- Safety haven
If Canadian postal workers were to design the perfect winter boot, it would help them avoid slipping on icy walkways, stop them from missing their truck brakes while driving and keep them from getting their crampon spikes stuck in wooden porches.If the hearing impaired were looking for a hearing ...
- Small tools, big impact
Cancer, heart disease and stroke are leading causes of death among Canadians. As a medical doctor, an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and a Canada Research Chair in Bioengineering and Biophotonics, Victor Yang has a unique perspective on these deadly diseases. Based at ...
- Innovative, naturally
For the first time this past winter, the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) launched the Emerging Science Journalists Award (ESJA). The award was created to support Canada’s talented young science writers. Below is one of the winning entries by Roslyn Dakin, doctoral candidate in the Departm ...
- A very gourd idea
It’s been known for years that plants can take up and store trace amounts of hazardous metals like nickel, arsenic and cadmium from contaminated soil in a process called phytoremediation. Until recently, however, scientists assumed that plants weren’t capable of taking up a class of toxic chemic ...
- Johne’s happens
Trudging through a dairy farm to collect manure samples isn’t exactly glamorous work, but the odorous task is starting to have a big impact on the health of dairy cattle in Atlantic Canada — and it will save the dairy industry millions of dollars each year. Technicians at the University of Princ ...
- Mt. Etna Erupts
You're looking at the first eruption of the New Year for Europe's biggest and most active Volcano Mt. Aetna in Sicily. Today there was an impressive-looking ash plume in the sky.
- Saturn's Moon Titan May be More Earth-Like Tha ...
Saturn's moon Titan may be more similar to an Earth-like world than previously thought, possessing a layered atmosphere just like our planet, researchers said. Titan is Saturn's largest moon, and is the only moon known to have a dense atmosphere. A better understanding of how its hazy, soupy at ...
- Southeast Asia: Study Shows Humans Were Skille ...
Fish hooks and fishbones dating back 42,000 years found in a cave in East Timor suggest that humans were capable of skilled, deep-sea fishing 30,000 years earlier than previously thought, researchers in Australia and Japan said on Friday. The artefacts -- nearly 39,000 fishbones and three fish ...
- US: Hundreds Mark MLK Holiday Outside South Ca ...
Hundreds of people rallied Monday outside the South Carolina capitol to honor the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday and protest the state's voter identification law. While rallies in previous years have often been focused on protesting the Confederate flag that flies outside the Statehouse near a ...
- More US Catholics Take Complaints to Church Court
Parents upset by the admission policy at a parochial school. Clergy and parishioners at odds over use of their building. A priest resisting a transfer to another parish. It was once assumed that disagreements like these in the Roman Catholic Church would end one way: with the highest-ranking cl ...
- Consumerism . . .
FROM THE NEW YORKER, the triumph of the wall-wart.
- A quick note on comment decorum
Back here I deleted comments and left a note explaining that I did so because of the vicious ad hominem nature of some of these comments. I won't speak for my co-bloggers but I ask that commenters on my posts refrain from personal attacks. I don't particularly care if the thread veers off topi ...
- Fifty years ago . . .
1962: FIFTY YEARS AGO, and a time of great changes, the effects of which are still being adjusted to, today. MORE INTELLIGENT LIFE, a fine site run by the Economist gang, has an article by Matthew Engel, "FIFTY YEARS ON: 1962", that is worthy of your attention. For most real people who remember ...
- The trouble with astro-turf ...
Is that, unlike real grass, it wears out. That's a fact. The other problem, of course, is that, (despite the fact that it's a Monsanto invention), you can't kill it with this Monsanto invention. Unlike real grass, it has no roots. Where real grass, once established, adapts to its environment ...
- Waiting for the snowball fight in hell
I agree with Cathie. I am done with giving the Harper Cons the benefit of the doubt. I'll believe they'll actually amend the residency requirements law only when I see them bring it to the Commons and whip their caucus to support it.
- Things Getting Pretty Dicey With Iran
Depending on how you look at it, tensions with Iran are mounting to: an accidental war, an intentional war, a recession-causing oil price spike, a dizzying sequence of moves / countermoves / signals, an escalating cycle of assassinations, renewed negotiations, or a combination thereof. At any ra ...
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- Pervasive Feelings And Class Warfare: A Coda
Many people have written over the past couple of years--including faithful (and valued) commentators here in response to my last post--that President Obama blew it pretty much from the start by failing to adopt a more "populist" line. This is code for other code: populist means more committ ...
- President Obama and Pervasive Feelings
Today is the New Hampshire primary, Romney is calling for "leadership," and he seems to be getting away with it. He's not really calling attention to his own qualities, since he's rather slavishly followed his market the way a person who thinks he's a corporation would. No, Romney ...
- Will Pressuring Iran Backfire?
These days we're hearing two sets of concerns about the US and international pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. From one direction, GOP presidential candidates and other ultra-hawks argue for an escalated conflict with Iran. According to them, President Obama isn't doing enough or is act ...
- If Centrists Are Wrong, They're No Answer
I think the whole Americans Elect idea is stupid, but I acknowledge that there is an honest desire to move beyond the gridlock in Washington DC. If the Republican and Democratic parties were a married couple, any sane person would tell them to forget about counseling because the rot in their re ...
- Goodbye, Huntsman
Jon Huntsman is dropping out of the race and endorsing Mitt Romney. I'm glad he won't have a chance to run against the man who made him our ambassador to China. On the other hand, it's kind of sad that the Republican voters can't recognize the only talent they have in the field. The Republica ...
- We Could Each Be Dr. King
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been 83 this year. He has been dead for longer than he was alive. As his living memory fades, replaced by a feel-good "I have a dream" whitewash that ignores much of what he stood for and fought against, its more important than ever to recapture the true h ...
- NFL Thread
The New York Football Giants were never going to go to the Superdome and outscore Drew Brees indoors on astroturf. But they can outscore the 49ers outdoors on grass. As for the Packers, the Giants lost to them 38-35 at home during a time of the season when their defense was confused and playin ...
- Weird Priorities
I don't really understand the impulse so many people have to defend our Marines for urinating on dead bodies. But I also don't really share the common outrage about desecration of dead bodies. In my book, riddling a live human being with bullets is more profane than urinating on a lifeless bod ...
- 10 Incredible Recycled Steampunk Wasps
These ten awesome examples of steampunk wasps show creative recycling and repurposing at its best! Junk assemblages with a sting in their tail! This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 10 Coolest Links of the Week
Pigeons fitted with camera to provide aerial photography at the dawn of the 20th century? Sounds like our kind of story! Nine other cool links too... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 10 Hottest Links of the Week
From the utter beauty of outer space to the giant satellite dishes that help us scope out what's out there... Ten smokin' links... read more This is just a brief summary, please visit Environmental Graffiti to see the full, formatted version of the article
- 7 Creepiest Abandoned Japanese Love Hotels
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
- 20 Funny Pics of Flying Dogs Catching Frisbees
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
- Fear, Intimidation & Media Disinformation: U.K ...
Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, August 20, 2009 An official UK government report –quoted extensively in Britain’s tabloid media– is warning the British public that there will b ...
- President European Commission Advocated World ...
Jurriaan Maessen. Infowars. July 24th, 2009 On September 7, 1992, two term President of the European Commission Jacques Delors gave a speech to the Royal Institute of International A ...
- Billions of People Expected to Die Under Curre ...
Barbara Minton, Natural News, July 21st, 2009 Your right to eat healthy food and use supplements of your choice is rapidly vanishing, but every effort has been made to keep you in th ...
- Bioweapons, Dangerous Vaccines, and Threats of ...
Stephen Lendman, Global Research, July 7th, 2009 Although international law prohibits the use of chemical and bacteriological weapons, America has had an active biological warfare pr ...
- Today we’re all prisoners in the USA
Papers, Please! June 2, 2009 As of today, June 1, 2009, even U.S. citizens are officially prisoners in the USA, or exiles barred from entering our own country without the government’ ...
- Thank you for supporting Minneapolis productio ...
It has been a wild month in NYC. Our work in New York City to help bring you live footage from the Occupy movement, as well as help get other occupation livestream teams set up and rolling, would not have been possible but for generous small contributions from some folks that stepped up basicall ...
- Support Global Revolution.tv and the Minneapol ...
Heyo... so unexpectedly I've dedicated the vast majority of my time in the last 22 days to the Occupy Wall Street phenom and specifically editing the video stream for Global Revolution TV. For about a year until August, I worked at an Internet startup which abruptly laid me off, owing a bunch of ...
- #occupywallstreet makes total lol
Our comradez in NYC are running live feeds and I am helping coordinate affairs. We are kickin on irc.indymedia.org #occupywallstreet and also you can hit that on http://chat.indymedia.org via webs. Here is the live video embed... you can use the Contact form above if you want to hit me up. It i ...
- 9-11 FBI Foreknowledge Nibbles with Ali Soufan ...
Ah so it's been a decade eh comrades? The skrewing over of emergency personnel has gone almost unnoticed. FDNY member on 9/11 Truth “I support you guys” | We Are Change -- some new stuff has been trickling out -- pretty solid stuff, at that. The glorious official narrative got its booster shot, ...
- Review: "Contagion": Minneapolis faces instant ...
SPOILER ALERTS! -- Plagued man (lower left) staggers off bus at Lake & Lyndale; Paltrow croaks at Fairview University Medical Center; MDH painted as buffoons; Matt Damon defends saddest Minnesota XMas ever w/ shotgun & sweaters! Snagged advance tickets to Steven Soderbergh's A-List dis ...
- Accountability without Autonomy Is Tyranny
When educational research reaches the public through the corporate media, the consequences are often dire. Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff released “The Long-Term Impacts of Teachers: Teacher Value-Added and Student Outcomes in Adulthood” and immediately The New York Times pronounced i ...
- Dr. King family’s civil trial verdict: US gove ...
“What then is, generally speaking, the truth of history? A fable agreed upon.” - Napoleon Bonaparte [69] The following is from : Occupy This: US History exposes the 1%’s crimes then and now (6-part series) Dr. Martin Luther King’s family and his personal friend and attorney, William F. Pepper, ...
- Some Ugly Details from the Daley/Duncan/Obama ...
It is not my custom to spend time on an article from American Thinker, a conservative publication whose political editor brags about appearances on the Dennis Miller show, but Unsolved Mystery: D.C. Public Schools Cheating Scandal by M. Catharine Evans and Ann Kane is informative and important. ...
- What IAEA reports on Iran’s nuclear energy/med ...
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in their inspection role for compliance of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has their November 2011 report in similar misleading language as their February 2010 report. IAEA appears to be under the same political pressure to make a case for war on ...
- 2-minute video of Iran’s people: Arrest US War ...
Documentation to prove the “emperor has no clothes” obvious facts: US constantly violates war law; arrest Obama before ‘false flag’ war on Iran VIDEO HERE. © Carl_Herman for Dailycensored.com, 2012. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us Post tags: arrest, Documentation, em ...
- The age-old battle of goats versus tortoises
by Sarah Laskow. Before reading further in this post, ask yourself a question (and answer honestly): Which do you care about more, guiltless (if hungry) goats or the Galápagos Islands' giant tortoises? If you answered goats, this post will make you sad. Here was the ...
- Watch an orca chase a shark out of the water
by Sarah Laskow. Orcas might be charismatic movie stars, but they are also killer whales. A family of beachgoers in New Zealand caught on film an orca fighting with a few sharks. One shark was so eager to get away from the whale that it beached itself in the shallow water. (That's t ...
- Congressional staffers will stop betting on wi ...
by Jess Zimmerman. We here at Grist mock a lot of people. But we don't always manage to mock some sense into them. Which is why we're pretty psyched about the response to Sarah Laskow's feature story revealing that congressional staffers were making deadly wildfires into a fun ...
- Africa’s first green, locavore, gluten-f ...
by Christopher Mims. In Mozambique, home brewing is big -- not because the country is full of mustachioed, fixie-riding expats from Portlandia, but just because it’s less expensive. So when brewing giant SABMiller wanted to figure out how to sell beer to people who are already mak ...
- Scientists discover color of galaxy, can only ...
by Jess Zimmerman. We went back and forth on whether this would be relevant to your interests, but it's about the universe and the Earth is in the universe, right? I think that's a non-controversial scientific statement even Rick Santorum would agree with. (Maybe. Does Rick Sant ...
- The Landlords of Eminent Domain
By Les Visible A little something different today, for all those speculating in the hinterlands and inner lands where speculation is the general order of the day. Why are things the way they are and where did all these hideous people come from? Where did these bankrupt leaders; vicious reavers, ...
- 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 ...
- Less Than a Week Away
We encourage you to register for Awake and Aware.George Green will be a featured speaker.September 19th & 20th • Burbank, CAClick here for Tickets & Reservations
- The Georgia Guidestones
On one of the highest hilltops in Elbert County, Georgia stands a huge granite monument. Engraved in eight different languages on the four giant stones that support the common capstone are 10 Guides, or commandments. That monument is alternately referred to as The Georgia Guidestones, or the ...
- The Creation
THE CREATION (A recent message given to George Green from the "guys upstairs") We are pleased to bring understanding and clarification on what is the Creation. This is a challenge because your language of communication has not the words for describing this conception of Creation. So as not to pu ...
- The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging C ...
In his previous books, James Kunstler focused on the shortsighted vision of suburban planning; now he expands that view to the country's urban growth challenges and the need to drastically change our current course of auto and oil dependency. The Long Emergency is filled with history plus eye-op ...
- About George Green
Dear Friends, Thank you for your interest in our catalog of unusual and informative materials. The knowledge gained will give you choices in the days ahead and lessons of discernment as the chaos increases. It is necessary for those of you who are now in the "know" so to speak, to begin to fo ...
