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*Congressional net worth more than doubles since 1984* The net wealth of members of the
U.S. House of Representatives has increased over the years, with net worth in 2009 more than double that of 1984, but...
What is a mixed feeling? This is the feeling when I read about a Czech compatriot who does something extraordinary – it makes me proud – but the extraordinary thing is to bring 247 reptiles such as liza...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 16.7 km (10.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:19:11 UTC Tuesday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 119 km (73 miles) East of ...
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From the look on the man’s face in this video, it was a thrilling, almost scary, yet lovely once-in-a-lifetime experience.
A 15-year-old American has become the youngest person to climb the highest mountains on each of the seven continents.
Researchers developed a car seat equipped with 360 sensors to measure weight to identify drivers.
*"Devil Deals"* by Bill Bonner "Occasionally, when we’ve had too much to drink, we lull ourselves to sleep with the notion that someone like Ron Paul might succeed. Maybe America won’t become a police st...
"The death squads and concentration camps of history were never staffed by rebels and dissidents. They were run by those who followed the rules." http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=6NcLN...
*"2012: The Big Suck (2011 Review, 2012 Outlook)" * by Karl Denninger "As is my usual practice it's that time of year when I score my "best guesses" from the previous year, and look forward with my next ...
A team of scholars has discovered what might be the oldest representation of the Tower of Babel.
This black tiger shrimp was caught in 210 feet of water off the coast of Louisiana on a shrimp boat under the direction of Captain Tony Pena of Brownsville. US - An exotic, large species of shrimp is bein...
A nuclear plant in Plymouth has been shut down after a suspected leak from the one of the plants safety relief valves. “An Nuclear Regulator Commission Resident Inspector was at the the Pilgrim nuclear p...
There is wisdom and cautions in this article. *The Big Lie (excerpt)* *Dec 26, 2011 12:00 AM EST* *Wall Street has destroyed the wonder that was America. * * * I have lived what now, at 75, is starting to...
Greek authorities say a Turkish freighter is sinking in the eastern Aegean Sea and the crew has safely evacuated to another ship. A defense ministry statement said the Turkish-flagged Dogu Haslaman issued ...
Mount Gamalama spews thick ashes and gas as seen from Ternate, Indonesia, on Dec. 5. The mud and ash left from the explosion have decimated local farmers' crops, leaving many with little hope of making end...
The man was caught in Argentina trying to board a
flight with several exotic animals, some dead.
Security forces assaulted demonstrators in the volatile Syrian cities of Homs and Hama on Tuesday as Arab League monitors visited, witnesses told CNN. Loubna, a Homs resident who asked that her full na...
*And showing such patience.* "Saleh sets conditions for transition; Says he won’t leave while chief rivals remain in place" September 30, 2011|By Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post SANA, Yemen - Yemen’s ...
[image: Bangladeshi pedestrians holding umbrellas hitch a ride on a rickshaw van as they attempt to stay dry over flood waters in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on 28 July 2009. The Met Office study pr...
*"2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review"* By John W. Whitehead "It’s been a year of populist uprisings, economic downturns, political assassinations, and one scandal after another. Gold prices soared, wh...
Note: Reports are being pushed forward to show the public that there is nothing to worry about in the Economy. With headlines screaming bumper Boxing Day sales, Consumer confidence shoots higher etc. But w...
An Italian tanker with 18 people on board was hijacked off the coast of Oman, officials said Tuesday. The chemical product tanker, Enrico Ievoli, was on its way from the United Arab Emirates to the Medit...
"Drone attack kills US-born cleric linked to Al Qaeda" by Alan Cowell, Laura Kasinof, and Mark Mazzetti New York Times / October 1, 2011 SANA, Yemen - Anwar *al-Awlaki, the radical US-born cleric who was a...
*Editor’s Note: **The following piece, exclusive to GPS, comes from ** Wikistrat,** the world's first massively multiplayer online consultancy. It leverages a global network of subject-matter experts via a ...
