- Safety haven
If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
- Small tools, big impact
Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
- Innovative, naturally
For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
- A very gourd idea
It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
- Johne’s happens
Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...
- Environmental Chemicals, Soy, and Sleep Disrup ...
About 60 percent of Americans are overweight or obese, and their health-care costs are higher: $1500 more per year than a normal weight person. Much of the difference is contributed to obesity related disease like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and other conditions. Recent ...
- Monsanto's GMO Corn Approved Despite 45,000 Pu ...
As previously reported, while people were de-stressing and enjoying their much needed time off during the holidays, the United States Department of Agriculture announced its approval of Monsanto's 'drought tolerant' genetically engineered corn. The decision to give the green light to Monsanto r ...
- Childhood: Exercise Yields Dividends in the Cl ...
Physical exercise in children improves not only cardiovascular health but also academic performance, an analysis of several studies has found. The review, published in The Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, covered 14 prospective studies that included at least one measure of physica ...
- Lower Your Cholesterol, Increase Your Diabetes ...
A recent study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins increase the risk of diabetes within postmenopausal women by 48%. This new finding adds to a growing body of clinical evidence that statin drugs are fundamentally diabetoge ...
- Lemur-Like Toes Complicate Human Lineage
A 47-million-year-old primate may have been a fashionista of sorts, as new analysis of the fossil suggests it sported grooming claws. Besides helping the primate rake through its fur, particularly in hard-to-reach spots, the grooming claw presents a puzzle of sorts for scientists studying the r ...
- Who's the Jack Ass now, Tony?
Jesus H Christ on a popsicle stick. This is the same guy who made a joke about Canadians dying from listeriosis. Isn't it wonderful? If you criticize a politician in a position of power, you get a personal swipe. We're their frigging bosses!!! By their own standards we can call them on anythi ...
- Oil-stupid
Shortly after my recents posts in the Oliver and the Oil Pipeline, I tripped over this bit by Michael T Klare, where he surveys the shifting geostrategic picture around oil resources. In a nutshell, he talks about US bases in Australia, Chinese versus ASEAN posturing around contentious bits of w ...
- Northern Gateway Pipeline notes
Given that I have a little experience around pipeline and megaproject issues, I thought I might provide readers with a bit of a rundown on how the JRP hearing process works and what's involved. Under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, a project of the magnitude of Enbridge's Northern G ...
- Oh! look what that twit Oliver has done
We've got an Alberta prime minister trying to bully British Columbians.Art SterrittHaida First Nation Executive DirectorCoastal First Nations10 January 2012 I have no doubt that the hillbillies in the Harper government, (and particularly a feces flinging moron like Oliver), cannot even begin to ...
- Getting it.
Stephen Hume gets it. Better yet though, via Alison, Carol Off gets it. In short, people (who should have been paying closer attention all along) are starting to see through the hypocrisy and dirty politics of the likes of Harper and the minister his extremist frat boys sent out to face the mo ...
- Cavuto, Hoft Think Obama's "About Normal" NH P ...
Neil Cavuto and Jim Hoft suggested that President Obama receiving 82 percent of the votes in the New Hampshire Democratic primary show Obama is struggling among Democrats and that New Hampshire voters "are sending a message that we don't like you." But all recent incumbent presidents who went o ...
- On Fox, Gary Bauer Reverses Public's Support F ...
During an interview on Fox & Friends, Gary Bauer, president of conservative group American Values, claimed that the "overwhelming majority of the American people think that marriage is between a man and a woman." In fact, multiple polls conducted in 2011 show that a majority of Americans fa ...
- Fox News Distorts Fuel Standards For Big Rigs
Fox News repeatedly claimed that new fuel economy standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks require operators to retrofit or discard their vehicles. In fact, the standards only apply to new trucks beginning with model year 2014.Fox News Misrepresents Fuel Economy Standards For Trucks Fox Fal ...
- Right-Wing Media Freak Out Over New Defense St ...
Following the Obama administration's announcement of an overhauled defense strategy that will guide cuts in defense spending, the right-wing media have claimed President Obama is "weakening national security" and marking a "new milestone" in "America's strategic retreat." But experts have said ...
- Who Needs Facts To Attack Planned Parenthood? ...
Bill O'Reilly and Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham falsely claimed that abortion is the "core business" of Planned Parenthood, when, in fact, abortion services made up 3 percent of the organization's medical activities in 2010. Ingraham also claimed that Planned Parenthood spends $56 million ...
- President Obama and Pervasive Feelings
Today is the New Hampshire primary, Romney is calling for "leadership," and he seems to be getting away with it. He's not really calling attention to his own qualities, since he's rather slavishly followed his market the way a person who thinks he's a corporation would. No, Romney ...
- Will Pressuring Iran Backfire?
These days we're hearing two sets of concerns about the US and international pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. From one direction, GOP presidential candidates and other ultra-hawks argue for an escalated conflict with Iran. According to them, President Obama isn't doing enough or is act ...
- Apportioning Credit / Blame for Iraq After Wit ...
Someone please explain for me this idea that President Obama "owns" the situtation in Iraq. As I work to catch up on some of the Iraq pull-out commentary from over the holidays, I won't try to match the depth of Steve Clemons' counterpoint to Fred and Kimberly Kagan's recent Weekly Standard piec ...
- Great New Film on Crushing Israel Dissent in B ...
It is far easier to criticize the Israeli government's policies (and specifically the occupation) than it once was despite what you will see in this wonderful film. Back when I worked at AIPAC in the 1980's, now Israeli settler, Lenny Ben David (a/k/a Lenny Davis) compiled massive dossiers o ...
- Obama's Military Strategy Review: Seeking Real ...
Tomorrow morning the Obama administration will present the findings of its latest national security strategy review. The review has been undertaken with an eye towards scaling back Pentagon spending in a way that best provides for the defense of the country. This "strategy first" approach to de ...
- What is 32 Minutes?
Over your GOP primary fix yet? How about something to read of real significance. Did you know that the US Networks (ABC, NBC and CBS) devoted a grand total of 32 MINUTES and 14 news stories for all of 2011 to the single most important story of this century last year. It's true. Despite all ...
- Odds & Ends
Betty Cracker makes a funny. Another Iranian nuclear scientist got blown up in Teheran. Iran blames Israel and the U.S. You may not have noticed but Bill Daley announced his resignation as the president's chief-of-staff. That means it is time to demonize his replacement. Could or ...
- Romney Following in McCain's Footsteps
This is pretty astute. "I'm thinking of a Republican primary. It starts with a candidate (John McCain/Mitt Romney) who ran once before, came in second place, and won over the party's elite class without winning over its base. Other candidates, understandably unwilling to accept this, line u ...
- New Hampshire Thread
The networks called it for Romney as soon as the polls closed. As I predicted, New Hampshire chose Jon Huntsman as their not-Mitt candidate. It appears that he will finish third. Santorum was regurgitated and will finish dead last out of the candidates who are actually competing. Call me a g ...
- Romney Has it in the Bag
Even if Gingrich and Paul remain obstinately opposed to Romney and refuse to drop out, and even if Gingrich carries most of the South, I still see Romney as the nominee. The following is almost a worst case scenario for Romney. It presupposes that Romney will lose to Gingrich in South Carolina ...
- 12 Most Improbable Insect-Reptile Relationships
Amazing photographs of insects taking their lives in their antennae by resting on reptiles! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Staring into the Beautiful Cold-Blooded Eyes o ...
Twelve hypnotic close-ups of beautiful eyes belonging to lizards and other brilliantly colored reptile species... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 13 Adorable Baby Kangaroos Peeking Out of thei ...
Amazing pics of kangaroo mommas with their babies, with some little-known facts too! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 10 Coolest Links of the Week
An awesome article about animals with prosthetics is the first of many cool links to take is into 2012! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 10 Hottest Links of the Week
It's cold outside but the links are still hot! Happy New Year! read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will b ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...
Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International A ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in th ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare pr ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’ ...
- Thank you for supporting Minneapolis productio ...
It has been a wild month in NYC. Our work in New York City to help bring you live footage from the Occupy movement, as well as help get other occupation livestream teams set up and rolling, would not have been possible but for generous small contributions from some folks that stepped up basicall ...
- Support Global Revolution.tv and the Minneapol ...
Heyo... so unexpectedly I've dedicated the vast majority of my time in the last 22 days to the Occupy Wall Street phenom and specifically editing the video stream for Global Revolution TV. For about a year until August, I worked at an Internet startup which abruptly laid me off, owing a bunch of ...
- #occupywallstreet makes total lol
Our comradez in NYC are running live feeds and I am helping coordinate affairs. We are kickin on irc.indymedia.org #occupywallstreet and also you can hit that on http://chat.indymedia.org via webs. Here is the live video embed... you can use the Contact form above if you want to hit me up. It i ...
- 9-11 FBI Foreknowledge Nibbles with Ali Soufan ...
Ah so it's been a decade eh comrades? The skrewing over of emergency personnel has gone almost unnoticed. FDNY member on 9/11 Truth “I support you guys” | We Are Change -- some new stuff has been trickling out -- pretty solid stuff, at that. The glorious official narrative got its booster shot, ...
- Review: "Contagion": Minneapolis faces instant ...
SPOILER ALERTS! -- Plagued man (lower left) staggers off bus at Lake & Lyndale; Paltrow croaks at Fairview University Medical Center; MDH painted as buffoons; Matt Damon defends saddest Minnesota XMas ever w/ shotgun & sweaters! Snagged advance tickets to Steven Soderbergh's A-List dis ...
- The Vaccine Americans Never Hear About
One side of the vaccine controversy Americans are extremely unlikely to hear about concerns the safest, cheapest and most widely used vaccine in the world – against tuberculosis (TB).Every country in the world, except the US and the Netherlands (where TB is extremely rare), ...
- What Iran’s president actually said about Isra ...
source with video to see the lies. Following is the transcript of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s October 2005 speech. In the section in question, Ahmadinejad said people once thought it was impossible to remove the Shah as Iran’s dictator, but it was done. He then said that people thought the S ...
- If the US was overthrown by a criminal empire: ...
Would it help to understand the facts to imagine if the US was in Iran’s position? This analogy is the conservative history (non-contested as far as I know) of what the US has done to Iran. Written from an American perspective, here’s the story of what the world would look like to Americans if w ...
- Race To Utopia: How A Public Servant Learned t ...
No Child Left Behind just celebrated it’s tenth anniversary: while educators, children and parents have generally loathed President George W. Bush’s signature legislation, and while studies have shown that it has failed to improve learning despite its immense cost, NCLB’s free-market policies – ...
- The Corrosive Power of Stereotypes in Politics ...
In the early years of my life as a high school English teacher—during the Reagan years—I began my journey to being a critical educator as naive but sincere. One of the first steps into creating a critical classroom included my confronting students about race and class. When I asked students (in ...
- Cancer, Aids, and Vaccinations
by Benedict D. LaRosa Previously by Benedict D. LaRosa: The Horror of Gun Control in Mumbai Is there a link between cancer and the polio vaccine? There is a good chance that there is, according to a Baylor University study released on February 18, 1999 and published in the Journal of the Nationa ...
- Leon Panetta admits Iran is not developing a n ...
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Astoundingly, United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta openly admitted on national television that Iran is not, in fact, developing nuclear weapons, yet still justified the Western assault on their nuclear program. On the CBS show “Face t ...
- The Terrible Specter of the Dreadful Few
By Les Visible Sometimes I’m embarrassed to have to consider myself a member of the human race. It could be due to the fact that some unfortunate number of us are not members of the human race but rather some sort of alien hybrid that bears as much resemblance to a human being as refrigera ...
- The Gasoline Export Scam
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor You don’t have to be a genius to know that gasoline costs around $3.50 per gallon in the US. What most Americans don’t know is that the only thing keeping the price above $2.00 is the fact that our oil companies are exporting our gasoline at bargain basement prices ...
- The Gasoline Export Scam
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor You don’t have to be a genius to know that gasoline costs around $3.50 per gallon in the US. What most Americans don’t know is that the only thing keeping the price above $2.00 is the fact that our oil companies are exporting our gasoline at bargain basement prices ...
- Less Than a Week Away
We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations
- The Georgia Guidestones
On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
- The Creation
THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
- About George Green
Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...
- Cartoon caption contest
Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
- Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
- Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
- Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
- BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...
- Live from NAIAS: Bob Lutz Introduces Via Motor ...
Read the rest of Live from NAIAS: Bob Lutz Introduces Via Motors with the eREV VTRUX Extended-Range EV Pickup Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: alternative transportation, auto shows, automobile shows, Bob Lutz, detroit auto show, eco automobiles, eco autos, eco cars, ec ...
- EXCLUSIVE PICS: Acura Unveils Its Hot New NSX ...
Read the rest of EXCLUSIVE PICS: Acura Unveils Its Hot New NSX Concept Car at the Detroit Auto Show Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags:
- Toyota Officially Unveils Its Prius C Hybrid C ...
Read the rest of Toyota Officially Unveils Its Prius C Hybrid Car at the Detroit Auto Show Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: alternative transportation, detroit auto show, green automotive design, green car, green transportation, green vehicle, hybrid car, hybrid vehicle ...
- Kids, Parents and Teachers Join Forces to Crea ...
Argallios by Kollektivemind was created as an interactive, public installation on the island of Crete in Greece. With the help of students, teachers, parents and locals, over 2,100 used plastic water bottles were gathered, cleaned, brushed with eco-paints, and recycled into a vibrant fence insta ...
- World’s Largest Driverless Personal Tran ...
The holy city of Amritsar, India will be the site of the first urban installation of the Personal Rapid Transport, a system first seen at London’s Heathrow Airport. The elevated transportion system will be a vital connection for 100,000 riders a day between the downtown, the rail station and the ...
- Oil Rigs May Turn Migratory Birds Into Shark Food
Tiger sharks in the Gulf of Mexico are eating migratory land birds. Yet while brightly lit oil rigs may be to blame, there's not enough data to know. Simply changing the color of oil rig lights, however, may be an effective preventative measure.
- Black Hole Fires Cosmic Bullets
Astronomers have captured an image of a black hole firing off two enormous "bullets" of ionized gas at nearly a quarter the speed of light. The cosmic explosion produces as much energy in an hour as the sun emits in five years.
- Massive Galaxy Cluster Caught in Midst of Viol ...
Tipping the scales at two quadrillion times the mass of the sun, the El Gordo galaxy cluster is the largest, hottest, and most energetic cluster ever seen.
- How the Brain Spots Faces
Our brains are tuned to find faces so well, in fact, that we sometimes see them in a jumble of rocks, a bilious cloud of volcanic ash or craters on Moon. The brain always knows a real face from a fake, however, and a new brain scan study reveals why. But another amazing thing about our brain is ...
- Amazing Archive of High-Res Photos from NASA’s ...
There's something about old photographs. The perfect amount of faded light, outdated coloring, and nostalgia seems to make them more beautiful with age. Perhaps that's why this collection of images from NASA's Gemini Program is so stunning.
- VIdeo: Shaq Shows Off Masonic Ring on National TV
Shaquille O’Neal, also known as ShaqAttack, ShaqFu, ShaqDiesel, RadioShaq and Free Throw King (alright, I made up these two last ones), has a new AKA: ShaqMason. Here’s a short video of Shaq showing off his Masonic allegiance on national TV, followed by awkward comments by his colleagues. ...
- Secret Bases And Trends For 2012
Major trends for 2012. Here are several of them that he highlighted
- Alert: Iran Crisis Headed for World War III
War in the Middle East now appears imminent as the United States, Britain, the European Union, and Israel put the finishing touches on an embargo on Iran – a de facto declaration of war – and warships steam toward the Persian Gulf.
- War Plan Iran: The US Finally Admits Its Crimi ...
Officially, America is now bankrupt: financially, economically, politically – and morally. Its criminal aggression towards Iran is just one of many parts of a jigsaw that add up to a clear and grotesque picture of what the United States of America now represents in the 21st Century world. ...
- How to Start a War: The American Use of War Pr ...
This historical review raises an important issue: Is the Pentagon seeking to trigger military confrontation in the Persian Gulf with a view to providing a pretext and a justification to wage an all out war on the Islamic Republic of Iran?
- GuantƔnamo Prisoners Stage Peaceful Protest an ...
Today, prisoners at GuantƔnamo will embark on a peaceful protest, involving sit-ins and hunger strikes, to protest about their continued detention, and the continued existence of the prison at GuantƔnamo Bay, Cuba, three years after President Obama came to office promising to close it within a y ...
- Andy Worthington Reports on the New York Dates ...
After nearly four days in New York as part of my US tour to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of GuantĆ”namo, I’ve just taken a bus with Debra Sweet, the national director of the campaigning group The World Can’t Wait, who arranged my visit, heading down to Washington D.C. to take part in ...
- A Tired Obsession with Military Detention Plag ...
Before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, there were only two ways of holding prisoners — either they were prisoners of war, protected by the Geneva Conventions, or they were criminal suspects, to be charged and subjected to federal court trials. That all changed when the Bush ad ...
- London Events for the 10th Anniversary of the ...
I arrived in New York yesterday, a year after my last visit, for 12 days of events to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of GuantƔnamo (as described here), with a particular focus on a rally and march in Washington D.C. next Wednesday, January 11 (the actual date of the opening of GuantƔna ...
- On GuantĆ”namo’s 10th Anniversary, Britis ...
With the 10th anniversary of the opening of GuantƔnamo fast approaching (on January 11), I was delighted that, on Sunday, the Observer not only ran a double-page feature about the British ex-prisoners (and Shaker Aamer, the last British prisoner still held), but also that Tracy McVeigh, Chief Re ...
- Don't Turn Your Back on the Bankers for Even a ...
The ink on the legislation is still drying and, already, the mortgage mill industry is trying to gut the little things that might help to hold them accountable for their bit part in the complete economic collapse of this nation: Dodd-Frank requires that lenders retain five percent of every loan ...
- Sarah Palin: Mayor of New Milford?
Is this a parody or real life? You decide. Citizens of New Milford: I want you to know that I'm on the job 24/7. Twenty four hours a week, seven months a year. But even with this strict time commitment, I can't be expected to keep up with everything going on in this vast metropolis. That's why ...
- Much like the "conservative" GOP...
The conservative Blue Dogs acted as Bush's domestic poodles, helping to move a dangerous right wing agenda. They were owned by the right wing and corporations and there is no big surprise why more than half of the Blue Dog caucus (28 of 54 members) were slaughtered in the 2010 elections. So f ...
- Stop Drinking and Start Doing, Dem Dumb Dumbs
Sober up, Dems. You started sucking suds when you captured the Congress in 2006. Since 2008 you've been binge drinking with Congress and the Prez. You even nibbled on some hot wings and pub nuts. Burp! And now the bartender just cut your drunk, lazy, liberal, progressive, leftie ass off. Y ...
- The People Have Spoken. And Their Message Is ...
So. What the heck happened last night? The GOP picked up 60 seats in the House, effectively reversing their losses there from 2006 and 2008, and returning control of that body to them. The GOP picked up some 6 seats in the Senate, but the Democratic Party retains control there. The GOP picked u ...
- Trial Opens for Mahon Twins, White Supremacist ...
White supremacist twins Dennis and Daniel Mahon went on trial today in Phoenix, charged with mailing a package bomb in 2004 that exploded and injured a black man who was a city official in Scottsdale. The 61-year-old longtime racists were arrested in 2009 after a five-year undercover investigati ...
