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Friday, January 13, 2012

13 January - RSS SnapShot! Pt I

Mmmm....cake. And government info.Image by emkeller via Flickr
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Gov. Brown signs expanded renewable-energy agreement with feds
Sacramento Bee
Jerry Brown and US Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today signed an agreement to expand a federal and state partnership to develop large-scale renewable-energy projects around California. The partnership, now in its third year, ...
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Renewable-energy misery spreads to Vestas, as the Danish wind turbine maker ...
OregonLive.com
Turbulence in the renewable-energy industry buffeted Vestas on Thursday, as the Danish wind-turbine maker announced plans for 2335 layoffs, including some at its US headquarters in Portland. Vestas Wind Systems will cut about a tenth of its worldwide ...
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Which Policies Will Push Renewables Forward This Year?
SustainableBusiness.com
Each year, DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency) names the most important US renewable energy policies for the year. They say: 2011 gave us plenty of the three-steps-forward-and-two-steps-back dance that characterizes US ...
Worldwide Renewable Energy Investments Rose to Record $260 Billion in 2011
SustainableBusiness.com
In contrast to what the press led most Americans to believe, 2011 was a strong year for the renewable energy industry. Despite a sluggish economy and a painful squeeze on manufacturers, investments in renewable energy rose 5% from 2010 to $260 billion. ...
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Ecology seeks comments on updated plan to study, clean up contaminated ...
Access Washington
OLYMPIA - The Department of Ecology (Ecology) is inviting the public to comment on a proposed amended Agreed Order for investigating sediments that are potentially contaminated with dioxins at the Port of Olympia (port). This legal agreement requires ...
UOG: Island Ecology Symposium TUESDAY, January 17
Pacific News Center
Guam - An exciting and cutting edge ecology course is coming to a close at the University of Guam and the professors and participants will hold a symposium of their findings on Tuesday, January 17th at UOG from 3-5pm. Island science teachers ...
Proposed water rule topic of Ecology open houses next week in Sequim
Peninsula Daily
SEQUIM — The state Department of Ecology plans two open houses next week about proposed changes in water management in the Dungeness River watershed. Ecology is hosting the open houses to discuss water supply issues in the watershed before the ...
Ecology hosts workshops on Better Brakes draft rules
Access Washington
OLYMPIA – The Department of Ecology (Ecology) will host two public workshops to discuss the draft rules to carry out Washington's Better Brakes law. The law restricts use of heavy metals and asbestos, and phases out the use of copper, in vehicle brake ...
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EPA chief criticizes Pa.'s DEP over water issues
Boston.com
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson says federal regulators need more data to decide whether to ship water to residents in the northeast Pennsylvania village of Dimock (DIH'-muhk). About a dozen residents have filed a lawsuit claiming that the drilling ...
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Water Main Break in Eastchester Affects Larchmont and Mamaroneck
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Customers in the area will feel the impact of the water main break near Lake Isle Country Club in Eastchester. By Stefani Kim Is your water sputtering when you turn the faucet or does it have a distinctive brown tinge? Due to a water main break earlier ...
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NY landowners weigh in on gas-drilling regs
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By MARY ESCH Landowners hoping to sign leases with natural gas drillers say New York's proposed regulations put some land off-limits to drilling for no logical reason, under the guise of protecting water supplies. The Joint Landowners Coalition of New ...
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MN List Of Impaired Waters Grows By 500
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A new report released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is adding 500 lakes and stretches of river to its list of impaired waters. "People are unaware that everything that goes in the river ends up in a bigger stream of water or ends up in the ...
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  • A mistaken case for Syrian regime change
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    Malaysia's High Court acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim of sodomizing a former aide, citing unreliable DNA evidence in a verdict Monday that surprised supporters who saw the case as an attempt to sideline him.

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  • France 'to lose AAA credit rating'
    The eurozone was braced for more pain today amid reports that France is set to be stripped of its gold-plated AAA credit rating. Related StoriesHedge funds blamed as Greek debt deal faltersItaly and Germany want transaction tax to be for whole of EUPain on the way for EU powerhouseGreek bondhold ...
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    Mounting speculation that a leading credit agency is to imminently downgrade the ratings of a number of eurozone countries drove global markets sharply lower and sent the euro currency spinning down to a 17-month low. Related StoriesHedge funds blamed as Greek debt deal faltersItaly and Germany ...
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    Pakistan's prime minister has appealed for support from parliament in a stand-off between his beleaguered government and the armed forces, saying MPs had to choose between "democracy and dictatorship".Related StoriesBurma releases prominent prisonersPreserved forever: Kim Jong-il will get the L ...
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    Thai police were questioning a Lebanese man with alleged links to Hezbollah militants as the US Embassy and Israel warned Friday of a "real and credible" terrorist threat against Americans and Israelis in Bangkok.Related StoriesBurma releases prominent prisonersPreserved forever: Kim Jong-il wi ...

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on view
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    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 ...

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    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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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    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 ...
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    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 ...

Institute for Middle East Understanding

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    Israelis who live in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip lose their state social benefits - but not the Israeli Jews who live in the settlements. "Mixed" Palestinian couples live under a c ...
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    The supreme court has narrowly voted to uphold a law which bans thousands of Palestinians who are married to Israelis from living in Israel. The ruling was denounced as racist by human ...
  • Focus on Cast Lead: The Ayad Family (Palestin ...
    On 12 January 2009, the Ayad family home in the Zaytoon area of Gaza City was bulldozed by Israeli forces. Rezeq Ayad, 60, his wife Yusra, 58, and their four sons Mustafa, 16, Muhammed, ...
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    The Citizenship and Entry in Israel Law (Temporary Order), enacted in 2003, is a racist law that bans family unification between Palestinian citizens of Israel and Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as well as any citizen from the following states defined by Israel as "enemy" states ...
  • PCHR Concludes 'Protection of Children's Right ...
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Public Citizen in Texas

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    The EPA has published a federal register notice to solicit public comments on their ozone designation recommendations to the states.  This comment period closes on January 19th and we have included the notice for information on where and how to submit your comments. Public Citizen and Sierra Clu ...
  • Austin Energy drought proofs its energy with n ...
    On a blustery and brilliantly sunny Texas winter day a couple hundred Central Texas citizens, that included officials and solar enthusiasts, gathered on what had been an empty 380 acre field only three years ago to usher in a new era of “drought-proof” energy for the City of Austin. On Friday, J ...
  • Texas 2011 Drought, $93 Billion in Tree Losses?
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  • Fracking – Shake, Rattle and Roll
    Are small earthquakes associated with hydraulic fracturing for gas?  Recent quakes in Ohio and Arkansas have taken many people by surprise, including a 2.7-magnitude earthquake that rocked Ohio on Christmas Eve, followed by a  4.0-magnitude quake on New Year’s Eve bringing the total to nin ...
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    Source:  AP After a five-year delay, an Earth-observing satellite will be launched to test new technologies aimed at improving weather forecasts and monitoring climate change.
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    Source:  USA Today The federal government is turning hundreds of relatively low-cost storms into federal disasters — draining billions of dollars in scarce FEMA aid and tying up millions more for years.

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  • Frivolous Friday the 13th Thread
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Environmental Graffiti

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    Once the playground of couples and people keen to indulge in pleasures of the flesh, these Japanese love hotels are now left abandoned and decaying... This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
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    Dogs can be pretty determined at the best of times, and when all they want to do is catch a frisbee in mid-air, they often do some incredibly funny airborne stunts! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
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    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 ...
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    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 ...

AlterNet - DrugReporter

Twilight Earth

  • 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 ...

Inhabitat

  • Top 7 New Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Cars Hi ...
    Read the rest of Top 7 New Electric Vehicles and Hybrid Cars Hitting the Streets in 2012 Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 2012 Detroit Auto Show, 2012 electric vehicle, 2012 hybrid, 2012 north american international auto show, Active-E, BMW Active E, BMW electric car, d ...
  • Awesome Fun-House Mirrored Pavilion Replaces S ...
    Read the rest of Awesome Fun-House Mirrored Pavilion Replaces Sad Graffiti-Covered Structure in Copenhagen Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: copenhagen, Denmark, eco design, funhouse mirrors, graffiti, green design, Minimalism, Mirror House, MLRP Architects, natural surr ...
  • Top 8 Amazing Eco Winter Wonderland Resorts Ar ...
    Read the rest of Top 8 Amazing Eco Winter Wonderland Resorts Around the World Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: amazing winter resorts, eco design, eco retreats, eco-resorts, eco-tourism, eco-travel, experience nature, experience the outdoors, Green Building, green desig ...
  • Newly Observed Criegee Molecule Could Be the K ...
    Researchers in the United Kingdom have finally been able to nail down and measure the impacts of the elusive Criegee biradical (or Criegee intermediate) – an atmospheric molecule that could be one of the keys to stopping advanced climate change. Criegee biradicals form when ozone reacts wi ...
  • Christien Meindertsma’s Delicate Yet Rou ...
    Best known for her eye-opening research book PIG 05049, Christien Meindertsma has taken on a new endeavor, designing a series of rough and simple objects made from flax. Developed in collaboration with traditional rope maker Touwslagerij Steenbergen, and woodworkers Kuperus & Gardenier, the ...

Pogue's Posts

  • A Gadget Is More Than the Sum of Its Parts
    If you think Amazon's real cost to make that Kindle Fire is $201, then by all means go to China and cobble one together yourself. The components are only part of the cost of any gadget.
  • The New Improved Heckling of Movies
    If you're willing to watch a movie DVD on your computer (instead of your TV), then you can use the new Rifftrax Player app to simultaneously play the DVD and the usually hilarious Rifftrax audio, which is like sitting in an audience of hecklers.
  • Hollywood-Style Tricks on the Cheap
    A $250 kit lets you play around with green screen techniques, setting actors in front of any background of your choosing. It takes the pain out of a process that can be difficult to get right.
  • If Car Companies Were Run Like Tech Companies ...
    What if the car companies were as innovative as the tech industry? That alternative industry may not be as wonderful as you would think.
  • Amazon Makes the Fire Less Balky
    Amazon heard the complaints about the Fire's balky software. It updated the software and fixed it.

WIRED Magazine | Science

  • DIY Space Parachute Updates and Progress
    Today, the parachute “department” of Copenhagen Suborbitals, consisting of led guy Søren Gregersen, para-jumper Mads Stenfatt and myself, met at Sørens place to discuss all issues related to the parachutes for the Tycho Deep Space LES mission. We came up with a somewhat final idea for the overal ...
  • New Animal Virus Takes Northern Europe by Surprise
    Scientists in northern Europe are scrambling to learn more about a new virus that causes fetal malformations and stillbirths in cattle, sheep, and goats. For now, they don't have a clue about the virus's origins or why it's suddenly causing an outbreak.
  • High-Speed Animal Flight Videos Show Hidden Ae ...
    From upside-down geese to dueling sparrows and clumsy beetles, these amateur high-speed videos provide stunning glimpses of animal behaviors usually hidden in a blur of motion.
  • Get Photos Sent Directly From Mars to Your Phone
    Text messaging and e-mail is so yesterday. Why not use your smartphone to get pictures from the surface of another planet?
  • Sunflowers Inspire Better Solar Power Tech
    Engineers at MIT have created a new design for concentrated solar power plants that reduces the required amount of land while boosting the amount of sunlight that heliostat mirrors can collect. Best of all, it's inspired by sunflowers.

PakAlert

  • 100 Ton Missile – Russian’s New Secret Project
    Russia planned to make 100 ton Missile to show their arm strength. In order to win the race of being superpower some countries do not realise that they are actually playing with their own life. Not only Russia but there are lot of countries who all are still engaged in showing and competing thei ...
  • Israel pushing US to attack Iran
    Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev has said the threat of a US military attack against Iran, heavily supported by the US Israeli lobby, is escalating. Patrushev, who served as Director of Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB from 1999 to 2008, believes the United State ...
  • Leader: CIA, Mossad behind Iran killing
    Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has condemned the US and Israeli spy agencies, CIA and Mossad, for the recent assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist.
  • Armageddon Dead Ahead
    We are living through the death throes of an empire. For those citizens who understand what is occurring, the process is akin to being trapped in a taxicab where the meter is on and running at an infinite pace. We cannot get out; nor will we be able to pay when the bill is submitted.
  • All shook up! Riddle of the massive sonic boom ...
    When concerned residents in Northumberland felt an ominous rumbling and saw buildings shake near their homes this afternoon, many suspected a minor earthquake had hit the north east.

Andy Worthington

  • How to Close Guantánamo on Its 10th Anniversar ...
    I wrote this today on a plane flying across the US, from Washington D.C. to San Francisco, a week into my 12-day visit to campaign for the closure of the “war on terror” prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which has been the focus of my work for the last six years. It feels like more [...]
  • “Close Guantánamo” Campaign and Website Launch ...
    Yesterday, at “Guantánamo Forever?” an event at the New America Foundation in Washington D.C., attorney Tom Wilner and journalist Andy Worthington launched “Close Guantánamo,” a new campaign and website designed to provide education about the ongoing injustice of Guantána ...
  • Guantánamo Prisoners Stage Peaceful Protest an ...
    Today, prisoners at Guantánamo 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 Guantánamo 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 Guantánamo, 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 ...

Environment _ National Geographic

drinking liberally in new milford ( with beersphere feeds )

  • 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 ...

SPL Center

  • An Islam-Bashing Bridge Too Far? Not for Pam G ...
    Pam Geller, the Muslim-hating propagandist behind the Atlas Shrugs website, is at it again. Even as U.S. officials recoil in horror, the woman whose blog once suggested that President Obama is the “love child” of Malcolm X is celebrating a video that appears to show U.S. soldiers urinating on de ...
  • Racist Halloween Stunt Ends With Broken Nose, ...
    Envision this: Dress up in a Ku Klux Klan robe for Halloween. Pound on your neighbors’ doors, yelling racial slurs, demanding candy. Carry a spray bottle of bleach to “make everyone white.” What will that get you? A 42-year-old woman in Spokane, Wash., just found out: Four felony charges of mali ...
  • NYC Police Probe Wave of Anti-Semitic Attacks; ...
    Concern is mounting over an apparent wave of anti-Semitic assaults and vandalism in the New York City area since November, with the latest two incidents being investigated as hate crimes. At about 4:30 a.m. today, several Molotov cocktails and other explosive devices were thrown into the rabbi’s ...
  • Neo-Confederate League of the South Espouses P ...
    Affirming his group’s embrace of antigovernment “Patriot” ideology, League of the South (LOS) President Michael Hill on Monday sent members an E-Mail declaring the federal government an “organized criminal enterprise” led by “domestic terrorists” and telling his followers to prepare for a fight. ...
  • 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 ...

change: org.

  • 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 ...

Common Dreams -News

  • Portland, Maine Joins Growing Movement to Repe ...
    Thanks to an effort by a Portland City Councilor, Maine could be among the states working towards a repeal of Citizens United. photo: seth_schneider read more
  • After High Tension in Nigeria in Week of Prote ...
    After five days of mass protest and a widespread general strike in Nigeria, labor leaders have requested a temporary halt on demonstrations in lue of planned weekend talks with government officials. Fury over the government's decision to remove a fuel subsidy brought thousands into the stree ...
  • Unexpected Road Block to Afghanistan Peace: Gitmo
    Negotiating a peace deal with the Taliban after 10 years of war in Afghanistan is hard enough. But the stalemated politics of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility risk effectively killing the negotiations before they even have the chance to end the war. The Taliban leadership has evidently deci ...
  • Report: Massive Movement Needed to Fix 'Perver ...
    Martin Luther King's dream of racial equality is far from reality. Census Bureau figures show the U.S. on track to be a majority minority nation by 2042. But if the trends of the last 30 years continue, according to a new report, the economic racial divide is set to increase. ...
  • Group: Enough Signatures Gathered to Recall Wi ...
    Today, the group working to recall Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has announced they have collected more than the required number of signatures to force a recall election. photo: sarae read more

Lifehacker

Water Privatization

  • A rallying cry against privatization in St. Clair
    City workers contend that privatizing key city departments in St. Clair is wrong and will damage the level of service residents deserve and have come to expect.
  • Protesters ask EPA to deliver clean water to P ...
    Several dozen demonstrators gathered outside the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia this morning to urge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to deliver clean water to residents of Dimock in Susquehanna County.
  • Ukraine to switch heat power plants to coal ov ...
    Ukraine is planning to switch its heat power plants completely to a coal-water mixture over a year, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister Yuriy Boiko has said during a press conference in Kyiv on Friday, Jan. 13.
  • Denenberg Asks AG to Investigate Privatization ...
    In a press conference held on Dec. 15 at Cedar Creek Park Playground, just north of the sewage facility in Wantagh, County Legislator Dave Denenberg, of the 19th District, announced his request for State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman to investigate the legality of County Executive Edward Ma ...
  • A rallying cry against privatization in St. Clair
    City workers contend that privatizing key city departments in St. Clair is wrong and will damage the level of service residents deserve and have come to expect.