- Cartoon caption contest
Take a look at the cartoon below and enter your caption idea in the comment section (more ifo on prize, etc. below the cartoon). Eligible captions will be those posted on my site, Elephant Journal, Wend Magazine, PlanetSave, Eco-Snobbery Sucks, Ecolutionist, Ecopolitology, and Twilight Earth. Wi ...
- Exposed: Why the GOP wants to eliminate Clean ...
Whether we can believe this see-through-elephant-trunk footage or not, the possibility that elephants have a triple fitration system within their trunks has to have some credence. Otherwise, why on earth would leading Republicans try to make it easier for big polluters to further pollute the air ...
- Apples may lose trees [cartoon]
The rest of Joe Mohr’s cartoons, and cartoon updates and other green news on Twitter @GreenCartoons. Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoon) Eco-Snobbery Sucks: The Cartoon Related posts:The Aging Activist Monsanto Gets Beat–May Lose Beets (cartoo ...
- Mixed message from USDA chief Vilsack [cartoon]
US Ag Secretary, Tom Vilsack tells us to eat more natural foods a few days after fully deregulating GMO alfalfa…I’m confused. Confused as well? Read the links below and try to figure out this mess. From The New York Times: Government’s Dietary Advice: Eat Less From Elephant Journal: ...
- BREAKING: Deleted Monsanto cartoon panel, leaked!
Unlike the former Monsanto cartoon on this subject, this version shows a bit more clearly who surrendered the future of organic agriculture to Monsanto. There’s been a lot of talk from both sides (organic and biotech) about compromise. That is misleading and almost laughable (read: cryable ...
- Richard Meier & Partners Unveil New Aztec-Insp ...
Read the rest of Richard Meier & Partners Unveil New Aztec-Inspired Mitikah Tower for Mexico City Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", eco design, eco tower, fritted glass, green architecture, Green Building, green design, high performance fa ...
- Artist Transforms Storefront for Art & Archite ...
For the next month, visitors to New York City’s Storefront for Art and Architecture will be making music with an unlikely instrument: the gallery’s building. For his installation “007_Urban_Songline,” artist Allard van Hoorn carefully interlaced
fishing line through Store ...
- Costa Concordia Cruise Ship Disaster Could Spi ...
Photo by Andreas Solaro/AFP/Getty Images Tragedy struck off the Italian coast this weekend when the Costa Concordia cruise liner struck rocks and capsized. Currently, six people are confirmed dead with several more missing, but while rescue operations continue and the authorities investigate the ...
- Marco Casagrande’s Gorgeous Bamboo ̶ ...
Read the rest of Marco Casagrande’s Gorgeous Bamboo “Cicada” Pavilion Snakes its Way Through Urban Taipei Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", bamboo structure, Cicada, cocoon like structure, eco design, green design, Marco Casa ...
- Vote for Your Favorite Green Design for Park C ...
Read the rest of Vote for Your Favorite Green Design for Park City’s New Kimball Art Center! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture", big, Brooks + Scarpa, Design Competition, green architecture, Green Building, green design, green design compe ...
- Top Dome and Drogue Chute Jettison System
Last week Capsuleman did not explain how the top dome was jettisoned in order to deploy the drogue for space capsule Tycho Deep Space. So it is my duty to continue where Capsuleman failed. In short, the top dome of the space capsule must be jettisoned to deploy the drogue. The top dome is fixed ...
- Underwater Noise Disturbs Whales 120 Miles Away
Underwater acoustics can affect the communication of whales as far away as 120 miles.
- 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.
- US, Israel in open rift over Iran: Big joint m ...
US-Israeli discord over action against Iran went into overdrive Sunday, Jan. 15 when the White House called off Austere Challenge 12, the biggest joint war game the US and Israel have every staged, ready to go in spring, in reprisal for a comment by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon in ...
- Iran confirms receiving US Hormuz letter
Iran's Foreign Ministry says it has received a US message regarding the Strait of Hormuz via three different channels. “The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran's Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazaei; the Swiss Ambassador to Tehran [Livia Leu Agosti] also conveyed ...
- 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 downgrades for n ...
- World Map of All Wars and Conflicts Happening ...
Aviation Week's Defense Technology International has compiled a summary of all the current and probable conflicts of 2012, so I made this map*. The only conflict that is not in this map is the incoming Obama-Romney nuclear war.
- NDAA and Patriot Act are UNCONSTITUTIONAL, the ...
LAWS which are UNCONSTITUTIONAL are VOID. Unconstitutional laws are incapable of altering the constitution: they have NO POWER to "repeal" "huge parts" of the constitution, including 2nd & 4th Amendments and the Bill of Rights. WHO is lying about this, in order to DRIVE Americans to revoluti ...
- With Right on Our Side: The Inspiring Guantána ...
Last week, I was in Washington D.C., attending events to mark the 10th anniversary of the opening of the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, as part of a 12-day US tour organized by some of my great friends in the US — the activists of The World Can’t Wait, and their national director Debra Sw ...
- Video: “Guantánamo Forever?” – Jim Moran, Andy ...
See the entire event on C-SPAN here (and also via UStream below, from the website of the New America Foundation). On the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Bush administration’s prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, which belonged to George W. Bush for seven of those ten years, but has belonged to ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- NYC Probes Anti-Semitic Attacks as Firebombing ...
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 ...
- Campus Group Weighs in on South African Violen ...
Youth for Western Civilization, an ultraconservative student group sworn to protect the West from the perils of multiculturalism, has issued a report claiming the South African government is responsible for “orchestrat[ing] the systematic slaughter of the white community.” “The worst fears of th ...
- Trial Opens for White Supremacist Twins Accuse ...
White supremacist twins Dennis and Daniel Mahon went on trial today in Phoenix, charged with mailing a package bomb in 2004 that exploded and injured a black man who was a city official in Scottsdale. The 61-year-old longtime racists were arrested in 2009 after a five-year undercover investigati ...
- Alabama Anti-Shariah Bill Penned by Key Islama ...
An Alabama state senator plans to introduce a constitutional amendment that would ban state courts from looking to Islamic Shariah law in adjudicating cases, Hatewatch has learned. Republican Senator Cam Ward pre-filed the “American and Alabama Laws for Alabama Courts Amendment” with the state S ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Occupy Davos Builds Igloo Village in Shadow of ...
As the world's elite get set to gather this month to attend the World Economic Forum's annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland protesters aligned with the global occupy movement are busy building a home for themselves in the shadows of the fancy hotels, chalets, and restaurants of the pos ...
- Goodbye, Fish: Rising CO2 Direct Threat to Sea ...
New research shows the disastrous consequences the world's rising carbon dioxide levels are having on ocean life. A team of researchers from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and James Cook University published their findings in the journal Nature Cl ...
- Israel Cyber Networks Targeted by Hackers
Israel's cyber infrastructure came under attack on Monday as a hacker, or hackers, targeted the Tel Aviv stock exchange, several banks, and El Al Airlines. The Los Angeles Time reports today: read more
- Rumblings of Shock Doctrine: Long Beach, NY to ...
The Associated Press reports that the city of Long Beach, New York is about to declare fiscal emergency. From the Long Beach Patch: read more
- On MLK Day, Romney Steps Up his Attacks on Imm ...
Mitt Romney is set to reinforce his strict anti-immigration stance today in South Carolina with an appearance with recent endorser Kris Kobach. Kobach is known for his work on anti-immigration laws in both Mitt Romney and Kris KobachArizona and Alabama, as well as his work with the Federation fo ...
- Child trafficking victims bounced back to Fran ...
Children's commissioner discovers trafficked minors were sent straight back under 'gentleman's agreement' with FranceTrafficked children arriving alone at Dover were sent straight back to France under a secret "gentleman's agreement" that was in force since at least 1995, an investigation by th ...
- Twitter boss slams Wikipedia's 'silly' Sopa pr ...
Wikipedia's plans to pull the plug on its website in protest of anti-piracy legislation are 'foolish', according to Twitter's CEOWikipedia's plans to pull the plug on its website in protest of controversial anti-piracy legislation are "foolish" and "silly", according to Twitter boss Dick Costolo ...
- Police move in on Parliament Square protesters
Passing of police reform bill allows authorities to begin operation to clear away protesters' tentsPolice have moved in to clear tents from London's Parliament Square, which has been a focus for protesters campaigning on issues including the war in Afghanistan.The Metropolitan police said that o ...
- South Carolina primary – Jon Huntsman quits: live
• Jon Huntsman pulls out of the Republican nomination race • Former Utah governor backs frontrunner Mitt Romney • Rick Santorum pushes on after conservative backing • Read our news story on Huntsman's withdrawal • Read our latest summary of events today5.53pm: We're wrapping this live blog up fo ...
- Costa Concordia cruise liner's company blames ...
As number missing after crash rises to 29, reports say captain sailed close to shore in move advertised on FacebookThe company operating the Costa Concordia cruise liner, which ran aground off Tuscany has blamed the captain for the disaster as Italy's environment minister declared a state of eme ...
- 3 killed in helicopter crash
KABUL, Afghanistan — A civilian helicopter crashed in southern Afghanistan on Monday, killing all three people on board, an Afghan official said. Marjan Haqmal, police chief of Nad Ali ...
- Afghan War Reflects Changes in Air War
Afghanistan - Cmdr. Layne McDowell glanced over his left shoulder, through the canopy of a Navy F/A-18, to an Afghan canyon 9,000 feet below. An American infantry company was down ...
- Afghan Child Suicide Bombers Were Told Bombs W ...
In a shocking account, Abdul Samat, 13, - who realized at the last moment he may also die if he carried out the attack on his target, the Afghan city of Kandahar - said he abandoned the mission and ...
- US excludes Pak in diplomatic move to consult ...
The United States launched a new diplomatic offensive on Monday to consult its allies, except Pakistan, on its efforts to re-engage the Taliban.
- 5 killed in avalanche in northeastern Afghanistan
FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- A total of five people were killed in an avalanche in northeastern Afghan province of Badakhshan, an official said on Monday. "A huge avalanche hit a ...
- 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 ...
- ARB limits SOX protections outside the US
By a 3-2 vote on a major case, the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board (ARB) has limited the application of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) whistleblower protection outside the boundaries of the United States. The case is Villanueva v. Core Laboratories, NV, ARB No. 09-108, ALJ No. 20 ...
- NLRB agrees that employees cannot waive right ...
This week, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a major decision holding that employees have an inalienable right to bring collective and class action lawsuits. The National Whistleblowers Center (NWC) joined with the National Employment Lawyers Association (NELA) and other groups in ...
- "From Whistleblower to RICO Claimant"
Originally Published by FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog Author: Thomas Fox The holiday season is past and many of us have returned to work. However, if you are a Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) there is a gift that you may wish to give yourself, it is “The Whistleblower’s Handbook ...
- NWC comments on DOL Dodd-Frank regulations
Just before last night's deadline, I submitted comments on modifications to the Department of Labor's regulations for corporate fraud whistleblowers. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) originally issued regulations at 29 CFR Part 1980 to govern its whistleblower program und ...
- New Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants ...
The newly created federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a call to whistleblowers. The CFPB is seeking "knowledgeable sources with information about potential violations of Federal consumer financial laws." They can submit their information by email to whistlebl ...
- Fermi maps an active galaxy's 'smokestack plumes'
If our eyes could see radio waves, the nearby galaxy Centaurus A (Cen A) would be one of the biggest and brightest objects in the sky, nearly 20 times the apparent size of a full moon. What we can't see when looking at the galaxy in visible light is that it lies nestled between a pair of giant r ...
- Pollution from Asia circles globe at stratosph ...
The economic growth across much of Asia comes with a troubling side effect: pollutants from the region are being wafted up to the stratosphere during monsoon season. The new finding, in a study led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, provides additional evidence of the ...
- After growth spurt, supermassive black holes s ...
Supermassive black holes found at the centers of distant galaxies undergo huge growth spurts as a result of galactic collisions, according to a new study by astronomers at Yale University and the University of Hawaii. Their findings appear in the March 25 edition of Science Express.
- Research team finds structure of 'swine flu' virus
A team of scientists from The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has solved the structure of a key protein from the virus that caused last year's "swine flu" influenza epidemic. The structure reveals that the virus shares many features with influenza viruses common in the early 20 ...
- New approach precisely tracks evolution's foot ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for exampl ...
- SOPA/PIPA Supporters Pretend White House State ...
Following the White House's surprise move to effectively tell SOPA/PIPA supporters to go back to the drawing board and come back with bills that don't censor the internet, don't break basic online security tools and that don't create unjustified litigation -- SOPA and PIPA supporters are going f ...
- Why The Government Doesn't Get Technology
There's been lots of talk in the past few months about the sheer ignorance of those in goverment on technology issues -- in some cases where elected officials are gleefully, willfully ignorant. Some of them are just out of touch (or old, old-fashioned and have no desire to be in touch). Others ...
- Even Thieves Are Ignoring DVDs And CDs As Wort ...
It's been kind of funny to see that the various "public service announcement" videos that have been created and/or used by the government lately (see here and here for example) show people selling counterfeit DVDs on the street. There's a reason for this, of course. The one study that suggests ...
- Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week ...
We haven't had one of these in a while -- a comment that shows up in both the funny and insightful winners' circle -- but this week, we've got Rich Fiscus, who was voted most insightful and second funniest, by paraphrasing Stephen Colbert in saying: Reality is known for its frequent anti-RIAA ...
- The Logician's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week
Greetings. I have been invited to share this week's digest of favorite posts -- in this case, mine -- and as the logical choice was, of course, to accept, I have chosen to do so. In thinking about how to proceed, I have arrived at the conclusion that to effectively reach and deter those who woul ...
