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On Friday, reading the polls , seeing all the talking of Willard's collapse, and sensing a Gingrich win-- read: a defeat for the Republican Establishment's pick-- GOP kapo, Eric Cantor, indicated it was t...
*HUMOUR:* *HARD TIMES REPUBLICAN STYLE:*
From the Globe: The Office of the Independent Police Review Director concluded constables Michael Adams, Babak Andalib-Goortani, David Donaldson, Geoffrey Fardell and Oliver Simpson used excessive forc...
Yanni, "A Moment In Heaven," "Heaven And Earth Spirits"
"It is the largest and most complex star forming region in the entire galactic neighborhood. Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy orbiting our Milky Way galaxy, the region's spid...
*“Away Above The Chimney Pots”* by Chet Raymo “So Oz finally became home; the imagined world became the actual world, as it does for us all, because the truth is that once we have left our childhood plac...
Ron Paul vs. The Global Military-Industrial-Financial Complex Ron Paul is not simply the anti-war candidate. He is also the national security candidate. This is an important truth that is overlooked. The...
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*Anonymous* *An open letter to the citizens of the World* *Posted online Jan. 21, 2012* We stand at a unique time in our history, the rise of the internet and computer technology have contributed to an u...
*You can watch Anthony Sasso, the chef at Mario Batali's Bar Jamón in Manhattan's Gramercy Park neighborhood, make his signature spiced (and spicy) hot chocolate here. The recipe is below. From DNAinfo.com...
ENTERTAINMENT/RELIGION - "Anima" is a documentary with a goal of making you think about you really want to do in life and encouraging you to go after that goal. The film stresses the importance of human cr...
CNN projects that Newt Gingrich will win Saturday's South Carolina GOP presidential primary, a development that would mark a stunning turnaround for a campaign that observers had left for dead -- again -...
At least 11 people arriving in Ottawa and Toronto aboard
flights from Cuba on Friday complained of a stomach illness, officials said. It marked the third time in a week passengers arriving from the Caribbe...
Nile Bowie NileBowie.blogspot.com [image: Link]January 22, 2012 For a nation who has historically subordinated itself to larger powers, Australia’s Labour-led foreign policy shows little divergence awa...
Politically Correct liberal bigots must be delirious with cognitive dissonance this week. They have been forced to address one of their pet minorities turning against another of their favoured groups. T...
Ahhhhh. Dean Baker, one of my favorite economists, continues to please me by heaping ridicule on Greenspan, Geithner and all their fellow travelers. He asks us to please, please pay attention (and demand i...
I just wanted to post this so people can understand that you find ALEC members in the strangest places. Yesterday my search for ALEC members brought this up. A review of this speech found this near the e...
The video above is a brilliant ad from the DNC based largely on Thursday's tragically flawed, distorted GOP debate. It's pretty devastating for Romney-- maybe not with brain-dead Republican primary voter...
Yesterday I saw an article on Think Progress *Meet The 40 Members Of The Congressional Koch Caucus* By Brad Johnson posted from ThinkProgress Green on Jan 20, 2012 at 12:35 pm Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), top...
It does not look good http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpA-rmt0avU&feature=youtu.be hat tip Purewater at Enenews http://enenews.com/forum-fukushima-webcam-discussion-thread-dec-14-2011-present#comment-191197
Few Cities HaveRegained Jobs They Lost, Report Finds by Micheal Cooper. The New York Times. Jan 18, 2012: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/18/us/few-cities-have-regained-lost-jobs-report-finds.html?_r=1&nl=t...
"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." - George Washington
* * *"Megaupload Takedown: The Real Meaning"* by George Washington “The Feds’ takedown of Megaupload shows beyond the shadow of a doubt that SOPA, PIPA or any similar legislation is wholly unnecessary. As ...
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake has struck the Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand at a depth of 30 km (18.6 miles), the quake hit at 19:49:07 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 30 km (18.6 miles) So...
Jimi asked: I am a math guy, so sorry for the naivety. When I peruse the wikipedia I see many "variants" of quantum field theory... conformal quantum field theory, topological quantum field theory, axio...
Gee, I thought I had something to say, but I didn't write it down.
