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A pillar was found collapsed at an ancient
Roman villa in Pompeii on Thursday, as the government prepares a series of measures to preserve the unique but dilapidated archaeological area. Police were call...
"Astronomers marvel at discovery of the biggest black holes yet" December 06, 2011|By
Dennis Overbye, New York Times NEW YORK - Black holes, regions of space where gravity is so intense that not even ligh...
Israeli settlers frequently attack Palestinians; now, the settlers are turning on the Israeli army. There is a famous scene in
Mary Shelley's classic where Victor Frankenstein realises that he created a m...
"The *usual rule *is that *new laws do not apply retroactively* *unless Congress says so*....* * *Not even then, judge. *
Article I, Section 9: "No bill of attainder or
ex post facto Law shall be passe...
Claims of an undeclared cyberwar between China and the US are inaccurate, and misrepresent both countries' interests. *
New York, NY *- In January 2010, a Google executive announced "a new approach to Chin...
"Unions say Verizon fired 40 over strike; Company alleges breaches of conduct" December 07, 2011|By Michael B. Farrell, Globe Staff Labor union leaders say that
Verizon Communications Inc. has fired 40 em...
An American fact is the 99 per cent are far too remote from the wars of choice and those who fight them, argues author. *Williamsport, Pennsylvania *- America's wars are remote. They're remote from us geo...
*Look what is floating in the water*: "Searching for the right cure for Cape’s algae-choked waters; Nitrogen pollution suspected, but not everyone agrees" November 26, 2011|By David Abel, Globe Staff BOU...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Nicobar Islands, India Region at a depth of 32.3 km (20.1 miles), the quake hit at 03:25:53 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) SSW o...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck near the Coast of New Zealand at a depth of 8 km (4.9 miles), the quake hit at 02:33:25 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) East of Chri...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Southeast of the Loyalty Islands at a depth of 57.7 km (35.9 miles), the quake hit at 23:04:59 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 211 km (131 miles) West...
"The brothers had always been close. They lived in Israel and Kenya before their family moved to the United States, and in elementary school after coming to this country, they would sometimes speak to each...
In response to my recent article1 about Alan Dershowitz's continued warmongering and lying about the legality (and morality) of an unprovoked first-strike on Iran by Israel, an internet troll often identi...
"This is the mess that is left when a star explodes. The Crab Nebula, the result of a supernova seen in 1054 AD, is filled with mysterious filaments. The filaments are not only tremendously complex, but ap...
*“Non-overlapping?”* by Chet Raymo “Let me posit a difference between religion and science. Religion: Future>Present>Past Science: Past>Present>Future. Let me explain. Religion, as it has traditionally ...
*What'd I miss?* "Community college changes urged; System needs a strong board, report asserts" November 18, 2011|By Mary Carmichael, Globe Staff Massachusetts’ decentralized *community college system* sh...
*Never heard or saw a word of them catching him. * "Fugitive activist is sought in Mass.; FBI says a tip put alleged bomber in Northampton area" November 17, 2011|By Dave Collins, Associated Press SPRINGF...
Christmas Is No Time to Talk About War and Peace truthout Sunday 25 December 2011 by: , When I heard the president speak to returning troops last week, my mind flashed back to an article I once wrote f...
"Fall disappearance; Following a 2-year bumper crop, acorns are missing in action" November 16, 2011|By David Abel, Globe Staff A year after a bumper crop of acorns littered streets and parks throughout t...
I'm a law-abiding person, and I know the difference between right and wrong, but I have an admission to make. Like most red-blooded Americans I grew up rooting for Robin Hood, a criminal, against the evi...
*LOCAL NEWS:* *THE LAST MAN STANDING:* Last Wednesday December 21 the Province of Manitoba finally moved to evict Occupy Winnipeg from Memorial Park at, of course, 7:00 am. According to what I read Oc...
