belgium grenade attack kills two] An attacker threw several explosives in the city centre of the Belgian city of Liege, wounding at least a dozen people and killing himself and one other person...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoIran-backed militant group Hizbollah has revealed what it says are the names of 10 CIA agents working undercover in Lebanon. The revelations are being seen as a blow to US agency operations in the region...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoTwo people have died and 10 are injured after a hand grenade exploded in the Belgian city of Liege, according to reports. Witnesses said at least one man threw up to four grenades at a bus station in the...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 15 hours agoA magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Kyrgyzstan at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 11:08:03 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 26 km (16.1 miles) Southwest of Kyzyl-suu, Kyrgy...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 16 hours ago[image: Women who stuck to fruit, vegetables and lean meat lost nearly twice as much weight than those constantly dieting] Women who stuck to fruit, vegetables and lean meat lost nearly twice as much we...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 16 hours agoFeeling proud to be British makes you feel good about life in general, according to scientists. They found that the kind of pride that makes people happiest is when they feel they ‘belong’ to a country,...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 17 hours ago[image: Arresting research: Scientists believe that the age of criminal responsibility may be too low] Arresting research: Scientists believe that the age of criminal responsibility may be too low The ...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 17 hours agoTraditional advice that suggested getting wet and cold made you more likely to get the sniffles are just old wives' tales, an infectious diseases expert has said. Professor Peter Collignon, director of ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 17 hours agoIndia's poor are being priced out of slum areas in Mumbai with some shacks being sold for more than £50,000. The Dharavi slum, which is home to more than one million people, used to be on the edge of Ind...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 18 hours agoTaking a short break from endlessly repeating that the UK "is isolated" and that Nick Clegg "is unhappy", the BBC was flogging that old favourite"child poverty"chestnut this morning. It brought on former La...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoTensions are high on the streets of Port Moresby as Papua New Guinea's governor-general refuses to take sides in the country's political deadlock. The Supreme Court yesterday ruled Sir Michael Somare's rem...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoNorway's butter shortage has reached ridiculous proportions, with one Lillehammer man claming he was offered 3,000 kroner ($509) for half a kilo of 'almost unused' butter. The shortfall has been blamed on...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoJapanese industry minister Yukio Edano on Tuesday called into question the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant operator's plan to release low-level radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean, saying doing ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoResidents near the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have been exposed to up to 19 millisieverts of radiation in the four months after the plant was crippled by the March 11 earthquake a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoSyria's ambassador to the United Nations rejected the world body's estimate that 5,000 people have died in an uprising against the government, calling the allegation "incredible." Ambassador Bashar Jaa...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA fire at a 16-storey tower block has been brought under control, the fire brigade said tonight. Around 60 firefighters battled the blaze on the 13th floor of Fred Wigg House in Leytonstone, east London,...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoThe UK's unsettled weather is set to continue, with stormy conditions expected across England and Wales at the end of the week. The Met Office said it was keeping a close eye on the situation. They said w...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 18 hours agoA crisis in relations looked set to deepen after a US House-Senate negotiating panel agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan until it gives assurances it is helping fight the spread of improvis...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoAlong the road to one of China’s most famous tourist landmarks – the Great Wall of China – sits what could potentially have been another such tourist destination, but now stands as an example of modern-da...
- posted by Irene Klotz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 19 hours agoNASA's Mars Science Laboratory may be able to answer that question definitively in the coming year.
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 19 hours agoUsing one of the world's most powerful computers, South Korean scientists have recreated some of the large-scale structure of our observable Universe.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoFour Army aviators were killed in an accident involving two Army helicopters at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state Monday night, military officials said. The crash, which involved two OH-58 Kio...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA school bus accident in eastern China left 15 elementary students dead and eight others hurt, the latest in a series of deadly crashes involving children, local government officials said Tuesday. The bu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoPolice in Pakistan raided an Islamic religious school Monday and found 50 students chained to one another and being held in an underground room. Video footage from the madrassa showed young men and boys -...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoOccupy protesters succeeded in shutting down overnight operations at California's port of Oakland on Monday night after a day of similar protests in several other U.S. cities. The protests in Oakland h...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday his country can "control" the U.S. drone aircraft that Iran claims it recently brought down, Venezuelan state TV reported. "There are people here who ca...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 19 hours agoA magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck the Northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 07:28:57 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 1779 km (1102.9 miles) Sou...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck South of Panama at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 07:28:11 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 407 km (252 miles) South of David, Panama...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 20 hours agoA magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Sulawesi, Indonesia at a depth of 160.9 km (100 miles), the quake hit at 07:52:12 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) South of Gorontalo...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours agoThe claim that the cognitive improvement is at 28% seems abit of a stretch, yet ordinary differences could easily explain a spread ofthat much. Who knows? It may simply wakeup the subject properly in ...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours agoAs I have posted in the past, the bestcharacterization of the Chupacabra phenomena is to postulate a nocturnalgargoyle or giant vampire bat. Actualscavenging of soft tissue may actually be caused by sc...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours agoLike many I also bought into thenegative spin on avocados from several years ago and always felt guilty when I indulged. It is nonsense and it is clear that theavocado deserves its place of honor at ou...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours agoAs I have posted in the past, the bestcharacterization of the Chupacabra phenomena is to postulate a nocturnalgargoyle or giant vampire bat. Actualscavenging of soft tissue may actually be caused by sc...