Angry protesters have confronted visiting Arab League monitors in Syria's restive city of Homs, demanding international protection. The observers are verifying compliance with an Arab League plan to end t...
Rich countries are failing to contribute to an international emergency fund leaving the world "dangerously unprepared" for future disasters, the International Development Secretary has warned. Andrew Mit...
*It's their version of it*: "Yemeni women burn their veils to protest crackdown" by Gamal Abdul-Fattah Associated Press / October 26, 2011 SANAA, Yemen—Hundreds of Yemeni women on Wednesday set fire to tr...
*And the war-criminal is coming to AmeriKa for medical care(?)!* * *"Yemen fighting revives civil war fears" October 18, 2011|By Hamza Hendawi, Associated Press SANA, Yemen - Fighting between troops loyal...
I just have to put this out as a reminder to many. I moved my money last month and I am asking others to do the same. Moving your money to a local bank or credit union puts the money BACK INTO YOUR COMMUN...
Anonymous struck Stratfor a US Intelligence firm and used stolen information for charitable donations.
Although SETI has been scouring the skies for a signal from an intelligent alien civilization, perhaps a closer look at the lunar surface may uncover some alien artifacts.
Pilots are increasingly using electronic gadgets in flight and there's little reason why passengers shouldn't.
A few days ago John Nichols took to the pages of *The Nation* to write up the Progressive Honor Roll of 2011, and while we're not 100% in synch on every single particular-- Sherrod Brown over Bernie Sande...
Activists trying to combat Japanese whaling have gone high-tech. The longstanding battle against whaling has mostly been a game of wait, watch, chase and hope for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Bu...
The burned bodies of two dead women were found in the boot of a flaming car just a week after two other dead bodies were found in another vehicle. Three of the four black victims found in Detroit, Michigan...
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake has struck Northern Californoa at a depth of 27.1 km (16.8 miles), the quake hit at 17:33:57 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 5 km (3 miles) Northeast of Petrolia...
The search for a missing 9-year-old ended Monday with a grizzly discovery when they found her dismembered body in a dumpster and her head, hands and feet in her babysitter's freezer. Mike Plumadore, 39, b...
OCCUPY WALL STREET has created an extended awareness of the corporation as enemy of the people, a viewpoint shared by most thoughtful people. However, while a lot are concerned, *a lot of us have no rea...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Solomon Islands at a depth of 103.4 km (64.3 miles), the quake hit at 16:30:35 UTC Tuesday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) SSE of Arawa, Bou...
The BBC is fond of the familiar. It favours the tried and tested, nay, the formulaic, all year round. But tradition and ritual are an extra special feature at Christmas. It’s what the audience wants, is it...
*A great scientist is defending GRW-like pseudoscience* In recent months, I have made several comments suggesting that Steven Weinberg is somewhere close to one-half of his path towards a personal transmu...
Astrophotographer Bill Snyder captured the Dumbbell Nebula - a cloud of star debris which offers a vision of the death throes of our own solar system. 'All the expanding gas and dust in this image was ins...
One on the warmest autumns on record has left Britain with a huge stock of apples this year. And with the mild weather continuing long into the winter, apple trees across the country are still heavy with ...
*I'm sorry, readers; the Globe was there every day.* * * *The days I attended*: "Sudbury terrorism suspect’s trial to begin" by Milton J. Valencia | Globe Staff, October 23, 2011 Boston has not seen a ...
The biggest sales rush in British history was marked by bloodshed yesterday as a teenager was murdered in a suspected row over a pair of trainers. Bargain hunters looked on in horror as the 18-year-old was...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Northern Alaska at a depth of just 1 km (0 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 15:52:54 UTC Tuesday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) NNE ...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 651.2 km (404.7 miles), the quake hit at 15:49:13 UTC Tuesday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 545 km (338 miles) WNW from Nuku'Alofa...
