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*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011* *At the Times, there are no words for the sheer size of The Dumb:*Yesterday, we were too kind concerning The Dumb which rules at our greatest newspaper. Glancing back through ...
China plans to put laboratories in space, collect samples from the moon and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to an ambitious plan released this week aimed at putting the ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the
South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 106.2 km (66 miles), the quake hit at 16:34:34
UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) North ...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Baja California, Mexico at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:34:29 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) Southwest of Guadal...
Alert, Alert!!! Going to cover alot of ground here. Come prepared with necessary accoutrements! I want to open this post with a news story of Syrian forces allegedly firing "nail bombs". Of course, this c...
Did the chimpanzee who played Cheetah in the 1930's Tarzan movie die recently -- or long ago?
Watch as Discovery News'
Associate Producer, Trace, makes a fool of himself in This Week in Discovery News.
Men most often say, "I love you" first in a relationship. How women feel about that depends on sex, in a way.
* All the pictures are of Southern Italy.* "*Critique of Ron Paul's Austerity Plan*" with Webster Griffin Tarpley: *"Ron Paul's 'Plan to Restore America' includes $1 trillion in cuts to the federal budget...
The blog maybe deader than England's chances at the European Championships next year, but in 2011 the quietude of its crypt was regularly disturbed by an array of top dance and electonica. As per tradition...
*FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2011* *PART 3—ROTHSTEIN MENTIONS A FACT:* To an astounding degree, our public discourse is driven by plutocrat scripts. These scripts don’t have to be built upon facts. In a recent c...
Two recently published patent applications show Apple is looking to charge their iconic computer devices with hydrogen fuel cells.
The Red Sea has a new inhabitant: a smoking island. The island was created by a wild eruption that occurred in the Red Sea earlier this month. It is made of loose volcanic debris from the eruption, so it ...
*Crazed Repugs don't know how to react. Plus: Mel Gibson learns a better way to communicate, and more bin Laden craziness* *by Noah* *5/2/11 -- Obama's real death panel -- the death of bin Laden* Coinci...
The Stuxnet virus that last year damaged Iran's nuclear program was likely one of at least five cyber weapons developed on a single platform whose roots trace back to 2007, according to new research from...
A majority of economists put the possibility of a eurozone break-up at 30-40 per cent in 2012, according to the results of a BBC poll - and 20 per cent even state the eurozone will not exist in its current...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Guam Region at a depth of 19.1 km (11.9 miles), the quake hit at 13:17:58 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 149 km (92 miles) Southwest from Hagatna,...
Tommy Robinson was attacked just before Christmas by a car full of Muslims. He was beaten to the ground, and the gang of Asian assailants, continued to beat him with knuckle-dusters. It is remarkable, t...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 30.2 km (18.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:35:19 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 396 km (246 mi...
Keep your automotive booty safe with...your booty.
I’m getting out my iPad’s magic 8-ball app and looking into the future. I see a big year for employment law issues in 2012. Here’s where I think we’ll see lots of litigation or legislation: *Military*: Wi...
Army Corps of Engineers receives money for dredging and levee repairs. BOORAH! ~Mark Schleifstein In Wake of the Federal Flood that ruined 80% of the city, New Orleans Enjoys Startup Boom ~NPR BP money b...
At least 13 killed as truck filled with gasoline overturns and catches fire, engulfing several cars and a bus. At least 13 people have been killed and 16 others injured after a tanker truck filled with ga...
London's FTSE 100 has closed for the last time in 2011 - a year that has seen £90.5bn wiped off the value of the index. The FTSE gained 5 points on the final half day of trading, but still ended 5.6% dow...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Pacific Antarctic Ridge at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 12:17:44 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 4002 km (2847 miles) SSW of Ada...
A roadside bomb killed four civilians in Afghanistan's southern province of Uruzgan Friday, the provincial head of the criminal investigation unit said. Also in the volatile south, a member of the NATO-led...
The death toll from a bomb attack on a church just outside Nigeria's capital Abuja on Christmas Day has risen to 37, with 57 people wounded, a source at the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said...
Syrian forces and activists have clashed during after-prayer protests in Damascus, as Arab observers continue their mission in the country. Activists said troops fired nail bombs to disperse protesters wh...
Turkish rights groups called on Friday for a U.N.-sponsored investigation after Turkish warplanes killed 35 villagers in an airstrike targeting Kurdish rebels on the Iraqi border that the government has ca...
US-funded agitators have offices raided across Egypt. by Tony Cartalucci December 30, 2011 - The LA Times reported, "Egypt raids foreign organizations' offices in crackdown. Three U.S. groups are among th...