Guardian

  • Oxford professor Steven Rawlings's wife says h ...
    Widow speaks in support of husband's best friend at whose home the leading astrophysicist was found deadThe sudden and unexplained death of a leading Oxford University professor whose body was found at his best friend's home was "a tragic accident", his widow claimed on Friday.Devinder Sivia, 49 ...
  • Somali pirates struggle against international ...
    Pirates managed only four hijacks off the Somali coast but were prepared to travel much further afieldSomali pirates managed only four successful hijacks off the coast of the country last year as a crackdown involving the Royal Navy forced the criminals to travel much further afield to target me ...
  • Scottish independence: Wales and Northern Irel ...
    Break-up of UK would lead to an English-dominated Westminster parliament, say first ministers of other home nationsThe potential consequences of Scottish independence were underlined when David Cameron was told that the UK parliament would need to be overhauled if Scotland broke away from the un ...
  • TVShack's student founder can be extradited to ...
    US customs agents seek to prosecute Richard O'Dwyer over TVShack, which linked to sites carrying pirated shows and filmsA British student can be extradited to the United States for running a website linking to sites carrying pirated TV shows and films, a court has ruled.Richard O'Dwyer, a 23-yea ...
  • Muhammad cartoon row: student atheist society ...
    Student union backs away from call for Jesus and Mo cartoon to be withdrawn from society's Facebook pageA university atheist society which sparked a global debate over the publication of a cartoon depicting Jesus and Muhammad on a webpage has declared a victory for freedom of speech after its st ...

McClatchey

  • Use of Che Guevara photo in Mercedes-Benz pres ...
    The company that manufactures Mercedes-Benz luxury cars unleashed outrage among Cuban-Americans in Miami and other cities on Thursday for using the image of Argentine revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara to promote their vehicles.
  • Well loved - Yosemite tops 4 million visitors
    Over the last two years, the number of people using the park broke 4 million, something that hasn't happened since the mid-'90s.
  • Orange juice scare might promote business for ...
    MANATEE — Local orange growers say the federal government’s probe of tainted imported juice from Brazil could have one of two results. It could scare consumers to the point that they stay away from the breakfast staple entirely or they’ll turn to locally grown products instead. M ...
  • Romney defends his record at Bain Capital as G ...
    COLUMBIA, S.C. — After enduring days of blistering attacks from his rivals, Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his record at Bain Capital, a private equity firm that sometimes laid off workers while attempting to turn companies around.
  • Gingrich takes on Romney, immigration and Cast ...
    MIAMI — Republican Newt Gingrich stopped in Miami on Thursday night to raise money, bash opponent Mitt Romney as a "Massachusetts moderate" and to position himself as the harshest critic of Cuba's Castro regime.

Afghanistan Sun

  • Value of Afghan opium up in 2011
    The current contract by which Verizon FiOS has the right to carry WHP CBS 21, WLYH CW 15 and MyNetwork 21.2 expired on January 12th, 2012. We have reached deals with all other cable and satellite ...
  • Afghan academy seeks to ease pain of war with ...
    Here, at Afghanistan's sole music academy, students are taught music with the hope it will bring comfort in the face of war and poverty, bringing back cellos and violins to revive a rich ...
  • Taliban say Marine tape won't hurt Afghan ...
    KABUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A video showing what appears to be American forces urinating on dead Taliban fighters prompted anger in Afghanistan and promises of a U.S. investigation on Thursday but ...
  • U.S. marines urinating video won't halt A ...
    a video purporting to depict U.S. marines urinating on Taliban corpses will tarnish the reputation of the entire military, while others fear it could undermine prospects for exploratory Afghan peace ...
  • Afghan opium prices rise sharply
    United Nations survey indicates. The survey, jointly done by the U.N. Office of Drugs and Crime and the Afghan government, estimated opium poppy farmers earned more than $1.4 billion last year, or ...

Futurismic

  • Out of Destruction, Transformation?
    Most of my columns this year have been about change, from climate change to twitter. Well, this is a start-of-the-year post, and it seems appropriate to take on change in a big way as the year changes. We’re in an unstable moment. Climate change is here and it’s affecting us all. The economy is ...
  • Better Writing Through Writing About Writing
    My life is fairly crammed, and writing time is hard to come by. Today I got one of those precious blocks of time in which I could write for several hours almost without interruption, yet as I fired up the computer, I felt not excited about the prospect, but worried and on edge.  I also [...]Foll ...
  • A chat with Eric Drexler
    Not over coffee and cakes, sadly, but you take what you can get in this crazy world, AMIRITEZ? So when I got the chance to email Eric Drexler – yup, the nanotech guy – with some follow-up questions responding to his inaugural lecture at Oxford Martin College last month, I jumped in w ...
  • Skyrim and the Quest for Meaning
    Lithium I’m old enough to remember when video games were comparatively simple things. For example, I remember the side-scrolling video game adaptation of Robocop (1988). Relatively short, Robocop had you shooting and jumping your way from one side of the world to another. Once you got to the end ...
  • Long Term and Long Distance Thinking
    Last month, I wrote about the government. I asserted that we need to get business interests out of government or we’ll keep making decisions based on next quarter’s profits instead of the health of the next decade. This month, I want to talk about a whole industry that seems to be falling victim ...

Whistleblowers Protection Blog

  • 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 ...

Science Express

  • 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 ...

TechDirt

  • Indian Judge Tells Google And Facebook To 'Che ...
    A few weeks back, Techdirt reported on an Indian minister asking Internet companies to do the impossible: The Indian government has asked Internet companies and social media sites like Facebook to prescreen user content from India and to remove disparaging, inflammatory or defamatory content ...
  • German Court: ISP Must Not Block Access To For ...
    Against a background where some European courts are telling ISPs that they must block access to certain sites (in Finland and the UK, for example), this news from Germany comes as a refreshing change (original German article in Der Spiegel): Deutsche Telekom must allow access to online bettin ...
  • US Can Extradite UK Student For Copyright Infr ...
    Want to understand just how insane things may get under SOPA/PIPA? Just take a look at what's already happening under today's laws. Back in 2010, one of the first websites that Homeland Security's ICE (Immigrations & Customs Enforcement) group seized was TVShack.net. TVShack was a site that c ...
  • Don't Be Fooled: Leahy Is NOT Removing DNS Blo ...
    We've already written about Senator Leahy's decision to delay the implementation of DNS blocking in PIPA. Unfortunately, despite the clear words in the announcement, it appears that Leahy's staff is going around suggesting to the press that this means he's dropping DNS. Thus you get reports in ...
  • Sega Gets It Right About SOPA: It's Time For A ...
    With the news that the ESA supports SOPA, thus representing all its member companies on the matter, many gamers have taken to writing to ESA member companies asking for their input on the matter and especially asking them to oppose the legislation. As Kotaku reports, one such gamer has received ...

VacTruth

  • Was Dr. Andrew Wakefield Right After All?
    Maybe those who were quick to professionally eviscerate Dr. Wakefield ought to listen up to what’s breaking in cutting-edge scientific research regarding autism and intestinal/gut problems associated with children on the autism spectrum.
  • Sweet Baby Girl Dies After Vaccination and Par ...
    As we begin the New Year it appears that another vaccine tragedy is unfolding. Many of us are aware that the year 2011 closed with blood on its hands after a baby girl died just hours after the pentavalent vaccine was introduced.
  • 72 Page Document Shows Merck Paid Doctors at L ...
    A 72-page document shows Merck Pharmaceuticals paying $18,641,195.52 to doctors. At the very least, this little document shines sunlight on what many parents of vaccine injured children have been saying all the while: Maybe it’s the cost of keeping the herd quiet.
  • Argentina, We Cry For You
    14 babies who participated in trials for GlaxoSmithKline’s new pneumonia/earache vaccine, Synflorix, died. However, Argentine health officials allege there was no connection to the vaccine.
  • Freedom Of Information Request Reveals Major G ...
    This professor was involved in government meetings discussing vaccinations and adverse reactions for a total of 5 years, from 1987 – 1991 inclusive. These meetings were held during the most crucial period in vaccination history when the MMR vaccine Pluserix was being used.

BroadSnark

  • Things You Might Have Missed
    Loving the sign in that pic (courtesy of Watch DC). We definitely need those in DC. Have you seen the new Axe ad campaign featuring anarchists? Salon wrote about it here. Apparently, customers can go online and influence the story. I think we should hijack it. At least my landlord hasn’t r ...
  • Shoot the Messenger
    Ta-Nehisi Coates wrote a post about Ron Paul the other day. He featured a clip of Paul talking about the civil war. In the clip, Tim Russert asks Paul about his statement that “Abe Lincoln should never have gone to war. There were better ways; there were better ways of getting rid of slave ...
  • Please Don’t Come
    I’m hearing various rumors that occupiers are planning to descend on the capital for national actions. I don’t want to belabor the points I made in my previous post about activism in DC, but I just have to plead with you. Please don’t come. For the first time since I have been ...
  • Sex, Age, Consent, and Power
    Just after I turned sixteen, I met this guy who would end up being my boyfriend for about a year. He was twenty-two. He didn’t think I was that young at first. I never lied to him, mind you. He just didn’t ask me the night we met. I regularly passed for older in clubs, buying cigaret ...
  • Doorknob Licking?

Executive Intelligence Review - LaRouche

War in Context

  • How Israel is sponsoring terrorism and betrayi ...
    In an exclusive report for Foreign Policy magazine, Mark Perry reveals that Mossad agents have been posing as CIA officers and recruiting members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight Israel’s covert war against Iran. Buried deep in the archives of America’s intelligence s ...
  • How might Iran strike back?
    Paul Pillar writes: The killing of an individual foreigner overseas, if carried out for a political or policy purpose by either a nonstate actor or clandestine agents of a state, is an act of international terrorism. At least that is how U.S. law defines it, for purposes such as the State Depart ...
  • Iran to let in U.N. atomic inspectors
    The Wall Street Journal reports: Iran agreed to host a high-level team of United Nation’s nuclear inspectors later this month, Western diplomats said, a surprise development that could help to curb building tensions with the West. The diplomats on Thursday said Iran had tentatively agreed ...
  • Why not to attack Iran
    Elbridge Colby and Austin Long write: The pressure for an attack on Iran is building. Media reports suggest that the Obama administration is under pressure to take action and may even be considering action itself, and Foreign Affairs published an article in its opening 2012 issue by nuclear expe ...
  • Can Iran survive U.S. sanctions?

Watts Up With That?

  • Friday Funny – salud!
    Josh of cartoonsbyjosh.com writes: I did this because I liked the idea of falsifying the evidence that wine is good for you, I mean why not if it is 5 minutes to midnight on the doomsday clock, makes perfect sense … Continue reading →
  • Warmer and BBC loses the bet: “…th ...
    Press release London, 13 January: A climate bet proposed by the BBC’s radio programme “More or Less” four years ago has been won by Dr David Whitehouse, a former BBC Science Editor and a scientific adviser to the Global Warming Policy … Continue reading →
  • Winegate: Red wine health researcher falsified ...
    From Medical News Today, word of a major failure of peer review spanning years and 11 journals. Researcher Who Studied Benefits Of Red Wine Falsified Data Says University An extensive misconduct investigation that took three years to complete and produced … Continue reading →
  • The USGS Investigates Elk
    Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach Elk are one of the largest of the “Cervidae”, the deer family, and are one of North America’s largest mammals. Cows weight about 225 kg. (500 pounds) while bulls weigh about 320 kg (700 pounds). … Continue reading →
  • Quote of the Week – Dr. James Hansen of ...
    “The Oceans will begin to boil…” – yes he actually said that, along with some other silly things. Watch this video: One wonders, if Dr. Hansen realizes that no scientist has yet presented any credible evidence that the “oceans boiled” … Continue reading ...

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Biosingularity

  • 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 ...

CFACT

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Pruning Shears

  • Is Gingrich taking Bain off the table for Romney?
    No Associated Press content was harmed in the writing of this postNewt Gingrich’s recent (and apparently brief) flirtation with attacking Mitt Romney for his time at Bain Capital is already being discussed in traditional election year terms. Some on the right are spinning it as a benefit ...
  • 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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    Non-internet related activities have taken precedence this week.  Back on the weekend (I think).
  • 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 ...

Organic Consumers.org

  • Lawsuit: Monsanto Seed Patents
    In March 2011, PUBPAT filed suit on behalf of 60 family farmers, seed businesses and organic agricultural organizations against Monsanto Company to challenge the chemical giant's patents on genetically modified seed. The organic plaintiffs were forced to sue preemptively to protect themselves fr ...
  • Organic Farmers' Suit against Monsanto Goes to ...
    A court hearing in New York City at the end of this month will determine if a "pre-emptive" lawsuit by a clutch of U.S. and Canadian organic producers against seed and ag chem firm Monsanto will go ahead.Click here to read this article
  • 10 Reasons Why even Democrats, Liberals and Pr ...
    It's a seemingly absurd idea on the surface: Why would democrats and liberals want to vote for Ron Paul (a Republican) over President Obama? Maybe because they want freedom instead of tyranny, it turns out. Because if you're a total slave to the police state, it doesn't really matter whether you ...
  • Uncle Sam and Ethanol
    As 2011 gave way to 2012, Congress let tax credits and import protections expire for one of its most pampered industries: ethanol. Now, there's a good reason for fireworks on New Year's Eve.Click here to read this article
  • Antiobiotics, Animals and the FDA
    The FDA has restricted the use of a minor antibiotic used by the meat industry. It's a small step to counter the widespread overuse of antibiotics on healthy animals, which helps create antibiotic-resistant bacteria that harms humans. Click here to read this article

Center for a Livable Future

  • When Is Enough Enough?
    If one does not have limits—and indeed, all of life is based on limits, whether the free-market economists and politicians want to admit it or not—one can never arrive and find fulfillment.
  • The Cellulose Quandary
    Cellulose-based ethanol may be a bust. Ethanol produced from switchgrass is proving very different. Much will depend on innovations in ethanol production from corn stover and corn cobs.
  • One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: FDA on Cepha ...
    In the span of just two weeks, then, FDA has moved to prevent misuse of one drug while shirking its responsibility for two others.
  • Where is Public Health in the Farm Bill?
    For those of you who do not believe that the Farm Bill is a Public Health bill, read on, and we just might convince you.
  • Swimmable and Fishable by 2020?
    After three hundred years of damage, will Baltimore's Inner Harbor be swimmable in eight years’ time?

Investigate - Breaking News

My Care2 Picks

  • Doctor Exposes Fluoride as Poison
    It is now known thanks to the meticulous research of Dr. Jennifer Luke from the University of Surrey in England that the pineal gland is the primary target of fluoride accumulation within the body. Also, Fluoride is known to have tremendous effects on Submitted by Walter L Bradley Jr to US Pol ...
  • 28 Signs That US Public Schools Are Rapidly Be ...
    Our children are being trained how to live as subservient slaves in a Big Brother police state. Today, nearly everything that children do in public schools is watched, monitored, recorded and tracked. Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it!  |&nbs ...
  • HELPLESS, TEARS: Dealer says load of crab "con ...
    http://www.facebook.com/RealCoastalWarriors continue the expose once revealed at http://www.floridaoilspilllaw.com/ Submitted by John Farnham to US Politics & Gov't  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Comment: Spreading Democracy Involves Routine ...
    The benefits of American democracy are so difficult to discern in Afghanistan that local tribal leaders have to be routinely bribed CIA officials have had to come up with new and creative methods of concealing it, Submitted by John Farnham to Society & Culture  |   Note-it! ...
  • Education Ministry blasts Israeli Arab school ...
    "The students carried signs against racism, house demolitions, etc., which violates the director general's circular [i.e. ministry regulations]," stated the letter sent to the school. Submitted by Margaret Mayer to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment

Angry Indian News

  • Death threats and intimidation by Zionist grou ...
    Death threats and intimidation by Zionist groups increasing in France, say BDS activists | The Electronic Intifada:Palestinian solidarity organizers in France say they have been receiving death... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Peruvian President Humala strengthens ties Wit ...
    Peruvian President Humala strengthens ties With Venezuela’s Chavez | World News |Axisoflogic.com: Venezuela and Peru took a further step towards strengthening bilateral relations last Saturday when... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • Israel : Ethiopian Jews step up protests again ...
    Israel : Ethiopian Jews step up protests against discrimination :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dal medio oriente :: information from middle east :: [vs-1]: The Israeli Knesset Committee for... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • I CARE - DENMARK LOOSENS HARSH IMMIGRATION RUL ...
    I CARE - News - Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe: 10/1/2012- Denmark’s new liberal government has made its first moves to loosen the country’s draconian immigration laws, opening it up to attack... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]
  • I CARE - DUTCH QUEEN BEATRIX CALLS HEADSCARF R ...
    I CARE - News - Internet Centre Anti Racism Europe: 12/1/2012- Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has dismissed as "real nonsense" a domestic political row over her wearing of a headscarf while on a... [[Continue reading Inteligentaindigena Novajoservo...]]

