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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...
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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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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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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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...
It is so validating when the obscure bands I so often become obsessed with actually show up somewhere in the mainstream. Also, nice exchange with Letterman at the end too. Kind of a shame that this didn't ...
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...
Bratislava, Slovakia. Thanks for stopping by.
*"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!)*
After viewing the Thursday night GOP debate in Charleston, I noticed a recurring pattern with Mitt Romney. After virtually every hard hitting, direct question - he responds by saying “I’m going to answer ...
*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...
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake has struck the Mariana Islands Region at a depth of 149.9 km (93.1 miles), the quake hit at 18:22:21 UTC Friday 20th January 2012 The epicenter was 247 km (153 miles) WSW of Haga...
Humans may struggle with weight, but nature seems to know exactly how fat each animal on the planet should be.
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*"For the record, the oil industry is not a jobs machine. It is the world's most capital-intensive industry and earns more than 10 per cent of the world's GDP. But it only employs less than one tenth of on...
A frenzied Argentine mob torched Union flags outside the British Embassy in Buenos Aires today in an ugly protest over the Falkland Islands. More than 100 militants marched on the building as they called ...
Britain’s busiest shopping street ground to halt after a Victorian water main exploded - flooding shops with millions of gallons of water. Millions of pounds of damage was caused when the 100-year-old pip...
The uptick in solar activity has caused the Earth's atmosphere to expand, aiding the removal of dangerous space debris from orbit.
A UW-Madison scientist whose bird flu research has prompted an international debate over biosecurity, bioterrorism and censorship announced Friday he would stop the research for 60 days to allow for more ...
Herron, J. (2012, Jan 19). IEA Cuts Oil-Demand View as Crude Consumption Falls. The Wall Street Journal, p. C2. [excerpted]: "The International Energy Agency took an ax to its oil-demand forecast after c...
Divers may try anchoring the capsized Concordia to a reef to prevent it from tumbling into a drop off, which could cause fuel tanks to rupture.
A record number of billion dollar weather disasters struck the United States in 2011.
The Gay Secretary Stashing funds in the Caymans to attract foreign investors who wish to invest on the US but without paying US taxes? I am reminded of the Tom Clancy novel (and movie) "A Clear and Prese...
Keynote Lecture by Dr. Anthony Hall at the Dec 3 Lessons of Fukushima Conference held in San Francisco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYu-K-LZcWg
In the wake of President Obama's well-received crooning, comedian Jen Kirkman (@JenKirkman) reminds us via twitter that there is a high bar for presidential coolness: That bar was set by this performance ...
SEATTLE — A powerful Pacific Northwest storm knocked out power to about 250,000 electric customers around Seattle, Tacoma and Olympia after it coated much of Washington in ice and swelled Oregon rivers, k...
A wildfire near Reno, Nevada, has burned 3,900 acres and damaged 26 homes, authorities said Friday. The blaze in North Washoe Valley, dubbed the Washoe fire, was about 50% contained Friday morning, said ...
http://freepdfhosting.com/ccafb5715d.pdf Produced by Bobby1, an incognito epidemiologist
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- At least three gunmen have kidnapped two foreign aid workers in Punjab Province in central Pakistan, police said Friday. The aid workers, one German and one Italian, had just...
I am sure that most TRF readers have heard of MegaUpload.COM. It was one of the servers where some people uploaded the ClimateGate files, among other things that were vastly more important for the accounts...
by Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez The following list is what TUSD claims are the MAS books that "have not been banned." The list is taken from the 2010 Cambium report that gave MAS-TUSD two thumbs up and re...
[image: Steller Sea Lions in Alaska. kewlwallpapers.com] [Desdemona suspects this: Sequential Collapse of Marine Mammals in the North Pacific Ocean and southern Bering Sea.] By Remy Melina, LiveScience....
The captain of the Costa Concordia ordered dinner for himself and a woman after the ship struck rocks off Italy's coast, a cook from the ship told a Filipino television station. In an interview with GMA...