A room housing an emergency power system at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant had been submerged due to a pipe leak 20 years ago, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) revealed Dec. 29. The uti...
* Euro down 0.3 percent vs dlr, more pressure seen in 2012 * Euro zone auctions early next year seen as critical * Single currency close to 10-year low versus yen By Nia Williams LONDON, Dec 30 (Reuters)...
A Sudanese military helicopter taking off on a mission near El Obeid Airport crashed early Friday, the state-run SUNA news agency reported. Six members of the helicopter crew were killed, the news agency ...
Two aid workers working to provide emergency medical relief in the Somalia capital of Mogadishu have been killed in a shooting at a Medecins Sans Frontieres compound, the agency said in a statement. The ...
A bomb blast killed two people and wounded three on Friday in northwest Pakistan's tribal region, a senior Pakistani government official said. The bomb was planted on a road near the village of Dara Bazar...
An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza early Friday killed one person and injured at least one other, Palestinian security sources said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the strike had targeted "a terr...
At least 12 people were killed after a cyclone pummeled India's southeastern coastline Friday, bringing high winds and rain, officials said. Coastal districts in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nad...
North Korea said Friday that it remained steadfast in its refusal to engage with the current South Korean government, dismissing the prospect of a shift in relations with Seoul after a dynastic successio...
Al Qaeda's leadership has sent experienced jihadists to Libya in an effort to build a fighting force there, according to a Libyan source briefed by Western counter-terrorism officials. The jihadists incl...
Large-scale anti-government protests are planned Friday across Syria, with opposition groups calling on demonstrators to camp out in public squares until President Bashar al-Assad's regime is ousted. The...
A West Australian Aboriginal group has gone to the State Administrative Tribunal to try to stop Fortescue Metals Group proceeding with a mining project in the Pilbara. The Yindjibarndi Corporation is conc...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck South of the Fiji Islands at a depth of 221.2 km (137.5 miles), the quake hit at 09:36:29 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 291 km (180 miles) North of ...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck near the East Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 68 km (42.3 miles), the quake hit at 09:34:50 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 92 km (57 miles) SSE ...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Central Peru at a depth of 51.3 km (31.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:22:16 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) SSE of I...
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Central Peru at a depth of 51.3 km (31.9 miles), the quake hit at 09:22:16 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 47 km (29 miles) SSE of I...
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 60.8 km (37.8 miles), the quake hit at 08:51:58 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) WSW of T,-...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 53.5 km (33.2 miles), the quake hit at 08:46:42 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 175 km (108 mil...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 62.9 km (39.1 miles), the quake hit at 08:05:45 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 95 km (59 mile...
I want to go through the GHZM experiment again and somewhat carefully (and in \(\LaTeX\)) and discuss the insanity of the assumptions about the laws of Nature that are forced upon you if you want to beli...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Ecuador at a depth of 126.4 km (78.5 miles), the quake hit at 07:13:02 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) SSW of Riobamba, Ecuador No Rep...
According to reports, two French art experts have quit The Louvre's optional committee in a row over the reinstatement of a Leonardo da Vinci picture. It is understood the return of the Leonardo painting...
*US experts analyzed blood samples from 104 well people with an average age of 87 who had few known risk *factors for Alzheimer's. Research suggests that a diet rich in vitamins and fish may keep the brai...
Ed Miliband must be delighted with his pals at the BBC this morning. They have been leading all their news items this morning with the results of a Labour Party survey which claims to show that the evil C...
*December 29 has emerged as the day on which clients would shift sites and domains away from Go Daddy.* A refuse of US hosting firm Go Daddy looks set to go ahead even though the firm has said it no long...
I*nternational wildlife trade group Traffic says that more elephant tusks were detained in 2011 than in any year as 1989, when the ivory trade was expelled*. In the opinion of group is that there had bee...
*Fidel Castro* and Argentina's Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (above) both got cancer. The following leftist leaders have all been diagnosed recently with cancer: 1. *Venezuela's Chavez * 2. *Argentina's ...
More pertinent than even this is that the burst of ultra violet light processed through the body in an apparent plane of activity just as we scan a page to produce a Xerox copy. This is technolo...
By taking advantage of the fact that these ailments cause changes in the mix of exhalents, it seems possible to establish a sensing protocol able to provide early detection. It would also be ra...
This insight actually resolves something else. The Neanderthal skull supported much stronger jaws than we use. Is it possible that a switch to a more modernist diet led to a complete reshaping...
There was ample indication of prehistoric intrusions along the Gulf coast and a Mayan Colony is not only plausible but very likely if not even more common place than presently understood. Such a...