"Study finds many patients shun free heart drugs" by Marilynn Marchione AP Chief Medical Writer / November 14, 2011 ORLANDO, Fla.—Give people free prescription drugs and many of them still won't bother t...
*Somewhere in this state.* "Minimum security, but risks are high; Backers defend facilities, but convict’s escape revives fears" November 14, 2011|By David Abel, Globe Staff Unlike two other state prisons...
*Whatch you sthay, readersz? * "Court mismatch makes OUI justice elusive; Lawyers who specialize in defending drunk drivers enjoy huge legal advantages built into state law, and have the ear of some judge...
Police say it is lucky no-one was killed during a rampage by two hunting dogs in southern New South Wales. The staghound cross dogs attacked five people in Wagga Wagga during a 30-minute frenzy on Christm...
“Man ever talks, and Man ever dreams Of better days that are yet to be, After glittering goal, that distant gleams, Running and racing untiringly. The worldly may grow old and young as it will, But the Hope...
"Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even." - Muhammad Ali
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*"Dangerous Relationships and 7 Warning Signs I Ignored!"* by Missouri Beauty "Post psychopathic relationship, I have accumulated a small library in recent months on love, and pathological relationships....
"Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something - yo...
*It's open-and-shut coverage by the Boston Globe*: "‘Merchant of death’ suspect faces US trial" October 11, 2011|Associated Press WASHINGTON - For nearly two decades, Viktor Bout ruled an empire of the a...
*"What Mark Will You Leave On The World?" * by Maria Rodale "As some of you know, this time of year is my favorite time to truly reflect on the past and the future. Things seem to slow down enough that t...
Just a quick post. A little something to think about... If you had doubts that the NATO world army has designs on Russia, as they do the bidding for banksters, big oil and other global robber barons, clear...
*Ju**st watch** were you *step*.* "Arrests raise concern on gay profiling; Advocates confer with Patrick aides" November 11, 2011|By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff On a cool August evening, a man was walking o...
[image: Urban population by major geographical area, 1950-2050 (percent of total population). UNFPA / Akintunde Akinleye] In this world of 7 billion people, the global rural-urban balance of populations...
THE ENDLESS VENAL LUNACY OF THE GOP can overwhelm, and it's easy to lose track of where a large part of this originated. *SLATE* has a reprise of a delightful article by the late Christopher Hitchens, *...
*Plus Václav Havel on capitalism and socialism* *"With everything else that has been going on in U.S. politics recently, the G.O.P.'s radical anti-environmental turn hasn't gotten the attention it deserv...
*Hey, I love history, but....* "Gold Rush artifacts discovered in Calif." by Beth Duff-Brown | Associated Press, December 26, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO - Excavation for San Francisco’s multibillion-dollar tra...
[image: The Boswellia tree, which produces a fragrant resin which is used in incense and perfume. Its numbers are declining due to fire, grazing, and insect attack. AAP / John Coomber / file photo] Dece...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck Mindanao, Philippines at a depth of 43.2 km (26.8 miles), the quake hit at 20:34:40 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 104 km (65 miles) ENE of Butuan, M...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Southern Iran at a depth of 35.8 km (22.2 miles), the quake hit at 20:18:09 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 128 km (79 miles) SSW of Firuzabad, Iran No...
You get what you ask for when you elect a businessman to a higher level of government than they deserve. *Rick Scott - Florida* ORLANDO, Fla. - With Gov. Rick Scott's approval rating sliding 7 points this...
But should anyone listen? From *Global Post* yesterday: *Pope Benedict XVI urges faithful to see through "superficial glitter" of Christmas* * * *Pope Benedict XVI has urged worshipers to see through the ...
They are saying to the United States - "Mine is Bigger than Yours!" And the question is what will be your response? This was reported almost two months ago - but I missed it until it was brought to my att...
*"The American Fascist Sandwich:* * Indefinite Detention and Internment Camps"* by Activist Post "The Bill of Rights is no more. On December 15th, 2011 at the hands of a metastasizing malignancy, masquera...