- posted by arclein at Global Warming & Terra Forming Terra - 20 hours agoThis does confirm that relyingsolely of planetary out gassing may not be overly sound and that bombardmentmay actually work better. Since it is a reasonableconjecture that rocky planets such as Earth an...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 21 hours ago[image: Excess hair was rated just behind weight gain for body dissatisfaction] Excess hair was rated just behind weight gain for body dissatisfaction More than half of all women are concerned about exc...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 21 hours agoIf you are sitting comfortably, you may want to stand up before you read on. Sitting down for too long may give you a big bottom, scientists say. And it is not just couch potatoes at risk – sitting all d...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 21 hours ago"All day I think about it, then at night I say it. Where did I come from, and what am I supposed to be doing? I have no idea. My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there. Who...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 21 hours agoThe 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 child...
- posted by Anon at aangirfan - 21 hours agoOn 12 December 2011, the BBC reported on the *'Cleansed' Libyan town spilling its terrible secrets* *1.* The 30,000 people living in Tawergha, a town in Libya, have been driven from their homes. *2.* Ga...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 21 hours ago*According to an early study in the UK and the US Just one inoculation could be enough to mean people with hemophilia B no longer need medication. In the opinion of doctors the gene therapy was potential...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago*"Paul [is] credited for inspiring a dedicated following that has some predicting he could stage an upset in the caucuses**"* * * *That's about as close to a guarantee as you will get from them.* "Debate d...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 21 hours ago"Rivals focus on Romney’s wealth after off-the-cuff bet; GOP, Democrats pounce, calling him ‘out of touch’" by Matt Viser and Glen Johnson | Globe Staff, December 12, 2011 HUDSON, N.H. - Mitt *Romney*’s...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago“It is of the nobility of man's soul that he is insatiable: for he hath a benefactor so prone to give, that he delighteth in us for asking. Do not your inclinations tell you that the WORLD is yours? Do yo...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 22 hours ago*The diversion of the Year title was voted for by elder writers at 25 news organizations with Wired and IGN.The decision has been criticized on some internet forums because of bugs which appeared to be p...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago"New Orleans officer convicted of lying; Charges centered on fatal shooting after Katrina" by Michael Kunzelman Associated Press / December 10, 2011 A New Orleans *police officer* was convicted yesterday ...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 22 hours ago*The large birds like ostriches were previously thought to have blood-based erection mechanisms similar to humans. The Yale University, US, scientists confirmed that the birds really expand their penises...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago"Carry Nation’s hometown loosens up on liquor sales" December 04, 2011|By Maria Sudekum Fisher, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Turn-of-the-century teetotaler Carry A. Nation began her campaign agains...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago*I usually sleep through them, sorry. * "Church moves to reverse racial ban; Black-white pairs are barred from Ky. congregation" December 03, 2011|By Dylan Lovan, Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. - When S...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago"Suspect’s fiance not father of slain twins" October 26, 2011|Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. - Preliminary *DNA tests prove *that the fiance of a Tennessee woman *did not father *the newborn twin boys s...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago"Death row inmate gets new trial because of tweet" by By Jeannie Nuss, Associated Press / December 8, 2011 LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday tossed out a death row inmate's murder c...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 22 hours ago*“Desert Places”* by Robert Frost “Snow falling and night falling fast, oh, fast In a field I looked into going past, And the ground almost covered smooth in snow, But a few weeds and stubble showi...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago"Texas man shoots wife, kills 4 children" December 02, 2011|By Associated Press BAY CITY, Texas - A man who shot his wife and killed his four children was accused of assaulting his wife last week, but she...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago"Ala. postal worker allegedly fires shots" December 03, 2011|By ASSOCIATED PRESS MONTGOMERY, Ala. - A 29-year-old postal employee was charged with two counts of attempted murder yesterday after authoritie...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 22 hours ago"Body found in search for Georgia girl" December 06, 2011|Associated Press CANTON, Ga. - A *body found* in a *trash container* is believed to be that of a 7-year-old girl who went missing last week from an...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago"$209m settlement agreed in W.Va. mine disaster; $46m for kin of 29 killed in blast last year" December 07, 2011|By Clifford Krauss and Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times WASHINGTON - In what officials say...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoMeet the Brossarts, a North Dakota family deemed so dangerous that the local sheriff needed unleashed an unmanned Predator drone to help bring them in. The Brossart's alleged crime? They wouldn't give ba...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoIn a perfect real-life example of *geili*, passersby on Hangbiao Road (航标路) in the Zhejiang city of Wenzhou helped to rescue a child caught underneath a black Honda CR-V. The incident occurred at 7:25am ...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago*"Toads"* by Paulo Coelho “Various biological studies have shown that if a toad is placed in a container along with water from his own pond, he will remain there, utterly still, while the water is heate...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago"Police officer, gunman dead in Va. Tech shootings" Associated Press, December 08, 2011 BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A *gunman killed a police officer* in a Virginia Tech parking lot Thursday and was found dead...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago"Shaya's Home Run" by Rabbi Paysach Krohn "In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning-disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school careers, while others ...