- China walks the tightrope in the Persian Gulf
The Hindu reports: Without undermining its ties with Iran despite growing military tensions in the region, China, is seeking a deeper engagement in the oil and gas sector with Saudi Arabia and other Arab Gulf states, as part of a developing contingency plan, in order to ensure stable energy supp ...
- Clay Shirky on Dan Sperber’s explanation of cu ...
John Brockman, creator of Edge, presents 191 answers to the question: What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? Clay Shirky responds: Why do groups of people behave the same way? Why do they behave differently from other groups living nearby? Why are those behaviors so stabl ...
- Interview with Haneen Zoabi
The Israeli Occupation Archive interviews Haneen Zoabi, a Palestinian member of Israel’s parliament who became known around the world after her participation in the Gaza Flotilla aboard the MV Mavi Marmara. During the past year, a series of ethnocentric and other legislative initiatives were int ...
- Pakistan PM faces disqualification over contem ...
The Guardian reports: Pakistan’s prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, has been threatened with jail for contempt of court and ordered to appear before the supreme court in person, raising the possibility that he could be disqualified from office. In the ongoing clash between the government ...
- Nick Turse: Drone disasters
After almost two months in abeyance and the (possibly temporary) loss of Shamsi Air Base for its air war, the CIA is again cranking up its drone operations in the Pakistani tribal borderlands. The first two attacks of 2012 were launched within 48 hours of each other, reportedly killing 10 ...
- The warm-cold oscillation
From the Institute of Physics Cold winters caused by warmer summers, research suggests Scientists have offered up a convincing explanation for the harsh winters recently experienced in the Northern Hemisphere; increasing temperatures and melting ice in the Arctic regions creating … Continu ...
- The behind the scenes bumbling of the hockey stick
Mann oh Mann. Tom Nelson continues to wade through the 5000+ Climategate 2 emails. I’ve selected a few he’s highlighted in the vein of behind the scenes discussion of Dr. Michael Mann’s infamous “hockey stick” which claimed we were living … Continue reading &# ...
- Sense and Sensitivity II – the sequel
By Christopher Monckton of Brenchley Joel Shore, who has been questioning my climate-sensitivity calculations, just as a good skeptic should, has kindly provided at my request a reference to a paper by Dr. Andrew Lacis and others at the Goddard … Continue reading →
- Phobos-Grunt demise shows BBC’s bad scie ...
OK, The “Grunt heard round the world” is no more, apparently burning up over the Pacific. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the probe and what fragments made it through the atmosphere fell about 775 miles west of Wellington Island. In looking … Continue reading →
- Nacreous cloud show at the Arctic Circle
From spaceweather.com An apparition of polar stratospheric clouds is underway around the Arctic Circle. “It is almost as good as the aurora borealis,” says Göran Strand, who took this picture last night from Östersund, Sweden: Eric Schandall of Oslo, Norway, … Continue reading ...
- ‘Super’ mouse evolves resistance t ...
German and Spanish mice have rapidly evolved the trait by breeding with an Algerian species from which they have been separate for over a million years. The researchers say this type of gene transfer is highly unusual and normally found in plants and bacteria. The Current Biology report says thi ...
- New Blood Thinner Prevents Strokes in Heart Pa ...
The newly approved drug Xarelto appears to prevent strokes at least as well as the standard treatment warfarin in people who have a heart condition that puts them at high risk for blood clots, a study shows. Xarelto was approved by the FDA in July to prevent dangerous blood clots in people havin ...
- Red Meat, Processed Meat Linked to Diabetes Risk
Red meat, particularly processed red meats like bacon, sausage, and hot dogs, may increase a person’s risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The more processed or unprocessed red meat a person eats, the greater the risk, according to a new study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Type 2 ...
- Intestinal protein may have role in ADHD, othe ...
A biochemical pathway long associated with diarrhea and intestinal function may provide a new therapeutic target for treating ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) other neuropsychiatric disorders, according to a team of scientists from China and the United States reporting Aug. 11 in ...
- Stanford engineers redefine how the brain plan ...
New measurement technologies and techniques provide researchers more complete look at neurological activity In 1991, Carl Lewis was both the fastest man on earth and a profound long jumper, perhaps the greatest track-and-field star of all time in the prime of his career. On June 14th of that yea ...
- 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. Neil I. Turner, 21, of Tacoma, WA.Army Pfc. Michael W. Pyron, 30, of Hopewell, VA.Army Pfc. ...
- 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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- 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 ...
- Kobe University lab creates 'novel' H5N1 in 's ...
ShareThisKobe University lab creates 'novel' H5N1 in 'secret' lab --Emails from Kobe virologist and H5N1-H1N1 virus creator, Teridah Ernala Ginting --Story in e-mails: Kobe University PhD student Teridah Ernala confesses to creating H1N1-H5N1 "novel" viruses; Kawaoka's virus thief Akiko Makino l ...
- Campaign officials: Huntsman to quit US race
ShareThisCampaign officials: Huntsman to quit US race 15 Jan 2012 Jon Huntsman, the former ambassador to China who tried to avoid partisan attacks during a presidential campaign that never connected with Republican primary voters, will withdraw Monday from the race for the nomination, his campai ...
- Spanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe
ShareThisSpanish judge reopens Guantanamo torture probe 13 Jan 2012 A Spanish judge on Friday re-launched an investigation into the alleged torture of prisoners held at the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, one day after a British authorities launched a probe into CIA renditions to ...
- Army brass knew WikiLeaks accused had serious ...
ShareThisArmy brass knew WikiLeaks accused had serious issues 16 Jan 2102 A formal recommendation that Bradley Manning face a court martial has sharpened demands that others also be held accountable for a mountain of classified diplomatic cables being dumped to WikiLeaks almost two years ago. Ap ...
- Santorum secures key US evangelical backing
ShareThisSantorum secures key US evangelical backing 13 Jan 2012 Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has received a powerful shot in the arm as top US evangelical leaders endorsed his White House bid ahead of a crucial South Carolina primary. The endorsement came after about 150 infl ...
- VRM: The Flu Report
The Flu Vaccine deception ranks as one of the great cover-ups & swindles of the last century perpetrated against the general population. Not only has the public been systematically lied to by their elected Government for generations (in league with the World Health Organization & a Vacc ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5B – ...
Article continued from VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – Detoxification & Restoration of The Body Replenishing the vital mineral base We must look to children with Autism to determine the full extent of “vaccine toxicity” derived nutrient deficiencies incurred in th ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5A – ...
Article intended to be read in conjunction with VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – Primary Aspects of Vaccine Toxicity Affecting The Body The Long Road To Recovery There are unfortunately no shortcuts to restoring natural, optimal health levels in the body, no quick fix sol ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 5 – ...
- VRM: The Problem With Vaccines Part 4 – ...
Vaccines, by their composite nature, inherently damage & disrupt the body’s delicate neurological network; hindering the complex functioning of the brain in maintaining all systems of operation (circulatory, digestive, endocrine, immune, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respirator ...
- You Know You're Getting Old When...
A few weeks back we received our new high-efficiency front loading LG washer and dryer set and I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by them. The set was only around $1000 (on sale) but I felt like I'd gone from a Chevette to a Cadillac when compared to our old set. A cute little luxur ...
- Control Your Home Thermostat On the Internet!
Today a fellow from our natural gas company came by to install a new thermostat as part of the Peaksaver program that we signed up for. If you haven't heard of Peaksaver, basically what it does is allow the Ontario government electricity provider to turn off your central air conditi ...
- Happy Day!: The Water Bill Arrived!
After being shocked a few months ago with a water bill of over $240 I decided to do a few things to cut down on our water use We converted our main toilet to a dual-flush and installed a water saving device on the second (haven't switched it over to a dual yet). We also installed a new ...
- Strawberry Picking
Our family went strawberry picking this morning, it's a fun thing to do once in a while and I think it's a good way to help our 3-year old daughter realize where food comes from. While my wife picked berries with our oldest I went for a walk around the farm with our youngest in the stroller ...
- Pioneer Solar: PV System For Free?
I received a flyer from Pioneer Solar in the mail the other day which claims to help people get a solar system installed on their house, farm, or business for free. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, like most things there's good and bad points about it and what might be a good deal fo ...
- Danger For Senators and Representatives
Army Deceptions May Cause Embarrassment 17 January 2012 The Army has been deceiving members of Congress about MEDEVAC issues in Afghanistan. This poses a danger for civilian leadership who may run with the Army information, expecting accuracy in detail and in spirit, only to be ridicul ...
- Progress on Removing Dustoff Red Crosses
16 January 2012 Caring people are becoming involved from Hawaii to Texas to Washington. There has even been help from the United Kingdom. Thank you in the UK! Please see this OpEd from Larry Wood in Alaska: The original article can be found here.
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Bahrain king announces constitutional reforms
[JURIST] In a speech [transcript] on Sunday, Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa [official profile] promised to amend the nation's constitution [text] to allow the National Assembly [official profile] more oversight of ministers and cabinet members. If passed, the amendments would allow both ...
- UN Secretary General demands end to violence i ...
[JURIST] In a statement at a conference on democracy in the Arab world Sunday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon [official profile] demanded that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad [BBC backgrounder] end the violence against the Syrian people. In his speech, Ban indicated that it is time for Assad ...
- Two business groups challenge Obama's recess a ...
[JURIST] Two business advocacy groups filed motions [press release] in the US District Court for the District of Columbia [official website] on Friday, contesting the constitutionality of US President Barack Obama's [official website] recent recess appointments [JURIST report]. The National Righ ...
- Canada to change marriage law to legally recog ...
[JURIST] Canadian Justice Minister Rob Nicholson [official profile], amid a growing controversy over a previous declaration [JURIST report] that non-resident same-sex marriages [JURIST news archive] performed in Canada are not legal unless recognized by the participants' home countries, indicate ...
- UN SG underlines commitment to Lebanon
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] underscored his commitment to Lebanon's security and sovereignty [press release; transcript] on Friday. Ban Ki-moon stated: "This is a critical moment in the region. It is a time for meaningful change; time to stop the violence and end ...
- 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 ...
- Haaretz Publishes Fraudulent Ad Supporting Set ...
There is a brewing media scandal in Israel that has received scant attention. Let’s try to change that. Earlier this week, a fictitious settler group published an ad in Haaretz supporting price tag attacks. One point they made in their support was the claim that price tag attacks are ci ...
- U.S. Cancels Joint Missile War Games With Israel
Israeli media is full of a major news story: that a major war games exercise planned for April which involved thousands of U.S. troops joining the IDF for missile exercises simulating an Iranian attack on Israel have been cancelled. This would’ve been among the most elaborate exercise the ...
- Israeli Intelligence Source Denies Jundallah F ...
Amir Oren published today a story based on a senior Mossad official who flatly denies the truth of Mark Perry‘s false flag report in yesterday’s Foreign Policy. The Mossad source (likely either Tamir Pardo or someone very close to him) called Perry’s report “absolute non ...
- 722,000 Israelis Live Beyond Green Line
Yisrael HaYom published today one of the more stark and telling statistics about the ‘success’ of the Occupation: in 2011, 722,000 Israelis lived beyond the Green Line, including in settlements and East Jerusalem. This was a 5% increase over 2010. That means that 1 in every seven I ...
- Kenneth Marcus Strikes Out: Department of Educ ...
Kenneth Marcus of the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, suffered a new defeat in his campaign to enforce politically correct pro-Israel discourse on U.S. college campuses. After persuading an Orthodox Jewish Barnard College student to file a formal complaint against a professor accus ...
- A moment of truth: A word of faith, hope and l ...
We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope, a cry full of prayer and faith in a God ever vigilant, in God's divine provid ...
- NPR Watch: Linda Gradstein Has Done It Again o ...
NPR's reporter Linda Gradstein has done it again. She has managed to take a "must report" story on Israeli-Palestinian relations -- the new report by B'Tselem on the non-combatants, including children, killed by the Israeli military during the Israeli attack on Gaza -- and report it in a manner ...
- Documentary Video: Shooting the Messenger
This documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, examines how international reporters became targets.
- Impressions of Israeli Executions in the West Bank
Much planning had gone into our family vacation in Israel-Palestine. We could spare only the last two weeks of 2009, and so had developed an uncompromising itinerary for each day, allowing a mere half-day to recover from jet lag from our trip from California. After devoting most of the first wee ...
- Calling Bono: Your Palestinian Gandhis Exist . ...
In your recent column in the New York Times, "Ten for the Next Ten," you wrote: "I'll place my hopes on the possibility -- however remote at the moment -- that...people in places filled with rage and despair, places like the Palestinian territories, will in the days ahead find among them their G ...
- Jesse Ventura, 63 Documents the Government Doe ...
http://www.facebook.com/widgets/like.php?href=https://davidjgregory.wordpress.com/2012/01/07/jesse-ventura-63-documents-the-government-does-not-want-you-to-read/ EyeOnCitrus.com is proud to announce that Jesse Ventura, newest book, 63 Documents The Government Doesn’t Want you to read, is availab ...
- What side are you on?
As a Thanksgiving deadline nears for action by the powerful congressional committee on deficit reduction, Bernie sounded an alarm over reports that Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid may be cut. "The American people have been very clear. They understand how important Social Security, Med ...
- Listen to Art Bell’s Coast to Coast HAAR ...
This is an (CLICK HERE FOR THE SHOW) encore presentation of a show that aired in 2005. It’s revealing because it discusses the secret facility in Alaska that manipulates the ionosphere with possible devastating results. Listen to scientists working on it then and their reluctance to speak about ...
- Official 9/11 Fable To Become Part Of School C ...