I confess I am the type of person who takes down their Christmas tree the day after Christmas. My tree is killing me. I want to take it down so bad. I confess I plan on letting my little girl stay up until...
"It hurts to find out that what you wanted doesn't match what you dreamed it would be." - Randy K. Mulholland
Crop pests appear to have developed resistance to an insect toxin inserted into GM corn plants. As a result, these ‘superbugs’ are surviving efforts by farmers to kill them and so are damaging food crops ...
Alaskan scientists and air carriers are on alert as one of the state’s volcanoes belched a monstrous ash plume 15,000 feet in the air Thursday. Cleveland Volcano in Alaska's Aleutian Islands sent up an ash...
After days of playing golf and eating out with friends at Hawaii's most exclusive restaurants, Obama returned to some official business yesterday as he laid a wreath at a memorial honoring those killed in ...
The world's most popular websites could impose an 'internet blackout' in protest at a proposed law which would extend government censorship in an effort to tackle online piracy. The battle over the SOPA b...
A hate crime investigation is under way after a noose was found hanging in the World Trade Center. The discovery of the historic racist symbol at a such an evocative site has sparked outrage, with one com...
France and Germany are lagging behind Britain on aid spending to poor countries, a report says. Both countries have failed to hit EU targets and have barely increased their spending in recent months. The...
The mother of a month-old baby was murdered and dumped in a canal on Christmas Day as her family waited for her to come home and open her presents. Ruby Love’s body was spotted floating in the Grand Union...
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Fifty people a day suffer a violent or sexual attack by a convict spared jail in the ‘soft’ justice system. Victims include young children assaulted by paedophiles, figures released by the Government show...
North Korea has warned South Korea and its allies the communist nation will not change course following the death of leader Kim Jong-il. The first official message since Kim Jong-il's son, *Kim Jong-un, w...
Shocking new pictures have emerged of Syrian troops apparently deliberately targeting protestors, including children, with live ammunition. It comes amid fresh reports of dozens of deaths as violence co...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck Hokkaido, Japan Region at a depth of 67 km (41.6 miles), the quake hit at 04:59:52 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) South of Obihiro, ...
Anyone that comes to visit America may notice that most of us walk around like a bunch of zombies. Well, the truth is that this is because about half of us are completely doped up on prescription drugs. In...
What in the world has happened to America? This week two elderly women that are more than 80 years old have come forward with claims that they were strip-searched at JFK Airport in New York. But sadly, thi...
The control freaks that run the U.S. government are busy imposing their values on all the rest of us, and most Americans have absolutely no idea what is happening. The Obama administration and members of C...
It has now become very clear who dominates Europe. As European officials prepare to gather for one of the most important summits in EU history, it has become apparent that either the German plan for a new ...
College education in America is a bad joke. Instead of preparing the next generation of leaders for the jobs of tomorrow, the college education "industry" has become a giant money making scam. We constantl...
Should we just get it over with and change the spelling of America to "Amerika"? Every single day, the United States of America is becoming more like North Korea. In North Korea, the citizens are told that...
If you were playing a game against a dishonest opponent and you allowed that opponent to lie, cheat and steal as much as they wanted to, who do you think would win? Today, China is absolutely crushing the ...
In the United States today, the First Amendment is under attack like never before. Technological innovations such as the Internet have made it possible for average Americans to communicate directly with on...
New Republican primary rules are going to make it basically impossible for any candidate to wrap up the Republican nomination very early in 2012. In fact, the new Republican primary rules make a "brokered ...
I have learned that watching what people do is much more important than listening to what they say. Back in 2008, financial authorities in the United States insisted that everything was gone to be okay. Bu...
Can you hear that? It almost sounds like a little bit of peace and quiet. This year, the holiday season has been fairly uneventful, and for that we should be very grateful. But it isn't going to last long....
Let’s speak plainly. If you are in the United States or Western Europe, chances are incredibly high that your bank is simply not safe. In other words, your money is at risk. Big time. Let’s review some of ...
So yesterday, the European Central Bank (ECB) doled out €489 ($639) billion in loans to the European banking sector. Why’d they do it? ‘Cause Europe’s banks are broke: That is, if all the crap they colle...
If you live in the United States of America, you live in a giant prison where liberty and freedom are slowly being strangled to death. In this country, the control freaks that run things are obsessed with ...
*Whereas Britney, Courtney, Bentley, and Otto are either the least liked or the most exclusive* *by Ken* Unbeknownst to me until I read today's DNAinfo report on the NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygien...
*“If we must have an enemy at the head of Government, let it be one whom we can oppose, and for whom we are not responsible, who will not involve our party in the disgrace of his foolish and bad measures...