- posted by Crystal Entertainment at You Will Read News - 23 hours agoDo you rub your hands in glee if an acquaintance fails to land their dream job? Or chuckle when someone spills their coffee down their white shirt? If so, then it could be because you’ve got low self-est...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago"Weary am I of the tumult, sick of the staring crowd, Pining for wild sea places where the soul may think aloud. Fled is the glamour of cities, dead as the ghost of a dream, While I pine anew for the tint of...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago"What we see as death, empty space, or nothingness is only the trough between the crests of this endlessly waving ocean. It is all part of the illusion that there should seem to be something to be gained ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoPresident Barack Obama heralded the end of the divisive Iraq war Monday, and warned Iraq's neighbors that the U.S. would remain a major player in the region even as it brings its troops home. Obama said: ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoThey once bustled to the soundtrack of thousands of soldiers working towards establishing security in a war zone. But U.S. military bases in Iraq are fast becoming ghost towns as America continues to with...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoImage: Suspected paedophile Andrew Goodman has been accused of filming sex acts with young boys on a webcam at his home in Brooklyn, New York. An Orthodox Jewish community has had to face up to claims of c...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 23 hours ago*This must explain the hundreds of hits a day*: "Goofing off is common Internet activity" December 03, 2011|By ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - For anyone who needed official word, a new study confirms that m...
- posted by Megaan at Current news updates, World current news - 23 hours ago*The Higgs boson - has been glimpsed Scientists are anticipated on Tuesday to present opening support that the most coveted prize in constituent part physics. Teams will present a growth report in their t...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoVerizon Wireless was forced to apologise on Monday for sending out a mass text message warning to thousands of people warning of a 'civil emergency' and an 'extreme threat to life.' The text urging people...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoA father who slit his son and daughter’s throats to spite his estranged wife was today told he will die behind bars as he was jailed for at least 30 years. Jean Say, 62, murdered Regina, eight, and her br...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoVerizon Wireless was forced to apologise on Monday for sending out a mass text message warning to thousands of people warning of a 'civil emergency' and an 'extreme threat to life.' The text urging people...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 23 hours ago*Europe moves right... again* I've had friends who have been saying we've been in a Depression since the last year of Bush's disastrous term. But they don't have Nobel Prizes in economics. *NY Times* colu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoNearly one out of every 100 households in the UK faces the threat of eviction by a landlord or mortgage lender. The figure forms part of new research by the homeless charity Shelter which found the 12 lo...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 23 hours agoPlans to cut the dole for people who refuse to look for work could be contrary to their human rights, MPs warned last night. Ministers want to impose a condition that those who are able to look for or pre...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 23 hours ago*“That Sweet Artificer, The Earth”* by Chet Raymo "Back in September I took note here of Stephen Greenblatt's new book, “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern,” which recounts how Renaissance Europe be...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Luftwaffe never managed it during the Second World War thanks to the heroism of The Few. Now, seven decades on, Germany is once again plotting to take control of the skies over Britain… by the altoget...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Commons was at its worst: raucous, cheap, devoid of dignity. Yesterday’s statement by the Prime Minister about Friday’s European Council meeting, followed by a strident, finger-wagging speech by Ed Mil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoMore than 5,000 people have died in the nine-month uprising in Syria, the United Nations has said. UN human rights chief Navi Pillay said at least 300 children are among the victims, while thousands rema...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA music executive who has worked on albums with the Spice Girls and Jessica Simpson has died after being shot in a random attack in Hollywood. John Atterberry died in hospital on Monday after being injure...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck off the West Chile Rise at a depth of 8.9 km (5.5 miles), the quake hit at 03:21:25 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 1471 km (914 miles) WSW of San Ju...