Government-supported effort to ‘encourage critical thinking’ actually encourages obedient regurgitation of lies Paul Joseph Watson Rest of Story on Prison Planet.com Tuesday, September 6, 2011 “We don’t need no education….we don’t need no thought control.” In a week where the establishment is de ...
- EOC Eye On Citrus Radio: Pre 9-11-2001 Tenth A ...
(661) 449-9342 The Tenth Anniversary of the most despicable act every perpetrated on a people by elements of its own government in the history of mankind is just around the corner. The evidence is apparent, it’s been shown and revealed over and over, yet the public doesn’t rise to ar ...
- The Unsuitablog Archive
The Unsuitablog contains a huge range of posts from simple criticism to investigation to downright in-your-face sabotage. It also has heaps of advice on how to recognise and expose greenwash and the entire series of Monthly Undermining Tasks which helped the book Underminers become a reality. To ...
- The Unsuitablog: Winding Down and Winding Up
Four years, and it feels like it. It would take a book to tell the story of The Unsuitablog: all the work that has gone into it; the sleepless nights wondering whether a stunt would come off or what the repercussions of an exposure would be; the arm-aching pixel manipulation in creating the hund ...
- You’re Not Taking “Radical” ...
On Monday 5th December, 2011, Bill McKibben, author and figurehead-leader of 350.org wrote the following in the Daily Kos: You think OWS is radical? You think 350.org was radical for helping organize mass civil disobedience in DC in August against the Keystone Pipeline? We’re not radical. Radica ...
- Strikes vs Royal Weddings
There is going to be a strike in Britain on Wednesday. The UK Government are condemning it. This is starting to appear all over Facebook: When the government decide we can have a day off for the royal wedding it doesn’t damage the economy, but when the workers decide to strike for a day it ...
- WWF Denies Palm Oil is the Problem, then Count ...
It seems there is no depth to which the corporate world’s own favourite NGO, WWF, will not sink. An article in this week’s Guardian was happy to give WWF some free publicity, implying that the group actually give a stuff about the wildlife they were apparently set up to protect (or s ...
- Forget The Wealthy. How Do We Tax The Lucky?
A few weeks ago, the Washington Post ran a lengthy, above-the-fold piece looking into what impact capital gains tax rates were having on wealth inequality in America. “Most of the richest Americans pay lower overall tax rates than middle-class Americans do,” the reporters noted, adding that duri ...
- Muslim-Baiters Don’t Want To Be Treated ...
Over the weekend, I posted the following message on Twitter: “When a Muslim commits terror, every Muslim in the world somehow shares responsibility. When it’s a white Christian, he’s always a lone wolf.” I wasn’t commenting on the tendency of commentators to use different words to de ...
- Keith Ellison’s Tears And Epistemic Closure
Rep. Peter King’s hearings looking into the “radicalization” of the American Muslim community, and the suggestion that the community doesn’t cooperate with law enforcement, was largely a waste of time and tax dollars. The affair didn’t produce a single insight into the actual and urgent issue of ...
- Praying On Qasr al-Nil
One of the more memorable scenes of the Egyptian revolution will surely be that of ordinary Egyptian’s praying on Cairo’s Qasr al-Nil Bridge as members of Egyptian state police direct their water cannons at them. Truly a remarkable sight. via Al Jazeera Filed under: Middle East Tagged: Al-Jazeer ...
- “I Support Democratization, But…&# ...
The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg – one of the key proponents of the disastrous invasion of Iraq – has some serious misgivings about the fledgling pro-democracy movement that’s taken over the streets of Egypt. “I support democratization, but,” he cautions, “the democratization we saw in Gaza (cour ...
- 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 ...
- The Edge of Justice - Our Youngest Killers
One 16-year-old went looking for pot at a Brookline High School graduation party, then shot the guest of honor in the chest when he got a racial slur instead. The other 16-year-old stabbed a man 23 times inside his Springfield apartment, returning the next day to steal things from the victim’s h ...
- Public Health on Edge - Fewer Children Require ...
Fewer children required hospitalization following a drowning incident over the last two decades, according to a new study from the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy. According to the study, pediatric hospitalizations from drowning-related incidents declined 51 percent from 1993 ...
- Middle East on Edge - White House Insights: St ...
In September, 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama began his first major effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to full direct negotiations. He had not only Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the East Room of the White House, but also ...
- North Korea on Edge - Associated Press Opens N ...
The Associated Press has opened a bureau in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, becoming the first international news organization with a full-time presence to cover news from the reclusive nation in words, pictures and videos. AP opened the office Monday, after almost a year of negotiations an ...
- Election 2012 - Outsider Rick Santorum and his ...
Rick Santorum the presidential candidate casts himself as a Washington outsider, “one of the most successful government reformers in our history,” according to his campaign bio, “taking on Washington's powerful special interests from the moment he arrived in our nation’s capital.” But Rick Santo ...
- 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 ...
- The Middle East in 2012: The Year of Living Da ...
By Barry Rubin The region-wide upheaval known as “the Arab Spring” would make it seem that terrorism, especially Islamist terrorism, is pretty much as dead as are its thousands of victims. After all, if the protest demonstration and balloting have proven able to resolve grievances then w ...
- MMFA Says Peeing On Terrorists--BAD, Peeing on ...
During the "cool points" segment of her Friday radio show my friend and editor at Big Journalism, Dana Loesch commented on the controversy surrounding the video of some American Soldiers apparently urinating on dead Taliban terrorists. Can someone explain to me if there's supposed to be a scan ...
- Eleven More Solyndras Ate $6.5 Billion of Taxp ...
This goes way beyond making lousy investments, in trying to pick winners and losers, the Obama administration chose companies who had already lost, like Solyndra they took our money and invested in green energy projects despite warnings that they were going bankrupt. Most surprising, perhaps, ...
- Automakers on Green Car Sales: They Stink!
Much of the electric and hybrid car business in the US is subsidized by the US Govt. In 2010, one fourth of GM and Ford’s hybrids were purchased by the federal government. Nissan got a $1.4 billion dollar loan from the feds to develop their electric car, the Leaf. ...
- A Translation Is Worth 10,000 Words Of Blather ...
If Tourists Can Wear Bikinis But Local Women Must Wear Chadors Does That Prove the Muslim Brotherhood is Moderate? By Barry Rubin The answer to that headline is, "No. But seeming to answer 'yes' proves the West is hypocritical about supporting human rights." Oh, wait, what if a de ...
- Ron Paul tied with Obama in General Election Poll
by Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda January 17, 2012 U.S. president Barack Obama has managed to remain in the mid forties in the latest CNN/ORC International Poll released Monday. Both Republican presidential candidates Ron Paul and Mitt Romney are tied with the president, with Paul making the m ...
- Laughable: Doctors Have no Clue why Thyroid Ca ...
Thyroid cancer, which affects about 11 people per 100,000 each year, seems to be on the rise. It’s a trend that baffles medical researchers. by Shari Rudavsky Indianapolis Star January 16, 2012 National Cancer Institute statistics suggest that in recent years the number of cases of this of ...
- Otro Falso Conservador Muerde el Polvo
Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 16 de enero de 2012 ¿Cómo sabes cuando alguien es un político conservador falso? Cuando él se retira de la carrera presidencial y da su apoyo al mismo candidato sobre quien expresó dudas en la campaña. Ese candidato es Mitt Romney, la opción número uno de los ...
- Teherán Conecta primer golpe contra Washington
Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 16 de enero 2012 En lo que podría llamarse un duelo de palabras, Teherán ha entregado en Washington y Tel Aviv el primer golpe en el estómago ya que ambos países decidieron posponer el ejercicio militar que tendría lugar en un par de semanas en el Golfo Pérsic ...
- Cientificos Revelan Fraudulentas Políticas de ...
Por Luis R. Miranda The Real Agenda 16 de Enero, 2012 La revista Annals of Medicine publicó un innovador artículo titulado, El virus del papiloma humano (VPH) las políticas de vacunación y la medicina basada en la evidencia: ¿Están en desacuerdo? Los autores son los renombrados investigadores ...
- 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 ...
- Classroom helpers for j-school
In the fall, when the new school year begins in the northern hemisphere, older posts on this blog find a new life. I’m so happy to see that people are finding useful things here! These are some of the top posts from the past week: How to shoot video interviews Getting started with Wor ...
- 10 Rules for Visual Storytelling
For some people, “visual storytelling” means photographs. For others, it means film or video. An epic movie such as the Lord of the Rings trilogy may spring to mind — and few would disagree with that as a fine example of visual storytelling. In journalism writing classes, stud ...
- Getting that first job in journalism
Internships. Portfolio. Real work (not work assigned in a class). Not necessarily paid work — but journalism work that some respectable organization saw fit to publish, with your name on it. Lacking these, a new journalism graduate is behind the curve. There are not so many jobs out there ...
- 5,000 followers on Twitter
Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media guy), but I do feel a little thrill when the zeros turn over. The screen capture above is from yesterday, July 31, 2011. See my recent posts about Twitter and journalism. Sure, I’m no Andy Carvin (NPR’s social media ...
- 6 Proposals for Journalism Education Today
I’ve spent a huge amount of time this year thinking about and working on journalism curriculum. From developing and teaching a four-week program to train journalism educators in Africa in the practice of online journalism, to helping with a major overhaul of the undergraduate curriculum in ...
- Ron Paul Hysteria
So, I’m noticing a ton of attacks on Ron Paul from progressives. The reason is simple enough, Ron Paul is great on some key things the left cares about, and horrible on others. His last ad in Iowa says he’d ban abortion, for example. On the other hand, he wants to withdraw all tro ...
- 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 ...
- Drug Wars in Juarez Fuels Boom in El Paso
My colleague Malak Behrouznami recently returned from Juarez Mexico where she grew up as a child. She as a wonderful heritage - her father is Iranian and her Mother is Mexican. She went Juarez for family and journalistic reasons. One of her objectives was to find out why Juarez has become a terr ...
- PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI NEGOTIATIONS TO NOWHERE NO ...
A few months ago when shooting a documentary in the Middle East, we met Zeina, a 13-year-old Palestinian living in a Beirut refugee camp. She was traumatized as she watched the Israeli Gaza war on television. It changed her life. She now thinks of revenge and cannot understand the Israeli childr ...
- FROM JOE McCARTHY TO GLEN BECK – TIME TO END F ...
I listened to Glen Becks "Restoring Honor" speech today hoping to find something of substance to write about. I found a stringing together of such empty phrases it does not bear discussion. The more important issue is why a man whose megalomania seems to have no bounds can become ...
- PAKISTAN FLOODS AND A FAILED POLICY - UN Sec. ...
Ban Ki Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, says of the flooding in Pakistan "The world has never seen such a disaster. It's much beyond anybody's imagination". At least 20 million people have lost their homes, more than 1600 have died, and disease and hunger will c ...
- China and the end of the end of history
Many economists and political analysts think the current recovery, as it's being called, is a rather temporary phenomenon. Many expect the recession to kick back in, and perhaps within a few years get much more serious. What does that mean in terms of the future of the world economy and worl ...
- Human variome taking shape with Chinese node
An ambitious project to log all genetic variations that cause human disease lunged forward this week with the launch of the Chinese “node” of the Human Variome Project (HVP). Scientists and clinicians in China meanwhile are hoping participation will spread genetic counseling and genetic medicine ...
- US cell-based flu vaccine plant open for business
Americans may soon be getting flu jabs made with cells and not eggs. The drug company Novartis opened a first-of-its kind facility in the US to produce influenza vaccines using mammalian cells, Novartis and US government officials announced 13 December. The approach is an alternative to conve ...
- NSF takes broad look at broader impacts
A National Science Foundation (NSF) task force has finalized its recommendations for tweaking the agency's two merit review criteria, 'intellectual merit' and 'broader impacts'. And central to that effort was a non-prescriptive, big-tent definition of broader impacts, says task force co-chair J ...
- Land grabbing in Africa continues to harm the poor
More than 200 million hectares of land in poor nations was sold by governments in land-grabbing deals with industry and investors between 2000 and 2010, a new study reports. This high global demand for land is likely to continue for the long term, concludes the study by the International Land ...
- Stratolaunch embarks on hybrid rocket-plane system
Forget Kennedy Space Center. How about launching massive rockets from the underbelly of the largest plane ever built? On Tuesday, Burt Rutan, of aerospace company Scaled Composites, and billionaire Paul Allen, a former Microsoft executive, announced Stratolaunch Systems -- a company that aims to ...
- After Seven Million
An interview in Social Intelligence with Neil Howe on the changing nature of human population growth and its implications for politics, culture, and business. Headlines around the world are trumpeting the United Nations’ announcement that the world population is now hitting seven billion a ...
- 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 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 ...
- If You Are A Blue Collar Worker In America You ...
Have you ever heard of the dodo bird? Once upon a time, dodo birds lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. But if you go there today you won't find any because they are extinct. Well, if you are a blue collar worker in America today it looks like you are headed [...]
- 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 ...
- Sugar Cane Mulch (Gardening Tips ‘n Ideas)
Read at : http://www.gardeningtipsnideas.com/2012/01/sugar-cane-mulch.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GardeningTipsnIdeas+%28Gardening+Tips+%27n%27+Ideas%29 Sugar Cane Mulch Could Be The Mulch of the Decade Posted in Landscaping Ideas by Stuart Like most ...
- 14 key air pollution control measures (Science ...
Read at : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/01/120112193442.htm What Can Be Done to Slow Climate Change? ScienceDaily (Jan. 12, 2012) — A new study led by a NASA scientist highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of … Continue readi ...