Farm Wars

True/Slant Headline Grabs

Citizens for Legitimate Government

  • Iran blasts US, UK for N-assassination
    ShareThisIran blasts US, UK for N-assassination --'The Uk is responsible for such acts of terror. 13 Jan 2012 Iran's Foreign Ministry has blasted the US and UK governments for their obvious roles in assassinating Iranian scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan in two strongly-worded protest notes. Ahmad ...
  • Iran to probe N-assassination via IAEA
    ShareThisIran to probe N-assassination via IAEA 13 Jan 2012 Iran's permanent envoy to International Atomic Energy Agency says the country will follow up the recent assassination of nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan through the IAEA. Ali Asghar Soltanieh said Friday that he has already writ ...
  • Judge: John Edwards Has Life-Threatening Condition
    ShareThisJudge: John Edwards Has Life-Threatening Condition 13 Jan 2012 A federal judge says she has two letters from a cardiologist saying ex-presidential candidate John Edwards has a life-threatening condition that will require surgery in February. The letters were revealed during a hearing Fr ...
  • Military court orders release of IDF soldier s ...
    ShareThisMilitary court orders release of IDF soldier suspected of passing info to rightists --IDF paratrooper Amichai Zoaretz was arrested earlier this week and questioned by military police; Zoaretz expressed strong anti-Arab and anti-leftist sentiments on Facebook. 12 Jan 2012 A military cour ...
  • US Marines identify Afghanistan 'urination' troops
    ShareThisUS Marines identify Afghanistan 'urination' troops 13 Jan 2012 At least two of four US Marines shown in a video appearing to urinate on Taliban corpses have been identified, a Marine Corps official has told the BBC. The video, which was posted online, purports to show the Marines standi ...

Daily Loaf

  • 5 books that are sure to heat up your kitchen life
    I like to read — a lot. I could make lists counting the hundreds of books that make great reads. Unfortunately, we don’t have the time and you may not have the attention span for that. To keep it short and sweet, here’s a list of five books that I feel add depth and meaning [...]
  • Beer Review: Victory Hop Devil/Victory Hop Wallop
    Victory Brewing Company opened up fifteen years ago in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, but only recently entered the Florida market.  With such beers as their highly touted Prima Pils and Storm King Stout, Victory has earned a rightful place among the respected craft brewers in the United States.  St ...
  • D’s nuts: Rays’ crazy defense feeds hitting, p ...
    Tampa Bay took the series victory against the Chicago with the win, getting back to .500 and improving to 2 games back in the American League East division. Rays look for sweep tomorrow.
  • Interview with Michael Foley about the Florida ...
    The Florida Dance Festival provides a springboard for raw talent and fresh ideas.
  • Just plain cheesy: Celebrate National Grilled ...
    April is National Grilled Cheese Month: an entire four weeks devoted to the American classic. The following sandwich recipe is from cheese expert and author Laura Werlin’s book, Great Grilled Cheese.

Vaccine Resistance Movement

  • 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 ...

B.C. Preppers Network

  • 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 ...

Michael Yon

  • AfCats - Wild Cats of Afghanistan
    12 January 2012 First came the rumors.  Innumerable US Soldiers claimed to have seen large cats in Kandahar Province.  More than once I saw Afghan Soldiers laugh it off, saying our folks were seeing apparitions.  The Afghans would say, yes, there can be big cats in the mountains, ...
  • 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 ...

The Killing Train

  • 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 ...

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Democratic Voice of Burma

  • DVB reporters freed, Obama hails releases
    All 13 jailed reporters for the Democratic Voice of Burma freed as US announces it will appoint an ambassador to Burma
  • Burma frees top dissidents, feelings mixed
    Government grants clemency to 651 political prisoners in unprecedented move, but while optimism is high, some remain cautious
  • Burma prisoner amnesty – 13 Jan releases
    Far-reaching political prisoner amnesty that saw Min Ko Naing and former PM Khin Nyunt among 651 released from Burma's jails
  • LIVE: Burma prisoner amnesty – Ko Ko Gyi ...
    Far-reaching political prisoner amnesty underway today. DVB will be giving you live updates on events from inside the country as they unfold
  • End in sight?
    The Karen National Union today signed its first ceasefire with the Burmese after more than six decades of conflict, thought to be the world’s longest-running civil war. The signs in the volatile state in eastern Burma appear promising, but scepticism remains at the pace of the deal, and wh ...

Telegraph - Climate Change

National Geographic | Environment

Jurist - Legal Research

  • Moldova court throws out presidential election ...
    [JURIST] The Moldovan Constitutional Court [official website, in Romanian] on Thursday threw out the results [press release, in Romanian] of the recent presidential election and canceled the run off vote planned for January 15. The court ruled that many parliamentary deputies violated the secrec ...
  • Myanmar begins release of political prisoners
    [JURIST] Myanmar released over 130 political prisoners [AI report] Friday following announcement by the Burma State Media of a presidential pardon that will free a total of 651 prisoners. Among those released were Hitay Kywe and U Gambira, leaders of a 2007 revolt, Min Ko Naing, student leader o ...
  • DOJ defends Obama's recess appointments
    [JURIST] The US Department of Justice (DOJ) [official website] has defended [text, PDF] the use of recess appointments [CRS backgrounder, PDF] by President Barack Obama [official website]. Obama used recess appointments to install Richard Cordray [WP backgrounder] as director of the Consumer Fin ...
  • Poland court issues suspended sentence to comm ...
    [JURIST] The Warsaw Provincial Court handed down a two-year suspended sentence to former interior minister Gen. Czeslaw Kiszczak Thursday. The court found Kiszczak guilty in absentia in relation to the implementation of martial law [Polish government backgrounder] in 1981. Martial law was declar ...
  • Canada: same-sex marriages of non-residents no ...
    [JURIST] The Canadian government has given notice that the same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive] performed in Canada between non-Canadian couples are invalid. This means that couples who came to Canada since 2004 to get married are not legally wed. The reversal is policy came to light when a ...

Atlantic | Mark Ambinder

  • 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 ...

COAT - Coalition to oppose the Arms Trade

Bulletin of American Scientists - News

Tikun Olam

  • Obama Ups Ante for War Against Iran
    Those of you who know your World War I history will remember that that continental conflagration began with a match lit by the assassination of an Austrian archduke and his wife along a Serbian roadside.  Now Pres. Obama has opened yet another opportunity for yet another conflict in the Middle E ...
  • Michael Weiss, Pro-Israel Neocon, Authors Blue ...
    Pro-Israel neocon hawk Michael Weiss brags, in a new piece in Foreign Policy Magazine, that he has drafted a blueprint adopted by the Syrian opposition, which includes a call for foreign military intervention: …The SNC [Syrian National Council] launched its official Web site [which], drawi ...
  • IDF Chief of Staff Affirms Israeli Responsibil ...
      Fox News reports that IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz testified in closed session to the Israeli Knessets foreign affairs and defense committee that Israel was engaged in sabotaging Iran’s nuclear program through a series of “unnatural” acts: “2012 is expected to be ...
  • Israeli Source: Assassination of Iranian Nucle ...
    An Iranian news agency reports that a fourth Iranian nuclear scientist has been assassinated.  Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan was a professor specializing in petroleum engineering at a technical university and director of  Natanz’s uranium enrichment facility.  Mehr news agency said he was “d ...
  • Bibi to J14 Social Justice Movement: Drop Dead!
    Some of you are old enough to remember the famous NY Daily News headline from the day in 1975 when Pres. Gerald Ford refused to help New York City as it teetered on the brink of bankruptcy.  ”Ford to City: Drop Dead” was the memorable line. Today, I’m dusting it off for a simil ...

If Americans Knew

  • International law is clear: Israeli settlement ...
    Eric Rozenman's Dec. 11 Op-Ed article, "Israeli settlements are more than legitimate," is legal nonsense that disregards history. He is correct in his observation that Article 6 of the Mandate for Palestine permitted "close settlement by Jews on the land, including state lands and waste lands no ...
  • Noam Chomsky and the pro-Israel lobby: Fourtee ...
    Noam Chomsky has been called the US leading intellectual by pundits and even some sectors of the mass media. He has a large audience throughout the world especially in academic circles, in large part because of his vocal criticism of US foreign policy and many of the injustices resulting from t ...
  • Ethan Bronner's Conflict With Impartiality
    Ethan Bronner is the New York Times Jerusalem bureau chief. As such, he is the editor responsible for all the news coming out of Israel-Palestine. It is his job to decide what gets reported and what doesn't; what goes in a story and what gets cut.
  • Beware of the BBC
    Stuart Littlewood highlights the BBC's chronic pro-Israel bias, from allowing untruths about Israel's onslaught on Gaza in 2008-09 to go unchallenged, to its failure to provide accurate context about the Israeli township of Sderot, to its routine willingness to give disproportionate airtime to I ...
  • Stealing Success Tel Aviv Style
    And there is another aspect of Israel's growing high tech sector that he understandably chose to ignore because it is extremely sleazy. That is the significant advantage that Israel has gained by systematically stealing American technology with both military and civilian applications. The US dev ...

David J. Gregory

  • 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 ...

Unsuitable Blog

  • 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 ...

Subalternate Reality

  • 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 ...

Idea Lab | Technology

  • Why Unions Should Not Support SOPA
    A version of this post first appeared on the MIT Center for Civic Media blog. I was supposed to speak on a panel about SOPA recently with the Northeast chapters of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. It was to serve as an educational discussion ...
  • NextDrop's Dashboards Look Great, But Mobile C ...
    One year ago, when we were just a team of graduate students with a big idea, our teammate Thejo Kote came to Hubli, India and demoed a web-based dashboard to the executive engineer and commissioner here. The dashboard uses Google Maps to show the status of valves and other system components in r ...
  • 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 ...

Cutting Edge News

  • War on Terror - Rep. King Encouraged that Amer ...
    House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Pete King (R-N.Y.) said Thursday that he is encouraged by news that Muslim Americans in the Tampa, Fla., area provided information that led to the arrest of a Kosovar-American who was plotting an attack against the U.S. military there. Press reports say ...
  • Iran's Nukes - Killing of Nuclear Scientist Fu ...
    The killing of an Iranian nuclear scientist this week has provoked a wave of anger in Tehran, which blames Israel and the United States for the attack. A hardline Iranian newspaper called on January 12 for retaliation against Israel, which Iranian authorities say orchestrated the January 11 ...
  • Edge on the Middle East - French TV Reporter's ...
    The death of French television reporter Gilles Jacquier in Syria adds to a mounting toll of journalists killed, detained and attacked as they try to cover the year-old Arab Spring uprising. According to watchdog group Reporters Without Borders, the Middle East was the most dangerous region for j ...
  • The Edge of Medicine - Researcher Blueprints O ...
    Ovarian cancer is called a “silent killer” because by the time symptoms appear and diagnosis is made, it is generally too late for a cure. Last year, 22,000 women were diagnosed with the disease in the United States; 14,000 of them died. Laura Shawver, a scientist cancer researcher and commercia ...
  • The Arab Fall in Egypt - The Muslim Brotherhoo ...
    When the third and final round of Egypt's parliamentary elections concludes tomorrow, the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) is widely expected to cement its dominance of the next legislature. Although the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces still holds executive power, the FJP ...

High Country News

CounterCurrents

  • India To Pay For Iran Crude In Rupees
    By Press TV In the wake of the US decision to impose fresh sanctions against the Islamic Republic that would target its oil exports, India announces plans to pay for the Iranian crude it imports in rupees
  • Nuclear Assassinations Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
    By Dr. Ismail Salami Central to the circle of the prime suspects in the nuclear assassinations is the IAEA itself. About two weeks ago, Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan had reportedly met the agency inspectors. Isnt it strange that the nuclear scientist was killed only two weeks after his meeting with the ...
  • Obamas New War Doctrine Fuels Debate In China
    By John Chan Last weeks announcement by President Barack Obama of a new strategic focus on China has intensified a debate already underway in Chinese ruling circles over how to respond to Washingtons confrontational stance and threat of military conflict
  • Americans can Choose Between Being American Or ...
    By Jay Janson Some day in the perhaps not so distant future, after Americans are humiliated by the defeat of their governments attempt to control and exploit every bit of the planet and its inhabitants, they will be finally free to rehabilitate themselves as the Germans did after suffering thro ...
  • The Perils of 2012
    By Joseph E. Stiglitz As a result, global economic rebalancing is likely to accelerate, almost inevitably giving rise to political tensions. With all of the problems confronting the global economy, we will be lucky if these strains do not begin to manifest themselves within the next twelve months

Contagious Love Experiment

  • 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 ...

Yid With Lid

  • NYT Columnist Tom Friedman's Simplistic View o ...
    Professor: [As the Martian ambassador starts disintegrating congressmen with his ray gun]: “Mr. Ambassador, please! What are you doing? This doesn’t make sense! It’s not logical! It’s not !” – Mars Attacks It is distasteful when Western intellectuals, politicians, and journalists who pride ...
  • Barack Obama's New Lie: Romney, Gingrich and P ...
    President Obama is and expert at doublespeak, language  deliberately disguising , distorting, and/or reversing the meaning of words. Thus taxes are revenue enhancements, government overspending is called an investment, and making unreasonable demands on Israel while making no demands on the ...
  • Stupid EPA Trick-Punish Refineries For Not Usi ...
    This story comes from the "you can't make this stuff up department." During this past year, companies that supply fuel for our cars racked up almost $7 million dollars in penalties because they did not mix a special type of biofuel into their gasoline and diesel as required by law.  In 2012 ...
  • How I Learned About Courage From an Arab Marxi ...
    ALVY: Boy, those guys in the French Resistance were really brave…. ANNIE: I don’t know, sometimes I ask myself how I’d stand up under torture. ALVY: You? You kiddin’? If the Gestapo would take away your Bloomingdale’s charge card, you’d tell ‘em everything. – Woody Allen, from ...
  • Gingrich Walks Back His Anti-Capitalism Stance ...
    One day Newt Gingrich is going to learn that when you spend too much time sitting on the fence, soon or later you're going to get a sore butt.  For the better part of the past week the former speaker of the house has been attacking Mitt Romney from the left declaring that he fired many peop ...

The Real Agenda

  • Downgrade-a-palooza: Banksters ready to Flush ...
    by Antonia van de Velde CNBC January 13, 2012 Standard & Poor’s will cut the credit ratings of Italy, Spain and Portugal by two notches and downgrade France and Austria by one notch, a French newspaper said Friday, without citing its sources. The newspaper, Les Echos, said that S&P ...
  • U.S. wants to ‘close down the Central Bank of ...
    AFP January 13, 2012 The latest round of American sanctions are aimed at shutting down Iran’s central bank, a senior U.S. official said Thursday, spelling out that intention directly for the first time. “We do need to close down the Central Bank of Iran (CBI),” the official told reporters on con ...
  • Ex-Israeli Intelligence Officer: “Pearl Harbor ...
    Paul J. Watson Infowars January 13, 2012 Former Israeli intelligence officer Avi Perry writes that a “surprise” Pearl Harbor-style Iranian attack on an American warship in the Persian Gulf will provide the pretext for the US to launch all-out warfare against Iran Given the fact that former Vice ...
  • Ron Paul surges in South Carolina
    American Research Group Mitt Romney leads the South Carolina Republican presidential primary with 29%. Newt Gingrich is in second place with 25% and Ron Paul is in third place with 20%. Paul has gained the most and Rick Santorum has lost the most since the last American Research Group survey on ...
  • Scientists show how internet dependency alters ...
    by Jeremy Laurance The Independent January 12, 2012 Internet addiction has for the first time been linked with changes in the brain similar to those seen in people addicted to alcohol, cocaine and cannabis. In a groundbreaking study, researchers used MRI scanners to reveal abnormalities in the b ...

Wind Watch

  • Engineers investigate after wind turbine rippe ...
    A windfarm in Mid Wales has been temporarily closed while engineers investigate damage to one of its wind turbines. Operators Scottish Power Renewables said the Llandinam Windfarm, between Llanidloes and Newtown, had been taken offline while engineers looked into how the turbine was damaged in D ...
  • Roxbury residents lodge turbine noise complaints
    ROXBURY — West Shore Road homeowner Linda Kuras knew she’d hear noises from wind turbines atop Flathead Mountain, which lines the east shore of Roxbury Pond. She and several other residents fought in vain for years against Record Hill Wind LLC’s project to place 22 turbines on town r ...
  • 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 ...

Tippers News

  • Three men helped starve kids, court tol
    Three men helped starve five children in Adelaide until they looked like they had came from a famine-affected Third World country, a court has been told. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • DNA testing a proven weapon in fight against h ...
    DNA testing is a proven aid in solving child trafficking cases in the country, a well-known international research institute says. Submitted by Rose NoFWDSPLZ to World  |   Note-it!  |   Add a Comment
  • Be a Voice for Coastal Louisiana's Wildlife ! ...
    Coastal Louisiana provides habitat to hundreds of wildlife species, including sea turtles, migratory birds, and manatees. But unfortunately, right now Louisiana is also experiencing the highest rate of land loss in the United States Submitted by Cher C. to Environment  |   Note- ...
  • Tiger killing 'a crime against nature'
    Three people have been sentenced to a total of eight and a half years in prison for trying to smuggle tiger skins and bones across the Russian border. And for the first time in this kind of case, a charge of 'ecological damage' might be brought for the Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals &nbsp ...
  • Dog Beating Charge Sends Key Largo Man To Jail
    A witness said Bubba upset Mitchell when he tried to run away. Mitchell caught the dog by the collar, the witness said, and dragged him so violently inside he damaged the dog's neck and esophagus. Then Bubba grabbed a steak from the kitchen counter. Submitted by Maria Oniga to Animals  |& ...