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Halmahera, Indonesia at a depth of 110.2 km (68.5 miles), the quake hit at 01:20:45 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 261 km (162 miles) NNE of Ternate...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoRussell Means, Lakota, speaks about beating cancer. He remembers his brother Ted Means who is now with the ancestors. He also speaks of his wife Pearl Means, Navajo, who was with him throughout his treat...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day agoI admire this man. But he's wrong about 9/11 and the 9/11 truth and justice movement.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck off the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 35.3 km (21.9 miles), the quake hit at 00:57:12 UTC Tuesday 13th December 2011. The epicenter was 242 km (150 miles) ...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day agoBrazilian soccer legend before a World Cup match in Guadalajara, Mexic, June 16, 1986. Photo by Wolfgang Ratta / Reuters.The death of Socrates:Celebrating the Brazilian soccer legendSocrates was one of those...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day agoWho knew that when the Turks fled Vienna in the sixteenth century, the bags of strange dark beans they left behind would take over western Europe, and eventually fuel the Age of Enlightenment! Steve Joh...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago*Today we have Megan from Sisters-in-Long here to share with us her favorite Christmas traditions, as well as some fabulous old family photos. * * * Hi! I’m Megan from Sisters-in-Long, and I’m excited to s...
- posted by mollymew at Molly'sBlog - 1 day ago*INTERNATIONAL POLITICS:* *2011: A YEAR OF REVOLUTION:* 2011 was a remarkable year. As revolutions sparked throughout the Arab world the "lower" classes of many other countries also rose up as evide...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago“Far beyond the local group of galaxies lies NGC 3621, some 22 million light-years away. Found in the multi-headed southern constellation Hydra, the winding spiral arms of this gorgeous island universe are...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day agoOneonta, Alabama, USA. Thanks for stopping by.
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day ago* the**REALnews Permalink* *The G20 and Global Policy Paralysis* Ilene Grabel: There's neither the political will nor the cou...
- posted by KenInNY at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day ago* Newt or Paul -- pick your poison. * *"Truly, it is amazing how our political landscape continues to be dominated by people who have been wrong about everything for years."* *-- Paul Krugman, beating up on...
- posted by Refreshingly Twatted at No Shit Department- - 1 day agoAnn T. Harper Post via D. Nicholson http://catch22campaign.ca/ 100-Plus Reasons to Stop Harper Conservatives Damaging Our Democracy Harper once promised to “change the face of Canada” so drastically we...
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day agoThe economic crash of 2008:An 'Inside Job'By Lamar W. Hankins / The Rag Blog / November 8, 2011A fair summary of the award-winning documentary Inside Job is this: The economic crisis that culminated in bail...
- posted by éminence grise at Cherchez la Verite - 1 day agoRobert Reich's Blog ------------------------------ *The Remarkable Political Stupidity of the Street* Friday, December 9, 2011 Wall Street is its own worst enemy. It should have welcomed new financia...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoWatch video, above, by Pan Left Productions in Tucson Photos by Brenda Norrell By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com TUCSON -- After a morning ceremony, walkers marched to Im...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I'll be back with more posts tonight after the game, dear readers.* "Stonehill cuts camp ties after hazing report; Andover High, police investigate" November 29, 2011|By Peter Schworm, Globe Staff Stoneh...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago"Cat’s 8 extra toes help shelter raise funds [image: Unlike other cats, Daniel has two extra toes on each of his feet, due to a genetic mutation called polydactylism.] Unlike other cats, Daniel has two e...
- posted by Saman Mohammadi at The Excavator - 1 day ago"Nelson's famous signal before the Battle of Trafalgar was not: "England expects that every man will be a hero." It said: "England expects that every man will do his duty." In 1805 that was enough. It s...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day agoThe recent Iranian downing of America's latest, high-tech stealth drone, the RQ-170, raises a load of questions that nobody is asking. Begin by asking just how Iran managed to down the thing in the first ...
- posted by Tim Wall at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA new report found that many seafood products sold as environmentally-friendly aren't much better than from conventional fish farms.
- posted by thorne dreyer at The Rag Blog - 1 day agoAfter the apocalypse:We're baaack!By Editors / The Rag Blog / December 12, 2011You may have noticed that there hasn’t been much activity on The Rag Blog for the last week or so. And, if you are a subscriber,...