- Admire life in your garden (Willem Van Cotthem)
http://youtu.be/5dVWCaiEz0Q MY BIRD BOTTLE FEEDER One of the most exciting views is the back and forth flying of birds around the house. It is quite easy to attract a number of birds close to the window, particularly in winter time, … Continue reading →
- Riyadh area oases threatened (Google / Arab News)
Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://arabnews.com/saudiarabia/article563409.ece Human activities threaten Riyadh area oases A large number of visitors flock to oases in Riyadh province during vacations. There are more than 100 oases with 45 varieties of plants in deserts … ...
- National Program of Environment and Sustainabl ...
Read at : Google Alert – desertification http://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2214712&language=en Saudi Arabia launches project to combat desertification Gulf News JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Jan 14 (KUNA) — President of the Saudi Meteorology and Environment Prince Turki bin N ...
- Wyoming billionaire pledges a half-million-dol ...
A billionaire Wyoming investor has pledged to give up to a half-million dollars in matching funds to an outside spending group that supports Pennsylvania Republican Rick Santorum.
- ‘Outsider’ candidate Santorum collected millio ...
Rick Santorum the presidential candidate casts himself as a Washington outsider, “one of the most successful government reformers in our history,” according to his campaign bio, “taking on Washington's powerful special interests from the moment he arrived in our nation’s capital.”
- ANALYSIS: Mitt's Romney's dream world
Poor Mitt Romney has taken a lot of heat since he said during a discussion about health care shortly before the New Hampshire primary that, "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me.”
- FACT CHECK: Gingrich makes a French connection
Newt Gingrich attacks Mitt Romney once again, this time in a web video that bashes Romney for raising taxes, giving money to Democrats (back in 1992) and — sacre bleu! — speaking French. But a few of the claims, besides the French one, could use some context.
- FACT CHECK: Facts Strained in ‘King of Bain’
A 28-minute political documentary released this week by a pro-Newt Gingrich super PAC presents a one-sided, often distorted and misleading view of Mitt Romney’s years leading the venture capital firm Bain Capital.
- Tech in ’12: Apple may be in more troubl ...
by Eric Pettifor First of all, I’m not going to predict the end of the world. I know, 2012 is the year that the Mayan long count calendar ends, on December 21st, to be exact, but somehow I doubt it will be terminal. Really, our best shot at near term extinction comes from science. But [...]
- Joe Bodolai’s final hit
A BoB short: A last blog post by Joe Bodolai has gone viral today after the L.A. Police ruled the well-loved comedy writer’s death a suicide. Bodolai, who worked on both “Saturday Night Live” and the “Kids in the Hall” before helping to launch Canada’s Comedy ...
- War on Christmas? I hadn’t noticed.
By Montreal Simon Well I have to hand it to the Cons at Sun News, because if it wasn’t for them I’d never know that a brutal War on Christmas was raging. Although so far most of the reports flowing in from the front seem depressingly familiar. Mostly more scary Lezra and the endless ...
- On Blatchford, Hitchens, and why babies suck
By Frank Moher One is impressed by just how credulous the reading public — that would be you — can be. You see what I just did there? I just insulted you. Conventional wisdom would suggest that insulting one’s readers is not the best way to start an article. But conventional wi ...
- Kent Kills Kyoto: Even the Taiwanese animators ...
By Montreal Simon I could run this old video of Peter Kent introducing a documentary where he calls global warming “the greatest threat to life on the planet” and warns that the devastating effects of climate change “will be seen in our children’s lifetime. Or I could run this picture of him ret ...
- Back in the USSA
I’ve been trying to come up with a post for over a month now but don’t have any good pictures because I’m back in America, sans super cool Nikon which got blown up in the Helmand, and without good pictures I don’t seem to be able to write. That camera cost over a thousand bucks [...]
- The Gladiators
Editors Note: B is taking some time off from destroying Libtards on Thomas Ricks blog to vent on a topic few men will dare touch. At the Foriegn Policy blog he’s been coming up with stuff like this: Personally, I am glad that while I had to worry about leaders who were more worried about ...
- War Groupies
This is the second entry in the new “Paint Baba Tim’s White Fence” program. The first was from my Dad and this one is from my good friend B. Regular readers have probably guessed by now that B and I worked together in Afghanistan and know each other well. As I deal with agen ...
- THE DIVERSITY PLATOON
Editors Note: This post is the first (of what I hope to be many) posts from my father Major General J.D. Lynch Jr. USMC (Ret.) The Current Situation Forty years ago, the American military was held in great contempt by the public it served. The feeling was returned in roughly equal measure. We ...
- EFP’s
During our last trip to Zaranj we had one more task to complete before we went home. The after action report on the ambush of Haji Nematullah, reported they seized three large buckets of Home Made Explosives (HME) and three Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) mines. EFP’s were a big prob ...
- Recycling is not just for Cans
Earlier this year I was asked to replace a leaking roof on a Patio of an Investment Property. The job consisted of Removing the existing Mound City Clay Roof Tiles from the Porch Roof and replacing with Certain Teed 3 Tab-Shingles (Energy Star Rated). Rather than dispose of the Clay Roof Tiles ...
- Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety-
Green Home Renovation Tips for Fire Safety Guest Post by: Ms Sally Davison When it comes to sustainable home construction and renovation, fire safety should also be a concern. Preventing fires is a green practice in itself, because fires present a serious threat to the environment in terms of e ...
- CSP-design with Heat Recovery Unit for added E ...
UPDATE: Concentrated Solar Power Design with Added Heat Recovery Unit Seeking Assistance to bring this design to market. Please use Contact Form Below and Scotty, Scotts Contracting will reply to your message ASAP. Updated Concentrated Solar Power Photovoltaic Design with Added Automatic Heat ...
- Repair It-Don’t Replace It-Concrete Steps
Repairing Concrete Steps instead of Replacing-Job Notes, Suggestions, and Hints. Whether it is downturn of economy or people choosing to save money, many of my clients are choosing to “Repair rather than Replace” the materials used in the construction of their home or business. If yo ...
- Poll-How can I help you Save Money on your Win ...
POll-How can I help you Save Money on your Winter-Time Heating Bills? [contact-form] [/contact-form] Related articles Reduce your heating bill this winter (moneysaversdirect.com) CAD Detail Heat and Cold Loss-2×4 Wall (scottscontracting.wordpress.com) Fall Weatherization Services Offer (scottsco ...
- Money and Energy Scarcity
Local currency used in Ithaca, NY Book Review-Part III Fleeing Vesuvius, New Zealand Edition (2011, Feasta and Living Economies) The second part of Fleeing Vesuvius is entitled “Innovation in business, money and finance.” It draws on the main theme of Part ...
- Peak Oil and the Importance of EROI
Fleeing Vesuvius, New Zealand Edition (2011, Feasta and Living Economies) Book Review-Part II Obviously getting by without fossil fuels (owing to impending shortages of oil, natural gas and coal) will be an incredibly rude shock for all of us. Our current telecommunication, transportation a ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Afghanistan: “The tide of war is recedin ...
Glenn Greenwald wrote recently about how reporter Michael Hastings’ new book on Afghanistan exposes some of the pathologies of national security journalism as it is commonly practiced today. But the new book, “The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America’s War in Afghanistan,” ...
- Who’s afraid of “The Tempest”?
As part of the state-mandated termination of its ethnic studies program, the Tucson Unified School District released an initial list of books to be banned from its schools today. According to district spokeperson Cara Rene, the books "will be cleared from all classrooms, boxed up and sent to t ...
- A win for progressives on Israel
Rep. Donna Edwards, a Maryland Democrat who is associated with J Street, which argues for a more progressive U.S. policy on the Israel-Palestine conflict, has staved off a challenge from a fellow Democrat who sought to raise money by running to her right on Mideast issues.This week, Glenn Ivey, ...
- A Romney showdown: Krugman versus Brooks
Let no one say that the New York Times Op-Ed page isn't a festival of diversity. On Friday, two esteemed regular columnists, Paul Krugman and David Brooks, tackled the same question -- will Mitt Romney's business experience position him to be a successful president? -- and delivered remarkably d ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Airline Griping Over EU Aviation Carbon Tax Is ...
Here’s my take on the EU aviation carbon tax that is causing a stink with major world airline carriers: ———————————————— Tyler Hamilton My family flew to North Carolina during the holiday to visit relatives and, being aware of new baggage fees, we made every effort to pack lightly.
- Facts About The German EEG Program
As a result of Germany's decision to decommission its nuclear plants by 2022 and meet CO2 reduction targets, Germany will need to build out its renewables capacity to increase its renewable energy production. Almost all of that increased energy will be covered under existing renewable energy law ...
- Ben Franklin – America’s First Proponent of En ...
Ben Franklin, the first American genius, achieved fame and notoriety for his electricity research, which included that famous kite-flying experiment. But did you know that he first described the concept of treating energy efficiency as an energy resource? He memorably stated “A penny ...
- Vestas Lays off 10% of Workforce, Restructures ...
The world's biggest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has announced plans to lose 2,335 employees worldwide, stop production at one of its 26 plants, and has warned that further cuts are likely, in order to save €150m by the end of the year.
- Because That's Where the Emissions Are
Yesterday the Environmental Protection Agency released its tabulation of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from large facilities in the US. In perusing the data I couldn't help thinking of the quote attributed to Willie Sutton concerning why he robbed banks.
- Planets with Two Suns are Common
Astronomers have discovered two new circumbinary planet systems showing that planets with two suns are common, with probably many millions existing in our Galaxy. According to the article published in the journal Nature, the two new Saturn-sized planets, Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b, and their syst ...
- UK pushes Iran Oil Ban, Military Action on Table
The military showdown in the Persian Gulf seems even more inevitable, with the UK foreign secretary not ruling out military action against Iran. Applying even more pressure to the country, Europe may ban Iranian oil imports by the end of the month. The UK will continue to pursue a diplomatic so ...
- France’s Marine Le Pen Would Leave Euro ...
The charismatic Marine Le Pen has campaigned hard against free trade and the European Union, and has pushed the party’s traditional tough line on crime and immigration. Marine Le Pen said she would balance France’s books if elected president by leaving the euro, slashing immigration, taxing impo ...
- Huntsman drops out of GOP race, Ron Paul surge ...
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman abandoned his attempt at the Republican Party’s nod on Monday, not just narrowing the number of candidates vying for the GOP nomination but potentially pushing the contest in favor of Texas Congressman Ron Paul. The announcement from the Huntsman camp came early ...
- US, Israel in open rift over Iran
The US and Israel cancel a joint military drill, which was originally scheduled to be held in spring, in what seems to be a sign of deepening rifts between the age-old allies. On January 5, Israeli military announced that Tel Aviv is gearing up for a major missile defense exercise, codenamed Aus ...
- 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 ...
- The Utah Compact and immigration reform
The Catholic Church had a conference in Salt Lake City last week about immigration reform. They choose Salt Lake City as the location because of the Utah Compact. The Utah Compact on immigration, endorsed by LDS, is hugely sane. Among the points, local law enforcement should not focus on federal ...
- MLK
I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today, my own government. – Martin Luther King, Beyond Vietnam speech. April 1968
- Independent voting activist Randy Miller. Meet ...
It was great meeting Randy Miller and his wife Andrea on Friday in Salt Lake City! He’s an independent voting activist who blogs here some. You can also find him on the Utah League of Independent Voters Facebook Page and website. There are now more independent voters in Utah than Republic ...
- Michael Monroe. Trick Of The Wrist
It’s about nasty habits and dark times left behind, from ex Hanoi Rocks vocalist Michael Monroe, who has no doubt been there – as have many of us. They were a great band them and he’s still got it. I had a nasty habit it didn’t work for me I shook it off like [...]
- Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake
Antelope Island in the Great salt Lake is about 15 miles long. It has bison, antelope, longhorn sheep, and drinkable water from springs. The bison are not fenced in and there are warning signs saying “Bison are dangerous.” The Great Salt Lake is 75 miles long, 35 miles wide, and is ...
- The use of web-based disinformation by the 'west'
Patrick Cockburn has an extremely important piece at the Independent today, in which he takes to task the major organs of the 'western' media-- including, crucially, today's Al-Jazeera-- for the extremely uncritical and often openly inflammatory use they make of unsubstantiated or highly exagger ...
- 2012: A good year to boycott Sabra (& Shatila) ...
I've been thinking a lot, recently, about the upcoming 30th anniversary of the September 1982 massacres at the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in Beirut. As some of you may know, my company, Just World Books, will soon be publishing a reissued version of former WaPo journo Jon Randal's classic 1 ...
- 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 ...
- Day 3 — The straight and narrow path (to ...
When I arrived in Ashburton completely shattered last night, I informed Kaye at the reception desk that I would be leaving early. “Perhaps seven,” I said, thinking the earlier I left, the less wind I would encounter. “Oh, but you may just want to have a lie in after all that,&# ...
- Southern Ocean whaling, send in the navy!
I’ve been calling on the Government to send an offshore patrol vessel for a while now to monitor the whale hunt, to ensure the safety of all vessels down there and to ‘bear witness’ to this environmental crime but the Government has consistently refused to act.
- Save our amazing sea lions
These are amazing animals that deserve our protection not bad regulations that push them closer to extinction.
- Day Two — The windy Canterbury Plains
Okay, I’m not going to lie. Today was tougher than I expected. It all started out very auspiciously, with a sunny still morning, an invite to breakfast at the home of a friend who is a former cycle champion and now transport planner. He made me a fantastic omelette, helped check over my bi ...
- Cycling to Southland – Day 1 (the easy part)
When I initially conceived of this journey to Southland by bike, I hoped to cycle down the west coast from Picton. But a quick look at the distance (over 1000km) and the calendar made it clear it would be impossible to get to the festival by the 21st. So I decided to take the train [...]
- 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 ...
- Be Careful of 'Green' Cleaning Products as the ...