The Freeman

  • Busts Are Not Punishments for Booms
    As a follow-up to today’s TGIF about Matthew Yglesias’s critique of Austrian economics, I note that he claims that for Austrians “the suffering of a bust is a kind of cosmic payback for the boom.” Paul Krugman has similarly charged that Austrians see  the bust in moralist ...
  • Obama Wants Trade and Commerce Agencies Consol ...
    “President Obama will ask Congress on Friday for the power to shrink the federal government, proposing a first step of combining several trade- and commerce-related agencies under a plan that the White House said could eliminate more than 1,000 jobs and save $3 billion over 10 years. A sen ...
  • Health Insurer Told to Rescind Premium Increase
    “The Obama administration said Thursday that rate increases sought by a health insurance company were unreasonable, and it ordered the insurer to rescind them or justify its refusal to do so.” (New York Times) We know where this leads. FEE Timely Classic “What Price Control Rea ...
  • Fed Officials Didn’t See the Crisis Coming
    “[Federal Reserve] officials, meeting every six weeks to discuss the health of the nation’s economy, gave little credence to the possibility that the faltering housing market would weigh on the broader economy, according to transcripts that the Fed released Thursday.” (New York Times ...
  • Austrian Economics Hits the Headlines
    Austrian economic theory describes how purposive action by fallible human beings unintentionally generates a grand, complex, and orderly market process.

Teaching Online Journalism

  • 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 ...

Facing South

  • Is military spending good for creating jobs?
    With looming budget cuts threatening to dig into the military budget, politicians and pundits are warning of big job losses in defense jobs. But a new study finds that military spending isn&a ...
  • Pension busting at American Airlines
    The Texas-based carrier is using Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a strategic weapon in a class war against decent wages and benefits for its workers.
    The Texas-based ca ...
  • Teachers call for holiday boycott of Pope stores
    The North Carolina Association of Educators has called for shoppers to boycott stores owned by Raleigh multimillionaire and conservative operative Art Pope for his "anti-public educa ...
  • Fresh testing shows persistent contamination i ...
    Results suggest that dangerously high levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde linger in the more than 130,000 trailers that the federal agency provided to families displaced by the 2005 disaste ...
  • Fracturing democracy?
    As the grassroots movement opposing the controversial gas-drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" racks up political victories, the industry embraces ...

Worldpress - Africa

  • Development Challenges for Africa in 2012
    With economic malaise in the West and a growing population of young people at home, Africa faces significant challenges and opportunities in the coming year.
  • The Unsolved Mystery of Agnès Dury
    Four years after a young French aid worker was assassinated in a small Burundian town, family members and coworkers are still pressing for a proper investigation.
  • HIV and AIDS: The End of the Beginning
    A large number of HIV infections have been treated or prevented in the last decade, but in some ways the battle against the global epidemic has just begun.
  • HIV and AIDS: The End of the Beginning
    A large number of HIV infections have been treated or prevented in the last decade, but in some ways the battle against the global epidemic has just begun.
  • Repression of the Press in Cote d'Ivoire
    Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara came into office promising to uphold democracy, but members of the press find themselves under threat.

Telegraph UK - oil

Ian Welsh

  • 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 ...

Media Consortium

Reality Asserts Itself

  • 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 ...

Great Beyond ( Nature )

  • 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 ...

new geography

  • Martin Luther King, Economic Equality And The ...
    In the last years of his life Dr. Martin Luther King expanded his focus from political and civil rights to include economic justice. Noting that the majority of America’s poor were white King decried the already huge gaps between rich and poor, calling for “radical changes in the structure of ...
  • Three Cheers for Urban Sprawl
    “Hands off Our Land!” screams the Daily Telegraph, like some shotgun-toting red-faced farmer.  The newspaper, on behalf of the reactionary toffs who form the least pleasant section of its readership, has launched a campaign directed against ‘urban sprawl’ (ie. the rest of us). On a good ...
  • Urban Legend: Wei Ping Contemplates Motherhood
    Driving through the bustling Orchard Road in the heart of Singapore, Wei Ping stares at the shiny new Prada hoarding. Maybe she should ”invest” in a new Prada bag. She must watch out for the next big season sale. Her birthday is a distance away but ever since she and her husband had started ...
  • 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 ...

GM Watch

  • Monsanto's shameful record of false advertising
    NOTE: News that Monsanto is in trouble in India over its advertising claims for GM cotton, need to be seen in context: 1.France: Monsanto guilty in 'false ad' row 2. UK: Watchdog slams Monsanto ads 3.South Africa: Falsified GM food safety claims rejected For more on the Indian decision: http://w ...
  • Leading scientist admits misuse of power
    NOTE: As previously noted, one of the scientists at the heart of India's public sector Bt cotton scandal is Prof. BM Khadi. The scandal involves claims by government funded scientists, like Prof. Khadi, that they had developed indigenous Bt cotton varieties which were later found to include a Mo ...
  • Report on potential adverse effects of GMOs
    NOTE: Download the full report as pdf http://www.genok.no/filarkiv/File/Publications/GENOK_GMO-SD-FINAL.pdf --- --- Genetically Modified Organisms - A Summary of Potential Adverse Effects Relevant to Sustainable Development Skrevet av Georgina Catacora-Vargas GenØk Biosafety Report 2011/02, 06.0 ...
  • Monsanto in trouble over advertising claims in ...
    EXTRACT: Monsanto was earlier fined 15000 Euros in France in January 2007 after being found guilty of false advertising... In May 2010, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa found the claims made by Monsanto... in a magazine to be unsubstantiated and asked for the advertisement to ...
  • Superweeds spreading into Canada
    Monsanto Says Weedkiller-Resistant Kochia Found in Canada Jack Kaskey Bloomberg, January 12 2012 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-12/monsanto-says-glyphosate-resistant-kochia-in-western-canada.html Monsanto Co. (MON), the biggest seed maker, said the bushy plant Kochia is no longer being k ...

spiked

Cryptogon

  • 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 ...

The Economic Collapse

  • Bam! Bam! Bam! Huge Financial Bombs Just Got D ...
    The European debt crisis has just gone to an entirely new level.  Just when it seemed like things may be stabilizing somewhat, we get news of huge financial bombs being dropped all over Europe.  Very shortly after U.S. financial markets closed on Friday, S&P announced credit ...
  • 22 Signs That We Are On The Verge Of A Devasta ...
    2012 is shaping up to be a very tough year for the global economy.  All over the world there are signs that economic activity is significantly slowing down.  Many of these signs are detailed later on in this article.  But most people don't understand what is happening because the ...
  • 24 Statistics To Show To Anyone Who Believes T ...
    Beware of bubbles of false hope.  Right now there is a lot of talk about how the U.S. economy is improving, but it is all a lie.  The mainstream media can be very seductive.  When you sit down to watch television your brain tends to go into a very relaxed mode.  In such a state, ...
  • 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 ...

Desertification

  • HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION – USE BOTTLE TOW ...
    Here is my newest video : http://youtu.be/jBY2NN-T0fc HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION – USE BOTTLE TOWERS Building towers of recycled bottles and/or pots offers fantastic opportunities to grow fresh food with a minimum of water and fertilizer. One can grow at home, … Continue reading →
  • WeForest
    Read at : WeForest Newsletter – January 2012 “Knowledge is the most sought after and treasured gift one can give to another that cannot be taken away. Have a Happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.” –Stanley Stanley is the … Continue reading →
  • Can Bangladesh refrain India from constructing ...
    Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.weeklyblitz.net/2071/waging-international-legal-war-against-tipaimukh Waging international legal war against Tipaimukh Dam by Barrister M. A. Muid Khan “Guided by the principles of equity, fairness and no harm to either party both t ...
  • Saudi Arabia : natural meadows face great chal ...
    Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentID=20120113115491 Riyadh’s desert: A retreat for residents Anyone who visits Riyadh these days will see hundreds of vehicles driving on the roads leading out of the city. During ...
  • Land-clearing in Australia (Google / The Canbe ...
    Read at : http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/national/national/general/landclearing-limits-urged/2418734.aspx Land-clearing limits urged BY ROSSLYN BEEBY, SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT REPORTER Australia is still clearing about one million hectares of native forests and woodlands a year, resulting i ...

The Paper Trail

  • Rules against coordination between super PACs, ...
    Presidential front-runner Mitt Romney knows that he can’t talk to the people who run the notorious “super PAC” that may have won the Iowa caucuses for him.
  • Fatal Texas shooting highlights struggle to re ...
    The fatal police shooting earlier this month of a Texas middle school student clutching a BB gun — the latest in a series of incidents involving imitation firearms — spotlights how localities and states have struggled to identify and control both look-alike toys and guns that fire something othe ...
  • FACT CHECK: Gingrich’s ‘baloney’-filled attack ...
    Newt Gingrich is out with two new attacks on Mitt Romney: an ad airing in South Carolina that tries to brand Romney as a “pro-abortion” governor, and a nearly three-minute Web video that gauges Romney statements on a “Baloney-O-Meter.” We found a bit of baloney in both.The ad airing in South Car ...
  • States slow to act against New England polluters
    For many in New England, fresh powdered snow is a welcome sign of the season.
  • Fissile materials remain poorly protected
    A new industrial plant producing a key nuclear weapons ingredient, enriched uranium, opened in China last year, near the Sichuan city of Hanzhong. Other such plants opened last year in France and Japan.

backofthebook.ca

  • 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 ...

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Free Range International

  • 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 ...

The Story Behind the Story

  • Another Christian “Red” (Edomite) ...
    REFLECTING ABSENCE “Reflecting Absence”.  That’s the “official name” given by Israeli citizen and “architect” Michael Arad to the 9-11 memorial in New York.   Is this monument to death harmless and meaningless, or is it a very real and conscious effort b ...
  • WHO IS RICK SANTORUM?
    It’s official – Mormon Mitt Romney and Catholic Rick Santorum accounted for over 50% of the Iowa Caucus Tuesday. How did Santorum surge so quickly and so miraculously?   A clue may be this quote in the “Jewish Daily Forward” : “He takes his religion very seriously,” said ...
  • WHO IS RICK SANTORUM?
    It’s official – Mormon Mitt Romney and Catholic Rick Santorum accounted for over 50% of the Iowa Caucus Tuesday. How did Santorum surge so quickly and so miraculously?   A clue may be this quote in the “Jewish Daily Forward” : “He takes his religion very seriously,” said ...
  • Righteous Blood Part VI – (Attention Chr ...
    PAY ATTENTION ALL CHRISTIANS!!!!!  This is a RED (Edomite) Alert of the highest import!!!  (Does EVERYONE love Raymond?) I submit this is the single most important headline of the last 2000 years!  It doesn’t matter who (or what) is “elected” President.  It doesn’t matter ...
  • Righteous Blood Part VI – (Attention Chr ...
    PAY ATTENTION ALL CHRISTIANS!!!!!  This is a RED (Edomite) Alert of the highest import!!!  (Does EVERYONE love Raymond?) I submit this is the single most important headline of the last 2000 years!  It doesn’t matter who (or what) is “elected” President.  It doesn’t matter ...

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Mansbridge One on One - CBC

Scotts Contracting

  • 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 ...

The View From Abroad

Foreign Policy in Focus - Military (US)

  • Syria's Revolution Will Succeed
    Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime must step down immediately--without Western military intervention.
  • Review: The United States of Fear
    The United States is not heading toward a soft landing, according to a grim account of U.S. foreign policy follies.
  • Hamas Pulls Rug Out From Under IDF Chief of Staff
    Hamas chief frustrates IDF chief by removing reasons for attacking Gaza.
  • Libya for Libyans
    The immediate future of Libya will be determined overwhelmingly by the Libyan people themselves. Critics of NATO's intervention in Libya should explain whether this outcome is unacceptable to them, and if so, why.
  • Libya and the New Warmongering
    The NATO intervention in Libya is likely to produce a more militarized and insecure world, and this will be its most enduring legacy.

Law.com

Iranian.com

  • جمهوری اسلامی ایران متهم به ترور مصطفی احمدی ر ...
    کمپین سفارت سبز در بیانیه ای که پنجشنبه 12-1-2011 منتشر کرده، خاطر نشان کرده است: " گزارش و اطلاعات واصله به کمپین، مستند به اسناد مثبته از حادثه ترور معاون بازرگانی تاسیسات هسته ای نطنز، حاکی است که زنده یاد مصطفی احمدی روشن ، منتقد ادامه برنامه هسته ای رژیم بشکل فعلی و به قیمت فقر عمومی ، ...
  • False Flag
    Buried deep in the archives of America's intelligence services are a series of memos, written during the last years of President George W. Bush's administration, that describe how Israeli Mossad officers recruited operatives belonging to the terrorist group Jundallah by passing themselves off as ...
  • Anti-US chants as slain Iran nuclear expert bu ...
    TEHRAN, Iran — Thousands of mourners chanted "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" on Friday during the funeral of a slain nuclear expert whom Iranian officials accuse the two nations of killing in a bomb blast this week as part of a secret operation to stop Iran's nuclear ...
  • Israeli Mossad training Iranian exiles in Kurd ...
    Paris-based daily Le Figaro, France’s second-largest national newspaper, read more
  • Why Iran Assassinations Are Backfiring, Aiding ...
    But pro-democracy forces in Iran, which have been under extreme pressure since the disputed 2009 presidential election, say the assassinations are likely to backfire against the West—enhancing the military state by legitimizing the nuclear program in the eyes of the Iranian people. It doesn’t se ...

Most Revolutionary Act

  • Bye, Bye Capitalism
    Fleeing Vesuvius, New Zealand Edition (2011, Feasta and Living Economies) Book Review In my experience, there are two main forms anti-corporate resistance can take. The first involves direct confrontation of government and corporate official over their criminal and unethical activities. The hu ...
  • 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 ...

Michael Moore - Must Read

  • 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 ...
  • Pietà
    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 ...

Salon

  • The scandal that isn’t on the video
    The United States and its allies were quick to go into damage control mode to try to contain the political and diplomatic fallout from a video posted on YouTube apparently showing US Marines urinating on the mangled corpses of dead Afghans,A Pentagon spokesman, Captain John Kirby, told CNN: "Reg ...
  • Obama family values
    In a country unspoiled by centuries of racism and racial stereotyping, Jodi Kantor's "The Obamas" would likely be seen as a sympathetic if gossipy and theatrical portrait of the First Couple, striving to do their best for their country and their family as President Obama wrestled with a broken e ...
  • Colbert for president?
    What to do if you're Stephen Colbert? The "Report" host is surging in Republican primary polls (despite not being an actual candidate) and the temptation to explore a run for president grows larger by the day. The problem, however, is that candidates are prohibited by federal election law from o ...
  • Romney misled voters on his mom’s aborti ...
    The new biography "The Real Romney" provides evidence that Mitt Romney has repeatedly mischaracterized his mother's position on abortion rights. A previously unreported Lenore Romney quote in the book sheds light on Mitt Romney's convoluted and changing position on the issue, as well as his fami ...
  • Democrats can’t count on Kerrey
    Given the tenuousness of Democratic control of the U.S. Senate, I imagine more than a few people in Washington are hoping former Sen. Bob Kerrey will run for the seat vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson. As both local and national sources are reporting, Kerrey is seriously exploring t ...

SMB News

  • 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 ...

Toronto Star - Editorials

Energy Collective

  • Adapting to Mild Winters
    Just before the holidays, I posted this short video about how the shrinking lake ice "season" across much of the Northern Hemisphere is one of the cle
  • The Carbon Emissions Quandary
    In the first episode of R-Squared Energy TV for 2012, I give a short presentation on global warming. I believe there are a number of misconceptions around the U.S. contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, and I provide some graphics that may surprise some viewers. Some of the topics discussed are:
  • Enlightenment and Renaissance: Which Should Co ...
    Several months ago I blogged about an engineering presentation at Dartmouth. Dr. Swartz presented a talk with the provocative title: If Vermont Yankee Had an Accident Like Fukushima.Swartz concluded that the "worried well" would be the major problem after any type of nuclear accident. Civilian ...
  • Don't Believe the Fantasy Job Claims on Keysto ...
    Groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Business Roundtable say they speak for the country’s business interests.When it comes to the Keystone XL pipeline, they most definitely do not.In his “State of American Business speech,” U.S. Chamber president Tom Donohue once again trotted out hi ...
  • U.S. Nuclear Manufacturers Lukewarm on AP1000
    There is so much excess production capacity for pumps, pipes, and parts that few plan expansion when orders show up This is my updated coverage for Fuel Cycle Week, V11;N454 January 5, 2012 published by International Nuclear Associates, Washington, DC. 