"I was astonished 44 years ago. Most people were," says criminologist Alfred Blumstein, a professor of operations research at the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University, who served with criminologist ...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Fiji Region at a depth of 513.6 km (319.2 miles), the quake hit at 03:46:15 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 9 km (5 miles) SSW of Ndoi Island, Fiji...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck Halmahera, Indonesia at a depth of 87.3 km (54.2 miles), the quake hit at 01:45:02 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 130 km (80 miles) NNE of Ternate, M...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of just 2 km (1.2 miles - poorly constrained), the quake hit at 00:35:47 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 18 km (11.2 miles) ...
*"Nature Loves To Hide" * by Chet Raymo "A rainbow. Pretty to look at. But what do you see? The arc of a perfect circle. Pure geometry. Think about how seldom we see pure geometric forms in nature. River...
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck the Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea at a depth of 505 km (313.8 miles), the quake hit at 22:25:50 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 177 km (109 ...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:33:58 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 43 km (26.6 miles) North of ...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck offshore Chiapas, Mexico at a depth of 102 km (63.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:34:59 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 59 km (36 miles) South of Tona...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Southwestern Siberia, Russia at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 21:33:58 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 43 km (26.6 miles) North of ...
*We don't live in our fears. We live in our hopes.* — Pittsburgh Steeler coach Mike Tomlin In the "happy days" before its debt-based ponzi scheme fell apart in 2007-2008, the American Empire was already i...
I recently posted about China in China's Economic Miracle Is Not So Miraculous Anymore (December 12, 2011). A lot rides on what happens in China. Most importantly, China's growth, along with that of the ot...
Winter is here, and Christmas is two days away. For many, winter's arrival and the year's end signals a time for reflection on how we have lived our lives, our current circumstances and what life might hol...
Israel and South Sudan share no borders. The distance between their capital cities Tel Aviv and Juba is more than 3,000 kilometres. The two countries do not have any real cultural, religious or ethnic li...
The government is getting tough on traffickers and encouraging farmers to plant alternative crops, but will it work? Peru has now overtaken Colombia as the largest cocaine exporter in the world. Some re...
Let's celebrate the end of an eventful 2011 with a fable. Once upon a time in the young 21st century, the eagle, the bear and the dragon took their (furry) gloves off and engaged in a New Cold War. When ...
"While Comet Lovejoy entertained early morning risers in in the southern hemisphere, a lovely conjunction of a young crescent Moon and Venus graced western skies at sunset. Captured on December 26th the co...
*"Beyond My Solitude"* "Beyond my solitude is another solitude, and to him who dwells therein my aloneness is a crowded market-place and my silence a confusion of sounds. Too young am I and too restless t...
*"Man's Search for Meaning"* by Viktor E. Frankl "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor E. Frankl is among the most influential works of psychiatric literature since Freud. The book begins with a lengthy, ...
Hi, y'all. My name is Seth (Debra's husband) and I'll be your server this evening. Can I get you started with some drinks? Eating out - the great American pastime (I know you baseball junkies will be all ...
VS. "Everyone is aware of the difficult and menacing situation in which human society -- shrunk into one community with a common fate — now finds itself, but only a few act accordingly. Most people go...
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*Best of the Best 2011 #1 Wikileaks revelations* By Brenda Norrell Censored News http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com In the Censored News pick for the Best of the Best in 2011, Wikileaks claims first prize...
As the lesser of two evils-- assuming Romney, the choice of the Republican Establishment, is the party's nominee-- I hope Obama wins the presidency next November. I'll follow the campaign with great inter...
*"Flying Home: Free of Gravity"* by The DailyOm "We take flight mentally when we rise above our habitual ways of thinking about things and experience new insights. As earthbound beings, humans have alway...
*"Dazed Lemmings Can't Bridge The Reality Gap"* by Zen Gardner "Ever wonder why people can't make the leap to real awareness of what's going on? Why do so few people seem to care about the dangers of the ...
*"Massive Solar Storm 'Could Knock Out * *Radio Signals' Over Next Three Days"* By Ted Thornhill "Skywatchers will be hoping for clear skies from today because particles from a recent solar storm will slam...
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In some ways my late dad was not a deep thinker. Just crawling out from under the Great Depression and severe wounds from combat in WWII likely had more than a little to do with that. Yet, to his eterna...
*Darcy with Jim McDermott -- what a winning team for the Seattle area that will be!* This week we took long drives through the Yucatán to Uxmal and Chichen Itza to see what we could make of the Mayan civil...