- AFA’s Bryan Fischer: HIV Doesn’t Cause AIDS
It’s tempting to describe American Family Association spokesman Bryan Fischer as a close-minded, reactionary bigot. But when it comes to embracing fresh ideas that support his beliefs – heck, he pretty much outdoes us all. Remember when he said that gays were responsible for the Holocaust? Or th ...
- Racist ‘Redneck Shop’ in South Carolina Now O ...
After a four-year legal battle, a black Baptist church in South Carolina now is the legal owner of a building housing the infamous Redneck Shop, which operates a Ku Klux Klan museum and sells KKK and other racist clothing. The Rev. David Kennedy, a long-time civil rights activist and pastor of N ...
- Prominent White Nationalist Louis Andrews Has Died
Louis R. Andrews, most recently the chairman of the white nationalist outfit National Policy Institute (NPI), died on Dec. 30, according to a tweet put out by his book-selling business Washington Summit Publishers. Andrews has long been involved in the white nationalist movement, having run the ...
- Conservative Maine News Site Fires White Natio ...
When the conservative Maine Heritage Policy Center launched its political blog last month, newly hired chief executive Lance Dutson predicted in an editorial that “we’ll no doubt have kinks to work out along the way.” Well, a big kink developed this week when other Maine bloggers pointed out tha ...
- If Up to New Mexico’s Governor, Undocume ...
A haunting but ultimately uplifting story out of New Mexico has been making the rounds in newspapers and TV reports across the country. A 6-year-old girl in Albuquerque was abducted as she walked home on a suburban street. The kidnapper pulled her into his van, parked near a rock hiding packing ...
- Victory! NJ Gov. Signs Bill So Survivors Won't ...
In late June, a vital bill to support rape survivors landed on New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's desk. The bill, which had strong bipartisan support in both legislative houses, was to bar rape survivors from being charged for their own rape kits -- collections of forensic evidence after a sex ...
- Teen Leads Safe Crosswalk Campaign in Wake of ...
The shock and grief over a young person's tragic death can be paralyzing. Not for Kimiko Nishitsuji. Her friend's sudden death last month after being hit by a car at an intersection long known to be dangerous for pedestrians instead spurred her to action and mobilized a community. Kimiko created ...
- Major Progress: Administration to Grant Deport ...
Wow. Just weeks ago, UCLA graduate and award-winning Dreamer David Cho posted a petition on Change.org commemorating the ten-year anniversary of the federal DREAM Act and asking President Obama and the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to do everything in their power to stop deporting tal ...
- Robert Segwanyi Spared Deadly Deportation to U ...
Robert Segwanyi was scheduled for deportation on August 18, from the United Kingdom's Heathrow airport. The UK was sending Robert back to Uganda, where he was tortured with molten plastic and imprisoned for being gay. Robert was spared from deportation at the very last minute according to ...
- Drone Strikes Return to Pakistan
Agencies are reporting that a missile attack from a U.S. drone killed at least 4 in Pakistan on Tuesday. The attack marks the first time a drone strike has occurred since late November, when a drone attack killed over 20 Pakistani soldiers. Yesterday's attack hit a home on the outskirts of t ...
- Growth of Global Inequality Sowing 'Seeds of D ...
The World Economic Forum released its global assessment on Wednesday, and it paints a stark future if world institutions - including governments, private industry, academic institutions, and civil society organizations - don't make some radically practical changes. From the report: ...
- Iran Accuses Israel, US of Assassinating Nucle ...
Iran has accused Israel and the United States of being behind the Wednesday morning assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan. The Associated Press is reporting: read more
- NH Primary: Romney Limps to Victory Over Paul, ...
As expected, Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary tonight. Earlier in the day, exit/entrance polls had predicted the vote outcome to be: January 10, 2012 -- 2,760 Respondents. Top line are men voters (56%). Bottom line are women (44%). ...
- Detroit May Be Next Michigan City to Get 'Emer ...
In March of last year, Michigan Gov. Snyder signed into law Public Act No. 4, the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, also known as the “emergency financial manager law.” read more
- The Best Ereader for iPhone [Iphone App Directory]
Because nearly every ebook reader on the iPhone has its own store (and the ones that don't have the problem of not having their own store), what's best is very subjective. That said, we feel Kindle is your best option at the moment because it ...
- How Often Should I Charge My Gadget's Battery ...
Dear Lifehacker, What is the deal with lithium-ion batteries (the kind found in smartphones and laptops)? I've heard lots of different things about how to take care of them, like that they need to be kept charged between 40% and 80%, or that ...
- All Google TV Devices Just Got OnLive Game Str ...
Good news for Google TV fans who want games: OnLive, the game streaming company, is going to be on all Google TV devices starting now. For the unfamiliar, OnLive is a service like Netflix where video is streamed from the cloud to your home, bu ...
- How to Turn Off Google's Annoying New Personal ...
Yesterday Google announced they were integrating Google+ into your search results, and this morning, you may have noticed the change. The problem: It's cluttered, not useful for the bulk of searches you do every day, and enabled by default for ...
- The Glowing PC in a Table [Featured Workspace]
Today's featured workspace showcases a true all-in-one computer, with the components built into the glass table. The table itself is a large, roomy surface and thanks to the table's design, the computer gets natural air cooling. More ...
- ARB limits SOX protections outside the US
By a 3-2 vote on a major case, the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has limited the application of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) whistleblower protection outside the boundaries of the United States. The case is Villanueva v. Core Laboratories, NV, ARB No. 09-108, ALJ No. 20 ...
- NLRB agrees that employees cannot waive right ...
This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a major decision holding that employees have an inalienable right to bring collective and class action lawsuits. The National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) joined with the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and other groups in ...
- "From Whistleblower to RICO Claimant"
Originally Published by FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog Author: Thomas Fox The holiday season is past and many of us have returned to work. However, if you are a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) there is a gift that you may wish to give yourself, it is “The Whistleblower’s Handbook ...
- NWC comments on DOL Dodd-Frank regulations
Just before last night's deadline, I submitted comments on modifications to the Department of Labor's regulations for corporate fraud whistleblowers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) originally issued regulations at 29 CFR Part 1980 to govern its whistleblower program und ...
- New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants ...
The newly created federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a call to whistleblowers. The CFPB is seeking "knowledgeable sources with information about potential violations of Federal consumer financial laws." They can submit their information by email to whistlebl ...
- Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
- Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
- After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
- Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
- New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...
- Once Again, SOPA Supporters Caught 'Copying' O ...
It's really quite amazing how frequently those who support more draconian copyright laws seem to be caught up in ethically dubious copying. We just had the example of the Hollywood astroturf group, CreativeAmerica, pretty blatantly "remixing" an anti-SOPA email alert from Public Knowledge, and ...
- As SOPA/PIPA Becomes Toxic, Frantic Congress T ...
Well, well, well. It looks like some in DC are starting to get the message that there is real concern with SOPA/PIPA. The latest is that the fact that SOPA/PIPA support is becoming "toxic" is starting to make the press. In response to that, plus significant pressure from those within the gove ...
- Apparently, Someone Forgot To Tell Reality Tha ...
We hear it all the time: the entertainment industry legacy players insist that the world is ending, jobs are going away, and that they need new laws like SOPA and PIPA or it's all over. That's why SOPA & PIPA are being positioned as jobs bills. Especially popular are the major labels and the b ...
- If SOPA's Main Target Is The Pirate Bay, It's ...
In looking over Eric Goldman's excellent "linkwrap" of a bunch of recent SOPA/PIPA stories, it pointed me to a News.com article from last month, about how SOPA was really about going after one single site: The Pirate Bay. I've actually heard this repeatedly -- and from folks heavily involved wi ...
- Comcast -- Owner Of NBC Universal -- Admits Th ...
Well, well, well. Here's something interesting. Comcast, who owns NBC Universal (one of the main forces behind SOPA/PIPA), is officially a SOPA/PIPA supporter. However, yesterday, Comcast put up a post congratulating itself (deservedly so!) for completing its DNSSEC deployment, making it "the ...
- Another nuclear scientist assassinated in Tehran
An Iranian university professor and deputy director at Natanz enrichment facility was killed in a terrorist bomb blast in a Northern Tehran neighborhood on Wednesday morning, the Fars News Agency reports. Some guy says this was a joint operation carried out by Mossad and the Iranian terrorist gr ...
- The inexorable advance towards a Greater Israel
Patrick Seale writes: This past year has dealt a heavy blow — perhaps even a terminal one — to the project, long supported by the international community, of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the basis of two states. When the United States itself proved unable to halt Isr ...
- The phony war over which U.S. party loves Isra ...
Josh Ruebner writes: “No Aid to Israel?” wonders a recent Facebook ad sponsored by US President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign. “Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, and Newt Gingrich say they would start foreign aid to Israel at zero. Reject their extreme plan now!” the a ...
- In Jerusalem, women barred from addressing gyn ...
Patrick Martin reports: The controversial exclusion of women from various settings in Israel because of pressure from ultra-Orthodox Jewish leaders reached a new level this week with a major conference on gynecological advances that is permitting only males to address the audience. The conferenc ...
- Doomsday Clock ticks one minute closer to midnight
The Guardian reports: The world tiptoed closer to the apocalypse on Tuesday as scientists moved the Doomsday Clock one minute closer to the zero hour. The symbolic clock now stands at five minutes to midnight, the scientists said, because of a collective failure to stop the spread of nuclear wea ...
- The Portland State University study of shrinki ...
By Don J. Easterbrook, Dept. of Geology, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA The recent Portland State University study of glaciers on Mt. Adams by is a good example of bad science, i.e., how a dogmatic bias and selectively leaving out … Continue reading →
- Dallas earthquake not caused by fracking… ...
Guest post by David Middleton Wow! I woke up Friday morning to news that a 2.0 Md earthquake struck about a mile and a half from my office. I was sleeping at home, about 7 miles from the epicenter, and … Continue reading →
- The climate science peer pressure cooker
Will Replicated Global Warming Science Make Mann Go Ape? By Patrick J. Michaels – from World Climate Report About 10 years ago, December 20, 2002 to be exact, we published a paper titled “Revised 21st century temperature projections” in the … Continue reading →
- Oh noes! Doomsday clock 1 minute closer to mid ...
From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, where worry about climate change gets equal time alongside their original mission; nuclear holocaust, apparently they haven’t noticed that the Fukashima incident is over and no lives were lost and that there been … Continue reading →
- Embiggening the science
Josh of cartoonsbyjosh.com writes: See Judith Curry’s great post about what looks like an interesting new book by David Weinberger Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the … Continue reading →
- Researchers increase the potency of HIV-battli ...
If one is good, two can sometimes be better. Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have certainly found this to be the case when it comes to a small HIV-fighting protein. The protein, called cyanovirin-N (CV-N), is produced by a type of blue-green algae and has gained a ...
- Nanofiber Regenerates Blood Vessels
Regenerating blood vessels is important for combating the aftereffects of a heart attack or peripheral arterial disease, and for ensuring that transplanted organs receive a sufficient supply of blood. Now researchers at Northwestern University have created a nanomaterial that could help the body ...
- Brain Shrinkage Linked to Smoking, Obesity, Di ...
People who smoke, are overweight, and have other health problems in middle age may be at increased risk of developing signs of brain shrinkage and diminished planning and organization skills as they age, new research indicates. Other health problems linked to brain shrinkage and mental decline i ...
- Colon Cleansing May Be Risky, Study Finds
Colon cleansing, promoted as a natural way to boost well-being, has no proven benefits and may be risky, according to a new report. Ranit Mishori, MD, a family medicine doctor at Georgetown University School of Medicine, looked at studies that evaluated colon hydrotherapy or irrigation. She also ...
- Disease-causing tangle could spawn new materia ...
When most people hear the word amyloid, they immediately think of Alzheimer’s disease. And indeed, it was in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients that these dense protein masses were first identified. But it turns out that besides playing a role in a number of diseases, amyloids also p ...
- Weekend Wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postStill quiet on the drone front. Nothing reported in Afghanistan/Pakistan. This reported in Somalia from Press TV, presented with the usual caveat. Allegations of torture at Bagram; Karzai wants control transferred. The Taliban ...
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- Weekend Wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims.Combat operations have concluded for:Army Pfc. Justin M. Whitmire, 20, of Easley, SC.Army Spc. Kurt W. Kern, 24, of McAllen, TX.Army Sgt. N ...
- Best Music of 2011
IntroductionIf you dig these songs please consider buying them. Most can be had for less than a buck.All these were downloaded freely and legally this year so I’m posting them in good faith. Links will be live for a week. If you hold the copyright on one and would like it removed, pleas ...
- Weekend Wrapup
No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postOur image in the Muslim world would probably improve if we stopped killing so many Muslims. Which may be happening (for a while, anyway).Combat operations have concluded for Army Spc. Mikayla A. Bragg, 21, of Longview, WA. Via.M ...
- Coexistence Rears Its Ugly Head (Again)
Philip Bowles accuses organic and Non-GMO movements of "quackery" and "medieval nostrums" while claiming that genetically engineered seeds are needed to feed millions and implying that "coexistence" ought to be foisted on organic farmers whether they want it or not. Bowles' tirade against orga ...
- Dr. Joe Mercola’s Health Recommendations
Dr. Joe Mercola has a reputation as America's most controversial medicine guru. He shares his beliefs as to why you shouldn't trust your doctor's standard views on vitamin D, flu shots and saturated fats. Could his alternative take on medicine transform your life? Click here to read this article
- Patently Offensive: Trouble with Transgenic Drift
Genetically Modified Organism. Despite having been a part of our lexicon for about twenty years now, the term continues to raise significant controversy and concern among the U.S. public, scientists, and farmersClick here to read this article
- Fracking on Shaky Ground: How Our Latest Fossi ...
To what should be the surprise of no one, earthquakes caused by the junkie gas sector's hydraulic fracturing process, known as fracking, have been cropping up like Freud's repressed. The latest ominously arrived in Republican-dominated Ohio on New Year's Eve, quickly prompting Youngstown's mayor ...
- 4 Creepy Ways Big Pharma Peddles its Drugs
It's no secret that advertising works. Big Pharma wouldn't spend over $4 billion a year on direct-to-consumer advertising if it didn't mean massive profits.Click here to read this article
- INDIGENOUS DAY of Resistance, Friday, January ...
INDIGENOUS DAY of Resistance, Friday, January 27, 2012, San Francisco, CA on Betty Tuininga's TwitWall: INDIGENOUS DAY OF RESISTANCEINDIGENOUS RIGHTS RALLY & FORUMJanuary 27, 2012Indigenous Unity... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually ...
Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually work for Monsanto: (NaturalNews) Biotech giant Monsanto has been genetically modifying the world's food supply and subsequently breeding environmental... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- The Special Forces onslaught against a Mapuche ...
La violenta arremetida de Fuerzas Especiales contra una mujer mapuche y su beb�en allanamiento - El Mostrador"What we show is that our policy with the Mapuche people continues as long as the events... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Venezuela’s Chavez Returns to Alo Presidente, ...
Venezuela’s Chavez Returns to Alo Presidente, Will Not Accept World Bank Verdict on Exxon | venezuelanalysis.com: Caracas, January 9th 2012 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- Activist Post: Leon Panetta admits Iran is not ...
Activist Post: Leon Panetta admits Iran is not developing a nuclear weaponMadison Ruppert, Contributing WriterActivist PostAstoundingly, United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta openly... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
- New Jersey Will Pay You $1000 To Destroy The 2 ...
There is nothing more disgusting or detestable than a citizen informant. Without citizen informants, tyrants could never retain the kind of power they wield. In fact, without citizen informants, totalitarian movements would never gain traction. This is why EVERY functional oligarchy throughout h ...
- USDA Scientist Reveals All: Glyphosate Hazards ...
Don Huber, professor emeritus at Purdue University and USDA senior scientist linked glyphosate to reduced nutrient availability in plants, increasing plant diseases, the emergence of a new pathogen, animal illness and possible effects on human health.
- Iowa Caucus 2012: GOP Establishment Steals Vot ...
No photo I.D. required to vote, and suddenly Santorum pulls ahead? REALLY???
- The USDA Agricultural Survey: Voluntary NOT Ma ...
The USDA is trying to trick you into supplying them with information about your source of food through a voluntary survey that it claims is mandatory.
- TS Radio….Planning for the New Year
Join us Tuesday mornings at 9:30 CST! 7:30 PST 9:30 CST 10:30 EST Listen Live HERE: Call in #: 917-388-4520 Skype There is a lot going on. The ndaa, the monsanto corn deregulation, the chemtrail seminar and many other issues. Join us for our first show of the new year to find out what [...]
- VRM: The Flu Report
The Flu Vaccine deception ranks as one of the great cover-ups & swindles of the last century perpetrated against the general population. Not only has the public been systematically lied to by their elected Government for generations (in league with the World Health Organization & a Vacc ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...
Article continued from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...
Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5 – ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – ...
Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; hindering the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of operation (circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respirator ...
- You Know You're Getting Old When...
A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set. A cute little luxur ...
- Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
- Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
- Strawberry Picking
Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
- Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...
- Experienced Camera Gear for Sale
11 January 2012 Many folks have asked me about selling camera gear. I’m starting to offload some glass. These four Canon lenses have all been used downrange either in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both, and probably in many other countries. This gear is in great condition. Many ...
- MEDEVAC/CASEVAC Links
Letter from home 10 January 2011 Increasing progress is being made on the Army helicopter MEDEVAC problems. Media attention has been building and appears that it will soon break big. Communications are coming in spontaneously from key places. Support for improvement is snowba ...
- Take Me to Your Leader (If you have one)
09 January 2012 Jordan Schneider has done an excellent job helping to push the MEDEVAC Red Cross issue. Her energy seems bottomless. It was Jordan the active citizen who contacted Senator Charles Grassley, who quickly inquired to the Secretary of the Army, who passed the buck to CEN ...
- Passing the MEDEVAC Buck
03 January 2012 Los Angeles, California Our Army medical evacuation helicopters in Afghanistan frequently come under fire. These helicopters are clearly marked with the Red Cross on a white background, signaling to the enemy that they are unarmed. The Red Cross is also a symbol from ...
- DELTA Force Commander (former) on DUSTOFF MEDEVAC
30 December 2011 Los Angeles, California Former Delta Force Commander “Dalton Fury” makes a very informed opinion on the MEDEVAC issue. Delta is the special forces of our special forces. Opinions from this community carry significant weight. (This was published in Soldier of Fortun ...
- The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadia ...
[This article, by Shourideh Molavi and myself, was first published in The Bullet - version with links is there]. The regressive politics of the Iranian-Canadian Khevari petition Shourideh Molavi and Justin Podur November 11, 2011 On October 12, members of the Iranian-Canadian community sent a pe ...
- An interview for occupy Toronto
Activist and comedian Jesse Owens interviewed me for the #occupyto.org website, way back in ancient occupy toronto history (ie., October 26). For posterity, I am also reproducing it here. Thanks Jesse... --- read more
- Some thoughts on Whiteness and the 99%
I have some disagreements with Joel Olson's article, "Whiteness and the 99%", but I will start with some agreements. I agree that "biologically speaking, there's no such thing as race." read more
- The Logic of Occupy Wall Street for Canada
The Occupy Wall St. Movement and the Occupy Together movements that are inspired by it actually have a simple premise: society shouldn't be run for the unrestricted benefit of the wealthiest. The immediate grievance is the 2008 banking crisis, in which the US banks engaged in fraudulent and crim ...
- The Housing Crisis in Haiti
There are at least 595,000 Haitians living in camps around Port au Prince (1). President Martelly has a program, called 16-6, which proposes to resettle residents of 6 large camps in 16 neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince. In total, if the program succeeds, it will touch 5000 families, or 4% of the ...