EU Times

  • US preparing for every option on Iran
    US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has described Iran as a regional threat, saying Washington will resort to “all necessary means” to stop Tehran’s nuclear program. “We’ve said and I say again that all options are open … President (Barack) Obama clearly and consistently ...
  • Cargo Ship Sinks in New Zealand’s Worst Enviro ...
    One half of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef three months ago has started sinking into the ocean. The stern section of a stricken cargo ship is slipping off a New Zealand reef where it has been stuck for three months and is sinking, authorities said, complicating salvage effor ...
  • More US battle ships head to Persian Gulf
    The US is deploying more warships to the Persian Gulf area, with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson entering the Arabian Sea. Washington is also winning over Japan and India in the oil sanction war against Iran. The Pentagon denies the USS Carl Vinson has been dispatched to the Gulf region ove ...
  • US Nationwide Poll: Ron Paul Surges Into Second
    Five point gain means Paul is tied in second place overall with Independents and Republicans. Following his effective tied win in Iowa, GOP candidate Ron Paul has seen a surge in popularity nationally according to an influential poll released this week. Paul is now tied for second place national ...
  • Gitmo Turns 10 Years Old, Protests Erupt
    Human rights groups are holding demonstrations to protest the tenth anniversary of the US military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay while hopes for its closure weaken, Press TV reports . Protesters dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, paraded in front of the White House to demand that the Guantan ...

Stonecipher News

  • 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 ...

Liquida : Worldwide News & Opinion

  • Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie To Present At 2012 ...
    Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are slated to present an award at the Golden Globes on Sunday, the Huffington Post reports! The Hollywood superstars are both up for a Globes themselves, Brad for acting and producing the baseball flick Moneyball and Jolie for directing the foreign language film In ...
  • Joran van der Sloot Sentenced to 28 Years in P ...
    Joran van der Sloot will be spending the next 28 years in prison. He pleaded guilty to murdering Stephany Flores this week and was sentenced in Peru today. The court also ordered him to pay $75,000 in reparations to the family of the 21-year-old victim, who he killed after meeting her at a Lima ...
  • Rumor: AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 to launch Marc ...
    In a Nokia developer newsletter sent out on Thursday, the Finnish handset maker confirmed the Lumia 900 will launch in March. It’s abundantly clear as the newsletter reads, “The Nokia Lumia 900 phone runs Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5. It is the biggest and fastest smartphone yet. And it will bec ...
  • Jeff Fisher Is The Next Coach Of The St. Louis ...
    After a pensive week of public contemplation, which induced much gnashing of teeth in St. Louis and Miami, Jeff Fisher has come down from the mountain to proclaim that he will take his talents to the foothills of Missouri. The first tweet I saw was from Peter King, so he gets my link . The word ...
  • Suspect In Natalee Holloway Case Gets 28-Year ...
    by Mark Memmott Joran van der Sloot, the 24-year-old Dutchman who remains the prime suspect in the still-unsolved 2005 disappearance of Alabama teen Natalee Holloway in Aruba, was just sentenced to 28 years in prison for the 2010 murder of a woman in Peru. Van der Sloot pleaded guilty Wednesday ...

Groklaw

  • Copyright Wars escalate: Britain to extradite ...
    The legality of linking sites in the UK is disputed. At least one judge has argued that merely linking to infringing content without hosting it is perfectly legal under British law. In a November court appearance, O'Dwyer's attorney argued that the student had not broken British law. TVShack was ...
  • Pirate Bay to abandon .torrent files for magne ...
    Filesharing titan the Pirate Bay has promised to remove all .torrent files from its site. But it's not to placate rights-holders-it's going to replace them with "magnet links" instead....If you're curious, TorrentFreak has a good explanation of exactly how it all works at a deep technical level ...
  • As SOPA Debate Rages, Leahy Considers Changes ...
    Meanwhile, the author of SOPA, Rep. Lamar Smith, told Reuters that he was amazed by the opposition to his bill and vowed to continue on. "It is amazing to me that the opponents apparently don't want to protect American consumers and businesses," Rep. Smith, a Texas Republican, told Reuters. Sm ...
  • EFF Demands Withdrawal of Bogus Time Zone Data ...
    EFF signed on to defend both researchers against this absurd lawsuit. It's a fundamental principle of copyright law that facts are not copyrightable, and Astrolabe should have known that was all the researchers took from the atlas. Today, EFF has asked for Astrolabe to officially withdraw the la ...
  • Microsoft confirms UEFI fears, locks down ARM ...
    While UEFI secure boot is ostensibly about protecting user security, these non-standard restrictions have nothing to do with security. For non-ARM systems, Microsoft requires that Custom Mode be enabled-a perverse demand if Custom Mode is a security threat. But the ARM market is different for Mi ...

WideShut

Politics in the Zeros

  • Dean’s Beans on the confusing Fair Trade coffe ...
    We are drowning in a sea of seals! There are so many different seals on products these days, all promising to solve this or that problem and make the world a better place. What do they really mean? Who do they really benefit? Here is a very rough primer to help navigate around the [...]
  • California water system in need of major repair
    The California Department of Water Resources warned in a December report that 50% of the state’s aging levees are not up to standard and up to $17 billion is needed in repairs and infrastructure investment. This of course comes at a very bad financial time for California, as it is already suffe ...
  • This is weird
    I’m getting no audio from YouTube but do from iTunes Radio. No idea why. Anyone have ideas? Windows Vista. Update: Bob, the database professional and web developer who has been on the net since 1994, had YouTube volume control set at zero. Sigh.
  • Climate change: what’s good for elk is bad for ...
    When elk are excluded, aspen growth dramatically increases (Coconino National Forest, Arizona, May 2011) Photo: Tom Martin, USGS A just-published U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Montana study demonstrates how the declining snowpack in the Arizona mountains over a 22-year span has ...
  • Ikea replacing wooden pallets with cardboard p ...
    Cardboard pallets hold the same weight as wooden ones and are used once then recycled. Ikea says the 90% reduction in pallet weight will save them nearly $200 million a year in transportation charges.

TVNZ - Top Stories

Just World News

  • 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 ...

frogblog

  • General debate, January 13, 2012
  • Cycling to Southland – Prelude
    Gareth’s already blogged about the Keep The Coal in the Hole summer festival, and I’m excited to be attending. As the new transport spokesperson, I decided to take a bit of time during the summer holiday to travel to the festival in the most climate-friendly means possible. I’l ...
  • Jung Woo 2 and Sparta have no place in the Las ...
    The Jung Woo 2 is now the third ship to come to grief in the Ross Sea in little over a year and should serve as a wakeup call for the Government to close off the Ross Sea as a Marine Protected Area.
  • More problems with Skynet
    It is becoming more apparent every day that providing legal alternatives to file-sharing would have been more effective, easier and cheaper than the cumbersome, complex and ultimately futile Skynet Law.
  • Keep the Coal in the Hole Summer Festival
    The main target is lignite coal mining in Southland an issue the Greens have been strong in opposing. Lignite is bad for the environment and our economy instead we should be pursuing modern renewable energy solutions, not 19th Century coal.

Patronus Analytical

J Kozy

  • 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 ...

Dr. Mercola Natural Health

  • Major Trouble Ahead - if You Don't Fix This De ...
    By Dr. Mercola An article in the British Journal of Nutrition reports the results of an extensive search of the available scientific literature regarding the role of omega-6 fats, omega-3 fats, and trans fats in the diet.  They found that for both non-fatal myocardial infarction and dea ...
  • Alarming New "Flu" Treatment -- A Serious Heal ...
    By Dr. Mercola A new study has led to what is perhaps the most ludicrous recommendation for flu treatment ever -- statin drugs! The researchers reported that statin use may reduce death risk in people hospitalized with the flu, and the media is reporting sensational headlines like "Statins r ...
  • 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 ...

JAMA

Survival - tribal peoples

  • Undercover audio tape proves Andaman ‘human sa ...
    Vehicles queue to enter the Jarawa reserve along the Andaman Trunk Road © G Chamberlain/ Survival A secret recording of a tour operator in the Andaman Islands telling an undercover journalist to provide 10-15,000 rupees (£120-180/ $180-275) to pay off the police proves that the now notoriou ...
  • Loggers invade tribal home of Amazon Indian ch ...
    Awá men travel down a road cut by loggers. © Uirá Garcia Loggers have invaded the Amazon home of uncontacted Awá 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 ...

Montreal Gazette

  • The fight against corruption should start now
    From Quebec taxpayers' point of view, the announcement last fall of the Charbonneau commission of inquiry came as a relief.
  • Party turncoats discredit the political process
    Elected politicians who switch parties in midterm typically cite higher principle as the motivation for abandoning the party under whose banner they rode to office.
  • Métro cops make no friends
    " Linda Centomo's account of how her daughter was stopped, forbidden from using her cellphone and given a $217 fine by métro security because she had paid cash and had thrown away her ticket stub recounted perfectly normal behaviour.
  • Party turncoats discredit the political process
    Elected politicians who switch parties in midterm typically cite higher principle as the motivation for abandoning the party under whose banner they rode to office.
  • Send texting drivers a message
    Late last month, near the city's half-completed new bus terminal, I briefly witnessed something that's a not-uncommon occurrence on the streets of Montreal. In the northbound right-hand turning lane at the very busy and dangerous intersection of Ontario and Berri Sts., a car failed to advance at ...

Food World Order

  • 1/12 binge & purge: oj, disputes & 'the stuff'
    coke says it found fungicide in orange juice* oj tumbles most in 2yrs as fda halts imports to test for prohibited pesticide* orange juice futures plummet 9.5% as the ice cold kicks in* superweeds spreading into canada* leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually work for monsanto* ...
  • dna mcspray to foil thieves: mcdonald's to use ...
    australian mcdonald's to spray synthetic dna on robbers from news.com.au: McDonald's restaurants are fighting back against thieves by blasting suspected robbers with an invisible DNA spray as they attempt to flee. The spray, which remains on the suspect’s skin for two weeks and on clothes ...
  • 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 ...

CrusadeWatch

  • 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  

Whole Truth Coalition

  • Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation
    COTO Report and Megan ‘Verb’ Kargher are proud to present Vox Populi, Methods of Manipulation. It has become increasingly evident that large portions of the planet are descending with alarming speed into Orwellian police states. What is the New World Order and what are their plans fo ...
  • The Big Awakening Conference 2011
    Click here for more information …
  • Lawfull Rebellion - Roger Hayes challenges Liv ...
    “Wirral Council is taking Roger Hayes to Birkenhead county court for non-payment of council tax. Mr Hayes, chairman of The British Constitution Group, claims the council tax is illegal and imposed without his consent. His stand has won support from all over the country, and demonstrators t ...
  • Truthjuice Gathering 2011
                                                         SPEAKERS CONFIRMED CHARLIE VEITCH - THE END OF FEAR MARK FOSTER - EMPOWERMENT FOR THE PEOPLE PHIL MEDLEY - STARGATES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY MICHAEL HALLAM - BURSTING THE ECONOMIC BUBBLE AND PRACTICAL TOOLS FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUILDING IAN MOORE ( ...
  • COTO Report This Ain’t Oz an Interview w ...
    COTO Report and Megan Kargher are pleased to bring you a special two day interview with Freeman of freemantv, the freeman perspective and the free zone http://www.youtube.com/user/Freemantv… http://thefreemanperspective.blogspot… http://freemantv.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O ...

The Economic Collapse

  • Bam! Bam! Bam! Huge Financial Bombs Just Got D ...
    The European debt crisis has just gone to an entirely new level.  Just when it seemed like things may be stabilizing somewhat, we get news of huge financial bombs being dropped all over Europe.  Very shortly after U.S. financial markets closed on Friday, S&P announced credit ...
  • 22 Signs That We Are On The Verge Of A Devasta ...
    2012 is shaping up to be a very tough year for the global economy.  All over the world there are signs that economic activity is significantly slowing down.  Many of these signs are detailed later on in this article.  But most people don't understand what is happening because the ...
  • 24 Statistics To Show To Anyone Who Believes T ...
    Beware of bubbles of false hope.  Right now there is a lot of talk about how the U.S. economy is improving, but it is all a lie.  The mainstream media can be very seductive.  When you sit down to watch television your brain tends to go into a very relaxed mode.  In such a state, ...
  • 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 ...

CASSE

The Talking Clock

  • 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 ...

Facing South

  • Is military spending good for creating jobs?
    With looming budget cuts threatening to dig into the military budget, politicians and pundits are warning of big job losses in defense jobs. But a new study finds that military spending isn&a ...
  • Pension busting at American Airlines
    The Texas-based carrier is using Chapter 11 bankruptcy as a strategic weapon in a class war against decent wages and benefits for its workers.
    The Texas-based ca ...
  • Teachers call for holiday boycott of Pope stores
    The North Carolina Association of Educators has called for shoppers to boycott stores owned by Raleigh multimillionaire and conservative operative Art Pope for his "anti-public educa ...
  • Fresh testing shows persistent contamination i ...
    Results suggest that dangerously high levels of cancer-causing formaldehyde linger in the more than 130,000 trailers that the federal agency provided to families displaced by the 2005 disaste ...
  • Fracturing democracy?
    As the grassroots movement opposing the controversial gas-drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" racks up political victories, the industry embraces ...

CenterLine

  • 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 →

Short Sharp Science

Tech Drive In

  • 3 Nice Blender Made Games for Linux
    Blender is known for its 3D creation capabilities worldwide and is widely used for creating animated films, visual effects, interactive 3D applications and games with cutting edge computer graphics. Quite a number of videos and animated movies have already been created using Blender and we hav ...
  • 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 ...

Case About Bird Flu

  • 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 Württemberg police force who filed charges against me before Christmas claiming harrassment while making false statements (StGB 164, falsche Verdächtigung.“) 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 ...

Invisible Opportunity

  • A Bad Case of Chosen People Syndrome
    By Les Visible I’m no prophet but a middle range expert on the obvious. While most minds are focused on the heinous, political escapades of anal fixated, Republican, Israeli buttboys and girls and the sold out, warmonger Obama with his new Orthodox chief of staff, the rest of us are wonder ...
  • By Way of Some Kind of Explanation
    By Les Visible Dear friends… slowly, not so slowly, decompressing from yesterdays Petri Dish rant, let me continue on in the theme of the last Origami about loss. I will be as honest here today as discretion permits, in the hope that what I have to say will be of assistance to the rest of ...
  • At least 12 schoolgirls in New York develop de ...
    by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer (NaturalNews) Twelve young schoolgirls from Le Roy Junior – Senior High School near Rochester, New York, recently became afflicted with a mysterious condition that caused them to develop tics and other symptoms similar to those associated with Tourette Syndr ...
  • Medical journal openly questions science, ethi ...
    by: Rosemary Mathis, Vice President of Victim Support, SANE VAX, INC. (NaturalNews) On January 12, 2011 the Annals of Medicine published a ground-breaking peer-reviewed paper titled, Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine policy and evidence-based medicine: Are they at odds?, 1written by renowned re ...
  • Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually ...
    Anthony Gucciardi (NaturalNews) Biotech giant Monsanto has been genetically modifying the world’s food supply and subsequently breeding environmental devastation for years, but leaked documents now reveal that Monsanto has also deeply infiltrated the United States government. With leaked r ...

Veterans Today

electric politics

  • 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 ...

PR News

  • Dickies taps Zeno Group as AOR
    FORT WORTH, TX: Work apparel manufacturer Williamson-Dickie has selected Zeno Group as AOR for its Dickies brand after an RFP.
  • Despite major abdications, marketers still emb ...
    LAS VEGAS: The International Consumer Electronics Show is still a marquee event for a growing range of brands to promote their products, despite some Silicon Valley giants saying it no longer fits their strategies.
  • B&M Automotive hires Kahn Media
    RESEDA, CA: The B&M Automotive Group has hired Kahn Media to assist with PR and communications efforts for a number of its brands, including Flowmaster Exhaust, Hurst Shifters, B&M Racing and Performance, and Hurst Driveline Conversions.
  • Edelman creating K Group to avoid Quaker conflict
    CHICAGO: Edelman created the K Group Public Relations Company, an agency dedicated exclusively to its new Kellogg account, to avoid potential client conflicts, particularly those with the PepsiCo Quaker brands.
  • California High-Speed Rail Authority to expand ...
    SACRAMENTO, CA: The California High-Speed Rail Authority's board has voted to nix the search for an outside agency and move forward with a proposed expansion of its internal communications team.

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  • Leaving Afghanistan
    Seven Afghanistan experts review the president's plans for ending the war.
  • Raging at Rawalpindi
    American leaders are furious with Pakistan’s military in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s killing. But twisting arms will only backfire.
  • The FP Salon: Peter Bergen's The Longest War
    An FP round-table discussion on counterterrorism expert Peter Bergen's latest book. A decade after 9/11, is the war on terrorism a war we can win?
  • Crazy Like a Fox
    In a fit of anger, Hamid Karzai axes his director of intelligence, Amrullah Saleh. But is there method to his madness?
  • Addicted to Contractors
    The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think.