This particular side of the issue doesn't get much coverage - they mostly talk about students and people of color - which is justified. But being "almost a senior" by census standards - I thought it was i...
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 6.9 km (4.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:21:56 UTC Tuesday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 96 km (59 miles) East of Kyz...
Original Here The Book of Jobs Forget monetary policy. Re-examining the cause of the Great Depression—the revolution in agriculture that threw millions out of work—the author argues that the U.S. i...
*Iraq War: Reaffirmation or the End of U.S. Exceptionalism?* ** * * *By Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez* *Censored News* * * In the United States, the most significant event of 2011 hands down should have been...
"Andover couple slain at home; Developer, wife found fatally shot" by Peter Schworm and Brian R. Ballou Globe Staff / December 15, 2011 ANDOVER - A married couple was found slain in their million-dollar ho...
*I was a trailblazer of sorts when I began blogging; nowadays I'm out-of-date (?) despite the hundreds of hits a day. * "It’s become one of the most pressing questions for parents of children growing up i...
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Biased BBC - 7 hours ago
How wonderful it is that my debut post here on Biased BBC times perfectly with a nugget of a post over at Bishop Hill, which underlines the BBC's reputation for telling half the story all the time. The su...
As I come out of the holidays I can’t help thinking what hypocrites the GOP in Minnesota are. What I fail to understand is why the Dems are not grabbing onto these two Minnesota stories and passing it a...
Swiss metallurgists have created the world's most resilient 18-karat gold.
These semi-homemade tarts my friend Megan, taught me to make, are some of the easiest cheesecake like tarts you can possible make. They come together quick and you won't be able to stop eating them. I co...
*Mob mentality, dumb in Dixie, water! water!, AP punked, Jesse Ventura makes sense!, Repugs & government, and more * *Why do righties love royalty? Simple: status. And since to Bushies and their kind stat...
.........the United States- Bomb ready. Highly enriched Uranium Fuel. Driving it right across the border! Where is the IAEA? By the way if you are a bit concerned about this material coming through a town...
Speedier computers may be on the way as a big bottleneck is eliminated.
"War Street," by Sue Coe / Revista Amauta.Let's be frank:The United States has beenin perpetual warWith the onset of the Korean War, the politics of fear converged with the politics of empire.By Harry Targ /...
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My friend and comrade David Heap is now blogging. Among other things, David will be writing about his experiences on the Tahrir, the Canadian Boat to Gaza, including his arrest and imprisonment. I am ver...
By Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. John T. Flynn, like other members of the Old Right, was disgusted by the irony that what he saw, almost everyone else chose to ignore. In the fight against authoritarian regim...
Real Estate investors are people who invest their money in Real Estate market to make more profit. Real estate is not an organized field in most of the countries and so investing is not an easy option to e...
"Educating the poor comes at a price for Pine Manor; Newton college looks to retool its finances" by Mary Carmichael, | Globe Staff, December 23, 2011 CHESTNUT HILL - Half a mile from Pine Manor College ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the Bonin Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 32.2 km (20 miles), the quake hit at 11:14:28 UTC Tuesday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 124 km (77 miles) NNE of ...
A woman has been charged with animal cruelty, and refused bail, after she allegedly threw a puppy out of an apartment window during an argument in Sydney's west. Police say the 24-year-old woman and a man...
Thousands of homes have lost power in south-east Queensland after storms and strong winds swept though the area. Electricity has been cut to more than 2,500 properties in the Logan and Beenleigh region an...
Car workers in Germany will enjoy a Christmas free from harassment by a blinking BlackBerry, after unions forced bosses to agree to switch off corporate email servers outside working hours. Under the new...
Worshippers at the Nigerian Catholic church where a terror attack killed 35 people on Christmas Day say they fear Islamic militants will target more churches. At least 52 others were wounded when the bla...
China continued its Christmas jailings of democracy activists on Monday by sentencing Chen Xi, another veteran Tiananmen Square protester to prison for a decade. Chen Xi, 45, was found guilty of "incitin...