- 26 states say medicaid expansion in health car ...
[JURIST] Twenty-six states submitted a brief [text, PDF] to the US Supreme Court [official website] Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the expansion of Medicaid for the poor and disabled in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [HR 3590; JURIST backgrounder]. The brief ...
- Supreme Court upholds ADA ministerial exception
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled unanimously [opinion, PDF] Wednesday in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] that the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses [Cornell LII backgrounders] of the First Amendment bar wrongful t ...
- Guantanamo Bay detention facility marks tenth ...
[JURIST] Wednesday marked the tenth annivesary of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay [JURIST backgrounder]. On January 11, 2002, 20 detainees arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, imprisoned as the first "enemy combatants" in the War on Terror declared by the US after 9/11 [JURIST backgrounder]. ...
- Federal judge halts South Carolina immigration ...
[JURIST] A judge for the US District Court for the District of South Carolina [official website] on Monday placed a hold on a lawsuit over the state's new immigration law [SB 20] pending the outcome of a similar case to be heard by the US Supreme Court [official website]. The South Carolina legi ...
- Supreme Court rules on Outer Continental Shelf ...
[JURIST] The US Supreme Court [official website] ruled unanimously [opinion, PDF] Wednesday in Pacific Operators Offshore LLP v. Valladolid [SCOTUSblog backgrounder] that the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) [43 USC §§ 1331-1356 text] extends coverage to an employee who can es ...
- Obama Got Us Out of Iraq, but Voters Just Don' ...
Although it was a signature issue for Sen. Obama during his campaign, President Obama won't get much political capital for following through on his promise. The leitmotif of Sen. Barack Obama's early presidential campaign was the inherent wrongness of the war in Iraq and how it represente ...
- U.S. Drone That Went Down in Iran Was High-Tec ...
The drone that Iran claims to have shot down was a stealth RQ-170 "Sentinel" The RQ-170 "Sentinel," a stealth unmanned U.S. drone / Wikimedia Commons The super-secret drone that Iran claims to have recovered was on a CIA "Focal Point" mission, gathering intelligence and likely crash ...
- A Hot Flash in the Cold War With Pakistan
A NATO attack kills 24 Pakistani soldiers and Pakistan responds by closing U.S. supply routes into Afghanistan. Is the relationship between Washington and Islamabad about to disintegrate? The relationship between Pakistan and the United States is, for both sides, like a raw nerve that keeps g ...
- Mitt Romney Ramps Up Attacks on Obama
Judging by his latest barrage of criticism, the former Massachusetts governor is already running against the president -- sort of First there was the television advertisement in New Hampshire, which received widespread condemnation from the media elite for taking President Obama's wor ...
- Newt's Gift to Obama: A GOP Immigration Rift
With his "humane" argument, the former House speaker has put the president's chief rival, Mitt Romney, in a difficult spot MORE FROM NATIONAL JOURNAL: The Return of Imperial Newt Did Gingrich Walk Into an Immigration Minefield? Presidential Debate Timeline Duri ...
- Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
- What side are you on?
As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
- Listen to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast HAAR ...
This is an (CLICK HERE FOR THE SHOW) encore presentation of a show that aired in 2005. It’s revealing because it discusses the secret facility in Alaska that manipulates the ionosphere with possible devastating results. Listen to scientists working on it then and their reluctance to speak about ...
- Official 9/11 Fable To Become Part Of School C ...
Government-supported effort to ‘encourage critical thinking’ actually encourages obedient regurgitation of lies Paul Joseph Watson Rest of Story on Prison Planet.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “We don’t need no education….we don’t need no thought control.” In a week where the establishment is de ...
- EOC Eye On Citrus Radio: Pre 9-11-2001 Tenth A ...
(661) 449-9342 The Tenth Anniversary of the most despicable act every perpetrated on a people by elements of its own government in the history of mankind is just around the corner. The evidence is apparent, it’s been shown and revealed over and over, yet the public doesn’t rise to ar ...
- The Unsuitablog Archive
The Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
- The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding Up
Four years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
- You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...
On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
- Strikes vs Royal Weddings
There is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
- WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...
It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...
- Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
- Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-Nil
One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
- The Top 10 Data-Mining Links of 2011
Overview is a project to create an open-source document-mining system for investigative journalists and other curious people. We've written before about the goals of the project, and we're developing some new technology, but mostly we're stealing it from other fields. The following are s ...
- Al Jazeera, Ushahidi Join in Project to Connec ...
Al Jazeera, Ushaidi Join in Project to Connect Somali Diaspora via SMS In the Horn of Africa, Somalia makes headlines, but often only because of drought, famine, crisis and insecurity. Al Jazeera launched Somalia Speaks to help amplify stories from people and their everyday lives in the regio ...
- Feed Your PANDA With New APIs and Excel Import
Last time I wrote it was to solicit ideas for PANDA's API. We've since implemented those ideas, and we've just released our third alpha, which includes a complete writable API, demo scripts showing how to import from three different data sources, and the ability to import data from Excel sprea ...
- Public Lab Produces Wetlands Maps From Balloon ...
The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science (PLOTS) is an organization and membership community which develops and applies open-source tools to environmental exploration and investigation. Public Laboratory's mapping tools, openly available and easy to use, are putting the abi ...
- If We Were Starting NPR's Project Argo in 2012
For the past two years, I've been working on Project Argo -- a collaboration among NPR and 12 member stations in which the stations launched 12 niche websites on a platform we developed (built on WordPress), each putting their own spin on a common editorial model. As the pilot phase of Argo come ...
- Iran's Nukes - U.S. Reports Rescuing More Iran ...
The United States has announced its second naval operation in less than a week to rescue Iranian sailors from a distressed vessel in international waters. The Pentagon said a U.S. Coast Guard cutter picked up the six Iranian mariners after their cargo ship, the "Ya Hussayn," broke down in the no ...
- Election 2012 - Right-Wing Republicans Come to ...
Conservatives are savaging Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry for their attacks on Mitt Romney’s years at the private-equity firm Bain Capital. The attacks from Gingrich and Perry, whose presidential campaigns are on life support, are meant to resonate in South Carolina, the next state on the GOP cale ...
- Edge on Bio-Fuel - Obama's Tax Cuts to Energiz ...
After decades of taxing foreign ethanol, the United States government decided to open up its market by allowing the federal tariff impost to expire on December 31, 2011. Previously, foreign ethanol producers had to forfeit USD 0.54 in taxes per gallon of ethanol exported to the U.S. In addition, ...
- Edge on Foreign Policy - Obama's Defining Down ...
In December, Vice President Joe Biden offered the latest - and arguably the clearest - evidence of Team Obama's strategy for victory in what was once euphemistically known as the "War on Terror": Define down the enemy. In an interview with former State Department official Leslie Gelb ...
- Edge on Computing - LectureTools start-up Make ...
A University of Michigan educational technology that aims to make large lecture classes feel smaller and more interactive is on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. LectureTools is a Web-based student response, note-taking and inquiry system that turns potentiall ...
- Another Nuclear Scientist Killed In Iran
By Al Jazeera A nuclear scientist who supervised a department at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility has been killed by a magnetic bomb placed on his car by two assailants in northern Tehran
- US Renews Military Threat Against Iran
By Peter Symonds The US administration responded to Irans announcement last weekend that its Fordo uranium enrichment plant was operational with renewed threats of military action. The sharp rise in tensions in the Persian Gulf follows steps by the US and Europe to impose an embargo on Iranian ...
- The Letter That Won Liberty Plaza Back
By New York Civil Liberties Union NYPD officers removed barriers tonight at Zuccotti Park, just one day after the New York Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Constitutional Rights, and the New York City chapter of the National Lawyers Guild put New York City on notice that its arbitrary and ...
- The Peak Oil Crisis: Gasoline In 2012
By Tom Whipple Although rarely admitted, it is obvious in hindsight that the $2.40 a gallon plunge in gasoline prices during the second half of 2008 played a major role in keeping the recession relatively mild as compared to what happened in the 1930s. It is difficult to see prices falling this ...
- Geopolitical Implications Of Peak Everything
By Richard Heinberg From competition among hunter-gatherers for wild game to imperialist wars over precious minerals, resource wars have been fought throughout history; today, however, the competition appears set to enter a new--and perhaps unprecedented--phase. As natural resources deplete, an ...
- Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
- Kill Team: The Bigger Picture
Sorry to have been slacking on the blog. Here’s an article I wrote and forget to post… better late than never! Kill Team: The Bigger Picture http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/04/06-8
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Dear Mr. Beck, I Shook Hands with the Antichrist
Dear Mr. Beck: I Shook Hands with the Antichrist Earlier this week, Michael Lind wrote an article for Salon about the misplaced energy in demeaning alarmists like Glenn Beck.1 Having friends and family who often revere the inflammatory rhetoric of Beck, Palin, Limbaugh, and others as a light in ...
- Practicing Peace in the New Year
A friend, Frank Swift, that I met on my first journey has passed along some great practical steps towards peace for the new year. Frank has written a children’s book to help young people see an alternative to the competition and forcefulness that can too easily get instilled in our young p ...
- WHOOPS, Another Iranian Nuclear Scientist Has ...
The position of nuclear scientist in Iran is quickly becoming more dangerous than standing between NY Senator Chuck Schumer and the nearest TV Camera or between Ron Paul and the chance to add another earmark. Earlier today, two guys on a motorcycle attached magnetic bombs on the car of an I ...
- New Hampshire Results: The Fat Lady is Warming Up
Tonight, New Hampshire voters said enough. With months of televised debates and one caucus, voters in the Granite State said they are ready for the primary season to end, the real campaign to begin and they want Mitt Romney to be their candidate. The former governor of Massachusetts did what h ...
- Newsbusted: Liberals Claim Al Gore Won Iowa Caucus
Even though the "fat lady" sang over eleven years ago, the liberals do not know how to fail gracefully, still smarting over Al Gore's close loss in Florida which made George Bush the winner of the 2000 election, some in the Democratic Party are now claiming that Mitt Romney did not win the Iowa ...
- JEWICIDE! Organization of Orthodox Jews Celebr ...
Last night I received this press release from the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the organization of Orthodox Synagogues in America. Celebrating the fact that one of their own, Jack Lew was named President Obama's Chief of Staff. ORTHODOX UNION WISHES “MAZAL TOV” TO NEW ...
- Thank You Global Warming!
Back in the 1970s before people were screaming about global warming, scientists were warning us that the next ice age may be just around the corner. Sometime between high school and the turning of the millennium, that fear of being crushed under a mile plus of glacier ice was replaced ...
- The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz
Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf? by Mahdi D. Nazemroaya Global Research January 10, 2012 After years of U.S. threats, Iran is taking steps which suggest that is both willing and capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz. On December 24, 2011 Iran started its Velayat-90 ...
- The New York Times Is Lying About Iran’s ...
by Robert Nayman Truthout January 8, 2012 It’s deja vu all over again. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is trying to trick America into another catastrophic war with a Middle Eastern country on behalf of the Likud Party’s colonial ambitions, and The New York Times ...
- Venezuela will not recognize World Bank ruling ...
by Daniel Wallis Reuters January 8, 2012 Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that his country would not recognize any ruling by a World Bank tribunal in a multibillion-dollar arbitration case with Exxon Mobil Corp. Exxon took Venezuela to the World Bank’s International Center f ...
- Fukushima killed at least 14,000 people in the ...
by Jonathan Benson NaturalNews.com January 9, 2012 For the very first time, a scientific study published in a peer-reviewed journal has come up with a solid estimate of the total number of US deaths caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster in the weeks following it. Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano ...
- IMF and US African Command Join Hands in the P ...
by Nile Bowie Global Research January 9, 2012 Lagos Dissents Under IMF Hegemony Nigeria: The Next Front for AFRICOM On a recent trip to West Africa, the newly appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde ordered the governments of Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, G ...
- Health Division validates some concerns about ...
In a draft report, Oregon’s Public Health Division acknowledges that noise from wind turbine blades may cause health problems among nearby homeowners. But the agency does not intend to take action against the burgeoning wind power industry. Complaints from sleep-deprived neighbors and unce ...
- Gov. Christie vetoes bill that would have allo ...
Gov. Chris Christie on Monday vetoed a measure that would allow wind turbine development on farmland preserved under a state program designed to protect New Jersey’s agricultural enterprises. The bill would also have essentially targeted farmland in Cumberland and Salem counties. Christie ...
- Civitas think-tank’s report blasts wind ...
Wind power is a “folly” which is “crippling” consumers with increased energy costs, a report by a leading think tank warned yesterday. Civitas claims that “unwarranted support” for wind power is “hindering genuinely cleaner energy” and stopping the UK effectively reducing its carbon dioxide emis ...
- Ferndale says no-go to wind turbine project
Residents and ranchers alike packed the Ferndale City Hall to voice their increasing disapproval of the Shell Wind Bear River Wind Turbine Project presented by staff from HSU’s Schatz Energy Lab and Shell’s WindEnergy, Inc. The fourth such meeting held on the controversial project, Shell WindEne ...
- Gone is the wind? Turbine projects in the area ...
Large windmills started spinning last year in Gardner, but for the rest of the region, 2011 was a mixed bag for wind energy projects. In Central Massachusetts, several community wind projects are in the study stage. A few, including commercial developments, have been at least temporarily sidelin ...
- Classroom helpers for j-school
In the fall, when the new school year begins in the northern hemisphere, older posts on this blog find a new life. I’m so happy to see that people are finding useful things here! These are some of the top posts from the past week: How to shoot video interviews Getting started with Wor ...
- 10 Rules for Visual Storytelling
For some people, “visual storytelling” means photographs. For others, it means film or video. An epic movie such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy may spring to mind — and few would disagree with that as a fine example of visual storytelling. In journalism writing classes, stud ...
- Getting that first job in journalism
Internships. Portfolio. Real work (not work assigned in a class). Not necessarily paid work — but journalism work that some respectable organization saw fit to publish, with your name on it. Lacking these, a new journalism graduate is behind the curve. There are not so many jobs out there ...
- 5,000 followers on Twitter
Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media guy), but I do feel a little thrill when the zeros turn over. The screen capture above is from yesterday, July 31, 2011. See my recent posts about Twitter and journalism. Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media ...
- 6 Proposals for Journalism Education Today
I’ve spent a huge amount of time this year thinking about and working on journalism curriculum. From developing and teaching a four-week program to train journalism educators in Africa in the practice of online journalism, to helping with a major overhaul of the undergraduate curriculum in ...
- Ron Paul Hysteria
So, I’m noticing a ton of attacks on Ron Paul from progressives. The reason is simple enough, Ron Paul is great on some key things the left cares about, and horrible on others. His last ad in Iowa says he’d ban abortion, for example. On the other hand, he wants to withdraw all tro ...
- You don’t get the payroll tax “cut”
There has been much ballyhoo about how there is a payroll tax cut and that an extra $40 per paycheck (every two week) will make a big difference. Sure, if you get to keep it (via Americablog): Some rates will be significantly higher, such as a 27.4% increase to $17 from $13.34 just to receive [...]
- You don’t get the payroll tax “cut ...
There has been much ballyhoo about how there is a payroll tax cut and that an extra $40 per paycheck (every two week) will make a big difference. Sure, if you get to keep it (via Americablog): Some rates will be significantly higher, such as a 27.4% increase to $17 from $13.34 just to receive [...]
- Yes, the American people are responsible
Let me respond to the idea that Americans are not responsible for what is happening to America, especially poorer Americans. No. Sorry, but no. Sure, their guilt isn’t as great as that of the liberal class, or the financiers, or various other folks, but they are still responsible. It wa ...
- Yes, the American people are responsible
Let me respond to the idea that Americans are not responsible for what is happening to America, especially poorer Americans. No. Sorry, but no. Sure, their guilt isn’t as great as that of the liberal class, or the financiers, or various other folks, but they are still responsible. It wa ...
- Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
- PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
- FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion. The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
- PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
- China and the end of the end of history
Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...
- Human variome taking shape with Chinese node
An ambitious project to log all genetic variations that cause human disease lunged forward this week with the launch of the Chinese “node” of the Human Variome Project (HVP). Scientists and clinicians in China meanwhile are hoping participation will spread genetic counseling and genetic medicine ...
- US cell-based flu vaccine plant open for business
Americans may soon be getting flu jabs made with cells and not eggs. The drug company Novartis opened a first-of-its kind facility in the US to produce influenza vaccines using mammalian cells, Novartis and US government officials announced 13 December. The approach is an alternative to conve ...
- NSF takes broad look at broader impacts
A National Science Foundation (NSF) task force has finalized its recommendations for tweaking the agency's two merit review criteria, 'intellectual merit' and 'broader impacts'. And central to that effort was a non-prescriptive, big-tent definition of broader impacts, says task force co-chair J ...
- Land grabbing in Africa continues to harm the poor
More than 200 million hectares of land in poor nations was sold by governments in land-grabbing deals with industry and investors between 2000 and 2010, a new study reports. This high global demand for land is likely to continue for the long term, concludes the study by the International Land ...
- Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane system
Forget Kennedy Space Center. How about launching massive rockets from the underbelly of the largest plane ever built? On Tuesday, Burt Rutan, of aerospace company Scaled Composites, and billionaire Paul Allen, a former Microsoft executive, announced Stratolaunch Systems -- a company that aims to ...
- Urban Development: Playing Twister With The C ...
When it comes to environmental issues, emotions often trump reasoned argument or sensible reform, especially in California. In Sacramento at our state capitol, real world impacts are abstracted into barbed soundbites. It’s the dialogue of the deaf as environmental advocates rally around our la ...
- The Evolving Urban Form: Kolkata: 50 Mile City
More than a decade ago, the Sierra Club and I crossed keyboards over urban density. The Sierra Club had just posted a new "neighborhood consumption calculator," that gave visitors the opportunity to look at the purported impacts of various density levels. The Sierra Club designated ...
- Population Change 2010-2011: Interesting Diff ...
The recently released estimates of population change and the natural increase and migration components of that change for 2010-2011 contain a few surprises, as well as much what has come to be expected. What we population freaks have been awaiting are estimates of the components of change fo ...
- Citibank, Citizen Wriston, And The Age of Greed
Robert Sarnoff , the CEO of RCA before it was absorbed by GE, once said, “Finance is the passing of money from hand to hand until it disappears.” That process is very clearly defined in The Age of Greed by Jeffrey Madrick. It recounts, in concise terms, how a few dozen individuals—some in the ...
- California's Deficit: The Jerry Brown and 'Th ...
California has three major problems: persistent high unemployment, persistent deficits, and persistently volatile state revenues. Unfortunately, the only one of these that gets any attention is the persistent deficit. It is even more unfortunate that many of the proposals to reduce the deficit ...
- GM maizes threaten EU water
GM Maizes Threaten EU Water - Another reason to ban glyphosate GM Freeze, 11 January 2012 http://www.gmfreeze.org/news-releases/176/ Spanish researchers have confirmed that the weedkiller glyphosate applied to GM crops can leach into groundwater. [1] EU Member States are due to meet with the C ...
- Obama administration disappoints/angers public
TAKE ACTION: Tell USDA to ban Dow’s Agent Orange corn http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0103-0001 --- --- Obama Administration Disappoints/Angers Public The Cornucopia Institute, January 4 2012 http://www.cornucopia.org/2012/01/wholesale-approval-of-genetically-engineered- ...
- Obama administration disappoints/angers public
TAKE ACTION: Tell USDA to ban Dow’s Agent Orange corn http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2010-0103-0001 --- --- Obama Administration Disappoints/Angers Public The Cornucopia Institute, January 4 2012 http://www.cornucopia.org/2012/01/wholesale-approval-of-genetically-engineered- ...