*“Now Would Not Be The Time To Celebrate or Relax”* by Joseph W. Martin, Jr. “As last week progressed to its conclusion the pressures on Congress from the public and from actual Internet operators to drop...
“Now Would Not Be The Time To Celebrate or Relax” by Joseph W. Martin, Jr. "As last week progressed to its conclusion the pressures on Congress from the public and from actual Internet operators to drop...
Scores of prolife groups are calling for a public boycott of food giant, PepsiCo, due to its partnership with Senomyx, a biotech company that uses aborted fetal cells in the research and development of ar...
*HUMOUR:* *WITHOUT STRUGGLE THERE IS NO VICTORY:*
In 2008, James Galbraith defined a “predator state” as “a coalition of relentless opponents of the regulatory framework on which public purpose depends, with enterprises whose major lines of business com...
The Gay Secretary That's it? Arabs wearing cheap Casio wristwatches get waterboarded; this guy calls for the assassination of the President and an apology gets him off? Well, I guess we know the rules. We...
A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck offshore Chiapas, Mexico at a depth of 66.1 km (41.1 miles), the quake hit at 18:47:15 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 91 km (56 miles) West of Tapach...
The Gay Secretary *Don't you get it?!? * Russia and China will not sign off on such a deal, because they need the oil to keep their economies moving forward!!!!!!!!
The Indian Air Force (IAF) began airlifting Saturday passengers stranded after heavy snowfall caused the blockage of the only highway linking two cities in Kashmir.The IAF flew sorties to evacuate the pass...
The Gay Secretary The facts here are very simple: Israel is pushing the US to start a war against Iran, to "neutralize" one of Israel's alleged "existential threats" in the region, as happened in Iraq.(Of...
The Gay Secretary Iranian leadership is many things, *but stupid isn't one of them. * They understand that such an act would absolutely be used as the "justification" for a military attack against Iran. ...
NASA's GISS has completed their 2011 global temperature dataset. According to GISS, 2011 was the 9th warmest year. The average warming trend in 1880-2011 was 0.60 °C per century; in the satellite era 1979-...
PDY brought a sick pigeon to his home last December in Sunter Agung, Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, oblivious to the dangers of contact with fowl that might carry the lethal H5N1 virus. The 23-year-old, ...
NEW YORK: An international debate over whether to censor new research on bird flu may soon prove academic, as other laboratories close in on similar findings showing how one of the most deadly viruses cou...
The Department of Conservation sees no link between the Rena crisis, and the stranding of four whales at Papamoa Beach. Samples have been taken from the animals, which died on the beach yesterday. They'l...
*SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012* *This is how we got here:* On Monday, we will be posting Chapter 6 at our companion site, How He Got There. Shorthand sent George Bush to the White House—but a wide array of e...
REPORTING FROM TEHRAN AND BEIRUT— The deepening standoff between Tehran and the West over Iran's nuclear program has Iranians chatting nervously in butcher shops, grocery aisles and money exchanges. In a...
Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve legislation that would curb online piracy. They outmaneuvered the entert...
Today, January 21, is the two-year anniversary of the absolute worst and most dangerous Supreme Court decision of our lifetimes, *Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission*. We decided it would be t...
AN AMERICAN TOURIST in London decides to skip his tour group and explore the city on his own. He wanders around, seeing the sights, and occasionally stopping at a quaint pub to soak up the local culture,...
The Occupy London protest group says it has taken over a fifth site in London. Up to 20 demonstrators moved into Roman House, on Fore Street, Barbican, in the City of London, in the early hours of Saturd...
The opposition Syrian National Council (SNC) has formally asked the Arab League to refer the Syrian crisis to the U.N. Security Council, after Arab observers failed to end the bloodshed, an opposition spo...
I am going to try writing down pieces of advice that I give to students all the time, in the hopes that they might be useful for people who can't make it to my office hours. "Many if not most of the ter...
*SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2012* *EPILOG—At long last, Rachel cites Reuters:* We must be the strangest creatures who ever drew breath on the earth. Just consider the way we go about selecting our nation's pre...
LOS ANGELES — The anti-piracy battle gripping Washington and the Internet pits two US West Coast power bases directly against each other: Hollywood is taking on Silicon Valley over the right to make money...
