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Thomas Paine

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

Saturday, December 31, 2011

31 December - Night Notes

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From aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 30 Commander each member of the crew sends his best to all for a happy and healthy 2012.
 
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Benjamin Fulford on Strange Universe Radio with Sean David Morton. Recorded on December 29th, 2011. http://benjaminfulford.net/
 
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Canadian researchers find a simple cure for cancer, but major pharmaceutical companies are not interested. Researchers at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada have cured cancer last week, yet there is a little ripple in the news or in TV. It...



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As furious debate over fracking continues in the United States, it is instructive to look at how a similar gas boom is unfolding for our neighbor to the north.

 
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LOL! Stephen Greer will be wetting himself I am sure! a skaterlike alien grey reaching out with a hoodie on and quilted canuck down vest! Call me a lier! tha...
 
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The Vermont state senate has introduced a resolution calling for an amendment to the US Constitution that would define personhood as exclusive to human beings and not corporations.
 
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Why is the federal government spending millions on research into coffee enemas, aromatherapy, and intercessory prayer? Hint: It's not our exit strategy from Afghanistan.
 
Another great post by Rocky Kistner - "Just in case anyone is out there with a sympathetic ear, a producer or reporter looking for a different version of reality to explore, here are some people who won’t be part of BP’s latest promotional onslaught. These are all people I've blogged about over the past year, folks who hardly any local politician, tourism official, seafood distributor or oil industry exec wants to promote.

But they are there if you want to find them. And they won’t be silenced."
 
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The disaster that started on April 20th, 2010 when the Deepwater Horizon oil drilling platform erupted into flames killing 11 men. If you live in the Gulf Co...
 
The bunker oil had a number of unidentified components to it — and one of these chemicals interacted with the sunlight in the shallow water, becoming rapidly more toxic. This, in turn, caused the eggshells to rupture spontaneously (like in the picture above). So even if a bunker oil spill has a much lower volume than a crude oil spill, it can have a much higher impact — and shallow water, with sunlight reacting with the oil, can make matters much worse.
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While a huge body of research has been done on the immense oil spill in the Gulf Coast, another, smaller, spill in the San Francisco Bay has shown not only that we don't know much about how different types of oil behave in the environment —
 
 
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BP's newest PR salvo touting its Gulf cleanup hit a nerve with many residents still struggling to get their lives back (one ad captured this BP beach protest in the background). The oil behemoth's slickly produced pleas for Americans to “come on down” to the Gulf where the weather is warm, the food ...
 
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The B.C. government says it will begin working with national and municipal officials this January to prepare for the massive wave of debris heading to Pacific Northwest shores because of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
 
 
 
 
 
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I woke this morning with sounds of Plane noise in the air around 4.00am 29th August 2011, When the sun came up, this what was left..... I do not believe in c...
'These things that I want are only my target to focus upon, so that I can ride this river of life. I am fulfilled in the knowing that I am expanding and I am thrilled in the knowledge that I will never get it done.'
 
 
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In the stand-off over the crucial oil lane in the Persian Gulf, Iran’s navy drill is to culminate with the launch of long-range missiles. The US says its warships, which crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, are heading to the Arabian Sea.
 
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Eye tracking studies on old and new Facebook, MySpace and Twitter profiles reveal the differences in how they are viewed.
 
Science
Decoded: The Mystery of Human Migration
Mark Collins - Two Military Missions End
 War is Business
Obama Administration Punishes As Many Contractors In One Year As Bush Did In One Term (Aggregated)
Buy magnifying glasses Federal agencies have proposed blocking 1,006 companies and individuals from contracting so far this year, as well as...
Victims of natural disasters in Pope's prayer intentions for January 2012
Satellite News
Basic Steps for Real Estate Investors by Jeff Adams
Jeff Adams an ex-fire fighter mastered the art of Real Estate investment and now he is a popular and most successful real estate investor in United...
Taxi crashes into pedestrians on sidewalk
Four pedestrians on an Alexandra sidewalk suffered serious injuries on Friday evening when a minibus taxi ploughed into them after the driver lost...
NY ramps up security for Times Square bash
PEW
Editorial: Keep Fighting to Cut Military's Energy Costs
The Stream, December 28: Water Policy Plans
Daily Bell
Ron Paul Has Already Won
Public and Private Sector Pay Differences
Hayride
You Don’t Tug On Superman’s Cape, You Don’t Spit Into The Wind, You Don’t Pull The Mask Off The Old Lone Ranger And You Don’t Mess Around With LSU In A Dome
Political MoJo - Mother Jones
Santorum Interrupts Football in Iowa to Eat Wings for the Media
Science Daily
Key to school improvement: Reading, writing, arithmetic ... and character?
Molecular mechanism links temperature with sex determination in some fish species
Democracy Now!
Election Fraud Galvanizes Russian Opposition, Communist Party 20 Years After Soviet Union's Collapse
Guardian UK
Arab League presence gives cover to Syrian protesters
Demonstrations across the country with the most defiant protests taking place where the Arab League monitors were present The largest demonstrations...
Pakistan to investigate 'memogate' scandal
 
MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - The Frenchman who sparked a global health scare by selling sub-standard breast implants is listed as a consultant for a new protheses plant his son planned to open in June, according to a regional French newspaper. ...
BEIJING — Local health authorities say a bus driver has tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, which borders Hong Kong where two birds were confirmed to have the same virus last week. ...
By Anna Yukhananov (Reuters) - US health regulators approved the expansion of Pfizer Inc's blockbuster Prevnar vaccine for use in adults 50 and older to fight pneumonia, meningitis and other diseases cause by pneumococcus bacteria. ...
WASHINGTON – US federal health investigators have cleared an infant formula of suspected bacterial contamination that last week prompted retailers to pull a batch of the product from their shelves. In a joint statement late Friday, the Food and Drug ...
By Jospeh Brownstein, MyHealthNewsDaily Older people with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins B, C, D, and E in their blood do better on cognitive tests than those with lower levels, according to a new study. On the other hand, ...
By Mary Elizabeth Dallas, HealthDay A new examination of the origin of syphilis supports the theory that the sexually transmitted disease was carried to Europe aboard Christopher Columbus' ships as they sailed home from the New World. ...
By Dominique Debucquoy-Dodley, CNN (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania hospital is expected to begin screening job applicants for signs of nicotine early next year, claiming it will not hire smokers, a hospital spokeswoman said Friday. Geisinger Health System -- a ...
By Jacque Wilson, CNN (CNN) -- In New Orleans, food is a way of life -- it's as ingrained there as Spanish moss and 
 
 TechDirt
New Year's Message: From Optimism And Innovation... To The Power To Make A Difference
Will Politicians' Support For Draconian IP Laws While Ignoring Civil Liberties Issues Come Back To Bite Them?
 Scientific American
Stopping Time
A Chronicle of Timekeeping
This Week in Science
Romney Makes Major Gains This Week on Inside Facebook’s Election Tracker
Unexplained Mysteries
China announces manned moon mission
New Scientist - Online news
Psychology Today
All Things Considered - NPR
What's That Sound? The Rhythm That Ruled 2011
Wave Of Arsons Blisters Jim Morrison's Former Home In The Hollywood Hills
 Discovery
Harbor Porpoise Return to San Francisco Bay
Harbor porpoises are returning to San Francisco Bay in increasing numbers after having evacuated the area during Word War II.
Where's the Flu? Get Ready
Official CDC flu data shows low flu activity throughout the U.S., but Google Flu Trends suggests high flu activity in Kentucky, Nevada, and several...
 California officials post $60,000 reward after 21-fire arson spree
Twenty-one fires, set in rapid succession in the Hollywood area, have prompted authorities in California to post a $60,000 reward in what they say...
Police chief: 'Foul play' suspected in Maine child's disappearance
 BBC
  • Gravity twins set to orbit Moon
    Nasa's Grail satellites prepare to go into orbit around the Moon to map its gravity in unprecedented detail, revealing its internal structure.
  • Knighthoods for graphene pioneers
    Two Nobel laureates involved in creating graphine, a flat sheet of carbon just one atom thick, are among the scientists recognised in the New Year Honours.
  • How a cone snail catches its prey
    A venomous cone snail engulfs its prey before spearing it with a harpoon-like barb and paralysing it, footage shows.
  • Africa's fire history 'unlocked'
    A model helps chart the history of how human-started fires shaped Africa's landscape, say researchers.
  • Chimps ‘consider their audience’
    Wild chimpanzees consider "who they are talking to" before they call out, according to scientists.
  • 2011 'second warmest' year in UK
    This year was the second warmest on record for the UK, according to data from the Met Office says.
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