*UK RIOTS - INSIDE JOB?** (Photo by Tom Pilston for the International Herald Tribune) **WHO, according to the powers that be, are the following people ? * * 1. * * 2.* * 3.* Man on the left * 4.*...
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." - Charles Darwin
*"What Government Really Is"* by Bill Bonner "A theory should explain something without reference to something else. That is, a metaphor doesn’t work. It’s just a description. If you say that government ...
*"The Path We Are On"* by Karl Denninger "How people care to forget... Dec. 26 (Bloomberg) - "Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda faces escalating pressure to secure support for higher taxes after Japan’s budg...
posted by Robin Horbury at
Biased BBC - 9 hours ago
Since the IPCC admitted last year telling huge porkies about the dangers from Himalayan glaciers, dozens of greenies have clearly been sent there to prove that they were right after all. Last month, for ex...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Southeast of the Loyalty Islands at a depth of 15.4 km (9.6 miles), the quake hit at 18:31:25 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 136 km (84 miles) NNE Il...
Hundreds of residents in two restive northern Nigerian cities have fled their homes, fearing more violence after a series of bombs swept the country, killing 40 people. Damaturu, which was struck by two ...
Here are 2011’s most profoundly doom-laden stories, chosen arbitrarily by Des. Last year, this feature was The Twelve Doomiest Stories of 2010, to evoke “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, but twelve stories...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Ireland Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 94.5 km (58.7 miles), the quake hit at 17:55:51 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 46 km (28 miles) So...
A research ship has arrived to help rescue a Russian fishing vessel that struck ice and became stuck in the frozen waters off of Antarctica 10 days ago, officials in New Zealand said. The Sparta hit unde...
This time last year a match was lit by a fruit vendor in Tunis, which triggered uprisings throughout the region. Countries big, Egypt, and small, Tunisia, have witnessed wholesale change and the toppling o...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Carlsberg Ridge at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:24:03 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 643 km (399 miles) Southeast of Qalansiyah, ...
Xmas is, after all, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. The head of the Roman Catholic Church-- one of the wealthiest institutions in the world, and with a history of exploitation of the masses ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Kermadec Islands Region at a depth of 14.3 km (8.9 miles), the quake hit at 16:40:19 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 163 km (101 miles) East of Ra...
A woman who was facing federal charges of sending a fake Weapons of Mass Destruction to a New York politician was killed by police officer after attacking him at her apartment in Marietta, Georgia. In Ap...
A move by the government that clears the way for the legalisation of online poker and other gambling has been condemned as 'outrageous'. A Justice Department opinion dated September - but only made public ...
A man - believed to be in his late teens or early twenties - has been stabbed to death in Oxford Street, central London, police have said. Most of Oxford Street has been closed in the wake of the attack, ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 584.3 km (363.1 miles), the quake hit at 13:05:30 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 270 km (167 miles) NNE of Ndoi Island, ...
The blogosphere continues to waste time on vain, incompetent climate debate on the part of non-experts, due to the failure of "expert" climate science, most recently on the WUWT site. The three most pernic...
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 69.9 km (43.4 miles), the quake hit at 16:12:36 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) Northwest of Isangel, Tanna, Van...
The loose-knit hacking movement “Anonymous” claimed Sunday to have stolen thousands of credit card numbers and other personal information belonging to clients of U.S.-based security think tank Stratfor. ...
posted by David Preiser (USA) at
Biased BBC - 12 hours ago
There's yet another BBC North America correspondent pushing an agenda these days. Ian Pannell has gone to Detroit to spin a tale of woe and misery, blaming all of it on the current economic situation. He e...
*In more ways** than one:* "Soldier paralyzed in shooting at homecoming party" December 25, 2011 A decorated Army soldier recovering from injuries suffered in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been *sh...