By Dr. Mercola Demand for safe "green" cleaning products is on the rise, as consumers are increasingly unwilling to risk their health for the sake of a "clean" home. The truth is, most cleaning products on the market are toxic chemical cocktails, and when you spritz your bathtub or kitchen ...
- New Warning About Manicures, Piercings and Tattoos
By Dr. Mercola About 4.4 million Americans are living with chronic hepatitis -- and most of them have no idea they have it. A new study has shown that customers in nail salons could be putting themselves at risk for the deadly disease. Many nail salons use sharp instruments, which carr ...
- Worse than DDT: When You Eat This, it Ends Up ...
By Dr. Mercola Dr. Don Huber is an expert in an area of science that relates to the toxicity of genetically engineered (GE) foods. (Alternative terms for GE foods include genetically modified (GM), or "GMO" for genetically modified organism.) His specific areas of training include soil-bo ...
- How to Starve Cancer Out of Your Body - Avoid ...
By Dr. Mercola Dr. Christine Horner began her career as a board certified general- and plastic surgeon, performing breast reconstructive surgeries on women who'd had full mastectomies due to breast cancer. In this interview, she shares her extensive knowledge about breast cancer—its causes ...
- No Deaths in 38 Years From This Raw Food -- So ...
By Dr. Mercola Mark McAfee is the founder of Organic Pastures Dairy and, more importantly, one of the leaders in the raw milk movement. His interest in raw milk goes back to his childhood days, as he grew up on a dairy farm near Caruthers, California. His parents eventually sold the farm, ...
- 'Mainstreaming' the Jarawa would be a disaster ...
Tourist films Jarawa on the Andaman Trunk Road © Survival Any attempt to ‘mainstream’ the Jarawa by force would be a disaster, said Survival International, in a statement today. ‘By mainstreaming, what the authorities really mean is the assimilation of the Jarawa into nati ...
- 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 ...
- apple juice made in america? think again
from inquirer: Americans are finding some surprises lurking in U.S. government about where the food they eat comes from. One food revelation came when low levels of a fungicide that isn’t approved in the U.S. were discovered in some orange juice sold here. It was then revealed that Brazil, ...
- where is the legal line drawn in animal rights ...
from mclatchy: A federal courthouse in Boston and a ranch in California's San Joaquin Valley present competing faces of the animal rights movement. One side is peaceful. The other, decidedly, is not. Both can feel the weight of the law and the sting of being called a terrorist.
- on corbett report radio - jan12
on thursday nights, media monarchy joins corbett report radio live on republic broadcasting to go over all the latest stories from the world of food, environment and health ... this week we go over robot farms, dna mcspray, oil thieves & more... previous: dec22 episode
- 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 ...
- 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
- If You Are A Blue Collar Worker In America You ...
Have you ever heard of the dodo bird? Once upon a time, dodo birds lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. But if you go there today you won't find any because they are extinct. Well, if you are a blue collar worker in America today it looks like you are headed [...]
- 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 ...
- Now Hungary joins the list of countries where ...
A number of we British patriots have been burning the EU flag in mostly small scale, private rituals for quite some time. Last year, a number of people attending a major demonstration in Greece blew us out of the water when EU flags with Nazi swastikas placed in their centre were photographed ...
- Bilderberg attending Ken Clarke causes a futur ...
We really, seriously dislike Secretary of State for Justice Ken Clarke. He is the man that was questioned by a Parliamentary Standards panel over his attendance at a Bilderberg conference, when such dark and sinister machinations were still believed to belong in the realm of 'conspiracy theory' ...
- Sunday Paper Review: 15th January 2012
The Independent on Sunday suggests that the boy George Osborne is doing a rather sensible thing and, rather than focusing on British trade links with the dying duck that is the European Union, he's off to China and Japan seeking investment in Britain. Most telling in the report is the observa ...
- 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 ...
- 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 →
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- The Landlords of Eminent Domain
By Les Visible A little something different today, for all those speculating in the hinterlands and inner lands where speculation is the general order of the day. Why are things the way they are and where did all these hideous people come from? Where did these bankrupt leaders; vicious reavers, ...
- 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 ...
- Seeking Economic Truth
John Maynard Keynes understood that economics describes human beings, a fact that modern mainstream economics — the applied theory of "rational expectations" — effectively assumes away. Keynes' biographer, Lord Robert Skidelsky, reminds us that our economic priorities should extend b ...
- Accelerated Ideas
When a retired four star Admiral provides support for nuclear arms control and a few other commendable things, the proper interrogatory is "yes." Or "yes, Sir." A gentleman with a friendly disposition and a cautious but lightning fast mind, Admiral Bobby Ray Inman (Ret.) reasonably assesses the ...
- Codebreaker
In celebration of Veterans Day, here's a question: What if the U.S. had lost the battle of Midway? Mercifully, we'll never know. But the U.S. victory could not have happened without the codebreaking skill and the unflinching courage — a relentless determination to be heard — of Joe R ...
- Made in America
Since elected officials don't seem so interested, around the country local groups are organizing to promote the reindustrialization of America. One of these is SFMade. Robin McRoskey Azevedo is on the board of SFMade and is also President and owner of the McRoskey Mattress Company of San Francis ...
- The Illusion of Free Markets
Let's take the long view. We're unconsciously mired in unexamined 18th century beliefs that color our perceptions in unexpected — and exceedingly harmful — ways. Take one, for example: as Dr. Bernard Harcourt suggests, our notion of a "free market" is the direct intellectual descenda ...
- Stop NATO news: January 16, 2012
==== Foreign Intervention In Syria To Cause Regional Middle East War – Tunisian President Anti-Government Syrian Military Council Launched In Turkey Libya: 38 Killed, Wounded In Internecine Fighting Armenia, Russia Won’t Stand Aside If Iran Is Attacked NATO Loses Two Soldiers In Sout ...
- Iran war buildup news: January 14
==== U.S. Stations 15,000 Troops In Kuwait NATO Missile Radar System Begins Operations In Turkey Obama, Turkish Prime Minister Discuss Iran, Syria Two U.S. Aircraft Carrier Strike Groups In Arabian Sea, Third On Way USS Abraham Lincoln Leaves Thailand For Arabian Sea ==== U.S. Stations 15,000 Tr ...
- When Will U.S. Go To War With Iran?
RT January 14, 2012 Fear and loathing in Central Asia: Will US go to war with Iran? Katerina Azarova -Israel, Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman all have US military bases on their territory. And with the US most likely asking NATO in for a piece of the action, alliance members like Turkey are perfectly p ...
- Plato: No true statesman looks only, or first ...
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts Greek and Roman writers on war and peace ==== Plato From Laws Translated by Benjamin Jowett Athenian Stranger: But war, whether external or civil, is not the best, and the need of either is to be deprecated; but peace with one anot ...
- Stop NATO news: January 14, 2012
==== Pentagon: Commitment To NATO, Missile Shield “Unshakeable” U.S. Builds Up Combat Forces, Warships In Persian Gulf U.S. Amphibious Warfare Ships Head To Persian Gulf China Should Take Fight Over To Iran To U.S. Iraqi Prime Minister: Turkey Threatens Region With Disaster, Civil Wa ...
- America, Welcome to the Fourth Reich
The Intel Hub Sartre January 16, 2012 American Fascism did not start with World War II. Before Operation Paperclip, the codename under which the US intelligence and military services extricated scientists from Germany, during and after the final stages of the conflict, the annals of internal des ...
- Hugo Chavez: Another Victim of Castro’s High-T ...
The Intel Hub Servando Gonzalez January 16, 2012 A few days ago, Venezuela’s leader Hugo Chavez, who underwent surgery last June to remove a tumor from his pelvis, speculated that the United States might have developed a way to give Latin American leaders cancer, after Argentina’s Cr ...
- Hackers Disrupt Israel Airline and Stock Marke ...
New York Times January 16, 2012 JERUSALEM (AP) — A hacker network that claims to be based in Saudi Arabia paralyzed the websites of Israel’s stock exchange and national airline on Monday, escalating an international cyber war that has jolted this security-obsessed country. Connect With Us ...
- Pour Water Into a Volcano to Make Power
WVEC January 16, 2012 Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to live up to its promise. They hope the wa ...
- Strong Earthquakes Strike off Antarctica, No T ...
The Intel Hub January 16, 2012 ELEPHANT, SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS (BNO NEWS) — Two strong earthquakes struck near an uninhabited island off Antarctica on late Sunday morning, seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. The first earthquake at 9.40 a.m. local time ( ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- 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 Belt̵ ...
On this Christmas Day, like many Christmas Day’s past, I hope to do something good, as opposed to the base level conditioned craving for material crap. So today I give a gift to the residents of Dale Farm, to all Gypsies and Travellers who know all too well the sting of injustice. I only wish ...
- 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
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- What Threat Does Europe Pose to Asian Growth?
Not much according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Despite the ongoing--how should I describe them--gyrations in the Eurozone, the Asia-Pacific is expected to do well. Actually, the ADB has already downgraded its prediction for Asian growth in light of the various Western foibles--from 7.5% ...
- 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 ...
- If You Are A Blue Collar Worker In America You ...
Have you ever heard of the dodo bird? Once upon a time, dodo birds lived on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. But if you go there today you won't find any because they are extinct. Well, if you are a blue collar worker in America today it looks like you are headed [...]
- 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 ...
- Planets with Two Suns are Common
Astronomers have discovered two new circumbinary planet systems showing that planets with two suns are common, with probably many millions existing in our Galaxy. According to the article published in the journal Nature, the two new Saturn-sized planets, Kepler-34b and Kepler-35b, and their syst ...
- UK pushes Iran Oil Ban, Military Action on Table
The military showdown in the Persian Gulf seems even more inevitable, with the UK foreign secretary not ruling out military action against Iran. Applying even more pressure to the country, Europe may ban Iranian oil imports by the end of the month. The UK will continue to pursue a diplomatic so ...
- France’s Marine Le Pen Would Leave Euro ...
The charismatic Marine Le Pen has campaigned hard against free trade and the European Union, and has pushed the party’s traditional tough line on crime and immigration. Marine Le Pen said she would balance France’s books if elected president by leaving the euro, slashing immigration, taxing impo ...
- Huntsman drops out of GOP race, Ron Paul surge ...
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman abandoned his attempt at the Republican Party’s nod on Monday, not just narrowing the number of candidates vying for the GOP nomination but potentially pushing the contest in favor of Texas Congressman Ron Paul. The announcement from the Huntsman camp came early ...
- US, Israel in open rift over Iran
The US and Israel cancel a joint military drill, which was originally scheduled to be held in spring, in what seems to be a sign of deepening rifts between the age-old allies. On January 5, Israeli military announced that Tel Aviv is gearing up for a major missile defense exercise, codenamed Aus ...
- You Ensured We Never Had A Chance
This poem is dedicated to all the apologists, enablers and paedophile protectors of the catholic church. But particularly to the founder of the Passionist family group movement who introduced a monster into family homes. He then let this criminal have even more unsupervised access to his favouri ...
- More Damning Evidence Vatican Couldn’t G ...
The Netherlands has recently been added to the growing list of countries or local authorities to have conducted official investigations into the catholic church’s cover up of widespread child rape. Just like those in the US and Ireland, Dutch authorities found the actions, or lack of actio ...
- Translating Church-speak
The Catholic Church hierarchy used to be able to manipulate and hoodwink their local populace by speaking, writing, singing, praying and conducting business in Latin. A simple but very effective means to disempower a local populace, especially when coupled with the impossibility of any but the r ...
- State Gives Church A Beginners Lesson In Morality
The recent revelations that football coaching staff and their supervisors at Penn State University have been up to the Catholic Church’s old tricks has devastated victims of Catholic Church enabled child rape as much as the community directly affected by the crimes and their repercussions. ...
- Catholics Sit On Hands While Kids Are Raped Bu ...
Catholic spokespersons, including the repulsive child rape apologist Bill Donohue, have called Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon obscene for an off the cuff reference to the Paedophile Protector in Chief, Joseph Ratzinger, also known as Pope Benedict XVI. She called His Greediness a nazi. Determi ...
- 2012-01-15 #WikiLeaks News: Calls for Julian # ...
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 Suggestions made to the US House of Representatives for Julian Assange and WikiLeaks to ...
- 2012-01-13 #WikiLeaks News: Guantanamo Investi ...
Tweet This is a "WikiLeaks News Update", a daily news update of stories relating directly to WikiLeaks and also freedom of information, transparency, cybersecurity, and freedom of expression. News A Spanish judge has re-opened investigation into the alleged torture of detainees at Gua ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Decider Guy Obama to Congress... 'I’ll Decide ...
Election season is here, and you might think President Obama would be going out of his way to show voters that he can be trusted with the powers of the presidency. You'd be wrong. A few days before Christmas, Obama served notice to all Americans that he will continue to abuse e ...
- Huntsman to End Presidential Campaign Will End ...
Former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has informed advisers that he will end his presidential campaign Monday and endorse former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, The New York Times reported. ~ Jamie Weinstein read more
- Lethal Injection... The Story Of Vaccination
The definitive look into the history of vaccination. From cancer, to autism, to the purposeful sterilization of innocent people around the globe, find out why all of these things are perfectly legal according to U.S. CODE - why the government considers you no different than cattle in ...
- WATCH South Carolina 2012 Presidential Debate ...
South Carolina Debate LIVE... January16, 2012 - 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM from Sheraton Convention Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina read more
- L E A K E D !... Who's Who on the INTERNET WA ...
Whistleblower site Cryptome has leaked a six page document from the Department of Homeland Security dated January 6, 2011. The document includes a list of 96 websites, including a number of blogs and social media sites, which are being openly monitored by the DHS. ~ See PDF below rea ...