Prominent republican Colin Duffy, who has been cleared of murdering two soldiers in Antrim, has said he believed his DNA had been planted in the getaway car. On Friday, Mr Duffy, 44, from Lurgan, was acq...
At least 143 people have been killed in a series of co-ordinated bomb and gun attacks in Kano, Nigeria's second largest city, according to hospital sources. Witnesses have described seeing dozens of bod...
[image: Families displaced by drought line up for food this week in Mogadishu, Somalia, 20 January 2012. AFP / AFP / Getty Images] By Nancy Shute 20 January 2012 Food is getting elbowed out of the discu...
The NYPD says a police officer committed suicide while on duty Thursday night by shooting himself while responding to a call in Queens. The 28-year-old officer, whose name has been withheld, was found lyin...
Somewhat like effervescent tablets, these little rockets bubble up, then zoom away.
Non-slip, waterproof gloves from Isotoner play well with touchscreen of all kinds.
A Georgia mother who was arrested for allowing her 10-year-old to get a tattoo said she had no idea it was illegal for him to get one, even with her consent. When Chuntera Napier’s son Gaquan Napier asked...
*Right off the top I was giddy when I saw that Israel was backing off **feeling that the recent commentary here and other places had played a small part in staying their hand; however, at the gas station t...
*I call it that because the newspaper knows Saturday** is the slowest circulation and day the paper is read least.* "Paul says veterans are backing him more than others; Those on active duty especially re...
*"Sept 11 was good for Israel." -- Netanyahu (pictured above)* *"It's a Trick, We Always Use It." (calling people "anti-Semitic")* *Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assas...
"Windows of Opportunity" project gives us a glimpse into the future of back seat entertainment.
"Gingrich offensive redraws race; Attacks on media, Romney erase 15-point deficit" by Brian C. Mooney Globe Staff / January 21, 2012 ORANGEBURG, S.C. - The wild ride of the South Carolina primary campaign ...
Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in the northern city of Kano after assailants killed at least seven people and wounded many others in a hail of gunfire and coordinated bombings of eight government sites...
*Adelson saves the day!* "Super PACs and their cash are political game-changers" January 20, 2012|By Brian C. Mooney COLUMBIA, S.C. - No matter how Newt Gingrich fares in tomorrow’s Republican presidenti...
*They can't even get the winner of the first contest right and we are supposed to trust and have faith in fraudulent elections?* "Iowa says official caucus results show no clear winner" January 20, 2012|Gl...
* * *SLATE* ASKS: Saudi Arabia. Nigeria. Venezuela. Canada? *Is our neighbor to the north becoming a jingoistic petro-state?* Take, for instance, the country that provides by far the largest share of our...
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Biased BBC - 14 hours ago
Well, I think that more than few of us *forecast this *but because the BBC narrative insists that the "Arab Spring" was a "good" thing, our concerns were swept aside. It was all going to work out swell ; ...
The fear of an enormous eruption fills the neighours of the Turrialba Volcano, located southwest of Cartago and a stone's through (volcano wise) from San José, as the colossus continues to emit ash and so...
Santiago, Chile, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) Chile decreed a state of agricultural emergency in the southern region of Los Rios by ashes from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic complex, in eruption seven month...
ZAGREB, Croatia — Police clashed Saturday with a group of nationalist protesters who attempted to take down an EU flag on the eve of the country's membership referendum. The clash occurred at the end of ...
Two loud explosions rocked a rebel stronghold about 13 km from the Somali capital on Saturday and a third blast was heard close by, residents said, but it was unclear who was behind them. "We heard two b...
A mass collision on a northern German highway killed at least one person on Friday (January 20) and seriously injured several others, according to German media reports. Some 25 vehicles, both cars and...
The Muslim Brotherhood's electoral coalition has won 38 percent of seats allocated to party lists for Egypt's parliament, with Islamists of various stripes taking more than two thirds of the assembly, in ...
Bomb blasts killed 14 prisoners travelling in a security vehicle in northwest Syria on Saturday, the state news agency said, and troops fought rebels elsewhere as the Arab League weighed whether to ke...