- posted by Suzan at Welcome to Pottersville 2 (Blogging Against Fascism!) - 1 day agoChildren of OWS Post Paper Hearts, Cops Rip Them Down An anti-bullying march by parents and children directed against the New York Police Department’s arrests of peaceful protesters encountered a first-han...
- posted by Refreshingly Twatted at No Shit Department- - 1 day agoMonday, December 12, 2011The Pretext for a North American Homeland Security Perimeter -Re-Posting for Your Knowledge!! Be Your Own Leader After months of negotiations, the U.S. and Canada have unveiled...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoAh, the Now Show, such a gem. A Biased BBC reader notes... "Some of your hat-tippers may have already picked this up, but last Friday's edition of The Now Show featured a comedian called Paul Sinha. Am...
- posted by David Vance at Biased BBC - 1 day agoLooks like our pals at the BBC have been very busy boys today! A Biased BBC reader notes... "There was an interesting article on the BBC website this morning about a report from the Adam Smith institute ...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoฝันร้ายของนายทุนข้ามชาติ เศรษฐกิจพอเพียงคือคำตอบปัญหาการเมืองทั่วโลก Globalists' Worst Nightmare: Self-Sufficiency: a universal solution to the globalist problem. (English Version) บทนำ ส่วนมากแล้วเมื่อม...
- posted by Land Destroyer at Land Destroyer - 1 day agoFrom A-Z, the Arab Spring is Fake. by Tony Cartalucci December 13, 2011 - The BBC hails Tunisia's assembly and their election of a new president in their article, "Tunisian activist, Moncef Marzouki, nam...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day ago[image: image]*Guest post by Libertarian Sus* So British PM David Cameron is getting it in the neck for saying F.U. to the E.U. But what’s new? I bring you a few excerpts from *Yes Minister* 30 years a...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoNick Ruiz, may have run into some unexpected good luck, when Florida Republican legislators-- embarrassed by Congresswoman Sandy's Adam's mindless extremism-- just gerrymandered her district (and Ruiz's)...
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoCorps says it's not to blame for Katrina flooding BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Whew!
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Does the Indefinite Detention Bill Foretell Future?"* By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com "The recent passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (Senate Bill 1867), otherwise known as the “Indefini...
- posted by noreply@blogger.com (CoyotePrime) at Running 'Cause I Can't Fly - 1 day ago*"Wheeee! We Go Down The Bowl Last!"* by Karl Denninger “This is amusing to wake up to on a Monday morning... "*The strengthening U.S. economy is proving no deterrent to the biggest rally in Treasuries s...
- posted by Ian O'Neill at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThe GOP presidential candidate is concerned about an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) caused by a nuclear warhead detonated in space. Is this a viable weapon? Yes... and no.
- posted by Nic Halverson at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoA technology inspired by how Mother Nature deals with bacteria could revolutionize the way hospitals clean surfaces.
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day ago[image: image] After two weeks of conferencing and a couple of late nights over the weekend, delegates to the Durban Climate Conference emerged yesterday bearing … something. Actually, nothing. Nothing...
- posted by The Mound of Sound at The Disaffected Lib - 1 day ago*New York Times* columnist and Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman is now calling the developed world's meltdown a depression. And he's warningthat we'd better wake up to the threat that poses to our d...
- posted by PC at Not PC - 1 day agoAmongst all the commentary about yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle littering cyberspace, there is one worth reading. At Imperator Fish. It begins thus: The King of the Gods, Zeus, yesterday announced a reshu...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSyria on Monday denied involvement in last week's bombing that wounded French U.N. troops in Lebanon. The Syrian Foreign Ministry accused France of adopting conspiracy theories about the attack. The rem...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoScientists have identified more than 200 new species in the Greater Mekong region of south-east Asia, a report by conservation group WWF says. They say that throughout 2010 more than 100 plants, 28 reptil...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoImage: A digital reconstruction of the Burmese snub-nosed monkey by Dr Thomas Geissmann A new species of monkey with unusual upturned nostrils has been discovered in north eastern Myanmar. Scientists sur...
- posted by Rufus at News From Atlantis. - 1 day agoThe following is a part of a discussion, started by Helmsdale, as to 'What Constitutes Mental Illness'. The response I reprint here is the work of Cunctator. To join in this discussion, or indeed to disc...
- posted by Luboš Motl at The Reference Frame - 1 day ago*Update after the talks* The talks – get PDF or PowerPoint from both of them – showed that the rumors were almost entirely accurate. The most striking excess was one by ATLAS in the di-photon channel: ...