- It Won’t Be Mad-Max, But It Will Be Mad
The collapse. Blogs talk about it all the time. Some portray a future resembling the 1979 movie, Mad Max starring Mel Gibson depicting an apocalyptic future of gangs and individuals killing each other for the world’s last resources. In today’s reality, a more likely scenario of apoca ...
- How To Divert The Unprepared From Your Preps
Guest post: by ‘Be informed’ Most people are probably going to be much better off after a society crushing event to be located away from highly densely populated centers. Unfortunately the majority of everyone lives in suburbia or in urban areas, and the problems of total or near bre ...
- Best Wood For Heating
Ever wondered what the best wood to heat with is for your wood burning stove? Ever wondered how much heat that a particular wood species will provide when burned? Did you know that one cord of wood burned as firewood provides the heat equivalent to that produced by burning 200 to 250 gallons of ...
- Preserving Food in a Grid-Down Situation
Guest post: by Christine Coburn We all know how possible a grid down scenario is. While we have been stuffing our pantries and freezers with food to sustain us, what happens when there is no electricity to run that freezer? If it is winter time in a northern place then it would be fine and [...]
- 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 ...
- Disruptive Innovation, Dog-Food Edition
Believe it or not, at one point we actually fed our pets real food. That was, until people-food companies realized they could maximize their resources by mashing together all of their scrap meat, leftover grains, eggshells, and bones, injecting some vitamins, and cooking it up into “kibble.”&nbs ...
- Chobani Yogurt Tickles The Tastes Of Pinterest ...
There's a new social media platform every minute, it seems, and the darling of the moment is Pinterest. Here are some expert tips from Chobani Yogurt's social media team on how to get beyond flavor of the week.Emily Schildt, Chobani’s digital communications manager, continues to be in awe of how ...
- Gibson Guitar And IBM: The Art, And Science, O ...
When it comes to being good corporate citizens, enlightened self-interest can and should carry they day. Learn how two remarkably different companies, Gibson Guitar and IBM, are doing good for their brands and their communities.At first glance, Nashville-based Gibson Guitar and Armonk- ...
- Three Men And A Basement: How Carrot Creative Grew
How three college grads worked in a basement and lived off of ramen as they built "the best and brightest social media agency on the planet." [twistage 3322f1af891b4] Mike Germano met Chris Petescia in high school, and then Bobby Gaafar in college. The three of them decided to build a business ...
- 5 Tips To Turn Your Personal Profile Into A Pr ...
When Facebook launched Pages late in 2007, big brands finally had an opportunity to use the social networking platform to better connect with fans. Soon after companies signed on, well-known personalities and public figures started to use the new Pages tools to publicly bring their communiti ...
- Lawfare and Targeted Killing: Developments in ...
Over the last decade, the term lawfare, an amalgamation of “law” and “warfare,” has been adopted and popularized among people engaged in monitoring, judging and debating the legality of a state’s wartime behavior vis-à-vis enemies on and off the battlefield. Today, the dominant theme in ...
- 15 January 2009: The al-Nadeem family
[The following is narrative nineteen, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident that happened on the same date three years ago. The narratives are developed by t ...
- The Foibles of Thomas Friedman
Belén Fernández, The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work. London and New York: Verso, 2011. A researcher once carried out an informal study to try to find out whether or not people actually read the books on bestseller lists. To find out, he put envelopes in the reputedly ...
- Turkey and Syria: A Breakup Bound to Happen
While Syria and Turkey have called it quits for now, a possible regime change in Syria could bring them even closer together. The sultans must be green with envy. At no time since the fall of the Ottoman Empire have Turks held such sway over the Middle East. In the context of Arab ...
- 14 January 2009 - Muhammed Mousa
[The following is narrative eighteen, within a series of twenty-three narratives, to mark the third anniversary of "Operation Cast Lead." A new post will be released each day, marking the incident that happened on the same date three years ago. The narratives are developed by t ...
- Calemzuk exits as CEO of News Corp.'s Shine Am ...
Joe Flint / Company Town: Calemzuk exits as CEO of News Corp.'s Shine Americas — Emiliano Calemzuk, a senior executive in charge of U.S. operations at News Corp.'s television production company Shine, is exiting after just over a year on the job. — A fast-ris ...
- Murdoch shows he doesn't understand how conten ...
Mathew Ingram / GigaOM: Murdoch shows he doesn't understand how content works — News Corp. founder Rupert Murdoch caused a stir over the weekend with some comments he made on Twitter after the Obama administration criticized the SOPA anti-piracy bill, in which the octogenarian ...
- Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours on Wedne ...
Drew Olanoff / The Next Web: Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours on Wednesday to protest against SOPA — Today, founder of the non-profit behind information archive Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales, announced that the site will go dark for 24 hours on Wednesday in protest of the Stop O ...
- 'The Salad Days Are Over at Bloomberg:' Dispat ...
Hamilton Nolan / Gawker: ‘The Salad Days Are Over at Bloomberg:’ Dispatches From Inside America's Most Paranoid Media Company — Last week, we brought you some firsthand cries of rage, despair, and frustration from inside Bloomberg headquarters. The most paran ...
- Tribune offers newsroom voluntary buyouts (Rob ...
Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune: Tribune offers newsroom voluntary buyouts — Looking to reduce costs as it continues to grapple with a changing media landscape and challenging economy, the Chicago Tribune told employees Monday it will offer an undisclosed number of voluntary ...
- Vitamins and medicines often don't mix
Nearly half of all Americans take a vitamin or other dietary supplement every day, and most people assume they are harmless. What many people don't realize, however, is that vitamin supplements and prescription medicines can cause dangerous and sometimes life-threatening interactions. Some v ...
- Cruise ship disaster wipes £1bn off Carni ...
Shares in the global cruise firm that owns the Costa Concordia fell 21 per cent today, wiping nearly £1billion from its market value. Analysts have suggested that the disaster off Giglio, Tuscany, could reduce the company's profits by a tenth this year. The timing of the fatal sinking could ...
- Evra vows to show right example
Patrice Evra believes he must show leadership on and off the field after inheriting the Manchester United captaincy. With Nemanja Vidic ruled out for the season, Sir Alex Ferguson has given Evra the job. It has set the fiery France defender up for a...
- Harry Redknapp can profit from a sudden f ...
Has there been a season more refreshing since the top division was rebranded in 1992? I don't recall one. There are genuine races for both the Premier League title and Champions League passports. Spurs are playing football fit for the celestial gaze of Nicholson and Blanchflower and Swansea ...
- Clegg dismisses royal yacht call
Nick Clegg has dismissed calls by a Tory Cabinet minister for cash-strapped taxpayers to buy the Queen a new royal yacht to mark her diamond jubilee. While voters see this year's milestone as a "wonderful occasion", a multimillion-pound vessel is not their priority at a time of cuts elsewher ...
- Now it's 4D film: The high-tech cinemas which ...
Hollywood is converting blockbuster films into 4-D because cinemagoers are shunning pricey multi-dimensional 3-D versionsBut the experience has left some fans feeling sick, damp and pummeled after watching movies like Kung Fu Panda 2 and the latest ...... Submitted by Anna Smith to Science & ...
- 10 Best British Open Performances
Rory McIlroy's Tiger-esque performance at Congressional has many golf fans wondering what the 22-year-old has in store for Royal St. George's, one of the most difficult courses in the Open Championship rotation. Past winners Walter Hagen, Sandy Lyle and.. Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- Tiny snails survive digestion by birds
Snails are able to survive intact after being eaten by birds, according to scientists.Japanese white-eyes on the island of Hahajima, Japan feast on tiny land snails. Submitted by Anna Smith to Animals | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- News of the World staff shocked at closure
Staff at the News of the World have reacted with shock to news that it will be closed after this Sunday's edition.The paper's political editor, David Wooding, said the closure came as a "bombshell". Submitted by Anna Smith to World | Note-it! | Add a Comment
- 10 Ridiculous But Compelling Twitter Feuds
Like all social networking sites, Twitter can be a wonderful outlet to share your feelings and views, but it also leaves plenty of room for offensive comments and bullying. Whether it's the empowerment of being behind a computer or the wide-reaching...... Submitted by Anna Smith to World ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- Martin Rees looks back to understand why ‘scie ...
In what might be described as the science policy Christmas lecture, former Royal Society President Lord Rees offered a tour de force of recurrent issues in science policy. Speaking at the Cambridge Centre for Science and Policy, Rees navigated issues from energy supply to food security, with a n ...
- 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 ...
- 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 ...
- I’m gonna stand my ground and I won̵ ...
Tonight I am joined by lawyer and human rights advocate Rochelle Macredie. In the show we take a look at some of the major breaking stories in the news and Rochelle gives her analysis of what is required to roll back the march towards war and tyranny which we see unfolding across the world rig ...
- Obama Signs the NDAA Citizen Arrest Act
Obama signing the National Defense Appropriations Act Tonight we look at a variety of local and international stories, with a focus on the ominous passing of the National Defense Appropriations Act (NDAA). The Act allows for the military detention of American citizens without due process, abou ...
- 2012: what’s in store?
Tonight I am joined by psychologist Karla Cryer as we look forward to the coming "Year of the Dragon" and try to anticipate what is likely to unfold on the world stage. Some topics we address include the familiar, such as the looming attack on Iran, global financial collapse and the Nann ...
- Son of Climategate
After two years, the climategate scandal has erupted once again, with a new tranche of embarrassing emails from the world's top climate researchers now spreading virally across the net. The release of these emails seems timed to overshadow the upcomng Durban conference in the same way the previo ...
- The “communitarian” world view (fo ...
On tonight's show we take a look at a recent article by Naomi Klein titled "Capitalism vs. the Climate". In a key passage, Klein states the following: "Those with strong 'egalitarian' and 'communitarian' worldviews (marked by an inclination toward collective action and social justice, concern ...
- 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 ...
- As Bill Moyers says, “inequality matters”
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Bill Moyers in the first “Moyers & Co.” essay asks, “What’s the common cause behind Occupy protesters?”. Moyers’ analysis, via Truth Out, picks up on the observation of one Occupier, Ronni Terr, who talks about th ...
- Newsweek Asks Correct Question, Gives Wrong Answer
The right is exploding in indignation. As for the left, Tina Brown’s cover title, Why are Obama’s critics so dumb?, gets it right, even if Andrew Sullivan’s nervous writing on the subject gets it wrong. Anyone believing Pres. Obama would have a presidency any different than has ...
- J.F.K., King and the Archives of a Giant
There are nearly a million documents associated with the life of Martin Luther King Jr. These pages will present a more dynamic view than is often seen of Dr. King’s life and times. The documents reveal the scholar, the father, and the pastor. Through these papers we see the United States of Ame ...
- It’s Back to Motorcross for Jon Huntsman
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Jon Huntsman will drop out of the GOP presidential race Monday morning and endorse Mitt Romney, POLITICO has confirmed. Huntsman will endorse Romney in a speech at 11 a.m. Monday at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center. Tomorrow from Jon Huntsman Jr. on Vimeo. National politic ...
- Stephen Colbert, Ron Paul and Others Take on R ...
The Colbert ReportGet More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive As much as our national media deserves criticism, a central focus in my book, some are at least offering alternative candidates airtime. Chuck Todd interviewed Rocky Anderson when he announc ...
- Muslims Converting Empty European Churches int ...
Muslims in Europe are increasingly converting empty Christian churches into mosques. The proliferation of mosques housed in former churches reflects the rise of Islam as the fastest growing religion in post-Christian Europe. There are now more practicing
- Fatah's Top Religious Authority Calls for Geno ...
Last week, the principal Palestinian Authority religious leader, the Mufti Muhammad Hussein, presented the killing of Jews by Muslims as a religious Islamic goal. At an event celebrating the 47th anniversary of the founding of Fatah, he cited the Hadith
- Turkey Not Bound by U.S. Sanctions on Iran
Turkey, a United States ally that relies on Iranian oil and gas imports, signaled Thursday it will not comply with American sanctions against Iran regarding its nuclear program. Turkey indicated that it will only enforce sanctions that have been approved
- Friends Seminary Legitimates Anti-Semitism
If you want to understand why anti-Semitism seems to be increasing among young people—especially young people on the hard left—consider a recent invitation extended by a left leaning school in New York to a self-proclaimed Jew hater. The Friends Schools
- 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
- NIGERIAN PARTIES vs PARTIES IN ENGLAND
Once you have been to ‘one’ Nigerian party in your life it is safe to say that you will always know the menu. It is an unwritten rule that you can be as exotic as you like, but if your party lacks certain fundamental items, it really isn’t a party. There ‘must’ be J ...
- AFRICAN ROMANCE: ‘Thorns With Roses̵ ...
I once attended a wild party where I had an unusual encounter. It came in the form of a one night stand. I was a twenty-two year old student, sent to the US to get my MBA so I could take over my father’s thriving business someday. My girlfriend whom I’d whimsically thought would become [...]
- AWKWARD TOPICS: A 12 Year Old Has A Baby, Shou ...
This topic is for you, yes, you! I want to know your opinion on this matter. What do you think? A 12 year old has a baby, should she be allowed to keep it? On a biological level this is perhaps not a very common scenario, but for some reason, Amy is 12 years old [...]
- RANDOM RANTS: ‘Infidelity’ – ...
It’s one of the biggest issues facing sexual relationships today and the demise of most relationships can usually be traced back to it. But what exactly is cheating? The dictionary defines it rather unhelpfully as “marital disloyalty; adultery”. I find this definition almost insulting. Where do ...
- FLASH FICTION: ‘A Christmas Miracle̵ ...