Last night’s BBC World Service broadcast two notable items for insomniacs. From Our Own Correspondent aired an old episode, first heard in 2007, by Martin Bell. As a BBC correspondent Martin Bell had been ...
"The Illusion of a ‘Limited War’ Against Iran" by Mahan Abedin "The frank admission by Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and America’s highest ranking officer, that the U.S. has p...
*“Iran Warns Of Closing Strategic Hormuz Oil Route”* By Ali Akbar Dareini “Iran's navy chief warned Wednesday that his country can easily close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the mouth of the Persian Gu...
*"Insatiable US Debt and Other Jokes"* by Bill Bonner "Yesterday, the Dow dropped 139 points…with all 30 Dow stocks lower. Gold lost $31. It seems to be heading towards $1,500…or maybe $1,400…or lower! B...
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*THE WILD WILD WEST* *By Mohawk Nation News* *http://www.mohawknationnews.com* MNN. Dec. 29, 2011. Western society prefers artificial interaction with inanimate objects. The globe is the resort o...
NASA's GRAIL mission will determine what lies beneath the lunar crust by measuring the moon's gravitational field.
A finger that was believed to be from a yeti, once revered in a monastery, turns out to be a human.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 40.9 km (25.4 miles), the quake hit at 20:05:50 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 116 km (72 miles) South of Port-Vila, Vanuatu N...
"When you come to the end of all the light you know, and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: Either you will be given something solid to...
"The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts." - Omar N. Bradley, the first general to be selected Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck New Zealand at a depth of 100 km (62 miles), the quake hit at 19:31:17 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) East of Rai Valley, New Zeal...
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011* *The information never ends:* Increasingly, we’ve been struck by our tribe’s tolerance for The Dumb. We got that feeling as we read Kevin Drum’s post concerning Ashley Parker...
Large-scale tusk smuggling has reached a record high this year, with at least 2,500 dead elephants used for ivory. Organised criminals - particularly Asian syndicates - are increasingly involved in the il...
What do you think is the most pressing issue of our time? Better take a gander at the facts first. And leave the rightwingnut fictions behind. (Warren Buffett wasn't kidding about his paying a lower tax ra...
Iran has ramped up its war of words with the U.S. - by revealing it filmed and photographed one of its aircraft carriers in the Persian Gulf. Tensions between the two countries are escalating on an almost ...
Images from three Nasa telescopes seem to have unearthed a scowling eye in deep space - but it's actually a nearby galaxy - NGC 4151 - with gas interacting with the growing black hole at its centre. The w...
A massive fire engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine at an Arctic shipyard today. The fire onboard the Yekaterinburg nuclear submarine occurred while it was in dock for repairs at the Roslyakovo shipyard i...
You could be forgiven for thinking that these pictures were taken after a heavy snowfall. But they actually show the huge amount of foam that has been blown onto the shore in Blackpool. The promenade alo...
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in central Moscow on Thursday to protest the detention of Russian opposition activist Sergey Udaltsov. About 3,000 people said they might attend ahead of the event, acco...
Bring out the melted butter and cocktail sauce. There's an invasive species to eat.
Eta Carinae underwent an enormous eruption in the 1800's -- we are now seeing light from the event bounce off the star's nebula.
This team won a $100,000 scholarship for using an Xbox Kinect to analyze the gait of patients with movement affecting injuries.
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 25.6 km (15.9 miles), the quake hit at 18:28:18 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 192 km (119 ...
*"Stress Kills, So Try A New Action-Meditation"* by Paul B. Farrell "Ask any expert, stress kills, especially when there’s no let up. Like right now during the holiday season. We all want to enjoy, be hap...
*THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2011* *PART 2—A TENDENCY OF THE TRIBE:* Yesterday, we said that Julie Mack’s column was one of the year’s most memorable texts (see THE DAILY HOWLER, 12/28/11). Mack’s column appea...
Troops used to playing commercial games tend to lose concentration unless MoD simulations look equally realistic. The British military has had to radically improve some of its simulated training war games...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck New Zealand at a depth of 15 km (9.3 miles), the quake hit at 15:45:27 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) East of Belfast, New Zealand...
Iran's vice president has warned that the country could block the Strait of Hormuz if sanctions are imposed on its exports of crude oil. What does the threat mean and what is likely to happen next? *Wh...
*Doctor Ron Paul* - Caleb O'Connor painting (Caleb O'Connor : Fine Artist.) On 31 December 2011, The Economist, read by top people worldwide, mentions*Ron Paul. * Among the Directors of The Economist are S...
"It comes, then, to this: that to be "viable", livable, or merely practical, life must be lived as a game - and the "must" here expresses a condition, not a commandment. It must be lived in the spirit of ...