- Tell Sainsbury's what you think of GM
1.Tories and Labour renew backing for GM food crops - The Guardian 2. GM could be an answer in food security debate - Farmers Weekly NOTE: There's nothing new in the UK political establishment expressing support for all things GM, which is why The Guardian uses the word "renew" in its headline. ...
- Tell Sainsbury's what you think of GM
1.Tories and Labour renew backing for GM food crops - The Guardian 2. GM could be an answer in food security debate - Farmers Weekly NOTE: There's nothing new in the UK political establishment expressing support for all things GM, which is why The Guardian uses the word "renew" in its headline. ...
- The Neil Keenan / “Dragon Family” ...
The full text of the lawsuit (Case 1:11-cv-08500-JFK, Filed 11/23/11, downloaded from pacer.gov) has been posted at the Divine Cosmos website: This is a civil claim arising out of the concerted, knowing, malicious scheme and international conspiracy engaged in by the Defendants for the designed ...
- Blackwater, Xe, ACADEMI
Via: AFP: The US security firm formerly known as Blackwater, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, has renamed itself a second time. USTC Holdings, the investor consortium that acquired ex-Blackwater firm Xe Services in December 2010, announced ACADEMI as the new name and brand ...
- South Korea: Seoul Skyscraper Resembling Twin ...
Pic at link. Via: Bloomberg: The design of twin skyscrapers planned for Seoul may be modified in the wake of criticism that a cloud-shaped bridge joining the buildings resembles the explosions that felled the World Trade Center towers. MVRDV, the Dutch architecture firm that drew the plans for t ...
- MIT Scientists Create Camera That Allows Photo ...
Via: New York Times / MIT News Office: More than 70 years ago, the M.I.T. electrical engineer Harold (Doc) Edgerton began using strobe lights to create remarkable photographs: a bullet stopped in flight as it pierced an apple, the coronet created by the splash of a drop of milk. Now scientists a ...
- Multimillion Dollar Crowdturfing Industry Grow ...
Incredibly, laughably, this piece doesn’t mention things like the U.S. Military’s desire to develop persona management software or Team Themis (HBGary Federal, Palantir and Berico): After having spent several months studying those emails and otherwise investigating the industry depic ...
- How To Prepare For The Difficult Years Ahead
How should people prepare for the difficult years that are coming? I get asked about that a lot. Once people really examine the facts, it is not too hard to convince them that an economic collapse is coming. But once they accept that reality, most of them want to know what the ...
- Tebow Time
As a result of the absolutely stunning 29-23 overtime victory by the Denver Broncos over the Pittsburgh Steelers, it seems inevitable that "Tebow Time" will become a household phrase all over America. The string of last second victories that we have seen Tim Tebow pull out this ...
- Look Out Below – The Nightmarish Decline ...
The euro is a dying currency. On Thursday, the EUR/USD fell below 1.28 for the first time since September 2010. In fact, as I write this the EUR/USD is sitting at 1.2791. Back in July, the EUR/USD was over 1.45. But this is just the beginning. The euro is going to go a lot l ...
- 34 Shocking Facts About U.S. Debt That Should ...
We have all been lied to. For decades, the leaders of both major political parties have promised us that they can fix our current system and that they can get our national debt under control. As the 2012 election approaches, they are making all kinds of wild promises once again ...
- When Times Get Tough, The Tough Get A Backbone
Do not ever give up. That is one of the secrets to life. Almost everyone comes to a moment in life when things look absolutely hopeless. But those that have come through those moments know that there is always a way to turn things around. When times get tough, the tough get a ...
- Haitian farmers undermined by food aid
In the months following Haiti’s devastating January 2010 earthquake, the United States government spent $140 million on a food program that benefited U.S. farmers but has been blamed for hurting Haitian farmers.
- Haitian firms few and far between on reconstru ...
After two years of frustratingly slow reconstruction of their earthquake-battered country, Haitians and Haitian-Americans contend they’ve been shunted aside as American firms soak up most of the work and money dedicated for the nation’s rebuilding effort.Audits and analysis over the last two yea ...
- Six things you didn’t know about Wisconsin Gov ...
Scott Walker has been a polarizing figure since becoming Wisconsin's governor one year ago. Only months after moving into the Madison governors' mansion, the 44-year-old Republican sought to fix the state’s budget gap by pushing a bill that cut pay and benefits for public sector workers and stri ...
- Our youngest killers
One 16-year-old went looking for pot at a Brookline High School graduation party, then shot the guest of honor in the chest when he got a racial slur instead.
- After the quake, praise becomes resentment in ...
No one doubted that the violent earthquake that laid waste to Haiti's weary capital city in January 2010 would drastically change the country. In the minute it took to topple buildings, crush limbs and steal nearly 250,000 lives, the Haitian landscape was forever altered.
- Tech in ’12: Apple may be in more troubl ...
by Eric Pettifor First of all, I’m not going to predict the end of the world. I know, 2012 is the year that the Mayan long count calendar ends, on December 21st, to be exact, but somehow I doubt it will be terminal. Really, our best shot at near term extinction comes from science. But [...]
- Joe Bodolai’s final hit
A BoB short: A last blog post by Joe Bodolai has gone viral today after the L.A. Police ruled the well-loved comedy writer’s death a suicide. Bodolai, who worked on both “Saturday Night Live” and the “Kids in the Hall” before helping to launch Canada’s Comedy ...
- War on Christmas? I hadn’t noticed.
By Montreal Simon Well I have to hand it to the Cons at Sun News, because if it wasn’t for them I’d never know that a brutal War on Christmas was raging. Although so far most of the reports flowing in from the front seem depressingly familiar. Mostly more scary Lezra and the endless ...
- On Blatchford, Hitchens, and why babies suck
By Frank Moher One is impressed by just how credulous the reading public — that would be you — can be. You see what I just did there? I just insulted you. Conventional wisdom would suggest that insulting one’s readers is not the best way to start an article. But conventional wi ...
- Kent Kills Kyoto: Even the Taiwanese animators ...
By Montreal Simon I could run this old video of Peter Kent introducing a documentary where he calls global warming “the greatest threat to life on the planet” and warns that the devastating effects of climate change “will be seen in our children’s lifetime. Or I could run this picture of him ret ...
- Back in the USSA
I’ve been trying to come up with a post for over a month now but don’t have any good pictures because I’m back in America, sans super cool Nikon which got blown up in the Helmand, and without good pictures I don’t seem to be able to write. That camera cost over a thousand bucks [...]
- The Gladiators
Editors Note: B is taking some time off from destroying Libtards on Thomas Ricks blog to vent on a topic few men will dare touch. At the Foriegn Policy blog he’s been coming up with stuff like this: Personally, I am glad that while I had to worry about leaders who were more worried about ...
- War Groupies
This is the second entry in the new “Paint Baba Tim’s White Fence” program. The first was from my Dad and this one is from my good friend B. Regular readers have probably guessed by now that B and I worked together in Afghanistan and know each other well. As I deal with agen ...
- THE DIVERSITY PLATOON
Editors Note: This post is the first (of what I hope to be many) posts from my father Major General J.D. Lynch Jr. USMC (Ret.) The Current Situation Forty years ago, the American military was held in great contempt by the public it served. The feeling was returned in roughly equal measure. We ...
- EFP’s
During our last trip to Zaranj we had one more task to complete before we went home. The after action report on the ambush of Haji Nematullah, reported they seized three large buckets of Home Made Explosives (HME) and three Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) mines. EFP’s were a big prob ...
- Recycling is not just for Cans
Earlier this year I was asked to replace a leaking roof on a Patio of an Investment Property. The job consisted of Removing the existing Mound City Clay Roof Tiles from the Porch Roof and replacing with Certain Teed 3 Tab-Shingles (Energy Star Rated). Rather than dispose of the Clay Roof Tiles ...
- Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety-
Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety Guest Post by: Ms Sally Davison When it comes to sustainable home construction and renovation, fire safety should also be a concern. Preventing fires is a green practice in itself, because fires present a serious threat to the environment in terms of e ...
- CSP-design with Heat Recovery Unit for added E ...
UPDATE: Concentrated Solar Power Design with Added Heat Recovery Unit Seeking Assistance to bring this design to market. Please use Contact Form Below and Scotty, Scotts Contracting will reply to your message ASAP. Updated Concentrated Solar Power Photovoltaic Design with Added Automatic Heat ...
- Repair It-Don’t Replace It-Concrete Steps
Repairing Concrete Steps instead of Replacing-Job Notes, Suggestions, and Hints. Whether it is downturn of economy or people choosing to save money, many of my clients are choosing to “Repair rather than Replace” the materials used in the construction of their home or business. If yo ...
- Poll-How can I help you Save Money on your Win ...
POll-How can I help you Save Money on your Winter-Time Heating Bills? [contact-form] [/contact-form] Related articles Reduce your heating bill this winter (moneysaversdirect.com) CAD Detail Heat and Cold Loss-2×4 Wall (scottscontracting.wordpress.com) Fall Weatherization Services Offer (scottsco ...
- 21st Century Revolution (free ebook)
Free download at: www.smashwords.com/books/view/120942 [If any of you feel at all guilty about downloading a 326 page ebook without paying for it, you are free to mitigate that guilt by 1) reading the book 2) reviewing the Kindle edition on the Amazon website and/or 3) hitting the ...
- The Charges Against Judge Garzon
Fascist dictator Generalissimo Franco This is the last of three posts about the impending (Jan 17, 2012) trial of Balthasar Garzon, the Spanish judge who ordered the arrest and extradition (from London) of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Recent Wikileaks cables ...
- Judge Garzon and the Bush 6
This is the second of three posts about the impending (Jan 17, 2012) trial of Balthasar Garzon, the Spanish judge who ordered the 1998 arrest and extradition (from London) of former Chilean dictator Ausgusto Pinochet. Recent Wikileaks cables reveal the pressure the US State Department has placed ...
- The Spanish Judge Who Needs Our Support
Judge Balthasar Garzon This is the first of three posts about the impending (Jan 17, 2012) trial of Balthasar Garzon, the Spanish judge who ordered the 1998 arrest and extradition of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet. Recent Wikileaks cables reveal the pressure the US State Depart ...
- The Effect of Public Opinion in Palestine
Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin Hamas by Beverley Milton-Edwards and Stephen Farrell (2010 Polity Press) Book Review – Part II Milton-Edwards’ and Farrell’s 2010 book Hamas makes it strikingly clear that money and public opinion polls have influenced Palestine Liberation Army (PL ...
- Democratic National Committee Chairwoman decli ...
OccupyTheIowaCaucuses.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sunday, January 01, 2012 Contact : Stephen Toothman 515-480-5682 stoothman@yahoo.com Democratic National Committee Chairwoman declines to hear everyday people Occupy the Caucus extended an invitation to Democratic National Committee Chairwoma ...
- Listen to Michael Moore Read 'Gratitude,' the ...
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- Christmas ’43
Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore My dad had noticed for some years that I no longer wanted to shoot guns. He had taken note of when we boys in the neighborhood had stopped playing War. I didn’t know much about his time as a Marine in the South Pacif ...
- PietĆ
Excerpted from Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life by Michael Moore I was lost. I had paused for perhaps too long to inspect the statues in the hallways and the Rotunda, bronzed and marbled renditions of an odd assortment of great and not-so-great Americans: Will Rogers, Daniel Webster, G ...
- Taxes (and Pepper Spray) Are for the Little Pe ...
The New York Daily News reported on December 5th, 2011 that Brookfield Properties -- taking its cue from Leona Helmsley -- owes New York City $139,000 in back taxes. Brookfield is the owner of Zuccotti Park, site of the original Occupy Wall Street encampment, and one of the main forces behind it ...
- Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits ...
For SMB News Indonesian volcano rumbles as president visits camps PURWOBINANGUN: Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed more deadly heat clouds Wednesday as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited some of the 50,000 evacuees in shelters. Searing gas billowed from the crater of the 2,91 ...
- Kasaba throws spit on the camera
\Kasaba throws spit on cameraMUMBAI: Ajmal Kasaba webcam spit on Tuesday during a hearing in the Bombay High Court for confirmation of the death penalty, which led the court strictly tell him to behave properly. Judjes a warning when they Kasaba altercation with the police and spit at the camera ...
- K’taka Speaker disqualifies 16 MLAs
For SMB News KBANGALORE: Hours ahead of the trust vote for beleaguered Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa in the Assembly, Speaker K G Bopaiah disqualified sixteen rebel MLAs, including eleven from ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), legislative sources said on Monday. Bopaiah signed the ...
- Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8
For SMB News Twin bombing at Shah Ghazi’s shrine kills 8 KARACHI: Eight people including two children were killed and over 65 others suffered injuries when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside Abdullah Shah Ghazi’s shrine in Clifton, official sources said here Thursday. Two heads, beli ...
- Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistake
For SMB News Musharraf seeks Pak nation’s apology for ‘mistakes’ LONDON: Former president Gen. (Retd.) Pervez Musharraf Friday admitted that political mistakes were committed in the twilight years of his regime and sought apology from Pakistani nation for the same. “These mistakes caused damage ...
- What We Talk About When We Talk About Protecti ...
This post originally appeared on The Green Skeptic in March 2008, when I was about to speak at the Aspen Environment Forum. It's reprinted here as I am on hiatus from writing the blog. I promise to be back at it soon. Meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this piece. --Scott ## Everything we think abou ...
- MIT Study: Rebound Effects Erode Auto Efficien ...
Automotive engines steadily improved in efficiency by roughly 60 percent from 1980 to 2006, according to a new study by MIT economist Christopher Knittel. That means we could already be driving cars that get an average of 37 miles per gallon (MPG), well above today's average of 27 MPG.
- A Look Forward to 2012 from Carbon War Room
Dear friends, colleagues, and fearless change-makers,The Carbon War Room had a very busy and productive 2011 which would not have been possible without all your support. As we enter 2012, we also acknowledge strong headwinds in the form of an embattled global deal, low carbon prices, and in ...
- What Would It Be Like if the GOP Abolished the ...
The Republican Party has turned the Environmental Protection Agency into a political punching bag in the past year. GOP lawmakers routinely call for abolishing the agency and scraping the government standards that protect us from pollution. These attacks are part of the GOP’s larger ideological ...
- New Privacy Guidelines for Electricity Data Wi ...
It’s difficult to imagine life without electricity. Our lives and lifestyles are so thoroughly intertwined with electricity that any disruptions in power can rapidly transform from minor inconveniences into life-threatening situations. Thus the need for grid modernization – the Smart ...
- Poll puts Ron Paul neck-and-neck with Obama
New Hampshire will host the nation’s first primary of 2012 on Tuesday, and although Election Day is still months away, it looks to be a heated matchup between President Obama and the top-tier Republican candidates. No matter which GOP hopeful walks away from New Hampshire with this win Wednesda ...
- Iran attack to terminate in vortex of war
An American analyst maintains that a possible military strike on Iran by the US or its lackey, Israel, will lead to a vicious circle of retaliation which may draw the whole world into the vortex of war. “Whether the United States launches a major assault on Iran or Israel does, Iran will retalia ...
- U.S. Pushing World to the Brink of World War
While local U.S. police use excessive force and violence against OWS protesters, the U.S. government continues to attempt to spread “freedom and democracy” of this exact same kind around the world. Reports come in daily about beatings, clubbings, tasering, a female having her bicycle ...
- Iran says it will close Strait of Hormuz if cr ...
Tehran’s leadership has decided to order a blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz if the country’s oil exports are blocked, a senior Revolutionary Guard Commander said as reported by Iranian press. The strategic decision was made by Iran’s top authorities, Ali Ashraf Nouri said, as ci ...
- Russian Move Against US Called “First Shot” Of ...
A grim Ministry of Finance report prepared for Prime Minister Putin is warning today that the decision by Iran to cease taking US Dollars for its oil could very be the “first shot” fired in World War III, and one which Russia will be blamed for by the Obama regime. According to this report, Iran ...
- Symptoms and Treatments of Diabetes Insipidus
Diabetes Insipidus ( or DI ) is a health condition that is often distinguished by extreme thirst along with excessively diluted urination . DI is similar in characteristics to untreated Diabetes ( or Diabetes Mellitus) but without the onset of blood glucose elevation. One of the major differ ...
- Natural Acne Remedies
There are several health conditions that hinder many people’s lives and outlook everyday. Acne is a condition which can affect your self esteem and your life. I’ve known several friends and family members with terrible cases of acne. They would purchase expensive remedies prescribed by docto ...
- Linguistic Observations: Mendoza's Gang Girls ...
Homegirls by Norma Mendoza Denton is a fascinating, and yet, perplexing, view of gangs in the San Francisco Bay area. Over the course of the next few weeks, I'll be providing you incites on the inner workings of the gangs, symbolism of certain material items, and other such related details. ...
- Normal Structure and Function of the Musculosk ...
Mr. Ghaz says: Muscular dystrophies refer to a group of more than 30 genetic diseases which are characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of the skeletal muscles..Studies and estimation show that after sustaining a hip fracture (as a result of osteoporosis) 20% of patients die withi ...
- Reasons to Donate Blood
Have you ever donated blood? If you have why did you do it? It may have been for a loved one or a friend. It could have been for the free coupons and gift certificates blood centers provide for donations. Maybe you’re required to donate blood being that you’re in the medical field. In actua ...
- Nokia CEO: MS Purchase Rumors Bogus
PCMAG: Is Nokia looking to sell the smartphone division to Microsoft? Elop: As we've described it before, the rumors are baseless, and some people who seem to enjoy generating rumors are running out of fresh material, so it seems to have come up again. I have nothing else to say. - Sascha Seg ...
- US body probes RIM, Nokia, Apple backdoor claims
A US government body is investigating allegations that mobile device manufacturers Apple, RIM and Nokia allowed Indian military intelligence backdoor access to communications in exchange for Indian market presence...."I am going to decline to comment further but can deny that backdoor access was ...
- Nokia Store gets 11 million downloads [Symbian ...
If ever there was proof that the Symbian OS is still going strong, it's the recent news that the Nokia Store is attracting more than 11 million downloads per day on Symbian devices such as the Nokia N8, Nokia C3 and Nokia 5800. - Alex Bentley, NokNok
- Sony: It's time to try harder
Sony, a company whose name was once synonymous with electronics greatness, came to the Consumer Electronics Show this year as just one of the crowd - a company with some new TVs, cameras and phones. The company's top executives explain why they're not further ahead by blaming past mistakes, and ...
- Joi Ito: Open-source hardware is a no brainer
Ito used the birth of Google as an example of the creativity open-source software enabled. If Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page started out without open source, they would have had to spend big money on operating systems and other commercial software to do what they did, he said. Bu ...
- FDA changing course on antibiotics in livestock
Little River Farm, 1979. Yvonne Jacquette, American (Metropolitan Museum) American farmers have been feeding antibiotics to their livestock (which includes cattle, pigs, chickens and turkeys) since the 1950s, claiming that the practice keeps the animals healthier and enables them to grow faster. ...
- Liberty Square is free! Jan 11, 2012
Liberty Square is free! Thanks to the awesome work of our legal allies at the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) and the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) the NYPD, AKA Bloomberg’s Army, was forced to take down their barricades around Liberty Square. Since the eviction the park was fortres ...
- Whither the bees, go we
Mother Jones: A study from Purdue researchers casts further suspicion on Bayer’s money-minting concoctions. To understand the new paper—published in the peer-reviewed journal Plos One—it’s important to know how seed treatments work: The pesticides are applied directly to seeds before planting, a ...