Field Notes - Alberta Environment

  • The Castle Needs Defenders!
    Alberta Wilderness Association At this very moment, logging machinery is beginning to move into the Castle, in preparation for the clearcutting of 120 hectares of forest. But there is still a chance for a last minute reprieve. ...
  • Job Opportunity: Tourism and Economic Developm ...
    Position:  Tourism and Economic Development Coordinator Organization:  Eagle Point – Blue Rapids Parks Council ...
  • Christmas Trees needed for wildlife rehab
    Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton With the holidays over, find a great new home for your Christmas tree. From the Wildlife Rehabilitation Society of Edmonton's Facebook page: We are in need of christmas trees - rea ...
  • 2012 Watershed Stewardship Grant
    Deadline:  1 Feb 2012 - 16:30 Organization:  Land Stewardship Centre of Canada The 2012 Watershed ...
  • New job postings at the Pembina Institute
    Pembina Institute In case you missed it over the holidays, the Pembina Institute has posted four new employment opportunities: Technical and Policy Analyst, Oilsands Program (Calgary) Full-time Communications Lead (Calgary) F ...

Stop NATO

  • Stop NATO news: January 13, 2012
    ==== Strategic Guidance Affirms NATO Military Assistance Clause Pentagon To Press On With Missile Deployments In Poland Dayton: NATO Representatives To Discuss Missile Shield NATO Capabilities: Netherlands Asks Denmark, Norway To Join F-15 Buy Russia: NATO, Gulf Partners Plan Libya Repeat In Syr ...
  • Aristotle: Leader not praiseworthy in training ...
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace ==== Aristotle From Politics Translated by Benjamin Jowett [A]lthough in most cities the laws may be said generally to be in a chaotic state, still, if they aim at anything, they aim at the ...
  • Stop NATO news: January 12, 2012
    ==== Beyond Star Wars, War On Terror: Obama’s Cyber Warfare Strategy Russian Official: Real Danger Of U.S., NATO Strikes On Iran, Syria NATO Backs Military Partner Kuwait Against Iran In Gulf U.S. Soon To Have Two Aircraft Carriers In Persian Gulf True U.S. Iran Strategy: Regime Change Not ...
  • Sallust: Lust for dominion the reason for war
    ==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace ==== Sallust From Conspiracy of Catiline Translated by Rev. John Selby Watson In early times…kings (for that was the first title of sovereignty in the world) applied themselves in diff ...
  • 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 ...

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Intel Hub

  • Ex-Israeli Intelligence Officer: “Pearl Harbor ...
    Jerusalem Post article implies US will stage provocation to justify military assault Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com Friday, January 13, 2012 Former Israeli intelligence officer Avi Perry writes that a “surprise” Pearl Harbor-style Iranian attack on an American warship in the Persian Gulf will p ...
  • At Least 12 Schoolgirls in New York Develop De ...
    Health department refuses to disclose cause (Gardasil?) NaturalNews By Ethan A. Huff January 13, 2012 Twelve young schoolgirls from Le Roy Junior – Senior High School near Rochester, New York, recently became afflicted with a mysterious condition that caused them to develop tics and other ...
  • Vintage Bottle of Ant Poison Labels Fluoride A ...
    Fluoride soft kill continues amid overwhelming evidence of dangers The Intel Hub By Kyle Joseph January 13, 2012 What I purchased is a vintage bottle of ant poison which surprisingly had never been opened. I would not want to consume the contents inside this vintage bottle of insecticide, nor wo ...
  • Cleaning the Waters of Information
    The Berkey Guy January 13, 2012 Sponsor Recently, I read an article on a blogger’s site that mentioned the Berkey® Water Purification and Seychelle® filtration systems, as well as another filtration system. Some points in that article that need clarification, especially since such generalities a ...
  • Border Control; A Federal or State Issue?
    Who should protect the borders of the United States? The Intel Hub By Michelle Jones January 13, 2012 In 1790 Congress passed the “Naturalization Act”. This law was riddled with racial criteria limiting citizenship to a free white person. After the civil war this act was challenged and blacks we ...

FRS

  • US: Tracking the tools of police state terror
    [In today's world, when Republicans and Democrats join in legislating indefinite detention of citizen and non-citizen alike, when targeted groups ("groups of interest", as they say) include Muslims, Latinos, black youth, activists (black, anarchist, communist, environmental, anti-war, solidarity ...
  • All the pharoahs must fall
    (click this link) [all the pharoahs must fall] by Hossam El-Hamalawy Mohamed Bouazizi didn’t have a permit to sell fruit didn’t have government permission to earn a living to live. the police took his fruit and slapped his face he went to the governor’s office. they refused to see him he poured ...
  • Occupy Movement to challenge the Israel Lobby
    ‘Occupy AIPAC’ to take on lobby’s legions in ‘business attire’ by Allison Deger, Mondoweiss,  January 11, 2012 This spring, Move over AIPAC will mobilize as “Occupy AIPAC,” returning to Washington D.C., to protest the Israel lobby’s national conference. AIPAC is known for strong-arming Congress ...
  • 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 ...
  • Guantánamo Prisoners Stage Peaceful Protest an ...
    10.1.12 by Andy Worthington Today, prisoners at Guantánamo 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 Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, three years after President Obama came to office prom ...

Ken O'Keefe

  • US CONGRESSIONAL BILL LISTS ME AS HAMAS, AL QA ...
    Ken O'Keefe has been named as having 'known links to Al Qaeda, Hamas, and other terrorist organizations' in US Congressional Bill now being processed through the traitorous US Congress. Here is the applicable paragraph; '(9) In 2010, IHH organized a flotilla that included the ship Mavi Marmara ...
  • 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".
  • 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 Belt&#821 ...
    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 ...
  • Dale Farm Video – ‘Green Belt&#821 ...
    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 ...

StillSmallVoice

  • 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

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Popsci - Science

  • The Most Amazing Images of the Week, January 9 ...
    This week, in the midst of the Consumer Electronics Show, the Detroit Auto Show, and the 219th annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society, we were inundated with pictures. The most exciting gadgets, the hottest cars, and the most humbling, beautiful space pics all showed up this week. B ...
  • Images of the Week, January 9-13
  • Existence Finally Confirmed of Hypothetical Pa ...
    Welcome the Criegee biradical We can fit everything we knew before today about Criegee biradicals inside the period at the end of this sentence, but from what we understand they are pretty amazing. At least, that’s the word from a team of researchers form the U. of Manchester, the U. of Bristol ...
  • The Largest-Ever Quantum Calculation Uses 84 Q ...
    The answer was 8 Vancouver-based quantum computer maker D-Wave Systems is the kind of company that often gets mixed reviews--either kudos for working on the very edge of a new and potentially groundbreaking technology, or dismissal for not exactly delivering the kind of Earth-shattering technol ...
  • This Newly Discovered Frog Is the World's Smal ...
    This little guy is officially the smallest vertebrate on the planet, averaging 7.7 millimeters in size, less than one-third of an inch. Named Paedophryne amauensis, the new species of frog was discovered in Papua New Guinea, where it lives in leaf detritus on the rainforest floor. The wee frog ...

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Hudson's Weather & Climate

  • 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 ...

Internat'l Political Economy

  • Falling US Exports? Obama Says Merge Agencies
    Ho hum, hot off the presses is yet another lacklustre just-released American trade report for the month of November. With imports on the rise (mostly due to energy) and exports on the wane, let's just say US trade performance is not going to be contributing as positively to their GDP figures in ...
  • Watch al-Jazeera To Get Smart, Not BBC or CNN
    There's a feature in a recent issue of Newsweek that reiterates something many probably already acknowledge: al-Jazeera is now the international news channel to be reckoned with. Sure its lapses now and again into bashing the West may be grating to occidental audiences, but hey, that may be a go ...
  • Revealed: Secrets of Korean Economic Policy
    Well OK, the title of this post is an exaggeration. Still, I believe that I've come across something quite significant for scholars of development. My e-mail inbox tends to get clogged with not only the usual things--manhood enhancement products, cheap vacations and whatnot but also their academ ...
  • 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 ...

Economic Collapse Blog

  • Bam! Bam! Bam! Huge Financial Bombs Just Got D ...
    The European debt crisis has just gone to an entirely new level.  Just when it seemed like things may be stabilizing somewhat, we get news of huge financial bombs being dropped all over Europe.  Very shortly after U.S. financial markets closed on Friday, S&P announced credit ...
  • 22 Signs That We Are On The Verge Of A Devasta ...
    2012 is shaping up to be a very tough year for the global economy.  All over the world there are signs that economic activity is significantly slowing down.  Many of these signs are detailed later on in this article.  But most people don't understand what is happening because the ...
  • 24 Statistics To Show To Anyone Who Believes T ...
    Beware of bubbles of false hope.  Right now there is a lot of talk about how the U.S. economy is improving, but it is all a lie.  The mainstream media can be very seductive.  When you sit down to watch television your brain tends to go into a very relaxed mode.  In such a state, ...
  • 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 ...

Infoshop - Alt Media

E U Times

  • US preparing for every option on Iran
    US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro has described Iran as a regional threat, saying Washington will resort to “all necessary means” to stop Tehran’s nuclear program. “We’ve said and I say again that all options are open … President (Barack) Obama clearly and consistently ...
  • Cargo Ship Sinks in New Zealand’s Worst Enviro ...
    One half of a cargo ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef three months ago has started sinking into the ocean. The stern section of a stricken cargo ship is slipping off a New Zealand reef where it has been stuck for three months and is sinking, authorities said, complicating salvage effor ...
  • More US battle ships head to Persian Gulf
    The US is deploying more warships to the Persian Gulf area, with the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson entering the Arabian Sea. Washington is also winning over Japan and India in the oil sanction war against Iran. The Pentagon denies the USS Carl Vinson has been dispatched to the Gulf region ove ...
  • US Nationwide Poll: Ron Paul Surges Into Second
    Five point gain means Paul is tied in second place overall with Independents and Republicans. Following his effective tied win in Iowa, GOP candidate Ron Paul has seen a surge in popularity nationally according to an influential poll released this week. Paul is now tied for second place national ...
  • Gitmo Turns 10 Years Old, Protests Erupt
    Human rights groups are holding demonstrations to protest the tenth anniversary of the US military detention camp at Guantanamo Bay while hopes for its closure weaken, Press TV reports . Protesters dressed in orange prison jumpsuits, paraded in front of the White House to demand that the Guantan ...

Voiceless Victim

  • 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 ...

WL Central

  • 2012-01-12 #WikiLeaks News: New developments r ...
    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 All charges against Bradley Manning were referred to court-martial today by Investigatin ...
  • Assange Extradition Fact Sheet: 15 Overlooked ...
    Tweet15 Overlooked Facts About the Assange Extradition Case 1) Julian Assange is not charged with anything in Sweden or any other country. [Source: @wikileaks] 2) Julian Assange did not flee Sweden to avoid questioning. He was given permission to leave the country on the 15th Sept ...
  • New US defense strategy will ensure US permane ...
    TweetJanuary 2012 marks the 10th anniversary of the Balikatan 02-1 or Operation Enduring Freedom Philippines which placed for the first time US troops in Mindanao. Since January 2002, US troops have been permanently stationed in Mindanao, particularly the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Phil ...
  • Ahmadinejad in Managua: WikiLeaks Reveals U.S. ...
    TweetSubmitted by Nikolas Kozloff, the author of Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left As the west tightens sanctions and ratchets up pressure on Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has struck back at the United States in an unusual manner by touring through Latin America. Th ...
  • Argentina to Brazil: Please Don't Get the Bomb
    TweetSubmitted by Nikolas Kozloff, the author of Revolution! South America and the Rise of the New Left For some time, I have been writing about revelations stemming from correspondence between the State Department in Washington and various U.S. embassies based around Latin America. ...

U N News

  • Guatemala ratifies UN-backed treaty banning nu ...
    Guatemala has ratified the United Nations-backed international treaty banning nuclear tests, bringing the number of State parties to 156.
  • On anniversary of deadly quake, UN urges conti ...
    As Haiti marks the second anniversary of the massive earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people and devastated an already poverty-stricken country, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged continued international support for recovery and rebuilding.
  • Violence against women: Prevention, protectio ...
    It is a lesser known reality of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January 2010 and left more than 200,000 dead. The merciless disintegration of the Haitian State created a situation of utter chaos for the country's most vulnerable.
  • Haiti: UN urges investing in water and sanitat ...
    Dramatic improvements in water and sanitation services are needed to eliminate cholera in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, health experts who took part in a United Nations-organized briefing to outline concrete steps to stem the spread of the disease in the region said today.
  • 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.

Conspiracy Reality TV

  • 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 ...

Rewilding Institute

  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – “Piety, ...
    Perhaps the two topmost organizing dares before the wilderness and wildlife network today are to grow our web of friends among those who are politically middle-of-the-road or even slightly to the right, and among those in small towns and the hinterlands.  Too often we think the only field where ...
  • Banned on the Hill (and in Europe!)
    Banned on the Hill (and in Europe!) from Franke James on Vimeo. Is fear of the “Dirty Oil” label behind Canada’s tarring of Artist’s European tour? What lengths will the Canadian Government go to ensure that oil from the Alberta Tar Sands is not labelled “dirty”? Watch this video abo ...
  • Fat Cat Canada’s Giant Litter Box
    Fat Cat Canada’s Giant Litter Box by Franke James Prime Minister Stephen Harper PMO’s Ottawa Office: (+1) (613) 992-4211 Toll-free: 1 (866) 599-4999 Calgary office: (+1) (403) 253-7990 Twitter: @PMharper e-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca fax: 613-941-6900 What Canadians Can Do If you’re a Canadian reading thi ...
  • Fat Cat Canada’s Giant Litter Box
    Fat Cat Canada’s Giant Litter Box by Franke James Prime Minister Stephen Harper PMO’s Ottawa Office: (+1) (613) 992-4211 Toll-free: 1 (866) 599-4999 Calgary office: (+1) (403) 253-7990 Twitter: @PMharper e-mail: pm@pm.gc.ca fax: 613-941-6900 What Canadians Can Do If you’re a Canadian reading thi ...
  • Around the Campfire with Uncle Dave – The Year ...
    This is a fundraising plea. I write to ask you to once again or for the first time send as big a check or PayPal donation as you can to The Rewilding Institute. Because you are getting this plea from The Rewilding Institute: It is the only plea for donations you will get from The [...]

Asia Sentinel

We Know the Lies

  • How to Start a War...
      The following article by Richard Sanders published in May 2002, prior to the onslaught of the Iraq war, carefully documents the History of War Pretext Incidents. ~ Richard Sanders read more
  • US Investigators Locate and Interview 2 Marine ...
      US investigators have interviewed two of the four Marines filmed urinating over the bodies of dead Taliban fighters. (The bodies of the alledged 'Taliban' appear to be unarmed... civilians? The only 'weapon' shown in the video is a wheelbarrow! No one is questioning why these people w ...
  • Santorum... 'There's a US Program to Kill Iran ...
      US Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has callously described the assassination of Iranian scientists as "wonderful," threatening that those who work for Iran's nuclear program "are not safe." ~ (Listen carefully to what Santorum is saying) -  Video read more
  • The Last Republican Flavor of the Week... Gov. ...
      The republicans are running out of stunt dummy candidates trying to defeat Ron Paul. There is no more idiots to prop up against the Texas congressmen. Just like Rick Santorum, John Huntsman was barely on the radar in the polls and all of sudden he gets 17 percent of the vote. I belie ...
  • Taxpayers Fund New PBS Bill Clinton Documentar ...
      A two-part PBS special set to air in February will detail the entire life of former president Bill Clinton, from his childhood in Arkansas to his rise to the White House. read more

Tarpley

Modern Survivalism

  • 2012, Be Ready Before End of Summer
    Guest post: by ‘TripodXL’ How far back do you remember hearing about “2012″? I was a field service engineer for a company that mfg’ed CAT scanners and other high end, medical, imaging equipment and on one service call in 1997, the customer asked me what we (the company) were doing to ...
  • Shoveling Snow Can Trigger A Heart Attack
    The following statement is quite obvious and common-sensible to most, but it is worth reminding. That is, while the winter snow is upon us, shoveling snow can give you a heart attack! Most heart attacks from shoveling snow result from heavy physical exertion causing trauma to coronary arteries, ...
  • Be Prepared For Unprepared People
    Guest post: by ‘Be informed’ In the aftermath of any unprecedented disastrous event, no matter how well prepared someone is with regards to a well accumulated stock of survival supplies, no one is truly ready or can anticipate how people will handle it. The emotional upheaval is diff ...
  • CDC Says New Swine Flu Strain in U.S.
    A new Swine Flu strain is spreading from Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia as 12 people have been diagnosed with H3N2v, which has shown some potential for human-to-human transmission. From the CDC, Centers for Disease Control, the sample size of H3N2 infections is too small t ...
  • 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 ...