Spain: UFO Sightings in Seville (1999) By José Manuel García Bautista The following is a list of UFO sightings in the province of Seville (southern Spain) and outlying districts during the mo...
*“Our Last Christmas In The Old America”* by Justin Raimondo "As the world celebrates the birthday of the Prince of Peace, the Lord of War looms large over the land. The shrikes and talking heads are scre...
A conservationist group's boat that was chasing a Japanese whaling vessel off Antarctica was seriously damaged by a giant wave Thursday -- a major setback in the group's ongoing and sometimes violent battl...
Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd. started on Wednesday the operation of new, more efficient centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Rokkasho, Aomori Prefecture. After a warm-up operation, the centrifuges --...
All of the primary shelters for evacuees in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant have been closed down in Fukushima Prefectu...
[image: Copper Theft At El Cajon Store Caught On Tape. 28 December 2011. Surveillance video obtained by 10News shows a copper thief in action in El Cajon and provides some insight into the person's ident...
The government's request that an interim facility to store soil and other waste contaminated with radiation be built somewhere in Futaba county near the crippled nuclear power plant sent ripples of concern...
*That's Guinta looking uncomfortable between the two clowns.* This week, New Hampshire's main Republican Party propaganda sheet, the *Union Leader*, responded to Carol Shea-Porter's op-ed about the Republi...
Leftover holiday wrapping paper and packaging could be fermented into enough biofuel to power Santa's sleigh around the planet hundreds of times.
Political cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog.The Rag Blog
I received this as a piece of chain mail. I agree with most of it - I have a problem with term limits - but for the most part, this is common sense and what every citizen of the United States is forced to ...
*Sometimes, quantitative progress isn't real progress* A week ago, many media outlets including BBC and Fox News announced that the LHC at CERN has discovered its first new particle. It's called \(\chi_b(...
Large ivory seizures across the world made this a "horrible year for elephants."
The amoeboid is distinctly no technology, but it could provide the key to designing bio-computers capable of advanced networking.
The Times Square Ball has gone through several iterations; this is the most technically advanced one yet.
Two of the Today guest editors bucked a familiar BBC trend. Two in a row. Yesterday Tracey Emin courageously admitted that she Voted Tory, (gasp) and our Thursday, Jewish guest editor chose to explore lead...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Tajikistan at a depth of 80 km (49.6 miles), the quake hit at 15:27:31 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 33 km (20.4 miles) Southwest of Karakendzha, T...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck Greece at a depth of 9 km (5.7 miles), the quake hit at 15:19:35 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 5 km (3.1 miles) North of Kamarai, Greece No Tsunami...
Weak demand for long-term Italian bonds at its final auction of the year Thursday sent the yield of the country's 10-year debt above the troubling 7% level. Overall, the auction sold just over €7 billion,...
And of course it is more extremism from "God's Chosen". Alleged "chosen" ones that is. If one believes that kind of tripe? Just another day for the Israeli extremists- Just another day in Israel. That "free...
This article is about the American Justice Partnership (AJP) and ALEC. (Please do *NOT* confuse this with Rocky Anderson’s Justice Party.) The important thing about this is – IF AJP is in cahoots with the A...
Tree Kill in Central Texas, drought of 2011. Photo by Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog.Drought and wildfires:Welcome to climate change in TexasBy Bruce Melton / The Rag Blog / December 29, 2011Environmental resea...
The R.A.N.'s the place for you! That would be the Royal Australian Navy which, in case you hadn't been approached by some digger with a funny looking cap, is making *some interesting offers*. Apparentl...
Photo by Ian MacKenzie / Occupy Wall Street.Occupy your heart:Compassion is our new currencyOccupy arrived and, as if swept by some strange pandemic, a contagious virus of truth-telling, everyone was suddenl...
A young girl takes on gendered marketing for kids. Her rant is epic but who is really behind pink for girls and blue for boys anyhow?
Once the New Year's Eve conversation peters out, you can impress your friends with the science behind champagne.
Happy Birthday to Head Coach Sean Payton! Saints RB Thomas fined for TD celebration ~Notice of the fines was taped to Thomas' locker by teammates with a big red bow on top as part of a prank. Thomas says h...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck South of the Kermadec Islands at a depth of 248.8 km (154.6 miles), the quake hit at 13:58:55 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 105 km (65 miles) SSE ...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck near the Coast of Central Peru at a depth of 77.5 km (48.2 miles), the quake hit at 03:45:41 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 66 km (41 miles) SSE of...
A toddler has been attacked by a python which wrapped itself around his body and tried to suffocate him in northern Australia. The child's mother said she heard the boy's "blood-curdling scream" and went...