- Jerry Brown. Trust fund governor
American Leftist takes the interesting view that California Gov. Jerry Brown is just another out-of-touch, uncaring member of the 1%, and as such, supports them not us. Jerry Brown has never had kids, never had to rely upon the public educational system for his education, never had to worry abou ...
- Water forecasts for the Colorado River system ...
The prediction is for a drop of 2.6 million acre feet. The largest single water user on the Colorado River, the Imperial Irrigation District in southeast California, diverted 2.9 million acre feet from the river at Imperial Dam in 2011. Arizona’s entire consumptive use was 2.7 million acre feet ...
- J. Alterman's on America and Egypt
Jon Alterman has an op-ed in the NYT that has some good sense in it but also some very troubling ideas and policy prescriptions. Alterman is quite right to note that by far the most important thing that's happening in Egypt right now is not the confrontations or lack of them in Cairo's very vis ...
- Democracy and human rights in Libya??
I just caught up with this piece by the Guardian's Chris Stephen in Tripoli. (H/T B of MofA.) Tell me again why anyone ever thought that NATO missiles were capable of somehow 'delivering' democracy and a system of respecting basic human rights in Libya? Stephen writes of the country's current ...
- Mrs. Peled and the Palestinian homes of West J ...
I am delighted that my company, Just World books, is publishing Miko Peled's intimate and thought-provoking memoir The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine. (We're already taking advance orders though the book won't be available before the end of February.) Miko has been giving out ...
- Solipsism of U.S. power: Iraq, Libya
This is just a short post to, once again, express my anger and sadness at what the U.S. government has done during nearly nine years of occupation of Iraq. (And also, at what looks very likely to happen over the coming years in U.S.-attacked Libya.) Right now, the particular form of 'constituti ...
- Visser on Iraq in the NYT today
Reidar's op-ed, 'An Unstable, Divided Land' is a must-read. It places due responsibility on the U.S. government-- under both G.W. Bush and Barack Obama-- for the tragedy that most Iraqis continue to live through, today. The news analysis piece that the NYT's own Tim Arango also has in the paper ...
- Instruments of Repression
For a society to be well governed, it's laws must be just and moral. The Ancients knew that "Those who are rightly governed . . . do not fill their porticoes with written statutes but only cherish justice in their souls; for it is not by legislation, but by morals that states are well direct ...
- The Why of Not Doing the Right Thing: The Amer ...
The unfairness of American society is being recognized by many. Eighty-nine percent of Americans say they don't trust their government; Congress has a mere 9% approval rating; America's financial institutions are widely considered to be corrupt; the Occupy movement has emerged, some are seek ...
- The Triumph of Capitalism: Jobless Nations
The Obama administration is intent on applying supply side principles to get the American economy out of the present recession, but supply side principles are based on the belief that if the government cuts taxes on the wealthy, they will invest their savings in new factories, that newly hired w ...
- America's Descent to Depravity
The Protestant ethic once defined the American character. It was held to be responsible for the success of Capitalism in Northern Europe and America by sociologists, but the Protestant ethic and Capitalism are incompatible, and Capitalism ultimately caused the Protestant ethic to be abandoned. A ...
- The Shamans among us: A World of Perpetual Con ...
Economic models are mere policy proposals; they are not the consequences of any economic system based on "natural law or even good theory, " they are not scientific; they are merely ad hoc. Furthermore, deleterious consequences often result from these models. Economists also routinely simpli ...
- 14 Awesome Apps for Your New Smart Phone or Ta ...
Many of you know that I have a passion for technology in addition to health. That was one of the reasons for starting this newsletter 15 years ago, as I was able to merge these two passions. In addition to reviewing health literature, I also review hundreds of blog posts on technology every ...
- The Psychosis-Inducing Beverage Ingredient You ...
By Dr. Mercola If you live in the U.S. and drink Mountain Dew and some other citrus-flavored sodas, then you are also getting a dose of a synthetic chemical called brominated vegetable oil (BVO). BVO was first patented by chemical companies as a flame retardant. The chemical is ...
- Refuse to Eat These Foods - They Could Destroy ...
By Dr. Mercola Genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes could be released into the U.S. environment as early as January 2012. A private firm is planning to initiate the release of the GM mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. The first GM mosquito release took place in the Cayman Islands ...
- This Menace Killed 50% of Rats Tested - But It ...
By Dr. Mercola Monsanto, the world leader in the production of genetically engineered (GE) staple crops, has long claimed that its broad-spectrum herbicide Roundup is safe. In fact, they have even used the following slogans to describe it: "It's Safer than Mowing" "Biodegradable ...
- This "Life Saving" Tool May Lead You Straight ...
By Sayer Ji Early detection through x-ray mammography has been the clarion call of Breast Cancer Awareness campaigns for a quarter of a century now. However, very little progress has been made in making the public aware of the crucial differences between non-malignant lesions/tumors and inv ...
- Loggers invade tribal home of Amazon Indian ch ...
AwĆ” men travel down a road cut by loggers. © UirĆ” Garcia Loggers have invaded the Amazon home of uncontacted AwĆ” Indians, one of whom has reportedly been ‘burned alive’. Members of the Guajajara tribe, which also inhabits the area, have said that they came across the burned remains of an A ...
- Police involvement in ‘human safaris’ exposed ...
Tourist films Jarawa on the Andaman Trunk Road © Survival British newspaper The Observer has revealed evidence of police involvement in ‘human safaris’ in India’s Andaman Islands. The scandal, first exposed by Survival in 2010, involves tourists using an illegal road to enter the reserve o ...
- Christmas reindeer mystery as world’s largest ...
The reindeer is central to the lives and cultures of indigenous peoples across the sub-Arctic © Joelle Taillon/Survival The world’s largest reindeer herd has plummeted in size, with local indigenous people blaming the spread of massive industrial projects in the area. The George River herd ...
- Jumma woman killed as tension mounts in Chitta ...
The body of Chigon Mila Chakma, who was killed on Wednesday © Survival A Jumma tribal woman, Chigon Mila Chakma, was killed in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh when settlers attacked Jummas at a market on Wednesday. At least ten Jummas, the indigenous inhabitants of the Chittagong H ...
- Guarani man dies of gunshot wound following attack
Guarani man. The Guarani have been suffering increasing threats and violence in recent months. © JoaĆ³ Ripper/Survival A Guarani Indian from central Brazil has died of his injuries, two years after his community was attacked by gunmen. Rosalino Lopes, 50, was shot in the abdomen and left pa ...
- tough times for twinkies: hostess files for ba ...
financial woes include high cost of ingredients, debt* from nydailynews.com: For Hostess, there hadn’t been a lot to ‘ho ho’ about for a while. The maker of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in recent years, the Wall Street Journal r ...
- restaurants' used fryer oil attracting thieves
from smh: Companies that collect used cooking grease from US restaurants have turned to all forms of sleuthing in recent years. Private investigators. Surveillance cameras. And still containers full of used fryer oil are slipping through their fingers. For years, restaurants had to pay companies ...
- fast food: hotel room service speeds up
from usatoday.com: Some hotels are starting to deliver room service like Domino's delivers pizza: fast, and sometimes free if it isn't. •The Four Seasons is rolling out "15-minute room service" at all its hotels. At resorts with long distances between the kitchen and rooms, the wait can be 20 m ...
- japan plans robot farm in disaster area
from upi.com: Japan says a futuristic robotic farm will be built on land swamped by the March 11 tsunami as part of an experimental government project. The Ministry of Agriculture project will see unmanned tractors working the fields of the farm on a 600-acre site in the disaster zone, Britain' ...
- virginia student's death spotlights food aller ...
from cbs: The death of a 7-year-old girl at school from a peanut allergy has raised questions about a school's responsibility in treating kids with food allergies. Two days ago, Ammaria Johnson died after suffering an allergic reaction at Hopkins Elementary School in Chesterfield Country, Va., W ...
- The Bait of Christian Fundamentalism in Africa
source: Huffington Post, 8/24/2011 Michael Mungai Co-founder, Dagoretti 4 Kids I grew up in the hovels of Dagoretti, an impoverished suburb in the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Raised by an unemployed single mother, my two siblings and I would take turns missing school to babysit our ...
- Puttur: Four Arrested for Forcing Religious Co ...
source: Daijiworld, Aug 29, 2011 Puttur, Aug 29: Four persons, reportedly belonging to a Christian sect, were handed over to the police by the residents of Boodujal of Nedle village near Uppinangady on Sunday August 28. The locals, including some dalits, accused K J Kunhimonu (30) from Mun ...
- Andhra Pradesh: Church priest rapes minor girl ...
source: India today, July 1, 2011 A Christian priest has been arrested for raping a 16-year-old girl and setting her ablaze in his house at Nadendla village of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh.
- The changing face of the church
source: Deccan chronicle, July 13, 2011 Its a well-documented fact that people adopt aspects of other cultures around them. The churches in Andhra Pradesh are following this custom and Indianising some of practices. At St Andrews Orthodox Church, West Marredpally, a Dwaja Stambam has been ...
- Pastors wife accuses him of sexual abuse of mi ...
source: Bangalore Mirror, June 17, 2011 In her police complaint, Priyalatha has charged Shantaraju, pastor of Bethel Church and Bethel Student Centre, with having sex with young girls and getting them to abort S Shyam Prasad
- How To Prepare For The Difficult Years Ahead
How should people prepare for the difficult years that are coming? I get asked about that a lot. Once people really examine the facts, it is not too hard to convince them that an economic collapse is coming. But once they accept that reality, most of them want to know what the ...
- Tebow Time
As a result of the absolutely stunning 29-23 overtime victory by the Denver Broncos over the Pittsburgh Steelers, it seems inevitable that "Tebow Time" will become a household phrase all over America. The string of last second victories that we have seen Tim Tebow pull out this ...
- Look Out Below – The Nightmarish Decline ...
The euro is a dying currency. On Thursday, the EUR/USD fell below 1.28 for the first time since September 2010. In fact, as I write this the EUR/USD is sitting at 1.2791. Back in July, the EUR/USD was over 1.45. But this is just the beginning. The euro is going to go a lot l ...
- 34 Shocking Facts About U.S. Debt That Should ...
We have all been lied to. For decades, the leaders of both major political parties have promised us that they can fix our current system and that they can get our national debt under control. As the 2012 election approaches, they are making all kinds of wild promises once again ...
- When Times Get Tough, The Tough Get A Backbone
Do not ever give up. That is one of the secrets to life. Almost everyone comes to a moment in life when things look absolutely hopeless. But those that have come through those moments know that there is always a way to turn things around. When times get tough, the tough get a ...
- Ron Paul: The role of Government is the protec ...
With an eye on the United States, we're a long time admirer of the constitution defending, liberty and freedom candidate - Ron Paul. Dismissed and ignored by the establishment, he is - nonetheless - enjoying huge support amongst the 17-29yo age group, propelling him to second yesterday in the ...
- Quote of the Day: 10th January 2012
"Whilst for Scots arguing over their identity and external relationships the prime issue is England, for the English arguing over the same things the main issue is the EU. The Prime Minister will discover when moving into this territory for public debate that English nationalism is on the ris ...
- Isn't that bordering on the High Crime of Trea ...
While Nick Clegg's long and lucrative career links with the European Union and it's offshoots is well documented, his loyalties to Brussels appear to be edging him towards spoken statements which could, some might say, constitute the High Crime of treason. While LibDem Diana Wallis was yester ...
- Sunday Paper Review: 8th January 2012
2012. Here's our first Sunday Paper Review of the year. Now, do you think we'll see anything different, giving this new year an identity all of it's own yet? Probably not. Fake boobies could spell the end of Rumpy-Pumpy in Britain. The Independent on Sunday reports that EU plans to draw up po ...
- We've Got A Constitution And We're Gonna Use It
Reflecting on the achievements on this blog, one thing we're very proud of is our role in highlighting the treason laws. We feel that we were one of a small number of seeds that nurtured and stimulated public debate on the issue until - eventually - there seems to be widespread awareness of b ...
- Search for new executive director of Center on ...
Karen Greenberg, executive director of NYU Law’s Center on Law and Security (CLS), announced she is leaving to pursue other career opportunities. Greenberg’s tenure as executive director began with the founding of the Center in 2003. Under her stewardship, CLS … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
Today’s Terrorism News post will be the last one for the summer. Along with the staff here at the Center on Law and Security, and with particular thanks to The Soufan Group for its generous support and to Carolyn O’Hara … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group At Radicalization Hearing, Rep. King Says al Shabab Poses Threat Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) held a third congressional hearing on Islamic radicalization in the United States Wednesday, this one focused on the threat of … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group Four Indicted for Drug Trafficking to Benefit Terrorism Federal prosecutors in New York unsealed indictments Tuesday against four men they say conspired to sell drugs and buy weapons for Hezbollah and the Taliban in … Continue reading →
- Today’s Terrorism News
In Association with The Soufan Group In Arkansas, Man Accused of Killing Soldier Strikes Plea Deal A man on trial for shooting two U.S. soldiers, one of whom was killed, outside of a military recruiting station in 2009 reached a … Continue reading →
- Android 4.0 ICS Inspired GNOME Shell Theme
More GNOME Shell themes for ya. Following is one of the most distinctive GNOME Shell theme I have seen so far. This particular GNOME Shell theme, aptly named as Ice Cream Shell, is inspired from the latest version of Android OS called Android 4.0 codenamed Ice Cream Sandwich. To put it lightly ...
- Samsung's Profits Soar Powered by its Arsenal ...
Asia's largest consumer electronics company, Samsung Electronics, is on a roll. Beating all estimates, Samsung reported a record quarterly profit, primarily on back of surging sales of its Galaxy line of Android smartphones. Smartphone shipments were so massive that it completely masked Sa ...
- 10 Greatest Android Games for 2011
It's 2012 already and the impact Android had on the overall mobile eco system in the year 2011 was nothing short of spectacular. Nearly 700,000 Android activations are happening everyday(which doesn't include Amazon, Nook tablets apparently) and Android Market is teeming with some 400,000 ...
- Ubuntu One Files for iOS App Released
Canonical kicked off the new year in style. Ubuntu One client for Android and Windows platforms were released some months ago and finally the iOS version is also here. Ubuntu One is now a truly multi-platform cloud storage service like Dropbox for example. Ubu ...
- Wikipedia Raises $20M, Will Continue to be the ...
Remember those huge fundraising banners atop every Wikipedia page? Well, now it's gone, thanks to its loyal users from all across the globe who pitched in with whatever they can. Wikimedia Foundation has raised some 20 million USD during the fundraising drive, enough to meet most of its requir ...
- WHY I WILL PRESS CHARGES AGAINST BILD AND SPRI ...
The impact of Germany’s Bild newspaper and Springer Verlag on the country’s society and political processes has become a serious cause for concern. I have decided to do my bit to defend press freedom and the president and file charges against Bild and Springer Verlag for their campaign to discr ...
- German policeman’s attempt to smear me b ...
I will be filing charges against a German policeman working for the Baden WĆ¼rttemberg police force who filed charges against me before Christmas claiming harrassment while making false statements (StGB 164, falsche VerdƤchtigung.“) A crooked police man is a danger to his colleagues and to the ge ...
- Some of Austria’s schools suspend vaccin ...
A few weeks after the UK withdrew 300,000 doses of Baxter’s flu vaccine Preflucel and German authorities issued a recall in an alert over side-effects, Austria’s private Catholic schools have suspended vaccinations. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2054160/300-000-doses-flu-vaccine-Pre ...
- Bird flu virus doesn’t jump between huma ...
(Reuters) – The latest bird flu virus that killed a 39-year-old bus driver in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen over the weekend is not yet transmissible between humans, Chinese health authorities said. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/02/us-birdflu-jump-idUSTRE8010UF20120102
- WHO ‘Deeply Concerned’ By Lab-Created Bird Flu ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is “deeply concerned” about researchers creating a more contagious and fatal form of the H5N1 bird flu. Researchers in the Netherlands have manipulated the virus to make it more transmissible among humans, and it could potentially kill millions if rele ...
- Cancer, Aids, and Vaccinations
by Benedict D. LaRosa Previously by Benedict D. LaRosa: The Horror of Gun Control in Mumbai Is there a link between cancer and the polio vaccine? There is a good chance that there is, according to a Baylor University study released on February 18, 1999 and published in the Journal of the Nationa ...
- Leon Panetta admits Iran is not developing a n ...
Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Astoundingly, United States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta openly admitted on national television that Iran is not, in fact, developing nuclear weapons, yet still justified the Western assault on their nuclear program. On the CBS show “Face t ...
- The Terrible Specter of the Dreadful Few
By Les Visible Sometimes I’m embarrassed to have to consider myself a member of the human race. It could be due to the fact that some unfortunate number of us are not members of the human race but rather some sort of alien hybrid that bears as much resemblance to a human being as refrigera ...
- The Gasoline Export Scam
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor You don’t have to be a genius to know that gasoline costs around $3.50 per gallon in the US. What most Americans don’t know is that the only thing keeping the price above $2.00 is the fact that our oil companies are exporting our gasoline at bargain basement prices ...
- The Gasoline Export Scam
By Gordon Duff, Senior Editor You don’t have to be a genius to know that gasoline costs around $3.50 per gallon in the US. What most Americans don’t know is that the only thing keeping the price above $2.00 is the fact that our oil companies are exporting our gasoline at bargain basement prices ...
- Americans Ignored NDA a Precedents At Their Peril
“I believe,” warned James Madison in a speech to the Virginia Convention on June 16, 1788, “there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
- Hebrew and English
While the English Ynet, operates as a Hasbara outlet, spreading Israeli propaganda for the Goyim and English speaking Jews, the Hebrew version, is there to boost the Israeli moral.
- Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – Janu ...
It's not just the troops who go to war, but families as well. Read about the experience of war on the homefront, told by the father of an Iraq Veteran, on VAntage Point.
- It’s ALL a God Thing
People ask me all the time why I went to occupied Palestine [7 times since 2005] and why do I care so much about such a small plot of real estate. I reply, that I went the first time to meet a little boy of Beit Jala, which is a suburb of Bethlehem for he irrevocably changed my life.
- Largest Annual Wheelchair Sports Event in the ...
Registration is open for the 32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world.
- Seeking Economic Truth
John Maynard Keynes understood that economics describes human beings, a fact that modern mainstream economics — the applied theory of "rational expectations" — effectively assumes away. Keynes' biographer, Lord Robert Skidelsky, reminds us that our economic priorities should extend b ...
- Accelerated Ideas
When a retired four star Admiral provides support for nuclear arms control and a few other commendable things, the proper interrogatory is "yes." Or "yes, Sir." A gentleman with a friendly disposition and a cautious but lightning fast mind, Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (Ret.) reasonably assesses the ...
- Codebreaker
In celebration of Veterans Day, here's a question: What if the U.S. had lost the battle of Midway? Mercifully, we'll never know. But the U.S. victory could not have happened without the codebreaking skill and the unflinching courage — a relentless determination to be heard — of Joe R ...
- Made in America
Since elected officials don't seem so interested, around the country local groups are organizing to promote the reindustrialization of America. One of these is SFMade. Robin McRoskey Azevedo is on the board of SFMade and is also President and owner of the McRoskey Mattress Company of San Francis ...
- The Illusion of Free Markets
Let's take the long view. We're unconsciously mired in unexamined 18th century beliefs that color our perceptions in unexpected — and exceedingly harmful — ways. Take one, for example: as Dr. Bernard Harcourt suggests, our notion of a "free market" is the direct intellectual descenda ...