"GOP candidates leaving a small N.H. town cold; Few voters are finding anyone to ‘believe in’" by Sarah Schweitzer | Globe Staff, December 26, 2011 ASHLAND, N.H. - With the quick *Christmas break conclu...
*I received a subscription as a Xmas present. * "Bottle redemption centers struggling" by David Abel Globe Staff / December 26, 2011* * *The story also caught my eye because I worked part-time at one whil...
I watched it, had to post it. Enjoy, James
A weak, harmless voltage run through metallic structures underwater is reviving near-dead reefs.
“*Well, I’m an absolute fan of lacy lingerie. I want to make that perfectly clear*.” -Michael Ignatieff "*I mean we have the ridiculous thing of a government saying how much confidence they have in Bev ...
*Guvs do Big Oil's dirty work, a "human-decency gene"?, asleep at the air controller's station, shoot them immigrunts!, and more* *Show of hands, how many people think Newt believed his March 8 position o...
In another safety scare for China's dairy industry, the country's biggest milk producer says it has destroyed a batch of milk which was found to have high levels of a cancer-causing toxin. The problem wa...
A renewed military campaign in Syria has reportedly killed at least 20 people as an Arab League delegation arrives in the country to assess the ongoing crisis. Heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells fi...
The National Defence Authorisation Act continues the onward march of the 'war on terror' through the American homeland. *New York, NY* - In an instructive coincidence, the passage of the National Defence ...
Palm oil companies are suspected of killing the endangered animals to preserve their plantations. Indonesia is home to about 90 per cent of the world’s wild orangutan population, and was once covered by...
China is buying commodities and fuelling economic growth, but some worry the communist giant is creating dependency. The small restaurants and shops selling plastic sandals, tacky umbrellas, kitchen wares...
A sub-species of tiger faces extinction by 2022 unless decisive action is taken, environmental group WWF warns. Worldwide tiger populations have plummeted from 100,000 a century ago to less than 7,000 t...
Since Kim Jong Il's death was announced on Monday, many people have marveled at the mourning scenes featured on North Korean state television, made viral on the Internet: North Koreans prostrate, weeping, ...
Yellow swaths of corn surround a nuclear reactor building in one image, revealing a surprisingly outdated system of gathering and drying crops, and thousands of North Koreans form a bird formation during...
*Picture: Camille Seaman/Barcroft - Source *
The girl named Wati, 15, who uses just one name, was ripped from her mother's grasp in the province of Aceh by the raging waters and has not been seen since. But on Wednesday a friend of the girl's grand...
Earlier this week, Pete Cashmore, the founder of Mashable, published his *top 10 trends for 2012*. And while Cashmore's list is characteristically prescient, it misses one trend which I suspect will increa...
Less than a week after the final U.S. troops pulled out, a string of more than a dozen bombings have left more than 60 dead in largely Shiite neighbors around Baghdad. It apparent signals a resumption of t...
Officer and past president of the Antigua and Barbuda Fishermen’s Corporation Gerald Price said news of a shark attack during an early morning swim at Fort James beach is unusual in Antigua. Veron Edwards...
North Korea identified Kim Jong Il's son as head of a top ruling party body Monday, a post that gives him authority over political matters in addition to the military control attributed to him in recent da...
The *Syrian* Observatory for Human Rights claimed: "The shells fired from heavy machineguns in the Baba Amro district caused 13 deaths on Monday morning and dozens of injuries. The situation is frightening...
Some 60,000 passengers on the Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line found themselves going nowhere in a hurry on Dec. 26 after a snow-laden tree fell onto the tracks and cut power to one section of the line...
Radiation fears stemming from the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant and radiation monitoring activities are raising concern among people handling trees to grow mushrooms and make ch...
Radiation fears stemming from the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant and radiation monitoring activities are raising concern among people handling trees to grow mushrooms and make ch...
The head of Rajasthan's health ministry denied reports that more than 40 patients have died in recent days amid an ongoing strike by doctors at public hospitals in the Indian state. "The number of deaths...