With rumours of spiralling Tarahumara suicides, emergency aid arrives for the isolated Mexican group struggling for food due to drought and a harsh winter. Marie-Claire Fennessy reports.
Major powers signaled on Friday their willingness to reopen talks about curbing Iran's suspected pursuit of nuclear weapons but said Tehran must show it is serious about any negotiations. The focus on di...
Lately we've been talking up a storm about Buck McKeon and his new ethics problems involving taking a gigantic bribe from Countrywide. That story is still developing, although McKeon is looking toastier a...
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Three German citizens, including a German army colonel, were arrested in a police raid Saturday in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar, authorities said. Police official M...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 31.4 km (19.5 miles), the quake hit at 13:24:21 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 92 km (58 miles) NNW of Port-Vila, Vanuatu No Tsu...
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake has struck the Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, Alaska at a depth of 64.6 km (40.1 miles), the quake hit at 12:54:45 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 79 km (49 mile...
A magnitude 5.0 earthquake has struck the Mariana Islands Region at a depth of 35.1 km (21.8 miles), the quake hit at 12:03:32 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 176 km (109 miles) Northeast ...
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Vanuatu at a depth of 120.8 km (75.1 miles), the quake hit at 11:53:07 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) North of Luganville, Espiritu S...
A day late, but not a dollar short. Some folks decided to re-do Star Wars, 15 seconds at a time, crowd-sourcing the entire movie in tiny pieces. It is genius. What a great way to spend a Saturday: <ifra...
*Why not? The entire AmeriKan media speaks in unison as it is -- which is why you and I are here, beloved reader.** * Globe to print, deliver Herald *Why are you insulting someone who is providing you wor...
Drew Brees wants to wrap up long-term contract quickly and keep New Orleans Saints rolling ~"Really the sooner the better," Brees said Friday during a conference call with the New Orleans media. "Now here ...
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Biased BBC - 17 hours ago
This is quite an interesting discussion on the issue of the closure of the Mad Mullahs *Press TV.* I think Evan Davies conducts himself quite well, and in particular in the exchanges with the bizarre Yvonn...
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Biased BBC - 17 hours ago
You want to listen to this if you think the BBC is unbiased in how it covers the topic of Scottish Independence! They even find someone *"who is going to have a party"* when Lady Thatcher dies. It seems th...
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Biased BBC - 18 hours ago
Wonder if you caught this item on the BBC this morning on the situation in Nigeria? It is a remarkable instance of pro-Islam propaganda. It talks about the "increasing tension between Christians and Muslin...
Nigeria imposed a 24-hour curfew in the northern city of Kano after assailants killed at least seven people in a hail of gunfire and coordinated bombings of eight government sites. Fatalities included at ...
KIEN GIANG — Officials warn that bird flu A/H5N1 could return in a more complex form, given the current cold weather and massive transportation of poultry before and during the Lunar New Year, after a tee...
Google Translation: (Reporter correspondent Huang Xianguang Hang Wei Fang) 17, the reporter learned from the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Agriculture recently agreed by the Pr...
A Seattle resident recently got a big surprise when she discovered a strange-looking furry visitor on her property. "She woke up and it was lying on her dock, hanging out and sleeping — just chilling," sa...
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake has struck Southern Sumatra, Indonesia at a depth of 189 km (117 miles), the quake hit at 07:27:25 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 72 km (44.6 miles) Southeast o...
An 'extremely remorseful' elderly man admitted Friday that he accidentally started a brush fire that destroyed 29 homes near Reno when he improperly discarded fireplace ashes at his home south of town, aut...
The first ozone hole above the North Pole has been aggravated by extraordinarily cold winter temperatures, say scientists. Cooling of the ozone layer enhances the effect of ozone-destroying substances s...
*US soul singer Etta James, best known for the tracks At Last and for I'd Rather Go Blind, has died aged 73.* In 1993 she went on to win six Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of ...
Chicago officials worked on Friday to prevent a repeat of last year's 'snowmageddon,' when a blizzard left hundreds of drivers stranded along one of the city's main thoroughfares for up to 12 hours overni...
The mother of a toddler reported missing from her father's home in Maine a month ago says she was unable to finish a lie detector test because of a medical condition. Trista Reynolds, the mother of one-y...