Rising numbers of parents are committing suspected admissions fraud in an attempt to cheat children’s way into the most sought-after state schools, figures show. Data obtained by The Daily Telegraph sugg...
Falling house prices failed to prevent first time buyer numbers slumping to an all-time low in 2011, despite home ownership becoming more affordable than it has been for eight years, according to Britain's...
The yuan has closed up against the United States dollar after hitting an all-time high in intra-day trading, guided by a stronger mid-point by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), and looks set for an over f...
[image: Link]Iran's navy has started a 10-day drill in international waters near the strategic oil route that passes through the Strait of Hormuz. The exercises, dubbed "Velayat 90", could bring Iranian s...
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Falling house prices failed to prevent first time buyer numbers slumping to an all-time low in 2011, despite home ownership becoming more affordable than it has been for eight years, according to Britain's...
The yuan has closed up against the United States dollar after hitting an all-time high in intra-day trading, guided by a stronger mid-point by the People's Bank of China (PBOC), and looks set for an over f...
China will try a veteran dissident, Chen Xi, on charges of "inciting subversion" for pro-democracy essays he published online, his wife said on Sunday, days after another dissident was jailed for nine year...
Authorities say nine people were shot when a fight broke out at a Chattanooga nightclub, where some 400 teens and adults were attending a Christmas party. Police say all those shot are expected to survive....
The head of the International Monetary Fund said the world economy was in danger and urged Europeans to speak with one voice on a debt crisis that has rattled the global financial system. In Nigeria last...
The Obama administration cleared the way for states to legalize Internet poker and certain other online betting in a switch that may help them reap billions in tax revenue and spur web-based gambling. A ...
A shy 8-year-old schoolgirl has unwittingly found herself on the front line of Israel's latest religious war. Naama Margolese is a ponytailed, bespectacled second-grader who is afraid of walking to her r...
Reports that Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul stormed out of a CNN interview earlier this week seem to be dramatically over-exaggerated. Raw footage of the Thursday interview shows that it la...
Andrei Krivorukov got a wonderful Christmas gift: his very own life. He saved it after a titanium ball from a Russian communication satellite crashed right into his house, escaping death by just a few feet...
A Vietnamese ship together with 23 crewmen has gone missing off the Philippines, Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (VMRCC) said Monday. The center quoted Vietnam National Shipping Li...
Outbreaks of a nasty stomach virus know as Norovirus has been reported in Sacramento County.KCRA 3 News found that at least two locations have been impacted, both residence homes for senior citizens. One-...
Over 3,000 poultry were culled and 1,300 eggs damaged at a poultry farm in Meherpur following detection of bird flu on Monday night, livestock officials said. Visiting other poultry farms in the area, the...
FLASH flooding swamped Wagga yesterday in a storm which hit the city at 4pm and left within an hour. State Emergency Service (SES) duty officer for the Murrumbidgee region Shane McLachlan said there were...
At least 500 homes in Kampar district, Riau, were inundated with a meter of water after a flash flood hit the nearby Sebayang River on Monday. Jafri Datuk, a community elder in Kampar Kiri subdistrict, sa...
Dozens of dead fish are floating towards the mouth of the Caloosahatchee river. Many fear red tide is to blame, and some charter fishermen worry this could affect their bottom line. The Florida Fish and ...
There's a bizarre scene in Montgomery County where dozens of birds are dead. More than 30 birds are lying dead on Indian Mound Drive at the intersection of Grassy Lick Road in Mt. Sterling. All the bird...
One of Indonesia's most active volcanoes erupted Tuesday, spewing clouds of ash and panicking villagers but no evacuation has been ordered so far, a government vulcanologist said. The first eruption at Mo...
A 17-year-old boy was today arrested on suspicion of shooting dead an Indian student as he visited a city with friends. Police arrested the teenager in Salford, Greater Manchester, in the early hours of t...