The death toll from the tropical storm that lashed the southern Philippines just over a week ago has topped 1,200, the government said Monday, as the bodies of people swept out to sea by flash floods wash ...
Authorities have opened a murder investigation after the discovery of 13 bodies Sunday in an abandoned truck in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, the attorney general's office reported. They were discover...
A delegation of South Korean citizens arrived in Pyongyang on Monday to express condolences over the death of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the North's state-run news agency reported. The 18-membe...
An off-duty police officer has been charged with executing a man in a sports bar - after an argument over a game of darts. Riverside County sheriff's deputy Dayle Long, 42, allegedly shot Samuel Vanettes...
Nine people were shot after a fight broke out at a nightclub Christmas party. Chattanooga police said that an off-duty officer who had been working at Club Fathom fired shots at a suspect who pointed a gu...
A woman was being held on $10,000 bond today after reportedly telling police she threw her daughter's body out with the trash. India Parker, 35, of Cleveland, Ohio, is facing a charge of abuse of a corpse...
Remote station communities in Western Australia's northwest remain under threat from a bushfire that started on Christmas Eve. Authorities on Monday warned there was a possible threat to lives and propert...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck Hindu Kush Region, Afghanistan at a depth of 178.9 km (111.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:35:45 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 81 km (50 miles) SSE of...
On Christmas Eve, videos of a strange streak of light over Europe surfaced... it wasn't Santa's sleigh.
*David Headley, the American who has admitted planning the Mumbai attacks of 2008. *"CIA agent" David Headley met a lot of Jewish folks in India. He also took instructions from "CIA operative" Illyas Kash...
Terror attacks targeted at Christians, including two bombs at church services, have killed at least 40 across Nigeria. A radical Muslim sect claimed responsibility for five attacks which struck the nation...
Here is another oddity that begsan explanation. I wish when ‘tests’ aredone, the folks could be more forthcoming in describing what was done. There is really little reason fora metal ball to exist. I...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Timor Region at a depth of 112.7 km (70 miles), the quake hit at 08:03:01 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 135 km (83 miles) NNE of Kupang, Timor, I...
A woman who was to be stoned to death in Iran on an adultery conviction could be hanged instead. Authorities said today they were moving ahead with plans to execute the woman but are reconsidering what p...
U.S. security think tank Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor) said its website had been hacked and that some of the names of corporate subscribers had been made public. Stratfor said the breach came from...
Driving through Banff last summer, I had a chance to see the overpassesbuilt in the park. They were somewhatover engineered but certainly did the job. What these numbers make obvious is that the animal...
It appears that another wine friendlylocale has been identified. Ningxia isbeyond the wall and somewhat emote for anything but the conditions soundsimilar to BC’s Okanagan in particular. It is always ...
This is a one off event describinga creature seen in Marylandover a couple of years. Since this creature is clearly diurnal, it has to be atransient and may have come up from South America. No such cr...
In the USA, a study by Boise State University found that 60% of heterosexual women have been sexually attracted to other women. In the USA, the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) has found that sexu...
Insurance companies have been inundated with inquiries as householders mop up after wild weather that ripped through Melbourne on Christmas Day. An estimated 300 to 400 State Emergency Service volunteers w...
Seven people believed to be related had opened their Christmas gifts and started cleaning up the wrapping paper when they were shot dead in a suburban Texas apartment, police said Sunday. Authorities say ...
Insurance companies have been inundated with inquiries as householders mop up after wild weather that ripped through Melbourne on Christmas Day. An estimated 300 to 400 State Emergency Service volunteers w...
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has struck Tonga at a depth of 78.6 km (48.8 miles), the quake hit at 04:48:08 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) SSW of Hihifo, Tonga No Tsunami Wa...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Northeastern Iran at a depth of 27.2 km (16.9 miles), the quake hit at 01:49:17 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 32 km (19 miles) Northeast of Bojnurd, ...