They are the green energy company that filed for bankruptcy while owing the American public half a billion dollars. But the Fremont solar company have been taped smashing up millions of dollars worth of...
*The effort is being led from the German space agency's Institute of Planetary Research in Berlin, and had its kick-off meeting this week.* It's likely that NEOShield will, at the end of its three-and-a-h...
A station at the World Trade Center was flooded with angry commuters yesterday morning when dozens of trains were stopped over a three-hour period. The PATH line was shut down after a man jumped on to th...
*Green energy campaigners are attempting to block new nuclear power stations in the UK by complaining to the European payment that government plans disobey EU competition regulations. Last year, a commit...
The State Department said Friday it 'may have no choice' but to close the U.S. embassy in Syria's capitol of Damascus and remove all US personnel from the country. Wracked by a 10-month revolt against the...
A father allegedly punished his 12-year-old daughter by binding her hands and feet with duct tape, shutting her in a dog cage, then threatened to electrify the crate. James Tapke, 41, was charged Thursda...
A Wisconsin man was arrested Monday after telling police that his wife was punched and strangled by a ghost. Michael F West, 41, first told Fond du Lac officers that injuries sustained by his wife were f...
A microscopic parasite turned a man’s trip to tropical paradise into a medical nightmare. Eric Reinert, a 22-year-old Minnesota man, has had to learn to walk all over again after contracting rat lungworm...
Google's share price is down. *On 21 January 2012, we learn that Google's share price is down 9%. * *Billions have been wiped off Google's market value. * http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-208...
Weight control is a massive human health issue that needs to be successfully addressed. My own success during the past year involves a version of the diet discussed below. In my case, I ef...
What this means is that at some price point and not obviously a particularly high one, we can completely displace the petrochemical industry’s raw material with bio mass. In practice, this allo...
This is certainly unexpected but should not have been. Lead is the one natural mineral that is immobile in soils and is a natural marker associated with mineralization generally. Metals like z...
This item reminds us that there is a lot of chemistry out there that is poorly understood because it cannot be accurately observed and measured. This technology will apparently allow us do that...
A cold and crisp morning on the banks of the River Derwent, North Yorkshire. The renowned wildlife artist Robert Fuller and his friend Ged Farmer were out walking along the beautiful river in search of ...
A man found dead in a remote mountain hut was an adventurer who had planned a year-long Bear Grylls-style survival challenge in the Scottish wilderness. David Austin, 29, from Derby, was found dead in a ...
*Scientists who formed a more noxious strain of bird flu have temporarily stopped their study among worries it could be used by bioterrorists*. The Nationwide Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity recom...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Ryukyu Islands, Japan at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), the quake hit at 05:50:03 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) ESE of Naha, Oki...
The group behind the anti-capitalist protests outside St Paul’s Cathedral is to be invited into schools to teach pupils how to start their own campaigns. Teenagers will learn about the Occupy movement, wh...
Previous warnings: Adam Smith received a caution for knocking a man unconscious in 2009, a year later he left another man with a severe head injury. Tens of thousands of criminals go on to reoffend withi...
Paedophile Timothy Edmonds is beginning a 12-year jail sentence after admitting four rapes of a child aged under 13 and a string of other sex crimes. Edmonds, from Witney in Oxfordshire, was caught after...
The former spokesman for the Gaddafi regime Moussa Ibrahim has been captured in Libya, according to reports. Sky's foreign affairs correspondent Lisa Holland said the information had come from military s...
Another baby is being treated for an infection which has killed three newborns at a hospital in Belfast. A bacteria called pseudomonas caused the deaths at the city's Royal Maternity Hospital. Health of...
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake has struck the Balleny Islands Region at a depth of 10.1 km (6.3 miles), the quake hit at 03:19:51 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 275 km (170 miles) NNW of Scot...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck the Taiwan Region at a depth of 27 km (16.8 miles), the quake hit at 00:50:02 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) East of Hualien, Taiwan ...
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 22 km (13.6 miles), the quake hit at 00:45:01 UTC Saturday 21st January 2012 The epicenter was 9 km (5.6 miles) South of Pasinler, Turkey N...