*FOX's birther "experts" debate, nutters rage over Obama's choice of church, Big Bad Gov't except . . . , Repugs & Ayn Rand* *by Noah* *4/27/11 -- Birther nonsense is all about dehumanization* A mere bi...
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This has been a strange winter break. I've been working at the library, collaborating with Allan on some paid writing work, taking care of the massive number of appointments and personal chores that pile...
Overcrowded, troubled and making the best out of a bad situation. Tawerghans living in a refugee camp in Tripoli squeeze into their accommodation. It isn't just raining on them right now it's pouring dow...
Belgian engineers have taken another step towards making hologram displays a reality.
When you leave a job, you are usually entitled to most of your cubicle's belongings. But what about those Twitter followers you racked up?
*New Russian report says U.S. tortures, wiretaps, fails to prosecute officials and CIA human rights abusers, continues to operate Guantanamo Bay prison, censors news and silences reporters* In a new huma...
Libya is heading into the New Year with new leaders and hopes. But it turns out, as the immediate post-revolutionary excitement fades, the different factions of the former rebels are turning on each other ...
Syrian security forces have opened fire on anti-government protesters at demonstrations across the country and killed at least eight people, according to activists. Two protesters were killed and around ...
Wonder if you heard Sarah Montague interview Tony Blair this morning here?I was struck by her clear assertion that the Muslim Brotherhood is "moderate" and that Hamas is a legitimate government that we must...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 09:48:11 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 10 km (6.2 miles) East of ...
Had to chuckle when I heard this quote on the news this morning. "Kent Sorenson personally told me he was offered a large sum of money to go to work for the Paul campaign," Bachmann told reporters. "Kent s...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Northern Colombia at a depth of 147.3 km (91.5 miles), the quake hit at 11:58:29 UTC Thursday 29th December 2011. The epicenter was 36 km (22 miles) South of Bucaramang...
Although we are still in the Christmas period, for the UK, the major festival is over, and the shift has gone from spending on mass-produced material goods, to spending on vast quantities of alcohol for t...
*Amazing images of living from one of the most inhospitable spots in the sea have been captured by scientists. *They believe some of the species may be new to science. This area is also unusual because it ...
Turkish warplanes killed at least 35 people in an air strike near the country's border with Iraq, after apparently mistaking smugglers for Kurdish militants. Turkish warplanes strike militant targets reg...
A fifth person has been arrested by police investigating the murder of an Indian student who was shot in the head. Anuj Bidve was targeted at point-blank range as he walked with friends near their hotel ...
In the left picture a group of men are seen on the left side of the picture but in the right picture which was sent directly to Reuters by KCNA, the group is missing Photo: Reuters Now new evidence has e...
Nigeria's Christians are losing faith that the government will protect them from attacks by Islamic extremists and will "respond appropriately" to future killings, the country's leading church group warned...
Stratfor, a global intelligence company, is delaying the launch of its website following an apparent computer hack that saw the release of subscriber credit card information. "As part of our ongoing in...
Chinese officials said they killed seven members of the Uighur ethnic group in the restive western region of Xinjiang in order to free two hostages -- an account the Uighurs disputed. The hostages -- loc...
The U.S. Navy said Iran's threat to block the strategically and economically important Strait of Hormuz is unacceptable. "The free flow of goods and services through the Strait of Hormuz is vital to re...
An explosion early Thursday rocked a neighborhood in the city of Yangon killing 20 people and injuring more than 95, Myanmar's state-run television MR TV reported. The blast occurred in Mingalar Taung Ny...
A person wearing an Afghan National Army uniform killed two members of NATO's International Security Assistance Force in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the alliance said. It did not release additional ...
An airstrike in southeast Turkey killed at least 31 Kurdish villagers crossing into the country from Iraq on Wednesday night, a local official from the pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party said. "A grou...
To look at these remarkable images you'd find it hard to believe that anyone could survive such a devastating plane crash. But incredibly not a single one of the 70 passengers on board the aircraft lost ...
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url movie: http://youtu.be/UPkYyDiuGyc *In the New Year* I'll be reviewing this development. If this were transposed to larger desktop computers it could easily wipe away Unity and Gnome 3 shell. KDE 4.8 ...
A man was tonight charged with the murder of his elder brother at a Christmas day party. Police formally charged 33-year-old Vaides Juras after his sibling Bronius was knifed through the heart. Bronius, ...
Underwater volcanic activity has pushed an previously unseen island to the surface in a remote part of the Red Sea. Fishermen witnessed spewing lava fountains reaching up to 90ft tall on December 19 near ...