If history is humanity's cultural and psychological software, then it needs serious updating. Our current software, the history of the last several centuries and especially the last century, has been corr...
*A surprising Christmas gift from the Boston Globe*: "Romney leads, Paul rises in N.H. poll; Gingrich’s surge muted as 1st US primary nears" by Michael Levenson Globe Staff / December 25, 2011 Newt Gingri...
*The primary victor of the US version of The X Factor has been named as Melanie Amaro from dawn, Florida. Amaro had been tipped by the show's four adjudicators to win after her performance of the Beyonce...
*For more than 300 years, the structure has puzzled researchers, reported that a mysterious bony growth found in elephants' feet is actually a sixth toe. According to Lead author Professor John Hutchinso...
*Russia's current poor launch record has sustained with so far one more Soyuz rocket breakdown. It was a Soyuz-2.1b, the most contemporary version of the rocket that has been in check within a variety of ...
*The campaigner hacker group Anonymous says they were able to gain the information because the company, Stratfor, did not encrypt it. The campaigner hacker group Anonymous says it has stolen thousands of...
*This photo comes from the website official Navy website!* *by Ken* As many commentators noted this week, widely circulated photos like the one above (taken, you'll note, from the Navy's official website)...
*You got milk, Globe?* "Battle boils over sales of raw milk; Advocates decry armed US raids" December 16, 2011|By Stephanie Armour, Bloomberg News WASHINGTON - One sun-drenched August morning, *armed offi...
New Thinking for Protests Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
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"In the time of your life, live — so that in good time there shall be no ugliness or death for yourself or for any life your life touches. Seek goodness everywhere, and when it is found, bring it out of i...
*Yeah, now that Ron Paul might win. * "Voter excitement scarce as Iowa caucus draws near" December 22, 2011|By Christopher Rowland DES MOINES — Ron *Paul*, the libertarian Texas congressman, is *buildin...
*"On Saying 'I Don't Know'"* by Chet Raymo “Johannes Kepler is best known for figuring out the laws of planetary motion. In 1610, he published a little book called “The Six-Cornered Snowflake” that asked...
The season of peace and goodwill is under threat in the United States amid claims that a "war on Christmas" has been declared. Rows about the display of traditional Christmas symbols have broken out acros...
*“I’d Rather Be In Hell”* by Paulo Coelho "As soon as he died, Juan found himself in a gorgeous place, surrounded by all the comfort and beauty he had dreamed of. A fellow dressed in white approached him...
Rough surf from ex-tropical cyclone Fina has forced the closure of half the beaches in New South Wales. Dean Storey from Surf Life Saving NSW says the large swells are extremely dangerous. "At this stage...
"No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time." - James Baldwin
"The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the only important thing is not to allow that to scare you." ~ Tennessee Williams, "Orpheus Descending", 1957
*"Kenyon Commencement Speech, 2005"* by David Foster Wallace "This speech was originally transcribed and posted at Marganlia.org until recently. Here is the originally transcribed version." "If anybody f...
Last week we saw how Wisconsin Democrat Rob Zerban pushed back against Ron Wyden's harebrained scheme of working with Paul Ryan to destroy Medicare. Obviously Wyden isn't the only bad Democrat in Congress...
"We have become the greatest time wasters of all history, because we have created a vast entertainment world, which is not very entertaining, in which we escape from responsibility into something that is l...
More than 40 patients have died in the last five days amid an ongoing strike by doctors at public hospitals in India's Rajasthan state, CNN sister network CNN-IBN reported Sunday. The government has suspe...
China is launching a national online marriage database to fight bigamy, a move that has raised concerns among millions of Chinese about protection of privacy. The Chinese government's announcement that it...
I just wanted to take a minute away from our festivities this year (and talking to my baby brother who is a missionary in England!) To wish you all a very Happy Christmas this year. I hope all of your Ch...