Guest contributor Tabitha Smith introduces Project Bifrost, the potential foundation for interstellar space exploration.
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has struck Kepulauan Sangihe, Indonesia at a depth of 59 km (36.7 miles), the quake hit at 22:50:53 UTC Friday 20th January 2012 The epicenter was 144 km (89 miles) South of Gene...
A magnitude 4.0 earthquake has struck near Christchurch, New Zealand at a depth of 11 km (6.8 miles), the quake hit at 21:45:28 UTC Friday 20th January 2012 The epicenter was 20 km (12.4 miles) West of Chr...
"In 1789, France entered a period of revolutionary change which was to see the complete restructuring of the state, the collapse of the monarchy, and its replacement by a republic. By 1793, France was ri...
Part 1 of "The Funeral," the third-season opener of Michael Aitkens's brilliant Britcom *Waiting for God* *by Ken* I explained the genesis of this post in my post earlier this evening, "Two personal mar...
Today, Paul Krugman entertains us "primary" avoidancers with the real news about Mitt, Rick and Newtie. And it doesn't bode well for anyone who doesn't understand what "carried interest" and the tax cuts/b...
*"Stress Test"* "I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture. The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used ...
"A Full Moon rising can be a dramatic celestial sight, and Full Moons can have many names. Captured on January 8 from Östersund, Sweden, this evocative moonrise portrait might make you feel the cold of win...
"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness." - Joseph Conrad, "Under Western Eyes"
*"The Vaccination Agenda:* * An Implicit Transhumanism/Dehumanism”* by Sayer Ji, GreenMedInfo Let's face it: the only real justification for using vaccines to "immunize" ourselves against disease is derive...
*Stephanie Cole (born 1941) and Graham Crowden (1922-2010) as Diana and Tom in Waiting for God, in the early '90s* *by Ken* This is an expanded version of an e-mail I wrote my friend Richard yesterday, an...
*It will give you nightmares.* "Conductor exits after hiring sex offender" January 13, 2012|By Michael Rezendes The New England Conservatory and world-renowned conductor Benjamin Zander have parted ways ...
*Because I no longer believe manipulative, made-up polls from the agenda-pushing press. * "Most Americans optimistic about 2012, poll says" December 30, 2011|By Jennifer Agiesta WASHINGTON - Americans ar...
"‘Quick draw’ game blamed in death of Mass. soldier" January 11, 2012|By Milton J. Valencia They were two soldiers testing their skills in a *game* known as *quick draw *, often played during downtime on t...
*I must have muted the ringer. * "Phone tax surprises many buyers" January 12, 2012|By Michael B. Farrell When Shari Worthington upgraded to an iPhone 4S, she expected to pay more for the latest technolog...
*Some people have plenty of money*: "Gardner shows off its graceful update; When leaders of the 109-year-old Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum unveiled its $114 million addition yesterday, they did so with ...
Chuck Wild, “Liquid Mind - VII: Reflection - My Orchid Spirit (Extragalactic)” Images courtesy of ESA, NASA and The Hubble Space Telescope. "The Cosmos is all that is or ever was or ever will be. Our fe...
"O, how incomprehensible everything was, and actually sad, although it was also beautiful. One knew nothing. And sometimes it seemed that something never seen yet long desired was about to happen, that...
Shared with us by Gail at our neighbour blog, Wit's End, in response to the below post regarding children crossing the fallen bridge in Indonesia. Her precise comment was: "I'm sorry, but as a parent I ...
You read that right. 55 percent of Syrians support Assad. Do 55 percent of Americans support Obama? No, they do not! Borrowing the latest from RealClear Politics President Obama has a 47 percent job approva...
"Many of the West's Iran analysts and experts, both Iranian and American, assert that the regime needs a U.S. enemy for its survival. If true, wouldn't sustained offers of friendship -- which would put t...
An upcoming online application will monitor weather, energy and small wind turbine performance.
Yes, I know. *You're shocked*. Conservative MP Wladyslaw Lizon has raised a little ridicule by sending a survey out in his ethnically diverse riding asking constituents if they speak “Indian.” The probl...