Spending Christmas in hospital was not how Yinka envisioned her holidays. Hospitals were places where she received bad news: “I’m sorry your aunt is dead”; “I’m sorry you can’t concieve children naturally “; and so on. She and her husband, Tunde had worked hard all year, deferring all their annu ...
- Tattoos, movies, and commies: Sciencey stuff t ...
Much to do here even as the semester winds down in Boston and Cambridge. On Monday, science writer Carl Zimmer meets Terry Gilliam, so to speak. Zimmer will be the speaker at the Coolidge Corner Theatre's "Science and Screen" airing of Gillam's 12 Monkeys. In a future world devastated by di ...
- Sat. is last chance to see "Prints and the Pur ...
Artist Brian Knep has a lab on Longwood Avenue -- not a studio. He's not a scientists; he's the Harvard Medical School artist-in-residence. Knep says he looks to science for "metaphors about life, about change, about healing." So, when he led group through the Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge ...
- New Kendall Square restaurant set up to host b ...
When new drug development company H3 decided to throw a party to launch the opening of Kendall Square labs and offices, organizers didn't have to go very far. They took the elevator downstairs. Last week, local researchers, bio boosters and lots of men in dark suits from the Japanese drug comp ...
- BU's biolab makes it to level-2, still seeking ...
Massachusetts environmental regulator recognized that there is a big difference between TB and Ebola. So, last week, they granted Boston University permission to begin using their new biolab to work on bio safety level-2 materials. From the Globe: For years, the National Emerging Infectious ...
- Sunday's Chef 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 ...
- Remembering Dr. King's Dream and the Importanc ...
Adrianna Quintero, Senior Attorney, Director, La Onda Verde de NRDC, San Francisco I am a huge fan of Martin Luther King Jr. Ever since I can remember, Dr. King’s speech has moved me in a way that few others can. So when the topic came up duri ...
- Finding the Polluters: A Step Toward Accountab ...
Peter Lehner, Executive Director, New York City A new EPA web tool documents global warming pollution from about 6,700 facilities across the United States, filling a critical gap in the public's right to know about pollution. Polluters have been r ...
- King Kong vs. Godzilla: Does Big Oil Get a Pa ...
David Doniger, Policy Director, Climate and Clean Air Program, Washington, D.C. When EPA released the first comprehensive “right-to-know” data on America’s biggest carbon polluters last week, there was a curious reaction from the o ...
- Images and a song for this day
Kaid Benfield, Director, Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC I am old enough and was lucky enough to have heard Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speak in person. It was not long before his death, at a mountain retreat facility owned by ...
- Obama's Call to Move NOAA Could Undermine Ocea ...
Frances Beinecke, President of NRDC, New York City President Obama has announced a plan to move the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration out of the Commerce Department and into the Department of the Interior. While streamlining government ...
- Police Misconduct NewsFeed Weekend Recap 01-14 ...
Here are the 9 reports of police misconduct tracked in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this weekend of January 14-15, 2012: San Antonio TX police accused of excessive force when they allegedly repeatedly stomped on a man who was laying down prone after a female officer knocked him d ...
- National Police Misconduct NewsFeed Daily Reca ...
Here are the 17 reports of police misconduct we were able to track in our National Police Misconduct News Feed for this Friday, January 13, 2012: Columbia MO settles suit for $50k to man on dashcam being tasered then beaten after asking why he was pulled over. This video was one of the [...]
- 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 [...]
- US, Israel in open rift over Iran: Big joint m ...
US-Israeli discord over action against Iran went into overdrive Sunday, Jan. 15 when the White House called off Austere Challenge 12, the biggest joint war game the US and Israel have every staged, ready to go in spring, in reprisal for a comment by Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon in ...
- Russia: Attack on Tehran is Attack on Moscow
Russia has given Iran its bear hug and warns Israel and the West that an attack on Tehran would be considered an attack on Moscow. The threat heightens the prospect of World War III in the event of a military strike on Iran. “Iran is our neighbor,” Russia’s outgoing ambassador to NATO, Dmi ...
- Russian space probe to crash on Earth within hours
A failed Russian probe designed to travel to a moon of Mars but stuck in Earth orbit will come crashing down within hours, likely in a shower of fragments that survive the fiery re-entry. The unmanned Phobos Ground is one of the heaviest and most toxic space derelicts ever to crash to Earth, but ...
- Iran mulls ‘punishing’ US, Israel, UK for killing
Iran is looking at “punishing” those behind the assassination of one of its nuclear scientists, a senior military official said, pointing the finger at the United States, Israel and Britain. “We consider committing a terrorist act of killing a scientist to be a threat to the na ...
- Any conflict on Iran is a direct threat to Rus ...
The escalating conflict around Iran should be contained by common effort, otherwise the promising Arab Spring will grow into a “scorching Arab Summer,” says Dmitry Rogozin, Russia’s former envoy to NATO. “Iran is our close neighbor, just south of the Caucasus. Should anything happen to Iran, sho ...
- 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 ...
- Elephant poachers kill unarmed wildlife ranger ...
Abdullahi Mohammed, an wildlife ranger, was killed in the line of duty in Kenya this weekend by elephant poachers. A ranger with the conservation organization Wildlife Works, Mohammed was shot by poachers in Wildlife Works Kasigau Corridor project, a REDD program (Reduced Emissions From Deforest ...
- Beyoncé honored with new horse fly named ...
Musical artists, and dancer extraordinare, Beyoncé has been awarded a new honor this week: entomologists in Australia have named a new horse fly after the American singer. The new horse fly, dubbed Scaptia beyonceae, is found in Queensland's Atherton Tablelands.
- How much is the life of a whale worth?
How do you end a decades-long conflict between culture and conservation? How do you stop a conflict where both sides are dug in? A new paper in Nature proposes a way to end the long and bitter battle over whaling: environmentalists could pay whalers not to whale.
- The dark side of new species discovery
Scientists and the public usually rejoice when a new species is discovered. But biologist Bryan Stuart has learned the hard way that the discovery of new species, especially when that species is commercially valuable, has a dark side-one that could potentially wipe out the new species before pro ...
- Borneo's most elusive feline photographed at u ...
Although known to science for 138 years, almost nothing is actually known about the bay cat (Pardofelis badia). This reddish-brown wild feline, endemic to the island of Borneo, has entirely eluded researchers and conservationists. The first photo of the cat wasn't taken until 1998 and the first ...
- As SLPP win local election, APC Fadika, SLPP M ...
The local council elections in Constituency 104, Ward 369, held Saturday 14th, and which saw the SLPP clinching victory by a slight margin over the APC, was flawed with brutalities; APC’s Lansana Fadika (in photo) and SLPP’s Mohamed Mansaray Kanu, and others were cruelly injured. Fadika was sta ...
- Mr. Idiot: Sheeeee running mate is not for you
Nar complete rubbish bo! Dis running mate business go bring plenty die nar APC oh! Ar sweh to politics en mama Salone! (Photo:Ibrahim Samura, editor) No doubt Ministers, Members of Parliament, Local Council Chairmen etc., timelessly and restlessly knock doors of family members to have them blow ...
- Sierra Leone lose to Angola
Angola’s national football team defeated Sierra Leone 3-1 on Saturday in northern Cabinda province, and it’s the last match for the Angolans for their preparation towards the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (CAN 2012). The victory was an important one for the host and they ...
- Killing for power, the absurdity of hope
Sierra Leoneans should know that a man that is a desperado will ever remain a desperate man even unto his death. Power, once tasted, will always get you drunk, especially when it is got through crooked means, like forming political coups against a democratic government. President Koroma is a pe ...
- Hip Hop gang rivalry kills 3 in Sierra Leone
Freetown, 14 January, 2011 – The innocence on the pristine sandy beaches at Lumley in the west of Freetown was compromised at sunrise this morning after an apparent hip hop gang related violence left three killed. The full detail is yet unclear but police sources say popular hip hop artist ...
- Gordon Watson, race and raw milk
Readers may recall that we have implemented comment moderation back in October and what we’ve been chiefly excluding are comments from Gordon Watson, one the founders of the raw milk movement in B.C. Gordon has periodically written to the Bovine … Continue reading →
- The vicious enemy of rural America
From Rob Ewart on The Post and Email: “(Jan. 15, 2012) — “WE must protect OUR rural lands.” —Stated numerous times by an environmentalist on a radio talk show in a debate with this author That’s right, environmentalists and even those that … Continue reading →
- The Rural Revolution is here in Ontario
The backstory on this movie from Bob Mackie is that it was released about 2005. It sat in limbo since then, being shown only within The Ontario Landowners. CBC had it for six months and did nothing. And Bob has just … Continue reading →
- Making fun of locavores in Portlandia
From the TV show, Portlandia: From Heather Malick in the Toronto Star: “…As early as February, the city, having halted prosecutions of the urban chicken movement, will study small no-roosters urban coops. My favourite city councillor, the sainted Mary-Margaret McMahon … Continu ...
- Cross-border deal with U.S. poses grave threat ...
From Nelle Maxey on The Canadian.org: “The following is the third installment of a three part investigation by Nelle Maxey into the wide-ranging environmental and socio-political implications for Canada of the recently signed US-Canada cross border security deal and ancillary … Conti ...
- Portugal Downgraded to Junk; Bond Yields Soar; ...
Portugal is poised to quickly follow Greece into the default abyss following a debt downgrade to junk status by the S&P on Friday. The Wall Street Journal reports Portugal's Bond Yields Rise Sharply After Rating Cut To Junk Portuguese borrowing costs rose sharply Monday as some inves ...
- Greece Dispatches Officials to US Over Default ...
A Greek default appears likely soon as Greece Dispatches Officials to US Over Default Fears. Greece sent senior officials to Washington on Monday for meetings with the International Monetary Fund as it raced against the clock to break a deadlock in debt swap talks that has raised fears of an u ...
- Timing the End of German Chancellor Angela Mer ...
Neither German Chancellor Angela Merkel nor French President Nicolas Sarkozy is likely to survive the European sovereign debt crisis. The timing of the demise of Sarkozy is easy to predict. Polls suggest he will be not win the May 6 election and he might not even survive the first round of ...
- Merkel Denies Need for EFSF to be AAA Rated; G ...
With every passing day, there is increased chipping away of support for the Euro. Please consider Linde CEO says Germany should mull euro exit Germany should consider leaving the euro if efforts to impose fiscal discipline upon indebted euro zone countries fail, the head of industrial gases fi ...
- Japan's Prime Minister Seeks Doubling National ...
In an effort to halt expansion of Japan's massive public debt, Japan's Prime Minister Seeks Doubling National Sales Tax. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said containing Japan’s public debt load, the world’s largest, is critical after Standard & Poor’s downgraded credit ratings on France, Aus ...
- 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 →
- 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 [...]
- When Is a Terrorist Not a Terrorist?
The longer and complete form of the first question in the headline is: When is a terrorist not a terrorist in the eyes of the Obama administration (not to mention all of its predecessors) and the governments of the Western world? Answer: When he or she is an Israeli Mossad agent or asset. In the ...
- World Peace Hanging by a Thread
Yesterday I had the satisfaction of having a pleasant conversation with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. I had not seen him since 2006, more than five years ago, when he visited our country to participate in the 14th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement of Countries in Havana. During the summit, Cuba was elec ...
- Occupy the Neighborhood
An electronic database called MERS has created defects in the chain of title to over half the homes in America. Counties have been cheated out of millions of dollars in recording fees, and their title records are in hopeless disarray. Meanwhile, foreclosed and abandoned homes are blighting nei ...
- On Getting Rich as a Tree Hugger
I’m tired of being a tree-hugger. I’m tired of being called a radical by the Prime Minister for signing up to speak at the Enbridge Pipeline/Tanker Giga-Project hearings. I’m tired of being skinny and hungry and broke, even though Stephen Harper is telling everyone that I get millions of dollars ...
- Why Is President Obama Sending 12,000 U.S. Tro ...
It is with great disappointment that I receive the news from foreign media publications and Libyan sources that our President now has 12,000 U.S. troops stationed in Malta and they are about to make their descent into Libya. For those of you who have not followed closely the situation in Libya, ...
- Dead On Arrival: SOPA Shelved Indefinitely, Ob ...
Amid significant pressure from tens of thousands of internet users and major web behemoths like Google, Facebook, and Reddit, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is, in its current form, Dead on Arrival: Misguided efforts to combat online privacy have been threatening to stifle innovation, ...
- Is Mit Romney a Serial Killer? (Time for a goo ...
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- Poll: Ron Paul moves into second in South Carolina
Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, has moved into second in South Carolina. A Reuters/Ipsos poll, released Saturday, found Mr. Paul tied with former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum for second place with 16 percent of the votes each. Former ...
- First NDAA, Now Enemy Expatriation Act
On the heels of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), otherwise known as the “Indefinite Detention Act,” comes another draconian bill designed to give the federal government the power to turn American citizens into enemies of the state for virtually any reason it deems necessary. Stephe ...
- 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 ...
Water Power
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Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a green energy sector that has yet to live up to its ...
Asbury Park Press
Ian C. Bates/Staff Photographer Water gushes into Wreck Pond from a stormwater outfall in Spring Lake. The water carries pollution from lawns and streets into waterways. / Todd B. Bates/Press Photo Four decades after the government vowed to clean up ...
Washington Post
BMW of North America is voluntarily recalling nearly 89000 Mini vehicles because of a water pump malfunction that could cause a fire. The company says in a regulatory filing Monday that the water pump that cools the turbocharger in some of its cars has ...
The News Journal
Water line break floods Hockessin homes: A broken water line this afternoon flooded streets and homes in Hockessin. The break is at Beckett Court and Erickson Avenue in the Hickory Hills neighborhood. (1/16/12) Water flows from broken line in Hickory ...
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