Fast Company

  • Apple Speaks Openly, Discloses Environmental A ...
    The giant consumer technology firm revealed in its "Apple Supplier Responsibility Report" for 2012, available for perusal here, that it had carried out 229 individual audits among its diverse and largely secrecy-shrouded supplier chain. Looking for responsibke behavior across all aspects of thei ...
  • Danny Meyer's Magic Touch: How To Create 4-Sta ...
    At age 27, Danny Meyer abandoned plans to go to law school and decided to open Union Square Cafe in New York City--a decision about which New York City's food lovers are eternally grateful. In the 25 years since, Meyer has opened 28 restaurants and--incredibly, given the cutthroat nature of the ...
  • Generation Flux: DJ Patil
    Our profile of DJ Patil, Data Scientist at Greylock Partners. His career includes being a researcher at Los Alamos, a Defense Department fellow, a virtual librarian for Iraq, a web-security architect for eBay, and head of a data team at LinkedIn, where his team created "People You May Know." @f ...
  • "Angry Brides" Game Tackles Dowry In India, iP ...
    Breaking news from your editors at Fast Company, with updates all day. Shaadi.com Launches "Angry Brides" Facebook Game. Indian matchmaking giant Shaadi.com (#39 on Fast Company's list of Most Innovative Companies of 2011) has launched a Facebook game to tackle dowry, a thorny matrimonial ...
  • Mais Non! France's "Free" Cell Phone Service W ...
    This week saw the launch of what could be seen as a revolutionary cell phone service in France. Contingent on a couple of rules, Free.fr is offering an all-but-free cell phone service that promises truly unlimited data, voice, and SMS monthly tariffs. At the very least, the disruptive innovation ...

Jadaliyya

  • The Current Political Situation in Libya: An I ...
    Libya is back in the news with increasing tensions among various militia groups and political factions struggling for power, sometimes through street battles. Three months have passed since the regime of Muammar Qaddafi was dislodged in Libya. So what is happening in Libya today? What f ...
  • Brothers Tread Cautiously
    On the cusp of winning a parliamentary majority, the Muslim Brotherhood's survival as Egypt's leading political force will hinge on how they address the legacy of Mubarak's three decades in power. This should be a time for the Muslim Brotherhood to savour their election victory. The fin ...
  • Free Egyptians Deny Reported Coalition with Sa ...
    Leading secularist party says it has no plans to enter into an alliance with hardline Islamists to check the Brotherhood's influence in parliament. The Free Egyptians Party has denied building a new coalition after the conclusion of Egypt's first three phases of parliamentary elections. ...
  • Activist Abou Doma Denies Attacking Army, Allo ...
    Member of Youth for Justice and Freedom Movement detained for thirty days on charges of inciting violence against army during last month's Cairo clashes. Egyptian authorities have detained political activist Ahmed Abou Doma on charges of inciting violence against the army and encourag ...
  • هوَجٌ يخدم الصهيونية
    حين دعا نائب رئيس حكومة إسرائيل لهجرة اليهود التوانسة أجابه رئيسهم: لا دخل لأيّ أجنبي في الشؤون التونسية، نحن نحب بلادنا وسنبقى فيها.. أما النّفر الغبي الذي هتف قبل أيام في تونس "قتل اليهود فرض واجب"، فهو يقدّم هديّة مجانية لحكّام إسرائيل. لدى وصول الزعيم في حماس اسماعيل هن ...

mediagazer

  • Activist Group Opposing Antipiracy Bill Posts ...
    Amy Chozick / Media Decoder: Activist Group Opposing Antipiracy Bill Posts Information on Media Executives  —  The online activist group known as Anonymous, which has taken aim at opponents of the Occupy Wall Street movement and businesses that stopped providing services to Wiki ...
  • Rep. Lamar Smith Says He Will Remove Controver ...
    Jeff Roberts / paidContent: Rep. Lamar Smith Says He Will Remove Controversial SOPA Item  —  In a late Friday press release, the Congressman leading the much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) said he would remove a key part of the bill until further study takes place.  ...
  • The Missed Opportunity of HuffPost's "Good New ...
    Josh Stearns / Groundswell: The Missed Opportunity of HuffPost's “Good News”  —  Today the Huffington Post introduced a new section of its website called “Good News.”  In her introduction to the new feature Arianna Huffington wrote: … Trying t ...
  • Arianna Huffington Says Media Needs More Good ...
    Felicia Pride / FishbowlNY: Arianna Huffington Says Media Needs More Good News, Launches Vertical  —  What seems to be dominating headlines these days?  War.  Political mudslinging.  Economic distress.  Prejudice diatribes.  Pure foolishness.  &mdas ...
  • WaPo news: National security editor Cameron Ba ...
    Michael Calderone / @mlcalderone: WaPo news: National security editor Cameron Barr named deputy national editor.

Chemtrail News

  • CHEMTRAIL AND UFO SIGHTING, PORIRUA, NZ ...
    I suspected it of being a Chemtrail and therefore pulled out the video camera to film it. Many planes went by during the shooting, more than any other time I have ... https://chemtrailsnorthnz.wordpress.com/.../chemtrail-and-ufo-...
  • Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-en ...
    Maui residents craft legislation to ban geo-engineering 'chemtrails' www.naturalnews.com/033691_chemtrails_Maui.html
  • 10 mile long chemtrail 1 Video
    probably longer. denver,co 9/23/11 Author: Boondox681 Keywords: denver ten mile long chemtrail Added: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:33:25. vodpod.com/watch/15460352-10-mile-long-chemtrail-1
  • ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic ...
    Headlines ChemTrail Pilot Admits to 'Domestic Terrorism'! ... Chemtrails: The Consequences of Toxic Metals and Chemical Aerosols on Human Health · Heavy ... www.davidicke.com/.../53899-chemtrail-pilot-admits-to-dome...
  • Chemtrail Rainbow - YouTube
    Chemtrails caused rainbow....no rain. ... I have several (which I think are ... www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcOyMeW0xpU

World News - Top Stories

  • Powering battery cars into mainstream
    The biggest problem with battery-powered cars is range; about 150km seems to the best anybody can do with current nickel metal-hydride or lithium-ion batteries. And until drivers are confident they are going to reach their destination every time, they won't buy them - the so-called “ra ...
  • Pranab stands by Ahmed's TMC spat
    Kolkata, January 13: Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that AICC general secretary Shakeel Ahmed had made clear the party's stand over its differences with ally Trinamool Congress on the issue of renaming Indira...
  • TITLE DEMANDS BIGGER THAN EVER - FERGIE
    Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes a points total in the high 80s could be needed in order to retain the Barclays Premier League title. United required only 80 to claim a record 19th championship last term, by an impressive nine-point margin from Chelsea and Manchester City ...
  • Stocks, euro fall on downgrade rumours
    Stock markets and the euro traded lower amid reports that ratings agency Standard & Poor’s will announce a downgrade of some European economies Friday. The report, by Dow Jones Newswires,...
  • Honeybee problem nearing a 'critical poin ...
    Unusual honeybee die-offs have become so severe that some US beekeepers will qualify for disaster relief funds The state of honeybees is 'inching... toward a critical tipping point', says beekeeper Steve Ellis. Photograph: Will Sanders Anyone who's been stung by a bee knows they can inflict ...

no frakking consensus

  • Those Who Claim to Speak for the Future
    A collection of NGO brats, self-important rich folks, and UN bureaucrats have taken it upon themselves to be the voice of future generations.
  • Proud To Be Canadian
    First our leaders said 'no' to Kyoto. Then they stood up to green bullies.
  • What Financial Meltdowns Teach Us About the IPCC
    When I describe the surreal world of climate science to people who are strangers to that world I know it sounds fantastical. But there are strong parallels with the recently destroyed economies of Iceland, Greece, and Ireland.
  • Interviews
    Links to two recent interviews with yours truly. One was conducted via e-mail and the other is a 40-minute audio interview.
  • Pachauri: It’s Too Late to Fight Climate ...
    Back in 2007 the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said if we didn't take certain kinds of climate change action prior to 2012, it would be too late.

Anna's News

  • 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 ...
  • Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela - Richest in ...
    For the past one week, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerela has been in the news because of the huge wealth found in its secret crypts.The Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous Lord Vishnu temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela. It is bel ............ Submitted by Anna Smith to World  |& ...
  • South Sudan becomes an independent nation
    South Sudan has become the world's newest nation, the climax of a process made possible by the 2005 peace deal that ended a long and bloody civil war.Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon are among international dignitaries Submitted by Anna Smith to World   ...
  • Polar Shifts on Rising Seas
    How high will the oceans rise in response to our warming global climate, and how fast will it happen?Climate scientists have been unable to answer these basic questions with any confidence, mainly because they can't really tell how the ice caps at the.... Submitted by Anna Smith to Environment ...

Medical Marijuana

  • 1/11/12 - 50 Famous Vegetarians
    vegetarian.procon.org – NEW: 50 Famous Vegetarians – Bill Clinton, Carl Lewis, Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Einstein, Jane Goodall, Steve Jobs, Natalie Portman, and Prince are just a few of the many celebrities in our authoritative new resource. See all the famous vegetarians on our list and find out ...
  • 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 ...

Truth About Our World

Gyrovague's Raves

  • Sometimes, more is less
    Christopher Hitchens’s autobiography is at its best when it echoes his essays. Unfortunately, the rest of the time it’s largely pointless and self-indulgent Alexander Linklater In 1988, Christopher Hitchens wrote a characteristically scintillating essay for the American magazine, Grand Street, w ...
  • Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after sufferin ...
    Vanity Fair’s editor said those who read him felt they knew him British-born author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62. He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at a Texas hospital. Vanity Fair magazine, which anno ...
  • Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenols in Apple Peels
    Here’s another reason why "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" — according to new research findings published in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, oral ingestion of apple polyphenols (antioxidants found in apple peels) can suppress T cell activation to prevent colitis in mi ...
  • Caffeine Increases Sport Performance
    Caffeine combined with carbohydrate could be used to help athletes perform better on the field, according to new research by a sport nutrition expert. Mayur Ranchordas, a senior lecturer and performance nutritionist at Sheffield Hallam University, carried out studies on footballers using caffein ...
  • A Towering Engineer Is Born
    Randy Alfred Dec.16, 1832: Gustave Eiffel is born in Dijon, France. His innovative metal-structure design still supports buildings, bridges and even statues. Eiffel was graduated from the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in 1855. He began his career by supervising railway construction in ...

In Verbena | Royal Society

  • 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 ...

NAU Resistance

  • End of Nations: Canada, the US and the “Securi ...
    Regardless of whether this particular agreement bears fruit for those seeking to bring the two countries into a closer union, or whether it is just another waypoint on the road of a much longer and more detailed process, the very real concerns about the erosion of national sovereignty implicit i ...
  • Goodbye Kyoto, Make Way For The North American ...
    "On Tuesday December 13th the Minister of the Environment Peter Kent announced that Canada is removing itself from the Kyoto Protocol. Kent is pushing for a more unified agreement that would unite all nation's on a global scale."
  • The Pretext For A North American Homeland Secu ...
    "Any deal which gives the Department of Homeland Security more personal information poses a serious risk to privacy rights"
  • Welcome To Fortress North America! NAU-Phase One
    We knew that there was nothing “new” at all to be found in this "new border vision"
  • Paving The Way For A North American Union
    By: Press For Truth (http://www.pressfortruth.ca) Release Date: 11/9/11 The agenda for a North American Union is underway and a new security perimeter deal will blur the lines at the border and further erode the sovereignty of Canadians and Americans. On November 13th Stephen Harper, Barack Ob ...

Gaea Times

  • Clenching fists can help ease painful moments
    LONDON - People facing unpleasant tasks can ease their painful moments by simply tensing their muscles, a study says. The study also found that clenching fists temporarily boosts self-control and willpower. Iris Hung from the National University of Singapore and Aparna Labroo from the Univers ...
  • Kanye West?s Diamond Teeth Are Forever
    LOS ANGELES, (GaeaTimes.com)- Kanye West has always been in the news, though for all the wrong reasons. This time however, he made his way to the tabloid because of his bizarre diamond teeth implant. It has been noticed that the “Heartless” rapper has replaced his lower set of wh ...
  • Bangladesh media slams Hasina stand on secularism
    DHAKA - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s move to restore the word ’secularism’ in the constitution while allowing political activity by religion-based parties has received mixed response from the media. New Age newspaper Wednesday called it “a poignant example of politica ...
  • Pain of cash payments helps shoppers avoid jun ...
    LONDON - Consumers who make cash payments at shops and supermarts are more likely to avoid junk food than those who use credit or debit cards, a new study says. “Cash payments are psychologically more painful than card payments, and this pain of payment can curb the impulsive responses t ...
  • Nadine Coyle doesn?t like over-confident men
    LONDON - Girls Aloud singer Nadine Coyle has revealed that she doesn’t like over-confident men and can’t stand it if they talk too much. “The worst thing a man can do on a date is talk too much. I think if someone has agreed to go on a date they like you anyway, so all ... Re ...

TruthNews Australia

  • What Caused the Ejections of Dust and Debris i ...
    Q: What caused the "squibs"? Could they have been just puffs of dust being pushed out of the Towers by falling floors? Are they visual evidence of explosive charges? A: The isolated ejections 20-60 stories below the demolition front appear to be composed of pulverized building materials, incl ...
  • Thomas Kean: “aftershocks” from pl ...
    This muddle headed, government-appointed chair of the 9/11 Commission does not even know what his government found to be the cause of the collapse of WTC 7. For me, this is the final nail in the coffin of the "official" 9/11 narrative. The ignorance and impudence of this man is breathtaking. H ...
  • Interview: Craig Isherwood of the CEC
    Tonight we welcome to the show Craig Isherwood, National Secretary of the Citizens Electoral Council. Craig describes the CEC as a "philosophical" political party with similarities to "old Labor" in the spirit of Curtin and Chifley. During our discussion, we examine some of the main concerns o ...
  • Highlights from Skid Row Radio with Hereward, ...
    Today we bring you highlights from the Workers Radio breakfast show on Radio Skid Row 2RSR 88.9 FM Sydney, from 1 December 2011. You can tune in to the show every morning from 6-9 AM, and if you're outside Sydney you can listen via the web stream here. I am joined on air by the show host Jack ...
  • Kim Bax gets a Supreme Court injunction
    Kim Bax, webmaster of Women for Schapelle, reported  that she had received a Supreme Court injunction (post since removed), which threatens her with severe consequences if she mentions certain "serious allegations" about the Seven Network. These allegations are connected to the disclosures ...

Beacon

  • Massachusetts Tackles Seafood Mislabeling
    Image via Wikimedia Commons. On Wednesday afternoon, the state of Massachusetts became a national leader in the fight against mislabeled seafood with a clear message: with an abundance of local seafood, there is no place for mislabeled seafood in Massachusetts, and more must be done to combat ...
  • Oceana Sues on Behalf of Loggerheads
    A loggerhead sea turtle hatchling. © Oceana/Cory Wilson Fishing gear should be killing fewer sea turtles, not more – and today we filed a complaint with the government saying just that. Oceana’s complaint is in response to the U.S. government’s decision in October 2010 to allow eight East Co ...
  • 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 ...

Civilian Military Intelligence Group

  • The Umbrella Plane Never Flew.
      Chance Vought was born in 1890 in Long Island and grew up to become an aerospace. He only lived to be 40, yet he made it into the Aviation Hall of Fame. It was mostly wood and fabric joined together with rivets and glue. The company he left behind famously developed some of the [...]
  • K-141.
      The nuclear power submarine was the promise of the Cold War: a machine that is powered by a virtually inexhaustible source of power, is almost impossible to detect, yet packs a punch big enough to destroy the top 20 cities of any country. Of course the big players in this arena were the U ...
  • 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 ...

Taylor Marsh

  • Capitalism Out of the Closet
    **UPDATED** The United States reached the $15.194 trillion debt limit on Jan. 4, according to Treasury statements. Since that time, Treasury has employed the “extraordinary measure” of tapping into its Exchange Stabilization Fund to avoid exceeding the limit. – President Obama requests $1. ...
  • New York Times Asks Whether Truthtelling Shoul ...
    I’m looking for reader input on whether and when New York Times news reporters should challenge “facts” that are asserted by newsmakers they write about. – Should The Times Be a Truth Vigilante? Arthur Brisbane’s post today left me speechless and that’s not easy to do. It&#8217 ...
  • “Occupy the Dream”
    Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. One event, two headlines. From OWS News: It’s Time to ‘Occupy the Dream:’ African-American Faith Community Joins Forces with Occupy Wall Street – First Day of Action on MLK Day, Jan 16 at Federal Reserve Bank.” From G ...
  • Jodi Kantor Refutes First Lady Michelle Obama ...
    Jodi Kantor: Corie, I never called the first lady an “angry black woman.” Not in those words, and not by implication. The book shows her as an impassioned and supportive if sometimes critical spouse, loving mom, and most of all, as a successful professional trying to figure out the v ...
  • Super PAC Power
    From Politico comes the story of the Super PAC billionaires: Adelson, a Las Vegas casino mogul, has written a $5 million check — and has considered giving much more — to a so-called super PAC backing Newt Gingrich’s presidential campaign. Huntsman, Sr., who made his fortune at the helm of an epo ...