Three Muslim men have been found guilty of stirring up hatred by handing out leaflets that said Islam "punished" homosexuals with the death penalty. Ihjaz Ali, Kabir Ahmed and Razwan Javed handed out the...
KUPANG—A wild crocodile swallowed a 10-year-old girl while she played in a river with her father in eastern Indonesia, the second death in the same place in two months, a local official said Friday. The ...
TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 230 people were injured when an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit Northeastern Iran on Thursday. Reports on Friday said the number of the people injured by the Thurs...
MANILA, Philippines – The health department has expressed alarm over the possible rise of dengue cases in Cagayan de Oro (CDO) City following a leptospirosis outbreak at the start of the year. The city h...
[image: The latest image of sea surface heights in the Pacific Ocean from NASA's Jason-2 satellite shows that the January 2012 La Niña is peaking in intensity. Yellows and reds indicate areas where sea s...
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines – Health officials in Zamboanga City once again called on the public to clean their surroundings. This, after the number of dengue cases in the city increased in the first half of ...
*"Higher Taxes to Appease the Zombies"* by Bill Bonner "Dow up 96 yesterday. Gold up $4. Oil above $100. Nothing special to report, in other words. Mitt Romney has revealed his effective tax rate. “About...
*"Money Insider: US Will See Violent Civil Unrest In 2012"* by Paul Joseph Watson “Money insider Charles Ortel has warned that a worsening economic picture across the globe will see civil unrest hit the s...
I just adore David Michael Green. Don't you? Every time I read him I remember why I used to believe politics was a noble profession. He does not speak softly. And considering the current sickness infecting...
*"SOPA: Lyin' Lamar Spins Another Yarn"* by Karl Denninger "Getting a bit warm in your self-inflicted oven of public scrutiny isn't it Lamar? "Like many members of Congress, I have spoken to constituents ...
RABAT, Morocco, January 19 (AP) – Five unemployed Moroccan men set themselves on fire in the capital Rabat as part of widespread demonstrations in the country over the lack of jobs, especially for univ...
By: Duane Craig You don't find refineries placed near homes worth millions of dollars, and homes with ocean vistas don't have their views obstructed by polluting industries. It's an economic fact that som...
*Before Patrick Murphy changed his party affiliation...* Unless you live in Florida-- and have a *really* good memory-- you probably don't remember banker Bill Phillips, who self-financed a run for the U.S...
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck Luzon, Philippines at a depth of 60 km (37.2 miles), the quake hit at 16:38:38 UTC Friday 20th January 2012 The epicenter was 36 km (22.3 miles) East of Casambalangan, ...
[image: Global surface temperature, 1880-2011. While average global temperature will still fluctuate from year to year, scientists focus on the decadal trend. Nine of the 10 warmest years since 1880 have...
In honor of Global Wind Day, you could win more than $1,000.
The elusive Miller's grizzled langur popped up unexpectedly in Borneo.
In the 1970s, the Environmental Protection Agency took thousands of photos from around the country, now it wants you to help them see what's changed.
Arrests of Megaupload.com's founders prompt a hacktivist group to temporarily take down the FBI's and others' sites.
The Costa Concordia capsized, oozing exoplanets 40 light-years away and the biggest story of the week: SOPA and PIPA!
[image: A section of the Xingu River as viewed by Google Earth.]By Jeremy Hance, www.mongabay.com 19 January 2012 Damming of the Xingu River has begun in Brazil to make way for the eventual constructio...
Wall Street Journal p. A6 Jan 20, 2012 [Excerpted] "Vietnam confirmed its first human death from bird flu in nearly two years, a day after neighboring Cambodia also logged its first fatality this year as...
(By *American Zen*'s Mike Flannigan, on loan from Ari Goldstein.) *Bain, citing privacy reasons, declined to provide a list of the companies it invested in.* - The *WSJ*, January 9, 2012 OK, we've all he...
[image: Global distribution of physical water scarcity by major river basin, 2011. fao.org] Water scarcity is growing and salinization and pollution of groundwater and degradation of water bodies and wa...
[image: Cover of 'National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy' public review draft, 2012. doi.gov] Contact: David T. Eisenhauer (FWS), 703-358-2284 John Ewald (NOAA), 202-482-397...
Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi had an undeclared stockpile of chemical weapons, international inspectors have confirmed. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said inspect...
The riots that left whole neighbourhoods up and down the country in a state of ruin last August were the worst civil disturbances for a generation. But reading crime figures released yesterday, it is alm...
This beautiful, full flower, named after my baby sister, is one of my absolute favorite felt flowers. It is easy to put together, but it looks exquisite. With three simple supplies, you can make as ma...
An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with a video appearing to show a college football fan inflicting a horrifying sexual assault on a rival supporter after he passed out in a fast food restauran...
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012* *The excitement builds:* On Monday, we’ll be posting Chapter 6 at our companion site, How He Got There. This is very significant recent history. And history lasts a long time.
The weekend beckons and so time for a new one of these. If you see bias, detail it here please. Click through to read and contribute comments on this post.
The driver of a fully-loaded fuel tanker was today arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after allegedly crashing into a bungalow and deliberately setting it alight. Neighbours claimed the man arrest...
[image: Survival of adult Hawaiian forest birds captured during January–March. Panels a and b are for years 2000–2004. Panel c is for control years 1990–1994. Sample sizes are above bars. Logistic regres...
He is used to sawing his wife Debbie McGee in half during magic tricks but pint-sized magician Paul Daniels recently found himself on the wrong end of the blade. The celebrity magician thought his career...
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*FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012* *Just as we liberals have done:* How does Romney escape on Bain? Consider what happened at last night’s debate when Gingrich actually asked the right question. Responding to a ...
A robot moves the way snakes do, using its scales and muscles.
A blind Iraq War veteran gets help playing a video game from another player who acts as a guide god.
People are going mad about Downton Abbey. The Rolling Stone calls it "crack for Anglophiles." The demand was enough to create a second "season," and is even giving PBS the notion that it might begin to dra...
[image: CREDO Action | more than a network, a movement.] Stop internet censorship! CREDO is joining hundreds of organizations in a one-day strike against internet censorship. We're doing this becaus...
*FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2012* *EPILOG—You may not want to know:* Who on earth is Dana T. Milbank? You may not want to know. No intelligent person would be intrigued by such an utterly fatuous fellow—by the m...
Sensors in the fabric monitor respiration, heart rate, activity, body posture and skin temperature.
Insects, dust and widely varying weather conditions are no problem for these new high-def outdoor-specific sets.
This controller kicked off the Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition.
If you are surprised by China’s decision to buy 10pc of Thames Water, don’t be. If you’re worried about the world’s biggest authoritarian state flexing its financial muscles here, too late. First, the Ch...
A 51-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after an oil tanker crashed into a bungalow and burst into flames. The collision happened in Folly Lane in Wool, Dorset, at around 8.40...
HUNDREDS of people were evacuated from streets, homes and businesses amid fears of a huge gas explosion in Liverpool city centre. Police cordoned off roads within a 200m radius of the former Lewis’s depa...
Hey, don't say Lord Eddard didn't warn us...
Jan 20 (Reuters) - The Philippine cargo ship Aztec Maiden had an accident off the Dutch coast on Friday, and is now stranded and at risk of leaking fuel, local media reported citing emergency services. T...
BESUT, Jan 20 (Bernama) -- A few villages in Jabi, Setiu, were hit by flash floods due to continuous heavy rain from last night which caused Sungai Tok Dor and Sungai Selasih to burst their banks around 5...
The ACT State Emergency Service received 77 calls for help from tonight's storm. A spokesman said crews responded to minor flooding from leaking roofs, mainly in the Tuggeranong Valley, and to trees and b...
Radioactive material has been stolen from a nuclear power station on Egypt's Mediterranean coast that was the scene of violent protests last week, the state-run al-Ahram newspaper reported on Thursday. A ...
Update, 4.45pm: A fourth person has been struck by lightning, after a severe thunderstorm swept over the city this morning. The storm ripped through the south metro area this morning, causing havoc with ...