- Stop NATO news: January 11, 2012
==== New U.S. Drone Strikes Kills At Least Four In Pakistan Third Of U.S. Military Aircraft: 40-Fold Increase In Drones U.S. Predator Drone Targeted 35 Kurdish Civilians Killed In Turkey Iran Urges Turkey To Scrap NATO Missile System Iran Scenario: U.S. To Bring Israel Into NATO Tectonic Rumblin ...
- Greek and Roman writers on war and peace
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts ==== Aeschylus: Ares, father of tears, mows the field of man Aesop: The lies of lupine liberators Aristides on the two types of war: Bad and worse Aristophanes: Rescuing Peace Arrian: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and the fate of conque ...
- Tacitus: The robbery, slaughter and plunder th ...
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace ==== Tacitus From Agricola Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb Quoting a leader of the Britons, Galgacus: “Whenever I consider the origin of this war and the necess ...
- Stop NATO news: January 10, 2012
==== Washington To Deploy Snipers For Chicago NATO, G8 Summits Pentagon: NATO To Control Europe As U.S. Shifts East U.S. Expands Global Missile Shield System To Persian Gulf NATO Task Force Flagship Visits Oman Raytheon Gets $30 Million For Israeli Interceptor Missiles NATO Officials To Meet In ...
- Victor Hugo: International Peace Congress 1851
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Victor Hugo: The Face Of Cain, Hunters Of Men, Sublime Cutthroats ==== Victor Hugo From address to the International Peace Congress London, 1851 Gentlemen, if someone four centuries ago, at a time when war raged from parish to pari ...
- Ohio: Seismologist Shills for Big Oil: ‘ ...
The Intel Hub January 10, 2012 A seismologist shills for “Big Oil” as water from your kitchen sick could ignite! It has been openly admitted that gas fracking causes earthquakes and more (this is not a conspiracy). Recently, there has been signs of a cover-up in Ohio— the fact that ...
- NDAA Protests End In Ironic Swarm Of Arrests
Brandon Smith Alt-Market.com January 10, 2012 The absurdity of America today never ceases to amaze. In fact, it has become so elaborate that one might even suggest it has reached a kind of poetic symmetry. When a protest group is willing to stick their necks out to expose the horror of the Nati ...
- Chemtrail Activism Hits Pop Culture
The Intel Hub January 11, 2012 Due to information presented from people such as Michael Murphy (the maker of What In the World Are They Spraying?) and other press outlets such as The Intel Hub — chemtrail awareness is almost common amongst well researched individuals. However, what if we could r ...
- Second in New Hampshire: Ron Paul’s Speech and ...
Infowars.com January 10, 2012 Transcript follows video below: PAUL: Thank you very much. I — I really don’t have to introduce my wife. I think you know my wife, Carol. (APPLAUSE) And we have a few other members of the family here. We have a daughter-in-law, Peggy. And… (APPLAUSE) We have Lisa, L ...
- Reporter Kicked Out of Event for Asking Mitt ...
The Intel Hub January 10, 2011 Mitt Romney, the establishment pro Federal Reserve candidate. Independent journalist Luke Rudkowski confronts Mitt Romney. From Video Description: Please help support our existence so we can do more road trips to primary states and ask the questions that are never ...
- Obama’s Guantanamo failure
10-year anniversary highlights Obama’s Guantanamo failure EuroNews, 11/01/12 It has been 10 years since the first prisoners arrived at the Guantanamo detention centre in Cuba. A total of 779 prisoners have passed through the naval base since it started holding prisoners suspected of having links ...
- GuantƔnamo Prisoners Stage Peaceful Protest an ...
10.1.12 by Andy Worthington Today, prisoners at GuantƔnamo will embark on a peaceful protest, involving sit-ins and hunger strikes, to protest about their continued detention, and the continued existence of the prison at GuantƔnamo Bay, Cuba, three years after President Obama came to office prom ...
- Nigerians in US and Occupy Movement protest Ni ...
Nigerians in Atlanta Protest Subsidy Removal Nasiru L. Abubakar 10 January 2012–Nigerians and friends of Nigeria, including leaders of the “Occupy Atlanta” movement, staged a protest against the removal of fuel subsidy and rising insecurity in Nigeria. According to a post by on ...
- Condemn Use of U.S. Military to Escort Scab Gr ...
San Francisco Labor Council Resolution – Adopted Jan. 9, 2012 by unanimous vote Whereas, EGT, a joint venture led by multinational grain giant Bunge, agreed to hire union Longshoremen when accepting millions in taxpayer funds to build a huge new grain exporting terminal at the Port of Longview W ...
- Protest planned for first ship to dock at EGT ...
Protest planned for first ship to dock at EGT grain terminal By Erik Olson / The Daily News | Friday, January 6, 2012 The U.S. Coast Guard will escort the first ship coming to the EGT grain terminal at the Port of Longview this month, and the Occupy movement and local labor groups say they ...
- Congressional Traitors in the USA – Pass ...
The traitors in the US Congress along with the Nobel Peace Prize winning President have committed yet another act of treason, passing the National Defence Authorisation Act with provisions that make indefinite detention of US citizens "legal".
- Dale Farm Video – ‘Green Belt̵ ...
On this Christmas Day, like many Christmas Day’s past, I hope to do something good, as opposed to the base level conditioned craving for material crap. So today I give a gift to the residents of Dale Farm, to all Gypsies and Travellers who know all too well the sting of injustice. I only wish ...
- American Patriot Ron Paul – Ron Paul 201 ...
Never in modern day history has a presidential candidate with a real chance had as much integrity, intelligence and courage as Ron Paul.
- Igniting & Uniting – Working with Occupy ...
Have just got off the phone with Occupy Movement representatives including OMC (Occupy Marines), we are officially working together. Have had contact with Anonymous recently and the same is true. I will work with any and all who are serious about showing the powers that be that their time is run ...
- Dale Farm (a video poem) Read by the Heretic
As I look over Dale Farm today I see the inevitable world envisioned by the 1% A toxic, scarred, inhospitable landscape, a terrestrial hell suitable for Satan himself.
- Life is change and change is life
And here is proof: The Courant's parent company, Tribune, is backing away from maintaining this particular blog format -- Movable Type -- in favor of another blog platform, one that is unworkable here. Namely, the new format allows blog comments to go online unapproved, and -- I say th ...
- Maybe CEO salaries need a Buffett rule
"Peer benchmarking" helps move compensation for CEOs ever higher. Perhaps one of the high-dollar bosses should take a page from Warren Buffett, who in August suggested in a New York Times essay that the rich don't carry their weight in taxes. Meanwhile, Buffett, himself, has refined his earlier ...
- De-pinkifying breast cancer
There's a growing movement that seeks to turn the pink ribbon upside down. You can read more here. Flickr photo
- Why the occupation?
You can see more Mother Jones charts here. You can read about Hartford's budding Occupation here, with a planning meeting set for 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bushnell Park, and again at 5 p.m.
- Cleansing after Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur starts at sundown on Friday and here's one man's take on it. Flickr photo
- MIT's Nano-Bio-Bandage Can Stop Your Bleeding ...
Bleeding out on the battlefield--far from the trauma wards and triage units that might save their lives--is a scenario that soldiers simply have to live with (and try like hell to avoid). But thanks to a nanoscale breakthrough at MIT, the chances of it happening could be significantly reduced. R ...
- The Lovely Sunset On Exoplanet HD 209458 b
We may never see the surface of a planet in another solar system, but that doesn’t mean we can’t imagine it with great accuracy. Equipped with careful observations, it’s possible to visualize the sunset as it would look from a distant exoplanet. This is what it looks like. This image, created b ...
- Scientists Build a Data Storage Device Out of ...
It’s good smoked, straight up on the grill with a little lemon and butter, or rolled into sushi. And now, thanks to researchers at Taiwan’s Tsing Hua University and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, salmon is also good sandwiched between two electrodes. Using silver nanoparticles ...
- Maldivian Leaders Might Move the Entire Nation ...
If their islands are deluged by rising seawater, the people of the Maldives would have to evacuate, becoming the first refugees driven from their homes by global warming. Their president considers this an eventuality, not a possibility, and so he is buying up land in foreign countries and urging ...
- To Track Mental Illness, Researchers Are Takin ...
DNA extracted from canned human brains could help researchers studying mental health disorders, if scientists can figure out how to mine it. Preserved brains taken from autopsied patients — some dating to the 1890s — could serve as a new archive of old data related to mental health. The Indiana ...
- Americans Ignored NDA a Precedents At Their Peril
“I believe,” warned James Madison in a speech to the Virginia Convention on June 16, 1788, “there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.”
- Hebrew and English
While the English Ynet, operates as a Hasbara outlet, spreading Israeli propaganda for the Goyim and English speaking Jews, the Hebrew version, is there to boost the Israeli moral.
- Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News – Janu ...
It's not just the troops who go to war, but families as well. Read about the experience of war on the homefront, told by the father of an Iraq Veteran, on VAntage Point.
- It’s ALL a God Thing
People ask me all the time why I went to occupied Palestine [7 times since 2005] and why do I care so much about such a small plot of real estate. I reply, that I went the first time to meet a little boy of Beit Jala, which is a suburb of Bethlehem for he irrevocably changed my life.
- Largest Annual Wheelchair Sports Event in the ...
Registration is open for the 32nd National Veterans Wheelchair Games, the largest annual wheelchair sports event in the world.
- 2011 - 9th warmest globally on satellite record
The Global temperature in December, according to the UAH satellite measure, showed little change from the previous month with an anomaly of +0.127C above the running 30 year mean, shown on the graph below. Adjusted to the more standard time period, the anomaly is approximately +0.380C abov ...
- Gales continue to batter Britain
The Met Office have again warned of severe gales into this evening and overnight across much of Eastern England from the Pennines to the coast, and the Scottish Borders to the Wash. Gusts could reach 70mph in more exposed areas. This comes hot off the heels of yesterday's storm, more powerful ...
- Weather review of 2011 - a year of extremes
It has been the most remarkable twelve months since I began forecasting twenty years ago. The brutal weather of last December, which was the coldest since 1890, continued into the New Year, with more widespread disruption due to ice and snow for commuters as people ventured back to work. The ...
- Fabulous display of Lenticular clouds
Cloud enthusiasts have been in their element this afternoon by a wonderful display of stationary lens-shaped clouds, called Altocumulus Lenticularis, visible across many parts of Yorkshire. The clouds have formed as stable but moist air has travelled across the Pennines, causing a standing wav ...
- UAH Satellite global temperature update
The latest global temperature for November has finally been released and according to the UAH measure it showed little change from the previous month with an anomaly of +0.123C above the running 30 year mean, shown on the graph below. Adjusted to the more standard time period, the anomaly ...
- The Agony of Wolfgang Munchau, Euro Hater
Brother will kill brother; spill blood across the land Killing for religion is something I don't understand... Do Financial Times columnists listen to Megadeth? I admittedly do--and proudly so. One of my trademark posts in the run-up to the global financial crisis concerned "The Subprime Wisdom ...
- Stephen Roach: It's Still Bet On China, Not India
Rumours of China's imminent demise are much exaggerated--or so says Stephen Roach (inveterate PRC fan). In a new al-Jazeera op-ed, he addresses the alleged seeds of China's downfall alike excess real estate investment (the PRC's subprime moment?) and excessive lending of state banks by official ...
- Hugo Away: Chavez Ignores World Bank on Exxon
File this under: pre-emptive strike. It appears that the indefatigable Hugo Chavez is back on the warpath against all things American. A few days ago he publicly suspected the United States of unleashing cancer on fellow left-leaning Latin American leaders. In less improbable news, however, we n ...
- Counterpoint: Japan's Lost Decade is a Myth
The New York Times features an op-ed from Eamonn Fingleton arguing that Japan never suffered from a lost decade then and is doing perfectly well now. (He's been making this point for over a decade.) While I would probably agree that Japan's stagnation has been overstated by Western media, Fingle ...
- Comrade Bob Mugabe and the Dictator Fun Club
I'm a bit tardy here (apologies), but better late than never. Name the chicken restaurant chain and I've probably patronized it before: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Chick Fil A, Kenny Rogers Roasters, El Pollo Loco and so forth. Nando's is in a unique position of being a very international chain t ...
- How To Prepare For The Difficult Years Ahead
How should people prepare for the difficult years that are coming? I get asked about that a lot. Once people really examine the facts, it is not too hard to convince them that an economic collapse is coming. But once they accept that reality, most of them want to know what the ...
- Tebow Time
As a result of the absolutely stunning 29-23 overtime victory by the Denver Broncos over the Pittsburgh Steelers, it seems inevitable that "Tebow Time" will become a household phrase all over America. The string of last second victories that we have seen Tim Tebow pull out this ...
- Look Out Below – The Nightmarish Decline ...
The euro is a dying currency. On Thursday, the EUR/USD fell below 1.28 for the first time since September 2010. In fact, as I write this the EUR/USD is sitting at 1.2791. Back in July, the EUR/USD was over 1.45. But this is just the beginning. The euro is going to go a lot l ...
- 34 Shocking Facts About U.S. Debt That Should ...
We have all been lied to. For decades, the leaders of both major political parties have promised us that they can fix our current system and that they can get our national debt under control. As the 2012 election approaches, they are making all kinds of wild promises once again ...
- When Times Get Tough, The Tough Get A Backbone
Do not ever give up. That is one of the secrets to life. Almost everyone comes to a moment in life when things look absolutely hopeless. But those that have come through those moments know that there is always a way to turn things around. When times get tough, the tough get a ...
- Poll puts Ron Paul neck-and-neck with Obama
New Hampshire will host the nation’s first primary of 2012 on Tuesday, and although Election Day is still months away, it looks to be a heated matchup between President Obama and the top-tier Republican candidates. No matter which GOP hopeful walks away from New Hampshire with this win Wednesda ...
- Iran attack to terminate in vortex of war
An American analyst maintains that a possible military strike on Iran by the US or its lackey, Israel, will lead to a vicious circle of retaliation which may draw the whole world into the vortex of war. “Whether the United States launches a major assault on Iran or Israel does, Iran will retalia ...
- U.S. Pushing World to the Brink of World War
While local U.S. police use excessive force and violence against OWS protesters, the U.S. government continues to attempt to spread “freedom and democracy” of this exact same kind around the world. Reports come in daily about beatings, clubbings, tasering, a female having her bicycle ...
- Iran says it will close Strait of Hormuz if cr ...
Tehran’s leadership has decided to order a blockade of the strategic Strait of Hormuz if the country’s oil exports are blocked, a senior Revolutionary Guard Commander said as reported by Iranian press. The strategic decision was made by Iran’s top authorities, Ali Ashraf Nouri said, as ci ...
- Russian Move Against US Called “First Shot” Of ...
A grim Ministry of Finance report prepared for Prime Minister Putin is warning today that the decision by Iran to cease taking US Dollars for its oil could very be the “first shot” fired in World War III, and one which Russia will be blamed for by the Obama regime. According to this report, Iran ...
- You Ensured We Never Had A Chance
This poem is dedicated to all the apologists, enablers and paedophile protectors of the catholic church. But particularly to the founder of the Passionist family group movement who introduced a monster into family homes. He then let this criminal have even more unsupervised access to his favouri ...
- More Damning Evidence Vatican Couldn’t G ...
The Netherlands has recently been added to the growing list of countries or local authorities to have conducted official investigations into the catholic church’s cover up of widespread child rape. Just like those in the US and Ireland, Dutch authorities found the actions, or lack of actio ...
- Translating Church-speak
The Catholic Church hierarchy used to be able to manipulate and hoodwink their local populace by speaking, writing, singing, praying and conducting business in Latin. A simple but very effective means to disempower a local populace, especially when coupled with the impossibility of any but the r ...
- State Gives Church A Beginners Lesson In Morality
The recent revelations that football coaching staff and their supervisors at Penn State University have been up to the Catholic Church’s old tricks has devastated victims of Catholic Church enabled child rape as much as the community directly affected by the crimes and their repercussions. ...
- Catholics Sit On Hands While Kids Are Raped Bu ...
Catholic spokespersons, including the repulsive child rape apologist Bill Donohue, have called Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon obscene for an off the cuff reference to the Paedophile Protector in Chief, Joseph Ratzinger, also known as Pope Benedict XVI. She called His Greediness a nazi. Determi ...
- 2012-01-10 #WikiLeaks News: Army monitored twe ...
Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a daily news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. News A document containing analysis of news coverage of Bradley Manning’s pretrial hearing by ...
- 2012-01-09 #WikiLeaks News: Judge silenced due ...
Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a daily news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. News Cables published by WikiLeaks reveal that the US State Department placed pressure on Spa ...
- 2012-01-10 Occupy Nigeria - 1st African fruits ...
Tweet Follow #OccupyNigeria on twitter for the latest news. ”Out of Africa always comes something new” wrote the Roman historian Pliny, (23-79 A.D.) With Mummar Qaddafi gone from Libyan, this old adage will almost certainly gain new meaning because Qaddafi was not only the dictator who ruled ...
- A proposal for governance: Stigmergy, beyond c ...
TweetThis article is a continuation of the ideas begun in A proposal for governance in the post 2011 world Stigmergy is a mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions. The principle is that the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a next action ...
- 2012-01-08 #WikiLeaks News and Recent Press Co ...
Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a daily news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. News Only 1300 new members needed before activist network Friends of WikiLeaks fully launches ...
- More funds required to continue nutrition and ...
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) reported today that it will continue to distribute food aid to some 1.5 million people each month through its school meals scheme, mother and children nutrition and food-for-work programmes in Haiti, but insufficient funding remains a concern.
- UN human rights chief welcomes lifting of stat ...
The United Nations human rights chief today welcomed the lifting of a state of emergency in Fiji, more than two years after it was imposed, calling it a "step in the right direction" for the Pacific island nation.
- On eve of quake's anniversary, Haitian childre ...
Two years after an earthquake flattened Haiti, the country's children are slowly experiencing improvements in their living standards despite continuing challenges, a United Nations report announced today.
- Post-earthquake assistance in Haiti shifts to ...
The allocation of resources for Haiti's recovery from the devastating earthquake two years ago has shifted to reconstruction, infrastructure restoration, debris removal, job creation and capacity building, senior United Nations officials said today, noting, however, that considerable humanitaria ...
- Two years after Haitian quake, UN Ambassador A ...
Almost two years after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, a high-profile advocate for the United Nations food relief agency has visited the Caribbean country to survey the agency's efforts in fighting malnutrition among those made homeless by the disaster.
- The Magic Weed
Hemp growing doesn't need any weed killing, no pesticide. Its raw material grows naturally and it doesn't need chemical intervention.
- Blood Coltan
Blood coltan still exists. I'm holding a mobile phone. And I know that the microprocessor it contains uses coltan. And if this coltan has been obtained at the massacre of 10 or 20 villagers through slave labor, the suffering of children forced to work in the mines by the armed militia. This is i ...
- CAMP FEMA 2: Enemy of the State
Some state governments passed measures to forcibly quarantine residents, incarcerate those who refuse to be vaccinated, and to forcibly vaccinate your children. Legislation like this passed during the much hyped H1N1 flu outbreak.
- Hangar 18: The UFO Warehouse
Not only was debris from many UFO crashes allegedly shipped to the base, but from the late 1940s until the end of the late 1960s, all reports regarding UFOs were conducted at Wright-Patterson for the military's official UFO investigation Project Blue Book.
- HAARP – Everything You Wanted to Know – Nick B ...
You might be surprised at all of the constructive uses HAARP could be used for, but will be even more surprised by its focus on weapons and military applications, such as weather modification, geological disruption such as triggering earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, and perhaps most controver ...