Hudson New York

  • What Abdullah and Abbas Hope to Achieve from A ...
    The Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, which resumed in Amman earlier this month, are mainly intended to help Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Jordan's King Abdullah bolster their stature among their constituents and the international
  • Iran, Venezuela Plotting Attacks "Worse than 9/11"
    Tensions are mounting between the U.S. and Venezuela as the State Department decided to expel Livia Acosta Noguera, the Venezuelan consul in Miami, declaring her "persona non grata." The Venezuelan consul was implicated in an alleged plot to launch cyber
  • CHP Lawmakers Follow Leader in Immunity Protest
    All Republican People's Party, or CHP, lawmakers submitted applications Wednesday to have their judicial immunity lifted in an unprecedented action of protest after a prosecutor moved to put CHP chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu on trial for criticizing the
  • Germany Attempts to Silence Criticism of Islam
    German authorities have officially confirmed that they are monitoring German-language Internet websites that are critical of Muslim immigration and the Islamization of Europe. According to Manfred Murck, director of the Hamburg branch of the German
  • America's Suicidal Space Diplomacy
    It looks as if Obama appointees may be attempting to make an end run around the US Senate's constitutional duty to ratify treaties and to impose a arms control treaty on the US military in the guise of a "space code of conduct. " Given the choice between

Urban Survival

  • Further Debt, Dimming Prospects
    The Balance of trade hole just keeps getting deeper…but let’s back up a bit and start near the beginning:  As we warily eye the arrival of March 2-9 (which is just 49 days away) we can’t help but notice that … Continue reading →
  • Coping: Friday at the WuJo
    At the risk of sounding repetitive, the word “WuJo” is a Ureism constructed from the sounds of phrase “woo-woo” – the not quite real/surreal things that happen in life – and “dojo” which is where martial arts in the style … Continue reading & ...
  • Meanwhile, Back at the Glue Factory
    There’s an old saying around horse-racing circles – and I know you don’t frequent those – about a horse running so badly it was “headed for the “glue factory.”   And why would a website which [ostensibly] deals with the odd … Continue rea ...
  • Coping: A 5oh Test Run
    After a bit of messing about earlier this week, Clif and I managed to put a get file up on the www.fifthorderhouse.com web site which you can download as an .mp3 and listen to at will.  I’d appreciate it if … Continue reading →
  • Coping: A 5oh Test Run
    After a bit of messing about earlier this week, Clif and I managed to put a get file up on the www.fifthorderhouse.com web site which you can download as an .mp3 and listen to at will.  I’d appreciate it if … Continue reading →

Trends & Forecasts

  • Record inequality between Rich and Poor in America
    The gap between rich and poor in America has... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
  • Gerald Celente - China cannot bailout Europe
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  • Stratfor 2012 Forecast for The World
    Stratfor 2012 Forecast for Europe The Middle East... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]
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    Top 10 Trends for 2012 | Gerald Celente Trends Blog GERALD CELENTE BLOG: We should restore Morality We are positioning for a Dollar Crash | Peter Schiff Blog We are positioning for a Dollar Crash | Peter Schiff Blog 2012 The Coming Dictatorship | Gerald Celente Trends Blog 2012 The Co ...
  • 2012 The Coming Dictatorship
    It's 2012 and the American Citizens are... [[ Please visit http://geraldcelentechannel.blogspot.com for the full story ]]

Radical Chic

  • 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 Roses&#821 ...
    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 Miracle&#821 ...
    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 ...

Boston Blog ( Nature Network)

  • 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 Adrià 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 Adrià of elBulli, who talked about "The New Culinary Think Tank - el bulli 2.0." And they were scooped up a few d ...

NRDC Switchboard

  • Photos and perspectives of the November, 2011 ...
    Louisa Willcox, Senior Wildlife Advocate, Livingston, Montana It has taken me a while to process the many photos I took at the Nov 6, 2011 Keystone XL pipeline protest that involved encircling the White House, but I got a few good ones that I would ...
  • Chicago River: President's Hometown Joke Under ...
    Henry Henderson, Director, Midwest Program NRDC, Chicago, Illinois I was truly pleased to see President Obama visit with the beleaguered staff at the Environmental Protection Agency this week. Given the withering and unfair attacks launched at the ...
  • America's World-Best Fishing Model Must Not Be ...
    David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York The ocean waters under America’s jurisdiction are larger than any other nation. From the Coast of Maine to the Mariana Islands in the Pacific, U.S. marine waters are 23 percent greater than the n ...
  • The Greatest Challenge of 2012: Can the World ...
    Jacob Scherr, Director, Global Strategy & Advocacy, Washington, DC It is the start of a new year and the time for making resolutions to change our ways.  Yet we all know how hard it is to give up old habits.  This reality was evidenced by ...
  • The Top Twenty Climate Polluting States
    Pete Altman, Climate and Clean Air Campaign Director, Washington, D.C. As my colleagues Kim Knowlton and Meleah Geertsma wrote Wednesday, members of the public now have a powerful new tool to find out who are the biggest carbon polluters in their ow ...

Injustice Everywhere

  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Unfortunately, again, my day job was overwhelming and made it difficult to do report tracking. To give you an idea, I have over 100 hours of unpaid overtime banked so far in the last month. But hopefully tomorrow will be less demanding and give me a chance to catch up again. With that said, [...]
  • National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
    Here are the 18 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed on this Wednesday, January 11, 2012: Los Angeles Co CA deputy was caught on video punching a mentally ill female bus passenger in the head by a veteran who he then threatened to arrest unless he del ...
  • 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 ...

Total Collapse

  • US stations two aircraft carriers opposite Ira ...
    US President Barack Obama is busy aligning Middle East allies with the next US steps on Iran. Contributing to the mounting sense in Washington of an approaching US-Iranian confrontation, the Pentagon is substantially building up its combat power around Iran, stationing nearly 15,000 troops in Ku ...
  • US to pull out 7,000 soldiers from Europe
    The United States plans to withdraw about 7,000 US troops as part of its new 10-year defense strategy giving strategic priority to the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said two brigade combat teams, roughly 7,000 US troops, of the 81,000 troops based in Eur ...
  • 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 ...

Daily Dose

Beyond Zero Emissions

  • 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 ...

Monga Bay ( News )

  • Climate change may make lizards smarter, if th ...
    A new study in Biology Letters has found that warmer temperatures may make lizards smarter, even as past studies have linked a global decline in lizards to climate change.
  • New frog trumps miniscule fish for title of 'w ...
    How small can you be and still have a spine? Scientists are continually surprised by the answer. Researchers have discovered a new species of frog in Papua New Guinea that is smaller than many insects and dwarfed by a dime. The frog trumps the previously known smallest vertebrate—a tiny fi ...
  • Targeting methane, black carbon could buy worl ...
    A new study in Science argues that reducing methane and black carbon emissions would bring global health, agriculture, and climate benefits. While such reductions would not replace the need to reduce CO2 emissions, they could have the result of lowering global temperature by 0.5 degrees Celsius ...
  • Indonesia could earn billions from well-design ...
    Indonesia could have earned $5 billion in revenue and avoided 1 billion tons of carbon dioxide emissions between 2000 and 2005 had a reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+) program been in place, reports an assessment published in the journal Proceedings of the National Aca ...
  • Cute animal picture of the day: pygmy killer w ...
    On Tuesday a female pygmy killer whale (Feresa attenuata) was found stranded on Tanjung Aru beach, in the Malaysian state of Sabah on the island of Borneo. After being moved to a swimming enclosure at a local resort for recuperation, the whale was released back into the wild with aid from the Sa ...

Sierra Express

  • As Konos salute VP Sumana …Diana, Gbondo, othe ...
    Just when people of Kono welcomed the Vice President during his end of year visit, adversaries are reportedly in warfare. Consequent to the visit of Vice President Sam Sumana in Kono, the District Chairman of Kono Town Council Diana Konomanyi (whom many say is anti of the Vice President), conven ...
  • Mr. Idiot: The running mate impasse – rubbish!
    Nar complete rubbish bo!  Dis running mate business go bring plenty die nar APC oh! Ar sweh to politics en mama Salone! No doubt Ministers and a number of APC officials have had timeless and restless moments; knocking on doors of media houses to request them to publish blackmailing stories again ...
  • Afsatu Kabba chats risk management
    Afsatu Kabba, Wednesday 11,th lectured a considerable number of expert insurers on a range of issues surrounding risks and how to prevent them. At the Inaugural International Risk Management and Insurance Seminar held at Njala Venue Lumley beach Freetown, Afsatu told representatives of Governmen ...
  • A new political party is born – CDA
    A new political party, ‘Citizens Democratic Party’ (CDP) Wednesday 12th received a certificate from the Political Party Registration Commission (PPRC) authorizing them to operate fully as a political party. As he handed over the certificate, the Commissioner of PPRC Samuel Ademusun said that he ...
  • Hummel Academies… Danish coach visits Sierra Leone
    Former Danish national football player and coach for Danish top clubs, Erik Rasmussen Thursday 12th arrived in Sierra Leone to put plans into action for the commencement of coaching programmes in the country with local expatriates. Rasmussen who currently works for D.G.I, one of the biggest spor ...

Dairy Industry - NZ Herald

  • Landcorp in talks to run Crafar Farms for Pengxin
    State-owned Landcorp Farming is in talks to operate the Crafar Farms should Shanghai Pengxin Group's application to the Overseas Investment Office succeed but it has denied a report it would pay $18 million a year in rent."The...
  • Editorial: Let market set what we pay for milk
    Fonterra's decision to reduce the domestic price of milk at the end of the month can be welcomed if it is being done for the right reasons. Unfortunately, the company has given the impression it wants to shield domestic consumers...
  • 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...

The Bovine

  • Meat, sex and drugs
    From Puff the Mutant Dragon: “This is a GoogleMaps picture of a farm near Goldsboro in North Carolina (map). The two salami-colored ponds on either side are lagoons, but not the kind where you want to swim. They’re open basins … Continue reading →
  • First prominent raw milk crackdown in the U.S. ...
    From Michael Tennant, in The New American: “The first prominent crackdown in recent years occurred in Michigan in 2006. Following an undercover investigation of a farming cooperative in Ann Arbor, authorities pulled over Richard Hebron and confiscated about $7,000 worth … Continue re ...
  • World Health Org. comes out against the use of ...
    Dr. Mercola has the scoop: “The World Health Organization (WHO) released its final report on dental amalgam, and has taken a stance against the use of mercury in dentistry — a move that could signal the beginning of the end for this … Continue reading →
  • Why the Raw Milk Institute ignites such contro ...
    From David E. Gumpert on the Complete Patient blog: “Mark McAfee of Organic Pastures Dairy Co. expresses surprise about the depth of opposition to RAWMI. “I did not know about farmers that absolutely want no help or assistance to develop … Continue reading →
  • Michael Schmidt radio interview
    This is from during Michael’s hunger strike (from a while ago):

Mish's Global Economic Trends

  • Greek 1-Year Bond Yield Tops 408 Percent; Hard ...
    In conjunction with a "Pause for Reflection" and stalled talks by Greece Bank Creditor Group over the benefits of further "voluntary" cuts on Greek debt, yield on 1-year Greek bonds soared over 400%. A hard default appears imminent. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomica ...
  • Greece Bank Creditor Group Says Talks ‘Paused ...
    Less than a day ago ECB president Mario Draghi was bragging "Credit Crunch Averted" noting the Euro's first weekly gain in five-weeks. Unfortunately for Draghi, there was still one day left in the week. Greece Bank Creditor Group Says Talks ‘Paused for Reflection’ Bloomberg reports Gre ...
  • ECB Says Credit Crunch Averted; Yet ECB Overni ...
    Following a relatively tiny two-day rally in the Euro the ECB blows its horn with a statement Credit Crunch AvertedThe euro rose, extending its first weekly gain versus the dollar in six weeks, as Italian bonds advanced and after European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said policy makers ha ...
  • Slovenia, Back in Recession, Scrambles to Avoi ...
    Slovenia, like Hungary is on the brink of fiscal disaster. Unlike Hungary, Slovenia is in the Eurozone. The Guardian reports Slovenia scrambles to avoid economic crash as Zoran Jankovic, leader of largest party, fails to form a government to deal with debt issues. Slovenia was on Thursday ...
  • Retail Sales Up Scant .1% in December, Core Re ...
    Following all the glowing retail sales reports for Christmas, the actual numbers reported today show a mere .1% rise. Excluding autos which rose 1.5%, retail sales actually declined. MarketWatch reports U.S. retail sales rise scant 0.1% in December Sales at U.S. retailers increased 0.1% ...

Sibel Edmonds' Boiling Frogs

  • Fedwire: It Sure Looks Like a Subsidy!
    The Law Checks Tyranny, but Law can also become a Tool of Tyranny When you and I write checks, we tend to pay up if the check goes through despite an insufficient balance.  In 2008, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation released a study of overdraft fees charged to bank consumers.  This stud ...
  • BFP Select Nightly News & Editorials- January ...
    BFP Nightly Quote “Whether the mask is labeled Fascism, Democracy, or Dictatorship of the Proletariat, our great adversary remains the Apparatus—the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier or the battle lines, which is not so much our enemy as our b ...
  • The Arab League: There Comes the ‘G’ Word Again
    It is the Genocide Season-Bring on the Invasion! I’ve been waiting; waiting for the ‘G’ word on Syria, and here it is, arriving right on time, as expected: Arab League Observer: Assad Committing Genocide in Syria A member of the Arab League observer team in Damascus told Al Arabiya broadcaster M ...
  • Pakistan US Relations Determinant: Money, Mone ...
    The Long-Used Carrot Dangling- Call it Aid, Call it Bribes, Just Call it ‘Whatever’ If you’ve been listening to our podcast with real experts and truly independent analysts, then you know all about this media trick: omit the context-disconnect the dots. Basically they give you the news and facts ...
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  • 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 →

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Blogging Canadians

  • "Finnish Government"
    So Finnish government is trying to censor the internet. I should serve them a gentle slap on the cheek, or perhaps root one of their boxes? by "Exphin1ty" As originally posted on: exph1n (exphin1ty) on Twitter January 9, 2012
  • My Canada Does Not Include Militarizing Canada Day
    I have a great deal of respect for Canadian Forces personnel. I have generally disagreed with virtually every one of their foreign deployments in my lifetime, but that is a criticism I make of our political leaders who order our forces to go here and there. I support our troops by encouraging th ...
  • 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,...
  • The Galling Hypocrisy of EthicalOil.org
    It’s really very simple. A front group for tarsands polluters is accusing opponents of being puppets of foreign interests. EthicalOil.org thinks only Canadians should be permitted to take part in the tarsands climate debate, which would exclude anyone or any group involving foreign resourc ...

Press TV - Middle East

CUNY SPS Community Blog

  • 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 [...]

Dissident Voice

  • Just Not Enough Water
    It’s true.  Sometimes there’s just not enough water. Forrest Gump brought attention to the rock scarcity issue, but I need to make you aware of the water dilemma. That’s the concern that I come across every time I make the mistake of familiarizing myself with the latest comment ...
  • Terror Attacks, U.S.-Israeli War Games Raise t ...
    Amid rising tensions over bogus Western claims that Iran plans to build nuclear weapons, upcoming American war games with Israel have the potential of escalating into a deadly confrontation. A miscalculation, or deliberate provocation by the West designed to maneuver the Iranians into “fir ...
  • Hypocrisy and Humanitarianism Should Be Mutual ...
    Barring a United Nations Security Council resolution, what gives world states the right to carry out regime change in other states? Granted, the UN has never passed a resolution directly ordering regime change, although one might be excused for thinking so after the toppling of a people’s partic ...
  • Frederick Engels on Dühringian vs. Marxian Soc ...
    In the antepenultimate chapter of his book Anti-Dühring Engels explains the differences between the “socialism” espoused by Professor Eugen Dühring and the socialism of Karl Marx and himself. Dühring thinks the ideas of Marx are “bastards of historical and logical fantasy&#8221 ...
  • Clinton Revives Dubious Charge of “Cover ...
    IPS — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s charge Tuesday that Iran had intended to keep the Fordow site secret until it was revealed by Western intelligence revived a claim the Barack Obama administration made in September 2009. Clinton said Iran “only declared the Qom f ...

Destructionist

  • Bain Capital Owns Clear Channel (Rush Limbaugh ...
    Wouldn’t it be great if a Republican presidential candidate could just buy the support of just about every major conservative talk show host in America? Well, it may not be as far-fetched as you may think. Clear Channel owns more radio stations (850) than anyone else in the United States. The ...
  • S&P Downgrade of France, Others, ‘Imminent’: “ ...
    Several euro zone countries face an “imminent” downgrade by ratings agency S&P, Reuters and Dow Jones news agencies reported on Friday afternoon, sending the euro to a session low against the dollar and European stocks down. The reports said Germany and the Netherlands were not among the ...
  • Place your bets: Company proposes options mark ...
    As soon as next week, a new market may open, where anyone can place bets on the outcome of upcoming political contests. A small trading exchange in Chicago, the North American Derivatives Exchange (Nadex), has asked federal regulators for permission to sell options tied to the results of vari ...
  • Reddit to shut-down over SOPA
    The passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, could very well scrub the Internet clean of any content that the US government considers questionable. The massively popularly website Reddit is well aware of these implications and is ready to show the world just what harm SOPA could do to ...
  • 10 reasons why even democrats, liberals and pr ...
    It’s a seemingly absurd idea on the surface: Why would democrats and liberals want to vote for Ron Paul (a Republican) over President Obama? Maybe because they want freedom instead of tyranny, it turns out. Because if you’re a total slave to the police state, it doesn’t really matter whether you ...
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