- posted by Alison at Creekside - 1 day agoThe European Monetary Unionwas born of countries pegging theirexchange rate to Germany's so all countries would have the same inflation rate of2 %. The EMU gave those countries a formal voice. The plan ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA babysitter has been accused of slitting the throat of a four-year-old boy and sending a photo of his mutilated body to his mother to prove that he had killed the boy. Terry Joe ‘TJ’ Volner took a series...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe Indian government has threatened action against Facebook, Twitter and other internet companies if they do not remove "offensive" and "derogatory" material from their sites. India's Telecom and Informa...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFor the first time in its history, the Middle East is hosting the World Petroleum Congress. The 5,000 participants gathered in the Qatari capital, Doha, will be talking about the most pressing issues fac...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe worst drought in 60 years has thrown more than 13 million people across the Horn of Africa into crisis. In Kenya, those already living in the greatest precarity have been pushed even closer to the e...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThree million Britons are using payday loans that charge sky-high interest rates, it is estimated. R3, a body that represents "professionals working with financially troubled individuals and businesses",...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIf there is any lesson for modern-day America to learn from the 70th anniversary of Japan's devastating attack on Pearl Harbour, it is that it ignores the potential threat of the emerging powers of the Pac...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWonga is one of many payday loan providers to argue that unauthorised bank overdrafts are more expensive. Wonga, the short-term loan business, has long argued that it is more transparent than the banks. ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTaiwan's intelligence agency on Tuesday flatly rejected allegations that it had launched "electromagnetic wave" attacks against the running mate of an opposition presidential candidate. "The National Secu...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoWatching the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Hawaii last week, I had a feeling we were entering a new phase of Asian geopolitics. For decades now, those summits have been occasions for...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAs world leaders struggle to prevent the global economy tipping into further economic crisis, negotiators from 195 nations are in Durban, South Africa at the U.N. Climate Change Conference. They are workin...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoTo get a glimpse of the future, look to East Africa today. The Horn of Africa is in the midst of its worst drought in 60 years: Crop failures have left up to 10 million at risk of famine; social order has ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn a heroic story beyond reason, a yellow lab named Reagan made a discovery on an Iowa roadside that saved two precious lives. Two kittens had been sealed into a bag of Meow Mix, left on a roadside and ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoOverfishing is taking a heavy toll on marine predators such as sharks, tuna and swordfish, says a new study by scientists at the University of British Columbia. The study, published online Monday in the j...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn international team of scientists has found the fastest-rotating massive star ever recorded. The star spins around its axis at the speed of 600 kilometers per second at the equator, a rotational velocity...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSaudi Arabia may consider acquiring nuclear weapons to match regional rivals Israel and Iran, its former intelligence chief Prince Turki al-Faisal said on Monday. "Our efforts and those of the world have ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoSome of the nastiest smelling creatures on Earth have skin that produces the greatest known variety of anti-bacterial substances that hold promise for becoming new weapons in the battle against antibiotic-...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoReinsurance giant Swiss Re on Tuesday said that Thailand's worst flooding in decades would cost it around $600 million, but warned that the estimate could be revised. "Water levels remain high in certain ...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFindings from the most comprehensive assessment to date on climate change, snow and glacier melt in Asia's mountainous Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) region - site of Mount Everest and many of the world's tall...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoBritain’s 12 million pensioners contribute £2,000 each to the economy every year though unpaid childcare, voluntary and charity work, a report found yesterday. A report by MGM Advantage, a pensions compan...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAn ultra-conservative 'Tea Party' group has defended its depiction of President Barack Obama as a skunk as satirical - after it was accused of being racist. The Kansas-based Patriot Freedom Alliance came ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe parents of a schoolboy who was struck down with narcolepsy after receiving a flu vaccine, said the Government should have carried out more tests before issuing the drug. Josh Hadfield, 6, lost muscle ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA woman convicted of practising magic and sorcery has been executed by Saudi authorities. The Saudi Interior Ministry says in a statement that the woman was beheaded today, but gave no details of her crim...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*I believe some investors are using the term** **in regard to Corzine these days.* "Wall St.’s first big euro casualty; MF Global files bankruptcy case" November 01, 2011|By Daniel Wagner, Associated Pres...