A teenage babysitter was stabbed to death while looking after her three-year-old nephew and four-year-old niece on Boxing Day. Chatherine Wynter, 19, was knifed multiple times at her sister’s house where ...
Bumper crops of vegetables are arriving months too early in the latest saga of this year’s topsy-turvy weather. Farmers say they are harvesting cabbages, sprouts broccoli and cauliflowers up to three mont...
Hundreds of thousands of people packed Pyongyang's main square this morning as Kim Jong Il's son and successor was declared the new 'Supreme Leader' of North Korea. The announcement, the communist governm...
A record number of patients picked up life-threatening infections in NHS hospitals last year, alarming figures show. Poor hygiene on the wards has resulted in those with hospital-acquired infections doubl...
Foreign-domination of Iraq's economy are the real chains of servitude. by Tony Cartalucci December 29, 2011 - Even as US troops symbolically withdraw from Iraq, a superficial indicator that many may inter...
Brussels rules are letting thousands of migrants into Britain ‘by the back door’. Nearly 11,000 moved here this year on the basis of having been given citizenship in another EU country. The total, reveal...
Taxpayers are funding aid to Brazil even though it has become richer than Britain, Whitehall officials admitted yesterday. Millions has been handed over in development aid in recent years despite the rap...
Officials in Burma say a warehouse fire that spread to neighbouring houses has killed at least 17 people and injured more than 100. The blaze started in a state-owned warehouse before dawn on Thursday and ...
Violence has escalated across Syria as the Arab League observers continue their mission to find signs of a brutal crackdown on protests. Activists claim troops opened fire on unarmed demonstrators, killin...
Australian stocks fell to their lowest point in a month as doubts resurfaced over the state of the European debt crisis and a rush to the US dollar put downward pressure on commodity prices. Shares extend...
Wildfires are in fact a net benefit to the ecosystem and we have learned the hard way that it is best to encourage them to rid the forest of a fuel build up and allow propagation of a wider rang...
This work has nicely sorted out the genome tree for plants and resolved a number of issues and provides confidence in the sequence established. It will now be easier to go after targets worth c...
Somewhere out there someone always wants to make the argument that we are going to slow down now. It is my position that this will plausibly occur upon the human economy at the least been optim...
Lucid dreaming is a phenomenon that is clearly not understood, but been able to at least trigger it would be a great start. Meditation is very much trying to do just this and although the goals t...
"The powers that be not only try to control events, but they try to control our memory and understanding of these events, which is part of controlling the events themselves." - Michael Parenti. "As long...
*Sao Paulo in Brazil (**http://www.fotosedm.hpg.ig.com.br/**) *The quotes below are from the January 2012 edition of the UK's *Money Observer.* ** *1. The world economy has been growing very fast.* *"The ...
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China plans to put laboratories in space, collect samples from the moon and prepare to build space stations over the next five years, according to an ambitious plan released this week aimed at putting the ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck the South Sandwich Islands Region at a depth of 106.2 km (66 miles), the quake hit at 16:34:34 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) North ...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck Baja California, Mexico at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 15:34:29 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 23 km (14 miles) Southwest of Guadal...
Alert, Alert!!! Going to cover alot of ground here. Come prepared with necessary accoutrements! I want to open this post with a news story of Syrian forces allegedly firing "nail bombs". Of course, this c...
* All the pictures are of Southern Italy.* "*Critique of Ron Paul's Austerity Plan*" with Webster Griffin Tarpley: *"Ron Paul's 'Plan to Restore America' includes $1 trillion in cuts to the federal budget...
The Red Sea has a new inhabitant: a smoking island. The island was created by a wild eruption that occurred in the Red Sea earlier this month. It is made of loose volcanic debris from the eruption, so it ...
*Crazed Repugs don't know how to react. Plus: Mel Gibson learns a better way to communicate, and more bin Laden craziness* *by Noah* *5/2/11 -- Obama's real death panel -- the death of bin Laden* Coinci...
A majority of economists put the possibility of a eurozone break-up at 30-40 per cent in 2012, according to the results of a BBC poll - and 20 per cent even state the eurozone will not exist in its current...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Guam Region at a depth of 19.1 km (11.9 miles), the quake hit at 13:17:58 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 149 km (92 miles) Southwest from Hagatna,...
Tommy Robinson was attacked just before Christmas by a car full of Muslims. He was beaten to the ground, and the gang of Asian assailants, continued to beat him with knuckle-dusters. It is remarkable, t...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck the Rat Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 30.2 km (18.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:35:19 UTC Friday 30th December 2011. The epicenter was 396 km (246 mi...
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