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*The evidence is below you, readers. * - Globe's Christmas Meal - Globe Stocking-Stuffers - Globe Gift: Occupy is History - Globe Gift: Cutting Off Agenda 21 - Globe Gift: A Fine Christmas in...
*Just about time for us to sit down to some hot vegetarian lasagna.* "Under pressure over obesity, stores label healthy foods; But some systems are confusing, advocates say" by Leslie Patton Bloomberg New...
ENTERTAINMENT - This Christmas we recommend checking out the feline follies of "Simon's Cat" available on YouTube or www.simonscat.com. Have a happy and safe Holiday Season!
"A clatter of claims to a classic; Maine publisher champions rival author of old favorite" by Joseph P. Kahn Globe Staff / December 3, 2011 A new edition of the poem popularly known as “The Night Before Ch...
Peace on Earth and Goodwill to All People, Everywhere. pic borrowed from here A Baby sleeping, peacefully, perhaps even blissfully and safe. This is life. Human life. As humans we need to recognize the sa...
*It isn't, but the corporate media sure is acting like it.* "Museums begin collecting Occupy Wall Street mementos" Associated Press /December 25, 2011 It may be only a few months old, but Occupy Wall Str...
"Climate skeptics oppose preparations for rising sea levels" by Darryl Fears Washington Post / December 25, 2011 --NOMORE--" "Climate skeptics in Va. oppose preparations for sea-level rise" Monday, Dec...
"Debt crisis feels far from Europe’s small towns" by Edward Cody, Washington Post | December 17, 2011* * *This article was in my **December 25th** Boston Globe.* MONTARGIS, France — When dusk falls and ...
*As we're going to hear Kiri Te Kanawa close out Part I of Messiah, we have her here repeating her 1981 Royal Wedding triumph with Handel's "Let the bright seraphim" from Samson with James Levine conducti...
"Queen visits Prince Philip after surgery" Associated Press / December 25, 2011 * * *Isn't he the same puke who said he wishes he could reincarnate into a genocidal virus**?* Queen Elizabeth II’s husban...
"Christian pilgrims flock to Bethlehem" by Dalia Nammari Associated Press /December 25, 2011 Tens of thousands of tourists and Christian pilgrims packed the West Bank town of Bethlehem for Christmas Eve c...
"DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Thousands of mourners carrying Syrian flags and pictures of the dead took part in a mass funeral Saturday for 44 people killed in twin suicide bombings that targeted intelligence ag...
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake has struck the Solomon Islands at a depth of 70.9 km (44.1 miles), the quake hit at 20:07:32 UTC Sunday 25th December 2011. The epicenter was 51 km (31 miles) South of Kira Kira,...
"US keeps distance from growing Iraqi political crisis" by Helene Cooper and Thom Shanker New York Times / December 25, 2011 Sectarian violence and political turmoil in Iraq escalated within days of the...
*Well, it is Christmas. * *"no breakthrough is expected anytime soon" * *The f***ing box is empty?* "Pakistan upgrades trade ties to India; Islamabad gives most favored status to its rival" November 0...
*I already made clear where I stood** on sectarianism. * "In Afghan shift, sectarian attacks on holiday kill 63; Pakistani group says it’s behind the bombings" December 07, 2011|By Rod Nordland, New York ...
London-based "Syrian Observatory" Consorting Directly with UK Foreign Minister Hague. by Tony Cartalucci December 26, 2011 - In May 2011's article "The Siege of Syria," it was reported: "The coverage b...
*Second largest construction after the Great Wall of China* In recent days, it became much more likely that KM3NeT (home page), i.e. Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope, would begin to be built in 2012. ...
*A Class 2 warning has been issued for Sweden as a storm, dubbed Dagmar, approaches from the west. *"We have issued Class 2 warnings and the most powerful winds are expected in the southern peaks of Norrl...
*The Cuban military searched for survivors after at least 38 Haitian migrants died as a boat in which they fled their country started taking in water and got stranded at sea.* The gruesome discovery was ...