- posted by Debra at Housewife Eclectic - 1 day ago*I am thrilled to have Lorene here today to tell us about her favorite Christmas Traditions!* Hello there! I'm Lu, or Lorene (rhymes with chlorine). You may or may not recognize me as the crazy one behind...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck Montenegro at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 17:04:45 UTC Monday 12th December 2011. The epicenter was 6 km (3.7 miles) South of Pljevlja, Montenegro No...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIn all the hullabaloo over Britain's use of the veto, and whether the UK has once more cut itself adrift from the rest of Europe, it seems to have been forgotten what was actually being voted on here – an ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoEarlier today we looked at a kind of political inspiration I was lucky enough to experience at a People For the American Way anniversary celebration last week. It was the opening "act." The evening close...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA shoulder-mounted laser that emits a blinding wall of light capable of repelling rioters is to be trialled by police under preparations to prevent a repeat of this summer's looting and arson. The techno...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIran claimed that it had begun exploiting a US drone equipped with the latest radar evading technology on Monday as officials warned that the downed machine could be shared with America's rivals. Parviz ...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoClick on a country name to see summaries of individual cases. - Azerbaijan: 1 - Bahrain: 1 - Burma: 12 - Burundi: 1 - China: 27 - Egypt: 2 - Eritrea: 28 - Ethiopia: 7 - Gambia:...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFrom the people of Syria to the people of Peace-loving European We did not want to hack your site, but we no longer have the means to bringing the truth forward to you but through hacking your sites, becaus...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Minahasa, Sulawesi, Indonesia at a depth of 147.2 km (91.5 miles), the quake hit at 15:43:38 UTC Monday 12th December 2011. The epicenter was 69 km (42 miles) SSE of G...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck near the Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 137.6 km (85.5 miles), the quake hit at 15:02:20 UTC Monday 12th December 2011. The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles...
- posted by Tracy Staedter at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day ago"Dekotora" trucks in Japan are too bright for the roadways.
- posted by Jesse Emspak at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoGerman physicists showed that the same laws that govern the biggest steam engines work at small scales, too.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck near the Santa Cruz Islands at a depth of 230 km (142.9 miles), the quake hit at 15:02:05 UTC Monday 12th December 2011. The epicenter was 199 km (123 miles) Southeast...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck near the Kuril Islands, Russia at a depth of 132 km ( 81.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:43:23 UTC Monday 12th December 2011. The epicenter was 293 km (181.6 miles) East...
- posted by Kieran Mulvaney at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoWhile the 'ice bears' will face some difficulties, the year 2112 may mark the final days for the animals. But, there is some reason to hope.
- posted by Inexplicata at Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology - 1 day agoArgentina: Humanoids at San Antonio de Areco (1975) A Report by PROYECTO CATENT (catent2002@arnet.com.ar) Location: San Antonio de Areco, Province of Buenos Aires Date: Winter 1975 Wit...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*You thirsty?* "EPA theorizes fracking-pollution link" by Mead Gruver, Associated Press /December 8, 2011 CHEYENNE, Wyo.—The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Workers replace soil as part of a decontamination effort at Soma agricultural high school in Fukushima. Ko Sasaki for The New York Times] By MARTIN FACKLER 6 December 2011 FUTABA, Japan – Futaba...
- posted by leftdog at Buckdog - 1 day ago*"In her first report, released Thursday, Lysyk fairly, but firmly lambasted the Sask. Party government for the accounting methodology it's using to hide the fact the province is actually running a $304-...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoIt's been described as one of the greatest Victorian gothic horror stories of all time. Two ships with 129 men on board and fitted with the latest technology, vanish with barely a trace left behind. One hu...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoArmed militants on motorcycles in southwest Pakistan ambushed and set ablaze a convoy of tankers contracted to NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday night, police said. The gunmen opened fire after forcing...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoProtesters chanting, "Whose port? Our port!" marched on ports in Oakland and Long Beach in California on Monday, part of a planned effort to shut down shipping facilities along the West Coast. Police in L...
- posted by Matthew at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoA South Korean coast guard commando was stabbed to death and another injured Monday after they boarded a Chinese fishing vessel they suspected of fishing illegally in the Yellow Sea, the coast guard and a ...
- Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoNew satellite images posted on Google Maps reveal a secret air base in Nevada, where drones are being tested.
- posted by 2old2care at Because I Can - 1 day ago*Newt Gingrich* ALEC Alumni Was one of the people who worked on the ALEC's 1983-84 Source Book of American State Legislation Keynote Speaker ALEC's 1994 National Orientation Conference. Keynote s...
- posted by brendanorrell@gmail.com at CENSORED NEWS - 1 day agoOakland March Monday morn, Dec. 12 (Screen capture Censored ) Goldman Sachs makes an appearance at the Portland, Ore., Port Shutdown (Twitter photo) Port of Oakland police 9:30 am Monday (Twitter photo)*Por...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: Clownfish (pictured) like the one in Finding Nemo, all species of marine turtles including the green turtle, as well as many species of seahorse, are at risk of extinction, as are the scalloped h...