- New Hampshire... Lawmakers Question Obama’s C ...
President Obama is on the Democratic ballot for New Hampshire’s primary on Tuesday, despite the efforts of some Republican state legislators who argue the president doesn’t qualify as a “natural-born citizen.” read more
- The FBI is Misusing 'Community Outreach' Progr ...
The FBI, in true Big Brother fashion, is secretly and deliberately collecting information about innocent Americans for its intelligence files, and illegally recording information about their speech, beliefs, and First Amendment-protected activities. This is bad enough... read more
- Monsanto’s GMO Corn Approved Despite Massive O ...
As previously reported, while people were de-stressing and enjoying their much needed time off during the holidays, the United States Department of Agriculture announced its approval of Monsanto’s ‘drought tolerant’ genetically engineered corn. ~ Mike Barrett read more
- Hugo Chavez... Once Again Warms the Hearts and ...
Hugo Chavez is one of leaders Washington most likes to paint as an enemy of America, but contrary to this logic, there are thousands in the US who have warm feelings for the flamboyant Venezuelan leader. ~ Video read more
- All in the 'Family'... Romney and Huntsman are ...
An online family-history database has found that the GOP candidates Mitt Romney, Jon Huntsman, and even Rick Perry have some very influential Republican relations. Believe it or not, Mitt Romney and George W. Bush are cousins — 10th cousins, twice removed, that is. read more
- 40,000 New Laws For 2012
How many laws can you remember and keep straight in your head so as to assure yourself that you will not break any? How about 40,000? That’s just the number of new laws enacted in the United States for 2012 alone! Your politicians are busy at work increasing the tangled web of laws, some o ...
- War Drums
Whenever I switch the TV News or read other mainstream news these days, I’m constantly seeing and hearing about Iran this and Iran that… nuclear development this and strait-of-hormuz that… Ahmadinejad this and Israel that… it’s as if the mainstream is throwing ̵ ...
- Traveling
msb-note The MSB office will be on-the-road for a bit, so, apologies in advance for slightly slower comment moderation. Fresh daily content will be ongoing, and hopefully most site issues will be minimized or nonexistent thanks to connectivity via T-Mobile G4 (and G3) MiFi. -KenSimilar Articles ...
- Incarcerate Criminals, Not Marines
In the United States, firearms are used as often as 2.5 million times each year in self defense, in the vast majority of cases without a shot being fired. Best estimates reveal that firearms are used three to five times more often for defensive purposes than for criminal acts. Firearms are used ...
- Trouble With The Law You Were Trying To Obey
Guest post: by ‘Be informed’ All of us have mistakenly broken the law, most of the time in very minor ways such as going over the speed limit driving. Many individuals will actually try to get away with breaking the law, sometimes get caught and punished. What though happens when you ...
- Small Screen, Big Idea: GetGlue Positioned To ...
GetGlue's an interesting little entity, and one you may not immediately think of when the topic of social medai, sharing, checkins and social review sites comes up. Yet as its press release today notes, the firm is seeing such success that, following a $6 million funding round in 2010, it's rais ...
- Apple's Education Event, Motorola Cutting Back ...
Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day.Apple's January 19th Event Is about Education. The rumored January press event for Apple has now been confirmed. It's a New York affair at the Guggenheim Museum, as press invites confrim, and it's an "education event." New rum ...
- A Year After LinkedIn Came Calling, CardMunch ...
All they wanted was some mac and cheese. It was late 2010, and Sid Viswanathan, Bowei Gai, and Sudeep Yenashankaran were outside LinkedIn's headquarters, peering into the cafeteria. The three CardMunch cofounders had just been escorted outside after a meeting at the company, but the meals inside ...
- Football Fans Vote Republican: Hardcore Data M ...
Aristotle delivers valuable (and detailed!) data to candidates about potential supporters. In fact, don't be surprised if the candidates know more about you than you do about them.In political campaigns, as in everything, knowledge is power. Data about potential voters is of great value to candi ...
- PolicyMic Wants Millennials To Play Nicer, Be ...
As the election season heats up, grads from Harvard and Stanford aim to bring civil political conversation through gamification.Comment is free--but maybe it shouldn't always be so free. So goes the reasoning behind a site called PolicyMic.com, which uses virtual currency and gamification techni ...
- Lavasa power to acquire land challenged
In what could spell further trouble for the Lavasa Corporation Limited, two tribals have now challenged the government notification that conferred special powers upon the company to acquire land for its hill station in Pune district. According to the petition filed by Bandya and Babu Walheka ...
- Lose Weight By Eating In Restaurants?
Ah yes. The dream. To lose weight while eating in restaurants and thus maintaining needed contact with other humans. Can it be done? According to one study, yes, it can. Let's pass it over to our scientific sisters at Consumer Reports for the...
- Rwandan president cleared in 1994 air cra ...
A French investigation has found that the missile which brought down the Rwandan president's aircraft in 1994 and prompted the country's genocide, was not fired by circles close to the current Rwandan president, Paul Kagame. The findings essentially clear several people close to Kagame, who ...
- Guantanamo detention centre is 10 years o ...
Wednesday marks 10 years since the US military opened its detention centre at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The camp was set up to hold detainees from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq where the practice of holding prisoners indefinitely without charge has long been a source of controversy and inte ...
- Kodak sues Apple, HTC over digital image ...
New York: The struggling Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday sued Apple Inc, whose market value is more than 2,400 times greater, accusing it of infringing four patents related to digital camera images. Kodak also sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, alleging violations of the four patents as well as a fifth. It ...
- Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
- 10 Best British Open Performances
Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- National Parks at Risk: Photos
National parks represent our country's last stronghold of wilderness. But the large majority of parks are suffering, too.Ninety-five percent of parks assessed in a recent study have lost key species that once helped define them. Meanwhile, 91 percent .... Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals &nbs ...
- Suicide rates in Europe 'linked' to financial ...
The financial crisis "almost certainly" led to an increase in suicides across Europe, health experts say.The analysis by US and UK researchers found a rise in suicides was recorded among working age people from 2007 to 2009 in nine of the 10 nations...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Health & Well ...
- 1/9/12 - Is one bi-national state an acceptabl ...
israelipalestinian.procon.org - UPDATED: Is one bi-national state an acceptable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? - Read pro and con arguments from former Speaker for the Israeli Knesset Avrum Burg (pro), Palestinian National Authority Foreign Affairs Minister Riyad al-Maliki (con), ...
- 1/4/12 - Ranking 20 Drugs and Alcohol by Overa ...
medicalmarijuana.procon.org - NEW: Ranking 20 Drugs and Alcohol by Overall Harm - Marijuana ranked #8 out of 20 drugs in overall harm according to a study in The Lancet, a British peer-reviewed medical journal. Alcohol ranked #1 in overall harm and harm to others. Crack cocaine had the high ...
- 1/3/12 - Should insider trading by Congress be ...
insidertrading.procon.org - UPDATED: Should insider trading by Congress be allowed? - Read pro and con arguments from Newsweek Senior Editor Daniel Gross (pro), US Senator (D-NY) Kirsten Gillibrand (con), Cato Institute Director Jim Harper (pro), Hoover Institution Research Fellow Peter Schweize ...
- 12/30/11 - Medical Marijuana Historical Timeline
medicalmarijuana.procon.org - NEW: Medical Marijuana Historical Timeline - Our timeline traces medical marijuana from its earliest reference in 2900 BC as a popular Chinese medicine to 2011 where it remains legal in 16 states (and DC) and illegal under federal law. Read all 150+ major events in ...
- 12/29/11 - Should Congress pass the Stop Tradi ...
insidertrading.procon.org - UPDATED: Should Congress pass the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act? - Read pro and con arguments from US Representative Tim Walz (pro), Columbia University Law Professor John Coffee, Jr. (con), US Senator Scott Brown (pro), Cato Institute Director J ...
- US Government tries to restrict publication
of details on avian flu virus that spreads among mammals John Timmer Although avian flu viruses have infected humans in the past (often with lethal effect), so far, these infections have come directly from birds. Over this past summer, however, researchers presented disturbing results at a scien ...
- A collapsing scientific hypothesis led to a la ...
John Timmer In 2006, scientists announced a provocative finding: a retrovirus called XMRV, closely related to a known virus from mice, was associated with cases of prostate cancer. But other labs, using different sets of patients, found no evidence of a viral infection. Before the controversy co ...
- Hackers gave Subway a $30 million lesson in po ...
Sean Gallagher For thousands of customers of Subway restaurants around the US over the past few years, paying for their $5 footlong sub was a ticket to having their credit card data stolen. In a scheme dating back at least to 2008, a band of Romanian hackers is alleged to have stolen payment car ...
- Defendant asks US Marshals to drag Righthaven ...
Timothy B. Lee The copyright trolling firm Righthaven hit a new low on Monday when one of its targets sought to have a US Marshal drag Righthaven officers into court to explain their failure to comply with a previous court order. When we began covering Righthaven last year, the firm seemed like ...
- Firefox 9 and fancy JavaScript optimizations
Peter Bright Another six weeks have gone by, and another version of Firefox has been released. Still not officially "live," Firefox 9 improves on Firefox 8 with a JavaScript engine that’s up to 30 percent faster and, well, not a whole lot else. Mac OS X users will have a little mor ...
- Digital tools for the scientific endeavour – o ...
FROM CLAIRE COPE IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE Scientists collect data; analyse it; try to make sense of it all; and publish their findings in a scientific journal. Right? Well yes, but it’s not always as simple as that. The way in which science is conducted has changed dramatically over the past ...
- Transparent Government, not Transparent Citize ...
The Index on Censorship held a debate asking if transparency is bad for science on Tuesday evening. Two of the Royal Society’s ‘Science as a Public Enterprise’ working group were on the panel: Sir Mark Walport FRS and Baroness Onora O’Neill FRS. Onora mentioned a useful report by Kieron O’Hara ...
- Discovery Reinvented? The Promise of European ...
Next Thursday, the Policy Centre is holding an event in Brussels… Chaired by Martin Porter, Managing Director, Edelman | The Centre & Geoffrey Boulton FRS, University of Edinburgh Wednesday, December 14, 2011 from 12.00 to 17.30, followed by a drinks reception The Centre is hosting ...
- An African science base: what would it take fo ...
From Richard Kirby, Marine Institute Research Fellow, Marine Institute, University of Plymouth A couple of weeks ago, I chaired an inspirational panel discussion at the Royal Society involving an audience of the leaders of most of the African science academies and a panel comprising 6 early care ...
- 7 billion: can we count on it?
FROM ROBERT STIFF IN THE SCIENCE POLICY CENTRE On 31st October 2011 the world population is projected to reach a landmark 7 billion people, according to UN estimates. A great deal of debate has surrounded the importance of this figure and what it means for the planet and its many inhabitants. Th ...
- Now, hairbrush that reads your mind
WASHINGTON - Who says hairbrush can only be used to comb locks? Scientists have made a hairbrush like device that would be able to monitor mental activity. One of the main techniques for measuring and monitoring mental activity, called functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), can often b ...
- Man U?s bemused Fergie tells shifty Roo to res ...
LONDON - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has told key striker Wayne Rooney that he must respect the club and its traditions if he wants to stay on. Commenting on reports that suggest that the star player wants to leave Manchester United for another club - either Manchester City or ...
- Google Street Viewers spot ?God? floating over ...
SYDNEY - Google Street View has spotted a god-like figure floating midair above a lake in Quarten, Switzerland. Although the image, discovered by the Gawker blog, is apparently the result of some sort of light distortion or lens flare, blogger Max Read has questioned whether it might have more ...
- Dogs reduce stress in autistic children: Study
WASHINGTON - Dogs-apart from being man’s best friend-have a special role to play in the lives of children with special needs. A new study by the Universite de Montreal has suggested that specifically trained service dogs can help reduce the anxiety and enhance the socialization skills of ...
- How sex hormones influence right heart function
WASHINGTON - A new study has revealed human sex hormones influence the structure and function of the right ventricle (RV) of the heart. The researchers found that in women receiving hormone therapy, higher estrogen levels were associated with higher RV ejection fraction and lower RV end-systol ...
- Obama Signs the NDAA Citizen Arrest Act
Obama signing the National Defense Appropriations Act Tonight we look at a variety of local and international stories, with a focus on the ominous passing of the National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA). The Act allows for the military detention of American citizens without due process, abou ...
- 2012: what’s in store?
Tonight I am joined by psychologist Karla Cryer as we look forward to the coming "Year of the Dragon" and try to anticipate what is likely to unfold on the world stage. Some topics we address include the familiar, such as the looming attack on Iran, global financial collapse and the Nann ...
- Son of Climategate
After two years, the climategate scandal has erupted once again, with a new tranche of embarrassing emails from the world's top climate researchers now spreading virally across the net. The release of these emails seems timed to overshadow the upcomng Durban conference in the same way the previo ...
- The “communitarian” world view (fo ...
On tonight's show we take a look at a recent article by Naomi Klein titled "Capitalism vs. the Climate". In a key passage, Klein states the following: "Those with strong 'egalitarian' and 'communitarian' worldviews (marked by an inclination toward collective action and social justice, concern ...
- Spread the word: Occupy Building 7 Next Weekend
November 19 and 20, 2011. In front of the rebuilt World Trade Center Building 7. DEMAND an investigation into the destruction of World Trade Center Building 7 and the Twin Towers September 11, 2001 - the The United States was hijacked and a permanent war was launched that will not end in ou ...
- Cod Numbers Disappoint Fishermen and Scientists
A fishing boat in the Gulf of Maine. © Gretchen Ertl for the New York Times New England fishermen and conservationists alike are in a state of alarm over recent findings from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) that Gulf of Maine cod – long a staple of New England waters and a critic ...
- Marine Monday: Giant Clam
Image via Wikimedia Commons. There’s a lot more to clams than clam chowder. Sure, they just look like a hinged shell with squishy stuff inside, but make them a little bit bigger—or a lot bigger—and you can see how complex they actually are. We don’t even need science fiction to do it. The gi ...
- Shark Fin Victory in Singapore
In Singapore, we’re seeing more proof that dedicated activists can make a difference in the world. Singapore is one of the shark fin capitals of the world, but thanks to an outcry from local customers, its largest supermarket chain, Fairprice, will be pulling fins from its shelves. Shark fins ...
- Japan Plans to Build Floating Offshore Wind Farm
© Oceana The Fukushima nuclear disaster, sparked by the earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan last March, has led the Japanese government to embrace a safer energy source: offshore wind. Japan seeks to expand its wind energy capacity and compete with European markets in the brand new ...
- Hairy-chested ‘Hoff’ Crabs and Hybrid Sharks
Piles of the newly discovered "Hoff" crabs. © NERC Chesso Consortium Happy New Year! Hope all you ocean lovers out there had a relaxing holiday. And what better way to start off 2012 than with some fascinating new ocean discoveries? First, scientists have identified the first-ever hybri ...
- Chariots, The World’s First Tanks.
On a piece of art that is over 4000 years old called the Standard of Ur, an inlaid box, there is a scene depicting an armed force of chariots, accompanied by an armed force of infantry. This is one of the earliest records of warfare in the world. The Sumerians of course [...]
- Assorted UFO Quotes By Military Figures
“The UFOs are no figment of the immagination.” -Lieutenant-Colonel Lou Corbin, Army Intelligence “I had the evidence that a crash did happen here….Give this information to the young people of the world and this country….They want it. Give ...
- Modern Day War With Bows And Arrows.
The Kalenjin and Kisii tribes in Kenya have been squabbling over borders and a Dutch photographer placed a link on Paleo Planet. It shows the unfortunate result of one of the victims of this ancient tribal ritual battle. Over 20 deaths were reported from this conflict in 2008. The use of ...
- Simo Hayha Was The Top Sniper In History, With ...
Snipers took a tremendous toll on the Russians on the way into Finlandn and on the way out as well. This is a tale about a man who was part of a small nation that almost defeated a huge empire, and the role he played in it. A modest Finnish outdoorsman who grew up [...]
- Pillboxes.
Pillboxes are the last vestige of the static defenses of World Wars I and II. People say new weapons make them worthless, but that isn’t entirely true. Every occupational force uses static forward bases. The Maginot Line was the greatest example of how st ...
- Romney is the Republican Party’s Own Creation
Many conservative activists, while not especially enthusiastic about Romney or his establishment backers, are appalled by the odd turn of campaign rhetoric in the closing days of New Hampshire, with Newt Gingrich and Jon Huntsman taking aim at Romney’s record running the private equity firm Bain ...
- Romney ‘Acceptable’ to Republican Conservative ...
**Book winner update below** “I think there are at least 3 tickets out of New Hampshire.” – Jon Huntsman on CNN …and Mr. Huntsman got that ticket by coming in third. Romney Wins New Hampshire Ron Paul Second –original post below– Mitt Romney is the now the onl ...
- All states are pre-occupied by the Two Parties
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. By now it’s predictable that I’ll say something about the predictability of the primary / caucus season and the breathless “reporting” that provides the sound bite of the day. Oooh, oooh! Look! It’s New Hampshire! It’ ...
- What the Hillary – Biden Switch Articles are R ...
In our New Year’s poll, when asked what news event they fear most about 2012, Americans by a margin of two-to-one said Obama’s reelection. Only 16 percent said they fear the Democrat won’t win a second term, while 33 percent said they fear four more years. Next to Obama’s ...
- Shameless Plugs, UK Guardian Edition for The H ...
Last week was busy for me. One interview I did was for the UK Guardian, which is up today: Does the GOP have a woman problem? They have a nice ending quote buy me, but also give a shout out on my book The Hillary Effect, complete with a purchase link, which is fantastic for [...]
- The Other Two-State Solution: India and Pakistan
The first round of "face-to-face" talks, after a fifteen months interval, between Israel's chief negotiator, Yitzhak Molcho, and his Palestinian counterpart, Saeb Erakat, ended January 3, 2012 in Jordan's capital, Amman, with both positive and skeptical
- Boko Haram Rapidly Infiltrating Nigerian Intel ...
The Christian community in Nigeria was again the target of terrorist attacks planned by the Islamist group, Boko Haram. A spokesperson for the Islamist group also issued an ultimatum to Christians to leave the North of Nigeria, dominated by Muslims, or
- Norwegian Prime Minister Slams Turkey Over Fre ...
Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg has praised Turkey's democratic progress, but questioned respect for free speech and media freedoms, joining mounting international misgivings over Ankara's record. Despite major advancements in human rights and
- The Rise of Hamas
The Islamist frenzy that is currently sweeping the Arab world has seen Hamas rise to become a legitimate and recognized player in the Palestinian and international arena. Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh last week began a tour of a number of Arab and
- Germany: Political Headaches for Merkel
The year did not start well for Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. On January 4, Mario Draghi, the president of the European Central Bank, appointed the Belgian Peter Praet to be the ECB's chief economist. Merkel's candidate, the German Jƶrg Asmussen,
- Big Rally Tuesday!
We were half-expecting the markets to rally either yesterday or today, since this is the normal time of the year for short-term trading peaks to arrive. This morning with the price of gold up over $25-bucks at times and a … Continue reading →
- Coping: A Fifth Order House
I’ve been through a marvelous personal experience of how the world may operate as (and after) we stumble through the change-period (March 2-9, and in a more broader perspective March 1- perhaps July 1 of this year and even into … Continue reading →
- Things Get Complicated…
This is going to be a spectacular week, since, as a world, we are now two months from where we ought to be fully flipping into “release language” per the linguistics out of www.halfpasthuman.com where Clif is still working on … Continue reading →
- Coping: Serious WuJo
OK, then we have these reports to ponder in the “Rational World dukes it out with Crazy World of Strange Forces” on the mat… Greetings, George – I’m a long-time reader, some-time subscriber (though not at the moment, sorry, times … Continue reading →
- Predictably, Job Number Improve
The George-bear is on standby to wade hip deep into the short side of this market again. So what if I’m a slow learner since this wild-eyed gambling cost me money last year, – I’m not above touching the hot … Continue reading →
- NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
- AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses̵ ...