*At least 2 people are dead and 5 still missing after a military-owned ship carrying 35 passengers was wrecked offshore Quang Nam Province on Sunday afternoon. * The ship, owned by the Battalion 70 under...
A gas leak left two workers dead and poisoned 23 others in East China's Jiangsu Province on Sunday, local government said. The accident happened around 9 am at a wire factory in the city of Jiangyin, whe...
Five meter waves hit three sub- districts in Thailand's southern Chumpon province's Langsuan district on Sunday noon, destroying several houses, bungalows and restaurants and forcing local residents to fle...
Sharks are continuing to plague Perth beaches today, closing swimming areas along the coast and causing frustration to Christmas beachgoers. Both Mullaloo and Scarborough beaches have been closed at times ...
Officials in Afghanistan ordered an investigation into a collapse at a coal mine that left as many as 13 miners dead this weekend. District Chief Fazel Rahman said Sunday that the cause of the collapse at...
A senior Japanese defense official said it is possible that North Korea may make military provocations as a display of power under new leader Kim Jong Un. "The young leader does not fully control the mil...
Three Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed by a comrade who opened fire at a military camp near Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administer Kashmir, a district police chief said Sunday. The shooting f...
Three of the seven victims of a highway attack this week in the Mexican state of Veracruz were American citizens, officials said. A mother and her two daughters, dual Mexican-U.S. citizens who lived in F...
Three Indian paramilitary soldiers were killed by a comrade who opened fire at a military camp near Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administer Kashmir, a district police chief said Sunday. The shooting f...
Note: Additional Aftershocks 24th Dec 2011 - 18:55 UTC - 3.1 Magnitude - Depth 7 km - 20 km Southeast of Christchurch - 20:26 UTC - 2.9 Magnitude - Depth 7 km - 10 km East of Christchurch - 23:...
A good Samaritan has brought Christmas cheer to shoppers at a US Toys'R'Us after she paid for at least 50 people's purchases. The woman, who described herself as a "retired grandma", flittered between two...
Hailstones the size of cricket balls, flash-flooding, planes diverted and flights postponed, power lost from homes, major transport delays and a tornado to top things off - that was Christmas Day in Melbou...
Police at remote Croker Island in the Northern Territory say the local community has escaped serious damage from a category two cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Grant intensified into a category two system late o...
Queenslanders will have to give Christmas Day picnics on the beach a miss this year as swells as high as four metres take over many popular spots. The Queensland Weather Bureau has issued a severe weather ...
An out-of-control bushfire is threatening lives and homes in Western Australia's mid-west. A bushfire watch and act has been issued for people at Marrilla Station, in the Shire of Carnarvon, and Giralia a...
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A pillar was found collapsed at an ancient Roman villa in Pompeii on Thursday, as the government prepares a series of measures to preserve the unique but dilapidated archaeological area. Police were call...
Israeli settlers frequently attack Palestinians; now, the settlers are turning on the Israeli army. There is a famous scene in Mary Shelley's classic where Victor Frankenstein realises that he created a m...
Claims of an undeclared cyberwar between China and the US are inaccurate, and misrepresent both countries' interests. *New York, NY *- In January 2010, a Google executive announced "a new approach to Chin...
An American fact is the 99 per cent are far too remote from the wars of choice and those who fight them, argues author. *Williamsport, Pennsylvania *- America's wars are remote. They're remote from us geo...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Nicobar Islands, India Region at a depth of 32.3 km (20.1 miles), the quake hit at 03:25:53 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 93 km (57 miles) SSW o...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck near the Coast of New Zealand at a depth of 8 km (4.9 miles), the quake hit at 02:33:25 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) East of Chri...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Southeast of the Loyalty Islands at a depth of 57.7 km (35.9 miles), the quake hit at 23:04:59 UTC Monday 26th December 2011. The epicenter was 211 km (131 miles) West...
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