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*"Sunrise"* by Chet Raymo "I used the word "prayer" in the last two posts, which always causes some mild dismay among those close to me, who think I am lapsing into transcendental delusion. And they have...
*Take me home. * "Cars’ Internet connections may change driving life" January 10, 2012|By Hiawatha Bray Talk about a smart car. Coming soon to a garage near you is a * car *that will *download your work ...
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* "Weekly News Wrap-Up 1.20.12"* by Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com There are about a dozen dead and twenty more missing off the coast of Italy. Video of the Costal Concordia on its side made this story ir...
Every time I used to hear the term "SOPA," the above Dictators song would always come into my mind. I know, sick. But it's an amazing song that predated the Ramones and Pistols in terms of punk. Wednesda...
Children in Indonesia have been filmed risking their lives by crossing a collapsed suspension bridge to get to school. Three bridges in the district of Lebak have given way recently due to flooding. When...
The body of British hostage Alan McMenemy who was kidnapped in Iraq five years ago has been handed in to the British Embassy in Baghdad. The security guard from Glasgow was seized from the Iraqi finance mi...
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012* *Will someone please tell Brother Atkins:* At Hullabaloo, David Atkins complains about the way those people react. He refers to Gingrich’s much-loved reply to last night’s openi...
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*... because Dick Cheney IS a war criminal!!* *ABC News Online* *(By the way, the Allies did in fact execute Imperial Japanese military officials FOR waterboarding POW's during WW2!)*
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012* *Lawrence still hates Clinton/Gore:* On Tuesday evening, Lawrence O’Donnell treated himself to some good solid fun involving the “girls” at the Bunny Ranch. Last night, he was ...
An upcoming online application will monitor weather, energy and small wind turbine performance.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake has struck the Flores Region, Indonesia at a depth of 116 km (71.9 miles), the quake hit at 20:32:54 UTC Friday 20th January 2012 The epicenter was 95 km (58.9 miles) West of Rut...
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Matthis Chiroux, veteran and war resister, on the "urination video" and similar war porn: To some, mostly the weavers and backers of war policy, it seems again that ‘a few bad apples’ have acted on their ...
Iran slipped further into global isolation on Thursday as China, its traditional ally, warned Tehran against its pursuit of nuclear weapons. After a visit to the Gulf in which he met the leaders of the st...
*And the paper acts as an apologist. * "Fees surge as banks hunt for revenue; Customers whose balances slip hit with $50 levy" by Todd Wallack Globe Staff / January 9, 2012 Many *bank customers* have long...
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On Friday, reading the polls , seeing all the talking of Willard's collapse, and sensing a Gingrich win-- read: a defeat for the Republican Establishment's pick-- GOP kapo, Eric Cantor, indicated it was t...
Ron Paul vs. The Global Military-Industrial-Financial Complex Ron Paul is not simply the anti-war candidate. He is also the national security candidate. This is an important truth that is overlooked. The...
*Anonymous* *An open letter to the citizens of the World* *Posted online Jan. 21, 2012* We stand at a unique time in our history, the rise of the internet and computer technology have contributed to an u...
*You can watch Anthony Sasso, the chef at Mario Batali's Bar Jamón in Manhattan's Gramercy Park neighborhood, make his signature spiced (and spicy) hot chocolate here. The recipe is below. From DNAinfo.com...
At least 11 people arriving in Ottawa and Toronto aboard flights from Cuba on Friday complained of a stomach illness, officials said. It marked the third time in a week passengers arriving from the Caribbe...
Nile Bowie NileBowie.blogspot.com [image: Link]January 22, 2012 For a nation who has historically subordinated itself to larger powers, Australia’s Labour-led foreign policy shows little divergence awa...
Politically Correct liberal bigots must be delirious with cognitive dissonance this week. They have been forced to address one of their pet minorities turning against another of their favoured groups. T...
I just wanted to post this so people can understand that you find ALEC members in the strangest places. Yesterday my search for ALEC members brought this up. A review of this speech found this near the e...
The video above is a brilliant ad from the DNC based largely on Thursday's tragically flawed, distorted GOP debate. It's pretty devastating for Romney-- maybe not with brain-dead Republican primary voter...
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