- posted by Jim at Desdemona Despair - 1 day ago[image: European Union (EU) Commissioner Connie Hedegaard, left, and Polish Environment Minster and rotating President of the EU Marcin Korolec gesture at each other during the closing press conference o...
- posted by jurassicpork at Welcome Back to Pottersville - 1 day agoSo there I was a few nights ago, turning the key and getting a brief reluctant whine like my cat after a nudge that woke him up, followed by a loud clacking. My battery that I'd gotten at Wally World just...
- posted by Jennifer Viegas at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoWith its saw-like teeth and sleek body, this voracious predator was equipped to rip flesh from prey.
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*Just getting rid of them, readers.* "Abortion clinic workers guilty in deaths" October 28, 2011|Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Two abortion clinic workers pleaded guilty yesterday to third-degree murder...
- posted by Joseph Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoBy: Duane Craig A necessity of a consumer-driven economic system is dumps, or as they are now called, landfills. In more environmentally-unenlightened times stuff was just taken out to a rural area and dr...
- posted by Joseph Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoBy: Duane Craig There are few better examples of how ignorance enables widespread contamination than a tale about Monsanto, National Cash Register Company, the paper industry and polychlorinated biphenyl...
- posted by Rocker at MSM Monitor - 1 day ago*The courts are with the creditors.* "Judge gets Pa. capital’s bankruptcy petition" October 17, 2011|By Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa.- A *federal judge* will hear arguments today over whether Pennsylv...
- posted by Joseph Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoBy: Duane Craig In September soils testing begins in Black Eagle, Montana, at the new Superfund site called ACM Smelter and Refinery. The site was just added to the Superfund program in March 2011. Heavy...
- posted by Christina Ortiz at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoThis aftermarket stereo doesn't have that familiar slot for CDs.
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoJapan this morning launched a new spy satellite to add to a network it says will enable its military to keep a watch on any given spot on the planet, night and day, no matter the weather. Officials refuse...
- posted by Joseph Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoBy: Duane Craig What happens to all the salt that's spread on roadways in northern climes to melt ice? Well, one place it appears to be ending up is in drinking water wells. Not only that, but the places ...
- posted by laura k at wmtc - 1 day agoLists are back! I was a little disappointed in the turnout for our last list, awesome art. Statcounter and Google Reader tell me that a few hundred people read this blog; I wish more of them would jump in ...
- posted by DownWithTyranny at DownWithTyranny! - 1 day agoI like will.i.am and admire the work he's done as a musician and as an activist. But the title of this post doesn't derive from him or any of the galaxy of celebrities who were at the People For the Amer...
- posted by Emily Sohn at Discovery News - Top Stories - 1 day agoExtreme weather events may set off quakes and recognizing those patterns may help us better forecast tremors.
- posted by New Orleans Ladder at New Orleans Ladder - 1 day agoA case against the Army Corps over Katrina flooding to be heard in court ~Hat Tweet @Editilla the Pun~Whoa & Gawd Dayum! I love the fine print the Corps likes to stick in a city's ass! How will Dallas repa...
- posted by Joseph Pitkin at Contaminated Nation - Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste locations - 1 day agoBy: Duane Craig A very deep trench is proposed to subvert the movement of contamination from a former landfill in Bennington, Vermont, according to this article in the VTDigger.org. The landfill is also a...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day ago*A fire erupted in a boating yard in Gothenburg on Monday morning, causing black smoke to billow forth, buildings to be evacuated and traffic in the nearby area redirected by police. *”The whole building'...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoFour workers have been confirmed dead and three remain missing following a landslide triggered by quarrying on Saturday in Southwest China's Guizhou province. Of the nine workers buried in the accident, a...
- Life could thrive on 'large regions' of Mars… but mostly underground, say scientists - 12th Dec 2011
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoAustralian scientists who modelled conditions on Mars to examine how much of the red planet was habitable said Monday that "large regions" could sustain terrestrial life. Charley Lineweaver's team, from t... - posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe bodies of Richard Smith, 37, and wife Clair, 36, together with their sons Ben, nine, and Aaron, one, were discovered at a house in Pudsey, near Leeds. Emergency services found the bodies in an upstai...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThis year must go down in history as one of the weirdest in terms of weather. There were killer tornadoes ripping through cities, flooding in the north east and mid west, plus high heat, drought and wild...
- posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoThe same unmanned drones that the CIA and the American military uses to kill terrorists in Pakistan and gather intelligence on militants in Afghanistan are being deployed by local cops to spy on US citizen...
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