Mexican army special forces have arrested a top lieutenant for alleged drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the Defense Ministry said Monday. Troops arrested Felipe Cabrera Sarabia on Friday in "a su...
Representatives of India and Pakistan on Tuesday will hold the second day of two-day talks on conventional and nuclear weapons, Indian officials said. No major developments were expected from the high-l...
Criticism of lax food safety standards at Chinese companies abounded on microblogging sites in China on Tuesday following the latest scare involving dairy products in the country. Tests found that carton...
Iran is prepared to expand military and security cooperation with neighboring Iraq, a top Iranian military official said -- a week after U.S. forces pulled out of Iraq. "The Islamic Republic of Iran is r...
Two Swedish journalists who were found guilty in Ethiopia of supporting terrorism were sentenced to 11 years in jail Tuesday, the Swedish foreign ministry said. "Our belief was that the court would think...
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake has struck the Izu Islands, Japan Region at a depth of 94.2 km (158.5 miles), the quake hit at 09:04:30 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 218 km (135 miles) SSE of...
An Arab League delegation is set to visit the besieged city of Homs on Tuesday as reports of bloodshed at the hands of the Syrian regime continue to escalate. The team of observers are visiting Syria t...
A former Calvin Klein art director climbed onto the roof of her burning house and tried to smash the windows of her daughters' bedrooms in a bid to save them from the flames ravaging her home. Madonna Bad...
Television chef Matt Golinski is fighting for survival after a fire ravaged his home and killed his entire family. The Ready Steady Cook star fought to save his wife and children before they died in the b...
Residents of Brisbane and the Gold Coast are bracing for a severe thunderstorm, with predictions of damaging winds and hail to lash the region. The Bureau of Meteorology said thunderstorms had been detect...
Two men have been injured after they were trapped in a freight train that was swept off a bridge near Katherine, south of Darwin. The 20-carriage train derailed near the Edith Falls River Crossing in floo...
Insurance companies are recalling staff from holidays to cope with the volume of calls from policyholders affected by severe storms that hit Melbourne on Christmas Day. Thousands of homes, mainly in Melbo...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Western Turkey at a depth of just 2 km (1.2 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 07:51:47 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 11 km (6.8 miles) Nor...
Photo courtesy: Photo: Katya Kroch / IBJ via TreeHugger.com All too often, I find myself blogging about environmental issues that carry a great deal of worry and stress surrounding them. Finally, an uplif...
Photo courtesy: © zigwamp When I read this article, I had to reprint it in memory of a truly great pet that was killed by an unleashed neighbour's dog - Henny Penny. While the holiday season, marked by fe...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 37.9 km (23.6 miles), the quake hit at 07:33:34 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 109 km (67 miles) E...
Photo courtesy: © edkohler I sponsor a small girl in Bolivia who's name is Yessica. Over my two years of sponsorship so far (I look forward to many more years), I have learned a great deal about the Boliv...
Photo courtesy: © Skytruth Things just keep getting worse for Chevron. First, a deepwater drilling mishap off the coast of Brazil last month caused thousands of barrels of oil to spill into the Atlantic, ...
Photo courtesy: Lana_aka_BADGRL/CC BY 2.0 Follow the money. If you want to find the evil, follow the money. Another genetically-modified crop has been approved by the United States Department of Agricultu...
The breathtakingly rugged shores of Tonkin Park in Tofino. Photo courtesy: tripadvisor.ca My heart is breaking. One of my two favourite places in British Columbia, Ucluelet and Tofino on Vancouver Island...
*A continuation to classic lively short The Snowman is to be formed by Channel 4 to rejoice the 30th anniversary of the original's 1982 broadcast. Briggs will not be writing the screenplay himself, which...
*Richard Nixon and Bebe Rebozo, 1968. Credit: Miami News Collection, HistoryMiami * Richard Nixon and Bebe Rebozo used to hold hands. Nixon and Rebozo had links to America's top Mafia bosses. Rebozo had a...