I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
- AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
- RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
- FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle̵ ...
Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...
- Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
- Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
- New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
- BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
- Sunday's Chef AdriĆ talk at Harvard' sells out
Most of Harvard's Science and Cooking Lectures are first come, first served, so to speak. But, you needed a ticket for Tuesday's return of superstar Spanish chef and modernist Ferran AdriĆ of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...
- Action Plan for Nation's First-Ever Ocean Poli ...
Sarah Chasis, Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative, New York The year 2012 promises hope for the future of America’s oceans. Changes are expected that will help the creatures that live below the surface, the people who live and vacat ...
- Undressing for Success
Deron Lovaas, Federal Transportation Policy Director, Washington, D.C. I read another interesting book over the holidays -- Undress for Success, about working from and at home. This topic has been of interest for awhile, given the potential environm ...
- Rio+20: oceans and the "zero draft"
Lisa Speer, Director of the International Oceans Program, New York I’ve been reviewing the oceans portion of what is called in UN-speak the “zero draft” of the Rio+20 intergovernmental outcome. This is the document government ...
- When shops and services are within walking dis ...
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC New research from Southern California has found that residents of neighborhoods with a central core of shops and services – a pattern typically found in older, tradition ...
- Bad News for Belugas: Cook Inlet Population Pl ...
Taryn Kiekow, Staff Attorney, Marine Mammal Protection Project, Santa Monica, California Today, NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center released its annual survey of endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales—and the findings don’t bode we ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 21 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Tuesday, January 10, 2012: New York NY police are being sued by the widow of a 73-year-old man she claims died of a heart attack after 2 cops forced him to walk back home in a [...]
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
I have to apologize for the short list of reports today and the low activity on the news feed. Today was an exceptionally hectic and long day at my day job which pre-empted my ability to monitor for reports through the day. I hope to have a chance to catch up with the reports [...]
- Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 01-07 ...
Here are the 13 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of January 7-8, 2012: Denver CO & Denver Co CO are being sued by the ACLU and others alleging over 500 people were wrongfully imprisoned in the last 5 years. [3] bit.ly/AhMpsB Mc ...
- The Worst Police Misconduct Videos of 2011
The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project (NPMSRP) “Worst Police Misconduct Video of the Year” readers poll is part an examination of how our readers view police misconduct and part effort to garner more interest into the issues of police misconduct, transparen ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 28 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, January 6, 2012: RCMP settled a lawsuit for an unspecified sum to the family of a First Nations man fatally shot by a Mountie in an incident a review commission determined was caused ...
- Alert: Iran Crisis Headed for World War III
War in the Middle East now appears imminent as the United States, Britain, the European Union, and Israel put the finishing touches on an embargo on Iran – a de facto declaration of war – and warships steam toward the Persian Gulf. Consider the following recent developments: U.S.-Israeli War Gam ...
- U.S. pushing world to the brink of world war
While local U.S. police use excessive force and violence against OWS protesters, the U.S. government continues to attempt to spread “freedom and democracy” of this exact same kind around the world. Reports come in daily about beatings, clubbings, tasering, a female having her bicycle ...
- When War Games Go Live. Preparing to Attack Ir ...
With ongoing war games on both sides, armed hostilities between the US-Israel led coalition and Iran are, according to Israeli military analysts, “dangerously close”. There has been a massive deployment of troops which have been dispatched to the Middle East, not to mention the redep ...
- Doomsday Clock Moved Closer To Midnight On New ...
The Doomsday Clock, which represents just how close the world is to a global catastrophe, has been moved closer to midnight – and no, it’s not because of an apocalyptic Mayan prophecy. Yesterday the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which maintains the clock, shifted it from six to ...
- Chavez and Ahmadinejad joke about attacking US ...
‘That hill will open up and a big atomic bomb will come out’ Meeting in Caracas comes on day Iran sentenced a man to death for allegedly spying on the country for the U.S. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Hugo Chavez mocked the U.S. and joked about directing ‘a big atomic bomb’ at ...
- Renewable Energy Lifeline for Australian Manuf ...
By Matthew Wright Coal’s days are numbered. The transition to renewable energy is now well underway. It will put an end to the adverse health impacts coal mining and combustion now has on the health of Australian families such as those in the Hunter Valley. The increased rates of asthma, respir ...
- New Milestone in Renewable Energy Investment - ...
The journey to a 100 percent renewable energy economy reached a major milestone as investment in renewables has overtaken investment in fossil fuel energy for the first time. A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance demonstrates that a massive $187 billion was invested in wind, solar, ...
- CSG Needs a Long, Hard Look
Matthew Wright, November 24: The contentious issue of coal seam gas has become a federal government concern in the dying days of the 2011 parliamentary sitting year. To gain the backing of independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor for the minerals resource rent tax, the Labor government has a ...
- Trophies and Titles - BZE awarded for climate ...
The determination and enthusiasm of Beyond Zero Emissions and its members has been acknowledged with two prestigious awards over the last month. The honours build on BZE's momentum leading into 2012 with the anticipated launch of the visionary Zero Carbon Australia plans for the buildings and tr ...
- WorleyParsons has publicly promulgated a false ...
Media Release 18 Nov 11 WorleyParsons has publicly promulgated a falsehood in relation to BZE. WorleyParsons state in their media release dated 10 November 2011: "Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) engaged Worley Parsons to prepare a report to analyse the life cycle GHG emissions for Australian gas co ...
- Industrial palm oil production expands at expe ...
Intensive palm oil production is expanding at the expense of biolologically-rich lowland rainforests in the Peruvian Amazon, reports a study published in Environmental Research Letters. The research indicates that enthusiasm for oil palm — one of the world's most lucrative crops — i ...
- How lemurs fight climate change
Kara Moses may have never become a biologist if not for a coin toss. The coin, which came up heads and decided Moses' direction in college, has led her on a sinuous path from studying lemurs in captivity to environmental writing, and back to lemurs, only this time tracking them in their natural ...
- Happy rhino news: no rhinos poached in Nepal l ...
As rhinos again fell to poachers in record numbers in 2011, there was one bright-spot: Nepal. Not a single rhino was killed by poachers in the Himalayan nation, home to an estimated 534 greater one-horned rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis), categorized as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. Conservation ...
- Camera traps snap first ever photo of Myanmar ...
In 2010 researchers described a new species of primate that reportedly sneezes when it rains. Unfortunately, the new species was only known from a carcass killed by a local hunter. Now, however, remote camera traps have taken the first ever photo of the elusive, and likely very rare, Myanmar snu ...
- Colonization program remains important driver ...
Government-subsidized colonization of the Amazon rainforest remains an important driver of forest loss in Brazil, but has mixed economic value, argues a paper published in Biological Conservation.
- Patriotic Sierra Leoneans undertake infrastruc ...
Prior to its official launching on January 5th, 2012 at the Miatta Conference Hall in Freetown, members of the Patriotic Sierra Leoneans have demonstrated their unreserved commitment to complement government’s effort in the area of spectacular infrastructural development. This undertaking by the ...
- Momar Nguer has been appointed Senior VP, Afri ...
On December 15, 2011, Momar Nguer was appointed Senior Vice President, Africa/Middle East at Total Supply & Marketing. He succeeded Alain Champeaux who left his operational responsibilities after a career of 35 years within the Group. Mr. Nguer had been Vice President, Aviation Fuel since ...
- ECOWAS Ambassadors in China sympathize with Gu ...
Ambassadors from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) countries in Beijing, the People’s Republic of China on Wednesday, 11th January 2012 converged at the Guinea-Bissau Ambassador’s Residence, Tayuan Diplomatic Residence Compound in Beijing, to sympathize with him on the death ...
- Boosting intra-African trade
Addis Ababa, 10 January 2012- The 18th Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union (AU) is scheduled to take place from 23 to 30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Holding under the theme: “Boosting Intra-African Trade”, the summit will officially kick off on Monday 23 January 2012, ...
- The rebranding of a nation
As Sierra Leone struggles to shake off the legacy of the past and promote enormous strides taken in recent years, Rwanda is enjoying a status as Africa’s least corrupt and most business friendly country. (Photo: Acanchi Chairman, Fiona Gilmore) With President Kagame’s intention to move from an ...
- Fonterra cuts domestic milk prices
Dairy giant Fonterra will reduce its domestic milk price from the end of the month and the savings look likely to be passed on to consumers at supermarkets.In February 2011, Fonterra froze the wholesale milk price for New Zealand...
- Trade deficit widens on oil, fertiliser imports
New Zealand's trade deficit widened in November as imports such as crude oil and fertiliser outstripped the country's pace of export growth.The trade balance was a deficit of $308 million in the month of November, in line...
- Port loses another major client
Ports of Auckland has suffered a further blow today with the news that Fonterra, the country's largest exporter, is set to withdraw its shipments from Auckland amid ongoing strike action at the port.The move comes one month after...
- Prices fall in Fonterra dairy auction
Prices of dairy products fell in the first sale on Fonterra Cooperative Group's GlobalDairyTrade platform for 2012, paced by whole and skim milk powder.The GDT-TWI Price Index fell 0.7 per cent compared to the last sale two weeks...
- Editorial: School milk plan raises pricing issue
Quite rightly, Fonterra is winning applause for its Milk for Kiwis scheme, which will start with a trial in Northland schools next year and could be introduced all over the country in 2013. As the company says, milk is an important...
- Debt Trap Looms in India on Convertible Bonds; ...
Let's turn our focus on a different country today, and ponder the plight of Indian convertible bonds. Bloomberg reports Debt Trap Looms in Convertibles Due After 25% Sensex Plunge Indian companies with a record $5.3 billion of convertible bonds due this year may see borrowing costs more t ...
- Greek Crisis Has Pharmacists Pleading for Aspi ...
The Greek economy is now totally and completely dysfunctional. The government has resorted to price controls on goods to contain costs. However, price controls do nothing but cause shortages. The sad result has Pharmacists Pleading for Aspirin. For patients and pharmacists in financially ...
- Geithner Seeks Support for Iran Oil Sanctions ...
CNBC Reports Geithner Seeks Support for Iran Oil Sanctions From China As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued his Latin American tour, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner arrived in Beijing to persuade the Chinese government to support sanctions on the Iranian oil industry. ...
- Bank Lending, M2 Money Supply Soar in China; P ...
Chinese stock have been on a 2-day tear as Premier Wen Jiabao has come flat out in support of the stock market. Moreover, money supply in China is up the most since last April and new Chinese loans exceeded the estimates of all 18 Bloomberg economists. M2 rose 13.6 percent, the fastest pace ...
- Population: The Elephant in the Room; Peak Oil ...
"In the last 200 years the population of our planet has grown exponentially, at a rate of 1.9% per year. If it continued at this rate, with the population doubling every 40 years, by 2600 we would all be standing literally shoulder to shoulder." says Professor Stephen Hawking as reported by Edwa ...
- Syria Update: US Government Gives Green Light ...
MSM News, 6 Months Late: “Obama Secretly Preparing for Syria Intervention” This morning I woke up to the following news headlines. Let me correct myself: This morning I found the US media and their quasi extension reporting on stale, at least 6-month old US operations on Syria. Now, that’s much ...
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- December ...
BFP Nightly Quote “Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government’s ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submissio ...
- MF Global – “Self-Regulation” Actually Worked
Maybe This is What Market Discipline Means Take yourself back to the early 1900s. You are rich, and you just bought a ticket on a worldwide tour offered by a touring company. But then the tour company goes bankrupt. Assume it had enough cash on its balance sheet just before its bankruptcy to ...
- BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- December ...
BFP Nightly Quote “The enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine, and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny imposed by the deity to regenerate our victims while incidentally capturing their markets, to civilize savage and senile a ...
- Back Story on Syria: Sibel Edmonds & Journalis ...
Peter B. Collins Podcast Show Interview Cutting through the disinformation and spin, Sibel Edmonds and Pepe Escobar reveal back stories about the conflict in Syria that are not reported in the mainstream media. Edmonds has deep sources in Turkey, Iran, Syria, and the US policy community, and has ...
- Is Obama a Fraud?
The debt deal is yet another sign that hope and change has been a fiction from the start: Like many, I was extremely hopeful when Obama won in 2008. And like many I’ve become totally disillusioned with the president and … Continue reading →
- Today’s Stories
Good politifact piece on how Social Security functions and its solvency How the state is revoking our civil liberties by imprisoning people, in some cases for up to 15 years, for recording police brutality with smart phones Economist Dean Baker … Continue reading →
- The Tyranny of American Healthcare
For those who read this on Splice, be sure to re-read the unedited version… Why are we trying to prop up a broken system?: Do you realize how badly you’re being screwed by the health insurance corporations? Let me give … Continue reading →
- Today’s Stories
Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
- Today’s Stories
Politifact on how entitlements have lifted millions out of poverty Must read: scientists have recently concluded that a once in a tens of millions of years mass extinction is now underway, mainly in the ocean, because of global warming and … Continue reading →
- Antarctic Fishing Vessel Catches Fire Killing ...
A Korean fishing caught fire early Wednesday morning in the Ross Sea, approximately 2,000 nautical miles southeast of New Zealand, killing three crew members and injuring several others. The RCCNZ [...]
- Pirates Hijack Iranian Vessel in Gulf of Aden ...
For the first time in 2012 (unless you count this), Somali pirates have successfully hijacked a ship sailing in the Gulf of Aden. Few details are known however Somalia Report, [...]
- VLCC Owners Form New Supertanker Alliance
Following in the recent footsteps of the containership industry and their newly formed, G6 Alliance, the crude tanker industry is consolidating their assets by creating a “VLCC pool” named Nova Tankers [...]
- First of Two Heavylift Cargo Ships for Maersk- ...
Maersk Line, Limited said today it has completed the reflagging of the MAERSK ILLINOIS, MLL’s newest multipurpose heavy-lift vessel, to the U.S. registry. The ship is one of two newly [...]
- U.S. Forces Rescue Iranian Mariners in Distres ...
For the second time in less than a week, a U.S. vessel has rescued distressed Iranian mariners while in regional waters, according to the U.S. Department of Defense. Pentagon Press [...]
- Investing in Children is Good for the Economy
A new study came out today saying that investing in our nations children is good for the economy. Sadly the current Federal Government does not believe in investing in Canada's children. Dating back to one of their first official acts - dismantling a national child care program. ...
- Gingrich's Last Stand?
Newt Gingrich has been saying some peculiar things of late, that is if you're a Republican. This ad, produced by a political action committee supporting him, could be re-purposed by the Democrats without changing one word: Update: For those interested,...
- Get Ready For Harper's Massive Infusion Of 'Wa ...
OTTAWA - The Harper government has hired a consultant to inject a little war into this year's Canada Day bash on Parliament Hill. A Toronto theatre expert has been asked to find ways to insert a War of 1812 commemoration into the July 1st festivities that typically include pop music, dance and p ...
- The Myth of the Greedy Union Thug
I can't help but notice how Stephen Harper and his Members of Parliament have been running rough shot over unionized workers lately. There have been several instances of the Federal Government abusing its powers to interfere with collective bargaining. In the case of Canada Pos ...
- Fetal Rights Debate Goes On - With Or Without ...
Despite Harper's warning not to rock the boat, we have more MPs expressing their support to reopening the abortion debate: Kitchener-Centre's Tory MP Stephen Woodworth said in a media release issued earlier this week that Canadian laws governing human rights and the unborn are outdated and need ...
- What Do Economics, Marketing and Glee Have In ...
One of the liveliest Discussion Boards this semester in my ECO course was “What about all my stuff?” It concerned supply and demand, why we buy goods and services, the satisfaction derived from those goods and services and whether the owner of the greatest amount of stuff is the winner. Is happi ...
- To Boldly Go Where No Human Has Gone Before
Back in the 60′s, the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions were exciting and we all watched Walter Cronkite or Huntley and Brinkley report all the details from launch to splash down. Beginning with Alan Shepard’s 15 minute sub-orbital flight in 1961 and culminating with the Apollo 11 ...
- What Is So Scary About Occupy Wall Street?
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” So states ...
- Enough With the Sleazy Reality Shows!
I just don’t understand the fascination with Teen Moms, Hoarders, the Housewives, Jersey Shore and the myriad other sleazy reality shows on TV. The supreme franchise, however, has got to be those Kardashians. Are you kidding me? Don’t get me wrong. I enjoy reality shows where people ...
- What’s Your Story?
I ran onto the bus just as the driver was about to shut the doors. I reached into my jacket pocket and pull out my Metro Card, only to find out there was not enough money on it to pay my fare. Sigh. I looked at the driver, and gave him the please don’t embarrass [...]
- Reinventing the Middle East Lexicon
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” “The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.” “The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master — th ...
- Pseudoeconomics Catalyzes Catastrophe
Friedrich A. Von Hayek in his Economics Nobel acceptance lecture 1974 had warned, “To act on the belief that we possess the knowledge and the power which enable us to shape the process of society entirely to our liking, knowledge which in fact we do not possess, is likely to make us do much harm ...
- The Looming Corporate-Labor Showdown
The long-simmering dispute between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and the international consortium EGT Development transpiring in Longview, Washington looks to be coming to a head. In a January 3 letter addressed to his members, ILWU International President Robert McEllr ...
- American Sniper
The U.S. military credits Chris Kyle with killing over 160 human beings. Sometimes more. “The number is not important to me. I only wish I had killed more…” Good students always want extra credit. This coming Thursday (January 12, 2012), the Barnes & Noble bookstore located in the Mir ...
- Saving the Post Office: The Models of Kiwiban ...
Neither rain nor sleet nor snow may have stopped the Pony Express, but the nation’s oldest and second largest employer is now under attack. Claiming the Postal Service is bankrupt, critics are pushing legislation that would defuse the postal crisis by breaking the backs of the postal workers’ u ...
- NDAA Protests End In Ironic Swarm Of Arrests
The absurdity of America today never ceases to amaze. In fact, it has become so elaborate that one might even suggest it has reached a kind of poetic symmetry. When a protest group is willing to stick their necks out to expose the horror of the National Defense Authorization Act and its open d ...
- It’s Now a Two-man Race: Mit Romney and ...
Ron Paul 2012 campaign manager Jesse Benton appears on CNN after Paul’s strong second place finish in New Hampshire.
- Will Diebold Voting Machines Cheat Ron Paul Ou ...
Given allegations of vote fraud in Iowa last week, in addition to the documented case of uncounted votes for Ron Paul during the 2008 New Hampshire primary, concerns are again running high amongst Ron Paul supporters that their candidate could be cheated out of a strong finish in Tuesday’s caucu ...
- Media Ignores Santorum’s Support For Accused C ...
While the establishment media has ceaselessly smeared Ron Paul for the controversial content of decades-old newsletters that were not even written by him, the comparatively shocking scandal of Rick Santorum having sponsored alleged child molester Jerry Sandusky has been almost universally ignore ...
- Veterans, Active Duty Soldiers To March On Whi ...
In a forthcoming event dubbed “Ron Paul Is The Choice Of The Troops”, thousands of veterans and active duty military personnel are expected to march on the White House in support of the Texas Congressman’s presidential bid. The event, to be held on President’s Day, February 20th, is being org ...
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