Flooding in Turner is so bad that much of the city is inaccessible, and officials say it will remain inaccessible for at least two days. Turner Mayor Paul Thomas said the worst-flooded areas include downt...
A trawler with about 150 passengers on board, suspected bound for Malaysia for employment, capsized near the Saint Martin's Island in Cox's Bazar Thursday morning. Coast Guard so far rescued 33 persons ...
THE Northern Division has recorded 29 cases of fish poisoning. According to the Health Ministry, these are the only cases recorded nationwide. Ministry spokesman Peni Namotu said hospitals on Viti Levu h...
Three persons in the district are suspected to have died of Scrub Typhus causing concern among villagers. The disease spreads from mice and is suspected to be contagious. The virus causing the disease is...
Wednesday the DCCC, which always claims to stay neutral in primaries, released their first challenger endorsements for the 2012 cycle. I noticed they endorsed all the grotesque conservatives backed a few ...
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has struck off the Coast of Honshu, Japan at a depth of 20.5 km 12.7 miles), the quake hit at 13:30:50 UTC Friday 20th January 2012 The epicenter was 217 km (135 miles) ESE of Se...
A Somerset man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a fuel tanker crashed into a Dorset home and started a fire this morning. Dorset Police say a 51-year-old Yeovil man has been arrest...
New footage has emerged of rescuers searching for the missing clambering through the wreckage of the Costa Concordia as the operation was suspended after the ship moved again amid choppy seas. Divers en...
Salman Rushdie has pulled out of a literary festival in India after receiving death threats from a mafia gang based in Mumbai. The writer was also warned to stay away from the festival in Jaipur by Musli...
One of the men accused of murdering two soldiers at Massereene Barracks in Antrim has been found guilty on all charges and sentenced to life in prison. Brian Shivers, 46, from Magherafelt was convicted of...
Republican Brian Shivers has been found guilty of murdering two British soldiers outside an Army base in Northern Ireland - hours after Colin Duffy was acquitted of the crime. More follows...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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 ...
JAKARTA (AP) — Indonesian health officials say a 5-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Jakarta — just days after her uncle succumbed to the virus. The H5N1 virus also claimed the lives of a man in Vietn...
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This seems like a good time to mention: Tala is now on Twitter. She saw Pooh Bear was doing it and she wanted in. Because Tala's mommy needs new ways to waste time.
On Monday, as Saporam village in Jharkhand’s Khunti district celebrated the festival of Tusu, cousins Peknath Munda, 35 and Fagu Munda, 20, went to a village fair nearby. That was the last anyone saw of t...
The Beast of Stroud may have struck for a third time after a mutilated roe deer was yesterday found 10 miles from the scene of the first killing. Worker Mike Gorry, who spotted it on a building site while...
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From HSI Canada: Humane Society International has just secured the biggest reduction in animal testing requirements in history! Our science team has been hard at work for more than two years, negotiating ...
BOSSASO, Somalia Jan 19 2012 (Garowe Online) - Three tonnes of dead fish washes up on Bossaso's shore on Tuesday, Radio Garowe reports. Abdiwahid Mohamed Jo'ar Director General of the Ministry of Fishery...
How Will the Saints Defensive Personnel Change Under Spagnuolo? ~Canal Street Chronicle New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees would be 'beyond stunned' if new contract isn't worked ou The Urban Legend...
(Reuters) - Police erected a 100-metre cordon around a house in Somerset on Friday after arresting a man under the Explosives Act. Avon and Somerset Police said the 36-year-old man had been detained after ...
Jerusalem (CNN) -- America's top military official began a series of high-profile meetings with Israeli leaders Friday amid growing international concerns that the Israeli government could act on its own ...
A high profile dissident republican has been found not guilty of murdering two British soldiers in Northern Ireland. Colin Duffy, from Lurgan, was acquitted of killing Sapper Patrick Azimkar, 21, and Sa...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
posted by Lynsey at The Coming Crisis - 1 day agoRepublican Brian Shivers has been found guilty of murdering two British soldiers outside an Army base in Northern Ireland - hours after Colin Duffy was acquitted of the crime. More follows...
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