Slowly but surely others arewaking up to the reality that the Chupacabra phenomenon and the medieval Gargoyle phenomenon are plausibly one and the same asI argued some months back. I find itnotewort...
You only need to know that flat screen monitors had a typical seventypercent failure rate to appreciate the importance of this methodology. It wa the primary reason that the initialcost was so high and...
The past two winters in Canada havebeen somewhat odd. Last winter we had apretty ordinary winter while south of us the US got blasted in a way that onehas to go far back in the record books to find co...
This is a quick update on 3Dprinting technology used to produce production components. As stated, it does not lend itself to volume productionneeds but for now it is great for small production runs and...
"If you live on this land, and you have ancestors sleeping in this land, I believe that makes you a native to this land. It has nothing to do with the color of your skin. I was not raised to look at people...
“There are a million things you can have and a million things you can’t have. Choose the million you can.” - James T. Kirk
*Samsung Electronics has decided to buy out Sony's complete stake in their liquid crystal display joint venture. In 2004, the joint venture between two companies, when a bang in the global economy saw a ...
*Ngozumpa Glacier in Nepal is not the greatest glacier to look at - far from it. It's smothered in a layer of rocky fragments that's fallen from the adjoining cliffs, giving it a very grey, dirty exterio...
The Philippine government said Tuesday that fresh rain in Visayas and Mindanao could set off flash floods and landslides, bringing the potential for more misery in places already struggling to recover fr...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Western Turkey at a depth of just 2 km (1.2 miles Poorly Constrained), the quake hit at 05:59:18 UTC Tueday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 15 km (9.1 miles) Nor...
Iran began 10 days of naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, raising concerns about a possible closure of the world's most strategic oil transit channel in the event of any outbreak of milita...
A missing nine-year-old Indiana girl has been found dead, and the family friend who was watching her before she disappeared was charged last night with murder, authorities said. Allen County sheriff's spo...
Vladimir Putin will take 'revenge' on Russia's protesters in the New Year with a major crackdown including a state of emergency in a desperate bid to cling to power, predicted a former senior aide to the R...
A university student who was shot dead in cold blood may have been the victim of a racially motivated attack, it emerged last night. Anuj Bidve, 23, an electronics student from a wealthy Indian family, was...
A British national has been killed following an attack at a Sri Lankan tourist resort, according to reports. Local police said the victim, named as Kuram Shaikah Zaman, was killed in Tangalle early on Chr...
Police say 11 people are being held in custody in connection with the fatal stabbing of a teenage boy in London's Oxford Street. The 18-year-old was attacked at around 1.45pm when the street was packed w...
Some feckless parents ask for their children to be looked after by the state over New Year's so they can spend the party season drinking, it has been claimed. Gloucestershire county councillor Paul McLai...
At some point, most likely in this decade, the U.S. government will be pressured from below by the American people and people around the world to state the obvious: alien civilizations exist, they have vis...
Official figures have provided the clearest evidence yet that Britain is heading back into recession after activity in the UK’s powerhouse services sector slumped in October at its sharpest rate since Apri...
Veteran human rights campaigner Chen Wei was found guilty of "inciting subversion of state power" on Friday after a two hour trial. His lawyer Zheng Jianwei said after the verdict Mr Chen warned the court...
The more life in Scotland feels like life in England, the stronger the desire to assert a distinct identity. Sir Gus O’Donnell, in a valedictory address as our most senior civil servant, says it will be ...
'They’ll like us when we win,” says Toby Ziegler in The West Wing. They certainly did 30 years ago. When Argentina’s conscripts were scrambling up the chilly beaches of the Falkland Islands, I was 11 yea...
*Let me take care of a couple things first*: "US panel urges a ban on cellphones for all drivers; Safety board defies trend, citing hazards" December 14, 2011|By Joan Lowy, Associated Press WASHINGTON - B...
Sir Mervyn King has used his position as vice-chairman of Europe's "early warning watchdog" to warn that the developing debt crisis is causing a dangerous "dependence on central banks". Just a day after ...
A state financial report released Wednesday moved Detroit closer to appointment of an emergency manager and painted a bleak picture of a city digging an ever-deeper hole by taking on long-term debt to pay ...
When Tropical Storm Washi ripped through the southern Philippine city of Cagayan de Oro last weekend, it dumped in one day more than the city's entire average rainfall for the month of December. Accordin...
Companies have pulled their ads from a TV show that portrays Muslims as benign. Religious groups may be required to offer insurance that covers drugs that can induce abortions. A federal judge rejected a b...
"An unlikely audience for his two-hour tour de force: high-ranking military officers, US embassy personnel, and enlisted men and women from a dozen countries, all sitting in an Afghan war zone.... --more--"
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CENSORED NEWS - 16 hours ago
1. By Barrett Brown via Twitter http://pastebin.com/WPE73rhy In the wake of the recent operation by which Stratfor's servers were compromised, much of the media has focused on the fact ...
The journal Science on Thursday fully retracted a controversial study that had linked a mouse leukemia retrovirus to chronic fatigue syndrome, a disabling illness affecting an estimated one million people ...
*"the American dream as they imagine it**"* *We did win, Americans! Hope it was worth it! * "*US military culture rubs off* on *Iraqi youth*" December 04, 2011|By Bushra Juhi, Associated Press BAGHDAD - ...
"Wisconsin community buries its mystery ‘Jane Doe’ crime victim" December 09, 2011|By Carrie Antlfinger, Associated Press WAUPUN, Wis. - Nobody here knows who she is, but everyone agreed on one thing: She...
"Navy Blue Angels fly into era of budget questions" by Melissa Nelson Associated Press / November 23, 2011 PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR STATION, Fla.—The Navy's Blue Angels have been thrilling audiences for more t...
*-- from Lee Camp's Twitter feed* *by Ken* So I was wondering what was up with the great Lee Camp, and was reduced to checking his Twitter feed (if that's what you call it) -- I don't do Twitter normally...
Fears over the safety of breast implants made by a now defunct French firm spread to Australia, South America and across Europe on Thursday as French officials prepared to decide if thousands of women shou...
Deputy Energy Secretary Daniel B. Poneman is working on a major Obama administration initiative that would renew scientist exchanges between U.S. nuclear weapons laboratories and Chinese nuclear facilities...
Four former National Football League players, including two Pro Bowl players, sued the league over brain injuries that they say left them facing medical problems years after their careers ended. Dorsey L...
After a year-long effort to account for every grave at Arlington National Cemetery, Army officials said Thursday that there might be problems, some as minor as typographical errors in paper records, with n...
"Earthlike planet is discovered" December 06, 2011|By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press WASHINGTON - A newly discovered planet is eerily similar to Earth and is sitting in another solar system in what see...
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
Moca, Puerto Rico. Thanks for stopping by.
*"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...
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. ...
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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...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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
New Thinking for Protests Censored news reporter Brenda Norrell http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com
"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...
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*Congressional net worth more than doubles since 1984* The net wealth of members of the U.S. House of Representatives has increased over the years, with net worth in 2009 more than double that of 1984, but...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 16.7 km (10.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:19:11 UTC Tuesday 27th December 2011. The epicenter was 119 km (73 miles) East of ...
This black tiger shrimp was caught in 210 feet of water off the coast of Louisiana on a shrimp boat under the direction of Captain Tony Pena of Brownsville. US - An exotic, large species of shrimp is bein...
Greek authorities say a Turkish freighter is sinking in the eastern Aegean Sea and the crew has safely evacuated to another ship. A defense ministry statement said the Turkish-flagged Dogu Haslaman issued ...
Mount Gamalama spews thick ashes and gas as seen from Ternate, Indonesia, on Dec. 5. The mud and ash left from the explosion have decimated local farmers' crops, leaving many with little hope of making end...
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